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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. A U G U S T A. TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 11. Fon PRESIDENT, IVILUAH HENRY HARRISON, Os Ohio f T he invincible Hero cf Tippecanoe—the incor ruptible Statesman—the in(lexilje.Republican—» the patriot Farmer of Ohio. . > TOR VICE-PRESIDENT, JOHN TYLER, Os Virginia; A Stale Rights Republican of the school of ’9B— —of Virginia’- noblest sons, and emphatically one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and patriotic statesmen. FOR ELECTORS CF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT, • GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe. DUN HAN L. CLINCH, of Camden. JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark. JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock. SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin. CHRISTOPHER B. STRONG, of Bibb. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee. EZEKIEL WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. ANDREW MILLER, of Cass. WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb. FOR CONGRESS, WILLIAM C. DAWSON, es Greene. E. A. NTS BET, of Bibb. J. C. ALFORD, of Troup. It. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham. T. B. KING, of Glynn. LOTT WARREN, of Sumpter. It. L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson. T. !•'. FOSTER, of Muscogee. J. A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam. Amos Kendall Again. The subjoined correspondence betwen Amos Kendall and Dr. Thomas Foster, of Walker county, in this Stale, is presented to the serious attention of the candid of all parties. It is of a similar nature to others upon the same subject, heretofore published, between the same late high Executive functionary and other Post Masters in the country; hut it presents the subject in a new light, and is therefore given to the public. This appeal on the part of Mr. Kendall, can not he misunderstood. Its language is plain and its object is clear. It is a direct call upon the Post Masters of the country, as Executive de pendants, to enlist under the banner of parly strife, anil to abuse their office for the promotion of him who wields the patronage of the govern ment. By the true and real republicans, who prize integrity of principle, and independence of thought, as the most essential requisites for faith lul public officers, this will be viewed as not one of the least alarming indications of the corrup. lions of the times, and one which calls loudly for the indignation of a free people. That it was made by the authority of Mr. Van Buren, no one can doubt who knows the relations which subsist between the late Post Master General and the President, and is certainly one of the most direct, open and daring attempts ever before made by an American Chief Magistrate, to control the elec tions cf the country by the influence of patro nage. But to aggravate its enormity, if possible, in addition to the principle which it recognizes, being in utter outrage of every republican feel in if, it appears to have been done in open viola tion of ilio laws and the regulations of the Post Office Department. This will be seen from the correspondence, which is as follows: Wasiunoton, May £B, 1840. My Dear Sir —l take the liberty to enclose you an Address and Prospectus for the Extra Globe, hoping that it may be compatible with your inclination and sense of duty, to use them for the purpose of procuring and returning sub scribers. If in that hope I should be disappoint ed, 1 solicit of you the personal favor to hand it over to sonic friend of the administration, who may be disposed to use it for that purpose. With great respect, >Vour friend, AMOS KENDALL. Pxa Vise T. 0., Walker Go., Ga., > July 9, 1840. 5 Dear Sir —On the third of this month, I had the honor to receive yours of the 28ih u It., ad dressed to mo as “P. M.,” enclosing an Address and Prospectus for the Extra Globe,”and where in you “hope lhat it may bo compatible with my inclination and sense of duly to use them for the purpose of procuring and returning subscribers.” How much soever I might beiuclined .o oblige you, I nevertheless find h "incompatible whh my sense of duty” to do so, in the present instance, it would be useless to say my “sense of duty/* as i'ost Master, points to the public interest, and not that of a party. But you will permit me to re mind you, that you have omitted paying the post age on your communication, which renders it necessary for me to return it to you. And for your information allow mo to call your attention to the following extract of the Post Office laws, sent to me last winter by the Department; “It is the practice of many to address their handbills to Post Masters, by which means they give them an extensive circulation, free of post age. This is an abuse which must be corrected. In every instance where you receive a communi cation, addressed to you as Post Msster, which is of a private character, and designed to promote private interest, with an evident intention of giv ing circulation to it without paying postage, you will return the same to the person who sent it, under a new envelope, with the charge cf letter postage endorsed.” Very respectfully', sir, Vour most ob’t. serv’t. T. FOSTER, P. M. Amos Kendall. Now who can mistake the object of Mr. Ken dall, or be so ignorant as not to understand the purport of his circular, which was doubtless sent to every Post Master in the United Stales? He is now the accredited official organ and mouth piece of Mr. Van Burcn, and Lheie are about 12 000 Post Masters who are dependent upon him lor office. Then what means this appeal "to their sense of duty?” Does it not betray a something which should arouse the honest indig nation of every freeman to whom it was address, ed? Have the public officers of this country lo come so degraded as to be called on, “ from a sense of duty," to exert themselves in behalf of their “liege lord!” But when Mr. Kendall ad dressed these circulars to the various Post Mas ters, he did it with a full knowledge of its being in direct violation of the rules of the department, which they, as sworn ofiicers, were in duty bound to support. For he had just retired from the head of lhat department, and had himself for warded to the Post Masters, the very law that he was so shamefully violating. What, then, could have been his opinion of these men, but that they would, from a sense of duty to Martin Van Burcn, for fear of removal, (as has been the case lately in Macon, Ga., and Knoxville, Tcnn.,) compromit ticir integrity, their honor, and the , obligation of theiroaths, by rendering themselves | - pliant tools and active menial servants of the man ' who controls their appointments! Verily man sometimes, “clothed with a little brief authority,” - attempts most daring deeds! This is truly an alarming crisis in the history of our affairs. It is a strife between the people and the President— beaten the success of popular rights and the " encroachments of royal prerogative, dtisacon ' test which no man has or could better described! lhau Mr. Van Burcn himself. In 1826, #ben in the Senate of the United States, be was ap pointed upon a committee to enquire into and re port upon the extent and abuse of Executive patronage. The following is part of the report of that committee: “The power of patronage, unless checked by 1 the vigorous interposition of Congress, must go on increasing, until federal influence will predo minate in elections, as completely as British influ , ence predominates in the elections of Scotland and Ireland, in rotten borough towns, and in the great naval stations of Portsmouth and Ply mouth.” Speaking of the number of officers appointed by the President, the report exclaims, “A formidable list indeed! Formidable in num bers, and still more so fiom the vast amount of money in their hands. The action of such a body of men, supposing them lo be animated by one spirit, must be tremendous in an election! And that they will he so animated, is a proposi 4ian. Iqq_ jjJam to need demonstration. Power man's support, has always been held and to be power over his will. The Presi dent has power over the support of all these of ficeholders, and they again have power over the support of debtor mercliants, lo the amount of ten millions of dollars per annum. The King of England,” says the same report, “is the foun tain of honor—the President of the United Slates is the source of patronage. He preside i over the entire system of federal appointments, jobs and contracts. He has power over the individu als who administer the system. He makes and unmakes them. Hip spirit will animate their actions in all elections to State and Federal offi ces. There may be some exceptions,” fas for the honor of the country many of the Post Mas ts lers have lately proven themselves to be,J “but , r the truth of the rule is proven by the exception! The intended check and control of the Senate, 8 without new constitutional or statutory provi a sions, will cease lo operate. Patronage will pen t, clratc this body, subdue its capacity of resistance, chain it to the car of power, and enable the Pre “ sident to rule as easily and much more sccurfly a with, than without, the nominal check of the v Senate. We must look forward to the time when the nomination of the President can carry any man through the Senate, and his recommendation l * through the Houses of Congress. When the d principle of public action will be public and e avowed —the President wants my vote and I want his patronage; 1 wilt vote as he wishes, and he unit give me the office I wish fur. What y will this be but the government of one man?— a And what is the government of one man but a monarchy?" ' B This was the language of Mr. Van Buren in j. 1826. How different i* his practice from lys . precept, by which he gained the confidence of B republicans, and in the betrayal of the principles of his then professions. Was scriptural prophe r cy ever-more truly fulfilled than his predictions s have been, by his own acts! Have we not al most arrived at the sequel of the crisis he so aptly j delineated! Has not the Senate long since yield -5 e <l “its capacity of resistance?” Does not the i nonunion of the President carry any man, evea ' a Swartwout and a Price through that body?*- And does not his bare recommendation ebrry any measure, even one twice rejecteAliOy the people, through both Houses of Oongfcss? XVhat has ellecled this but the patronage of the Presi dent! The principle which has lately been “openly avowed” and acted out. “The President ( wants my vote and I want bis patronage; I will B vote for the measure he wants, and he will give mo the office I wish for.” Has not the “formi dable list of office holders” been greatly increas ed, and all the millions ol the Treasury lately j been put under their control? And what is this r late attempt, on the part of Mr. Kendall, but a i covet order lo rally this “formidable list,” and to make “their action as tremendous,” in the ap • preaching election, as possible? Can the pdhUo. j be deceived? will republicans lie longer mislejby* professions? Did the King of his “fountain of honor,” ever use such dictation, or assume such ground with bis tire, in -endeavoring to control the election’s; . “oven in the rotten borough towns” of that coun j try, as thialatu move on the part of Mr. Van Bu ren? 5 . _ (D“I» accordance with the wishes of some of : our friends, we shall publish the Sub Treasury | Bill in tbe course of a few dsys. ■ Extract of a letter dated Raytown, Ga., August 3, 1840. [ Never have wo seen such manifestations of t dorp and settled political feeling as were ex hi fi led st the Harrison rfarbecue given at Raytown , on the Ist inst. It seemed as ti the whole coun • try had emptied itself into <ld Raytown. About i 2000 persons were on the ground, a procession ' was formed under the direction of Gen. Grier, and proceeded to the tables where they partook ol the Barbecue. The cloth being removed the ' audience was respectively addressed by Col. ; Sayre, Col. ( tumble, Col. Foster, Col. Johnson, s Capt. Tombs, and Capt. Smyth, in answer Co ■ calls. The speeches were replete with argument, ( with facts and thrilling denunciations of the poli t cy of the present administration, and the most r eloquent appeals in favor of Harrison and Reform. It would be vain forme to attempt a description of the enthusiasm which pervaded the meeting— owing to the inclemency of the weather the toasts that were prepared for (he occasion were not given. Tue Boundary Commission. —The Augusta Age says that Frofessor Clcaveland lias declined his appointment as one of of the commissioners, on account of his feeble health. It is added that the commissioners were to meet at Portland on the 7th, lo commence their journey. The Age says:— We understand that the commission will di • vide itself into three parties; one to proceed from’ the head waters of either the Connecticut or Ken nebec, northea.-terly along the highlands; anoth er to commence at the Bay of Chaleurs, «nd pro ceed sou.h westerly toward tbe first party ; and - f the third party lo start from the monument at Mars Kill, and proceed northerly lo the highlands, and also westerly along the highlands alleged to exist, aiid claimed by the British Government to ; be the true treaty highlands. In this way a per , feet ana accurate survey of the whole ground I will he cflectcd, and our government put in pos session ot ail the facts, necessary to meet the new ! argument now made by Great Britain. , The receipts of the Treasury from January Ist | to July Ist, exclusive of Treasury notes amoun ted to 88,660,000. The expenditures for the 1 same period were $13,549,307. The probable i deficiency is estimated by the Secretary at $6,150,- 009, and yet the appropriations did not exceed 1 the estimates more than $300,000. What a pros pect is this for a nation that boasted four years ago of a surplus of4o millions!— Madisonian. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12. Alabama Electron. According to the returns published in tbe Mont gomery Log Cabin, of the Sth, the Whigs have elected 35 Representatives certain, and a report of the election of 3 in Pickens, and 2 in Marengo., Makiosjn siP4oWtug-4(rpaxsenUtives, we ex pect to-tjlrfy In. ' J 1 ; * ** iHT-. «.v< 2 - -.-2 ' vHpSMßgiyc jnemtecs in the House of 4tev|eaqrtatives. 4||pe House consists of 100 members. According, to tbe above statement we only want four mem bers to give us the majority of the House of Rep feser.tatires of Alabama. For this four, we" have a chance for lin Washington, .3 in Lawrence, 2in Franklin, and perhaps lin Lauderdale. There are also some other counties to be heard from, in which we may get one or two members. The Senate will be very nearly divided. The majority will be perhaps two or three in favor of the Adminis tration. The Alabama Times says:—“As the matter now stands, the Whigs have gain»fin the‘House,’ 1 member in Lowndes, 1 in Autauga, 1 in Butler, 1 in Tyscaloosa, 3 in Pickens, 2 in Bibb, 2 in Mo bile, 1 in Baldwin, 1 in Shelby, 1 in Perry, 1 in Pike, 1 in Chambers, and 1 in Barbour, Whig gain as far as heard from, 17 members.—We have jost one in Talladega. It is now thought that the Whigs have carried the Legislature by a decided majority. If true, it is indeed cheering^«We are almost ready ts cry out »Ip triumphs!’ but we will wait till we get out of the woods.” North Carolina Elections—For Governor. Moorehead (W.) Saunders (Adra.) Washington, 379 96 Beaufort, 846 363 Edgecombe, 11l 1298 Nash. 73 782 Franklin, 383 636 Warren, 88 705 Granville, 873 760 Wayne, 00 512 maj. Pitt 625 519 Halifax, 622 446 A slip from the office oLthe Halifax Advocate of the Sth, gives us the return from that county, and also stales that Northampton has given a Whig ma. jority for tjovernor. A. Whig Senator and two Commoners are also elected—one of the latter a whig gain. * In Hyde, two districts not heard from—the whig ticket ahead, so far. The Philadelphia Inquirer says : “We learn t hat the U. S. Bank has already paid a very con sidcrable portion of the debt about to become due from that Institution to the United States.” From the Alabatna Times. Another “President Mum.” Some time since, a committee of the citizens of Perry Co. in Ibis State, addressed to Mr. Van Buren a letter, of which the following is a copy : Marion, Perry Co., Ala., Jane 20,1840. To Martin Van Buren, President of the U. Stales. Dear Sir—From the promptness and candor with which you have answered certain inquiries propounded to you by the Democratic Central Committee of Kentucky, in your letter of reply to lhat Committee, dated Washington, April 21, 1840, respectfully to address you thefollmrtng additional questions; x&Sßnioyoa regard the instifDtisn of Slavery as ’ it exists in the southern States of this Union, as a moral or political evil ? 2d. Do you admit lhat Congress have stilulional power to refuse any territory now be longing to the United States, or which may heie afier belong to them, the rieht to be received into the Union without making tbe abolition of slavery a prerequisite to admission 7 These questions are deemed proper for your consideration, at the present time, when the peace and safely and the very existence of the South are disturbed by that fanatical association, which you so justly denounced. Respectfully yours, &c, Joseph Pickens, D. Long, " James .4. Home. J. R. Webster, Joji n Oswald, Jno. F. Thompson, H. C Lea, Levi Langdon. Hugh Lewis, Fifty days have elasped and no answer has been received. The citizens of Amelia Co., Va., addressed a similar letter many months ago to Mr-Van Buren, and Dave never received an an swer yet his friends tell us that be never fails to answer Abe enquiries of the people. The k ’£tS|ELtaL9HkK>sed are short ar.d would have rc slip of the pen for answer—but they ar«fff%nanLKith interest to the South, and Mr. StWdUfut-dire refusal to answer (judging from his previous course on the subject) we believe pro ceeds from his inability to answer them satisfac torily. From the Alabama Times. Our readers may have been somewhat startled at an account of the “Horrid Blasphemy” -which was said lo have occurred at a log cabin raisin» in New Holland, Ohio, where the sanctity of the Eucharist was profaned and made a mockery of by administering it in hard cider and in the name of “Old Tip.” This report has gone the rounds of the administration papers, Abhorrent and re volting as it is to every principle of decency, they have assumed its truth without the slightest evi dence but mere rumor, and have published it throughout the length and breadth of the land. From the first, we were satisfied that this report was a vile slander on the Whig party, and we now give the contradiction from the pen of a Van Burcn man- We annex the correspondence of Mr. Weaver of Huntsville, of this State, and Mr. Ferguson of New Holland, Ohio. Hunts ille, July 20, 1840. Mr. Editor: When the scandalous repoit that a Sacrament had been administered by the Whigs of Ohio, was so briskly circulated by some of the very officious dcmociats of tb s place, I had no faith in it, for I could not concieve of any set of men so debased as to offer such an insult to Him who instituted and first administered that holy or dinance. Convinced that it was utterly untrue, and wicked in its inception. I wrote lo the Post master of New Holland, to obtain from him the truth. His answer I herewith enclose to you. Belonging to the'Van Buren party, his testimony will not, I suppose, be objected to by Van Buren men. A wish to counteract the effects of a false and kicked report will constitute my apology for ad dressing you this note. Vc-y respectfully yours. J. H. L. WEAVER. New- Holland, July 9. 1840. Mr. J. H. L. Weaver—Sir: Yours of the 26th June last is now before me, in which you w:sh me to give you a full detail of the Sacrament re ported to Jiavjß been administered in this village.. Owing to tlie hundreds of letters addressed lo me on this subject, and not being aide to answer all, I will only give you a short sketch of the repdrt. On the day the Sacrament was said to be admin istered there wa*» Jojf cabin raising in this place. ■ Tltpre being a.majnrily of Whigs in this County, there was about 1200 persons present, and in-that number about 300 democrats. There was a good deal of excitement on both sides, in which both parties published the proceedings of the day. The whigs had parched corn and hard cider at the raising, and there was one of our party, a strong democrat, said it looked like worshipping Gen. Harrison,and that I,e intended to have it published in the form of a S acrament —it will bo a go id joke on tbe whigs—and accordingly on the following week had it published in the Cir cleviile Watchman. It has since been refuted satisfactorily, and proved not to be so, by bolh parties. I would just say lhat the charge is alto gether false lo my own certain knowledge. You may if you choose have it refuted in some of your public papeis. Igo for having the truth told on bolh sides. We need not make use of any unfair means to elect Mr. Van Buren. There is ——————i——ren nothing more certain than his being our next Pres ident—log cabins and hard cider go to strength en our cause. Ohio will not give Gen. Harrison more than 5000 majority, one of the strongest whig States in the! Union. Very truly yours, N. R. FERGUSON. . From theSatannah Georgian. ■Foot Holmes,(e.f.) July 31.—The Indians have apparently gene south, perhaps to plant a new crop as it is kot-vn that the recent operations •of the 2d Infantry ladder Cat. Riley, were of sui h ■V energetic ntteMas-to prevent them from pla ting. The samraeTycSftts have <■> mnse plantation’s ot corn, peas, beans, &c. all elf edveh must-heartily felt by the enemy, as up on them he eyidentlybhilt his hopes of another winter fight. The troops in East Florida are now arranged upon a line commenting at NensSmyrna on the Atlantic, andextc*n3hg to Fort Fanning, Suwannee. Nearly all the posts North of line have been abandoned. A daring murder was v committed on the 12th inst. at the hammock of Cow Creek, near Fort White. Zeigler and Corp’l Sweatnim of Company B. 2d Inf. were returning from Fort White to Fort Brady, . the Sergeant, mounted, and the Corp’l on foot. At , the place before.mentioned, they were fired upon by a party of 2 , Indians. The Corporal uu ’ doubtedly was immediately killed, but the ser geant it would appear, tbo’ badly wounded, fought i until knocked down by superior numbers. The , bodies of both soldiers were horribly mutilated, ' and in a manner too revolting' for publication. After the murder, the Indians blazed a tree, where ' they painted , the figure of an Indian, under I which they made twenty one marks indicative of > their number. Against the tree they placed an > iron pointed in the blood of their victims. The next <l»y they were a party of 25 merronder Capt. J. R. Snfctb,* out to no purpose. On the 16th inst. a party of 5 dra ’ goons returning from Pilatka to Fort King, were I fired upon by a large party of Indians concealed in a hammock four miles beyond this post; two men were wounded, one of them dropped from bis horse, and for Bte credit of his companions, be it mentioned, they stopped (although the In dians were hot on the pursuit, and manifesting their desire for blood by loud yelling,) and re placed their comrade m the saddle. The whole party succeeded in getting off. The officer, who pursued this party, says they were evidently the f same persons who killed Serg, Zeigler, as he 1 found their trail leading from Cow Creek. A Picture or I.oco Focoism.—ln 1837, 0 when Locofocoisot first sprung up in New York, 1 the Albany Argus, the leading Van Buren paper in (hat State condemned it in the following strong g language: ‘•No portion of the Republicans of this county or State, we trust,entertain any feelings in com i raon with the distinctive views of that faction, originating in the city of New York, KNOWN AS THE LOCO FOCOS, and of which we have e a small number in this county; that tve regard their doct reins principles as utterly abhor rent to all principle REPUBLICANISM on MORALITY and of the goad order of Society, and at war with the safety of our civil and religi f oils institutions; and that any attempts by ANY n PARTY to court their favor or support fur any : purpose whatever, we are satisfied would and SHOULD produffi DEFEAT and DISGRACE. She Richmonqxlnquircr, on the slh of Decem ber 1837, in alluding to Locofocoism, also said : r “ The Loco Foes destructives constitute no s part of the Republican party—they are the I rabble followers of the camp —they belong not to } the main a>my. They are the FLOATING , SCUM, which now adheres to one mass, and i then to another—just as we have seen it in the city of New York, and it is in vain to appeal to s their movements as indicative of those of the s Regular Troops! /” Hare we have portraits of Loco Focoism, drawn ■ by two master bands—portraits which the Van • Buren men must admit are faithfully drawn, - emanating as they do from their own papers. > Tne only difference now is that these “rabblefol t lowers of the have become the “regular troops," and both the Argus and Enquirer, have r abandoned the Republican party, and like Mr. ’ Van Buren, embraced Locofocoism,—and “de ‘ feat ” ana “disgrace" unquestionably awaits them, i _ Political Fits.—Wc have heard of poli tical fits of all descriptions, hut never before of one precisely like that which recently seized a Loco Foco of South Hamton, in this Slate, who petitioned our legislature at its late session for a change of name.*—The following is the Act, as published in thelkst Patriot; i Be it enacted Djf the Senate and House ofßep , resentatives in General Court convened , That > * * * Harrison Fitts of South - Hamton may take the name of Andrew Jackson i Fitts. i In good time Mr. Andrew Jackson Fitts will, ■ no doubt, favor the world with a likely progeny ' of Van Buren Fitts, Benton Fitts, Kendall Fitts, . and other Loco Foco Fitts. We hope the ybng i Fittses will never be frightened into fits as those ■ which recently set Amose’s babies blubbering at ■ the prospect dMMd Tip’s elactioa. Fitts ‘naci tur non fit.’ — Claremont Eagle. Important Letter from Gov Kinney I or Illinois. i Mount Pleasant, (III.) July 10,1840. • Dr. A. G. Henry, Chairman of the Whig Cen tral Committee of Illinois. Dear Sib: Your letter of the 6th ultimo ; which you have done me the honor to address to me on the part of the Central Committee has this moment come to and I regret that I am so indisposed (having been confined to my room for three weeks with a fever) that I shall be compell ed, in part, to answer your several inquiries by referring to a portion of my recent publications, which I think, will fully answer your first inter rogatory. [* You ask me, it in yielding my support to Gen. Haukison lor the Presidency. I have here deser ted any of the democratic principles which I have heretofore advocated 1 I answer unhesitatingly that I have not. And, as an evidence of it, I be"- leave to refer Jou to ray letter addressed to the Hon. A. W. Sender, at hisiequest; which let ter was published in the Madisonian, Back woodsman, State Register, and other papers; and I would thank the editors of those papers to re publish the letter, as it will show the People what my views were upon the suh-Trcasury scheme many year ago. In the letter referred to, I expressed no decided opposition to the present ruinous sub-Treasury system, whAi is now look ed upon as a threatening storm, which will deso late and lay waste our trade and commerce, and bring our People to poverty and want. I still continue to advocate the original prin ciples which General Jackson avowed, and which Mr. Van. Buren promised to carry out; and in view of which promise, I warmly supported his election to the Presidency. Bui Mr. Van Buren ha* himself abandoned those Oiiginal measures of General Jackson by thrice urging upon the Peo ple the sub-Treasury system, which the People, through their immediate Representatives have thrice, rejected. When he first recommended the . adoption of the present sub-Treasury system he promised to go "in accordance with the wishes of the People.” He has failed to do so. I there fore am compelled, from a sense of duty to my self and my country, to say that I cannot, under any circumstances, be induced to yiel] him my support, at least, not until I can support him on principle. When General Jackson retired from office he left the Government in a more prosperous, in dependent, and happy situation than any other nation on earth, and what, let me ask, is the con dition of the country now 1 Let every true lover of this countiy, every true Republican, reflect upon the situation we are now placed in.—Let them also remember that in all countries where the sub Treasury is in operation the laboring class remain in poverty, without any hope of bettering their condition—-the rich daily growing richer upon the labor of the poor, and are in consequence enabled to support mon archy, priestcraft, and aristocracy, which when connected together, area trinity of articles which no country has yet been able to compete with ; and the warfare against which has cost money and blood enough to make every reflecting per- son cry out, in the language of the prophet, “Oh j. that my head were waters, and my eyes a foun- I tain of tears, that I might weep over” the misery - and suffering in store for the People of this na- fin lion. of A standing Army must be connected with this cu abominable scheme; and notwithstanding Wasjt mgton, Jefferson, and all their successors ire ahg_ Presidenfial chair down to Mr. Van Buren, ,*V recommend a small number rs troops in time ofc peace, yefwe find that the present Ext&mye, , ac through the Secretary of War, has recon£fldbded< ne raising an army of 200,000 men, one-ha Jkv under pay, and the remainder ready IrfJae service at a moment s warning. t w The power which such an army would the President, both physical and political, evident to every rellecliijg man. They are called militia, instead ot -regularst fcr the of securing to them the right of voting, which is* H not allowed to regular troops; thus placing under fl the control of the President 200,000 voters, to be used as may best suit bis interest. And should '-Jhe at any time be disposed to place a crown upon bts"head, be would have at bis command 200,000 cc bayonets. - Vl These are some of the principal consideration* that have induced me to pledge myself to support Gen. Wm. H. Haiirison; and I would appeal at j,; this time to the original Jacksonian Democrats with whom I have acted in good faith, to say whether Mr. Van Buren did not ride into office * c on the wings of Gen. Jackson’s popularity! And " I would ask them also, if they did net vote for ai Mr. Van Buren because he promised to carry out ,j the great democratic principles ofGen. Jackson’s t| first administration! lam free to acknowledge that I did. 2 In the second place, as you ask me if the Re- v publication party with which I acted in 1812 and k 1813 constitutes any portion of that party which ji supported Mr. Clinton in opposition to Mr. Mad- t ison ! In answer, I say it did not. De Witt Clinton party were generally known, and always termed in those days, “theAnti-War Fed- J eral parly.” They supported Mr. Clinton be cause be was a rank Federalist, and an uncom promising opponent of the war. It was on that ground I myself opposed him, believing then as I do now, that bis election would have proved ru inous to the liberties of the People. 1 hat Mr. 1 Van Buren then supported De Witt Clinton is ( matter of history that will not be denied. In conclusion, I would affectionately appeal to ( the old Jacksonian Democrats to come out bold- I ly and fearlessly in favor of their original princi- ( pies, and their own pecuniary interest. Go to j the polls and cast your votes for the Old Hero of the West —the man who fought the battles of 1 your country, snd to whom you are indebted, in i a great measure, for your present quiet homes, | and the liberty and freedom which we now en joy. I have the honor to remain your humble servant, WILLIAM KINNEY. From the Cincinnati Chronicle. The Truth of History. A fact in the life of his Excellency, Martin Fan Buren. At a recent meeting of the Whig members of the New York General Assembly, approving the nomination of General Harrison, the following remarks were a part of those made by Mr. Sibley a member from Monroe county. The fact he states only illustrates the general one, that Mr. Van Buren, like Si. Robert Walpole, has during bis whole political life, believed and acted upon the principles of corruption. Openly and above board did his parlizan, Marcy, avow it in respect to public offices; but the manner in which Mr. Van Buren acted it out in pecuniary transactions rs not sulficently well known. In New York they know him, but elsewhere the truth seems in credible. “Mr. Chairman—lt was a remark of the father of his country, that there was an “indissoluble union between a magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of a public prosperity and felicity.” But sir, wc have low plotting selfishness when wc ought to have a magnanimity, and the humi lating spectacle before our eyes of a President of the United Stales courting the low leveller, and actually buying support where it was not to be had tor sawing or finitely. When Mr. Van. Huren was a candidate for Governor of this State there was a priming estab lishment in the county where I reside, (Monroe) which it was found could he subsidized for twelve hundred dollars, A few of the faithful made a note for the amount —Martin Van Buren endors ed it and caused it to be d scounted at a monied corporation in this city for fifteen months, when no others could get paper discounted by the same corporation which nad half that peiiod to run! The orthodoxy of tradingon borrowed capital had not then been denied. The money was paid to the old federalists who owned the establishment, and the paper went over body and soul to the support ot Van Buren. He has since appointed one of the signers of this note. Collector of the port of Genuesee, and another of them Post master of the city of Rochester! Having succeeded in obtaining his election by this “fair business transaction,” he came out in bis message a few days after, (like the culprit who breaks out of his cell, and cries “atop thief,” ; to conceal his identity.) and ex pressed a hope that ' some measures might be adopted to prevent the distribution of money previous to elections; as he thought it had a tendency, to corrupt the peo- i pie in their “primary assemblies.” It is necess ary, Mr. Chairman, to state these facts in relation to our “favoriteson,” to prevent hint from passing himself off upon distant States, like a counterfeit bill, for more than he is worth. Here, where we know him so well, sir, there is no danger from ' his future exertions, but Van Buren, like Dun lap’s pictuie of “Death on a pale horse,” looks ] best at a distance. In placing sueh a man at the head of the Gov- ] eminent, New York like our mother Eve, has ' been first in the transgression. Here, in this city, sir, the first vile plottings against the interests of the country were concocted, and the overt act j which has consummated their destruction has been committed at Washington. But, sir, the * measure of their iniquities is full—the people will * bear no more—New York will make an ample ' atonement at the negt election—the pitcher has 1 been sent to the well for the last time.” 1 A pompous call for a meeting to celebrate the 1 passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill, as “:he second 1 declaration of independence,” having been issued 1 in Ohio, some wag very properly added the fol- lowing: ’ t Names of tiif. Signers of the new Decla ration of Independence, Names. Residence. Defalcation. * Sami Swartwout, N. York, $1,225,705 69 I Wm M Price, “ 75,000 00 1 A S Thurston, Key West, Fa. 2,882 15 1 G W Green, Mobile, Ala. 11,173 48 f I T Cranby, Crawfordville, la. 39.031 31 f A M'Carty, Indianapolis, la. 1.308 92 * B F Edwards, Edwardsvilie, 111. 3,315 76 > WL D Ewing Vandalia, 111. 16,754 29 o John Hays, Jackson, Miss. 1,386 18 •' W M Green, Palmyra, Miss. 2,312 19 v B S Chambers, Little Rock, Ark. 2,149 23 v DI, Dodd, Opelousas, La. 27,130 57 t A R Rogers, “ 6,624 87 s J Canton, N. Orleans, 1,259 23 h N W M’Daniel, Washinton, Miss. 6,000 00 a B H Owen, St Stephens, Ala. 30,611 97 t G B Crutcher, Choctaw, Mie*. 6,061 40 s G B Dameron, “ 39,059 64 b S W Dickson, “ 11,231,90 a “ “ 898 53 n W P Harris, Columbus, Miss. 109,178 Wm Taylor, , Cahawba, Ala. __ 28,I'll) lijjfll U G Mitchell ‘ ,** J W Stephenson, Galena, III; » 4 J,294-_(l7 *8 Lit’hury Hawkins, Helenq,»Ark* •• 4b0.0!l0'd0 n S W Jieall, " ’ 18,620 16 i> Joseph Friend, Washttljja.. 2,551 01 ' P Wm H Allen, St. AngusUpe, _ 1,997 50 “ C D Boyd, Cohimhu*Jl£is*.*»sso.937 28 L RII Stirling, Shecctlpia,l&773 70 si Paris Chillis, Wm Linn, Vandalia, f’l.’ 56,062 06 n Sam T Scott, Jackson, Miss. ' •logoff ’47 o| JasT Pollock, Crawfordville, la. - 14,891 98 si John L Daniel, Opelousas La. • .’7,250 63 vc Morgan Neville, Cincinnati, . J3,7ffi 19 lh M J Allen, Tallahassee, Fa. 66,69 j 57 ve Robt T Brown, Springfield, Mty"- 3j600 50‘ (h la.—-——— . m • $2,064.1209 86 ar AND THE CRY IS STILL THEY RUN, I 111 ——T— 18111118111 I THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13. | cs , Tn the Constitutionalist of the 6th instant, we nd an editorial addressed to the independent voters c .„ f Georgia, a little different, it is true, from aCir- all u'.ar that issued from the same office some time the ince, having the same imposing address. We will iatply remark, of this Circular, that it was made pof.the-stale and oft refuted slang, that has char cterized the columns of the Administration pa ers, during the present canvass. We areconfident was written by some Van Buren office hun ef, and that this is the price which he is to pay I jocund fouj is it, that if we are 1 1CU i' ai- n mmuwalMSStM with " near j went into power tl aid reform. We charge him with having squan- f dered the public money. He has brought the coun try in debt, and when he went into office, we had an overflowing Treasury. We further charge him v with having sanctioned the right of free negroes to i testify against white men, which is peculiarly ob- t jectionable to Georgians. And much more, but 1 time will not now permit us to enumerate them. J Alabama Elections. r Pickens County Revolution!sed.—The Whigi 1 Triumphant. Picksxsvilli. Registeb Device, ? August 4, 1840. 5 We congratulate the friends of Harrison and , Reform, on the result of the Elections in this I County. It is a decided triumph of Whig Prin- j ciples. The People of Pickens County have ] nobly redeemed themselves. Last year the Demo- i crats elected their three Candidates, by a major- 1 ily of about 240. 13ut the people have arisen in j their might, and asserted their freedom and their { rights. We take this result as a foretoken, that the State of Alabama is safe for Harrison in No- 1 vember. and no mistake. Whics. Dr. J. Spruill, 1013 W. McGill 990 J. Peterson, 997 3,000 Demockats. Col. N. Smith, 804 Dr. Beckett, 780 Dr. Lyles, 752 2,336 Whig Majority 221. Kentucky Election. The Cincinnati Republican gives the following as the state of the polls at Covington, in Kenton county.cn Monday last: For Governor—Letcher, (Whig.) 190 French, (V. U.) 138 For Lt. Governor—Thompson, (W.)... .188 Helm, (V. B.) 137 Legislature—Gordon, (V. B.) 112 Tupman, (V. B.) 114 It is expected that Letcher’s majority will reach 100 at Covington, where Mr. Van Buren’s majority was 160 in 1836. At Newport, in Campbell county, at the close of the polls the vote was as follows : For Governor—Letcher 157 French 87 For the Chronicle and Sentinel. The Sub-Treasury. This measure is still lauded by some as one of liberty and deliverance, notwithstanding its inju rious and oppressive effects arc so sensibly lelt throughout the country. The most fatal infatua tion could not be more set upon self-destruction, than those who thus reason, and, perhaps in many instances, honestly imagine. The idea of a strife between the banks and the government, and that the object of the sub-treasury is to protect the people, and to force the banks to a resump tion of specie payments, and to supply a sound currency for the country, seems to be the evil working genius of this mania. Nothing could be more groundless or delusive. The action of this measure, so far from interfering with the banks or controling them, strikes directly upon the interest of the people. Its object is lor the government itself to deal in nothing but gold and silver; and, for this purpose, its exactions arc that those who owe the government shall pay in specie. Os course its immediate action is upon none but the government debtors. These arc not the Banks. They now have no I dealings with the government, by which to be- I come indebted or owe any thing. Those who ( owe the government, and who will have to pay in specie, are the people—the merchant who im ports, the farmer who buy# government land, and every one who pays postage. This is the class upon whom this system will act; andthus.through them, indirectly will its consequences be felt by the whole body of the people. That it will have an indirect bearing upon one class of Banks,— j that is the specie paying banks, —is evident. But this will only add to the oppressions of the peo ple. For the government, demanding nothing but gold and silver for its dues, which amount to 1 upwards of thirty millions a year, will create a great demand tor gold and silver. Consequently whenever a good bank puts any of its bills in circulation, for the accommodation of the people, they will be immediately sent in upon the bank and the specie be drawn; and thus the country in the interior and away from the cities, will have t neither specie nor good bans paper for circula tion; and, consequently, will have nothing but broken bank bill#, or suspended ones, which is - the same thing, and shinplasters. ' * Upon the bank that refuses to redeem their i j bills when presented, the sub-treasury has no ac- j ( tion, cither directly or indirectly, except to luster ( , their illegitimate interest, by driving all good ! J banks from banking, and le_ving the whole field | to their peculation. They will remain as free , from the slightest susceptibility of an impression , from the operation of this system, as the most i careless, independent, sworn insolvent is of the { influence or effect of a dun. It is the tax payers £ of the land, and they, under our system of col- , lecling revenue, are the consumers and producers, ( who will have to bear the burdens. For instance, when the merchant imports his goods, and has t to pay the government tax or tariff of one thou sand dollars, this has to be done in specie. This he gets either from a specie paying bank or from f a broker, a man who keeps it for sale. If from n the bank, we have seen the effect will be to les- f sen the circulation, and draw in the bills of ihe "J bank, by taking away the specie, thus injuriously n< affecting the community by making a scarcity of j I> money. And if he gets it from the broker, and ! tli pay him tea per cent premium for it, this j qr he will only add I w mer or consumer who buys. So that in the end, in evc-y instance, comes home to the in people; having no more effect upon the banks, or sp ‘associated wealth” of the country, than if our vc Legislature should pass a law that every man should pay his lax in gold and silrer. How th would such a l.w as that eliect the banks! Docs lot every man see th tit would only add to the ga rpprrssions of the people? And yet this is the ■ub-lrcasury system, applied to the general ge- an rernment. Its effects upon the community are q U he same, whether instituted by the general go vernment or the Stale government, except that as tin he general government taxi 6 amount to millions rec uore than the State, so much the more injurious dit nd ruinous will its effects be upon the country, n the genera! govctninrnt the collections of tax- ato or revenue amount to about thirty millions in year, in the State of Georgia to onlv about ghty thousand- And who dues not see the m mvenience that would insue in each'county, if I the taxes had to be paid in gold and silver— ic specie could not be had in the country with it the additional tax of ten percent to purchase ! And who, in our Legislature, would be found le advocate of such a measure? nova vitnoM. From the Richmond Whig. Army Bill— Poinwtt-a Quibbling. Murder will out. We felt a thorough convio ion that the Secretary of War, ip the letter in made U>4iM|lA|ie^ • ll Wame iD res i ert WSSiG guilty of shameful quibbling and un- 49 We avowed this opinion ■HI of the publication offliat letter. We A hoffSfit there was disingennonsuest apparent up- ' in the face of the letter, and we moreover, had reasons to believe that the impression sought to be conveyed by the Secretary, was contradicted by the facts. He staled in that letter, that the Army Bill which he submitted to Congress on the 20th of March, “ was reported to Congress 1 upon a cull of the House — “was sent to that body, without being previously submitted to " the President.” “ With it or its details, there fore. he had nothing to do,” See. The facts begin to leak oat. It appears from the following letter from Mr. Phelps, a Senator from Vermont, to Mr, Rives, which we find in the Petersburg!! Intelligencer, that a bill in all V impnrtaul features identical with that commu nicatcd on the 2flth March, on acall of the House, was laid before the Senate’s Committee early in ■ the session. We copy Mr. Pbclp’s letter, and ' ihe pertinent comments of the Intelligencer. Is there a man who believes that Van Buren knew nothing of this important bill on the SOtli of Man h. which had been submitted to the Senate months In-fore, and who will venture to acquit the Secretary of War of prevarication? 49* Harpf.ii’s Feuiit, June2o, 1840. Dear Sir : In answer to your enquiry, I have only lime to say, that, very early in tin: present session of Congress, a bill in form, emanating asl understood, from the Secretary of War, and laid lieforc the Committee of the Senate, on the Militia, of which Committee I am a member. That bill, which I suppose accompanied ihe an nual communication of the Secretary of War to Congress, was, in all important features, inden lical with the plan communicated by the Secreta ry to the Committee of the House of Represen tatives, under date of the 20th March last. The bill to which I allude, was for some time, the sub ject of enquiry by the Committee. What has be come of it, or why it has not been printed, I know not —but that such a bill was reporte 1 and submitted with the annual Report, is not to be questioned. I would explain further, that having already made a written statement, which is now in the hands of the publisher, and which will probably be published, I refer you to that when it shall ap pear. In haste, yours, SAMUEL S. PHELPS. To the Hon. Win. C. W*ca. Here we have a statement, from an honorable gentleman, positively afliiming that early in the session, a bill in form, emanating, as he under stood, from the Secretary of War, was laid be fore the committee of the Senate, of which be was a member and that bill was. in all impor tant features, ii/enricu/ with the plan communi cated by the Secretary to the House of Repre sentatives. What then becomes of Mr. Poin sett’s statement that the plan was sent in obedi cnec to a rail of Congress, and without being sub mitted to the President? Mr. Phelps stale# that the plan submitted to the Senate accompanied, as he supposes, tbe annual communication of ihe Secretary, if this isfiue, and there is no reason to doubt it. the Secretary is convicted of false hood, for he says it was sent in obedience to a call of Congress. Whou it is remembered that during the last Summer, the President anil Secre tary were examining the military defences of ihe country ivilh reference to the boundary troubles anil the Canadian difficulties—when it is recol lected that a plan for organizing the militia, identical with the plan afterwards submiltul, was sent in to the Senate at an eariy period of 1 1io ' Session, il will require a stretch of credulity which we are not equal to, to make us believe that ibc President was not minutely informed of all the details of the Secretary’s plan, Mr. Poinsett’s statement, and Mr. Ritchie’s guesses and wishes to the contrary notwithstanding.— Pel. Intelli gencer. President “lUnm.” The following Correspondence between several Electors of Illinois and Mr. Van Buren shows that the latter gentleman is fairly “Caged.” “Danville, 111., May 23. 1840. Mr. Vis Bciien, President of the U. State. You are now before the people of the U. States for re-election. We claim it, as the privilege ot Citizens, to propose for your consideration and answer the following interrogatories : Ist. If re-cleeted, should a bill pass Congress for abolishing slavery in* the District of Columbia, would you approve tile law ? 2d. Do you approve of pre-emption laws ? 3d. Did you or not, as a member of the Con vention of Amernlmeopi for amending the Con stitution of the Stale of New York, vole agsmst a proposition to restrict the right of voting to white citizens ? 4lh. Did you, or not, vote in the same Conven tion to allow Negroes who were worth two hun dred and fifty dollars the right of voting ? sth. Did you. or not, advocate in the same Convention, a property qualification as necessary for all electors ? 6th. Dili you, or not, in the same Convention propose and advocate the appointment of Justices of Peace by the Governor ? 7th. Have you examined Holland's life of V an Buren of date 1835; and if so, is il a faithful and true history of your political opinions ! Respectfully your obedient servants, Wm Knight, W. Fithian, J. C. Alexander, Geo. May Milton Lesley, Michael Cline, Adam Sullivan, Wm. McKibben, D. H. Reed, Samuel Partlow. Wm. I Moore. Washington, June 22d 1810. Gentlemen—l have received a letter signed by yourselves and others, propounding to me several questions, to which it is my intention to reply in in full season for the object you have in view. One, of them is in the following words : “Have you examined Holland’s life of Van Buren, ot date 1835 ; and, if so, is it a faithful and true history of your political opinions I” ft has been suggested to me, that spurious copies of this work have been put in circulation in Illinois. It is therefore desirable that you should send me a copy to which your question relates, before I answer it. This I will thank you to do at your earliest convenience. When inspected it shall be rcturm d to you, I am a gentleman, very' respectfully, your obe dient servant. M. VAN BUREN. To VV*. Fituain and John C. Alexander. The Albany Evening Journal says—Thc“Art ful Dodger” gets rid of these plain, direct interro lions by starting a question about a “spurious E,lilion”’of Holland’s Life of his magicianship I There is no connection between the questions asked in the above Letter and Holland’s Life, fiat it would nave ueen awawaro to answer hose questions, and hence the evasion. But the [uibhlc is unworthy of a President. “Holland’s vhelher “spurious” or genuine, was written and mblishcd by themselves. New Mode oV EsriNtATinn Miljtahv Me i, t . A General deserves no credit who gains a piendtd victory, if he owes any thing to the bra cry of his subaltern officers. General Harrison baffßichard M. Johnson at ;ie battle of the Thames, who was a brave man. Eigo—General Harris™ deserves no credit for anting the victory of the Thames. Bonaparte had brave generals, their courage ml intrepidity gained him many victories,conse u. nlly Bonaparte was no General. Hence, logically and physiologically, the arm lat executes is greater than tho mind which di ■cls —and the mind that directs deserves no cre it. For further particulars listen to Democratic or ors.—Boston Whig.