North Carolina Newspapers

: ! ' T. t ' v-'V-' . 1 ' f t.- . (' ft I" if. 4V. 'I, , h 4 ft if A- vi -.4.. ' . v .aV. .1 i COMIHUNICATION k llaxsiojjioV Octobss 19. 1840.' ' MRpAtii i: Jb the Raleigh Standard o Wednesday, thj 14th, the Editor states it-'we lcarp'that Dr. Smith, tf Orange, one Uo diiididaJea oo the .Vbi fUectoraJ. Ticket, naa com6.jHi ;inTaror of ,a Tariff ; .. thai the Whigs iiJoptone Vter another, the principles moBthostile to Southern interests." r V I tJiorrT that ill amiouncing a matter - of f tuch foagnitade to theteotld,- he hadnot bceii k little :mbre pecific and that he had A'.OTeniojrtie1 public the time, the place and the"b'ers6n, to whom thWtery treaapnabte disclosure, lirai made Now J am at a loss lo , . know what W3ay4-whether it wast 31r hounfa TariiroTilie. or Mr. Clay's TanjTof 1819,'or Gem Jackson's and MrYan $ujren?s. f ' ' hieher Tariff of 1824. or "the bill of b.05w : ; ; nations of Mr. IBatenorilSSS; V -cat,I t2aTfi a loss to feoneWe whicft of these r . J had come out in favor Nq i .;;v "1 riflPof 1824 entitlelGea,- othet4 confidettfceoud sippoitifttSehigP est ojaqt in the jUdvernmrm, an t ir. a" y ; k Bdwn iecph and the M Billof aoom- inatWnlS? hasrfren, or isaboiitto give, Sobli !Carolina to 'Mr: Van Buren for -Vknow what iinolf Tariff it is Uiat Ipan soj Vwt aer Jbj TiSotdAcrn interests" s man tnese. jtjut 10 ice point without pqivbeation, I wb'rnost res pectfully asV'thl tiditoc !of tW Standard to jgtfeto the public Ihe creed. 6( his partyV and lei unoirj if theyjire opposed to Tariff. The Whigs" hif e been somewhat alarmed pn th Wbj Jet. 4 Mr Rhett; a distinguish e A South Carol i na Representati ye, has come pnt he las Session of Congress against' a Taring and jn faor of direct taies--hev is a chaitfpiorr-Df the 'Southern Democratic party. Mr; yboiburf iHho Sefcretary of the Treasu- ryV tgives 03 a broad hint on the subject of dirt taxes.. IaAi desirous that all persons and all, paties fKall know my principles oh all Subjects thai may concern them and me, andny dplaions too. I went info Congrjess In 1817, and left in 1821. The subject of V Internal Impromnent by" the fderal Gov ernment was then introduced and discussed. (rybWv uniformly against it.' "Itt, Clay in . Jtroduced the sttbiect of the Tariff: it was dSscusSedi I ybed againilt it. I voted against Internal 'Improvements, because I believed tSerewasno warrant in the Constitution tor ' them, and ' that jf there had been, that it was inexpedient 1, voted against the Tariff, be cause I thpuglitt that Mr. Calhoun's Tariff of 181G was juflSciently bih to raise revenue Vand that no other t)f the contingencies which fi 'JjV-i X thouffht would iustifv an increased Tariff had arisen; Indeed, so far from being a high ' Tariff man!, I mloved in i Congress for a redue- I ' tion of the! dltf on Salt and Ironbut on be- ing informed by Mf. Lowndes, of South Car- r : olina, aii i''o!ldnwrober' and leader of the Re publican party, and the.Chaixman of the Com mittee of Wayk atld Means, that the Tariff ox ioio was me oasis on wmcn meAjiovern inenthad igiyeii a pledge J to their creditors for the discharge of the National debt, I with drew my pposi tion But I have always held the opinion i that it was.within the Constitu tional pewersP Congress to impose a Tariff of duties pn goods, wares and merchandize imported pntb tthoK United States. ist. To raise revenue fto support the Government of ' the IJnited - States." ' . 2dly. To coun tenrair any unjust or tfnequil restrictions or regulations bf any foreign nation upon our commerce.: $dly.lTp . protect the industry Ltw- ur own people, when rendered expedi-' ent by the state of our foreign relations.- 'iHesfthare been my opinions for twenty-hve years. i-navienot changed them. 1 appro v- ed of the CompromiseAct of Messrs. Clay ' and Calhoun j; the peat leaders of the oppo site parties. j;I desire that Compromise to be observed in good faith, and I had most ear - nestfy hoped jjthajt all parties would adhere to ; it, and that nothing would arise which would render it necessary- to disturb it.' But this I ' doyenture tc say, that if the expenditures of ' theGovcrnment must gci on under our pre sipt rjJer, and the revenue arising froip the . Comproinise Tariff win not support it, in that ' case I will prefer setting aside the Comprb raise, and inrpodng such a Tariff as will sup. bortt the Govjernment, rather than submit to havlngi National debt on us, under the de ceptive tguise J? Treasury notes,' or to have - to retort to direct taxes with the Stamp and Excise jct, and with ajipst of Insolent Pf ficera to intrude themselves intopu? : houses A Tax featheirerf. iw...j-. p These are fmy opinions, i If this is what the taudarda' informant pleases to call a cuunnsr vutn juvor or a 4 ffriir. .ne is -KV i ght.' ;I main tarn v these to-be my opinions ; 1ft uwr; uu m pratuco, l call inem true jC ?s rtrue -j ataie - j&ignu , principles- tree 'rA :tSern principles., 1 IT; these are not the i iciples of all the Whigs, I cannot heltf it , l W6j arc tiut, iuo )ii fwbi wi iuc ouuuieru M Yan lJuren part; t cannor jieip iu i never &-. Ixare ecne one jncii but 6f tny wajf ,"td serve any party; ) If they come 4nto my path, I am WHJing;iO irayei lit conipauy,! wncu mey atrntly Iseejn my way the marks, of: WasS irigtoa, ; Jclrsont Madison ;indjMon'rjf io. - guida rae. see any: road that they prefer let tnem takA it 1 I still gdi bri in what I believe to be the f ni nlri TLnublican road, and I think I con- - - Tha rYfciT Editors throu-htahefU.ta f-T-. Verf'jfetpectfqllr; r r .t.r : AVHia CON VENT! VS t . i.-s.VMuItsi;W' tW.ter-nt ftkt . w , 3 ..,fV T - v.. .-.- llheldout bieath till w mold hew the Udinn. :nd ROM UNDERWOOD, OF fef. imtirnjwl ibiitid be hiehtv cratiftedtO at tend th Whig CooTraUn in Hateigh,4 the f Vof October nu ; buj ii , t oat of my power to eoooply with toar kind IniUfttin for. anany reasons-:-one, 6t -evDica I,,, inai i snau. if en;affa on uiat uaj in tau place, with the People joi the Uutnet r nave ue Anniversary of the gloncra victnry ox trie. -Ujames. . The enthnsiann and determined resolation" among the People of Kentncky, in behalf of 'a political re- craention, urtmues any thins I hjave ever wUnessed. It. there u a-eierl turn out at the rrendenUU eiecr tion, (and I beliete there will be,) we shall fivf a Q; Jority for ,Uarrim end Tjtor equal to u,uuu wu. The etiength of the Whig is daijy ineij-asiot. r Ee- ry oody wao. iooks at me action oi we wi vern'mfent Car the lut eleren. TliafS. cannot ftdl.tO pes ceiveanleaf blind flwouffh political, ijudicea..thaU there hu been a rapid aecemaiauon power in uo HmL Jt th KxtxntiT DcDartmenL The Presi- deirt alread j exemseji an pTethadowinc influenteJ Tne LegislatiTe Department ispow sabjectto ia$ absbhlte control of Executive 'Supremacy, snd there uf imminent, angjr in mo.uuiciarjfwMu, Jonsrbeeome subaervbnt to the schemes .and .policy of&eaptioiptin; power. .The people, all te people, i are beginning to see lhece things nd they are, tajUed and ' aroiwed, as if their atiesjwns, and coitaes ware attacked bv hostile invaders, without previeus no? tic ef war. They perceive the, inevitable results of the prinppjes and policy ot the present Administra tion, and perceiving them, they know that their liber, ty, and their. Agricultural, Commercial and Machani- pi pcoaperiry are aacrificedopoa - the alta at pwty afrnandiasaneat. ' t a ..:-; i-' . : We most get back to that state of thin js yhen the legislation of the country ahall emanate from enlight- ened and :.fneat! ReprenUtiven of the people, in- atead of 4ixecnUve dictation, we must guarauiee 10 fuboVdiBatOHExecutive ofBcers something USteiyjde- nendence Of the will OI tne. r resident m uio ois- charge of their duties. ; The absolute power of remo val mnat be checked. The officer must be governed by ; the law, Instead of tlie fiat of a, Monarch. , We must take the publid money from the control of the Executive. Wo must have a Treasury dependent odoq the People, and independent 'of the President. We must have a sour; National . Currency and no Bank suspensions,,'' We must have no large Stand ing Armies in time of peace. The people must learn to do' their own fiffhtinar and their own voting.n 1he neople are determined to have teat reform, and they intend toj begin the work by changing anu ais- missing faithless servants' who promise well, but act badly ; and by putting in such as' wiH regard their -professions in their actions. , 3Vccept my thanks for your etsrcssions of personal V ith respect. Your brothel Whig and ob't scrv't, J. R UNDERWOOD. FftOM HON. J..(J. CLARK, OF N. Y. IVdsAmffon, Sept. 9, 1840 GtsTiMxc : It gives me pleasure to acknow ledge the receipt of your favor of the 1st instant, in vhing me to attend a. Convention of the friends Harrison and Keform, at Raleigh, on the 6th proxi mo. I regret my encasements wul deprive me of the high satisfaction 1 ahoald enjoy, in mingling with the Whigs of the gallant old North State, and in inter changing congratulations witb them on the splendid result of the late elections. "North Carolina has placed her lights upon the hill they are beacon lights to the other States, and will guide them to the haven of safety. Her. bright example will animate the friends of Reform throughout the Unim. To emu late it would be, alike their pleasure and their duty. - Already have the hardy and patriotic sons of the M Green Mountains" echoed back the shouts of victo ry Maine will soon add her voice to the grand cho rus of the politically redeemed. The glorious example if your State wul not benost on Jiew York. Though rertain of victory, she will, in the midst ef her conflicts, think of your, gallant achievements, and strive to make her triumph as bril liant a that which has so recenuy covered you with never-fading laurels." Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. C. CLARK. FROM HON: J. M. BOTTS. OF VIRGINIA. 1 I Richmond, Sept: 16, 1840. Gkktxsxkjt : I have received your communica tion' invittnsme to join my Whig brethren of North Carolina in a Convention t be held on "the 5th of October. I regret that it should have happened on the same day on which k is purposed to hold a Con vention of our own 8tate at Richmond. But for this, I should have attended with great pleasure but I do not feel that I shoold stand justified in leaving Home, on so interesting an occasion. North Carolina has done nobjy, and,is entitled to the thanks of every patriot in the land v and hereby tender mine, most gratefully., &eHp t&esame spirif which animated your fprople'm Augusuntil November, and the country must bVestored to .virtue and prosperity.. .. ' r Believe me, gentlemen, to be 081, moaf respect fully, , v . . at.ff. BOTTS. From hon. fOM. butler, of s. c.' ' r -,- y Columbia, SeflUmber U, IStO.? ; Gairttajiajp-: Your favor'of As 1st instant has been received, in "which you do me' tho honor to in vite me to unite with the ' Whig citizens Of North' Carolina ir?1 o lebrating the -glorious victory the Thames. The name of Whig has long been asso ciated with principles dear to every patriot (. tn a faith ful support of Constitutional government ;to' a' just regard to the'rights of every class uf their fellow citi zens ; but more especially by a firm and manly resist ance to the. encroachments of Executive Power. 43ucb. have been the cardinal principles of the Whlgs. uc ork 01 , w 01 g is espvciaiiy uear 10 ine memory of the people of North Carolina ; tor it was at Meck lenburg, in that State, that the Whig banner' nas first; raised in 1776 ; -and shebas never been found & to the doctrines for "which her sons 'successfully L contended, and which they so firmly established. To Menerai JUarnsoU at this crisis, all eyesare turned, as the&aveold soldier, who, in the eveuihg of his days, is carted from his retirement to administer the Govern ment of (he Country he so ably fJerended ; recom mended by his undeviating political honrstv, his puri ty of purpose, and his treat moral worth. He is call ed, because the people want no wily politician, but an honest manf lb bring back the Government to the pris ciples established by a Washington, and supported bylefietin, -Madison' and Monroe. 1 regret, gen Uemen, that I canne join you." Wp haerbiaed in our littls Disiriet the Harrison Banner, and the small aid whjch I can render to the. good cause, requires my presence here. W cannot but lov8ooth Caro!ina, despite her misfortu nes, and f desire to secure at lea4 one green spot in-'the desert waste Jo which the eye .... , , ? ; i am, gentlemen, --, " : -"Zr.-r , Your friend and fellow citizen " ! iiTlbljfrH W; HltLfAKD,1?PLXTh " t AAtotUgornery, SepiembeT Ut 1840.4 . G KBTiavKB : . If I were to obey my 'inclinations, I should at once, accept yous inviudoo, to. join v my Whig brethren of North Carolina in eeletr.3g the anniversary "of tha glorious victory of the,' Thames But my engagement arc of such ar nature, that I must yield my wishes to mjt sense bf duty. , 1 iu ve cherr ished, a higb.eneraUon for the characrer of your State, andyour fate glorioris triumph has heigotened thw timent ;in i6maU: degree. The ashes of hrnkhager t If he would fotrtat'would con-: cm .of my nearest kindiedrtest Jn the sotfof N0rth4 tinud rwSr irrlts rWsJS k-! Care na, as3 r r.t her; riiir xizsn I number Ciay rtiuvcf. l need not say U ,yoaf jthengentl sinantUt nl to nuntfetUUon f my jJ aiXoo liU tktorf 3T6tt cannot Imagine w when eport came to-us that North Carolina, the "hottest and tnieJ n had annihilated the power ot tae enemy rhhl her Wdeia we rent .ihe ir with, our shouts.4 The public pulse has rarely beat o high. v v . w rnoeawonng yj unng tauuni uj "j j suleji ..ur late efforts have been amply lewarded, stiEse'yet hope to share in the glory of the approach. I uxr ietorv. Our State stands now liae iautwu, nlggling with the serpents which bind and threaten to crush her, but we trust thatoe ww ye we break from their coils. . ' mrttfemeni that YOU do OOt Test upon the field of victory ; you have yt great deeds to petibnn, aod plorious troph es to -win.- We looa W ybu witn connoeacei k . - r:45 . , As to the eenerai reouiwi nave loux oeu r1"""6" fflnrlmm Ar could not be defeated. From 4he Very hour when the great standard of the party was nlaced In Bis nanus, tnere nas oeen a sycpewiw" of victories. Thousands have gathered about it lhat irre long strayed from it; and the multitude wbjch surround it is becoming so great that noraancen .. I regard tne-prseent contest as nrvorvmg so aeepij mu ihf is iUsr to iias a' people, that ! think when the ercallaft1eis won,n-wilI bour first duty to assemDie MlUieiSWOn,H-wui Deournruujr w i rri. .nA raVuler thanks to the R- in pur ler of the Universe, for having delivered our country I - . from a power which trashed iu prosperity, and threat- tntA na lihertv. am! darkened all its hopes. , nT1jafld. Gentlemen, to accept my thanks for the honor which' joji have conferred, upon me, and be- i With senUments,of .bgH tegani. ... ' Your friendTand fclloVr' citizen, f HENRY: IV. HILLIARD. 1 VAN BUREN JDEMQCRACY, We publish the following leUer of Mr. Cam, and the remarks df MijuOeia, to show what claims the " GntaT Foitowia" has to be called a Demo- craU" VHead and reflect! ! BaiTixoas, Sept. 22, 1836. Brat !Some time, as nearly as I now recollect in March. 1834. 1 was ridiaz down Pennsylvania Ave nue, in Washington City, in a Chaise; I heard a carriaae driving very furiously behind me, and turned to the rishtio rive it space. The carriage turned at a sham an?le. and ran dirtctlu UDOn tav and hone, broktdhe trier, erinoltd mv hone, axoAVOia- lice XT UIK. I I1W IT WASaJBB CABRIA8K Of Ma. Va Buaxx. Wim a white dkivkr, a fo- aiiexu siB AS trrsiDta. After having shatter ed I my air. they naaeed and held up a little, and laughed while 1 was gathering up the fragments of 1 my gig. . I wrote to Air. v an Duron staung me iacu, observing that I presumed all that he wanted was. to be informed of them to make me suitable reparation, and referred them to Gov. Tomlinson as to my charac ter and veracity. He did apeak to Mr. lomlinson, who told bun that whatever I said was entitled to full credit, as Mr. Tomlinson informed me afterwards. Mr. Yak Bdbsx eiri tii coacbjcas xt let- TKB, WHO CAMK TO MK AXD ABVSKD MS IB A most ixsvLTiae XAXxxa roa haviq xxroaxxo ais MASTia. ' " I then called on Mr. Yan Buren at his house, and recapitulated the facts as I had stated them in the let ter, in the presence of Mr. Forsyth. Mr. Van liuren said thai must be aware that he teas not responsi ble for the act of hie driver, and that I mutt took to him fais bbiveb") for whatever damage he had done me , and be never has made me any reparation whatever. . . i .Yours respectfully, . H. F. CAMP." 8etkxbeb 23, 1838. "Baltimore Citv. Slate of Maryland. . M This day appeared H. t . Uamp, before me, lpe. suweriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for tbejpaid City, and made oath that the statements contained, in the foregoing letter are true. - 1 st,-.-. - WM.ASHMAN.r Here, sir, the maxim, " like master, like ' man" applies in.all its force. I care.there- . ..V- 1 - .a 1 w r t . fore, not a whit whether Mr. Van Buren was within his carnage, at the time the gig of Mr. Camn was. rode down and broken to fragments .on Pennsylvania avenue or not. liis conduct afterwards shows that he ap proved the conduct of his driver in the whole affair ; for instead of discharging -his inso lent English driver the moment he refused to make suitable reparation for the outrage, as everv lover of iustice would have done. Mr Vaojuren gives the. letter of the poor injured ctttzen to his foreign driver who wenl'to nlm and abused him " tn a most tn suhmtnanner for having informed his mas ter. . . The humble gig of Mr. Camp had as good right to occupy tho space on the broad ave nue as had Mr. Van Buren's eilded coach. It was well,Miowevcr, that Mr. Camp escap- - .1 !iL i i 1 1 .1 ea , wun mere aouse, ana mat ne naa not ueen ioruiwun lmprisonea xor reiusing xo submit with Christian meekness, thus to be rode over and rode down by this great derao- Extract from Waddy Thompson Danville Speeeh. KEEPING DEFAULTERS IN OFPICE.. It is proven by official documents that narys, tne iteceiver at voiumDus, was re tained in oifficfe ;lxitetv it was known that he was a defaulter to an immense amount. Mr. Woodbury, for hearty two years, .nadbeen coaxing tLrmanr to restore the money which hehadtolen; I-ay atolen, for that is the wordlf? proper' word. "Now do, dear Mr. Harripay us our money ; it is very painful to hive to teaze you thus ; we would not do it, .Mr. Harris : indeed we would hot, but . weAare mighty hard, pushed our raslves. r Mr.TiHarrisiwis: -inexorable : he would pay nottung. vAt'tlaSr-n was in formed that if h 'did joot pay up by the , first of October, he Wouldbs dismissed. This began to look a little? JiSe doing th& right thing at last. 3ut mark th" e sug t JVlr.' Clai borne,' the member of ?o,rigfess from Missis sippi writes a let(r Jo the President, sayiug amongst other thingSf that the. election" in Mississippi would be a very close one. and phat Mr. Harril and hi? family tvere very rh bQuentiai, and wre friendly; to the Adminis- waumi.. ; w wasijsioreq 10 ms omce until he embezzled thirty or forty thousand dollars J morewnicn was lost to tnetjovernment ; in all, 109,000 dollars. I might swell this listi if I "were lo paineill who, under like ciircum i staneSr were jretained in office "after it was anowithat they embezzled the public JCjoo--lVnoUhe rjase, then; meouttpf the Wer?eeiwho make'a a prdfitable estfe ruin-, sly unproductive, the fences down,nouses dilapiaiterK and wjnks at thtysteaUng' by the servants of the Utt) thatla rnade, -not aatii fMtnjjahm thevreWarding lueia uy again giving tnem opportunities to I steall Would any man here- retain iBuch a ot rxnanager r -it ne would Siotf but would con-' u tinud .rweririiits present lianrji;e cares Z-Iess; lor, thebli interest tban' his own FROM HE MAXIONAVvBLLIOSCEB. MessrskGALM'cV BiuTOW s I M""! the case of Cadet Drake spoken of repeated ly, ap4 in the Intelligencej- pr Monaayrfowi September, I saw, the ,foJlowirg article) TWT&fflty Gaxette eUel "a case, SMto. have occurred early in the last rAdBurttbn,irt WiUCIilUB WBUVCIK UJ m w w.w of a Cadet at the Military Academy wa reversed, and officers compoainr tbe Court rebuked, because of tnc .nmiiUinn ni eriueucB uwu un uuu auwrnuK " mora had said in the caaei The Secretary of War, fMr, STaton,) it is said, "reversed the opinion of the Court, and rebuked the. officers composing it, for iis nussing a young oftVer apod, hearsay testimony, and thai ihe luiimonv nf a negro ! tie saiu, u ine ne gro had heerr there in person; he eould-not have teeiiK fied agamst tJadet ojrase, ana. macn tess, iwcreiore, couW his statement be received, second-handed," ; The Ed the this With this request we shoold have pSsssurein eomplvins, if the Opinion were within our reach. But it is not. . W have Acora oi tne case Deiej ana wu we heard of it eorresponds substanUally With , .the above statement. ' , ;. f .. On Tuesday, I called at thenar Depart - . -. . llL-al t,0 tnent. and, the Secretory bejtfg -absent, the ' - . . - - t ' I chief clerk declined , ehqwing me tne papera ja jir4 Tjrake s case, without permission irom the Secretary of War.. On Wednesday, Mr Merrick, of the , U nited States senate, ac companied me to the War Department, and . - sl a! O i a-. the result ot our interview .wiux tne 3creia- ry of War will appear from the following statement, prepared soon alter : , 1 : Washijtwtob-, 8ept. 30, 1840. We went this morning together lo ths War peparV ment, and waited on the Secretary of War, jandilw quested him to let as see the ropers m the case ol Mr. Drake, which Mt Sunly had asked for yesterday, rtn K. vKiof itr(r WUnd aThibitlnff rhem '-with out wninaon from the. Secretary. - The Becretary or War (Mii r'insc; repuea xnai he could not graUfy us ; it arasrjagainst a rale of the Department to show such paper or to give! copies, upless the person interested desired to have them, or unless either House of Cfcfiogressor one of its commit tees desired copies. -Tb45ectetary remarked that great injustice might btdoneifthie rule was not adopt ed ; that tne cnaracterff ot innocent persons mtgnt sui- fer by allowing extracts to be taken from papers oi Courts Martial. The Secretary was men told tnat. tor our present purpose, wo. waived tne ueraand to m- spect the proceedings of the Court', that neither of us desired to know any thins relaUniT to tne 'cturges aeainst Mr. Drake; we -only desired to see what was dine by the then Secretary of War, (Major Eaton.) as we unaerswou, iruauve w vuc lcjjamj w wuiv the tesdmonv tiken upon the trial Mr. Poinsett re plied, he could not allow us to see this. The Secretary was then asked if he felt at liberty to state whether the evidence of a negro, hearsay or otherwise, was not taken in the case of Mr. Drhke, and whether the Secretary of War at that time had not re versed the proceedings on account of said negro tes timony. The Secretary (Mr.Pnsett,Y replied, he could not answef that question because he might as well exhibit the papers as state their contents. We then said, we held it to be the undoubted right of the People, or at least of their Representatives, to inspect the public proceedings of their functionaries, and we therefore demanded to see the opinion of the Secretary of War in this case. The Secretary repeated that he could not comply with this demand. i This is the substance of what passed during the interview. i WM. D. MERRICK, of Maryland. EDWARD STANLY, of N. Paroiina. I will not at present discuss the propriety of the rule adopted by the Secretary of War and whether the information sought ;by Mr Merrick and myself could not have been given without violating the rule. It will be observed there was no information desired as to the charges against Cadet Drake : the simple inquiry was, was not negro testimony admitted ; was not the case reversed, because something a negro had said was given in evidence? Admitting Mr. Poinsett to be right in refusing to give information of the a - a -.a t proceedings wmcn nave taken mace oi public character admitting, for the! sake o argument, he has the ri"ht to exclude the Representatives of the People from having access. to the records of his Department surely no one will say Mr. 'Poinsett could with propriety allow others to see Or know of such matters v 1 hope the Jfeople will contrast; the ac count of the interview between Mr. Poin following article from the Globe. O .... .. .... sett ana ivir. ivierrica ana myseu wun tne Look on that picture lndn this." TBOX THS GLOBK OF VB1BAT XVKBIBO, AtTOj 28, 1840, A NewTack.--We have received several letters of the follogrioK tenor, via : . -Extract from, a letter dated Ct7XBsaixx9y (Ma.) Ave. i, 1840. The Whig party in Alteeany - county, Maryland and Hampshire county, Virginia, are making a good qpal ot fuss about the Hooe ease. As for my part, believe tbe President, acted perfectly right! I am slaveholder myself, and as nfuch opposed to negro tea- umony against whites as any man on earth, and the law ought to be repealed ; bat it was stated to me yes. lerdaxby a Whig that, during General Jackson's ad ministration, there was a charge brought against- one of tha Uadets at West Point, and Ihe Uourt Martial found him gailty upon negro testimony ; the matter was stated to General Jackson, who immediately 'ex amined into the matter, and reinstated the Cadet ind gave the Court a severe reprimand. This formation, too, was told to this Whig by a young roan by tho name of Lynn, who was Cadet at the time.' T do not believe one word of it. My olyect in writing to you is to know the tacts. I would wish you to give me a correct statement of it Ih tha' Hooe case, he was not found guilty on negro testimony, On application to the;. War Department for the purpose of ascertaining whether there was any case which could be made to'givecidor to such a statement, wyjiave received from the Secretary the following Ut ter, viz: . K ' ': I ; :' -Wi.DiasmraxrT, Awe. 22," 1840. jm a uenrwun return to- yon tne letter or Alf. whkh accompanied your note of the 1 9th Inst. i ne statement made to that gentkman, it given tm thltc. SSi- .T wlurfa them pp to have 1 been.no .direct interferrnce on' tha nara tha tait. nss mam . Am av " avtaj- m . . . PjeaUentGetMrat Jacksoti I-.'. These was no negro witness who teilified before the Court; one was sought for as a witness, tiat could not be ftnlhit The decision of the Court was Jwt aside by the eecretaxy of Ayar, and, to use his own worBs, be canse ? the party waaTconvicted upon hearsay testimo- re spectfuily, your obedient servant. -. ;.- :y-.;2r:f.,. , ;4.. POINSETT. : Honest Whigery, what is to be thy next reaortl' ' X I nave ttoZiciaetf a few. words "iri Wit. Poinsett's letter to the Editors bf the Globe. 7Heagive;the Edjtors jtheGlob-m stafemcnt ixomi the case; part of th worid? used by the &A&tMwfatf his J9eparmeai present bis giving Vproba-1. oiytine jiext ten or twelve words .tq those be gtve.thelobe!:f?af; ito of the Gazette colls upon us tne bailors pi National Intelhgenceri.to procure ttie uptruon in cae. and rjubfish it.' " IK triaL;, Not at alh liut.isayft Mr. romtt there 'was no " direct jnterferencef 6n the part-of General Jacfeson That rneansi pro bably4hat Generaikso4id5noiJ write with his own. Band that Cadet Prake must be Teinstated on account of tbp negr,o tVsti- mony ; but did he. not mteneFe xnaxrecny i Doer noi Mr. Eaton,. ihe L.Secretary of War ift'.iflsn. refer to the oninion of the Presi dent t- Was not something that anegro had said given m evidence on tne tnat ox wu Drake t And was not that, in General Jack son's opinion, and in the opinion ot JJiajor Eaton, unlawful and improper It. seems a was smitrht for'V were not the declarations oi me ff answer 1 knebt auestioni itn a4 nroorietas he could answer the " armfica "ThVeueatlciI-:'JeaVo for ouf patriotic, Peonle-trj answer Y that" People must dbn tion oi uio viwwc i given in evidence t ; Did General .JacK son and 'Major Eaton, wh6"were nierr of " Southern principles, object to the use of snbhsttmony 1 ' Ahacould pot JMrJPoinj t n decide 'whether thef will consent thaT the v .lfvery. refpectiolly, your obedient ttnm records of the&euntry should be ikept 1 $e tei- .kfiw. : , R. K. cal? used for the purposes of a partyjvhtle those who do "not fldpport the i Atoinrsixatibii ' are nrohibited from seein? them.' ' . - .. ---i V -j!i-.i. tLuil2U- I xr r enoaiu' From th retusalr tne secretary oi war iinnnWdfinted. as far as I knowto ex. hrbit the action fjf. UneraI JacKson, or nis Secretary of War, Major Eaton, on this case, to two Representatives Of the reopie oi tne Southern states, alter navmg giyen a siae ment touching the same ( and that garbled as 1 believeV to tlfe Editors of the Globe 4 newspaper, as well as from the evidence de rtred from several respeaaoie inaiciauaf, .-. leel luny warraniea xn cnargiug mai, ii iuc case of Cadet Drake, negro 'testimony was admitted, Or the " hearsay" of a negro, arid that th,e Secretary of W'af, Major, Eaton,,ih- terfereo; because- negro 'testimony, ' hearsay or otherwise, had been admitted. - That information mav be given td those who have desired it, I request you to pub lisli this communication. Very respectfully, yours, EDW. STANLY. rkoM THiv irA-nowAx'ivTBixtaiNCxa . CASE CFADETAKE.v Our paper of Saturday 4 last, contained a statement of Mr Senator Merrick of Mary land, and Mr. Stanly, a member of th? House of Representatives from the State ofNbrth Carolina, detailing the circumstances of their application to'.thejSecreUrypfWan lor permission to inspect xne papers in tne case of Cadet Drake. The application was refused on the ground of a rule, wheih Mr, Stanly gives . conclusive proof that the Sec retary of War had not considered binding when the Editors of the Globe called on him to break it. V It was only the other'' day that we heard of the refusal by the Secretary of State to certify to thexflScial character of a juaiciai omcer, wnose commission was re corded in his Department, and of his ulti mately consenting only on conditions which in one or more similar cases be had not ex acted. . ?u ' The subjoined correspondence shows that a sentence oi a cnun-maruai was reversea by a former . Secretary bf War. and that one of the grounds of reversal was that the court uau aamutea negro testimony, it is remarK able that the Administration has not yet produced a single case to prove' the alleged usage in miiuaiy tnais, in . sjavenoming States, to, receive negro testimony and that the usage, so far as developed, is the "other way. ". ' " WajinixeTox, October 4, 1840.. , Gentlemen t X send you the enclosed .correspon dence between General Eaton and myself, to be used as you please. Respectfully, your obedient servant, - C. DOWNING. Messrs. Gales & Beaton. Wasmihotob, September 2, 1840. , Dear Sir i . In a conversation with you a few days since, you stated that you had disapproved the decis ion of a court-martial in the case of Cadet Crittenden, pn two grounds l. That negro testimony could in no case beadmu- 2. That still less could it be admitted at second, hand oras Oaraay. . I see by the letter of Mr. Poinsett, published in the Globe of Friday, 28th of August, that there was a case of Mr. D rake, where the decision of a court-martial was set aside, because thel Secxexary of War, in his Lownr language, declared that hearsay evidence could V -u J: i .i .- i. r .... i ' um vo uiuuieu. t uuuie .caao oi wuicu you spOKO, and do you remember the case of Mr. Drake i : , Will you, my dear sir, he good enough , to state tn writing the case, as you remember it, of which we were speaking, and die true grounds of your decision? f . Yoat friend. - . ; ciypwNiNG. " Ge: JH.Eato5xi ; ;.'t--'; . V.W3'"ft3'.r?5! " Dear Sir : I ' reply to ' yon .hasuly : The case to which'you refer I well recolledtand the followitogare the circntnstances : " x - . - . Some person, Mr. Drake perhaps, was brought be fore a court-rjrtsatial at West .Point, of which Major Hitchcock was'udge advocate.' The record showed that some tree negro had-beett treated ill i sensible of the practised error, the: negro may have been hired to depart. He, was absent at the . trial, when the court determined that his statement, mode at the time, should tbe received as evidence; and it was received rthe par-. ty was dismtssC'I, BndMr. vrtttenden 's son from Ken- tucky was also dismissed lot contumacy i because he I. would not reveal the conadential conversations of, his J reversed the decision of the court on the ! ground, 1st: that negro testimony could not be received, and! more especjally in tne case before- roe for onsidera Jbo, where ,at mere hearsay testimony.. Mr Crit tenden I also remstated, because I heM bis cdnduetin hot -revealing the secrets of hii associates at the coUegp, TOrera oTi yiocrrA . iHPZ " rt .- KTv?:Jt.'Z- .,- .-.v ' ylt L --s : AyaHaveny object for rnaldng'rf me t!i injdl-1 ry , I beg you tq, ask the Secretary of WairHfor - js? codv 1 f my decision. He can have noebjectka ti( abrd it,'and I am quite confident U will sustain what t state I. H, EATON." -Tho :followin5 correspondence presents tbe testimonyDf - General Cll, on the: aubV ject of the pretended usage in the military courts of the United Statea to receive tiegro stimony v. j1.i'f - :-? , , .- . "... ...... ' . qJofthe Eeehiive Committee hf the ?&ZWW&jgl 5,18404 DearSifytt has been stated that vwi Wre.aererat ya. ainemhttof a eonrrutvtkil Inuu Judge dvocaW offered a negro witness t that voa ob-' that, yew wrwkl irnisii a with the ijanjZ case; and, further,-that you would haveA wj waniw of not, an tbe course of vZ, lnet yoa have known of any trial oeibr;- miry voetirniuivvixraa saaa:..1 L . WQlCh t . ....v mju agamsi White men I r.u such a case, was tho witness objected to on I oj we Bccuseu, oy a member of the court T way. eise r . - . ' w 7tn . . P.p. FENnA?'. . fJObloberS.lo in teply to vour no ni have to state that, spou after the siege of Nelg' 1 a court-martial was held in the city .of New nT mmmrj, was rresraenr, and that a person of introduced as.a-witness;in behalf of one ofti ers. 'ToJthe best of my recollection and bS;1 examination bf this, witness was ohlected to h! i,' Waiiam.0. Butler, a member of the conrt J?, Mai Hjember of Congre;Wthe State of KentX1 The objectKmwas sustained by the court, aadS? hess rejecta.. I remebiDer no ca, in the coul p.jr civH.3,.Wuicn embraced manv r, " rnyiilerin.which any person of color was pSJ giyeevence betore .acourt-martialtag87M J; f inn, fti Stated man. oflicer or soKlier.in" thn .rvi r .i L11 Chairman-Executive Committee. Sec L. iff- MaaaBka . Old Georgia her Southern sisters m : We have done pur duty, and in n5. ber will do it again-i-Wiedbubt not you ern. will HtJWjiVe stoed houlS to shoulder before in defence of the genu ine Virginia principles, and we'll do ;j again. The ofcLftprth State and Georgia, in their best'days, were together ; those days arc re. turning-and they will soon be so again. Alabama ns too good pluck to remain in bondage while her sisters around her art rending their bonds. I Mississippi j identical in her interests with Georgiawill maintain those interests, or know the reason why. ' Louisiana her river is too large to hi used only for, mill dams. ? She' can't go tbe " perish commerce' doctrines ; and tke won'tv '-- ' '" ' . i Tennessee, we stood by your grey head, ed Whitei while living, though prescribed to theaeath we stand by him yet. Stand "Aricansas riot'so far off, but that ib knows1 her duty, and will do it.' Missouri 'Independence was achieved sr seven year's conflict :--Try it again,1 after ' : Soathfirn llecori. War bu iSfew.While, America is yet sleeping, Prance . asiwelLas England has i. wa.a.ucu lumtriieufssiij.i organizing Stam Navy. IxhiU Philippe has sanctioned an ordinance , appropriating, nearly bx mil ions of dollars for ateam packets from Ham to New-York j from: Uordeaujr and Mirseil les to Havanna ; .from St. Napure to fiit Janeiro, and three secondary lines to Mexk co,Central America and Buenos Ayres. Tin arrangemehts comprise 14 ships of 450 horst power eacbV and 4 of 220V ' All these steamships are to be men-of-nr. England, . too, assigns her naval officers to the command of her.mercantile steamen. Alexander of Russia is also aroused to tbe importance of this subject. All the great European powers are aware that, when the next great war takes place, that nation which can bring into action the? most powerful steamships will be mistress of the seas. Tbt steam frigate,' by the facilities which it pos- sesses of selecting thermost favorable posi tion for attackand changing it at pleasure ; of advancing and retreating at will ; of turn' ing to its own benefit the circumstances of wind and tide which embarass its adversary; and applying; -superfluous power to those most destructive of all weapons, steam cm- :L:t-.- ' n r J? 1 k:A uqii, can anuiuiiaie a ueei OI vessels .wuiiu depend on the caprices of the elements, w tions which aspire to rank as first poven, must be constantly increasing their steiro ers to keep peace with their rivals ; and per haps the final effect may. be 'that the meani of warlike, destruction will become so oti whelming that the nations of the world con scious, that a single defeat would be utter ruin, will.rcfram from, playing sabazardow a, game ; and thus, paradoxical as it oajf seem, tbe increase of the destructive poweii of war jnay:preserve universal peace. ri :l . 1, Jew JUfTKcr. ttfotence.--There was party of hoi-heaa v Biixen men and boys, that laboured assiduously to if temka tha Peonle's celebration, dar before yestenfy Tliey enacted several'Scenes of violent outrage, alia diswaceftd tothemselvesand the party thatgiveitOW countenance. In performing their disgraceful orp Vt night, they broke tbe limba of 'several quiet gentle men, who were merely listening to the speechrs to- dressed to the crowd. . 1 U,ese desperate men, wncu with club and pistol, piwhedlnto the dense mfj human beings, dealing, their murderous blows ngw and left, and- discharging their pistols whenever u darkness afforded them a temporary shelter from if cbgn iUon and they may be thankful that no one killed.! Tho Whies rallied at the Arch, corner Maine and yourtfi streets, and kept up their vigil un til morning. They were aided in their efforts to kr the peace by the Vpaty Sheriff, ie Mayor, and se- erai oi our wlest citizens. ' 'v U?ttujs.- .&.frt mwtSnc&naH Gazette, Oct .TNTOTI.CB loHetxilsfjrfl of thf ivef !; INjlatnre-r have :-just bad tlithed s rapactousuining (tiotn, -and several nPW :V1 Members of the approaching Legislaturr. - rrTr Ila T A I LOmilGi -CD NixT DCtitaTii xtv Minns' U9"1 ivUOXJIUSOIX SXiHTH ; 7TJ fiSPECTF ULLY Informs his W"J''"d.S, JitLpoWic generally, that be has purchJ , Taiiaring Establishment of Mr. Jame cflrrim) will hereatter carry ea tha bosioess in bis ew" and on his own account, at tbe old sland on rJ viUe street, next door to the new Market V" ing wen acquaiuicu -wivu sy -- . . gi.0p, oesa,' and determined teattendilos!y to he hope, id receive a Tair shara of P"PSffts rliVwork shall Wtaithfonr done, and bis P" moilatate as the times tyill justify 86 I October 22, 1840,? . . flRPECANOB CLTJB will enable tne to accommodate with BoarJ and h mg; i addition t those alrea'Sy engaeed, 1' 01 r m i u .y .aiwm .inn H k ui. .-o . . f t : f Zf ri. , , ' . ;-i .vH rr tr-f ,T"t v". 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