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CHROMCLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 16.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
® Os Ohio :
The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor
ruptible Statesman—the inflexible Republican—
the patriotic Farmer of Ohio.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
JOHN T YLE R ,
Os Virginia ;
A State Rights Republican of the school of : 9S—
one of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically
one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and
patriot statesmen.
FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT,
GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe.
DUNCAN >L. CLINCH, of Camden.
JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee.]
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark.
SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin.
ANDREW MILLER, of Cass.
WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb.
C. B. STRONG, of Bibb.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke.
E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
FOR CONGRESS,
W ILLIAM C. DAW SON, of Greene.
R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham,
JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup.
EUGENIUS A. NISBET, of Bibb.
LOTT WARREN, of Sumter.
THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn.
: ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson.
JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam.
THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee.
Louisiana Election.
'T)
From the New Orleans Bee and Picayune of the
10th inst. we have obtained the most gratifying
news from the late elections in Louisiana. In the
first sufficient intelligence is received to
leave no doubt of the election of White, the pres
ent Whig representative, by a largely increased
majority. In the second District, in which we
anticipated defeat, all the Parishes but three have
been heard from, which leaves Morgan (Whig) 104
votes ahead ; it is therefore net improbable that he
has succeeded. From the third Distiict nothing
has been heard.
For the Legislature the Bee says : “So far, the
whigs have neither gained nor lost. If the rest of
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the State has done as well, the majority ia the
Legislature will be very decided. So far, the
popular vote is for Harrison by hundreds.”
Hunt’s Merchants’ Magazine.
The July No. of this valuable periodical is on
our table, and like its predecessors, is well filled
with valuable matter to commercial men. This
v. No, leads off with a lecture from the Hon. John
Sargent, of Penn., on “Mercantile Character,”
delivered before the Mercantile Library Associa
tions of New York and Pennsylvania, which fully
sustains the high character of Mr. Sargent.—
There are many other valuable articles, among
which we notice one from Henry C. Carey, of
Philadelphia, being a continuation of a series on
the “Causes of Unsteadiness of the Currency, and
the remedy therefor which abounds in the sound
practical views of a mind well versed in the sub
ject of which the writer treats.
Mr. Nisbet’s Letter.
In publishing this able letter of our representa
tive to the Morgan co. Com., some typographical
errors occurred, which have been corrected in our
weekly paper of this morning. Those papers
copying please copy from the weekly paper.
Meeting of the Tippecanoe Club o t New
ton County.
Tuesday, July 7, 1840.
This being the regular day for the assembling
of the Tippecanoe Club of Newton county, the
same organized. There being a large assembly, it
was Resolved, That in the discussions which may
be had lifts day, any and every person, without
regard to party names, be invited to participate.
*• The following Resolution was offered by John
N. i'Silliamson, Esq., viz :
Resolved, That the election of William Henry
Harrison to the Presidency, and John Tyler of Vir
ginia to Vice Presidency, will promote the bes
interest of the country; and that in the promotion
of that interest we approve and will support the
Electoral and Congressional nominations made by
the Convention held in Milledgeville on the first
Monday in June last.
After the reading of the above Resolution, Col.
John J. Floyd made an address in support thereof.
f He was followed by James H. Rakestrun, Esq., a
t
I Union Van Buren man. Mr. Rakestrun having
* concluded, was replied to in detail and at length
by John N. Williamson, Esq. The arguments
t hen closed, and upon the passage of the Resolu
tion it was carried unanimously.
‘ The following Resolution was presented, and
decided in the affirmative, viz :
Resolved, That we approve of the Convention
to be held in Macon on the 13th August next, and
{hat we will send at le ist one hundred Delegates.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this day be
sent for publication to the Reformer, Georgia Jour
nal, and Southern Recorder offices.
THOS. BABER, \ ice President.
J. M. Colley, Secretary.
Upper Canada. —It may be remembered that,
sometime in January last, one Livingston Palmer
was arrested in Upper Canada, charged with dis
tributing “patriot” commissions, and endeavoring
to enlLt’new recruits for a new rebellion. He has
recently b?£m Lied for higli treason, found guilty,
and sentenced to death. He is said to be an Ameri
can, from Vermont.
One Hiram Mann has also been tried for Lie
same offence, and in like manner found guilty and
sentenced.
o o
Macon Convention, 1
The Committee appointed at the last meeting of
the Central Tippecanoe Club, of Richmond County,
have appointed the following delegates to the Con
vention, to be held on the second Tuesday in Au
gust next, viz.
Gcnl. Thos Flournoy, Robeit Clarke,
\ H T Kilpatrick, E W Spofford,
Joshua Key, J G Marshall,
W J Rhodes, C D B Dill,
J D Mongin, I A Hibler,
James Palmer, Edward Collier, sen.,
L H Murphy, James Gardner, jr.,
James Cashin, James Reeves,
A W Rhodes, Meigs Hand,
S Tarver, Wm Holmes,
B Daniel, John Kerr,
S D Clark, Porter Fleming,
Alex. Walker, W M Fraser,
Chas Clark, James Hulbert,
G VV L Twiggs, C L Bussy,
Jer’h, Winters, T M Simmons,
James Malone, A S Holland,
Jno. Chanvous, J Bond,
Jacob A Dove, Win Jones,
Win Johnston, C B iiitt,
H A Hudson, Geo Rackett,
James Brandon, sen., Jesse Kent,
Joseph Burch, J W Jones,
Doctrine Bunch, W H Howard,
L A L Boisclair, R B White,
Joseph Ware, J W Walker,
Daniel B uner, J B Campbe !,
R.obert Thomas, E W Staines,
Charles Carter, A G Bull,
Geo. Crawford, T W Miller,
Jno. McKinney, E W Doughty,
James Colman, J’ II Cooke,
James Knight, John Hill,
Seaboin Skinner, John Miliedge,
Wm Skinner, F Spears,
Jno M. Turner, A Boggs,
Amory Sibley, P Bennoch,
P H Mantz, C J Jenkins,
Edward Bustin, E B Beall,
P Fitzsimmons, John Cashin,
W E Jackson, J Thompson,
John Foster, James W Davis,
Robert Rutherford, O E Carmichael,
Charles McCoy, M P Stovall,
W W Holt, J M Dye,
J M Adams, E D Cooke,
T M Nelson, Benjamin Brantly,
W T Gould, L Hopkins,
B W Force, A Mclver,
Jhon Rily, Robert A Watkins.
Who together with the Committee of appoint
ment, viz :
A J Miller, Wm Bryan, Sen.
M F Boisclair, Jonathan Palmer,
WmM D'Antignac, Middleton Sego,
Adam Johnston, Robert A Allen,
Pleasant Stovall, John Skinner,
John J Cohen Wm P Beall,
Edward Thomas, Daniel Walker,
Eli Muslin, W J Eve,
M M Dye, ‘ John Tarver,
G T Dor tic, John Williams,
constitute the entire Delegation.
If any of the delegates appointed shall be una
ble to attend he is requested to notify the members
of the apointing committee in his district.
Harrison ami Tyler Meeting in Morgan
County.
At a meeting of a portion of the Morgan Coun
ty Tippecanoe Club, at Madison, on Wednesday
evening, Sth instant, it was
Resolved, That a Committee be appointed by the
Chair to select the names of persons opposed to
the present Administration, and in favor of Harri
son and Tyler, which being agreed to, the Chair
man nominated Lewis Graves, John Robson,
Charles Whiting, Lancelot Johnson, William S.
Stokes, John G. Reeves, N. G. Foster, Stewart
Floyd. Augustus Rees, Elijah E, Jones, and Thad.
B. Rees.
Who having met in accordance with their ap
pointment, after consulting and deliberating, re
port the annexed list of names of persons, suitable
to represent the Harrison party of Morgan county,
in the contemplated Convention, to be held at Ma
con, in August next:
John A. Braughton, Charles Whiting,
Joseph B. Slack, F. W. Arnold,
William V. Seats, William B. Wiley,
Amos Ward, John G. Reeves,
Henry Harris, John B. Martin,
Edmund Walker, James Tatum,
Peter Walton, Adam G. Salih Id,
Geoge W. Humphries, Lanslot Johnson,
John S. Colbert, Hugh J. Ogilby,
Jonn Swanson, jr., Wm. O. Salfold,
L. T. P. Harwell, Robert Harris,
Thomas D. Speer, A. H. Overton,
Thomas Harris, Isaac W. Earley,
Beverly Walton, James Tate,
James Wade, Stewart Floyd,
John L. Moody, N. G. Foster,
Benj. M. Peoples, Elijah E, Jones,
Benj. Harris, Augustus Rees,
Wm. G. Powell, E. L. Wittick, jt
John R. Baldwin, Terrell Speede,
Charles J. Baldwin, James Blount,
Joseph P. Penick, Thomas C, Wood,
Simeon N. Brown, Washington Baber,
William Brawncr, Francis Moss,
Samuel P. Aldridge, Uriah Smith,
James Aldridge, Hilliard J. Smith,
Amos Brown, A. B. Bostvvick,
Charles P. Shoemaker, S. Few,
George F. Ponder, Joseph B. Winston,
Phillip B. Awtry, A. B. Wool,
E. J. Mattox, H, P. Turner,
Alex. Awtry, Thomas P. Thomson,
Jacob Smith, Thad. B. Rees,
Robert Prior, Zeno Walker,
Jacob C. Butts, Ansalurn Walker,
Hilliard Harris, Jon D. Swift,
William G. Smith, Garland Prior,
Mathew Hester, Ellis W. Sammonds,
Thomas Nolan, Jeptha Ball,
B. H. Bishop, William Cox,
Baldwin B. Hoad, Reubin Mann,
Nathan Massey, George K. Davis,
Rob. Fretwell, Thomas Low,
John T. McNeil, John S. Harris,
Willis J. Rhynes, Henry Floyd,
Baldwin Copeland, S. White,
Daniel Gunn, Minor Higby,
John Emmerson,! Augustus Aldin,
James Fitzpatrick, John Robson,
James P. Smith, William Lane,
John F. Johnson, Weakly J. Pearmon,
Merret Warren, Samuel Shields,
William Cousins, B. F. Jackson,
William Millegan, Wm. Hail,
William Hammonds, Reubin Butts,
C. R. Zachry, Geoige Jones,
Richard Park, Alfred Shaw,
David Love, James O’Neal,
Janet Kirby, Wm. B. Stephens,
Wilds Kolb, John Gordon,
W. G. Ballard, James F, Few,
Wm. S. Stokes; A. Atkinson,
Wm. Johnson, Job Jenkins,
Allen Jones, William Prince,
Moses Davis, T. Tunison,
John R. Kendrick, Madison Crocket,
James Skinner, F. M. Boon.
John Gratton,
The Committee in obedience to the Resolutions
of *he Club, directing them to select men to repre
sent us in the Macon Convention, having performed
their dnty, respectfully notify all the Harrison
men in the County of Morgan, that they are also
invited to attend as Delegates, and will be consid
ered as regularly appointed, in conformity to a
Resolution made by Charles Whiting,
Resolved, That the proceedings be published in
the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, with arequ st
that the Georgia Journal and Southern Recorder,
publish the same.
A. ALDEN, President.
T. B. Rees, Secretary.
To what do the signs of the times point now.
Globe.
They point to Gen. Harrison’s election as true
as the needle to the pole, or a leg-treasurer’s
nose to Texas. — Prentice.
In Boston there are 6,039 females, over the
age of 16 years, more than males. Under 4
years of age the number of males exceeds that
of females, 207. Between 4 and 16, the excess
of females is 407. Whole population, including
the immates of the Jail and Hospital and the I
Slate paupers, 84,401. Gain since 1835, 5,798. 1
From 1830 to 1835 the gain was 16,211. j
For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Party Spirit and Party Names.
Messrs. Editors— -I was musing the other day,
with regret, on the rancor of feeling which is en
gendered by party spirit; and wondering how the
precious piivileges es this wisely framed govern
ment, could be made by some men to assume any
shape suitable for their schemes and stratagems. In
former times, when an assent was given to a ques
tion, we understood it to be yea—a dissent, nay.
It is now neither “yea, yea, nor nay, nay.” Peo
pie slip and slide so much, that you only know
where they are, when you actually see them.
I hose reflections had scarcely passed through my
mind, when in steps one of my neighbors, whose
political views differ somewhat from mine. “ Si
■non,” says he, “did you hear that the State Rights
folks had a meeting, a great meeting ! at Miiledge
ville; and that we are all coming together as
straight as a shingle.”
“ Not the other day,” said f, “ Our State Rights
friends had a meeting a few weeks since, to nomi
nate electors for our electoral ticket, in support of
General Harrison for the Presidency.” “ Well,
well, that may be so,” says he ; “ but I tell you
on Friday, the 3d July, there was a meeting of the
Union, Democratic State Rights Party.” “Ah!**
says I, “ is it the party that Gov. Troup accuses
of stealing and plundering the government. Tell
me ? did’nt they rake him fore and aft, for such
vinification “ Umph ! no,” sa3 - s he, “they
did’nt even grin at it. They said he had come to
this conclusion after exhausting the argument.”
“ But stop,” says 1,“ aint the State Rights Par
ty of Georg a, the same set of refractory chaps,
who would’nt be bamboozled by John Quincy Ad
ams, John C. Calhoun, and their cats-paw, Timo
thy Andrews, on the New and Old Treaty affuir j
for the Indian lands. And did’nt Gov. Troup sen I
Timothy back with a flea in his ear—then survey
and take possession of the lands, in spite of their’
teeth. I used to flinch in those times. Yet, I tho’t
he was right. Your Union Democratic folks,
then said the Governor was mad, stark mad. Mr.
McDuffie called, through the papers, in those days,
for ‘ another Brutus to rid us of our Caesar,’ for
thus trampling upon the power of Government.
But, psha! Guv. Troup’s State Rights remedies
were milk and water to Mr. Duffie’s revolutionary
nullifaction.
“ Consistency, thou art a jewel.”
“ Stop, stop, Simon,” says he ; “ you don’t make
allowances. Time and circumstances make migh
ty changes in men and things. Some of your nois
iest, and most blustering Nullifiers, are now
our leading men. We used to think their quinine
was a pretty strong dose for our slow fevers. They
have quit tins, and say they are determined to
give you arsenic—arsenic ! Simon, every thing
else is too weak. Now, altogether, we can move
like a torrent. We have, as a party the purse of
the Sub-Treasury. We will soon have an army,
more powerful than the grand army of Bonaparte.
We shall neither seek aid from ‘ Missionary,’ or
‘ Hard Shell.’ We are the real ‘ Union, Democrat
ic, Van Buren, Poinsett, State Rights, Flint and
Steel Party.’ ”
I give it up. I trembled like a leaf. I trust in
an Almighty interpositon, to save my country.
SIMON SCRAPER.
Negro Witnesses.
The following article from the Louisville
Journal, upon the subject of the Negro Witnesses,
we commend to the attention of our readers. It
brings to light a case which is new to ns, and no
doubt to most of our readers, in which General
Jackson was called on to set aside a decision made
at West Point, upon the same ground, viz., that
Negro testimony had been received. This testi
mony for which General Jackson exploded the de
cision of the tribual, was taken in a non-slavehold
ing State —while that on which Mr. Van Buien
acted, was received uy a Court holding its session
in a slave holding community.
From the Louisville Journal.
The Case of Lieutenant Hooe of the Uni
ted States Navy—a Pill lor the South.
This officer, a native of Virginia, was tried in
May, 1839, by a naval court martial, on board
the national vessel Macedonian, lying in the har
bor of Pensacola in Florida, on certain charges
preferred against him by commander Uriah 13.
Levy of the Yandalia.
To sustain the prosecution, a negro servant of
‘commander Levy was called and sworn ; Lieut.
Hooe objected to the testimony of this negio;
the court overruled Lieut H's. objection ; he pro
tested against the decision and had his objec
tions spread on the record of the proceedings.
He declined cross examining the negro, and had
this fact also spread on the records of the court.
Daniel Waters, another negro, a cook and pri
vate servant of the prosecutor, was also called
and sworn by the prosecutor; Lieut. Hooe again
objected ; his objections were overruled ; he pro
tested, and declined cross-examining this negro,
and had this also spread on the record. The
court martial heard the testimony, and sentenced
Lieut. Hooe to be dismissed from the West
India squadron, after having been reprimanded,
in general orders, by the Secretary of the Navy.
’Phis sentence was approved by the Secretary, J.
K. Paulding. Lieutenant Hooe appealed to the
President of the United States and submitted
the case to his “consideration and discretion,”
and the President (hear it, oh, men of the South!)
returned the papers with this laconic endorse
ment —“The President finds nothing in the pro
ceedings in the case of Lieut. Hooe which re
quires his interference.”
What! Nothing to require his interference,
when an officer of the American navy, a son of
the Old Dominion, is dismissed from the service
of his country, upon the testimony of negroes,
and these the menials of the commander, the
prosecutor !! It is not remarkable, that such a
sentiment should be expressed by Martin Van
Buren, the man who voted in the Convention of
New York to confer, and who, by his vote, did
confer on free negroes the right of suffrage, the
man, who voted to instruct the New York Sena
tors to oppose the admission of Missouri into
the Union unless she would give up her slaves,
the man, who holds the opinion that Congress
can abolish slavery in the District of Columbia,
and turn all the negroes free without the con
sent of Virginia, Maryland, or the people of the
District; but it is astonishing, that a court mar
tial, composed of officers of our gallant navy,
could be found, who would so far outrage the
sentiment of the- nation on this subject as to
tolerate a prosecution founded on negro news,
and sustained by negro witnesses. Independ
ent of the wound that this conduct of the court
and the Secretary and the democratic President
must inflict on the honor of the American
navy, and upon the feelings of all honorble men,
whether, of tc.e North, the South, the East, or
the West, we pronounce the decision not only
without law, but against law.
The accused was a citizen of Virginia ; he did
not lose his citizenship, nor the rights, which
belonged to him as a citizen, because of bis ab
sence for years in the service of his country.
For what was he tried I For an alledgcd viola
tion of some of the naval rules and regulations,
for a breach of which the la v prescribes that he
may bs tried and punished wilh dismissal from
the service; but the rules of evidence to be ob
served in such cases as are not pointed out by
the acts of Congress. His offence was not mur
der or manslaughter, which, if committed on the
high seas, wrould have made him liable in a district
court of the United States, or, if committed on
ship board within the waters and jurisdiction of
a Stale, would have rendered him amenable to
and triable by the court of the Slate within
whose limits the offence was perpetrated ; but
the charges preferred were for such a violation of
those rules for the government of the Navy (not
amounting to crime) as would subject him to a
trial by a naval court martial.
Then by what rules of evidence should he
have been tried ! Certainly not by the rules of
evidence recognized by the English common
law. If by those rules, then it is admitted, that
free negroes might have been sworn as witnesses
against him, provided they acknowledged the
religious obligation of an oath. By those rules
a white man, an Englishman, tried for an offence
at sea or on land, can be convicted upon the
testimony of negroes; but the Federal Govern
ment of the United States has never adopted the
English common law or its rules of evidence,
and the Federal Government has no common
law of its own or of any other coun.ry. 'To say
that it has is perfectly preposterous; every law
yer knows the contrary —and the President
ought to have known, being a lawyer, that the
supreme court of the United States has decided
these points. All that Congress has said on this
subject is to be found in the 34th section of the
act of 1789, entitled “ an act to establish the ju
dicial courts of the United States,” and in these
words, —“And be it further enacted, that the
laws of the several Slates, except where the con
stitution and treaties of the United St: tes require
or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision
in suits at common law in courts of the United
States where they apply:” so that, the common
law of England not having any relevancy to the
subject matter, and the United States having no
common law of their own, and Congress having
passed no law to make negroes competent wit
nesses, this outrage on the honor and rights of
an American officer, a native of old Virginia,
stands without show of palliation for its mon
strocily.
On board the vessel of the United Slates,
Lieut. Hooe was still a citizen of the United
States and of Virginia: the sovereignty of the
United States existed in as plenary a mode on
board his ship, in the middle of the Atlantic, or
in Pensacola Bay, for all the purposes of his in
dividual protection against judicial tyranny, as
though he had been tried on board the same ship
on the same charges in Hampton Roads. Sup
pose the trial at sea, beyond the jurisdiction of
the States or the territories—by the rules of evi
dence of what law would he have been tried 1
Suppose his ship at the time to have been lying
in the Bosphorus, or at Toulon, or Port Mahon,
or Liverpool—could the naval court have tried
him by the rules of evidence which belong to
the Sultan’s government, or those of France, or
England, or Spain I Certainly not. Though the
imputed offences had been committed while
the ship was lying at anchor in the Bosphorus,
and the couit had been convened and the trial
had there, he would still have been, in contem
plation of law, within the sovereignty of the
government of the United States, and his loca
tion would have been in that particular Slate of
which he was a citizen. No matter where he
had been, he would have been a citizen of the
United States and of Virginia still ; and, though
he was actually abroad, he was, in contempla
tion of law, at home, and the rule of evidence
applicable to his case were those which obtain
in the State of which he is a citizen. As a citi
zen of the United Slates, charged with a violation
of the rules for the government of the navy, the
federal government has no law of evidence of
its own by which to try him; it has adopted
those of no other country, no capricious or arbi
trary rules for the occasion can be resorted to,
hence we insist that the rules of evidence of his
own Slate are the only ones by which he could
have been legally tried. In Virginia a negro,
whether bond or free, cannot give evidence in
any case against a white man; consequently
the oath and testimony of these negroes, the
servants and menials of Commander Levy, were
an outrage, which should call down the indigna
tion of every Southern man and of every Ameri
can citizen on the head of this President of a
party, this “ Northern man with Southern prin
ciples.”
If the law were otherwise—if the places of
trial regulated the rules of evidence, and the
Secretary wished to screen a friend, (forinstance
Commodore Elliott of figure-head memory) or
to sacrifice an enemy in the Navy, he might in
any case order a trial from Virginia, where ne
groes are excluded from giving testimony, to
New York Harbor, where they may not only vote
but give evidence against white men.
Would the ‘illustrious predecessor,’ of the
Header in the footsteps have found in the procee
dings in the case of Lieut. Hooe, nothing to con
demn * Would Andrew Jackson have permit
ted a Porter, a Hull, or the lamented Bainbridge,
or even Lieut. Hooe, to he tried and sentenced
to dismissal from the navy on the testimony of
negroes, though they had been even the free ne
gro voters of Marlin Van Buren! Tis but a
few years ago, a Cadet at West Point was arre
ted for some violation of the rules of that estab
lishment, and the Court Martial, upon the testi
mony of a free negro, one of Mr. Van Buren’s
voters, sentenced him to be dismissed. The case
was carried before President Jackson ; did he
say that he could find nothing in the case to re
quire his interference 7 No—with the indignant
feelings of an American, of a high-souled South
ron, he annulled the decision and restored the ca
det to his rank and standing.
To Southern minds, the mere statement of the
fact, that a citizen of the United States, a citizen
of a slave stale, an officer of our navy, has been
tried on board of his own ship, on American wa
ters, in sight of, nay moored to, the shore of a
slave state, and convicted on the testimony of ne
groes, and, that all this has been approved by a
President, who claims to be the exclusive friend
and favorite “of all their chivalry,” must be revol
ting beyond expression. What would Virginia
have said, or the palmetto State, or Alabama, or
Georgia, or Louisiana, if Jackson, after his great
victory at new Orleans, had been arrested, tried
on the testimony of negroes, and cashiered, and
John Quincy Adams had found nothing in the
proceeding to claim his interference! What if
Gen. Harrison, after his great victory of the
Thames, had been arraigned on false chaiges and
convicted upon the testimony of negroes admit
ted to testify against him by a corrupt Court mar
tial, and President Madison had found nothing
to disapprove ! The deep and withering curses
of the nation would have been the po~tion of the
court, and not all the great services of the vene
rable President would have saved him from the
nation’s scorn. Yet Martin Van Buren, this
free negro suffrage candidate, this abolitionist in
heart, this man who would have dissolved the
Union sooner than permit Missouri with her
slaves to enter the Union, this men who permits
the creatures of his appointment to plunder the
nation and still hold office, who is surrounded
and sustained by a band of officials the most cor
rupt and dishonest that ever marked the annals
of civilization, no doubt flatters himself, that he
can perpetrate the additional outrage of permit
ting the officers of the Navy and Army to be
cashiered upon negro testimony and yet com
mand the confidence and the support of the
South !
Crops is thk Virginia Vallt.t. — The Win
chester Virginian of yesterday savs—
• The present week is one, in which our farmers
are actively engaged in the business of harvesting
their grain. The rye has been almost a total
failure. The wheat and oats throughout the Val
ley will probably yield a scant average crop—
the oats rather more—the wheat will fall short of
it, being partially injured by the rust within the
last ten days. The crops of grass have been
abundant, and well secured.
Correspondence of the Boston Atlas.
Washingtox, June 24, 1840.
Proceedings of Congress—Tory Oppres
sion.
In my letter of yesterday, I left Mr. Jenifer of
Maryland in possession of the floor. He contin
ued his remarks until quite late in the afternoon,
when Mr. Allen, of Ohio, obtained the floor, and
the House adjourned. The remarks of Mr. Jen
ifer were replete with more biting sarcasm, sting
ing invective and bold denunciation, than any I
have yet heard in the halls of Congress; and the
fluttering among the wounded or “obscene birds,”
and the constant emotion manifested on the part
of the Tory members, showed that the darts he
scattered right and left about the House, all told
with marked effect. The Locos dared not per
mit his remarks to be heard, and the most repeat
ed and outrageous attempts to gag the bold spea
ker, who was thus exhibiting them in their true
colors, were kept up the whole afternoon, during
which, Mr. Banks, of Virginia, played his custo
mary despotic and arbitrary part, as a partizan
tyrant of the first water,
Mr. Jenifer referred (n the interest which per
vaded the whole country on the Sub-Treasuiy.
He said a recent visit to Maryland had shown to
him that the whole State was alive to the subject
now before the House. The Administration
members had called their attention to the subject
of flooding the whole State with their documents.
A circular addressed to the people of Georgia, and
signed by Mr. Colquitt, as well as Dr. Duncan’s
speech, had been circulated by thousands, espe
cially in his district, and he would take this op
portunity to thank all members who had thus
taken such an interest in the welfare of his con
stituents, thus publicly. He had received a
number of letters, informing him of the effect
produced by these documents upon his constitu
ents, which, however, he would not read, lest
these gentlemen might be induced to discontinue
their praiseworthy and highly beneficial attempts
to convince his Loco Fcco constituents of their
error. As, however, there was in one a message
to his colleague, (Francis Thomas) he would
read an extract—which was to the effect that the
writer had had a copy of Duncan’s speech and
Colquitt’s circular sent to him which he returned
with the request that he would send to him the
Log Cabin Advocate instead. Mr. Jenifer said
he had a copy of that paper in his hand, which,
if his colleage intended to comply with the re
quest of his former political friend, he would
give to him for that purpose. He then took up
Colquitt’s circular, and began to dissect it in a
most merciless manner, when the Chairman call
ed him to order. He contended he was in order,
inasmuch as he was showing the manner in which
the friends of the Sub-Treasury were attempting
to affect tie public mind with regard to that mea
sure. He was proceeding, when he was again
called to order by Mr. Black, of Georgia. He
told Mr. Black he was a little too fast. That if
he would wait a little while, he would be glad to
call him to order on his own account. Black
said be would call him to order whenever he had
a chance. “No doubt of it,” said Mr. Jenifer.
“The man who, when he rose to speak upon this
bill, announced his intention not to touch upon
the subject at all, and confined himself to calum
niating and villifying one who was absent—who
was not a member of the House, and unable,
therefore, to defend himself because he had been
nominated in his own place for Congress by the
opposition—now rises in his seat and calls me
to order, because I refer to a circular of his col
league, with which my district has been flooded.
Your colleague, you say, is absent. It is his du
ty to be present. But absence is sometimes very
convenient, and you will find, sir, before I sit
down, that presence is sometimes very disagree
able.”
Mr. Alford hoped he did not mean to speak of
his colleague’s absence as any thing unusual.
He was very seldom in the House. Cooper of
Georgia, said he could be sent for if Mr. Jenifer
desired it. Mr. J. said, if it would be in order,
he should be very happy to have him sent for.
Mr. Colquitt, who is usually to be found in and
about the basement of the Capitol, was soon
found, and the Georgia bull dog, as he is styled
by his friends, was unmuzzled and let loose upon
Mr. Jenifer. All would not do. He war worst
ed and disarmed in a few moments, and declared,
with eyes glaring like a demoniac, the gentleman
from Maryland might say what he pleased, be
had nothing more to say to him. Having thus
sued for peace, Mr. Jenifer left him, and turned
upon Mack, who sat quaking in expectation that
his turn would soon come. He referred with be
coming indignation, to the mean attack of that
member upon Col. Gamble, defended the course
of that gentleman, and proceeded to show, from
Mr. Black’s own letter in 1838, that he had been
most glaringly inconsistent. Mr. Black hoped,
if Mr. Jenifer was permitted thus to attack him,
he would be permitted to reply. Mr. J. began to
read extracts which denounced Van Buren as an
abolitionist, and Mr. Johnson as a practical amal
gamationist. He said what followed was too
gross for him to read, as there were ladies in the
gallery. He was proceeding to remark upon the
letter, when the Chairman called him to order.
Mr. Jenifer then reverted to the attempts of the
Tories to affect his district, and spoke of the ef
forts of Mr. Hopkins, among others, in particu
lar. He spoke of the inconsistency of that gen
tleman, who, he said but a short time since, had
gone further even than he could go, in opposition
to the measures of government on account of the
Sub-Treasury, which he was now supporting
Mr. Jenifer then referred to the remarks Mr. Hol
lernan had made in the morning in attacking Mr.
Rives; he paid a beautiful tribute to the true and
patriotic consistency of that gentleman, and bore
down with no little severity upon his abuser. Mr.
Holleman, however, bore the attack, as no other
of his party in the House was able to do, without
wincing, and, in consequence, escaped with a
moderate whipping. Mr. J. showed how much
more applicable the charge of inconsistency and
recreancy was to the retreating Conservatives
lhant ) Mr. Rives. He spoke of the visit of the
Vanite members to Bladensburg last Saturday,
and hoped they had all been pleased with Old
Maryland’s hospitality. Mr. Hopkins could
stand it no longer. He assured Mr. Jenifer that
he had gone there with no sinister designs. He
had no intention of affecting the gentleman’s
standing, and had not mentioned his name there,
either for censure or praise. Mr. Jenifer begged
the member not to give himself any unnecessary
uneasiness. He mistakes me very much, if he
supposes I have any objection to his visiting my
constituents, or that I have any fears for the re
sult. On the contrary, I care not how many vis
its my district, and sincerely hope none have to
complain of any lack of welcome. Lest any
should doubt my sincerity, I now give notice that
every one present will receive a warm and enthu
siastic welcome to another meeting which is to be
held in Bladensburg next month. He proceeded
to speak in terms of bitter irony of the proceed
ings of last Saturday, when Mr. H. again rose,
and disclaimed having either witnessed or parti
cipated in them.
Mr. Jenifer than asked whether or no it had
been publicly stated by a member of the House
at that meeting, and without contradiction, that
Gen. Harrison was not within a number of miles
of either the battle of Tippecanoe, the Thames,
or Fort Meigs ? Order, o der, order, —was shout
ed on ail hands. Mr. Hopkins replied that he
had heard this attack there. Both members
were called to order, and directed t 0 * ,
seats. Mr. Jenifer was, however r, p *** %
goon, bu; not without a good deal’of
He inquired whether it would be in onl • L
to reply to a speech which had been ,ij r
the bill by Mr. Strong of New York 1
replied in the affirmative. He accordin ' i
red to a point in the speech as ren<,r. I!
Globe, when Mr. Banks called him to o V' 1 ii
stated that no such remarks had been 1
the member in the House. Mr. J. t)r . ma( k L
Globe, and called upon the member f rt , , !t i S
York to say, yes or no, whether that wIV* rlj
ported to be his speech in the Globe, p
not what it assumed to be. Mr. Strong *
had be.m called to order on that point 3 J
ted it in the House, but substituted whaU°**’
intended to say, in his prin ed speech a ■' .*
ber suggested that neither Banks “rSiron,,""* iD
know exactly to what portion of the R ) ?C Ji I
referred to, and, consequently, had no II
positive whether they had spoken in the Hi C *
or not, Mr. J. then asked Mr. Strong w jT ll ‘ OI
such a sentence in his speech had or h f f ’ a
been spoken in the House.—Mr. S. sa'./ ,' -
been. Well, said Mr. J. that is all I
know. He then read aloud this passage ”
was full of Log Cabin, Hard Cider, Abol,!' t
&c, as making up the Whig party. for j |
fer had not finished reading it when Mr. B ! 1
called him to order, and in a most in»ol Pnt ' fc °
intolerable manner, ordered him io take his ll
Mr. J. protested with some warmth, and I
ed to know on what grounds he was thusarbi! I
rily cut short. The Chairman refused to |
word—about half the House rose to order' \ I
one of tne greatest scenes of confusion ever** f’
nessed in the House, ensued. At last Mr.J*
ifer, after attempting in vain to extort from \
Banks the excuse for his tyranny, appealed *
the House, Bat ks rose, and in a hasty
outrageous, and garbled manner, asked the v \
of the House.—Tellers were ordered ; a nun,
of members asked the question. Mr. Banks -
dered them to take their seats. The tellers • 1
ported 68 voting in support of the Chair.-;,i *
Jenifer then rose, and, with a great deal of wan* !
said that, inasmuch as the Chairman hadmai*
false representation of the case—had refused- 3
permit him to put his appeal as it® was and pi
there consequently was no question before / I
House touching upon the point at issue, he ho* j
no one would vote.
Mr. Adams demanded to have the question
again. Mr. Banks thundered upon the desk, I
if in imitation of home made thunder, and» I
dered him to sit down. Mr. A. protested asais 1
such tyranny, and said, that inasmuch asnoqit I
lion had been legally submitted, no one bad
right to vote. Mr. Ramsey, a half-fledged Lot,
Foco from Pennsylvania, hoped thes Chaim#
would compel the members to vote. Try it, j. |
it, said Mr. Adams, but the valiant young mi i
from Pennsylvania did not deem it worth nr.
and the tellers reporte 1 no one voting in the nq
alive, and consequently no quorum. The co> I
mittee, consequently could no longer sit, but In I
to rise and reported the fact to the House. I|-
Jenifer proceeded to state the case as it stoo'n’ I
the Speaker, and demanded his views uponiij I
matter. Mr. Hunter could only say that u
Chairman of the committee was subject to u |
same rules as the Speaker, Mr. Proflil roses I
ask whether it would not be in order to let 4 |
House have another and an impartial chair® I
The Speaker declinedcomplying’ar.daquoruaij 1
ing present, a call of the 1 louse was dispensed nu I
and Mr. Banks resumed the chair. Mr. Jen* I
demanded to be permitted to state the grout;; |
his appeal. He contended he had been callKKj
order and put down, fur simply reading tii %
which the gentleman from New Yorkhadba |
permitted to say without interruption.
Mr. Banks insisted he had been called tent
der for his own remarks, and proceeded again: .
make a garbled and false statement of the grouna -
of the appeal. Mr. Jenifer protested, amihowt |
none of his friends would vote. No quoruracw
sequently voting, there being none in theiw
live, the despot was again dethroned, and 8 |
chair resumed by r Mr. Hunter. The House,; ;
the while, was in a great confusion ; hardly ia©
than a dozen speaking all the time. iMr. Petriks |
of course, figuring all the while with the object!; I
and his points of order. The House was,ho* ■
ever in no humor to listen to him, and uponr>
ing warned by Mr. Alford, that he had be||r
quiet, the long-cued nuisance dropped intok? 1
seat with a look like that with which a frights
ed monkey gets out of the way of the lash oh I
circus rider. Mr. Jenifer then gave notice® I
unless he was permitted to make his appeal,;
should move to have the chairman turneds 1
of his seat, on the grounds of the most gross s 3
insufferable tyranny and partiality. Mr. Bss I
promised to try to be impartial and fair, anil
that, was permitted to resume his seat. Het s
peared to have thought better cf his forineriw
lent and overbearing course, and to be notafo'T
sobered in the firm manner which it had be* t
met by the Whigs. He called Mr. Jenifer to* f
peat his statement and gave his permission tot
to give the grounds of his appeals to the cletk
writing. Mr. Jenifer then took up Strot; |
speech and again lead aloud the extract amiss |
ed Mr. Banks whether that was not thatfonvhr
he had called him to order. The chair acknot j
edged that it was.
Mr. Jenifer then asked the House if that w
not a most precious acknowledgement. Heretb |
chairman acknowledges that be has pronoun#
to be out of order for me to say, but the saS -
has been perfectly in order for the gentle®* '
from New York to say, and yet the chains;
pretends to try to be impartial. Notwith»U»
ing, Mr. Banks thus avowed that he hade:
Mr. Jenifer to order by mistake, he was not hi?
minded enough to recede from his tyrannical 1*
sition, but persisted in putting him down.i
though confessedly on no grounds whate ve
He was so far humbled, however, as to recc.«
Jenifer’s appeal in writing. The Vanitesbo*'
ever voted and thus decided by a small niajortv
that Mr. J. was out of order to read what a
iie had been permitted without interference -
say. Was there ever anything so mousing
It was then moved that Mr. J. be permitted •
resume his remarks, which was carried by as®*
majority, nearly all the Yanites voting in
gative. He began saying that he could not***
for stronger proof of the truth of his remarks*
lative to the demolishing effects of the sub trf®
ury than the whole proceeding of the House"
reference to him. Members of the Admin ls1 *
tion have been permitted, in their remarks, in
troduce every thing under the sun, without -
terferencc, while we, the moment we bring ar
gument to bear upon the sub-treasury, are
down by a party majority, utterly regardless
rights or fairness. I expected when I began. -
although the sub-lroasuiy is the subject unef
debate, I should not be permitted to discuss it- •
have I been disappointed. I have
attempted to reply to the remarks of the j
men from Georgia, New Hampshire, Maine, - _
York and Mississippi, and been prevented— 0
more I have seen these very men voting
me down. Heathen commenced 'with a ?
deal of serverity upon the cowardly and
course of Mr. Black, who after provoking tp® ’
tack had voted for the gag, and asked vvas't®
sistent with Southern chivalry and
expected the people of Georgia would sustain g
in it. Mr. Black was in perfect agony, , I
plied in the affirmative.—Well said Mr. J- £ I
be Georgia chivalry, hut it is not that ut . j
Maryland, nor do I believe that the p c T
Georgia arc so far demoralised yet by ti' e
treasury as to sustain you.
Mr Jenifer then turned upon Brown o
sissippi, who had voted to gag him alter
given notice he would convict him of an j
He gave him a tremendous lashing, an^. a i f jjj:
the proof that, notwithstanding his deniab J