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. ®CHRONI'SLE AND SENTINEL. ' A IJGUSTA. * MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 3. * FOB. PRESIDENT, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Os Ohio; The invincible Hero 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 ’9S— one 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 Committee appointed to make arrangements to carry into effect the object of the meeting held to appoint Delegates to the Macon Convention, re quest tke Delegates appointed in each district in the county, and those appointed for the city, to make arrangements so as to meet at Fenn’s Bridge, on the Ogechee River, on Monday night, the tenth of August next. The Delegates appointed from the county of Burke,to the Convention to be held in Macon, on the second Thursday in August next, are requested to meet in Waynesboro’ on the first Tuesday in August, to make arrangements preparatory to their journey. Burke county. July 27, IS4O. We call the attention of our friends to the arti cle below, taken from the Macon Messenger. We 1 would urge upon the Delegates, and all other citi zens ■who can possibly attend, to do so. Let no minor or trivial circumstance prevent your atten dance, for it will be one of Georgia’s proudest day's —a day that will strike Van Burenism with terror throughout the State. We say again, turn out, turn out, the accommodations will be ample, and it will indeed be a “feast of reason and a flow of soul.” Room—Room—Room. We again take occasion to say to our friends abroad we have ample room for the accommoda tion of all who are disposed to attend our conven tion. The house of every Harrison man in the city will have the string of the latch of the door on the outside and a hearty welcome to greet ail comers. Ample provisions are also made for stabling horses. Let no one be detained from coming, from any apprehension of the want of accommo” dation. 44 The cry is, still they Come !” Every paper brings us the gratifying intelli gence of Delegates appointed to the Macon Con vention. They count by hundreds, and our friends must make sacrifices of private conven iences, if necessary, and give us their attendance. When once here, our citizens will take good care of them. We will cater for them a “ feast of reason and flow of soul,” from which not one will depart dissatisfied. We are requested to say that ample arrangements will be made by the Committee for the accommodation of Ladies, who are earnestly invited to attend. —Macon Messenger. The celebration of the 4th ult., at Knoxville, Tenn., was a brilliant affair. B,oUO Whigs were at the Harrison dinner—and 450 Democrats at the \an Eruen dinner. Tennessee is wide awake and will do her duty. The cry is, still they come. “THE LAST LINK IS BROKER.” The Belvidere (N. J.) Apollo, stales that the Hons James Parker, of Middlesex, and Dr. Scuenck, of Somerset, both formerly administra tion members of Congress from New Jersey, and supporters of Mr. Van Burenin 1836, attended the Whig meeting at New Brunswick—and at tended as Whigs and warm supporters of Harri son. It is one of the hardest things in the world for a man who is honest and intelligent , to re main the friend of the administralion now.— Many more who have but recently renounced Locolbcoism were in attendance at the meeting. Still Another—The Hon. Levi Beardsley. The New York Times of the 27th says:—“ln passing down Broadway we called at the How ard House, where was assembled a tremendous meeting of the Democratic Republican Tippeca noe Club of the Eighth Ward. We entered the room just in time to hear Mr. Beardsley close a speech which was received with six hearty cheers by the friends of Harrison and Reform. Mr. Beardsley was in the Senate of our State from 1831 to 1839, and was the acknowledged leader of the Democratic partyin the Legislature. The treachery of Mr. Van Buren has broken up the old Democratic party. The elements, however, remain, and the principles by which the party was first embodied under Jefferson, will finally re-assemble all the honest and faith ful, under the broad banner of HARRISON and REFORM. From the National Inttligencer, The Letter of Dr. Davis, which has been com municated to us for publication, and will be found in our columns to-day, cannot fall, as well from its contents as from ttie position of the writer, to attract the attention of our readers. Dr. Da vis was a member of the Baltimore Convention of May last; has been well known as one of the Union party of South Carolina ; has for ten years in succession represented one of the most popu lous and intelligent districts of South Carolina in its Legislature ; and was the political and con fidential friend of Gen. Jackson during the polis ical contests of his day, and since. It is certain ly no ordinary case of secession from a great par ty when an individual thus situated feels himself bound to break off from them. We commend to our Southern readers especially the general diffusion of the letter which explains his reasons for so doing. To the Voters of the Thirteenth Congressional District of Tennessee. Having been sent by a portion of you as a Delegate to the National Democratic Convention, held in the city of Baltimore on the sth of May, I conceive it my duly, however painful to com municate to you the state of things here. After the adjournment of the Convention, I came to this city to await the publication of the address of the Convention, in orlerlhat I might be enabled to send you copies. In addition to this, I transmitted to you such documents and speeches as I supposed would pro mote the Democratic cause in Tennessee. Things appeared to go on very well until the 14th of June, when Mr. Botts, of Virginia, presented to Congress the memorial of Lieut. Hooe, of the Navy, protesting against the testimony of two negroes, who had been introduced as evidence against him on his trial before a court martial recently held at Pensacola. After I had examin ed the case most carefully, in which it seems the Secretary of the Navy, the Attorney General, and the President of the United States all con curred in opinion, it struck me that the President had, perhaps been misrepresented. This decis ion involves at once the great principle for which the South is contending, and on which the Peresident’s popularity is founded. I, there fore determined to call on him, and after a few remarks in relation to the trial of Lieut. Hooe, I inquired of him whether he knew at the time he approved the sentence of the court that two ne groes had given testimony in the easel To which he replied in the affirmative. I observed to the President that, without some explanation other than that which I had seen, it would have a bad effect on the South. He then observed that a full explanation would be published by the House of Representatives to-day. I went to the Capitol, and on entering the Representative Hall I tound the House engaged in the discussion of the question, which resulted in the postponement of the printing of the documents. The day fol lowing, however,the Globe gave what the Presi dent deems a “ full explanation” of the matter. After reading the explanation of the Globe, I could not find satisfactory explanation ; but, on the contrary, it appeared to me that the President had assumed the ground of justification by con tending that it had been the usage of the Navy to admit negro evidence on court martials. lam aware ihat under the common law there is no distinction known as to persons, yet I do content! that the President, in approving the pro ceedings of the court martial, ought to have ex pressed his disapprobation of the negro evidence. With this qualification his political friends at least would have been satisfied. It will not do to tell us that the President had no control of the mutter—that it would not have been proper for him to have interfered. The case is within the recollection of many of us where, after the court martail had decided, the General in command reversed the decision, and ordered a new trial. Now, if it be competent that a subaltern can reverse the decision of a Court, I presume that no one will deny that the Commander-in-chief has the authority. This is a question of vital importance to every man in the United Slates—and it will not do for the President to look with indifference, not to say with approbation, upon it. t have watched this question through all its mu tations. The opposition will no doubt, avail themselves of this false step of the President to promote their own political views. This is a strange indifference, a total absence on the part of the President, of that watchful and ardent solitciude which the very nature of the sub ject is calculated to inspire, ami what it was his province to guard and defend. It is now said by members of Congress that they will pass a law to prohibit in future the introduction of negro testimony agaiust a white man. It is too late; the poison has been infused; all the law’s on earth cannot heal the deadly influence. Tell me not of your fanatics and abolitionists, when the highest officer known to your laws and your Constitution admits the fact that a negro is a competent witness against a white man. Is this your Northern man with Southern feelings 1 And is this the man we are to rely upon when the day of peril and of danger may come? But it is contended that Lieut. Hooe was con victed without the negro testimony. Then why introduce it? Was it to jeer and taunt the feel ings of the South? We are not now trying Lieut. Hooe, but testing an all-important princi ple—one intimately connected with our political and social relations. The principle of the admission of negro testi mony at all is the question ; not what they did or did not prove. And if it be a fact, as stated, that the respondent was convicted without the negro evidence, then it is a gratuitous assault upon the policy and institutions of the South. This case presents to the mind the most sii gu lar and extraordinary anomaly in reference to that portion of the Union supposed to have Northern feelings and Northern prejudices on the subject of slavery. In Pennsylvania, with her quakcr pop ulation always opposed to slavery in the abstract she has declared that a negro, within the view of the Constitution, is not entitled to all the privi leges and immunities of a whiteman. In Con necticut Chief Justice Dagget, in the Tappan ne gro school case, decided that a negro was not a free man or citizen within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States. By the laws of South Carolina, and, perhaps of all the Southern Slates, the admission of ne gro testimony is prohibited in the trial of a white man. Yet, in the face of these facts, and within a Southern Territory, negroes are permitted to give testimony, and the proceedings of the court approved by the President of the United States ! The charge of abolitionist comes illy from that quarter now, since the President has officially de clared that he saw nothing wrong in the proceed ings of a court in which two negroes had given evidence against a white man. If we arc to have a President holding opinions adverse to the interest, of the South, give us one born South of the Potomac river—one whose early associations, habits* and education would make him act with caution, if not with propriety , however much he might in the abstract be op posed to slavery. E. S. DAVIS. Washington, July, 1840. 1 < The New York Courier states, upon good au- ] thority, that the “Riggers, Carpenters, Caulkers, ] &c. at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, have not, tor ( the past sir weeks, received a cent of pay for their services.” Shame, shame on a government that will not pay the hard earnings of the industrious mechanic. C« rrespondence of the North American New York, 3 P. M. July 28, 1840. Money stocks are a bit steadier to-day, though only small sales have been made.—There is also a rather better business in cotton. The sales of the morning are 500 or 600 bales. Flour remains quiet, and although $5 is de manded for all Gennessee, 6d less has been taken in some instances. The demand is light. Corn and rye arc so so. Domestic Exchanges. — Philadelphia 3| a Baltimore ; Richmond Charleston a 3; Augusta 9 a9J; Macon 10J; Savannah 7£ a8; Mobile 8£ aßs ; New Orleans a 7 ? St Louis 8 ; Louisville 7£ ; Cincinnati 7; Nash ville 12L Bills on London, 6 J a 7 ; bills on Paris, 5.27^ i a 5,30. The Alexandria Gazette says:—We rejoice, in the firm conviction, that the people of his country are now thoroughly aroused to a sense of the true condition of affairs. This has never before been effected ; but we think the CRISIS is now acknowledged. The opponents of the Adminis tration have now, what they always wanted, per fect union, organization, and enthusiasm. The PEOPLE are up/ There can be no mistake. With a good cause, and a candidate, the popu lar fervor has been excited, and the prospect ahead is, GEN. HARRISON for President, and BETTER TIMES for the Country. The Rev. Mr. Spear, of Charleston has been chosen Rector of the'nevv Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Luke’s in Philadelphia, and has accepted the appointment. The St. Louis Bulletin of the 18th instant says;—“Twelve Mackinaw boats belonging to the American Fur Company, arrived yesterday from the Rocky Mountains, loaded with robes and skins to the value of about $7 0,000. Reasons for C hange. The following are the plain-spoken reasons given by Wat. H. Guay, Esq. editor of the States man, published at Vevay,in Indiana, for having abandoned his former association with the Van Buren parly, to lend his aid to the cause of Hai ris en and Reform : TO THE PUBLIC. As we have been somewhat associated with the Van Buren party for some years past, it may occasion some little surprise, affected or real, in certain quarters, on seeing our name at the head of this paper. A proper deference, therefore, to our former associates, compels'u« to frankly state that we have abandoned the support of the pres ent Administration, not because we are tired of true Democratic principles, or ot the great mass of honest men with whom we have heretofore acted, but because we are tired, disgusted, and even alarmed at the anti-democratic and danger ous practices of those who enjov the confidence of that party : because we can no longer support an Administration of corruption, whose practices notoriously at war with its professions, and whose pernicious influence, like the poisonous breath of the sirocco, is now sweeping over the length and breadth of this land, carrying moral death and destruction in its onward course!-—an Administration which, in the outset, laid down economy and the integi iiy of the public function aries as its leading principles, but whose prac tices have been so little in accordance with these principles that the public expenditures have been almost trebled; and instead of integrity among public functionaries,the modern Democratic prin ciple that to the “victors belong the spoils,” and the scrupulous exactness with which Mr. Van Buren carries it rut, has rendered the tens of thousands of offices within the gift of the Presi dent as merely so many means wherewith to reward partisan services ; thus openly encour aging political and moral depravity, ana proclaim ing to the world that, in this enlightened and Christian republic, venality and parly subservien cy are quo ed at a premium by its Executive ! Fellow-citizens, this may seem very strong language, but we sincerely regret that the facts justify it. Our faith in the honesty and purity of purpose of the present Administration was long since shaken ; but parly spirit , that incubus infests the land, pride of opinion, and other cau ses conjoined, induce us to overlook many of its shameful practices, in the vain hope that they were the result of temporary parly excitement; but developments are daily making which satisfy us, at least, that such is not the case, but, on the contrary, that they are the inevitable results ofa settled course of policy, which, if longer persisted in, will change the character, if not cause the entire annihilation of our institutions. It is a well-known fact that nine- tenths, if indeed not all, the appointments made by Mr. Van Buren ■ have been, as rewards for past, or as bribes for future pattisan services, without the slightest regard to the honesty or capacity of the individ uals thus appointed, and many of whom are no toriously known as the most servile, unprincipled scoundrels, morally and politically, that this or any other country could possibly afford. Loss of the Ship Republican of this Pout.—The ship Republican, McKenzie, 14 days hence for New Orleans, struck on Elbow Key, on the night of the 6th inst., and before morning filled with water. A letter from the Captain says that a portion of the most valuable part of her cargo will be saved. Capt. Gaggcm, of the schr. Wellington, arri [ ved at Boston, reports that the crew remained by her three days, and saved part of her cargo, sails, : rigging, &c. Alter they left, she look fire, (sup posed set on fire by the wreckers,) and was con sumed to the water’s edge. Three of the crew, have arrived in the Wellington. The R. was owned by Messrs. Johnson and J Louden, and valued at about $40,000, which, ; together with $3,500 on the freight, was insured here. The cargo consisted chiefly of dry goods, > liquors, and about 300 bundles of hay, all of which - may be estimated to be worth about; $ 100,000, a ; good portion of which is insured at the South.— i Jonr. of Com. > . t Irwinton (Ala.) July 25. ! Lr. Cullen Battle has laid upon our table a t large boll of cotton, fully matured, and displaying - its snowy “lint” in a truly beautiful style. It has - been presented to a young friend, who is about i to leave the sunny south forever, and we doubt not but the first cotton of the season will open s the eyes of the Northerners. 3 The Corn and Cotton crops throughout the 3 Country are beautiful—so those say who know.— 1 Champion. From the New Orleans Bee. Result in Louisiana-Popular Vote, The fruits of the contest in Louisana may be briefly stated to be two out of the three members of Congress, a majority of not less than three, and J perhaps five on joint ballot—an overwhelming ma- 1 jority of the popular vote, and the assurance, a mountjng to absolute certainty, that the State will cast her electoral vote for Harrison in November next. With regard to the popular vote, it is readily ar rived at. In the first Congressional District, E. D. White, (Whig,) is elected over Gilbert Leonard, (Locofoco,) by 2,045 veles. In the second Dis trict, John B. Dawson, (Locofo?o,) is elected oyer T. G. Morgan, (Whig,) by 13 votes. In the third District, John Moore, (Whig,) is elected over Rich ard Winn, (Locofoco,) by —say 50 votes. Sub tract 13—Dawson’s majority—fiom 2095, the ag gregate majority of White and Moore, and we have 2082 as the majority of the popula«vofe. Out of sixteen thousand votes, this might be deemed an all-sufficient nnjority; but we shall do belter in the fall. There will be then no local considerations to distract the two part es. 'I he third District will do her duty, and will give Har rison from six hundred to eight hundred majority. In the first we shall, at the very worst, hold our own, and we shall strive to add a few hundred to our present majority. The second will give a wiiig majority, for General Dawson’s election is no test of party strength in that district. He is omnipo tent in that section of the His election by 13 votes, proves that the Whigs of the second dis trict are clearly in the ascendant. V\e are sin cerely of opinion that the majority for Harrison in Louisiana, cannot fall below 2,500, and will very likely exceed 3,000. The trial of Monday, a slave, before the Inferior Court of Chatham county, on the 29th ult., resulted in a verdict of guilty. He is to be executed on the 21st inst. Among: the items of London news received by the late arrivals, we find the following: “An Attack on Robert Owen. —This notori ous man was about to lecture at Barslam, Stafford shire, on Socialism, when the populace rose, at tacked him and his friends, and nearly killed seve ral of them.” We believe this same Mr. Chven was a locofoco candidate for Congress in Indiana, at the last Con gressional election in that State. From the New York Star. We commend to the attention of Mr. Benton and his associates, the following notice of the “ better currency” circulating in the “far South.” What more perfect commentary upon the “sj ecic hum bug” can be exhibited? Here is a specimen of the glittering aspect of the silken purses! 6$ CENTS. CENTS. Good to the bearer for 6| cents at the Post Office in Tallahassee, payable in postage or current Bank Notes. Tallahassee, Flor. W. Hilliard. From the Petersburgh Intelligencer. u Why do the Heathen rage ? —Gen McDuf fie’s letter has fallen like a bomb-shell i.ito the midst of the log cabin—and slaved the cider bar rels to fritters. The National Gazette, the Rich mond Whig, and all the “common cry,” have raised a simultaneous howl, as if melted brimstone had been poured upon the mange of a legion of curs in one line shower. We thought it would produce a sensation — Charleston Mercury. Mr. McDuffie in 1 S3l, was characteristically hot in his denunciations of the Executive. He com pared the deceptions of the Administration to those ol the Veiled Prophet, and the delusions of its fol lowers proportional to work ship of that ugly caitiff. The friends of the President in Congress, were delicately painted by Mr. McDuffie as “rep tiles which crawled in their own slime up to the lootstool of power.” The exclusive metallic doc trines of tire Administration were thus stigmatized by him, “ Before that God to whom I am icsponsible for what I say here, 1 do believe that the annals oi human idolatry and delusion cannot furnish an ex ample of more impudent, audacious, and monstrous imposture, than that which the Administration is attempting, and 1 tear with too much success, to palm upon the People of the Failed States, under t s c flimsy and delusive guise of returning to the primitive simplicity of a ‘ hard money’ Govern ment. Nothing that I have read, among all the world, transcends its monstrous audacity.” In his annual Message in December, 1836, he spoke thus; “No .Statesman of Soutii Carolina, could become associated with that Administration, without justly incurring the imputation of becom ing an accomplice in overthrowing the essential guaranties of her vital interest .” Truly has .Mr. McDuffie’s late letter produced a sensation. Ought it not, in justice to himself ? From the Petersburg Intellig.ncer. Thrilling Incident. The Hon. M r. Nisbitt, of Georgia, in addressing the citizens of Petersburg, on Friday evening last, alter pourlraying with a master’s hand, the wide spread desolation which is sweeping over this once prosperous and happy land, —reducing an over flowing Treasury to bankruptcy, and this glo rious Republic to the very verge of ruin,—con cluded his powerful and eloquent speech by the following anecdote : A youth following the army of Harrison through the trackless wilderness, is overcome by the diffi culties and fatigues of a long and wearisome march and falls exhausted in the ranks. In this helpless and forlorn condition his catnpanions are unable to assist him, but compelled to leave him behind. At length, the Commander in-chics ob serves him, and prompted by that benevolence of soul which has always characterized him, he dis mounts. and, placing the young man on his own horse, cheerfully marches on foot with his sol diers. The speaker then turning round and point ing to Judge Chinn, the representative from Louisiana, emphatically remarked, “and that is the young man. ’ The tremendous applause of the audience may be imagined but not described. The Credit System.—Mr. PeltigruofS. C., in a recent letter, thus speaks of the Credit Sys tem. The truth is—our credit system is nothing of a theory or speculation. It has not only stood the test of experience, but rendered thecountrv great and powerful. It is identified with our prosperity ; and if subject to occasional abuse, is not for (hut reason to be rejected, any more than our liberties themselves are to be given up, because they sometimes run into excess. But the men in power, unfortunately for their future fame, as well as their present p-ospects, are the very same who on a recent occasion perpetrated the greatest abuse of the credit system. It was by stimula ting the State banks to enlarge their accommoda tions after the removal of the deposites, that the administration, of which the present incumbents are in every sense the successors, laid the founda tion for immoderate issues of paper, and all the excesses that are now charged upon the system itself. The Rail Road again Torn up.— We leam thgt the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, about a month ago, affirmed the decision of the Court of Quarter Sessions, in favor of the right of the Philadelphia and 'Trenton Rail Road Company, to lay down rails iit Front street. On Thursday last, therefore, the company proceeded to act un der the decision. They had progressed to a con siderable extent, when, on Wednesday night, a crowd of persons collected together, forced the workmen from their places, and tore up the rails. The decision of the Supieme Court, it would therefore seem, is to pass for nothing.—Philadel phia Inquirer , 24 th ult . If Uncle Sarnivel’s Treasury Notes could speak, what Roman patriot would they name ? Cash-us. (Cassius.) —Salem Register. From the Columbus Enquirer, of the 20th ult. The Democratic, Republican Vau Burea Colquitt Dinner. On Monday last, the Hon. W. T. Colquitt ar rived in this city. The event was announced by the firing of cannon, and the busy moving oi his new-fledged Jeffersonian Republican friends, has tening to meet him and extend the light hand of fellowship. This day (Tuesday,) was set apait for the grand celebration of the victory obtained by the Democrats in gaining so important an acquisi tion to their tottering cause. While we write, the thundering roar of the cannon breaks at inter vals upon our ears. There is evidently great joy and rejoicing among the Van Burenites on this eventful occasion. It is the last hope of the party in Muscogee. With a deep and anxious feeling, have they anticipated th eeffect ®f their new friends appeal now making to the assembled crowd offic titious friends. Ths assembly now convened is probably as large as was expected by the \anities. The procession passed our office; and weave ena bled from our count, there were precisely 552 — including about 40 half grown boys. After pass ing our otfice, we learn from a friend stationed at another corner, they hid increased to 5C4, We suppose the whole number may have reached 600 by the time the procession arrived at the place *f dining. Os this number we should estimate at least 200 to belong to the counties of Stewart, Sumter, Talbot,Marion, and the neighboring coun ties of Alabama. To this add the fojty boys —and they have the number of 360—supposed to he voters of the ecounty of Muscogee. — This is full as large a number of our own people as we expected to attend, and if we deduct the small item of 50 Harrison men—(it is thought there were as many in the procession.) we will then have a fair showing of the \ an Huron forces that could be rallied in his own counly, to do the gentleman honor. From the Richmond Whig. Van Ilmen in 1812, Gen. Root of New York, well known through out the Union, as a distinguished leader of the war party in that State, in IST2, tuan whom there is not, nor was, in the Empire State, a more staunch, consistent and uniform republican, in a letter late ly written to a gentleman in Virginia in reply to a question seeking the information, says: “As to the statements of the‘Spy in Washington,’ (re-pub lished in the Whig. May 26ih) in relation to Mr. Van Buren’s course in 1812, I can say that the great and important facts are correct.” In the same lettei. Gen. R. refers to a speech de livered by him in the Senate of New York, in which he says, speaking of the Federal party,“they made a desperate effort, under the name of the ‘Peace party,’ to defeat his (Mr. Madison’s) re election, by the support of Mr, Clinton for that of fice. In this enterprise,Mr. Van Huron was a very' prominent and distinguished, and not very honora ble actor. Mr. Madison was re-elected and Mr. Van Huron fell in with the republican paity in the support of the prosecution of the War.” Here, Messrs. Editors, we have proof, strong and veritable, to sustain the charge that Mr. Van Buren acted with the Federal party in 1812, in op posing the war, and the war-candidate for the Pre sidency. Gen. R. was a warm friend of Mr- Madison —a zealous advocate of the war, and an active, effec tive, leading member of the republican party of those days. Os course, he knew who acted with him and who against him. Gen Root is, and al ways was, a man of hi_ r h character, sterling prin ciples, and unimpeached integrity —and of conse quence, is to he believed when hejspeaks, and, note this: General R; is not a pampered pimp of “ the powers that aie to he,” and must, therefore, be considered disinterested and reliable. Under these circumstances, should he not rather command cre dence than Mr. Butler, et id omne genus, who fatten upon the loaves and fishes of Executive dispensation ? That Mr. Van Huron acted with the Feds in op position to the War and Mr. Madison’s re-election, is matter of history, or at least of well authenti cated tradition, which is almost as authoritative; the fact is not denied, except by those who act on the rule —“ Falsehood, oft repeated or certified to, is as good as ruth.” DINWIDDIE. Extracts from the Speech of Mr. Ogle, of Pennsylvania. But the Hero of North Bend is not less distin guished for benevolence, and all the milder virtues of the heart, than for his eminent military ai d civil services. In him you behold the “friend of the poor man ,” and the fast friend of those who wore his brethren in arms. In evidence of this amiable trait of character. 1 might refer ties com mittee to one who now enjoy s the honor of a seat on this floor, (Judge Chinn of Louisiana.) He, when a boy, was in Gen. Hanison’s army', but being young and unused to the hardships of a soldier’s life, he was unable, without the utmost difficulty, to keep np with the march of the troops; he had fallen into the rt ar, and was in danger of being left by the way, and falling into the hands of a remorseless and savage foe ; Gen. Harrison passed him on horseback, and perceiving and pity ing his jaded condition, he immediately dismount ed, lifted the boy into (lie saddle,and walkinghim solf on foot, tnus rescued him from the savage scalping knife. At another time, the Rev. Mr Poe, a Methodist circuit rider, came to the door of Gen. Ifnnison’s abode, late in the evening, upon a feeble and j; dcd horse, which he had ridden for hundreds of nines, in his Master’s service, and sought a night’s lodg ing. He was welcomed with open-hearted hospi tality', and when ne was about to depart in the morning, having protuunccd his benediction on the household, he turned to lemouut his horse, but found, to his great surprise, his own sadd e and saddle-bags on the back, not of his former horse, for that over-ridden animal had died in the stable, but on the back of a fresh and far belter steed, provided by' Gen. Harrison. 1 turn to gentlemen of the Administration, and ask them to tell me the time when Martin Van Buren ever did an act like this ? And 1 appeal to the clerical brethren of that grateful preacher, and adc thorn Whether, at the coming election, they will forget the old man who acted the part of the good Samaritan towards their brother in the Chiis tian ministry. The priest and the Levile passed by me unfortunate man, wlra J:iy wounded by' the wayside, but the good SamaritaF poured oil and wine into his wounds, and sat him on his own beast. What act could be more strictly in the spirit of the Christian religion ? Nor will the Irishmen soon forget him. A poor but worthy son of the Emerald Isle, who had lost a fortune which ho expected to inherit, was repre sented to Gen. Harrison us desiring a certain clerk ship within his gift; the same appointment was al;o desired by several of the sons of his rich neighbors, but, having inquired into the case, he passed them all by and gave the clerkship to the unfortunate stranger. Will the Irish array them selves against the man who, in this very Hall, made an eloquent and feeling speech in favor of granting a tract of land in Illinois to “ Irish emi grants This memorable effort of Gen. Harri son, on behalf of the poor, oppressed, and down trodden children of Ireland, was called forth by a resolution introduced by JMr. Clagett, ol New Hampshire, in the following words ; “ Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to designate and set a part -townships, each of six miles square, in the State of Illinois * * * TO BE SETTLED BY EMIGRANTS FROM IRELAND, at two dol lars per acre, to be paid in three instalments, as follows: one-third part at the end of four years; one-third part at the end of eight years,-and cne third pan at the end of twelve years, with interest on the several sums.” Which of the two men will the Irish emigrant recognise as his friend—the man who • their eloquent advocate, or Martin Van Buren, the author of a pamphlet under the title of “ CONSID ERATIONS,” written during the summer of 1819 lor the express purpo-e of recommending for ap pointment, as a member ol the United States Sen - ate, Rufus King, of New York—a Hartford Con vention, black cockade federalist, who, as Minis ter at the Couit of King George, did his utmost to prevent the oppressed sons of the “ Emerald Isle ” from receiving a welcome on these shores, and the franchise ol freemen in their adopted country ? v ir, this is too important a portion of Martin Van Buren s biography to be passed over without a recurrent c to some historical facts. I have be fore me a remarkable part of that history, which can never be obliterated from the memory of every intelligent and true hearted Irishman, in the form Thn™ Ctt A a i^ d i reSSed by the late distinguished Jt E v d ? Emmett to Rufus King, and dated 2 J P u‘ 9th ’ 1837 - The letter is 100 if tn tK I rV h * whcle of 5 1 Will, however, send roo i Vi eidc 3 that such portions may be read as I have marked with my pen : “In the summer of 1798 afi. the people of Ireland for their aft*.,. I ten dispersed or surrendered 'M had taken refuge in the mountai? pt - a W , 14 M while military tribunals, houseo ur nil VVic C 9 tol lure, aid every kind of devastati 9 ling and overwhelming th ; some o the State prisoners'ffi 9 entered into a negotiation with Jf,Si9 for effecting a general amnesty . ar V lsn ment, offered, amongst other thin * to the exam nation of your conduS’, 0t 9 such country as might he agreed ■ and the Government. S Upvn h “ The offer was accepted • «■*» ** I F was stopped for a time, and was no tl °°’ V H f « after your interference, and after |9 18 try bad resolved openly to us * s fai tt> m “In the commencement of our nn . * W Castlereagh declared, as a reason * to Government possessing a ne*rativ» „ Urjc «<2 1 that it had no woise place in view f " our tbw 19 Hon than the United States of aJ ° r °’ Jr e %’ made our election to go there and K 1 to have our agreement carried into pv that difficulty, YOU, sir, OFFm?" I *. k 9 EFFECTUAL ASSISTANCE TO Tun H LESSNESS OF THE BRITISH 2 F %9* “On the IGih September, M r V f T - I V Under Secretary, came to info™ Sde H« * KING HAD REMONSTRATED ap A BEING PERMITTED TO FMrrS?i XST, SKI MKiUCA. This astonished Nevan very plainly said that he con?. I*H TRICK BETWEEN Mr. TLSH GOVERNMENT. This Mr 9 med; and, on being pressed to know?/?"*9 Mr. Kmg had for preventing us who o republicans, from emigrating to Amerb>9 nihcantly answered, ‘ PERHAPS Bjß DOKS NOT DESIRE TO HAVE Kppmlis| ? IN AMERICA.’ Your interference I made a pretext of detaining us f or w I custody, by which very extensive I of settlement within these State ? i Ihe misfortunes Which you brought J ! jects of your persecution were incalcuhf? K most all of us wasted the four best v li-1 \ As to me, I should have brought along J? 11 my father and his family, including „ 9 whose name perhaps, you will even notmd Jt' I emotions of sympathy and respect. MM connected with me would have become' my emigration. But all of them had W I Lom me. I have been prevented FROMmt'v- *9 A BROTHER ; FROM RECEIVING UNO BLESSINGS OF A FATHER, MOTHn 1 AND SISTER, AND FROM SOOTHING iS - “ LAST AGONIES BY my CARES; AM) M MB, B V YOUR UN W ARRAN TAB I £ avJv HI FEELING INTERFERENCE. The step?' I ' was unauthorized by your own Government Now. sir, for the benefit and information at i M true Irishmen, I will connect the letter of .V-i melt with a letter addressed by Martin VmR, ■ in the Autumn of 1819, to one of his friend which 1 will read an extract: “ / should sorely regret to find any 1 the subject of Mr. King. If e are committtii support. It is both wise and honed MUST HAVE NO FLUTTERING R(S 9 C OLRSE. Mr. King's views towards us artL ffl orab e and correct. The Missomi questi(*t« Vj ceals, so far as he is concerned, no plot a E a hB shall give if a true direction. You "know the feelings and views of our friends were».* vl ' saw you ; and you know what we then conch to do. My ‘ considerations; Sec., and the of the Argus, will show you that we haveeDttfS on the work in earnest. We cannot, there:* lookback. Let us not, therefore, have anyn;. ing. I will put my head on its propriety.” Now, sir, stopping but a moment to inquired j Martin Van Buren, in tire letter just read nieu 1 or intended by the sentence, “ IVe are corn:; fS| to his support .” Does lie mean that made a bargain to sustain Mr. King? Iri. flj desire to know what were ihe terms andcoDdita,. 9 the quid pro quo, of the arrangement upon wa “we ” wore “ committed .” He says: “ifitjj » wise and prudent ” to suppoit Mr. King. Wk I “ both wise ot the I tor the term of six vei." Jk black cockade Hartford Convention Federal -IB \\ as it “ both wise and prudent ! ’ to electtolklH distinguished station the bitter enemy of Tiui9B Addis Emmett, and the reviler and foe of» "M down-trodden Irishmen ? Was it “ both win aiM pi udent ” to send to the United States Senatel man whom Emmett charged with naviug when a lad, the livery of Sir John Tempiti near relation of Mr. Emmett ? Ihese aieaL®. per considerations for the patiiotic sons oU-Gb’ JH Erin,” when Martin Van Buren calls upon:/. to prefer him by their suffrages before the gsl’il old soldier of North Bend, the friend of Use Irish emigrant, and tiie man who has tnabkiv i fi iendless and pennyless stranger to chaEjLl “Irish Shamrock” into an c -Americanburkej But. sir, will the democracy agree with Mr r Buren tl at it was “both right and prudent" t Rufus King to the Senate ? Can oiartin Varif- . i reu not only oppose the election of James Ms* Wt as President, but also write a Lcok in behah “blue light,” “bla»k cockade,” Hertford i opsaj tion Federalist, and stM letain the caste oLiAH thodox liemocrat ? Can he be on*both sides. .f creek at the same time ? 'J'o show what 1» : ™ by being on both sides of the democratic stes- .f- . will tell you a little story. There was an old Dutchman in our State' had a most mischievous sow that was forever kmg boi nds and doi: g damage in his net? held, and liad i aused h.m more cost aodw ’ than she was worth; the old farmer bore r: f a good while, but at last, bei oming exaspcra'!i®B sw ore in his wrat i that if he heard of anyrff I her capers, he would kill her as sure as she* 1 - f on four feet. Well, the very next day theoHs®| committed a new trespass, and, dreading thee® ing vengeance, ran among the reeds and tall r® « which covcicd the banks of a sunken creek. grass was so high that the sow herself tould» : B seen, but her motions were guessed at by tiifi® king of the grass. The farmer judged, from "• appearances, that she was on the other side creek, and dashing through he made hot f--# alter lier; but, as soon as he had gotten over.®® 1 sow seemed to be on this side of the creet :; Y after the enraged man had crossed the creelP |d| or three times, he all at oucc stood still.and“ to his son, who was aiding him inthechs*' exclaimed, “ Why, Cliaik, I piieve hilTlsck' kas*gwi into dat sow, for she’? ! side-- of the creek at the same time.” -Vaitic' ,| Buren is trying to emulate this old c ovv, s CL J| , thinks, like her, he can hide in ihe grass,and 'N I will not dispute that the devil may have?" into him, yet 1 iasist that he shall stay on ons or the other. He cannot send an old Federal' , the Senate of the United States for thcpuT' f excluding the State of Missouri fiom _ the without slie would consent to the abolition ' 1 very within her borders, and yet (aim s on the democracy of the country as a ocrat, and a fast friend of the institution ol sli f. ry,as he now pretends to be. Gen. Harrison tells his countrymen on ciples he will administer the Government." j ed; and what are they f We have them language “ 1. To icnfme his service to a single term. “11. To disclaim all right of control ev ; .j public treasure, with the exception of sue I tas ma; [he appropriated by law to carr v ,jj | public service, and that to be applied P re Sl''| the law may cited, and drawn from the | agreeably to the long-established forms ol partment. . “ 111. That he should never attempt j the elections either by Uie People or the - , f gislatures, nor suffer the Federal officers u ,^ t . control to take any o'her part in them t“ aI ’ || ing their own votes, when they possesst voting. ffef ji( “IV. That in the exercise of the veto should limit his rejection of bills to, are [This opinion unconstitutional; flj tend to encroach on the rights of the 4 . frfS & - dividuals; 3d. Buch a<, involving deep r may in his opinion require more mature j| tion orreference to the will of the Peop e > ceitained at the succeeding elections. : n q “ V r . That he should never suffer the . ■ of his office to be used for purposes ei a p ty character. f thgS e “ VI. That in removals from office o ~.p o( !'*W hold their appointments during T he P lea Executive, the cause ©f such rcm° va stated, if requested, to the Senate at u nomination oi a succcessor is made. “ And last, but not least in important' fllti rs “VII. That he should not suffer t!,e # ‘ department of the Government to source oflegislatioa; but leave the * 1 ) 1 ol caakiag laws for the Union to ihe P