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J. . ' A- V' t '. 'TV'-- -. v ' " : ' V I . --v V .V'J JU. 11,11 . , 7" -. . ... . 1 l 1 1 n - itV efcml airr! are eon 1 mt incrior rogues anu imeves. aim hucu my v , . 7& m r AttOLlNA. T' H ViSedfor it, he ha, said they must pa the costs; ana 11, OF N, CAKOL,lfA- , . - ff ' , .,ttli. a i1,rtlll.;p..r-nd have nothing to 1 - z- . -,t rmr.T yfo the JSMSSsStSct T- . . ' " , , ; :iJ..)irt( '.l Ur1hi Anf "fhatr shall hft hirftrt OUt tO : SOHIC lliuivi ,f Before toe tot CoreMiona.---" . "'-"TV,,-" v"", of the indict .And what hooest man in ;Amenca ininKs :u ?.'tcf TP Dtrorir mmi onmnelledto work his tee, to pay his fiW and costs, taxes.would be Jower and I'ntonrj or 6iM "b"" -7. 1 . aanncMn me. vi nnx vermin nemorc; scarce- livcrv. ."ir- andimes y J ' j .I, lliave seen aircu- MdIhen.ntgomery, -: ; -. 1 . , , r -f I enemy and they ere oun-Zlurtships, two Intone if profound peace, of Federal officers f We jetowo-."'. V. r Y tVArooT. M 1 i r "r' ... ,u. treat hint I. . t fnnx nAA. were the wioicujss of the troops, as uie reguiw army, " -; ,on.i 7c"i.OTtod with th. Cental. fo.t.qK.ru-, warfare, fflfc T-WJ-.. . a XI Ho"? T M T Hawkins, txvo Of tUe Van Buren mem- forth baronn,ytmifreprsen - Unions of Gen. Harrison, ana,oeceiyingiuc i' 2ftSJ?5i fer to his'recJrdedTOte, and-pat ""w i -a" - fill l,nnnnh A StatJOnS. I llKe and White women too, there confined by iron bolts and nars, must workhard, or receive the lash oi ine sieru u--wn : KAttr or ai convicted ieion. ?T til UUITl 19 w VV baillVI . , - . 1 (who like the owl, feeds tipon his neighbor's poultry; 10 ue ut-J f- - mnntK oUvpr farmer, until he WOrJLS lie and makes money enough to pay his jail lees and court costs? Tib nractical opera tion of this plan, I will topy oniy u w v the rules and articles of war, whidi arc proposed .to1 govern the militia. -j i Any omcer or soiuier wu,u . . traiHO'wu w disrespectful worJs sgaiort llw Presidcnl Of u6 VUnilBU oiait'B, ogains mo .--- thereof, againBtlbe Congret of the United f5iaie, aaiust the Chief Magistrate or L.egiiaiore w. j oflhe United Slates in ivliicli he may be quancreu, If a coinmiaaloned)fi.ceV 6hall l)e cashiered, or otb- fJnurt Martial shnll direct: if a Lin xw m - . . and endared the hardships and privations i of cmp We in a wilderness, waiting for an opponunuy w mna, the death of their fcunrpamons eiaugnierea meow ou, at the liver. Kaisin, ad.lo wre,w fromantge hands riow eawe road o5f m to reach and grapple the . eneraj r earnest were uict , . , y rru- r.roi .n.lUirmT were on beard wiuv us for some days, and it.ia due toJiotn oi mi. y . - J7 . , x i w different tt tnat irom wnai saw uu may sound from the reports now circulated 4y V? deiagogues, never was.there .W. entnupiasucany prou v j mhw1 nr mnm than thia. Althoogh composed oi 7" ZZTir t.JL: Jr.ftlmilitia-of yegulars .and Indians, each having its peculiar notion. 01 and overseeing some honest far-; and obliged to pay" high, taxes iShold iff Spress a partV (and a yery important art too) haps playing cards with some 1 For instance,in their circular m-;: "t Ta :mainta n lazv ratals who'starve their 1 Wf. opirof are inthe habit of calling pjhe Mmlaectn things bv trreir nroner names) will not betieluded by ca ling -The only part 01 uie xnuiaua -j . - . Oirrery,f nydI. T Hawkins, in their letter, is he blowing ! . r .rir th Indiana Territory, print f -oi VinctnntsM ' Messrs, Stout and Smoot, in 1807, s xArarv c Me fle r department, UII ' . - , . ' . . nAnammissitMied ; officer or aoldier, be shall auBcr ach uuiushmrut as shall be inflicted oniiim.by the -f A rt. fl. An officer or , soldier who inall atnKe nis raperior ofE'er, or diaw or Mft any weapon, or oner ony violence agamsi mra, wciug iu -; fR.. n sBv pretence wnalsoever. sr . snau utwucu him ful command of hi superior officer, ahall suP- rr iloath or such other PunUUment as shall, accor-, -dine to the nature of bis ofience, be inflicted upon bun 1 m .. ,Ad aid be disappoint thra . T. i , l s v . J ; .Ll 1 .rmv lr 1Uf WMf IKU Ql I VUUll mw uw. ( ,.p 1 n ,1 L. -A K na fan) dm raDIUTC IU UUI1 -J . s ami m : 1 . au Uli; u w J r- . Art. 41. au non-commwwiMi t 4 that wm captured during the war l - X wd . diew, who aha!nbeftund one raUe from the ccamp lilcte;.Why,Geiieirf vritliout leave tn writing irom taeir com n-uuiu r. g0n. forsoothi ig i cowarti, an o granny, UMig w r"" " . a efficierlt action, and co-operation, ."Si; and all of them, from the .hoaxy-neaaeu Shelby, down to the towest rank of aoldiery, were auw eager to win -lus tavor Dy oravery wi ' seemed to regard Hun as tne oniy pwu -rr- . . i a -...mAiwt iiipifi t ' VK..s t,n t,J to order the Shenff to sell or lure the ta the said fine and cosU for aucn term oi uu u rr 7! wa?fHe- . - L: -.r.,1 .! hired or sold, shall ab- ISt'r oVmUres. lre ibeterin of hVritade shall be expired, he or she so abscotidinj. ah.II. on conv.cuon Stoi !H JuTuce of the Peace, be whipped with thirty-nine stnpes, and shall 'KTh in this Territory .Aall i!JSlfi! iary at each and every Court which a iSn.d jury shall j B TH6M A8, SpeaJker of tfut House of. Reps. -i.yi'-S:-y B. CHAMBERS, President of the Council. ppfep HENRY HARRISON. After they copy ' j9flrof the Indiana law, (and one vote from the Journals of Ohio, on which, I believe they lay no stress and make no comment,) they obtain the following cer tificate: 1 . ,. . t . . - -J-.-.. , : -' At the iawst f the Hon.' WHIiam Montgomery and Hon. M. T. aw. of an eitract from law passed in the Territorial Assembly of ; Indiana, and signed by William Henry Harrison, a. Governor of stid Territory, and the extract from the journal f tho State of Ohio, are trniy eopted. i HENRY W. CONNOR, JOHN-HILL, ,JAS. J. McKAY, J.A.BYNUM." Cn A RLt3 ' FISHER, 'f.ti ROBERT dTRANGE, rt B. BROWNE i . "CHARLE3-8HEPARD. Veli, afterW, Montgomery and'M. T Hawkins have got a pqrf of the Mawsof -Indiana in their letter, and procured the whole of their political friends from North-Carolina to bear' witness that the. extracts which they set forth "are truly, copied," they begin to assail and charge General. Harrison with holding sentiments he .never expressed, and supporting Jaws ho never- approved ; but, in connection with another - material part which they omitted and jumped over. Butyl will give a Saniple o the most unfounded and unjust char ges.contained in their celebrated circular letter. They ask ' W 1 v, . r.i. J:.taaa nrl Inner l-impntntinn ? ine people, ixi tonc vi,jccjj, - ;".How wjuMyoaleei; toseeoryoar poor but respectable and g good iieiarbbor-meii sold at auction by tHe SheiirT of yooi county as a slave, under tais Hanison law, to some free negro And only tlunk of what would be "tADf Awiin. irttMfln of vonrnoor but resDcctable neighbor-women knocked -off under the Sheriff's hammer to a free negro as his slave, to be under his by tenderly calling a hog-thief, ' ... . . a a . ;j .:uun. -Siirolv " a, poor, nut respectaDie ana gou nwtuwi-u.. r,, , there is nothine "respectable and good-neighbor-man-like, in caicning a slippery leuow wuu v " . : w an honest poor man may be broken up oy naTing mauu, " I think Harrison's enemies and Van Buren's friends must be hard run for objections, when they charge and censure an OlH Snlrlipr for annrovintr a law to protect honest and good citizens against thieves and robbers. " An honest mad is the noblest work of God," and we need such men now, in pub lic stations I want an honest, intelligent, independent man at the head of the Go vernment, to prevent frauds and punish public officers for stealing the public money, io guard against such defalcations as Swartwout's, when a million and a quarter of the public money was lost iy one officer. W.jMontgomery and M. T.. Hawkins not only charge General Harrison with approving a law to sell white men as slaves, but they say "he has shut himself up, and refuses to be seen by any but his keepers ; or answer any questions asked jhim by the people-," and that " he actually refuses tq be seen by, or even spoken to. by a poor man." How any set of men, who respect themselves or their con stitUents, could make such unfounded accusations, is strange and passing strange.' ' The old War-worn Soldier, having often jdone battle for his country, has long since beat his swbrdl into a plouehshare. and his spear into a pruning-hook, and he is now a plain farmer, whose plain "house is the seat of kindness and hospitality: and no matter, how poor the person may be who calls, he " never 1inds the door shut, or A uie string oi tne iatcn puuea in." ne converses easav J A -' - a. . . ... a treeiv wither, upon any subiecL His habits. like nis pnn -ciplest are of the plain Republican, old-fashioned school. All iiis neighbors and acquaintances, and twenty thousand peo- ple, who met him two hundred miles from bis home, at Fort i . .. . . - . .... .. .. . Afeigs, early m last month, know he is not "shut up; but made la.Speech to that immense multitude, who came great distances to . look upon and honor the Patriot, who, upon that very po, had defeated and conquered the united forces, and cruel coalition, of the British and Indians. The grossest misrepresentations and most vulgar abuse are continually heaped upon -General Harrison by the Globe, which is the official organ of Mr. Van Buren, and is a sort of daily cir cular letter issued to the people, denouncing and traducing i L a a . -.. ii rxi ' i. !. i-r..i nis compeuior ior tne irresiaency. it is very ungraieiui thus to traduce and slander General Harrison, who has so often slept upon the wet ground among his sold iers? and waded through streams andnows.-lo-f1?! Mai irrtw--or-ouT Country; whil cer, shall suffer such punishment as shall be inflicted upon them by the sentence oi a ouri maruai. ' A freel inan,'by this new militia plan, cannot go one mile from the camp without a written nass. and if he goes without permission, rte snail ?suner sucn puui&ij-1 mentassliall be injticiea upon mm oy wmj sentence of a Court Martial. The first rule and article copied above, General., d can onlr state it M my belief, that,. had anr assassin of i this patriofa hard-earned tame, nsea such epithets in the hearing of the army when at the A ' . Binnt TOOllld hYO leSDCU KOm. UUJUJUW1VU m,mj m, - " . J : its scabbard to seek revenge in the detainer s wiu.. The success of General Harrison in gaining the en tire confidence and willing bbeoience of bia army, waa owing to his superior knowledge of tne springs i u-; n..n .rfinn: ami hiasWll m manaffinff them. One poW- ,fi mMniiir. hia anm mmnle. When hia soldiers BH.M shWaci? tn th nnnKii and scantiest fare, beat- lS a second sedition Or gag la w, which de- I lowed his own table to be spread wj!h nothing better .1 te .1m J;r.ar.tf.i1 irinrA I than thv enioved. Another was bv appfeabl to their places, ypU shall be pUnished ! 1 NThelim- K9fl?t;n, in B-vera nunishments : andhence such pun-; " l -iLii -I- a. ' A nrO.' I . .1 . -"5 ,TTia vmnKT ' its OI a letter uo not Rive mc suatc iumv . i lsnments were rareiy muiciea or jeuueu. e-- - . . . . - I I ' i a.-.a-.1 Ml... vsailathns: sent other objections. I am decidedly opposed to this measure. I would I much rather vote to take more power away from the President I dislike and abhor the accumulation of so much power in one man. ine suD-ireasur law, which has just passed, gives tne rre sident the custod y and control of all the public money, amounting to many mil lions. Jnow, it he can get two nunarea thousand militia put under his command al nrrW nn trainer into hattlfl at the Thames, reads thus: The Generid entreatf bis bravo troops to remember, that they are the sons of aires whose fame is immortal. Kentuckians ! Remember - the Uiver Jtaish ! but: re member it only while -victory ia suspended. ;Tbe re venge of a soldier cannot be gratified upon a fallen en emy." lie knew where to touch the indignation of his soldiers, and how to turn it to good account; yet he fell the necessity of restraining it, when victory was achieved, by appealing to their sense of honor.' ' Commodore Perry served as Aid to the General at the Thames ; aitefVhich the two conquereru en land and lake returned in the fleet to Erie, t bringing .with them manv of their nrisoners. It was a spirit-stirring and direction, then indeed will the purse scene when they, landed, and amid the roar of artillery. and the sword be united in one man. It is not tto years since the regular standing army was increased, (against my consent) from about seven thousand, to twelve thousand five hundred men. So you see, when usurping power gams an inch, thn it wants an ell. The first departure from the rule of right, is the most dangerous step Let the friends of Liberty be vigi lant and guard well the just division of. powers ik uie uonsutuuon. -renow cm- zens.I hope soon to return home, and learn vour ODinions concerning nublic affairs. et lis never despair of the Republic, nor surrender the Government, no matter by whom administered, still the true friends of Liberty should.watch their rulers close ly, and speak out like freemen in defence oi ineir rignis, aguinsi usurpation anu op pression. KespectfuIIy presented, JAMES GRAHAM. Washingtox, July 4,. 1840. ile his accusers and -vu u truer luo uuut m- a i , . AAA uuiuy w iuuv) avit.il Vint- luut agaiuai uie jauiu. juiwiviug A f" ' A tne pipe oi peace. Mri Van Buren's adyocates to the South, feel very tender footed upon his; vote (instructing Rufus King, a Senator in congress Irom JNew York.) to restrict and prohibit-blavery in Missouri, when that State was admitted into the Union, and other similar Votes against the South; and I presume they would like to conjure up some black charge against Harrison, to divert public attention from that vote of Van liuren-against the interest and wishes of air the -Southern States. But they cannot do it Whenever you attempt to cover over, or stop up a spring at one place, it is very apt to break out at another. So it is with Mr. Van Buren's opin ions Inwards: -SrvntViArn inctitniinno A mon'o n.l Ai-..n:.. .a.v itibivubiwiij. A. uiau o ICdl ULIIUlUilS J PI.reftenUeruufljjrtJ.nJnfl MDefJ ihflicied upou his while female rfli?iniirreomrjel vi to serve two davs for every one she bad lost from ker black toaster's servics, would you be willing to vote fur such a man as , President If. , I as Heaven itself for saying, the truth! is great, and it shall prevail.' Now let me give you .that 9th section of the fa w which was omitted and.not pub lished by W.: Montgomery and M. T. Hawkins in their let ter, and then you vyiJl see the whole law, and theAvhole truth, and see how triumphantly General Harrison will stand ac quitted of the charge so unjustly made against him, of hav ing'approved a law, whereby, poor white men and poor white women might besold atpublic i auction as slaves to free negroes , 0. "No negro; roulatto or Indian, shall, at any time, purchase any servant ittherthvtl of their own complexion, and If any of the persons aforesaid shall nevertheless presume, to purchase a white servant, such servant shall imrncdi- mUly become free, and "shall bs so held, deemed and taken, " j, - , Noiv see, (with your own eyes,) the gross imposition pracr !f tised on the people, and the rank injustice done to General Harrison, by .publishino; a part, and not the whole of the . Indiana law j ..all of which sections were approved and sign ed- by him on the same day, when he was, in 1807, acting un der the appointment of Mr. Jefferson, as the Governor of . that Territory. .V ' . .This one-sided-eyidence, apd one-half-practice of proving , propositions, is very dangerous, and would lead to deplorable - consequences. Suppose a cunning, artful,. Infidel, or rather an Atheist, who was' desirous of sowing and spreading his own poisonous sentiments, should assert and publish to the people, that V there is no God" and call upon eight witness-1 es to "certify that he had truly copied and taken thiTextract r. from the Bible itself.; If the people had no other method of deriving information, and relied; upon that, the proof would -bei positive and uncontradicted. But, if they would search and read the Bible ; they 'would see?a very important part had beerifomitted. and left out; and, when the whole sentence was. read correctly, it is .this, ti the fool hath said in his heart, there is no God," So that the meaning and sense of divine truth U totally changed, by reading the whole sentence , together c4:iYrj' . ' f ; ' n V1807, when Indiana Was almost a wilderness, when i ? jails were scarce, when money ' was Scarce; and taxes very . high, q Legislature of that Territory, right fresh from the v people, passed a law declaring, when a grand jur found a bill ; -or indictment against any person, and he was convicted there- - . oft by a petit iury before the Court, and Sentenced to pay a fine and' costs, as a punishment for his sins and crimes'; if they , ..a.-, iilt. i a tA ' i. al: ol JjTi- l: - r wcic uofc utiu, men uie oourr, migni oruer me onenu w iiirc at sell the convicted defendant, to Tabor and work-a reasonable , 'time, with some person (no blacker than himself,) to pay the . (neand costs of the prosecution. i General Harrison approved 4 J I-.l Um n-L : .a ... rra" , .a r '. , auu aiguwu iiiia, iaY,aa uovemor oi mai new i erritoxy vana W.Monfidmery and' M. Ti Hawkins censure him.-for it. VWell now.; I wantktibw, what is to be done with rogues ? rxrc uicy iu bici iiuui , vuuvtcuon or punisnmf ni f Ur, II ; nonyicted,who shall pay the costs? The hardworking tax-pay C o wic county, or. uie ioie, rogues f When a felon has been caught with hiS neighbor's sheep on his back, and fairly ; convicted of stealing, who shall pay the costsj the honest" , rmer 9r the sheep thjef? That is the question;. . I think it , tlnfairand unjust, that'Jthe farmed should; lose his property; H to pay the cost of the indictment! ; ? kllke the thicf fop baling the sheep I ! yU" " au nouesi man, wiuruut any leilow-feeU " will out." During the last.year 1 83.9, a Virginian, and an of ficer in the Navy, was tried before a Court martial at Pensacola, in Florida. On that trial, two negro toil nesses were sworn and examined, against Lieut. Hooe, who remonstrated and protested against such testimony, but Tt was receiyed. The proceedings were transmitted to the President,-and Lieut. Hooeinlbrmed him, that wo negro witnesses hud been ex amined against him, and he again protested and objected to such testimony: "Whereupon, Mr. Van Buren endorsed on the papers the following words : " the President ends nothing hi the proceedings inthe case of Lieut. Hooe which requires his interference." M. V. B. rv Here, Mr. Van Buren has adonted and ap.kr.owledo'pd a rule of evidence, admitting negroe to give testimony against white people, which is repugnant to the laws of all the Southern States, and many of the other States. It is a very dangerous doctrine, and an alarming precedent: It would destroy all security in property, liberty, and life itself, if ne groes (free or bound) are allowed to give evidence in our Courts against white persons. I think it clearly wrong, and of that opinion was General Harrison; in 1807, when he signed the following law of Indiana:, ;-'! Kee 21. " No negro, mulatto or Indian, shall be a witnessxcept in pleas of the United 8lates. against negroea, roulattoes or Indians ; pr in civil pleas, where negroes, malattoes or Indians alone shall be parties." , Now look upon Mr.! Van Buren's opinion; and, then look uponGeneral Harrison's opinion and say who is right, and who is for the South $ or rather let me ask, for the Union, the Constitution and the Laws. ; 1 : , ... President Van Buren has recommended to Congress the adoption of. the proposition of the Secretary pfWar, for reorganizing- the Militia, which substantiajlyonvetsi them into a regular Army. This plan proposesto enrol twohun jired thousandymcn, ind divide the United Stales info ten districts. Jforth Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida are to form one district ; the President retaining power to order all the militia in that ; extensive - district to march, arid uveeUt any time and place he may please, twice in every; yeal-, to be drilled and disciplined and -each mili tia man is bound, at his own expense, to furnish his o wn musr ket and all necessary ammunition and accoutrements while .engaged in pejforpidg military duty. The President recom mends, that the- militia shall have ho officers of their own choice abbve..Major; but, that: all officers above that rank, shall be. federal ' officers, of the regular ' army, appointed by himself, who are tohave the command of the militia. TBy this plan, the miliua, when in- service, shall be subject to the same rules and articles jf war, as the troops of, tHe Unit States. In this under the arbitrary authority and tyrannical discipline.in time From the Providence Journal. CO-OPERATION OP GENERAL HARRISON WITH COMMODORE PERRY. 5 Niwpoit, 9th July, 1840, My dear Sir. As the Administration party have chosen to question the military talents of General Har rison in the late war with Great Britain, notwithstand ing their glorious results to the country, and notwith standing her testimonials of gratitude for those merits; and as you were in the battle of Lake.Erie, and were the intimate friend of Commodore Perry, and .must have known the concert and co-operation between him and General Harrison, and its decisive importance! in that crisis to our ailairs, I take leave to request you to make a statement in writing, to be communicated! to the public, of the facts within your own knowledge as to that concert and co-operation, with your own views of its importance. This I think due to the fame of the dead as well as the living; due also to the country, indontiiied as she is with the fame of both Heroes. With great regard, dear sir, v Your friend and ob't servant, A ASHE Ft BOBBINS. Db.Ushxb Pabboxs. jj ' PaoviDKHcr, July 14, 1840. My dear Sir i Although adverse to meddling with politics, I feel no reluctance in stating what I know of General Harrison's services whilst co-operating with Commodore Perry, ard of his popularity in the army he commanded. t In January, 1813, Gen. Winchester's small army was captured at the river Raisin, and as they were ire turning home on parole from Fort George to Kentucky, they passed by the barracks at Black Rock, where I was stationed as a medical officer of the navy. Fre quent conversations with the officers and soldiers in formed me of the atrocities committed on some of Uie troops, after they bad surrendered ; and also of the com parative estimation in which Generals Harrison and Winchester were held in the West, and as many of them had served under both Generals, they certainly were competent judges of their merits. They spoke of General Winchester as brave: and patriotic ; but their confidence in the valor, skill and patriotism of General Harrison was unbounded -I may say .enmusiastitV- Had he commanded us, said all of them, the result of the battle had been different. He alone has the popu larity and influence, that can unite the troops of the whole West, and lead them to' victory. ' V In a few months my curiosity to see so celebrated a -General was gratified. The fleet under . Commodore ! Perry, which was created at the recommendationf of General Harrison, arrived at Sandusky, near his camp, and fired signal guns, which brought an officer on board, who reported the General to be twenty-seven miles dis tant, af the head of an army of militia, regulars and friendly Indians, -i Boats were despatched to bring hint and his suite on board, where they arrived late in the evening of the 19th of August. The Mowing morn ing being pleasant, we were all mustered for review. On the quarter-deck the Lawrence, stood: General Harrison, surrounded by his chief officers in full mifita-S' ry dress , and a more splendid group I never beheld. But a stranger's attention would, I think, have been drawn exclusively to the General, i His well-proportioned figure, straight as an arrow, wag nerved to mar tial yet graceful bearing; his piercing eye beaming with intelligence, his soldierly expression and dignified manners, rendering him altogether the most graceful object among them ; and his whole appearance realized the expectations formed of. him from the descriptions given by Winchester's troops. . v - j A salute was now fired, and the officeia "presented ; and the remainder of the day was employed in plan ning the future operations of the fleet . Irwas the in tention of the Commodore to storm the batteries! at ,MaIden and set fire to theenemy'p fleet, nnless it should come out to meet us. But while preparations wore making for tins, the fleet appeared early in the morn ingof the 10th of September, and the result ef the c?mmnicted to the General that eveiiing in the i following words: -Dear General, tec have met the and the huzzas ef the multitude, marched in triumphal procession a procession that' Rome"might have been, proud of, and which Rhode Islanders inigbt have be held with joyful expectation ; for itLthat train mOTed the brave Commodore Barclay, he who had joined invthe shouts of victory in the battles of the Nile and Traffklgar, now crest-fallen, and led captive by the youthful hero of Rhode Island on one side, and Gen. Harrison on the other. ' Sr,'" But there is one incident of the Wat whicb seems to have been entirely overlooked, and yet is deserving of notice as a part of its history. It is ene too,fwnic au Khode-Island should duly estimate. Vim iaie piumes itself upon the victory of the lake, as well it may, since many of the officers and the men, besides the Commo dore, were natives of her soil, vet they ought to remem ber, that but for the aid of General Harrison, that vic tory had never been achieved. At the time be visited. the fleet at 8andosky, before the battle, he saw! our . crews reaucea ana weaaenea oy suxness. ju rciutu ing to his camp, he selected and sent to our aid, from his army, a large number of prime men,- who mixed with our sailors, and fought with themi shoulder to shoulder, like the bravest of the brave, s Commodore Perry returned his thanks to General Harrison,: in a letter dated five days alter the battle, and which reads thnsi " - " ' ; ' - ; -'r.'v..; The great assistance in the action of the 10th insti derived from those men y ou were pleased to send on .board the squadron, renders it a duty to return you my sincere thanks for so timely a reinforcement, j In fact I may say, that without those men the factory could not tune been achieved, and equally to assure you, that those officers and men behaved aa good soldiers and seamen. -Those -under my immediate observation evinced great ardor and bravery ,w and he might have added, that they bled freely, since several of them were numbered among the killed and wounded. - :xH u ' The importance of the victories gained by Perry and Harrison, to the Western frontier, can hardly be over rated. ' Within the short space of six months after the declaration of war, three armies, commanded Jby Hull, Van Rensalaer and Winchester, were used upwithout gaining so much as a single foot-hold in Upper Cana . da, and the strong fortress at Detroit taken by the en emy. On General Harrison now devolved the pro tection of the whole frontier west of Buffalo. The en- 'emy were in possession of the Lake, and could ai any moment surprise the infant settlements on its shores, and before succor could arrive, might pounce upon an other and another. - Had Harrison advanced towards Detroit by the head of the Lake, the enemy might land troops in his rear, and cut off bis retreat. The first blow then to be struck, was to capture the enemy's fleet, and Perry haying done this, enabled Harrison to pursue and capture the enemy, which restored peace to the border settlements of a far-extended, and now; populous frontier. - , M Such, my dear sir, are a few of the facts and impres sion's which seem proper in a reply to your" note., More might be added, but the page of history abounds with them: and it remains to ha mn. whnthar 4hi long-tried and faithful servant, who has done more to' ameliorate the condition and promote the interests of the Western States than any other man living, and whose valor in the field has shed lustre on our nation al escutcheon, shall receive1 the acknowlekgemeuts of a grateful people, or whether his fame shall be blotted from memory's tablet, by the foul aspersions of reck less demagogues and hirelings; . . Tours, with great respect and esteem, ;;:v- - , usher parsons. Hen. AsHia Robbixs.- H Mb. BEAR, THE f BUCKEYE BLACKSMITH." i Jg: ;iK 8L ADDERS REFUTED At a meeting of the Democratic W higs of Mr. Nay tor's Congressional district, Philadelphia, on the 4th instant, Mr. Bear, the Buckeye Blacksmith," was in troduced on the stage, where a ? temporary forge had been erected ; and the- necessary tools being prepared," be stated to 'the meeting that, but a few months past, he was unknown ten miles from his humble cot, but the moment he took an active part in the election of Gen. Harrison a patriot, a farmer, and an honest man to the Presidency,-; his name rung "from ltfaine to Georya, and all the ignominy that the office-holders and falsehood could in vent was neaped upon it Among the many false reports, they had published him as an impostor, and too mechanic, but it broken down law yer. He waa pleased to see that hi friend had pre pared a temporary smithery on the stage, and he would rjracticaHy demonstrate to them the falsehood of that reportiw He stripped, and went to work, cut bis iron from a bar, and at two heats made a horse shoe ready to fit to the foot Every blow, nailed the slander to the i publisher ; and the way the fire flew was a caution to his defamers. . While the shoe was under inspec tion by the company, he made some horseshoe nai:-, all of whichwer pronounced good work. He then riveted the whole attention of the meeting for an hour. v.r "c-The Van Burea Convention in .Hir0aJ (N-O denounced Locofocoistri hIk in decided term.!-. Hecrforth,Yate. county goe; a. one man-against tin. odious . Federal measure. The Yates County Whig, published at Penn Yan, avers that every Del tgatttQ the Contention has heretofore acted with tAe Van Buren party. Bots,o jochiutbit!" . "r : "" : ' . " - Nat. LttcL . . From the Albany E vening Jooraal, .HB .VOICE OF; NEW YQ . We poblishbelow aCfrcular frtmtl. s,4 tral Committee to ihe Whigs 6f the Unim T see and baffles one of those extensive and eip0 schemes of misrepresentation and fraud hv partisans f the Administration are cnL retrieve iu desperate fortunes; ..Its source it general attention and fullrehance. Ts ft72 of this State lU assurances are needles. T- Ua,a. ., k; iv-U ai. .. 9 tali -x., uuiuc, uuu, ine sujatest probabilli- that the electoral vote of New York wi 1 2 against Harrison, is a pith of effrontery np J! 5? V an Buremsm asvet has not bn w ..1 w . . win lil IaaI the frierida nftVia WhS .t. , va . . . . -. - " . counts certainly ana connaence en the Empire State. - ' 'Vq THE WHIgTof THE rjmoN ; Atbany, State cf New York. Juh, 9ft ... The YKig .State Committee of the Bute of Vnr. h.mirf.;.. ).. . 01 flea --wuumw wit a suauiianeoug effmtU been made by Administration membenj of and by othera aiAVjbinA.r,. r,,,i .nP sion thai thbStakWm cast her electoral iSA Van Boren. InfbraiaUon has reach,. .1... 7 i from Wasbington, of the game tenor. anH f-Zl idenucal m fanaage, reprinting Mr Van BuT-! an reasonable The vel manner in which the representadon. got jJp ana circuiateu, is ot itself sufficiently indi of their character.' They are th A'-.rr of a ruined party, and of an Administration tou3 to its downfall, to deceive a nervnW a .1 ."H so lone beguiled. Well mav thpv .l V n foctHhat Mr. , Van Buren b discarded u v;.yH State. 'What candidate for the PresidencyTTftk?! uwcu av wuw wviutc iui pcupiB With bJt Sute against him 1 , It was, therefore, of vtsilir tance that this Overwhelming fact should be deS contradicted. exnlamedawav. or rlisnne r; - . r, - rvov vimsoBt PJTbi 'we suippose'', tiy be tne explanation ofthW dacious' conspiracy to deceive and delude theh a followers ; we say their followers, for we cannntw lieve for moment that there is a generous MVbi' the Unioa who would doubt the untiring perswea! of hi political friends, who have for three yean, der circumstances the most adverse, maintains . conflict with their oppressors, and in each yearly peen vicionous. r - "-In 1837 the people of this State burst the shackles in which they had been for ten yean ni&J bound, and returned enlarge majority to the pw) branch of the Legislature. Jin 1838, when PemJ vanta faltered and Ohio gave way, when the ikrkiJ of the political horizon cast shadows of gloom tLrmJ the land, New .York rallied to the rescue, and elwd . Whig Governor and a Whigflouse of Agsembh In 1839, tinder cirenmstances of difficulty wfcj muM be; familiar to you, every branch of the 8tau Government was placed in Whig hands. 7 Is it to be believed, then,, that, after such cousti and such victories, the freemen of New York wJIiL 'a a !..? I ter ana prove rocre&ni 10 meir principles wnei the great object of all their efforts is within their rod! when they are inspired' with the certain kaowiejn tnat their exertions only are needed to hurt trompw. er those who have so grossly abused the trustacs fided to them 1 Believe it not c But we are not content with these general conci sions. We demand the evidence on which cn.j founded the most remote expectation of a chtngu the sentiments of the People of this Stale, h it tot found inthe embarrassment of our commercaania desertion of the streets of our commercial metrapok in stores shut up for want ef tenants ; in the ceo less multitudes thrown out of employ ; or, is it to t found m the reduction in the value of ouragricuhl ral products, and in the price of labor? Are tin -T.:V" s . m a a . . ..I eviuences 01 prospeniy ior wmcn our state u to b thankful, and express its gratitude by continuing ii P9weT those who have produced them ? Where is the 'evidence of reaction which it tow duce a majority of at least 7.000 and convert it ii ininorityl The election of 1839 was merely ffa ators and Assemblymen; and in those distncti men the Whig ascendancy was undisputed and there m lno occasion for effort, such aa the 7th and 8th Ss Districts, our friends contented themselves with 4 ing their candidate without caring for the majoat;. The .'meet- inoderare estimate of our known strrari in those districts, added to the actual returns in ait districts, gives., us sv-real majority , in 1S39 of mo than 7,000 votes. ; How is this to be'ehaaged 'am majority on the' other side : The town elecM held in the spring of 1840 evince no falling off on b -part of Ue Whigs, and, onhe contrary, they and 4 charter elections in the villages and cities have result ed in a gain. - The great contest in the city of New York sorely disappointed the calculations mad at 'Washington,' and convinced the friends of tie Ail ministration thai the " reactions had not theneonH menced.--; - -- Since these elections have been held what has been the evidence of the current of public opinion ! B; what party; hive those multitudes been assembled which are counted by the acre 1 W hat mean im Log Cabin which sprinkle the face of the State fros oneena to tne otnerl. Wbat is mdicaiea dji hundieds of social , songs in praise of Harrison td his noble deeds, which, you hear at every corner the streets and atvery gathering of the People! Ai these the marks and sie ns bv which to distinguish desponding and disheartened people, ready to foref ihe fruits of four years struggle, and willing to k the rod that soourcred them! J jf; We have extensive correspondence and means 1 information from every part of the Slate, both collet tivelv and individuallv. and we declare, in the mo1 positive manner, that we have not heard, and do nl know, of more than six instances in which any an heretofore known aa a Whin- has hornme supporteil. of the Administration since the last election. 0a contrary, pubJic'renunciations are 'dairy: made by afr zens who, up to the very last election, supported the candidates of the Van Buren party. And hundredi are known to have determined on the support of Gen eral Harrison who yet shrink fron a public itdx tion in the newspapers to that effect' Many of the" are induced to this course' by the shameless upon the character of General Harrison. , It is well known here, that, to many ef the tnm? est adherents of the Van Buren party, the Sub-Tit sury has been as odious and abhorrent, as it has be and is, to the Whigs. Many-who will co-opei wiui mciu panj on every other subject, wm them on that issue. . In the city of New York, J measure and iu incidents of hard money and hotW to banks, form the article of the party creed, and tbej have already evinced their determination to maio them by recornmending-for Governor Samuel Youijg. who gees with them to the utmost lengths, snd i SO notariana (nr him hnatjlitV 10 ln ' w. luirMVUMUWV -' J nal improvements.' -?The party in the country aM the. city, and, aU their work. Intestine &b in then-" camp, and, if silenced at the appw' of the election, it will naraTvse their eflbrU nd hearten them from exertion. r. . . we need not repeat the remarks already show, what a different aspect is presented by th m nhsJanT? anil a .44 that havinsT a Whicr StaUrmtH- !- lfla anJ 1839. W W had reason to test the accuracy : of our worttM of those years conformed ; to our expecUtions t the assurances we eveoxrrdistajitfnends. " We now assure them, that the Whig Pr3 itboog41- .- . - .. mil i .l: - i rntah tnem r this informatinn as the means of defeating JL tug uie auempis now maaing w on this important point . , v Veiy jwrpectfully, your obedient servants, ? , ! : LEWIS BENEDICT, .V - ,t JOHN TOWNSEND, . SAMUEL STEPHENS, .' ' . SANFORD COBB, . :-:::t Jom COESBECK, ; ROBERT THOMPSON, 'JifN'' - ,l". . :,.' f.,:M- Bute Coxomiw8 .a. r":Tr"rr.."r- ..r ' jzz -vnho. tims Qtate at tne next election. win exww may reach to 12 (it)t or lliWO. We ne
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