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‘ABOLITIONISM. !
One rii.e c ,UM ~f ll -W** ‘* •’ F ';
err,lists ui the late election m lias ate, an.J
the one .’inch is most apparent ami la a near-j
f-t the f i Hice of things, is the question oi j
■< This question, for tlie first taut* -
8.0 f the organization of our government, j
has be'-n pressed into the service of the Fed
eralists* and in addition to the other corrup- j
n’actised bv them, has given them a
,%, , success. We shall take another j
opportunity of demonstrating, that the Ij e
ralists have sought the connection with the.
Abolitionists designed!v, and as a last re
source— that the union is now complete, and
that hereafter a perfect concert in action may ;
be expected between them. Such a league
will surprise no one who reflects, toat tl-
Federal party, from the commencement o
our government, have pursued a course o
policy designed to abrogate every essentia,
provision of the C institution. And it has
lon<r been forseen that the enemies ot the,
Constitution and ti.e Abolitionists, the avow- j
ed enemies of the Union, must necessarily ,
unite. Thev have done so at the late elec- j
lion, and they have succeeded in carrying
the state by the scheme.
We were fully apprised of the plan long
before the nominations were made, but have |
carefully abstained from the slightest inter- ,
ference with the project/either by word or
deed, being satisfied, that the readiest way |
to convince the publico! the horribly dange- j
rous tendency of this union of Federalism,
and fanaticism, won! i be to allow it to pro- [
ceed to its consummation, without impedi
ment or interruption on our pari ; and we
shall never regret the loss ol the election this
year, il it should prove the means of prevent
ing a separation of the Union hereafter-
But although we are prepared to believe
any thing, however dangerous, vile infa
mous, of the Federalists, and their allies the j
Abolitionists, as a political party, vet it is
quite impossible on this occasion, to account
for the conduct oi* several la • nm>oi
aul classes in t *•> city. ■~ ,;i ■h’ usiaoce as
the msrchafli# UtJ ri.ri]un*cturfM’ii lu n*
gat-d to the mfuufactorers, we arc aware
that itiev have been somewhat divided in :
opiniiTii TWtwrti political parties, but a i
majority have unu.,,.* >, i, , me
Federal and Abolition tiokiU. But a* to the
merchant®, although there aje a few honora
ble exceptions, the great mass, at least nine
tenths of the whole number in this city, have
never before been so violent, vindictive and
pended one lithe of the money i- ~t they have!
iho yui volnmarily contributed in support
of the amalgamation ticket. We all know I
this class of men in all countries, to be on- j
tirely destitute of liberal ideas. We also;
know, that as a class, they are ignorant on
all subjects out of the line of their particular
business. But they have always been re
puted to be shrewd and acute in all matters
relating to their own interests. And why
they should now seek to destroy the com
mercial prosperity of this great, city, and
drive away and divert the whole southern
trade by a frantic support of the Abolition
ists, is not to be accounted for upon any prin
ciple of interest, or of common sense. They
may be stupid enough to believe, that they
can satisfy the people of the Southern states
with apologies ajid explanations; hut in this j
they will be deceived. The Southern pen- |
pie are alive to the subject, they will not for- !
get that two of the members of Congress
elect, and one of them a merchant, besides
the Lieutenant Governor, responded favora- j
bly to the Abolitionists, and that, nine out o'|
every ten of the merchants in this c’tv con-1
trihuted from twenty-five dollars to fifteen !
hundred dollars a piece to supoort ihe ticket, j
What would tiiis city he, without the cot- j
ton, sugar, rice and tobacco of the South ? j
Strip it of these great staples, and it would ’
shortly become a mere carrying placfie. Andi
J-> tliv.iv w *'V 1 >.* •Ur vel... I>~. j
that the Southern people are such idiots as
to continue their trade with a city or state
that is under the poiitical control of the Abo
litionists? It is not too hijzh an estimate to
say, that ten millions would not repair the
injury already done to the city hv the last
election ; and if this slate of things is to con
tinue for ten years, five hundred millions
would not repair it, and the city is ruined. I
It is said that, ‘coming events cast their !
shadows before,’ and the union of Federal- j
ism, Abolitionism, priestcraft and the money
power, if it is to be continued as it now ex- j
ists, will render a separation of this Union a j
matter of course. It will probably he nc
complished quietly, and without bloodshed, so i
l'ar as regards the states to be separated. It
is now, we e'ear, that tlie fanatics ;
of the North can never succeed in exciting i
a servile war among the black population at
the South ; but it is bv no means certain but
that an insurrection may take place between
the white slaves (the laboring classes) at the
North, and their privileged and incorporated
tyrants. The A olilionists admit, and the
Federalists very faintly deny, that a separa
tion of the Union would he desirable. Now
we would ask any merchant in this city, whirl
possible benefit, he can propose to himself by
the operation. New Yoik then becomes a
fortified town, and her present
free and unobstructed trade would either he ;
lost entirely by the opening of new channels, i
or would be so hampered and restricted bv
regulations, as it is now between us and Ca- i
nada, that it would be worth nothing. If is !
true, that the merchants might, and prohahlv j
would scamper off like rats from a sinking j
ship, to some more favorable location ; but
can they, in any event, make any thing by
ruining the city? If they can, we know they
will do it as a speculation. But if there is
nothing to be made by it, I*t them reflect
and pause before they proceed further.
From the New Era.
THE OPPOSITION GAME ON THE CHE
QUER. BOARD.
Not only the manly and intelligent minds of
the South, but every honorable mind through
out the whole Union, must revolt with nausea
and disgust at the reptile efforts of the ‘Whig’
press to crawl from the slime of political abo
litionism in which it so lately flourished and
revelled. Ot” ail the foul artifices of a cor
rupt expediency, this is the most loathsome
and contemptible. Do they vainly suppose
that the Southern States will ever forget or
forgive tills insult to their understandings ? j
The notorious coalition of the Federal party
of this State with the Abolitionists, woo’d
have been viewed merely as a desperate de
fiance of southern resentment, ar. 1 a disre- i
gard of southern interests; but now that this
coalition is denied, and repudiated by the
very party which planned it, intrigued tor it,
and earnestly and successfully sought if, the;
mere defiance becomes aggravated into a
dastardly, deliberately wrought insult to the 1
intelligence and sensdmity ol tlie southern
mind, and we know 1 rv-m recent conversation
with high minded persons, that so it is felt,;
and that so it will lie immeasurably resented.
The N. Y. Gazette, the Commercial Ad
vertiser, and indeed all the Federal prints in
this city, and as we presume, in tire entire
Staje, are now hypocritically fastidious at the
political amalgamation in which they have a!
length discovered their party to be involved ;
the Gazette, especially, now denounces Bra
dish’s covenant with the Abolitionists, as a
‘paltry truckleand to prove ties Whig
Lieutenant*Governor i> be a base craven ;
recreant, and thoroughly contemptible lick-1
spittle of negroism, Mr. Gazette void states;
that ‘ Luther Bradish, no longer ago than
1837 as member of a committee of the Ho.no
of Assembly, distinctly recorded his vote ne
ga'ively on every one‘of the questions which j
he lias* now, fur the purpose of conciliating,
ja few fanatics, answered emphatically in the
I affirmative ?’ ...... . r
But Mr. Gazette, with all his present fire
cracker fury, and mighitiy convenient indig
nation, was as silent and complacent as the
rest of the sKulUing Abolition prints, tjnti! tne
I election iiaJ passed over, and the amalgams
lion vote had been obtained. The Gazette
1 would not state the above fact concerning
j ilisii before the election! Oil no! nor
t a poly anv <>f those terms of reprobation to
Bradi-diU letter which it now so cheaply ap
| plies, although it lay ‘ in black and white’ be
fore his eves. To treat it with disrespect
now, after obtaining the utmost advantage
from it that could be gained, appears to us
not only unblushing impudence but despica
! b'e ingratitude. Os one thing we are certain,
and so is the Gazette too. that bad Gov.
! Ms rev. or Lieut. Gov. Tracy answered the
Abolition interrogatories as Mr. Bradish did,
| there are very few Democratic papers in the
istate that would not have denounced him as
indignantly before the election as -afterwards ;
‘and the Democracy, of Tammany Hall at
least, would have been as proud to lose an
I election-under such circumstances, as they
wouhn have been ashamed to win it under
jthdse by which it was won by their pie-bald
opponents.
| But we will stop these insufferably post facto
j evasions of the Federal prints wth an iron
’ gra tp, and will prove not only that they
1 gladly received and welcomed the negro
i cause in aid of theirs, but llial they.schemed j
; for it, long and vigilantly manneivred for it, j
land solicited il with a degree of jycophancy
and prurient ardor unprecedented in the his
tory of party expediency. We knew this
|at the time a negro editor in this city for-
j mally announced that lie was a Whig and
j voted the Whig ticket, and when his brovher
party editor of the Gazette received our sir
| castic congratulations with the pleasant antc
: dote of a Whig lady who boasted that she
I preferred a negro, even as a husband, to a
Loco Foco. We krv’w. as well as the ebony j
editor, that a!! the leading Abolitionists of this i
city and state, belonged to the party which j
is fraudulently called ‘ Whig,’ and that il was
| ifr- ultimate design of Abolitionism to throw |
ill the votes it could collect front W.nub
j I'teae . r n-r- >io me *\\ tiig’ scale. Il is
jdue, however, to the AMitinif=t.s to oy,
; that ihev have lieen the Reduced rather than
’ tfic sediiccis ir t!c whole negociation. In
illustration of this, we copy from the ‘ F.man-!
i cipator’ of the Bth inst., the following Circu
lar addressed by the leading Whig Aboli- i
noth-.ls of Albany, under the advice and di
rc*--i..M ot ttie \Xivg General Committee, to
I the abolit'on electors of the state. It will he
j observed that the suffrages of these electors
j are not solicited in behalf of Mr, Bradish as
! Lieut. Governor, for this was unnecessary;
but in support of Mr. Seward, as Governor,
for the reasons which it luminously sets forth.
[Her follows the Circular, published in No.
41 of this paper, to which we reft# our
renders.]
If is most impudent and preposterous,
therefore, for the ‘ Whig’ press to pretend
that it was fin* Mr. Bradish alone that the
Abolition votes were polled, or that these
votes were not urgently solicited for Mr.
Seward also, on Abolition grounds. We
! never beheld an example of such brazen ef
frontery as the Commercial Advertiser dis
[ [days uoon thi® subject. It now, the election
being over, affects to regret the publication
of Mr. Bradish’s letter, although it was but a
few days before the election commenced that
it published tiie following warm editorial en
comium of the above Abolition circular in be
half of Mr. Seward :
From ‘he Commercial Advertiser, Nov. 2,
t; Sound Doctrine. —We do not know when
j we have seen a public document, of any kind,
more strongly marked by good sense and a
! just perception nf political duty than the an
j nexed circular. The course it points out for
j the adoption of the parties to whom it is
j addressed, is at once judicious, patriotic, and
honorable; and the reasons advancer) in sup
port of it are true and convincing. JVe trust
that the circular may have its due effect .”
Here then we have a leading 1 Whig”
print recommending the above abolition cir
cular as “sound doctrine;” declaring the
I arguments which it advances in behalf of Mr.
i Seward upon Abolition principles to be “ true
j and convincing,” and expressing its hope that
said circular may have its disc efleet in pro
! curing Abolition votes for the Whig candidate
Tor Governor of the State of New York!
: Yet tins very Commercial Advertiser, in the
[shallow and insolent expectation of cajoling
. the people of the Southern Slates, now comes
out, with article after article, deprecatory of
an Abolition alliance!
But this game on the amalgamation che
querboard is played too_ clumsily to deceive
the veriest tyro m political movements. Mr.
Bradish, the Whig candidate for the second
office in the Stats, avows it as his opinion that
there ought to be no political or civil distinc
tions between negroes and white men; that,
tiierefore, a jury box might with propriety
he titled with six black men and six white
men, seated alternately in the dog-days to
award damages in a case of criminal conver
sation between a white lady and a big buck
negro! and, therefore, that a negro might and
ought to be as eligible to the office of Lieut,
j Govern >r, Governor, or President*, as himself.
With these avowed opinions, and under an
i implied pledge that he will use his official in
| flue, ce to carry them into legal efilet, Mr.
; Bradish is elected to office by an immense
i “ W big' 5 vote of the State ; and Mr. Seward,
the \\ hig candidate fo> v Governor, who ex
pressed opinions somewhat different to those
I of Mr. Bradish, but who was recommended
jto the Abolitionists on other grounds, does
! not receive, nine hundred votes, from the
whole State, more than the avowed Aboli
tionist, Mr. Bradbh ! The denial, therefore,
that the Whigs of this State, as a party, are
an Abolition party, is a fact demonstrable hv
facts and figures, and their press only sinks
itself into deeper infamy by the craven course
; which it is now pursuing.
TIIS LATE ELECTIONS.
We point the public eye to the multitude
lof instances in which fraud, trickery, and
I every species of iniquity, have been employ
led by the party, desperate of success by oth
er and fair means, to secure power against
right. The sinister but open conspiracy of
; Federalism to influence elections by panics,
! pressures anti newspaper, misrepresentations,
| having proved insufficient, it is perfectly clear
; that a secretly organized system, universally
| adopted by the party, has been broughtJnto
j operation during the last conflict, w!i ch must,
I if successful, destroy the elective principle,
land introduce that of an hereditary and life
| establishment —that for which Federalism
:contended at the formation of the Constitu-
I lion. If bands of mercenaries are marched
! from county to county, and Suite to State, to
\ turn thesc.de between contending parties—
; if, when this is not done, judges of election
; are bribed to turn the scale against the tna
jjoiily hv suppressing the returns —if at other
i points'bullies are arrayed at the polls to in
; timidate and drive off the aged, the infirm or
j pc;w.'ful voter, unwilling to encounter such
i force in the exercise of the right of suitrnge,
| multitudes will gradually absent themselves
, horn the noils, because ti.ey will consider their
, attendance useless, where ail they may do is
! remit-red abortive bv fraud or force or cor
; rnptmn.
: Ii is remarkable that political and civil strife
nns never in any country been driven to blood-
Alsu or civil war, except where immense and
i mmeciiafe application of money has been ad
iu mi ..-Acred to stimulate the violence. That
j iiigt edii n! In • never yet been mingled to such
i?n extent ,n our controversies as to endanger
the peace of the community, until recently.!
It is only since the banks have entered the*
political arena, and have furnished the a!i-[
ment, that tiiis fatal tendency has been ob
served. We trust that its first indications!
will prove a warning to our countrymen, and i
that every measure calculated to divorce
bank3 from politics wi.l obtain favor in the
eyes of every man who would foster rather
the peace and prosperityof Lis country tiian
personal or party predilections. — Globe.
. From the (Express Slip) N. Y. Herald.
PROSPECT OF A GENERAL AVAR IN
EUROPE.
The Faris papers received in London on
the Ist. inst., contained many speculations on
the probable consequences of an immediate
war between England and Russia, and the
likelihood of an immediate alliance, offensive
arui defensive, between France and the form
er county. If Turkey should join the league,
the ambitious projects of Russia would be
checked for at kast a century.
The JYeic Mexican Minister. —Mr. Pack
enham sailed in the Pique frigate from Dev
enport on Sunday the 20ih tilt. The Pique
was to proceed to Halifax, and then to Mex
ico. It is stated that Mr. Packenham is the
hearer of instructions with reference to the
disputes between France and Mexico, and
that he is invested with the requisite powers
to mediate between the two parties. The
j British Government had further instructed
■ Sir Charles Paget to proceed with a naval
I force from the Sr. Lawrerce to the coast of*
Mexico, to render any protection to British
interests that circumstances might require.
Mexican Blockade. — On Tuesday a depu
tation, consisting of Messrs. Cotes worth,
Marshall, Ellwand, and Povvles, London;
Messrs. Watson, Tayleure, and Campbell,
Liverpool; Messrs. Black and Long Worthy,
Manchester; Messrs. Ferguson, Graham.
Henderson, and Glasgow : and
Me - C <t iin Fenton, Belfast, had a
conference at the Foreign office with Lord
i Palmerston on the subject of the French
i blockade of Mexico.
The der.iunO.ry?., to (he memorial!
; presented by the London Committee in Au -1
1 gust last, stated that all the evils then com-!
| plained of as resulting to British interest from j
1 the blockade remained in full and increasing j
Iforce, and must continue to do so while the i
j blockade should last. They l’eir therefore, j
i most desirous to learn front his Lordship!
[whether the British Government had been
table successfully to exert, any influence wth
that of France towards the removal of this
interruption to British hade. The deputa
tion stated that this interruption to tiie pur
suits of the commercial and manufacturing
interests connected with Mexico was the
more severely felt, because the trade could
not but perceive that the conduct of France
was distinguished by remarkable severity in
continuing tiie blockade after the offer of the
Mexican Government to leave all matters in
difference between it and France to the arbi
tration of an independent Power; and fur
ther. that the conduct of France towards
Great Britain in thus seriously cutting off', at
a moment’s notice, an important branch of
her trade was not such as might have been
expected from a state with which we were ort
the most friend I v terms.
Lord Palmerston assured ihe meeting that
the government felt all the importance of the
question, and a deep sense of the interests at
stake in it; that it was perfectly true that
the Mexican government had offered to refer
the matters in difference to the arbitration of
the British government, and that the French
government had declined the offer; that the
British government had, notwithstanding,
been using its best endeavors to get the dis
pute brought into a train of settlement, and
that he could not help entertaining the hope
that a settlement would be accomplished.
He had instructed Mr. Packenham, tiie Brit
ish minister, to return immediately to Mexico,
where he had no douhi his >nviur> wmiM lr
useful towards effecting the above object, and
that gentleman had jst sailed from Plymouth.
The government had further instructed Sir
Charles Paget to proceed with a naval force
from the St. Lawrence to the coast of Mexi-’
co, to render any protection to British inter
ests that circumstances migh* require.
The deputation remarked to Lord Palmer
ston, that without desiring to make any allu-
Ittsion which might be off* naive to France,
they could not but recollect that when a
dispute of long standing between that power
and the United Statdswas, a few years since,
on ihe point of producing serious conse
quences, the French government did not
hesitate to avail itself of (he mediation of
Great Britain. They urged lhat there was
something revolting to the common principles
of justice in any power assuming to deter
mine for itself the precise nature of compen
sation to which it was entitled, and then
saying, 11 Here is our demand—we will not
relax one iota of what we claim—we will
refer to no intermediate tribunal whatever—
we are the sole judges of what we require—
and if you do not pay all we claim, we will
blockade your ports until we compel you.”
The deputation next adverted to the case of
the blockade of Buenos Ayres, which was
even si ill less justifiable-than that of Mexico;
for every point of difference had been re
moved there, and yet the blockade continued.
Several of the gemlemen present said they
had commercial establishments in those coun
tries, .which were exposed to the most, griev
ous inconveniences by the proceedings of
the French Government; such as they fell no
friendly power ought to inflict, except under
circumstances of pressing and unavoidable
necessity.
Lord Palmerston paid the greatest atten
tion to all that was said by the deputation
during the conference, which was a very long
one, and concluded by assuring the gentlemen
present that the government would spare no
pains to effect the removal of this interruption
to their trade.
From die N. Y. Herald.
THE CANADA QUESTION.
The Canada question still continues the
topic of every circle. No important intelli
gence was received last night—but the recent
ententes at Prescott and L’Acadie leave be
hind them very knotty subjects for the Cana
dian governments to settle. In Montreal
there are four hundred prisoners, in Kingston
or Prescott about one hundred. Many of
these prisoners are American citizens, born
in this country, and entitled to all its privi
leges.
The question now arises—and a very diffi
cult one it is—what will the colonial govern
ments do with these men? Will they try
then;? find them guilty, and then execute
them ?
From the savage and bloody spirit exhibi
ted by a portion of the Canadian press, we
might expect most terrible punishment; but
the governors and those in authority in the
I Canadas ought to beware that they do no- 1
thing to rouse against them the civilised icel-j
ingsof the present age. It is very true that:
these misguided men have put themselves out
of the pale of the laws of nations; but bloody j
remorseless executions, even of the men taken,
with arms in their hands, will not do in these;
latter days. In the case of Theller, who re-1
cently made his escape, the following corres
pondence has been published:
Philadelphia, April 22, 1533.
To the Hon. John Forsyth, Secretary ofState.
Sir: At a meeting of number of citizens of
the United States, residents of Philadelphia, J
convened together this evening, on hearing of j
the sentence of death pronounced by the]
authority of Carftda upon Doctor Tiieller, of.
Michigan, for treason against the British,
government, the undersigned were appointed!
by the said meeting a committee, and directed
by them, in their “behalf, to solicit the inter
ference of the Government,Through the Brit
ish Minister, resident in Washington, to pro
cure a respite of ihe sentence pronounced
| upon him, until at least the offence a Hedged
against him shall be deemed punishable with
death by a higher power than the tribunal
which lias awarded his fate.
We are acquainted personally with Dr.
Theller; we know him to he a citizen of the
United States, attached to our constitution,
with a family resident in the State of Michi
gan, deserving of tire protection of the Ameri
can Government.
We have tiie honor 1o be, sir,
Your humble and obedient servants,
JOHN OAKFORD,
THOMAS McCULLY,
WILLIAM J. CHANS,
JOSEPH DIMOND,
WILLIAM DICKSON.
Department of State,
Washington, April 23, IS3S.
Gentlemen : Your letter of the 22d instant,
requesting tie interposition of this department
in behalf of Dr. ‘l*. Theller, now under sen
tence of death at Toronto, in Upper Canada,
for a Hedged treason aga.nsi the British Gov
ernment, has just been recfU’cd. I have the
honor to inform you, in reply, that a special
agent was recently despatched to Canada,
and is probably now there, who was instruct
ed to inquire into the situation of all persons
claiming to he American! citizens, who had
been imprisoned by the local authorities on
the c!large of being implicated in the recent
disturbances in the British 1 provinces; and it
is presumed that if the base of Dr. Theller is
one in which the interposition of the good
offices of Government is justifiable, they will,
without doubt, he exerted in his favor.
I am, gentlemen, your ob’f se-’f,
JOHN FORSYTH.
To Messrs. John Oakford, and other-, com.
We can see nothing hut difficulty lit the
dispot ->n to he made of the prisoners c.. tight
in the recent insurrections. If ’hev lie tried,
condemned and executed. tf*f§“TlcTcuir’’!Ts
j will eTctVit- \ne most valent sentiments of sy i-
j pa thy for their fate iiroughout al! cr nisei |
communities. If the’ arc pardoned, the co- ’
i lonial authorities will <nly hr laughed at and
j ridiculed fur their wr-km >s and inefficiency.,
ift would have bee r u-.h better for the loy- j
! a lists to ha ve taken in pr ‘oners at all than te l
| he forced into the diiumma they must now
find ; -■ r> !. .The violent spirit of certain
papers of Montreal finds no echo—no sym
pathy, beyond the satali cliques of infuriated
men tltat surround them. The affairs ofj
Canada are now bej>re the world. The con
duct of Sir John Gtibotne and Sir George
Arthur will he watihed by the whole civil
ised earth. They ae surrounded with diffi
culties; how they cm escape we know cot.
From the tyrshingten Globe.
CANADA-.
It is with mingled peiings of grief and mor
tification that we lay before our readers ex
tracts from a report ieceived at the War De
partment from Col. Worth. It-will be seen
that our misguided ctunlrytnen, who invaded
Canada at Prescott, have been cut up and
destroyed. It appeals that they were attack
ed by the very peoph whom they were told
claimed their sympathy and assistance, and
who, on the contrary regarded them as pi
rates and robbers. What a weight of re
sponsibility resls upon the refugees from Can
ada and their abettors in this country, who
seek to excite the voting and inexperienced
of our people, and (# urge them to deeds
which can only lead to their own certain de
struction, and which o seriously afreet the
peace and honor of*their country ! We hope
this will he the last act of outrage we shall
he called upon to record, and that our people
will become convinced of the utter hopeless
ness of succeeding in such inroads upon the
territory of a friendly power, as well as of
fs ’s t i •). r'le-mots. and the
lasting opprobrium winch attaches lo them;
and wifi indignantly frown upon the efforts
of those who seek to deceive and mislead
th#m.
Extract from U tters from Col. Worth, dated 12th and
16th ult.
Col, Worth, in a letter addressed to Brig. Gen.
Eustine of the 33tl u!t. informs him of the landing at
Prescott if about 4CO men from our shoves, and of his
having captured two seliocn rs. the Charlotte of To
ron o, and the Charlotte of Oswego, lying in front of
Ogdonsburg, within 150 yard? of the shore, laden
with nffes, muskets, pistols, cutlasses, and three guns,
two of them loaded and primed. These vessels had
been employed in landing mm on the Canadian shore.
On he 16th, he writes that he had just returned to
the anchorage, after having witnessed the closing
scene of the invasion of Canada.
On th t morning arrived two steamers, having each
in tow a gun-boat armed with an eighteen-pounder
gun. A large body of re uhtrs also arrived with a
a field battery, the former tailing position about 4CO
yards distant an 1 the troops compli te!y < nvd ping the
desperate hand on the lend side : the scene of demo
lition commenced about two o’cloi k r. the us ernoon.
The building having been thoroughly riddled, about
sunset the invaders issued from the mill, and attempt
ed to escape by the flank ; but I apprehend, from the
rapid and close firing, very few succeeded ; in fact. I
doubt not they were thoroughly cut to pieces. Thus
ends another lawless invasion, but attended with much
more fatal consequences than previous efforts. Our
people along the borders appear lo be ashamed and
sorry for what bas happened, aid all deny any previous
knowledge or participation. Apprehensions are en
tertained of retaliatory operations. Os ihis I have no
fear under color of authority ; yet it is possible irrita
ble individuals may seek to revenue themselves on
some of our frontier towns. Against such efforts I
shall take precautions ; and I doubt not the command
ers on the other side, whose intercourse with me has
been characterized by high courtesy, will act in a cor
responding spirit. IXI v command lias been almost con
stantly under arms, exposed to very hard weather for
five days and nights, and are, both officers and men,
quite exhausted.
A PROCLAMATION,
By the President of the United Slates of America.
Where a s there is too much reason to believe
that citizens of the United States, in disregard of the
solemn warning heretofore given to them by the pro
clamations’ issued by the Executive of the General
Government, and by some of the Governors of the
States, have combined to disturb the peace of the do
minions of a neighboring and friendly nation. And
whereas, information has been given to me, derived
from official and oilier sources, that many citizens in
different parts of the United Slates are associated, or
associating for the same purpose: Arid whereas,
disturbances have actually broken out anew in differ
ent parts of the two Canadas : And whereas, a hos
tile invasion has been made bv citizens of the United
States in conjunction with Canadians and others,
who, after forcibly seizing upon the property of their
peaceful neighbor for the purpose of effecting their un
lawful designs, arc now in arms against the aulhotilies
of Canada, in perfect disregard of their own obliga
tions as American citizens, and of the obligations of
the Government of their country to foreign nations :
Now, therefore, I have thought it necessary and
proper to issue this proclamation, calling upon every
citizen of the United States neither to give counte
nance nor encouragement of any kind to those Who
have thus forfeited their claim to the protection of their
country ; upon those misguided or deluded persons
who are engaged fit them to abandon projects danger
ous to their own country, fatal to those whom they
profess a desire to relieve., impracticable of execution
1 without foreign aid, which they cannot rationally ex
pect to obtain, and giving rise to imputations (however
unfounded) upon the honor and good fai'h cftheir own
Government; upon every officer, civil and military,
and upon every citizen—by fne veneration due by aii
freemen to the laws which they have assisted to i nact
fur their ow n government —by his regard for the honor
j and reputation of his country —byffiis love of order and
, respect for that sacred code oflaws by which national
intercourse is regulated—to me every effort in his
I power to arrest for tri ;1 and punishment, every offend
: er asainst the laws providing for the performance of
j our obligations to o'licr Powers of the world. And I
j hereby .\arn all those who have engaged in these
I criminal enterprises, if persisted in, that, whatever
| may be the condition to which they may be reduced,
i they mutt not expect the interference of this Govern
| rne-nt, in any form, on their behalf, but will be left re
proached by every virtuous fe'low-citizcn, to be dealt
with according to the policy and jus ice cf that Go
vernment whose dominions they have, in defiance < f
the kn iwn wishes and efforts of thetr own Govern
ment, and without the shadow of justification or ex
cuse, nefariously invaded.
Given under my hand, at the City of Washington,
the twenty-firs? davof November, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtv
eighf. and the sixty-tliinj of the Independence
of tire United Slates.
M. VAN BUREN.
By the President :
Joux Forsyth, Secretary of State.
SENTINEL & HERALD.
COLUMBUS, DECEMBER 6, IS3S.
REPUBLICAN OPINIONS.
‘I have never heard, and I hope I shah
never hear, any serious mention of a paper
currency in the state. I do verily believe
ti.at the greatest foes we have in the world
could not devise a more effectual plan for ruin
ing Virginia ;.’— Ii ashington.
‘1 deem no government safe which is un
der trie vassalage of any self-constitued
authorities, or any other authority than that
of the nation or its regular functionaries. 5
Jefferson.
’ The blessings of government, like the
dews of heaven, should be dispensed alike on
high and low, the rich and the poor. s—Jack
son.
‘lt is not in a splendid government, sup
ported by powerful monopolies and aristo
cratic. establishments, that trie people will
find happiness, or their liberties protection ;
but in a plain system, void of pomp, protect
ing all, and granting exclusive privileges to
none. s — Jackson.
We furnish our readers with the above ex
tracts from the opinions of those who may
now well be classed as American sages ; and
whilst we are able to sustain ouraelvcs by
such names as these, we shall not falter in
tile course which the honest dictates of our
judgment lias pointed out to us. We are i
not to be driven from our position by the !
vulgar epithets and sneering declamation o. j
the champions of self-constituted power; nor ;
shall we be awed to do the bidding of into
lerant wealth.
We know that low humor and abusive as
sertions are the privileges of the vulgar, and |
always betray a feeble intellect or a corrupt:
heart. They are usually, too, the means re- j
sorted to.by those who seek t? sustain ?!
cause fib longer tenable by sober argument |
and sound reason. These were the weapons’
i resorted to by the so called wits of the voiup-j
toons and corrupt court of Charles the 11, a
j reign memorable in the annals of the Bihivh .
\ Empire, and in which lib. Hy dwindled and
i perished.
Ours is i'.3 cause of the people ; and
though we may bul feebly sustain their rights
! and their interests ; though we can hope to
follow but at an humble distance those great
champions of Democracy wdio have shed
lustre on the American name, we can at least,
with zeal and fidelity, discharge that duty
according to the best of our poor ability
which every man owes to his country. We
are bound by every tie that can bind ns to
that country, to assist in sustaining its insti
tutions pure and unspotted. The theory of
our government is that all its powers are de
rived from the will of the people. If we sup
port it not in this its legitimate sphere, we
are traitors to its principles and its interest.
W e are taught by them the universal equality’
of man. We know no nobility but that nobility
of soul which the God of nature hss been
pleased to stamp on whom he chooses. We
grant to even those no superiority of political
rights over the humblest and most imbecile
of his intellectual creatures. Shall we then
refuse, in eve ,- y act, word or deed of ours, to
assist in the arresting of any measure of go
vernment, or any tendency of society, to
change this order of tilings, founded as it is
in the very laws of nature? ./Vo.
We belong to that class, yet, we (rust, nu
merous and mighty, who believe in the in
telligence and virtue of the people. We be
lieve them not only capable of self govern
ment, but, in the language of one of our own
citizens, ‘ of wise self-government. 5
WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND
ENGLAND.
It will he seen, by the foreign news which
we this day publish, (hat there is some proba
bility of a war between England and Russia,
i and, as preparatory to that event, an alliance
offensive and defensive is in contemplation
between England and France, and the same
| between Russia and the Sublime Porte. If
I this rupture should take place between two
of the most tremendous powers in Europe,
although we apprehend it must, as between
them, he confined to a maritime war, the
conflict may be supposed to be most san
guinary and bloody, and the consequences
which may result to the civilised world, and
to Europe especially, of the most important
character. From those who have any regard
for the rights of man, and the sacred cause
of freedom, Russia can receive no sympathy.
Her tremendous power, and vast extent of
territory, which threaten to overshadow ail
Europe beside, may receive some check bv
the conflict, and her enslaved and half barba
rous populace will have renewed opportuni
ties of learning what strength lies in the peas
ant’s arm—a lesson by which, we trust, they
may ere long profit. Unfortunate Poland
may be thus afforded an opportunity of reas
serting her iost freedom ;sand the influence
of Russian politics and Russian despotism
may cease to be felt in Denmark, Sweden,
Norway, and the Germanic States. lit any
event, we think the conflict will be favorable
to the advancement of liberal principles of
government.
We have stated that we supposed if any
it must be a naval war, in’ which England,
would have decidedly the advantage. Pier
navy consists of 537 vessels, viz: 1 1 ships of
120 guns, Sos 110, 22 of 34, 107 of 74, 104
frigates, and 22 steam ships. To this state
ment add the naval power of France, which
consists of 110 ships of the line and frigates,
and 213 smaller vessels. The navy of Eus-1
sia consists of 40 ships of the line, S2 frigates, j
28 brigs and corvettes, and 239 small vessels.
LITERARY NOTICE.
By the favor of Messrs. Plant Norton,
we have just enjoyed the high pleasure ot
perusing Simms’s lajst, ‘ JPelayo, a Story or
the Goth. 5 The U. S. Gazette, whilst it
condemns the flood of European trash w.th
which we are yearly inundated, says, that
‘of such novels we cannot have enough. 5
W ith this opinion we entirely accord, lhe:
style is good—tlx? sentiment is good —tne
plot is well sustained ; and what is still better ■.
the moral is good. W e have no patience with j
the demoralising stuff which is sent to us from
abroad; and it therefore gives us unfeigned j
satisfaction to find that we have native writers
who can do us honor by the id h character
of their literary perform" net-s, and themselves
honor by the just exhibition of a morality
which is purely American. We say, there
fore, to ail, this boolc you may read.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. j
A general convention of the party will be
field it: Millcdgeville on the third Monday in
this month, for the purpose of nominating a
suitable candidate, to be run for Governor in
October next. This convention will be com
posed of the Democratic members of the
Legislature, and by such members as shall be
sent by our friends from counties not repre
sented, or blit partially represented in that
bodv, giving to each county the same num
ber of members in the convention that they
are entitled to in both branches of the Legis
lature.
It is earnestly hoped that every county in
the State that is not now fully represented in
t| ie Legislature, will not fail to send members,
that the voice of our friends from every sec- I
lion may be heard, and that every man will
go there determined to pursue sue!) a course j
as Will best sustain and perpetuate the prin- !
ciples ior which we contend. Wc would,
therefore, most respectfully suggest that each j
of the counties now unrepresented, or but
partially represented, proceed, at some early j
day, to call a meeting of the party and ap- ;
point delegates.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
The members of the Union Party of Mus
cogee county are requested to meet at the
I Columbus Hotel, on Monday the 10th ins!,
jnt 12 o’clock, for the purpose of appointing ;
■ members to a Convention of the party, to be
j held in Milled reville on the third Monday in j
this month. It is earnestly requested that I
| there will he a < moral attendance, especially
! from the coiin’ -.
I.— : . ‘
Mr. Junius Jordan is authorized to act as
j Agent for this p er at Florence, Stewart
• woaty. >
I
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Several Communications unavoidably post- I
! poned this week on account of a irc"s of
1 legislative and-otiit r matter.
Our friends must excuse us for the want of
our usual quantity of editorial matter; the
quantity of legislative and other matter has
necessarily excluded it.
South Carolina Legislature. —This body
convened in the State Columbia, on
Thursday, Nov. 29th ult. Patrick Noble, of
.Abbeville, was re-elected President of the
Senate without opposition, and Col. D. L.
Wardlaw, of Abbeville, was re-elected Speak
er of the House without opposition. On the
next day, at 12 o’clock, the Message of Gov.
Butlerwas submitted and read to both brandi
es of the General Assembly. Os this docu
ment we have not time orspr.ee at present to
speak. From the hasty perusal which we
have given it, it seems to be of a pertinent
and business-like character.
DEMOCRATIC MEi .TING.
The friends of the Union and Independent Treasu
ry, are requested to assemble in Hamilton, Tlanis
county, on Saturday, Ihe Bth inst. to nominate dele
gates to represent them in the Convention to be held
in Miiledgeville, on the third Monday in (his month, to
nominate a candidate for Governor.
December 4;h, 1838.
For the Sentinel and Herald.
THE ‘ FEDERAL’ AND ‘ STANDARD
OF UNION.’
T'io petty bickering? which are going on between
these two papers renders them disgraceful and ridi
culous. If tiie respective conductors of those two pa
pers have personal differences existing between them,
lei them settle those difficulties privately, and not dis
gust their subset ibers and reader- with such annoy
ances. I am a subscriber to each of the above pa
pers. I did not become so for the purpose of becorn- !
mg acquainted wish iite private quarrels of the con- j
ducters, and lam heartily sick of them. If, in fact,
they are continued, L shall be under the painful lie
cessity of returning iriy papers.
I saw no impropriety in the address of the Federal
Union to the Union party. If the Standard saw any
in it it should have passed it over silently ; this was
due to the’Union party. After, however, replying in
the manner which it did, which we conceive was un
called for. the Federal Union was wanting in its re
spect tor the parly to rejoin, and should not have don”
so. So they are both to blame, art;! we. fear that both
papers think more of their own interest than that of the
party ; at least, we think they have given us good
reasons to think so. VVe hope, therefore, we shall
hear no mo eof this matter. If, for the future, thev
cannotget aiono more harmoniously together, let ihern
sell out; better this than to prostrate and rum our
cause. a union man.
PUBLIC MEETING.
According to previous notice, a respectable
portion of tne citizens of Columbus convened i
at the Council Chamber in this city : When j
D ( .ict. Robert A. Ware was appointed Chair- |
man, and Mr. A. Levison Secretary of said’
meeting.
A'ter a few preliminary remarks rrnde by
Col. B. Hepburn, the following preamble and
resolutions were introduced by the same gen
tiernan, and passed by a large majority of
said meeting.
Whereas the genius of our government is
foundedipon equal rights and privileges, and
whereas any and all legislation granting ex
clusive privileges to incorporated Companies i
for Banking or other purposes, is an infraction
of this principle, and a direct and palpable j
invasion of (lie rights and privileges of the,
majority, and whereas, in the opinion rtf this;
meeting, such partial legislation is not neces
sary to secure to the country a safe and
wholesome currency, and that the same ob-j
ject can be as well or better accomplished by
a system of hanking known as the Free Bank
ing Laic, giving to ail persons who hive the ,
means of doing so, the right to engage in 1
Banking operations, arid whereas such a sys- j
tern would be more equal than the present, I
both upon principle and also for the further
reason that all would be regulated and con
trolled by the same genera! law, and where- !
as, in the opinion of this meeting, legitimate
banking is'ahvays conducted upon pure mer
cantile principles, and if regulated upon such
basis, easy to be comprehended by all, and
whereas, in the opinion of this meeting, the
I present system needs great simplification in
| order to allow this desirable object.
1. Resolved, That the system of free
; banking is in accordance with sound Repub
lican doctrines, and as such this meeting do
respecfully urge and request of the Legisla
ture of Georgia, now in session, to pass an
act embodying in its principles and features
the free banking law of the State of New
York, with such amendments as they deem
proper.
2. Resolved, That our Senator and Rep
resentatives be requested to urge the passage
of a Bill now before the Legislature, having
: for its object a system of Free Banking.
3. Resolved, That Messrs. Hepburn, Lev
■ ison and Tonev, he a Committee to get sub
; scribers to a petition in favor of the Resolu
! tions, and that the petition be forwarded to
I our Senator and Representatives.
4. Resolved, That the Secretary forward
a cony of these proceedings to our Senator
and Representatives.
5. Resolved, That the newspapers of
Columbus he requested to publish the pro
ceedings of this meeting, and to be signed by
the Chairman and Secretary.
Columbus, November 29, 1338.
ROBERT A. WARE, Chairman. ,
A. Levison, Secretary.
j UNION MEETING.
Whereas, the members of the present Legislature
and many others highly competent to judge of the in-*
terest of the State and peo ( le, and those too, who
style themselves as members of that party, known and
distinguished as the 1 Union Democratic Republican,*
have til ought proper to suggest a met.ting ot delegates
from the several counties, at the Capital, on the third’
Monday tn December next, tor the purpose of appoint
ing, selecting, and nominating some individuals whom
I they may deem worthy ii the suffrages of the people,
i to act in the next Gubernatorial capacity for this State;
and have respectfully solicited our aid in this laudable
undertaking. Now wo, a respectable portion of the
citizens of Stewart coun'y, have met this day in order
to co-operate with said members and others, by select
ing a delegate to represent us in said Convent). n.
The meeting was organised by calling. Jehu Flem
ing. Esq. to the Chair, and Uriah G. Mitchell as
j Secretary.
I On motion, A. M. Hughes, Esq. in a very briet and
lucid manner, explained the object of the meeting'.
The object being the same as embodied within the
! preamble above.
Oa motion of Dr. A. I>. Pope, the meeting went info
I an election by bahot of a delegate to serve them in the
! purposes above mentioned.
It appeared, on counting the votes given, that Judge
! M. Wright was duly elected.
! On motion of Neil Robinson, Esq. it was rrdrrcd
I by the meeting. That the proceedin -s thereof he sign
i ed by the Chairman and countersigned by the Stcreia
j ry. and published in the Sentinel end Herald.
| * There being no further business before the meeting,
j it was, on motion, adjourned sine dir.
JOHN FLEMING, Chairman.
■ Uriah G. Mitchult., Secretary.
I Lumpkin, Nov. 30, 1838.
PUBLIC MEE’i 1 NG.
At a meeting of the citizens .-'uniter and Marion
coun ies. held at Pondtovvn. ot. Wednesday, rho 2 Ist
November, the following R .olutions were unani
mously adopted.
| . I. Resolved, That wo dee- ■ deplore the rapid pro
[ gross which vice and immotal tv have made,and are still
j making, in our land and corn , . and more
!in tins place and vicinity. \\ e the Sabba'h, aq av
j set apart for religious purposes, weekly pvr.struttq to
vile and infamous practices—suck as retailing tfpnj t 8
! icc. which generates and btiti'" l forth other <vi!s in
1 train, aim. ■ m -n< rabi.y the most conspicuous ,f
• which, ve regret to>ay. - the vice of gambling, whir v,
I has vailed to alrno :an nriparalelied extent.
; 2. thrr r t , That we use our utmost er. „
i deavors. both- b* pi* ••*{* ml example, to put down
I such practices . that v net m sit our fellow-citizens
not in a suj retliu.j.! and <u. tatoria spirit. I m one of,’
I kindness, h abstain t. am se i practices in tUure; we
! beg ‘<> remind tli m. tit., cot . ni, their ow happiness
I aiid ■. i its mqtter, but the
t.-in j L|\i ;;ti ‘ii. having rid h Uvamp • s before them,
ui.t rcfii • su.-h bias as nfluence their future con
j due. through life.
3. R‘shvcl, That wo .tot wish to he forced to
’ the alternative of b-mg’ strt i• arm f the law to
■ utir ai 1 O’ - M-prr -mg .in cvili. ::>U;;!;;uted of, but
i would rather <> lit■ •e"s, bv n sober reflection
1 inou the -.. ‘a .n. e bad conduct, would turn
j from the error of iht-ir way:;.
4. Resolved, That we disapprove the practice of
trading with slaves without, permission from their
owners and that we will prosecute any person found
violating ‘bis law.
5. R solved, That shou'd they still persist, in defi
ance of the laws of God, the law- of the land, and pub
lic opinion, we, wdiose names arc hereunto annexed,
mutually pledge ourselves to Rave noil.ing untried,
but are determined to use the most energetic means
to sundress those evils ; and we further pledge our
selves to bear arv equal portion of any expense, should
anv be incurred, in carrying those resolutions into ef
fect.
G Resolved, That our proceedings be published in
the Columbus Enquirer and Columbus Sentinel and
Herald. ELI TUCKER,
EL.I E. WALKER,
CHARLES R. TONDEE,
IIENRY L. ALLISON,
JOHN B. COLEMAN,
LOVETT B. SMITH,
JOHN WOODS,
JOHN W. JACKSON.
December G, 1838. It
PUBLIC MEETING.
Miliedgevillc, Nov. 22, 1838.
At n public meeting numerously attended
by members of the Lettish)lure, and citizens
of Georgia, attached to the Union pat ty, held
at Buffington’s Tavern, this evening, at 7
o’clock, the Hon. Joseph Day, of Jones, was
appointed Chairman, ; nd James M. Kelley,
Esq. of the county of Heustbn, was appoin
ted Secretary.
The Chairman announced to the meeting,
the objects for which it had been called ;
whereupon the following resolutions were
adopted Ly tlie meeting:
1. Resolved, That ve will sustain the
meaMire of divorce of Bank and Govern
ment ; and the opinion of this meeting isq
that such measure should he advanced and
i maintained in general terms, and the details
{should be left to the wisdom of Congress.
2. Resolved, That this treet r;g nominate
1 the lion. John Forsyth, long the Represen
tative in Congress of Southern rights, end
j more recently the able advocate of those
rights in the Cabinet, as the candidate of the
South, for the Vice Presiih nev of the United
States; and that every citizen of Georgia,
alive to her interests, is expected to aid in the
advancement of this her favorite son, to this
distin gu is bed office.
3. Rose.! red further, That a Convention to
represent those in favor of the Sub-Treasury,
and of a strict construction of the Constitu
tion, opposed to a Bank of the United States,
and to any candidate fur the Presidency im
bued with High Tariff, Abolition or other
Latitmlinarian notions of the Constitution,
assemble at the State House, in Milledgeviile,
on the third Monday in December next, to
nominate the candid Me for the Gubernatorial
Chair to he run by their party, oral that the
said Convention shall be composed of the
. members of the Legislature, of these princi
! pies, together with all Delegates sent by our
j friends from those counties not represented in
these principles in the Legislature, (the num
ber of delegates from each county to he equal
to the number of members such county is
entitled to.) and those counties not thus fully
represented, are earnestly requested to send a
sufficiently number of Delegates, to make out
a full representation in said convention.
4. Resolved further, Thai vve pledge our
j selves to sustain the nomination which shall
jhe made by said Convention, whether the
same be or not acceptable to us as individu
|al s. _ .
5. Resolved further, That the foregoing
he published in all the Union Papers in the
State; and that the Editors of'such papers
<;>ve to the same as rnurh publicity as possi
ble, by sending extra copies to all the coun
ties in the State.
6. And Resolved lastly, That the proceed
ings of this meeting be signed by the Chair*
man and counter-signed by the Secretary.
The meeting then adjourned.
JOSEPH DAY, Chairman.
James M. Kelley, Sec’y.
More Indian Troubles in Texas. —A letter, we are’
’ informed, was received at Houston the 17!Ii inst. dan ds
1 at San An'onio the 14th, which reports the alarming
intelligence that the Camanche Indi ans were gather—
-1 ing in targe bodies in that neighborhood. A camp
was formed near San Antonio, from which a message
! had been sen- to the inhabitants of the import that they
i were at liberty to depart in safety within a certain
number of days—but that all who remained after that
would be massacred without respect to age or sex. This
news has created quite a sensation throughout Texas,
and citizens are armirtg in every direction to meet and
| repel the savage invader. From all accounts it
\ seems probable that a contemn has been formed among’
; the Indian tribes on the Texian borders. The simul
: taneons inroads by the Chcrokees on the North, and
the Camanches on the West, certainly indicate a mili
-1 ’ary co-operation, in-!iga ; ed and planned no doubt by
the emissaries of Mexico. But vain will be the in-
Incites of the craven Mexicans, ttie ferocity of the
Red Hordes of the Prairie—the long knives’ are des-’
: lined to triumph over all opposition, and lo propagate
! Saxon blood and Saxon institutions over the whole
North American continent.— N. O. Bulletin.
! Ijriter from Buenos A- res and Monlciideo. —‘■Capt.
Varney,"of the brig Edwin, arrived yesterday, from
Montevideo, whence he sailed on the 10th October,
informs us that the appearance of affairs at Buenos-
Avres and Montevideo, remained unchanged up to
the time of his leaving port. A part of the army op
posed to the existing government was encamped with
in two miles of the latier city, and various skirmishes
hao taken place, but without decisive result. The
blockade of Buenos Ayres continued to be prosecuted
with vigor.
A Montevideo naper of the Bth October—for which
we have to thank Captain Varney—details an attempt
made by a party of the anarchists, as they are termed*
: to surprise the town. — JV. Y. Courier.
The schooner Potomac is reported to have cap
| sized in Long Island Sound on Sunday last, when all
! hands perish >d. We have been as vet unable to
j learn further particulars. — AT. Y. Courier.