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Frow theBaltimore Post. .'
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-x ire ou uie Jt-rairies.
As we expected, the "fire on the prairies."
which has contributed so much towards light
ing up the whig-abolition "enthusiasm," is
turning out to be but an evanescent flame.
The "hay, wood, and slubble" is rapidly
consumed, but the precious materials remain.
To give our whig friends here some idea of
what is left in the West since the Harrison
fire passed over, we publish tlie two following
articles. The first we find in the Columbus
(Georgia) Euquirer, a whig paper. The
editor says it is "from a gentleman of decided
intelligence and unquestionable veracity, to
one of the editors of the Enquirer, dated New
"W .1 " .11 I T 1 C 41 ?'
jrniiaaeipuia, uuiu, juuuaijf x.iu.
"Since the Presidential nomination, the
friends of "Hairison have commenced the
campaign with great violence. Many meet
ings and conventions have been called, as
they say, to "give eclat and consequence to
the nomination," at which speeches inter
minable have been made. Here the elec
tion to come on now,' "Old Tip" would be
distanced in this State from five to ten thous
and votes; but what may be the effect pro
duced bv nine or ten months drumming and
drilling, together with the Bank screws ap
plied without mercy, the future must uufold.
Have ycSu ever seen Gen. Harrison? You
know how we formerly admired his volor iu
the field, and I would not say a word to tarnish
his former fame. Tut if you have ever seen
him, you would be astonished that he should
'lever be seriously supported for the Presiden
cy. I saw and heard him last summer. He
may once have been a man of some mental
and physical vigor; but his glory has departed,
time has shorn his locks and I almost hesi
tate to say it but he is now an imbecile,
childish, and egotistical old man better suit
ed to receive the kind offices and guardian
care of a wife and children in the retired
shades of the North Bend, than to rule this
great nation. Withal, he is an ABOLITION
IST one of a sect or faction of fanatics
whose doctrines I seriously believe contain
more of heresy and schism than auy I have
ever known. When he made his speech iu
our town, many of his party, who had been
his advocates and warm political friends.
went away murmuring and disaffected, and
declared openly tnat they never would sup
port him again for the Presidency."
- The uext is a letter from Richard II.
Ridgely, Esq., one of the delegates from
Lewis county, to the late Missouri Whisr,
Convention. Mr! Ridgely has always been
an ardent friend of Mr. Clay, and would have
supported him for the Presidency. This is
but an exponent of the course many others
will take. The letter is dated Monticello,
Lewis county, Missouri, January 16, 1S40,
and is addressed to the editor of the Missouri
Courier:
"Mr. Editor: Permit me to say through
the columns of your useful paper, that I have
duly weighed and maturely considered on the
proceedings of the late National Whig Con
vention, convened at Harrisburg on the fourth
ultimo. For one, I must be permitted to state,
that I cannot, under any circumstances, be in
fluenced to support the nomination of Gen. W.
H. Harrison, of Ohio, for the Presidency.
From the many defeats and disasters our com
mon country witnessed during the late war, it
is, in my estimation, sufficient evidence and
demonstrative proof of his inability and dis
qualification for the "tented field," and the
Chief Magistracy of this nation. The Con
vent ion have sacrificed, upon the altar of party,
the distinguished statesman, Henry Clay, the
pride and boast ol the country, and presented
to the American people, for their suffrage a can
didate for the highest olEce in their gift with
no other recommendation or qualification than
that of a defeated General. When the name
of Gen. Harrison was presented before the
"Whig Convention of this State, I opposed
the nomination of the distinguished "Hero
ine" of the late war, and was proud that the
Convention refused by vote to' recommend
him as a candididate fur the Presidency an
office which he so eagerly wishes to fill. I
have ever been an ardent admirer of Mr. Clay
and under hu gorgeous banner I would have
enlisted; but I cannot rally under the present
flag that now floats from the "outward walls"
of the whig battery. Of the two candidates,
Mr. Harrison or Mr. Van Buren, I s-hall sup
port the latter."
From the Richmond Enquirer.
Happy Hit
For the following striking contradictions, the
public is indebted to the Montgomery (Ala.)
Advertiser. The Whigs, it seems, have all
Korts of arguments for different sets of people
as this article happily uses up:
, "The Whigs, in their effort to elevate the
character of Gen. Harrison in the public
opinion, are constantly and incessantly talk
ing of the offices he filled during his public
-career. They say he has been Brigadier and
.Major General of the U. S. Army that in
the civil department, he filled the office of
Secretary of the Northwest, Governor of the
Territory of Indiana, and Minister to the Re
public of Colombia besides being a Repre
sentative and Senator in Congress. This is
one set of arguments; for we presume they are
meant as such, addressed to the ambitious,
the wealthy, and the proud. But the Whig
armory is not so poorly supplied with weap
ons, that they cannot sport a second set, of
different workmanship, and intended for a
different purpose. The honest, hard-working
poor, thank God! have votes too, and con
sequently are worth courting; therefore, the
Whigs manufacture arguments for them also,
calculated to touch the instinctive prejudices
and feelings of our nature. Hear them!
Gen. H. is "a honest, industrious, hard
handed farmery" "the log cabin candidate?
the poor manlll" All we can say is, if Gen.
H. received the pay attached to the commis
sions of Brig, and Maj. General of the U.
S. Army if he received the salary of Secreta
ry ofthe Northwest, and Governor of the
Territory of Indiana if he received $18,000
for his embassy to Colombia, and his pay as
member of Congress for the time he served
if he received all mis, he cannot be a man of
common sense or common prudence, if he be
poor, unless some accidental misfortune has
befallen him, of which we have not" heard.
But the fact is this, Gen. Harrison is not a
poor man, nor does he live in a log cabin, and
the Whigs know it. - He married the daugh
ter of a wealthy man, is possessed of a fine
house, good farm, has been in the receipt oi
large salaries almost from the very hrst Hour
of his manhood up to this time, and is even
now in,the receipt of a salary of about 5b,uuu,
as Clerk of the county Court of Hamilton,
Ohio. '
"Thus it is that the Whigs puff their candi
date thus it is. they blow hot and cold al
most in the same breath thus it is, that their
zeal outruns their judgment. Gen. Harrison
the poor man! the log cabin condidate!!. and
an office-holder too!!! An office-holder!!! Ay!
an office-holder! He has sipped from the
public fountain year after year, and has stood
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chosen candidate of the Federal party select
ed to drive out office-holders! Could it be,
that Federal experience taught them the truth
of the old saying, "seta thief to catch a thief V
"Oh, consistency! thou art a jewel."
' From the Globe.
Depravity of Wlilei-y aud ita Organs.
The Nationallnlelligeneerofyesterday morn
iriejsnys:
'Pursuing wiib obviously deliberate intention
the most malignant course possible towards
Senator Davis, of Massachusetts, the Globe
newspaper has published a loni; elaborated re
port ofa reply made by Mr. Senator Buchanan
to the explanatory speech of Air. Senator Da
vis, and with that reply some notice of the resi
due ol tike debate upon the subject, suppressing
even the fact that Mr. Davis promptly rejoined
to that reply, and thus leaving it to be necessa
rily interred that, alier all that the Senator from
Pennsylvania had said, the Senator from Mas
sachusetts had not a word to say lor himself!
Under these circumstances, without publishing
at the same time the residue of the debate, we
supply to clay, (on one of the inner png-es,) lor
the public information, the rejoinder of Mr.
Davis, of which all notice is omitted by the
Globe.
"This publication of speeches in reply, with
out first publihinT the speeches replied to, is
not altogether conformable to usage in this pa
per, and we should regret the necessity tor it,
if this course were not due to the character of
one of (he purest, and most elevated statesmen
ofthe Republic, as-ailed by ferocious calumnies
in the Executive official paper."
A simple statement of the laets of this rase
will show lhat the '2rlful Dodger" ol ti:e Na
tional Intelligencer is a tit page lor Air. Ephraim
Smooth, the disingenuous and dishonest Sena
tor of Massachusetts.
Mr. Buchanan brought Mr. Davis before the
Senate on the charge of having, in a printed
speech, imputed to him statements and argu
ments, (and this in express terms,) which were
not only never used by Mr. D. but directly the
reverse of thosa used by him. The case thus
presented by Mr. Buchanan, involved a question
of Air. Davis's veracity. In such a case, we
would not trust any Reporter to make up the
issue lor the parties. We waited until Air.
Buchanan find, revised his speech, and gave it
to us lor publication. When 'Mr. Davis prepa
ed bis reply and published it in the National In
telligencer, we transferred it to the columns of
the Globe. On Saturday last, Mr. Buchanan's
answer to this reply, having undergone his own
revision, was published in the Globe; nnd on
Tuesday, we stated that "if Air. Davis has, any
thing further to say in extenuation of his gross
misrepresen'ation of Mr. Buchanan's remarks,
we will publish it with pleasure." Yesterday
the National Intelligencer produced Mr. Davis's
rejoinder, carefully prepared by himself, and
abused us ior not publishing what it never was
in our power to publish; anil lor which, if we
had published the brief sketch of our Reporter,
we should have received the denunciation ofthe
Intelligencer, as we did on Tuesday of the Ad
disonian, for publishing the sketches of the re
marks made by Messrs. Clay and Preston in
the same debate; and this accusation comes
from presses which basely shut out of their co
lumns almost all t lie revised and elaborately
prepared speeches of the Democratic party! and
is made against, the Globe, which gives nil such
speeches on both sides! ! a course to which we
stand pledged by our prospectus, and from
which. we never deviate, except where the speak
ers themselves forbid it, by the conditions they im
pose, or by making such incendiary speeches as
the law.-i of some States prohibit the circulation
of within their confines such as Air. blade's,
recently published in the National Intelligencer.
We now give Air. Davis's rejoinder, which
we cut from the National Intelligencer of yes
terday morning where it (for the first moment)
became accessible to us and we beg our rcad
eers to observe the snake like subterfuge w ith
which it glides around and under every point to
which he was called to answer by Air. Buch
anan. Mr. Davis was called on by Mr. Buchanan
to say how he could venture to assert, in a prin
ted speech, lhat he, Mr. B. declared to the
Senate lhat he supported the Independent Trea
sury Bill first, "because it will destroy the
banks of the country, abolish all bank paper,
and restore a specie currency; second, because
it will check importations; third, because it will
suppress the credit system; and fourth, because
it will reduce the wages ol the laborer and the
value of properly!"
Mr. Buchanan read bis reported speeches,
and called upon the Senate to bear evidence
that nothing be bad ever uttered before it, con
flicted with the positions assumed in them, everv
one of which was directly adverse to the senti
ments and statements imputed to him by Air.
Davis. Air. Buchanan showed from bis au
thentic speeches, and the whole ler.or of his
course in the Senate, of which all present were
witnesses, that, so tar from being willing
"To destroy the banks ol the country"
"To abolish all bank paper"
"To restore a specie currency"
"To check the importations"
To suppress the credit system"
"To reduce the wages of the laborer and the
value of" properly"
He, on the contiary, advocated the policy
which would
Reform and sustain tfie banks
Restore a mixed convertible currency
Regulate and prevent excesses and revulsions
in importations . -
Sustain the credit system by making it sound;
Increase the value ofthe laborers wages, by
making them payable in good money, not a de
preciated paper, rendering iliem nominally high
er, but really lower, tested by the necessaries to
be obtained, and in which the wages are ex
pended And finally, making property more secure and
stable, and therefore raising it, not reducing it,
by a safe measure of its value, although an ap
parent reduction might be i he first result.
To reach these results, all Mr. Buchanan's
policy has been directed. All his avowals, ar
guments, and statements, have presented these
objects as the scope of his principles; and Mr.
Davis, in reversing them all, has been guilty of
lle grossest falsification ever attempted by an
American statesman, and the most shocking in
justice ever practised by one Senator towards
another. This monstrous imposture is rendered
still more detestable, by the means which have j
been employed to give il effect. We know that
at least 120,000 copies of the false speech have
been circulated throughout the Union in pam
phlet form; and to accomplish this object in the
least possible time, the Federal members in
Congress have bad them put up in masses, with
their Iranks, endorsed on Dtank envelopes, ana
then sent, under the frank of the Clerk, disguised
as public documents, to parlizans in the differ-
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em stales, wno vvouiu give uirecunn w
pamphlet of the mass to some individual, using
the Congressional (rank as his own. la this
way a double abuse of the franking privilege
has been committed, to circulate the most egre-
giouslyand fraudulent speech lhat ever issued
from i he press.
The National Intelligencer of this morning
affords another sample of fairness in keeping
with that it exhibited yesterday. While con
demning us lor not giving Mr. Davis's rejoinder,
which it was not iu our power to do until to
day, it suppressed under that pretext, the
speech ol Mr. Buchanan, to which Mr. Davis
rejoined; and to-day it gives a skeleton only ol
t he concluding remarks of Air. Brown and Mr.
Buchanan, although both weie fully reported
in the Globe of Saturday, with evident marks
of revision. It is thus apparent lhat studied in
justice has marked every step of Air. Davis and
his tool of an editor, throughout the transaction.
There is a strong motive for this. If what Mr.
Buchanan stated betore the Senate bad appear
ed side by side with Mr. Davis's defence, the
latter would have stood a convicted cmprit.
even in the opinions ol the readers of the Na
lional Intelligencer.
committee that these letters contain inquiries in
regard to bis political opinions. These letters
are answered only with a denial ofthe informa
tion which their numerous writers solicit; tney
are told that the candidate ofthe whig-party,
oi rather the committee which has him in charge,
has adopted the policy ol those who nominated
him, that of making no declaration of bi3 opin
ions, allowing no expression oi ins vicw
garu to the great coniesien measures oi me
present moment to escape him, but demanding
that the people shall put the helm of state into
his bands without knowing whither be is to
steer the vessel. We have- heard much of non
committalism in our time, but this is non-com-
millalism with a vengeance.
After all, the friends of Harrison are, perhaps,
right to surround him with a cabinet, while he
is yet a candidate. He would make as wild
work without a Regency as the poor crazy old
grand-father of the present Queen of England.
If he were to answer at his own discretion the
letters he receives, he would, unquestionably,
give answers that would embarrass his pariy,
answers sometimes extra vagant, sometimes a
side from the purpose, sometimes merely foolish,
at.d sometimes perhaps right by accident, which
we suppose would prove to his friends the
greatest embarrassment of all. They are right,
doubtless, in standing guard over the old man,
lest tfce muzzle should slip from bis mouth and
he should betray himself by uttering nonsense."
From the Pennsylvania.
ion-Committal.
One ofthe most curious method of husband
ing a candidate, that we have yet beard of, is
narrated in the following article Irom Ihe New
York Evening- Post, relative to Gtnernl Harri
son, ll seems that u Committee hold watch and
ward over him:
An extraordinary course has lately been taken
with General Harrison by his friends in Ohio.
Thev have raised a committee, to whom they
have given him in charge, as an idiot is com
milted to the care of trustees. The committee
receive and read his political letters, and deter
mine upon the answer given, leaving the poor
old gentleman without any discretion or agency
iu the matter. George the Third ol Engitnd,
iu the days of Ins old age aud insanity, deprived
of all power in his own government, was a king
ai'er much the sr. me fashion that Harrison is
now a candidate.
The Oswego Palladium, of Wednesday, con
tains a correspondence between the Oswego
Union Association and the committee who have
taken possession of Harrison. We copy the
letters, which we have the positive assurance of
the Oswego print are genuine:
Oswego. Jan. 31, 18 10.
To the Hon. William H. Harrison.
Dear Sir In accordance with a resolution of
the Union Association of Oswego, I am instruc
ted to propose tlrce questions to you, in relj
lion to subjects that a large portion of this sec
tion of the country feci a deep interest in. The
first is:
Are you in favor of receiving and referring
petitions for the immediate abolition of slavery
in the District of Columbia?
Second Are you in favor of a United
States Bank, or some institution similar to lhat,
for the safe keeping and disbursing of the pub
lic moneys, and forgiving a uniform currency
throughout the United States?
And lastly Won ll you favor the passage of
a General Bankrupt Law, by Congress so that
its operations might be equal in all the States
of the Union?
I have only to say, sir, that the above in
quiries are made in accordance with the unnii i
mous wishes of this association, the members o
which, I am instructed to say, entertain the
highest regard for your past services, and hope,
should you be elected to the high ofiice lor which
you are nominated, that nothing may occur to
lessen you in the estimation of a great and free
people.
I am, sir,
Respectfully, vour obed'nt serv't.
MILES IIOTCHKISS,
Corresponding Sect'ry.
Cincinnalli, Feb. 29, 1840.
Oswego Union Association.
Gentlemen Your letter of the Slst ultimo,
addressed to General Harrison, lias been placed
in our possession with a view to early attention.
This is unavoidable, in consequence of the very
numerous letters daily received by the General,
and to which his reply in person is rendered ab
solutely impracticable. As from bis confidenti
al committee, you will look upon this response;
and if the policy observed by the committee
should not meet with your approbation, you
will attribute the error rather to ourselves and
his immediate advisers, than to General Harri
son. The policy is, lhat the General make no
further declaration ol his principles, for the pub
lic eye, whilst occupying its present position.
Such a course has been adopted, not for pur
poses of concealment, nor to avoid all proper
responsibility; but under the impression that the
General's views, in regard to all the important
and exciting questions ofthe day, have hertto
Ibre been given to the public, connected with
constitutional or othei questions of very general
interest, have undergone no change. 'Ihe
committee are strengthened in regard to the
propriety of this policy; that no new issue be
made to the public, from the consideration, that,
the national convention deemed it impolitic at
the then crisis, to publish any general declara
tion ofthe views ot the great" oppo.si ton party,
and certainly the policy at the present remains
unaltered. In the mean time we cannot help
expressing Ihe hope, that' our friends, every
where, will receive the nomination of General
Harrison with something akin lo generous con
fidence. Yhen we reflect upon ihe distinguish
ed intelligence of ihe nominating convention
how ably all interests were represented in that
body, we certainly have a high guaranty, that
should General Harrison be the successful
candidate ior the presidency, that office will be
happily and constitutionally administered, and
under the guidance of the same principles
which directed our Washington, Jefferson and
Aladison. Believing you will concur with us in
the propriety of the policy adopted, we have
pleasure in subscribing ourselves
Yours friends,
DAVID G WYNNE,
J. C. WRIGHT,
,. M. SPENCER.
tl. hj. Spencer, Cor. Sect'ry.
The committee are now pub'ishing in pham
let form many ol the former expressed opinions
of the General, and facts and incidents connect
ed with his past life, which will be forwarded to
yuu at an early moment.
"Thus," says the Oswego paper, "General
Harrison has passed into the hands of a com
mittee, with Ihe formality of a writ de lunatico
tnquirendo. He is interrogated on three ques
tions of high importance, and by the direction
of ihe committee he stands mute. They ac
knowledge that numerous letters daily arrive
addressed to the whig candidate for the presi
dency, and we infer from the language ofthe
From the Ohio Statesman.
Mr. Editor: Chancing to be in one of
our principal city hotels on Saturday night I
discovered great excitement existed among
the Delegates to the late Convention in con
sequence ofthe list of bankers, ofiice holders,
&c, &c, which had appeared iu the States
man of that evening. I was a stranger in
the crowd. I heard all that passed. I pre
sume they supposed I was a brother delegate.
I give you the substance of a conversation
which took place between two individuals
who I imagined were from the southern sec
tion of the State which is as follows:
"A. Well this is too d d bad!
How in the devil did he get all our names.
He has got me down a bank dependent. I
wonder if I can't pay all I owe the banks
and even if I can't its n.one of Medary's busi
ness. The amount of the matter is, we must
give the lie to the whole publication; our con
vention will have been of more harm than
good to us if this course is not pursued.
B. Tow, friend A. take my advice and
say nothing about this matter; there is more
truth than fiction in what Medary has pub
lished. He has given names aud they can
not be got over.
A. Yes, we can pronounce the whole list
false from beginning to end. Why, is not
here the name of our own townsman,
,aud he has not been at the convention
at all? We can give thjs as an example, and
it being false, we can say all the balance is
false also.
B. To besurr, ourneighbor was not in atten
dance but he w.ss appointed as a delegate
and Medary does not pretend to say that all in
his list attended the convention, but that they
were merely appointed. So you see there is
no untruth about it.
A. Well I don't care be it true or false
it must be contradicted, or we are undone.
I will go forthwith lo Kelly each delegation
must come with a statement, giving the lie
direct to all lhat Medary has published and
we must make out a list ourselves, and every
man who owns a garden must be put down
as a farmer, and he who can chop a stick of
wood must be called a mechanic.
And here Air. A. set off in the direction of
Keiiv's palace. I suppose A's. advice will
be followed. I presume all that you have pub
lished will be pronounced false, but they can
not make ichitt black; neither can they con
vert truh into falsehood.
OLD HICKORY.
F'om the Lexington (Ky.) Gazette.
Kentucky.
At a meeting of the Democratic citizens of
Fayette county, held in the Court II ouse in
Lexington, on Monday the 9th instant, General
AI. r lournoy was appointed chairman, and
Thomas Van Swearenger secretary. The fol
lowing gentlemen were appointed a committee
of vigilance fir the county of Favette.
Stark Taylor, Nathan Payne, Walter Bul
lock, Dabney C Overton, Benjamin Graves,
Henry Johnson, 1 homas A. Russell, C W.
Cloud, J. Kirtlev, John Norton Thomas Van
Swearengen, II. C. Payne, D. Bradford, F. Ale
Lear, .J.liruen, illiam Dunlap, J. rl shaetter,
C. J. Saunders, John Jackson, V illiam btan
hope, James O'Alara, John W.Forbes, Alacey
Thwaits, John Wolverton, John Parker, James
Scully, P. G. Hunt, Spencer Graves, David
Glass. C. Kensel.
Daniel Bradford wa's appointed chairman of
the committee.
The following resolution was proposed by
Dabney C.Overton, and unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That from the testimony before
this meeting, to wit: that abolitionists throughout
the country are claiming the nomination ol Gen
eral Harrison, as a signal Iriun.ph oi their prin
ciples and party, and bis own published ac
knowledgment of the liict in the Cincinnalli
Philanthropist of 14th February last, an aboli
tion paper, that "tie has been a member of an
abolition society ever since he was eighteen
years of age;" wt are constrained to regard him
as an ABOLITIONIST, and as such, utterly
unworthy the confidence or support of the
American people, to the high office lo which he
aspires.
Agents, the act was consummated. The poor
confederate people have been knocked into
the middle of next week! Courage demo
cratsthe sky is bright aud the coasts clear.
The State is ours and no mistake.'
Republican Convention.
Proceedings of tbe Democratic Republican
Convention held at Rockingham, Alareh
17th 1840. -
The Democratic District Convention, composed
of Delegates from tho counties of Anson, Rich
mond, Robeson, Cumberland, Moore and Mont
gomery, held its meeting at ths Ccmt House in the
Town of Rockingham, on Tuesday the 17th insL,
Present:
Anson County. Clement Mar-hall, Allen Car
penter, Dr. Ellas Sinclair, Thomas Griffin, Capt.
L. D. Kirby, Noifle; t Bjgan, David Carpenter, and
Stet hen W.Colo.
Richmond County. W. B. Cole, Dr. P. W. Stan
eel, P. At. Powell, B. C Covington, W. P. Smith,
Col. Alexander Shuw, R. T. Long, A. W. Moody,
B. B. McKenzie, and W. F. Leak.
Cumberland County. Hon. L. Beihuiie, Roder
ick Gillis, David Gee, Samuel Shuw, Malcom C.
JUcCohnan and Duncan Ray.
Mioie County. Archibald Monro?.
Robeson County. Alcxand-r Watson and Al
fred Diares Et-q.
Montgomery Coan'y. William McCallum.
On mo!i )n f the Hon. L. Bethune
W. F. Le:ik E-q. was tailed to the Chair, and
On motion of Ch;mor.t Marshall
Allan Carpenter and W. B. Cole were eppointed
Secrete ris.
The Cliairmnn in a spccc'i of something over an
hour portrayed the extinctive features ol the Demo
cratic Rf publican party, and drrw a comparison
between th:m and ihe ocnt inonts of those opposed
to the present Ad:ninistration.
tin n-.o'ion i Stephen W. Colo,
The Chnirman appointed a commi t"e of four
fr the pur oso of preparing1 resolutions, expressive
of the- sentiments of thj democratic party, viz: Dr.
Jno. McL'-cd, Hon. L. B--t'uinf, Alexander Wat
son and Stephen W. Cole, wl.o reported the follow
ing. Resolved, That this meej'nc', entertains undimin
ished confidence, in the political integrity, and
enundnefs ofthe RopuMican principles Xf Alnrlin
Van Buren, and will usj all honorable means to
secure his re-f lection.
Resolved, That in the last m'sO'r'; of the Presi
dent ot t!ie United Stales, we see amp'e reasons,
whi'-h have been unanswered, and are in our opin
ion unanswerable, eoin to strengthen our convic
tions, of the absolute ncccs? isv of an tutire srpa'.a
lion between the Gi neral Government, and the
B:inki:icr inst'tutions of the country.
Rosolved, That vc r.ro in favor of the re-election
of Alartin Van Buren, because we beiicve, th t in
scntimenthe is o; the JetTe.soehin Repaid. cun school;
because he is opposed to ;m 1 deniis the constitu
tionality of a Actional Bank; b. cuise he is oo
posed to systems of Internal Improvement by the
General Governminf; liceauss he is oppose j to a
TarifT of protection, which uTidiisis d, is nothing
but a tax levied upon the co lsura r, for the benefit
of the wealt'iy rnanufuc'urer, an ! l ist though far
from beinir the leas:; because on account of his
solemn pledges to veto any movement of tiie Abo
lition paity, for al! wh ch ho has been tauntingly
called by t lat Fedend Abolition Whi John Ol.
Adams "a Northern imn wi;h S uilirrn f-a'.iv.a
Resolved, That the t object ot AuIit.on since it
has become rnixe-1 u- wi;h t'ie p j'.:t';c-? of the coun
try, as in the la-t four or fiv j years. Ia assumed,
bo:h an importance aid a character, j-is-t'y alarming
to the friends of ihe Union c f ;!!c-e ft t s, cn i is
ca! u'ated to pioduee honest upprhensicn, 1 -r tb"
pcac, safety and quietude of the Souihern Stales,
lor hich reason, we. cannot as lovers cf ihi Union,
consent, wit'-out a struggle, to the c!evi'. ion oi in y
nian to the Presidential chcir, who is so mu:h rs
even susp-xte or
Ohio. The Nupitals Consummated.
The Whig Convention of Ohio which met
at Columbus on tbe 22d inst. consummated
the crowning act of their union with aboli
tionists by nominating Thos. Coricin their
candidate for Governor. The Columbus
Statesman thus announces the fact: '
The struggle is over whiggery and aboli
tion wedded in bonds indissoluble. Thom
as Corwin, member of Congress from war
ren, Clinton, and Higland, is nominated for
Governor! Corwin's whole votes in Con
gress have been with the abolition Slade.
And when a member ofthe Ohio Legislature,
some years ago, he voted against a resolution
to inquire into the expediency of prohibiting
colored people emigrating to Ohio and be
fore that he voted in the Ohio Legislature
with those who attempted to place blacks on
an equal footing with the whites in testifying
in courts of Justice.'! I
Wade of Ashtabula, and Morris of Clinton,
the defeated abolitionists for the State Senate
were here, and in connection with Leister
Kinff, of Trumbull. Preside nt of thf? Stara
Abolition Society, and numerous Abolition
;i Learinr tnat w- v.
Resolved, Thit we are opposed to the ehct'on
of W. H. Hi;r:ison; becaus ; lin "s vi -v. ed bv us
as tho advocate of :i nredira! and l u... us svsU m of
Internal Improvement; because he i.-; ths ail' ovate
of a TaritTof protection; ! eeau-c i' ;,ct a F-uera;-i.t
t f the Black Cockade An:inift.-;.tio!i, yt lie is
one cf th"! modern stamp, whe s-; veiws upon con
stitutions:! qu"s:ins s.ivor too u:u h cf consolida
tion, and arc too apt to vi Id to expediency, mcan
injr any tl.injr, or nothing, "s an l-.t.-rc-s;. c, or tcl
fis!i policy may iHctatc. Instance his prtsent posi
tion, on the Bank question. Jn an c.di'r fs to she
voters of the Cine. nnaTi Di-tr. t in ISZ'2, he e
presslv declare.! (h it "lie believed the charter given
to the Bank of ibd United States was uncon.-'tiM-tio".a!"
whi'e more recently in his letter to c?h r-;d
W.lliams, in an -w-r to a q :os;ien. whether he
would siirn a bill ior a re cuancr he replies. "1
woidd if it wire c"e.irly ascertained, thai tlie pu! -lie
interests in rclatior. to the collection, and ois
bnrsement of the revenue, would materially s ff r
without one", and there were unequivocal manfest
tions, of public opinion in its favor. Thus mak
ing cxprd'encv, but princ pally the populaiitv of
a measure, a test of its constitutionality. Such a
politician iri shcA times, having no fix- d constitu
tional notions of his own but floating- impotent'v
befo.-e the capricious current of popular opinion is
manifestly unsafe for the South to rely ejn, particu
larly at a crisis when her domestic insii'tu'.ions are
assailed, and when her principle seeuiitv, is to be
(bund in the constitution itself. AVc are opposed
to h:ni because, if not an ab-olitionis'j'yet he is in
favor of appropriat ns 'be snrp'us revenue for the
purpose o!" purchasing up the slavi s and feeing the
negroes, cn.l although he may have qualified, it by
observing that with the consent of tiie States, such
would bo constitutional: yet the very q"alific itio;,
strengthens the opinion bi fore exrrets.-d, that he
has no fix' d and elearly define-d vn ws upon great
constitutional questions, for we confidently main
tain that the power to npprop: iate the revenue lor
such a purpose, must be constitutional or not, as
an original question, and if it is not as we atlirm,
then the assent of th-i States cannot make it so,
(for nothing short ofthe Stat s in convention, can
confer a power on Congress, which it docs not pos
sess.) What, wo would ask, van be more unjust,
as well as more injurious in its consequences, than
this pr -position? It is neither more nor less, than
to tax the master to buy his own slave; nor dues
tho injustice &top here; it is in reality imposing a
tax on the ponr man, who owns no slaves, in or.ier
to purchase up the negroes e.f his mere wealth y
neisrhbor. We are opposed to hiin because if not
an abolitionist, yet the great body of these fanatics
support hiin. We are (p;josed to him because it
seems now to be ailmittad, that Henry Clay was
rejected by th5 Harrisburg Convention, on account
of his being a slave ho'der, and an advocate of
slaveiy, winch courled wi h the fact, tht Mr. Har
rison did not get one s'ns.le vot-3 f;o.n a slave hold
ing State; is well calculated to arouse our honest
fears, that on this subject too, he may possib'y have
no settled convictions, but may float like a feather,
bef ire a popular gale, and give both "aid and com
'bit" to those disturbers of our peace and libetty.
The above views reci ive additional confirmation,
from the further consideration, lhat the rejection of
iV'Ir- Clay, has been already claimed, by some ofthe
abolition prints as a great anti-slavery victory and
we would respectfully ask, any southern man how
can Mr. Clays rejection be claimed as such a victory
if Mr. Harrison be equally sound upon the subject
of slavery? We are opposed to hiin, because he
studiously avoids to let bis sentiments (of late) be
known upon the subject of slavery, which arouses
our fears that either he is not with the South, or that
the very convention that nominated him, gave se
cret instructions that be should give no fresh ex
pose of his sentiments upon any subject. If the
former, we should not support him, and if we are
correct in tha latter, it shew3 such a cringing, sub
serviency. lo the feelings of those fanatics and
manifestsjsueih a -desire to trim between both par
ties "to run with the hare and hold with the hound"
that on this account also, he is unworthy to Le
trusted. - - - -
Resolved, That although we have no cause to
suspect either an union of sentiment or of action
between Martin Van Buren, arid the Abolitionists,
yet we are firmly persuaded, that the excited and
highly sensitive state of the public mind, at the
South, require at his hands a revenewal of the same
sentiments, as were contained in his letter of the
6th of March 1836 addressed lo Junius, AnuV and
outers. .
Resolved, That the Chairman of this conv..
be directed t addrers a 1 tt r lo Martin V- l0
ron.andto William H. Harrison, ir, Whit
ehall put to each the following interrogator!
"Are you, or arc yuonot opposed to the AboUti?'"
slavery iu the Unreel States in any and .every g 01
(orm ..r fashion, except us the own: rs ot the at"1'
may themselves desire." wt
Resolved, TUat let it may be said, that V U
tlaruson wdl be under no obligation to am
those pt!it.ca:iy oppesed to h in, and for the
poseot plae i: g this subj ct in its true lioht
hereby challenge the supporters of Genera? H'
son, to aiidrcFs him a Idttar, propounding to I,"
such an interrogatory, as shall cover itie wh?
ground upon the sulvpct cf slavery. 0,4
Resolved, That as southern citizens and south
democrats, we cannot nor wi.l not support
man for the Presidency who does not give
South saiisfacto y and renewed assurances th
he is opposed to the wild and misehievious m
ments of the Abolitionists. ove'
Resolved, That Louis D. H nry be recommends
as a suitable person to be placed, on the D
cratic Electoral Ticket for this Distr'ct. m"
Resolved, That W. F. Leak represent ths D
cratic Republican part of t'.iis Distiict ia Baii;10"
in May next. ln,ore
Resolved, That this meeting have the great tv
confidence in the talents, republicanism, and do'v
cal integrity cf B. M. Saund'-rs, and will ue !
honorable means to promote his election.
On motion of David Gee,
The above resolutions were adopted , and On
motion of Clement Marshall, they were OidereeJio
bu signed by the Chairman aud Secretaries nj
forwarded to the "North Oarolinian and the Stand
ard" for publication.
WALTER F. LEAK, Chm'a.
Allan' CAnPENTEU, ) 0 . .
W. B. Cole, Secretaries.
I
Communications.
FOR THE NORTH CAROLINIAN.
. L. Holmes, Esq. A erentleman from the
country has lately called my attention to ine
proceedinrrs nl the late Wbi-r Meeting held in
Fayetieville or. Saturday the 21st ultimo, at ihe
same lime, remarking that in one particular
they stand be lore the world unparrallcd unri-
vnlled; and lhat is, in presenting in so small
compass, so rare a combination n impudence
falsehood and calumny. His indignant, earnesi
manner, his strong ianruage, and his ltpntst
countenance, literally provoked a perus.il 0"
those proceed iners; and lhat perusal, provoked
this determination lo expose them in theirna.
a jus:
ked beauty, lo the scrutinizing eye f
public.
Marsh lansruarre, opprobrious epithets and
personal allusion, bball not e indulged in; such
conduct, although countenanced amomr tlle
lashitms of the times, is, elisreputahle amoiw
gentlemen dishonest amonr politicians. When
truth is; combatting error, candor and imneMr,
are the only weapons she needs to conquer l,er
adversaries anil win her triumphs. The indi
viduals or the parly, who resort to oilier weap
on., betray tlie weakness of their cause tlie
intbeciliiv of themselves.
Allhonejh aware of the fact that amonrrarli
lacii-:ians and trading politicians, there ia m
operation, a systematic attempt to fasten on the
administration principles it never a JvucaitJ,
doctrines it never avowed and sehemes it wter
e l few o! us we;e nretmred I'.ir tne
irr.ive id;spi:e!! in even a Whier Meetuiir, iu
Fayette vi!ie, ofsucb resolutions as the following.
Resolutions, however patriotic the motive that
Xiive them birth, elirectiy calculated to present
la'se issues before the people, lo create errone
ous iu.;! t.s-.wiis on the public mind, to deceive
the ignorant, to impose on tbe credulous, and
seduce the thoughtless. Let every sincere in
quirer alter truth, Whig or 1 .'tmoprat, read
if.ern n.iin, compare them w:th notorious Joels,
with public documents, and give ihem tliecred.t
thev merit. The following are the nni! extra
ordinary, and those to which the public alttn
I ion. is invited.
l-R:soiced, That the; present di.-trrssed si uati nof
i u; country is truly alaunin?, nni! h s. i 1 1 .eo;)n
ion of th s me.tinjr, been p.oduced by th- i.i-practi-eabfe
s; heme of the pr s T.t a ii::i :i-t-::ti- n,andi;3
ti tal di r gartf of t e w. 11 known avd well ctfir-.td
pri;:c pies f ;h:j law and the cons itrtion.
ResUved, That in suppert of this ep:nion we sub
mit the following f.uts:
I . The at: em) t lo force upon the pi ople an extltt-f-ive'y
metahic cmrency, wnic'i is not only imprac
t cable, but ruinous, ca die ted m y io n:aketbe
rieh richer, and the poor poorer.
2. The ut empt on the part of the Ex" cutive U
obtain the abstlule e-ontrol of the jub'ic monev,
te.e.-trby creating- a Treasury Bank, fcjiaiating tte
interests of the government and it- officers fr rathe
interests or the pu pie and incrers'ng the patron
age of the President, which is already truly alaimin?.
3. The avowed detern.ination to destroy credi.
4. The avowed determination to Reduce ihe tcou
of labour.
5. Th avowed determination to Reduce Hit taint
of Properly.
6. The avowed determination, to Destroy Fep"
Current v."
Are tl.e assertions in the above extract miff
or are they lalse? Do ihey deal out gross in
justi:e to :he administration and jrentlenien
who defend it,, or are they fair? Rememher,
these rs?;-e!utii)n" d' not merely arirue that the
KiCiisurts r the administration lend either direct
ly or indirecilv to bring about all this destrnc-
'. i . i.i IT ..I
tiveness; out tney mane me unquauneu a!'
tioti that there is an "avoweu oeiermiiiann
to produce it. Now, to what evidence &h';'
we resort to ascertain the truth? Certainly lire
"avowed determinations," the tepeated declara
tions of Air. Van Buren, the bead ol the admin
istration will be cjood evidence. Solemn decla
rations in Ihe "Globe," the "official paper," will
be erood evidence for tbe Oppositi m sfem
unanimous in calling it ihe 'mouth-piece"
tbe party and the published opinions of tl
prominent Democrats will hardly be objected
to. Read the following extracts from iMr.Yan
Buren's Message to tbe twenty-sixth Congress,
his last message, the more important pari
which are here italicised. Can the most prju
diced eye delect there, an "avowed deiermin'
lion" to "destroy credit," or to "destroy pap"
currency," ir any evidence of an attempt j"
"Ibrce ilpon ihe people an exclusively metallic
currency?" or does he evince the slightest hos
tility loa well regulated credit system or sound
banks?
"In a country so cominercialm as ours, banks
some form tcilt probably always exist; but this ser?M
only to render it the more incumbent on us, not
withstanding the discouragements of the past, to
strive in our respective stations to mitigate tw
ev.ls ihey pro.luce-to take from them, as rap'"1
as tho obl.gat:o-is of public faith and a caretui
consideration ofthe immediate interests of the com
munity will permit, the unjust character of monopo
lies; to check, so far as may be practicable by P"
dent legislation, those temptations of interest ana
those opportunities for their dangerous indulge"
which beset them on every sidenrf to confine t
strictly to the performance of their paramount &Wb
that of aiding the operations of commerce, tatnt
than consulting their oiem exclusive .7ran'p"
These and olher salutary reforms may, it is belie
K ,.!.-. t, u.,'ll,n( I.a i-irlntinn of atlV 111
1 1 IU
great principles eif the scc'al compact,
Vance of which is indispensable to its e:
ot
:v:r" j a now-
intenennsr in oiy way w.m tiic uaciui
able employment of real capital. -
Institutions sofratned have existed and W
elsewhere, giving ta commercial intercourse
cessary facilities, without inflating or deP,f(.
the currency, or stimu'ating speculation. lliinli
complishing their legitUnate ends, they have g
the surest guarantee for their protection ana e'"
agement in the good will ofthe community- A