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should be governed, in ray opinion, is to confer as much' authority as is necessary to subordina tion and improvement, and to adapt the regula tions as fir as praet'cable to the character of the force, a.nd the feelings and habits of our peo ple. The different plans are also alike in re quiring the militia to arm itself. It is true. Mr. Poinsett contemplates the establishment of de pots of arms arid ammunition at .the expense of the federal government, near the placts where the militia are to muster for training; but like all his predecessors he proposes to leave in force the present law, which mikes it the duty of eve ry enrolled citizen to be constantly supplied with arms, accoutrements and ammunition 3t his o-.vn expense. This law, it will be remember ed, was passed under the administration of Gen. Washington, and w is re-enacted under that of Mr. Jefferson. Regarded as an indication ol the principles of our government, which confides the protection of the-liberties of the country and the maintenance of public order to the hands of free citizens of the Republic, it Was honorable to our legislation, and stands in beautiful contrast with the institutions of other countries by which the "people, so far from being compelled to have arms, are denied the right to possess them, and deprived of their use. But the utter inefficien cy of this provision of the law to induce the people to arm themselves properly has been ful ly demonstrated. It is in vain to expect, says Gov. Cass in the report before cited, "that the whole adult male population of the country can, or will, furnish-themselves with the articles re quired by Jaw.' Wherever a military pride is excited, as is the case with volunteer associa tions, the law is obeyed ; but it cannct. it appears to me, be carried into execution with the mass of the militia without a more rigorous exercise of authority on the part of the government than is consistent with the spirit of our institutions. Mr. Poinsett's plan proposed to establish depots of arms in the several states at the public ex pense, to be used when training, or in actual ser vice by the militia sele:ted for duty, and as it was not contemplated to muster the rest of the militia for discipline, it will in my judgement be well worth j of serious consideration, whether a repe&l of the provisions of the law which re quires the militia to arm themselves at their own expense, leaving it to their own option to oe so before I pronounce definitely" upon "its constitu tionality. I shall, 1 am confident, m the opinion of ail candid minds, best perform my duty by re fraining to do so, until it becomes necessary to act officially in the matter. In the mean time, I will content myself with saving, that the inclination of my mind U tint the desired measure cannot be safely accomplished, in the form proposed, under the federal constitution as it stands Having thus given you the best opinions that I have been able to form' of the important sub jects to which you. have called my attention, you will 1 hope allow me to notice briefly one or two collateral considerations, Mr. Poinsett's incontroverted account of the origin and progress of his plan is before you. tie shows that it rew out of a request made of him bvlhe Committee on the Militia of the House of Representatives, at the close of the session before the last, in contemplation of a possible collision between this country and Great Brit ain, and that it was matured and drawn forth under a call m ide upon him, by the House at the last session. Some surprise has been ex pressed and doubts appear even to be entertain ed of the correctness of his declaration, that the plan was not seen by me, or submitted to my consideration, before it was communica:ed to Congress. Those who take this view of the subject, entirely overlook the fact, that such is almost invariably the case on similar occasions; and that in replying to dlls made upon them by f ith'er branch of the legislature? the heads of departments act for Congress, and not for the President: except only on occasions where his acts are brought in question. The impractica bility of pursuing a different course, if even it were otherwise disirable, will be appreciated when it is considered how very numerous these calls have recently been, amounting as they have done to 220 at a single session, independently of those made on the President himself, and of let ters from committees, requiring great research, and the prepi ration of voluminous documents. Unfair as these animadversions are thus shown to b. this has not been even the woist aspect in which ihey have been presented. We have been compelled so see, not I should think, with out shame and mortification on the part of every ingenuous mind, whatever may be his political preferences, tne names ot respectaoie citizens suo UMIH UMfr : IK jt-jc iii ii I, ! -n V. . lltir- TiTiTo 1 . 1 1 'PIT I? CT A TVTTI A T TV X JUL -BJ f J- J.. jlt jlm. .m-p m i . Wednesday, September 3, 1840. THE PEOPLE against THE BANK. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN STATE RIGHTS NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDENT, MARTIN VAN BUREN. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, RICHARD M. JOHNSON. FARMERS' TICKET . for ... j ....... ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT , -. . and . .. . 0 VICE PRESIDENT. ' 1st Dislrict.-DTiURY DOBBINS, for the coun ties of Burke, Buncombe, Rutherford, Haywood, Macon and Yancy. 2nd District. GEORGE BOWER, for the counties of Wilkes, Iredell, Surry and Ashe. 3rd District. HENRY FULEN WIDER, for the counties of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus and Lin coln. , 4th District. BURTON CRAIG for the coun ties of Rowan, Davidson, Da trie and Montgome ry. 5th District. LITTLETON GWYN, for the counties of Rockingham, Stokes and Caswell. Gth District. II. C. COTTEN, for the coun ties of Randolph, Guilford and Chatham. 7th District. L'AUCHLIN BETHUNE, for ! . I .! C O : I. A A l ,-kor Xfrvnru nmviAotl or not. and the distribution of arms to : s.-nhed to statements, that I -hid in m v annual i". , , , . ' ' ' W W w . 1 ' - J ' , the full extent that may be nece:sary to supply the militia when called into actual service, ought not to constitute a part of any plan for the re organization ef the militia, by which a portion ol them are to be instructed at the expense of t r I . message expressea my npprooauon oi a pian, which, not only never had been submitted to me, but was not even matured until more than three month?, after the message was sent to Congress; apd an attempt to prove the unfounded assump tive" rest! The inclination of my own mind would j tion by the publication of a garbled extract from be decidedly in favor of such a course. The light, that document, with its true meaning falsified by 1 and Cumberland. Sth District. JOHN BERRY, for the counties of Person, Orange and Granville. 9th District. JOSIAH O. WATSON, for the counties of Wake, Johnston and Wayne. 10th District. WILLIAM P. WILLIAMS, for the couuties of Warren, Franklin, Halifax and Nash. 11th District. A. W. MEBANE, for the coun- ignorance of their fellow citizens, as to charge j purposes. If I had been charged with the design T-.- .. '.I .. .. - . i ' j. ' ..... ..I II.' ... in which the existinsr law requiring all who are i the suppression of a material nirt. Nor was the enrolled, to arm themselves, is regarded, may be avowed object of these extraordinary proceedings gathered from the fact, th.it men of good stand-j Jess remarkable than the acts themselves, being ) ties of Bertie, Northampton, Hertford and Martin ing and supposed intelligence in the country, ' nothing less than an attempt to hx upon me tnei pn.,,, P TrTJivrcjnM have either been so ignorant of its existence j design V establishing a standing Army of two tUl2D'fJ themselves, or have counted so largely on the i hundred thousand men. for political and personal ' ... r i r.,.-:..,i. . . " J . ; uuiuiuus. vuuiucu auu vwiiiiutu r 13th District. W. L. KENNEDY, tor the counties of Beaufort,-Edgecombe, Pitt, Washing ton, Tyrrel and Hyde 14th District. JAMES B. WHITFIELD, for the counties of Craven, Greene, Lenoir, Jones Carteret and Onslow 15lh District. WM. S.ASHE, for the coun ties of Bladen, Sampson, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover and Brunswick THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER. - This important document, which appears in this paper, has high claims on the attention of'tbe people. Well may tfie democracy be proud of- a Chief Magistrate, who promptly and plainly answ ers all questions propounded to him by his fellow citizens. Here is nothing concealed from the "public eye;" no dodging behind committees, as in the case of Gen. HarrisoJi. Nor is there, as with the Federal candidate, any double dealing or deception. Mr. Van Buren speaks at once to the point, and gives his fellow-citizens to understand all his views on the great political topics of the day, or such as may be the subject of inquiry, without the miserable shuffling of which Gen. .Har rison is guilty, in saying, through his " committee," that the " policy is that the General mike no fur ther explanation of his views Tor the public eye." Let an independent people examine the two cases with candor. We should remember, that in so important a duty as the election of a Chief Ma gistrate of this Union, our judgment nd our rea son are the proper guides and that we should not be led, in the committal of our dearest interests, by log-cabin shouts, hard cider drinking, coon skin eulogies, or "hurra for Tip and Ty." Mr. Poinsett with an attempt to originate th? measure, when, in truth, he only transferred it to his plaa from the statute book, where it has stood for forty-seven years. But in my opinion, the difficulties which beset this subject lie deeper than this. You have seen that the committees of congress have report ed against a reorganization of the militia upon the principle of classification, and that"" they have been virtually sustained in their objections by their respective houses. You have seen lso that plans-embracing the "same principle have been recommended in vain for the last half cen-! of establishing among you. nense. a menacrerie of two at the public ex- hundred thousand wildbeasts.it would not have surprised me more nor would it. in my judgement, have been one jot more preposterous. I am fortunately, gentlemen, not over-sensitive to attacks of this character, and have withal an abiding confidence in the intelligence of the peo ple which rt-nders them proof against all such at tempts to deceive them. If I understand my own feelings, my chief regret in witnessing such degrading exhibitions, arises from a considera tion of the opinion which foreigners, who have tury by Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Mon-; not the same reason' to respect o'r political in . a roe and Jackson ; men, wno nave always com manded the respect of congress, and whose mea sures seldom failed to receive its support. This maybe in part accounted for by the just repugnance of the American people to a stand ing military force which unavoidably extends itself to hrge and protracted encampiments even of the militia. But the principal difficulty has undoubtedly arisen out of the provisions of the federal constitution, relatiug to this subject. By that -instrument the power to train the militia is j reserved to the stale?. To reduce the number to be relied upon for active service by classifica tion might easily he done, because the right to organize is given to congress by the constitu tion ; but the desired efficiency would net be secured, unless that number were better trained, and to that end it is requisite that should be kept together for longer periods of time than is now practiced. To do this without manifest injus tice, provision mu3t be made for their payment. Nor is it believed that they would in general be properly instructed and diciplined, unless they are called out and received into the service of the United S'ates. If this can be constitution ally done, the payments maybe made out of the national treasury. But the constitution authori zes the federal government to call the militia in to service in only three enumerated cases, viz: to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insur rection, and repel invasion. Not only is the authority to assemble them for training not grant ed to congress, but it is expressly reserved to the states. If, therefore, the right to call out, or receive the militia into the service of the United States for such a purpose be asumed by the gen eral government, it can only be under the auth ority to provide for disciplining the militia;. a construction which to say the least of it, is ex tremely doubtful ; for the same sentence of the constitution which reserves to the states respec--fcively the authority of training the militia, di rects also that it should be done according to the discipline prescribed by congress; thus exclud ing as it' would seerrj by necessary inference, the idea that its authors usj?d the two terms in the same sense, ' . " Mr. Poinsett seems to have been more sensi bly impressed with this obstacle than his pre decessors, and endeavors lo overcome tt by plac ing his chief reliance. on. volunteers, and where draftsare necessary, he-' proposes that they should be made- by the states themselves. But can the constitutional objection be thus avoided ? Can congress appropriate money for objects to which their authority does not extend? A proposition was made several years since to meet the objection fully by amending the con stitution, and giving eongress power to provide for training the militia concurrently with the states, and to subject them to the rules and regula tions to which they are by law subjected when inthe military servieeiof the United States and to provide for teaching in the primary schools and seminaries of learning throughout the U nion the system of discipline prescribed for the militia. This proposition does not appear to have found favor either with congress or with the people. It is but lately that my attention has been par ticularly drawn to this subject; and, as there is no doubt thatthe great men to whom I have alluded contemplated an organization of the militia, and provisions for its better instruction, embracing substantially the principles contain ed in-Mr. Poinsett's plan, it becomes me, in the face of so much apparent, authority, to hesitate sntutions that we have, are likely to lorm oi the character of our people, when they see that conspicuous men among us can promise them selves any advantages, Irom attempts to delude their fellow citizens by means of such monstrous absurdities. This regret is. however, I confess, materially diminished by the conviction that the people will in the sequel, as they have hereto fore done, convince those who attempt in this manner to Operate upon iheir credulity, of the folly of seeking to accomplish, in this country, political objects by such discreditable means. I havi the honor to be, gentlemen, Very respectfully. 1 our obedient servant. M. VAN BUREN. "Trulh crushed to earth will rise again ; "The eternal years of Clod are tier's ; ' " But Error, wounded, writhes in pain "And dies amidst her worshippers." Gen. HARRISON, w hile Governor of Indiana Ter ritory, approved a law passol by the Legislature, to SELL aiKIS for FINE or COST. The same law de creed ihe punishment of THIRTY-NINE STRIPES, lo be inflicted on any person thus sold, irho should abscond from At PURCHASE it! Reader -how do you like this specimen ' Harrisoni.m, in addiiiou to the Ohio case, and even worse than that; for the law specifically in cludes WOMEN as well as men to be WHIPPED to full THIRTY-NINE STRIPES." Harrison and the Elective Franchise. "It is therefore enacted, That every free male in- Hahitnnt of the J?e of 21 years resident in the Ter- UltiilM. ritory, and who hath been To Messrs. John B. Gary, A. G. Hudgins. aciiizenofany State in the Thomas Jones and G. A. Cary of Elizabeth City County, Va. MEETING IN WARREN. At a meeting of the Democratic llepublicans of Warren, on Tuesday the 25th inst. accor ding to previous notice, on motion, Diniel Tur ner was called to the Chair, and E. D. Drake was appointed Secretary. The Chairman ex plained the objects of the meeting in a short but very happy and appropriate address, after which Weldon N. Edwards, Esq. arose and- made a forcible and eloquent appeal to the Democracy ol Warren, urging upon them in the most feel ing manner not to be discouraged by the result of the late election in this State, but to prepare with renewed ardor and zeal lor the conflict in November. Mr. E. then introduced the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted. liesolued, I hat the crisis demands of every man to do his duty; that we. will cheerfully respond to this demand4y forthwith organizing ourselves into a Democratic Association for the county of Warren ; and that we pledge our selves, each' to the other, t out fellow-citizens jri the county, and our Democratic brethren throughout the Site, to unite with them in the most vigorous and unremitting efforts to redeem the good old North State from the dominion of federalism with which it is threatened. Resolved, That, for this purpose, a committee be appointed for the purpose of obtaining the names of such as desire to become members of the Association. The following resolutions were introduced by Henry Fitts, and unanimously adopted; Resolved, That the Chairman "have the power of appointing three persons in each Captains District to carry the foregoing resolutions into effect. . " Resolved, That these proceedings be signed by the Chairman and Secretary and published in the Warrentoii Reporter. D. TURNER. Chairman. E. D. Drake, Sec'y. The cost of Intemperance. The annual meeting of the British and Foreign Temperance Society was recently held in London. The Bishop of Norwich presided. In the course of hisremarkes, he said there were supposed to be in Great Britain 23,000.000 souls, who had con sumed 25,000.000 gallons of ardent spirits; the cost of bread for the support of that number of people would be, j25,000,000, whilst the money expended for . the above quantity of spirits, amounted to 44,000.000. This quantity of spirits would form a river 100 miles long, 30 feet deep, and as many feet wide. Ilairisons Democracy. See Territorial Laws, revised code, of 1 807, pa ges 3J and 40, sections 31 and 31 "Sec. 30. When any per son, or persons, shall on conviction of any crime or breach of penal law, be sentenced to pay a fine, with ouvithout the cot of prosecution, it shall and may be lawful for the court before whom such convic lion shall be had Lsto or der the Sheriff to sM or hire the ptrson or persons so con victed, to service, to any per son, or persons, who will pay the said fine and costs for such term of time as the court will think reasona ble. And if such persons, so sentenced and hired or sold, shall abscond from the service of his or her master or mistress, before the term of such service shall be expired, he or she so absconding, shall on con viction before a justice of lhepeace.be WHIPPED WITH THIRTY-NINE STRlPEb! & shall more over serve two days for every one so lostr "Sec. 31. Thejadgtsof the several courts-OI record in this Territory shall give this act in charge to ihe grand jury at each and - - every court, in which a grand jury shall be sworn. Jesse B. Thomas. Speaker of the House of .Representatives. B. Chambers, Presidentof the Council Approved Sept. 17, 1807 W. H. Harrisom. JOHN TYLER'S DEMOCRACY. John Tyler, The federal candidate for the Vice Presidency when a memter ol the Virginia Conven tion, voted against the extensioncf the right of suf frage, contending that the only true and legitimate U..IJ r U I J .1 ... qua.unca.iion &uvmu uc m. uccuuiu, iuub virtually plac ing all power in ihe hands of the few, that they should tuiniui l lie ijjaiij . Union or who has been two years resident in this Territory, and hole's a free hold in fifty acres ot land within any county of the same or any less quantity in which he shall reside, which with the improve ments made thereon, shall be of the value of one hun dred dollars, or has paid for and in virtue of a deed of conveyance for further assurances from a person vested with the lee, is in actual possession of fifty acres of land subject lo tax aiion in the county in which he shall be resident, shall be, and are hereby declared to be duly quali fied electors or representa tives for the counties in wliich they are respective ly resident. Jesse B. Thomas, Speaker of the House of Representatives. B. Chambers, President of the Council. Approved Sept. 17, 1807. - : W; H. Harrison. THE LADIES. " When there's a lady in the case,. "All other things, of course, give: place." We see copied into the " Whig" papers an ac count of a political parade in Newbern, at a log cabin spree, to which the ladie3 gave their atten dance and countenance. We impute none other than pure motives to the ladies, on all occasions but we wonder that fathers, husbands and brothers are not ashamed to drag the females of their fami lies int i the political arena. There is something revolting in this desecration of the amiable and interestifg position which belongs to the sex. It is an amazonian attitude unsuited to the times, and never warranted but in the hour of the greatest national peril. We contemplate this spectacle in sorrow, not in anger. How long can ladies who mix in political strife, expect to be shielded from the missiles of party? What! are the fair daughters of America, the wives and mothers of our land to be transformed into political viragos, and become at once the tools of demasogues and the victims of party rage? If there is one spark of social sensi bility remaining in the "whig" ranks, they will discountenance and discontinue this practice. The uncalled for interference of the " better part" of creation in matters which chiefly concern the rougher sex, is sensibly rebuked in the follow ing extract from Pope's Odeyssey. Telemachus seeing Penelope speak to the suitors, on affairs to which he thought her incompetent, says : " Oh royal mother ! ever honor'd name ! Permit me, cries Telemachus, to claim A sou's just right. No Grecian prince but I Has power this bow to grant, or to deny. Of all that Ithaca's rough hills contain, " And all wide EhV courser-breeding plain, To me alone my father's arms descend ; And mine alone they are to give or lend. Retire, oh queen ! thy household task resume, Tend with thy maids the labors of the loom ; 1 he bow. the darts, the arms of chivalry, and most to me. tic efforts. Federalism a sickly weed ; flourish es but under town culture, and will certainly find (he soil of these once republican counties; too pure for its poisonous growth. If mother Rowan and her daughters Davidson and Davie -if Cha tham and Randolph, have deceived the expecta tions of those who calculated on what they once were if Buncombe and her federal neighbors still yield to fedVral dominion we turn, with pride and exultation, to the more than two thousand sturdy' and independent voters of Lincoln, old republican Lincoln and with the aid cf Yancy and little Ashe, still hope the light of true democracy may beam on their path, and bring back the West to the true faith. So may it be for the sake of truth, of justice, of our country. MAJ. GWYNN'S REPORT. See an excellent Report from Maj. Gwynn, on our last page, on the subject of a connecting Rail Road between this city and the "Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road at Goldsborough. This "is a matter which has been the subject of much con versation in this section, and is ,one upon which we can all agree, even in these exciting times. There is certainly a community ol interest between the people of this section and those on the line of the road, as well as the citizens of Wilmington. What forbids a congeniality of feeling ? We know it has been the habit of ,some persons to in fer hostility to the Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road, from every expression of friendship to the other. But this is unjust. It is a libel. so gross that it ought to explode. 'T'hpCA parpe In man Knlnnr - . '"al Extract from General Harrison's letter, dated Cincinnati Sep. 17 1822. Sir In your last letter you recommended to the candidates at the ensuing election, to publish their political creeds, that the electois may have a fair opportunity ot choosing those whose sentiments best accord with their own. I have ever believed that eve ry elector has a right to make At call upon those who offer shr service tothe people, eND THAT THE CAN DIDATES ARE BOUND TO ANSWER IT. Extract from the letter ol Gen. Harrison's confi dential Committee dated Cincinnati Feb. 29, 1840. The policy is that the General make no further declaration of his principle for the public eye whilst occupying hi present position. THE RETROSPECT. While our opponents are s.ojoud in their shouts of " victory," and so liberal in bestowing their " huzzas" on those who have deserted the repub Iican standard, it is both right and proper that those who have proved themselves faithful to prin ciple, should receive the thanks of the democratic party, in whose cause they have so nobly contend ed. Here, in the county of Wake, the head quar ters of federalism, to which every pretender re sorts, in order to a display in the Log Cabin where he receives new materials to poison and a- buse the public mind with the press and every o ther power which could be brought to operate has the cause of democracy still triumphed thanks to the patriotism and incorruptible integrity of the people. Edgecombe, Nash, Franklin and War ren, where the demoeratic republican banner has ever waived in triumph, opened the polls with the best spirit, and it unsuccessful, they are not the ess entitled to the thanks of the country. On the Roanoke, where we had anticipated a different re sult, though defeated, our friends manfully con tended against error and misrepresentation. In Martin, democracy maintains her ground, and serves to save the cause from a total defeat ; while Gates has resisted every effort, both foreign and internal, to govern and control her. The voice of old Currituck, too, still greets and cheers the heart of the democrat, and refuses obedience to the federal sway of " old Tip." Craven, long the seat of re publican triumphs, had well nigh regained her for mer character, and but for the dominion of town influence, would now stand erect with her sister counties of Lenoir, Wayne and Johnston, to whose spirited exertions and to our friends in Greene, our cause is so greately indebted. We turn to the Cape-Fear counties in the south east, with pride and pleasure, where the banner of democracy still floats in triumph. Little Colum bus not only remains " erect," but opened the con test in a way which has been fully . sustained by her democratic brethren in the District. To New Hanover is especially due all praise, for her united effort ; and even in the to'wn of Wilmington did our candidate prevail, notwithstanding the converts alleged to have been made by his opponent's speech in the opening of the canvass. Thanks to the democratic republicans of New Hanover, for this victory ; a just tribute to the memory of her la mented Holmes, whose manly spirit was at all times ready to resist the secret influences of fede ralism, in all its forms. - But while our Eastern Counties have so distin guished themselves, our friends in the West are not without their claims to the thanks of the De mocracy. If not so successful, they have done much to entitle themselves to praise. Caswell, the birth place of our worthy candidate the. county in which the principles of republicanism have held undisputed sway in the darkest periods of our country's trials the cause of Democracy still tri umphs, and her republican character is nobly vin dicated ; whilst her neighbor, Rockingham, the native county of the " whig" candidate, has prov ed herself above all the, arts and blandishments of the crafty enemy, and claims, for her thousand votes, the thanks of every true democrat. Suchj fealty to principle is rare indeed, in. these days of log-cabin arguments, and hard-cider and jacket pocket influence. If her democratic friends in Stokes and Surry cannot join in her victory, they at least deserve the highest praise for their patrio- Mr. Morehead Electioneering Tricks. The Editors of the Globe are certainly mistak en in supposing Mr. Morehead's being in favor of the Western Rail Road, and Gen. Saunders' op position to it, operated against the latter and in be half of the election of the former, for, strange as it may appear, yet the fact is so, the circumstance of Gen. Saunders9 having favored the Road, and the part he took in bringing before the Legislature at its last session, objects of internal improvement, while it gavehira no support in the section of coun try interested ia the measures, were used else where to his prejudice. Mr. Morehead is not the man to take his stand upon great measures of State or Nationa. policy of any kind. If any thing is done in the improvement of the State, or in mat ters above the mere ordinary scope cf legislation, it most certainly will not originate with the Gov ernor elect. It comported more with his notions of what was politic, and of his system of electioneer ing, and1 was certainly used with great effect, to deal with matters of smaller bearing, than to enter into the discussion of either principles or measures. He chose rather to handle such articles as "Ice, Towels, and Soap," with the like items in the con tingent expenditures of the Departments togeth er with the Ogle falsehoods against The President for the use of the table articles of furniture pur chased by President Monroe. These and like matters of enormous extrava gance, together with his unfounded insinuation a gainst Mr. Van Buren, for sending his sons abroad at the public charge, to learn and ape Court man ners with the contemptible charge of wearing silk stockings, riding in an English Coach, and sleeping on a French'Btdstead, were the kind of materials which constituted the great theme of the "whig" candidate's electioneering harangues ; and also his pathetic denunciations against the plan of the Secretary of War, for drawing our young men into the danger of being shot for refusing to obey' the orders of their commanding officers, and of . ... . . ... tt carrying the husbands ot our wives to tne wua swamps of Florida, there to learn the arts of the camp of the gross attempt at imposition, in ex citing the fears of the honest farmer against a tax, contemplated by the government in consequence of the information called for under the law for takiDg the Census together with the apprehen sion that our liberties were in danger by the ad mission of negro testimony against white men. Such important national matters as these, and oth ers of like import, were some' of the means resort ed to, and which contributed, no doubt, to the suc cess of the "whig" candidate for Governor. The Editors of the Globe will no doubt be sur prised to learn one of the favorite expressions of Mr. Morehead ; which was. " We original Jack son men!'" by which he sought to secure the sup port of the friends of the late President, while by denouncing his acts and measures he enlisted his enemies. Such were some of the tricks and arti fices resorted to by this fit representative of the unscrupulous party to which he belongs. Success, through such means, can confer no honor on the successful, or credit upon those who may have contributed to the result. THE RESULT We have now full returns- from the whole s. and though not official, they may be rcZ accurate, as they have been received fr' J ? entitled to credit. , It shows, what had b ' pected, a much- heavier poll at this electing' on any previous occasion. Foi Governor tb " upwards of 80 thousand votes ; nearly 15 ,1 are more than at either of the former elections of? number, Gen. Saunders received nearly tk- Dudley. tk, -1 -uuirri thousand j a larger vote than Go V. . I 1 . ... "j upwama oi cjgui inousand W, , ftl a. - ment. or frnm imnrnnor vnloo : .""Itj. J- ing investigation. The increase has been aJa ly greater in the Federal than in the De counties, wards of Guilford, for instance. etnocrat;. lias Octroi, 9 Innnoann nntio ioie man m ioon Iredell, four hundred ; Cabarrus nearly four h ?i dred, and several other counties in proporti That many have been allowed to vote whn ' M r nnl ponctif iitirtnallv ontltlaA U -M i i - -j lucic is out nttie doubt But whatever means may have been resorted ' i in order to gain success, and however adverse h i resuu to me cause oi democracy with tbirt fi thousand voters'who have withstood all the the false alarms and misrepresentations, botW measures and facts, as practised by our oppon with a proper exertion, there is no cause toT' pair 'of regaining the State. We cannol our mind to believe, that the freemen of JV "1 Carolina, So long firm in the principles of TepuUi canism, can be brought to give their support t0 a - xuc nasbeendi-' rectly m opposition to their views and opinions-. That Gen. Harrison is supported by the gr body of the federal party, both here and elsewhere lhathis counsel and measures are to be of that stamp, if successful, admits of no question. 'e ' say, then, to our friends and the country: Arouse $ before it is too late, and do not commit yourselvej to the government of those who have been and win continue our greatest enemies. "WHIG" PROSCRIPTION. -We bave.heard several reports of proscription br the whiggery, for opinion's . sake, in and about thu P.ltV XuVi Ii'fl Tiro cV1l treat no .-Ii j , .. . .. 11 vat u LUCIC Umor UU ffj have sufficient evidence of the facts. WheiW this disgraceful spirit has extended its baleful in- r fluence over any part of North Carolina or not,ii 1 exists in the "whig" party in other parts of til Union. The Augusta (Me.) Age informs us, that a fci. eralist or whig of that place, addressed a laboriQjf? : .i c. c . . , . .. uciuuiiai in me oiicch oi Augusta, in tne Mow ing words: "Damn you ! if f -had known your politics, you should never htfve'worked for me!" This odious language, uttered in a spirit of ruth less oppression and tyranny, epitomises the policy of the " whigs," Jong since avowed, of bringing the people "by suffering to submission." But what will Northern Democracts, who suffer all sorts of persecution andproscription for their derotiou to the South and the jXJnion, say of North Carolina, who has deserted htrself! Southern people should ponder well,before they league with Northern "Whigs" and Northern Abolitionists, to put down . . ... . . . Y tne only party at tne iYortn that sustains southern rights, against such'oppression and injustice. But this surely can never be. The "second sober thought" of the people in November, will, we trust, L convince our friends in other sections, that though j North Carolina may step aside from the true path," she will again walk in the good old republican' way. THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE. We have heard much of the Philosopher's Stone, which was supposed to have the power of transmuting all metals into Gold. But your true Philosopher's Stone has not been so much as talk ed or guessed about. Do our readers desire to know what it is ? Well, then, it is a something that will arouse subscribers out of a real Rip Van Winkle nap, in regard to the payment of their sub scriptions in which lamentable state a large pro ponion of the subscribers to the Standard appear to have been for some time. A CONFESSION ! Now and then we get an honest confession from the Whiggery ; the pangs of conscience being greater than some of them can bear well trained as they are to burdens of this sort. The following from a Harrison Federal Whig paper, shows that the truth can come out sometimes; wonderful as it may seem ; and that the insolence, tyranay and selfishness of the whiggery stand self-exposed : From the New York Herald. "One important fact is certain, that the Tippeca noe party at present is BROKEN UP, and divided into ineffectual squads in this city, by the miserable TRICKS and SCHEMES of the WALL STREET MEN ; and if the same influences have been at work in the interior, that have operated so blightingly here, if the same SELFISH SPIRIT has prevailed in the country thaf has spread-over the city if the same INSOLENT and TYRAN NICAL system of DICTATION has been put in operation throughout the state, that has broken up the power of the party here, MR. - VAN BUREN WILL GET THE STATE BY A VERY LARGE MAJORITY. "As the position of affairs stands at present in this city, if the vote for the President were to be taken to morrow, amongst us, there would no doubt be a majority of from 3000 to 5000 AGAINST UbJNKKAL HARRISON, so great is the revolu tion occasioned by the, withering influence exerci sed by the cliques that control Wall street." THE HOOE CASE. We have before us a Letter from the Presideni ' of the United States, in answer lo one from Mr. I Eugene Burras, of Martin county in this State; wherein the writer asks for a statement of the case of Lieutenant Hooe, with Mr. Van Bureris viewi of the subject. The letter shall appear in our next paper. It is auxiliary to the conclusive evidence already laid before the public, of the falsehoods pro pagated by the Federal Whiggery on this subject The vile misrepresentations of that party, on tliii case, were vamped up at too late a period to be sue cessfully exposed before the election; but we rei much mi'sunderstand the peopled this S.tate and p. the Union, if they do not express themselves con clusively and understandingly at the November elec tion, on the matter of the atrocious impositions prac tised upon them, in this as well as other cases. In the mean time, we state for the information of our readers, that the Court by which Lt. Hooe wat tried and found guilty, and by which negro testimony was admitted, was composed of the following of ficers : ' PRESIDENT. Capt. Wm. Shubrick, of South Carolina. r-f nr no 4(1 C I)J ULIti3 Capt. Lawrence Rousseau, of Louisiana; Capt. Beverly Kennon, of Virginia ; Com. Ben. Page, Jr., born in England; Com. Hiram Paulding, ofNe York; Com. Wm. E. McKenny of New York; Lieut. Jas. P. Wilson, of Maryland. JCDGE ADVOCATE. Thos. M. Blount of Florida. AH but three of the Court are from shvehildio$ States. Can it be supposed that these men beimy- ed the interests of their country and violated their oaths of office, by admitting improper testimony? If so, why have-not the bolts of "Whig" indignation been launched against them 1 No no this.weuM k not suit the purposes of the party whose standing ! policy is to violate the commandment, "thou shall not bear false witness," &c. These men, however, acted in accordance uilh law, and were bound by their oaths to pursue tb course they did. But the opposition say The Pf sident had discretionary power, and should hav used it. How ? Would they desire The President to violate the law, without necessity. Lt. Bot was convicted on white testimony and by hisov confession the testimony of the blacks haD( bearing on his case whatever; and it was therefore, completely out of view,' in the matter that shout make up The President's decision. But mark the deep hypocrisy of the British Whigs! We have heretofore referred to the sub ject in the Standard, and made plain this deep ana dark hypocrisy! We. now quote the language" the American Statesman, printed at Petersburg Va : "Surely means will Be speedily adopted fof preventing the possibility of the recurrence of &e a case for the future. One who did not know t miserable shifts to which the Whig party were re duced would have thought that scarcely a day woo L elapse, before a bill prohibiting the admission oj 2ro witnesses would be introduced. Soiar