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[From the Richmond. Enquirer.]
THE LETTER ! —llkbe it is!
Also Mr. Webster in the Ctapital of Virginia.
When we received the following letter on Fri
day morning, we immediately determined to lay it
before the Public. On the same evening, we read
extracts from it to our Democratic Association,
with whom we have been in the habit of commu
ning, in the spirit of a freeman, upon a subject so
deeply interesting to every freeman, in the most
unreserved terms. We have done so and will
continue to do so. in spite of \V lug Visitors, or
‘‘Eavesdroppers,” in spile of a!! the •‘‘•lupins, or ilie
tools of the Whigs, or what not. ( The letter was
drawn forth by the remarks of a member upon the
discordant character of the Opposition—the vnri
ons principles they profess—on the Bank, the In
dependent Treasury, &c. Whigs, whom you may
meet at different corners of the streets, profess
ing, some one thing, and some another—and, to
illustrate this position, this letter, descriptive of
Air. Leigh’s address and its reception in Boston,
was produced.) A Whig present, was pleased to
address the Association; and first charged, that
we had called Mr. Leigh an Abolitionist, which we
peremtorily denied— then, that our Correspondent
had charged him so, which we also denied—and
then, after making other remarks of equal weight,
modestly called upon ns for the author of the letter.
We pass over the scene which ensued—the claps
and applauses of his own Whig friends, who w ere
visitors only noon courtesy—and the strictures
which it drew clown from some of the members of
the Association, and one of whom was a kinsman
of the orator, and though ho spoke w ith much kind
ness, pronounced him to be of the good old Fede
ral stock. We pass over, also, the gross misrep
resentations of this let er, which were so eagerly
piopagated through this city, in the course of Sa
turday by the Whig Slangwhangers. We pass
over the extraordinary communication of “S.” in
yesterday’s Whig, the stupidity of its conclusions
or the coarseness of its remarks—and leave the
public to judge of this letter, and also to judge be
tween S. and ourselves. For one Virginian, we
say, that we do hope Virginians will forbid the
banns! We repel the idea, that any Virginian
should go to Boston, and pledge Virginia to Massa
chusetts, and bind this good old Republican State
Rights’Commonwealth, like the captives of Me
zentius, the living and the dead together, to the old
Federal Junto party of Massachusetts. We as a
Virginian, disdain all political affiliation with D.
Webster, the living head and front of the old Fede
ral party, either at Bunker’s Hill, through any Vtr
ginian, or with Air. Webster himself in the Capital
of the Old Dominion. Let those of the “old Fede
ral stock,” or who were once of the former Demo
cratic party, cry up Air. Webster to the skies, as a
leading politician of the day—Let them pledge
Virginia to Massachusetts in Boston, or pledge her
to Massachusetts, in the City of Richmond, we hope
there will he independent. Whigs enough to dis
claim, in the name of Virginia, this most unnatural
Coalition. No good can come of it. A detestable
progeny, or a monstrous abortion, must he the con
sequence of the banns, which are sought to he es
tablished between those State Rights and Federal
States. We envy not the honors of that Virginian,
who drew down upon himself the huzzahs of the
Federalists of Salem, and the thanks of Lcverett
Saltonstall, one of the authors of the Hartford Con
vention—and poor as is our taste, we would rather
have had the hisses ami murmurs of the Boston
meeting, (if such be the case, though we do not
vouch for the accuracy of the statement.) t han the
applauses of Salem or the thanks of Saltonstall.
Os the latter there can be no doubt—because it is
confirmed by the authority of the Salem Gazette,
one of your genuine orthodox Whig papers, of the
Boston Stamp !
But the consummation is not yet completed.—
The treaty is to be exchanged at Richmond, it
saems—and the banns of matrimony are again to
be pronounced in the iAlain street or the Capitol
Square of the Metropolis of Virginia; through the
Minister Plenipotentiary of the Essex Junto, the
right trusty and well beloved brother, D. Webster,
Esq.—Yes; the honest yeomanry of the land will
scarcely credit the assertion, that Air. Webster is
specially invited to attend tlie mammoth Whig Con
vention of the sth October, to he set forth with all
the “pomp and circumstance” of ilia Whig para
phernalia; that Mr. Webster lias duly condescend
ed to accept the bidding—and that the annuncia
tion of his advent w as hailed with unparalleled ac
clamation by the grand Sanhedrim oi’the Whig Par
ty in their Log Cabin the other night.—Are these
Whigs reckless? Are they utterly regardless of
the sentiments of the Old Dominion? Docs their
party phrenzy know no bounds—no moderation—
no discretion? Do they really think, that they can
thus sport with impunity with the principles and
feelings ofthe People? What! invite Daniel Webster
not the man, but the polit cian, to come here te teach
us politics, and bind us to the care of Gen. Harri
son, whose Prime Minister he is destined to he, in
the event of his success? Air. Webster, who is the
head of the Federal Party—w ho is directly oppos
ed to all the great State Rights principles of the
State—the ablest and the sternest defender of the
Federal Faith—who denied us means, men ami mo
ney to carry on the war, and to vindicate the rights
of our country—a man, who has not one principle
in common with those of Virginia—is he to come
here to dictate the course of Virginia, at this most
crying crises of our political fate ? The Whigs
have only one more measure to take, and we res
pectfully advise them to seize this opportunity to
illustrate their devotion to the People of Virginia.
Let them lake her archives —her great resolutions
of ’9B-’99—the illustrious report of Madison, of ’9if
1800—all the resolutions which Legislature after
Legislature has passed in protesting against the en
croachments of the Federal Government—her ow n
resolutions of thanks, and the honorary swords and
medals, which she has voted to her brave sons of
’l3, ’l4 and ’ls—Let the Whigs pile all these up in
one great heap at the feet of D. Webster, on the sth
October, and make a bonfire of them all. Then,
the very name of Virginia State Rights may be ex
punged; “the age of her (political) chivalry will
nave passed; and the glory of Old Virginia be ex
tinguished forever.”
Against this late movement of the AA'higs to
wards Mr. Webster, we, for one, decidedly protest
and to make good this protest, we shall take care
to draw the political portrait of Air. W., and show,
that of all politicians breathing, he has the least
c aim to the countenance and support of Virginia. —
And we shall call in Air. Wise, (the Wise of 1832,)
as our mdor>er. If others will err, it shall nut be
our fault—nor shall it be for the want of light.
Extract of a letter from
i4 v • ■ r ... “Salem, Srpt. 14.1840.
WISZTOh 5 d the bnns! Benjamin
JnM r L S * triv,n g to tarnish the fair fame of
the °ld Commonwealth! Mortgaging them to the
Federalists and Abolitionists ofihe Essex Junto
Benjamin W Leigh is now in Massachusetts. He
has spoken in Boston. He spoke in Salem on Sa
lerday evening. There and here he pledged Vir
ginia to Massachusetts, and rivitted the chain in
his own imagination, which is forever to drag her
to the support of the principles and faith of the
Hanford Convention and the old Essex Junto!—
Yirginians, forbid the banns! In the name of your
! A> ashington, your Aladison, your Alonroe, in the
name of everything dear and sacred to the rep
utation of Republican Virginia, let, not so atrocious,
so black and imperishable a blot he emblazoned
upon her escutcheon. What! shall it be said that
: Vi-ginia. after fifty years «.f unflinching devotion to
■ the eternal prmcio es of Liberty and human rights,
f embodied in the Declaration of Independence, by
her immortal Jefferson,h is sunk into insignificance,
has truckled from her ancient faith, and has formed
an unholy alliance with her old enemy —the scatl -t
1 monster Federalism.
“ 1 he speech of Air. Leigh was to perfecl’y fiat
, taring to the F ederahi-ls, and Abolitionist, and so
satisfactory to their fthate pride—to embrace A tr
gm ri as an humble penitent—that L'.vere't Sal lon
sOjlf, the member of Congress of t is Hi trict. to
the extacy of rapturous delight, moved a vote <f
thanks to Mr. Leigh, and .vine cheers for the sur-
through B. W. Leigh, the Representative
ol the I ippecanoe Club No. lof A a., delegated
with full power to treat —of Virginia to Massachu
setts, ami to the Essex Junto in particular.
! “Before I cli>>e this, lung letter, let me tell you an
! occurrence that happened in Buston-at a Federal
! Abolition* meeti g. Air Leigh was present. At
the proper time he commenced his speech; so
Leigh began to make such a speeeh as he would
make to a Federal Audience in A irginia. He said
lint Harrison v as not in favor of a National Ranh,
I hat Harrison was not in favor of a High Tariff.
That will never do, said the Federalists "of Boston
oh, no! Harrison is in favor of both, or we don't
i vote for him. Mr. Leigh was rot half Federal
I enough, and after repeated demonstrations of dis
j approbati m, by hisses.&c ,he cut bis speech short
and sat down. So jt is very plain, Federalism in
Ala sachusetts, is at least 75 per cent, stronger than
! itis in A irginia. However, if Virginia would like
I'm practical application of it, they had belter elect
, Harrison, if limy can Daniel Webster in that
event would he prime Minister, and if “Old Vir
ginia” would not tire, there is not half the Derno
i cracy in old Councclicnr that 1 think there is
j Federalism will pay off Virginia for past sins, if it
| ever gets a chance to do so.
“But enough of this romance. The Little AJa
gician never lost a sing ! e battle. His re election
j is more certain, than his election ”
* We repeat what we said on Friday night—Not
\ a regular built Abolition meeting—we presume, the
i writer only means, a decided Federal Convention.
The National Intelligencer has given a long arti
cle to matters and things in general —justifying Air
Clay’s coalition with Air. Adams in ]'B'2s, amTi-on
deniirng Mr. Calhoun’s present support of Air.
Van Bnren’s administration So far as Air. Calhoun
is concerned we think the arrow will fall harmless
to the ground—until it can he shown that Air. Cal
houn has received fiom Air. Van Buren the same
equivalent, which Mr. Clay received of Mr. Adams.
VV e leave the general argument, however, to those
who have more time and room to go into it, than
we have—whilst we confine ourselves to a single
rt mark, which the National Intelligencer has devo
ted to ourselves;
| “The Richmond Enquirer, we suppose, would
| have considered it a sufficient reason for placing
j Air. Clay under the ban, as he lately tried to dis
; pose of Gen. Harrison, that it was Mr. Adams who
i tendered him the office. But lie might, for the
same reason, assail the memory of Air. Crawford,
because of Air. Adams’ having tendered to him the
office of Secretary ol (lie Treasury, which he did,
and which Mr. Crawford declined accepting, for
reasons satisfactory to himself and his friends,
j though in no way reflecting upon Air. Adams.”
1 Air. Clay was at no loss for our opinion in 1325,
| before he accepted the office of Secretary ol State.
We advised strongly against any such acceptance;
i and we pointed to the construction which would
1 be placed upo.n bis conduct- The National Intelli
i gencer may now speak of the “fiendish malignity”
j wi h which Air. Clay has been persecuted for it
1 hut it ought to recollect, that among those, who re
j bilked him lor it, are to be found some of its pre
j sent friends. Among those, was Air Wise, as, far
1 j down as 1352. No one has reprimanded him more
i severely—none charged him with baser “profl ga-
I cy” for this very transaction —and none have prais-
I ed Air Van Buren higher for his unblemished life
j and his sound States Right Republican principles,
than Air. A\ ise has done in ihe Addresses of 1332.
But the argument which the N. Intelligencer
i seeks to draw, first from the case of Air. Crawford,
and then from the very forced analogy with Air.
| A an Buren at a subsequent period, is i( flimsy quib
ble, and not even a specious argument. Was the
! situation of these gentlemen like that of Air Clay?
\V as Air. Craw ford’s ?—Air (’rawford had rendered
i no service to Air. Adams. He Inal not first made
i him President, and then received at his hands the
I first office in his gi'r. Ho gave Air. Adams no
; thing—he received nothing in return. Not so, Mr.
Clay. Nor had Air. Crawford supported Air.
Adams’ Administration ns Gen. Harrison had done,
by supporting his wild Panama mission, and then
accepted the Mission to Columbia.— Rich. Enu.
[From the Mol,He Register. J
The Crops.— The following letter was received
, a day or two since, hut the publication has been un
avoidably postponed.
| he are aware ol the fallacy of placing too much
i reliance iu any estimates of a growing cr >j>, made
; long previous to the maturity of the plant, hut we
• i have endeavored to give our readers alt the in forma
tion we could obtain upon the subject, occasionally
cautioning them against the visionary calculation's
! of some latter writers, w ho are too frequently influ
' enced in their judgment of the entire crop, by the
! appearance of one or two fields in their own ik igh
borln 01. We hare now pretty well ascertained in
! what sections the complaints of worms are made,
and ns it is not probable that it wi.l be very long
i before frost, we shall soon be enabled to make a
i rational calculation and intend to make an early
| opportunity to collate 1 1 1 ? different accounts in order
i to arrive as near certainty as possible. The sab-
I joined is from a highly respectable and intelligent
j gentleman from this city, who has had some experi
ence in planting.
Tuscaloosa, Sept. 12,1810.
“Dear Sir: Owing to the-manv contingencies up
| on which the cotton crops of this year (and everv
year) depends, 1 have not since June last thought it
necessary to trouble you with any of my sueculr
tions upon that subject. There never was a subjei t
so fruitful of misrepresentations from year to year,
as that ofthe cotton crops. Last year rise crop was
depicted by many letter writers as little else than a
total failure, in consequence of the unprecedented
drouth that prevailed from early in August,—and
yet, tiie largest crop was gathered that was ever he
, foreknown. Cotton has become an article of such
vast and vital importance to the whole commercial
world, that it is extremely desirable that correct
information should He disseminated. Letter writers
should he cautious tint to give such information lo
their friends as might lead them into ruinous spe u
-1 lations. In the Advertiser and Chronicle of the Bth
1 inst. I sec a letter which the editors say is from “a
gentleman of this city, who has travelled overa great
portion of South Alabama.” The w riter of which
says, “knowing that every thing concerning the cot
ton crops of the present season is interesting to your
readers, both at home and abroad, 1 state from per
sonal observation, that I do not believe that South
j Alabama will make more than halfan average crop.”
I persuine the w riter would agree that 350,000 bales
w ould be a good average crop, for that part of Ala
i hama and Mississippi, that sends its cotton to. Mobile.
! Now it cannot be possible that lie thinks that only
| half that quantity will be made and find its way to
Mobile. If he is so deceived himself, I hope he may
not succeed in leading ethers into like delusion.
We have had too many broken cotton speculations
within the last few years, for the merchants and
others to be easily again led into the dead fall hr the
old bait of “short crops,” and all that sort of thing.
If his calculations should prove true, your cotton
presses, steamboats, draymen, &c. will do but a
slim business, and the poor commission merchants
will have to steal or perish. They had better begin
lo file off the sharp points of their consciences. But,
7 that writer is mistaken. The crop ot South A!u
mw.n lmj ■. m*.L lw—« > ■ it~n» at* 111 " ll - * trmnßm * mn
baniaand that part of .Mississippi that ships to Mo
bile, will be a fair average one. Au early trost
may come and cut the crop short ofiny present cal
culations. I predict that the receipts at Mobile w ill
i not, in an >/ event, be less then 000,000 baies, noi ex
| ceed 25 And I estimate the crop of the Union
; at not le« s than 1,500,000 bales nor more than 1,-
i *>0:5,900, or 4 to 700,000 bales short of that of last
vear. “I won't fall another squirrel.”
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j
Tuesday Aloruing, Sept. IN4O.
“DEBrEiTir SEPIBLICAS TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT.
M A RT! N VAN BUR EM.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
JOHN FORSYTH.
TICKET.
THOMAS WOOTTEN, of Wilkes.
B. W. WOFFORD, of Habersham.
W. B. BULLOCH, of Chatham.
JOHN BATES,of.Marray.
MILNER ECHOLS, of Walton.
SAMUEL BEALL, of Wilkinson.
JOHN ROBINSON, of Jasper.
SAM UEL G ROVES, of .Madison.
SEA BORN J ON ES, of M nscogee.
EDWARD HARDEN, of Clark.
JAMES ANDERSON, of Burke.
n IRSMSSON.Hi TICKET.
ROBERT W. POOLER, of Chatham.
]). C. CAMPBELL,ofBibh.
ALFRED IVERSON, of Muscogee.
JUNIUS HILLVER, of Clark.
J. S. PATTERSON, of Early.
J.H. LUMPKIN, of Floyd. ’
W.']’ COLQJ ITT, ofMtucogeo.
.MARK A. COOPER, of Hall.
EDVv ARD J. JBLAUK, of Scriven.
FOR STATE SEN ATE.
G E O ZIG ES S € 63 LEI.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
CO. TIIOITSAS €iJ..ASC4J<J3£,
WA Hi Ell TON ISA YN!E,
6ABEY F. PAmSll.
ET The column ideation we publish in tiiis day’s paper, i
under the .signature of “A Laboring Alan,’’ is written with ;
that flow of spirit, and deep feeling, which characterize
the natives of'the Emerald Isle. The writer is w hat lie !
represents himself to he, an Irishman and a laboring man,
° i
who, by ins industry and honest exertions, in tiiis his ,
I adopted country, labors to earn a livelihood and indepen
dence. Like most of his countrymen, lie is a true friend
of our public institutions, and a firm and uncroinpromisiug
member of the republican party.
ET We copy tire foll< v. ing from the New J ?rsey Empo
| riuin, of the 1 8th instant.
“IE I HAD IT T V MV POWER, I WOULD II WE
EVERY DAMN'D IRISHMAN HUNG.”
The above sentiment was uttered hy a blustering and |
bragging whig from New York, in a company of genii ■men !
jat Pennington, in this county. It wis published in our la.-1. i
i but we this week, by the authority of our cor respond o t, '
re’ferate tiie charge and refer to Nathaniel Titus, and C. L.
| Wynkoop, two very respectable gentlemen of the whig ;
j party, for the truth of the stn einent.
_—. . |
3ZT We copy t' c following article from the Pittsburg I
i (Pa.) Manufacturer, of 19th instant.
RISK IN PRICES.
W? announced in oar last that the iron and naP mann
ficturers of this city bad inc eased the price of these arti- ■
I tides !‘*n dollars per ton, and we have been informed flu- ■
i ring the past week that a considerable rise had taken place ;
i in domestic cottrtns.
It is thus that the policy of the democratic admin is tra- j
t on is drawing the country gradually from the pressure of
j the. banks. While a hope existed that the Independent ;
Treasury Bill might be defeated, the mind of every busi- !
ness man was undecided and harrassed as to the course lie !
should pursue in his calling. Bat since the passage of the I
bill they see their v. ay clearly: they have a just idea of its 1
saluta y effects on the products of our own country and 1
their attention is directed to such articles as the most pro- j
(1 table for traffic.
MAINE ELECTION.
The Eastern Argus of the 21st inst. says. “We
i have received a few additional reinrns which we
subjoin. Filey show a democratic gam since 1 S3S, j
j an<! onr Recapitulation, now, therefore, puts Fair
field ahead of Kent.
‘ ihe Angus!a Age, which has 'superior ndvanta.
| ges of information on the subject, thb Legislature ,
being now in session in that town, says that Fair- i
j field-is elected, nr there is no choice.
■‘The Senate, also, according to the Ago stands, !
10 Democrats to 11 federalists, and one vacancy*
j The vacancy is in the Hancock and Washington ;
| Lower District.
“The Age denies, too,the election of N’oyesfFed.) 1
in the Eastern Congressional District, and claims
I that there is no choice there.”
At an ejection held on the 21st inst. to fill the va- |
fancies in the House of Representatives, the Van i
Buren tneiuhers were elected in Cumberland and i
Lime r.ck. No others heard from.
Toe New V ork Journal of Commerce of the 24(Si
inst. says—“ The whig prints give a majority of
about 200 votes for Kent. The number of scattering
votes is variously estimated at from 125 to 20!) and ,
upwards. Our own impression is, that there is no ;
choice hy the people; hut in order to know the ro
-1 suit, we shall probably have to wait till the votes are
i officially canvassed. The (old) Legislature arc now
i The Argus speaking of the result of tho election,
says : —“ ine Gazette and other Federal papers,
since the bite election, very complacently set down
the electoral vote of Maine as sale for Harrison. In
our estimation, nothingcan ho more wholly unrea
sonable, or more wholly unfounded. The result of
our recent contest, instead of leading us to anv such
conclusion as this, strengthens our former convic
tions of Maine’s fidelity to tlie Democratic cause.—
U hen, with the most perfect system of organization
possible,and that system conducted, too, in secret,the
opposition have been unable to secure any thing
like a decided majority in the State, against a party |
confident of success, remiss in vigilance, and defi
cient in thorough organization, we may well fee!
confident-that the Democracy in Maine have the
power to give her Electoral vate next November, to
Van Buren.”
RECAFI ftLATIOy.
; Fairfield. Kent.
I York, 5423 4527
■ Cumberland, C4Bl 6679
Oxford, (all but 7 towns) 447] 2819
j Lincoln, 5173 6323
: Somerset, 2609 3564
j Waldo, 4842 2493
| Penobscot, (all but 1 town} 4327 4165
Hancock, (all but 2 towns) 1913 1979
Piscataquis, 1192 1254
Kennebec, (all but 1 town) 3174 6344
Washington, (all but 1 town) 2042 2179
Franklin, 2031 1786
Aroostook, (in part) 305 157
43988 44253
Townsto come in 292 maj.
44230 44253
lin 1— 11 ■ mn j. jwwawMßßtimMawaaow
GENERAL HARRISON AND THE BANKS.
We would call the attention of the reader to the
following passage from the speech of Gen. Harri
son, published in the Chronicle and Sentinel of last
Saturday:
“Methiuks, I hear a soft voice asking—are you in
favor of paper money? I AM. (Shouts of ap
plause.) I fyou would know why lam in favor of
the credit system, 1 can only say, it is because I
am a democrat. (Immense cheering.) The two
1 systems are the only means, under Heaven, by which
a poor industrious man may become a rich man,
i without bending the knee to colossal wealth,
j (Cheering.) But with all this, 1 am not a Bank man.
Once in my life I was, and then they cheated me out
jof every dollar I placed in their hands. (Shouts of 1
i laughter.) And I shall never indulge in this way !
■ again; far it is more than probable that 1 shall ne- J
1 ver again have money beyond the day’s wants.
! But I am iu favor of a correct banking system for
' the simple reason, that tlio share of tlie precious
metals, which, iu the course of trade, falls to onr lot,
’ is much less than the circulating medium which our
, internal and external commerce demands, to raise
our priors to a level with the prices of Europe, where
the paper system does prevail. There must he ■
some plan to multiply the gold and silver which our
industry commands; and there is no other way to do
tiiis, hut hy a safe hanking system. (Great ap
plause.) Jdo not pretend to say that a perfect sys
tem of hanking cun be devised. There is nothing in
the offspring of the human mind, that does not
| savor of imperfection. No plan of government or
: finance can he devised free from defect. Alter long
1 deliberation, I have uo hopes that this country can
ever go onto prosper under a pure specie currency,
i Such a currency hut makes the poor poorer, and ;
! the rich richer. A properly devised hanking sys
tem alone possesses the capability of bringing the i
| poor to the level of the rich.”
We would beg any one, bettor versed than \va are
i in the art of finding a true meaning from contradic
tory assumptions, to explain what the General realty
t moans iu the above declarations: Whether he is
for hanks or not; and whether he is for bank paper
circulation or not. We have read over and over
this passage of his speech, and for the life of ns, vve
cannot understand it. He says, that he. is in favour
»f paper nuriicy; but he says also, that he is not a
bank man. If he is not a bank man can he be in
favor of paper money? He says that he is in favor
; of paper money; hut lie says, that “once, in his life,
lie was a bank man, and then they cheated him out
of every dollar be had placed in their hands, and
that he shall never indutze in this way again.” If
I the banks have cheated him of every dollar he had
1 placed in their hands, and if he is determined ne
ver to trust them again, how can he be in favor of
paper money ? Wrong as it may be, the conclusion
vve draw from the declarations of Gen. Harrison is,
that he is in favor of paper money for other people
but not for himself, as he intends never to give to
' the banks the opportunity to cheat him out again of
the money he placed in their hands. Those who,
: heard him deliver the speech may have understood
1 it; for ourselves vve cannot understand the report
1 of it.
[FOR TIIE CONSTITUTIONALIST ]
Messrs. Kditor': —Having seen that the whig
pony are not satisfied vviili making war on the cre
dulity of tin yeomanry and the industrious natives
of fins country, hut have extended it also to the
Irish, with a plausibility only to be equalled ivy
tn ir former actions, 1 d d expect, their honors, I
mean the federal whig*, would have u little grain
I of consistency left which might justify them in
seeking their allies for the coming contest in Oc
: tuber and November next. But, no; they w ill stop
at nothing, no matter what it is, provided it holds
out the least shadow r.f success. IJaviim. also, nu
-1 derstood they have the effrontery to address mv
.
countrymen, in pamphlet form, but which I have
not seen, with the mottos of our country, the Irish
Harp, Shamrock, &c , sacred emblems of once the
Island of Faints, (so then called) and of the arts and
sciences to winch the offspring of the nubility of
Europe resorted for instruction and learning; how
1 h>ng shall you he doomed to insult? how long shall
I it he, un il thy galla it and brave sons shall shake
olftiie galling yoke that mikes her children slaves
in the land of (heir forefathers? How Lug shall ;l
he until, like the people of ih ■ United Stales, they
•‘•had stand on ihe platform of independence and
declare to the uurid they are fiee! Even the il
lustrious dead, the patriotic Emmet, who preferred
a glorious grave to the dishonor of his country, and
| requested his name to he left in oblivion until the
resurrection of his country from oppression; these
! and such other top es v. Inch arc dear to every Irish
: man, are the means which the lederal v\ bigs make
1 me of to gn l, as they think, Lie laboring class of
U;o Irish nation, hut I can tell them, if 1 mistake
not, and if I know any thing about the Irish peo-
I j>ie, their 1 timbers at ihe polls will not count many.
Wonderful and condescending in the extreme is
i: not to behold the whig aristocracy, like thestran
i ger in the satyr’s cell, b owing his fingers to warm
them, and then blowing on his pottage to cool it,
: which made his host conclude that his guest was a
dangerous companion who could blow hot and cold
with the same breath? Is not the conduct of their
I honors. I mean the vvhigs, precisely the same as the
strang- rin the cell, — with one breath the Irish are
denounced as paupers, drunkards, a curse on this
country, &c.; the next respiration proclaims Far
one of the finest follows in the whole world with
out exception, hold, patriotic, and the be.-u kind of
citizen. Another puff and Fat and his countrymen
are consigned wholesale to the gallowses to be
erected on every wharf in New York. Rightabout
face again and come to Angn-ta, tus national green
f! ig and shamrock is hoisted cheek-oy jole with an
old log cabin and a leaking cider barrel, with the
hung out, and Pat invited to join in the procession.
Well might Pat exclaim in his own humorous style:
Well now. by the powers , that bates out eochfighUng!
those vvhigs are droll fellows if they do no barm;
why, they make a body laugh any way. If their
| honors, the whigs, had only the politeness to hoist
the stars and stripes—then, oh! then you might
ogle Pat. As you know, he has a little pride and
vanity with him, even though you told him ad the
nursery tales about the administration, gold and
silver spoons, S2OOO bedsteads, English coaches,
standing armies, sub-treasury notes, &.c. &c. i say,
he might with all these stories be apt to go over to
you, hut your log cabins and cider barrels he wants
to know nothing about. Fheir hoiiOrs, 1 mean tne
federal vvhigs, recollect, I presume, (though their
recollections lately are not the best,} the adage: “a
burned child dreads the fire,” and they will, no
doubt, be so condescending as to allow its practica
bility to our countrymen. AV e have come out from
the tire of persecution and tyranny, (and which the
writer remembers well,) and consequently have
reason as much as lies in our power to keep at a
distance. r l lie Irish people as well as all other
eraigtants have a little judgment in distinguishing
their friends from their enemies; they will begin
os far as the Declaration of Independence, and
come down to the present contest. Shall they be
gin to search for friends amongst the administration
of the elder Adams, and in what is so appropriate
ly called the teign of terror, when the President
became a tyrant in consequence of the laws passed
under him, and well known as the Alien and Sedi
tion Laws, by which the citizen, whether native or
adopted, might be cast into prison, loaded with
chains, or slowed like so much lumber into the
holds of vessels far more intolerable-than the dun
geon 1 I will answer no; neither are they to be
' expected from the ranks of the Harrisburg conven
i tion, which has grown Phoenix-hke from the cele
i brated Hanford convention, nor irom the ebster,
j Llay, and Harrison party, should they, by their
machinations, succeed in electing their President.
W here then. 1 I will answer; amongst the party
weo rallied to the rescue under the patriotic ban
ners of I horn as Jefferson, who, David-like, slew
the Goliah of federalism, and laid him prostraie. —
They will he found in the ranks of those who
hastened to New Orleans in rep »l the proud foe,
under ihe command of the gallant Genera* Jackson,
and of whom every honest Irishman feel* proud of;
and lasi, though not least, they will he found in the
Phalanx and in the unbroken columns of the united
democracy, through the Union, and where If el
satisfied the majority of Irishmen, as well as a!t
oilier European nations, will be found sustaining
their naturally allied friends in the rc election of
1 New York’s favorite sot. *
A LA TORINO MAN.
[f'OS THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.]
GEN. H ARRISON’S “HUMANE SOCIETY.”
I’v a r.'f.irence to the proceedings of the Ist Con
gress under the present constitution, published by
Gales A Seaton, w e find that petitions were present
ed for the abolition of slavery and other purposes,
and at that time promptly resisted at the threshold
bv the southern men as a palpable infringement up
on the constitutional rights of the South,
A brief account is given below in relation to the
first petitions to this Congress for the abolition ol
slavery, and the other objects embraced within
them. The petitioners had several objects in view,
nsthe report will prove: Ist. The abolition ot tbs
slave trade. 2d. To ameliorate the condition of the
slaves in the several states. 3rd. To assist those
who were suing in the courts for their freedom; and
4lhly,to abolish the institution of shivery itself. To
carrv out these designs sue ielioa were first set on
font hv the Quakers, to which others afterwards
united themselves. There was a society of this
kind in Virginia, established at an early day by these
same people,as stated by Judge Catch in his certifi
cate of membership to Gen. Harrison in 13:22, the
constitution of which is now before ns. In the pre
amble to the constitution this society iscalled,“The
Virginia Society for promoting the abotiii n of
I slavery, and the relief offree-negroes, or others un
ion f illy held in bondage, [and other humane pnr
' poses."
Judire Catch in his certificate above allud 'd to,
states that the object of the society was "to abolish
slaver// as for os possibly the// could, in /ill things,"
and he further stales that none holding slt/res were
admitted to membership, and of this society, Gen.
Harrison was a member, and if we are to believe
his own words the obligations, he says, w hich he
then assumed still rest upon him. Hut this sonic*
ty was ansilinry to tli I*arent Society" in Phila- *
deljdiia. which was called, (us will he seen by the
report on their petitions, “The Pennsylvania Jfo
ciety for promoting the abolition of slaver//, &/c.
,yc.” This fact is fully proved by Mr. Tarlton \V.
1 Pleasants, who in Ids 1 tter, published in the Rich-
inuud Whig and oth. r papers, states, that he was
once a delegate from the Richmond, to the Phila
delphia society, in which others were also repre
sent’d. Mr. Robei t Pleas u»ts of Curies, was Pre
sident at the time, as he was, also, when Ceii. liar- '
I rison joined if, if the words of the latter are tube |
j believed.
It ought to I>j* admitted by all fair and candid
minds that the letter of Mr. Tarlton \V. Pleasants i
proves the Richmond society to he auxiliary to the
Pennsylvania one, and the report of the Ist. Con
gress upon the petition Iro n this latter society will
likewise fully establish tii i proof of what were the
objects ol the petitioners. Taka the constitution oftli ■
Virginia Society; the first put of Gem. Harrison’s
1 address in 1322,which alludes to this soeietv; Judge
; Crutch’s certificate upon which the General relied
_I to prove his hostility to slavery, and then read Mr. |
: Pleasants’ letter, proving the connexion between
the Virginia and Pennsylvania societies, and fin illy
the following report of the Ist. Congress upon the
objects aimed at by the petitioners, and we will
rest assured, that the verdict of the candid will 1m ,'
I that Gen. Harrison is not to he trusted upon this
important subject, his late time-serving, whining
and canting appeals to the contrary notwithstanding.
The. follow ing is the report of the Ist. Congress to
which we have alluded, and wo hi g a candid and
attentive perusal to the subject matter, it may he
well to remember that this Congress was composed
| principally of the men who had just been engaged
in forming the constitution under w hich they w ere
legislating:
A Petition from the Abolition Society of I'cnn
sytvnnin having been read a second lime, on the 23d
ot March, 17110,
Mr. Tucker, from S. C. was sorry that the petition *
had received a second reading, as it contained an
unconstitutional request. He wished it therefore
thrown aside. He feared its commitment would
alarm the Southern .’States.
Jar. Scott, of Pa. thought the memorial strict!v
within the constitutional limits; a particular duty j
was assigned to Congress by that instrument, such
as imposing a duty on tite introduction of slaves
from abroad.
Mr. Jackson, of Gu. was of a different opinion.—
Slavery, he said, had been permitted under all the
ancient Governments, and was countenanced by
Scripture,and ought not to be touched by Congress.
Mr. Sherman, of Conn, could see no difficultv in
committing the memorial. It was likclv the Com
mittee would understand the subject, and might
make such a report as would he satisfactory to gen- *
tlemen on both sides. " ~ -
Mr. Baldwin, of Geo. was sorry tfie subject had
been brought before Congress; as jt was of a delicate
nature as relates to some of the States. Gentlemen
I who had been engaged in forming the Constitution »
j well knew the pain and difficulty which this subject 1
I had occasioned in that body. The Southern mem
bers were so tender on this article, that Congress jf
was near breaking up without coming to anv deter
mination upon it; but, by mutual concession, the f ,
tiling was at length accomplished. The creates!
degree of caution was found to be neces-sary; and g %
the moment we go to jostle on that ground we shall *■
j find it tremble under our feet. Congress has no *
i power on this subject, beyond what is given irfvhe
i 9th section of the first article of the Constitution.—
If wegoon to the 6th article, we shall find the first lx*
and fifth clauses of the 9th section of the first article g
restrained from being altered until 1803.
Mr. Smith, of S. C. insisted that the House had
not power to grant the prayer of the petition, arc
therefore it was unnecessary to commit it. \