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OLD SERIES, VOL. LVIII.
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FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 1.
3Q- “ The same crooked, serpentine policy,”
says Mr. Brownson, speaking of the locofoco
party* in his Democratic Quarterly Review,
“ which caused us to be hurled from power with
such overwhelming indignation in 1840, is
againtbbeourcharacteristic.” ♦♦• “The whole
canvass has been conducted in a toituons man
ner, by low and demoralizing appeals; disgrace
ful to the actors, and deadening to the public
conscience!”
Never was there a writer who drew more
striking likenesses of his party than this same
We can almost forgive him
- ■r. -j-_ --'I- - - !- -—T
the truthfulness with which he limns the demo-'
cratic leadersand editors! We have before
us a rare instance of the “tortuous manner” in
which the contest is carried on by those who sat
for Mr. Brownson’s picture in New-York. At
Albany, the leading paper of the locotoco-abo
litico conspiracy, the Argus, comes out with a
despicable appeal to the Catholics everywhere
to come up and vote for Mr. Polk, because the
“Church-burning Natives,” of Philadelphia
and elsewhere, weregoing to vote for Mr. Clay;
and then suppresses his article in the weekly
paper, because that circulates largely in Phila
delphia, and the editor did not desire that his de
nunciations should meet the eye of the 'native
“ democracy” there! This is the course of the
locofoco organ at the political capitol of the
State! Could there be a more “low and dis
graceful appeal ?”
At the commercial capital, however, the poli
cy is changed! There “natives” do much
abound! Accordingly, the Plebeian, the lead-
there of the party which, according to
its leading writer above quoted, is “attempt
ing to getinto power by false pretences," comes
out with appeal after appeal to the “ Church
Burners," as its brother ot the Argus termed
them, calling upon them to vote the Polk and
Dallas ticket throughout! assuring them that hy
so doing they will obtain all they desire,and quo
ting Mr. Clay’s letter to the late Rev. Dr. Gallit
zin, ol Loretto, in Pennsylvania, to show that he
regards the Catholics with favor, and thinks they
ought to be protected by the Constitution!
Was there ever before such a despicable cabal
as are thelocotoco leaders'! What honest man,
whatever may be his politics or his religion,
can trust them?
Scandalous Outback.—There is a quiet set
tlement of Germans at Economy, in Beaver
county. Pennsylvania, who came to this coun
try years since with Rapp. They are manu
facturers—are Whigs,and numberseveral hun
dred voters. They were deterr d from voting
at the late election by threats of violence. The
Beacon Argus, a Whig paper, says:
“Monday night immediately preceding the
election, a person mounted on a white or grey
horse, delivered to a member of the Society, an
anonymous letter, addressed to the leading men,
threatening them with dcaih, and the destruction
the election!—threatening tfiein with a reetit
rence ot the Mormon outrages, if they dared to
exercise the rights guaranteed to them bj the
Constitution! Under the peculiar circumstan
ces this act of infamy had its effect. The So
ciety die not vote; yet no move is made by the
civil authorities, that we have heard of, lo fer
ret out the cut-throat incendiaries engaged in
this infamous scheme I”
Locofbcoism is tolerant of naturalized citizens
only when they vote the jacobin ticket I As in
all matters they' are false and perfidious, so are
the leaders of the bastard democracy deceitful
towards the above class of our voters, as these
will find, to their sorrow, the moment that the
demagogues who are now purring around them
think they are strong enough to get along with
out their aid. Well might Mr. Brownson say,
in his Democratic Quarterly Review, alluding
to the course of the locofoco leaders—“the
whole canvass has been conducted in a tortu
ous manner, disgraceful to the public con
science!”
Hear Northern I’olkltes2
A meeting of locofocos was held at Philadel
phia on Friday lasi, 251 h October, at which
the resolutions below were passed. They tell
the reasons why Polk is supported there, and
what are his principles and thgse of his party in
Pennsylvania, in reference lo the tariff. On
what grounds is he supported in Georgia, and
whatdothe parly here suppose his views upon
protection to American manufactures to be?
What are their own principles?
“ Resolved, That the Democratic party has
been, eversince the days of Benjamin Franklin,
the firm and uniform advocates and supporters of
a Tarifffur the pro cctionofall American Manu
factures, a..<l that the attempt lo steal from it, at
this late day, the ciedit and honor of such fos
tering care, is a barefaced and impudent attempt
at sheer robbery by our Federal Whig oppo
nents:
“Resolved, That in J AMES K. POLK and
GEORGE M. DALLAS, we have candidates
for lhe Presidency and Vice-Presidency known
to be favorable to a Tariff for lhe prole lion of
all American manufactures.
Q* The number of persons supposed to be
lost otr vessels upon Lake Eric, during the late
storm, is 35.
Two schooners, the Pennsylvania and the
Marcy, are believed to have foundered, as no
thing has been heard of them since the gale, and
pieces ot vessels, bearing their names, have
floated on shore.
Vermont.—Hon. Samuel S. Phelps has
been re-elected United States Senator lor the
next six years, by the Legislature of Vermont.
Mr. Phelps is one of the ablest and most effi
cient members of that body, and we are rejoiced
to know that the Green Mountain State, and
the Union, are to have the benefit of his servi
ces through the glorious Whig administration
upon which we are about to enter.
New Books.—We have received from the
publisher, through the politeness of Mr. S. A.
Holmes, of the Literary Depot, copies of the
following works from the press of the Messrs.
Harpers:
"A’o Church without a Rishop,” <f-r. This is
•1 republication of the controversy had through
the newspapers between the Rev. Drs. Potts and
Wainwright, with a preface by the latter di
vine, and notes, &c., by an “Anti-Sectarian.”
McCulloch’s Umrersal Gazetteer; Parts 18
and 19.
The Wandering J:vr; Parts 3 and-1.
AU these works are lor sale by Mr. Holmes.
Later From Buenos Ayres.— -The bark
Chancellor arrived here yesterday from Buenos
Ayres, which place she lett on the 221 August.
We learn trout Captain Beaunois that when he
left things remained as per last accounts. The
brig John N. Gorster, from Philadelphia bound
to Montevideo, when olf that port was seized by
the Buenos Ayreansquadron blockadingtne poll
The U. S. sloop-of-war Boston was immediate
ly dispatched to tlte Squadron to demand her re
lease.—-.V. V. Cour, Oct. 28
Fire at Bristol, It. I.—t hru was discover
ed in the basement story ol tiie Bristol Steam
Mill, at Bristol, R 1., on the eveningol the 22
nit., and although the alarm was immediately
given, the whole building was for a time con
sidered in danger. The damage actually d. ne
was estimated al from ten to fifteen thousand
dollars. A voting woman at work in the mil
was so alarmed as to throw herself from a secor.
story window, but she was caught by the people
below and received no injury, except from he
iag eet with the glass
Steamboat Explosion.
The Louisville Journal, of October 83, slates
that on the previous day, the steamboat Lucy
Walker, bound from that place to New Orleans,
when a lew miles below New Albany, on the
Ohio river, burst her boilers, three in number,
causing terrible destruction.
The explosion was upwards, and that part of
the boat above the boilers was blown int ■ thou
sands ol pieces. The U. S. snag boat Gopher,
Capt. L.' B. Dunham, w :S about two hundred
yards distant at the time of the explosion. Capt.
Dunham was immediately’ on the spot, rescu
ing those in the waler, and with, his crew tender
ing ail the aid in his power. The Lucy Walker
was in the middie ol the river, and such was the
force of the explosion, that parts of the boilers
and the boat were thrown on shore. Just after
the explosion, the air was filled with human be
ings and fragments of human beings. One
man was blown up fifty yards, and fell with
such force as to go entirely through the deck of
the boat. Another was cut entirely in two by a
piece of the boiler.
Be ore Cart. Dunham reached the place where
the Lucy Walker was, be saw a number of
persons who had been thrown into the river,
drown. He however saved the lives of a large
number of persons by throwing them boards and
ropes, and pulling them on his boat with hooks.
Immediately after the explosion, the-ladies’ ca
bin took fire, and before it bad been consumed,
she sunk in 12 or 15 feet water. The screams
and exclamations pt the females, and thane who
were not killed, is represented.'as having been
distressing and awful.
It is believed none of the ‘females on board,
w£re_inim“d ■ujaUmWfever, may have tn
drowned. The booKrot rieMi'iiy
ad, and olcourse it will be impossible ever to
ascertain the names of Or tlie number of those
killed. There were at least silty or sixty persons
killed and missing, and fifteen or twenty wound
ed--sojne seriously. Captain Dunham left the
wounded at Neyr Albany, all of ■whom were
kindly and well cared for by the hospitable and
humane citizens of that town.
Canton Riot.
The New York Evening Post contains the
following account of the Riot at Canton from
an American source. It is contained in a letter
from Canton.
Canton, 26th Maj’, 1844.
On the 6th instant we had a row with the
Chinese, no foreigners taking part in it but
Americans. The new flag-staff was ornamen
ted with a vane in the form of an arrow, gilded,
which redacted the rays of the rising sun, far
andnear; its symmetry and beautiful workman
ship excited the admiration of foreigners, but to
the Chinamen its erratic movements and ever
varying position, pointing north and then south,
yesterd >y east and to-day west, were portentous
of evil; dark’ forebodings were raised in the
minds of the superstitious and excited people,
in which many Hong merchants and mandarins
participated; but there was another class, the
idle vagabonds who swarm about Canton,
whose tears were less excited than their hungry
stomachs and love of plunder.
Simultaneously with the appearance of the
gilded arrow, came dry weather, and a sickly'
season set in, both in the city and country, and
to the charmed arrow was ascribed the deadly
effects of the cholera then raging.
The attention ol our consul, Mr. Forbes, was
called to tne circumstance by a number of very
respectable flong merchants, and they requested
him to have the fatal arrow removed; at the
same time appeared an inflammatory placard,
ascribing the evils enumerated to the gilded
arrow.
The Consul, wishing to yield to the supersti
tion of the people, decided to take down the ar
row, and for this purpose employed a nuim erof
sailors; while they were engaged in lowering
the toji-mast Os the flag-staff, the mob gathered
round, first thtowing stones, then rushing in and
culling the ropes, in consequence of which the
top-mast came down “by the tun.” The mob
ran off with theh lyartl*’, &•.•., there being no
resistance offered, the tumult increased, and
there was every appearance that it would end
in a riot, when the factories would be attacked.
The destructive riots of 1842 began in asimi
lar manner; no mandarins were now present to
dispel the rioters, and immediate action was ne
cessary.
At this junctu.e our Consul, with a dozen
Americans,repaired to the -square armed with
if pistols; the mob retreated, but
threw t>ac:t a-v.n ,y » non which hbi
or two of the tiv re excitable of lire Americans"
fired, wounding three of the rioters; bntlheCon
sul restrained the men, using his exertions to
coniine them to acts of a strictly defensive char
acter.
The square was now in possession ot the
Americans, who remained till four,P. M., when
about two hundred soldiers arrived with the
mandarins. A slight skirmish took place, up
on which lhe soldiers, aiming at the mob, fired
in the air, and under cover of their shields,
charged upon the rioters, who wcrethusdispers
ed.
Early on the following morning the square was
again filled with rioters, notwithstanding the pre
sence of the soldiers, and it was necessary again
to raise the flag stall that lhe flag might be luiist
ed in front of the consulate.
The Americans again turned out with mus
kets, cleared the square in presence of the man
darins, and remained on guard till all damages
were repaired, the topmast of lhe flag-staff raised
to its place, and the flag once more unfurled to
the breeze.
Mr. Lay, the British Consul, apprehending
trouble, had sent to Whampoa for Marines; fif
teen were sent up the factories, and remained
inside as a corps de reserve in case the Ameri
cans were overpowered, but the marines were
not called out.
The flag being aeain in its proper place, the
Americans retired from the square, and remain
ed apparently quietly.
The result undoubtedly produced a good ef
fect upon the Chinamen, first in showing them
that the Americans were ready to respect their
prejudices; second, that they were ready and
quick to defend themselves when attacked.
Many of the most respectable ofthe Chinese
have expressed their approbation ol the conduct
of lhe Americans, considerin g tne interference
ofthe mob unwarranted, and theirattaek wanton
and unprovoked.
A Last Appeal.
A “ veteran in the ranks” makes a last appeal
to the Whigs ofthe Union, in an address which
is published in the National Intelligencer. From
this noble appeal we make the following ex
tracts, with which it concludes:
Whigs of the Union, yo t have lhe requisite
strength to achieve another glorious triumph, if
you fail not in energy to put it forth. The des
tinies of this great nation, under Divine favor,
maybe, perhaps for generations to come, what
you may now chose them to be. Neglect the
present opportunity, and who shall dare be bold
enough lo say he wilt livejto see another? Who,
indeed, would deserve that another shorn! be of
fered to him, it he failed to profit by the one
now presented? One more deeply versed in lhe
knowledge ol human nature than any man that
evet lived savs:
“ There is a lide in the a flairs of men,
Which, liken at the flood leads on to fortune ;
Omitted, all the Voyage ol their life
I* bound in shadows, and in miseries.
On such a fu!/ sea are tee Jiotn <rtru,t
And ice must take the currentwhen it serves
Or lose uur ventures.”
This is as true now as it was in the days of
the first Caesar. The only difference is that
“our ventures” are more precious than were
those of the Roman patriots to whom thq.advice
was given, inasmuch as, refined and polished
as they were, they had not reached that noble
simplicity.in the science of government which
renders our Republic so much better worth pre
serving. Whigs of the United States! the con
servation of our Government in its purity, sim
plicity and freedom, depends upon you. It is
«ith you to save the happy institutions which
the wisdom of your fathers founded, and thus
to secuie to your children’s children the count
less blessings of which their right administra
lion is susceptible. Can you remain idle or
lukewarm, when resultsol such magnitude, of
such extent, and of such permanence, depend
on your vigilance and zeal?
Let me beseech you not to misunderstand
what 1 have saidofyoursuperiorityof numbers,
so far as to believe that you have nothing to
tear. You Lave on the contrary, everything to
fearthat a mad and unprincipled opposition can
accomplish by fraud and falsehood. Your ad
versaries having no argument t.i oppose against
the impregnable bulwark of your principles,
will endeavor to batter it down at the last mo
ment by every filthy missile which can be pick
ed up from the kennels of personal detraction,
calumny and slander. The foulest lies which
hatred and malignity'can engender, certified
perhaps by ail due formalities ol oaths and affi
davits, will be industriously circulated among
you too late lor investigation or refutation, in the
hope that some of you may be found weak and
credulous enough to believe them, and thus be
deterred from voting. “ Last cards,” ot a thou
sand new inventions, will be played on the day
of election: and startling secrets ol the deadliest
import, will be whispered in your ears by some
vitiian in the assumed disguise of a political
friend; tricks that vmt have never dreamed of,
cunning stratagems wearing the appearance of
natural ur.-■•pfiisticatcd realities, will be played
.11'with a view to work upon your best leelings,
>r to experiment upon your resolution and firm
ness of mind. All this you have to fear, and to
guard against by unremitled vigilance, and a
lived determination to le nothing turn you from
your own present conviction of the justice of
your cause and of the exalted character ot
the man whom you have selected as your lead
er.
But there is another thing which you must
bear constantly in mind—which is, that your
aggregate strength, however great, is made up
of individual voles. Hence it becomes the im
perative and sacred duty ot every individual to
act as if the great result depended upon his own
s.ngle vole; tor, it one may retrain from taking
part in the election, in the idle confidence that
his party is strong enough to do wi.hout him,
why may not another and another do the same?
Surely one man has as much right to plaj’ the
far nienle— the careless “do nothing”—as ano
ther; and if all, or even many, were to act upon
this supposed right, what v ould become of your
aggregale strength? Thus should each man
reason with himself. The truth is, that no true
patriot who believes his country’s safety or pros
perity threatened can for a moment believe that
he has a right to stand aloof and trust its protec
tion to another. It is the moral duty, the solemn
obligation ol every citizen to assist in warding
off danger from his country. A single vote will
not only assist in doing this, but may be ti e
means of accomplishing it. Every vote then is
of importance, not onlj' in itself, but for the ex
ample to others.
This consideration alone should be enough
to determine every Whig, who loves his counlrj’
better than his own ease, not only to vole him
self, but to urge upon every friend he has, the
necessity ot doing the same. Waste no time,
my lellow-Whigs, in attempting to convince
your Locofoco neighbors .of their errors; for
rest assured, it the arguments which have been
already put before them in a thousand different
forms and in evey possible light have had.no
effect, they woW not be _ concert,, “though
■ ofte rose HYntiTde aa• Itisuad, fKeretoro,
'rnlßly endeavoring to lead them into the right
way, devote all your leisure, and use all your
exertions and influence, tt> the more praticable
purpose ol keeping alive in your brothers of the
same faith that zeal, that activity, and that firm
ness of resolution to support the Wbigcandidate
by their suffi ages, without which their right faith
would be of no avail.
Growing Bold.
As the election approaches, the Democratic
papers, even at the South, find it difficult to re
press their feelings of exultation at their pros
pective coalition with the Abolitionists. Not
one of these papers, though professing great and
exclusive devotion to the South, has manliness
enough to denounce the plot. Not one of them
has deprecated the act of their Northern brethern,
or given utterance to feelings ot honest in
dignation that such a man as James. G. Birney’
should be the chosen candidate ot their political
friends for office. Nay, they are even indulg
ing in language of approval and encourage
ment. They dare not come out openly, as have
done the Spirit of the Times, and other Locofoco
papers at the North, and appeal to the Abolitum
islslu support Polk, on the ground of an identi
ty o [principles! They have not yet grown bold
enough, alter proclaming this identity and the
preference ofMr. Birney, lor Mr, Polk, to ex
claim as does the Tinies, “Is it any wonder then,
Mr. Birney should prefer Mr. Polk to Mr. Clay,
or that the Liberty (Abolition) party GE NER A L
LY SHOULD LEAN IN FAVOR OF THE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE? They have
not done this, it is true, hot they have done the
same thing. They have said cvervthing that
could be said to excite the Abolitionists against
Mr. Clay and the Whigs. They urge the Li
berty men to preserve their distinctorganization,
hoping thereby to throw the election ’into the
House ol Representatives! Norin doing this
du they hesitate fora moment to appeal to these
men on the ground that Mr. Clay is a large
slave holder.
The Madisonian, the court paper of John Ty
ler, has an article ofthe kind of which we speak.
We give an extract, in order that the man who
penned it may be held up to the scorn ot the
Southern people, and that our friends may see
that this infamous coalition is not a matter
solely of Northern concern, that Democrats of
the South rnav be implicated therein, and that
even the White House and its minions are
winking at this treason, plotter! though it be a
gainst lhe South.
Here is the extract. Read it.
“Certainly there can be no doubt as to the
fate ofthe Abolitionists, if they can be seduced
into the support ol Mr. Clay— Mr. MendenholCs
patron and. friend. An abandonment lor one
moment, of their own standard-bearet, would
be an instantaneous dissolution of the abolition
•party. And such being the case, all who are
ny'sCe'thJ'Trr annihilated by the false friends that
are conning them merely to pros’itnte and be
tray. if they shall be induced now to desert
their own colors, they can never rally again, and
there is great comfort in this thought. Thej’
can never make any more converts, because
they caa never again inspire confidence, after
abandoning Birney, the chief of abolitionist sin the
world, and supporting Clay, with .'850,000 worth
of slaves, toiling upderthe lash on his planta
tion 1”
Whocan mistake such language as this. A
Southern paper, a Government organ, coun
selling men to adhere to James G. Birney, the
chief Abolitionist in the world, andwhy? Because
HENRY CLAY HAS $50,000 WOR I’H OF
SLAVES toiling under the LASH on his
plardation 11!
What more plain, palpable and base appeal
could be made to the Abolitionists to support
Mr. Polk? In speaking of this coalition, the
New-York Republic has lhe following appropri
ate remarks:
“It will be impossible for the South to re
main longer connected with a party which has
received into her bosom and adopted the tenets
of the notorious apostle ot Abolition. The
South might have endured much from the
Locofocos of the North, for the sake of sympa
byon other points; but it is downright impos
sible they can keep terms with a party which to
obtain its own purposes, is readj' to sacrifice them
and their dearest interests —a parly, blind as well
as unprincipled; for, togain a lewrandon Abo
lition votes, it gives up the hearty and much
needed support of several Southern States.”
So grnss, it seems, have these insults to the
South and her institutions become, that even
Northern presses are exclaimingin wonder at
the want of discernment and spirit on lhe part
of our people! It is indeed matter of humilia
tion that there have been no more distinct man
ifestations of feelings—no exhibitions ot indig
nation on the part of our people. It may be
that they have so long listened to lhe ceaseless
ervof demogogues that they will now be in
different when actual danger is at hand. If so,
their doom is sealed If the present plans of
the Locofocos to elect James K Polk, by means
of Abolition votes succeeds, we may well ex
claim “ Good night to the R ‘public." The South
will indeed have fallen to a depth ot infamy
from which she can never recover.— Savannah
Republican.
Eloquence and Truth.
The following is an extract from a speech de
livered by Mr. Clay, in the Senate ol the Uni
ted States, in support of the Compromise Act.
The sentiments are in accordance with his can
did and ingenuous character.
“ 1 have been accused of ambition in present
ing this measure. Ambition ! inordinate am
bition! 11l had thought of myself only. 1 should
have never brought it forward. I know well
the perils to which I expose myself; the risk of
alienatingfaithlul and valueddrienus, with but
little prospect of making new ones, it any
new ones could compensate lor the loss of
those whom we have long tried and loved;
and the honest misconceptions both ol friends
and foes. Ambition! If 1 had listened to
its sott and seducing whispers; it I had yield
ed mysell to the dictates of a cold, calculating
and prudential policy, 1 would have stood
still and unmoved. 1 might even have silently
gazed on the raging storm, enjoyed its loudest
thunders, and lett those who are charged with
the care ol the vessel of State, to conduct it as
they could. I have heretofore been often unjust
ly accused of ambition. Low, grovelling souls,
who are utterly incapable of elevating them
selves to the higher and nob'er duties of pure
patriotism—beings who. for ever keeping their
own selfish aims in view, decide all public
measures by their presumed influence on their
aggrandizement, judge me by the venal rule
which they prescribe to themselves. I have giv
en to the winds, these false accusations, as I
consign that which now impeaches my motives.
! have no desire for office, not even the highest.
The most exalted is at best a prison in which
the incarcerated incumbent daily receives his
cold, heartless visitants, marks his weary hours,
and is cut off from the practical enjoyment ol all
the blessings ol genuine freedom. lam no can
didate for any office in the gift of the people of
these States, united or separated; 1 never wish,
never expect to be. Pass this bill, tranquillize,
ike country, restore confidence and affection in the
UNION, and I am w iling logo home, to Ash
land, and renounce public service for ever. 1
should there find, in its groves, under its shades,
on its lawns, amidst mv flocks and herds, in the
bosom ot my family, sincerity and truth, attach
ment and fidelity, and gratitude, which i have
not always found in the walks ot public Jife —
yes, I loirs ambition, but it is the ambition of
neing the humble instrument in the hands of
Providence, to reconcile a divided people, once
in >re to revive concord and harmony in a dis
tracted land—the pleasing ambition of contem
plating the glorious spectacle of a free, united,
prosperous and fraternal people.”
This is the occasion on which Mr. Clay in
terposed and saved the country from disunion
and bloodshed. In 1812, he retired from the
Senate, to private life, and did not yield his con
sent to be a candidate for the Presidency, till the
people themselves in their primary assemblies,
sailed on him to coms to the nation’s rescue.
AUGUSTA, GA., THURSDAYWORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1844.
Unlike James K. Polk, lie has nit been thrust
upon the country, by a parcel of intriguing
politicians. Thepcepfe nominated him, and he
is their candidate lor the highest office within
their gift, to which he will assuredly be elected.
Virg. Adv
Mexico.—By the schooner Vintura, arrived
yesterday, we have received our files Irom Mex
ico, to sth instant. On the 2d instant, President
Santa Ana espoused the Senorita Dona Dolores
Fosta y Gomes. The ceremony took place at
the National Palace, with the solemnity due the
rank of the patties.
The Mexican papers state that a number of
mails have been recently attacked and robbed.
—N. O. Bee, Oct. 26.
Santa Ana’s period ot mourning seems to
have been of the briefest kind !
The Gallows Hand Bill.—The Harris
burg Tdegraph states that a hand-bill has been
clandestinely issued from anoflice in that place,
in German, addressed to foreign Germans, re
presenting that if Mr. Clay should be elected
President, they will all be driven out of the
country, or HUNG ! The statements made in
this pamphlet are illustrated by a cut represent
ing THREE MEN HANGING UNDER
THE GALLOWS!
Spanish Vengeance.—We extract the follow
ing from the Cowrler desEtats Unis: “A Span
ish officer has been arrested, who is gultj’ ol an
exirdbrdinaty crime. Don Rafael Iturriaga, one
of the wealthiest nobles tn Jaen gave a soiree in
his mansion, at which some ol the principal
families of the country were assembled. They,
wsredsrfrerng.iiic Polka, when NarciscuMeuma,
lieutenant in|he Ist reeiiney p|Liahy»*rv <*p
r?eretl the room iff unrfofirr7<ith a pistol tn'Ws*
hand. He walked up to Don Manuel Valdea
stillias, a young advocate, and pointing the
pistol to his breast, fired, and the latter fell, al
most fatally wounded. It would be easier to
imagine than to describe the scene which fol
lowed. The cause of the attempted assassina
tion was ascertained to be, that Don Manuel
Valdeastillias had had, some days before, a
quarrel respecting a rich heiress, to whom they
were both paying their addresses. Medina will
be judged by a council of war.
[lf they do not cut of “ Don Narcisco de Me
dina’s” head, we hope they will partof the name
of “Don Manuel Valdeastillias! It is a great
waste of types to set up such names.]
Virginia.—A letter from Patrick county, to
the Lynchburg Virginian, says, “On our list
of members ot the Clay Club, we have thirty
Democrats, .vho say that the destinies ot this
great nation cannot be committed to the hands
of James K. Polk.”
The “ Native” Resolutions.—The follow
ing are the resolutions adopted at a recent
“Native” meeting in New York, which regard
the mooted question as to the probability of a
coalition with the Whigs:
Resolved, That the American Republican
Party have never, since its organization, enter
tained lor one moment the idea of a coalition
witheilher the Whig or the Democratic parties,
and that Croswell, the infamous Editor of the
Angus, and all the base party presses that reit
erate his charge of a coalition with the Whig
party’, deserve the undisguised contempt, the
most withering rebuke that American freemen
are capable ofadministering.
Resolved, That we will oppose any party,
that, forgetting what they owe to themselves and
their country, attempt to carry their measures
by ahappealto any band of foreigners, or to any
anti American interest.
Resolved, That we will coalesce with no
party, belt, maintaining our original position,
will contend for the election of our own candi
dates, pledged tor an unqualified repeal of the
odious school law, an extension of the term ot
die foreigner’s probation to 21 years, at least
and the appointment of natives alone to office.
Obliging Ladies.—An old Whig gentleman,
according to the Boston transcript, got lost in
the streets of that city a few days ago and was
shown to his hotel by a couple of ladies, strang
ers to him, who afterwards kissed him, and left
him overwhelmed with gratitude. Well, we
must say, the Boston ladies have theirown way
about some things.
The Banner, carried by’ the Troy Delegation
in the great Precession in New York on Wed
nesday, was decorated with a thousand Dahlias.
Each member also hada Dahlia in his button
hole. The Trojans know as well w list belongs
g good taste as to sound political principles.
New Jersey.—The official majority for Gov.
Stratton is 1,404, instead ol 1,368 as we copied
f rom the Newark Daily. The total vole is 37,-
985 lor Stratton, and 36,581 for Thomson.—A’.
Y. Tribune.
From the N. Y. American.
The Evening Post of Wednesday signalized
its vindictiveness and its fears by an unmanly
attack upon the private habits and amusements
of Mr. Clay’.
Despairing of success from argument on the
great issues before the country, and conscious
possibly ot the distrust felt towards it by the
reckless of its own party, by reason of its early
opposition to the Texas fraud—that paperseeras
bmt upon regaining lost ground and lhe waning
confidence of Tammany, or possibly ot those
more potent now than Tammany—the Empire
Club- by becoming lhe retailers of every drop
ping and tittle-tattle concerning Mr. Clay's say
ings and doings at home, or in his journey
ings.
The head and front of the offences charged
but not proved against Mr. Clay, by letters and
affidavits, which lhe Post, honors ivith lhe most
conspicuous place in its columns, are that Mr.
Clay has been known to swear and play cards for
money!
Hear it, all ye virtuous Empires! hear it all
ye supporters of Andrew Jackson—who never
Swore, possibly!—never gambled at horse-races,
and never shot dead a defenceless man, for a
horse-race quarrel—hear it all such moralists—
that Mr. Clay is suspected of occasional profane
swearing, and convicted of having play’ed cards.
He is, lo be sure, a man of eminent talents,
unquestioned publicservices, and who was never
known to neglect a public duty; but then he
swears, perhaps—and plays whist, or has played
whist, ceitainly!
And to this complexion is reduced the great
Democratic parly 1 to this mode of warfare re
sorts the least disreputable of the journals that
speak the sentiments of that party 11
Can any thing be more pitiable!—or, regard
being had to some of its candidates, more weak
—for retert is over ready.
What, it the habits of adistinguished Senator,
(Silas Wright) who has not resigned, were, in
like manner, investigated? What,if each time
he leaves his seat in the Senate, lie was dogged
by some pimp or spy of party, and report was
made and published, ot his doings? What, if he
were followed in steamboats, anti public houses,
and accurate accounts were kept for some jour
nal as unmanly and unscrupulous as lhe Post,
otAis feats? Would the record not blush'a
little ?
But we scorn such a retort; for we feel how
utterly unworthy of a gentleman, how mean
and -narrow, and contemptible, is this most
pitiable publication ofthe Post!
We look upon it, however, as indicating,
very surely, the desperation which sees that
deleat is inevitable, and seeks to glut revenge
and hate when it can no longer hope for victory.
But “the viper bites against a file.”
President of Texas.—The official majority
for Dr. Jones, as President of Texas, over
Burleson, appears to be 1582.
» ’
Justice Schaeffer, of Baltimore City, we
perceive, is still kept pretty busy in fining
fraudulent locofoco voters. Success to him in
hisiaudable employment! He doubtless will
find plenty of rascals to operate upon!
American Rail Road Iron.—The Baltimore
American says: We alluded briefly to the fact,
a few days since, that a specimen of the heavy
iron rails manufactured at the Mount Savage
Works, in Alleghany County, had been placed
in the Exchange for examination. Specimens of
the same rails, placed in the New York Ex
change, are thus noticed in aNew York letter:
The railroad bars manufactured by the
Mount Savage Company, are now exhibiting at
the Exchange, and are highly spoken of by
engineers and railroad people, and must be
soon in demand to the full extent of the works.
The following notice ol specimens sent to the
Franklin Institute, at Philadelphia, is copied
from the Report of the premiums awarded by
the Institute:
A bar of Edge Railroad Iron, ofthe U. form
rolled by the Mount Savage Iron Works, near
Frostburg, Maryland, and forwarded by Col.
Young, the Manager. This bar 18i feet long,
weighs 40 lbs. to the yard lineal, and is part of a
lotot several hundred tons recently rolled there,
for a branch of the Baltimore arid Ohio Rail
road, leading to the works.
This bar is amonsslthe first edge Rail yet
rolled in the United States, and it de.nonstates
beyondthereach of cavil that edge Railroad
iron, can be well manufactured in America.
This bar is well proportioned, sound, and
well finished; itis the first ever ex bibited here ot
American make; we hail it with pleasure, as
the beginning ot anew manufacture, and award
to it a 8 liver Medal.
SATURDAY MORSO'G, NOVEMBER 2.
Hear a Cotton I’laAt^i-I—Haller Nutt’s
In thisinoming’spa&jjifill t, e found a letter
from another Planter, Mr.
Haller Nutt, great force and
power, to which we attention of every
leader. Mr. N. is one <& ftfose who has recent
ly cut loose from his p—l associations, and
m this letter the have influenced
him to that change are with' a clearness
and vigor of thought that can
not fail to attract and cfejivate the attention of
every reader, Whig ur'MMßocrat,” who is ho
nestly seeking after tM®' The Southron,”
in introducing the public, speaks of
the author thus: .
“ Mr. Nutt is a planteghr independent circum
stances, living a short aKnee from Rxidney, in
Jefferson county. He sea son of the late Dr.
Nutt, who, it will be reKmbered, made a jour
ney to Asia and NortbfSyAlrica, a few years
since, and made sot®. Curious discoveries,
bringing with him,on some Egyptian
cotton seed, among ottamlngs of that descrip
tion, on which Mr. Hffl® Nutt has made many
valuable experiments,results of which he
has published in our aswthern papers. From
tnerepottsuf these eaMmwits. the writer of
tt.e letter we publi^—lgjaW must be well
known, bj- gh'out Mississip-
• p -
from
a distaney^einffl^BWP* l prenvge l nerairv~'
copy the notice Georgian of the
stupid “roorback,” signed “Peel,” <s-c., evi
dently got up by one of the gang of locofoco
forgers with which the country is so well sup
plied at present; which handbill, according to
that paper, was received in great quantities at
the 80 mile station, “damp as though just from
the press, which leads to the suspicion that il
was concocted at Augusta.” Two out of the
three presses at “Augusta" have promptly met
the insinuation of the Savannah paper with a
prompt denial. Why does the third play “Ge
neral Mum?" Or, as the Savannah Georgian
was the first paper to discover this “roorback,”
is it, according to the rule of all discoverers of
old, to be considered exclusively its property? It
might very well have reached the eighty-mile
station from Savannah, "damp, as though just
from the press!”
We should like to know what locofoco did
forge that paltry concern 1 Will he not be ho
nest, for once, and confess?
The Denouement.—The country (says the
Whig Standard) was never so flooded, as now,
with all sorts of Locofoco “ tracts,” “ Omens,”
“ Warnings to the South," “South in Danger,”
attacks upon the “ Native Americans,” defences
in one quarter, and denunciations in another, of
the “Abolitionists,” and cries of “bargain,”
“bribery,” “corruption,” “ forgery,” &c., a
gainst the Whigs! Their work of detraction,
calumny, forgery and FALSEHOOD, has
been done as with a five hundred horse power,
and is nearly finished. The denouement is up
on them. Let them gnash the.r teeth at what
they have done—and over-done, and be ready to
receive that remorse which will prove the onlj’
fruit of their diabolical labors.
New York.—This Slate has been generally
considered the “grand battle ground” of the
Presidential contest. We have not regarded
this Stale altogether in that light, as we believe
Mr. Clay can be elected Without its vote. But
still lhe vote of New York is an important one ;
and without it, Mr. Polk cannot be elected. How
then will the State vote? “For Mr. Clay!”
we unhesitatingly answer. All our advices
lead us to anticipate siwh a result. Here is the
postscript of a business letter liom the City of
New York, ofthe dab of lhe - J4th ult.", troni gen
tlemen well advised of the progress of political
events:
“We could hardly wish things to be working
better for the Whigs, than they’ are in this vici
nity.”
This is too modest and unobtrusive not to be
true to the letter.
Thus much from the city of New York and
its vicinity. Here is what is said in a postscript
to a business letter from the extreme western
part of New York:
“We regard New York as safe for the
Whigs.”
And so do we.
A Tammany Hall Humbug-
One of the rarest humbugs that we have
heard of is that got up hy the Lotofoco party of
New York, and circulated by the Tammany
Hall Committee, incirculars, that “the Whigs
of New York were raising large amounts of
money to buy votes for Clay in the interior of
Georgia.”
It is a remarkable fact that the Locofocos
themselves are the only portion of th" people
who charge their own party with bein: bribed.
In 1840 the same charge was made, and nowtha
same party are preparing themselves t; make
similar charges against their own partisans. It
is however a family affair; and, as they ought to
be most familiar, from their long political asso
ciations, with the propensities of each other, we
cannot complain.
Howtheytalk in Mississippi.—The Vicks
burg Whig of the 12th ult. says:—We are au
thorized by five planters in Warren county to
state that they will give the following premium
to any man, or company of men, who will es
tablish and put in operation, a cotton factory in
the city ofVicksburg, for the manufacture of
coarse cotton. These planters offer to give, as
a bonus to the enterprising person who will
commence it, ninety-five bales of cotton each
year for fiveyears to come, and to purchase all
the cotton goods necessary for the use of their
plantations from the same factory.
Theatre.
We take pleasure in calling the attention of
the lovers of the drama to the announcement of
Mr. Potter that the Theatre will be opened on
Monday night next, and we can but congratu
late the theatre going public on the prospect
which the effortsof Mr. P. hold out to them.
To a good stock company, he promises, during
the season, to add many Stars; and as the in
terior of the building is now undergoing a tho
rough renovation, re-painting, &c. &c., we
think the public may very confidently anticipate
a series of theatrical entertainments, to which
we have been strangers for some years.
O' Our acknowledgments are due to our ex
cellent Whig friend H. Caffin, who has just
returned from a visit to the scenes of his boy
hood and the theatre of his early manhood, Paris,
for a large collection ot caricatures, connected
with the politics ot the day.
O Gen. J. W. Pegram, a distinguished citi
zen of Richmond, and President of the Bank
of Virginia, was among those killed on tpe
Lucy Walker.
O" At the last commencement of Columbia
College the degree of D. D. was conferred on
the Rev. Edward D. Ford, of St. Paul’s church,
Augusta, Geo.
Part of the Bargain!—The Abolitionists
have nominated a candidate, in the district re
presented by Mr. J. Q,. Adams, for no other
purpose than to defeat his election, and thereby
help to electlsaac H. Wright, the Polk candi
dale.
55“ The amount of duties collected at the
Custom-house for the week ending Saturday
evening, October 26, was §430,293 73. This is
a large increase on the previous week. This
increase is occasioned by the simultaneous ar
rival of several valuable cargoes.— New York
Tribune.
33= The three Missionary Bishops ot the
Episcopal chnrch were duly consecrated io
Phila., on Saturday, Oct. 26 viz: W. J. Boone
I for China, G. W. Freemen for Arkansas,
' Texaa, &c, and Horatio Southgate for Turkey.
Presidential Election.
There have been manj- tables.published pur
porting to give the days on which the election
will take place lor President and Vice-Presi
dent in the several States. The following table
which we have corrected from one published in
the New-York American, we believe to be en
tirely cotrect:
States. Day of Voting. No. of Electors.
Pehnsylvania.. Fridaj’,Nov. I 26
Ohio “.. ..Nov. 1 23
N.Hampshire.Monday,Nov. 4 6
Rhode Island “.. .Nov. 4 4
Connecticut “...Nov. 4 6
Maryland “... Nov. 4 8
Virginia “.. .Nov. 4 17
North Carolina Nov. 4 11
Georgia “...Nov. 4 Z ... 10
Kentucky "... Nov. 1 12
Indiana “... Nov. 4 12
Illinois “...Nov.4 !•
Missouri. “...Nov.4 7
Mississippi “...Nov.4 6
Arkansas -‘...No'.'. 4 3
Michigan ’‘...Nov.4* 5
New York. .Tuesday,..Nov. 5 36
Louisiana “ Nov. 5 6
Tennessee “ Nov. 5 13
N. Jersey. Tues. & Wed. Nov. 5.6 7
Maine ... .. Monday,.. .Nov. 11 9
Massachusetts." Nov. 11 12
Alabama “ Nov. 11 9
Vermont. .-Friday,... .Nov. 12 6
Delaware ..." Nov. 12 3
South Carolina., .about Dec. It 9
Total of Electors . 275
a-. . Necessary for a choice 138
♦Or Nffv/D." TElected I>y the Legislature.
The Electoral Colleges meet in each State on
Wednesday, December 4th.
1840—Harrison’s majority on the popular
vote. 145,900
1836—Van Buren’s do do 25,876
1832 —Jackson’s du do 123,936
1828—Jackson’s do du 135,684
£>lt is stated that Gen. William Gibbs
McNeil has been appointed Engineer for the
new Dry Dock at New-Yotk. A first rate se
lection if there is any humbuggery to be prac
tised.
Another Letter from a Mississippi Cotton
Planter.
Laurel Hill, Sept. 26th, 1844.
Gentlemen: I have received your letter re
questing me to express to you, the reasons
which have actuated me in supporting the elec
tion of Mr. Clay for the Presidency, at the en
suing elections in November; and, as 1 have
before me similar examples of such expositions,
and seeing no reason why I should withhold such
an expression of my views as you are pleased
to solicit, I herewith transcribe them; and trust
that j'ou may find them clear and explicit.
Should my friends whom 1 have left, yet follow
ing in the locofoco ranks, feel anxious to hear
them, I trust thatfiiey too may find them clear
and satisfactory.
To avoid much unnecessary detail, I will not
go further back than 1840. At that time I be
lieved both parties alike honest in intention, and
equally zealous and patriotic in promoting the
interests of our counlrj’. They differed in their
views of some leading measures; and, in my
opinion, the country would have prospered in
the hands ot either, provided honest men occu
pied our offices—although 1 think it would have
prospered more icith a tariff than without, as
has proved to be the case. Ot the two candidates
for the Presidency, I preferred Mr. Van
Buren. He was defeated, and 1, as 1 supposed
all good democrats would do, silently acquies
ced in the will of the majority. The time now
arrives tor us to make another selection. Being
no partisan ndb active politician, I have calmly
weighed the matter —and am called upon to give
mj’ reasons for now supporting Mr. Ulay.
Ist. I object to the Democratic party, because
they have not, since 1840, evinced a democratic
spirit: but on the contrary, have, by their acts
in Michigan and Rhode Island, proved them
selves disorganizers— by their nomination ot
Poik al the Baltimore Convention against the
instructions of the people, they have violated the
first principles of democracy—and, more recent
ly, have, in our own section of country, tra
velling among us, vile agitators—citizens ot
a foreign land, agitating the people—arousing
their smypalhies for political capital—uniting
with the Nullifiers, and threatening us will:
Disunion or Texas.
Now, on the other hand, 1 have observed the
Whig party calmly pursuing their way—urging
order and peace throughout the land—and
unanimous in their selection of a candidate for
the Presidency. 1 hearol no rry of “ disorgani
zation” against them—no threats of Disunion
from their ranks—no hobby tbrpolitical capital;
but an honest and honorable contention for
principles and measures. In a moral point ot
view, we have here the attitude ot the two
parties—and I, as a member ot the Democratic
party, could not but shudder at the great contrast
it presents. Upon these moral principles of
national rectitude, depends lhe preservation of
our country. The various policies and mea
sures are of no consideration compared with
order and proper submission to the laws of the
country. Measures are, at best, but uncertain
in their effects upon a nation, but honor, order,
and peace, are sure guarantees of our preserva
tion.
2nd. 1 shall support Mr. Clay’s election be
cause I prefer the measures which the Whig
party are at this time advocating. 1 have ob
jections to a National Bank, but think that,
properly managed, it is far better than State
Banks; and, as the people in the election of
Gen. Harrison, gave a decided expression of
their will upon this subject, 1 am willing to
yield my objections.
3rd. 1 sustain Mr. Clay, because I believe a
tariff essentially necessary to promote the inte
rests of our country —both as a source of public
revenue, and an encouragement and protection
to home industry. This has been so much dis
cussed, that it is useless for me to enter into the
merits ot the subject; but there is one point
which has come so immediately within my own
knowledge, and which is so particularly inte
resting to the cotton planter, that I cannot forbear
mentioning it. Within the last two months, I
have received from Liverpool accounts ot sales
of two lots of cotton —one of 350 bales, and one
of 50 bales. The expenses on the 350 bales
were proportionally less than upon the 50 bales,
because it sold lor some two or three cents more:
but 1 take the fifty bales, because it is plainer,
and approaches nearer the average sales ol cot
ton in Liverpool. The 50 bales sold for $2,-
593, or 12J cen's perlb. or ssl per bale. The
charges on this, in Liverpool, independent of all
expenses in New Orleans, amounted to $528.36
or $10,50 per bale 1 Now $lO per bale up
on the 1,400,000 bales which goes to Liverpool
from the United States, puts into the pockets of
Englishmen, from our cottons alone, $14,000,-
000, of money properly belonging to the United
States! It is plain here, to my mind, that these
charges and expenses tall upon the planter, and
not upon the buyer. And so it is upon manu
factured goods shipped to this country subjected
to a tariff The tariff falls upon lhe seller, and
not upon the buyer. Suppose this cotton was
nearly all manufactured in the United States,
the expenses and charges of shipping it to the
North would not be nearsogreat: consequent
ly, less tax would fall upon the planter, and
what expenses did accrue, would be given to our
citizens, and enrich Americans, instead of En
lishmen and the English Government. Now,
England is obliged to manufacture cottons—a
competition between her manufactures and those
of the United States, would grow greater and
greater every year, until it would enhance the
value of our cottons very much. There would
also be a competition among our own manufac
turers, and such a competition as would prevent
any possibility of monopoly. This would keep
down the prices of the manufactured goods to
such a price as they could merely be afforded at.
Our market would be nearer home— more stable;
and, if there is any chance of our bringing pur
chasers o cottons to our doors, this is the plan,
and the only plan to do it. If we could accom
plish such a desirable object, it would save us
such expenses as accrue in New Orleans, by
commissions, storage, &c. &c. &.c.
But the democrats contend that a tariff raises
the price of everything we want to buy—such
as plantation supplies, clothing, &c. &c. If
this is true, the cotton planter is not compelled
to buy’ a great deal. Suppose he did lose, by
the operations ot the tariff, S2O, and gained
SSOO, he would still be the gainer. But 1 con
tend he has everything to gain by the tariff, and
nothing to lose, for everything is cheaper under
it. This is shown by experience since 1842—is
shown by theory, and is shown by figures; and
lhe doctrine of free trade is too absurd even to
admit of argument. We buy bagging and rope
for less than we ever did before the tariff of
1842; and, at the same time there is money
made by the producers of hemp. More is con
sumed by excluding foreign hemp—a more
Steady and certain market" is secured to it.
They now grow much more than they did, be
cause they feel sure of a ready sale, although it
may be lower in price. It is now becoming a
considerable article of exportation, instead of
importation. If we go to our merchants, we
there find also, everything in the way ot cloth
ins- cheaper than previous to 1842. Wherein is
it then, thatthe tariff oppresses us?
Again: bv the tariffon Sugar and Hemp,
there is much labor now directed towards the
production of the articles, which would other
wise be employed in the cultivation of cotton.
Thus, by having all our productions within our
selves, prices uninfluenced by any glut from fo
reign mat kete, each one i» so regulated by re-
gular supply and demand, that each is secureu,
and employs its proportion of labor.
It is contended by the locos that this ought to
be done without a tariff, and better by admitting
the productions of other nations upon the same
free fooling. Now, in the first place, other na
tions are ton uncertain: the supply from them is
irregular, in consequence of being influenced by
agr eat variety of causes. And, in the second
place, it is evident to any reflecting mind, that
to do this, the price of labor would have to be
reduced to the same level—that is down to lid.
a day, which is the_price of labor abroad. We
would have to reduce mechanics’ labor to 5 or
10 dollars per month, overs ers wages to 100 to
150 dollars a year, and so to all other descrip
tions of labor, in the same proportion. This is
what the Whigs desire to avoid—and what the
democrats contend woud be a national blessing.
11 this could be consummated, America wonld
no longer be America: we would lose all of our
boasted advantages over other nations—all the
beauties of our no w flourishing government, and
the liberties of our citizens would be the ulti
mate sacrifice.
4th. I will vote for Mr. Clay because he is
not only opposed to making the subject of Texas
a political hobby, but because he is opposed to
its immediate annexation upon grounds ot na
tional policy. The public debt of Texas is 15
to 20 millions. She proposes annexation, and
assumption by the United States, ol this debt,
and grants in return, her public domain. Now,
from all 1 can learn, the lands of Texas have
been granted from time to lime for the last thir
ty years, to individuals and companies, toinduce
the settlement of the country; and that, at this
time she has not $50,000 worth of public lands
uncovered by grams or claims of some descrip
tion. So says Mr. Benton upon good authority.
. By nulling with Texas, the slaves would be
drained fruriTVirginia, Maryland and Kentucky:
those States would soon become free States.—
Os the two events, I think it better that Texas
remains, as she is, an independent country.
She will be to us a good ally, having similar
domestic institutions. Some of her citizens are
not satisfied with the slow progress of a new
country, but, uniting with some ot our citizens
interested largely in land of Texas, are impa
tient for annexation, in order readily to dispose
ot their lands. They unite with the nullifiers
ot South Carolina,and on the eve of a Presiden
tial election, broach the subject ol annexation,
select the candidate for our Presidency, threat
en us with Disunion unless we permit them, not
only to unite Texas, but also to get control ot
the whole two countries united! To accom
plish these vile and treasonable ends, they make
use of the democratic or locofoco party. If
Texas was united under these circumstances,
this party must ever control, or secession would
10110 w. So, secession is their object, immediate
or ultimate. Secession is not only treasonable
but would be ruinous to this country. The
Constitution is the only, but a great shield to
our institution of slavery. Destroy’ that, and
the North would have nothing else to prevent
them from advocating universal emancipation.
Jealousies would increase, and would ultimate
ly put an end to slavery itself. It uehooves all
men, then, not only to put forth all their energies
against Disunion, as treason, but through inte
rest, and to treat every attempt even to agitate
such a subject for a moment, with well-merit
ed indignation and most utter abhorrence.
sth. 1 vote for Mr. Clay because we know
him to be friendly to the preservation of this do
mestic institution. We know not what Mr.
Polk is at heart. He is but a man of yesterday,
and the movements ot his party are any thing
out calculated to secure us the rights, guarantied
by the Constitution. Mr. Clay has ever been
the most able defender and supporter of the Con
stitution, and that, alone, insures our safety.
But he goes further, and tells the Abolitionists
io their teeth, openly and above-board he has
no sympathies wilhltiem— to “go home and mind
their business,” and that "thereby they will be the
wiser and the better men.” Now, while I see
the Whigs admiring the noble and lolty spirit
*hich actuates Mr. Ulay in this m tter, I hear
and see the democrats basely and insignificantly
chucklingover these trankavowals of Mr. Clay ;
thinking by this course Mr. Clay loses the votes
ot tne Abolitionists. Yet they cry Mr. Clay is
au Abolitionist! It he loses their votes, let
them go—they are the rightful property of the
loeotbeo party. But I believe even they, the
Abolitionists, will have magnanimity enough to
i urn and support the man they can neither bribe
nor frown into favor.
6th. 1 support Mr. Clay in consequence of
the vast superiority of the man. The mere sound
of his name produces emotions like magic, over
the whole civilized world! His name is fami
liar upon the national records ofevery nation,and
among every people, his name is but another
name for liberty and honor. livery page of History
tor the last lorly years, records him accomplish
ing, or laboring for, some great deed tor his coun
try’s prosperity and glory. Ever unswerving, ever
noble, magnanimous and honorable, he has pur
sued, with a giant-mind and far-reaching intel
lect, objectsand measures which he knew would
promote the interests of his country and the hap
piness ol her citizens. I could point out much
that he has dpne—many a great measure that,
by his talents, alone, was accomplished: but I
must refer you to History —every page speaks
for itself.
Now, gentlemen, 1 fear I weary you with my
reasons for voting for Mt. Clay in preference to
Mr. Polk: but you have desired it, and I could
not be less explicit. You see now why I have
abundoned the locofoco party. I believe they
would become so obnoxious, under the adminis
tration of Mr. Polk, that the party would be ut
terly annihilated, and I also believe that, under
Mr. Clay’s administration, it would correct it
self, purge out and reorganize in its original
purity—and when it does, 1 do sincerely and
consciously believe, it will find itself follow
ing the admonitions and measures of Henry
Clay.
In conclusion, gentlemen, 1 will merely add
that, since 1 have decided upon supporting Mr.
Clay, and abandoning the other party, some of
my democratic friends have asked me, as you
have, my reasons lor so doing. 1 referred them
to the disorganizing spirit evinced by their party
in Michigan and Rhode Island. They reply
that it is only a portion of them in the North. 1
refer them to their coalitions with the South
Carolina Nullifiers and Disunionists. They
exclaim that it is only a portion ol them in the
South. 1 refer them to their orators boasting
that lid. a day for wages would be a national
blessing. They reply that it isonly afewthick
headed fellows that are so imprudent. I refer
them to the undemocratic manner of Mr. Polk's
nomination. They answer that it is done now,
and can’t be helped. And lastly, I refer them
to the Dorr sympathizers of New Orleans and
elsewhere. And they answer me, it is only a
tew low Irish or Dutch!
1 find, by summoning up the whole, it covers
over nearly all the United States, and embraces
the democratic pa-ty in every quarter —and I
naturally infer that these constitute the leading
measures of the present democratic party, and
cannot be supported by,
Your humble serv’t,
HALLER NUTT.
Dr. C. B. New, F. B. Harwood, J. E. Brough
ton, Committee of the Clay Club of Rodney.
Texas Cotton.—By a statement from the
Collector of Customs at Shreveport, Louisiana,
published in the Caddo Gazette, it appears that
trom the Ist ot June, 1843, lo the 30th otJune
ol the present year, there entered from Texas at
that point, and were reported and cleared for
New Orleans, 14,970 bales of cotton.— Apa.
Adv.
Mr. Birney.—Mr. Birney was at Chittenin
go, N. Y., a lew days ago, and was questioned
by several persons as to his having been nomi
nated for the Legislature of Michigan by the
Locofocos ol Saginaw county, and whether he
intended to decline or stand.
Mr. B. replied that he hid not been officially
informed of his nomination, but had satisfactory
evidence ol lhe fact, and had no doubt of it. He
also stated that he should not decline the nomi
nation, and should serve if elected.
These facts are sworn to by seven persons,
who put the interrogatories to him to which he
replied as above. U. S. Gazette.
From Bcenps Ayres.-—We have the Bri
tish Packet newspaper to the 31st August.
Col. Mancini, of lhe army ot Rosas, had had a
brush with one of the Montevidean outposts,
very near lhe town, on the 29tb, and the Packet
represents that the Montevideans were deleated
with the loss of 100 killed and wounded.
Some ot the Montevideans had succeeded in
cutting out a number of vessels at the Busen by
means ol armed launches. They had recently
captured a Spanish polacca, and they were so
tar encouraged in their enterprise as to be fitting
out numerous small vessels tor the same pur
pose.
There were late accounts from Rio Janeiro,
and the Packet says that rumors of war oelween
Brazil and the Argentine government had who
ly subsided. It also says that the Brazilian go
vernment had forbidden Paz and his associates
to quit the capital, and tl'.at the Montevidean
Colonel Caceres had been taken out ot the
Brazilian steamer at Rio Janeiro just as he was
leaving tor Rio Grande. .
The Julj’ packet from England had arrived at
Rio Janeiro in 37 days from Falmouth.— Boston
Daily Adv.
We learn from Capt Ray, of brig Commo
dore Hull arrived yesterday from Jamaica, re
ports that the gale of ’he 6th was extemely
severe around the Island. Nineteen vessels
went ashore in Montego Bay, and great num
bers at other parts ot the Island, the details ot
which had not reached port when he lei’.— N.
Y. Courier.
MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4.
Reciprocity I —ln 1843, the quantity ot to
bacco exported from the United States to Eng
land was about 18,000 hhds.—in pounds, say
23,680,000. The duty levied on this in Great
Britain was only about twenty millions of dol
lars!
The duty levied on all the articles imported
from Great Britain, by this country, during the
same period, did not exceed, il it even amounted
to as much! «•
This is the reciprocity England offers us in
exchange for the small favor of breaking down
our manufactures to admit hers!
Twenty millions on rne article of American
exports! Two-thirds as much as the United
S’ates imposed upon all the foreign products
admitted into the country! 1
Will the Quatllebummers of Palmettodom,
and all others who are “ shouldering arms” to
put down “ Yankee manufactures,” vi et armis,
explain in what way such a state of trade can be
classed under the head ot “ free 1"
Again, according to British official returns,
the exportation of cotton goods to the United
Slates, during the twelve months antecedent to
the returns was double as much as in the pre
ceding year 1
The price of cotton goods in the United States,
taken altogether, is lower than it ever was be
fore!
Will the denouncers of the “abominable
plundering Whig tariff,” which was to rob the
people and beggar the treasury, inform us how
it has done, oris likely to do either?
Truth is one thing-humbug and falsehood
its antipodes. The Whigs have the first—their
adversaries the latter!
New York Whig Mass Meeting.—The
Mass Meeting of the Whigs of the City of New
York, on the 30th ult., is represented in the
Whig papers oflhat place, as the most splendid
affair of the kind ever had in that City; and from
the description given of it, we are fully satisfied
that such was the case.
The Journal of Commerce, a locofoco paper,
says that the number in the procession was over
12,000, and that it was the most imposing de
monstration ol the season, the “ Native Ameri-
can” excepted.
The Express says the procession was over
five miles in length.
The Tribune says that the turn out of the se
veral trades proves conclusively that the great
mass of the Mechanics of the city are Whigs,
and are determined that their interests shall not
be jeopared by Pelk’s election.
As was to be expected, lhe procession was
not allowed to pass without being assaulted by
the State-prison ruffians ofthe locofoco “ Empire
Club:” but as might be supposed, they made
their attacks upon that part of it from which
they anticipated the least resistance. The boys'
car was of course the object of their assault, and
two or three of the lads were severely injured
by brickbats thrown at them. Can any person
say in what these New-York jacobins differ
from those of Paris during the “reign ot ter
ror?”
Severe Snow Storm. — The Rochester, N. Y.,
Democrat of Oct. 29, says, that snow fell to the
depth of a foot or more in that section of the
State on the afternoon and evening preceding.
There was a heavy snow storm in the northern
counties of New York on the same day.
It also snowed heavily at Buffalo, and the
sleighing there was good. There was also a
heavy north-easter blowing a perfect gale, and
as the water was low at the lower end of lhe
lake, disasters at the upper end were anticipa
ted.
We learn from the Philadelphia U.S.
Gazette that the Millerite preachers have
again commenced their operations in that city.
Is there no way in which those fellows can be
punished?
Read it, Germans.
We ask the attention ot every honest patriotic
German to the following account of the efforts
of the locofocos of Pennsylvania to impose
upon the German voters of that State. German
citizens of Augusta! will you not frown indig
nantly upon these base efforts to impose upon
your brethren?—will you act with a party that
will resort to such base means to impose upon
your countrymen?
The Gettysburg Sentinel says that thousands
of vile and libelous pamphlets, abusive of H en
ry Clay, are in circulation from the office of
the “Democratic Union,” at Harrisburg.
“Among others,” says the Sentinel, “ is one in
German, addressed to Foreign Germans, and
representing that if Mr. Clay is elected Presi
dent, they will all be hung.l And one in En
glish, that all foreigners will be hung, if Mr. Clay
is elected—and the pamphlet is embellished
with a cut of three men hanging on a gallows!”
“ How pleasing to the rational mind are these
happy devices for lhe better illustration and dif
fusion of the principles of ‘ Democracy’ among
the people I But there is a better one yet whieh
we have heard ol as having been used with
great effects in some parts of Pennsylvania. It
was there told to the astonished Germans, who
formed lhe bulk of the population, that the
Whigs were all abolitionists and in favor of
amalgamation; and that if they should come
into power, every German voter would be made
to take a black wife forthwith. Ol course the
Whigs have no chance at all in that particular
neighborhood.”
From Havana.—A gentleman who arrived
here yesterday from Havana via Mobile, kindly
handed us the Diario of the 19th inst., from
which we learn that the Hurricane of the 4th
inst., passed over the whole extent of lhe island
of Cuba, scattering ruin in every direction. In
Havana, a subscription is being raised for the
relief of the sufferers. On the 18th instant, the
amount received was 839,890.
A letter from Trididad, dated the 11th Oct.,
says the American schooner Arab of Philadel
phia, sailed from Mansanillo for Cuba, on the
21st ult. in ballast, encountered head winds un
til the 4th instant; during the hurricane of that
day, she lost all her sails and was cast on the
rocks near the mouth of the river San Juan,
where in a short lime she went to pieces. The
Captain and six sailors perished with the wreck.
The mate, Mr. F.llintt Morton.the only person
who escaped, was taken from the rocks by the
Spanish schooner Preciosa and carried to Trini
dad, where he received every attention from the
Commandant and American vice Consul. He
is much cut by coming in contact with the rocks.
—N. O. Tropic, Oct. 29.
Q-It snowed at Utica, Monday, Oct. 28.
Between there and Schenectady the rain froze
on the trees as it fell.
“Principles not Men!”—We ask our De
mocratic friends to read the following notice of
a meeting in Philadelphia, which we copy trom
one ot their organs in that city. We must con
cede that our opponents exhibit a most remarka
ble devotion to principle in this canvass. What
will Georgia “Free Traders” say to this?
"Polk, DaUas and Democracy — The “De
mocratic Invincible Legion” will meet ?Hls
(Saturday) EVENING, at 7J o’clock, lhe
members of the Legion, and all others wishing
to SUSTAIN THE PRESENT TARIFF,
and Polk, Dallas and Democracy, are invited to
attend C. BLYTHE, President.
“Thos. H. Buckman, Secretary.”
We also find in the notice of the proceedings
of a mass meeting of the friends of Polk and
Dallas, in Philadelphia, the following resolu
ll0“ Resolved, That in our candidates for Presi
dent and Vice-President, we have the avowed
enemies to the es abiishment of another Nation
al Bank, the friends of a Tariff t hat wiU give pro
teetion lo American industry."
How charmingly lhe principles ot the North
ern “Democrats” chime with those of their
Southern brethren!— Savannah Republican.
The Lost One Found.—Mrs. Me Ray, the
lady who, in a state of mental aberration, wan
dered into the woods, has at last, to the unspeak
able joy of her husband and friends, “jade her
appearance. She was found at the Old wo
man’s Bluff, six miles N. W. of this place
walkingabuut completely lost. For two weeks
she has been exposed to the scorching sun, th
damp and chilling night air and frequent
showers ot rain, amid the gloom of the piny
woods, or in the dark recesses of the numerous
hammocks, without food. How she has sur
vived is certain by miraculous.— Apalachicola
{Fa.) Adv.
VOL. VIII.-NO. 45.
Mew cwtiiuuu —Deiuociaey aud AUuilnon
Identified I
We commend to the attention of every true
Southron, says the Savannah Republican, the
following extracts fro n the Philadelphia Spirit
of the Times, of Saturday last, 26th instant.
The Times, as we have before stated, is a lead
ing Locofoco paper. Can it be that Georgians
will countenance a party which openly avows
its identity with Abolition fanatics? The
presses of Locofocoistn may well be dumb, as
these undeniable proofs accumulate to show
the ultimate designs ot the Democracy. Where
is that zealous, watchful regard for Southern in
terests, which we have been told so often was
to be found onljr in the ranks ol the Democra
cy?
Georgians, arouse from your slumbers before
your rights are sacrificed by the unholy and
corrupt schemes of your foes. But to the ex
tracts:
“It is very true that the doctrines of the Demo
cratic party assimilate in their nature to those of
the ‘ Liberty' min, and that the uoclrines of the
Federal W higs do not. This we grant. But
why is it? Because our doctrines are founded.
on those immutable views of human freedom which
are laid down in the Declaration of Independence
—views which, the Federal Whig organs pro
nounce, (vide the N. Y. American,) to be ‘ form
ulas about the equality of man, fit for that rhe
torical paper, but not a demonstration, and not
Worth while to argue about.’ Now tbe Whigs
may, if they think proper, assert that the con
stitution of Ibis great country is lounded upon a
mighty falsehood, but we contradict it, and" we
cordially agree inih the ‘ Liberty’men tn thia,
that ‘it is only by rescuing the constitution and
government of the country from the grasp of
the enemies of liberty, that oppression can be
put down—and we intend to do it.’
“ We say also that Mi. Birney's professions of
Jeffersonian Democracy do honor to his judgment:
and we confess we cannot see how, as a genuine
lover offreedom, he could entertain any other. It
is natural enough for ‘ Liberty’ men to be De
mocrats, although it is equally possible that
thousands of Democrats may be unwilling to
recognise the immediate objects of the ‘ Liberty'
party. But, il seems to us that Whig principles
are utterly incompatible with the advancement of
anti-slavery contemplations. Mr. Clay, himself,
has ever been bitterly and implacably hostile to
the efforts ot those who are anxious to see slave
ry abolished in this country. Air. Clay has ever
exerted himself to perpetuate the institution of
slavery. To his single vote are the slaves of Ar
kansas indebted for their present bondage I But
for him they would this day l ie freimen I What
did Mr. Clay say in 1839, before the U. S. Se
nate?
“ ‘ Theliberty of the descendants of Africa in
the United States is incompatible with the safe
ly and liberty of the European descendants.
Their liberty, il it were possible, could only be
established by violating the incontestibi.e
powers of the States, and subvening the
Union.’
“ What did he say in 1841 1
“ ‘I WOULD SUFFER THE TORTURES OF AN IN
QUISITION before I would sign a bill having for
its object THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE DIS
TRICT of Columbia, or in any manner give
COUNTENANCE TO THE PROJECT.’
“ We may add here that the Whig organ in
Georgia, the ‘ Savannah Republican,’still bears
these two extracts at its head, as the motto of the
paper and the Whig parly. More than that,
the last Nashville Banner, the organ of the Fed
eral-Clay Whigs in Tennessee, contains the
following proposition, to bet a slave on the elec
tion, viz:
“‘1 WILL BET A NEGRO MAN AND A BAROUCHE,
that Tennessee will cast her vote for Henrjr
Clay!’
“This is, of course, shocking to every man
of proper feeling, but is it not consistent in the
friends of Mr. Clay to couple a barouche with
another ‘chattel,’ as he says, ‘sanctified as pro
perty by 200 yea rs of legislation,’ even for the
purpose of a gambling bet? But Mr. Clay goes
still farther. He is opposed even to the ‘ Coloniza
tion’ of skives. He is opposed to emancipating
the colored race in any manner, even for the
purpose of sending them away Irom our coun
try I In his own words,
“'He washimselt a slaveholder,and he con
sidered that kind OF PROPERTY AS INVIOLA
BLE AS ANY OTHER IN THE COUNTRY. Nor was
he disposed even to go as far as the gentleman
who had just spoken, (Mr. Mercer) in saying
that he would emancipate his slaves, if the
means were provided of seulitig them out ot
the country.’”
Mr. Birney’s Real Position: The Decep
tion Kxposed 1 Let every Honest man
read these Disclosures 1 Will ABOLI
TIONISTS, Whigs or Locos, be longer
Deceived I
From the Genesee Co. (Mich.) Democrat, Extra,
Oct. 21.
Since our paper went to press this morning,
we have received the following statement and
accompanying letter from Mr. Garland, together
with his affidavit and the certificate ol lheClerk
ofthe Court, which we hasten to lay before our
readers, that they may judge ot the political
honesty ol Jas. G. Birney.
TO THE PUBLIC.
On the 28lh of September last, the democratic
county convention of Saginaw, Michigan, met
at lhe house of E. Jewett, in said county, for the
purpose of nominating county officers. 1 was a
member of that convention, and with several of
my democratic friends strongly urged before ths
convention the propriety of nominating James
G. Birney to fill the office of representative to
our State Legislature. We so tar succeeded as
to obtain the unanimous nomination ol Mr. Bir
ney. In so doing, I land I believe those who
acted with me) were prompted by good motives.
We believed Mr. Birney honest and capable,
and without any reflection as to what effect the
nomination would have abroad, his name was
announced as a candidate. The only objection
urged by any member ot the convention was,
that Mr. Birney was not a democrat. In reply
to this, I stated to the convention that I had in
my possession a letter from Mr. Birney, stating
that he was and always had been a democrat,
and pledging himself (that in case he should be
elected) he would go tor democratic men and
measures.
A few days after the nomination, after the
news had gone abroad, I am imfbrmed that
some ot the democrats of this county had re
ceived letters from different parts ot tl e State
complaining bitterly of the injury that Mr.
Birney’s nomination was doing the democracy
throughout the Union. I was called upon by
several gentlemen from Detroit, Pontiac and
elsewhere, (members ot all three of the parties,)
and requested to exhibit the letter referred to.
1 declined, upon the ground that it might look
like a breach of confidence on my part towards
Mr. Birney, but promised that in case Mr. B.
denied having authorized me to use his name
before the convention in the manner in which
the same was used, that I would publish the let
ter to lhe world. Within afewdayspast I have
become well satisfied that Mr. B. has denied
authorizing his name to be used before the con
vention as a candidate lor office.
The subject now becomes a question of vera
city between Mr. Birney and myself, which I
trust will be deemed by all a sufficient apology
for pwbitebteg me u-iipr The following is a
true copy ot lhe same:
Saginaw, Sept. 26, 1844.
Dear Sir:— l have lor several days past, been
seriously reflecting upon the proposition made
me by you and your friends, at our private
meeting, on the evening ot the 17th inst. To
morrow 1 start for the East, and shall not re
turn until after the election. My journey is in
dispensable, ELSE A DUELLIST and GAMBLER will
soon fill the seat ot a Washington, a Jefferson,
After mature reflection, I have concluded to
accept the nomination of Representative to the
State Legislature, provided your convention
see fit to nominate me. In case my abolition
principles are assigned as a reason why I should
not receive the nomination at the hands of the
DEMOCRATS, you are hereby authorized to say
to the Convention, that I am now and ever
have been, a Democrat of the “Jeffersonian
School.” The Democracy ol the country must
be well satisfied that 1 am rendering them more
effectual service oy advocating Abolition Prin
ciples, than il I were openly a democrat.
Yon are further authorized to say to the conven
tion, that in case I should be elected to the of
fice of Representative from this county, I shall
cheerfully and gratefully perform the duties as
signed me, and hereby pledge myself to go for
Democratic men and measures, and,, (as yon
suggested in our recent conversation,) will
forego the agitation ot lhe Slavery question in
uur State Legislature.
Commend me to your amiable lady, and be
lieve me, truly yours, &c.
’ } JAS. G. BIRNEY.
J. B. Garland, Esq.
State or Michigan, County of Genesee.
J. B Garland, being sworn, says, that he
has carefully compared the above copy with the
original, now in his possession, and believes
the same to be correct.
J. B. GARLAND.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 21st day
of October, 1844. ROBT. R. PAGE,
Justice of the Peace.
State of Michigan, County of Genessce.
1, Thomas R. Cummings, Clerk in and for
the county of Genessee aforesaid, do certify
that Robert R. Page, lhe person before whom