THE TWENTY SIXTH CONGRESS THE
NEW JERSEY MEiJBERB.
The laws o'i Nexvj Jersey for regulat
ing elections, whifch Were in force when
the members of the pr-sent Congress
were chosen, distinctly point outthe pre
cise form, manner, and time, in which re
turns from county clerks shall be made
to.the Executive, and thv as distinctly
I point out and define, and therefore limit,
' the authority of the Executive and his
I r i vy Cou iicil in ma king up from these
Separate 'returns the aggregate majorities,
and require that 10 the six persons having
the' highest number'of all the votes local
ly returned to the Executive a .eommisv
ion to represent the. State in the Hoj- of
representatives shall be given y.tder the
great seal of the State.
... It is best, perhaps--: for the case may be
cony of deep int rest lo quote the 'very
Jangu ioe of the. I iw. passed H D.cem
bcr, 1707. We commence with the sec
tion which explains theduties of the in
spectors of flections, -
"See. IV ftr iK ,rt!! la i... A ,U..
Judge and inspectors shall, tog.-ther with
-the clerk of thejelection. proceed without
delay to, take ,an account i and c st up
the rotes given in for each candid ate as
representatives from this State, and shall
. I . . . ' I . . - v " I
n:iKe separate lists 01 e s.ime. wnicn
lists they shut I sign, certify, seal up, direct,
and transmit to 'the elrk of the county,
who shall aU'-nd at the, courthouse.of the
county on the Satitrdayjiexr after the day
of election, Tor the purpos.? of receiving
the same, which lists shall be delivered
io him before five o'clock in the afternoon
of said day which said clerk shall then
proceed in a public manner to make one
ncrai nsi n :t me I'linuiQiU s vou'U lor
as aforesaid, together with the number of
votes received for each of them, and shall
transmit the saine at the expense of the
State, to the Governor, or person admin
istering the Government, within seven"
' days thereafter, havin? first caused a du
plicate thereof to be filed in his office, to
gether with the lists from the said town
ehips." Now, it .isjiol disputed that the clerk
)f the several counti s did make up and
transmit tohe Governor, within the lime
specified, the general iists sib ve requireil
So far then as official f1rms could sanction
'Such return, they were, to all appear nce,
regular and proper. The next section
prescribes the duties of Uie Governor, as
follows: . .
y Sec. V. The Governor, or person ad
ministering the Governniert, shall witnhi
five days after receiving the list, lay the
same before a Privy Council, to- be by
him summoned for that purpose, and, tf
t e r easti n g up the whole uu tuber of votes
from the severalcourities for each candi
date, the said Governor and Privy Coun
cil shall determine the six persons who
have the greatest number of votes from the'
whole' Stale for Representatives in Cpn
gress from this Stale, which six peisons
the Governor shall forth with co'miuission,
under the great seal of the Si ate, to represent
j this SiHte in the House ol lleprest ntatives
of the United Stsit-,' i.
It is not disputed that the Governor and
Privy Council, accordine to the li?ts je
" ceived, did cast up the whole number of
votes, and their authority is in express
terms limited to that merely: -ministerial
office, and thereuporia commission, under
the seal of the State, was issued to the six
'persons having the greatest number of
votes. . .: - . - ;
Thus far then all is clearand. prima
facie, there Would seem no shadow of pre
text for objecting to the members thus
commission! d. But it seems the clerks
of two counties, Middlesex and Cumber
land, did, for reasons either of irregulari
.ly as to time, form, or t)Mtjinal rioht. omit
to include, in. the general list wh-eh they
"tiansmitted, certain votes in certain towns.
' H ov fa r they were justified or justifiable
in such a course, is si question wholly for
the House of RepresHritaiivesof the United
Slatet, when duly organ 'zed, and com ern:
jing which 'it is imuWterial to the mat-
in we nave in nana o inquire. l ne uo
vernor and Privy Council, it ts dear Iro n
.the lane uaoe of the la w definincr th, ir do-
. t n . -
ties in the premises, had no rioht to go
inr yruriin tisia arm u toriii, iinu
Avhich were made in the form and within
the. time required by the law. There
sole' business was to cast up the whol'
nutrfber of votes on the g neral lists trans
mitted to them, and, according to the great
er number bfthese, to commi?ion six per-'
sons. i histsffice was Taithf'iMy discharg
Vtiand, as a necessary eonstd'ience, the
COninilSinn: ivn mvpn In th. sir Whio
nit-mbers. Concerning one of these there
sio dispute, ns, at all "events, he is admit
ted to e elected. But, concerning the
other five, it is contended that, if the votes
of the to vynshi ps omitted in the ret u r n o f
the clerics of M iddle'sex and Cumber lanil
had been counted, there would have ap
geared a majority for five ol the Adminis
tratinn candidates, and hence it is insisted
the Governoc was bound to commission
ihem, and not the others
But it irtuat be obvious to every one that,
of these. excluded votes in Middlesex and
Cumberland, the Governor arid his Privy
Council could have no official knowledge
or cognizance. Th-ir duty is fulfil led
uu ranuusieu wnen they ca?t up the votes
on the genera) lists transmitted by the
crks of counties and they can recog
nise no other source ol information as to
thevotesgiveninany part of the State. The
TI" no snaaw o "ght to go
behind the county clerk's list, nor to iti
qaire in to, nor decide upon, disputed
questions arising ni the polls. This, as
tte have before said. Wexcluxively tne pro
vince Of thtl House of Representatives.
How. then.5 U may be nskeil, can the
"Adrainistraiion party make even a plausi
ble case againtt lhf- decision of the Go,
1 vernor- and J coanril Mainly, it would
eeml iinori the iniianDUcntionTof nm;.
ion in a absequentwrt ot the rtatuie rer
guUting elections, which requires (he Go
vernor, in. certain contingencies, io enl
xpress to the clerks of coumi s fur their
hits. We again, for the s ike, of entire
accuracy, quote the language of the law,
which bears date November, 1820:
See, IV. ror ,f the'eerti-
eu lists of voies civen-Jor R prsenta
tives of this State in the Con" res? of ihe
United States hall not" be received fmr
the clerks; of any of the countie3 r l!?''
Slate by the Governor or ner-s ll,ln"
istenug the Government u''n,rt seven
days of the time pre- fiQby law for the
casiinr ui the lis!, maElpg'aUisi' there-;
qfantf ce!rving tu,e sati; by the clerks
of thi espectiv cpunliesn tnis Statej it
jall be the "duly of the Sovernor forth
with te send express to thjcleiks of the
county orf counties from whi'h such cei-
ttfied lists pf votes ha ye notybeeh reci vd,
and to procure the samefCihe expt ns of
the State," -: ;: .;'.i-
Under this provision, it is contended.
lt, thsit the Governor ygffboun I r se'hu
expnss td he Clerks of Middlesex
and Cumoerland for supplemeniary lists
of the voters by them exclud d; of the
existence of w hichl voters, and of the fact
of-their exclusiorTlrom the general list
transmitted from these counties, the Gov
ernor was appriz d by o'ut-door teeiimonv;
sinn" 2Jly ih it he sh old have waned for
sui h sopplimentary lists befoie proceeed
ing with hi. Yrivy Council to cast up (he
whole, number of vot-3.
This proposition, it will be seen, pro
ceeds upon grounds wholly untenable.
In the first place, it assumes the exis
tence of the contingency in which the
Governor! is rquied to' s nd express to
the Clerks. But the law distinctly limit
tha duiyjlo the case of any Clrjc not
havidg transmitted the general list. Here
the Clerks of ail the counius 'had. trains
mitted th4i"" lists. Of course, the ronnn
gency coijtiemplated did not ari?e, and bv
conyeqiierice there was no power, nor sio
thority, nor obligaHonof -nny kind, on hv
part of the Governor, to Send for any addi
tionai returns. 'i .
In'the second place, it nssum s ih.it the
Governor; may look out of.-oV beyond, or
hehind, the duly certified lts of the Coun
y Clerks; for evides-ce ;is to the number
of votes given in any county in assiinp
lion that sets the law and all its tonus at
d. fiarice, and which, carried into practice,
would open the door to every sort of abus
by eoneritinff a rnerely'minj?te i I offii.v r
into the sole arbiter of ehciions. If ex
parte testimony that votes were unlawful
ly excluded in one case, or admitted in
another, niay once be received to over
throw or qualify the returns of the offi
cers named by law, and acting inder
oath, it needs no argument to show i hat
the law is a dead letter, the forms for the
prerervatidn of the purity of elections cob
webs- and thsit the5 Governor and his
Council Would, in ..tact. poss-ss substantia
ally the whole power ot reiurni Lr inein
bers from the Si at-to the I louse of Repre
sentatives of the United State?.
In 1.hf third place, ii assumes at once
that ih- vot'-s excluded for '-Miise by the
Clerks of Middlesex and Cumberiiml
were unlawfully exeluJed --ih it ih y
were leyal yote, which iipa ht to have
been Counted and that, if ; counted, they
would have decide! the majority in fivor
of five of the Adminislr" candidate- ;
thus begging, as it w re. the whole qties-
lion, and Ceciding, ex patte and siimu-a-rily,
all th points arisiqg in the case.
Hence, the coriflusiou seems ioeuita
ble that the Governor and his Council
could not, in the circumstances in which
they were placed, have acted differently,
nor have refused to coiiimission those fir
whom, according to the general list trans
mitted theiii from all the counties, the
greatest number of votes Was given
Another Conclusion' seems equally in
evitable, that the gentleman thus com
missioned most be considered the mem
bers from New Jersey until a lormil in
vestigation by the House of R -pr sjnt i
tives, after ;it is legally lirganized, shall
deterjiiine ptheiwise. '!' that House
alone, accodiug to the1 Const tuiioo. does
it belong to; "judge of the election returns
and qualificjations of its inembersj" and
unnl that judgment he sole nly render
ed advere o the claim? of the members,
commissioned under the great seal of the
State of Aeiv Jersey, there exists tio right
ful power, afny where, to deny to them all
the rights, privileges, and immunities ol
the station., I
We have caiefully abstained, in ihes? re
marks, frouvm it er. xtraneoustiithesiiuple
question of law and right in vol red in tu s
discussion, ind nave sought to place the
subject in the light in which an irh
fookrtr-on might be supposed to view it.
r The commision to the New Jersey
members is in all poiuts legal. - It is in
strictconformuv with thelaws of the State,
and under the great seai thereof, and can
not therefoie be met in limine by objec
tions to itsform or regulari'y. Moreover,
the commission is to the six members
from the State, one of whom, by .ill con
sent, i3 elected without dispute ; but, if the
commission be disregard d at the outset,
even this one member, about whom there
is no questipneannolake his seat, which
is a pa Ibubles absurdity. .
PI
N Y American
A 8 I0.00Q Treasury note was refused J
vesterdav at the Custom House, because:
it was onerea -io jhv . irvniue oonas ot
diiffVreriipelrsons. The. Collector said (he
eculd oniy receive it in I quidntion of the
dues of onej person So? yu .must, jijwe
the go'ernmetii the full amount, or get I no
change for government paper. The next
move will be to Make nothing but specie,
and pay out: nothing bpl paper.
A terrible gloom is upon the city tjtis
day, nor is there any light brei ze to
urusn away me ciouus. v. uczi
A letter
rom New York states hat
Senator YoNq is among the passengers
in the British Clueen, "and that hesiicr?H
ed in selling a million of Illinois bonds
at 90 Globe. -..!:.
Correpottdenc of she Baltimore Patiic.
wAsmxaro. -i3th-
The Van Burenites ,f lnev
were sure ol elrctiriJ' PlCKEKs; and
after the best irv',fl,9r 1 hiv? been ible
to in.-titute rIiusl admu lfaey hare much
group or 'heir confidence It is highly
"oablo- that there u ill be present ot
.Monday, at least one hundred and twenty
inembVis ready to vote for the Adminis
tration's csind. date. It is not at all likely
ih;.t v ere w ill be in attendance more than
one hundred and eighteen who would
vote M either Mr. Bell or Mr Dawson
The Administration members, who. some
imagined, would be absent, will b- on the
i round to a man. 'J'he succesor of Mr
Harrison, of Missouri, and the Van Bu
reti nienibeis from Mississippi, aie here
Mr Cbary of Michigan, witl be at h s
post. Tnere is no longr any reason'i 'O
noul t the course of .Mr Fisher of Norvh
Carflina He will go with Mr Cal
houn's. corps. ' The lumo-s about the iin-
reiuni.t iji jvjr igk. ol Indiana, urn
out to be qoite unfounded. He will ooi?a; " Lite last eyening three
for th Administration's Sneaker ; as
trnnglv as any mari. The vote of Mr
Campbell, ot South j Caiolina. will be
gneii lor Mr. Pickkns. The four Sub
Treasury Whigs from Georgia, oji the
other hiitvd, it is nowid, will vote against
the South. Carolinian. If thty do, the
contest! will be close, and the maidriivi-
ther w;iy very smail. f To-morrow.'ths
vjruiwi.ni uunu win proDaoiv "Uenue their
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position
From another Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.
Both parties are actively engaged in
dijcusiiig, and in making every necessa
r preparation for the coming contest.
The issue remains to be told. Whoever
succeeds, will obtain success afu r a nard
struggle, and bv a close vote.
Mr. Grundy; I heat, will resign the
office of A't.iroey General. nd &ie the
seat in ih- Senat , to which he has b en
elected Felix is a shrewd politician and a
licky fellow, j He always manages to
have his porringer right side up. When
he found that Tenn. siee had beeo .cap
ttired b; Judge VViiitf. and John Bell,
and saW, or thought hesaw, thai he would
soon be left i the v voiMtive." he resign
ed his.si-Hi in t e Senate. and wasappoint
ad Attorney General. He is now of opin
ion' thai he goes again to the Serial for
six yesirs a period that will rKuin him
in ffiie until Mr. Vai Buren's Second
t rm ejxpires, if he is elect, d
In tfieyear 1812, if I recollect' right,
he happened lo get on the shelf. He
then opened in Tennessee. tld alter court
ing Gen. Jackson for a s ries of years,
got into the office again. Fmm that day
he hasj been on the aleit fo keep in, and
has succeeded " rnost admirably He in
tends to live in .office, die in office, and be
i mbalm- d in office. ; j ;
Nothing has occurred since yesterday
o change iheaspei t of the politiea I sig ns.
or to lead to any otheri conclusions in re
lation to the election of Speaker, than thos
heretofore expressed.
Cjrre ptmdence of tht Salional Imel ige.ncer.
New York, Nov. 26.
The; Governor General of Canada is
on a visit to the Uper Province. Ad
dress s have been given him at Kingston
and aVPresrotl.
The New York Harrisbnrg delega
tion meet in this city on Saturday to se
lect two delegates at large (Senatorial to
make out the forty two, to which the State
is entitled. 'M
The Vice President was, last May, in-
tHk IIJOll I
tvi-u in ii.-k njia iie una reiuioeu
for answer, that he could not appoint any
specific tim. M . . i'
Of business in this; city there is now
hot much , Many workshops are id'e.
Wag s are not high, arid the. demand, is
limiied The poor sufT-r amazingly
.such weather as this. It is fortunate just
now that emigration is not throwing ma
ny on our shores.: The money market
f'owly, but very slowly, is becoming ea
sier. Merchants are getting out of debt
as fii as ihey can. I Southern funds,
however, continue unavailable. The
banks will have but liule io do with
them, a -id the cost of raising money here
upon them is yet ruinous
Fraud It leally seems as if 'he pay
ment o an Indian annuity could not be
made tyiihout being marked by some act
of fraud. The last Green Bay Demo
cat says : j
Upwards of six thousand five franc
pieces were'paid out here during the lati
payment to the Mei:omones for dollar
The principil sufferers by (this beautiful
operation ire our m rchams, they bein
compelled to take lh se piejc; & for more
than their worth from the Indians.. Who
are the) principal gainers remain tu be
seen. We trus the proper! Department
of our Government will took, mio th is
matter, for the purpose ol ascertaining
who of" its agenfs deserve credit for the
invention of tins improved mode of specu
lating, not lo say swindling. ' '
The Convt nti.m of the Protestant Epis,
copal Church, fir the Diocjese ot Mary
land. is now in session in this city. The
most impoilant business which will come
befoe this body j will be the Selection otj a
BUhon. Bait. Chron. Nov. 30.
Legislature of New Yfk-1840, The
Senate fonsts of 32 r'embers; wh.ni
20-incuding Gen ral Rotf-are Whigs,
and 12 Van'Bureu men. j Whig majo
rity. 12. . j . r ;..
Wbig majority on joint ballet, 20. ;
General Jackson has been : inwiled j by
his friends in New' Orleans to attend the
celebration ot the 8th o( January bextj
Liberal A the Methodist centenarv
meetings at Richmond. Va . about $1 1,000
were subscribed which it is eipecivd will ,
be increased to 0 14,00.
One of the most extraordinary docu
ments ve have evt-r'seert is; a Proclama
tion. issued on Monday fastby the Go
rerqor ol 'tbeSiste of Pennsylvakia,
declariuy C. J. Ingersoll to have been
elected (at the election held more thau a
year ago) one ot the Representatives from
ibnt Siaie in Congress. The feature of. it
which is jn our eyesfso extraordinary is
not ihedeci-ion of the Governor in fvor
of Mr. Ingersoll's right, but the fa6t of
! this proclamation being issued in the teeth
of the proclamation issued by the, former
Governor of that Stite. announcing the
election of Mr. Navlor from the same
district; a proclamation cjertainly exclud
ing the eflfecl of any posterior proclama
tion, and esp cia'ly of a proclamation is
su d by a Governor who had no official
existence at the time ol the occurrence
whch he assumes to proclaim !
s Naiioa'd Intelligencer. Nov 30. ::
Northeast era Bmnlary The: Wo d-
stock (N B) Pimes. of the 1 6th instant,
of the
Boundary Cdinmissioners, Messrs Fea
therstonhaugkl Hansard, and Wighlman,
and their assistant", 'arrived, here in their
canoes from Tobtque, and proceeded en
route io Head Quarters. We understand
that they aie frm the Eastern section ot
th1 country, but We have hot been able to
learn any' thing definite with regaid to
their explorations in that region" '
Hon. John Holmes is about to publish
a work, entitled 'The Statesman; or.
Principles of Legislation and Liw ot the
State of M line; and of the U.nied States.
Tht stason Letters from France, as
I our readers nave seen, prognosticate, on
the strength of -early signs of it, a very
severe winter.; . If we are io angur any
thing from signs here, we shall have an
awful season I of it. Already the- cold
here is that of mid-winter. Ou Tuesday
morning, in this neighborhood, the ther
mometerat sunrisejwas as low as at 18
F.ihrenheit, und' yesterday morning at
16c
Nat La. Nov. 29.
The late rains in AlabaiOa have had
the effect of raising the streams in the in
terior of that Stale, so as to permit of their
n&igaiioi) by cotton boats wnich had for
ii long tune past been suspended.
Small Pox. The Boston Times states
that the small pox is making tearful ra
vages in mat cny-r-aoout tnirty rases
were reported in Cross street.
" Pensacofa, Nov 16.
! It is a fact worthy of remark, that the
frigate Macedonian, in returning totn
port on the 6th mst. beat over the bar,
making at least six tacks, and thus proy
ing the practicability of a big ship's ef
fectmg an entraoce
A Diplomatist Detained. Gen. Hen
derson, the Texan Ambassador to France,
on hi arrival at New York in the Bri
tish Q ieen, was arrested for deb', and .for
want of bail was given into the haoj
the SheiifT !A motion for his re-Tease
was made in the Supericy Couri'on the
ground that j his diplomatic character,
which was fully proved.iixVoipted him
from liability to arrest fordebt. Hl-du'i
biiity was cbntendecj J&f, fbn the other
hand, on the ground Thai the &w (of na
tions touching this 'matter, applied to
such characters only in the country to
which they arc sen?, and their journey to
and from it, and as the mission of the
detinue inthisicase was not to this) coun
try, and tnis was not of necessity his way
home, he waflias liable as any other per
son. The decision of the Court wa to
have been iven yesterday jj
B dt im ore II eekly Sun
Virginia The- Madisonian of this
morning give an intimation that is high
ly gratify ing' to the Wnigs and Coriserva-tiv-
s in this quarter,1 as we believe it will
be in all pans of the the Union. It is,
that Mr, Ricts is likely be elected U S
Senator, on the first; ballot. A result like
this in the old dominion, would be accept
able in itself, and an omen of success in
the. poniing contest, between the Conser
vatives and the Destructives, tor the Pre
sidency. 1 !r ( ;
Our minister to New Grenada,)! Gen
Smiple. has engaged a passage for! him.
self and fa i.ily. on board the brig Morea,
to sail for CarthagenaJ '
It is said thai the Philadelphia Alms
House has. at this time, two hundred in
mates more than at this period last year.
A letter from Havana says, " Our!
Con
then siil has gone home"
Mr Trist
will soon be among us
The Chicago Amen -an states that the
trade of thai p ace, during the past season,
has been very good, and that many! new
ouiiaiugs have been erected.
5. Louis. The currency troubles ex
isting at St. Louis, between'lbe Bank of
Missouri, and the busiiess men or that
city, liad not. been coniosed. ati the last
dates. The term of compromise propos
ed by the merchants, had been after deli
beration, i ejected by the bank: and it wa
supposed i b.t no further etjbrt would be
made by the former to bring about an ad
justment of the difficulty ; but that things
would be left to take their own course.
' !. ; ;
The British Consul at Tripoli has been
instru. t; d by his government to demand
satisfaction from tne Dev. for harinrr in.
flicted the bastinado
an Ionian captain.
on
a Maltese, and on
i nThe Pittsburg Advocate makes
tion of tbe appearance of counterfeit hall
eagles, which are said to be well c&lculat-
men-
ed to deceive the unwary.
DirrCBKMC BETWEEN VAN BURCK 1XD
. sTLe pilgrtniage'ct Urn President during
the pastjand the prt ceding sumrrierv.as,
in our humb.e opinion, in exceeding b.id
taste, to say the least. Should we not be
justified in saying that it was unworthy
ol a gtnlleman ol sense and modesty, and
much more so of sue h. a gent etnan invest
ed with the dignity of so high an office as
thePresidtniship? Certain, we f-el, that
however much or little he may have
gained either in votes or admiruliori for
the present, by paradmg himself through
the Slates as an object oi public gaze, and
in quest of applaus rjosterityrwill look
upon that paragraph in the history of his
pubhc conduct with surprise and condem
nation. '..
Mr. Jefferson speaks precisely to the
purpose on this subject in a letter to Mr.
Sullivan, iromwhicb we cannot forbear
quoting the following lines:
' I confess I am not teconciled to the
idea of ,a Chtei Magistrate parading nim
self through the several States as an ob
ject of public gaze, and in quest ol an ap
plause which to be valuable should be
purely voluntary. I had rather aeauir
silent food will he n faithful A
- o- ----- j .. .-v.gr ,
mv duties, than owe exnressiona of it to
putting mysdj in tne way of rectiving
maaisoman.
f .
A Tory Abolitionist in Viririnin.
Thelorfolk Beacon, a moderate but firm.
Van Buren paper, denotincis the Rev.
Mr. Fisk.the Editor of the " Old Domin
ion," as M an emissary of the Northern
fanatics as opposed to ihe prosperity of
Southern Commerce, and Southern Lite
rary institutions; as desirous to excite the
poor ana improvidvnt' againsi the thrifty
and the industrious; as " a wolf in sheep's
clothing ;" as a spy, &c. &c.
This same Oid Diimini m" has been
frequently quoted by the Standard; and
we find in the last North Carolinian,
-that the Old Dominion" quotes some of
the Caroluiian's views cn Banking with
high approbation ; but in one particular,
the Old Ltominiori does not agree with the
Cafolinian, forthwith ihe latter changes
lis ground to suit the views of the former !
liar bed fellows ihese! The Norfolk
papers, where. Fisk is , known, hold his
paper and himself in utter contempt.
Fay tttcville Observer
The recommendation of Mr Tallmadge
for the Vice Presidency, by the Whig
Convention, has been warmly objected to
by two Whig papers, the Nrwbern Spec
tator and the Wilmington Advertiser.
So it is always with the" Whig party. If
a candidate is not in every particular suit
ed to our taste, some either oppose him
or stand netiirai. It is true that Mr Tall
inadge voted for the Expunging resolu
tion, under instruction from his Slate;
and we are us little dispose to justify
that vote as any man. But when he
thought the Administration wrong, he
abandoned it, and boldly stood up in the
Senate and rebuked the wronsr doer
He ranged himself on the weak side, but
the right sid ; and the consequence is;
that we are now rejoieing in the, regene
ration of New York, whichgould not
have bten effected vvithout hiSk'aid.
.We are not specially anxious that he
should be the Whig candidate, though
quite willing to supporthim. We con
siaer na minor point, not of sufficient im
portance to justify a duTerence of opinion
. .: Ib.
We certainly, in common with most of
the Whigs in this section of the Slate.
were much surprised at the nomination,
by the Cenventn n at Rileigh.ol iYfr. Tall
madge for the Vice Presidency. The
question is very naturally asked what
claims be has upon the Whig; party for
heir support tor so exalten an office?-
Surely Whig consistency ' is violated when
it indirectly sanctions that , art of moral
obliquity in .the'. life of Mr. Tallmadge,
his vote on the Expunging Resolution-
unless he exhibits lo the country full con
trition for his dereliction of duty on that
occasion, and does all in his power to
atone for the injury inflicted on Constitu
tional liberty. Much he has done we free
ly grant. Much good service he has ren-
cered to th Whig cause in his native
S ae The Whigs of the Union should,
and do accord to him their gratitude for
the noMe stand he has taken in defence of
their principles. Farther ihan this, it ap
pears to us they ought not to go, at least
in ihe pres nt aspect of aff iirs. They
have in their ranks, older if not better sol
diers, who have by Inn years of unfilter
ing faithfulness earned i he highest rewards
that can be bestowed..
If it can however, he made apparrnt.
that great good to ihe Whig raus- would
grow out of the nomination of Mr Tall
madge bv the National Convention, some
thing may be. yielded to ihe att ainment of
such an end YVtl bhronicle.
AJate London paper, remarking upon
the state of thing in China by the last ac
counts, says. ''.The trade rem.ins sus
pended, with the ntmost unrertaintv as
to the period when it would be renewed.
but the Americans seem: to have escaped
with great adroitness from all the conse
quences of this unhappy affair."
The Supreme Court ot the United States
have decided that the section of la w which j
provides that " no person under the age
of 21 years shall be enlisted by any offi
cer, or held in the services of the United
States, without the consent of his parent.
guardian, or master, first had and obtain
ed, if any he have." does not apply to the
case of minors who have no parent, guar
dian, or master.
The Wheeling '1 imes says that the dis
charge of hands from the large manufac
tories of that place still cohtinaes a
course to which the proprietors have been
compelled by the pressure for money, and
the-difficultybf procoring tskutUM$l
""" DEC. Ik.tO.
FOR PMsnBENT, !
H' VE ATI.
OF KENTUCKY
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AccusTiNE,Mondav evPninjr
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My Dear Sir; j '
. ,il down to write in
a state of the most inten.e and painiul rx
cuemenL A fewf ho. one of ...
lunteers stationed about i t
this, on tki i;ni.. t
. w rjt OI
. - ..w. noaa, came
tnformatioc that th Indians h
in wuh
ad int
' " -r ocrra' murders on the roaii
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urirnua mat pott.
rrv . v j
l HIS morninr .
'Uuvrter Matter lr .k.-
- -0 vpain ocarle1
If . .... !
feting
.v.. tuia piace in the pov
ernment hurt tv. t . i b
thnilffK nn k...l I
. . - ivoiaia, in. corn nan
-6.. v llulscrarK( was a young p0.
Inder a citizen of this place. About six
nules from Town, just at the border of a
svv4mp, they were fired at by AdHttt :.
the young Pole was killed on the spot
the Captain (badly wounded) wis carried
n haste to the Post thence s sniall L
tachment was sent to this place fo j a ur.
peon. Abouttwo miles from where the
hack was attacked, and wiihirr 3 1 2 miles
of town, where 1 the road issue, from
another swamp, the detachment found the
deiKl body of Mr. Weedrnan of this place.
J -ur, uaaiy wounded, a son cf
nisaoout i2 or 13 years of .ge. These
were going out in a' cart to
visit a
lrm belonging to the old
man, situated
4 ,n,,es lro'n A;own. Mr. Weedrnan
was driven from this farm by the Indians
soon after hostilities commenced, and it is
very remarkable that he lost his life in
the first attempt he ever made to revisit it
after a lapse of nearly four yta ,
- ieucr to you, my dear
fir, in consequence of a paragraph which
I read in your paper of the 25lh October.
The folio .ing is the paragraph to which
I allude.
BLOOD HOUNDS AND THE INDIANS.
! 'And: to it seems the Iridic, J .
hunted inih klnnrl k...l- I. .i . i
, 'fit ft . ii mese oe "the
evidences o civ,li2a,ioni Go(,
mark I 1 his mo abominable avowal
in the language of Lord Chatham, de.'
mauds the most decisive indignation
"Such horrible notion, shock every pre
cept of religion, divine and natural, and
every generous fee,ng of human itV , the v
.shock every sentiment of honour' J they
-hock every lover of honoroble war and
every detester of murderous barbaiitv"
P''t and humanity of the cntintrv
hould vindicate the national honour."
T c 'mmoital heroes of the revolution
will frown with indignation at this 'dis
grace oj their country:1
Now there are some who would impute
inese remarks of yours to fanaticism!; but
I am not one of those. Were I even un
acquainted with you personally, I think
that I know enough of human nature, and
r. member tvith sufficient vividness my
own sympathetic feelings towards objects
proved' by time and reason utterly un
worthy of them to enable me to do justice
both t.i your motives and ymir feelings
Indeed I will not conceal the fact that
when I fiist heard ihe idea suegested of
hunting the Indians with bloodhounds,
my feelings revolted at the proposition,
I was then, however, as far as you are
now. from the scene of Indian barbarity ;
and did not realize the enormity of j their
cruelty, and their perfidy. But this is li
terally brought home to us when, in the
morning, we see those whom we have
met daily on the " accustomed green,"
leave town, full of life, and ere sunset sJe
their mangled bodies bereft of animstioD,
brought back to the widow and the or-
phans And witnessing each a scene! as
I have this day. nnd reflecting on a;f the
circumstances connected with this horrid
war, I cannot help thinking that hornani-
means that pod and nature puts in on
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I J Vl .l L L ! til
which yo quote.
By the bye, my dear Sir. it appears
from a late work of Loid Broagharo's,
ana I truly i egret that it is too well at
jested, that the great man who uttered tht
eloquent deprecation against the proposi
tion to employ Indians in the American
Revolutionary war. himself had. employ
ed them against the Fren-.h in Cauada !
Thus is it ever that, to quote a trite pro
verb "circumstances alter cases," And
1 think it can hardly be sopposed! that
a mon g t h e m i 1 1 io ns w bo no w occn py j with
a quit conscience the lands wbere the
red iaan once stalked in native freedom,
from the Golf o( I St. Liwrencei to the
Gulf of Mexico, a single individual, not a"
roanuc, coold be ipnnd, wboif 'Ati lands
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