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pofo' the convention, on tin* ground of supposing that he
deaitt d it I Inn would indeed have appeared something
like dictation; and,ax it would seem,a dictation in Uvnr
»il that to which he i.; in prineipie opposed Hut hisoppo
nen's ran perceive no dictation in all tint. On the con
trary, they pretend to think it would h ive been |H‘rfectly
lair and han table. It would, in their opinion, be verv
uri.pec t. make me o| Executive intluenco. if it could
beempliyed to deceive t!ie people, and enable them to
■c.cotnpliidi tlnd' ends The President did not choose,
however, to be piste d in that attitude. 1 le diselauns anv
desire to name u successor, and refi rs it all to the people,
as the true and oily legitimate source of political power;
and expresses him elf favorable to a National Con veil
tiou, merely for the reason that he considers it the best
and most eligible means <>f ascertaining the wishes ofthe
people, and securing the election of a man of their own
choice. This is the whole sum and substance of the let
t«-r; and those who can perceive in it uuy thing objection
able or improper, must be able to see what “ is not to be
• seen.'' No honest or Inimitable man can or would attempt
4 * make any objection to a letter that is so perfectly lair
and proper ; and w hich has been written in consequence
of an effort on the part ofthe editor ofthe Nashville Re
publican to misrepresent facts, lor the purpose of promot
ing his own party ends. If it has the effect to operate to
tlie injury ot the contrivers ofthe plot, they may thank
themselves. That it will so operate is highly probable;
and ns every one should wish that honesty and fair deal
ing should prevail, we trust it will be the general desire
that such may be its effect.—Haiti mart llrjiultlicaii
“ WE APPLES.”
On one point the open Opposition and White pipers
agree perfectly. Tliry contend that the President h is
determined to appoint his successor. Referring t. the
Executive, the Paris Citizen says:
11 ^1® has no idea ot a division of the ranks of his for
mer supporters, and is determined s » far as his influence
will go, to blast the hopes of Judge White for the Presi
dency. Mis recommendation to the people to send dele
gates to the Baltimore Convention, and to abide l»v its
dee it ion, means nothing more u u less, than t!iat'.\ir.
Van, Buren must be tho candidate. Judge White and
Ins friends know exactly on what ground the President
stands; and may prepare themselves to meet all the oppo
sition which in* is capable of exerting, to defeat the
Judge s election."
I'bp Kentucky Commonwealth savs:
“ 1 he people ol Tennessee may perhaps have read the
anecdote of the umtlier of Napoleon, who when her sou
from his high station extended his hand for the mother
to kiss, proudly put it aside, a ml held out her own to |
the Emperor, saying, “ / uni the Emperor's mother, uiul
he must iIomk liomufc." Napoleon admitted the plea,
liut Jackson will not. Not content with the unlimited
sway which he has enjoyed as the head of a dominant
factum, in which capacity he has glutted his own private
vengeance while he has ut the same time given up the
oouiitry to the plunder of his followers—not content
witfi this, he wishes to select his own successor and make
the succeeding Administration a mere elongation of his
own system ot distributing spoils. In a short time his
term of service (unless he he a candidate for a third
term) must expire. He will then lie officially dead; but
lie desires, like u certain English King, that his followers
shall hear the rattling of his bones, and tremble and
obey.”
'l'lie Lexington Reporter remarks:
‘•This is the first instance in tin- history of this Govcrn
inent, of a President descending from his" elevated station, 1
to mingle in the bustle of a political contest, and by the i
weight of his influence girc. direction to public sentiment
in favor of a particular individual as his successor. It
is worse than idle for any man to say that the proposed :
Baltimore Convention is not npurhrd jury, ready to rati- ]
fy the decree long since promulgated by the Executive, ■
that Martin I an Ilurcn shall inherit the mantle. The
President may now be considered as having proclaimed
fun political preference, and all who have full'faith in his
infallibility can obey the proclamation. If there he any
aspirant for Executive favor, let him now come out for
the Baltimore Convention, or else he will he a luckless
wight. If there he any one of the <10,000 office-holders,
who is too poor to lose his office, let him shout for the
Baltimore Convention and he is safe.”
The Nashville Republican uses the following Ian- '
guage :
“ General Jackson, it will be discovered, is in favor of
a National Convention. On this subject, much as we
may regret it, we are compelled to differ with him in
opinion. We have already given a portion of our teasoos i
for our opposition to this dangerous mode of selectine the •
candidates tor the highest olliccs in our Government”and |
we shall lake a future opportunity of continuing our re
in irks.’ * * * “ We look upon the People as sove
rcign, and as able to think for themselves, without the
intervention ot a body, irresponsible in its nature, and
entirely unknown to the Constitution. Let Conventions
be established as one of our Republican institutions, and I
where is the boasted liberty of the people ? It is left to 1
the inclinations and judgments of a few interested politi- 1
ciaus and unconscientious office-seekers. The elective I
franchise wdl become a useless privilege, auJ the ballot I
box, which is now our surest safeguard, will be trampled
under toot, and broken into a thousand pieces." *
A few interested politicians, and cold, calculating of- 1
lieu-holders, who have noted the progress and etfuct
ot the ( uncus system in some of the Eastern States,
av.o are aware ol its j'^PHgMK<J.iptation to the imnjf.s. ^
ot intrigue auJ ambition, have laid their heads together^
and have determined t.* make it a part and parcel of the
beautiful system which our fathers struggled si nobly to
establish. With sucli men as these, self is a God, at
whose shrine tile interests of a whole country would Iks
sacrificed without a sigh or a tear. What care they lor
the liberties ot tile People, so long ns they can batten up
on their b ird earnings? To preserve their offices, or to
obtain higher ones, they w.mld be willing to lay the
elective franchise at the feel ot a p ditic.il cabal, and to
make the whole of this heiiutiful country u more appnn
a^e ol “regal Y ork. Ilut, thank God! they cannot dope
the people. They cannot per.nude them to sur-onder
their dearest and most valuable rigiit to the discretion of
un irresponsible Caucus. I oey caniiotyi/Are them to send
delegates to u Convention, which is to meet—not to de
liberate—not to choose from the whole body of the Re
publicans, the man Lest calculated to administer the
government—hut to take their orders out their pock
ami in obedience; to the will <>!’ their constituents—to
nominate Martin Van Buren as the candidate of the Par
ty ! And vet this Ins been called the true Republican
modi'! We defy any man t<> point out one single repub
lican tea In it* ill the whole system.”
The Nashville Banner makes this flourish :
•/v way men with all caucusing.' away with Xulionul
CoiirriiUous! ! I hey are at best hut the inventions <>i"
designing politicians, intended to impose upon tlu- honest
yeomanry of the country, an.l to cheat them of the liigh
eat privilege ol a freeium—the proud privilege of voting
tor the man of Ins choice, uuawed and nuinlluencrd I.’
tlie insolent dictation of a few self-crested leaders. ‘ In
theory our elections arc tree, they should he so in prac
ti e. Away, we repeat it, with iM.itioM.il (Jonvenlions!
Away with the mockery ! ! The intelligence of the
American community needs no drill sergeant nor im
pudent fuglemen to teacli them who to choose lor rulers
and who to reject. tSucii barefaced juggling cannot ami
will not be tolerated. file I’koi-i.i. ure awake to their
rights, uml they will not tamely submit to dictation—it
matters not from ivlint quarter it comes—the higher the
source, the greater the insult.
“ ourselves, we put our seal to the declaration,
that, so Ioiio as we occupy a station at the head of mi in
dependent Press—so long as ive live and breathe Ameri
can air—we will resist the invidious proposition (when
soever and wheresoever it may originate,) to lay at the
leet ol village polit.ciaus ami placemen, wh i most usu
ally fill conventions, the inestimable privilege of thinking
anti acting for ouiselve* in the choice ol our rulers._
W»: n a vk 5Ain it, and ire clmll mil recede,”
Now, it is unquestionably difficult to determine, h he
tli<-r lb*- friends of Judge White or tli ..«• of Air. Clay, if
we may judge by the rein irks of their papers are mot.
Iiowtile to a N ilional Convention. 'J'he worthies forget
the National Conventions held by the Clay party at llai
timore ami WushingUoii, and the Jackson National Con- i
vonlion, by the aid ol which the democracy of the conn
try were tirfTlcd in support of our present Chief Magis
trate, when he successfully opposed Air. Adams. Poor
felliows ! They seem to be governed by the views ex- j
pressed by Mr. Leigh in In* speeches in tie- Virginia
Convention—to be acting upon the supposition,that the
mass of the people know nothing about past occuifen
ces, and have n-i regard for principle. We cuwiot say
when they will be roused from this delusion—perhaps
not before they see the returns of the next presidential
election.
In some way or other, both the Opposition and friends
of the President in the West have approved National
Convention*, Both parties have argued, that when
great principles were nt stake, Conventions were abso
lutely necessary to insure harmony nod unity of action
ffaefc paity has had it* Convention, composed of Dele
gates from "II or nearly all the Hriles, and neither could !
perceive that nodi bodies were dangerou* to lils-rty un
til recently. What has produced the very sudden nod
extraordinary change indicated l»y the extracts we have
made from tllO pap' r* «p;i wed to the Administration, in- '
eluding those that hare taken up Judge White? Kv< ry
man of comm >n sense will feel prepared to answer tin*
inquiry without hesitation. Every Democrat will per
ceive, that, the old and the m-.v Oppositi <n Inve a com
mon object in view—to “ divide and conquer*' the De
mocratic party.
That the supporter* of Judge White arc a* fully and
openly at war with the friend* of the Administration a*
the N uHifiers nro,i* no longer matter of doubt. We will
go farther. We unhesitatingly pionofticc tho<e who
are acting under the influence of Mr. Cn'houn, advoea- I
ting Judge WJiite , as the “Southern cmdi^sW,' and as- j
sailing the usages of the Democratic party, (while thin
pretend to belong to that party.) more obnoxious to (he
■viruc friends of the Adininistralion than such of Mr. (.'lay'* J
lrHi°d* a* have hitherto fell hound by principle to oppose
the Adjjiinistration, openly, but decorously.
Those'#'*>o advocate a National Convention,are term
ed rw//«r mrV!’y the advocates of Judge White. Have
the veteran “f the Adininistralion ever said
soy thing more infrti^bng ? But the gentlemen are not j
Content with terminj^tif? 'consistent friend* of the Ad
ministration <hwld-bfoodf*<ikjntr*K.l)l‘r*» rT,p,, who make
self their Ood. and collar jd^#£">” but, like the Nash
Ville banner tney refer to the as the “drill ;
s. i .mi of (he par*v .and to his friends,
pcrvma who have assumed the light to act as M fugle
men” f >r the pimple. *
The Republican, not to be out-done by the Manner,
nimh-stly compares the President to a King—it does not
yet say tyrant—and assorts that In* friends, 1 to preserve
their offices, or to obtain higher ones, would be willing
‘ *u lay lhe elective franchise at the feet of a jmlitical ca
bal, and to make the wh de ot this beautiful country a
mere apjianagc of ‘ regal York. " This is referring to
the I res.dent us the m march, to Mr. \ an Huren as the
h ir-app.t rent—alid allcgng that the democracy of* tile
country are .striving to constrain the people to maintain
them at such—-toyield op tiie whole country ns an in
heritance, ot the alleged favorite of the President! Is
this sustaining fieri. Jackson and his Administration?
Away with such jririols. We hold u >communion with
such political hypocrites.
front men pursuing this course—from partisans. who,
to con r their post hikc-tconnnejs and kolf-cvnccaUd trtaih
I fry from men who are doing all in their power to divide
ami prostrj'e the Democratic parly—• the friends of tiie
A Jiiiiiiistraliou will naturally turn with loathiiii* and dis
gllst.
I hey may pretend that there will be but two candi
dates tor the Presidency—hut the people will inquire :
Mow do they know that? Where is Mr. Webster?
lias he contracted with tin-supporters of Judge While
to withdraw? Is there an uiulerstundiug between the
Mine Lights. iN'ullitiers and the friends of Judge White?
If the gentlemen did not understand each oilier, how
•• could they assert si positively, that there will be but
“ two candidates ?”
I'he foregoing and other inquiries will naturally bo
made liy tin* pco|do; and politicians will look a little be
yond the supp ised intrigue. They will examine the
whole field, Mini will come to the conclusion, that the
combined forces of Webster. White and Calhoun will,
eventually, be Mgnilly iliscouifileil.
Hut we <• mimenccd this article with s view to de
monstrate th it Judge White and his friends are already
repeating tin* abusive language hitherto used by tlv- hit
ter o|i|>uiicntsol tiie Administration—that they constitute
a distiiu-t party—and, as such, can no longer lie trusted
by the Democtafty ot the Country This object we have
very satisfactorily accoui|ilishcd.
Hereafter we shall note other “signs of the times,”
and in due season, we will account for the studied si
Iciicc ot s >mc of the Tennessee members, during the
memorable session of Congress of l<£&-'4.— l.oumille
. In' rrrtiser.
Conventions—111 minis, i ncus.—'The first great po-1
titical (Joiivi nlu.il ever held m the State of Virginia, was
by this tth! .tdams-iiH'ii, \r National Ki'j.iiMi.mih, 'i’/iey
niot iii Kieliinoiid on the I'.ighth ..f January, IcVa._
lli.it Convention denounced Andrew Jackson, and fus
minuted John Quincy Adams as 1*resident of the United
States ! \ irgimu gave a vote (her Republican sons vot
ing in solid phalanx) of nearly two to one, for the former
ami against the latter ! All the members of tlinrt Con
vention, with their Secretary, John H. i'leasants, Editor
ol the Kieliin md Whig, are now true •• Whigs," and uuti
Coii veiltioinsts o
'l'oe secoud gnat Convention ever held within our
borders, assembled at ( harlollesville in the Summer of
IS32. It was composed of the Virginia JYullHiers. They
nominated l'. I*. 1» arbour as Vice ('resident of the U. S.;
but Mr. II., to bis immortal honor, declined holding a poll
under the auspices of that august body!—and its labors
/nun d aburtii r ! Them; N ulhliers are now also true Whig a
and tiie leaders ot tin- “ lio-Convenlioii" party ! ! ! Tne
Charlottesville^ \\ lugs, some <J them nieiiibcrs of the
Convention ol IS:,2, and now having for their county
candidate Tlmmas W. Cdiner, Esq., the •* chief cook and
bottle-washer in lint (.'.invention have just issued tliou
sanda of hand-bills, headed no Caucus," “ no Chnven
lion !" It is very natural that these gentlemen should
have a bud opinion of Conventions. They have doubt
less learnt one lesson ; to wit—that unless Conventions
express the Popular It ill, they are worse than useless ! !
Who can doubt, if these Whigs thought they couid
eilect their objects l»y Conventions, that they would
hold a hundred of them before the 25th of December
next ?
Excellent management that, to hold Conventions un
til, from the uniform decision of the people against their
nominations, they begin to suspect they might become
odious, and then to turn round and abuse them, and cry
••no-Conventii.il !”
Hut we are in favor of Con volitions of the People, the
real People, or their true agents, and not of the would-be
manufacturers ol' public opinion, or party dictators, and
managers. When the former noiniunte, it is sustained,
for the very simple reason, that they express the true will
ol tiie bulk ol the people. The latter express their
own; and hence they are found where they ought to be,
— in the minority!—UanriUc Observer.
Fkom am. Count tit1.— We take the liberty of laying
the. following extracts of a letter before our readers._
They are the effusions of an intelligent, highly-gifted
anJ patriotic mind; and although not intended for publi
cation, they are too valuable to be lost. We hope they
will receive the attentive consideration of every reader:
*• Our people are very sensitive upon every subject
touching the Negroes. You have seen what advantage
is attempted to be taken, of our Southern feelings and
prejudices in our approach.iig elections. Editors, who
are themselves Abolitionists, do not scruple to join in this
game of attempting to cheat the people of the Smith,
by tolling them, that the question is “ Va.i Huron.
A.ai^^^MBtl.ul *an Hub-on jYuUhr.ru
to slavery, that would, if he were mude President, en
danger our Southern interests They have no such
fears themselves. Hut il will do to cheat the people
with.—I see in the Enquirer, that nn intimate friend
of Mr. Van Huron, has authorized the Editors to say,
that Mr. Van Huron lias declared, that the General Go
vernment cannot interfere with our Slaves, without a
palpable violation of the Constitution, and tint In; is de
cidedly opposed to meddling w ifh the subject in any way,
even in the District of Columbia. My life upon it. that
il there are any' ol tne Northern people, tv ho are disposed
to meddle with our negr. es, through the General Go
vernment, that they are, for the most part Hhigs, ac
cording to the panic brand. Hut, if our people are
really jealous of their rights as freemen, or as Slave
holders, let them beware of sanctioning the doc
trines of .Mr. Leigh. If every voter could sec the
spirit and tendency of Mr. Leigh's “ Alternatives "
and “ devclnpemeuts, ” lie and his friends and sup
porters, would be put down !—down ! never to rise
again. lias in; not declared that, the General Go
vernment, cannot charter any National Bank, without
violating tin; Constitution? Can lie vote for any Bank,
xvilliout violating a s dmnn oath? lies lie not declared
his readiness to d » so and maintained that it would hi* right
to .1 i so, in the event of certain iltec'opevv’nts and alter
witirrs, which he has confidently predicted? lias he not
laboured to convince us, that our opposition to the Hunk
is vain; and that we must take this Hank, one like it. or
do worse? \ cs, till this lie has done. 1 lis friends in the
Legislature knew it, and yet they have labored to con
vi'ice MS, poor, simple, unsuspecting souls, a* they believe
il - to he, that Mr. Leigh is more thoroughly Anti-Bank,
than General Jackson!
“What a ridiculous three have we been playing ever
since the found ition of the Government ! What a con
temptible figure sh ill we cut, after having scolded, and
battled so long, against the Uititudiiinriiins ; and after all
our squabbles about the doctrines of — ’{)}), if we can
now harbor, in our own bosoms, a Senator whocomes out
boldly, and declares, that under certain Contingencies,
it would be right to set aside the Constitution, and that
loo. tii perpetuate an irresponsible National Consolidated
and Consolidating Corporation; which claims a right to
exist, upon the ground that we are dependent upon its
rrgu'ufing and con!rolling itijlucncc! To sustain this
<t‘»r, the Light of Instruction i.s to he surrendered,
an I ;t system of electioneering by panics, false alarms,
and false prophecies, is to usurp the place of re as >u and
argument. I ioncsly and consistency are n »longer to be
ex peeled o| politicians.—.1}// play is hereafter to be con
sidered fair /day.' And this revolution in the political
character of the Old Dominion, is to he effected by men,
who are eternally talking about Intrigue, Tactics, and’
“ Arch Magicians!'—Messrs. Editors, cry aloud and
spare not! Rouse the spirit which lies dormant, in the
bosoms of the Democracy."—U>.
[ r roisi tlic riiicruitk* lipirmrrnt. 1
JDDGB WIHTK-THK FAI.HI-. ISHIJK.
'I'h* Whig* art* making great efforts in this Congres
itictn.tl District, and throughout the State, to make up the
i**ue in the nppronching election, upon the question of
the candidate for the next Presidency. For this purpose,
the name of Judge White is held up as the flag to rail)’
under hy the Whig candidates. Being sure of the united
support of their party, the claims of While are pressed up
on the people, ns the old personal friend of General JacK
son—a true Republican, Ac. Ac. to induce as many as
posable i,l the Republican party, the friends of Jackson's
administration, to vote for the Whig candidates. But a
yar since, those who sustained tlie President upon the
Iffj/osUe f/tirslion and the Protest, were branded as parti
ran and unprincipled supporter* of usurpation and ilr.yw
h;*>« ■ 1 hi y Were denounced as “ palaee slaves’ —
“Tories!'" Ac. The people wer" called upon in
bun! and indignant strains, to burl those from of
fice who gave t * the ,1dm in 1st ration—“ to such high
handed usurpation turd tyranny !"—“ to dark and
dangerous " schemes, to subvert our free Govern
ment, nml build up a “corrupt elective moreir-diy
their counten inee nnil support. Among these "/oricy and
pot arc Anns," Judge White then occupied the front
ran); irt supporting and defending these very measures of
the Administration. Mow, the same Whig papers—-the
same Whig individuals are hoisting the While (lag for
•he Presidency rue calling upon the people (o elevate
Judge White to the Presidency, whom, list year, they |
ranked among the palace slaves !—tories !!—supporter* !
Of usurpation and despotism ! ! How esn it lie, that m* |
IdIIgen! individuals— that an enlightened pri *.*, after i
denouncing those measures in such harsh lerrns, and de- )
claiming so loudly against their supporters, c*tt now
w -So to see Judge White made President, who support
ed these measures hy his speeches and votes in the Re
nnie? How can it he, that those individuals nnd lh >*e
presses who have branded the Democratic Jackson parly
ns msn worshippers—as idoljzers of Gen. Jackson, can
now be acting in good fiith, in taking from the Demo
cratic pnrty. lh** individual most distinguished for his
friendship for the President, and his support of his mea
sures, and presenting hiii’ to the people for the high of
fice of President; while, in so doing, they sacrifice their
profe« . d political principles, r.nd give the strongest re
proof of their past art*;
* u the wish txprcncd by our correspondent, we will
barely remark at this early day, that, as loach as we esti
mate the claims of Air. \ \x Bcutx to be considered by the
Republican l’.irty us tlieir candidate lor the next Presi
dency, we are ready to yield our preferences to the sup
port iit tlie Numim.i: ot the National Convention, provi
ded that Convention pronounce, in our opinion, the sen
timents of the people on the question :—\Vho shall suc
ceed Axonnv J ack sum ? As l.*r as the public sentiment
has been expiessed, we incline to the opinion, that the
i! it in n is the tavorite of the majority; but as
we deem unanimity in the party, of more moment,
than whether tk'ut or tAot in an shall he entrusted with
the helm of State; and believing, as we do, that the
majority w II decide correctly, we will await with pa
tience the action ol the people, and submit our present
preferences to tlieir decision. Col. Johnson's piinciples
are, we believe, pure and sound, and ho would probably
fill the chair of the V ice 1‘resideut, with honor to himself
amt benefit to lus country ; but we must be allowed to in
dulge a hope that William C. Hives, ot Virginia,—the
man who rccogn.xcd the old Republican principle, that
the Representative should obey the instructions of his
constituents, or resign, may receive the nomination of
tlu* I ?» Convention tor tin* \ ic© Wo
know ol n<i public man since the days of Liowudes, whoso
- political life we deeni more exempt from the charge of
political tergiversation.
Air. Rives has breasted the stormy waves of opposition
in liis native State;ami though overwhelmed for a lime,
like the ocean s waves he will, when the billows subside,
rise iii his native dignity, unharmed by the violence of
the overw helming surge.—Stt i mu.ii/i dror/jiun.
“ B "K or 1 ill u. Si ms.-On the 1st of April, the
loans of the Rank stood thus :
On notes and bonds,..'JcftT.17ft,7 |~
Bills of exchange,... 22,!'20 4Grt tG
. $ GO,100,210 7 f
I lie expansion during March was less than during the
mouths immediately preceding, amounting to a little over
two millions; making the tol.l expansion, since the aov
lion ol business recommenced after the panic, over four
teen millions."
I he Journal of Commerce, from which we take the
above, and the monthly return of the Rank of the U.
Stall's, we learn, were received together yesterday ut
the 'IVeasury Department.
The amount contained in the above, tallies with the
amount in the Rank return, we understand, to a cent._
We may. therefore, consider it us having been commu
nicated njitriiillij to the Journal.
tVJiy in this sent to the Journal of Commerce to be
published, before it is sent to the Treasury Department?
Because the Journal spoke loudly in terms of disappro
bation and condemnation when the expansion had reached
twelve millions, and for the purpose of breaking the force
ot increased disapprobation, which an increase of two
millions more was calculated to produce upon the public
mind. Now, when that fact is developed, the Journal is
lound lending itself ns the apologist of Mr. Biddle.—
Buch is the mutability of that paper.
We are preparing a statement of facts, which will ex
hibit to the I’eople the conduct of this institution, tiir
some time past, in such a light, that, if it does not arouse
th.-ir indignation, we shall believe we mistake their cha
racter.— (ilobr, .l/>rii 7.
»•!>• ^ ALMOIN ami Ills Doctuink OK Fiu.k.iioi.u Ok
ku I.-Ilm I.I KS.—We perceive till* Raleigh Register at
tempts to relieve Mr. Calhoun from the charge of ad
vocating the life-estate tenure in public offices, by 'de
claring that no such passage is to be found in his
Report on Executive Patronage. The North Carolina
Standard replies, that it was not imputed to his Report
but to his remarks in support of it. We know not
what Mr. Calhoun was reported to have said on the oc
casion, but we know what he did sav. We were pre
sent, and could not but admire the boldness with which
he sought to appropriate to himself all the advantages
ot Kxeeutice. patronage, by appealing to the interests and
securing the favor of the office-holders, at the moment that
he was denouncing Executive Patronage. Mr. Calhoun
said, that the tenure of the ollice-holders ‘'snout.i> t;t:
AS ST Mil.i; AS A kkki'.iioi.ii.1* This lie will not have
the hardihood to deny, unless he is willing that every
man who heard him, should know him to he at once to
tally destitute of shame and of the moral faculty.— lb.
[From thn I*, ti-fsluu* ConUi'IIntion.l
NOITOWAY ELECTION.
'Glorious \ i< roitv !—This county has triumphantly
vindicated the Right of lnstructieri.ond in u voice which
cannot hi* misunderstood, repudiated Ijtighism, and con
demned the re-election of that gentleman to the Senate
ot the 1 nited Slates.—-Nottoway, it will be remembered,
was one of tbu instructing counties—oar of those in
which this paper announced “that those instructions
had been carried by a great majority.” The result
ol the election in Nottoway has confirmed the ac
curacy of our statement as distinctly, as it has
loudly condemned the vote of the most worthy but
much mistaken gentleman, who was sent last winter
to represent the people of that county. It will also lie re
membered, that the number of persons who signed the
Instructions was 2m—the number of votes given for Mr.
Fitzgerald, the Administration candidate, was 2o4, the
whole number of votes polled was‘.183, and the number
polled last April \vus330—the whole number in the county
is understood not to exceed 414. Now, admitting lliut^
ulkthe voters who did not come to tl ic A*lee. 11 o n wereiagaimfl
.ibi-iitimwifttration Wl opposed to f»h-.» object
si ructions, wc should still liavo u clear majorilv of 114
and exhibit an uati-panir re action of upwards of’ 100 ! • j
in this small county. As has spoken Nottoway, so vve
confidently believe and hope, will speak \ irginia. Wc
exult in the downfall of no man, or of any party_hut
we do fed proud and gratified in the triumph of those
principles which we not only hold sacred in the profes
sion, butin the exercise also. We do not know—to our
knowledge we never saw Mr. Fitzgerald; Col. Ander
son wo know and esteem well—he is emphatically one
of Nature s Noblemen—has bravely “gone down ’ with
the cause he honestly conceived lobe right,and will, we
hope, have many • gallant \V big Spirits to bear him com
pany.” See the following letter:
tip ring /.tiers, in Virginia.
Messrs. Editor?—This day ha* resulted as favorably
to the cause of the people's rights as could have been
anticipated. Robert Fitzgerald, lr., a modest, firm, un
aspiring young Democrat—a throe year old coll, trained by
t/K* people, and biirlhened with no weight, save what the
rules ot tile course imposed, has, with these advantages,
distanced the good but unfortunate old courser, Major’ll.
K. Anderson. As this is the first hole in the riddle which
the people intend making of the White, the Clay-color
ed, the eliameleon 11 ig of the modern VVliigs, and as the
people may conclude to keep Mr. Fitzgerald on the turf
tor some years to come, I will give you the particulars
ol this, his first race.—The people of Nottoway, like the
people of many other counties, had deposited heavy stakes
on the issue ot tins contest—stating as a weighty reason,
that the trainer, (then in Richmond,) to whom they sent
their favorite horse—the patriarch of their stud, “ In
struction.'' to contend for a vital prize, had turned his
head and *• flew the way;" and by this means they con
sidered themselves jockeyed out of a race which the rules
ol every course rightly awarded them. This trainer, be
it known, (however good he may be ns a man, and 1
know he is a good man,) retired ‘from the head of the
stable, "(which he should not have done, as lie enjoyed
the full benefit of the confidential advice of the “Na
]>o con of the Turf," W. It. Johnson,) and became
rubber to the redoubtable old champion Major H.
!*•,., n,r"°n". (J|val> inconceivably great, Messrs.
F.dilors, Inve been the exertion and skill exercised to de
leat an untried cult. They have attempted to persuade us
that the colt was sick; that he was hobbled and chafed to
•leath by V an Uuren pills—that he would starve at the
rack ol New York tactics, « fodder or no fodder’’—that
it would cost too much to train him; for which they
minted the imposing anti, rity of that reckless trainer,
John C. Calhoun, (Report on Executive Patronage,)
who would run his whole stable to death to save a bale of
cotton, and when lie knew it wus already safe._Messrs.
Editors, they procured and industriously distributed |
Mr brown s speech, giving them some novel ideas of
stable management— direction* for dressing the hay for j
their ‘"hero of many battles"—concluding with ad
vice to all proprietors ol race courses, summing up tile '
dishes that would likely be most delectable or obnox
ious to llie palates of the numerous congregations that j
would Witness the sports of the Turf tins .Spring, Ac. \
J hey purified the system of their old favorite in (his!
county, with State Rights, alius Nullification— a very I
heating (a Thomvniian) remedy which they said had •
cast oil'’ effectually all the obstructions of Jaeksonism viz l
ProclaiiMtionis.il and the like; but which lefl an tmly can
cer, that emitted several very foul discharges, that thru
consider healthy, and siy arc possessed of no other
property, save that of b-ing an antidote to a disease
wl.jcl, they report as infesting the public manger,
calm) Van Hurenism I thought, however, Messrs.
I'.d.iors, that 1 could perceive a hectic flush, Indicative
V1 w,,n! :t «•«*/«■« Whig would call a mortal coiimimn
lion, when this cry of‘ nil's well” was uttered ; mid
was confirmed in this belief, when I felt the pulse (for
sometimes feel pulses) which heat to the tune (wlie
ther Troin an artificial excitement or not, you must say)
Ol Hugh !, VV lute for next President—for, we all know
the I roc In mat inn, t/ id omne genus, are all the notes of
f won to and popular piece of music. What varia
tions Whig cars have made in it, I cannot say; but,
judging from what has pissed here to-day, I should
say the instrument upon which they play it, jars too
Im.c; that all their strings are basses'; that they I
Would not know how to tune it any how: that
they have not suffered the timber out of whirl) it is
composed to season; and that it, as an instrument upon
v> Inch they wished to play the notes of victory, Ins suf
icrcd material injury by the unparalleled violence thev
"o 1,1 H,,,ltr)‘ing it from its owners. Ac , Ac —
Well Mes.rs Editor?, we got the horses to the stand,
.1C colt took the trai l; and kept it, under a hard pull,
t ie whole way. coming out in fine spirits, without the
slightest fatigue, one hundred and twenty five yards
ahead: *
Var the It. of Delegates.
Fitzgerald,.. 25*1 | Anderson,. 12:1
For Congress
Jones, ..256 | Archer, .......... | jy
.Yutlotray C. // , April 2, 7 o'clock, F. M._
B^1"’’ ^ .’I 1.1.1.1 i i Woodvillc, Mississippi, Attor
•F h-y . • !!• r ..t I. ,.*. ..tf. |,i« pi-!-'.*.M>.;..il
•* md flu* puhlie,
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Itit'liiuoiMl, Va., B'ritlay, April 10.
n i: .irrr.ii. to i nr //.or; i: or nm;i% / #
“ k*<vlrtJ, Tliat our watchword be I'mcn.”—From the eh-^uenl
rc.<o'ntiuH* uf I'aft turn fv, a p-trt uf tht hutS ts-rtut* if the H-pmUtc.
Fk.li.ow-Citi7.kns— We lay the following very in
teresting Devclopemcnts before you. Head anti reflect
well upon their ominous contents. They were received
voBu-tudy in the Washington Globe; and we hasten to
lay them before the People. Depend upon it “the hand
of the Rank is in this thing." A new struggle is to bo
made by the Monster; and the throes and contests of the
Presidential Election ure to be made to contribute to the
revival of this corrupt and corrupting Institution. Ava
rice and ambition are banded together for its success._
The Republican party is to be cut up, if possible. The
Whigs are to run White in the South—Webster in the
North—until, perhaps, when the auspicious moment
comes, Mr. Cfay may step upon the field, and trv to
enter into the 11. of It., with two others of the con
tending competitois. The election will go to the II. of
It.—and there, “the Empire will be set up to the auction’’
of the Intriguers.
It was only on Wednesday, that we received a letter
front the South, from tie* pen of a distinguished politician,
who writes us in the following strain :
“The Whigs running of Judge White is intended to
keen up their Party in Virginia, and carry the election
of President to the II. of R.—You are right in exposing
and denouncing it, and the eyes of the IV »ple ought to
open. It was got up last winter bv the Rank, Southern
and South-western men in Washington, who are at
heart opposed to us, and yet afraid to come out for Clay,
Webster, or Mclx*nn. though they prefer any of them
to Van Huron or White.— Hell, of Tennessee, is. I
have no doubt, inimical to Van Huron; and he lias pro
bably operated on some of the Tennessee Members, and
the game is, to take White for their candidate, and so
prerent tm elation htj the people. Parties, too. in Virginia
will have their influence, to wit: the Virginia Members,
Gordon, Gholson, and others, arc opposed to’ coming out
for ( lay, or Webster, ami they are only anxious to take
up White ns acover to keep alive their party in Virginia,
and to make war on us through Van Hurt'll. Calhoun,
too. and his partisans in Washington, have determined to
come into his scheme for party purposes, us the only
means of defeating and breaking down the Republican
Party. It Whi.ocan do this, by dividing us, they then
think the game will he iu their own hands !!“
Nothing can save us from this dreadful altrrnaticr, but
the concert and harmony of the Republican Party of an
Election by the II. of It.
“I.et our watch-word be, Union
In spite of all the inanu-uvrcs of the Enemy, the de
coys they are throwing out, the While flute they are af
fecting to display, let the issues lor our State Legisla
[ Hires, still he these:
\nk. or No Bank ?
InsrHi'iTioNs, or No Instructions?
Ll liill, or No I,i:k;ii?
But, read tile following Drvclopeincnts from the
Washington Globe—and reflect deeply on their im
portance. “ Hear me lor my cause—and listen that you
may hear !"—
(From th« Washington Globe.)
THE CONVENTION—-THE DESIGNS OF THE
EN EM Y—EXTRA G 1,0B E.
Washington, April 6.—The Democracy of the Uni
led States- with wise forecast and vigilance—with the
spirited intelligence, energy, and independence which
distinguishes the great body of the People—is now eve
rywhere busied in imbodying its strength, again to give
j supremacy to the will of the majority, in the election of
. the First and Second Officers of the Republic. Never
j was such precaution more necessary. The enemy in all
! quarters, are most active in llieir preparations. Alter the
j Delegates from all the States of the Union, elected by the
j great popular party, shall have assembled at Baltimore,
, on the 20th ol May next, and given expression to the
| wishes of their constituency, the war of the Opposition
j will he revived with increased furv.
j I lie Bank, it will he perceived, lias recently added
immensely to the great preparations which it lias wield
ed with such tremendous power during the last few
years. Its presses—its retained protessioual advocates—
I *ts mercantile influence—its phalanx of political leaders
in Congress, eucli acting the part of a satrap in the dif
ferent sections of the country—are rallying its forces un
iler different flags. All stand ready to renew the conflict
at a moment's warning. Its operations_in aij^iciojigi.n.
ol tlie coming Presidential<• have already* com
inenced. Retor? uio last trial of strength with General
yjac*/sr.„, its loans were run up to seventy millions. This
Bas intended as well to purchase favor, as to liohp sus
W"n!'' r—' Or wlhch n u,. thum iuici wo-vn » fil, the
I business ol the country, over the Presidential canvass.—
It tailed, because the Democracy was concentrated in
support of Gen. Jackson for President, and Mr. Van Bu
ren lor V ice President, as the nominees of the National
i Convention. Its arlitices prevailed only in making a
slight schism ill the republican ranks on the vole
for the V ice 1 resident. Its seductive course was then
inverted, and the attempt was made on the last Congress
panic and pressure. Its whole line of discounts was run
down. betwcen August, 1633, and November, 163-1, from
§04,1 U),.Mi) to §45,/i>4,*«£01; the loans on personal seen
ritv (in which the operation is most severely felt) were
reduced from forty nine millions to thiity millions. Al
| though it was avowed that this last reduction became
indispensable to prepare for closing the concerns of the
Bank, we now see that it is inspired with new hope, and
lias again resumed its system of extensive loans._
Within the last Jitc months, as is shoirn by the Hank re
turns to the Treasury, the discounts have run up from
about ‘!<J millions to more than GO millions !!! This
plot t s that it tlie Bank called in its loans to prepare for
the elose ot its charter, it no longer considers prepara
tion for such result necessary. And if the election of
President is brought to the House of Representatives it
does not reckon unreasonably.
J he intrigues of the last Session of Congress
opened up new prospects to the Dank. The cushier
V!ntl,e 1J“nk' J:*udon. the son-in-law of Judue
YViiiU-,) spent some weeks towards the close of tfjc
session in this city, and obtained a full view of all the
arrangements of the Opposition. lie ascertained (the
facts were notorious in the circles in which he moved)
that his father-in-law, Judge White, who has hitherto
been a steadfast enemy of the Dank, would consent to be
coine a candidate, to draw off’all the Republicans of the
South, whom sectional feelings might influence jn his
favor, and array them, together with the original opposi*
lion to the Administration, against the Democratic
National nomination, ullhough obtained through a
General Convention of the Deb-gates ofthe Republican
party, m conformity to the wishes ofthe majority of
the Democracy of the South as well as the North. Ho
ascertained that Mr. Calhoun, who introduced the
lull to rc-charU-r the Rank for twelve years, would
cordially co-operate in pressing Judge While in the
S"u!j‘ an'* that Mr. Bell, the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, a friend to a National Rank in
pi maple, and recently placed under peculiar obligations
to tlif present hank, was devoted to tlic name object.—
lie ascertained that Mr. Leigh, who was for the Rank of
the lmted State*, in the alternative, and who does not
believe that a national currency can be supplied without
one. who was prepared to waive his prelens 011s. arid give
Ins strength, in aid ol Judge Whiff*, to sever Virginia,
in the election, from the republican cause. He ascer
tained that Senator Mangtini, one of the Rank’s White
washing Committer, since nominated on the White
ticket as Y’icc President, together with Messrs. Moore,
Mack, and Poindexter, and every other representative
who had been elected by the Democracy of those
States, hut subsequently rendered disaffected through
the influence of the Dank, hnd tendered their support
to Judge \\ liile, and that the remnant of their per
sonal weight in the party with which they w-ere
once united, would go with that of Judge YVliitc—
I would become thoroughly identified with the Opposition
| of all complexions in the South, and that the whole
would, in the end, in all likelihood, ho ns entirely at the
j disposal of the Bank as the Southern Opposition hnd been
miring tlir panic *r«*ion. Mr. JhikJoii uImo nsrrrttiinrd, j
we hive no doubt, from his private intercourse with
Judge White, (before the irrevocable written i/lcdwe was 1
| published ) that lie had committed himself absolutely to j
i those who brought him into the field, denying to himself1
even the privilege of withdrawing his name from the can- !
vans allho in his own opinion, subsequent events should
rcmlrr it proper. In tin* *fntr of tiling*, tin* ni'innifor*of ,
the Dank have felt themselves well warranted in renewing
the struggle for a charier, which they consider attainable
within the 2 years given to wind up the business ofthe j
present Bank, if they shall succeed in Carrying the election j
of a f resident favorable to their views In this hope they I
have run out their line yfdiscounts, nearly 15 millions of i
dollars in five months, and resumed their experiments I
upon public opinion, by throwing out from their return
ed presses their extra /add tea lions. A* so instance, we
would point to the recent issue of Mr Tyler’s v.lirtni
nous li InU-washmif llrjiort- extra editions of which 1
have been poured forth from the press of the National
(iatelte and fioin that of the National Intelligencer
And as a further evidence of the design, we state mi |
sure information, that they are making"large loans on
stocks for terms extending two years beyond the expirs.
lion ol their charter. They do this with the view of
keeping their capital out r/f interest, while waiting o„ po.
Iilical events in the hope of regaining a charier, and
lliey make (lie loans now, because, after the ;td of March
power to lend under the present charter, cea*.*.
I he effect of all these operations, is seen in the sudden
rixe of the stock of the Institution.
We do not believe, however, tli.it Tlir. Bask Partv
look to the election of Judge YVhitc. They look to him
merely as the means of defi-ating the success of the nmnl* ’
nation made by the Democracy ofthe Union at the Sn- i
tic.noi ( invention, tnd bringing tiie election into the
House. They have already taken cure,by bringing Mr !
Webster forward in New England, nud Gen. Harrison
in the West, that the Hank Wliigs north ofthe Potomac
and Ohio shall not be disbanded. At the appointed time
Mr. Clay, who has the absolute confidence and control
of the National Republican party, will supplant both
these gentlemen—neither of whom, if inclined, could,
for a moment resist the will of the disciplined Hank aris
tocracy. And if Judge White can carry oil* the South,
Mr. Clay will come into the (louse as the real com
petitor for the Chief Magistracy, against the candi
didate of the Democracy. And what would he the
result? 'faking the present attitude of the representa
tion of the several States towards the Administration as
the criterion, we find that in Ohio, although that great
State has uniformly supjmrted the President,yet,by ma
nagement in the districts, a majority of its Reprcsenta
t yes are in the Opposition. Missouri. Louisiana and Vir
ginia, arc in the suiiie condition. Massachusetts, Ver
mont, ( onnccticut, Maryland, South Carolina, Ken
tucky, Delaware, were a 11 decisively against the Admi
nistration, as represented in the last Congress; and Mis
sissippi and Rhode Island were equally divided.—
Here are thirteen States, to"each of which the coalition
look contiiU ntly lor a vote against the nominee of tin*
National Convention, in the event of the election com
ing to the House. And in addition to these, the schisms
anticipated in the Republican ranks by the influence of
Judge While and .Mr. Hell in Ten.,—of Judge White and
Senator Mangum in North Carolina—of Judge White,
Senator Moore, and the Nullilicrs in Alabafua—an* re
lied upon to return a majority ofthe Representatives
from these States to the next Congress, hostile to the
nominee ofthe National Convention. With the powers
of intrigue justly oscribable to Mr. Clay and the present
Speaker of the House, aided by the influence ofthe
Hank and the new Southern Coulition, (notoriously
spurning the Right of Instruction,) none can hesitate to
believe, that it the contest should he again brought to
the House, the will of a majority ofthe People would he
a<r;iin defeated, and the power ofthe Aristocracy rc-esta
bhshed in the Government.
To prevent such a result, lie Democracy of the In it at
■Stntis long since indicated, in primary meetings of tin*
People; and through their immediate Representatives in
many of the State Legislatures, the intention of pro
ducing concert of action through the instrumentality of
n National Convention. This resort is in the very spirit
ol our institutions. Concert among the colonies, in the
achievement of our liberties, was brought about in this
way. Our first Congress was III** offspring of Republi
can prinoiples, which, operating through primary meet
ings and Stat. Assemblies, at last assumed an organized
form, in the ablest body of patriots and statesmen that
ever met in convention. Our glorious Constitution ob
t lined itirbirth, and received itssancliou, through Repre
sentatives voluntarily chosen by the People for that pur
pose. That our Government should be maintained in the
way it was created, seems peifrctly natural. If those who
would preserve its principles by a lair interpretation of
its powers, and a just Administration, should liy distrac
tion among themselves, transfer tile control from thc/rm
jnfity to the minority, a revolution would, in effect, he
accomplishe d. It would he the Government of the few
—not of the many. A sense of the mischief which
must ensue from thus inverting the piinciples of our in
stitutions, in their practical operation, first introduced
the Congressional caucus as a in* tie of nomination to
produce concert in the election of a Chief Magistrate,
among the majority concurring in the general principles
on which the Administration should Ik* conducted. Rut
this was itself an inversion of authority. It was the
nor.nt dictating to the principal. Hence the People have
taken the duty of nominating, us well ns that of electing
into their ou 11 hands. 1 hey elect delegates in their pri
mary meetings, or Slate assemblies, to attend a general
Convention, fuP.y instructed as to the wishes of the con
stituent bodies, in relation to proposed candidates, and au
thorized to adopt the nomination which shall have the
sanction of the majority in Contention.
ii la uncause tins mode of proceeding is in all it* ten
dencies favorable to the power of tins Peoplt—it is be
cause it l>ntlles the machinations of st-llisli politicians to
divide and conquer llieui—it is bccntisc it continues the
movement of Government under that iiiHucnce which
gave the original impulse, that all who abhor its princi
ples of equality now denounce the Convention. The
enemies of the Democracy have witnessed with melan
choly foreboding, the success u liicli has hitherto attended
the Republican party in .Maine, Acw Itanijcshirc, J\\ie
Yurk, Acre Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio—in a word,
wherever the system of primary meetings and Conven
tions have been introduced. The People have not only
in this way managed their elections to their satisfaction,
but by discussing the important measures of State policy
in their town and couiilv meetings, and State Conven
tions, have impressed THE PUBLIC GOOD upon al
most every page of their statutes. The glorious im
provements which astonish the traveller in passing
through those States—the growing prosperity which
there pervades every thing,—marks the energy and
public spirit which is always infused into Governments
where tin* People give the impulse ami the direction.
'i he efficacy of a Convention in producing concert in
the Republican ranks in the last election of President
and A ice President—its obvious and potent influence in
subjecting the selfish views of individuals to the will and
wisdom of the j^pat body of the n.irtv—tend so ii>i i-nm
rily to proserveTTie Democratic ascendancy in the Go
vernment, that wc cnr.nol doubtful it will be assailed
with ain't ho fury which they nriaiocracy lino remind fuh
its most formidable antagonist.
Fortlie purpose of meeting the attacks w hich the Op
position of every interest and complexion will makeup
on the Convention and its recommendations, we propose
again to issue our cheap publication—the Extr i Gi.omk
—of which we annex a Prospectus. It will be devoted
to the cause of the People, and will, we trust, receive,
as it has heretofore done, their liberal encouragement.
Every exertion will be made, on our part, to deserve it.
‘j l,c only ask fur the sake of information."
Mr. J oil ii Thompson Brown of Petersburg must in
deed be bard run, before iie or any of bis friends would
venture such a paragraph, as the following
“Mr. Brown a.lmiltcd ilmt he hail votuil lor Mr. Van ilnrsn a.
' ice I roaitlcnl; bin In. support was reluctantly yii l.li.,1. |J(- would
iiuvi' preferred I*. I*. Harbour of Virginia; Imi iiinijns it imposnibli- to
procure hi. ,,,,,,he hi. support to Mr. Van Burtn with
the Men olileR-ali.i,- the elm-lion ol-John Sergeant, the avuteed Bank
candidate, a trad,no Federal,*! efthe Black Cockade School, the zeal
ot!# anil nlile ailvoi ute of Inlurnal Improvement, and inilced of evurr
latiluilino'ii) construction ofllre Con.litulinn.and whore opinion, anil
course III relation to the Missouri Question and the Turin-, rerrdorud
him particiilurly olmoxiuu* to the South.”
We cannot believe, that Mr. Biown has authorised the*
publication of this canting paragraph. We have always
uiidetslood, that Air. Brown did not admire P. P. Bar
bourns he deserved—that he was iu favor of V. B.
against P. P. Barbour, as his first choice—that he took
an active part in favor of V’. B.—and that when Gen.
Gordon ot Albemarle flew front the pledge, which lie
was supposed to have given, (viz: that if the Virginia
section of Delegates would first try P. P. B. and fail, he
would then go along with them for V. B..) Mr. Brown
denounced the course of Gen. Gordon, and lashed him
m the most eloquent and indignant terms. We call
upon any Delegate of the Baltimore Convention, who
recollects the events of that day, to come forward and
bear testimony to the truth. If our statement be incor
rect, most che erfully will we correct it.
r Ike. Honk not ilrud!
The Kentucky “ ObHcrvcr" Mates in vain, that “the
people of \ irginia know well, that the question of the
Tt-ehortrr of the Hank is settled, and the destiny of it ir
| revocnhly fixed; and that no man dreams of re-agitating
that question, until the melancholy aptriencc of tliia na
tion, shall once more proclaim the utter incompeteney of
8lnle Hanks, to furnish a general circulating medium."
I rick ' trick ’-—all! Who now drums that the Hank
is extinct—that its destiny is irrtcocaldijjired—and that
the question trill not be. re-agitated / What—and this is
sud, when ||,e Hank is loaning out millions of ,„o
ney, and bringing the People more and more in its
debt, although it should he winding up its affairs
and preparing for a death bed repentance—when in
fire months, it has extended its accommodations to
fourteen millions (in our lust, we stilted it 12 millions in
, " lien it is making loans (ns we arc assured
I by the (.lobe) for two years to come; thus slipping
round the substance of its charter, which forbids it any
new business after the lib March next! Who can see
the arrangements that arc made, the plots that are form
cd, to prepare for a new struggle lor a re-charter, and to
l ^,vo. ‘‘iHcaryto that struggle, l*y bringing it on during the
| ,,<xt, residential contest—who can see all this, and* vet
say that the P topic of Virginia know well that the ones
t.on of the re-charter is settled ?— But, the People of Vir
gima will judge Im themselves—and they know better.
. ,IIK PiJlffS EXPOSED.
he following letter was received yesterday morning
rrom a resoectable citizen, from Tennessee. His name
was affixed to it; but, as he makes no remark about giv
ing it. or withholding it from tbc people, we have deter
mined to omit it. J ne letter of Mr. Van Huren, puts Hie
extinguisher at once upon nil the misrepresentations
w hich have been so eagerly circulated about him on this 1
vital and delicate subject
to tup. r.n/Ton or rirr r.vqtnnrn
\''• ''HP, Trim., 25th March,
Sir .-0(1 my arrival at this place from Mississippi on
yesterday, I saw your paper of the ISUi inst., in which it
“ "'I*1 '"various parts of Va , charges arc made
and intiinn ions flung out, that Mr. Van Huren was ,.,io
of those deluded and misguided individuals, who wished
to interfere with the Slave Population of the Southern
M ties. As the saute intimations were circulated dnring
the tost year, in various Opposition prints in Mississippi,
and that the public should not be misled on a subject
of much delicacy and sensibility to the Southern people.
I addr«'Hsed n letter to Mr. Van Purm on the subject_
of Ins answer to which | now send you a copy,
I have exhibited the letter to several persons, and as it
has not, as get, become necessary to have it published
in Mississippi, I have held it ready to be used in any part
ol the United States, where it became necessary; that
truth should dispel falsehood. You are at liberty to use
the letter a* you may deem best for this object
On my way. | spent a week in Nashville, where | found
a little diversity of opinion at first, on the subject of the
proposed llepubliean Con re n lion to nominate candidates
tor I resident and V,co President. Ah might hare been
expected, Judge White stands high in this State, and
w.ion to this are added, State pride and the clamor of the
t »ppo*ition, it did, for a few days, appear as if it would
carry every thing .letjorc it; but tbo appraraneo of the
I resident's letter, reproving an Kditor for*n unw^rranta
toe introduction of Ins mme on the subject of the next
Presidency, ha* operalod like magic, and they \,ow aee the
deep scheme that has been, for more than a War tiaiu
ing, to deceive them and divide the Republican ’rank*;
and 1 am aorry to say, that Mr. Speaker Bill\iaonc of
llie leaders of tins party. To pave his way to fJiturc suc
cess, his friend* have secured all the presses in tluNState,
save two. At a preconcerted time, meetings throughout"' -w
the State nominating Judge White, were started, which I
was intended to curry the disaffection to olhei ’ Statist I
and create, by discussion, a hostile feeling between friend* I
of the same party. The object of this party i* two-fold, r
One, and perhaps the main one is, that the new Constitu
tion of this State has been adopted—Kvery office in the
State has to he tilled this summer; and to mukc a power
ful impression abroad us to the unanimity of Tennessee,
Judge W.'s claims are pressed with vehemence, torortr
an attempt to secure the next Legislature, and every of
fice in the State in the hands of this Party; that while
they profess *upport to (Jen. Jackson, yet (as Judge W.
did at the close of the last session,) they are willing to
sec him embarrassed and harassed the remainder ot his
term, it that will subserve tlieir plans. A Senator ha*
to be elected this full, who must servo their object.
In the second place, a deep and settled hostility of long
standing against Y'an Huron: if not bv all. at least ill the
breast of a /fif against (!i n. Jackson, too. has prompted
them to these plans. The delegation in Congress from
Last 1 ennessee huve their locnluttacliniciits for Judge
W hite the others huve been i ulm|>|m-<I. Hut it
will all be defeated and exposed. For the last few
1 days, public scutum nt lias been developing more fully—
paity lines are now drawing—and the intriguers wilt be
exposed. Mark me ! Tennessee will HUslninTby her vote,
the noiiiiiiiition, whoe ver it may be; uud (’of. Hell will
be pressed harder than he ever was bi-lorc, if he is not
Lraltu. .The latter, / Mure. Mr. Peyton, who re-pre
sents this district, will be opposed, and that succe ssfully,
in my opinion, l’olk ami (iruiidy will he* sustained.—
0.°v• Carroll has openly taken the field us the' advocate*
ot \ mi llure-n, if uoiniiiateel; and will be ele-cted as tio
vernor, on that e|ue*slioii, or de feate d, if it is the will <if
the majority. Strange to say, that the lion. Mr. Peyton
was elected a L)e*lcgutc to the last Convention, and "then
none e<l its anti-Republicanism appeared to him ! Ye>u
may rest assured, that 'IVnnessee* and Mississippi will
support the Baltimore nominee, whoever lie may be.—
Judge White’s friends cannot defend his votes ul the
close of the lust session; and 1 regret that they look
much lihe courtiim an unprincipled Opposition. Should
the copy enclosed be disputed, advise me of it. at Clin
ton, Hinds Co., Miss., and I will furwurd the original.
1 am yours, _ _,
(COPY.)
Washington, July 11, Idl’d.
l)»\n SiH: I owe you an apology for not having soon
er acknowledged the receipt of your obliging letter of
Silith ol May. My opinions on the subject of the power
of Congress over Slave Property in the Southern Stntes,
are so well understood by my friends, that I uni surpris
ed that an attempt to impose upon tile public respecting
them should be hazarded.
The subject is, ill my judgment, exclusively under the
control ot the State (governments; and I am not ap
prised, nor do 1 believe, that a contrary opinion to an
extent deserving consideration, is entertained ill any
part ol the II. States. The charge, therefore, to which
you have had the goodness to call my attention, that t
*' urn in favor <*1 an interference by Congress in manu
mitting your slave* property," is destitute of foundation:
so far from it, I do not see on what authority the Gene
ral Government could interfere, without a change of the
Constitution,even at the instance* ot" eitln r or of all the
slave-holding States.
With great respect and regard,
1 am, dear sir, very trulv, yours,
(Signed) ,M. V AN UFRF.N.
To -— --, Chnton, .Mississi/ipi.
Doc ms—An s ter red ot once !
The same mail yesterday brought us the Danville Re
porter ol the‘Hh—and Mr. Van Boren's Mississippi lef
ter. The first makes the unwarrantable* charge—the
last, refutes it, and “ does not leave a wreck behind."—
The “Observer" asks: “ Does any man doubt that Mr.
Van Buren is an abolitionist, and that if he was elected
President, and thought that the* stability of bis power
would be* better secured by it, that he would not <*xrrt
every art which cunning could devise, to abolish it
throughout tin* Union? Fear, might restrain him—prin
ciple, never. —So much for the* illiberal iusinnations of
a prejudiced adversary. Now, what does Marlin Vun
Bure*n say for himself: “ 'I he charge that 1 am in favor
of an interference by Congress, in manumitting vour
slave* properly, is destitute of foundation. Solar from it,
I do not see on what authority tile* Generul Government
could interfere, without a change of the Constitution,
even at the instance of either or of all the slave-holding
States.’ —Thus it is, that the* refutation followH the
charge, as the thunder follows the lightning. The ac
cuser is peculiarly unfortunate—“.V'a sooner out, than ta
ken by the Dutch.’"
Tin' Whig ol' yesterday morning lias llie grace lon.-serf, It,at “|h«
(Van Hurci)) Alniiai*fers told nil that .Mr. Dolls’ olccnon was certain—
by not Ions tlsu.ii 50 voles. This was inleotlod, uu.l had llu* t iffed of
throwing tlm \VlnKs nfT thtiir jiunnl.”—Now, did not ■! -- ■ --j,
l.inisfeir—this boaulilul /'<«A of Connstrntu— sjyu-j„ r.I'1*’
forfe-Vi*.on’rUo..laynitmui^«*tr-?t^^,^rT!^ 1° ‘ ,>c‘
Btiuv liv 11..._i -. --, » t**.*1 J “*-* r.Ieclioa has l**i*ii ll.iott II
■ »*.,.. ■ ' , ■ *' * * ’I a|Kllhy unit ncgli-rl—not on tin- unit of llm
" lug*, uho tree ready to du their duly, had they Known llu- emi r
Ifs-ocy rcnuircil It, hut >y the It hig CAnt,date, Mr. Bette, irko has as
sured toe fraud., fun teecka, that tin re Was nu dunl.Lefki.u elect.,in,and
, thus lulled them into a fatal security." .\). iloul.t Ibis loo, itJ, “intended
to throw Hit- U liifM off tindr gimid.’’ Atlmirnlilc I.ogiclsn llu- Whig
S*™ »Iw**yeritsil»1.s liiktoriaii he- mu-l ho of “Iho Decline and
r ail ofthu \\ lug rumlitJutc’.”
O'There were filling rumors yesterday, that the
I rencli t. hainber ol Dej 'ities had broke up in great
confusion on the Toboceo Hill—that they hud dispersed,
to meet again on the 30tli March, to take up the Ameri
can Indemnity Hill. Ac., Ac. But we attempted to trace
these reports in vain. Wc npplied to the French gen
tlemen in this City, but they had no letters uml could
give us no information. There were no papers, North
ol Baltimore, by yesterday's mail.
Some Truth from un Enemy.
. * Columbia Telescope, one of the most virulent mil
lilying papers in all the South, confesses “in a word,
that the Whigs tire bruten—that, for the moment, that
event is concealed," Ac., Ac.; and that “the next assem
bling of Congress will probably sec the President restru
ed to an unchecked ascendancy over both branches of the
federal Legislature: a majority in the Senate, os well as
m the House of Representative**." l‘i n<herhid" i« too
strong a phrase—But that the friends of the Administra
tion will have a decisive majority, we have no question.
\ irgima will give it a nett gain of from 5 to ? decided
fricmld in tin.* Ilunst* of KcprrKrntati v« k.
(J /' We shall attend, as soon ns we have room enough
to “break a butterfly upon a wheel,” to the motives,
which the $P,MKt Messenger is pleased to ascribe to us.
He is a bird of the same feather with M. M. Noah —
Both begged for ollice, from their respective Piesidents,
before, they were sworn into office. Both got it—And
both are now ntteinpling to bring down others to their
own level of office-limiting,
Via a KYI. I FI. F. CTIOAS.
TO THE POLLS ! TO THE POLLS"
NOTTOWAY.
“ Nor row ay Coivrv,
... April 4 tli,
Annexed 1 hand you the result of our election on
I Imrsday Iasi—from which you will see, that Old Not
toway has done her duty in favor of the Administration.
Eaeh of the candidates addressed the freeholders. T he
Ptdls were not opened until about 2 o’clock; and at
about .» o'clock the Whig parly yielded the contest—
vv lie n, by con so nt, the* I’oli* wrre clos'd. Had llioy
ln-en kejit r>/ten till suri-set, the Administration volt*
would have been about 1ft or 12 more.
Oosmtrji.
John W. Jones,® (Administration,) 9~A
Win. S. Archer,* (Whig,) jjf)
Majority, uifi
AssKMm.r.
Robt. Fitzgerald, jr * (Adm ) or o
H. It. Anderson, (Whig.) • |>yj
Majority, , \<£\
* Sow Members. f laitc Representative, and Anti,
An intelligent gentleman who was at the Election, stales,
that Mr. k ilzgerald, the new Delegate, declared to the
1 enple, that were he to consult his own wishes, he would
go for Judge VN bite as the next President—but that he Le
lieved Judge W. could not be elected—(bat he whs mere
ly brought out by the Whigs, to-divide the Republican
i «irtv anti I or himself*, h«* should go for the Candidate?
of the great Republican Party.
SUSSEX COUNTY.
Jesse Hargrave, {Jltlm inistration,) r'-cl trial without
opposition.
POWHATAN COUNTY.
We have sated Povlmfun, contrary to the calculation
wc expressed in our last paper Hopkins is elected for
the House of Delegates. Nash has n majority over Old
for the Senate. Archer obtained a majority of four for
Congress. The following letter* give the result of the
poll:
“ Powhatan, AprilPth, lftlfi,
- I have only n moment this morning, to drop you a
line by the Lynchburg stage, to announce the result of
I he * OW ha tan election in yesterday. I give yen the
result la*low. I be contest, os I foresaw it would be,
was ardent, and well contested. We bad no debate on
the morning of the election; the impatience of the peo
ple to vote, overruling every other let ling, and inducing
the candidates, by common consent, to forego their deter
mination to speak, and to proe«« d to action. It is true,
we have not fw-en aide to administer a Acllotanj vlllf but]
all thing* ci Hidden d, the success of Hopkins i* indeed a
proud victory. Respectfully yours, Ac.
Counnr.M.
Wm. H Archer, (Opposition,) 2ftft
Jno. W Jones, (Administration.)
Majority, 4
Htatc Sr.NAtr..
John W. Nash, (Administration,) oftf)
Wm. Old, (Opposition,) jgg
Majority 13
linear or Dei.coatrs.
Col. Henry L. Hopkins,' (Administration,) 211
Dr. Wm. (,’rnmp, (Opposition,; *^4
Majority, 7