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BY ALBON. CHASE.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, FRIDjiY, JULY 31, 1840.
' VOL. IX,—NO. 20.
SUB-TREASURY BILL.
AN ACT to provide for tlie collection, safe
keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the
public revenue.
lie it enacted by the. Senate and House of mg.
Representatives of the United Stales of
America in Congress assembled, That there
shall be prepared and provided, within the
new Treasury building now erecting at the
seat of Government, suitable and convenient
rooms for the use of the Treasurer of the Uni
ted States, his assistants and clerks, and suffi
cient and secure fire-proof vaults and safes, for
the keeping of the public moneys in the pos
session and under the immediate control of
the said Treasurer, which said rooms, vaults,
and safes, are hereby constituted and declared
to be, the Treasury of the United States. And
the said Treasurer of the United States shall
keep all the public moneys which shall come
to ms bands in the Treasury of the (.Tinted
Stales, as hereby constituted, until the same
arc drawn therefrom according to law.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, Thatthe
Mint of the United States, in the city of Phila
delphia. in the State of Pennsylvania, and the
Branch Mint, in the city of New Orleans, in
the State of Louisiana, and the vaults and safes
thereof, respectively, shall lie places of deposite
and safekeeping of the public moneys at these
points respectively ; and the Treasurer of the
said Mint and Branch Mint respectively, for
the time bcin?, shall have the custody and care
of all the public moneys deposited within the
same, and shall perform all the duties required
to be performed by them, in reference to the re
ceipt, safekeeping, transfer and disbursements
of all such moneys, according to the provisions
hereinafter contained.
Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That
• here shall be prepared and provided, within
the custom houses now erecting in the city of
New York, in the State of New York, end in
the cily of Boston, in the Slnte of Massachu
setts, suitable and convenient rooms for the use
of the receivers-general of public moneys, here
inafter directed to be appointed, at those places,
respectively; and sufficient and secure fire
proof vaults and safes for the keeping of the
public moneys collected and deposited with
them respectively; and the rcceivers-gencral
of public money, from time to time, appointed
at those points, shall have the custody and
care of the said rooms, vaults, and safes, res
pectively, nml of all the public moneys depo
sited within the same; and shall perform all
the duties required to lie performed by them,
in reference to the receipt, safekeeping, trans
fer, and disbursement of all such moneys, ac
cording to the provisions of this act.
See. 4. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be erected, prepared, mid provid
ed, at the expense of the United States, at the
citv of Charleston, m the State of South Caro
lina, and at the city of St. Louis, in the State
of Missouri, offices, with suitable and conven
ient rooms for the. use oS the receivers-general
of public money hereinafter directed to be ap
pointed at the places above named ; and suffi
cient and secure fireproof vaults and safes for
the keeping of the public money collected and
deposited at those points respectively : and the
said receivers-general, from time to time ap
pointed at those places, shall have the custody
and care of the said offices, vaults, and safes,
so to be erected, prepared, and provided, and
of all the public moneys deposited within the
same; and shall perform all the duties re
quired to be performed by them : in reference
to the receipt, safekeeping, transfer, and dis
bursement of all such moneys, according to
the provisions hereinafter contained.
See. 5. And be it further enacted. That the
President shall nominate, and, by and with the
advice of the Senate, appoint four officers to
be denominated “ roceivers-general of public
money,” which said officers shall hold their
olfices for the term of four years, unless sooner
removed therefrom ; one ol which shall he lo
cated in the cily of New York, in the Stale of
New York; one other of which shall he loca
ted at the cily of Boston, in the State of Massa
chusetts; one other of which shall be located
at the city of Charleston, in the Slate of South
Carolina; and the remaining one of which
shall be located at the city of St. Louis, in the
State of Missouri; and all of which said offi
cers shall give bonds tothc United Slates, with
sureties according to the provisions hereinafter
contained, for the faithful discharge of the du
ties of their respective offices.
Sec.fi. And be it further enacted, Thatthe
Treasurer of the United States, the Treasurer
of the Mint of the United States, the Treas
urers, and those acting as such, of the various
Branch Mints, all collectors of the customs, all
surveyors of the customs, acting also as col
lectors, all receivers-general of public moneys,
all receivers of public moneys at the several
land offices, and all postmasters, except ns is
hereinafter particularly provided, be, and they
are hereby, required to keep safely, without
loaning or using, all the public money collect
ed by them, or otherwise at any time placed in
their possession and custody, till the same is
ordered by the proper department or officer of
the government to be transferred or paid out;
and when such orders for transfer or payment
are received, faithfully and promptly to make
tiic same as directed, and to do and perform all
oilier duties as fiscal agents of the Government,
which may be imposed by this or any other
acts of Congress, or by any regulation of the
Treasury Department, made in conformity to
law; and also to do and perform all acts and
duties required by law, or by direction of any
of the Executive Departments of the Govern
ment, as agents for paying pensions, or for
making any other disbursements which cither
of the heads of those departments may be re
'1'iired by law lo make, and which arc of r
character to be made by the depositaries hereby
constituted, consistently with the other official
duties imposed upon them.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, Thatthe
Treasurer of the United States, the Treasurer
of tlio Mint of the United States, the Treasur
er of the Branch Mint at New Orleans, and the
rceeivcrs-general of public money hereinbefore
directed to be appointed, shall, respectively,
Rive bonds to the United States, in such form,
for such amounts, as shall be directed by
the Secretary of the Treasury, by and with the
odvice and consent of the President, with sure-
|jes to the satisfaction of the Solicitor of the
f rcasury; and shall, from lime to time, reuew.
strengthen, and increase their official bonds, as
the Secretary of the Treasury, with the con
sent of the President, may direct; any law in
reference to any of the official bonds of any of
the said officers to the contrary notwithstand-
Sec. S. And be it farther enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Trea
sury, at as early a day as possible after the
passage of this act, to require from the several
depositaries hereby constituted, and whose of
ficial bonds arc not hereinbefore provided for,
to execute bonds new and suitable in their
terms to meet the new and increased duties im
posed upon them respectively by this act, and
with sureties, and in sums such as shall seem
reasonable and safe to the Solicitor of the
Treasury, and from time to time to require
such bonds to be renewed and increased in
amount and strengthened by new sureties, to
meet any increasing responsibility which may
grow out of accumulations of money In the
hands of the depositary, or out of any other
duty or responsibility arising under this or any
other law of Congress.
Sec. 0. And be it further enacted, That all
collectors and receivers of public money, of
every character and description, within the
District of Columbia, shall, as frequently as
they may be directed by the Secretary of the
Treasury, or the Postmaster General, so to do,
pay over to the Treasurer of the United States
at the Treasury thereof, all public moneys col
lected by them, or in their hands; that all
such collectors and receivers of public moneys
within the cities of Philadelphia and New Or
leans, shall, upon the same direction pay over
to the Treasurers of the Mints in their respec
tive cities, at the said Mints, all public moneys
collected by them, or iu their hands, and that
all such collectors and receivers of public mo
neys within the cities of New York, Boston,
Charleston, and St. Louis, shall, upon the same
dirooiinn, pnv over tn tl 10 rooniirtirc.g-onoral of
public money in llieir respective cities, at their
offices respectively, all the public moneys col
lected by them, or in their hands, to be safely
kept bv the said respective depositaries, until
otherwise disposed of according to law ; and it
shall be thedutyof the said Secretary and Post
master General to direct such payments, by
the said collectors and receivers, at all the said
places, at least as often as once iu each week,
and as much more frequently, in all cases, as
they, in their discretion, may think proper.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That it
shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasu
ry to transfer the moneys in the hands of any
depositary hereby constituted, to the Treasury
of the United Stales; to the Mint at Philadel
phia ; to the Branch Mint a! New Orleans; or
to the offices of either of the rcceivers-gencral
of public moneys, by this act directed to be ap
pointed ; to be there safely kept, according to
the provisions of this act; and also to transfer
moneys in the hands of any one depositary
constituted by this act to any other depositary
constituted by the same, at his discretion, and
as the safety of the public moneys, and tire con
venience of the public service shall seem to
him to require; which authority to transfer
the moneys belonging to the Post Office De
partment is also hereby conferred upon the
Postmaster General, so far as its exercise by
him may he consistent with the provisions of
existing laws ; and every depository constitu
ted by this act, shall keep his accouut of the
money paid to, or deposited with Jiim, belong-
to the Post Ofiice Department, separate
or vaults, or other necessary expenses of safe
keeping, transferring, and disbursing, said
moneys; all such expenses of every character
to be first expressly authorized by the Secreta
ry of the Treasury, whose directions upon all
the above subjects, by way of regulation and
otherwise, so far as authorized by law, are to
be strictly followed by all the said officers:
Provided, That the whole number of clerks
to be appointed by virtue of this section of this
act, shall not exceed ten, and that the aggregate
compensations of the whole number shall not
exceed eight thousand dollars, nor shall the
compensation of any one clerk, so appointed,
exceed eight hundred dollars per annum.
Sue. 15. And be it farther enacted, That
the Secretary of the Treasury shall, witlrns
much promptitude as the convenience of the
public business, and the safety of the public
funds will permit, withdraw the balances re
maining with the present depositaries of the
public moneys, and confine, the safekeeping,
transfer, and disbursement of those moneys to
the depositaries established by this act.
Sec. lfi. And be it further enacted, That
all marshals, district attorneys, and others,
having public money to pay to the United
Stales, and all patentees, wishing to make pay
ment for patents io he issued, may pay such
moneys to the Treasurer of the U. States, at
the Treasury or to the Treasurer of either of
the Mints, in Philadelphia or New Orleans, to
either of the rcceivers-gencral of public money,
or to such other depositary constituted by this
act as shall he designated by the Secretary of
the Treasury, in other parts ofthe United States,
to receive such payments, and give receipts or
certificates of deposite therefor.
Sf.c. 17. And. be it further enacted, That
all officers charged l>v this act with the safe
keeping, transfer, and disbursement ofthe pub
lic moneys, other than those connected with
the Post Office Department, are hereby requir
ed •« keep c\n accurate eiury of each sum re
ceived, and of the kind of money in which it
is received, and of each payment or transfer,
and ofthe kind of currency in which it is made;
and that if any one of the said officers, or of
those connected with the Post Office Depart
ment, shall convert to his own use, in any wav
whatever, or shall use, by way of investment,
in any kind of property or merchandize, or shall
loan, with or without interest, any portion of
the public moneys intrusted to him for safe
keeping, disbursement, transfer, or for any oili
er purpose, every such act shall he deemed and
adjudged to be an embezzlement of so much of
the said moneys as shall be thus taken, con
verted, invested, used, or loaned, which is
hereby declared to be a felony, and any officer
or agent of the United States, and all persons
ad vising or participating in such act, heing con
victed thereof before any court of the United
States of competent jurisdiction, shall be sen
tenced to imprisonment for a term not less
than six months, nor more than five years, and
to a fine equal to the amount of the money
embezzled.
Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, T hat
until the rooms, offices, vanlts, and safes, di
rected by the first four sections of this act to be
constructed and prepared for the use of the
Treasurer of the United States, the treasurers
ofthe. mints at Philadelphia and New-Orleans,
and the receivers-general of public money at
New York, Boston, Charleston, and St. Louis,
can he constructed and prepared for use, it shall
be the duly of the Secretary of the Treasury
to procure suitable rooms for offices for those
and sijver; and every such disbursing officer,
wheiifthe means for his disbursements are fur
nish^ to him in currency legally receivable
underlie provisions of this act, shall make his
payrabnts in the currency so furnished, or
when those means are furnished to him in
drafts^ shall cause those drafts to be presented
at \lieir place of payment, and properly paid
according to the law, and shall make his pay
ments in the currency so received for the drafts
furiished, unless, in either case, he can ex-
chaifrc the means in his hands for gold and
silver at .par, and so as to facilitate his pay
ment* or otherwise accommodate the public
" ^ and promote the circulation ofa metal
lic cuiVency: And it shall be, and is hereby
made, tic duty of the head of the 'proper de
partment immediately to suspend from duty
any dislursing officer who shall violate the
provisos* of this section, and forthwith to re
port the name of the'officer, or agent, to the
President, with the fact of the violation and
all the circumstances accompanying the same
and within the knowledge of the said Secreta
ry, to the end that such officer, or agent, may
he promptly removed from ofiice, or restored
to his trust and the performance of his duties,
all acts or parts of acts which come in conflict'
with the provisions of this act be, and the same
are hereby repealed. • . r.
R. M. T HUNTER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
RH. Mi JOHNSON;
Free President of the United States,
and President of the Senate.
Approved, July -1th, 1S-10.
M. VAN BUREN;
mSim
POLITICAL.
From the Globe.
Respect for Reputation.
The Federal party complain that Geu. Har
rison’s character^ is not spared by the Republi
can press. There never was a more unjust,
oomplaiut. They with savage ferocity enter
ed the sacred,, precincts of General Jackson’s
conjugal relations—assailed the character of
the best of women—his wife—and broke her
heart in the very hour that the American pco
pie had called her husband to their highest
honor, and hoped to see her paiticipatc it with
him. Hammond, General Harrison’s bosom
friend and most efficient editorial agent in pro-
as to the President may seem just and proper. | curiu? for hi ,„ lhe Federn , nomination, origi-
•. i n Ti i fatherjuacted, I ha! j „ a ( od q, e f on j attack on the pure fame of Mrs.
it shall no e .awful for the Secretary ofthe J J ac -| ;s p n m re ach her husband. Might not
Treasury to make or continue m force, any | General llarrison himself be reached, if the
general order, which shall create any differ
cnce between the different branches of revenue,
as to the hinds or medium of payment, in which
debts or dues accruing to the United States
may be paid.
Sec. 2?. And be it further enacted, That
it shall bethe duty of the Secretary ofthe Trea
sury to isfnc and publish regulations to enforce
the speety presentation of all Government
drafts for payment at the place where payable,
and to jnosciibc the time, according tothe dif
ferent (liyances of l!lP (lopopilnrioo from the
seat of Gtvernmcnt, within which all drafts
upon thch, respectively, shall lie presented for
payment and, iu default of such presentation,
to direct jny other mode and place of payment
which ho may deem proper: but iu all those
regulations and directions, it shall be the duty
of the Secretary of the Treasury, to guard, as
sectary of the Trc
laj be, against those
vilinto circulation, a
those drafts being used
as a paper currency,
and distinct from the account kept by him of | officers at their respective locations, and to con-
othcr public moneys so paid or deposited. And
for the purpose of payments on the public ac
count. it shall be lawful lor the Treasurer of
the United States to draw upon any of the said
depositaries, as he may think most conducive
to tiie public interests,or to "he convenience of
the public creditors, or both.
See. 11. And be itfurther enacted, Thatthe
moneys in the hands, care and custody, of any
of the depositaries constituted by this act, shall
be considered and held as deposited to the cre
dit of the Treasurer of the United States, and
shall lie, at all times subject lo his draft, wheth
er made for transfer or disbursement, in the
same manner as though the said moneys were
actually in the Treasury of the United States;
and each depositary shall make returns to the
Treasury and Post Office Department of all
moneys received and paid by him, at such
times, and in such form, as shall lie directed by
the Secretary of the Treasu ry or the Postmas
ter General
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That
the Secretary of the Treasury shallow, and he
is hereby, authorized to cause examinations to
be made of the books, accounts, and money oil
hand, of the several depositaries constituted by
this act; and for that purpose to appoint spe
cial agents, as occasion may require, with such
compensation as he may think reasonable, to
be fixed and declared at the time of each ap
pointment. The agents selected to make these
examinations shall be instructed to examine
as well the books, accounts and returns of the
officer, ns the money on hand, and the manner
of its being kept, to the end that uniformity and
accuracy in the accounts, ns well as safety to
the public moneys may be secured thereby.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted. That in
addition to the examinations provided for in
the last preceding section, and as a further
"Hard over the public moneys, it shall be the
duty of each naval officer and surveyor, as a
check upon the receiver-general of public mo
neys, or collector of the customs of their res
pective districts ; of each register of a land of
fice, as a check upon the receiver of his land
office; and of the director and superintendent
of each Mint and Brauch Mint when seperatc
officers, ns a check upon the Treasurers, re
spectively of the said Mints, or the persons
acting as such, at the close of each quarter of
the year, and as much more frequently as they
shall be directed by the Secretary of the Trea
sury to do so, to examine the books, accounts,
returns, and money on hand, of the receivers-
general of public money, collectors, receivers
of land offices, Treasurers, and persons acting
as such, and to makea full, accurate, and faith
ful return to the Treasury Depaitmcnt of their
condition.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That
the said officers respectively, whose duty it is
made by this act to receive, keep, and disburse
the public moneys as the fiscal agents of the
Government, may be allowed any necessary
tract for such use of vaults and safes as may
be required for the safe-keeping of the public
moneys in the charge and custody of those of
ficers respectively, the expense to be paid by
the United States.
Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That
from and after the thirtieth day of June, which
will be in the year one thousand eight hundred
and forty, the resolution of Congress of the
thirtieth day of April, in the year one thousand
eight hundred and sixteen, so far as it airtho-
izes the receipt in payment of duties, taxes,
sales of pubiic lauds, debts, and sums of mo
ney,accruing or becoming payable to the United
States, to be collected and paid in the notes of
specie-paying banks, shall be so modified as
that one-fourth part of ail such duties, taxes,
sales of public lands, debts, and sums of money
accruing or becoming due to the United Stales,
shall be collected in the legal currency of the
United States; and from and after the thir
tieth day of June, which will be iu the year
one thousand eight hundred and forty-one,
one other fourth part of all such duties, taxes,
sales of public lands, debts, and sums of mo
ney, shall be so collected; and that from and
after the thirtieth day of June, which will be
in the year one thousand eight hundred and
forty-tvo, one other fourth pai l of all such du
ties, taxes, sales of public lauds, debts and sums
of money, shall be so collected; and that from
and after the thirtieth day of June, which will
be in the year one Ihotisaud eight hundred and
forty-three, the remaining fourth part of the
said duties, taxes, sales of public lands, debts,
and sums of money, shall l>c also collected in
the legal currency of the United States ; and
from and after the last mentioned day, all sums
accruing, or becoming payable to the United
States, lor duties, taxes, sales of public lands,
or other debts, and also all sums due for posta
ges, or otherwise, to the General Post Office
Department, shall be paid in gold aud silver
only.
Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That
from and after the thirtieth day of June, which
will be in the year one thousand eight hundred
and forty-three, every officer or agent engaged
in making disbursements on account of the
United States, or of the General Post'Office,
shall make all payments in gold and silver
coin only; and any receiving or disbursing
officer, or agent, who shall neglect, evade, or
violate, the provisions of this and the last pre
ceding section of this act. shall, by the Secre
tary ofthe Treasury, be immediately reported
to the President ofthe United States, with the
factsof such neglect, evasion, or violation, and
also to Congress, if iu session, and, if not in
session, at the commencement ot its session next
after the violation takes place.
Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That
no exchange of funds shall be made by any
disbursing officers, or agents, of the Govern
ment, of any grade or tlenomination whatso
ever, or connected with any branch ofthe pub-
tar as in;
or lbrowi
or rricdiuh of exchange.
Sec. 2\. And be it further enacted, That
the receivlrs-general of public money directed
by this act to be appointed, shall receive, res
pectively, the following salaries, per annum, to
be paid qiiartcr-ycarly, at the Treasury of the
United Suites, to wit: the receiver-general of
public mjney at New York shall
salary of four thousand dollars per annum ;
the reeeiitr-general of public money at Boston
shall he paid asalnry of two thousand five hun
dred dollars per annum; the receiver-general
of public money at Charleston shall bo paid a
salary of two thousand five hundred dollars
perannfim: and the receiver-general of public
money at ot. i.<outs suau ue paid a salary uf
two thousand five hundred dollars |JCi nnmim :
the treasurer of the Mint at Philadelphia shall,
in addition to his present salary, receive five
hundred dollars, annually, for the performance
ofthe duties imposed by this act; the treasu
rer ofthe brauch mint at New Orleans shall
also receive one thousand dollars, annually,
for the additional duties created by this act;
aud these salaries, respectively, shall he in full
for the services of the respective officers, nor
shall cither of them be permitted to charge, or
receive, any commission, pay or perquisite, for
any official service, of any character or de
scription whatsoever; and the making of any
such charge, or the receipt of any such com
pensation, is hereby declared to bn a misde
meanor, for which the officer convicted thereof,
before any court of the United States of com
petent jurisdiction, shall be subject to punish
ment byline, or imprisonment, or both, at the
discrctiok of the court before which the offence
shall be fried.
Sec. 25. And be it further enacted, That
the Treasurer of the United States he, and he
is hereby, authorized to receive at the Treasury
andat such other points as he may designate,
paymenlsin advance for public lands, the pay
ments so made, in all cases, to be evidenced
by the receipt of the said Treasurer of the
United States, which receipt so given shall be
receivable for public lands, at any public or
private sale of lands, in the same manner as
the currency authorized by law.to be received
in payment for the public lands: Provided
however, That the receipts given by the Treas
urer of the United States, pursuant to the au
thority conferred in this section, shall not be
negotiable or transferable by delivery, or, as
signment, or in any other manner whatsoever,
hut shall, in ail cases, be presented in payment
for lands l>v or for the person to whom the re
ceipt was given, as shown upon its face.
Sec. 26. And be it f urther enacted, That
for the purchase of sites, and for the construc
tion of the offices of the rcceivers-gencral of
public money, by this act directed to be erected
at Charleston. South Carolina, and at St. Lou
is, Missouri, there shall be, and hereby is, ap
propriated, to be paid out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum
of ten thousand dollars, to be expended under
the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury,
who is hereby required to adopt plans for the
said offices, and the vaults and safes connected
therewith, and to cause the same to be con
structed and prepared for use with as little de
lay as shall be consistent with the public inter
ests, and the convenient location and security
ofthe buildings to be erected: Provided how
ever, That if the Secretary of the Treasury
shall find upon inquiry anil examination, that
suitable rooms for the use of the receiver-gen
eral at Charleston can be obtained in the cus-
tom-house now owned by the United States at
that place, and that secure vaultsand safes can
be constructed in that building for the safekeep
ing of the public money, then he shall cause
such rooms to be prepared and fitted up, and
such vaults and safes to be constructed in the
custom-house at Charleston, and no indepen
dent office shall be there erected.
Sec. 27. And be it further enacted, That,
for die payment of the expenses authorized by
this act, other than those herein before provided
for, a sufficient sum of money be, and the same
Abolition members of Congress. Mr. Calhomf
of Massachusetts states positively, in his pub
lished letter to us, that this declaration wife*
contained in the letter of Harrison shown to
>in » HjC ** le mem * >er to whom it was writteti.
3. Mr. Leavitt, editor qf the New York
Emancipator, assured the Abolition Cofiten-
uon of Massachusetts that he had seen a letter
trom Mr. Gates, (an Abolition member of Con
gress,) giving liis friends in New York to un
derstand that he had information authorizing
him to say that Harrison had changed his opin
ion in favor of Abolitionism, since his Vincen
nes and Cheviot speeches. We hare brought
the fact as stated by Mr. Leavitt to the notice'
of Mr. Gates, and desired him to contradict it;
if tie could with truth* He has Wit denied the'
statement.
4. Lieutenant Davis,- of Frederick county,-
Virginia, heard General Hatrison make the
declaration that he tvaTan Abolitionist on
Ijoard the Steamboat; artd shortly afterwards
this fact was stated oh his authority if! the Waf-
renton paper, and in the Richmond Enquire?.
- 5th. We have now the positive affirmation
in part ofthe editor of the Philanthropist of
Cincinnati, that “ four months sinCC he (/Jar*
rison) declared to him that he had been a
member of an Abolition society.” This was
about the time when the steamboat avowal was
made, and llie letters written to members of
Congress to secure Abolition support. f
Is it possible to doubt a fact established by
so many witnesses of opposite politics and ac
ting without concert? Several of them are
Harrison’s political friends. This is the ttiie
of Mr. Calhoun, of the House of Representa
tives. Ho testified to Abolitionists to advance
liis interests, and the fact only became known
through an Abolition minister, who had toted
for Harrison in 1836, and to whom it was now
shown to promote his election. This gentle
man, being apprised of Harrison’s making dif
ferent pledges to the South, exposed the dupli
city to an Abolition society, in a public conven
tion, and in this way the fact communicated
by Mr. Calhoun was discovered, and the ad
mission of it lias since been extorted from him.
The Editor ofthe Cincinnati Philanthropist
also gave his preference to General Harrison
over Mr. Van Buren for the Presidency—but
it will be seen from the article we annex, quo
ted in Mr. Dawson’s Cincinnati Advertiser,
that he cannot wink at the duplicity of the
course pursued by Harrison. He has'thercup-
on honestly exposed it.
Mr. Lyons, of Richmond, in his address to
the public, presenting Gen. Harrison’s letter,
asks whether the friends of Mr. Van Buren
would not have him elected by Abolition votes
if they could ? We answer lor one, never, if
to be obtained upon the terms on which they
are?ought by Harrison. The wretched hy
pocrisy to which lie has stooped is not the Worst
part of his double dealing. The attempt to
blast the character of an honest man, by stam
ping it with perjury, when conscious that he
in anrt ^or , sintL^rioiinty” , i«V8Snatiy , 'appl»»pft_!jijraEilJ«luJiRuiUi®lL to rtjy ritllh, in, .toi.KOUIUnost
Republican press did not scorn to pursue his
private life? liis public conduct only tbey
hold, subject to public discussion ; and shall
lie, a candidate, plead u right to be exempt
from that, because it is not quite agreeable to
his feelings, and may be not altogether com
patible with his interests? He must not ask
the double privilege of standing mute in re
gard to declaring his principles and opinions,
and of denying the right of the press to expose
them by looking into his public conduct.
But if a warrant were wanting to justify
bar;;h dealing with him personally, it would ho
found in the manner in which lie treats others.
Look at the course he pursued iu reference to
Mr. Buchanan in the streets of Cincinnati,
simply because that gentleman thought fit to
speak ofa law his signature enacted while Gov
ernor of Indiana. But in his late speech at Co-
j huubus, as reported in the journals there friend
ly to him, aud now going the rounds of the
Federal press, he goes farther. He has the har
dihood to impute perjury to Mr. Brown, a re
spectable man—a druggist of Cincinnati, the
son of one of the judges ofthe court of common
pleas, under whom llarrison himscll holds a
subordinate office. Moses Dawson, the person
to whom Harrison confided the writing of his
be paid a mvn memoirs, declares in his paper in the city
in which all the parties are best known, that
“his (Mr. Brown’s) veracity is indisputable.”
We give Mr. Brown’s affidavit, and follow it
up with Harrison’s remark upon it in his Co
lumbus speech:
The State of Ohio, Hamilton County; **.
Before ino^tlie^Siihscril^er. a^J^stire of the. Tcarc
additional expenses for clerks, fireproof chests lie service, other than an exchange for gold
Urotvn, Jr., and being iluly sworn, says that alxiut
threo months ago, he was on the Ben. Franklin Steam
boat, in company with General 4\in. II. Harrison,
ami heard him say; that he was an Abolitionist, and
that he was certaimof getting the .State of New York,
because they knew hint lo he an abolitionist.
(Signed) ISRAEL BROWN, Jr.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this first day of
June, A. D. 1810.
J. R. GF.TZF.NDANNER,
Justice ofthe Peace.
“This is to cerrtify, that we,-the undersigned,
heard Israel Brown, Jr. state at the time, (say three
months ago) of Gen. Harrison's saying lie was an
Abolitionist, and was certain of getting the State of N.
York, because thev knew him to be ail Abolitionist;
and we should'further state that we have repeatedly
heard him state, the same—and as to Air. Brown’s
character, we should take his word, and oath, as soon
as Gen. Harrison’s, oranv other man's.
FRANCIS N. CARY,
J. C. M'LITKE,
J. C. MILLER,
MALCOLM MURRAY',
G. W. RIDDLE.
June 5, 1830.
The public will perceive that Mr. Brown,
whose character is not impeached, even by the
Opposition press in Cincinnati—whose vera
city and statement are vouched by five of his
fellow-citizens, is notwithstanding charged by
Harrison with ‘‘absolute falsity,” in a narrative
‘corroborated by the sanctity of an affidavit.”
His Columbus organ thus reports his attack on
this testimony:
“ He (General Harrison) referred to a very-
recent story, got up in liis own neighborhood,
and sent forth to the world corroborated by
the sanctity of an affidavit, which represented
him ns confessing to a young man on a steam
boat, that he was an Abolitionist; and that al
though he voted against restrictions on Mis
souri, he did so in opposition to the sugges
tions of his conscience, &c. He said the nar
rative bore on its face the proofs of its absolute
falsity—and when he pronounced it a fabrica
tion, without the semblance of a fact or a
word for its basis, it was not because he
thought it required a contradiction, but to
evince the recklessness and desperation of his
politic.il enemies, who seemed to have given
up every ground of hope, save that which they
found in vilifying his name.”
General Harrison is certainly under a strong
interest to make such a contradiction, after
having written to Mr. Lyons at Richmond,
aud Mr. Owen of North Carolina, that he had
never belonged to an Abolition society ; say
ing that lie "believed it scarcely possible that
hccould have said so, or used the term Aboli
tion in his circular of 1S22.
Now if Gen. Harrison was not an interested
witness—if the private letters which have
come to light, did not show the necessity he
was under of repelling the proof of the oppo
sing declarations made by him on other occa
sions—if, in h word, he stood before the coun
try a perfectly indifferent person as fo the is
sue, there is corroborative testimony support
ing Mr. Brown's affidavit, sufficient to over
whelm the affirmation made by him.
1. There is his letter in 1822, when he
courted the Abolitionists lo secure a seat in the
Senate of Ohio with a view lo an cleciioii to
the Senate of the United States, for which he
was a candidate, saying expressly that he be
longed to an Abolition society at the age of
eighteen, and that he adhered to its principles
heartless as well as dishonest act ever
perpe
trated by a man who aspired to the Presidency.
MORE DISCOVERIES.
The following article has been published in
the Philanthropist, au Abolition paper in this!.,
city-, on Tuesday last. We have, for some
months, held the opinion that General HarH->
son had been giving the Abolitionists secret as
surances that he was favorable to their cause
—and the following disclosure shows that W6
did not mistake. The matter is now placed
out of all doubt. The exposition made by the
editor of the Philanthropist, in that part of his
paper of Tuesday immediately relating to the
communication of the General with him, pre
cludes the necessity of any further remark
from us, than merely that the tergiversation
exhibited by him in those commuuicatiqns
must rob him of all confidence on the part of
the Abolitionists, without advancing him a sin
gle point in the confidence of \ he Southern
and Southwestern States.
To the article from the Philanthropist, in
this day’s paper, we recommend the attention
of all our exchange papers, particularly those
ofthe North and East: and we hope they will
generally copy it into their jou rnals, for the
special benefit of the Abolitionists, who will
find by it how much their delegates in the
Harrisburg Convention have deceived them,
by putting such a man in nomination as can
didate for the Presidency.
Front the Cincinnati Philanthropist.
TO TIIE ABOLITIONISTS OF THE WEST.
Our course thus far must have convinced
our friends in the West, that we have no pre
judices against Gen. Harrison. With the more
hope, therefore, of being listened to calmly, and
with candor, we beseech their patient attention
to what is to follow.
The following letter wc copy from the Cin
cinnati Gazette:
GEN. HARRISON’S OPINIONS.
The Wilmington N. C. Advertiser furnishes
the following explicit answer of Gen. Harri
son to a letter of Governor Owen, askimj:
are you now, or have you ever been a mem
ber of on Abolition society?”
Cincinnati, Feb. 16,1840.
My Dear Sir: Your letter of the 31st ulti
mo reached my residence at North Bend, by
the mail yesterday, from whence it was sent
to me at this place.
Y'ou ask me whether I now am, or ever
have been, a member of an Abolition society.
1 answer, decisively, no. So far from being
a member of such a society, I did not know
but as you knew it, viz: by common fame:
that there was or ever had been a society of
that description in any of the Northwestern
States, until three weeks ago, when I received
a letter from a citizen of this city, an entire
stranger to me, who styled himself president
ol the Abolition Society of Hamilton county.
In relation to the Ohio Statesman, from
which, ns you say, this charge “of belonging
to an Abolition society,” was copied into some
papers of your State, such is the reckless
course which it. and some others of the same
politics, pursue towards me, that I have deter- '
mined to notice nothing which they may pub
lish. I am. dear sir, truly vours,
W. H. HARRISON.
We fear the conduct of General Harrison on
the slave question has been marked by dupli-
S3*“ ,he Tre “" ry n0! 0,herW,Se ° PPr0 ' 1 rSdi“.heS.r i ,..on * hin.,) he <n»de ,ho ;• Ifl did reelly term b
printed. . n i »n fee secret lv used among the a fact which I can still h
Sec. 28. And be it further enacted, That. same avow ai, to ce secreuy u.tu c
an Abolition society,
hardly believe, it must