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JUDGE WHITES It DULY TO THE liON.
SHERROD WILLIAMS.
Washington City. April 7, 1 83fi>.
Sir: l consider it the right of every citizen of
the United States to n*k and dt nmml, and to lie
fully inioi med of the pot i lieu I prim iples
ions of. lho*e who are candidates for the various
offices in the gill of the people, and the imperious,
duty oflhe candi lute to traukly anil fully avow and
disclose the opinions which he ontertui: s..
1 therefore, ns a voter, a citizen, and an individ
ual, feeling u deep and abiding interest in the wel
fare and prosperity of our common country, nail
nn ardent desire to see the perpetuity <>t “iir free
and happy form of Government, take the libeity ol
asking you to give me your opinion and views ou
tho following subjects :
Ist. Will you (if elected President of the I n;teu
Stales) sign und approve n bill, distributing the
surplus revenue of the United Mates, to each State
according to the federal population oteuch, for in
ternal improvements, education, and to such other
abjects as the Legislature of the scverul btuti's
may see lit Jo apply the same 1
2d. Will you -.gn and approve a bill distributing
the proceeds of the sales of the public ia.nU to
each State, according to the federal population of
each, for the purpose above specified?
3J. Will you sign and approve bills making ap
propriations to improve navigable streams above
ports ol'entry I
4th. Will you sign and approve, if it becomes
necessary to secure and save Irom depreciation
the revenue and tiunin c* ol tin* nation, mid to ul
ford a uniform sound currency to the Keople ot the ;
United States, a bill (with proper modifications
and restrictions) chartering u bank of the United
Slates?
s.a*. tl'koi -m 1 ’ “**** to thy copatitu
tional power ot .<■ Senate or House of Rcprcsen
tatives of 1 1 e i ingress of the United {states to ex
punge or obliterate from the journals the records
und proceeding- ofu previous session?
A frunk, plain, anl fuii answer, to the fort going
inquiries is respectfully si.lu*.ted?
Your answer is desired as soon ns possible i
intend this and your answer for publication.
1 have the honor to be
Yoiirobd’t and humble servant,
BIIEKUUD WILLIAMS.
lion. Hugh L. White.
Washington, July 2. I^3G.
Dear Sir: Soon nfler its dale your l( tier ol the
“7th April lust was received. I lin n Oelicveii that,
during the session of Congress, opportunities
would li* preserrled of expressing my opinions
upon sonic, ifnol upon all the questions prop, anil
ed; and lliat loose thus expressed would he in
satisfactory than any which could be give, i >
letter of reasonable length.
Let til is he my apology for not giving v<un
earlier answer. Upon the first ands cumi ques I
lions presented, I took occasion to express my sen
timents, when the hill to distribute the | roceeds
ol the sales of’the puhlie lands was under consid
eration in the Mnale; ami my view s in relation to
the power of the two Houses over thrir journals,
were given, when considering a resolution pre
sented by inyseif, to rescind the one adopted on
thr 28th March, 1834 line with you will re
ceive copies of* the substance of my remarks on
those occasions.
Upon the. powersoffhe Federal Government to
charter n hank, my opinion has been so otlen ex
pressed, publicly and privately, lluit i eontenl my
self* with saying it remains unchanged. 1 do not
believe that Congress has |lie power to iduuter
one. to exercise its corporate powers withirt the
Slates, and upon that opinion 1 must continue al
ways to net, until lean be satisfied 1 am in error.
The only remaining 1 question i•*, whether 1
would approve and sign a bill to improve a naviga
ble river, or stream, above a port of entry.
I nin one oJ‘tlioe who deny that Congress has
the power to adopt and carry out a system of inter
nal improvement, by const fueling toads and canals
within the Slates, iu relation to navigable streams
running through them. Conga** has the power to
regulate trade unions: the States, and this, 1 chink,
c anters the povvei to cstah.is'i ports of entry upon
those streams, wherever the course of trade may
require, exactly to the saint* extent that it has the
power to establish them on the sea-const. in virtue
of the power to regulate commerce with foreign na
tion*. Whenever the port of entry is established
on a •navigable stream , for the purpose of regulating
trade, I cannont perceive any reason for u distinc
tion in the power of Congress over the stream,
above or beloic the p*>rt of entry.
Although 1 admit the power of Congress to es
tablish ports of entry on our navigable streams tor
such purpose, yet I deny that, under the pretence of
exercising that power, there is any right lo com
moner, r carry on a system of cont'.rucljng hzibors
or clearing out rivers at pleasure.
By its own legislation Congress cannot enlarge
its own powers, if, under pretence of regulating
trade among the Slates, we grant that Congress
may commence, and carry on a system of deal ing
•out streams, and of constructing harbors within
the Slates, merely nl discretion, it appears to me
wo sanction a fraud on the constitution ; and that
the exercise of such a power will soon operate so
partially mid unjusfly, that the States cannot and
will not long submit to its exercise.
Congress may dj whatever the course of trade
among the Staten requires, to regulate it fairly ;
hut under a pretence of regulating it, is not at lib
erty to apply the funds of the nation to improve
ments in some .States, to the destruction of* the in
terests and the annihilation of the trade of others.
1 am. most respectluliy,
Your obedient servant,
HUGH L. WHITE.
The lion. Sherrod Williams.
I'rum the Richmond ll 'hie.
OUR NEKiIJBOR RITCHIE'.- Ui’INION OF
judise white.
The friends ol Judge White would do well in
the approaching pier non to prim Knchie's opin
ion of bis character on the same sheet will) ih I
electoral ticket ; so tli it every voter tn..y have
an opportunity ol study mg the Judges pretentions
to the presidency lioin the testimony ot one so!
disinterested ami so competent to fninv a enirni
an enlightened opinion, as Mr. Ritchie. True
he lias lately changed his sentiments of the Judge
hut it should he remembered th.it he now speaks
as a partisan ol Judge \\ bite's rival and enemy.
Mr. Van Horen, w htifas rhe tallowing opinions
were uttered at a lime when it is impossible to
suspect their author of having been iiitlnenced by
any electioneering movements
From the Richmond Enquirer.
•‘Judge While is a man ol the most vigorous
mind, and one of the BLUEST I‘OLLJTJ-
C/ANS in the United Stales.”
From the mime May 0 1831.
”.4 .N tie Plot. —Om . tu .> opposition papers
have already nisi at the lien Cabinet it
composed of V in I ■ .ion
•• Is such Stuff in ter t, h> nt an tnd.” A gen
tleman at Washington, nriltojr to ins friend tn
this city, thus justly and indignantly notices the
suggestions: ■'Jn God's name! aie rve never to
be done with suspicion ol plots and intrigues!
Js there s man in the United Slates, ol common
candor, who knows llie character of Hugh l„
White and Louis M'L me, who will believe lor a
moment that they cart lie any MAh's mknJ
There are tint in tins would two more puie, lofty
and highiniuded gentlemen.”
“Judge W bile / know, lias altvavs In en per
sonally friendly to bolt gi-ntb nu n. and / I,
also front hi ii mate k ,iiiw le.| j.. of Ids r ~ . i.
and exalted worth nattii re is nut ■ . . v
spirit would Spurn witty I . igna-ir.i, i
the imputation tl at lie belou, eh m ■ •>.
never sought office, md lie nun v; i.!veej„.
that was not pressed oil linn.
“Anti our (ears here it this time; nr#, that
he cannot lie induced to accept the situation that
ha* been offered him jo the Cabinet.
” II' 1 is the bosom friend of the Presitteat, ind
tnay possibly yield In In* pressing iblicilutiiMM,
but / think it ituiibtlul.”
From the same, May 20, 1821.
” Judge White —Wearesorrv to understand
that lie has declined the ippoinrmem of Secreta
ry ol War. /t is said that bis letter to the Presi
dent reached Washington Friday last, and
uouc ‘ ,insma,,ner ~-j
•• The do„,ti afflictions of hi* worthy
hayeheen Severn, almost 1,ey0,„l exa,,,, ,7t j
have p.eved npo.t In, spirits, and strip ,*, , !
life of all tt. attractions. He |,., s |,J, “
tutcesNien, nine children, and lately his beloved
wife. ill* only rfinuinints child (Mis. Armstrong.)
is now threatened with the complaint “ hich tins
proved fatal to his famiiy. Every generous
heart will syntpsithi** in his feelings - while ue
I .intent the loss o fso ptire and accomplished a man
lo the councils of hi* coutitiy.”
From the same, May 24, 1831.
“ Who is lo be our next Secretary [of War]
vie know not. We hope that it will be some firm
high-minded man, honest, capable, faithful h>
the Constitution ; a man. if we cjh pet hint, like
Jl DUE Wll/TE, above fear and above te
pionch.”
From the same , May 30, 1831.
•We know of uo arrangement [tho appoint
ment of Judge Whitt as Secretary ofWar] which
could be more satisfactory to ourselves, and n h
presume it must be so to the opposition, who
have not hesitated te lavish their j raises upon
(beman when they understood (bat lie had de
clined the office. How long they will contiuu*
their endorsement of In* character is another part
of speech ; not lunger tkau one revolution of tbe
moom—“or eie those shots were old.” For
ourselves, we shall hail his appointment with the
greatest satisfaction.”
From the Artr- York Express.
THE CURRENCY—'THE EXPERIMENT.
The famcm** experiment which Heueral Jackson
began suon after he wss elected President, ami
w hich Mr. Van Buren (wee his tetter to Hherrod
Williams) \n pledged to carry out, lm* been Inflict
ed upon the country partially tor about six years,
and wholly lb*'about two years. When tliis ex
periment began, the Duitvd States Bank regulated
the exchange nud the currency; the money mark
et was raay ; business was, in some degree, in n
fixed state*; merchants find Other knew what to
depend upon: calculations could he made as to
discounts; tdiuving wrb not the g rente hi trade in
VVnil street, nor shinning (a Wall street term, un
initiated render.) the sole occupation of many h
note-haunted man. The Feeibdent, in his first
message, opened bin battery upon the U. Blnlew
Bank, und began the humhiig experiment of a spe
cie currency, which that prince of humbug*, Ben
ton, caught up, and which Mr. Van Buren now
talk* of carry ing on. and carrying out.
Well, this experiment lins bent making, and is
vet making, mid what is the result ? Is there less
miper money in the nunket than when the experi
ment begun ? No, there is nearly twice as much.
.very State has incorporated hanks to tnke the I
p'ncts ot the United Sthtes Hunk. The old United j
tales Bank exists as it did when the President
fi gall his war, with this material difference, how -
er, that it now acts lor Pennsylvania, and Penn
-yKanin has the bonus, which the People of the
rnted Stales once enjoyed; that it now nets for
t- own interest, not concerning itself for thecur
| i*iicv nor tin the exchange, nud independent of
e Government, when, before, it was pledged lo
fake charge of the exehrnge, and was under the
control of the United Stales. Thus, the experi
ment has taken from the Union the control it had
over (lie United State* bank, the benefit* ll*-
whole People derived from it, and it has given to
one State the whole profit. Put if the experiment
h ;s lef\ us there, it would have been well enough :
but, instead of leading us to lltits phantom of gold
and silver, it has actually led us from it.
From Maine to Louisiana, bunk aid bank ban
bets incorporated; millions of paper dollars have
been piled upon paper dollars tor the purpose of
filling *‘the vacuum*’ of the United State- Hank,so
that now the specie currency has retrogiailed for
years instead of advancing a single step The
gold don't flow up the Mississippi, ns Benton pre
!; ted, nor does it shine llir ugli the long silken
purses. For one dollar in paper, w hen this exper
iment began, there are now probably five in cir
culation, und such bills, too us daily throw the
• (immunity into the hands of brokers, who give n
New York hill for a Michigan or some other bill, 1
at the rate of some lour or live per cent, discount.
Experiment No. I, was the war upon the United
Slates Bank : Experiment No. 2, was the removal 1
of the deposited; Experiment No. 3, was Mr.
Woodbury’s circular; and, of all these, tell us, if*
you cun, what good has come? Has the Albany
Regency stopped coining paper? No. Is specie
circulating medium? No. Wo have strained our
eyes well to see *\ bat good could come, while,
upon whntsover side we look, we see mischief
enough. Experiments No. lan l No. 2 have de
ranged the whole currency and the exchanges,
throwing the whole business community into anx
iety and doubl, and Experiment No. 3is now ma
king Ike greatest possible mischief, when it was
j promised to do the greatest good. The New York
; American for example, soys, “We have now n
’ letter before us from the interior, stating that, at
’ K a lain neon, fee per cent, was daily paying, by ac
’ Itial settlers, fn* * pecic ; and, w bat i.* true* in IN ieli
’ igan is probably true wherever (io\eminent lands
I are to he sold.” The EveningjStar remarks, “ It i*
melancholy to see the disorder into which the ex
changes ollhe country are hastening, under the
quackery of the miserable cabal at Washington; and
it is quite as melancholy to set* the parly leaders
and the subservient {party press endeavoring to
blind the eyes of the community by the delusive
cry ofn 1 better currency,’ und by palpable misre
presentations and perversion of facts.”
From tlic Alabama Journal.
Extract of a Utter from a htghty respectable and respon
sible gentleman — dated,
Ponliioc, Miss. Crept. sth, 1836.
Sir—ln accordance with my promise, I pro
ceed to give von an account ol the opening of
the land sale at this place, fas well as the mauo
veiitrg for the last three day*; one of the olftccts
of the land office at this place went to see Presi
dent Jackson, as rumorsays, til order to ascertain
in what way the T reasury circular could be eva
ded the officer relumed and declared the gold or
silver had to he planked down in good lailh, that
Here was to be no in ago , but occasionally a gen
t'enian was la ho met with wlto would affirm that
Decatur bills would be received, a whole hog
.! ackson Van Ilmen land man, with a keg ofsil
i ver, declared it was not so, lor that Decatur had
j It.-eii dead lor several years and had no hills out.
| Considerable anxiety was manifested tn asccr-
I tain where Decatur was, or was meant by Deca
tur hills, the nearer the time ri rived, it w as plain
ly to be seen that something would pay for land
besides gold and silver. A gentleman arrived
from Columbus Mississippi, and informed us that
the Decatur flank had agreed to take up sixty
thousand dollars of the bills of some bank in that
place ; lie set out in search ol the Decalttr branch
with check, received in payinen for gold that
cost him |two per cent, besides the expense of
transportation, Decatur could not he found hut
most persons became convinced that it was in
the upper part of Alabama, and you would have
’ been diverted to hear the friends of that institu
tion assert that they had plenty of specie—one
said he wasan agent or officer of the bank and
from the precision with which lie staled the
amount, I was inclined to the same opinion; lie
asserted roundly, and was willing to back his
judgment, that the bank had then in its vaults
thirty thousand dollars in specie. Others who
professed to know as much about it as lie did •
doubted hut aHii med they had that sunt when
they left Tennessee. Suddenly rumor said that
the government owed the Decatur bank half a
million, and that the hank had been urging pay
ment for a great while, and that the money te
ceived for land would he paid ovei as fast as the
wheel could he turned round, so as to throw n
out of the reveivers hands into the branch of the
Decatut’s branch it Ponlitoc ; nil wero astonish
ed that the government owed a debt of half a
million to a branch hank that had only thjitv
thousend dollars in specie. All was doubt anil
uncertainty up to 8 o'clock tins moriiine—the
Jackson Van iluren men swear that everything
would he carried out fairly and honestly. A “a
observed it would be the (irst !!(!!£ • 31.51 J “L'inCii
gentleman rode up, a despatch (rout Levi Wood
bury went through the crowd as quick as thou ‘lit,
we huddled around the stand winch was occupied
by an elderly gentleman with a sermonic voice
who said a great many things about the modus
operand!; another stepped out and said a great
many things about the oath to he taken by settl.i*
and wound up saying, if any land was piucha-i and
by an Indian, it must be paid for in specie; af
terwards tile gentlemen read a letter from Wood
berry, to thefeashier or President of the Decatur
hack, leaving it to them to d.-let initie what sort
f ntoney should be received in payment for
Cluck-maw land*, my own impretxion is, I hat
good w ill grow out of the iiHxveutent. The or*
dei was issued no don’ t to prevent purchasers
fro in unending; Van Huron's men are here, and
of course will get thr land at : low price ; htim
hri'fged, gulled (b siN, loaded with hard dollars
at a heavy expense, bave cm*cd aisdq iil, mam
of the most inti ienti.it men line have slipped (ill
the collar, ami declare light nut against tli* ad
ministration ; u one defends the course of tin
adninnstril on. only hv stabbing til a t| loose Wood
burry—-every tiling is charged against him, wliil t
<t is shrewdly suspected by tlte opposition : lie is
('lav hi the hands ot V *u Horen, ail who feel an
interest in the country :ne opposed to the Tieas
my Circular, the (joverument will have to an
swer -the following question; why the order was
issued, and whv it lias been evaded? these are
short questions, but difficut to answer. On
Tuesday the door was opened a little wider, and all
who lived in the Ch rkasaw country, are permit
ted to purchase a half section and pay fur it in
bills; wby this should have been ordered is strange
indeed, * hen all the hills that Have keen received.
,ind now received, some were (if the opinion that
it was originally intended by Van Hiiftn, &Ce..
to make a speculation on gold it was worth a few
days ago ten percent, at this lime, it is hardly at
P"’
VAN BYMWISM.
.ns shop it i to. i'.i.v m it i:.r.
Il ho, been said tll■<l Van 11 iiiii in not I Miv
souri Restrictionisl. Head the l.llowiog extract
from the Journal of the Ncw-Ymk Legislature.
Wc ore not smpriser) ttanl Van Omen rhtinld he
iu lavor of KXI’UNO'ING RKSOLUTION3.
11l It. VAN BUREN.
•‘That Mr. Van Boren is and was a IM/ssonri
Re.trictionist. the lullowinc |rreaml)le anj reso
lution', ai!(ai*<l unaniiiiousl,, in the Sefale ol
New-Vork. al'O c.uclusively prove:
Preamble an J Resolutions. — Whereas, (lie rn
hiliilino tbs further exiensinu of slavery i, lliese
United Slates, i. a .subject ol deep concert to ike
. people of this f’ - tale, and whereas, ren rri'id(.r
j slavery as an evil much In he deplored, and that
i eveiy constitutional barrier nliould he inttipeseri
to prevent iis further emeusion ; and that the
j Constitiilion (if the United States clearly giviit 1
| Congress the li.hl to require of new States not .
i comprised with in the original hmiriilariei of the i
United States, the prohibitisn of Slavery as a j
condition of their admission into the Unijn— 1
Therefore,
Rcsolrcit. (if the honor aide Senate cone t|r there- |
in.) That otrr Senatois he instrncted and our
Representatives in (.onerest he lo op
pose the admission as a Slale, into 111* Upion, of
any territory not comprised as aforesaid, making •
tlie prohihition of slavery therein an indispensa
ble condition of admission.
On iha ynih of J tnnary, 10 20, the Srnate look
up the Resolution and passed the same unani
mously, tile following Senators heiog present ! •
•• Messrs. Adams, Austin, Barnuin, Barslow,
Rowite, Childs, Dudley. Dayton. Ditmiss, Evans,
Forthingham, Hammond, Hart, Livingston.
Lounsbcrry, McMarlin. Moons, Mallory. Moore,
Noves, Paine. Ross, Resencrmrtz, Skinner,
Swart, VAN BUREN, W’H.on, Young—3o.”
MARTIN VANBUREN .V THE LATE
WAR. Van Buren was ain ember of the New-
York Legislature in 1811-12, and voted for the
following resolution :
“ Resolved, That the war is impolitic nnd dis
astrous ; anil that lo employ the militia in ail of
fensive war is imronstittitiounl.”
What do the Democrats say to this ? — Pol.
Aera.
This has been contradicted by the Attorney
General Butler, hut the New-York editors who
are conversant with all Van Bnten’s public acts,
say that il is literally Irtre. IMr. Bullei is Vsn's
fas', friend, and those who pretend lo know say
th it Ire is itie author of Dull urd’s fulsome ”Life !
ol Van Boren.”—N. C. ,S' ptctutor.
From the Baltimore Chronicle.
Mn. MARTIN VAN BUREN AND NEGRO
SUFFRAGE.
i Ertract from the proceedings of the Cotiven
| lion for amending the Constitution of the
State of New-Vork — -page 202.
Afler much debate, Mr. Jav, ho is now at the
head of the abolitionists in New York, moved to
strike out the wind ••while,” (ho efT.ct of which
would he to admit all persons btoc/c and white,
possessed of certain other qualifications, to the
exercise of the right of snffiage. In opposing
this motion C'liiel Justice Spencer said.
•’ I have believed.and still do believe, that we
are called on to extend the light of siifli ige as
far as the interests of the community will permit;
but l do think we cannot contemplate carrying il
to the full extent recommended in the report, with- |
out knowing that we are not giving it to those
people w ho will nominally enjoy the right, hut lo |
those svho feed and clothe them. I shall vote
against striking oul the word • white,’ on the
ground that ii is necessary for securing our ow n j
happiness. I cannot say I would deprive those
people, who have acquired property of the privi
leges ol voting; tint I cannot consent to extend j
it to others, in whose Itands il will he as much i
j abused as i>y thpse colored people. lam willing |
to extern* the right ol sulfiHge as far as tnv eon- ]
science will admit ; hut never cin agree to ex- :
tend it so far as to deprive the agricultural inter- j
ests of this State ol the rights w hich they ought |
to enjoy. I never can consent to extend this
nglil, and make an aristocracy hv giving the man j
who has the longest purse the power to control j
the most votes.”
M any other gentlemen spoke upon the subject,
| and the policy and propriety of permitting ne
groes. mill.nines, and Indi ms to rote, was dis
cussed ably and Inlly. The following was the
| tesult, as will be found on recurrence to page 202
of the volume before us.
“The question on striking out the word ‘t chile’
was then taken by ayes and nays, and decided in
the affirmative as follows.
A\ KS— Messrs. Bacon, Baker, Barlow, Reo
with, Birdseye, Riinkerhotf, Brooks, Burroughs,
Carver, R. < Tarke, Collins, Cramer, Day, Dodge,
liner, Last wood, Edwards, Ferris, Fish, llal
lock, Dees. Hoaelmoni, Hunting, Huntington,
Jay, Jones Kay. King. Moore, Monroe, Nelson,
Bark. Baubling. Bitelier. Blatt, Reeve, Rbim l.m
der, Richards, Rogers, Rnsehritgh, Sanders, N.
} Sanford Seaman. Steele. D. Southerland. Swift,
Sylvester, Tallmadge. T uttle, VAN liUUEN,
\ all Ness, J |{, Van Rensselaer, S. Van Rvtt
! sclliter. Van Vcclilon, Ward, A. Webster, Wen
dover. Wheaton, E. Williams, Woodward, Woo
, stcr. Ynes— 63.
NOES—Messrs. Bowman, Breesc, Btiggs,
j Carpentei. Base. Child, D. Clark, Clyde, l)ii
hois, Dyckman, Fait lie, Fenton, Frost, llttwe,
Humphrey. Hum, Hunter. Ilnrd, Knowles, Lan
j sing, Lawrence, LeflVrts, A. Livingston, |. It
Livingston, McCall, Millikin. Bike,Boiler B.ice
] Bilmpelly. Radclilf, lUckwell. Root, Rose, Boss,
Russell, fe.ige, R. Sanford, Schenck, S<*elv,
; Sharpe, Sheldon, I. Smith, Spencer, Starkw eath
er, I. Sutln iland, Taylor, T-n Eyck. Townley,
Ttipp, Van Fleet. Van Horn. Ver
brick. E. Webster, Wheeler, Woods, Young
JtO.”
( niltd istnlis of America,
State or Mam lam u, To win
L James JL Latimer, notary public in and for
the city ol Baltimore, do hereby certify, that 1
hate carefully examined and compared ihu above
extract, aspiinted, with the original on page ?02,
ol the volume entitled •• Records, of the proceed
mgs ami Debates nl the Convention of 1821, as
sembled lor the purpose of amending the (,'onsti
b'tion olTlie State of New Ymk,” aiidfmd the
same to agree with the said original in all parlic
ul.it s. ,
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set
l*-” S.] my hand and affixed inv notarial seal,
On this elev* util ilav nl \ugttsl, lUrlfl,
JAMES ii. LATIMER, Sot. Pub.
From the l.ouisz !U Ju.u uni.
VAN HU KEN—ABOLITION.
, W ■ have icpe itedly nssincd imr readers, that
It lie piev.ilenc.e of t tie doctrine of tiholition in the
New England States was the great anil alums;
Idle only c.iose of Mr. Van Ilmen's growing pop
ularity in that (pi.liter ol the Union. <>m kliowl
1 fdj’.e ol that stale f public feeling at llie Noilli,
i has enabled os tw speak confidently upon lIIi
subject We know that many if not must ol the
northern fanatics support Mi. Van Horen uvowed
li/ on the ground ol Ins being an emancipationist.
VVc can liere adduce two prominent instances in
illustration ol this general Until. One of the
leading abolitionists of Washington county. New
1 nk, Lemuel Chun h Esq., a lawyer of some
distinction, who on being recently called on 10
assign his reason for his preference to Mi. Nan
Bores, as a candidate lor the Piesidency. w rote
as follows. We find the letter in the Albany
Daily Advertiser.
“SALlki, Washington co. N. V. March 22, 1 1i36.
Mr. Veils In answer to yoor enquiry why 1
supportlHurtin Van ilureu lor the Presidency, I
frankly Mate.
Ist. ‘iyial I believe him lo be a sound republi-
Ca li.
Silly. From his previous course, I have as
much anil moro evidence of his opposition lo
slavery (Iran Ili i\e of that of any of the other
candidates Inr the Presidency.
Yours, Sec. LENAKI) CHURCH.”
Now look below. The following is given by
the Cincinnati Evening Post as an extract ol a
letter from a gentlemen in Westfield, Massachu
setts, ta a friend in Cincinnati. No sensible man
on reading these tilings can doubt, that Mr. Van
Horen is an abolitionist, or, that lie is at least so
regarded by those, who have the best opportuni
ty of knowing his opinions, and who, with a fa
naticism worthy of the dark ages, are ready lo
devote their fortunes and their lives, in the pro
pagation ol the monstrous .doctrines, which they
ascribe to him.
“ One word on politics. I have only to say,
that I made up my mind to vole for Van ihiren
for the Presidency—you will think strange ol
this, it is highly probable, for you have always
been acquainted with my White principles here
tofore. I will say there is something more pre
dominant in mv breast titan llie mine victory of
Whig or opposilion. Will we cry liberty and re
publicanism is our home, when their are upwards
nl 2000,000 of souls now laboring under bondage
and slavery 1 I will ask who can you look to lor
a remoral of this great degradation but Mr. Vail
Ilmen? lias lie not manifesto I by his vote, that
ke is willing that oor colored brethren should
have the same privilege at die ballot box. as anv
American citizen ? I will answer yes, 1 will say
that Mr. Van Huren shall have my vote in pref
erence to any other candidate, unless their should
; ■-onie one ol the Whig candidates come out open
ly anti avowedly for the immediate emancipa
tion of the blacks. You will say (hat the South
will suffer much by this. What of that?—they
have no business to hold them in bondage and
call themselves Republicans. Let me itear from
von soon on this sulject.”
Mr.Cnthbert’s opinion of Martin Van
Rtii'en, in llkfta.
THE HALT]MORE CONVENTION.
“ This assembly ol active politicians has fulfil
led the public expectation ; and by the vote of a
large majority of their body, has determined that
Martin Van Huren shall be our candidate for the
Vice Presidency. Willi what obligations do they
pretend that their decisions are clothed ? To
what extent do they and their abettors exact the
submission of the people of the United States ?
Are patriotic citizens required to resign their own
right of choice?—to forget their objection to an
ARTFUL, ntSINCKRK, ANU SKLFISH POLITICIAN ?
—to abandon those patriotic and talented states- |
men, w horn they believe most worthy of their sup
port , and hind themselves lo the car of an UN
i PR INC IPALED candidate, who lias betn c/iv
-1 sen f> r them, by thtir guardians at Baltimore.
W have preferences lur ether candidates,
I whom we believe more pure, more disinterested,
} more patriotic than Van Huren —preferences which
’ we cannot relinquish at the dictation of these self
\ constituted delegates: we have objections to ibis
i sklmsh disskmrler, which they cannot con
| strain us l<* forget.
When diil .Martin Van Buren exhibit any pow
erful talent, any patriotic zeal in the cause ol his
country ? Thoroughly versed in all the cun
ning A RTS OF THAT SELFISH AND SORDID FOLI
i cr, by which men of various and opposing inter
ests. sentiments, anil principles, are united in the
pursuit nl office; m the field ol honorable exer
’ lion, he rises hut little above mediocrity. Hut tee
me told that ht is the choice of Jackson, and ought
therefore , to he supported Jor the l ice Presidency.
To use iliis argument may suit the policy ol the
j adherents nf Van Buren ; hut is any admirer of
Jackson, any mail wno lias loved him lor his pat
liolic virtue, so ultra in his devotion, so much at
war with himself, as to maintain that the people
ought to resign to the President the power of
choosing his succtssor ! Such is the extent to
which this argument would carry us; and such is
the design of the supporters of Van Buret). The
re-election of Jackson to the Presidency, ol
which no iloub can he entertained, will he an ex
pression sufficiently strong of the confidence and
affection us the people; but to yield to him the pow
er of designating the man who shall succeed the
hero of Sew Oilcans, in the most honorable office
in the world, is a greater concession than this iten
era le patriot would exact from Ins countrymen ; it
is more than he can desire.
And who believes that, in lact, Van Boren is
ill# friend of Jackson T As long as it was pos
sible to defeat Jackson, Van lluren was leagued
with his bitterest enemies. At lire eleventh hour
when success was certain. Ire came over—
just in the time to appropriate a large share of the
spoils of victory. The military services andar
dent patriotism of Andrew Jackson, failed to win
his approbation and to command his support ; but
he became a willing and zealous proselyte to the
successful fortunes of the President. Jackson,
with a generous and confiding friendship, has as
sumed a vast responsibility, in order lo defend
and to promote this man ; while he selfishly seeks
his own advancement, at the hazard of the Presi
dent’s popularity, llu is a selfish calculator
A FAWNING COURTIER A FLATTERING SYCO
KWAN TANARUS, UTTERLY UNWORTHY OF TIIE NAME OF
FRIEND.
As AS A STATESMAN, HE IS DESTITUTE OFTRIN
ciplk. He knew, he acknowledged that the
larilf was unjust and oppressive ; and vet, to gain
popularity in New York, he supported this odi
ous measure. Shall the South be so infatuated
as to lend its aid in clothing this titan with power!
He can have no safe hold on his a feel io s ; we can
repose no confidence in liis integrity / If ulti
mately successful, he may reward with office the
services of a few of his Southern allhcrents : but
iim oiteat interest of tiif. pf.o-
PJ,F, OF TUB SOUTH WILL BE SAC-:
I RIFICED. This Convention shall neither lorce !
11s into the support of Van Buren, nor elbow us
aside from the support of Jackson.',
Noble Uncage- —lt is reported lhai when Mar- i
tin Van Buren was Minister lo England, at a ‘
j levee given by the King, I lie Queen put to him
ibe question, “ How far can you tiaceback your
! am-estrj , Mr. Van Buren ?” With his usual nun-
Comnii!!.'t! ingenuity, the Minister answered.—
As far hack as Kimlerhook, madam.” Where
upon the Queen said, with much surprise. “ 1% it
possible?” Imagining of course, that Kinder
hook was the name ol some Indian Chief. She
was perfectly satisfied with the respectability of
bis connexions !
The New York livening Slur, say* us Van Bur-n,
‘•Helms ini agent to work with all parlies arid
persuasions; Cambrel. up with the l.ocu f'oeor— Hut-
Icr with the Church ofEnglnm!—the Pope with
the Catholic—ply Moore tv if li the Trades Union
Alexander 11. P.vrrelt with the Abolitionists, and
ilalh't with the Anti-Masons ; and the d—l s in it
with all this force, if lie should be beaten at last,
os the “Signs” seem lo indicate.
POWEBTIC'.
BOSTON, September 7. 1833.
Mv Dear Sir—l am happy to have it in my
power to inform you that the stock ol the Bruus
ivich Canal, is all subscribed. The hooks closed,
and the company organized. Al the first meet- I
of lln; Stockholders, Thomas liuiler King, was I
unanimously chosen President. I hope the first |
ol November, w ill find one thousand laborers with
sp ule in hand to commeitce the great work, w hich
will core the defect of nature and connect the
Port of Brunsu iek with vour notrle liver A It a ma
lm ! When this work shall lie completed, it can
not litii to have a powerful and happy effect on
llie growing prospm ity of Georgia. Il is also
certain that the Kail Road from Brunswick to
the Apalachicola river, will he completed in as
short a time as possible. This will prove one of
tile greatest enterprises of this wonderful age—
and to whom will the Slate of Georgia be indebt
ed for these intermit improvements, so immense
ly beneficial to her immediate interests, and w liich
will place Iter in that commanding position which
by nature she is destined lo occupy ? I answer
without the slightest fear of contradiction from
any quarter ; lo our mutual friend,Thomas lint
ler Kins', more than to any other man or body
of men !‘!! 1 have labored with yon and many
others, for the accomplishment ol these objects,
but Mr. King's well earned and well deserved re
putation lor brilliant talents, untiring persever
ance, and undoubted honesty and integrity at
linme. was the great means of obtaining Legisla
tive aid from Georgia, in defiance of the most
powerful opposition from those interested in other
places, who dreaded the natural advantages of
Bitiuswick, and foresaw that opening that port
weulil at once change the course of trade and
commercial transactions in Georgia.
Mr. King- has been assiduously engaged in
Boston for near threw months past, with his ac
customed untiling zeal in proving to the capital
ists of this city the immense and growing resour
ces of Georgia for commercial operations.
The lesult of Mr. King’s labors 1 liave already
I mentioned, and I trust that the people of Geor
j gta will luily appreciate and readily admit the
I debt of gratitude they ow e him, and bestow the
I honors of tit It State upon him. Mr. King is now
before litem for an election to Congress, and if
! they can be informed of llie immense benefits
I they are about to realize from his personal inllii
ence and exertions, he will he unanimously cho
sen, without reference to political patties.
1 am yours respectfully, .
/ com the American Magazine of'useful Knowledge.
MILITARY ADVANTAGE Ol KAIL
ROAl).
(>cn. Gaines, of the United States Arniv, in a
long letter respecting certain proposed rail roads
in Tennessee and the neighboring Slates, takes
the following professional view of the subject. It
probably has not occulted to most people to con
sider it in this light.
*• In reference to the military aspect of the ve- j
hides of laud transportation, I have muen to say; !
more indeed than 1 can flatter myself with the
hope that the committee of the Legislature would
feel inclined during the present season to hear.—
It is a subject so much altogether within the un
questionable spltereofiny professional vocation—
a subject too, of such tremendous and awful im
port, when taken into consideration of the na
tional defence, that I have felt il to be as much
my duty for some five years past, to devote my
attention to it, as I ever deemed it, in obedience
to my official oath, to inee. in battle my country’s
enemy. It is tremendous and awful, because it
is destined sootn to enable us, the ueople of the
United States, with the aid of our State govern- ;
merits, and our United States government, to
wield with irresistible effect all the vast elements j
of the military power and countless resources of i
the central and interior States and districts, lo
any threatened point of our national frontier in
time to crush the invader, strong as he maybe,
j before lie could possibly take any one of our first
; rate fortifications, if prepared lor a vigorous de
j lence ; and without ait expense of more than one
tenth of time or of money lhau the present and
j all former means of national defence required
I with little or no expense on our part of health or
jof life. The subject is awful because it places at
I the control of instructed man a power, which
, hitherto, from the hegining of the world up to the
present age, was believed to belong only to him
j who created and who controls the elements of all
power! It presents to us the means of wielding,
without the usual animal power, from rhis spot
to an Atlanti: seaport, distance six hundred miles
with 72 locomotive engines, an armv ol one hun
dred thousand men, and six hundred tons of can
non or other arms in sixty hams—in the short
space of sixty hours !
’• A cargo of men and arms that would, with
our present roads, require 30,000 draught horses
and 0,000 wagons, to convey llte baggage and
ordinance and stoiesof this army the same dis
tance ; whilst the 6,000 wagons and the 36,000
Itotses would cost gi),G 00,000
And the cost of the 72 locomotitnes,
al 5,980 each, would be but 396 000
Making a difference in money of $3,204,000
With rail roads, such as those which I have
, deemed it my duly lo advocate, this disposable
! force inav lie thrown in luur days time, Irmn
these central Stairs to any section of the nation
| al frontier, in season t meet an invading foe, be
fore he could possibly take, by the best means of
i approach yet devised, any one ol our strong for-
I tifioatons. Wheieas, without rail roads, this
[ great disposable force would waste millions woilh
1 of health, and life, and treasure, in vain efforts to
meet the invader, without being able to find any
other (race of his footsteps than such as may be
marked with his rifle and sword. He will have
had time to hand and to measure his strength
with ‘.lie gallant bordermen that may happen to
he near the point of attack; and, whether repul
sed or victorious, the euemv will have withdrawn
from that point, and by the aid of steam power
applied to his fleet, lie will have directed his at
iention lo some other vulnerable point, wheie lie
may he least expected, and where he will have
time to le-enact his tragedy of fire and desolation.
And, in tliis way, our whole All intic and Mexi
can border may, in a war of two or three years,
he completely overcome, and sacked to an
amount ul property (to say nothing of national
honor) more than sufficient for the construction
of ten such tail roads as those which I have ad
vocated ; and these disasters may he effected by
a lorce us less numerical strength, and less pro
wess, than the force which these two Stales could
alone fui nisli!”
Knoxville Register.
SURPLUS REVENUE.
As the period for the meeting ol the Legisul-
J lure approaches, the question of the disposition
of the surplus revenue lo which Tennessee may
j he entitled, becomes more pressingly important.
I'orlunately (or ns, however, our cousliiuiiun has
narrowed ihc scope of our investigations upon
| this subject, and lias left us oidy two objects to
the advancement of which this fund can he ap
| proprialed. The 10th sec. of the 11th art. of onr
amended constitution provides, “ that if at any
I lime hereafter a division of the puolic lands of
■ lie United Stales, or ofthe money aiising from
the sales of such lards, shall he made among the
individual States, the part ofsurh lands or mon
ey coming to this St.ise, shall be devoted t the
purposes of education and internal improvement,
and shall never he applied to any other purpose.”
Ami although the fund which will lie created un
der the provisions of the late law of Congress, is
not made lip entirely of the proceeds of tile sales
nf ihe public lands, yet it is in pat! derived from
tliis souice. and fall* within the spirit and intent
of this provision of the constitution, if it should
not sti icily be embraced iu the letter of that in- j
1 siriiment. Wu apprehend the Legislature will I
(eel itseKhound to appropriate Ibis lend either to
ihe purposes of internal improvcinet or ofeduca
lion, or to both.
Hail Ruud Iron. Bills have been obtained
this session of Parliament, for nearly ItOO miles
*>f road, which will require lor rails, chairs, car
riages and other works, at least 220,000 tons of
iron, independent of tlre iron wanted for roads,
for which bills had been previously obtained, and
which arc now in active preparation, which will
require about 70,000 tons making a total ul about
290,000, which will probably lie supplied in the
next lour years. To this must be added what
will he required for several very extensive ones
which are now irt course of stn vey, mid for which
bills will be solicited in the next session ol Par
liament. When the iron inquired for rail roads
in this country IS added lo what will be n quit’ ll
for rail roads row in actual progress in the U.
States, and on the continent ol Emttpe, we think
the iron masters of this country may fairly look
forward to a grratly increased demand for their
produce during the next few years, ___
HOW IT .STANDS.
Martin Van Huren in account with the tt’higs.
Dkbtok.
July 4. To Louisiana, - - - 5
Aug. I. “ Kentucky, - - -15
” ‘* 11 Indiana, - - - 9
“ “ “ Alabama, ... 7
*• “ “ North Carolina, - - 15
Sept. 5. “ Maryland, 10
“ 0 “ Vermont, 7
Port Contra.
Aug, 1. By Illinois, - - - - 5
“ “ “ Missouri. - - - - 4
Sept. 12 “ Maine, - 10
Balance in favor of Whigs, - - 43
WILSON LUMPKIN.
W ; see this centleman's name still held as a
candidate for elector of President on the Van
Boren Ticket. 1) “s lie not know that he is con
stitiitiomlly ineligible n> that office, or Iras not
the prelum") cuuMiiniioii.illv Ll., g'eclee of his
’ advisers’diseoveieil me fuel. No man holding
an office of profit under the Federal Government
shall tie an elector of P:esident and Vice,Presi
dent. Mr. Lumpkin is Cherokee Cnmmiss'oner,
with a salary we believe, of eight dollars a day.
Georgia Journal.
Vermont has slipped through the fiitgns of the
Magician. Governor Palmer and Mr. Barber
have failed to carry through their bargain and
sale. The Anti-Masons of the Slate have re
fused to be transferred to Van Burnt—and the
cause of the Whigs and Reform has completely
triumphed. William Slade has been re-elected
to Congress by a majority ! n ger than be lias ever
before obtained—being upwards of 1,200 votes.
Ililaod Hall is re-elected bv a majority of more
than 1,000. From Horace Eveieil's district we
have not complete returns ; 1 2 tuwns give a ma
jority of 690 —if he run as well in llie other towns
as the Gubernatorial ticket, his election is cer
tain by a very latge majority.
Os the election of a large majority of Whigs
in the Legislature, atnl of Jeimisoii, the Whig
Gubernatorial candidate by an ample majority,
there c„n be no doubt ; though we do not like to
speculate without the figuies before os. in black
and while. The recent Tory Catastrophe in
Maryland warns us against the indulgence of any
‘premature exultation; though it would be as se
rious a disappointment so us as the loss of Mary
land ta the Tories ; il fmliter returns should ma
terially alter the aspect of the election. In 84
towns heard fiom, the Gubernatorial vole stands
I as follows :
VOTES FOR GOVERNOR.
Jennisen. (Whig.) 9,770
Bradley, (Van Huren.) 6,687
Whig majority, 3,099
We have returns then of the Representatives
; to the State Legislature from 104 towns; from
, these the members elect are 78 Whigs, amt £3
j Van Burenites—in three tuwns no choice. Hos
\ ton Atlas.
Pennsylvania.— ln answer t# queries wint -
er Pern sylvani.. we .Id vote f ur Van Buren,
! the United States Gazette, a veiy cautious pa
per, says :
“ As to the question of change ; citizens of o
tlier States and many at home, appear to have
lost sight of the fact that Pennsylvania was nev
er in l avor of Vail Buren. She never cave a
vote for him in any form. When he sioon before
the nation “the great rejected” of the Senate,
with all ike claims of inartydniri upon the svm
pathies and votes of the Jackson men of Penn
sylvania, they said, “ we will do any thing and
every thing (or Gen. Jackson, excepting always
to vote for Marlin Van Buren. VVe w ill vote lor
any other candidate but not for him ; we will
throw away our votes before wo will thus misap
ply ‘hem; anil iliey did throw them away, and
plainly told their party and ihe American people,
that Pennsylvania would never vote for Marlin
Van Buren.— V. 1. P.vening Star.
.Yoriti;.
September J9ih, 1836.
\T meeting this day of the Executive < ‘ommittee of
and V die Macon Female College it was Ordered,
“ That the Corner Slone of the College he laid on the
15th October n<>xt, and that the Rev. Elijah Sinclair be
requested to deliver an address on the occasion.”
In accordance with tlx’ foregoing Kcsolution of the
Executive Committee, the Corner .Stone of the Macon
Female College, will he laid on the 15th of October, on
w hich occasion the citizens of Macon, and its viciuilv,
are invited to be present lo witness the ceremony.
JAMES A. MSISET,
Secretary to the Board of Trustees.
September 29 “will
. TANARUS WASTE It BIILDEiM.
ULALbl)propounds will In- received until the ]Ol it
K^oflletoher next, li.r building; n Male ami Female
ACADEMY I.DII ICLin the town of Perk y, Hous
ton eouilly, of Ihe following 1 d.mentions nod de
scription, to wit: Sixly loot long, twenty live
feet wide and fifteen feet piieli willi a framed pmli
tion through the centre the narrow way; sixteen
windows, to wil : three in the front nml ll.reo
in. Ihe rear, and two in Ihe end ofeneh room, to he
with sash |o receive eighteen liglils, ten by • v. rive,
the sash lo he primed and Ihe glass glazed in, and
| each lo have good spring fttsin ng. Five doors lo
wit: Iwo in Ihe Irani an i two in the rear, ol each
room, and one in IhepnrtitSon—lhe front door shut
ters to be pnnnrlled, and the balance ballon, each
with a good knob lock anti painted mallognnized.
Two chimneys to wit: one at each end of the buiid
j mg, ol rood brick, laid in lime mortar and painted
j o I, and the hearth* laid ready for use, with a plain
mantle peace toeaeh ; eealing lo wil : over-head of
each roumnad one side ol tli part lion. The limn
dal ion to wil : eighteen p.” tv-lwo and one hall
*’ r ! 1,,n T n "' l as wide Ihe and- require, laid on a
solid Inanditlion and n j. , .|, t ,|,
tt rcoiiini.m sii.fi,qm or stone. The
shingle-to he ul good li a I I l.e building
to be painted while on llu- . ~i„j tl, e door
facings painted blue—ail (lie materials lo be litr
iiish. dby the undertaker, and ol goo,l qualiiv. Fay
lo wit; one third when Ihe building is raised, and
Ihe balance when (he work Ts finished. To he
finished by the fifteenth of January next. The
non-compliance on Ihe part of Ihe undertaker to ful
fil w hal ha* been done and pay.
Proposals may be directed to elllier of the un
dersigned. {SAMUEL Ff LUER
JO IN CHAIN,
WILLIAM LACKEY,
J’ BIN M. CHAS I’AIN
_ „ HOIVELL COBB.
Perry, Sept. 261 h, 183d. 2w31
Siepa tor i. jitri.
Charles S. MeKclerov. )
l.ntunn, MoKolero,.’ OITOSC*.
■ T appearing to the Court by the return of the SheiifT
■ that the defendant is not he found nnd that sbo ic
-OKIOB without the limits of this .State.
On motion ofStrong & Bailey, attorneys for the plain
fm, li isordered, that service in thincoßc be perfected by
the pub licutioti of this rule, once a month for three month's
in one of the public gazettes of void State; and that un
less the paid defendant appear, and ammer at the next
term of thin Court, judgment bv default he entered and
the rase proceed according to the stutua in such cases
made and provided.
A true extract from the minute?*, this f)th dav of Son
tember, EGBERT P. DANIEL, Clerk.
*i3m3l