HI'NKER hill declaration,
September 10, IH40 ~
When men pause Irom their. ordinary occupation!,
,?| in great nuiuliers, ? proper Na|iKl for
judgment of I lit* country, and of the age, requires
| ,i ih,*i should clearly set forth the ({rave causes
hu h h?vr brought them together, ami the |Hir]>otcs
?hu'h tli?*v seek to promote.
(?Vims il"' force of this obligation, more tli-n tin
,u?*nds of ilie free electors of the Now Kngbuid
ui,> honored also by the pieseure of like free elec
. from nearly every other Slate in the Union, hav
? assembled on Liunker Hill, on this IlKIl day ol
?ii nlir, IK 10, proceed to set forth u DECLAKA
|i iN i,f their principles, and of the occasion and oh
. >f their meeting.
| the lirst place we declare our una'leraMe attach
to ihilt public liberty, the pun-haw of so much
,nd treasure, in the acquisition ot which the
?hereon we Htund oMained early and imper
renown. liunker i J ill Is not a ?|s?t o/l which
. nil forget the principles of our fathers, or ?uf
lUV ihinjj to quench within our own bosoms the
,i iifdliiitl which we have inherited from thaw.
I i'it' iicxI place, we declare our warm and hearty
i, loll"' constitution of the country, and to that
lt,|u. Slates which it has so happily cemented,
l ? , ,,u ? .u >! "<> prosperously preserved We call
, ,'lu - '? "" I'X'al names, we recogniie no geogra
Ylnisilins, while we give utterance to our wnti
,.u hii'l constitutional and political subjects.
U irr \ " ricans, citizens of the United States,
',rtl r no other country, and desiring to be distin
j . l't.y no other appellation We beliefe thp con
,.n while administered wisely and in its proper
' i,, lie capable of protecting all |wrt* of the coun
. viiriii" all interests, and |ierpctuatiiig a national
- >l!ii'rii'"'d~among all the States We believe that to
,.| local jealousies, to attempt to jiroVe the exist
i ?|.|Hi?ite interests between one part of thceoun
in ] aunt her, and thus to disseminate feelings of
aIll| ,,|i. nation, w hile it is in contemptuous
.[, uril ol' the counsels of the great lather of his
uiitr>. i" but one form in which irregular ambition,
siitu'ti* of all true patriotism, and a love of power,
?kirns of the means of its gratification, exhibit their
iMilRlucd and burn ng desire.
Wr believe, too, that party spirit, however natural
unavoidable it may lie, in free republics, yet when
IIII? suc-li an ascendancy in mens minds km leads
,"n to substitute party for'countiy, to seek no ends
ii nty ends, no approbation but party approbation,
i lo fear no reproacli or contumely, so that there be
parly dissatisfaction, not only allo\s the true enjoy
?nt of such institutions, but weakens, every day, the
umdatioiu on which I hey stand
We ar. in fa vot of the'liberty of speech and of the
,,ress: we are friends of frei' Jiscussfon ; we esjwuse
i|i,. ?f (Hipular education; ? we believe in man's
apaeitv for >elf-government; we desire to see the
liffxt and widest dissemination of knowledge and of
nth ; ami we believe, especi illv, in the benign influ
u-e of religious feeling, and moral instruction, on
t!ie social as well as on the individual happiness of
Illllli.
Holding these general sentiments and opinions, we
have come together to declare, that under the present
: ''iiiisiration of the General Government a course
ti-jsuro- has been, adopteil and pursui'd, in our
?nl^uiciit*; disastrous to the best interest* of the coun
threatening the lie utnulation of still greater evils,
i, n hostile to the true spirit of the constitution and
"i. principles of civil.libeitv, and cal'ed iifioit all men
honest purpose disinterested patriotism and unbiassed
?ii'llijence lo put-forth their utmost constitutional ef
. i? in order to effect a change.
li.nertil Andrew Jackson was elected President of
I nitrd States, and took the oaths and his seat on
. Iiii of .March, lb'i!?; and we readily admit, that,
, ?lei )ii> Administration, certain |tortioiis of the pub
?flairs were conducted with ability. Hut we nave
? ? lament thai he was not proof against the insinua
iii ami influences of evil counsellors, or |>erha|>N
..?Hint Iih own passions, when moved and excited.
Ili-rice in one most ini[>ortant branch of the pulilic
ivr-st. in that essential part of commercial regulation
? irli respects the money, the currency, the c'in ula
and the internal exchanges of the country, acci
iti-nt.i! iH-currences, acting on his characteristic love of
r>? i'l uneasiness under opposition, led him to de
irt from all that wasexpecteil from him, and to enter
?w measures which plunged both him and the cuuu
in "eater and greater ditnculties at everv step,
ilui in iliis respect, his wholocourse of odmiuistra
.1 was but a series of ill-fated experiments, and of
<vts frnmed in disregard of prudence and prece
ii'. and bursting in rapid succession; the final ex
- mi taking place a few*months after his retirement
in office.
I'eneral Jackson was not elected with anv desire
'?xpectation, on the part of his supporters, that lie
mid interfere with the currency of the country.?
' affirm this as the truth of history. It is incapa
of refutation or denial. It is as certain as that the
ii-riean Revolution was not undertaken to dostrov 1
?iL'hta of property, or overthrow the obligation of I
unhappily, lie two ft me involved in a controver
? i ill the then existing Bank of the United Stated.
?I imt'ested u desire, how originating or by whom
.-..ml is immaterial, to exercise a political influence
it: ihnt institution, and to cause that institution to
- i*e, in turn, apolitical influence over the coinuiu
Public documents prove this as plainly an they
hi'unv other act of his administration. 111 this de
t lie was resisted, thwarted, anil finally defeated,
itiit wliat he could not govern, he. sup|K>sed he could
? ?!i.>v and the event showed that he did not over
- tie In- popularity and his power, lie pursued the
? to the death, and achieved his triumph by the
t lsli'j The accustomed moans of maintaining
- i ii nil uniform currency, for the use of the whole
nirTj having been thus trampled down and dostrov
I fiMurse was had to those new modes of oxperi
i :;ii administration, to which we have already ad
" ' and which terminated so disastrously both for
; lit it;? hi of his administration, and for the wel
'?'* if the country.
ii General Jackson did not deny his constitution
'?ligations, nor seek to escape from their Ibrce. He
? professedly abandonetl all care over the general
'? His whole conduct shows that he admitted,
iijlhniil. the duty of the general government to
'nn ,i supervision over the currency of the conn
'?ill metallic and paper for the general good and
' t'lr i Mijilc and he congratulated both himself
nation that bv the measures adopted bv him,
?'1 um rii y and exchanges of the country were placed
i fwltrr touting than thev ever had been under t^e
? it ion ?t a Bunk of the United States. This con
duce in In- mMi experiments, we know, proved most
isnrv But ffi? frequency with which he repeated
? lUltJ similar declarations, establishes, incontestably
"n srme of the duty of government.
1 ?ll tin' measures of General Jackson upon the
'"'y, the present chief magistrate isknown to have
Ir-|,<l Like bun. he was opjiosed to the Bank of
' nited States; like him, he was in favor of the
'iff W|Kkiite banks; and, like him, he insisted that
"i1 id ill'such banks, the administration had ac
slied all that could be desired, on tile great sub
- "! the currency and the exchange.
ill the catastrophe of May, iHlt", produced a new
? I'V overthrowing the last in a series of experi
' <nd creating an absolute necessity, ei'her of
iriiini; to that |M>lii'v of the government which Gon.
k- ti had repudiated, or of renouncing altogether
n-titutional duty which it had been the object of
' policy to perforin The latter branch of tne al
' live was adopted. Refuge was sought in escape,
v. up to that moment, admitted by all, was sud
?> denied, and the tearful resolution announced,
II j 'i eminent should hereafter provide for its own
? I' and that for the rest, the people must take
?''? ??> themselves.
1 ? ii.'led here, to-day, and feeling in common
r ''ill le whole country the evil consequence* of these
1 i'li s and these measures, we utter against them
' nil tirwt to last, our deep and solemn disapproba
and remonstrance. We condemn the early de
ire of Gen. Jackson from that line of polity which
i is expected to pursue We deplore the leui|ier
S led him to his original quarrel with the bank,
eploro the headstrong spirit which instigated him
sue that institution to it< destruction We de
the timidity of some, the acquiescence of others,
tli subserviency of all his p.irly, which enabled
irrv its whole, unbroken phalanx to the sup
" "t1ineasuies, and the accomplishment of purposes,
i we know to have been against the wishes, the
r irices and the consciences of many of the
(liable and intelligent. We deplore his
'Winient of measures that had been pursued for
? ii- . his rash experiments with great interests;
|ierheveranee with wliich he persisteil in them,
" ii 1.1 dniercnt temperament must have been
' "i their imclessncfts and impotence.
' ' "ii Jackson'< administration, authority, and
are now historical. They belong to the
' we have to do. to-day. with the serious
''I tie <hll mure alarming jiorteflts, of the pre
W e remonstrate, therefore, most earnestly vwl
?IIv against the poliev ii|H?n this subject <l)T
it administration. We protest agiun-t the
1 it? princir>t< s We deny the propriety anil
its measures We are const rained to have
? le-iji ?,?( fort itu objects, and we desire to arouse
I'i'ry, so far as we can, to the evils which op-.
1 t!11 ,| mgers that surround us
v -:-i ilint the present administration has con
"? "?ri party ends, and the preservation of its
l"'ivrr t,i ii,,, manifest neglect of great objects of
public interest. Wv liiuik there i* ?t> liU?r?IHjr^tto
l>olitical comprehension, no just policy i" it? leading
measures We look up<>u ?'? ?hapuDiiiueiit ol the
currency as tut.11 ; ami we regard system of sttb
Treusuries, as but a |k.or device to avoid u
tion, or as the tir?t in a new seiies ot ruthless < *jh ri
?uents We believe iU profession* hi tuvor ol u hard
luonev currency to l>e iintinccre; Is-cmise we do not
Micve that any person, of OOOiruun information anil
ordinary uuderstsnding, cun supjiose that tlie our ut
ua|i?T, a* u circulating medium, will In- discontinued,
even it audi discontinuance Were desirable, unless the
Government shall break down the acknowledged au
thority of the State Goveminent* to establish banks
We believe the clamor against State bunk*, State
bonds, and Statu ciedits, to have been rained by the
friends of the administration to divert public attention
from it* own mismanagement, aud to throw on othsr*
the consequence of ita own misconduct. We heard
nothing of all tin* in the early part of Gen. Jackson's
administration, nor until hi* measures h:u| brought the
cuirency ol the country into the utmoat disorder. We
know, that in time* |w?t, the present chief nisgistratc
has, ot' all men, had most to do with the system* of
State hanks, the moat faith ui their usefulness, and no
very severely chastened de*'re to profit by their infiu
ence.
We believe that the pur|w*e of exercising a money
influence over tile community haa never depurteil from
the administration. What it could not accomplish by
un attfin|it to bend the Hank of the United State* to
its purpose*, we believe it bus sought, and now Reeks,
to effect by Us project of the sub- Treasury. We be
lieve that, in order to maintain the principles upon
which the system of the sub-Treasury is founded, the
tncnds of the administration have been led to c*|>ousc
opinions destructive of the internal commerce of the
country, paralyzing to ita whole industry, tending to
sink iu labor, both in price and in character, to the
degraded standard of the uninformed, the ignorant, the
suffering labor of the worst parta of Kiirojie. l.i d by
the same necessity, or pushing the same principles still
farther, and witli u kind ol' revolutionary rapidity, we
hav? seen the rights of property not only assailed, but
denied, the boldest ugiurian notions put forth, the
power of transmission from father to son o|wnlv de
nounced, the right ot one to participate in the eurnings
ol another, to the rejection of the natural cluims of
his own children, aasertcd as a fundamental principle
of the new democracy ; and all tlus, by those'who are
in the pay of Government, receiving large saluriea,
and whose offices would lie nearly sinecures, but for
the labor performed in the attempt to give currency to
these principles and these opinions.
We believe that the general lone of the measures
of the administration, the manner in which it confers
favors, its apparent preference for partisans of extreme
opinions, and the readiness Willi which it bestows its
confidence on the boldest and most violent, are pro
ducing serious injuries ujion the political morals and
general sentiments of the country. We believe that
tw this cause is to In* fairly attributed the most lament
able change, w hich has taken place in the temper, the
sobriety, ami the wisdom, with which the high public
counsels have been hitherto conducted. We look with
alarm to the existing state of things, in this respect;
and we would mot*! earnestly, and with all our hearts,
as well for the honor of the country us for its interests,
liescech all good men to unite with us in un attempt to
bring back the dehberatixe age of the Government,
to restore Ui the collected bodies of the iieople's Repre
sentitives that self-respect, decorum, and dignity, with
out which the business of legislation can make no
regular progress, and is always in danger either of ac
complishing nothing,'of of reaching its ends by unjus
titialile and violent means.
We believe the conduct of the administration re
specting the public revenue to be highly reprehensible.
It lias expended twenty millions, previously accumu
lated, besides all the accruing income, since it csme
into power; and there seems at this moment to lie no
doubt but that il will leave to its successors .1 public
debt ot from live to ten millions of dollars, it has
shrunk from iis pro|ier responsibilities. With the iui
uicdiule prospect of an empty Treasury, il has yet not
had manliness to recommend to Congress any adequate
provision. It has constantly *|H>kcn of the excess ot
receipts over expeiulituies, until this excess has finally
manifested itself in an absolute necessity for loans,
ami in a power conferred on the President, altogether
new, and, 111 our judgment, hosjle to the whole spirit
of the Constitution, to meet the event of want ot re
sources, hy withholding, out of certain classes ol" s|i
propriations made by Congress, such as he chooses to
think may lie best spared. It lives by shifts and cun
tiivances, hy shallow artifices and delusive names, by
what it culls " facilities," ami the " exchange of Trea
sury notes for specie w hile in truth it has been fast
contracting a public debt in the midst of all its boast
ing, without daring to lay the plain and naked truth
of the case before the people.
v\ e protest against the conduct ol tno House ol
Representatives in the case of I tic New Jersey elec
tion, This is nut a local, but a general question.?
la the union ol' the states, 011 whatever link the
blow of injustice or usurpation falls, it is felt, hiiiI
ought to be felt; through the wl ole chain. The
cause of New Jersey is the cause of every state, anil
every state is therefore bound to vindicate it
That the regular commission, or certificate of re
turn. signed by the chief magistrate) of the state, ac
cording to the provisions of law, entitles those who
produce it to be sworn in as members of Congress,
to vote in the organization of the House, and to hold
their seats until thcii right lie disturbed bv regular
petition and proof, is a proposition of constitutional
law, of such universal extent, and universal acknow
ledgment, that it cannot lie strengthened by argument
or by analogy. There is nothing clearer and noth
ing better settled. Mo legislative body could ever be
organized without the adoption of this principle,?
Yet, in the case of the New Jersey members, it was
entirely disregarded. And it is of awful portent that
on such a question, a question in its nature strictly
judicial, the domination of party should lead men
thus flagrantly to violate first principles. It is the
first step that costs. After this open disregard of
elementary rules of law and justice, it should create
no surprise that pending the labors of a committee
especially, appointed to ascertain who were duly
elected, a set of men calling themselves Representa
tives of the people of New Jersey, who had no certi
ficate* from the chief magistrate of the state, or ac
cording to the laws of the state, were voted into their
seats, under silence imposed by the previous qucs
tion, and afterward gave their votes for the passage
of the Sub treasury law We call most solemnly
upon all who, with us, believe that these proceedings
alike invade the rights of the states and dishonor the
cause of popular government and free institutions, to
supply an efficient ami decisive remedy, by the un
sparing application of the elective franchise.
We protest against the plan of the Administration
respecting the training and disciplining of the mili
tia The President now admits it to be unconstitu
tional ; and it is plainly so, on the face of it, for the
trmifiin jnof the militia is by the constitution expressly
reserved to the states. It it were not unconstitution |
al, it would vet be unnecessary, burdensome, entail
ing enormous ex|>ense, and placing dangerous [low
ers in the Executive hands. II belongs to the prolific
family of Executive projects, and it is a consolation
to find that at least one of its projects has been so j
scorched by public rebuke and reprobation, that no
man raises his hand, or opens his mouth in its favor I
It was during the progress of the late Administra- I
tion, and under ill" well known auspices of the pre
sent chief magistrate, that the declaration was made
in the Senate, that in ragaril to public office, the
spoils of victory belonged to the conquerors: thus
boldly proclaiming, as the creed of the parly, that
political contests are rightfully struggles for office and
emolument. We protest against doctrines which thus
regard offices ait created for the sake of incumbents,
and stimulate the basest passions to the pursuit ol high
public trusts.
We protest against the repeated instances of dis
regarding judicial decisions, by officers of govern
ment, and others enjoying its countenance ; thus set
tin; up executive interpretation over the solemn ad
judications of courts and juries; and showing marked
disrespect for the usual and constitutional interpreta
tion and execution of the laws.
This misiiovernment and mal administration would
have been the more tolerable, if they had not been
committed, in most instances, in direct contradiction
to the warmest professions, and the most solemn as
! surances. Promises of a better currency, for exam
! pie, have ended in the destruction of all national and
uniform currency ; assurances of the strictest economy
I have been but preludes to the most Wasteful excess ;
! even (he p'lorida war has been conducted under loud
| pretences of severe frugality; and the most open, un
j blushing ami notorious interference with st.ite elec
tions has been systematically practised by the paid
! agents of nu administration, which in the full fn sli
uess of its o itli of office, declared that one of its lead
ing objects should hctonceomplilk t'mt tii*k of reform
irfii' h I'urlii ularhj required the correction of those
\ abunt* ir 'iich brmr^ht the patronage o f the Ptderal
rernnitnt into conflict irith th' freetioiii of elections
In the teeth of this solemn assurance, it has been
pro veil that United States officers have been assessed
in sums beating proportion to the whole amount
they receive from the treasury, for the purpose of
Mpitorling their partisans even in state and munici
pal elections. Whatever, in short, has been most
professed, has been least practised ; and it seems to
have been taken for granted that the American peo
pie would be satisfied with p'etence, and a full toned
assuranee of patriotic purpose The history of the
last twelve yesrs has been but the history ol broken
promises snd disappointed hopes At every succcs
tin- imtiimI ol tin* luniury, an enchanting, rwn'-co- ]
lored futurity Im* been spread out befun- the peo(?le,
especially in regard to the grist concerns of revenue,
finance and currency But throe color* have faded
a? the object lis* been approached. Pro*|Hcta of
abundant revenue have reunited in the necessity of
burrowing; the hrilliant hopt-a of a better currency
end .in gcnerul derangement, stagnation and distress
and while the whole country i* roused to an un
precedented excitement by the pressure of the time*,
e?ery state pajier Irom the camnct at Washington
cornea forth fruught with congratulation* on that
happy atale of things which the wiae policy of the
administration in alleged to have brought about!?
Judged by the tone of these paper*, every preaent
mo\chicnt of the people is quite unreaaonable ; and
all attempts at change only ?o manv ungrateful re
turns for the wine and auicessftil administration of
public affairs !
There is yet another subject of complaint to which
we feel liound to advert, by our veneration for the il
lustrious dead, by our reaj>ect lot truth, by our love for
the honor ol our country, anil by our own wounded
pride a* American citixe'ns. We feel that the coun
try baa been diahonored, and we 'desire to free our
selves from all imputation of acquiescence in the para
cidal act l'he late President, in a communication to
Congreaa, more than inliiuatea that aome of the earli
est and most important measures of Washington's ad
?uiniatration were the offspring of jiersonal motive*
and private interests. Ilia successor ha* rcjieated and
extended this accusation, and given to it, we are com
piled to auy, a greater degree o.' oflensiveness and
groasnca*. No man with an American heart in his
bosom can endure tlii* without feeling the deenest hu
ll illation as well as the moat burning *corn 'I tie fame
of Washington, and his immediate associate*, i* of
the richest treasure* of the country. His is that name
which an American may utter with pride in every |>art
of the world, and which, wherever uttered, is shouted
to the skies by the voices of all tine lovers of human
liberty. Imputations which assail his measures so
rudely, while they are abominable violation* of the
truth of history, are an insult to the country, and an
offence against the moral sentiment* of civilized man
kind. ?
Miserable, miserable indeed muat be that cause
which cannot *up|iort it* paity predominance, its ruin
ous scheme* and ?ensele?* experiments, without thus
attempting to |M>i*nn the fountains of truth, and to
prove the government of our country disgracefully
corrupt, even in it* very cradle. Our heart* would
sink within us if we believed that such ell'orts could
succeed ; but they inu*t be impotent Neither the re
cent, nor the present President, wa* born to cast a
shade on the character of Washington or his ass?<ci
atc*. The destiny ol both ha* been, rather, to illus
trate by contrast that wisdom ami those virtues which
they have not imitated, and to hurl blows, which the
aflectionute veneration of American oitizens, and the
geneial justice of the civilized world, will render harm
le*s to others, anil [siwerful only in their recoil u|*>n
themselves. If this language lie strong, so also is that
feeling of indignation which has suggested it ; and on
an occasion like this, we could not leave this conse
crated s|K)t, without the consciousness of having omit
ted an indis|iensable duty, had we not thus given u -
terance to the fulness of our hearts, and marked with
our severest rebuke, nnd most thorough reprobation
and scorn, a labored effort to fix a deep and enduring
stain on the early histcty of the government.
Finally, on thi* spot, the fame of which began with
our liberty, and can only end with it, in the presence
of these multitudes, of the whole country, and of the
world, we declare our conscientious convictions that
the present administration has proved itself incapable
iif conducting the public atTaira of the nation in such
a manner a* shall preserve the constitution, maintain
the public liberty, and secure general pros|>crity. We
declare with the utmost sincerity, that we believe it*
main purpose to have been, to continue its own power,
influence anil jiopularity ; that to this end it has aban
doned indispensable but highly re*|K>nsiblc duties;
that it has trifled with the great concerns of finance
and currency ; that it has used the most reprehensible
means for influencing public opinion ; that it has
countenanced the application of public money to party
purposes;,that it seeks to consolidate and strengthen
party bv every form of public patronage ; that it labori
ously seeks to conceal the truth troin the people on
subjects of great interest ; that it has show n itself to
besclli?hiu its ends and corrupt in its means, and
that if it should be able to maintain itself it power
through another term, there is the. most imminent dan
ger that it w ill plunge the country in still farther difli
culty, bring 011 still greater disorder and distress, and
undermine at once the foundations of the public pros
perity and the institutions of the country.
Men thus false to their own professions, false to
the principles of the Constitution, false to the interest*
of the people, and false to the highest honor of their
country, arc unfit to be the rulers of this republic.
The people of the United State* have a right to
good government. They have a right to an honest
and faithful exerci*c of all the power* of the consti
tution, us understood and practised in the best days of
the republic, for the general good. They have an in
alienable right to all the blessings of that liberty which
their lathers achieved, and all the benefits of that union
which their father* established.
And standing here, this day, with the memory of
.those fathers fresh on our hearts nnd with the fields
of their glory and the monuments of their fame full
in our view ,?with Bunker Hill beneath u*, and Con
cord, and Lexington, and Dorchester Heights, and
Fancuil Hull, all around us,?we here, as a part of
the |ie iple, pledge ourselves to each other anil to the
country, to s|wre no lawful and honorable efforts U>
vindicate and maintain these rights, and to remove
from the high places of the nation men who have thus
contemned uiul violated them.
A nil we earnestly and solemnly invoke all good
men and true patriot# throughout the Union, forego
ing all conaiderationa of party, anil forgetting all dis
11 notion of state or Miction, to rally once more, as our
fat hers did in 'Tf>. against the common oppressors of
our country, and to unite with us in restoring our
glorious constitution to its true interpretation, its prac
tical administration, and its just supremacy.
In such a cause, principles are every thing; indi
viduals nothing. Vet we cannot forget that we have
worthy, honest, capab|e candidates for the offices
from which we hope to remove the present incum
bents.
Those who desire a change, throughout the whole
country, haVe agreed wit'i extraordinary unanimity to
sujiport Gen. William H. Harrison for the office of
President. We believe him to he an honest and faith
ful citizen, who has served his country successfully in
divert civil trusts ; and we believe him a veteran sol
dier, whose honor and bravery cannot be questioned.
We gi ve him our unhesitating confidence ; and in
that confidence we shall support him ami the distin
guished citizen of Virginia, who ban been nominated
for the Vice Presidency, with all our hearts, through
the present contest; convinced by their election the.
true spirit of the constitution will be restored, the
prosperity of the people revived, the stability of our
free institutions reassured, and the blessings of union
and lil>erty secured to ourselves and posterity.
LOCO FOCO FRAUDS IN ILLINOIS.
A very intelligent friend left Charlottesville, some
si* weeks since, for the far West, on a trip of busi
ness. When he took leave of us he Was a decided
Administration man. He has just returned, and,
whilst he says he cannot consistently sustain General
Harrison, he denounces Martin Van Huren and his
whole clique in the .urongest terms, lie informs us
that the State of Illinois has been carried for the Ad
ministration by the gcpssest frauds and most unprinci
pled maneuvering on the part of the officers of the
Government. He had formed no conccption of the
obtrusive and insolent interference of these worthies
with the Slate elections. He saw enough, he says, to
have disgusted any honest supporter of the Adminis
tration.
He mentioned one or two instances of management
and fraud which we will relate. It seems that there
are some four hundred and fifty Irish laborer* in the
employment oft he Government, 011 public works, who
were distributed by the superintendents of these works
throughout the doubtful counties in the State, in order
that a majority of the Legislature might thus be se
curer). The penalty of a refusal to obey the orders of |
the e supercilious office-holders was instantaneous
dismissal from employment. Many of these laborers
had no right to vote, and thoso who had, voted as they
were commanded by their superiors In this way many
doubtful counties were carried. If this is not bringing
the patronage of the Government in direct conflict
with the freedom of elections, we should like loVnow
what it is.
Hut this is not all. Our informant states that about
'J.(KK) Germans have lately settled in Illinois, who are
wholly uniniormed as to the charactor of our institu
tions and public men. They have some two or three
leading, influential men amongst them, whose interest
the Government officer* secured soon after their arri
val. They were in formed, anil u?ade to believe, that
in the rrcnt of (1 nera I tfarrUon'$ elrrtinn to the I're
ttidtney, crrry hermnn in the country umild either he
tr .ihi/iped to Germany, or reduced in the condition of
n tlnre in thin r nun try These few prominent men
were then made to speak in their own tongue, and
teach this infamous falsehood to every other German j
No Whig was suffered to address and undeceive j
thein. it he attempted it he was hissed, and, if this
did not silence him, he ttan knocked doitn.
This is the base arid infamous manner in which, ac
1 cording to our friend's account of it, the advocate* of
I [lower have gained a victory in Illinois. It i* over a
victory gained by art* no base, that every demagogue
in the land is "liontiny ?t the lop of hit voter May
the Lord deliver us and our faends from such viclo
THE MADISON! AN .
WAMUldfOI City.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1840
the true democratic republic** ticket.
THE PEOPLE AWAKENED!
THE VOICE Or BEVENTY-SIX !
The great gathering of the people at Bunker
Hill on Thursday last, the ever memorable Tenth
of September, was unparalleled in every parti
cular circumstance belonging to it. Seventy
five thousand fheemen, from all quarters of the
Union, assembled to manifest, by means the
most impressive, with feelings cordial and gene-J
rous as they were spontaneous and disinterest
ed, their devotion to the great good cause of the
Constitution and the Country, and their admi
ration for, and attachment to, the illustrious
leader who hag been chosen by the people to
bear their standard, Wili.iam Henhy Haiiri
hon.
The day was happily selected. It was the
anniveisary of the day on which Commodore
Pehhy gained u glorious victory over the Bri
tish fleet, and addressed the following despatch
to General Harrison.
U. 8. brig Niagara, off the Western Sister. \
head of Lake Erie, Sept. 10, 1813, I P. M. )
Dkah General.?WE HAVE MET THE ENE
MY AND THEY ARE OURS Two shin, two
brigs, one schooner and one sloop. Yours with great
res|*x'tand esteem, O. II. PERRY.
On the same day, fifty thousand American
I citizens assembled at Erie to celebrate this vic
tory, in which Harrison was so identified, that
Perry acknowledged his obligations to him
for a detachment of soldiers who did Ma
rine duty throughout the action.
On the same day, we believe, the people of
eight out of the twelve States that have held
\ elections, since the nomination of Harrison by
the Hairisburgh Convention, held popular meet
| ings; and could say with truth, against the Ad
ministration, " We have met the enemy and
I THEY ARE 0l'R8 !"
The Federal Loco Focos pretend to talk of
reaction"?that the popular demonstrations
against them which they are pleased to stigma
tize as "mummeries," '?humbugs," &c\, will
die away?and that the day is returning when
the American people will return, as repentant
sinners to their abandoned home, to be received
into the forgiving arms of Mister Martin Van
Buren. Where are the evidences of any such
reaction? Who can see any symptom of it?
Is it in the verdict which has been given by the
people in Vermont, Hhode Island, Connecticut,
North Carolina, Louisiana, Kentucky, Indiana,
aud Virginia? Is it in the voice of the people
uttering expressions of attachment to the Oppo
sition Candidate and opposition to the present
Chief Magistrate, in every quarter of the Union?
Is it in the immense assemblage of which we
present such full accounts to-day ?
No! there is no reaction. The greut tide of
reform cannot be arrested in it* progre#?, or
ccase toflow ir ith a resistless torrent.
THE GATHERING AT BUNKER HILL.
This was the day appointed for the great Bunker
Hill Convention, and the scenes which have been
witnessed in Boston and Charlestown, this tenth (lav
ol September, 1H40, surpass in interest and sublimity
any |K>litical meeting which has probably been held in
New England since the close of the war of the Revo
lution. The people have come on a pilgrimage to
Boston and Bunker Hill?they have come by thou
sands and tens of thousands, to bear witness to the :
corruption, selfishness, and wickedness of our rulers, to
consult together U|s>n the measures to lie adopted to in
sure the complete triumph of principles which were che
rished bv a Washington?to inspire each other with
renewed zeal in behalf of our Republican institutions
?and drink in new draughts of patriotism from the
very fountains of liberty. The people have come
hither in their might, animated bv one spirit, by one
feeling?all laboring under the firm and honest con
viction that if the present corrupt Administration is not
overthrown, the country is undone.
A large number of the delegates arrived in this city
yesterday and last evening, from cveiy quarter of the
compass?and early this morning they were seen coin
ing to this city Iroui every direction. Some were ap- |
proaching in processions, with banners flying, and fit
emblems of republicanism raised aloft?others came in
I carriages, in steamboats, and by railroad cars?and bv
9 o'clock the number of Whig delegates collected on
the common was immense. But notwithstanding the .
vast multitude which was assembled together, the
greatest good order and regularity pervaded the whole
assembly They all looked pleasant and happy?for
each saw in the enthusiasm which seemed to reign in
every bosom a welcome augury of the brilliant triumph
of Whig principle*.
The procession was formed under the direction of
Franklin Dexter, the Chief Marshall, agreeably to
the piogramme previously published?and who, it is
said, en pasiant, executed the duties of the office in an
admirable n anner. The delegates were arranged
eight deep?and there never was a nobler sight exhi
bited in the streets of Boston. The cavalcade which
took the lead was exceedingly numerous, and formed
e gallant advanced guard for the vast army which fol
lowed?the bands of martial music played with un
wonted skill various patriotic tunes?the Revolutionary
sires, who were drawn in barouches, fixed every eye,
and constituted by no means the least interesting part
of the procession. The delegates from the various
States, and from the several counties in Massachu
setts. followed in succession, and the whole constituted
a column of firm, unyielding, patriotic Whigs, which
seemed interminable. Ana as they paused onward
towards the heights of Charlestown. so memorable in
the history of American liberty, and seemed full of the
noble spirit which the freemen of America inherited
from their ancestors?the lookers-on eould not but feel
that our free institutions must Ik- preserved for ages,
while entrusted to the guardianship of such sons of
Revolutionary sires.
No description, even from the pen of the girted
Scott, could convey a faint idea of the glorious sight as
the procession moved nlong the streets. The tramp
ling of steeds?the sounds of martial music?the wav
ing of the American flags, and the great variety of
beautiful banners, with their appropriate devices and
pithy mottoes?the great numlier of spectators, who j
cheered them as they went along?the beautiful women,
who, animated by the joyotihfoccasion, thronged the
doors, the windows, the balconies, and even the house
to|M, in those streets through which the procession
passed, greeting the members of the Convention with
their sweetest smiles, and wa%ing their sjHitless hand- ?
kerchiefs, ns they passed along?all formed n grand J
and magnificent picture, which wdl remain indelibly
stamped on the heart of every person who was so for
tunate as to lie present on this momentous occasion
We hardly dare undertuke to express an opinion ,
with regard to the number who assembled on Hunker
[lill and vicinity?suffice it to say that many thou j
saniLa joined in the procession?anil when the head of
the column had reached Bunker Mill, the rear ranks
of the Suffolk delegation had apparently hardly left j
the Common The numbers have be^n variously es ,
iimated at from 50 to 75,000 The procession was j
one A our and forty-eight minute* at quick march in i
passing the City Hall.
There were men in t/iat procesaion from aluioal
every part of the Union. The Whij(4 of Xcu Vor k
showed a bold troiil, and looked <u it ihry were dtltr
niinml thai the folly two electoral vole* of thai .Statu
should U given to the honest and uule|*nd?nt Farmer
of Noilh I ten (J. Tile Whigs oi Sew Jersey, that
Stale, a> orned, insulted, ami trampled uii by the ruling
power*, were there?a goodly delegation Maryland,
too, aent torth her sons?a band of the disciples of
Washington, glowing with the |?ure ?|iirit of 7ii
| Pennsylvania wan well represented?arid her dele
galea ^ave the moat encouraging views of the political
condition of this noble .Stair which haa suffered ao
| much from the suicidal policy of thia Admimatralion
! Virginia, chivalrous, high-minded Virginia, was also
there. Virginia, the birth-place of PsTKirK Hknsy,
W*aHiN(,niN, Madison, Jkhkhson, Hahhison, and
| Tvi.fcli. A delegation from North Carolina wan pre
aent on thia occasion?Norlh t'araliua, which, like a
lion, haa roused heraell' front her slumbers?and haa
{;ivcn a ^lorious^earncst of what may In: eBpeetcd from
ler in Noveinlier. A numerous delegation was alao
there from (icurgiu?and delegations from Alabama, a
Slate winch promises well?from Louisiana, Whig to
the back-bone?from Illinois, from Michigan, and
from Ohio the giant of the Weal?from Mississippi
?and from noble, " true-blue' Kentucky
There waa alao the delegation from Maine, a Slate
where the light spirit ia r. pidly extending ; ami which,
in November next, if not before, will claim lo be ad
mitted among the Whig Stales ; and ila claim will be
allowed. In consequence of the election which ia to
take place on Monday next, the Whiga have work ul
home, otherwiae the delegation, although now large,
would have been more numerous 1 here wus .\tu>
Hampshire represented, the Granite State; a State
which alill wears the livery of the oppreaaor. But the
delegation, which waa quite numeroua, looked aa if
ihey were reaolved to deserre aucccaa, anil we heard
one of them remark, with an air of confidence, that
whatever might be the reault of the election in Novem
ber, the whole Whig ticket for membera of Congress
would be elected in Match next. The ball ia alill
rolling. 1'here wua a numeroua delegation of hardy
Green Mountain Hoya, representing Vermont; a
Stale " alwaya faithful," which haa ever been remark
able for the imtriotiam, integrity, and intelligence of
her aona, and which haa nlwavs been firmly and im
movably arrayed against the men and meaaurea which
have scattered ruin over the land. There waa the
delegation from little Uhode Island ; a Stale of narrow
dimenaioiu, but which haa nurtured and numbered
among her aona, some of the nob eal men thut have
reflected honor on thia republic ; a State which ia fixed
for Harrmon, with the firmneaa of an adamantine
rock. There waa Connecticut, fully and worthily rep
resented ; a State once the land of the bin e lmr>., but
now dialinguiahed for the true blue, liberal, and en
lightened sentiments which prevail among her aona
1 hen Old Massachusetts followed, pouring out her
aona by ihouaauda?Masaachuaetla, on whose aoil the
oppreaaed pilgriiua first landed and found a home.
Massachusetts, whoae aona, in olden time, nobly and
.valicntly resisted the encroachments of arbitrary pow
er. Massachusetts, on whoae soil waa enacted the
carliat and moat atirring accnea in the drumn of the I
Revolution. Massachusetts, who will never give in
her adherence to an adminiatration, fraught with evil
lo the general intereata of the whole country.
A correapondent of the New York Commercial
Advertiser writes as follows :
" What a glorious gathering of the People !
" Five miles of Whiga, with banners, moving in
triumphal procession, eight abreast, under the charge
of fifteen hundred horsemen, and a thousand or two of
marshals and assistant marshals, through two lines
of well-educated and well-behaved fellow-citizens,
thronging all the side-walks and roofs and thorough
fares, on the right hand and on the left, nearly the
whole distance?and all this (though multitudes were
of a different political faith) all without uproar dis
turbance, or outrage I Willi thousands and tens of
thousands of healthy-looking and beautiful women
and happy children, crowding all the doors and win
dows, the workshops and the dwelling houses, the
temples and palaces of this large city, with kind and
cheerful faces?all in their holiday attire, and all
cheering us on our way, mile after mile, with saluta
tions and greetings, and the waiving of miniature ban
ners and scarfs, and handkerchiefs, and shawls?and
whatever else happened to lie in their way.
Just think of it! Five miles of full-grown men?
the strength and substance?yea, the thinking princi
ple of the land?flowing onward like a great river,
hour after hour, through the crowded thorough fires
of a magnificent city, with heads up and eyes flash
ing, towards the place where their fathers began their
woik of revolution, sixty-five years ago, accompanied
by the continual roar of congregated multitudes, loud
er by far and steadier thun the 1 earthquake voice of
victory,' of which I spoke yesterday, and encompass
ing on their way, with, a wall of human hearts, as
with a wall of fire, every consecrated place in her
'strange, eventful history,' from the spot where the
first batch of Treasury notes were burned to ashes in
'?>5?under the name of stamped paper?up to the
ground where the ' red battle stanqied her foot, and
nations felt the shock,' in '7li?and of course includ
ing the Old South, the old Province Mouse, Fancuil
Hall, and a goodly portion of the Boston tea-jHit?
and all this, too, without a single accident, nay, with
out a single outbreak of |>opular violence or of popu
lar triumph, unw orthy ol ourselves or of our brethren,
who belong to a different [tolilical system.
Our excellent friend, the Editor of the Com
mercial, was on the ground, and gives a highly
animated and graphic account of the scene.
How do 1 wish that every citizen of the United
States could have been a spectator from the court of
the State-house, or the balustrade of Abbott Law
rence s mansion, of the gathering of the people u|>on
the Common I. From every direction the columns came
[louring in, at every gale, under their gay banners, and
to the exhilarating sounds of music from a hundred
bands, preparatory to taking their respective |x>sitioas
in the procession. By ten o'clock the gathering of
these divisions was immense, to say nolliing of the
ten thousands of spectators who were not formed in
columns. And then what an array of beauty at the
doors and windows, and U|K>n the |>i;t/.zas of the noble
dwellings fronting the Mall, and xurrounding the
Common !
The appearance of the different squadrons of horse
men wns spirited and fine. The horses had all been
assorted by colors, the white being brought together,
and their marshals mounted upon dark colored steeds,
while the marshals of the dark squadrons were mount
ed upon white. The effect wps very fine.
It was a lew minutes |uist one o'clock before the head
of the procession reached the consecrated ground: and
a full hour elapsed before the whole of this magnificent
procession came up. Indeed, it did not nil come upon
the ground, for it could not. At two o'clock Air.
Webster took the chair, amid the loud acclamations of
a greater assemblage of men than any of us had ever
gazed upon. His address on the occasion was short
and impressive?the hallowed cause which had brought
the mighty throng together, and the consecrated spot
on which he stood, gave solemnity to Ins manner, und
inspiration to his thoughts. He s|H>kc of the declara
tion, (which will be Ibund in another column) ami,
on concluding, he introduced Mr. Winthrop, Speaker
of the House of Representatives, who read it. It was
then adoptid by the unanimous shout of aye, which
almost shook the hill to its base ; and no wonder, tor
the shout was the united voice of SEVENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND freemen. And it sounded like what
Byron calls "The earthquake voice of victory."
After the adoption of the declaration, Mr. Webster
rose, and successively intioduced to the multitudinous
assembly a number of the distinguished guests present
on the occasion, each of whom delivered a brief and
pertinent speech in response to the cheers with which
they were received. The first of them was Governor
Pennington, of New Jersey, the second, Governor
Ellsworth, of Connecticut ; next, Mr Senator Phelps,
of Vermont, was introduced; next, General Kimher
Iv. late Senator from Connecticut; next was Benjamin
Watkins Leigh, of Virginia; next, George Evans, of
Maine.
In se'dition to the speaking from the forum, a spirite I
and beautiful ode was sung, not from the stage, but
from the crest of the hill, where the mountain stands.
/ Vom ihr LouitrilU Journal.
COURSE OF EVENTS AT WASHINGTON.
The Washington Correspondent of the Baltimore
Patriot confirms what we have heard from other
sources?that the subordinate officers at the seat of
Government were leaving Mr. Van Buren as pre
cipitately as if lie Were rotting with the plague. 1 bat
correspondent writes under date of the "ilst ult.
The subordinates in the offices show mot t decidedly
what tbev think of the course ofevenlu Such turn
ings of Van Buren men to Harrison-such open declara
tions of opposition to the |>owers that be, from men
who never |ierhap* were with the Administration in :
their hearts?sucn deciding of the wavering, and con
firming the strong?such courting of prominent Oppo- 1
sition men, bv persons who were yesterdav prominent I
fur nothing but their servile, prostrate devotion to the !
President ami the Cabinet?have seldom been wit I
nessed any where, as we have seen in this city during j
the last fortnight. All this goe-i to confirm, (whal
every man in Washington, jxissessing the ordinary
opjsirtunities of observation, and accustomed to at
tend to the circu nstanc s by which be is surrounded,
the actions and words of men, must have discovered
weeks ago,) that the Offl< I ROI.ncss here regard the
re-ciertion of Mr Van Buren as hopele??; and look
upon Gen Harrison as the next President.
Maine. I he election in M%inf took plf** yultl
day. In our next publication we will be able to an
nounce thu result. 'l'he majority of Governor Fair
field liutyear was 5,1?53; in l?3ti, about 3,500; hi 1837,
Inward Kent, Whig, ww elwlal by 542 vote* over
' aI^ an Buren. At the Presidential rlratiun in
Kk>, the Van Buren nujority wan 7,751. in 1H31
1'iinlap, (AdminisTation,) wim elected by 4,391 ma
jority over Sprague, Whig.
Illinois;?The Sangamon Journal, Whig |?j>er,
give* u diflerent view of the rlate of the return* froui
iliat wliich We quoted in our last from the Illinois
State Register. It nay* :
We haw obtained from the Secretary * ofliee, the
popular vote in filty eight Counties where contests were
lisd 1 here were content* in some of the remaining
counties. We urc unalile to give tlie vote thi* week,
l>ut hope to complete our table m time for our next pa
per. We can assure our friends, however, that the
Van Bureu majorities in tlie titty eight countie*, will
not exceed ?J.r?0, and that the remaining twenty-eight
countie* w ill not increase it more than 1500 liy any
fair e/niinate that can be made. We shall lie compelled
to take the vote of IHIlti or '3H an a text in a portion of
these countie*. The aggregate vote of the Stale will
not vary far from 90,0011.
Connei Ttct'T Wtiia Elector*.?The Hartford
Time* states that the following Electoral Ticket wan
nominated at the Wrhig Slate Convention held in that
city on Tuesday, viz
IlilM'kiah Spencer, Ilartford County
.lumen Brewster, New Haven "
Philip Lnrabce, New I,oiidou "
Reuben Biiotli, Fairfield "
Philip l'earl, Windham "
Peter l'ieree, Litclilield
Timothy Greene, Middlesex "
John S. Pi ters, Tolland
We have been compelled to lay aside many
editorial articles, communications on [>o!itical subjects,
and literary notices, in order to make room for the
proceedings, &c. at Bunker Ilill.
1~V We ask the jiarticular attention of our readeis
to the letter (No. 3,) of " Crawford," addressed to the
Hon. George McDuflSe.
JERSEY BLUES IN MOTION!
Trenton, Sept. t>, 1840.
On my return home from the South, I lind New
Jersey far more animated and zealous in the Whig
cause than when I left it. The true republican spirit
is up, and will be heightened aH the great decisive day
of contest approaches. The iiumeuse popularity of
Capt. Stockton will sweep off the enemy. Where he
does notcairy conviction, he at least neutralizes oppo
sition. The ground he takes in his public addresses,
is bolder than any heretofore occupied by our speak
ers, and is calculated to awaken Jerseymen to a pro
per view of their wrongs. He speaks to-morrow in
Monmouth county, and the spirit of '76 must be dor
mant if the effect ol his expositions is not strongly
fell there. Monmouth has been hitched to the car of
the " spoilsmen and experimenters, but we expect
her to cut the traces. Set down New Jerse.' as safe
for Harrison by 2500 majority. B.
Extract of a letter to the Editors, dated
Ll Roy, N. Y.. Sept. 9, 1840.
" Depend upon it that the Democratic Whig* of the
Empire State are thoroughly aroused to the importance
of the present struggle, and that we *hall carry the
State by an overwhelming majority, Loco Foco State
Convention figuring to the contrary notwithstand
ing " ?
Origivat. Conundrcm.?Why is the whittle the
locomotive makes to frighten cows from the rail road
like a savuge war-whoop ? D'ye give it up 1 Because
it is an awful engine (Indian) yell.
IMPROMPTU.
(>ne of the host impromptus I ever henrd was made
about the time General Bluir, a member of Congresa,
attacked Duff Green, of the Telegraph, in the streets of
Washington. Blair, a few nights afterwards, went to
the theatre in an excited atrite, and deliberately drew
a pistol from his pocket, and fired at the drop rurtair,
to the consternation of the house and the playe.i.
Mr. Dallas, who was present, took out his pencil a.id
wrote?
" When Blair shot the curtain,
"I'is plain to bo seen,
He'd the drop in his eye,
And thought it whs Green."
"THE WAY HONEST JOHN DAVIS'S
WIFE'S CAKES DISAPPEARED!"
The following interesting passage is an extract
from the reply of Mr. Hulsted, one of the Representa
lives from iNew Jersey, to the ladies of that State, on
the presentation of a Whig banner on the -3d ult :
At the recent Whig convention held at Worcester,
in the State of Massachusetts, the lady of honest John
Davis, the present worthy and able Senator from that
State, Hcnt word to the committee of arraignments that
she had nine beds, in which she could accommodate
nine Wing delegates, 01, if they were good natured
men, eighteen; and she invited 40 or 5(1 of the dele
gates to dine with her. Having made all pre[>aratinns
for her invited guests, she repaired to the convention
to hear the Whig orators After the speaking was
over, she hurried home for the pur|>osc of receiving her
expecteil company; but she had scarcely reached her
house before the sound of martini music saluted her
ear She approached the window, and then- she saw
drawn t p before her door a band of 150 or '200 men,
who sent a deputation to her to say they would do
theinsel*rs the honor of taking dinner with her. At
thin unexpected annunciation her woman's heart at
first sunk within her, but immediately ti e good old
genuine Whig spirit, which is always equal to any
emergency, (particularly when it has a dssh of Bun
ker llill blood in it.) rallied, and by its recuperative
energy, at once restored her to her wonted composure.
And what do you think she said I "Gentlemen," said
she, "the string of my door is never pulled in. You
are welcome to partake with me my log cabin fare ?
Walk in gentlemen." Thev did walk in, and she at
once set about enlarging her tables, and replenishing
her board with provisions for this accession of unex
pected guest*; and with that admirable management
which is characteristic of Yankee ns well as Jersey
matrons, she was soon able to accommodnte the whole
of her guests, expected and unexpected, for they ato
and were filled How many baskets of fragments
there were let), I did not learn; but I suppose at least
enough to supply all the [*>or in the neighborhood for
a week to come In her letter to her hnsband this Bay
Stale Whig matron savs "that the wine and water,
beer and bard cider, flowed in streams, and the way
that honest John Da\is's wife's cake disappeared was a
caution." When honest John received this letter, de
scribing in those true and graphic colors which a wo
man's |ten alone can give to such a scene, he was sit
ting in the Senate chamber, and as he read it, "the big
ruutirl tears counted, tine another down hit manly
cheek;" and a? he wiped them away he said to himself,
' what a fool I am to be so affected " After he had
perused the letter, hi' handed it to Mr Webster, sav
ing, ' There, Webster, you say you take pleasure in
reading my wife's letters, read that." Webster took
the letter, and, as he read, honest John watched the
workincs of bis noble features, and he soon saw the
tear glistening in his large black eye, ami then rolling
down the bronzed cheek of this intellectual giant, and
honest John said to himself, "Well, I m not so great a
fool neither." When Webster had finished resiling,
he drew a long breath, grasped the hand of honest
John, and suiil, "Sir, it is the finest letter I ever read
in my life " Now, my fair hearers, have you any
idea of the worth of such ? fair Whig as that' I I'll
you such a Whig is worth a kingdom, and the tears
which she drew forth from the eyes of such inen as
John Davis and Daniel Webster, were more precious
than the gems that ever sparkled in a royal diadem
MARRIED,
t )n the 9th in?t in f'lark county. Virginia, by the
l!ev Wm O II Jones. Major RICH A RD BEN
NFT I', of Washington C.ty, to Miss MARGARET
Fl NSTEN, daughter of the late Oliver Ft'NBTEN,
Esq
f TIPPECANOE CLUB ?The Whigs of
Washington that intend joining the Club, are requeat
rd to cuter their namesprcvioua to 2 o'clock on Thurs
day next, on one of the several papers placed as adver
tised in tile newspapers , as the Nominating Commit
tee will make their selection of officer* from among
the signers, on that day
The NoMiNiTtiro Committh