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BIT LOCK
City andCi
, OCTOBER 19,184<r
'• miluPniinr. 68 nor Annum: for 0 in
Ditto Piper, f 8 por Annum i for 0 months, 85
: Country 1‘ftpcr, 5 per Annum i for 0 months, 83.
(PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.)
ffewi tni'Nt* AivtHiaantntt, appoar in bath Papers.
feT* Office at the corner of Bay mid BfcUstreoU.over
Mr. J.B.Gaudrv’t Store.
THECONTRA8T;
or,
Plain Reason! why Wiliam Henry Harrison should
U tkuU Prukha if the VSlUd Slate, and Uky
Martin 1 r m Burnt should not be re-elected. By
ant)Id Democrat.
MARTIN VAN BUREN SHOULD NOT BE
RE-ELECTED,
Became,a* he hat manifested the strongest
feelings of hostility to Madison and the Demo,
craoy of the country, he is a Democrat in noth*
ing but profession, and a federalist lu every thing
bat- the name,
: See the oniniops of Dewitt Clinton, and of
' *7ohn C. Calhoun, mid of the Democratic papers
of 1812, respecting M. V. D.
Because, his friends have hitherto failed to
point to a single act of hia past life, which entitles
him to the confidence of Ins countrymen.
Hon. Alexander H. Everett, now a prominent
* administration man, in a pamphlet, on “The
Conduct of the Administration,” thus defines the
diameter of M. V. B.:—" Throughout hit pro-
ceedings we see the character of the mana
n *2uiOiV- r *c.sdii, selfish spirit, pursuing little end.
by little means; no loftiness of purpose—nor
power, depth, or reach of mind—no generosity
of feeling—* no principle, of course no faith in
the existence ofpiuy such quality in others. He
enters on the high and sacred concerns of theGov-
■ ernment in the same temper, in which, a* a vil
lage lawyer, he sat dowu to play All-fours at the
rtlehotise, and is just as ready to employ any trick
that will increase his share of the spoils of victory."
e Became, he delights iu popular tumults and ex*
ernents, iu reviving and perpetuating aw lent
animosities, in arraying the rich aud the poor
against each other, and embittering one portion
•f the Union against another.
41 All tradition unites in establishing the fact 1
Him village cf KiuMiiiuilk, (til Itit illlUieui-
ate vicinity, was the theatre of incessant litiga
tion;” and "party politics raged violently, and
frequently disturbed the peaceful relations of
neighbors whose real interests were not in conflict
with each other .” Mr. Van Boren had a strong
taste for these contentions.—See Holland's Lfe of
' Van Burnt, chap. 2.
Because, among all the offices which he has
austained, it is impossible to point to a single one
, bestowed upon him for any other merit or service
■, than those of e mere party character.
See Holland’s Van Buren.—Hia first civil op"
ppintmeut was given him. while a lawyer at Kin*
nerhook, for hiiM^Bin me political struggle in
1807, between Tompkins and Lewis. He was
made surrogate of Columbia county. He had
supported Morgan Lewis for governor in 1804,
and opposed him in-1607,successfully, as theap*
Miintmonl «*»»•*;«• “hstV
•r *'* " *
Because, Mar+i* Va» Boris is opposed to
.IRii .opriuoc; and in the convention to amend
the constitution of New-Yark, mode a speech in
law of. PttOPF.RTY aiiALlFIC.VtTON,
even though it should effect the right, of the poor
—fa» uur
os yon may, end open to view, vtorair titoitry is
temptation uill creep in, atuiconnupnon in *T«m
roim follows at its hiiu.”
a.. Because, leaders in tho administration party
aim at the destruction of the system of rg*i u*
dour and waoes.
Is proof demanded t Here it Is. The Boston
Quarterly Review, edited by ATr. Brown** who
has an offico undor the government, and is deyot-
od to the principle* of Mr. Van* Buuu, Uva lata
number of that work says—-
" In regard to labor, two systems obtain: one*
that ofalave labor; the other that of free labor-
OP THE TWO. THE FIRST 18. IN OUR
JUDGMENT, EXCEPT SO FAR- A8 THE
FEELINGS ARE CONCERNED. DECI
DEDLY THE LEAST OPPRESSIVE."
41 We sey frankly, that, if then* mu»t always h®
a Inliorlut population, distinct from proprietors
and employers, wo regard the slave system 8s de
cidedly preferable to tho system of wages
"Wages Is a cunning dnvico of the devil, for
the benefit offender consciences, who would re*
tain all thd advantages nr die slave system, wi th
out die expense, trouble, and odium of being
slaveholders*" „ .
" We really believe our NORTHERN system
oflabor is more oppressive, and more mischiev
ous to morals, than the southern."
Because, leaders o f the party in possession of
tho government declare another object to be tho
OVKRTlfROW OP THE CHURCH IN ALL' ITS'FORMS
ARDSF.CTS, and the destruction of tho ministers qf
cf religion.
Hear what the Boston Quarterly utters-on this
subject, "speaking as one having authority:"—
41 BUt. having traced the inequality wc coin-
plain of to its origin, we proceed to ask again,
whnt is tho remedy? The remctly is first to be
sought in the destruction tfthepriert."
41 The priest is uuieersalty a tyrant, unviermlty
the enslaver of hia brethern, aud therefore, it im
Christianity condemnehim."!!?
" There must be no class of men set apart and-
authorised, either by law nr fashion, to speak to us
in the name of God. or to be interpretera of the
word of God. 03- THE WORD OF GOD
NEVER DROPS FROM THE PRIESTS
UPS."!! !
44 TVe object not to religious instruction; we
object riot to the gathering together of the people,
oneduy in seven, to sing ana pray, and to listen
to a discourse from a religious teacher; blit tee ob
ject to every thing like an outtenrd risible church; to
every thing that in the remost degree partakes of the
priest."!!!
(To be continued.)
FROM NEW-YORK.
Wohare bo,n fhvoured with tho Now,York
Journal Comoum, HmU, N«« Emend Ad-
vertirtr, ofTue.day I,.1,being olio day l.tor thou
wo hovo roooWod by tho Moll. They vroro
brought hy tho brig Clinton, Vtfa, arrlmdyaatar-
doy. No news.
CTNo moil yiretenlay North-of Norfolk.-Tho
Charle.lon Courier olotoo on dio oolhorily of o
paaaengcr who orrived in tha t ci ty on Fridey tiot,
tlmt repot* wore onrront that the Wlilgo hod ob
tained n majority efSGOO in the city uf riillodel-
phia, and that the county had gone for tho Ad
ministration by n majority of 4000. There wero
contradictory rtmtoun abroad. -
03* Our oeknowlodgmonto ore duo to Gen
CiuitUH Proto, for a copy of the Trenton
Stale Gaulle, containing tho Tory excellent apooch
of Capt. R. H. Stocktoi, dolivorcd at Salem,
N. J-, Aug. 87lh. Tito apeech it too long for
itnorlion inonrcolnmna.
THE ELECTION-FINAL RESULT:
We received by tho We.temmail last evening
n clip front the office of the MUkdgcvillo Hear
tier, giving tho mult of the recent election iu (hia
State. Alt the eonntioa are hoard from except
Baker, which report givoo tho Van Bunas ticket,
40 majority.
Dawius, (.the highest on the Horriion ticket) liaa
39.438 votea—CnLqoiTT, (tht higeat on the Van
Buren ticket) 35,368 volet—majority for Daw-
.on, 4,070. Obr lowe.t man Uuu tholr lowest-
3,887—and heat, their highest $#14.
Dawson’, (II.) estimated majority in tho whole
Stole, over Colquitt (V. B.) 4.000.
In the Senate the Harrison party have 48—the
Van Buren men 44:. tie in Coweta. In the
Home of Representative, Harrison 118. Van
Buren 88; tie. in Jhdison and Bulloch. Majori
ty on joint ballot,efc. gjp——
An soon a. we receive tile relnjniftoro Baker,
we shell pnbli.h a compl.te table, corrected with
the greatest care, for fliairo reference. In the
moon time weiend greeting to onrdietentfriends
and shall not cease to HURRAH FOR GEOR
GIA'!
SAVANNAH.
MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER IB. 1840.
Union of the Whigs for the take
of the Union.
NOMINATION
BY TBS TRIG NATIONAL CONVENTION.
FOR PRESIDENT,
~ uShnl iUBSiSCX,
of Ohio.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
JOHN TILER, of Virginia.
For Elector, if President and Vice-President.
GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe.
Gen. DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden.
Col. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, ofMmcogee.
Mej. JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, or Clark.
SEATON GRANTLAND, ofBoldwin.
Gen. ANDREW MILLER, ofCaea.
Gen W W. KZZARD. ofDeKalb.
C. B. STRONG, of Bibb.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Bnrke
Gen. E. WIMBERLY;ofTwigg,.
If yon vote with the South,said
a friend to Glen. Harrison, yon
will destroy yourself.
11 That is probable,** he replied,
“bnt it is better thatl should de
stroy myself than to destroy the
Constitution of my country.—fOl-
iuhi"rrenr, rniiiuov. -
ft.
Sea proceedings of die N. Y. ennvontion, IS2J,
* ' »nd the constitution, p. 141—182. See also
Holland's Life of Van Bnren. p. 179. M. V. B.
red with seal to establish tile pointy that none
Householders should be allowed to rote.
use, in three instanced, as well as in vari
ous others, he has shown himself a MONAR
CHIST at heart, and that be considers party and
property and not talent or usefulness, as the
principal claim which entitles a man to citizen-
»l' r D-
• * Because, he has spent all the ordinary rev
enues of the government, although out of those
- .• same revenues, his three immediate predecessors
’paid .more than $210,000,000 of tho public debt.
See Treasury Reports 1817—1836. Mr. Mon
roe paid i»8y«ara, S10i,366,111; Mr. Adams,
f4&,303^33 in 4years, and General Jackson $64,*
196,336 in 8 years.
: Because, acting upon the principle that the
people tnav be corrupted, he opposes the honest
and equitible distribution of the prooceedsof die
public lands among the whole people, in order
that lie may use them to moke influence with a
part.
See .Messages to congress—and the project to
cede the lands to the states iu which they lie.
[The new states uud territories have already re-
«e»ved 12,690,331 acres of the public lands for tho
support of schools, &c and M. V. B. is willing
for the sake of “theparty," to give away the rest,
230 millions of the choicest Innds in the world !1
Because, bo sepnralesthe government from the
people, takes the control of the revenues from con
gress, and, through the sub-treasury law, can
manage the whole financial potter of this govern-
Hieiitushe pleases ;and, as if that were note-
nough to condemn his administration foraver, he
has procured congress to pass an act authorizing
him,on his own mere motion, to withhold appro
priations made for tho public service.
See the dosing acta of the last session ofCou-
gross, hy which the President is empowered to
withhold appropriations,or execute them, atplea-
anre ?
Tho President does not, indeed, have the
immediate custody of the public money;
but he has the control of it, through hia
power over all the sub-treasurers and col
lectors, who arc appointed by him, and Iwld
i/lrir qffieu at his wul aud pleasure. It is well
known that Gen. Jao*son opposed the Sub-Trea-'
curjr Scheme in 1834. The Gto&e,at the same
period, ap miking of it, aaid—
“ It ia palpable aa tho atm, that tho effect of the
«chcine(8iib.Tfeoiury) would be mlirine the pub-
lie beaiture lunch nearer the actual cu.tody and
control nf tho Executive that it i. now, end a vote
it lobe plundered by n hundred hande, whereoue
cannot now reach it.”
And tho Richmond Enquirer, the leading Jack-
ion peper ofVirgimn. in 1834, raid—
“We have objected to the SuU-Treaauri
•cherae, (eo called) tint, in the, firet place, it iril.
enlarge the Hreculieepoaer,already ton greaifor a Re
public ; Sndly, that it cnotributce to endanger the
eecurity ol'llie public fuude; and 3rdly, Unit it ie
calculated to nroduoo two correnoiee—a baser one
people, and a belter one Cur (be Govern
• certainly eubjccl to very, strong objec-
ot die leant of which ia ,lne eery increase of
which it luuat give rim, and a patron-
- ,us influence, as being so im-
h the public money."
Extract from Mr. Webster’s speech, delivered on the
5tb insL at Richmond, Va.
Well, I will say it again, and I wish you to re
member what I say. / will repeal it—and I wish
you to tell it wherever you go—spread it abroad
upon the wings of the wind, that I, Daniel Web
ster, here in the front of the Capital of Virginia—
in the month of October, 1840—with you October
run shining upon me—in the midst of this assem
bly—before the xchole country—and with uil the res
ponsibility that attaches to me—or to my name in
any way—declare that there is no power either in
Consprrssorthe General Government,Hn the slighest
degree to interfere with the institution of Domestic
Slavery! [ Tremendous cheering, ana cries of
44 That's two thousand votes for Harrison.]
TIPPECANOE CLUB, No. 2.
The regular weekly meeting of Tippecanoe
Club No. 2, lakes place THIS EVENING, at
the Cabin of No. I, Court House Square. Pune
tnalatteudauce ia requested.
The Ladies and all friendly to Harrison, Tyler
and Reform, arc invited to attend.
o*n the con
in making
“ the cash.
LATE FROM FLORIDA.
The steamer Florida, Capt. Nocx, arrived yes
terday from St. Augustine, via Black Creek and
Jacksonville. To onr attentive correspondent at
the latter place, we are indebted for the East
Florida Advocate of the 13th in»t. It contains
no Indian.n«ws. /l^e following is from onr St.
Augustine correspondent: , % f
OrpiCE or the News, )
St. Augustine. Oct. 16th, 1840. )
Beeler, an express rider, was fired at last
week between Forts Russel and Holmes. His
horse was killed, and be pursued over three miles,
when he escaped.
Two soldiers recently deserted from Fort King,
ond on their way were fallen in with by Indians.
One killed; the other succeeded in teaching a
fort.
Indinnshave crossed oh this side the BU Johns,
near Ilawah creek. What force is not known.
Portions of the 8tb Infantry and 2d Dragoons
have arrived here.
General Harrison was burnt iu effigy on the
public green on the night of Tuesday last. The
event was accomplished hy Federal office holders,
drawers of rations, and naturalized citizens. It
may be mentioned, that John Hancock wns burnt
in a similar way by the Tories, on learning the
Declaration of Independence.
Hancock ond IlAnnisoN, brought to the stake
for their devotion to Whig principles.
The Van Burkn State party havecai
elections.
From the East Florida Advocate.
THE ELECTION.
The following lathe rosultof the Territorial
Election, bo far as heard from:
Eastern dislrlct-Duval County.
SENATORS.
Hart. Cooper. Martin. Sanches. PeloL
Jacksonville, 122 144 01 80 111
Mandarin, 53 60 IS 30 7
Whites villa, 66 ISO 87 101 65
0 1 0 4 0
■TivEs.—Jacksonville—Priest, 106;
ter, 53; Mathews,0.
’ Fernandez, 60; Lancas-
Priflst,‘134; Fcrncndcz, 98; Lan
caster, 39; Mathews, 16.
Broward's—Priest, 3; Fernandez,
St. Sohns Bluff—Not heard from.
ii.
; ]
(D* The meeting of the members of the sever
al Tippecanoe Clubs at the Cabin of Club No.
3; on Friday evening, was well attended.
The following Resolution woe unanimously
adopted::
Resolved, That the Tippecanoe Clubs of 8a.
vannah, make arrangements, for celebrating in a
becoming manner, our recent glorious victory in
Georgia.-
The Presidents of the several Clubs were ap*
pointed a committee to make the necessary ar
rangements and to carry the above resolution
into efieou The meeting was ably and eloquent
ly addressed by several of the members, after
which it adjourned.
THE HEALTH OF SAVANNAH.
We have jnat learned that a report is in circu
lation in the country, that we have yellow fever
now iu this city. The report is to absurd, as
hardly to merit contradiction. There is not a
single case of the kind in town, nor has there
been one so far os we hare heard.. The country
adjacent has been sickly, and people have flock
ed to town fur health from all directions. We
expect that these report* are made by persons un
friendly to Savannah. We shall endeavour to
trace them to their son roe and expose the authors.
KJ! Our wharves are nearly lme4j>4lh.lhipfli»MI.
Above ond "below our office, for along distance,
there Is one continuous line of meats, and spars,
and floating pennons.
Merchandize of all descriptions encumber the
wharves, a gt eat portion of it being intended for
the np country, via the Rail Road. Two hun
dred wagons are actively employed at the 122
mile station in removing it—and even this trans
portation i§ insufficient. The spacions store
houses of the Rail Road Company are full to
the brim efgooda to be forwarded. The autumn
business has seldom commenced so early we pre.
■umaaithe present year. Our city is still heal
thy, and visiters are returning from the colder
climates of the North by hundreds. We refer
our readers to the list of passengers and shipping
intelligence.
OGF We commend to the attention of onr rea
ders the very pretty ode published in our columns
this day. The fair writer seems to take strong
Southern grounds in relation to the use of the
veto power. There is a good deal of political
wisdom compressed into the lines touching this
subject.
It is indeed most farcical; the strong reliance
placed by the Van Buren party in this Slate on
the promise nf the Executive to veto any bill af
fecting tiie rights of the South. In the first place
we have no fears whatever, not the slightest shade
of apprehension that such a resort will become
necessary. Among all probabilities which oxi»t
in our time, we do not consider it at all probable
diet the efforts of the abolitionists are destined to
produce auy results. Thu gbuth has paid quite
too much attention to the ravings of these fana
tics. Let them write, talk, speak, hold " World’i
Conventions," and do what else they like. What
cares the South. We have really manifested too
much concern on this subject, and yet a great
part of this concern we ere convinced b only ap-
pa rent or ficticious, aa it. derives much -of its
sinned importance from the political fermentation
which now agitates os all. It b really almost
laughable to see the hot resolution with which
our opponents retnrn to the charge on tbe sub
ject of abolition. We occasionally rebut loose
and ill-founded assertions, because it is essential
ly necessary to correct error and oppose to the
fiibricatinn* uf partizann the weight of plain, hon
est facts. We know and have prflven again and
aguin,and if any ono is not satisfied we con prove
again, ami again, and again for the 500th time,
that Gen. Ws. Henry Harrison stands upon
infinitely stronger ground in relation to his sup
port of Southern rights than Mr. Van Buren,
whose votes in many instances are justly repre
hensible. The proof is abundantly plain end con
clusive and this matter ought to boat rest. Geor
gians, however; understand their rights. This
stump speech making is a great source of enligh
tenment, and of all moans of distributing politi
cal information, it is perhaps the best. Tho poo-
pie have more intelligence, we thank Heaven,
than has been dreamed of in the philosophy of
Albany Regency politicians. They have taken
up tbe examination of public ufiairs in sober
earnest, and are in geueral as welt acquainted
with the merits and demerits of the acts of an ob
sequious majority in Congress, aud the invasions
of the Executive upon their State Riohts (
possession of tho silken thread which loads the
desr people lit the way thoy want them to go.—
Tho miset(eolations and mistake* of there Van
Buren politicians are indsed surprising.
The consciences of aome man are of that char
acter to need* an occasional- winding up, aa
doss ■ clock or watch, which has run down. The
party in power, in the midst of its vicious revels,
have forgotten their obndlanee and accountability
to- the people. They have forgotten tlmt the
shining lights of the revolution are still belbro us,
and that the pure Anglo Saxon blood still courses
in America!* veins.
*' Wetheard the Star qf Empire taka Us way,"
AndHeaven bo thanked,we have not yet become
so degraded In tills " Time's niFcst Empire," ns to
bend the knee to despotic power, " that thrf/l may
follow fawning." We are the sons of brave sires,
oud there ore those among us yot who havo token
a part lathe War of the" Revolution.' Iu-short,
we are too* near the Revolution to be enslaved
Hy any man, or any politics, or any system of po
licy—nnd our political experimenters havo mis
taken n'generous, confiding, but proud ond spirit
ed people most egrngiously. That people are
about to wind up the consciences of tho office
holding gentry,, and we doubt not that ere this,
many of them havo made serious self-examina
tions. "
But to return to our subject. Wo say again—
It is astonishing to see the importance attached to
a Presidential veto of a supposed bill'interfering
with the rights of die 8outii. Aa though the
South were tn say to the President—" Our arms
ore tied, our old resolution slumbers-rour rights
ore-invaded. We beseeohyour Excelloticy to in
terpose the authority of yonr high station to pro*
teclus from these abolitionists. To your might—
to your power we look for security, for safety.
Vouchsafe to extend to us the aid you have prom
ised us, and in return wo need not say that your
Excellenoy may rely on us for our warmest our
undivided support."
We protest against this modern, reverential
respect of this veto power, os though our politi
cal-salvation depended on it alone oud not on
the hearts and heads and energies of the Amer
ican people.
God forbid' that the time should ever come—
when instead oflookiug to tiie wisdom of our
Representatives,we must implore tiie aid of an Ex
ecutive nghrann. Wtiy;such an appeal could on
ly be made too dpspot—andyet-thii experiment
ing President hoe frombte high station graciously
vouchsafed to anticipate anchan oppeal, and to
say to tbe South, by implication if not directly, I
lialiottiidleit ttiimo, tti4 will praduo. ftrtiolier
yowards than gleaning in en old Hubble field
through which Bulwer lire reap!. Tbe author
seems to be richly Itobued with the spirit ofthft
British daisies and poets, and yet his models are
taken from a fruity school. He should study the
naturalness of Charles Lamb, and laatn that a true
ond Interesting story may be written without en
Incident or n particle of dap trap. How little
machinery there ia In the etory of Baseless too?
The author had the same materials at his hands—
a whole chapter nbout tho simple tnnlden Sarah
Grattan, would be more interesting and instruc
tive too, than volumes about Bobly Gomroon and
tho counterfeiters. Our young writers ar*Y nil
•training too much for dramatic effect, forgetting
meanwhile that inch on end cannot be attained
while the etory la true to American lifo and na
ture.
The hook, upon the whole will repay a perusal;
the socond volume possesses considerable inter
est, and is almost wholly American.
It is for sale at Col. Williams.
Maine.—At the second trial,a Whig represen
tative was elected iu Madison and Cornwall; an
other in Athens district; another In Luhec and
Trescott; another in Cornville district; a V. B.
representative in Canton and Jay district; and nn-
other in Charleston district. There are still sev
eral representative districts where no choice has
been effected. There is a majority of Whigs in
both branches of the Legislature.
B7* Brigadier General Atkinson, U. 8. A. is
ordered to assume the command in Florida.
03* Cotton wns selling at Columbus on the
14th instant, at 8| cents.
It is a remarkable Tuct that the only publie offi
cer removed hy Andrew Jackson on the very first
day of his entering upon the discharge of his du
ties, (besides the heads of departments) was Gen.
William Henry. Haralson, Minister to Columbia.
State -Debt op Virginia.—Tho public debt
of tiie State of Virginia, according to the Norfolk
Beacon, is at the presont time $6,500,009, exclu
sive of its liabilities underacts authorising loans
for works of internal improvement, which amount
to $3,442,120 more.
From the Journal of Commerce.
Violation of the Sabbath.—Among the
mnny evils of political controversy, the violation#
of the Sabbath are not the least. Among the
violators of that day, we are sorry to say Mr.
Webster has rendered hiuiselfqnite looconspicu-
,, , c , e ous. It seems to us that the portion nf the com
will uio tho kin(ly power confided to in. for yotir U|IOII li>0 »th. pillar
protection—trust in me-4 am your man.
" In hoc slgno vlnces.”
We want not Mr. Van Buren’s veto—let him*
go to Kinderhook with his veto and his veto pow
er. When we come to ask the President to in
terpose his veto for tbo protection-of our slave
institutions, the times will be so infernally out of
joint as to be revolutionary. The time will have
come for us to shoulder our muskets and doff our
knapsacks, or at all events to be in complete reo^
diness to assert our own righto in onr own way.
Let us havo no more of this beautiful veto
power. The South can take care of herself.—
When the time comes to apply to the President's
power in this regard, it will be the moment for
Let us come bock onco more to tho pow
ers of Government, as ascertained by the Con
stitution—and reject the modern classification of
the Veto, Executive, Legislative and Judicial De
partments ofGQvornmcnt.
Howard Pinckney—a novel by the author of Clin
ton Bradshaw, East and ffest, fo. See. Sfc.
This is an American novel, by one who is now
somewhat a practised hand at the quill-sraft,and he
therefore will not expect the same indulgence at
our bands, which was meeted to him on two for'
and ground of our free institutions cannot
Hut read with great regret the following announce
ment of the Richmond Whig of Inst Monday.
"Mr W. arrived yesterday evening at 4 o'clock
in the cars fromFredericksbiirgh, and was receiv
ed with the demonstrations of popular respect
due to one of the great intellects of the age.
Hcwus escorted to his lodgings al thsPowhatlan
House by an immense mass of citizens and amidst
acclamations. He soon appeared at the balcony
arid bowed His thanks to the multitude, but declin
ed making an address from the fact of its being
ten
We have Bad occasion before ti> refer to' the'
course of this paper. We did not expect to have
to add that its course is silly and trifling as Well as
highly objectionable in otfibr respects. We refer
the above retnerks, from the Journal of Csai'
merce te our readers and beg leave to ask them
bow for it is just for that paper to attempt to con
vert a practice ittregard) to‘the Sabbath, as man*
festod by Mr. Webster, into'a disregard of that
day.
mor occasions.
He is now able to walk alone, and troth to say
launches right boldly into terra incognita. It must
be our unpleasant task to hail him as ho goes
along, and tell him of bis where-abouto which ho
seems to have forgotten.
The scene of the story is laid in Italy in part,
and to this, in a novel professing to be American,
we object most earnestly. The bravo and the
intriguant of the Italian, is any tiling but con
gruous with the plain and simple taste of us Re
publicans, and yet here is one of the chief female
characters represented as the daughter of an Ame
rican, born and brought np in Italy. Nor is this
all, two old servants of this female are first trans
planted from an American village to an Italian
sky—there married through the management of
the mistress—re-transplanted bock to America to
this same village; and when the mistress follows
flu inconstant lover to this side of the water, they
are found ready to pull the minor wires of the
machinery of the plot in tiie most approved fash
ion of the Italiau hero. This is «U in wretched
taste, and is the more remarkable in an author
who received so much indulgence on former oc
casions for his purely American stories. The
plot in a very meagre one indeed, and instead of
naturally developing the interest of the story nnd
the characters of tho dramatis persons, it re.
quires the constant and labored effortoof the au
thor through tho whole of the first volume to
patch up its deficionces, by throwing in a by-plot
of Bobly Gammon and Granny Gammon and
Peggy Gammon—the whole of which is gammon
from beginning to end. Thore is a manifest and
labored effort to defer the interest of thestory to
the socond volume, by spinning out these tedious
dialogues, between characters who are uninter
esting in themselves, and who have not yot excited
an interest from their connexion and associations
with tiie more dignified personages of the story,
This whole Italian fragment is moreover impro-
hubleand far-fetched. Nothing but tho most
tonishing succession of coincidences could ever
bring about the denouement of the plot, ond but for
this violence to nil probability it must hove run
on like two parallel lines forever, without touch
ing or coming to a point. Against such a color
trophe Heaven forefend.
There are some portions of this book, however,
which we do approve of—all tho episode relating
to Sarah Grattan Is very well done, and her char
actor is sketched with truth and power, while the
story of her old nurse, Agnes, is admirable in
deed—it Is full ofsimple and solemn pathoos. If
the author had never given any other evidence of
capacity for higher efforts than this—the portion
alluded to would afford it. Let him write then in
hi« own natural unadulterated vein of tho things
and men around him, and of his owu native land.
It is a far noble field than those of his new adven
tures, and one in which bo will not meet with
sueh rivals as in the other. When Cooper foiled
In stich a field, could he .hope to succeed? Let
To the Editors of the Republican
Gentlemen The following lines wore writ
ten on hearing the eheering intelligence of the
great Whig triumph which has been achieved’in
this State. They are sent to- you- for publication'
(it yon find them worthy a place in your columns)
and are respectfully dedicated te the Tippecanoe
Clubs of Savannah,
BY A LADY.
Io triamplie 1 it is done,
Shout I for the victory is woo;
Georgia stands free and disenthralled,
Her faith redeemed, her honor bright,
Her rights secured, while all appalled
Her foes grow pallid at tbe sight;
Her sons bad vowed they would bo free,
And such resolve is victory.
She is no recreant to the cause
That guards her altars and her laws.
Vainly corruption's thousand streams,
Fresh from their never failing source,
Witii bluer gibes and selfish schemes,
Essayed to check her onward course.
Forgetting petty strifes and fears,
Her country’s call aloue she bears.
ChivaVric Georgia, proud and high,
Hereafter be her destiny.
She bends no suppliant knee, to crave
That as a boon which is her rightt
She seeks no “ veto power,” to save
Her spotless shield from speck or blight.
Her rights, she knows, and can defend,
’Gainst open foe and treacherous friend.
The people's will throughout the land,
Who shall deny; or what withstand 1 <
Hark to tbe mighty West—her voice
Like that of many waters comes;
Exulting that a nation’s choice,
Is found amid her cabin homes.
And list, what shouts of triumph tel!,
How staunch New-England greets her well.
Whigs of the South, ye beaT a name,
Your fathers have made known to fame.
And in a no less holy cause,
Your armour ye have buckled on.
They—fought for liberty and laws;
You—to preserve what they have won.
Oh 1 thus may freemen conqner still,
By tho stern fiat of their will.
8avonnah,MbLlbth, 1840.
lEE-COUNTY.
ore«r m ,Kin i r„rl»&’»'
»*“: IMicUgo, of vita and «l» n 5,ro«
1 wit: on. nack.fo of “Exlru Olrb;,"
°L 0f «* «>• Sl«v« holjinl
by ihe Domocrnlic Momber, of Co?.
IBS ""<1 (incUxo of"Addro..c. m ih« poo.
o ld LSmn* ^ .f”? 1 that “ nW poporoi ore hi*,
f'.'tl.T'S® "! ,lielr ond land lombvoit
l t' 1 iIh rU "i, ll, L P' !0 P l0 - 10 deceive iho igni
MW<9 “'“boihj lionet votor, n.corrupiu
r " ) * n “blob theyciutnaiodi
, Court being unwilling to ponder in tho
tnoVoIViem. 0 ’^ I nrbo.inodoo
SYTH? h u Ul » ofnreoald JOHN FOR.
II litherelore ordered Unit the Sheriff of thh
eomity do take 111. Morcaid pop,?," ."g
Ihe hour, or ton end three thro Jay. ine fire toh
tuedo for that purpo.i , on tho publie renero
or eome ollior public and eminent pine.. iL, ho
burn ond consume tiro munn, utterly uid ami™.
foresaid John Forsyth, and tho same to he pub-
llshed in the Columbus Enquirer end Gaoraia
Messenger. 1
A true extract from the minutes, Oct 8.1840
A8HLEY PHILLIPS, Cik? U
From the Baltimore Patriot.
GEORGIA POLITICS.
The rapid strides with which Georgia has ad.
vanced to thefreaf national rescue have no parti
lei. It is but a few short months, since the ban.
ner of Harrison and Tyler wns there first unfurl,
od. Tho Savannah Republican for n time, ivu
the only declared advocate of the whig nomina
tion—nnd ridicule wns poured out upon it from
every polluted fount of Loco Focoim. The
Boston Post, was particularly distingnished on
the occnsioii in ita puny efforts. It even weut
to nfflrni with cutilidencK, that Georgia "could not
produce respectable whigs enough to make out an
electoral ticket/"
We have many other falsified predictions ema
nating from thin same source, trenijired it P ^ or i
future use ond reference. Georgia has long been
the theatre of very severe, nnd singularly marked
mlitical contests, a condensed view of which w«
terete annex, taken from the Salem, Moss. Ga
zette, authority to be relied om—
The first election of Governor by the peopls
was in 1825, when in th* memorable contest be
tween Troup and Clark, the former wns elected
by a majority of 683 votes, at which time there
were 40,000 votes polled. In 1827 John For
syth was elected without any regularly organized
opposition, two candidates of the opposite party
to Mr. F. having successively died after theirnom-
ination and before the election. These were
Matthew Talbot, and Col. Dnncan G. Campbell.
In 1629, Mr. Gilmer was elected overMnj. Craw
ford, both belonging to tbe Troop party, the
Clark men generally casting their votes In'favor
of Mr. Gilmer. In 1831 Wilson Lumpkin, the
entididnto of the Clark party, succeeded over Mr.
Gilmer by 1500 votes, and in 1833 the some gen
tleman ires nan in elected over Maj. Crawford by
2200 votes. In 1634 old party lines were pretty
much broken down; a number of tiie Troup petty
joining with the mass of tiie Clark party formed
what has since been known as tbe Union parly,
and sustained tho administration of Gen Jack-
son, while a smaller number of Clstk men joined
with the mass of tbe Troup party, and formed
what has since been formed the State Rights par
ty, which opposed that administration. The first
struggle under this new organization of partita
resulted in the success of the Union Congres
sional Ticket by 5000 majority, and a majori-
ly of about 80 in the Legislature. In 1835,
Governor Schley the candidateo the Union
party, beat Judge Dougherty 2500 votes, and the
rnrty hnd a majority of about 60 in the Legisla-
ure. In 1836, the Union ticket succeeded with
one exception for Congress, by an average mi-
ority of about 1000, and a majority of 40 in ths
£eg&!aturc. I." 1 837 the State Righto Candida!:
for Governor was elected by ahout 750 majority,
and the Union party had a majority of 30 in lbs
Legislature.—In 1838 the Union party had be
come decidedly the Van .Buren party, andihe
Stnto Righto party defeated tiipm by nn.avaw
majority of 1100; butui'l8397 ufe Van Buton par
ty elected a Governor and Legislature by 1827
majority. * •
ih,Ott.\ith, 1840.
a Elections.—It is with fecllnga ol
rutitudo to Him who ralaa tiie de
of the
stiny
4. • “u«nK '?*!■ 1'. *
Georgia EUctiom.—U ii with I
deepen: gratitude to Hint who ralei lire
of nationa, tlmt wo nnnaiinno the reonlt of the
Georgia Election..—Tho roturiu a, for a, ro
ceivodaro conclusive. The State will vote Tor
Gen. Harrioon. It io thus die clave holder., the
State Righto .lave holder, of Georgia, have an-
•wered tha caluumioua chargea of abolition in tho
Globe, and repeated through all ita affiliated
echoeo.
The reign of corruption ie at an end. The
de.potiini nf this adminiitration it overthrown.
The will of Ihe people ia reitored—the proscri
lion of party ia rebnlred/ Rejoice, oh ye peep
rejoice, end be glad; from the rising until tlieset-
ting.un, rejoice, and when ye gather your wive,
ana ynnrehtldren around tho dome.tic hearth, ro.
joice. Yea! when you kneel at the fhmilyat
ter, let your hearta be filled with gratitude, nnd
vour prayero bathe thunkogivingto Him who
hea preiorved you from lire dominion of wicked
men. Rejoice, oh ye men; he glad, oh ye wo
men, rndya little children; letyour .ongabeiongo
of joy ond gladneot, for the atrong man bath been
shorn of hi. otrength, aud tho opoilor Inuvt ceaoo
to oppreaeyou. Raioica therefore,ohyo people
ndletj “ -
From the Georgia (Macon) MeteCnger.
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD.
Vtn hnVe been informed by the Engineer of thit
work, that he hoe completed the final Ideation it
the rood to tills City. Theorem labor that liu
been expendod in lire exorainatibn. of the conn,
try between, the Oconee River end this ptace,
hn. remlted' in- the discovery of e route of more
favorable character than could have been' exp«-
ed in eo unriven a section ofconntry. The total
dialance from the City of Bavunnah to the 0c-
mulgee River by tjte route of the railroad, 14190,
milOa r and the distance 'of grading remaining to
be done is lore then 60 miles. The road i. now
in regular daily operation for a distance of 1*1
mile., aud aboutSOO waggons engaged in hauling
freight from tha depot to different porta of the
State.
The business Bar so fat during the prewnt
season, far exceeded that of the last, and ttwrs
appears now to be no room for a donbt of
entire successor the enterprise, and-tha invul*
ment of capital. . .
There appears to be A diversity of opinion
among our citizens relative to the question ot
crossing that river and establishing tiie depot on
this side, or terminating the road on the east side.
The Engineer informs us, that there are eqnsl
facilities for a favorable location of the depot
on either side of the river, and that lie has run
two lines to ennblo the company to decide on
whichever alternative mny be found most lor me
interest of all concerned We also learn from
him tho grading remaining to be done, wu pm*
bably be offered for contract within a few weoM-
As it probably will be interesting to many ov
our readers to learn the route by which, the raja
will enter the City, we would mentiwwat w
one first contemplated by the valley or Walnut
Creek, has been abandoned, ana another severs
miles below substituted. It now descend* to w
Ocmulgee valley, bv that of Boggy Branch,
crossos Walnut Creel: in the margin ofthe riy
er swatnp—passostotbo l«fr ofthelnrge W°un •
nnd branches just bolow Evans’ Brick yard--<>
line passing up, nnd parallel with the river,
the East side, abovo the bridge-the
ing the river, and ending at the footofCnefly
Street. '
The only New York paper thnt came to bxnl
ye.terday, we received from a panengor. Iteoe-
mined nothing but Tippecanoe moetinga, Hem-
eon victnriei, glory,gnu,andffinnoe;^™')'"'':
It io quite probable that: the Mall
morrow will bring nowa by the Preudeut.teire'
ship, which wea to wail on Uio lat inat.—CAarfc*
ton Patriot of Saturday Evening last.
The NcwTYork Times Mya:-“ 7®
charge an lettora conveyed m F.ngmna Y
Cunard fine of.teomars from thi. port. All
is needful to bo done, re to have themi lodged
tho Pool Office in Boston h«roro 10 “ c '°nflie«
the lat and I6lb of the month. The Port Ofil«
charge re one rent en each letter,
If letters ore sent by mall to Boston, by p ) •
postage they will be forwarded. ;
A genttemaueuteringthe room of eomeWon*
with! gloomy fitce, after havmgdtired with®M*!
mirel who wu not firareti.fo r m» J“'R “S d i n .
rnllledonhi.epnoaronoe, end ooked if ho tre
ed to hi. oau.rectiun. J No,' replied the
Pointed gtie.t, S rowlmgy ,^‘tlw admiral
vory good rca-lord, but
lora.'
•A gentl«ro»" .
1 on.whieh
r ope who .
• coiae,.
lliavinutrrv or Di.coktxnt,
had a board put up on a port of his lanu,
wn. written, "I will give' thi. field tow
ply wire, H otn.’'Then. die l* nU .
'whaf.de you wont of my naldl
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