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(bat the Willi'S have succeeded in electing- eleven,
cut of the fourteen Aldermen, at the municipal elec
(ion in that city on last Monday. The Democrats,
Ti-lyinj too much on their former majorities, forgot
that “Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty,” and
slumliered ujion their posts. We confidently antici
pate that the October Election will prove that they
have inJutjed in only a temporary slumber.
CORRUPTING EFFECTS OF ELECTION
EERING.
Among the causes which tend to confound, in the
minds of a people, the limits that separate right from
that relax and corrupt moral principle and
lowei that lofty sense of independence and self-res
pect that should he the distinguishing characteristic
of a republican citizen, we know of none moie mis
chievously operative, than the usual mode of con
ducting the canvass, preparatory to our elections.
That, for many yoars past, bribery and corruption
have in one or another shape, been commonly prac
ticed, is too notoriously known to admit either doubt
or valid contradiction. This is one of the root can
kers of the American tree of Lilierty—one of those
decomposing, sapping agencies that are corrodir g
away and subverting the very foundation of our
glorious institutions—agencies, which if n<jt timely
arrested in their progress, the temple of our liberties
(Bust at length totter to its fall, or by a s l owe r pro
wess, crumble into ruin—tor the true foundation, of
a republic, is the lofty moral sentiments of its citi
izens—when that is lost, t lle form may remain, but
lake the frame of man, when the soul has fled, it be
comes a lifeless n-.ass, the prey of daily increasing
deformity and corruption.
The Republics of Greece, where man seems to
have reached the sublime of his nature, in genius and
patriotism—Rone, and her glories, her heroes, her
Catocs, her Scipios, and her Brutuses, (/mre been,)
anJ are buried in the wide waste of by-gone ages —
the Republics of more modern Italy, with their lines
of merchant princes—all, all passed away—all de
stroyed by the same common eause, Party feuds, the
degenera-y of the people from patriot* into partisans,
and the corruption of the popular suffrage at elec
tions. Shade of our Revolutionary fathers, shall
this fate, at no remote period, be the fate of our be
loved country! We have seen the same republic
destroying causes, in operation around us for the last
twenty-five years—their aggregate constitutes Fede
ralism in its most recent disguise, new light whig
gory, or Clay ism.
The last twenty-five years, in this country, have
been the epoch of expedients, of mystification, de
lusion, imposture and degeneracy from republican
virtue during that every way disastrous period, th>-
expenditures of the U. S. Government augmented
more than threefold, while the population increased
but in the rate of one, and the producing -iass of the
American people were fleeced by Biddle bank and
its Hydra progeny, to the enormous amount of fifteen
hundred and forty millions of dollars. Any one im
agining that in such a career our free institutions, and
the Union of the States can be preserved through
any lengthened period, is under a dangerous infat
uation. For tlie’preservation of those inestimable ob
jects, a return to the republican virtues of our fa
thers —the existence of a democracy overwhelming
in its strength—firm in its integrity, sincere and de
voted in its patriotism, strenuous and inflexible in
its purpose, to effect a radical, but gradually and
mildly conducted refer.nation through the whole ad
ministration of our gouernment—a restoration to its
primitive uprightness and economy, are absolutely
and impejalivcly indispensable.
Should the system we have denounced be longer
psrsiste l in, our free ins ilutions and the glorious
fabric of our empire confederacy, must inevitably be
prostrated, at a much less remote period than the
unthinking imagine, and we may in fancy view tin
genius of human kind, sighing over the mighty des
olation and murmuring—alas for min, is he indeed
incapable of self- government. Did the martyrs ol
Concord and Lexington, immolate themsclues on y
for this 1 Did Washington triumph and Jeflerson
and his associate sages, legislate in vain!
But away with sad anticipations—arc not the
Democracyjjf twenty States pledged to redeem theii
country and rescue its threatened constitution from
the grasp of the spoiler ! Let all the ends they aim
at he their their Country's, their God’s and Truth’s.
Let them lie just and fear not. Heaven will guide
them. Let them be true to the -people, and by that
mighty power the people, they will ever he suppor
ted. Asa commencement, let them purify the elec
tion processes—that effected, wo have every thing
lo hope.
SMALL VVIT.
It was never our let !o see a production that abound
ed in the above mentioned to such an
.extent as the Whig Address, which has been con
cocting ever since the adjournment of the last Legis
lature. It is truly one of the very smallest of small
partisan efforts that has emanated from partisan
cliques. Mingled with partisan abuse, and bald at
tempts at wit and sarcasm, there is plainly
aristocratic contempt for the intelligence of the people,
that policy might have induced the committee to con
■ceal. We hope the gentlemen will find that this
“tub which they have thrown out for the Whale”
as they contemptuously designate the people of Geor
gia, is only a very small piggin.
Remembered to forget, is another brilliant witticism
for which the committee deserve some praise. There
is one profound aphorism to which we give our ful
lest assent, and that is, that in 1810 “Humbuggp.ry
was reduced to an exact science and demonstrated by
figures.” True, true as Gospel. Let the people say
which pary carried it to an extent utterly unknown
in party history before. *" The still small voice
shout I have prompted the committee “lo remember
■to forget” ujion this point.
The committee attempt to be excruciatingly sevrre
-Upon the Democratic party about Relief, Relief,
here again, the same silent monitor, or a more tangi
ble attribute prudence might haw warned the gen
tle uen tint this waa dangerous ground for them. —
Did not this May parly use it :n tc4Q, to an extent
previously utterly unexampled.
INGTON IRVING.
It is stated in the Foreign News, that the ycurio
Queen Isabella, intended if it should have liccome
necessary, during the recent disturbances in Madrid,
to place herself under the protection of the A mericari
Ambassador. Columbus discovered Arne dea under
the enlightened auspires of IsaMla, the Catholic,
would it not have been interesting lor the Biographer
of the great navigator to have extended the piotec
tion of the stars and stripes, to tLe young and beau
tiful princess who now occupies the throne of that
distracted country.
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS.
Me learn from the Federal Union of yesterday,
that the committee appointed to fill any vacancy that
might occur in oijr Congressional Representation^
have nominated HERSCHELL V. JOHNSON,
of Jefferson, ti> till that occasioned by the resignation
of Col. J. B, Lamar. This nomination, we have
no doubly will he received by the Democracy of Geor
gta w ,th an enthusiastic response. The vacancy
col, ’id not be better filled. With Cooper, Stark and
•' ohnson as our standard bearers, we have no fears.
The party, if active and true to their interest, all
will be well:
CANDIDATE. FOR CONGRF.SS.
•
The Committee appointed by the Dem
ocratic Convention, to fill any vacancy i
that might occur in the Congressional
Representation, met in this city yester
day, and nominated HERSCHELL V.
JOHNSON, of the county of Jefferson,
a candidate for Congress, at the election
on the first Monday in October next, to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the resig
nation of Col. John B. Lamar.
We have great pleasure in announcing
to our democratic readers the name of
H. V. Johnson, as a candidate for Con- !
gress in the place of J. B. Lamar, Esq.,
resigned. Mr. Johnson has resided in
the county of Jefferson, where the cloud .
of whiggery is perhaps thickest, but his
destiny was not to be thus obscured. In-j
trepid in the support of his principles— I
talented and eloquent in enforcing them j
on olliers, and in life and personal asso- !
ciations, unexceptionably pure and hon
orable, the Democratic party hao not a
name to offer which will add more talent
to its counsels or weight Vo its claims be
fore the people.
We will add that he is one of the old
pannel.
whig Internal improvement.
Sump of the Whig papers seem very anxious to
kn aw if Major Cooper and the Democratic party are
i-l favor of Internal improvement. Now if they
mean such internal improvement as is contemplated
in the following programme, of Mr. T. Butler King’s
we pledge ourselves, that both the Democratic parly
and Major Cooper are in irreconeiled hostility to it:
On the 13th of December, 1838, Mr. King, of
Glynn, reported a bill to authorize and require thp
Governor and Treasurer of the State, to endorse the
bonds of certain incorporated companies therein n
- which was read the first time, and on tile mo
tion to print 100 copies, the yeas were 47, nays 33.
Amoug I lie yeas there were about THIRTY Whigs.
By this bill the endorsed bonds were to be divided
as follows:
To the Central Railroad and Banking Company,
ONE MILLION OF DOLLARS.
Georgia Railroad ami Banking Company, ONE
MILLION OF DOLLARS.
Monroe Railroad and Banking Company, HALF
MILLION OF DOLLARS.
Brunswi k and Florida Railroad Company, ONE
MILLION AND A HALF OF DOLLARS.
Chattahoochee Railroad and Banking Company,
ONE MILLION OF DOLLARS.
Thomas Brunswick King’s Canal and Railroad
Company, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
Making the enormous sum of FIVE MILLIONS
rwo HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS,
for which the State was asked, by a WHIG Senator,
and supported by many of bis WHIG ASSOCI
ATES, to become responsible! Was this measure
countenanced by the Whig or Democratic members
of the Senate ! Let us proceed in our examination
of the proceedings of the Senate.
On the 24th of December, 1838, the lull to author
ize and require the Governor and Treasurer of the
Slate to endorse the bonds of certain incorporated
companies til rein named, was read a second time
amt committed.
On the 2ith December, 1838, the Senate took up
the report of the Committee of the Whole on the hill
to au horize and require the Governor and Treasurer
of the Slate, to endorse the bonds of certain incorpo
rated companies therein named. Mr. Beall, of Wil
kinson, moved to lay the report on the table for the
balance of the session, on which motinn the yeas and
nays were required to he recorded, and are, yeas 53.
nays 10. So the motion was carried. This is liter
ally taken from the journal of the Senate of that
day. This monstrous hill was rejected by a majority
of 37; and it is a pleasure to us to record, that many
Whigs voted with the Democratic Senators in giving
a death blow to this Whig measure. But how is it
in regard to those who voted against laying the bill
on the table for the remainder of the session ! They
amounted to sirteen, all of them Whigs except two.
The fourteen Whigs were Messrs. Baber, of Bibb,
Black, of Monroe, bij'an, of Stewart, Calhoun, of
Muscogee. Curry, of Decatur, Hansell, of Baldwin,
Harris, of Taliaferro, Janes, ot Lee, King, of Glynn,
Knight, of Lowndes, MeLennon, of Montgomery,
Miller, of Richmond, Morgan, of Effingham, and
Sayre of Hancock. The two Democratic Senators
who votjd with the fourteen Whigs, were Messrs.
Gordon, of Chatham, and Moseley, of Rabun.
At a recent Democratic Convention of,
the City of Baltimore, the following pre
amble and resolutions were adopted. It
will be observed that they recommend
the FOURTH MONDAY of May for
the assembling of the National Conven
tion. The recent State Convention of
Miss, named the same day. We heartily
approve of it ourselves, and think it will
be generally assented to. —Augusta Con
stitutionalist.
Whereas, It is now ascertained, that
the great Democratic National Conven
tion} for nominating candidates for the
offices of President and Vice President of
the United States, will be held in the city
of Baltimore, in the month of May,1844,
therelore,
llcsolved by the Democratic City Con
vention of the City of Baltimore, That
this Convention will make the necessary
ar.d suitable arrangements lor the as-.
Convention in the city of Baltimore.
And, whereas, it doth not appear that
the precise day for the meeting of the
said Democratic National Convention
has been determined o:i ; therefore,
Resolved, That tnis Convention res
pectfully suggest to their Democratic fel
low-citivens throughout the U. States,
the FOURTH MONDAY OF MAY,
1844, as the day for the meeting of the
said Democratic National Convention in
the city of Baltimore.
Resolved, That the foregoing proceed
ings, signed by the officers of this Con
vention, be published in the Republican
and Argus, ttnd recommended to the no
tice of the Democratic press throughout
the Union.
[communicated]
Mr. Editor: —The Nullification Ed
itors pays a very small compliment to
the common sense of the members of the
Old Union Party, in supposing that they
can make subservient tools of us by de
nouncing Nullification as a heresy, &c.,
at this late day, and by denouncing Col
quitt, Cooper and Black, as Nnllifiers.
Renegades, and Apostates, &c. No sir,
as contemptuously as they speak and
think of us, we are not quite so green as
that. As ignorant as they say we are,;
we know well that Major Cooper, and a
host of others who united with us in the
support of democratic principles in 1840,
did so from principle, and in defiance of
a storm of vituperation and abuse, that
required a high degree of moral courage
to withstand. And nobly and gallantly
did they pass through the trying ordeal.
In such a manner Mr. Edi’.or, as to se
cure the lasting esteem and affection of
any true hearted Union Man. I wish
lo draw your attention Mr. Editor, to the
cool insolence with which they demand
our vo'.es, while at the same time they
denounce us as the most corrupt and li
centious party that ever existed. Yes,
Mr. Editor, they say that our “ party
contained a greater mass of corrupt li
centiousness thah any other party that
ever existed,” and yet expect our sup
port. That they will find themselves
mistaken in this, as they have been be
fore, I repose too much confidence in
very old associates to doubt. I hope you
will give ibis a prominent place in your
columns, and oblige your friend.
AN Old) UNION MAN.
COME OUT.
Every democratic Editor, and every
polilical democratic meeting, ought, we
think, to state its own preference, and
what it honestly believes to be the pref
erence of those around it, among the can
didates for the Presidency. We do not
encourage these avowals from those who
prefer Mr. Van Vuren only, and denounce
such a course on the part of the friends
of other candidates its premature, inexpe
dient, dictatorial, &c.; but we say to all,
Come out male your preferences
kno n. We want the public opinion of
the democratic party, fully and fair y
expressed ; and that we can have only
by a frank and honest avowal of prefer
ences all around. It is desirable that the
question should be thus settled by the
people, that the Convention, when it
meets, may have nothing to do but to
ratify their decision. It may, and we
think will, remove all motive for intrigue
and management, as well in that body
as in Congress, at its next session.—Ken
dall's Expositor.
Party Cruelties.— By this morn
ing’s mail, we see that the Bay State
Democrat reads 1 .cvi Woodbury out of
the party —the Albany Argus reads Mr.
Brownson (editor of the Bay Stale Dem
ocrat,) out of the party, and the N. York
Courier reads both the Express and the
Commercial advertiser out of the Whig
party. Where are they all to go 7—Mad
ison in.
The Boston P >st endorses the state
ment of a writer in the Charleston Mer
cury, that, as between Mr. Van Buren
and Mr. Calhoun, “the popular senti
ment of New England” is in favor of
Mr. Calhoun for the Presidency, and adds
“ no sort of political jockeyism can make
Mr. Van Buren the choice of the democ
racy of New England.”
From the N. Y. Evening Post.
REVOLUTIONS IN COMMERCE.
Mr. Wheaton, the accomplished Min
ister of the United States, at the Court
of Berlin, has written a long letter to the
National Institute of Washington, on
what is termed the “ Impending Revo
lutions in the Commercial intercourse of
the World.” Two great changes, he
says, are at hand, which cannot fail to be
attended with the most important conse
quences to the progress of civilization.—
These are—
-Ist. The re-opening the ancient route
between Europe and the East Indies, by
Egypt and the Red Sea, which must in
evitably result from the improvements in
steam navigation and the founding anew
Mahommcuan dynasty on the banks of
the N'i'e.
2d. The opening anew route from
EiirojK! and the United States to the East
Indies and the Western coasts of Ameri
ca, by an artificial communication be
tween the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
.across the Isthmus which connects the
two continents of North and South A
merica.
The importance of these to the United
States and the world are argued at length,
and considerable learning. Os the latter
it is remarked : “ The U. States would
save at least 10,000 miles of distance and
navigation to the northwest coast of A
merica, and to China by substituting the
route across the isthmus which connects |
the two American continents, for that
round Cape Horn. The opening a wa
ter communication from one sea to the
other, somewhere between the Gulf of
Mexico and the Gulf of Darien, thus be
comes of vital importance to us. Our
national interests, commercial, political,
and social, are all deeply involved in the
question.”
A Phenomenon.— A friend who has
just returned from the South, tells us
that about forty miles this side of Tusca
loosa, on the road to Huntsville, the dri
ver pointed to a large hole in a field,
which he said was the greatest curiosity
in the world. The passengers went to
the spot, and found a round hole about
seventy feet in diameter, with the earth
on all sides apparently solid, and over
grown with grass. .There was water at
the bottom, apparently a hundred feet
from the surface. It is at the top of a
ridge of earth, upon which, at the dis
tance of twenty rods, stood the deserted
dwelling of the owner of the plantation.
The driver stated that about three years
ago, in the dusk of the evening, the plan
ter was startled by a rumbling noise, and
stepping from his door was astonished to
find that a magnificent pine tree more
than a hundred feet high, and, a noble
oak which stood by its sid * i n the open
field, had both disappeared j 0o oming
to the spot, this hole appeared, but noth
ing was to h d seen of the trees nor has
the top of them ever been reached, though
a so’.tnding line has been sent down three
hundred feet. The planter thought it
unsafe to remain so near a neighbor to
such a catastrophe, lest that should befal
him and his family which befei the pine
and the oak; and so he removed to
another house a mile distant, yet nothing
of the kind has happened since, and the
wonder still remains unaccounted for.—
N Y. Journal of Commerce.
SINGULAR COINCIDENCE.
The Boston Mail gives the following coincidence
in regard to the Presidents of the United States, in
addition to those which are now going the rounds of
the newspapers:
Washington had no son, and became President
twice.
Adams had sons, and became President once.
Jefferson had no son—elected twice.
Madison do do do
Monroe do do do
Adams (J. Q.) had sons, and became President
once.
Jackson had no sons, and became President twice.
Van Buren has sons—President once.
Harrison do do do
Tyler do do do (!)
In ad lition to the above, we might mention that
the names of fire out of the ten Presidents ended With
on ; and that all of these, with the exception of Har
rison, who was removed by death, were elected
twice; namely—Washington, Jefferson, Madison and
Jackson.
We think from present appearances the name of
the next President will end with oun; the names of
none of the Presidents has ended with a "y.”
A WIZARD IN LONDON.
The Editor of the Albany Evening
Journal, now traveling in Europe, is
writing home a series of the most inter
esting letters. In one of his letters from
London he describes a visit to the exhi
bition of the famous “ Wizard of the
North.”
We went last night to the Adelphi
Theatre, where the leading attraction
was “The Wizard of the North,” whose
wonder working powers of magic, if we
may believe the show-bills, have procur
ed for him a command to repair to St.
Petersburgh to exhibit before the Empe
ror Nicholas. This man is indeed a
“Wizzard” The delusions practised
cast Mon iettr Adrian, Signor Blitz, and
ull other Magicians into deep shade. Let
me astonish you with a few specimens.
He came into the boxes and obtained a
five pound note from one gentleman, and
asked another (any one who chose) to
write a sentence upon a slip of paper.—
The note and paper were folded so that
thf “ Wizard” could not see either the
nil miter of the former or the sentence up
on the other, and then laid upon a plate,
set fire to by a taper, consumed, and she
ashes blown about the stage. The ‘Wiz
ard’ then announced the number of the
bank nots, repeated the sentence written
on the slip of paper, and a page returned
these articles to the owners in a box
which the “Wizard” had not touched.
He then handed a box to a gentleman
nearest the stage, and requested him to
deposite any article he chose in it, and
to pass it around for similar dejiosites by
ladies and gentlemen promiscuously, he
standing upon the stage. When the de
posites had been made, he requested that
the box should be placed where lie could
see it, with the lid down, and standing'at
least sixty feet from it, he named, and
described with great minuteness, every
article which it contained. He requested
ladies and gentlemen to loan him their
handkerchiefs, which were thrtnvn to
him from all parts of the Theatre. Wheti
collected and counted, to the number of
17, they were placed in a large Ewer,
into which a servant poured a large buck
et of water. Having been thoroughly
saturated, the handkerchiefs were rinsed
and wrung, and then spread, one by one,
into another vessel, upon each one of
which some blazing magical elixir was
poured; and within five minutes the
haukeichiefs were placed upon a salver
aad returned to the owners, washed,
uged, ironed, folded and perfumed ! And
dji this was done openly, without turn
lau away from the audience, and without
aly of the lumbering accompaniments
nrcompunying ordiriarly jugglery.
ANECDOTE OF JOHN RANDOLPH.
An Irishman, in the New Mirror, re
lates the following anecdote, illustrating
the marvellous geographical knowledge
of John Randolph:—
to me, ‘ seems to astonish you as much
as it did a servant of Mr. Canning’s, at
Washington, the other day. He brought
me a note from his master—who, by the
by, is a very superior man, sir—and the
moment he spoke I at once detected the
Munster man —for he had a fine licit
brogue ; so, thinks I, I’ll have some fun.’
‘ So, John, you’re from Munster, are
you not V said I.
‘ I am, pluise your honor,’ replied he,
surprised at my question.
* From the county Clare, I presume ?’
(This was a guess on my pari as to the
county.)
‘Yes, sir,’ said he, still more astounded.
‘What town did you live ia ?’ contin
ued I.
‘ The town of Ennis, sir.’
‘Oh,’ said I, laughing, ‘I know Ennis
very well. Pray, docs Sir Edward O’-
Brien still live at Dromoland?’
‘ He docs, indeed, sir.’
‘ And Mr. Stackpole at Edcnvale?’
‘ Yes, surely, sir.’
‘And the Knight of Clin at Shanno
vale V
‘ Yes, sir;’ find then, after a pause and
a low bow, he added, ‘ might I make
bo'ud to ax, sir, how long your honor
lived in Clare?’
‘ I never was there at all,’ replied I
“hut hope to be very soon.’
‘Oh, sir,’ said he, ‘don’t tie afther
fooling me, for yon must he a bit of an
j Irishman ; you have the brogue, and you
know as much of the count liry as I do
myself, and more too, I’m thinking !’
It was in vain that 1 assured him I
had never been in Ireland ; he went a
way still insisting that I had been there;
which fact he told to Mr. Canning, who
was very much amused at the way in
which I had puzz'ed poor John, as he
told me himself next day.’ ”
From the New Orleans Jeffersonian.
COL. It. M. JOHNSON.
The Tropic called Col. Johnson the
fictitious Hero of the Thames, and says
he is the “ legendary slayer of Teciun
seh.” The following forcible and perti
nent remarks we copy from a Lexington
paper. The rebuke is just. Answer the
interrogatories, Mr. Tropic.
If Col. Johnson lie “ the fictitious hero
of the Thames,” where will the Tropic
find the real hero of that day 7 Are the
five wounds which he received in that
battle, the scars of which he still bears,
fictitious ? Is it a fiction that he gallantly
led the forlorn hope ? Is it a ficti n that
he was the only man in twenty, who
formed the forlorn hope, that was left in
the saddle 1 It it a fiction that when car
ried from the field in a blanket, the blood
ran over its edges ? Is it a fiction that
he more highly distinguished himself by
his undaunted bravery than any other
officer in that action 7 Is it a fiction
that Congress voted him a sword tot* the
gallantry and patriotism which lie dis
played on the field of the Thames 7 Are
these things all fictions, and is the histo
ry of the country, in which these are re
corded, also a fiction 7
It is sometimes possible to manufacture
a hero out of very steuder materials ; but
it is not in tiie power of the Tropic,aided
by the whole whig press of the Union, to
filch from Col. Johnson his hard-earned
fame, and to fasten to him the character
of a “ fictitious hero.” No, no ! The
people of the United States are too just,
too chivalrous, and too magnanimous, to
permit the fair fame of one of their brav
est and truest defenders to Lie tarnished,
or the glory of the country diminished,
by I lie base efforts of those who seek, lor
political purposes, to blast the green lau
rels of Old Tecumseik
MR. VAN BUREN’S CABINET.
A late Globe says that if Mr. Van Bu
ren did not adequately press home reform
in every direction, “ it was because there
was not the same force and firmness and
moral courage in all the members of the
administration as existed in the head. It
must he remembered that Mr. Van Bu
ren’s Cabinet was handed down to him,
not chosen by him.”
“ A live dog is better than a dead lion.”
In order to exalt, or rather to excuse Mr.
Van Buren, who may again be President,
for having left undone the tilings which
the Gloln? does not deny ought to have
been done, that paper seeks to throw the
blame upon Gen. Jackson, whose politi
cal race is run ! If Mr. Van Buren had
had the choice of his own Cabinet, it
would forsooth, have been composed of
other and better materials than he was
obliged to receive at the hands of Gen.
Jackson 1
VVe did not know that a President was
under the necessity of retaining in office
the heads of departments that were left
by liis predecessor, and we should think
if his “ repeated and urgent instructions
to press home reform” were not complied
with, a President of “ force and firmness
and moral courage” would not have hes
itated to begin reform by changing these
very heads of departments. But let this
pass—it is the concern of the Globe—not
ours.
We did not make, nor shall we vouch
for the correctness of the charge which
the Globe insidiously seeks, not to repel,
but to. shift upon others. Our purpose is
merely to ascertain which ot the mem
bers of the cabinet proved so negligent
of their duty and so unmindful of the
wishes of their chief; for the Globe does
charge it upon all.
The members of the cabinet when
General Jackson went out of office were
as follows:
Secretary of State— John Forsyth, of
Georgia.
Sec. etary of the Treasury Levi
Woodbury, ol New Hampshire.
Secretary of I Var (acting)—Benjamin
F. Butler, of New York.
Secretary ot the Navy —Mahlon Dick
erson, of New Jersey.
Attorney General —Bcnj. F. Butler of
New York.
of Kentucky.
Os these, Mr. Butler and Mr. Dicker
son were the persona!, intimate, and con
fidential friends of Mr. Van Buren, and
every one acquainted with the political
movements at Washington knows that
both these gentlemen were brought into
office through the influence of Mr. Van
Buren. They soon, however, resigned,
and their places in the Departments of
Mar, the Navy, and of the Attorney
General were filled by men of Mr. Vail
Buren’s own selection. The Globe could
therefore have had no reference to these
gentlemen or to their successors, hut
must have aimed its shaft at the three re
maining members of the cabinet, who
were “handed down” by General Jack
son to Mr. Van Buren, who continued in
office during the whole term of the latter,
and who, until new. we thought had ex
ecuted their trusts to the entire accept
ance of the democracy of the United
States. They are Mr. Forsyth, Mr.
Woodbury, and Mr. Kendall ! Yes, these
are the men to whom the Globe alludes
as having prevented reform through their
deficiency “in force and firmness and
moral cou rage!!”
What will Georgia say lo tin's? at lack
upon the memory of the proud, the high
minded, the fearless, lire honorable, the
eloquent, the lamented John Forsyth ;
How will the democracy of the native
and adopted State of Amos Kendall brook
this attempt to diminish his fair name 7
And will not the voice of Democrat!
New Hampshire rise in accents of indig
nation from her rallies, and he flung btu-k
from her mountains, to vindicate the
character of the favorite son of the Gran
ite Slate, the gifted Woodbury, and to
repel the aspersions thus wantonly cait
ujion him?
Can the Globe find no other means o
sustaining its favorite candidate than b\»
depreciating men of equal worth and tal
ent, men who have done as much and
suffered more for the cause b'fdemocracy,
though they have not re
■ ward ? Let others tell what will be the
feeling excited by electioneering of this
stamp elsewhere; we know that it can
find no favor with the hardy democracy
of New England.
LIEUTENANT M< LAUGHLI X.
A report has been lately going ihc
rounds of the papers that Lieut. John IT.
McLaughiin, U. S. N., was about to be
tried by a Court Martial upon a number
of charges, one of which was for minder.
This gentleman, in a note addressed to
the Editors of the National Intelligencer,
which appeared in that pajicr on Satur
day, pronounces the statement “utterly
false.” No Court Martini has been or
dered to try him upon any charge what
ever. He says:
Upon the return of the Florida squad
ron in July, 1842, complaints against me
were made to the Department by a ma
rine officer, of the squadron, which were
examined into and dismissed by Secreta
ry Upshur in the following letter:
Navy Dept, Aug. 17, 1543.
Sir: 1 have considered fire several
charges preferred against you by Lieut.
Fansill, of Marines, together with the
explanations and counterproofs offered
by yourself. 1 see no reason to proceed
with them any further, nor to bring your
conduct Into question. The charges are
dismissed. I am, very respectfully,
Your oltfdietit serv ant,
A. P. UPSHUR.
Lieut. John T. McLaughlin, v. s. n.
Washington,
Some of the complaints thus dismissed
by Mr. Upshur were brought against roe
again by shis same officer, connected with
additional charges, which were examined
into and dismissed by Secretary Henshaw
in the following letter :
Navy I)Ep’T,'Awg. 21, ISI3.
Sir: I have to acknowledge the re
ceijot of your letter of the 15th instant,
communicating explanations and doer
ments in relation to the charges preferred
against you by Lieut, Fansill of the Ma
rine' Corps. After a careful examination
of these papers it does not appear to n ■
that there are sufficient grounds for sub
mitting the case to a Court Martial. TANARUS!.
charges against you are therefore disnu
sed. DAVII) HENSHAW.
Lieut. J. T. McLaughlin,c. s. x. Wash’ll.
The whole end and aim of these pub
lications being to give an injurious noto
riety to my name, I request in justice to
myself, that those editors who have aided
in disseminating the report that I am to bo
tried, will give a place to this communi
•cation in their columns.
Respectfully gentlemen,
I have the honor to be r
John T. McLaughlin,.
Lieut. U. 8. Navy
Washington, Aug. 25, 1813.
In this city, on Tuesday, 29th id"., Ta'acsP. Carey,
aped 47 year®, a native of Waterford, Ireland,, and £
resident of Georgia for the last 25 years.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
ON the tenth day of OCTOBER next, will he s !<t
at the residence of the Isabella Clark, deceased,
a portion of the personal property of said deceased,
consisting of Cattle, and Hogs, with other property.
Terms of sale made known on the day.
ALEX’R MELROSE, Adm’r.
St-pt. 4, 1343: 17—uls
F'OUR MONTHS after date, a' plication wilt ha
made to the Inferior Court of B.bb county, when
sitting for ordinary pm poses, for leave to sell the Real
estate ol Isabella Clark, dr ceased, late of said county
ALEX’R MELROSE, Adm’r.
Sept. 4, 1343. 17 —4m
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