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AIIUSETTS DEMOCRATIC STATE |
CONVENTION.
LLston Post says of this body :
hr proceedings of the Convention
relay will be touiid in another col
. They were characterised by a
* of harmony and moderation, which
and concert of action and unanimity
»■ general results arrived at; and
> of ourenemics who hoped for a di
.l in the democratic counsels were
• emphatically disappointed hy the
;<:diiigs. In numbers, the conven
■ rose to certainly COO, and for re
bility of appearance it probably
and any similar body ever assem
in this State.
. ; resolutions are conceived in a r.o
md magnanimous spirit, and expres
u language vigorous and manly, and
shingly severe, and at the same time
upon our political adversaries, em
•ing the main topics that will make
he issue between the two parties in
approaching election. The entire
•c dings of this energetic, enthusias-
J numerous convention were of
■ : ost satisfactory character, and the
a; ;* spirit in which they were closed
:h three cheers for M dhoti and Childs,
1 three cheers for the cause, gave the
est assurance that every member re
-1 with the firm resolve to secure the
els of the convention in the triumph
noc.racy through the State,
no Convention chose two Delegates
wge to the National Convention,
<; the Pay St ate Democrat claims
•m Buren men. The Committee on
•lotions discussed the question of
mg a nomination for the Presidency
1 decided* 15 to 10 against that propo
. This was certainly no indication
that decided preference for Van Buren
ich the Democrat insists upon—it
a decision against his partisans, jf
against him. The Boston Courier,
’’’ch is an indopendentanthority, speaks
is lollows:
The Democratic State Convention,
' ;at Worcester yesterday, as we learn
passenger in tho evening train, at
. place, nominated Gov. Morton and
at. Gov. Childs for re-election. N T o
rprossion of preference for any candid
■ for tho Presidency was made by res
' ion or otherwise, and ht. Governor
hi’ds and Hon. George Bancroft were
o> cted delegates at large to the National
' • lvention. 'i'iie Con vent ion was com
, a cd ot nearly six hundred members,
and were supposed to be about equally
’■ ided in opinion as to the claims of
’allrum and Van Buren. It is supposed,
"o, that the delegates are each in favor
a separate candidates for the Presi
■ ncy.
The following resolutions are the only
rt of the proceedings that touch oil
deral Politics.
. .'solved, That in national politics
' hold to the same principles and the
a. ic measures that have been proclaim
<t by the democratic conventions of this
“ite, from the beginning of the struggle
.. a the T. S. Bank. We are against a
i ik ia all its forms, whether per sc, or
in exchequer, or a fiscal agent—against
a national debt, and extravagance in ex
uditures—against the distribution of
be proceeds of the public lands, and as
■ laiplion of the state debts—and against
to-whole programme of Clay whig
: azures, which are again to be attempt
'd to be forced upon the people by ano h
r effort to cheat them into the election
a a whig President. We are for the In-
Treasury, for economy in pub
ic expenditures ; for paying off the oid
iebt, and contracting no new one; for
preserving the public faith, without sac
rificing the public liberty, for a tariff for
revenue alone, sufficient to enable the
government to be honest and independ
ent, and pay as it goes, and with the
u scrimmating protection to manufactures
that is honestly incidental to such a pur
pose. In fine, we are for re-establishing
democracy in our national councils, up
on the good old platform of Jefferson and
Jackson.
Resolved, That in reference to the
Presidential question we will abide by
(he decision of the Democratic National
Convention, to be holden at Baltimore
on the fourth Monday of May next;
diich convention should determine for
ii jif the rules to bo therein adopted in
voting tor democratic candidates for Pres
-at and Vice President of the United
hates, and that each State for itself has
he undoubted right to determine upon
the manner of choosing its quota of dele
gates to that Convention.
“SAVE ME FROM MY FRIENDS.”
We sometimes regret that a National
Bank was not put in operation by the
Atra Session. It would certainly have
. orked the death of whigery, and the
country after taking the dose at a swallow,
would have had a consolation in that it
was “ over with.” But as it is, the hob
bv remains for the jockey “ ol’ the slash
e to agitate ; and the question of a bank,
which the people have over and over
again decided and condemned, is impu
dently again brought before them for their
favor. Not so with the tariff, on which
the whigs had full swing. They are
ju t discovering that it hangs to them
like a mill-stone, and arc wriggling and
fretting to clear themselves of the mis
chief. We certainly hoped that the mer
it of remedying this mischief would be
left to the democrats, who opposed it in
its inception. (Besides, we have a gen
> rous sorrow to see the last, nay, the oti
iv monument of the hard cider campaign,
so deserted by its founders—to say noth
ing of the harmony of the “ great whig
party,” which is liable to be so disturbed
y it.) But we are disappointed. Mr.
' ay’s organ in New York, which says
■ that any print tiiat does not support
Henry Clay, is not whig,”—the Courier
1 Enquirer holds out the followingon
•his same Tariff which its party and its
irtyfavorite violated every principle
_ c Rujiish, only a year ago.
“ The existing Tariff, is in our opinion,
in very many of its provisions too ultra
for any of the legitimate purposes
irhich caused its adoption We
have said before, and we now repeat, that
a tariff of ticenty per cent, ad valore
on each nd every article imported into
the country, with the exception of wool
lens and iron, would yield an abundance
of revenue, at the same time that it would
afford all the protection that any interest
in the country requires. Woollens may
require at present, a protection of tiren
tyfive per cent, and we would therefore
give it.”
Immaculate Harry of the West! Docs
“ conscience so make a coward” of you,
that you now counsel this return to a
“horizontal tariff,” — twenty per ce t. —
the lowest duty of the compromise act ?
But what must the people think of such
a tariff, that with only a twelvemonth’s
operation is found so ultra, that the man
who established it, now advise a reduc
tion of one half l YVe hope the Palla
dium will inform us if this “ twenty per
cent.” doctrine is to be admitted in this
latitude ; if so, we shall be truly gratified
at the success of our past labors, and the
prospect before us of “nothing to fight.”
But our neighbor, we are certain, will be
silent.— New Haven Register.
Effects of Democratic Pot. icy.—
The present activity in business, is to ha
attributed more to the democratic policy
in regard to the currency, than to any
other cause whatever. YVe have just got
rid of the wreck of that national monster,
the United States Bank, and placed the
currency on a specie basis, and every
thing works well, just as the democrats
predicted. Nothing is wanting to im
prove the present state of things but the
re-establishment of the independent treas
ury, and an equalization of the duties on
imports, say to an average of 20 or 25
per cent, as may he needed for revenue
purposes merely—two measures which
the democrats in the next administration
will surely carry out, and we shall then
go on “prospering and to prosper.” But
as it is, the overthrow of the National
swindling machine, and the winding up
of the rotten institutions connected with
it, has done wonders, in advancing the
solid prosperity of the country. How
completely all the whig prophecies have
been falsified ? They declared again and
again, that nothing but a National Bank
could revive the industry-of the people:
now see their idol overthrown - -crushed
never to rise again—and yet the hands
of industry were never more active, ex
cept where they have been shackled by
the unwise laws of their own country.
New Haven Register.
DREADFUL RAIL ROAD ACCIDENT.
We regret to be compelled to record
the occurrence of a very disastrous acci
dent yesterday on the Susquehanna rail
road. YY lien the first train from Balti
more, which left at 7 A. M., with a large
party of delenders, limitary and citizens,
oil their way to the celebru:ion at York,
bad reached a point about eight nines
from York, the trout axle-tree of the first
passenger car broke, throwing that car
and the two following it off the track and
splintering all three cars, the first one be
ing almost entirely demolished. The
cars being crowded with people, a scene
of contusion mid dismay ensued, which
may be readily conceived.
A number ot persons who were impru
dently standing on the platform in front
of the cars were thrown off, some of them
being caught between the cars, and oth
ers torced under them. Many, we are
happy to say, escaped unhurt, but the
following persons were found to have
been more or less injured:—
Michael Grubb, member of the Junior
Artillerists, a leg broken.
Samuel Child, coachmaker, his left
thigh broken, and so badly bruised that
lie is not expected to survive.
David Pugh, agent for the Gas Com
pany, both thighs broken.
Peter M’Kaid, employed on the rail
road, had both legs broken.
Thomas YVilson, a young lad, had his
left knee fractured, and was otherwise
much bruised.
Ephraim Collet, a man who resides
about 25 miles from Brltimore, hurt, but
not seriously.
John Guver, Junior Artillerist, much
bruised.
David Lefever, Junior Artillerist, se
verely bruised.
YVin. Allen, Sergeant of Junior Artil
lerists, ijmch bruised.
John Cooper, a resident of Fiji’s Point,
and a member of the association of De
fenders, very severely bruised and lacer
ated. lie was taken from under the car
where he remained nearly thirty min
utes, although every effort was made to
release him.
Christian Meyer, a member of the
German Yagers, slightly injured.
All the persons injured were on the
platform. As soon as the wounded per
sons could he got out, medical assistance
was instantly rendered to them by Doc
tors Dunbar, Miller, Martin, Maguire,
Hall and Ringgold, and, as soon as he
could reach the spot, by Dr. M’Clellan of
York.
The wounded persons were soon after
conveyed to York, and thence taken to
the Hospital, where tlmy were well pro
vided lor. At five o’clock their wounds
were dressed, and they ail seemed to be
as comfortable as their condition would
admit of.
Latest. —YYe conversed last evening
with several gentlemen who visited the
New Hospital at two o'clock yesterday
afternoon, and saw and talked with the
four persons injured on Tuesday who
were remaining at that institution, ail the
rest having recovered sufficiently to be
able to be removed to their homes.
These gentlemen state that the physi
cians had not deemed it nec ssnry yet to
amputate me iunus ol any one. Mr.
Child was in very fiinc spirits and the
best hopes were entertained for him. Mr.
Pugh, who had both legs broken, was
doing tolerably well. Mr. Cooper con- {
tinned in a very doubtful condition.
Mr. McCabe, the brakesman on the
cars, who had both legs broken and one
a compound fracture, was still considered
in a dangerous way.
The families of the sufferers were with
them and they had received every possi
ble attention that kindness and medical
skill could suggest.
The proposition to remove them to
Baltimore WtY firmly resisted by the phy
sicians, who think such a step dangerous
at present. — Balt. Amer. 1 4th inst.
“ Power is always stealing from the
many to the few.” It is natural that
such sliould he the case. Fancied secu
rity, and great, nay, often criminal indif
ference, are almost invariably the attend
ants of success. Prosperity, so surely
the test of individual disposition, displays
as well the vices of parties as of persons,
while adversity brings out the brighter
shades of character, and throws into bold
relief the nobler features of any combina
tion. They act like the concave and
convex glasses —the one increases faints '
far beyond their natural proportion, the
| other diminishes them until they are
scarcely seen. This fact declares a truth
which should be rung in the ear of ev
ery citizen, that vigilance, and ceaseless
vigilance is the price we must pay for
the preservation of our principles. None
s.iotild he better convinced of this truth
by experience, or more disposed by that
experience to guard against it than the
Democratic party of tins county. With
\ no distinct change of political position,
(except such a change us was calculated
and lias brought a large accession to our
numbers,) tho overwhelming majority
we once possessed has gradually de
creased ; rank after rank and file after fiie
has deserted until each successive year
now brings a struggle for political ascend
ancy. YVe believe that this change has
been greatly owing to the principle we
have stated aliove—nay, we can point
out the instances in which, hy our own
supineness, these encroachments have
been allowed. It is time that this evil
should be remedied—and every democrat
who has the interest of the party at heart,
must place his shoulder to the wheel.
But while much of this change may lie
thus accounted for, have there not been
other causes among ourselves at work m
its production ? Democrats, look into
this matter. YY r e have been remiss, and
nature tells us that the possessions of the
idle will revert to the industrious. But
inquire if our only,fault lias been that of
omission. There is no time so proper as
the present to begin this inquiry. YVe
are on the eve of an eventful struggle—
of one which is to determine the political
complexion of our county for two years
—-ol one in which our adversaries, elated
by their late partial triumph, are already
m advance boasting of their success, and
of the great advantages which will re
sult to them fro n it. YYie say, then, now
is the time for examination. Eet each
Democrat liegin with himself, and in-
I quire liovv far lie may have been instru
ineutal in this matter. Let him usk the
following questions:—
Have I ever, by voting a split ticket,
been the cause ot defeating a Democrat?
Have l ever sa far forgotten my politi
cal faith as to vote for one who was op
posed to me in principle ?
It you answer these questions in the
‘ affirmative, then have you in part been
the cause of the present state of the party ;
and we call upon you to increase your
exertions that your fault may be redeem
ed. Remove the mote from your own
eye, that yyu may more clearly see the
path of duly, and bav mg done so, pursue
that path with renewed zeal and energy.
YVe ask yon in all earnestness and sin
cerity, in the future, be true to vour par
ty and yourselves.—Nut-. Vedette.
CALHOUN IN NE W YORK.
The intelligence from New York is
highly encouraging. The noble stand
taken against the high handed dictation
ot tha Syracruse managers has waked up
a spirit among the people, which will
rise higher and higher, till its now scarce
audible murmurs swell into a tempest,
sweeping political trickters and their jug
glery, like chaff before it. Let our friends
only he firm in the gallant stand they
hqve made in defence of popular rights
—nor suffer themselves to he in the
slightest degree daunted by the roar of
mock thunder that will he pumped up
against them—but go on steadily organ
izing and appealing to the people, and it
calls for no extraordinary powers ol' vat
icination to foresee the result, hy the time
the Baltimore Convention sits. They
need not be told, that with such a cause
and with such antagonists, they have on
ly to brave difficulties to conquer, them,
and that there never was, and there nev
er can be, a time in the world’s affairs,
when downright tearless honesty -was not
at last ail over-match for that small qual
ity—that Fox’s attribute—of cunfiing.
Above all, let them not imagine they
will want “backing,” and of just the kind
they will want. 'They will find in us
the characteristic spirit of the man we
support, who never was known, in the
hour of dark adversity or most trying
temptation, to blench at a foe or desert a
friend, and to whom it is no flattery to
apply the language used of the younger
Cato—
“ Thou hast seen Mount Atlas!
Though siorma and tempests thunder on its brow,
And Oceans break their billows at its feet,
It stands unmoved atul glories in its height!”
F.-rtrcc ’ of a ’(■•ter received in this city from Xete York.
“The counties of YY’uyne, Monroe,
Erie and Oneida, are out against the Sy
racruse Convention.
Since our demonstration in the Park,
we every day hear of additions to the
cause. Air. \on iiureu has not, nor ever
had, any personal popularity, lie can
not obtain the majority in tins State. All
along the Canada frontier he is unpopu
lar. He cannot get the vote of our a
dopted citizens. His strength lies in
Committees and political go-betweens.
No living man has had so many politi
cal honors and stations us he, and all
with so little original greatness, as a
Statesman, and with nothing of the hero
ic him—such as makes a man a patriot
or the apostle of humanity. It is won
derful liow that man, with his cordon to
act in concert, he with them or they with
him, has continued to humbug the peo
ple of the United States. lam inclined
to think it was the ability of his seconds
and not his own that elevated him. He
was obedient to their counsels and sub
servient to their interests, and therefore
they manufactured public opinion in his
favor, and thereby made a great man out
of but slender materials. But many of
his co-workers are now against him,
though he is doing his utmost to band
them once more together, for, in point of
fact he is nothing without them.”
THE FIRE IN K.NGbfON, JAMAICA.
YV r e find in the New York papers of
Tuesday, accounts of the recent great fire
in Kingston, which contain further ex
planations of the position which the eman
cipated population took on that occasion.
It is pretty certain that they kindled the
fire—they refused to aid in extinguishing
it and emp oyed the time in plundering.
This conduct was characteristic of them
as a class. YY e make some extracts.—
The Jamaica Despatch of the Ist inst.
says :
The city was vigilantly guarded by
patroles of horse and foot last night and
the night before, a precaution rendered
necessary from the suspicious conduct of
a certain portion of the lower orders,
who, independent of an insolent bearing,
have proved themselves the most daring
■and villainous thieves.
Again—ls there were any real causes
for the apathy of the negroes during the
late fire, beyond their ridiculous talk a
bout killing their pigs and taxing them,
we should most assuredly have heard of
them—but no, beyond tne depravity of
mind they have shown, we are at a loss
for any reason.—Were it not for a total
want of gratitude and good feeling, they
should have at least remembered past
benefits received—they should, amongst
others, have recollected the course pur
sued towards them, when they were vis
ited so dreadfully with the scarlet fever
—had they the slightest ht&rt, they would
have looked back to innumerable benefits
received by their class, at the different
periods when they have required aid and
assistance.
A postscript of the same Journal con
tains tne following:
Despatch Office, ?
Thursday, half past 9 P. M. )
YVe ore sorry to have it in our power
(o record, at this late hour of night, one
of the most daring threats at further de
struction of our city by fire, by a black
man, named John Morce, who was im
mediately apprehended and lodged in the
cage for examination. The house on
which he fixed to accomplish this dia
bolical design, is the residence of a Mr.
Forsyth. This evidently proves an in
tention on the part of the niol.oeracy to
evacuate the city of the more rational
portion of its inhabitants.
The Jamaica Times of the 30th Aug.,
says :
It was rumored yesterday evening that
certain threats had been made to burn
down the Roman Catholic Chapel, in
High Holborn street, where Mr. Murphy
officiates, and that a guard of |>olice had
been- in consequence stationed outside
for its protection.
A reward of £IOOO lias been offered
for the discovery and conviction of the
incendiary, and various rewards for (he
recovery of property stolen during the
fire.
From the New Haven (Ci.) Register.
STATE CONVEX t ION.
A correspondent of the Hartford Times,
makes some good suggestions in reference
to the approaching State Convention. In
order that the proceedings of that body
lie satisfactory to the people, it must he
honestly constituted ; for if this should
not be the case, the wishes of the great
mass will not be fairly expressed—and
as that point is of first importance, the
people, by a full attendance at the prima
ry meetings, should sot; that such dele
gates are elected as possess their confi
dence, and will correctly speak their sen
timents. A point unfairly gained, would
be of essential injury to the Democratic
cause ; and to avoid such a catastrophe,
we should start right in the primary meet
ings. A Convention thus framed, will
give satisfaction, and its voiceconsid
ered a binding on every honest democrat.
Individual preferences will then readily
yield to the voice of the majority—and
every effort he made to give potency to
the "decision, and triumph to the cause.
The writer says,
“ It is obvious that the proceedings and
the result of this Convention must be of
a deeply interesting character—for years
to come they will have either a salutary
or a deleterious influence on the political
interests of the State ; they may serve to
harmonize the opinions and consolidate
the streuth of the Democratic party —or
they may foment dissensions, paralyse
our energies, and subject us again to the
control of our untiring, relentless adver
saries. Let every Democrat then be
aroused to active preparation for the cri
sis.. Let no one fail to attend the prima
ry meeting in his town for the choice of
delegates; and that there may he a full
development and faithful representation
of the popular sentiment, let all the elec
tors at tlie primary meetings vote directly
and individually, by ballot, for President
and Y ice President of the United States;
and then appoint such men for delegates
as will act m accordance with the known j
opinions of their constituents. If the
( onvention at Middletown shall decide
that they themselves will appoint the del
egates from this State to the National
Convention, let the members first ballot
for President and Y ice President; and
then appoint delegates whose opinions
shall have been ascertained to be in uni
son with the opinions of the people. By
these means the popular sentiment of the
State will be too closely understood for
the possibility of mistake.”
YVe think well of this suggestion, in
case the Convention shall think it best to
appoint the Delegates—but we are free
to say, we prefer the District system If
left with the people there can be no cav
illing at the result—with the action of
the Convention, there may be. Our ob
ject is the harmony of the party, and the
permanence of democratic principles ;
and on that altar ice are ready to lay all
all our individual preferences for men.
'Phe following maxims appears in the
Michigan Argus : we recommend them
to our readers.
Heavy tarifis make goods fall. Heavy
rains make rivers fall.
The more you tax tire manufactured
goods the cheaper they become. The
more you pay for an article, the less it
costs you.
Every nation ought to be independent
in itself. The best way to be independ
ent, is to buy nothing, and sell nothing.
Therefore, every man ought to make Ins
own hats, shoes, and clothes; shoe his
own horse ; make his own ploughshares
and iiis own gins; and raise his own
corn and cotton, tea, sugar, and coffee.
Distribution of the procee Is of the
sales of the public lands, ‘ retrenchment ’
—giving away our incomes, and borrow
ing money to pay our debts, ‘ economy .’
Making bank paper adding to tne
wealth of a community. Wealth is only
machinery. Lot a man fancy himself
rich, and he is rich. Call a piece of pa
per a dollar, and it is a dollar.
Maintaining and supporting the Con
stitution of the United States, taking the
veto power out of it—adding to the
strength of a wheel, taking out the
spokes.
Protection and industry of the United
States, taking a portion of the earnings
of the farmers, mechanics, and laborers
who work, to aive it to the wealthy man
ufacturers,- who never do work, while
they reduce the wages of their working
hands twenty-five per cent.
'l’he best way to encourage trade is to
check importations. The best way to
regu’ate commerce is to destroy it.
Equal laws, taxing one portion of the
Union for the benefit of the other. Ma
king one part bear three-fifths ot the bur
dens ; and giving the other four-filths ot
the benefits.
To the above admirable maxims we
would take the liberty of adding another,
taken from the writings ot some celebra
ted philosopher, whose nauift we cannot
now recollect.
Friendship: knocking a man down,
tying his hands, and then picking his
pockets.
DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE NOMINATION.
The following gentlemen have been
nominated in their respective counties
for seats in the Legislature. The first
named is the Senator.
Burke.—l. J. Heath. H. V. Mulkey,
John H. Cox, A. 11. Anderson.
Bibb.—Col. A. P. Powers. Stephen
YY'oodward, John Lamar, \Y m. F. Clark.
Baldwin—YVm. J. Davis. Geo. D.
Case, A. Jurratt.
Camden. J. J. Dufour. J. Y. Felder,
B. A. Brown.
Cass.—Lewis Tumlin. M. McSpad
din, Samuel Smith.
Floyd.—Dr. lilvan Dean. Col. A. T.
Hardin, Dr. A. Patterson.
Jones.—General .1. YV. Gordon. YV.
Johnson, B. Real I, S. Blow.
Jasper.—Dr. E. A. Broddus. Colonel
Flemming, Jordon, Col. Joh.iC. YVaters,
YVm. H. YVyatt.
Lowndes.—Samuel M. Clyatt. Geo.
Carter, YVm. Jones.
Monroe.—Colonel YY’m. C. Redding.
Wylie Baron, Daniel Goddard, N. YV.
Newman, John Rowe.
Muscogee.—Alfred Iverson. John 11.
Howard, YY 1 11 is P. Baker, James R. Jones,
, Lemuel Cherry.
Richmond.—E. Starnes. Win. Long-
Street, James Gardner, Jr., Etheldred
Tarver.
YViikinson.—Joel Rivers. Bryant O’-
Bannon, Hobert Rozor.
YVilkes.—J. D. YVillis. L. S. Brown,
T. Halliday, 11. P. YVootten.
Garrick’s Otmf.llo.— Determined
to judge for himself, in regard to the mer
its of Garrick’s acting, Quin, on the night
jon which his rival was announced to
perform Othello, secured himself a place
in the pit of the rival theatre. About
this period had been published Hogarth’s
famous prints of “ Marriage ala Mode,”
in one of which, it will be remembered,
is introduced a negro foot-boy entering
the apartment with a tea equipage. To
the quick fancy of Quin, (naturally on
the watch to turn his rival into ridicule,)
it may readily be imagined tfiat there ap
peared a ludicrous similarity between the
appearance of the foot hoy and the black
ened face and diminutive figure of Gar
rick. Accordiugty, when the latter made
his re appearance in the third or fourth
act, Quin suddenly exclaimed, loud
enough to afford amusement to half the
pit, “ Here is Pompey, but where are the
tea things l " — George Selwyn and his
contemporaries.
Tribute of respect.—The flags of
the shipping and of the public places in
Philadelphia, were lowered ha f mast on
the receipt of the rumor of the deatli of
Gen. Jackson.
De*th or FHE OniANG Oirrura.—The female
Ourang Outang, which was brought to this country
some time since, died in Boston on the Slst ult.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMIIEU 27, 1843.
Foil PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
JOHN C. CALHOUN,
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT:
LLVi YIOODBIdYr
FOR GOVERNOR,
MARK A. COOPER of Murray/
FOR CONGRESS,
JAMES li STARK, of Hints.
IIERSCTIC L V. JOHNSON, of Jelfersart,
FOR SENATE,
COE. A P. POWERS.
FOR REPRKSRNTATItES,
S I'EPHEN woomv VRD,
WILLIAM P CLARK.
JOHN LA'I IK.
ANOTHER OUTRAGEOUS HUMBUG.
Some of our in xlest Whig frtenJ*. formerly fiery
Nullifiers, and afterwards active members of the State
Rights party, seem to have lost their refloctioo as well
as their former political principles, since they became
the rank and file of their federal lead and implacablo
foes of all tho parties to which they formerly be
longed.
They have become the bitterest revilers of their
former political associates, and willing to wound tho
dearest interests of their country to sustain the inter
ests of their new leaders.
Among the other devices, tho resort to promote
their patricidal purposes in this State is the clamor
they are endeavoring to cite against the democrat!*
party for squandering the wealth of the State.—
Nothing can be more easily proved than the utter
fallacy of this slander.
The democratic party, as it now exists, was not or
ganised till the fail of the year forty, and did not ob
tain a majority in tho Legislature, till the session of
forty-one, after the Whigs, during their Saturnalia,
the session of forty cleaned out the treasury, by ap
propriations, if we recollect rightly, to the amount of
four iiundred and fifty thousand dollars, anil left their
democratic successors the empty hags to hold.
The distinctive names of Democrat and Federalist
had become almost obsolutc in this State, became al
most also at the close of the last British war—our
citizens during the interval divided undi r the names
of Troup men, Clark men, Nullifiers and Union
men, State Rights men and Union men. Now noth
ing can be more undeniably evident, the waste, for
mo-t criminal Waste there certainly was, have been
committed by majorities, under the denominations
specified, and not hy the Democratic party, for the
deuce a dollar was there left for the poor fellows to
experiment on.
Had there been plenty, we have little doubt but
some of our democratic friends would liked to have
had their fingers among them as well as their neigh
bors.
We aver, theres >re, without fear of valid contra
diction, that the Democratic party have neither was
ted the wealth, nor embarrassed the credit of the
-state, because these labors of love to their country,
were Completed, to the very idea, by their predeces
sors.
Bui, if instead of being, palpably, notoriously fals
is they have been provid, these charges against the
majorities of the .wo proceeding sessions, had any,
even feasible evidence to sustain them, it requires
reckless hardihood on the part of the Whig wire
pullers and their stipendiaries, in this State, lo make
them, when they can he confronted, with Mr. Duller
King’s five million job bill—it affords a conclusive
evidence of the economy and scale of financiercing,
the \\ big leaders intended to pursue, had a chance
been permitted them.
How did the Whig majority evince their sympathy
with the distresses of their fellow-citizens, a! that pe
riod—why, not only, hy the insulting and almost
mocking reply to their prayers fur reiief, I ut hy tho
appropriation of four hundred and fitly thousand
dollars, for purposesTiaving no disccniable tendency
to promote that permanent object.
We will not characteriz in’ their descriptive «pf_
thets, the slanders that have been fabricated and cir
culated against the Democratic party—b it surely,
the cause that needs fraudful trickery and misrepre
sentation of tacts, such as the Whig leaders and ilieir
hacks have employed, is not an honest one-, cannot
promote the public good— cannot be countenanced,
or practised by moral or honorable men, moc date a
Christian pray for its success.
If we are rightly informed, there are movies oA
electioneering now practiced by the opposition,
in favor of «ome of the Whig candidates, that in
barefaced corruption and reckless disregard of all
moral principles, exceeds the infamous pipe laying,
ot New V ork and Philadelphia. Do not the men
who obtain their seats by such means, know that then
brand of Perjury will burn on their hearts for ever!
Wo to the country, wo its liberties, its institutions,,
and wo to the People, when such crimes can be prac
tisod with impunity—and again, wo to the People
among whom, they are not held in abhorrence.
By whatever party practised, if they come to our
knowledge, we will denounce them.
THE WORKS OF MISS HANNAH MORE.
This gifted and most excellent woman—this veter
an of the female literati of England—devoted little
shoit of sixty years of an unusually prolonged life,
to the noble pur[iose of rendering virtue and religion
attractive. But her works, though many of them on
grave subjects, are not merely instiuctive: they be
come delightful hy the charm with which her fino
imagination and just taste invests them—and it is
impossible to rise from their perosal, without being
struck with the strength of her understanding—the
extent of her literary attainments—the purity of her
understanding —the depth and fervency of her piotv .
and her unremitting exertions in the service of her
Divine master and her fellow creatures. Many of
her writings arc devoted to the instruction and im
provement of her own sex, and we know of no hook,
the Bible excepted, so well adapted to promote their
usefulness and happiness.
Tins work also from the Harper press, and the
first throe Nos. for sale at Barnes’ Bookstore, 23 cts,
each.*