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w. fcr 1 atbe i a. S) ti Gn LT ll ill eMk MHT FiraV Car. sdWt, St J El Its rt ak MlLf kalat M- ear a lerlalh .a I iktw bea fftidn t km aaV cMherii M rt-" acttr KirM IK itikf an rGwf law I. to, loato hriar nf ailC 5 isa ia.' , ct. 1 ip teres. r THOMAS J. LEMAY, PROPK.ETOJU TEHMS. . , gj. a.cBrstri;0!r, hr Per - pjfre.idine;.fcloiil 111 S'at i1t be re paired t W wswis " ,D ub anplion id advance. RATES OF ADVERTISING. f lf e,el7 Kj.i.re (ol eiaeedinf, 16 line tlita size Ijp) fir" inwrtion, one dollars each subsequent inrtion, tent)-neeeit,. The .rerienieiit ol Clerks snd Sheriff, will k chirred 25 per eeot. higher) aad a dedneti liof jjperent will be made from the retular pri ... for acltertficra by (he jeer. : Ullert to ihe Editors KMT be pott-paid. RALEIGH, AUG. 11, ISJO. THE PKOPLETS TICKET. WILLIAM IIENUY HARRISON, Tlif invincible Hero if Tippecanoe ihe $neOT' t ruptible Statesman the inflexible SrptMtM,n-m the patriot I armer of Unu. , FOR VICE pnESlDEXT, JOHN TYLER, .ftitule W.Ve' Republican if the tchool if 98 ,ne at t'irimajnub!el n j.nteintie statesmen. XT Tho broad banner ofH.VURISOX, LIB F.KTY an,l Ihe CONSTITUTION is now flung a the brp-zo,.inscii!)('J with the inspiring motto 1 -ONK PRIvSIDKNTIAI.Tr.RM THE IN- TEfilMTY OF THE VUBLIC SERVANT -THE SAFETY OF TUB PUBLIC Mf NEV-TIIE DIVISION OVTHEPUBLl LAN DS THE DOW NFALL OF ABOLl TION AND THE GENERAL GOOD 01 THE PEOPLE. FOB OOVF.UNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA, JOHN M. MOREHEAD, OF CriLFOHD COl'XTY, The nbh slattmutn the $ounj republican lAe ptlriinlhe hmtrH num.- - I'ooplo's Electoral Y'irkrl. t'nl, 'Charles McDowell, of Uurke count; 4-n. Jas.. W'tLLBoR.1, of Willie. David Ramsouii, of Lincoln, James Meimnk, of Caswell. Hon. Abraiiam EicNriiRR, of ('lialhnin. Johji I). Keu.v, of Moorij. ' ' ; Dr. James fcF.SiiiTii, oitnangr. TlAsrst, IS.' Baker, of Nrw-IIanover. Daviii F. Cai.dyvci.l, of Ruwsn. 'ol. Wu.uam L. I.CNO, of lldlil'nv. Josiaii CLMK8, of Washington. - Thomas F. Jonei, of Penniuiofis. it3' Postm aste ns hrt; respect fully re- pnestetl to furnish the Editor of I ho Star fc ill) n statctnent of the result of the elec tions iutiieir respective Counties, nt ns any a day qs practicable. DIRECT TAXES ! ! ! lluw Cittzens ! are you prepared to pay them ? It is now evident that 'Martin Van iii-j-n, it re-eletuMl rmitlcnt, will nposr. a hmrit direct tax on the pco- tie! One of Uh warmest friends in ongi-ess openly declared that such brttrt ho t.,.. UW:Xmhe friend W un 15 u i-e 11 declared that such should I lie ease, in u 4tli of July toast. Miy have such minute and particular 'tendons been insrnited on 1 lie list of nesiions held by the census takers? Vha I hut to pen the w ay fop a direct i: People ol orth Carolina! will ton uooprpate 111 the work of having BRITISH TAXES imposed upon sou, hy electing candidates to (he Slate e,'''it,im' w ho mar prohahly call up fi VAX IILKEX, at tlAt; next 1 rI 1 i .: ITi'S.. j 1 uur jtriicrii -sfciiiuij , 10 mil a ome than war tu.v upon imr nron- Itj a lax which will he sutlicient to unit ail) jjjsjjtandiag artity of 20tT,TJ06' fldiers? tpiboUliau part 3 ut against Gen.- HJtKRTm.acaa atiim him The rile charge againxt Harrison of Abolitionism put to rent, now' and, forever, by the .Ibolilionints thein- ffrr.;, in an official audrea to the vubuci! 1 he ioru organs struck dumb!!! coin.iiitlia auaoLiilcd bv the Alinlitinn Con- ttntinn-lately lo-ld in Boston, consist injf of N. bewail, laiHClnrk. snd h. Wrmhl Junior' e. in bthalt of il al Convention, addres.id the a ics of MassarhostttB, calling on them to ounce forever all connection which anv nf ni mstf have wiih the VVI.itf nart"vto an a. nrl Gen. II Jrfison and denooncin'r the Gen- l in the strnnjeal terms as a " sworn triend i.b slare-hcldins interest." They say: ' Next turn to I lurrison. While Governor of Territory of Indiana, he need his official in nee to introduce slavery into that territory, trary to the act of Congress by which it had b forever excluded. While a member of Con 's he voted for the eilmissionof Missouri, a constitntion ssnctionlng slavery, and thts , psented to an act which nndor the name of s ' j-k foropromise, delivered the free States and the A L 'al0, who"y nW dtehaods of the sltfve ill,s per. While a candidate for ihe Presklenev IISJO, he littered the sentiment in a public fch, that the citixena of the free States have Vonsiituiional n'ohr even to DISCUSS1 the iwt of slavery, which aeotiment ho has RE- HK.'.IEI) Sl.NCK HIS KKC'ENT KOMI. HON.' He mainKiins, too, the doctrine that '"prt has no power by the Constitt.tion to ''sh slavery in the District of Columbia with- i consent of the slave States. Flnall v . he S bis enrnurairrmrnt unA a&it9infii ti K'.n- ''T.ln proeorinst the nassaep.hv the Ie-ial. c 'd Ohir, rf the infamous law makintr it '"nal t, mi,,, food and shelter tn r,.(Tiin, 'epablican bondage.' - - Noktti Carolixa -Powerful in moral, in intellectual, and in physical UL.. JLXXl J ten the rrxa. ; Messrs. Editors: It is not often. presume, that the reading community have imposed upon them the perusal ol an arti cle emanating fiont so humble a source as thai from whjcli this proceeds, riot-when f i i'i t ' by y tiii r htimbl c 1 c 'orrVspoii tteii tT for every man to raise his voice in defence of justice. I refer to the publication made in a "Standard extra," and wTncTi has lite rally (loaded (in the short space of three or four days.) the whole county that chaste ami oeatayut "Appeal ir me raroMrs, Mechanics and Working Men of Wake County," against our worthy candidate for the House ol Commons, eston 11. bales. I know' I have the voice of the whole county, even of those who honestly and honorably .lilTVr with him in their political sentiments, when I assert there is no man amongst ut less open to attar ks of such a charae'er as this vile sheet produces, r.or one who it more invulnerable to Ihe as saults of Calumny. I propose saying a few words in reference to this Raleigh" Standard man not that I believe any one who peryses the base ,chai.gfts.tlire,,prnn. ulgateil, will at all believe Mr. Galea ca pable of such but for the purpose of dis robing the wolf of his sheep's clothing. The. timorou and honest Mr. Ra leigh" introduces hiros, II to you as the " huuh!e Mechanic," He need not think the really honest ritiy.ens of Wake courtly are to be gulled bv these flimsv and false traps set to catch and delude the unsus pecting. No, no, Mr. Raleigh," we know yon, and know you to be no such thing. We would like to be told how ma ny sledge-hammers you ever swung or how many bricks you ever laid in a day or how many shaving you ever f based a roun.l a work-bench. Wc wonder if von f vf.!n.,VI.X"u'J.'0t..-.i fi Y. body else, a pair of khoe or sewed up a rip in any a me. tiaiiic than is JIarl,ii!, Vn Ruen the 'ji'rK-rH.W M (?Trf ,w liiwn he is . the petty tool. He SAy fhat Mr. Gales's fiii-tuls will cry out persecution! perse cution!" N. sir. they' will not but their rpours anil proofs will be against false hood of bae enough die to have bad its origin in mme darker clime. He says he " would sroin the art, and contrtnn the man. that would injure the popularity or sacrifice the " reptiTai bv deviating from the path of trnth TO ATTAIN, A POLITICAL OBJECT." What l generous snd honor-hound democrat!- Not Tor a POLITICAL nbjct. but he would traduce the private character of an old hero of his country -yes of one who has t'eclared that his reputation was dearer to him than his life, and of one a mongst m whose very name if benevo lence, and charity, and of one to whom suffering humanity never plead in vain. In reference to his annnvmoos sie-na- ,ur,p . "e of dream he is dioised; tor he ttan.ts boldly represented in the foreground of hit own picture. At to what " Msdam Rumor" i reprrsn'ed as having said in reference to Mr. Gates, we all know the is a lying old Jul, and not to be believed, for the never did speak Ihe truth. . The treat, unpardonable tin of erecting a log cabin, is placed altogether on this gentleman! shoulders. . It is well known that I helped erect that cabin that you did, and many others equally 11 respects ble if not as putse-proud "as this silk stocking falsely named Mechanic" of Raleigh." 1 here is one thins uh'n h he is ver II arp nliiln afiil nH-1nnhI trtilha npivir1iK J aniiootlor von to- know and thit'lhe Uo'tor. It exposes and' baffles one el RALEIGH, N. C TUESDAY, AUGUST M,.1SI) that this great bugbesr, this srsre-j crow, this log raum, is ilooretl with plank misrepresentation ami fraud Uy w-iuli the taken from the State Capitol, and brlotig-. partiy.jns of th? Ailministtatiou are en ing to the State, and also a door front the deavorioj to retrieve its desperate for rapltnl, and the proprr'y i f the State. jtuues. Its smirce claims for it general t And wiS his characteristic effrontery, lie tention ami full reliance. To the Whis asks, where did lie (Mr. Gales) recfive of this State its assurances are needless, his authority to take OUR national flag, T pretend here, at home, that the slight- F. BLUNGING TO TUB S TA IK, and; place it over two jusrs oUhard cidtr, in front of this loi; rabinr" I M Sincerity, ihou firrt virtue, Let no mortal b-ave thy onward path, I Thoitjrh the earth ihould gape, and from the julf , n,.. ...-Li- Destruction cry, to take UiMimulation a winding wsv. Spirit of, truth! is impossible' that such a base lie could be concocted rijrht on the spot, and by those who know it to be sucl? yeu.wnai s inetr oojeci in circu at n? these reports? 1 her know cry well that: too pianaa were purcnaseu irom me jjtaie, 1 a- , - - - , ij vivai pi itc uu an it iraius w a. VT. ' 1 fl 11 r 1. 1 ! a " national naz, an isaieiEo kiiohs ii a. -a w . t- , , , . 1 1 IllljFI I Mall IIIIS k.' e w in to be the property of a private individual. ecUilf V(lte rr Mr. Van Huren. In an honest citizen, who had a right to ap- r, . . ,.a . ,, . uri iv . , I . 1 propnate , to any cause whtch it. proud stripes and star, would do honor justl; to. I ask thequest.on aga.n-whatpossi. ble obj.ct have the, in view, in giving puo.icityw wcnvnesianoen,,., .o.srep- resentalions as appear in this filths sheet? Do they hope, by unfounded falsehood, to confute truth? Or do they expect to de ceive the ignorant, and gull the unsuspect ing, In Ihe prejudice and injury of Mr. Gales? Miserable subterfuge! 't hat must i: t 1 1 1 .1 1 or. oau cause, .0 .ee m ... - ivota.r. ,7HV!,P ;,,;Vrai,0I,,f t!,C,f ch-n," of JtilL, m order 46 give it tapport. -1 shall not follow this libelloos scribbler through the nuil, wild fl8ttirorhis,?M pead.MM productioni but I will say that I am sorry, very sorry," that the name of our goodly city has been selected as the cog nomen of this miserable pal troon. But we are an wen assureu max ..V.oe. m i 11 IaLaI I ,.,..... """ whom to cnniuie our wisnes anu our m- te rests. - Before I close : . . 1. - . . 1 .. .... -ii 1 - ' 1 , 1 "afiO'TeswcrrtTtunm TTiixTTt, wr ea.i.acea .1 , n - . ... - ,i.:i . : .. . - . , - '. ,- . t , . ih-iws liirir nwa iwunwrn; wc nj mrii i anil paraiVZe lltCir Cllorit, knowing htm to be a safe depository in rililliMl.r. fl B .,. hBi:..B r.,; m... ,t.J ..;.,t..- r I ! ......r vir-.a-'S v,. w I till III Mlilll ,r llllllt - in-11 1, iiitii iuri V i a ciici'mis vv sij .7. . r . ' r Union who would iloubt the tintlrinar tier this imperfect noftco of ... . . ..;,.! i,:a.t, Lu.. 1 us wreicocti scriuo.er, .11 v trie y, that I had previously considered the put,. luher of the graced s heeel ,n vihuh; it appeared, n bone! and n. . . luning man one who, allhaugh he would it llikiv VAiriiuuic. j rfc lie iii' f ill basely to misrepresent truth and justice. But in this I find I am mistaken. For knnMing these charges to be false, and yet giving them his aid nnd countenance, leaves his deformity unmasked. But let ...e assure him, that by s.tch groundless fabrications as these, he will never be able to injure the fair fame of lilt worthy coin- ,irnw u.iri.... 1 Like vireio eolj from Jndia! mine. Yha oiore you rub him, luo brighirr he idiine,." FOR THE STAR. THE It A Ii S. A ryrisflt rrv tiHti frrr wluri hppn nfffr. ed against ihe Banks. Attempts have been made to induce the people to bidirve that Banks are the greatest curse which ever visited the country. Now. what'sre the facts? Are Batiks an evil? If thev are, let them go down; but if they are a source of benefit to the people, let them be up- held. .Properly used, I maintain that they I are a blessing. For what has given the ''l conclusions We demand the evi tradiniv nnrtion of one citiv.ens. aa well aa dence on which can be founded the most the mechanic and farm r. so many anil ! suthgui-d ! 'n life? The Banks did it. So long as liiey a'sVisf ir'atle aml cl.m - are about to itart in business, they confer : 'r eis ... our vjiMnoiejciai nie.r.p....j ... be'tif ffif. r 15nf, like every goVd thing. lhe'yR'ww ho "P for-wai.t.f tennrtir in Hie irisy Be abund. Men- may borrow too countless muliiudet thrown out of em o.uvh. and fail. And are lha BatikS In ho i ? or-' ' e f"l " he reduction faxed with their faults? Rest ,g,rMi 1 ihe Banks will hurt no man who has not. hy his own laziness or extravagance, hurt himself. A man wants money he goes to the Bank gets it returns home, and gamblrnjr : plays ihfi l EeMkmji-jmuL44s money ia all tne. When pay-day comes round, the Bank presses him for this mo n?y mhieh he has voluntarily borrowed and extravagantly squandered ), fJI and the stockholders the commnnity not the officers of the Bank loe iheir money. Now, whose Tault was that? Was not that man ruined before he ever saw a Bank? I maintain that he wa; fur a Is.y man and a spendthrift it always ruined. Fellow Citizens, look round you. and msrk the men who abuse the Banks. Ask them if they wishio put down the Banks: an.r answer yourselves, this oueslion by finding out how "many shirrs of limit stock' they own. If they shal'. be found to oWn even ten shares, will you not convict them of inconsistency? The truth is, there are meri in Wake county who own tent of thousands in Bank, ' and who nf coarse wrul' be the very last to put down the Banks: but whojie verifier join in the cry agtinst the Banks because by so doing they expec t to please their party and gain a few votes. TfTUS. - Prom the Alhant Ereiiinf, Jonrna'T., ' We publii-li below a l ircolar from the State Central Committee to .the Whigs of resources the land of our sires, and the those extensive and organized schemes of est probsbditv exists that the electoral vote of New Yoi will he gien af;iitit Haruisos, is ii tutch of effrontery up to which Van Burcnism as vet has not been able to Swagger. Let the friends of the WI112 ca'ise abroad. Count with all eer- itaintyand confidence on tlttt EMPIRE TO THE n illGSOF THE USIOS. Albany, Statu of Nr.w Yons, July 20, 1 840., Tha W.ie SUte Committee of the c.... r v. r...i. i...,.-.u..f.;..i-ni ctotr, l new ii nsviri 'iivi mws ..;.,,,,, .-..., ... kl.n , .. ami byoiKfrt at WMnrtont to proiluce . o,., ,;ii h. IWI IHU'l'rll Ml i:itVilt.'l IIHV hiiit nw' receive( i(, Mnt a,stan, Su,M fmn Washingt.,, of the same ten. op m, r entlj i7en.ical in language, r ,renti' Mr.-n Buren's success in ,,,(, Sut be; b , a ,,oruU, doubt. The very maimer in which these representations arc got up and circulated, is of itself ulliciently indicative of their character. The? are the last desperate resort of a ruined party, and of an Ail - ministration tottering to its uownlall, to AltwWt , ,vhom ,eT have rt beguiled. Well may the dread the .i r .t i-vt:i long run- sequences of acknowledging, r omitting to deny the fact, that Mr. Van Buren is discarded by hit own State. What can didate for the Presidency ever before dar ed to come before the people, with his own State against him? It was therefore o! ti iiiiuiii ianv vast importance that this overwhelming fnct hould be denied,, contradicted, ex nnnei awar. or snoaeu" oT in some , ,1,,, ,1 . wn, ;n ffC'ri Ulll.r .IF--ttl IF'MIIIKII ltmi. hs.e fir ,, nniI(.r f irrum8(ances mmt MtUeftt maintained the conflict wil) fhe;r op nn,, in fach .,.ar . . 'torious. In 1837. the J'eople of this State burst the party shnckles in which they had been for ten vears spell-bound nnd returned a large majority fo the popular branch of the Leg siature. In 1858 when Pennsyl vania faltered and Ohio save way. when the darknes of the political horizon cast nf ,, (hro lc hntlf New ...: . ,. .."a .i.ri.l. m- 0(IV(rnr nn,, a Whi House of Assemble. In 18.9, under ciccumtfan- ces'ordifneurty winch in'iisi he familiar to you, every branch of the Sta'e Govern ment was placed in Whig hands. Is it to be believed, then, that after such contests and such victories, the free men ol Kew Y.uK win taiter ami prove recreant to tne.r p. inr.p.es w.icn ..e great objPct ,,f ,1,e r rn,,rt? i,,,'lr reach? when they rc umpired with the certain knowledge that their exertions on j "'! lurl bam power those n ,,l,ve " Z"J n'ei trusts con- biW' Believe it not: we r nt content with these gen- remotes expectation of a change in the entiments of the People of this State. I w' - ftrf'7nnbrtftm''1 Wtfr! '')-value of Our ngricnltural products, and in the price of labor? Are these ev idences of prosperity for which our State is to be thaokful. and express its gratitude by corrtiniiinx in power those who have Jrd,rjdjdjjjaJ! . ; Where is the evidence of reaction which ittn reduce a majority of at least 7000 and convert it into a minority! The election of 18.9 was merely for Senators and Assemblymen; and in those distrirlt where the Whig ascendancy wat undis puted and there was nn occasion foe ef fort, such as the Till and 8th Senate His trie's, our friends contented themselves with electing their Candidates without caring lor the majority. The. most mod erate estimate of our known strength in those Districts added tn the actual re turns in other district," give us a real'ma -jority in 1839 of more than 7060 Voted. How it thit to be changed in to a-majority nn the other side! The town elections held in the spring of 1840, evince no fall ing off on Ihe part of ihe Whigs, and on Ihe contrary they and the' charter elec tions in tha villages and cities have remit ed in a gain. Tho, great contest in the city of New York sorely disappointed the calculation! made at Washington, and convinced the friends ol tha Administra tion that the "reactions", had, not When commenced. .. ' -,f'..'. ':' Since the elections have heeri fieid, what hat been the evidence of the current of public opinion By what party have T " - .. . - 1 ii "ii ii man nil m ! home of onr affections' NO. 32 . - -1 .iV those mutituiles been asserribled whith are conn ted by the acr? What mean those Log Cabins which sprinkle the face of he State from one end the other? hat is indicated by the hundreds of so cial songs in praise of Harrisrrh and his noble deeds which you hear at eVeryjCor ner of the streets and at every gathering of th People! Are these the'insrkit and signs by which to distingulrh "k despond ing disheartened people, ready to lorpjri the fruits of four years struggle, And Wil linj lo kiss the rod that scourged them? We have extensive correspondence and means of information from every'pat t of the State, both collectively and individu ally, and We declare, in the most positive msnrtfr, thst we have not 'heard and do not know, ol more than six instances in which any one heretofore knowWalhi whir has become a supporter of thef administra tion since the last election. On the.con- uy '"citizens' who, Ytp to the very last elec lion, stnportetl the Candidates of the Van Knren party. And hundreds are known to have determined on the support of Gen.', Harrison who yet sliiiuk from a pun le de claration in the newspapers fb that effect. Many ol these are induced to this coarse by the shameless naulta upon the char aeter of Gen. Harrison. . It is well known here, that, to msriy of the strongest adherents of the Van Bureri party, the Sub-Treasury has been at odi ous and abhorrent as it has been and is to the Whigs. Alanv who, will c-nperat with their party on every other subject, will desert them on that, issue. In the city of New York, (list measure and its .incidents,, of hard money snd hosti Jtjr 4 me ianss, lonn tne.sriicies 01 tne pnr.j creed, and the have already evinced theirdefermtnaHon to maintain them hy re commending for Governor SamuklYouno. who goes with them In-all - lengths, and who it to notorious. fir hit monomsnlnc hostility tft Internal fioravemeiits. TJie parly in the country abhor their infidel, agrarian. Fanny, W rijlit associates ol the vv1ewwi-ii -ut and dishearten Ye need, nnt cepeatlhe remarks aires.' dv milde fo shav what a diUVrent aspett is presented by the W lit phalanx, and we will only add, that, "having acted as a Whig State Committee in 18.-8 and 1859. we have had occasion to lest the accuracy of our information, and the soundness of our catenations. The result of those years conformed to our expectations and to ihe assurances wc gave our distant friends. ., - - We now assuro them Jhat ihe Whig majority in this State at the next election will exceed 7000, and may reach to 12,000 or 15,000. We have thought it due to them and our cause to furnish them this information at the means of defeating and cx poking Jlift'.aliem pt no ww making la-Uftv, ceive the peoplnn this important point. ,. Very respectfull v-ynue ob't serv'tsi LEWIS BENEDICT, "1 JOHN TOWNSEND, SALM. STEVENS, ' 1 S'ate SANFORD COBn. f Cothmiil'ee, JOHN GROESBECK, ROB f. THOMPSON, j q q q 9 CORRUPTION ! CORRUPTION!!. Read the following exposition of the base meant, which the Adminittration par ty are resorting to in tome portions u the country: . ' ' IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE. Fvmi W St'.XniorWthi fWdrt) Ctreonlelfv 'Pt) UIgAI,!;;eai. AKGEttitAi; " ,HONRsr ji 'J ' ' "iTLBAMTfjeLM Co., June 19, J846V -Mr. Editor Sir, will you please to permit me, through the medium ef your paper, lo renounce publicly, all further communication with the Van Buren Loco For jartjr, and give, my reasons fur so doing. V ' I alantlappoinjeil at one of the commtt leeiLcMr.sp rnminittce of vigilance, for that party In Mt.tPleasant Township. " I have faith- fully attended to the duty of those ap pointments, and more pal ticuL.rly o thos;e of the committee of vigilance, I saw that many of our short sighted editors, as well as a number of our bar-room, stump and other species o orators, were oolf lui nisinng your party with political capi tal, by declaiming against the character of General William Henry Harrison, and, as Jn Ia'y bound, by virtue of my a p.' pointmtnta, I exerted myself lo dissuade those" of our party to whom I had access, from pursuing that course, assuring; them that if thev did not desist from deTapiing General Harrison, we would lose Ihe State of Ohio, .and all other State that had furnished soldiers for Harrison's ar my duriog the late war beesute soldiers,, who knew him, aad who hs.Isrsnned hia actions at diflerent times, would not bear to hear either the military or private char aeter of Iheir Aid commander attacked aad defamed they would all leave as, and tike large nanibert With theihi for they would consider themselves disgraced in the same proportion at their eormaBoref,",' In reply la this, wit informed that there was no danger of Josinj the Stats ol iWUlt McQ. UEEX I- ... -TJfOS. J. LEM A y, Ldiltrt- Diiir, because Governor Shannon had Wen '". I.ew ork, and hud stbtailied a loan of j ilCO (H)0, which waa In be laid out lbs) j public mkr,. and s maaagMI is fu ae. cere the- -Jvote ,f all lite htborera. t;. A t J another f'ine I mat told there was Vo 'dan ger of h aing the 5rafe of tlhio, because i . tbtf'ptice .f produce, ('wheat, &e.) Woo I.l i ' advance all alone the Tine of the canal before fli'e elections, aua that "all tltat lh ' i I) u tch want ed la jnake -4bem rod 4emo. crats, was a little more money." On in- i - quiring how the price of p'rmluce r'ould be ' raised, at a time like this tihen there was no money, I waa told, in reply, lhat the tillice holders would nave money, and lhat "v they would have fo cbhtrib'ote lo assist in raising the price t.f produce, (by being lavish of the 40O,t)00,) And on last tr.... 1 .k.i .t. r r . c. urinj niim nirii .011 ma internal machinery wrs put in operation, and that a certain post master Wat called Upon for; i .. hit quota. I resol ved to have nethinx more-.'v? to Uo with a party that ran sfnop to tech I baseness 16 earry into Vftyct its designs snd purposes. '"I iherc fore desire to be?; . distinctly understood, I can no longer tefve upon either of the above named com mil tee's, nor in a political point of view, . with Ihe party in power. I know there are many high-minded, honorable men a-4' mong (hem. with many of whom I have ""i long had - the molt ftiel4Ty Twle'iiblrsej -."Ol and It ia with -much -reeret that i feet " "' : bound, in duty to my country, to leave Jhem. GoVer uo itUo'rv . has hmettfx received my warm support j and 1 regret ' ins 1 cirrumsiances nave iranspireu mat , put' it oh t of my power to cotlinee.that " support. 1 have long been intimately ae- ' quainted with him. I consider him a gen- , tleman of the first order, but If H it hW - ' misfortune, to" be to hard run as to be on . tier the necessity of msking ttss of tha . k. people's fundi lor purchasing up votes a. - a butcher would purchase stock , for '4h j market as my informant assures me is to v-, ' he ilone, thy opinion til hint knust change. , Wilh.lrAWing that support, which haa.-' hereti.rore been liberally einde.l, from. . -Goverhor Shannon, I must Say that nn ; honorable man would resort to such mean ,; ' ness-i-ho man of principle, having the dis ; -tribu lion of this . pablie -meneytj - vroulil IeI if fd polittesl partiaana, Jr those Vt who will pledge themselves to support him ; .'. in office, (which iiay informant, a Van fiu' rTT ren man, stated was the mode of manage ... meat to be pursued.) to1 the exclusion if i. otllera. Nosir, no hij;h-mi'nded, honor able nnd patfiotib statesman, such a I X have believed Governor Shannon to be, - U'nut.l h nil III ni" mtrailiniv aliek 1'illha ' ' Wirtr-teynitfz liiirrt Kit CoWrTfn li oi ? us warn supporters, (lit plan of pera , fioh, by an old and influential mempet of . his pHy,-whose name shall, it Vequired," come f. rlh tinder III solemn sanction of an vatii. j, Mr ted I tor, I remain in lehtimeni with i, my old Van Buren brethren) as it relates to the corrupt banking Inltltuliotit nf our country hilt it is evident to me, al least, ' that ' the officers of our government era . mtlch more , corrupt, 'add need relorming .) first. Therefore, adieu to that democra- f cy which will use the public funds and tax . its officers to buy Votes, and who will in suit Ihe people by faflering the tn employ. ment on. the public works, on condition , that thev will plellme themselves In iit 1 support." --j,,, THOMAS WIllTKa f. 8.e 1 Jchd tliil to touroffice, be rsuse-'rt wITf brtiVrrf lam the eye of " our Governor sooner than If Sent to the Herald bllice in Steubehvllle. II my in- formation wal itirorrtCt, flhd if the Cover- v nnr desires it, I will give thi name of my informant; ' ' T, W. ' To this is" ailtled the following from Ihe . Cincinnati-Gaicttres . ' ..' . . . ' . In connection with the" deveiofiemenls, read ihe following communication, which , we copy from tlie , IJaytoh loufna! of the , -7lh. It is strongly corroborative of the stateirknt of Dr. While; , ,t ' , MtAMtsnyafi, June 6 1840. Meitrn. Eititori Dayton Journal'- Ve send you for publication the following . abatement, rnsde by one of the parasites of , the present administration, which will ; confirm the. fact that the elevation of the r- 'patfHt-f'piW are more' re gsnfed than the pledges Wiatfe f 6" the delr M' people : 1 - --r' - -i - In conversation with a person a few days since, Emanuel Gephart, of Miami ; Township, stafea lhat the 400,000 loan, s lately obtained by the officers of this State. I would be expended Irt this district, and 1 that no laborer would be employed with this money vrho Wiialil Hot vote the whole democra tit ticket an.L in.this. Way saya i GephSrt, we expect to gain from one tfl i two thousand VoTe Tor Sawyer and Shan-1 non, Ocphart further elated that those hands would be obtained Iroin" Indiana, - as the public wrnks were abandoned there. Should this Statement , bS denied, proof Seat hand,:- ' - , '- p ,-. ' By order of the! Mia'misborg Tlppeca- noeplub. f.ii'-i.i '; t -h, 4 . ,. t a; V- V M: tY: vvniTRfDGE,.5 , . j - -vv ELI Y. PKNNKL, ? r .2-f. l- M. S, BLOiSSOM, 'i' t':,W ..lJCorrtiponding CommifUe. -fr f. GOV McDUFFIF8 LETTER. , The public, particularly that of Near York, ought to be much obliged to his ex Excellency Geo; McDeffie of South Car olina, for the information given in his let" leriotno wiiiie'ipeynic vommiuee, aa so Ihe principles of Martin Van Beren. It tif ver was supposed for a -Moment, by those who know him, ami know him best, lhat he ever had any, but it seems by thia Utter 'his avowed principles are "eery dear to the South, snd they are the prin ciples or tne party.' v II is avowed princi ples, if any, are known only by his votes, and hit acts. He voted against Mr. Mad son, the Soother candidate for the Pr-e 11
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Aug. 11, 1840, edition 1
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