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to infer an untruth, as lie Mr. 3tkwat udw
seemed to admit lh:s was.
tMr, Stewaet rose tu explain.
Ir. Weller. I suffered the member (with
but one slight interruption at the outset) to have
his hour oa yesterday, in his efforts to iiijuro me,
and place lite brand on my brow; and I cannot
vield the floor to-d-iy. IIo may reply to me, if
he chooses, after I have concluded, v
Mr. Stewart "said that lie could not have
intended tosav what Van Buren told his Secre-
epproved a billappruuiitting 150,00(1 !p the con
tinuation of the road, lhat be also signed bills
making appropriations to these western rivers,
and to harbors on the lakes. I also refer to a
correspondence between Mr. Van Enr-n and the
gentleman now before me Mr.' Davis in 18 10,
on this subject. In '.hat correspondence he will
find tho evidence to disprove the charge of hos
tility to that great national work. And yet, sir,
in the fire of all these facts, the member from
Pennsylvania has tho hardihood to stand np here
tary, for be was not one of h!s cabinet, and did j before ihc representatives of the people, and dc
not hear what pissed between them.'" clare tint Mr. Van Buren would veto a bill for
Mr. Weller. Thank God! he was not a mem-j the continuation of that road, or the improvement
bsr of lhat cabinet; but it, as he says, he knew ; of tlie western river. I venture the assertion
nothing of what had taken place, why attempt to' that no other membar on this floor is so lost to
speak of it ? As a ecucral rule, a man acts wise
iy who does not speak of matters about which he
knows nothing. I charge him nothing for this
advice, and he might have profited by it, if it had
been given sooner.
But tho member has attempted to escape from
the issue, and represents mo as pledging myself
to prove the untruth of all he had said in his
speech on Tuesday! Sir, I made no such issue.
I am not foolish enough to charge that a speech
of an hour, on twenty different subjects, contain
ed not a single truth. The member from Penn
sylvania must be the greatest romancer, the most
parsimonious economizer of truth that the age has
produced, if he could thus speak extemporane
ously an hour, without stumbling on a solitary
fact! His whole argument yesterday was, to
show that he had stated some truths, (a fact which
I did not controvert.) and in his eftbrt, reminds
me of the well known anecdote of the Indian and
landlord. The Indian told tho tavern-keeper
that, for a glas3 of ruin, he would tell him where
he would find a deer, just killed. The while
man agreed: the Indian said, go to a certain field
in that you find an oak-tree, with three notches
on it, and under that you will find the deer. The
i white man went, but returned without the deer,
and commenced abusing the Indian for his fraud.
The Indian replied, did you find the field? Yes,
Did you find the oak tree? Yes. Did you find
three notches on it? Yes, said the white man, but
I found no deer. Well, said the savage, three
truths for one lie is pretty well for an Indian. So
it is with the member trom Pennsylvania: he
thinks he has succeeded admirably, by showing
that some of his statements are true.
Having shown the shuffling of the members as
to his declaration on this floor, and Listened No.
1. upon his brow, I will hereafter show how far
the statements a3 to withholding appropriations
is true. For the present, let me read another
remark of his, I quote again, as I intend through
out, his own words:
"The Committee of Ways and Means had de
c)ined reporting any bill w hatever for internal im
provement. The gentleman had expressed some
surprise at this. But, said Mr. S., it is not sur-
prising, looking at the character of that commit
tee. He would tell I lie gentleman why it has so
resulted, It was because a majority of that com-
mittee because two-thirds of that committee
belonged to the party of the gentleman from Mis
souri, Mr. Bownx, who denied this power to
make internal improvements, les, and they
were bound to deny that power, or to abandon
their candidate for the presidency, who denied it
peremptorily.
Here is another statement, without foundation
in truth. There are not two-thirds, nor a Minor
ity of committee, who deny tho constitutionality
oi these western improvements
Mr. Stewart "siid, that what lie had s tid
was, mat two-thirds ot lhat committee were
friends of Van Buren, who did deny the power."
Mr. Weller. This was no less uutruc, as he
would show directly. Mr. Van Buren never de
nied the power of the general government to im
prove the navigation of the Mississippi and its
tributaries, or of the Cumberland road, or its right
to construct harbors on the lakes. The member
from Pennsylvania was not a member of that com
mittee. He (Mr. W.) was, and therefore he gave
him the same advice he did at the outset when
vou know nothing, say nothing. A majority of
that committee do deny the power of the general
government to carrr on an extended system of
local improvements in the States, and so do the
party generally. We stand upon the principles
Jaid down by President Jackson in his message
vetoing the Mavsville road bill, on the 27th May,
1830.
In speaking of the Cumberland road, he says:
".Not less than twenty-three different laws have
been passed through all tho forms of the consti
tution, appropriating upwards of two millions and
a half of dollars out of the national treasury, in
support of that improvement, with the approba
tion of every President in the United States, in
cluding my predecessor, since its commence
ment." The Cumberland road has been regarded by
all our Presidents, from its commencement under
tho administration ot Mr. Jefferson, as a great na
tional work over which tiie general government
had power. Not one chief magistrate has ever
denied its constitutionality.
Again President Jackson says:
"lhe bill before me docs not call lor a more
definite opinion upon the particular circumstan
ces which will warrant appropriations of money
by Congress to aid in works of internal improve
ment; for, although the extension of the power
to apply money beyond thatot carrying into ef
fect the object for which it is appropriated, has,
as we have long seen, been claimed and exerci
sed by the federal government, yet such grants
have always been professedly under the control
of the general principle that the -works which
might be thus aided, should be of a general, not
local 'national, not State character. A disre
gard of this distinction would, of necessity, lead
to the subversion of the federal system."
He then proceeds to say, that "he cannot re
gard this bill (the Maysvillo road bill) in any oth
er light than as a measure of purely local char
acter; or if it can be considered national, that no
further distinction between the appropriate du
ties of the general and Stato governments need
bo attempted: for there can be no local inter
est that may not, with equal propriety, be denom
inated nationnl.
It will be obvious to all, that tho improvements
about which we are now contending were never
understood to come in conflict with the principles
laid down in that mesjuge, and subsequently re
cognised by Mr. Van Buren. The distinction
between general and local works is" so clearly
Jaid down, that it is necessary for mo to dwell on
Jhis point. That General Jackson did not regard
the improvement of the Mississippi and its tribu
taries, over which' wo allege the Stato govern
ment havo no control whatever,) or the Cumber
land road, or harbors on toe lakes, unconstitution
a) is evinced by the fact that he frequently sign
ed bills making appropriations to these purposes,
both before and alter that veto, Oould l give
mv better evidence that the Cumberland road
AA not belong to that class of works, declared in
v. irTness9ire unconstitutional, than the fact
that tho law before me shows that, ou the 3d of
March. 1837. (the day before he went out of of
fice,) he signed and approved a bill appropriating
shame,. as to h-.zard such a declaration a de
claration which I defy him to sustain by proof.
Let it be remembered that the question between
the member and rnvself, is not whether Mr. Van
Buren is in favor of internal improvement of a lo
cal character within a istate, but whether or not
ho is opposed to the Cumberland road and the
western rivers. The member from Pennsylva
nia hts asserted lhat he was. I have denied it;
and this is the true issue on this point.
Here then, sir, in the discharge of the duty
which I have undertaken, I am compelled to fas
ten mark No. 2 on his forehead.
The next allegation of tho member, to which
ask attention, is as follows:
"In 1841, (said Mr. S.,) we made a revenue
tariff, the last Congress made a tariff giving pros
perity from one end of the country to the other,
and which had increased the revenue more than
four millions of dollars."
Where is the evidence of this general prosper
ity? Does ho find it in the stagnation of busi
ness? the low prices of the products of the soil?
or the diminished wages of the laborer? Go ask
the toiling and industrious farmer in the rich and
productive valleys of the mighty West, whether
this general prosperity which "extends trom one
end of the country to the others," has reached
him; aud with a stern frown on his brow, he will
tell you, No! Go ask the laborers generally of
the country whether they have felt this "pros
perity," and you will receive the same answer,
lias the member from Pennsylvania shut his ears
to the cries of distress which now and then come
up from the agricultural portion of the commu
nity, whose industry has been so heavily taxed to
enhance the profits ot the manufacture! ! JJoes
he find evidence of "prosperity' in the exports
or imports of the country, under the operation of
that tanll ? Are we able to send to foreign coun
tries a larger quantity of our agricultural products?
And if our trade has diminished, how are we
"prosperous?" What are the facts? The report
of the Secretary ofhe Treasury, now m my hand
shows that our exnorts. in 1811. amounted to
$121,000,000, in 19-12, it was S 104 .000,000, be
ing a falling oil' of seventeen millions, under the j
operation of this beneficent, tariff! The imports,
in 2811, amounted to $127,000,000; in 1812,
$100,000,000. being a falling off of $27,000,000!
The imports, this vear, will fill a little short of
$90,000,000.
If it is alledged that the protective system has
given prosperity to the country, how, I ask, does
it come that, when you had this system in exis
tence, and your national bank in full operation,
the prices of the products of the soil were at the
lowest? By a table tiken from Nile's Register.
I find that, in Philadelphia, from 1828 to 1837.
whilst our tariff was highest, the average price,
from, 1S37 to 1840 inclusive, was $5 70; the
average price ci wneai tonne nine years oi wgu
duties 82 cents per bushel, and for the four years
of low duties 1 18 per bushel; tho average
price of corn for nine years of protective tariff 54
cents per bushel, aad for four years of low tariff
S2ccnls per bushel. I also find, by another ta
ble that in the eastern part of Ohio, (Bolmont
county.) the average price of wheat, for the nine
years of high tariff, was 67 cents per bushel. Let
"it be remembered that, in 1837, the compromise
act (:is the manufactures say) ran down below
the protective point.
With what truth, then, could the member make
the assertion, that our country had been made
prosperous" by the act of IS 41-2 ? Am 1 no!
at a very short distance from the actual frontier
boundary, did net show an expenditure, by this
paternal government, of as many dollars as it took
to build a half for its legislation!"
This is also untrue. Within the last 12 years
more than 3,000,000 have been appropriated to
the Cumbei land road alone; whilst, during that
time, not less lhan $1,000,000 have been appro
priated to tho western rivers. The Capitol, this
edifice, as it stands, in which we are now legis-i
lating, cost but little more than one million of
dollais. I mean, of course, the "edifice" alone,
as it now stands. Thus you have another speci
men of the wild extravagance of this distinguish
ed romancer, who, if lie had turned his attention
to light literature, might have made a prominent
novelist. I must, theicfore, mark him No. 5, and
pass on.
The next declaration upon which I desire to
comment, is in theso words:
".Mr. Stewart said the gentleman might be
right, as far as his statement went; but Mr. Van
Buren, in 1838, in the second year of his term,
did withhold the estimates both for the Cumber
land road and for the improvement of western
rivers.
Here, too, the member from Pennsylvania has
shown an utter disregard of truth. In the volume
I hold in my hand, (being executive documents
for 1838 and 1830, vol. 1, page 3U.) 1 hud that
estimates are sent in by the Secretary of the
Treasury for tho continuation of the Cumber
land road in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, for th
year 1839, amounting to $430,000. This is the
year in which the member says no estimates were
made, being the "second year" ot Mr. Van Bu
ren's administration. 1 his document also shows
that, for that year, (in which the member said no
estimates were made for the western rivers, the
following, amongst others, are estimated:
irom mouth of the Ohio to JNew
Orleans, . $100,000
Pier to give directions to current ot
Mississippi, near St. Louis. 106,000
Continuing improvement of Missis
sippi above the mouth of Ohio
and Missouri . 2,000
Continuing improvement from Pitts
burgh to mouth ol Ohio. iuu,uuu
Arkansas river 40,000
Mouth of Red river 30,000
Here, then, I have shown, by the official doc
uments, that th;s assertion is wholly unfounded.
I have not the charity to suppose that the indus
trious member from Pennsylvania was ignorant of
these facts. In his anxiety to injure Mr. Van
Buren, and prejudice his cause amongst western
gentlemen, he has done this violence to truth in
the hope that his speech would be suffered to go
to the country uncontradicted. I have therefore
proved, by incontroverluble evidence, that esti
mates were sent in lor the Cumberland road du
ring the "second year" of Mr. Van Buren's ad
ministration; and this makes No. G. I have also
proved that estimates were sent in for the wes
tern rivers in the same year; thus convicting him
of No. 7. I said, the other day, that the mem
ber was an economizer of truth, and had made
declarations wholly unsustained by the records.
Mr. E. Joy Morris. Does tho gentleman
from Ohio say that my colleague has asserted a
deliberate falsehood?
Mr. Stewart. I return the epithets.
Mr. Weller. One at a time, gentlemen.
Whether his colleague was deliberate, -or not, I
do not undertake to say. My language is clear
and explicit, and I mean what 1 have said. If
the gentleman Mr. Morris desires a controver
sy with me, he, loo, may be accommodated.
I now proceed to the next charge ; for these
interruptions shall not prevent me from fixing the
brand upon the member, lie savs:
"He (Mr. Van Buren told his Secretary of
War not to send in estimates for the continuation
of that Cumberland! road; if he did, and Con
gress made the appropriation, he must veto it."
When did Mr. Van Buren give these instruc
tions to the Secretary of War to withhold these
estimates? This document shows that, in De-
Mr. Wisthrop. Trw.fchair never heard any
gentleman address the other in the second per
son, instead of "Mr. Chairman," till the geutle
man from Ohio did so; and such a course is un
parliamentary
Mr. Weller. Well, sir, I have fixed the
brand on the member fom Pennsylvania. Let
him wear it. Let him go to his master, who his
sed him on; sud perhaps his blushing honors will
commend him fob's favorable notice. Tell him
that the marks, broad and deep, wore fastened on
your forehead in the presence of the representa
tives of tho American people.
Mr. Chairman, standing here, as I do, in a tri
umphant majority, I have felt no disposition to j
trample upon the rights of the minority. There
are many gentlemen on the other side of the
House, who differ wilh me upon every question
which arises, for whom I cherish the warmest
feelings of friendship and respect. To them I
am willing to extend every courtesy within my
power. But when a member commits an outrage
upon the leelings ot the majority; when he tram
ples upon the truth, in order to assail his oppo
nents; when he forgets what is due from one gen
tleman to another, and says he will fix a brand
of falsehood on me, ho must not expect any
courtesy at my hands. He could not believe that
1 would tamely submit to such imputations, how
ever much I may depreciate these personal dis
cussions. I would be unworthy of a seat in this
hall, if I sat down quietly undor-such a charge,
or permitted a member, by drawing on his fancy
for Ins facts, to place the western democrats in a
false position before their constituents. In the
discharge of my duty, I may be denounced, here
and elsewhere ; but these denunciationsshall pass
by me os the idle wind. I heed them not. At
the bar of an enlightened public opinion, let the
question be decided between the member from
Pennsylvania and myself. With tho verdict I will
rest content.
Effects or the Canadian Tariff on
Wheat.
Since tho new tariff went into operation in
Canada on American wheat, laying a duty of 9
cents a bushell, it bas nearly used up that market
for Western farmers, livery Western shipping
port has sensibly felt it. Perhaps none more
so than Cleveland, as will be seen by the follow
ing:
Value of Wheat and Flour shipped to Canada
In 1842 $961,954 84
In 1843 291.991 02
nincniSTitrE!
Tho New York Tribune, referring to the duel
in which Mr Cilley were murdered, says: "Mr.
Clay did not know a duel was to take place un
til after the parties had gone out, and then in
surprise and deep regret, despatched influential
friends to prevent the fatal meeting."
Mr. Clay on the contrary, admits that he him
self advised tho written correspondence which
led to the challenge lhat he wrote the challenge
with his own hand that the terms upon which
the challenge was to be fought, were explained
in his presence that, "being the friend of Mr.
Graves, I could not invoke the authority of the
police to prevent the duel." and Messrs.
Charles King and Rererdy Johnson, both friends
of Mr. Clay, assert lhat on their urgent appeal
to him to arrest the duel be declined doing so,
on the ground that "the honor of his friend, who
was the challenger, might be compromised by
any advance on his (Mr. Clay's) part, to arrest
the progress of the affair."
Now who tells the truth. Mr. Clay and his
friends, King and Johnson, or the over-zealous
advocate of the former, the N. Y. Tribune?
There is a manifest discrepancy in -these state
ments which irefcel under no obligation to re
concile Christian Freeman.
K30,00U to meconilliuauouui inui iuou iu winu,
Indiana, and Illinois? As to Mr. Van Buren, I
tfto to the fact that, on tho 25th of May, 1838,
authorized to fix No. 3 on his forehead.
The next asscriion to which I invito your at
tention, is in these words:
"Mr. Stewart said: Now, if the gentleman
Lwould look at the revenue received for the year
1841, before the passage of the late tarifi, he
would find tint the amount of revenue received
for that year from all sources, was $15,952,000.
The gentleman would find that, in 1813, after
the passage of the tariff, the revenue nad been
$20,005,000, being an increase rf $4,052,000
under the present tariff.
Is this statement true? The document before
mo shows that the gross duties on merchandise,
in 1841, were $19,919,000. In 1842, it was
.19,622,000. (See the report of the Secretary
of the Treasury, Dec. 11, 1843, page 30.) The
net revenue, in 1841, set clown at $15,510,000;
in 1842, at $13,750,000; being $2,730,000 less
than tlieprecedingyear. (Same document, page
38.) But ho tells us that the receipts from cus
toms had, in 1843, amounted to $20,(505,000.
Mr. Stewart. The report of the Secretary
of the Treasury would fully sustain the statement.
Mr. Wei.ler. That is not the fact. I have
the report in my hand, and will read an extract
which will settle the question :
'It will be perceived that there was a decided
improvement in the duties on imports during the
year 1843; for during the first three quarters of
that year the receipts exceeded tlnrteeu millions;
and from returns already received it is quite cer
tain those of the fourth quarter will amount to
more than three millions, making a total of more
than sixteen millions for the calendar year.
Thus, then, it will be seen that sixteen millions
is all that the Secretary anticipates during the
calander year 1843 .instead of $20,605,000; and
thus another mark must be placed on his brow,
being No. 4.
The argument of tho member in favor of the
protective system has been made a hundred times
upon every stump in the West. The member
himself had, ho supposed, been repeating that
speech for tbo last 17 years; for he found the
same philosophical remarks, wilh which he favor
ed us on yesterday, in a speech made by lhat
member in 1827 upon this lloor. 1 hen, as now,
he told tho House that cloth was the product of
the farmers of England, because "cloth was made
out of the wool that grew on the back of the sheep
that fed on the grass-'that tho farmer raised'.
Mr. McDuffie of South Carolina, then a mem
ber of this House, replied to' it, and said that if
these arguments were not original, and prolound
and philosophical, they were at least very famil
liar; for they had a great resemblance, in point
of wisdom, versification, rythm and poetical mel
ody, to the nursery rhyme of "the house that Jack
built."
But to proceed; for my time is fast passing a
way. lie next asserts that: "Why, what had
been tho result of a practical application of the
doctrine? Draw a line within five milet of ihe
coast and the frontier, and inside that line this trot
eminent had not expended, in the last fourteen
years, at much in all as it had cost to erect the
tdifiet in which they were now debating. IIo
challenged any gentleman to show tlie contrary
ccmber, 1837, estimates were sent to Congress
for the road and rivers, for tho year 1838; and on
the 2oth May, 1838, os 1 before slated, Van Bu
ren signed a bill for the continuation of the Cum
berland road. By turning to the documents ac
companying ttie report ot the secretary ot war
under date 30th November, 1839, 1 find, from
the Topographical department, estimates for the
continuation of the Cumberland road in Ohio
for the years 1840-'41, and 1942; also, estimates
for the year 1840, in Indiana and Illinois, (see
document 2, page 214.) How, thon, came the
member from Pennsylvania to assert that Mr.
Van Buren "had instructed the Secretary of War
to withhold the estimates " in the face of these
facts? By turning to document 3, page 105,
from the Treasury department, in the estimates
for 1840, items for the Cumberland road, west
of Zanesville, in Ohio, and also for Illinois, will
be found. With thesa documents in my hand,
in the discharge of my duty, I fasten brand No. 8
on his forehead. f
There arc other egregious mistakes into which
the member has fallen, particularly in relation to
the expenditures of the government, to which I
designed to call the attention of the committee;
but I find my hour is nearly out. Let me say
here, however, that the journal of the Senate,
now in my hand, at page 285, shows lhat on the
6th April, 1840, on tho question. Shall the bill
for tho continuation of the Cumberland road in
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, be engrossed? the vote
stood yeas 20, nays 22. Among the nays he
will find his great champion, Henry Clay. Yes,
sir, the man who is here held up as the especial
friend of the West, and western measures,
I have not courted this controversy with tho
member; but when he announced to the House
on yesterday lhat he would fix the brand on me,'
I was not at liberty to decline. I said I would
establish the falsity of many of his allegations, or
take tho brand. To-day I have produced the
proof; and no human ingenuity canextricalo him
from the position in which these facts place him.
I have made out and established, us I hold, to the
satisfaction of tho world, eight distinct charges,
which authorize mo to mark the member, as a
warning to all economizers of truth. Yes, sir,
(said Mr. W.,) turning to Mr. Stewart, take the
brand which you sought to fasten on my brow.
Wear it, and fief till your proud heart breaks.
Go to your master
Mr. Vv inthrop. I ho Chair cannot allow these
personalities and insults to a member.
Mr. Douglass of Illinois. Sir, I heard the
member from Pennsylvania say, on yesterday, be
would put the brand of falsehood on the gentle
man trom Ohio's forehead.
Several voices. , "So ho did so he did. Cer
tainly ho did."
Mr.WiNTimop. Tho Chair did not hoar the
gentleman from Pennsylvania indulge in such
language
Mr. Weller. Sir, it is very rcmarkablo you
did not hear what was said on the other side of
the House. Sir
Mr. Wintiirop. The Chair will not allow it
self to bo insulted.
Mr. Weller. You are one 6f the last men in
this House whom I would willingly insult.. If
you did not hear, (and I am bound to take your
assertion,) let it pass. It is the farthest from my
Decrease $669,958 86
The law secures the Canadian farmer a fair
price for his wheat to the exclusion of the Amer
ican, and will stimulate them to increase its cul
tivation. Except when prices are very high in
England, wo have thus entirety lost the Canadt
an market, which has heretofore taken wheat
and flour of us to the amount of $1,000,000 an
nualy. This goes to show that we must extend
our own home market. We can depend on none
other Rochester Democrat, copied by Cm
Gazette.
Verily, here is scintillation of coon wisdom
which seldom sparkles from such a paper as the
Cincinnati Gazette. It is remarkable for two
things : it completely "uses up" two of the main
arguments of coon tarifiiles, that the higher the
duties the cheaper the goods: that our agricultu
rists do not need a foreign market if they have
one at home.
This Canadian tariff is retaliatory, it was laid
to punish the people of this country tor prohibi
ting goods from England. The manufacturers
of this country must be protected, and to afford
them their desired protection, tho tariff law of
1842 was passed: as soon as passed, and Eng
land's operatives were cut off from our markets.
the Canadian law was enacted cutting us off from
theirs.
Now, who is most seriously affected by thi
Canadian law, the mischievous result of pro
tecting American manufactures? Is it not the
Farming portion of community the producer
of wheat, who, before this system of oppressing
ono interest for the benefit ot another, enjoyed
most valuable market for this commodity, and
which added an impulse to the grain growing re
gions of the entire West? We would ask the
farmers of the West what "home market"" they
have, under our present oppressive tariff, which
makes up for their loss of the one in Canada?
We would like to know what foreign market is
now as advantageous as tho one which our law
makers have closed against them? Cincinnati
Enq.
'The King of France, with fony thousand men,
Marched up the hill and then marched down
again."
'Resolved, lhat wo respond with heart-felt
enthusiasm to the nomination ot John I y
er to the office of Vice President of the Union
a man eminent for piety and fidelity in the
councils of the nation, and a worthy scion of
the old Republican stock of Virginia.'
" We'll vote for Tyler therefore,
Without a why or wherefore.''''
Thus said and sung the whig Young Men's
convention on the 17th September, 1840, at
Syracuse. Heartfelt enthusiasm! do you hear
that, neighbor whigs? do you feel it now for
Mr lyler? then you voted lor lyler 'therefore
without a why or wherefore!' Sung his
praises and urged a generous confidence ; but
uow, say tho whigs, 'wo missed fire that time
got into a bad scrape passed some acts; Mr. Ty
ler therefore vetoed our dear bank bill. All of
our other acts were so bad we repcalod them our
selves.' But now for 'heartfelt enthusiasm, for
Harry of the Slashes71 and sing
AH in the Slashes,
. He was born ;
IIo used to go to
Mill with corn.
Anecdote of John Randolph. When Henry
Clay was speaker of the House of Representa
tives, and John Randolph a member of that body,
the latter indulged himself in drawing a fancy
portrait, in something like the following words:
"We will suppose, Mr. Speaker, a young man
born in Virginia, destitute of principle, who has
spent his patrimony in dissipation and gambling,
emoves to Kentucky, and by some lucky chance
is elected to tlie State Legislature. We will go
further, sir. and suppose him elected a member
of this House, and still further, 6ir, and suppose
him raised to the elevated station of the presi
ding officer of this very House: and suppose he
now sits in the chair" pointing his long sarcas
tic finger at Mr. Clay, who immediately called
Mr. Randolph to order. Mr. R. appealed to the
House, which supported the call to order by the
Speaker. Mr. R. then rose and in a manner pe
culiar to himself, observed: "I drew a picture
from imagination you applied it to yourself
and the House has confirmed its application.
Prohibiting Foreign Importations.
The following shows how ridiculous is the coon
story about prohibiting foreign importations
The truth is, goods have advanced so much that
the foreign importer can ride over tariffs aud all,
and tlie customer pays the difference:
Commerce and duties of N. York.
"Tho number of foreign clearances from New
York during the month of March was 210 and
the entrances 175, including vessels from seven
teen different countries of Europe.
"The amount of duties received at the custom
House of that city, for tho quarter ending April
1st was as follows :
January $1,872,270 92
February 2,104,375 65
March . 1,695,000 00
To (he Editor of tlx Sentihel:
Sir I was present at the annual contest be
tween the Literary societies of Franklin college,
which came off on last Wednesday night. The
performances were excellent, and would do hon
or to any institution in our country. The origi
nal speeches both in composition and delivery,
were hard to beat; and we have rarely ever lis
tened to performances of a similar character with
as much pleasure and interest as we did to these.
The question for debate was on a subject much.
agitated in our country at this time. Is a pro
tective tariff conducive to the true interest of
our country? Theso as near as we can recollect.
were the words of the question. The question
was ably handled on both sides; but the negative
was sustained by Mr. Fowler, in a speech of two
hours length, which exhibited the most profound
researches, logical reasonings and complete mas
tery of his subject. His debate was a strong ar
ray of unanswerable arguments against the re
strictive system. We would be glad if every
whig and democrat in our county could havo
an opportunity of hearing a debate equal to this,
on the subject of the Tariff. It would do to open
the eyes of the people to the odious and unjust
exactions which this policy extorts from one class
to benefit another.
We would commend this institution to the fa
vorable notice of all who wish to obtain a colle
giate education. It is now under the direction
of able and energetic professors, and the number'
of students in attendance, is increasing at the re
turn of every session. It bids fair to be what in
former days it has been the alma mater of many
a profound and finished scholar.
A Spectator.
$3,731,540 57
"This amount of revenue, in the city only, ex
ceeds the estimate of the Secretary of the Treas
ury, from all tho Custom Houses ot the country.
During the month of March, the amount of du
ties received at Boston was $lod,00U.
Mr. Hartley Short Biography.
The Mansfield Shield and Banner thus sums
up in short, the political career of the man whom
the whig partizanshavc palmed upon their party
us candidate for Governor:
"In 1S21, he was our Representative, and
was instructed and pledged himself to go for
Jackson in preference to Adams, and directly
contrary to the will of his constituents fairly
expressed, he did vote for J. Q. Adams, as wo
suppose, influenced by the intrigue ofllenry Clay,
of bargain and sale memory, who yet lives, and
likc'Mr Bartley, is doomed by tho voice of an
ndignantand abused democratic people, who
11 never elevate either above we rann oi pri
vate individuals.
"Thts same nominee after he had abused the
confidence of the democratic family of Ohio, re
turned to our county of Richland, with saddle
bags loaded with coffin hand bills to traduce the
character of Andrew Jackson, and used to his
utmost endeavors to circulate the same, which
fact is known to many prominent citizens of this
county and the several adjoining counties, and
can be proved by living witnesses. The hero
of New Orleans has survived this slander, and
wears the laurel of his country's honor."
From the Eastern (Me.) Argus.
It is not Superstition.
It is not superstition to believe that "there is a
divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them
how we will." Nor is it superstitious to believe
that "the way of the transgressor isiard." There
never was a greater apparent manifestation o(
the disbelief iu retributive justice, than the whigs
exhibited in their electioneering deceptions and
debaucheries, in 1840. Thctr coon skins, their
banners, their blowing hot and cold on the Jiann
and Tariff questions, their innumerable false is
sues, their songs and cider barrels, and log cabins,
and false and double voting --all combined to
distinguish their authors, for the time being, as
emphatically saying in their hearts, "there is no
God." Their conduct showed them to be de
mented, and vraclical atheists, whatever might
have been their abstract opinions, in their sober
movements. Let any believer in an overruling
and just Providence, look at the works ot the
whigs in 1840, and then at thefruits of their
works, and say it he does not see mine cnu.ii
iust punishment for the beginning.
J , ,i - .1.. -rtr :-? :.
well was n.saia ai wo nine ui iiiunawis iu-
auguration, that the fallmgdown ot we eagie ai
the Capitol, was ominous, iiamson u-u-u; aim
Tyler refused to countenance their infamous pro-
ect for a mammoth National JJamt oi nuy mn-
ions of capital. Houghton and Ogle, the one
having been the most reckless of the hard cider
editors, und the other of the hard cider mem
bers ofCongress, are dend. Indeed a very largo
number of the most reckless leaders in the de
baucheries of 1840, are no more. Lcgare, Up
shur, and Gilmer, all estimable men, and faith
ful public officers, have been cut down in the
midst of life and usefulness; and Spencer has
been robbed of his oflspring by the most terrible
means! With such fearful examples bclore us,
shall we see the follies of 1840 acted over again,
1844?
a appeari front the book before me, ho signed No; a line drawn round th;s entire vast countrythoughtstogive you offence.
And all the way
As Harry went,
His shirt tail by
The wind was rent.'
Whew ! what an improvement in the psalmo
dy of coonery! whatathing to get up 'enthusi
asm' about! Do you notforgel, gentlemen whigs-
that people are not apt to get up an enthusiasm
for running into the fire, when they know it is
hot! or for getting a second time into a bad scrape
Clay Hostility to Foreigners.
The Albany Argus, to expose the hypocritical
cant of the fodertt lists in favor of foreigners just
as they want their votes, brings up to their judg
ment the lollowing resolution, passed at a coon
meeting in that city, some time since.
"Resolved, that the county of Albany is deci
dedly a whig county, and would so manifest i
self at the annual elections, if the NATIVE IN
HABITANTS were not overpowered by the
HORDES OF FOREIGNERS who, brougl
up a SLAVES in their own country, KNOW
NOT THE FEELINGS AND DUTIES OF
FREEMEN in this." ,
, That is a pretty commentary, truly on the pro
fessions of the coons. Read it and think of it.
What say tho Germans of Ohio, who are courted
just now for their voles? statesman.
Political Definitions.
Whig Respectability. Charles F. Mitchell
at Sing Sing.
Whiir Tntelliffcnce. " 1 here is not specie e-
a o . . . . m
nough in the whole world to do the business ot
ihn United States with."- Wm. W.Ellsworth.
Whig Purity. The Glentworth frauds ot 1B4U.
Whig Promises. "Two dollars a day and
must Vpf."
Whie Law and Order. Thrusting men trom
their meetings, and hissing at democratic meet-
Whitr Consistencv. Pretending to be friendly
to Abolition, and supporting a slaveholder for the
Presidency. Claiming a little piety and respec
tnliliiv. nnd sunnortinff a gambler and duelist
.uu. .. . j , I I 13 V
Oir thn name hli 1 OlllCO.
Whig Principles. None "for the public eye.'
Whig embodiment of Whiggery. , Henry Clay,
Whig arguments.
"Possum up a gum tree
Cooney in the hollow;
Saddle up the old grey
Martingale and collar; fe
"Cooney on a pole boys!
Cooney in a cage!
Go it witlra rush boys!
Go it with a rage!"
And again:
"Ah Honry Clay, he am the man,
And put him in we knows we can;
For he's a whig from head to tail,
And sartainlv he mustawail:
Getoutofde way, "oloDan Tucker," kc
D.
Products of the Whig tariff, for the farmers
of Ohio. The Tariff was to produce wonderful
benefits to the people. ' It has had its action, and
has produced: 1st. A rise in almost every arti
cle of manufactured goods: 2. It has produced
a retaliatory tariff in Canada: 3. It has produ
ced the effect of driving the Canadian wheat
buyors out of our maikett 4. It has produced
a decline in the price of every description ot ag
ricultural nroduce. for want of a market: 5. Ii
has produced a falling off of the revenue arising
from canal tolls: 0. It has produced a diminu
tion of exports: 7. It has produced a necessity
for incroascd taxation to make up the deficit in
the State revenue : And 8. It has produced in-
crnnnAd hnrdnim on the whole nOOllle '. But 0,
It has produced no corresponding advantage.
Here are nine obvious products of the I ariff:
How do the people like them?
LIST OF LETTERS,
Post Office at Cadiz O.
April, 1844.
A
Arkle C.
Adreon Thomas
Atkison John 2.
Armon Jacob
B
Barrett A. G.
Barrett Thomas 2.
Bryan John Rev.
Barrett Uriah
Barricklow Henry
Boles Mrs. Elizabeth
Branden Samuel
Burton Lee
Bell Dory
Busby Benjamin C.
Baze Hugh & Co.
Bridgeu Richard
Bncker John
Biles Henry
Brown Elisha
C
Clark A.
Carpenter Daniel
Crawford Josiah
Caldwell Robert R.
Crabb Washington
Crawford Thomas
Cecil Mary Ann
Crawford James M,
Clemens James
Cameron Rev. J.
Craig Walter
Craig Josiah
D
Dewey Silas
Day Samuel
Durist Conrath
Davidson Robert
Davis Robort
Downs Richard
Dnnlap Mrs Elizabeth
Drummond Samuel
E
Erwin Robert 2.
Edie Joseph II.
Evans William
Edward Azariah
EcholtsJohn
F
Fisher Eli
Ford William
Fivecoat George
G
Gathcl JobW.
Given Miss Mary
Gobson Robert C.
Gordon D.
II
Harrison William 2
Heron Nathaniel '
Harris Harmon
Hamilton Wm. B.
Hunter Ephraim
remaining in tho
on the first day of
Harvey David
Hamilton Lewis
Hanna James
Henderson Jaseph
Hutchison Joseph
Hill Mr. ,
Hilton Thomas
Heavlin Jacob
HickersonElias
Hughs Samuel
K
Kerby James .
Kase Isaac
Keepers Elizaboth
L
Lock Charity
Lewis Jacob
Lyle John
Love Thomas
Lynn William
Lyons John
Lewis Joseph
Love William
M
McCammis Elizabeth
Mattern John 2.
McCollough Miss M. B.
McKee Jane Miss
McFadden Robert
McOeary Thos. Rev. ,
McNecly Cyrus
McMullen Charles
McClain Miss Matilda 2
P
Porter Samuel "
Pugh Jesse
,S Ai.
Smith Nancy Mrs "
Sheets Mr.
Sheets Robert
Saunders Wm. C. .
Sharp Jane
Scott Jordon Esq.
Selby John
Scott William
Shipton William
Stout James
Simonton William
' T
Timmons Samuel
Tipton Edward
Tuttle George
Vaughn Sarah Mr
Vierg Esq.
W ':-v'f;'
Wiley William Esq
Watkina James
Welch Reziu
William Elizabeths
West Samuel - '
Warfel Charles
Wilson James
JOIIN BEALL,?. M.
f Oiiri LBS. Cotton yarn, carpet yarn, Coverlit
JdUvJ yam and baiting, jut received and for
ale low at the cheap More of
pr 18. , J. W. BEEDE 4 Co,
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