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Gof. Polk and the Revolutionary Soldiers—Whigj a motion wa. made by Mr. Blair of S. Caroli-
... , . Misrepresentations. j na to amend the bill bv embracing in its provi-e
\V e had occasion in our paper of July 1841,! , ion3 .. Those miIitia ^ ho fou „ ht “ t the battled'
to state m general terms that Gov. Polk, du* I Ring’s Mountain and Guilford Court House
ring Ins whole .erv.ee in Congress, had voted j in North Carolina, without proof of further !
service.”
t i: Mj j: o n . i r /i.
»I AC N:
flock to the standard of Republicanism in the strife
against Federal insolence and British aggression
El ECTION RETURNS.
for, and advocated the most liberal extension of
the pension system to the soldiers of the revo
lution. We now refer to his recorded votes
on the Journal to prove the fact stated to be
true. We do not do this, because it is neces
sary here, in his old Congressional District,
where every man of his former constituents
knows the fact to be so, but because the most
For this amendment Gov. Polk voted (see
tea? 1 - FS e 680.)
* A'ltaotion was made by Mr, Lewis to amend
the On!, by embracing in its provis : ons ‘‘the
widows of all who were either killed in battle,
fighting on the side of t ie states, or the widows
of such as died during the said service, shall
TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 15, 1844
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1840.
FIRST DISTRICT.
reckless of the Whig press arc making garbled j reCeive for seven ycars the same prov i sion that
statements, grossly falsifying the record, and the deceased if living, would now receive un-
presenting him, to be used, as we sup- dcr the provisions of this act ”
pose ,o other states, whose people are not so ; For , his amendment Gov< Po]k voted (see
lam. tar with Ins course. j J ournal> pa C(88 \
.en Gov. Polk entered Congress tn Dec. A11 thesoand ot | ier amendments being re-
‘V’ the pension laws then in force, enibra- j ect ed, Gov> Polk John Bell and others G f
' d only a small portion of the officers and sol- , ho Tennessee delegation voted against the
thers of the continentnll me or regular army, j House bill. At the same session Gov. Polk
1 he militia .volunteers, and state it oopsiwere voted f or the bill of the Senate wll f ch made
all unprovided for At the session of Con- mu .. h more libcral provision for the old soldi-
gress of 1825-0, a bill was before Congress to erS) t0 whatever line they belonged (see Jour-
oxtend the pension laws—pending the consid-J naI> p 79i \ That'bill passed the two
oration of that bill, (see journal page oOO)— I Houses, and on the 9ih day of June, 1832,
•A motion was made by Mr. 1 ucker, of S. | wa3 approved and signed by the President, and
Carolina, that the said b'll be recommitted to
the committee by which it was reported ; with
instructions so to amend the same ns to make
p rovisionfor all the officers and soldiers who
a ctved in the llcrolntionary war, for six months
or mt-re at any one time, and who are not now
is now the law under which many of the soldi
ers of the revolution, who were before that
time excluded from the benefit of the pension
laws, are now, and have been ever since,
drawing their pensions.
Gov. Polk’s whole course, as is thus shown,
on the pension list; and also for the widows of; h as been in f avor 0 f extending the pension sys
such officers or soldiers as were slain while m I tern to many meritorious soldiers of the revolu-
sei vice or have since died. , tion, who, by the limtted provisions of the
ror this amendment Gov, Polk voted. At laws previously in existence, had been exclud-
the same session a proposition was before ed f r0 m their benefit.
Congress (see journal, page 595) ‘‘providing Some years ago, a similar attempt was made
01 the more equitable operation of the acts as now, bv irresponsible writers in the newspa-
gi anting pensions for revolutionary services., pers to misrepresent him, by making garbled
A motion was made to amend this proposi- j statements and suppressing the truth. Hemet
turn by including within the provisions of the | these misrepresentations in a public letter to
pension laws “ail state troops and miiitia, so his constituents of the 12th of June, 1833, in
that the several provisions of the acts of the which he gave a full history of all his votes ta-
18th i larch, 1818, and 1st of: lay, 1820, shall ken from the Journals, and put the false mis-
be extended to and comprehended and em
brace all stale troops and militia, Sfc.”
A motion was made to lay the bill and a-
mendment on the table, which prevailed.—
Gov. Polk voting against this motion.
At the session of 182G—7, a pension bill was
before the House; a proposition was made
“so to amend the same as to make provision
for all the officers and soldters, who served in
the revolutionary war, for six months or more,
at any one time, the compensation to each of-
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
Of PeiSHsylrattia.
Democratic Electoral Ticket.
ALFRED IVERSON, of Muscogee.
CHARLES J. McDonald, of Cobb.
R. M. CHARLTON, of Chatham,
BARZILLAI GRAVES, of Stewart,
GEORGE W. TOWNS, of Talbot,
WM. F. SAMFORD, of Meriwether,
CHARLES MURPHY, of Cass,
AVM. B. WOFFORD, of Habersham,
II. V. JOHNSON, of Baldwin,
ELT H. BAXTER, of Hancock.
.[Elected by General Ticket.]
Amusements for the Gay.
Messrs Moulton Sc Clark, the gentlemanly in
structors of the ‘graceful Art,’ who have been with
us for the last six or seven weeks, propose giving
a Cotillion Party on Friday next. Such anoppor-
tunity should be seized by all, who desire to see an
affair of this sort, conducted in a proper way.—
Many of our dancing friends will learn a useful
lesson, and all who attend will be pleased with the
entertainment, Messrs. 31. Sc C. it will be seen
by their advertisement, arc engaged on a second
course of lessons, and will give two lessons.on Sat
urday, to enable the pupils of our seminaries to ac
quire a knowledge of this indispensable accom
plishment.
representations to shame. No man in his dis
trict ever ventured to revive the misrepresen
tation, until recently some of the most reckless
of the whig papers attempted it.
We make a single extract from Gov. Polk’s
letter to his constituents in 1833. After quo
ting his votes from the Journals, in that letter
lie says:
“Were it necessary to produce furthei proofs
of my efforts to better the condition of these
- ‘poor old men,’ I venture to affirm that many
beer and soldier, to be computed and divided [[ think I should not be niistal ten if I were to
among them in proportion to the lank they j say not less than a hundred] of the venerable
held und the time they were in service, and
also to make provision for the widows of such
officers and soldiers, as were slain or otherwise
died while in service, or have since died.”
For this amendment Gov. Polk voted—(see
Journal, pages 140, 152.)
At the session of 1827-8, a bill was before
soldiers of the revolution, residing within the
four counties which I have lately represented,
might be brought for ward ,"\vho, with uplifted
hands, would be ready to testify that they have
applied to me for advice and aid in their ef
forts to procure pensions, and with one voice
they will say I have never turned a deaf ear
Congress, granting pensions to a particular to any one of them; but on the contrary, tho
plow' mI talVi /»n rC nT lltn PAntinonlnl 'l rm V afl/l !*. _ . „ . . • . • . . • .. .
class of officers of the continental army, and
including a small number only of the soldiers of
the continental army—who were embraced by
the terms ofa resolution passed by the old Con
gress in 17SS—but excluding from its provi
sions all the balance of the soldiers of the state
line, volunteers and militia. For the latter
no provision whatever was made by the bill.—
The discriminations contained in the bill in fa
vor of a particular class of the officers of the
army of the revolution, and excluding others
equally meritorious—and excluding also tho
soldiers of the continental line, (except a very
it was not strictiy connected with my official
duty, they will bear mo willing testimony that
I have, without fee or reward, aided them in
their efforts to procure pensions. And I am
gratified in the belief that I have decu instru
mental in procuring for them the pensions
which they so well deserved and so much need
ed. In having been so instrumental, I rejoice
that I have had it in my power to render this
little service to a portion of the remnants of
thase who achieved our independence. I shall
continue to serve them whenever they desire
I if, and it shall be in my power to do so. Bat
ti*\« ot a particular class in that line) exclud- I who are they who would misrepresent me on
ingthe soldiers of the state troops, volunteers this subject? I boldly venture to affirm that
no one of the soldiers of the Revolution can be
and militia, many of whom had performed
meritorious service and were poor and needy,
Gov. Polk could not approve. He consider
ed tho discrimination unjust, and voted against
bill. The proceedings on this bill took place
on the 13th of May, 1S2S. Every member
of the Tennessee delegation, with a single ex
ception, voted with Gov. Polk on this bill,
viz: John Dell, John Blair, David Crockett,
Robert Desha, Jacob C. Isaac, John JI. Mar-
ablc, and James C. Mitchell, voted with him.
At the session of 1828-9, a pension bill was
be foie the House. “The provisions of this
bill avoided the inviduous and unjust discrimi
nations of the bill of1828, tipd were more equi
table in tiieir character, and for this bill Gov.
Polk voted, ns the Journal will shew (see Jour
nal, pages 331 and 337.)
At the next session of 1829-30, a bill grant
ing pensions to the soldiers of the revolution
was before the House for which bill Governor
Polk voted (see Journal, page 291.)
At the 69me $c$sjon ( a pension bill was be
fore the House, but no provision was made by
Mr. Joint Parker.
From what we had learned privately, we had
supposed this matter was set entirely at rest. AVe
arc, however disappointed, and the last Messenger
contaios a long communication in which we can
not for the life of us, find a single refutation of
what we asserted and proved, unless it be the fact,
that 3Ir. Parker was not here at the Convention.—
This it will be remembered, was said on the au
thority of a gentlemen who afterwards gave us his
certificate which we published. It is a matter of
little importance w'hether Mr. Parker was her
or not at the Convention. The gist of the dispute
turned on the fact, whether Mr. Parker was a
Whig now or a democrat. Whenever it is proven
that he is still a modern whig, we may possibly
consent to elevate the correspondent of the Messen
ger, to notice.
While Beeve and Bull-dog are growling at us,
w-e must watch them and suffer Tray and Fidelle,
to snap at our heels.
Delaware Elections.
The democratic majority is, according to (he
most authentic accounts 47
In 1840, Harrison's majority was 1083
Democratic gain
1130
found of their number. No! TheyAtho are
alone interested, satisfied. Too many of them
know the service which I have cheerfully ren
dered to themselves personally and individual
ly. They are not the persons who raise this
false clamor. My opinion lias always been
that the provisions of the pension laws should
be extended equally and alike to all the soldi
ers of the revolution who were.poor, or in
such indigent circumstances in life as to make
it acceptable and comfortable to them in their
old age, and that it mattered not whether they
belonged to the Continental army, militia,
State troops, or Volunteers, if they performed
service, equally meritorious and of equal dura
tion—all should be equally provided for. By
the former pension laws, those only of the con
tinental line or regular army who were in indi
gent circumstances were embraced. Those of
Maryland Elections.
The Gubernatorial election in this State lies re
sulted in the success of the whig candidate.
W. D.
Pratt. Carroll.
35,038. 34.490.
Pratts’ majority 548.
At the election for members of Congress, held
in 31aryland on the 14th February Inst, the whig
majority of the popular vote, was 4,672, which
shows now a democratic gain of4,124 votes.
Comparative vote of’40 and '44
1840. Feb. 1844. Oct. 1844.
Whig. Dem Whig. Dem. Whig -Dem,
33,528. 28,752. 30,114. 25,442 35,038. 34,490
Who but a whig would call this a Democratic
defeat ?
Georgia Redeemed J!!
We give below the returns as far as received.—
Only a few counties remaiu to be heard ftom, and
these will give an increased majority for the De
mocratic party. The gain in the Slate will be
nearly or quite 6,000 voles, and the majority for us,
on the popular vote about 2500. Wei! may we
be proud of this triumph. Thete is no State in the
Union which has been watched with more intense
_ anxiety than Georgia, and none whose triumph
the State troops, Volunteers, or Militia, how- I fedralism will be hailed with more enthusiastic
ever poor or meritorious, were excluded.— over ,edral,sn *
Not only by my votes, but in debate also I have
advocated the extension of the pension to all
it “for the officers and soldiers ol the militia.” ! alike. Upon all occasions I have been found
“A motion was tf»<*d e fiy Williams that the go voting. And whenever the several Bills
said bill !>e recommitted tl»e committee on which have been before Congress during my
’ary plosions, with instructions 1° reports I service, were under consideration in that bo-
. •ncluaC'# (be officers and soldiers cf* dy, I have been found voting to conform their
provision .. f-npo the tevcluli
Pov. Polk
as t!
but
onary pVovistCPstd those principles, and weenever
““ v v.,7» V h;V n mC nd raent t*ov. rotk voted i | hcy have been to approximate them I
he Journal shows (s^ Journal, P»ff» ^42.) j j iaV e been found|voting fof
it was rejected by a majesty 0 f 0 HyU se i| Mr. Clay’s “Populariiy ”
and being rejected and the bill t.V nis judgment |
requiring further amendment, Gov. t- olk v °t° d
against the bill
In 1832, it will be rememberd, Hen."/ Clay
{ was a candidate for the Presidency, and wa*
J defeated by a majority of 1SS 'electoral votes!
At the same session Gov. Polk voted for ihe j ,pj je p 0 ]] 0 ' w ; ng is the verv significant result of
following proposition, vjz: [ thal election in tho Several States;
In Maine lie was defeated by over 6,000
Resolved, That the Committee on tnili'ary j
pensions be instructed, agreeably to the Pre
sident’s recommendation in his message of the j
6th December last, to review the pension law
for the purpose of extending its benefits to #v- j
cry soldier who aided in establishing our liber- ,
ties, and who is unable to maintain) himself in |
comfort, and to report to the house a b 11 for j
that purpose: For this resolution Gov. Polk
voted as the Journal shows page 508. | ^ but were defeated by only 13,753 votes, j lorious triumph
At the sesston ot 1830-1, a pension bill was . hj p Q , vania his prospects were so es- 6
bo ore Congress, winch was partial m Us pro- hopelesS) that his friends did not think
vistons, excluding from its benefits many who \ Q ^ an olectoral ticket . They uni-
were meritorious and needy-who served in j ’ ed P ll0W with ^friends of Wirt, and the
.-Aim iiimiv (xov. rnlk anil every mem-1 _ ’ ’ . t
In New Hampshire by about the same vote.
In Virginia lie was, defeated by 18,820.
In N. Carolina he was beaten over 20,000
In Tennessee lie was beaten 15,291 votes
In Indiana he was “poked" about 6,000
In Ohio he was in the rear about 4,707.
In New Jersey lie was defeated by 1,280.
In New York the Clav men and anti-masons
joy. While some of her sons, and among them,
Senator Berrien, are revelling among the Lords of
the Loom, and the misguided fanatics of the North
and pledging Georgia for a federal majority of 8000
—She has risen like the sltong man from his slum
ber and shaking off the fetters with which treach
ery had attempted to bind her, stands before lie
sisters and the world in the pure and spotless garb
of Republicanism. There is one tiling alone in
the result of the recent elections which wc regret.
We allude to the defeat of the noble Chappell.——
True, it was almost too much to expect his saccefis;
but when we remember that all the talent and
cn e r,.-v°ff))c whig party'was concentrated on this
district, to ti'sure the election of their candidate,
and bv'the largc .minority into which we were
thrown, through the unf™ ^vision of the Stale in
to districts, they might poss.^y have beaten us
with a less eligible man; the resdl 1 proves t nit
we were not far wrong iu our calculation of the
changes in our favor, and shows in characters at
which whiggery trembles when it reads, that one
more such contest and the districts ours by a large
maioritv. But let us not rest satisfied with this
Nothing is done while aught
remains to be accomplished.” Our opponents w ill
not relax their efforts to carry on a contest, which
jhem will be utterly fruitless. Such is the
Spalding
King
Cooper
Cra irford
Appling, 138
124
95
133
Brvan, 77
82
77
Bulloch, 387
13
296
25
Camden, 212
99
232
94
Chatham, 626
616
672
733
Effingham, *94
194
82
16-3
Emanuel, 160
107
165
183
Glynn, 19
86
35
103
Laurens, ....
520
21
547
Liberty, 171
193
92
123
Lowndes, ....
....
317
McIntosh. 142
138
125
129
Mongomery, ....
15
203
Tattnall, 77
227
26
297
Telfair,
*•••
191
162
Thomas, - *
. .
166
357
Ware, - -
394
175
Wayne, 102
in
118
39
2919
3888
SECOND DISTRICT.
JoXES
Cranford
| Cooper
Craio'd
Baker, 232in
337
206
Decatur, —
36
244
345
Dooly, 177m
409
278
Early, 202
208
110
Houston, *729
651
563
575
Irwin, 201
277
31
Lee,
156 m
170
086
Macon
92m
255
347
Marion,
160m
349
425
Mus’gee. *919
1075
932
908
Pulaski, 194m
315
238
Rand’ph, 66
577
577
Stewait,
87m
639
712
Sumter, *427
602
397
459
5608
5414
THIRD DISTRICT.
Chappell
1 Poe 1
Cooper |
Crawf'd
Bibb, *730
607
' 659
592
CrawPd, 70tn
410
403
Harris,
385m
343
735
Monroe, *726
757
690
745
Pike, 211m
562
598
Talbot, Q6m
791
864
Twiggs, 103m
424
354
Upson, *375
629
332
637
4211
4928
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Harralsox
Floyd
Cooper
Craicj'd.
Campbell, 370m
469
253
Carol!, 376m
516
404
Coweta,
5rn
637
741
Fayette, *665
381
472
328
Heard, 429
288
359
300
Henry, 17m
769
778
| Meriw’er 250m
697
725
Newton, *527
902
414
785
Troup, 478
973
394
944
4727
5258
FIFTH DISTRICT.
Lumpkin
Miller
Cooper
Crairfd
Cass, 491
836
657
Chatt’ga. 47
262
317
Cherokee, 230tn
521
601
Cobb, 206m
670
618
Dade,
207
43
DcKalb, 320m
648
577
Floyd. 94
348
395
Forsyth, 225m
600
396
Gilmer,
345
267
Gwinnett, 150
604
709
Morrav,
495
337
Paulding, 144
312
224
Walkct,
501
429
6349
5570.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Cobb Underwood
| Cooper
Craicf'd'
Clark, 390
508
319
509
Elbert,
165
828
Franklin, 953
301
884
323
Hab’sin. 579m
658
402
Hall, 217m
499
450
Jackson, 617
442
563
426
Lum’in, 1033
531
891
626
Madison,
308
340
Rabun,
224
83
Union,
400
241
Walton, 214m
622
455
5533
4683
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Jakes
Stephens j
Cooper
Crawf'd
Baldwin, *253
280
309
360
Butts, 169m
371
253
Greene, *138
725
122
719
Jasper, *509
437
503
452
Jones, *405
401
404
425
Morgan, *313
396
349
414
Ogleth’pe *209
575
178
602
Putnam, *326
414
317
418
Taliaferro, *54
406
60
404
Wilk’son *536
330
390
459
3003
4506
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Black
!Toumbs |
Cooper
Crawf d
Burke. *358
490
338
514
Colu’bia, *264
460
172
336
Hancock, *327
436
272
412
Jefferson,
402m
90
404
Lincoln,
95m
181
287
Riclt’nd. *616
825
544
766
Sctiven, *267
2*27
195
228
Warren, *336
538
323
547
Washingt’n 520
525
512
556
Wilkes, *349
418
348
.417
2975
4467
MACON, Oct. 2,1844.
As wej&quested Gen, Tarver to order for u 3
and o'lier gentlemen in Monroe, through Col
Patrick, some northern whig papers, and as it
lias b» en charged, that some of the papers cir.
culate l by G> n. T., art- of an incendiary cliar-
WM. W. CHAPMAN,
AMBROSE CHAPMAN
FOR THE TELEGRAPH
Tarverstili.e, Oct, 2, 1844.
O. H. Prince, Esq.—In tile presentments
of the Grand Jurv at the Into term of Monroe
Superior Coott, published in lust week’s 31es-
songer. a‘•certaitt large slave-holdi r” is charg-
ed with procuring lor circda'ion in this section - . v •;———»•/ hup
of the State, Abolition tracts a„u newspapers, 1 i',' 1 ',';!’* ® ,n ‘o that gen-
pul lie attention having been directed to me as -S’ • , " d l ' M n ° ave ^ een f e-
t •• i i ®. • . . ceived, « ith r bv us or our friends or anvntk,.
the person alluded torn these presentments . , > ny other
c i ,■ , r . • , per son- to "UI knowledge in Monroe count,,
from the fact, that some of the Whig speakers, ; b „ . . . ^ e county,
either ignorantly oi d-signedly, mentioned my 1^, ^ ^ ^ j 1
name in connexion with this matter before, and ’
in substance made the same charge against me,
doubtless believing, that the party to which I i
am attached; might he injured thereby. Iliad' i .btu l u i , r
I, ’ , . . i 1 will also State that 1 called upon Mr. Rose
however intended to let the who e maiter p iss r v . , T t * "y se
• . .i . . • , i • i i l r r ,i °‘ lllt! Messenger; when I received ihe fbxt
into that contrmpt, winch 1 he, both for the: , r , , 1 nrbt
1 ’ , , . , , i number of the Sentinel of Freedom, and in
authors ol this intended excitement, and ihe! „• t , ’ nu .
n? • ■ i • | * n i qmrtd ol lnm il tlicit pnper wqs *in itbuhiinn
effect t was designed to produce. But the auoiiuon
a , , °, , r , pa pet —he implied that it was not, and lhat it
effect"! tnat t.,e whole matter as represented waa a reS pectable whig paper of over thirty
g '"I"' (l d "'R epresentation; „ star | di . j v . CHAPMAN *
from rite course ot the Monroe Jury, 1 have con- v.- ^
for the telegraph,
the Messenger seems to misuodersiaiid
me.-Ite m the last Messenger: -If there is such an
identity between the Whigs and Abolitionists as re t .resen-
ted, wily ilo the Abolitionist-, raise an independent ticket ?*•
I neeer said there was an identity. This is what 1 said
•lhat a large majority of the Abolitionists are from the
V, t«u4icu j Whig ranks no honest man of them would pretend to dc-
as brought n ^* - ^ ut l ^ ere are Abolitionists from the Den o-
ainonff the Whins
clud d briefly tn recnpitulate the fuels connect
ed with the affair, out of which these unfound
ed rumors sprung. At the Convention of the
Democratic party held at the Indian Springs,
the latter part of July, I met with a paper
published in the State of New Jers“y, called
the “Sentinel of Freedom,” which was brought : “»>ny .-1001111001513 irom ate tien
I\f D h.i Lc ■ i\T . » prune ranks and many good friends amom, the Whi-s
there by Mr. Rose, of the “Georgia Messengei 1 JU stas certain.'' if this he so, what docs° it prove ? C N
and handed me bv Mr/Wm. W. Ctl ipmau, of thatdiey as a waiter of course vote with the Whig party
Monroe county. In lookin" into its columns rv an'd'sfaTe.holde^• '•ebng tn the Wing ranks toward .-lave-
I observed tilut it advocated Mr. Clay’s Claims easily made than from the°democrats! 1
to the Presidency, upo.i the grounds, itiat he 'riend ot the Messenger,by r - • • mt "O
was a high protectionist, and that it likewise J y
urged tlte Abolition party of that section to
support him, because as was llegml, Ins elec
tion would promote the cause of em.mcip.ition,
and prevent the extension of slavery, by refu
sing to annex Texas to tlieStates. The Whigs
of tins section of the State having denied that
these issues were made by their brethren in the
free Slates, and believing that the true issues
making up the campaign in every section, should
be known to the people of the South, and us I
have the paper alluded to, from' the hands o r
one of the Editors of the M essenger as autho
rity that those issues were m
at the North, I wrote to Col. Patrick of New
his own (acts conclusively prove
_rv Opinion ! Hear him ! -In Maine ihe
ofth?r^lV* been i , ” i w h , e<1 *0 the increase
ot the Abolition vote! ’ Il there is nnv truth in mathetna-
tiCi ami this statement and inference of the Mes<t'n<*er if*
correct the wlujte increase of the Abolition party in Maine
has been irom tlie vVhig ranks P J e
As to Yer.ao j. ifthe Messenger thinks that there are
but six thousand SboliGon voters? he is wofullv misiaken—
in tnat State where they have better means of krtoWinff; it
Cre 3,6 m °?f l ! ,a " twelve many of
whom would not vote at all, hut lor .he candidates before
them who will come out in the Presidential election, and
many more voted tor blade, because he is in heart with
them-such was my information, and I was there b«fure
L the falf 1 ,e | elei;t, ° n - T1 r ,ht -' wiil vote for Mr. Clay
in the tall, I do not pretend to say. But this 1 can with
conhdence alhrm, that no sane man in all lhat country he-
for Mr O p‘ , |L" 0me " t ’ “l' 1 ° r a, ‘- V ° n<! 4 lem will" vote
.V the Whigs, nex-.ion ofTexas! 0 nUt0 ^° « “ &Vor of the An-
NOW £**
ip-
that
trust-
W
ai iNortii, I wrote to (Jol. Patrick o! iSew j “o«un^oi the Whig party of the Xoni
York, tiie subjoined letters, one bearing dale ! on themajorhy rf^nattv—^ cl,?rse ' op
30tll July, and 1st of August, and the Other there are many Democrats‘there' also, ihat’cammt'he'trus'
and last letter the 7tli of the sans month, and : H!.’.,! 1 ,!!. O . ur ,f oei - I *m not one who wool.
and lasL letter the 7th of the gatiR month, and 'mnniv ^ °. ur .. ei - } *"* one who woul
the only northern Whig papers circulated by | but would as
me, are such as are taken pretty generally in or barely sectional prejudices. But when called upon i
most of the towns and cities in the Union, to I t^conu-oversv. i'fcei 11 ^^^ 3 , 111 ? 0116 *^* c ^ l,as excim,
wit: tho Clay Tribune, New Ark Sentinel of j to be the truth, without any'regard to parties' here^amhn
Ereedom, and Greely’s Tracts upon the Ta- h^nr 1 f?,T?, deem lhe 9 oeillio ° a party humbug nor bun
, • . , J . 1 , Gear—every man who has read history and sn ,U,..I i -
riff; and instead of attempting to prepare the j nature, knows that I sehae of justice”, never thr an
way for another St. Domingo tragedy, ag “’Arable time governs great communities, but til at' 1 Hi C "'l
charged by the Grand Jury, the circulation of I ^es^^^T ° r ^
these papers by me, were intended to prevent j lr0l « evidences which have reached us on thij Tide ih e °A'
it, by opening the eyes of the people and fix- sa^n^thT''-'^ s , ona jl a,>, ® rTalio 'i
13,753 votes.
Kentucky he carried by only 6,000.
Massachusetts by a nett majority of 1,G86.
Delaware he carried by barely 30 votes.
In Vermont Wirt beat him 1,954 votes.
How prodigiously “popular” Mr. Clay is !
N. O. Courier.
Liberation of Gov. Dorr.
The Woonsocket Patriot states lhat meas
ures arc to be taken by the Algerine Legisla
ture of Rhode Island, to liberate Gov. Dorr
from prison, at its October session. They
probably find that public opinion is so over
whelming against them, that they are frightened
The motive for the act, however, if they
the revolution. Gov. Polk and every me B)-i l^ u ’ llu ” cvt ' l 1 ’ w ‘ ll | L ‘ IC , t, v I character of their party—lhat another and even
LI lender,^ from Tennessee, excent one. I Democracy beat them both, joined together, by ^ ^ ;/ necessnTy t0 conv irice them,
that the reign of federalism in Georgia is over.—
Another and more ignominious defeat is required to
provo to them, that the intelligent people of Geor
gia will never again listen to vulgar minstrelsy or
look with pleasute on symbols which are as insig
nificant as they are debasing—another and more
glorious victory for us, and Georgia will ever after
be known as in times past, to be Republican in
fact as well as profession. It is the vaunted hoast
of our enemies, that the democratic patty have not
carried the Presidential elections since 1832. Let
us show them that they are mistaken in this as in
all trtcir other calculations, during the present carrr-
Daivm, and let us do it in such a way as to make
•hem acknowledge their error fl ee ' n S f ro Hl ib
ber of Congress from Tennessee, except one,
voted against this bill, (see Journal, page
322.)
Attha session of 1831-2; there were two
pension bills before Congress, the one origina
tion- in tho Senate and the other in the House.
Gov. Polk voted for the bill of the Senate,
which passed, and is now the law, under which
the old soldiers draw their pensions. He vo
ted against the bill of the House which was
rejected. John Bell and others of the mem
bers from Tennessee voted with him. Whilst
these two hills were pending before the House,
“a motion wns made by Mr. Wickliffe to a-
mend the bill (the House bill) by including
within its provisions: “Those who defended
to t(,
the frontier in Indian wars from 1776, up to j do it, is so apparent that tiiey w ill itol ge
j treaty of Greenville in 1785.” I much crepit for it.—\ew Bedford Rep'"tcr.
■ » J O , ~ ...»
ing their attention upon the real quarter from
which, if not checked, such consequences
would follow. I cannot of course, be aware of
the evidence before the Grand Jury of Monroe
county, upon which their presentments were
founded. But if there was any other evidence
before the Grand Jury, touching the part taken,
by me, in the circulation ofnorthenn whig news j
T ........... ... r..i.I
I li
j * ° ~ j-nujitna are as Virluuu
just and tateUigeni a people individually, as have lived i
tins or any other age, and vet as a nation, thev tJve pr!
ved themselves little teller than robbers and pirates, fro-,
the time ol the great freebooter Admiral DrJke down t
the piracy of Oapt. Drew, who burnt the Car-dire an
Is virtuous people boast of their aggressions and plu’ude
nigs throughout me world, ns evidence of tl, ■' . , „ .
Such :a human nature !—it is idle t„ expect that er-'t"
munitics will he just, when their cupidity or w./ 'm
pel them to a dilferent course, llien it is ihat constitution
conipacta and treaties are treated as vvaste paper
l piutivuuuu 11 tin uiiiijaiii v liiuuuuuuu | ^ Now charge cgainst the majority of the Wjii us of iIt
and false in every particular, and for a cor- °rth is hosuJky to slave holders and the peculiar instill
roboratioi) of the facts. I refer to Col. Patrick | thamhis'opinio^'is forme,Umm'Tic* i lhc i Mcss< ’"- e ^ :llarfc ’'
c xt \r i in lit . f. tI .r , . luruiea irom local and personal wronc
OI New York, who forwarded the pa pel's in to m y seir » and gives some locaJ instances to show that thei
question to myself and the other gentlemen, i wid^s—tii^ j-'dho '" SU lr T "'!>P emo(5ratic ran!is 03 lh
for.whom they were ordered. The charges of ed anv opinion upon such^erou!!,!' s e ai”? a - 1 *' 31 * lon '
there is no certainly
the number of aholit
tual count—ihe one
ffy® Democrats in roman—Whigs in Italic—
Official returns marked thus *
AGGREGATE VOTE IN 1843.
Districts.
Democratic•
Whig.
Majorities.
1
2919
3688
Whig
96$
*2
5G08
5414
Dem.
194
3
4211
4928
Whig
717
4
4727
5258
Whig
531
5
6349
5570
Dem.
779
6
5533
4683
Dem.
850
7
3003
4306
W hi<;
1503
8
2975
•1407
Whig
1492
35,325
38,714
Whig majority i
1843,3,3
89.
From the 'Qlobc nf the 10.'/,. mst.
ELECTION IIETUKN8.
PENNSYLVANIA
We have kept back our paper for the returns ol to-night,
and have now only time to say that Francis 11. Shwnk,
jh» democratic candidate for governor, is certainty elected,
ano’ that we believe his majoity will range betvveu 5,500 and
7,500.
NEW JERSEY
The telegraph reports that it is rumored in Baltimore
that the democratic candidate for governor is elected by
2,000 majority. It brings another report that “two coun
ties’’ (not naming them) "and Camden." have given 1,200
whig majority. Burlington and Gloucester, near l’Uilndel:
phia, are probably the counties alluded to; and the demo
crats expected that the Whigs would get between 1.300 and
1,400 majority in them
FOR THE TFLEGRAPIt.
“Murder will Out.”
In the whig jollification procession, on Thursday
night, for their recent triumph in Georgia, Mary
land and Delaware—in the first of which they are
beaten by over 2500 votes, and in the last by 47.
The most conspicuous transparency, was “Poe
and nothing else.” Who would suppose they
could come so near the truth even though by ac
cident. Truth used to be found at the bottom ofa
well—the whigs show it to us on the end ofa
POLE.
J - - - - ...w
the Grand Jury are so senseless and foolish,
that, did I not feel fully sari>fi 'd that a Grant!
Jury sitting under the solem » sanctions of an
oath, would not have made them unless deceiv
ed or misled by some whtfiing politician, 1
would be iiidiu ,, -d to b"!d them tip i" the inert
lod contempt which .their simplicity deserves.
\Y ill ihisenkg ‘tLMv d Jury w 16 profess to have
so much regard lor the peace and quiet of the
south, show how the rn mi vvno cbcules papers
anridoemrie .is among thepeople.tliat willshow
them t ie quarter fro u which danger may be
apprehe d d, is hall so cn'pahle as the Ju
who. fin p irt puiposgs, would attempt to sup-
pr- ss Them, and hide the danger from ihoir f i-
low cinze s until it is forever too late—or i--'
their a man in • b the country li -sides the g> u-
tlemen coin using tiie Moiir- e Jury, so credu
lous as to be!i ve that I, a holder of some 4 or
500 slaves Would aid in kindling the flame of
insnrrectiii and ludition. which is k'ndled
& k n ling (Very day beyon : our borders. I
leave t e esj> aisc lo the c ni n m sense of the
c na ry. 1 f ic rcti.. t o : oi the Semii" 1 of
Freed m, <» -e of e leading w hig papers in
N w J r-e\ ltd the Clay Tribune, he to cir-
culii'e inct■ Jdiary decu i nt?, 1 am guilty o( the
c har »• B tli 1 1 have been in any way con
nected w ill i e .circulation of airy other north-
ren p pfrs, either whig or ab Iitiou, is utterly >-v
fa-se—-or <-u-. I tipiit-*r that n respectable and *
intelligent Grand Jury in .-lotiroa or any otb-r 0 v
cou, ty iu the state, had they been fully aware f°
of ihe facts, could be induced fronr political ^ cte T-“ C0,lvu >
d-ff’erences, to make any such charge igainst
me, as are contained in their presentments.
H. H. TARVER.
3 to who is right in their c ,„„oi C ,
nists from each pariy without an ac
common mm, hoTI-avels among and mixes with til,
common ,e o p, e. would have the best means of kaowmjr.-
But I did not lorin my opinion alone upon such ohservaflor
. will give some ol the evidence ; the facts that cannot er
Zrth7s v' 6 n, ' V d V ,r « e - 11 wi " ^ remembered
tnat tnt ^xatti ot Vermont, in 1840. cave n Wins
of over SjJ OOO-while w. Whigs of the South were
ing over this Banner Slate of Vermont, site was „ „
and did pass it in lhai verv tear. IS JO decliii
“sjorit
m seiro , 7 ‘ ‘ C! " :e F " t '- v *" u ' Southern friend
A-,ve o k f 0rcarr ' v a *“y ‘"“oi Vermont., any foestiv
*~T’ and 'besame punishment to anyone whosbould ah
J,* ' a “ el g—similar laws were i-a»seJ h
i 'l7iemr St ‘“V-°''"' ;Cti, ' u,an<J Pennsylvani*.
eo and ^°u e . g - W c ic "’ d ^ having forcibly sei.
V-Lj V ■ ' y . a fem " ,e slave negro, from tlri glut
,T;' • • .'Kia tin., Maryland lo her mistress—he was cot
De ”' > e ‘ >reuu Court, under the statute matin* :
P> > imprisonment foe not less ibttn aeven. nor mot
, * ' ■ ■‘•D'""ev cars at hard labor—the case was csrrle
to U,e t-upreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the turner
beiUw ccMsbiu.ed: fruoi thia
w.ib iu- eiMo the bopreme federal Court n.' u* 1 ^ errtJ
tha. Court, at its January session l e-U " ei 'Vikf
^ m b’vmi.vivania-deelared hes, B , ul e o/tl ai
unconstitutional and void .r , la . !
vcmu, r\ftu m rt lengthy discussion laii
•positions
down and
follo
wing important p;
nd retake futfttive
r force,
of the Ur
Liiirole
l^t. That iIh; right to seiz
the duty io deliver then,-up V J -,
on thev may be found, is under Ihe (
as an aosoJute positive riMit .and dut
Union with an equal and sopren,;
mill uncomtolable by 6late soverei-mv or i
2d That the owner has .he sum? rriI t to aeize^ard
take hisfointive slave 5t * lze , a,jd
that tie would have'in T
do so w ithout a breacii of the ueace '-n,l ,i1; ' .*
tmaer ihe Constitution without any l^islitive enacunem
Jo. That the am of Congress of 083. authorisiro i
'v'"^,,- ,Sag ? to ; aUor i‘ e ^. 10 arrest the fueitive sla-
h "“ *‘ lbor before a Federal Judge or a Stale Mar
J ^requiring aoelt Judge or Mag'Jstrale logive "u
• » sgom or attorney, a certitieate of rigitr-io su
toy lie or they shall he authorized and i,
imdnece S sa.y' ,eaWaySUCl ‘ « boll ‘
South"’Rom r!‘ a r ""^rtant decision to the rights oft
H,-,, Il - ,{;l ' a mbuiial, would it mil blexp*
tiiat all parties and all s—“* ; *
•— irons would be satisfied
th^Zrrf “ "'T e especially the good frient
tite South, J iiut was this the ca.'e l 60 tar Iron
The following are- copies of the Ietteis, all- 1 hl ° ^- al ! n "L®| a,e 'ermont, as if to manifest their
- - (tempt ot tbe Federal Court and the laws of Coneress
dressed by me to Col. Pat rick, orderi
papers.
INDIAN SPRINGS. 80th July, 1844.
Col. Patrick,
Sir: Many of our friends are anxious lo cel
som-e of the most violent whig papers from" New
Jersey, New Yoik and Vermont, to show nurwhig
neighbors, win, they are following—headed Clay
and Ferlinghuysen, and at the request of the follovv-
jentlemep : You will send one to Ambrose
Chapman, Win. W. Chapman, of Mon roe county.
James Faulk, William Faulk, and William W.
Wiggins, Marion, Twiggs county—and Win Tar
ver and myself, Tarversville. Papers printed in
the city of New York would be preferred, where
they come out openly on the Tariff'and abolition.
I have seen the New Aik Sentinel of Freedom,
send that to me, and one ftom Vermont to Win.
Tarver. Your ob’t servant.’
h. u. tarvkr,
INDIAN SPRINGS, Aug. l, 1844.
Col. Patrick,
Sir: I wrote yon on yesterday, to send a num
ber of tlie most violent whig papers, and at the
request of Wm. W. Chapman, you will please
send the New Ark Sertinel of Freedom, with the
back numbers from the the 1st June, to Doct. M.
M. M ason, and Green Hill, of Cullodenville, and
Thomas Battle, of Forsyth. Yours.
It H. TARVER.
lhat decision in ihei. _
same year, 1848, that th
ally annultiug their lorm.
mg iu.,1 it any citizen ot
ccis siiuuld aid, as,:>i „
er iu renii his fugitive
iu O :
ut' V i
Id on conviction seme need to h
md the Sunreme Ct
eiulie
s his
ol the
elici t UteisW'Uf Cuugie
suoject to nidictment. a
labor in die penitentiary for ten y
Counecticut passed 1 simitar h
; ol Massachusetts, as 1 was iufoi
: oar, have decided that if,a Soutl
ibere. such servant is as free ts
; and if tue owner canies him nw„, .... wm, „
gut.ty o. Xntnappiog; such lacts as these solemnly euro
are •■bodiless hands," which no Southerner, who is
blind, can mistake! Superadded to nil this, is the
that noSouinerncr can control a refractory slave while
ve Mug Uirougithose Siales, amlifhe auempts it, he
, to flee lor bis hie lute a Mon, for control!.,g his or-n
{Mity. \\ no would, believe that all mis could be brol
; “f out . b - v u 'f abolitionists alone ! If ihe majority are
I li lends could not, nay ! would not they prut, cl ,.s > V
I ever heard ut a citizen from the North or from any wl
else traVelfiug in tlie ijoutli, where a majority of the t
'"Unity were his friends, having lo flee like a'felon, fo
i crime uor oflence other than that lie claimed the rigli
i carry away such property as he brought with him?
j vvl ^ 1 Ijiese lai’ti* before them, the Southern people
lo be made to believe that “those who do such things,
j by n0 means hosti e to us ! Oh no ! thev are the host
thren in the world—so long as they can use and Jlcccc
j Is there no danger Irom such a spirit incieasing
i such learful rapidity—a rapidity so alarmin-
, Choate did not go beyond tlie truth, when he
I new aggressive, intolerant public opinion" has adva
: live bundled years in tiie last twenty !”
I O.i. but says one, the constitution protects us! r:
I say my friend, it ought to protect us; that sacred in
the rc
jw lo
that
lid
| “A signer of ffte first certificate" is again un
avoidably postponed, to make room for tliQ QlsQlion
j return*, fee.
ment is a poor paper barrier when opp
billows— moreover, look at tlie census and say li
will be before they can change that instrument to suit
purposes ? The Abolitionists have alreacy answered
question, and say boldly the time is at hand, and that i
they get the control of the Government, they will h;
Court that will deride no more Prigg cases 1—But 63}
other, whenever they begirt their aggressions, we wi
as ready as you to resist. I do not doubt it. 1 believe
patriotism ot all parties in the South. But I say,
have already be^an their aggressions, our outposts hs
w-s • - - ; ready been assailed, and doub:less, when our teri ito
mvself al Tarversville, and notice that these papers j inv «ded, we shall be united, but it will be after it <
. , , . , late—it will be like the union of the Prussians after tl
<UQ beaded. Clay and l rehnghuysen. | perial Eagles have crossed the frontiers. Are there i
Yours, H. H. TARVER.
INDIAN SPRINGS, Aug. 9. 1844.
Col. Patrick,
Send 2 copies of the New Haven Palladrti rrr,
one to Wm. W. Wiggins, at Marion, and one to
3I"admin ned t/ncsliens" betweeatlie Southern