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tbrsc csigenciM It is llic part of a wiso
Kovorntuent to anticipate and provide, as
lir as iKj.ssible. for all thesc contingcncies.
h is iirircd against banka Ihat they nre
f;on b.idly and dishonestly ndmtnistered.
nnd freauentlv brcak, to thc ir.jury and
,.r,i,i;m oflhc coinmunitv. I nm far
from denying that banks nre attendcd
with miscliiff nnd somc incoiivenicnce.
but th.-.t is tbo lot of nll btiman inslitu
fions. The employment or sleam is of
ten attendcd with most dis.is.T-u3 consc
ptercc, of wbicb we bava had rerent
inclancholy cxamples. But docs anv bndy,
on that nccnunt, tbink nf proposing to
disco.itinuo Iho agcncy of strcatn power
cilher on thc lundor thcwalcr? The
most Ihat is ibought of is, that it becomes
nur tlntv to incrraso viinlanc.c and mulli-
ply precautions, ngainst tbo rccurrence of
accidents. as 10 uanK.s. wc iruc quua
ilna i., whether thesum nf ;neonvinience
if dispcneing with thcm would not bo
crcater than nny nmount of which thny
nre productivc ? And. in nny new char
tera that may bo grantcd. ve should anx
inusly ctideavor to provide all possihle
rcstriction-s sccuritics and gunrantics
ngainst their rnismanagemont. wliicb reas
on or cxDcricnce may sucuost.
Such are my vicws of tbe qiication of
ps'.nhlishing a bank of tbe United Slates.
They bavc been long. binccroly and hon--stly
cntertaincd by mc ; but I do not
ket-k to enforce thcm upon any others.
A liove all. I do not drsirc nny Bank of
ilie Untled Slates, nttemptcd or ctb
liilird, nnlcKS, and until, it will bo im
prrativclv demandcd, ns I bfilicvc dc
manded il will be by llie opinion ofthe
pcpjf.
Concludtd next week.
Mtt. FRELINGHUYSEN.
Tbc slatidering Spimt or Loco-Focoism,
nnd its pretentioi'S to numerou: converis, are
well cxposedin tbe Eubjoined extract from
the speecb ofRevcrdyJohnson.of Baltimore,
at tbs celcbration in Philadelphia, on thc 4th
JUSt.
And who is Tbcodore Frclinghuysen? It
wa3 said. my fellow-citizcns.by a distiugiiish
cd 5on of your own State, assoon as thc uom
itiniou was proclaimed within the walls of
ihe churcii in v.hich tbc Convention sat in
iliy last, that the nnininalion had one attri
buteabont itwhicb, pcrhaps, could not have
bcen attributed to any otbcr mau his char
actsr w .ns so spotless, his life had bcen so
pure, his spirit was so pcrfcct, that not even
Ainos Ketidall could slandcr him. (Laughtcr
-aa.l applaue.) The statemcnt was hailed
as tbc strongcsteulogy tbatcouldbc pronomi
red, and the prediction which it cout.ihicd, it
ivas thought Ijy the raembers generally.would
lic fulfilleil to iha lettcr. I did not partake of
thit opinion fellow-citizen. I thought I
knsw the wrctch beltcr. I thought, and thc
result bas proved that I was right that the
vcry fact that Mr. Frclinphny.cn was pure
an.l spotIe3a; hb life. iu evcrything that can
adam thc ra:iu, as pcrfcct as is allowcd to lm
rma frailty a life illustratcd by a firm, fnll
anl practical beliefin tbo religion of heaven
oald all, iu tbeinsclvcs, aiTbrd an irrcsist
ibls iudaccmcnt to such a miscrecaotasKen
dall to fasicn upon it with delight. I was
surc that to do so ivould be to him a specics
of mcntal Iuxury thatto brcalheupon sucb
a chiracter as that vvonld be, to hini, uu
Bpoakablc fclicity to east his poisonous
tireath aga'uist one whom be fcpetv had lived
alvrays in an atmosphere whcrc bigh moral
;.a J religioas dutics are alone kuown aud ob
serred, woubl be to him a tritimpb; for be
woald know tbat be nced not touch him to
luflict upon him intcnsc pain. And I have
110: becn mistakcn. genticmcn. Hc cdiis a
ji.iper callcd "Ths F.xposiior," and bardly a
nnai'jjr issues iu wbich we have not ihc mo
nliiy of Ir. Frelinghuyscn assailed and ridi
culcd his icligiou malle a constant tlicmc
of ribald jesie the vcry partnhich. from
P ihbath to Saliliatb, hH faith and his duty
a.i I him to take in placcs dcdicated to God's
worsbip, heiJ up to thc Amcricau pcoplo as
:n olijectiun and asiigma upon thc man and
thc Convention bv tvliom he was nouiiua
te.l. lint. my fellow-citizen3, howcvcr ihe poi
poiioim brcath or.Mich a mass of moral pntrc
faciion as Amos Kcndall may alTect for a time
t!n pcacc and happincs? of 1 heoUorc 1-re-liuglii!yen,
the dny is at baud wben tbc pco
plc of the tinited Statcs sancljnn, by a
voica almost approaching to unanimily, tbe
rboice of xht Couvcntioo, w hile his iuhuman
h joller will I be fiuil; still lower ! tbc deptb '
lBM.nr v.mcuwc are no u,.uu ' V T
pi-" in. as notto n?rccivs ttiat wcarc to iijui
iij-siiist f:dschood reiteratetl from hour to I
hour. Tbc wholo schcm1: of warfare from
ne eud ofthe union lo the othrr is an organ
iz3 sj'tem of lics and Iibels, such as a civil
izJ cnmmuuity ncver bcfore wituessed. One
f their plans is to talk about the changcs in
nnrran'is ofihe men whohave left us and
joined their stau lard. Kow, ceutleinen, to
flpsal: in a phrasc a little lechnical prima
fj -i.-i thR fjet mUEt be uatrue. There bavc
becn n.- chanses. No hmcs: mau, with any
bra":n in his hcad, evcr lur;i from Wbigism
:n Loco-Focotsm to Jjc.t-iomsin to au
iJ-jren to Tylerisin, or to Polkism. (Hnars
of langbter.) And thc momeut, therefore,
youhearofany such changes you may be
ccrtain citber that the mau houU be taken
charge of by his fricndi, as a fit subjcct for a
lunatic asylum, or thathc was always a loco
faco at heart. (Laughtcr.) Clentleinen, to
gi.-e ynii au imtance of thishind of lying: I
1 s'opped at New Castle lhe olher day, and
went to f.e, ascvery good Wh'm does, your
ditiaouished fiienil, Jobn M. niajton. (En
tbnsiaslic cbeering.) He said to mr. "John
son, I thought Maryland and Delaware
would have becn ncutral grouml in this lying
mndc of watfarc of your opponcnts: but I
liii I il U unt so. Whv. s:.r. will vnu bclieve
It ? m yonr ' Elkton Dcmncrat' pnblisbed in
Cec'd rounty. in your iila'e, it was publishcd
th" olher i!av, in lnrse c.np!tal. that JOH
M. CLAYTOK had seen tbe crri.r of his
ways, (laugbter) and Jtirnrd Loco-Foco
1'olko Democrat." (Incrt-:iei! laughtcr.) 1
thought. gentlemen, at fiiat he w.n qnizziug
me, but lie a;surcd ine U v. n tm joke, but a
:nci: v..isti. joke. but a
omcs as to all tbe aHeped
icoluamjoftb.-ir papcr.
i, this m.le of dnception
T.ict. It speaks vol
cnangcsihat nll th
lu trutb. gentlemen
ic rIni-.l m n s.-cii-m. r.n 1 -.11 il, it -r.,i. ii,v
io do is lo lell tbe ma.i -(always ielling him.
if emirie. in nn tn!er.n..l u-Ii.t in v,u.
tuitthu or that man nas cliangcu, tliat it is
iit rr.ui; or if Irui lb.it he w:n not wurlh
lhe kecpingand acquiiing.
Tiie Dcei. The only netts we hnve of
tbe coateinplateJ meeting betwcen John
Tjler, Jr. aud yonng Pleasauts isthc follow
iuj. fi-jintlte Portsinoutb Imlcx:
It appoars that ih?diy and hour cre ap
xiinteii. and ths Index siys. "Mr. Tyler
luly arriv.ed ou lhe ground with his seconds,
an i afier vraiting a con-yderable time for his
i-Jisrsary, wa about preparing to rctire,
whsn a mrsenger arrived s;atiug thst Mr.
Pit.niHwasat lhe honse of Mrs. Dnpre,
S fju: l- mile? plf, 'xnjring crasy wilh
iin.-nwx aau tanias ne naa uoi oeec
j v.i -e ct'.c tlnis agree'l "n by his s.-'toud,
be, tbe said second, would rnect Mr. Tyler
if he would wait. Mr. 'J ylcr, tiowevcr, ocing
satisfied tbat he had fnlfi'lled his part of the
contract, iramediately returned to Washing
ton.', THE GAMXT.
MIDDLEBURY:
Wcdncstlay Juy 31, 1844.
VERMONT.
For Gorernor,
WILLIAM SLADE.
!For Lieut. Gocemor,
IIORACE EATON.
For Trcasurcr,
JOIIN SPALDING.
For Hejtrcsentalirc in Congrcst,
GEOKGE P. MARSH.
! 'or Presidenlial EUctors,
JEDEDIAH II. IIAItRIS, ,p
JOIIN PECK. Atlarge.
CALVIN TOWNSLEY, 1st Dis.
CARLOS COOLIDGE, 2d Dis.
BEXJAMIN SWIFT, 3d Dis.
ERASTUS FAIRBANKS, -1th Dis
Smatora for Addison County.
KNOCH D. "OODBRIDGE,
DAVIS RICH.
Louisiana.--Whigs Triumphantj
No BTistake!!
Wc undcrstand that thc little clique of
Polkats ivho prcside ovcr thc mectings of lhe
Middlebury loro Club, afTected to bc almost
dclirious tvitbjoy at tbc result of tbe Louisiana
clcction. Lcd on by tbat ablest of the trium
virate of thc party, the expost mnstcr at tbc
last mccting.the follon'crs tbrec timcsshouted
victory, victory, Jor tbe result of tbo clectiou
in Louisiana, and thcn deuounccd tbe lying
Galaxy. Poor felluws. They now look fool
ish cnough. Thcy could not bcar to have it
otherwise, and determined to bc merry at the
Icast gliinpse of hopc, for feardisappointmeut
ivould suddculy proscrdic all future cbance
at evcu outward cxultation. Somc of the
locos have indeed boldly proclaimed that the
Tcxas frand would sncep all opposition an-ay
at thc South to the Polkat tickct. Indecd
the wbigs thcmselvcs from the mighty blazon
ry nbich was given to Polk and auncxation,
wercnotwilhout thcir fears of tbc result.
13m tbe magic power of thc villainous an-
ucxatiosi issiio has bcen brokcn. Tbc deptb
ofthc Tcxas cxcitcment bas becn complctely
fathomed. Whcther Uoudelon is clccted or
not, the whigs nrc essentially victorious in
Louisiana. Ths locos have bcen bcatcn up
on thc vcry ground vvhich the whigs conccded
to thcm. Bcaten too whcrethcy brought to
bcar wilh the most powcrful efiect the argu
mcnt of anncxation. And if thc whigs are
now victorious on thc fronticr of Tcxas, w hat
hope has locofocoism at tbe North where the
Tcxas schcmchas tiddled thc party complete
ly, and utterly disorganized thcm. Last
ycar thc locos had all tho Congrcssmcn.
Thc whigs have now gr.iucd onc, and webonc
two. Last vcar the locos had lhe Scnatc 10 1
t0 7, and the whigs the Houses and majority 1
in inint bnlln,. ThU mr .1. M In,, ,1,. ,
- j j- - s- -
Honsc by an incrcascd majority, and an in-
crcased majority in joint ballot. Tbe Jour
nal of Commcrce says the nhigs bavc now a
majority in thc populnr votc. But vvhilc
wriliug the abovethe following probablv vcry
rcliable account from the N. Orleans papcr,
tbe Tropic, which contrary to out imprcssiou
last week is whig, mot our cye. The victory
is so complct as to satify us tbat Louisiana is
safe for Henry Clay next fall.
Louisiana Electioa.
One Whig Consrcssman gaincd.' Firc hun
dred gain in anoCicr Congrcssionnl dislricl !
A IVliig gain in lolh branclits of thc Lcg
islalurc And an incrcascd majority oi
joint ballot! A Whig majority in thc Statc
Convention !
The rcturus of lhe laie elcction are all in,
with tbc exccption of the vote of a singlc par
ish, and the i?suo is of a chararter to checr
the spirit of the most glooiny and dcspondiug
AVhig in tbe Vtiinn.
We have dimiuished the Locofoco mnjoii
ty iu thc Scnatc by tbe rcje ction of tbat pre
cious demagogue Tbomas Green Davidson;
wehave increased our majority in tbe Ilouse
(xomfour to EIGI1T; we bare gained one
incinbcr of Congress ccrtainly, and possibly
two, aud wc have securcd a large Whig and
Couservativc majority in lhe Convention call
cd to amend the Constituiion ofthe State.
All this we have acbieved in spite of the dis-
j Irauclnscment. l.y Iraud and yioleuce. o
? otCTS lh. C'V
?flh? 1 1'U'nbug-m spite of lhe c
,nS despondcncy of our hig fnends
frauchiscment, by fraud and violence, of one
spite
croak-
in all
quarters ol tlie country
! ,Lct 5",r brethren abroad be of good checr
i ' 'rcK'"vu L.uuisiana m "ine
workof wcll doing," by thcir cordial cratula
tions aud fervent sympatby. Thc Arhigs of
ibis good ttate will nevergive tip lhe ship
ucer fallerin their ontvard course. They
have responded in trumpet tunes to the Balti
more nominations ihey will repeat that re
sponse in the autumu.in a mannerthat, while
it will carry joy and gladness to every Whig
heart, will covcr the hopes of Locofocobm in
the State, "aswith a funeralpall."
We claim tbe result in the Fourtb District
as a Whig victory, whether Morse or llorde
lon has been elccted by a majority of a dozcn
votes. That district last July gavc Gen. Bos
sier, Locofoco, five hundred majority. We
have annihilated that majority, and that is
"glory enough for one day."
TUC LrGlSLATCT.F.
' Thc Scnatc, as ii alreadv nnderJtond, con-
1
aists ofnine Locofocos, and eigbt Whigs.
Morec's resignation if he has bcen eleclcd to
Congress, will ccrtainly give us a tnajority in
that body, as the district which he reprcsents
In the Senate has just givcn a whig majority
ofieOvotes. . .... .
To Ihe Ifousc, it is positively cstabhshed
that .be Whigs have elccted THIRTY-
FOUR.civingus eigbt majori.y in that body.
Torturc facts as they may, the Locofocos
cannot change tbis result.
CO5VK.NTI0W.
TIIIRTY-EIGHT Whigs. FIVE Con-
scrvativcs, and THIRTY-FOUR Locofocos
are clccted to the Couvention, according to
prescntappcaranccs. Of the Locofocoselec-
ted, probablv ten or twelve maiutain stroug
Conservative nrinciples. Il will be discover-
ed, therefore, that radical Locofocoism has slj wcajicr from the impossibility of se
receivedashock, from wbich it will not spee- ur; thcatrea for those peculiar
ddy rccover. We have the strongest assur- h . .... ' .iti. h
ance. in the political complexion of the Con- m.titulioM wb.ch it chargcd w.th bo-
vention, that the Constituiion of tbe State mg dcsirous to exlend.
will be remodellcd upon a souud and purely An(j nQW Fellow-Citizes : Does
republicanbasis. this Icttcr show that Rlr. Clay is as ready
LOUISIANA ELECTION HOW - .,,H fTa as Polk
nppwivpn i.v n PDRfil A. i 10 rush lo he slandard of icxas as l oik,
Corrcspondcnct ofthe Tribune.
Dabicn, Gco. July 15, 1843.
It givcs mo grcal plcasure to nssuro i an(J nvo)vo lho c0ntry in a most unholy
rStte r-Siwnrwithour unoflcnding sU,er republic.
Our nonulareandidale for Congress, Tbos. i
Butler Kir.r is actively cngagcd in the
canvass, and his clcction by n triuniphant
majority is lookcd upon as ccrtain. The
ncws of the Elcction in Louisiana opcr
atcs like n doso ofjalap upon lhe poor
Locos, wbose disappointment and chagriii
are pitiable in the extrcme. It was al.
most univcrsally conccded by the Whigs
that at (his clcction Louisiana would go
nsainst thcm, and ihe Locos boasted that
thcv would opcn the catnpaign by the !
conquest of that Slatc. Alns I this is but .
a slight forctaste ofthe trcmcndous de.
i i- ... . -. . . i . i. . 1 i
defcat theat awails them whcnthe ban-I
ner of Harrv of tho West is unfurled nnd
flun to lho brccze at tbe Preidential .
Elcction- '
MR. CLAY'S ANNEXATION LET
TER & STCLAIR.
Ono ofthe most bare faced pcrrcrsions
of trulh madc by S't Clair in his lccturcs
in this rcgion, is an attcmpt to nmke oul
tlint thcre is as much dangerof annexa
lion from Clay ns Presidcnt as from
Polk, and asserting that ubout thc whole
objection of Mr. Clay to anncxation
springs from tbo results incidentnl to thc
conncction of Tcxas with Mcxico, the
dangcr of war, of debis dc. and opposi
tion of pubhc opinion Now this brnzcn
faccd dcccivcr knows wcll ihat Polk was
nominatcd by the power of thcslarcbol
ding influcnce of tbc South as nn imme.
diate annexationisl, wbich bo has openly
and n hundred limes nvowcd in the most
cmnhatic and unqualiflcd lcnns. While
Mr. Clay in his lettcr upon this subjcct
has ns openly and frnnkly cxprcsscd his
disapprobation of nnnexalion, not only
in view of lho rcnons assumed for him
by Sl Clair, but for others so numerous
and incmcnlous, that scarccly any coni.
bination of circumslances could bo con.
ceived. which in tbc cstitnatioti of Mr.
Clay would juslify tbo baso schcrne of tbo
nullificrs of tho Soulh, but in our cslU
mation thc still ba;cr schcmcs ofthe
Icadcr of Norlhson thtrd-partyism, ma
fty of whom sccm prcparcd to pull
doun the pillars of the Constilution, and
bury this grcat Confcderacy undcr its
ruins :
Exlracl from Mr. Clay's Uttcr an anncxation.
I have hitbcrto considcrcd lhe queslion
upon lho supposition Ihat thc anncxation
is allcmptcd with lhe wiihout lhe assent
of Wexico. If sliG vlehta bnr rnnsnnl.
that would tnatcrially afTect the forcign
aspcct ofthe aucstion. if it did not re-
move all foici"ii diflicullies. On the as-
sumP'in of Ihat nsscnt, tho queslion
'ould be Conim2d to tho domcstic coi-
sidcrations which belong to it, cmbracing
tbc tcrni3 and condilions upon wbich
anncxation is proposed. I do not tbink
tbat Texas ouglit lo bc rcccived inlo lho
Union, asan intcgrnl part of it. in dcci.
dcd opposition to tbe wishcs of a consid
crable nnd rcspectablc portion of Ihe
Cf.nfcderacy. I think it far more wise
and important to compose nnd hartnonize
the prcsmt Uonrcdcr.idy, as it now cxisls.
.mrouuco a new c.emcni o u.s
ble opinion, it should be tho constant and"
carnest cndcavor ofnn Atncricnn stalcs-
man lo eradicatc prcjudices, to cullivale
and fosler concord, and to nroducc ccner.
' j K'"uul-- i.'-".r-
al contcnlmcnt amtmg all parls ofour
confedcracy. And trtie wisdom.il sccms
to mo, poinls to tbc duty of rer.dering
ils pres-rnt members happy, prosperoits,
and satisfied wilh cach olher. ralbcr Ihan
to inlroduco alien inembcr, ngainst tho
commou con?cnt and with the cerlainty
01 aecp tiis&aiisiacuon. itlr. JctterMin
expressed lhe opinion. and others bcL'eved
that it nuvcr was in Ihe cnntemplalion of e'tioneering which Loco-Focoism has or
Ihe framcrs ofthc con-tmition to add for- ganized for the next Presidential elcction.
eign tcrrilory to the Confcderacy. out of
which new Stalcs were lo be formed. j
The acquisitions of Louisiana and Flor-
iua inny ucueiuiiueu upon llic peculiar
ground of the relalion in which they
slood lo tho States oftho Union. Aflcr
thcy were ailmilted. we nnght as wcll
pauso u while, pcople our vast wastes,
developc our rcsources, prepare the means
of defending whnt we posscss, and aug
ment oufstrength, power nnd grcalness
Ifhcreaftcr futther lcrrilory should be
wnnted for nn increased population, wn
nccd vnlorlnin no apprchcnsions but Ihat
it will be acquircd by meanj, it is to be
hoped, fair, and hnnorablc, nnd conslitu.
(ional.
It is uscless to disguiso that there are
those who espouse and those who oppusc
anncxation of Texas upon the ground of
the influcnce wbich it .would cxrrt in the
balance of political power, between two,
grcat scctions of the Union. Iwgiyei
that no motive for tho acuqisl(ftFoTTor
eign lerrilory would be inoro UflTortunate
or pregnant wilh more fatal conscqucnces
than that for obtaining it for tho purpose
of strenglhening nno part ngoin9t anolhr
part of lhe common Confedcracv. Such
a principlo put inton practicnl operation
would meance the cxislence, it it aul not
ccrtainly sow the socds of a dissolation
0f jh0 Union. It would be to- proclaim
,Q ljje worj an jnsatinblo and unqucnch-
nblo thirst for forcign conquest or ncquisi-
' R, ., . tcJ.s k..
wn oflcrr.tory ot .1 to -doy as bt
rcqired to strcngthcn one part ot Iho
Confcderacy, to morrow Canada may be
rcquired to ndd Btrength to another
And aRer that might have becn nbtained,
still olherand fufther acqnisitions would
bccome nocessary to cqualizo.and aUjiist
the balance of political power. 1'inally,
in tho progress of this spirit of universal
dominion. the nart of the confedcracy
wbich is now wcakest, would find itself
ieven if with him he were ready to tram-
ple upon the pledged failh ofthe nation,
Tbe basin upon wnicn nc laj ...
position to anncxation is too noblo and
Patriotic for suchasmall specimcnnfa
man as Jamcs K. Polk to conccive,
Mr. Clay plants hiinsclf-upon tbc opinions
of y.r. Jefferson, declaring n similar
mcasuro unconslilulional. Througbout
tho wbolo Icltcr he goca ngainst tbe uttcr
inexpcdiency of anncxation on the ground
ofthe influunce il would create on the
balance of political power betwcen tbe
, rcal fccl;0Il3 0f the country, dctesis
o -
it as introducing a new elcinent ofdis.
co
coid into tho nation, und explicitly de-
clares that he would bv no moans bavc
i Texas anntxcd in opposition lo lho ish
cs of any c onsidcrable and rcspcclablo
potlion of Iho Confcderacy.
LOUISIAM.
The AVhig majority in July 1840 was
2075 on Congrcssmen in Louisiana. In
Novcmber 1840, shegave, with thecxcep-
tion of four Loco Parishcs not returned,
1129Gvotes for Gen. Harrison, and 7GIG
for Vau Burcn, being a majority of 3030
for Harrison. In July 1842, at which
time many votcrs Ieavc for more hcalthy
places, there werc betwcen sixtceu and
seventeen thousand votes east for govcrn-
or, and gavc tbe Loco candidatc, Moulon,
1557 maj. In July 1843, the ocos clcc
tcd the whole four Congrcssmen by 1403
mai. This vear with lhe whole force of
Anncxation, thcy have had a hard run, be
ing doubtful which party has succeeded
on the popular votc. In the last Icgisla-
ture a United States Senalor was chosen
to supply the vacancy of Judge Porter,de-
ccased. Thc volcs in a full body of both
Ilouses were for Henry Johnson, Whig
! 33, Walker, Loco 37 blank 2. On the
2d ballot Johnson had 39, Walker 3G,
blank 2. Johnson had only one majority
If the loco foco anncxation party have
anything to brag about in Louisiana, let
them do it, we do not envy them their
happincss.
Cy The following sum is proposed as
a subjcct of debate for the next meeting
of thc Democratic Association of Mid
dlebury, who made themselvcs so merry
on Wednesday last at the result of the
Lousiana clcction.
If thc Whigs carried the state of Lou
isiana in Nov. 1840 by 3G30 maj. and the
loco focos gain 2000 in 3 ycars and 8
tnonths, when will thcy be ablc to carry
hc state for Polk and Dallas, by gaming
theother 1G30 1
Sr. Clair. Thc religioso politico,
locofoco, third party, itinerant lecturer
in his dialogucs Saturday night indulged
in an insolcnt strain of n proof to a whig
for using the term locofoco, which he con-
sidered slang. Wc presumc this prince of
lang.wlianger3 ncver inf0rmed himsclf
tl,a.t evcr3: whiS editor and orator in lhc
United States has adopted this appellation
to dcsignalc a party who have assumed tho
j . l- i .u .1
namc dcmocracr. to which neither thcir
principles nor thc haujhty and aristocrat-
ic bearing of the party entitlcs thcm.
THE GAME OF BRAG
Thc vapid and assan-ne bragging all atoncc
prcvading the Loco press.and adopted by the
leaucr3 Eecms 10 Dc a Pa 01 "e sys!cm ol
Argument they have noite. Consistcncy
they bavenone.and principles and policy they
have uone but whnt every enlightencd friend
of his country must regard as ulterly sub
versive of tbe public good. But determined
to bbnk the eyes ofthe people from all lhe
great measures involvc.1 in thc Presidenlial
conlroversy, such as Tar'ff and Anti-Tarijf
Anncxation or Anli-Anncxation, they resort to
thc most cold hcarted misrcpresentatious,
to low and vulgar pcrsonal ahuse and black
guardism of tbe Whig candidates, and at
length they have resorted to the game ofbrag
as a part of their tactics'to save themselvcs
and the party from tbat flat despair with
wbich tbey are incessantly deronrcd. Es
pecially in Vermont, a region of raidnight
darkncss to tbis doomcd party, as notbmg but
brag is left for ihein, so nothiog but brag is
..the-ojjofthe day. Polk, Polk the mighty
:puissant Polk just dug up from tbe oblivion
ih which Gov. Jooes had buried him in the
last Tennesee election, is to walk triumph
antly over the course on the Texas hobby,
and tread Henry Clay in the dusL The
pseudo sage of the hcrmitage sct thcra the ex-
ample in tbe Louisiana Ietter. in which be
predicts that with Polk and Texas for tbe
watch-word, Clay will get 5 or C states in
tbe Union. Tray, Blancha, Swccthcart.now
joinin the cxulthigglee wilh renewed cour-
aee and animation. And tbe more every rea-
sonable hope vanisbes and faints away, tbe
more vociferously they cry victory! victory!!
like the boy in thc church-yard who whistled
to keep up his couragc.
TIIE GAME OF BRAG.
Ccrtain of our good Loco-Foco friends
hereabouts, like a few of their brethren in
Winchestcr, Va, arejust now ficrcc for bet
ting on the succees of Polk! Bctting at best
is bad cnough, but the man must be crazy,
absolutely, who thinks of bctting on the hcad
oCJas.K. Polk!! We wonld as soon throw
our wallet into the fire, aud hope to double it
in the operation,as cxpect to win upon stakes
put up in view oftlie Free Trade and Texas
Candidatc bcing elected President of the U.
States! ! The joke is too rich by more than
one half! Tbe way in which this 'brag' busi-
ncss was met and answered in Winchestcr,
aforesaid. was by dcclaration from Bushrod
Taylor, Esq., through the columns of the
W'iMr-liAclor RoniihHrnn in ihp. tprms nnd mnn-
ner following, to wit:-
" Wo name thc following nincteen States :
Virjriuia, Pennslvania, New York, Rhode
Island, Majsachusetts, Maine, New Jersey,
,
Delaware, Vermont, Maryland, North Caro-
lina, Louisiaua, Illinois, Georgia, Teimcssee,
Ohio, Connecticut, Kentucky and Indiana,
and ofler to bet from $100 to $500 on each
votinz for Henry Clay; and also, will bet from
$1,000 to 5,000 on lhe geucral result in favor
ofthe Whig candidate. Or, if the Locos
will bc better accoiuinodated, n bet of $10,-
nnf) to fl.nnn will be madc on tbe peneral re-
mi . i i T.-.l r
suit. j ne inouev 10 ue tieposiii-ii iu ciuicr
nf.b, Rnlnmnm ij.mks desLated bv thc nar-
ties acccpting tlie proposition.
V - . .. -1
CLAY AGAINST DUELLING.
Mr. Clay like almost every spiriled and
high-mindcd southern man,indays loug since
gonc by, gavc iu lo the odious practice of
ducling. Il was the fault of lhe age and cd
ucatiou, and probably if the noblc-hearted
inill boy of tbeslashcs suflercd tbe insults of
the dominccring aristocracy of Kentucky to
pass unrcscuted he would have bcen ranked
among tbc base born pelebiacs and ncver
more beard of by the wnrld. But Henry Clay
loug since renounccd tbe practicc of iinglc
combat and dcclared that "howcvcrherelofore
I might have donc or by inctitablc circum
slances be furccd lo do,no mnn holdsthc prac
ticc of duclling in dccper ahhorrcuce". Let
ourrcaders pcruso lhe articlc of Slandcr of
Henry Clay on our first page.
MORE SCREWS LOOSKNING.
Ncver were the Wbigs more justified in
cxultation at prospccts of tritimph than allhc
present momcnt. Every thing goes ou fiue
ly. While the Locos arebonstiug of changcs
in their favor which turn out in many instan
ces misrcprcscntntions, and in others to be of
old party hacks nho have besn laid upon tbc
sbelf by their former associatcs as not north
kceping, thousands of honcst Van Buren
men, since Polk lias been brought forward,
are makiug up a verdict of coudemnation
against tho demagogues of the party. who
ihey see dcsperately bent upon a course to
sustain ihemselves, which sacrifices the peo
ple to their sordid ambitiou, and cspecially
the north to the worse than colonial bondage
ofthe south. They cenerally declare ihey
will not go for Polk, and anli-tariff and an.
ncxalion with which his name is identified. In
ihe statcs of New York, Ohio and Pennsyl
vauia dissatisfactions are rapidly spreading.
Polk, Polk, say they, and who is tbis Polk of
Tennesee in comparison with Henry Clay
whosc bistory for tbirty ycars has bcen writ
tcn on the brightest pages of his country's
prosperity and glory. Thc oldcr democrals
at least caunot forget those palmy days ofthe
true old dctnocracy when Henry Clay "brokt
bread and ate sallicith" thcm.whcnhe presid
ed in the Ilouse of Kcpresentativcs the glory
ofthe nation, advoCating and arousing thc
pcople to a noble struggleagainst British iu-
sull and opprcssion, thcn negociatiug a glori
ous pcace, and laymg deep and strong tbe
foundations of that great Amcrican system of
protcclion to domestic industry which his eu
emies are cndcavoring to swiudle away from
lhe people, by lying and misreprcsentatlon
which would do honor to tbe most ficndish
spirits of darkncss aud malcvolence.
To the Editor ofthc O. S. Joumal:
Dkar Sir. I have bcen and am still a
Democrat, and I have voted for Martin Van
Iluren.jiut since the party choosc to advo
cate tbe anucxation of Texas to ihe Union,
and make tbat a reason wby Mr. Polk should
be elected President, I, for oue, cannot go
with him, nor will I support him. or any oth
cr man who is in favor ofbringingtheNorlh
ern Statcs in subjection to tbc slave-holdicg
iuterests ofthe South; and nlthotigh Henry
Clay is a slavcholdcr, yct he has tbe man
hood to say what be knous to bc true on
this as wcll as olher subjects, and hc will bavc
my vote next October.
STEPHEN SMITII.
Mill Creck, Delaware co.June 23, 18-14.
Here they come. The following is from
the last London Sentinel. Truly, there is a
most propitious movemeiit in tbe political
watcrs. Obiocomesupmagnificcntly. Those
who bavc supposed lbal sbe was inclined to
waverat a crisis more prcgnaut wilh impor
results than any that has ever occurred will
speedily beconvinced of their error.
South Solon, Mad. co.O.June 27, 1344.
Mr. Spru.vg llaving beeu a warm sup
porter of the Democratic Party for upwanU
38years I wish you to pnblish to the world,
aud to the Loco-Foco party that I have left
their ranks, nndshall go for Clay and Freling
huysen. Yours respectively,
WILLIAM P. LINVILL.
A meeting will be held at the Court House,
in London, nn Saturday the 13lh instant, at 4
o'clock P. M. by those who have forraerlv
supported the Democratic party. and who are
now uvorablc to the ciection of Henry Clay
to the Presidencv, for the pnrpose of formine
ourselves into aSccietyto promote the princi
ples advanced and supported by Washington.
Madison.Jeffcrson and all true Rcpublicans of
the Union' Z. T. r 1SHEK,
JOHN F. CIIINOW1TH,
GEO. PHIFER,
Wm. B. COALTER,
Wm.JINKS,
II. McCAMPBELL,
London, July 6th, 1844.
Extract of a Ietter to the O. S. Jnnmnl
from Gallipolis, dated July 5. 1844.
In politics everythins is eoimr on finolv
Changcs are occurring almoet daily, bere in I
spcak most knnwingly.
Molly StarkArousing Ihe Canton Re
nository ofthe 4th inst. stalcs that m two
Townships of that County (Stark) one hun
flfrw nmnmT. who are iu favorof
tho Tritr nn.l 3iaFnst the Polk doctrine of
immediate aunexation.have "come ouf'fwm.
the Loco-Foco party .and pledged Ineraseives
to vote for Clay and Frelinghuysen-.
AND FIFTEEN MORE! The last Ha
gerstown Herald ofFrcedom says:
Wc hare.inthe performance ofourdutyas
Rccoidiug Sccretary to tbe Hagerstowu Clay
Club, recorded tho names of FIFTEEN vo
ters who were the friends and and supporters
of Martin Van Buren in 1840, but who have
"left the foul party," and are now first rate
Clay Taritf Whigs.
Tho following lettcr publishedin the Ox
ford Tinies, is ofthe sape tenor with scorcs
we have already publhhcd :
Prcston. N. Y., Julc 22, le44.
I wish to anuonnce to the public througb
lhe medium of your papcr, that 1 hayc and',..' nr :v:,,i , ::
&;.Kir?;ffi: ; j. ,5. .t .n. athaifPa9t
ry Clay for next President. I have hereto-( CIOCK
fore voted aud acted with the socalled "Dem-. July !0ln, 1844.
ocratic" party, but I cannot and will not vote 1
forJamesIC Polk for President, because he
; . - m. :r
1 opposcd lo a rroteciive lariu, aou iu
! Ol anncxation 01 1 CXaS.
EPHRAIM SKINNER.
Thc Boston Allas says:
Thc Hon. James 1-owlcr, ol uestneui,
. .
who was for scveral ycars the candidate ol
thc Lco party in Connecticut, for Lieuten-
ant Governor, aud has cver since stood high
in its coufidcnce, bassigned hisdetermination
not to vote for Polk aud Dallas.
Ilundreds of Locos changed Still more
) Glorious Col. Hugh Lindsay of Bcrke.and
some five hundred others who have becn bere-
tofore identified with Loco-t ocoisra liave re-
ccntlv come out from amonff the foul party
I I. II.J nn,l.. thi. Tl!iniiF nf.
uu cuiuucu uicin9cni.9 uwui.i ...w .
'. Clav. Ma.ble and a Protcctive TarifT. Lind-
1 - . . . . . i - I
say and his associates, are making spceches gentlemen who have witncssed his per
and exposing lhe corruptionsof Locofocoism , formanccs, as a gentleman or talents and
iu a masterly manner. Roll on that ball. highly respeclable ncquirements in his
Philaddphia Forum. vocnlion nsa tenchcr ofMililnry Bands,
Another Changc. The Louisville Joumal and at such we trust ho will reccive tho
slates ihat Judge McKinley, formetly aU.S. patronage due lo his distinguished merita.
Seualorfrom Alabama, and now Judge ofthe , -
Supreme Court of Ihe Uuited blates is m la-
vor of 31 r. Clay. He thinks that 3Ir. Clay's ;
cleciion to tbe Presidency is demauded by : Jlonroe County opposed to lhe cxtcnsion
the great intercsts or the country. Cincin- j of glavery has bcen notified at the Court
nati Gazctte. ' nousc ju thc cUy of Rochestcr s;gncd, by
To thc F.diicrs ofthc Daylon( Ohio) Joumal. ' those who claim to bc democratic repub
Genti.ejiks Iu looking ovor "That samc ' i;calls hcrctoforc actin with the locofoco
old Coon " I fiud the names of four in dnridu- , DaH
als who have come out and boldiy reDounccd t ! '
thespoils party. Just add my name to that ; says. arc known to ths editor as among
lisl! I bavo voted for ihat party an cvcry an-. the mcst rcspectab!e mcmbcrs of that
nual clcction since 1823, belicving it through . . ... , ,
"ibick and thin" thc iruc Democratic party. Ptv. This is what m.ght have been ex
3Iy faith iu tbis bas been staggcred for some j pected, from the honest and cpnsistcnt
liine. It was once democratic to 'go in for a , bcrs of a party whose leariers seek to
United States JSaulc. ilie l anuoi o, uie
highcst the country ever saw. I recoHert, was
passed with Ibe aid or an llutcu, isealon,
&c. A:c., all Icadcrs of that pariy.
I am in favor of our present Tariu", 'let
well enough alone' is a good maxini.
JOHN W. ARNOLD.
Miamiaburgb, July 1, 18-14.
A.vd stili. thet come. Jlr. Dudley,
herelofore a proiuiucnt Locofoco and iufiu
ential lawyer, iu southwestcrn Georgia, ba3
accordinz to the Savannuh Rcpublican, de-
claied himsclf in favor of Clay and Freling- j
liujsen, and Wiiliam 15. (Jrawlord. iir. I).
resides iu Amcricus, Sumter Co., U ageutle
man of many amiablc qualities and will take
an aclivc part in the canvass now opcned in
the lid District. Nalional Jntcl.
To lhe Editor of the Maryland Chronicle
DcarSir I learn that various opiniousare
held and expressed in rclation to my position
as a pariy man at this time; in ordcr to re
niovc all doubts upon tbis subject, I now- say
that my political opinons have undcrgone a
thorough changc nnd tboiigh for many ycars
a consi&tent Jnckson and Van Buren I am
nbw a Democratic Whig, and am so for the
reason ihat I have been deluded by lhc self
styled Democrats. While I never wavcrcd
iu casting my vote for tbc locofoco party, I
of ten had doubts as to lhe correctucss of
their policy; but thcsc were always met by
the promise that if I would have paticncc
thesc things would all work out right, and
thus I kent on until I find ourcurrcury ruin
cd, a dctc'rmination lo brcak dowu ihe labor
ing classes ofour people, (of wbich I amonc)
by putling dowu the larifi", and rcfusal to dis
tribute the procecds of the public lancls a
mong thc states. These with many othcr
things pcrsisled in by the party to wbicb I
long adhered, have determined me, attnc en
i su
Frcl
candidates
.i : i .: -. rn..,..
v,.;.,i fr,n t'.nWMtn Ttoss.
Black Watcr, 8th June. 1841.
Silas Wright has bcen
ofTercd lhe
Gubernatorial candidatcship, but cant be per
suaded to accept it. He utterly dcclincs.
Tbcre isno better calculator tbau the sage of
Canton. He isquite as loxy as Van iSurcn
ing ciccuons.io voieior i riui, oiuy u , ifoad lrom itoslon to llr ntnn. hv tho
. . . r ti it nt i .
inrhuyscn and all lhe rcst of the ff htg nr Tiin... p.ii, ,,, tnt,n.M
to be supported in the country at i , , , , ,-"
and even his masterin moving lhe political A. 31. to adopt such measures for the im
coms. He kcns too well the doora which a- mcdiate survey of the route and also for.
waitshis party in the Empire State, and has the active and efiicicnt prosecution of ths
no rclish for thc honor of being bealcn by project as may be best judged best.
between ten and twcntv thousand maioritv ' aY '84-1.
for thc Whig candidatc.
Kr.t.T tiie Baix r.oLLisa. Our papcrs
continue to abound iu the most glowiug ac-
counts of whiggatberings in every section of
tbe Union. Iu Maryland Col. Pratt, the
Whig candidate for Governor is stumping it
.i. u .i. . . n-u 1.1 u-
through the state. The whole whig party
are gathering, and making ready to com-
pletely Waterloo lhe dcstmctives next fall.
Scarccly a doubtrcniains of a great AVbig
victory iu Maryland. Another great rally at
Nasbville.Tenncssee. A great tum-out at
Pittsburgh, Pcnn. Another of 3 or4 thou-
sand iu Steuben Co. N. Y. Another in old
Gates County, North Carolina. Another at
Worcester, Olsego Co. j. Y. &c dcc.
MEETING EXTRA.
St.CIair beld his Loco-Foco Third Party
meeting at the town room Saturday evening.
E. W. Drury that Pink of Deraocracy, in the
cbair. Among other attempts at hoodwink-
ing tbe pcople, he undertook to plaee Polk
and Clay upon the same groundsin relatioo
to the Tariff. Barbcr and Drury have
several limes in the Loco Club tried the
same expenraent. A grosser insult to the
understandtngs of the iatelligent people of
Vermont never was attempted. But the way C W Conant,
James M. Slade Esq. used up StCIair upon John A Conant,
this subject was a caution. To maka bisde- ( A G Dana,
ceptions more palatable tbis man claims to be I
aininiSterorChrist.and a true disciple of .Bl e -Brcffm. Ths Wm-
, , , . , .. . : chester. Va. Kepnbhcan, noucmg certain
John Wesley. but as differcnt from that ec::- Lcsooco p.0spaSitiOTS to nske wsgiis cn
nontdivinc as Alexsnder thc coppcr-epith the tssu ef thc Elfctrnal Elerficn in ths
was from Alexander the Crct. He prench
es political Abolition on the Sabbalh and re
tailsthc Loco-Focoslandeisagainst Mr. Clay
on week dajs. Whether be carrirs a ctitiS
cate of cnlistment from thc Loco-Foco S:its
Commiltee we know not. A Cttcr tcol of
the pariy cannot be found in Vermont.
COJ1MENCEMENT.
The Anniversary cxircis.c3 of thfr
LiTERARr SocrtrriKs if Middlebury Col
legc, will commenceon Tut-sday P. M.
at 2 o'clock. The Rcv. Wiiliam Mitcb
cll and Rcv. Dr. Spragur, will addresu
lhe Socicties. The exerciaC3 of Wednes
day will commenco in the Church at 10
o'clock. At 3 P. M. tho Hou. Myron
Lawrence of Massachusetts, will dclivcr
nn addrcss beforo tho Alumni.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
Tbe Annual Meeting of lhe Asaociated
Alumni of Middlebury College will be held
at the College Chapel on the morning of
. . -nf1ttrinnfa,npnr zit M n r nrk. I 11 II 1. 1 1 ,t I .
Comincncement, at 8 o'clock. Punctual at-
, .
tcnuance ot memoers mjowu is re4u.u.
FIRE WORKS. AVe uuderstand Ihere
is to be an exhibitton of fire works by the Stu-
dcnts on tbe College Green, on Wednesday
evening; the Baud has been invited to be
present.
4,1
OMr. II. W. Barstow, whosc card
. . , r,
"Ppcars in our columns. is spoken ofhy
nntlntm
A MEETING OF THE DeMOCUACT of
. - -
use it for no pnrpose connccted with tho
public welfare. Wedoubt not that thon
sands upon thousands of the patriotic
mcmber.s of the party will pursue the
same course, and eviuce their sincerity
by voting with heartfelt satisl.icticn for
Henry Clay. The notice is signed by
onc hundred Democrats.
HOW I1E WORKS IT.
To sbow what relianec is to bo placed ou
St. Clair, since hc has come to town ho has
dcclared ihat in Vl. hc is a loco.and wben in
N. II., a Whig. Such is the wire in aud
wirc out pabcy of a man who is conslanily
urging upon the people the maxim, llmyou
must do no evil that good may come, asay
ing true in itself, but so grossly pcrverted by
such men as St. Clair as to lead people to do
cvil continually. Our maxim is to choosc
tbc least between two cvils, and vote for
1 Henry Clay altho a slaveholder, if we can
tlicreby prevent slavcliolding, avert tlie hor
ridevils of freo trade, annexation, lhe exttB
sion and perpetuation of slavery, the dissolu
tion ofthe Union, and a proslration of alllbs
grcat pccuniary intercsts ofthe country.
LAKE CHAMPLAIN AND CON
NECTICUT RIVER IIAIL
ROAD.
Belicving, as we most fully do, that ths
period has arrired, when we may vcry
confidcntly look for the spccdy accom
plishment of thi grcat project of a Rail
;time nas amved tor avigorous
i tcrmincd efibrt to carry forward that part
i of of the road from Bellows Falls to Bur-
1 lington, so intimatcly connccted with the
best intercsts of the scction of Vermont
through which it must pass. We invitp
all the friends of this road, and interested
iu its construction, tomcet at Rutland on
' ,$, .invr A, ,,... ,n -tL-
Rutland
Pittsford.
Edward Granger,
Saml. D. AVinsIow,
Sturgess Penfield,
Clarendon.
Calvin Crossman,
Shrewsbury.
William'JIarsh,
Wiiliam B. Brown,
Mounthollcy.
John Crowley.
Ludlow.
Abraham Adams,
Emory Burpee,
Pliney Parker.
Cavendish.
Henry N.FulIerton
Chester.
Nath'I Fullerton,
Thomas P. Barrett
Bellows Falls.
Henry F Green,
Wiiliam Henry,
Asa Wentworth Jr.
Springjitld.
S W Poner
Abner Field
Perkinsville
Joseph Kidder,
Hiland Henry,
Mendon.
Irs Sewaxd.
ueorge l . llodges,
Wiiliam Page,
Robert Pierpont,
Luther Daniels,
Etlgar L- Ormsbee,
9eo' JV' Si.roi!',
Jonathan C. Dexter,
j0a (jain
Geo fj" Beaman,
Daniel P. Bell,
Horace T. White,
Fred. W. Hopkins,
James Barrett Jr.
Ambrose L. Browth
. tt,n
A nj.oUiy t ollett.
Wm. Nash
Vergennes.
AVro. W. White
R,m' , n.
Middlebury. '
VVeight. Chap'man,
Philip Battell,
R-ufus Wainwright
JosephNarner
A.1,e?.
'SJ00'
Asa Chapman.
i Brandon.
ana dc-