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“ Liberty now and forever!”
DEMOCRAT’S TEXT BOOK.
Below we publish, and shall ‘keep in
our columns, facts for the Democrats.
They have only to refer to them to see
what Gen. Harrison is, and why they
should prefer Van Buren. With these
sound principles instilled in their minds,
they may defy all the arts of “ Whiggery ”
or hard cider, and laugh at log cabins :—
GENERAL HARRISON’S OPINIONS.
Freemen of the South, reed what follows. Ponder deep
y and well on the WORDS of Gen. Harrison.
They stand uncontradicted, and until they are proved to be
false, they shall occupy a place in our colnmns. Head also
whatthe NOTORIOUS GARRISON says of him—and
the favour he finds in the eyes of the organ of Arthur
Tappaß, Ac., in New York.
(J3= Rkad and think for yourtilvet.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Fei.LOW Citizens: Being called suddenly home
(J3*io attend iny sick family, I have hut a moment to answer
03*0 tew calumnies which are in circulation concerning me.
(jy. lam accused of being friendly to slavery. From
ginv earliest youth to the present moment I have been
the ardent friend of Human Liberty. At the age ol
eighteen,l BECAME A MEMBER OF AN ABO
03*LITION SOCIETY, established at Richmond; the
(vyobject of which was to ameliorate tile condition ot
03*slaves,and procure their freedom by every legal means.
fTj*My venerable friend, Judge Gatch, of Claremont
iS’Couuty, was also a member of this Abolition Society,
KJ'and has lately given me a certificate that I was one.
Cj-THE OBLIGATIONS WHICH I THEN CAME UNDER, I
OTPHAVE FAITHFULLY PERFORMED.” * * *
03 “ WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.”
“ Whereas, the existence of slavery in our county, has
ever been deemed a great moral and political evil, and in
its tendency directlv calculated to impair our national cha
racter, and materially alfect our national happiness; and
inasmuch as the extension of a slave population in the
United States it fraught with the most fearful consequcn
ces to the permanency and durability of our republican in
stitutions—and whereas, the subject of the admission ol
slavery in the new State of Missouri is at this time before
the Congress of tlte United Slates; therefore,
“ Retained, that our Senators and Representatives be re
quested louse their utmostexertionsand take every means
to prevent the extension of slavers within the Territory ol
the United States, west of the Mississippi, and the new
States to be formed within that Territory, which the Cun
stitution and the treaties made under it will allow.”
From Garrison't Liberator.
Nomination oe Gen. Harrison.— The National Whig
Convention, assembled at Harrisburgon thesth December,
nominated William H. Harrison, Tor the office of President
of the United States. On the first and second ballot, th*
vote stood, for Hemy Clay. 103; for Harrison, 94; for
Winfield Scott, 57. On the third ballot, the vote was, lor
Harrison, 148 ; for Clay, 90; for Scott, 16. All the slave
States went for Clay. We regard this as another im
portant sign of the times—as a signal defeat o / the slave
holding power in this country.—Hud it not been for
Abolitionism, Henry Clay would undoubtedly have been
nominated. We have faith to believe that, no slaveholder
Kill ever again be permitted to Jilt the Fresidenlial office
in this Republic.
From the Emancipator, the organ of the Abolitionists
in New York.
The Harrisburg Convention.—Well, the agony is
over, and Henry Clay is—laid upon the shelf. And no man
of ordinary intelligence can doubt or deny dial it is tlte amt
slavery feelin” or tlte North which has done it, in connexion
with his own ostentatious and infamous pro slnvery demon
Strattons in Congress. Praise to God for a great anti-slave
r V victory A man of Irish talents, of great distinction, ot
long political services, of boundless pesonal popular, ,y. has
been openly rejected fertile Presidency ol this gneat Re •
public, on account of his devotimi to slavery. Set up amo
nument of progess there. Let the wind tell the tale—let the
•lave-hnldera hear the news—let foreign nations bear it—
let O'Connell hear it—let tlte slaves hear it—A slave hold
er is incapacitated for the Presidency of the United States.
The reign of slavocracy is hastening to a close The re
tet ion of Henry Clay and the nomination of William
Henry Harrison, by die Whig Convention, taken in con
uection with all the circumstances, is one of the heaviest
blows that the monster slavery has received in this
Country
WIIY EVERY DEMOCRAT SHOULD VOTE
FOR VAN BUREN.
Because, from a poor friendless, and
unaided boy, who labored during his youth as a
hireling on a farm, he rose to the highest office in
the world, by his own merits, and by his own exer
tions—t\ms proving that no matter how poor a man
may be, in this country, he may rise to the highest
distinction, if he pleases, by his good conduct and
ntolligence.
Because, from his earliest youth he
has gone for liis country with zeal and energy. All
the principles of the Democratic party, have ever
found in him a supporter and champion; while all
the federal gull traps and falsehoods have been by
him as staunchly and as effectively opposed.
Because, although the unceasing ob
ject of federal virulence and rage, they have been
unable to detect one blot in his public character, “to
mingle admiration or to gratify hatred.”
Because, he has always raised his voice
against the onward strides of the money power,
Because, he has never hesitated about
avowing himself against the madness of the Aboli
tionists, and as utterly opposed to all their schemes
Because -he has never shrunk from an
avowal of his political creed, liis letter to Sherrod
Williams and his whole history prove that he is not
a lunatic under the control of keepers, or fallen into
second childhood.
Because, during the late threatening
difficulties between this country, and England, he
managed the affair so patriotic-like and so fearless
of consequences, that his own enemies, placed, by
their own votes in Congress, ten millions of dol
lars at his disposal, as the sinews of expected war,
arid authorized him to raise an army of fifty thou
sand men
Because, in all his public transactions,
no vote of censure was ever preferred against him,
oil account of neglect malfeasance, or deficiency.
. Because having risen from naked po
verty himself he is the fit representative of the
poor Laboring-man and mechanic.
’ “Gen. Harrison, while Governor of
Indiana Territory, approved a law passed by the
Legislature, to SELL MEN for FINE or COST.
The same law decreed the punishment of THIRTY
NINE STRIPES, to be itiflicled on any person thus
sold, who should abscond from his PURCHASER!
Reader how do you like this specimen of Harrison
ism, in addition to the Ohio case, and even worse
than that; for the law specifically includes WOMEN
as well as MEN to be WHIPPED to full THIRTY
NINE STRIPES.”
Harrison says the hcacl of the “ Black
Cockade” administration waa a pure patriot. Hear
him—
“ For Mr. Adams, (old John,)said Mr. Harrison,
l entertained at the time, (1799 and 1800,) and have
ever since entertained, the greatest respect. I be
lieve him to be an honest man, and a pure patriot,
and his conduct during that session proved him
to be such.” —Speech in reply to Mr. Randolph,2oth
Harrison and the Elective Harriaon’t Democracy.
Franchise.
“Hie therefore enacted, [See Territorial Lairs,
That every free male in - revised code, of 1807, payee
habitant, of ihe age of 21 39 Sf 40, sections 30 and
years resident in the Ter- 31.]
ritory, and trho hath been 4 * Sec 30. When any
a citizen of any State in person or persons, shall on
the Union or who has been conviction of any crime or
tiro years resident in this breach of penal law, be sen *
Territory, and holds a tewed to pay a fine, with
freehold in fifty acres of or without the cost of pro
land within any county of secution, it shall a**d may
the same or any less yuan- be lawful for the court be
lily in which he shall re- fore whom such conviction
side, which with the im- shall be had (CT to order
provementi made thereon, the Sheriff’ to sell or hire
shall be of the value of one the person or persons so
hundred dollars, or has convicted, to service, to any
paid for and in virtue of a person or persons, who will
deed of conveyance for fur- pay the said fine and certs
ther assurances from a for such term of time as the
person vested with the fee, court will think reasona
is in actual possession of hie.
five acres of land subject to And if such persons, so
taxation in the county in sentenced and hired or sohl,
which he shall be resident, shall abscond from the ser
shall be, and are here- vice of his or her master or
hy declared to be duly qual- mistress, before the term of
ified electors or represen- such service shall be ex.
Utiives for the counties in pired, he or she so abscond -
which they are respectively ing , shall on conviction
resident. before a justice of Hie peace,
Jf.ssr B. Thomas. be WHIPPED WITH
Speaker of the House of THIRTY-NINE
Representatives • STRIPES ! and shall
B. Chambers, moreover serve two days
President of the Council, for every one so lost.
Approved Sept. 17, 1807. “Nee. 31. The judge of
W. H. Harrison, the sacral courts sf record
in this Territory shall
give this act in charge to
the grand jury at each
and every court, in which
a grand jury shall be
sworn.
Jf.ssf. B. Thomas,
Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
B Chambers,
President of the Council.
Approved — Sept. 17, 1807.
W. H. Harrison.
John Tyler’s Democracy.
John Tyler—The Federal candidate for
the Vice Presidency—-when a member of the
Virginia Convention, voted against the ex
tension of the right of suffrage, contending
that the only true and legitimate qualification
should be a freehold, thus virtually placing
all power in the hands of the few, that they
should control the many.
Extract from General Extract from the letter
Harrison s letter, dated of Gen Harrisons couji-
Cincinnati, Sept. 17,1822 dewtial Committee dated
Sir, In your last tetter Cincinnati, Feb 29, 1840.
yon recommended to the can- The policy is that the
didates at the ensuing elec- General make no further
lion, to>publish their politi- declaration of his princi
cal creeds, that the electors pfefirr the public eye whilst
may have a fair opportun • occupying his present po
ity of choosing those whose silion .
sentiments best accord with
their own . I have ever be
lieved that every elector
has a right to make this
rail upon those who offer
their service to the people.
AND THAT THE
CANDIDATES ARE
BOUND TO AN
SWER IT.
Job Printing.
\ LL kinds of Job Work execuctd at this office
with promptness, and in a workmanlike style.
Orders attended to from the country, accompa
nied witii cash, or a city reference.
No accounts kept, but all work done at the lowest
possible cash prices.
P. Hallijfau,
OFFERS for sale,at low prices by recent arrivals,
the following;—
26 bbls of a good quality Brandy,
28 do double refined Swan’s Gin,
25 do Portland Rum,
50 do Rye Gin,
10 do Peach Brandy,
10 do Aniseed Cordial,
10 boxes Lemon Syrup,
11 do ad cavendish Tobacco, 16 to lb.
augl4 182
Cliatlia.ui Inferior Court.
JULY TI2IIM 1840.
WIIEItEAS, Joseph Ross. Wm 15. Bimtnan
Simon Bontz, James F"lker, 11. 15. Hrvet
i. (1 James A Fawns, were summoned to attenc
the p esent term of this Court as Jurors, and made
let'uult.
Ordered; that they be severally fined in the sum
of twenty dollars, each, unltstliey do, on nr be
fore the first day of the next ieim, file with tlir
Clerk of this Court good and sufficient excuses
fut’ said default.
[A true extract from the irii>'iitrs[
EDWARD G WILSON,
aug 12 lOt Deputy Clk Inf. c. c. c.
Cliatiiam Superior Court.
M \ Y TERM, 1810.
WHEREAS, Michael Pte, dergast, a Gram!
Juror, summoned for tlte present May term,
made default.—Ot tiered, that lie be lined inllic
sum of S4O unless good anil sufficient cause ol
excuse be filed with the Clerk of this Court,
oil or before the tiist day of tlte next ter t ;
and whereas, John A. Hcnterliog, Hughs. Watts,
James A Norris. Jas. 15. Norris, George 11. Kiiffu-
Janies McDonald, John Siu .rt and William 11.
Smith, Petit Jttrois, summoned to attend the
present term, made default—irdeied. that tliei.
be severally fined in the sum ol fifteen d-.liars
each, unless they do file sttffic cut cans solexcti.-e
according to the statute it: such cases tm de and
provided. And, whereas, W, It. Thom s, and
William Gorham. Petit Jurors.unde default at the
present term, a part of said term.—Orderi and, that
they sevt rally fined in the sum of ten dollars each,
unless good and sufficient excuses be filed accord
ing to law. And whereas, William Gnlpin, James
Roberts, Alexander Watt, J. F. Thomas, F. Chant’
pion, Patrick Hart, W. II: Lloyd, W. A’ Pitman,
J. F. Segure, Thomas M. Turner, Alonzo Day,
I Itomas llutier, T. C. Sullivan and Francis Truche
lut, Talismen on the Petit Jury, summoned to ai
tend the present term, made default, —Ordered,
that they he severally fined in the sum ol fifteen
dollars each, unless they fi e good and sufficient
cau-es of excue with the Clerk of this Court,
in the time prescribed by law. And whereas
Itobt M. Pltinizy, Henry F. Willink, John Robin
son I). F. Scranton, John Vlallery, N. H. Knapp,
John L. Cope, jr, James A Clifford, J. F. Herb,
Eli Pittman, llenry James, I 1> Deluimy, C. E
llarie, W J Harper, CL McNish, Joseph Densler,
James Palmer P K Wait Sls Kill and John S
Coombs, Taliatnen on the Petit Jury, made de
fault at the present term —Ordeied, that they be
fined in the sum of ten dollars each, unless good
and sufficient excuses be filed with the Clerk of
this Court, on or before the first day of the ensu
ing January term.
A true extract from tlte minutes.
EDWARD G. WILSON, Dep Clerk, s c c c.
aug 12
Cash Store.
JUST received per brig Augusta, from N. York,
3-4 7.8 and 4 4 brown and bleached Shirtings
Plaid and stripe Swiss Muslin
Plain do do
Cambric do
Nainsock do
Fancy French printed Cambrics
Brown and colored twilled Jeans
Which will be sold low for cash, by
M.PRENDERGAST,
aug (J (Geor) 18T
SAVANNAH DAILY TELEGRAPH.
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 11, I84t).
FOR PRESIDENT,
MARTIN VAN BUREN.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN FORSYTH.
Electoral Ticket.
THOMAS WOOTTEN,of Wilkes.
W. B. WOFFORD, of Habersham.
W.Ji. BULLOCH, of Chatham.
JOIIN BATES, of Murray.
MILNER ECHOLS, of Walton.
SAMUEL BEALL, of Wilkinson.
JOHN ROBINSON, of Jasper.
SAMUEL GROVES, of Madison.
SEABORN JONES, of Muscogee,
EDWARD HARDEN, of Clark.
JAMES ANDERSON, of Burke.
For Congress.
ROBERT W. POOLER, of Chatham.
D. C. CAMPBELL, oj Bibb.
ALFRED IVERSON, of Muscogee.
JUNIUS HILLYER, of Clark.
J. S. PA TTERSON, of Early.
J. H. LUMPKIN, of Floyd.
W. T. COLQUITT, of Muscogee.
MARK A. COOPER, of Hall.
EbWARD J. BLA CK. of Scrireu.
CENTRAL DEMOCRATIC REPUB
LICAN ASSOCIATION.
A Regular Meeting of this Association
will be held at the Lyceum Hall, THIS
EVENING, at 8 o’clock.
IRISH DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN ASSO
CIATION.
The native born sons of Erin, who are attached
to the Democratic Institutions of this the land of
their adoption, and who have approved of the ad
ministration of Andrew J ackson, as well as that
of his patriotic successor, Martin Van Buren, are
requested lo assemble on Saturday evening next,
at the house of the undersigned, at seven o’clock,
for the purpose of aiding the glorious cause of De
mocracy, for which an Emmet suffered, and a
Montgomery bled.
J. B. CUMMING, M. D.
A United Irishman of 1798.
(EF The presence of those who differed with
tholr fellow countrymen, in the late Corporate Elec
tion, but who are Van Buren men, is respectfully
and earnestly requested.
Irishmen, remember that the Tory Motto—the
Cromwellian crowns u Divide, that you may con
quer !”
Be not deceived in this your chosen home !
J. B. C.
\YT The space reserved for editorial is too crowd
ed hy communications, to permit us to make any
remarks to-day.
Hr’ Read “ Cato f’ liis common sense and lucid
ncss cannot fail to arrest your attention.
CT Whig Victory! —Democrats, the Whigs are
to get another victory in old Chatham, next Octo
ber! So they say. You all know their victories
arc defeats. Well, we must prepare to give them
such another victory as we gave them last Monday.
That is to say such another had beating. “Up
Democrats, and at them.”
(CT We trust no Democratic Irishman will he
absent to-morrow night, to form an auxiliary De
mocratic Association.
(ET The Standard, is the name of anew paper,
published in New York, and edited by John I.
Mumford, Esq. Mr. Mum ford is an old warrior
in the Democratic ranks. lie did good battle for
the Jackson cause in 1832, whilst editor of the first
Administration paper in New York.
MIDDLE AND NORTH OGLETHORPE
WARDS.
A meeting of the above wards was held at their
Hall, in West Broad-street, last evening.
D- L, McKenzie, Esq. President, in the Chair.
The Secretary was in his place.
The minutes of the last meeting were read
and confirmed.
On motion of P. M. Russell, Esq. it was
Resolved , That the acceptance by South Ogle
thorpe Ward, of the invitation to join in the De
mocratic procession on Monday last, offered at this
Association at its last meeting, by J. Cody, Esq. be
recorded on the minutes.
Several gentlemen then eloquently addressed
the meeting, at length, and they were loudly
cheered.
On motion, the meeting then adjourned to the
24th inst.
D. L. McKENZIE, Brest.
J. Scarborough, Sec’y.
(For the Daily Telegraph).
Mr. Editor :—I have noticed in some of our
newspapers (and I think in yours also) a paragraph
copied from the London Sun, relative to an experi
ment which may be made with a piece ofcoin, sus
pended by a string, held by the thumb and finger
over a glass, and it will vibrate like a pendulum,
and strike the hour of the day. Now sir, that the
pulses of the thumb and finger will cause this pen
dulum to vibrate and strike against the glass is a
well known fact, but the idea that it will strike
the hqur like a clock, is so utterly absurd,
that a person must have strong faith in the superna
tural to believe it fora moment.
I hope you will think the above, or something of
tlie kind, worthy a place in your valuable paper,
for the benefit of those who are inclined to believe
every thing they read in the newspapers.
(For the Daily Telegraph.)
Mr. Editor: —lt is an old saying, “ that where
the tongue touches, the tooth will ache.” Man
kind are more apt to talk of that which they sensi
bly feel for the moment, and which annoys them
most, rather than examine the real cause of the pain,
or from whence it springs. They are always more
willing to trace the folly and imprudence of their
own acts to the agency of others, rather than, like
men, shoulder it themselves. The truth of these
remarks has, without doubt, been verified hy the
experience of every man.
It is upon the force of these considerations, that
the supporters of General Harrison for the Presi
dency arc now acting. Aware of the frailty of hu
man nature—as they cannot convince the intelli
gence of the people—they seem determined to de
ceive them, if practicable. Afraid to disclose the
real sentiments and principles, either of themselves
or their candidate, upon all the interesting ques
tions involved in the approaching contest, they
appeal, through their press and by their writers, on
all public occasions, to the worst passions and feel
ings of the people—the passions of avarice and re
venge—hoping thereby to obtain for their candidate
a support, which, under other circumstances, would
be hopeless. But I trust in God, that there is yet
enough of virtue and intelligence remaining in the
people, which will, in the end, teach them their
sad mistake, and read to them a lesson which will
not easily be forgotten.
And what is this appeal which is continually made
to the passions, not the intelligence of the people,
for the purpose of making them prove traitorous to
themselves, their principles, and their country, and
thereby aid in elevating General Harrison into the
Presidential chair. Why, it is this—that the pre
sent administration is corrupt, and that all the pe
cuuiary distress and embarrassment under which
our country has been suffering for a few years past,
is exclusively owing to the acts of the past and pre
sent administration—a charge as false as it is un
founded, and which cannot he supported, as I shall
endeavour to show, either upon reason or fact. The
truth is, that any embarrassment we now expe
rience in pecuniary matters, is exclusively the re
sult of our own imprudence, folly and extravagance
—and until we cease to ape the manners of others
—control the disposition we have for wild and reck
less speculation—curtail our expenses—and return
to the good old republican standard of moderation,
and living within our income, we must, and always
will he emharrrassed.
But let us return to this disingenuous appeal to
the passions of the people, for the purpose of h >ls
teringup a physically incapable candidate—a can
didate, who, if elected, stands pledged to sanction
a measure which is a direct violation of the coiisti
tution, and which, of all others, has been the chief
cause of the distress and embarrassment which we
now feel, or have ever experienced in this country
l mean the re-chartering of a Bank of the United
•States with the money of the people, for the pur
pose of speculating in the people. This is one of
the groat question now at issue, and upon it de
pends, as I verily believe whether we shall be a
free, prosperous, and happy people for the future,
or the slaves of a monied aristocracy, which musl
eventually overturn the liberties of this country.
Disguise it, as the supporters of General Harri
son may, the great object they have in view in
making this disengenious appeal to the passions of
the people, is to warp their judgments, and, by se
curing his election, if possible, obtain a re-charter
of a Bank of the United States. Self interest is,
therefore, at the bottom of this appeal. A few facts,
which are stubborn things, will clearly expose its
fallacy—and convince every reflecting man that it
can only be used for the purpose of deception.
Now, if you ask the supporters of General Harri
son, what measures of the past or the present ad
ministration, have been the cause of any pecuniary
embarrassment the country has suffered, they will
point you to the removal of the deposites from the
United States Bank by General Jackson—the re
fusal by Congress to recharter that Bank ; and the
establishment by Congress of a Sub-Treasury for
the safe keeping and disbursement of the public
money. This last measure, permit me to say in
passing, is too Democratic, in all its features, and too
much within the grasp of the people, ever to meet
with any countenance or support from Federalists.
They desire something hy which the favoured few
may be benefitted at the expense of the many, or
in other words, a United States Bank.
For the purpose of showing the disiugenuousness
of this appeal, I will not go back to the years, 1811,
12, 13 and 14,and more especially to the year 1813,
when the price of every article *of consumption was
atleast one hundred per cent more than it is at pre
sent, and when every staple commodity, raised in
the country, brought at least one hundred per cent
less than it does now, when pecuniary distress and
embarrassment was felt throughout the whole
length and breadth of these United Slates, for if I
do, I shall he told that this was in consequence of
the embargo and non-importation acts of the go
vernment declaring war against England. But who
said so then? Did the Republicans of these U.
States say so? No. But did not Daniel Webster
and his Federal allies, the Hartford Conventionists
say so, who are now supporting General Harrison
for the Presidency ? who gloried in our defeats,
sneered at our misfortunes, and who considered it
unbecoming a moral and religious people, to cele
brate their victories ? And who do we now find
at the head of the column, hearing up the flag of
Harrison and Reform, hut this same Daniel Web
ster? But I forbear any further comment on this
point. This position of the history of our country,
cannot, but be fresh in the recollection of every
American, and will serve to test the principles and
motives of some in our very midst, who are now
the warm supporters of General Harrison.
Let us, then come down to the years, 1816,1817,
1818. If I mistake not, we then had no war, and
were at peace with all the world. Wc then had a
United States Bank, with a capital of thirty five
millions of dollars, and there was no removal of
deposites. We then had State Bank Institutions
also in abundance, (but nothing in comparison with
those now in operation) who were most willing
and desirous to accommodate the people with their
paper money, and for this laudable purpose, many
of them put into circulation three dollars in the
form of paper, for every dollar of specie which
could be found in their vuults. Besides the facility
afiorded hy the Banks of obtaining their paper
money, by which nil classes of persons, became
more or less indebted to the Banks, almost every
merchant had a Bunk of his own, und issued his
as some do now without possibly hav
ing a dollar of specie in possession for their re
demption. this was all very fine, for the
time being, people supposed they had
the world in a stlngS But what was the effect pro
duced hy this paper, with
which the whole courtUy-jyas then inundated?
Were not our merchauts, our lawyers, and a large
portion of our honest tradesman* mechanics, and
farmers, converted into a band of wifdand reckless
speculators, in the hope of getting ricllßl, a dash,
however, forlorn that hope might be? Waauot a
fictitious value given to all kinds of property, and
was not this fictitious value kept up as long as it
practically could be, hy the art of puffing and de
ception ? Did not this facility of incurring debt,
for a time almost obliterate that salutary unwilling
ness to run in debt, which is the safeguard of ho
nesty ? Did it not cause an unprincipled careless
ness as to the fulfilment of pecuniary engagements,
and the payment of old debts except they could be
fulfilled and paid hy new Bank discounts, which
only increased them ? These are questions, which
must he the affirmative by every honest
man, if he them at all. But what followed’
this expanded system of paper credit in the years,
1819, 1820, and down to 1814 ? Why, this flood
of irredeemable paper, with which the country had
been inundated, had to he redeemed. Sudden con
traction of discounts were consequently called for
by the Bank—our imports being near sixty mil
lions more than our exports, the foreign
now r demanded satisfaction —pay day had arrived,
and sooner or later like the period of death, it will
come, but it found thousands unprepared to meet
theit engagements —property consequently had to
he sacrificed—the fictitious value, which it had ac
quired, vanished like the baseless fabric of a vision
—that, which a short time before might have
brought one hundred thousand dollars, now could
not be sold for one half that sum, and ruin, distress,
and bankruptcy, was the necessary consequence.
Is not this sober fact, I appeal to every honest man
for an answer. Now, the same causes, always pro
duce the same effects, while different causes may
possibly produce like effects. But, was this state
of things, then, produced by a want of a National
Bank, or the removal of deposites, which the ad
vocates of General Harrison, would now persuade
the people, is the cause of all their pecuniary em
barrassment, certainly not Sir, w T e then had aU.
States Bank, and there was no removal of deposites,
nevertheless ruin, bankruptcy, and pecuniary dis
tress met us, wherever we went —if then, when we
had a United States Bank, and there was no re
moval of deposites, that institution could not avert
the evil, could it do so—now, even were it in ex
istence—is not the truth this, that the facility af
forded the people of running into debt hy that in
stitution, and all the other institutions of a similar
character in the country, the source from whence
all our then pecuniary distress and embarrassment
arose ? Every honest man will answer in the
affirmative.
But, Mr. Editor, however, incontrovertible these
’’acts may appear to every unprejudiced mind, still
I have little doubt, hut that they will he denied as
true, by the warm supporters of General Harrison.
For—
“ Mhd conviii’ i <1 against ihoir will
Are of the same opinion .still.”
But I do not intend to rest the fact upon my sav so
—I intend to come nearer home for the purpose of
exposing the disingenuous appeal, which is made
to the passions of the people, by the political sup
porters of General Harrison for the Presidency. I
take it for granted, that the opinion of their own
candidate for the Vice Presidency, John Tyler, is
good evidence on this point, expressed too at a
time when he had no interest to deceive the peo
ple. Hear, vvliat he says on this point, in a speech
delivered by him in the Senate of the United
States, April 6, 1819—and if his language does not
kindle the feeling of shame in the bosom of every
Harrison man, who have been endeavouring to per
suade the people that all the pecuniary distress in
this country is to he attributed to the past and pre
sent administration, then, indeed, I know not what
ever will.
“ For one, (says Mr. Tyler) I enter my protest
against the Banking system, as conducted in this
country—a system not to he supported hy any cor
rect principles of political economy; a gross delu
sion ; a dream of a visionary ; a system which has
done more to corrupt the morals of society than
any thing else; which has introduced a struggle
tor wealth, instead of that honorable struggle which
governs the actions of a patriot, and makes ambi
tion virtue; which has made the husbandman spurn
his cottage, and introduced a spirit at variance with
the simplicity of our institutions. I call upon the
warm advocates of the Banking system to surren
der their errors. Shall I take them by the hand
and lead them through our cities ? Bankruptcy
meets us at every step—ruin stares us every where
in the face. Shall I be told of the benefits arising
to commerce from the concentration of capital ?
Away with the delusion—experience has exposed
its fallacy—true, for a moment, it has operated as a
stimulous, hut, like ardent spirits, it has produced
activity and energy hut for a moment; relaxation
has followed, and the terror of death has ensued.
When you first open, the goddess, pretending to he
wealth, stands at the door inviting all to enter
and receive, accommodation: Splendid palaces
arise—the ocean is covered with sails—but some
ter at ion in the state of the country takes place, andr
when the thoughtless adventurer, seated in the midst
of his family in the midst of permanent security ,
sketches to himself long and halcyon, his pros
pects are overshadowed , and misery , ruin, and bank
ruptcy make their appearance in the form of Bank
curtailments. If this he true, and I appeal to tho
knowledge of all men for its truth, I demand to
know, if you can pul down tho system top. soon—.
can we too soon escape tho danger with which wo
arc surrounded.”
This was. the language of the present whig can
didate for the Vice-Presidency, (Mr. Tyler,), when
he had no motive to deceive hisconstituents-—whe
ther Itig opinions remain the same.now or not, it ig
not necessary to inquire.
But again, in 1825, had we not another flood of
bank paper thrown into circulation, which inun.
dated the whole country ? And what followed ?
Did not contraction, deprieiationof property, ruin,
distress and bankruptcy follow ? Had we not then
a National Bunk ? Yes. Were any deposites re
moved ? No. Who was then the President of
these United States? Was not John Q,. Adams ?
And who cast hie vote us un elector for the Stuto of