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TUB WEEKLY GEORGIAN
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mLLIAM H. BULLOCH,
VCBLtINKI or TUB LAW, OR Tttl ONION, AND
CITY AND COUNTY YRINYER.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 95 1840.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN ASSOCIA
TION OF CHATHAM COUNTY.
At n regular meeting of ihU AuoeiaUoa on Fri
day evening, the President in tbe Chair, the minute,
6f tbe lut meeting were read and confirmed.
Met eloquent addreaM, were delivered by Col.
Myers, J. E. Ward, W. H. Stile,,tbe Preaident,
and M. II. McAllister. Esq.
Tbe meeting adjourned, having firat given nine
cheei, for democracy.
R. M. CHARLTON, Pce«.
J. N, Liwu,Sec'y.
THE PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.
Tbe Republican ufyesterday says—"We aliould
tike to aee a list of vote, by the Georgian, to prove
ttassertlun of 10,000 majority in that State."
Weeatracttheonly table wo have aeen in the
Democratic paper,. We ahali bo aallafied in
November with a majority or,o many hundred,.
But we bellnvo, on the faith of tbo Harrisburg
Reporter it will be nearer 10,000.
[Table prepared for the^Pennsylrania Reporter.]
VOL. II—No. 43.
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1810.
Wlnlo No. 80.
Counties.
nn.
Por.
Dem.
Fed.
Adams
3310
1535
1576
2091
Alleghany
6038
4505
2487m
Armstrong
1510
2781
250m
Beaver
2457
1931
1818
2518
Bedford
2386
2478
2422
2578
"Berks
3215
7401
6750
Bradford
2219
2420
2290
1900
Butlar
1700
1653
1549
1908
Bucks
4147
4553
4038
4047
Cambria
762
844
732
588
Chester
4971
4527
683m
Centre
1467
2589
1780
1140
Clearfield
474
792
291m
Clarion, new county
Clinton, new county
694
501
Columbia
1088
2616
2756
876
Crawford
1957
2304
600m
Cumberland
2316
2743
2626
2440
Dauphin
2843
1944
2138
2051
Delaware
1731
1263
538m
Erie
2747
1563
Fayette
1984
2788
2894
2527
Franklin
2560
2815
571m
Greene
1109
1849
727m
Huntingdon
3687
2761
1327
Indiana
1723
1262
Jefferson
421
591
Juniata
863
1049
1004
874
Lancaster
8558
55U8
3635m
Lebanon
2228
1503
1265
1883
Lehigh
2349
2460
2286
1994
Luzerne
2592
3132
2453
1285
Lycoming
2446
2542
450m
McKean
mnj 185
Mercer
2935
2525
2252
2762
Mifflin
1109
1177
1252
1174
Monro*
366
1223
1207m
Montgomery
3748
4558
4486
3661
Northampton
2566
3635
2873
1781
Northumberland
1164
2144
896m
Perry
883
1916
1498
566
Philtd city
7203
3156
4631
7136
" county
9299
10157
12665
10050
Pike
117
523
Potter
88
276
Schuylkill
1508
2271
2131
1392
Somerset
2244
883
669
1691
Susquehanna
1264
1580
1798
1127
Tioga
594
1448
929m
Union
2268
1595
1307
2174
Veaang*
828
1768
Warren
. 528
504
016m
Washington
3528
3461
328m
Wajrra
538
1062
Westmoreland
2315
4561
2200m
York
3257
4197
751m
and a Davie, and but for the interposition of Divine
Ptovidenco and the gallantry of Crogkan would
have left "fife blood upon kit own bend,"
and who retlgned hi, command of tbe armies of our
beloved country wben the nation moat needed hi,
cos. A pseudo chief, who In perton never
gained a single victory and newer keaied a column
n/jtf JU. And 1 will defy either him or any of hi,
splendid friends in Georgia, or Kentucky, or Ohio,
to give good and justifiable reasons why Wm. H.
Harrison threw up hi, commission at tho timo ho
did.
The post of difficulties is the post of responiibill.
ly, and such a gloomy pod of danger, wa« emphati
cally in that Afay tho pod of honor l In my opinion
hi, mind wa,bewildered, a, at Fort Stephenson, by
the darkness of tho hour under, as it ware, tho voli.
lion of Heaven in behalf or the mighty genio* of
Andrew Jackson, who like Washington ot York*
town, was appointed in tho Council of Grace to
*• fill the measure of his country’s glory" at New
Orleans!
Who at this day does not thank God for that no 1
of mercy to our outraged and olllictvd land T Did
Washington or Jackson ever dishonor tho valiant
deeds of their Junior Officer it Look to their
biographies (not by Dawson stereotyped by Harri
son) aye their Biographiet and Official Reportt,
and you will perceive given In their own hand, and
ti g natures the mead of praise to valor duo. Tho
truly great love to honor tho brave—the sure tes*
of moral worth. Look again and you will find no
*' certificates” of QcntraUhip to eitabliih their
cscatchlon of high renown! Their hearts nnd
twordt won for Mem laurels—which forced cortifi.
cstescould novel 1 give nnd could only sully i Wm.
H. Harrison is the only candldoto far tho Presiden
cy who has ever canvaned as ndemagogne tlump
orator lor that high appointment, which, tho great
apostle of Democracy Thomas Jefferson said,
"might be accepted but never tought I"
I, for one, am rejoiced, that the seal of hit lip*
Is broken, nnd that even a* a demagogue ho is dis
gorging his Talleyrand opinions upon tho world,
to glut his designing friends withail—for " I'd rath
er be a dog and bay the moon then such a Roman."
“ So much for Buckingham!"
Besides, gentlemen, if you now retire from the
field, it will be a confession that your course in
Congress was wrong and that of the coallillon right]
Besides; as they have exhibited no " suavller in
mod o’' toward, you, but mala in re, you nro right,
and ihoy, os tbe French would say, are wrong by
position.
Therefore, from a thorough review of the motives
of patriotism on your part and of malice, on the
other, it appears to me I would not in advance re.
sign—but as it is the duty of political tervanli to
acknowledge the right ol instruction by their con-
stUuenti, and obey it whenever reipectfully ex
pressed by their Legislatures or otherwise, I would
wait calmly for tho mature oction of that honorable
body snd act accordingly. And In two yent, more
you will rise rejoicing like the Pliccnix, amid tho
smoking ruins of every Harrison Log Cabin in
America. O. P. Q-
P. S. It is the opinion of your friends here, that
you ought not to resign, even under the instruction
of tho Legislotive majority of the presont dominant
party, as thnt party would be guilty of an net of su
pererogation, because of Its self committal, wliilo
your political skirt, are dear of any tergiversation
An old School Mate.
Total, 01.475 87,111 85,100 74,884
m—M.jnrlty. -Ife.k. no onjojilUm.
Democratic majority 10,1101X
Our paper, by tho malls are so scattering (no late
paper* having arrived by the Northern mail which
could furnish any thing satisfactory, wo extract tho
following from the Conttilutionaliit.
A slip from the office of the Pennsylvanian dnled
17 th Inst. 9 P. M. says: „ .. .
'•Wo publish s comparative table of theCongras-
•lonalvota of 1838, with that of 1840. It willlb*
i«n that there is a Democratic gain of about 800 tn
the districts heord from. Tho Democratic majority
•o for is 4771, two districts to bo hrard from, which
gave in 1838 a Democratic majority of about 2300.
Wo have not tins shsdow of a doubt that the majori
ty for Van Buren in the State wi'l bo at least 10.000.
It is probable that there will bo a tie in the House
of Representatives, owing to tho infamous appor
tionment bill of 1830. Another year will remedy
this evil, and the democracy of theState will then bo
fairiy and justly represented."
Now, the Reporter is probably later than this, as
that paper is published at the seat of Government of
Pennsylvania.
ELECTIONS.
At the Charter Election in Baltimore on Monday,
the Democrats again carried tho day, turning out
tb* Whig Mayor and Council. The majority is nat
"Tutconoeded by the Whigs that the popular
vote In Pennsylvania is In favor of the Administra
tion.
Tbe Pennsylvanian Extra of 18th Inst, received
at tho Telegraph office, doubt, not that the majnri,
ty for Van Buren in the State will bo at least 10,.
000.
Another year will remedy the evil of tbe appor.
tiontnent bill of 1836, aud the Democracy of tho
State will then bo fairly and justly represented In
|ha House.
[for THE GEORGIAN.]
SAVANNAH, Ga., Oct. 23d, 1840.
To Walter T. Colquitt:
Dear Sir—I am sorry to hear that M. A. Cooper,
C. J Black and yourself are going to resign your
sCaMtssiona) membership. If you do, you will
•practically acknowledge to the world that the most
•corrupt nod unhallowed "means" of your oppo-
.Mots, aa in Revolutionory France, "justify their
taods!" Beesides, the June Convention at Mill
•odgavillo ostracised you in tho most abrupt and
disrespectful manner, and without consulting your
wishes.
(Besides; that Body advocated the nomination o'
IVm. H. Harrison to tbe Presidency, when, as tbe
.original Slate Rights' Party, (ol which you were
■ableand ore now in Troup principles, members,)
It-was pledged to political neutrality. Your and
their subsequent and prior action was and is wholly
independent of each other, and mutually and morel*
ly aatagodtedcal. Besides; at tbo timo others were
nominated, ant have since, by popular vote, been
elected in your stead, you were contending, like
gallant Georgia spirits, for tbe dearest rights of tbe
South—against tb* National Bankism and mad as-
piratisos of Northern Whigs and Abolitionists,new
the coadjutors of Gtorgia Whigs and of seven
thousand deluded Loco-Focos.
Deluded Loco Focot, who ha vs surrendered
their " matches" to light the ignis faluus torch
otHarrieoniem in ones Republican Georgia (
* Deluded Loco Foeos, 1 repeat, because under the
cry of "coon skins and hard cider" they have made
themselves the foot stools by wbieh their emaki
have climbed into power; mere guides on whose
shoulders the tops of tbo Pyramids are reached as
in the wllJ* of Egypt I Shamof—O sham*.' the*
high minded honorable men should aell their birth]
eight for awes# of United 8ute, Dank "potag#P
And all for a General, who Is remarkable for injut\
ties to bis officers < who sacrificed a Winch*sto
TEXAS.
Texos (say, tho New York Herald,) has been
recognised as a Republic by Holland, nnd n treaty
of amity and commerce, signed by ^General James
Hamilton for Texas, and Buron Verstock van
Soclcn for Holland.
Melancholy Occurrence.—XVo regret to state
thot tho Hon. Wm.S. Ramsey, newly elected mem
ber of Congress from Cumberland co. Pn., came to
his dentli yestet duy evening, in his room at Buinum’i
Hotel, from tho dischnrgo of a pistol, the contents
of which entered Ids hend immediately below the
eye. The Jury, wo understand, woie unnldo to
agree whether he camo to his deaili by accident or
design. Tho deceased was a gentleman of great
popularity and universally respected nnd esteemed.
No possible cause can be assigned for thn voluntary
commission of tho act.—Balt. Republican I9lh
inti.
A BANK.
The best bank ever yet known is a bnnk of earth;
it never refuses to discount to honest labor, anil the
best share is tho plonghshuro, on which dividends
are always liberal.
In Plymouth, Mass., a few dnys since, the wife
of Mr. Jos. Raymond, was accidentally shut by a
gentleman who was examining tho lock of a gun
belonging to Mr. Raymond. A sergeoiiwas imme
diately called, bui before he could return to procur„
his instruments, sho bled to death.
Correspondence of the Journal of Commerco.
Singapore, 30th May, 1840.
The China fleet is now going off, and I beg to re
fer you to the accompanying shipping list for par
ticulars of the fleet. Tho troop, consist of three
European regiments, one nntivo regimrnt of In*
fnntry, and a detachment of Artillery, Sappers and
Miners. _
From the Augusta Conttilutionaliit.
GEN. HARRISON CANNOT UK ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—
BECAUSE—
Hu is the candiduto of a party, which nominated
him supposing him to bo the "mostiivuilnhlo" nnd
not for his talents,his services, his patriotism or his
principles:
He is the candidate of a party, which has used
him as a tool, is now using him as such for the same
end, and, if elected President, will continue to uso
him to accomplish their purposes:
He is the candidate of a party, which pretends to
go for rotation in office, while they insist, us n claim
fur his support, that he his been longer in public
life than any citizen in the Union, thus constantly
rolling out of one office into another:
He is the candidate of a party, having ono thou
sand Banks under their control, and which is now
seeking through him, to fix upon tho country ano
ther, with fifty millions capital; thus to subject the
Government to tho dominanoy of irresponsible mo
neyed corporation, and an aristocracy of weultli: .
He is tho candidate of a party. whi« h is constant
ly appealing to tho prejudices, instead of tho reason
and sober judgment of the people, well knowing
that their principles would not otherwise ceaso to
bo tolerated, or continued at all, if reason is left
free to combat them:
Ho is the candidate of a party, which is for ma
king tbe General Government responsible for tire
State debts, for the benefit of foreign capitalists, end
lor bribing the States into the support of federal
men and federal measures:
He is tbo candidate of a party, many of whom,
after hi, formal nomination at Harrisburg,declared
him lube unworthy of the support of their friend*
or themselves, nnd ns boldine opinion! uiirecantcd,
justly exceptionable to the South; his principles
being like Joseph’s coot of muny colors, nnd as
changeable as tho hues of tho dying dolphin:
Ho is tho candidate of a party, n rawing no prin
ciple, but those of a"chsnge"and of Log Cabin and
Hard Cider, which refuses to declare any other be-
attempting to cheat the
without telling us wlrare Ids honesty begins, or
where it ends, in the conflicting opinions and aeta
of his pnit life:
Hu Is ilio eandidnto of n party, though some
times successful for a wliilo, will nover succeed in
engrafting upon republican principle, the hitherto
defeated, and still hateful principle* of federalismt
lie is the candiduto of a party, composed of fvdo
rnlists, bsnk men, tariff men. internal Improvement
men, and "whig moil" north, south, cast and west,
uftho abolitionists of the north, cast and west, of
thn anti-masons, of tho humbug party of log cabins
and uider bnrrcls, and is opposed by the true repub-
can parly of tho whole Union:
He is thu candidate of a party which, having pla
ced him under tho guardianship of a committee,
yet permit him to slamlor Ids follow citizens, the
democrats, by comparing thoirncts to thn cruelties
of the savage Robespierre, nnd tho motives of their
cunduct to be those of that tyrant, under the pro
lenco of tiro "public good":
Ho is tho candidate of n paity, which deserves
to bo, nnil will be, scouted nnd beaten, " horse foot
and dragoons," in November next
Because lie is the candidate of such a party I
will not vote for him; nnd for the reasons following
no nutn in the south ought:—Because—
Hk is an Abolitionist.
He has been, slnco 1701, an Ablitionist: differing
from those of the present day only in tho means to
bo used for effecting the sumo object: the one, for
liberating our slaves without our consent ond with
out compensation; the other for liberating with
our consent, by paying us for them with "surplus
revenue”—our own money—ond thus bribing the
states in his views for the abolition of slavery.
In 1791, he joined an abolition society: to prove
which, in 1322, when a candidate for Congress in
Ohio, bo procured aceitificnta from Judge Galch,
oft bo fuel, because ho wus then charged with being
friendly to slavery, which, ho said, was a calumny,
adding besides—'"that the obligation which I then
came undpr. (when he joined tho society,) I have
Ihillifully performed."
in 1840, April Utlt, Mr. Lyons writes him to
spy "whothor you over were a member of on Aboil
non society, and whelheryou have designated the
Richmond Society as an abolition Society"—saying,
that this denial would advanco tho whig enuse.
He did not deny being a member of such a Society,
or of usiug tho word Abolition, as charged upon
him.
in 1833, July 4, in his speech nt Chiviot, ho said
“if asked in what way the Goncral Government can
aid tho cause of emancipation," "I answer, that it
has long been an object near my licnrt, to see the
whole suplus revenue appropriated to that object,"
and “by a zealous prosecution of a plan formed up
on that basis, we might look forward to a day not
very fur distant, when a North Amorican sun would
nut look down upanaslavo."
In 1835, in his specahat Vincennes,Indiana,then
being u candidate for tho Presidency, he said, "If
my vote could effi-ct it (the abolition of slavery) eve
ry surplus dollar in tho Treasury should be appro
priated to tliut object.
In 1820, Jan. Gih, iiitiro Senate of Ohio, bo voted
fur a resolution “that our Sonulorsanil Representn
lives ir. Congress, be ronnuited to use their utmost
exertions, by every constitutional method, to pro-
venttho admission ofoluvery in any State orTcrrilo
ry oftlie Union, where sluveoy does not exist; to pro
vont ilsJurMcrcxlention where it hat been intro
Huced; and that they be further requested to oppose
the admission of any State into tho Union,unless the
further extention of slavery within such Stato bo ex
pressly prohibited."
In 1822, liu said “I dnny that my vote in Con
gtois, in relation to Missouri and Arkansas, are In
the least incompuliba with theso principles."
. (At the timo the above resolutions pasted in tb*
Ohio Legist.ture, Missouri hod not been admitted
into tho Union; nor could sho have been, unless sho
bud expressly agreed to tho restriction of slavery al
ready existing ill tho slul«, if GSon. Harrison's wish
vs had been consulted.)
In the sumo year, busidosintroducing his rasolu
tions unfriendly to thn institution of slavery, he
voted it to be " a great moral und political evil."
In 1822, he said, “ I was thu first porsnn to intro
duco into Congress lha proposition that mil the coun
try above Missouri should navur have slavery admit
led into ft,"
In 1838, In hlo letters to Titos. Sluo, nnd Mr Ber
rion, ha admits tiro right of Congress to abolish
slavery in the Disiribt ol Columbia, without the con
smt of the slaveholding states.
In 1040, July 8.1i, Dr. G. Bailey, Jr, editor of
the I’liilanlhropist, an abolition pnper published in
Cincinnati, when charged with making certain re
marks about tho abolition principles of Gon. Harri
son, unswors thus:—" because justice to Gen. Harri
sun und myself demands u prompt denial of the
truth of tho above statement.” Dr. B. says—" At
different times, in the presence of my friends, wheth
er whig or democratic, when conversing on the tub
juct, iofubolition) I Imvo remarked, tliui my Conner
sations with Gen. Harrison had ltd me to believe,
thnt he teas a vety good anti SLAVERY man, and
J had no doubt H was his pleasure to convey such
an impression. Stronger language on this subject
I have not uttored; and this language has not been
used by me with n viow to political effect."
Now read this:
Iii 1807, while Governuroftlio Indiana Territory,
he approvod a law to sell hi* fellow citixens, male
and female, ns servants, if too poor to pay the fines
nnd cos:* of tho comt*, when convicted of misdu
mettnors.&c. &c.—nmitbo individual in sold,upon
running nwny fiom his or horowner, to bo whipped
with thirty nino lusljos on the hare bock. Had he
vetoed the bill, it could not have boroino n law.
In 1821, in the Senate of Ohio, lie voted for atim
ilnr low, which hnudmits lie did, in his latter of
Dec.2Dt, 1821, addressed to the CincinnntiAd-
vostiser, and again admitted in his letter of Sept.
15lh, 1020, to Mr. J. M. Pleasants, besides other
recorded proofs of tho fuel. This is going from light
to d..rkpe**, making tho whiles bondmen,tho blacks
freemen.
He is a Federalist.
In tho year 1798, ho was appointed Srcretnry of
tho Territory North west of the Ohio, under the
Black cockade administration of tho elder Adams.
In 1800, Fob. 5th, ho mudo a speech ia favor of
keoping lip the federal standing army of the elder
Adams, and in that speed) duclured. (such was his
.'uve for htnnding armies,) that after so veil years sar
vice he was sorry to say i lint such was tho conduct
of tho militia, (citizen soldiers) that ho nerer could
think u(trusting thu country entirely tu their pro
lection.
In 1800, ho was appointed Governor of tho Indi
ana Torritoty under the samo Blacli-cockuda ad
ministration.
From 1810 to 1819,lie urged tho adoption ofmoa
sums for tho organization and discipline of the
militin of tho United, States, tho principal features
of which, were unti-rcpublicnn, visionary, expensive
and discriminating; his plan ubove all others, be
ing altogether exceptionable.
In 1826, John Randolph, of Virginia, charged
him to Ids face in Congress of being tut open, frank
and zealous supporter of tho Blank-cockade ad
ministration of tho older Adams; that they had
never, or could over agree about men or measures.
The charge wus never withdrawn by Mr. Randolph,
thougli lie may have regretted making thu attack.
Gen. II. nddmitted the chargenl tho time.
In 1024, he was elected Senator to Congress,
and snstained the administration of John Quincy
Adams.
In 1820. ho voted in the Senate of tho U. States
for a resolution to sustain the new, instead of the
old treaty, by winch Georgia would hnve lost a
grent portion of her lands, or forced to win them
at tho point of the sword.
In 1820; ho voted for thnt wild, foolish nnd vision
ary project the Punamu Mission.
In 1828, lie was unpointed Minister to Columbia
by J. Q. Adam* for Ids services to him.
In 1833, in his Choviut speech, in order to e
plain his opinion of tho principles ii|>an which the
government of our Union is formed, lie recommend
ed to his auditor* tho proclamation of thu President
of lha United States of Dec. lOtb, ond tho federal
speeches of Mr. Webster, in reply to Mr. Calhoun,
a* containing thu mn*teloquent ami sutiifactoty ux
position of those principle* tlnu have recently been
published.
Hr. is a U. S. Bank man.
lit 1820, in tho Sonata of Ohio, lie -titigglml tore
C ent a Inw imposing a tax upon thn branches of tho
l, 8. Bank within thu State, assigning u* a reason
his fears of c«//frfon between tint Federal and Stain
la which resolution* were adopted la favor of re-
chartering the Baak.
Ia ISM, la hie letter to Shotfod William*, ha
•aye—"that a Bank of tba U. Sate* competent to
all tba duties which may ba required by tba Govern-
meat, might baaa organised mbs* to infringe♦« oar
delegated powers, or the rests red right* #f the
la 1122. ha said "T believe that Mt charter*Iren
to the Bank seas unconstitutional." i
la 1IM, hr eaya he would, if elected Prefdent,
sign a charter for one, if public opinion indicated It*
ISI^eTStairr and Internal luraoTKif kt
MAN. 1
From 1816 to 1810, bo voted for aad sustained
In Congress tba tariff acts for tbe protection uf do
mestic manufactures, and the various schemas of tn
ternal improvements, by the General Goversment.
H* voted for the tariff of 1828 against tho South.
In ISlP-^OJn tho senate of Ohio, bo voted for
resolutions, declaring that provision ought|tobe
made by law for the encouragement of domestic
manufactures, and that tho surplus money ought to
be applied tn that purpose, and for the construction
of roads and canals Instead of paying off the nation
al debt. Ha voted to Instruct tin members of Con
gross from that State to procure the passage of laws,
embracing tbo above principles. ,
In 1831, in an address to an Agricultural Society
in Ohio,bo said—tbo oaf* condition undtr which ho
would abandon the tariff of protection would be,
"whenever the streets of Norfolk and Charleston
shall be covered with grass,and our Southern friends
find no market for their produce, aad this state of
things can be distinctly traced to the tariff."
Hi STEAKS WlYH A."FORKEDTONGUE," AND IS IN
THE IKEYINO OS A COMMITTEE AND STANDS
MOTE.
In 1822, Sep. 16, wben a candidate for Congress
in Ohio, be said "I have over believed that every
tUctorbat tbe right to make a call for the political
creeds of those who offer their services to the pro-
£ 1e, ted that tho candidates are bound to answer
<»
In 1640, In his speech at Fort|Meigi, ha said "I
acknowledge that I do not think a candidate for the
Presidency should bo asked to give a pledge," be
cause "th* battle will not always be to the strong,
but to tbe man w ho can tall the moat lies,and make
tbe most pledges."
When asked for Ills opinions upon Slavery, the
Bank, dec. &c„ and upon tho other great leading
political questions of the day, he answers "that
nothing could induce him tn answer such intern*
gatoriea, coming either from friends or foes;" yet
on the 1st June he writes to Mr. Lyous, and an
swers his letter, because of" thir long and intimate
friendship," and his " high standing in society,"
and the intimate connexion of their Intrillu*.
In his late letter to the Whiga of the N. York
Legislature, ha sayst "I hove declined to give any
furthei pledges and opinions on subjects which be
long tothefarture legislation of Congress" "I have
in aeveral, letters Xofriends, fully and frankly avow
ed my principles. Further than this, I cannot sup
pose intelligent persons could desire me logo."
(I have collected some, here is a part only.)
In the tame letter ho say* i “ no honest man
would suffer his friends to publish documents in his
name, which ware uot genuine, nr containing opin
Iona which ba was nut then willing to endorse."
(I have selected only from tbe endorsed docu
ments ofth* whiga.)
In 1840, ia too letter of hit committee of Feb.
29th, in answer to the Oswego letter, atktngfor hit
principles, tbo committee reply for him than "The
polity is, that the General make no further decla
ration of hie principlra for the publio eye."
When questioned about this committee business
by Mr. Williams, on tbe 28th of May, ba answers:
" 1 requested the Committee, thro’ its Chairman,
Major Gwynne, to give tbo information sought for,
-6tcaw.—instate my determination to give noother
pledges of what I would, or would not do, if elected
President, dec." "I did not know until recently,
who were the members of the committee."
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1640.
of Columbus, snd Frenffincounty, after the elder
bad begun to work npa little brisk, and the " laugh
hadsubsidad, iheGeneral proceeded"—" I have
no Committee,fellow citixens, confidential or othert
It is true, I employed my friend Major Gwynne to
aid me in returning replies to soma of the numer
ous questions propounded to me by letters."
On the 28tb of May, he requested the Committee,
through its Chairman, Major Gwynne!!!
In June, fie denies any knowledge of a Commit
tee,eonJtdsnt{alor other; he only asked thu aid of
his friend, tho Major !l!t
I will raako somewhat the sema excuse here for
the General, that h* made when asked by Mr.
Lyons if he did say he was a member of an Aboli
tion Society, and If be did use the word abolition In
his address. He said then, what he must say now
about this committer: " All I can say Is, that if 1
did really" deay in June last, that I had a commit
tee, which 1 admitted I had in my letter to Mr. Jo
seph Williams, of May tbe 28th, "It must have
been from forgetfulness, which might easily hap
pen after alepso of’ a few days!!! Quite sallsfae
tory, and to the point, General." liuxsa for T^ppr
DKMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN ASSO
CIATION.
At i r^ulkr Riming tf lb. DmmckiIo Itfpuk.
Ilea Ai»oc!ill». of WuhluftM. and Qim Want.,
it Mechanic.' Hill, on tbnmnln, ofth. fifth
ilML
The first Vico President In tb* Chair, tho tegular
Secretary being absent. On motion, J. M. Jones
was appointed Secretary, pre tern.
Tho meeting was called to order, and the Presi
dent stated that the meeting was now upon for bu«
‘ness.
Col. Myers was called on and addressed the
mooting at soma length. Dr. Arnold addressed the
meeting in his usual Democratic feeling. Col.
Mlllen being loudly called on, came forward and
entertained tho meeting with muchnnw matter in
regard to our prospects. Capt. Pooler, enchained
tho meeting with his wit and burning sarcasm for a
length oftime. M. H. McAllister, Esq. emeitain-
ed th* meeting fora ahert time.
W. A. POLLARD, la»V. Pree’l.
J. M. Jones, Sec.pro tern.
Pennsylvania Election — Returns from 54 coun
ties, the whole number, make th* Democratic ma
jority 7823; a Democratic gain of a faw hundred
votes since the eleolion In 1836, Th* Senate will
stand 20 Whigs, 17 Van Buren. Hause of Rep
resentatives, 51 Whigs, 49 Van Buren.
The Arkansas Election (or Governor, membe r
of Congress and Legislature, took place on the 7th.
To tho election of Yell (L. F.) aa Governor there
is no opposition. The LeukvlU* Journal says—We
have only heard from lb* river counties.
Ohio.—The Whig gain Ih 73 counties, 5 counties
to bo hrard from, Is22,104. Tho Whig gain in Con
gress from this State, is 4 members.
THE GREAT HUMBUG.
Daniel Webster's mask.
The Richmond, Enquler says;—“In tho mean
time, let us ask what possible pretension has this U1
tra Federalist of the characterof a Jeffersonian Vir
ginia Democrat!—What possible claim can he ad
vance to any affinity with T. Jefferson, or with Vir
ginia or with the South! In 1806, did he not de
nounce President Jefferson and his political mea-
suresT Did he not.question of the Emhagu, declare
that "Mr. Jefferson's pretensions nro Inconsistent
with his actions, and therefore, false t"— Let " A
Virginian" unmask his tefusal tu support the rights
andhonor of bis country, in tho war ofl812. Let
Ui ulus" strip him bare not only as to the war, but
as to all the great Constitutional questions .and espt-
daily on the heresy of Abolition,—Mr. W.does not
hold onn grant Constitutional principle, in common
with the Democracy of Virginia-He is against Us
on the fundamental theory of the origin ofuurGovern
ment, on the principles for Interpreting to Constitu
tion, on the Bank, Tariff, Internal Improvement,
fScc-i dec.—and yet ho has tb* unparalleled audacity
to claim affinity with th* pure school of Democra
ey of Virginia. We leave it to Brutus, to trace his
course on the Abolition question—Suffice it for us,
at tli* present time, t* show from tb* Journals of the
Senate in 1838,hit profound contempt for the doc
trine* and right* of tba South. Tbe fullewing pro
eeedings took place on tbe adoption of Mr. Cat
houn's celebrated resolutions:
8kmatk of tho U. S. •'January 3,1338.
"Retolved, That ia th* adoption of the Federal
Constitution theStatet adopting ilw tame acted tev
erally as free, independent and sovereign States |
and that each,for itself, by its own voluntary assent,
Mitered the Union with a view to Its increased two,
Imi all dmmg*r*,do*m*ssim *n trail asferelgn.
more perfect and secure enjoyment of Its ed
And yet this is the man whit pretends tn l« a Ffr*
Democrat l This Is the Orator wltom tbe
Wh!|* in the extravagance nf their tdirenzy are
bringing to Richmond tu teach us politics f What
•ay you, Virginians, to the Priests «r to the Muff
Is this too, the politician who declared publicly in
Alexandria, that " We have made William Henry
Harrison the bearer of our Stan lardt" What
kind of an administration are we then to expect
from General Harrison, who, as soon as )m is elect
od, will take for hie standard-bearer, n man,
who goes the whole for Fedot al Doctrines and
Abolition Petitions, in every variety of form!—
And to add all tint ridicule of buriesqim to
Mm lieitht «f indignity, he, who did su much
against the war, is brought hero to celebrate the
anniversary of the battle of tho Thomas; n bnttlo
which has never been celohrated in Virginia, Tor 27
years, until the wltigs deemed that they could mnko
political capital of it, forilia election of him. whom
Mr. Webster rindoubt considers a* n “dtigupilerit."
But, we presume, that as Mr. W. lint bccrnin n do
convert, h* lias bocomo a convert tu tho
canoe!"
PEPPER 1
A distinguished gentleman of New York, slates
that less than forty years since he dined with Chan
cellor Livingston at Paris. The patience of tho
guest* was exhausted by a visionary you 1 h named
Fulton, who engrossed the conversation by an argu
men! to prova that if he eould obtain a small fund,
he could construct a boat to be proncllrd by the
power of steam, and navigate the Hudson Kiv«r
with tb* velocity of four miles an hour.
Newpott, Rhode, Island has a population of
8321.
Braham.—This celebrated vocalist, perhaps the
greatest lha world overproduced, arrived in the Pre
•idem on 8upday with his family. He was engaged
by Placid* in London, to perform at llw Pork the*
ire, to commetee early in December. His arrival
has been rather premature, but hn will not appear
at any other theatae in this city but old Drury.—N.
Y. Sun.
A Curious Fact.—Tho statement of Mr. Wise,
the wronaut, If It bo a fact is a curious one. It Is
well know that almost every one on looking down
from e great height feels affected by vortigo—gid
diness of the head—and a sensation of sickness and
insecurity. But bo avers from repealed experience,
that this only occurs wben tho individsal is sitting
or standing upon something connected with the
ground even if it bo only by a rope, or any other
•light communication with the earth. But that
entirely UoUted from tho earth, no such feeling or
sensation can be expet inccd.
cause impolitic, thereby a , « - .
K Is, and smuggle in the presidency.themnnwha I officers, and consequently lints saving the honor of
that h* can accomplish his aim, "who will tall I the Blare,by u surrender of its rights,
tbe most lies, aad make the most pUdgsi," and I In 1834, he says ho bail th* lionoi of presiding at
Beaux of Former Times.—Wo question wheth
er the celebrated Beau Brummel,and even the equal
ly celebrated Romeo Coates, were notmrre Qua
kers intbeir dress,compared with some of the dis
tinguished dressers of the former days. Sir Walter
Ralsigh wore a white satin pinked vest, close slee
ved to the wrist; over the body a brown doubb-t,fine
ly flowed and embroidered with pearl, (n the feath
er of bis hat, a large ruby and pearl drop at the hot
tom of tb* sprig, ia place of a button, his trunk or
breecbos, with his stockings and ribbon garters.frin-
ged at tire end,ail white; and buff shoes,with wf *
ribbon.
On great court days his shoes were so gorgeously
covered with precious stones as to have rxeedrd
the value of 6,600ft and ho bad a suit of armor of
solid silver, with a sword ami belt biasing with dis
monds, rubles and pearls. King James' faverite,
tho Duk* of Backing ham, eould afford to have his
diamonds tacked so loosely on, that wben Ira chose
to shako* few offoo the ground,he obtained ell the
fame he Desired from the pickors up,who were gen
erally los Dames de la Court for our Duke never con
descended to accent whet he himself had drapned.
His cloaks were ulmed with great dismond hat-
bunds,cockades and car ring*,yoked with great ropes
ami knots of poorls. He had twenty seven suits of
clothes made, U» rirJiest that embroidery, lace,
•ilk, velvet, ailver, gold and gems could oonuibute;
one of which was a white uncut velvet, sat over both
suit and clock, with diamonds, besides a great feath
er, stuck all over with diamonds, as were also hie
•word, girdle, hat snd spurs. When the difference
in the valuo of money is considered, tho sums thus
redieuiouslysquandered ia dress mu*i have lten
prodigious.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1840.
and tl
vantages, natural, political and social,"
Yeas 32.
Nays 13 (Webster one,)
2 "Resolved, That in delegating a portion of
thsir powers la be esarcised by the Federal Govern
mentjthu Slates retained, severally, the excludve
and sole right over thalr own domestic institutioni
and police, to the Adi extent to which those powers
wera.not deb-gated, and are alone responsible fur
them; and that any intetmeddllagof any one or more
States, or a combination of their citixens with llto
institutions and police nf the others on any ground,
political, moral, er religious, or under any pretext
whatever, with the view to their alteration or sub
version, ia not warranted bv the Constitution, tend
ing M endanger the domestic peace and tranquillity
of the States interfered with; subversive of thu ob
jert for which the constitution was formed, and by
necessary coneennence, tending to weaken and de
•troy the Union itself.
Yeas 32
Nays 9 (Webster one.)
" January 0, 1888.
Mr. Calhoun's 3d resolution under consideration
—Mr. Morris’motion to amend th* same by adding
thereto th* fallowing t
" And that the privilege of thu people to speak,
write, print and publish their opinions on any sub
ject whatever, whether the same concern the politi
cal, moral or religloue Institutions of any 8iaie, or
on lira nature and condition of man as born equally
free and independent, is Indispensable; and that
those exercising that privilege ore responsible to the
State only lar tho abuse of that liberty in which
such writing, speaking, printing or publishing actu
ally takes place."
Rejected—Yeae 9 (Webstar one.)
Nays 32
Mr. Bayanl moved to strike out from the 3d reso
lution tho words " several States ofthis Union as a
common agent," and inserting "people of thoU.
8."
Lost—Yeas 8 (Webster ono.)
Nays 34
The question was thon taken to agree to the reso
lution as previously amended, vis:
"Resolved, That this Government was instituted
and adopted by the several Slates of this Union, as
a common agent, in order to carry into effect the
powers which they had delegated by me Constiru
tion for their mutual security and prosperity—and
that, in fulfilment of this high and sacred trust, this
Government is bound so to exercise its powers as
not to interfere with tba stability and security of tho
domestic institutions of lb* Stales that compose lira
Union; and that it is tbe solemn duty of tho Govern
ment to resist to the extant of its Constitutional pow
er, all attempts by on* |rartion of tho Union to use it
as an instrument to attack th* domestic institutions
of another, or to weaken and destroy such Inslitu-
Yeas
Nays
31
II (Webster ono of them.)
•'January 10.
(4th resolution Webstar not present.)
5th resolution as amended by substitute on Mr.
Clay’s motion, "Resolved. That tb* interference
by the citixens ofany of tbe 8iatee with tbe view to
the abolition of slavery in this District, is endanger
ing the rights and security of the people of the Dis
trict; and that any act or measure of Congress, ds*
signed to abolish slavery in this District, would be a
violation of faith implied in the cessions by the
States of Virginia and Maryland, a just cause of
alarm to tho people of tb* slave bolding Stales, and
tend inevitable tendency to disturb and
have a direct a
endanger tba Unien."
Carried—Yoa*
Nay*
36
8 (Webstarone.)
••January 12
Additional resolution proposed by Mr. Buchan
an I
" Resolved, That any attempt of Congress to a
botish slavery in any Territories of the U. 8. in
which it exists, would create serious alarm and
just upnrehention in the Stales sustaining that do
inestio institution; would h* a violation of good faith
inwards tit* inhabitants uf any such Territory, who
have boon permitted to settle with and hold slaves
therein (because the people of any snch Territor)
havonot asked for lb*abolition of slavery therein;
and because wben any such Territories shall be
admitted into Um Union as a State, lira penplu
thereof will bo entitled todecidu that question ox
cluslvaly for themselves"
Yaas 35
Kaye 9 (Webstar an#.)
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD.
We refer with state pride, to tlte progress mndo
on this rood: onn in which all tho citizens nf Geor
gia,and more particularly the citizens ufSuvannali,
are so deeply interested.
Contracts fur grading will ho concluded nt Mil-
ledgevilla early next month, to llto upper terminus
ofrho road, which will ho another rapid strido tn
its completion, and the receipts on the road, thus
early, alimild nerve all friends nf Internal Improve
ment in the legislature, tu battle for Rail Roods
and Canals, nnd not permit any lukewarmness on
the part of any who have heretofore voted in a
causn so conducive to the glory and prosperity of
tbe State.
FROST.
This welcome visitor rearhttdnur neighborhood
on Monday morning, nnd renewed his visit yesler.
day. It is the best quinine, we judge, for some
invalids.
Thn Charleston Patriot of Monday has tho fol
lowing t
Cold Wratiikr.—The tliermnmster has fallen
within the last two duys about 15 degrees. There
is ice last night in thn nrighboilinmi uf lira city,
CAVALRY ELECTION FOR MAJOR.
An election was held tin Ilia Sflih Inst, at the Old
Court House in Bryan county, in fill the varnney
occasioned by tho resignation of Wm. Law, Esq.,
when Capt. David Andrrson, nf the Liberty Inde
pendent Troup, was unnnimnuily elected Mqjur tn
command thu Squadron of Cavalry attached to lit
first division Grorgin Militia.
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.
We are nnt a little surprised nt ilm course of
some oftlie Whig 1'iesses In slating the resolt nf
the recent election in Pennsylvania,
Instead of giving fall returns end the true state ol
the case—on increased Democratic majority—
thay boldly give a portion of tlte countlos, ami claim
a VVAffr gain In those counties. Tills is only calcu,
leted to deceive their readers. This is perhaps
their intention.
The Pennsylvanian of Thursday last stales the
Domocmtic majority at 0319, nearljt 9000 over
Van Buran’s majority in 1830. over Harrison,
The rccom election was far mombotsof Congress,
The Democratic papers anticipato a Van Buren
majority on the 30th of October of Ten Thousand —
Wa shall publish tbe Table in our next.
IRISH DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN ASSO-
CIATION-
A large meeting of the Irish Democratic Aisoclu
tion was held at thoir hall, on Monday evening
October 2fllh. Present, tlm President, Second and
Third Vico Presidents, and Secretary.
The meeting waa addressed by the following
named gentlemen, 11. W, Pooler, W. II.Stiles, M.
H. MoAlllstrr, and Col, Myers.
Several Ilssalntinni were passed, nnd the meet
In adjourned (with three cheers for Vim Buren and
Democracy) in meet on Thursday next, at tho same
hour—half pint Seven o'clock.
J. U. GUMMING, (Vrs.
C. B. Cluskey, See.
THE HEALTH OF OUR COUNTY.
We have had considerable sickness, much more
than usual, and unusually final. Bul we are happy
to learn from gentlemen uf thn medical profession
that it is abating as well in tho number of coses as
in malignancy.—Sandersville Ado. ft4th inst.
CROPS.
Tho corn crops ofthis section are good, but our
cotton will be vary short. This is.owing to a com
bination ofclrcumslnnccs. First, less was planted
titan usual: then tbe heavy rnlns, and the worm has
been very destructive. There will nnt be a half
crop made in any part oftlie county we hnve heard
from.—Ibid.
THE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD.
W* are pleased to hear of tho arrivals of cars at
120 miles station,or at Davisboro. Tho facilities of
getting our producatn market, and our necessaries
from market is greatly increased We understand
that the business is becoming quire active, nnd we
daily see wagons gning tu and returning from lira
depot,loaded with merchandise.—Ibid.
[roil TIIE OXOUOIAN ]
SAVANNAH, Geo., 27th Oct.
Mr. Editor-In my last O. P. Q. all and any
nfthe friends of Gen. Harrison were colh-d upon
nnd defied to produce adequate reasons why tha,
officer resigned tho command of tho American
Armies in the most fearful period uf his country's
wrongs. And yet " A Constituent" of my youthful
associates, terms this interrogatory and assertion a
repetition of slander. Now any one of common
sense knows fall well, even at this let* day, that had
Gen. Harrison not renounced bis commission at
that time, because of unanswerable " excep'ions"
both by his junior officers and the Secretary uf War,
against his unmititary, ungenerous and mysterious
conduct in his Western Campaigns,—fie, by senior
ity alone, would have been transferred to the com
mand of the Southern Army. Does Mr. Madison,
in recoonting the victories of that glorious war, tn a
subsequent Congress, even mention tho obsolete
battle of Tippecanoe.! No, sir. We hear no more
of that sad affair, till June 1840, when the note* o,*
the friends oi the unfortunate Col. Davies, whoonco
shed crocodile tears uver Ids butchered remains
ring on our startled senses, the "In Frans" of Hnrl
rison and Tippecanoe. Truth and jasticol where
have you fled! Echo answers where! Doomed
to ignominy and death beneath, alas, the shelter of
a " Constituents" wings, whose breath is aa fetal to
morality, as the pestilential atmosphere of tho Upas
Tree is to animal vitality. You might as well try
to arrest fife downward course to ruin, aa to stop a
rail road locomotive by tho tun* of Yanlt* Doodle.
HU style und presumption, liko a Harrison rackit,
•boots up aloft to claim, as It worn, kindred with
the skies, but true to nature and art " vox el prctc
rets nihil," like its ephemeral prototype, it illeaaln*
awhile but leaves tho minds of all tn dieapprtnt’
ment end darkness more palpable, fur !u fin* 1
projection is earthly. Asa eomposuiit—tu com
para groat things to email, kit tirade without argu.
meal," Is like the Niger's mouth, more month than
author." And if ever fie waebea Heaven, 'twill bo
Bagtaal»ofco<aff»|Munslr«e*waio*mmwiaewl.
Drat Byvoa left trim ia h« •'Vistat rttJhd
peartWngf the fcaalinfik m»W.I
thinks I mo aaodmr ralssilc. (rat leg h {raofetea
rccoU with vengoaapowa Mat at JseCliMfcian M*
lot Dim—where O. I». Q. oraaM ratWDfe 4m *e>i
fertilemosk-lrarwof the Prance! PacHfe l»
• wes on chief nay thanks <f a grateful heart, okras
owo cool waa petrified with ingratitude towards
brilliant spirits safiofeaght Ids Imtde* for f*
Hfie. I repeat, due* not glory lathe t
genius «f Axonnv JacksoN, who wie I,..
In //raven's high chancery, to fight war bottle*
when the tutors of Napoleon landed on oar shore*.
Now for tin-argument. While "mm of year
Constituents" is left to his pseudo friends to Itagh
together,at hk own wit and to prats from fife first*
the milk' of human kindness, which would he a*
to come, " as the spirits of tb* vasty deep" at
their call.
At the timo the Him. W. T. Cofqatil, M. A.
Cooper nnd K. J. Black were elected, tbo old Troop
Pariy were Anti-Bank—Antl-Nortbera Whigs,
(who by a majority in Congress, might crwqd Yon •
Aee over them on the subject of emancipation) and
perfectly neutral on lira Presidential’ canvass. Be.
•ides, it strikes me from a passage tli th# Georgia
ititrnal,nn« oflis ablest organs, of February laal,
they were more than neutral, fur, eaya tba?paper,
" We would rather, or just at lievo support' Arthur
Teppan for the Presidency as William Ifanry Har
rison." And why! Drcauie, thot General had
■aid in ills Cheviot Speech. Qhlo, whickmay be
found in the Sovnmmh Republican, 28th 8sptember
lust," thnt if "7 was asked (meaning W^H, Har.
rison) how emancipation could be constitutionally
accomplished,/would answer, "That It is one of
the dearest wishes of my heart to see tbo Surplus
Revenue appropriated to the purchase of slaves
by the consent of the States. And the time woold
not he far distant when an Arrarieon sun would not
shine upon nn Amorican stavet" That immortal
trio, whom the aforesaid squib considers as "re
buked by Georgia," were members of that party
during that noble and lofty expression of patriotic
sentiment or lira Georgia Journal against tho Har
risburg nomination of Harrison, and entarta'ned th*
•nmn indignant feelings towards him MTrdo(r—tho
leader of his party did—tbo child of fife creation ,
And were run and elrcted uuder tho fttll tide *f
poliiisol opposition to that ultimata abolitionist!
When lo! "1’icsto change," as if by legerdemaia,
" their constituents" bocomo the ndihirersbftbe old
central Federalist, npposer of the war throughout,
ami now newly sHf-christened Democrat, Donkl
Webster, (who when Ids speech grows stale wins
applause in old Virginia.by syeopbanilcniiy daubing
her two credulous sons with praises of ber cbfvalrin
warriors and her illustrious statesmen.) And th*
fulloweisof n chief who fraudulently claims the
honor* ol Kurt Stephenson and Tlppcconoo deroga.
tory Hi nil tho principles of justice. Victories which
n Boyd and a Croghnn gained, whoso immortal
deeds nnt permitted to corrodo beneath the rust of
time, Ik-cousc their General was not magnanimous
enough to report them favourably tu the then Secre
tary ol Wnr nnd ensure their promotion. A General
who was too j> ulntis hearted lo confer honour upon
upun lira brave young Iririiman, wbodefeatad Proc
tor with only a liniid full of mun and saved his own
nrmy from consummate disgrace. For remember
tho order for retreat wes given by Harrison when
the ehefd'auvrc of Croghnn was gloriously per-
farmed. Now tell me, could that Intellectual trio
conscientiously teach their children to love snch •
man.nnd when soldiers, to imitate such aGeaerel!
To return tn the Cheviot Speech—Who can read it
and say thnt Ira has Imbibed one good idea from it.
It is contradictory from beginning to end, and re
minds me of a weathercock in a whirlwind—po^nt-
appoint, at all, at ell. Al oha itaui a North Fatter
nmlns tlra hutricano aloft, at another a Southern
zephyr funs the plaint of the sunny South Into falsa
security, nnd at another lira compass Is boxed os If
wnr swept tho Lyre nf passions I Tha fact l#, to
come at his meaning, I began Hebrew fashion of
writing at lest, in read it from right to left, from
bottom to tdp. And this.would bo tho best way lo
digest, " onu of your constittliints fetters'—that is
backwards.
Now I understand Walter T Colquitt, M A Coo
per, and E J Black's course tn be this. Before go
ing in Congress they had judged Van Buren to tm
on enemy tn tho South, as strong party ment but on
arriving there, they discovered him to bo a North
ern mun " with Constitutional principles and South
ern feelings," and that Ids friends, the Northern
Domocmis, voted with the South, against potiilooe
to nlioltih rite domestic Institutions of tho District
of Columbia—while thn Harrison Northern Whigs
voted far them to a man. They therefore,spurned
the dictum nf party with contempt, and actari liko
honest nnd conscientious men before God and their
country—as chrisiluns, accountable onffp to (hn
Great Architect of Truth and of Justice. They
thought as I do, that tho liberation ofslaves In that
District, cither with nr without tho consent-oft lb*
States, even upon Harrison's plan, vrould.be con
sidered by tho South as high treason against tho
Constitution and as a practical declaration oj war
ngnlnst her paramount rights 1
Besidos, they could not echo the plaudits of lira
parly to a General who waa deficient in tbo vosjr
first principles bc;h of ancient and modern tactics-
The concentration of as rauoh fore* upon a given
point as possible to achieve success f Did fit toe
order Gen. Winchester to a distant post end retail
four hundred soldiers and tacrificed that officer
from rivalry, when fie ought to have euetaismSYAm
with gallantry ! Did fie not suffer Crog)<an,skgfe-
liandud in sound of his cannon, almost toferanofet*
Itis forlorn hope against fearful odds,, when Iky n
"coup de main" and crossfire in tho rear,h«t*u|ht
to hnve felled Proctor ond all his savage allies dead
upon the plains of Sandusky!—Did fie aot say—
" Let his blood bo upon his own head*"
Besides, Sir: did yon over reflect wlmro Aboli.
litinn, even upon Harrison's sublime plan, would
lead ! I will tell you. 1st. By tin consent of th*
Status, their own ;nonoy would recoil to purchas*
their own property. 2d. Their fields, by tbvir own
consent, would become desolate and millions of hu.
mnn beings perish from hunger and nakedness;
And 3>l. As emancipation and colonization,, hit
own schnmo.(for who could be, falfew-citizans, with
blacks) must go hand in hand---— ■that is bought
up nnd sent away to Liberia nr any where else—
the South wnulJ be disfranchised.—Because ber
Constitutional basis of Representation balanced
upon "threefifths" of that population would be de
stroyed, nnd she would forever remain lo a glorious
minority, to bo ground to dost by tbe polincal-ma-
jotity of Northern Whigs—the friends of tbe only
Statesmen who has aver devised tbe political tub-
ride of the Italian sphere of our beloved country*
Look at the pmposit'on, Sir, oerioualy. Would tbo
Stato of Georgia, under that idintio design, when
accomplished by the " feto de tt" of oil tbo South
ern Status, send more than two members to Con
gress and afford more than two electors, where she
now ballots far eleven I Where would emigrants
como from to fill on tho hiatus mad* by tbo loss of
moral Nothing eould save tse
our political members 7 Nothing could save tta
from ruin but th* patriot blood of Poland, of Ger
many and the green abamreo of old Erie! Than
spread will* our porta to those valiant foreigners
whoso heart's blood already embalm our soil, tad
rejoice that our native land kindred, fn truth—tbo
home of tho Irishmen—the mausoleum of Pofee—
the Dutchman's fireside, and th# * Sootehmaa'a
Clydesdale! Rejoicing that of all Virginia's chiral-
rio sons, only one Maf. Geaerel, vis: Wm. H; Har
rison, conspired to rob her of her political rights,
and inytorionsly preferred resignation, In tbo prime
of life and vigor of manhood, in tbe darkest boor of
hk country's perils, to an honorable trial by’ a
Court Martial—for the massacre of tho River Rai
sin! O. P. Q.
P. 8.—If my frfenda Walter T. Colqoiu, E,'J.
Black ami Mark A. Cooper will oxcuse lira liberty
1 took with tbdr names,—do nnt misconceive the
motives, and recollect :lra idlu Httlu boy who per
formed iho port cf " David" nt a Mi Zion Acade
mies! Ksh billon 25 years ngo.’ they will, in tho for*
mar and tha prteent •ftistfes, recollect
1 The right old Schottorti