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CHRONICLE AND SKNTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
~ THURSDAY MORNINgT aUGUST 13 '
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
Os Ohio;
The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor
ruptible Statesman—the inflexible Republican—
he patriotic Fanner 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.
EUGENICS 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.
In the Constitutionalist of the 6th instant, we
tind an editorial addressed to the independent voters
of Georgia, a little different, it is true, from a Cir
cular that issued from the same office some time
since, having the same imposing address. We will
simply remark, of this Circular, that it was made
up of the stale and oft refuted slang, that has char
acterized the columns of the Administration pa
pers, during the present canvass. We are confident
that it was written by some Van Buren office hun
ter, and that this is the price which he is to pay
for it. For so false and foul is it, that if we are
not mistaken, it will, if it has not already, react
on those who put it forth. What says your sub
scription list, Mr. Editor ?
But our object is to notice the editorial of the
6th instant, where the “ worthy” editor appeals to
the independent voters of Georgia, to say what Mr.
Van Buren has done since 1836, to forfeit their
- confide, ice. We, as a portion of the independent
voters of Georgia, propose to answer the question.
We charge him with having deranged, nay, al
most ruined the currency of the country, with
having crippled its commerce,with having increased
the expenditures to the enormous amount of near
forty millions of dollars, while he and his party
went into power the advocates of retrenchment
ani reform. We charge him with having squan
dered the public money. He has brought the coun
try in debt, and when he went into office, we had
an overflowing Treasury. We further charge him
with having sanctioned the right of free negroes to
testify against white men, which is peculiarly ob
jectionable to Georgians. And much more, but
time will not now permit us to enumerate them.
Alabama Elections.
Pickens County Revolutionised.—The Whigs
Triumphant.
PICKENSVILLL REGISTER OFFICE, 7
August 4, 1840. 3
We congratulate the friends of Harrison and
Reform, on the result of the Elections in this
County. It is a decided triumph of Whig Prin
ciples. The People of Pickens County have
nobly redeemed themselves. Last year the Demo
crats elected their three Candidates, by a major
ity of about 240. But the people have arisen in
their might, and asserted their freedom and their
rights. We take this result as a foretoken, that
the State of Alabama is safe for Harrison in No
vember, and no mistake.
Whigs.
Dr. J. 5prui11....... 1013
W. McGill,... 990
J. Peterson, 997
3,000
Democrats.
Col. N. Smith, 804
Dr. Beckett ...780
Dr. Lyles, 752
2,336
Whig Majority 221.
Kentucky Election.
The Cincinnati Republican gives the following
as the state of the polls at Covington, in Kenton
county, on Monday last:
For Governor—Letcher, (Whig.) 190
French, (V. 8.)........ 138
For Lt. Governor—Thompson, (W.)....!88
Heim, (V. B.) 137
Legislature—Gordon, (V. B.) 112
Tupman, (V. B.) 114
It is expected that Letcher’s majority will
reach 100 at Covington, where Mr. Van Buren’s
majority was 160 in 1836.
At Newport, in Campbell county, at the close
of the polls the vote was as follows :
For Governor—Letcher.. 157
French 87
Another Van Buren Elector Declined.
—John A. Marshall, Esq. one of the Van Buren
candidates for elector for the State of \flssissippi,
has declined the canvass. His excuse for back
ing out is ill health. Thus three of the four can"
didates for electors have successively declined’
viz ; Judge Quitman, Chapman Levy, and Judge
Marshall. The Cider must be working in Mis
sissippi.
The Hon W. C Preston passed through this ■
city on Tuesday evening, on his way to the Ma
con Convention.
For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
The Sub-Treasury.
This measure is still lauded by gome as one of
liberty and deliverance, notwithstanding its inju
rious and oppressive effects are so sensibly felt
throughout the country. The most fatal infatua
tion could not be more set upon self-destruction,
than those who thus reason, and, perhaps in many
instances, honestly imagine. The idea of a
strife between the banks and the government, and
that the object of the sub-treasury is to protect
the people, and to force the banks to a resump
tion of specie payments, and to supply a sound
currency for the country, seems to be the evil
working genius of this mania. Nothing could
be more groundless or delusive. The action of
this measure, so far from interfering with the
banks or controling them, strikes -directly upon
the interest of the people. Its object is for the
government itself to deal in nothing but gold
and silver; and, for this purpose, its exactions
are that those who owe the government shall
pay in specie. Os course its immediate action
is upon none but the government [debtors. —
These are not the Banks. They now have no
dealings with the government, by which to be
come indebted or owe any thing. Those who
owe the government, and who will have to pay
in specie, are the people—the merchant who im
ports, the farmer who buys government land, am!
every one who pays postage. This is the class
upon whom this system will act; and thus,through
them, indirectly will its consequences be felt by
The whole body of the people. That it will have
an indirect bearing upon one class of Banks, —
that is the specie paying banks, —is evident. But
this will only add to the oppressions of the peo
ple. For the government, demanding nothing
but gold and silver for its dues, which amount to
upwards of thirty millions a year, will create a
great demand for gold and silver. Consequently
whenever a good bank puts any of its bills in
circulation, for the accommodation of the people,
they will be immediately sent in upon the bank
and the specie be drawn; and thus the country in
the interior and away from the cities, will have
neither specie nor good bank paper for circula
tion; and, consequently, will have nothing but
broken bank bills, or suspended ones, which is
the same thing, and shinplasters.
Upon the bank that refuses to redeem their
bills when presented, the sub-treagury has no ac
tion, either directly or indirectly, except to foster
their illegitimate interest, by driving all good
banks from banking, and leaving the whole field
to their peculation. They will remain as free
from the slightest susceptibility of an impression
from the operation of this system, as the most
careless, independent, sworn insolvent is of the
influence or effect of a dun. It is the lax payers
of the land, and they, under our system of col
lecting revenue, are the consumers and
who will have to bear the burdens. For instance,
when the merchant imports his goods, and has
to pay the government tax or tariff of one thou
sand dollars, this has to be done in specie. This
he gets either from a specie paying bank or from
a broker, a man who keeps it for sale. If from
t he bank, we have seen the effect will be to les
sen the circulation, and draw in the bills of the
bank, by taking away the specie, thus injuriously
affecting the community by making a scarcity of
money. And if he gets it from the broker, and
has to pay him ten per cent premium for it, this
the merchant will not loose; but he will only add
it, as the other part of the tariff he pays, to the
cost of his goods, and get repaid out of the far.
mer or consumer who buys. So that the burden
in the end, in every instance, comes home to the
people; having no more effect upon the banks, or
“associated wealth” of the country, than if our
Legislature should pass a law that every man
should pay his tax in gold and silver. How
would such a law as that effect the banks] Does
not every man see that it would only add to the
oppressions of the people] And yet this is the
sub-treasury system, applied to the general ge.
vernment. Its effects upon the community are
the same, whether instituted by the general go
vernmentor the State government, except that as
the general government taxes amount to millions
more than the State, so much the more injurious
and ruinous will its effects be upon the country
In the general government the collections of tax
es or revenue amount to about thirty millions in
a year, in the State ot Georgia to onlv about
eighty thousand. And who does not see them
convenience that would insue in each county, ip
all the taxes had to be paid in gold'and silver—
the specie could not be had in the country with
out the additional tax of ten percent to purchase
it? And who, in our Legislature, would be found
the advocate of such a measure]
NOUS VEHUONS.
For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Messrs. Editors— l Lad the pleasure of at
tending a great dinner given to the Hoc. Mr.
Black, on Tuesday last, in the county of Scriven,
at Jacksonborough, and also hearing him give an
account of his stewardship, while representing
them in Congress. He gave them a long har
angue in the way of exciting their sympathy to.
wards him; and it was truly sympathy sing for
any rational man to stand by and hear and take
notes of what passed. I must here say something
of the committee who was appointed to wait up
on his Honor. It was made up of the ring lead
ers of the Union party of that county, who, but
a few months back, I heard him denounce as
every thing, calling them tories, and every thing
but gentlemen, publicly; and even said if he was
before the people for a public office, and any of
these men voted for him he would not serve; but
now how is it with the' gentleman] I saw him
drinking sentiments and cheering under their
banner, and denouncing the Harrison men in
the same manner, accompanied with all the sar
casm which is so peculiar to his Honor. For
my own amusement. I asked some of the Union
men if they had turned to be Black men, and
they took it as an insult dawn right; and, of
course, if they have not, who has’ I did txol
have an opportunity of asking Mr. Black if he
had, and I am satisfied if I had, the insult would
have been personal in his mind; end after all I
could not get my curiosity satisfied.
It was all sorts of a mixed up concern any
how. In the way of proving that fact, after his
Hono*, Mr. Black, had concluded his defence, as
he called it, the Chairman of the meeting ex
tended an invitation to any of the opposition
men, if they saw fit or desired and could, as he
thought of course, say any thing that could hold
a candle to what had been said, they then had an
opportunity. They thought that no one in
Scriven had bravery enough to dare compete, or
show their faces in the way of contending with
Mr. Black, and him, too, just from Congress. But
I am proud to tell you they were foiled in their
sanguinary expectations. Mr. C. W. Young,
born and raised in old Scriven, promptly accept
ed the offer, and it would have done every citizen
of old Scriven, who was not running over with
prejudice, good to hear him contend with the
monstrous denunciations, and confuting the cal.
umnies that were heaped upon old I ip. And
what pleased me, the cider was too strong, they
could not stand it; and when Mr. \ oung had ar
rived at their strong hold, and was about to blow
up the fortification, the Chaiiman stopped him,
and it had a most disastrous effect in the ranks,
and will, no doubt, eventuate in securing old
Scriven for Harrison and Reform.
AN INVITED GUEST.
Decatur, De Kalb Co., Ga., ?
August 7, 1840. 3
Agreeable to previous notice, a very respecta
ble portion of the Anti Van Buren parly of De
Kalb County, assembled at this place for the pur
pose of nominating delegates to the Convention
to meet in Macon on the 13lh inst.
On motion of Gen. Ezzard, Dr. John S. Fall
was called to the Chair, and James M. Calhoun
appointed Secretary.
The meeting being organized, Gen. Ezzard in
troduced the following Preamble and Resolutions,
made a very able and forcible argument on the
same, and which were unanimously adopted by
the meeting, to wit:
Whereas, We, as citizens of the United States,
do feel a deep and abiding interest in the perpe
tuity of our Republican Government, in itsorigi
narpurity and simplicity, and being convinced
from the present extravagant expenditures of the
General Government, that a change of rulers is
necessary to effect this object, therefore,
Resolved , That the nomination of William
Henry Harrison for President, and John Tyler
for Vice President, is entitled to our undivided
support.
Resolved, That we deem it expedient that the
citizens of the County, friendly to the election of
those distinguished individuals, be represented in
the Convention to be held in Macon on the 13th
inst., by at least one hundred delegat s
Resolved, That as many of the Anti Van Bu
ren party of this County, as will attend said
Convention, be recognized as delegates.
Resolved, That we heartily approve of the
nominations made by the Convention held in
Milledgeville in June last, and will unite with
oiir friends in all honorable means to promote
the election of that ticket.
Resolved, That the Chair appoint a committee
of ten persons to select suitable delegates to repre
sent the Anti Van Buren party in the Macon
Convention.
Under the last resolution, the Chair appointed
the following committee to report the names of
suitable persons as delegates in said Convention;
Andrew Jackson, Wm Johnson,
James H. Davison, E M Poole,
John Evins, James Paden,
JM C Montgomery, Tuly Chever,
Lodi wick Tuggle, T B George.
Which committee reported the following per
sons as suitable to represent the Anti Van Bu
ren party of said County in said Convention, to
wit:
George Reeve, D Anderson, jr.
Wm Hearn, W Pyron,
Samuel Lovejoy, Andrew Johnson,
C Humphries, James Wood,
E Bird, sen. Jeremiah Milican,
A Christian, James Castleberry,
John White, John Hardman,
A H Green, E Hardman,
John Paterson, George Lyon,
Thomas Petty, A Stewart,
Rev John M Smith, John Moore,
James Dunahoo, J J Veal,
T Smith, E Bird, jr.
E Hooper, J C Badger,
E L McGriff, F Badger,
J F Montgomery, James W Reeve,
A H Bazley, John Blake,
J Starnes, Reuben Martin,
C Conaly, Josiah Powers,
Samuel Walker, H Chener,
M R Deal, B D Shumate,
J Blackstock, Joel Atkins,
Thomas Kenedy, Charles Latimer,
S Snell, James Phillips,
J Red wine, J R George,
Lewis Pecock, John Reed,
Murat McGee, Wm M Johnson,
Moses Murphey, Wm Miller,
William Heanlon, Levi Betterton,
E Warbington, John R McCarter,
Wm Jackson, B Chapman,
Andrew Jackson, J S Cowan,
J A Reeves, J M Watson,
Reuben Cone, J Simpson,
G B Butlar, Hardy Harris,
Dr Joseph Thompson, J M Holly,
James M Calhoun, M D Shumate,
John B McDaniel, James L Mason,
W McDaniel Wm Betts,
G W Cobb, Robert Grier,
V Hardman, John Francis,
John Burnes, Wm R Smith,
T J Ferguson, John Jones,
Thomas Austin, John H Jones,
Wm Goldsmith, Z Jones,
James D Thompson, D Crawford,
V Austin, George Heard,
Thomas Atwood, John Bryce,
Lemuel Dean, Wm L Lyon,
R Holingsworth, H Loveless,
Wm Veal, Merrill Collier,
\\ m Farrell, William Ezzard,
James J Evins, James McLain,
John Turner, Simpson McLain.
J Veal,
On motion of J. M. Calhoun,
Resolved, That the committee of ten, as well
as tire Chairman, be appointed delegates.
On motion of J. M. C. Montgomery,
Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting
the charges made against General Hairison, of
his being a Federalist, and an Abolitionist, and
of his being in favor of selling free white citizens
to negroes, are unfounded, and are statements
made by the corrupt and venal portions of the
present Administration, for the sole purpose of
securing the re-election of Marlin Van Buren,
and of keeping, themselves, the rewards of his
favors.
On motion of Gen. Ezzard,
Resolved, That the procedings of this meeting
be signed by the Charirman and Secretary, and
published. 3
The meeting then adjourned.
JOHN S. FALL, Chairman.
James M. Calhoun, Secretary.
Ft rthe Chronicle and Sentinel.
Mb. Jones—The other evening while running
over the pages of a volume entitled Hunt’s his
tory of the Late War,” written in the ancient his
torical style, ray eye accidently fell upon the fol
lowing passage, which as it was written prior to
the year 1816, may be taken as a pretty fair evi
dence of the estimate in which Gen. Harrison
was held by the people, at that time, when the
events of that war were still fresh in the public
mind. The book from which the extract is made,
though an odd specimen of literary taste, never
theless appears to be quite candid, and is certain
ly profuse in its condemnation whenever it is
merited. If the writer is to be credited, and he
certainly had no motive at that date, to induce
him to record aught but truth—Gen. Harrison,
was not only considered a brave man by his
army, but was endeared to those who fought un
der him, by the same noble soldier-like qualities,
that in the Florida Campaign, won for General
Clinch, the love and esteem of the Georgia vol
unteers. Who would dare call the veteran Clinch
a granny, in Georgia 1
After giving an account of the capture of
Proctor’s army by Harrison and his western ar
my, the writer remarks,
“21. Now Harrison was a mighty man of va
lor, and no man could make him afraid ; and
the Captains and officers that were with him were
all valient men.
“ 22. And when some of his captains sa:d un
to him, Lo! there is a feast to-day ; go thou and
partake thereof, and refresh thyself, and we will
watch ;
“ 23. He answered and said unto them, nay,
shall I go and riot, whilst the warriors of Colum
bia lie on the frozen ground 1
“ 24. No, their fate shall be my fate : and their
glory shall be my glory.
“25. So he wrapped himself in his cloak and
ay down in his own tent.”
1—
The Granite State. —The Portsmouth
Journal says—“ We have intelligence from the
interior of New Hampshire which gives strong
hopes, that although H vRRISON will not need
it,the VOTE of NEW HAMPSHIRE will be
given to him.”
Newnan, August 4, 1840.
At a meeting of the Coweta Delegation to the
Macon Convention, an appropriate Banner was
presented to the Delegation by Miss E. B. Berry,
in the name of the Whig Ladies of Coweta, ac
companied by the following Address of Miss
Berry:
Gentlemen : —I did hope to present the banner
intended for your Delegation, personally—whereby
I could assure you, that in the breast of woman —
weak and timid as she is—there dwells living,
breathing patriotism.
When our country poised upon the verge of ru
in ; when she is fast losing the very name of a
Republic ; when the almost palsied hand of some
veteran patriot, who has fought aud bled for us, is
beckoning in its feebleness, and his voice heard in
the Macedonian cry, “Come over and help us”—
Woman would urge you on, onivdrd to the rescue.
I would have also told you, that, towards him
who has saved the wife, the mother, the daughter,
from savage barbarity, there exists in the female
bosom the wannest gratitude, incited by that grat
itude. I would have asked, “ does he not richly
deserve the highest reward and honor, his country
can give ?” Gh! that we were but men —the
question would not be vainly asked. God prosper
your efforts. “Be not weary in well doing,” and
when you do “well,” do it “with ali your might.”
With the spirit of ’76, receive your banner—hum
ble in its execution, but mighty in its import.
To which H. R. Harrison, Esq., delivered the
following response:
Ladies :—ln behalf of the Delegation, to whom
you have made a tender of this banner, permit me
to return lo you, our heart felt thanks for this dis
tinguished mark of your approval of our efforts, to
do honor to whom honor is due. We see on its
bright folds, the likeness of him in defence of
whose cause we have now embarked. W r esee en
i graven on its folds, the name of one, who at his
i country’s call, was ever ready to peril his life, his
fortune, and his all in her defence. He it was who
defended from the savage scalping knife, our mo
thers and sisters, on the North Western Frontier;
and who, as a Statesman, wholly made a sacrifice
of his popularity, in his devotion to the bulwarkof
our liberty, the Constitution.
Ladies, this mark of 3 r our approval of our efforts
to do honor to the merits of such a man, shall buoy
up our hearts, and cause ns to press on with re
i doubled vigor m the noble cause. But this is not
the first time that America’s noble daughters have
stood forth in the cause of right. The pages of
the history of our Revolution are marked, often
marked with the heroic deeds, and determinations
of our mothers, in those sanguinary times that had
well nigh unnerved the stoutest hearts. Then it
it was, that they often fearlessly imparted aid and
comfort to the weary soldier, who was worn down
with fatigue. The Whig Ladies of the Revolu
tion showed ample and nobie proof of the heroic de
termination of their sex—and that often too—
when their husbands who should have been their
protectors, were giving aid to the enemies of Ameri
ca. Who then amongst us, the free born sons of
freedom, will falter, when America’s noble daugh
ters have set us such examples p Then my friends,
to whom this banner has been presented, let us
nerve ourselves for the conflict. Let us, as our
fathers d.d, scorn to be luggards or lake warm in
our contry’s cause. But with one heart and one
hand, let us persevere until we shall have rescued
that country from the dangers which threaten, and
liberate her forever from the domination of corrupt
and federal politicians.
The contest may be violent, but the stake is
great, and supported as we know ourselves to be,
by an humble and honest desire to promote the’
happiness of the people, and the good of the Re
public. The victory must and will be ours. Then—
“ Strike, till the last armed foe expires j
Strike, for your alters and your fires ;
Strike, for the green groves of your sires,
God, and your native land.”
V hereupon, the accompanying resolutions, and
proceedings, were had by the Delegation :
Resolved, That the thanks of this Delegation be
tendered to tho Ladies, from whose patriotic and
kind offices, we have this day received an appro
priate and not humbly executed Banner.
Resolved, That the Delegation regret the circum
stances that have prevented the presentation of the
Banner, in person, by Miss E. B. Berry, and that
while we applaud the address which she has given
us. for its concise and touching style, and glowing
patriotism, and devotion to our cause, we with
one heart solicit Heaven’s brightest smiles lo beau
tify the days of her life, to cheer and enlighten her
when called to pass the valley of shadows.
Resolved, That the Delegation return to H. R.
Harrison, Esq., their thanks for his prompt and ap
propriate response, to the address from the ladies
Resolved, That Messrs. E. McKinley, E M
Story and Augustus H. Stokes, be appointed a
committee to communicate to Miss E. B. Berry
and through her, to the patriotic ladies who ha ve’
aided in the preparation of our Banner, and who
encourage us onward in this good cause.
JAMES DAVIS, Chairman.
E. M. Story, Sec’ry.
~ r D « Newnan, August 4,1840.
To Miss E. B. Berry;
1 he undersigned were appointed a Committee by
the Coweta Delegation to the Harrison Convention
at Macon, to communicate to you the foregoP*
Resolutions of the Delegation, desiring that you
them to the other ladies, to whose joint kindness
and love of country, we are indebted for our Ban-
The discharge of this duty is to us a high pleas
ure. 81,01 1 but truly appropriate address we
have both heard and read with kindling emotions.
From the same altar where you have taken a hv
mg coal of enthusiasm, we would gladly catch a
spark. That alter we know is not the building of,
sectional prejudice, or party bigotry but of pu»
and holy love of country, home and hearth ol the
good and the brave, who in the Council Chamber,
the Tent and the Battle-field, have hazaided their
persons and fame in the defence of theirs. Jn j *
us to cay to you, that in the breast of no one, does
the fire of patriotism apparently burn with more
fervor and intensity, than in jour own.
No pearl ever lay under Ocean’s greenwaters.
More puie in its shell, than this spirit in thee.
Accept Madam, our best wishes for your health,
prosperity and happiness, through lie s pi g
age.
E. McKinley,-)
A. H. Stokes, v.Committee.
E. M. Story, j
From the Richmond Whig.
Army Bill—Poinsett’s Quibblin g.
Murder will out. We felt a thorough convic
tion that the Secretary of War, in the letter in
which the attempt was made to exonerate the
' President from all blame in respect to the Army
project, was guilty of shameful quibbling and un
’ manly tergiversation. We avowed this opinion
at the time of the pub'ication of that letter. We
thought there was disingenuousness apparent up
on the face of the letter, and we moreover, had
' reasons to believe that the impression sought to
1 be conveyed by the Secretary, was contradicted
by the facts. He stated in that letter, that the
r Army Bill which he submitted to Congress on
the 20th of March, “ ivas reported to Congress
upon a call of the House —■“ was sent to that
body , without being previously submitted to
the President. ” “ With it or its details, there
fore, he had nothing to do,” #c.
, The facts begin to leak out. It appears from
the following letter from Mr. Phelps, a Senator
from Vermont, to Mr. Rives, which we find in
I the Petersburgh Intelligencer, that a bill in all
important features identical with that commu
nicated on the 20th March, on a call of the House,
was laid before the Senate’s Committee early in
the session. We copy Mr. Phelp’s letter, and
the pertinent comments of the Intelligencer. Is
there a man who believes that Van Buren knew
nothing of this important bill on the 20th of
March, which had been submitted to the Senate
months before, and who will venture to acquit
the Secretary of War of prevarication ?
Harper’s Ferry, June 20, 1840.
Dear Sir : In answer to your enquiry, I have
only time to say, that, very early in tho present
session of Congress, a bill in form, emanating
as I understood, from the Secretary of War, and
laid before the Committee of the Senate, on the
Militia, of which Committee I am a member.
That bill, which I suppose accompanied ihe an
nual communication of the Secretary of War to
Congress, was, in all important features, inden
tical with the plan communicated by the Secreta
ry to the Committee of the House of Represen
tatives, under date of the 20th March last. The
bill to which I allude, was for some time, the sub
ject of enquiry by the Committee. What has be
come of it, or why it has not been printed, I
know not—but that such a bill was reported and
submitted with the annual Report, is not to be
questioned.
I would explain further, that having already
made a written statement, which is now in the
hands of the publisher, and which will probably
be published, I refer you to that when it shall ap
pear. In haste, yours,
SAMUEL S. PHELPS.
| To the Hon. Win. C. Rives.
Here we have a statement, from an honorable
gentleman, positively affirming that early in the
• session, a bill in form, emanating, as he under
stood, from the Secretary of War, was laid be
fore the committee of the Senate, of which he
II was a member, and that bill was, in all impor
[ tant features, identical with die plan cornmuni
> cated by the Secretary to the House of Repre
. sentatives. What then becomes of Mr. Poin
sett’s statement that the plan was sent in obedi
; ence to a call of Congress, and without being sub
mitted to the President] Mr. Phelps states that
the plan submitted to the Senate accompanied, as
J he supposes, ihe annual communication of the
' Secretary, if this istiue, and there is no reason
, to doubt it, the Secretary is convicted of false
; hood, for he says it was sent in obedience to a
r call of Congress. When it is remembered that
■ during the last Summer, the President and Secre
-1 tary were examining the military defences of the
’ country with reference to the boundary troubles
ami the Canadian difficulties—when it is recol
. lected that a plan for organizing the militia,
. identical with the plan afterwards submitted, was
sent in to the Senate at an early period of the
Session, it will require a stretch of credulity which
! we are not equal to, to make us believe that the
President was not minutely informed of all the
details of the Secretary’s plan, Mr. Poinsett’s
, statement, and Mr. Ritchie’s guesses and wishes
■ to the centraly notwithstanding.— Pet. Intelli
gencer,
President “Mum.”
The following Correspondence between several
Electors of Illinois and Mr. Van Buren shows
that the latter gentleman is fairly “Caged.”
“Danville, 111., May 23, 1810.
Mr. Van Buren, President of the U. State.
You are now before the people of the U. States
for re-election. We claim it, as the privilege of
Citizens, to propose for your consideration and
answer the following interrogatories :
Ist. If re-elected, should a bill pass Congress
for abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia,
would you approve the law ]
2d. Do you approve of pre-emption laws ]
3d. Did you or not, as a member of the Con
vention ot'Amendments for amending the Con
stitution of the Stale of New York, vote against
a proposition to restrict the right of voting to
, white citizens ]
4th. Did you, or not, vote in the same Conven
tion to allow Negroes who were worth two hun
dred and fifty dollars the right of voting ]
slh. Did you, or not, advocate in the same
Convention, a property qualification as necessary
for all electors 1
6th. Did you, or not, in the same Convention
propose and advocate the appointment of Justices
of Peace by the Governor ]
7th. Have you examined Holland’s life of Van
Buren of date 1830 ; and il so, is it a faithful and
true history of your political opinions ]
Respectfully your obedient servants,
Wm Knight, W.Fithian,
J. C. Alexander, Geo. May,
Milton Lesley, Michael Cline,
Adam Sullivan, Wm. McKibben,
H. H. Reed, Samuel Partlow.
Wm. I Moore.
Washington, June 22d 1840.
Gentlemen—l have received a letter signed by
yourselves and others, propounding to me several
questions, to which it is my intention to reply in
in full season for the object you have in view.
One of them is in the following words: “Have
’ you examined Holland’s life of Van Buren, of
date 1835 ; and, if so, is it a faithful and true
history of your political opinions ?” It has been
suggested to me, that spurious copies of this
work have been put in circulation in Illinois. It
is therefore desirable that you should send me a
copy to which your question relates, before I
answer it. This I will thank you to do at vour
earliest convenience. When inspected it shall
be returned to you.
I am a gentleman, very respectfully, your obe
(hent servant, M. VAN BUREN.
Fr L HAI * and John C. Alexander.
rliV J A b » ny Lv< r nin g J °urna! says—The “A rt
u o ger gets rid of these plain, direct interro
ga ions, j s arting a question about a “spurious
i ion o Holland s Life of his magicianship !
ere is no connection between the questions
asked in the above Letter and Holland’s Life.
But it would have been awkward to answer
these questions, and hence the evasion. H
quibble is unworthy of a President, j>
whether “spurious” or genuine, was writt* *
published by themselves. n a,i '
Tue Boundary Commission.—The \ U(T
Age says that Professor Cleaveland has JecH pj I
his appointment as one of of the commissioner I
on account of his feeble health. It i s added tl * i
the commissioners were to meet at Portl Ulc j
the 7th, to commence their journey. The \ *
says:—
We understand that the commission wr
vide itself into three parties; one to proceed',
the head waters of either the Connecticut or
uebec, northeasterly along the highlands;
er to commence at the Bay of Chaleurs, * an( ] ° lh '
ceed sou-h westerly toward the first party
the third party to start from the
Mars Hill, and proceed northerly to the highlan ) I
and also westerly along the highlands allege! !
exist, and claimed by the British Government I
be the true treaty highlands. In this way
feet and accurate survey of the whole grouS I
will be effected, and our government pm m
session of all the facts, necessary to meet the neu I
argument now made by Great Britain. 1 " I
Prospects in Ohio.
The Editor of the Cincinnati Gazette says
that, having had recent opportunity, during At
tendance upon the sitting of the Supreme Court :
at Columbus, to collect information from and
compare notes with gentlemen from all parts oi
the State, the result is “a firm, well-grounded
conviction that Ohio will elect Mr. Uobwix
(for Governor) by at least 15,000 majority, and
carry the Harrison electoral ticket by a still I
larger majority. This result (says the Gazette)
appears to us inevitable. In 1836, Ohio gave
201,333 votes, of which Harison obtained a ma
jority over Van Buren of 8,501 votes. s, nce I
that time numerous changes are known to have
taken place against the Administration, and
change is still going forward. The Whigs are
now united and active—the People are alarmed
and roused. The oldest among us have never
before witnessed so much zeal, activity, or deter
mination. Ohio will probably give 240,000
votes, and of these, we think, our friends may
count upon 125,000 for Harrison.'’
A pompous call for a meeting to celebrate the
passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill, as “the second
declaration of independence,'’ having been issued
in Ohio, some wag very properly added the fob I
lowing:
Names of the Signers of the new Decu
uation of Independence.
Names. Residence. Defalcation.
Sami Swartwcut, N. York, $1,225,705 69
Wm M Price, “ 75,000 00
A S Thurston, Key West, Fa. 2,882 15
G W Green, Mobile, Ala. 1 1,173 48
I T Granby, Craw ford ville,ia. 39,031 31 |
A M‘Carty, Indianapolis. la. 1,308 92 I
B F Edwards, Edvvardsviile, 111. 3,315 76
WL D Ewing Vandaiia, 111. 16,754 29
John Hays, Jackson, Miss. 1,386 18 j
W M Green, Palmyra, Miss. 2,312 19
B S Chambers, Little Rock, Ark. 2,149 23
D L Dodd, Opelousas, La. 27,130 57
A R Rogers, “ 6,624 87
J Canton, N. Orleans, 1,259.23
N W M‘Danit-1, W’ashinton, Miss. 6,000 00
B H Owen, St Stephens, Ala. 30,611 97
G B Crutcher, Choctaw, Miss. 6,061 40
G B Dameron, “ 39,059 64
S W Dickson, “ 11,231 90
“ “ 898 53
W P Harris, Columbus, Miss. 109,178 08
Wm Taylor, Cahawba, Ala. 23,116 18 i
U G Mitchell “ 54,626 55
J W Stephenson, Galena, 111. 43,294 04
Lit’hury Hawkins, Helene, Ark. 100,000 00
S W Beall, Green Bay, 19,62(1 16
Joseph Friend, Washita, La. 2,551 01
Wm H Allen, St. Augustine, 1,997 50
C D Boyd, Columbus, Miss. 50,937 28 [
R H Stirling, Shoccuma. Mi. 18,773 70
Paris Childs, Greensb’, La. 12,449 76
WmLinn, Vandaiia, 111. 55,062 06
Sam T Scott, Jackson, Miss. 15,550 47
Jas T Pollock, Crawfordville, la. 14,891 98
John L Daniel, Opelousas L.i. 7,280 63
Morgan Neville, Cincinnati, 13,781 19
M J Allen, Tallahassee, Fa. 26,691 57
Robt T Brown, Springfield, Mo. 3,600 50 ‘
$2,064,209 86
AND THE CRY IS &TTLL THEY RUN.
Presidential Election of 1836.
Whig States in ’36. Whig. V. B. ehc votes
Massachusetts 41,099. . . 32,537.... 14
Vermont 20,990... 12,039.... 7
New Jersey 26,389.. .25,844.... 8
Delaware 4,738... 4.155 3
Maryland 22,852 22,168.... 10
Sou h Carolina 30.000... 17,u00.... 11
Georgia 24,786.. .22,104....11
Tennessee 35,962.. .26,120 15
Kentucky 36,055.. .33.435 15
Indiana 41,281.. .33,478.... 9
Ohio 105,417. ..96,916. ...21
Van Buren States. —124
Maine 15,239.. .22,900. ...10
New Hampshire... 6,238... 18,722.... 7
Rhode Island 2,710... 2,964 4
Connecticut 18,719... 19,284 8
New York 138,543.. 166,815 43
Pennsylvania 87,111.. .91,475... .30
Virginia 23,498... 30,261 23
North Carolina 23,468.. • 26,910.... 15
Alabama 15,613.. .20,506.... 7
Mississippi 9,688... 9,974 4
Louisiana 3,383... 3.654 5
Illinois 14,292... 17,275.... 5
Missouri 7,337... 10,995 4
Arkansas 1,237... 2,400.... 3
Michigan 4,045... 7,332.... 3
764,583 776,963 HO
New Mode of Estimating Militabi 'l E i
hit. —A General deserves no credit who gams a
splendid victory, if he owes any thing to the bra
very of his subaltern officers.
General Harrison had Richard M. Johnso’i at
the battle of the Thames, who was a brave m 3ll.
Ergo—General Harrison deserves no credit for
gaining the victory of the Thames.
Bonaparte had brave generals, their courage
and intrepidity gained him many victories, conse
quently Bonaparte was no General.
Hence, logically and physiologically, lb e arm
that executes is greater than the mind which di
rects—and the mind that directs deserves no cre
dit.
Tor further particulars listen to Democratic or
ator?. —Boston Whig.
Havana.
We have our files of Havana papers to the
27th July, inclusive.
On the 22d ult. five individuals were shot,
for piracy , viz : Francisco Suare, Juan de Arm 33
Juan Romero, Aquitui Lopez, and Lorenzo l er
nandez.—Among other piratical exploits, tßey
had on the Ist May, killed Capt. Cunpingh3tn
of the English brig Vernon, together with a p art
of the crew. —New Orleans Bee.
Kendall draws a very graphic picture of him
self. Behold !
“The propensity to lying becomes so tyranica
and despotic, that it does not require the stimu
lus ol self interest, fear or shame—but, on t a
contrary, indulges itself in the most
license, from the mere force of habit, and in tue
absence of all temptation.”