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SAVANNAH.
MONDAY
/==
MOItNINO, OCTOBER 5, IMO.
Union of the VVIHks for the sake
of the Union.
.1,- NOMINATION
Dr the irma national convention.
FOR PRESIDENT,
HENRY IIABBISON,
of Ohio.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
TYLER, of Virginia.
For Electors of President and'liice-Vresident.
' GEOROE R. GILMER, orOgletliorpo.
Gen. DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Cotndcn.
Col. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee
Mai. JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock.
. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clork.
SEATON GRANTLAND, oflialdwin.
Ben. ANDREW MILLER, of Cart,
on W W. KZZARD, ofDoKulb.
, STRONG, orBibb.
I WHITEHEAD.ofBurko.
WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
For Congress.
.. 1LLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene.
RICHARD W. HABEnSHAM.ofHabersham
JULIUS C. ALFORD. ofTroitp.
KUGENIU8 A. NISBET. of Bibb.
LOTT WARREN,ofSnmter.
THOMAS BUTLER KING. orGlynn.
ROGER L. GAM BLE. of Jefferson.
JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam.
THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee.
it an iutorlSroneo,
id not oaiat to pnj
Anti-Yna Buren Candidates for
tbe Legislature.
CHATHAM COUNTY.
For the Senate,
WILLIAM LAW.
For Representatives.
WILLIAM PARKER WHITE,
RICHARD T. GIBSON,
FRANCIS S. BARTOW,
WILLIAM HERB.
If yon vote wltli the South,said
a friend to Gen. Harrison, yon
will destroy yourself.
** That is probable,” he replied,
“built is better that I should de
stroy myself than to destroy the
Constitution of my country.-^
iam Henry Harrison.
Ye are indebted to the courtesy of the
* mid Stanly, of N. C. for a review of
il life of the roodet n Protone—by which
inn of Martin Vast Boren. It is a sweet
THE CONTEST.
Tho Georgian has well said that the most ex
traordinary contest with which history has made
us acquainted, is now before the American Peo
ple. It is extraordinary in every sense. It is a
spectacle such os wo who are now abroad on tho
political arena, ore never destined to sco agiin.
To see a whole People arising In thoir terrible
power, to hurl usurpers from their high eleva
tion, presupposes a degree of corruption and ini.
quity iu our rulers, such os we pray and hope wo
may never again witness in our land. “ Thesober,
second thought of the People is always best," said
Martin Van Boren. Ho was right; but in the
wickedness and deceit of his fulse heart, he
thougnt that a confiding People could be cajoled
by more golden promises, and led on to their
abasement and ruin by the silken thread of per*
suasion. He was right in his assertion, but he
mistook his men. Tho day has gone by, God be
praised, when a Magician and Juggler can longer
throw dust in the eyes of this People. The man
that crushes the liberties which wo who have An
glo Saxon blood iu our veins contend for, must
have ahold heart, and a fearless right hand. He
must be a man every inch of him, godlike and
lolly. Martin Van Boren is not the man to
guido the whirlwind.
Our country is now paralyzed nnder the incu
bus ofn despotism of tbe worst kiud—a despot-
ism which under the name of Democracy, stands
at the ballot box, which urges on its mad career of
desperate and reckless and profligate experiments
—which thro ugh its legions attempts to control ev
ery election, every political movement; which
with a rod of iron, strikes down commercial cred
it, which assails our domestic institutions one af
ter the other, which depresses the wages of labor;
and not content with artful, silent and gradual
approaches, has had the audacity through the
agency of an Army Bill, to forgo fetters for free
men which were not even coucealed by wreaths
offlowers. Such is the Government calling it
self a democracy which now rules with tyranni
cal sway the destinies oUlhis great country.—
Heaven save us from such a democracy as this.
Let us have that real democracy which respects
the rights of democrats, which treats them like
freemen, capable of thinking for themselves.
Oar opponents say we indulge in vituperation. It
is not so. Our principles are American princi
ples, the object we have in view is tbe rescue of
the Country, the Constitution and the Laws,
from the grasp of an invader. We speak facts
and truths which are inscribed on American
hearts in letters as bright and as vivid as those
which the Christian Emperor saw in the Eastern
sky. Onr cause is the cause of the people, the
cause oT liberty. We say to all then, onward
onward! And we may adopt the prophetic words:
u Jn hoe signo vinces ”
-end interesting document.
the trite. nFJnnr.BAcv np a a..
b spare yon the numerous calls sometimes
made on similar occasions, to day. We address
ourselves to men who know their rights and
knowing them, dare maintain them. Be indus
trious—be energetic--be early—be prompt-
work hard. You are at work for the cause of
the WHOLE PEOPLE—a cause fit for freemen
to engage in!
WHIGS OF CHATHAM!
Yon were beaten at the Charter Election, but
your gain was a victory. Return to the charge
manfully.
“ Once more unto the breach.”
TO THE POLLS! TO THE POLLS!
Let no one stay at borne. A single vote has
decided the election in a whole State. Every
▼ote is of consequence—Every vote will tell. Let
no Whig hang back! Our Country and Slate
needs all our efforts.
Never let it be said, “THEY STAID AT
HOME, THAT THEY MIGHT SAVE THE
PROFITS OF A DAY'S LABOR, WHEN
BY GOING TO THE POLLS, THEY
-.WOULD HAVE SAVED THE HARD
EARNINGS OF TWENTY YEARS.”
C3* By the politcucss of a passenger per the
steamer Wm. Gaston, from Charleston, we yos-
terday received the New-York Express of Tues
day last, and the Charleston Patriot of Saturday
afternoon. We received by the Western mail
last evening, Now-York papers of the same date.
They contain no newp. The Express gives the
speech of Hon. Daniel Webster at the meeting
of Merchants on Monday last, extracts froiu which
we shall lay before our readers to-morrow, f The
following notice of the meeting is from the Ex-
■press:
. Immense Meeting of Merchants.—In an of-
Jori by an extended report to do justice to the lu-
«id and cogent speech of Mr. Webster, we have
not room nor lime to dwell, as we otherwise
U P°<* V 10 ,n, ®oo*e meeting upon the Ex-
chang yesterday at two o'clock. The number
* persons present was variously estimated,
going,as high as 40,000, who took their ac
a when Mr. Webster first opened his ad-
dress. A count wus made from the Portico of
) ala quarter before 4 o’clock, and
a
11,000 were counted. At 10 minutes befomsRK
clock, and a quarter after, the same person slates
three times as many were present.
We have never befor seen Wall streot quite
as much decorated with beauty as it was on this
n. The stage from which Mr. Web-
oke was placed at tbe corner of Wall
illiam streets. The crowd of men stood
ddown William aud Wall streets, in a
throng, as far as Air. Webstor’e voice
be beard. Almost every window was
with ladies waving their handkerchiefs,
‘s of buildings were lull of si:
tipping presented a beautiful
PRINCIPLES vs. PROFESSIONS.
If every oilier feeling aroused by the iniquitous^
shameful policy of tbis Administration vgeremo;
wo should laugh ot the ceaseless din which its ad
herents make about their principles. They say
you find Democratic Republicans tbe same in
their political belief, whether they reside on tbe
granite hills of New Hampshire, or the sands of
Georgia. It is true. These so-called Democrats
are the same every where—they have one grand
governing, uniting principle, and but one—and
that is, adhesion to party—that ts to sacrifice law,
order, justice, forparly purposes—that is to make
country, Constitution, every tiling second in itu
pnrtauce to the interestsofparty. This is the grand,
predominant principle which characterizes the
so-called Democratic Party. It is the prevalence
of this nil-pervading principle which gives to all
their movements—all their thoughts—all their ac
tions, the same guise of uniformity. This prin
ciple of attachment to party for party purposes,
is the sum of their system, eround which even the
Constitution and lows arc made to revolve, like
obedient satellites in their devious orbits. This
is' the life-blood of their system—the source of
their power—the secret of their hitherto Hercule
an strength—the bnsisof their complete organi
zation. We have heatup their quarters how
ever at lost, we have studied and ascertained their
gystera of attack and defence. We know them,
and their whole plans and policy are* exposed to
the astonished gaze of an insulted People.
They are right when they say they are all the
same. As true ns the needle is to tho pole.as cer.
tain as the attraction of gravitation, as unerring
as tho instinct of birds of prey, is that animating
principle which enables them to do all, and to
dure all for party. This is their strong, imposing
characteristic, and yet they have the hardihood to
talk ubout their principles.
Their principles ! Heaven save the mark}
What said this so called Democratic Partywhen
they rushed into power twelve years since. They
said that the expenses ofGovernment were enor
mous. Retrenchment! Retrenchment! was the
cry—and where is their Retrenchment! The ex
penses of Government have been increased from
$11,000,000 or $12,000,000 to $39,000,000.—
Tuke off tho extraordinary expense of the Florida
war and still the expenses of Government ore
nearly trebled. Where is their Retrenohraeu*
then!
ution t
on flouted to the breeze.
taut's Meeting, and what a
irauce, and every other
present, when set off
_ the administration
Qurnal of Coin-
nge.
nd a half,
accurate
nod to with
Talk or principles !—Did they not say when
they came into power, thut rotation in office was
to be the order of the day? Where is the rota
tion now? Ah! yes! we understand these dem
agogues! The wheel which revolved until they
wen raised into power, was stopped short when
they got there, and now it is cut loose from its
axis of revolution. Where is the rotation now?
Talk of principles! Did they not say that
the number of Clorks in some of the offices was
pectutors.
mauls Cor mil JinTZmi — n ' ,d Look «*'"■
<-»-**? S
York Custom Houie where tho number, have
beet, doubled, and the expenses more than dou>
biod jr
Talk of friuoiflmI Did they not any that
the practice of appointing members of Congress
to offices uttder Government wo. corrupt and
ought bo checked, and has not thi. and the late
Administration made fivo times as many appoint
ments of this kind as all. other Administration,
put together f v- 4 '
od Iff axial, but whlch'did not oxlsl to any extent
In slaotloiwougHt to bo rebuked) andi. any
one so wilfully blind, as not io know that the mer
cenaries of government InterferOjow at every
ballot box which Is sot tip to receive the voles of
(Veernen l*Tslk of Principles I Did they not say,
that «o man should be proscribed for opinion
sake f and havo they not proaeritHKl sverp one (hr
opinion’s sake who has opposed them.
TalkofPrinciplki! Has the scrupulous re
gard of this extra-DemocretiojiMonarchical Ad
ministration (far tho people, taught hto respect
the wishes ofthat people when it Imposed upon
a suffering and abused country, the thrice rejected
Sub-lrcasurp BUll
Talk or Principles! Has the Administra
tion respected the rights of tho people? Was the
Sub-Treasury law made by their Representatives
or by r tyrannical Executive dictation?
Talk or Principles l Did notthe same self-
sufficient party cry down Mr. Adams for
extravagant expenses in tarnishing the EsRt
Room ? Was not that cry a falsehood ? And has
not Air. Van Bdren furnished the Palaco with
more than Kingly splendor?
Talk or Principles I Did they not profess a
sacred regard for tho rights of the 8tates, secured
to them by the magnn charta of our liberties ?
and did they not disfranchise a Sovereign 8tate,
by trampling on the laws, aud refusing to receive
the five Alembert from New-Jersoy, having their
certificates of election under the great sell of the
State, by which they were entitled to Mke their
seats until their claims could be decided on by
the House of Representatives?
Talk of Principles !—Did they not say in
the first place, that tho United Stales Bank
was very well and tho deposits safe? And
when they found they could not use it for
party purposes, did they not say itwas dangerous
and a source of corruption, and pronounce the
deposits unsafe ? Did they not say when “ the
monster was crushed,” that tho State Banks were
the best depositaries for the People's money ?
And do they not now say, that the State Bank
system is not tho best one ? And that the Sub-
Treasury plan is the best, tie only safe plan of
collecting and disbursing the revenues ? And all
this in the face ofinijlions oftnoney runaway with
by recusant Sub-Treasurers ?
Talk of Principles ! Did they not say that
they were going to introduce a circulating medi
urn ofyellow gold, and have they not flooded the
country with Sub-Treasury Notes and trashy shin
plasters?
Talk of Principles ! Did they not say that the
qualifications for office ought to be ascertained
according to the Jeffersonian principle^-Is he
honest? Is he capable? And have .they notoppoint-
ed men to office who wers dishonest and incapa.
ble, but who could be relied upon for their devo
tion to partv alone T
Talk of Principles ! Do you know now
how far that party is in favor of Internal Im
provements T How far they are in favor of, or
against a Tariff? How far they are in favor op
auy great system of national policy ?
Talk of Principles ! Have they not while
pretending to defend the rightsof the States been
willing to throw away upon the Western States,
inorderto purchase western votes for John C,
Calhoun and Thomas H. Benton, tbe whole, or
nearly the whole public domain, of which that
part rightfully belonging to the State of .Georgia
is valued at more than $30,000,000?'
Talk of Principles/ At the san^.fijUfi,
South, have they not jeopardised the dearest
rights of Southern men, by an admission of Ne
gro testimony ?
Talk or Principles! Has not the parly in
power adopted, and carried out to its fullest ex
tent the doctrine, that “ to the victors belongs the
spoils7” and is this an American principle ?
Talk of Principles ! Has not the President
of the United States characterised some of the
institutions erected by Washington and his co-
temporaries, as systems devised for the benefit
the privileged orders f
Talk of Principles! Is not the iufamous
Bruwnson, the acantcoureur (more bold than his
co-adjutors)ofa system of levelling and destruc
tive heresies which is sustained by thousauds
the supporters of Martin Vau Buren in the Nortlii
which may well cause infidels to exult, and the
friends of humanity to hang their heads in dejec
tion and sorrow.
Talk of Princ iples ! Is not tbe character
the great men of our country a pari of our nation
al inheritance, aud have they not assailed and
hunted down each one of them in bis turn who
has dared to d iffer from them politically 1
Talk or Principles i? Did not a late Post
Master General refuse to pay over to certuin
Mail Contractors sums to which they were enti
tled under an act of Congress, and by the decis
ion of the Solicitor of the Treasury; and perse
vered in his refusal till a mandamus wus issued to
compel him?
Talk of Principles ! We again say, did not
the Administration party pretend to have u sacred
regard for tbo rights of tho States, and did they
not in the case of the New Jersey members re
fuse seats to those who presented the requisite
prima facie evidence of membership,give seats to
members of their owu party, and then allow some
five or six months to elapse before the report of
the majority of the Committee of Elections was
made, on the strength of which they decided ulti
mately that the members of the Administration
party were entitled to their seats—thus admitting
that the five persons so voted in held their seats
provisionally.
Talk of Principles ! Is that party a friend of
the rights of States, and of a strict construction of
tho Constitution, which by recommending an un
constitutional Army Bill, attempts to obliterate
every vestige of State lines aud of State sover
eignty?
Wc are done with tbis subject for the present,
but shall take occasion again und again to unearth
and expose die dark and subtle policy of this so
called Democratic party. We beseech them to
talk no more aboutprincipal until they adopt and
carry out some beneficent plan for the public
good, aud not for the good of party. Their pro
fessions we know full well. Their animuting
principles we know well, by tracing back ef
fects to theircauses. We have enough of empty
pretension—enough of blustering—enough words
“voxelprctcrea nihil Let us bo spared hence-
forth, in the name ofeharity. When the Admiu-
istration docs one thing to merit commendation,
when the first consequence of any of their tueas
urea corresponds to their expressed expectations*
we will spread the news far and wide, even if it
should check, fora momon t, tho advancing march
of th« Tippecanoe battalions.
FREEDOMS BA TTLE WON IN, THE EAST I /
THE ELECTION OF KENT CONFIRMED
BEYOND A DOUBT!!I . jwS&mdZi
o happy to antioutico the sudden and vL you could bum
AT,"
Wearo li
death atruggtn was a hard one, but it is over at
last. We pay this not In order to Influence the
eieotion today, buLm order to give the f^uls, bn
we candidly holietfftkeui. Wo can see no earth
ly reason to doubt tho elootiou of Kent by 8198
votes, as per statement below t
THE RETURNS COMPLETE.
EDWARD KENT ELECTED AND NO MISTAKE.
The Portland Advertiser,nays— 1 "We have gono
through our nitiims carefully again, and after ro
bing them, and correcting them, give tho result
complete iu oil the towns, os follows:
1839. 1840.
Kant. Fairfield. So. Kent Fairfiold. Sc.
34,750 41,109 204 45,573 45,345 11
45,345
ah..,Heath of Lacs Fncoi.m iu Mama, The wl.o'm^no, a, thd --hadk.
ink thenric" of i holithui, hat, in tuWoncdOf the’
;U. c °mp».
ly or
In which
it.ii««,
doctrine, of his day, lias ,ona, and
full length of open avowed practical amai
linn, i. rcooimmmded td you by your afartsaid di.pl. _
friends, u.a fit and propar pa,.on to preslda at tits tho gOod conduct ofthe men under hi.
i . u.l M J ... ll. n l,An#l
Kent's majority, 228
Scattering votes, as far os heard from, 11.
Thero is a difference of40 votes in the returns
jVoiu Ripley, iu Somerset County, ns published
in the Kennebec Journal aud our paper. The
Journal has the vote—32 for Kent, 81 for Fair-
field. Our return is—72 for Kent, 81 foi Fair-
field. The Ago return agrees with ours. There
also a difference betweeu us and tho Journal
27 votes in Abbot, Piscataquis County. We
take the return from the Piscataquis Herald.
There is also a difference of 20 votos between
the returns ofthe Jnurunl und Advertiser from
tho town of Franklin, Hancock County. Our re
turn ogrees with that of the Bangor Whig. For
Oxford, we have taken the returns ns found in the
Oxford Democrat, though we think there is a
small mistake in the return from Newry. The
whole vote ofthe State will be about 91,000. or
about 1500 heavier than the vote of 1838, which
was the largest ever given in the State.
■ 5
of
(E/*The situation of Messrs. Cooper, Black
and Colquitt, particularly ofthe two last named
gentlemen, is awkward and painful.
We have no objection to a conscientious change
of opinions. If Messrs. Black and Colquitt
are seriously Sub-Treasury characters, let them
stick to their principles. We do not object to
that. But their metamorphosis are so great as to
have changed their identity entirely, and to have
caused them to forfoit the respect and coufldpnce
ofthe party whose principles they havo deserted.
And yet these men have tho hardihood to declare
they have not changed, when but two years since
they abused and censured the same Martin Van
Buren, to whom now they raise songs of praise
and whom they find excellent in all things.
They say “ the Shite Rights' Party have chang
ed.” Men who get into a scrape, must put on
appearances at least—they must say something in
their defence. How bos the State Rights' Party
changed? Did they uot oppose Van Buren in
1836, and from that time forward ? And is not
tbe party uow whero it was in 1836 ? Have they
not uniformly opposed Van Buren and his cen
tralizing, ruinous principles ? And where are
these seceders now ? Upholding by nil the means
in their power, tho very man whose principles
they abhorred but a few months since. They
have emphatically doserted the strong ground of
State Rights,and are now in tho subservieut ranks
ofthe leader, who disregards all States' Rights
and all other Rights—who demnuds froin bis ob
sequious followers, the most exact, the most im
plicit, the most ready obedience to any mode of
belief, however monstrous, which ho tuny originl
ate. f i hese modern, so-called Democrats, have
ultra-deuiocratico-monnrchico-poiions, which at
first caused them to make wry faces. There is
nothing like getting used to a thing, however.
We desire to give .Messrs. Black and Col
quitt all the advantage to which their tergiversa
tions and inconsistences entitle them. We there
fore publish the following sentiments of theirs,
which for all we know, they may eutertain even
uow in their secret thoughts.
Here follows an extract from a speech of Mr.
Black, delivered before ffie State Rights’ Asso
ciation ofJacksouborough on the 4th July, 1836:
You are culled upon, by those who pretend
to be your advisers, to support Martin Van Uu-
ren for the Presidency, and R. M, Johnson for
the.Vice Presidency. Your Convention at Mil-
lodgeville have put them both in regulor party
nomination, for these highast offices in the gift of
the people. Do you, can you, remembering
your former and present professions, sanction
und support such u nomination ? Will you tole
rate in Martin Van Buren his written and avow
ed belief thut Congress lii's the right to abolish.
Slavery in the District of Columbia, when bum
twelve month ago, from the seats you uow oc-
cupy, you peremptorily stopped a‘regular de
bate, unanimously, with us, to condemn the same
opinion, which hud been only incidentally advet
ed to ill the discussion? Can you courcnt to
throw the vast and still incrensiug patronage of
this government into tho hands of a man, who,
while a member of the Now-York Legislature,
voted for the right of Free Negro sujragc, and
opeuly advocatei? the startling proposition that
the Ncoue shall Have power, ut the polls, tocou*
trol the destinies of government equally with
yourselves ? It is said lie is at this moment inak-
mg large sums of mouey by speculutiug in the
public lauds. Ho was opposed to tho Iasi war ut
the most criticol period of the contest—he is, and
ever was, u high tariff man: und, to prove his de
votion to the American System, lie assured nis
friends nt the North, that ho had just then appro
priated $20,000 to the purchase ot sheep! He wus
aMissourirestrictionist. But what boots it to
multiply charges; I could go on for throe hours
to enumerate, for I hold in my hand, a catalogue
of his political crimes ; but 1 forbear : for what
does it signify that otherwise he may he us pure
as tho fumiluus icicle, which' hung from Drnn's
temple, if upon the one vital, all-important sub-
ject of Slavery, he is rotten to the core, aud
pledged against the South 7”
“ Did your Convention mean to stigmatize
you, when they lead out before the world R. M.
Johnson as tour choice, for Vice President?
But, think of il for u moment. Knowing os they
did, that you were white men, and legitimately
und honorablyconnecied with white people, they
vet dared to link you politically with a man who
has long since degraded himself by uctinUly mar
rying two negro women. Yes, gentlemen, this
same Jonnson, whom your Convention hus foist
ed upon the community us your mail, is the fa-
ther oftwo mulatto girw, whom he openly sup
ports, acknowledges, and defends; and whom
he has used his best endeavors to iutroduco into
the society of respectable ladies, and iuto the fa
milies of honest white men. Why, if you con-
tinue to adhere to this candidate, your very wives
and daughters, lekvingthe loom und spindle will
ror their own sakas, raise such n din and clatter
against tins villanous nomination, ns ahull dcufen
you, and make,on wish t, M. J0I111.0/1 and his
niuliiltn ftnidy at the d-ivil. Siippo.o « cuso,
gentlemen. The Colonel, by your uid, is elected
Vico President. After his election, he [and his
make a tour to the Souiln-orwmnw he
will be solicitous to see and visit his friends und
supporters—and accordingly his carriage stops
at your door. You ore delighted to see (be Vice
President, and receive him with becoming civili
ty ; but, behold! iu a moment your delight is
turned into autouisluuent and consternation,
head of tho Senate, and possibly at the lioadof
tho Government!—Shame, shame! ’Oh, fueling,
tliou art fled to lirutish beasts, and men havo lost
their reason"! If those charges he true, is there
not a wide and deop guluh between the mass of
the Union party, and their man In office; and Is
there u man here who doubts their truth? If
there is, be surely must be as redoubtable a doubt-
eras thn sceptical Woutor Van Twiiler himself.
But, in sober earnest, call, I p ray you, upon these
headmen of your party, to respond directly audio
tho point; sutler them not to insult your under
standing by unmeaning denunciations or John C.
Calhoun and South Carolina, and by violent and
blind abuse of Nullification, os oil answoi to
your accusations Hold them to the auestion,
guilty or not guilty, and to pertinent ana relative
answers. Spurn from you their violent ahuie
and insignificant generalities. Listen not to
them, when they tell you thut nullification is dis
union, and nullifiers are rebels. Soy to them in
a manner not to be misunderstood, two wrongs
never mode a right, first justify yourselves, by the
adduction of facts and reasonable arguments,
and think not wo are such fools us to beguiled in
to u belief of your purity, by sweeping denunci
ations of your political opponents. But pursue
such a course with your servants in office, and as
Rurely as we have agreed upon the points discus
sed between us this day, will you pronounce your
verdict of guilty upon them, whon they are
brought to a strict and final heuring."
Extract of a letter to David B. Mitchell, Chairman,
dated January lUtA, 1836.
“ You will readily recognize the foregoing
faithful epitome of theprincijjfos ofthe Siutellights
party, ami an honest rehearsul ofthe doctrines of
the Uuion leaders. Now, sir! suppose, whut iu
the present critical juncture of our affairs is quite
a suppasable case, that by the uid of tbe abolition
ists, and the vote of tbo Union Electors, Martin
Van Buren and Richard M. Johnson—THE
ONE AN ULTIMATE ABOLITIONISTS IN
PRINCIPLE—AN ADVOCATE OF FREE
NEGRO SUFFRAGE—THE OTHER A
PRACTICAL AMALGAMATION 1ST, who
has been wedded,totwo negro women,and is now
honored by a half u dozen mulatto children, of his
own get,are raised to the Pres.deney.and placed at
lieud ofthe “ Government”—Suppose that the ab
olitionists, who are avowAly the friends and sup
porters of Van Buren and Johnson, go on in
creasing as they have increased in numbers and
influence and at length by their zeul and uclivity
return a majority to Congress instructed to trent
slaveholders as “ mau-stculers" and land pi
rates,” and Congress accordingly passes an uct
to abolish slavery not only ill District of Colum
bia, bnt in tho States. The deed is done—the
Rubicon is passed—slavery is abolished! The fair
and beautiful South, the ,a Home” of our fathers,
Is threatened tube deluged with the best blood of
her patriot sons-out children to be offered ups
sacrifice upon the recking alturs of a bloody in
surrection, and our virtuous aud helpless women
menuced with the horrors often thousand deaths,
iu the' brutal violation which the half liberated
sluve, drunk with the blood of his master, and
glouting with beastly passiou upon the person of
his mistress, is ready to inflict upon them. When
this whirlwind is about to rush upon our devoted
country, and the black clouds, which already
porieutously lower in the distance, sliull have
overcast our horizon, and the land is about to
be overwhelmed in darkness and death, to which
of these two political parlies wi|l you address
yourself, to rescue the country from impending
ruin ? To which of these parties .will our women
and children fly for succour, and protection ?
To the party whose leaders havo recognized the
••Proclamation” as the “brief abstract and
chronicle” of their faith—who profess to believe
in tile, sunrpjnaru nf fi-iuA tltatc* f , ***r«*»ne*ir,
afUrWho nave practically illustrated their princi
ples of submission to thut government, by voting
for, aud supporting the Force Bill, which em
powers the President to enforce the uct of Con
grass upon the people ofthe State ut the point of
the bayonet? Or will they not appeal lor pro-
tectioirnnd defence to the State Rights men
—the Nullifiers, pupils and followers of
Thomas Jefferson? Men who are devoted to
the Union, the constitutional, voluntary Uuion
of these States, os it was originally formed—who
wilielwnys permit and approve the constitution
al acts of their federal agent, but when that agent
oversteps the limits of his delegated authority,
nnd passes on act which tlfe Constitution does
not warrant, or which strikes at the life, liber
ty, or huppiness of thn citizen, believe and nssert,
and are ready to maintain, that Georgia, being a
Sovereign State, will, as she is bound to do,
interfere and protect her people,* at any and at
every hazard?
These are tho questions to be put to the peo
ple; let them ponder well| and give, ns I hope,
un answer in writing at the polls in October next,
which will affirm * the truth of the principles
wo profess, and in order to present a full State
Rights ticket for their acceptance or rejection,!
cheerfully accept Uienoininutioiiyou ore instruct-
ed to render me.
I JiaV.i Uia honor to be, sir, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
EDWARD J. BLACK.
The following is an extract of a letter from Mr.
Colquitt, dated New nan,' September 8th, 1836.
How often Mr. Colquitt must have.regretted
that this letter wns ever penuud:
Acting upon this conviction, lam opposed to the
elertiim of Martin Van Buren to the Presidency,
since circumstance warrant me in the conclusion,
that his feelings upon this question are opposed to
mine, and that he differs with us ns regards the
‘ ■ ■ • - * abolish slave-
Ilo hopes andholiaves that the bright
sot by thissmull detachment will not be fori
by the regiment whonover an opportunit
to engage tho enemy.
By ord9i of Lieut. Col. Whistler.
- R* C. GATLIN,
Adjt. 7th Infantry.
Mr. Habersham.—-The National Intelllg«ne« r
of the 29th ult. give* thn tallowing gratifying
news oHhe recovery of Mr. Haberhun fVom
hie severe illness:
has so fur recovered IVom his late dangoroui ||L
ness as to purpose setting out to-morrow on hk
return to Georgia.
It gives us pleasure to state for the infbrmitiM
ofMr.^Habersbum’s^rmmorous Mends, that hw
Ravages of the Small Pux,—A letter flow
South America received in Newbnryport,states
that the Small Pox hud desolated the city ofPt-
iiama, the population having been reduced by it
from upwards of20,000 to less than one half. Al
most every family in the city had suffered by it,
nuil the inhnbitauts had no knowledge of an;
means to stay its progress.
1X7* The Van Buren call for a meeting of Mer
chants in New-York, had twenty-five narati
which oouldnot be fouud iii the Directory.
A Libel on the Lawyers.—Senator Allen of
Ohio, who is a Lawyer himself, is reported to
have made use ofthe following language at a re
cent Van Buren meeting at Columbus,Ohio:—
“ THE BAR OF THE UNITED STATE8
ARE PURCHASED,BOUGHT UP BY THE
HEAD, AND PAID FOR BY THE BANKS."
[Suppose we throw over board Lawyer Van
Buren, uud put jp old Farmer Tip.]
Merchants' Meeting at the Exchange.—Great ex
pectation is excited by the arrangement for tbe
meeting of Merchants and Traders, now emigre-
grating ut the Exchange ; and one of Uie mightiest
efl’orts is anticipated from Mr. Webster. Flags
are displayed from the musts of all the ships u
port.
Wall street is decorated with banners aid
streamers. A staging has been erected it the
northwest corner of the Exchange, at the inter
section of Wall and William streets, where the
officers are to sit, and from which Mr. Webster
will address the assembly. The windows and
door-ways in the neighborhood, and all the most
favorable points for hearing the speaker are ik
ready occupied, though it is an hour before the
meeting. We understand thut Jonutban Good-
hue will be called on to preside. Wall streets
thronged with expectunt thousands.
The above is from the New-York Courier Jf
Enquirer of the 28th ult. A friend has banded a
tiie following extract of a letter, received by yes
terday's mail, which it will be seen is a little later
“ P. 8.—Daniel Webster is nowspeakingto
few acres of people iu and about Wall atreet."
%
THE PEOPLE vs. THE OFFICE-HOLD
ERS.
The following States have voted during thi
present year.
Rhode Island—electing a Whig Govxehoi
Whig Senate, and a Wmo House of Rrm
8ENTAT1VE8, by overwelming majorities!
Connecticut—electing a Wrtic Govimb
and Whio Legislature,tiy an increased Wh
majority of nearly five thousand! _
Vmoiiit-—eh“>nug a Wh>o Legislate,
which will elect two Whig .-Senatom be
winter, Whio majority iu tho uboutSJM
—duily increasing ami may .'reach 10,0001
November, ,
North Carolina—electing, a Whio Go*
ernor by nearly nine thousand majority andi
Whig Legislature, with a majority of neilf
40 on joint ballot! who will elect two Wn
United States Senators.
Louisiana—electing a VVhioLegislatibx ui
two Whig Members of Congress, with a Wa
majority of llie popular vole.of twenti-t*
hundred!
Indiana—electing a Whio Governor by i
wards of ten thousand majority, and bos
branches of tho Legislature Whio. Fsostoofei
to be counted.
Kentucky—electing a Whig Goyemoi b
more than fifteen thousand Whig majorilpM
two-thirds of both brunches of lbs Lxouu-
tube Whig! The Whig State}!
Vermont electing u Whig Governor by m
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED Ullll FIVTV Uiajority-
five Whig Members of Congress (all) ut
three fourths of both branches of the Leoisutw
Whio! A clean sweep!
M aink—The star iu tho East—electing aw
Governor, Whig Legislature nnd Fourm
the 8 members of Congress— being a Whig P*
of GoveruorrLegisluture, twoineuibersoflo*
grass, und a Whig Seuator, to be elected *■
winter.
Alabama, Missouri and Illinois alone hsvew
tained the administration, and they by gr«sdfj
dneed majorities. In Alabama, the Wings W
made a clear gain of 32 votes in the LegiwlW
siuCe last year. .
What can resist the torrent of public if*
DICTATION, OR AVERT THE FATE, WHICH AN** 1
-the Office-holders.—Richmond Whig.
Constitutional powers of Congress to
ru in the District of Columbia. Inasmuch ns Mr.
Van Boren was advocate for the restriction of
Missouri, upon the subject of slave population;
the fact of his having voted in the Convention of
New York for a provision, giving to free negroes
the political right of white men; the fact that al
most the entire strength of the abolitionists is ex
ercised for his promotion; and for the further rea
son that he himself acknowledges, that he is not
prepared to say that Congress has not the Con
stitutional power to abolish slavery In the Dis
trict of Columbia. These circumstunees are indi
cations too strongly expressive of his real feelings,
to permit me to aid Ins election, at a time when
the couutry is so much agitated by the increasing
ellorU of the abolitionists. 1 neve deemed it
necessary to he thus explicit upon the President-
al election, inasmuch as your present members
may be culled on ill the character of Representa
tives to vote for or against Mr. Vnn Buren, for
this high appointment. I should deem my pro
fessions empty and vuin, if I should be found sup-
portmg men for the highest nnd most responsible
oiuces in tho country, who by word or deed nre
found giviug'counteimnce or support to u princi
ple at variance with the general weal. I expect
to uct upon this principle, und thereby show my
faith hv my works.
With an expression of my ardentdesire for the
happiness uod.welfare of our country, yoftwill
accept ray good wishes for your individual pros
perity nnd the prosperity of those whose senti-
mphis you represent.
Yours respectfully,
Walter t. colquitt.
03* Tho following orderihas beon issued in re
ferenco to the recent engagement of the U. Shite
troops, under the command of Lieut. Hanson,
7ih infantry, with a party of Indians, near|'ort
Wucuhoota. A correct account of tho ongugc-
inent appeared iu tho Republican about ten duj a
since:
\ Head Quarters, 7th Jnfimtry.
No. 37. y 1 ort Micannpy, Sept. 9th, 1840
—we tawny Misses Johnson! What would you "Rtisfaction to announce to the regiment, that an
Extract of a letter to the Editors of the Boston H
las, dated
Augusta, (Me.) Sept. 25,
Iu order to affect the November election iJ*J
er States some of the Locofoco papers in MJJJ
pretend there is no choice for Governor. *F
mime you aud your friends understand tbe
The State Committee have prepared a circa*
giving nn account of our glorious victory,
will he sontto our Whig friends in the wo.
Status, on which prelect reliunce can bepw ■
as thay are gentlemen of the highest rupw^
bility. .
As I said in a previous communication,
is elected by the people, and the Senate on
House are Whig. . fll u
1 am astonished that the Boston P®0 J®
try to delude its renders by denying e |J[
of Kent. Both the Age, and Argus and r
dopted the same course in 1837
tiority
,1.11 .umu vwi.iav ... - V fit I
are the party that I am told ill New re
claim the election ofFuirfied by 300
leiippoae in the We.t it will he owe"
3000!!
The Mtounding Ihct of IhoariqwfiMw-rry
Maine, will he snpprewcd, if P«-“‘ b ‘J?-
the November election. A«Imudbelore,r ~
dereland the gnuio, bnt just
render, in possession of die facte of un. ~\|
tho enemy. Lengf Whig) lead.
should not be enrpruod if lie w ath-WifiSlarOV
I repeat again, Maine i. good for SOW .
Tip, and the Loco, give all up here. lbe < J
will again lake Ihe .lump, for November, ^
rear not lhare.ult of llint eloction. It -a-
glorious triumph of tho people—lint true
racy.
TALLAHASSEE, Sepb?^
Vic Cellon Crop o/1840.-Tlie BBfiWgS
molting dreadful ravage, throitah thoentu 0 '"
growing unction ofllto South Wceu-fn ““
In Mtddlo Florida not a half "verago er»P ,
he mode. Thu long etnplo is JA ,ath.
in many fields tint a |>otttid will be mud® ^
acre. The saute may ha .md ol field, of ^
stnpla greou sand, which had be«r» JjjJL,. ^
Un ground which lied been
6 1110, commenced lln ra'
tl. crop. Very, row fi
touched.—Shir.
t hove been