71'.JK kuh It 4C J Itt I4'r4
CmV sad we assy so 0
acta..
CL R. I i4 1 bf yea ?
iho, f 1 mi ewre ef foot epposiuoa te
thi wuw of lie peesc&l JLJoiaiiu
Capiat. Wkatwf r Mkr measures
easy support, I shall, M the tarn of say
bJijr, oppose U.IS, OS I CaSr H
sag Um Am dodnng the Preside with
abewlwXe fwtt, We SS'gU M we3 VOle
Luw the craw a aad sceptre at eare, teaser
Ua the oath of allegiance, as
tiM 1.1a tislM uJ leral S I
eeee Mam ctssaiaed One scheme, but
unco I kitt, I sat asieaiebod.
I-cl fer cf Jadjc XXarttr i,
or oiiio.
Ci3cur.aU, Aag.ti. iSte.
J- Sir? ! have had the pleasure of
reeeivsng jour kt'er of lha I tha iaL. r-
qMitf me to attend m Convention of
ilia friend of Gea. Harrison, ie Eastern
Peaasylsaaia. ta be be Id ia the vy of
Lralr 91 Ibe I Sift of &eptgmxt MSU
1 cm assure yoo. with real simplici
ty , that there if nothing coaneclrd with
tit affairs of lit in which 1 take greater
jatrtesi, than ia the object 10 be advaoo
J by tba Cdotcauoa. which yoo iuiw
sue k auend. Wert it ia at power to
eesply year request, 1 shoulJ da
oe wit the greatest alacrity, because I am
roSJBt that the preserranoa of the li-t-rrtica
f lis nation de,Mods oi 1st toe
of tbe cause, for the a-lvanee-eem u!
hiea joer convention baa teen called.
Those of ear citlze as who know front
vaeaury, ti I da, or oho htvs otherwise
leant, lb separable condition of ttiia
coaotrr at tha cImo of tha rtvoiutiooirv
vtr, aa J ihc ttlkt affor Jed by tha adip
uoa aaa wunful adtaiattnuja bfUie oa
aiitatioo of 1783, onder the aafpicet of
aabiogtoa, via know bnar lo appreciate
bt vauie t tba tottrBornt, and the itoptr
taaoa of freaertitf it ia ita orifinal puri
fy. Tbo rcjrolouoaary oar bad left Hie
A BKrtcaa people ia poverty and ilie'rrse
. -tbot imj wilhout eoentof rce
vittivot ataatilaetorea oithoot jarfdit.
Ml wiiboet aaUtoat charae er, UoJer
Vtt aod veil arnoif J vteai detia
d by WaabinftoD, Md Jtithfally punofd
ty U bi evcroaart, t4l 1829, the Amr
icea poopte roao from ferly anJ ilia
treta to oaae and aciaeaco, and fruui if;e
reproaebfu! acoff vl Europe to the levrl
f tba oaoat honored and reeptrted ot
ti wa on tha glob. That potior aa
fithfulle puriufd by ttery i'reiidrnt.
J;oia Wai&iD(toa lo the ymvget Adawa
iutUltt, and bad it been pereiatcd in till
the preecet day, imainatioo ean acarcelr
conctite the beahb of prosperity jo
which the American peupie coulJ, ere
thie lioie, bare atuioed.
t may nfely bo affirmed, that the
oflj baa aercr oiiaeaaed euch aa ia
euore vf rapid eferau'aa aa our nation
prrtcatcd ia 1829. fa the- aorl peri
od of forty yeare, o bad tieo from
poverty to oerfljinj tttoodaace, and
freai frei(a deriaion tt tha auramil of
national renooa. Oar fl u aeeo oo
ctery ocean and aea-.it paad without
ioauit or molestaUoo. aod brought back
lo Mr ahorea the wrakh ol all ptirtiotia
i4 tbo globe: and let it be remembered
the frotta of that wiae ayatem of policy
rare enjoyed by all claa'aea of the rom
tau&ity. The moat bumble diy-lbrer
participated ia the profile, aod in the gl
ry, whieh the wiae oeajuree of lha g.
yerameni procured for the nation. A field
wai opened for the induatrioua aud enter
priainf citizen, though humble and oh
aeare. la We to wehh and dtatinciion. i
Credit, the poor oan'a eapttal, could be
reiilr cbuiuad, and it rrely liapened
tnai laiem, tnougn uncultivated, J con
oected wttb toduatry and houtaty, fil?.
to obtain patronage.
rbie, air, aaa the condition of tha
American people in 1829. After that no
M the yttem previoualy puraued wa
Manoobed, aud a uCeion f untiicil
cxpenmeau was reported to. cumtuene
a .
if unaar me adtnu,utration of Ilea. Jk
tva. Ums, undju'jtedk, the design of
km unncuiiuea man. when he ocut in
to oH.ce, i auminuier the e rernment m
lha pri&ciplea he had previously avowed,
arnica were apprayc by tUo great raws
of Jhe f.eo,4i. aud he waalj have done
0. tl be bad fallen into boueat Laiitli: hu
onfortunauly, ibe chief now at the head
'f Ibe nation gamed hit entire confi
dence, and became Lie principal adier,
a ltd bad a couiroiltog agency tn biin;ing
oh tut the cturae of experiment which haa
lroia a j Oeiiructire to tbe prosperity
J hapotneoa of the nation.
IVhea Mr. yn Curen aucceeded to
tie rreaueney, b p roqjiaed lo tread in
hefouipa of hia illa.irioue predecea
wr. Aa fr aa those etepa wore the im
pieaa of errar. La Jij HlifW Uieni. bl
U tle euund principlea
whch ha wleceaMr had advanced in
laa letter to U.e lgi.Uiureof Tennea
and in bu inaugural addreaa to Uon
freai; and reacted to a eucceaaiuu of ar.
feitary racaaureaat war with thoae prin.
lea and witli the praeOce of all tbe chief
eaagiaiMtee who had preceded bim. I.
waa left .,r the lawyer of Kinderhouk U
..caver thai Wa.bington. JVflVraon. M
on, Monroe, and the ehler and younger
Adama, were ignortnl of the prion idea f
4heeon.uiuuop,,nd blJ 'lnioutered it
-tonn? period ol f.,r yrir, in fiuUlio
of ita plain ip,,rt! Far one. I ,,,11 ,
Vll to dieiuib the eoniplcney Uiich
tt.y tive bee produced i hia w.nd by
ouch unparalleled t anjty. o thi. extra
ordinary d.eeo.err, be ju.nfi.. h own
ooarae. aud md,a.ea the roe4.
aioree be it pwau.nj. And what bia
free Ihejr r.anU! Ua r.p..Ur b the!
AtU4o faUco Xio the piaaylo f proiperi.
ty aJ bariibeti.et!joy(d i 1623. lo lie
alley 4 btma ad drvpowdrac) ?
il'lui tbe eyHeaa, natared by the Ulhcr
f tbe cwatry, waa aJbercd to, the auoa
roao va wealib. bapoioeaa a4 character,
wtib uetaojplcd rapidity; bat waea lb at
ayeteaa aa aMadaacd. and Air, taa Bo
tea caaao tote power, tbo rroepef.ty oi
Ibe eoantry waa eadJeoly cbecieJ aa if
aapped by tbe firot of death; tad freta
that day, we bae bent aiatie with a to
lectiy M nrxaaaptcd aa tbal wbicb bad
aiked the uitxrcaa ot oor cleeabeo,
It ia evUeat that tC-cie eaanot be pro
datd oiiibAut adeeat cm ace. lYbea
wo eee a oa'ioa, ondcr the operation of
a well dtf&dcd cotuee of policy, ataddy
and rapidly siting, wiJioct s chcrk.
tbroogb a periad of fur ty yeare, be can'
eot but event the proapersiy of that
nation U the fhn on which iu govern
meet ha been adminiatered; and when
we eee that plan abaad-rd for new, no
uied expedient, and diarover that the
prwcperity of the country ia eoddetdt
rheked and deatroyeJ, who can beaitale
la trace the efft'ci to ita prudectn eauie!
At cm and v a l!e proaperity of the V.
State, from 1783 to 1829, waa the ia
euit of a write admiaittratioo of ita gov.
ernment, ao rrriaiuly ia the t!iirra aod
erbbarrtaameot wbirh now overaba
dja the land, the legitimate result of
eew policy and arbkrarr toeaiuret
in'roduecd by Mr. Van Duren. ti in
trlligent eaan can doubt itno candid
mad will deny it. and no patriot will be
eitve a taoment, to put forth all the mar
gy which ! and n.ture have given
him to terminate a policy, by wWb such
resalta have been produrcd. It ie time
to abandon the n w dcttructive meaturea.
borrowed from the depute ofCurojie, be
fure Iher abalt have consummated their
sjiachirf, and to place the adminietralinn
of the government in the banda of wiae and
nriu-.ui men, who will lake council from
experience forsake the lootatepa of foil?
and ignoranee and return to the plain, re
puoliran patbe of the lilottnoua nen, on
der wbte guidance we were happy and
prosperous Such men are to be found
in thia country. Wo ace thrin ia the
noiniuece of the Hatriaburg Convention.
It lias leen oty lot to be itertonally and
intimately acquainted w tth those dtsttn
-tiished geotleioen for a number of yrate.
iney are bout intelligent, experienced
autetmen, 4her are ture. couautent.
JrU"iaonian republicans.
Huh the illustrious Nrmer of orlh
uend, my acqoaiaUnce has beeo lhe4
most imiai ie. and of grcatett duration.
leommeneed in 1793, when be waa a
Captain in the army of Gen. Wayne, and
commandant or rurt Washington. 1-rom
thai time lo the prreent day, I bavo been
familiar with hia course of life, both pri
rate and public. Laborioua industry and
unyielding integrity have beeo prominent
trait in hia character, nr haa h been
dimnguished by these more than by ao
orieiy ana rieuevwlenre.
Kmduese and onaaeminir aimnhcitv
of msnncrr hae marked hi intercourse
t'a men of all eradea of aocietr. No
hoaest man, whether high or low, rich or
poor, baa been slighted by him. The
traveller ha alwaya found a reeling place
in hie bubble, but hopitibl and well
eupplied mansion, and never did the own
er of that mnion oner a gieater truth.
than when be told the brave men wl.
had returned with him from the victort
ou fitil of Tippecanoe, that "ther nev.
er ahould hud hia door ahut. and tha
airing of th Jatch pulled in." With him
the accumulation of wealth hi licit ben
a leading or.jVct. fie never wa ambi
lioua of aping the folly of th.isc who in
dulge in eairavagant, aplendM equipage,
lie never believed that yueh displays in- j
crease the dignity, or A (Ui the happi
nese of hta. The cultivation of the soil
haa been hi favorite purfuii, and Ameri
can farmers bae been the companions f
a large portion of hia time. Tleated with
their aimple mode of liing, ae well as
with theit occupation, he adopted it m
early life, and haa found it to be entirely
Congcniid with hia feelings; while it hai
cuatjed lino In iadulge hia natural t .se
enifof o, at tVljt. bad dee before
Ma it wa, oo tM.bt, ni but bU wbea
Lo bum aid-de-cask p to CcerrJ ifaya
tat tbo tlcctcirc faattle 4 the JlMsaee,
wbkb, ia fact, terminated tha revolutio.
arr war. TU fame evekade adorned hi
bat bra it ara pirterd by stile bH,
ia tbo batae of 1 ippccae or, ud w lea be
rooqaered the eacmiee of bie cooauy at
Mtaawstaaawa, ran tueigf, aaa Ibe
TLasnee. !i was tbca ibe bad; of ftili
try profession, not of 11$ politic; let
oe Mtire yea, air, thai the aiaa obe
atrribee to tiai the tlatl cwcktdo aa a
political badge, alaaders bisa auot tdely.
Wbea that signal diatinguUhed the par
ties of the day, I waa ia baoite of iuti
eaaer with him I saw biua alaoat ererr
day, and aUtrra before h'sh Heart n. that
bo m aa open, decided aapporter of
r. jrutrson, agii.rt tbe cider Adam.
Had it been other aisr. be woklJ not
bare beca sup poittd io the territorial
liIature of 1799 as the Democniie
eabdidate for Congress against Arthur
St. Clair, jr- who was the Federal can.
didate, and received arcry IVderal tote
ia Dotn boosts. Having been tur,clf a
member of that legi.lature. I caunot be
deceived; and Ileavco knowe thai I have
no desire 10 deceive others. Bat thia f,n
lca not real on mt dcrluation alone.
Judge Sibley, of Detroit, and General
larhngtoa of West Union, who. with mr.
elf, are the only servitors of that body,
mvj -oaue we same declaration. They
afSrra that IlirrUon was recognised, bv
both parties, as a JrOVrsouan tepulltean.
ou iuai iu election, as auen. was bail
ed a a Democratic triumph throughout
the teriiMry.
I tie rbat acter aud life of the t enera.
hie patriot whota you support for the
lVeaideney, has been scrutinized, by
torn and Haatptoo. Jadr Liviegstoo
and saaay tfiatiagotahed vfiecrs of the
array end aaty.. Tbe gtieau were a
ere d into the giautf rocna wiib the fv
mite Bason J muticof IIaIl UoIua.bt.'
Upoa tbo compin j t awemblieg. aa ex
ceHcat Md appropriate prayer was tStf
ed by the iltt. Mr. Van IV!u end a sim-
dar ceremony trpeated at ibe removal U
me ciotn.
Tbe iatcrior of the ball was adorard
ia the bighevt etyle of taate aod brilliaa-
er. Forty aaiioaal flags and military aiaa
ras graeed toe scete. Two elee ant aod
descriptive traaaparcitcie. embtemaucal
of tbo wknuriee of Geo. Uatrisoa and of
Goaaotodore Terry, and executed by tbe
mastcily bencll of Mr Holland, afforded
gratificatioa to eery beholder. We aa-
derUad tltat ibe w bole of ibe decorations
were disposed agueaUy la the taste of
mat l.orrl and patriotic aruat. Tbe d.a
n-r waa excellent, and lie table orna
meatcd with elegiat aad euiulle ea
wins in tbe rwbesi style of fancy..
Mesr. Mariliof and Cezzens are eati
tied to Uie highest ptaiM iW tbe prompt
Banner ia which m exeslieul an eutrr
tainaneat wse furnished.
lho following are a portioa of the re
gular and eoluoteer toasts:
The President of the United States-
Honored ia the attachment of tbe Ameri
iLesa, witch I say bewrtrrr do at aaee
Im(m i!,r.M -
bat do mt soaibera die ads iLiab of
ibis? If Mr. Vm Berea s ta ieei.Bg m
sbvltuooist oogU the Booth W Best bim?
PuidAmmt ef Frttuh Tkfjx.Httt.--
Muo. Duraad, coUcctor of tare en roe
1st disirkt of Pari, UT
fore ilie Goort of Aesixee l the Seine,
on tbe charge of having appropriated of
tbe public atonty lo bie own use, oreea.
brzxied. 39,099 friars (six thousand dol
lars.! Tbie officer is abate sixty years of
age, and bad borae aa exeI!eet character.
He appeared ia Court wiib tbe Cerent
ttoa of the lgioa ot lion or, wmcn,
tnoueb it bad been obtained by meritori
ous conduct, tbe Judge would not permit
bim to wear, being arraigned for crime.
It appears that this embezzlement com
laeaeed ia 1823, an J bvl siaee beea en
Boally arcuwiulatiag. Tbe lawyere ex
erted themseltres to the atmosl, pr and
eon. Tut jury brought ia a vrrutet oi
guilty, and the offender was sentenced to
eight years bard labor ia the galleys,
exposition ia the pillory, and b fine of
four thouaaad francs, or so additional
twelve monthe imprisonment if the fine
was not paid, Aod tbe Judge added.
Vm have beea wanting io honor; I
therefore pronounce ia tbe n.tne tbe Ijb
caa people, and in the (Vara aod hatred if ion of IIobot. thai yoa hare ceased to
of their enemies. 3 cheers.
Tbe memory f Washington, ihe Fa
ther 01 bis loootry "tirst in war. first
in peace, and first ia tbe hearts of Lis
countrymen.
Tbo'mae Jefferson A name ever lo be
revered, whilst the Independence of bis
country is dear to its sons. 9 cheers.
1 he plaudits of a grateful people, the
patriot hero's best rewstd. 9 cheers.
Music-Harrison's March.
Mjnr General Harriaon The Deliv
erer of lha Western Frontier. 17 cheers.
Major General Dearborn. 12 cheers.
Major General Hampton. 12 cheers.
Daniel D. Tompkins Govrruor of the
stain of New York. 12 cheers.
be a member thereof. JIju Jijfcrtnlh
art the thatneftd defautlert tf thie ceut
fry treated! Register.
LET IT BE REMEMBERED!
That iho term L"S Cabin and
fiord! Cider trre
o
not, as
the false
searching leeuUtite journals, and liCti.
odical publication; aud it ie a remark
bie fact, thai bia euemica Lave not been
hie to find pi oof to sustain one of the
thousand calumnies they bate propnga.
ted against bim; on Ihe contrary, these
researches bate established the purity of
his principles aod practice io nublieiife.
and iho talent and fidelity which bae UtKlOUS CHARGES AGUKST MB. VAN
marked. What a couUast do these in- 8UKEM.
veatigations exhibit betoeeu bim. and the J, D. Dot, esq. the deiegite ia Con
wol or the officedndder! They show, grets from the territory of Wisconsin,
that when Uarnaoo was defending the ta an address lo the people of the Unit-
pioneers oi me weai at the rapids of the ed Mates, brings against Mr. Vsn Bureo
Maumre, and exooains? his health and a formid.hlo
life in the swamps of that severe region, (upon documentary evidence which, the
Van Buren had nn been heaid of bevond New York A merican remaiLa. wuultl. in
mo precincie of Kindcrhook that when other times, hare subircted tha Chi,f
' wa ucieaiiiiB- iue IiiUians and Itri 1 Maviatralo lo imneaelunent. lmn.
,l Tippecanoe, Mississinnawa, Foil other thingt, he charges thai a aneeifie
Meigs, and the Thames, in the last war, appropriation of $31,009 made by Con
an uurcn was onposin? Air. Alatliaon. reaa lor the erection nNuMii hnu., li
, a - ia - - - - sj w
and deviaiiig means to eupcreftle bim by been withheld, and applied to the cree
io election oi tie tviu uunton, the acHon ol the Hub Treasury building i
knoledi(ed Federal candidate. WashinsbMi: that the President has an
Mr. Madison, who knew Gen. Harti I pointed men lo fill the offices of the terri
son thoroughly, declared in ono of his lory of Wisconsin who are ut:qu.l. Cud and
Communicaiiona to Conpres. that ha h.d I incom Detent, and haa relused
rendered hie country more service and I them after their anfiiuesa waa ornr-.f-
received lese compensalion for it thaa a-fsinotur these, the Surreror Uener.1. ...
.1 e a ..... I . . . . . w "
j uuier inuivtuuiuien living. Uut. air, nu been previously rejected by the peo-
. -niiiecraary io proceed turu.er, ana pie, ana woo the j'reeiucn! kuew did nl
it is certainly time to relieve tour oati.
. . .
ener, wmcii nas teen already too much
trcapaseed opon. I am, dear sir,
Very respectfully, or friend,
j. BUKNBT.
A Lrarirom 13 it lory.
The DemoeraU of 1813WA opinion !' w.el
of (ienerd Harrison. 1 ). hJ .1.
. n,w iwi femucrauc i resa.
The Evening Post as well aa the o-
i.'ier rottrt papershas been laboring
uaru m prove tuat the Brilliant victories
achieved by t;en. Harrison on the Wca
win ironticr ilnring the late war were of nmto.1 i!t .... ..r t.u r. . "
------ " itii"-! viiif.riia
regarded his services in an
possess a single Qunlt&catioa for the of
fice: that this latter appointment was made
after it was proved thai the Surveyor
ri . . . -
uenerai nau oeen permitted by a Lmd
uittcer, w no is noo one of bis subordi
nalea, to purchase one of the ol Jest Lead
Mines in the district, at S1.25 the acre.
and which ho well knew the President
malum, reserved from
refused to remove tha
nhief Justice of the territory when he
wss well informed that he had b en re
peatedly u'rouk. when out of Court.
.....
nil suo upon the Uench. that he was un
.m. i i.. it .i. , .
i mo vuuni anu ai;cr it was
preraium on hia abilities or experience as
soldier. f.M us take a retrospective
mkk, ana impartially examine into ibe
merits of these chargea, which have been
si often m ilicioitalv and Msely prefer
red. Tho psr of hiaturv i. or ,!int.t.(
for reading and study, and lo gratify hU ! he, an impartial one; m from the elir.--
ana mat in l. lNJW ciiizcn, at ni .1 . ...t . , . .. . I
. . , I ",B muKr .saaociuie JU.?ge llliu w lulu Of
... ubiciii, 11 1 iiip ju.iii-iai I'liurr.il ai,. i.., I..
not conle.i.ntibh, iht. and r,i . I... i......"i s. .," "
. . 1. . 1 . 1 " I '""i:cu " iiiius ni u.ese iiiree inen.
I nri nil aniliiiiis n . . I . . M
thirst for the scqiiiiiion of knowledge.
tl- I. 1 : . a . '
, mnavi munaieu cnaracter uDjve
price his integrity -.ever yielded lo the 1
temptation ol avarice, aad though the na
lure of the duties he haa performed ga
opportunity u abstract ihntisand from
Hie pub ic money ir.truted to his care.
yet h faithfully accounts (t e vry eetu.
nd retired from vtiica without u in
crease of property. Now, aa then, he i
doomed u a ciiwrse of nn-ant industry
and fragility, because hi d.ily espentli
lures are to be met bv the avail of hi
daily labur. His plain, republican Imbiis
are the result of principles bom with
htio, or imbibed iu early life they are
not forced, or unnatural were he no
eaaed of the most splendid fortune, his
taste would lead hiu ta a plain, unos
tentatious style of living.
As W tbe tmliliCHl lessons he received
in early life, it is enough to say tint he
was orongnt up from infancy, in the
aehool of such men as Washington, Jef-
lersnn. I .trick Henrr and hi nwn
iterated father, 10 whose name an I me
mory the declaration of Independence
ill give immortality. Sunn are the prin
ciples and habit. nd such were the as
sociates of HarriMin.
Modern deioag.ig.jes hsve questioned
the politics of hi youthful dy. , Same
who have been deceived by falaehood,
but more who sro inHjeneed by malice,
have placed the black cockade tit his hat!
Kyery ram familiar with the htatory of
this country knows that aince 177C, the
e.M:ka le has been a part of the establish
ed uniform ui the American army, and
f .1 r . .
nau, ii win uie (icri'iu pi mi appointment,
by absenting himself from the territory.
failed to hold the terms of his Court re
gulady; that he had refused to remove
Hie District Attorney, after it waa nro.
ed that he had received, as fueal agent
of the territory, from the tieasury of
the Unised Slates, two draft, which he
exchanged for bank notes, wltii h he
invested in land, on specul.tion, for hi
own benefit, iu.tcad of navintf the mthlii
creditors; and that he retains in ofli.-
itiier indUidua's w ho ar in iho ll4bu of
availing iheucNes of the iuUov m
their wfficiMl poaiti.m to enrich theiua. !.
their kindred and lii(i,d, at the expense
of lha Public Treasury, and to the injury
of the htiiic.-i purch iRtrnl the public UnJs.
1 iH-e are crave rnarce. nrnl 1 hey am in
nicies of the day shall we brini- a m ,.
of evidmre in support i.f the military and
democratic pretension of G-o. Harrison
9 should mk the cheiks of the slan
derer of the Old Hero tingle with shame
at detected falsehood and villany.
We will commence our labor by giv
ing the subjoined extract. It is "lak..
I front the New York Standard of Union
i Uicember 3. 1813, a semi-weekly
newspaper, formerly published in thi
city, and edited by the late Tonj Wort-
"n Ik ,c" ' ' rfrun: e"y d npot poblin document
aa I)em.sert a. ever heed. Mrk well We make 1,0 coinine.,!: lor .urrfe
us nijfn repP( n,j confidi-ncp in which
Gen. Ilrri,...i a held by the Demo
craia oi taia.
UINNEit IN inxnil OPCE. WILLI IM
II. iUKHBDN.
Tlie gn-a-est pleasure 3ml the bet re
ward which a iruou patriot can receive
l the eratitudi; sml Tn,.n . r - r.
and geiicrmi People. Such i the man.
oer in which America rewards her ho
roes, not by the proud dmdem of imperi
al purple, but by the tes-timony of vener
ation; ibe faithful tribute of the heart.
Geo. Harrison i desevedly considered
1 he deliverer of the West. As a mark of
the high estimation iu which hi public
rr-ieea were held, an elegant dinner
aria i ttf a 9 .
eineuay, at Tammany
i
beaited nilificrf in the Vati Uurru
ranks unbljhinly anert, taken op
ojr the vtwgi to be tied as cutrb
wards; but were sneering' rati by
our opponents, ia the outset, opou the
excellent Harrison, as a reproach,
Liro they foolishly tLu'l would ruin
Itinfa k. If a llaaW usaalifdl f I a to watait
frllow-fi return, that soon after Geo
era! Harrison was immlnefrd by tbe
Ilarrisbured Convention, tbe Haiti
mure llrpublican, a Loco fr'uco pnui
puaiuhcdtue folioain:
Give bim a barrel of harJ rider, and
settle a pension of two thousmd a year
upon uim, ana my worn lor it, be will
sit the remainder of his days ia bis log
cabin, by the side of a sea coal fire, and
study moral philosophy."
The same number of the same s
per that contained the above, also
put forth the following-as il the
idea was too goud not to be repeated:
Sj I'ropotiiion.U was proposed
some time since, thai General Harrison
should be presented with a barrel of Hard
Cider, on condition of bia retinne from
the field as a candidate for the Presi
dency"
Very shortly aficr. the New York
Evriiiii? Post, in ridicule of Gen.
Harrison's medium circumstances as
to property, intuited bim and bis
Iricuds in this way:
Ccn. Harrison's poverty haa awaLad
the sympathy of the ladies of il lis district.
and they are now at work getting op a
subscription to supply the war worn here
with a suit of clothe. If yuu bare any
old shoes, old boot, old bats or old stock
ings, send them on, end ihey will be
forwarded to.ihc hero of Noitli Bend."
Beautifully lias the Evening Jour
nal, i the paragraph below, turned
the in tfii d.d HCundal into nraise:
We thank the enemy lor giying us
tlie Log Cabin as a Whig rmblem.
by etrry Indoeeoifat etrepi tktpt.
IT. J sacma ia euraa State. Tt
m look la the cadi!i ef way f aai.
try, tbe arcesaiiy f rtrraj hntZ
bera ac n. o trial coal be m
fatal lo thi arrav4 tba lo btf.,
tbe tar aurrs 4 Ike Admiatitr.ti , J,
IbtirrrsolL Tbsrrsaltw those
sarrs ar only sera la tbe g-aeral
tress, Ibe feeble sbiI pnttractad mi.
da war. aad the laVih rx p-hditu-e f
pablie saonej, Tbt Iriacip'es f
tbosa bo are at Ihe brad of alfira
otey fee kaaasj by tbe ayatraiaiic i.
crease of Kxrcctive Nrr. and il.
prttjiusal for raising an army of 200,
000 men. Uat I coogrtlatea
mr prosprri i oar uriitrtsace Imii
such a calamity as tbe prrpctBelitja of
power In the bands of tbu by buBi
it is aov abused. Tbe aubjeciioa of
a.ir best interests la iha iraprire of
power is indeed a miserable arrtiiade
and a arrsitade ia bo degree readrt!
ttl tolerable, because we aaOl-r st the
bands ufibose bom our prrsrat le.
crs bsve so oltrn stigmatized asfalac
and incapable. iBejdgiaral bf
People of the Union ia favor of the
gallant ilsrrison i!l vindicate their
character from ibe charge of let it);
ill ri e that they arrow longer ibe
dupes of flattery nor the staves of par
ty prejudice, and restore to our ha
loved country tbe peace and bappiaras
fur the pruruitiou ui which you are so
anxious.
With erntimrnfs of the bigh-M re
gsrd, I am. gentlrmea. your Irirad
aud IcUea-ciiizen,
J. L PKTIGUU.
To James DiatwngUt, tWej aad ikrs(
Couuiltcf, c. Cvlumbta, $ C.
Mvjor Eaton. The ex-eecretary rd"
war, the ex miuitltr lo Spain, and the
warm personal friend of Gen. Jackson's.
Major Eaton, has, we are pleased to
learn, taken the stump ag.inai the 8bb
Trrasury scheme. 1 Ie recently addrr.
ed a Harrison meeting ia Uuionville, Pa.
and denuunecd, io Ihe strongest teias,
this odious and ruinous scheme of Mr.
Vaa Buren, Benton, Kendall & Co. i
reduce the wages of ihe mechanics a-W
woi king men of the United States. The
Major, ia lbs course ef bis remarks, sta
led that he had for some time past lired
in tlie Sub-Treasury countries of innnar
chical Europe, end bad closely observed
ihe woiking of the Sub Treasury hum
tug in all its ramifications aod wss al
so an eye-witnesa of the distresses and
miseries of the laboring classes there.
consequent upon its introduction and per
pctaation; and he prsyed thai this with
ering, blighting curse, might be removed
from this d iomed sod devoted land. The
testimony of ihe favorite" of old Hick
ory against this darling plan of our Loco
toco President to oppress tlie woiking
men, made a deep impression on tha
minds of the assembly, who frequently
interrupted him by the most heartfelt and
enthusiastic sppUuse.
A. F. Democratic Petit.
It Is a most fittitiz Illustration of our
principles. It carries the mind back
ion piriud of republican simplicity
when our rulers were faithlui and
honest. Fortunately our country is
not ao nit! in tears, nor our nconle ao
rnrrvaled by luxury, at to forget their
Log Cabin origin. We all know that
patriotism resides among our yroman-
y. a ne watcn-iircs of Libert are
guarded and fed by lite dwellers in
i-"g Vabius. W ti aro itroud. tin-re.
fore, of the opportunity of eupporting
canuiuaie Mr t'nsi li m.
We jot fully accept (he Loij Cabin as
our cuut of arms.
Ion Buren Democracy. TU Elec
toral Ticket lor De Win Clinton, in
1312, was headed io Massachusetts by
Iarnson Gray Otis, an old Black Cockade
I ederalist, and one of ihe prime movers
of lha Hartford Contention. In Con
necticut, the Ticket wss headed bv Theo
dore Dwight, the Secretary of the Hart
ford Cuntciitioh; for the man whom these
men supported Mr. Van Buren voted.
and yet Mr. Van Buren haa alwats been
a democrat, at least. 0 tuy hit fiitmtt
J'et. ItiUl.
and present tupportert.
THE "VHiGj of SOUrit-CAROLINt.
The Columbia Southern Chronicle
contains
in"$ of
The following letter appe-rs in the Na
lional Intelligencer, and is. the "Editors
say, from a source to be relied on.
Vermont, Srptcinber 8, 1 '40.
An attempt ia made by the lloston
Morning Pott to give an impression that
the great Whig victory in Vermont i a
triumph of the Abolitionists. It is pie
cisely ihe ievere. It i a mn. signal
defeat of abolitionism. Paul Dillingham,
the Lncn-fiico candidate for Governor, is
an ablitioni. He lost Votes by Ins
aupptiitrrs electioneering for him ori that
ground. Edward D. Barber, the loco
foco candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
ia Ihe rankel abolitionist in Vermont.
l-r some years pal he has been the
editor of a io!cot abolition ncMsnaner.
1 a lon account of the proccd-j ""J 'w, ami fur yeai has been, Sec
a meeting of ihe Whig party at',eUr.v ,,f the Vermont Antt-slavtrr So
.. ... ....r ' tciety.
1.1. fn me tiiiiniri. i'i m.. '
We mnke 1,0 comment; lor surely none ing was addressed by the Hon. WadJr ' - .
..necessary. Jlesitct. rlQttmin. kU iJJ t n v I 'hrnso JUctodiei. It any be
Ihomas Mo,;., late Vau Buren ,on' """"S the interval between the junclinn; and if j,e pro,,ciity for inn
n and Mr. Van Buren. as connected t .t,a WM rp,.t.
th the aubj-ct of abolition. It will be J 8
.a , -,. J I s'vamsja Blivj IllUBlsIOlIB
tl H3eM U&mt tertaseit
Hall, unJer the direction of the IJepubl
ean t-eorl Uomm tiee. The Ting tried
and faithful patriot. Col. Henry Rutgers,
presided. Gen. Smith, C.d. JJwartwout.
Alderman Buckmasier, and AlJerman
Wendover, officiated at Vice Presidents.
resides the illustriou oup'm In thm
wear it. While Harriaon
was riven, the
was 111 service. I cnmiun .... r. 1 . -. .. "
senator Irom Uh;o, and lto is a zoalou
ab .lilionisl. thus speaks i f Gen. Harri
son
wit
Ooierved that he saja : Gen. Harri
soti, I sro wtll eousineed, is ia feeling
and principle, a more devoted pro slavery
man. than Mr. Vn Buren, who I believe
in feeling is anti-tlavery."
"It iaay be true that the Abulitionista
were gratified wnh the selection ofGe
neral Harrison as a candidate for the
Presidency; if so. it. was because Mr.
Clay was rejected, n.ai that iho bo
on General Harriaon 1 am well satisfi
ed that neither of thuse gentlemen oughi
to be aupporiej by Abolitionists. Mr.
Clay's fam ua speech in Congress on the
slave qtiesiion,.has left them without hope
s to bim. Gc-,era Harrison, I am well
convinced, i iii feeling and principle, a
more devoteJ po slavery in in, than Mr.
Van Buren, who, 1 believe, in fui Img i
anti-.lavery. I vrntore these opinio:
Bi, without giying any .reasons fur j
speecne?, a samp'ttous harbrctic dinner
was served im. Thn f..t!...: 1
mc be any si jn of good humor, thru
nre tiieWhii of Ihe United State-;, at
this ampin, mi-, niomeul, and in view
of the splendid pinprcl brfore them.
he nviit happy-hearted heigj in the
Uniicrse. For the Prras. in every
letter mr. rEriGUtj.
r ... 11 . . . .
weanemw: 1 bate ,l th- j,,,,,,,,. ,
rcceivn vmir t i. ..: . . 1
mm .... i ic Att .1 ail. .. : a. a
. " ioc 1 11 11 iiuworoti eiiuiion
of Wing Snugger and ballad tit
ers of all grades, from M.n iio!iihed
ii... . .... --
1 rcMion on I'a ci.i v. .t
thin? could be more in a-cordance
ilk ray fccliugi Uuu to unite in any
tribute r rfSprci t ,,ut,ic aervant
hi has si well enfit'cl tiimscir to
t ie gratitude of hU county, by tats
fearlfM opposition to the Curuti.
uon 01 thi. present ndnii.,j,.r1tin.
IlioiigH rlrcunntinces will prey, nt
me fr-Hn partaking of the pleasiu - du
ly which yoo have imposed upon yo.,P
iel.ee f renlering ,ni,(,r lo ment.
my yartnr,.t isb H j ,rfJf
t-nrrtMie elf fts I t the rauof j.,vi, e
snd nT.,rui.
Tlut Cau.- h recuiuincttJed to im
Poet
of the ctaiuc i-trent. io the.
humble, but equally patriotic and sr
denl lyii,t ,. t,e ir.0fr praiiie and
forest. N doubt, there was truth in
he anerdotr io! by the New Urleens
Ptcaiune, respecting a backwoods
nun jitit Inn lcl frin up ynnd'-r."
4nariuii,itiiirriii(ji);r,. WBni all Dm
f'ilks i home. All Harrison men."
was the reply, AVyl, are ou one?'
00 sure." "Ihi n siittt us a
,,,;'S " Ail. Iksntcr.
A jjifi Ioti iitd foi ia sold, not gii:u.