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nv of these officer* and their recruits as “the available
Candidate," in Virginia!! And would General Harri
don timid by and nv nur commerce abindonrd_the
streets of*our trading towns and cities grown up with
grass, and our |ieopl« without a market for tb. ir pro
duct* . Way, would lit* wi* tlio whole South rapidly be
••oniinjf ft witderm*** ii^nin, before he would “ trivc
Int voice for a relief comparatively n* incoiuidern
file as the reduction of the duly on the mere salt
consumed in his own State? What do the Wlbos
<d the “ Mourning Queen of tile Ocean" say ?o
tuking this man, as the “available Candidate" of their
party in Virginia? Would md modern honesty i„,.l
consistency, alias, party rrnoin, justify them in doing so ?
„ r,w ri-vn or m/ZSS‘r1SSrm
I he North ought to d.. us justice. They ought to put
down the lunatics, who Invesprung op within lli.-ir bo
som. Unless this be done by the force iff public opinion
by social restrictions, by enforcing the existing Jaws
or hitaliy, by legislative enactments, the mischief must
increase, the uiiiiiated associations must extend in t|„.
Northern Slutes, the South must Ik* more strongly alien
ated in feeling, and the Union itself be Lrougbt into se
rious danger. The North has, therefore, every induce
mi nt to co operate with the South, against these Fans*
tics. They most do it, or no considerate patriot will an
sxver for the consequences.
Does not the North, moreover, see, that in addition to
the intrinsic difficulties of the subject, and the great ex
citement which naturally grows out of it, there is a sys
tematic design to convert it into a political engine ta
wcun the South from tire North, and the North from’the
H ,Mth» to create the most alarming sectional feelings and
to strike at the Union itself? It cannot have escaped
the observation of the most careless spectator, that there
Ins existed on lire part of Duff Green and other despe
rate politicians of lets school, a design to array the South.
* rn. States against the Nmth. Tins scheme, if success,
fill, would inevitably lead ti a dissolution of the Union.
were made to propagate Nullification,and
establish it,ns the universal creed of the South—the Tele
graph school, at that time, and always since, advocating
Southern connections. This scheme would have sue
e.-ed. d, if Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alalia
ma, had nqt frowned it down, and washed their hands of
Nullification.
•Nciir, ii new subject iri seized upon for a annular pur
jir.oe. This is the Sluve question, which some miserable
f anatics Inve got up in the North. The immediate in
strument spjH'nrs to »h* a precipitate Convention of South
ern Merchants. I lie Telegraph has, of course, pressed
Mi s pr- position with nil its zeal, lnone of iu late ai tide#
it “congratulates itselt and the country upon the course
°* "u‘ ‘•xciteinent on the Slave question"—a very pretty
""d patriotic sentiment from one, who values the peace
Hnd perpetuity of the Union !
In another article, Dull Green sketches a gigantic
*!< heme lor his Southern Convention—embracing a sys
tem ol Intern"! Improvements and manufactures, con
lined to the South—and clearly showing his insidious de
sire to agitate every possible topic, which may be calcu
lated to embody the South against the North, and to cre
ate such srparate feelings as will make them consider
themselves as srparate nations.
I lie truth is, that lie and his leaders are so bn filed and
(lisaiipoinUd in their ambition of becoming leaders in
Ibe Union, that lie now wishes to get upn Southern Con
iecoracy, in which lie and his fiiends expect to be the
leaders. The scheme is theirs—and the high-minded
citizens of Virginia are called upon to follow his lead
Ho dors not deny Ids having recently chuckled at our
Hlavc uiuicul it*ti in the South; and rt*ally it appears to
!"**» 1*lul would rejoice at any calamity, which would
. a ^^oulh, if it would only promote his sinister
views.
Ilow different is this man's course—in what strono
consirsst is the whole lone of Ids proposition, from the
following sentiment contained in General Washington's
1' a re well Addrt ss ?— “
i ne unity ol government which constitutes you one
people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so; lor it is
(imam pillar in the edifice of your real independence;
the support of your tranquillity at home; your peace
abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very
liberty which you so highly prize. Hut, as it i. easy to
foresee that, from different cuuses and from different
quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices em
ployed, to Weaken in your minds the conviction of this
truth; as this is the point in your political fortress against
wlucli the batteries of internal and external enemies will
be most constantly and uclively (though often covertly
and insidiously) directed, it is of infinite moment, that
you should properly estimate the immense value of your
national un.on to your collective and individual huppi
nes.s; that you should cherish u cordial, habitual, and im
movable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to
think and speak of it as of the Palladium of yo„r politi
calsafety und prosperity; watching for its preservation
with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may
suggest even a suspicion that it can, in any event, be
abandoned and indignantly frowning upon the first
dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our
country Irom the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which
now link together the various parts.
‘‘Fortins you have every inducement of sympathy
and interest. Citizens by birth,or choice, of a common
country, that country lias a right to concentrate your af
fections. I he name of American, which belongs to you
in your national capacity, must always exalt the just
pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived
from local discriminations. With slight shades of dif
ference, you have the same religion, manners, habits, and
political principles You have, in a common cause,
joiijflit and triumphed together; the independence and li*
heriy you possess, are the work of joint councils, nnd
ses"1 e"°rU’ co,nmon dangers, sufferings, and succes
“ But considerations, however powerfully they
address themselves to your sensibility, are greatly out
weighed by those which apply more immediately to your
interest. Here, every portion of our country finds the
most commanding motives for carefully guarding und
preserving the union of the whole.” *
“ In contemplating the causes which may disturb
our Union, it occurs as matter of serious concern, that
any ground should have been furnished for character
izing' parties by gtogruphicul discriminations— jVorthern
und Southern—Atlantic and Western; whence designing
men may endeavour to excite n belief that there is a real
difference of local interests nnd views. One of the ex
pedients of parly to acquire influence within particulni
districts, is to misrepresent the .pinions nnd aims of other
* o>Vn. 1 *"U| C;V"‘°l jd-'cld youiselves too much
.gainst the jealousies and heart-burnings which spring
Iron, these misrepresentations; they tend to render
alien to each other those who ought to be bound togeth
er by trauma affection. The inf. abitanta of our Western
country have lately had a useful lesson on this head ■
they have seen, in the negotiation by the Executive,and
in the unanimous ratification by the Senate of the treaty
w.th Spain, and in the universal satisfaction at the event
throughout the Untied States, a decisive proof how u„.
omided were t he suspicions propagated among them of a
p'licy in the Geneml Government and in the Atlantic
.dates, unfriendly to their interests in regard to the Mis
MMippi. I hey have been witnesses to the formation of
-wo treaties that will, Great Britain and Sal with
.-.pain, which secuie to them every tiling they could de
H,r.- in respect to our foreign relations, towards confirm
ing their prosperity. Will it „ot be their wisdom to rely !
. for the j,reservation of these advantages on tin- Union
by winch they were procured? Will they not hence
forth be deaf to those ad visers, if such there are, who
would sever them from their brethren, and connect them
trvMc xholu hi.OT ,U,4 ‘,el' U,C 1 ",hor °rhis Conn
try rxhoru hw rellow-eitneM lo frown down the first
symptoms of disunion* Mark, especially, I,ow he Z,
caut'on“ U'< r“ ««"'"t geogrti/ihical d.risionj —
l iVlft!1 “V?"'8 l° bl‘ *° t‘,"phalic—and so won
« rfully appottfr. to 1 he present crisis, that it sounds like
tli<; inspiration «f 1 roplir*cy itself.
, ,el "»« the IVople of Virginia, from
. ,n wd* !*,py )"ke counsel, mid whom they will fi,l
GWrii" tfu'dlf—George Washington, or Uj’ Duff
l!^.<lrTr* ,he*P| ""Motions, however, not so '
i.m h lotlic people of Virginia or of the South iia lo 1
I'™ b"‘feV‘ !'"• North. Will Hup countenance hy
1 ie.r apathy the designs of the Factum* ? Will they
permit the tanat,es to go on with their nefarious our
poses, and firebrands and all the implements of
mischief to the Malcontents and the Disunionists ? No.
no, we call upon you, in the sacred name of our Coun
* 7,' T ’yi “ t- 'hp.0bligation9 °r tbe Constitution, to
put down the Fanatics, and to preserve the Union.
___ B.
«.[4 , Fott ri/f: K,YqutRt:n.
MR. LEIGH, AN ENIGMA!
Ouand./v" IF." °nRP 8’Knpd hi,nne,f “ Christoph*,
oiisndar/il. i rr,‘r WM 1,1 a ,norp pmbari a*si ng
,lh!" ,P ,n now- ,,K*‘ Ridable indeed must Ins
b‘i'’n’ ur*cd on t,M* band by l'i« political
. .. n *" be '*> *'* retain the alation lie now occupies,
p,,,gging the Administration by hi.
i I ■ fl» Hi the face ,,f the conclusive evidence that
®b7’*'0"?,‘0 '(,e of Uie people of Virginia;
„,I . .* ra,HP,l by the "still small voice of conscience,"
ml. 8,m Unwi1 *” >*•'**• bus erased to sway it.
mid sceptre over I... political life, and which whisper. I
l,Vh eT,V,C.-T8 "V"'"*.. »•«■* be is about lo sacrifice his I
slinne, r ° ‘f °.r ,,,lrKr,t>'«nd Consistency at the unholy
. PPr**,|1al ambition and party subserviency. | am
more mainrl" 1 a v'!.rPp V* “ympslliiiing with him; but on
one and if he '* ,n0 bisconrse is a ptain
wlio ar,. red pPM',,t* thwart to influence his judgment,
lion I fit, , . ,’.hP ,lp‘pt*ps no mm * commisera
h most d.rHcul h"/ °°* LU 1 fppl “f being i„
I^52rmTS.?h,n*?*’ h< ia ‘""ally, ” 1 ««><l above,
eardinJfl .tdUieJ. 8’ l,° ‘ VPfy b-d/but himself Tt*
should think would reffuliu hT prob*”p*> and wf,ich I
onoosition t.. »i.„ " g, J"1 cor*dticl, arc hi direct
llis late letter to bp ,,a declared ho will follow,
ly declares that h T C,t,,P,,, of Brunswick pretty plain
friends by bold ms to Kr‘*,,l> hit importunate
meant to take it *j *®.b,a* ltrbavingoncesaidthatlie
,e llii i . r “■‘l ,n «hp a«r ie breath he says, “I respect
te11,0/ ,bp ^“p,c « much -sTny
t*fV»re L 1^ ^°UW r* h" »p >»as here
lo^rueUon .nd d88 ‘ “i ^mo* of Uie Right of
h". e^: . ' . d ^ h" «'«•. that the declared sense of
» ir "C"u W ih b,,n- '‘tantamount to nosh,ve in
► stmetjons. How the cteaf t „ aded Mr. Uigh can pTr
•un«le huusell tliat the people have no! made up a most
deliberate judgment" in niscaac, having had it under
consideration for more than twelve months, and that a
sense ol opposition to him is not most clearly “ declared,”
1 am utterly at a l>ss to know.
1 may be, Messrs. Lditors, one of your much
despised “ Confederates,” or one of the “ tools of men
in power, in the estimation of Mr. Leigh; und
therefore, niv views of his duty will be unregarded—
out, trusting that 1 may Ik* numbered nniong*those of
his opponents, whose opinions he hears with “unfeign,
id respect, I shall endeavor to shew, that he cnmiot
consistently retain l,is set in the Senate, whether lie Im
justified hi taking It or not. The Brunswick letter is ..
most extraordinary one—most mysterious indeed to me,
as ol late Mr. L generally is 1 have nothing to say,
. easts. Kditnrs, ol his coarse abuse of yourselves—Y'>u
ari fully capable, (n* your «irlicit* accompanying tlir lei
te. shows,) ol taking care of your own defence. That
letter has several most remarkable passages in it. He
says, - l beg you to rest assured, that 1 am not to be de
terred liom pursuing the path which mu sense of dutu to
my country dictates, by the frowns of power, or by any
clamor that the tools of men in power may raise against
me. Here Mr. Leigh line discovered anew principle of sc
tion lor th.s region of our Republic! bis sense ofduty to bis
country, nnquul jird, (a most latitudinous and convenient
one it is;) und lie of course is to determine, what that du
ty requiresot him. Forsooth, hr may now rove unfettered
through illimitable space; lie may vote for Bank, Tarifl’, In
lernal Improvements, all, i ( his sense ofduty dictates it; he
may retain Ins seal in opposition to the wishesofa large ma
jority ol the Legislature of Virginia, and ofthe People—
he may violate positive instructions—yea,any thing which
does not conflict with bis sense of duty to h.s country —
u low Mr. L. will arrive at the re«|uirente ul* of duly,
he docs not tell us; but says, “and the reasonable, the
candid,and the just, of my political opponents, will in the
rad, do justice tu my motives, however they may Maine
my conduct. Here we are left most naturally to infer,
that Ins course will not be such a» is now expected by
Ins political opponents; but Unit pressing on to the
end guided by bts sense of duty to his country, he
vainly hopes ta have Ins “motives” approved. Talk not
about motives: it is a public man's acts the People
look to—it matters i».,t what his motives are, if he
does not represent the interests and wishes ofthe people
il he invades one single inch of constitutional ground.
Motives are hidden, acts alone enn be judged llis sense of
duty to hut country ma y piompt him with motives that lie
is persuaded are good, to retain his seat in opposition to
the wishes of the Legislature, or to violate instructions;
but 1 ask, what sense ofduty can be paramount to the
obligation upon a man of nice sense of honour, to refuse
to represent a free, CM,ghtened People, against their will ?
H hat can be paramount to the duty of a Virginia Re
publican to reverence the Right of Instruction? And does
not Mr. Leigh know, that lie was elected by the votes of
gentlemen who did not represent the wishes of their
constituents? 1 do not charge them with a wilful violation
of instructions; but that Air. L. was elected by vote*
w Inch the people would have given to Mr. Hives, the
Spring elections have put beyond all question
But perhaps Mr. Leigh may think, (and 1 trust, for
the sake ot Ins reputation as nu advocate foi Representa
tive Government,that this may be the position he now oc
cupies.) that lie has no right to know the sentiments of u
majority ot the Representatives ofthe people, except by
• direct communication from themselves, which cannot
be made until the meeting of the Legislature. If that
be Ins condition, 1 imagine that lie will very speedily be
informed,alter the first Monday in December, that the ma
jority ol the Representatives ofthe people of Va. believe
that a gentleman cannot represent them, who arrays his
whole influence to prostrate un Administration, which
they believe ought lo be sustained, and without waiting
or any one of the many subjects to come up, on which
they will differ-—that lie will he respi ctfuly requested to
resign. But although ignorance at present of Hie wishes
ol the Legislature may be Air. L.'s refuge, yet 1 must
confess 1 fJo not like to see that broad mantlc,duty to bis
country, spread over all his meditated nets und doings.
1 do not like that expression in his letter, speaking of
espccling I he voice ofthe people—“ presumptuously
lake upon themselves to be the prophets to announce that
voice, and expect him to be guided by their revelations.”
And is it possible that Air. Leigh does not think there
has yet been a “ developemenl” ofthe people’s will in
relation to In* election? that they themselves have not
: . . , ‘I propnecy lo say, that lin y nre
agamst hint. I have thought it was well authenticated
history and lie will ere long know it to l>e history, the
records ol which will never be educed from his memory,
wncil lie liU6 exchanged the admiration of his fellow-cili
zeHs lor their deep execration, which I verily believe lie
will experience, ii he permits himself to be blindly led
by Ins violent, reckless parlizans.
There is another piece of history, which this gentle
man probably has never heard, and which, though in
some tori may he considered secret history, vet f f,-e|
no hesitation ln revealing, if it shall, in connection with
the oil-written history ol his election, be of any aid to
i". 111 ‘king his tinal decision. It is well known,
hiving been trumpetted by the “Whig,” that the mcm
bers ot the last Legislature, opposed to the election of
Mr. Leigh be d a consultation a short lime before the
election took place, to determine whether a proposition
should be made to pospone the election, on the well-known
ground that it the election was then made, a majority ot
the people would not lie represented. Difteieut opinions
were entertained, ns might be expected, as to the expedi
ency ol the measure. Jt was objected by some, that the
Ultimate propriety ol making the election at thut ses
sion could not be tested until the Spring elections—
it they resulted in favor of him, it were better thut
the election had been made in his favor then—if against
him, U was confidently betiired thut Mr. Leigh's Hcuub
Itean principles would nut permit him to accept the office;
and in Hint event no harm would have been done bv
ns election. Did not General I'arker, on the lloor ol
the House of Delegates, substantially make the same
pledge ' Had not this confidence been reposed in
Hut distinguished gentleman by his political opponents,
the senate might possibly have refused to go into the
election. .Whether that confidence, with the fuels be
fore him, u to be abused, on the vague and undefined
ground ot “duty to his country,” is yet to he determin
ed, as Mr L. may think that the Legislature alone
can satisfy him as to their wishes, and that by a for
mal communication. Does not Mr. Leigh know, too,
that the decision which we clearly understand to have
been made against him last spring, was under circum
stances which lavored him as much as possible ? He
had He popularity of Judge White and He odium of
Abolition to help him. Had the postponement of the
election been made to the approaching session, there
is no doubt on the public mind, that it would have
resulted in his defeat,.and as a similar course taken by
He Whig Senate of Mississippi has been approved
by the party, | suppose they would have been puzzled
to.have fixed the seal of reprobation on the Senate of
Virginia.— The above occurrence, which took place at the
consultation precious to the election of Senator, 1 state
oj tnij oicn knowledge, haring been present, and
a mi:.mis Kit of -rim last LeoMUTVli,
, . To THE PEOPLE
lit \ it. w of a l',ibli> Meeting in (iloti fester County, on
the \Mh oj June, ld:Jf», commonly called the White Alert
ing, but composed of old federalists, A'ullifiers, lfank
men, and a few disaffected Republicans—(tv the number
of .{() or 40.)
i * All of you have no doubt seen in
hand-bill form, the proceedings of this "large and re
spectable meeting,’ as the w riter is informed that no
pains or expense has been omitted to put n printed sheet
containing those proceedings, in the bunds of every man
in the county, whether a voter or not. It seems, that one
thousand ol these able and well-w ritten documents, the
product of the united wisdom of this "Urgcnnd respect
ab.e meetirig,” aided loo, hy nn able and learned Profea
nor of the venerable and ancient William mid Mary
have been struck off for the edification of the People i,f
Gloucester, in order to prepare them for the coming Pre
sidentiiil election—to put down (if possible) life Inst
remnant of Republicanism, and establish upon its ruins
the reign of Aristocracy. It is evident, fellow-citizcns,
that tue whole amt and wish of this party, (composed of
*?• d,"':"nt ingfedients, under the common name
of Whigs, ‘The Great Whig Parly,” agreeing in no
one particular, except that of turning the Democratic
Republican parly out of office, and putting themselves
is powr/,) is to prevent nn election of President hy the
t eople, nod carry it into the Mouse of Representatives
where they know, full w ell, they stand the best chance of
success. Indeed, it has been plainly confessed by some
ol the leading prints of the Opposition, Hint Hie design
is to lake the election from tlm People—to give it to lie
presentolivcs, who, in voting for themselves, and with a
view to the overtures mad.- hy th« candidates brought
into the Mouse, will pretend to vote for their respective
States; and while these individuals in effect barter off
the Presidency to serve their own private ends, the best
face that cna be put upon it will be, that it is nn election
bv States- an election, giring to the minority twinr over
the majority--inverting the principles of our Govern
ment, and brinvintr in no Administration at war with the
great body of the People, from its very Constitution;
and ^"Ch’ from necessiiy, must rely for support upon
tue old Hritndi plan of corrupting the Kepiesentatives to
betray their constituents And will you, citizens of
Gloucester, lend your aid to stteh principles? Will
you, wlm have in times past, been fsm« d for your ste,.
. y adherence to Dcmocracjr and Republicanism, ns un
derstood in the school of Jefferson. Madison, Arc , Are
si.lh r yourselves (o he thus drown off hy Hie wiles and
artifices of the " Great Whig Party," in w hatever name
ot shape presented ? J, for one, cannot believe it
I his "largeaud respectable meeting” have labored very
hard to find objections to the election of Martin Van Hu
ren, the Democratic Candidate for the Presidency. In
doing this they have only given yon a one-sided view
of the picture and that so Ceclou.fed by p»r,y r#nro1ir,
u*t to soy aitlul misrepresentation, that it will be impos
sible for you, fellow-citizens, to come to any rational de
cision with respect to its merits or demerits. Mud this
meeting been desirous of eliciting the truth, the whole
trulri, *n<I nothing but the truth, they would h«vr« told
you sometlung about Mr. Van Horen’s efforts in support
oMfaeJste War—of his strenuous opposition to the parts
who opposed it, to wit, the Federalists They would have
tow you about Ins uncompromising opposition to the U
States Bank, that monster of wealth and corruption,
which Mr. Jefferson predicted would, if fostered by the
ileople, one day or other overturn the Government
| — I h« y would have told you of hie having dee.lar
«*«♦, l»y the authority of his own signature, that he
is opposed to any attempt being nude by the Gene
ral Government to inteifeic i,» any manner with the
slave population of the South and West, and also to
the emancipation of the slaves in the District of Colum
,5***“-^’ "[ou^ have told you many other tilings,
which it is not in the power of the writer, from the want
o» documents, to furnish, hut which you will know fully
when tin- claims of Mr. V. U. to the sup|K>rt of R.-puLii
cans shall he fully developed hy the Central Committee,
winch will be appointed by your next Legislature. I
entreat you. ft How-citizens, to suspend your opiuions,
and It -Id youraeli iiiicomiiiilted to this “ larae and re
spectable meeting,' until you shall have seen which is
the bright-si side of t|,c picture, for it is manifestly un
just In condemn a mm upon ex-parte report.
1 his •* large and r.-spt-clahle lureling” cl’iim to he lie
pubheaus. Up-*n what grounds, let me usk ? Is it lie
cause they “resltheir objections l-> the Bank, or a Bank,
upon < oiistilutionul grounds?” Let me tell you, fel
low countyinen, these are the most dangerous Bank men
— I hey are in disguist—They “ claim to he Kepuhli
cans, hecau <c they would oppose the re-cliurU-r, hy
Congress, of the Bank, or the establishment of a
U. ink, upon Constitutional grounds alone; and tin*
next day (if they could) give the power, by an aiiu-iid
im-nt to the Constitution. They “ claim t,'. he Repub
licans, who liave done ull they could do, to aid the Bank
in obtaining a re-charter, by aiding the election of the
same kind ol Bank man to the Senate of the U. Slates,
and in denouncing the mode by which the people thought
pi oper to instruct their Representatives in the last Le
gislature, by which means the saitl Senator was fastened
tor six years more, upon the backs of the people, “hoot
ed mid spurred, ready to ride them legitimately by the
•grace o| Gou r Tliey claim to be Republicans," who
are doing ull in their power to take from the people the
inestimable right of electing their own President?—
Voil, fellow-citizens, certainly cannot he gulled hy such
professions. People of Gloucester! Rend—inwardly di
gest—and act. Will you—can you, consent to fritter
away your votes, so as to transfer the election from your
Colleges to Congress? A great dust is kicked up hy this
mongrel party throughout the U. S. about free negro
votes, Ac., dec. Now, fellow-citizens, the former Con
stitution of New York, placed the white and the colored
man on the. same footing. Rut the new Constitution
makes a distinction in furor of the whites, mid requires
that every man of color shall have been for three years a
citizen of the State, and shall he seised und possessed of
a freehold estate of the value of $t«0, Ac., &c. Mr.
V. R. did advoente this provision, and assigned the fol
lowing reasons for it:
' ‘^r‘.a,‘ **urrn be had voted against a total and
unqualified exclusion, for he would not draw a revenue
Bom them, and yet deny to them the right of suit'rage;
|( but this proviso met his approbation.—They were ex
“ e,,,l*l,‘d from taxation until they had qualified them
selves to vote. The right was not denied to exclude
any portion of the community, who will not exercise
‘ iw ''ft1*1 of suffrage in its purity. This held out in
ducements to industry, and would receive his support.”
.With what face, then, can Mr. V. B. be censured for
tins course, when it was a mere local matter, and not as
improper (if improper at all) as it was for North Caroli
na or 1 ennessee, by their Constitutions, to allow free ne
groes to vote, because there is this glaring difference:
New I ork was a non-slavc-liolding state, while in Ten
nessee and North Carolina, slavery does now exist._
Nay, why not condemn the venerable Nathaniel Macon,
whom Mr. Randolph said was the best man lie ever
know, for lie 1ms boon olectod to OonorosM and other of
fices hy the aid of free negro votes.—A^nd, I would ask is
not the immaculate Judge White in the same predica
ment ?
k el low-citizens, the Republicans have been in posses
sion of the citadel ever since the elder John Adams was
buried from power, with the exception of the term of
his son John Q , who was foisted in hy the election not
being made by the People; hut the Republicans soon
gamed the possession again, and elected Andrew Jaeksou,
and will elect a successor in the person of Martin Van
Huron, unless they suffer themselves to be decoyed from
their duty by the arts and stratagems of their enemies.—
Weshoufd then be firmly united—for, “united we stand,
divided we fall, is a true maxim. Let us unite upon the
iiinu recommended to us by the delegates of the It*-pub
I*0®*1 Party &*s«*uib!t*d in Ihihimorc From all parts of the
U. b—Lotus forego our individual preferences for this
or that man. since it is certain we cannot ali have our
choice, and let us go for the man who is pledged to carry
out the principles of the Democratic family accord iim' to
the doctrines of Jefferson nnd Madison.
I* olio w-Citizens—It cannot escape the observation
of discerning minds, that the principles which divide the
political parties ol the present day are the sunic which ex
idled iii former limes—ll is simply a qupgiion of power
or the right to govern. The minority wishes to govern
the majority, but cannot, nnd thus you see and hear all
the calumny and abuse against those in office:
“ Duse envy »ii*ko«i* nt Another*.!
n-i i> A"‘l diul exri-lli-iice il cuimot reach.”
1 he III pubhcnns are, by this “Great Whig Party •’
denounced us otlice-hunters, while the whole burthen ol
their son^is, that Andrew Jackson will appoint none «.t
thnii to othce. They then may as appropriately he called
olhce-cravcrs—so craving, that they will move Heaven
and Earth to eflect their purpose. Now, fellow-citizens,
it it were iruu that all the offices were filled with Repub
licans, it is nothing more than the President has a right
to do. But this >s not the fact—men of all parties are
ni othce, and a majority of Postmasters are opposed to
this Administration, and to the election of Martin Van
Biiren. They denounce the Republican Partv, aclin.r
by and through the President, for turning out'some de
aulters and malefactors, whilst they.hy and through the
last Legislature, have done the same thing, even when
there was nocomplaintaa to the performance of duties Is
\Vn • ,? “lluc 38 ,lo,J' Writ,” that if this “Great
Whig I arty should succeed in getting in to office that pro.
script ion will rule the hour.' It is a fundamental princi
ple of our Government, that the majority has a right to
govern—But if the People, by their divisions, should
tail to elect a President, it will be in the power of the mi
nority to elect theirs; a state of things like this must
eventuate (if continued hut n short time) in the destruc
tion of our Liber tit a.
Republicans of Gloucester! Be firm and united—You
will shortly be assailed by the almost overpowering in
lluciice ol lire long list of the Committee of Vigilance
consisting of all the most popular, influential and strong
men of the county, many of whom are office-holders”
some obice-scekers, merchants, publicans and sinners
too, and many others too tedious to mention. They will
tell you many fine tale*, no doubt, about the nreb niuin
cian, free negroes, mulattoes, black wives, and all tlTnt
sort of bum-bug logic, (none of which can be substan
tiated,) to draw you off from the old Republican track.
But J entreat you to be firm, and all will end well, not
withstanding the threatened f>0,000 men may be brought
against ns, if we elect Martin Van Buicn 'President—
May to them, that 20 years ago we could bid defiance to
the most powerful nation of the world; aided too, by
tbc Hartford Convention party; the leader of which’thu
Whigs are aiding to make President by sending’thu
election to the House of Kopivumt-'ilivi'g.
ANOTHER SMALL POLITICIAN.
ANTI-ABOLITION MEETING IN ESSEX
In compliance with a call of a great number of the
citizens of Essex, it very full meeting of those opposed
to the proceedings of the advocates of immediate Abo
lition ol Slavery, was liolden in their Court House, in
Iappahannock, on Monday the ‘Jlst September, ISJ5,
'I lie meeting was called to order and organized by the
choice of Dr. Austin Brockcnbrough, Chairman, and
Col. George Wright, Secretary.
The following Preamble and Resolutions, prepared by
a committee consisting of the following very highly
respectable citizens, viz: James M. Garnett, Esq c„f
Richard Ilowace, Henry W. Latane, Robert M. T. Hun
ter, Thus. Wright, Jr., John II Upshaw, Warner Lewis
Francis S. Mitchell, James Wright, Kemp Gatewood’
; Jones C. Clopton, Edward Ware and Win. A. Wright ’
j Esqrs., were unanimously adopted.
I'RBAMIW.B.
Whereas, numerous associations of private individu
als illi the non-slave holding States, calling themselves
members of thu “Anti-Slavery Society,” which, (if their
own statements deserve belief,) is very powerful, both in
numbers and pecuniary means, have publicly proclaim
r i., determination to effect the immediate Abolition
of Slavery throughout tire Union, and at every hazard
too saving, as it would seem, tile exposure of their
own precious persons in preaching their treasonable and
murderous doctrines, where alone the alleged evil ex
i«t». Arid whereas, the nefarious means adopted for ac
complishing Uleir purpose, by secretly spreading through
all the slave holding States innumerable printed papers
calculated to excite a servile war, although base and’
dastardly in the extreme, are, nevertheless, highly dan
genus, not only to our domestic peace and safely, but to
the very existence or that greatest of all our political
blessings, the Union itself—'Therefore,
1st llesufreJ, 1 hut although frequent meetings of the
I cople m their primary assemblies are much better
a voided, because their great utility dermis chiefly upon
tueir rare occurrence, yet that on occasions like the pre
sent, they are not only proper but vitally necessary.
‘•id Itr.ndrrd, That we will not suffer n:iy differences
of political opinion or of personal feelings to influence,
in the slightest degree, ourdelilx rations in regard to the’
momentous subjects which we have this day met to con
sider.
Ard. lirgi/lrcd, I hat the prow-tit condition of our whole
Houthrrn country rcquireii the* most perfect nnam^nity
in its citizens, the utmost vijfil nice, firmness, and disere
t.ion, the entire control of all those justly indignant
feelings, which unprovoked and deadly injuries arc so
powerfully calculated to excite; but above all, it requires
implicit obedience to the laws of the land, since the spirit
i !? totally prevalent of late in several parts
ol the Fmted Stales, is not less dangerous, both in its
tendencies and results, than tlm spirit of Abolition it
self, as at present displayed by the Anti Sluveiy Socie
ties of the Northern and Eastern Stales
4lh. fUgohrd, That it is the indispensable duty of all
good citizens to aid the civil authorities alike in suppress
ing the one, h* in resisting and punishing the other—
since the pretext of preventing any kind of excess or
lawless actions, by committing others ourselves, i* the
worst of all possible modes of maintaining that supre
mney of the laws, without which neither sociol order,
personal security, nor free, legitimate government can
possibly tong exist
tofi- WeWred, That althongh devotedly attached to
the Union of the States, our attachment is founded upon
t belief, tlmt its perfect preservation in spirit mid in
ir-ilh will furnish the best attainable means of defending
and protecting the lives, liberties, mid properly of its
members—that it was established specially lor this all-ini
porlniii purpose; mid that should it ever cease, (which
(•<‘d turbid.) to supply these means, nnd effect this pur
pose it will ccrla.uiy lose both its ow n value, and our re
ga i d.
» th. B-so/rrd. That nothing seems more lik. lv t» pro
duce this truly deplorable event, than silently and quiet
ly t > pcrmi. a continuance of tin* incendiary procecd
mgs of tli sc leek!•--n 1 auatics calling themselves friend*
ol our slaves; but who, in fact, are practically tin ir worst
enemies.
<i|i. Itrso'ri</, 1 hut the public expression of our per
fect unanimity in regard to the conduct of these men.
and the menus esiential to protect ourselves against its
disastrous consequences, although entirely m idles* in
strengthening our lies of mutual confidence and attach
ment. as •Southern men and citizens of Virginia, is, ne
vertlieless, requisite -n other accounts: It is necessary
not only to undeceive our Northern Brethren (as we sin
cerely hope long In consider them) in regard to the panic
winch, they seem most erroneously to think, ex.sts
among us; but, also, to convince our Northern cue
Mi.r.f, it y, t within reach of conviction, that they
have not a solitary advocate in Virginia; that even
our slaves begin to cry out, “forbear your cruel
Kindness, it your professed friendship he any'thing more
than the most criminal hypocrisy;" and that should a
pciscvciancc in their present d.isturdly piacticcn so far
succeed, as to excite these slaves either to a partial or
general insurrection, the record of their abolition pro
ject, to whatever extent it may reach, wiil inevitably
i w r,tf, n 1,1 much of the blood of this unfortunate race,
whose heaviest present curse is the lawless interference
o» these desperadoes, betw een them and their masters.
titli. Ucsu.ccd, That the light of property in our slaves
having been solemnly guaranteed to us by the Federal
Constitution its< If, uow to enter into any discussion
w hatever, either ot that <-ight or of the absliact question
0 s av i ry, would be as great a folly as stopping, while in
cendiaries were firing our houses, to investigate the
cause of combustion, instead of hastenin', with ail our
speed to extinguish the Haines.
idle Besotted, That we cordially reciprocate the re
gard for our rights mid the friendly feelings lately ex
pressed towards us by many of our Northern Brethren;
e im iV,!r^ niuch, that none besides our good fiicnds
ot 1 hiladelphia should have taken the furthei all essen
tal stepol recommending Legislative enactments to in
Ilict the same exemplary punishment on such of their own
citizens, or other persons within their jurisdiction, as con
spire against our place and safety, Unit they would as
suredly inflict upon any who should dare to make similar
ntu»ui|)Ui upon their own.
imh. Brsolred, That although we thank them for the
public expression ol their sympathy and proHVrs of milk
ary aid, we consider the first mere lip-service, if unac
communed by legal means to arrest and to punish, not
tnejrcrdom uj opinion and of speech, which wc estimate
us highly as thr,j possibly can, hut the diabolical practice
01 secretly scattering moral poison in our heretofore
peaceful homes; neither do we believe ourselves in want
ol the second; but still less do we need that sort of pat
ronizing, condescending air, displayed by some who cull
themselves our friends, by doing us a favor what we
think is demanded of them us a duty.
ll tli Besotted, That for any State to permit, with en
tire impunity, either any of its own citizens or aliens ic
siding therein, to pursue a course tending directly to ex
cite contusion, anurcliy and bloodshed,in another State, is
a palpable and Hngrant dereliction of that common duty
which all the States reciprocally owe to each other, as
members of llie same nucrod confederacy.
IJlh. Brsolred, I hat we require no more of any of
our sister Slates than the same faithful discharge of this
common duty to which we pledge ourselves, our lives,
and our property; and that we have not the most distant
wish l<> restrain, (as the abolitionists most falsely charged
us with attempting.) the freedom of thought, the libi-rty
ot speech, or of the press; for, they may talk and write,
rave and rant, print, preach and pray, among themselves,
until time shall be no more, on any brain-fever dream that
may seize them, and we Southerners will never cry “fur
htar. All we ask, and that w e believe we have a ri<rht to de
mand, is, that our sister States, w ho have such pains
taking, disinterested citizens, such burning Philanthro
pists among them, would compel them to confine their mer
ci/ul labors to their own States and domicils. If they can
either be persuaded or forced to refrain from stealthily and
feloniously sending their Nostrums for human happi
ness among us “ Southern Tyrants." (as they arc pleased
to call and to caricature us,) ire will give our sacred pro
mise never so much as to mention llieii names again ;
lor, with such men vve have no common interest—no
bond of Union—no feeling of mutual regard, and con
sequently, can hold no fellowship—no kind of inter
course, such as should subsist always between good citi
zens living under the same Government, and such as we
ardently desire to extend to all true friends of then
country and the Union of the States.
i.iin. msotted, /\lmou<r|i we see no j>resenl cause to
believe tiint the Abolitionists have been successful in
their villainous attempts to excite insurrection—and con
sequently have no reason at this time to use stricter dis
cipline towards our slaves than our law requires;
yet, that the late proclamation cf the chief c< n
■ pi rotors against our peace and safety, that they
will persevere at every risk, renders greut vigilance
more than ever necessary to detect and bring be
fore the regular tribunal of our Stale, for exemplary and
condign punishment, all conspirators from oilier Stales
against her peace and safety,'all violators of her laws—
all foreign or domestic enemies, who, either by speaking,
writing, or other means shall dure to interfere with our
domestic concerns, or to impair or infringe oui constitu
tional rights—that if we sutler one of lln se to be taken
owny from us without resistance, unless by n legitimate
change of the Constitution itself, all our other rights will
be at the mercy of any self-created baud of lawless ruf
tiuns, or crazy fanatics « bo cun raise money enough to
visit us with rupine, arson, and assassination, unless we
tamely surrender whatever they may please to de
mand.
14ll». Resolved, That solemnly as we deprecate, much
and deeply as vve should deplore, the necessity ot an ap
peal to anus for the protection of those rights—union"
which, the possession of Slaves is unquestionably one—
we will hold ourselves ready at all times t» join in such
appeal, should every pacific means fail in ohtainimr ex
emption from further attempts to wrest this property from
us. To emancipate these 8luves, or not, is the exclusive
concern of each of the States wherein they ure held—a
concern, with which even Congress has no right to inter
meddle, further than to guard it from interruption. We,
as citizens ot one of the oldest members of our confcde
raey'Claiin to understand, as well as to feel our own pe
culiar situation—our own exclusive rights, in regard to
this property. far better than the citizens of those Slates.
! wbo hold none of it, possibly can understand or feel them;
anil will, therefore, suffer none of ilicir volunteer cham
pions of emancipation, who may he caught amongst us,
to escape the severest penalties of our conservative
laws, while we have both the physical and inoral power
to punish the aggressors.
loth. Itrsolccit, I hat the portentous crisis has arrived,
which makes it the imperative duty of the slave-holding
Stales.amicably but most explicitly and solemnly to declare
to the other States, whilst it is yet not too laic to prevent
disunion—that, it they set us the fatal example of suffering
our Federal compact to be continually mid securely vio
lated by their lawless baud of ubohtion conspirators
against our pence and constitutional rights—violated, so
as to endanger both our property and our lives, ire shall
no longer hold ourselves bound by (hut compart, highly
ns vve prize it, deeply anxious as vve are to preserve it,
and much ns we would still sacrifice, if all the other
mu »umc, 10 prrjM iu IK* HX hK ^yill^rsi ;
but that we will exert all our energies to furnii-h ourselves
with such means of self-defence and protection, as united
hearts and hands are capable ol supplying. To make
tliis declaration, we led ourselves most painfully im
pelled, by a dire necessity, forced upon us by others;
mid we utter it not as a threat—far, very far from it; but
as the only probable means, should the whole R.iutli
unite in it, of preventing that separation of the States
which the combined tolly, iriaducas, and criminal machi
nations ol Arthur i appau and his ruthless associates, are
hurrying on with a most feariii precipitancy.
10. Rrgolrrtl, That we will still make every effort in
our power to avert so awful a calamity; that the deadly
sin of aggravating a spinlof disunion, shall not he com
mitted by the people of Kssex; but that we will do every
thing which men can do, consistently with our duties to
our own H;\le, and to ourselves anil families, towards
preventing the destruction of the fairest scheme fo«
social happiness so far as that depends upon hu
man Government, ever yet devised by the wisdom
ol man. lo part with it under a conviction of its
utter failure lo accomplish the glorious purposes for
which it was formed, would he, beyond measure,
the most painful event of our political existence; but
finrl with it we wu.it, should this conviction ever be
forced upon us by the willed neglect of unr sister .States
who hold no slaves, even lo attempt restraining, bv legal
means, nil persons within their jurisdiction, from dis
turbing our peace, infringing our constitutional rights,
sod jeopardising the lives of all who are near ond dear to
us. II they Hoit'it their power lo devise such means, let
them evince the sincerity of their profesaed regard for
our rights mid friendship for otirelves, hy at least uniting
with ns in petitioning Gongiess lor the passage of such
laws to remedy the evils of winch we complain, ns they
can constitutionally- enact, and thru we shull willingly rely
for other means of prevention—on such other pc tin I laws
and police regulations as our own legislature will as
suredly pass.
17th Itrgolml, Tint the Senator of tliis distriel, as
well as our county Representative, be instructed to urge
our next Legislature to adopt, among the first of its
measures, some more effectual means, than onr present
law affords, to guard against the evils with which we
are now threatened; and especially to endeavor, hy the
most friendly remonstrances, to prevail upon our sister
Htates to exercise their Legislative authority, for the
same salutary and harmonizing purposes. Our dcceised
fathers of the old thirteen United Htates, with sonic few
venerate,1 patriots still alive to deplore our threatened
disunion, fought and hied side hy siife, to see.ure for
generations yet unborn, the inestimable blessings of this
confederated Republic, and God forbid that we, their
grmg, should prove so regardless of their sacrifices, both
of blood ond treasure, to perpetuate so holy n league of
nationnl amity and concord, as to dissolve it, while there
is a shadow of hope left of its preservation in tlie true
spirit, and for all tlie great ond glorious ends, to attain
which it was originally formed.
Ifctli. Heaolteti, That the foregoing preamble and reso
lutions be signed by the Clioirman and Secretary, u„d
tha.t ® ®‘*Py he forwarded to the Editors of the Enquirer
and \\ lug, fur publication; and that otlicr editors of news
papers friendly to their objects, bo respectfully requested
to give them mi insertion in *.beir respi clive papers
AUSTIN BROCKEiNLIROUGH, CAaimian.
G »:o. >> right, Htcretartf.
HANOVER AND ..OUR^LfifOT^
Every citizen <.I Virginia who feels any concern f.r
tlie prosperity and power of his native Stale, must have
In* heart gladdened and his hopes elevated, nt the pros
jH*ct o! her emerging from the obscurity w liieli of late
seemed to threaten her—and iiiainlninino that position
among her sister Stales which nuture had designed fm
l***r, and Svliich the virtues mid talents of her sons hud
once secured. Many speculation* have been indulged,
as to the causes or the decline of the Old Dominion —
the oppression of tiio tnrifl. the want of sufficient bunk
ing cuju'.ul, the character of our laboring population, each
in t.ieir turn have been considered by those whose cir
cumstances would indue lice liif'tn in the adoption of
tlie opinion, ns the cause of V irginia remaining station
nry, while her sister States have advanced inpidly to
wealth and politicul power. I shall not consider the
correctness of those opinions, but only remark, as to
tlie tanlf, that there were oilier and very sufficient
reasons tor condemning it, and that more importance
li as been allowed them on this point, as 1 think, than
they deserved. Whatever other causes have conspir
ed to produce the decline ol Virginia, my humble
opinion is, that it is mainly to be ascribed to the want
o| public spirit among her politicians, and of indi
vidual enterprise amongst the citizens generally. 1 ul
lude especially to the agricultural classes. What has
enoemlercd this iueil stale of feeling ? is the question.
mist 1 acknowledge, that much is to be ascribed to
tlie bad education o| our young men, tire pleasure
seeking, business slimming di-posili ms, which arc en
grafted on them, yet tlie want of facilities for de
veloping and bringing into action, I hi* many hidden
materials for wraith, has been the most obvious cause, pro
ducing an almost totn 1 absence of stimulus to our ener
gies here, whilst the rich cheap cotton lands of lire South
west are, and have been continually alluimg the most
enterprising and valuable of our population from ninongsl
us. Aluy wc not hope that a brighter day is dawning
on us that ere long the restless tide of emigration may
ue s.ayed and that the energies of our citizens may be
directed to some profitable object at Itoiiu*? Tire spirit
winch lias recently been manifested for improving onr
own State, if judiciously cherished, promises much for
the ulUmule prosperity und glory of our beloved native
land. 1 be gieat James and Kunaw ha Improvement, wo
may now hope, is on the way, and I trust to successful
Completion. Almost every other section of the Slat.*
which has not a (food natural channel of cnmmnmcnii.m
to market, and wJjjcIi I ms not completed an improvement,
!' !| ,*- Ihesubji ct.— Fredericksburg nu»l Alexandria,
Lynchburg and W mchester, Harrisonburg anti Staunton,
all are agitating Bcliemes winch I hope may tie crowned
vviib success. In Virginia we are so fitful a people,
that when the fever for improving the country rises, the
Legislature must watch it narrowly, lest it terminate in
apoplexy.— I he llunovcr and Eouisa railway is, how
ever, one which will he more popular, the more mature
ly it is considered. 1 have no knowledge of anv sec
tion ol country when* nature has done so much to in
vite the execution of such a woik.and at the same
time whose necessities cull so loudly for it, as tho up
per part of Hanover und the county of Eouisa. The
county of Albemarle, too, lying eust of tin* South-West
mountains, is equally interested in the proposed improve
mrnl. This section of country lies about midway be
tween the line rivers, James and Rappahannock, too re
mote though to enjoy the advantages id’ the navi
gation of either—embracing a ridge, which may be de
scribed as a natural turnpike, running in a direct line
from the Richmond and Fredericksburg road to the base
ol the mountains—und passing through the centre of
the two counties, about midway between the branches of
the 1 ihiiinkey; and thus presenting advantages alike to
the people on the borders, ami which is a most remarka
ble iucl (ensuring tin- execution of the work at a very
small cost) not necessarily encountering a stream which
a man cannot cross with a single stride in the whole
route, from the Forks of U mover to the base of the
mountains, about ol) miles. It would seem to be almost
super lluous to undertake to illustrate to I he intelligent
people, who are concerned iiqtliis proposed improvement,
its ninny advantages. Many benefits, no doubt, will be
realized, which do not now occur to ms, mid which will
require lime to dovelnpe—The most obvious, however, are
sufficient to recommend it to the -zealous support of the
farmer and planter, and indeed to the rajHlahsl—for, the
transportation to marketo! all articles now cultivated,may
be i Heeled at one half the present cost.
’J he cheapness of transportation will induce the profit
able cultivation of many articles, fot which now there is
no market.— Richmond, I’etcrshferg and Norfolk, will af
ford u market for hay enough to make a handsome reve
nue, w hilst they are now dependent ora tW North fot it,
and lor many other articles. Fruit, vegetables, and lum
ber of various kinds, may be profitably transported to
market The impoilotion of all kinds of groceries and
dry goods, IMuisler ol I'aris, anil clover-seed, will also be
made ala proportionate diminution of present cost. The
tobacco planning interest may devote more of their la
bor to that crop, being able to import corn from a more
genial soil, in scarce seasons. The expenditure, along
the line of the improvement, of a Large portion of the
cost of the work, in labor, timber and provisions, tor man
and beast, will be an item of considerable profit.
In addition to the large amount of produce which this
road will command, the travelling between the Eastern
and Western Slates, for social and commercial purposes
— travelling inquest of health and pleasure,, dire., will
insure a handsome profit on the investment of so small
a sum as it will cost. AGRiCOEA.
to Tin: T.DiTohH or vm: i\\-qumf.u.
In your paper of the 7th ult., there appeared an Ad
dress to surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,
and the heirs of those w ho are deceased, who have not
received their land bounty for services in that war; und
which Address complains of the illegal course pursued
by the Executive and Council, in their decisions of ma
ny of such cases as have come before litem. And. it
seems, that you have deemed it proper to append a le
mark or two of your own at the foot of that Address, of
j which the writer of that Address thinks he has mjod
| cause of complaint.
In your remarks you say, that, on one poin* you have
ma le enquiry, '‘that is, as to wliat amount of cases had
been allowed—and that on making enquiry ai the oJJir.es
you were informed that no precise estimate had been
made out of the claims allowed and rejected_hut that
I!) out of 20 claims iccrc bail, bring l,unU,l out hu spun
!utors," dLc. J r
’J ho writer of the address does believe that there it no
disposition on your part to adJ. U, the oppressive misre
presentations which have been- so buoily ciroululed by
other personages, yet lie feels under an obligation to say,
that your remarks are well calculated to produce an er
roiit'diH iinnr*»M»cifin mi iin> mililiii. in'ir..! :_ .1
difficulties which claimants now labor under to obtain
tlirir just demand*. A* In ilia first branch of your en
quiry “at the ejfices" for the amount of claims allowed
by the Kxeculive, I would ask. why you sknald have felt
yourself under that necessity, if yoi* were apprised of the
course of proceedings in such cases.? I would ask what
office.did you apply to for information.? lam ns well
satisfied,** that the Sun now shines, that yon. did. not re
ceive your information from the Register of the Kind
Office—because he would have turned you to the records
He would have shewn you the allowances made. IJc
would have shewn you the mnou.id.of warrants drawn_
und he would have shewn you how it i», that 8,000 war
rants and upwards, numerically,.have been used in draw
ing land for only the services of nation upwards of six
thousand persons. He would have shewn you that, in,
some cases 21 warrants have issued to pay the Ijnd’ol
lowed for the services of one Lieutenant in the Nuvy
(see Michael James' case,) and that in few cases,compa
ratively, does one warrant in s case- suffice—That the
number of warrants is generally in proportion to the
number of heirs who may be interested in the case, and
the wish of those heirs to have tlirir respective parts se
pa rati* from the others —mid ha would, moreover, have
told you, that lie had no knowledge that “ID cases’out of
2(» Were had, brine hunted nut by speculators," &e. I I
say, that he would riot have applied such remarks to
cnsis and gentlemen—and I tell you, that there is no other
offci r of whom you could possibly get collect informa
tion as to the number of warrants,, nod unionists. ;*Jlowed
—and that that officer is not in the habit of connecting 1
abusive arid reproachful language with his udvices and
reports.
The Commissioner of the General Land Office at
Washington, wouid, if called on, have informed you of
t.ie amount of the excess of allowances over the appro
priations, and that the whole nncmu.nl of appropriations j
made by the Government, is 1,1WJ,U00 acres, und that in '
consequence of the parsimonious appropriation* of land to
meH these claims, the officers and sold.ers will have to I
lose filter n acres in the bundled of their claims, which |
have been allowed for the last two or tliroa years- and
then, if you will apply to any Imncsl man in the com- j
ninnity, he will sty to you, Chut is unjust And now, I
beg leave to repeat the enquiry—at what office did you j
receive the information, that - Jit out of 20 cases were
l»«d,le-in g hunted out by speculators," Ac. I know of!
no officer Iml the Governor, and the member* of his
Council, and the Revolutionary Commissioner, who have
had the opportunity tuyudgeof the goodness or bndnesa
of claims winch have been presented. And as for ike
Revolutionary Commissioner, I think I can vouch that
he never used the expression, that “111 out of 2d eases
were hail, Is-ing him led oat by speculator*," Ae ? lie
Its* too inueli of the milk of hurnau kindness to insinu*
ate lli it any claim is bad lieeause it is hunted out by a
speculator, and too much informationin bis department
to fear imposition from speculators And if vow bad
applied to him, he would have said that the legislature
of your Slate ha* by law directed Hut be should collect
together all the nanus of officer* and soldiers who
served in the War of the Revolution, and who had not
received land bounty; and that having discharged that
doty, the Legislature direeied said nmtisr to be publish
ed and scattered through the Htale-arvd that m nit pro
liability, that little circumstance had induced many per
sons having claims to bring them forward, lie would
| have told you, that the most numerous branch of the
Lagislalure liaj said Uiat there wore upwards of ele/t n
thousand persons entitled lo V.rg.nia land bounty
ut tbe end of the War of the Revolution—(see Report
?L1]*? 8‘‘,' c.l1 L/oinnaittee of the H. of D , 16th Dec.,
i a’,and that upwards,of 4,600 had not received that
land—(sec same Report)—and then you could have told
yourselves that the balance was still due, and that it was
quite natural for the claimants toupply for it. And then
I a»k you us just men, and impartial Editors, if you can
believe the statement to be true, that lit out of “0 cases
| arc bad, and thut speculators, (as Agents and Attorneys
•ue pleased to bo called,) have caused any unjust claim to
lx- ;*r» ierred against the Government. The word bad
winch you have used, may menu void, for want of legal
| validity—or it may, as I suppose you intended, mean, that
| the claims were fraudulent. Feeling so sure that the in
formation ol wliii h you ha ve mude your paper the orgnn of
comm unicaj ion, “on account of the deep interest fill for thu
people, did not come from the Revolutionary Comtnis*
| sinner, it only remains to ask whether it came from thu
i Executive, or any member of his Council. If il did, I
| say to you, that il 1 can have access to the proceedings
i Executive and his Council. [ can and will shew the
said information to be false. If the information did come
! Irom that quarter, I would beg of you upon the noxtocca
«ion for inquiry i nto the progress and character of Re volu*
ternary cast s. lh.it you will ascertain and report, v/hclhcr
the claim ol Lt. I*. Lightfool's heirs, which has been re
cently allowed for !l-3 acres, was, according to your
signification of the word * * trail, 'good or bad—and wheth
er il w us hunted up by u peculator ? 1 would also feel
thankful to know what is meant by a “speculator."—
Sheridan says, lie is one n ho forms theories. In com
mon conversation, we imean by a speculator, one who
buys to sell nguin with profit. We certainly do not
mean an agent, or ullorncy, or counsel, who labors for u
portion ol the recovery or for a certain fee.—1 think,
thuluccoiding to Sheridan's definition of n “speculator,"
any ollicer who will theorise, until lie forms calum
nious nud false charges against n large and respectable
|Mirtion of his fellow-citizens, deserves to be called a
calumnious speculator. 1 am not willing to come lo the
name “speculator"—1 am not willing lo submit to the
base calumny which certain high oflierrs oflbe Govern
ment liave shewn a fixed determination to cast upon
claimants for Revolutionary services, and those who are
call d on to assert them—that they arc false claims—
hunted up by speculators.
I repeat wliul 1 said before, thut the Executive and
Ins Council of State, have violated the laws of the land,
and disregarded the precedents established by the Go
vernment in numerous cases recently acted on — and in
so doing, have lyranizcd over the rights and just claims
ol many citizens of the Common wealth—and it is with
dm- respect, that I say, thut the public of which you speak
ought, and will feel a much deeper interest in a full,
(air, and lawful dispensation of justice and law, than the
selfish and unworthy consideration of the number of
acres ol wusle land, ir/iich the Government cannot sell, that
rimy be required to meet the obligations of the Govern
ment, and satisfy the just claims of Revolutionary pa
triots and their heirs. Yours, <JLo.,
... . DUTY.
..u irpiui wil l great pleasure, that it was not the
cgisler of the hand Office—and we now say that it
Was not tlie Ue vnlutiumiry Commissioner, w ho made tho
j I eninrks icfcrrcd to hy our Correspondent. We have
) “skod the Ollicer who did make them, for the li
vrty ol using his name; because the remarks, ns we are
now inclined to believe, were hastily and inadvertently
<irnjq.s-sJ.— We assure the author of “Duly," that wo did
not intend, nor is it now our desire, to sanction the ac
curacy ot the statement. We suspect indeed strongly
irom what we have subsequently heard, that the state
ment u erroneous.—Editors.
.I:’,<lUTl'i* paper latel/'p^Ti.iscd lo keep tl.o
. ... I AbolitionOUI ol tl.e Presidential question so for a. it was
S ..'Ut ~l ul ,,,or® roc«n"y lias declared it, inlonlion of
^".n* ,*om together, giving no belter rca,on lor it than that others
ur. < omg llte same thing. A very poor ri-irun this for violating ons’n
w ord, and doing an acknowledged wrong. It i, n, „1Uch a, to say, I
snow what is right and wish to pursue it, hul others are doing wrong
and «. Will |.'’—Montzom'r* fJitaboma) Journo\
>Mich is the political r.ihice of the .Yuli if yin" Journal!
— We presume it will next advise us, if the Opposition
slrike us upon one cheek, quietly to turn the other.—Wo
dec hired ourselves willing to waive all discussion of the
AboAtion question in connexion with the Presidential
Action—and we accepted the act of Amnesty winch
was iificred us—but when that act was violated bv our
opponents, what wire we to do? Were we to permit
litem to violate the Truce, and we not to retaliate ? Wero
tliey to use this question against our friends, and we not
to say oue word by way of defence f—Is the Montgomery
hiUihir» Knave ora Fool? lie may tike either horn of
the Dilemma, which suits him best.
Southern Literary Jh.tstnner —We are requested by
tlic 1 uhlisher ot this Periodical, to remind his patrons,
that the fust volume will not be completed until the is
suing id the Pith or September number, in consequence
ol the two first having been semi-monthly only. Along
with the 1.1th No., the Publisher will give a copious in
dex and title-page to the 1st volume. He hopes to issue
both about the 10th October, sous to enable him to make
instant preparation for the commencement of the new
: volume. 'Hie PnUhslx-r s arrangements will authorise
j him to«ayrtiial much as his first volume has gratified Ins
Patient, he hopes to place the second far beyond its pre
i dccssaor:
BRO \|) ROCK KALI, HACKS— Oust the Tret Hilt Course.
I.l ‘Oil' r,*|T’i‘ J; A Swoepsluka for colts and fillies, 3 years
| owl, two with* heal*—$ I>H) rut rnnci*. * *
Nolm AI. 04<ii4’•<. c. hy Golinnnn^darn br Cliarlef. *12 11
!?' * * *»'• ^ by Affliin, dam by llul. ;j 7 k q
{•cm go Ci<>*,lwin*g g. c. I»y ToriMui. I *4 n 7.
John ftdit'hcr’j* b. u. I»y Vunk«e Vovilfo, ,jj# ^
Julm IlHVjc.o by Tirrmk*aii,dam by Thunderclap. ft 5 | r o
.W" Lurked * a, I. Iiv (*har|ox, dam by IlhL o .1 •{, ./
I line;—tst boat, 3111.5411,2,1, 3in. 5:*:3.l, 3m. Ss; 4th, 4m. ’ *
V"' b,s, “S*'. Vl“* wcM omlcled. l’hc refund won l.y about six
,.".r.ho,.i * 'k,‘n hT l",,r“ length, mi,I thu fourth rloacly con
ti.stcd throughout. I ha seroml heat wan perhaps among the lict and
rm>«t closely contested lolls ever tun over this course. For the l*,t
qunrtur mile III.- Arch,* Qly amkGvrtaimacah were at irtcli best sod
nl no lime was the fifiy more thnn three feel ahead of the colt alt, ,
no loclicd her at the lus.r inis Ihe quarter stretch. Tkc Gll\ waslha
favorite oO >uirlin^. *
sncoN’D DAY.—Paorniaroa's runes.
„ „ , .. “ 2 n,il« beats, entrunce *15.
, ,n*I* * Blunt,bv Sir Arcl.io, . ,
i "llamas Do,w ell’, Isluim Puckett, by Arab. o
John.fl.'lclivr’s Tally II,,, hv Ton,on, ' 2
Ishnin 1‘uekr It’s Unix, hv Hotspur, .
John AI. Bolts* Tobacconist, hy Gnhitnnn,
I imc-1,1 heat. :tm. 50 1-8,.; 3,1 bent, 3m. Ms.
*“ u,,< contest, Tobacconist, who scemert to In- looked upon. At tho
FtblUhod renntnO , 'nf N""cy ,,i'1 ,,0» «"*»«<>* hi- **«» ....
1 1 " roPul»lj«n. II.* wn« evidently out of order, and did not up.
in nr d.4,mi«d lodoe vnn what he wee able. Tho winning marc main,
.•timid worthily thu high blood of her iirc*
. , third .IAY.
U-m It I CbJ*P^M. »'»«»,3 mil* beats.omrar.ee *20.
, "J* **• Johnson s Julia- Ann, Ivy t5.rt.var,:,. « »
bolts Aiin.Inn, hv Gohnnmi,
n l'<i"'aT *V'’d,,1.VrV,!S"* hv Contention, 4 dia.
ID hard Adams Black Heath, hr Areliio, i l
I,ham Bucket*, Golinnnn, di
i **,n* 21 do.f f>m. 67#.
Julia .Ann the favorite.
I . DEATH#.
I l»teil, M Key Wed, of fever, on tho &0th of Awgust £nnt«fn
of iho";; U- P' ,Ro”.* service^and for&i J
mo nmvy. '■ ‘•Pt-Randolph, son of our venerable U. B Marshal
wu. horn on Jn.no. River, in V.rginin. Aten earlyV*o. heVoter.J
j h. Nai),»« Midshipman, where he r.niained mnuyyuara. When
on lbnve of absence, not content to pas* hit time in the idle pursuit
would dTi •?' f'"'"' °r professional knowledge, be
m ‘ ,**, *' "> "wteheot vessels, ami midergoiarf th»
toil!and l.nad.iiip »f tjafduian. After marrying, he resigned and
•€F‘r,,,fl,r** Pursuits; hut the love U the hold and iwlven
tu«Mi* hfc at .a.lor, again arm him a wanderer or. rhe deep in tho
C<ii l>C1in* 0,1 ,,,,p occasion exposed for niim
ve..ol di.ino.seil, manv men lod: nnd
eriTwa*. .V “ «!“y “nil night, Id. iron condilution
J u' •'!» >' which never closed up. He afterward, went into tho
•*n'v|nie aorv.ee, tvlirre he hnv .ince continued. A. an oftlcnr,
C.ipt. Kondulph l.ns so conducted himself, a. to l.nve onjo . od the •«!
lire eootr.leneo or jeuaeimment, tho «li,«m or hi. r<|u., V, and tho leva
or lu. interior*. A. tt ma«v he W *«.» b»«B. * .uurked Tor hi. high
and chivnlrieI son...of honor—hi. ope.,handod gcnaro.ity, and th«
wnrinth of In. fooling.. As i.common with those whose “path is on
,nou"‘a'» wiivo,” lie was fond of the world nnd partook or its
pleasure., hut in the solitude of his chamber, in tho still midnight
weitoli, anil in ll.o deep recesses of hi* heart, he tins a Christian. A
iJheon.olato wife and children, an aged (inreiil, and numerous relntivo*
nnd friends, will long cherish his memory and wouji over his untimely
IH Hill. ' j 9
Tattah..uee, S.ytrmhre 1ft. '
it l>'**lki 1‘owhatan rnunty.on Monday the7th inst.,ln
. I,*r *r"' '**fo of Colin Haas, of
lliHt jiitirc—last tng n Ini.hand anil nmnarnu. relnlivet to Ininnrit their
untimely It ... It t, so often the ease, that the writer, or obituary
•fVirata® *!t ahU.'a'«r°n!m ”III?*I,**t U‘“ *" J*"* «im«nattremen»
nr praise, Ihab Uie »n*f .a alhuwt deterred l>nm saying anythin*
r,,rr",, •« .!
, i M l!y 1 mon,**l'i|»f «•>\ not to her own ttoterftii ncTenhc
! ** of the no«! prominent minli*
n.u Urh ^T. e'a "■ At:,‘ '"’"'I' thnt knew
i... glide-., spirit of the mmost meekness and humility—aad a h«
Iiev..| .nre and amiability which tnugl.t her to regard rather the set
for- of oiher. than aolfith grniiflentlan, entitled n ner.on to lx. rnIM
gool, she iieh e,| deserved rhnt appr|h,tiOB. 1V|«|, „ „f „
h.;h order hy nn»wre, enriched by a variety of information, troth of
tin imuluf anil elegnut, «hn rnmhined nn esamplary piety, drawn
fru.n the |Miro vonreo* of the Christian Religion, w hi eh nphcll her
lollilud ' through ll,o vicissiln los of n paiuftil and lingering ilinens"
nnd when nt length Heath mn.la his njipearnnee, «hn met him with
the utmost ravignuHoa and eomposure, in Uio full anfirination of »
Joyfulyvausscctionv. * "
MARKETS.— Thnrtti.iy, Oct I HW».
I oitArco—- Very little doing a* the inspection*—Auction
nrier* have not changed since last week-—
lugs $•'» 50 a $(', mixed refused leaf At; 50 a
.AM; pasted tjf7 a igll2.
<’o«R-Mti a 85 r(g
Floor-Supplies moderate, demand wood—country
brands #5 7-8 a $.(!.
Wiir tT-Demand brisk, red 125, white 150.
Cotton-Nominal price 18 a 18 1-2 els.
BAGWELL, SMITH & JONES
wyiipir - TipT^f ii rpTfifi ■■
nA E f) I ( \ I. «’(M Ki.b i K I Mr • I \ 1 t i »K
1TB S(J1 Til' ir ARO/.INA—The nnniinl course of
lectures in this InntiHilton will be rrsumrd the 2d Mot*
day in N nvrmber, on the followin{,r hrnnehea; —
Anolovtr/.—John E. Ilolbronk, M D.
Surtffry —John Wagner, M I),
In.sutiit.t and Practice of Mnlin'pt ~$ l(eo.ry Dick
•on M D.
Phyniofoffy.—James Moultrie, Jr., M D.
tflifitrtricy.—Tho* fi PrioKrao, M D.
(hemiftru.—Fdfainiul Rnvfn''|) >i i>t
Materia ,\lrilirit ~~}tvnry R. Froat, M I).
hrmonutrator of Anatomy John H.-llingcr, M I)
Opportunitie* for<5inieal instruction wilt be nffordc.l
at, th*> Infirmary attached to the Institution, and the Ma
rine Ffospit.il and City Aim* House, the Wards of which,
by a Resolution of the Pity Council, are open to all Htu
dents of Medicine in the city.
At.g 18. [30-wtlN.J HENRY R FROST, Pea*.