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AM AFFRA Y,
Newt reached us on the 6ih ofa sad
affray al Lexington between C. M Clay,
and a Mr. Brown. Saturday's mail
briogt ui the details of an affray which
We insert below.
The Affray at Russell's Cave.
We hasten to give the following eir
otlarof Catios M Clay. Esq., concern
ing the rencoui.ter at Russell's Cave,
not Lexington, as we atated yesterday.
We have room but for one of the ac
companying letters. Passengers from
Lexington state that Brown, Tyler's
mail agent and employed bully in 'his
affair, has lost an eye, an ear, and a
Dose, besides having a wound on the
boulder:
To my Fellow Citizens of Fayette, and
the Voters of the eighth t ongressional
District.
The rigtit of the people peaceably to j
assemble together, and consult about)
the public welfare, is guaranteed to us
by that glorious Constitution, which waa I
bought by the blood of our sires the
right of free discussion, there also se
cured, has been and ever shall be to me
the most sacred ol all ita principles.
The vindication of (ruth in a calm, dis
passionate, yet bold and manly way, is
the vitality of liberty ; when it shall vo
luntarily abate in the bosoms of our peo
pie, or be suppressed by violence, slave
ry is not threa'enod, but actually binds
us. It was in this causa, which concerna
mo and you alike, that I on ypstorday
perilled m' life which I now only hold
by the will ofan overruling Providence,
and a spirit, which I may presume to
aay, in a good cause has never yd quail'
e l in ihe hour ol trial.
Early in this Congressional canvass,
"Mr Robert WicklifTe, Jr., said that he
was assured that some time last year
a caucus was held in Ihe town of Frank
fort, in which it was agreed so to ar
range the Congressional district in lha
coming session of ihe Legislature that
the Hon, Garrett Davis should tefcro't
into the old Fayette district in order to
defeat the Hon. Thomas F Marshall.
This allegation Mr Davis positively de
nicd, and called upon Mr. WicklifTe for
the proof. On last Monday at the Re
publican Meeting limine, in the county
ol Fayette, Mr. WicklifTe again repeated
this charge; whereupon Mr. Davis le
joined by saying that he had all along
calied upon Mr. Wickliffo to produce his
proof, and, lately, in ihe couniy of Wood
lord, where all the parties were said to
live, he had repealed his call for proof,
but that Mr. Wickliffo had failed to pro
duce it. Mr. WicklifTe thereupon pro
duced Squire Whitiington, of Woodford
county, who sustained substantially Mr
W.'s allegation, giving Mr. Darneal, ol
Woodford, as his author, and saying that
he understood in substance from Mr
DarneaPa conversation that the caucus
was held at Mr Davidson's house in
Frankfort, and that he (Mr. D) was
present at two of (ho meetings said
there to have been held. Mr. Whining'
ton further said that Mr, Darnoal was
as honorable a man as himself or Mr
Kinkrad, who waa also present at tho
conversation, and who would confirm all
ha aitid. Whereupon Mr. Davis called
upon Capt Jease, of Woodford, who aaid
that Mr Da meal had said to him and
others that the whole matter was' u lie
ves, a damned lie;11 that he never had
been or said ho was at Davidson's, nor
did he believe any such caucus had been
held anywhere. Mr Whitiington made
no reply. Hern the matter closed, aa I
tippoaed, never to be revived. On
Tuesday, Mr WicklifTe by public ap
pointmenl again spoke at Delphton; Mr
Davis not being present, having deemed
itadvisible to be elsewhere in lha dis
trict; Mr. WicklifTe again repeated the
charge sunvo mentioned, and road a let
ter from Mr Whitiington as the proo',
not saying a single word whatever nhoui
Jesse's statement, or Mr Darneal's, or
Mr Davidson's denial. 1 then, in a calm
and respectful voice and manner, said :
"Mr WicklifTe, justice to Mr Davis com
pels me to say, that Capi Jesse yester
day, in your presence, and in ihe pre
tence of Squire Whitiingion said that
be was authorized from Mr Darneal to
tay, that it was a damned lie. I have
no in inn i ton to interrupt you, go on "
Mr W. then remarked, ' that he only
wished to substantiate his own assertion,
thai Im hd authority lor what he said."
'fit. Rsnjamin Taylor then said aloud
that Mr Whitiingion waa aa respectable
a man aa any in 'Woodford, and this was
repealed by perhaps three other voices
of persons to mn unknown, I aaid no
more, and Mr Wickliffo proceeded with
OUI further allusion to iho subject.
Al 3 o'clock, Mr Wioktille was, by
appointment, to speak at Russell's Cave;
1 went there with others, Mr Wirk
liffe again repeated the charge, produc
ed Whiitington'a teller and this time
barely stated thai Cap! Jesse had, on the
part of Mr Darneal, contradicted this
statement. I again under a deep sonse
of justice and fair play, roe up and aaid;
Mr Wiekliffe, I liava listened to you
willi groat patience, and shall hear you
through; 1 do not wish to interrupt you;
but justice requires lhat, inasmuch, aa
'this'is a matter of personal interest, aside
Iron) politics, I should state ihe opposite
aide of the question.'" I then wool on
and stated more circumstantially whnt
took place at the meeting house than I
had done in the morning casting no im
putation upon any man or set of men,
"ThutTfrvinw, merely what others had said.
Mr WicklifTe made no reply my atten
tion was directed more especially to
tiim Samuel Drown, a pom office agent
under John Tyler, 'acting President of
kht United States, and not a citizen of
this district, then said to me in an eirit
4I ud tiKuauiuf wauuvri ' Sir, u it not
Irue-Capt Jesse n-vor said ae'"
turned and said': 'you ne.1 He then
said; 'you are a damued liar;1 at the
same time rushing at me, I drawing
back a horse whip, which I held if) my
hand, struck al him without any decided
effect, as he closed on me too feat for me
to defend myself with it.
I was immediately seized by a great
many persons, and was burne by the j
current fifteen or twenty feet from the
plate of Ihe first engagement finding
no fair plav, I threw away my whip, j
drew my bowio knife, and succeeded in
disengaging myself without cutting or
attempting to cut anyone. The first
g'impse I again caught of Samuel Brown
he was in an open apace with a five or j
aix barrelled pistol bearing on me I
was forced to run or be shot; 1 chose to
receive his shot, which struck me after
a most deliberate aim, just under the
left rib. 1 fell the shock of the ball, but i
knowing that it was mrely thsjt a man
in hoi blood felt a shot, even when fatal
1 determined to eel! my life aa dearly as
possible. 'Knowing that he could shcot
me five limes in quick succession, 1 elot
ed on him and cut Bway in good earnest
till we were parted. After I was shot,
some one struck me a heavy blow affac
ting my head and left arm which con
firmed mo in my opinion lhat no quar
ter waa to bo given me.
Nor do I suppose 1 should have been
parted at all, if they had not seen that
il was in my power either to take or
spare his life; and I believe lhat after
the second or third b'ow, before he got
too close on me, I could have killed him
if 1 had so wished , I was pausing, suppo
sing that I had disab'ed him, when some
one cried out kill him when I supposed
that they intended to give me noquarter
and again commenced in goodearnest.
Here, my countrymen, is a frank
statement of thcwhole affair. 1 after
wards found that his ball had passed
through my clothing, just below the left
rib, i penetrated my knife case, and lodg
ed in the silver lhat bordered it.
Thai there waa a deliberate and pre
determined design to assassinate me, ap
pears from the following circumstances,
which will be proven, if deemed necos.
sary, by hundreda ol the people ol Fay
etle ; Brown was not at Delphton , in the
morning; he was in Lexington about 2
o'clock. P. M , Tuesday, -and was heard
by Beach to say that he would ktllsome
one. At lhat late hour he leaves Lex
ington for the cave, six miles off; in ihe
meantime Mr. Wickliffa invites his per
sonal friend Gen. McCalla, and all the
other county officers, to speak first; in
the morning at Delphton, he reada Whit
tington's lettor in the begining of his
speech; now he roads it afto r a long
speech, and after most of my frionds had
left the ground; Brown, with a orcwd
of desperate bullies, surrounds me, and,
as soon aa I make my statement he gives
me the lie; lam caught up by my ene
mies and borne away till Brown gets his
pistol ready, and, bearing full upon me,
I am first shot (aa they hoped fatally)
before I can get at all wilhin atnking
distance, and again struck with a chair
or stick and stunned by the blow and
at last not parted till I had my enemy
fully in my power.
I am for peace, but honorable peace.
Yesterday I said that I would appear to
day al Chileaburg and repeat my state
ment or dio in the attempt. I, bm night
I procured Jesse's letter, which will be
read by some friend ol mine on the
ground; and this, which 1 understood lo
be the wish of my friends, and of Messrs
II Johnson and T. Van Swearingen, on
tho part of my political opponents, will
supersede the necessity ol my personal
appearance there.
I will again repeat that all I state can
ho proven; lhat reapeciable men will
stand by mo fully in my statement of
what occurred at tho Republican meet
ing house, and which was contradicted
by Brown, lhat I never siruek Brown
with the knife till he shot mo in a
word, that throughout 1 acted in all le
spects on the dolansive.
In conclusion; 1 never injured Brown
in my life; he became my enemy be
cause I denounced the "Constitution
Club," and has ceased to apeak to me
from about lhat time. He threatened
mo, at various limes before and since
his appointment uniler Government; all
of which I have borne without retalia
lion or evon the slightest resonlment.
Relieving lhat I have done my duly in
all respects in vindication of that liberty
which is my birth right, though I may
fall a sacrifice to the vindictive assault
of the hirelings of a tyrsnical Govern,
ment or of secret enemies al home, 1
shall, undismayed, continue in the lull
exercise of all ihe rights of a freeman,
and illustrate them with mv blond
c. M CLOT.
Lexington, Ky , August 2, 1843.
I was in the Dudley House yesterday.
(Tuesday evening;) al 21 o'clock, I
heard Mr S Brown tell Dr. Lewis that
he was going there, and if he said it, he
would blow his damned brains out
KLISHA A. BEACH.
Augusts, 84l,
Mr. Clay's character is a high ono.
He haa shown, on all occasiona, great
firmnesk amid trying and exciting
scenes, and a moral courage in discus
sing, what are termed doltcate qtieaiiona
worthy of all commendation. But there
is something revolting in the idea that
auch a man ta cowp-'lled, in a aocielv so
intelligent as that of Lexington, to carry
a Bowie "Knife, a.-nl worse still, that he
should be compelled to use il in self de
lence. Is there not moral force enough
there, and elsewhere, to put an end to
these bloody affraje? Cannot the good
men f the country, bj uniting together
put down the lawless scoundrels who,
for hire, do so much to engender bed
passions, and induce fatal personal con
ilicts? What are the facts in this caset An
officer of the Government, known 10 be
a bully, seeks by brute force to shut out
freedom of discussion. He unites wiih
him, in ibis effort, spirits kindred with
his own. And when Mr C. M, Clay,
in performance of a right common to all
to proclaim wliat he regards as the truth,
endeavors to do so, he is violently sei
red, and his life placed in jeopardy !
What should be said, or thought of that
Government, which employe such char
acters ? What of its purity or patriotism
if it should retain them in office efter
being guilty of such an outrage? It is
really time thai these matters should be
looked into, and some effort made to
rouse public opinion on the subjest.
Cincinnati Gatrtte.
FRIDAY: ::::::: :AUG. 1, 1843.
(Subjtct to the action of a National Con
vention )
Fou President,
HENRY CI- A. If, of Kentucky.
October Eleetiwii-1843.
For Congress.
LEONARD HAN MA.
Senator in conjunction with Jefferson co
EPHRAIM R. EC K LEY.
Representatives, tn conjunction withJef
ferson courtly
LEONARD HARSH.
ISAAC SHANE.
SMILEY H. JOHNSON.
Commissioner
HORATIO HUNT.
Amlitnr
THOMAS R. H RBAUGH.
Sheriff.
DAVID WATT,
Prosecuting Al'orney.
VAN BROWN.
Treasurer
JOSEPH G KENNEDY.
Pour House Director.
WILLI A VI BAXTER.
07"Professional engagements have
diverted the editor's attention from his
editorial duties, thia week; and probably
will egain, next week.
OCr-The Rv- J. N. Maflitt's sermon
on our first page, will richly reward the
reador for the lime spent in its perusal,
and but little less interesting is the let
ter on the same page, written by Mr.
Jefferson in commendation of Henry
Clay. We are aware thai Locofocos
have pronounced this letter a "forgery,"
but, if thai be true, we have yel to see
the evidence of the fact; and, until such
evidence is furnished, we shall treat the
letter as genuine.
MARKET. Whest sold readily at
Bolivar this week lor 75 cents per bush
el, and (or 72 at Masaillon. We would
thank our friend at Bolivar, who occa
sionally advises us of ihe state of thai
market, to inform us what kind of cur
rency purchasers are paying oul lor
wheat.
A Sign Davidson county, Tennes
iee the county in which Gen Jockson
resides guvs Jones, the Whig candi
date for Governor, a msjoriiy of 53
votes ovor Mr. Polk, his Locofneo oppo
nent, al the late election. The "Coona"
are not all dead yel!
fj-Our special favorite in the politi
cal world.Gov Shannon, is siill attend
ing to those fifteen shilling cases of hia
over in Harrison county. We are hap
py to announce to his faithful followers,
thai the Governor looks aa healthy as a
lawyer well could, under an immense
weight ol profeasional and official care!
STRANGE There is now living in
Harrison couniy a married lady who
preaches a sermon at her residence ev
ery other Sabbiih day. When ihe
preaching paroxysm comes on her, she
prays, reads a lexl of scripture wiihoul
ihe book, and explaina il in a sensible
and rather eloquent manner ihe die
courae frequently occupying from two
houra to iwo and a half. While the
paroxysm ia on, she is wholly insensible
lo all surrounding objects, but readily
refera to subjects discussed by her in her
previous discoursos. She has preached,
as we understand, nearly one hundred
sermons, periodically that'it, one eve
ry iwo weeYs, commencing each about
the aame hour ol the day. So soon aa
her aermon is finished, the natural ex
erciae of her faculties seems la be restor
ed; she resumes her ordinary domestic
duties; and is entirely unconscious of
any thing she may have said or dono,
during the delivery of the discourse
In fact, she does not know that she
preaches at all, eacepl while she is an
'gaged in her discourses.
Late HlccliontJ.
We copy from the Pittsburgh Chroni
cle of rhe I4ih insi. the very latest news
received here from the several Stales
in which elections have recently been
held. The Whigs appear to hsve uf '
fered a defeat in Indiana, and not to
have done as well as usual in Kentucky.
But in North Carolina and Tenneasee,
they have achieved mo9t glorious victo
ries. Notwithstanding the Gerryman
der, the Whigs have certainly elected
five out of nine members of Gnngresa in
North Carolina. Old Rip Vanwinkle ie
wide awake.
NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION.
The Raleigh Register of the 8th inat ,
says that Saunders, D , is elected in the
5th district by about 195 votes. McKay
D., re elected in the 6th. Daniel, D.,
is re-elected in the Halifax district by
159 votes Deberry , W . probably elec
ted in thn 4th. In the 2d D M Bar
rmgton W , is elected. In the 3d, Mit
chell, W ., is said to have beaten Raid,
D. Arnngton, D , is elected in the Sth.
and Rayner, W. in ihe 9th. No returns
from the 1st district, but both candidates
are Whigs.
TENNESSEE ELECTION.
We copy the following from the Nash
ville Whig of trie Sih insi.t
"Tho returns received to the hour of
writing this paragraph, leave no doubt
of the re election of Gov. Jones; and an
increased Whig majority over the vote
of 1841 is more than .probable, The
gain in Middle Tennessee, as far as
heard from is 1,025, while the vote of
East Tennessee and ihe western district
varies but slightly, thus far, from the
result in 1841 The netl Whig gain in
ihe State ta 875.
"Prom present appearances, ihe Con
gressinnal delegation will stand 'as the
districts were apportioned by ihe last
Legislature, 6 Whig, 5 Democrat.
The W big gives the namea of 7 Whigs
and 6 Democrats elected lo ihe Slate
Senate, and ol 23 Whigs and 15 Demo
crats elected to Ihe House.
KENTUCKY ELECTION.
The Ciucinnaii Gazelle of the 11th,
which bring us the lateal intel'igence,
says:
"We believe there is no doubt of the
election of 1'ibbatts. (I).,) in the Coving
ton district by a majority of twoor three
hundred There are reasons to think
also, that Stone, (in Gov. 'Pope's old dis
i rid,) and French, in the Fleming dis
trict, both democrats are elected In
this case Kentucky will have at least
four democrats in her next delegation."
The Louisville Journal sava that Thorn
asbon (W.) ii elected in thai district
majority uncertain. In the Lexington
district as la r as heard from, Davis ( W.)
had an aggregate majority ol 534,
'INDIANA ELECTION.
The Cincinnati Gazette received last
night says:
'Mn this State, the Whigs have lost
around badly, In about SO counties, the
democrria havo a nett gain ol upwards
ol 4.000 voles. In Marion co., Bigger
has 54 majority and 3 W bigs are cho
sen to Ihe Legislature. We have noth
ing lurther positive in regard to the
members of Congress''
The Louisville Journal says that the
Inst way-bill from Salem, la., says that
the Hon J L White is beaten by a ma
joriiy of 1,014.
"Democracy vi Whiggery "Tha
most ridiculous article which we have
noticed in a newspaper lor many a day,
is that which is chrisiened ' Democracy
Whiggery" in ihe last "Mudpaddle
and Gull-trap." Such a jumblo ol half
formed ideas such a violation olall the
proprieties of language auch a sacrifice
of ihe rulea of rhetoric never before
appeared in long primmer. We have
not time, this weok, to review that aston
Ishingly unique production; and we refer
to it now merely to notice the almost
invisible point down to which Mr. Little
tapers. After asserting thai "almost
every man of eminence in ihe Whig
ranks was raised and nurtured in ihe
democratic laiih," thai "ihe moment
aucb men leave the democratic ranks
ihoy aie received by the Whigs with
open arms, and fond embraces," and
thrown before the people for office,"
that ''the neweat recruits are most hon
ored" and that, "for purgation and puri
ly of the democratic party, it ia neces
ssry that there should be a Whig parly"
Mr Little comes down to tha withering
conclusion, that "itie not necessary that
turn coats should be embraced by the
Whigs with such avidity " Isn't that
awlu f Another such aasault from Mr.
Little's battering ram, and il will be
aaid of W higgery, as of Troy lllium
fit!
But, to teal the truth of Mr. Little's
'position,' as he calls it, we will under
tske lo name two 'deserters' from tho
Whig ranks, who have been put into
office by tha Locofocos, lor every one
he can name Irom the Loke-y ranks,
who has hern put in office by the Whig.
And we will begin first: We name
Senators Aio-n, Walcott, end Bsrtlev.
Representatives Spalding and 15, B
Olds And who is John C Calhoun, a
Locofoco candidate for the Presidency,
but a 'deserter' from the Whig ranks,
not lo mention 'Captain Tyler?' P S.
If it become necessary, we shall also 'be
able to gi-ve ihe name of one General
Cass, as a 'deaertor' earn the Whig
ranks. But 'sufficient for the day ia the
evil thereof.1
Finale ol the Farce.
Last week's "Mud paddlo," with its
usual disregard for truth, charges us
with invading "ihe pri-vaie and hallowed
society of the class room"! To thia
charge we deem it wholly unnecessary
to make any reply, as it is known by
every member ol the Churob here, to be
utterly false and un'uu-nded. Lit t 'o is
certainly hard run, when he resorts to
his religious association to make politi
cal capital, or to gain a little patronage
for his beggarly sheel! If, as he inti
mates, he put up "penitential prayers
for mercy and forgiveness," on account
of his outrage upon Sam. Moor, we have
only lo say, pray on! Such an act of
inhumanity as that which he perpetrat
ed upon Moor can never . go unpunished,
unless forgiven by Divine Mercy.
To prove us a"lala,fier and a slan
derer," Little publishes a note, written
doubtless by himself, but signed by our
friend Rukenbrod; in which il is staled
that Mr. R. "on the occasion referred to
had no reference" to Little; and that he
believed lhat Little "obtained nothing
but his own from Moor." Now, it lias
not been charged that Little took from
Moor what be was not in law entitled lo
recover; but, the 'circumstances under
which he took what he did, will forever
sink him in the estimation of all humane
mec, to whom the transaction may be
come known. To show that Mr. Ru
kenbrod did not intend to controvert the
truth of our allusion to this affair, we
gtvo ihe following correspondence:
iCarrcllton, August 11th, 1843.
Dear "Sir :
I have before me the Locofoco
paper of this place, in which I find a
nolo bearing your signature, To th
contents ml' that note I take no excep
tion whatever. But, as the editor of
that paper :has been pleased to allege,
lhat you, (Whom he calls my "wiinoss,")
prove me a lltleifier and slanderer
and as you are ia reader of the Free
Press I will Ibarlk ou to slate frankly,
whether, wilhin vyour'j'.nowledgB or be
lief, I have at any 'time said or publish
od any thing concerning 'ihe said editor
and hia treatment of Samuel Moor,
which, in your opinion, was either false
or slanderous?
Being desirous to leave home in the
course of a day or two, you will oblige
me by answering the above enquiry
without delay.
Respectfully yours, &c.
J PEARCE.
Mr. John S IRukenbrod.
'Carrollton, Aug Uth, 1843.
J. Pearce. Esq.
Dear Sir: Your nolo of this
day has just been received, and I hasten
a reply.
In the first place, I wish lo stale that I
regret thus being dragged before ihe
public, unexpectedly. Yet, the fault
lies with myself and Mr Lilted, as he
paragraph he presented in me, and
which I signed, was not sufficiently ex
plicit to be fully understood Neither
do I consider thai it justifies ihe conclu
sion st which Mr Lillell arrives, There
fore, I will make, more fully, a stale
ment. so that all may understand it; and
then answer your question. Dow this
mailer got to the public ear, I know not.
I had thought thai whatever was said in
the class room was to be locked up in the
breasts of faithlul members; but it seems
thai this matter has been sounded abroad,
which 1 think was wrong; and now it
devolves on me to make a true stale
mem, as well as my recollection serves
me.
The Sunday or two after Samuel
Moor loft with his little children , Mr.
Ltttell called upon me, as our leader in
class. I slated, I had been engaged
during the past week in examining my
self. nd it appeared from certain
statements about town, that we Chris
tisns bear the name, while infidels do
Ihe work. Thai an avowed infidol in
town, lo whom poor Moor was indebted
severe, dollars, had not only forgiven
him the debt, when he csmn to start
with his motherless children, but in ad
dilion gave him a ham of bacon weigh ing
thirty five pounds, tohelp him along.
While an infidel had been thus kind to
poor Moor, a prolassed Methodist had'
sent an officer after him lor two dollars,
and taken almost oil the money the poor
fellow had. And if this be Ihe conduct
of the two professions, the infidel does
the good work, while we have but pro-
ftlliou.
... .... .
At this time I did not know that Mr.
Lillell was (he person thai should have
sent after Mr. Moor; but Mr. L't-
tuil at once acknowledged that he was
tho person alluded lo. Bui said il was
bis clerk in hi absence, iiii l that he din
nut know Mr Mi.or w so poor. As i
what lurther took place in the class
room, 1 do not think tl proper lor me to
sine,
I hsve been a reader of your paper,
and I cannot recall lo tov recollection
any thing you have published or said
"concerning the said editor and histreai
ment of Samuel Moor, which wsseithtr
false or slanderous " But on the ma-
ry, I believe hot. It i not true that
s'aiemsni proves you "a fahifitr and
slanderer" ieasl, I had no sucst
thought nor intention.
Reapecll'o'ly yours, dj-e
JOHN S, RUKENBROD.
N.B Little's attempt to escape the
responsibility of this mean affair, by
charging the act on his 'clerk"ta youth
of 14 or 15 years.) and by asserting thai
-he did not know that 'Moor was so poof"
is a miserable subterfuge. Thelruih
is, while the "clork' was in the pursuit
Little waa endeavoring to procure
capias against Moor; and, to that end,
offered to make the necessary affidavit,
which he was not permitted to do. Tina
is not all, he Mas at the same lime t-okl,
and weli told, that Moor had no proper
ty subject to execution, and was proba
bly not world five dollars in the wor?d
Whaithen becomes uf Lilile's voracilyf
By this lime, we should imagine he haul
about os much of ihe 'blubber1 as ha
can well digest. If not, at our leisure,
he may hear from us again.
LiTERATUHE The literature of the
last Mupduddle is wonderlul. "Hotone
well to veto." "Hedonewell to resign,"
"Bui he done wrong," &c. Jako saya
thai, in pars ing the sentences referred
lo, at school, tho master made him reaa
did for "done" in each instance
Prom the Zanesville Republican.
A PIONEER'S ILLUSTRATION.
In a neighboring county their lives
and old and industrious farmer who haa
resided in Ohio some thirty years. Un-.
suspecting, and honest in his intentions,
with but little disposition lo read and
investigate, ho has generally permitted
himself to be influenced in his voting
by those who set themselves up as lead
ing "Democrats." Always a Jackson
iie, and aubsequently a supporter of Mr.
Van Buren, it isnot strange (bathe waa
caught in the net of Bank Reformist
1838. Year after year the Bank Re
formers received his support until, all
at once, he discovered lhat the Banfea
were gradually, though certainly and
qoieily going oul of existence. Thia
set him lo thinking ; and he finally con
eluded to call on one of the aforesaid'
leaders in the causa of 'Democracy
Bank Reform and Wilson Shannon,1' for
an explanation ol the fact ol the gradual
disappearance of ihe Banks that had
been deemed safe and aound by men o(
all parlies.
'1 have called, Mr. K , to inquire why
our party did not, in the Legislature of
last winter, recharter the good Banks of
Ohio, with such provisions of reform at
might be deemed necessary!"
"To tell the truih, friend S . the whola
nest was a rotten concern no salety
in them- end we can get along just aa
well. with five as five and twenty."
"But, Mr. K , thai is Bank destruction.
(am a reformer honea'ly and sincerely
so. It won't do to say thai the "whole
nett was rotten" for you have rela
tives trial are stockholders tn the St.
Clairsville Bank, and you know its paper
was just na good as silver. The same,
indeed, may be said of the paper ol the
Banks ol Zanesville, Putnam, Ml Pleas
ant, Sirubenvi le, and oihers that I can
rial now recollect. Why did'nl our par
ly lei these Banks live, or creaie soma
just as good?"
"O, I see you have been reading some
Bank newspaper you've got q jite a
stray. 1 conless the leading Democrats
do not hold the same Baok notions now
lhat they did m lNtS. Peoplo pretty
generally have come lo the conclusion
thBt hard money i, preferable to paper.
I should be sorry tudiffor with you on
thai quesi ion "
' But we do and will differ. I have
had my lears some nine thai the Legis
lature did not intend to carry out lha
views of our party. Every session
Bank Kef. rm has become more mysti
fied and befogged. It is like s sail lick
in its viciniiy you will find deer tracks
thick as ibe promises you have made me
every fall before an election; but follow
these tracks and they become scarcer
finally you lose tight of the path alto
geiher and at last even a track or sign
of game is not to be discovered. My
situation precise'y. I have followed in
the "beaten path,". honestly looking for
Bank Reform; and hero I am, at the end
of a six years hum, bewildered and lost
- no sign of the principle of '38 discern
able 1 tell you Irankly, sir that I have
cost my last Bank Reform vote hence
forth I act with the WmG pauty!"
PLAINLY SPOKEN.
We take the lollowing paragraphs
from two editorials in the Kalida Ven
ture ol August i
"If we thought there was a single
drop of bank blood in the veins of Martin
Van Buren, we would drop him as we
would a ahinplaster. But there is no
fear about Mr. Van Buren on i his) score.
He is a democrat and a very bonesl man
and, consequently unqualifiedly oppo
sed 10 nil banks "
1 'Democrats always intend that their