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1! iit m r 3 1 .M MM I r ? 4 ?; if I ft I -t .- if. From the Globe. AbUtiom-ImAttiuttlon of Federal Leaders of the South. LETTER II. TO THE HON. JOHN M. BOTTS Sir: The most extraordinary spectacle oirhihitetl in nolitical warfare, is now in th nnmhinntion of slaveholders HUUKOVu " . T , in the South with Abolitionists in the Nrth, iha nnrnnw of making a President of the United States. That political men of your creed should sacrifice all the oroinary .u.- rthoommunitvto which they belong. iu their unprincipled struggle for power, is ll surorisins; but that men of any creed should enter into coalitions, express or implied, with a fanatical sect, whose prmci un.lation of society itself, Lj Kon nnt onW their property, but the lives of their wives and children, U absolute ly astounding. That the object of the Harrisburg conven tion, in preferring General Harrison to Hen ry Clay, was to secure the votes of he Abo litionists, no candid man has the hardihood to deny. The Abolitionists themselves, every wrxuu xn inat uuuy, HUUIOOK TO II s'me ifor- binger of the day, not far distant, when the power of the nation shall be wielded by their hands. What principle of honesty or patriotism could have induced any Southern man even to acquiesce in this- fcjl coalition, anu ZZ hands with those whose "every measure tend to the destruction of all that is dear to them, it is impossible - for an ingenuous mind to conceive, .Principle, stern inflexible princi ple, repelling promptly, as it is "scented upon the tainted breeze,' the approach of these contrivers ot desolation and death, is the on ly way in which the South can escape the bloody scenes which are in preparation. Henry clay was, in that respect, the bold and undaunted champion of her rights and her safety; he had spoken out as a man, who "scorned to palter in a double sense," and cheat his countrymen out of their suffrages; he was a leader worthy of the principles of feoutheru t ederalism; that party in your sec - tion of the Union could have supported him with an honest pride, and a fervent enthusiasm. If, with such a leader, they had been defeated, they would still have been strong in conscious integrity; they would with a bold face have op posed, and with a strong hand resisted, the approaches of the "fell enemy to their safety; they would, on that subject at least, have pre served a cordial union among their own peo ple, which would have rendered them invinci ble in defence of their reserved rights and constitutional poweis. But a different course has been pursued. The only man whom you could honestly sup port was abandoned, and for what? Because he could not get the votes of your implacable enemies! Yes, your party in the South aban doned their frank and fearless champion, iu stab you to the heart, and cut the throats of your wives and children! Thus the South is made to lose its moral power, its self respect, its consciousness of right, is divided and cut up, while the enemy comes rushing on with renovated hopes and whetted ferocity. I charge you, sir, with having become, without duly weighing the disastrous conse quences, one of the principal agents to render effective this policy so fatal to the State and people whom you in part represent. I charge you with associating yourself with known and pledged Jlbolitionists, for the purpose of making a President by the joint votes of the people of the South, and the Abolitionists of the North; a policy which is prostrating the South, handcuffed and bound, at the feet of her eternal, implacable, and sleepless foe! I do not make this charge without the proofs. The authenticity of the following documents has, I believe, never bten denied by you, although it has been for months be fore the public, viz: "Washington, January 21, 1840. Sir: The undersigned, an Executive Com mittee, appointed by the Opposition members of Congress, have taken the liberty of ap pointing you an Executive and Correspond ing Committee for your county, and we have the honor of enclosing a prospectus for the Madisonian. We recommended that paper to the confidence and support of the oppouents of the Administration throughout the country. The committee attach much importance to a general circulation of the Madisonian, and other political pamphlets, calculated to enlight en the public mind. The subscribers which you may procure (and we doubt not, consider ing the cheapness and ability of (he paper, they will be many) will be entitled, gratis, to all such pamphlets. We have confidence that it will afford you pleasure to aid us in our efforts to rescue the Administration of the Government from the hands of the present imbecile and corrupt incumbents. With the aid of an honest and fearless press, these efforts, we trust, will be successful. We are aware that the accep tance of this appointment may subject you to some sacrifice: your patriotism is a sufficient guarantee that it will be borne with cheerful ness. The consideration mat we are in the service of an injured and crushed people, should animate us in the use of every honora ble exertion to effect the common object in view THE RESTORATION OP THE GOVERN MENT TO THE OATS Or HER PATRIOT PRE SIDENTS. Your obedient servants, it. irariann, Lm, Jno. Belly Tenn. J. JVf. Botts, Va. Tho$. Conein, Ohio. M. H. Grinnell, JV. Y. -Comt'tee. L,everett ISattpnstalt, jvis. Truman Smith, Conn. Chas. Naulor, Penn. J. C. Clark, A. Y. J The fact of your association as one of a grand electioneering committee for the whole Union with the gentlemen whose names are appended to this paper, has been confirmed by the publication of sundry other papers bear ing the same signatures, and is conclusively established. nver the palpable fact, that this committee was appointed by the whole party in Congress caning inii. including the most rabid Abolitionists from the North, I take the political character of the members of the committee inemseives, as in clusive evidence of the foul combination 1 I assert, and 1 have me prooi w no less than THREE of this committee ...u;w ; lahnrin-r nkrht and day to overthrow wuk... e c - tj. J. this Administration ana " " by Abolition votes, are rLiaiiir.u abv t TTtniVTSTS. TRUMAN SMITH, come to the bar of the people and state by what right or title you are the associate of J. M. Botts in enlighten ing the South by your circulars and handbills and asking her confiding people to vote for t.n,.y candidate for the Presidency! nen vou were a candidate for the seat in Congress now Vl Id hv vou, Messrs. Horace Cowles, P. Cantield, and John Braddock, "a committee Hartford Convention maae pr..r. "mend the Constitution, so as :o strip the South of a portion ot its present power "V in, the admission into the Union of new States tolerating slavery. In the lall ol 1838, wnen w-.--.j-..-.- c. i.o elation now held by turn, a canu.ua .... .w ,nUim u Ail the fol owing questions were pi 1,1 : . , .. , A nii-Klaverv Con fection oi me esse. wu"v." " venuon, viz: . . A ba artftll in I'JVnr fit IIIC Ullllitu vinnii J"v " . ' ... .. n,rit rf'. ot the enslavea in n 'I. rwi i ho prriinrv ui s- .IX FV ...... hp alio lliat l.UIIl.ICOS, ' ijovrt. . vJ .u .-a& hoi ween the olaies. (II nOOUSIl IIIC BIUVC Uu- a nd are you in favor of the immediate exercise of that power? . . . . . "3. Are you in lavor oi buii h.ti.n as may be needed to remove the imme diate and effectual prohibition of the -lave trade between the United Slates ami I exas. "4. Do you think it would be the duty or a member of the next Congress to make tie ear liest possible opportunity to make and sustain a . . " . .t-,, J. t th I.ommitteeon the District llllllllill iw men . ... of the appointeaoy uie jl,c-u. - - Connecticut Anti-oiavery wwtc.j, - ter dated "Hartford, March 4th, 1839," put to you the following questions, viz. Are Yu in tavor of tne immed'ate aDO" "2. Are you opposed to admission into the Union of any new State whose Constitution tolerates slavery?" The following is an extract from your re ply, dated Litchfield, March, 17th 1839, . i. ;n.r.orr.n0 of Columbia to bring in a nm r ... abolition of slavery and the slave traae .n ihst Disiricl;and if this fails, io hmisell, if rpssible bring in and Kupp.rta bill to that efiec; and .1 Ai Should be SaTBlSyS .' iiicr uurmioiis, iir. oaitonst---, " 'ne 1st November, made a liir replv. i-Se ubs:ance ol which is embraced iu the following extracts, viz: "As to the constitutional power ol Congress to abolish slavery and the slave tmde in the District of Columbia, I have neve- had any doubt, and did not suppose, until rAJently, that a icvi mo uiiiicuiiy iu coiiiiiiuiiicauug iv i u couiu oe uniue a (ut'.-in, or .... views touching questions of indisputable right, where there can be neither concession nor compromise, and such other matters as are of a nature so plain and palpable that the whole community, especially with us, will be likely to unite in the same result. "I can therefore say that, iu common with those who have had an agency in bringing my name before the public, I consider slavery as a great aud crying evil, the abrogation of which is a 'consummation devoutly to be wished,' that it is a sad commentary on those principles of freedom and equality which were inscribed by our ancestors as a frontlet upon our institutious, that the words of the Con stitution conferring upon Cougress the pow er 'to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever' over the District of Columbia are sufficiently broad to clothe that body with power to Hiinihilate, (should they deem it ex pedient,) this evil at the seat of Government; that the introduction of a foreign, independent and sovereign State into our Union is total ly unauthorized by the Constitution; and if it were otherwise:, the measure would be inex pedient if the effect would be to extend and uriravate the disease which all would extir pate, if possible, from our system; and es pecially do I think that the people should en joy the unalienable rights of speech, petition, aud the press, that these sacred immunities ouaht not lo be trifled with, nor frittered away, that no tyrajinous majority should establish zens assembled to concentrate upon the dark recesses of slavery all the effulgence of rea son, religion, and truth. "With respect to the admission of pew States tolerating slavery to participation of the blessings of the Federal coinpact, I would ob serve that no such application will be made, except by the Territory of Florida, for many years to come; and if she shi. ll present her self, as Arkansas did, with a Constitution de nying to her Legislature the power of emanci pation, and passing an irreversible t-enteuce of bondage against a hapless race, I should dread the responsibility of giving her a place among the stars of our Union." To the same questions your colleague, Mr. IJroekway, gave the following answer, viz: "In reply to your first question, I have no hesitation in saying that, believing as I do, iu the right of Congress to abolish slavery iu the District of Columbia, I am iu favor of its abo lition as soon as such a measure can be ac complished, consistently with the good ot the whole country. Two resolutions passed bv the last Legislature, had my hearty support and approbation, and embody my sentiments on this subject. They were in the woids fol lowing. "Resolved, That. Congress lias, by the Con stitution, power toaholisli slavery and the shive trade in the District ol Columbia and the Ter ritories. l'Resoleed That it is the duty of Congress to exercise the same as soon as it can he done consistently with the best good of the whole country. "To your second question, I reply, that 1 am not in favor of the admission of any new Stale into the Union, whose Cor itution tolerates slavery." These, and similar replies from your associa tes on the federal whig ticket, satisfied the aboli tionists, secured to you their votes, and placed you in Congress. JOHN C. CLARK, stand up, and tell Mr. Botts, and the people ol tl.e South, what you meant by the electors of Chenango county, vol untarily written on the third day of November, wruie you were a candidate lor Hie seal 1838, you now hold, from which the following is an extract, viz: "The right of petition is dear, and secured So the American people. Its n-jtciion by the Brit ish Crown was one cause ol serious complaint by our Revolutionary tinners. I will never consent to its denial or abridgment; but sustain it in its fullest latuude, without reference to condition or color. "The exclusive right given by the Constitu tion to Congress, to legislate for the District of Columbia, authorizes thai body to abolish sla very in that District ! The period when that power will be exercised, I trust is not remote; and when that period arrives, should I hold a seat in Congress, the appeals ol the free, ihe humane, and the oppressed, shall not be made in vain." By covertly circulating this pledge among the Abolitionists, you secured their votes, and be came the associate ol Mr. Bolts in Congress, and upon lliegrand Federal Executive Commit ,eLEVKRETT SALTONSTALL is an old political offender. He was one -of ihe commit tee in the Massachusetts Legislature in 1814, wbieh recommended the infamous Han lord Convention acted fully with ihe Federal parly of that day, and entered warmly inn their mad projects. One of the crievances they then complained of was, that the South had an undue share of power in the constitutional appoint ment of representation in Coogreas, and the; of the power would he opposed on that ground. I think it clear, also, as a general principle, that ConjrresSs has power to abolish slavery in ihe Territories. "Thequesiion as to the constitutional power of Coiiffress to abolish ihe slave trade between the States is one of more difficulty. ''But, not .o enlarge, from what examination I have ffiven ihe subject, my present opinion is, that Congress has the power to prohibit the slave trade between the Slates. "Those powers vviih which ihe Constitution has invested Congress relate to vastly important subjecis. None more so can come under tt.-eir consideration. Surely no reason can be found in their great importance, whj they should not be exercised. However delicate, exciting, or complicated, questions in relation to slavery may be, or may be made, th:-y ought, in my opinion, to be hiocirhl before Congress, and o be made ihe subject of full, fiee, and deliberate discussion in that legislative body, which alone lias ihe power to remedy these evils. No one who has noticed the 'signs of Ihe times, and the progress "'"opinion concerning slavery, not only in Ihe IJmied Slates, but throughout the civilized world, can doubt but these subjects must lie Srought forward, and that Congress tnwl, ami will, event ually, exercise their consti tutional power in relation to them. I do not now see what is lo he gained by delay, or bow these questions are to become less difficult or complicated by postponement. On the cnlraiy, with my present views, 1 am of opinion thai Congress ought immediate Iv to exercise its lull constitutional powers, by efficient legislation on the subject ol" slavery. cr JJJ'J7l'J: tl!Js considered it a sufficient dent of the United States, that, in entering on the duties of his office, he v.ade the gratu itous declaration, in ejjeci, thai he should rto any bdl iriVA had jor tls object the abolition of slavery in the Uistrict of Columbia the most objectionable sentiment eter aroiced by a Chief Magistrate of this nation. "If the slave trade is carried on between the United Slates and Texas, such additional legis lation ought immediately to be had as may be necessary and effectual to put a slop lo it." Here, sir, is conclusive testimony I tin t no less than 1'HKhlEoot of yourtighl associates the -Executive Comn.itiee," are PLEDGED A BOLITIONIS'I S ! it is believed that tw. others, making a majority of the whole body are of the same character; hut not having con clusive testimony lo prove it. I shall not name . t - i .... . mem. certain u is. mat 1 Immas tnnvin is t he candidate of the Abolitionists in Ohio for Governor. Do you don hi the sincerity of these pledges? D you believe these men avowed principles they secretly abhor, ami promised I tie abolition- ists what I hey did not intend to perlorm? If mi wnv na ve vou jomeo your name wiln theirs lor the purpose ol giving credence and weight n electioneering papers? Could you, compatibly with your own honor, or in justice to Ihe coun try, unite with men io insti nct the people, who. in your hearts, you had believed had obtained the voles of their constituents ,hy pledges whicf they lil not miend to pertorm xou, sir, are not at liberty to question iheir sincerity. I ou n i nst look upon ihem as intending lo be true to their pledges as the dewdfv emmies of Ihe dearest interests of ilie South as the chosen leaders o! those fanatics who will, if they cn, liberate your slaves, even by fire and sword. Yes, sir, you have associated yourscl with men who stand pledged lo abolish slavery in .'.he L)ist of Columbia if they can, lo interdict the trans portation ol slaves Irom one State to another, to oppose the admission into the Union of any new State wheiein slavery exists, lo oromhit the transportation of slaves to Texas in fine, men who have given all ihe material pledges which abolinonism has asked, lo those artlully designed measures which are intended to pre pare Ihe way for the grand drama of Abolition, at whatever hazard throughout the slave hold ing Stales. Already Ihe fanatics of the North are heard to abjure the Constitution aud repu diale the Union, if the one or the other shall be lotind lo obstruct the progress ol what they call the "Holy Cause; aheady they disclaim re sponsibility for any blood that may be shea in their mail crusade. Already they invoke ihe names of God and religion to sanctify a course which leads directly lo rebellion and murder already are many o ihem imbued with Ihe fren zied zeal, which, in Europe, induced hundreds of thousands of infatuated men, witti Peter the Hermit ami l-is successors at their head, lo pre cipitate themselves upon Asia, for the purpose of rescuing the holy sepulchre from the hands of the infidels. And you, a southern man a Virginian, a Re presentative of the country threatened to be desolated by a fanaticism more relentless and bloody than the barbarism of the Goih and Vandals, make yourself the associate 'of the LEADERS in this crusade against your own .constituents, thus giving them character, cou rage and strength! You put your name with theirs on papers designed lo influence Ihe peo ple of the South ymi, or your confederates send Iheir franked packets to delude the victims i hey are watching u destroy you make your self one of them, iheir friend i their ally. iheir confidential counsellor, their active assistant, in measures calculated, whatever may be your in tentions, to extend their influence and establish their power. Do you doubt that such is the effect of the grand drama, commencing with the . . tt . U.rriahnrir throuffh nomination oi narriwm a 77 t . uTL the influence ol the abolitionists, which the Ex ecutive Committee of Aholilnisis ouui. xr i.;r, ol whirh von are a memuer, w p- pointed to sustain? Probably you have not seen the evidence of this fact; and I submit a lew ol them for your inspection. . Upon the announcement of the results " " Harrisburg Convention, the Liberator, publish ul at Roslon. said; "We regard this (Harrison's nomination over Clay) as another imiiortant sign ol tne limes as a signal defeat of the slaveocracy power in that convention. Had it not been Tor abolition ism, Henry Clay would undoubtedly have been nominated. We have faith to believe that NO SLVEHOLDER WILL KVtK auauv BE PERMITTED TO FILL THE PRE SIDENTIAL OFFCE IN THIS REPUB- LIC." The Emancipator, published at New York, "Well, Ihe agony is over, and Henry Clay is laid on the shelf. No man of ordinary inte h (Tpnc.e can doubt or deny that it is ihe anti-sla very feelir.g of the North which has done it, in connection with his own ostentatious and infa mous pro slavery demonstrations in Congress. Pr,;n , r..l Lr a irreat anti-slavery victory A man of high talents, of great distinction, of long political services, ol boundless personal popularity, has been openly rejected for the Pre- votion to sYd very:" &etu'VmhWieh'i qTyrb erress there! Let the winds tell the tale. Let the slaveholders hear the news. Let foreign nations hear it. Let O Connell hear it. L.et the SLAVES hear it. A SLAVEHOLDER IS INCAPACITATED FOR THE PRE SIDENCY OF THE UNITE' STATES The reign of slaveocracy is hastening lo a close." The Philanthropist at Cincinnati summed up the iiibC'C 'n ,h? fol owin werls, vz; "The views of ami slavery editors regarding the Hainsburg nomination, shouid be known bv our leaders. Th y all we bc li. ve, ricoiinise the fact that the rejection of Mr. Clay, and retention of Gen. Harrison as the candiilate of the Opposition, :ire, to some exti-nt, a concession lo the spirit ot libeity in the North." Thn Lib rator said, in February Inst: "It will bo rcm-uib r- d, that in balloting lor a candidate at Harrisburg, all the delegates from the s'ave-h.ildin Stofs voted for Clay n every tiial, until a chuice was effected. Th South then was def- at d in all its wis'ies. It tried lo get a slave-holriV. nominated, and could not succeed, SOLELY BECAUSE HE WAS A SLAVEHOLDER. Tlie following is a part of a resolution adopted by 'he Massachusetts Anti-slavery society at their unnu.il meeting, viz: 'Rr.nlrni. That we regard the refusal of the Harrisburs Convent. on to nominate Henry Clay us a candidate for the Presidency as a signal and i'lorious triumph of truth ovi r error, of liberty over lav. rv. and we believe the course f that man on the subj ct cf slavery has completely blighted all his tonuiy cherished hopes of bi coming the - Chief Magistrate .f this nation," &c. &c Passing over a volume .f similar testimony, I come to the repoit of the "Executive Committee f tlie American Anti-s!nverv fcoci tv," made at their Lite a'iniia' meetin in iNiw Y rk, an extract ot wheh is 1'iibti -lied in the Ant -si very Repoiter of th.; t r sei.t month. This document be ng the cm hoi'iment ot the vr ws of Abolitionists for the a hole Ci'Untrv. holds the following language viz: "We ihr a c our c.tiie conviction lhat THE CAUSE it-elf, for which the Society was formed anil to which it is therefore inerelv secondary, is a'lvaneiri in the public mind with GREAT RAPIDITY AiND POvER. The r jec ion Hcmy t lav a slaveh Ider a-id Ut nl r ot slavi ry IS A WAYMARK IN OUR HISTORY." "The peao ful d liverv of that poition of r Extract of a letter from a gentleman of Norto.k, (one of a volunteer company,) dated Southamp ton, August 26, 1831. "We saw several children whose brains were knocked out, and we have accounts of the muroer of sixty -eight men, women, and fbildren. Here, air" is-a specimen of PRACTICAL ABO. r Tmi-k . T - k:-H mnv be expected whenever black conouers white, or the epuil Ol darkness prevails over light. It is a scene wnicn will become as broad as your land, whenever the j k., sect of Abolitionists produce their natural tffect. And Jfu ant' vo.ar . . n ii i r2..lanrl are blmdlv teoutnern associai- s, oen an u ... - aiding this fell spirit in its bloody, progress! You 9 . .ta tn inmmn. ,c,.u.- ..u.rT. -r -..u:.,A h. that mcute the victory over tne coum, "- -j -sect at Harrisburg! Y.,u not only subimt to the proscription of all Southern rnen I rem me irrc-.uC... cv. but you divide the South, lessen n moral, po litical, and phj skal powers, and blindly pve aid, m(nrt. assistance, courage, and strength, to tne Abolition f,f -lavery in the District of Colu mbia with its insertion iu the columns of the Naiionul Inicl it erc r, -hou s 1 1 - heginior g ot a il anr the feelings of slavehi.hteis. Th. diminished vot i i . i . . iy m men ine ongr- si-n.i' gaff Was carried at l tie pi es' nt session, proves that ttio North is less si rvi'e than it was." And h id the committee known the fact. wou! ih y not have ullud d to the n.i Ii :? of Abo itjon iis nd Southerners on th. Grand t tarrison C. m mitte as exhib ti:v; a progiessive 'change in ih I l.n s of s-iavehf.fileis " anil as the strongest ev acme that 1 Hb OALibli," is advancing "w th If cat ra; id tv and power? Yon see. sir, ihut a .-hour of exultation t.n l om in g oomv n n's of mad Ab. liUun when they saw that an An eri. an t ilesman was reject ei as a caneinaic lor xne ire-idency tneie'v b caus h v i s a Iavclii.Mt'i! lhis prosciipt on of th Wa-hington, th J. ffers n, and ihe iV adi.-o s the fcoi.t i, hlhd tiiem nh iiretiri s-i' le del l t 1 : . 1 . . .i . C a. u in neir ;.-.ia. y uny ca led on tlie winds lo Mi Ihe t 1c!" And as the demon dp.r-i d ovi Washington to announce the tidings to "th" s ave and "the s'avehoVer"' of the sunny rest' n, h Fmii.o at seeinti John M. Bo'ts, John Bell, and Kice Lri r and, in cm c rt with Truman Smith, ( . C a.k, ami Levcrett Sa tonsiall, lakii g the mos en ci.ve si. ps to ci n-urntnate the victorv! Une wouid tlunk lhat the proscription of n can didate, eve y other way prele abl - and preferred .... ,j . -vuu. iik n.is a iiveiKDu. r, wouid nave induced every man ol the S-uih v ho regards the equality secu ed loh m by the Constitution, to rrpu diate and denounce th proceedings of the Harris buifr Convention as in the hi hest d. er- e wn.njrlu and insulting to their country. Yet, snbn i?sion to inai anoi prnscripnon, tiunuiiating and de- rar'ini; as it was, ought to be considered bet as a feather comparea w nn me essnti:it and all-pervadin in teiests put i J-opaidy by an union, for any pur pos-, with the lenders of Abol lion. All the South justly looks upon the attack on sla very in tne Uistrict of Columbia as an attack upon the outworks of th Southern Stat s, to be fol'owed if successful, by a general assault upon their do- uiesilV IIISUUIIIOIVS. It looks upon the means taken to accomplish this end as directly ca!ciilated and evidently d. sigm d to uinuuiciii, reuenion, ami servile war. Kveiv imr tnat encourages and strengthens ttie Aboli- iioiiins, aggravates the danger and places in j. opar dy, not only the DroDertv of everv Snnih. m but his life and the lives of his wife and children! una lornid tnat.i should charge yon with dcsjuriinu to produce rebi llion and murder by your op. n as" . .nun wnn Aiioiiuonisis; dui i ocg you Serious ly to reflect, win ther you are not blimllv ontiihu. tins to that resi It. I beg you to look h.-k t h past, iook at your associates, look at their pledges consider the consequences if they were earned o t,' and then determine whether it be cnmii,ku .....u A i I C "XT' ' 1 " i nriiu .j .. mr- iupic ui iMgnnii longer to asso ciate with Messrs. Smith, Clarke, and alionstall, in the support of their candidate, and whether yon rfo not insult that people by invoking the aid of such men iu icacu uicin lor wnom inev shall vole as President! You cannot doubt the mH t ...i,:u their pledges and all the movements of their Abo- linoii ninsuiuenis airecnv lena. Hou. ...... c. . . .u I o u -;-v,..uiiirEi.i leu uicuuiiuii ui Kiuuuiaiupionr j,et me refresh your ujemory. extract ot a leitcr nom tlie senior ecNt. r v. o.l I u;l: j. i -r. . . " .t:u,uu..u ou Jerusalem, Southampton Court-house, Thursday evening, August 25th, "Here, for the first time, we loan,.. ,i . . of the insurreion ar d the mischief perpetrated. Rumor had infinitely exaggerated the first, swelling the number of the negroes to 1000 or I9nn representing its ramification. u - ' w;1 ZIa Pitiful c?u?., particularly Isle of uui u was hardly in the PIT!' 1 r"Tr lt8e,f 10 ct!,te the atrocities W hole Sll ft JsTZS Jent"- suckling babes, and W SiM'S thrown into heaps, and left to be devoured by hoos and do?8, or lo putr.ty on the spot, At Mr. Le W aller s, his wife and ten r hitdr . ' J T i A .chool wa, IBsifc.: murdered several of tho helpless children CUIIIIU H vv, t- . I ,U t,r fanatics whose knives are wncueu iu of your people! inri A., mim. u in hv a course SO of degradation and danger to the proud and intelli gent people whom you have th honor to represent? nl hum Mr- Van Bircn tk.fr trfdt K5m na h an worthy of tlu:i tt A A ik.n . lAA AKnlilinnlftS? UOC9 he At oon uith thnm in Imstilitv to a isationa Eankf internal improvementa by the General Gov ..- n Annrossivc tariff? And on the vita subject of Abolition, has he not pledged himself to the South as a President ot tho iT....jeini..muhL hv ii veto uDon ary act of ..uur.ios loaimiiii. .ivory in the District of Co lumbia? Is it po.-eibv, thai th riDhlR and inieres s of tlie South could ba more i-a'e under any other man as President? Is it probable that they would be. as safe in the hands of a candidate nominated ihroushthe influence of the Abolitionists, and sus tained bv their pledged leaders? Or do yon agree with your friend, co-comr. ittce man. and co-worker in the Harrison cru.se, IVIr. Saltonstall. that it is "a sufficient cround for wan of conJi;'"ce in the President of the United States (Mr Van Burcn.) t'lat in eatennff on the duties his office, he mafic the gratuitous declaration, in ef fect, that he should veto any bill which ha;l f r i!s oSject the ubolition of slavery in 'the District of Columbia?" Do you think with Mm, trial mis is "the most objectionable sentiment evei avewed by ttie Uhier Magistrate ot this nation." u you an, I am sure your constituents and the people, of the South do not. I am sure that they will lally behind this certain and impregnable defence, ir stead of beinz tempted by aspirants to office, gamblers upon elections, or men blinded with prejudice and pas sion, to place their d-arest interests in the hands of the candidate of Smith, Clark, and Saitonstall, who has lately avowed, in a pnblic speech at Cleveland, Ohio, that he "v ILL NOT VKTO ANY BILL WHICH CONGRESS MAY PASS!" People of the South, choose which you wiTl have for President, Mr. Van Buren, who :s ptibl.cly pledged to veto any bill to abo'ish slavery in the District of Columbia, or Gm. ral Harrison, h is publicly pledged to veto no b II wlrc'i Congress may pass. AMOS KENDALL. N. B. I have seen your article in the National fn tel'igencer. Do net flatter yoursi If ith th-; notion ihat I address my h ttcrs to you because I care a li. for yourself, vour charges, i.r your afmse. From the Vern ont Gaz tte. ITnparnllcIed Rascality SIX Alfred Kelly, Chairman of the Whig Cen tral Committee, at Columbus, Ohio, has issued the most vile, abusive aud secret circular, that ever disgraced any name, sect, creed or party in the United States. Its avenging abuse ou the laboring classes the mechanics the masses is unparalleled in the black catalogue of human depravity. I he Lditor of the Day ton (Ohio) Journal, who received a copy of the circ ular and-who is a firm and decided whig was so utterly disgusted with its mon archical tone, that he published it in his col umus. We give the base, dastardly emanation of British N higery below. Read it Farmers. Mechanics, Laborers! And let the results of your perusal be heard in denfeuing tones of indignation at the ides of JNovember. Here it goes: Ed. Jeff. "CIRCULAR PRIVATE AND COX FIDENTIAL." " 1 he times call tor decided and energetic acnon. i ne crisis has arrived when we must have relief. Io half way measures will an swer our purpose now. The Vandals must be driven from the ca itoI at all hazards. The eud to be accomplished will justify the resort to ANY means within our power; for we stand upon the abyss of destruction, to which we have been hurried by the mad schemes of the dominant party. We must make one last desperate effort more to save cur couutry, or we are lost, irretrievably aud forever. Union and concert of action are essential to the success of the Democratic Harrison cause, li t cannot rely upon reason and ar gument to convince ihe great mass of ihe veo- ple of their political errors but they must be reacnea through thetr sufferings. And more especially is this the case with the Germans. Accustomed, in their own country, to look to the Government as the dispenser of good and evil of prosperity and adversity, we must charge home unceasingly upon the admin istration all the embarrassments and pecunia ry difficulties of the country the fall iu the r a . . price oi proauce, and proclaim continually lhat as soon as Gen. Harrison is elected, all win De prosperous trade flourishing com merce reviving high prices for wheat and mis numerous, but ignorant class, will be in duced to aid in putting down the admin istra tion from their cupidity, if nothing else. ine next class upon which we can on rate is Journeymen .Mechanics and lobar in c men. Fortunately for us, our party possesses incyoictr y ma icing money scarce, and th means of giving employment, or withholding i. j. no tnunai aim ine commnnn ni ih K.. .,UH -w tuv mjM& ed for the war-worn veteran who heads oor ranks, will sweep over the land wilh a resist less force. T.hw should be seen lo. Co lumnies the mOti vile and revolting set afloat against the old Gtneral, charged to ihe loco- focos, and rebutted with indignation by ouf party, would proauce au asiumsuiug enect. This has been done to some extent, Dut not enough. Effigies, clothed tn petticoats and hung up by tne roaa stae wouia ao much eood iu the same way. Making the locos call him a cowara ana a granny ana assert that he never was in a battle, will arouse the indignation of his old soldiers, stories of Geu. Harrison's benevolence and kindness to orphans and decrepid old men, invented and circulated far and wide would effect a great deal. "On the otner nana, couuuuauy cnarge Van Buren with being a federalist with op position to the war, and to the extension of the right of suffrage with his extravagant expenditures of the public money his gol plates, knives and forks his English coacfc and his English livery. The standing army will be a powerful weapon with the oieevancf ignorant classes. Above all, keep up the incessant aud intangible cry of corruption corruption. The post office department is fine field for this. Never stop to bandy proof with our opponents but keep them on defence Proclaim changes in every quarter, but be very careful in staling names. "Davis' speech on the reduction of labor wages by the administration, kept before the: public, will have immense effect with those who are not acustomed to investigate political matters. Ine delaulters, it artfully paraded before the public eye, will have great influence over the timid and wavering. "We have every thing to gain, and nothing' to loose in the present contest. J huigs can not be any worse; and the American people will bless us iu after times if we can, by any means, rid the country of the present corrupt dynasty. W ith this end in view, we respect fully submit the above suggestions tor your consideration, relying upon your prudence and devotion to the cause for their judicious application. 15y order ot the Central committee, ALFRED KELLEY, Chairman. Columbus, (Ohio) May 19, 1840. iness ot ine country is in our hands. Thia power alone, if judiciously used, will give us "" occuie me election ot len. Har rison. The Journeyman Mechanic, from the nature of his employment, nossesse h..t little independence of mind, and rather than lose his situation, will generally conform to me wisnes oi nis employers, in political mat ters. This course has hitherto hnn n., fully pursued in other parts of the country, and if commenced soon in this Stnt a cautiously perse veied in until the election, will briug thousands to the standard of Har rison Democracy, or comnel those hn obstinate, to seek employment elaewhorA nA thus loose their residence and their vote. The reasons assigned for all this, must h ihi prostration of business br the ruinous r i vft uie aamiDisirauon. by. "The time for argument has indeed gone . The passions and prejudice f ti pie mjist be appealed to Thi nlnn. arouse them from the fatal slumber into which .uy .mv oeen tuned by the svren song of vwnwracy. nvmnnthv fA wronged is a powerful chord in tho heart when properly touched; and when arous- Fro n Bell'd New York New Era. Tlie Cause of Temperance, Nothing so well distinguished the total de pravity of the Opposition than the efforts they make to withdraw the attention of the people from the important principles involved in the coming Presidential election, by the studied and systematic cry of "corn bread and hard cide." The calls for their meetings are gen erally noted well by the public announcement lhat 'hard cidercan be obtained in abundance.' In the New York Times we find a notice ia the editorial columns that the "Tippecanoe Club" of the 1st Ward were to raise a liberty pole. The potleis decorated with "a barrel of hard eider, handsomely guilt," in lieu, we im aine, of the "liberty cap." The advertising colunius of the same paper contain several notices of meetings, which we re-publish for the satisfaction of those who are not in the habit of perusing the British Whig journals: "HARRISON AND REFORM." The Tippicanoes of the 2d Ward, and all others friendly to the cause of Harrison aud Tyler, are requested to meet at No. 58 Beek man street, (late Floyd's) This Evening, 2d iust., at S o'clock, to orgauizea Club for the 2d District. A Band of Music will be in attendance. Some goo.l speaking and singing, hard ci ler, &c. may be expected. June 2, 1S40. FIFTEENTH WARD TIPPECANOE CLUB. The members of this association are re quested to attend the regular meeting on Wed nesday Evening, June 2d, at S o'clock, at Constitution Hall, No. 650 Broadway. Punc tual attendance is particularly requested, as a delegation from Newark, N. J. is expected to visit the Club. All Tippeeanoes are invited. N. B. Hard Cider iu abundance. By order of . NOAH COOK, President. Wm. B. Walsh, 0 . - D. S. Graudin, j Secretaries." In the State paper, the Albany Evening Journal, notice is given that the erection ofa "log cabin," at Cherrv Valley, will take place we quote from the Journal "In honor of the Farmer of North Bend, the Hero of Tip pecanoe, of Fort Meigs, and of the Thames Harrison, the warrior aud statesman, whose glories are both military and civic, like those tne lather ot his country, (Washington,) whom he resembles. A barbacue of a roasted ox, hard cider, corn bread aud bacon, and the ac companiments, w ill be ready for the occasion. From ihe Old Dominion What tlie Honest Whigs Say. Mr. James Henderson, a political friend of Geu. Harrison, residing at South Bend, Indi ana, indignantly remonstrates in a long letter against the plan of putting the "old hero" un der keepers. The following is an extract from his long letter upon the subject: "But it may emphatically be asked, whether the further reasons you assign are such as the great body of the "General's, supporters are willing to approve, for the refusal to give tb reply asked? Can it be that they will agree in the affirmation, that "the General make no further declaration of his princqdes for the public eye whilst occupying bis present position that his views in regard to all the im portant and exciting topics of the day, have heretofore been given to the public fully and explicitly. That no new issue be made totbe public from the consideration that the national convention deemed it impolitic to publish any declaration of the views of the great opposition party! As asincere friend of the General, Jet31 inouire. whether ha has ever expressed any public opinion on the propriety of the adoption of a general bankrupt law, by Congress, so that its operations might be equal in all WJ States of the Union? Does not the worm know that we are entirely in the dark as to the opinion of Gen. Harrison on this point; no views of his having ever been publicly in relation thereto! Who knows his opi-.wu' an the question of a United States or Natto"
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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