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9 - SiXESS; n of the Cnmmitte on Military Affairs, 1 d.d iotrodece a bill which does-ftotre -setvUvin a single principle thit' proposal of Mr. Poinsett. V will--compare on ' feature in each, for the time will not al- low as to ro UitooiW avitli the whole. , 1 allude (o the section requiring the furnish ingof 4i ma. By the rorasure of Mr. Poin ti' all are obliged, alike (be poor and the rich, to submit to the expense in pro. caring the same arms, -This it bringing (lie poor end rich onon the same footing. , My prpoal waa (hat arms thoold be furn- tidied at tbe cost ul the government, i admit that thrre should be a well organ ised militia, but it should be under subjec tion to the Slate eovernmenta. Men fcttoutfnt be punished for not ptrrchasrng arms, wbeo they Uow their iniuilit to do . In regard to the currency of the coun try, I am in favor of a eonaiderable. or Iwn of paper money and of Credit sys- ,im. Ill am akcd why; my answer is. , fcerauae 1 am a democrat. I sin in fa vor ef every system, which will make the poor roan richer, and will do the greatest . - good to ihe greatest number. 1 do not , ..believe in wiaking the rich' richer, and the poor poorer, but in aiding the poor in em eiging from their proverty and attaining r wealth, and it it credit that it thencapiral f ibejxmr man. It it not the name of democracy tkst it all -aafficient. Nearly all the political ciimet that were ever committed, have L0"' f rPlr ted. inlhe nae-f Hiberty and equality Here he adverted to jna- ny intfancea in history in which nations have btsen scourged by-tyrants wh rose into power by pretending to !"morracy. . r and mentioned the cane in the French S ' Revo'uflon; where , ladVv when-JkoMj, a beautiful image of Liberty,. exclaimed "0 Liberty, how many crimes are com milted, in thy .name.'' Such, he contin ued, wrre the dire featt of a run-mad de mocracy. " Nothing is more insidious than power.- Like avarice, it holds what it has, 'and steals more. I urge you to examine my claims i comparison with thqse of - ny eminent opponent, and if hit' rourte , hat been more in accordance with JfflVr-, - eonian democracy than rny bwnj if you find he bat shown lest desire f r arbitrary power, than myelf, then you are bound to elect him. Gen, II. dwelt for tome time upon the s.... impropriety of relying upon pledget : and , - promisee-iiI andidntra,T'.her tnan-'op on their former lives and the fidelity wiih ll supposed oo one would be nominated fat the high pfiice of JVesident, who had lnot filled minor ttajiooi, ind. btreferred - to the scripture TOle,-1hat,be- who"waf - faithful in a few things would likewise be fathfol over many,' at most, to be de (lie iiuiii asttts firing vvs nfl tictiai pended upon by 'the f eopie. Ana - lie kVaVnWaaWVW .. set given by caodidatet, instead ol requir ing them to show rivet or spotlesi integ rity and patriotism, the Trcsidency would f " eoon be held op for barter, at hal tbeen the Cumulate of Rome, not, indeed, for money, but for promises. Washington I and hit immediate tuccettort in office, had not been required by their countrymen pledge themaelvet in advance. The up- l nghtnetteshibited in their previous ta j retrs, wat sufficient, and the only proper guarantee, that they would administer tliie i . Government for the honor and happinesls of the nation. Dy thit teat, Grn. ilarri i ton wished to aland or fall, lie would I , be grateful and proud to receive the -high i ,' trust upon these conditions, but upon, no I other. It wat the privilege and duty of I hit fellow-cititent to examine his life and i tliat of hit opponent and upon 'an impar f till review of their careers, he, tlesij;c4 the X "w ""'"graqtl'' VcrJictr of nia counJri to be ' mule up. ' . , : ': j. i " " Ifeel Mine hesitancy, continued Gnv j It., in referring, to allegations that have ; been preferred against me in a military capacity, I have a delicacy in comment ing upon acta in which I am personally -interested. But I cannot well exculpate ! jnrtelf without doing to.' . I am the more reluctant to tpeak ol these allegations, a'sn, at I cannot reler. to them with out wounding the State of my adop tion. Dut the occasion wat not brought about by myself, and 1 am not responsible for its results. I am torry to tty that 1 . have been calumniated from a tquarter that 1 had no reaaon to expect,. A member til ' - the most dignified and honorable body on : earth hat been my traducer. the tpeak v M atri wt jie nxrtt happyrtd,"ttrikiri j ; . ; . aHusion to aneieot IlmerK-H-reinaTfced d that Ions after the rtsence of freedom had : - departed itt image remained,' for the Scni ste wat still arrayed in unsullied purity f and dignity, and wat beyond tht contain 'mating touch of power. The humiliation of the people of Ilome did not arrive until those who had been honored with -the of- fire pLScnatoixJrecametpandtTl3 , icet of a tyrant. When they acted aa the scavengers of that tyrant, picking up from the vilest places 1 calumnious tto- riet 4tt destroy (he reputation- of the faithful sereanU of 4he-MryfHhe"tHftifily haTlMfled -oirtd" t hVe ifi- wit that the Roman people were humbled and degraded. t-hall I makej the appli cation for you? he obKrved shall 1 say that thit 'Stale, hi$ city, has sustain ed the man. the Senator, who, could atoop to meaoneti like this? . , t has been stid in your hearing, that : Hie individual who now addresses you, while holding a commission. asCummand- - iog Geoeral of the North-Western Army, from Hie President of the United States, was to rerreant to duty as to be two miles from the scene of conQict daring a most important engagement. Never calumny carried such devastation wiih it. It stabs the reputation of yeur Shelby and your Perry, who gave other and different state menu. It would ttab your country to the heart. And in any future war how seriously would it operate to . her disad vantage? IOok around you at thepreseut state of the world, and is not its military character its great defence? Why was once a small republic, scarce larger than this county, the terror of the greatest em pires? He instanced Great Britain alto, and other nations; and continued What would be the military characterof our own ciiunuy, if you strike from the list of its heroes eh illustrious names as Washing ton, and Wayne, and Greene, and Deca tur, and Bainbridsr? ' . What a beau ti In I page of history weuldH (lie. following make, tube read or tne mon archists of the old world? And yet there is a citizen amongyou attempting to brand the West with a similar infamy. - In the course of the last war lone army was given "to -the enemy by the basest treachery; while another, (if ihe history it to read according! the traducers of my character,) wat surrendered by the un faithfulness of itt principal officer. The Major General, the Brigadiers General, the Cononels, all 'were so recreant to their duty, as to entrust the entire com mand of a most important .pott to a joung man, whose whole term of military ser vice did not exceed four months. Even the illustrious Shelby, the hero of King's Mountain, was passed by to make room for a mere stripling in war. Here, it a historr for Western men to read! , Suu- pose 1 had entiusted the commaud toXol.i Johiitoh, I would have beea responsible fur the result. But 1 -did not give .the command to Col. Johnson I did not give him any discretion as to hi course. ; Aud fur more reasons than one. - In the first place,, had such discretion been extend- the laws or ar, to be tried lor unouicer like conduct by a court-martial, and to be chashiered. . Had 1 passud over too, in to slighting manner, Gov. Shelby, ray tecond in command, and a veteran officer of the Revolution, and repose to much confidence in a subordinate, if ever light ning flashed from a . man's eye, it would have Hashed from hisj it ever thunder broke from human lip, it would hive bro ken from hit. Hut for tti I. another rea son, diU not tubmit any discretion to Col. Johnson;. He knew nothiug about iL He wat no more capable of taking: com mand of an army for battle, than either of you, gentlemen, who had nut been in structed in the mechanism of a watch. woutd be to put the wheels of that instru ment together, and set it in motion. He vii not competent, because he had not been educated to niTihary tactics, and had no experience in war.-: Hiving said thus much of Col. John son, t mutt now tay what L know of him that is good. His whole military career, aa 1 have previously remarked, did not ex ceedour motUbst and - r'VWWrl.t' patriot I never taw Durins the cam paign, when 1 took Command of the army, ue was a memueroi vongrest, and ail tue time that he could be spared from bit du ty ihtre, he wis in active service under my commend; sometimes with one com pany, sometimes' with two, and finally with a regiment. Uiwoundi attest his bravery in the field, and if he had been killed in battle, or had died since, he would have deserved monument to per petuate his name. The front rank is noj, usually the place lor the Commander-in-chief- There is never but one even', when the laws of war permit him logo int Athejremost of the fight. When hope seems lost, and despair it set' mug upon, nn toiciiers, men, and then on ly, it he to plunge Into the hottest of the strife, to meet a glorious death or achieve JUtftel . ibet, case - is his life thut to be perilled." And if he U always in the very front of the contest, leading on in person the advsnce troops, who it to see to the interests ol the various detach-' ments of the army? All the orders of bat tie issue ffrom him. When he teet one portion of those who are engaged in .con flict too hotly pressed by the enemy; he must send them assistance from those in reserve.; If, on the other hand, a de tachment is retreating, another body of reserve must do sent to their succor. Thus, his eye must be fixed upon alTparts of the army, and he must be readyi at a You perceive, then, what must be the'po-J tiiionoi me commanding Ucneral lor the tecurity of klairmyv'--r.-:. 'r"'T:Z .1 j '.., .the j -f ths tthr ;$gg?il wi, to, chsrge upiinftue" enemy by mounted MFahtry-vrere-Tnatle1o meiiy" CoTrjohlir son.U could not injure, me. Ijnust ac cept the tuggestion and make ft my order, or else it could not be enforced. And I wat also responsible lor its results, what ever fliey might be. Suppose now that it had not succeeded. 5 M Suppose the British troops, instead of continuing in open order " !bey ,were, :ind. which alone induced me to conceive thit prrject, had instantly dot ed into compact columns. ' How then should I have been acquitted for the tre- mendout sacrifice ot life which mutt ne- twered umin my trial, thit it wu nni m fault, for the suggestion'eatne from Colo nel Johnson? It ( had, what would it have availed me? The iniwer would have come back yon, sir, were in com mand by authority, and yon alone are re sponsible for acts like this. And those very persons,, who now claim for Colonel Johnson the honor of the plan, would have been the nrst to involve me Ho the d.s graceof its failure. Surely it cannot be right to deprive one of the honor of a deed the disgrace of which he would hive in curred. But the 4 sorcettion how" to charge the enemy never came from Col, Johnson. It was entire! v of mr own con ception. I had designed another plan, for the battle, and had . tent in officer to re. e. TtTv ivw -'5rif rvaTH' now. son tl Ohio. "vl 'feiolce to LEI Gil ST A R, A N D coonoitre the position of the enemy. 4 It was reported to me that Proctor had diawn op bis troops in open order. This was to treat an error, tnst I could witu difficult? believe the British General -had committed it, and told the officer who brought the return that he mutt be mistak en. Upon being assured, however, that tuch wat tbe disposition of the forces un der Proctor I it once changed the mode of attack, and ordered Johnson to charge with his -mounted men. Had the troops of the solid order ss enemv been draw up in titer ahold have been, and atevery one ... . ex'pected, 1 would at toon have charged w ith mounted infantry upon yonder line of brick hdnies. "'Too "have been told, feUow-cittzens. that 1 wat two mile from the scene of action at the. memorable battle of the Thames. " Now I will her propose a bar gain. If any one will show that I was two miles at any one time daring the en gagement fronr the front of tin ' battle that I was one mile from tne front of the battle that I was' half a mile from the front of the battle that I was a quarter of a mile from the front of the battle that I was one hundred feet from the front of the battle that I was fifty feet from the front of the battle then 1 will five op the contest. Bat it is said that Colonel John son did not see me. Neither did I see him. Can one any tuppose, that because he did not see me, through a thicket of 200 yards widey t was not there? Col. John son was on the extreme left, and I was on the extreme ri"ht with his brother James's regimenU AVilh any one come- forward and swear that I did not finish the battle, and gain the victory, in ad vance of any point that Col. Johnson had attained to? 1 djidos.For: wben'blfrlteere4jith' wounds, and his troops were repulsed, I marched forthwith to the rescue, and in front of where he had fallen 1 secured the conquest myself. If the ' allegations that have been preferred against toe ate correct, then it the history of the last war untrue; for that history supports me id every word I have laid on thit tubject. Gen. II. here made a most happy and touching allusion to Kentucky,, and the support she had given him during the last war. This heart,, said he, will cease to throbs ere it ceases to remember my obligations to Kentucky that gal lant State. . I wat never her citizen a sin gle day, yet she sent for tne to take com mand of an army of her patriotic soldiers Anu long aner me oaiue wat over, al though the had many noble tont upon her own soil, whoa Kentucky wished to ehd out her troops, the entrusted to my care her favorite sons, with these words, "Here are our gallant sons, Tweentrnit them to Jour care.? . ,Doet thit look at though lentucky believed the charget that are now urged to my discredit? I had the hail from Virginia, from ' Indiana and Ohio. Yet the greatest honor I ever yet have received was - conferred upon ine in thit precious trust committed to my care by gallant Kentucky. v " .We would that it were in our. power to give a more perfect report of the words of wisdom and eloquence, that dropped from the tips of the jthis illustrious man. We confess ourselves to have ' been atton ished at the matter and manner of address. We knew that he wat a most profound thinker and an elegant writer, - but we were not prepared to find him, betide, a most accomplished orator. Notwithstand ing the fatiguet he hat recently under gone, passing over the State and addrett ing, day after day, vast crowdt of his fellow-citizens fatigues which had well nigh worn out hi more youthful fellow-travellers, the hartlyiKenfockisns and" Back' eyes who. were with him notwithstand ing the exposure of the morning, and tlhe then uncomfortable state of the atmos phere, and the difficulties always attend ant upon long addrettet in - the open air, the General'! . voice continued unbroken, and the in'erett of the audience unabated, during the whole of . his discourse. His oration must have been heard to be ap preciated. We doubt if it were not the opinion of everyone present, fit was cer tainly burs.) that in correctness of senti ment, style and taste, appropriateness of !il ..f t e Nilluatration. and , beauty and propriety of lelivery, 1his speech of Gen. Harrison hat very rarely been surpassed by the ef fort! of any orator of our own r former timrsv5:;-.''tW'-'",l'-:"' ; : l , U ftn,llrrwani m XaUewedsucceMi- ly by two of his id-de camps uringjhe war.-""'""""'' ";:-- Coi s. CH AMBERS Kn TOD0. Both these gentlemen confirmed, in ev ery particular the statements of their commander-in-chief, in regard to the bat tle of the Thames. . Both, if we remember ari' h, had heard Gen. Harrison's order to CTtj ohnson,: tocharge with hit mou nted participated an . the hot test of the fight Col. Chambers remark ed that if it were l fact, as pretended, that 9"' Johnson had previously practic ed lit lhtanTfytdchar he waa a most remarkable man in military affairs. He mutt have known, i before hand, by witchcraft or tome other way, that Pi octor would wake the blunder which he did in drawing op hit men, for the greatest jackanapes of a soldier "would knuw that under any other circumstances such a charge wrsuld be sure destruction to the army making it. Probably, he said, such a manccttvre- was never before at tempted, and it teemed to be suddenly conceived by Gen. Harrison, .when he was informed of the manner- in which Proctor's army was drawn up. Proctor's mistake only rendered tuch an attack jus tifiable, and under any other disposition, of the British forces it would- have been perlect folly. . Col. Chambers exhibited JJfw;W-,.lUHW;f being born in OltjL Virgt,niafcl wat n Oil i'ti'-j N O KTI1 C A the tword of Proctor which had been taken from Ms gig, by lajor W'ood, after the the British General had .fled on horse uaca;. From the St. Louis Bulletin. COL. CROGIUNSiGEN. HARRISON. For several months past the Loco Foco journals, without any authority, have dis courteously eiveo to the public certain ' letters -private letters written by Col. Croehin telative to a difference of opin ion between this gallant soldier and Gen eral Harrison, accompanied with lengthy and deceitful comments, purposely to give an impression that ".he skill, bravery and generalship which hat been awarded to General Harrison, wat questioned, if not denied, by Col. Croghan. Like-all their efforts to pluck from an honored brow brilliant laurels, and to defame anil blast the reputation of an injured and abused soldier, snd patriot, this last invented scheme of base revilert, falls harmless at his feet, and places him still higher in the estimation of every fair minded and honor able man. It wilt be seen that, although Col. Croghan standi neutralin relation to the political claims of both Martin Van Buren and General Harrison, hi feelings of honor and of justice prompts him to de fend a brother teldier fromjthe foul attackt of interested political alanderen, who at tempt to deti art merit by impugning the motives and distorting the -language of a diainteretted individual. It will be teen that. Colonel Croghan - refers to General Gainet, with whom he held conversation yean ago, relating to Gen. Harrison's skill and bravery, and the subjoined letter to Gen G giving thfrenU!HM, ajI ofjin idnt which Col. C. then entertained in re lation to Gen.. Harrison, placet the whole matter in that light which it most grati fying to the friends of Gen. II. Colonel Croghan, disinterested as he it in a politi cal point of view, shows, by the course ad opted, that nothing which hat lately trans pired hasinfluenced him in the opinion now expretted and entertained, but that hit opinion! and feelings are the tame as form erly in reference to Gen. II. We now demand of those editors who have publish ed the private letters of Col. Croghan, as a duty they owe to him and to General Harrison, to publish the following corres pondence. - ; Correspondence. ' Saint Louis, Sept. eCth, 1840. Dear Colonel: . . I am well aware that you -fake- no ; part in the political warfare of the timet, and it is from no desire to draw you from your neutrality that I now address you. During the last two vears I have had .the pleasure frequently Id meet yuu; and Aave never vet nearu vnu ueciare youneu. i lor eUh er of the j lPm'ul e nti al candid a tes to Seeryou coinmii yourseutupon iiua iuu jecN I believe sir hat your relations with Gen. Harrison at well as wi h Mr." Van Buren are of the most friendly chatacter, and that you regard them.poth with feel ing! of friendship. Whilst you .dispar age neither, I have. heard you speak of both in terms of praise, and 1 feel satis fied that you will answer the questions I ask you in the candour and sincerity of a soldier. i Some letters of yours have been recent ly published during' your absence from Washington and many have endeavored to product the impression that you have authorized their publication, and have thrown your influence against Gen. Har. rfson. 1 do not believe that this it so, but would like to learn from yourtelf whe ther the publication of these letter! was authorized by you. Aids of Gen. Boyd, and performed a itlo- riout part in that, as well at in other hard I fought battlet, which nave auueu to tne fame and honor of our country.. I should be pleased to know if on that occasion, or at any time during the war, Gen. Ilarri aon showed any want of bravery; and fur ther if the ground selected for the endamp ment of hit troops at Tippecanoe wa iu judiciously or improperly chosen. During the war, sir, you performed a most distinguished part, and your name will always be associated with its most brilliant achievements, as long as there is left one American heart 6 admire your eallaut and glorious tiefenci of Sandusky. Your aye hld as gooitan 'opportunity to form a correct "bpihiun of the courage and conduct of Geftilarrisonjas any other of ficer, and I should be pleased to Mviybttr opinion upon these inatters. Respectfully, yours; ... .1... r SAML. B. CHlfRCIIILL. ' St. Louis Oct. 6, 1840. Col. Churchill, , ' : In reply to your letter of the 26ih ulti mo, 1 can only state that the publication of the letters to which you allude was not authorized by me, and that 1 never during the whole war saw Gen. Harrison at any time show any want of conn ge. On the contrary I hsve every reason to believe him a 1rave manv Upon the receipt of yours, I addressed a letter to Gen. Guinea, with whom 1 held frequent converse iont years agin and the following letter of his contains the opinions which I then enter tained and which I ttill retain. , ? - Retpectfully, - ', c I G. CROGHAN. y St. Louis, October fid, 1840. -Deer Colontf: At your request I state to yon the substsnce of our several con versations touching your opinion of Gener al tlarrisoa, and your unhappy diuerence with that distinguished officer. ' The first conversation which took place between ei wit at Fort Stevenson, where you commanded in the early part of Sep tember, 1813, when Major Wood and mj- V GAZ1STT& telf wereon our wiy to reconnoitre the Sandusky Bay, aiid to have a conference with Co nun oil ore Perry, on the subject of ' ourjuiui ipcraiiuua dbiiisi-iiiv enemy. That conversation it perhaps the better recollected, inasmuch at it has uften been referred to in our subsequent conversa tions since the war; and from the fact that yoo did me the compliment to tay that you made a memorandum of ie princi ple upon which I had acted in respect 16 a meeting of the field officers, with Brig. Gen-Xass, which look place toon alter my arrival fiom Fort Meigs, and but a few wee kt after your gallant defence of Fort Stevenson, which lood place while I Wat at Fort Meigs. . In reply to iny enquir let respecting Gen eral Harrisock'a plan of operations at Tip pecanoe, you replied that the telectibn of his position wat the best to be found near the place of encampment; that hit forma ion i'f the different corps of hit army in I the encampment was made with a view to hold every otucer and every man ready for action upon the ground where they slept. That Gen. Harrison'! vigilance had previously been the subject of remark and admiration among the troops, and it as that night increased. That you had several opportunitiet of teeing him in the forepart of the night, and at or near the time the battle commenced. That you saw him frequently in the course '"of" the battle, and heard him giving hit orders, and with great distinctness animating his troopt and that no man could have been more collected or fearless in battle titan Harijson was upon that occasion. ' In speaking of the battle of Fort Meigs, Major Wood and yourself concurred in the opinion that General Harrison's plan the victory at that place Tar more impor tant in ita immediate results and ultimate consequence than had been conceded, e ven by many of the friends of the Gener al; that a tbade bad been cast over that victory, by the untoward disaster of the Ions of Colonel Dudley and his Regiment; who after defeating the British on the left bank of the river, were led into an ambut cade of Tecum eh's Indians, where they were cut off in an attempt to do more than they had teen ordered to do. It waa not possible, as Wood and yourtelf believed, for the General to restrain or save them occupied as he wat on the right bank of the river, in the hottest of the battle, near a mile from the point where the ambuscade was formed on the left. You both assur ed me that the movement of Col. Dudley and his Regiment was contrary to the or ders of the General,' who had no meant of correcting the fatal error into which the impetuosity of this tine corps of brave Kentucky volunteers had led them. In respect to Fort Stevenson, you. and major vv oou man whom l have never Know n a. more jraUant,.ny iy covered hrmtell with imperishable fame in battle under my command at Fort Eric concurred fully in the opinion that, it wouio, or mignt nave been, attended with fatal consequences to the North-western frontier for General Harrison to have brov ken op the nucleus ot ihe army, then as sembling at Camp Seneca, and marched" to your assistance at Fort Stevenson His general and field officers were re pried to have expressed the tame opinion in acounril of war at the time of attack. You expretted then, snd subtrquently, your satisfaction, and that of your officers and men, that you wee permitted to con tinue the conflict alone. Major Wood and myself sustained you in this its pre s siun. You were both of the opinion that a movement on the part of the, General, with theuninstrocti'd troops, such as most of those with him at the time were,, known To bY, might put ft in thY power of Te- cumsel), and his army of lavages report ed lobe bpwardt of .three-thousand to cripple, and possibly over-power the troopt at Camp Senecl, i not in the interven ing thick woodlands. In this event, the frontier for many hundreds of milet, would have been laid open to lavage depredation which could not have been checked be fore the arrival of the chivalry of Ken tucky under Governor Shelby. :That gal lant army did not arrive until near the middle of September, 181S. The loss of the nucleu of Harrison's army at Camp Seneca at any time be fore the arrival of Governor Shelby, might have protracted on operations upon that frontier, until the following year, when we. might have-found i uch w reinf orcements". on the part of England as to have' render- Perry's brilliant victory on Lake Erie.- i .,You,4wve repeatedly assured me that' the correpondenr between General Har- j rison and yourself wat not intended by you for. publication, and that you had shown it only to tuch persons as you con sidered to be the mutual friends of both General Harrison and yourself, -.and -hat; you believed the General's apparent "neg lect to do you and your officers and men that justice, which you deemed yourself and them entitled to, was not the remit of any design on his part to injure you or thein, Un"wTllingi "'ra'nTFit appear in the newspapers, or to interfere in any" way with the political controversy which is nowgoin on between the sdvocites and the opponent! of the present administra tion, nui sincuy compaubie witn my orn cial station, I cm never hesitate to do an act of justice tn those with whom I have terved in the defence of our beloved coun try, and nioit especially when slandered, at General Harrison haa been by the blind votaries of the evil spirit of party many of whom I know to be mere dandies, who have never, to my knowledge, teen the Hath of an enemy's gun nor even made an effort toenter a big swamp in tearch of a foe.' itn great esteem, your Inenn, " - EDMUND P. GAINES Col. Geokck Cbochav - , . a , i , l Liberia tl natalttalvi, 111E STARTS 11 A LEIG 11 , OCT; 21 IS i' THE ELECTION Our friend of the Baltimore Pilot has i fallen into error respecting the TIME f holding the election for President sad Y President in tliis State. The time ian, has been correedy stated immediately amfcr Uie editorial head of this paper for severj week, the . . 12th NOVEMBER; To make the matter still plainer, if poasibu and to guard against any mistake" to fl time and manner of holding the election, sjj the form ofcertificate A rennnr,"wenim4e"fte following extraet from the " act providingfor die appointment of Electors to vote for Pi sident and Vice President of the U. S.pi, Rev. Statutes, vol. I, page iiS'1,. JL " Tbe rioh qualified lo vot for neiulM the Houm of Coinmnni of the General Aueij of this Sute, in said eountiet teipretiiilr, ij, county in the State, (hall meet on lha SEl'iivI THUKSDAV OK NOVEMBER. m. W ef.ljlulieil iu their c;veral onniks'lor is, 7. lection ol memberi 01 the iienertl .lne.ir. there giro fhrir voles by ballot for 6fiea persona, br'wf freeholderi, one of vbon'thtUai! tuallv reiids within each of lha tltcloral diiiiHt,,. herein before laid oil) that lha polla shall be btU in the unit manner, aud by ihe inme offittn, mi under the aame rulea and rrgulationt ai the aolk for the election of member of ike General Aaatav bly and in cate any ticket should aeniaia. ia, , more name of persons residing in the aame lok rat distriel, that one of 4ich person only, name shall be first on said ticket, shall be Uktt and held as tlj enon duly voted for. AndiaUs manner if two er more of die persons shall bat the fifteen fir it upon ihe poll, who shall reaia is Ihe aame district, he who shall hsve the mtta number of votes shall belakeaand heldeulytko edr and the SHERIFFS of lh several eouutkt,! other officers duly authorised, who shall hart keW Ihe aaid polls, shall, within two eajs after ihe fat ol holding Ihe said polls, ascertain, by faithful amo tion tc comparison ol the number of votes for esnj person, who shall bate been Voted for as aa eieatar, and shall eerlit j in words, and not in Cgnres, aeon their bauds, in manner and form lollowieg, is) , " I, A. B., Sheriff of aoentj, (or depvtf sheriff, or other officer dnly sutborhwd as Die ease may be, 1 do hcrvby certify that an eteeliea wat held on the dij (or dajs, as the ease may be,) awl at Ac place (or places, as ihe ease may- b) taed y he within tbe said toMty for (his put poie, and thai lbs number ol otes herein specifird, opposite IU names of the seteral persons following, wss(im" dj voters quanneu so vote lor llus purpose, lor mc persons as electors for hf flsle of North Csnl'nt given for 1), C ) fnrt:. F. (her ststeihe Attmattd aoieraiven lor c r.j and so on until the list mi persons se toted for, anLo( the numbtr efMSt shall be complete. Given under my or our tus for hands, ai ihe taiemsr be,l this dav in the rear of onr Lord eighteen hundred aaj . And two fair copies of such certificate and rttas shall be made bjr the Sheriff, depute sheriff erV er oBiter, as the ease may be, amler hi or itn hands, one of which shall be delivered to soarf m person among the fifteen, who shall have iliereis at greatest number of voles, given at the eUetioaatl so held by the sheriff or other officer so eeriiOm, a the ease may bet nd the other shall be rfttrwl to Ihe Governor of this Slate, within eight da) ni ter tbe day ol holding said polls, under the Psaltt ol four hundred dolla-a, upon such sheriff, bis puly or other officer holding such election, ia ns ease of bis or their failure In ao doing. The act further provides that Ihe Kleetnra " assemble in the eity of Kaleigh on the first Wedao day of December," to give their vole. ; , , Will the Pilot be pleased to publish ttiid THE CONVENTION! Among ths eonntiet which were represerjtaf yiigyretetsMi'p'e grand Whig Convention, .and which were mi tentionally emitted in our account of the procete injs, were Duplin, Sampson, Davidson and Lh P- -; ' ' ' ."V . In reference to the speakers by which these plo were entortained on that memorable at aion, it ia necessary to state thai any skate f the remarks submitted by these diatingoitati individuals which we might present to tin pa lio, might be doing grots Injustice to then. 9 thai we shall aim to effect in Alluding to the) addresses is, to state with candour to those vV were not present to decide for themselves, tw degree of estimation in which the'vaiit speeches delivered on the occasion were beUif the members of the Convention. ,u ' ' To the different speeches which were deli' ed by Judgis Badoiv we tmad'iefejei is last week's Boika,of jhAproc vention. , Every peison was charmed by It gentleman, and nol i few" were enlighteaes' ? the luminous rays which wers reflected fronts powerful and richly cultivated mind; andilo who never had the pleasure of hearing him fore, repaired lo their homes with ths graufjiiw reflection that they had at last witnesses' a hibiiion of the powers of one of North CariSat.V giant sons.. ... 1 r e -- - ' In the Hob. Edward Staiut, whs 'if1 very great advantage, the gocL people of Carolina were ptoud to oehold a yoen. rll1 iotTglRed lUpnamtaiiveio wrorthX'''!!' ered cause in whioh he bat been laboring1 untiring seal and marked efficiency, so wsW of the eminent man who enee threw a h glory around the pepalar branch of the Ugh"'" lure, and whose name snd talents be hat inli ited a Heprssentatlve, in fine, who wat to fitted to serve aa aa ornament to the i00 tW North Sute, and to sssiat in redeeming her eh seter from whatever of obliqoy has bith rested opon iu Mr. Staio-v, immediately af UitTwrgao'uatMi of the Convention mM morplng, being vocifeiouily called iatwrl appearance, and delivered a speech, the ' ry ot which consumed about aa boor, and ww It Is almost unnecessary to remark, wos fo the rapturous applause of 4h v "".L which' waa preienl. In compliance wi'w
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