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OCTOBER 20, 1840.
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Jttwt end iVc» AJvei Hituuntt, appear in both rapert.
fry Office at the corner of Bay ami Bull»streeta,over
V . Mr. J.B.Gaudry’s Store.
ty, but to judge ofMartin Van Buren and Goner*
ul Harrison by their farmer acta, which havo now
niatteraoPI
i of history.
SAY AWN AH.
TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 80, 1840.
From the Cincinnati Republican.
i fRENCHMEN—IRISHMEN—GF.RMANS—
NATURALIZED CITIZENS FROM THE
WHOLE WORLD!
Having given you in yesterday’* paper, adopt
ed fellow-citizens, a leaf from the past in regard
to the public nets of Wiilinui Henry Harmon,
we now propose to recur to the former life of
. Martin Van Buren. What has Mr. Van Buren
■ done, that should entitle him to your favorable
consideration? You will not be satisfied with
pledges, however ardent or earnest, which he. or
friends for him, mny choose to make note, upon
the eve of the election. You will try him by the
past.
< if - If yon will turn then for a moment to Holland's
■life of Van Buren, or oven Dawson's life, you
will find that President Van Boren is the avow-
ed and acknowledged author of nn address writ
ten in 1619,entitled “Considerations,” &c., the
express and sole object of which was to prevail
upon the Legislature of New York tore-elect to
the Senate of the United States Mr. Rufus King.
In that address, Mr. Van Buren urged every ar
gument which talent and political tnct could sug
gest, to carry thefelection or his particular friend.
Mr. King. Mr. Van Buren triumphed, and Mr.
King iras elected; and no one can pursue the his
tory of the election without the most convincing
evidence, that but for the active and able exertions
of Mr. Van Buren on that occasion, his warm
and intimate friend King never could have been
re-elected to the responsible office of United States
. ' Senator.
Well, we now appeal to all naturalized citi
zens, and'more particularly to generous, enthu
siastic aud wurui hearted Irishmen, if they know
the hjstory of this bosom friend and political ally,
Rufus King, whom Mr. Van Buren made Sen-
r ator of the United States. You have all heard
no doubt, of (what have been called) the days of
Black Cnckadeism, and Hartford Convention
Fedcn*!i«in. This Mr. Rufus King then was a
• wry high and distinguished Federalist. It is also
matter of history that iu the year of 1798, Mr. Ru
fus King was minister from and represented this
countiy at the court of King George.
We now ask every true Irishman to read the
Jbllftwitigextract from a letter addressed by the
late distinguished Thomas Addis Emmet to
Rufus King, and dated at New York, April
9th, 1837:
'• r Iii the summer of 1793, after the attempt of
the people or Ireland for their emancipation hud
been completely defeated; after every armed*
body bad been dispersed or surrendered, except
* a-few who bad taken refuse in the mountains Of
Wicklow; whiU&litahj tribunals, house burnings,
shooting, torture Find every kind of devastation were
desolating and overwhelming the defenceless inhabi
tants,somo of the State prisoners theu in ccnv
/L fiiienaent entered into a negotiation with the Irish
T^miffisters for effecting a general amnesty; and,
as an. inducement, offered, amongst other things,
not necessary to the examination of your con-
. duct, to emigrate to such country as might be a-
greed between them and the Government. #
“The offer was accepted, the bloody system
M,. was stopped for a dam, and was uot renewed
until after your interference, and after the British
* Ministry hud resolved opeulvto break its faith
with us.
ir,:* , “la the commencement of our negotiation,
; « Lord Castlereagh declared, as a reason for our
acceding to Government possessing a negative
" on our choice, dial it had no worse place in view
jfor our emigration than the United hlatcs of Amer
ica. We had made our election to go there, and
called upon him to have our agreement carried
into execution. In that difficulty, YOU, sir, OF*
! FERED EVERY EFFECTUAL. ASSIS
TANCE TO THE FAITHFULNESS OF
, THE BRITISH CABINET.
* "'On the 16th September Jlfr. Marsden, then Un-
. der Secretary, came to inform us that Mr. KING
HAD REMONSTRATED AGAINST OUR
BEING PERMITTED-TO EMIGRATE TO
AMERICA. This astonished us all. und Dr.
JBcNevan very plainly said that he considered it
arA TRICK BETWEEN MR. KING AND
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. This Mr.
• Marsden denied; and, mi being pressed to know
what reason Mr. King had for preventing us,who
were avowed republicans, from emigrating to A-
mericn, he significantly answered, “ PERHAPS
MR. KING DOES NOT DESIRE TO HAVE
REPUBLICANS IN AMERICA.” Y#>ur in
ference was then, sir, made a pretext of retaining
us for four years in custody, by which very exten
sive ami useful plans of settlement within these Stales
' were broken up.-—The misfortunes which you
brought upon the objects of your persecution
Were incalculable. ' Almost all of us waistedour
. four best years in prison. As to me, I vhould have
brought along* with me my father and his family
including a brother, whose name, perhaps, mu will
even rtud without emotions of symputhy mul respect.
Others nearly connected with me would have be
come partuere to my emigration. But all of them
had been torn from me. I have been prevented
-FROM SEEKING A BROTHER; FROM
- RECEIVING THE DYING BLESSINGS
OF FATHER, MOTHER, AND SISTER.
.AND FROM SOOTHING THEIR LAST
AGONIES BY MY CARES; AND SIR, BY
YOUR UNWARRANTABLE AND UN
FEELING INTERFERENCE. Tho step you
took was unauthorized by your own Govern
ment," &a.
Here then, at least, is conclusive proof what
tlte distinguished Emmet thought of tne services
of Mr. Kiug so far a* Irish emigrants were con
cerned. ' Nay—there can be no doubt, that Mr. Ru
fus King, Minister to GreatBrituin,d»d(loug pre
vious to his being a candidate for the U. S. 8eu-
* ate in 1819,) exert his utmost abilities to prevent the
oppressed sons of the “ Emerald Isle" from receiving
a welcome on these shores, und the franchise of free-
' men in their adopted country!—Audyet, with u full
’ knowledge of Mr. King's efforts, many years be
fore, to prevent the emigration of the down-trod-,
dan Irishman to this asylum for the oppressed of
'oil nations, Martin Van Buren is found in politi
cal association with Mr. King, is his warm and
Union oftlic Whigs for the sake
of. the Union.
NOMINATION
BY TffE.trmO If A TIOXAL. OOXVEXTIOX.
FOR president;
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
of Ohio.
FOR vice-president;
JOHN T YLER, of Virginian
For Electors qf President and lies-President.
GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethotpo.
Gon. DUNCAN L. CLINCH, or Camden.
Col. JOHN W. CAMPBELL. ofMuscogce.
Maj. JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark.
SEATON GRANTLAND, ofBaldwin.
Gen. ANDREW MILLER, of Cass.
Gen W W. EZZARD. ofDeKalb*.
C. B. STRONG, of Bibb’..
JOHN WHITEHEAD,orBhrko
Gen. E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
FIRST CUN'FROM THE KEY STONE I the lout possible effect, whon the motivo* of those
. STATE who inveh, cd it could not, ns I thought, fail to ba
We are »gre«»bty diuppolnlMit the Mpocl ohC
fairs inPonitsyivania* The returns thus far, show
a handsome gnin, and if the other counties do ••
well, we have 5 carried the State. Wo hud pro*
pared to bear the dying gnip of Van Burenlam,
faintly ahotiting Victory for Pennsylvonia, but
we fear even tista poor coneotation will be denied
to them. We can aporo them Pennsylvania,
as Old Tips majority!without that State, will cor-
tainlybe 144 Votes.
We give a statement of votes, n» fur ei heard
from, and although we are notout ofthe woods,
wo canuot refrain the expression ofour gratifica
tion at tho aspect presented to us. An estimate
was-made by the Whig pnpers before the elec
tion*, showing a • Harrison majority in the State
of 10,500 voles.. We give the result to show tho
correctness oftbotstatomeot
Estimates. Actual vote.
IF.. V. B. IF V. B.
Y ork country, 400 ta.. 600 m.
Lancaster, 40001 3902
Dauphin, 1000 - 750
Bucks. 200 300
Cumb. & Franklin, 650 • 600
Delaware, 700 * 053
If you vote with (he South,sold
a fiiind to Gen. lKnrrisoii, you
will destroy yourself.
“ That Is probable,’* he replied,
“but It Is better that I should de
stroy* myself than to destroy the
Constitution of my eouutry.—Wil
iam Henry Harrison.
Extract from Mr. Wfbater'n speech, delivered on the
Stli inst. at Richmond, Va.
Well, / mil say it again, and I wish you to re
member what I say. I will repeat it—and l wish
yon to tell it wherever you go—spread it al road
upon the wines of the wind, that I, Daniel Web
ster. here in the front ofthe Capital of Virginia—
iu the month 0/ October, 1^40-—vrM you October
sun shining upon me—in the midst >f thisassem-
bly—before the whole country—and with all the res
ponsibility that attaches to me—or to my name in
any way—declare that there is no poxcer either in
Congo 88 or the General Government, in the slighest
degree to interfere teiih the institution of Domestic
Slavery! [Tremendous cheering, and cries of
"That's two thousand votes for Harrison.']
Chester,
850
050
Montgomery,
500
468
Lebanon,
1000
960'
8400 noo
77)5 1058
1840.
1833.
W. F.F.
IV, L. P.
Philadelphia, co.
2558
• 795
Do. City,
7130 4031
7132 3152
York,
600m*
3920 4197
La nenster,
3902m.
3030m.
Dauphin,
750 '
830m.
Bucks,
300
406m
Cumb.&Franklin, 600
672
Delaware,
053
406m.
Chester,
650
344m.
Montgomery,
458
804
Lebauon,
960
655
148518247
6604 IP. m.
Nett Whig gain 18ff 3 votes !!!
Van Burett, maj. in 1838
15677 10926
4751 IP. m.
5496.
. very particular friend, and by his very active person
al exertions succeeds in a**-**-«a- j
'States Senate. Rufus
tin Van Buren, ai
gallant Emmet
tin *”**“ **■—’
ing him in the United
friend ofMoiv
lion ofthe
and M’ “
ufinosl
bosom friend to
Foreigners,
can judge from
efthe most sue-
olitical life,
ad support,
'or the sons of
at man, Martin Van
1 be their friend, when ho consorts with,
to office and sustains in power, those
Erin’s spresi
1 our adopter
William He
ireu in relation to
tereats, wo leave i| '
wo is most deservin',
. We caution yotf
e to find on happy 0!,
foryourchildre
100 GUNS FOR GEORGIA !
We understand that the Tippecanoe Clubs of
this city, intend to celebrate the recent glorious
victory in this State,in a manner becoming the oc
casion. On Thursday afternoon next, a proces
sion will be formed in Monument Square, at 3
o'clock precisely, which, preceded by a Band of
Music, will march to the Old Fort, at the Eastern
end of the Bay, where a salute cf ONE HUN
DRED GUNS will befired. The salute will com
mence simultaneously with the movement of the
procession. After which TWENTY-SIX AD
DITIONAL GUNS will be fired in honor of
the Federal Union. The procession will then
take up the line of inarch and proceed hack to
Monument Square, and there be dismissed. The
Marshals for the occasion, we learn, are Thomas
Bourse, G. W.Behx, Wm. Herb, J. C. Hue-
ter, and O. S. Burroughs, Esqrs.
The Whigs ofthis and the neighboring Coun
ties, and all who may happen to be in the city, are
respectfully invited to join in the celebration.
8honld the weather not he favorable on Thurs
day, the celebration will lake place the first fair
day alter.
TO ACTION! TO ACTION!! TO ACTION!!!
The State of Georgia has nobly sustained those
Representatives who have been true to her
cause. By a popular majority of about 4000 votes,
they have sent them forth* again to vindicate their
rights in the National Legislature. To the apos
tates from the true Slate Righto faith, they have
given such a rebuke oasuch men should receive
at the bauds of an indignant people. This rebuke
will be a caution to all renegades in future.—
That men, calling themselves State Rights men,
should swear allegiance to the arch enemy of
State Rights, Martut Van Burse, is prod igious,
ly strange. We trust that Messrs. Colquitt aud
Black, in particular, will write a history on po
litical heresy for the benefit ofthe State. They
are abundantly qualified for such a task, and we
shall be happy to receive tho “ document.” But
a serious word to our six Representatives in the
present Congress. The people of Georgia at a
time when every man has his intellects brightly
burnished, have placed the seal of their approba
tion on your conduct. The victories in other
States have been trifling, compared to the victory
in Georgia, whose generous sons have conferred
upon you again the high honorofprotectingtheir
interests in the American Congress. You have
all shewn yourselves equal to this task. You
have proved yourselves amid severe trials, the
true friends of Slate Rights and of the Constitu
tion, and nobly have you been rewarded foryour
adherence to honest political principles. There
is now n debt due from you to the State in re
turn for tUU generous' confidence. In whatever
counties you have appeared your influence has
been felt, and in some instances certain counties
have been almost revolutionised by the power of
truth. We are, however, surprised at our suc
cess, when we learn that the opposition have
made much greuto efforts iu some purtsof the up
country, than our own orators. With them, it is
true, the struggle has been a more desperate one,
and we know that you have all worked hard, but
there is still much to be done. We have gaiuud
so great a victory, that there is great danger of
our having too much confidence, and thus risk
ing a defeat. This risk demands incessant action.
Many inhabitants in this State have not had tho
truth laid before them, and they demand that this
truth be distributed in every possible way. At
this moment the whole State of New-York is cut
up into districts, in which political lectures are
held weekly. Such a plair, or a similar oue,
should be adopted in Georgia. Every thing should
be done understa^ingly, and we know that you
have acted understand!ugly,but there are still dis
tricts which you have not visited. The weather
is now improving. The campaign is not over—
tbe enemy is still in the field, and prepared for
another contest. We have a right to expect that
your voices will be raised till the very day of elec
tion. We make the same appeal to our other
three Representatives, who are good men aud
true—and to every State Rights orator in the
State, we say spend every day till the election in
action, action, action. We hope that the man
ly eloquence of Toom3s, of Wilkes, and the stir
ring appeals of Stevens, of Taliaferro, will stllj
be beard daily. We hope that Richmond, (i. e.
Jenkins, Crawford and Miller,) is still “in
From the Baltimore Pilot.
Pennsylvania is coming!!
GREAT WHIG GAIN IN THE KEY
STONE STATE.
Ten Counties heard from.
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTIONS.
The returns received are much moresatisfactory
than we anticipated. That Mr.lngersoll has been
elected by the introduction of foreign votes, & by
the excitement growing out ofthe rail road ques
tion, cannot be doubted. But we look to the re
turns from the interior. The gnin in York indi
rates n sober second thought ofthe people, and
may be considered as indicative of the sentiment
ofthe interior.
The Whig strength *is in the West. The Whig*
may now begin to “crow,” aud get ready to
throw up their hats for old Pennsylvania and
Ohio.
ernt conclusion, and to state tlte facts, over my
own name.
In a few words, then, all the extracts commu
nicated (Vom the tho Globe of tho 25th, 26th, and
28th nit* are,so far as they regard my opinions and
position upontthe subioctof abolition, entirely
untrue. It may ho well, however, to sny some*
tiling more.'
My father, Mr. Samuel Feaaeudeu, t>f this ci
ty, has for some years been an avowed nbolitiou*
1st, and was, I am told tho presiding officer at n
convention holden in Boston, in Mny Inst, which
has been sometimes called the “Ladiot' Abolition
Convention,” from the fact tlmt Indica were per*
milted to act in it as delegates and members —
Immediately after the election iu this district, the
Bay State Democrat designated me as tbe indi
vidual who presided ot that Convention. The
Boston Courier ut oneo contradicted this state
ment, and published, ill proof, tho following ex
tract of a letter written by tue on a former occa
sion:
“I am not, and nover have beon, a membor of
any abolition society, and havo made uo secret of
my unqualified want of confidence in the expedi
ency and heueficial effects of such associations.”
Notwithstanding this, the charge thus made was
reiterated in other administration prints; and,
though again contradicted thro* a personal friend
iu New York, has been circulated far and wide,
in the hope that some political capital might be
made of it. The Buy State Democrat has since
even gone so fur ns to assert thul I had given pledg
es to the abolitionists—that my father worked
night aud dAy to procure my election—and thaUa
placard was published here, on tho duy of elec
tion, containing the words "No Slavery in the Dis
trictAll these statements are unmitiguted false
hoods. No plcdgo was given or required—no
placard was issued or used—mid my.father wns
absent for more thun a week before and until
some daysufter tbe election, and took uo partiu
it whatever.
You can readily understand, from these facts,
the object and uim of those who orginnted and
those who havo propagated the story referred to.
Ilia enough for too to say that my opinion* upon
the siibiect ofabolition societies remain unchang
ed, and that no mnn can be more hostile to any
interference with “the compromises ofthe Con
stitution” than I tun. Justice compels me to add,
thnt so fur as I have known them, the Northern
abolitionists have always disclaimed any inlnntion
or desire to interfere with the slave States in the
management of their domestic institutions.
You will oblige me, sir, by stating, on any oc
casion that may seem to you a proper one, not
only tlmt I am nqt, and never wns, an abolitionist,
but that my positiou and views upon this subject
Imve always been well understood here, from Uie
fact of my undisguised difference upon this point
with* one whose opinions on most matters of im
portance I have always found it most safe and ad
vantageous to follow, and with whom any differ
ence of sentiment for feeling has always been
to me matter ofprofound regret.
I will only add that you are at liberty to make
such use ofthis communication os may seem ex
pedient to yourself.
Respectfully, youi obedient servant,
W. P. FESSENDEN.
AHm+aaaSSatidt MtSSsK-iKSs
•"■j" ln sommendtitlori orbl«Knlli\m bi>S|
Ho hod no motlva IbrlrodncingGon. H. In lBlil
wo. not then and no one Inuw tint ho ,«J
Kj“ We have received from New-Orleans, a
new Van Buren paper, published in French and
Spanish. We recommend the editors to send it
to the President—who in learning to tealkSpanish
might also wish to know how to talk Spanish.
The paper is called L'Avenie du Peuple—El
Por—Venir del POxblo.
1C?* A Democracy, is a government where the
majority governs. The majority of the citizens
of Georgia are about to give their votes in favour
of the Harrison Electoral Ticket. We wonder
whether the majority or a minority of the State
will be the democracy. If the minority are to
continue to be the entire democracy—why then
this is not the deroocnitio- rcjttbfican Govern
ment that it is cracked up to be.
' Kj* Ai a late Whig celebration in Medway.
Mass, a bevy of young ladies repaired to'the spot
in one of the large hay carts used in that part of
the countiy, singing songs and waving banners.
The democratic republican spirit of these Whig
girls at tbe North is worthy of all praise.
THE RESULT SO FAR.
Since the nomination of Harrison and Tyler,
tbo following States have “declared their inten
tions” to vote for that ticket
Maine
10 Kentucky
15
Vermont
7 Rhode Island
4
Connecticut
8 Delaware
3
Maryland
10 Virginia
23
North Carolina
15 Louisiana
5
Georgia
11 Indiana
9
1 nr- thefldd. u Wo hope that one or all ofthese gen
tlemen ore in Rabun or Franklin. To each and
every member of our parly we exy— 1 To Action !
To Action !! To Action !!! Rest not! slum
ber not ( Old Tippecanoe has fought well
for us—we must now;- well fob him.
Total 12 States, 120 Votos.
As 148 Electoral votes are necessary for 11
choice 28 more are wanting, and we will endeav
or to pick them up among the following States:
Massachusetts 14 New York 42
New Jersey 8 Michigan 3
Total 67.
Wo leave Ohio, Tennessee and other good
Whig states for the present.
O’ We publish to-day, a letter of Wm. Pitt
Fessenden, lately elected one of the Whig Mem
bers of Congress from Cumberland county,
Maine. Much talk is made about this gentle
man, because his father is an abolitionist. - We
shall enter into uo discussion on this subject—al
though we aro entitled to speak from good au
thority as to his sentiments. It can be easily
proved, on the authority of several gentlemen
now in this city, personally acquainted with Mr.
Fessenden.
1st. Thnt he is notan abolitionist, nor has lie
ever been one.
2d. That he lias ever been one of the most in
dependent supporters of Southern Rights in the
State of Maine. j. •
3d. That he has expressed himself, again and a-
gain, on this subject in public meetings iu Port
land, where, as in his county, his principles are
well knoivn.
4th. That neither his opponent, Albert Smith
nor nuy ofthe Van Buren candidates in Maino,
has ever dared to make this charge against him.
From the National Intelligencer.
THE MAINE ELECTION.
The following Letter, which sufficiently ex
plains itself, is an nulhoritive and effective rebuke
of the falsehood circulated by the agents of tbe
Administration concerning the grounds of the into
Whig triumph in the Cumberland Congression
al District, in Maine:
Portland, (Me.) Oct. 3,1840.
Dear Sir.—Yours ofthe 28th September, con
taining several extracts from the Globe touching
the recent election in this Congressional district,
was received this morning. Tim charge therein
made upon me of being nn abolitionist has before
met my eye in Administration papers from vari
ous parts of the country. It originated, I believe,
in the Bny State Democrat, wns thence copied
into the New York Era, and has since been in
dustriously circulated, notwithstanding its imme
diate conirndiction. I had resolved nutltogive
myself the trouble of personally denying the truth
ol n report well known here to he entirely un-
founded.believitig that to me it was of no individ
ual consequence, und thinking too highly of the
Southern markelto admit tho idea that such wares
could pass there, though manufactured OLpressly
r ' for that region, of country. .1 could not imagine
thatan artifice so stale andcballow would nave
0T A Convention of original Jackson men,
was held at Colnmbus, Ohio, on the 23d ult.
Their address refers to the one term principle,
which Gen. Jackson advocated in his annual mes
sage of 1831, where ho say,
“ I have heretofore recommended amendments
of4he Federal Constitution, giving the electiou
of President and Vice President to the people,
and limiting the service of the former to a single
term. So important do I consider these changes
in our fundamental law, that I cannot, in accord
ance with iny sense of duty, omit to press them
upon the consideration of 0 new Congress.”
General Jackson, in the face of his own recom
mendation, was not content with serving two
terms, blit nominated a successor, sworn to tread
tn his footsteps.
The address contains die following comprehen
sive remarks:
“Fellow-citizens, Van Buren calls himself a
Democrat—a Republican. His pnrtizaus call him
a Democrat. By the assumption of thi«*popnlar
name they expect the people to be enticed and
deluded, ns they have been in other things. They
promised us a reformation of abuses—we bcliv-
cd them and were deceived. They promised
us adherence to the one term priuciple—we be
lia-ved and were deceived—they promised c
diminution of expenses—we believed and were
deceived. They promised us prosperity—they
have given us ruin. They promised a better cur
rency—they have destroyed thnt we had. They
promised obedience to the will of tho people—
the will ofthe President has become tho law of
the land—tha thrice rejected Sub-Treasury
scheme is forced by Executive power upon
the reluctant people.—They promised adherence
to tho Jeffersonian rule of official appointment—
“is he honest, is he capable, is lie faithful to the
Constitution?”—they have substituted the slavish
criterion “will he slick to his party and obey
tile Captains and leaders?” They promised to
enforce a rigid accountability upon public officers
—they have exposed the public treasury to every
stealthy depredator who chose to sacrifice duty,
conscience and character upon tho shrine of
avarice. And after all those and manv more
proofs of their infidelity, they have tbe effrontery
to tell us Van Buren is a Democrat and expect
us to believe it.
iher ol
Uon tin
would be promoted ny uie vuueuu ai one or mo ana inr. ttiionie, yielding to tlin hotieiit Imn.'.i
other. Instances havo occurred in which catidl- of his heart, broke forth in the most oXtr™
dntos far office regularly nominated have IVom *- * ,r * vl
their supposed leaning to Abolitionism received
the suffrages of anti-slavery mem but this has hap- MU wllB
n.uerf on both lid... »i.d U boin Ijmori WM. would b B ^andldato Ibr the nio,U,oi,o|,b,o|t'
dentin th. hliWry of politic. III. notonou. known to ,mm. It wa, nt , uo h . timo.wWnhiS
tlmt tho .bnlltiimlit., n.» bndv, hnvo nouonfl- tl"tmvioioriMwern(Vchintlmrocolecilni.nX
dcnco in either tho whip or administration par- Rilchio n „d t (| 3 B |,n|„ "ouirtr^h.tdi. In?j
tie., l'hl. ia openly nod frequently e.preaaed the article extracted below. We boane.k
through their ptenrei end cwramem, nttdm entehatie ottention nr the render. 1
their nomination of candidates of their own for After censurliiff th« enitdiirt «r.
the Prcsidancy and Vice Presidency. We be-
lleve that after the speech of Mr. Clay last win
ter in the Senate, on tho subject of slavery, tho
great body of the abolitionists would have given
Mr. Van Buren their decided prefarrence had the
farmergeutlnnian been taken upas the rival can
didate; and we do not supposo they have been
materially conciliated by the nomination of Gen.
Harrison, since in tho event of the success of the
whigs,*tho doctrines of Mr. Cloy will he sanction*
od and incorporated in the new administration, of
which he must he the hireophant and symbol.
Asto raising the cry of nbolitionism far effect
at the south, wo must pause n little and inquire
wlmt that effect may bo, and whether honest men
and patriots can hnvo any bund in securing it.
We may throw odium upon our opponents, and
consolidate the south in support of Mr. Von Bn-
ren by such trickery. But is that the end of it?
Is that the ultimate effect? Is there no danger of
deepening and strengthening tho already too ap
parent jealousy botweoti the great northern and
southern sections of our beloved common coun
try? God knows we have perplexing elements
enough already iu our political proolams, the
grcnteBtof which is diversity without disunion—
and let us beware lest in attemping to conquer n
party we blow up the Union. Let it not he deem
ed impossible thnt the south ond north, now at
tempted to bo arrayed against each otlior as par
ties, may, ere long, come to be arrayed as nations,
separate, independent ond bitterly antagonis-
ticul.
We forbear all comments. We know of noth
ing we could say more forcible or more pungeut.
Of the extract from the proceeding* of the Maine
Legislature, in that very consistent print the Rich
mond Enquirer, we know little, as we havo not
tho means at hand to detect its errors.' We how
ever do say, that the statement that all who voted
ogainst the re-consideration of the resolution in
the Legislature are democrats, is not true. We
see the name of ono gentleman, Mr. Reed, of Lin
coln, whom we know tn be a sound Whig; and
very likely the whole document is as little true as
that part. We cannot say thnt the whole thing
is a forgery, but we verily believe it is something
akin to it. When itis remembered that numerous
VanBuren presses have been for the whole sea
son engaged either in circulating direct falsehoods
or garbled and mutilated speeches and writings
of their opponent*, we may well look upon the
paper referred to with suspicion and doubt. We
presume it will in a few days be proven to be a
false, malicious anJ hypocritical attack upon an
honoroble and highminded man.
The Georgian speaks of Mr. Fessenden as a
hypocrite ond deceitful man. We can tell that
print that Mr. F. is an honorable, whole soiiled
gentleman, who never descended to the at
tacks which have characterised the Vun Buren
papers, that in their abundant wisdom have seen
fit to assail him. Mr. F. is a man of irreproacha
ble moralsandagentleman whosehonor has never
been questioned, while his opponent has foryears
been the object of contempt in the community
whore he resides, as a shuffling, noisy dema
gogue ; a fit companion and associate for the im
maculate Dr. Duncan. Now even if all the proofs
which are offered against Mr. F. ore good, let us
look at the written declaration of his opponent,
and see how far he gqea'tn favor ofthe South:
“ No mnn in this community can be more de
cidedly opposed to sinvery in the abstract, or
more deeply desire tho freedom of tho whole ha
muli family limit myself. I would do us much ns
any other man, with the same means, legitimate
ly,'safely and constitutionally to accomplish this
object. I am moreover opposod unequivocally
to the admission of Texas as a constituent pnrt of
this Union, whether itcan be done constitutional
ly or not. Jam in favor, also, of the right of pe
tition of the citizens of the United States to Congress vertiser.
IN ITS BROADEST SENSE.” -
Relative to Mr. F’s. sentiments,we call the at
tention ofthe public to the letter of that gentlo-
man from theNationpl Intelligencer,as a triumph
ant refutation of tho calumnious attacks of the
Van Buren papers. We have no patience to
pursue this subject further. We know Mr. Fes
senden, mid we reiterate the assertion, that the
chatge against him of being an Abolitionist is ma
licious and without foundation.
We do not consider tbe Georgian responsible
for these misstatements, as it has evidently been
led into error by those papers of the party which
are conducted by political gamblori, who care
not what means they take to accomplish their
selfish purposes, and with whom the falsehoods
we have exposed originated.
Allot cciiRUting uotiiliict or.onio oflho A«J
VVilki "*- *
circumstances, they would have conquered]
Seek them where you will, you find them braiJ
heroic and enterprising. In the walls of Hatred
they were betrayed by a Hull. On the bn nil
of tho Raisin they snatched a laurel in spite!i
tho Improvidence of their General and the iiioui
which surrounded hem. Oik the heights J
Queenstown, they won even the appi™,. ofl
most ferocious enemy, At York ond t ort George]
tliov performed deeds which did them honor
and would have done more, if they had been ’
conded by the aotivlty of their leader. On
Thames, they were croxcntd with a brilliant tictm
because- they had a HARRISON to lead iheSj
Givo us officers but worthy ol these men, and!
no troops In tho world would be able to ud
qulsh them;
“Where ore we to meet with such a leader
By what qualification:! are we- to know him when
wo see him? He must not be merely bravo Ut
bold,enterprising; and decisive; always seeking u
opportunity to strike at his enemy. He must k
ns prudent ns he is bravo, always seeking far i»
formation to regulate tbe blow. lit mnn £
abstemious in his habits, not too nftich detutsdu
the pleasure of the table; but his*mind always
devoted to the exercise of the- arm*. He ton*
Imve an eagle's eye, forever on the watch.imnect
ing the condition of bis camp, and inducing eve.
ry responsible officer to attend to the discharge o
his duty. Sloth and indolence must flee from hi
presence. His officers respect and fear hit
while hi* men love ond respect him. He it w
bilious of fame, but hQ studies how best to deser
it. He is attached to arms: not so much becau
it is his business as his pleasure.
“ Ifany ono asks us where such a mnn is to l
met with, we answer to the best of our ubilitieij
the man who has washed away the disasters at
troit. who had every thing to collect for a nnc ras
paign, and who got every thing together; who wa
od through morasses and snows, ond surmnuntc
the most ? frightful climate' in the Union; the me
echo was neither to be daunted by disaster nor dif
cullies under any shave, by the skill of the civilize
or the barbarity of a savage foe; the man uho
won the hearts of the people by his spirit, the rt
sped ofbis officers by his zeaMlie love ol his arraj
by a participation of their hardships; tho tnti
who was finally triumphant over his enctm
Such a man is WILLIAM HENRY I1ARRI
SON!"
New-Jersey Election.—Our accounts froi
New Jersey received this morning, represent ou
friends to be in high spirits, and fully confident
carrying the State by largely increased Whi|
majorities. • The polling lias been very active
and in Newark no less than 1700 votes vreropollct
yesterday. To morrow morning wo flattei oar
selves to bo able to give some important result),
N. Y. Courier,
Cotton Crop.—Advices from all quarters infoi
us that this season will afford a shot crop. In
sects, nnff tbe coutinned rains have douu grt
damage. At this time, however, it is Impost
ble to decide whether the gross produce w
not be a full average, far no doubt the uunfa
of acres planted has been considerably incren*
The tendency of events for the la<t three years 1
been to turn the nttention,of the nation to 01
culture, and it will be several yeais longer!
faro the agricultural fever wiU have rcachedi
height. We expect that it will become a perfc
mania, like the commereiahnania of ]8344</x
*36. Then every bmty • wattled to beorme i
merchant. The result waN thnt the* arena o
commerce became too crowded, The compeii
lion for customers become so groat that ruinnu
credits were given to- injudicious persons. Tb
consequences the couutryghas been suffering fi
the pnsi three years. The tide is now seuinj
the other way, for such is the constitution e
humanity that every extreme has its Corn:.-;on
dent reaction. On this subject we pnrpn»e l
enlarge in a future number.—Apalachicola .Id
A Tall Business.—The 'Merchants Transcript
of yesterday, shows our exports during theta)
twelve months to havo been—
[communicated.]
We have read with surprise nn article in the
Georgian of Sunday, upon Abolitionism, with co
pious extracts from the Richmond Enquirer. We
do not notice this extraordinary effusion for the
purpose of entering into any controversy with
that print. We Imve no such ambition. But
we write for the purpose of disabusing the minds
of others, who muy givo credence to the misrep
resentations referred to. The Van Buren party
have been thunderstruck by the overwhelming
defeat they have lately met with in this State, and
nppear utterly unable to account for it. We can
assign one reason we think, und that i* the insane
course of the Richmond Enquirer and Globe on
the subject of Abolitionism. Were the disciples
of fanaticism to coins within our borders and
preach a crusade against slavery, wo apprehend
that we should have no more to- fear thnn from
the appeuls which have daily appeared in the col
umns of those papers. So the free, untrauielled
and intelligent Georgians of the interior think,
and acting under this conviction, huve bent all
their energies in the cause of truth, and to their
efforts are we indebted for Uie signal and glorious
triumph just achieved in this State. We propose
to exhibit a fact or two, and leave the subject to
thecommunity,wlio read and think for themselves.
It is well known, that the Assertion, that Wm.
Pitt Fessenden is an Abolitionist, or that he in
any way aids or favours the designs ofthe fanatics,
has been publicly pronounced in this city by that
gentleman’s friends as a deliberate falsehood, and
there are gentlemen in this city who know Mr.
Fessenden, who ore ready at all limes so to apeak.
On this subject, we we gve an extract from the
“ Sentinel" of Philadelphia, a Vau Buren pnper:
'William Pht Fessenden, Esq. mnmbor elector
Congress from Maine, is not, us we are inform
ed, and never has been an abolitioniat, but on the
coutrary haualvvays expressed Uitappatitinn to the
principles of that party.
We may as well take this occasion (osay that
we have not been nblo to perceive the truth ond
justice of the charge that the Whigs and Aboil-
tiou parties of the north' are identical-iu their
uims and efforts. Wo havo not seen the proof
KFCotton Cnop8.—The total cotton crop of
the United States for the year ending 30th Sep
tember, 1840, is 2,177,835 bales, an increase tin's
year over last ofS17,303 bale*, and showing the
largest cotton crop ever raised in the United
State*, by nearly 400,000 bales*
KJThe Registry of voters iu the city of New
York has closed. Tho whole number of vot
er* registered is 43,711. The greatest number
of votes ever polled in that city was 41,113.
KFTlie amount of flour exported from Que
bec this season, is 131,562 bbls. against 47,-127
bbls last season.
At Rochester flour had declined to $4; wheat
75 els; oats 22 a 25; corn 42 a 47.
TheConvention of original Jackson men whioh
assembled at Co'unibus, Ohio, on the 25thult.
passed a series of remarkably powerful and olo-
quent resolutions.—The last of tho series was as
follows;
RcsoMpTIml we recomi
citizenskT us
conflict—
1. Harrison—and one tei
2. Harrison—and reform!
3. Harrison—and retrenchment!
4. Harrison—and no corruption!
5. Harrison—and no interference by office
holders at election*.
9. Harrison—and no standing army!
7. Harrison—and no direct taxes !!
8. Harrison—and better times!
9. Harrison, Tyler, Corwin, and true democ
racy!!!
Only' hear Ritchie, of tbe Richmond En
quirer, now file vilifier of Harrison. Compare
hissentiments in 1814, when Harrison was npt
in the wey ofthe idol ofbis worship,with his senti
ments iu 1840:
From the Virginia Advocate,
HEAR HIM! HEAR HIM!! HEAR HIM!!!
General Harrison and T. Ritchie.
Wo return thanks to a friend in Philadel-
nmmend to oi
allying cry in
erffif 4 '' ™
-m!
fur fellow
this great
S hia, far sending us a number of the Daily
tundard containing an editorial from the Rich-
—. — — mond Enquirer,.written in 1814. At that day
that Abolitionists hkvc'nny special affinity for ei- Gen. Harrisofi was one of Mr. Ritchie’s greatest
968.702 bales
115,000 hhdi.
43,897 do.
486,872 bbls.
$000,000 lbs.
800,000 bushels.
320,000 quintals
Cotton,
Sugar, (conjectured)
Tobacco,
Flour,
Bacon and Pork,
Corn,
Lead,
These are only a random few of the artic
that we have sent abroad, and they do not proto
bly amount to more thnn the trifling anm oftir
millions of dollars! About eighteen tliwMi
ships ond twenty thousand steamboats wwobe*
employed in freighting this merchandize, anal
has brought, ns is computed, fifty thousand stm
gers and five millions of dollars to N. Orleau*.-
N. O. Picayune, 2d inst.
Mercy tempering Justice.—Lord Kenyon
once to try o woman for stealing in a dwellii
house to tne amount of forty shillings. At tn
time *uch a crime wa* punishuhlo with death.
It was her first offence, and tnuny extennahi
cifcumBtanres appeared in the course of the e'
donee. Lord Kenyon resolved to reenmlnsmljj
to mercy; but was, of course, compelled by t«
law to pns* sentence of death on her. She
ed away immediately, when he began : snow
beyond measure, the kind hearted judge era
out— 4 Good woman, good womnn; I don t n |e
to hang you! Will nobody tell her that I doi
mean to hang herl'—Laio and Lawyers
Commercial Journal*.
LATEST DATES.
From Liverpool, Sept. 19—From Havre,..
.Sept-
SAVANNAH EXPOETS, OCt. it
Porbrig Wm. To,lor, for Now Yorl-»l »•
Coin'll, 11 cn.ltiRice,30blidr. MoUimob,«fi*N
Sundries. _____
At Alexandria, 1 till inet., F,our n '“" ! “'.a*!
93a 105cI Eye00c, Cornt 50a SlotOa«,-5 1
AI Kll*OEHlcK»BUKa, (Va.) W ®, J
,4.60.5, Wheat90 a 05ciCorn «*.0.
27. Tim inspection! of blonr. ia the <1 «jJ j I
on tho 30th September, were blih, »“P ]
fine, ami 35tnlddlil'g.-—total 069".
^gjaasaaB.-^
market. The ™ c e'Pt price •“""‘".a,, ,t 15,1;
We note a .ale ‘
one per cent. A .ale ofSn.quehannn l'.nur . ^l
0™ln--Whe,tanrewithoutelmneo-'Ve iMt(|) i
to quote new Md. °nd Virginia r ^ parcebM
for fair tu prlmo parcel.. Sale , e j]t, .nd 0*1
tld Pennsylvania wheat tof-doy 1 / . ,
at 103 cents. . ,, .
We quote Md. white corn at 53
nt 3d a 53cent., Analo ol rcnn»,lrnm"'>
^Woquote Md. Rye at 53 d 57 cent., Md>»1
S8 p°"c’.loni—Tho demand for D f.“ j'ji'.nS)
and the trnne.ctlon. hare been, contue o
•mallparcel., nnnoipoll, •“CJ 11 )'™" .nd'At r r/l
ce» continue without ohnngo, however, • M
Hunt, at 12} to 13 coni, according e j" tj|
dllnpatlo to 10} cent.,end Shouldemeto co
nrttidriioil ofe’nle ofaoo b.rrt •