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H. W. Bum
W. H. C&Awronn,
A. W. Rconniu,
. W«. Vmuv,
Taos. B. Kora,
Jam. 8. CAi.Honn,
Auu F.Owtv.
i. J. N. Wntutt-i*.
■UMT Burmin.—Return, harr Urn rweir-
tm «%hljr town*, which liavp elected 46 Whig.,
Fm Bait, and 9 Hunker Rc|>r.*euteli,ee.
Im Governor in 95 towaa m Whig, 314.1 ;
■a Bal, 1100j Kunlun, 1040.
K wH ha won dial the Whiga are fully main-
IlMk aaaal rote, even in Vermont, while! the
leave needy equally divided between the Hun-
a and the Barabumeie. What aay unr Southern
la that They have been trying to oon-
aa the people hareabouta that the Northern Whiga
riMaart Taylor and join Van Buna, and m Ihiv
him Cam might alip in. Oh, fudge, what a hnni-
! Try another bambomtle, boya, lor Ihia
ilea meat emaiillal no ga. It'athe democrat. that
In under Vau'e Hack flag.
at mooning, •KrmnBB it, tom
WHIG NOMINATIONS.
fMMaat uf tha United Mntoat
ACHARYTAYLOR,
or umuit.
Fur Vlra Pmklant t
1LLARD FILLMORE,
or WBW-YCm.
tor ikt Mate at Large,
Wll. TWUllLL, | HkATi« ORA'lTl.AXn.
9 Dtoftrteta,
6th. Watire* Aki.v.
flth. Amury Hn.ta,
Till. V. P Kiwi,
8th. CL HTArMToiv
coMeuds, it ia belts* to go offer to Faito to try *vary
fair of boot* we went, it it of coarse hotter to go to
Maurbfeter for our — goods, to BiM for our
flfctboftt to Scotland lor our boggiog, to ooe place for
our crockery ware, to another for pota and oreaa, to
aaatbar to hare biackomith work dose, to another to
obtain a few pannel doom framed, la another to got a
pair of liaruem made or mended, to another for a sad*
die, hr.. hr. Now th is is precisely what the country
would lie driven to. England, France, and the other
nation* of Europe would be encouraged to manufac
ture the varioua article* consumed in thin country,
whilst tl»e working |Nirtion of our citizen*, in the ale-
ganl language- of otir prevent representative, would lie
j turned out to root. And what would they find when
) they did root? They might work off their finger* in a
j vain attempt to compete with the pauper labor of Eii-
I rope, and would have the oonwdation at hurt of wring
i themselves iu poverty, uud of hearing their win * and
j children crying for bread.
J We turn now from the mechanic* of the country to
the great farming inter***!, and would n*k the bono and
rim-w of the land how the matter •tauil* with them ?
When the ao-called ^rca trade Tariff of IMfi wa* en
acted you wero promised n proafn-rity heretofore un
known m the history of the country. Have you found
bioadtot letae of that term* Haa he not auatained
the reputation of hi* country, in pemco and war, at
home and abroad ? Haa be not in war carried the aura
and stripes la more than triumph over every bottle field?
la ha not athoufes the model of a gentlemau and of an
American citizen ? And now let us auk the plain, hon
est, intelligent citizens of Georgia if such a man is to be
hunted down by Uis blood-hound* of party, and sacri
ficed by n wt of puny tricksters that are now onap-
png olid snarling at his hed*? We do not believe
that you will wider it You know what Taylor ha*
done, you know the uiiprcteudiiig yet noble nature of
the man, and wre have confidence (hot you will vindi
cate hi* good name on the first Monday in iVote/n-
her from the hearth*** amanita of hi* euemice.
JIOW THING* WORK.
Tin- approval of the Wii.mot Proviso, in the bill
e*tiihli*.liiug a territorial govern,mill in Oiegon, by
Jamkn K. Poi.k, lia* done the South more harm than
any tiling that lies happened in twenty years. Tlie
Pr<*ideut i*a Southern man, and was looked to, not
only a* the representative of the whole country, hut u*
the iiiiiii who, in discharging hi* cMistitutional duty,
would not ahaiidon our interest* mid our right*. 'Phis
at least wa* a rnuNouaMu expectation. The democrats
Vtate when die gave btr vole fur Harrison. Tlie \ “ He drew a contrast between Taylor and Cum.
•orth American pubfiahea more than a dozen let-
« ;r*, in-tli? true spirit of men r ‘solved that victo-
/ is obtainable, and that they will secure it.—
(car what a Whig nays from l/incaiter, tlie
.Vhip heart of the State:
“Old l/mrustcr county, the Gibraltar of the
.Vhign in Pennsylvania,^will inNovember next give
m ijority forTaylor ranging from fiOOO to f> >00. nimity, and the regard for iinmnu life, tiiat make
lull h?- up the true glory c*T the chieftain. The on.*, v:- u-
Tho one. a true Hero, breathing a prayer for peace,
at the head of a victorious army; (he other, as
Minister, a:* Senator, stimulating by hi* word# his
countrymen to war and bloodshed. Tha ofte, a
warrior, tilled with the intrtinclsof humam«y and
Jwntfolence : the ether, in civil station, Broking to
repress, by hi .* censure, the generosity, the magni-
• iw (ioO *
The news from
r> >t cheering. Wl „
irightening. The prospect of the Whig* carrying | a tragic «frut and air. in t!i • true sty!" of •! xieai
be State is daily increasing. The entliHhitsin ; gasconade, The oik*, win* never n-ketl Cor powe
for General Taylor is greater than it was for liar- j or f.ivor; the other, a truckler to it, in all of tin
rison in ’40, when the Keystone went Whig.” ! shifting *cen?s of his sch tning car t er. The ona
This opinion we have had rorrolio rated over who asks not to lie President—v;1mj must bo car
and over again, and we doubt mri its truth. 1 riel to th> Presidency by the* force of pratitud
L i every Whig work tog ih r. in a forbear* | a ndadini ration iff the b( iris of hi coantrvm i;l
ing, believing spirit, and G'-n’-nt T ylor Will as j tii^otlr-r, who hhlAfor ir. wli * r.Mfi< s his opinions. |
. with limited res
o every part of the quishing armies, \
hecring. Whig skies un daily breaking.hi- idle swor l n{ton his
; tie
€ei|mtlufel Delegation.
fid*. J.\s. M. rAhnoirw,
Utli. Ja*. W. IfAunra,
7tfi A. H. Mtkphkam,
Hih. Koiiki; r Toon iu*.
Whut uow m the price pf your c*tloa, the great j havn aiwaya pretended that they were the peculiar
xluplo uf Houthoni im|M>rtatiou ? Hid you ever nn ^ r,u ** •■•[•eoinl hioivlx of the .South. H r *peak of
the lie bet afloat about wl*» broke it i 1 nt firat | on that day that which ia peculiar to the dcmocre
thought some pieces might lie • irtaitied from the cy, at least of this county, which haa on various
redoubtable char;.; i •», ‘ t/i arms/’ from Duck Riv- occasions been exhibited, aud which I take as evi-
er, Gideon General Pillow: but Gideon of old duice strong, that the munposed foundation upen
.only broke Pitchr”*, probably 0u* ’ rn one broke which their party is baaea is corrupted and decay-
tumhlers if any thing, for in ; min i ind.nes to j ing. Citizen.
cannon a-sa wcSi ppn more dtait ‘o-kwurd biade*:.
Excuse my freedom in trying to h.tve imut
ter brought i > mind, ns yon not b • upjff licn-
sive of o <r i* rgcuing t>i l Ror.gii and lit tJy. I >r
IV. /
P
and-
urely be elected Ui«5 next President of tiie United ; and pre- nts t!i?uecond c.vunph* of it p diiiril an
Kt.it* s, if tlie Whigs but do their duly, as the sun atomy, in which the h** irt of u {*»litician is at tin
will appear in tiio Heavens. .Nothing hut deutli, i North pole* and his head ut the South. Tie* one. r
end d.rttl Whig-, can d-f it him. and it will fake < noble man, with f>oldnnd striking traits of char.ic
ibousunds of tfics**, where we hope not to find j ter, arresting the attention r.f his countrymen aud
hundreds. f/*t no Whig fold hi t anus, and
none despair of Victory.
;*/•; wiU attend to In
rn* ji-rmir <ivii safe.
-Please p.ibli- h in ti tli d ;y tlie e! *-
lion como*, or get the •• Time-**' un I ** *M iscr>ge3
Democrat,’’ ff< ml**nien, to d*» *>», h.*r fear tii y get
so deep iu the mire of the* ** family jar" that they
t»i*-jr.*f to turn, for as they rillier prefer a party
in in to a p«»op!e’s man, they o :glitto!iaveu siiow-
in b r -
'i’lic Taylor f dks an* ::1I well, and have been
lying ti'ie blessing ever siih ** the noiuination
at Philadelphia. Someofth * (1 ;ui-m ratic Ccr.m xion
rather *• puny" since the pill of Van Dureniti
HAVE VOI R NECKS!
of the world; the ot!i»r, a comtnou-placeman—
gr. at neith'T iti words nor deeds—a hero, without
a victory or n battle—a statesninn, without a m* a-
sureora |*»licy that ho can call his own. Th •
h ive liecome all mix- hit that
troely. You most
[For the Enquirer.
SOULOQUY!
What n fool I am ! Some yeara ago I was a
Whig, and Hie idol of mv party; wherever I went
I was ca!l«»d out to make a speech, and the way
1 dropt ii upon the Democrats was nrtf slow and
quit.” Then tlie Whigs were ready to give me
office ;lhoy did make me Judge; but an evil hour
came over me, and T. fool like, joined the adversa
ry ; ever since. I have been “ like a fish out of
wat- r.” 1 cannot fraternize with rnv present as-
*nuat.?s. Four long years have passed, and not
a thing done for rue, nut to noinihate me for Con-
p **s : and even that was an evil hour, for I have
hid no peace since. They called me out atKtirks-
vill • to make them a speech, and the most unlucky
r man made, there befell me. I could
the price much low* r ? Aud is it not true that
the price of I nigging and rope i* now so high tluit you
can senrody barter oim* hale of cotton fm enough of
ro|** and bagging to (•uvcloiw anoth*r. Yo i wen* pro-
nnsod high pric«« for cotton, uud other articles of pro-
diirtiou : you were told that your nocMsitie* would l* 1
IrttdrrM. How stand* liic matter ? Vi
tin* lul«.- klol of flic puny, ha* shown the inctal of
which he i* made, uud now when the South is seem
ingly ill Its hurt d**Hf»erHlo struggle, .luiiie* K. Folk
planet hii iron bed upon our ncckv. Wo aak ourciti-
Zen* wlial they Uiiiik of mu.Ii conduct? I* this (lie
When a man is a candidate ho should endeavor, if 1 one, n man who cannot hide himIf from the
pMviihle, to keep hi* temper and uvoid making threats m ration <>f tn f .*n ; fh ’ other, wlio has to be busy
that ho ha* not the power to execute. Our little expo- b ! ) ^ n
live to bn noticed at all, and th**fi not fa
The one, a warrior, repreising. by his jv»1i-
wars of conquest and dominion; the other
a warrior onlv in name, kindling, in the eountry-
of Wav liiNyTO*, tli* lust for extended empire,
won by the sword.”
D. Wilmot and ihe / l , t .
t 1. aud their taking th**m so Jrcely. You most not«!:ui.onMrate my position upon the Tariff with-
come down and v e us all as s*oti*as convenient, ^»ut vainly holding uptny little foot to show my Boot*
hut if you can't come right now let mo know, and that I bought in Faria for 8 b Since then every
ii you want me to drop vou « line or two, I will try Mlow that can write his name has jumped upon
ond do no. Your*. &.c. ff MAGNET. » lP * They ridicule me, which they all know 1
can’t stand. I can’t see an advertisement in the
paper* headed Boots, but I am sure to think “that’s
[For 11 hi E.vjuirerJ.
•U|>p|iliMl bimwt for o aoug. Ilivo you fouuJ it po7 | w '*y lll “* .v*" re 'l"' rr ><"' r up to you
WHIG MEETINGS
Tho Whip of Lo. and Decatur invite thair friends
of fiavtiaa to meet them in tlieir res
it the time Fob Calhoun, the Tay-
eandidatc Air Congress iu this District,
lo address them. Ample preparation
I ha modi to aooommodate all who may attend.—
i Caumkin will meet the citizens of Decatur, at
on the SKMIi iiwt .. aud the rititona of I/re, at
nhtHa, on the 27th met. We bespeak a full at ten-
life af hath parties Col. C-alhouu needs only to be
fewalo ha appreciated.
GEN TAYLOR.
ffspiMt to oar readers to-day, the letter uf the
whieh, like every document that he has
MeaAr thepablic eye, la characterized by the ut-
candor, and Is as taarse aud vigor-
la stylo, aa it m ingoouoos, sincere, am) iwtriotic in
It was written for the purpose uf correct-
tha naay grom niisrepreaeotations of his |ioaitioa
flphdaw, arWag out of tho publioaliou of disjoiutod
■faa hwm varioos |>rivste letters mhlrtw.l to gon-
tm ia diiarasit parts of tho country It cau not
Goa. Taylor a single supporter, while it
nonviaoe all who have resolved to
tola khn, that they have selected as their champion
eonteat, one who will adhere inflexibly
Ihspviadplsa ao ably promulgated in hb letter of the
I April lad, aud he wdl be found steadfast in the
of the high conservative principles set
ih ia that letter.
Have you found oneaiugle urticle of necessity cheap
than it was prtvious to the onrw tun-nt of that tariff, or
doc* one single urticle, pruducod hy your industry, hear
a higher prico in the market ? If ho, uatno tho article.
If not don’t ursine* it.
It b clear then that we have been reduced to tin* :
Our |mrts have beca thrown open, and tlie p»u|»er la
bor of Enro|ie invited to enter. Tlie citizen* of thi*
country have been told to stand back, and let the furn
ishing serf* of foreign lordliug* take their plan *. We
have keen told with a sneer that finer urticle* can lie
manufactured in Parb, than in Columbus, and that
fine gentlemen us they have traversed foreign lumb,
have brought from thence tho evidence of this fuel.—
lint wo ask again, wliat care tlie citizens of Georgia
for tlib ’ Who of them will lie able to emeslhu
surging Atlantic and vi»it the wnrkidinp* of Puri*, or
IrfHulon, or Manchester? Tlie people of this country nro
mutually do|>ciuleiit on each other. Tim mccliauica
of tho country manufacture the article* of general
use, uud the fanner* supply them with food. I* it gissl
policy to break up till* mulilul de|N ud**liee ' Hoc*
Judge Wclllioru, or any one else, desire to sen the
work«ho|M of our country cloned, mid every mail coin-
polled to vbit Pun* for wlmt lie wants ? Doe* Im wish
our infant rACTosiss >tiip|N>d,nnd their iniiinte* di v
eu to France to live oil bread ami wuter ? Hoes he de
sire us to go to tlm flour mills of Kiinmii for our hrend ;
to tlm duricsof Hcotlnnd for our cheese ; lo the forges
of Switzerland for our iron ; to the pastures of Eug-
lurid for our beef ? We dare him lo say that he does.
Aud yot he iudirectly pcnuiudc* our |*cople to do wlmt,
n* a cuudiduto, Im would uni for hi* right arm, urge
them directly to outer into.
Hilt we nro for the present dene with this subject.—
The wlmlo country is ulive to the odious doctrine of
Judge WolllHiru. Ife may went Pieucli ImmiIs, hut
the people will t« uch him, ut tlm coming election, that
Aiiioricau fulirir* ure ginxl enough foi them.
Von. A. II. RTEritKNB.—Tha Atlautu Miscellany
tha 9th inst, says, that the innumeraltle friends of
gaatiamaa will be gratified to leant that he b rap-
raonvarif fttxn his wounds, and b gaiuiug strength
\f. Ha has been retnovetl to the reeideiire of hb
■d, John F. Mints, Eeq., where he will remain until
worn grant Maas M. rtiug.
ife—iPMUStrTB.—Col. Calks I’iisiiinu has Iteen
itotladby tha Democrats aa their candiduto for Gov-
or of Mnswi phase Its. Tlie llaltiumro Patriot, in
Npatnh hm Boston, states that Col. C’uelmig, in at-
to oddnaa a meeting at Heaton, was received
h a storm of libers, aud having in vaui lor a quur-
af an hour, endeavored to be heard, sat down com-
My diaooooerted 'Hib ojipuwtuni gn w oat of lib
enwltiea to tlm volunteers in Mexico. It will
that ho W’oa Inssed dowu before by the
at a public diuuer given to them nu their re-
n from Mexico.
PZNN
LVANIA-—Tile Whig State Convention haa j
William F. Johnson (now the acting Gov-
or,) ao thoir candidate for that office at the rtisuing '
dial M October Morris Longstreth is hb demo ■
IT A tow days since an old and honest man, who
town good motives, acted with Urn demur-
l friend uf outs, that hb own son, who
dar Col. Calhouu in the Mexican war,
i returned hams with hb robust and manly frame
hy hb exposure to the loiW of a soldier's life,
that toll etonate. lie b doubtless now lying on lib
IM death. After cooling Ilia i.arrhi-d lipa with a
* tntUr, and when dMth'a cold dbw dropa
**—flint — hiaaad bnw.in n faint vwoe, ho n-
“Fnlhat, I inuit dir. I fare «|> in, life to the
llfcani af ajr oaanlry'a Aa,. I harr atrveil umlrr
Tarnoa Hi ill great and c ,aad mac
X1 tBa, mjr la* request on earth w that you will
Msodnp/or, smd support kim for Prsoiirol. I
nvtfewa him, I know him and fere him, and I wish
Pan la talnl my brothers, cousius and companions to
Hb strength being exhausted, he sank
an hb pillow, and the informant, while the
■Hy tear gtbteani in hb aged eye, vowed before
that ho would do so, and said, when it earns
Ihb, party platforms warn ns more dust m the bal
sa. Theretore, we say to our readers, honor thorn
fee have tobhhfeBy wreed the country—your oon-
■ appmbate it, and the ami I tag qariu of
ot tha dead, hat unforgotteo soldier*, will
Mr pan to hi the nobb eaaae.
A HHOKT TALK.
Tint cuiiilnct of the democratic leaders in the prenenl
csuv.uw in wurlliy of those who, on a former mrinorsblo
occasion, slninlj red tlm clinrucler of (ten. IlnrriHoii,
aud vainly attempted to bind tlie freomon of thin coun
try to the infamous fortunes of Martin Van Burnt.
TJm same gome is now attempted Another slippery
politician i* fouud baso euougli to diiuivow nil bio long-
itclitnl priiinipli'S, and pretend loHttindby the Suntb
for the mere *uke of gaining tlm presidency. Thi*
supple tool of a party i* represented by hm hiipporier*
a* (lie only man on whom the South cun rely. The
same ok! song, to the *aiue old time, was Hiiug hy the
same singer* when Van wn* the lovely Imy fur our
vole*. Wlmt reliance can he plueed on such meu
They udinil now that they were wrong about Vun,
that ho was ull lib eueiuie* repretH lilt »l him ; but hi-
sbt that t-a** i* a ditlereut hived of dogs, uud will
stand hy us with a fnitlifuiiieHH tlmt will pul lo tlm
bhifli ull the watchfulness of orditinr) cur*. Now it
really does ncem lo un that trtraugo rolciilotioiiH arc
made on tlie gullibility of tho people.
lint we iiiumi do ourop|K>imuta juN'ico. At lit*! they
*tep|HKl forward the c,hnnipioii*of Cass, lie was then
a stiitcMiuiu of great pretension*, a warrior of vast re
nown. Investigation, however, opened the eyes oi tlm
(teople. The statesmanship wn* rather i|ueslionuhle,
tho military piower* of their hero, history had failed
to record. The Oregon difficulty, the extra clung* h,
the hind speculation*, the King and Court of France,
the busty retreat Iroui(‘aiiudu, the surrender of Hull,
tlm laeuteiiunt GcuernMiip, I lie. censure of tdd Tay
lor for lib conduct ut Monterey, being like so many
millstones about the neck of Mr. Cns*. Other mat
ters troubled hb friend* a little, lie was known to
have been a Wilmut Proviso mail, and tohuve pretend-
edly chauged bis views for the sake of ii nomination,
and iu unler to du|ie the South. He bad avowed it ns
lib opinion that slaver)- could not take root iu the Ter
ritories acquired from Mexico, because the colored
population thru would not |>ermit it, and that they had
the right to prevent it. Here was rather mi ugly can
didate for Southern democracy to carry. Tiles© ob
jections, together with othrrs, were Kinking him beyond
tlie reach of loscuc, aud the second “ Northern man
with Southern priunpW was iu a Inir way to share
the fate of the first.
rights
•Speukiugof Vun Huron, rerniud* u* of lib latter _ ^
oopting the nomination of tlio Buffalo Gnarration. j trampling there n, whilst in eve
lie, iu tliut letter, jiiHtifie* hbown iiifnrnniiH course hy j work of tyrants, b now heroini
citing the romiuetof Polk in sunetioning the Oregon
bill. And well be may. Polk's conduct iu that mat
ter wiih just such a* Van liiireu denired. It wn* u sur
render of the constitutional question, aud thin surrender
ed the South at the mnrey of that kind of cx|*cdiein.'y
upon which it seem* tliese affiliated Htuti-Hiiien generally
act. Wlmt more could Van Huron, or any of h.s
abolition clan desire, than for Polk to sign a billcon-
tniiiiug tlie Wilmot proviso ? Hy hb signature ho ad
mitted it* constitutionality, and ihb was, a* before re
marked, a complete uud totul abandonment of the
South. Van liiircn knows this.
Ii bsaid, however, by those who elected Mr. Polk,
and strained ovory uerva to elect Van Huron, that if
tho people will IriiHt them one more lime, they will
give Ilium n mini in whom tin rc buombtako. Well,
who is ho? It i* Lewb( nss.of Miehignn. He, they
say, will Veto tho proviso, mid stand hy the South —
< treat Gnwur! If Van Huron, who was held up to our
eyes a* the rli'nrciit grit of a northern iiiiiii with south
ern principles, has turned against us; if Mr. Polk,
himself a Southern man, and the anointed bead of tho
democratic party, abandons us in this hour of our peril,
wlmt cuu youex|H‘ct from nu original Wilnurt proviso
iiiiiii, one who prays iin i'wmiitly for tho abolition of
slavery every whom ? Ho you Isdieve that such a man
of c ire ii mainline*, uud time-nhiding ex|»edionry, cuii
Ini trusted? If Polk dared not veto the Oregon hill,
how do you think Cans will venture to veto ii similar
cno I Folk lives in tho South. Gass resides iu sight
of the Gn inula line. Tliiuk well of these things before
you cast your votes.
rieurc has taught ii* this, and future experience may
teach others tlie sumo importunt lesson. Tins thought
bus been suggested hy a remark of the Cuss candldutc '
for Congress, at the meeting of hi* friends on Suturday
night. In alluding to tho fur-famed Hoots, he ex
pressed the Opinion that lie would trumplo on the necks I All Riurt.—Daring a ]>oriioii of lust week our
of hi* opponent* with these same foreign rubrics on tho J Cuss friend* were itiecviucies at the prospect that the j
first Monday in October. Now, a follows neck is j whig* about Albany, in New York, were offended with j
rather a tiokl.sk portion of his cor porosity, uud the j Gen. Taylor. Where now s their merriment? Why
* been the j tin* sudden change in their tone of exultation and the '
ly uiifash- enormous elongstiiHi of their bearded physiognomies ?
ionublc, from un utter indisposition on the part of the The answer is to be found iu the proceedings of the Al- j
people to submit to tlm degrading operation. j buny meeting, in the spirit of the resolutions adopted
J rumple on the necks of tho people ! Place a boot . at the meeting, and the gloriotn unanimity uud euthu- !
heel upon that important pillar on which Hnnrtx the j niuhui with which the vast assembly d« t< rinmed to sup- i
erowning upper story of they human form diviim! This port Old Rough and Ready. The Albany Evenig
won t do. A man might with some pstn-lire Is-.ir a Journul speaks of matters there in this wise. What
leather slock ; he might, on apindh, submit to the np- \ * a y Mr. Cass's friends to the project 1
plication of a leather glove to hi* jugular, provided there j * Nur im »u; Moxmi —-Then will U* no morn
was in it tin- hand of that of a strong man oruhand- i gnitn' Iim-: nmongthe Wliignof AHrmy—tk» morn
some woman ; but when it eorims to slnpp.ng a foreign ! |T ‘* r doubts. 'I In- qw stii.n lin* h'-nrnlie-
hoot heel ruthlessly on the same place, it might create a | }l ,ir,l V i ,n n?( VV j , i> na A’TI* 1 ' 1 Tfljl;
Cfsiluiss and provoke Rome very rational resist mre.— i j
We know tliut this llire.il whs hut a figure of j|M-ei;li, j v
but we can't lu-lji thinking it was an extremely unfur- J i
.17-
Atlanta, 6th Snj>t. 1818.
Editors : One of th? most cowardly and
base acts occurred here on Sunday lust that ever
disgruceti utiy community. Immediately after the
Gar* -.vrrixed from Macon a rencounter tfok place
ie • a-( .n :h«- li<in. A. II. Stephens, of this State,
and Judge Cone,of Green»U*nr, in which the for-
ii»--r received six s'.a'w, inflicted :»y a Sj anUii knif - *, j
by tlie latte*. Hr. Parke of tiii* nine-e dresAcrl hi* •
woiin J-, HAAisbiJ hy Dr. Hitchcock, ol the I’. S. A., 1
anl Hr Crawford, of Eufoul.i. Tlu rei* one ou I
Well, I will try and worry through the
campaign; it is but four weeks more. 1 will give
tny word for it, that they don’t catch me in such n
scrape again. BOOTS.
frOR THE ENQUIRER.J
Perry, Ga.. Sept. 2,18-18.
! M . r... Editors:—Col. Calhoun, the Whig can
didate for Congress in this district, appeared before
tite |m ople of Houston to-day, according to his
puhlishyd appointment. He was accompanied by
i,-, , . . ■ ., . r, i W m. H. Crawford, and the Hon. Ro!»t. Toombs,
b mrereostai muncie, fright anil left s dr.) tiie ,, ,
h - • 7 la o whom a dtr. *ssed the people, und wlir.se ad-
irirury artery on th" right side divided, one over !
,i,„ „ r, „ 7. ...... dre.-ses w re received by a largo audienco with
the irii-tnc.iri>Hl Ihuii-s on tie-h-li Iiatiil, one on the . J b
, much cnthesiasin.
of a
tn ii a to on*-. In
sp"Akcr*s mind
roiigli-*h(Ml over
ho were clothed i
i" Iu ft |dace, it showed that the ! Ir
as filled with the td.-u of walking j W
Is opjHiiients, and semndly, that if
th silflieieut ol/jeial jiower, it ft(
ling of ftiart rn hand e.l \Y i.
•:.n thief* it Ifw.dndand iw'y p|. dgr«j
for Tnyl«»r mid Fillmore. Nothing i
'| |Ki.r fo-enftcr— nt.W H I." a d(Ha
r’llil h
I t(
« k* out of
i-. hut this
Im- well lor tboeoiniiion lu-rd to keep tin
hi* way. We were done with th<- Unr
revival of it in u form r« oxtrrmely offensive to a mu -
, and n great majority of our felloW-eitizeits, in
ns to say iu their name, and at the request of
•f them, that if they are to be trampled on at
jority,
'i’li
•r; I him •*!! that h
lixCil j ..rj*<> -. «
haw resolved, a
- eject0(1, th.it Tr 1
( ot- ; ii ml t!u-y will
in thin county, over hi
• a'rrthan thi:nerr*.
f tl.
i. not a Whig—
Id
• ithfef 'l • lot or
r •' infmib / r# /-
iijr-riiiim. jf:
highest opfsineiit,
. it t.lj it :ly Whig."
nil, it hIiiiII In- hy the
l Returning to hi* seat, aft
u»g Mr Hutjr-r th..1 he bed in bis throat, Re
• Heiiion said to have remitrl. d quito autli-
-n, mid nut by the fancy doing* of Phi
nship of our own honest 1 h'y to flu • uInuh him—“Mind yon, I did not mv
cerium
They
tubli
READ THIS < AREFUU.Y
It is the jHiliey of our op|>oneutsto impn
miiulN of tin- people that iu certain portions
Stale*, there is n want ufzoul for Gen. Tay
know that the democracy, hy hundred* and tho
in the north und northwest, are falling into the
of Va.n Hukkn, and thus Neeuriiig tho election of Gen. fov ll
Taylor hy dividing the democratic vote; and lu-neethry i
an* extremely anxious to make it it|»|»enr that the Whig* j Ihen
too tire hrunkiug off and turning to the support of the j " ;,H
Huffalo tiomilies. Hut they Imve tlm* fur utterly (ailed i bom
ill tliiM hiircfuccd ntt«-inj>t tnhiliiihug tin jM-ojde. The | 1 **'*
Wings every where hate uud He*pi*e Van Huren with ®be
a cordiulity mid unanimity tliut defu * every ntiem|it
to iitDIiute with him ; whikt the “ naturafallies" *lide
into his *u|»port with nil imaginable ease. Few, very
few, Whig* run Ih* iinpo*ed iijkiii by III* free soil no
tion*. Heiuoeracy may. as they did a few yenmsiiu -,
pin Ih. ir faith to hi* sleeve, hut tin Whig* hold him
now, ii* llu-y ever did, in merited ami ttuivenuiI con
tempt. I low tIm-ii do the friend* of Giihh in the South
HU|»|’< *e foru moment tliut Taylor Will lie w« likened
any wlu-rc by the natur.-il ullie* of tin- north? Th-y
don't believe tiny niicIi thing, bill they foci the in>|M<r-
luttoe of making a *<-l oil’ to the tieiuemluii* falling
aw ay from their own rank*.
Tho New Yolk Expu** bring* u* tho following
cheering account* from section* of country where it
w a* upprt In-tided that there was some defection. Every
thing i< hiiglrt imd every body cunlidciit of siiccck*.
We call tin- ntteiitiou of our renders to tlu-Me account*.
A* thing* arc now moving on, the election of Gen.
Taylor iM morally ccitain. The Mexican* could not
w hip him, aud the Ga** men can't heat him. (Md
/. o h is one of tho boy*, uud no miMuku The projde
want Mich a iiiuu for PrcNident, and the littb- traveling
blackguard* who would rob their mothers of their \ ir-
tmm* character to promote the end* of their party,
cannot prevent their choice. The true spirit is every
where uroused, mid the pro*|K-ct now i* that Gun* will
pick himself up, nfler the election, aud wonder if the
storm bus dene imieli harm. Read, however, wh.it
the F.\|>nvw says:
\\Y hnvc itilormntioit front IVnnsylvaiiiu. Ohio,
We-t.in \ \v York, und other States, which en-
nmniges u* in the hope, tliut the Whig* of the
Gtiioti will ore long amuse from the stupor in wliieli !
tli- y hnvo been thrown by their own discordant ]
counsel*. Pennsylvania,!!* one of the great nmnit-'
fucluriug States of the I'tiion.and Western Virgin- I
ia, w here then' is both mineral and manufacturing I
(.'on. Tayk.r i
taint) uf hiici
arable uoeafel
I’mnI, thu lesdi
THE SECOND DI8TRU T.
iiiivhm i* progressing, so fur un the frieud*
ire concerned, with ii steadiness mid cer-
i-ns w hich fo-gin to orente some esnsid-
ie*s iu the ranks of the Giis*ites At
rs among the “ upper leather" were
ke sport of the protoiiHiniis of Col Cul-
i mi 11shiill to their aristocratic dignrty to
ii ngaiiiNt the great slump or-Oor of their
lied
but I pm t!
th, for then i
i the th
\ might spit i
> r, i• at aid sfir‘,
[bo tun \t/as.
[ 0 M1 L \ I IA T10 X 8,
1/
pul.l.l
mciii.ii), aod ono on tho right hand between tie*: ... «, ^ e . . ,
| v ,, j %l u , (-ol. t.alhou’i in hi* address, of an hour s length,
index linger anil the thumb, canned nv Mr. »S. * _ f .. ... . . f ..... * ’
r ,, 7 I. , , . , • i . - r itne fully up to the expectation* of, and ulv «nt-
trymg ■<) hold the ktule winch was forced out of ' : i i • *,-•/. i n • i • -ii
x.L u”... i .1: . i . i ... , I fled Ins frierulH. lie t* a plain, sensible, practi
cal rnun—well ve;sed in the history of political
affairs—and understand* the true interest of his
iir»try. Of Col. Toombs and Win. H. Craw-
d, as orators, it is unnecessary to gpeuk—their
wide. Th • can**.* of the quarr. I as near a* I can 1
recollect lro:n the circumstan •«•* that transpired, i
was a-, follow a: It was reported to Mr. Stejihen* ,!
aiill ifllYi'nrM Callf,< | lll,n * ,rai, <* r to tbit Month, | hni „ „ orntoH i, known to lhB 1,,. C’,,1.
Hiin s h ’ ’ i U ,h ,,n, r-; Call....... h„.Iboll«ro, for the firat timo nkentl.o
Hill; ,s. p'-ens on nearing i , aid, that it he wo ild
n\f»vv it lie would slap Ip* face. They IkhIi met |
a! 1, rw-ird* at thetilnd- * in Putnam county, where i
tin- Judge disavowed saying *n, and the inattbr j
was auemingly s- tiled. Alter sotnc time Judge •
Coin wrote to Stej lien* calling on him for a
•lied to vote against their wish, to vote for
The specimen given by him here to-day,
allow* that Ik* is oveu at home there.
Things are getting on smoothly here. I do not
think that all who,a year since, were so anxious
irdGcn. Taylor for jwHt .services, with the
„ • , .• , . nii 'ii CI V" ' highestofffje In their gift, can by party schemes,
goru-.ll reply, v.hr-iln-r he alluded personally to ..i,^ r.J
the Judge. Mr. Stephens answered his letter, btit f. t
('nun hid no! received it when he met Mr Rte- i no ,
p!ien*atthi< jdace.en hi* return from tho discus- j
5-.mii at FoMytli. ! 'one stuid lic.ro over Saturday. J
ntid on S naJay When the boardi-ra were at dinner
at Dr. ’l'houiiNMHi'*, the Gar* arrived- There was '
no person in the Piuzzi when Mr. Stephens enter-
el it hut Judge ('one. whouaked Mr. S. if he had
received hi* letter. Mr. S. *aid he had aud had
i man for whom they never had and 1
,v, any affection. The mail is dosing.
Yours, in haste, >V.
Tho ttyio i. now Allhonjl. tin y | |J w 1!h,l, “ ,, .‘ l 1 n *f •'*
nkn ! stdl h-t-l sotuowlial iiiHulled hy the outrage |mt|k-|ruled ' “
bv the candidacy ot Calhoun, yd the visible munifes-
I the
sigl.n-
i to his
•-utnl i
I wuh b-* than hall ilu-
lit. lb" Gunn candidate fm
ugri-Ni Ie.
Tot Till: I Mill III hit J
•* Who Killed Cock Hotiln p* A c*
ti<litnrs:-\'hc w rilt-r heard the foil oving
I um-cdote t.d.l, wh u tntveiling in New
York, and n< nr the town of Kiiub-rhook. General
Jio l . n s i "b-hruled •* unif* < 'abii.-rt had just come
and
nine then pnr«ucd by President
J n k-"ii. <f taking hi* rengnod Secretary. M.
, Van Hnn I- and sending Ii in ns minister to the
II* of Ins pnpulurily, and in* strength, are causing j l onrt ol St. .1 lines, g-ive m rv striking |K?rtinncity
i ut thi* tune fearful rori-lH>«lui|**«. The fi»h that : ut that tone to the niindotc. Here it i. : Two
(houitht powi-riul enough to *wim tin on-itii iu an ' r • ■pect.ihlelariners in Kiii lt-rhookjivingneighbor
Inin tumid out la ho not nntelt of u wimi.k, and ' bolding di Hi-rent j oktienl niitmnj
jnitor tlmt wit, to hrw.ld.r mt)u'« jttdg, |.y ! Uir - "I Viti ftim-t
... . , , , I tu«> l.tilarrut'il, Tho linn \ . B. man
*.W< r of hm • l<Niii"ii< o Im* mud-' a euiiipk «- ll.ihli iti
1 , ‘ . ' n« ighls-r, “Imveyou liaurd ilo n.w*of vmir great
." pm., and i* mpully sottlmg down >oih.,t rcsj^c- | r( . nil’a iCMgimtion ?” “ No, no, wlint’ll -ws and !
wh.it friend do you mean?” “Why Martin he
In. quit public I iti* and is mining fo-nie among n* |
to I* a cnr/i-n, a private man ; lie hn*
Inf salary, and torn li.nisrlf from if
• I hemirr. i .. rnduiih >oi r iinnisioul.it.'Jackson,
and ah lor the gMsI, wi Hare and liannruy el the
ciumcilr- o| hi* country.” • May fo- he has,” rc-
plied tin-other, “ but I don’t Imrdlv lli.uk it i> jrue
that Iu* ha* fairly,and I - ally d.-immi,;ed the polit-
“'•‘I I" ' • ■; In- i> I ih* gtssi a rnSi r.’’ *• Well, hero
i - * In* I; ll r of resignation, n :u! it.” • Hi* h tier,
w G. I vi* i«t the time to read it; but I'll tell you
what l thii k, it itihtnieahout hi* leaving'old
I In h n, I'll gn a treat that h- hasn't quit thehur-tf
Politic.©, Iie’h only hlipped «tV«»n one side h» that Im
CUIl g#7 Up I'TCcr."
N"vV, Messrs Editors. 1 belief HUiriie ilut Mr.
Nan Huren has never (put polit im 1 riding of In*
own acrord, aud until lie doc* .so, be will try to
" i j't'lhr.’* In 1S JO, >ntifc‘ |u*W the peoplo
held the lu idle, and his h ot hlipped out of the stir
rup ahoiit the time tlie xot. s wa re counted out he-
tw -i u him and Gen. Harris, n, notwithstanding
old lltckon held the foot ir«»n for him.
A* far a* he has progressed in the canviiwi hoi In l'Gl.th" grooin**, ni.it t .ers, ket*pers, he., of
•on well rcecixcd, niklreusing the peo|»le in every the pnlitiiil hor.-e took him to Haiti more to get a
ami mingling freely with nil. From well in- ! tbl r to or.it exactly. Mr. \ . 11., with a numb
d gentlemen, w herever he hn* gone, w o have let-
(From ilu- N. O. Picayune Extra, Sep*. Gih.]
GEN. TAYLOR.
The follow ing letter ha* fieoii prepared by Gen. Taylor
to rorroctluiy luiHeoneejilion which iniglii possibly Iks
ntwurri .1 it. Tlie Ju’.'l• rt-'a^kV'.I’7.ii',71 f’ l«- iiiid ! I’"' 1 "™ 1 h >' rercm P uh,icui ' m <* fr ""' hi »
rc frictnl wlmt ho «;iitl about him. Mr. Strphm, l- ri, » le r>-m»f»in*»nre, and thr oppromnre oV,r hi.
r I'orrctl liim to tho loiter whii*li wottkl .po;tk for -'towium- nf rrpli.n to .ingle ami lirtru-hed rjuertitm. r..*|.
in.,'If, Judge Coot' tin'll said that liu would as- allva to hi, pn.itl«i Hfbr» th, |*bllr. Tire letter i» a
hum-* that he had not, and then insulted Mr. Sic- "(’tmected narrative of the aortas ofi iminixtancos which
pii -n*, who itmncdulcly Htruck him over the . reknlted in hi* twroming a candidate. It present*, in a
mouth and facff with a small rattan. The Judge i compact form, all the mattcra bearing upon lire subject,
I hen commenced rutting Mr. S. a* liefon* related, and exhibit* (Jon. Taylor hi hi* prejier character—true
ii re viewed here by the respectable fiortion of all - to him«rlf, to hi* friend*, and to hi« country,
parties a* a premeditated, cowardly art on the |»rt ! East Pascagoula, Kept 4,1818.
of G.jw , jstrticularly when it i* taken into conxi.l-1 Ur. a it Stn—(hr tlio 2*1 day of April last, I ad
dition that M r. .Sn-jHietH is ti small weakly gen- ( die*** * I you a letter cxplftinig’ mny views in regard
•i who doe* not weigh 100 |*mnd* ; ami that p, various nuitter* of puldic jioliey, lest my fe.llow-
i* ft large muscular man, weighing citizen* miglrt I** misled by the many coiitradiclo-
, ry and con Hut ing statements in respect to tin-m
•of Mr.Thninp-' which up;eared in tlie journnl* of the day und
i i.i i wen* circulated throughout the country. I now
tb
Judge Ci
OUT iiOt ‘ |M ill ud*
It it w a* not for the interfi
son and Mr. Dooinnn ol tin* place, he would ha
Ini n immediately kilhd. After Gone stabbed him find myself misrepresented und misunderstood up-
several times, he asked him to retract wliat he had on another point, of such importance to myself
Haiti, and lie answered, never, sir, never ? . personally,if not to the country at large, a* lo
It i* the opiniou of tho Pliysician* that Mr. S. claim from me a candid nnd connected exposition
cover it gangrene does not ensue. Judge of my relation* tothc public in regard to the pend-
(> ne ba.* been In Id to hail in the sum of ten thou- 1 ing presidential canvas*.
und dollars. Vonrs, HKNK.X. Tfio utmost ingertuity has been expended trpon
.. - - j several letters and detached sentences of letters,
[nut the i vQi iKER.j | wliich liuve recently appeared over my signature,
Messrs. Editors .-—1 am much pleased with the ! x ? lt,,owl,mt 1 occu P T v no equivocal attitude towards
will ret
ll th" fulsoni" pane
iiiii. Without tact,
f lor wh - Ii In- had
,‘idly
losing ground troin ilu-iiioniciit Im "Utt-n ci ilu* eontest,
und tli" |ircMjN c*t in that, iiizlrad of tin- one thousand
iioitm iti/ cluiiio'd for loin in the oiiIn. I. it ii"g"l*iu at
nil •( will be a hltlo after tin liinhiou that Snider got
into h«-n\«-n. All wt- ask in for linn in mnk" a BjN-i-ch
whoirvrr lie call gather u crowd, aud wc will mnure
effort mv article in vour last pH|n r, ha* prodne
in tli • in-iids of my fellow thee lianas ; and it is
* j certainly nstoniniung that they have n<»t hmg lie-
n uji t u ^ for,- this tint" iioen more awake to their own in-
ten sts. It o-eiiis tlmt Judge Wellborn In* read
that article, for on Saturday nigh! last, in u lubo-
ri«^tre mjm-i i h of some hour uud a half long, he
fruitlessly attempted to bring . MicuV, not only on
tli - icicle ifscdl, but aUn on the writer eff i*. In
no iustatire did tho Judge satisfy th" mechanics
w ho went to hear him. lie reiterated Id
Now ii has never ls-sn contcndod that Gol. Gai
iioin was out- of ilu* wmdy kind of orators tlmt coul
talk fiv" lioure and say nothing. Din lYiends claim ft
him | art riot ini 11 and pnblir hjant of tin- highi-st order,
H.Mind, tl.M ini.mating iniiul, ail iicsjuuiiUaiieo with tl
wants of tin |'>"|*1", nnd a practical, hiisinisN tal"i
tliut in worth all the vuuonary uoiihi-iiw* ever nth-red l
tho fancy gentry of the day. Ilia \u \vs are enforce
bv ii jilaiu, strong, c-oimiKm uense N|)coies of cloi|u<-ui
that every honest former cau understand audapprcc
tho various parties into w hich the people afe divi
ded. uud especially towards the Whig party us rep
resented by th" National Convention which assem
bled m Philadelphia iu June Inst. Had these letters
nnj scraps of letter* been published or construed
in connection with wlmt I have her toforosaid up
on thi* subject, I should not now have to complain
of tin-speed with which my answers to isolated
question* have l»een given up lo the captious criti
cism of those who have been made mr enemies hy
mtorninulinn which ha* hern louden'd to me with-
» hear Him. lie reiterated lit* a*vrtion # , •* mm wnn. w.m-
tliut he wanted to bring down the price* of h.lior, 0,,t ^>bHtation or arrangement of mine, or of tho
so tl, t he could purchase his boot* in Golnmhu* i nannor »» winch Helected passages m borne of my
for four dollar*. It i* no wonder that the Judge
letters, written in the freedom and carelessness of
and hilt friends should writhe under tny few plain ''«'»<VI.-ntial correspondence, have hecn eommu-
prottosilinn.,! he and tbov know fttll well, that 1, I 1 " 1 ’ 1 "-' P r, ' ss - »»« nvcti front tho
Inve opened the eyes of u larire and respectablo , cnn ,"' !tt ' a "‘' ! -'P«' 1 » ( 'd a series oi explannto-
clnss of voters, whose support he will certainlv rv facta and circumatancej which are, t
... _jfar as
j osl , * * * this canvas* i* concerned, historical they are as
The Judge, in the course of hi* remarks, said ^‘cepiivo a a, thong!, ^rica
t.-re Inghl
hriglm-im
s^ing that tin- pn»|u-ci
thi* psilicular region w
The race m now tH-comiiig more and mi
I - every body except the Gaw eamlulut
to him, begins to look trtumpy. He kno
art* boggy places, blit wln-re they are. ,n
ter pa»t finding out.
in bright aud
cau answrer.
■e interesting
The mail,
vs t|iut there
t him u mat-
When
-Old i
i Hitchis
Th.
IB HE A KBPDBLICAN >
b b tmm ndand to • mutely Ihol tho dwnaonl-
lo thb Itetrict ■ ote ooly
hot will iu do, ttew ho Udly hettwi —
h ootteo ohowt gmuQ uro»fcr&wl»oto,oodoMk.
’te Bmyohrnvry li>io( nrr—ry lo th, comfort
Mi pfte tateood of p^liylo, mu mru ooootry-
■ lo m*MO nd thtep m tr, not, i, (ivieg
ihodotiM Th,
lilt, and Ohio Iih>. which haa Ihcii made to
lit th, twinkling of an eye the K’cuo i. cliuuited. ; feel the eflecU of the tm'.iMiren of the Hthnillin- :
'Die hatdi<vtpnrti»m turn, from tire ulvoeuey of t'uni'. iminm in iu htisiinss, upon busiuens ground.*, ]
pn teiwreiw, and nil the floodgotw td ut.ure ore open- h’cln thnl tynintnucc in ucccnearv^ to till' prer
nliiu lien. T.ylor Tire muu wire tlirvugh life h«d : VJ-* 011,1 d". ll e''' ('
neresary to tin
ticncrnl "Tnylor or "I
. . . . ... i t’uiH—an Internal liinrovnuont I’lc.idcnl, or nn
dene ho whole duty, who to ov«y try..., nnd per.lm,. j ul|ti4lHl . rn „, iVmdent.l-resiJ«,.t
American workshops and American
op|*oaotl to them.—a ih ace Pre.
position had never beeu found wauling, wttohad borne
his country's unstained flag in gloriiius triumplt over
avery battle-field, aud whose utitaruislu-d private life
bad put lo bhuma the parasites uf |(o«ver, as well as
Ihe puldic }duuderers, is suddenly turned upon iu the
desperation of their jiolilical hopes aud vilified
with every degrading epithet. 'Die press aud the
foul-mouthed orators of the opyiosition, how
toe year ago would storcely hare dared lo slander
the gtorious old patriot, are now his most uunpariug
calumniator*. Gobs, having no merits of his own—
b-viug dune nothing to fix him iu the uffertions oi the
peojde, is snarcely over un utiourd, whilst the vials of
partisau wratli are poured, hy itinerant d«-mngogu<
friendly t<
policy,
d(*nt, or u war Prosidout,—a President for tho
I'uion. n.* it i*, ora Ihoeident for Gnl-a, Yucatan,
nnd nil the country north und west of tho Sierra
Madre, and unon, for tho absorption of the whole
of Mexico. Between these men nnd these meas
ures, Whigs mo beginning to feel that they must
choose, and us they decide, yea or nay, they de
cide tor, wr ngninsi, the peace nnd prosperity of
the country*. The Wh g who directly vote* for
Martin Ynn Huron indirectly votes for Gen. Gits*,
and for all the public distress niul private misfor
tune incideut to an ultra-democratic uduiiuis-
(ration. The NVhig who din** not vote nt all
lends himself to tho same malign influence, nnd
Bomt-thmg m tin* tone and leni|wr t»f ihr vou-
(*ruble old prostitute that s|HUtk* of ilecp nnd |K>ck"i
f. h w rath. His lute continued umaultsou the furmt-r
idol of hi* political nffortiont, leave u|H»n our mimls
tin impression that Van is shout to work serious da in-
ogx* to the Gass wing of ilu* democratic party. Ritchie
never gets supeilatively savage nuletw he feels that his 1
|(o"ki-t is in danger; then, like all pix-kcl patriots. Ir
lashes limv-elf into a furious passion and
chafed lion in the Lvhiun deserts. Van Huren di
fto af Mtom Georgia oso moody Amarioam ia
bg Mi feon ms sympathy with that ktoffafaento
j—toy, wtot, toaliaf tbz—lvaa a liula battor tbaa
toto—totot^M tbabtody-warbof tomigaoaoo-
■ to SHfodm to evary aeoas is the wwtmambip of
ft. OUOaa. Jackaoa araa right vrbtobaaaU it was
• tor tot goagto af tbkesootry to Ucorne a Idtla
imriMafttf- Wbat did lbs obi ooMior lire an
totoif toft in puking iftow i n i mmi ■ g nu in'flit
■Mbs fbto Is Abo iotomUy of — mm ertnom —
to—toft tor Ibo totpto lo took btyood the At-
toto torjjmf fbtof Itoto to »«otto— totbenre-
■fetoMlto—i to to—to^otbo cooim sod mdastryr
f to— Ofcs worn atrivtof to boild Op a rivalry here. :
" tifcp to—, Ida ha— to tlm mdtguh, vraa to |
Ba bad oavor baas to Faria, or Ireu-
ou tho head of the devoted Item with all the Mvn.iug j gfoil m nv all nn*und us some sign*, tlmt
pleasure tbut marks the conduct of the malic mus slan- j public sentiment waking '(P to the just ctlect of
drier. Such couduct is worthy the supporters of such tin* Whig apathy, upon the one hand, and of
a man as Cass. Wbat care they what max have Whig treason upon the other, ter we can call
be* lb. pwt MTirv. or ,«w„. „reriu of On. T.y- 1 no,l,il, « 1 '*-• ll, ». . 11 l' r,v ; l, . c
1 1 9 Metier*, wc m** every when*, evidence like the ltd-
low ing, a better ? t \to of feeling among the
! (rt »ther Jockey *, offered fi r a seat in the saddle ;
hut a new hum had fie. n adjusted tu it hv a ci’lc-
I l-rated w«-rkmaii in tin-line uf pulitieal waddles, by
tlicnuuu' nf J. C. Galhm.n. It wa* culled the
•• tf,.nh ri b" horn. It w:i** wo novel a con-
•rtruct on tiiat V. H. could Mt he hmde t*» lit it; no
cutting, stitching, or vamping could make hisclotli
any huger limn tocever n waddle whose pummel
weld 1 be on tli' old rule of n majority size, ami it
t»*-k the littt r* uud adjuster* three day* und night*
tlilig. i tly to cut, try. lit, and admeasure the differ
ent rider* who had offered, aidtd l»v the In st Dem-
ocr.uic w orkmciithe tveasion bad (iMuglit tog -tIt
er ; fi»r it must lie a fit precise. At list one was
found 11 the close of th* ir deliberation*, in Ten
ia svs James K. Pelk had s-unehow got a three
curie red pm 1 called 7V.it. > fitted into Ins inex
pressible:-. ai d lo! to the astonishment of ull con
cerned in the rank* of the people, this fittul the
new h um to a T.
iinmt m Thi* kr.oclo t! V. 11. eft’ and out of the concern,
• and the whole brigade, field and staff, backed hy a
* ** 10 great many of the rank and lil" of tlie self-styled
, Democracy, Imve declared V. H. ns a j* Jit ha! rt-
serve* the censure* of every Southern supporter he ; loth dead and buriid ;” bcliev ing that the two-
over had, but it does com© with a bnd grace from | third, rule had formally performed bis funeral c«*re-
the editor of the l-niott thu* to stigmatize, ns the ! inonies, but n> mo how one comer ol this Texas
prince of |Hiliticul villain, the former embobiment of pb'cc, haw cost so much b!< «d and trvasnn', and
democratic irerfcction. We arc tvi'lmg, however, for i *, d i,s ?" <’?« wh »' “ l ."" 1 v 1 " i, ’ n *
' * w m ] fur. that the Kinderhook ruler tatgum “alive nnd
kicking,” and now brarted and spurn'd to “ up
better”—not u* the
that - the ilihc wa. not far diaUnt, wlten iic'rcmiM , j »tUr«v* vou this letter to correct the i
place th, he* L< uf his boots on the ra ck* uf those justice that htt*^ been done mp * and the public to
xrho made so much fan of them," What! Judge
Welllmm place the heels uf hi* Boots on the
necks of freemen! A man whose narrow princi-
jde* would nut make a respectable patch on the
niuiiention vhle portion of a latroriug man’s inex
pressibles! Place the heel* of his Boot* on my
neck ! I tell you. .sirs, tiiat before he could do that,
he would most assuredly feel the toe of min
•xtent that I um nil object of interest to ther
by this ilhlieral process.
I shall not weary you by an elaborate recital of
er.-ry incident connected with the first prcHontation
of my name a* a candidate for the Presidency. I
wa* then nt the head of the American army in the
Valley of the Rio Grande. 1 was surrounded hy
Whig* nnd Democrats who had stood bv me in the
Tho honor.bio geiitll-man ml have 'learned *!>'"*« I "’ u " of li6 ’- snd " l,0 . m was ">y <*«-
melt l.nj.imoi- when ir.veling through Kuroire; l'."v M comiuct thtoughMottcs ofaltii greater trml.
it sound* like the language used by a tyrannical
My dutv
battle
to that artnv and to the Republic whoso
iging, forbade tny nssuuiiug a
lri>!i landlord to his downtrodden tenantry; U tuiitteH w- w-re waging, forbade my aaaunii—a
hm been imported with nunv lt.ik! twlitioil POMImti. f teeming hostility to anv portion of the
-clieitM'-, hv this candidate for .mr suttWges. from -r.ve men under tny comjn.nd—alfof whom knew
the land of despot,, to U.e lire side of American 1 1 " P" ncl P le . ^ • made no conceal-
freem -:i. The Judge says / employed smir per- m ■>! sentiments or pred.lectmns.
...n to writ* the article in'rourinst piper. !de„ro , ! '.' wh had been the violence ot party strnggle.
Ihe Judge to distinctly understand that / wr„i, thru tl " rin -"' lr pre^tdontia! elections, that the ac
art ie< '.“ml that/write this, too; nnd if/.,- is the « v P''»<-e of a nomination nnderthe rigorous in-
author of the letters which were published in the P rprmuons gu en to the .obligations of n candi-
Goliitnbtu Time*.aud also, of the urticle publis
ed in the Eiujhirer, headed *• Mi ore pres,
t'orrei t.Hl,'' that /can teach him how to write; und
if h will come under ray instruction*, / will make
him a better grammarian aud a better democrat.
VERITAS.
[FOR THE IKKR.j
Itl'MiKit, Sept. 7, 1818.
Messrs. Editors:—1 should fed more than re
munamted to the extent of the Hnh*_'ription I pay have not my letter*
for your |*a|a*r, if from it> p.Tn.vil 1 derive no other hut they are all of
jlmh- .. . . present™ to.the public w ith a formulary of
ition I ’bricil principle*, was equivalent almost to a
,!cclar..tioti of uncompramiHing enmity to h 11 wlio
did not subscribe to it* tenet*. I was unwilling to
h.ijurj the effect of such relationship towar !s any
of the soldier* under my command when in front
of an enemy common to u* nil. It would have
been uaju-t in itself, and ii wa* a* repugnan to my
own feelings as it wn* to my duty. I wanted uni-
tv in the army, and forbore any act tlmt might sow
the seed* of distrust and discord in its ranks. I
ritten at tlie time before s ,
import, and in conform;./
benefit than having bfen invited through it* col- with tli" views herein expressed,
umtift to participate with the friend* of ‘Oh! Zvrk,’ Meanwhile 1 was solicited by my personul
at a Barbecue in the tweuty-fir*t district in this friend* and by stranger*, by Whig* and JJetno-
couutv. b.Mter known no the u dark comer.” An craK to consent to Becwno a candidate. 1 was
Northern man with Southern | enthusiastic love
in separate
tiie , and mixed meeting*. I resisted them all, and c m-
tinued to do .so till led to believe that tny opposition
The meeting was called to order by JuJge John wa* assumiug^tfre aspect of a dofiance^oftne ^q»-
.... er of talking and good eating, 1 j nominated bv tlie people in primary assetuhl
« that Ritchie ' principles,” hut a* the man who intends the chits- gladly availed myself of said invitation, and with by Whigs, Democrats and Natty
lor. They kiK*w him to to* an honest man. and know
iug this, they foal that aliould he lie tlecleJ, public | \\
plunderers ami (isrtisau favorites enu expect uolhiug nt I All n long thi line from the river to the lake,
hi* hands They dread therfoanting of that Augean ' says tin* Ginointuilt Ghroniclc, there is n feeling
•table that will take place. Hence, they fight with vf*‘ ntlmsinsin for Gen. Taylor Something of
tho dosireranou of dy ing glad.utorB, aud heuev, ulien I jj 1 * *’*°ld i* beginning t»» l*e
Urey haw AM to Mm U.«r «r» Ohm. Ud... P 1 " 1 ,! * ,h, .° "'T; in . K > *
1 1 tiiat (.ihral:»r of Amor.in Wlnggtsni.
, hat b- haw S-l
tohitotof—tototMr wtorahr
—ga toalr—• todaauy. Thh
Up—y- Ha was m aririocrat
hi too atoto si tot riaetrias taaght as
atotoMto af tha fftlahialad Pariraa
iMtotototoatMnttoi— If
ifaatoa—rrea nyto—af pafiucai
I too whda hrtaadad ayto— af
they hava turasd their envsuuuied darts agamst the
to wont of hun xvho stands (■'fore his countrymen tho
iin}M*raunificatioa of a public patriot aud a pnvute citi
zen.
Wa are not in the habit of a<kiree»;ng
to lha taterested irelHlciaa* of th * eouotry. U w their
voratmu lo n dead the jicople, n u their u,n-L*Bt to
Uaohcnthe reputanon of north) im-ii. aud riirive by
poaderiag to lha wishes at aspiring knaves- Wa ajreak,
tomsrer, to the great body of tho people, to those
who have uo interest in betraying ihoir conutry, who
foal Um want of au honest and printout ndm.uistrato u
Ta snoh, we would aay, ezamiaa this matter calmly
aud cooastorately. Look at the whole hialory’ of Gen.
Taylor, sad aay if ha • wot a man to whom the ohief
ezeewtree atooa af thii aouutry can be antoiy entrust-
w.icro wi many Itr.vo !'"«*»» com mi "1 to (Kv soil,
lake incit, .!i.**o Whig* U\ . ’i te can Ih*
in* “free* .ir with such men as Vun Butvu and
G ■**. Inihcsucct ** of a Whig, an American
remarks I Whig, pledged in t to n'si-t tho Ut'preNcntativcs of
tho pcoph*, and the two Housofeof Congreoa, they
h »,n* tlictic n.ay l»c “ a biajk put in i1k» iiom* ( ai d a
tmdlc in the lips” of that class of men, who
Would consent to an aggros*ire* war, merely to
convert frccu-rr.fi ty into alive stale*. And they
arc right.
('no of tho Western member* of Congress,
writing u* from Western Virginia, asaures u»
tlmt the skies are bright tliere,—and that Virgin-
inns by uo mean* despair of success in the Old
Dominion, whatever we tuny say or believe lo
the contrary.
In many |urts of l cnuavlvania there is uu eu-
nv UhIv to |h It him to their hearts' content. Hr w
fioiu tlie first, u most abandoned ami profligate politi
ciuu. nnd wo are mcliued to tlio
knew it. As intimated in the old adage, of which iisement of ll''>*c Democratic tricksters, who trick-1 n host of other*, wended my way thither
the caption of this article is a part, when such men us | ed him out of Ins share ot the cheating* or plan-1 lir* r instant
V.11 Itiir. 11 <111.1 Ritchie fall out there is wme bone that 1 «h-» *hr.« bt lor(t to the operation, of the party u ho
... h«„«,.pco,4o will RCI their rights claim tlmt- ■ to.hr vurtor be lone the s,x«h. ot the
1 . , . .. ... vanquished. 1 hta “ hiring the btt«T, und *• client-
I he oireumg paragraph, in a lute Union, ia m the I inp ^ t | |( . lt , r< * , ias jdacret the Texas thrce-cr-
ftdlowiug wards aud threats. All we can say is, give , n(>riH j piec»* party into a |*#it!on correnpomling
i to him, and prove aoir what you so lustily aud lyiugly i with Put’s descritVu*n of the Yellow J \cb*t—"faith
denied in lt»40. • it I s at one in.) ard stings r 1 'tiller
“ Wo intend to strip off romplouly tlie mask 1 h»\v are now biting th * whig and ih * sterling
from the face of Mr. Van Huren and his barn- j patriot, Taylor, as ttrey usual'v have done any
burning champion*. The duty ia forced upon us worthy an t well qualified standard bearer—aud
hy the eriaie it*elf. lb* has been once more nomb ! then their Bringing* »f tin* V H party i« ns -
natiil to tho highest office iu the world. His mis- o:n the jxfisonof » o‘':icft1 ant M
tdc ambition,aud still more lii* vindictive pas- 1 Edi’ors, bctw.vn biting and stinging one an
’ py will spend so much i f th
Mont, are d >pical»le enough; but it i* tho means i l**gtn to Hunk they
Mqjsr*.
tier. 1
which lu* empley* which peculiarly excite the
contempt and indignation of every h. neat mind. It
t.- h.s atti mptingto gratify hi*p:i*-ien* nt the ex-
l**n>5 of hi* country, and at tin* risk of disturbing
the peace and even the union of the Confederacy,
he is attempting to build up a ror fo-nt/ai (7,411
fccrionat feeling* and g»*i*grnphicnl line*. It is,
then, time to expose him in all iltr wiles and doul>-
hngs i*( hi* character, and to show tho people
whivse suffrage lu* is aoheiung, wliat n.anuer ol
man he is.”
ratic thunder, and bo *0 filled up with the
explcsivo sound, thftt they " ill forgot to fix a s,d-
(!!.*, cr even to leadeut the h for that crippled
old man to ride, who hurt his kn<
breaking hi* sword acres* it at II;
W. F I <owrv, vyho bad been selected as President, tifor wislies. I yielded only when it looked
An apprepriate prayer waa then offered up bv tho 1 presumption to resist longer, und even then I
Rev. Mr. Knox. * ' should not have done so Imd not tho nomination
*J in* Gl air then introduced Messrs. Chirk and been present 1 to nv* in a form unlikely to awa-
1 l.trrison, of Lumpkin, who, in addresses whieh ken acrimony or reproduce tlie bitterness of feeling
(while th y did ampkvjustice to tlie occasion, and which attends popular election*. I sav it in sin-
infr.iito credit fi* the.n*elves) entertained t^ie andi- cerity anil trif.h that u port of the inducement to
one-' for one hour each. niycous nt wa* the hope that by going into the
Dinner was then announced, a most excellent canvas* it would top conducted with candor, if not
one it wa*, too. The citizens of the “dark cor- kindne**. It hi* been no fault of mine that this
n r,” he s»sured, know !>ow t > do up the “ tahle | anticipation 1ms proved a vain one.
t'xett* brown.” From . \ idenca on Hut day given, After I permitted myself toto announced for the
th-re could be no greater misnomer given to that Presidency, uuder the o,rc>unatancea above noticed,
locality th in that of
f *• dark corticrwhiletto'ear I nccepie*! nomination nfter nomination in tlie
ckiqucnc?,th? palate gratified spirit in winch ritey were tendered. They were
wa* cl»rated with
with every delicacy, the eye too onjoved the rich
est least tiiat fetua’ beauty can iff r!. I am pro
The Conti mt.—Col. Baker, of Ilhuois, who k
very LnJ by
s surrender, i par *<! further to say. and that without hestfation,
j erliap-i, h ovever, they can stenl some, as it is ! that if a majority of the districts of Georgia stood
J tint John Tvlercnt out the Texas thi
vJ piece, and that J K. lV!k sude it. und
Ins rude uliBiist reui 1 t!s* four j\ats Pn *idt*mial
couree. Please make an enquiry »'i Ritchie w liich
cne of the sox pa|ier lives that Mr. Casa Im* lived
ia genuine, tlj.it is to say, IX mocraticailv true, con
taining on .1 fur average n« t over two ties t,»o:je'
well soquamted with torth men. an ’ who led a Rrgi- truth, us a tew of tli. m might be read in St. wart
omit ,U the U«oJv b.ttk', fuugl.t bv tiro. T.ykir, county, ih*!m down the Chitwlioorboo, but .1. y
draw. « ivninut tern, the ob^otm .ud I otuicc^p-actwlly Imr-vcn Imv-.Uo-
, ..... . ■ luU-ly l.'tv ; ftb fxlrd cLar,.c thre turn*. I+lie
■■■»•■-bvme ^nie c f C<J. McArU.v.rV kYrt ,.r
th* patriot hero that w»H strike every 1
true to the life. The speech waa delivered by Baker
at St. Louis. Tbs Rcpublicau winds up a notice of tho
BtriMBHiilBNlMllli
legatees loan tlid Baltimore nominee one or two
pioccaof the or.gintl sword In. ken, till aft. r the
MMSuaufewsH
lority
cvi-n second iti iateMigencc fi> t!;> ‘ dark corn ,*r’*
c>f Stewart, tho old lLro uoul.l cirry the State
without the crack of h whip, fo r there were bat five
on tli * ground, (of the d .*lr.ct,) who were for Cass
nn 1 U.rtler, while there were more in attendance
that s 1 touted hum for Gen. Taylor, Fillmore, and
do irrespective of parties, and *0 acknowledged.
No on; who joined in those nominations could
iutvehcoQ deceived tis m mv political views.—
From th; beginning till now 1 have declared my-
.* If to l - a VtThigon all proper occasions. W.th
thi.* di met avowal published to tlie world, 1 did
not think thal I had a right tp repel Domination*
from political opjionont* anv more than 1 had a
right t-» refuse th • vote of a Democrat at the p, lla:
nd 1 proclaimed it abroad that 1 should not Tty ct
Col. Calho m, than attended the great democratic ! tho pre.Tbrvd support of anybody of mv fell,
meeting on Tuesday at ibis place. I citizen*. ThU was my poaitioa when in Nou-.n.
After dim) rtii* crowd again a.^ uMcd, when j her la •: I rerarned to the United States; long to-
M,‘,*rs. t Ikrrel, Wimberly, and Gn!»*rt, with rich j for.- ci’.lter of the great divisions cf th© people had
and spicy speech©*, an I others with appropriate held a national convention, end when it
nt*. V.»ncluded the services of t!,e day.—
P :oxe i ,close thi* communication, 1 must say
with refortwee to the democracy of that particular
district, that I saw carried o il bv a portion of riiem
■Am