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H-v BELL,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TERMS OF NINTII VOLUME.
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3IISCELLANE0US.
From the Knickerboclter.
A LEGAL BALLAD.
BV JOHN G. S1XC.
An attorney was "taking a turn,"
In shabby habiliments drest;
coat was shockingly worn,
And the rust had invested his vest.
Ilis breeches had sufTered a breach,
His Hnen and worsted were worse;
He had scarce a whole crown in his hat,
And not half-a-croven in his purse.
And thus as he wandered along,
A careless and comfortless elf,
He sought forrelief in a cong,
Or complainingly talked to himself:
"Most unfortunate man that I am,
My only ciient is Grief;
Mv case is, I've no case' at all,
And in brief, I have ne'er had a brief.'
"The prolession's already so full
Of lawyers so full of profession,
That a raodest yonng man like myself
Can't make the smallest impression.
""They srrant I'ra acqaainted wiih 'grants,'
Can devise a 'devise,' or plea,
Can make a good decd in 'fee simple,
Kut I can't get the simplest 'fee.'
"I're waited, and waited in vain,
Expecting an 'opcning' lo find,
Where an honest young lawyer might gain
Some reward lor the toil of his mind."
While thus he was vanderiog along,
His eye accidentally fell
On a very deep hole in the ground,
Aai he sighcd to himself "lt is will."
To cnrb his emotion he sat
On the curb-stone the space of a minule,
Then cried, "Here's an opening at last!"
And in lcss than jifly was in it.
Kext day twclre cilizens came,
The "coroncr's 'quest" to attendl
To the end that it inight be detcrmined
How that man detcrmined his end.
"The man was a lawyer it seems,"
Said ilie foreinan, who "opened" of conrsc,
" A lawyer ! alas!" sighed another,
"He undoubtedly dicd of remorse.
A third said "he kncw the deceased
An attorney well versed in the laws:
And as to the caiiM: of his dcath,
" 'Twas no doubt for the want of a "cause
The "coroners" at length gave a vcrdict,
iifi - i i: 11 .. . . i',..l in n I trr-
"That the young man was drown-dead because
-i - i 1 .l,wa twfllnr"
He could not Kcep nis ucuu n. . .......
St.Albans, VtlSH.
OLD PELL,
OR
THE VENTRILOQU15T.
My frieud and clium, Tim Joceltx pos
sessed to an astonishing degree the singular
,,..wer of vtnlriljquism. We had eutered col
lege togethcr I was his room-niate and
nc were sitting together of an an evening,
after all had relired to rest, nau given nic
-. ri.:. ..-,..-..l,;n fiirnltv. bv fllllllS
the garret with screamsofturkies.tliesqueal-
i .?;m.r.nt imitations ol
.1.-1....' .. .l,;Milmwoiildconvcvaway
llUllltlll UI1.V!" .
to some rcmote distaucc, and then bnng it
craduallv nearer nnd nearer, uii u
tho plac'e hcre e were silting. It was not
known to any ot tne nuuema ""r
that Tiin posscsjcd tliis power, aud lie exer-
l.. -r. r..u.. nrrnsinns wfaile at COl-
lege, and iu one instauce made it suhservicnt
10 the accomplislinient ol at reasi uuu
good, and tlitvaneu tne puipusca m
rr: i n-nite vpt 3 frank and noble
rn,.. -ii, oTreltcnt scliolar. aud
IIIIUUCU ILIIU I . "
i,v Ine -1:i;nintfi!. There was
s fellow iu the Soplnnoro class of the name of
iUavid Hcnsoa, tne son oi a ncamij i
diolder, wiu posscssed little talcnt, but had
that supcrficial and tnsolent contemptuous
:t,,-;., tnn-iriU nll tim stiidenls. whose cir-
.cumstances were inferior in wealtli to his.that
xendered liim descrreuiy uupopuiar among
-i i. . nnnvMlictnniiiiiT. as hcwasthc
6on of Maj. Henson, who was an anstocrat or
flie oIU scliooi, anu uu ......
lns son should be placed in the highest rank
f j : I .c tntnr?. las in UUtV.
or rather in interal, bouud) made much ot
David and did not scrupie to exeiuwc -cncy
and forbearance towards him, which
.u... i: i ..... -....! ,n mliprr nnd althouch
dozens of the farmer'g sons, among whom
was my tnena iim.ouisinppeu uim iuiuu.,
and the attainment of science, still there was
evidently a desirc on the partof the tu
1. nnd to nroDhecv that
lie was to bccome the greatest scliolar of
them all. This tnisplaced favonteism, addcd
to the insolent and consequential demeanor
..rii - n.n(.all-P(t fnr liim the nnanimoUR
dislikeof all the inmates of the school, and
many were the pranks piayea on upou mm.
j-ai iu auccicu a wiutiuivu'v "
which was in bira perfectly ridiculous and
irould sometitnes perpetrate doggrel, which
lie suuuuueu to tne cnucuuis i .u.uw
andsomelimes to the gtudents deficient in
raeaning or measare, except where he had
stolcn entire snatches from Byron's 'Houri
nrfiltAnOGa 1 tvllirfl npvnp fnilarl fn rrain him
the sneers of the school in the same propor
tioti as his verses were coramended by the
teachers. On one occasion he appeared at
the adjoining village.with a copy of his latest
effort tacked to the skirt of his coat, which
some niischierous stndent had pinned there
during school hours and before Becson's de-
parture. .
Dnringsummervacauon, aball was gtven
:-i. i :itrrn and Benson and
Tim among other students, who remamed du-
... . . ,1 1 f 1 o n il
nng tne vacation, were invucu
among the young ladies in attendance at the
rtall.was Eliza Ayers, a beautiful girl of eight
.oen, whom report said was a great heiress.
;one wjs an orpuan ana unaer mc s""u
jship of an uncle, a mtserly old fellow, whose
tyrannies though often extended over his
liousehold.had not becn withheld from his
ward. Benson was here introduced to Misg
Ayers, and exercised the whole of hispowers,
.to render himscif agreeable to her. Tim was
also introduced aud before the evening drew
to a elose, it was easy to discover that the in
telligent and Ijeautiful girl had drawn in her
own miad tbe diflerence between the two
young men. She seemed annoyed at the
vapid tomfooleries of Benson, wh'de she fis
teaedwjifa respectful atteution, and with
VOL. IX.
smile to the conversation ofTim. The amuse-
ments broke up for the evenins. Tim was
stanamg by JJliss Ayers, who after some re-
uidiu u iu wc uapjij mannerra wmcu tne
evening had passed away, concluded bj in-
rning j.ira 10 can upon ner at ner uncie s. me in de room, and make me sit up all night
Before she had finished this sentence, Ben- wid candle.'
son came up, but politeness offcred her no Tim here informed the negro of the cir
aliernativo but to offer the same invitation to cumstances relating to the will that he was
him. He was about to offer to accompany anxious to obtain possession of it for the pur
her home, but Tim had been too quick for pose of having it proved and recorded, and
him there. Timaccompanied the lady home, then it would have been outof old Pell's pow
and Benson returned martified to his room. er to injure his young mistress. Tim, I have
He however formed the deterraination of vis- said before, was a rentriloquht. He explain-
lung miis Ayers, leeung tlie assurance tnat
Tim would come olTsecond best, when it be-
..tm,k T:m m,K, Vi,.. r
larmer in moderate circumstances, wmle he Tim should come to the negro s room at a
was the son of MajorBencon, with a fortune bout twelve o'clock tbatnigbt and tbeirpre-
at his commanu. 11c accordingly olten can-
cd on wiBS Ayers; and her uncle, lor reasons
which will berealter be explained, encour
aged hisvisits, and excited himself in his be
half, as a suitor to his neice. Benson was
fairly in love, and as many lovers do, he as-'
sume d a virtue and amiability of deportment,
which was but ill-feigned, and his real charac
ter would ofteu appear in spite of himself.
Tim also had availed himself of Eliza's invi
tation and oftcn visited her. A mutual at-,
tachment was the consequencc, wbich soon
ripened inlo an aflection betwecu the two !
an exchange ofvows and a promisc of licr
handwerewou from Eliza. Benson under.
the encouragement nf her uncle still contin- j
ued his suit, proposed, and was rcjccted. He .
grew amazingly melancholy, orat leastaflec-
tcd to be so ; and would wander in his moods .
to the banks of the river, and caze upon the,
stream, probably contcmplatiug an acquaiut-.
nnce withsuicide and giving his body to the'
fishes for dissection. But Benson was uot
suchafoolas that, either. His disappoiul-!
ment hecame known at the college, and nu-1
merous were the gibcs and taunts thepoor
fcllow got from those whom he had so inso
lently domineered. This, of course, did not
tend to add much to the amiability of his tem
per and on one occasion he showed his ma
licnitv and courage by knocking down a
brieht-evcd lad, some five or six years his
juuior, lorsaymg 'tnat a iciiow wno naa
been m the habit of takmg atrs on lumsell,
had fuund Ayers that could not be so easily
taken.' Tim, who stood by, saw this exhibi
tion of Bcnson's courage, and in return cave
him a blow under the left ear, which sentlnm
rcelinstu the floor. Attlns the whole school
shouted, and-Tim was cver after hailed as
nrotector a?ainst the tyrannies ol Benson.
But Tim himself was not entirely at ease
on the score of Miss Ayres. I he old uncle
had frowncd unon him as hc entered the house,
andhadgiren him sundry hiuts that Eliza
was not for him; while at the same time hc
had attemnted tolav his hands upon Eliza re-
specting her acceptance ol iienson. inis
uncle's name was I'cll. Hc had been made
the sole cxccutor of the will of Eliza's fathcr,
himself having the profils of alarge estate of
the deceased gentleman, aitersupporung anu
cducating thedaughter, duringher minority,
or uutil shesnould marry. An ltem in tne
will was to this eflect that ii JMiza marned a
nerson of moderate fortuue, the whole estate
amounting to sixty thousand dollars was to
bccome uers, on ner marriage aay, or nnen
she hecame oface butifber husband was
himself heir to thirty thousand dollars, half
of the estate became the property ot tne un
cle which sufficienlly explains the anxiety
on the nart of Mr.Pell that fcliza should mar
ry Benson, as he would thereby becomc pos-
sessedoi a snug iiiuo properiy.
Tim visited Eliza one evening and found
her in tears. On his cnquiring the the cause,
she informed him that Benson had that day
repeated his suit, and had again beenrejected
that ou hearing it, her uncle had come in and
uubraided her, and tbreatened that if she did
not accept Benson, to disposscss her of her
nrooertv.allecinc that he possessed the means
of doing so, as no body had read the will of
her lather except nimsen tnat me suuscno
ing witness did not know ihe contents that
nrobate had never been taken of it and that
it was in his power to insert therein a clause
requinng that irshe marned, it must De witn
the conscnt of him.as the guardian and the
cxecutor of the will and then if she married
Tim. it would be witbout his consent, and
she would therefore becomc disinherited for-
'Can't you get possession of the will?' cn-
quired lim ot c.liza.
' I should think it impossible, as my uncle
keeps it well secured in an iron safe.
I'll manage it my dear,' replicdTim, 'and
will cet the will from tbe old tyraut, or 1'm no
conjurer. You have told me, I think, that
vour uncle was very superstitiousi'
'Heis.'said Eliza. 'He imagines often
that he hearsthe voicesof Mr.Joues.andoth
ers ofhis former tenants, who are now dead
and nowonder, for his oppressiocs were the
ruin of these poor meu,'
'ln what part of tbe house does your uncle
lodgei cnquired lim.
On the first floor of the wine at the ex-
tremitv of the huildine,' shereplied.
Tim bade her good evening, and theu went
to consult Mr. Fletcher his attorney. After
some time spent in the consultation, Tim de
parted, and was wending his way in a brown
study towards bis boarding house, when he
was accosted by Peter, the black servant of
rell, with.
' Fine evenin,' Massa J ocelyn, I want to
peak to you."
Tim stonned, and turned round to the ne
gro. He wasasioui, mimorous tooKing lei-
low, somewhat aged. and approacned Xim
verv respectfully. He had been brougbt up
bv Eliza's father, and was a favorite domestic
ot tuat genuemanin nis iiic-ume. x-eier tuui
menced
Lookhere.MassaJocelyn; you notknow
what been goin on at Massa Pell's since I
let you outde gate dis eveuin Dat feller
Benson he come agin to see Missus, and she
scamper ou to her room, and snetnerseuup,
and den Benson went away. Pretty soon
Massa Pell, (he wicked ole chap Massa Joce-
Iyn) come and call yeung Missus out, and
leu ner sne muss marry dat ii enson in a montn
orhe turn her out door. Poor voune Mis
sus cry, and take on so, dat I couldn't 'tand
it, aud so I fell a blubbering too 'caze. vou
see, she my old Massa'g darter, and I carry
herin my armswhen she little piccanianv.
Sat ole Massa Pell very cruel.Massa Jocelyn,
and he say she had uo property if she not
marrv Benson. Now, Massa Jocelyn, what
to bedone? Can't you lick that Benson? Be
snre you can.'
Pcter was here interrupted by Tim, who
findinf from the tone of the negro's conver
sation, that he did not like his present master
overmuch, and would therefore be of service
to him in furthering the plan he was about to
MIDDLEBURY,
propose, asked him where he slept?
'In little room in de wing, close by
Massa
PelPs bed room. He make me sleep dare,
cause ne 'Iraid and sometimeshe talk in he
sleep and say he see ghost; andden he call
ed this to reter and they together formed
the project offrighening old Pell out of the
r.i :n faT. .a
concerted management when there, is now
about to appear.
Concludcd ntxt xreek.
THE GA1A1T.
SSmiDJSIIiJBSIETia'S's,
Monday Morning, Nor. 11, 1844.
raa NOMIMTIONS.
For Presidcntial Electors,
JEDEDIAII II. IIARRIS, ).,,.
JOHN PECK. 'jAtlarge.
CALVIN TOWNSLEY, 1st Dis.
CARLOS COOLIDGE, 2d Dis.
BENJAMIN SWIFT, 3d Dis.
ERASTUS FAIRBANKS, 4th Dis
ELECTION, XoxembeT, 12A.
MANDFACTURE
OE YOTERS.
Tbe papers are filled with accounts from
our commercial cities of the rapid manufac-
ture of voters from foreign malerials. In tbe
city of New York hundreds have been created
inaday, and the oath of allegiauce assumed
by men who could not understand a word of
the Ianguage in which it is admiuistcrcd.
While no native boin citizen is entitled to
share in the government of the country until
he has resided here 21 years, and colored
men of every age however intclligent and
cven possessed of property are excludcd en
tirely, the blood bought privilegcs of an
American citizen are bestowed uponsubjccts
of Europcan despotism almost as soon as
thcvland unon our shorcs. The pcople of
this Union without distinction of party have
ever been willing to extend their warmcst
sympathies to the oppressed of all nations,
and as soon as they have been able fully to
comprchcnd the cbaracterof our instilutions,
and have become sufficieutly informed to ex-
erciseintelligently the rightof suffrage to
tend it to thcm. But the Locofoco party by
distilliDg into their minds prejudices against
the Whigs, and claimingtobe thesimon pure
democracy, have been but too successfnl in
luring them to their ranks. And now when
they have found that without resorting to
someextraordinary cxpedient they must be
defeated in the Presidential canvass, they are
appealing to the prejudices which they have
themselvcs basely engendered in the bos-
oms of a large portion ol our foreign popula
tion to kecp themselres from sinking. They
are now summoning them loudly to their aid
on the ground that the "Whigs have recently
coalesoed with the Native American inPhil-
adelphia and New York.
But a few days since the Albany Argus
the Northern Locofoco organ issued a most
inflammatory address to foreigners ; it brands
Native Americans as "incendiaries and
Church burners!" It implores thc whole
forei nonulation of the Union, whether
0 . .
Irish, Swiss, or German, to array themselves
against the Whig party which it charges with
cnuntenancing the efTorts of Native American
citizens to tbrow ofi the gallingyoke of for
eigners which it is notorious injour cities by the
aid of the leaders of the Locofoco party
threaten to subvert our institutions and
snatch the offices and the reins of govern
ment from the hands of the native sons of the
soil. This is followed up by the Loco jour
nalsbyappeals to the anti-religious prejudices
ofthe people against Presbyterianism. Tbey
give countenance to tbe ontrageous attacks
ofthe Roman Catholicjoumals upon the re
ligious cbaracter of ths Vhig Candidate for
Yice President on the ground of his active eff-
orts as achristian ofthe Fresbyterian faith.
Ifthe Native Americans under whatever
banners they may be enrolled can look
calmly on and view such infamous efTorts to
summop forth the whole foreign array to
take possession ofthe ballot boxes we mncb
misUke their spirit and intelligence. The
effect of this base attempt thus to turn the
scales in New York at this moment is appar-
ent. For every foreigner whom the Locos
thus introduce into Tammany Hall, a Native
American leaves it. The unholy alliance
willbe defeated, and end in the overthrow of
tho projectors. Bnt it is awful to contem
plate the hundreds, yea, the thousandi of for-
orfljcru
VT. WEDNESDAY, NOV.
eign voters manufacturcd perday at 50 ccuts
a head to nulify the votes of Natire Amer-
lcan citizens and toaid the Bntish influence
in the country to destroy the Tariff and
fleece the nation of its wealth? Let "Ver-
monters look atit!
MR.
FRELINGHUYSEN AND THE
CATHOLICS.
ThcBoston Pilot an organ ol the Roman
Catholics, has come out most furiously
n ., . , t,.,, 0
President of the Amencan Bible Society, an
association composed of all the Protestant
denominations in the Union. This is a little
more surprising than that tbe Polk press
should havevilified Mr.F.onsimilargrounds.
We never supposed it possible that the intol
erant spirit of Romanism would have opcnly
arrayed itself in this repuMican country in
opposition to a candidate for office on the
ground of his advocacy of the universal
spread ofthe Scriptures and bis active and
pious efforts for the advancement ofthe reli-
gion ofthe Redcemer throughout the wotld.
Another attack has been made upon Mr.
r reungnuysen upon similar grouods in a
Pamphlet published by a Roman Catholic
Bookscller in Pbiladelphia, abusing Presby
terianism and those who profess that faitb.
After giving an account ofthe mecting ofthe
American Board and the election ofMr.
Frelinghuysen to the Presidency of the
Board the author spcaks in the folUwing
manner of that gentleman :
"Mr.Theodore Frelinghuysen, a candidate
for Vice President ofthe Unitcd States, is
here rcpresented as presiding in the chair of
a Bidlical mceting, countenancing the slan
ders of a gross set of Presbyteriap bigots.
Will the American People disgrace the Chair
of the Vice Presidency by the Election ofsuch
a man? Can he be ignorant of tbe plots and
machinations of the fanatics against our gov
ernment? We think this suflicicnt to alarm
every friend of civil and rcligioes liberty."
And has it come to this, that in this home
of Protestantism, this asylum from the rc
ligious bigotry and persecution and despotism
ofthe ecclesiastical establisbments ofthe old
worlt', an eminently virtuous citizen, and a
Iearncd and illustrious statesman is to be as
sailcd by a spiritual subject of the Roman
Iliarchy mostly on the ground of distinction
as a pious and active member of the Fresby
terian Church? Must the authority ofthe
Pope be acknowledged on the soil of this re.
publie to qualify a man for the sufTrages of
his fellow citizens ? Such arrogant appeals
as tnese Irom men to whom protestant
Ameiica in a n oble spirit of liberality has cx-
tended the pnvileges ofcitizenship and even
the right of suflrage upon afootingof equali
ty with thc deccndants of our rcvolutionary
heroesandpatriotSiarescarccIy tobe endurcd.
But under such circumstances as now exist
in this country, where foreigners are coales
cing on sectarian grounds to control the gov
ernment, and are pampercd with office to the
cxclusion of Native American citizens by de
signing politiciaos, no wonderaNative Amer
ican party has sprung up. It could not have
been axpected that the people of a country
who sonobly fought for freedom from a for
eign yoke would tamc ly submit to be robbed
ofthe privileges which theyhavewonby the
intolerant and monopolizing spirit of those to
whom they have charitably cxtended equal
rights and a cordial fratemization into the
protestant American family. We should be
slow to bclieve that the intelligcnt portion of
ourforeign population would aprove of a course
pursued in relation to Mr. Frelinghuysen, so
unjustin its cbaracter, and which, if persisted
in is likely to resultso fatally to themselves.
OLThe "Christian Freeman"' copies
with favorable notice, long extracts from
that iniquitous concern Bennett long
since sold out his concern to the Locofo
cos, and he hopes to defeat Henry, Clay,
elect James K. Polk, by Congress, and
relieze his Texas Script, by means of the
"Liberty Party."
THE COALITION.
Facts are constantly multiplying aud dis
closing to the public which develope the sin
ister character of Third Party ism and the hy
pocracy of the wire workers who control
its influences. Birney wbose followers have
bitherto invested him with the robes of spot-
less purity turns out to be a rank ally ofsoutb-
ern Locofocoism. This mighty cbampion of
abolition who was not only to break the fetters
ofthe slave.but to repel the insolent encroach
ments of southern slaveocracy upon tbe rights
oftheNorth.declares himself an ally to thatop
pressiTe power which the Liberty party was
organized to destroy.
He clearly identifies himself with the South.
He belongs to tbe free-trade British party.
He goes witb Polk and Dallas against Pro-
tection, Distribution and Annexation in pref-
erence to Mr. Clay.
He goes with tbe South in opposition to
the North in e very thing dear to their prosper-
ity. We are by no means snrpnsed tbat he
is now presented by the Loco party as a mem
ber of the Legislature of Michigan, whose
principles he carries out. The course of
the Third Party for a year past has strongly
demonstrated its affinity to Loco-Foco'um.
All over the Union these natural allies have
worked together, slandered Henry Clay to
gether, cheered each other forward and em-
braeed each other with a most fraternal afiec-tioa.
13, 1844
In our judgmcnt all this perfectly cor
res ponds with tbe stalcmcnt of Mr. Garland
as deposed by Mr. Driggs 5"lcave truth and
honesty enstamped upon its face, and it will
everremain a curious chaptcrin the history
of the present Presidential strnggle. Friends
of your country, of human right, of irapartial
freedom, we besecchyotito ponder before you
yield yoursclves.
JA1EES G-. BIENET.
Tho following is the close ofa lettcr nl-
dressed by David L. Child editor ofthe Au-ti-SIavcry
Standard in New York one ofthe
pioucers ofthe Anti-Slavcry causo in tbe
Unitcd States to some highly rcspcctahle
gentlemen at Nortbamptonrequestingto pre-
pare aud lay before the public an account of
the origin and the true charactcr of polKical
abolition.
This gentleman has been iutimately con-
nected with the Anti-Slavery cause from the
beginningand no man can bettcr disclose the
History of it. "We have now no space for
his extended explanation, But we may in
sert the whole of it at some future time.
Suflicc it to say that it discloscs ashypocrit-
ical and mcrcinary a course of conduct on
the part of James G. Birney as his worst en
eniies would wish to see, aud most fully jus
tifies the belief already entertaincd, that Bir
ney has been for years the secret ally of those
whose cause be now opcnly espouses. If
Polk is clected President of theUnited States
it may fairly be laid to the charge of Third
partyism which Birney has fostered into exis
tence. T tln nnt concur anrl never have concurrefl
in the non-resistant, non-voting, or disunion
principles of many, nowa majority of the
oldabolitionists, any more tnan l do witn
third party abolitionists. I still hold to tbe
original anti-slavery plan of political action.
votinc for the caudtdates of either of the po
litical parties, who will do anti-slavery work.
Upon that principlel shall vote for Henry
Clay. I would not vote for a non-slavehol-der
who would not do tbat work : I am rcady
to vote for a slavebolder who will, Mr Clay
will keep out Texas. He has dose it al
ready. Ilo has a heart in proportion to his
undcrstanding. He sympatbises with the
slave, and in any evcnt will rcstore the gov
ernment in some measurc to the dignity and
impartiality of Washingtonian times.
I am unwilling to conclude this letter with
out a last appeal to the many honcst,consci
entious, disintercstcd men whom I know the
Liberty Party ranks to contain. Brethren,
friends ofthe slave! can you give your votes
for such a manas James G. Birney, revealed
as he now is to you, notby me, butby him
self? What claim or qualification has he
apart from his emancipation ofsomeslaves,
and his professions of abolitionism ? No
partizan of bis bas uamed any scrvice, act or
qualification, other than these, which would
have caused him to be thought of by any
human being as a candidate for the seat of
Washington. We now have incontestible
evidcnce. from the recordsof Kentucky, of
tbcvalucofallthe slavcs he has manumitted.
cstimatcd upon honor oy bimselfand Iusfath
er. ItisSg,4S0. He has reccived from the
American anli-Slavery Societyalone, S7G40,
besides an unknown sumforhistravellingex-
Eenscs, dunng upwards or thrcc years, and
is cxpenses to Europe, after he had ceased
to be in the servicc of tho socicty. There
are now thirty ofhis fellowmen suuenug the
tortues anddeprivations of slavery in the far
soutbwest to which he was the means of
consigning thcm from the far milder scrvi
tudeof Kentucky. I have before nic a let
ter from the Hon. J. M. Iloward of Michi
ran. late of Coneress, which states that
'Mr. Birney married some four or five years
ago a lady who had about 620,000 in real
and persoual property.
I have also a letter from A. S. Mitchell,
Esn.of Danville Kv. whose character for truth
and vcracity Mr. William Birney of Cincin
nati was many months encaged in invcstiga-
. . . .i !: , .
ting, and has noi giren 10 mejmoiic me tcsuu.
Mr. Mitchell writeslhat Birney lived within
Kre miles of Robert Tilford to whom he sold
Cbarles, and contenteu nimsen witn wnung
ojletter to oblain a reconveyance of the man;
and this not till fourtccn months afterthesale
ofhim, yet confessing that he felt remorse
ofconscience for the deed! Mr. Birney
knows tho person, Tilford's brother in law,
named Wortbington, to whom Tilford had
sold him. Tilford's letter informing Birney
that he had sold the man, was dated Sept.
10th, 1832, he having been sold by Birney
to Tilford, July 8th 1634. I nnwgiveMitch-
ell's own words.
'Mr. Worthington, though a resident of
Mississippi, was spending tbat summcr, and
early part of fall, fas he had done before, and
has done every year since J in Kentucky ,and
wasin MercerCounty the summer just past,
and my xnformation is aulhentie, that James G.
nimeu has nerer.from. thedateof Mr. Til
ford's letter to tiiis hour, prosecuted oneinquiry
after vnaries u-tui a new iv w icfiauc.
H conld anv dav since that time bave
bought him, by simply raaking thcapplica-
tion.' . ...
More than tcn years Mr. Birney had the
price ofthis brother's blood in his pocket,and
an uncasy conscience in his bosom! There
is no pretence that he was insolvent, ulienbc
soldAim.
What now becomesof Joshua Leavm's
statement in the Emancipator, that Mr. Bir
ney did 'all hc could' but owing to Tilford's
hastu sale' oflhe man, 'HAS NEVER
BEEN ABLE TO REACH HIM.' These
areMr. Leavitt's own capitals. What too
becomes ofthe statement of MrJ. J. Marsb
all, Birney's brother in law in the same
Emancipator, that Birney neither bougbt
norsold Cbarlcs, but only 'borrowed and re
turned him!!' Will you permit yourselves
to be cheatedof your votes on suchfalse pre
tences? .
Has not Mr. Birney hetrayed bis faithml
and self-sacrificin? friends the confidingand
hnnMt snnnorters'of asupposed Liberty can
didate; and violated their disrincitve princi
ples 7 llave yon noi protw.ujt"
edly acted upon the rule, that you vvould give
vour votes tono candidate of either of the
otherparties, be bis abolitionism what it may,
consideringitagreater evilto ruk imparing
the integrity ofyoar party, than to vote
aeainst undoubted and most cfficient abolition
Uts? Remember Borden, Giddings and
Pratt; and that you now have a candic'ate in
NUMBER 28.
the field against John Quincy Adams! Your
pnnciplc is wrong but isirney gave ittoyou
and was pledged to it. And now he himself,
your candidate for President 'Birney the
Just, is proved to have consented aud sought
to be set up by the Locofocos for representa
tirein the Lcgislature of Michigan, promis
ing ifhe was nominated, to carry out the prin
ciples ofthe party, including of course the
election of Cass, a sbameless anntxationis:,?
Senatorof the United States; AND TO
REFRAIN FR03I AG1TATING THE
QUESTION OF ABOLITION. Can
there bc trcachery more flagraut? Compare
these facts with his paltering and evasive
lettcr to thc Tribunc on the subject ofth.it
nomination. Is this the attitude, in which
you like to contcmplate your candidate for
the Presidency ? Is hcan abolitionist, oris
he one ofthe 'political wolves in the clothing
of abolitionism' uhom be foretold. Like
Joe Smitb, another candidate and iuipostcr.
be ruakes his propuecies -nd Juljills them.
Can Whig Abolitionuts give himavote?
Can any sincerc abolitiouists do it without de-
grading himself and betraying, as Birney has,
our pure and illustrious cause?
Liberty men! the leaders and mauaccrs of
your party are uotseeking to abolish slavery
except asa Jmcans ofprojit and power. I
am convinced aud have long been so, tbat
they are using you forthese vilccnds. I will
state in a few words, what it was that com-
plctcd this coorictioa on my mind. In thc
winter of 1842-3 a Whig member of Con-
gressput into my hands at ashington, a
lettcr froin thc Coirtinittec in Ohio, and let
ters fro'.n individuals in tbe same State, urg
ing that John Quincy Adams should be nom
inated by the u nigs nitliout delay lor rresi
dcnt, and dcclaring tbat if noniinutcd he
would sweep the entire West. This was jujt
after his triumphal journey there- I was re
quested to reply, and I did so I cordially ap
proving the suggcstion, but urgiug tbat the
ball should be bct in inotion in thc West, as
the most suitablc placc, especially under the
circumstances of the time. Mr. Lcavitt was
I also addressed by some of thc same persous,
. and thrcw cold walcrwilhall his mightupon
kuu
I did not then unJerstand it, because Mr.
Leavitt had sauctioncd and reccommcnded
Liberty men's votingforMr. Adams asrepre
sentativc, though his party, truer than him
self to their faise principles had neverthc
less run a caudidatc against him. I soou ob
tainedlight. After tbe adjouruuient of Con
gress, a niovcment was made in BrooMyu, N.
Y. to hold a mceting, and nomitiate Mr. Ad
ams. The mayor of tho city had agrccd to
prcside. The movers were Whig abolition
ists, and dctermincd tojoin thc Liberty Par
ty, unlcss Mr. Adams were uominatcd by the
Whig Party ; but, said our informaut, who
ri . i t ...... r: 1
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May wisdom from on high guidc your ac-
tion to
the good of
our conntry aud our
D. L. CHILD.
cause
MR. POLK'S
CARD PLAYING.
The Columbus (Miss.) Whiit details
thc following incident which occured at
thc rccent Whig Convention at Landcr- '
dale Springs : ,
"While JudgeD.O. Shattuck in his
speech was comtiienting upon the frequcnt
habit that the Legislature of playing cards,
he said hc had no dubt that Governor
Polk had frcequenlly played, ancl asked if
there was any gentleman present, who
would with'dd his vote from a candidate,
because he occasionally had played, cards :
A democrat in the crowd said hc would. :
whereuDon Gen. Desha ofMobile, former
interposed, and said it must not be, lor il dlr. ; """w"us "v "
Adams were put up by the Whigs.libcrty men coalcsce thcm in a body against the hig
could not be prevented from voting forhini, party! Was cver such dcsperation !
and that would destroy ihe Lilerly Party!" , Was ever such unprincipled profligacy '
I plcdge my honor and veracity for the truth Vfete our forei;n fcllow citizens ever be
ofthis statement. It was cqnimunicalcd to forc pcrsuadcd to take advice so unjust;o
me atthe time. I have repeated itpubhcly . d j coantTylofatal lo thcm
iu Boston and Pbiladelphia. and it has nevsr , j j
been dcuicd or douhtcd. Now what said Mr. , , , . , ,,
Leavitt and his colleegucs through James G. If they coalescc as foreinners do they
Birneyinl833? They said, 'that Abolition-J think thc American People will not unite
ists is umvortby ofthe name who cares a ' as natives ? If thc qucstion is WllO
straw for the victory of one of the other par- ' SHALL RULE, caathcy imagine that
ty, in companson with tho abolition of slave- tj,ev wno ,avc t.v;cc bumblcd the Britiah
ry' ! Lion will submit to be put dowu by those
representative in Congress from Ten- being hoistcd and kepl fioating from the
essee, anuounccd to 4000 passcngers who ' siave markct, in the city of M ashingtwi.
werc present, 'thal some years ago while i The Nalional Jntelligtnctr says "IT
tractling with Governor Polk he had , is TRUE !" Can any consisient ab -played
cards withhimfor moncy,'$c. j litionist give his vote for Birney which
This perhaps, in iisen is a maticr oi
small moment, but as the locos have been
in the habit of stigmatising Mr. Clay for
thc same practice in former days, as a
cheat,' 'blackleg,' &c, and have hung
upon it all thc charges of abuse therfor.we
have some anxiety to Know wnat tney win
have now to say for their own candidate.
Hartford Courant.
The Saginaw Co. Lo
cofoco Norainee.
For the State Leaislation, is very aick-
ward, to say the least, in his endeavours
to transfer the "Leberty Party" over to
Polk and Slavery. We wonder wnat
James G. Birney thinks of the following
from ths Charleston S. C. Mtrcury :
"By the election of James K. Polk, and
defeat of Henry Clay, a substantial vic
tory will begained for the Constitutlon
the Presidential power and influ
ence WILLBE INTBE MANDS OF A SoUTn-
ern-man a friend offree trade, and i
denlifedieith us and our institutions, and
an enemy ofthe Protcclivepolicy and Abo
litionism." Or ofthis from tbe Washington 5pcc
tator; Never teas there a more remarkable
proofof thepouter of the South ichen uni
tcd, than trt controumg the nomination oj
the Convention. Thc man in whose favor
she had declared came out against a
policy essjntial to her peace and safety
(annnexation.) She made one brave rally,
and steept all opposition before her. And
so it tcillever beso it will be in Tne
APFROACUINO PhESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
Texas defeated Mr. Van Bnren, andit
will destroy Clay and Benton.
IS FU8MSUED EVEET WED-IESOAT MOB.MW.
I STEWART'S BUILDI.V69,
BY J. COBB JR.
BT WHOM ALZ. OROZSS TCK rBUTISa.
HAHDBILLS,
ftrc. es.
Of every description will bc ncatly
fashionably executed, at short notice.
ancl
CorrcsponJence ofthe Albany Diily Ad
vertiser.
JAMES G. BIRNEY AT ROCHES
TER.
The Coalition between him and the Loccr
Focos at last publiely admitted .' llis
preferencc for Polk !
Rochestek, Oct. 2o, 1S41
Tbc Liberty party have to day had a
mass Conrcntion in thc Locofoco cabirc
iu tliis city. Mr Birney was present and
addrcsscd them for two or three hours
principally indefcncs ot liimself in rcgard
to his nomination by the Locofocos or
Saginaw-
lle explicitly arowed his knonledge of
the intcntion of thc Locos to nominatc
him before he left Saginaw, and said he
expectcd to bc a candidate before their
Convention, but did not much cxpect to ber
nominated, for hc thought the leaders
would try to prevent it ! He said he told
them hc would scrve if elected, and went
on to dcfend the course lie had taken in
relation to his nomination. In anwcr to
a qucstion by one of the audiencc,
" I Vere you nominated by the regttlar nom
inulimr convintton of the partiil ' Mr.
Biruey rcplied "ceutainly, no doubt of
it. " He said he was nominated bv a vote
ofl7to3.
Hc opcnly and distinctly avowed his
frrfercnce for Polk ! as less dangcrous
to thc interest? of "liberty" than Lhe elec
tion of Mr. Clay. Hedeclared that the
subject of annexation was an issue in this
same man, professing to view the project
of annexation with abhorrencc, sceks lo
draw from the support of Henry C'ay
! many abolitionists who would othcrwise
' have supported him for his opposition to
! annexation, and thus indirectly aid in the
election of a candidate to carry.that meas
urc. Yours truly.
Appeal to the Naturalized Vo
ters! Thc Albany Argus and other kindrcd
Locofoco prints are making the most tm
distinguished, audicious and thrcaleniug
anDcals to the foreicn voters Wearc
told thcfc are 3o0,000 such in the Union,
1 .l.A ..nl.Tl. ... .. .(Ininnt iu mniln 4i.
, who j,avc fou,,d in that country for in
Liberty, and who have found in that coun
try cqual rights, a cordial welcomc, and a
brotherly sympainy t
Lctusentreat our naturlized fcllow
citizens to think and act as AMERI
CANS only, and totreat those. who give
thcm the pcrnicious counsel to rallj a
gainst their country, and siill to regard
thcm as foreigners, as their worst and
morit dangcrous encmies. Richmond
Whig.
The "Slave
Pen" for Polk
We published a few days since, an
account of thc "Polk and Dallas" ilag
,3 thus in eiiect castmg nis iniiucin.i.- i i
P11r 1 l.-ir Henlcrs' candidate ! 1 he
Intclligenccr closes its articles thus :
It appears that the statement has be u
contradicted, aud therefore without
trrtnmina into themotives which promp-
ted the communication, we think it due
to those friends at a distance who have
circulatcd thc statement through their
papers, simply to say that thc stalcmcnt
is true. The flag is as conspicuous as
any other in the city ; and might have
been seenflying all day. yesterday, as we
ourselvcs happened several times to sec
it jvhhits inscription of'Folk and Dal
las."
Wclcarn that the Mass Mecting of
Locofoco holters at Mr. Birney's nomina
tion. in Sasinaw, was an entire failure.
Very fcw attcnded. A nomination, was
made. but it is understood that the party
generally will vote for Mr. Birney. Tbe
whole tning is looKea upou i
effect abroad. At home, Mr. uirney
will bc regarded and voted for.as the regu
lar candidate. Detroit Adc. 23d.
ifr Editor Mr. Polk civc3 three hun-
dred votes for himself for lhe Presidency.
You will ask, how does he do it 1 I an
swer he owns five hundred slavcs, tohun
dred and fifty in Teriuessce and Alaharaa.
Five slavcs are equal to tbrce white men
in a nolitical point of view. These slavca
are all in States whose interest it is to
perpetuate slavery, ana oi course .u
weight of these slaves will be placed on
thetide of Mr. Polk. More than this.
Mr Polk keeps managerson nis coucn
plantations, to give these votes as he di
lecia.Cor. of ths Alb. Ere. Journal,