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THE A GE. TU 0 ItSU A V trtSUB, SOf. 7,1814. Frrcrun fhiiT itn.' IIici.okv Ti:i:k, Iu ni'i "i. it lrftiih h.ivc nticHctiil Ihir, OVr I'nt Jom'i noil UaiinmdienUkvr, M'uut i'a;.(iu'iin thr .frn'j C'U'. III Kli'flhm of Xovomber. IX) R I'RESIDENT, K. POLK orTF.NNisjr.i;, for vicr. I'liusiDr.XT, GE011GE M. DALLAS, or J'l'.NNSVl.X AMA, HTATB KI.KCTOHAT. TK'JCKT. at i..u:nn, KDWARI) D. BARBER, NEWELL K1NS.MAN. For Ihc Diilrkts, No. , JONAS CLARK. " 2, CIIAliLESG. EASTMAN. n, WYLLYS LVMAN, ' 4, DAVID P.NOYES. For Ciingriss lh Dislritt, PAUL DILLINGIIAM, Jit Elcction 12th of Nov. VOTI'.S! VOTKSH TkUu fnr Illmow will be rciulj fi;r 'illwr;, ii! lli cliec, iiii) tli:ic wlicii nnlrrrd. S.'i CTS. A IH;M)UBi'- r-iln'on. Mnny tU'tlic Inwin, l tlic r ntule Irrtlon rrc nnl jirotiiliil witli M'lcr! slniPjic in il m-y mtiii. Thc clr inacinry ortlie il.itc MUST pn!I ilu-Ir uln.Ie hinngtli on llii' Wth rf Noumlicr, nml thcy mibl rouitiiiiully b proUJeJ wllli bnllon. Onlcr fiill kuri'ly for j iur umn loaTiiwiT". 3 r'Our Ruilnn-i 'o. Irlni'N will l' J nw'5 t l!'" tf(.lUit nl W.r. -'. Hic.'Uiiid. SIJEF.P! To hcar llie Vermont coons talk, ouo would think n shij tlic only thing in e. istence, autl wool tht only coniuiodity to bc bouglit nml sold; tlmt if Gov. Polk should bo oltctcil, Iip would onlcr n grand bnrbccuc, nt wliich nll tlic shecp in cxis tcncc would Ijo catcn by tlio voracious aud shccp-haling "Loeofocoii" and nll the wool in tlic uiiion hurnt to iishiu. Now, gciitlciiicii, ve pray you spriuklc n little rcason onyour muttou, A shcep isu sliccp that's nn indisputablo fact. Wc havc no dcsirc to contradict it, not tlic lca?l. Wo adinit it, at tlic oxilsot. A shcep is a sliccp, and u shecp is tx vcry uscful unimnl, and onc whnsc wolfnrc is nf considcrnblo iinporlancc to tlio good. pcoplc of this statc. 15iit, xvo rcally think tlicro aro othcr intcrcsts, in tlic stntc, tlint havc a riglit to dcmniid somc little attcnlion, Tlio hnttors, tlic blucnsiniths, tlic shoc-mnkcrs, tlic daily luboicrs, yon know, havc no intcrcst in hhccpdoni tlicy do not go a wool gnthering. Ilats, shocs, hobb-na'ds, and good daily wngcs nrc of much morc conseqiicncc to tlicin than shcep. Wlicn thc sliccp nrUtocrn cy tiilk about protcction, and tlicy scc tlmt tlio only tliinjj in tlic statc tlint is to bc protcctcd is a sliccp, tliat no cino is had for tlicir liats, thcir sliocs, tlicir car viagcs, tlicir nails nnd tlicir xvngcs, llicy shakc tlicir licnds and say, "wlio is this Lord Sliccp, this grcat dignitary whosc inlcrcst swallows up our intcrcsts? Arc wc to bow down to a sliccp? Can wc raisc nothing but sliccp cnt nothing but sliccp hcar of nothing bnt sliccp rcad of nothing but sliccp? Arc sliccp lin inansr Shall wc niakc gods of sliccp as tlicy do of coons, bnild altnrs to sliccp Kiicrificc to sliccp, ponr out libations to bhccp? Shall wu niakc Govcrnors and rcprcscntativs of sliccp adrnit sliccp to our "bcd and boaid" bc "marricd and fjivcn in marriago" to shccp? Sncli qucs tions arc vcry naturally askcd by tlioac wlio kcij and hcar ol nothing but sliccp and ninrk thc nai row inindnd and scllish policy of thoso wlio havo no priuciplcs but sliccp; no hopo but sliccp, no caro but sliccp, wIiobc only languago is slicci nml whoso cntirc rxistcnco liodily and Hpiritiml, is wrnppcd upii) thc ilcccc of n sheci. " Xow, lct us cnquirc wlio uio (hcsc sliccp Loids that thn laboiing pcoplc of this coodlv tlnto chotild bu tnadc to hcw tlicir wood, draw tlicir xvater and bc, n all things,subscrvi(nt to tlicir intcrcsts r IIow coincs it, that tlicy sccl: to makc all thc othcr iutorests in thc statc bolicvo that to put tnoncy in thcir pockcts, is to pnt inonoy in tlio pockcts of cvpry body clsc? lo mcn groxv fat on miilton, u lonu? Rccf, pork, fowl, xvhcat, corn, nnd ryc, arc tlicy not good for thc fctom nch? )o mcn wcnr nolhing but wool.' Arc not hate, shocs, cottons and silks to bc worn? Shall xvc grind shccp for corn, shoc our horscs xuth xvool, clothe our heads and our fect with tag-locks and stir our hasty puddings with sliccp'ri tails? Wool is wcll cnough, and no man Fccks to dcatroy thc fair coinpction nhich just protcction niay cnablc it to cntcr into with thc othcr intcrests of thc statc, but whcn onc intcrcst out of a thousand in tcrcsts attcmpt to sct itsclf up for thc on ly onc that is to bc carcd for or protcctcd it looks a littlo liko ungcncroiis inouopo- Iy and an attcmpt to fostcr thc intcrcst of thc ii' at Ihc c.xpcnsc of thc vuniij. Our wool-growcrs arc tlio Lords of thc statc. Wc caro nothing about that, so Iong a3 tlicy romnin satisfiud with fair profits.aiul gains propoitionato to thosc of tlio othcr clnscs, and do not scisk to makc ovcry body clsu bow to thcir intcrcst and tamc Iy siibmit to pour nioncy into thcir pock cts aud drain thcir own. Tlicso sliccp liords, constantly cry out for moio jirotcction, whcn thcir biisincss is hy far thc most profitablc in thc statc. Ritisu) thc pi icc of tlicir wool onc mill on thc pound nnd no inallcr to tltoin if thc statc is draincd of nll its surplus funds for bread slufls- no mattcr what bccoincs of thc othcr intcrcsts in thc slato. Tlicy cry out against dcmocratic mcu nnd nicasurcs, nnd cndcavor to induco thosc wlio do not raiso wool to join thcni in thcir cry. Wliy is this? It is not for your good, vou wlio do not raisc wool, it is for Uuir uitn intcrcst tlicy carc liothing for you only us tboy cnn makc you thcir tools. And look you, with whnt rcnson do tlicy raisc this cry! They shall bc ruinctl llicy say if Gov. Polk is clcctcd! Uid tlicy not raisc thc samc cry wlicn Jcircrson, Madison, iMouroc, .lackson nnd Viiii ISuicii wcro candidatcs for clcc tion? And whcn xvcrc tlicy so prospcr ous ns undcr thc administrntion of thcsc mcn Jackson cspccially? Sincc this ccntury commcnccd tlicy havc had four ycars nnd tliuty days of fcdcral or thcir own rulc. Tlicy havc livcd foity ycnrs undcr dcmocratic administrations thcy havc grown rich aud lordly undcr dcmo cratic administrations. All that thcy arc, dcmocratic iidiiiinistratious, dcmocratic mcn nnd dcmocratic nicasurcs hnvo inado thcm; nnd now with the bascst ingrati tudu thcy smite thc hnud that has fostcr cd nnd snstaincd thcm nnd by whosc streugth thcy havc grown prospcrous and happy. What would thcy havc? Arc thcy not contcnt with all tlic wcalth nnd piospcrity thcy havo accumulated undcr n systcin of wi.c and fair protcction? Havc thcir inoidiuatc gains madc thcm giccdy and must thcy, uow, havc unfair nnd unjiist ndvant'igcs that thcir gaius may bc fuitbcr incrcnscd? Thcy say tlic dcmocrats arc opposcd to thc prcscnt Tariff. Hcad nnd scc for vourschcs. WHO PASSKI) TIJH TARIFF OF 1812? "Thc tarifi' lnil cninc to ils third reading' on thc 22nd ofAugust, 11142 and tlic vote on its linal pnssagc stood: For thc bill, 101 Against it, 101 Tlicro bcing n tic, Mr Clay's k'ontucky whig spcnkcr, White vvltil against il and hillrd Ihc billfur tfo iimt hiitig. Thcrc wcw jiftij fivc whigs ptcscut wlio cfnidl ta voto Itir thc bill. Sixtccn shot thc pit, nnd dodgcd thc ipicstiou. Thir-ty-uinc othcr whigs, with nioro niornl courngc tlian thcsc, stood up to thc rnck nnd votcd XO. Thc namcs of thc thirty uinc, arc: .lohn l-iuincy Adums, of Mass. Mcssrs l-'ostcr aud I.inn, of N. V. iMcssra Andrcws, (Jrccn, Thumpson, Owslcy, Triplctt, Undcrwood aud Spcnk cr White, of Kentuekv. iMcisrs Arnold, Rrown, W. H. Camp- bcll, T. J. Campbcll, G'uiulhcrs, Gcutry nnd Williams, of Tcnncssco. Jlcssrs Uotis, Goggin, .Mallory, Siim- incrs and Wiso, of Virginin. IMr Cnscy of lllinois. Mcssrs Gravcns, Lanc and Thompson, of Indiunn. Mc3srs. JJcbcrry, Grahnm, Mitchell, Rnyncr, Shcphcrd and Washington, of North Carolina. iMr Fostcr, of South Carolina. Mcssrs Gamblo, Ilubcrsham, King nnd Wnrrcn of Georgia. Mr Wm. Cost Johnson, of Mnryland. Mr lMuthiot, of Ohio. On thc sccoud Irial thc volc slood liius: For thc bill, 103 Against it, 102 Ilcrc it was that Mr Clay's ICcntucky whig Spcnkcr, ngain votcd NO, nnd a gain hiihd llir liill. llut nt this juncturc, Iwo niniblc whig dodgcrs "caine to thc rcscuc," nnd savcd Ihc bill ng;,inst thc ncgativc votcs o( Jhiij uhig.t, including righl out of thc tlcvrn incmbcrs from ICcntucky. Ofthcthrcc Kcntucky nicm bcrs wlio votcd for Ibo bill, two nre now for Polk nnd Unllas. Wc ulludc to Gov. l'opo and Thomas V. Mnrshall, who.with ticeiiti'Onr dcmncrnts, taeetl the. bill froin i tlio tcndcr mcrcics of thc ovcrwlichnin" whig majority in thc Housc. Following thc bill into thc Scnalc wc (ind tlic whigs ngain opposing lliis ne pln.i Thc qiicstion on its linal pnssage in thc Scnatc, camo up on thc 27th August, 1(1 12, and thc votc stood: For thc bill, 24 Against it, 2.1 Among thc nyes xvcrc thc two dcmo cratic ScnatorB froin Pcnnsylvnnia, Hu chanan nnd Sturgcon, tlio dcmocratic Scnntor, Williams, froin Alnino, nnd ."Mr Wright, of New Vork. Amongst tho nocs, wcrc Mcssrs Ar chcr, Rcrrion, Clayton, Grahnm Hcn dcrson, Mangum, (Presidcnt,) iMcrrick, Prcston, Rives making i;ic of thc par ticulnr fricnds nnd supportcrs of Mr Clay and onc nbscnt. Mr White, n whig scnaior Irom Indiann, openly thunkcd tho dcmocratic scnntors for tlicir nid iu passing thc bill dcclnr ing, bcfore Ihc vote wns tukcn, tlmt withoul thiir rolcs, Cungrcs icould havc to (tiljuurn tcilhout xii'ing ny nvcnuc lo thc govmimint." Ucnr nlso whnt Mr Wcbstcr snid nt Fcncuil Ilall, iu M2, in rcfcrence to this vcry nuitlcr: "Ibit lct us bu just. The Frcnch rhet orici'ina havo a maxim, wliich nflirins tlmt thcrc i3 nothing bcautiful wliich is not trtie. And I nm wcll nssured that somo of our juhelant orntors would not wcll stnnd thc tcst of this canon of criti cisin. (Cbccrs.) is nnt true that thc Tariff sistem was mssed hy thc whigs a lunc. "Yq nll know that inorc thirty snmn ofthcm hading and injlitcntial whigs, YO'vkfi AGAINST TIIB TAUIFF, out nnd out, on nll qucstioii3, dircct nud indircct. Aftcr nll, it pnsscd thc llouso of Rcprcscntativc's by a singlc votc. And thcrc is a good deal of cclnt supposcd to nttend, nnd no little parado, bccausc soincbody canio forward to rcscuc, as it iscallcd, thc tpicstion with n singlc voto? Put hud not cvcry othor gcntloman that singlc votc? Vour ncighhor wlio rcprc scnts thc Middlesex district, (Mr Par- incntcr, the loco foco) votcd for thc Tariffl not coming to the rcscuc but stcadily out and out supporting it, froin thc bcgin ning to thc cnd. llohcld that u singlc votc was as ciTicicnt in his hnnd, ns if hc had tho Presidcntinl vcto. Chccrs.) And how wns it cnrricd iu thc Scnatc? Wliy, hy n singlc votc ngain. Now wc all know that withouttho votcs of thc two scnators from Pcnnsylvania, Mr Williams of Mainc, nnd Mr Wright, of New Vork, it could not huvc hccn pnsscd. It is a truth that is morc fnvorablc to tho causc THAT A LARGB PROPORTION OF T1IH OPPOSITH PAIITV CAME IN TO 1IELP T1JK TARIFF TllHO', AND TO UKSCUK IT FROM TIIK INSTAIULITV OF MERE PARTV SaPPORT." OIn a lcttcr writtcn by W'm. W. lr viu, Fsq., Inte mcmberof Congrcss from Pittsburg, Pn., to Itis political fricnds in thc city of Philndclphia, iu li! 12, hc thus tcfcrs to thc pnssagc of tho tiriH' law of tlint ycar. M'r Inin wus choscn ns thc WIIIG cnndidnto for Congrcss, by thc largcst majority cvcr givcn in thc district, and bis tcstimony on thc subjcct xvill, doubtlcss, pass curront with whigs. Mr Irvin inid: "The grcnt unnniinity of scntiiiicnt prcvniling nmongst the mcmbcrs of all pnrtics of tlio Pcniisylvanin delcgntion, in both 1 Iouses of Congrcss, who wcro prcs cnt nnd votcd for tho TnriiT, is nn nuspi cious onicn, so fnr us this grcat stato is conccrncd. I Vithout lur uid thc bill would havcbccn losl, and in assigning thc crcdil I'nr that mcusttrc, jiisticc rcquircs that ALL shoidil rcccirc thcir sharc. For whntovcr poilion I may bo cntitlcd, I nm morc than rcwardcd by thc npprobation of my fcl low citixcns." They say the dcmocrncy arc oppofcd to thc wool-intcrcit. Read ngain and scc. Wbilst thc bill wns pcndiug iu thc Scn atc, Mr WimsiiT movcd to striko out thc duty ofo pcr ccut. on iininanufacturcd coarsc wool, and inscrt 20 pcr ccnt. in othcr words, to mcrcasc thc duty sliccifi- cd iu thc bill, thc la pcr ccnt. Mcssrs. Ulioalc aud Siinmous, (whigs) opposcd the amcndmciil, nnd it wns votcd down all thc tchigs prcscnt, savc thrcc, voting NO all thc dimocrals prcscnt voting AYK as followj; Yu.vs. Mcssis. Allcn, Uagpy, Bcntou, nuchaiiunn.Ciithbcrt. King, l.iun. Piir.Li's I'ltKsro.v.Rivr.s, Scivcr, Siuiih, of Conn. Smith, of Indinnia, Slurgcon, Williams, Woodbury, Wright, Young, 18. Nvvs. Mcssrs. Archcr, Uarrow, Ilatcs, Hnyard, Hcrricu, Clioatc, Clavton, Conrad, Cralts Chittenden, Dayton, Evans, Hiint inglon, Mangum. fllillcr.Moorhcad, Portcr, Siminons, Spraguc Tnllinnilgc, White. ai. Thc samc poposition wns madc hy Mr PncsTo.v, (wliia) and votpd down. Mr I'nr.sTo.v, Mr Ki.vo, Mr Woonniitv nnd Mr Ci'Tiiiir.nr, (thc lasl threc deinocratis,) ! siiMainiug thc motion. Tlic xotc siood I i for thc nmenilmcut,l5 dcmocrats nud 2 whigs against il, 2j, nll uhiga, ns follmvs: Yi.as. Mcssrs. Allcn, Ilenton, Fultnn,' ICing, liinii.McRobcrts. I'nr.i.rs, I'imisto.v I Scivcr, Smith. ofCt. Slurgcon, Tnppnii,' Wilcox, Williams, Woodbury, Wright ! nn.l Voung 17. ! Nvvs. Mcssrs. Archcr, Uarrow, llalfs.l Rayard, Clayton, Choalc, Conrad, Crafts, ! Crittcndcn, Dayton, Evans, Grahain, lliint-i ington, Kcrr, Mangum, Mcrrick, Millcr, ' Morcbead. I'ortcr, Siinninns, Riuith of la., 1 Spraguc, Tallmadgc, White nnd Wood-! briilgc 2. j Ilnre wns a proposilion for thc bcncfit) of tho wool-growcr, twicc votcd down by, the whigs. And tho pointwas still furtlicr prcscd by Mr Pi-.xto.v, undcr a motion practically to iinposc n duty of 30 pcr ccnt., nnd H ccnls a pound on all wool costing ovcr five ccnts, instcad of scrcn ccnls, as it now stands. This nlsn was votcd down hy thc whig?, ns; folluw;; i Yeas Messrs. Allcn, Benton, Ruchan nan, King, Linn, McRobcrts, I'nr.sTON, South of Cl Sturgeon, Tappan, Wilcox, WiUams, Woodbury, Wright aud Young Nays. Mcssrs. Pahiiv, Barrow, Rntcs, Rayard, Caliiou.v, Chontc, Clayton, Con rad, Cralls, Dayton, Evati'sCraliatii, Ilunt ingdon, Kcrr, Mniigum, Mcrrick, Millcr, Morchcad, Phclps, Porlcr. Spraguc, Sim inons, Talhnadgp, Wai.kf.ii, White nnd Woodbridgc 2(5; . 01 tho aics, 14 wcre dcmocrats, nnd 1 nhig. Of the iwcs, 23 werc whigs, nnd 3 demncrnts. This is thc wny the firmcr or wool-growcr wns comproiniicd out ofnny protcction ntnll. Now, mark you, laboiing nicn, mc- chnnicsSic, how wickcdly thc wooMords misrcprcsent all this mattcr of a TnrifT? IIow shanicfully tho nmnufncturcrs scck unmir protcction, nnu how iinpu dcntly thcy nsk you to aid thcm in fur- llier nggrandizcmcnt to you own injury. The dcmocrats havc no hostility to tho wool-growing intcrcst. Thcy arc willing it should hc fairly protcctcd, and thcir motto is in thc Inngungo of thcir cnndi dnto for thc Prcsidcncy. "It is thc dutii of thc Govtrnmcnt lo cx- tcnd,$o far as il may bc practicablc lo do sn, oi; its rcvcnuc laws and all othcr mcans trithin ils pawcr, F.HIR and JUSTPRO ThWTlOA" to all thc GllEJlT JN TRll ESTS of thc xvnoi.n u.vio.v, embra- cing, AGRICUETURE, MANUFAC TURES.thc MECIIANIC ARTS.COM- MUIIUE nnd NAV1GATION. DIAEOGUE HKTWEUN A VERMONT DEMOCRAT AND A VERMONT COON. 1). Wcll, ncighhor coon, what aro your priuciplcs this ycar? C. Shecp. I). Jlut, I .should really liko to know what sort of n tnrill'yoii would havc if you could? C. Sliecj). D. Can'tyou bc a little morc explicit? C. Shecp. D. I can't sce as that is nny answer to my qupslion. C. Shecp. 1). I nm for a "Rcvcnuc TarilT with discriminntions fnr Protcction, " That is thc laiigungc of Mr Clay. Am 1 righl? C. Shecp. I). Wcll, if you havc nnthing ch'c to say nboiii n Tarill'.iell nic what you think nhout n Clay ilank with n capital of.rj0,003,000f C. Sliccp. D. Do you go for such a Hauk? C. Shecp. I). Wcll, thcn, what do you say about Distribulion? C. Shcep. D. Coiiic, uow, tvh.it arc your pol'.tical priuciplcs? C. Sliccp. D. Wcll, I bcgin to lliiuk that your par ty in Vermont merrils thc dnmc atahccp lails, given you by tho peoplc in othcr Stntcs. C. Shecp. D. Good moruing, ncighhor? C. Shcep. I). Uood morning, I say. C. Shcep! DEMOCHA'l'S OF THF. GREEX MOIjWT.IIXS!!.' "l'USII ON TIIK COLUMNHI" Thc chccring notcs of victory grcct you from every quarlcr! Eveiy brcczc thiin ders triumph? Thc PEOPLE nrc nrouscd nnd VICTORY is CERTAIN! Will Vt. Ing hchind iu thc glorioiis contcst? Dcmocrals of Orleans, Frnnklin, Cale donia, Essex, Lamoille, Washington and Orange, you fought a grand hatilc iu Scp tembcr will you now suficr thc ndcocalcs of fcdcralism and dcbauchcry to ridc ovcr you? Thcn nwnkc! I'USII ON YOUR COLUMNS! nnd attnck the ciiadels of fed cralism! And you, Dcmocrats of Wind sor. Windham, Rutland, Addison, Chit tenden, Grand Isle, tilthoiigh defcated in Sent., bc not dishcarleiicd "pcck your flintsandtry it ngain!" I'USII ON THE COLUMN, nud nllack tho myrinidnms of hlack-legs nnd debauchcss who havc so Iong rcigncd in triumph ovcr you, with thc FIXED I5AYONETS ofpolitcal TncTii, nnd CIIARGE IIOME Ul'ON TIIE EN EMY! Will you su iFor a PLAsrnr..Mnn, n 15 L A C K L EG, n L1HERTINE and n jVUllDEEEnuy rulc ovcr You? Will vou bc guilty of fixiug thc blood-stain of MURDER upon tliprcr iiich of thcsc hills by giving thc votc of your countics lo such n charnctcr? Xr.vuit! Thcn bring out onc morc dcinncrntic votcr from cach srhool dislricl than you did in Scplembcr and VICTORY is Yours! You can do il, if vou will try. IIow will yon fecl to Iuar thc shouls of victory and triumph from almost cvcry stalc in tho Union, nud you not pcr mittcd to sharc il? If You will only do youu nt'TY you can sharc thc vieortj, and savc Virmonl from thc disgracc of coun Unancing RLOOD AND MURDER! To moral nnd rcliijious mcu aiding thc elcclinti of Clay wu would say stnp nnd think for a momctit what you nrc doing. t,Eulcr, in imaginalion, thc depths of moral pollulion of wliich you arc waru ing men to bewnrc nnd mak thc charac teryou nro aidinp lo tho highcst office in (hc tinivcrsc. If thc Murdprer Clay rcccivc the votc of j Vermont, it will bctlirough thc influcncc nnd cxcrtions ol thc C L E R G Y nnd thnir CHL'RCH M EMBEKS, Will thcy dahk talk virlue nnd moralily nl'tcr say ing tlint Ilonry Clay was R I G II T in MURDERING nn'lNNOCENT MAN and scnding his IiROKEN-IIEARTED I WIDOW TO TIIE GRAVE, A MA NIAC! llrothcr Dcmocrals, I'USII ON TIIE COLUMN! Rcmeinhrr thai it is unt on ly against thc cncmies of political Tkutm, but nrrninst tlio ciicinics of Gon's Lawh, in wliich hc says, 'Tliou shall not K1LL," llial you are fighling. Thcn, Dcmocrats truc Christians a:id moral Mcn! "I'RAY TO G O D FOR SUCCKSS AND PUSIl ON TIIB COL UMN!" TIIE MORAL OF TIIE CONTEST. Thc Prcsidential clcctiou is todccide, in n grcnt nicasurc, tho condition of this conn- try in n moral point of view. morals ns connccted with thc political institutions of the Uniicd Slnlcs, morals, as conncclcd with social, privntc nud public life. Ilenry Clay stands condcmncd heforc thc pcoplc of thc Union ns nn iinmoral, corrupt man. Wc grant that hc has tal ents, wc grant that hc has cxperience as n politicinn; but thc proof of his inimornlity is cvcn strongcr thau the proof of his n bility. IIENRY CLAY Stands convictcd as a PROFANE SWEARER. IIc stands convicled as a NOTORIOUS GAMBLER. Hc stands convictcd as a DUELI.IST AND iMURDERER. Aud stands bcfore the pcoplu ns a can did.ite for tlic higbest oflicc in tlicir gift. Cau moral and rcl'mgus mcn votc tor such n man? Cau nny oncivhu bcleivcs tlmt thc pcr mancncy of our Rcpublican Iustitutions dcpcnds upon thc "virtuc and inlclligcucc of thc pcoplc," votc for such n man ? Aud what would bc ihc iuflucncc upou the young men of ihc cnniiin thc r'lMiig gcncration, if n man so stecpcd iu thc vcr) drcgs of inimorarny, wcrc placci! iu thc highcst oflicc oftheland, and clothcd with its highcst houours? Somu oftlic mcu whosupport Mr Clay cxprcss grcat lcars, on account ol thc sprcad of thc Catholic rpligion, and prnlcss lo cnlcrtain lcars tlmt thc Biblo will bc kcpt from thc beoplc, Now wc would nsk this class, what is to be gaincd by thc circulntion ofihc Iliblc, if its holy prp- cppts are lobc tramplcd upon, by tho pIp- vntinu of n innn to ilic highcst olfir.c iu thc Union, who has violalcd cvcry onc of thc holy commaudniciits, aud in his public nud privntc lifc sct thc Inws of God nnd mnn nt dcfiance? Does not thc good IJook, wliich you profcss to rcvcrcncc, cvidcnt ly point to such a mnn as Hmnj Clay, when it says, ilirougli thc irophct Isaiab: "Your iiauds arc DEFILEl) JVITII HLOOO, and your fiugcrs with iniquity; your Ups huvc spokcn, Lir.s, vour tong'ic havc uiiittcrcd pprvcrspiifss, Your fcet run lo cvil' aud vou makc hnstc to SIIFD INNOCENT I5LOOI); wasting and dc- structiou urc in your palhs. As for your iniquiiics.you know lliciu; in iransgrrssiug nnd i.vi.N(i, spcakiug opprcssion nnd re volt,concciving nnd ulicring,ru;;i thclaart wonns or r.i.sr.nuon?" Had thc inspircd man havc had Ilenry Clny iu his miud,lio could not havcpaiul ed his characicr morc corrcctly. Aud wc nppcal to the mcn who profess to bclicve thc "book of books," and rcgard its sa crcd injuiictions, if they can consistcnily cniisiciicinusdy gtve tlicir votcs for Ilenry Clay. ILs clcctiou would hc ihc triumph or vice ovcr virtuc. Thc man who sils iu the Presidcntinl chnir should bc onc that our young mcn cnn look up lo ns a modcl, nnd our old mcu prmsc. Is Ilenry Clay such n mnn? Fnihers, would you liko to havc your sons profanc swcarcrs, gamblcrs, dcbauchccs, diicllisls, mtirdcrcrs? Aud can you cau lion your sons against thcsc nionslroiis viccs whilc you nru urtnally sanclioning thein by givingyourvotc for Ilenry Clay? Every nian who votcs for Henry Clay will virtunlly givc cotintC'naucc to thc im morallitics nud crimcs of wliich hc stands chargcd. And what claim can wc, ns n nation, makc for moralily and Christiauity, if wc clect n man who has hccn guilty du ring n Iong life, of seiiing the snlulary rulcs of civilizcd sociciy at dcfiance, nnd nnd of trnmpling the prtcppts of Chris lianity iu thc dnM. Let thc sobcr mcn, thc moral men, the rcligions mcn oi tuis couniry rciicct upon thcsc things. Arc thcy rcndy to nbolish tlic forms nml cercmoniesol Ulirislianity . V " 'v-' """,u,u""''.nuinni inougti thecnstoms ofcivilizcd communi.ies, and "fl3 JZ hl?8TnG 'm8''0 ....... .. . ., .' llu rclnms niany, il not all oflns old wick- to nullify thc iiijiinctions nnd dnctnnes of cd hnbits. In 1G40 I votcd thc whig thc word of God? iViri lct thcm votc for'tickct. And nm vct inclincd tn finnr . . . Ilenry Clay, 611 nol lill thcn. For thc clcctiou ol Ilenry Clay would bc thc tri umph of of vicc ovcr virtuc thc wickctl would sit iu bigli plnccs, nnd thc pcoplc niourn. But C!ay will nol hc clccled. Virlup. savs no niornlitv. o iusticc nnd who nrcirii.. vni j yjwi isii,iiiu , ii UUTUUNS. Will some fiiend in ctcry town in tlio Stato rurtvnri u tlio rclurm iniiucd!.itcly aficr tlic c lcclion. l)r.MOCUATS!t OUOANIZt: A(!ITATE-ACT WOKK! Tlio liino U tlioit tlio clection nenr, nnd tlicro it no timo to wasic. IintilN HOWtcork tar- ly-ieork hlc WOItK AI.L TIIK TI.Mr. 'lill lltn 1 tlll nf nvitl.tinr. nnd thpn lrkn n fntl 1 Mow for jour cam, your coanlry, nnd your (7od. nnOANIZt:, AOITATI:, WonK. From ibo MainOulJ Bblelil and Unviti. vv ui rL' 4 Read! Read! HENR Y CLJl Y'S Profanily and insult lo Ludics on bnard thc Steamboat doxcn thc Ohio Ilivcr last spring, PROVEiV by u dernlcd Preuchcr of thc Gospcl,and an iijc-wilncss, SCF-Tho fact that Ilenry Clay on his way homo aftcr his southcrn clcctionccr iug trip, did last spring grossly insult ab olition ladics on board a steamboat, and utter tho most profano lanninc in thcir prcscncc, ns xvcll ns overlook his son whilo playing caids on tho samc bnat, wc nindo known on sevcral occasions, nverring at thc samc time, that if publicly dcnicd wo could producc tho proof, Thc whig prcss hcro studiuusly avoidcd callmg for thc proof, knowing that it was iu tho hands of a minislcr of tho Gospcl iu this couniy, wnuo privnieiy tlicy wcrc busy . in nronouncin: it false Iho Rcverend gcntlcinaii alluded to bcing hiuiself a "''''n; !l,.,d t,l, u'litor w,"'g. Johnston.of thc Uuglc, bccnmc cniholdcned, suppos- mg that tho lucts could not bc obtnincd, nnd thcrcfore, pronounccd us 'A Falsi nr.n" just bcfore thc clcctiou, nnd dc- clnrod thc chnrgcs I'alsc iu toto. Now, Profcssor Johnston, alias, Iioorbcuh, should hnvo lenrned by this time, that wc makc no such nsscrtions, wiihout hnving thc proof to sustain us. We thcrcfore givc thc most positivc proof bclow, in a lcttcr from tho Rcv. Hugh Forsytli, of Fnirview, Guernsey county, 0 to Rcv. S. Findlcy, of Lexington iu this county, boihofwliom aro whigs and pious and uscful ininistcrs of thc Gospel. Thc lct tcr xvas not intcndcd for publication, un lcss Rcv.MrFindley's authority should bo qiicstioned, hc having statcd thc fact3 in Lexington, shortly nftcr thcy hnppcned on board thc boat. If morc proof wore ncccssary of Ilenry Clay's grossly iin moral conduct on that occasion, othcr picachcra who wcrc prcscnt willcorrobor ato Rcverend Mr Forsyth's stntcmcnt. Put it is not no onc will publicly dnro inipugn tho vcraeity of eilhcr Rcv. Mr Forsytli or Rcv. Mr Findlcy, unlcs? it be Profcssor Roorhack of thc Ruglc, who publishcd MrPolk as a gambler nud ducllist, and Mr Tod as n drunknrd. Nccd wc ask a raornl coinmunity to rc llcct bcfore thcy lend thcir nid in plncing in tlic highcst oiTicn in thc gift ofnny pco plc, n man, who although his hairs arc w'hitencd for tho ginvc, rctnius nll tho vicious liubits ol the lilieitinc, gnmblcr, ducllist, prol'nnc swcnrcr nnd Sahbath brcal'.cr? Will thcy bo willing that Ilen ry Clay shall bc tho standnrd for the mor als of this nation? I.ct thc mornl and rc ligious pnuso und rcflcct: Fnirview, Gucrnsoy co,,July 2,0, 1044. Diur Fricnd: Yours of Junc ult.cnmn duly to hnnd. You wish mc to writc you thc particulnrs ofmy Into bont voy ngc, so fnr ns they rclnto to thc Hon. H Clay. 1 huvc no hcsitation in doing so, inasnuich as it is importnnt that cvcry pcrson should know the charactcr of pcr- tiiiis iiu iuu uuiiuiu,iii.'s ior tno ni"iicst oflicc in thc gift of the Ameiican pcoplc. On Thursdny Evciiing IGth of Muy last I took a passagc for Cincinnali, ubonrd "Iho Littlo Pilot," thcn nt AVhcoling. Ilenry Clny wns nbonrd tho snmc bont, and travcllcd with us froin Wliccliiin i,', Maysvillc, Ky. I had of courso a fnir oppnilunity to hcur him convcrse, nnd witncss his dcincanor. And I must sav that 1 saw nnd hcard things with wliich 'I wus niuch disgusted. On thc evenin" of thc 17th ho cngagcd in a souversaTion with a gcntlcman nnd Indy on iho subjcct of Slnvcsy. In tllis covcrsation hc nmde usc of profanc Inngungc. Somo of his inlcrrogiitoiics hc commcnccd in the fol lowing way: What the divil, c-c. Put that wns not tho worst. 1 hcnrd him dis tinctly confirin onc of his nssotions with the oalh 'by G-d.' Two or thrcc pcr sons on boaid the bont lold mo tlmt thcy lieurd him ninkc uso of lliis onth two or thrcc timcs diuing thc convcrsiition. 1 hcnrd him but oncc. I did not, howevcr, hcnr nll of thc convcrsntion. I hcnrd a vulgar exprcssiou drop from his lips, wliich nstonishcd mc, inasinuch ns tlicro wcrc pcrhaps a do7.cn rcspcclablc look iug ladics, (nnd I know somo of thcm irn-f refpectnblo) listcncd nttcntively to thc convcrsntion. Thc gcntlcman who wns conversing with Mr Clny, hnd occn sion to mnko usc of tho term manhood, whcn spcnuing of thc slavcs. Mr Clay aftcrwards rcmarkcd in sub.-tance as fol lows: "I do not know whnt you menn by thc tcrm manhood, whcn you npply it to thc slnvcs. But sir, thc slnvcs hnvc thcir manhood, as propcrly as wc havc and I do not know but thcy havc a little morc manhood than wchavc. Thcy oui cal morc, and tcnrl: morc, aud gd morc childnn than nny of you." Thc last clnuso I noticed vcry distinclly. So niuch for what I hcard. I saw onc or two things I did nnt likc. Mr Clrtv wns n. coinpanicd by n son of his, a young man iiu mnicnrcu 10 uc aoout twcnty ycars of nge. IIc may havc hccn oldcr, but hc did not appcar so. This young man played at cards n Inrgc portion of his time on Friday, whilc his fnlhcr lookrd on, nnd appcarcd to bc inlcrcstcd in thc gainc. 'J he.-c things I saw nnd hcnrd. i"d Ihcy.convmccd mc that Mr Clnv bnt . : i i.i . i . wing mcasurrs and pnnciplcs. But Ilen ry Clay is too bittcr a pill for mc to swnl low. Vcry rcspcctfully vours, 1IUG1I 'FORSYTH. Rnv. S. Ft.vni.nv, Jn. Boot o. Tiin oTiinn tno. It turns out that of tlic tw clvc persons arrcstcd for ille gal voting nt thc rccent plcr.tinn in Balti more, cight voled thc Whig tickct, and thrcc of thc eight are "Nnlives." Protcction to thc laborcr.'Vhv Cayngn Tocsiu, says: The woollcn manufaclur ing company nt Scnnca Falls, Jiarc lalely rcduccd thc wngesoftha mnlc laborcrs in thcir cmploy, onr shillitigpcr day. This is thc xvay the laborer is protcctcd whilo ! tllc "'"ckholdcrs of somc corporations aro 'rcaping C nnd 20 pcr ccnt dividptidj.