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without Li pecuniary ow'stanco. That position1
is bird to believe. Mr. Pendleton was in thej
centre of all the cavalcades, coon conventions,
and drunken orgies which disgraced Hamilton
county, demoralized society, aud debxsed the
character of civilized man; and it is ditEcult to
believe (and fclniost irreconcilably 90) th.a he
could have known nothing of the frauJi and the
means hy winch h'.s election was t be secured
-'11. cuuiciuii is iu a u.juuiui: ui-iy liim :
f. T.-J!. 1-1 1
ti whxh horn he pleases, or o whichever his
f. iend9plea38 to hang him. He must eilhersland
charged w tth jackassical stupidity, which, if true,
rendered him unfit for a seat in this hill, as the
representative of any party, or anybody, even the
eut-tluoats, thieves, and ruffians of Kcutucky; or,jknow:nj, as I did, that more than one-half of its
ou the othor hand, if he knew of, and partic'pa-1 members held their neats by virtue of the same
ted in, the frauds bv which he was elected, or
gave countenance to them, or aided them by pe
cuniary means, he was unfit to hold a place here
or elsewhere, except on the gibbets due to the
traitors, or in a cell within the gloomy walls of a
fenitentiary, due to perjury. 1 invent nothing;
have presented the evidence as it came to me
as I received it from the highest tribunal in
our State. I draw no other conclusions than ev
ery person, bound and governed by correct prin
ciples of morality and patriotism, mu3t draw.
For myself, I declare, iu presence of my Maker
and this assembly, to whom I am responsible
here, and to whom I must answer hereafter for
every idle and profane word spoken, that 1 know
of no crime or crimes in mv State which would
consign me, hand-cufl'ed and shackled, to the
penitentiary and to entcrnnl infamy, in the com
mission of which I would feel more degraded in
the estimation of man, more wounded in my own
conscience, and more offensive before God, than
those by which I bel icy Mr. Peudletoii held a
seat iu this hall. I mean the crimes of bribery
and treason by which his certificate was purcha
sed, and perjury which was committed in the oath
which he took at the threshold of his represen
tative duties, to support the constitut'on, which
constitution he violated by taking his seat here,
and which he continued to violate every minute j
every moment while he occupied it. Still,
of all this, I repeat, Mr. Pendleton may have been
innocent. It is not for me to judge, nor do 1
feel at liberty to judge. Human judgment, 1
suppose, i3 a voluntary act, and the power undei
our control; or why should the Supreme Judge
of the universe have ordered us to "judge not
lest ye be judged." Knowledge is founded cn
the evidence of things seen, and therefore is not
to be controlled by either the mind or the will.
Faith and bolief are conclusions we draw from
the evidence of tilings not seen, and are irresis
table. Faith and belief are not controlled by the
will, hence the raaxin,"ti'e are bound io believe."
So it is with those who witnessed the election
'the election frauds of 1810, iu Hamilton county,
to secure the certificate of election to Mr. Pendle
ton. They are bound, irresistibly, to believe that
he had some hand in them, and consequently
guilty to the same extent of the moral and politi
cal crimes which I have attached to him, or any
one holding a seat here under such circumstances
Let no one charge me with taking advantage
of parliamentary privilege, or of the high moun
tains, broad valleys, and wide rivers which seven
huudred miles distance interposes between me
and Mr. Pendleton and his friends. I have taken
no such advantage. I hold myself responsible
in my individual capacity for all I say here or
elsewhere, whether in a private or representative
capacity; and moreover, I repeatedly, am! to as
sembled hundreds, and assembled thousands, in
every part of Hamilton county, and within hear
ing of Mr. Pendleton's door," (if not in his pres
ence, it was because he would not como to hear
me.) made all the charges, and in as strong terms,
and with similar language as I am now doing,
- both against Mr. Pendleton and his active parti
sans; and I shall continue to do so at home and
elsewhere, so long ss the crimes, frauds, bribe-
. ries, treasons, and corruptions of 1S10 shall stick
to his and (heir skirts, and cover their entire car
casses. I fear no accountability ; J speak nolhin"
but the truth; I have the ability to maintain if.
My constituents expect ine to speak the truth,
and the whole truth, and they know I will speak
it so as to be understood. IS'o speech or saying
of mine shall ever loose force, if it have anv,
from want of strong language; I like to call things
by their proper names.
Mr. Speaker, I was as much the legal and con
stitutional representative of the people of the
first Congressional district in the 27th Congress
as I am of this. 1 was olected in 1810 by ana
jorittof more than five hundred of the legal vo-
JersSff that district, and yet the returns showed
a majority against me of one hundred and sixty
votes, such were the numbers of imported voters
such tho number of pipclavers. such tho
4 frauds. This statement m;iy be called bold; if
ho, there is not an intelligent and truo democrat
in Hamilton county, but what will make or en
dorse it. I make it as well from a conscientious
belief, as a knowledge of its truth. This knowl
edge and belief, with me, is founded on facts
that came, under my own knowledge and observa
tionon the facts which this journal discloses,
a small part of whxh has been read to von. or.:
the fact that, prior to the day of election, seveial
ot tho wards in the city ot Cincinnati were polled
every whig and democratic voter having a ri jht
fo vote was counted by a committee for that pur-
pose; and in every ward which was polled, tho
ballot-box showed the democratic vote to be al-
most precisely what tho poll had shown it, but in
every ward tho ballot-box showed an increase of
whig votes, over that polled, from fifty to two
hundred and fifty. In 1S40, there wero hut few
changes in Hamilton county: some who acted
with the democratic parly turned to the whig side;
some who acted with the whigs turned to the de
mocratic side. I believe the majority of changes
yeie id favor of the democracy. But little was
gainpi to cither party by changes. But I ask
your attention to another fact in support of this
assertion, and that i3 this that in tho last con
gressional contest, the democratic majority was
one thousand and fourteen; and yet, owing to the
ubsenco of the excitement necessary tohriicout
the democratic voters, the aggregate democratic
vote was near one thousand less than it was in
1840, though in that year the democracy were
pcicatca one iiunaica and sixty votes; all of
wii.cn Diiows,mosi conclusively, that tho whig
ticket in 1S10 was carried by tho importation of
ot loreign voters, to tho number of more than sev
en hundred, in violation of tho constitution,
the election laws, the people's rights, and the
clcctivo franchise. And if there were no
other frauds disclosed in that shameful, reck
less, And villanous campaign of 1840, those
alone are sufficient to hnposo upon us (he duty
pf passing this bill into a law; hut I repeat,
that J havo no titno to expose tho wide-spread
corruptipns of that election, alike in their ten
dencies fatal to the morals of society, as destruc
tive to the free institutions of our country.
- X have been asked ft thousand times, by letter j Moses, ulthongh generally regarded as tho Is
nd otherwise, by those, who were made acquain-iraclitish legislator, in his time waB nothing more
ted with the frauds practised in Hamilton conn- than a mediator, or medium through which tho
ty, why I did not appear here, and contest Mr, will, the wishes, and approbation of the Almighty
Pendleton' soar. There were two reasons, ei- were communicated. .. . ...
tlier of which was sufficient in itself. First, I j Tho Jewish government was establisied on
was too proud to do it, Second, my constituents, these principles which alono can make a people
were too proud to permit mo lo do it. I was too. happy and independent. Tho Jews were an ag
proud to ask redress at tho Imndj of a whig ricuhuriil people; and every man a freeholder;
House, wbH9 hatred fur me I knew only to be
commensurate with my hatred for them. 1 speak
politically. I was too proud to ask an investiga
tion at tho hinds of a wli!" House, who I knew
possessed neither the nnpnsnimitr, generrsity,
or justice to do thtt w hich the most iudityttt.ibie
evidence should have d- niand d. 1 xjs too
proud to appoar before a jary for tho red ess f a
wrong aiiU a'v.ownce, muiyoi wnoiu 1 Knew
were int.
veiv iiivenieisan j workers ot Hr.t verv
oigan'zed system cf swindling by which that
wrong aud thir violence were effected. I was
too piouJ to art any fdvor, or even justice, at
the hinJa of mv enemies: aud I was too proud
to apply to a IIousi for the redresof a violence,
svstemot t.aiJsLv which 1 was deprived ot mine.
My constituents were too proud to permit me to
ask for the redress of a v.olence which thev had
the power themselves to redress, and which vi
olence thev hare redressed though that
redress would have been much more triumphant.
could they have p:cvol:ed .Mr. Pendleton to have I
been the opposing candidate ; but into th:;t ho was
neither to Lo kicked iK.r coaxed, bir-ai;?-! (as
the rude democrats siki) lvs vanity ir.J ambition
had cost him too much already. The democrats
say (and I have never heard a whig deny it) that
he paid S20.000 for three lettcrsof the alphabet,
to the end that he might have a title prefixed to
his name. Well, I know no reason why a man
may not purchase a title in this country as well
as 111 any other; and he may place that title at the
head or tail of his name, os his own fancy or his
taste may dictate. But $20,000 is a big price to
pay for two cousonan'.s and one vowel, which, in
their order, are to be placed H-O-N, to give them
their most potent meaning; and that meaning
may convey honor or disgrace. Nor does the
price augment the honor, cr diminish the dis
grace. If he who possesses them procured them
in an honorable way, or if they have been awar
ded as the price of intelligence, patriotism, and
virtue, tiiey are but the evidence ot merit due to
him who wears them; but if they have been pur
chased at the expense cf virtue and patriotism,
and in the commission of treason, bribery, and
perjury, they should be, and will be, worn as a
maiK ot U'gracc aim intaniy. 1 leave iur. l en-
dleton and his Kentucky cut-throat ruffian and
thieving constituents to decide the question.
Mr. Speaker, it is a divine truth, and is regar
ded as a maxim far and wide as civilized society,
that "evil should r.ot be done that good may come
of it. When the moral part oi the community
in 1840 remonstrated against the means which
were resorted to by the federal party to overthrow
the democracy, the universal answer was, that
"the end justifies the mean."1 Now, sir, I wish
to say something about the means that were used
and the end effected bv the means; and 1 think
I will be able to show that the end was worthy
of ilia moans, and the means worthy of the end.
and that they weie both worthy of each other.
This government has been in existence some
thing more than half a century under i.s present
organization. There are members iu this House
who are seniors of this government. For fortv
years of its whole existence it has been under
democratic administration; and although it has,
tor the bilance ol the time, and at two different
times, been frostbitten and withered by federal
administration, yet its progress has been onward
onward, rrom tho lime of its commencement
up to ISiO inclusive, it presented 'a progress in
civilization which can challenge the history of
nations, literature, philosophy, agriculture, inc.
chanics, and general science, and every improve
ment that characterizes civilized man, had ad
vanced with a rapidity of which the history of
tho world shows no example, lhc prom ess of
commerce, science, literature, and refinement, of
the republic of Carthage, of Greece, and of:
Kornc, has - employed a thousand pens, and has
been sung by ten thousand tongues, in descrip
tion and praise. 1 he same progress and advance-
ment of the European governments have exhaus
ted eulogy, and almost confounded wonder; and
yet i!is advancement of the republic of the United
Mates, in every characteristic of civihgution, hu
nun .appiness, and national greatness, has been
more 111 half a century than theirs h;3 been in
five hundred years. The savage wilderness has
been tamed, and the wild man has fled. The
widespread and dense wilderness that once made
the earth groan with their native growth, have
been converted into highly cultivated firms, and
now groan with tho rich productions of the hand
of industry. The broad rivers which (many of
them) were agitated but by tho winds and the
baik canoe of tho savage, now bear on their bo
soms thousands of steamboats, laden with the rich
productions of happy freemen, and command the
tempest and defy tau waves. 1 he canvass of ou
commercial ships whitens every ocean, eveiy sen
and every bay. The American flag is displayed
in every civilized port in the world. The face of:
our continent is checkered with turnpikes, rail
roads, and canals; our hills are made to yield
tao;r valuable limbers, and our mountains to give
up their mineral. Cities, great towns, bcauti
fill and pleasant Vilages, dot the f.ice of the con
tiuet. Houses of worship, colleges of science
seminaries of le arnuig, and school-houses of com-
;'mon education, temples of justice, as well a.sthe
j aires of innocent amusement, adorn almost every
cily, town, and village, 011 our continent. Poace,
j plenty, and happiness, overspread the laud, and
cheerfulness beams from every countenance. In
! dustry is respected, industry rewarded, aud indtis-
try protected. In tins prosperous and glorious
career, there was but one obstruction and that
was an irresponsible corporate banking system
which had grown up, and which more of by-and
by, or some other occasion; at present, I will
pass it.
I repeat that all this unexampled prosperity
this rapid advancement, this magical elevation of
national greatness, was under the iufluonco and
auspices of democratic administration four-fifths
ol tho existence of tins government. But
strange dream caino over the people. They
seem to havo becomo satiated with prospoiitv.
and to have grown weary with happiness and
good government, and they must needs havo a
"change:1 bir, I desire to dwell some little on
that word "change." Tnc word change was al
ways a potent political word. It has ever been
j the rallying word of the demagogue. It is the
yelp of tho disappointed office-seeker. It has
ever heon so from the commencement of civil
zed rfovernmonf. It was the cry of change that
overthrew the first republican government that
history describes I mean the government of the
Israelites. That was a republican government,
from the time of the conquest of Canaan ; and al
though laws were proposed to the people through
Moses, yet no law was obligatory until it was re
ceived and adopted by tho vo ce or suffrage of
r. v J TI.- ! 1... .1 ir. . .
u iuuiiu, hu rtiiuijjuiy was inoir iving, Dul
not without their choice, He was repeatedly e-
iccteu as sucn by tho mintage ot tho people
and such were the restiicticns on (he alienation
of landed properly, that every Jew came into the'
world the owner of land, and went out of the
world the owner of land. It was a prominent
principle of the Jewish government to encourage
asriculture, and to faster it above all other busi
ness or occupation; and, so long as that policy
remained, so long it was retained in its primitive
simplicity there was no people on earth more
bappy than wtre the Jews. But, iu the course
of time, demagogues and ambitious politicians
grew tip among them. They must needs have a
change. Though above all the people on earih,
they were not only blessed with ihe best govern
ment and the richest land, but were daily lurmsh-
ed by the hind of the Almighty; they were dai
ly receiving the bounties ot his gooduess; they
had been delivered from Egyptian bondage by a
miraculous interposition of Divine Providence;
and, when holly pursued by Phaiaoh and his host
thev had seen Moses, by divine power, smite
the Arabian Gulf with a rod, divide the waters,
and roll back the mighty waves, through which
they passed dry-shod, while Pharaoh and his host
wore drowned; when on their way in the parch
ed wilderness, they drank pure water, which they
had seen Moses draw from iho flinty rock by a
smite of his rod; when they ahungered in the
wilderness, manna fell from heaven, of which they
ate in gratitude and solemn thanks; all these
thincs were tiesh in their recollection when they
first attempted a change; and that change waste
desert the standard of Moses, and the Almighty's
protection, and betake themseives to Aaron, and
erect a golden calf, aud bestow on it the divine
honors which were due to Him who had deliver
ed them from bondage, and fed them in the wil
derness : that was the first change. The motives
of the Jews in that change were of a character
with those which moved a majority of (he Amer
ican people in 1840, when they deserted the
democratic standard and betook themselves to
wlrggery. They were wont to erect a calf, too
not a calf to be made of cold, but one to be
made of shinplasters; a kind of rag-tag and bob
tail calf a calf to be made with rags and lamp-
Iack, worthy of a rac-baron aristocracy. But
John Tvlor knocked that calf on the head, thank
God as Moses did Aaron's; for when ho (Moses)
returned from the mount, he demolished Aaron1!
calf, and reconciled tho Almighty with the Jews
whose wraih had been kindled against them lor
their idolatry.
But ere long corrupt politicians again sprang
up, and denounced the government as weak and
imbecile. Demagogues and loafers multiplied,
who, (in that country as in this, and every other,)
too lazy to work and too proud to beg, determi
ned to live on the labor of others. Not content
with that wise and equitable system of govern
ment which distributed justice and equality to all,
and made every Jew a constituent part of the gov
ernment made every Jew a landholder and a
freeman; not content with that policy which
made the Jews an agricultural people, (for which
they were peculiarly fitted, and to which their
country was peculiarly adapted,) they sought lo
establish systems of inequality; to divert the pub
lic attention fiorn the humble, punctual, and lru-
gal though honorable pursuitscf agriculture;
and to adopt a system more in accordance with
oriental grandeur; to this ond, privileged orders
and irresponsible institutions must be est ablished
something like the policy sought to be estab-
ished in our country, which has for its object the
oppression of the many to enhance the interests
of the few, I mean a high protective tariff sys
tem a credit system a banking system, and a
shinplastcr currency, or, in brief, a system by
which swindlers may plunder honest men. No
other systems would divert and deceive the peo
ple from the policy and stern frugality which it
was the constant enort of Moses to inculcate, and
which the whole frame of government favored.
But the corrupt politicians aud demagogues rung
change! change! and a portion ofthe people, who
had gradually become corrupted with oriental
passions and oriental grandeur, permitted their
patriotism to be uliaken. They began to think
there was something sublime in art eastern court,
which gave character, dignity, show, and power,
to a nation, which was incompatible with a sim
ple republican government. The rage for change
piead. lhey must have a court. Ihe show,
the gaudy tinsel, the splendor and the luxuries
of a court, captivated their minds, blinded their
understanding and vitiated their tastes. The
listempered rage for a change spread more and
wider, lo have a court they must have a king
- -not their frugal Moses, or the ir Divine deliver
er any longer; but a temporal king, who could
bestow bounties, and receive flatteries a court,
a king, military splendor, a central power, and a
strong government. Moses, and a man called
Samuel, who was a successor of Moses, remon
strated against a change of government, and rep
resented, in Hie strongest possible terms, the dan
gorsand fatal effects of eastern corruptions, eas
tern despotism, and eastern bondage. All their
remonstrances wero in vain; a change they would
have ; a temporal king they would have ; an orien
tal court and a military depositism they would
have; and tho xVlmighty gave them, in his anger,
a king, and all tho restsoon followed, Saul was
the fust king under their new change. Ke gov
erned well for a short 'time, but soon became
Jespotic, and towards the last of his reipn be
came iusupportably capricious. Ho was reject
ed, and one David was chosen in his place. Da-
ld wa3 a true patriot, a sincere friend of his
country, and ardontly devoted to its highest inter
ests. The country prospered under his adminis
tration, though oriental customs, and the military
spirit of the people, gtcw under his reign, and,
with ihcsc, increased taxation. Solomon succee
ded David. He ruled with moderation and wis
dom at first, but, towards the end of his reign,
became very tyrannical, and laid heavy burdens
upon hia people. Oppression had already be
came tne reward 01 their desired cliange. Ke
hoboain succeeded Holomon. lie reluscd to
lighten the burdens ofthe people; and this can
sod a dismemberment of tho empire ten tribes
going off, under Jeroboam, and forming a scpa
rate government, From this time the nation be
came rapidly more and more corrupt; the kings
more ana more despotic; tne people more and
more enslaved; and the result of all was tho de
cay and ruin of the government. Let us sum
up the evils of Ihe changei
1. Aii increase of taxation, with the increase
ofthe military spirit; aud numerous and exhaust
ing wars, a3 a consequence
2. Tyranny and despotism in the government
many of Iho kings becoming as tyrannical as
tho eastern despots.
3. A neglect of agriculture.
4. Entire change in tho admirable agrarian
laws of Moses.
5. Ultimate ruin, and subjection of the nation
to a foreign yoke.
And this sir, was the career of iho Israelites;
and this tho ruin brought upon them by that fatal
word change, invented, introduced, and rung by
demagogues and corrupt politicians, who have
been the 'overthrow' and downfall of every repub
lic. . (To be concluded in our next.)
Jitdck Elliott's Siccehhok. John Wilson
CarrigaD, Ji(., has been appointed Judge ofthe
Cily Court of Lafayette, by Gov. Moulon. iu lieu
of Mr. Bcnj. C. Elliott, removed.
FOR PRESIDENT,
MARTIN VAN BU11EN,
Subicct to the dtririon of tlie National Convention.
ELECTORAL TICKET.
SENATORIAL.
Joseph H. Lahwiix, of Wayne,
Dowtt Utter, of Clermont.
congressional,
let District Clatton Webb, of Hamilton,
2)
3d
4th
5th
f.th
7th
8ih
9 th
10th
11th
13th
13th
14th
15th
IRth
17th
ISth
19th
20th
21st
James M. Dorset, of Darke,
R. D. Foreman, of Green,
Judge John Tai lor, of Champaign,
David Higoixs, of Lucas,
Gilbert Beach, of Wood,
John D. White, of Biown,
Thomas Megrady, of Ross,
Valentine Keffer, of Pickaway,
James Parker, of Lickinit,
Crenville P. Ciierrv, of Marion,
Georqe Corwine, of Scioto,
Caution C. Covey, of Morgan,
Isaac M. Lanni.no, of Guernsey,
Walter Jajhson, of Harrison,
Sebastian Brainaro, of Tuscarawas,
James Forbes, senior, of Carroll,
Neal M'Cov, of Wnyne,
Milo Stone, of Summit,
Benjamin Adams, of Lake,
Stephen N. Sargent, of Medina.
tor governor op oiiio,
DAVID TOD. f Trumbull.
THE CADIZ SENTINEL.
EDITED BY L. HARPER.
"HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE."
CADIZ, OHIO:
MOlUs'LVG, MJ1 Y 15, 1844.
HARRISON COUNTY
II lT ST SSSi SlEDSUUllEB.
DEMOGUA1IC TICKET.
REPRESENTATIVE,
CHARLES WARFEL.
auditor,
JOHN SHARP.
recorder,
MATTHEW M. SLOAN.
cojnnssioNER,
Col. DAVJD FINNICUM.
DIRECTOR OF THE TOOR,
JACOB HLXES.
" Can such things be,
And overcome us like a summer cloud,
And not excite our wonder?"
We
can scarcely describe our feelings upon
reading in the Daily Globe of the 3d instant
the following publication by our Senators an
portion of our Representatives in Congress,
We had not dreamed that adverse currents wei
secretly at work, in any part of the country, for
the purpose of defeating the nomination of Mr
Van Buren. We knew that. m;my democrats hon
estiy believed that the nomination of some olhe
individual in the democratic ranks, would secure
a more cordial union of the democratic parly of
ihe country. But we confidently assert that
our opinion nine-tenths of the democratic party
are decidedly in favor of the re-nomination of
Mr. Van Buren and further, wo do assert, that
we have abundant reason to believe that ninety
nine one hundredths ofthe democracy cf Han-
sou county, prefer Mr. Van Buren to any othe
person
We looked, and indeed do still look upon the
nomination of Mr. Van Buren, as having already
boon made by the whole democracy of the country
If, however, iho National Democratic Convert
Hon, which meets at Baltimore, on iho 27th
inst., composed of delegates fresh from the peo
pie, should, in its wisdom, nominate Gen. Cass
Col. Jomso.v, Com. Stewart, or any olho
good democrat, wo will give to euch nominee
our cordial aud zealous support. But, if those
who adhere to captain Jack TyW, merely out of
love for the spoils of office, should succeed i
forcing upon the democratic party the nomina
tiou of his Accidoncy, he must look for suppor
in some other quarter than in Harrison county
Captain Jack has done some acts while in the
Presidential Chair, for which wo aro disposed in
all charity, to give him full credit. But docs- the
weak, oldj puffed up mass of imbecility, vanity
aud corruption, suppose that the democratic par
ty are such fools as to set up him as their leader
and the representative of their principles?
Wo are glad that our delegation in Congress
made the publication which we copy below.
The plot is now discovered. Tho people know
it, and their delegates, whethor instructed or un
instructed, will be prepared to act when the
Convention meets, as honest men should act
and curry out the wishes of those who30 agents
they are :
From Hie Globe
Doings in the Cnpitol.
In this day's paper will be found the short but highly
important address of the democratic delegation in the
two IIousci of Congress, from Ohio, to the domocracy
of that State. It is an address which will, and ought
to, excite the prompt attention of tho whole democrac
ofthe country,
It relates to a movement in this city, of which w
have long been suspicious, but about which, from its
secrecy, nn il of late, and from our own confinement to
a sick room, we have been unable to speak with that
cortainty such a matter requires,
The movement has now, however, nssumed a form
too visible for further concealment. The fact of its ex.
istence has at length found Ut jvay into the country;
and letters expressing the astonishment, and indigna
tion of the dcmocratH at home, are daily pouring into
this city, inquiring who are the men that are here en
gaged in an attempt to subject tho people's convention,
which Is soon to assemble at Baltimore, to the dictation
of a Congressional caucus, instigated by Mr. Tyler end
his colaborers in the effort to betray and to defeat the
domocratie party. The delegation from Ohio, firm in
their priiuifL, and fuidiUl to the people ai the dele
aiior. representing the noble democracy of that great
State crer hare been, hare determined, it seems, so fur
as regnrdt themselres, to stand not a moment expo
sed to the hazard of being suspected of intrigue and
perfidy. They are in the right; for though do delega
tion no men in the Union arc better protected by their
known character than ther, against such imputations,
jet, when a movement, so well calculated to blast pub
lic men, is ascribed by the public letter-writers from
this city, as this hat been, to democratic members of
Congress generally, without stating who they arc by
name, justice to themselves requires the innocent to
speak for themselves.
We are deceived in the American character if thee
intrigues at the Capitol, to undermine Mr. Von Buren,
do not arouse the democratic people more enthusiasti
cally in his support, than they havo been 111 the sup
port of any man since 1S28. In that year their enthu
siasm was inflamed for General Jacuson, by the fact
that he had, four years before, been made the victim of
Congressional intrigue.
Connected with this movement, we apprehend time
will disclose some things of a character far more im
portant to the people of the Union than a mere Presi
dential election. If we ore not mistaken in this, we
hall, should we be blessed with the restoration of our
health, have a painful duty to perform. But it will be
necesiary duty, and we shall perform it, without the
fear of anything, but the want of ability to perform it
well.
TO THE DEMOCRACY OF OHIO.
Friends: You aie awaie that the domocracy of the
Dion, of whom vou constitute eo laige 11 part, have
appointed a convjimon, to UiCet on tne 21111 wauim,
in the city of Baltimore, lor the purpose of nominating
a cnnuiute tor the 1'resiuencv. r ou uie aware, uiso.
thnt. in almost nil the fctatcs ofthe republic, the demO'
cratic people, assembled to appoint delegates to that
convention, expressed, in the most solemn form, and
with unequalle.u unanimity, ineirpreieience ior muiuu
Van buren, over an oiners, us men ummuiuw, mm mui,
in most of the states, thev cave to their delegates ex
plicit instructions to vote lor turn as eucii cmiuiiiate in
thnt r.nnTfintion.
We, vour democratic delegation in tho two Houses
of Congress, deplore the necessity which compels us
to advise you that, notwithstanding tins state ot tacts,
we havo reason to fear that a very feiious movement
has. for weeks, been on loot, 111 this city, in the absence
ofthe people, which is intended to act, if possible, up
on that convention, and to induce that body to set
aside the will of the American demncracy, thus expli
citly and solemnly expressed to discard the man in
whose lavor mat win was so express, uuu 10 nomi
nate in his stcau some other, or any other peison.
We, thcrefoie, tuue Has method thus to aiivise you
that, in this movement, if such there be, we have no
part, nor in the motives which prompt it. We make
this public declaration in order that we may not be con
founded with those engaged in this transaction i and in
order, also, that We may forever hereafter stand before
vim. otir friends and constituents, and before our bre-
thrcn througnom me lihoii, uiaiuuius ui an me uip
trous consequences which, should this movement suc
' . .1 i . 1.1 1 f -.11 .v.-
ceed, may result to the democratic party.
V . ilLjljli.T,
BENJ. T A IT AN,
JOHN B. WELIjER,
JACOB BR1XKERHOOF,
EMERY D. POTTER,
II. ST. JOHN,
WSI. C McUAUSLIX,
.70S. MORRIS.
JAS. MATTHEWS,
E. DEAN,
A. DUNCAN.
Washington City, 1st May, 1814.
So far as I am concerned, as a representative of the
neonie of mv district, on the subiect of the Piesdentia!
nominee of the democratic party to be decided at Bal
timore, on the 27th instant, I desire that convention to
decide the matter in accordance with the wishes of
those they represent.
J, .1. .UCUUVV L.1j!j.
Dr. EHisic.ni's Speech,
Which is commenced in this day's paper, will, o!
course, be reud by every person into whose hands it
will fall. The part which Sb published to-dny, is chiefly
devoted to an exposilion of the frauds of the Federal
party in 1S-10. There is not a doubt in our mind but
that the lufamous pipclayuig that was carried on in the
first Congressional District in Ohio, was but a part and
parcel of a deep-laid scheme throughout the whole
United States, foi the purpose of defeating the Demo
cracy. Mr. Van Huron's vote was larger in 1810, than
was ever before given to any candidate for the Presi
dency, whether successful or unsuccessful. Although
defeated, we conscientiously believe that ho received
a clear and undoubted majority of the legal votes of the
country. No honest whig, who is acquainted with the
doings of his own party, can for a moment doubt it.
Of course other engines were put to work, to assist in
producing the result. Slanders as fake as infamous,
were industriously circulated against Mr. Van Huron
and the Democratic party ; and promises were held out
to the wavering to indncc them to support the federal
candidates promises they never expected or intended
to fulfil. Besides, the federal party, composed as it
was, of a heterogeneous mass of discordant materials,
concealed their true principles and policy from the pub
lic eye, and their motto was "a union of the wings for
the sake of the union, " when the sequel showed that
it was only a union for Vie sake of lite tpoili!
Now, friends, that same federal party is again in the
field, with a candidate for ihe Presidency, who has
been thiice indignantly rejected by tho American peo
ple. Ambition seems to be his only governing ptinci.
pie ambition, like that of Ctcsar, which would prompt
him to ride over public opinion, disobey tbe wishes
of tho people, and to set up his own imperial wdl in
opposition to every thing Rise. Let your sentiment be
" Not the glory of Cscsur, but the welfare of Rome''
not tho aggrandizement, of Clay, but the prreerva.
tion of our democratic institutions, nnd.the perpetuity
of our matchless form of Government.
The Texas Question.
Tho Globe ofthe 2'Jth ult, has tho following
remarks on tho letter of Mr, Van Baren, on the
Texas question:
"Wo think all our ronders will discover, ho-
twecn (bo lettcrsof Mr. Van Buren and Mr. Clay,
the difference now exhibited to the country be
tween tho men; Iho former maintaining tho dig
nity and elevation of tho quiet and retired stales
man, and the latter choosing the active distinction
of the travelling politician and stump orator. We
say, without reserve, wo do not think Mr. Van
Buren has over presented to the country a ptO'
ductiou more creditable to his talonts, his patriot
inm, or his character as a statesman, than is this
letter; and wo are perfectly convinced that his
demonstrative argument must satisty every sincere
friends of the annexation that tho difficulty he
interposes against instant action has its founda
tion in a great principle which no statesman can
overlook or disregard, and which our government
can never safoly violate. We considertho whole
question, now, 0110 of time, as Mr. Van Buren
manifestly treats it; and we have, at this moment,
no more doubt of tho ultirnalo annexation, with
out a violation of any treaty obligations, or any
relations with other powers, and any material dis
turbance to the peace and harmony of Iho Union,
than we have had from our first examination of
tho subject. Whether Mr. Clay is to bo un
derstood ns entertaining the idea of annexation
at any time, or upon any torms, docs not appear
to us lo bo tnado certain by his letter, while it
presents mi abundance of grounds upon which
he at present opposes it, some of which appear to
us to go pretty much tho length of opposition in
anv event.
. 0" On tho fourth page, in our Agricultural
column, will be found a collection of interesting
gossiping?.
flay' QtirtllkntioiM.
All tho advocates of duelling, betting, horse
racing, cock-fighting, and gambling, will, of
course, vote for and support Henry Clay.
All the bankrupts in the country, who have
paid of! their debts by a mere scratch of a pen,,
will not forget the man whoso casting vote re
leased ihem from their creditors they will cer
tainly vote for him.
All the friends of a National Bank, w ho wish
. . n 1 1 J- -tl r A I .1. -
too see the rich man's new iein "j "
sweat from tho poor man's brow, will vote for
him.
All tho advocates of a high protective lariat
a the North, who think that Government should
foster the manufacturing ond neglect the ag
ricultural interests, will support him.
All the friends of free trade In the South, who
are opposed to protection, in favor of uniform
duties of 20 per centum, and who believe that
Mr. Clay is more of a free trade man than Mr.
Van Buren," (Richmond Whig,) will cast their
rotes for him.
All who think that the Government money
nising from the s;ilcs of the public lands, should
be distributed among the, btatcs, giving a lew
cents lo each individual, rather than bo applied
to the wants of the Government, will vote for
Clay.
All who are opposed to allowing foreigners the
right of excicis'iig the elective franchise, will sup
port him. !
All who bel:eve the settlers on the western
lands are "pirates and robbers." (vide Clay's
speech in the Senate,) will vote for him.
All the bluc-1'ght, Hartford Convention Fede
ralists will support him.
All who opposed the administration of Gen.
Jackson, and who believed the bnrgain and sale
between Ad.ims and Clay was righteous and
honest, will vote for him.
All who wish to put poor white men and wo
men on a par with npgioes, and to stigmatize
them as "white slaves," will cast their suf
frages for Henry Clay.
Virginia election.
Part'es stand thus in the Old Dominion: Sen
ate, 21 dernocru's, and whigs 11 democratic
majorily 10. House of Delegates 61 democrats,
and 73 whigs whig majority 12. According
lo these footings the whigs will have a majorify
of two on joint ballot. But two whig delegates,
0110 from Mecklinberg, (a strong democratic
counly,) and ono from Logan, have pledged
themselves to vole for a democratic U. S. Sena
tor, and if they stick lo their pledges, we are
sure of a dcmociatic U. S. Senator from Virgin
ia. It is probable also that Mr. Egerlon, (whig,)
but elected by democratic votes from Ohio coun
ty, will vote with the democrats on ail important
measures. How the popular vote stands wo
cannot precisely tell, but believe the democrats
will have a mniorilv.
There was not so much unanimity among our
friends .in Virginia at this election, owing to the
variety of opinions existing in regard to tho Pres
idency. In many places ihcsc who weic opposed
to the
nomination of Mr. Van Buran, either
strayed
whigs.
away from the polls or voted with tho
But we are confident after tho nomina
tion at the Baltimore Convention, Virginia will
bo found as (rue as steel to her ancient faith.
State opOuiovs. Isaac Ady. Tho trial of
Isaac Ady, against whom an indiclment has been
found for the murder of his wife, Elizabeth Ady,
was commenced yesterday morning. Consider
able timo was spent in cinpanncling a jury. The
examination of witnesses on the part ofthe pros-
ocution was coiiiuiucu uuiu near 0.0 ciock, wneu
tbo examination of witnesses on behalf of the de
fendant was commenced, and continued during
tho balance of tho afternoon. The defendant
has put iu a ploa of insanity but as the case is
yet before the Jury, it would be improper for us
to express an opinion one way or tho other, rel
ative to the defendant's guilt or innocence. The
Court house was crowded with spectators all day.
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For the Prosecution T, L. Jowett and E. M.
Stanton Esnre. For the Defendant, S. W. Bost-
wick,B. S. Cowen and J. Sharon, Esqrs.
Tlie mountain tutu in labor, and brought forth a moute."
The Baltimore Republican describes the pro-,
cession of the whig i?a-ilication Coon-vention as
a miserably tame affair." It was an attempt lo
revive the spirit of 1S40, by galvanising tho dead
carcass of " that same old coon. "
There were live coons,
There were dead coons,
There was au owl,
There was a hog,
There was a dead chicken-cock,"
There were negroes carrying banners,
There was a hawk,
"There was singing of songs;" ,t
and about nine thousand men and boys, ivith ban
ners flying, and all uuder deep excitement, ma
king up the whole procession! Tho future his
torian, recording such scenes, must feel deeply
mortified, at being compelled to stain our histo
ry's iiago with tho record of acls which ore aa
disgraceful to human natttro,as they are offensive
to heaven.
Jflaik the Difference!
Doctor Duncan of Ohio, in his speech in the
House of Representatives, dcmonstralcs by facts
and figures, that the expenses of Mr. Van Bu-'
ren's administration, for FOUR years were only
$!18,03,150. '
Tho cxpenso of tho Tippecanoe and Tyler loo ,
administration, for tho first TWO YEARS, a
mount to 59,119,807 dollars! or only about nine
millions less than the whole expenses of Mr. Van-;
Burcn's four years! EVERY DOLLAR OF IT i
WAS VOTED BY A WHIG CONGRESS.
Who Can Tell!
Why did thd whigs so unceremoniously thrust
asido "honest John D.ivis" who was clearly
their favorite for tho Vice Presidency, and nomi
nate a man whoso principles and measures are
not known to onc-tonlh of tho peoplo? Speak
out cooiucs