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. - 3 are. THE REGISTER. TUESD lir, SEPTEMBER 1,1S l6;f :. CITY TIPPECANOE CLUB. V There was a'grrat meeting of die Club on Saturday last, many Citizens from thejcounty attended, and the Hon'. K. R a-v ver our rMember . of Congress from the EdenKu district being p.resent.wa introduced by the Hon- J- H. Bryan, and called upon to address the meeting.' lie answered to tire cauxand delivered a nest excellent -and animated Speech of nearly two hours- 0 h oxxjning his' Address, ho congratulated the Club on the present auspicious appearances, through--out the Country irr favor of the Whig eauso. He uext cilled its attention to tluT extraOrdiriaTV proceedings ot the late Ses?ionf Congress.which he spoke of iif teimsf; hi the most severe censure. He had always known ho saiil. that the-Administratiou party ere unscrupu lous as to the means of effecting their objects ; but un til lie became ai member of Congress, and a witness erf tlieir doing?,' he lwid no idea of the extent to which hoy vere carried. He referred especially to the treat ment of the State of JSewJersey, in refusing to admit the members which she, had sent. .& represent her, with regulnr cretlontials, and admitting others-without proper authority,' for die sake of carrj'ing1 the Sub Tretisurj' aud dthet party objects. Mr. R. next aL verted to the state of the Treasury, and the improper aiui estravagajw expendituf es of the public money. Wlrn Mr- Van Biiren came into office, there were more than ftventyiniflions of available funds in the Treasury, yet Congress hail been "but a few weeksin session, when the Secretary of the Treasury informed them it was necessary to issue five millions more of Treasury note4? and a bill was past for that purpose ; and1 before thejclpse of the late session, Congress was informed, that-four or five millions more of Treasury notes would be wanted? If may be asked, said Mr. R.,what has ! become of all this money ? No one could tell, but he supposed that moat of it had been squandered aril wasted upon the war, upon 5 or 1P0 Indians in Flopda. Mr. R. instanced several of these wasteful experdituresj such as sending fire-wood, from New Orleans it $50 a cofd, while thousands oC cords might have ben cut by the soldiers in their own vi cinity, if they had Tiot feared attacks from the Indians ; he, fpoke of tlieir purchasing immense quantities of corn, bacon and other provisions, and sending them, to places wherfe they were" not wanted, and then ex posing them to sale where there were? no purchasers, w that they fell into the hands of contractors and spe culators, at a t mere nominal price- Indeed, he inti mated, that thfe wax was supposed to be protracted for the benefit of men who amassed fortunes from these wasteful expenditures. Mr. R. stated that the Afl mirrktxation rinding that the further appropriation ?ought for wotlld' not be sustained, as many of those who voted with the. Administration, party would not consent to it,? the leaders of the party proposed and carried, a very, extraordinary amendment to one of the appropriation bills, authorizing the President5 to with hold such appropriations made by Congress for public "works, as he might iudge proper, in order to supply auy deficiency! of revenue that might occur. Which was in effect giving the President a coa te-blanche over the public purte. . ; Mr. R. spoke of the large expenditures which had been made by! Mr. Van Buren in fitting up. his splen did niansion, yhicli had been so well exposed in die speech of Mr.; Ogle of Pennsylvania, and had been represented by the locofoco papers as Whig lies, but which he represented to be solid truths, having him- elf inspected:' the vouchers on which these, charges were made. Mr. R. adverted also, with much sever ity on Mr. Van Buren's Sub-Treasury plan, fei3 stand ing army (unejer the pretence of amending the Militia Law) his admlission of negro testimony against white men, &.c .&.cJ He also noticed the exceptionable con-" duct of the several Heads bf Department, in which he handled the Secretary of rie Treasury without gloves. And concluded,, by enquiring what pretensions Ivli. I Van Baren ltad to a re-election to the Presidency ? No public act, of his could be adduced in his favor. AH the other Presidents, from fte great Father of his Country to John Q. Adams, had well eetabJished merits on which to found their elevation, but Mr. Van Buren had none, none.- But, said he, look at tho candidate which we support for the Presidency look at Gen. Harrison, the brave soldier, who has succeas fully fought the battles of our country, die able states man, the patriot, the able farmer, the upright citizen. He, I trust, by the blessing of an all-wise,, just and beneficent Supreme Being? the Governor of the Uni verse, we shall succeed in placing at the Head of onr Government jin November . next, and-thereby bring back the Adrninist Ation of its affairs to that order and purity which distinguished it till within the last 12 years f disorderahd "embarrassment, and restore to the people, the prosperity and happiness winch they have . heretofore enjoyed. v .. , . ''" : I Mr. R's Address was listened fo with great attention and received with unbounded applauso. . " , , Alxjiu 3 o'clock, the meeting adjourned to partake pf a plain substantial dirmer, provided for the Visiters from tlie Coihity, in the CapUol Grove. After which, Mr. SpRuittj frohfNorthampton County, being galled upon, made animated Address: and the Citizens, pnd Visiters! then returned to the: Log Cabin, where Judge Iredell spoke at some length, and the thank ve meenug were retnrueq to uie non. iir-. xvayn jsh. f)r his very aeceptabler AdLBT, ..i i " k ' ' ; Members pf the Committee of Management for the gr?at Mate Gonvehtkm, to beheld irrthis City onithe 5th of October next, were Jhen apjmtedVrdrn each. Captain's District in the County who are expected to meet at the Log Cabin on Saturday next to make the further necessary arrangements. . '1 , ' ; ; i . judicial appointment; . At a meeting of the- CounciKof State, called by the Governor, iiji flus City, on Friday last,. for the purpose of, filling thj vacanpy on qiir SuperiorrCourt Bench, .isioned ;tw the resurnation of iudcrep 10obs, William jH.jB.irrLii E?q. of this City was aj PQinted. ' : " : v ' -V..- ' - -.-, FOR THE What great Christian virtue will our resei .J Vf ena hits , . W, . ' . -J.."' -..uti, oy ine recent Elections - -Intxxer by Edifor,-siiqSATQSi I I" A..-TIPPCANpE CLUR ; rl . J ;eign countries that have addnted tire Snb-Treasiirv. ; the militia so stem, whih wahIH 1m arirnTwwint n nt,.- t ' . .i-v;;:..,' .i'"1'. 1''" '"' : r. . -...". . - - - '. I A TIPPECANOFm.TTR , .- was lormed at tt: Court-Hoiise in Mf.i'kfenl-nirD- jfounty , on tlte evening of tlje 18di Ultimo, fjajiu Da vidson presided, and fifteen-Vice President and six Secretaries were appointed. The Club was addressed by Messrs.,D. F: Calttwell EdaeVr Barringe- Boy derind Oslorn..widiireaf'efrtJ' ' ' THE TALLAHASfEgTRAQEl The last Madisonianj, jnpeag of tile late outrage of the Van Buren Gbrfalvassee- Florida, remarks" It is now a nWsb-we called public attention so the fact thaTiVVaii Buren, throneh Mr. Poinsett, (for the Catit-is a aoit,") had ordered' 1 ,500 men under arms, and placed them under a mi litia officer, in Florida, although Congress expressly refused to grant .hrn' the Jiberty of doing so. The; statement we made iri regard to it excited very little jernark. The piublie may now see some of the fruits of th&"xebutive usurpation. .' While the Indians were butchering the inhabitants at one end of the Peninsula, a creature of the National Executive was; at the other,, using the ernied force to, overawe a political meeting." In relation to this outrageous affair, a Memorial has been addressed to the President of the United States, by several of the most respectable citizens of Tallahas see, remonstrating against the unwarrantable and ty rannical proceedings of Governor Read, in hU attempt to overawe the citizens of Tallahassee, by introducing among them an armed soldieryJbr the purpose ofintim idatihg and forcing them into the political views;rofthis minion of Executive favor. Mr. J.ortx. Reed, or Massachusetts, the faithful and able Representative in Congress from the district com posed of the counties of Barnstable, Nantucket, and Duke's, has written -a letter to his constituents, declin ing a re-election. Mr. Reed has been a Representa tive in Congress some 28 years. I New Ydnx, Avgvst 24. A.Bermuda paper of a late date received by an arrival here to-day, states that a Dutch Government steamer liad arrived at Paramaribo from the Gahibian coast widi fifty native Africans, indented to labor as pioneers on the public works tor fourteen years. A French vessel had attempted die importation of a simi lar cargo, but had been compelled by British cruisers to set the blacks-free. ' Holland and France, the pa per states, are bent on prosecuting this new branch of trade, which they contend does not amount to enslave ment. ; " The news by the Acadia and President steamships reached Montreal via New York six hours sooner dian by the steamer from Halifax to Quebec. The Aca dia's news reached Quebec in fifteen days from Liv erpool. . ' New York, AcorsTs27. The Rhode Island Election has resulted, as far as heard from, in a Whig gain. In Providence and in some other towns the Locofocds made rio op position. So far, II Whigs and 3 LocofocOs are known to be elected to the Assembly. Mr. Prentiss addressed a great meeting atjNew ark. New Jersey, yesterday- Upwards of four- thou sand persons, it is stated, were present. . 1 - j ANOTHER GATHERING AT NEWARK. At least four thousand people were ngain assem bled on Wednesday afternoon and evening, at' New ark, New Jersey, to listen to a speech from the Hon- Sergeant S. Prentiss, of Mississippi. Mr. P.; spoke for nearly three hours, and the effort was one of the happiest and ablest in his life. He kept the audience, during the whole time, enchai.jed by the most fixed attention. FOR THE REOISTEU. It would be desirable to know whether the Slave- Holders of the South Intend to -.submit to having their peace and happiness, put in jeopardy by the infamous and incendiary publications of an unscrupulous and ly ing Northern Editor quartered upon us ? LOOK AT THE LAST STANDARD, IJV REPL Y TO A CHARGE OF MR. HALE OF THE OBSER VER! If such a publication, is not within the act of Assembly, there is no safety for our families. Will the Attorney-General permit it any longer A VOTER. FOR THE REGISTER. .-';' August 24th, 1840. W. R. Gales, Esq. ; f .. North Carolina is herself again ; God i bless her. She has resolved the many , and not the few, shall rule : that the People, and not the President shall govern her. She was the ' ntorning-star that first proclaimed Independence in tho Revolution, and led the way to Liberty in defiance of despotic power. . She ha again risen in her majesty to rebuke power, and restore the equal. balances established by the Constitution, land to prevent au me powers oi uoveirmiem irom ueing con centred and lodged in-the President. In by-gone days, when oppression was abroad in the land, and one man was usurping all power, our noble jmcestdrs rose in their majeaty, resolved to be free, declared Indepen dence on the 20th day of May 1775, and made King George's Governor Martin take ivater near the mouth of Cape Fear River ; and when he got about 30 miles from land, out of Whig-shot, ho issued his Proclama tion, denouncing-allxncerned in the Declaration of Independence as Rebels. Frpm that day to this, ev ery man .in North Carolina, who has a-Christian's, heart in his bbiom, j and a Republican's headj oil; luis shoulders, has been opposed to the usurpation and ex ercise of Kingly powers by tie pian. Henqe, oar State Constitution -confers very limited powers on the Governor. His djity begins just where tliat of lie Le gislature ceases. He executes the laws ai$er they are made by the feople s Kepresentatives. i natj is pre cisely what a Republican President should do, -and, no more. Since the freemen of North Carolina have made a second declaration of Independence,; on tho second'. Thursday ot thjs month, . 1 sltould notjbe sur prised, if the second fMartin commanded Kendall and 13 lair, the two Bugs that roll, the Globe, - to issue his Proclamation denouncingthe last Election, and'declar- mg itie ireemen oi tue near estate m npstite tepeuion against the Presidential JPalace. You niay look out for -a shower of black Ink.-from the VJiiteHousei How; evctJj uiwue uic puuH.-uiiuii 01 uic ivu.n ir rocitifjuiiiuu, it may be prudent for President Martin to follow in - t. .1 . . .1. i : r . l i t , : ihe footsteps of his illustrious predec&ssor.''. Governor Martin, and lake, water incohipany with his two busy Buss, for Kintlerhodir. 1 reckon the politic ab Phan sees whowoiship the man in the White Housepbr the ftyei loitvea and two fishes in the Treasury, will all run a ouiv treasury ayeepstaice race to Europe optween mis '"and next- Ndv6Vnbet arKl tlie only order given wfll be . rrray tho Devil take; flie hindmost. Can't -the People m Cpnmitte0 on the Hote tpn the state of tne puO-1 ressury , lasue h. upectc cvrirutca , -uuiiuiiuiki- ing'the Stearn hjp6 iot to take our specie wEjjtgtand; and not 8ufiet.any slippefy Sub-Treasurer to isit fori eign countries ? J- haw. see B rather Jonathan's hard change flung away bn'John Bull." " I am doubtful Vrr tie Sam's.hafcl money, and hard bargains' will all be in'Eneland before frost. Ji i'km afiraid we won't have a silver dollar .left for seed- Levi Woodbary would be well received by 2? out pf "the 27 M.oharcbie4 in for- eign countries that have adopted the Sub-Treasury. Indeed Martin Und tevi are both well dyed in Royal wool 22 out of 27 parts. That's pretty deep dip, for Democratic dye. 'Twenty-two out of twenty-seven Monarchies of Eu rope, are for the Sub-Treasury. Twenty-six out of twenty-six Republican States in America are opposed to the Sub-Treasury. Now, which shall we go for and support ? The President and the Kingdoms of Europe ; or the People and the Republican States of America? That's the issue. North Carolina has giv en eight thousand five hundred reasons in favor of the Republican principle I hope her Sisters will do likewise. The Swartwout tricks and Sub-Treasury schemes have practised peculations on the Treasury", and experiments on the Currency, until fhe Gorern raf 5 paralyzed and the business of the country much injured; I hope the day is dawning and better times are approaching, when our Rulers will snVe us a sound Currency of some soft ; and compel every Bank in iu puy spent jor merr notes, ihen an equal currency will give equal advantages to all men. ' 7 J'- YANCY. HARRISON CONVENTION IN GEORGIA. Macos, Thtjrsdat, June 13, 1840. In pursuance of the resolution adopted by the Anti Van Buren Convention, assembled at MilledgevjUe in June last, responsive to the call made by the Tippe canoe ?lub of Macffn, a convention of tiro People op posed to the re-election of Martin Van Buren to the Presidency assembled in this city on Thursday) the 13th instant. The several delegations having been as-embled, the assembly was called to order by Gene ral Elias Beall, President of the Bibb County Tippe-. canoe Alub. Alter prayer by the Kev.;ticonre F. Pierce, invoking the special guidance of Divine Wis dom in the-harmonious and concerted action of the. Convention, upon motion of Colonel Wm. B. Parker, the honorable John McPherson Berrien was unani mously chosen President of the .Convention.'lhe.. sur viving patriots of the Revolution then present were elected Vice Presidents, and John H. Steele, Thomas N. Beall. John J. Gresham, Samuel M. Strong, and Samuel R. Blake, Esqrs. were appointed Secretaries. The President, in assuming the duties assigned him, tendered his acknowledgments to the Convention, and, after adverting to the resolution of the June Conven tion, and-detailing the evil and corrupt action of the present Administration, introduced ,to the Convention the Hon. Wm. C. Preston, of South Carolina. Mr. Preston rose amidst the acclamation of the Con vention, and tendered his acknowledgments for the notice which had been taken of him, and made a re view of the leading corrupt measure, of the Adminis tration. The marshals then repotted to the Secretaries the several Delegations ; after , which the Convention ad journed until 10 o'clock to-morrow. Fritiat MoR!fiso, Jcnx 14, 10 o'clock. The Convention met pursuant to adjournment' Absalom H. Chappell, Esq. of Bibb, introdilced the following preamble and resolutions : The People of Georgia, opposed to the corruptions and misrule of the Administration of Mr. Van Buren, and friendlv to the election of WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON to the Presidency,' and of JOHN TIT LE R to the Vice Presidency of the United States, hav ing come together in Macon from all quarters of the State, ki a Convention unprecedented in the vastness of the assemblage and the patriotic enthusiasm by which it has been characterized, cannot separate for the purpose of returning to their widely dispersed homes without setiding forth to their fellow-citizens of their own otate and ot tne wnole V nion meir anient con gratulations on the triumphant prospects which sur round them in tne great struggle in wmcn tney are engaged. They view that struggle as one, the issue of which will be decisive of the destinies of their countrv. A President f the tJnited States who is indebted for hi; elevation to the first office in this free and mighty con. federacy not to the high estimation in which his char acter, qualifications, and public services were held by his countrymen, but to the sycophantic arts by which he ingratiated himself with his immediate predecessor, and led that predecessor to exert the whole power and patronage of the! Government for his advancement seeks a re-election at the hands of the American Peo ple. Without having repented of the deep original sin of Executive dictation, by which he was brought into office, but pertinaciously clinging to it and prac tising it; without having done aught during his ad ministration to make amends for the unworthy man ner in which he gained the Presidential chair, but hav ing "done every thing that could cause his administra. tion to be felt not less as a curse than his flection had been a stain on the rntry, h tomw before the Peo pie for the renewal of his grossly abused lease of pow er relying or no means of success but the utter and shameless prostitution of that power to his own re-elec tion. If he shall be permitted to triumph in the effort he is thus making, it will have become a settled point in the actual working oj our political system, that a President of the United States may control and dictate the choice of his successor,, and , that such successor, when thus invested with office, will be strong enough to secure his continuance there for a second term, in despite of all objections growing out of the most griev ou misrule and consequent public detriment. When such a principle shall nce be practically established ; as it most certainly will be by the re-election ot Mar tin Van Breh our Government will have lost all of Republicanism but the forms and corruptions, and lack nothihe of Despotism but the trappings and title. For, if Mr. Van Buren be re-clected,-will not the power and patronage of the Government, in his hands, be as ef tcctive, for all purposes oi oictaung toe appointment oi his successor, as they have been found to be m bang ing about, first, his own election, and then his re-clp.c- lionl And when Mr. Benton, or Mr-Buchanan, or some other such parly favorite' shall aspire, in his turn, to the chief magistracy, what ground of hope can we have that tho same engine of Presidential powerand iufluence which have forced such a man as Martin Van Buren on the country, will not be potent enough to-elevate a Benton. "a Buchanan, or even an Amos Kendall! as his successor When to this unanswerable ground of objection 10 Mr. Van BurenV re-election we add the manifest de- siffn and tendency of his whole policy, measures, and recommendations, to augment the already overgrown power of the Federal Executive, by fresh and fearful accessions: when we recollect tnstnis predecessor, in whose footsteps he uf pledged to follow,. broKe down the independence of the Senate; of the United States, by and with his coneorrenceand co-operation, and that cordial inviution to our countrymen of the Union Par be himself has insticated and abetted hispartyin sub- ty to unite with us in the deliverance of oufcoramon iusratin"- the House of Representatives to his will, even though that subjugation had to be effected at the cost . - . . 1 1a tXT . I . M. 4.1 - 1 of the dwlraocttisenieni oi a sovereign oiaus oi um? Union; when we reflect that his vast band of otttce holders are selected with a controlling regard to mere party devotion and party efficiency, and are trained to know no rule of action but subserviency to the Exe cutive will : when, to all these things, we further add Jhe alarnimg fact, that he ias at last succeeded, after years of systematic struggle, in causing inepurse strings of the nation to bo placed in his hands by Con gressional ehartmcnt and that he how reigns supreme in the collection, custody, and iabursement of the Wtnnov whon. from these ' hia actual measures, we torn to his recommendations and behold him calling on CfongTess to place the hanking institutions - of ihe Statas at bis mercy bv a bankrupt law of "which, they may be made. the coinpulaory -victims-calling, more- over, for a new and ujieonstitntional organization ot the militia system, which would be tantamount to plac ing a standing military force of 300,000 men at bis disposal, it cannot be doubted that our Bepublican in stitutions are, at this moment, struggling in the very crisis of their destiny, and that, if the power which now wars against them shall triumph in the existing contest for the Presidency, it will be rendered bj the victors too strong even to be afterwards successfully resisted by the People. In this pursuit of new acquisition of powrr, the Federal Executive has not hesitated to override and trample in the dust all the great interests of the coun try. The seizure of the money power has been con summated by a series of measures which have brought disaster, derangement, and ruin on the currency, the commerce, the whole pecuniary prosperity of the Peo ple. They have been reduced to embarrassment and comparative poverty by a policy whose only merits are its tendency to strengthen the Executive arm, and to enrich moneyed men and salaried oSiceholders. Whilst the People have been thus curtailed in their resources, of wealth and income, and sulijccted to a progressive but sure impoverishment, that same Fede ral Administration, headed by Murtin-Van Buren, from which have emanated sa many professions of econo my, has signalized itself by the extravagance of its ex penditures and the prufligatCTtvaste ol tue puxme trea sure. It has carried up the annual expenditures of the Government to an average of thirty-seven millions ,of dollars more than double what was known under the ten preceding Administrations ; and we now behold the anomaly f a bankrupt Administration sustaining itself by yearly issuerof its own notes, and yet vannt ing itself on the establishment of a system which makes money trebly scarre and difficult to be obtained. When we look through the long political life of Mr. Van Buren, we find nothing to relisve the dismal pro pect which a review of his Administration spreads out before the eve. In all the great and characterise c acts of his public life, we find him aijainst the South and that Republican pnrty to which be pvofessea devotion. In the outset of his political career, at the commence ment of the war with Great Britain, in 1S12, we be hold him as a member of the New York Legislature voting for De Wilt Clinton, the Federal candidate, for the Presidency, in opposition to Mr. Madison, the can didate of the Republican party and of the entire South In 1820, as a member of the same Legislature, we find him entering into a political coalition with Rufus King, the then head and leader of the Federal party of the Union, by which Mr. King was that year elected to the Senate of the United States, and by which, also, Mr. Van Buren was himself elected as his colleague in the same body, the ensuing year. In 1820, also, he gave !h support to the celebrated Missouri restriction, by voting instructions to that effect to the Senators and Representatives of New iork in Congress. In 1821, as a member of tne Convention which tramed the present Constitution of New York, he supported the principle of allowing to free negroes the right of suffrage. In 1822, as- a Senator in Congress, he vo ted for the restriction of slavery in Florida. In 1824 he supported thoroughly the high protective tariff of that year. In 1828, he voted for the celebrated tariff law, well known throughout the oouthby the just and emphatic name of the Bill of Abominations. In 1S26, he voted for the erection of Federal toll-gates on the Cumberland road, and afterwards, during General Jackson's Administration, he subscribed to his doc- trijie that works of Internal Improvement by the Gene ral Government were constitutional when of national utility ; and that the President, in the exercise of the veto power, wag to determine for himself, over the head of Congress, the question of their nationality; thus not taking the potfer out of the hand of the Fede ral Government, but merely slutting it from Congress to the President. As Secretary of State, under Gene ral Jackson, he compromised the honor of his country in his nfgdtiatious with a great foreign Power, by avail ing himself of an argument drawn from the party to which the Ihrn President belonged. It is needless to extend further the detail of the grounds of objection which Mr. Van Buren's political life and Presicential Administration so abundantly fur nish against nm. .hnough, has been presented to show,. that in whatever view we contemplate the subject, all things call aloul for a change of the measures and poli cy of the Government, and of the man at the head of tho Government. That change so vitally important to : the country, can only be bntight about by the election of William Henry Harnsor. to the Presidency of the United States. His public life aid character, from early youth to the present hour,nri familiar to his countrymen, and they give assurance diundant and indubitable that such a change as his efevation to the Chief Magistracy would bring, would hem accordance with the most enlight ened conviction of public Opinion, and promotive of the redemption of the country from the misrule, cor ruption and distress under which it now so grievously labors. The confidence pf a Washington, of a Jeffer son, and a Madison, his able, successful, and well-ap- prdvil coninct" ur airthe great an rorprn-ihl stil- tions, in peace and in war, which he tilled for more than thirty years, are vouchers irrefutable of his patri otism, his integrity and capacity. The People of Georgia, opposed to the present Ad' ministration, have made him the man of their choice , and will spare no eftnrts, becoming freemen and pat riots, to advance bis felection. Resolvcdtiherefure, That it he recommended to the citizens of Gcorjria to lay aside, in the present alarm ing emergency of the country, all pre-existing party divisions, and come to the exatrunation ot the issues, involved m the existing contest, with minds unbiass ed' nnprejudiced,- and determined to consult no end but tlieir country's good, and its deliverance from the mal-administration and misery with which it is now overwhelmed. Resolved. That the People be recommended to hold meetings in their respective counties, neighborhoods, and districts, for the purpose of diffusing a full and correct knowledge of the true character and merits of the pending contest, and ot promoting the election of Gen. William Henry Harrison to the Presidency, and of John Tyler to the Vice Presidency of the United States. The question being npon the adoption of the Pre amble and Resolutions. Robert Toornbs. Esq. of Wilkes, offered the following amendment, which was carried by acclamation:;,. Resolved bv this convention, i hat while we, asi State Rights Republicans must ever repudiate and condemn the principles embraced in the Proclamation and Force Bill, yet we feel ourselves called upon as Patriots to forego our peculiar opinions . of the means ends of State Rights, popular liberty, an honest ad ministration of the, Government of the People, and a country from the hands of "the spoilers. In this great struggle we proclaim to the world that we stand vpon the great platform o. Popular Rights, which is wide enough for every friend of his country to stand upon.; without any saiiiflce except Party to Country! l ne quesuon irien ueing upon uie aaopuon oi .tne Resolutious, with the amendment, the Hon. E. B. Strongs fit Rihb, ihtrodueed the following amendment, which was by a unanimous vote superadded to the main resolution : t r jRort'rf, That ihis Convention of tiia People ap prove of the able and patriotic conduct of the , faithful six of oor Representatives in Congres to-wit:'Alford, Dawonr Habersham, Niabet, King, and Warrefi ; and will mipport th'em, with Foster, Gamble, and Meriri- wether, and use alf honorable means to promote their election.-. c - ' " ' ' ' ' . ' The;RfoiationV with it amendments, waa advoca ted bjr Andrew J. Miller, Eaq. of Richmond, William Law, ,JEsq.of Chatham, Robert Toombs, E.q. of Wilkes, sidJIenrW. HfiUiard; Esq. of Montgome ry, Alabama. ' ,." - . Tfieuestion thenXecumngiipon the amended Re solutions, tney were rrnaijimously adopted,. The fiillnWin"" l?knlntfnrv jo ;Art4,- following" Resolution was "ihttoduced hv E. Bird, of De Kalb : ; Resolved, That this Convention approve of die tick et nominated at Mdledgevillef iri June last for Electors of President and Vice President, and' will support the same by every honest exertion in tlieir power. y The question being taken upon thej-adoption of the Resolution , it was adopted 7iem. con. ' "' 1 ' On motion ol Hon. C B. Strong, of Bibb, it Was unanimously i. j Resolved, That tho thanks of the Convention ard due, and are now tendered to the Hon. J- McPherson Berrien, for die dignified ability with which - he has presided over its deb'lkrationsy 1 y On motion of A. H. Chappel, Esq., of Bibb, a re solution of thanks to the Secretaries, for their attention and efficiency in the discharge of their duties, was submitted and adopted. The President then, addressed the convention com mended its delilxjrationp, together with the consequent action of its individual members, to the guidance and supervision of Divine; Benignity ; after which, prayer was ffl.iae uy iitc Rev. Jwiiijl..-i , r j T, j. the Fresideht then adjourned the convention sine die. J. McPHEKSON BERRICN, J President. James HL Steele, Thomas N. Beall, John J. Gre sham, Samuel R. Blake, Secretaries"' THE SOUTHWESTERN CONVENTION- , On Monday week began the grieati Southwestern Whig Convention, at Nashville. in Tennessee ; a mighty gathering of the People romrnany States, and a scene of unbounded enthusiasm in the cause of Hab- RH'OS ASD RkFORM. As many as fifteen States were represented ;4n the procession formed bv thc'Convention, "some of thcrn," savs the Nashville Whig, (from which wc condense this account,) "quite largely, the delegations from each being preceded by a general State banner, besides the insignia of the vari6us town and county clubs and delegations, an infinite variety of which decorated the line and imparted unspeakable interest to the pageant." The States represented w ere as follows : Arkansas ' i Kentucky Missouri Tennessee Alabama Virginia Illinois Delaware Mississippi . -. New Jersey Indiana New York Louisiana Pennsylvania Ohio Banners were also carried in the procession by Rep resentatives of New England and the District of Co lumbia. i i,.. Hon. E. H. Fos-rsn preided, assisted by a number of Vice Presidents and Secretaries.: The'pTesence ofHayax CtAT, accompanied by Mr. CRiTTKxnuK, sppears to have added greatly to the interest and enthusiasm of the occasion. . The magnitude of this assemblage of freemen, whose numbers appear to have defied calculation, may be in ferred by - the remark of Mr. C.iT, that the meeting of the seventeenth of Atteust, .18.40, might be regarded as emphatically the Convention of the jear 1840, since it exceeded, both in extent of numbers and the mag nificence of its procession, the great Convention of ; the fourth of May at-Uattimore. Jhe wail says: " Our own opinion is, that considering the relative lo cation and opuiation of the two cities, the crowd to day deserves to be held as a much more striking evi dence of the extraordinary zenl that now pervades the friends of Executive Reform throughout tho country, than the Baltimore meeting. It has been our good fortune to witness both pageants, and we speak it with pride when we say, the free Valley of Mississippi has followed, in hold and generous rivalry, the exam ple of her sister States on the seaboard." After its organization, the business of the Conven tion was opened by a speech from Mr Foster. After he concluded, Mr. Clay, being called up by the unan imous voice of the assembled 'multitude, addressed the Convention in strains and in a manner adapted to the occasion. He was followed by Mr. Hopkins, of Ala bama, to whom Mieeeeded by Mr. Underwood, of Ken tucky .Mr.White, ofIndiana,Mr. Storer.of Ohio.Mr.Ho gan.'of Illinois, and Mr. Gayle, of Alabama. The Convention ad journed at 5 o'clock, to meet a gain on the field the- next day. On tin Cnnvnnlirm PTound. m front of the nrinci- ! pal stand," says the. Whig. " more than a thousand j bright eyes greeted the illustrious guest of the day. t This compliment was, indeed, a signal one both to Mr. j Clay and the Convention. The presence of woman j Mnetifiral this great dav's work, and lent additional j Izest to an occasion vrhtch wetrust proved as gratify ing to our fair friends as to those who bore a more ac tive part in its proceeding." On Tuesday, at 10 o'clock, the Convention again met, and, having by acclamation adopted a preamble and resolutions, setting forth ths grounds upon which they would support General; Haekison and oppose the re-election of Mr. Van Kuren, were addressed by Mr. Crittenden, Mr. Peyton; Gen. Leslie Combs, Col. Grimbsby, pf St. Louis, CoL, Christy, of New Orleans, and Major Clarkson, of Cincinnati. An adjourn ment then took place sine die, and the next morning the great body of the visiters dispersed in all directions. LANCASTER HARRISON CONVENTION. The friends of Harrison and Tyler in Pennsylvania are respectfully invited to meet in Convention, in the city of Lancaster, on Friday the I8thday of Septem ber next, for the purpose of adopting such" measures as shall complete the political redemption of tlie, Key stone State, and cause ber to respond, in a tone wor thy of her patriotism and democracy, tn the glorious tidings that are daily reaching us frorhj the West and South. The long-tried and never-beaten squadrons of the " Old Guard", will, of course turn out in thousands. Being on the spot, no call from, the undersigned to them is requisite. But to the other countica of the State the Committee would, with all. earnestness and Sincerity in the good cause, say : Disregard distance end slight: inconcmience--an7ie forward iti your strengthf-and give fo the salvation of your country afctv hours of your time.. The result must be, the c lection of him who never betrayed a trust, and the de feat of him who never deserved one. ; -' The Harrison Democrats of the city of Lancaster will feel pleasure in providing for the reception and ac commodation of their brethren from, other counties, and in making arrangements-for the sessions of the Convention, . .' ' Each County, through its Committee, is requested to take measures for the ordering of its own delegation, by -the appointment of Marshals and the preparatory Banners. ' , , . . ''... V Conventkn similar to the one now called, are pro posed to be held in Other sections of the' State. Tiy will be anriouneed as soon as the days of holding them shall be nxed to suit -the convenience of the parts of. the' State more immediately concerned.. For the J Lancaster - Convention, the lth of September baa been determined on, in order not to interfere with iiW great meeting which is to take placeat Ene on the 10th . , .1- .t-1 1 tl U i . . , .1 ' present arrangement, attend both!' ANOTHER. NfiGRa W It is well known' throashout : the &rnrtkvn 1 r South that Mr. Van Buren has been frnhi ning of bis doMrustratian,. feeling for - the South, lad f has relied confidently ujki the support of that aec6onf of the Union, upon tho, ground assumed by hs fmBda t here, that be is " a KortJ&ktoq ciples ! But we take, it for grantnljibat every ihlrl. -I hgent and honomarl in botfi extremes of the Union, 4 .has seen dstw Jcci Opon, to indt-. uav jio mus wuver-is tOvbcjft-posetl m his pro ffsswns for eilher'BVrcnlar section, or evn for the pubhe jntereigrujerAlIy, The Hoc case, " the;tqte foriwgro $mfrU tiriff . of '28, however toey may be regarded at the Norths hav Wrt:m- pies most unfavorable and fatal to ; Mr. VarRnrW. pretensions, to exclusice partiatity for-lh'e Southj whir " his Vote against, the suffrage of jwor men, his specie exactions, Sub Treasury scheme,, involving tho ' ad mitted reduction of the valucof p5orwrty;7arms p ces and laborers wages, and his charge: iiporu the peo ple of his native State of being ondjank influence because they presumed to rebnke rMjrrecreant'san bis war upon canals and rail roads, and the credit system, were arguments equally strong to satisfy the people ptes princjplcsorixm- . It is probably well known every where that the tes timony of negroes is not admitted in the courts of ttie slave States in prosecutions against white persons. The consequences of making; such testiniony compe tent in such cases," and where the institution oslaw ry exists, can be easily' imagined, by any person jof common sense, IftheHooe case was strong oi for" the South against Mr.. -Van Baren, we have nqV to prescht-one which seems to us- still stronger, , and which secm9 to have been attended with oihercircuiH stances not at all creditable to'Mr; Van B urea's abstract sense of justice. "The letier below; detailing thecsr cumstances of the case, was transmitted to us by a gentleman well known iri-the. nation wh"Be name, if published, we are syre would be a. sufficient warrant for reposing in the en tire credit,1 ;We do hot as at pre sent advised,' feel at liberty to append the nama which is signed to tho manuscript, altiiough we have no doubt the author would, if necessary, permit his name to be made public, ordoi whatever-else - should bo required to establish the facts briefly stated. in the following lev ter i-jftqdisonian. . - . . .. ; New Castls Govsrit (Dei.) Aug. 3, 1840 Dear Sir: That the South maybc'iriformcd cor rectly, n regard to Mr; Vaii Buren, I send you for publication certain facts in relation to his approval: of ! negro testimony, in the trial of; ari bflicer in the Rev enue service, bclare the -Collector of this District la June 1839 ' ' - Atvthat ctitnie .charges and 'eancationt of thm were preferred by a certain Henry D. None,, a Cap tain in the Revenue , Cutter service, against. Josiah Mnrch, then first l.teutenant iti the " amc serTicel The Coilectocof lhe'13!ric"enfyWhiCclJ WaWordercrlby the Secretary of the" Treasury to con due tho examination ' Mr, Mnrch' was defended ; by cduhsel, and the prosecation in behalf of the Captain carried on : by counsel employed .by ' himself The character oLthe testimony on the part of the complai nsnt; generally; was such, that the counsel for Mr. Mureh deemed it unnecessary to .enter .upon any'jde fence -it wa3 composed entirely of the crew -and offi cers under the immediate, command ot the complai nant, Noneaarid of negroe,'bis own servants, em- ,mr ward-room--five .negroes, if I amr rertly informed, were brought ,Xorwad to testify ; the moment thejfkt was called to the stand, Mr. Mureh and his counsel f protesting against such evidence. It : not being cofaipetent in ' the Courts of this aS.tate! for negroes to testify against white persons,) left the room j the Collector procoaded, hovvvjr,. to take the lesti- : mony, and after closing tho same, forwarded, it to I Washington, the whole of which I presume you can find in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, j. A copy of one oT the negro depositions I now have be j fore me.- Mr. Murch h.d his commission taken from i him the testimony having been laid before the Pres ident and " approved by him.'" So unexpected was this decision to Mr. Murch, and indeed to every, bne who knew the character ot the testimony adduced a- gainst him, that 1r. March thought it proper to appeal directly to the President for reinststemcnt he did so 4 both personally and by letter. . . j To impress more fully upon the minds of the. pow ers that be at Washington the injustice done him, Mr. Murch forwarded to the Secretary of the Treasury; a deposition of one of the negroes, taken at the negro's, own request, after his discharge from the Cuttcr,$y a Magistrate of the town of New Casile in whk'h he , states I hat what he testified to before Col. VVhiteley the Collector, was false that he was compelled by threats made by Capt, Nohcs, to give such testiniony r" &c. 4"C Upon the receipt of this deposition by Mr. V oodbury,the Secreiary -of the Treasury, informed Mr. Morch in 6ubslance, by letter, " that thia tcstimo- uy of the negro could not go to rebut his first deponi tion, but might be made the. ground work of new.prO ceeeihgs against Capt. Nones," (I have not the let ter before me, and therefore merely give the Eubstance.) To which Mr. Murch, under date 6f-4September io, 1839, made the following reply, after acknowledging the, receipt of Mr Voodbotys ktter of the 6th inst., he says: "I hav to say that the affidavit of Wxn. Kork, (negro) was sent to the Department,, not for lhepurposc of commencing new. proceedings against Captain Nones, or any other; person, but with the, ob ject of showing to the Department the character of th evidence on which my dismissal 'had been -fountlcd.'' Several letters were written to the Department and, to the President by the friends of Mr. Murch, and I think a formal remonstrance sent by his council to.the Trea sury Department " On the 4 th of January, 1840 the Secretary os 'the Treasury wrote to me, (who. had ad dressed a letter directly to the President in regard to Mr. Murch) as follows t 44 Sir in reply to your letter of the 27th ult to the President of thet United States, which has been referred to this Department, I would inform you' that Lieut. Murch was dismissed from the Revenue service,; by the President, oa satisfactory ec idehce of improper conduct, which though die charges and proof have been one or twice re-examined, ha never been satisfactorily rebnticd Or explained." These proceedings are now matter of record, or ought to be, in the Treasury Department copies of most of which I took the precaution at the time to re tain. If you think any dd an be bad by publish ing k,j)lease to do so, and. make whatever remarks you "may think proper. I will only add that no officer. howevcT high or honest, is safe for a"nmmetrt; if ihe government is to tolerate negroes, under the immedi ate control of an officer,' to give testimony against an other whom , he baa thought proper to prefer charges against. . j.- - P. S. VouwiB perceive that Woodbury was willing for Murch to make, the deposition of the negro Kork. sufficient ground to commence proceedings upon a- gaiasr ixones. - - y- ! .... v'v TIPPECANOE CLyjB. -There will be a trieetane of theTiiw fpocanoe Club at tr LogCbin in thisphtce, on Saturdav natt. at ti o'clock: "Our friends frotpj fte Coantjf'tare taiittiv requested to attand. . . ; ;- '' ' ' I . feWrMttLER, Preaidantw A. "WllUAXl; , T. M. Oiiyaa, S. W. Whiting, A. Ty Hughos, VtcftTresidenfj, 8erctaria l: 1 I.' f j 1 It 1-! I: I v. 1 4 - - Z-tA-fSj.
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