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* -r* f • -waterjvreiuires W ^ a iv u t» t! iilS ! |^ ^ 'M ^ « r ti6 l8 i.tKan'in' •■' Th%to theaeverj reasoning P®op!$J*:»«ffieient to-deter <hero from work- If!*'•%&*$*£! extra lsfepr giving thorn .yn.- p|«asant(Jteeling«, I !■ /Jh e C W y t tu i i A tlainsBarpin. It was stated on tise floor o f Congress last winter tfrat'F . IfelHair Bsqffpf the Washing- i. .ton Globe* had iii h is possession a confidential — Jettetftaro • Mr, Gtay,-which- establishes the fact of a,corrupt b argain between Messrs. (Ray and A d a m sto cheat Goo. J a c k s q n o u t o fthe Pres)jlency k g Mr,^ W h tt*; the confi- ^ iff such: ailetter, hut deinned'caflitig upon Mr. Clay in unison with the -person making the - statement, for a*emoval of the-injunction ol ?■ secresy upon it. Recently, in a political dis- ■. cussion in-the state o f Ohio, the matter waa •gaiti'brofight tipi a n d two gentlemen, one a ■dmnocrat i aqd, the other a whig, united in a ; letter of inquiry to M r. Clav, o f vvhiqh the fol- \Jqwing ia a etyy«. -.letter off-mquiry, it - ' Ayillhe>»8eh,“was,vVriaen nrore than six wefiks Sgn, but a s yet lifts' riot beett answered. t > ’ LC o p y rf a fetter to H . Clay.] > W ashington , Ohio, J u ly 6tlr,-1844.'> • ' Dear Sir—This day fn a political discussion^ - in this p lace, upon th e subject o f tlje ejection • of Joljn Q»„Adams, President of the U. S., by . -the House of ReprdBentativep, in Congress,, in February, 1825, and the appointment o f your. eelf.;by A1 f . Adams,, a s Secretary of State im mediately thereafter.the undersigned'mutually agreed to address this note to yon atul'respect- fully request oryou a letter, authorizing th e • publication o f a certain letter, claimed by ybur opponents to bo in th e possessibn of F rancis P. Blair, arui which they also claim fully estab lishes, from yo’uroivn hand, the validity o f fjhe charge of corruption, bargain, &c., which they have brought against you. W e hope you will , immediately authorize' Mr. Blair tb make pub- .= lie that o r any other evidence in hi§,pos.ses%iqn ' relatihglb the matter. ' ' ’ r You wtjil please direct pn answer to J . E . Wharton, ofyVlieeling, Va., and a eopy-oftho same to William Lawrence, Washington,- Guernsey county, Ohio. - We rem ain respectfully, yours; &c:, . . W ILLIA M L A W R E N C E , _ - —— J. K- W H A R T O N . \ ‘ Hon. H enry C la y , near Lexington, Ky. We certify that w e have comparedthis copy With the original, a n d find it correct, and that ,wo sa\V t h e same (viz. o riginal copy) handed, on tho s a m e evening it vvas written to the Post Master o f this place, and the postage paid on the>iame. / . G E O R G E -AIoLERAN, SA M U E L W RIG H T . -Factory Goods up,, F aniiars’ Produce down. These few ivords tell the story of the p res. ~ ent unequal tariff. T h e Lovvej] lords are mak ing dividends of from ten'to forty per cent. • a year, on tlielr iirvestinentF, and running their mills m a n y of theni day and night ; While-the. average returns o f agricultural labor a re but about three per cent. • And w h a t are the rela tive mlmbers engaged in these different pur- •ttitsl 1T he pet interests in th e region o f t o - i Well and Nash.ua and Providence; for tliese. are the-THieir -thnt-Tealize Tire fnoSt- exorbitant - profits u n d e r the p resent tariff; do not probably niiffibbr moTe than o n e hundred'tlionsand per sons all told ; and o f these, sem e five thousand capitalists pockot the (lividemlBr-vvlpie„the workmen have iheir wqges screived down to thb lowest pornt of 1t ving pay. .Tho \two dol- liirs a d a y and roast beef, th a t were promised ~ them, have become by-words, and the deluded Operatives instbnd of being nlloivcd.to clutch hands,Every Saturday night, wtricli is neither beef n o r dollars. T h e ir toil never ceases, un less w h e n ihe mills a rc stopped for the-wbrk- ■ men to h e transported to some,mafia convention, st the expense of. t h e tyhig fundj ns evidence that \all th e country rs rTsing” to keep \facto- ty goodenp, amlffarmcrs' produce down.” So thiich for tne pot capitalists and their forty per ■cent profits. Now turn to thilthree per cent. matSes. Instead o f fi ve'fhousand, or one hun dred thousand, we have f o u r t e e n m i l l i o n s of people dependent on agricultural labor—and let us s e e hotvlliey are affected. W e have - the prices of 18315 am ! 1839, two years 'dnffer the compromise act, which it was said was ruining thfi country, and 1843 and 1844, two —yeefn-miderthotartff of 1843, which the whiga •say m u st he sustained in all its parts ‘as if is,** the fullovying will show tho highest prices of tha a v erage bf the farmers produce' in those years,; Ss o f tjie pres. 4 * “ ■who T h e inequalities and unfai, _ ent tariff m u st be obvious to il ken the trouble to examine iti full of deceptions, \ hunabugSf|j1 rc ^ f .. __ them o d e m phrase, wfejieh ^ traduced for the sole pufpose-ofhlincRng those who were to-receive-no benefit, but, on the contrary, were to be.ijijured \by it. .A ll this would go down very w e ll, if .the fourteen'mill, ioqs.jribur coniltry who^afo pngaged; ittagri-- 'jO'lftttSSSh. jjp h i b i t e J ’ftorn- iuitikmg and judging for themselves. In , order! Ja-umW-.-- atand these deceptions’* o f thb present tariflfit tfenst be borne in mind that atariffGuty is only Operative oil articles w e import-—on articles we export, it is entirely inoperative. , •- T he p t iiK o n C o t t o n . T a k e for instance the. article of cotton. W e furnish,-writ: w e re the w hole world w\th cot- ■ton'. All Europe relies upon us. No cotton is imported into this country. Of w h a t mortal us,e then is the duty of three cents on a pound laid upon this article, except to tickle the : fancies of the cotton growers with the idea tliat they are protected,- when they a re nonpro tected.* If o u r cotton w a s used up at home, and foreign nations w e re growing cotton and. were able to fering.it h e re and s e lf it at a less price than we can grow it, then a duty oh the ■ article lybuld be felt, a n d would furnish a pro- ' tection j but a s it is, t h e y idea of benefittiiig cptton growers by a tariff on their staple, is- a mSpifest'fallacy. Indeed, owing to pecfljiar circumstance3, not applicable to our articles of,, export genel’ally, the deity on cotton, instead o f benefitting cotton g row ers and cotton dealers, or auy. other interest, is ail actual injury to all. T h e lands of Texas are well fitted t o the culti vation ot this staple, Previous to th e present tariff, the T e x a s cotton w a s taken- to New Or leans; the c e n tre of the cotton trade of the world ; and-there exchanged for p u r commod ities : and then with o u r cotton,, in b u rvesjefs, it was shipped to the foreign markets and sold as American cotton. T h is profitable business, the whig tariff of three cents a p ound .cot ton, h a s entirely destroyed; and • the Texas' cottbj! is now taken in th e Texas p o rts by E ng- Jisfa vessels, and paid, for w ith English goods, giving to Ensrland both th e profits o f the trade and the proffisof-carriage. * , , ■- P r o t e c t i o n t o F l o u r , W h e a t & O a t S. T l\e .tariff d u ty of iibouf tlO per. cent, laid on flour, w h e a fand oate, is grossly deceptive— T h e only bbject in laying these duties at all, was to blind the farmer, and induce him to swallow the r e l i e f ihe “ bill ofaboininations.” T h e se articles, flour, vvheatand oats, a renever on, the 15th offAugutt, at \ <?amp Hickory,” in we vicinity-of Nashville, and \Wear die home of the o| H f e r o ^ s fehmitaga. Tbe meetingWasin a lai ^hdli^dy :^ye.|ieove(big- bfHtWeebflfltyiW' aixty 'aeres bfland. /iSie nuinbOr p ^ e n t Related to have :^Bteivi|f4eaA 50,^9, inoladingrevcral thousanda of- tha niairbns o F ^ e Stat^-and t housands more of their fair daughters. HomGAVE J ohnson presided, assist ed by tweniy Vice Presidents, and four Secretaries. • W e copy the following accopnt ofthe proceedings from tlio Naahvilio'Unio.n of the l6th(>f AUgust Th® Great DapottaUe National l a M GoBten* iioa at Tennegsee. F i f t t th o u s a n d A m erican Freem e n 'a ssem - BLED 1ST COtfNCID ON ^THE BANKS \PF THE C u m b e rland, in t j ^ .V a llrv of t h e Alts- sjssim , Abno ‘tN t h e ^neighborhood o f t h e H e r m itag e ! W a-hastbn th announce, through apt extra: slip, that the 'Great C e n tral Mass M eeting yesterday, at; Camp Hickory,Jn ,the, yjpinity of. Nashville, \ya? ono.of the, gffeafrat aiqd most brilliant popular gatherings ever Known. . O n Wednesday, jTashville was from sunrise to sunset as a MUUarf'Camp. On every road to the city w as to bq seen approaching coni- panies, battalions and regiments; luoqnted and ’bn foot, with their ‘ bahtfs o f music, their ban- nere. ^ n d their mottos, on their way to this great encampment of the sovereign people. T h e ir reception by thi? city escort; the loud, continued and almost deafening. huzzas with which they were greeted by our citizens who surrounded the Public .Square; an<} literally crammed the balconies o f the 'Nashville Inn, far surpassed anything of the kind w e ,ever witnessed. T h e ladies, too, w ere there,— T h e ir white handkerchiefs wavjng fro.rq almost every hpuse, and their b right smiles beaming from every window, in approval o fthe magnifi cent display. All who could not be accommo dated at public-and private houses wilhintthe C a K xon , N. Y-, J u l y Jifl, 1 8 4 4 Gerittemsn : Y o u r circular o f the 17th ult-, ingiling m e to a ttend a nBis meeting at N a flj- ilille, on th e 15th p f next month* reached me yesterday. Having beqn detained lipon my journey from Wa^Jihg^oht I diff nat-'reach-m^ tlorne 'until SaiufSaylast, the I'Sth, where find myself engaged to attend meetings o f o u r political friends J n various pairts o f my own and an adjoiningcouhhy-^-the\meetings having b e en appointed anu 'my-attehdance proniised before pay. return. .After siLabsence o te i ^ it m o n t h s from .jny too indulgent cqnafitaents,'! am not at liberty to excqse myself from, theqp calls, which will or-oppi m y time until the close o f th e next‘ weekTntjd«Jetters w h ich have beeii waiting toy arrival c all for engagements of a to an.extpnt whlch,fqrbids that I ehould think dfpfioffiising togftohkof it duyioftthe penijing canvass. . ... I t affords me jh e ^ sincerest. pleasure to he able fo say toypu th a t the dejuocracy .of N e w York is becoming effectually aroused, and th a t the national nominations are received w ith harmony of feeling, and supported with a Spirit and energy; b y the whole party, so far as. my information extends, w h ich never have failed fo c a m the S ta t e most ..triumphantly.— T h e ejnfidebee expressed by e v e ry republican I m eet, and manifested in the letters of a ll my correspondents, authorizes the confident hope th a t the electoral v o te p f this s t a te will be g iven to Polk and Dallas.' . • I t would fee most gratifylng.to my personal feelings to be able fo attend your proposed, meeting, and tho hope of being permitted to pay my; respects to Gen. Andrew Jackson, at his home, and again to meet an d take by the hand my muclipsteemed personal friend, Gov. Folk-, independerit'of the great public objects p f t h e meeting,'would indifce m e most c h e e r fully to perform t h e journey. I cannot forget, “ In my judgment,, itfei-tbp duty ofitheG°vefn- mpnt to extend, as far as it may be practicable to do so, by its revenu&faws; 'and all other nfowss within its power, tufair and jast protection to nit the great interests of tho, wpolis'Uaion, embracing AgricuHurp, Manufactures, the .Mechanic Arts, Commerce, arid Navigatiooi\—James K. Polk. • city, repaired fothe Encampmont o f the Feo- however, th a tjh o s e public o bjects, and n o t my personal gratification, have induced your kind invitation, and should control m y reply to it ; and the conviction that I can best promote those objects by g iving my. time to my immedi ate-constituents, rnu3t be my justification for declining the invitatibnt3nd M(ill be, I am sure, a sufficient-apology to you for t h a t cause o n my part brought into our country from abroad, and aever tvfllYiej unless in a period o f , famine ; t m ....... ....... and then the effeptof the,duty iylll fee, to wring j a thrilling, edifying-and instructive s p e e c h - 39;per-cent.put of the poverty o four own pforv, - - • *• ■ jng population. Until s u c h h time shall come, the-duty on these staples wilt h e e n tirely inop- erative—it may he abolished or retained, and pie, and there pitched their tents. After the lighting of candles for the the Hon. T homas F. M arshall , of K entucky, addressed tbp.usands in front of the Court House, oii the annexation-of O n Thursday morning, a t day bresk,a na tional salute aroused us a ll from o u r slumbers; the streets Were soon crowded, and the road to , Cam p lii'ck o r y w a s filled w ith passengers, w h o ' . . B e pleased to accept, gentlem e n , my t h a n k s conUBuefl to m h y e in th a td ire ittio n u n t il e le v e a .^ 9 T.yPtirperspjiq\gtfontipni.an^'..^ S ;^ p je 88 ign; tor tw e lve o’clock, when the great g r o v e o f »of ixiy best wishes f o r the lm riuauy ana eu c - Jhat camp, f if t y acres in extent, w a s as f u ll as ! cesJ of y ° u r m eeting, and for a l l the benefits it could t o la v * • *. . ; to flow froin it to o u r eood cause*,which v a u r T h e re weFe two mile's o f table oh whioh t h e ’f ■GRP \ T mfSTNRR was fierved • n ;*8) i ow § th a t} o u reall is made tn tiio spipt of. - n ‘ - k . J i . ' a ! w l*; o u r Constitution a n d of th e 'F e d e r a l U n ion; G ov . C ass made he fi pe h ,_ and . and may th e proceedings of y o n r meeting be- : s u c h as.shall bo b e s t calculated to restore to Mr. M elville , ol New-York,followed with ■ lh e Ad(()infttration ofoUr Governmd.it tlie true J U U R N A I i . COQPE.IlSTOWfJ, SEPTEMBER %}844- e S itloaal NominttldBL? m m m m - $ J A ! | ® E ! S K P O ^ K , OPT«flNES8KK. r - • FOR VICE-PRESIDENT. G E O R G E M : D A L L A S , ' - . ■ OF pennsvlvania . .ja m : gether at least 10,000; i -JWd spolwi mjdi swanh.ing e: bright skies, ani “There hevpr was g;purer man than Gov. Polk. I have kiwwahimfromfej»4)oytloqd« In Mspriyateiife- he has been remarkahle'for the exereiso of those char- itieswhichdistinguishejdthe amiable^ unobtrusive,and - - ‘■-t suph a manner as to secure the respect and good will of all bis’neighbors ondacfluaintanceB ,’’—'A Jackson •m ■CT*aWWV.»’MSMB>W __ edurify were fo, n on the 20th ult., numbering at ro addressed by Senutor Wright» ipAdaga, Cattaraugus counties, have manner: The democratic hive i«j where, Ail is animation—no flag- ior«t*^-all; wo(k cheerfoily, with jfroiftise of a glorious: harvest. pn.^0p^w ' Oratory, advertized fo take plaeeljere go the. eyeiqn^syf fo6 4th, 5th, fith, and 7th inM*ots, gre highly gojpmended by the Press generally wqere they have been heard. g ^ T h e ^ o m m S R O n c r o f P e n s io n s has given tip- tic e th n t n p a p p f p p V i i t i p t i o f f o o n e y / w a s m a d e a t t h e la s t session o f C o n g r e s s to m e e t f o e b e h e f t s to w i d o w s in te n d e d b y the. a c t o f J u n o . | 7 , 1 8 4 4 , and th a t therefore n o p a y m e n t c a n be exp e c te d before the l a t - tterjen d p f D e e e m h e r f o e x t , T h e 'o t h e r pehsions w i l l , be paid as u s n iil. - ‘ 'I ' \ Freemen '. cheer 'th’e Hickory Tree—■ In storms its bpughs have shelter’d thee— O’er Freedom’s .soil its. branches wave, • ’TWas planted on the Lion's grave.” T aken !—A bet of J1500 offered at WasTtingfon,\ tjiat Gov. Pplk would not carry Tennessee, was taken as’ quick as .a toad could catch a fly; apd foe hazard , pro.pqred^jn the lotolligerieer, attfl re-phbjished here ™ I for brag purposes, was prproptlyitfot, fept.the, proposer • hadn’t the money by him, or tyoulflritt count it oiih JSrDemoeratic State Convention, at Syracuse, oh Wednesday, Septembor 4,1814. ' ittrFifth Senate District Convention, at Griffin's Hotel, in the City of Utica, on Tuesday, the 3d of Sep, tember, 1844, atlO o’clock A.M- . M issouri —- all risht !—Tho democrats have elect ed their candidate for Governor by over 7,000; and decided majorities in both branches' of* the Legisla ture. The boilers and whigs conjoined could'nt ef fects revolution in public opinion hostile to Gol. Ben- ton. upon whom all thejr assaults.were made. YOt'HG HICKORY CLUB. The Young Men- of Cooperstown have organized, an Association under this title, and have onlisted for the campaign, intending to be;“ on hand” as minute men, ready for a skirmish orJicld fight, as circum stances shall demand. W e dropped into their meet ing on Wednesday evening, and hoard one of the best speeches that has heen mitde this, season, from John W , Nej8on, Esq., son of the Chief Justice. If AcctnENTs.— A yoing' lady, named Mn'rthd K - Rngg, a resident of Lancaster, (Mass.) lost, her life at Niagara Falls on the 24th ult. She walked fo view Table Rook, and when near what is called the jMu-_ scum, Walking near the brink of the precipice, ghe 'remarked, “ I wifl pluck tliat shrub,!’ and - stooping forward-to do go, lost, her balance, arid, crying ppt “ savetne,” was jhstantiy.lost sight of. Several per sons who saw her fall, or heard the cry, ran down the stairs, a.shovt distiince from the ^iot, and wqre. soon by her side. She ha’d one hand placed upon her breast,\and was breathing faintly. Medical airfovas immediately obtained, and bloodletting resorted to, but Without avail, Ss^she died soon after, the cause being a concussion of the.brain. gut about a week previous, Jfi. J . H- Thompson,- of Philadelphia, met his death by imprudence. HO had been under the sheet of water, and returned, S'eafirig himself on a rock frequently waphed by the ^nrgc, but thSn bwe.\ He was not seen afterwards> arid it is supposed a surge swept him off'. 'Ontheriight of Monday last, Wfillrttnri Caftell, fof- moriy oTEnglqud, was killed in Utiqa by tho ’atfot-' dental dijcharge of His own gun, in the flouring Mill ’ 11 ” - ’ ’ \ He had been out a-hunt\ waa liis debut as a political speaker, and did hini great credit, fbrjhis remarks were characterized by thought! Where he usually lodged. ornamented by eloquence, and prodtieed -.the-.mpst, irig, and returned about 9 in tho evening, and finding . - » ' ‘ i-pl- - t it.-l Eg !lt f )l. 1 «.t ii«— ’Tn rtt-aunriiv cheering re^ponaes from a numerous'fluditory. The the M i l l l o c k e d , g o F in a t the w i t j d o w . In drawing the g u n u tter h im it m o s t have disch a rg e d ; itself, for it W as f o u n d ; o u tside U n d e r the w i n d o w , w h ile He; lay w e lterin g i n blo o d in s id e , w i t h his fa i t h f u l dog be s ide , y o u r obedient servant, SILA S W R IG H T . • •„ r-A. v . i * - Htude with g reat ability, Entfiso-- did G en. Me- ,no' sv- ■ . ^ Q. ferfoBr-rftliii j G alla of tire same stafo. .......... • stream of bread stuffs runsonfo in one direc- ^ Meantime Gov. Clay, o f Alabama, 'Ju d g e |- - tion— we have a large surplus for the supply , jj0Whllii Q( Mtssonri, and-Messrs; TERkY and Condition<of, t h e W o rking C l a s s e s ^ - I r u fo th e r nations, and probably ahyays shall i T hompson , o f Alabama, were addressing imTii-one ofhis lectures delivered to tho working have; and while this remains the oases lb®,' theuse crowds at other points of the Enearatt- vlasssos o f Edinburgh,-Mr. Sintpson thus re duty on these articles can 'enly deceive the , (fers to the com lavvs a sa cause o f their d epres- farmer, it cannot^ harrin .hurt hut should his ^ Therc itever was anything hke- this in the sion z ‘(As ins leotures were- -to he, at their crops be cut off, it would then stah: him to tlie , >vegt before. W e Have neither time or Space own foquest, addressed to theimprovement of VOry J, ( a . « . . tt«-A ' a I. aiaa Ala* a A w /IV i ■ ah ' —F VI, a ■ m — L(_ -. ThtE d u t y on B e e f, F o r k , an d Bacon. T h e duty on beef and pork are tw o ' cents a pound, or as it is estimated by the whig jour nals, (54 per cent, ad valorem on beof, 34 on pork, arid 52 on bacon.. With all this protec tion it, is a g reat wopdor to tiieso journals and honest journalists, why the farmers cannot be contented.. “ How laise,!’ says th e Tribune, action too was sniped to the words, eyidencing anoth er requisite of the iorum possessed by Mr. N.,-which will enable him to distinguish himself pn that theatre: i Such ability siiould. he.kepf in-n-4nisttiorii.an4ealled , hjrti- Thefotal wound wasiri the thiekestofthe arm, out elsewhere by the young man, ^ | ju3t betow- tho arm-pit, the main artery having been . Messrs Sturgesa and Field wore also called'out, i severed, arid^^of eonsequence death^^ ensued in n few and made-effective speeches; and the*whole scene mjnutcs. A gun was fie’a’rddvy the neighbors about was animating, showing tliat tho Yonwg-Man-fepl -f ^ !P-thS-fiXflnmg.- He. w.taahriiit 50 years efage. thehigh'importance of the issues at'Stake between J Ifo.N. S ilas W iugut .—Tho New York Journal pf the two gfeul polltical parties in the .present contest. , Commerce (a whig print) pays the follpwingjust.trib- | ute to the-Iofty virtues of Mr. Wright’s chetaoter : \ T h e H e i g h t o f - H o n o r .— t s - i £ a s W R i G B T .- - T h o W Z - ItTs tothTpOpififVote^hM w^ffttBHoolc ioshsw wHdi ; Presidenttaf Comfosp^becsUse'flje Eksctor^ 4n skekHists ssvs onS Weuih Carottnfcri»i«e*dwij bedmrefcrstie;) wm* ontbe'rtajofW .in their pntiiary:meedttiB*,''■■•pSyffi\ ... iiiani, 'I^brib^Cwikjlih6t 'KflhfWl Illinois,'4nd Musennrhmw in: thefast sf erit mbnth held-lheir elections for State d n c e m , s n i in five Of them^feeAinncrats have giyen the grvafest popular vote, and ;n two the whig*, „ Tepgst tjt* hooks thus far thg popular yoleshgwsr' r For Polk and Dallat Fot Ci§VM*d Lon siana Kentudty, Iliinois.-- . . . North'Gafoltna—S Alabama. . • - v « Indiana. .. i. .. . . . . , I--; amn ■. i ./* IVlissouH-r5'\'.. . . «. ^ - We believe fhe-reAiainmg Slates will go jn sboq^ the same proportions all tire WayrthreMghvhve to tWD, ■ain, compare the present resritt w ttn-w ; oi jomt L- - -- ^ - ^ t h e dgy,^Th(fof.th e J * f ^ ows, as (foinpar^twllh'VB^ ' u ' k R * - Htirriaamnajaritif. - \Tan Buren Louisiana, - 3,(580 - Illinois, ' Kentucky, 25,440 Alabama,- ‘ lodiana, . 13,598 Missouri', . Aforth Carolina 12,594 ' ^ \ 55, M2 U Showing a dear.wjiig of 'riiore;ifl^n--- one thousand Votes-at that jinad In these seyan Stitisr nowturhedandtUrnihgagainsttheitt; • ^fa.eleetthfiS- just over give tlte follawing popular vojtfe s*^^ - - Pdfs- and Pallas maj. wfen the whigs carHe^foe dsy-A^Tj^fdh^-] son majorities were as ft ’ 'Louisiana, Indiana, Illinois, A l a b a m a , Missouri;.:. 800 2 , 000 - 12,000 10,000 6,000 30,800^ . 5,00(L ” 3,0001 for annthar vcordnn tha glorious subject to-day. character aritf condition o f tho working O 'T ’EN N E B S E E IS SA F E ! ’ - •* cfossOs, h ts first tnqniry was w h a t that cbndf- * tion and'character really were. He showed ta r i-i . . . . , , . that they suffered, in 'part, from causos not, a t H e told them plainly that n e ither the intellect ual n or moral character of the masses o f t h e and powerful speech vvhich wop made by Gen. C a s s , for we felt that nothing short of its pub- licatfon entire, word for word arid sentence for „i-„ sentence, as h e ritlered it to adnrring thou- ne oTtiiirhtnnmi- W sands, would avvanl to him a full measure o f t ^ 1^ ' A general system of enlightened e.d- “ m thri charge that the Tariffdoes n o t protect f™®8* A T . 1 \rit u, ®eaTure ° ^ i ucation a!orie would work out that important th e farmer?’ ’B u t vvill lh e Tribune. Inform u s i^f8;Vce'T» i result. T h a t at present is *7tfaFthem \i font .............................................................................. w ith which it was received bvthe f i f t y a c r e s 1 «(le'l u a t0 t0 tlie - populatibri. (Hoar, hear.) w itn wmen it was recotvea oytne ftfty a c r e s B y yet prevailintr ignorance - a n d pretudtce, 1 of fr e e m e n in attendance,.rang through ,h » : J -J • H e - 1 „ 0iinv „ m , i - o « A » « i . j r mm h ; i r „ „ i ! t i l 1 a g riculture,Jn four-fifths at least of these is- valtcys and reverberated from Jtjll to h ilfjunliko. lanGs.-fu sfrfinvastp reap from t h e land searee- .! ly o n e -half of ita proper production. T h e sea aught that w e had ever heard before. Beef-* P p * .,' Hour - WObl. Batter - -Bom- 1836. *10,« 18,00 8,00 ,40 - ,5 6 — ,85—- ,09 Ckeejs rltw ill be seeir from the abovi 1533. *15,00 23,00 8,00 ,60 .22' ,80 ,10 1813. . #8,50 11.75 - 5.75 ,30 ,08 5 7 - ,06 1844, *5,00 8,62 4,62 . ,38 ,05 pork imported info the U . States From any for- oign couritry, e itherw ith br without a tariff; and vvhether this whig duty has evor been made operative, farther than to deceive thefarm ery o r ever will be. to th e atnount o f one red centt- Tlto farmer can answer th e s e - ques tions for hi itself. VVe a ll know th a t these are articles'We export and d o not im p o rt; and t h a t , . . they aro cheaper hero than in any other part j ferlaining; rephdfi witB sound doctrine, chaste Fleets should be engaged in tlto fisheries, of the commercial world'; _ and accordingly that ] ptbasantry, ana tfue eloquence. From notes j E d inburgh is supplied by What a few fishwo- a tariff duty laid upon them is a p erfect oullity. j taken in haste, vVo hope to be able topresent a t j m en can carry on, th e ir backs! The food pro- B dtter , L ard , -C heese , add P otatoes . I l°Mt •an “ r* Melvilta’s able speech. • duced in foieign cmuitries is a 'prohibited «4p^ T h e se are additional articles o n which tho Ho nsf tlretl th e democracy of T ennessee of the p]y . H e could n o t avoid alluding to th a t as i nesc are auuKionai articles on wnicn tne- , mr)gt |,oarty, zoalmis, au-J cordial support o f , o n e cause of the denresssed condition of the fanner is protected by th e present whig tariff. rio.nnnrrev nf il,o sm-it Hmmrn ittJin m I , - , aepresssea conaiuon oi ine How terribly we were overrun w ith Engliah llBdem0S !, .? r ° a? .L^P'to Stato m , working classes, although circum stanccsjiad putatecs^hefnrfe'the w h i g s pro t& fed o u t Amer ican potatoes by a tn r f f o f 36 per c e n t, And- how the-British sent m thcir butter and Jard among us, to the great detriment o f o u r pockets, to say nothing o f the annoyance of being grens- ’reritlrEnglish gteaso. But Badinage aside •what eomd ba the object of laying a tariff T H E RICHFIELD DEMOCRACY. wi. | ■ i he ijeigut uk * xjunuk .—’’-.•'i.LAs wiiisnT.-t- i-no tnov werexioin avc Nothing dnunted.-by the formidable array of «nt»- position of Mr. Wright is a most remarkable one. f ie in any shape' who Showing novu, njeiB-JCralfc majority of over twenty* »-» -• j one thot,>s8ridV'mpatM:that|mv4fwty.ond thburend., * -4-. against us in the .Harrison campaign, or .a gain tip tnore than 62,000 to the demoorae*;- WvttoVf.tijlW the. results ahoye-in round n u tn b e ^ bpt^itty ea.onqf fa vary materially from the official fEuteSs-,,, fbre, we go on a? vye. have begun, *nd-;)i*( reason vvhjr we shmfldrioA fbr tnefeesl^'- o;ur favor, the whigs are destined Ib a moi defantin November thammy-partyever The only State in .which they feaYS made show in the,popular vote, is N qrth Carolina,' tjiaJ saehusetts of the South—for another-sucha vfo as they have won inKentuckywoiilcfTUin thetsrl even in North Carolina, where, in thejneiijfoii year 1842, ^hen tlie Webster whigs and f whigs were tearing qacfl'othere eyea blit; a ' . which the democrats were enabled toeafryoli. saehusetts herself, and other federal strong hokU whifip stoodpjit ydshi.sfiff majprityyf; py.ej. igT fcven there they havr riot been able foyonie u j « notch of ’42; and iriatead of thefoajbrify-VvhicS. then gave,, we_itt;ve-ri;ow squeezed th \ *' ' about 3,000, tligugh Graham, their cai ernor, had voted^lirainst the Tariff whT .... and aveweddiiriisflFfor T exas besidbS^bytwflieL obtained’votes-that'Mr. Olay can' nevergqt. 'Ifj view of these results, that we perceive^|he al(j tone of the Tribune of late. No wrinder that i, Greeley now tells the whigs, tlmt theirmass meetiS and song singing, and brass bands, nndbeiuriifu(tf nerArinu great speeches, are mot thethiiws'Toi tSnnpaign, arid trial his friends will get awlutl get! if piev rely. oii- themv The hiimhrig« nl were too gross, to bear repetition. It is easy for i whigsAo ta|k about reviving; tbe spirit-of l^iO-tqfl ‘tornado’ triumphs, but it rijl on paper now-f^ voters are. missing. There pre thbqsaridhlw a l bank tperi, who voted for Harrison andTylqr bgc; tlioy were both avowedly opposed to a monster.t taking felt at the raising, o f congregated masonicttederul wtiiggery, riteriemorritts of Rich-* a ^aiifraan, wiih ribthuiggfihe cuurfleo^guthini.lpOri'of C lay»S3^reflrigEt^6ri^totityedgbdl field: are taking deeraive steps to mako themselves ..and nothing of the pcenlinr ottoctiveness Vvhtcfe J are to re-establish the greatest ourao thareVWi ho , while tliefblten <*ri stench in the nosNik 1 TtierSarS thousand. Sever again to be, hti banner flung to .the ferceze, amidst cheers thnt made j coiuttod the essential mathinon lhe welkin ring. Messrs-. Dauby, Starkweather and i ,he agitntiohs of debnto he is always calm and oout- | than sixty thoimVhd input fwor ,—GoiiiCjpk V -e™ — * I \ f e N H v i . J « i . , . There were bftiids of music and banners, inspiriting ^ public men, an|l Jhe pooplo^vhom^thoy represent,* Of the uruon of the Democracy of P<5 i a s ths ‘ mors sf«r. ■. arid offective; and tho mocracy h f Richfield, promising good results at tho Novemher-trinl. whole told well for lhe De-. Culm, urbane and dignified is always, however and uf the 8piritland hone ia ^liieh tlie co Air. Wright carries on an * ■■ 1 .. violentmny be tho.storm. jur. w rig m carries on an ' o ... . l ' h , , .■ m — immense correspondence with his own band, and w ith j Pureued *n that State, the Phuadelplim Tinto* such industry as never to allow-the-business o f one I as follows: KTBarber publishes five- or six-renunciations o f A&1, toJie^over. for the next. Ho w ill not go to bed , _ - ____________________________________ . until the business of .tho day is. done. Whoever dcmocrabo principles by-pemonsabourthe Factories writeshimn letter on any matter, is-sure to get a n .)o-Bqttwnut*,-whiohsurpri5enK>bo<iy-that'h»a''immerimTe-ftH3Wffri-wmienrive-j)!(«n rou; knowledge of the efforts used there to ritould men to ! sliortj but containing all that thcro is to say. . ! It isribnorablc to the American character tlmt such Dona'era ts it is w e ll known, are n o t I n nlnn should rise high-in the public esteem. W e speak now,not of his politicahviews, but of tjmman: 1 ” * ■- - * • •- «- - - is certainly “ T he next - G overnor —Sm r r of the 1 ] ic P ress .—T he uhnnimity' With which gratm Newspapers have -joflied in prop A T * whig politios. nursed in hot beds ; their growth is in the plow-field snd mechanic shop, where the inind Is unfettered rBui the elovation lo which hifhos risen by toomuch regulation,.and men consider themselves ! remarkable. Within an .hundred days he hnsEegn ___________________ 1 .., . f ___ I tendered n sent on . tho bench ofthe Supreme Court of tl^e United States, to which he would hhve been generous to tlmt cxceilenrfman, m ninety-first raised his name, «nd we'doubqribkl Week, every one in the Stnfo will be:'fdund<Sif side with these.. Mr- SbunlJ-is, in fect, sirea nominee of the people, withlut the form oW nation. Do our whig, opponents see anylhi disunion there ! The uisCi^'iuid itoobtei wr confidently predicted before 'tlie beloved .M.tt, burgh was in hisgravCv.is nof apparent yet, ndf £ it he fo Pennsylvania.” , i Fv.. nateven in thcyoarl830,w hen tire compromise had nearly reached tjie lowest point, th e great staples of -the farmers, beof s n d pork, tvore nearly three .tihJSs a s 'h ig k as they new are, the Hear and Wool-nearly twice a s high as now, and the smaller articles wilFbc found to range in near ly the s a m e proportions. T h u s, beef, 815 in - 1839, a n d § 5 in 1644. Pork §23 in 1839, •\ ahffbttt 58,62 in 1844. Flottr 88 in 183D, atid but 5-4,62, iri 1844. W ool 6 0 cts. a pound in 1839;. a n d hut 3 8 cents iii 1844. Besides, jt will b e sd6n from this table, that t he longer this efle-sided system lasts, th e worse it is for the former-i-his produce has fallen riven from 1843 to 1844', and t h e tendency Is still dotv.n- wafds. -A few facte like these are Worth more' than ihri most ingenious theories that ever wSrt-iriVentet]. M u s t there not be some de- ■ fectin th i s fawi-whieli the-w h igs iristst shall be maintained “as i t is,\ to bring about such reiulis. Can (tny system be-right thnt gives '4 6 per c e n t , to five thousand or one hundred thoilsandjrind but three per cen t to fourteon Tirifliorrs o f people !• W e are for protection, but not for the protection of t h e fe Wj a i the ex- - patise-oP tlie many. - The’difference between dive candidates G lay and Polk, is, that e'form er are for protecting the few, the'lat ter the m any. T h e former tell us, that “agri- culture needs no protection,’’—that th e far mers MS too dull a n d ignorant to profit by it, even If-extended to them ; for says Mr. Clay, “ths ploughman who fastehs his-plough to the ♦a il hf -lviw- osnh, w ill nol oain there te a n y ether mote equal io h tifa and Well might he; who; entertained Sltch sentiments, contend that it was-useless to favor the fanners, and that their foreign:.nfarkqtmiry be cut off, “ without* their knowing -It; But s'uch are n o t the sentiments of the dem ocracy,'hor of th e gallant man who upholds th e ir staridafti j n th e present contest. Habits' placed liis n am e to tlte motto/which is blazriried on that banner, and which every trUB'he&rted-deniocrat recogtntesashts c reed: “Fair-and -jitst protection to all the great intsrest* o f the whole Union, .embracing ag- jtidJltTtjAife; martUfactlfres, th e mechanic, arts, eomtnerce-and-natiigation .”— New Haven Reg. fufe K x a v A i t CASEv-^It will b«! ^ m e m b e r. ' * « d tb tt Lyman K endalhvas conyjcted of em- - Itezzling note* belongi ng to theB.uik of Cleve- f a h i ^ I n l e a director of said bank. T h e judgr iBtepf-sosMacttoh. ib this: -cnstt ’hat\«sshtt re- - veBBdtob error in f h e Supfeaie Coprt., Judges Latte,rJVTood and R e e d examined the'record. andsconcurrediiFtha decision. .Judge Lane o b w r ted ih a t crimmaldaws will not be extend. sdJfew a a their.leTJen—that th e act creqtins thetftfefldeiWltilete’ cHWinal; th e em h e ^ h n g a M «f iscuriues prepared % issue, but not issued & delivered asvalid— tliat, theaqsequritieshad & ibeett iestted or delivered as valfili and consc-' * ~ auedtl r w e re riot inrtliri elasrsTjf those which takan e ffeot Of d o tlrs* the defend- etfib rlttin D e a U e ^ ■t ’■ . . ■ , . . - 1 ■ i-'tmi-irii u -fin ne the bench ofthe free agents, accountable only to Jthetr maker for a 0f,pe United States, to which he v proper exerciso of tho rights and privileges of man. conhrmed-hy the unanimous voice o f tlte Seriate and Butternuts has hills and valleys, from which her sons ’ of t!l° country. Hri hriShricn offered the nomination will appear on election day. and outnumber the in- ; . f c g7exrem ive o ^ e foST<fnm fon!°aS^Pth# tercsttnnt seeks protPCpon from govcrnmenUn pref-16nm#* party tender birri ilie chicf itiriCT^Uacy of tho ctcnce to nit olficra affoctlttfi'tho commonweal. I Empire State. All these stations have been tondered . , ^ - ! tohim and upted upon.him wijh'iunanimitjr among I From ontrend.offito_roun^^ffie . WOOL.—It woutd oppe*rby the Tariff ij* thntnf all the Dgrtculturat products, the article j f ‘ is alone benefitted by, their,, beautiful proleie' ™ ~ otho C l a y o n D t ’E L r i i N o .— M r . C la y h a s been addressed ! his parjy. b r o k e n o n ly b y the fear o f rem o v in g h i m ! ' s> “ vo u r fio u t . f e e e f .jjo r k , o p d qiost other . a coiritriitteoof the citizens of Favctte and West- [rom ns“ Senator, anr-theyhaye all JJ«y \ “ ' \ * ............... “ r . , . j b e e n d e c lin e d , n o t b y w a y p f finesse, b u t because he s.m n n rtnf P o f lf OaUas^nnd A n n isro t ln r w lh f lf • ' L Z T ^ - S L I ---------- : “ -0tcland cmir’\c!'’ Pennsylvania,^questmmnglnm ^on j»'Bnwilling-^to filhpositions so little sutted tohis tasfo. support of I o ff,, rendered t t a vexed pohhral qjl*stioit. T h a t > the subject o flW tnng, and his reply appears in the ; What othm man in out country bos hod Iho oppottu llwu, Jlla „ ou, ,..FV ,w „ „„„ „„ . he selling at ruinous prices, but wool tS: been declined, nm by way pf finesSe, but because h e ! The prosperity of-tKA country would appriir -•»: ---------- :-5 -- . I peml upon the pneo of Woof. ^ 1 We t.eg these foolish people to procure pnci 1 rent of the large Wool marl;els of the ---- ’ be iiadcomo to g!76thts assfiffiitoe and pledgdj such restrictions a r e suicidal, w a s .his convic- I paperar After saying that ho “ appreciates fully the J nilyof rejecting so many honpm? s V^n ttoron^nTiH^ VVrirrli^hnfl ttielr t'omen ^ ^ became thoFtthject o f po- friendly, pious, and patriotic mot.vcs winch pronfp.cd ! The Van Buren and a W riglit had thetr homes— ..htioal controversy; (cheers;) a n d although he *.,iiem t0 addrca him,” he gives the following answer ;jhat M , ____________________ _________ „ to the disttnct qitcstion, whether, if chnHengud to fight; We -do\ not so read his position h r that respect; h u t , mereare fo fod demand for elf kinds of wool, w o r ld ,] , r [•/-» - u. • I,. . • ‘ they will TherefindThstmfflHioStoVefySriarkefSi J\ pfGommerce is right m all but saying , wo;|d:tho advance in the price of wdril haskegtj Mr. W. has declined 'the 'office of Governor. ; with the price iti .this country,*, because of th«j duty sue.h artieles u n less it were to deceive, to blind the g reat agricalturai interests of the country, who compose seven ninths of th e whole mass, while a g rea t wrong w a s inflioted upon them for the benefit of the sm aii tniriori- ' -wttrtees-«-HtbG-> - tilous. American butter, lard and cheese, are stapio articles tit the foreign markets. W e export theni largely and probably always shall; an.d as we. a reable ta take these a rticles abroad and compete with foreign countries on their own ground in thosale-of them, it is manifest th a ta tariff duty, high o r low, is no better to the farmer than a glass r f moonshine. , F alapy of a H ome M arket . High tariff duties discourage trade. T h e heavy duties- of one country are m e t by coun- tervailiag duties on the port Of o thers. It is folly for us fo expect to sond our imtnehse sur plus products abrflad, u n less we fake iri return, to a great extent,'the products of o ther natioris. Any other basis of trade, if foreign nations would submit to it, would very shortly destroy them: W e could not cease exporting, and pay for our imports in c a sh, without destroying u s ; and neither can they. All this tmr high tariff whigs -see arid adm it ; and to provide against the disastrous consequences of thoir tariff in these respects, they proposb a home market.for the consumption of tlie sttrphts pro ducts o fthe Union. A home roarket; say they, is the only market on which We can rely. Let a p a r t of o u t people man ufactjure, a n d the rest supply thern with brea37 and wo will make si market at home. Now all this sounds sweetly to the ear,,biit it is as deceptive as the mirage of tile desert; Did it n e v e r occur to the advo cates of a home market, that 17,000,000 of people can earifout about so much in the course of a y e a r ; while affair yield of th e staples of our farmers; wheal, corn, pork, & c. is almost enotigh t<rprovisionthp world? A hrimemar ket can only be made by reducing th e quantity bf-our products into such a compass that 17,- 000,000 of people, by hook or by crook, may manage to consume i t ; and this can only be effected by turning our country into a deserf, „ , . . , , . . - -------- -- -— ................ - g r e a t evil, Which nent citizens of tho republic vyeregivtng t o stands preminont m hts w a y . (Renewed the roppblican nominees^ for .the Presidency . 0heCring.) The sam e restrictions recoiled, and Vlco-Preatdencv.. H e further assured the : and procured another cause of depressed c o n - meeting that there tvas division in the sup- dition-w a n tofw o rk. This w a s too obvious to port o f those nonfirfritiottSainorig the dentocra-; require to be dw e lt upon. L o n g before, he cypf New York, whatever the voice of m is-; repeated,'these points had become political, representation might say to the contrary. ]le f Mr. S.) had h o p ed to see th e day..w h e n J Gov. C. CTay, of Alabama; Hon. M r. How- ,^s long ago counselled by A d a m Smith, all 1 lin,.member o f Congress from M issouri; Gen. . restrictions on trade should be reritoved, and J. McCalTa,,of Kentucky ; Mr. McConnell, o f \ our country rise, Iik e a g ian t unswathed, and Illinois ; Col. N. Torry, the Speaker of the A 1- ( command the wealth of the w o rld. (C h e e ra?) abatna Senate ; the Hun. E .ljise,of K entucky; j “— : --------------- “= ---- :— =?- Judge J ,C . Thompson,of Alabama; M r.Bright, | Clay's Moral Character, of Lincoln, Tenn., and Mr. W atson, of Ala., M r. c la y ’s well known and undeniable lax- severally made eloquent, able and h eart-cheer- ; n@^S Qf mJQraI hag Gauacd hiln l0 te d s i mg addresses. There were three several 1 sertcd by thousands-of prominent but honest whigs, rind this circurristance has produced m u ch disquietude among his friends. T h e y have found it necessary to g e t a certificate of his good moral character, arid have employed , a D r, Briscom as th e ir tool nr dupe, who. pro stands erected, at suitable distances from; each .other, and there was continued sp.eaking from each during the day,- Such was. the vast number of auditors, that notwithstanding this arrangement, all could not approach the stands in convenient hearing distance. .In Hie prog- , fegseg t0 have been acquainted with Mr. Clay ress o f the whole dav s proceedings, theutiqost ro6ie tw enty years, and who-is qmte.confident p o d order prevailed. It. ts true, that shout af- ,h a t he neil4 ' r sweare> nor g am g ies nor.breaks ter shout, huzza after huzza, at everv happy tjjg g a^ atjj . ” sentiment expressed by the.speaker^cOnttnual- ! T o rcbut thia n eg ative anddubious testimo- ly rent the airybut there was no disorder or , ny,vve bave the c e «ified statem ents of a tj e a s t confusion,even at Ute tables during tlie tune i weU known raen of unimpeachable’ of refreshment. H o spirttous Jfquors ° ^ nY veracity, who only state whitt they have seen kind; were perm.tted to h e pub icty brought on and he^rd ant] ^ ho prove hirh guilty o r im - the ground, Not the slightest appearance or ( m0Talitfos huch as ' I “ 8 “ of toto^toatipn was s e e n , on the ground. of:|il|h:m inded, moral m en. Wiiiie the Such was the regulation of the People’s E n - ireverend doctor w h o has been called upon to campmeutat Camp Hickory | b o lster n p his reputation nnljr roimsX him W o are sorry that the Iiuit. Geo. S. H o u a - | g u iltless oT the crim e s With which he stands' ton, member o f Congress from Alabama, and j charged, Mr. C lay's leading ofgah in Louis- tho Hon. Stephen- A- Douglass, member of I v illehas admitted that.he has staked money a t Congress from Illinois,were both prevented by I the card table. W ithin the last year, the by suffering o u r farms tn go back into their original wildernesses, a n d ceasing to cultiyate ajl butgnch patches hero and there:as may be heceesary for our home supply, 'te this view a picture of the fancy, o r is it fact 1 Tlte grain regions of the 0 . States in any one fruitful temporary indisposition from addressing' the meeting, as they were invited and pressed to do by the Committee of Arrangements. W e hope they will both be able to address the meeting ahd people a t large before they leave. ’ A* H E O P L E T and how, in the name o f whiggery, can SE V E N T E E N M ILLIO NS contrive to eat it rilH , Away then with the fallacy, and the .perpetual talk of a home market for our products. A home m a rket is the b e s t « / mar kets so far as it goes, b u t our FO U R T E E N ' M ILLIO N S engaged in agriculture require something more. T h e y require sompl.hing ‘betterthan th e illusory and deceptive protec tion afforded them by th e preseni tariff—they requite and demand « u c h changes, and th e adoption of such imposts and commercial reg ulations On the part of o u r government, as will open to theiri, rind their products, so for ill is possible, the ports of tlie world. T h e y con'- cedefreely to the-maufacturers ahd lordling* o f the land, equal brotection With themselves, but rig beyond '— fiinghamton Courier. » T h e y 'are both able and eloquent spaakers. L e t it be expressly noted, arid held, in re- merithfaiice; arid we wish the whigs and whig papers to notice the fact, that every speaker from the North, South, East, and W e st— every gentleman who addressed'the meeting, ^ r any portion of the people since the convention as- setnbletj, has repelled the eharge of disunion^ against the democracy, b r the real democracy of any portion or .section o f the Udion, w ith ,in dignation and contempt. Every sjteaker has pronounced,the charge in any and every sense as being f a l s e and u n tr u e - T h e Hon. Pres ident of the Convention first repelled i t ; then Gen, Cass repelled i t ; Mr. Melville repelled it ; Mr. Hise repelled it ;-G o v .'C ity repelled i t ; Mr. Marshall repelled t i t ; Gen. McCalta repelled it: and sbdid every speaker through out; and tne. whole mass o f the democrapy o f the Convention repelled it, on the appeal o f the Press ident, by a lohg, loud, indignant shout o f con demnation, Lot the whigs and whig p ress, we ' say again, n o te this, In if, they may read their own condemnation, arid o f all who have dared to propagate the slander. T h e Hon. A. V. Brown, Hon. A* ColJom, and Hon. G. W . Jones, members of Congress, and o ther distinguished citizens o f Tennessee, were present on. the occasion ; but preferred 'to h e ar their friends froin other States speak to speaking themselves. “ leading federal print in New York city has admitted his profanity, and th e whig p resses gererally_trumpeted forth, but a few m onths lhe publ ic demonstrations of his friends W h a t theh Is t h e testimony o f such a man as Dr. Bascom worth, further thafi toconvince any skeptical mind, ifany tfljch there be,‘'that Clriy and his friends are ql), conscious of his’ lack of moral fitness to fiill the high station to «fh ich lie aspires ? ; T h e whole affair of calling upon a single witness to refute b y negative testimony the positive assertions b f numerous and, credible a duehhe wouklrejecf the invitation? Begays:' '; consider him os only declining tq may j with others for the station, lohvirl - arise, in foe shnrt rcmndnt o f my life,'subject to tho-will, of tho p c o p l o , \ . .so . ^ ou.,.„.. „ u I \ » * ' \ a » “ - * * reconcile it to my sense ofpropriety to make a dec- oilier.'' “ As I ennnnt foresee all die contingencies which . ... phnrt rcmnnnf of my life, ch I have already stritud, of if myself to-ridicule, I cannot . — r ______ of monrietv to make a dec laration one way or the ne would Slippnw-.lhnt nn nM man, mr thn verge of 70 years, could notffrnraocontingences in'his mind that would -justify hesitation in answering such a question in the negative.; but hero is a refosat to re ply tn That way, nnd the inference is inevitable that ho would now hazard life in the “ field of houor” if oc casion ofiered. What fatuity in an old man who as:' piresto the highest place in the natron, and should bo a beacon light to the young nnd the middle aged. . The “ Cord Wood” charge against Mr. Polk, about which Weed nnd Barber have endeavored to excite public sympathy to the prejudice of Mr. P., when ex' cmined in connexion with thc Journals of Congress t grant dempermle party. He will abide its decision. . which I suppose is to;be attributed to tho OD “ rompetttor j.0j> t|le china market; and}'indeed I think his final; action .fourths'^of oiir present prosperity is.to be attrib fi sdrvntit ho the tanresource—Jonr .o f Commcrtff, ' , * A Liverpool pnpcr, of the •Uh-insinnt.snTSi thi*rrvivat of tlo* \vmo>eo tindnl Cheviot woot, wfiiki | i|P 11 • MOi \ I »t»«- ivi'UTIi IMIltr. vur<|U( WUWI) WHIf year sold from 11 $d to 12(1,is now 5PlUng at f» om To-MrJdnrarc G stdycj - . , >*nnn-ttiu New-Vork Evening Post. >ITE PEMnr-n-ATlC JPAiqy ..... ...... We hoar of large rind numer.ms assemblies of ' ^ [ 7 8 ^ ' ^ wi drmocrntit pn.rtyHn this Sinte, mass-meelings o f ' ^ 1 frnro n,c Tn thotistmds nnd tens af thousnnds, fervid appeals' *)f 1 ^ ^ ■ kindne§3 I of» withof All this shows the state of feeling among the people. Tho zeal which cxists is encout aged grid heartened by the lnfe returns o f elections, snowing diminished nndjeeble majorities in the Status where the whigs are strongest, and demonstrating the end of (he delu- sipri which pre.vailed;four years since, yhis is well,'but it is not enough. Tho democratic \ in this State is not orgauized for the election. in thus addressing.nn utter streuger,.. the officious advice of some pexson.j.. hood. . • i , V Phnve enrefolly exammed the paper rCfi and finding that if contain* much of the old'I doctrines of the Hamihonian'selmo!, I tltsughtJf J cent respect' for your civility, dictated a n a c i edgment even at this late day, nnd 1 l l e f e b y i ^rihis respect the ivhigs havoFeen fecforehnnd with S y o u 't t o T f r e p 'u K ^ ^ visions, like a regular army. . Every portion of ..tbe irpnncip rage, and insist upon the' doctrine of equal fawa i equal rights. You oppose both, ns is lUustrata Gov. Di does much credit to him. The proposition -waa. to, t gfete hap befoiy g i t e d couriiy-'commj^re. ate in^j- . ydur et>5rreagaifodG^. DdtT. rind fire adw ' “wusmp commit- a National Bank and a high\ protective Tarii m every school other heresies of old federalism; which I ht give to the Poor of Georgetown, D. C., fifty cords of . ’tutedjand.subordmateto there are township commit- a jyatIOnal Bank and a high' protective Ttrriflj wt* ' While the.resolution was pending, an amend- other heresies of old federal& W W cl. J h 1 wood; vv niiGiiie resoJution wns pending', an amena- j j 'Lists of voters in all these districtsnro nVade raent was pfTercd, that the amount should be deduct- | ou\; tho impraciicablei democrats are. set down by t ‘ S .. .1 s * ■ « i, . t . t k n m n A t i v n n V lfU e , n v / . 'A A t*tn ,n . S a ’ v , a S a t k n donation, Tlie original resolution prevailed, cutting off tho amendment. Mr. Polk voted against the res, oluuon, on the constitutional ground jhat Congress had no power thus to dispose of the1 pubfic money, but at the same time avow’ccl his readiness to Back the-amendmeiH-sp;,ropriniing a- day’s pay of member for the benefit of the Poor of Goorgctotyn. He would not vote away the public funds from mere sympathy withsuflering humanity,' but stood ready to put his hands into his own pocket in aid of tfee philanthropic-ohject. This is the record,- and it is highly Creditable to Mr. Polk as a statesman and a man. Benevolence is an. interesting trait in the hu man character, but it .should never be displayed ffy ariy man af fiio expense of another’s funds, Because time just now to enumerate. By this yO' that your paper profiteth me nothing, ana is nati sidered worth the postage paid for it. Please,’titan ed from the pay of the members who voted for the thguiselver, those who. are certain to: vote the whit ticket arecfeignnted.andapart from both are placed for nottroublo m'oanfrn'ore with theClay TribUi lje doubtful, that fluctuating and uncertain class . untj. r order it, nnd tha{ nnt certainly.*.until i ::»t. 1 \ ------ h,..'\\'-- n .: *— t. mi''\'” . ~\ 1 T~ uhui i uruur n« u u u iuul w in urn uenuiiuy*! w h ic h , as pu b lic ^ o p inion happens to, os.cfllate t o t h e ter the N o v e m b e r e le c tio n , f o r I a m a P o l k e r , one f i d e ° f e r' so, n “ e£ de c id e o u t elections. c}10USe to rea d d e m o c r a tic i n preference J o FeSei A g a in s t t h o d o u b tfu l the w h o le M a c h i n e r y o f th e nowsp(lpers. Y o u r s , & c , ' ~ ' w h i g p a r ty is dire c te d . 1 he d o u b tfu l v o te r is c o a x e d ; — * ■ -to w h i g m e e t in g s , the doubtful v o t e r is .plied’ w i t h ’ ■\*' ' —'— \ ----------- - —- - \ ’ribune. Worcester, 20th Aug., 1844. or some other whig print', doily, and a perpetual exer, tion isl-ept up to prevent him from.bemg; affected by ; tlie Whig\ m.fhu'siasm J n '' ™ n* iV l5T ^ l F '! sbrCT r u ni'm ,,'h *hrrf‘ :j5«..mwS-k«r fortnight ago, a ttariring notire rnn-nit Ibe Snnes» M a M e n lor Hie*Hist thrne years . npm.pr> m >588* C h e r r y V a l l e y , Aug: 22,184#.- T i p C o l . P r e n t i s s : Yesterday, we had a epecitrteri ( t 4 t ; old federai CherryTalfoji | L I . slnoethjH.arriva’ls to and departures\from a half I lbo ,ri«h‘ tbus tq use rttom;is denied by the laws o f dozeui cities on the iSabbath day, attended by Cod a/nd of man. Weed, Barber, and others of like disposition? to misrepresent facts with a View to create false iirtfres- sions among the people, parade before their renders a certain list of U.S. Treasury defalcations, represent ing them as having occurred under tho sub-treasury system of Mr. Van Buren, Tho list too,.to our per sonal knowledge; contains the names of trieh by whom the United-States never suffered a dollar; in stance Sam’i W. Beall, who isset downas'ri defaulter p o s e ,b u t m e r e ze a l , ipe ru n u m b e rs, E e a l a n d .n u m bers are i m p o r t a n t i t is frUe, but th e y a r e not e v e r y dress the assembled multitude on'the.occarion. day arrived, nnd a beautiful day- it was too. clouds which the night before portended * dinnl day, fled from the honzon, and the sun rose ifi all i splendor. Early the-fodd could be seen tririktngp arations, confidently predicting th^t • K witnesseB who w e re personally ,accquamted : , , ’ 40. when every farthing of his liabili^ was, witit the facts they set forth, arid who have , Pa,,lmto the rreasury; and. so with many others. Been-with their o w n ^yes.and hoard with their j But the shameless mendacity, of these editors may own ears .what they relate, bears upon its very front the impress o f fraud, and gives to tho af- fair the appearance of St Contemptible eiection- eering trick, worthy ofthe party which has resorted to it. As such it will b e regarded by the community, and those who have been dis posed to believe M r. Clay less guilty than his opponents would represent hjiri, wiill now be ready to give credence to all that may be c h a rg ed against him.—AMony Atlas. intend to vote for M r. Clay ?” ask ed a Liberty man o f a W h igJhq other day. “ W ell,” replied her; “ i have about m ade up pry mind to vote for him i f he g els that bdnd taken u p ; otherwises not, I cannot vote' for a candidate who is under bonds to keep the poare.— Sfg . oj be appreciated by the following facts: The deficit of these- mCn was reported bjCSecretary Wqodbury in-1839, and the act establishing tlie-sub-treasury was passed July 4th, 1840. HcncnAhese \ dangers of tho sqb-treasury” oceurred befotiftite sub-treasury exist: ed! Not one of the men flamed ever held an office under the sub-treasury law;- and wc assert with con fidence that .not ardefoulter was, known dUririg the existence of fliatsalutary sfamte, so effectual were its guards against depredations upon .(he treasury by bonds, oaths, and penalties, - T h e ’ Vhigs made a greaf display in Albany on Tuesday last, and had. Mr. Webster to speak to them. They had steamboats and Rail Car? in motion, dog cheap, and mustered, as they say, 40,000 coons—prob- ably 10,000 might have been present beside the citi. zonSj as a-great effort wa? mndo tq^athcr njjrqheR!.. thing. A well disciplined troop ebsily puts to the font a mere crowd of twice its numbers. We must take carc that oui zeal is directed to its true purpose; that our numbers are-called out, and brought hand to htmd agnirist tiid tntotny. We must' furnish the anti dote to the poison Which-the whigs are so busify ad- ministering. >Ve must see that the misropresenta- ^ were tion is-immediately followed by. the true statement; Jnv wnra nn t; i „n~ tha the sophistry, before it has had tinie to make a permanent impression, is followed by thrrefhtation. Somethinganustbedpne; The vantage ground is oure. It is a diffienlr task for the whigs, after all the people have suffered from a National Bank,-fo propitiate thom to the establish ment offl new institution. It is rolling up again to the top of the mountain the stone which hasjust rolled down with so much hciseand ttuh. It is hard wcirk for the whigs to defend “ the tariff as it is,” insightof all the exorbitant profits reaped by the manufacturers, and all tho low pnees of agrieukural produce; The ; distribution of the iricotne. df the public lands carries no erithusinsmwith it, and requires a vast deal of re commendation to fnake if go dotvn. The-whig party are Upon the defensive, and evidently uneasy in thetr pqsitiori, embarrassed to findulausible excuses ior all they have undertaken to do if they obtain thc major ity. ft is evert, amusing to seethe flutter into which they are thrown by having so many weak, points to look to, arid the bustling eagerness with whicli they run from one to anothor iu the attempt to cover thetn from assault. But while we should bh pressing the attack, while the,' especially put , undecided; while wo should busyourselves, after the riianrier of former years, in forming and perfecting .* system of arrangements for bringing every democrat to the polls, we ar’e wasting the few weeks thnt yet remain to us, atid the strength that should be turned against the enemy, ih strifes nnd conteritions Biltong ourselves. Thisshbuld no longer be. The thjrty-six Presidential Electors ofthis State are too imprirtantin tho great result to hazard their loss by the delay .o f ariotherAVqek-' U Sadly ’ ‘ \ “ ' d tow,-vei* 4eyv appeapi ... so the cariidn Was chatjM and round after round fifod, the sctmd raverberank- among thc hjlls; yet the bnly effect wae toroUeirt’dCt village boys together. - - ’*> t • Between 4 aud 5 o’clock the feds lg' 2' ‘ - whole s:reneth for action-, and With5! boys suoeccued in elevating a pole c<) of ash and seasoned fir- Every, filing Mr. Fowler wah caHe.d out to animajtt. spirits, and spoke at sorae length,' hi#speeCfe'Ojc£ ing upon tiio auditory like a \ thrice told talk veS the-dull ear of a. drowsy man,” forit was ,indeed old story oyer again, being the. :forfieth;cflition of eulogy of the “ embodiment” of whigmrincipies, was n ivei blanket upon feverish expectation, t _ _ brought ori cold chills in abundance. frotn wWch *;T'l fatal terminationris^Tmticipated-.7 The affair throughout wds a failure, Iri»P -thousands or evep huadreds haing. present, riot ^ than 75 or 80 whig voters showed their faces,, mret ef them were villagers. , ; ' Oofitrasf this with the tfetriOcratic pole raiaiayp, where all is life and anihiation, arid howjvaptd n f *ht>d9 pears. Despondency is apparent am;— *’ in this federal corner of the county, crais are inJHobest spirifs. being — terrniriation ta.wOlk Out the poli . , ___ _ the'Town in November. Hurrah, then;, for tl olrPcause of equal righto and qqual.lqw?, come it over the feds, and we wiU doit. K rThe. Zoological exhibition, advertised on tntt 1' fourth page to takri place here on Friday, the 6ih iript'^ y Is spoken of in the papera as h igfelytotf^^ :'i-'.-- :t(ndricscrving of patronage,’ ' * a. ft * ..Vc •’ \ 4 . Y . uqo.iisfTS : V • '
