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: . . ,s . '.-; - - . ' ' , . . - - - tfegL". ' 'iina1 aMMBMBMaaMseMraaaa .. .. J. OCR LIBERTY AlfB HAPPWKSS AS A NATION ARE IN OUR OWK KEEPING, IF THEY ARE EVER SACRIFICED IT WILL BE ON THE AtTAR OF TARTY SPIRlt, AT THE INSTANCE OF PEs'lQNO AMBITION AND BY OCR OWN HANDS. VOL I. THE YPSILANTI SENTINEL. ' " WUI be 'published every Thursday by ' . JOHN VAN FOSSEN. J,OSBee over C, Staxk'a Store, three doora 'west of the Post Office, V Ttaais Two Dollars a year if paid in ad Vance, or Two Dallats and Tift? Centa if not !paid in adrance, j v Advertising o the usual terms of weekly papers. : From the New York Herald. m On looking back for a few years, it will be recollected that, daring the Pre S'dency of James Monroe, the old land f marks and divisions which separated par lies were removed and broken down by the number of candidates who entered in to the field in the contest that succeeded him- The old Jefferson dynasty was broken to pieces', and for a brief space of time thero was, what was styled an era of good feeling, until the election ot AH. ao .ams by the House of Representatives cau sed a coalition of the eld opposing ele ments, and the reorganization of another .party which may be called the Old . Hickory dynasty After a number ol inconclusive struggle, during ihe period between the years 1820 and 1629, Gen. Jackson was elected against all opposi tion ; the Democratic party, of a modern quality, revived under the genial influence of his popularity, and new men, new measures, new principles, and new pur poses, began gradually to prevail ; intro ducing an era very different from that of the old Jefferson dynasty. From the ac cession of Jackson up to the present day the country has been torn, and distracted, and convulsed, year after year, by strug gles, chiefly about internal affairs. The questions involved in all these struggles were, a na'ional bank, internal improve ments bv the General Government, dis tribution of the land revenues, a protect- i . r . i. n :j iv v (arm, a:xuigie ierm tor ma t rcsiucu cv, and various minor matters and meas u res not of much account. From 1828, till 1844. a period of sixteen year, all fhcen measures and principles have azi i i lated the country, and wo are now on the verge of a new election, w hich we have every reason to believe will be determin cd jn favcr of Mr. Clay, and the mens Ores he represents. In order to show at one g ance the history of these yenr, and to present the naked statem lit of fuels on which we have , formed the condusion jnnt stated, we annex the following tabte, which ex hibits the results of the elections during the periods referred to : Elections in the U. S.for ten yaars. 1828. 1832. 1636. Demi. , '650.943 687,502 763,597 Whig, -511,475 5S3.298 737,711 Abolition, Agg'e. 1,162,413 1,270,799 1,501,299 - ' 1838. 1839. 1840. Dem. ' -956,019 1,011,169 1,128.303 Whig, 1,066,712 972,317 1,274,203 Abolition, 7,072 Agg'e. 2,022,731 1.9S3.515 2,469,579 1841. '42 '43. Dem: 1,053.592 1,133933 1,073,157 Whig. 1,025.339 1,03,828 983.433 Abolition, 20,699 34.716 55033 Scat 371 8,069 26,894 Agg'e. 2.099,990 2,215,551 2,478,504 The first thing that strikes the reader m examining this table is the regular pro gressive increase of the number of voters Irom 1828 till 1843. The next thing is the .fluctuations which characterize the Whig votes, contrasted with the steady increase which characterizes the Demo cratic votes. From 1828 up to 1843, toe result of each succeeding election presents a gradual increase in the Demo cratic vote, with the exception of two years, whilst, on the other hand, the Whig vote exhibits singular ebbs and Slows, snowing conclusively that it is on JjT.orj great occasion?, and when mighty principles and measuxes are at stake, that swat class of the American people come 4o the polls at all. The Pemodratic vo j era appear to be like regular soldierry in 4ha field, always under arms, always rea dy at a moment's ; warning ; always pre pared to march in solid phalanx at the first tip of the drum, year after yean On tbs other hand, the Whiga are like an iltdiaciplined body of militia, who come out only oo particular emergencies, but, when they are roused, coming forth in overwhelming numbers, and carrying all before them. Another very striking and important fact may be observed in these returns. Ja the year '28 the Democratic majority was about 140,000. - From that year up lo '40, with the exception of '39 and a few intermediate years, the Whig vote appears to have gradually increased, un t'd in '40 they presented the remarkable majority of 150,000 over the Democratic party. This shows conclusively that the great majority of young voters coming into the field during this period, were not Democrats but Whigs, that is, men who support the leading measures of the Whig party. From 40 up to last year the principal deficiency again occurs in the Whig ranks. In '42 the Democrats poll ed more votes throughout the Union than they had ever mustered on any former occasion. But this was occasioned chief ly bv the absence of excitement amongst the Whigs and the diversion from their ranks of about 40,000 to the abolitionists, and other local movements. During the last year the dsficiency in the Whig vote was still more marked, whilst the increase in the abolition vote tended still more to diminish it. But the general excitement was less, and accordingly we see that the Democrats polled more votes than hey did the previous year. The general con clusions from all these returns is that the young generation, as they come into the field, entitled to vote, are, at lea?t a ma jority of them, in favor of the Whig prin ciples and the W hig industrial movements. Another conclusion, which we draw from these results, and which is very clear, is that if the excitement during the present summer can be raised to as high a pitch as in '40, there can be very little doubt of the triumphant return of Henry Clay, and the permanent establishment of his dynas ty and his measures for a series of years throughout this country. Sinco 40 a large number of voters, young men and naturalized citizens, may be added to the aggregate number polled in ihat year, but, as we have already remarked, the major ity of these new voters are Whigs, that consideration only adds to the chances of the Whigs in carrying the election of Mr. Clay against all opposition. Another reason which seems to argue that we are on the eve of a great and per manent political revolution in favor of the Whig party, under the banner of Mr. Clay, is that which is presented to our minds in consequence of the violent dis sentions and hearlburnings amorg the Democrats. No matter what the Con vention at Baltimore may do, the feuds between their leading men cannot be sub dued their broken legions cannot be uni ted by any species of compromise, or any system of harmony. As for Tvfer, he is only a firebrand thrown into the Demo cratic camp, increasing the conflagration which at present rages there. Such is the view which seems to be impressed en every rational mind, on look, ing back upon the history of the last six teen or twenty years, and marking the ab solute results at the polls. The popular election of General Jackson established that dynasty which has governed the coun try for the last sixteen years ; but within the last eight years a revolution has been slowly, but surely, progressing, and now Mr. Clay comes forward as the univer sally acknowledged and favorite candi date of the Whii parly, wiih more of the elements of pobularity in his character than were possescd byany candidate since the time of General Jackson, to whom, indeed, in this respect, he bears a strong resen.blance. Bold, fearless, positive identified with certain great and popular measures, and the nominee ofa united and enthusiastic party, it is hardly possibte to doubt his success in establishing a new and permanent dynasty that may last fif teen or twenty years. The appearance of Mr. Webster in the field, too, at this crisis, as the friend and advocate of Hen ry Clay, is an event too important to es cape notice. This great statesman comes forward to discuss the rew ruestions which have sprung up in the progress of events, and which are so well calculated to awaken the enthusiasm of the masses. The increase and spread ofour commerce with foreign nations, by the aid of inter national tariff treaties the resuscitation of the credit of the broken down States, the one term principle all these suggest and present fruitful themes of effective declamation, and which Mr. Webster will not fail to turn to good account. So that, by all appearance, Mr. Clay is likely to be elected by a larger majori ty than that gained by Generat Jackson in 1823, or General Harrison in 1840. These are our views. Can they be controverted, or shown to be erroneous? We do love candor, and we do now and then come across a locofoco, (we could almost say democrat,) who, in can dor will admit that he firmly believes Hen. ry Clay will be the next President of the United States. We hit upon one last evening. State Gazette. The Picayune says : The ladies, God bless them, have decided that O K moans Only KUsiog !--nothing else in the world!' The Cleveland Plain Dealer heads bis marriage list Annexation, YPSILANTI, (MICH.) THURSDAY JUNE 20, 1844. A WORD TO THE WHIGS. It is now apparent that the Locofocos have made up their minds to unite upon Mr. Polk, and make a desperate effort to recover the power they have lost, and we therefore take occasion to warn the Whigs of the Union against being lulled into security or supineness by the suppo sition that Mr. Polk is a mere man of straw. Mr Calhoun truly characterized the party to which he afterwards reattached himself, when he said that it was " held together by the cohesive power of plun der." Such is the bond that ever has and ever will unite it. The intensity of their love of power and M the spoils," is such, that, quarrel as they may among them selves for these, when the contest comes on between them and the Whigs, no mat ter who their leader may be, or what emi. nent men may have been sacrificed by him and his immediate friends to clear his way to the post of leadership, once there, they unite as cordially as if he were the right ful heir, and there had been no division or diversity of opinion in regard to the succession. In monarchical countries, it matters not whether a wise man or a fool, a military chieftain or a man devoid of military knowledge, fills the throne, the people are equally loyal and submissive ; and thus it is with the Locofocos, or, if they prefer to be so styled, the Democra cy, of this country. Let any man be no minated statesman, honest man, knave, or fool, whether by fair means or foul, is all one to them, and he is. for the time be ing, the embodiment of their party ; as the King or Queen is, in a monarchical Government, the embodiment of the sov ereignty, and the object of the love and devotion of good and loyal subjects. The nomination of James K. Polk as a candidate for President of the United States, was received with a laugh of de rision throughout the United States, even by the party by whom he was nominated. So incredulous, indeed, were the sensible men of the party in the interior,tbat upon first hearing its annunciation, they declar ed it a hoax 4i a Whig lie ;" they did not believe it possible the Convention could have been so regardless of the great interests of the country, and Of the 'digni ty of the station, as to nominate s6 insig nificant a man.one of whom many of them had never heard at all, and others only as the tw ice defeated candidate for Govern or in his own State, where the office of Governor is one of so little power and consequence, that few prominent men in the State 'can "be induced to accept a no mination for it. But notwithstanding the manner in which the nomination was received, and the Very low estimation in which Mr. Polk was held by the great mass of the party, the word has gone forth, that it is a most glorious nomination ; that Mr. Polk was a Very great man, the greatest in the ranks of the Democracy, thai he has claims superior to those of Mr. Van Buren, Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Cass, Mr. Bu chanan, Col. Johnson, Commodore Stew art, or, last and least, General Towson, though never before thought of; that Pro. vidence itself guided and directed the choice, and that upon him the party must unite as a man. This order of the lea ders to the rank and file will be obeyed, except by those who have sufficient inde pendence to think aod act for themselves, and who see in this union upon Mr. Polk, two objects ; namely, to win the spoils. and to break down the protective policy. We, therefore, repeat to the Whigs of the Union the language used to us a few days ago by a prominent free trade man it is not Mr. Polk that you have got to beat, but the Locofoco party." At the South Mr. Polk will be urged UDon the people as the anti tariff candi date, while at the North his free trade doctrines, and his hostility to that policy which fosters and protects American in dustry will be kept out of view as much as possible, and plastered over by the as sertion that he is in favor of the compro. mise act. If put to the test, however, it will be found that he is not in favor of the compromise act even, because he is not in favor of home valuation and cash duties provided for by that act, and which make it a prolectice act. The real issue presented to tho Amer ican people in the approaching Presiden tial election is, whether the tariff ot '42, which has restored prosperity to the coun. try, shall be preserved, or whether it shall be repealed. The Texas question has been thrown in to divert the minds and attention of the people from this issue ; but we think they have too much sagaci. ty in regard to their own interests tObe drawn off from the great questions they have to decide. If any evidence were wanting to prove that the Whig party are in favor of foster ing and encouraging American labor, and that the Locofocos are opposed to the po licy which does that, the votes in the H. of Representatives upon Mx. McKay's bill to repeal (or, which is the same thing, alter and amend,) the tariff act of '42 is sufficient to set the matter at rest. Not a VVhig, Northern or Southern, voted for lhat bill, while almost thentife Locofoco party, all except twentyeight, voted for it. Whig Standard. From the Daily Advertiser of Jane 'lb. MR, BRADLEY'S SPEECH. We knew that Mr. Edward Bradley, of Marshall, had played a game of faith, less perfidy at the Baltimore Locofoco Convention we knew tha't he had pro fessed the most entire devotion to Mr Van Bren, and had reviled Governor Cass with bitter personal and political abuse we knew that for some unexplained con sideration, he had suddenly deserted and betrayed Mr. Van Buren, and cast his vote in Convention for Gov. Cass, whose democracy' he had before impeached and denied--we knew that after all, he had hurried into the Polk movement with a readiness and boisterous zeal that gave too much reason to suspect him of double distilled treachery, to both Cass and Van Buren. But this was no affair of ours our relations with him had been respect ful and friendly, and we paid him th e civ ility of attending to hear his speech, little dreaming that we should be called upon to listen to a false, base and most malignant calumny on every Whig, present or ab sent. But we will not anticipate the or der of his remarks. When we entered, Mr Bradley was be laboring the carcass of the defunct U. S. Bank, forgetting, 'apparently, that the man he had just nominated for Vice Presi dent had eeh the rriost strenuons advo cate of its re-charter, in spite of Jackson's veto. His success was equal to tha't of ether asses in kicking dead lions. He next 'touched opon the distribution of the Land proceeds, which he denoun ced as a scheme of the grasping and ra pacious old States, to plunder the new ones, lie minus n Detter, we presume. that the whole of this money should be swallowed up, as it has been and will be in the Florida and Texas wars, and in the pockets of defaulting Swart wonts, Boyds and Harrises, than that her proportionate share of it, in addition to the extra 500,000 acres, should come to Michigan, to ena ble her to carry the 'Central Railroad to Marshall and westward. He then assailed the Tariff as a grieV ous tax. and especially singled oat the op pressive tax on tea and coffee, forgetting apparently ,lhat these articles are dutyfree under the present Whig Tariff, and that Mr Polk had proposed to tax them when in Congress. But on the whole, he trod rather lightly on this subject, as if it were dangerous ground. He then charged the Whigs with going for the assumption of State debts, but as he offered no proof of his'empty assertion, we let that falsehood f ass without com ment. Ho then took up the Texas question, and went the whole length of immediate annexation, right or wrong, war or no war slavery or no slavery. We are too well plea sed with the issue, to find fault or ex. pose his fallacious arguments'. They were strong enough, it seems, to induce the meeting to adopt a resolution in favor of the rejected Texas treaty ! , All this, however, was but ordinary po litical slangwhanging, and we do not com plain. But finally, Mr. Bradley made an iosidioos aod false-hearted appeal to the adopted citizens, unworthy of any honest man. He declared that the Whigs were the Native American party, and that they had abetted at least, the burning of the churches in Philadelphia, If he did not openly assert, he yet insinuated in terms, well understood and meant to be under, stood, that the Whigs actually burnt those churches. Self-respect will not allow us to speak of this calumniator as . he de serves, but we mean to hold him to his responsibility, now and hereafter. Here, in Marshall, throughout Michigan, and wheresoever our paper circulates, East or West, he shall be known and appreci ated as. the propagator of this detestable falsehood and slander on one half of his fellow-citizens. He may deride the pen alty, but he will yet live to rue the offence. He bears the hated mak of Cain. PLANK ROADS. The healthful! growth of our rising city, for the pas t two years, has turned the attention of the enterprizingtnd thought full among our titizeni lo plans of secur in g its permanent and spedy advancement. None of these schemes, in our judgmenr, are more worthy of consideration than those which have been pfdpos'ec for im proving the high ways, connecting us With the interior. Good roads are abso lutely essential to the develo'perhent and prospei ity of any country. They are the great arteries through which flow the life blood of domestic industry. Produce is naturally attracted by the nearest, easiest and cheapest transport. 'Especially is this true where the produce of a country consisting of gross and bulky articles, as the fruits of agriculture, and is raised at a great distance from its ultimate mar ket. When the cost oTtransportatin runs cbove certain point, it consumes the whole profiit, and leaves no reward to tho producer. Industry is robbed of all motive, end of course expires. But when,by wise provisions, the cost of trans portation is reduced so as to leave an adequate reward, the industry of the pro. ducers is excited encouraged, the fruits of labor multiply in rich abundance beneath his hand, and a vigorous prosperity is imparted to every place, which this pro duction creates and sustains. The citizens of Boston, with their far reaching sagacity ,have availed themselves fully of Ihe operations of such causes. By improved roads and railroads, radia tin in every direction from Boston, they have secured to themselves the whole trade of New England. They haveraade it for the interest of the producer ,to bring the fruits of his industry and skill to their marts; and Tie therefore brings ir. And now the city is reaping the rewards of its comprehensive policy in a rapid advance in value of real estate, an invigorated and extended trade, and an increase of popa- Ution which rivals even the'magtc growth of the West. The recent census shows that in edu cation, intelligence, enterprise, industry and general thrift, Michigan is already the N. England of the West. And what Boston is now to New England Detroit, by a similar p'oTicy, may become to Mi chigan. The interior of our State is admirably adapted for the growth of many agricullu ral staples. The soil is unequalled for the production of wheat. Indian corn, oats, barley, wool, pork, potash and sugar can all be produced in large quantities for export. All that is desired is that suitable outlets to the Eastern markets be afforded. These must and will be afforded. And that part on our lakes, which shall, by such means, most effectualy connect it self with the interior, must of n'ecssity be come the point of receipt and distribution for the whole State. The imports and exports of nearly the whole peninsula must' pass through the hands of its mer chants. A populous and wealthy city cannot fail to spring up where this trade pours together its copious streams. These benefits may be easily end per. manently secured for Detroit. In popu lation, wealth and acquired trade, it is now in advance of any town in the State The absolute security and unlimited capa city of its harbor, its central position, land the fact that all communication be tween the upper and lower lakes must touch at its wharves, give it signal or na tural advantages. If to these things, we link it to the interior by the cheap modes of transit, no rivalry can rob us of the great trade of the State. Something indeed has been done by means of the Railroads, but while these serve greater purposes, and are of vast importance, they do not meet the wants of our domestic industry. Our produce is agricultural ; the fruit ot the farmer's hands; and wise policy requires that the largest possible share of his own labor, should be incorporated with it. So soon as produce leaves the hand of the farmer, the cost of transportation being to demin ish its value; but so long as he can em ploy his own industry on it, whether by raising it on tho soil, or in transporting it towards its market, its value is increas NO. 27. ing for his benefit-. The cost of carriage reduced. The farmer therefore should be enabled to take, with his own teams, his produce to the port of shipment. Br means of goon rdads he ean do this at seasons of the year When his labor is little required on 'the farm. Good roads will invariably induce farmers to bring; in their own wagons, the prodace of their farms to our city for shipment. At the same time, that this adds to the modes of employment of domestic labor, in itself a great object ft dfr'ectty in creases to the farmer the net value of his crops; and of course, by so much Increas es his ability to become a purchaser of the commodities ofour merchants. 'i Not only then should we make our city the shipping depot of the State, but also bring the farmers themselves into our streets, with increased means to obtain their necessary supplies at once contri bufiog'to the wealth of our'city, and shar ing in return the prosperity they " create. We shall return to this subject hereaf.' ter. And we shall particularly call the attention of citizens To the project of planking onr great thoroughfares from the city. Liberal charters have already been granted, and, as we shall show, abundant inducements are held, out.', 6ya statistics arid 'calculations, we shall aboyfi that the proprietors of such roads,' ou?. whole city, and the farmers 'of the .interim or would all be vastly benefitted by their construction. All 'are interestod. Therd is motive for every one, whether the aim., be individual gain, the growth of our faif r city, or the prosperity 'of. the country ft j irg.--Detroit Adv. , ?j 'ALfi The Overflowing of the Missuslpptl-R The editor of the Courier des Eatus Unit'. who ia now travelling ait the West,. in 'aa letter dated the 24ih of May gives a de j scription of the rain occasioned by the re9 cent rise in the Mississippi. He says:" ' I have just descended a yafley of the Ohio,from Pittsburg to Cairo, a small tjwrt? at the junction of the Ohio and the Mii sissippi river as far as St.. Louis, . Tho spectacle presented during4 my Voy age has been one continued scene of io vastation. infinitely varied and horribly picturesque. Owing to the recent arn?i1 the water of the Mississippi and itsfribuvi taries have attained a hight which is un-, precee'e ited.except in the year ITSS.whein j the waters toso some thirty ' feet" above ' their ordinaty level. The extent of inun-s dated lands, the nomber of log cabins ear'' ried away, and of animals swallowed UpVi arejncafculaole. , . , v,0 vn From Cairo b St. Louis aire seen only abandoned farms', animals, floating over prairies which have become" lake v and cd longer offer them pasture." Sheep, oxen, horses, .and cattle of various kinds must now seek their living on the waters, like the ducks who are the only inhabit tants that readilyaccommodate themselves 0 to the altered state of things.' The Mis-" sissippi is frightful ; its stream, rapid 'e 3 nough always, is now a torrent, and twice 8 the powerful steamboat which carried usvt was compelled to yield to the force ov ths current. The ghosts of Whole for- 3 ests float, with arms and hair erect, thro, , this roaring abyss, and the steamboats are; u at every instant, obliged to arrest their J progress,, lest they strike too rudely gainst these uplifted giants, At St. Lou is the quay called the levee is submerged; Houses are abandoned, the water reach ing the second story. The inhabitants' ' of the small town opposite to St: "Louis; e have fled to the fields, and the vessels, ; stead of following the usual sinuosities of i the river, cut directly across lots, someu times carrying, away a chimney or, the top ofa tree. But, fortunately, the wa'n lers are abating. ' " 1 J ' : Hazel Eyes. Major Noah says hat3 a hazel eye inspires at first a Platonic sentiment, whre gradually but -surely ex pands, emerges into love as securely foun- ded as the rock Giberalter. A woman with a hazel eye never elopes from' herJ husband ; never chats scandal ; neyer sacrifices her husband's comfort to her own ; never talks too much or too little i is always an entertaining, intellectual and loveable creature. We never knew but. one uninteresting and nnamiable woman, with a hazel eye, and she had a nose which looked as the Yankee says, like the little end of nothing whittled down to ap'int I wish to introduce a bill for. tho de struction of worms, said the wood-peckeri n a stump speech; .: .) .:jr 1 - ,13