Lynchburg Virginian. [volume], April 06, 1840, Image 1

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^‘‘THE LYNCHBURG VIRGINIAN,”
ubluktd temi-aeekly,(every Monday and Tkurtday,) at
r f Dollar! per annum; payable in advance. Ad iubtcrip
',f will be reerived fora ihorter period than tix mouth t; and
u‘* "r uil! be diteonltnued, (except at the ditnelioa ojthe
'uiittrt I until all arrearage, are paid.
t D yn K rist:m:.\ TS intertodaCdternlt per tyuare
or Ittt,) far thefirtt interlion,and i7\ rcnlt lor etny tubte
m tent iMsrrit^M.
* f-pjOB PRISTISGexrcutrdneatly nndexpeditiouMfy
0ud *0 r*0s0n*M0 trrmu. _
SlU/tt:* AT AIMKM.
By FAVIMi; A I'lKiUtH.
WE WILL SELL, on Tuesd.ij ilie 7il» Ajiril, j
in front ol our moip,
10 lili'L. pi i*»if N O. Bun nr
3 do <lo P. R Bugar
10 lurtels Br»* I Smtir
PaYNE A: TURNER. Aliens.
April 2 _ *
11M.V'I/;W l.u.ftSJJJI.STi /. 1'.
f* /W W \ bushels ol pure iv 11111* Wliml, for
nj* t vv Inch un exi in prior will be giveii.
FOB SAS.i: I.OW,
30 ions grouml Cluster urnl a lurge quantify ol
Bran, Slums null Bl.ip smlL.
HENRY S. LANUHORNF. .V Co.
April 2 4<
OICAIV'O ES ! ITtliMl ORIABIIV ! ! 1
JUST received aid in store. ;• very supeiior lot of
ORANGES, in splendid order; tmtl daily ex
pecting a superior lot of cIndue LEMONS.
CHARLES 1*11 E LI’S.
April t t> il
TIJ.\ EiOLLAUK lUAYAlU).
RAN AW A V from tin- subscriber o». S u inlay, t lie
22d instant., March, a Negro boy between
sighieen and twenty years old, by the name *»I
WILLIAM. Ins supposed lie has made liis way
towards Richmond. He had on when lie leli home,
a yarn frock coat, blue ch ili p.mialo us, and h r ,
cap; he is a tolerably blight inoliiiio, wnh very strait
black hair; lie lias also scats on each ( he k, occa
sioned by poion o >k breaking out on Ins Lee ilie
present spring. I will give the above reward ol
ten dollars, if delivered to me near Wharioi.’s Mill in
Bedford, or stcuri d m j ol so ihal 1 get him again.
CHARLES II liWA I KINS,
Bedford Coiimy. Vnglnia.
March 30 -h
J%*OtiC€m
5 000 L,,f‘ HKSr FAM,LV CURED
3iV0 lbs. Fresh Butter.
50 baircls Mountain Whskrv,
Ju>t lectived and for sale low lor cash,by
BA ILF V Sc WOMACK.
Mr.rclt 30 is | ,
i\» rici;.
WI LL BE SOLD, at Campbell C«»iirt-hntj«e,
ftn Monday, tlie 13th ol April, a likely mu (
latto BOV, 8 or It) years old, belonging to the *•»- '
tale of Tims. Litcbford. dec'd., no a credit in t I the 1
1st day of August next. Bond with approved seen- '
Illy Will be requited of lb** purch I«**r
K. BOLLING,
Adm’r of said Li(< lilord. !*
March 30 113A !'
IjOST,
ON Saturday, the 28th inst., about Iwn o'clock, 1
on Main street, part of a GOLD WATCH
CHAIN, with flat links, and a large Gold Seal. I
lllink it was dropped between thr Union Hotel
and Johnson's. The finder will receive a liberal re*
ward by returning it to Mi. A. W. Crenshaw, at the
Union* Hotel. EDWARD MKKRLM.AN.
__ M art:1130 3t ,
COlVIIfllSSIONKIt'SSALEOF j
Valuable Laud near Amherst Courl-Ilouse.
PURSUANT to the provisions of a decree of the -
Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chance*
iy, for Amherst county, pronounced u the Septem
ber term, 1935, in the case of *• Garland vs Row- «
fH,M—tie tmdersigiu d, appointed a cumuiMsio' pi , »
lor the purpose. i!I p/occcd to sell, by way ol pub
j lie auction, on the premise-;, to the highest bidder, (
for ready money, on Thu»sd.n, th' .'JO'h day ol April |
next, thu follow mg tracts ol land, to wi : one tract of j
354 acres, and another 11ar.l oI 240 acies, ilcserilod
in a deed of i j Icniure. made on i In 27th day of June,
1827, between James Rowell of the fi st patf. Thom
as R. Brown of the second pari, and Archibald *
Ropcrtson, Jiiliii Renn and others of the third part —
except to-acres.part of the tract of 354 attics, *'
purchased by A!rw- Mildied Rose, These lands lie r
is the immediate vicinity of Amherst Court House, '
»nd are deemed valuable. The sale, being made
under a decre of court, will he without teserve. The j
title is believed to be unquestionable, but the under- |
d will c onvey only such title as is vested in him ,
fe * decree aforesaid.
/»*».■> THOMAS N. EUBANK,Com’r. c
jty&V 86. CO A ,
1 pfiiotalcring aiifl I’aprst" Slanging. ,
TMHE SUBSCRIBEKS would respectfully n
form the citizens ol Lynchburg arid the sur .
rounding country, that they h ive taken part of the
«t‘»»e on Main street occ upied by Mr. Wtn.J Crusbie,
Lr the purpose of i artying on the
VpItoMeiing and I’agierHanging Bn
ttiness,
wl>fre they have just opened a handsome assortment |
°l French and Arneman Paper Hangings id lhe|(
latest style and patterns, ulticli they aie j repaied to ;
I’ut tip at the shot test notice and in the neatest
Maimer. i
They also make to order Feather Beds, Curled *
and Shuck Mamasses &«. • |
1 bey also Keep on hand, ’1 able Oil Cloth, Win* i
dow Blinds, Carpeting, &r. &c.
| Persons in want of any thing in their line, are rc
•pccllully invited to give hem a call.
C. HOGGET & Co.
I*. S.—Old M'trasses, Solas aud Chairs, repair*!
fJ ,n l'ie best manner.
Feb. 27 2m
| .Xotirc.
Tin-: ibscriher has just received and opened
•*- >11 entire new mock of
GROCERIES,
*' bis ol>1 stand, corner ol Mam street and the alley
PM,ling to Friend’s War* It •use. He confidently as
>urrsliis old Customers and tlm public m want of
*r,ieles in his line, that he can ami wid sell them
"w*’r than ever olfeied belme in ibis mark* t; and as 1
Je '* determined to sell for Cash only, or in baiter
or country produce, he can offer inducements to
He tcspeci fully solicits a cull.
,, ' JUS. MAKSH.
_ March 8 10t
I'OR ilM^VT.
tTliK lenemenl in I Ilia place ill presfnl B'<u-I
U'*l by Mr. Lewis Williams ns a Tavern. ,
ustes‘i'"> can Ire Itatl on lire 26 li nf 11 ■ its
lVt 1 |*y application to S. I. W1ATT.
*M,r«b 19 u
■ II r. ward election fur six Aldermen, xml six
* Cuiinnoit C.mnrtl men, in each ward, ih the
town nl Lynchling, wnl mke place pursuant in an
m l III Assembly, rnlltled • an net 11. a.ml an art
etilill' d an act dividing the luwn nl Lmchburg min
wards, and fur miter purp se«," passed Feb. 1!). 18.'10.
"" ,llp first Tuesday m April next—and will be held
III the Lynch Ward No. 1 I.gall that parli.f a.d
11*ivn liebiw the 1st alley, extending from the 11v• r in
1 2' h sheet, m I lie tene ntent mi Mam sh t el, occupied
hy the Cihneiis* Savings Hank, one dour below
White At Smith'* store ; and m limn Watd,
2, heing all that part nl tinvu aliuve 1st alley, exieutl
ing from the liver In !2ih street, in the ronm m en
p led hy S a in lie i n w liu At Sun, be mg a part nil in
tenement occupied by the Vngu i n Clin e.
IIKNllV IM NMMiTON.
Seigt. til tlie Cotpnr.ittun ul Lynchburg.
Feh. 27 ide
i.:inil lor sale.
1'VISH TO SKLL the Tract ofLlNI),
which 1 nought three or lout y« ai> ago o! S imi
uel Panniil. It lies on Lute Falling nvei in Camp*
Well t wuniv, ami ranlams
1,500 acres ;
Ol which GOO or 700 acre8 ar« open and see cd well !
with cr.i'S. Oil he cleared Land 150 acr h nre nvei
low grounds,and 50 .teres loane< O ils well adapted to !
8M4S. Tiial portion id Ihe Land winch is nuclear
e*J. »•* well limbeieth The plantation lias In long
ing lo tl, an ample supply ol good Utensils : a fi< >i
raie Thrashing illtieliiue lor gelling out j
\\ heal, Uais, or nvei S el : iwu Wagon*. %% ill*
all the necessary Gear; a stock ol fine C-anIe, a !
• •oiig w hill are some ol ihe Dmh.ini breed ; ten)
g'od U oik 11 urges, | wo ol which are. cx loon 1) rood
.VJares ; a Sialhmi ; a'-oui 30 IL'gs; id)mil luo I, .|
ids ol Corn; a quantity ol Eye; and 1 500 Imdi j
els ».f O.IIS. ll it w u i j 111 son any p» rsnu to bnv the
PLimaiimi, lognher with eveiv thing on u — as above
enuillcr lit d—• 1 sliuu ul piclcr il. | have also on the
PlunlHlion 5 or G hands whom 1 am willing lo hue |
'o ihe pinch.igei till ihe ciup shall he* cun.pie < d.
I’ossc.ssion may he hail v# iy shortly alii r ihe rale i
idle Lied. 1 his isa desirable Tiact «.l L md, and I
respectfully invite <hose wishing to pun h oe to go
to see ii. rhe leim> s tall be quite accuiiiiiiod.iuug.
i*lease apply to me in L v iiclihurg.
PLEASANT PARTIN.
March IP t*
NOTICIL
rl1 H H undersigned is now ready lo receive wheat.
A during the season, for which lie will pay lire ;
nghesl cash price. To prevent mi'llndcisfat ding I
ii* now informs Ins friends and ilu* public geneiaily
hat in every ease > ln*ie wlie ii is-eutlo the MILL,
md no price agteed npuii, ii is stored in ih< Mill
d the rask u| ihe plant« r so lung as the pi cc 11mains
irise»«led, is he is only a mii.i.kh, and mil an insii- 1
er against fiic, waier.’iVc. ALEX. Ml’NEY.
A " g H (4
»r.iAm.\Y;iY>.v sa.ss.s,.
Co! n in bus. .ISIv.isMppi.
H V I) A N 1) K I I) U K iV K V L K .
il H K Pi ' ici).s having iccei.i v l iken charge
cl this p'ca-a I and wi ll l.nuwn CSt.tfchshuicir,
hoe John <). Biadieu’s,) corner of Washington
nl Market S reel, respectfully inform 11 in public
hat they hi e prep tied to accommodate L)uily.
don«llly or Icaily Boarders on reasonable leims, i
nd from long experience m this line, are flatteied
^ tilt ilie belief ihm they can give enure saiislaeimn,
vento ihe umsi fastidious. The Table will be
iirnishpd wi Ii the best the coiintrv afford*, and the
‘■l.'blishment w ith attentive and oidej'y servants,
md. rwtrn I .iipt'rviai.tn ami control.
Good Stables w ith anemive & careful Ostlers »»
• r g to the piemiseg, « It t;ii wili al .ill times b«,»r »
tiled with a ii abundance ol provender.
\V. I’. I j A N DR I DGK 1
CUAIU.CS KVLK. *
Columbus, Mississippi, Jan. 30 3m
-- --- s
To I^rsiitTVf.
FUR SALE, on accommodating *
1 terms, a fine large
nr it as. i.fs
fell proportioned and gootl condii ion, five years old.
bout five feet high. Apply at 4lie Franklin Motel,
jVnchbtirg.
'March 2 t»
HAVING Holdout my B»ok Siure m this place,
lo Ale>s 1 s. P »yne <V Gieg»»rv, and being th -
iions of w i ding up toy business as somi as possible. I
mu Id lake this method of respectfully requesting
ll iliO'C iiidebtedlo me to call and close their ac
ounls.
Plea>e rail at Messrs. Pavne iV Uregmy’s Book
ho re. E. ECHOLS.
.March ‘> 11 I A
TO THE PV KM1.
II H E subset liter ret iron Iiih 1 hanks to Ins friends
and ihe public generally, for ihe liberal encmir
gemenl received by me late firm nl P VUE A 11 A L L,
nd takes ihismeihud of informing (hem 1 hat he m
L’lids cuniintn g 10 cany on the
TAII.OItlNG lilAm’AS
tl all its branches at ihe stand aiely occupied by
hem, where lie will thankfully receive and tail lifu 11 v
xec.itr all orders in his line.
He will keep consiaoily mi hand an assortment of
’ LOTH ES, ready mad* of vai ious pi ices, ftnm the
oarsest in the finest quality, which will be sold as
heap as they can be purchased m this market, lor
ash. LEW IS PAGE.
Nearly opposite Messrs. W ilium* & Vidor.
Feb. 3 3m
IT 11 E SUBSCRIBERS having axsorinred iliern- (
selves together fir the | urpo*p ol conducting a ,
E*I ItI.IC 1101*1:,
tavc taken the large and tomm-dions brick hull- * (
ling on Market street, lending to the Court House, 1 {
iid are prepared to accommodate Bu ilders aid ,
ITavellet.s in a maimer and on terms, which, they
l.i'ter themselves, will move saltsf.icioiy to all.
'IMie House will be furnished in the most com
ortable manner; their Table supplied with the best 1
li.it the ntaiket a fiords; ihe Stable with al.lindane*
d provender and attended by experienced and at- j
entive Ostlers.
DAVID K. BOOKER.
UO. CORNELIUS HARRIS.
Feb. Qn is
.MI.fi < noil':
I HAVE purchased the celebrated JACK.
JIM CROW. lie will stand the piesetil sea- i
mu ai my stable in Bedfntd nmniv, one mile Irnm
Mr. William Whitten’* tavern, on ihe Fo.cal Road
leading Irom L)nchbutg to L beriy. As to vigutn,
he is equ il to any Stallion I ever s»w.—Terms and
nthei particulate* in due time.
\\ JLLIAM U. HARDY.
Feb. 6
A'ot/cm:.
K have essc.eiaied Mr. liRIKP B- TA’I K.
vviih n, in business—whu ll will however tie1
cmnlflcleil Hi.del Ihe fuin ol Turner i3c Burnell as r
lit retnfnie.
W<- hive rfri hand an entetisive assoiliiient ol I
GOODS muled lo llie present season, and bi nisi :
anxious In reduce niir slock as much as possible, ill**) |
Will be snld lor a very small advance to lho»e who I
may I'.ivor us wpli a call.
TURNER & BUR WELL.
Dec. 18 Swiloil
ro ii n vs .
All aUdrvM from lion. II. A. Ulur,
TO MV CONSTITt'KNTS.
W XSMINOTON, Match 24, 1840.
I address you, my fallow cinsens, mi tins time,
lor special reasons, which are in themselves niiii
ordinary, or l should wait until niter tin* ml jo urn
n eiii ot Conuiess, to make my usual tound ol visits
to y»U in person.
Never, unlit the present st’SMnn, during seven
y ears* set »n e in Cong i css, has little been the les>i
ru'i essiiy for o p to « 11 *• r you an « xeiise |«»r at gpocr
iiom my pi st . I duly, m |» i any neglect ol public
I'listm ss. In the go- tlness i■ f Piovu'rnee, |p |» to
loie. | have been hlpsgfrl with luahh and energy
su'l'i icut to sii't.iiu me under the heavy hindvns
amlsevrie trials el a Kept sensitive w In* i1led to be
woithy ol his hue.” But, llus winici 1 have hern
t rosti tied |»y m vi re su-unoss, hin Still w« irk, aw t
tmt jtisi fairly rrcnvi ring. The attack was, m pari,
brought mi by excessive »xei»ioti and exireme ex
posure. dining llic month ol D 'l emher, whilst rn
«l avuri g to pi event a most reckless patty nitempt to
dUnrganige . (Invuiui eni bv dei tivpig tl e stiver
eipniSiate ol New Jersey of her lull nini|*'ousiituttoo*
a I l e pi e»i n l at o n. I) u t in t n v 11 lot r*s. a i il subseij uctp
absence, cor.scipirni upon n, I mu'd •••. ,M| h, „„
business in the II >u>e, mil, »• 1 2 elite(P r« grel, w as
obliged m neglec t my conrs ond«‘n|s. 'I lie numb* i
ol my nomgw er**,| letters is so great that I dcspm
ol evet responding to m my ol my turn *. ami I am
sore that they wtii cxctisu me w hen I inlormihe<o
ihat that number exceeds one fiunUu'rf tun upon tny
table.
I n answer, once for nil, several of me** letters, ail
dressed u> Mn'lioin \moil* pails ol mv district, i.s
the •• am object uf iln* i ircular.
/•'list. | in staked \v||»*i|u i I voted f. r what i*
railed Gord-m’* proposition in 1835, aud lot inv ex
plan ttiitn of i llal Vole.
Secondly. 1 am told the rep it is i irrnlafed in i
o V'liHimi dial 1 li. il said 1 would v..|e lor die
*ub Tieasmy lull at dn* msmoii, and 1 am aske.l ,
w bedif i i In* lie true.
Thirdly. I am wl*n told ii i* repnried that ] mid, j
sou e i ni" la*' fall, I pieI"ired Mr. Van Ilmen lo I
Gen. llairisnii l.ir the Picmdrucy, and 1 am asked
h lie liei i Ills lie 11 lie.
On all du s. piiim* yon must permit me to be !
lit iff. I will lie eat eg oi iral.
As in the (Itiidon proposition : Wedm** lav, Feb
ruary the 1 1th, 1835. I did vole for that proposition,
in a mu on v uf 33. all. \. cpi vnc, Opposition mem
bers. against a m <j <niy ol 1 (> I, embi a ring all except
one ol ilie A iminis!ration uaiiy, olio v..ied sii all.
The expl .nation of that vote is very plum and ea-v
Under die same eireumstanr r *. mill tlir nime mu- !
Mv-* wl ieli governed me, and die expl illations I
made on I' #• (loot nl die II <»n*e at die nine, I would
again give die same vr te. Wliat wrie die ein uui
*ia. ci‘i, limiiVe*. and e.\| lai at loll* al dir* lime f
The iiiohi poweifulp polar art wl.il h tin* Presi
dent, in 1836, employed to crosli tin* re chatter nl 1
die U nil* d >1 an «♦ liank, will'll ilisl it lit loll was toil
• Xpite iii I h3fj was the b a-l id pin.rise (lieu held 1
forth by Inins. If and In* p>r v to g ve die country 1
•* a specie eurrmey.” and ** a haul money (hvem i
went." bv “ a dittoce. of (he Uovnnmrnt /nan utl
blahs" And. be it remc loud, di I at the very
nine llio.-c profess ions wire made die President had 1
himstlf assumed to hum, and Ins paity in (’on- j
gicss was « ill* pi i iiiL to oft. in the minciion ol law
fur that v» r\ eiiinlim.ita ii of local lin ks, eighty
nr oineiy in number, which they alter" aid* did
establish bv the act u| 18..G. under |lies tiiispn e* ol
be nutoiinii* Reuben M. Wlntncv ; a system which,
.a whiskey dot tin* drunkard, bloated, and flu.dly
blew up our currency, altei debauching the Go*
irfiine t officers with a sp rit • f speculation which '
I nave suave , lor years as hard to expose a* they
have to conceal, ami alter ruining thctJsHiids of the
People l y st n id..l og d m i»^e lor h ci i laiion
whiell ilie President and his party have since so in (
solciitly flenounr rd.
knowing their professions at tlie lime to be false,
linll 'W, and hypocritical, a* 1 knew their real lie- |
signs to be foul and fatal to the eotiutiy, 1 tumi d 1
heaitdy with my Opposition friend* m die endr a
v r io prevent the greater evil of two, and to de
monstrate the truth of our convictions as to the
promise* ol “ the party." Accordingly, when the
House pioceeded, on die 3*1 day ol January, 1835.
to eon aider the pr .position submitted by Mr. G amide
of Georg oi, I he day before, and which seems now
to be toigotien by the President and the fiirudsul
bis prr.le*s rl policy, to wit ;
•* Hesolred, Thai tin* Secretary of the Treasury be
dincicd to coiiimunicaic to tin* ll*.n*e whether, in
hi* n pi ii i •. n. it is practicable nr cutivenieni lor ihu
Department to cutler i, salt In keep, ami disbiiivr die
public in one v s . • f it.*- United Sure* without the a nett
ry of a bank or banks, and if so Lo report to tins /louse
t/n best mode, m Ins opinion, by U'hli/tlhat object can
be accomplished"—
A rnutioo was made bv .Mr. Mr Kim (a prominern
member of die ('••mrniite of Ways and Means, and
a (rit-nd ol du* A d m Mils i r * 11 o ■') that die *aul resnlii
ti.m do lie on the table. And the cjuesiioo being put
on this in• >ti• • n. it pa*-ed in the affirmative : Was
1OG. oil's 87. The Ad:mnstea ion members voting
ill the Affirmative, and tin- Opposition, my*r It in the
number, iii die negative. This was tUe first trial of
iheir sim eiit v.
AI orrday, January the 5di, 1835, M r. (J noble re
newed hi* propns imn in another I .tin, but io die
same effect, and it wn* allowed to be read and order
rd to hr. " on the table." This was die second test ol
ilieir sp'fp» ity. 1
Tue»dav, February 10. 1835, “the House pro- 1
CPeded lo tbp consider Rtlon •» I the bill ( N'», 5(»3) r eg- I
ulamig ill** de omte «»I the money ol III** Unit* il States '
in i eiiaiu local banka.’* A motion was made l.y .Mr }
Robertson, nl Virgini *, tliat ihe said bill be recoin- '
fitted t ■ > I lie (’■ mmiiteenl Ways and Means, with , I
i si ructions so in ameud l lie same as to ills prime with '
ilie agency nr instrumentality nl 15 inks in t e fiscal *
operaiinns of tile (Jnv* ram* nl. On ihe 1 1 ill ol Feb- l
ruai v. Hipqoesiinn tpciirring on Mr. Ruber s n‘s mo
tion, it was put, ; ml decided in the negative : \ eas |
91. nays 115;ivety Opposition member, deluding
myself. in llie a Him alive, ami the fsnine Adminis (
traimn party, exc piing absei tees, m the negative.
Tins was the ill'id lest cf i heir since i ity.
Again, the quest lull, on the same day, recurred
on ihe motion made by Mr. fiord »ti to amend ti e
Kant Oi l (N«». 5G3y by sinking out all thereol after
ithe enacting clause, and inserting his proposition,
the fir*i cimii ofw Iik li made the codecior*, at pla
ce- where the revenue shn'dd nut exceed — dollars ,
l-er a mint.the aoentsoj the 'Treasurer, to keep and dis
burse t hr anm»; t1 e second section nl which provided
that, at ad places where the amount ol public reve
nue cob e'ed should exceed llltf Mini nl — dollars
p* i annum, then* should be appointed by the F re* i
mi eiit. by .mil with the advice and consent ol the
Semite, receivers • I ihe pnlilic r* venue, to be agents
nl (he Treasurer, cVe ; and the third section of which 1
ptovi led thaij^* J rant anti after the — day * I
/hr whole revenue of /he lotted Stales deriv'd from \
eustaruSy lands or other sources shall hr paid in Ihc
current nans of the Untied States.” Th.s amend
ment. %ou perceive, proposed in substance, from a
Jay la he specified, to divorce the government Irwin
alb inks, by collect n g, keepi g, and diborsmsi the
rev-line, by the hands • 1 public ofi’u ers. in specie.
’ And on the question, Shall the bill be so amended ? .
it was decided in the negative : \ eas 33. nays 1 GI•
\ ^vui a member »d the Administration party, except j
James >1. II Beale, of Virginia, voting in ihc . fhr- j
| iiiativc; and ihis was the-fourth t* 91 »* I the smceiity j
I of" the party** in ther pmles-nons ol divorce from
I banks anti ol " gold and silver cur*enry.**
And I now dec laie that 1 would not have voted
for either* ii' se propositions il there had been ihe
vail prospect nl it* iM'-age I In- | , xtn..*|y tie
dared to Oencrnl (Jordon, in relation to his amend
•t rnt, when he first untried it to me ; tins I avowct
on the floor at the time, taunting the Admmisfra
• ion wiih its duplicity ; ilim I proclaimed to you, no
constituent*,immediately on my reiuin home in ilm
vear ; till* explanation, though not no murh in ex
tenso% I give m my spe-* h on the Stih-Trrasu u
hill, nt the *'called session" in I8‘J7. pamphlet copie
ttf which in my ol V•*i» must l« .v*-; nod Hu* *-t ' i
ex?»l innlion I a 11 ii ilnl lo la-ii fill, m hmim n uri
ho use • I he i e **d then wIihi I now know o| •• tin
piirtJfV' pud*-sxifiiia squared with ih>n practices
then ami rmrctliat their It-tiers were knavs - * • *«/»/
me t' ey would do one tiling, and meaning to d<
another."
I*he»(‘ was one Very it poriant measure, however
in the lorm an .imeiufmeiit to thin lull, lor wlmli I
did v.'le, meaning to pass it in g >nd earnest m d foi
good rh*■ *o s Alter (Jen. (mihdom's jmih ndmeio
had I 11 led. Mr I ■ i > \ i v . a I end to ( > ■ position mem
her from Pennsylvania, setioii«|\ olh'ied a acre*
ol an Im try mm* ml menti. w Inc Ii w ci c intended to en
sure the safely of the depnsne hanks, ai d of the
money of t lie t1 • iied $iatc* rnt Minted in l heit s afe
kefpmg. Among nthet*, he off- red the amendment
requiring ei.rli deposit* hank “in k**ep in ns vault*
• **: • amount of spent, which, mgeiher with the Iral
'nnn* ol all it* nccntinis wtili specie paying hanks,
‘should In* equal to one fif'U ol Ih•* umniint ol ns
‘rirtles and lulls menculalton. nnd its public and pit
vat* det»o«iies.M Tins amend ticnf, wttll h»* a d of
some si r A dmi niat i at ion me.ohi'is. ««*, on | lie 1 I Ii
of M • nil ini:,. ass*d h\ (Ipposi" mi voles iii the
affirmative, v« as Idy. hays Ihp | voting in tlie afhi*
(native. The next day. Air I't.i mmi ii of Alis-is
mi pi, an Adii.iuistratinii m> mher, nonet/ a reeonsid
era'o n -I Hie vote, and on Thursday, Kchrnary Ifhh,
I 8,38, the question recurring on lire million of Air.
I'liimiin i lo reruns, /rr, it was put, and paste l in iln*
njjirnmttve. yea I I 6. nay s 100, hut nine ill smite* s of
loose who 11 »d uppeared during the session, nnd ihe
voi* taken idler ii cmII of the House, the emtie Ad
ministration ‘ arlip rxcrpl four, voting iii ihe ojfii
malice, and *rV/rof ihnr specie clause, which
hud one* pas i. >im| whic.lt, if ii fold become a pan
ol the d' P 'site art, would have provided the gient
e -1 serum) a.:»n -I thus** fnrihle r.ry « tiMlon* and fi
ve -issue* which the Pre-id* lit has no much dr
prec led. And let me line remmk, that aher the
actum on these amrinlmni's of Mr. Hinii- v, some
of which were memp.-r ited in the hill then propns
''-I, Air. Poi.iv, the Administration oigtin i*i the
I Ions**, nev* i *g in, I lo lj. ve. called up that bill;
n was smothered hi » a tine i| did nut leave eveiv thing
liserdinnary with the K xrcntive, and the country
iv as without a law r gnlat ng its puldit d« puailes nut il
Inly. 10-lf5 ' 'Plus was, i4ierefoie, a fifth iiiNlam e
d ’’ihe party’s" hypoetisy; and in Hus they had
mi even ihe pirfegt that we were furring upon them
neasttres wlueli we would not omselves really have
tilled them in passing. And what, il we had. in the
ither instances, In-eir pressing upon tlitiu support
heir own piofensrd f.ivoiites, emil I they rnmplaiti?
)l iimhing.hu! til'll we had olitaiiied oui ohjt-r'.
• de > emulate the f.ilseliio*u of then pro less in in* ’ fSo
him h ft tie chapter upon the events of 1835.
‘J f I now come lo the second q 4*8111111 — upon the
^ub-Treasury lull pinpotrd to tins (’ongress. lo
very slalge of that dnmiiuahle measure, I have
p/iosed it. am utterly vpposn/ to il. in am/ shape
(ill. and ci pert to 1 ppose it "lo the end of tin chap
red* Just as often as the President dates to thrust
i back m the faces of the Pe«pl*», •.*•!*•• !••»'*. [fr,, L
ejected * t, ! will v ill* 10 ilmw it hi* k, indignant Iy,
it the head of the Hu r.\Ton whence it sprung — u> 1
iko '•Minerva, full formed and perfect, fro in the
lead of the b’atliei of lit* Hods.” 'Plus odious mea
nt* invnfvr* tour 0**1 only •Ilf |s*ll«t of hh null ill
linsic merits, hut it r issue. Mnletim to this ft .'public,
niKI III tl Tilt: PnKSlni N siiaLL AIlKou.y.NTI,V
■n> V AIL AO AI >fl*J* Co.MiHKSI A Mr Till PkoPLK /
lut what have 1 said f I have ever denounced the
icastire. A' Louisa C'Hsri llutisr, lusi lull, I used
his language :
‘•In 1833. the parly professed the metallic, hard
loney policy. 'Ploy removed the depoaites, aid,
mead ol ilivori Hie (i ivermnnii from tin* Ii inks
lien, look lo iloir embraces some eighty or ninety
»e.i I pets; Mimulated them to every kind ol rxers*;
••fused I** pass Mr. Bttiney’s amendment to ihe first
imposed deposit** law, requiring ai least o.nk fifth
f the amount of depnsites m specie ; made dial the !
retext of passing mi law ; refused their own Sub
.’reasuty scheme in 1HJI5. in the form offien. (Jo|
oo’s proposition, Im w In* Ii. hv the by e, I voted, in
minority id 31 *»» 1(51. for «><» other icrton m tin
oiid ill hi in d'-oionstr.iie the hollowntss and liy
■nciisy ol ther professions f• • r a hard » ones (to
einmeni. and for which I would imt have voted, if
here had been lit** least datigei of ili' ir voting f-*r
, and redeemm .* i lien pled „e- a ml professions : they |
ever passed a V law* to regulate tin* s ile keeping
ml disbursing Hie public ninnev, until July. 1836;
h it law g-tvu tin in entire discretion, without li nt
atom or resirii tnm : from the reniuv il of the depo
tes, all the wlidc, 'the parly’ lit all or most nf Hie
*iaie Leg isla1 u i *-s writ* multiplying. wiilioUl Ht|iu
rlimi', Slat** II mks upon Hie loosest system ol
redil, ami iii a few years tiiey had mi reaserl local
auk capital ilnec fold, springing op like Inngu
prou'H from the slump nl the United S ales Bank
>n the 1 Or Ii of .May, 18.37, their enure system fell
>ith a tremendous crash, and threatened »v-iv lu
cres! in the conn'iy : the Intuks suspended specie
layiiieol'*. and weir, together with the entire credit
ysiem, denounced ami dishniiored hy ill** (I'ivcrn
uent : all. or m s' »*l our emb irr-isstuerits were as
rihe*l at titally t«» the law ol 1836. and from (h it
unc to i Ii is ihe Tte.iNiny of ihe (J nrd States has j
ecu ac'ually out of I'.e kH*-p.|jg ol law ! |*’roin
8-15. (October.) u» the prrseol moment, taw has j
ciunr l Its* than ten m nth* in a penotl of six
ears! 'Pile I *»v leigued lion* July. 1836. in the
Dili of M *y. 18.37. ami .ill ill** r* -t **f tti« time the
Oxicutive has been sole HlCTAToR ! Has one
lOiifsl, Iniclligerii Ireeinaii hi leu r fl**e.ied upon (his
me f-o i, that we art a Ufpublic without the rtign oj
aw ?
••Bill llie Sub I'rrftturi, ln» brrn proposed—ilia? |
*, nlier (frneial J u kson had claimed licit ll.e 1
I’reasur' '■ •»ij, • < 1 lo llie Kxecutlvtt, lo the Presi
I. hi and 1.. ubordmales in i line, Ins eyes and
irin**, he asked boldly, that llie Legislative Depart ,
11e111 (( tigress) shoo'd yi* Id lo il»e dema d lo tuve
ip lo him and Ins subs toe ciis ody and control of |
lie public money, by law, whilst ilie ('uiinliiiiiioii 1
emamed um hanged ve-lmg il in Congress! Willi
mi rlie law, l>y uturpaiion. and In u-e nod abuse,
li* ha I it already, but w is ed il cleaily cm brined
ind established bylaw— hv ihe consent of ihts op*
aoting, cheeking, balancing, no-- rdinate depart meni,
in wlueb* tties im-i had been sacredly reputed b\
ihe Constitution ! A ml from i hat lime in tins, (he
contest has he* n waging, whether rlie President or
l’on gross shall prevail. Ills demand has been thru e
i#jeeled, and )t*i bis JSub- Treasury is. and lias
been n. aetud operation by his mere power, noi
withstanding ihe “Dmenlalio » boili here and else
w here.’*
••Like ill- futt experiment. il exists wiihntif law ;
it has failed arrady, behur t».*iielmoed by law; n
is as by porrmcal as ihe first, in professing and pre
in ding in desire a specie cun envy • and ( ve. Hire
lo piedlCI turn li will be with tin second—llie Sub
Treasury ex per inu-iii, as il w at with \\\e first— ihe
pel bank experiment : lliai, as soon as it is sane
Itoned by law.it will be made to (ail, or be ac
knowledged (o have failed; that ihe law will be
blamed for its failure, and il will be denounced and
abandoned. What then ? They have o*l»er alter
natives. 1 lie country as yet. k ow* of but thiee.
The United .Si.ues Bank has failed, or 'hey nay H
did; (he Pel bmk system has failed ; and ihe Swb
Tieasury system h it already failed in their hands,
if the defalcation of ueaily one buudied Sub-Trea
| so»y * ulteriors, irci i»* t* m, .1 iiabo'N) t*» w Mu h.»*»
; Swartwnutrd, uiiil (hr loan of more ill in l»»ii *•» • I *
I Ilona ol dollars in ihr lam lew years in iy hr called
a futline ; and ihr best system in ihn «vit ol mail (o
v drriir, would nfcrumily tail in him h hand*; and
I how any horn friend of a Sub- ('reunify eouhl
• hirik oi trusting i(ir present dynasty with Iim favor
i n«* •< brine ol finance, I cannot imagine. Hut what
' 'thru, when all hear fail ? There air two alterna
tl»e« y •! ; niie ol w h eh the I’lmUent bus had all
1 the w bile in Inte r, and thr other lie may have been
’ I ai ning at.
; [ "'l hey toll on there are hut three ahernaiives ;
that i«vo ol the three are exploded, and ihr third »
• j the I mi left in hr tiled. With ill's 11v id an excuse,
• ihr\ have catlglr ■•imr honest W hig guilg'-ois
What rhff run w e do f nay the Kurt llill Wings.
l>o tmt these gull# of ‘sinkers ami «wimmei«' know
that lliete air at le nit fire alternatives ? Ami have
i they not had intiinatioiiN m tune that the Adiniins
ttatlon tinea not, and never, did, mean lo pai- a Sub
I’lrunny with a specie rla»i*e f That there in a
fourth alternative—the Tieimiry batik ay«tent, to
w hieh litr Treasury onto bill-* are already lining
and I i onh till ttmg the tutu da of the IVoph* ? I hd nut
| 11 if I'leauloiit t leaily dei hue, in Iim I ni Message,
tltiii ill** ( in vein me nt-— that ta, the I' x-uu ivc, should
lie Irli to urn* hank** m not, not a thn »n lug tin* di*
I ntuieiatiun nt hanks, in it** disi tetum f || m hr not
I luielY been using banka again, wi ll a vengranee, in
the N»*w Vorlt c ity election*? Will lie dare to re
« Min uend again » aperle t latisr Sub Tti'-Miny ? Will
. his p *»ty in the tu xt ('••iigreNa vote Ini itieu a m a
sure f II they will, I vv II. Iim lastly, if they are
{tint aimin' at ii uomuial Snh-TreiMiir y lur a tempo
raty 11 mutpli. then to infil*e it I • 11 and t In n Iiiiito n
mend a Treasury batik upon n** rntitm, have tIt• \
still not gut filih their ulirrnaiive — that winch liny
have hail nil along—that umh r ulju Ii they be-*t
tlittve—the system, *uo ms em (* That they will
have iii all rvi ills, without the reign ul the la • , and
thiit, above nil, they pi c- Mi. Under any of then
sYsteu N will Kxe< olive power and patrniiage h -
| learlul y a. giundr/.rd ; hut ii till** t this ‘no uni' m
»vstem,* iii liie midst ul ‘rutitiMinii w Iiwnm confound
ltd,* d in nr <ie r pi h* I nil miiii, will pi ii udi i in id * on u p
; lion lluive u (Mi1 And i! in (mm tin* he* n tons ms
j tern no system,' leutlemeii, w hu ll the A«I j
minis inituti has pursued, in puiaiing and will pur
sue, that all of iIicmii *Tieasuiv Irauds* have spiling
tip like di agon's teeth !”
Oil the I Ith lost. I look occasion (•» speak to you
I •>n ibis subject iigiiui. tliiotigh the UiiUNr, and give
j 1 ul! tile tepofl of tile I ntelhgeneer »»( thu Ititll iust.,
which hy the hi**, I must say in a vciv imperlel
sketch ul what I did sill, and was never lev rued
' «»» eurreetfd hy me, hut u in unfit* lent lur my pit sent
putpn-e.N :
l "All Wise then ptocecded to make tome remaiks.
i <d which tin- liepuricr gives only so much aw lie
• lm tig In lie lu -at d wit h certainly, not i nr 11 cm mg with
other parts. (Mr. Wr. said, it was now the elevi nth
of Match; and no mutter what might be ihr reason
tor I lie (act, it w as I he fact, that whilst the inilitiy
u is in Mil unexampled slate id ih pir-Mitu-—whtUt
cveiy lunh of almost even man, uuiimti, mil eliihl
ui the land was paralysed hy oppression—wIiiIni ii
w hole nation w as cry tug ut.l l«n r» lie I, the t ‘o nun it
ii i ol W ays and Means, (« ompoNcd ul ihr tin iu!n of
the A liiilnisiraiion—urgam/,« I as the I!xrcmiv
eniinni 're ) within,l any irasuu which uiigln in have
w'eighf, had not even consider* d this great putuicrn,
a-* it was said In lie, for all the difln iiltirs hi which ,
, . inn i conin w et e involved ; hilt I hat i hr me •» tnc, i lit;
bill that might have been ",,,nuric I lo the Mxeeu
live chamber, nud lint hail passed tin* Senate, was
i i hr hill in he considered here, I hr *Sru m*, hy i
! e list inn, (and huiiii, In* supposed, it would In hy pie
i ugative.) iitiginait d i very thIng—«!most the m v<
title bills 11'i-n• Ives. (lad there been a soliUny mn
, lion made to consider tin subject either hy a ri fer
en« « to the (.'omiMitlee of W ays and Means, to
J the 1 'ummiltee id ihe Whole the Slate fit tin U
1 moo, or in tins I louse ? Not one, no far as In*
I knew. • ..
••Mr. \V., after alluding lo the recent priKcedings
m the New Jetsfy election, proceeded In sav — Y"tl
nrr now organized; tint have now ynur 11 •»it»*» ol
It-presmtulives, lawfully or unlawfully seemed.
Now use your strength. This day, the day idler
yon are organiz d, I call upon you lo do it. I nay
to ihr gentleman from New Ymk, (Mi. Va.numi
pof.i..) and I am g'ad lo have an opportunity ol say
ing mo same lo mv const itm-nn, lo cause lemark*
which I have made rivet* bt*V have been mismoh r
M.onl, I dare'he Administration in give m the Sub
'Treasury—that Sub Treasury w hi* b they pioltn'd
in piupoHe—which will divorce the banks limn the
Slate, (iive ii« unit speiie Sub *Tir.'smy — yuur
gold and silver full ; and, if you will v te for il I will
vole foi |(. Yoor prolea-ioos have been hypnerttl
e.|| from Hie beginning. Y»»u lover intended wlia1
voii pmlesHcd lo give to the People—n linrd mm ey
'nil —the mu mediate rulleeiion ofyour i even lie Ii mu
lands and e usiotuv in gubl and miter, and ynur mi
mediate diskiirsrment* ui gold and silver. Give u
m iih. Down null the banks. Ii you dare, I daie.
I would almo-t have my itgfil arm pieced in the
flame* and suffer bodily foi I lire, snonei than I would
lorilire mv cunslUueuis in Hie m mm r ill winch that
lull would lormre iliem and (lie whole nation. I
would not do llu* il I though! you would meet me
It I Mill will not. Thfi Senate lull f oul nni mil ilo
Stib-Tiensiny which you bavu recommeiub d
(ieiuleiiieu o ay hector and boast. Kxi edue Hus
i tie at il r e—g vr u in i he mi uni i y—and u will noi lo a
Sub Tieamny. Il will be whit o.aov weaker men
I hau l he gentleman from Vermont (Mr. I.viiiittj
can ilrmoiiHiraie lo he any thing hilt a Sub Tii-aau
ry. You will give us a Government bank — .1 pa; ei
cuirency —a Governou nt panei issue—Him Us. drahv
—any ilnog bul gold and silver. I say, iheieime, 1
never expect to vole for a Sob I icasury.’’
N • • W, I wi>uhl ask. * * 11 Hus kind ol Mipport can be
1 alh d 1 he backing ol us friend*, wliai *o»i ol opposi
; 1 ion uughi we lo expect from il* etiemifH *** My
soppori ol a Sub-Treasury in vincilm g, nfeihiubs.
| nk* a certain kind nl compliment, yYlep', in home
j |y phia-e, •• hack - hand' d.’* Hill, if whal I have
|f|iioted needs tX| I.million, 1 will proceed to be mine
1 •• xulii ir.
I eaut by h!I llii* to say that Jie Pr rodent nr.il
I III! leai lei* ol III- paiiy are |»'» 1111. a I hy pur. * il • * still.
I I hey make ihe Name profe-siuii* now who h they
did inltf.d.T— “Divorce ol (iovernuu in Horn hank*.
, .uni I lie ilium iliale eo|leciimi, K.d’e k* eping, and dls
1 bnr-emenl "l the public revenue, by ihe hai tin ol
| (•••vernment offici i*, 01 specie.** 'This is the line
definition of a hona fide Suh-Treasqiy, mch as they
profess lo leeouimei d 10 ihe homst ami-bauk, s tu I
cousli ueiiomsts. par lieu laity of ihe South. Ami Hus
| oieHUJie, thus d lined, tv precisely wliai they never
1 mended, and will never pas* min a law. To pmve
1 heir by puciisy 'gam, as m 1 Sd5, I have challenged
! them, in my place, to a Vole upon tut h a prnpnsmo".
and dared 10 pledge U my suppoti, in pcilet ( cni.fi
dence ihal I was safe in making a p'edge who h they
will ru v. r call on me lo rede* m — a pledge tvnu h. il I
i had no1 been sure would never cmiip'l me to vote
lor a >iin- I reusiny o 11 m it *: \ ihmii. i worn i u> v»-i
hive made, :m\ h »»ii* r than I would have coumiii.
I t(Ml unnrt, “Iclo d»* t>*-" hv taking aiseme. They
themselves know that llieir ptuh>scd polit y would
1 lie in.prac»it able and ruinous in the exiieiue, and
Iihey Use it onlv lo tloakreal designs tnoie d-rk
and dangerous. As in 1H35 when iluy made lire**
I same unblushing professions ol a metallic currency,
and hard-money Government, they wr ie ilieu lo
1 lending and concocting the iid.nr out pel hank s\s
' tern, with its intoxicating stimulus toirade, ns <x
pausiniiR and coimactions. its over issues and ••shin
plaster” paper, its temptations to ir mi m Gov. to*
merit officers, to sp« i uhuion in the People, with us
suspension of Specie payment and tin.it exclusion:
, so now, with :lie very same professions in then
mouths, they ate, at this very moment, iuUndiu0 sue
j CIMH III a. Ill Mr> h.iv* f»r•» o»ed. l/y hill.
I .» I rrstmny Hank, instead of a bona fide •nb-'Treaf
I ,ny *• dertiieit, with big ha< k n»'iey in th* ahafi® of
| 1'iraMirv note* and Uuvrrnmai draft*, ( berks, and
j iw|»*r in every furnt for circulation* with ni diernnu'*
and depositee, ha iriillionv of cap tionnfia and «*»n
j (mrifni t, as Uoveinmrin receipt* and e«p*difureB
may <1t»« tIt;«!#* and vary, and with all ns c Aloissi ma
cliineiy of depot sm—-despotism over trad»»nn I t.ver
the lieedo • of otonien«—e • hb«»t i»v it* m in* b**»ded
monster. Parte, of which Yfan Btircn, Hm»r n, K*mi
i dal I, t dhoti i. to a In ion ik Co. arc to be preadeiit
and d lector*!
I do ir•• •«i ili.it none *'f my h#|,»v*-d cnntthucnt*
j u*h he ratiglit bv this trap, net by a party whirli al
0 i \ s prill' •»!'* * x m i Iy i lie opposite of tv ii at it means
lo do ; and. ihnngli i iiia of them in y l»o d#*c»’ivi d
iod ohsI d, | still more l< rreinly prav thm our coito
'•> in \ cm'ape wttl) hm I i«%s and its litrerii** all »a r,
all pr>---cti viol in the pi <iv tie hq of U>*ti lobe handed
down to another i!mera» on.
’•'IiImI. I i icajffonte to the inquiiy, whether 1 V»**Y
k ml dial I preP ricd Al r. Van lifirco in (Jen. I hirdson.
leu but exprem nei.-nMnmi-t that fft)eha report
waa ever put in ci< eolation. I • nunot ifnneervr at'
but one way t" which it coitld have originat'd. f
great I v pi-el* ri»*d the nomination of Air. (.’lay tn that
01 (in. I i at riBou. for reaaon* w iiiell I need not nu*
fZ'Vc. hm w in. Ii w i•* *.a»iid.*c»ovy to my own upud.
Ami. in * oo• parin2 die t;I »i a of dre.Ui iwo, IJ.irn
a n and *. my I m «y Ii ive nt'ored nimu ex'»i»v ieanf
expo tH'nti. hoot which the mi i*i*.e arose, i!mt I
Wotll I pi • 1*1 Al i . V au Hutei! hi (sett. 11 a it ih>> t>«p An
egreuioiitt mis'-,!%*• ll w s. Indeed, if I ever uttered
aiic.liu pielctMIC'* in a c-ireles* mood, I m ver enter
ianted ii in realit v a too neni. U«i lit® runtruly, him*
died*, ii no, iImi sand', ol my eontiHuenii may ie
iitinhe» wi ll die i-ki rctrmm I have humlrtuU if not
ihntt-a ( s ol 11on s u*rd publicly, in their pf ('Banco
hat *' I woo'd i house any decent white in in irt ill#*
»i idon to be Pn indent in preference to Marini V j i»
Idiieii.*’
A on it "v i i mi, w 'ii i ii 'ii i*• *■ 'hiim*, ui it nil * inn
as t••‘it. li nn oii'h txHiiiu.i i 'ii iv.is male. I i-mme
ilialelv jn ij'iicirril in u; mid, < niYlpHrafitn'v igtin
i i | liHuie ul in i infills iiii'l pi t'lensimi* for the f‘ie
iemcv. I 11 »v»• •m rf c ar*fu ly studied lus life, an f
I run, wiili 11 »«• evident e <d hislniy In (me mr,& will*
ilic M fii I conviction dl thoiiUlllnf wlist I .saV,
il» rhire llmt I hello* e Ihme is put a rnnn nf our
t111111fr% ii w living who rari point to a hi nf grenf. r
usefulness ami td inure ilisiii.goisjifd public seivi
if*, but Ii civil nml military, f Inin (ini. Wm, ||,
II 111 mm ii. The Ii mil * ol t his mbit es* • iut.p* - • >
uni me lo ruler up n 'h** pru"l«, but ) icier mi the
III-I "i V id l hr i n noli v. b< Inio and dming m.d »inrn
I II I .1*1 U I I , II . Il .il p.H I i I IV Ii II 11 • *, his ill >|(| v,
i«» pniv« Iimh a pill ml. a Mice e Mill soldier, n ie
public.in id iIn* pi oil. s m 1**1. y'< m m houl; a Males
man of enlarged views, looking In his 'whvlrt
eohii 1 rv," iiii I m» ill iis p uis, lot practical wisdom;
♦ l eu* I iri■ i n| idi ns par s over entrusted in
his guardianship rtt.11 cure; a m ho ar, a %s liter* an
Im esi man, a geuilemiil. alike beinved in Ids pri
vate, mid glon u"ly renowned m Ins puhhc lile.
What more run hr m ml ul any man? Whs.ifyoti
v\ill hs'cn to ihe blind pailisiins nr hireling n iiiKirm
n| **pnw er .Mid i hr •poi's." lunch iikme can be • ini of
him: lie im, il tliev me to lie In lli ve<f, and ii palri
mu' people w ill pit mu t homy p.iMiol to be Lvlnuf
in I lien pics* mu'- a v dn, weak old man, n petti*
« mil t Jem i al, who ill one fim.M Vwfed to .sri| Iren
while men n mil non, and at number titnr to abolish
iue slavery ul bond ld.u k men; who is poor* lives
ma lu:* cabin, diInks hard cider, and would make a
gianus 1'iesidenl!" Sm li will, doubth ss, ho said
id Inin to you. All ol these cliuges 1 hive not
nine nor space u» oolite now; bui in relation to tfirs •
chat go ol almltl mu against hill), I refer you to lug
votes upon the Missouri q•««.-*!i«»n; lo his voles upon
i lie admission ol si .ves into Arkansas, aid to his
co or"** mi I niliai H lour liieg thiveiy; Infer you to
his Inter in Ins must ii uen'* in IH’J'J, and to his Vin
cennes speech. And it all thn* will not satisfy yuu,
never let him. in his declining days, rev ail the tomh
ol his I a i ber, old Benjamin 11 .nri son, a signer of the
Declaration of Independence mid a s'sve holder,
whose hones li« hmieil under the mol of Viiginin,
ami ,»h"t»* la i'll Ins son has ifcseMed; and scout from
t >111 Wil'iamsburg, and out ol my difciricf, nor I. tftitfv
nml neighbor, and lel|ow-*»inr.«i in slureiy, John
Tv er. lor permitting Ins na ns hi lie put upon ill*
same iickei with that ol stirli an almlitiomsi, not,
however until afi* ryou have helped, with ail ynur
might, to turn Maitiu Vhii Bur* ii out *if the PieM
dei c v for his msriucii1 ns to Bolus Kmg upon ilia I
" •me Al iHMilill ijilCMlmn, lor hi" VO Cs lo l|i« New
V . i k (*miv* uMmt lo give Mi fie** negroes ill elective
fi .mi-hise, iV for ii *i. evn “w nlrihe Ii bis u w he:ore
him" den) i"g the pow.| of ( • u r lo abolish
h:aveiv -slid the shivc n »de m the D sirin ul Colum
bia.
Aiplil inyp r\ lcij»iri:»it 11.1 umi you ili.it a cer
i.iiii William Slade, ol \ - m out, who in an ultra
.ib- liti-'iiist, helm gs m li e \\ lug piMiv. ai d tlir.f,
1111 n l.-if, the Wing party is th* Abolm ii pmy, l
i*r iy \.»ii in Hill ill ii good Van Huron friend of dm
South. vvimfver lie may Ire. in phnise fo ilrrhesiirtio
oi e a 111 m Ii in a iN'Jfuo,* v- n il ii 11 h to memoii ili/.o ilio
Van Huri'ii I *• gisl.il ure nl I hii.i who pm In m in hnr
plat e, lo I urn. "neck ml IhtI*," out ofihe Soria to
,.[ (hr I'niiril .S-aiei. dial infamous infidel. H- iJa
iii to Tiipp.m. who openv «!«■«• I ii i«■ if lo James Collier.
and nthe* L'enih'rrieii of O (. i h m Ma.Jisoman
oi Marrh If! IH40- i • iiiaming ill* ir Hfiitmm y.) that
lie di«*ap|ir< v- it el lilt* i nlime of a f ofli Hilt tee of din
Slate A hoi timi Society of Ohm, litcan> j their iiUMlur
were p o e .lile; “Imi (*iiM In ) I told ihein if they
wa iled s.,01) to prircha-e arms and aiiiinunillun lo
pm mm the 11iioda of ihr black*, that they might
tree tin n m I v* s. I won id give I lie m |l r tnoi ey V* and
when asked I lo*. * andmg on one bank of die Ohio
river, fchouhl see the Mavis me up against their
iii.reiei* in Virginia on the oilier huI , would not
• r"»N to give i-nin anee to save white men, women,
mil children, h-a ir.ci.ds aid tipi-iint ant eft, limit
iniirdfi and all dm honors of ftcrvile insurrection,
replied, “No, In hod J I would i nl, nod woo’d
dinnlii lii any • hlld I have that would gnJM your
ih'pM si ntaiive, • in pained to sir m die same capt
i0! oith such a wren h, who has not dared lo eou
tradict tills st aieuieiji, in .de In a member of Co»
,rs^. and pub liMiod in th-sety in his Hiatus: iuitfi >
dl.ite p •-nice.
And I lie-* you further lo demand of *\Jr. Van
Ihite.t tind bn h iends to bre k up them I iwiiaius of
abolumo typ'S in ti e Noiih—dm Kmancipaior nod
h- fellow press**, ihnr must efficient hlemfs and
advocates, and the w oral curiums of the South—*
j In lore they call lip m you in «i| pose die elecl1. il of
(Jeneirt! il rii-on because lie is an aim! n ni i, or (d
support the re-election I Mr. Va !><• ■ * * i • causa
11 in : N'ui them hi hi with So n die i n pi inciplt-s!'*
Tins < in i l *r is already extended further than J
oie ant when I began. I am si ill w e .k in health, und
• oust s op. Ir*t| jest some friend to read this to
di** people of inv disirici, whenever and wherever
they may b** found assembled. f will endeavor
send t opics o ou st ,d liieu ; will mijk to thern about
• mmy other matters when we tin er “fact to fair;’*
a d m die me 'oi time mil their d vot»*d pu If**, ser
j v. iif, HENtlY A. WISE*
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f 1111 K »n >c. t/rt li.i, mi I.mimI . iif
I. (j.iyle's Smij>'mi. Sh. I(fl« Tm i"., wlneH ks wiM
sell k> .lie Inlli.w tug |iritc. lot rush :
Mso’s T.ees, $ 13 50 per doB'-n.
Side Tree., 1* '* *■
11. U. KICHAITDS.
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I f 11 H l£ subscribe. wilfgive lt.« Indies, pf.i'C* fur
1 1 yarn Sock's. Fernlie.s, Seed. BacaWHS, airil
I L'uw Lilians. We "Iso wi.lt lu buy mic hundred mt
i«o Barrels Mourns... Whiskey.
BAlLKV Si WOMACK.