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u* . * ► Kiiri ttr.iy;
ot me fctl Indian* has nee* for that
Bn i ,<h despotism ha contracted the benefi
cence of nature. If humanity and pi.i’an- !
thro-v n-e he gove r a’ng motives ol tnese
hrl'.y Abolitionists. tvhy do _j.iiey uoi u rec*
me i. i to the Ea>t.rn staves? These;
a;? not the;r motives, lor the situation cfj
Am°'’tCttti negroes is freedom when computed
to condition of the natives oi H ndojtan. j
Pile >i red I design i** to cunail the iccreusing
p r,o itv of tins young but powerful nation; j
an 1 they Csii u vnie no more eliectuai tnooe j
than to discourage the growth of our great’
3'Hjjie. tni? they ate assisted by ine Abo- !
1..-HH-0- hr e, who, feeling iheit own weak- |
i. . nave leagued vii.it toe B-itisu Whigj
r:*’ j ‘ha. th !•• influence may be felt. The j
** ‘V tigs,” ;np: iir .-fed and desperate, have
s.jLd be hni, and determined to run the
hazard of he die. Tne fruits of tnat union
a-re already developed in the election of a
member of Cong, ess —an tlected delegate to
the London Coivention assembled to break
down the SOUTHERN S TA I’ES.
The election then of this noted Abolitionist
over Albert Smith, “the Northern man with
Southern principles,’* by the combined faction
of British Whiggery and British Abolitionism,
js an evidence palpable and emphatic that
the opinion of our correspondent tha* Maine
has been made the prey of British voracity,
is one religiously correct. VVe have confi
dence, however, that Maine, in the Novem
her contest, will be found correct and incor
ruptible; her people, shrewd and patriotic, will
discover the plot, and in the majesty of their
sirenglb, sca'ter the opposition to the winds.
We asK the people of the South to oonder
well mi the crisis, and count the cost of a de*
tea * of Mr. Van Buren’s administration.—
Should tins perchance be the event, and by
tho vole of a single Southern State, the con
sequences in the North would be fearful. The
Abolitionists know and Itoasl of It, that with
tne defeat of the Democratic party through
the influence of Southern men, there will be
awakened a feeling in the bosoms of those
who have so long and faithfully adhered to
the landmarks of the Constitution, defending
and mainiaining the integrity of the compact,
protecting the rights of their Southern breth
ren from the rude attacks of the men who
would interfere with their domesiic institu
tions, productive of results fatal to the exi&
tence of the Republic. It would alienate the
symptthy that marks so plainly the conduct
of the D-mocracy of the North lor the people
of the South. It would cause them to doubt
th z professions of the South on the questions
of the currency, tariff and Abolition; and
they would say, why should toe fight the bat
tles of the South. while they evince so little
concern? Can Virginia, North Carolina.
Louisiana, and Kentucky, co operate in the
election of the candidates of the British Whig
party, when that party is coalescing with the
Bridcii and American Abolitioni ts, and the
tact is established beyond dispute 7 We leave
it for t’tem to answer at the polls in Novem
ber. We are not prepared to believe it.
“ London, Sept. 1,1345.
“ When I iast wrote you, on the sih ult. I
promised to write again by the first steamer.
Tne ‘ Queen’ will probably leave in a day or
lwo, and I hasten to drop you a few lines by
her. You will recollect that! rather scouted
toe i lea of there being a war in Eerope—'.hat
the fiery French would coal down—that the
phlegmatic English would cease to b;u3ter,
but things have suddenly assumed a ve
fetent aspect, and I should not be surprised
il the whole of Europe was 30or. in a blaze of
war. The little black Egyptian sovereign
seems to defy all the powers of the earth.
He haughtily rejects the treaty—the ‘ uliima
ftim’—of the four great powers, England,
Russia, Prussia and Austria. This news is
received here this day; and to an American
the high talk and notes of preparation are
not without interest. It is generally supposed,
and fortnyselfl doubt not the correctness of
the supposition, that the Egyptian sovereign
is backed in hi3 pretensions by France. If so,
there must be war. That he has the pro
mise of aid from some quarter there can be
no kind of doubt, else Mebemet Ali would not
dare to refuse to acquiesce to the ‘ultimatum’
of four such powers. A short time must de
cide. The prospect of the crops is much
better; the weather lor harvesting has been
propitious, and grain is tolerably well secured.
Toe re has been an immense fire here, or
’ .ei two fires, oil the 27th August, which
and ’ oyed property to the amount of near
105.000/. or half a million of dollars. Consi
derable of a tire for Loudon, but nothing for
New York, Tne feeling in regard to your
c.ection continues and seems to increase in
intensity ns the time approaches for it to take
place. I nave become perfectly well satisfied
tl,a ! money, and very large amounts too, have
g>ne out, ns i before hinted, to secure Harri
son’s eiect'on.
f ! an now boarding with a gentleman
who figures a good deal it. the stock market,
and knows many of the secret movements,
who has promised to give me a list of more
than sixty names who have subscribed to the
‘American Whig Fund,’a3 they call it. They
aireadv beg.n to feel the benefits o{ it too, for
the miserable, as well as good American
stocks, have already advanced considerably,
and they seem to be more sure, every day,
that Harrison will be elected, and then the
(General Government will assume all the State
debts, and die whole people will be taxed to
pay in full the British holders of American
stocks. But there : s another idea started,
whether it originated here or in America, I
cannot say, in relation to the Northeastern
boundary. The English, you know, are very
tenacious about their terri'oria! rights, and
not only Government officers here, but the
aristocracy generally, are assured that if
li ~ tivon and the Whigs succeed, there can
ho a much more satisfactory ansngement
mad ■ about the disputed territo y, than with
the present Administration. What the ar
rangement is, whether to give it up entirely,
or t > pay an equivalent in money, I know
not i it any rate, such is the opinion very
generally expressed. To give this story plau
sibiley persons here are assured that there
will be a desperate struggle made by the
Whigs i.i September, to wrest the State from
the Democrats, as a preliminary step towards
giving up site disputed territory. If the
Whig-succeeded in getting the State Admi
nistration then the Whig General Adminis
tra.ion, with Harrison at the head, will have
little difficulty in accommodating the English
almost any wav they desire.
“Bet the Democrats of mv country look
wel’ to their rights. Let them watch with
Argus eves the insidious movements of an
enetnv, worse than foreign foes. That there
is ... complete union of sentiment between the
Eng.ish fundholder, in fact the English Go
vernmeni, and the Whigs o r our country, so
fir at least as the success of Harrison and
the Whigs is concern'd, T have no hind of
doubt. I wa.n mv countrymen then to watch
well and guard their liberties and their ijo
litical rights, hot ore it is too late.
Yours, H. S.”
From thetilo’u*.
INEVITABLE FFFEOTS OF HARP!6 r >N’S
ELECTION UPON THE PROSPERITY
o: TriS COUNTRY.
H Jr the testimony of a I Yah, sited com- ;
nbetcitzl vid financial oso.x 1
From ii “ Mcnev Market” ar.iela of rhe New York j
Hrll.
M<t nday . Sept .51,131*'1. !
“The commercial alfurs of the country]
at large a’ ;.<><v iust ut a turning point,j
wiicie, if nrtd Blurted by external causes,’
they would .aoidlv recover their activity.
A .era .♦ f iunalion and high pnees, tht
natural remedy. * redact’ >n in value, has
v*ke<. pi.ee. *Tt:i3 redvck>n, in the usual
course of thiogs, usually falls upon the .aw
pm. Jipoe the© e tj*
[pnruary oeuae oi a renovated trade, because j
| pricea lead to • renewed consumption.!
. Tnis process has been gone through with,
! notwithstanding ne gigantic struggles of
j speculators ano insolvent ba :k a to maintain
value. Asf-iat® * by bountiful crops, tne
|artificial ioierttrence wito soppy on the |*rt
, ‘t speculators has been broken thiougn, and
•rye markets heve once >nore been obtained,
ilit consequence is a gradual and steady
revival of a healthy business, as evinced in the
t&Uies ol tiadt aid p ices in New York, pub
lished by us a few days since Unfortunately,
however, just at the moment that produce has
ost its artificial value, and belu*e the new
i/ade can raise prices to atiy extent,
me Presidential election intervenes, and ihe
vlieci of die low prices operating on the mass
oi lhe peup'e, is powerful enough to effect a
complete revolution in the Federal Govern
ment. Titt result of the change will be such
as to produce anew series of experiments
that must force trade from its present chan
nels and produce new disasters.”
In reference to the continued suspension of
some of the banks, the following observations
from the same quarter, which certainly cannot
Ire accused of partiality to the Administration,
are to the point. Hear him !
“ Had the—banks not suspended, prices
would have fallen to a certain degree before
ihe abundant supply during the past winter;
but a br:3k spring business would ha ve tol
lowed a uniform currency, and with an in
creased business the supplies would have
been greater. Notwithstanding the vast sur
plus of Ohio and other Western States, the
pork prickers and shippers oi produce gene
rally could not obtain money to operate in the
usual way, because the banks of those sec
tions could not extend themselves, for lear of
a run from the suspended hanks. In this
way, although produce has been remitted at
a loss in the settlement of debts, it has not
been available for the purchase of goods.
The curse cf a depreciated currency has
blighted business in all sections of the Union,
and has there fore been mainly instrumental in
producing the great political changes now
going on, which have been ascribed to the
movements of the government , but arise really
from the presence rs an irredeemable cur
rency
Mark how plain a tale puts down the
labored misrepresentations of ihe Federalist*
upon ihest. subjects! Away, then, with pariy
falsehoods and unpositions. Away with the
Harrison humbugs or’ sass prices, and Go
vernment interference to produce I.bem. let
t!it authors of our calamities bear the reap. oo *
stbilities of their acts —let the “architects oi
ruin,” the suspended banks, the gantb'ersin
politics, and the speculators of the “credit
system*’ school, let these answer for the con
dition of the country! At all events, let
them not be permitted to make a acapegoai
ol the Administration, or to drag the nation
into new expansions and new explosions.
From the Globe.
BRITISH INTERFERENCE.
Every reader of history knows that the ad
vantages obtained by inimical powers over
Republics; have always been deiived from the
blindness which party rage inspired among
those out of favor with the majority. The
ambitious and disappointed under the ban of
popular opinion always hate the Government
from which they are excluded, more then any
other-and the people by whose suffrage tnev
are rejected, inure than any other people. In
Greece and Rome—-in all our modern Repub
lics—the hostile party are always at tvoik with
foreign powers to bring their influence to bear
in their behalf—and they care not at what lose
to the commonwealth every help U. their dv
comfited parly is purchased. The dearest in
terests of the Grecian Repuhl cs were cscrl
liced to foreign States a thousand times by
the disaffected statemen who hao orteT'd ii.e
confidence of their fellow-citizens. The strug
gles of Republican France furnish innumera
ble instances of the same sor.— and out own
history, from the Revolution down, affords
uninterrupted evidence that the anti-popular
party among us have continually drawn Bri
tish influence to its support, end have never
hesitated to pay for it by any sacrifice of the
cause or interests of mis country to the power
on which they depended. The spirit which
animated the lories of the Revolution has, in a
greater or l<ss degree, operated on Federalism
ever since. During the last war, it became
quite visible; but at all times it has been dis
cernible to the searching eye.
At the present moment the whole specula
ting class in this country have a perfect un
derstanding with the English capitalists, who
seek to prey upon this country through a na
tional debt and a National Bank. The selfish
and ambitious among us care nothing for the
contiii jed subjection which these great twins
of foreign growth ntay bringupon the nation,
ts they can, for the moment, advance their in
dividual interests and the power of their party
through the means of the power they court.
The extract which we give below from a
letter of the correspondent of the journal of
Commerce, allows that the same blind party
selfishness is ready now to sacrifice both our
shipping and planting imeresis to the artful
policy of its British aii. To gain the vote of
the Abolitionists, they encourage the design
which proposes to exclude the slave labor on
this continent from the market of the world;
and Great Britian seigfs the occasion to
transfer the culture of cotton to her Indian
dominions. There her Indian slaves are to
peiforin the work of the Africans here; and
her effort will he to engross the production of
the staple with which American industry has
clothed the world, and at the same time in
crease the sources ol her naval power, bv en
grossing the navigation employed in transport
ing the commodity. The Abolitionists and
their allies are anxiously promoting that poli
cy, which strikes at the prosperity of the
Southern States, utterly regardless of the
Northern shipping interests—the Abolitionists
considering only its effect in rendering slave
lahor valueless, and their Federal allies con
sidering only the success of its political
schemes, to be achieved by the tid of the fan
atical and foreign influence.
We think, however, that the Southern
planters can hardly be so wanting to them
elves, as to make common cause with their
worst enemies, and contribute to give ihe
political power to those who aro conspiring
at once against their domestic peace, and that
species of industry to which they owe all their
wealth and prosperity.
The correspondent of the Journal of Com
merce first speaks of the individual effort em
ployed to introduce the culture of cotton ex
ten'sive’y in India, and then adverts thus to the
course of the Government, the East India
Companv, and the Abolition aocietieeon ihe
same subject:
“To aid io the enterprise, all transit duties
have been abolished in Bombay, and the same
pdiry is about being adopted in Madras.—
The Governor General of India has offered
three prizes for the growth of a certainquan-1
tity and quality of cotton. The first 20,000
rupees—the second )0,000 rupees— and the
third 5,000 rupees. Captain Baylis wasfle
spa’cl.ed by the India Government tc the
United States for the purpose of engaging
! Competent persons to superintend the culture,.
; and has sueceeoed in his mission. He is on
; ,he poini of returning tn India with a collection
,t a considerable quantity of seeds, and a iso
with seve r a! American saw gins for cleaning
cotton.
“The several trentlemen who had consented
tc accontpanv Cuptatn Bivlis from the United
States to the East Indies, had b.Tn introduced
io the Committee of the Chamber, and had
I pointed out to them the deficiencies of Indian
j cotton, ‘particularly in reference toils elean
‘ ness and irregularity of staple, both of which
* they expressed in being abj*
mprusre.* Tfee seme vaiM have been el up i
in Liverpool, and on the 17th of July In*!,',
some members of the Court of Directors of
(he East Inuia Company, with seve.a 1-gentle
.rten of the Manchester Chamber o’ Com
merce, -sserublea at the Jormer place ‘to wit-!
lies i the experiment to tie made tn the rnachin- 1
ery for cleaning cotton.’ A repetition of
these experiments was also made at Manches
ter, and tne result was that the Detectors of
both bodies ‘consider tnose experiments to be, !
on the whole, highly satisfactory, as proving,
beyond a doubt, the practicability of cleaning
India cotton with the American saw-gin; al
though it is evident, at the same time, that
personal skill and experience wili be req isite to
adapt the machine to the particular species of
union it is intended to operate upon.
“The special report of the Directors of the
Chamber then goes on to state that‘it appears
to be a very judicious arrangement which the
honorable East India Company has adopted,
viz: to send over to India, with the machines,
several talented and experienced gentlemen,
natives of the United States of America, and
brought up as cotton planters, who will be
able to give anew impulse to the growth of
cotton in India, and to devise and carry into
effect the best methods ol’driving the saw gin,
and applying that machine to the very im
portant purpose of cleaning the cotton so pro
duceH.’
“The vital importance of the American
saw gins will be seen at once when you re
member that with one ol these machines 1,100
lbs. to 1,200 lbs. weight of clean cotton can
ne produced per day, whilst the machine used
in India, the Bdinka, can only prepare from
38lbs. to 40lbs. per day. The machine, also,
that has been invented by Messrs. Fawcet
and Cos. is stated to be even a decided im
provement upon the American saw gin, so
that every opportunity is now given to the
growers of cotton in India to compe'e with the
American market. The planters tvho have
been engaged from the United States, are so
engaged for five years, and their experiments
are to be carried out on a most extensive
scale. There can be no doubt that with such
a wealthy body as the Lords of Leadenhall
street—the East India Company— to back
and support them through ail their endeavors,
something will now be done.
“Bearing upon this subject, though partial
ly, is the meeting held on the 27th at Man
chester for establishing ‘The Norihern Cen
tral British India Society.’ The celebraiad
Mi. George Thompson has been instrumental
in getting up the steam on this occasion, and
‘Charles Lennox Redmond, a gentleman of
color, anti slavery debater from Pennsylvania, *
was paraded upon the platform. The chair
man declai m'd that J.be object of the meeting
was to aim a deadly blow Jt slavery, and to
transfer our market from !' slave grower of
cotton in America, to the free grower of Bri
tish India. The Wef? Mr.
Thompson and Mr. O’Connell, and the latter
came from Ireland expressly to attend the
meeting. Mr. Thompson declared that there
was no measure so calculated to effect the
downfall o! slavery in the United States, as by
encouraging the growth of cotton bv free
labor. He instanced the superior cheapness
offree labor overslave labor by the cultivation
of indigo. Fifty years ago* it was wholly
supplied by slave labor, hut now the slave
grown indigo of the Carolinas and South
America has been superseded, and the three
millions of it which they imported into Eu
rope has dwindled beneath an ounce.
t’ rom tho Globe.
“ THE CREDIT SYSTEM”
IN PCLiTICS AS WELL AS CURRENCY.
; There is a very sinking analogy between
, Federal systems of politics and cuirency.—
at party requires the people to take their
j t;: ik ncles, whether redeemed or not, upon
| faith. Il they will oniy. with “ a generous
\ confidence, n consider a ten dollar note of
! Biddle’s bank as good as a golden eagle, it
will be as good ; and even if counterfeit, that
circumstance makes no difference. So their
electioneering is upon the approved principles
of “ the credit system.” It is built on pro
mises never intended to be redeemed, and
upon counterfeit*; but if the people will but
believe them, it is all as good sa golden truth
for their purposes, and better too!
T hey promise reform, while the chosen
managers at Washington are daily violating
the laws and appropriating the public pro
perty to their use. But credit them and ii
will ail pass current—it will be cs good as
reform until the election comes.
They promise at the North an increase of
the tariff, and get men to take that upon
credit; while at the South they promise to
maintain the tariff compromise, and ask credit
for that.
To a faction in the North they promise to
promote the Abolition of slavery, Bnd to the
South they promise to oppose it; but each
promise is a good local currency, if the peo
ple will but have faith in it,
In one quarter they prontiae a National
Bank, and in another they promise to oppose
it; but faith will make it all pass current un
til redemption of their promises ie claimed.
They have made a hero by “ the credit
system”—a man of talents aDd a great states
man.
The golden truth is, that Harrison was
surprized at Tippecanoe, on ground pointed
out for bis encampment by the Indians them
selves ; so that, as he says in ins official ac
count of the battle, many of the soldiers,
springing from tdeep, had to fight the Indians
at the doors of their tents, and so many men
were killed and wounded, that he had to
destroy his officers’ baggage, and retreat
In m the Indian country. Yet, with the aid
of“ the credit system,” ail this has been con
verted into great generalship and a glorious
victory!
He suffered the Kentuckians to be cut up
at the River Raisin, when it was easy for an
ordinary General, with his means, to support
them; and white Proctor, in fear of an attack
from him, was flying one way, he had des
troyed hie baggage, and wasflying the other!
And he sent a body of brave but undisciplined
militia fiom Kentucky to storm the British
batteries 8t Fort Meigs, while he remained
in the fort with his regulars—which ended in
the death or capture of the whole detachment.
Yet, by the aid of “ the credit system,” he
passes for a great General,even in Kentucky!
He ordered Croghan to abandon Sandusky,
and w!>en that brave man determined to de
fend his post, piled up his baggage to burn
it; and, within hearing of the guns, took no
step to support him, but kept saying, “ the
blood be upon his own head.” Yet, By “the
credit system,” all this is great generalship.
Coktnel Johnson planned the battle of the
Thames, fought it and won it, yet, by the
magic of “ the credit system,” Gen. Harrison
is the he no of the day. Jt is true, he cannot
show ihe tr.srka upon him, identifying the
true coin, as Col. Johnson can, but through
faith he reaps all the glory.
Harrison resigned in the midst of the war,
and was laid aside as a counterfeit paper
dollar, to be replaced by Gen. Jackson, a
specimen of coin without alloy; but the
glorious “credit system” has brought out the’
counterfeit again, swearing that it is better
than the true doftarl
The Federalists tell the people that Harri
son lives in a log cab:n, when in fact he lives
in a splendid frame house; but no matter—
the log cabin is a good credit currency until
the election.
They sav, he drinks “hard cider,” when
Iheis a: a .nous wine bibber; but no matter — j
the hard culer story may gain credit and
pass current among people who know art
better.
They say he is “ the poor man’s candi
date,” when he is notoriously the candidate of
the hanks; but some pour inen may give
credit to the story,
Upoa u.e ftstM principle. .any men are
made to believe that the election of this credit
hero and statesman is to pay off their debts,
or furn,Bh them with a credit currency for
that purpose—the how they cannot exactly
■el ; but latth assures them ;t is so.
Their attacks upon the Administration are
just as much addressed to the “generous con
| tidence” of the people.
What if General Harrison recommended
an organization of the m litia upon a plan
i more like a “ standing army” that. Mr. Poin-
| sett’s? By the “credit system,” he is made
the reformer who is to prevent the raising of
such a standing army. The army itself is r..:
a credit army; but what of that ? It may be
made to pass current until the election.
So of the expenditures. The payment of
the national debt left a large and increasing
revenue to be disposed of; Congress passed
acts appropriating it to various objects, and
the President caused those acts to be execu
ted, as he was sworn to do. The Federal
Whigs were the most lavish in voting for
these appropriations; but no matter—“the
credit system” will enable them to throw the
responsibility upon the President!
So of the Hooe case. Men associated with
Abolitionists, and laboring to bring them into
power, charge the President with hostility to
the South, because Soutliern men, without
his knowledge, admitted two negroes, in con
formity with universal usage, to testify in a
naval court martial, and he refused to set
aside the proceedings; the testimony given
by the negroes being wholly immaterial.—
True, Mr. Van Buren is pledged to veto any
act of Congress to carry into effect the de
signs of the Abolitionists, while Gen. Harri
ison is courting them ; but what of that ? The
Ho e case may furnish a credit currency bv
which a few voters may be cheated at the
coining election.
The stories of the gold spoons, of Mr. Van
Buren’s bedstead made in France, of his
English carriage, of his lordly habits and
princely style of living, and a thousand otheis,
are totally false—as baseless as the “ Brandon
bank” or “ Petapsco Savings Fund but
what of that ? They are a good credit cur
rency to rob the people of their power, as
iriedeemable bank notes rob them of their
property. If they will only have faith in these
Brandon issues, and consider them ps golden
truths, they will enable the directors of the
concern to take the reins ot Government into
their hands, satisfy their lust for power, and
fill their pockets with the money of the Trea
sury. And the Treasury they will take rare
to replenish by an increased tariff, if not by
direct taxes. And they are even attempting
to stamp the name of “ Democracy ” upon
their political currency, to give it breath, as
the head of Washington is stamped on many
a lying bank note.
A THOUSAND WHIG GUNS for the
British credit system” —that masterpiece of
the devil'9 invention to cheat and enslave man
kind!
jfrom Globs.
federalism and abolition united.
If any douot has rested upon the QJ nd of a
single reflecting and candid citizen of the
South, since tne rejection ofCLAT by the Har
risburg Convention, the elections oi Ve niont
and Maine, must remove it. Surely TtJJE
ELECTION OF SLADE in the former BY
THREE THOUSAND MAJORITY, and
(he DEFEAT OF ALBERT SMITH in
the latter by FESSENDEN, A THO
ROUGH GOING ABOLITIONIST, prove
the complete coalition in this canvass of Fed
eralism and Abolition.
If more is wanting, look at the following
petition. It was presented in the Legislature
of New York in April last by Mr. Humphrey,
a leading Federalist. Among the signers are
THURLOW WEED, the Whig STATE
PRINTER, and Fidus Achates of GOVER
NOR SEWARD; Mr. HOFFMAN, one of
the proprietors of the State Paper, and three
people of color, W. H. TOl'P, MI
CHAEL DOUGE, and BENJAMIN PaUL
—the last a clergyman. The politics of the
signers, as far as known, are designated by
the letter W, indicating the Whigs-
Os the residue, one ia known to bs a con
servative, and fcome may be seduced or de
ceived Democrat*; but we give the copy of
the document as it is, submitting it to the
calm reflection of our friends at the SOUTH:
To the BojtctU3L£ the Sesatc and A*3£M
blv of the Stale of New York, the petition
of tire undersigned inhabitants of the city
of Albany, (respecting the right of suffrage
of the colored cit&ens,) respectfully repre
sents;
That, under the original Constitution of th'iß
State, no disqualification was made of electors
on account of color—that the present Consti
tution, adopted in 1821, tvhich requires that
every man of color, as a qualification for the
right of suffrage, shall possess a freehold of
two hundred Bnd fitly dollars, operates the
more oppressively upon the colored inhabi
tants, because, being by the Constitution de
barred from any office of honor, trust or pro
fit, and by public usage from lucrative occu
pations or professions, they are rarely able to
accumulate so large an amount of property.
That the colored population are among
the oldest inhabitants of the State, and have
contributed by their labors to its support,
end, by rents of tenements, &c.to the taxes;
and ii*is a political maxim that taxation and
representation should accompany each other,
and it is unjust that this portion of the citizens
of this free State should be disfranchised.
That Ihe States of Massachusetts, Vermont
and Maine, make no disfranchisement on
account of color, and it is trusted that New
York wik not be less liberal than any of her
sister States.
Your petitioners, therefore, respectfully re
quest your honorable body to take the neces
sary preliminary measure, (by the passage of
a law) to enable the people of the Slate to
abrogate tire act of disfranchisement of the
colored people, contained in the end of the
first sedion of tite second article of the Con
stitution.
AH which is respectfully submitted.
W— Henry R&wl. W—THURL WEED
VV—Jonah Schovd IV—-Henry Greene
W—Wm. Crapo JameeKing
W—S. M. Fish John I. Kane
W—Wm. Tillingh&et W-r Wm. H. De Witt
W—Clark Durant W—-Horace B. Webster
W—Augustus James W—-Nathaniel 6afford
W-—Ashley Scovel W-—lra Harris
W—James Lamoureux Anthony Gould
W—James Isdell W—-K. B. Si&son
W—G. D. Rankia W—Robert Evans
W-—lsr’l Smith W—Stephen Paddock
W—Wm. Humphrey W—J. V. L. De Witt
W—G. T. Biticker W—-Joshua Tuffs
W—George Crawford W—F. Van Vranken
Cuyler W—Eiifchu S. Youngs
W—Stephen Weaver W—E’ishs Putnam
W—Milo K. Evans W. H. TOPP
W—-R. M. Seymour W—Charles Hepinstall
Wv—Julius R. Ames W—Galen Batcheidor
W—G. G. Olmsted W- * William
W— tohn D. hewii A. Kovt
W—WeareC. Little George Warren
W—JdbnG Wasson MtCli’L DODGE
W—-Joseph \V—A.G Alden
W—J. H- Greene V.'wTmmati Soymour
W-w Henry direene W— SS. A. Robinson
W-3arses A. Morse XV— William N. Strong
W—BENJ’N PAUL W—The’* H Cushman
W—Arthur H Rot J. Stockton
A. B. Bb*v N.Chaput
VV-e-E.M‘Cey W—L. P Noble
C. Johnson W-—Horace ijr.eley
A Kcowsr T*'*'v >’
W-rJehaK Ward well —E.VaTn D Werkea
W—H.M Woe! vertex WWI.Wood
W —Smith Skeld on W-^E. W. Good win
W—John H Dicker We-Tchn Aides
W—Albert Blair W—S. Perrae’.ee j
W—Gavtor Shelden W—A. Tweo4 Da.<o
W S. ‘Witt Santne! Martin
W E. J. Cuyler Thomas Thompson
E. P Freeman W—lchb’d Cunn ngham
W—B HOFFMAN W—Joseph Cook
E. S. Harrison W—Erastus H. Pease
M. M. Van Als'ine Calvin Pepner
John Thornton, jr. W—William May ell
E. Westerlo W—Hiram Fanning
\V—W. Barney W—John H. Multord
W—P. C. Barnev W—John V. Hazard
W—John N. Wilder *Burn*me lllegtbls
W—Wrtj, (J. Boariman fName iltegib!*
SENTINEL & HERALD.
COLUMBUS, OCT. 8, IS4O.
“ T/tis Institution is one of the most deadly hostility
existing against tht principles and form of our Cor.sti
tv'.ion. The nation is. at this tune, so strong and united
in its sentime ti, that it cannot be shaken at this mo
ment. Hu l suppose a seriis of unioitard nents should
occur, sufficient to brine into Coubt the competency cj a
Repubtri'-.n Gove- nment to meet a cris’s of i. rcui dan
ger, or to unhinge the cos deuce of the people in the
public functionaries ; a i institution like this penetrating
by .ts /ranches eve/y pc lof the union, acting by com
mand and in phalanx, may in a critical moment, up-set
the government I deem hj govern,vent safe which is
under the vassalage of any sef -constituted authorities,
or any other autho: ity than that of the naiion. or its reg
ular functionaries. IVhat an obstruction c< tdd net ties
Bank of the United States, with till iis branch banks,
be in time of war ? It v ighi dictate to us the peace we
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 BATHS, of Murray.
MILNER ECHOLS, of Walton.
SAMUEL BEALL, of Wilkinson.
WILLIAM B. WOPL'ORD, of Habersham,
JOHN ROBIN>'ON, of Jasper.
SAMUEL GROVES, of Madison.
THOMAS WGOTTEN, of Wilkes.
SEABORN JONES, of Muscogee.
EDWARD HARDEN, of Clark.
JAMES ANDERSON, of Burke.
In order to meet the arrangements of the
mails, that our subscribers may receive their !
papers at the earliest day possible, the Benti- I
nel and Herald will, until circumstance; re
quire a change, be published on Wednesday
of which alteration sheriffs and other adverti
sing friends will, we hope, take notice.
MUSCOGEE ELECTION.
DEMOCRAT.
Hal. Up. I'len’s. City. Total.
M‘Dougald—Sen. 121 59 109 516 808
Watson, 124 57 109 519 809
Benning, 123 57 110 519 809
Lewie, 124 59 106 519 803
Livingston, 123 59 109 492 781
FEDERALIST.
Calhoun—Sen. 48 73 78 725 920
Flournoy, 49 76 77 728 930
Chiplev 48 75 75 734 932
Alexander, 47 75 75 734 931
Sapp, . 48 76 81 707 912
CONGRESS— Dem.
Iverson, 132 63 111 542 848
Cooper, 129 64 109 546 848
Black, 128 63 109 539 839
Colquitt, 120 63 108 544 833
Campbell, 130 63 111 529 833
Patterson, 130 G3 111 526 830
Pooler, 130 61 111 525 827
Hillyer, 130 62 109 526 827
Lumpkin 130 63 110 521 824
Federalist.
Foster, 52 87 77 753 989
Dawson, 51 85 77 758 971
Habersham, ‘ 51 85 77 758 969
King, 52 85 77 753 967
Nisbet, 49 85 77 756 987
Alford, ,61 64 77 751 883
Meriwether, 51 So 77 746 959
Gamble, 51 84 77 753 965
Warren, 51 83 77 753 884
JASPER COUNTY.
CONGRESS.
DEMOCRAT. FEDERALIST.
Lumpkin, 513 Dawson, 514
Colquitt, 511 Habersham, 511
Coopen 509 Alford, £BB
Black, 510 Nisbet, 512
Iverson, 512 Warren, 509
Campbell, 512 King, 509
Pooler, 512 Gamble, 507
Patterson, 513 Meriwether, 510
Hillyer, 512 Foster, 511
Senate— Glover.f .
Representatives —---obinson,* Fee StO!ly| j
White.f
♦Democrat. fFederaliat
TALBOT COUNTY.
CONGRE33.
DEFtOCRAT. FEDERALIST.
Colquitt, 818 Dawson, 896
Cooper, 820 Warren, 690
Black, 816 Foster, 891
Lumpkin, 814 Gamble, SB9
Patterson, 816 Alford, 689
Pooler, 815 Meriwether, 888
Campbell, 818 King, 688
Iverson, 817 Habersham, 891
Hillyer, 814 Nfobei, 651
SENATE.
Diane, 797 Sinead, 889
representatives.
Wells. 788 Dixon. 878
Riley, 761 Emanuel, - 863
Stamper, 773 Williams, 862
RICHMOND COUNTY.
CONGRESS.
DEMOCRAT. FEDERALIST.
Colquitt, 495 Dawson, 900
Cooper, 501 Habersham, 901
Black, 491 Alford, 894
Campbell, 495 Nisbet, £94
Hillyer, 491 Warren, 897
Iverson, 494 &jng, 897
Lumpkin, 494 Gamble, 696
Patterson, 492 Meriwether, 693
Pooler, 493 Foster, 695
SENATOR.
Schley, 476 Miller, 843
REPRESENTATIVES.
Glascock, 514 Rhodes, 532
Haynie, 469 Crawford, 831
Parish, 469 Jenkins, 831
TALIAFERRO COUNTY.
CONGRESS.
DEMOCRAT. FEDERALIST.
Colquitt, 60 Dawson, 402
Cooper, 60 Nisbet, 402
Black, 59 Warren, 401
Pooler, 52 Ring, 400
Patterson, 52 Gamble, 400
Hillyer, 52 Habersham, 400
Iverson, 52 Aifbtd, 596
Campbell, 52 Meriwether, 396
Lumpkin, 50 Foster, 396
Senate —Harris. Stephens, Chapman.
STEWART COUNTY.
CONGRESS.
FEDERALIST. DEMOCRAT.
Dawson S9B Colquitt, 7/1
Alford 895 Cooper ‘75
King 697 Black 773
Warren 894 Hillyer 773
Habersham 895 Pooler 773 >
Nesbit 895 Patterson 771 j
Foster 694 Lumpkin 7721
Meriwether 691 Campbell 774 j
Gamble 693 Iverson 773
LEGISLATURE.
Bryan 563 Ball 771
Boynton 852 Fort 771
DeLauney 863 Slaleham 746;
West 856 Stell 761
BALDWIN COUNTY.
CONGRESS
©EMCCS.AT. FEDERALIST.
Pooler 522 Daweon 337
Campbell 822 Habersham 343
Iversea 524 A’.tord ?S7
Hillyer 321 Nisbet 542
Patterson S!7 Warren Sl4
Lumpkin 81S King 334 j
Colquitt 326 Gamble 337 1
Cooper 523 Men itvether 330
Biack 325 Foster 337
Senate —Peter J. Williams (Federalist) ;
House—Robert Ala ontb (Democrat)
Chatles D. Hammond (do.) t
• 8188 COUNT Y.
CONGRESS.
Vtx OCHAT. FEDERALIST •
Pooler, 670 Alford, bCG
| Campbell, 690 Dawson, 630
Iverson, 666 Foster, 672
Hillyer, 667 Ha bersham, 673
Pa Hen on, 669 King, 6/6
Lumpkin, 669 Gamble, 677
Colquitt, 678 Meriwether, 675
Cooper, 076 Nisbet, 6’ 7
Black, 674 Warren, 67 J
LEGISLATURF..
T.iicy, 629 Bullock, 641
Howard, 64S Chappell, 633
Clopton, 629 Brown, 637
Jbarilett, 619 Moore 620
HARRIS COUNTY.
CON GRES.
DEMOCRAT. FEDERALIST.
Lumpkin, 579 Nishett, 945
■Campbell, 373 Dawson, 944
iColquitt, 597 K ng, 944
Cooper, 336 Warren, 942
Iverson, 377 Alford, 9.34
Hiilver, 372 Foster, 933
Black, 3SS Meriwether 937
j Pooler, 373 Gamble, 936
Patteison, 37 3 Habersham, 945
LEGISLATURE.
No Senator. Kennon—Sen. 92S
Jones 833
; Huff, 373 Osborne, 786 |
My hand, 373 Williams, 592
Pra:t, 373
UPSON COUNTY.
CONGRESS.
DEMOCRAT. FEDERALIST.
Colquitt, ?11 Alford, 63C j
Cooper, 303 Dawson, 638 I
j Black, 310 Foster, 637:
i Campbell, 312 Gamble, 639
I Hillyer, Sl2 Habersham, 639
Iverson, 312 King, 639!
Lumpkin, 310 Meriwether, 637
1 Patterson, 310 Nisbet, 633 ;
Pooler, 312 Warren, 639 ’
LEGISLATURE.
Senate—Goo sos 619 No opposition.
Rep’s.—Trayleif 612)
Mendoivsf 593 >no regular op.
• Walkert 536 )
f Federalist.
Troup is said to have given the federal
congressional ticket a majority of 696 and
i Greene 700.
Jones is claimed by the federalists as hav
ing given the whole legislative ticket, and
from 30 to 40 majority (or their congressional.
Houston they claim in the same manner
with a similar majority.
Moi.roe, they say, they have likewise car
ried by a major by of from 40 to 50; and
add to their list both Putnam and Warren.
In Twiggs, the federalists assert they have
one member of the legislature.
In Coweta county the democratic ticket
for congress has prevailed by an average
majority of fifteen; only one democrat has
been elected to the lower house, while two
federalists have succeeded to the same branch
and the candidates for senate are tied.
Crawford is still democratic, though the
federalists say that the majority does nut ex
ceed 20.
In Randolph county, it is understood, the
democratic tickets for congress and the legis
lature have succeeded, by a majority of 47
votes.
In Meriwether, we learn that the demo
craiie ticket for congress has an average
majority of 50—and of” the candidates for the
legislature, only one federalist has been elec
ted.
In Pike county, we are assured that the
democratic congressional ticket l as succeed
ed by an average majority of ISB, and the
legislative by 108.
In Early comity, the democratic congees
sional ticket has a majority of 114, and all the
democratic candidates fir the legislature are
elected.
Butis is represented as giving the demo
cratic congressional ticket a majority of 150,
and elected all the democratic candidates for
the legislature.
Carroll, vve are assured, has carried the
democratic congressional ticket by an eve
rage majority of 300, and to trie legislatuie
sends none except democrats-
THE ELECTIONS,
In western Georgia, as far zr. as
certained, are not as favorable as
we had expected. At the result in
Muscogee, however, the democrats
have no reason to despond. The
difference between this year and
last is no evidence of a diminution
of numerical strength, the memori
al subject having, without any
change of general principles, induc
ed many members of the federo
vvhig party to vote against their own
candidates. Those of 1638 may be
failly taken as of partisan charac
ter. In that year the candidate
highest on the whig congressional
ticket had, in this county, 12(5 ma
jority over the highest on the demo
cratic, and 227 over the lowest on
the latter, while of the lowest on the
two tickets the whig received 148
more than the democrat!?.—ln
1840 the candidate standing high
est on the whig ticket received 123
votes more than the highest on the
democratic, (being 13 less than in
1838,) and 147 more than the low
est on the latter, (being 80 less than
in 1838,) while of the lowest on the
two tickets, the whig received 130
more than the democratic (being a
whig loss of 13.) —With regard to
the election of county members, the
whig candidate for senate in 1838
received 97 more than the demo
cratic, while in 1840 ho obtained a
majority of 112 (indicating so far 1
as he is concerned a gain <;f 15;) ’
but of the candidates for the lower |
j house, die highest on the whig tick*!
Jet in 1838 received 153 more than,
the highest democrat, and 309 more
j than the lowest, while the lowest
J whig received 251 votes more than
the lowest democrat. In 1840, the
highest whig received 123 votes
more than the highest democratic,
[being a whig loss of 30,] and 151 j
more than than the lowest demo-j
crat [being a whig loss of 158,] I
while the lowest whig beat the low-1
est democrat 151, [showing a dc-|
crease of 100 on the part of the
whig*.] We repeat again that, so;
fur as Muscogee county is involved,
democracy has nc reason to despond.
In fact, when the engines used,
withouts crnple, by the federal whigs
are taken into the account, it is a ;
matter of surprise that their mnjori-’
ty is not greater.
Let the democratic republican* |
of Georgia, who are wedded to priy-
rijjlc, find united by patriotism, not
abandon tlie contest, n- hopeless.
Tite opposition is compost and of hete
rogenious elements incapable of
permanent cohesion, a mass in
(spired by antagonistic principles,
united only on one point, the lenders
j anticipating spoil, and the rank and
.file, honest in intention but duped
,by false representations, expecting
Jn reversal of the primordial curse,
j The cormorant wishes of the former
! cannot he satisfied if oil the revenue
!of the nation were to he divided n
mong them, and the dreams of the
j latter cannot he realized until the
organization of mankind as well ns
the nature of inorganic matter
be altered by Omnipotence. The
■delusion must explode, and reaction
|follow, as it did in the case of the
elder and younger Adams.
It ought also to he home in mind
that, were the prospects darker
than they are, it would he more
j honorable to sink manfully contend
ing for personal liberty and the se
curity of our wives and children,
jthan to sneenmb tothedark maehi-
| nations of the northern und west
ern incendiaries under the shallow
pretence of economy, and reform.
It is a duty we owe the country,
ourselves and posterity. Let us
continue the contest with ardor and
honesty, nor doubt for a moment
that truth will soon find its wav to
the bosoms of honest men that have
been grossly deceived, and that the
keen indignation of outraged con
fidence will mete out a full measure
of stern and durable retribution.
To the polls, free men, on the
first Monday in November, and
prove to the world that democrats,
like the termini of the Homans,
never turn their faces.
OU I RAGE.
About seven in iles above Colum
bus, on the Factory road, on the
Gth instant, tin elderly laboring man
named Mr. Peyton Wade, was, he
asserts and swears, assailed on the
premises he occupies, by two indi
viduals, tSic older of whom attempt
ed to ride over him, knocking out
several of his front teeth, and re
peatedly endeavoring to stab him
with a sword cane. He was beaten
severely and driven off. While in
quest of a justice of the peace, for
the purpose of obtaining a warrant,
the same individuals, reinforced by
three others, went to Mr. Wade’s
house, beat his wife and daughter
shamefully, and though tin hour af
ter nightfall, compelled them to
abandon the house. Such is the
statement of Mr. Wade and his fa
mily, and the marks left on their
bodies strongly corroborate its It nth.
j The cause of this unmanly stud out
rageous behavior, as explained by
3lr. Wade, was his voting a demo
cratic ticket in this city on Monday
last. He was living on laud rented
from the principal assailant, the
rent for which until Christinas next,
he declares, had been fully paid.
But notwithstanding his thus hav
ing cancelled every thing of an
obligatory character, he Was befotc
the election assured by the proprie
tor that if he voted for the demo
cratic party, he must quit the pre
mises. Believing himself living in
a free country, he exercised his pri
vilege, and did vote for that party
which he believed to be right.—
This act. and this act only, Mr. W.
declares to be the sole cause of the
brutal aggressions on himself and
family. As the case is before the
criminal tribunal of the country, we
forbear comment and withheld the
names of the accused.
JUSTICE.
The Primitive Baptist, churches
in Henry county have closed their
doors against the Rev. WILLIAM
MOSELEY, and most of the chur
ches belonging to the same deno
mination in the adjacent counties,
have, we are assured, come to the
same determination, believing ir
inconsistent with clerical dignity to
mingle in political broils and traffic
in political slander. Thus, has a
! man of theological eminence tles
jtroyed his ministerial influence by
paddling in the turbid waters of
partisan rancor and falsehood. If
Mr. Mosely deserves such treat
ment, what, on the score of equity
or prudence, ought to be the fate of
the Rev. Richard Marks, file-editor
of the Enquirer ?
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
On Tuesday last, at the Sheriff’s
sales in Muscogee county, a consi
derable amount of the stock of the
“ Chattahoochee Rail Road and
Banking Company,” was sold at
very low prices—in one instance
more than one hundred and fifty
shares commanding only one cent
per share. As the circumstance,
unless satisfactorily explained at an
early day, must injure the credit ot
the institution, especially at a dis
tance, we take this method of draw
ing the attention of the board to the
fact, in order that they may do jus
tice to themselves and satisfy the
public. For this purpose cur co
lumns are at their service. n
have no desire to iniure directly s
mediately any solvent bank, hat
are, to the utmost of our abd-L’*
determined to guard the coii/PUJp.’
against ij- ret let maUie paper.