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[From the Globe , of the 14lA instant.]
THE HOOECASE—MR. BOTTS BOTHERED
If the people of Virginia retain the proud spirit
which characterized them of old, they will surely
feel deep resentment at Mr. Botts for the palpably
contemptuous manner in wh’ch he has trifled with
their feelings, and sought to impose upon their un
derstandings. it will be remembered with what
alacrity he laid his garbled statement of the Hone
rase before the people of Virginia, hefbre the re
cord from the Department, showing that the charges
on which Hooe was convicted were established ny
white witnesses, and that the specifications sustain
ed by the free black sailors w ere nut of ihe case, as
it *ame before the President, could be sent to the
House. The public recollect, that on the earliest
■occasion, when this matter was brought up in the ;
House by the Democrats, to hasten it to a desirable 1
result,in correctingor changing the law’of evidence ;
os decided by the courts —a thing not in the power
of the Executive—Mr. Botts was out of the way,
and his friend, Mr, Wise, who was left to mind it,
undertook to play the game of stave off, to enable
his Southern comrades to escape the responsibilit /
of severing from, and exposing to the South the
Abolition Harrisonites on this delicate suhjei t. It
will be recollected that when Mr. Botts come back,
and it was urged to commit it instantly to the Judi
ciary Committee for a report, to enable the House
promptly to effect what those interested against the
decision of the navy court wished, the very mover
of this reform for the South, moved to lay the whole
subject upon the table, like an Abolition petition.
Having failed in this, we now find that his friends,
who make the majority in the committee, (Mr.
Stanly, of North Carolina, uniting with the North
ern Federalists to effect it,) have actually run away
with the case, not to return with a reported bill or a
declaration as to the existing law-, but to return it
with an application to be discharged , as a matter on '
which Congress ought not to act I .' positively refu
sing to unite with the Democratic members of the
committee, as to what the law is or ought to be!
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, June 13,1840.
After the journal had been read,
Mr. CHAPMAN, of Alabama, asked leave to offer
the following resolution:
Resolved , That the Committee on the Judiciary,
to which was referred the case of Lieutenant Hooe,
be required to report forthwith to this House who
are legal witnesses under the existing laws, before
courts martial in the navy of the United States; and
further to report who shall hereafter he examined as
witnesses in trials before such courts.
Mr. MITCHELL objected; whereon
Mr. CHAPMAN moved a suspension of the rules,
and demanded the yeas and nays. He was deter
mined to press the matter home now it was begun,
and was determined to bring other gentlemen up to
the “bullring.”
[Mr. G. here had reference to the language of Air- |
Botts, when that member commenced operations on
this unfortunate subject.]
There being but a few members present,
Mr. CHAPMAN moved a call of the House, and
on that motion demanded the yeas and nays; which j
were ordered, and being taken, were—yeas 73, uavs
55. ‘
So the call was ordered, and the roll called, when
171 members answered to their names.
On motion ofMr. HOPKINS, all further proceed- !
ings in the call were then suspended.
The question then recurring on the motion to sus
pend the rules for the purpose of submitting the res
olution, it was decided by yeas and nays, as follows
—yeas 100, nays, 61 :
YEAS—Messrs. Judson Allen, Hugh J. Anderson,
Atherton, Banks, Beatty, Heirue, Biddle, Blackwell,
Boyd, Aaron V. Brown, Burke, VVil iatn O. Butler,
Carr, Casev, Chapman, Clifford, Connor, Mark A.
Cooper, William R. Cooper, Crabb,Crarv,Cross,Da
na, John Davis, John W. Davis, Dickerson, Dillet,
Doan, Doig, Dromgoole, Earl, Eastman, Ely, Fine,
Fletcher, Floyd,Galbraith, James Garland, Goggin, I
Graham, Griffin, Hammond, Hand, John Hast
ings, Hawkins, Hill of Virginia, Hill of North Car
olina, Hiileu, Hook, Hopkins, Jackson, Jameson,
Jenifer, Joseph Johnson, Cave Johnson, Nathaniel
Jones, John W. Jones, Keim, Kemble, Kille, King,
Leet, Lucas, McClellan, McKay, Merchant!, Medill,
Miller, Montanya, S. W. .Morris, Newhard, Nisbet,
Parrish, Parnienter, Paynter, Petrikin, Pickens,
Prentiss, Ramsey, Raynor, Reynolds, Rhett, Rives,
Robinson, E. Rogers, Rvall, Samuels, Shaw, Shep
ard, John Smith, Thomas Smith, Starkweather, ;
Steenrod, Strong, Sumpter, Swearingen, Sweeney, j
Philip F. T hotnas, Trumbull, Turney, Vanderpoel, j
Vroom, David D. Wagner, Warren, Watterson,
Weller, Wick, Jared W. Williams, Henry Williams,
L. Williams, and Worthington—loo.
NAYS—Messrs. Adams,John W. Allen,Andrews,
Baker, Barnard, Bell, BOTTS, Briggs, Brockway,
Calhoun,William B.Campbell,Carter,Chinn,Chitten
den,Clark, James Cooper,Cranston,Crockett, Ed ward
Davies, Garret Davis, Edwards, Everett, Fvans, :
Fillmore, Gates, Gentry, Giddings, Granger, Graves, |
Green, William S. Hastings, Hawes, Hunt, James, 1
Charles Johnston, Kompsliall, Lincoln, Marvin, Ma- ;
son, Naylor, Osborne, Palen, Pope, Proffit, Randall,
Randolph, Rariden, Ridgway, Russull, Sergeant, Si
monton, Stanley, Stuart, Taliaferro, Waddy Thomp
son, Tillinghast, Toland, Triplett, Peter J. Wagner,
John White, Thomas W. Williams, Joseph L. Wil
liams, Christopher H. Williams, and Wise—6l.
So, there not being two thirds, the rules were not ;
suspended.
[From BicJinell's Reporter . July 14.] -
THE MONEY MARKET.—MONEY AND BU
SINESS MATTERS.
We never remember more inactivity in our busi
ness circles than during the week which has just
terminated. Every thing has been depressed. The
stock market was sadly deficient in spirit—prices
were low, and the feeling discouraging. The main
cause may be pointed to, in the no-dividend decision
of the U. S. Bank —the similar decision of the Le
high Coal Company, and the warm and unplesant
condition of the weather. It should be remembered
moreover, that we are now past midsummer, that
many ofour capitalists and merchants are out of town
and that the present, in short, is the idle period of the
year. A fortnight more and we may expect the
first indications of the fall trade, when affairs will
begin to assume a more cheerful aspect. The pros-
Ect in relation to that trade, although not particu
rly flattering, is certainly cheering and satisfacto
ry. A fair business and a safe, is expected,and more
liberal payment on account of old debts, than lias
characterised the last one or two seasons. Our mer*
c ants are in a wholesome condition, ancMiaving
1 th ® difficulties of the times, look for
rv,-, with confidence, to the future,
whilt* nlt'u'a L Vema^e ,none y during the last year,
have lost nrwt't had anything to do with stocks,
Perh r thi
money and stock matted tt* ime^as . relat f , to
L\ B .rVV, W Z he K '«« ™o P n~a°U h „!
When the Bank thTwled whhT Pre 'T n' 6 '
charter, a premature resumption anrU I P6a ° f n'
inf her to loan several miFSat °T P f U '
Stock sold freely at about SBO
obstacles were removed—her expenses , es ®
SIOO,OOO per annum, she was allowed to thaliS^f
January to resume, money became particularly easy,
exchange on New York fell and 3 per cent, spe
cie also fell, and was in little or no demand, the Sta e
guaranteed the interests of the public debt, the State
loans held by the Bank advanced in price, the credit
of Pennsylvania w as measurably resuscitated —and
yet U. 8. Bank Stock declined irom 80 to 72L All
this appears extraordinary,and has not been explain
ed in any formal or satisfactory manner. True, the
I Bank at the recent meeting of the Directors, declared
: no dividend—but this is universally looked upon as
I a conservative measure, and one which although i;
\ may momentarily affect the interests of the stock
' holders, cannot but u tiaiately strengthen the credit
and resources of the Institution. If U. S. Bank
' Btoek be not now worth more than 872 1-2 per share
the Institution must have lost more than *12,000,000, j
j within the last 18 months. The management certain- I
ly lias been wretched, and some sad blunders have !
been made—but surely, the present condition of
affairs is admirably suited to assist the resumption
of specie payments, and with that resumption in the
fall tide of successful experiment, confidence and
enterprise will both revive.
Our Money Market continues easv, and the appli ■
cations to the Banks on the part of good houses are
exceedingly lieht.
[Correspondence of the New York Evening Post.]
Washington City, July 11,1840.
This city swarms wi h a band of vagabonds, who
hope to see the administration made prostrate and
vainly imagine that if such an event takes place ■ hey
may riot on the common property of the tin don and
"‘grow rich and fat” at the expense of all that is
j dear to the honor and dignity of the people,
j But it is not only by the more degraded and aban-
I doned of the opposition party, that Mr. Van Bnren
I is libelled. There are among the wbigs, a body of 1
men, whose days ami nights are employed in cease- j
less efforts to traduce the name of Hie President of j
the United States. In the ranks of ti e dan, there
are to be found wretches who weekly participate \
in his hospitalities, extend to him the hand of proffer- j
ed friendship, while it clasps the bast t>f the kife o( i
the moral assassin. What they do in thought, is
executed indeed by the band of the bravo, who is
employed to carry out the work of moral assassina
tion. The work is effected in the dark
As for the moral and private character of the
President of the U. States, no man who lias at any
time existed in this country, lias led a life more free
from reproach. During the long period ho has been
in pol.tical existence, surrounded as be ever has
been by a stern, unrelenting and uncompromising
political faction, no man has ever dared to charge
him with a single act of dereliction of duty, or inti
mate that lie has been the author of any action not
becoming the character of a Christian, a statesman, !
i ora patriotic advocate of the rights of the people.
There is not to be found among the most violent,
abusive, or iudictive ot the factions who assail Mr.
Van Buren, a man who can produced equal vouchers
for bis conduct, or the legitimacy of his life, or who
dares come forward, in the lace and eyes of till the
world, and assert that Mr. Van Buren has ever done
aught that did not honorably commend him to the
favor and confidence ofthe people. It any man can.
say aught that is not creditable to his private and
litieal life, let him come forward and make his avow
al, and he shall immediately be proved a bold and
brazen-faced falsifier.
Ask Henry Clay, Daniel W m -r, and the rest of
the gang who, at Harrisburg, n ...dilated a poor old
imbecile man for the duties of the Chief Executive,
il they ever knew Mr. Martin Van Buren to take anv
steps or resort to any means, to accomplish any
tiling that vvas not compatible with tiie conduct of
a high minded statesman?
Their reply will bo, we know nothing disadvan
tageous to the character of Mr. Van Buren, as a
gentleman and a statesman, except that he has been
guilty of distancing us in the race of competition;
we do not know a man whose character is more,
truly estimable than Mr. Van Buren, but as he has
crossed our path find blasted our hopes of political
preferment, we are of opinion that he is entitled to
ill-usage, and therefore we deem it our duty to ern
i ploy.f li the mercenary creatures ofamercenary presw
to write him down. '
[Correspondence of the Charleston Courier .]
VV ASIIjNGTUN, July 17.
In the Senate, to-day, Mr. Benton called up a bill
to authorize the President to accept the services of
volunteers, not exceeding twenty-five hundred in
number, for the Florida war. He said it vvas ne
cessary to do something for :he protection of the
suffering inhabitants of Florida, and it was evident
that the two bills which the .Senate had sent lothe
other House would not he acted upon. There was
much objection to any increase of the line ofthe
army, and he hoped this biii would pass. It was
ordered to a third reading.
The District Bank bill was again taken up, and
j Mr. Bucnanan spoke on the subject. He said the
■ bill would be gladly accepted by three ofthe hanks
which had resumed and were able to pay specie.—
The object was to force all the banks to suspend in
order to accommodate one bank that was obliged
to suspend. Thus it vvas in Philadelphia, nine banks
were obliged to suspend, by the inability ofthe U.
8. Bank to pay specie. He faced all the banking
difficulties of the country to ihe conduct of ihe U.
8 Bank of Pennsylvania. He said the District,
Bank bill was rejected by a combination of the ul
tras ofthe tw'o parties in the Bena e—of the hard
: money party and the irredeemable paper party. —
1 Those who were in favor of a mixed currency, con
! sisting of gold and silver and convertible paper
were left in a minority. The bill finally received
its quietus.
In the House. Mr. Campbell, from the Committee
on Elections, offered to report on the New Jersey
contested election. It was strenuously objected to
by the Whigs. Mr. Campbell put his motion on the
ground of privilege. The Speaker decided that it
i was not a privileged motion, but the House rever
| sed his decision, Mr. Campbell then made his re
port. It is a long and able document. The result
j fully sustains the previous action of the House on
the subject. Altera most severe scrutiny into the
polls, it vvas found that, out of sixty thousand votes
there were but 260 illegal votes. Each disputed
vote vvas separately considered, testimony heard
upon it and arguments of counsel, and then decided
upon. The result of the investigation vvas :o in
| crease the m jority of the sitting members, Messrs.
■ Dickerson, Vroom, &c. 'file report lays the blame
i of ail the difficulty in the case upon ;lie clerks of
j Cumberland and South Ambov, who were guilty
I of suppressing those votes, in violation of law and
subversive of the elective franchise. The report
concluded with a resolution declaring the silting
members to he duly elected.
The minority also made a counter report. Both j
reports were read, and a motion was then nude to |
agree to the resolution reported by Mr. Campbell. ■
There vvas much excitement in the House, the
Whigs denouncing the attempt to force the question
as tyrannical, <fec. At one time, there vvas much
disorder. Mr Holmes appealed to the House, in
the name of fifteen millions of freemen, to preserve
order and decorum.
At length, the main question vvas ordered to be
taken on the resolution: The Whigs then began,
one after anoiher, to ask to lie excused, stating as
a reason that they would not vote on the case until
an opportunity was offered to examine the evi
dence. Several refused to vote, and denied the
power ofthe House to compel them to vote. The
plan was, by refnsng to vote, to prevent a quorum
from approving, and thus to defeat the resolution.
Bur, at length, the resolution was agreed to —
yeas 103, nays 22. There vvas not a quorum at
first, but a number of Whigs came forward and
voted in the negative to make a quorum.
FROM .MICHIGAN.
“Adrian, June 23,1840.
“I see the Whigs of the South are endeavoring to
persuade the people that the W higs of the North are
not identified with the Abolitionists; or rather, that
the Abolitionists do not vote with the Whigs. This
is one of the grossest errors, and can be easily refut
ted. In this county, composed as it is of about 2,-
500 inhabitants, there is probably not less than 1,000
Abolitionist voters, and there cannot be found ten
out of them all that support the measure.! of Mr. j
Van Buren, but go always with the V\ higs Some ;
of them were originally Democrats, but left _ us on |
account of Mr. Van Buren s hostility to their mea- j
sores. The Whigs here do all they can to c onvince .
the Abolitionists that Mr. Harrison is ui h them, ,
and that his silence on the subject is to q oiet ti e j
South until the election is oyer, when he will con.e |
i out boldlv with them. Again, in the Whig P r °ces- j
j sion that left this county for For) Meigs on the 10th j
I inst.,the Abolitionists, were represented byasmta
i b!e flag in stays to keep it it extended.one h df w hite
1 and the other black, with appropriate mottos. The
hearer of it,is one of tli*> most rapid kind of A holition
ists in the country. These are facts wl ioh I can ;
prove. If they will subserve the cau>e of truth in
1 your section, you are at liberty to make such use of j
i this as you please, and give the strongest assurance j
!of their truth. 1 will with pleasure, at toy time,
furnish you with proof undeniable and which can
not be controverted. We held our State Conven
tion on the24th inst., and the greatest unanimity
! prevailed. The Democracy were never so well or-
I ganized, and we will give a noble account of our
j selves in November.” j
t~tt nriT ~m nnmn i n —n—— u "Tr ’» i tOßtasuicaa
| ~ &&-> _
Tuesday Corning July «1, 11*40.
OCT We continue on our first page letters from se-
I veral distinguished citizens to the Committee on in
vitation of the Democratic Republican Convention,
held atMillcdgeville on the 4tliinst. On the fourth
page we publish an address of Amos Kendall, Etq. i
| to J. M. Bolts, the Hooe man.
[GPExtract ofa letter to the editors, dated Ladiga, j
Benton County, Ala., J uly 12. The writer is a gen- j
[ tlemanof high reputation.
“Our county will give Van a majority of five to one;
and the state majority in his favour will he from ten j
to fifteen thousand. I see that the apostate Tall- ,
madgo sets Alabama down as among the doubtful; j
but I think November will tell him that he is not |
even the son of a prophet. This precinct will give i
Harrison the one lialfof all the votes he will get in
the county, and even here we shall beat him two to
one.”
We have received a letter from Putnam county,
from a gentleman in whom we repose entire confi- i
deuce, which contains these emphatic words: “Pros- j
pects are now that we shall carry old Putnam.'" j
£C?*The following from a Virginia paper, will not
be relished by the friends of a national bunk; hut
so it is with those who will not be convinced, even :
against the evidence of their own senses. n
J FACT AGAINST THEORY. \j
those who incline to think, that a
y Bank would or could have prevented the evils wiili !
which, the country is now afflicted, we commend j
tie following brief extract:
[Fro7n the National Intelligencer, ]Ath September, 1818.] '
“Stocks are down, down, while the rates of Ex- !
change are advancing at a rapid and unprecedented i
rate. The C(JRRENCY is in confusion—nun and j
bankruptcy meet us on every hand.—The domestic i
exchanges never were worse, and scarce never can
he. The Southern bills are almost won bless at the
North, and the West is in nearly as had a situation.
What is to be done, we know not Tne I
TED STATES’ can afford us no re
lief, if even it shall be able to stand itself.”
Thus spoke the National Intelligencer in ISIS, i
published in Washington City, and edited by the
same men as now, federalists then, now modern 1
whigs; but. Gen Jackson was not President, nor
Mr. Van Buren. The federalists had not then learn- i
ed to lay all the calamities and disiress of the w ole '
Union to Democratic Men anti Measures. They
taen spoke the sober truth, and did not pretend to L
1 the people.
LOUISIANA. ’ |
By yesterday’s mail we have received additional |
information respecting the result of the elections.— j
It is now ascertained that Mr. White is re-elected to
Congress in the first district, by an increased ma- |
joritv, and that Gen. Dawson, the democratic can- i
didate, is elected in the 2d district, by a small ma- |
jortly. 1 his is a gain ot one member from the pro- i
sent delegation in Congress. In the 3d district noth- |
ing certain of the result. It is believed, however, |
by our friends, that Winn is elected; if so, the dem- 1
ocratic party will have two out of three members of i
Congress. With regard to the legislature, it is as
certained that the democrats will have a majority of
one in the senate; last year the senate was decided
ly whig. In the House the wings claim a majority
of three, and, consequently, a majority of two on
joint ballot; but the democratic papers do not make
such a concession: they state that there may be a
majority for the whigs in the House ofonly one; ma
king it a tie on joint ballot. Last year the House
was whig. Taking it so far as it is, the result is i
gratifying to the democratic party, as giving proud- {
ses of a signal triumph in November.
WHIG CAPITAL.
At a meeting of the whigs of Burke county, held j
on the 7th instant, for the purpose of sending dele- |
i gates to the Convention, to he held at Macon in An- j
gust next, among others the following resolutions
were adopted:
Resolved, That if we can procure a copy of a !
| letter from the late Post Master General to our fel-
I low citizen Capt. P. Robinson, a Post Master in this
I county, we will publish the same, in order that the
j people may see the means used by the present ad
| ministration party to elect Martin Van Buren to
1 the Presidency, than whom no man is more unfit for
j that high and honorable station.
Resolved , That a committee be appointed by the
j Chair, to address Capt. Robinson and request a copy
I of the letter referred to in a previous resolution.
This unfortunate letter was talked about all over
i the county, and its importance was considered so
I great, that it was, we understand, placed in the
| hands of one of the whig candidates for Congress to
j operate with. When we first heard of it we sup-I
j posed that Mr. Kendall, was either insane or afflic
; tad with the Bolts , or else, committed an iudiscre
| tion, which none of his friends thought he would be ■
guilty of, that is offering a bribe to a Post Master , j
with whom he was not acquainted ! and at best could
have been of but little service to him. From the
bold assertions of the resolutions, and some remarks
of the organ ot the party in this city, public expecta
tion was on lip-toe, and the letter was anxiously
looked for daily. Well, gentle reader, yesterday’s
Sentinel gave it deliverance, and here it is! Van
Buren men hold down your heads! Poor Amos
Kendall is politically dead! If you want proof, just '
read the Chronicle «Sc Sentinel of yesterday, where
you will find logic much to this effect—Amos was
Post Master General, but resigned his office and is
now editing the Extra Globe, —the Globe being an
administration print, of course Amos is still Post 1
Master General—and if he says no one will have
cause to regret the success of Democratic principles,
who support them, by affording him encouragement
in his undertaking, Martin-will give them an office—
in other words, if 3 and 4 makes 6,6 and 8 makes 12.
Copy ofa letter addressed to a Postmaster of Burke
county, Georgia:
Washington, May 20,1840.
My Dear sir—Having embarked with conscious
ness of right and hearty good will in the defence of
the Administration, of which I have formed a part,
I earnestly invoke your assistance in rendering my
efforts effective by disseminating the enclosed Ad
dress, and obtaining subscribers to the Extra Globe ,
throughout your region of country.
Every farmer, mechanic and workingman ought
to have one; and if they cannot well spare a dollar 1
each, two or more should unite together to take one.
•Stimulated by an enthusiastic devotion to the ;
pure principles of Democracy, and by the daring
efforts now making to conquer them and to extin
guish for ever the beacon light which our beloved
country is holding up to mankind, I shall endeavor
to take care that the true hearted men who may aid
I me in reaching the minds of an honest people, shall
I have no cause to repent their exertions.
Your Inend and fellow citizen,
AMOS KENDALL.
ANOTHER EVIDENCE OF WHIG MISREP
RESENTATION.
The following is an extract ofa letter received by
Gen. Glascock, from a gentleman in the upper !
country of the state:
I “There are reports in circulation here to-day that
i are said to come from you. They say that you 1
have just returned from a tour to the up-country, j
and have had an opportunity of knowing how the
matter stands in regard to the election of Presdcnt,
and that you have given up the contest, and say 1
that Van Buren will be badly beaten in Georgia.
; Furthermore, that we have sustained a loss of 17(10 ;
voles west of tiie Chattahoochee. It may be so,but
| my opinion is, that you have been misrepresented in j
i this matter, and for effect.”
We are requested by Gen. Glascock to state, that
, the report is a wilful misrepresentation, and totally ;
| unfounded; that his opinion is now,as it has always
' been, since the nomination of Gen. Harrison, that {
i Mr. V an Buren would got the state by a very large \
majority.
In addition to the information contained in the j
j above letter, wc understand that similar reports are \
! in circulation in other sections of the state. Our
friends should therefore be on their guard, in giving
credence to such reports; we would request them to
i put down, by flat denials, such disgraceful eleclion
i eeriug tricks.
RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS BY THE
BANKS IN CHARLESTON.
The Charleston Courier of vesterdav, has the following
■ - • B
, gratifying intelligence:
“ Resumption ofspecie payments. —The suspended hanks
of tins city, viz : Planters’and Mechanics,’South Wet-t'-rn
Rail Road, South Carolina, Slate, and Union hunks, re.-ma
-1 eti specie payments on Saturday last. The Charleston
Bank, and Bank of the Slate, not having suspended, we
lean now announce that all the Banking institutions of
i Charleston redeem their hills ia specie on demand. The ■
| immediate consequences of this proceeding was a reduc- i
I tion of the rate of northern exchange- Bids on New York
I are now 2 percent.premium,”
We hope in ashoi t time to have the pleasure ofannounc
t ing that the banks in tills city have also resumed.
GEN. HARRISON AND ABOLITION,
We have never accused Gen. Harrison with being
an abolitionist himself, hut have always endeavored
to convince the people of the south that this fanat
ical set were bis supporters, and instrumental in es
; fee ting bis nomination. But recent develop aments
| have caused us, in a measure, to change our belief,
; and if the following arliclepnblished in yesterday’s
i Sentinel, to prove that ha is no abolitionist, but a
! friend to slavery, is not proof positive that the soatli
lias nothing to look for at his hands,should he be elec
ted President, and the subject come up for his decis
, ion, then the English language lias lost its meaning.
hope all, both whigs and Van Buren men, will
; read the certificate of Mr. Bailey, an editor of an an
| ti-slavery paper, carefully, and weigh the subject in
j their minds —Gen. Harrison convince an aholitiou
; ist that he was a GOOD AN PI-SLAVERY MAN,
| and leave no doubt that it was his pleasure to eon.
\ veysuch an impression”! Is such a candidate us j
j this to receive the support of the south for the high- I
; est office in the gilt of the people. But enough-— to i
1 the extract.
[From the Chronicle Sf Sentinel of yesterday.}
! ANOTHER FALSEHOOD NAILED,
i In a late number of trie Richmond Enquirer was 1
i a long editorial article, in which was introduced mi !
' article from the Cincinnati Advertiser, endeavoring i
to fix upon General Harrison duplicity, towards ah- i
olitionists, and particularly with the editor of the !
Philanthropist, an abolition paper, and as it will no
doubt, be extensively copied into the Locofoco Jour
nals, we take pleasure in laying before our readers
the following article from the Cincinnati Gazette,
and the letter of Dr. Bailey, the editor.
We confess we are not displeased to see those j
things, it will show the reflecting people to what I
means the Administration party will resort to accom- j
push their object,and so far from securing the sup- 1
j port of such men, they will turn from them with |
I loathing and disgust.
[From the Cincinnati Gazette .]
MISREPRESENTATION.
We have received from Dr. Bailey, editor of the j
| Philanthropist, the following exposition of a vile i
] misrepresentation contained hi the Advertiser and !
; Journal of yesterday morning. If ail tiie distortions :
I of language, and misrepresentation of sentiment,
i published in that filthy reservoir, ofa foreign merce
j nary’s venom,were to he noticed at equal length, the
! \\ big papers of the city could have room tor nothing
j else. Between it and the Ohio Statesman, there is j
a regular “speed Dick, speed Devil” race, in the coin
ing and circulating ot gross falsehood. That noti
ced below is but a smell specimen of their handi
craft.
To the editor of the Cincinnati Gazette:
Sir:—ln the Daily Advertiser of this morning, the j
following statement is rnc.de by a correspondent.
“Dr. Bailey the present editor of the Phil mtliro- j
pist of this city, one of the leading abolition jour
nals of the country, has said in presence of mem
bers ofthe Democratic party, and I presume, if call
ed upon, will test to the same, although opposed to
the present Administration, that Gen. Harrison has
| declared himself at different times, to them to be a i
j warm and devoted friend of Abolition; and I call i \
upon General Harrison, in person, to refute or ac- '
: knowledge this charge, and not to permit the Black ■ i
j Lister and his coadjutators to do it for him.” 1
Justice to General Harrison and myself demands I ’
j a prompt denial of tiie truth of the above statement. | '
j VV hat I could ever have said, that could afford I
ground for such a statement, I cannot conjecture. At I
different times, in the presence of my friends, whether
Whig or Democratic, when conversing on the sub- i
ject, I have remarked, that M V CONVERSATIONS t
WITH GENERAL HARRISON HAD LED ME f
TO BELIEVE, THAI’ HE WAS A VERY t
GGOD ANTf-SLAVEHY MAN, AND I I
HAD NO DOUBT IT WAS HIS PLEASURE TO
CONVEY SUCH AN IMPRESSION. Stronger
language on this subject I have not uttered; and this t
' language has not been used by me with a view to t
political effect. Os course, knowing the different t
meaning attached by the public generally to the
terms “anti slnvery" and “ abolition ,” 1 could not <
for a moment suppose that I should be misunderstood.
The same correspondent, in a note says, that the I
j editor of the Philanthropist “abandoned him”— r
! General Harrison. It is sufficient to say, that I have 1
never supported either Mr. \an Buren or General £
Harrison, as candidate for the Presidency, The i
Philanthropist has nothing further to do with pub- !
lie men, than as their acts may ass ct the ANTI- v
SLAVERY CAUSE in this country; and it has i
been entirely impartial, (it is claimed,) in censuring
what we, us abolitionists, believe to be, the pro- g
slavery tactics of both political parties. t
Respectfully, G. BAILEY, Jr. r
Cincinnati, July 8,1840.
-- ” .".WJ. J ■ ■■■ ■■ l ll Igg
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT,
By and with the advice and consent of the Senate
GENERAL.
Stephen Allen, at the city of New York, in the State | f
New York.
Isaac Hill, at the city of Boston, in the State of Mass.
chusetts.
Joseph Johnson,at the cityof Charleston, in theStatei
South Carolina.
Georg Penn, at the city of St. Louis, in the State of 5U
souri. Mm
[from OUR CORRESPONDENT.!
WASHINGTON, July 13»
The Committee on Elections closed their HercM
lean labors on the New Jersey case, yesterda| I
(Sunday) morning, at2o’clock. The result ofthei I
examination proves that the Federal candidates re
ceived sixteen more fraudulent votes than any on
of the Republicans, thus increasing our
sixteen, and probably vacating the seat of the onl
W big, Mr. Randolph. And this, then, is the endc 1
one of the most barefaced and daring frauds eve
perpetrated by a man who holds the first office j
one of the States of this Union! One who, after th,
fashion ofThadeus Stevens and Gov. Rimer, woulijl
“treat elections as if they had not been held,” and
unblushingl v give certificates of election to dema
gogues who had received but a moiety of votes,
is, however of a piece with the usual course of tin J
Whig party. Truth, honor and justice have never I
been, and never can he found in their vocahnlrirv I
and any means are good to them, if the ends sough! |
are obtained. How long the honest portion of thrji t
party will countenance the daily outrages perprtra |
t'd in Congress ami throughout the country, la ,
these wire-pullers, is a question which is oftei 1
asked, and the exposure of this last hold stroke, must 1
answer it in the Fall elections, when the voice ofat j
indignant people will be heard in favor of the rich ,
of tiie majority to rule—a thing unknow nto Whig |
gery,
'i'lie Ilarrisonites m e fully tired of hard cider and
log Cabins, particularly the small portion of them |
from the South. The words hereafter w ill only bo \
mentioned as a reproach, and one of the usual pieces I
of folly which t lie Federalists generally get up in n
humbug 11 so peopl The accounts pouring in
on us of the tone of celebrations* on the dt!i of
ai»- truly gratifying,and give us renewed confidence |
in the firmness of the Democracy throughout the ff
country. I have just been shown letters from Indj- j
ana mi l Ohio to members, and they speak strauiglv |
of the rc-action which is taking place in those |
States in favor of Mr. Van IJnren. The uncaging!
Mr. Harrison has done nuicii good to our cause, ns
his two column speech only goes to make “darkness |
v isible” as to bis opinions.
i be House is still on the Army Bill, and Graves, ||
of Kentucky, was engaged in orient his violent tirades, H
not against the Bill, hut, the Administration. If 11
senseless declamations, hitter feelings, and the pos- ||
session of h disposition calculated to disgrace our le- s
gisiative halls make an orator, then indeed is th" f
universal whig party truly blest with a myriad of
th 'in, for not one measure has yet passed that they
did not rail against, and in most instances, final!’,
vote for, or dodge.
After Graves concluded, Mr. Downing, of Florida
delivered a long, but very sensible speech about
Florida in general, and the war iu particular. 1L
exhibited the futile course pursued by Scott, in lib
superintendaiice of the w ar, and laid well merited
censures on the conduct of all concerned in the a
Army. Mr. Monroe, of Now York, replied to
Mr. D. and went intoa cnlogintn ofGen. Scott. 51 r.
Underwood followed Mr. M. alter w hich the J louse
adjourned.
The. <p estion pending on the Bill is an appropria
tion of >OO,OOO fur the prosecution of the Florida
War. it will doubtless he carried.
r i lu Senate was the the principal scene of attrac
tion this morning, a new Dili having been introduced
to renew the charters of the District Banks. Tim
I debate was very exciting,and most ofthe“biggnus”
! participated in it. Several amendments have been
! added in the bill, hut its success is still doubtful in
! any shape. In the morning hour, there was a short
| debate about the payment of pensions to the Chero
kee Indians, who were wounded in the wars,in which
Mr. Lumpkin participated.
Aside from from politics, there is quit: an excite
ment among the soap-lock community and yoiMig
Congressmen about Fanny Ellsler, who plays four
nights here at SSOO per night. I witnessed her pei
fonnances on Saturday evening, and think her th?
most perfect humbug ofmodern times. She is about
40 years of age, and her beauty is merely pnssc-*-
daucing ditto. There were about 1500 persons pre
sent. I think Augusta and Celeste much superior
so our southern dilettante need not regret her ab
sence much, as one performance would surfeit them.
JULY 15.
The House adjourned last night, between 11 and
12 o’clock, no action having been had on the array
bib; Motts, Adams and the Feder iterators occupied
the day and night iu speech making.
A hill to renew the charters of the Banks in the
District for one year, on condition that thev resume
specie payments, passed the Senate about 9 o’clock,
last evening. It will scarcely reach the House.—
The bill for ths payment of pert-ions to Indians in
the late war has also passed the Senate.
[From the Few York Evenin'* Post. l
A FORGERY. ”
The other day several of the whig prints in this |
citv, among which are the Express and the Courier,
published a pretended extract from a speech of Mr.
Tappan of the L nited States Senate, relating to the
rate of wages. We were convinced as soon as we
looked at it that it was an utter forgery, and
were sure trial as soon as it should be seen by Mr-
Tappan he would stamp it as such.
W e were not mistaken. We quote from the Al
bany Argus of yesterday, the refutation of this base
falsehood almost too gross to deceive anv body, since
it is impossible for anv person who has the most dis
tant affinity with the democratic party to utter such
stuff as is imputed to Mr. Tappan. We call upon
the Express ami the other papers which have pub
lished the forgery to give place to the refutation.
\_Fram the Albany Argus.] \
t In the Albany Daily Advertiser of the 29th of June,,
the following article was published with the capi- J
tals and embellishments with which we now give it |
to our readers: j
“1 he True Van Buren doctrine—Rend it Me- j
chanics and Laborers—Read it Farmers ! ! j
“ 1 he following is an extract from a speech recent- •
ly delivered in the Senate of the United States, by
Fappas of Ohio, one of the special instruments of
san Buren and his cabinet. It is the doctrine oi the
administration on the subject of wages and prices , iu
in a nutshell. The only mistake we notice is that
Mr. Tappan dues not put the point to which the
wages should be reduced low enough. Buchanan is
nearer the mark. He hints at seven pence , per day.
“Lest any honest mechanic, laborer or yeoman,
should overlook the blessings that this administra
tion has in store for him, we give Mr. Tappan’s re
marks in capitals:
‘ The price of Labor is entire!y tiro high. THE