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judges) that if thin course of things is persisted in, their
slaves, now contented and luppy, will become so excited
that their dwellings will be tired and themselves inhu
manly murdered.
The agitators of these scenes are, as it seems to me,
(if they ure sane) in the sight of God, guilty of the hor
rible crime of treason, incliouiely so at |,-nst—Treason
against wh it they will admit to be the freest uud best
foriu of government on earth. It was not foreseen or
believed, licit men who could cunlio! presses and were
aide to write books, wo .id ever engage in such enter
prises ; therefore no laws have ever been pissed, in this
State, that can cfFeotu illy counteract the evils with which
our Southern brethern are threatened. Under th i state
of things, the South a«ks us in the spirit of brotherly
affection to aid tliem. What then is to be done ?
in meetings like this, we c m collect the rays of pub
lic sentiment into a focus, and briiir them to bear with
resistless force upon the agitators. \Vo can show to our
Southern brethren that but veiy few, if any,of our oili
*.mis, approve of the sending to the South of pamphlets,
papers, pictures, und caricatures, calculated to rxcite
t irir colored population to acts of rapinu, conflagration
uud (nurdor. Wo can show them that we cordially
»\ rapatluze with them, and are ready, if necessary for
the preservation of the. Union, again to mingle our blood
w.th theirs, os in the Revolution, on the battle-field.
Meetings arc now calling, which will, it is believed, pul
to alienee these misguided men of the North, and quiet
the South. 1
Wc aic called upon to act by oilier considerations; for
we already hear fanaticsui talk of “ circa ting our colored
population at the hymeneal altar I" It is true tint some
OI these excited men note disclaim a wish for aiualgaina
t'on; but, rely upon it, sir, it will inevitably result from
emancipation without colonization.
Shall we intermix with the race; or shall we, as we
emancipate them, scud them to Africa, t. assist m abo
lishing the slave trade and in civilizing and Christian
izitiT that ill*fated country ?
W hat have our Southern brethren done, that any man
.should wish to mllict upon them p ni'ndnneut so severe as
the burning oi their houses and the butchery of their in
i.ia i«. » hall we gay that Southern SJuve-ownrm are
not patriots Are we willing to affix such a stigma on
toe characters of our Washingtons, our Jetfersons, our
Madisons, our Monroes, our I’atriek llenrys, our
l.owndes,our lingers,our Pinckneys,our Randolphs,our
Laurenses, and our Sumpters? I trust not. There is no
blame to be utlached to the present generation of the
. Ut r w Ur t*,,cc,lon* 1,crc nl the North, yes, the puri
*ani °* England, your ancestors and mine, sim, had
os much, if not more, to da with entailing slavery on the
fcouth, as the ancestors of the present Slave owners.
Jhe inost^giant intellect that evtM inhaled New England
atmosphere! an intellect the strength of which has been
acknowledged and appreciated l»v all Cbriatendom,
once exerted itself to defend Slavery. The man
whose piety has been admired and loved, and imitated in
both hemispheres, the bosom fiend of the pure Cow
per, was lor years the commander ol a sluve ship, and
never supposed even thy slave trade immoral. Shall we
inert ‘.real our Southern brethren with harshness and
cruelty ? Shall we call them “man stealers’’ and “land
pirates, for keeping what their fathers gave them, while
we laud the memory of the great moral philosopher and
metaphysician ol New Knglond, and read the works and
embalm in our hearts the memory of the good Rector of
Onlry and St. Mar y Wool noil, ? Lot „s, i beseech vou,
Mr. I resident, he more consistent.
Neither ought wo to say that the South should have
moved the question of emancipation sooner. On tins
subject we have not, ns I think, any right to speak —
Wo have no right to reproach them with delay. They
have ns much right to require us to emancipate onrciiil
dren at the age ol fifteen, at we have to require them to
emancipate their slaves. Their slaves are as yet as un
prepared for emancipation cn masse, as our children
would be at fifteen to become citizens. Rut the South
had begun the work, and would have continued it, had
they been let alone. Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky,
iNorlli Carolina, and IVuncn.'ice. were befrinnintr iiinrnu
sions on the subject, which but for Northern interibrence
would have terminated in legislative action. Theintei
lerence is-therefore to be deplored; for it will, it is fear
, > prove a curse to the slave, and perhaps the death of
the muster.
Wo have seen an attempt made to make use of the
public mails as channels through which these fatal „oi
sans to the South can he diffused there. The derisive
measures resorted to by the postmaster were, in my
judgment, right. We arrest the murderer ami felon
without warrant. We snatch thu torch from the mid
night incendiary on mere suspicion. We never wait for
, 10 assl**,u “trike us, before we attempt to disarm
li m. *
But it is said there is no law to justify the Postmasters.
»• r?-*f , aw—the first law of mail's nature—the law
of self-defence, i he whole South were most insidious
ly attacked by desperadoes, (whether sane or insane, I
care not,) and were the postmasters obliged to aid them
and thus become accessaries in the attack? Suppose a
postmaster knows that a package in his office contains
u machine or some substance that will explode ami kill
the person to whom it is directed, is he bound to trans
mit it because some fiend in human shape has construct
edit and put it in the mail ? Does a postmaster's com
mission compel him to become a recreant to humanity.
Let us, then, in this ancient connty of Otsego, in the
fastnesses of the sources of the Susquehanna, as it has
been called by our resolutions, speak with a voice that,
United with other voices, will cheer Southern patriotism
and rebuke Northern fanaticism und moral treason.
Tiie !• 4r West.—A leltter from Fort Gibson, under
date ol the 12th ult., which is published in the Arkansas
Gazette, gives some details of interest in relation to the
position and doings ol the Dragoons, in the Far West:_
*’ 13 *tated that Major Mason marched with the
effective Ibice at tliut post, on the Irftli of May, with a
view of assembling the Camanchee, Ki-a-way, and Tow
n-ash Indians, in order that the United States Commis
sioners might meet them, with delegations from the
friendly tribes on the frontier, with a view to entering
into treaties of peace with the former Major Mason <-s
tablislivd his encampment ul Cross Timbers, 150 miles
south of fort Gibson ; and ascertaining that the different
bands of “wild Indiana" of that region were desirous of
being on friendly terms with the United Slates, although !
unwilling to send delegations to Fort Gibson, it was de
le limited that the Commissioners should meet them at
Mason s encampment. Meantime, to guard against sur- 1
prise or rumored foul play, it was deemed well to rein
t rC<tt • •*°ir , uon» f',r which measures were taken; and
the United Klates Commissioners loll Fort Gibson, for
Mason s encampment, which will be the council ground
under an escort, on the 20th ult. Delegates from the va
r.ousfnendlv tribes were expected to be on the gr >und.
the whole force front tori Gibson, now in the Prai
ries, is stated at about 850 men, not including officers — I
It was expected that they would be able to return to that
post by the 15th or 20th September. Mason's encamp :
menl (name Camp Holmes) is represented us a beautiful
and healthy place, on the border of limber to the East,
and with a level prairie stretching ten miles beyond it,
westward.— springs and -aiming water abound in the
vicinity ; and no doubt is entertained that it will be
come a place of much Importance.
(Prom tlio Boston Com. Gazette, of Sept. 23.]
Dxr.4JirunK or Mi.s*io.v,4riks.—An immense multi- 1
tune, consisting probably of several thousand people, two
thirds of whom were ladies, assembled yesterday morn- *
ing at Sargent's wharf, for the purpose of 4vitnes«iiig the
departure of the fine ship Louvre, Capt. Brown, for the
-a.-it Indies, winch carried out 21 iiiissinnaries of the
Baptist persuasion, to disseminate the gospel of our bless
ed Redeemer among the heathen. We could not but
remark the admirable order and punctuality with which
every tiling wan conducted. The religious services were
announced to commence at half past 10; a tew minutes
alter which time, the itev. Mr. Sharp, after a few appro- ,
priate remark a, read a hymn, which wan sunrr t<» Ui*« i.v- I
ct neniiuneoi \Jici Hundred, and with 0 »!<*uni etiecl- |>y
the whole assembled multitude.— Tho Rev. Mr. Jack
non then addressed the Throne of Grace in an elo
fluent and impressive prayer of sonic ten minutes
duration; after which, the numerous friends of the
departing missionaries having in the meantime shaken
hands, and given them an affectionate farewell, precise
ly at JJ o'clock the ship cast off from the wharf, and
loosened her canvass to the propitious breeze. Just at
this moment, the Rev. Mr Sutton addressed a h-w per
tinent remarks to the remaining multitude, from the main
chains of the ship—stating that they were tJien on the
e departure from their native land na n mission of
religion nnd love among the heathen, ami cth rlm<*
thoae that remained beliind to keep a watchful eye to
the welfare of this Christian Community. It wajcert.i in
ly a most interesting spectacle, sad the cheerful “ yn
heave O', of tire well-trained crew, as they sheeted’ 1
home the top-tails, conduced not a little to the interest of
tho occasion. We wish them “God speed" wilts all ont '
hearts, and a safe return to their nn'ivc country. The
foil awing is a list of the passengers
Rev. Tloward Mslcom, agent of the Haplist Board of
Foreign Missions; Rev. Messrs. Klisha l, Abbott, New
York Slate , Roliert II. Davenport, (printer.) of Virginia
H.imH S Day of Canada; James M. II.,swell, of Troy!
New York ; J. f,. Shuck, of Richmond; Lovrl Ingalfs
^um,"in?ton- Maas; Alanson Reed, of Orleans coun
ty New York ; (the six last gentlemen are accompanie d
hv Ihcir ladies ;) Miss Fllcanor Mscomlie ; all sent out bv
tlie Baptist Board of Foreign Missions ; Rev. Amo, Hut
ton Messrs. Noves mid Phillips, with their ladies, sent
out by an Kuglish Society if General Baptists, destined
Ht“«ek, Reed nnd Davenport, ared.-s
tmed to Siam; I wo of the others are destined to the coast
of Madras, and tl»e remainder to the Iturmah mission
llsl.r.r.v s Court. — The comet ha* increased *<» much
in magnitude and brightness to Ik- visible in ordinary
hand telescopes, or spy glass,-a. This ,n„rnifl , at one
o clock its position was about two degrees to the left of
Kapps Aurigoe. To-morrow morning, ,f the sk v isele ir
ih*F?'th rn*h. . line join
ing the pis net Jupiter and the star CapeJU a little below
thec*n,rf* the line. If. will probably soon b« faintly
visible to the naked eye and may perhaps even now bo
>r * i>tntU";4 'duK-rver — Yale CoUrgr, si,,
neorI*duE*°,*w ’ thV **arint ,he months, f/KK)
negro Slaves have been earried through this plae* ,,n
their way to the Wesl and Booth west P ’
fMinjfdon Stmtrnmnn.
j I be ('hail dtesvillc Advocate says, “ We under.! and
, at least forty lannlics have removed, or intend removing
during the ► ull, Iruln this eouuty to the South and West.
\ye hive heard it said, that within the last 12 months,
Irom loOO to IdtMl blacks have been carried from the
i county.’
.Ni w (’otto* —The Naslmlo (Tenn.) Banner of the
' J'-1’1 instant says, the first bale of Cotton brought into
Nashville the present season, was brought in that inorii
mg. by J W. Clay, of the vicinity, and received the
usual premium of “a demijohn of the best Cognise."
flie first loud of new Colton was received in TallaJios
soe about the first of September, (•'roui the plantation of
Dr. Mitchell,) mid was sold at 1? 1-2 cents.
Murk Abolition liicn i;iii ir.—An Abolitionist Ire
lured ut Last ’ rreen wicli, on Wednesday evening, lie
gave oot another appointment for the next evening, at
the Court-house. . I lie cilia-ns of the village obtained
uii iii.iiiug of certain incipient measures of Judge Lynch,
relative to tai and leathers, held a meeting at the Court
house prior to the hour lor the lecturer, and deputed a
( oinniiltoo to wait mi the lecturer, uud advise him to
desist irom his purpose. The gentleman took the hint,
and loll the field l->r the occupation of some more valiant
l kiug.it of the black banner. It is astonishing that these
people will madly persist in their reckless course, to ex
cite and brave the p -polar indignation.—1‘iuniUme IU
puuiituH.
jPOLimAL,
a-i (trumlln .X Tunes, kept SAi.J
lie large portion the Opposition press which fans
the abolition excitement m tin- hope of political gam, are
encouraged by the consideration that whether they suc
ceed or tail in lustouiiig the oilium directly upon Mr.
V an Loren und his frienJs, they may still profit by irri
tating Southern feeling ag liusl the North und Northern
candidates. there are a tew slave-holding Stales which i
it a Imped may be alienated from Mr. Van Buren.itinl
secured lor Judge \V bite, by keeping up and strengthen
mg the toolings of distrust and ill will which uie natu
rally begotten by the abolition schemes, and to that end
Will the journals referred to labor. It is a fiendish
scheme, but its wickedness will not deter tile contrivers.
e intimated the other day tbit some measure of
success at the South had already rewarded the efforts of
tlie intriguers, and pointed out the expediency of taking j
measures nu the part of the friends of the Baltimore !
Humiliation lor at least repelling the imputation that
they countenance the fanatic*. We adhere to our ©pin
ioiilh.it the Republican party here ought to make some j
distinct expression of its sentiments on the great qncs- j
lion , and we feel hound now to suggest in addition that
when that expression is made the conduct of the presses
above rt*lt»ired to sli mUi especially be noticed. The fa
| 11 themselves arc now quiet', not onu of them is seen
I nor heard ol, and has not been for weeks past, and so far i
apparently as depends on them, the trouble might be over.
Rut the Albany Advertiser, Richmond Whig, United
states telegraph, Charleston Mercury, and others,
I 8 "''"i resulted to keep up the excitement, and do keep' I
11 l,|,~-*,,d they have the efficient, if unconscious, aid of J
j l'lu «veiling l’ost, winch exercises “the right of discus
sion,” ami the American which assists it, and favor*
| emancip lion in the District of Columbia. We repeat
• llial it is not the lunatics themselves who keep alive, or
I w-ek to do so, the excitement; they hare hidden them
.v<? res and pray earnestly that the storm may subside/ but
l till- excitement is taken to use by political schemers, and ;
| the 1 residential election is to he thrown into the House
by its aid. JuJgo White is to be put before the House
by these means, however his honest friends may disap
prove. We trust that the hotter portion of the Southern
I press will lake into their consideration tlu-sc views, when
I writing their impressive warnings to the North,and will
denounce the successors of the fanatics as earnestly as
t.u-y did till* lunatics themselves. And we appeal to the
j better portion ol the Whig press here to express their
| views of the conduct of those of their nllies whom we
; have adverted to—we have n,,,„, l ..
W (f copy below from llie Richmond Ibmjuircr sonic
| pregnant remarks upon our suggestion that a fuller ex
! press ion <>f republican seiitiinenls in Now York ought to
be made,including the article itself, which is probably not
1 generally remembered.
Tarty or no party, we say. New York is hound to conic
, firth—overrule the tricks of the metaphysicians and the
I Aholili mists—satisfy the South that she is really with us
j in heart ami in sentiment—and contribute her best ef
I firts to put down the tire-brands, who arc kindling in
her bosom the Haim s ot discontent and confusion in the
South. Let her then come forth at once—and avert the
mischief which is growing up, especially to her own in
1 terests, from her previous proceedings.
Labor* Ol Loti -We copied an extract of a com
munication, a few days ago, from the Richmond Whig
; in which an immediate dissolution of the Union is re
commended, and the Convention of Southern merchants
proposed as a means of accomplishing it. Duff Green
has been travelling South and North. He Ins been in
the quarter of the Abolitionists, and insists that their in
cendiary articles ought to be circulated in the South,.md
that the Tostinasters have no right to refuse the mail fa
cilities to the purpose. What he has been doing during
the summer in the South, will be seen from the following
extract ot a letter Ironi a gentleman of high respectabili
ty :—(Slolic.
Extract from a Letter ilutrd
“South Carolina, )
“ Abbeville District, Sept. T>, 18:15. t
“ Duff Green was at Abbeville Village some 7 or 8
weeks since. A group of Nullifiera collected around him.
The following, I am told, was the substance of bis con
versation : ‘Me advised them to stand aloof from the
North—to have no intercourse with them—to do our
own manufacturing at home—to keep our money at home
and when the struggle comes, (they all hold similar lan
j guage, so far as, relntes to a coming struggle,) we will
j have our money, with which we will be able to employ
the Yankees to fight the Yankees.’
“ I am inclined to think, that the ostensible object of
in j tour Co the South i.* for flit* purpose of’ vending rcli
giotis books. Those who know him best will be best cal
culated to appreciate bis motives. 1 heard of his being
m Columbia, and I think 1 heard it intimated that he was
at Milledgeville, in Georgia.”
N k.\t Lloisi.atlri:.—The Whig and Nullifying press
es, find.ng that the hare-faced deception and gross cheats
which they practised in regard to the true state of par
ties in the last Legislature, have opened the eyes of Re
publicans to the true character and real designs of the
oShcial partisans who give tone to those prints, arc now
striving to blind the public to the defeat of their party,
and the discomfiture of their panic Senator in his poli
tic.il pilgrimage to the Gold Region, by u species of run
mug logic—a slight-of-hand demonstration. Hut all lids
‘ Inckery’ will avail tlit*m nothing: for, as
-wily wulvof tlio fat ft I prlfull fear,
Kile* fly tin* briit, uii.i liuwkx lliu l«it< ni *imro”—
so the people, having been repeatedly deceived and led
astray by these Wlng-Nullifiers, will not so readily be
duped by them again.
Last year, the Whig presses in this city proclaimed lo
the whole world, that the Oppositi ,n had carried the day
in North Carolina, and that there would be an auti-Ad
iiunistratiun iimj irity of twenty to forty in the Legisla
ture. Rut when that unify met, it turned out that these
“ready, reckoners" had, either by an egregious blunder,
or erally design, substituted the divisor for the quotient,
ns tliesiiin tot.il of their political rank and file. They
by 14 °l ruin ot ^inverse proportion," figur'd
their own party so fully into the belief (there being then
no Democratic press here to expose the deception) that
Wliiggcry was really in the ascendency, that it was not
until after the triumphant election of the lion. Mr.
Brown, and other proofs of the democratic strength of
the Legislature, that the honest portion of the Tarty be
Ci,,"*V* * l*,at been made the dupes ol their
nullifying leaders and presses In their disappointment,
they were naturally enough dissatisfied with the conduct
of l.iosb who had fed them astray, and will not again be
easily seduced into the “latent snare.
f I'aleiirh Slumlord.
f.OWEt,l. ANTI-AHoLirio:; AND POLITICAL TKROIVF.R
SATtON.
" l.iio'i III IsiwulM 1* hnii abolition mnstini pul down l>y
•Iioul*'• Doc* that •»? notion*;” 7
I lie above remark is mode in a lending editorial arti
cle ol tlie last lelegrapli. when some days ago the Tele
graph itaeli was compelled to republish and recant, wlial
it had before given currency to, a false statement similar
to the above.
Vet trusting to the forgetfulness of its readers, and
burning to throw more fire-brands into tlie Mouth against
the North, licit reckless print repeats again a tliriee re
futed sc.ind.il against the people of Ixiwcll. Me well
knows that no anti-abolition meeting was put down there
by “hissings and shoutings hut one was held and
jargely attended, and resolutions hostile to the proceed
ings of the abolition fanatics paused unanimously.
_(fSlohr,,
if V ) I A R fNERMHIP,—Bernard Peyton having take
e n into co-partnership Mr. THOM AM J. DEAN,
the General Commission Business, heretofore carried on
by him in this city, will hereafter he conducted under
the firm of IT.YTON A DEAN, who respectfully .o
licit a share *>f tlie public patronage.
Richmond, August I, 27~tf
I^tKI.D AND GARDEN KFKDH.— Red, White
ar*tl IJuntfuririfi #»r Sibling C*Jovi*r—Timothy, Or
chard, If-rds, Highland, Mi nd >w-Oat, and Velvet Grass
Burdfi
An assortment of genuine (iun.M Srvi.s, Including
' • inter K tie, an excellent vegetable, that will stand
tlie sev< rest weather uncovered.
M■ Connie’*. I) i via, Bars hare and Freeborn PIXHJOMM
and Plough Castings.
Wheat Fans, Hiraw Cutters, Harrows, Cultivators,
Ac. Ac Apply to
S"P» 11 1*7 ] WM PALMER
ft KH.SI18, If Ulinni ./ Frrrlnnd and l)o*gaht Frrgm
J-vM. ton, jr.— Yiiu not being inhabitants ol this Com
monwealth, we lake this method of giving you notice
that we shall, on Monday, the second day of November,
MTV, at the otKce of John W Haskins, in the town of
Maysville, in the county of Buckingham, and Htate of
Virginia, take the depositions of George W Kyle and
others, to be read as evidence in a suit now depending in
the Circuit Muperior Court of Law and Chancery for
said county, in which we are plaintiffs and you and
others are defendants, LF.VVfH WEBB A CO.
Meptomlicr 2ft. ‘ 4<i w^w»
I_rOREI«^.
. (Fivih ijxc N. V. Juiitn.il I»r t'o uin«rc«.l
‘ ,rr* flays L<Ucr Jrum Hut ope—We are indebted to
apt \\ oare, of the ship Mary Howland, for London
paper* to August 2Gth, uud Liverpool to the 27th, both
inclusive.
i ^i1 1m*' or Lord*, Aug. 24th. a clause in the
Ir.Mi t hurcli Dill was rejected — notwithstanding Lord
Meibom in- declared, that if it should be, he would u t
sl*n‘J House of Common*, by a vole of 13d
to 41. Majority against Ministers, 1)7.
I.o/ulon, .dug. 25, (timing.)—The city has been free
troin reports to day respecting the ministry and the con
sequences of the threatened collision between llie two
Houses of Parliament, which would appear at all events,
to bo regarded with little «pptchcnsinu by the fundhold
ers. Stocks have been steady all day, with some ten
dency towards improvement. Consols left oil* at 89 3 8
to 1 2 for the account; and Exchequer-bills at 20s. to 22*.
premium.
Hie intelligence of the morning h is removed an alarm
respecting the movement* of the city guard at Madrid,
ami li t* besides u salutary effect in regard to threatened
insurrections in Spain. These troop* arc regarded here
with contempt, since it is perceived, that though they can
set convent* on fire, and murder helpless monks and
Irinr*, thev are wholly destitute of that energy und pow
er of combination which is to overthrow and place in
danger the institutions of the country. The best tilings
are now Imped for from the Spanish Ministry.
bindun, .dug. 2*1.—On Friday and Saturday several
petitions were presented to the Chamber of Dupulies
against the project of a law for abolishing the lilicitv of the
pres* The general impicssiim is that they will have no
clicet Upon the Chamber, which scruples not to set
public opinion at defiance. By one of the amendment*
proposed by the committee and adopted by the Cham
ber, no daily journal can appear before the proprietors
have lodged the sum of jE8,000 of ready money in the
hands of the government, us a security for the payment
ol lines and expenses, by whomsoever instituted.—Hun.
1‘urts, .dug. 2t>.—The Paris papers on Monday, which
we have received by express, are chiefly tilled with par
ticulars of the late occurrences in Madrid. One of them
stutes, on authority which we believe to be official, that
the Marquis de las Amanitas had sent his resignation,
xi "la8 succeeded in tin* Wur Department by Gen.
Morcda. It will be recollected that the dismissal from
the Ministry of the Marquis do las Amarillo* was one of
the professed objects of the late insurrectionary move
ment ol the Urbans. The Courier Francuis speaks of
letters trom Madrid of the 18th, bringing accounts of
fresh disturbances, though not of the serious nature of
tho*o which were threatened on the 10th. It appear*,
however, that no messenger had yet reached Paris, after
those who hud left on the last evening on the 17th.
A telegraphic despatch received from Bayonne, brim's
intelligence (which appeared in the Times yesterday) of
the arrival on Saturday last of General Alava and Evans
at St. Sebastian, with 1500 men. Some of the p ipers
from the South of France state that Don Carlos had found
it necessary to re-cross the Eliro, and w as, when lust
heard of, in the mountain* of Navarre. One of them
however, affirms that he had taken possession of Burgos.
Moreno, whose neck it seems was not broken by his Tale
tall trom Ins horse, is said to have taken up a position near
St. Sebastian, where K.l Pastor was blocked up.
Some of the Paris papers attribute expressions to the
Duke de Broglie, implying that the present state of Spain
would become a subject of discussion at the approaching
conferences at Kalisb, where necessity of intervention on
the part ot France is likely to be admitted If so jt ;8
argu. d that the French Government will be urged by the
northern powers to act in the same way, and pretty near
fur the same purpose as in lc22. after the Congress of
Verona; and as King Louis Phillippe had been deterred
till now, from any active part in the affairs of Spain, by
fear of displeasing the northern Courts, he will, at their
desire, not hesitate to pursue a contrary course. But sure
ly this i* mere nonsense. Louis Phillippe is bound bv
in.uy loucienuine irovcrnment of tlie young Qll(>on_
while the part of his near friends in the North would wish
him to go through in Spain, must be in favor of the l're
tender ol course.
London, Aug. 21.—Letters from Madrid to the 17lh
nst. were received in I'uris on Saturday morning in
winch it was staled that the Spanish Cabinet had unani
mously resolved to demand from France a prompt arm
ed intervention, in fulfilment of the Quadruple treaty.
Despatches from Toreno were also received by the Duke
de krias, the purport of which were believed to be the
same as that of thu private !• tier addressed to particu
lar members ot the French Government. It is reported
that the events in California Seuigossa have produced
such a s< il lation at Madrid, that almost all the grandees
ol' Spain, the principal functionaries, both civil and mili
tary, hnvc resolved, in case France refuses to intervene
to join the pai ty of Don Carlos.
MARKETS.
Liyi.kpooi., Aug. 20.—The sales of Cottop to-day, do
not exceed !5t)U bags, chiefly American, at rather lower
rates; 100 l'ernanis, & c. 13 1-1 to 14 3-4; 50 Bahia 13 1-4
to 13 1-2; 70 Maranhaiiis, 14 3-4 to 14 3-8; ami 20 Surat,
/ I-I to tlie trade. The demand continues very mode
rate. J
INTERESTING FROM TEXAS.
Ily the arrival ut New Orleans of the schooner Lady
Madison; t'apt. Dcmford, from Velasco, w«t have, through
tlie True American, highly interesting intelligence from
lexas. It appears that that country is in a slate of ex
traordinary excitement, if not, indeed, on the eve of a
revolution.—1*hi!udt/jj/tut Inijuinr.
The alarming progress of centralism through the rest
ol the Mexican Republic—a threatened invasion by
bantu Anna—a meditated sale of a large quantity
ol settled Territory—the imposition of burtliensomo
end unequal taxes on the commerce of the country
and the arrest ol the Governor, are circumstances
which have nroused the People of Texus to the
defence of their rights, and to resist oppression.—
Meetings have been held iu all the towns and villa
ges. Among the rest, Columbia, Harrisburg, Vulisco,
Brazoria and Sun Philippe, have adopted resolutions ex
pressive of indignation at the proceedings of the General
Government, and of a determination to resist them. A
Convention has also been called by those meetings, nnd
a determination expressed to abide l»v its decisions. The
Convention was to have met on the 14th September, nnd
it was expected that it would take such measures us will
excite Santa Anna to prosecute his threatened invasion.
It will doubtless call upon every Tcxonian to resist, by
every honorable* means—remonstrances first, and arms
afterwards—the usurpations of Centralism.
It is staled, that all tlie States of Mexico, except Tex
as, have given their assent to Centralism and to the do
nmnoii ot Santa Anna. This system is doubtless the
proper one lor tin* Mexican peo|qe, but it will not do for
the* Americans. Texas cannot submit to it; licronly re
source is in arms. A Declaration of Independence is the
next thing wc will doubtless bear of.
Santa Anna is concentrating a large force ut Saltillo.
I I lie moves one step towards Texas, it will amount to a
declaration of war.
The political and military chiefs have issued pro
clamations for the purpose of allaying the excitement hut
they are little regarded. ’
The Texoniaus look with confidence towards their fel
low-citizens ol^ the U. States, particularly as to those of
the Western Stales, for assistance incase of u war with
Santa Anna, it is Imped that they will not be disap
pointed m tins expectation. In fact we believe, that ut
tlm f.rst signal, thousands of the hardy sons of the West
will cross the boundary to join their former fellow-cili
zens in maintaining the principles of '76.
Pi x — Pbe New Orleans papers statu that a recent
ariiviil Irom Texas brings iufornialion of great dissatis
faction on t!io part of the American settlers, in that pro
vince, at the course of the Government of Mexico, and
tile proceedings of President Santa Anna; that they’ will
not submit to the plan of centralism, or consolidation, to
which all the other Stub’s of Mexico have acceded- that
U.ey are moling a» .. ... , i„ case tin Oovc. ./mum
should endeavor to enforce submission; and that, if war
should luku place between them and the Governinent
“ they look with confidence towards their fellow-citizens
o» tin- United Slates, particularly to llioso of the West
ern Slates, lor assistance." On which a New Orleans
paper makes the following rather hazardous prediction :
• We believe, that, at the first signal, thousands of the
hardy sorlfl of the West will cross the boundary to join
,,ruicr ^lluw-dilizens in maintaining the principles
When we see the sons of the West, or the sons of any
oilier part of the Union, marching to a Foreign Country
t|. m uiit,tin by force and arms the piinciplos of 7ti, wo
shall think they have very little to do at home.
[•An/. Intelligencer.
Ministkk to Spai*.—The New York Gazette contains
an extract from a letter, dated Liverpool. August Jr.’d
I relative to the lion. Mr. Harry. The writer says’
"The American Minister, (Mr. Hairy,) to tin- Court of
Spain, is stopping at the same house with myself. His
sleeping apartment is directly opposite mine, and if I can
form nn opinion from wlnit I hear and see, lie is much
more likely to go very shortly, a far longer journey than
Irom hence to Madrid. He nppearsto be rapidly sinking
under a consumption, scarce ever quits his bed
coughs continually. I learn he was in wretched health
previous to leaving the United States, nnd was hardly
ever out of his !>rrlh during the passage."
Krrr.CTs or Ahoiition is Jamaica.—The following
letter shows the const mirnces of the enmncipnlion mea
sores hi the Hritish West Indies. F.very body know-s
that the St. I tom in go emancipation was the exb-rinina
tion of the whites and the white government.
Extract from a letter from a highly respectable source
dated Kingston, Jamaica, August SHd, |8!lfj:
“ Owing to III* impolitic measures of the Hritish Go.
fCrnment in relation to their colonies, they me so com
pleb’ly ruined that if the King and Parliament were de
sirous of ,a more unrestrained intercourse between thrm
and the United Slates, and for that pm pose reduced the
heavy charges on our produce, Ac., it w now too late, as
the negroes (from every appearance) will in a short time
be the only inhabitants remaining in their West India
settlements ’’— Globe.
Subscriber is desirous to lease for five years,
S the farm (Spring Garden,] in Hanover, on which
be now resides To a suitable tenant, terms will be
made very reasonable. W II. KOANE
top*-*- 80—wtf
iticlfeiiioml, Va., Friday, Oct.
MUCE.'HEJVl'S /.V THE A'OKTII.
A meeting of the citizens of Hochcstrr, “ who nro op
posed to the conduct of certain individuals in the North
ern Stales, relative to the Immediate abolition of the
sjaves, and who consider it a question belonging exclu
sively to the slave-holding Slates,” has I teen called on
the 24th inst. The call is signed hy 230 citizens.
A numerous meeting ol the inhabitants of the town of
Highland, Ogtcrgo county. was held in the village of J*u.
laski, on the lltli inst., the Hon. Hiram Hnbb.-ll in the
Chair, and l*. II. Turner Secretary. Strong and perti
nent resolutions were reported by James A. Davis, Esq.
and unanimously adopted alter addresses Irani Mcrsr*
Davis. M. Dunbar,jr., M. W. Matthews, J. J. IVtlit, the
Hev E. S Fuller und others. We lake a lew extracts:
“ Ut.tit’i K.i, Ttutl »v«* wholly dbapprovs of llio evurso puf u. il |,y
the abolitio.iMtd, in «u'»v« r*iv»< of llio hiiriiionv mmI frictitlly (Wling*
^hicli xnoul lcxMt tmo ii citixeiu ofilui amuc community, bou t«l to
golher hv U.c recollection oltli* toil* uittl o,'(|iMV u ho do- I
rllloil thcir livod an.I xlictl llivir MooJ in a « oiiuuoa cause, io u. J.i. vc
u.itl cutulr|ir li tmr iiilriic**,
li HejotreJ, That llio t Uiidn ofma<t«r tn.l »Uv«, anil rxiittA t.t
llio tlouth and in nil the «l .vo liol.lt-ig Pinion, un.t tho n-vulatiuiu no
cc.sury lo Ito ni.ide In pros, rilio iho uulit-, wbinh llio mn.ior nwo* in
the nlavo and Ilia «U. o lo llio inn.lrr, i< one which cxi-lu,iv<-|y ho.
hmj* lo iho St.ito* in iboii i.itlivi.lual rapacity, mi l with whirl. the
non alu..--Iinl.imi{ Slaloi have no polities! or >nornl light loinlorfvro.
* tteso.cej, I’hul loroiou rniiusrics, wlioae huaioc. it it lo err
ata exeitonirnl ti.iil lo.iivni ilia.-oiitenl aiuone our ciiiroua, sre not
wnnlc.l in tl.i. In.Ill; -ind that nvvry ^'ood riti/eu nhnul.l frown with
indignation on all olttrinu* iiitarmnddli.i^ with our doino-tir ufTiirs
niidu*o every lawful mean, to bring them mi l Ihcir labor* into ili.ii’
pulo auJ mo til ad contempt."
r A meeting ot the citizens of Chenango county, New
York, lias been called by 83 citizens, to denounce AMi
lion.—The Editor of the Norwich Jouruul, in that coun
ty, thus strongly states the case:
“ I vikuiatk Aaor.iTtuxisrs.— We rejoice to perceive
that the great mass of the North are taking a decided
stand against the fanatics, who would let loose n horde
ol sensual nnd infuriated savages, to murder our white
brethren of the South. The different cities, villages
and counties, in this State and New England, arc bold
ing meetings, denouncing the incendiaries, who, if per
mitted t » proceed, will produce u dissolution ol‘ the
Union, and probably a civil war. Such n result is inevi
table. Self-preservation is the first law,if nature. And
no in in will stand by and see bis family butchered in
cold blood, without resistance. No man will look lame
ly on, and see publications circulated among bis slaves,
calculated to excite them to insurrection nnd blond
s.ied. They should not do it; and we of the North ought
I not to expect it. If our mails continue to be made the
i vehicles of conveyances for such incendiary publications,
as have recently been sent to the South, the South will
all unite, iulcrcriil tho mails, and proclaim a non-inlor
course with the North. We shall not be permitted to en
ter their territory as travellers without passports. Com
tucrcinl communication will be interrupted; and in short,
llie Union will be no more. And can we blume them?
Should we not, under similar circumstances, act in pre
cisely the same manner?—Unquestionably. Whatever
may be our opinions upon the abstract question of slave
ry, they have nothing lo do with the question before us.
Congress Iras not the power lo interfere. Individual
Stales have no right to interfere with the internal regu
lations of their neighbors. Nor have the citizens of one
JMau>, any right to stir up a servile population in ano
ther to insurrection. This question is one fraught
with more danger to the existence of the Republic, than
any which has arisen since the adoption of the Federal
Constitution; and we should meet it as men and patriots
—with firmness and decision. YVc should show to onr
brethren of the South, that we are in earnest, and that we
will not suffer them to be sacrificed by the wild fanati
cism of our own misguided, or heartless and wicked ci
tizens, or foreign emissaiics, who have richly merited an
elevation which we hope they may live to receive.
“it will be seen by a notice in the Journal, that a
meeting is called upon the subject in this county. We
hope there w ill be a general attendance, and that the peo
pit* of Chenango will gprak decisively,M
Hut, on the other hand, wc have seen, with piofound
indignation, a movement making to get up a State Conten
tion in N. York. An address has just been published in
the I tica “Standard," “ To the Friends of ImmedinteMo
Ution in the State of Aero York," signed by lit indivi
duals in Utica; II in Rome; 20 in Westmoreland; f> in
Chilton; (j in New Hartford; !> in YVhitesbnro'; 20 in
Oneida county, of whom 11 sign themselves “A*, reread’"
3 in Jefferson county; 1 l(ec. in Otsego county; 12 in
Fayetteville, Ouondngo county, of which 3 arc Iter ; 37
in Perry, Genncasce county; So in Warsaw, Genuessce
county; 20 in Palmyra; 3 iiOMacedon; 2 in F’arinin^ton; 1
in Lagrange, Genuessce county; 2 in Covington; 21 in
Castile, Gen. county; 2 in Gennessee co ; 1 hi l’orta.re
Alleghany co.; -1 in Auburn; 1 in Angelica, Alleghany
co.; 1 Rev. in Fowlcrville, Livingston co.; 10 in Leroy
Genuessc e co.; I in Herkimer co ; 3a in Rochester; 1 in’
I enficld; 2 in Perrington; I in Pittsfurd; 1 in Riga; 1 in
Henrietta; 2 in Chili; 1 in Wheatland; 1 in Greece; 1 in
Sweden; 1 in Churchville; 7 in Brighton; M in Lock
port; I I in Albany, f> of them Her trends; 3 in Troy 5
in Hudson; 24 in Poughkeepsie; 15 in New York; and
1 in Millcrille.—These infuriated Fanatics have fixed
on the 21st October as the day of meeting at Utica for
the purpose of forming a State Anti-Slavery Society for
the Stale of New York—and they invite all Anti Sla
very Societies, and all persons in the State, and out of
the State, to attend the Convention.
This is an outrageous proposition to be made at this
time, and in that Slate. We trust that the .mod people
ot New York will arrest it. Are these madmen do* e
rately bent on mischief? YVe trust, then, that we shall
see what virtue there is in the laws of the Stale.—Tne
N Y. Kveiling Star promises to publish the handbill,
the contents of which we have sketched above_and to
publish along with it “the draft of a law to be laid be
fore the Northern Legislatures to efi'ectually terminate
these encroachments on Southern rights.”
Effects of Jlbol itionists—District of Columbia.
The Cincinnati Gazette sketches the evils which have
already grown out of the crusade of the Abolitionists_
upon the slaves themselves, and upon the relations be
tween the North and South. It has broken in upon that
intercourse, ‘-and has engendered sectional antipathies
and personal animosities. it is not to he endured’
(exclaims Mr. Hammond) that the misdirected philan
thropy of a few should produce so much evil. Public
sentiment is now awake to the consequences, and if
notwithstanding ail the manifest mischief of continuing
the agitation, individuals will persevere in it, legislation
should be interposed to stop them. They are lit subjects
for 'a strait waist-coat, a dark room, water gruel and de
pletion.’ ”
'1 he New Haven Register touches the Abolition in the
District of Columbia—which is to be the Achilles' heel
o| the Party—and contends, that Congress ought never
to meddle with it, until the People of the District them
selves call for it. It states, that “This is not the fust
lime that this question lias been up. The early abolition
ists, utter they had tried the first Congress that met un
der the Constitution, and were told by that venerable
body, lint the slave question was left with the State Le
* . ' . " IH-AI Ifl'c;un III innki- mi
ex per Hue lit upon the District of Columbia, where it wns
admitted that Congress had the power. It was not brought
t»a direct question until when the following reso
lution was urougtit forward into the House of Reiire.en
talivi'S :— 1
“ H alved, Tl.nl from nn.l after the 4th ofJuly, oil blacks nnifpao
|ilu ol rotor that hI all Ihj born nilliin Ilia District of Columbia' nr
r.;'l niTro't Vk!n" ’r ,ho /*roP®,’3r u< s«y I"M«on rusi,lin3 within
m-ie!,^ii.o,.; ,'r !iLr?o~lho “ ",o a*v °r—- »••>
“Tins resolution was rejected, ayes :tl, noes 77, all the
members from Connecticut who were present, voted
against it, to wit:—Simeon Unit!win, John Davenport
Culcin Goddard, anil liogrr Griswold. It will bo seen
that this was not for immediate, abolition, (the doctrine of
the Tnppanitcs:) it wns iji as mild a form as it could have
hern presented, only to operate on such ns should be born
thereafter. It was not tbut this large majority were in
favor of slavery, or did not consider it an e vil—but they
were legislating for the District, who were imploring
lliern not to interfere—and they did not, and could nut
force a state of things upon that community against the
known wishes of those for whom they were legis
lating. They knew further, that Washington would
never have selected that district ns the seat of the
General Government, and that Virginia nnd Maryland
would never have parted with their Jurisdiction over the
territory, if they could liavo supposed that Congress, act
ing aa Its local Legislature, Would Compel U U> become a
resort for the runaways from the adjoining States, and
break up its domestic institutions against the wishes of
the free people of the District. They also knew that
such an interference on their part, would immediately
be followed by applications from those parts of the Dis
triet which formerly belonged to Virginia and Maryland
to be ceded back to those Slates, to a removal of the seat
of Government, to bickerings interminable between the
North and the Booth, very probably t , a dissolution of
the Union, and its train of civil wars. They therefore
wisely determined to ndlipre to the Confederacy, as it
came from the patriotic men who framed it- and nftiiotmh
it was at a time when political divisions were deep aiid
vivid- yet on that question, all pnrly feelings wers laid
upon the altar of the Union."
Flr.rtion in Maine,.
There is a greotgain in the Democratic Ticket—Dun
'"P ” r Pr"b’1,lJ by » 'nnjorlty ranging from
10,000 to I *£,000 - or more. 9
The Augusta Age states, that the next Seriate of
Maine Will be composed of twenty Hemorra•* and fire.
Federalists. Last year, it was 17 Democrats to 8 Fede
ralists • In the next House of Representatives the Demo
cratic majority will be considerably increased from last
year—but sufficient returns have not yet been received
to determine, whether the parties will stand as 3 to 2,
2 to 1, or 3 to l.
* in , OLD RIP VAj\, tcidt a,cuke f i
• I he following letter is from a highly valued corros
pondeht, whose sources of information tre equal to any 1
man a in the State of North Carolina. What he says 1
may he depended on, and the result will prove that he is '
correct. Cast year, when both parties were in doubt, as
to the strength of parties, lie forwarded to us a stuteinent
which proved to be true to the very letter. The Whigs
are welcome to oil the advantages which they inay de
rive Irnm their deceptious statements—their j >y wdl be
short-lived—lor'the jirst party vote at the meeting of the
legislature will settle the mutter.
Extract of a letter from .Yurth Carolina to the Editors 1
dated Sept. 13, lc>:|3.
* T lie complete return* ol our various county elections
having been made I think we may calculate, with entire
certainly, upon at least ns strong u majority for the Admi
nistration, on the joint ballot this winter, as the last 1
have no doubt but that the majority will be larger, by at
least four voles. You have doubtless seen the boost of
the Whig paity, made through their papers, that a niujo
rity o! the voters of North Carolina are against the Admi
nistration. This is hut the stale device resorted to by them
(tocomfort themselves after defeat,) which was employed’
last winter, when the great discovery was made that the
constituency 6f th >sc who voted against the Mangum in
structions was larger than that of those who voted for
tlirm, inasmuch ns they represented many of the large
counties—Like all sanguine men, they failed to couTit
the minority in those counties, but put them all down on
their side, ami claimed some large counties whose mem
beis misrepresented thrir constituents. 1 have, among
oilier sources of information, consulted some of tint old
est and best informed gentlemen in the State, whose
views are yet more confident than my oh n.”
c.LYD/u.rri:s.
The National Intelligencer gives us under the head of
'loiitics vj the Day, extracts from six Journals.
I lie Rational Eagle (of Worcester, Mass ) adheres to
Mr. *Vclister.—The Pittsburg liantu sets a ide White
and Harrison sans ctreinunir., and boldly declares for Mr.
Webster. II*** Boston Daily .iilrcitiscr recommends
each of the Whig States to bring out its own candidate
—but udds that Mr Webster “seems much the most
likely to unite the support of the greatest number of the
II hlg party. —I he Eoutscillc Journal individually pre
fers Air. Clay to any man living, and after him Mr. Web
ster, but confesses that “circumstances strongly indi
cate Leri. Harrison, the Hero of Tippacanoe and the
1 ha tiles, to be the Whig candidate in thr llist.”_The
Boston .‘Was denounces the effort that is now making in
Massachusetts to support Mr. Van Huron.—The Pitts
bur.r Jdrorate prefers Mr. Clay to any otli-r man, next
to Air. Webster—denounces the effort to bring forward
another “military chieftain,’’ and declares, that “by no
probable combination of circumstances can Cen.'Har
rison ever expect to get the vote of Pennsylvania. "—
1'hus the II higs go! 1 hey are split up among different
candidates', and hence tiro scheme winch is alool to run
Whim, Webster, and Harrison, in different sections, to
split up the People's votes—unless Clay should ultimate
ly step in to sweep the Whig platter.
Senatorial Election.
Col. Parriolt, (Whig,) and Major flood, of Wheelng.
(Republican,) are certainly candidates in the District.—
Col. McMillan, (Rep.,) of Hrookc county, has with
drawn.—The “Wellsliurg Republican’’ states, that it is
unable to ascertain whether Col. Pressly Martin, of Ty
^;(Rrp.) intends to run.—Wc trust that the contest
will be single handed between some Republican candi
date, and Col. Parriott.
Mil. LEIGH'S MOUTH-PIECE •
In reply to the questions we lately proposed about Mr.
l.|;'£b's services, the IVhig says
“ 1 wo *l>ink i* abo.it tho ilusrnth lime that llic Enquirer lint
ttoralud Ihosu onqiinios with tho a|>,iearnnrc of trininph. |..,t
aupiMMo them nil uu*wcro<l as (he K.liior would liavo Hum, amt Mr.
. '** 1 1 l,° cO*lCc»*ioo Hint tie hut (tom* nothing lor Hit* prin- I
oipUi* ot JS, and the nrr«xt of foderul oncroaclimunu: What thon>
liocuusc he lm, ilonn nothing, will Mr. Ritchie permit himlodo noth.
,n*'. !'° *l»*o«liou his willingness or hi* capacity, lo rondci im
|.orta,,l , ryucs to the Rijl.ls of lha Rutesuml the v,<i|ated Co,util,i
tion. VV ,11 ho survey tlit, ranks ol Van Ituruoisin, un<t soy if thov
contain onu man more able, moro willing, more true? Will hu point
out that limn by name, or describe him by characteristics? I, it An
drow Btovunaon—or IV. C. Rives—or P. I*. HmIki.ii? Thu Enquiror
will not pretend to ratu oitlioi of tlmso gcntleniuii as Mr. lunch’s
equal, either in the talents to grupplu with n ’reul crisis, or in the
firmness to meet it. Its columos, at a period too when us K litor w as
unrumoil by purs.,uni resenlincnt, and uoinllamsd by parly passiuiis
h-ar testimony to Mr. Leigh's high nbililius, unyielJiug integrity, ami
p collar devotion to Virginia, and nil that is Virginia’,. Although it
D/on i'.V i. Vn‘ l*u,«l,> ,M > “USC Mr. ic i-h never was one to llut tor
aro tnd tliu Editor and Ins clique for faior or for office,yet at various
periods the Enquirer I,a. lavished l.iKl, wrought eulogy on tho man.
the patriot and the btatrsniun—praises tho more vuluulde tliut they
were extorted f.om an unwilling and weto not voluntcoicd by a wit
linff wituc**.” J
Now, a few words by way of comment!—The Whig
is unable to answer our enquiries, and tints gives up the
point.— lie is unable to lay Ins finger upon a single ser
vice, which Mr. Leigh has rendered to the Slate-Rights
cause. I his is indeed a pregnant admission, ami shows
how little Mr. L. is entitled to consideration from the
friends of Virginia Principles —Who deserves reward, or
confidence? The-mini trhohas done nothing? The man who
has shown by his life, that he either cannot or ir/7? nut aid
Ins country in her struggles? tvho wants either the capa
rity or the desire to vindicate her Principles? Is this the
man who deserves to he trusted ? The Atticus, who lias
kept aloof from the field of politics ? Or is it the soldier
who has mingled in the fray, risked his reputation, and
received the wound ?—But we are asked, if “because he
has done nothing, will we permit him to do nothing f" Do
we ‘‘question Jus unwillingness or his capacity ?” Cer
tainly— we cannot help doing it. We test ii man s ra
panties for public service by his scrrices. We judge of
the future by the past. If a matt “has passed through a
long war, in which hiscouiitry has been invaded,in retire
ment inactivity und in obscurity, without lifting a finger
to relieve her—would you, in the next war which threat
ens her. place him at the head of the army ? Can we
confide in any man, lo become our Commander and our
champion, who has rendered no service in arms, and has
only; shown himself either unwilling or unable lo con
duct the war? Would you reward him for dointr nnllting:
!°u ask, where are his wounds? None.— Where are his
teals? None.— Where are his services? None._Where
are even his efforts? None.—He lias been asleep—or
engaged in his own vocmions—has seen his country in
vaded, and yet has exhibited no evidence of his qua
lifications, or of his seal, to command her troops. Would
you not say to him, “Sir, if you now want a commis
•ion you must be content with an humble one. In
deed, it you receive the proper reward of your merits, you
ought rattier to rise from the ranks.”
We might say with Dogberry, that “comparisons are
odorous —hut wc will not blink the question. We say at
once, that every man, whom tile Whig has named, is
better entitled to reward, and to the public confidence,
than Mr. Leigh. Without going further into the com
nariMon. xvn uiv» n<> I._ _:_ .. . .. ...
IS decidedly Mr. I/s superior, as a statesman; that he has
more experience, a finer style of parliamentary eloquence,
that lie has more talents to grapple with a giem crisis,
and with far better tenner, than his successor._Wu
have never denied the abilities of Mr. Leigh—on the
contrary, we have paid him the humble tribute of our
praise, at all times, with pleasure. It is not true, as the
Whig has said, that we have never “liked Mr. Leigh.”
'Unit is a gross mistake, or misrepresentation. But cer
tainly we do not consider him n great statesman—for he
hail withdrawn from politics, and wants the experience
and Imbits of a statesman—and wc appeal to the gene
ral opinion of (he Country for a confirmation of our own.
We appeal to his standing in the U S. Senate, since he
appeared in that body, and ask, who will venture to
compare him with Calhoun, or Benton, Webster or Clay,
or Rives, or even Poindexter ?— We have never heard
one spectator speak id' the scenes of Washington, who
has placed him above one of those Senators—or even
above Clayton. Mr. L. inny be a Patrick Henry in
Mecklenburg—but be is only a 3d or dtli-rate orator in
the Senate.
“ Why tell us (says the Whig) that Mr. L. has here
tofore done nothing? Why look to the past, when it is
the future that should command all our attention, and
a waken all our interest .■'"—Why—because, if a man lias
done nothing, in the midst of the tremendous encroach
ments with which wc have been threatened for 30 years,
by the Federal Government, we have aright to presume!
cillirr lliut he wants tin- capacity or t lie* zeal to servo hifi
country —And certainly the more want of habit and expe
rience is n serious want of qualification. The Whig adds
‘•that he has done nothing, were it true, does not prove
that he was not ready and willing and able to do battle
I »r the principles be Ins ever ardently maintained. Op
portunity must precede distinction.”—If a man who hat
rlnnr nothing proves either his trillingniti and ability to
do battle lor Ins principles, we should ask the Whig, how
much stronger proof does the man give, who ha* done a
gnat deal, To say llmt a man has “ardently maintain- I
i d Insi principles,” when lie lias done, nothing to main*
lain them, n nonsense. It i* almost a solecism in term*.
J'.very such man hat an nujwrtnnity. Wherp are the
meetings of his Fellow-Citizens? Where is the Press ?
Mr. L. had opportunities enough—but lie lias profitted of
none—and hence lie has no substantial “distinction.”
I lie Whig changes our proposition, and then tries to
refute it. We have never said that Mr. L. has done no
service—but that he had done nothing to stay the tre
mendous encroachments of the Federal Government._ |
When Roane, and Barbour, and Rives, anil Stevenson. !
and Hromgoolc. were employed, where was Mr. Leigh ?
Going nothing. He wrote Algernon Sydney; which
was an eloquent attack upon the acts of an individual
and lie distinguished himself in the Convention of Vir
ginia—but neither of these touches the point at issue._
We forget—be wore one feather in bis cap—He penned
the celebrated Report on the Right of Instruction, the
precepts of which he is now doing so much to sh ke and
to overthrow by bis own example.
We pass over what the Whig says about the other
gentlemen whom he names—with a single remark. He
asks. “Who has done more? Gov. Tazewell or Gov
Tyler? Grant that they may, is Mr Ritchie any belter
pleased with them than with Mr. I^igh? Are not they
equally and almost ss virulently and incessantly assailed
as Mr. I^igh>’—If wc ha ve “virulently" assailed these
gentlemen what are we to think of the assaults of the
Whig? I hey have been infinitely more severe than
any thing we have ever uttered. The Whig represent
ed Mr. 1-eigh as a century behind the age Mr. Taze
well was ridiculed in the bitterest terms—and the whole
vinl of hi* wrath wi* at one time poured up »n the hrurl of
M*. Tyler. In comparison of hi* attack** up™ all the*?
gentlemen, our own atriclure* have bc*n but “leather
and prunrlla.”
Wf» ditaent entirely from the eonc!u*ion* of tho Whig.
Wo will not. at tins or at any other period, however event
lul, week fur the champions ol Virginia, among 11 lore who
have not battled Tor her great principles —nor rendered
her service m that be hull— and whose first step is over
the great Right of Instruction. We should regard him
ns poorly capable of standing Up for her principles, who
owes his office to the prostrated Rights ol the People.
The Danville Reporter ulfirnis, that “ the lone letter
(in the Enquirer) on the subject n| Abolition, signed It
is tvidtntlu (Yum ilie pen of Mr. Rives."—It is certain! a
nol from Uts pen. Gars* again !
^ *?*\ '’**' P^ter" casts a slur uimn (he Democrats of
Virginia, by charging them with blindly following, hkc
a puck, sny Editor, or any inau. The slur which he
casts npoii the motives of llm Editor, in opposing Mr.
Leigh, is unworthy uf notice.
TJ.c N Y. Star says, ihe letter of Mr Van Burrn
against Abolition, is addressed to Mr. Forsytb—and will
either upficar in Georgia, or be transmitted to the Rich
iiiniid Enquirer, for publication —.You* Vtrrons.
you THE KVo ( 'Ik t'.K.
Oi:.Y. IMRRISO.V—“The .Ira Ruble CanUlRute."
lit Ic-iij-M, Ccii. liairison was » member of lliv U. H. Semite, fiom
Oliio—nnj Julm Itainlolpli was aaiuuibei lioin Virginia. Tbs Ijlivr
lArs sketched llie |Milnical chumclur of llu- former :
*’ ^*uwi ri», lbo only difference lietwssn llie guul leman from Obio
ami my.t il is thi.—and it i< \iial—tbst |ienib-iiian and myself dilftr
lunduntenlalljr und lolnllv, iin.ldid dilfer when we first t..ok our s. at*
ill I ungfets—be us a LM.-gnlv l>om llu- Territorv iNorlbwu.l of llio
ru rr Ohm, I at u member ol Ibe oilier lloosn from liie Hate of Vir
ho w ;is an op«o. xeeloux, fiank supporter of the sedition l.,w
ami bluek cocka.lo Adii.iMsirnt.iin; nnd I was us jealous, flank and
open ail opponent of lira 1.1a. k coekude and se.liiiou lau A.iminislia
differ fun luiueiitully and totally— we never can a.-r,..,
alMiul measuies or about iiu-ii—1 do not uu tin to dictate In llie gen
tleman—l.-t us njrne lo differ as (•iillenn-n ungbl to ib>, especially on
fives ol lbs sum* tMitn, w bo are umipodv. lo each oilier in iH>lillv<>.
lie, I aeknowledge, ..on, tho SkSiTH and I Ihe vims; but un
it;.s there is souu thing false in the philosophy of llm schools, 11 tho
coiir.a ol lime even Ihoso will change their places."
To which (Sen. tlariisou replied :
“ lie has been uleased lo say, that, in the ailiiiiulsliatioa of Mr.
A.Inins, I was a kodcrnlist, an I he come, lo Dial rouClu.ion flom llm
course puisued by me in the session of 17110—IMH). ” » •
“ The gentleman bail no moans of knowing mv polilicsl principles
unless hi' ohtaluej them in private con verbal ion. As I «< si|..ssa
term. Ol iiitimscy with llm gaolleiaaii, it is very pio’t dile llml Im
niight have beurd me cxprvss sentiuieuts fuvorabi* lo the llieu sduii
Itistralio.i. I cisixisLv rixr tmlm, A.i-.*'
Tlic embarrassment and alarm of the piebald oppo
in nts ol the Adui:nistraliiin have driven 1111*111 to every
expedient to divide and compter the people, and put
down the supreiunry of the public will.
As a lie tv experiment to detach portions of the De
mocracy of the Union, and throw llie election of the
nc.xt I irtfideiit into the* lluune of Rrprcgcnlali vt*s, where?
‘•bargain ami intrigue" will have a better chance to
serve the purposes of faction. Gen. Hs/rison Ins been
nominated in the Not til, the South and the West In
tins early stage of the struggle, Mr. Clay, ns a Uriflitc
and aniulgamist, and a thrice rejected candidate, is pru
v*'!!*' *>Ul l^u*. fence." Mr. Calhoun, as a reckless
iVuIliher and Disunionisl, lias been, and must continue t<*
question, lie can <>nly carry hi*
own Stale, and that will vote us he may dictate. "The
bubble ol Mr. Leigh's nomination, glittered only a mo
ment 111 ibe whirlpool ol a few* purlizan county meet
mgs. Judge McLean was not found strong enough to
excite even an interest in his own State, and it is thought,
or rather hoped, that Gen. Harrison is the true avail able
candidate there. That gentlemen i» a native of Vir
gimn; possessing here u powerful and numerous connec
tion and n host of personal friends. He distinguished
himself in the military service, having commanded
duimg tho late war, great numbers of die yeomanry of
l ciiusyIvania, Virginia, Kentucky, and the North West
ern Stales. Among the*.* troops and their family con
nections, Ik* acquired considerable popularity; which is
now sought to be brought lo bear in dividing the votes
ol the people.
Il wus expected that Judge White, from his late State
KigM principles ami support of the Administration,
would, indeed, be atuilaUc in the South nnd in Ten
nessee llut, most of the South and South western
•-talcs have cither icpiidiatcd him or shown the strongest
displeasure at his tergiversation, and his permitting him
sell Cn*l>e made the supple tool of unprincipled, or, to suy
the least, helerogenious politicians. Until after the
Virginia eh ctions, he wus held up as the only candidate
ol the Opposition. Although many of the Virginians
were deluded by this trick, the elections showed how
shallow it was. Since then, Mr. Webster is announci d
us the candidate of the Northern Federalists, and will
serve as the foil in that quarter.—Judge White stands a
hand cuffed candidate, and cannot withdraw from thu
humiliating defeat he is destined to meet. Every indi
eation shows, that he can only got the rote of South Caroli
na, though lie may make a show of strength, nnd contest
the prize in some of the other Stales in which it is ar
ranged that, the Nullifiers, the Federalists, nnd Lntitu*
diuarians of every hue and color, are t.» tally under Ills
banner. Ho may get Tennessee—but that is doubtful
yet.
Hitherto, Judge White has been a slrict Jeffersonian
Kepuhhean—the advocate of the Proclamation— Fore**
oill, oud of tlie Administration. Is it not strange, thou,
to sec all these Nullifiers and pichalds voting for him ! !
Alas! this is only a part of the inconsistency—dishon
C“*J'—coriuption, and desperation of the Opposition.
1 have already alluded to the cunning design with
which General Harrison is held tip to the great central
portion ot the Union. The wire-workers had much bet
lerput up Mr. Cr.xv at once—perhaps it is yet intended,
alter Harrison shall have rallied his personal and artnu
triends in Virginia and elsewhere, to withdraw him. and
put .dr. Clay in his place. There have been already so
many horses put in training for the race, nnd then
turned out, that it is not unreasonable to expect this 'o
occur.
^ n°l nsk. in what one particular does Gen. II.
difter tronr Mr. Ulay, in politics or principles? The on
ly ditlerence is, thnt Mr. Cluy is incomparably superior
to his friend II. in talents, influence, and all those great
points that make the successful Statesman. The Gene
ral will, no doubt, readily yield to him, superiority in the
arts of “management and intrigue''—so necessary in tiro
accomplishment of a Statesman,according to the receiv
ed opinions in Europe, and of those in this country win*
think the people unqualified to have any thing to do with
government, 01 think it honest or constitutional to defeat
their will in getting into office, and afterwards, defy in"
instructions. As a corollary from litis supeiiority, (and
> n!, readily, concede its truth.) Gen. II. hns more since
ritij and consistency than his friend. 13ut, these are quali
ties of no value in the estimation of the hoiicstesl part
of the Mosaic Opposition. The inconsistencies of the
whole* of them art* outrageous. I low often do wo tic
constitutional principles and measures of policy and ex
pediency, advocated on one day, and denounced on nno
tlier, by the same politician ? Personal politics will al
ways produce this result. To an intelligent reader, ex
emplification is superfluous.
i! Urneral Harrison should not be withdrawn, thero
arc Home among us bo lost to their own former principles,
anil so embittered oirniiist the l'residenl and his prominent
friends, as to vote for him. Yes, ifjic should be clung to
ns the utnUaila candidate—the Clayites—the Calhoun
ites—the 'Ye! steritea— the Tariffitrs and Nullifiera, will,
in Virginia, nil liarmoniously vole together for him._
But it will not all do. General Harrison has even less
chance in Virginia than Judge While. Ilia principles
nro loo nearly in unison with those of Mr. Clay.—
As the advocate of all Mr. Clay's ultra opinions, what
has lie to hope for in this State ? Some of our ambitious
and aspiring politicians have been maddened and disap
pointed by Kupposcd neglect, and have thrown their for
mer principles, as well as their feelings, into hotchpot
with those of the odds and ends of every personal tac
tion in the Union. These, and it few who either do riot
know, or do not care, what they do, may vote for tho
General, indeed, they will vote f<*r any man that may
be called the mailable candidate. Tbey'are transferred,
in soldier-like phalanx, from one standard to another, by
the word ol command from the Whig press. Bui, cun uny
thing be more ridiculous, nay, more slanderous upon tho
political honor and consistency of the great Democratic
party of Virginia, than to pretend that a majority of them
will vote lor a man who was in favor of internal improve
ments by Congress, of the Tariff; of the Hank; nod, of all
Mr. Clay s ultra doctrines? It is true, many were driven
Irmn llieir faith by the panic and Hank pressure ; and to
gam relief and save the threatened ruin of the country,
Voted h.r public men who immediately misrepresented
t ,lr honest opinions, and defied their instructions. Tho
delusion was of short duration. It was indeed a forty
nnte thing, though Mr. Rives was driven out of flic Se
nate by it and many of the most high-minded ami use
. Republican public servants were proscribed, “for
opinion s sake. It was fortunate, because Ibis revolu
tion was brought about by means so odious, that the peo
ple will be on tlieir guard herenfter, and will be loth to
trust such selfish and unprincipled politicians The in
decent and reckless manner in which the piebalds abused
the brief power so shamefully acrpiired by them, not only
wrested that power from them, Imt lias left an impres
sion on the public mind that must long rrmain ns a ce
ment of union among the true disciples of Virginia prin
ciples, and the resf friend, of the Virginia ‘haracter.
li was under these circumstances, and with the con
sciousness of these truths, that the Opposition vainly
endeavored, nt our Inst elections, to beguile us with u
II lute nag, into another ambuscade. Judge While had
long maintained Virginia principles, and octed with our
leading men. And after that signal defeat and route,
nothing less than the spirit of intRliiation could Stlppr se
Unit the Democracy or Virginia would rally under the
CUy Banner, though home by another Virginian by
birth, but who had in bis youth abandoned her borders
and the bones of his ancestors, and who has so long
warred against her doctrines and her interest* We
may be thankful to Gen. Harrison for an rxprpFsion he
used in hi* speech before the Hamilton Agricultural So
C.ietJr.’°rj[>,."''>in.Juni'' ,WI After earnestly defending
the I aritf throughout.except the tar on nail, which he in
stated ought to be repelled for the relief of the beef and
pork raiser* and pickier* of Ohio, he said:—“It may be
asked, whether under any circumstances, I wculd be
willing to abandon toe torifP | answer, without liesr
tatmn, in the affirmative. Whenever the street, of Nor
folk and < harlestcn ‘shall be covered with gras*,' and
our Hou.hern friends find no market for theft produce,
and Our state of things can be dblinrth/ traced to the
tariff, I will then instantly give my voire for its modifi
cation or entire repeal; even if I should still think that
it* continuance would be beneficial to a majority of the
American people," *
When this speech was delivered, the Nullifiers had de
termined noon their measures, and the recruiting officers
were rapidly making enlistments. And yet. reader, this
generous candidate for the Presidency is held up by ma