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Now that tbs Protcctiye policy is popu
Jstr, what infamous fraud for tbe Locos to
pretend that Mr. Clay is oppoeed (o Pro
teetion that the Polk party arein faror
vf it 1
40,000 Whigs in Council,
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IN
MOTION.
Tbe Pittsbargh Conventinn on the lSth
iriPt.. was a roiifer. At lcast FORTY
THOUSAND oftbo freemen of Pennsyl
vania and Virginia were in Council. A
corrrcspoudeiit of the Baltimore Patriot
thns writcs from thc place of meeting;
Nerer bas there bcen such a meeting
westof the Allecranies. excent at Dayton,
Ohio, in '40 and '42. Hon. Walter 1
Iirwbi, lateSecretary ofthe Treasury, '
presided. assisled by a number of Vice j
Prcsidents and Secretarics. The Prize
Ranncr was awarded to the delegates from
Gcn. Markle's cotinty, Wcstmoreland ;
they scnt nearly two thousand delegates.
TVirly has ehe won it, and nobly will sbe
bear it in the coming contest. iMr. For
warw jnade one of his best speechcs up
on takcing thc chair; hc sat down, Hon.
Anukew Stewart, known through the
hnd asonc ofthc most zoalous and clo
ijueut of our champions, and the Hon
Mr. GtncixGS, of Ohio, wcro succcssfully
introduced to the andictice at the main
ftand. Thcirspceches were all that could
be dcsircd - ttrong conchibive and clo
uuent. Three other stands were occupicd
at the same tiine by Jlessrs. Pitts, of
N hccling. Criccr and Hanna, of Ohio,
T.Ihrca.v, of Louisiana, and other gcntle
tnen whose nauies I could not learn.
NoRTTIUJinF.RLAXD, Pe.VNSALVANIA.
The follow'mg cxtract from a letter of a
citizcn of Northumbfirland, shows that
pvch in Locofoco Noribumberland the
"Whigs are up and at work !
The Convention at this place to-day
Avas one of thc grcatcst cver held in the
interior of Pennsylvania. The number is
fstimatcd vhriously from 7,500 to 15,000.
My own belief is that the medinm i3 the
true estiniate. A large number of those
prsfcut were convcrted Locofoco.'.
MASsMnETiNcs.-The Whigs of Orange
rojnty hclda Mass Meeting of the River
counties at Washington's Head Quartcrs,
;it Ncwburgh, on the 23d inst.
A Mas-s Meeting of the Wliig Young
len of the city and county of New-York,
nnd of the young Whigs generally, is to
be hcld at X. Y October2:Jd. A resolu
tio:i was passcd inviting to speak upon the
occasioti Hon. Danicl Webster, Wra. C:
Preston. Rufus Choaie, Jno. M. Clayton,
Wm C. Rivcs W. .. Dayton, J. J. Crit
tsiiden, J. AlcPhcrson Bcrrien, Jno. T.
Woorehead, Gcorge Evans, of the Senatc.
Jlm. J. P. Kcnnedv, J. J. Hardin, J. R.
Jnersoll, Millard "Fillmnre, and D. D.
B trmrd, of the Housc of Rcprcsentativcs :
anl Hon Thomas Corwin, Cassius XI.
Jl iv, Francis Granger, Wm. H. Seward,
Wiflis Hall, Mark II. Sibley, Joshua
Sp'nccr, and Joseph L. White and other
distinguishcd champions of the Whig
party.
THE CAT LET OCT OF THE BAG.
Ths"Native Americans" ofthc city and
coantT of Piiil.ulelphia, hare made the ftillow
iu; i"o:iiiu itious for Congrcss: lst dijlrict,
Lsviu, (Wbis;) 2J, Ablunead, (Loco;)a,
CTampbeH. (IjOl-o;) 4th, Shearer, (Luco.)
Uivery c-Me:it from tbese uoiiiinaiions
whxh p irty liis the ascendaut in the councils
of "Nativisia' The Locos noinhuted by
ttr Naiivcs are old hackneycd politiciaus
-of the uiost rad'ical ordcr.
Mr Wright acccpts his nomination in
'v York. One hundred nuns wcrc fircd
bythc young whigs of Albany in hour of
Mr I'lllmorc s nomiiiatiou. Some oi the
w'lig papers are piifhing Mr Wright to
j-siicn as Senator bul hc will choose to
wjit, it is believed, untilaftcr clection '.
Bisitor O.vncitno.NK. Thc spccial
co.ivention of the Protestant Episcopal
(J mrch of PennsUvania has, after a long
an 1 excitingdeba e, accepted the resigna
tion of Bishop Ondcrdonk, and adjourncd
without clecting an asMistant or succcss
or. MOKE YKT.
Lhc A. l. l leuian is a raiutnat ooutn
C.irr.lina won't to for Polk. Sci how it
be""s thc Nullifi rs.
Let us cxplain to thc people of South
Carolint and if tbcv will hear w. e
idedve ourselves that they are actinc a-
tjainst their own intcrests, that they cithcr
wilfully or blindly misconstrue the po
sition of Gor. Polk on the important qucs
.tion of the TarilT.
The great question of nalional con-
:ernmcnt, about which South Carolina
concciveshcrsclfagsricred is the TarifT
THE DEMOCRATIC P i RTY THRO-
UGHOUTTHE UNION ARE OPPOS- ,
ED TO THE PRESEXT TARIFF. !
There is as much uuauiuuty in thc party
in opposition to thc principlcs and details
ofthe prcsent Tarift as thcrc is upon any '
other of the great qurstiont that dividc j
narlies. and FLLL AS THERE IS IN
THE WHIG PRTYIMITS FAVOR.
THIS IS THE POSITION L WHICH
THIS GREAT QL'ESTIOX IS NOW
PLACED AS REGARDS THE TWO
GltEAT PARTIES.
But let ns look a little futl.er : THE
DEMOCRATiCP RTY HAYEXOM
IXATED A CHXDIDATE FOR
'rrir"
PRESIDEXCY WHO HTHK MOST
rPDTV FSFMY flP THP PRr!
V'T T MIIFF- Hll V OUR OPPO-
vpvtc iiavp vnilitTPn
AjTvrjin TE FOR THF PRFSIDEV '
t-A.NiJlL.l t.1 Uli i lir, rtvaiUL,.- ,
CY WHO IS PLEDGED TO SUS-
TAIXIT. j
r .--u ;
Mr. Green, the Rcf med Gamblcr. is I
oroducuiir a trcmemh.us sensation by his
Lecturc3 in New-York. His disclosurcs
Invo awakenrd, evcn i:i that city of doubt.
f.il iuorals, odecp and dclcrmined feeling,
hich will cre long bc too powcrful for
ihK-e addicstcd to tliis loathsomc vice,
:in-I will work iil' f"r ? ciclv a purrr at
iir rit' "tii n ! V"f
' " 1
nQitroc !
M,cH,BAi.mhdlingherWWSlegIon.iDot.; sol seuds for tbe todder .ortof
for ihe coutcst. Wbig candidates for Oon-
grcJB are nominated id each district as lol
lows: Eastern (Detroit.) Edww Lawkekce.
Nortbern, (Pontiac.) Geo. W. Wisher.
Western,(KaIainazoo)H.NRT W.Tatlor.
W knothe two lattcr. and are assured!
not oulv that thcy are well qnalified for Con-
grcs but well calculated to gct there. We
bclieve cach of the three Districls will be con-
lested with a spirit uhich will datrte success,
and be vcry likcly to sccare iU Tribune.
AStuki.no Fact The pcople of Ver
mont, who altboogh almost exclusively an
agncuuurai ibuhc, m j w
XtZXl This
large amoimt of bread stufis they were ena-
bled totuym, and imporl from, otuer States,
liecauso they were cngaged in the raisiug of
shecpto suppiy me L,asicrn inanuiaciorics
nhb wool. Should not this stnking fact
carry to the miuds of cvery reflecting farmcr
proofofthe uecessiiy of sunporting ihe Tnr-
iff, bose proteetion upholds and secures so
czcellenta market for those ofthem engaged
iu tbe growin of corn and nbeat. Ureak
down Ihe Tariflf to-inorrow. and the farmers
of KtrmsHtwill he compclled toabandon wool
cultiire and to grow their own bread slulTt,
and thus will this market forso uiucb flour
be brokcn up. Baltimore IVhig-
(JThe character of Hexrt Clat has
bcen so oflen assailed by lying Locofocos
and Locofoco prcssrss tbat we give the fol
Inning tcstiinony, iu addition to w hat we
hive herelofore published from ministcrs and
olhers, that the people may see the char
acieruliii h our champion bears at bome.
The fim is from a clergyman who has ofB
ciated the past eigbt years in Kentucky the
Uev. F. B. Nastr. formerly of St. Albans, Vt.
It was addresssd to the Editor of the St.
Albans J'"ssenger:
"Vr. Clay is not a professor of Religion.
He is honever. as 1 bave been informed by
the rector of the Episcopal Church in Lex
ington, (in hirh Mr. Clay is a rommunicant.)
a regular atlendant atCburchben at home,
and has louj beeu alibcral supporterofthe
cliurcb. He alivays, I beliere, spcaks, when
he says any thing upon ihe subject, with
the ufmost respect of religion and of religious
pcople, I bcard hiin, iu a public address at
liexinglon somcsevcn vears since, express a
firm belief in ihe iruths of the cbristian relig
ion, and an ardcnt hopc that he himsclf
should be a religious mau beforc his dcalh.
So one prescnt on tbat occasion, I prc.ume
doublcd his sincerity in making this declara
tion. I havc no reason to suppose that there
has bcen a changc in bis seutimeuts sincc
then.
As a criterionof ihe cstiinationiu hich he
is hcld at home, it will not be out of place to
state herc nhicb 1 do unhesitatingly, hav
inc had ample opportunitics for asccrlaining
the truth that Mr. Clay bas the confidence
and political supporl of a very large propor
tion of llic moral north, and 1 may add, of a
very large mnjbrity oftbemembers ofthe
diflerent relijious dcoominalious in Ken
tucky. Thero are twelve or liftcen clergy
incn of diflerent ilt'uominalions residing in
I.exington. All of these I beliere, with one
exccption arc the friends of Mr. Clay, and
mostof thein are frequent visitors atbis
house. There aro about twcnty Episcopal
clergymcu residing in Kentucky. All of
tbese aro the friends of Mr. Clay. Of the
one hundred and fivc or ten clergyracn I do
not reccollect ibc cxact number composing
thc last confcrencc of the Methodist church
in Kentucky, all but three, as I was inform
ed by a membcr of ihe conference, are ihe
political friends of Mr. Clay. Iamuotso
nccuratcly informed respecting the political
opinions of ihe ministcrs of other denontina
tions, as Iam respecting the political opin
ione ofthe ministcrs of ihe Episcopal church.
andoftho Methodist church. I am confi
dent hon erer ihat there is nearly ifnot quite
as Inrgeamajority of these friendly tothe elec
tion of Mr. Clay as nf those last inentioued.
out ofthe four or fivo hundred clergymcu of
ditferent dcnominations in Kantucky ihcre is
not 1 am alinost certain, fifiy political oppos
ersof Mr. Clay.
At the great Theological debatc heldat
Lexington last fall bclwecn Mr. Ricc ofthe
Presbyterian church and Mr. Campbell of
tbe Campbellite Baptist cburcb au influen
lial dcnomination in Kentucky Mr. Clay prc
sided. Iwasuot prcsent at the debate; but
I knnw that it was a subject ol general con
gratulation among thc memhcrs ofbotb de
nominaiions in tho section of Kentucky where
l livcd that Mr. Clay had consented to prc-
sidc.
The opinions of a great majority ofthe re
ligious people ministersand others living
iu the uei-hnorhoorl or, and inliraatcly ac
quainted wilh Mr. Clay, Iam confidcnt is,
ihat if he n elected to the Presulency there
will be white he rontiuues Prcsident, a far
lie.ilihier moral influcnce around thc Presi
dential chair than there has bcen since thc
cloie of John Quincv Adams' administra-
tion.
I .
j OTThe Dorr synipallnzing meeting at
: Provideuce, weut ofT wiihuut distiirbauce.
Tbe scanips from New York, foundout when
i ,Ify g" "herc, that the Algerincs had dctei-
: "."."cd .,0 Pr-"ve . Pace. and vary con
iiiincd
; J-iderately suppresscd lheir)ropens:i"c3. Dorr
was not liberateu. piobably, becausc his
friend and compalriot, Cleavelasd was not
there to lead ou the rescue! Par nolilc fra
tum! V. S. A friend who was iu Providence.
Rhnde Island at the time ofthe above sath-
I ering, sends ua a Dorrite papcr, which say
j hre 40 orSO.OOU persons prcsent! Th
s i
i
Providence Journal says tberc were 2,800
mcu and boys in the procession! Our friend
counieu inem, ana made out 2,U0: J here
were probably 5 or 6,000
It was a great failure.
nprcnnc nrttnnt
' r
MR. CLAY'S NEIGHBORS.
.
vv imamusuol siiame ougbtnow to man-
Itlethe cheeks ofihevile trVducers ofMr.
;Clay! Wilh all ihe iuCuences which tbe
! baseness of his encmies would bringtobear
against mm, ms own ncignuors nare giren
loverthe vote of 1840 of 111. Where now
are Gen. McCalla and the old Bob Wicklitri
Favelte bas spokcn, in a voice wbich cannot
be mhmrderstood, hcr condemnation against
tbese bitier revilers ofthe pure and honest
! atateiuiau of thc West, and if they are not
! v 'ncorrlgible, as we suspect they arc,
- mrie 'uemselvcs in some pnvate re-
ra"!i a'J'1I.Dot ?' aPPr hefore their out-
raged fellow-citizcus, t Ieast until aricr tbe
Pre.idential elcction. MavsrilU Ealc.
.
HOW TO DIE EASY.
A fcw weeks ago. observcsthe Tuskaloosa
i'.l,?V,"'r' "lr:, ' ""ara V.u"moD e great
IVtll? OI laiiat e?a. reiaieu an nnprrlntp h. '
.1. f .1.: :. k ..:-
1 j ;-J f ,i j tijcm adduced as ovidencethat man factories
ted a correct idca of ihe democratic nomina-1 , , ... , . ""ira
rionat Baltimore. Mr. Cbilton said that a ' ncTf 0D, bcncficial to their owucrs. And
certain Dutchnian had a sicksonby the namcjagain will you not read the letter ofMr.R.
of Jacob. Thc old Dutchnian said "dat hc
phvsic Shacob wit thephvsicofalldedoctors,
and Shacob got uo pcttrr fast, but began for j
lodic.butcoi.ld noidicnoddcrrorthephys-!ro',on"c,i
i- So Shaciib h-Nirnsilf hanl hnt could
rfnrtnr. nnrl lic rnmn. and pives Shacob mm'
Poflfcroot tea, and Sbacob diedso casy rigbt
ofT, dat no poddy knewd it."
So with the Democratic party. said Mr.
Cbilton. Thevweredyinghaidat Baltimore.
. - . . i r. . Ar )n.tn f -i
Easning lor oreain. hdu iu u u"i"""
tion tookadoieofP root tea for the pur-
pose or dying easy. The medicme will nave
tbe desired effect; the party are dymg so
gCDtliy. uuucr luc vjJti uuuii v. m. .....
drink. that, like Jacob, nobody will know
when there breath is gone. Spirit of '76
fX?Tweiity thousand whigs assembled
al Eric: Penn., on Lake Erie, Sept. 10
to celebrafe the Fcrry victory, iu.
C.ay and other great whig orators were
prcsent,
THE (xALAiT.
We.dnesdayjSept.25, 1844
mm NOMINATIONS.
For Prtsidenlial Elccton,
JEDEDIAH H. HARRIS, ) .
JOHN PECK. JAtlargc.
CALVIN TOWNSLEY, 1st Dis.
CARLOS COOLIDGE, 2d Dis.
BENJAMIN SWIFT, 3d Dis.
ERASTUS FAIRBANKS, 4th Dis
ELECTIOX, XoTcmltr, 2lh.
L0C0 LIES.
Tbat Jamcs K. Polk is in favor of a Pro
tcctiveTarifTis a gross falscbood. The man
who has ahvaysbccn opposedtoaProtcctivc
rariff, and in thc last canrassfoi GovcrnoPin
Tennessee, iu more than 150 Stump Spccch
cs foundcd his whole claim of popularity up
on dcnuuciations of thc tarirT; who has
heen brought forward by the Frec trade
Nullificrs of thc South as bittcrly hostilc to
tbe Amcrican System aud to Northcrnlabor,
and who is sustaiticd by all thc frcc tradc
presses in thcUnion asbostilc tocrcry prin
ciple of Proteetion." II our infamous toat-
tcmpt to palm sucb a man upon the pcople of
New England cs a safe mau to protcct them
from British labor.
That Henry Clay is not and has not bcen
from his very first cntrance into public bfe
asteady friend of Proteetion to Americanln
dustry, and that he bas evcr uttercd or writ-
tcn a word contradictory to thc most ardeut
and coniinued attachment to Proteetion to
Agriculturc manufactures, aud every specics
of home lalor, in the Field.in thc Shop, or
upon thc Occau, arc foul slandcrs upon this
illustrious Statesman ; and those who bave
fabricated them can be rcgarded in uo other
light than as basc political miscreautswho are
rcady to make their country the victiin of
their uuhallowed nmbition.
We dcfy any man to prodncc a scintilla of
evidenceeiihcr intbcwords ordeeds of Henry
Clay to prove these propositions of locofo-
coism to hc true,;u nbole orinpart.
That the prescnt TarilT is adrantagous
only to the manufactures and capitatisu, or
was passed fortbeir bencfit alone are asscr
tions also as false as falsehood can make
ihem. We appeal to tbe thousands of our
population of all agcs aud bothsexcsnow
imployediuourmanufacturingcstablishmeuts
and in all mechauical pursuits, whctherthey
do not uow receire fullcr employmcnt and
bctter pay, than before the passage ofthe
preseut Tarifl", when half ofthe factorics had
ceased opcration. We appeal to the thous
ands of opcratircs who bave retired from
these manufacturing establishments from
which they have drawn the means of purchas
ing good farms, and havc gonc into diflerent
branches of busincss on their own account,
wbether manufactoricshavc been uo advantage
to them. We appeal to farmers whose im-
mcdiatc location is in the ncighborbood of
manufac torics whclherthcrcarc noadvan-
tagesto them, in tbe rise of thcli propertr,
aud
tbe reaay market which is now nlforded
foi cgitables, fruits coarscgraius 4-c, which
will not aflord tracsportation todistant mar
kets. Above all do we appeal to the great body
olagnculturalists throughoutthe Union, and
cspecially tothe larmers of Vermont,whetbcr
th-v nn vn.tK. h.. r :
.
ofthe present Tariff, increasing tbe demand
for tbe products of their farms, furnishing a
market tortneirsurplus near their owndoors.
nnd at fair prices. Mecbacics of evcrv dis-
. . . .. ,
"'I"". " you impovenshed by thc prescnt
tanfl- AnJ farmers hat would you do de-
pnved ofa protective tariff which would drive
a inilhon of manufacturers to become vour
compctitors iu raising produccformarket,and
thus deprive you of a million of custo
mers, who would otberwise be consumers.
And now gentle readcr to satisfv vour-
s" ,Dat we are corrcct in chargmg base
and Ulimitable deceptions upon tbe Locofo-
co leaders, and the party in the particulars
,owhichwc have rsferred. willyou read the
, e ,r n, ,'
, Iccr of Mr. Clay, and tbat of Mr. Marshall
.contained in thb paper. The letter from
Mr. 3Iarshall was inanswcr to one from Mr.
I Bruen of Perl'' Anbo' Ne" Jer,ey ea1a'-
Uau ueen maue by
fnnniilarlnnnir ;
as asscrlcd bv snmc nn,l i.
C. Winlhrop M.C. of Bosion, to a citizcn of
Whecliug Virginia, which wondcrfully cor-
'c tcstimony of Mr. Marshall, I
and pbn'M Ili faNHiood which ihe I.ocns
are unceasingly circubting,
ers hare rccejtly reduccd the wages of their
operatives at the East. They have indeeU
raised wages, and will doutmcss conunue to
raise thera should permanent proteetion be
extended to domestic manufactures.
Trot, August 30,1844.
Mr. Bruen
Sir Ynur faror of the 23th instant
comesthis morning to hand, advising of
the statementa made by Mr. Ketchum re
specting the conducting and results of our
manulactunnir ousiness, auu aiso uui u-
portmg and shipping, which are euttrely u wUh foreign countrie3j and an op.
correct. ponent ofthe Protective policy, ought not
Icommencedtmportinggoodsm 1S0J, t0 bo greater than tbat ofrny competitor
and sold some ofmynrst importations to at the6effort to eslablishh;a friendShip to
your father and Mr. Jesse Baldwm ; and the protccl;ve
dunng the 22 years afterward I imported j rema; a, rstruf and faUhfuiiyi
and shipped more cotton and cotton goods f friend
than any other individual in trade and j M CtAYT0N "E3 IL CLAY.
with my friends F. Thompson and Isaac
Wright, started the packets out of New WAGES RAISED BY THE TARIFF.
York to Liverpool, during which time it The conclusive testimouy of Mr. Marshall, in
appearedthe most prominent intcrest of his letter to Mr. Bruen, published inthis pa
the country to encourage foreign trade, per, is fully corroborated by the subjoincd
aswethen milkcd the cow whilst John letter from Mr. Winthrop, M. C. from Bos
Crapo held the bull by the horns.-But a ,0D' a?u of Wheelmg Va. We also
uii. uuii j P ask attcntion to the evidence hcre oflercd as
peace m Europe changed the pobition of ,o (he 0,vncrs ,he ...eallhy C0pitalists!"
the Amencan trade, and led retlecting 0f 0Ur great manufacturiug eslablishments:
mentosee that a change in our trade ( Bosxoj., Aug.Stb, 1844.
was absolutely necessary ; and our govern- Deak Sir: Y'our favor o( June 24th,
incnt directed their attention to the en- reached mejustas I was leaving home on a
couragemcnt of Amcrican manufactures, journey, from which I have but recently re
by laying heavy duties on the articles we turncd. You will pardon meon this account,
import. And as I have cver thought it ' for not baving nnswered it sooner.
theinterestand duty of cvery citizen togo You state tbat in some of ihe counties in
with his goveminent, I went to England your sectjon ofthe country, the opponeuls of
oni a ioo- j - m uL,i, the TanfTof 1842 aro strivmg for the ascen-
,n 1824 and 182o, and cngaged my broth- dan that am tIle argurnents, or her
ertogiveupimporting,andtocornmence;untrhstowhich lhey resort ,0 piejudice
manufacturing in this country, which we , and misiead the pcople, is ihe folltwing
were enablcd to do with many advantages that this (the tariff,) is a scheme ofthc weal
others did not posscss, as we were ac-thy capitalisls, calculatcd toaggrandizethem-
quaintea wiiu ine manuiaciurcrs iu ijug-
land, with their operations, and with cvery
dcscription of cotton goods then made,
and with busincs? habits favorable to tbe
understanding.
The results of which have been, that
for the first twenty-two years, as importers,
we made nearly one million of dollars ;
and during the last ninctccn years as
manufacturers, with most steady attention,
we are only icwarded by the results of
having made more people happy than any j
.1 . J" "J l IT:. I Ct.i..
otiieriwo muiviuuuis iu inc uiuicu iuics,
aswe have cmployed one thousand to, Kor this purposc I suhmit, first, a tnble of
twelve hundred persons steadily during the avcrage wages paid iu two of the Merri
thc whole time ; and I think I am safc, in mack Mills in the month of Juuc, of fivc suc-
saying atleast two hundred of those liands
are uow settlcd on frood farmcs.and are the '
are now settlcd on good farmcs.and are the
most indepcndent citizensin this country ;
aud as many more have gonc into differctit
brauchcsof businesson their own account.
It is not bccomiiig in me to say how
far we havc promoted the spiritual inter
csts of our operatives ; but this I can say
that it has been one of thc prominent
objccls with ourselves aud our associates,
fully bclievcing the success of every un
dertaking depends upon a divine blessing,
and that without that all our labor is in
vaiu.
Your ob't servt,
BENJAMIN MARSHALL.
P. S. Respecting thc bounty from the
British government, wewere allowed 3d
per yard onjall our printcd and stampcd
goods imported iiito this country during
the years 1603 a 1812, and, in conse
quencc, frcquently sWd prints for lessin
New York than we purchased them in
Manchester. The bounty on our imports
amounted to $30 a 50,000 per annum.
Mr. Clay and the Compromise.
At thc great Whig gathcring at Lan
castcr. Pa., a fcw days sincc, Hon. Jon.v
M. Clayton read a letter from Mr. Clay.
The letter is datcd at the Blue Licks,
Aug. 22d, 1844, and (barring the first onc
or two paragraphs, explanatory of his
correspondence already oppressivc and
irksome.) is as follows !
"I havc again and again asscrtcd, on
the floor ofthe Senate, that two principle
objects were aimed to be accomplished.
One was to avert a civil war. Thc other
was to preserve thc policy of proteetion.
It was thrcatencd by Mr. Verplanck's bill
with to tal subversion ; and I bclieve then,
and bclieve now, that if the compromise
had not passed.at the next scssion of Con
gress all traces of that policy would have
been eflaced from the statutc book.
You and I both maintained that the
mcasures of proteetion preserved by the
compromise would be sufficient until about
1842. But we were taunted by our oppo
nents to know what would be its con
dition when that period arrived. We re
plied there were the home valution, cash
duties, a long list of frec articles, &.c.
But I said also, let us takc care of our
selves now ; the pcople of 1842 may bc
trubtcd to take care of themsclvcs. Pub
lic opinion in the meantime may become
more enlightened, and the wisdom ofthe
protcctivejpolicy may bc demonstrated. I
have not been disappointed. My predic
tions have been fulfilled : The people of
1842, the Whigs, at least, every where,
and many ofthe Democratsare now fully
persuaded that the industry of this great
country ought not to be proslrated at the
feet of foreign powers. Every where the
cry is for a Tariff for Revenue, with dis
criminations for proteetion. Every where
the preservationof the Tariff of 1842,
tchich has icorked so well and is delitering
usfromembarrassments, is loudly dcman
ded. I he circumstanccs which led to or at-
tendedtheenactmentoftheCompromise,imcnd.,ts,l,I te. t0 th. "upport of all
maybe curious and interesting at matters I truc,jle"d3 t0 tlle ,ntercst of t,,c Ame"
of history ; but, in respect tothe policy of i can L,aorcr-
protection, the great. practical, absorbing
nuestion is, shall the Tariff of 1842 be
preserved or rcpealed 1 That question is '
tn 1A nlrvl in IVnrpmhpr npT T ln-n I
r.npiii.rllir PTnrPswrl nnlnmo itvt? '
CUJIVOCALLY IN FAVOR OF IT. ' Foco c,amor on tIie subject, the chict ow
t j - ' t ners and operatives of these "Iordly estab-
I thought we achieveda great triumph ishment ofFrich capitalists," and derive
,n rdacing the Protective pohcy, by the the greatest benefit from thir prosperity!;
Compromise act, witbout the rcach and ju .i . . .
beyond thc tenn 'ofGen. Jackson's admin- ?nd,hhaVe f Z l IT,
istration. And we availed ourselves of CtabI'shmcnt of thc protectire
the fact that the South Carolina delcgar.
tion were much moic anxious that thei
difficulty should be scttled by us than by '
Gen. Jackson.
Y'ou tp.ll mp that I am arrn.p r
ing abandoned th&protecive policy That
would distrcss me exccedinclv. ifl were
not accuscd nf all "-orts of crimes nnd ,
m'sdemeanors I beliere 1 have bcen
ch arged with evcry crime enumerated in
the Decalogue. I laugh at the straights
to which my opponents are driven. They
are to be pitied. Shrinking from all the
great question3ofnational policy, which
havc liitherto divided the country, they
havc no refuge left butin personal abuse,
detraction, and defamation. I havc lived
down these attacks herctofore, and with
blessing of Providence, I hope to survive
those which they are now directing against
me. Most certainly my surprise at the
, , ,. - -, r,;j p cran
acnra, iuiuc ueuiukui. nujiuvuuiucui
support of this general chargc, a statemcnt
has latelv been published, and is now bcing
cxtensively circulated, to the cfi'ect that, at a
time when the manufacturing busincss of the
country is looking up and thriving, many of
the larger manfucturers at the East hare re
cently reduccd tlic wages of their operalivcs."
You have already rightly charactcized this
statcment as an "untruth," but agreeably to
to your request I proceed tn furnishyou with
n few facts and figures, which will cnablc you
to prove it untrue to your friends and ncigh-
. -
cessivcycarsas follows:
Y'ear. Per eek. 1
Per day. Per month.
1810, Fcmalcs, ?1 02
Males,
80cts, $20 60
77 " 20 02
1841,remalcs,
227
230
21G
o ) l
Males
1842, Fcmales,
Males,
1843, Females,
Males,
ISll.Females,
Males,
84
2184
20 51
22 CG
871-4
The above is an authentic statement inref
erence to to two ofthc Mills of one of our
largcst and most prosperous Lowell manu
factories. These Mills wcreselected because
there had beeu no change, citber iu ihe cloth
or the spced, during tbe whole tenn, and ihe
comparisou could, therefore, be iustituted thc
more cxactly ; but they furnish a fair samplc
ofthe whole cstablisbment. You will ob
serye tbat thc wages of malc aud female ope
ratives arc bigher at this momcnt, than lhcy
havc been for any time for fivc years. There
was a rcductiou of wages during the- depres
sion ol 18-12, which cxhibitsitscif iu thc avcr
age of Junc, 1843. But since tbe tariff of
1842 was fairly iu operation, wages have bcen
steadily rising, and havc already more than
recovcrcd all that they had lost during thedis
aslrous experimcnf of Frec Trade.
It will afTord you a gnod commciitary on
thc idea ihat these manufacturing establish
ments are carricd on "by wealthy capitalisls
at the cxpcnsc ofthe otberand more cspecial
ly of tbe laboring classcs." tn cxamiue thc
following tablc, exhibitiug by whom these
very Merrimack Mills are owned. Therearc,
in all, 390 proprietors, of whom there arc
4G Merchants and Traders,
C3 Females,
52 Individuals retired from business,
80 Admiuistrators, Executors, Guardians
and Trustces,
23 Lawyers,
18 Pbysicians,
3 Literary Institutions.
15 Farmers,
40 Secrctaries, Clcrks, Sludeuts, &c.
45 Manufacturers, Mechauicss, Machin
ists &c.
Among tbe lalter 45, arc iucluded in
dividuals in the actual cmploymenl ofthc com
pany, by whom stock lo the amount of $50,
000 is owned. So much for thc Lowell man
ufactorics. I suhmit, now, a statcment, cqually anlhen
tic, exhibitingthccomparative ratcs of wa
ges in four of thc principal manufacturing
establishments in New Hampsbire, during
tbe month ofMav, iu thc years 1842 and
1843:
Nelicagcs of Girls per IVeek, after paying
Board.
Jackson Co. May, 1843, $1.45
1844, 1,80
NashuaCo. " 1843, 1,57
1844. 1,83
Amoskeag Co. " 1843, 1.57
1844, 2,03
Starks Mills, " 1843, 1,71
" " 1641. 1,85
This table like the other, Iclls its owu story.
It tells more. It tclls the whole story of
the TariflTof 1842, so far as wages are con
ccrned. The friends of thc Tariff necd not be
afraid to speak with their enemies in thc
gatc. The more its opcration is tcsted
the more beneficial it will appear.
Its influence upon thc p ublic crcdit and
the Na tion al Revenue has justified itto
tbe whole country as a measurc of Finan
ce. Its influenoc upon tvases will com-
Your ohedientservant,
Rodert C. Wi.ntiirop-
Thus it appcars that the poor, the wid-
w d the orphan, are. after all the Loco
A great Mass Convention for Western
Npw.Ynrlc ha hn rallfH n moot :
the city of Rochester, Oct. 2. It will ba
the largcst, probably, that has yct been
"e ' tnougn not UP t0 the great meeting
- mo"w n Boston.
For the liorthern Gabij.
ST. CLAIR AGAIN.
Mr. Bell. Sir: It is with a great deal of
rcluctauce. that I ask you again to admit au
otbercommuuication on St. Clairand Loco
Focoism. But knowing as I- do, that you
are always ready to correct ertors wbenever
tney occnr i cxpcct to nave inis iaiu
before the public; asthis Rev. Mr..St. Clair
comes to the very grave conclusion that tbe
staliuent I have beforc mademustbe,or atleast
"looked the mratlike a tcilfulfalsehood calcu
latcd for political effect of anything he had
been obliged ;o anstrtr" I decm it all impor
tant to mc to furnish the proof to show what
I stated to be true. And here you have it:
Tbe following ramcd pcn oiu came before me and
made oath, " Tbat bein prcsent in ihc office uf the
Northern Galaxy in Midilfeburj, Vt., and lieartng a
convcrsalion bctncen J. Cobb Jr.,and A. Su Clair,
1 beard Alr.Su Clair make tbe following answcr in
substanee, to an accusalion of Mr. Cobb, tbat he bc
Iieicd biin to be a Loco-Foco, aud that he belieted
him to be luing all hU inllucnce for that party to
to which he replied " That he wai a Loco-Foco in
Vt. but in N. II. he was a Whig." To which Mr.
Cobb said, "then 1 may understand you always go
with thesmallerpartyl" "Yes" said Mr. St. Clair,
I alnart go wilit ihe minority."
A. iM. TAYLOR, Jr.
A. F. GOODNO.
Subscribedand sworri to
this 21st day of Sept., 1844,
Beforc me, E. R. WRIGHT, Just. Peace.
I did hopc that this Hcv. A. St. Clairwould
not for his owu sake compel me to prove him
out to bc, what almost every one is willing to
conccde he is, a moral pestileuce, tainting
coinmunily wherevcrhe goes, hy his false
hood andslauder. This fellow after delaying
an answcr to the "card" published in the Gal
axy until a day ortwo beforc electiou, comes
out with a long and very ably written certifi
cate made to order from E. Maxham, a frcsh
convert to 3d partyism, to prove a conversa
tion which said Maxham ncrcrheard, all this
after St. Clair had bcen imformed by Mr.
Maxham that thc convcrsalion to wbich my
card bad allusiou was at anothtr time and at
anothcr place. Still ihcReiwnrf cxultingly
asks the reader "Take the paperin which I
(St. Clair) published anotc on this falscsMc
mcnt of Mr. Cobb, and see how comple'.ely it
agrecs with ihe certificate of Mr. Maxham."
St. Clair says, see how my statemcnt and
Mr Maxhain's agrce. Suppose they do
agrec that no such statcment was evcr made
in Mr. Angier's office, does that prove that
Mr. St. Clair did not state to me in thc office
of ihe Galaxy, what I said he did, beforc thc
above iiniiupeachable witnesscs, ihat "He
was a Loro-Foco iu Vt., aud a Whig in N.
II. ?" 1 think not. He goes ou and says :
"What ihink you now ofMr. Cobb's pro
fessed surprise at thc appcarancc of my de
uial of the statcment, and of hi3 second pub
lication of it ? Does it look like "iutcntional
untruth" for the sake ofa desired rcsult or
not!"
I still am at a loss to know u Ii.it could have
bcen ihedesignof Mr. St. Clair to make the
statcment above alludcd to, beforc so many
witncsses, and then denyit inthis public man
ner, knowing as he very well did, that I had
ample proof to substautiate my statcment,
uulcss hc has adoplcd the motto of some oth
ers ofthc same kiiluey "that a lie well stuck
to is asgood as the Iruth." Then comes No.
3ofhis noles appcnded to Mr. Maxhain's
certificate, "Stating tbat a "Cltruman" is
ready to give a certificate, if desired, thatafter
tlio charge was hrst published m iMr. iiells
paper he asked Mr. Cobb if he believed that
Mr. St. Clair intended to state that hc was a
Loco in Vt. and a Whig in N. II., aud ihat
.Mr. C's auswers were so erajire as lo producc
in his mind the impression that Mr. C. did
not bclieve it."
" A Clergyman is rcady to give his certifi
cate aud so forth," just as if because a Cler
gyman said so it was proof positire -just as if
a L,ayman could not state a lact which might
be equally as true. And what was ihis Cler-
I gymangoiuglosay? Wby.this" Clergyman"
is rcaily to state tliaf I did not say to tum at
that time. I believed that St. ClairhadtoIJ
a wilful LIE nor that I belicve him to bea
scoundrel a swindler "a hypocritc "a
wolf in sheep's clothin;" "a rcligious rene
gade,"i:c. Jcc nor as the GraniteFreeman,
a Liberty paper in N.H.said, "Mar he ivas not
honest, and ought not to be Irusted" but that
hc had "stretched the truth most confoundcd
ly." "Look at Mr. C's. Iong,laborcdcanl,cIaini
ing of Mr. Bell, as a matter of justice to be
bcard in a papcr iu which Ihadsaid nolhing,
aud wbich Mr. Cobb publishes ; bis succring
contcmpt, italicising the word Iler. "And
Jicr. A. St. Clair, who has of late bcen cn-
deavoring to cnligbten ihe good pcople of
Middlebury on thc subject ofthird party pol
itics," lugging in the fact that be bad Icft a
pro-slavery for an onfj-slavery church ; and
affirmiug it to be "the unanimnus opiuiou of
all whohadeverbccomeacquaiuted nitbhim
that his word was adoubtfulkiud of commod
ity." These are all very bad points in a wit
ness, which go far toimpeach him, by show
ing that he is too deeply intcrcstcd and reck
less to have murh regard to truth."
The reader will pcrccive that thc ifer.gen
tleman afiects a great deal of surprise that I
should ask Mr. Bell, as a matter of justice to
myself, to hc heard in his paper, ovcr which I
havc no more control, as to what shall bc in
serted and what shall not, than St. Clair him
sell, orany other maiir So it don't seem to
be so very strange after all. But the last
charge but not tbe least, is tbat ihe boy who
"set ui" ihe manuscript, by my not writinc
a very good fist, made a mistake and put tbe
Ilcv. in Italic which he thinks must mean tbat
bc was a kiud of quack divine, and "lugsiiiir
in thc fact" that he had bcen in and out of
almost every church in Cbristendom until
at Ust he had landed hisrestlcss spirit inthc
True Wcsleyau Church which is free from
Slavery, that being the Alpba and Omega of
iiis political and religious creed.
A word more iu regard to Maxhain's ccr
tificatc. The position ofMr. Maxham istrU'
ly a trying one, which forcibly rcmiuds meof
a story that is told of an old man wlio
called his only son tn his dying bcd to give
bim some adviee, and said to him, "It is my
dcsire tbat you should get propcrty get it
honestly iryou can but at anyrate gti iu"
Now it would seem that after Alaxham had
told St. Clair that the conversan'on he ltcard
was at his office, at another time, izc, he
still says I wact you to givo your certificate
you are tbe only instmment I can now lay
my hauds on "at any rale yoitmvstltll sume
th'ing," and get me out of this trouble ag you
are the only staff that I caa lean upon in this
dilcmma and so Maxham goes on aud re
lates a couversation that took place in the Ob
scrver office loug afier St. Clair made tbe
statement to me, at the office ofthe Galaxy,
asl have said before, tugether with some very
sage conduswns and inftrences, which he had
drawn from THE CONVERSATION.
Carrying wilh it the impression tbat it was
the one iu question, at the same time profess
ing great friendship for me as an individual.
J. COBB, Jr.
N. B. We learn that this same St. Clair (
bas made the same statement atanotbcr time
and at auotber place, which had I taken tho j
pains I might have procured tlio cvi- t
dence, and shall ifnecesarv i C Jr
Fcr ilc NorlLcro Galaxy.
I'ROGRESS OF REFOBM,
W 1TII SOME ACCOUST OF TI1F J1AN Vt no WAS
13KR TIIAS I11S GRArf DFATnKR.
Ou Sunday cvcniug last we had the curi
osity to look into the Masonic Hall iu this
town to see Orson S.Murray, and to exam
ine the apparatuswith which he had blown up
the Cbristiau Religion. The meeting pur
ported to be one of free inquiry. This Mur
ray, our readers will understand, is a persoo
who started iu life a vigorous Baptist, editod
a Baptist Journal at Braudou, and was gen
erally esteemed a religious man, as tbe world
goes, among that highly respectable body of
Christians. But Murray was clear ahead of
his age he went head and shouldcrs, into.
the abolition tide. thescales fellfrom his eyes.
Slavery becamethe all-engrossing thcme, ev
ery Abolition Society had his aid, on the
stump aud in bis Journal, other people stood
back, Murray reached tbe summit, his mind
cxpandcd as the heat increased, the Bible
seemed to contradict his favorite notiocs, and
the Bible was accordinglv kuockcd from it
pcdestal and the great Orson S. redeeincil
regeneralcd and disinthralled from the iron
bands of sectarian discipline stood forth first
au lnfideland then an Athcist. Recognizins
no government but his own will, no God but
bis ownself.no propriety buthisonn inclina
tion, his person as he appeared on that
night in a coarse frock, bair reacbing to bis
middleanda beard which the great Mogul
himsclf might have envied, well represented
the prineiples which be advocated, and the
utter abandon, to which be had arrived. Ile
commenced to a crowd of curious inen and
boys, by acsuring them, that he did not re
gard them with coutenipt and knew how to
make allowances for their prejudices. Ile
congratulated himselfin baving broken thc
shackles with which his inother had bound
his infant mind. He deuouuced tho Cbristiau
Religion as the " Juggcrnaut ofignoranceand
nouscnsc," and rccapitulated his objcctions.
(any ouc of whichan ordinary Sundav School
scbolar might have refuted,) against the doc
trinrsofour religion. Hc said that Moses
having ihe same organizalion ns ourselves.
was no more capable of inspiration than our
selves, aud went on in such a tirade of blas
phemy and abuse that we were compelled to
lcave the house.
This then is the tendency propcr nnd in
evitable, ofsuffering a single idea to engroes
ihe attention and absorb tbe energics of the
mind. Every thing how evcr important must
yield to the idea, and if the rcsulls of this ten
dency are all jtow.e tthc landmarksard con
found thedistinctionsof morality and religion.
I what may wcexpect from theiswurkingsin ths
I fields of political strife? The man with a sin
I ple idea iu his head is more to be drcaded'
' than a man with a pistol in his rockct and
! murder in his heart.
POTATOES.
Our readers will notice extracls showing
that inmauy scctinns ofthe country the Po
tatoc crops havc bcen much iujuied, and iu.
many instances rcndercd valueless by a di-J-easenevv
to Farmers, and which often attacks
tne Potatocs before they are dng. Iu many
cascswheu dugaud to all nppearar.ee sound
they have soon afterwards hcgan to rot, and
gradually became nn offensive and putrid
mass. In this decaycd condition they aro
said to be poisouous and have caused tha
death ofhogs wbich have been fed on them.
Somcthiiig of thc kiud occurcd last year
called thc dry rot in Otsego and Schoarie
Counties N. Y., attacking the vegitable in
the hill, and also iu ihe heep, and fatal to the
whole, which rotted aud emitted a disgusling
stcncb. This is said to havc been the case
also in portions of Connecticut, Pcnsylran
iaand New Jcrsey. The Caladouian printed
in St. Johnsbury Vt. says ihat in some parts
ofthattown and Danville and other qtiarters
the Potatoes arc suffering in tho same way.
and fields thatwerc whole ten days since are
now rotting. The Burlington Free Press
spcaks of similar appearanccs, in the Potatoei
in Chittenden County. We learn ofibe sauio
diseasc among the I'otatoe crops in Addi
son County, but whclher to any great cxtent
we are uuable to detcrmine. Eitherowing
to thc cxcessivcly dry and hot weathei du
ring this mouth ripening Potatoes, or to
the cause referred to, the vines arewitbering,
ahhough generally lhcy hold green uniil
struckwithfrost We have just been inform
ed ihat the evil complaincd of is found to e
ist toa considerable extent in Granville, Rip
ton, Middlebury, and scvcral other places in
this ncighburfaood.
(&Sad Potato Pr.osPECT. A farmer
on thcSurry hi'ls has just informed us
tbat of C00 bushels hc does not expect to
save 50. Ile put 100 bnshe'ls ofthe red,
(the vines green when duy, the out-side
leaves only begining to die) and looking
well, into his cellar, and in 4 days he was
obIi"cd to rcmove them and tip them up
onadry piecc ofland. They will he
thinks.aWg'o. N.IT. Sentinel.
Hocs dying ! We hear from JafTrey
that one farmer has lost eight out of nine
of his hogs that had been fed upon dcfec
tivc potatoes ! We have also heard of
other instances. Such facts are ahrming
and should lead all to watchfulncss, for,
their own safety, as weli as that of thjir
cattle and hogs. Ib.
DlSEASE AJIONG PoTATOES. We ll3VC
noticed througbout the country, that Po
tatoes show signs of prcmat uro dccay The
vines usually hold green until the first
frost; but this year the vines of some en
tire fields have commenced drying up,
white the potatoes havc not reached half
their maturity. The crop will not behali
a yield. Wc learn from a gentlcman who
has passed through New York, recently,
that the same diseasc seems to be preya
Ient through that State. This is very sin
gular, and is a subject of sufficient impor
tance to claim thc attention of scientific
men, that thc causo may be known, and if
possible, the evil remdied another year.
Pittsfield Eagle.
Wc are sorry to say a similar disease is
pcrceived in thepotatoe crop in this coun
try. It is thought the crop will be light.
There are, however, prospects of largo
crops of other agricultural products.
Grceiificld Gaz.
Potatoes. We hear considerable com
plaint made in this vicinity and in Read
ing, Felchville, &.c , ofthe rot, or rust,
which threatens to destroy the cntire crop
learn from thc
Ithaca (N. Y.) JJemocrat, tne same w
exists in that State to a great extent. jHc
same paper prescribes a rercdy, vrhicn, i
itbc not too h'f wcwoiild advispour lar-