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B ' Pt l * GUIJEtf. AUGUST !. t 4, | tIURSDAY WOBXIKO, OCTOBER S, 1840. VOL. XVIII.—NEW SERIES, NO. 65.
THE COXSTITUTiOA'ALIST.
•'TICK IK MACINTOSA-STkEKT, THIRD DOOR FROM
THE «. w. CORKER OF BROAD-STREET.
S ile* of C.A.TD by AJ miiiislrators, Executors, or Guard
iniiM, are required, by law, to be held on the first Tues
day in the month, between the hours of ten in the fbrc
rit*un and three in the afternoon, at the Court-House in
clinch the property is situate. Notice of these sale*
*nu«x be (riven in a public Gazette sixty days previous
V< the day of sale.
vSales es NEGROES must be at public auction, on the
lir.-t Taesdayot the month, between the usual hours of
sale, at the place of public s lies in the county where
the letters testamentary, or iidinini.-tration, or iruardian
ship, may have been granted, first (riving sixty days’
notice thereof, tn one of the public Gazettes of this
State, and at the door of the Court-lloueo w here such
sales are to be held.
for the sale of Personal Property must be given in
like manner, forty d\vs previous to day of sale.
1 Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Estate, must be
1 published for forty days.
• Notice th it application will be made to the Court ofOrdi
' nary for leave fossil LAND, must be published for four
MONTHS.
Notice for le ive to s-l| NEGROES, must be published
four months before any order absolute can be given by
the Court.
<■——vnnaa——maawi iimi i— iwhwiw
VVVtli»r»(lnj Alor:iing, Oct. 7, 1840.
OCF’Our readers’attention is called to an article
published in litis day’s paper, taken from the Penn-
in. 1 ("bribery and corruption are to become
tbe means through which political power is to be at
tained, well may the people of this country begin
to doubt of the permanency of our public institu
tions, and of their being able to preserve the rights
and privileges secured to them by tbe government
they have themselves established. We are not like
many others, who believe that political honesty
may not he connected with private virtue. Our
opinion is, that any man, who is not politically hon
est, cannot be true to the virtues of private life. Wc
1 consider political delinquencies as criminal as the
Jenst departure from any moral, religions, or social
obligation between man and man. We are not
therefore of that school, which considers till fair in
1 politics. Wc look with suspicion upon the man
guilty of political dishonesty, and we guard our
selves against him should we have private transac
tions with him, however high his reputation may
ntandin private life. An honest and upright man
cannot he guilty of a di-diononible or dishonest po
-1 l.ntical act. I his is our creed. If is to he expected
* hut the grand jury <•( Philadelphia, will act justly,
■severely, and cxcinplarily, in the case stated in the
I’ennsy-lvaMian.
THE ELECTIONS.
Wr, give below the returns from a few counties.
Our friew Isinother states, must know that the returns
"hi h will he received here during two or three da vs,
mid which will he from the surrounding roomies, will
lie entirely favorable to the Harrison ticket. The
(fact L, that those comities to lie heard first, have
been and are ail opposition counties, where the de
mocratic party have always been in a minority. In
this courtly, the Harrison ticket has succeeded hv
?i large majority, larger than was expected hv ns.
"We shall not assign any reason for this large major
ity-, though we could adduce a few; hot it is suffi
cient that the demonratie party have been beaten.
In the counties from which we give returns, « little
gain to the democratic ticket has been effected, in
comparison with the returns of last year. Those
returns have confirmed the opinion wc have, always
entertained of carrying the state by a large majori
ty. If we have been able to maintain our strength
sn those counties which have been always against
«is, almost unanimously, we must expect that the
returns from those comities where we. have had al
ways large majorities, will show « gain more than
sufficient to counterbalance the loss sustained in
this and other Harrison comities, and to increase
two or three thousand votes, the majority given last
year for Gov. McDonald, which was near two thou
sand votes. Our friends abroad may rest assured
that Georgia is sale lor Van Bnren, and that the
democratic ti.-Kel is certain to be elected. There
.are U3counties in the stat “.
ELECTION RETURNS.
The following is the re.-ult of the election held in this
.county oh Monday, for Members of Congress, a Senator
and three Representatives. Those in italics are Van Ke
ren men.
CANDIDATES. ; | % | >| ft
r f f_ x fj IL
CO.VCRESS.
«' T. Colquitt, 420| J!*l 9 25, 22 495
.V. A. Connor, 4241 19 JO “6 22 501
JE.J. Slack 411> 19 9 25 22 491
JJ. C. Campbell 4221 J 9 7 26 21 495
J. Hiller., 419| 19 7 26 20 491
A. Icerso* 421 19 7 26 21 494
J. H. Lumpkin 4211 19 71 26 21 494
J. S. Paltcnssn 419 19 7 26 211 492
R. W. Pooler 419 19 7| 26 22 493
W. C. Dawson, 054 IC2 701 28 46 900
R. W_ Habersham 6561 102 7t | 28 45 901
J. G. Alford,. 649! 102 70 28] 45 i-94
■E. A. Nisbct 6501 102 69 28 45 894
J,. Warren 650, 102 70 28 j 44 897
T. FL King, 651 102 70 28 46 897
R. Gamble, 653 102 70 28 43 896
J. A. Meriwether, 650| 102 70 28 ! 43 893
T. Foster, 652 1 102 70 28| 43 895
SENATOR.
George Schley ,... 405 jl7 8 28, 13 476
A. J. Miller 617, 100 60 25 41 843
representatives. i
Thorns Glascock 434 95 5 27 23; 514
tVarrittffton Haysie, 40? 17 9 26i 16 469
Garew F. Parish , 481 16 5 25 15j 469
W J. Rhodes | 608 1 93 60 271 44 | 832
<j. W. Crawford 607 i 96 65 26 37 | 831
i >C. J. Jackins,* 1 95. 60 26 41 j 831
Annum!- ~9j ** •• -7 •• 56
Biennial 8| ..1 55 l 64
TVUAFERRO COUNTY.
r w* 8 nSCT Z
IMack 59 Uarren
£ 52 King 40(1
SjjL. 52 Gamble 40C
{’!, 52 Habersham 40C
P ,lv " 52 Alford 39f
lyfr-* 5‘2 Meriwether 39t
Campbell 50 Fof?ter 39t
HKN Stephens, Chapman.
bE,N BURKE COUNTY.
_ a 256 Habersham, 53:
P° o4er ’ „ 25d Alford, 53:
Campbell, 25fi Vesbit< 53<
255 Warren, 5L
Patterson, 055 Dawson, 511
, Lumpkin, King, 511
I Colqmtt, 28 , Gamble, 52!
ft Co°P er * 271 1 Meriwether, 52
I Black* 260 I Foster, 52!
P Jv sSe-Harri«. Carswell, Evans, Mulkey.
03“ Ihe following is the reply of Gov. Jlaghy oi '
Alabama, to the Honorable S. M. Gates, the a hue
1 tionist member of Congress from New York, to a j
, letter transmitting certain abolition papers. 1
| reply of Gov. McDonald, of this state, to the sun-.!
- i honourable gentleman, we have heretofore pnbl ii
u i ed.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, }
Tuscaloosa , Sept '2nd. 1840. | ‘
„ j Sir : I received, a few days since under cover oi j
,( vonr trank as a member of Congress of the United
e States, a circular and certain resolutions, emana
ting from an assemhluge of persons held in Louden, i
’’ I on the 12th of June last, styling itself" the World’s ;
, | Convention. The object of these persons, as. ex- |
1 pressed and set form in their proceedings, is, ti e
, immediate abolition of negro -slavery. Inasmuch as
| 1 have not the honor of your acquaintance, being
* j ignorant there was such a man in existence until I i
j received the communication above referred to, I was |
- j somew hat at a loss to conjecture why I should have 1
1 j attracted so much of vonr ;i 1 1 e 111 ion as to he honored,
I ! through yon, with a copy ol the proceedings of ‘ I'he !
! World,s Convention.’ I conclude, however, that ;
you are among the number of those engaged, citi. r >
> as principals or agents, in disseminating the a tree’- 1
on- principle of abolition, (flam correct in t! is
conclusion, it were useless to remind you of the in
: dignity of an American stnt smau playing the pari
of a lackey to a pack of foreign and domestic faim- 1
tics, or of th : enormity of the moral guilt of encag
ing in a crusade against the rights and safety of lie
- people of one entire section of the United St: ’ s
! by the diffusion of principles calculated obviou iv,
and inevitably, to incite Southern negroes tone • of
rebellion, insurrection and murder. Neither i it
my province to determine bow far it maybe c.mi
t patildc with your views of the franking privil
* which I apprehend was intended to facilitate ;,e
means of correspondence and intercourse hetw
the Representative and his constituents, fora m it,
r her of th 1 Congress of the United States to pn -
- tote it to the nefarious purposes to which yon 1
. applied it in the present instance.
„ That is a question, which, so far as you are con 1
. cerned, refers itself entirely to your own sens t
* propriety. Lest, however, neither mv opinion nor
t your sriMtf of propriety should he sufficient to si eld
, me from a correspondence disagreeable in itself ml
1 upon a subject which I consider absolutely im u->-
per for public discussion; 1 have to request, and ' >
it respectfully, that if von’should f!>el dispose 1 to.
- continue vonr labors in this unholy cause von . ill ,
r have the kindness to give jo that portion of t a
t with which I have been honored a different d:
tion. I am, vonr ob’t serv’t,
A.P.BAGBh.
! Hon. S. M. Cates, New York.
» [for thk constitutionalist.]
; HARRISON!AN JUSTICE.
Sons and Daughters of Georgia, before it he t 1
bite, mark well the facts to which I call vonr an m j '
. tion. Poor men, to you, particularly,would 1 address
5 myself-—to yon the matter is deeply interesting, it is i
, i 1 fact peculiarly your own case. A crisis has ar- I
I rived when falsehood, calumny and misrepresent!!- 1
■ tion and slander are brought forward with hare-i ic. ,|
‘ j effrontery, in order to effect false views, false im
. I pressions of present administration, whilst mea : ’
1 1 snres the most objectionable, are so disguised h>
j sophistry, misstatements and misconstruction, a I
even to deceive many of the most discerning amongst I 1
ns. V, ell then may the credulous, the unsuspect- ;
ing, the incautious, fly to the watchtovver—ave, I
assert—it will he well for them if they do—their ,
. safety, thc.r rights, their liberty is jeopardized h
1 | parti/.ans whose sole principle is that, the pr- j
. j pose of accomplishing the defeat of Mr an Bn
< j for the Presidency, they w ill trample every inte
. ■ everv consideration under foot. Now, mv frier
j . ..... 1 J
, (or a case m point; it is only one of many which :
t ! intend to exhibit to you.
. ! Again and again has the charge been made against
. i General Harrison of his having advocated and ap
-1 i proved the selling of white men and womei but
1 though reiterated, w-e have never seen it direct de- j
■ nied. Wc have seen justification attempted, hv ci-
t ting precedents, and giving rnisrepresentatit ns of .
- j the facts, which induced such sales, and when the
I | justification was found insufficient, (ns hearing no
5 | analogy with the matter at issue,) and the misrepre- ,
sentation lon palpable to deceive, attempts have been 1
made to draw the public attention from the impnta- ,
tion against him by the lowest species of abuse and
5 vapid witticism. In the legislature of Ohio, we find ,
[ on the Journal of the Senate, Ist session, 19tl Gen- (
ral Assembly held at the town of Columbus, Janua
ry 30th, 1821, pages 304 and 305, that Gen. Harrison (
voted for the selling of the tree citizens of that >tatF
tor fines or costs or both. The motion for selling them
\ notwithstanding was rejected, and the old Revolu
tionary Father and his aged Matron were spared
’ the sufferings which marked its enactment end en
[ forcement in Indiana.
"> Yes, fellow -citizens,it was the happy fate fOhio
j that she only trembled at the theory of this 1 ra- 1
1 hie system. It was the unhappy fate of the of
j Indiana to feel the practice of it. Well; Iw e
7 you a detail of its operation in Indiana, with a
- mary of the law which governed the case to ’* 1
| 1 shall allude.
r In section 11th of an act respecting criir sat
‘ punishments, the law rims, that if any pers shad
I unlawfully assault or threaten another in an er
j cing manner,or shall strike or wound another jp
. ■ sou shall,on conviction, be fined a sum not exceed I,g
3 SIOO, and also bound at the discretion of the Co
( in a bond with security to keep the peace for :
I j months.
The 30th section directs, that forthe fine andco-x
” ! or fine and costs arising from any crime or 1 reach of
1 I the penal law, the offender shall be sold by the She.
6 riff", and it he or she abscond, on convictio th * • ,
4 before a justice of the peace, he or she shad r ri - ,
139 stripes and be bound to serye two days for cr
2 i one so lost.
2 ; The 31st section directs this law to be given >
i charge to every grand jury when sworn.
0 Now for evidence of the correctness of the <op v i
0 from which the above particulars are ext t w s ■
6 have the certificate ot \\ m. J. Brown, Secretary c,j <
b State for the State of Indiana, with the seal ti.
State affixed, dated sth June, IS4O.
Before I proceed to the case, I will remar 01 , .i.
’2 set up bv General Harrison and his frlenus.‘*thru ;. e
never did advocate the selling ot white m • and wf..
y men for debt, as also, that the law was mane for the
18 especial purpose of punishing horse th '- - n
9 glars. pickpockets, and all the higher offences c gain
the State.” Now as regards selling persc-ns Ti uni ,
>2 to satisfy the demands of their creditors, I n ver V ne, w
he was charged therewith, and as itrega: J fp: n .
,i. • criminals, though to some it may begpar
•tti ■ atiou, fur my part I must declare I uni to
taliw , >;ed to the principles of tlie system.
THE CASE.
h is a ct well known that in Indiana ns in all
e■' untries, there was, at the time those laws
.■' :P ic ed, a very limited circulation of money; |
-hat Ui f a ,-{ produce and poultry were chiefly the 1
mea n * with which the piior man met his obligations
l( " . - ne.- bant. It is also well known, thatat elec
l ii> cm' ts, muster grounds, and stores, threats and
pe, '<. tl inflicts, us now amongst ns, did then ami ,
i‘e often occur, arising from various causes and ■
hequs ’.rj among persons of generous hearts and of
Ul) hlemisi d characters.
'ow we will suppose a person of this rharac
"er> » vei y poor man, the head of a family, con- !
' !s! -fii; < * a wife and several children, has been
<!er,|,|y )re j under the sanction of law, by a i
‘i f l| hl< -d ari»:o -ratical tyrant, who, meeting 1
■ lis v; -t t-- j nr one of these gatherings, adds to the
forvper try, insult, wounding Ins feelings deep-
In- the influence of those feelings, of this
ext-ite ;1 .-it, the poor man gives his oppres.-or a well
me riie i flogging; (this is not law hut will any man
sn V it i-s n>t jii>tire?) Well; an indictment, arrest,
,ri al, conviction, and §so,with costs, ensue. Here,
9°nr nan. make the casa your own; you may
!,p n form some idea of his deplorable situation, j
01 *-is indescribable afflictions. Without means to i
P K y tln? fie and costs, without a friend to advance (
l?: >r amount for him, he is taken to the public
ni kei phee, exposed on a block to the scoff's and J
1 ■: tlie hearties-, the unfeeling, there he is i
*• red lor sale, ami there he is smd, and there i
1 is bought by the very person in the chastise- i
>m of whom his misfortunes had their origin
Who can estimate his sufferings the sufferings i
of" his wife, the sufferings of his children ! When
l! e cultivator of their little crops, their stay, their
s hpport amid the irialsand troubles to which pov- :
e hy is peculiarly liable, is led forth the slave of
bis most violent enemy—led forth to endure all the
n hnse, tlie taunt, in fact all the cruelty which his
■hveterate malice can devise. In vain does he eu- !
'leaver to meet tlie demands of his master; in j
v nin he t- deavors to reconcile himself to his as- i
dictions; excited by an insatia >l© thirst for re- |
v cnge, his master's unreasonable requisitions are !
''nforced with v olence. Driven to desperation the i
r nhappy freeborn slave, seeks amongst the beasts |
°f the forest a refuge from his fellow-man—bi t
v ainly does he seek it—unavailing Ins flight—lie is i
Pursued w ith unrelenting cruelty—Dogs are called i
■i to assist in apprehending him—they seize him
1 icy ts ar 1 1 im —with his limbs lacerated and bleed- |
1 ig fiom their fangs, his master leads him to a Jns-
J e of the Peace, where he is awarded 39 lashes
c n his .aked hack at the public whipping post,
! nd condemned to serve two davs for every one he
: as lost. At length the lime of his deliverance ar
r v ef he returns to ihe bosom of his family—is the
titled calf killed—do pleasure and happiness ac-
Limpiriy his return ? No, my friends ; dispirited
: rid hearl-hroken, he rot urns to his cheerless j
! arth, to his ruined family, with him he brings no
''aolhing halm to jKmr into their sorrow-riven ho
hms—with him he brings no h ipe to which 10 look
I r better days—no—but wilh him he brings what |
' n never be removed, the brand of hereditary
•gnominy I
i
then may I ask, who can esiimate (his man’s
tffiiclionß. I find the question is not unanswer >ble
—an estimate Ims been made and adopted. Yes,
my friends, and by him who nnhiushingly stands
before von ns a candidate for your suffrage, IV/Z
Com Heart/ Harrison, of Log Cabin celebrity, so
landed as I lie poor man’s friend. You will ask
what cslhnaie he made? I answer, the rich man’s
money Yes, my friends, were (lie ricli man gnil
ty of a similar offence, his money would exempt
Inm from all that affliction the poor man was doom
ed to suffer. Yes, the poor man, unable to pay ihe
fine ae costs awarded against him, is subjected
to all tiffs complication of ills to which I have call
ed your attention, whilst the rich man guilty of ex
actly si nilar offence, pays the award, laughs at !
the jin ;•« and inwardly congratulates himself that
for the to him) trifling amount of 50 or 100 dollars, |
he an t any time purchase ft license to chastise 1
anv r 1 m who may have the misfortune to incur |
his dit > msure.
Nov would have you to observe, that, in this
case, re is nothing of Burglary, Horse thieving,
or Pod at-picking, but merely a simple case of as j
sanlt, o at most of assault and battery, and yet if
you wi look to the terms of ihe law you cannot
hesiiai to own ils applicability to the case. Is
there 1 *n, I ask, any equably between the offence
and (hr punishment, at far as tbe poor man is con- s
ce.nrd. or is there any justice in punishing poverty
by placing the unhappy subject of it within the
power and control of a heartless, relentless enemy?
But the poor man’s dtsad' antages cease not here :
A citizen by binh, possibly the son of a sire whose
best blood was shed to secure those privileges,
thnae rights, that political equality so dear to all—
he i enied the right of suffrage, the right to vote i
for fi se who would do him equal justice, or for
th xclusion from the Legislative Halls of those
epp sod to that principle, and why, because by a
sialutt approved by The Poor Man s friend, he is
rende’ed inelligible unless he possesses a freehold
worth SIOO. Now is this a principle freemen ought
to recognise—was this the principle for which ihe
Foi *rs of the Revolution fought and bled —did
they estimate a man’s rights, liberty and security,
1 by the standard of his wealth—was it for property
not r liberty, they sought the ensanguined field ?
The esponse is on every man’s lips, No. They
foupt for liberty, and for liberty* only. Shall we
•hen. can any freeman support a man who has evi
leaced in both Indiana and Ohio, so great a disre
•r ' to the rights, the liberty and the privileges of
. , r man? Shall we elevate him to the Presi
h a! Chair, that he may disseminate those prin
, s over a wider field ? I hope not. I hope his
; a zans will find too much of the spirit of ’76 still
igst us even to yield support to a man so re
g less of the obligations of justice. Look, fel
citizens, to the former acts of the party with
which he has been ever identified. Trace ils acis.
Alien and Sedition Bills, with Gag-Law entailed, a
spice of which entailment you may now observe
in the castigation, (admirable and applicable term
of the Harnsonian whipping party ) which they
give to whomsoever denies that William H. Harri
! rtson, is immaculate, that he is the poor man’s
1 triend. Acts speak more forcibly than words, if
its application to the poor of Indiana tie its exem
j phfication. Well; yes, well may w e dread to in
vest him with the power to extend it. Now I pre
i some, in conformity with Harrisonian tactics, for
I parrying truth with abuse, 1 shall be numbered a
i lining the scavengers of Van Bnren’s party. 1 core
, not: my motto shall he “prick ihe gall—see how the
! jade w inces I shall apply my broom.
CATO
\ September, 1840.
[ From the Pennst/lcaniau.]
TO THE PUBLIC.
The originals of the subjoined affidavits will he
submitted upon Friday next to the Grand Jurv —
that body having adjourned over until that period,
j As public opinion will pass judgment on a subject
of such unusual public concern, the undersigned
Democratic Central Committee of the Third Con
gressional District, deem it right to submit to them
with this publication of the affidavits, the annexed
copy of the law providing for such cases.
Hugh Clarke, James Walker,
A. L. Ronmlort, . M. D. Wart man,
; K. G. Lulling-, John J. McCahen.
Extract from an act relating to th: elections ofthis
Commouweatli, approved the 2d day < f J uly, 1839:
“Section 122. Ifanv elector shall receive anv gilt
or reward for his vote,in meat, drink, money,orother-
I wise, he shall forfeit his right to vote at that election,
and shall, on conviction, he fined in any sum notex
coe.ding one hundred dollars, and suffer imprison
ment for a term not less than one, nor more than six
months.
“Section 123. If any person shall give or bestow
anv such gift or reward, in order to procure any per
| son to he elected, or shall promise or attempt, either
j directly or indirectly, to confer any such gift or re
ward tor such purpose, or shall attempt or endeavor
to influence any voter hv any offer or promise ot anv
appointment, employment, or procuring benefit, or
by threats of loss of any appointment, employment,
, or pecuniary benefit, he shall on conviction, lie lined
! in ;i sum not less than one hundred dollars, nor ex
; carding one thousand dollars, and suffer imprison
j ment not less than one, nor more than twelve
I months.”
( County of Philadt Iphto, ss.
Sept. 25tIt. A. D 1840.
About four weeks ago, Francis J. Grund, thetdi
tnr of the German paper in this city, devoted to tlie
1 cause of Harrison, called on me; he told me that
I Frederick Klett, apothecary in the Northern Liber
, t ies, had seni him to me. He then asked me to dress
j ai d go and dine with him. 1 excused mysell; he
then invited me to a public house to take a snack
and drink champaign wilh him 1 told him that
\ champaign and 1 did not. agree. He then told me
i that. 1 v as growing old. that 1 had been badly used
by ihe Democrats, that I had better turn for Harri
son, and if I did he w-ould give it to me under his
hand that I should he either Floor Inspector or
Postmaster of Philadelphia; that there was no doubt
Harrison would he elected, that he wished to form
a neutral party, of which they woo'd appoint me
President, by which means I would become ac
quainted with General Harrison. Mr. Grund further
1 said he wanted five or six Germans appointed loof
fice from Philadelphia; lie called on me sevi r d times
since, and made me the same offers; I have not
seen him since last Sunday two weeks, when lie
j called at my house; when he called on me lie usn-
I ally came in a cab which he left in Green street,
and walked round the corner to my house. On
1 Saturday last, a hov about sixieen years of age,
called on me, and said .Mr (Goodman wanted me;
I accordingly called on Squire Goodman, who told
me lie had nol sent for me, and referred me to his
sons, James and George; I then called on Jas.
Goodman and saw him; I ask him if he had sent
for me. and he told rne lie had; he ifien asked me
if I had seen the proceedings of their meeting; 1 an
swered no, and requested him to read them, he
did so, and among other things, read tlie nornica
tion of Morton M’ Michael for Congress in ihe third
district. He then told me that Morion M’.Michael
wanted to see me; I accordingly on tlie same d-av
called on Morion M’Michael at his office, where j
J found ten or twelve people; 1 then said, .Mr. Al
derman, do you wish to see me; Mr. James Good- j
man told me you wanted to see me; he answered,
I wanted to see you. and I am glad to see yon, 1
have wanted to see you these two weeks. As j
there was many persons present 00 business. I said
| I would go; Mr. M’Michael 'hen asked me when 1
I would return; I answered between I*2 and 1 o'clock; !
j he asked me if I could not call at 11 o’clock; 1 told
| him I would try; he said. 1 shall he in all tlie morn- j
I ing; I called on him that morning at half jai-t
; eleven and saw him; he invited me in tlie hack
room; I said to him Alderman, you sent lor for me;
! he replied yes; I said to him what ticket are you
g >ing to vote; fie answered for Harrison —he fur- I
j ther said, Mr. Mantle, you are stdl a good Porter
! man, the democrats wont do any thing for you; if
you turn over to our side, we will provide an office
for you asnvatchman in ihe Custom-house. Har
rison being President, and I being a member of
Congress, shall have much to say in this matter;
1 you are getting old, we want to provide an easy
birth for you. He further said, Conrad, you stand
in your own light, the democratic pany wont do any
thing for you If one of them has an office it is 1
like a dog with a hone in his mouth. For more
dogs fall 011 him and snatch it from him.
He then mentioned to me that James Goodman,
George Goodman, Charles Hinkle, Samuel Steven
son, and afew others, had tin ned to Harrison. When
I was about to leave, him at the door, Morton Me Mi
chael said to me, Canrud, ifvou want a little money
to naturalize citizens, come to me and I will give
i von some. I then left him, and have not seen him
; since. CUNKAD MANTLE.
Sworn to and subscribed before, me this 25th day of
September, A. D. 1840.
JOHN LAWS, Alderman.
Philadelphia County, ss.
Sf.pt. 30th, 1840.
Last Sunday week, the 20th inst. Charles Hinckle
met me at the comer of sth and George streets, and
asked me to take a walk with him. I walked with
| him. In the course ofonr walk, he said to me, I think
Morton McMichael will be elected. W e should
like to have your influence, which we consider great
in the 7th Ward, and if yon were to support him it
would be of great benefit to you. He further said
that Morton McMichael wanted to see me. I replied
that he did not know me. He said that Morton .Mc-
Michael knew me well by reputation, and wished to
see me. Before parting he said, I want you to come
to my office to-morrow morning at 10 o’clock. I
Told him I would, and we parted. On the same af
ternoon I related this conversation to Mr. John Car
penter and Mr. Joseph Kale, and asked their advice
as to the propriety ofcallingon Charles Hinkle, and
they advised me to call on him in order to hear what
he had to say. Accordingly on Monday morning, I
called on Mr. C. Hinkle, just us tlie Log Cabin from
Lancaster passed by. ND- Churles Hinkle asked me
mto the tavern, and treated me and another man to a
d ink. \\ e then walked out before his office door. —
Mr. Hinckle then said to me, Harry,you are now do
ing nothing, it would he as well for you to get a situ*
atiou us not. He then said to me. I know you well,
and am aware of vonr influence; if you will vote for
Morton McMichael and use your influence in his
favor, you shall have « good situation and the work
shall he light, and von shall have the. greatest part of
the day to yourself. I then asked him what situa
ti -n. He replied a situation iu the Chronicle office,
at not less than nine dollars a week. I told him 1
w mid think about it and give him an answer on ti e
Wed iiosddy lollou 1 have not seen Air. Hinkle
since, HENRY F. SMITH.
Personally appeared before me on the 30th day of
September, 1340, Henry F. Snf th, of the 7th Ward ,
. N. L. who being duly sworn deposeth and savs the
facts uhm o staled are true in everv particular.
CHARLTON POTTS,
Alderman 7th Ward.
I From the Richmond Enquirer.]
THE UNION of HARRISON AND ABOLI
TIONISM.
Ertkact of it Letter from Massachusetts.
I “1 111 tieh desire that the South should understand
the position ot tlie Whig party of the North, with
re-.pect to the all-important Southern question of
Slavery. To help to elucidate and make public
that position, ami if possible, to awake the South to
a w atchtiiln ss of their pretended friends here, I
forward to you a number of the Yarmouth Register,
one of the most violent Whig paper- in New England
calling your attention to the billow ing particlars:
First —File paper is printed in in mouth, the re
sidence ot Hon. John Reed, a niemh r ftf Congress
from this District, who is an old Hartford Comen
tiuu 1* edera list. Tl e paper is under his immediate
patronage—supported and sustained also by the
Yarmouth Bank, of which Mr. Reed is a director.
Second. —\\ . S. Fisher is-the publisher and edi
ttir of the paper, as yon will notice by its imprint.—
i I his same W . S. I-isher, as von will also notice,
j Secretary ot a great Whig Convention which
nominated candidates—and passed resolutions ap
: proving the nominations of Harrison and Tvler
j with great “rejoicing”—[Bee extract below.] 'On
the second page ot the paper you will notice that
j 'he same editors is attending the great Federal COll
- Ant ion at “Bu iker Hill.”—films far yon see the
I editor 01 that paper acting—yes, zealously acting as
a\\ big. Look now to the third page of his paper
and yon see there, th > earnest calls for the friends
oj the stares. \on will see one of tiiose calls signed
hv the same “W. S. Fisher, Secretary of the Aboli
tion Society of the County of Barnstable .” 'l’he
meetings there notified have been held; a port'on of
| the Abolitionists were desirous of orguni/iig a
“third parly” and nominating independent candid
ates. J his was opposed hv t i- same Editor with
great zeal and the proposition was rejected —All the
most zealous Abolitionists in this section, being al
so most zealous V\ and are to he found every
where, as they were in these Abolition meetings,
urging the importance of sustaining the cause of the
W bigs and securing the election of Harrison, as tlur
most sure and immediate w ay of obtaining the aho
j lit ion of slavery.
“Such, sir, is Ilarrisouism in this Slate I—Such
Abolitionism!—To tins is to he added rt determined
zeal lor a National Bank and a Hijfh Tariff. —
Such, let the South be satisfied, is \\ higgerv in New
1 England!
ICr* I'he paper referred to above is deposited in
i the Enquirer office, for public inspection.
| Extract from the Yarmouth Register.
“ Resolved, 'I hat we cordially approve of the re
nominatioiis made by the National Convention at
Harri--hiirg, that we believe that the country needs
! the services of such men as WILLIAM HENRY
HARRISON and JOHN TYLER, and we rejoice
that in this hour of their country’s peril, they hare
: come forward to tlie rescue.
j u Resolve I, 'filial the Whigs of Cape Cod will give
to them their undivided support.”
More Det elopements! —Some of the Whig paper*
have pretended 10 deny ihe triumph of Abolition
■ ism in ihe l« e Elections in Maine. Even the Com
pder of yesterday unwittingly contributes to the
deception What says the host authority that can
he quoted on this subject—tlie New York Emanci
pator of Thursday la.-i?—“Very unexpectedly to all
pirties, ns we suppose, the State elect ion in Maine,
has resulted in favor of the Whigs. Gov. Fairfield,
who ha- never lost an opportunity to hea*- indigni
ties upon ihe friends of Abolition, retires from of
fice, and his place is filled by his predecessor, Ed
ward Kent, a brother of the well-known Geo. Kent,
of New Hampshire. Mr. Albert Smith, M. C., is
succeeded by VViliinm P. Fessenden, Esq , son of
l Gen. Samuel Fessenden, and a zealous Abolilion
| ist. V. D. Parris, the only other member that Viffed
: l«>r the last.’Hg. lost his nomination. Davee and Lo
i well are superseded by Whigs. They both voted
i against the hist gag. 3lr. Evans,(W.) isre-eltcl
|ed In a published letierloG C. Waterman, Esq ,
1 dated Sepi. I, IS4O, .Mr. Evans fully admits the
pow er of Congress to abolish slavery in the District
i of Columbia, to prohibit Us introduction into the
territories, and to suppress the slave-trade between
the Stales.”
The "■Advocate of Freed'm” printed at Hallow
j e!!, Maine, on the 17th, says: “We supposed it ut.i-
I versally understood among Abolitionists of the
I State, that they might properly vote for him (Kent,>
< ver since his letter i<a- published in ’3B, and that
hence there was no need of alluding to the subject
at ad. This impression was the only reason for not
calling attention toil many weeks since.”
The Whig Abolitionists are doing every thing in
their power to smother tlie independent nomination
of Abolition candidates, anl to throw all the votes
upon Harrison. The following speaks trumpet
j tongued. We ox’ract it from the “Fulton county
Republican,” Sept. 22, published at J ihnMown,
New York. (Virginians! read, and judge for yoor
;-elves, what you re to expect from W. H, Harri
: son, and his allies )
\ “A few plain facts must satisfy Whig Abolition
ists, that if they lend a hand this fall to this Ix>co
j Foco trick, they are aiding the enemies of Ann
| Slavery operations. Who was it in our State Leg
islature, in the session «»f 1839 and ’4O, that ndvo
i cated the trial hy jury of a fugilive slave, instead of
I a sham hearing nefore a magistrate by habeas cor
: oils lo bring up the body, as our law ured 10 he ?
It was tlie WHIGS in both sessions.and the friends
of Van Bnren opposed this trial hy jury, which
finally, very properly, became the ! i\v of the State,
Who was it on the 24 1 h of February last, in the
session of Congress I hat opposed ihe reception and
: reference of aho! tion petitions to that body? It
j was lire friends of Van Bnren, whilst the advocates
of Harrison and Reform, voted against this men
i sure. Who was it in our State Legislature, on the
I 12ili of February last, that voted against a concur-
I rent resolution rehrobating this denial of right to
the citizen to he laard? It was the Loco Focoy,
; who twisted and shuffled and prevaricated, whilst
tbe friends of Harrison to a man voted for it.—
i I hese are stubborn Jncis, showing conclusively the
I position of Van Bnren in this matter. And with
j these facts before us, can it he possible that an Abo
htion W lug w ill be decoyed by these nominations?
i Can it be possible that many will h# found, to do
even worse than throw away their votes? e
cannot indulge any apprehensions upon this sub- •
jeet.”
If these Whig Abolitionists have no apprehensions
about lasing the Abolition Vote for Hartison. how
ought we, the People of the South, to regard his
election? Ought ice to entertain no apprehensions?