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.'v..'. 'fir ' r If ir i. it- it i 1 r . If if t,V 3 y 'W. i . in that State.1 4 At . the November election ol ' , that year he was swept away as by a hur. ricane. At tlie next session of Congress he apologised to his friends by saying that ... there were 40 .OOOyoters wj did jot iomel to the polls, but would be out for hint at the next citation. Well', sir,'in 1838 these 40,000 came out and 25,000 in addition, and he wasbeaten by ihorc tlwrl 0,000 majority." He again consoled his friends for this unexpected defeat, by soaring that in the next campaign 'he would take the v field in pcrdbn. He Hid so; lie traversed the whole-State, ni a mere electionecaing . .. tour, and,' with -the exceptioKjr tlie city "of .. New ork the result in th Legislature ..showed a larger majority against him than tlie .year before.'. In almost every contest ed county Um? popular vote against him was t increase!. There was no fulling off, but from local causes, any where, except in . the old Western district, which was so im- mensely strong that there was ho necca sity tf giving a full vote but at ageneral rL i 1 .1 . . mi - If cierion. . x nui wiu uisirtci win give iiiw rison fifteen thousand majority. J! Tltelato charter election in the city of . New York has satisfied both friend ajiu foe that under the registry law . Harrison will ' carry tlie city in the fall by a. decisive vote. -rTTou roust recollect, too, that last year we hud every, thing to discourage and dis- - hearten our friends. Many gave up all for that after" th;y heard tlie disastrous accounts from Jennessce and Indiana. Hut there . were some indomitable spirits, that never doubt or latter in a good cause. , I hoy rallied, and soon convinced tlie People that New York could sustain herself, and was . not to be influenced byvnny news abroad,' nniWAVimiinnaAtkltiiMia tit it Arnxr man of the Opposition is confident of sue cess. It is hot An ofer-cordidunce that be. ' , gets inaction : it is a confidence which in vigorates and inspires, and which impels to a greater exertion. lt w a confidence, in short, which will justify the expectations of our friends, and disappoint the hopes of our enennca After all we have done in New York for the lost three years, under the most un vorable auspices, it is not a little morti .fyingto us now, with all our bright pros "" poets before us', that a single friend abroad -should ibrne mofneni-pei'mit anibt of V our triumphant success in the fall to cross r ; his mind.; New York is just ai certain for ' s. .. Harrison at the time of etcctwn come rountL ' And if my old friend Ritchie, who goes for ' VI men, and not principles, would like toven . '" turo a suit of clothes on tlie issue, I should 1)e pleased to accommodate him; or if he - doea not choose to venture it on New York, . I, will take it on the Union: or if, as Bar.. , dolph says, he will, be better accommo. . dated," I will take a suit on each, "" t , A Democratic. Republican Ste Con : Nrention will soon bo called at the tld head !' , " quarters at Syracuse. It will bo held about ' the first of October. There will bo a Con servative rally on that occasion, such as , Has not been known be lore in the fetate: T- The real Democracy will bo thefeVto take the most eflectua measures against the federal usurnations of ' Mr. ' Van" Ruren. New York adlieres to her old Democratic ' ' Republican principles, and will not bedriv- en into the ultra-Federalism of this Ad ministration. 'From the days of George .,JUWtQ,i. to the present time, she has resist . cd the encroachnHmts of Executive power and the usurpations of the Federal Govern ment. SI e will continue to resist tliem, whether urgeij prvn her by Martin Van Buren or Thomas" Ititcliie. It is no reason, because these gentlemen have abandoned - their principles and turned Federalists, that 4 the Democratic Republicans of New York or of Virginia should follow their" example. v; In New York tliey will adhere' to tlicir old I; principles, and will assemble in Convention v at Syracuse to resist Federal aggressions ) as our forefathers assembled,, in tlie time , of the Revolution j to resist the Stamp Act , and tlie 1 e 1 ax. I beg, therefore, you . will dismiss all apprehensions about New York, and set down her 42 Votes as the cap- 5 ital on which Harrison will commence busi ness ; and that I think" is a pretty fair be. ginning for a "log cabin and hard cider - candidate. . I have devoted myself, for the " - tast three years, to the reform of this Ad : 'ministration : I Jiave enlisted for the war; and you may rest assured that I shall not stop till the final battle in November is fought and won. :That accomplished, and Harrison ' elected, I shall feel that the country is safe, ginal purity, and tlwt we may once more .enter upon a train of uninterrupted pros perity. And I shall also feel that 1 can " say, with much greater propriety than Mr. Vari" Burcn said on another occasion, " It - ii glory enough to have served under such a chief." r I have written a much longer letter than 7 I intended when I commenced; but, having .; said thus much, I will add a little mote, by way of giving myestjmate of the Presiden- tiaf election. I have taken great pains to get the most accurate information. I have not only consulted members of Congress, "but! have had a very extensive corres. pondonce throughout the Union. My sour . 'ces of information may be implicitly relied on; and l say to you, with the utmost sin ccrity, that, in my! judgment, Gen. Harri. j. son will be elected by a more triumphant . majority than Gen. Jackson received in his palmresfdaysl In7writingto you as a " friend, I have jnot only no motive, but -no disposition, to mislead or exaggerate. I give my estimate below, on which'; I place the most implicit reliance, and sincerely . believe the result will justify it. " ' MMsnoN. . Mamchurctts . ' . 14 Vermont . - .7 Conneetieot - . ' . 8 . Rhodohland - 4 . New York . . - 43 f New Jeney ..... g v, . PenMylnnia - - 20 . Vas Bctbm. New Hampshire 7 South Carolina 11, Arkaniaa - ilawre I Murland . Virjjini . . i , . North Carolina Georma ' -- ImisiaM , - 23 DoubtfuL I Mnine . . 10 I 3" MiaRanppi - ai. 10 Alabama ,. - 7 S3 MiawMoi - - 4 15, '" '' - ' 11 1 85 ; 5 ..' 13 ,. '. Y Bcsxk Kentucky ' ; ..IS S . 9 . 31 . I Illinois ;. ; Indiana i ' : ' Ohio t Michigan " ' Harrison -.. ;. 348 . V.B.and doubtful 47; The whole number of -electoral votes is 295 necessary to i choice 148. Yog wiH perceijre, then, that Harmon wiu Jiavc 100 votes beyond tlie number requisite to eleet "him. I have given Mr. Van Burcn New Uumpsfcire, which I know will be a matter of cMpluinVwitb our friends there; for they have determined to make battle in a way to Shake even the granite hills. Perhaps I ought to make a similar apology in regard-to Arkansas. I have also given him South Cuoluja, which will go for him, unless, by December, when the, vote is to be cast, Mr. Calhoun shall think the inter, ests of the countrjtirequire it to be given to a third man as heretofore! Of tlie ,25 doubtful votes, I think Harrison's chance, decidedly the best- for ajnajority of them j and if tlte tide of public sentiment continues to set as strongly s it has done, Mr, Van Buren, by November next, will scarcely have a State-he can call his own. -U- , , I look.'forward to tlie above result with tlie most perfect confidence, and with the most pleasing anticipations What a re buke will it be of .the attempted usurpation of all the powers of this Government, and tlie practical subversion of its fundamental principles! What a triumphant restoration of the powers of pongress, when freedom of thought and of action shall be once more vouchsafed to Ac Representatives x of tlie People and tlie States. - . .'Excuse tlie haste, with which I have written, under the pressure of numerous engagements,' and believe me very truly your" ::rr, r n. ptallmaiige. . MJL VAN BUREN DURING THE WAR OF 1812. ; It is -freouentlv asked, what was the do! icy pursued by Mr. Van Buren during tlie war of lH12T7:liiS"irieiids boldrjrrcply-, he was the zealous advocate of that measure, and supported the Administration of the GcnerntT Government' irritr -prosecution; His opponents speak doubUngiy, and give evidence in their answemtotnajnterroga: tory of a want of correct inforiiuitidn on the 8ul)j(t. Nor is this strange or wonderful. The actors in the scenesof those bygone days," are 'rapidly passing off the stage of lifo. Another generation has sprung up, Men born after that war was declared may now be in the councils of the nation and thousands of such are among the most ar dent,' and are of an ago to be the most effi cient, in the mighty political struggle, that agitute our country, 1 liey.are older than a majority of those gallant spirits, which cominartdud our battalions in the battle. fields of tlie revolution, and shed a lustre upon the land of their. mUmzp No man's position was more easily de fined, than Mr. Van Buren's in 18r2. A vy few historical Tacts, which arc matters of record, will remove all doubts on this point' and however much they hiay be obscured by sophistry and metaphysics iphysict refinement, they stand in bold relief, pla. cing him in the ranks of the opponents of the War and Air. Madison,' and the cham pion of the "peace party" candidate for tlie Presidency, selected and nominated by the New England high-toned Federalists, de signated in" those tunes, as the " tasex Junto." - In April, 1812, Mr. Van Buren was elected a member of the Senate of the State of New York. The whole country was tlicn convulsed with the question of War or no war with Great Britain, attvthose days the Democratic party designated Presiden tial candidates by Congressional caucuses. They were the test of party men. j In this way Mr. Jeflerson had. been twice nomina. ted and elected, and Mr- Madison, once On the 23d of May, 1812, Mr. Madison was nominated a second time by the Demo. cratic members of Congress. . He was elected by them as the known and acknowl edged war candidate. ' " Un the 29th of May, seven days ajter the nomination of Mr. Madison, the New Eng. land Federalists, with certain distinguished r cdcralists of the State of New York and elsewhere, held a caucus in Broad street in the city of New York. ; Their deliberations resulted in nominating what they termed, a "peaceparty" candidate for the Presidency, lPJJ?PP95iL'M to Mr. Madison." the "war party" candidate. On the 17th June, 1812, war was declared against Great Britain ; and from that time until the meeting of the State Legislature on the- 3d of November following, Mr. Van Buren denounced the war and its authors. He was actively eru gnged with the'Federalists" hi disparaging Mr. Madison, and in untiring efforts to de feat his re-election.'" " ' ; -r ' : A that time the Legislature of tlie State of Now York chose tlie Presidential Elec tors Mr Van Buren was, a member-of tho legislature. The Electors were cho sen viva voce. Each member rose in his place and read off the ticket Tor which he voted ; the clerk taking down the names of the persons voted lor, and ; by whom, and 'tlicn entering thera unoti? the iour- naL There could be no mistake, there. fore, as to. whom the members oted for. War had now bcenlraging for nearly five momhsf Thedisastcrrvrtiictrthe country had experienced, "were well calculated to awaken the national Jeelings of every pntri otic American, and to prompt him (if he had any sympathies in common with the Administration) to act in concert with, aud give his suiiport to it - What was Mr. Van Burcn's course of conduct at this eventful period? . . ' w . - On the 3d November,' 1811, the Legis lature of New York convened in the city of Albany. It was a special session, held for the purpose of appointing Presidential electors, On the-evening-of -the- 4tbra. caucus was held in the Senate chamber, for purpose of designating candiaates to be voted" for as Electors. .There were three parties in the Legislature. ; First. The Democratic iwrty, the friends and support- ifrpar, th ' " IIaeiibon. r ers of Mr; Madison and the vnt. '; Second. Tho party which lias since acquired, and is in possession of the administration of the Federal Govenirnent--lfei now s then, Democrats, consblidationists, the ad vocates or Kxecutive power, proiesswg economy, but practising extravagance. And third, The high toned .federal party. The two first met in caucus together. s m r Vi Ureat violence ensued. wr. van iiuren, in a siiecch of some length assailed with virulence", Mr. Madisorj j the statesman of the South, the war and all its supporters, lie then lauded, in a most fulsome manner, the Presidential i candidate of (he "Essex Junto," and avowed his determinauon to support tliat candidate, which pledge he re. deemed.". ..He was replied to by General Root; now in the Senate of New York, by tbj late Chancellor Sanford, apd by others. Gen. Root, snd tlie other friends of Mr. Madison, finding themselvesin a"minority, withdrew from the caucus. Each of these parties separately "nominated their candi dates for Presidential electors t and on the 0th of November, 1812, with Mr., Van Bu rcn's influence and vote, electors for the "peace party candidate werechosenrr Such was Mr. Van Buren's position, pre ceding" and during the first year of the war. Subsequently, when Mr. Madisonhad been re-elected," when brighter prospects began to dawWon uW path of glory which was opening before us when he had received from the Government liberal , fees as a Judcc Advocate, and when certain other good causes thereunto moving him,' had lt..n r.- aA!w itA m.lilir,1.r AnAnmA the Federal party, and by an adroit sorner-. set. was found in the ranks ot the IJernoc rncy; but not during the' year 1812-4 I will pursue this subject no turtner.- inese facts t matters of record. ..: . The Abolitionists h&ve had an exquisite time of it here, according to tlie current rumors. rIn our notice on Wednesday, we loft their' conventicle in the midst of! a squabble respecting the right of -women. Thediscussion was adjourned over from Tuesday night until Wednesday ; Captain Garrison,' with his motley host of black and white males and females, was victori ous: Other questions were then started for f disputation--4 abstract questions -of -reli. i i:.: j . i vt i : .u: gum, puiiuvi, cuiu iiwiaia,' iiaviug. uuuiiug to do with abolition. Meantime j - Artlmr Tappan declined a re-election as President, anil Lewis Tappan, with a body of some one hundred and fifty of the more rational part of the concern, withdrew and organ ized another society to be called the Airier can and Foreign Anti-slavery Society. On the whole, it would seem that this hopeful, or. rather hopeless concern, is pretty much broken up.' .Divided among themselves, they will be powerless for evil as they have been for good ; and the Garrison division, by tar the most numerous and contempti ble, will be considered even too . inconside rable as well as despicable to be laughed at . . : . - iV. Y. LommercmL , Votes forPhesidknt and Vice Pbesi dent. The following table, which we have Erciared at the expense of some labor; will b found useful for reference. It exhibits the electoral votes given for the prominent candidates for President and Vice Presi- j dent of tlie United States, at the difierent elections since General Washington a re tirement. , . . r .4 1796. J. Adams 71, T. Jefferson 68. Vice President. T. Pinckney 58, Aaron Burr 50. -i .' ' ' . .1800. President T. Jefferson 73, J. Adams 64. Vice President.: A. Burr 73, T. Pinckney 58. " . 1804. President- T. Jefferson 162, Charles C. Pinckney14. Vice President G. Clinton 163, R. King 14. ; ISO President I. Madison 152, C. C. Pinckney 45. Vice President G. Clinton 118, R. King 47 ... 1HI2. i fresident 3. Madison 127, De Witt Clinton 89. Vice President E. Gerry 128, Ingcrsoll 58. ; 1816. President J. Monroe 183. R. King 34. Vice President D. D.Tomp kins 113, opposition scattering. . ! IB20. J -Monroe 218, no opposition except , one vote given from New Hamp shire. , Vice President D. R Tompkins 212, opposition divided. . 1824. Andrew1 Jackson 99. John Q. Adams 84. William II. Crawford 41. H Clay, 37. . - ; ' '-' ' V ' 1828. President A. Jackson 178TJ: Q. Adams 83. Vice President s. a Calhoun 173, It Rush 83 1832. President A. Jackson 219, H. Clay 49, John Floyd 11 r VVHliam Wirt 7; Vice President ? Martin Van Buren 189. John St-rgeairt9,-WaiianiWilkinr0: liee 11 ; Levi Llmaker 7. 1836. President" Martin Van Buren 170, William II. Harrison 73, Hugh L.-White 26ji W. P. Mangum 11, Daniel Webster. 14. Vice President Richard M. Johnson 147, Francis Grainger 63, scattering b. - PtoviDEimaL . EscrB.-??-Some of the most remarkable cases of Providential pre servation, of- which we have ever heard. occurred on Wednesday and Thursday of uie riooa. men were rescued almost nu. raculously Jrom ijhe jrerxjawstileath. Among the many thus saved, were Mr. Kernaghan, Mr". Malitr, and the junior Ed itor of the Journal. The two first were thrown from their horses, after the bridge nau noaiea away irom tne crossing of (Jen. ire at txoo street, and ran the very nar rowest risk of drowning; and our 'junior had to do some Mtall" swimming to keep "above water," for the benefit of his pat. rons. '. He "stemmed the torrent" which rushed over the embankment leading to the bridge, when it was running about' ten knots an hour; and we, the senior editor have heard himyttaiThencryTJl'hara times" will fall upon his' ear hereafter as mere "tinkling brass and a sounding cym- mu. . rrovmence nas oeen rnosl rnereilul towards us, and let us be thaikfiiiL ' . M L ' JlhMurndi - ;" - : THE MESSENGER. JtherUleJune 10, 1810.' TEH!U-Twi Dollin ind Fifty Cents ii id- Tince, tr Three Doiian u m eipirauon f the Mbscription yew.' - At wi nave just entered fh (Editorial ranka. and hardly yet reooynixed as brethren ia "full kU lowahip," it may be looked upon at premature In s to take exceptions to the eourae jsmucd by a great portioa of the political prea at the praaent day; nevertheleai we Wul venture few 'thought which we wiah to pea for what oar readers may consider them worth. :;:1Z1L1: . .U We are decidedly oppoaed to the high and ana. eual political excitement Jhaf with inereaeinf atrenglh and velocity ia weeping over our coua. try from one extremity to the other. .We ere op poaed to it becauae we believe ia the first place,' it ia unnecessary. Error is always most aucoeaafully oppoaed, and truth moat efficiently vindicated by steady, firm and mild measures. Xnd if :'this be the aim of the politiouma of the day if they re ally have tftt interests of their country at heart, and desire only its prosperity, experience, if no thing else would soon teach them that a very high degree of excitement is unnecessary. Men should know their rights and;, their prixilcgzThej should prise them, and carefully guard against any encroachment upon them from any possible qnar-ter-.bnt all this may be effected as well and better without that high Hepree of "excitement which bow characterizes our coon try as with, H. The public press is emphatically the guardian of our public rights and privileges the watchman upon the' wall of our civil and political city, whose bu siness it is to sound an alum upon the approach of danger, end keep1 as constantly awake to a sense of our duty' but this should always be done by appeals to our reason and common sense, rather than our passions. ' We are hnmaa beings, and must be dealt with as such, and convinced of er? rore before w will retract them. 'We oppose ft in the next place, because we believe it ia- injuri ous. Excitement of course there should be, and must be, but any beyond that which prompts men to seek after a knowledge' of their interests, and prudently to maintain their rights, is always more or lew detrimental to public weal, and dangerous to public morals. The public press and public men have of late, and are now In many places resorting to measures to effect their particular pur poses, altogether unworthy an intelligent and high minded people. These remarks we do not intend to apply to any one party to the exclusion of oth ers. We believe all have participated, and what they have been pleased to call enthusiasm, ha de generated into wild: fanataciam, and ia aorae in stances almost to .downright madnessr We are" not opposed to- open, full and free discussion.' We believe that where erroneous and noxious doctrines are disecminated, it becomes the duty 'of every man to ferret them out, and seek every opporto. nity of bearing, his testimony in favor of truth. Men ever have, and ever , will honestly differ in their opinions on every debatoable question with in the range of human investigation, and on none more than those of a political texture.' As loaf as each one remembers that he js as liable to err as his neighbor, and that his neighbor's opinions, all things being equal, are entitled to as much re apect as his own, he will be disposed to meet him respectfully, and speak and act with caution and prudence. But a highly excited state of feeling leads him at once Jo forget or despise the rights and privileges of others, and amrwat n ii ly dis qualifies him to do justice to his subject, himself or his opponent , In highly excited state the public mind ia never informed; the opinions are then obstinately fxed, and men rush impetuously forward after victory, and not troth. ;They ere intent upon the triumph of opinions' already form ed, and not seeking to ascertain whether the opin ions snd course of their opponents are more conso nant with the public good than theirs." It is indis pensable tothe acquisition of useful knowledge that we be cool and dispassionate, actuated only by a strong, or if you please, impressible desire to know the truth, the whole truth, and to receive no thing but the truth. ': -i. . : :k-: ';: But aside from all this, high political excitement directly tends, as we believe, to deroorilize the community, which is clearly seen ia the occurren ces daily transpiring around us. Begin at our National Legislature, there, where above all other places, true gentility and the strictest decorum should always be found, where the whole nation has a right to look for a pattern of moderation and courtesy; there in the very place where calm dis passionate investigation is most necessary, disor. dec and confusion hare reigned. Those halls tmvabeengraeed by personal abuse of the low est kind, opprobrious epithets that were formerly heard from the vulgar "Eerd at their baccbana- ban revels, and repeated rencounters which exhi bited any thing "else than the character of a true legi slator. True, this can be said of only a very small portion of me members of oar National Con gress, but with all due respect permit us to enquire if me mairiToy "haVe"not been too indulgent to wards this fewt hight they not to have put their mark of disapprobation upon this course in a more decided manner in the first instance, and made a marked example of the first offenders? ,' Bat from hence, let as turn to the public press that great rcgolatos of the public mind and mo rals. What has been its course? Have the feet Digs and characters of men been regarded, when particular purposes were to be attained? ' - Beckless of consequences in too many instances, every means has been resorted to, to effect favor ite projects; neither age nor sex has keen soared. and hundreds of things published for no other pur pose in tne worm tnan to give effect. We speak plainly, but we speak advisedly. We know what weaay,. ..:'... - -..(L ... ,- .. -This spirit has been caught by the people 1 general, and now it pervades all parts of the eonn- try, not a nook or earner that is free from it nor ny wet, rank or condition of men among ns, but what is mfeated by it ' It invades the social cir cles, alienates the affections of kindred, and i genders bitter animosities which in many in.. ceswm terminate only in the grave. . We may possibly be in error in Uus matter, but our present ConvictioM honestly are, that for this the press m to blame. That has been thenriaw cause, and there must eomraextce the reformation. A man by the name of Afexander has been arrested in Baltimore, chared with the murder of McLaughlin. Tho exclulr llepsiWlui PaHf. The party . favorable to the re-election of the present Chief Magistrate of the Mtk,.nt only claim for their candidate and themselves the title of Itqwblicaas, W abselutely my that the epi tMkafflicabletoaayboltheBs; and denounce, FT.Iita. all who do not belong M their ranks. By the term FtitnUH, we presume they mean aristocrat . ' ;:i,.rt'-:Vt4i When assuminr to themaetves, to the exclusion of all others, an , appellation which should belong in Common to every ciuxen of the United States, we mink "S decent regard for the 'opinior f mankind," should have induced thena at least to lay before the community the principles upon bichthey found their claun. - lTua,aofar as we are informed, they have not deigned to do... We, therefore, not being willing to award Jt to tnem npon their mere assertion il not unfreqaently happens that men boast most of principles or properties ia which they are meat deficient . pro. nose to examine their acts and see if these consti tute any foundation for the assumption. First, we shall call the attention of our readers to the two' principal,.. if not -the only leading measures veoom mended by Mr. Van , Borcn since he came to the ftesidenfM Chair. These are the Smk. Tnatury and the Stmmiing 4rmy. . It is true, he has referred to other matters, but these constitute the' leading measures of his Administration. Neither of these, ire believe, will, upon examine. tion, be found sumcient to entitle, bun to the epi thet applied to him by hit friends, of Democratic Republican. Th8ub-Treasury, in its very mcep. tion, was sa attempt to strengthen the Execn. tire by encroaching npon the rights of the people, and placing the public money in the hands and under the control of the President 'We are aware that this proposition is denied by some, but a moment's reflection wfll satisfy any candid mind of Hsxonectneas. ' v ..i.i j-.l'.V-: i One of the proviakms of this bul is thatjhe public money is to be kept exclusively in, the bands of men appointed br the President, who are amenable to him only for their conduct ; and it is well, recollected that General Jackson, in whose footsteps the. presert Chief Magistrate fa bound to follow claimed arid exercised the right of removing the chief officer of the Treasury, ibr soother reason than differing with him in opinion. With the money, then, in the hands of men who hold their appointment directly from the President, and who are subject to be removed at any minute. if found to entertain opinions differing from , his. can it be said to be otnenrtae tnan in tua snaT . . . '"" . T- - Though we think the Sub-Treasury scheme, in its commence ment and design, anti-rrpublican, in eonseqaeaee of Its taking the public' money out of the hands and from mnder the control of the people, through their representativea, and placing Hexcluaively in the power of the President ; still then is another effect which its warmest advo cates adroii wul be produced by it which is still more at variance with the genius of Republican Government ; We all ode to He tendency to re duce the wages of the laboring class of the com munity to auch en extent as to make them little better than the serfs of Europe--mere slaves to the wealthy thereby creating a rich aristocracy. Nor is the spirit by which it has been attempted to he carried through Congress indirect opposi tion to the wishes of tlae people,, and by the, votes of the very men who, in many -instances, have been instructed by their eonstituenta to oppose h, leas at variance with all our notions of Republi. -caniam. - '. f -V With regard to the other measure, the Standing Army in time of peace, ft is so directly contrary to the vTjress words of the aVuilaraaon of risrhta. drawn up by the.- fathers of the Revolution, well as the history of kH republics, that we deem comment onneeesaary. . : " " Thus we find that the leading measures recom mended by Mr. Vaa Buren instead of being ex clusively Republican, are, if not fat direct hostility to an our opinions on that subject, at least calcu lated to advance aristocracy, and abridge the lib. erbesof the people. h We next ask, has his practice been more in accordance with Republican principles than his recommendations T Ws shall notice but few. He has introduced the splendor and nuwnifioence of European pageantry ia the decorations of 'the mttnaion of the President lie has attempted enforce the passage of the Sub-Treasury UU, by referring to and recommending the practice of the despotic Governments of Europe.' ' In most, if not adl of bis appointments, he has been actuated more from a desire to reward parti. aan friends, than the qualification of the parties, or the good of the country. Ia doing this, he has not unfreqaently shown the most direct disregard leuewul of the people, by appointing men office, whom they had declared, by their votes, were unworthy of eocuidence. " - " " We win give one instance amongtfmany which might be adduced of the action of hk friends, by which itwiUbeseea that so far from makinr the wiU of the people the supreme law, the v have at. tempted to make the President chief dictator We aLade to one of the resolutions passed bjjhe last Legialnlure of Tennessee, m which they ex. prcasly insu-uct their Senators to support ia good faith the leading measures Tand policy brought forward and advocated by the present President of the United States, and to see sll fair and proper exertions to carry out, sustain, and accomplish the same. ' We select this because it was passed under the eye of, if not drafted by one T the lead ing men of the party, and one who now ninning insome of the Su tea for Vice President 'on the Tan Buren ticket ; and is, therefore, presumed to be familiar with the principles of his rriends else where. . These facte we lav before our readers: and ask them to examine for themselves whether tiey entitle those wboae acfslnd principles they represent, to the appellation of Democratic He. pubUcans, according to their undersUnding of the ,: The principle which divided the old Federal from the Republican party, was that the former wished to strengthen th4 Federal Government by increasing the power of the Executive. On f the moat prominent amongst the measures at tempted to be need for Uus purpose, was a standing army. - We can upon our readers to examine the Ireaent Administration as above referred to, and sea ii uey no not squint awfully towards the course.- , " . .i, .. 1 Tn f 01.I ..I. I 1 m -wr " uiuf uuo it leomana and Solomon Huffingham, of Jacksonville. ni a . - - " r lonaa, were killed in an affray with D. P. Bryant and John McMuIlen. The murder, era have since been arrested. - Ithas keen suggested to as that out tesaut- last week in reference to the change of the aaa of the Black Mountain, were calculated to ask! justice to the indivtdual, to perpetuate wba memory the change ef the nam had beeaa; Jt was certainly the lartbest frossear . tentkms to do injustice to any one, and parties.! lady to detract in the smallest possible degree fro ' the weD earned, and well deserved rcputetioa' Profoasor' MiteheU. We penned the article a question, under the impression that Mr.Smithluij applied the name of Mount Mitchell, to thVwhok ' mountain range, so. well known in this region a, ' the Black Mountain. This latter appellative hi,' iu foundation in nature, and is too old aBdtao wen established', to jsatify any attempt at anbstiu. ! tion. -The thought would be picprnKcrusav Wt ! are perfectly willing to concede the name of Ml ! Mitogen to that particular point oa the Blatr Mountain, which Professor Mitchell, after a 4-t gree :sf labor and expense, which none other thai i genaijs devotes of scieace would have iocamif demanstrated to be the. most elevated point r d land East of the Bocky Mountains. L J say awasured land, because we have long beUrt-j edf I and still believe that there is one, if not to points in the same range of mountains higher the that one measured by Professor MitohellfroBi forty to sixty miles west of the Black Monatab. IX Mr. Smith will, hi the next edition of bs worki nee language a little mora precise than Uui in his hut, w will concede to him.' the right pronounce Mount Mitchell one of the peaks of tkr Black Mountain to be 6,t76 feet in height, ani; the most elevated summit that has been asyf correctly measured in the United StateaL Ia a ference to this particular peak, none will more net I dfly or cheerfully unite in giving it the appcQauW of Mount MiteheU than we. It is nothing nwr nor lees than what the wormy professor is entklni. to, as" discovery ia the foundation- of right at over the world to regions previously ntiknowi, and a great proportion of our geographical nomea clature wul show that it frequently gives title e well as right U We bbajl, at a leisure homVtor to this subject and most respectfully invito the at tention of Professor TWitchell, and other scienti&r gentlemen to the peaks,' which, in our opinion, air much higher than those already measured. ' -,' " Ia the mean time, an inteemcd friend las kins- ly promised to procure add transmit to us for paV. btiorl the farteretting article of Professor Mitei eU, on this subject originally published in the Ka leigh Register, and subsequently transferred" b the "American Journal of Science," conduciedVj Profeesor Siiliman. '- ' 'v- ' ' OCT We publish this week an account of. the meeting in Henderson" cotuity; whirt proposes a Fourth oTJuly celebration- .Thi we do as a matter of courtesy to the gen tlemen concerned, and riot because we ait favorable to such a course, '. That the 4th of: July is a day which ought to be rcrncnibcRd by every American citizen, is a position ve readily concede t but that jt is proper to do it as it is frequently done, we do not be lieve. ,We believo tliat the ordinary ws; of celebrating the 4th of July does morl harm than good; that the deterioration public morals, to say " 'nothing of th accidents, loss ot , lile,. cue that , too a ten occur on such occasions is poor!; compensated for in the amor patria Ub may be aroused. Were that day observe:! by simply reading the Declaration of h dependence, delivering patriotic addresses f and the like, wclo not see wherein it coul ! be at all objectionable. - Anl for any int j motion we have to the contrary, this is si: Henderson; "but'avlicn this is followed t; drinking, dancing, shooting', carousin &c. we believe that publie morals do, an! always wiu sustain an injury , and aspuui journalists, pledged to protect surifcM the morals of the community as far as vet may be able, we cannot give it our suirj tion. We wish it, distinctly uridrstooa that we do not charge our friends in Heir dcrson with any design beyond celebratk'; the day by a simple barbecue, and suitaU viiuuua, uur art? wv iiere oopjcung va u i much.' -: We are now objecting to usually follows on such occasions. For the Meaaengrr. ' . Meetixss; 1st IlendersaiB. JUrneetingpfAjespectobk. citizens of Henderson county, held at thia px. mr uie purpose 01 oiaxing arrangements preparw tory to the celebration of the 4th of Jul v next. f the nsuaV BattaUion muster-rround. at Gen. G mousiyagreeuto: - r;., I . First. Resolved,- That- CapV W. P.- MoW Cant. J. W. Hunter. Cant John Chom. CaDUt J. Shipman, Richard Morris,'' Esq. John Dan imm mciuum, r-aq. M. m. EUney, sq. a-h Lane, Capt J. W. Jones, E. King and Jacob Sor my, be- appointed a Committee for Arranges' and Invitation. . " ' " ', 1 : Second. ReaolvedThat E. KingCapt. T.l Young, CoL C. W. JL Edney, CoL J. McK and H. W. Crawford, be arte4 a CoiiubsV of CotTearwndence; and also sa a committee procure some suiUhh; person toprepare a BarbM oa the occasion. a ,- Third. Eeaolved,' That each of the above sW ed Captains be, and they am hereby reroeste parade their reapective militia eompaniea sa day and at the place above mentioned to joM the eelebration. . - - I Fourth. Eeaolved, That Capt. J. W. Killia' also requested to attend with hie Volunteer Cm pany, in order to participate in the cek bratioa. Fifth. Reeolred, That the eitisena of Hes1 son county generaltyatc moat reapectntlfy srr! to attend said eelebration. ; ? r , - I Sixth. Resolved, That Thomas R. Miller W pointed to read the Declaration of Independmf and that T. UClingroaa be appointed Orat the day. . ? . ,.-;.''. I Seventh. Resolved, That Col. J. M. KinxeJ CoL Joseph Hamilion be appointed Marshals, that Cob. C. W. L. Edney and Iirmgaton k pointed Deputy Marshals. , j Eighth. Resolved, That all Revolutionary A diers be, and they are hereby rec.oeeted. to ft, and participate in the celebration. J Nmth. Resolved,. Thai the Secretary 1 eueated to forward a transcript of the mwxir ot this meeting to the Editors of the H'g& Messenger, tor pubbcatioo, and that the U, vuie Hounuuneer be Rqaiwted to copy. I c:" tons MILLS, CM
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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