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CHRONICLE AN(j> SENTINEL.
A U G U }||T A.
SATURDAY MORNLj-'p, OCTOBER 24.
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FOR PRES I'ENT,
WILLIAM HENRI: HARRISON,
Os Ohi'f;
T.;e invincible Hero of Tippecanoe —the incor
ruptible Statesman —the Republican —
the patriotic Fanner of
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FOR VICE-PRfcjiIDEXT,
JOHN T (lIEH,
Os Virg 'riia ;
A State Rights Republican|;)f the school of ’9B—
—of Virginia’s noblesti sons, and emphatically
one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and
patriot statesmen. r
FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDED AND VICE*PRESIDENT,
GEORGE R. GILMERi, of Oglethorpe.
DUNCAN L. CLINCIj ; of Camden.
JOHN W. CAMPREijt, of Muscogee.
JOEL CRAWFORD, |f Hancock.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark.
SEATON GRANTLAKD, of Baldwin.
ANDREW MILLER.|4f Cass.
WILLIAM EZZAJVDt iof DeKalb.
C. B. STRONG, of B&b.
JOHN WHITEHEAI|, of Burke.
E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
Magistrates- iElection.
An Elertion for Magistrates will be held this
daj' in the Four h Ward. S s lie candidates are,
J. H. Clark, |
K. P. Spellman,j
11. F. M. TucKEjg.
Somethin:! New.
From the Constitutionali?! of yesterday morning
we clip the following beautjfal specimen of Loco
foco veracity, taken from Lie New York Evening
Post, the editor of which pa >£ris an avowed Aboli
tionist and acknowledged Federalist.
From the New Yorl] .Evening Post.
But we will not admit piat Georgia will give
her vote for Harrison in thU coming e ection. She
did not give him her support in 1836, but cast her
vote for White, and she will not give him her sup
port now,—Even the Whiglosndidates for Congress
at the election which has lust closed, were coin
pc!l“.l, by the general approval which the policy
of the present administration meets Irotn the citi
zens of Georgia, to pledge nLemselves against Mr.
Webster’s hobby of a National Bank, against Mr.
Clay’s protective tariff, and?:i jainst the system of
national internal improvements, supported by both
these gentlemen. They were also obliged to
pledge themselves to the support of the great mea
sure of the administration, t|ie independent treas
ury. They were made to undergo tnis purgation
from the designs of whiggeryf, before the people of
Georgia would accept them ias candidates. Does
this look like espousing the Jlusc of Harrison ?
What could have been thiijobject of the Corporal
in giving place to this unblushing calumny, we
cannot conceive, unless it if-as to exhibit to the
people of Georgia the facility with which the
Locofoco organs can manufacture any thing, how
ever gross or absurd, to answer their purposes of
deception. Tiie people of Georgia will no doubt
be amused wkh this piece |f intelligence, and it
will increase the claims of yie Locofoco organs to
credence. The Congress! mg; ticket elected '■'■were
obliged to pledge themselvetio the support of the
great measure of the adminit* ration the independent
treasury '!! Here is a trutijspecirnen of Locofoco
veracity. Was ever anyth jig more unblushing,
less regardless of truth ? S ifar from there oeing
one word of truth in it, they were elected because
of their avowed hostility to i ie Administration and
the Sub-Treasury. And wi a a full knowledge of
this fact, and of the character of the article, the
Corporal has the hardihood tijjcopy it into his sheet
and send it forth to his ream its, every one of whom
is perfectly conversant howj utterly destitute it is
of truth. And yet. the Corj| ral boasts of his fair
ness, his political honesty, pis good breeding, and
in the very lace of all these! boasts, gives place to
such an article, the productuih of William C. Bry
ant, an avowed Abolitionist* [ and defainer of the
character of Jefferson. 5
People of Georgia, distinguish if you can, be
tween tweedlc-dum and twepdle-dee, and you will
discover tne difference in their regard for truth be
tween the man who pcnnejl this article, and he
who republishes it : with a ijsU knowledge of the
character of its contents. U
Death of It. C. Baldwin.
We are informed by a gijitleraan direct from
New York, that R. C. Baldwin, of this city died
a few days since in New Yo'f.
At the Charter election iij* Baltimore on Mon.
Jay, the Locolbcos again cariied the day, turning
out the Whig Mayor and CijunciL The major
ity is not slated. 1
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Suicide. —The Ballimore American of Monday
says: “We regret to state jhat Mr. William 8.
Ramsav, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, put an end to
his existence yesterday evening at Barnum’s Ho
tel in ttiis city, by shooting himself in the right eye.
Mr. R. was a (Locofoco) mijijnber of the present
and recently elected to the jffexi Congress, from
the Thirteenth Congressional district of Pennsyl
vania.
Selling Whiije men.
This charge says the Richmond Whig was
very happily treated last we-k at the Tippecanoe
Club in Farmville, by Mr: F. N. Watkins, a
young gentleman of sterling* Whig principles and
brilliant promise. Adverting to the fears enter
tained by the Feds that the election of Old Tip
would bung many of them under the hammer,
he expressed his regret that Ud could not moder
ate their fears, or minister toitijiem some consola
tion. It was his hnn convkjton that their appre
hensions were but too well founded. He referred
to the many larcenies, grci& and small, which,
have been committed by the -present incumbents,
and he imagined it would be The duty of Old Tip
on the 4th ul March next, to have a general sale
of the Swartwouts, Prices, it arris’ and Spencers,
and other defaulting Land ifihreiversand Custom
House officers. Great bargains might, no douut
be bought, as must of the dji'tnquenls would be
sold running, and might btHiad dog cheap If
all that has oeen more than;intimated touching
land speculations, be true, i| is not dead certain
that little Van bun self may come within the
purview of the statute in Ihijii case made and pro-
Great Triumph in Ohio I
BULLY DUNCAN DEFEATED!!
From the Baltimore American.
Returns from 52 Counties in Ohio were brought
yesterday by a gentleman who travelled in the
mail line. They show that in these 52 Counties
the aggregate Whig majority is already swelled to
within a fiaction of FIFTEEN THOUSAND.—
These same Counties in 1338 gave a Van Buren
majority of 9,508. The *23 Counties yet to be
heard from gave a Whig majority in 1838 of 3,820.
In the First Congressional District (Hamilton
County, including the City of Cincinnati) Mr. Pen
dleton, the Whig candidate, has been elected by a
majority of 160 over Dr. A. Duncan, the Van Bu
ren member. This gain, added to those in the
other districts heard from, makes an aggregate
GAIN OF FIVE MEMBERS of Congress.
Pennsylvania Election,
A slip from the office of the Pennsylvania
Daily Chronicle, has been shewn us by a pas"
senger, which gives returns of the majorities
in forty-nine counties, (live to be heard from)shew
inga Harrison majority of 140. This slip is more
complete than any other statement yet received
but differs in some of the figures from trie ac
counts in the administration papers. The result
is yet doubtful. The U. S. Gazette of Monday,
says the Senate will stand 20 Whig to 13 Admin
istration, and the House 51 Whig to 49 Administra*
tion. —Charleston Courier.
Arkansas,
The New Orleans Picayune of the 18th,says:
The Captain of the Steamboat Cherokee, arriv
ed yesterday informed our marine reporter that
Cross, Democratic candidate for Congress, has
been re-elected by a considerable majority, but
that in the Legislature the Whigs are going a
head.
Fir the Chronicle and oentmd.
To the Bloody Six Hundredth !
You are this day called upon to select from your
beat, a suitable individual to discharge the duties
of Justiee of the Peace. Among the various names
proposed for your support, need I call your atten
tion to that of R. P. Spelman, Esq., a man who, for
forty years, has stood to his rack, fodder or no fod
der ; and who, in your late triumphant victory, had
the moral courage to brave the displeasure of his
Loccfoco friends, and put his shoulder to the wheel
of Harrison and Reform, and shoved as hard as any
of you. And as intimately connected with the
subject, I cannot too strongly urge upon your se
rious consideration, the necessity of selecting a
person who will discharge the duties, not only Ju
dicially, but honestly. Boys ! go to the polls—
SpeLnan’s your man. Hard Cider.
The New York Express of Saturday, 2 P. M.
says : —An important movement is announced in
Wal.street to-day. It is no less than the Bank
of the United States has made arrangements to
resume specie payments. The effect of this
news, which is credited, has been to improve
Stocks generally, but particularly United Slates
Bank, which has suddenly run up three per cent.
Mr. Jaudon is in this city; and what agency he
has in the negotiation is not stated, nor do the
public care. It will be enough that an arangc
menl has been made.
The resumption of the United States Bank
of specie payments, will have a decided influence
in effecting resumption with the Southern Banks.
Exchange will improve immediately.
A Scrap of History.
Military character of Martin Van Bu
ren. —We dip the following historical scrap
from the Perry Eagle (Marion, Ala.)
Out at last. — We find by a message of
Daniel D. Thompkins, in 1812, then Governor
of New-York, that Martin Van Buren was at that
lime a Lieut. Colonel of the militia of that Slate.
This probably accounts for his determined oppo
sition to the war during that year. The poor
man afraid he would be called into active service,
opposed the war, doubtless, with the double pur
pose of saving his reputation as a military man
and retaining his commission without danger.
The war becoming popular, however, the next
year, we suppose, he threw up his Commission.
and in a civil capacity gave u his support, as he
couludo so. without exposing his sweet little per
son to danger. No wonder his followers are anx
ious to prove Gen. Harrison a coward.
The reasoning of our opponents, on the Whig
victories in Vermont and Maine is, that abolition,
and nothing else, turned tl e fortunes of the day
in our favor. Well, we suppose that the same
argument in the mouth of the Democratic party,
will apply to Georgia ; she too, has been swept,
as if by a tornado, and by abolition votes too, eh?
Stand up to your mark, ye Democrats ; what has
extinguished your light in Georgia ? Do you
say abolition, or what do you believe did it?
Where are your new champions, the pink and
essence of Van Buren Democracy, Messrs. Col
quitt. Cooper, and Black! Where are they?
Echo answers —dead as a mackerel. — Tuscaloo
sa Monitor.
Consul Trist. —We believe it is pretty well
know n that some six months ago, Alexander H.
Everett was despatched by the General Govern
ment to Havana, for the purpose of inquiring in
to the conduct, and investigating the charges pre
ferred by the popular voice against N. P. 'Prist,
the United Slates consul attnatport. Mr, Ever
ett has long since returned from his mission, and
made his report to the executive, but the charac
ter of that report has never been promulgated.
If favorable to Mr. Trist, justice to that individual
requires that it should be made public without de
lay ; if unfavorable the American people should
know it, aud the individual referred to should be
immediately removed from the lucrative and im
portant office which he now holds as a sinecure.
The people are anxious to know the resuit of
Mr. Everett’s mission.— Boston Merc. Journal.
From the Failed Stales Gazelle.
Joseph R. Chancier, Esq.—Permit us through
the medium of your columns to express our sen
timents in relation to Gen. Smith of Florida,
whose temporary residence among us, has been
characterized by much interest and enthusiasm
in the cause ot the Whigs: a cause which, since
the struggle of the patriots of the Revolution fur
Constitutional liberty, has had no parallel in
the history of the nation —charged as it has been
with the same interest and necessities which
marked that extraordinary contest for freedom
and the just rights of man. At our city and
county meetings, at the Lancaster Convention,
at Valley Forge—“ the Bunker Hill ot Pennsyl
vania”—and at other places, we have listened to
his scund and lucid political arguments, and we
j have been stimulated and enlivened by his
i spirit stirring eloquence. His expositions of the
profligacy and corruptions attending the Florida
war, the total disregard of the interests or protec
tion of the inhabitants of Florida, and the atlro
ernes with which they have been visited in con
sequence, have done good service, and nave in
cited to fresn exertions against the present cor
rupt and imbecile administration of the General
Government. A sound and uncompromising
Whig, and a gentleman, we tender him our
confidence and thanks with our best wishes for
his prosperity, his sale return to his Southern
Menus, and his beloved Territory of Florida.
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From the N. Y. Herald Extra Oct. IS.
Sixteen Days Later from Europe.
The Koval Mail steamship Acad,a. Capt. Mil
ler. arrived at Boston on Saturday morning, very
1 early, and reached the dock at half past 8 o’clock,
; making the run in the space of days from Li
* verpool 31 hours from Halifax, and 10 days 17
> hours from Liverpool to Halifax,. She had 92
passengers to Halifax, and 72 to Boston.
i The President arrived at this port this morning
at 10 o’clock. This steamer brings out 145 pas
sengers.
• The news is of greater importance than any
i that we have received from Europe for years.
- Ever}- thing wears the aspect of a general, a long
t and a bloody war, throughout Europe and Asia,
although many of the English journals insist up
on it, that the preliminary fighting in the East
J will strengthen the prospect of peace.
The substance of the news is this. As soon as
the advanced division of the English fleet reach
ed the Chinese seas, they went to work and batter
ed down all the forts at the Bocca Tigris, and up
1 the Canton River. They then landed a force and
sent it up to Canton to destroy that place. Ihe
5 English fleet in the Mediteiranean bomoarded and
, nearly destroyed Beirout, drove out the Egypt
ians, landed a force and took possession of it. It
is also said that Cora. Napier has seized several
Egyptian vessels and that he has stopped ail
' supplies from going to the coast. On the other
t hand the French nave sent two line ot battle ships
and two war steamers to rcintorece their Meoilcr
ranean fleet; and have ready at one port alone
thirteen other large men ot war, to send oil. All
this time it is said that the Turkish Government
has refused the propositions of Mehemet Ali; that
the latter has therefore resolved to succumb and
accede to the terms of the four powers ; and al
: so that he is lying dangerously sick at Alexan
. dria.
In France, an additional credit of 50,000,900
francs has been opened to pay the increased ex
’ penses of the navy and army- Louis Napoleon
t is still on his trial. Madame I*«ffkrge has been
found guilty, and sentenced to hard labor for
life.
The war in Africa still continues.
The King of Holland has abdicted in order to
marry his former mistress.
The Princes Augusta is dead.
Capt. Fayrer has been dismissed from command
of the President.
An attempt has been made So destroy the dock
yards at Sheerness and at Plymouth. The line
of battle ship TJavera, and the frigate Imo gene
have been burnt.
Parliament was to be farther prorogued to Shi
16th of November.
In commercial matteis, there is some change
It is rumored ihat the Bank of England intend
to increase its rate of interest to 6 per cent.—
This is not believed. Exchanges are quiet. Con
sols fell of course, on receipt ot the war news
they are down to 86. At one time there was :
general panic in the London money market. Th
corn crops are very good; bemg uearly 25 pe
cent over those of 1839. The importers of lor
eign corn have lost a large amount of money
There was an attempt in the cotton market, ;
week before the Acadia sailed, to get up a specu
lation to raise the price of cotton, and they sue
ceeded in raising it i of a penny,and were just
able to sustain it at that mark uptolhe day of saii
ing.
Bombardment and Diestrucxok of Beyrcut.
—We copy the following important inte licence
from the London Morning Herald vs October 3.
Paris, Oct. 2,
I hasten to inform you that the French Gov
ernment have received the following most impor
tant telegraphic dispatch :
Marseilles, Oct 1.
“ Malta Sept. 27. —The Prometheus, which, left
Bayrout cn the 20th, announce* that, after a bom
bardment of nine days, which reduced the town to
asr.es, the Egyptians evacuated tire town in the
night, and the allies took possession of it
“ The Oriental, which quilted Alexandria on the
241 h, makes known that the human deposing Me
hemit Ali, had been communicated ou the 2lst to
his Highness by the Consuls General of the Four
, Powers, who instantly struck their flags, and. re
tired on board their shipping.
(Copy) “ Director of the Telegraph Fiacon.”
‘‘The above is the must important and alarming
intelligence that could be received, as members o'
the French Government have sadalhat if the treat}
w r ere executed a V outrance, there must be war. I
dare not say more to alarm the public mind, but 1
view it as most fatal news, and L have good reason
to do so.”
The above intelligence has produced a complete
panic in the city, and Consols kave fallen nearly
if per cent, viz: from to 86£. We may also
add that 1( 0,000 ( onsols were offered at b6,aml
no takers. Purchasers were however, shortly af
tei wards obtained at that price.
Ten thousand additional troops hare been order
ed to embark at Constanlinop.e for Cyprus. Wc
have already stated that Mehernet Ali either was
or feigned to be seriously indisposed. His disease
is said to be a boil on ‘he spine, a.n. affection pecul
iar on the Nile. His late apparent humility to the
Sultan, and his offer through Rifat Bay to surren
der Canada and Adana, are believed to have been
a mere ruse to gain time, and had his offers been
accepted, he would probably not have abided by
them.
IMPORTANT FROM .CHINA.
Extract of a letter da'ed Bombay, July 23, at 9
o’clock in the evening, received by the Mediterra
nean packet: —
“ The steamer is already under weigh and dre-p
--p.ng down, but I will try to catch iser with tluee
lines, to say that a private express from Calcutta
has arrived, which stales that intelligence has been
received there Irom China, by the steamer Eater
prise, of the arrival of part of the expedition in
the Canton river, and of the total destruction of
the forts of the Bocca Tigris. We shoal know the
truth of it in a day or two: il is doubted hy none.”
The following, from a correspondent of the Lea
don Standard, is additional to the above.
“ I send you in haste the accompanying extract
of a letter from Bombay, received by a friend of
mine in Liverpool— ‘ After the vessels &id destroy
ed the forts of the Bogue at the entrance of the
Bocca Tigris, some troops and seamen -were sent on
shoie to put them in a state of defence against the
Chinese. The expedition then proceeded towards
Whampoa, having pressed two Chinese pilots ; but
on leaching Second Bar, the passage for large ves
sels was impeded by the Chinese havinj.taken the
precaution to sink some large junks —however,
the smaller vessels and steamers will almost im
mediately proceed with a strong military force, to
raze Canton to the ground.’ ”
Russia. —St. Petersburg. Sept. 11.—Dread
ful Earthquake. —The Abeille du Noul of yes
terday, published the lollowing letter from Tolls,
August 13; “ You have doubtless heard of the
terrible earthquake of Mount Ararat, which has
the town Makitchernan, damaged
all the buildings at Envan, and devastated the two
districts of Sharour and Sourmate, in Astneaia.
All the villages in these districts have been de
stroyed. The earth is lent in such a nianaer, that
all the cotton and rice piantations have perished
for want of water. But the most awful event has
taken place in the neighoorhood of Mount Ararat.
A considerable mass was loosened from the moun
tain, and destroyed every thing in its way for the
distance of seven worst, (neatly 5 English miles).
Among others, the great village Akhouli has
met the fate of Herculaneum and Pompei. About
1000 inhabitants were buried under heaps of rocks.
A thick fluid, which afterwards became a river, ran
from the interior of the mountain, which was open
ed, and lollowing the same direction,swept over the
ruins, and carried with il the coipses of the unfor
tunate inhabitants of Akhouli,. Hie dead animals,
Ac. The shock continued to be bet S’every day in
the above mentioned uislncts, arid entirely laid
them waste; then the shock became less freqont.
Ararat is not yet quiet; the day before yesterday
I was awakened by two violent subterranean com
motions.
Create of Amity and Commerce with the
Republic of Texas.— (From the Amsterdam Han
delsblad.)—We have learned with much satisfac
tion Ihat a treaty has been concluued between this
country and the republic of Texas, and which was
I signed at the Hague on the >Sth lust., by the re-
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Venstolk van Soelon and General James Hamil
ton, although we forbear to communicate the par
ticulars of this agreement, as the treaty necessa
rily requires ratincation, we have the perfect as
surance that the principle of true reciprocity has
been adopted.
from the Richmond Whig of the 1 \th.
AddrC'ses of Messrs. Webster, Leigh , Barbour
and Lyons, to the Ladies assembled at the
Log Cabin.
Mr. Webster having signified a willingness,
since he was unable, from the shortness of his
stay, to pay his respects to the ladies of Rich
mond individually, to meet and address them in
a body, the Lug Cabin erected hy the Whigs of
the City was cliosen as the place of meeting, and
accordingly a fair assemblage was there collected
on Wednesday morning ; when our distinguish
ed visitant was introduced to them with a few
appropriate remarks oy Mr. Lyons.
Mr. Webster thereupon addressed the interest
ing auditory collected before him, nearly in the
following terms:
Ladies.—l am very sure I owe the pleasure I
new enjoy to your kind disposition, which has
given me the opportunity to present ny thanks
and my respects to you thus collectively, since
the shortness of my stay in the city does not al
low me the happiness of calling upon you sever
ally and individually. And, in the first place
I wish to express to you my deep and hearty
thanks, as I have endeavored to Jo to your fa
thers, your husbands and your brothers, lor the
unbounded hospitality I have received ever since
I came among you. It is registered, I assure you
on a grateful heart in characters of an enduring
nature. The rough contests of the political
world are not suited to the dignity and to the de
licacy of your sex, but you possess the intelli
gence to know how much of that happiness
which you are entitled to hope for, both for your
selves and for youi children,[depends on the righ'.
administration of government, and a proper tone
of public morals. That is a subject on which
the moral perceptions of a woman are both quick
er t ’and juster than those of the other sex. 1 do
not speak of that administration of government
whose object is merely the protection of industry
the preservation of civil liberty and the securing
to enterprise its due reward. I speak of govern
ment in a somewhat higher point of view. We
live in an age distinguished for great benevolent
exertion, in which the affluent are consecrating
the means they possess by endowing colleges and
academies, by uniting to build churches, and sup
port the cause of religion, and by establishing
Athenaeums, Lyceums, and all the other modes
of popular instruction. This is all well; it is
admirable; it augers well for the prospect of en
suing generations. But I have sometimes
thought that there is a point of view in which
government is to he considered—l mean in its
power and its duty, to augment the morals of the
community, and to inspire it with just sentiments
of religion which is too often overlooked. A
popular government, is more powerful than anv
other influence (and I have sometimes feared
than ail other influences put together) in its ac
tion on the morals of the community for good
or for evil. Its example, its tone, whether of re
spect or of disrespect to moral obligation, is most
important to human happiness; because il is a
mong those things which most affect the political
morals of mankind, and hence their general mor
als also. I advert to this, because there has been
put forth in modern times the false maxim that
there is one morality for politics and another mor
ality for other things; that in their political con
duct to their opponents men may say and do that
which they would not think of saying or doing j
in the personal relations of private life. ’There
has been openly announced a maxim which I
consider as the very concrete of false morality,
declares that “all is fair in politics.” If a man
speaks falsely or calumniously of his neighbor,
and is reproached fur the offence, the ready ex
cuse is this—it was in relation to public and po
i litical matters, I cherished no personal ill-will
whatever against that individual, but quite the
contrary; I spoke of my adversary meiclyasa
political man. In my opinion, the day is com
ing when falsehood will stand for falsehood, and
calumny will lie treated as a breach of the com
mandment, whether it he committed politically
or in the concerns of private life. It is hy the
promulgation of sound morals in the community,
and more especially hy the training and instruc
tion of the young that woman performs her part
towards the preservation of a free government. |
It is now generally admitted that public liberty,the
perpetuity of a free constitution, resls on the vir
tue and intelligence of the community which en
joys it. How is that virtue to be inspired, and
how is that intelligence to be communicated?
Bonaparte once asked Madame de Stael in what
manner he could promote the happiness of
France. Her reply is full of political wisdom.
She said, “ instruct the mothers of the French
people.” Because the mothers are the affection
ate and effective teachers of the human race.
1 he rpother begins this process of training with
the infant in her arms. It is she who directs, so
to speak, its first mental and spiritual pulsations.
She conducts it along tne impressible years of
childhood and of youth ; and hopes to deliver it
to the rough contents and tumultuous scenes of
life, armed hy those good principles which her
child has first received for maternal care and love.
If we draw within the circle of our contempla
tion the mothers of a civilized nation, what do
we see? We behold so many artificers working,
not on frail and perishable matter, but on the im
mortal mind, moulding and fashioning beings
who are to exist forever. We applaud the artist
w hose skill and genius present the mimic man
upon the canvass—we admire and celebrate the
sculptor who works out that same image in en
during marble—but how significant are these
achievements, though the highest and the fair
est in all the departments of art, in comparison
with the great vocation of human mothers!
They work not upon the canvass that shall tail,
or the marble that shall crumble into dust—but
upon mind, upon spirit, which is to last forever,
and which is to bear, for good or evil, through
out its duration, the impress of a mother’s plas
tic hand.
I have already expressed the opinion, which
all allow to be correct, that our security for the
duration of the free institutions which bless our
country, depends upon the habits of virtue and
the prevalence of knowledge and of education
Knowledge does not comprise ail which is con
tained in the larger lean of education. The
feelings are to be disciplined ; the passions are to
be restrained ; tiue and worthy motives are to
he inspired; a profound religious feeling is to he
instilled, and pure morality inculcated under all
circumstances. Ali this is comprised in educa- i
lion* Mothers who are faithful to this great duty I
will tell tell their children that neither in politi
cal nor in any other concerns of life, can man !
ever withdraw himself from the perpetual obliga- I
tions ot conscience and of duty; that in every i
act, whether public or private, he incurs a just :
responsibility ; and that in no condition is he !
warranted in trifling with important rights and I
obligations. They will impress upon their I
children the truth, that the exercise of the elec
tive franchise is asocial duty, of as solemn a na- 1
tuie as man can be called to perform ; that a man
may not innocently trifle with his vote; that
every tree elector is a trustee as well for others as j
urnselt; and that every man and every measure !
he supports has an important bearing on the in
teresis of others as well as on his own. It is in
CaU ° n 0t ¥§h and pure morals such as
.ie«e, that in a free Republic woman performs
her sacred duty and fulfils her destiny. The 1
1 .ench, as you know, are remarkable for their \
fondness for sententious phrases, in which much 1
it. condensed into a small apace. I notice- latelv. 1
instruction in France, this motto: ‘‘Pour in
struction on the hi ads of the people; you owe
them that baptism.” And certainly, if there be
any duty wh.ch may be described by a reference
to that great institution of religion, a duty ap
proaching it in importance, perhaps next to it in
obligation, it is this.
I know you hardly erpect me to address you
on the popular po.itical topics of the day. \ou
read enough, you hear quite enough on those
subjects. You expect me only to meet you, and
to tender my profound thanks for tins marked
proof of your regard, and will kindly receive the
assurances with which I tender to you, on parting
my affectionate respects and best wishes.
Mr. Webster having resumed his seal —
James Barbour, Esq., the President of the Con
vention, rose to give notice that the meeting
would then he adjourned to the Capitol Square,
when the call for some remarks from him became
so loud and so imperative, that he relinquished his
original design, and consented to address, for a
few moments, the ladies assembled. He said ;
Ladies —I tender to you my profoundest
thanks for the very high compliment which in
your goodness you have bestowed upon me, in
the very unexpected call I have now received.
Nothingcertaiuly,could have been more unexpec
ted on my part. There are a thousand reasons
why I, above all, should not have been called out
on the present occasion. One will be sufficient:
after wnat you have heard from the lips of the
highly distinguished gentleman who has just re
sumed his seat, every one must.be satisfied that,
any thing from me will be calculated, instead of
rendering'any'sarvice to the cause, only to weaken
the impression which cannot but have been made
by one of those bursts of eloquence which are the
peculiar prerogative of superior genius. What
can 1 add to what has been already so well spo
ken ' In my plain, old-fashioned way, I should
rejoice to proclaim to you the deep gratification
j I have expeiieneed wherever I have lecentiy
gone in seeing ihe ladies every where coining out,
to countenance, by, their presence and smiles,
those assemblages of the rougher sex, which, in
throngs, are gathing throughout the length and
breadih of this land—all animated with the one
holy pmpose of redeeming from destruction those
liberties earned for us by our fathers, which are
equally dear to woman as to man, and which she,
with us, is equally bound to transmit untarnished
to our children for ages to come. I hail this with
joy, as a happy omen and guarantee of our suc
cess. I have heard that Mr. Van Buren lately
said to a gentleman, with whose vocation he
happened not to be acquainted—“l understand
that the lawyers and ail the clergy are against
me.” Now, if both saint and sinner, and all the
ladies, 100 are against Mr. Van Buren, what
prospect can he possibly have of success? (Laugh
ter.)
I entirely accord with the views which have
been so eloquently expressed by the gentleman
who has addressed you. “Albeit unus’d to the
melting mood.” I found whilst he was expressing
them the tears involuntarily stealing down mv
cheeks, and I am persuaded that the heart of every
lady here present more titan responded to mv
own. You will not suspect me, especially at mv
time of file, of any such disign as flattery. I
never was remarkable for that propensity in other
days; and now you will all readily admit that it
is totally out of the question. (Laughter ) But
I have proclaimed it when you were not present
and if I say it now. you will not infer that I sup
pose the female heart is to be affected by that
paltry flattery which you sometimes have to deal
with. No: while the pitiful flatterer hugs him
self in the persuasion that he is prevailing with
j you by such arts, although from your exceeding
i politeness, you may be induced to conceal your
' feelings, I am sure, did you utter them, they
would be expressive only of contempt. But I
have said, when you were not present, that I did
verily believe, if the liberty of this country is to
saved, vve shall owe its salvadon to the virtuous
women of America. It is they, after all, who
must turn away the sword of the destroyer. As
mj distinguished friend has so well said, it is you
who lake the infant in your arms, and commence
| the training of the future man. Your part is per
j feet—all the ev.ls he afterwards acquires is from
us—you have no share in it. And, in contempla
ting the gratifying spectacle to which 1 have al
ready alluded, 1 have indulged the pleasing hope;
not only that you would work out our own de
liverance from the danger now impending, but
that you will lay a deep foundation in the minds
! of the youth now rising to manhood, ofsuch prin
| ciplos as sha’l secure and perpetuate our freedom,
j The women of America have presented examples
I worthy to stand in history by the side of the
Greek and the Roman mothers, which its pages
have rendered immortal. You have, in substance,
often repeated the famous injunction of the Lace
demonian mother, who pnsenteda shield to her
son, just going into battle for the first lime, with
these words—“ Take this, my son return homo
with it or upon it.”
Ladies—l have been induced to say thus much,
: because the command to speak came from a quar
ter which always shall be sovereign with me. I
shall treasure up the memory of that command as
one of the most pleasing incidents of my hie, and
shall never think of it but with gratitude and
pride.
The call having proved so effectual in the case
of Governor Barbour, it was, immediately on his
caking his seat, renewed lor Mr. Leigh ; who not
to be outdone in gallantry and submission to the
expressed wishes of a female auditory, responded,
without hesitation, ana proceeded to address the
meeting nearly as follows;
My Fair Countrywomen:— l have in the
course of now, a pretty long life, been not a little
used to public speaking; but it is the first time I
ever had to face such au audience, and I feel, I
confess, somewhat embarrassed as to what I shall
say to you. In a certain very orthodox paper,
with which most of us are acquainted, I have
seen it stated, that I have been deputed, by Tip
pecanoe CjubNo. 1, to go to Massachusetts and
there to negotiate a marriage between the States
ut Massachusetts and Virginia. I declare to you,
that I had not been before apprized of this duty’s
having been imposed upon me, and I will venture
to alFirm that the honorable gentleman from Mas
sachusetts had as little knowledge of it as I. Ne
vertheless, it such a marriage was to take place I
snould be very happy to have my share in the
matter. But, according to our usual view's, both
States are equally female, and before a marriage
could take place between them, it would be neces
sary that one should be acknowledged as the hus
band and the other as the wife. Now as you all
know me to be a very zealous Virginian, 1 should
insist that \ irginia should have supremacy: and
understanding something of the holy matrimoni
al relation, as it exists in Virginia and especially
on Shockoe Hill, it is very natural I shouln there
fore insist that Virginia be the bride and Massa
chusetts the bridegroom, (a laugh)—but whene
ver it came to that point, depend upon it, I should
have a very serious contest with the gentleman
horn Massachusetts : and he would be quite rbffif
for if he should not do his best to make Massa
chusetts the bride, he would bring an old house
upon his bead when he got home,—(much laugh
ter)—for lam well assured, the same devotmn
to the best pai l of God’s creation exists there which
obtains here. But the metaphor was rather an
unfortunate one; lor the marriage, or rather the
sisterhood of the two States, is not to he formed ;
it already exists—having been formed inthedavs
of the Revolution. The mothers of Massachu
setls sent their husbands, their brothers,and their
sons, and the mothers of Virginia sent theirs—to
mingle their olood on whatever fields the oauie of
freedom were to be fought. But, more, the
holy Union has been already established by the
, ,° “ eav en, who hath made us both of one
Dlood ; and we acknow ledge the tie with pleasure
' —-. -VC »
a fact net icnpptopriats to the subject•
Cornwallis invaded Virginia. General VV i n
ton deputed the then youthful Lafayette t
tain the military power of the State rail h ° rn3, «-
troops having oeen sent to the CJarolin- f °* n
Geeen ;) and with him he sent two N? U J? er >
land Regiments, who got os far as Bah? En? ' '
most without clothing. The laoies of {j p 6 ’ al ‘ |
immediately volunteered and clothed t [ 3 Um ° re j
Yankee Regiments, with which Lathy? 6 tw ° I
dertook to do battle against the enemies" “ ,1 '
ginia; and he did tio battle with iheniVu Vir *
were beaten. So that to the ladies of B a V il
we owe. at least, all the success of I.ufJvit ' nore ’ '
ultimately the glorious triumph of y ,° an d
Keep this example before your eyes, I
fathers, brothers and husbands w«l
and moreover, the b.essiugs of Aimi.o. y ,° u i j
will be upon your heads. ’ l - v |
Mr. Lyons was next called upon, and
ded in a few words modestly professing hi? 0 * I
hility for the task after the addresses of p "j 13 i
tinguished gentlemen who had preceded 1??" 1
he would only, in the name of every I
Virginia, return to the ladies the most nr la 1
thanks. Alluding to the sentiment express?? f
Gov. Barbour, that the countenance extent i
the ladies was a means and a guaranty o f, •
cess.—He observed that, w ith Whig n * Uc *
there must be Whig sons and Whig
with Whig daughters there would heVv’
sweethearts. Give me these, -MMrT «
great Whig family is formed at once.which
| be irresistible. Cheered by the smiles of be” ?
and guarded by the shield of female p UriU {?'
cou’d they do otherwise than conquer? ’j’T
Lacedemonian spirit had not departed: ; t *
survived in Virginia.—To that spirit all mu??
homage. Uu f
A Vote.
A vote is the honest expression of a man’s I
judgment in relation to a candidate, presented for 1
h:s approbation for some place of destiny. J
therefore an exercise of power that advances ?
dignity in proportion to the importance of the ot
fice, for which the individual stands a candidate
The Presidency for instance, is the most distini
guithed office in this country. And the vote f ur
that office, is the highest exercise of the ruin a i
power in the Republic, and it becomes the voter
carefully to examine his heart, before he depus- *
ites his ballot. The vote cannot be said to lie
long to the individual exclusive. For uis given
to him not to barter away—not to use indiscreet
ly or rashly, but with the greatest circumspection
and honesty. His vote may deeply wound the
prosperity of the nation, nr greatly add to i ls |
happiness. Hence, every man in America is in- I
lerested in the vote that he may give, and wc in I:
turn are interested in the vote, that every other II
man shall drop into the ballot box at the ensum> I
Presidential election. In this view of the voliu 8
powers Ihe freemen of the country should rea'
carefully and dispassionately, the arguments so .J
and against the two candidates, and give their j
votes as an enlightened conscience shall dictate.
Every man should consider himself as Doom? hj S
an oath before his God, to discharge the high,
trust of voting with the strictest probity. The
Presidential vote is eminently important, because
it cannot he recalled for four years. Because it
fastens upon the country tor that long term a
course of policy, that may wither our best hopes,
or shed upon us the golden showers of prospers
fy. Because, one single vote may settle the
question of the Presidency in a .State, by can
ing a whole electoral ticket.
What a n.<ble legacy therefore, did the fathers
of the Republic hand over to us, in this right of
voting lor our public officers. But they secured
us the Constitution, under ihe implied under
standing, that we were to put in one votes with j
clean hands and pure hearts.— U. S. Guz,
Importance of Individual Action—-Vis 1
stated in the Cincinnati Chronicle, that, atan iC
Education meeting lately held in that city, the *
Rev. Dr. Beecher related the following “dream,”
being a beautiful illustration of the importance of i
individual action, and showing that inourrepuh- J
lican conntry, although it is only the mass which|
! acts through ihe laws, it is the individual which H
| moves the mass.
■ He said he cad a dream which like other dreams t
j did not wholly explain itself, and in which some 1
j of the natural objects had the newer of sjeecb, ■
: He was travelling near the sources of the Mo- 1
i nongahela, and in passing O'er a rough countir, 1
I at every short distance, met a little stream, wbfei
he could step> over; hut all of them were goiw
the same way. At last, he asked one, where he l’
; was going; “Why,” replied the little rill. “1 |
am going to New Orleans. I heard the people y
! there want a great canal, a thousand miles loo; I
and fifteen hundred feet wide, and I am going ps.
:to help make it.—“ And pray what can youdj! I
; I can step over you. What can you do?' ■
i don't know what I can do; bull thall be there."
: And so saying, it hurried on.
He came to another, and a.ked the same ques- |
I tion, and received the same answer. All w« [
; hurrying on to make the grand canal, on which I
the steamships of the West, with their hca; |
burdens, were to be transported. On the beis r
of the Alleghany, the Sciwto, and ths Mississippi I
he found thousands more of hide streams bar- |
ried by the same impulses, and which while hep’ I
spoke to them, pas.-ed out < f sight. Nonekie*
what he could do, but all were determined to A f
something. He passed on, till he came to li f
mighty Mississippi, and there he found thecas [
was made ! The noble steam-ships rode proov |
ly on its suilacc, and its waters diminished, tb
; were again replenished to the bring by e yfr
mountain spring and every stream. Thus
the little rills make the stream the river, till I
united waters of the whole pour on their vf< E
j rejoicing, to the glorious ocean. So is man a Lg
| the mass, and the mass to the grand tide of h* I
1 man affairs. Each little mortal, weak and venj i
| though he be, can do something in making U P .
the mighty stream of human events, as it roll*® 0 b
to the ocean of eternity.”
Punishment of Parricides in F*-**™*;" 8
Two brothers, named Vincent, were brought w j
fore the last Assizes for the Nievre, upon an |
dictment for having, as long ago as IS‘~B,
dered their own father and mother, and robe# M
their house, at Bruyeres Radon, of £5,000 'i t
gold. Although their crime was suspect - I
the time, they could not be brought tojw» uct J|
because the witnesses had been at;aid. to dep* '■
jas to all they knew. They had at last, h°" e ' |
<r, come forward, and deliveied their evciik |lf . (|
One of them deposed that, being on the night • 1
li-e murder seated under the hedge of the j
of the deceased, while tending some horse**
pasture, he overheard the brothers plotting 1 * \
) murder, during which one of them said, “1 p 1 t
very well kill our father, but I should not |
courage to kill tur mother.” To this, the ot h c j
replied—\V ell, for my part, I am ready 10 ’
them both.” This testimony being corrobcf
by other circumstances, no doubt of their
could bu entertained, and the jury ieturneu 8 ' L
diet accordingly, but with extenuating c ‘ rCt . l ' j ' r jL
stances ; and the parricides, instead ol reCd ! ,j»
capital punishment, were only sentenced
labor for life at the hulks. The latter pad ul u |
finding, no doubt, arose from (lie feeling s ° £ e “ t 1
eral in France, against the infliction ot the ! R ' r ‘
ally of death in any case, however atrocious-
Major Noah.— lt is stated in one of the city P J
pers of N. York, that JVI ujor Noah, late of them' f
riiug Stai, is to receive the appointment ot -
ciate Jucgo of the Court of Sessions, m the j ■' j
ot Judge landlord, resigned. The |
would be a capital one, and would add g rt ’ al - I
the mercy which would temper, as well asth* p
tice which would govern the decisions and p lt)l