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CHRONICLE ANIi SENTINEL.
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THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER] 24.
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FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM HKNIIY HARRISON,
Os Ohio;
The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor
ruptible Statesman —the inflexible Republican —
the patriotic Fanner of Ohio. I
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
JOHN TYLER,
Os Virginia ;
A State Rights Republican of the school cf : ’9B—
—of Virginia’s noblest sons, an J emphatically
one of America’s most sagacious, and
patriot statesmen. j
r OR KI.CCTOKS er PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIJDENT,
GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglcthorpejl
DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden. ||
JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee *
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock. I
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark. ]
SEATON GRANTLAM), of Baldwin;:
ANDREW MILLER, of Cass.
WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalf.
C. B. STRONG, of B.lm. % ;j
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke.
E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
FOR CO.NURESS, i|
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 Pufjam.
THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee]
FOR BF.NATOM,
ANDREW J. MILLER.
FOR REPKESf.HTATIVES, 'i
CHARLES J. JENKINS, IS
GKORGK W. CHAWFOKD, ij
WILLIAM J. RHODES. I
Tippecanoe Hoys Attend.
Sec the notice for a Meeting in the “ Bloody
600th,” and recollect that every man is expected
to be at his post. The country calls, yq-.i must
obey, |
Cr7 > We are requested to stall? that the [r eeling
of the Third Ward Tippecanoe Club will be held
on Saturday evening instead of this evening.
Cotton. —'Flic market since our last f -port is
without material change.
Exchanges on the Northarc improving}slowly
“ Jemmy my Hoy, Where lire y\: ?»»
“ Och hy the soul of me Pat, under tliii Log,
and so I am. The divil take these Main|- Boys,
for me Pat, tliey have been afther givin’ ni; such a
tlivil of a chokin’ with their coon skins ; md red
pepper, the log would na turn over, and so it
would’nt”
Mr. rorsylli’s Circular. II
Some days since, we published the Circular of
this “place man, ” when wc promised our readers to
take farther notice of its contents, a duty -ve now
proceed to in as brief a manner as possible:
Jl is a remarkable fact, that the party wlifh which
Mr. Forsyth is now acting, assume to themselves
to be the only true exponents of the principles of
Jefferson and Madison! How far Mr J Forsyth
has carried them out it is easy to deterrni.le, when
the fact is known that one of the positive injunc
tions given by those men to federal office holdcis,
was not to interfere in local or State elections.
Mr. Forsyth was invited (« a dinner, by a j ommit
(ce, and instead of the usual manner of R esponse
to tlio Committee on such occasions, ho» availed
himself of the occasion to address a leitdr to the
people of Georgia, to invoice their support! to save
him his place. Perhaps, however, his fmjnds may
fxcuiip him, by us filing that il is an cxljioiiliiia
-1- occasion, and he.ice a resort to extr:£)rdiuary
means was necessary. This is no doubt ’rue, and
l nvci conflmirtly, wbit we said of tbefseeieta
ry’s having been urgently entreated to Lvc the
sinking fortunes of the party in Georgia. I For one
thus engaged in proping the desperate foicunes of
the Administration of Mr. Van Burcn, vith the
I
noble (/) object of securing Lis own plac* with a
snug salary, he seems to have placed u very just
estimate upon the force and power of his Uslirnouy
before the American people. He is an “ interested
vainest*’!! f
W hen it was announced that a Circular-had been
received from Mr. Forsyth, all were anxious to
sec this extraordinary document, coming from a
Secretary, who in the language of Mr. Grundy,
“ was pleading for his bread." All cxpeckd to sec
an able and well wiitten defence of the [measures
of an administration, in which he had occupied so
prominent a station. That administratiotj had been
charged by the people from one end 01 l?;e Union
to th other, with squanderrug their moiLy in Hie
most prodigal rnannei, for the purpose corrupt
ing the fountain of power through the .'means 01
Executive patrenago —they had been obliged with
the destruction of the Cunency, for th} avowed
object of rearing upon its rums a grcsC Govern
hunt Bank which would sooner or later sap the
liberties of the people—they had been charged wit!
endeavoring and seeking to rule the ij stines 01
this country, by the overpowering infljience of ;
Standing Army of Two Hi ndkfd TuoussNDincn
wilh ejecting Irom the Halls of Congress the regu
l.irly eh < ted and commissioned Representatives 0
the sovereign State of New Jersey, and, receivin'
in their stead, those who were obnox.ii.u3 to th.
people, mid as they believed, holding principles a
variance with their interests and liber* i s.
These are R few only of the charges | lach hav
been made against this Administrate) by thos.
from whom they derived power, the f eople ; an
it was natural enough to suppose, wins the Secrc
tary quit the cares and duties of his ollfre, to entc .
the arena of politics, that he would dH'cnd them,
against these charges which have op|iated up< n
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f
t ’ em like a tremendous lever. What, then, must
have been their astonishment, when they observed
that the Secretary had touched none of these mo
mentous questions. What their indignation, when
they beheld him cunningly avoiding those topics,
and endeavoring by invidious comparisons and sly
thrusts, which none know better how to use than
the Secretary, to misrepinsent the opinions of Gyn.
Harrison, whose head has grown grey witli forty
years devotion to Hie service of the American peo
ple. Does the Secretary suppose that the people
of Gcoigia are so easily gulled 1 hat, interested as
he admits 1 imself to be, they will believe, at this
late day, (when all the calumnies of their prosti
tuted organs in Georgia have been poured foilh
upon the brad of this old patriot,) the oft repeated
calumny that General Harrison has adopted his
opinions to suit every section of the Union so
which they arc directed, and believe it to too, sim
ply because the “ place-man," this Secretary, who
is trying to secuie is oilier, is put upon the witness
stand? If so, lie is quite mistaken in the people
to whom lie lias addressed his ciicuhr. That po
litical stock jobber, Waller T. Colquitt, made a
similar charge and hoped to make a similar im
pression, because it might “enwe to his benefit"
but lo! the juggler could not adduce the testimony
save bis own assertion, and a lesson has been
taught him, by which Mr. Forsyth should have
profited.
Where, we ask, aie those chamelion-likc and
varied opinions, suited to each different section of
tire Union ? Did Mr. Secretary Forsyth produce
any evidence of them r No ; he could oiler nothing
but the assertion of an “ interested witness," and
that is all he ever will be able to present to the
people. We have searched in vain for evidence,
but none lias been produced. Thus it is that Air.
Forsyth avoids any defence of Hie Administration
for its many sins, such a task would have been 100
arduous, and we do not wonder at bis abandonment
of so laborious a work. He concludes bis long
list of insinuation and assertion in an allusion 10
the supporters of Gen. Harrison in Georgia, and
remarks, “a man is to be known by the company
he keeps.” This is an old adage, and it is a re
markable fact, that few’ can indulge in its use. Let
us try Mr. Forsyth hy this lest. In the front rank
of his associates stand F. P. Blair, Amos Kendall,
John M. Niles, Levi Woodbury, Garrett D.
James Buchanan, Dr. Duncan, Benjamin Tap
pan, only two of the nine survivors of the Vir
ginia Legislature who voted for Mr. Madison’s
resolutions of ’9b and ’99, and the only two survi
vors who voted against those resolutions are com
patriots of Mr. Forsyth, and urging Virginia as he
is Georgia, to support Mr. Van burenr And yet
the Hon. Secretary has the effrontery to remark
that wc- are known by our companions.
But says the Secretary,“ 'File only Chief Magis
trate to whom the Southern Stales can safely
trust themselves, is one who will use the influence
of bis place wisely to lead Congressional legisla
tion on the subjects that must arise for discussion
with the coming Presidential term, the appointment
of representation, the system of revenue, the art
mission of new States into the Union ; and one who
will use his power fearlessly and fully to control
all attempts at legislation on that subset which is
exclusively Southern.
Without therefore, bestowing any notice upon
the two first questions “ the appointment of repre
sentation, and the system of revenue” on both of
which Gen. Harrison is more sound than Mr. Van
Burcn,for he has never attempted to give negroes
the right of suffrage, pass at once to the ad
mission of New States into the Union,” upon
which latter we will bestow only a passing remark,
and let the people of Georgia determine which is
the man lit to be elected Mr. Van Burcn or Gen.
Harrison. Mr. Van Burcn was opjiosed to the ad
mission of Missouri with slavery, tiro. Harrison
voted lor it, and declared to his constituents that
he would have resigned his seal before he would
have surrendered his principles—Florida will pro
bably apply for admission into the Union within
the next four years, and Mr. Van Huron has already
recorded bis vote to restrict the introduction of sla
very into that territory. And yet with these no
torious facts staling Mr. Forsyth in the face, the
people of Georgia arc told hy him that Mr. Van Hu
ron is more desirable on this question.
After such an exhibition of the desperate resort
to which the Secretary was driven, it was not as
tonishing to us that he would attempt to draw oil’
the attention of the people from the true questions
at issue before the country to the subject of Abo
lition, and Abolition Conventions in Europe, Has
the Secretary become so desperate iu bis support
of Mr Van Bure* and his efforts to secure his own
office, that be would jeopaid the peace of this coun
try and Great Britain, already ha/arded upon a
very delicate and momentous question of bounda
ry, by arraigning Hie internal policy of that nation,'
and endeavoring to make political capital thereof to
prop his own fortunes? Really it would seem so, or
why this insult to the authorities of that great na
tion, and that too from the thief officer of the Cab
inet of this country, with whom all questions of
foreign policy are alone to be negotiated. Has the
Secretary seen any efforts on the part of the mia
isters of Kngland lo interfere with our peculiar in
stitutions at the South ? None wc venture to say,
and yet he would endcavoi to torture the meeting
of a few fanatics into a design on the part of the
government into interference with those institu
tions. People of Georgia you cannot mistake the
objects of this party, they will not stop at anj
means to secure power, and this effort on the part
of the Stale, must satisfy every un
prejudiced mind that lie would eve n sacrifi.se the
peace and quiet of the country for office.
Os a piece witli this is the assertion on his part
that no Southern Slate voted in the Convention for
General Harrison, and his publication of a pretend
ed vote of that Convention, which he has sent forth
to the world witli his endorsement, vouching for
its truth. Can it be possible that the Secretary of
State is so much imder the influence of Kendall
and Blair as to make such assertion as this J Does
he know that there was but a single vote taken
in the Convention cn the nomination for President,
and that was a unanimous one for Gen. Harrison.
If he docs not know this, he is not oily wofully
ignorant of the history of his own times, but he
should seek information from some other source
than his prostituted organ, the Globe.
But above all, his effort to make the people of
this country, and particularly the South look with
distrust upon the unoffending Catholics, surpasses
any thing wc have yet seen or heard. And this is
done by dragging into the political contest an
apostolic letter of the Pope, addressed to some of
the Spanish American authorities, disapproving of
slajvery. This we regard as a direct insult to the
proses ors of that ancient religion ; they are among
the earliest emigrants to this country, and through
all our trials in our early struggles for liberty, none
wore more devoted to our cause than they. And
yet this "place-man," this office-seeking Secretary
would tnus excite the prejudices of their adopted
countrymen, would thus defame the memory op
that revered patriot and devoted friend of liberty,
Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Descended as we
are, from an ancestor whose life was devoted with
religious fidelity to the tenets of tha t holy religion,
we feel indignant at this effort to diag the Pope
into, and make him a party to the political contests
of this countiy, and to excite distrust and r-u pi
cions of Southern men against their order. And
we trust that the Catholics will frown indignantly
upon such an effort.
From the N. Y. Commercial Adv. of Sept. 19.
Maine Election.
The good news of yesterday is fully confirmed
to-day. The Boston Mercantile Journal of yester
day afternoon says, that returns were received by
the steamboat from 325 towns, sufficient to make
it pretty certain that Kdvvird Kent has been elect
ed a uovenor, by a majority of between 500 and
1000.
We copy from the Boston AtUs the following
particulars;
We have received returns of the vote for Gov
ernor in 291 towns. They stand thus;
Tor Kdwaid Kent, 40,905
John Fairfield, OS M 3
Kent’s majority, 2,092
In 1898, the same towns stood thus :
Kent, 38,880
Fairfield, 10,498
' 1,552
Net Whig gain, 3,014
There are 79 towns and plantations to be he-ud
from, which will gi\e Fairfield about 600 majority.
So that Edward Kent is elected Governor of Maine
by over OVER ONE THOUSAND MAJORITY,
AN NO MISTAKE.
Correspondence of the Alias.
Aangor, September 15.
The returns from our Congressional Dis*rict arc
all in, and the Hon. Elisha 11. Allen is certainly
elected.
The Eastern stage driver brings intelligence that
the gain in favor of Noyes for Congress is 570, as
far as heard from, and a letter to the postmaster of
this city states that Noyes is probably elected. 1
think there cannot he any doubt of ibis. The rev
olution is onward, and Maine, injured and abused,
is redeemed. Nobly have the independent free
men of our stale answered the call made upon
them by the Democracy of the Union. The star
ol the East is in the ascendant, and the electoral
vote «f Maine is certainly for Harrison and Tyler.
So that the result is, (hat nvi: Whigs and but two
Uocofueos are returned to Congress in Oxford, no
choice. The present Congress contains but two
Whigs.
The Senate contains 17 Whigs and but 8 Loco
focos ; last year 8 Whigs, 17 Locofoces.
The Whigs will have a large majority in the
House of Representatives.
A \\ hig U S. Senator is therefore certain.
Augusta, Wednesday noon, iGth.
I cannot describe to you the joy that animates
every bosom at the glorious result in Maine. We
have the Senate and the House without doubt, and
the Locos concede to us the Governor. Maine is
good for 8000 for Harrison. They rush to our
ranks so fast now, that we begin to think of pul
ling up the bars.
GLORIOUS ! GLORIOUS !! GLORIOUS !!!
One Fire Moke!—A little later —1 o’clock —
Old Somerset has returned a Whig Representative
from every town in the county hut one.
Our streets are filled wiln a happy people—shouts
and congratulations arc heard from thousands that
Maine is free. We took the stump previous to
the elections, and you sec the result. The Whigs
only want their principles extensively promulga
ted to be generally embraced.
Later Imm Europe.
By the arrival of the Steam Ship Umitax
ni a, at Boston on Friday the 18th in«t., we are
in possession of Liverpool dales of the morning
of the 4lhinst. The rtporta of the cotton market
will he found in another part of our paper. The
only nows of interest in our exchange jiapcis is
the subjoined letter of Louis Bonapart.
Louis Bonaparte, the father of the young
Prince Napoleon, has written the following let
ter to the editor of the Paris Commerce :
“Florence, Aug. 24th.
“.Sir—l pray you to receive the following de
claration : I know that publicity is a strange, and
perhaps singular, method to have recourse to
but when a father who is old, afflicted by disease
expatriated by law, has no other means of assis
ting an unfortunate son, eveiy one who can ap
preeiale a father’s feelings must approve it. | m,*
convinced that rny son, the only one left to m*,
has been the victim of an infamous intrigue, an •
that la; was seduced by false friends, vile ffatte,
ers, and perhaps hy insidious advice, and there
fore to remain silent would he to he wanting L:
duly, and to expose myself to bitter regrets.
“ 1 declare, thee, that my son has fallen tin
third time into a frightful snare, since it is impo>
fihlc that any man of common sense should hav.
deliberately thrown himself into such a precipice
If he he guilty, the truly guilty are those whose
duccd and led him astray. I particularly declare
with a religious horror, that the insult offered 1<
my son by confining him in the dungeon of ai
infamous assasrin is a monstrous cruelly, anti
French, and an outrage as vile as it is insidious
“Aa a father profoundly afflicted, as a goo
Frenchman chastened by 30 years’ exile, as
brother and, I dare to say it, the pupil of hit
whoso statutes arc about being re-established,
recommend my deluded son to all those who hav i
the feelings of a Frenchman and a parent.
Louis he st. Leu,”
New York Mute Convention.
Correspondence of the. Albany livening Journal.
Syracuse, Sept. 10, 1840.
I he glories ol fins day must remain unwrittci
Us grandeur surpasses the power of deseription
I am oppressed and subdued in the august pres
nice ol ihe I’LorLL, who arc here in ihei
Majesty, Jhe day has been one of bewildering
enthusiasm. The Far Fast came with its hos.
last Lveiling—'The Mighty West ushered in i>
legions this Morning. All day, from 9 A. M
till 2 I . M. Oneida, Madison, Olsego, Jcllerson
Lewis, Oswego. Corlknd and Cayuga, has heei
pouring their Battalions, their Regiments, ihei
Brigades and their Divisions. The display <
Banners is more imposing than any thing i hav
ever seen, ihe Frecession was a great an
glorious one. It is more imposing than that t>
Baltimore or Boston. Oneida is here with 200
ol her -Sons. Ontario came with 1000. Gem
see, the Empire County, with a noble Delegation
renews her pledge for 4000 Majority. Erie cam
witli a strong Delegation, in Boats, with Singei
who have made vocal the whole lino of lb
Canal.
I w ill not now undertake to describe anything
having merely torn myself away from the Gro\
where the immense multitude are listening to ih
impassioned eloquence of Ogden Hoffman, to sa
that llu* Convention far exceeds ail our expect:
lion. It is perfectly overwhelming in numbei
and without parallel in enthusiasm. If a doul
existed ol our success, this Convention woul
wholly remove it. The People who arc her
represent a sentiment at home which will carr
u« through triumphantly.
I he number present is variouly estimated froi
FORTY to MATY THOUSAND. I unde,
stand that the Neutral Paper here represents tl r
number at 65,000. That this is far the large;
Convention which the occasion has product
there cun be no doubt.
Ihe Boundary Question Settled—“J;
we elect General Harrison,” said a eitizen i
Maine, “he may be able to settle the boundar
question peaceably, but if forcibly, he is the ver
man to light it through for us ; “so go fur oi
Tip,” and lo they did so.
Jackson County—The Indians.—A lelb ■
from Mr. J. H. Parker, of Marianna, informs u.
that, a few days since, a small party of Indian»
appeared in the lower part of Jackson countx
They went into Washington county, and kill* i
the wile ol Mr. Wiley Jones, ajid two of his chili’|
ren. A boatman by the name of Logarilis waj
also killed. Ihe citizens were in pursuit of thcuu
— Floridian.
For the Chronicle <s• Sentinel.
“General Harrison is the candidate of all the
parties in Hie United Stales, who can he brought to
act against the present Administration by the com
mon interest of hatred.” John Forsyth.
Messrs. Editors—Surely Mr. Forsyth penned
this paragraph under the influence of
We hear of 75,000 at Bunker Hill teu days since—
some two or three months ago, of fifteen acres of
men in the West —with the late great meetings of
thousands and tens of thousands at Nashville, Ma
con, and in all p its of these great, free States —
all of which seem to speak as the voice of one
man. Our hatred is by “ cornmdn instinct ” —and
this instinct will burst with Volcanic fury, about
the first of November, and will hurl from this reign
of misrule, the “ path finder” of his “ illustrious
ptedecessor.”
“ So mote it he,” said my old friend Uncle Hcn
ry. “ I never did like our President, Simon—lie
has jumped about so much, I can’t keep up with
him. I once had an Overseer, who was raised in
the dark corner of Lincoln county. I sent him out
one cold morning, to gather up a lot of sows and
pigs, to mark and count them. After bothering
and bustleing about some time —said I to him, how
many have you got ? Confound them said he, I
can count them all well enough, hut one tittle
striped rascal, and he keeps jumping about so much,
for my life I can’t count him.”
“ I should like him much better Uncle Henry,”
said I, “if ho kept better company.” But such
men as Amos Kendall, Francis P, Blair, Dr. Duncan,
and others, are enough to ruin any man—for in
taking him, we must lake all this bit of trash along
with him. We once had a tanner lived in our
neighborhood, who sold sole leather, which he bap
tized regularly to make it keep its proper weight.
Whenever he sold it, he tied several half tanned,
trashy (what he called harne sliings) strips of
leather around the roll, which ho would generally
throw in. The rascal then weighed all together,
at 37. j cents per pound. And what was worse than
all, he went and bragged about his cuteness. Mr.
Forsyth says the Harrison people have not <om
plaincd of Mr. Van Buren’s “ system of foreign
policy.” The fact is this, we have had so much to
eo iiplain of, in our home policy, that we nave not
had time to trouble ourselves with his ambassador
t» Cuba, to negotiate and purchase blocd-hounds,
and oilier important foreign affairs, which hereaf
ter may not be the worse for a Scraping.
Bi iike County. Sept. 19, 1840;
Messrs. Editors —Much has been said in the
Western States, and in the Middle part of Georgia,
about the Caterpillar, in the Colton. But in this
county, lying between Buck head and Ogceehec,
we have the cateipillar, the green, the black. Hie
brown, and the streaked worm, ail of which arc
making sad ravages upon our Cotton. The worms
are much more destructive than the caterpillar,
because they least entirely upon the blooms be ore
they expand. This, together with the unusual
rainy season, you may set down to this part of the
county, less than half a ciop.
Yours &LC.
From the Richmond Whig.
We have been supplied with some notvs of Mr.
Boils’ speech at the August Chesterfield Court,
which, (we are sure the reader will concur wi h
ns) absolutely pinned the Chancellor of the Ex
chequer to the wall, hopeless of release or escape,
except from pity or contempt.
Notes of the “( oncer sat ion" on Monday.
In relation to the New Jersey case, Mr. Bolts
said—
I did not come here, fellow-citizens, for the pur
pose of arraigning the conduct of your Represen
tative on this or any other question, but it is my
duty to state what transpired on that occasion—
and after giving a history of the controversy from
the commencement, licsai-—Due hu.idled and two
members of the Administration party, of which
number Mr. Jones was one, have, under the solemn
obligation of an oath, and upon the responsibility
ol their Representative characters, declared in the
face of heaven and the world, that the five Ad
ministration claimants had received a majority of
the legal votes of the State of New Jersey, and
were entitled to their seats.
As a member of the Committee of Elections, I
gave that case the most thorough and laborious
investigation, net only for s and nights, hut for
weeks and months, and 1 am prepared to testify
upon oath, if necessary, that 1 believe the testi-.
many exhibited in the case, (a portion of which
was rejected ny a majority of the committee on
the most frivolous and technical grounds, and on
grounds that «ould not have been sustained before
any impartial tribunal,) that the live Whig mem
bers had received a majority of legal votes, and
were entitled lo their seats.
And now I desire to know of the lion, gentle
man before me, whether, when he made that de
cision, he had ever seen the first word of the testi
mony eonl ined in this volume, upon which alone
the merits of that controversy as far as regarded
the legal votes, could be decided. [Here Mr. Bolts
exhibited the volume of testimony in the New
Jersey case.] Mr. Janes not answering—Mr. Bolts
said, he desired the gentleman to answer in the
presence of his constituents, aye or no, had lie
ever read or heard the teslmony in the ease.
Mr. Jones replied—No, he haa not!
Mr. Bolts—There is another question 1 wish to
put to tlie Hon. gentleman. Did not only re
lusc to examine the testimony yourself, but did
you not refuse time to other jcntlcincn who dr
manded it as a right, and relused to vote unless
that right was granted to them ?
Air. Jones —1 do not i«< ollect.
Mr. Bolts—ls you do not recollect, sir, it is the
mist remarkable instance of treachery of memory
that has ever come under my observation; for of
all the remarkable scenes that I have ever witness
ed in legislation, that was the most remarkable,
and one that I had supposed never could be for
gotten by any that witnessed it.
But fortunately, 1 have come here armed to the
teeth with documentary pioof, ready to establish
every assertion I mak(—and here is the proof that
you did give that vote.
[Here, Mr. Bolts commenced reading the report
of the proceedings of the House ]
Mr. Jones—l recollect now, sir—l believe 1 did
give that vole.
Mr. Bolts—l believe so, too, sir !
Now, fellow-citizens, what more can I say on
this subject. Mr. Jones has, in one word acknow
ledged as much as 1 could prove in a twelvemonth.
He has acknowledged that he decided this great
controversy, in which the sovereignty of a State
and its representatives in Congress wore concerned,
in perfect ignorance and blindness of the whole’
merits of the cause.
Let us suppose a controversy to have arisen be
tween two neighbors in the county of Chesterfield
upon a long unsettled account: each claims of the
other, a considerable balance—they each sided
another neighbor, as referees; and in the event of
their not being able to agree, the selected umpire
is to decide the controversy—The referees disagree
—A repo its 810 be entitled to a balance—C re
ports I) to be entitled to a laige balance—lays the
vouchers before the umpire, and demands that they
shall be examined, and assures him, if he wi’l
amine them fairly, he must sustain the judgment
he has rendered. The umpire refuses to look
at a single paper, but turns upon his Reel, ai d says
1 have more confidence in the judgement, or in the
politic*, of A than 1 have in you, Mr. C; and my
decision is, that D shall pay to B precisely what A
has declared him entit'ed to. This is a case pre
cisely analogous to the New Jersey case. 'lhe
claimants in that case were the disputants here—
the committee of elections the referees—they were
divided five lo four—the House was the umpire—
the four demande d an examination of the tsstimo
ny ; and the Administration party said, substan
tially, damn your testimony, we have more conii
ucnce in these live members, than in you and the
~y together; and we decide as they have
It such a rase wc;e to occur in private life, I
would b l ask wbat * our judgments on that umpire
From the Southern Recorder ,
.11 .min Van Which vs. George \Vu> hington.
“The system now super set Jed was in b.rt one ot
those early measure* tl.wised by the friends and
advocates of privileged orders for the purpose of
perverting the Government from its pu e prin
ciples and legitimate objects, vesting all power in
the hands of a lew, and enabling them to profit at
the expense of*the many.”
So says Marlin Van liuren in a letter addrt ss
ed to a Kentucky public gathering. The Presi
dent is speaking of the system by which, previous
to, tins Sub-Treasury plan, the Government carri
ed on its financial concerns. The system now
superseded, says Martin, was in fact one of those
early nflasurei; devised by Hit friends and uHv t
cutes of privileged orders, for the purpose of per
verting the. government from its pure principles
and legitimate objects, vesting ml power in the
hands of a few , and enabling them to profit at
the expense of the many.
Now, gentle reader, who are the men or rather
w ho is the man, upon whom our pure and virtu
ous chief, Maitin Van Buien, thus discharges tho
vials of his wrath 1 By whom was the measure
alluded to (to wit, depositing the public moneys
in the? Bank of the United States) hy whom was
this done ? who is ihe man, “the friend and advo
cate of privilcdgrd orders,” denounced hy our
worthy Van? Who carried ibis measure, accord
ing to onr patriotic President, “lor the purpose o/
perverting the government roin its pare princi
pcs ?" Who carried this measure for the pur
pose, uh Mr. V an Burcn declares, “of vesting all
power in the hands of the lew,” that they might
profit at the expense of the people ? Who is this
criminal fellow-citizens? for tl the above charges
of Mr. Van Burcn are true, the perpetrator must
ho a great criminal, the betrayer of Ids country,
and u traitor to tho rights of the people. Who
is this corrupt aristocrat, so sternly denounced hy
our little fattier, Foxcy, as the Indian Chiefs call
ed him ? No other, fellow-citizens, than George
Washington ! this is the man upon whom Marlin
Van Bn en has dared to pour his wholesale
charges; George Washington an! his nohl-
Revolutionary compatriots; these arc the nm
against whom Martin Van Burcn has dared l
hurl his false and malignant accusations ! The*
are the worthies who devised and who practise,
the “superseded system,” and for which they fiax.i
been denounced by Martin Van Burcn as th
“friends of privileged orders,” as “the perverld
of the pure principle* of our government,” am
as those who were tor ‘ vesting till [tower in th
hands of u lew, that they might profit at the ex
pensc of the many.”
Are yon prepared to endorse litis slander or
the Father of your Country, fellow-citizens, an
on the noble Revolutionary hand, his compeer
who hied and suffered for the liberties you enjoy i
as men have rarely ever .suffered ? Islbeslandei |
ous aspersion of their lair fame to be the rewai |
returned to them by their descendants, for all the j
did and all they suffered? Never. An indig j
riant and grievously injured people will in a lev I
weeks present to the world ibis verdict of tin I
condemnation, “A President rejected by an om
raged people,for ruinning his country by his mea;
tires, and for trying to holster up his deslructiv
system, by slandering the Father of his Country.'
may it bo.
lion. John M. JSotts ol Va.
Kead tho following extinct of a letter froi ■
*his distinguished member of Congress.
When 1 addressed the letter to rny constituent
which was published on the Ist September, rcb
live to the President’s recommendation of the a.
my project, and in reply to his Elizabeth Cil j
letter and that to Mr. Eugene Hurras, 1.1 dn<
expect to escape the malignity or abuse of the;. J
who for eight years boat tlie Knee to a "golden
calf," and for the last four have worshipped h< ■
fore a painted God ; nor do I mean hereafter t »
noticefuny anoymous assault from hired scril
biers.
Bui I am not one of those who hold the persn
of the King ns sacred, and regard it a* impiot
to speak of his majesty in any other terms thu
those of profound reverence and humility. Jh. (J
the contrary , I hold it to be obligatory on evn
virtuous citizen, to expose vice wherever it mu
be exhibited, but more particularly in thosewhu
example and influence must always opera
upon society ; as must ever ba the case wit
those occupying high stations, either m privai
or public life.
But whatever might have been my priva
opinion, or whatever I may have said elscwhen .
in my published letter commented on by M
Ritchie I did notsav.as he represents mo to bav
said, that Mr. Van Burcn was a liar: I only dr« <
a picture; and it seems it was not neccssrary
write beneath if. “ This is a horse." 1 staled it
facts of the case, and left all to draw their ow
conclusion:—The editor of tin; Enquirer h
drawn his, and roundly and gratuitously asset
that I have called the President “ a Liar"
But the object of this card is to call the atlei -
lion of that Editor, as well as of the public, t
some otlior descrcpatides that have appeared, t
relation to this same subject, since Ihcpublicatio
ot my letter, which makes “ confusion worse coi •
founded. ’
On the sth June, the Secretary addressed h
explanatory letter, No. I, to Mr. Ritchie, in win.
he stales emphatically, that the plan was pr.
sen ted to Congress upon a calf from the “ Itvttsc
made directly upon tbe Secretary of War; whit
call was not made by the committee of the Ilou
until thr month ot March, and it was answer*
on the “(Jth of the same month.
I ho President in Ins Elizabeth City letter say
“The names of respectable citizens have be.
suhseriheu to statements, that 1 had in my unfit
al message expressed my apj rubalion ol a pi.
that not only never had been submitted to n.
but was not even matured until more than thi
months alter the message was sent to Congress
The House was organized about the 20th U.
corn her, and a committee appointed to wait ti| <
the President and inform him thereof: and p«
haps on the next day it was that his message w. ,
sent to Congress—So that, according to the lit 1
statement ot the Secretary, made cu the sili *
dune, and the subsequent statement of the Pn
ident, the plan was not matured—was not set
to Congress —end, consequently, could not ha .
heen seen hy the President earlier that the last j *
March.
The statement is not only contradicted hy W. ;
Phelps, who says it was laid before the Miln
Committee ut tbo Senate very early in the s. i
sion ; hut it is contradicted hy the Secretary hit ,
sell and tiis assistant in preparing and copyii
the hill or plan—to wit; “ Major S. Cooper. A
sistanl Adjutant General U. 8. Army.” The 8
cretary, in his last letter of September slh, quoi
a letter from the Chairman of the Commit!
of the Senate, dated January 1 Uh, 1840, calli
for an exposition ol his plan lor organizing n j
Militia of the United States, and remarks «Tb i .
preparation of the details of the hill requin
more time and attention than I could bestow u
on it ami I employed Major Cooper andCapti, •
De Hart to aid me in drallmg it and in convi.
the sections of the existing laws which it w
proposed to retain. With all their diligence tin ! ’
were not able to present the corrected details *
the hfiPtmtil some days after the request of tU •
Commatea was received at this Department, a.
the b.ll was nut sent to the Committee until t,' \
fr BPPCa [ 6 from ,he rccord « ofll i.
Departmen . and from the declaration of Maj
Cooper, as tarnished by that officer on the aim
cation ol the Editors of the Globe.”
1 hen follows the declaration of Major Coop.,
wineh ci,ncludes as follows: “I hereby decls
that the first original draft of the Secretary's pi;
Lnhim I completed to ne submitt,
to him before the latter part of January, 1840 I
i hen there were details of the plan reai j
drawn out prior to the call of the S ( >, ia { 0 q 0
rnillee, which Major Cooper and Cupt, Do ]J urt
were employed to copy and correct: They lnUl!l
have Item furnished with (he details, from which
they have made their d.aft.or else the whole of
is lheir’s and not the Secretary's, un.l jf r!ij(
what were they furnished wiih from which tu.
the bill in for* 1 i>ut
By the bye, arc we not indebted to lh; s dcel ara
li.m of Major Cooper for the acknowledgment
now made, that the plan was mature.; arid Kent
to Congress two inoitllie earlier than the period
fir-1 fixed on by the Secretatry ami Resident?
Now, by the Secretary’* own shewing atth.*
lime hislirst lettrr in June was written,and ut(l lc
time ihe letter of th«» President, was written j n
which it is so confidently asset In), that (he r’j aJI
was not matured lor rno.e than three monthsuf
ter hi* Message waa sent to Congress, it app t . ar!J
upon the record, the Secretary mys, that it wls
matured and sent to Congress as early an [j,
28ili January,
But if this sliould occasion surprise with thog
who believe this Administration to be fault),. Si
and irrcHpom-ible, what will they think of another
extract from the same letter, which is here i u .
nisheo ?
Before the Secretary concludes his letter he
falls into another most egregious and unfortunate
error, and contradicts the records of his own of
(ice, and the assertion he hud just before made u
quoted above.
He says, “ on referring to the objections which
have been subsequently made to my plan, they
will-he found confined exclusively to ils details
which were, not matured, until nearly
months after the President's Message was amt
in."
'i’ltc House, as I have already said, wan not
organized until about the 2(uh of December
the message was sent in subsequent to the or
ganization, and two months would bring it to tho
last of February. So that between the President
the Secretary and the Records of the Department
we have now three, dates affixed to the birth or
christening of this Executive bantling.
First tin; country is (old, it was not matured
until the latter end of March (say tin; 2(Uh.) |
Then again we arc informed that the Records of I
the Department shew that it was sent to Con- {
gress on the 28lh January, and lastly, we arc f
informed hy the Secretary, that it was nearly
two months subsequent to the 20lh December
that it was matured. 1 forbear to make any com.
I incuts. I present another picture *o the astonish
ed gpze of the Enquirer, ana sh.dl rml w rite Urn
rath it either ‘’ 77/ is is a Horse" but le ave him to Lj
draw his own conclusions again, and 1 suppose,
of course, he will say 1 have called the Secretary
ai d the President Liar* again—hut I wish it to
ho distinctly understood that I do not: 1 have
only picked out a number of discrepancies, contra
dictions and it reconcilable statements from ibei:
writings, which I leave toothers to characterize.—
But to . .y the least of it, tries.! gentlemen are
very loose, negligent and inaccurate uh to dates,
which, in their judgments, is oil material to the
question ol responsibility on the [.art of the Pre
sident for his recommendation ; they do not con
sult the Records before them, and their memo
ries are suiely not to be trusted, when a gentle
man in Veiling at the bottom forgets what lie bag
wrilcn ;it ihc top ol iho same page, as is die raso
with the Secretary when he thus contra diets hi*
own a t*rl ion founded upon the Records of In* j
Department.
I'romthe Georgia Journal.
The Standard of Union.
This paper is so generally known through the j
State for its utter disregard of truth and an high- |
minded and honorable conn e, that we have gen- 1
. rally permitted their slanders upon the Kepub- |
Mean party, and Gen. Harrison, to pass for whit j
they were wmlh, believing that the people would, j
in lime, look upon them in their true light. In j
I heir last paper however, wc have noticed an at
tack made upon one as (Georgia's most faithful I
Representatives, “ :V1 r. Dawson anii thi; Boon i
cask.” From it we i x tract the following*:—
The case of Jlooe hud been before Cungresi, K
and an opportunity ullordcd to remedy the evil
complained of. and by Legislative enactment, to
place the matter beyond doubt or controversy;
and nothing was wanting hut unanimity on
the part of Southern members, to accomplish
that inject. Wiih such unanimity, a law
would have been passed, declaring that in fu- !
j lure, no negro should be a witness against awhile i
man, but when a motion was made for bringing i
the question fairly before Congies*, where was j
Mr. Dawson? What was his position to the
South ? I .rl the Journals answer. M
On the. I3th June, IH4O, Mr, Chapman ofAI-
Hliatna, ullcitd she following resolution:
“ Resolved, That the Commitiee on the Judici
ary, to which was referred the ease of Lieutenant j
1 looe, be required to report forthwith to the House, 1
who arc legal witnesses under the existing laws, .
before Courts martial in the Navy of tho United i
Stales; and further report who shall hereafterba ■
examined as witnesses in trials before such
Courts.”
“Here it will he seen, was t) movement hy which
the whole question might lia>o been at on«
brought up and acted upon, had such men a. Mr, n
Dawson, been in its favor; but where do, wc find I
him ? In his seat voting to bring it up, and read?
to ad upon it ? No—He was not there, as the K
yeas and nays now before us conclusively show.
jM r. Daw son •‘.lodj-ed the question,” and loftitw
its tale, anil comet home to use it to Ids own w-
CUliDti”
“ But the people fli .II know his course —l!i ( f
shall know that upon a question to whicli hi«par
ty and himself have given so much importance,
he did not even record his vote.”
Now, we arc at a loss to know how any <> nc
can he so far removed from the influence ot truth
and Justice, with the journals of Congress star
ing him in the face. Bui we will expos.’ thi*
base attempt to impose upon the people, toinj ure
a highlit tided, honorable and faithful represent*'
live, and hold the authors up to the scorn all “
contempt of every honest man be he Harrison of
Van Burcn man. i
Wc have the Journals of the last Congress be
fore us, and the tacis are us follow*.
In the House of Representatives, J. u
1840. page 1261, Mr. Chapman of Alobaioa
moved that the rule* in relation to the order ol
business he suspended, to enable him to offer lh*
following resolution:—
“ Resolved, That the Committee on the Jo“ l *
ciary, to which was refined the case of Lienwj*
ant Houe he required to report foilhwitb to 1 e
House, who are legal witnesses under tha exlS .
ting law*, before Courts martial in the 0
the United States ; and further to report wlO
shall herafter be examined us witnesses in * r,a *
before such Cou.ta.”, I
At page 1203, the question was put, upon r> S
Chapman’* motion, and there were in lavur 11 *’ I
yeas 110—nays 66—Messrs. Coopir, King,*** fi
bit and Warren, voting lor it Two third* d ■
having voted for it, it was lost. Messrs- l* lacK ’B
Colquitt, Dawson, Habersham, (who was sic I
and Alford, absent. At page 1204, the V' rl J I
day, July 14, 1840, Mr. Chapman again a*" 1 ’ I
motion, that the rule* be suspended sotfiat ■
might offer the following resolution, which I
render will perceive, is more direct than the I
Resolved, That (tie Judiciary Committee v* I
ving charge of the ca*e of Lieutenant U 0 /’ I
forthwith report a bill to this House, prohilnh r • ■
the enlistment of negroes or colored peison* * I
the service ot the navv yr army of the Unit I
Stales.
At page 1266 and 1267, the question wa* P u ; I
upon the motion of Mr. Chapman, to
the rules so that he might efifer the resolution-^ II
the yeas and nays were called, and there wcr.
favor of it. 108'; again*! it, 73— Messrs. AftfU
Cooper , DAWSON and Mibet voting lufl ’■