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"1C I'l^ASANTS A ABBOTT.
IMCiini<>>5», Vs. BOMBAY BVEWWi, HOVBMUK
VOL. Vm-Hfo. 99
gnje constitutional
Not being in the proscribing lino ourselves, we
have been very desirous to publish the Address of
th» Anti.Masonic Convention which nominated
Mr. Wirt, and have regretted that its length should
•xeludo it altogether. We havo therefore, at the
request of several gcntlemon, friends of Mr. Wirt,
made extracts from, and an abstract of its contents,
that our readers may judge from its language how
far the Anti-Masonic fever partakes of fanaticism
and to what extont tho party is disposed to carry itJ
prescription. Wo were promised this abstract
from an abler hand, but as it has not yet been
famished, we fear that unless wo now publish
it, we shall not have another opportunity.
Aborts of the Anti-Masonic Convention.
ro the People of the United States.
Fellow Citizens*
A large and growing political party through us,
respectfully addresses you. Numerous bodies ef
•enlightened and honest freemen, in states contain,
ung more than half tho electors of our union, have
’openly and fairly delegated us to represent them,
in the performance of duties, which can not fail to
affect your essential rights. And believing that
your rights are inseparably blended with theirs,
we seok% most earnestly, so to perfom these
duties, as to produco effects equally and ex
te naively beneficial upon tho rights of all.
lhesc duties consist in nominating citizens to be
supported, as candidates for the offices of President,
and Vico President, of the United States, at the
next election, aud in setting forth the grouuds
on which you are invited to sustain the nomina
tion.
'•J'he concurrence of millions of men, in any act
of deliberation or decision, objects, in which they
have a common interest, presents to the mind a
magnificent and exciting spectacle. If the men he
intelligent, patriotic aud free, and tho object bn
that of appointing the most suitable of their num
ber, to guard tho rights, and advance the prosperi
ty, of tho nation, which they constitute, human
life can rarely exhibit a spectacle, of equal interest
and sublimity. Scarcely any approach towards
Buch an exhibition has ever been witnessed, in any
country, but ours. Let it be our ambition, so to
continue to improve the exhibition, in all its stated
recurrences, as shall more commend it to the ap
probation and esteem of the great brotherhood of
communities, to which we belong, and most effec
tually tend to the ctablishment and support of free
principles, in every community of our fellow men.
Ibc addressers then launch out into tho wide
expanso ofthe nature of government generally, its
duties, &c. and finally refer to the nature of repub
lican government and tho qualifications which the
Chief Magistrate of our Republic ought to possess.
In the language of tho address “lie should ho in
dustrious, intelligent, honest, independent? follow
ing his own convictions of right, and noi shrinking
from any of his appropriate responsibilities;”
‘‘vigilant; wise in judgment; prudent,; disinterested
and patriotic.” From these qualities they proceed to
what should be the principles of iiis administration,
and declare that these principles are endangered l>v
freemasonry. A brief history is then given ofthe
Cincinnati Society and the conduct of Washing
ton in its suppression. A comparison is drawn be
tween that society and free masonry, showing bow
much more dangerous the latter is in its tendency,
and wo are thus brought through what would fill
four of our columns, to the specifico charges a
gainst free masonry.
But we arc not left to our own reasonable infer
ences, or to hints, and a few honest but guarded
expressions, from its best members, to decide upon
the character of Freemasonry. That character has
been revealed, under oath, by its adhering members,
and by a great b ind of seceders. And how does it
stand? Infamous beyond all parallel in human an
nals. Its principles are vicious, murderous, trea
sonable; and so far as they prevail, fatally hostile to
those of our Government.
In the first degree, the candidate pledges himself,
under oath, and upon the forfeiture ofliis life, if he
does not redeem the pledge, to ever conceal and
never to reveal the secrets of freemasonry, which
ho has then received, is about to receive, or rnay
thereafter be instructed in. Among the secrets,
which the candidate may, and must he instructed
in, if he takes the second degree, is that of his
pledge, of passive obedience to the laws ofthe
lodgo, and all regular summonses sent him
by a brother of that degree. If ho takes the third
degree, nmong those secrets are pledges to fly to
the relief of a brother of that degree, when mn
sonically required so to do, at the risk of life,
should there be a greater probability of saving the
life of the brother requiring, than of losing his
own—to apprize a brother of all approaching
danger if possible—and to conceal the secrets of a
brother master mason, when communicated to him
as such, murder and treason only accepted, and
they left at his discretion. And if he takes the Roy
al Arch degree, among those secrets are pledges—
to extricate a brother of that degree from danger,
if he can, whether that brother be right or wrong—
to promote11 Ins political preferment before that of
all others of equal qualifications—and to conceal
his secrets, murder and treason not excepted.
Thus is the concealment of crimos made a mason
ic duty; and tho candidates expressly disclaim all
equivocation, mentul reservation, or evasion of
mind, both in the first degree, and in the last.
How do these parts of masonry affect the moral
character of its members? Jn the first degree, and
every other, no man knows any of its obligations,
till after be has sworn to conceal them. It is a
first principle in morals, that there is no accoun
tability without knowlcdgo and free will. Such
oaths, thoreforo, arc not binding, and no forms,.or
objects, or solemnities, can make them so. But
whnti8 tho purpose ot the order, in tho ceremony
of imposing them? Can it ho good? It is certain
ly such as can he accomplished only by men divest
ed of all sense of accountability. The less of this
»c!i8u mo ocuer, tor nil tiio purpose ot in
tegrity and virtuo 'I liese are truth* which nobody
can gainsay. All the history of piety, on the one
hand, and of sin on the otiicr, asserts them. They
—*re obvions to the common sense of all men. This
proceeding of free masonry, is therefore, obvious
ly in hostilty to good morals. It is more Ilian {.fiat.
To take such an oath deliberately and with an
,intent to perform it, is an attempt at tlTe voluntary
, extju*g.u»?£incnt of the highest rights of the soul,
Wind'd complete foreclosure of the source of every
duly. It is not possible to imagine a more aggra
vated crime. Rape, murder, treason, may be ro
pfciilcd of, and their perpetrators; reclaimed. But
to forego tbo righls of knowledge and-volition in
regard to every proposition, whjcli can be offer
ed to a moral agent, amounts to a desperate erasure
of the image of God from the breast. It would
nccessaryily preclude repentance, reformation,
pardon, hope; and be death, in its unutterable hor
rors, It would ho as much worse than common
suicide, as th«-.value of the immortal spirit is great
er than that of Urn corruptible body.
In the degrees, higher than the Royal Arch, the
members swear to oppose the interest, derange the
business, and destroy tbo reputation, of unfaithful
brethren, through life,—to prefer the interest of a
companion of the order, and of a companion’s friend
for wpom bn pleads, to those of any mere man of
the world, in matters of difhirenco submitted to
them- -never to engage in mean party strife, nor
conspiracies against the Govoriupo;it or religion of
• their country, whereby their repp Inlion may suffer,
nor ever to associate with dishonorable men, for
a moment, EXCEPT it he to seemj.; the interest of
such person, his family, or friends, to a companion,
whose necessities require this degradation at their
hands—to follow strictly every command of Ihe il
-lustrious Knights, and Grand Commander, and
.especially to sacrifice the traitors of masonry.
Have these points of masonic obligation anr po
litical bearing? All the rights of man are found
ed in his moral nature. .It is the intention of free
* Tnis pledge is sometimes omitted in the Roval trch
degree, and sometimes included in ti.e maiiei’* degree.
government to secure him in the possession of
these rights. Whatever is hostile to good morals
is therefore opposed to tho civil policy of free
men. We have seen largo numbers of the
most intelligent, wealthy, ami rcspectub'o
freemasons in New York, deliberating in their
lodges and elsewhere, on the means of sup.
pressing u written disclosure of their secrets, by one
of their number—we have seen noticce of a slander
ous character, simultaneously printed, a few days
before tho seizure and murder of Mergan, in news
papers a hundred miles apart, warning tho public
a gains* the designs of the author of this disclosure,
and especially directed to the masonic brotherhood,
about the same time we have seen masons set fire
to a building prepared by them with peculiar care
for sudden combustion, because it was supposed
to contain this disclosure in manuscript—we have
| seen them employ a masonic printer, who was a
stranger and an alien, to go into the otSee wbcrc
it was printing with the offer to aiJ in that work
by labor and money, for the solo purpose steal
mg tho manuscript; wo havo afterwards Keen them
kidnap the writer of it, carry Imoj hoodwinked and
hound, with the greatest scceecy ami caution,
through a great extent of populous country, to a
fort of the United States—unlawfully aud forcibly
imprison him there—collect together in frequent
deliberation, upon the means of his final disposition
—communicate, while in this situation, with sever
al members of a chapter of their body, then nuiiier
ously attended in the neighborhood, and resolve u
nanimously, though with painful reluctance, on the
part of some, Unit their masonic obligation required
thorn to murder him; not for any offence against
the State, hut for the sole cause of his attempting
to publish the secrets of the order, which lie had a
lawful right to do, and which, considering their
character, he was hound to do, by every consider
ation of private morality and fidelity to his country.
On the night ot the 1 Dili of September, 1G2G, they
cccordingly murdered him. To this fearful con
sumption none were privy, but those who had as
masons sworn to assist each other, right or wrong,
ami to conceal each other’s murder and treason.
Alter the murder, all the precaution possible was
taken fot concealing it; but this not being wholly
succcsssful, and legal prosecutions being threaten
ed, tho criminals frequently met and consulted to
gether, for their mutual safety. The most influen
tial among them insisted, that if called by the legal
authorities of our country to testify, they one and
all must swear they knew nothing of the matter,
otherwise they would he foresworn to masonry and
might lose tho life they would thus forfeit. As
witnesses, as magistrates, as sheriff's, as grand ju
rors, as petit jurors, as legislators, these liiasoiiR
and others with whom they were intimate, would
know nothing of it. In all their ttiyil rolations
they violated their oaths aud the most sacred du
ties. I hey flew to each other’s assistance knowing
their criminality. ’1 hey gave each other no
tice of the approaching danger of legal prosecu
tion. They spirited away witnesses who, they
feared, would disclose too much. They perjured
themsalves in court. They contumaciously refused
to answer questions decided to he legal. They
declined to answer on the ground, that if they
should, they would criminate themselves in relation
to the murder. They prevented tho judicial ascer
tainment, and punishment of tho foulest criminals.
The}' made common cause in behalf of these crim
inals, against tlie rights of tho citizen, anil the
laws of the land. Thousands of them were ac
quainted with some of tho slops of these crimes
against the state. Hundreds of them know the
loading malefactors.
^ goou Citizen cannot look on with indifference
and see a fellow freeman kidnapped and murdered,
lie cannot know that such crimes arc successfully
protected, by an extensive, artful, anil powerful
conspiracy, without being excited against it. The
sympathies of a patriot embrace his whole coun
try. 1 he poorest uian, the most defenceless wo
man, the weakest child in it, cannot lie assailed
with unlawful violence, without quickening hi*
pulse, and stiffening his sinews, with indignation.
His blood is up in every ease of high crime; and
it keeps up against the aggressor, till the law per
forms its office upon him. To the law he is wil
ling to submit, because he knows it is the (ielibe-’
rate expression of tlie public will .for the public
good, the great shield spread by the hands of all
over the rights of all.
Individual rights are, separately considered, of
immeasurable and indefinable worth. They par
take of the infinitude of moral existence and res
ponsibility. As contemplated by our government,
a single individual, and one as much as another, is
an august being, entitled to inviolable reverence,
and bearing upon him the badges of a most majes
tic origin, and the stamp of most transccndant des
tinations. 11 is safety, his liberty, his life, his im
provement, his happiness, it designs, at all t imes
and places, faithfully to protect, by the application
of all its delegated means. The law is the bene
ficial instrument of this protection, and should be
appreciated by every reflecting man as the sacred,
living, and most venerable expression of the na
tional mind and will. Break this, and the nation
has but one right left, which it can peacoably en
force, the right of suffrage.
The masonic institution is answerable for the
crimes to which wc have referred. They were
committed in obedience to its prescribed and spe
cific oaths, and in fear of its penalties. The man
stealing and murder, were for no other than a ma
sonic offence. The whole array of its frightful
crimes, out of court and in court, were no other
than necessary means of carrying into effect the
obligations it has deliberately and universally exac
ted of its members. All who upheld the obliga
tions, uphold the crimes. No adhering mason line
afforded the least willing assistance to the exposure
and punishment of them. No lodge or chapter
has called the criminals to account. Many of them
are known to the public. Cliesebro, and Sawyer,
and Bruce, and Whitney, have been convicted of
the conspiracy to kidnap, and have beer, condemn
ed and suffered infamous punishments; and the
very murderers arc known with moral, though not
with strict judicial, certainty. Not one of these'
men has been cxrelled. The grand lodge, or grand
chapter, of which they wore members, has the [low
er of expulsion, but lias declined to exercise it in
relation to them; ard such of them as arc still living,
are. ir. masonic estimation, worthy members of the
order.
Hut the fraternity have gono much farther to
make that crime their own. In 1827, the Grand
Lodge gave §100 to one of its members then un
der public accusation for kidnapping Morgan, and
afterwards convicted of that offence; and the grand
chapter, by its vote, placed §1000 at tho control
of another of its members, ostensibly for charitable
Uses, of which a part has been proved, in a court of
justice, to have been applied for the benefit of-othcr
kidnappers; anil the trustee of the charity has ne
ver been called to art account by the grand chapter,
for any part of the sum, though in all other case*
such accountability is enforced by the chapter. The
records of this last body, apparently relating to this
transaction, have been produced in court, and were
seen to ho mutilated.
The fraternity have also employed and paid able
counsel to defend the criminals.
-•In this way, while tho chief magistrate of the
State of Now York was. by‘proclainnt ion, offering
money for the conviction of tho offenders, the high
est masonic bodies of,U;at-Slate were offering, and
in their associate capacity actually paying money,
to support and protect them. Can it bo justly
thought surprising, then, that so few convictions
have followed upon such enormous offences, and
that no more of the facts have been ascertained in
legal form?
The criminals in all these atrocities, testified
their devotion to tho institution, and by its own
laws are only the more entitled to its guardian
care, by nil the hazards they involved. That care
has been extended to them In every form of ex
pression tending to their relief and comfort. Ha
sides the exertions of their brethren already allu
ded to, adhering masons have, at great expense,
established and circulated newspapers, to vilify all
who were engaged in exposing the crimes, and to
call into action the entire resources of the fraterni
ty, in behalf of those who committed them. These
newspapers h ive, with most unblushing hardihood,
asserted tho innocence and praised the virtues ol
the convicts, several of whom they knew to havi
confessed their offences. They have commcndor
1 the most stubborn refusal in court to reveal tin
j truth, by masonic wit leases, as mnnly frrmnrsa.—
have in every form of misrepresentation,
'' ii< I they could devise, labored to d irksa all
c'‘ftoot facts relating tothw outrages; uad to
o out t|,c moral sense of tho community.
• "v'1** °f t*‘° brethren in different eouuties
in k . t.ito of New \ ork, have published address
es under their names, in which they have dulibe
r.i t y contradicted facts established judicially, by
many of their adhering brethren, and by many sw
ceding masons; and which, under the sanction of a
aw ui oath, and subject to cross-examination Ue
ore the |njblic, they would ho compelled to admit.
*. nmlar falsehoods have been published in an ad
dress of a committee of the Grand Lodge of Rhodo
~v tjieGrand Secretary of the Grand Lodge
ot iNew Vofk has recently issued an official letter,
in winch he represents that body as oxtoudiu*' Us
dependants, confident in tho strength, and deter
mineu to outbrave all tho consequences of their de
tected guilt, and the public indignation. Nothin*'
could account for this universal course of fa Iso"
hoo*L byt the unhappy truth, that the men who are
engaged lu ,t, have sworu, under tho penalty of
death, to conceal Hie secrets of Freemasonry, a
most essential branch of which, consists in the
crimes of its members. This enurso is countauan
eed l.y the President of the U. States, who is a
mason, and who has recently appointed as Heads of
the Departments in the National Government a
majority of distinguished masons. Oue «f these
ibn l°(f th«* eniy one retained
ot the late Cabinet, has removed a large number of
his most competent and faithful deputies in Now
Y ork, for the solo cuiwe of the aonl and patriotism
with which they sought to bring into just disrepute
the crimes and institution of Freemasonry.
The course of these transactions is rapidly cor
roding and wearing away tho very basis of all pub
lic and private virtue in our country; and eradicat
ing that mutual confidence, upon which the busi
ness of life, its peace, and its enjoyments essential
ly depend. When men refuse to boar testimony
in court, to public offences, of which they know
the perpetrators, and are praised for it—when they
perjure themselves, and are not disgraced—whefi
they are convicted of a conspiracy to kidnap a free
citizen, and are applauded as victims to the preju
dices of Hick countrymen—when the distinction
betu-ccn right and wrong are practically superceded,
by the systematic and solemn injunction of a woal
tliy, intelligent, numerous, and powerful society
d.fl.iscd and sustaining itself in all the places of
socml influence and honor—when in pursuance of
this injunction, the laws of the land, in the solemn
places of their judicial application for the adinoni
-- UIU Iiiosi migrant offences,
arc foully battled, set aside and scorned—then, the
social fabric is trembling—then, there can bo but
one alternative, that of reform or ruin—then,
looking beyond, but not forgetting, all Hie consi
derations ot attachment to the policy of oncoura
gm/f this or that branch of national industry_this
or met scheme of financial management—-this or
that exposition of the principles of our political or
ganization—this or that object of all our foreign and
domestic policy, the considerate friend of his coun
try will govern himself primarily, by tho obvious
necessity to*which he is reduced of preserving for
Ins country the power of determining for itself up.
on any course of policy, and of disengaging the
heart of the body politic from the fangs of a mon
ster more blood thirsty, remorseless, and insatiable,
than any which has over come to prey upon the
hopes of man.
There is a bearing of Frco-masonry, not yet em
braced in this address which is replete, with the
most distressing apprehensions. There is located,
in Boston, a masonic body denominated the Afri
can grand lodge, which dates its origin before the
American Revolution, and derived its existence
from a Scottish duke. This body acknowledges
no allegiance to any of the associations of Amer
ican masonry. Its authority is co-extcnsive with
our union. It has already grajited many charters
to .African lodges. We are afraid to intimate their
location, to look in upon their proceedings, to
count their inmates, or to specify their resources.
What are the means of removing these dangers?
The dangers are confined to no one place, in our
country, and to no one department of our social
interest; but extend t all places, and infect every
department. Comm prudence demands that the
means should be cap ole of reaching them, wher
ever they exist, and -susceptible of a safe applica
tion, in their utmost extent. Such means we have,
and we are familiar with then- use. They con
sist in the honest exercise of the right of suffrage,
and the most patriotic employment of official pat
ronage. The evils of Freemasonry operate upon
ttie moral and political condition of the nation,
and can be removed only by moral and political
means. It is the exalted excellence of our politi
cal institutions, that they are especially designed
and adapted to secure our rights; all of which’per
tain to us as moral beings. In voting, every elect
or should always be governed by a knowledge of
bis rights, and tho desire of preserving them.
1 hare can be no higher political duty than this.
But the use of our right of suffrage against
Freemasonry is termed proscription. Proscription
cannot be imputed to a party bceause it justly op
poses what is wrong. It is not proscription to be
resolute and active in detecting and denouncing
opinions, of which tho obvious tendency is to un
hinge society, or to resist, by every lawful means,
the influence of men, who commit crimes and con
federate to support each other in their commission.
To call such detection denunciation, and resistance
proscription, could never satisfy au honest mind.
It would be liko stigmatising with as opprobrious
epithet those j ublic benefactors, who teach men,
that all violations of duty are criminal aad disre
putable, and make their best exertions t» discour
age them. Proscription cau apply only to those
who opjiose and lessen tho influence of their fellow
citizens, because they innocently and with good
motives, think and act differently from themselves.
Such proscriptiou deserves reprehension, because
it invades the equal rights of others, and is averse
to the improvement and hupjiincss of all.
The argument to show tho projiriety of bringing
this society to the bar of jiuhlic ojiinion, ami put
ting it down by jiolitical combination, is much fur
ther extended; but wc have not room for inoro, and
we believe, that in the abstract wc have thus given,
we have done no injustice to the addressers, by
omitting any thing having a material bearing on
tho subject discussed.
We publish the following extract, from a letter of
Jeremy L. Cross, dated New Haven, Fob. 7, 1830,
ns an appropriate appendage to the Anti-Masonic
Address. It is taken from tho Salem (Mass.) Re
gister.
“You wish to l»o informed whether llu-rc ’be any
grounds for this declaration? Whether 1 have ever
authorized any oath so to bo given? or if I have
ever so given one myself? and whether f was ever
Grand Lecturer of the General Grand Chapter of
tho U. S. A.?
“In answer to the above inquiries, I would stale,
that during the period that tb« late Gov. Dr Witt
Clinton was the first officer of tlit! Genera! Grand
Chapter, 1 was sanctioned by him and the other
officers of that body, as a Lecturer, who was cor
rect in my mode of work and lecturing, as adopted
by that bod)’*, and under that sanct ion I visited sev
eral States, instructing the Lodges and Chapters,
in the mode of work and lecturing. In regard to
my giving any oath whatever, requiring the initia
led to swear to conceal all crim«* of a companion
R. A. Mason, murder and treason not excepted,
or authorized others to give it, it in without rug
Least Foundation in Truth! 1 never have given
such an oath, nor have 1 ever authorized others so
to give one; and furthermore, I have never given
myself, nor authorised any pf.rsons to g.vc nay oath
in masonry, whereby the person so taking it is re
quired to conceal any ctinu-wli’ilrr.er, which may ho
committed by any mason ag ainst tho laws of God
and his country; and so far from t|)at being the
case, every Mason is required to keep and obey
| tho Moral Laws or God; to be a quiet and peacca
hlc subject; true to his government, and just to his
country"
NAVAL.—A letter from the Mediterranean,
states that the U. S. Frigate Cona’eUnti'W).
Captain VVjtnsw<*»Ti», would sail from Mahon.
1 ,t Oct. for tbuJLTf,iied States.
* |
„ Uo ro-yublislieJ tho other day a query for tin
N' »,‘vii!e U inner, which wo hope the candor ol
that paper will indue* it to ans.ver. Upon the
»un* subject we copy from the Knoxvillu, (Term.)
Republican a* esxay, pretty plain in its inferences.
Strong suspicion lias existed over since it was ascer
tained that a large amount of money had been
fraudulently abstracted from tho State Sauk at
Nashvilfo, that it had been withdrawn and used to
promote the election of Gen. Jackson. Since his
elevation to the Presidency a charge was made
that the money replaced was sent from Washing
ton, which was indignantly denied. Who did take
the money yet remains a joy story, and it is likely
so to continue, unless the Legislature of Tennessee
take still stronger, steps to force a confession than
they have yet done. This is hardly to he expected
w hile the influenco that lins boon brought to bear
against an investigation continues. The guilty
alone, and their friends wo should supp< ■ •, could be
6>und opposed to an investigation. I lie suspected
ought and would be, if innocent, tho most anxi
ous to promote the enquiry.
From the Knoxville Republican
TO TUE LEGISLATURE OK TENNESSEE.
Gentlemen: Kor some years past, suspicions bavo
been entwrtained that the aifuirs of our State Bank
were improperly managed. These suspicions
w ere strengthened by the utiwilliuguoss oftliootfi
ccrsef the H ink to have its true vond lion investi
gated. Various wei* the artifices resorted to, to
eludr enquiry and investigation. During the lust
session of the Legislature, an explosion took piece,
and it was ascertained, beyond doubt, that the '
Stnt* had been robbed ol avastauiouut of its funds!
Mauy of that body considered it their duty, to as.
cci Uiu and-publish to the world, tho names of the
individuals w ho were concorncd, with some of the
offimrs of the llank, in this stupendous robbery.
Every effort, however, proved unsuccessful; and
the culprits aro to this day, unknown to the pul>
hc.^ 1 he extraordinary'tribunal, for examination,
whicli that Legislature created, proved inefficient,
and flic] whole transaction has thus far boon shroud
ed i> impenetrable mystery.
1L'vas ass*oru?u by some, and domed by others,
thatk large portion of the funds of the State had
kceiti dissipated in l3residential electioneering!
Uuuur said that that notorious and abandoned in
gratij Arnos Kendall, came in for a share of tiie
booty. Sutler me now to call your attsHtiou to the
lute piblications of Gen. Duff Green and Stephen
Simpion, Esq. Ttie party that will no# seek to
discredit thuxe two men, cun not succeed in the at
tomp; for that party originally introduced them as
ainoig its own most especial witnesses. From
the hte publications of these two witnesses, it. will
bo som that there is perhaps loo much foundation
for lie rumor that a portiou of the funds of our
Stale was devoted l» tho desperate game of the
Hrestlential election Gen. Green, in his contro
versy with Kendall and Eaton, in speaking of the
moti]cs which influenced him to take charge of
the 'lelegraph, says, among nthor things: “On my
return home, 1 overtook Gen. Jackson at Wheeling.
We (bucctided the river in the same boat as far as
Cine.unp.ti. On our way down, tho subject [of
estatksiiiug the Telegraph] was freely -canvassed.
He Urged my removal to Washington; expressed
his con faience of my success,” &.c. “As 1 had
been induced to engage in the enterprizo [the es
taliliiiiment of the Telegraph] by tho entreaty of
political friends; and as Maj. Eatou held their gua
rantee; I, on that account, as well us from a desire
to coifina all knowledge of the Irausuetizti to puli
tioal friends, conceived it best to apply for a loan
at Nishcille.” “I visited Nashville for the double
purpose of seeing Sen. Jsckson and borrowing the
funds itgro.nl upon. Through the agency < f
Ephraim H. Foster, Esq. I borrowed $1,400.”
'V ho advanced this sum, iie doos n«i stale; uur doom
lie state what further sums he obtained at Nash,
ville. From Nashville, ho went to Kentucky, ■
where ho heard, from one of Kendall’s “confiden |
tial friends,” that .$ 1,000 was^ho price of Amos’f
apostacy, snd that that sum would secure him to j
the “support .of Jackson.” Instead of paying to j
iv n.vill, the $1,000, he 1‘guaranteed" to him!
•>I,2vO. This induced Ksndull to proceed to!
V> asiiineton, wlmro Gen. Green “made up” for
him, £3,000 i
Although there is considerable capital about j
Nashville, it is mostly vested in merchandize and j
other branches of industry; and it is not believed [
that there are individual funds sufiiaeal to ^afford |
large sums, for purposes «f electioneering. Why
should a man at Washington, sss.it to establish a
newspaper, go upwards of TOO miles, to Nashville,
to get money, when there was so much more sur
piu- capital in the adjacent cites? Who furnished
the funds to establish the Telegraph aud buy up
Ainos Kami ill, «fcc. &.C.? Gen. Green savs that,
the money advanced by Eaton, did not belong to
Eaton but to others. To whom did it belong?
Or whence was it obtained? The community
have a right to demand, at your hands, an investi
gation of this matter. In one of tho letters of Win.
B. Lewis, lately revealed to tbo light by Stephen
Simpson, and dated, “Dec. 24, 1824,” Lewis, a.
m#nj othor things, says, “I am trs'y sorry to learn
that you have not. gotten the $5(10 which Mr.
Eaton and myself expected would Us paid to
yau by our friend Col. Armstrong.” “Mr.
Eaton and myself supposed that £530, in atldi.
tion to what hud. been paid you, would, in all
probability, relieve you.” “The old man’s friends
here, although the most of them aro in independent
circumstances, have not much spare sash." Jb'ow,al
tb ugh there was “rot much spore sash," “among
the old man’s irieuds,” about Nsshsitle; and al
though there was a surplus of “cash” about the
eastern cities; still, in every development of the
private ruasbinery of “the old man's friends.” we
sec that Nashville, and Nashville almost exclusive
ly, was looked to! From the late exposition, it
appears that Major P.aton was pretty generally hold
ing some “guarantee” for money, and furnishing
large sums of money, which Gen. Green says, was
not Eaton’s, but belonged to others; ami we like
wise find Eaton, no matter where, in Ibe east and
north, engaged in these transactions of money, and
of money not hie own, smne how or other, connsct
cd with Nashville, while Nashville was always con
nected with him; notwithstanding all the while,
thoro was “not much spare cash among tho old j
man’s friends” there!
Dent lemon, search into ibis matter, and ascer
tain \Vlio are really the individuals who pocketed'
the funds of tho State Itank. Dread not the investi
gation under an apprehension that, pcradvenlurc, I
tho hare association of ideas might, oven distantly,
connect “tho old man” himself, with some of “his
friends,” for, rest assured, he tolerates no such
bungling; bis tactics ever pre-coneeive and provide
barriers between him ana some of “his friends,”
the exhibit, through the whole rout ine of election,
coring, is always seen ir. some of these, you novtr
trace a moensin track of him!
The public in general, and your constituents in
particular, have a right to know lha truth. The
individuals, whoever they he, who have participa
ted in robbing the State of its funds, are within
your reach. You can appoint a committee, with
..authority to send for persons and paper*, and thus
ft rret out this nefarious transaction, mid expose,
to merited odium, tho names of the public plunder
ers. The belief is entertained, that every attempt
to cajole or intimidate you, will he resisted with
manly firmness. TUN’NI'SSl'TAN.
OHIO.
Under t he superscription of ilJae.hxovixiji fl n/rrl,"
the Olevelaod Advertiser announces the following
results of State eiectiojs in Ohio:—
Tho Ohio Stale Journal reerivod last evening,
gives the full election returns for this state, with
the exception of one ot two counties—the rouro
sentation'of these counties, however,are fortunate
ly known to us,apd we are thus enabled to stale,
that in the
Senate, there will he 20 daymen to 1G .Tack,
sonians. Last year the partes were Hod, but. the
Jacksonian*, after divers balloting*, elected thr
Speapcr. In tho
House, there will be 30 (’laymen to 33 Jackso.
nians. Last year the “Nationals” had only twe
majority, 'rhus it will be seen, that the Nations
r
Republicans liavo gained eight .since last year, am.
now have a majority ot four iu tint Senate, six in
the House, unci an oh joint ballat.
if is not i iitlle singular to observe that we
Lave a Legislature this season cu iipu.-ad ot almost
entire new members in both branches. Wo have
been credibly informed, that out of the 3(i Senators
returned, but -1 have been re-elected—and out of
the 72 members of the lower House, but 14of last
year’s stork, have been returned. Viewing thing*
all around, it strikes us that Ohio sticks closer to
rneoauraa thau men.
N. II. There are about a Iiall'a doai'U Auli-m’j
sons dueled upon Auli-ui itonic grounds. Last vour
they heled the b.ilanco of power, but now, in case
they go with any Jackami measure, wo believu the
(. lay party can iuu-ter ;i majority over both Anli
inaaouic and Jackson men united.
O. P. Q. of the London Morning Chronicle,
concludes u letter from Paris, dated UJ h Septem
ber, 11nis—
“To-day the hopes of the Rentiers have risen
some 30 per cent. ’Tis true that ‘the mobs’ are
not wholly put down—that extra legal measure* aro
spoken of iu the Monitoor—'.hat .M. Perrior’ff
friends talk of the necessity for coutrolliug the
s—and that all denotes a crisis and convulsion.
But the Rentiers say, ‘.Never mind, M. Porior will
remain; he will not abandon his post, we shall Lav*
tho.Stocks up again; and we shall have pe&co iu j
the einij ucver mind oh what terms, or at what I
pr.ee.” So the Rentiers are sanding up the funds
to-day, because they say that Polish aBUrs era
sotllod! ;uid that ‘order reigns at Warsaw!’ Do
you suppose thi* system will stand? I tell you, uo;
it is impossible.
“IPAcrc, the it, will till this end? I have pul this
question t° my sell at least filly times during the
last three days; nud uow I will give you the an
swer: 1st. It will end iu h change ot Mmiituri and
system; or, Bd. Ln a change of dynasty and govern,
meut; or Jd. in a sort of temporary restoration
until tho nation shall rise; or 4l!i. in s general war,
and anarchy and trouble, it is quite absunl to
expect that Prance will continue much longer iu
this state o( misery and uncertainty.”
Seizure ok Newspapers.—'I'he French p
oers. the JVi.lt mat, '/ lubtuut and iiseulvlt m, wi re
■' z -d tin- l’..*t Ollice mi the 19 i. Sc.ptcuibei.
'’"•n ctiiury visits \ve-c made to tup (.‘.Bee elTlte
l ribune bv the police. Their warrant c.-.-iain
ed :ta order to swek all writings, whether ahead*,
oriutecl or in the press, aid to hrir.g ?J. Auojs'.e.
Mn; lu (be Perfuctnro of thti P due. A vm! !;t
dispute took place between the y I ce and the
printers. Cow Ado.
V/e extract tlia following paragraph from a lot.
t<»rto the editor or of the Courier Francuise (Paris)
dated Nice, July 123 (ult.)
‘ 1 ho alliance of Charlus Albert (King of Sardi
nii) with Austria, is curtain; but the Piedinou
to*o troops aro French at heart, and w!-«n iho,- !
perceive that it is intended to force them to uaroh !
under tlie Austrian banner, there will doul b
a revolution. Both officers and soldiers freely"--ad
fear'assly declare such to he their intention.”
From the National Gazette.
We observed recently in ono of Dio papers of
Cincinnati, an account of tho acquittal of a parson
charged with passing counterfeit orders, er Branch
drafts as they are called, on the F„nk of the U.
States. As.we understood the mattar, the crireinal
escaped ou grounds ahuerly teehnicci, but the r«- '
port of the trial whs so worded as to wo-.ivoy '.oe !
impression tr.at the ariivn- or draila m uuustir.n '
might be counterfeited with impunity. ‘ A enss j
similar to that in Ohio wa,. Lr «d baft;* the Cir-uil 1
Court of the United Sta.es in this city riiuiug tho!
last wock, and we have obtained permission to*"copy ;
so much of tho charge ef .no 0:.i ae regards the !
power to punish the count orfaitcis. Ttu char-a !
is ciiarturicnd hy the ability which di.tin.'uickTk
the Judges of the Court, tied will n-.J with great j
interest. Tho competency of ll-.a t;.;uk t« issue j
these drafts, it* corporate liability for 1 iisa:, and the j
power of punishing those who alitttoxl to defraud j
the oomniunity hy forging them, are uli stated in :
the strongest ami clearest manner. The accused '
was convicted by tho Jury, but before receiving '
his eentenco com mi Mod s-uicido, as wo rasutioced I
last week. The statemunt that he continued to j
assert hie innocence is said to be erroneous. Wc j
are informed that he confessed his guilt, lu »6»ee j
af this kind, them should U-t no Mss sympathies. j
Vermont-—From returns rocoivud, it is probcble
that Judge Slade in elected to Congress from the
district in this state ln'oly represented ly tiie late
Mr. Mallary. Judge Slade v/as formerly a clerk
in thn Department of Slate, anti was reformed by
Mr. Van Burfcn-—Halt. Chrnn.
A Sign.—Wo learn from thn Harrisburg In^-l'i
ger.cer, that, of the 81 members of the Pennsylya
nia Legislature, who Fg*u«! tho fsmcHs Krepps
letter last winter, enly a'.iout* 3U were rx-oleet-ul at
the Into election. Balt. Pul.
Appointment by the President.—WiUiana C. M.
Waddell, of N. York, to k* Marshal of the United
States for the Southern District of JL York, vies
Thomas Morris, removed.
A Convention of the Clerks of the County andj
Superior Court* in this State will be held at HicIt. j
■mud in January next; for tho purpose of preseat
ting to the Legislature a detailed and plain •tatument
of the service* purfar»v*d by the clerks, the injust
ice dene hy the late re vised fee bill, and tho injury
likely to result from tha in w. It is proposed to ;o
leet ono dork in each Cuugreseional district to re
present the others.—Abingdon Republican.
From tlie Baltimore Amrrican.
IM PO KTA NT D iCC I SION.
It gives us high gratifiediou to inform our rna
ders that the controversy between tq» Rail Road
and Canal Companies has been decided by the |
Chancellor in favsr of the Rail Road Cosnpany.— i
Tne annexed letter from our correspondent com- J
munieates this pleasing intelligence.
“Annapolis, Till Nov. 1831.
The case oftbo Rail Road and Canal Cwmpusiea
was to-day decided in the Chancery Court, entire
ly in favor sf the Rail Road. T e Court of Ap.
peals, which should by adjoun-.nisnt, ativu »iot this
morning, has not yet made a quorum—only two of j
the Judges were present, Archer awd l)i>r*®y, Jus j
ticor.. It is uncertain 'vlum any othsr will bo at |
his post."
i ho Annapoli# Republican fincc rccfivcd, has l
the following copy of the Chancellor's Decision:
In Chanckht,— The Btiltimori end Ohio Rail 1
Ruud Cum/any v*. The Cheeaptakt and Oh o Ca.!
uni Company. I
Decreed, Thai the injunction heretofore granted |
in this en.<e, ho and the same is hereby confirmed I
and made perpetual. And that tha defendants ray >
unto the complainants, the Baltimore and Ohio j
Rail Road Company, nil tlcir costs expended hy '
them iu this sui', including all the expenses of the j
survey.
n?/>irurtirr Fire at .\e>r York.—The New York
.lour nil of Commerce of Wednesday says:—
About day-light tiiis morning, the Roman Catho
lic Church in Sheriff st reet, near Mroomc, was din.
covered to be on fire, and iu the course of an hour
was totally destroyed. The fire originated in the
N. W. corner, but in what manner it was communi
cated, is ns yet a mystery. There are strong sus
picion that it was the work of an incendiary.
The building was of wood, with a brick fronl;
about 50feotion Sheriff street, by 100 tn depth,
including nn appendage recently annexed in the
rear. Tbe whole was insured for S(t00: but be>ng
incumbered by a mortgage ti» still grea er amount,
(co.unl, v.o arc told, to the value of the land) the
loss to iho congregation may ha .consider d tot; 1.
Tim sum paid for the property, as originally j>..r.
chased, was £>7,."fi9.—Tim recent ad.i 1 r- t<» tin*
buildings, we are inform"*!, cos' shout *J.W)0.
Tho frame dwelling next the Church on the
South No. 27 Sheri F, owned and *> -eupiud by 51 r.
I'Jias Noe, was totally destroy*: i. Insured. No.
25, occupied by Samuel Ward nearly d* strayed.
‘ Uriel; house. No. 33, next north of the Church
owned by John Woods and occupied by Mr. Stab
■'iii**, ry badiy dauiugt‘4. No. 3.1, owned nnd oCt
copied by the widow of Aiuos Clarke slightly.
1 iio Methodist klp.s'i*j#al Church took fir**, blit
w as extinguished htdorw m.y tenons damage was
done,
I ho entire loan sustained is estimated at upwardly
of $20,000.
Among 1 lie ptssougora iu the P icket Ship N.ipo,
•non, which Railed from Ne.v York on Tuesday,
for Liverpool, we perceive the uam* of the “Hon.
Joim Noison, Charge d’Affairs a on special mission
to Naples.”
r V® <joln,,,ittee of tho House of Representatively
Of tins Slate, appointed to take into consideration
tho subject of the United 3‘utes’ Bank, have uiado.
inrougii .Mr. Browm their chairman, along report
against the renewal oi the charier of that institu
tion.—Nashville Whig Oct 23.
Vruth of a Revolutionary Patriot and Soldier,
—t-en Philip Van Cortland is bo more! He diod
on Saturday night, at lila residence, Croton, Want,
eheatar co. aged 84. H* wae sue of thu Srst whq
came out in support of Ids eocutry whru the Bri
tis!i goyeromuet eoiuineuced their acu of tyranny,
p eyiuus to the revolution; wad during tkist eon
trwt, he wan iuu«t estivo uuii tiravu in advancing
ths case* of liberty. Throughout h;s loaf life, he
maintained, iu an euiiusut degroe, a eha(aeter of
virtu* and disinterested patriotism. Ho has died
in a good ola ago, full oi honor. And his memo
ry will long bo cherithu d by his countrymen.
Albany Daily Advertiser.
Information was received at our police office, yes
terday afternoon, that tho notorious Mina had esca
ped from Duylaslow* j«J in the morning of tho
sunio day. He sawed oil" Lia irons, burnt a holu
through tha floor at Lus apartment, dropped into
the room lolaw, broke feu.-'loct», and got eS". Ho
was ueccmpauiad by a tvliorr calluu Brown, who
not having got rid of hie irons, was retaken within
half u nsihi of Doyli stowii. A reward of fifty dol
lars is ohored tor Alina", npprchuusinii.
Philnd. Cliron.
An endorsement, on the way-bill, by tho Post
Master at Doy lost own, last evening, says, that
-•kina has ’iceii rotaaeu, and is agaiu in jail.
Philnd. U. S. Oaz.
fiKNKRAL Portsk. — Wo are happy to learn,
thul t:n» ti’d i flushed stranger, who Las been
dnogennwly i‘1 n: tbo res’jfonec of Mrs Breck
>nridge to tl>* * itfighh >u h io J, t3 row consiiityed
V his phv»:.'.i..tin a a cou vulcucwuf, and that well
founded h- |h*j> iuav bo iuuulged ot h.j xpoedy
recovery — A'.y. A>,>.
The Peiiusyivuuia Inquirer licensee the VVol£
iiarty c.f d .-igmng to look.* ’’a Caihctiu man”
Vice Pr*«t<ien', m ths exp rMi.q of General
Jackson’* duLwiv btfirs iho cud of his second
*rtn. t>*i tfc* ether hxnd it i^ affirmed that
L.’t Anti- VV .df party *"*■ tbeir chief nj-entu aud
organa, hav* b*n*r> snlistcd by tbu inner cabinet
> \Va*»i.i»igtow, tor Mr. Van Burca, who is to bo
ooiaiunted by a Conveuiion at. Baltimore, with
’.he cert&ir.ty t>r-.t Pr.-rid* ut J-rL-oa will either
die or retire, h. vui" V i-» i>.b> sod power
with *ii*« ex-3ft_!o- •••* v o! tltn'i. . — JVut. tjuz
NEW YORK MAEKKTd.
Wednesday, 9th kuv. 2 P. M.
t*‘0£ —Only **. limi«ad bumiioas dou><r; sales
the ln- t thrse day.:, about 1H20 bugs, about 1100
Uplands at y to coni*; Tu.sup-eon ur.d Now Or
leans 'a- ‘ ''.i Alui.-'iint i ^. i iie KfellorH have more
c to most buyer-.
d'Aur. i i*o mavi.at l;is bx^a rrtber droopl&g
for the ! » v days, and for i.mu* doxcripliou* e
1 out sjt tV'LU ioa- as* tana ac—op*.id. SnAzs ot
common Western at 5 b1 i; Aow York and Gftorgu
town 5.62'r, n&'l • 'her uoa’-luavn at $5.50.
Drain.— **yo iian .’htri y Lava mes to yricx*
vvhioii we have uot :i?v» foe y number uf year*.
Ilirley he* l>*oi; Long t tip cm apoeulatiou, aod i*
aov.- qnlliitf;' nt 1.23. r?: *i is selling at 5.3c, vv'Laat
continues without -h'-age—a «utlo of Virginia at 116
cent*. Daily Ailv*rtis*r.
v<"> r*'-^4!EZ23
ni&CKLi*w& * pawn's-:.
3T2XR » WING of ths i?:vn»al Si wrujap Canal Lotto
£ P rr. No. 20.
43, 50, 13. 14, C, 52, 33. 17, 45, 57.
Nos. 6, 13. 45, ao! J at Mick'lo'u.
Drawing of tho New York Loiter?,
£xtra, No. 32.
55, If., 39, 49, 17, 35, 23, 14, 7.
•jrr "s* w’;' ty g% ? .•
’Lt» .i ■- A **■ *■ r *-■ j J.,' *,Cjr^ijj■
CONTINUATION OF CAPITALS.
'J “ R4VS ING of the ->u ual Swamp Lottery,
No. 20. "
13, 50. 13, 14, fi, 32 33, 17, 45, 37,
Nos. 6, 14, 32, Capita! Prize of $1,500.
14, 33, 45. Capital of 300.
Both sold and piid at sight, r.c usual, by Biggsr.
Stigar, € olfee, &c.
fc V ! r. .5' r h r - or. h:u:d, and oflcra fot
Milo, ar low prices,
50 l.kds diirip N". O. sugnro
10 do prime S'. Liotx do
20.) barj IIi*i >• •. ;i c.'ilun
30 «o old Java do
4>> bbd-j W I. nml N. O. inolasse*
1000 docks L-\i rpti 1 filled sn'l
50 do ground alum do
150 cassa cut nails
5000 lbr* c!»ui try i nn and plough plntns
50 ouch's iim re.l ar.d guniuiwd-r tea*
2o boxes a : j fii hbL PuihiJ I^Iiia uiurc^
40 tibin loui mid lump -ognrs
* 0 bnxca du due hie refined do
10 kcuu cult
lw.» bid* S'aTk a r mist end's giu
75 (K> niuckcrvl. No 1 tod
50 cas!;» g> nii'i n Malaga wins
10 do S Madeira do
jx." boxed bunch raisins
- ba’ns s >fi shell almond*
50 Luxe.' prime cheese
W b- Xfip iuno
40 k'-gs .ill!h, cracker*
5i> neuc stool boxes
75 dox 1« a.in o hu< , and bed cord*
100 ream* writ :. r and wrapping paprr
40 box'n window '•!•<»*
35 d>> tv!' ' V ..ini . porm candle^
5oo |h. country fsnne.l b ather
15:' ! is* Virgiiim i V oil varr.s,
A —K; • ri i ^.u*' * -2«■ ^, .-’a uil, imliyo, man.
dc;, c a 11.n, allspice, p*-ppt*r, grotiftt,
• mi rue g.ng. r, wit a yrr>. v of h. r "ord/>.
Conn ry n> ,n ; onu J r.P. .* will ploast
call nr..i exbimne h r tr- : s
•• .»•*' f’ t*A J. TItY,
Nei.tdo r )<i O'h J. .inlop Ar, Co.
or” 4— ts
HARWOOD aCL’OOL,.
t41 f J K «<"rcwj «f t: - Sicboi>i, fn- tha nnsn
-« n^vf-r nYd Cf'itim'nce th? I&’h day of Ja«
r.nurv. irt.J i-rtmnup Y ,b • » i.f J&uci-iribir foU
"’■‘irp Yin* « • nr,<. ot ir.:-;-:,ir> :.- n •./ill mein io
• i! the TeriiPf brant...<n of pm Knglieh F.duca
iMi, together ui'h tb** l^.m Itnantj;;. Tortus
I for hoard, tuii-ott, loiiping en*i Wa-iiuig, will be
u>r III' pc-*if: y <>f o( t n montli*. nntl
■o out iti!l if t« i f >r ; “! ,,rt, r p> ri ii.
• I..' ii.ii«* '••>„ •-.'!* r- . • l h tr. tnd t.-fifty,
' ty • wb 'o v ) r- a (•.!.!■ m! p,- iha
ri'--t, a..<* t ii by Mr To it? rre « b>|»irull(*,
tb*i o. i > ' t■ » • . trn . • r» lu aithy
ftilnt' .1*11. ( •< if*i . . ^7i■ (Ir* rtt pt
j tt'Titi iv. v.ili t><- j~- !. *’> ii> fTH.ri;. <. ihi* sfudent.,»1
and non "v,r IGv . i . wY r. ivo»T,
; unleft' at Hiac nry *.i.v ; 'n !>»• rro'liiupil
j with regard to c rr '■-j . r i. to. |,i h r« ail.
j (Irp.nud in to. . . r . n- ar *ii* rvt!li» Kuu*
1 qnt ’r county, v ill iev.•. . j i puip' . t<o Y«n.
J iiov 12—inwJn* <" "• • .F H,