Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

CHROMCLfci AM ) SENTINEL. AUGUSTA. SATURDAY MORNING; OCTOBER 17. for president, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Os Ohio } ; The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor ruptible Statesman —the inflexible Republican— the patriot Farmer of Ohio. '} TOR VlC£*f UESIKifAT, JOHN TYIJIi, Os Virginia >• A State Rights Republican of the school of ’9B— —of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and patriotic statesmen. | FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT ANjl* VICE-PRESIDENT. GEORGE R. GILMER, M Oglethorpe. DUNJAN L. CLINCH, cd Camden. JOHN WHITEHEAD, ot Burke. CHARLES DOUGHERT;, of Clark. JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock. SEATON GRANTLAND; of Baldwin. CHRISTOPHER B. STRONG, of Bibb. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee. EZEKIEL WIMBERLY; of Twiggs. ANDREW MILLER, of Cass. WILLIAM EZZARD, of I*eKalb. Error. —The article in yestcr iay’s daily, head_ «ed “ Maryland Election” should have been Maine Election. Hard Tressed. The Locofocos are so hard pressed for documents to prove that the Northern Locoiocos arc the only Anti-abolitionists, that they are Copying the letters of Northern Whigs and endeavofing to pass them off as Locofoco letters. The Corporal and the Charleston Mercury exhib ited a memorable instance of this in the letter of G. Washington Tyson, of Pennsylvania. What say you to it, Corporal, is that fail in politics ? Will you tell your readers thet ? Hon. 1.. Btanly*s Letter. The Letter of the Hon. E. Stanly, member of Congress from North Carolina, should be attentive ly read by every Southern mar From the Columbus Enquirer. Hon. J. S. Calhoun. The suggestions contained iri the following ■communication are both appropriate and weil timed. Coming as they do fro in a distinguish ed citizen of the State, and representing the unanimous feelings of the pa ty in this section, we feel confident that they w ill meet with the •consideration which they deserve. Os the personal claims and qualifications of Judge Calhoun it is unnecessary to speak.— Among those who know him -Rest, we presume that he is universally acknowledged to be dis tinguished for all those generous feelings, as well as ttiose traits of chaiacter which peculiarly fit him for the station of President ot the Senate.— As the conductors of the public press, we are perhaps belter able than others to judge of the es sential service which he has rendered the party in its late struggle. We know full well with what sleepless vigilance he watched every move ment of the enemy, and with what skill and adroitness he parried their eve s yiblow. Let the good old rule of dispensing “ iionor to whom honor is due” be observed, and the verdict of our friends will be found in fa.vor of the sugges tions of “ Muscogee.” Messrs. Edidors: Sufficient returns have been received from the several Counties to render it almost certain that there will be a small ma jority in the Senate opposed to the present Ad ministration ot the General Government. In the organization of that body it will be important that its picsiding officer should be selected with a view to tne interests of the State, and respect for those who have contributed to the success of the cause from which we confidently anticipate belter times for our country. In looking over the names of those who have been honored with a seat in that body, no one presents more claims than lhabof our fellow-cit izen, James S. Calhoun. * As a presiding officer, he is prompt and deci sive,[courteous in his deportment, and conciliatory in his manners. In the conte: t through which we have passed, he was among the first to es pouse the cause of Reform, and ttie columns of .your pape* bear ample testimony to the indus try, Zealand talent, with which he conducted the cause. The numbers of “ One of the People,” of which he was the avowed author, place him a niong the first of the political writers in our State and contributed more than any thing else to call into action that spirit of investig ition among the people to wiiich is mainly to lie attributed the result of the elections in Georgia. In a sectional point of view, we have some claims; for, Western Georgia has no representa tive in her councils—and we deem ourselves for tunate on having it in our power to present one so well qualified to represent hi* political friends, and so unexceptionable to pohtkal opponents. These suggestions are made'without reference to the claims of others and without the knowl edge of Mr. Calhoun. v Muscogee. General Harrison an® I Foreign Emi grants.—ln reply to a letter addressed to him by Mr. Francis J. Grund of Philadelphia, making a respectful inquiry of Genera - Harrison in re gard to his disposition towards foreign emigrants, the General addressed a frank and generous com munication, of which we find the following ex tract in that very excellent journal, the Philadel phia Standaad : North Bend, brent. 25, 1840. “ Throughout the whole course of my political fife, I am satisfied that no sentence ever fell from my lips which could be construed into an unfriend ly feeling to the Europeans, who have emigrated hither to enjoy the advantages which our free in stitutions afford, or a wish to extend the period which is fixed by the existing laws for their full admission to the rights of citizenship.” A Good Recommendation.— A friend, speak ing to us of the late Maine election, concludes with much propriety in the strong words of Mr Van B urea’s Message on the subject of the Stan ding Army.—“ As connecting itself intimately with'his important subject,” “I cannot recom mend too strongly to your consideration the •flan” of beating the LocoFocos everywhere. -—Nashville Bantier. Another triumph in South Carolina. We learn by a passenger in the Greenville stage, that G-?r. Thompson, who declined running again, is succeeded by Dr. Butler, a warm advocate of Reform. Look out, to the South ! The administration party seem to think that th« people of the South are a race of gudgeons, to he caught by any sort of bait, even mts of rag, white or black, or almost any other color, that is tossed out to them. Their last card in the present contest is a simultan*ous, laborious and clamorous attempt to stir up in file breasts of the Southern people, by every sort of misrepresentation, and by every trick of cunning, feelings of sectional distrust against their brethren of the Middle, Northern and Eastern States. Let the people of the South, then, be on their guard and spurn all such attempts as the arts of desperate conspirators against their peace and against the public welfare. Let them treat the foul attempts to alienate them from their best friends as the arts of a common public enemy and traitor to the best interests of the Union. If oir Southern friends wish to know the truth icspecting public sentiment in the Eastern States, instead of listening to feed, interested libellers, let the.ii listen to the voice of the eastern people themselves, every where and uniformly expressed as it is in the following article from the Brattleboro (Vt.) Flail, ol Sept. 22 : The organ of Mr. Van Buren comes cut this week with one of the most glaring and unqualified falsehoods that ever disgraced its columns. It at- i tributes the late total defeat of the Van Furen party in this State to the spirit of abolitionism — that it is a triumph of abolitionism, &c. We be lieve we are well acquaii ted with the party con test which was carried on in this State previous to the election, and we do know that abolition nor anti-abolition has ever been, in any form, name or kind, brought before the people of tins State ; and j further say, that it has never been, in anyway, a j qualification for any one put in nomination by ei ther party, unless it has been used by the Van Buren party in their nominations for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, who, we believe, are both | abolitionists : we certainly know the last to be one of the most ultra and rabid abolitionists in the whole State. If it is a fact, as the Globe tells us, that Vermont goes Whig because of abolition prin ciples, why do not the Van Buren papers in this State say so ? Not a word about it from them — they know better. A few days after the election, a distinguished Van Buren man said, in our hear ing, tha: he was very glad the State had gone for the Whigs, as the South would think it the effect of abolitionism, and they should gain two to one, as the result would show. The truth is, the contest on the part of the Whig party in this State, has been carried on against the measures of the General Government. Those who approve of the administration of Mr. Van Buien voted, without any exception, for that ticket; and those who are opposed to Mr. Van Buren’s mea sures, voted for the Whig ticket ; and the question of slavery or anti-slavery has never been mention ed in ary of the party papers in the State during the canvass. The whole article has been got up by the veracious Globe for the purpose of deceiving the Southern Whigs. W T e can assure them, and we can do it without the fear of contraaic ion in this Stale, that the interests and political views of the Whigs of Vermont are perfectly identical witli those of the South. Major Eaton at Nashville. —We learn from the Nashville Banner of the 3d instant that Major Eaton made an address on the previous evening at the Log Cabin. The Banner says : “Fiank, good tempered, and free from all de nunciation, his appeal to his old Jackson fiiends must, we think, have been felt by such of them as were present. He defined his position very clearly —tepefied the imputations that have been cast up on the motives by which he is actuated—stated the reasons which had induced him to support Gen. Hanison rather than Mr Van Buren, and showed that in doing so, he was only acting upon the good old Jackson principles which he had so long main tained.” From the New York American. A Great Bargain at Hand.—Notice is here by given, that a public sale will take {dace at the White House, on the 4th March next of a splen did collection of Regal Furniture —consisting of Tabourets, Lounges, Divans, Damask Curtains, Gold Spoons, Hemmed Kilc/ien Towels, arm vari ous other articles too tedious to mention, being the same collection enumerated by Colonel Ben ton in his famous description ofihe “PJasl Room,” during Mr. Adams’ administration—(hut which articles were neither used or purchased by that President, but reserved for Mr. Van Buren, as better suited to a real Democratic President's habits.) Early notice of sale is hereby given with a request that the same be published in the Court Journals of Europe, Egypt and Turkey that the Princes and Potentatesot those countries may supply themselves---and the editors or publishers of said journals will insert said notice, and send their bills to Kmderhook for payment Perms of sale, Cash, in gold or silver, or Treas ury Notes, (provided said notes can be discounted at the Bunk of America.) A great bargain is offered at this sale, as the “ coming occupant" being an old fashioned Democrat , has neither knowdlege of, or use for, these luxuries. Also, at same time and place, will be offered for s.de, the Official Organ and Extra , with the ser vices of i heir respective editors. If the value of these be estimated at their cost to the people the undersigned can’t spcaK too highly in their praise, although many d.» class them among the bad speculations ofihe times, costing more than they will bring. They will he found, however, admirably calculated for hard currency countries, being great issuers of paper in exchange for gold or silver, i'he people of this country being ignor ant of their value, will not probably bid high for retaining them, and a great bargain may be expected, i ernis ot sale made to suit conveni- ■ ence of purchasers. By order of the People. ECONOMY, REFORM & CO.. Auctioneers. General Harrison.—A Correspondent of the Commercial Advertiser, gives the following description of General Harrison’s appearance at Cincinnati on the Ist of October. The General is tall and thin in person, with a slight stoop, but he bears his years most gallant ly ; his eye, of the keenest and deepest blue, shines like a star, nor docs his air or manner be tray the east symptom of any decay of his fac ulties. He spoke for an hour and a half, and was most distinctly heard by every one in the vast assem blage. His language is most beautiful; there is no straining aftereffect or the graces of oratory, but the most chaste simplicity was conspicuous throughout. I will not try to give the substance of his speech, as it will doubtless he punlished. I only wish that those of his opponents who have called him an “imbecile old man” could have heard his noble and manly vindication of himself from the slanders neaped upon him. His man ner of speaking about the opposing candidates was that of a perfect gentleman, and while he ful ly exposed the ruinous designs of the Adminis tration, he was careful not to utter a single word that could be construed into personal office.— As far as I can judge, he has all the qualities of a most able statesman, and will discharge the du ties of tne office of President with consummate j ability. The impression is daily gaining ground that he has been underrated even by his friends and I have not the least doubt that he will ex ceed their most sanguine expectations. Mammoth Apple.—On Thursday last, Mr. Luther Plumen, of Dearborn county, Indiana, sent to the city two of the largest apples we have ever seen, to be presented to Gen. Harrison and Gov. Tyler. One of them measured 16 inches in circumference, and weighed 1 lb. 8 oz , —the oth er 15 inches, and weighed 1 lb. 12 ounces. This gentleman presented one of the samekind of apples to Gen. Jackson in 1835, which grew upon another three. He says that tree has never ! ca« Ue U Urge apple since Eepubli - j ' .Letter from Mr. Stanly, of X. L’., to Mr. Lolls of Virginia. Washington City, Sept. 23, 1810. My Lear Sir—l have read with much pleasure vom- letter to your constituents, relative to the celebrated plan of Poinsett, and the JHooe case. I really pity the President and Iris Secretaries, who have made themselves so ridiculous, in their at tempts to shield themselves from public indigna tion. There are gross inconsistencies and contra dictions in their letters, which cannot be reconciled. But this you have handled well, and nothing re mains for me to say. I wish, however, to say a word relative to the conduct of the Judiciary Committee. The Presi dent, in his electioneering letter to Mr. Burras, says, “ (hat this committee are silent upon the subject.” After Mr. Storrs, of Connecticut, re signed, I was placed on that committee to supply the vacancy. The case of Lieutenant ilooe was then referred to us, and the committee, worn out as we all were, by the warm weather, sitting up late at night, and the press of business, found it | impossible, with the little time at our command, to consider this case, without neglecting ail the other business before the Committee. As well as 1 remember, there was not a full meeting of the Committee after 1 became a mem j ber of it. But what was it proposed that the Judiciary I Commitce should do ? Ihe ve lately seen an arti | cle in the Government organ, commenting upon | the vote in the House, on the resolution ot Mr. Chapman, of Alabama, and of course misrepresent j ing the whole a/fair. By reference to the journal, | you will obseive that on the 14th of July, a mo | lion was made by Mr. Chapman, of Alabama, that j the rules in relation to the order of business be sus i pended, to enable him to move the following reso- I lution “ Received , That the Judiciary Committee, hav ing charge of the case of Lieut. Hooe.do forthwith , report a bill to this House, prohibiting the enlist ment of negroes or c olored persons m the service i of the Navy or Army of the United States.” To this resolution 1 was decidedly opposed, and i gave my reasons for it. In these, if 1 reraemocr i right, you concurred. By reference to the journal, on the 17th July, you will find 1 succeeded in hav ing these objections entered on the journal. I asked to be excused from voing, that 1 might be enabled to assign my reasons, which were as fol lows : “ Mr. Stanly asked to be excused from voting, because the Judiciary Committee had not time at this period of the session, to examine and piepare any law on any subject; oecause the President and the Secretary of the Navy had already full power and authority io exclude them from giving testi mony against white men, and to set aside the pro ceedings of cou ts martial, if they saw any thing requiring their interference ; and because he (Mr. S.) could not consent that the Navy should be de prived es the services of negroes, as cooks, stew ards, and servants, for there is no necessity they should be witnesses ; and because, to enact such a law as the gentleman from Alabama proposes, would, in effect, make white men negroes, by im posing on them the necessity of discharging duties heretofore discharged by negroes.” This explains my opinions, as a (southern man, and as a member of the Judiciary Committee. And after deliberate examination, I believe these views are correct: and 1 know a laige majority of South ern men will think with me. The great laboratory of lies, the Globe, gives the names of those who voted against Mr. Chapman’s resolution. If you will look at the journal, you will find, on the 14th of July, Mr. Chapman introduced his re solution to have the rules suspended, and the yeas and nays are there given. The Globe wou.d have the South to believe, that all the Locofocos who supported Mr. Chapman ia his motion are good Democrats, and friends of the South. But to ex pose this unfounded and hypociitical pieten.ion, I need only call your attention to the names of H. Williams, and Wm. Parmenter, both of whom are found voting with Mr. Chapman. Both of whom, therefore, the Globe intends to palm upon the South as friends of tne institution of slavery, and in favor of excluding negroes from entering the service. 1 have before me copies of the letters written by Messrs. Parmenter and Williams,before they were elected members of Congress, and 1 give you an extiact from each. The extracts I here give you I read in the House of Representatives, and they were not denied by Parmenter and Williams: Extract if a letter from Wm. Parmenter to Dr. A mos Farnsworth, dated East ( arnbridge, Oc tober 16, 183 s. “ That the existence of Slavery is an evil of great magnitude is not disputed, excepting by a very small portion of the citizens of the Union. In my opinion, the powers possessed by Congress should be exercssed to prohibit interstate slave trade, and to abolish slavery in the District of Co lumbia, whenever such measures can be adopted consistently with the safety of the nation ; and 1 deem it the duty of Congress to regard the require ments of justice and humanity as well as the other obligations of the Constitution of the United States.” I am not in favor of the admission of any new State whose Constitution may tolerate slavery, and in this sentiment I believe the People of (his sec tion ol the country almost unanimously coincide, Respectfu ly, and truly yours, WILLIAM PA KM LATER.” Extract of a letter of If. Williams to Rev. P. Crandall, Fill River, dated Taunton, Novem ber 1,183 S. “ Dear Sir —I have this day received your letter of the 31st ult., propounding to me interrogatories in behalf of the Bristol County Anti-Slavery So ciety, and for answer refer you to my course in the Massachusetts Senate, and to a letter written to Andrew Robeson, Esq., about one year since, and published in the newspapers of that time. That letter contains opinions 1 had long entertained and olsen expressed. 1 have since seen no reason to change them. I still believe slavery to be contrary to the laws of God and the best interests of man ; that it ought not to be extended by the admission of new States into the Onion with Constitutions tole rating so great an evil; and that it is the impera tive duty of Congress to adopt immediate measures for its abolition in the District of Columbia. H. WILLIAMS. Now, both these men, Parmenter and Williams, are full blooded Locofocos, and according to Globe logic, are genuine friends of the South ; and if they aie deleated at the next election, we shall hear that the Abolitionists have triumphed over these immaculate Democrats .' Anti-slavery resolutions were introduced into the Massachusetts Legislature. The question was taken by yeas and nay s upon each resolution.— Here are two of them : “ Resolved, 1 hat Congress, having exclusive le gislation in the District ol Columbia, possesses the right to abolish slavery and the slave trade therein, and that the early exercise of such right is de manded by the enlighterea sentiment of the civi lized world, by the principles of the revolution, and by humanity. “ Resolved , That slavery being an admitted mo ral and political evil, whoso countenance,w’hcrever it exists, is vindicated mainly on the ground of ne cessity, should be circumscribed within the limits of the States where it has oeen already established, and that no new State should be hereafter admitted* into the Union whose constitution of government shall sanction or permit the existence of domestic slavery.” Whether those who voted for these resolutions were abolitionists or not, I leave the Southern people to decide. Upon the passage of these resolutions, Henry V\ ilhams, with every other Van Buren Senator except one, recorded his name in the affirmative ! \ou will have perceived from the c ourse of the administration papers, that the attempt will be made tu delude the Southern country by crying out that ‘ the abolitionists have defeated the democra.s in Vermont.” No man of ordinary intelligence can any longer be deceived by this ridiculous cry. But, if there should be one, I can very easily satisfy him of his error. - There are but tw r o administration members from ermont in the present Congress, and both of these a ‘ e a lolitionists. They hav« been both defeated, and now w T e are told the abolitionists have beaten these good democrats ! On the i6tii day ol January last, in a speech which 1 delivered in the House of Representatives, I rcleircd to the fact that many of IVlr. Van .Huron’s leading tiiends in \ ermont were abolitionist s . k' P‘ T >ai ber ? tbc l' oc °foco candidate for the office ol Lieut. Governor, was mentioned, among others, it had been remarked, dm ing the debate, •that Mr. blade was big and an abolitionist, and in reply to this, I made the following statement: “But, Sir, in the distiict represented by this member, the Van Buren abo itionists had a conven tion,and the secretary ol the Anti-Slavery Society, E. D. Barber, opposed his (Mr. Slade’s j nomina tion. I understand this K. D. Barber is well known as a devoted friend of this administration, the edi tor of a paper, and an undisguised abolitionist There are two audition members fiom Vermont on this floor, both of whom are abolitionists. One of them was here at the last Congress, (Mr. Fletcher;) he is in favor of abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia, thinks that Congress ought to prevent the buying and selling of slaves between the States, and has expressed a willing ness to enter into the customary international re lations with Hayti.” These remarks, I repeat, were made in the House of Representatives, in the hearing of the Vermont members ; they were published, an I have never been, and will nut be denied. In the Vermont election which is rccentlj’ heard from, the abolition candidate for the office of Gov ernor, Mr. Dillingham, the abolition Candida e for the office of Lieutenant Governor, Air. E. D. Bar ber, and the abo itionists, Smith and Fletcher,were all beaten. Some weeks after the publication of the speech referred to, 1 received, through the mail, two pam phlets Irom Mr. E D. Barber ; one of them was “ Mr. Barber’s Oration, delivered before the Addi son County Anti-Slavery Society, on the 4th of July, 1836,” and the other was “ An Oration de livered before the Democrats of \\ ashington Co., at Montpelier, on the 4 h of July, 1839, by E. D. Barber.” On one of these pamphlets which this impudent Locofoco sent to me, he w:Ote, “Irom the author,’' and informed me that what I had been told as to his opinions, was “ tme beyond all possible deni al,” as I would perceive by reading these pam phlets. I think I exhibited these pamphlets to you when they were received by the mail. 1 have them now before me, and this Mr. Barber, over whose defeat the Locofocos are mourning, writes on one of his orations, that he is a demo crat,true to his principles, as taught by Jefferson, himself an abolitionist /” 1 quote his own words. And this is one of the men, the secretary ol an anti-slavery society, and a devoted friend ol Air. Van Buren’s, who calls Jefferson an abolitionist — This is the man whom the Van Buren party sup ported as their candidate for the office of Lieuten ant Governor in Vermont! and still we shall be told that the abolitionists are all Whigs, and have beaten the Democrats in Vermont. The Whig victory in Alaine has overwhelmed the tones here. They confess their astonishment at the result. Judging from what they have al ready said as to the Vermont elections, 1 should not be much surprised if they bo diy charge the Whig victory ia Maine as an abolition triumph.— You may expect to hear this next Os course the Whig majorities in Kentucky, Louisisna and North Carolina, will all likewise be imput' d to abolition influence. As to Alaine, it may be as well to refresh the memories of those who have forgoite.i the circum stances. Air. Albert Smith, of Alaine, who was recently defeated, gave satisfactory answers to the abolitionists before his election. Air. Smith said in his letter," No man can be more decidedly opposed to slavery in the abstract, or more deeply desire the freedom of the who e human family than myself.” Air. Smith was also opposed to the ad mission of Texas, and in favor of the right of pe tition. Air. Fairfield, the Governor of Alaine, who has just been defeated, was a member of tne last Con gress. He, also, wrote a letter to the abolitionists, ia which he assured them that he regarded slavery as a moral and political evil, to which he is, and has ever been, both in principle an . feeling, utterly opposed, and that its entire ah# ition cou d afford to no one more sincere pleasure than himself.— But he is now ieg.ii ed as one wnom tiie aboli tionists have defeated. Air. Fairfield was in Con gress when Air. Calhoon,of Kentucky, on the 13th December, 1839, introduced the following resolu tion, which 1 copy from the journals befuie me : “Air. Calhoon, of Kentucky, moved that the rules be suspended to enable him to move the fol lowing resolution: “ Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to report a bill making it unlawful for any person to aid fugitive slaves in escaping from their owners, and providing for the punish ment in the courts of the United Btates of all per sons who may be guilty of such offence. “ And that they be further instructed to report a bill making it unlawful for any person in the non s.aveholding States of this Union to use any means to induce slaves from their owners, and providing for the punishment in the courts of the I niled States of all persons who may be guilty of such offence.” Now surely no man friendly to the rights of the South, i o good democrat could object to tne pas sage of such a resolution ; but as the emiie aboli tion of slavery could afford to no one moie sincere pleasme than to him, he was found voting against Air. Calhoon’s motion. The names of H. J. Ander son, Thomas Davte, John Fairfield, and Virgil D. Paris, Lo< ofocos from Maine, will be found in the journal, with the names of Alexander Duncan, Isaac Fletcher, William Parmenter, and William Slade, all opposing this reasonable, just and honest proposition, Beiore I conclude, I wish to examine a portion of the President’s letter—a letter full of subter fuge and prevarication, the reading of which tilled me wilii shame at the thought that its author wras Piesident of the United States. The President says, “ There is no act of Congress which p.ohibits the admission of colored persons as witnesses in Courts Alartial.” Again, lie says: “Ifit be wrong to admit them, the fault is in Hie law, and the rem edy is to be found only j n its alteration.” 1 have selected these pa sages for remark, as the letter has been already fully exposed, and repeti tion is useless. The Piesident tells us, with as much distinctness as he can, that in all cases here atler, where negro test mony is admitted against a white man, lie cannot interfere. This should be understood. If Alailiu Van Buren is re-elected (of which thank Heaven there is now no danger,) he will aever interfere in setting aside the pioceed ings of Courts Martial, in which such testimony had been admitted. And he expects the voles of South ern States w ith this insulting declaration ! Now, in all this, 1 think Hie course of the Presi ident merits the severest reprehension. According to the inclination of my mind at present, I should feel bound o oppose such a law, and for several reasons. In the first place, 1 trust we shall never have a President again who would be guilty of such conduct, and because I prefer to let the matter rest where it now does—upon that spirit of concession, by which, as General Harrison said our union was effected, and without which it could not be preserved, it we are to depend upon legislative action for the piotection of all our rights, the Un ion had as well be dissolved, t here are obligations ol a higner character than mere acts of Congress.— Besides, if Congress can pass a law making negro testimony illegal, Congress can repeal that law.— Suppose a bill slioula be introduced in the house of Representatives, declaring that Congress should not, during the next two years, abolish slavery in this District ? Would any Southern man vote for it ? Surely not, fur it concedes to Congress the right to abolisn slavery in this District. Ur sup pose a bill should be inGoduced, declaring that the people of Virginia should not be molested in taking their slaves from that State to Alabama. What South rn man would vote fur it ? None, because Virginia holds her right much more seeurelj than if it was only protected by an act of Congress. The Piesident, therelore, to my mind, does not regard this question as a Patriot should—his “Southern principles” are not found in operation here. The tight of a white man, in a slave-holding Mate, to object to the admission of the testimony of ne’-'ro servants, cannot be effected by an act of Congress. But let me illustrate the unsoundness of ihe President’s argument further. 'The act of Congress ot 1 /94, which provides for a naval armament, di rects hat there shall be employed on board each of the ships of 44 guns, one Captain, four Lieuten ants, Ac., &c. The act says nothing of white Cap tains or Lieutenants. What prevents the Presi dent from appointing a negro Captain or Lieuten ant f The act of 1708, whicn establishes the de partment ol the navy, in the first section provides as follows: Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represmtatives of the United states of America, in ongress assembled, 'That there shall be an Execu- T der the department of the na -01 Which shali be called the Sec teta yof the Navy, & c ., &c., o ffic er ” aW w eS " 0t Say hG Shall be a white “ chief fieum.in t T i n> Z t 0 the President's argument, rv of tie * U ?° llZed tu aDp mta ? e S ro Becreta aut inr/cH tl “ -*gain, the act of 1809, which f. V? U em Pl°yment of an additional naval the UnLe(t°Smf d *« d em P°wered tne of the Lm.ed Mates to appoint, and cause to be en 5 trarrd and employed as soon as may be. three hun - died midshipmen, three thousand six hum,red aluc , seamen, ordinary seamen and boys, H.c. - Nothing said of white midshipmen, or white able , seamen No one can doubt tint under this law - many white midshipmen were employed, and many - black sailors. But according to the aigument of t the President and his Secretary of the Navy, e “ there is no act of Congr.ss which prohibits the ad mission of colored persons,” as midshipmen in the a navy. And I cannot see, according to the views s of the President, why he shoul 1 not appoint a lew s negro midshipmen in the navy ot the I uited - States, and 1 snould be glad to bear any supporter -of bis give any reason for bis not doing so that would not A ; i:h equal force apply against tbeir ; being admitted as witnesses against white persons, e And if a President should appoint a negio as his e Secretary of the Navy, I should like to see a Southern Senator who would confirm the nomina d tion, and then return to his constituents and tell - them “ there was no law forbidding it,” and he r say so with as much truth and propriety as - the~ President has said in tiie case ot Lieutenant e Hone. A President who disregards the moral sense of the whole Southern country, who pays no li respect to tbeir prejudices, except so far as the - laws of Congress compel him, is unlit to preside s over the destinies ol these United States, which - could never have been united without concession, f and which will be disunited when that patriotic spirit of concession shall depart from among us. , 1 Phe President understands his game with the i. Abolitionists. They may quarrel with him for his promised veto, but then, as in the case of William t Leggct, who boasted he was a« abolitionist, he can ” send a few of their leaders abroad as foreign min -0 isters. The abolitionists already praise him for his conduct in the case of Lieut. Hooe, and the Lman - | cipator remarks, “ unless the President has given u “some very foolish reasons, (which is not unlike -1 “ ly) his conduct in this case will redound as much •, | “to iiis honor, and afford him as much satisfaction, | “in a future day, as any one measure ol las ad - j “ ministra ion.” , | As to Mr. Secretary Paulding, his feelings have . I always been of a very unfriendly character to -1 wards the South. Some years ago Mr. Pau.ding •. j wrote a book called “ Letters from the South,” in - | which he endeavors to make the people of Virginia - i contemptible in the eyes of her sLter Slates. In - j the fiist volume of this book, in Letter the lltli, ; i Mr. Paulding gives the following a count, which 1 2 | copy Loin the book before me: “ Jogg.ng along from the house where we left i i the caitilP, who will one day 1 fear bring down t 1 some great calamity on the countiy of his birth, - it was our fate to meet with another example of I the tricks men play“ before high Heaven,” when 3 not only custom but the laws sanction oppression. - | The sun was shining out very hot, and in turning j an angle of the road we encountered the follow ing i group: lust a lilt.e cart drawn by one horse, in i which five or six half naked black children were ' tumbled like pigs together. The cart had no cov -3 . ering, and they seemed to have been actually broil - ed to sleep. Behind the cait marched thiee black 5 women, with their head,neck, and breast uncovcr -3 ed, and without shoes or stockings; nexteame three i men bare headed, half naked, and chained together with an ox chain. Last of all came a white man — a white man ! Frank, on horseback, carrying pis i to *in his belt, and who, as w e passed him, had the - impudence to ook us in the face without blushing. I should like to have seen him hunted with blood ■ hounds. At a house where we stopped, a little ■ further on, we learned that he had bought these miserable beings in Maryland, aad was marching , them in this manner to some one of the rnoie Southern Staes. Nhameon the State of Maryland ! i I say. and shame on the State of Virginia .' and < every State through which this wretched caval -1 cade was permitted to pass ! Do they expect that - such exhibitions will not dishonor them in the eyes of strangers, however they may be reconciled to - tnem by education and habit !” i 1 hen Mr. Paulding speaks of this picture drawn ■ from his imagination, as “ a flagrant and indecent outrage on human.ty.” This 1 copy Horn his let ‘ ter published soon after his journey through Vir • ginia. But afterwar s, in 1835. Mr. Paulding pub lished a new edition of his woik, and in this edi tion of 1835 all that I have quoted is entirely umit -1 ted! In the eld edition the letter IHh “occupies I more than thirteen pages, but in the edition of 1835 (published alter Mr. Van Bureu became a - j “Northern man with Southern principles,”) this : letter the Jlth occupies only three pages! No i wonder such a man will say the President had - nothing io do with the proceedings in Hooe’s case, 5 and also say that u had neen the uniform practice , to admit negroes to testify against white men, when 1 he was not able to produce a sing e instance. i This letter has already extended much farther than 1 expected, but before 1 conclude, let me ap ‘ prise you of some of the contemptible designs of ■ the Loco-locos. • I have seen two letters from gentlemen of char • acter and intelligence, communicating the fact, that the Van Huron party intended shortly befoie ■ the Presidential election to issue hand hills, and ■ start reports of inten led insurrections in the South. “ I have no doubt that some such plan is in contem » plation. We know that many of them are wicked 1 enough to do any thing. They are not only strug t j gling for bread, and they fear the investigation i which is to come. Let our fiiends, therefore, be 1 prepared for these villainous tricks ; bullet it be understood that when the insurrection takes place, Benjamin Tappan has promised to furnish five hun dred dollars, to ouy powder and shot for the ne groes, and he is a good Van Buren democrat. Our friends, every where, are full of confidence, and feel assured of victory. No man can doubt • any longer, that Gen. Harrison will be elected; elected spite of the persecutions of unprincipled or ifice-holders, and the furious assaults oi the Globe and the abolition papers, which continue to de nounce him, most violently. I hope, in this most 1 important struggle, Virginia, the land of Washing ' ton, Madison, Henry, and Marshall, will be found as she was in the revolution, among the first, in re sisting, strenuously, the encroachments of power, I trust she will, not only, in defence of the char acter of her own distinguished son. but for the sake ot the whole country, express her opposition to the man who has, by wretched experiments, brought a prosperous country almost to ruin, who has by pitiful equivocations, caused every patriot to feel ashamed of his country, and who has sanc tioned the admission of negro testimony against one of her own sons, and declared he must contin ue to do so. 1 have travelled through the State of New York and of course, saw many of the people qf that , State, and many from New-England ; 1 saw them in private social intercourse, and saw them in pub lic meetings, consisting of ten thousand and twen ty thousand persons, and I assure you, every de cent man I met, with whom I conversed npon the subject, spoke with contempt of the abolitionists and( expressed surprise that any southern man could imagine the majority of the people wore in fected with that villainous heresy, This I speak of my own knowledge. I believe nearly nine out of ten of the cut-throat abolitionists, the Duncan and Tappan abolitionists, are real “barn burning” Loco-focos. 1 congratulate you upon the glorious prospect lieljre us, that our country will soon be free from the dominion of the plunderers, who have so neglected and crushed her be.-t interests. 5 cry truly, yours, TI T EDWARD STANLY. Hon. John M. Botts, Richmond Fa. The two Blacksmiths.—Mr. Orr of Dela ware, a blacksmith and man of sound sense, wu a short time since a memocr of the Van Burrn party. He went to Ohio, to ascertain the charcu ttroi the Buck Eye Blacksmith, for the purpose of destroying his usefulness. What was tin consequence 1 he found that the Buck Eye Black smith s account of himself was true—whaffthen He extended his enquiries alitlle further, and h ; found that Gen. Harrison was a calumniated man He lor the first time saw his worth. Who then? As an honest man he is now his support cr. Let all Ins calumniators go and do likewise and atone to their own consciences. KnDhJt u„T’ T co « »t!—Under this head thr' ,hl c n 6 paper ’ lhe De,n ocratic Frets, tel! ! the following capital story ; | nn i LOC °L fOCO of l ice ho,der in this city lately calle ; upon an honest Irishman, who resides in thesixt j y*i*| ( ’ 'J 11 * r equest that he wovld subscribe on “Rvq.r >’ P ur P ose °f erecting a hickory tre j t erh ' . the Irishman, -do you want a. uy a whip to be scourged ivi/hf Get out . ' , me house, you desavmg villain, or Til lave rr/ : inark on ye. Pack off wid ye !” The office ho/ der did not watt for a second bidding. Header, listen how Prentice illustrates ff, potence of the efforts of the cohorts of focof 0 lo silence the roar of the Harrison hurrica,,'!** “Nothing can exceed the i age of t| .“ leaders at their utter inability to restra’ ° , f Cl the overwhelming force of public «./"• vor of old Tippecanoe, 1 ' niJll in fa. It reminds us of a crazy man w e heard r years ago who thought to silence 'ih° m,D J Niagara cataract. He stood up betbr Sreat calmly but sternly bade it be still. j t ° lf ' ari! l and his words were inaudible. Then nv' (I 0r) ’ voice to a high pitch, he cried, “silencer*"®. hi| cataract roared on, and again his voice*', in tiie mighty noise. Frantic with rag ,l,Bt appointment, he yelled, and screamed U u dls ’ ed. all in a breath, “step that infernal Sh ° UN The cataract roared majestically o n and „ ' madman’s yells and curses seemed uirible Ts their way through the atmosphere an i. i f his livid lips. Such is the fury and such ' impotency of the demagog ues,'who are t quell the earthquake roar of public seining The American Mechanic. —Whatev be the “ pomp, glory, and circumstance’’ V great men of the world—whatever Inav ™ dazzling pageantry of high life—the 'd,n fashionable society, and splendid miser/nfm ° f who believe that “ Those who think ra L * hnse those who toilthere is no situation viable than .hat of .he plain Atne™" IC _free from every thing for which heaven ! signed him, untrammelled in his oninirJ left to the guidance of hi: own genius, hewSf erect in the full stature of man. Earning ' his hands the means by which he supports r' self; protected by a government, which like sun, sheds Us ligh.-its fostering care upon lIU who shall gainsay h.s right to enjoy the fruit r >; s at,or - ln ,hc "hich best Ly p| e , e j Lu.lerour government, prndence, inJuMty economy, are sure to meet with tbeir reward . should pe ren.em..c,«l by every mechanic Hat the rood to preferment and official disnilv i,' .“ .0 every one. All that .be people that serve them ,s fidelity and patriotism-, r „* to the Coneututton and in,eliiget.ee enough b perform Ihe.r doty. I, i. theduly of every An» tea,, to render himself competent , 0 act , occasions as becomes an American citizen T n tcll.gence, education and study, arc within the reach of every hyman being. A Picatune Strii-TuEASUHY Joke Some thing “Dtspishus. —“Sambo, I devise you to sleep wid one eye open desc dark nights'; J ere ’ • something berry dispishus comin !” ’ 8 1 ‘•What on airth you mean. I’ke, what’s d e matter. tell us all about em ; don’t keep a poor nigger in dispense,” 1 “ VVal de sac is, dat are Scrotib Treasury bid has passed by Washington Fullmondelfy, an hi amt left a spec ob skin on de shin ob any ri itr K ob de soufpole ! He’ll be here fore ion? dat s sartin—den look out for your ole wool.Saai “What ! dat are crittur comin here! Don; I get dis chile out arter dark without a Spanui knije —mind dat, I’ke!” 1 A Tin tors Mkhicixe.—We see in a Mas- j sachusetts paper, an advertisement us a paeat medicine, which, to he of any use, the advertiser sa ys must be applied internally and eternally. MARRI ED, On Wednesday evening, 14th inst., by the Rer Mr. Cunningham, Dr. Walter E. Johnson to fe Sarah W. Walker, both of this citv. On the 15th inst., by the Rev. Mr. DwHit Wx I Henry Battev, Esq,, of Jefferson count?, Ga..to to Miss F rances R., daughter of Col. Whatley of I Beach Island, 8 C. i Ou Thursday evening, Oct. Ist, at residence ] of A tied B. Seymour, flsq., at Mount Pleasant, j Morns • minty, N. J., by the Rev. M. Osborn,Mr, Andrew B. Decker, of this city, to Miss Rebec- I ca C. Cooper, daughter of the late Writ. Coopt:, I ol Augusta, Georgia. C onsignees per South Carolina Kail Koad.l Hamburg, October 16, IS4O. S R Smith & Co.; J Black; W Murphy;Jl Maddox; C A Greiner; Scranton & Smith; L Dwelt; Clarke, Mo Tier & Co.; Mrs Ingraham; G T Don; C L Bray ton ; llaviland, Risiey & Co.; G A Sim mons; T 8 8toy; Jsl Sr W Adams; Kerrs & Hope I FLamback; W Hauler; Dunlap & Hyde; E E 1 Beall; •• t ■ vali, Simmons & Co.; T Dawson ; Hstt & Scranton ; Hopkins & Stovall ; S Kneelandl Son; Rankin, Boggs k Co.; Gouid & Bulldej; JS S Bones; Hitt k Co.; H P Peck; Wyatt & Warren; E D Cooke; J I) Clark & Co.; Lindsay k E; How ard & Garmony; G Parrott; II L Jeffers; and J f Benson. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. | Charleston, Oct. :6. Arrived yesterday Ship Eutavv, Allen New York ; Ship Emblem, Talbot, Portland ; brigCatb aiine, Bonney, Havana; Sp. sclir. Dcscada,Taulc Xibara. (Cuba.) Cleared —Brig Aldrick, Cope,Philadelphia. IKr Mrs. CHAPMAN'S SCHOOL for Your; Ladies, is now open, first door below the August Bank, Broad street. oct 16-dNtnvD AUGUSTI N HUES, ATTORNEY AT LAIC, sept 5-ly Madison, AlorganxountVjf" 1 - JOHN K. STANFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW , jy 17] Clarkes villc,^, B. li. OVJUKKY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, feb 25 Jefferson, Jackson co mty,Gi^_ CjYVe are authorized to announce K. f-' 1 TUCKER, as a candidate for Justice ol Peace, in the Bloody GfiOth. - (O* JEREMIAH 11. CLARK is rccom as a suitable person for the olfice of Justice oW Peace, for the 600th District, and will be support by (octS) ManyVote*^ (Lj" The undersigned, if elected, will serve 0 600th District as Justice of the Peace, oct 7-ts R. p. SPELMA-t WT Miss MARY A. NEVINS has taken a** in the house owned by Mrs. Barrett, on tbe side of Broad street, where she will give LkbbO ON THE PIANO at sls per quarter, including-’ lessons, or separate lessons at 50 cents each, oct 3 C ZT Mis s TRAIN will resume her School * % S immerville on the first Monday in November. Board can be obtained on the Hill. . aug 1,2 C3* Dr KENNON has removed to neW j house opposite Benjamin Pyne. oct3->> — A (Xj" The Office of the AUGUSTA ■ removed to the brick building on Mclnto-h Jj directly opposite the Post Office. oct <_t * AV - m (Tj- J. A. CLEVELAND, DENTIST, has ft rooms over J. Nortons Shoe Store, one d°° r . lß ,t ■ Washington Hail in Broad street, Augusta. ■ his absence, and at all other times, lu ? /I Thomas P. Cleveland, Dentist, will occup) tj whose services may be had. J. A. Cicveian a fidemly recommends him to the patrona? e^„ t | friends and the public generally. OC A/1- 1 GC/* The Subscriber has taken an office „ 9 Camtield’s buildings on Jackson-street.nextu ■ the one formerly occupied by Judge I where his professional services can be a ‘ $ | commanded He intends to re-commeuce, » first Monday in November, the LAW I which he formerly conducted, on the same p and the same terms, as before. n oct 2 dlwwlm WM. T. GOITV