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ijt i'V Cciav’-iuce, hr. cauti'jii-ly cndfavorito|
ia**e a different impression in another quar-l
*:• 5 T:o<!. r . j Is, tat-Viiifog 11.-U the’
*'•. whom he tupport- lor the t-rtSM-ba- j
otherwise exist, that there has been a *
*>pjracv between them tu precuae decepnuu
upj t.re North and Souths in regard to his
real attitude on the Abolition question. Air.
Gates wilt not, we trust, be less ingenuous
Than Air. Calhoun, of Massachusetts. We
hops he Will be more so, and without hesita
lion give to the puAs; eye whatever he tuay
have written jo influence the popular vo:e in
his district on at subject, in regard to winch,
It Harrison has authorized his trends
in Uie West to make a publication for tire
avowed purpose of operating on the election
in that s ctfon. Ifthe modes of operation are
eonsJstent, it ivilt redound to the credit of the
pa; ties eooouarvh ff tlrey are not, bit hon
■t m Mr. Gates to aid Harrison m carrying j
s' -! tero of e’eetkioeerin*; iti
■ N . -p tiiksitic*"’ -sisteucyfntii
;e lie people? Is G a prt
1 .• ! c;.’ : rg wit;! Abohtfonwts that:
• t ••• ■ y, ■> r*to be held m secresy
• ; £ (i supporters f Harrison
r vc i .c priviieao of makiat n open
tS- i private conespondence with
and of the declarations they extort
rn? /vre Evans, Gates, Calhoun, and
ti. Abolition Representatives, to stand
~ .’foie Lvctis. Berrien, The Kentucky
• -M.ii.-r, ntod others of the southern side of
v fogyery, talk out ?
i Hit STANDING ARMV HUMBUG.
’ r . ’ insett, n f the request of the Centra!
..icrauc Committee of Virginia, his pre
;*i:cd \ ietter in relation to h;s nniitia bill,
.c : .illy exposes the federal falsehoods
have bv'.-n circulated in regard to it.—
ife staffs that “ the President concurred
ivnn iiiu. ia v.pimon with regard to (he Im
por'wnce of reorganizing the militia, but had
agency i* preparing the plan reported to
Congress, and no previous kdoicledge of its
ditails. It was prepared, as lias been already
been *>tak J, at lire request of a committee of
!ie House of Represetisa tive3 expressed at
u.” lar-l session, and reported to this Congress
upon a call of the House, made directly on
‘*!<• Secretary of War, ami, as usual, in ail
cases, rent to that body, isit boat be l ng previ
ously submitted to the President .” Trrese are
. •v irdj of Mr. Poinsett. What uow be
-m mes of the fderal artifice which garbled
■the Preddei**s message to give force to their
t mlsfi *od regarding this bill ?
Mr. x uioselt goes on to state the necessity,
originating from tire probability of a war
iv .aii fr.eai Brito in, for some efficient organi
sation of the militia. He also contrasts his
pi a a with those of Cen. Harrison and Uen.
ivuoXjSnd proves indisputably its superiority.
fy regard to this bill, it is a remarkable fact
tbat, wirea first proposed aod before the ‘father
ofiiesf* put it into tire beads of tire Whigs to,
ti.se it in Vugima to deceive the people, tt re
ceived the warmest apprr.hition sf the very
presses ivliich are now foremost ia its con
demnation! Tire Baltimore Patriot recom
rneudod it by saying that *one might infer that
■it was tire production of tome liberal end en
lightened whig.’ The Journal of commerce
gave it its ‘inost cordial and hearty assent.’—
i he New York Commercial Advertiser called.
it an ‘admirable document, abounding in wise
mggeatiotts, and that fire plan for the reorgan
ization of lire militia strikes us, though on hasty
‘fleetioa, one of the best suggestions ever put
feuilh upon that subject.’ The New Yd k
\ rerican, also gave its commendations of the
bill
Th bdl iti itself, we believe to W ati ad
sniraWe one, and that it wassailed for at the
time by the prospect of hostilities vvhh Eng
land. The moot cufkms-objecrtkwi t it, \<\ the
prevailing low state of dte national finances,
is its expense, i
At present no war is likely to occik, -ana .
the Senate has, therefore, tlicjugkl proper to
rej et it.
What sin'll we think, however, of the party
that had the shameless mendacity to distort
this harmless measure so grossly? What
shall we think ot the leaders of tire opposition
this citv, and other so-called respectable
Whigs, who no longer ago than last week
reiterated, In a solemn resolution, nil the ex
ploded lies in regard to it ? Is it not an evi
dence rhat the opposition have lost all respect
for truth, in their anxiety toelect their imbecile
candidate! It is actually pitiable to see res
pectable ip.cn stooping so bw.—Jilsbile 11 eg
istcr.
CASE OF LIEUTENANT nOOE.
Mr, Bolts having tliwiglit projtcr j
to pursue a course in relation to the!
question involved in the trial of this j
officer, directly opposed to that j
which a man of sense, actuated by n I
sincere desire to remedy a supposed -
grievance, would have chosen, wcj
now, in pursuance of the tuti(nation !
in the Globe of yesterday, proceed j
lo state the case of Lieutenaut Hooe,
ns briefly as possible.
Lieutenant Hooe was tried on |
three charges, to wit: * Treating
with couteu.pt his superior ofliccr
n the execution of his duty; 1 ‘uiter
i .4 mutinous and seditious words;’
and for * dUolveflience of orders’—
which last iuvoivod the additional
’ harg’ of eruehyc
Frt. In directing John Dennis,
on board the Vandalia, to
v tUgged with eighteen lashes,
•• :1.0 V to the internal regulations
!v *hip, and in direct violation
:• 1 article of the act for the
* • government of the navy,
vundiy. Inflicting on Calvin
’ 1 , a boy between twelve and
•on years of age, in a cruel and
and :! n; manner, on his bare
i,., between fifty and sixty lashes
;, i; ;'.vtr pasts of a three yarn net
■•* and at another time, eighty
• vi-rj or more iashes, in like mun
hdly. Flogging Daniel Wa
- i'.e Cotutnauder’s rook.
‘ onrthiy. Directing Win. O'Bri
• \ to receive twelve lashes.
• n. ‘C contrary to the internal
. • .fine ship, and all, w ith
, ,i;;n of the latter, in direct
; of the third article of the
V better government of the
loose charges, Lieut. Hoop
ilv convicted, with thequalifi
;J that the beating of Calvin
.[..ru,].) vv.ia llOt *ID a CfUcl atJ(l
. ; ,j ;i. >s manner, * and for these
....d other offences fully proved by
ic-umony to which he offered no
objoutian, and hi#his ovv n confession,
lie was sentenced to le dtsn.tsscd
the squadron, atfd to be
rctn imti nded by the Secretary of the
r V .
In the course r f the trial Lieut,
lluoa objected to the examination
of two free hluck witnesses, regular
•>’ entered, and do.ag doty on board
aVt ioliu, then lying at anchor
in Pen acola bay, a itch objection
was overruled by the eouil, a major
ity of which consisted of Southern
officers. The Secretary of the Na
vy, on receiving tlre proceedings,
referred the case to the District At
torney, the Attorney General being
absent, who decided that all the
specifications on which Lieut. Hooe
had been convicted, were fully
proved without the testimony to
which he objected, and that on a
great portion of these no testimony
whatever had been given by the
objectionable witnesses. The Se
cretary of the Navy accordingly con
firmed the decisions of the court and
it was carried into effect.
Subsequently Lieut. Ilooe memo
rialized the President, on the ground
that improper testimony had been
received at his trial ; and the Presi
dent after reviewing the case, deci
ded not Jo reverse the decision, on
the sole ground that the case was
fully made out, and the proofs com
plete, without the objectionable tes
timony. The question as to the le
gality of the testimony of these wit
nesses, did not come up —it was not
necessary to the decision. This was
the opinion of the Attorney General.
After long delay, and near the close
of the session, Mr. Bolts lias brought
the subject before Congress in a
series of resolutions, not of inquiry,
but condemnation, and with the ob
ject, which has been fully attained,
of disseminating them through the
Southern JStates, for political pur
poses, either before they were pre
sented, or after they had been re
jected by the House.
Having previously remarked on
the course he has pursued, in terms
which every candid and honorable
man will acknowledge to be just,
we shall leave him to the judgment
of the intelligent people of ail illus
trious Commonwealth, and the con
stituents he represents. We will
only ask any humane and high
minded citizen of the South, wheth
er the President would not have
been amply justified in dismissing
Lieutenant Hone from service for
the illegal and unwarrantable in
flictions of punishment on a class of
men to whom the country is so deep
ly indebted for those honors she
enjoys in the estimation of the
world, and to whom sire looks for
future accessions—for abusing an
usurped authority to the purposes
of cruelly and oppression, and bring
ing upon the high and honorable
and humane officers of the American
navy, the imputation, of all others,
most abhorrent to the genius of our
country, and the spirit of our insti
tutions. Does there exist a Vir
ginian—with the exception of Mr.
Bolts —who would have objected to
such a just exercise of authority, or
who would not, if the case had been
fairly presented, have cried out
against the President, had he, by a
reversal of the decision of the court
martial, prostituted his prerogative
to the purpose of giving impunity
to petty oppression, under pretence
of repudiating testimony which both
the District Attorney and the Attor
ney General had decided to be im
material—nay, more, absolutely out
of the issue which he was called
upon to affirm or reverse ?
The President is not the man to
pursue such a course. lie is the
representative of the free anti bene
volent principles of Demon ary,
whose end and object is to amelio
rate the condition of the poor, the
unprotected, and the defenceless.
By this chart has he steered, and
to this great purpose have all his
acts been directed. It s for this he
directed the order to be issued that
the laborers and mechanics employ
ed under the different departments
of Government should not he obliged
to labor at any time more than ten
hours a day. It was his ardent de
sire to shield the gallant sailors of
the United States, as far as possible,
from the abuse of a privilege sanc
tioned by the laws, that prompted
him to authorize the following gen
eral order of the Secretary of the
Navy, of which the conduct of
Lieut. Hooe was the immediate oc
casion :
CIRCULAR TO COMMANDING OFFICERS
OF SQUADRONS.
Navy Depahemekt, Bth March, 1539.
Sir: Complaints having been made
to the Department of the infliction
of punishment, by order of subordi
nate officers, upon the men on board
our vessels of war, in violation of
the law and regulations of the ser
vice, the Department deems it pro
per to cal by our particular attention
to this subject, and to direct that
you enforce the said law and regula
tions in regard to the infliction of
punishment, as prescribed by section
Ist, article 30th, of the act for tlie
better government of the Navy of
the United States, (Book of laws,
i page 101,) and in the rules, and reg
ulations, and instructions for the na
val service of the United States, pa
! ires GO and 61.
lam, sir, verv respectfully,
J. K. PAULDING.
T.r. Cha?. Wilkfs, jr. commanding United States
L.Tj'h'iing E-'pcdiUorij Valparaiso.
j SENTINEL & HERALD.
COLUMBUS, JULY 11,
T.> }:-.s !/::.!,(/ it*e motl dtu-n kosii ity
a: the prinrivUs and for-. 7, uj Cuusti
tuixo :. Tii-. nation is. ni i’-ii im-.o
Ki.! that it - ct -H shaken • tins mit
’ went. Bu: suppose a st-ie* of um u divtrtsshou.fi
. jc.;u if rh U.M -oult ih com .i:,cy of a
R‘p an Gov r.ment to Kiett a crisis oj t M. X *
’ ger. or to unhinge the oo feh r< oj the / enpie in the
\pn ic ‘ mcu -ttd -fe,. iinstitution hkeihis penetrating
by its ranches every poet of the union, acl.ng by com
mand and in phalanx may in a critical moment upset
the government I deem no government safe, which is [
■ under the laisaioge of any isf -constituted auihariti.es,
or any o’her authority than that of the nation, or its ree
-1 idar functionaries. IVhat an obstruction cmll not this
1 Eaiik of the United States, with all its branch banks,
]be in time of war? It might dictate to us the peace voe
should accept, or withdraw its aid. Ought tee then to
i give further growth to an institution so powerful, so
\ hostile? —Thomas Jeffeeson.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
MARTIN VAN BUREN.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
JOHN FORSYTH.
REASONS
WHY GEX. \V. H. HAitRISOV SHOULD
NOT iJEZ ELECTED PRESIDENT.
Gen. Harrison's Op nions on the subject of Abolition
“ TO THE PUBLIC.
{jQ~“ Fellow Citizens. — Being called sud
denly home to attend my sick family, I have
but a moment to answer a few calumnies
which are in circulation concerning me.
“ 1 am accused of being friendly to slavery.
From my earliest youth to the present mo
ment I have been the ardent friend of human
liberty. At the age of eighteen I BECAME
A MEMBER OF AN ABOLITION SO
CIETY, established at Richmond ; the object
of which was to ameliorate the condition of
slaves, and procure their freedom by every
legal means. My venerable friend Judge
Galch, of Claremont county, wasaiso a mem
ber of this Abolition Society, and has lately
given me a certificate that I was one. The
obligation which I then came under I have
faithfully performed. * * *
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.”
Gen. Harrison the Nominee of the Abolitionists.
From Garriton’s Liberator.
“ Nomination of Gen. Harrison. —The
National Whig Convention, assembled at
Harrisburg on the sih December, nominated
William H. Harrison for the office of Presi
dent of the United States. On the first and
second ballots the vole stood, for Henry Clay
103, for Harrison 94, for Winfield Scott 57.
On the third ballot the vote was, for Harrison
148, for Clay 90, for Scott IC. Ml the slave
Slates voted for Clay. We regard this as
another important sign of the times —as a
signal defeat of the slaveholding power in this
country. —Had it not been for Abolitionism,
Henry Clay would undoubtedly have been
nominated. We have faith to believe that no
slaveholder will ever again be pesmitted to fill
the Presidential office of this republic .”
From the Emancipator, the organ of the Abolitionists
in New York.
The Harrisburg Convention. —Wei!, the
agony is over, and Henry Clay is—laid upon
i the shelf. And no man of ordinary intelli
gence can doubt or deny that it is the anti
slavery feeling of the North which has done
it, in connection with his own ostentatious and
insolent pro-slavery demonstrations in Con
gress. Praise to God for a great anti-slavery
victory! A man of high talents, of great
distinction, of long political services, of bound
less personal popularity, has been openly
rejected for the Presidercy of this great Re
public, on account of his devotion to slavery.
Set up a moument of progress there. Let
the wind tell the tale—let the slaveholders
hear the news —let foreign nations hear it—
let O’ConnelS hear it—let the slaves hear it:
A slaveholder is incapacitated for the Presi
dency of the United States. The reign of
slavocracy is hastening to a close. The.
rejection of Henry Clay and the nomination
of William Henry Harrison by the Whig
Convention, taken in consideration with all
the circumstances, is one of the heaviest blows
that the monster slavery lus received in this
country.
Proof that General Harrison is the Nominee o f the
Federalist ?.
“ lie (General Harrison) has row been selected by
the general voice ot those whose political principles agree
with his own, to go the head of the column, and to bear
up and advance the flag under which it is hoped those
principles map be maintained and defended.”
Daniel WessTEa.
Proof that he is a Federalist.
“ Gen. Harrison declared that in issuing
the Proclamation General Jackson had
accomplished more good for the country than he achieved
by his splendid victory ett the battle o f New Orleans.
Georgia Journal.
* # * *
“Gen. Harrison is a FEDERALIST, and
his election to the Presidential Chair would
give to the Federal Party such an ascendancy
m the administration of the Government, as it
has not possessed since the formation of our
Government.” Ibid.
* * * #
* Gen. Harrison is an avowed opponent of
our doctrines, and would, no doubt, should he
think it expedient, put into to practical ope
ration the principles of the proclamation and
force bill. ’ Ibid.
* # # *
“Gen. Harrison promises nothing that will
advance the principles that we contend for.
On the contrary, he is a foe to their advance
ment, and to be consistent, should occasion
present itself, he must aid to put them down.”
Ibid.
John Randolph, in the Senate, in the year
1826,said:
“He was an open, zealous, and frank sup
! porter of the sedition-law and black cockade
i administration ; and I was as zealous, frank,
and open opponent of the black-cockade and
sedition-law administration. We differ fun
damentally and totally; we never can agree
about measures or about men. I do not
mean to dictate to the gentleman; let us agree
to differ as gentlemen ought to do, especially
natives of the same State, who are antipodes
to each oiher in politics.”
Gen. Harrison in reply, by way of admis
sion of the truth of the charge, says:
‘ The gentleman had no means of knowing
my political principles, unless he obtained them
from private conversations. As I was on
terms of intimacy with the gentleman, it is
very probable that he might have heard me
express sentiments favorable to the then ad
j ministration. 1 certainly felt them —so far,
|at least, as to the course pursued by it in re
| lation to the Government oi France. For Mr.
| Adams, 1 entertained at that time, and have
j ever since entertained, the greatest respect.
Ii believe him to be an honest man and a pure
patriot; and his conduct during that session
proved him to be such. This opinion, I know
was entertained by those two able and up
right statesmen John .Marshall and James A.
Bayard .’
Gen. Harrison in favor of the Tariff.
‘ In an address delivered before the Agri
cultural Society of Hamilton county, in 1831.
he said, ‘lt may be asked whether, under any
circumstances, I would be willing to abandon
the tariff; I answer without hesitation, in the
affirmative; whenever the streets of Norfolk
• and Charleston shall be • corercd with grass
i and cur southern friend* find no market for
their produce, atv! this a},-,ie or things can le
.( coy uaced io die larifi - , I would *hen in
.stamiy give my vote for its modification or
entire rep-.ai.”
Gen Hurrkon in favor if selling free vihitc persons for
FINES a.at OOti i ti'.
Extract .. oai the journal o. the late, of Ohio.
l uks av Jan, SO, 1021.
Senate met pcrsu iut to adj jununent.
Ij. Sc.. ,e then, according to the order of
or uay . .v ;ved itsei’ into a committee oi
the tvhoie upon uhe bill tiotu lire House e ;iii
lieu an act or rite pums tuieut of certain oi
iences trrerein named.’ and after sometime
therein spei t, the Speaker (Alkn Trouble) re
sumed me cuai .
Mr. Filhian then moved to strike out the
19 th section of said bill as IblioWs;
Be it futther enacted, Thai when any per
son shall be imprisoned, either upon execu
tion or otherwise, for ihe non-payment of a
fine or cost, it shall be lawful for the sheriff of
the coun’y to sell out such person as a servant
to any person within thus slate who will pay
the whole amount due, for the shortest period
of service; of which sale public notice shall
be given at least ten days; and upon such
sale being effected the sheriff shall give to the
purchaser a certificate thereof, and deliver
over the prisoner to him, from which time the
relation between such purchaser and the pri
soner, shall be that of master and servant,, until
the time of service expires; and for injuries
done for either, remedy shall be had in the
same manner, as is or may be provided by
law in case of master and appientices. But
nothing herein contained shall be construed to
prevent persons being discharged from impri
sonment according to the provisions of the 37
section of the-act to which this is supplementa
ry, if it shall be considered expediet to grant
such discharge. Provided ihat the court in
pronouncing upon any person convicted under
this act, or the act to which this is supple
mentary, may direct such person or persons io
be detained in prison until the fine be paid or
the person or persons otherwise disposed Oi
agreeably to the provisions of this act.’
Upon this motion of Mr. Filhian to strike
out the above section, the vote recorded as
follows:
‘Yeas —Messrs Beasly, Brown, Filhian,
Gass, Keaton, Jennings, Lucas, Mathews,
McLaughlin, McMillan, Newcomb, Robb,
Russell, Scofield, Shelby, Spencer, Stone,
Thompson, and Womeleof—2o.
Nays—Messrs Baldwin, Cole, Foos, Fos
ter, WILLIAM H. HARRISON, McLean,
Os wall, Pollock, Ruggles, Roberts, Wheeler,
and Speaker.—l 2.
Thus you see that this section has not been
permitted to disgrace the statue books ofOhio.
And for the information of sceptical of the
piebald party, we will append the following
certificate, from the Secretary of State which
is endorsed upon its back—to wit:
Secretary of State's Office ?
Columbus, O. Sept. 10. 183 G. S
I certify that the foregoing is a true and ac
curate copy from the journals of the Senate of
the State of Ohio, being the first session of
the nineteenth General Assembly, Ireld at Co
lumbus, Dec. 1820.
See page 303, 304, 805,
CARTER B. HARLAN.
Secretary of State.
THE MARRIAGE.
The union of the Republicans of the Union
and State Rights parties of Georgia, as was
predicted by their Federal opponents, was
fully consummated at Milledgeville on the 3d
and 4th of this instant. The ‘ Marriage ’
was one of an interesting and imposing char
acter, Like all other marriages, the offspring
ot mutual regard, it was not necessary for
them to enter into lengthy stipulations and
c wenants; as the union was formed purely on
Republican principles, it only became neces
sary for .them to make and reciprocate the
necessary avowals; this was done by all the
parties in good faith. Lke all disinterested
matches, they have had a glorious Honey-
Moon, and promise themselves a Jong life of
uninterrupted connubial bliss. They fondly
anticipate a numerous democratic offspring,
and shall look for a son to be born on the 4 h
March next, whom they propose to christen
with the name of Martin Van Boren.
OMINOUS.
On Saturday lasi, at the Whig celebration
in Co.umbus, a splendidly decorated balloon)
intended to represent the anticipated ascent
of General Harrison into the presidential
chair, resisted the first essay to elevate i*.--
‘ Try it again,’ was vociferated loudly. ‘ Just
so General Harrison failed in his first attempt
on the Presidency, but, like him, the ballaon
will succeed in the second effort.’ Chemical
actioo was again had, and a sufficiency of gas
generated; but instead of rising, it flew into
pieces. The augury, it is said, caused groans
to be heard and blue faces to be seen among
the leaders, and it is even hinted that some of
ffiem had disturbed dreams at this unpropi
tious omen. The following jeu d'esprit on
the occasion has been tendered for publica
tion :
A high cheek-boned Sawney, looking on with
Asked * what de’ii’s in the tiling that it canna’ now
rise V
‘ Faith and troth,’ said a Paidy, ‘ye son of an ass,
< Don't you see they have filled it with hard-cider gas ?
‘ Which every one knows, from the king to the clown,
‘ By its weight, arrah, Sawney, m.ist kape the thing
down.
‘ Ma vourncen,’ he added, ‘ sure that’s not ihe worst,
‘ For too much such gas will make *y thing burst.
4 Thus, four years ago, all the force of the scurf
‘ Couldn’t raise the ould jineral’s fa'e from the turf,
• And, next fall, they’d find him, though strengthened
by traces,
‘ Unable to rise up, but flying in paces.’
Correction . —A friend in li.us.sell
county. Alabama, desires us
tice a statement, circulated by the
Whigs in tbat quarter, concerning
the editor of the Sentinel and Her
ald. It is neither more nor less
than that he has abandoned the
cause of democracy, turned traitor
to his own convictions, and become
a Harrisonite. \Ye have only to
remark that the report is as closely
allied to truth as the Whig story of
Mr. Van Buren’s having opposed
the war against England, and that
General Harrison has never been a
black-cockade Federalist, nor at
tempted to impress the abolitionists
with the belief that be is with them
in principle.
Whig Compliment. —The follow
ing article, extracted from the Na
tional Gazette, (a whig paper print
ed in Philadelphia,) of the 2d in
stant, is submitted for the special!
attention of the Tippecanoe Club;
of Columbus, who have taken the!
foreigners in Western Georgia un-i
der their special protection. Wilij
that association endorse the charge
preferred by compatriot of the!
National Gazette, that to the fo-|
reign population among us is chiefly
to be attributed the fastening of the
imputation of drunkenness on the
whole people, and assert that the
accusation is not offensive to truth
and honor and justice ? That they
will not, and dare not, endorse the
allegation of their brother whig, is
net mutter of conjecture. • They
know the averment to be a foul de
parture from truth, and are aware
that intemperance is as common in
towns and neighborhoods in which
foreigners are sparse as in those in
which they are rife. With persona!
knowledge of such facts, will the
Tippecanoe Club of Columbus dis
charge the duties of their self-assum
ed trust, denounce their brother
whig as a slanderer and their fellow’
whigs of New Orleans and the Eas
tern and Middle States, who are
endeavoring to effect the abrogation
of our naturalization laws, in order
to prove that a man, though of the
same stock from which we have
sprung, because born in Europe, is
fit only for a hewer of wood and
drawer of water, as illiberal anti
republican demagogues, with free
dom on their tongues but swagger
mg pride and puerile exclusiveness
in their hearts?’ Will the Tippe
canoe Club of Columbus go one
step farther in making the amende
honorable to outraged truth, by de
claring distinctly, through their ac
credited organ, the Enquirer, that
every measure whether to abridge
the liberties of the foreigners in this
country, or to politically and moral
ly degrade them in the estimation
of tlie community, has originated
with the Whigs—and by way of
rider to designate the motive of at
tempting to fasten on the democrats
the invidious deeds of their own
party ? To be consistent with their
professions, they must; but we ap
prehend deficiency of moral cour
age. The article in the National
Gazette shall speak for itself. Here
it is ;
IVe rejoice to record a grand movement among the Ca
tholic Churches of this city in the temperance cause. It
can be no matter of offence to say. us it is universally
known, that the foreign population among us have
chiefly contributed to fasten upon the whole people the
charge of intemperance. The reform of a habit of long
indulgence is next in the scale of moral merit, to actual
virtue at all times. It will afford us pleasure to mention
on an early occasion the success ful efforts of the Catholic,
clergy more particularly to banish intemperance in their
congregations. ‘This is the first step towards every per
sonal propriety, towards domestic happiness and social
elevation.
The Independent ‘Treasury Bill lias
passed the lower house of Congress
by a vote of 124 ayes to 107 noes,
and wants nothing but tlie signature
of the President, which it will
promptly receive, to become a law.
The Globe of the 30th very truly
remarks, —“ This great measure
makes a revolution in the Govern
ment, as established by Alexander
Hamilton, and restores it ns estab
lished by the Constitution.”
Os the Georgia delegation in the
House of Representatives, Messrs.
Clack, Colquitt, and Cooper voted
for the bill, and Messrs Alford,
Dawson, Habersham, King, Nisbet,
and Warren against it.
The Bankrupt Bill passed the Se
nate on the 25th ult. by the follow
ing vote :
Yeas —Messrs. Clayton, Davis,
Dixon, Henderson, Huntington,
Knight, Monton, Nicholas, Norvell,
Phelps, Porter, Ruggles*, Smith of
Indiana, Southard, TaUinadge,
Walker, Webster, White, Wil
liams, Wright, Young.—2l.
Nays. —Messrs. Allen, Andeison,
Renton, Brown, [Buchanan, Cal
houn, Clay of Alabama, Ciithbcrt ,
Hubbard. King, Linn, Lumpkin,
Pierce, Roane, Robinson, Smith of
Connecticut, Sturgeon, Tappan,
Wall.—l 9.
The reasons by which Mr. Lump
kin was induced to vote against the
bill will be found in the report of bis
speech on this subject contained in
today’s Sentinel and Herald.
Northeastern Boundary. —On the
29th tilt, the Senate received a mes
sage from Mr. Van Buren announ
cing the fact that the British Gov
ernment has consented to the prin
ciples of the last proposition by the
United States to settle the question
of the Northeastern boundary ; but
as the British commissioners ex
press an opinion that the true line of
the treaty of 1783 is materially dif
ferent from that so long contended
for by Great Britain as well as es
sentially different from that claimed
| by the United States, and it is infer
| red that it will hereafter be used by
the British Government in discus
sing the boundary question, Mr.
Van Buren recommends an imme
diate exploration and survey by the
American Government.
Mr. Editor: Being a subject of Arm. rican
suffrage, and a democrat, I would, through
ihe medium of your paper, make a few re
marks touching the politic-el agi Latin a of the
country. Our government being based on
these fundamental principles, the right of man,
and equality of representation, there inevita
bly will be a difference of opinion as to meas
ures Lest fitted to promote the welfare of the
people. It becomes, then, the imperative
duty of ©very freeman, in the exercise of his
suffrage, to support such men to office (bold
in the State and General Government,*) as will
carry out such measures, that will be for the
benefit of the whole people, not the few. W e
should be diligent in guarding the liberties we ;
enjoy, easting aside all personal interest, ever
watchful of any inlringement on the Constitu
tion of our country. In all republics, there
have been parties actuated by personal inter
est. Such parties are at all times, and under
all circumstances, dangerous, and often fatal,
to the liberties of a free people. Being found
ed in selfishness, they cannot but terminate in
usurpation and abuse. They, in the first
lead to obscurity, and eventually pro
duce a final obliteration of all the landmarks,
which are based on the fundamental differen
ces of Government. They confound all dis
tinctions between right and wrong, justice
and oppression, freedom and bondage, lili, at
lust, they produce a total want of feeling in
ail political affairs. A judicious and vhiuuus
people never lose sight of principle. Thai
there always lias been, and is now existing,
such a party, in the United States, as 1 have
named, is beyond conlradietion. To use the
language of Thomas Jefferson, the star ol
democracy, the advocate and light of Repub
licanism, who most wisely and energetically
resisted the federal consolidated power intro
duced by Hamilton and Cos., and who, through
a series of years, labored most ardently to
sustain the principles best fitted to a tree peo
ple, says, ‘ in place of that noble love of lib
erty and Re; uhlican Government, which
carried-us triumphantly through the war, an
Anglican Monarchical and Anstocratical par
ty has sprung up, whose avowed object is to
draw over us the substance, as they have
already done the forms, of the British Govern
ment. Men who prefer the calm of despot
ism to the boisterous sea of liberty, British
capitalists, speculators and holdersin the banks
and public funds, a contrivance invented for
the purpose of corruption, and for assimilating
us in all things to the rotten as we I as the
sound parts of British model.’ It then be-,
hooves us to he cautious—that we break not
the union cement of democracy, but strenu
uously adhere to those principles which have
ever characterized the republican party —
principles that are based upon the fundamen
tal doctrines of industry, merit, and general
happiness, the distribution of property on the
principle of the worth of labor and the virtue
and comfort of the whole people.
The voice of declamation and denunciation
is sounded at every corner and in every aven
ue by the great philanthropists of the present
age, (the opponents of the Republican party)
proclaiming that the condition of the country
calls for amelioration and that sympathy
should swell the bosom of every citizen, more
especially the laboring class, when at the same
time, those who are the most clamorous are
the very same men who have been most in
strumental in producing the present state ot
affairs by the most wild speculation ever
practised upon public credulity, the main
spring of which is these legalized monopolies,
called banks. It must be acknowledged that
specu ation, in a general sense, is a curse to
any country. In the first place, it enriches
the few and oppresses the many—the few
having the power, they control—fluctuation
in hank paper is certain; and revulsion of
business in such a state of affairs must inevi
tably take place. Inequality of fortune is
natural to society; because talent, as well as
physical power, is unequally distributed to
the human race. But this inequality does
not argue the necessity of ignorance and
pauperism ; nor does it argue that, this diver
sity of faculties must necessarily lead to such
consequences. Let the producers but once
fully comprehend their injuries and appreciate
their strength at the polls and this system of
oppression will vanish like the mist's of the
morning before the rising sun. The power
of redemption is unquestionable; it is with
; the producers of wealth who constitute an
overwhelming majority of the people, I say
let them but speak as freemen should at the
approaching election, and the present incuin
bent of the White House will slay where he
is—and our State Legislature will be com
posed of such men as will compel the hanks
in the State to comply with the requisitions
ot their charters. That Martin Van Buren
is a democrat oftheold Jeffersonianschooi and
that he has discharged the duties of his office
as such, is evident to all unprejudiced minds.
Loud and boisterous have the Federal party
been against the present Administration--
crying out corruption, corruption!—but thus
it is, it has never been thought expedient by
the House of Representatives (of the present
administration) (o appoint a committee to sit
during their recess to take care ol the British
Minister, the Spanish Minister, the Secretary
of State, and in short, the President of the
United States, as was the case of John Ad
a ms’s first year of Administration—ti e man
who is so wonderfully landed by tilt oppo
nents of the republican party, and with whom
they identify themselves by seeking to carry
out the same measures. To discuss the mer
its of Martin Van Buren, it is unnecessary, as
they have been tried ami approved. As to
his opponent, William Henry Harrison, his
merits are of an ordinary cast —and as to h s
measures as an executive in case of his elec
tion, he reluses to communicate them, and
leaves us to judge from his past career; which
is rather unfavorable; so much so that I
conceive th°rn to be in direct opposition to
the true principles of democracy. They have
been enumerated so often, that it is un. cces
sarv for me to repeat them. Working men
of Muscogee! I appeal to you to adhere to
that honest determination of purpose which
you have at all times exhibited in the ranks
of democracy ; and victory will crown our
efforts. ‘ A MECHANIC.
CELEBRATION IN MUSCOGEE.
On the 4th inst. an assemblage of the neigh
boring citizens in the vicinity of Benjamin
Doles, was held to join in the celebration of
the 64th Anniversary of American Indepen
dence. Mr. Win. Scuilock was appointed
President of the day; Wm. W. Pool, Vice
President; the Hon’ A. McDougald, Orator
of the day, and G. W. Way, Reader of the
Declaration of Independence. After the de
livery of the Oration, which was eloquent
and appropiate, a sumptuous repast was
served up by our wall known, hospitable citi
zen, Benjamin Doles. On the cloth being re
moved, the following toasts were given:
REGULAR TOASTS.
Ist. The day we celebrate. It is the birth
day of our independence; may each annual
return of it find us a free, happy and united
people.
2d. Memory of George Washington.
3d. The political princip’es of Thomas Jef
ferson ; they are to the democracy what the
bible is to the Christians, the man of their
council.
4th. Gen. La Fayette; the true friend of
liberty and libera! principles.
sth. Memory of James Madison.
6th. Memory of James Monroe.
7th. President of the United States.
Bth. Governor of Georgia.
9th. The Constitution of the United Stales.!
It plainly and explicitly declares the powers
ot our government. Those who claim other
powers than those expressly Bet forth in that
instrument are Federalists of the deepest dye,
and are the open enemies to the plain and
important principles of this confederacy.
10th. Public Debt; a blighting curse to a
free people. None but the oppressors of the
people are its advocates.
11th. An Independent Sub Treasury Sys
tem ; the only constitutional means of carry
ing on the financial operations of this govern
ment.
12th. Banks and Monopolies; prejudicial
alike to the rights and liberties of the com
mon people.
13th. The laws approved and advocated;
by Harrison and his supporters, to sell white!
men who are too poor to pay court fines and ;
costs, are an insult to the American people;
that they will resist in a voice of thunder in!
November next.
14th. United States Bank; it is inexpc-,
dient, dangerous and in direct violation of
the Constitution.
15th. Assumption of the debts of the States
by Congress; it would be an outrage upon
the rights and liberties of the American peo
pie, a measure which should be resisted at
the hazard of this union, which is above all
price save that of justice and liberty.
16th. Federalists, Abolitionists and Wk!g°;
enemies to the republican principles of our
government, and co-workers against southern
rights and southern inteiests.
17th. Andrew Jackson; distinguished as
the hero of New Orleans, at which he cclnev
ed the greatest military victory ever known
to the world ; still more distinguished and
endeared to his country for h s victory over
the late United Slates Bank. The democra
cy of the union will, through ail time, point to
his veto upon its recharter, as the death
kntdl to monopolies and| Banks, the greatest
as well as nu<st corrupting enemies to their
liberties.
19th. The local Banks; their suspension of
specie payments was a violation of their rhar
teis; the continuance of it sgt outrage upon
the laws and interests of the country. No
thing but a prompt and immediate resump
tion can sntisly the people.
19th. The people are the true and legiti
mate source of power and sovereignty. The
candidate for office, therefore, who conceals
from them a frank and full expression of his
political opinions, when called on, is an ene
my to their interests, and sins willfully and
knowingly against one of the most sacred
and important rights of a free people.
20th. Alien and Sedition Law Administra
tion of John Adams; it was a daring attempt
to restrain the freedom of speech and the
press. Its supporters and advocates should
be as they have been, politically damned.
21st. Internal Improvements by the Gene
ral Government; unconstitutional and ruin
ous to our political institutions.
22d. Tariff* for protection ; it is unjust in
its operations, iniquitous in its object, uncon
stitutional and the most certain and destruc
tive foe to our glorious union.
23d. Spirit of Democracy ; a term of re
proach in the mouths of Whigs, Abolitionists
and Federalists. It is the true spirit of ’76;
it claims only the equality of rights and privi
leges secured by the Constitution; it stands
like a true sentinel of that glorious instru
ment, and sounds the alarm and rouses up
the people against all the efforts of Whigs,
Abolitionists and Federalists, combined to de
stroy the citadel of our liberty.
24ih. Foreigners; they who oppose their
emigration to this country and participation in
its blessings and privilege:;, are the loyal
fiiends and should be the subjects ol* kings
and crowned heads.
25:h. Industry and Economy, the best rem
edy for hard times.
26th. Woman; amidst the storm and strife
of politics and business, she proves a minis
tering spirit, soothes our cares, divides our
troubles and ornaments our dome stic circles.
VOLUNTEER TOAS I S.
By the President of the day. The voters
of Muscogee county are too virtuous, enlight
ened and patriotic to be gulled into the sup
port ol* a candidate fur the office of President
who conceals from them a full and satisfacto
ry expression of his political principles.
By the Vice President of the day. A strict
adherence to the Constitution of the United
States forms the only guide for the union of
the same.
By Alexander McDougald, F.q., Orator
of the Day. The Democratic Republican
pat tv of Muscogee: armed with the old
weapons, truth and honesty, firmness and in
telligence, they are always ready tor trial.
The hitred and reviling, the sneers and jee.-s
of the Federal Whigs and Aristocratic Cor
porators can never make them deny their
principles or-forsake their country.
By G. W. Way. Union; the American's
solace, the Patriot’s theme, the Tyrant’s
dread, the watchword ol* Republicanism, and
a passport to liberty.
By J. L. Lewis, Esq. Walter T. Colquitt;
an able and eloquent advocate of Southern
rights. He is wot thy of the suppoi tof Geor
gia.
By H. L. Benning, Esq. The public eye
will Hown with indignation on the 111:1:1 who
will make no further declaration lor the pub
lic eve.
Bv J. 11. Sturgis. The passion of Liberty
and Independence which glowed in the b si ms
ol* ’76 will ever be reveied by the yeom my
ut* America.
By P. Dozier. May the Northern Feder
alists and their Southern brethren meet with
a signal defeat at the coming Presidential
election.
By Win. Alley. Thomas Jcfflrson ; the
pure and patriotic advocate of Democracy,
worthy the approbation of the descendants
of ’76.
By Daniel Smith. Modern Wiiiggety; an
.ally to 1798 Federalism.
By:Z. Butler. Equal Rights, and Equali
ty of Rep eientation, the fundamental p ii:<i
ples of Democracy, the heartfelt passions of
Patriotism; they should entwine the besom
ol every American citizen.
By Wm. Tarbutton. Martin Van Buren,
a pure and unsullied Patriot; as an Execu
tive lie is identified with Thomas Jefferson,
the star of the American era.
By V. Pye, Esq, Our present Chief Ma
gistrate; t is wise and energetic course and
prompt attention to Republican principles
and Southern rights will secure his re-election.
The coa'ition of Abolitionism, Federalism
and Whiggery, to the contrary notwithstand
ing.
By D. Rodgers. Martin Van Buren ; the
Democrat who never was beaten for any
office. All intelligent Dcmocratc freemen
will again, as they have heretofore, e'est him
their next President.
By A. Levy. The American Eagle ; who
fastened his talons in the vitals of the Brit
ish lion at Saratoga, and prostrated him upon
the field of York; who hovered over the
happy administration of General Washing
ton. May h : s protecting wings he expand
ed over the head of Martin Van Buran for
the next four years.
By E. Duke. The American Fair; too
wise, too virtuous, and too highly prized to
trust their safety in a crazy old canoe.
By B. S. Marshall. It has been ‘an object
near my heart to see’ Marlin Van Buren re
elected President of the United States.
By D. J. Barber. The principles of Jef
ferson and Madison; support them, and
modern Whiggery and Federalism will crum
ble to the dust.
By J. Coleman. The memory of the Revo
lutionary Patriots, destined by the God of
Liberty to decide important events; they
were not found wanting, but acted well their
part. May their posterity often recur to their
I principles, their declaration, their Constitution,
and act them out, and all will he well.
By R. Duke. For President give us Mar
tin Van Buren and Brandy, in preference to
Wm. H. Harrison and Hard Cider.
By Wm. R. Russell. Here’s to the man
that is in favor of a sound currency, destruc
tion to the pet banks of the south and north,
the re-election of Martin \ an Buren for uit
good reasons in the world.
Bv Joshua liinlon. Resistance to oppres
sion is obedience to God.
By E. B. Gresham. Opposition to all laws
which are not authorized and sanctioned by
the Constitution.
By Jonathan Jenkinv. The Independent
Treasury and Martin Van Buren.
Bv F. M Dole?. Let the Columbian star
with brilliant lustre shine over our land of
Freemen, and he a guide for the good of
mankind all over the world, to declare their
Independence, to he free and happy as wc
are, and a solid Constitution as that, which
was framed by our forefathers, and our Amer
ican Luminary, Washington, th? th fender of
the rights of mer, women and children, and
the safeguard of his country's welfare.
By B. Doles. The American Union; the
only resting place sir! the last hope of free
•doni; may it continue to prove worthy of
its high destiny, the ‘■ of the exile, the