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w improper to teach the manutiac of your sci- ’ to the operation of steaming, it was applied ac-
once to a “mixed” congregation,” Improper is j cordingiy and the Dr. alter promising to return
it sir? for our- part, Doctor wc think it very pro- j in a few days to repeat the process, took his
per that the “inunutiae” of the medical science leave, This promise however he never fulfilled
should be taught, we can have but little con- for the boy died some few hoars afterthe Dr. left!!
tide nee in a system whose minute principles arc I Such sir was the ultimatum of this case, that
so improper or unnecessary to be taught nr under- j the hoy died of a species of murder the most
stood, What strange ideas fora man to ad-j scrupulous will not pretend to deny.”
vance who sets himself up as an instructor in a 2d “Mrs M, the wife of a steam Doctor was
science in which human life is involved’ We j attacked in April last with Peripneumonia, for
can draw no other conclusion from your asser- tire relief of which her kind and affectionate
tiuRsDeetor,thanthisthat ybursysteni,oiiherhasj consort applied the steam and nos 1. 2. 3.4. 5.
no principles at all, or if it has any, that you <5. for aught I kijow to the contrary, most liber
ate incapable of “teaching” them, d > you not j ally, hut to his discomfiture—his wife did not
conclude with us, “acknowledge the t v u!h and get any relief from his remedies, and having as-
shumo tii© devil.” | cetnleu to the top round of the ladder of his j the screws.—New York Evening Rost, %\sl uit-
To our inquiry, “ what physicians d me for j li ning, he was easily persuaded by the friends
sure and safe remedies before Dr. Thomson 'of the patient to call in a physician, Dr. J.
was born?” he answers, “thevdid without them,” "assent for, who found his wito very sick, she
here he denies that lobelia is a safe and sure j was bled copiously and placed under the effects
remedy for it is well known that this article of; “j* the an!imonin! sedition, she got better imme-
medecine, was known to the piofessioh long be- i dtatoly and mended apace untill entirely well,
fare Thomsen knew am thing about it, and so » A case given by the lady herself, last spring
was cayenne and myrrh also, Take care doc- j “»ho w as unwell but was going about, having
tor or you will not do your famous system much ! soen a ^relation who persuaded her she could be
credit if you continue to make many such blun-1 cured by tbo sieam nn ^ lobelia, Mrs D. pre-
p Rrii< * ” j vailed on her husband to let her try it, with re-
this city, arguing that because it extended its Moreover, it is said in tavorol Mr. White that Thus, 1 have followed "the*inuosities oFmis- between the whigs, and nullifiers—they have
loans iii June and July one million two hundred he is “constitutionally opposed to a protective representation—exposed l be artifice of section- constantly co operated and combined to prevent
thousand dollars, that therefore it is justifiable tariff,” “to indiscriminate appropriations of moil- a 1 bigotry—and paused to refute pretended nr. the Republican party from succee ding. They
now, in suddenly withdrawing these facilities, j ey, by congress, to works of internal improve, gument and whimsical reasoning Would it be are well aware, that the combined strength of
and running (he local banks for specie, which ment;” and to a “national Bank.” Wow, it
will lie useless in its vaults instead of being, as Mr. White is “constitutionally oppOsied*’—thatis,
it was with the local banks, the basis of large! if the polit e l sentiment of opposition to the
facilities to our merchants. If there be argu-1 measures enumerated, is an innde idea in the
ment in this position, it certainly militates most mind of Mr. White; and is hereditarily deriv-
decidedly against the policy of the Bank and its j ed to him. being inwoven also in the very con-
branches. We shall resume this subject, and j stitulion of his natuie, lie is unquestionably, an
revert" to the future course of the (tank, detect- j original opponent ot native sttidiness. Mr. Van
ing and exposing any r attempt to divert the pub-1 Buren does not claim to have that sort ot con.
impropi
lake
lie from the true point at issue, and keeping our
renders advised of every fresh order to put on
From the Mobile Commercial Register, Juiy 13.
To Enoch Parsons, Esquire. .
It is not without pain, that every citizen, truly
roper to invoke certain politicians to “for- the whigs and nullifiers, is insufficient to eop«
i t iie evil of their ways?” with the Republican candidate—his election bv
The preson is a period most auspicious for the people could not possibly be prevented, bv
the cordial union of the democratic parties of all I lie strength that these two parlies could
the north, and of the south; of the east, and of muster. As long as the great Democracy of
the west, in the support of a patriot, in every the country stand united, tha ojiposition have
respect worthy ol'their confidence. When pro- no hopes of even throwing the election into
sident Jackson retires from office, the "“last of the House of Representatives. What, then, is
the Romans” will have left the theatre of active their policy? Surely, it can be no eti.er, than
politics. It is therefore that we look with atix- to have the Republican party divided betwixt
ublicnn candidates, and then to have
wiio can unite the votes of
Again iiio doctor resorts to a
discrintion of i luetance he consented, the Lobelia was given
the great anti numerous cures that have been j al, d s * ie was placed over the steam, she soon
effected by his system of practice, and in this ! fainted however and her husband caught her
puffing and boasting argument lie relates fifteen j before she fell, one of her feet slipped into the
cases of measles in one family which ware cur- i boiling water and was considerably scalded,
cl without loosing one single one, W onderful
indeed! What will the Doctor think when we
tell .him that wo have seen twice fifteen ens 's
of the same disease, all in one family, get will
without, the administration of any medicine at
all, will l.e believe us? But to be candid we
confess that wo have heard of the good effects
of the sc tun i and Lobelia iti two instances in
which they acted like a charm, and are worthy
to bo related here in addition to those which the
Doctor has already described, the first was a
case in one of the western states iu which t : e
virtues of the Lobelia ware manifested in a most
astonishing, and no less gratifying, manner—a
gentleman who was out on a hunting excursion
• on one of those noble livers of~the west w ha re
game is abundant, happened unfortunately' to be
bitten by a Rattle Snake, as soon as the acci
dent occurred he turned fur home, but did not get
far before be fell to the ground, here in tin ago-
ny of pain and distress indiscribable and with no
helping hand near him, he ruled about on the
earth in all the horrid and excruciating torment
watch his situation was calculated to inspire—,
All ut once lie felt ease from his pain and sick
ness, calmness and composure took the place
restlessness, anxiety and despair, reflecting on
■diis situation but a moment ago, he could but
wonder what divine and providential aid had
IniuLtcred to Ids rid inf, so effect ualiy and sud
denly, whet? accidentally lie cast ids eyes on a
juncii of Lobelia, over which lie had fortunate
ly roiled, straitway he was healed, rose on ids
feet rejoicing and continued on his hunting ex-
she was lifted to her bed and after awhile reviv
ed, tiie steam Doctor still insisted to have her
steamed in the bed, but she told him she believ-
I ed she was fully satisfied,”-—
“Mrs C. of M. County was taken sick this
! summer, her husband sent for a steam Doctor,
I he came, gave the lobelia, left more to be giv-
.; on if it did not operate, with directions if the
whole did not operate to give warm salt and wa
ter and if that did not cause the medicine too^-
orate to give tiie woman a portion of ambearl!
Tiie lobelia did not operate, the salt and water
was given yet no operation and the woman was
very sick, the anibcar next was given and the
pour woman soon sunk in death!!!
Case given by' my friend Dr. H. W. 1). of
F. county laboring under dropsy of the chest,
had been somewhat unwell, he was prevailed
upon to call in a steam Doctor, accordingly sent,
the Dr arrived and commenced with the lobelia
which operated very powerfully—the steam was
then applied winch weakened Mr. D. considera
bly uud he was lifted to his bed iti a very' ex
hausted condition, when the administration of
no. G. was commenced, under this treatment he
grew worse very last and finding his situation
a very critical one lie immediately sent for a
physician, after sometime with strict attention
am! good nursing Mr- D. found himself on the
stitutional indoctrination against those measures.
fits ideas of government are not innate, but ac. j i<-ty to the approaching election for the display two R<
quired, and t^phas derived them at mature age, of those feelings of citizen affinity, which, a whig candidate, wii
not from nature, but from an artificial source, i binding together the various parts of onr Union, the Northern federalists. Bv this policy, they
from the study ol tiie federal constitution. The j shall invigorate ibe consciousness of our b ing have no hopes of success before the people, but
difference between these gentlemen therefore | American citizens, and prove our just pride in by this means the election can be tnrown into
appeans to be, that tlie political sentiment oH being designated by a tide commended to our j the House of Representatives, where the chan-
American inspirit, notices the pretended argu-1 one, is an instinct, that of the other, a deduc-1 affection, by the father of his country. Nor let : ces are, at least, as favorable to the whig as
ment, urged in favor of Mr, White, viz: that j tion of reason. The intellectual superiority of it be forgotten, that for thirty-two years of | the Republican candidates But still this does
the latter over the former, is almost universally our constitutional Unmii, citizens *£ the south I not appear to account for flic singular fact,
known. have filled the office of president—tTOt the south- that .tiie whig and nullifiers, in the Southern
VY hen, however, by way of assigning rea- west has enjoyed its honors during kight years and Western States, are supporting Judge
sons lor preferring him, it is stated, that Mr. —and that, “although every southern and south- Y\ bite. 1l would appear more consistent ii?
menu and at length
another day, witn t
enne, have produc.*
Case given by i
Mr. S. of T.
cursion as though nothing had happened and summer with ague
was ever alter this a healthier heartier man
'ami he ever was before it: his life before!!!
The second is a case in which the virtues of
the Steam ware no less remarkable and occur,
ed in one of the northern states—An emigrant
Frenchman who was engaged at his work in a
powder magazine was most shockingly mangled
by the expiusi n of the whole building from
some accidental cause, one of ids Jogs and an
arm ware torn from his body, the bleeding and
dying man was found among the fragments,
writhing iu great agony and crying out I'm help;
about tins lime a steam Doctor (no doubt a spe
cial messenger) happened to conic to the spot
i examined the man mid declared thru he
c add relieve him arid restu:e his limbs it’ than
covered;” What would
the steam, Lobelia and Cay-
\i in this case?
ie attending physician.
County, was attacked last
_ and fever had been sick four
or five days, the fourtlV'or fifth day sent for Dr-
—•— in great haste, he arrived about the jnid-
d.e of the evening found the patient prostrated,
countenance livid and sunken, extremities cold,
profuse clamy sweat over the whole surface,
great internal heat and excessive thirst, pulse
quick and small, great restlessness and hurried
respiration, died iu three or four hours—The lo
belia and cayenne combined had been given to
this man today, and he was steamed, the medi-
over the
iting that
V. til!
iid be found, they ware
im
a tel v
united
aisod apace and the Freneh-
as soon as lie was raised to
at the limbs ware placed in
up. the steam w a>
mil bo.sled over i
a good welding h
their formeepo.-ition and soon became firmly
united, he was then taken off*and tempered
down, and every one present aYered after the
’cost minute examination that they could not
• : ..covet even wiiarethev ware joined together,
.. . completely win t-lie reunion of the parts ef
fected , and the Frenchman declared that he had
more strength in these two limbs than lie ever
had before, a sad misfortune however occurod
iu this case,—but not to be attributed to the
•■.team, in the burry and bustle of the moment
when the limbs ware about to be welded, tiie
leg was placed on hind part before and was not
•discovered untiil too late in consequence of
which the frenchman is at times most prodigi
ously harrassed and vexed in consequence of
one leg’s wanting lo go the "pos.t course of the
other.
Jj^ut wc ''fink Wt can make a fair sot off’to ai!
cute operated but partially and
?'a*am lie requested tu betaken oft’,
he was getting very neck,”
[to JIH (ONTiMTiD.j
HOWARD IVFiLONY.
POLITICAL.
The United Stales' Bank.—The late com
mencement of hostilities by the Branch Bank
in this city, acting under the orders of Nicholas
Biddle, is looked upon with a deep feeling of
grave and determined indignation by tire mass
of our citizens, and we think we perceive the
most decisive evidence that the larger portion of
our mercantile community wii! not hereafter
quietly submit to be the football of an over
shadowing monied power, at whose caprice the
most able calculations of m rcantile sagacity
are defeated, and the hard earned product of
years of toil and industry swept away as by an
avalanche.
So general and so trumpet-tongued is this
feeling that it is rumored that no cull is to be
made on the local banks this uay, as was intend
ed, but that it is considered expedient to unloose
the screws for a^jiort peiiou.
We.n ed not say that we are pleased to per
ceive that even the agents of a monied arisloera-
cv, in its most potent form are compelled to re-
tlje groat and wouderiul cures the Doctor lias el- S p eo t the force of public opinion, and we cal!
fectod, and the t'.\o above, into the barg. in, it j on j s whole community to step forward as one
-iot greatlyoverbalance them, witu the horrid ; man, and inform this souiess corporation abroad,
and shocking v« (sequences ui these two agents t aU( j thoir pliant ministers in tins citv, that “tints
■team ami Lobelia) of human ..listruction, If | far shalt U)0;J go< a „ff no farther.” *
..iter reading the cases which shall follow and | AlreatJy, at the first demonstration of hostili.
vhicii rest on ’authority of ind.spui.ablc veiaci- j co .jp] e( J ff H with apprehensions for the
v, the community.shalL por.si.--l in giving conn- . f u - U s-e, r.t least two of our respectable stoekhol-
• ;nance to a -preies oi d;s.ruction of human j ] ors have been suddenly prostrated in their bu.
;o calculated to snook the stoutest nerves, then • s ; ness j and, if permitted to push its schemes to
o.ey will not ho convinced though death may i the extent Tiiat Nicholas Biddle intends, the
iiuro them fuli in the lace, j p an u w j|] hereafter march roughshod over the
A young medical fricnJ of fine talents, and wreck of hundreds who no-.v enjoy happiness
who bids fair to occupy no ordinary stand m his ! ali ,j competence.
’ “ ifesston, sends u- the two following eases— i Let it not be said that we are alarmists. We
“A negro man belonging to Mr. >S.—was at- j know that the country was never blessed in so
fucked last winter with Dropsy of the Thorax great a degree with the elements of national and
:; abdomen, the phenomena of which differ- 1 individual prosperity; nor do we believe that
i in no respect with the routine ot cases of i even the giant power of tiie United States’ Bank
: like kind, the boy was sant to our shop for I can more than temporalily arrest its destined
shop for
examination with a request that we should give
such remedies as his ease might seem to
.Iceland, wc gave him pills composed of calo-
mat, squills and dijetahs as a deobstruent and
degree tic—the usual hydragogues and dircct-
>■] extensive counter irritation to the thorax and
lumen, Tiie gpod effects of this course was
. u manifest, the gums became a little sore and
. -y vest age of the disease disappeared. To
prevent a reaccumulation of water however we
erected a free use of Bals. Copaiva which 1
ill here take the liberty to observe ii a mot
superior remedy, Tiie"pills wore discontinued
and every thing "appeared to he doing well, as
" c -or. however as his mouth got well, the disease
reappeared, he was subjected again to the same
tre '.lment wit!; the same good effbenq he cumin-
ue i to mend slowly but surely—The oppression
about the Precord!a and dyspnea had pretty much
subsided, and the paucity of Urine and tlii’ist had
.•’Ujrely disappeated, h:s master about this time
sit him to work in the new ground wiuue it was
his ill fortune go encounter, a few days subse-
i,ueutly,-the man wfib was to send him’to a pre-
. filature grave, a .Tiionisonian passed” by the
new^ ground umi haponing to find t!.c master
',“persuaded him to haw his boy subjected
career to wealth and happiness. Tiie present
scarcity of money is purely artificial, but it is
not the less disastrous in its consequences to
those w.ho are the victims of a sudden contrac
tion of facilities by the Batik following in the
wake of great previous expansions.
Although any
Nicholas Biddle will probably be treated with
contempt, yet wo have directions of the Branch
in this city from whom we have a right to de
mand a course more consonant with tiie tlictates
of justice and good feeling. W e know that it is
said that they are bound to obey the dictum of
Biddle A: Co., and that consequently no claim
on their justice ^nd good feeling will be availa
ble. But if this is the case—if they are the
blind instruments of the Mother Bank in Phila
delphia—there is bat one course that, as honora
ble men, identified with the interests of their
fellow citizens here, they can adopt—they should
unhesitatingly tender their resignations.
By this act they would open the eyes of their
superiors in Philadelphia to the true position in
which thev stand before; this community, and
prevent dreaded calamity and suffering.
The Daily Advertiser has made-a feeble at-
tempt at.defending the course c f the Branch in
he “is a Southern, or South Western man, who
understands bettkr, the policy and interests
of this section of the country, than any man
North <>f the Potomac vossi’/y can.”
This assertion, so destitute of all real preten
sion to the compliment of being styled an argu
ment, is worthy, not only of the last place, in
the series of reasons for preferring Mr. White,
but of the last consideration. Ill would it have
become the noble spirit of the South, after the
profuse mingling of Northern and Southern
bl iod on the plains of New Jersey and South
Carolina, of New York and of Virginia to have
objected to a political union' with the States,
“north of tl^Poiomac,” on a pretext so illiber
al. And yet ill would it have become the gen
erosity of Southern patriotism to have stipulat
ed. or suggested the stipulation as a condition
on which such union should take place, that all
the Presidents should be Southern men. Yet
the argument—if argument .t may be called—
of “one of Alabama’s most favorite sons,” is no
less unbecoming the proud honor of the whole
South, now, than a kindred argument would
have been, at the birth of the constitution. And
let all the recollections of revolutionary glory
—tiie national fund of all the States, as well
the daughters, as the mothers of American li
berty—let every monument of revolutionary
achievement from Bunker Hill to Camden and
Savannah, attest, that the natural divisions of
geography do not bound the sympathy of Amer
ican Citizenship, or limit the inteliec s of Amer
ican Statesmen. •
I may not, without appearing to consider too
highly of its weight, dwell on this supposedar-
gument. Nevertheless it will not be inexpe
dient to expose its utter futility. To you, I do
not intend to attribute the merit of using it. It
is one of congressional dignity. Perhajw vou
may never be able to add to it a gubernatorial
dignity, however sincerely you may entertain
the same comprehensive idea.
Mr. White then understands better (than M
Vail Buren) the roihcY and ixtkrests of this
section of the country!! If the “policy” of thf
South be the pursuit of political objects, different
from those indicated in tiie Federal Constitution
as the great purposes of its establishment; it is
probable Mr. White may understand suchp /i
cy, better than Mr. Van Buren “possibly can.’
If the South have “interests” of a political
character,-different from those which the saga
cious and anxious patriotism of the thirteen
States saw and felt to be their interests, M
White may understand such interests, better
than Mr. Van Burefl “possibly can.” But,
as it is impossible for it to be shewn, that Mr.
White “understands belter” than Mr. Van Bu
ren, the “policy of preserving the Union'—or
the means of preserving it—or the reasons for
preserving it—so, it will be impossible for it to
be shown, that Mr. W hite “understands bett
than Mr. Van Buren, the great interests of the
American People. For, every consideration
which suggested the expediency of the 1 Union
—every argument urged to illustrate such ex
podiency, involved an interest, common to all
tiie States. These interests are the recorded
topics of history; and though known to all, are
condemned by many. But the progress of
years, is continually developing neie and
strengthening the power of old reasons for the
existence of our Union. And not a reason
can he assigned for the formation, or perpelua
tion of the Union, which does not also embody
and disclose an interest, to be enjoyed by the
whole people, in so perpetrating it. The saga
city which most readily perceives and pene
trates the full extent of these continually devel
oping interests—the zeal and public spirit which
most ardently aim to protect them—the judg
ment most skilful in combining and extending—
in displaying and effect anting them—thesequal-
ities make-up that active and valuable patriot
ism so requisite in an American President. In
these respects, does Mr. White exceed the ma
gical. Van Buren? \Vi 11 not the magican—so
long indoctrinated in democracy—schooled with
Southern colleagues—taught by a Southern Ga
maliel—annually mingling with Southern states
men—and commanding all the sources of local
and general information—will not the Magician
I repeat so recommended and so circumstanced,
he allowed to possess the ordinary share of
mind, necessary to understand fully the real in
terests of all sections of our country? Raised
on the high eminence of public, station, he has
surveyed the interests and guided the career of
the “empire State.” In the August Senate of
the Union, he has mingled in the councils—and
advancing yet higher, has viewed from the com
manding statio^of Vice President the interests
of all the States. Is it not possible then, that a
citizen of New York may understand the inter
ests of the South, equally as well as a citizen of
Tennessee? when the argument was penned,
thegeniusof dullness, must have perched upon
a brain’not entirely a stranger to its visitations.
While is opposed to certain measures, how dis-.
ingenuous is the intendi d inference against Mr
Van Buren! Wlicn^ the influence of office
truckles with disingenuousness, it loses its pow
er, witnout even the consolation of promoting its
object.
Thomas II. Benton! Will his statements ac
company ing his disinterested declension of office,
he received us evidence of truth? It may not
be adventuring too much, to predict that they
will. A flourishing town oil the banks of the
Alabama, perpetuates his name, and attests the
popular estimation of Ins character.
Writing to the Mississippi Committee, he
says: “Mr. Van Buren distinguisned hiinselfin
western president, has received the warm sup
port of northern democracy, yet, no northern
president has ever received the support of the
south and west. Hitherto tin’s peculiar and
■one-sided result has left no sting—created no
heartburnings in the bosom of northern d'-moc
^jcy.” Northern republicans have not < illy
joined southern republicans in sustaining the
administrations of southern presidents; but act
ing on principles, and superior to sectional big
otry, they have further united with them, to put
down the administrations of the two northern
j presidents, which were alike offensive to all*
j “But suppose this state of tilings to he chang
ed, and a democratic candidate to lie presented
the opposition of his country, to the renewal of j from the north, ought that candidate to b
But, do the terms “policy” and “interests,”
ppeul to the tender mercies of j mean things different from such as are politic
al? Do they mean social or commercial ob
jects?—agricultural or ir-omifacttning objects?
Let the admirable Free School system of his
native State attest Mr. Van Baron’s knowledge
of the social interests of each State of the
Union—let the safety fund -system, and the in
ternal improvements executed by his native
State alone, or by her citizens, co-operating
with the citizens of her bordering sisters, attest
his knowledge of the commercial interests of
each State of-the Union; and from these exam
ples, let politicians of every section, learn some
of the true interests of .every State of the Union;
and imitate the spirit of New York. And let
his enlightened policy in regard to the Tariff,
so consonant with that of the South, vindicate
Mr. Van Buren’s pretensions to know some
thing likewise of the political economy of the
whole Union—something of the general inter
ests of agriculture, commerce and manufactured.
the first national bank caaner;” “he was polit
ically born out of tins conflict ” This happen
ed in 181! Again. “His old opposition, and
early declaration (182G) against the Bank of
the United States, has brought upon Mr. Van
Buren the pervading vengeance <>f that power
ful institution.” Is Mr. Vail Buren then op
posed to the United States Bank?
Further. “Mr. Van Buren was the first
eminent member of congress, north of the
POTOMAC’ to open the war at the right point
upon the tariff’ of 1828.” Now, can “any
man north of the Potomac” do right? Can any
good tiling come out of Nazareth? At Albany,
in July, 1827, eighteen months before the pass
ing oi the “w- oilen’s bill,” Mr. Van Buren de
clared tiie bill, on the details.of which, the Har
risburg Convention was then deliberating, “a
measure proceeding more from the closet of the
politician, than from the workshop of the man
ufacturer.” Notwithstanding this opinion <.1’
the * woollen’s bill,” known as the tariff’ of
1828,—Mr. Van Buren ' voted for the tariff of
1828.” Hence tiie charge of being a tariff’
man. But is i 1 asked why? Way did he vote
for that bill! It is answered, “he voted under
instructions from ins Slate Legislature.” Op
posed as h ■ was to that tariff, ue voted for it . as
Air. B nton did likewise, ‘ in obedience to a j
principle which they both field sacred.” To
vindicate this act of Mr. Van Buret), will it be
necessary to refer republicans to Mr. Rives’
letter t-j'tlie Vi-ginia 1 gisluturo, on iiis resign
ing ins seat m the United States’ Senate, during
the session ol 1833-4? And let m<-ask, Has
Mr. Moore endeared himself to the people of
Alabama, by his contumacious disregard of le
gislative resolutions, and popular requests?
But, internal improvements! How fares this
matter? If an exact concord of opinion upon
this subject, with those contained ill President
Jackson’s veto, outlie Maysville Road bill, looks
like favoring “indiscriminate appropriations of
money by Congress” for these objects, then Mr.
Van Buren is an internal improvement man, in its
obnoxious sense. Different eyes “possibly can”
see heresy ami orthodoxy in tire same subject.
It is thus shown that Mr. Van Bur* n is “op.
them to be supporting ntch a man as Danief
Webster. The fact is, however, that although'
there are many whigs in the South and West,
who agree with Mr. Webster, and believe him
to be a real good like man—yet none of them
support him—they are all for White!!! Tins
looks like inconsistency iu tthe whigs—hut
when it is remembered, that the whigs and nul-
lifiers have one common obj* et in view, the de
tent of Mr. Van Buren, which with the'in is
paramount to all principle, their conduct is per.
feetly consistent. The whigs and nullifiers
have b urned from snd experience, that in Vir
ginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Ten
nessee, &c., &c., the Republican party
are in a /urge majority—and if these States sup.
ipposed by the democracy of the smith and j port a strong Republican candidate, that the e-
lection will b“ n.ade by the people, even with
two Republican candidates running. If m
this state of things, the South ami Wed sup.
port Mr. Webster, the candidate of their own
party, their votes \Dli have no weight in the e-
leciion—their candidates is manifestly in the
minority, and the united votes of the whigs and
nullifiers in the Southern States will not ail.
vance the prospects of Mr Webster. What
then is the policy!—Most unquestionably, it is,
to drop Mr. Webster in the South and West,
and to unite their votes in that branch of the
Republicans who are supporting Judge White,
hoping that fiv this Union of whigs, nu/hfers
and Re putdicans, majorities may be Secured
for Judge White in S' tne of these States, and
thereby the strong Republican candidate be
prevented from getting the South western Vote.
If this policy succeed, it prevents an election
by the people, and throws it into the House of
Representatives. The opposition are determin
ed that all their strength shall be fall in this e-
west? Suppose that candidate to he one. com
ing as near as any other to the Jeffersonian
s'andard, ought the democracy of the south
and west to reject him? Corn) they do it,
WITHOUT SHOWING A DISPOSITION TO MONOPO
LIZE TIIE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE? What wool
be the effect of such a stand, taken bv the -ou
and west, on the harmony of the democratic
party? YY’hat would belts effect on the harmo
ny of the States? Certainly, it would be, to
array them against each other. What would
be its effect on the formation of parties? Cer-
tainlv, to change them from the ground of prin
ciple, to the ground of territory; to make g og-
raphy, instead of constitutional principles, tiie
basis of parties.
“Could these things he desirable to ativ friend
of popular government: to any considerate man
in the south or west? On the contrary, should
not the democracy of the south and west rejoice
at an onpo r tunity to show themselves superior If*
sectional bigotry, devoted to principle, intent up
on the general harmony inaccessible to intrigue
or to weakness; and ready to support the cause
of democracy, whether the representative of the
cause comes from this, or that side of a river oi
mountain.”
To you, and to our countr\men, I commend
these thoughts, and mav the disinterestedness
and true American feeling of a Benton, find imi
tators every where, and sympathy at all times
ALABAMIAN.
Fiom the New York Times.
A large portion of the ppositiou press which
fans the abolition excitement in the hope of po
litical gain, are encouraged by the considera
tion that whether they succeed or fail in fasten
ing tiie odium directly upon Mr. Van Buren
and his friends, they may siill profit by irritating
Southern feelings against the North and North-
ern candidates. There are a few sluveholditig
lection—Whenever their own candidate is
strong, he will be supported—whenever he is
weak, they will unit" npo White—not that
they want White elee’ed. but solely to prevent
the election of Mr. Van Duron.
It gives us great pleasure to he able to state
tiiat the crisis winch seemed so lately to threat
en actual bloodshed between the citizens of 0-
hio and those ol’ Michigan, has passed off
peaceably, and that all fears of collision be
tween them mav be dismissed, for the present
at least, and we hope for ever. Letters were
received iu this city yesterday, stating that the
troops of Michigan, (about two thousand strong,)
after remaining at Toledo, in the disputed ter
ritory, for two davs. without meeting with ativ
adverse force from Ohio, or any attempt on the
part of the functionaries of that Stut“ to ex
ercise official authority, departed on the 9th
instant, on their return to Detroit; and before
States which it is hoped may be alienated Irom j , . . , , , , , , .
s. tt r> • *. ir i i no- any fresh excitement could lead to hostilities,
ilJr. Van Buron, and secured for Judge White, I. - .. r ... . . ,, ,
, , , ’.'the new Secretary for Michigan would have
by keeping up and strengthening the Leungs of I
distrust and ill-will which are naturally begot
ten b\ the abolition schemes, and to that end !
will the journals referred to labor. It is a fiend- j
not deter the i
posed to the United Stat s Bank—to a protec
tive tariff-—and to internal improvements by the 1 ish scheme, but its wickedness w
general government, except on objects exolti- contrivers.
sively national.” fie is no less opposed than J YVe intimated the other day, that some mens- j
ure of success at the South had already reward- 1
arrived at Detroit, with such instructions doubt
less as will prevent any further hostile move
ment before the dispute shall be adjusted by
the authority of Congress or of tiie Judiciary.
—National Intelligencer, 29th ult.
^The Presbytery of Hopewell, at their late
meeting in Washington. YY iIkes, county, hav
ing resolved lo establish a College at Midway,
near Milledgeville, appointed ihe follow ing gen
tlemen a Board of Trustess. viz.,
Ministers.—T. Goufiling. I). D. S K. Tal-
mage, C. W. Howard, S. S. Davis. H. S. Pratt,
S. J. Onssels, R. Quarterinan, J. C. Patterson,
C. C. Jones.
Laymen.—8. Rockwell, J. A. Cuth’nerf,
R K. Hines, C. C. Mil s, \\. W. Holt, B. K-
Hand, C. P. Gordon, J H. Lumpkin, K. A.
Nisbet, A. L. Alexander. V . Poe, J. H. IIuW-
yourself to nullification, both theoretical and
“practical.” His decisive condemnation of that j ed the efforts of the-intriguers, and pointed out
doctrine, published in 1831, speaks its own i the expediency of taking measures on the part
praise. To terminate the existence of the U- I of the friends of tin* Baltimore nomination, for
nited States Bank—to subdue nullification—to j at least repelling the imputation that they coun
confine tiietarift’ to its constitutional province—j tena nee the fanatics. We adhere to our opin-
and to limit appropriations of money for inter- j ion that the republican party here ought to
mil improvements, to constitutional objects, have j make some distinct expression of its sentiments
been the cardinal measures of Jackson’s nd- ; on the great question; and we feel bound now
ministration. It is the policy of the republican 1 to suggest in addition, that w hen that expres-
p/irty to sustain the principles on which these sion is made, th** conduct of ihe presses above
measures rest, and Mr. Van Buren is therefore, , referred to should especially be noticed. The
the unexceptionable representative of that party. | fanatics themselves - are now quiet; not one of ,
It is singular that Mr. Benton and yourself j them of them is seen nor heard of, and has a 11 u pss, 1. boil, I. Luoet King,
should differ so widely, as that, the one should I not been tor weeks past, and so far as apparent- , ^ *‘, e . y oa, 'd are to meet ai Milledgeville
reoanmend and the other oppose Mr. Y r an Bu- lv depends on them, tlit* trouble might bo over,
ren, on precisely the same grounds. You pro. But the Albany Advertiser. Richmond Whig,
nounce Mr. Van Buren, “the junior of Mr. j United States Telegraph, Charleston Mercury,
White in the Jackson cause.” 1 will not dis- j and others, seem resolved, to keep up the excile-
pute the fact, that Mr. White supported general I ment, and do keep it up—and they have the
Jackson in that election which passed into the efficient, if unconscious, aid of the Evening
hoits , and there resulted in the choice of Mr. ' Post, which exercises “the right of discussion,”
Adams. But you proceed to say, that Mr. j and the American, which asserts it, and favors
Van Buren was “the most powerful oppose r of j emancipation in the District of Columbia. YVe
general Jackson’s election,” and continued his j repeat, tiiat it is not the fanatics themselves who Lts? is often asked by the Southern papers,
opposition “until the general was known to be ! keep alive, or seek to do so, the excitement; ^ nullifying whigs at the boulh are attempt-
the third Wednesday in Uctober, to receive
a report from the Committee on the Constitu
tion and laws of the institution, and to make
arrangements ler its complete organization.
The Rev. C. W Howard of Milledgeville,
has been appointed agent to collect funds for
the College.—Augusta Courier.
Ihe Abolitionists.—Who are tLe abolition-
the sf ranges: man in the whole republic,” when
became “a Jacksonman, and a supporter of
tlie general’s principles; and then the patriotic
Jackson lorgave him, and honored him with his
confidence, and a share in his administration.”
Unfortunately for your flowing vituperation,
you have leaped over a wide gap of time, be
tween the when and the then of your statement.
You make Mr. Van Buren’s act of becoming
a Jacksonman” happen at the time when 'ark-
son ‘was known to be the strongest man in the
whole republic”-—which was not certainly known
until after his frst election—and yen make the
reward follow immediately upon the conversion.
You wrote too rapidiv io examine With care, the
.Mule of facts.
Mr. Van Buren’s support of Mr Crawford j two.
was “firm and devoted.” Therefore it is true, |
that ho did not support general Jackson in 1824.
But, “his early espousal of general Jackson’s
cause, after the election in the house of repre
sentatives, in February, 1^25, and his steadfast
opposition to Mr. Adams’ administration,” con-
stirute one of Mr Benton’s most pointed recom
mendations of Mr. Van Buren. Durin>* four
years, this gentleman, in common with the
they have hidden themselves, and pray earnest- ing to say that tiie Van Buren men are abuli-
ly that the storm may subside; but the excite- tionists at the Noitfi. In tins they are mistak-
ment is taken to use by political schemers, and <,f b for some ot Van Buren s warmest op posers
the Presidential election is to be thrown into the abolitionists, in this part ol the country,
House by its aid. Judge White is to be put be- and not to our know ledge, is ihere-one man
fore the House by these means, however his lhat belongs to the great Republican party of
honest friends may disapprove. We trust that ^ le North, who is in favor of the abolition
the better portions of the southern press will movements. The Democrats of New Eng-
take into their consideration those views, when ^ a,, d ore to a man, opposed to fanaiics and fa-
writing theii impressive warnings to the north, natical movements; they are opposed to the
and will de non nee the successors of the fana- course, which Arthur Tappan & Co. are pur-
tics US earnestly as thev did the fanatics them- suing on this subject. We sav, and thattoo post-
selves. And wo appeal to the better portion of ' V(1 y, that the supporters of Democratic prm-
the w!iiif press hero to express their views of ciples. are not the immediate abolitionists, not
the conduct of those of their allies whom wo fl )e raving and unprincipled fanatics, of the
have adverted to—we have named but one or North,—but the people who are in favor o
giving the Southern States their rights on this
subject. Tne abolitionists, we think, can nave
The Tennessee Democrat savs the history of no object in continuing their present course,
the times has shown to every man, that howey. than the dissolution ot the Union. We thank
or widely the Whigs and Nullifiers differ in heaven, that they are in the minority at the
their principles, there are two points on which North, and confidently believe they will fiVt ' r
they agree—their opposition to the present ad- be so. Tiie Southern people are pursuing a
ministration—and their determined resolutions course whieh is applauded by every friend ol
to de eat the election ot Mr. Van Buren, as the * the Union, and deserves to be followed by the
^ _ 7 successor of General Jackson. On these two citizens of this great Republic at the North*
friends of Mr. Crawford, upheld the pretensions | points, th.se parties, who were once at dag- The fanatic must be stopped in his innd career^,
of general Jackson. • In November. 1828, gen- gees’ points, have agreed, for a fejy years past. —the abolition missionary should, be arrested
It cannot be questioned, that Mr. Van Buren in every instance, where he is found inculcating
has been regarded, for the last thre** years, as tracts, which tend to cause insurrection. * ®
the most probable candidate of the Republican would have this .apply to uli who are guilty ot
party, to succeed Jackson. During tiiat peri, circulating incendiary doctrines, whether tot o
od, we have heurd of uo feuds and animosities, i bond ot free man. Public indignation rest
eral Jackson was elected president by the elec
toralcolleges; in March, 1829, Mr. Van Buren
was- “honored with a share in his administra
tion,” because lie had long before won his “con-
fidence.”
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