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i ?: If ffiera; fceiriv "one indmo'ail in
i Jife who more distinctly tiian:anotber per-,
sonifies ihe politics of the party now m
v rJowcr, and which is seeking to pernio ate
iK bower to carry into effect ihe projectitbal
r Jie behind " UDOsB vWiiicM was ircuj
coiisamtnatcd, it ia pcrbaps Sfr. Stfnator
Yappan, of Obio. Of tbw Senator person
aUy we know nothing, and hare nothing to
say. But of bis", political raofcmcnis we
bavo not been inattentive observera.5:! We
have noticed his course in the Senate, iin ref
prehce esneciaH? to his anti-bank aridjanti
credit doctrines, which be carried :AcMuclr
an extent in the ease of the DistnctJanks,
that, domineering in the pride of party pow
er, he could rot forbear, adding offensive
taunts and sneer a to tne oppression ana
injustice hewas assisting to perpetrate upon
the District. We have now before us the evi
denct of that Senalor'a real opinions, and
nf the purposes which ? lie behind " his
support of the sub-Treasury scheme and
the measures whicti hate been avowed to
cti?hb tehind,v it ; .among which purposes
the reader will perceive, from the subjoined
' testimony , is, u put ,d own the banks, as
a means of reducing the wages op la
lime foriihe mncr. boi wiU;be gwen in a
pamphJflt edition of address.
" REASONS FOR CnAlGE.
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CORRUW ION ! UOIRU I'TIOIV !? -
1 f
' tu fHr,mT re the olain-sooken rea-
- c -'T -? I ... i it vfl I be seen inai ir K,wu "su
. . lU.t I II i IJoiV Vert Bititnr i M , a . - .
Sons given 07 w -ffM - 1 e,;m,.:,kn nf; the friends of the Admin.
!! "!,Kk!Van Knr,nMr. to potlaoi pos.uonsjin iheir ranks, m:
Let every Sfonijst man efr'man wbose 3e--sira
ii is to know knd act ibe fait of a tree Crien&
10 bis conntit tl bunsclf and family read. ibe
followififr leiver hy Mr. Thomas Whiter, of Ohio;
... ..idmtl. 'l:L .''.1 kJ:
III iuo
strauan
wo ix
A com
miuee man of Correspondence, and a conarnutee-
man of Vigilance. ; !
We axe persasded thai there are many honest
and candid mm who will yelfind ont I he folTcy
of the Van Boren parly, and who will desert ii
as Mr. Whife has done, and enlist in the cause
of ibeii Country.
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE.
From the St. Vlairsville OhioJ Chronicle.
POLITICAL CHANGED hear an hon-
j j f-EST man.
ML Pleasant, Jefonon Co,, ?
( 1 I" June 12, 1840. S
Mr. EditorSir, will you please to per
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' 4, " t uYn frftrn I ties Z& in the .Tappan negro school ca?e, ;
.jVlWais added .the tbe.following l?.;dVbaianfgid.wai
e Cincinnati .uazeue , . . i-e-Bw:ibin the meaomg ojt the Censtitulion or
'ii rnntiectiori with these ueveiopemcnis, .i j 'ij.jijgj jji ates. i ; 5 ;
Vi.M ihR following communication
.1. -frmu'the Davton Journ
HR L Ulf f tw. . 4
'listened Toby a:, cv
commendaiion that v
ia to state the fact i'
lion of the people,
m;-which , . By u,e laws ofooih Carolina, and. perhaps. uon lIie PefT, t
al of, the 0f ail the Southern States, ibe admission of be- scats, and had to s;;
e of . the ro "testimon is prohibited in the trial of a white of his address, -
ian.; Yet; in the lace 01 mese iaci, ana wiinin half; an(i tthose
Southern TeriUoiy; negroes are. per mined to ken b occa$. n l;
iilpSiimonv. and the proceedings of the court J . ""i ...
; t-i".:
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lend bis aid to the cause of Harrison and
Reform Ck-'. M '" f .
TO THE rUBIilC.
As we have been mewhat; associated with
the Van Buren paity for some years pat, it may
occasion some Utile surprise, affected or real, in
certain quarters, on seeing our fame at the head
ot this paper; A proper deference, therefore, to
our former associates, eompels us a frankly state
we have abandoned the support of the present
Administration, not because we: are tired of true
Democratic principle, or of the great mass of
honest men with whom , we have heretofore act
ed, bot becaose we are tired, disgusted, and even
alarmed at the an ii-democratic and dangercn3
that party : because we can no longer support an mil me, through the medium of our paper.
Administration of corruption, whose practices to renounce publicly, all fort her communj-
are notoriously at wir wtih its professions, and cation witli the Van Buren Loco,Foco par-
whose pernicious influence, like the poisonous ty, and give my reasons for so doing
breath of the sirucco, is oow sweeping over the , stanj appointed as orie of the commit-
leogth and breadth of thjs land, carrying moral f corre5iencef arid also of the com-
TT" "r::L7"ki" f .crz: -.A i.-l mittee of. wei atlce, tor mat pauj -m wi.
economy and the integrity of public functionaries PleasanUowrilbjp. I hae faithfully alien
j,, iM4;M.-..in,.uii k,i tthn r.rnrtice ded to the du4vl4f those appoiotmen.s and
h& fawn soliitla in accordance with these nrin- more particular) V to those of the committee
ciples that the public expenditures have been al 0 vigilance. 1 Saw that many of our short
most
public
ciple
the scru
Buren
ihnne
Uoni aB m.icU cn tniWv mp therewith to I riftnn. and! as in dutv bound, bv virtue of
reward partisan services;; thosbpenly encoura ! my appointments, I exerted myself to dis
iner political afW moral dijpravitv, and proclaim j nnde thnSe or lour nartv to whom I had
ing to the world that, tn this enlightened and acce... from pursuing that course, assuring
Christiao repobhc venality and party subser- h that if they did not Resist from defam-
viency are quoted at a Premium by its Execu- General Harrison, we would lose the
Fillow cithens, thialma, saem very strung State ofOhio ahd all other States that had
!,nffn,fl. hm o5nrtlv rearet that the facts furnished soldiers for Harrison's army du-
justify "it. Our faiihin; the honestyand purity ring the late warbecause soldiers, who
of purpose of the present Administration was knew hint, and who had! scanned his Be
long since shaken ; bat parly spirit, that incu- lions al ditTereni times, would not bear to
bus which infests the land, pride ol opioion and, faear cilhr thg ij,,;., or private charac
other caoses coajbinedimdaced s to overlook ler of old commander attacked and
Zlm ' Z;"": defamed-l-theyjwould all leave us, and lake
excitement ; but developments are daily making large numbers with them ; for they would
which satisfy us, at least, thai such is not the consider themselves disgraced in the same
case, but, on the contrary, that they are the in- proportion as tlreir commander,
evitable results of a settled coorse of policy. jn reply, to this, I was mfofmed that there
which, if longer persisted in, will change the wa8 no danger of losing the Slate of Ohio,
character, if not cause ;(he entire annihilation of becaose Governor Shannon had been to
our institutions. It is a well known fact that nine- v i. . , k,;.i , nr
tenths, if indeed not MU the appointments made ?wY'k' had obtained a loan of
by Mr. Van Boren have been as rewards for past, $400,000, which was lo be laid out on the
or as bribes for future! partisan services, without public works ana so managed as to secure
the slightest regard to the honesty or capacity of ihe votes pf all f the laborers. At another
the individuals thusl appointed, and many of time I was told there was no danger of los-
whom are notorious! known as the most servile, j0g tne state of Ohio, because the price of
unprincipled scoundrels; morally and politically, Drodoce. (wheal. &c.) would advance all
W r V IIHflA nV m w WW f K m linftlf lAllll TC C hl at r r
if;
ronvfrom-the'Di
lih It is strnnsly5 corroborative
'44iemni f Dr. White.; " : ;
' 1I1A9IISBURC. JUHU V, Z.t' JA ,ul aAinir nf tha'i'Snrl 1
i . !.? -Kditcrs Davton Journal: &e - , r: . nLM nf it,- frni stvt audience.
We send yon for oublicalipn tne joiiowmg rirhi charre" of Abolitionist comes illy from! We are cunfider.t
fUtement; made by one pf the parasites ot that quarter nou, since the'Presidenf has ofii- j every way manifes
Uront i?m n stratiorri.WDlCU wni conr iaii tteclared that tie saw notnm wrongiu uie i Mr. MnrpKrt -
drra the . ftcl !lbt ihe spoil,; of office ,ire ptoeeIing of cwrt inhich two re.r9hal j0!tn. ,ioinS,
& .egatdeaibe pledge, m,
dear people.! - . . Averse to the -interests of the South, give j approaching elect
In conversation wm a P?! 0Vooe born south of ibeiPotomaitm-Qne
Since, Emanue-reephart, of Miatni Twn- wtl09(,eaiiT -associations, habits, and: education
iiip, stated that the 400,000 loan, lately WQqlJ him act with caution, if not wim
ohtained by the officers of this State, would propriety, however much he might in the ab-
BOU TO ELEVEN-PESCE A. DAY, me priCB OI
W HEAT TO SIX-TEEN CENTS A Bt'SHEL,
tnd everything else in proportion.
Bead wha follows, and reflect jrjrorc
it ! : - - ; - tb!
From the SteuhmviUe Gazettel
The Globe having asserted that it fad aur
thorny for deny ing the statement heeiolore
made by Air. Jimes Wallace, of a jtonver
natron between him and Benjamin Tappan,
Esq; in;which the latter expressed himself
in favor of a specie currency , the effect of
which, as stated by Mr. Tappan, wcmld be
to reduce labor to twelve and a half jcents
a day, and wheat to siiteeii cents a tushel,
,&c. we have ben furnished with the fol
lowing affidavits from -Mr. James Vallace
and Mr James Little, both respectable
woollen; maflufuctures, and Adam Wise, E-q
at the lime of the conversation a rivachine
maker, and now a iusttce of the peace, all
of Steubenville. We understand also tha(
the fact set forth iri These depositions can be
.sustained by olher individuals. ' A iy fur
ther Temark on our part is onnecessarjr.
1 . DEPOSITIONS.
:! Personally appeared before the undersign
ed, James VVallace, who deposes and says :
That a short time previous to the last Oc
tober election he had z conversation) with
-Beniimin Tappan, Esq. one of the Senators
in the Congress ol ibe urmea ataics; from
the State of Ohio, during which conversa
tion Mr. Tappan remarked : You manu
facturers, Mr. Wallace, stand very much in
your own light, that you do not go with ns
for the hard money system; and-you would
go with us if, ybu did not look through oth
er people' spectacles " This doponent in
quired how the manufacturers were to be
benefitted by the adoption of that system r rence which took place on-the fourth. An
Mr. Tappan replied that-4 wages were en- 0d gentleman from Indiana passing up
tirely too high w this country, and that Chesnut street, observed a crowd near the
there was no rcasoo why labor should not State House onrelbowing bis way inlo the
be as cheap in thts country as in Europe, midst, he found a discussion goinc on be-
it is tue banns (continued air. tappan; tnai lween a friend of general Harrison and a
keep up the price of labor and the jprice of supporter of Mr. Vanf Buren. After listening
produce ; if you can put aown tne oanus, a few moments, he accosted the Van Buren
labor will be reduced to eleven pene a day, man and enquired, K Did 1 not tbear you
wheal to sixteen cents a bushel and every slyle General Hatnson a coward?' " Yes,''
thing else in proportion. The sub-Treas- replied the man, 44 1 lid call him a coward,
yry will produce this result; it. pill put and 1 have a right so io call him, for I know
'Uown the banks, and reduce-the price vf him well and served under him at Fori
labor and the.produce of the country. It Meig3., ,4Do yoti kfnow me ?" asked our
will be Ibe best tariff the manufacturers friend from Indiana. J The man replied that
; can have ; and, instead ofbetng compelled he did not. "Yesj" said the Indianian,
to bSk juur vjuciijuicu lur pruiccuon, u u vou do you certainly must remember
trebled; and, instead ot; integrity among s;hteu editors,' aa well as a number ot our
functionaries, the modern Democratic prin- bar.room ;lu01p and olber species of ora-
Ihat to the "victors Deiong me spons. anu , UWlv fnrnishinir vour nartv with
pulous exactness with wiUQh Wr. Van yirJ i" " : ' . .k
carries it out. has. rendered the tens of political capua., j uu M"'gK-'
nf w hliin thaler ft of the i're9- cnaracier oi oeaerai t tuiaui ucuiy nai-
fs:c.
"Mr. Morehead k:i
i rt ,r k VIC
WAsnxscTO. July. 1S40. v "
L xnendedr in this district, and that no stract be opposed to slavery
ipborer would be employed with this money
ho would not vote tne wnoie demrrauc
tacket ; and in mis wy, says uepnart, wc
expect to gain from one to two thousand
Jotes tor oawjci nu uuanu'u. . jcjiiioi
urther stated that those hands would be
Obtained from1 Indiana, as the public works
i . I .4. .
were aoanuoueu lucre. -
Should this statement be denied, proof is
it hand. ! -
j By order of the Minmisburg Tippecanoe
Club. i
M. D. WHITRIDGE,
I ELI Y. PENNEL,
M. S. BLOSSOM.
Corresponding Committee.
tS READTIJISI
To Vie Voters cf the Tldrieenlh Congressional
District of Tincssee.
WATCHMAN.
tSJMItfSBUIllt:
Havinst been sent by a portion of you as a Del
egate to the National Democratic Convention,
iThe Standard
crow over the Ed
gels however, ihct t!
thing. Saunders, .
more voles lhanSp
not Dr. Hail rccc;v;
jority andyel was I
Wo can but net:;
Locos in Couctici ;
lurn put for their tr
liUle more lhan t!.:
hope to pay tlien c
comes to our turn.
ed one i-member, tl.
and lost none. Tl
a beginning.
.The Hon. Mr. ".
Carolina, and DasiJ i
throngh this p'we c
lorn home. On the r
son's arrival in car :
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1840,
i
- , : , - -r I nacanoR Clnh was; r-'
held in the city of Baltimore on the 5th of May, IFe have tried the.Magician,his maic wontjioA Q , .
j conceive, it my duty, however painful, to com- We must weatlter the storm with Tippecanoe. : i . '
inunicate to yoo the slate of things here. - : - ; special civilities ty
After the adjournment of the Convention, I rro. - - s nteu.
.- .1.:- ; .1 ui;. ril. VV illVaO. XKt inu xujulwj
address of the Convention, in order that I might
be enabled to send you copies.
AN INCIDENT.
i I is .
The Standard relates a singular occur-
along the line of the canal, before tho elec
tions, and that "all that Ue Dutch wanted
to make them o d democrats, was a little
more mopey!." -On enquiring how ibe price
of produce could be raised, at a time like this
when there was rm money, I was told, in
reply, that thefj? holders would "have
money, and thill would have to contrib
ute to assist in xi ja g the price of produce,
(by being lavish! V the $400,000.; And
on last evening, bing informed that the
infernal Machinery was put in operation,
and that a certain post master was called
upon for his I resolved to have noth
si
mg more.ij a p?rty that can stoop
to sue Mvfelcarry into eflect its tie
signs 5weMf' 1 (therefore desire to
be distSTelf Jtrstood, I can no longer
will enable the American manufacturer tc
compete? with the English manufacturer
"even in his own market." 1 j
JAMES JiVALIJACE..
Slate oj Ohio, Jrfferson county, .
Pcisonally appeared before iho undersign
Captain of the company in which you
say you served?,t The poof old wretch
immediately became pale with fear! ! I
would not expose yOtf,' continued our friend,
" If I bad not caugpt you traducing your
commander and uttering things which you
I-
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'I
ed, a 'notary pulhc, within and'! for tho inflow o be false as ypur own beart." Turn
county of Jefferson, James Wallace, who inS i0 the bystanders, ihe Indianian conlin-
ued " uenllemenj his while haired old
wretch belonged to a company commanded by
me at FortMeigsftinder General Harrison
he was publicly drummed out of the camp.af
fertbe retreat of the; British and Indians, for
theft and the gtosjesl cowardice." The
effect upon the people -may be easily ima
gined. Phila. imkr.
being duly sworn, deposes arid says, that
the foregoing statement, by him subscribed,
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I fj 4 ! tnyhand and official seat at Steuoenville,
p. - . J. COLLIEU,
! l. s. Notary Public, Jefferson jco. Ohio.
; Althc same time and place came James
Little, who boing duly sworn, aay$ : That,
some time previous to the last election, the
deponent had a conversation with enjsmin
Tappan, Esq. in which Mr. Tappan observ
ed, that it was the banks that kebt uo the
price 0 labor and the price ofipxoduce,
my power
long been
with them a Mass . :
be mistaken. lie
erf. About tlie wc:
knew the Whigs to
played off on hiai.
resident had, perhaps, been misrepresented.
Phis decision involves at once the great princi
ple for which the South is contending, and on
which the President's popularity is founded. I,
herefore, determined to call on him, and, after
Remarkable. It f is worthy of remark, as
illustrating the glorious character of our
institutions, not less than the genuine Re
publicanism of the; Whig paity, that two
Candidates: for governor, who are
Whl2
iirt
H, Uf Il WUUVC, I ,1 L!i .
hnrf if. could put dtnln the tanks, and " "s c ,ve lal ere
Ir'weettw thins to the r, cU ktnndnrd. ? e"! ,lfe WGoN Bo.Y?.? Hodeto
J . - I ! - ..eM ft mm l f U. . . J HI- H V I e
v -wwaww wiflV UU 4141 , VlVIHdaU J
Ibis Stale. We heard Mr. Morehead. in
conversation delii) the circumstances of
his first visit. to Fayetteville, 26 years ago,
and compare it with his second visit, a few
days ago. Oo thci first a youth, unknowing
and unknown, be came in charge of his
fathers wagon. On the s&cond be was es
corted into the town by many of its citizens,
and called on to address hundreds of free
men, as a candidate for the highest office
within their gift, f j f
The facts ate well calculated lo inspire
both parents and sons with Pope iWnoIiti.
r ! .
cat prcicimeni; and witn
it'.'
instead oJoreign goods being brought to
this couutry we could take our goods to
Europe and undersell them.
JAMES LITTLE.
Sorn and subscribed before me this 20th
July, 1840. - . !-
J. COLLIER, Notary: Pobhc.
A I the same time and place came also
Adam Wise. who, being dulv sworn, says :
1 hat Pome time smco he had a conversation
with Bertram Tappan, Esq. in Wich JVlr.
T. reman;edt th?t the 43nks were la great
Jni'iry Xt the mechanics: that ihc Ythn
ti i v'i . 1 r i - '
. " . ' , viwimvv, iuu cai Drcieiment: arii! enih
Ihtl ovi.ft -?n ' 1 m. 1 f - w. u(iiiiiuii.
. .. V .) V , . 1 . . " "K"n "aT ,lie s'"e at tome olber
outof .).o pocket of laboring m,n. Mr. ,ioS.fyHerW . Oh",
I Annin a trt etui K . f. 1 l . . . sT, "'''
- -rr-" " asougnt to oe put
down, and then tct ihouhl .: ...
n . i tie circoiar or lessrs. Hawkins and Mnv-T
J . of orth Carolina, has every where been receiv-
Sworn and subscribed before me this 20lb
July, 1840. Ij
J. COLLIER, Notart Public.
One hundred and forty-eight original
Jackson mti have put forth an able address
in ihe Ohio Confederate, giving;. heir rea
sons at length for iheir support of General
Ihrrism. It is understood there are a nuro
ed with the scorn which its falsehoods deserre
We have so many jtnportant matters to attend
to that we can spen8;no time on these minor in
capacities. Hawcijms is a poor, imbecile ignor
ani creature, just fitfto be used as a tool by ihe
knaves of the panvfj Montuomerv is a dis
graced person, withbot any pretensions to the
ordinary spirit of manhood. The evidence pre
sented io court, in the case io which Mr. Rav-
ner slapped his jaws fur a scurrilous poblicalion,
serve nriyhi me aoove namea com
mittees, nor in apolitical pointnDf view,
with the "party iri power. 1 know there
are many high-minded, j honorable men a-
mong them, with many of whom 1 have
long and the most friendly intercourse ; and
it is with much regret that Lfeel bound, in
duty to my country, to leave them. Gov-
ernor Shannon has heretofore received my
warm support; and 1 regret that circnm
stances have transpired that pot it out of
to continue that support. I have
intimately acquainted with hire.
I consider hini a gentleman of the first or
der, butjif it is his misfortune to be so hard
run as to be under the necessity of making
use ol tlie people's funds for purchasing up
votes as a butcher would purchase stock
for the market, aii my informant assures me
is to be done; my opinion of him must
change. Withdrawing that support, which
has heretofore been liberally extended,
from Governor Shannon, I must say that no
honorable map Would resrort to such mean
ness no rrtari of principle, having the dis
tribution pf the public moneys, would deal
it to political partisans, or to those who will
pledge themselves to support him in office,
which my informant, a Van Buren man.
slated was the mode of management to bei
pursued,) lo the exclusion of others. No,
sir, no high-minded, honorable and patriot
ic statesman, such as Ij have believed Gov.
ernor Shannon to be, would be guilty of pur.
suing such little ends by such litile'means.
1 have been slow in giving credit to the
above report, but u has come from one of
his warm supporters the plan of operation!
by an old and influential member of bii
party, whose name shall, if required, com!
forth under the solemn sanction of an oathl
Mr. Editor, 1 remain in sentiment witri
my old Van Buren brethren ; as it relates
to Ihe corrupt banking institutions of our
couutry but it is evident to me, at leas!
that the officers of our Government are
much morej corrupt, and need reforming
first. Therefore, adieu to that democracy
which will Use the public funds and tax its
officers to buy votes, and who will insult
the people by offering them employment o i
the public work?, on condition, that the r
will pledge themselves to its support.
I TUOMAS WHITE.
P. $. 4! send; this to your office, because
it will be likelv lo meet Ibe ete nf our
Governor sooner than if sent to the Herald'
omco in Steubenville. If my information
was incorrect, and if te Governor desires
On,6eirg,condc
As this is the last paper that will issue; from ced to the Clu6, 1
iZZtoKn&ZriU o too neb P."! "' ?; - W, i".'',ed k bis u
i - . 1 a I a I " V. 1 I UK . I ,
documents and speeches as I supposed would uounues nave casi ineir votes, we laite ine op-
hromote ihe Democratic cause in Tennessee, portunity, although it strikes us as unnecessary,
'hings appeared to go on very well until the knowing lhal yoa are a!j awake, to urge upon
Mth of June, when Mr. Botts, of Virginia, ' . '
Wted to Conrrress the memorial of Lieut, you the importance of this election. This mat-
HooE.of the Navv, protestinff aainst ihe te3- ter has been fully discussed heretofore. Vou
i . . . I . i;
limony of two negroes, who had been introduced bave all learned that there are more important j speech :
j Gen. Thompson i
i-voi n rr mnnri Tnltrn'r
iilIV- in TOhirn it I " I ..
seems the Secretary of the Navy, tfie Attorney before lhe American people. Vou have all been conversational man:.
General, and the President of the United States made familiar with the strides of our Itolers with a few facts re!
kll concurred in opinion, it strcck me that the towards becominfr our Masters in the stead of tration, and of rr.i:t:
" obedient humble servants? You have all had ton, and of those
displays of the corruption which now infests ev- j What we might i
ery department of your Government. Vou have Thompson's remsr!
witnessed the wreckless partisans of Martin Suffice it fo say, if !
a few remarks in relation to the trial of Lieut. Van Buren, trampling underfoot the Constitu- I again, ihcie who!;:
Nooe, I inquired of him whether he knew at the lion of lhe Country! You have heard therol him then er burs:
lime ne approveo me sentence oi ine-couri mai , . ..... , , , ,
wo nearoes had eiven testimony in the case ? brag,n2 lhal lhe PeoP,e cannot make ad-way
Po which he Teplied in the affirmative. I ob- against the Government single-handed. You
served to lhe President that, withoat some ex- have heard them proposing a standing army in
jplanaiion other than that which Iliad seen, it lime of peace . znd you e seen lhem take
would have a bad effect on the booth. He then r ...... . , , . ,
jobserved that a full explanation would be pob- frlShl al thcir own work an1 flJ- llie ?Mr
llished by the House of Representatives to-day. dent has given an evidence which, with the
I went to the Uapitol, and on entering tho Hep I lights before you,- you are at no loss to arrive at
jresentative Hall I found the Ho-ise engaged in h5s OD;niono on ,h. suhiect of Ahnlitinn. TJPn
he discussion of the question, which resulted in IT , v . t ...
khe nostnonement of the minting of the docu- "wca ' iUU in.onneu u,ai a re-
' . . .. . .1 i j: . 'T' . : e .1. e ' 1 . . . t r
ments. The day following, however, the Globe uuw iwun ur uio suppori ci oy- j lereni oy laminar..
gave what the President deems a " full expla- ernment is more lhan probable. In fine, fellow- j res. it were to t
nation" ot the matter. Alter reaumg me ex- citizens, you bave but to look around you and
nlanation of the Globe. I could not find a satis , t. . . :. u . .n-
- 1 oii'juiid nun 11 is wiiit'ii Nn air laiHs inn nnniif. 1
faclorr cxDlanation : but. on the contrarv. it an- . ... . . . 0 " wouJU Serve IO V
' . ' .. . . mlnj I. ha inf.irm.H .F lk ; n - I I I i I
. - . . by . . . . ii.u... ua.u Li 1111 1 j 1 ail rz Illlinil L.llllTn ;i.I2.fl".IMfl . - .
pearea 10 me inai me rresiaent naa assumed i i
the ground of justification by contending that it m tue casting of your vote on next Thursday .
had been the usage of the Navy to admit negro It is our most grave and serious belief that the
evidence on courts martial. contest notr.(rninar nn. i. .1 innt( fnr lihoriv nn
... I 'iO W f - .v. ..Wb... VII
l arn aware hit under the common law there ,i j . . rimi deliverance
is no distinction known as to persons, yet I do " . ucsl'ul,!,"i uu omer. -a u : - .
contend that the President .in approving ;b8 RePubcan Whigs are those whouare resisting more glorious k:
proceedings of ihe court . martial, ought to have the encroachments of power. The Republican blinded thern corr.
expressed his flisapprobation ot the negro evi Whigs are those who have raised their voices who love iheir C
With this qualification his political friends at : f f 8u
least would1 have been satufied. bl,nded 2eal of some' who would- 001 ,n '
It will not do to tell as that the President had csl7 of 'heir hearts, do a wrong or sin against
no conlrol of the matter that it would not have their Country. The Republican Whigs of '76
been proper for him to have interfered. The achieved' our liberties, and the Uenuhliean
, - , ;
Whigs of 1S40 may-wi'Zi arrest them our
PROGRESS (
We give bclov
James Graham, to t
land Messenger,"
act of outrage c:.;!
less partzans of
lion. If the pee;
deed : bet thev
by degrees : Tl.
nappiness rcfonr.
palmed upon tl;
has ever known,
j Freemen, awi!
on lr ages of Van
become every dw)
case is wiibin the recollection of many of us
wber.. after ilia nnrl msrlial liorl AarAoA ids
General in command retrsed the derisfon. on,l fa,r "abricks from the threatening TUtnl Whiis
ordered a new trial. and Friends of your
Now, if it bei "competent that a subaltern can member that" the vote of this Election will indi-
reverse the decision of a court, I presume noone cate what may be expeeted next November. when
will deny that the Commander-m chief has the ,ua ,.j -Mt . . . -
authority ,ne 2realand f0051 important contest comes on. r
This is a auestion of vital importance toWe- Rfmember too, and It will not only console you
ry white man in theUnited States and it will and remove every perplexing doubtbut inspire mo'to
not do for the f President to look with i n differ-I vnn whh n io-A I
their Countrv. that if Gn. HarriKOn U rUnt,! wm Jusu,y Uil- L"
v - . . . . w.v.vvf
we may be tnc benefitted by itcasf't be
woujted.j but if Martin Van Buren should be
re-elected, there is no new hope no chance for
by their frequency
Country, to the polls. Re- still fraught with :
mi literfre r
f UUl 1 1 ULI H I " ' -
9
rob you of ihnt ;
' People. of Xc;i'-
yourselves il ncg
ence, not to say with approbation, upon it.
I have watched this question through all its
mutations.: The Opposition will, no doobt, a
vaii themselves of this false step of the Presi
dent to promote their own political views.
There is arrange indifference, a totaUbsence
on the part of the President, of that watchful
and ardent solicit uce which the very nature of
the subject is calculated to inspire, and which it
was his province to rraard and defend. It is now
carrying out
:ic
wickedness may ruin us!
sm
? Whether
t
liberties for whs:
better timeshis miserable experimenis and bled, and died I
Burea party)'
the good of ye:
t1)..!.' r . .'..-.'.
suiccuvn leaves. ao act passed at the lastses- u.... ..mnnrt
Oaul Kv mcmhora nf rnnnrM. i Vint fV.sw ....11 I .1 r t ' . . . . . I B
j uu- ' o1-"" WiCJ paj u iiiu i uenerai Assemoiy provides " thail ; cpif.,!, vA
AMmIi wm . m l II I 1.f .1 fl
catu vuier snau oo required to nave tne names oi
proved that bis owrJ aecount of the ftr nnK
I lihd in i ho ni.K ki .1 :. . . .1 if f matU ia itJ. f -r .
ber more whoso names could not be got ia ludicrously oa fcadisonian. I f ! ! T W
.i-s .'...,,-.. 8 ' ! ' ;- ; .- - . .j .
' ;; ...,(."! 1 . , : -. j ;
a law 10 prohibit in future the introduction of ne
gro testimony ; against a white man. It is too
late 3 the poison hs been infused ; all the laws
on earth cannot heal the deadly influence.
Tell roe not of your fanatics and abolitionists,
when the highest officer known to your laws
and your -(Constitution admits the fact .that a
negro is a competent witness against a white
man. Is this your Northern manwiih South
ern feelings? And is this'lhe man we arelto
Tely upon when the day of peril and of danger
may come ?! 0
But it is contended that Lieut. Hooe was con
victed without the negro testimony. Then why
introduce it? Was it to jeer and taunt the feel
ings of the South ? We are not now lryinr
.Lieut. Hooe, but testing an all important prin"
ciple one intimately connected with our politic
al and social relations.
The principle of the admission of negro testi
mony at all is theiae$iu.n ; not what they did
or noi prove. And if jit be a fact, as slated.
mai hi e respondent was convicted without th
neSro evidence, then it is a gratuitous assault
upon the policy apd institutions of The iSouih
1 nis case Presents lo ih mind ihp mnat
cular and extraordinary anomaly in reference lo
'1" ponton ol the Union supposed to bave
onne.n leelings and Northern prejudices on
the subject of
ner tuakei: population always opposed to slave
ry m the abstract, she has declared that a nro.
"Mn ibe purview of the Cnnsiiim; 5- ,
enuued to all the privileges and immon'iiies of
1
ail the persons for whom he votes in the Com
mons Box, on the same scrip of paper or ticket,
so that there shall not be more tickets than vo
As lo the residence qualifications of the voter ;
the supreme court decided, last summer, thali
' according to! iheptjoper construction of the 8th
section of the Constitution, a residence for twelve
months in any parttof the State is sufficient to
authorize a vole for members of the House of
Commons tn the Cohnty in which the Voter is
resident on the day of Election, and that the res
idence for that period need Hot be iri the same
county in which the vole is 'offered." In other
words, be is authorized lo vote in the County
where his fixed abode, his home is. if that home
shall not. have been established more than a day
before the election. v. .
One word to election and. ret urning- officers :
The votes of several counties were lost in the
last Governor's election on accmml of ihe ignore
ance or negligence of the Sheriffs in nut making
the returns properly. If we recollect . righfe ve
ry coonty thus , left out voted a whi1 majority.
Let the Sheriffs remember this and take warn
ing. Prom pi, accurate, full, legal re:urnsfcwill
be of lhe utmost coos quencejn the approachiKg
.Governor's election. Greensborovgh Patriot.
Mr. Jlorehcad in Salisbury. tit. IJoreheao
addressed the Citizens of. Rowan In' the iCcurt-
and the interest c;
seech you to Ie
ministration sr.- :
an eye of candc:
dice truly des::
do it, and wc :
never yield it j c:
Was
Joshua Rchcrds, L
The ' Iligl''.-' :
to me lasteTcH;'
Upon opening i'.
U staled, that seve:-
of Dr. -Duncan's ;
persons in my -'t
arid frank!! H
one of Dr Irt::
nrr m my life : a
foul ."fried, or -District
has t'f- -speeches,
and a '
ry and M. T
witnesses, all Ut:.
of Congress Uon :
this ener3l rriV:
think ilTank inj-?
er; that my cons ents
should be st; ;
letters oncer n: j
airee white man. In Connecticut, Chief Jci Hcase in "this place on last Tuesday;1 iieVas rDr- Doacaesui: