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in liit opinion, rcqnire more mature delibera
tion tr reference tu the people, lo be ascer
tained at the succeeding elections.’
A letter from Cleaveland, says: •
‘Mr. Starkweather addressed a large meet
ing of the citizen* at tlie court house in this
cnv, on Fr.dav last composed ol V\ Inga and j
Democrats; and belbre lie made any com
ments on that part of Harrison s speech in
which he declared # he would, if elected, sign
nnv b.ll winch had passed both houses ol Con- j
jrress, however much it might he against his
own opinion or judgment, lie requested that
if any one present understood him ditlerenlly*
he would correct him. He particularly re
quested the Whiffs present to do so, it he was
wrong. Not a man presumed to intimate to
tha contrary.’
Harrison is the frientl of adopted
citizens —
Sav some of his partisans. He is represented
by them ns a very hospitable oid gentleman,
the ‘latch string* to whose ‘door is never pull
ed in.’ This may do lor effect wherever it
will take,
Harrison is the enemy of adopted
citizens.
The Cleaveland correspondent of the New
York Post says of Harrison’s late speech at
that place—ln alluding to the military servi
ces, he said. ‘I rely upon the opinion ol my
countrymen: I care nothing for the opinion of
those (alluding to our foreign and adopted j
population) who have come hither tiiree thou- j
sund miles across the water.’ This remark I
evidently gave great offence to our foreign j
and adopted citizens, who were standing in j
the crowd and made it evident to all, that I
General Harrison still retained the spirit of
the alien and sedition laws, which he is said to
have approved.’
Add to this a section of the law of Indiana,
which as Governor he approved, under the
circumstances before mentioned; and which
reads as follows:
Section 1. All negroes and nmlattoes and
OTHER PERSONS NOT BEING CITI
ZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, who shall come into this Terri
tory, under contract to serve another, in any
trade or occupation, shall he compelled 10
perform such contract specifically during the
time thereof.’
Gen. II nrrison nntl State Rights. I
In his speech al Fort Meigs, he said:
‘I was taught to believe, that sooner or la
ter, dial fatal catastrophe to human liberty
would take place—that the General Govern
ment would swallow up all (lie State Govern
ments, and that one department ol the Gov
ernment would swallow up all the other de
partments.’
There were the teachings of a republican
father in the Old Dominion, who was one of
the signers of the Declaration of American In
dependence.
Gen. Harrison on the ot her side.
In his speech at Chevoit in 1830, he said:
‘Constituted as is the Government of the
Union, it appears to me that there is not the
least danger of its encroaching upon the rights
of the States.’
Harrison praises the Militia.
In his late speech at Fort Meigs, lie said:
‘Nineteen years afterwards, I found myself
Commander in Chief of the Northwestern Ar
my; hut I found no diminution in the bravery
of the American soldier. 1 found the same
spirit of valor it) all—not in (he regular soldier
only, but in the enrolled militia and volunteer
also.’
Harrison denounces the same Mi
litia.
In his space!) in Congress in Feb. 1800,
against the reduction of John Adams’ notori
ous Standing Army, he said:
‘He had experienced seven years service
with the M.litia, but was sorry to say, such
was their conduct, that he never could think
of trusting t.he country to their protect) n.’
Harrison was for Adams* Standing Army-
Here, then, is your opposition candidate for
the Presidency; having upon record alt sorts
of opinions to suit the most fastidious tastes.
Are you a Federalist? So is Harrison. Are
you an Anti-Federalist? So is he. Do you
favour abolition? So does lie. Are von op
posed to abolition? S> is he*. Are you Anti
Tariff? So is he. Are you fora High Ta
riff? So is he. Do you believe in the veto
power? So docs he. Do you believe in that
power? So does he. Are you for a United
States Bank? So is he. Are you opposed to
a Bank? So is lie. Are yon fora strict con
struction of the Constitution? So is he. Are
you lor a latitudiuous construction? So is he.
Are you the poor man’s friend? So is he.
Are you (lie poor man's enemy? So is he.
Ate you Yriendly to foreigners? So is he.—
Are you inimical to foreigners? So is he.—
Are you lor Slate Rrighls? So.is he. Are
you against Stale Rights? So is he. Have
you confidence in a militia? So has lie.—
Have you no confidence in a militia? Neither
has lie. Are you lor a Standing Army? So
is he, See. &e.
We cannot find an opinion of his upon re
cord which has not a counter opinion to bal
ance it—at least so far as government policy
is concerned. And he is the candidate who
refuses to tell the people upon what princi
ples he would administer the government if
elected President of the United States. This
is the man, who in a la!e letter to the New
York Committee, ‘declines giving any other
pledges or opinions ,’ and says: ‘That a bet
ter guarantee for the correct conduct of a
Chief Magistrate may he found in Ins char- i
acter and the course of his former life , than ;
a pledges and opinions given during the |>cn
dency of a doubtful contest.’ What right
h ■ he to decline giving Ids sentiments when
i ; e people, his masters —those who hold Ids
political destiny in their hands, call u; on him
;o avow them? It is enough for him to know
t i the people want his opinions—but he
L illies to them more like a dictator than a
peer. Ami he errs, too, in tiie idea that ihc
contest is doubtful. His double dealing has
removed all doubt. An intelligent people
can never support such a man for the highest
office in their gift, lie their party predilections
whatsoever they may—for it would he plung
ing blindly into the unknown future, and
•riving to a man of no principles the power
to enslave them with impunity.
.Moderate men of all parties! It is fir you
to save the country from the catastrophe with
which it is threatened. L't us not he satis
fied with a simple triumph over a man who
has no principles of ids own and no confidence
in the judgment of his fellow men—for the :
ratio in which his vole is swelled is the ratio
of our national degradation. W ill you trust
vi.ur neighbor in a business transaction if his
jast history is a history of hid faith? Cer
- inly not. We beseech you then not to j
1 :>4 the invaluable legacy of Republican
| he'ly entrusted to you liv your ancestors,
vmr children and your children’s children,
>e hands of a man who is so supremely
;. fisfi as to refuse to trust you with his opm- j
as, and who seeks the Presidency in such n ‘
manner that, (it’ elected) he may administer
the government as he pleases without your
advice or consent.
COLONEL A. B. FANNIN.
Against this gentleman appeared
several weeks ago in the Columbus
Enquirer a batch of certificates,
charging filial with having acted I
very dis ourteousiy at Wetumpka, j
Alabama, towards no elderly gen
tleman who as a volunteer Itadserv-!
ui under General Harrison ut Fort
• Meigs, and others accusing Fannin
of falsehood in having stated that
I lie had hern in the neighborhood of
‘that post (hiring the attack on it,
land entered it with despatches im
j mediately after the seige being rais
|ed. The object of this assault up
on him was to convict him of gross
misconduct in relation to this aged
isoldier, of having “/ter/,” and to
attach she whole odium of such be
jbaviourto Mr. Van Huron; because
j Colonel Fannin happens to fill an
! office in Savannah under appoint
ment of the United States. To
j those who have known Fannin as
long as the writer of this paragraph
has been acquainted with him, to
acquit him of the accusation no
counter testimony would be requir
ed; hut the community in general
j not possessing this mode of judging
him, we append so much of the circu
lar that lie has recently published as
we consider essential to a right un
derstanding of the case by the pub
lic—Editor Sentinel and Herald.
If the reader Inis gone through
‘this long and ridiculous array of cir
jtificutcs and statements, he lias no
j doubt discovered that the object of
the publication is to affect the elec
tions now going on and approaching,
in the country, by making it appear
that Mr. Van Huron has sanctioned
a system of electioneering by those
holding office under him, degrading
to him as a public man holding the
highest office in the United States.
The deep malice which sought its
gratification in exposing me to pub
lic censure, others may not readily
perceive. Who or what Mr. Drum
mond is, was never a question of the
slightest moment with me. I dis
pute no.hing they state in regard to
him. The statements they put in
to rny mouth are incorrect, as 1 shall
now proceed to prove*
Wktumpka, Ala., Aug. 22, 1840.
This is to certify that I was present at a
conversation which occurred before Mr. La
nier’s Hotel, in this place, on the 14>h of July
last, between Col. A. B. Fannin and Mr.
Grief Drummond. Col. Fannin and myself
Had been engaged in conversation, at Crane’s
American Hotel; and, at my request, he
accompanied me to the Post Office
—the next door to Mr. Linder’s Hotel.
I had obtained my letters and papers and
was standing with him in the Post Office door,
when Col. Sampson V\ . Harris came up, re
marking loGol. Fannin—“There is an an old
Fort Meigs soldier sitttng close bv.’ ‘I was
theie myself,’ observed Col. Fannin, ‘and
know something about what happened there.’
On mv suggesting that as there were nu
merous persons claiming to have seen service
under Harrison, some of them might he im
postor. 1 -; he also observed, ‘Yes, sir; no doubt
there are impostors; and they should he ex
posed;’ or something to that purport. About
this time I understood Capt. Couch to re
mark to trie, ‘that Mr. Dnuuntnnd was really
a Fort Meigs soldier,’ to which I replied that
Col. Fannin was there, too.’ Mr. Terry,
in his account of iliis matter, says that ‘\V.
L. Yancty, one of the Editors of the Argus,
remarked to Mr. Couch, that Cos!. Fanin was
it the battle of Fort Meigs.’ While i enter
tain a due respect for the memory of others,
I as to who I I might have said. I must, he per
t milted to entertain very serious doubts ns to
| the cornciness of that redirection which:
would make me assert what, at the time. I
knew was not true. In a conversation with
Col. Fann n, a half hour previous to his go
mg to the Post Office, lie had distinctly to'd
me that, while the battle was raging at Fort
I Meigs, lie, as hearer of despatches, to Harii-
I son, ‘was several miles off. though within hear
ing (f the guns.’ Others might have under
slcn i Cap). Couch to say, ‘that Drummond
was in the battle;’ 1 did not so understand him
—and my reply, distinctly remembered, ‘Col.
Fan in was there also,’ had reference to Fort
Meigs, and not to the sortie.
I teqnested the Col. to walk up and con
Vt rse with M . Drummond, lie expressed
a decided reluctance, to do so; saying, ‘I am
a stranger, and do not like to appear, so for
ward,’or something of similar purport. He
was, however pe-suaded to do so. He asked
several questions of Mr. Dmmmond in a
doubting manner—all of which li e old gen
tleman answered clearly ai.d unhesitatingly.
Among others, he asked him, ‘Where was
Gen. Harrison dining the battle ?’ ‘lit the
Fort,’ replied Mr. Drummond,’ ‘Aye! in the
Fort—in the Fort,’ exclaimed Col. Fannin.
‘Ves,’ says Mr. Dmmmond, somewhat i
nettled 1 jest where he r.uglti to have been.’ —
Our questions elicited the fact from Mr.
Di unmion I, that he was ‘wounded in tire
sortie.’ Col. Fannin observed, ‘You had
liefer go and tell General Harrison of that;
he may do something for you.’ They then
I conversed concerning the character of sever
j ai officers who were there, both in and out of
j the battle, whom both knew. Mr. Drum
| motid, now fairly launched upon a favorite
theme, went on describing revered minute in
oideius of the battle, which Col. Fannin re
plied to saying, '] have no doubt, sir. but that
you nn re in the b tile. 7 IVAS JYOT IJ\’
IT YSFIjF. I uns* however, a few miles
off. within sound cf the guns.’ The conver
sation here closed—Col. Fannin walking oil ■
with Col. Harris.
, 1 was present also, when Col. Fannin was
made an honorary member ofthe Democratic
Stale Rights Club, a lew nights after. He
thanked tire chib, in a few appropriate re
! marks, for the honor conferred upon him —
; remarked that, as had been said by the rnem
t her who had introduced him, he was at Fort
I Meigs, under Harrison, in an humble capaci
! tv, that of a Lieutenant; and spike kindly of
Harrison as a man. He was cheered by both
YVhigs and Democrats. I did not hear him
■ sa.v that ‘he was in the battle of Fort Meigs.’
I sat next to him in lilt* Club, and he stood
i within a few feel of me while speaking.
YY. L. YANCEY. !
Extra't from the proceedings of the Demo \
a otic State Fields Club of Coosa and \
.IJntanga Counties, in regular meeting at j
IVctunipka, August Hath. I SIO.
‘ The adoption of the billowing resolutions j
: having been moved and seconded, the Club
was severally addressed in support of them,
: by Dr. Hutchinson, Mr. C. M. Jennings, R
j M. Cherry, E q., Col. A. Haggerty. Mr.
John Crane. Mr. Tucker, YY. L. Yaucev.
Esq C. Judge, and A. M YVhnrter, all of
j whom Were present on the occasion to which
, the resolutions have reference. 1 hey were
I unanimously adopted.
‘Resolved, That this Club has seen with j
i regret that an attack has been made agn rst j
! one of its honorary members, Col. A. R j
I Fannin, of Savannah, on the score of certain !
language wh ch !v* is represented as having
used in a short address made to this Club, on
! the 15th ult.
‘ Resolved. Tint if is the decided opinion
[of those members who were present on that
j occasion, according to ihe best of their re
collections. A. B. Fannin did i.Qt sty in
that ad Ires?, that ‘lie was fn the battle of:
Fort .Meigs.’ Nor did he according to their j
belief, endeavor to make such an impression.
That they understood him to say in substance j
‘ that, he had been at Fort Meigs shortly
alter the battle; that lie knew Gen. Ham- :
son ; that he had nothing to say against him; I
that he was then too young to judge of hi - j
merits, and now too old to appreciate them. 3 \
‘ llesolced , That a copy of these resoiu-1
lions be placed at the disposal of A. B. Fan- j
nin ; and that they be signed by the Piesident, ‘
Vice President and Secretary, on hehall of;
those members who were present on the oc-;
easion to which they refer.
ALRAIN A. M'WHORTER,
President Dem. S. R. Club of Coo_-a and j
Autauga Counties, Ala.
R. M. CHERY,
Vice President D. S. 11. Club of Coosa ;
and Autauga counties, Ala.
Creed M. Jennings, Sec. pro. tern.
I have other letters corroborating
the statements of Mr. Yancy arid
the resolutions of the Democratic
State Rights Club. I deem it un
necessary to swell this publication \
to n greater length by their inser
tion. That some of those who have
signed cirtificates against me, are
in error from inattention, I willingly
believe. All I claim of my friends
and the public, is, to give to the tes
timony its due weight. Mr. Vaneev I
was my intimate acquaintance, and
I had with him many conversations.
Ho was at my elbow at the corn er- ;
sat ion which has been so much mis
represented; and his character is
above suspicion. The statement he
makes, is true. The resolutions of
the Club, passed unanimously, are
cot tainlv conclusiveagaiust iheslate
ments of those unconnected with
this association and not engaged in
its proceedings. If these state
ments are the subject of doubt, it
appears to me that human testimony
must cease to have any value. So
much for the statements I made to
Mr. Drummond and at the Demo
cratic State Sights Club of Wetump
kn.
I come now to the extraordinary
letter of my old friend, Col. Hamil
ton, and its endorsement by James
Abercrombie, William Dudley, A.
Abercrombie, Thomas Hoxev, and
John Townsend. On this subject
I present the following statement
from Col. Hamilton, made by him
after seeing the proceedings of the
Demociatic State Rights Club, of
VVetu mpku.
Macon, August 31, 1840.
I am gratified to discover from a copy ol
resolutions passed hv the Democratic State
Rights Club of Coosa and Autauga counties,
and in a regular meeting at Welumpka, Ali
gns! 25th, 1840, which I have just seen, that
Col. Fannin is relieved of the charge of hav
ing stated that he was at the battle of Fori
Meigs. In the rcsolu tit as above"referred to, j
he is represented to have only said in sub
stance, “that he had been at Fort Meigs
shorllv after the battle, and that lie knew
Gen. Harrison-—that l.e bad nothing to say
ngainst him, &c.” I knew from the fact ol
Col. Fannin's not hi ioogiog to the North
western Army, ton* he cm,hi not have been
in the batile of Fmt M t ig-;—nmi from tnv j
long acquaintance wid: Col- Fannin. I liavt
ever considered him incapable of ivilhil rnis
n-preservation. I also know, os previously
stated, ihnt Millegeville was his place of re
sidence in the springs of ISI3, and had no ie
enllection of his absence timing the spring of
that year, at the lime of my writing to Mr
Terry, foil the Ist inst.j nor have I any such
recollection at presen ; however from what I
have been informed, I am induced to believe
that he was absent i ome six or eight weeks
on a visit to Washington City, [and as lie
represents,] thence to Fmt Meigs My long
friendship for Co|. Fannin, induces me to
make the foregoing statement, and I shall be
highly pleased to see him entirely relieved
fr< m the unpleasant alietcaiion.
E. HAMILTON.
Tills statement of Col. Hn milt on,
1 receive us satisfactory'. I believe
be has marie it from a conviction
that bis memory bad failed him in
regard to the fact of my visit !o
Washington, and thence to list*
Northwestern Army in the spring of
1813. I never thought his state
ment intentionally erroneous. To
11 ho presumption of his endorsers,
two of’whom, if I ever knew, it was
in very early life, and the remain
ing three, Doctor Iloxey and James
and A. Abercrombie, I saw for the
first time, to she best of my recol
lection, in the army tinder General
Flovcd, in the fall of 1813, i fee!
less inclined to extend such charity.
The history of this ease is very
short. In the winter of 1812-13, 1
received from the President of the
United States, a commission as
third Lieutenant in the first Rifle
Regiment, then under the command
of Colonel Titos. A. Smith, with or
ders to report mvseif for service at
Fort Meigs. Dissatisfied with the
rank assigned me, 1 consulted my
friends, Governor Mitchell and
Judge Early, who was afterwards
Governor of the State. They both
advised me to go to Washington
with letters they would write in my
behal*. With these recommenda
tions J proceeded to Washington,
| where I remained a short time still
! hoping for promotion from the prof
ile red services of hot!) Air. Ala iison
jam! Mr. Monroe. At tiiis time i:
i became necessary to send despatch
!es to Gen. Harrison, then in com
mand of the Northwestern Army,
and Air. Monroe proposed to me
to become the bearer of the des-j
patches. lie accordingly iatroduc-:
etl me to the Secretary of W nr. ii
was soon despatched, and travelled
in company with Lieut. Stallings,
who I hope is still alive, and will ttn
ouestionahlv recollect the circum
stances. When 1 arrived in the
neighborhood of Fort Meigs, the
country was in the greatest state of
confusion and alarm. Communica
tion with the Fort had ceased, and
out 1 approach neater was thought to
he full of danger. We distinctly I
heart! the sound of the artillery, for
for the battle or siege was then go
ing on. As soon us the conimuni- ,
cation wish the Fort was opened I
carried in my despatches —delivered!
them to General Harrison —return-!
T<! to Washington—resigned my
commission of third Lieutenant,
(arid returned to Milledgeville. And
now, after the lapse of twenty seven
veais, gentlemen with whom I was
j then unacquainted, endorse a cer
tificate to prove that 1 was in Mil
j ledger ill at the time I was at Fort
Meigs. I know their endorsement
lias been given improperly and in
I violation of truth. But the proof
of facts so distant in regard to time,
is not always in our power. I have
written to General Harrison for such
evidence ns he may yet have in his
| possession, and to a fiiend in Wash
ington to have the records of the
! War Department examined for the
discovery of such record as may
have been made of the transaction.
The turning of the War Office at
a subsequent day, renders the dis
covery of this testimony doubtful.
In the mean time I submit the best
;collateral evidence in my reach,
and tmiKe this publication at this
time, fearing rny friends might think
ja longer delay improper; and fully
believing ihut the testimony I sub
mit is of itself sufficient to satisfy
every unprejudiced mind. By the
following correspondence, 1 prove
that 1 was absent from Milledgo
viile in the spring of 1813, for a
considerable length of time, and
that on my return I then stated that
1 had performed the son ice so often
referred to. It follows that the
certificate of the endorsers of Col.
Hamilton’s.loiter is untrue.
JrJiUedgcvitle, Ist Sept. 1840.
Coi,. A. B. Fannin,
‘mt: 1 lake great pleasure in stating wlint
I remember es your residence and empl v
un nl (luring the year 1813.
I knew you as a citizen nf Milledgeville
during the year 1812. and till vo r j lined the
army under General Floyd, in the fall of the
year ISIS. We had served together in the
Florida campaign, under General Nevvnan,
in the summer of 1812. aid l retired to my
lather's resilience, in Twiggs county, in Jan.
18i3, where I remained several months lor
rt Cos very from a wound received in that cam
paign. Our in imaev and friendship from
thm time to the present, hav - put me it) pos
•ession of the leading facts of your life, for the
whole period. Time has, however, dimmed
the recollection* f the events of 1 SI 3, and the
statement 1 make will he restricted to such
only as 1 remember with gieat clearness and
confidence.
On my rerurn from Twiggy I met you in
Milledgeville in the summer ol 1813. and
learned from yon that yon lad btel) to
Wrshitigton City, and had been the bearer i
o| despatches to the Northern army. In the
frequent conversations we had about that
period, 1 understood that the President had
received you with great kindness, and that
Mr. Monroe, then Secretary of Suite, had
expressed for you the greatest f; iendsnip, and
irea'ed you with a civility and attention
wholly unexpected. But that you were j
unable to procure an advance in your rank in
die airny, whr.li had been the obj -ct ofyonr
visit to Washington. Tie?e statements have
he* n so often alluded to by you, in gui'elul
remembrance to Mr. Madison, and espe
cia'lv to M . Monroe, that it is nearly impos
sible 1 should bo mistaken, nr that, this state
ment contains nnv material error.
With gieat friendship, vour’s. &e.
TOMLINSON FORT.
.MUh-dgevillc, Ist Sept. 1840.
Col. John Bozeman.
Sir —Having hern publii tv attacked In the
newspapers, in rHaiion in tsialemeuts attribu
ted to me, touching a part of mv history with’
which I know you were well acquainted at
the lime, f ask the favor of von, as an old ac
quaintance and friend, to state what von re
member of my employment in tl e spring o<
the year ISIS, and especially if you recollect
mv iwing absent from Mdiedgcv.iie on a trip
to YVashington City, and hum thence to the
North western frontier where the anniesni the
United Srales were then operating:
With great respect and esteem, your obe
dient servant.
A. B. FANNIN.
Milledgcvillc, 3 d Stpt. 18-10.
Col. Jl. 1). Fannin ,
Sir —i have received and carefully perused
arid reflected on vour letter of the 14 inot
Time has so Ihr obscured the impressions
made hv the events of the year iB!3 that it
is wholly out of my power to state It em with
much minuteness. A few circun.s anees in
relation (o yourself a l that lime, hav , uowever.
not vet escaped me, and I shall state only such
as I re a ember with great distmetne s.
t well remember your absence from Mill
edgeville in the spring of lSU;nr.d am equal
ly certain that on vour return I heard you re
peatedly mention your being at YY ashington
City—your introduction to the Presdent ol
the United States, and (lie great kindness ex
end'd to you by Ism and Mr. Monroe.
These feels have never left my mind, hav
ing been impressed on it by lnq"ent rrpeli
don when we were both employed :n the State
House, sleeping cverv night in the same a part
ment. and spending many ol’otir leisure hours
in conversation together. They wereqnali-j
;i -cl to st'ike.me forcibly, as we had just re
turned from ihe campaign under Genera’
Newnan, in Florida; and t understood, that
in consequence of your services in that cam
paign you had received a commission in the
regular army. The intense interest felt in
the events oft he war ihen raging at the North,
and tiic ardor ni a youthful mind g t ve to tnese
events a permanency in my memory not to
iie t if red.
Y'ery rcspectfullv, vour fiend,
JOHN BOZEMAN
I deem litis evidence entirely suf-j
ficicntto establish the fads it relates
to. I could increase the number of’
witnesses to these facts, for I have,
one or more female friends who well l
remember them.
I yet in pc to obtain the recorded
testimony which l have hut little
[doubt is yet preserved in some ofthe
tiffices at Washington.
{ have thus I trust to the sutisfao-
jtion of tile public, disposed of this
‘foul anti malevolent attack on my
j veracity and horror. Ihe conflict
ing statements of certificates, can
not. think, weigh any thing
against (he superior force ot those I
have produced in my favor. The
spirit in which this tiling has been:
got tip is obviously ofthe most loath
some and abhorrent character.!
! Violence is to be expected in every 1
thin# turned to the account of poli- !
tical capital, but in this we find no
redeeming trait—(bunded on male
volence, it is carried out with cun-;
ning, and attempted to be supper-;
ted by falsehood.
A. li. FANNIN.
JWi/ledgeville, September 7, 1840.
SENTINEL & 11 EL ALL), j
COLUMBUS, SEPT. 34, 1840.
.
“ This Institution is one of the most deadly hostility \
existing against the principle* und form of our Consti- ;
tuiion. The nation is. at this time so strong and united
in its sentiments, that it cannot lx shaken at this mo
ment. Hut suppose a series of untoward events should ■
occur, suj/iciciit to bring into itoubt the competency <\f ei ,
Republican Government to meet a crisis of great dan- ,
ger. or to unhinge the co fide nee of the people in the •
public functionaries; an institution like this penetrating j
by .ts branches every part of the union, acting by com
mand and in phalanx, may in a critical moment, upset ,
the government. I deem no government saje, which is
under the vassalage of any self ■constituted authorities. \
or any other authority than that of the nation, or its reg- j
ular functionaries. IV hat an obstruction could n t this
Bunk of the United Stales with all its branch bunks, i
be in time of war f It might dictate to us the peace wc ‘
should accept, or withdraw its aid. Ought we then to !
give further growth to an institution so powerful, so
hostile ? —Thomas Jefferson.
*
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
MARTIN VAN BUREN.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN FORSYTH.
FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND
VICE-PRESIDENT.
WILLIAM B. BULLOCH, of Chatham.
JOHN PATE B, of Murray.
MILNER ECHOLS, of Walton.
SAMUEL BEALL, of Wilkinson.
WILLIAM B. WOFFORD, of Habersham.
JOHN ROBINSON, of Jasper.
SAMUEL GROVES of Mndi-on.
THOMAS WOOTTKN. of Wilkes.
SEABORN JONES, of Muscogee.
•EDWARD I-IARDEN, ofOiaik.
JAMES ANDERSON, of iitnke.
FOR CONGRESS.
ROBERT W. POOLER,
D. C. CAMPBELL,
A. TVER SON.
JUNIUS HILI.YF.R.
JOS!AH S. PATTERSON,
JOHN H. LUMPKIN,
E. J. BLACK,
WALTER T. COLQUITT,
M. A. COOPER.
From Post Masters and our other j
friends, residing at or near court houses and •
election precincts in Western Georgia, we j
respectfully solicit the favor of furnishing ns j
by mail with a statement of the polis on the \
fiist Monday in October, at as early an hour
as pructicab'e.
In consequence of minors as lalse as they !
are invidious, we are auihori/.ed by truth and 1
impelled by justice tosav, dial no Democratic ;
j Candidate in Muscogee county has written or j
I suggested to he written any anonymous com j
J municalion that has for three months past np- I
pea red in the columns of the Columbus Sent i
nel and Herald. Report of Colonels Lewis
ami M-Dongaid presiding over the editorial of
the Columbus Sentinel and Ilerald, during the
occasional absence of the editor, is equally at
variance with truth.
DUFF GREEN vs. BISHOP ENGLAND.
Tim rundui'i* of vlic Scnfiuol <hkl
I IForitld biivt’ a!i<*?;<!y seen the Jotter
lof .Bishop !'.ng!;iud, dated Cohnn
: bus, (in. July &♦>, SB4O, to tiie Oeni
ocTutic Hum mitt (to of Museogoe
county declining’ tin invitation given,
ns due to a gentleman of undoubt
ed talents, Jo i.thuxl u public dinner,
and they will recollect that that Id
ler is worded so cautiously ns to be;
incapable of n construction of gi\-
ie.g offence even to the most fastidi
ous of any party, unless predispos-:
led to fake umbrage. He did, how
j oyer, tJiat wbieb becomes any lion- ;
lest ecclesiastic, whether Homan or
! Greek, Calvinist or Lutheran— :
■ spoke truth, mo nil t rut h, in at 1 1 ihu- ,
| ting much of tint emliarrassment of
| the people to a vat icious, miscnlcu-
Mating unprincipled spent ntion, to
; vain ostentation, and to dissipation,
and thinking that the remedy was
to he found in habits of industry,
“economy and persevering frugali
ty. On the federal whigs he did
not, /*it her directly or mediate
ly, charge the distress of the coun
try, and, while deploring parti
san rancor and recommending for
bearance and reflection, abstain
ed scrupulously from implicating
one party more than another. To i
all his letter was respectful, and his
advice, breathing patriotism, hal
lowed by unexceptionable morality,
was, in itself cot i oct, as Dull Green
is obliged to concede.
Whence, then, it will he asked,
comes the displeasure of the re
doubtable General DnifGreen? Tin*
source is no secret. Ever since the
passage of the alien and sedition
| laws under the elder Adams, such
j European emigrants, as have in
their composition nothing of the
j hound, and refuse to lick the hand
! raised to buffet them, have esteem
ed the federal whig party iliibeial
j anti-republicans, and have in poli
tics avoided identification with them.
This was strikingly eminent during
the last war with England. The
federal whigs in some places be-;
came neuters and obtained pass-j
ports to supplytbe English YVesl j
Indies with provisions and lumber,;
in other places they used blue lights
|to notify the English blockading
squadrons of flic movements of ti e
j American military and vessels of;
war-5 elsewhere they resolved that it ;
was unbecoming a moral and teli-|
Igious people to rejoice at the vic.to
i lies of the American army and r.a- ,
ivy, and throughout the whole New
1 England Stales, they treasonably
conspired to separate from the A
j mericun Union, and convert their
| country into a limited monarchy, to
! the throne of which the Duke of
■ Kent, father of the present queen
of England, was to bo invited—
while the emigrants from Europe
supported the government of the*
cotlnhy, and fiiruLticd masses cl*
troops that for, fidelity, courage and
discipline, were inferior to none in
the American service. With sen
timents so dissimilar, it is not sur
prising that harmony between them
should be a stranger. Instead too
of endeavoring to lessen the breach,
by conciliation and justice, the fed
eral whigs have added to the cause
of dissatisfaction by heaping con
tumely and slander on their persons
• and morals. They have too derid
ed the religious tenets of such of
these martyrs of liberty ns differ
from them in faith, and endeavored
to stir up against them that haughty
jam! prejudiced feeling that inclines
It lie possessor to rate them as a race
physically and mentally inferior to
the white of the west, and, if im
j mortal at all, designed to people a
‘separate country in the world be
yond the grave. In operation as
rapid as ever are yet their attempts
to eject emigrants, especially the
Irish ami other catholics, from the
courtesies urn! confidence of the
country. The federal whigs nrrj
still pursuing their favorite project, j
of abrogating our miluralizalioii j
law's, and alarming the timid and !
the ignorant with iho stale and;
stupid story of the Catholics con-j
spiring to bring the United Stales,
under lhe spiritmt 1 dominion of thej
Homan Pontiff. In consonance with
; this design, Dull Green has assail- ;
led Bishop England, not for having;
said aught untrue or improper, but ;
for having made remark"-, which
Duff admits admits are correct in j
Hi crus dees —yes, the utterance of re- 1
marks, correct in themselves , by a
catholic divine, becomes, in the etii-;
ics of the federal whigs, matter ofj
serious complaint and rancorous de
nunciation!
is it not an anomaly inexplica
ble by reason, prudence or justice,
that these fedora! whigs, who ait
j endeavoring to exclude from our’
1 .’Sympathies and shores the collate
ral descendants of our European
ancestors, with whom we organi
cally and mentally correspond, and
who adore Ihe God that we do and
hope for the same heaven, should
contend for, and even bo road) to:
cut our throne in order to establish
| the equality of a race different from
;us in color, hair, secretion, tin?
quantity of medullary matter, tin*
j shape rmd size of the bones from
the cranial to the tibia!, and still
! more in aptitude to comprehend t be
higher branches of knowledge—it
! race innately servile and profligate
and from time immemorial steeped
in the gory abominations of Obi, or
through l lie g'ildierish and fiendish
j rites of set .slierio offal mg up ud >ra
jlion to tiie spirit of darkim’ Vi c
! rollout, does it not seem infatuation
j of the most sinfar cast, to he op
posing immigration of Europe;:c
I whites as dangerous, and declaring
j their participation w i: h us of poiiii-j
lea! r igliis infamous; but urging that
amalgamation w ith the negro and j
|to share with him equality of privi ;
| legos are dictated by expediency. |
1 equity and the Bible: ami that lot
effect such a consummation and j
merge our whole population into a
nation of muiaUoes, the negro may :
j justly use the coercion of the torch
! and the knife:’ And is it net sir!!
! more astonishing, that Southern
j men, professing devotion to the
country of the sun and our institu
tions, sl^ptild, by resulting to un
j manly subterfuge and gross misre
presentation, st rain ovciy face It v, to
place the purse and the sword in
the hands of men so hallucinated
and reckless, and e ven to confer on
one ot them, and that one as insin
cere ns he is im hectic, the res nui
uility and dignity of President?
; The project to arrest, the daiiv
j accession to the numerical prepon
|de r.a nee <;f the whites over the
! blacks, bv repealing our naturali
; zation lavvs, and thus dost roying one
‘great inducement to the Europca.-
to remove hither, is too palpable to
be misunderstood; and must becon
j side-red as tiie leading measure of
t lie conspiracy, now matured, to.
revolutionize all our relations, ex
ternal as well as internal. Eor this
purpose, the most plausible and po-,
tent procoduic r is to arouse suspi
’ cion and hatred in the mind of the
| native citizen against his nnturaiiz-!
e,l brother, by charging tiio latter
‘with designing to subvert the liber-1
ty civil and religious of the former,
especially selecting the most promi
nent foreigners as the first objects of
jattack, in the guarded but insidi-i
oiis and malignant, manner that
Dull Green adopts in the following
j article:
HTSUOP ENGLAND’S LETTER.
, A friend h:is called onr a?t>-i.:io:i to the letter o',
j liiigtiwiil pul.lsi.linl in tile Republican oi Mon
j nav. YY e ui?crl .i. i.e.o.v.
To those who know iis we need not sav that the
| perusal has given us great pain. We are aware that
here is a deep and abulaig prejudice a ainst Cuthnii
! ttistn, and that rnanv believe there is a welt arrang and
| plan on the {> .#; of Cat ho ic taouardiie* ifi the wri<!
j i<> revolutionise our govern, rent bv the inuoductioi.
j ‘jf Giifi:o!ic eminrarsl*.
- ,1,;5 Protf.vra;?! cii;i:v;unj!v have been v/amptl, a* {
‘•veil font the pn'ni; as from tiie press, that ilu- motu’v j
expended iii g. 11 i;i_j up schools, as .well as that u.-nl ir. i
sending pauper and o her OaCiotic population to ini I
c mntrv, is par’ cf ;■ system which, loosing to lit,’ n; - j
! l,re ‘ four instmi:inns, enu mplates a. great religious
as well as civil revo u io i hv the m rtns of imported j
Dalholtc votes. It it also k-liew <t that the puhlra-j
tiou of Y an r> iron’s letter to the Pope got him Oath- |
■die votes a’ the late elec’i-m. It vas, therefore, wit
■rea’ pleasure that we read the pastoral loli'-r a j
ire-sed to the (Pathetics as a boJv, adinontshiug their. ;
t> tno,deration in political discttr>iers. It was und* r ;
‘lie influence of the perusal of that letter that our ar- j
tide, in reference to the act of the Lord Prop: ietrs j
esta Nulling t> < igioti ■ to'era<ion in Maryland, was I
outined —That article lias brought us rn -re tlian < to j
‘Ter. cah ng upon us to open eiur press, agates? tic ,
Latholie influence and one imputing our not d< trig s° j
to i, desire to conciliate Catholic vo’ . YY • hw v ’
Ijfb-irne t> m> *oe these letters, because., until lhe t -
suli of itte Illinois election* find tl iG. f lii- 1 or>
England, we hail seen nothing in a.. ~. ,„f ,|, e
canvass, to justify a belief tl.ai , .•. ], 7to bring
the Catholics as a body to vote feu i\ \ in Burni
would receive the countenance 11 h, ; nolic clergy’
or of any distinguished member • f . ~ity. ’
We regret the publication <t hi i- tier, because
there are those who wut tind m 1 , ~1 I, l, Ting the re
htion which Bishop England!, .• ic Pope and to
the Catholics of tins counlrv. (. -.-. aid that he has
been designated bv the Pope ••;.> 1 no.limtor Gcnrr
atof ttie baited Spite*. ) a continual ion <.f*their worst
fears, and because w e greatly n gret that one occii
nving so important a place in ihe Catholic church
should have used expressions, which, how, ver correct
of themselves, w ill tie conrocud with the pe!l ii at
and party discussion?, Biidiiceive an iutcrpietaii; n
conveying ttnir.t tiled imputaiio.is, ea ciliated to ‘olrnd
religious faidi wiili party sent, and thus embitter a po-
litical con roversv aireadv too much -exciti and.
While speaking on this subject, we lake the occa
sion to say, that whatever mav bt the dreams of re
ligious enthusiasts abroad, we have tw> apprehension
■ h t any scheme to establish any sec amn itligh.n in
this country, can ever prevail. Where there is so
much zeal and system, it would be surprising if the
Ca’hoiic clergy abroad, did not avail themselves of
tiie wide field presented lo them in the f, rlile regains
of the west, to extend what they believe to be the true
faith. It. is the principle on which other Christian
den niiualions act, and they, have as much right as
Protestants to erect schools, to send out Missionarii s,
and to digest schemes of proselytiMu. This is their
dutv, an I so long as the Catholic clergy believe that
theirs is the true faith, they will exert then-se tcs to
extend that failh. It is oitlv when we find those who
exercise asprbua! control, like that of Bishop Eng
lan I, pulling aside ins priestly robes a. and entering the
field of poll lies, as he has done in this instance, that
wc feel called upon to examine how far that spiritual
control is calculated to exoc-se an tindi.c iit’iutu:
over the minds ot men, and to call upon ail good (Jaih
o;i s.a well as Pro’eslanis, to resist it. We arc the
advocates of Tot fka-iicn—V.'e arc fir lolnati-.n
! in | oiitics as ivtli cs :s n igioi; but we < i.i.i ot rbse
j oor eyes to the fact, ili.it die cl.ciiin- in 1 i m is h„ve
! been carried for th Administration by W-.v in portal
| Catholic voters. Y\ e cannot .o-e >nr eyes 10 the
!In I, that Mr. Van Buren is in a condiii nto make a-
I siy sa< rifice to secure his re-c!e< ti<-n and ilia his par
| us.ins in Illinois have < bt&mcd this,forrig-n. Catholic
j ai 1. by an appeal to the passions uul prej-.nnees ofmi n,
I whose residence n the cotin rv had nm tp-alilo and il.tm
I:o understand our insiiiu i ms and they were permit
! ted to v te. b fore lin v h id b c >me citizens, or rc
j iintjuished tin ir a Icgiance to a f-reign government.
: We will add .1 word mote. VYe are sensible that
j r>*> potilical press :r this eh v has dared to q cak out
[ o 1 this subject, miner a belief that ihe 1 licet \u 1 id In
Ito pri jiiil'.ce the private interest o the publi-her, a it
•to drive the whole ('athoitc vo'o ver to Mr. Vat Lll
- ren. W. are m re—we l.rune :ha llu le arc timid at u
j iire-eveiing Piolislan's of our on 11 part\. w 110 w il\
ibe f. igtiieneit an Ici ii'iitr ns. IVe: act npi u none!)
I {itiitciple. lo the first piare, we believe that tie r*
’ ari many C- h dies who coot i;r with its* in a!! cur 11-
j gret.-: a; the pu!i!icat'on of t!:i< It 1 r—w ho w il: admit
j the justice ofnnr riiuuks at.d who will reerei m no
less on account cf is trial- 1 cv in ii jure the Cat! <>'i?
| cause, titan fir any b -aiirtg it may have on politics.
I Wc are not pn par. •! ’n .-..y how Jar ii n av op ra'o
O'i (.‘atiio'ic vo ers, hui we are prepar- ti to do our du
[ tv, at the conductor of a free press, ngardies? of such
i-.-fluence. ‘i'iu caodid of his own admirers < anno!
bur see ui I3i-hop Ku -land’o litter and il.i circom
stonce* to which we uur, a justification for all we
liavt sai 1 aid in. te,
COMMENTS US’ THE rXITf J) STATES CATI'OLIC
Ml si ELI./. V.
T!ii; comr.ien'.irv i i.ma ns an assan't up- i Bis! op
England fur an a. si nt 1! p: r zat ship sga n-t the 1 ar
ty of Air. Green—whietr the hishoji pi si' iv- Iv did lot
commit, tin'ess Air. Green uil assert that ilos paitv
is ill s-i vi dly charact'■l ist'd a:. 1101 rd fin ’‘sp- cnlai nn ”
“cabal.” ‘ o*lerun!ii.t.” aurl ‘dissipatii n “ n r uu ri
• mowopo’y of cou ui ret ’’ —‘ to:d seeking to cn a'e
ri cii'mid prefer# nees Mtd facilities by ti e in e 1 f the
iitblic purse.'’ (1 ii not Ii rus lo ray shat tin Gi n
era‘ is iMiaop-aiiitid v. iili his i m> li yers; l ilt >.. far as
we c-.n perceive. L.shop England has iiulcit! dt
nnnnced bad prat liei s, be,; di iu: a.lralnie ilum to
tlier of iln-pa: 11s in ?aged in ihi fenti 1 1; :l M li.slt
j :c lies lift lo ll'.o-ii- wh > e h.ttrr ac-p’a i.tarre u i Ii
I;., per.-n ors qie Is t!.i ni belli • fris and m I aige.
But sup.p .se tin- h s| .(>, 1 ha.), ‘-p.n! ; svi!e bis priest I v
oht-s and entered into tin- field if • p Ii ii ; ’’ —a- T.lr.
Jreei: a- sells hf bus dm e in this tns'.nn e.” \N I v
bn the Gen.ml ayein ••behe him in these r in s /
Whv nut a s ii; Inin without thus cove ling 1 it v iili
v; at he had pn! ini’? Is it nol mmife t th.al die el -
j.-ct. was to mar'g'e the robes in d’ r 1!# pie'ixt if
nerely •.vot.iidii g the politician ! Tn stuhe D r'nr
j England would be n poor veng anoi ; hot 10 s nk, ai ,1
I ‘o wound aed to ‘oppress tire Cmho'ic l.oivof the
Uni ■ and Sta'cs is- i niu at olio r to hievi jin-i t.
TVo! 01 Eiig'i r.d wrote a letter, the t xi.ri ssiors 1 f
which were -‘correct in tin insider:-’’—h t and e I 1 a ■ of
i fMinoi . ihou-.h p-op, rto s-.| r’ (,-oven or. lo’ <.f
Mr. Gre< n's part,,- —and in 03c 1 a few t'aßioiu-s
happen to be in loin i-.i; is a Ca'-Jmtie cons).in 1 <!'! —
Tlieiefore i is tl-.a’ Mr (: r# *:i ru.l 011'v e o l.es Bish
op Eligbitid i-irb the - pries J.’ roll s,” b.o )• Is 1’ ft.
laid a-ide, ii’it lu.h re ourn t-i dm ]a’ 1 y tri-k - t n
-iriu. ting, wlu.-'c in I e !in 11 If voi.!i'l 1 );,<• t! i
bai ijiil'-od to a-si rt. ibai du* I le-e I:u-.- ‘ci fi 1 p
!-’ u i‘ ‘ hr office of- 1 N hi U IS] ‘I OR Gill ml ot Ihr
Hi it and States ”
‘i 1 i cr'inoin i vofil 1 U du t- t! in cm si- ‘s- ii l-av
! 1;o uri'ii n b lei'i i. above . iv> n —ain’ 1 o 11 or
nul lit:* • f ‘.frii< ra G'-en con is's in g-vii g to du;
••iter his :ut,-/!.ii t.-i ii ri# and in ra 1:r 11 a ing the
j ‘?! ‘ •!> ui I -he B ee; !i • m inn t ing a km#” 1 fii-u -
j mod. ; 1 It 1s *■ w:l ■ :;w r<> would !)>’ p-.l'si : h'e !,’ ! M
! erstpho’ -rs. sio fur IJ'S'iop I-., g aud —fbtw! at
jo: areount ! s-s-the Gi 1; ea! o-cm dw ih i| (’1 iln-lic
| loih- n i i-n'v of the Umtisl S'.-res l> 1 of l-'i rep ?
We m ist leave its cxanikia ton fi r our mxt Ni m
!>er.
j A-OLITIO ANDTiKin AT.1.11 F.
j r Mi(’ fcdcrul u big leaders and iVd-
I era! v.big presses iu tli- South,
j knowing llr.tt aboutionisui, even
lamong-t their followers, who,
jthoegh deluded, arc gcncrully hon
est nud patriotic, is held in id har
icr.re, assert net unfi eqiwiri ly that
the abolitionists und federalists me
Mvo distinct political bodies without
j concert of notion, und tint the lor
j incr me usually to he foiinti iu the
j democratic ranks. Though the
i falsehood of the all egation is uofori
! ous ;tm! proved hv evidence ns conclu
sive as ever bus been rendered in-a
Court of justice, they repeat, the
; charge daily am! hourly, uu!i! many
td their vvell-ineaniug b:it credulous
followers have become deeply m-
j m essed with the opinion that evei v
; til iicmticnted ei; nims!a ace brought
I fur wnl'd bv tiie democrats is not!iing
jliiit ;i forgery dt signed to mislead,
; by shifting the odium from the guil
ty to the innocent. This delusion
| cannot last. It must give way. and
i when reaction takes place, consign
I its authors to execration which re-
I pculaneo may mitigate !;ut never
, efface. r j‘he democrats hav e no
| part iioi lot in abolitionism; form
; soon a- a democrat imbibes the iu
jcemliary principle, he abjures de-
i mocracy.
if no oilier evidence were nvaiht
b!e that funiislu'd by the New Voi k
rimes and Evening N'l ;ir of” ihel Os b
install?, (a federal whig jaijicr,) in
j relation to tin; proceedings of the
jOiiio State Abolition Convention,
! would be conclusive. That body
convened at Hamilton Ohio, on tho
Ist instant, and continued in ses
sion oatii the evening of the sM.
On the fjuesiion of supporting an
abolition-presidential ticket, the
votes stood, as announced by the
Secretary,
Ayes AO
Noes Ad
Absent d-i
Excused A
; Total number or tlelegtit es l~n
‘•.Several gentlemen who kept
| count, (savs the Star) declared a
yiuMtuify <d” three against the nom
ination. The whig abolitionists,
a!most to a man, opposed the nom
ination, (continues the same paper,,)
ami receded from the convention.
Leavitt, a!orris and the other fifty,
who remained apd vcsolved u^eti