Bloomington Post, Volume 2, Number 37, Bloomington, Monroe County, 4 August 1837 — Page 2

Till LOO,)lLGTO POST. VV Vl'AY. AUGUST 4, 1837.

Heighth of Impudertce. -To go into a printing office, look over the compositor's shouldox and read his copy. Leiuistoicn Telegraph. Ditto. To go into an editor's room, rummage among his newspapers, and look over his shoulders to read his manuscript. Height of Justice. To kick such a rascal out without ceremony. Public Ledger. We of the Post entirely agree with the Ledger, for we are almost annoyed to deatli by such oto bred creatures. One of them came into our office the other day, took the manuscript out of the hands of the compositor arid read ii without ceremony. TO CORRESPONDENTS. "77te Bloomington Fair" are informed that unless they write a more legible hand they will not be permitted to appear in our columns hereafter. We have seen the time, that wc vouId c't any thing in our power for the "dear critters" but that time is now past, and although not a bachelor, we are nevertheless as eld age creeps inclined to partake of their crabbed disposition and will not be trilled with by them. According to promise we have faithfully examined

THE NEXT PRESIDENCY. AlreaJy a-e our Whig friends throughout the Union, beginning to discuss this important subject. It is with dep rrgrct that wc discover there 13 likely to be a disunion among them as to W ho ehali be their candidate for 1840. There arc several gentlemen whom it appears have strong claims upon tho Whigs, viz: Messrs. I'liy, Webster and Harrison. We of the Tost feel no deposition to try to dictate to the Whigs as to who shall be their candidate, but we have a right to express our opinion pon the u.wsc course they are pursuing. Kenticky is a?ain urgi:ig the claims of her favorite son Henry Ci.iy. With her wc could go heart and hand could wc eee any possible chance of success; but we know it would le like "throwing bread upon the water;" he never can attain that othce in our humble opinion although he justly merits it. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and riissouri, will all go against him. Ohio is still faithfully urging the claims cf her long tried friend and benefactor lion. Win. II. Harrison. New York is strongly in favor of Denied Webster, &soni3 of h;?r public presses have already determined to support no other man. The South urges the claims of Judge White. Is not such a state of tilings discouraging ami well calculated to insutv another d'feal in 1340! The Whigs have evidently gained urength f)r the last three or four years beyond calculation, tut such divisions are ra'cu'ated to mike the people lose confidence in them which will agv.n prostrate them beneath the yoke of oppression, from wh'ch they will never be able, during the existence of the present generation to extricate themselves. "A National Whig Convention" is proposed by some of the presses, for tie purpose of selecting an individual as a candidate fr the next presidency. We enter nur mo ;t solemn wot est against this course. The Whis

no longer than the lut canvass lot the .u -side r.cy, were I Vo about to make, an oy? single should ho had to the Litter enemies to National Conventions and Nomin-! anJ interest of the state. Indiana has cm- .. . . . ... ,. . ' barked in a "rand and "cncral system of internal nnations. 1 hey said it was anti-repubhcan and lmnossi-1 . i i -r i ' . i . n , 3 , , , , ' , , ,, ' ,! provement, whirh.il vigorously prosecuted, will conLie to get the will of the people through them. e said j ,,ct ,Cr to a brilliant and mighiv destine. To carry so .-o, and wc still siy sr., and we therefore oppose t on t,i.s system mitlions have been borrowed, for the

it. We go in for conshlcnn and would rather again be j pay mcnt of whic the faith and the honor of the state is j

possibly higher.

So that $-34,000 premium has been received by the State for her 5 percent. bonds, which amount is clear to the State, as the loans are so negotiated as to be drawri only as the money is required Tor the works. Indeed by the arrangement made between the Fund Commissioners and the branches of the State Bank, the State has the advantage of the deposite lying at 5 per cent, interest at the East for more than 30 days after the actual expenditure of the same amount on the public works here as the Branches pay the drafts of the acting commissioner as the work progresses, and at the end of each month receive a draft payable in 30 days on the Eastern deposite cn account of the loan. Thus the expenditures are made in our own State paper, and, afford the means to the farmer as well as that of the community, of paying their store and other deabts & the Brandies by thus procuring funds at the East are aided in paying oft their debt to the Treasury of the United States, and can fuinish drafts on the East to those who need to remit there, which in other States can now be scarcely purchased at any price, not even

fur specie, and thus our merchants can use the means

paid them by the citizens indebted to them, to meet their debts at the East, precisely the same as if they sent snecio. Everv one knnvs. that if no business was

Leoxidas' production. The composition is tolerably , Jonc now bctweeri any of us but what S),.-l(J (0iIars

1,000,000 was sold for Sat 2 percent premium, and j that choice fir.it can be obtained in a shorter way ivi

good, but we are confident ha has been guilty of a crime which if publicly known would forever blast his reputation! he has evidently stolen' the article. We would be glad to favor Cms with a place in our columns, but circumstances forbid it. As to the fate of the individual for whom he enquires we know r.ot; it may be that lie is still moving in the social circles of his friends or perhaps some heartless wretch han put an end to his existence.

Before another number of our paper can reach the confines of this state the people ol Indiana will have made choire of their ruler for the next three years. The candidates for this important station arc David Wallace and John Dumont. In the selection the peo-

by grafting. It consist in planting instead of graft

ing'. The limb of an apple tree, cot in the spring of the ear, at the usual time of trimming, with 'hi cut end stuck into apotatoe and planted in the ground, is more likelyto grow and become a thrifty tree than a graft inserted in the usual mannerTHE LATE ELECTIONS. The special election held in a number of the counties of this State on Saturday the 1st instant, fir the purpose of filling certain vacancies in the legislature now in extra session, appears, wherever the question has been tried, !o have resulted in the total overthrow of the 'Currency Tinkers"' and their au'he.ents. hi addition to the glorious triumph obtained in this Senatorial District, we understand that. i'i Morgan coun,y, the Loco-foco candidate, S. S. Brooks, K. has Leeii beaten by a majority of more than two to one, by his opponent. Capt. Wyatt. In Adams A. Williams, Esq., a through-going hig, has been elected by a very large majority over Mr. Smith, a devo'cd partisan of lh existing administration; and in Saiignniore, E. I). Baker, Esq., the Whig candidate, has a!i su ; .'jdj J by a majority of about 300 over Julia Calh km. Esq., a 'better currency" man. In Fayette :i ! E.imgham, Gen. W.L. I). Ewing, a friend of the. Bank, has bic.x elected without opposition. In Jo Daviess, S. M. Barlett, Esq., Ed 'tor of the Grlcua Advertiser, a sound Whig, as every good Editor should lie, has been chosen; and in Calhoun and Greene, Shaw, Esq., a decided oponent of the Ad.ni'iititition, has beaten, the Van Burcn candidate. We Jeetn the political regeneration of Illinois tu bo near at hand. -iZu.-i Ti.'cgrup'i. fr7David Wallace" j prosr.cc!s for election to '.he of-

werc required to pass for, all would be at a stand. So

of course it is with the state Every contract made by or for the State, in her receipts for loans or faxes, as well as her expenditures, are made on the specie ba.-us of the country so are all obligations of course made, either from or to the Stale; and whenever specie dymenls are resumed, all the amounts du the Slate for loans or taxes can of course be had in specie; although for the present exigency such extremity is not, we

suppose, resorted to. The State "of Ohio has pursued j lice of Governor are of the most flattering character, the same course as this State, and has recently made v ! We learn that in the eastern counties he will receive

loan of half a million, under the same circumstance as our State, depositing in the East, and drawing from the West as required. Our loans however, it irf but justice to our fund commissioners to add, were made on much

more favorab e terms than those u Ohio. It is irrati-1 man v ot Inem he u i.l rcceivo an almost uuamm vis

fvin" that papers standii'g high in both political par- i vol;. He sweet's the- noit'.i. In ll -e south an I southeast

iMuiont will pro laLiy tieat linn i y a small majority. The middle counties will gic Wa'lac.-ani ajority, on; of l hem erv larjre.

at least two to one. Our information from this pt.'rtiju of the state is derived from persons residing there, and from taose who have recently tiaercd it. From the Wabash counties tin" accounts a re most il.itt ;i inir. la

tics have. wiMi much liberality, accoided credit to the

State for her financial standing and operations. It is therefore w iih sincere pcrsuusion. that however any

! may differ about the application of the fun is of the

The frit uds i.i interna! in

defeated than to take up with that which we believe to j pledged. The state has gone too far to rectraco her !" wrong and which we recently di-claimed against. steps. She can and must "go-a-hcad." All, therefore, for this declaration wc will no doubt incur the dipleas-' Sf1 l-'tow their sutfrages as would best promote. r r . -w! r i 1 . i i . her interests and preserve her faith and credit, ore of some of oitr hie Inends; but we cannot help it , 1 r . . . . , , ! David Wallace is m lavor of the internal lmproveit ,s our honest sentiment in regard to the matter and ; syslcm c wag fur dassiiication when class" fiwe tearWsly express it. i cation was practicable but now when it is impractica

ble, and is only agitateu by the enemies ot the system

i State to her pubiie works, there is, or there ought to be, j content to diet W u'hirt n.er

but one leeling among us. us to the lntlelatiable exer- i as they imijiiettontijiy tiave

tions ol our v und Lominisioner?) mid the high stand- , a ueciiteu

ing ol'our State, at the East, that the above statement in the absence of the l'und Commissioners, is efiered.

In the late contest we lent our feeble pen andjunremit-

ted labors in the support oftlen. Wm. H. Harrison, and

we are happy to sav we have never regretted it. We

w ith a view to distract its frtends and nullify the sys

tem itself, he is opposed to it. John Dumont, it is well

.lid it honestly. We then believed him to be a man of, known, woubl have been a lnend ana supporter oi tne nerling worth and the onlv one who would bo likely to I s"steni. could he have proci rcd an appropriation for i.. r .,:r. ,v" .i iii" i the survey nnd construction of a turnpike road from ingabout a reconc.h.tion among the people and place Napoleon. But fating in this he has connectthem in that close connexion in which they should j , j vvih the cneinics to Indiana's kst interests, Mand to perpetuate our union we arc sull of that opin-1 anj is tlir candidate for Governor. In this contest ion. We have no hesitancy in saying he is the on- party feeling can easily belaid aside, as both of the 1 in an that can defeat Martin Van 1'urcn in 13-10, and ! candidates profess the same political principles, to attempt to run any other man is the highth of folly.' Theiet'ore. let every one who is interested in the wcll.et him sd- ho will serve the people and they will unite i fare of his state, and who feels a pride in preserving upon him without the aid of a National Con vention. ; inviolate her honor aid faith, cast his vote, on the first , . , -ii . . r , ' Mon av m August, for David H allack. Indiana

.v.: ii t.... :n. Journal.

Ohio is certain; Indiana will support no other man; we have an Illinolan at our elbow who says she will t r-

tain'.v give him hcr vote in the next contest; Missouri and

rovcr.:eiit should not hi !y. Having the power, they should elect l.im !y

: vote, ttiat tae e. iciii.es u

ihe system. ccii:g the hopcle- sr.ess of their ca t -o, and I 1 . .. .1. .t ! . . t I t. . .1 r lt!.. I I. . t . . .. . .1.. . t . I .. r. i . . .

md cncv'-vkdi,;

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(!k;.. IIakkimn AND THE xf.xt I'rksipf.xcV. The ex- position 1.1 uespair. Leteverv one vim led an intcie.-t

pression in favor ofl'en. Harrison as a candidate for j in the welfare of the state, und who rcgaids solemn the Presidency is stronger nn 1 more general and deci- j ccnti nets, iliesl himself .( all personal tu.d political ded than for nny other individual yet named or likely feeling, throw aside ail prejudice and peiscnal preferto be named for that cilice. The following from flic ence, r.nd eal his vote, on th'j lirt Monday in August,

New Jersey State (lazette show s his standing in that for David Wallace. Let this be done, and Wallace

will be elected by an luur.i nsc majority; tonhdenco will be restored, the credit of the state abtca 1 will lie cstab-li-shod on a firm l.ais, money to any amount can ihe.i be prcjcured, and all of our public works will progresi to a speedy and successful completion. Indiana Ji ttrtal.

X..C credit nnd honor of the state, will abandon their 0,1-

state. "We have seen with great regret, a very respectable portion of the Whig party, determined upon nominating Daniel Web tcr to the presidency. If this course is persisted in, which we hope will hot be. we shall he obliged to nominate that candidate, who is, bej cn l all question, the choice of New Jersey. That man is W illiam Henry IlAKnisoN,the only one who, as things now stand, can carry this state against Van Burcn. Wc speak advisedly ; and if those who have suggested the name of Henry Clay, will examine the particulars

ol the last election, and learn wnercm iienei al I la i n

son most reduced the strength

Inluanaiolis, Jcly 21, 1037.

I agree with us. Henry Clay oik

ll-lt-l It tutt.rlfTi.il 1.1 t1w- t ni(T

e have been or someday s at this place, and have ...i, i.i...i iti..;P ; ,,.,, ,,ic

.ftll'miitl - 1 hovnllf Hdil hi iTn ,irl.ttii Mn- ni.l 11.. I :l 1 . - r -.l .1 I J1

' j---. . ..... ... .v., .-. nai an opperiunity oi conversing wan genticinc-ii irom aware and Vermont will go for him by large majorities; i various parts of the State, on the subject oftheap-

tieorgia, Alabama, and lennessee will also go lor him ! proaclnng elections, and trom all we can hear there is favor in Pennsylvania

if Judge White is not a candidate. Hen. Harrison's ' no doubt that va.it majority of the citizens ol Indiana i

rhanre for a majority of the states which we hpve not j arc decidedly, under existing circumstances, opposed to named is better than'that of either of the gemletnen spo-! a" "'noyctions upon our system of Internal Improvc- , , -1 ,. .-, . i ., j inents. 1 rue there is a strip of country alotijj the Ohio Ken ol. w hen ah these tact 3 are taken into considera-, i r.i i i . r . . .1 , . . river, where a portion ol the inhabitants fear that those Hon, w.iocan doubt tor a moment, t,en. Harrison s pros- J n.hocujtiva,0 lho rich lands of the interior, should lie pecta ol sue ress. ctlaur,? by r ruads and canals, to compete with them, Wo have shared one d f-at in fighting under the ! in the Southern markets, and another strip along the Harrison banner; but nothing daunted by that, if lie j Wabash and Eric canal, where some are desirous ol should again be a candidate, we are ready to "return if forcing all the western part of Indiana, to resort to that the charge" and once tr.r.re unfurl the banner and place as the only thoroughfare for the exportation of their it upon our battery where it sl. ,11 stand firm as adamant l,ro,',,cc and rely upon the northern ports as their ., 1 1 .1 1. ! market. A ml by uniting these two interests, and cultintil a second battle is fought. .- ,i.i .. ,..,!...".. :.. .i .. . ' 1

itnaiiLiiv; luitia uiuj tan in uutui cumiiii-j iiojnj iu

Tin. I'.i.i'.c noN. Next Monday is tlu day appointed to decide who is lhe choice of the people. Wc arc happy to inform 0,1 r friends that the prospects of Governor Wallace, in every part of the State, are as good as we could wish. His niajoiity over Mr. Dumont vill be from 8 to 10,000 votes. The friends of Mr. Dumont have been wheedling the enemies of the Internal Improvement system, into his support by telling them that the executive recommendation of the new Governor Will have great influence in classifying or putting the whole system down. The new Governor does not deliover his message until next Djcemhcr come a year, and consequently can have no opportunity to recommend any measure in relation to the Internal Improvement system, as it will be settled the approaching session.

elevate themselves to omee. imt we are now lully persuaded that this artifice car! alone result in the discomfiture of those who have attempted to succeed by such selfish means.

The question is, shall Indiana pushonword to a high destiny, or recede from the lofty position she now occupies, and sink down into comparative obscurity! We are proud in the belief, that Old Putmau on, this occasion, will shout "Onward !" "No flinching in the ranks'." And that on the first Monday in August she will elect men of stable minds, who will steadily push onward our public works. A panic will seize those

j who cry ruin to defeat the election of Wallace. His

1 majority will be large and let every lnend to the

prosperity of our State endeavor to swell that majority, in order that the minority may bo so small, as not again to be induced to disturb the repose of our Slate, or in any manner to impede the progress of our works. It is preposterous to talk about classification. The moment our system is touched, that moment it crumbles into nothing. The advocates of classification know this they have not darcdto designate one work, rtii!i tlii ... 1 t..rt.n tl-ir qnrniid rln-ici. And vvhv? Ilf-

I , . f f , ... , , '"I iiiiiu 1... - . iii i-.ie commus ol cr.r paper of to-day will he found ! caU80 thcv know there is not one route, the citizens.

n literal translation of the fortieth chapter of the second ! noon which would he willing to have thrown into the

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There are only two men i i this country lit far t!u present crisis John C. Calhoun, of Sjutii Carolina, and Daniel Webster. All others are loale: s. JN" w Ytrk I fr-rald. This is the lantrunrre of c:1 Eastern Journal which

of Daniel Webster for I'm

are fast tendincr. in that

ruction of the ureal Whi-

parly of the l uioti. The -igus of the times"" are in-

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Tl. r..!Wm.r from the V,k' Hemihl ierm i, inihm.i po.ie.nio... ll0uiing uui a miraeiecan save us

live of the strong and decided feeling that prevails in j "'"i another political overthrow Men who arc know:,

j mivi vi . 1 Vl LJ III V jlViU Htlloo IM lilt: ll'riW till. UIIUII1 " : i... .. . . 1 . 1 . .... .

,. 1 , I . ..I. .V .,.,,,..;" rlon.TJ .It ...!.,. -n.l , O I U I C I! 1SU M C S I .O I MC f. . Cllt, lO ilft'L 111 U COIUC l

the head of the independent presses of Pennsylvania, in

of Van Buren.th. y C iU,u ," lhe MM'O' r ol nice lost New Je, sev, j " 'y- . 1 htngs n ; Gen. Harrison gained 'filler, to the .1.1.1 a.id dest

otjcdienco to 1 tic popular win, as a candidate tor tne presidential chair, and neither the scheming of intriguers nor the bad policy of honest hit mistaken advocates of other men, shall haul dow n the flag. The friends of Harrison the people know his worth and ability they desire to repay him the debt ol gratitude .which his country owes hinij and to testify their disbelief of, & contempt for the slanders which the purchased presses of the administration have heaped upon him. He is their choice; but they do not wish lo dictate. Their object is not the advancement ofa man only, but the promotion of their country's welfare, which they know Gen. Harrison is as capable and desirous to aid as any other of her able and patriotic sons. All that they ask

! isa fair hearing a full and free interchange ofopinion

w ith the great anti- an nurcn party ol tho I'nion, assembled by their representatives in a national convention, if they please; and to the decision of sa'ch a body, rendered in all honesty and patri otitm, they are prepared to accede."'

book of ivy, wherein is particularly detailed the in

terview between Coriolnnus, the Roman exile, and Vcturia, his mother. The advanced student, who has already mastered the diihcithics, and made himself acquainted with the frame of the Latin language, would do well to compare this translation with the original; an opportunity will thereby be allbrdcd him of forming some opinion of the purity of style and classical energy of diolion so entirely peculiar V: the Roman historian, and of observing likewise, how far, in this translation, tin particular expression and natural beauties of the oiiginal have been preserved. It is the intention, we brieve, of the individual, who has favoured us with this article, should his other literary avocations admit of sufficient leisure lime, to furnish us occasionally with t ;au.dations of sonic of the most interesting passages in the higher Greek and Latin authors.

The Tcxirtti army has been disbanded until Septem

ber next. Nolhing new frcm Florida.

back ground. And all this cry about classification is merely a delusive resort to overthrow the system, altogether. Then let the question be placed upon its true grounds by every voter, shall our works go onward, or shall they be abandoned altogether? and upon this let every freeman make up his mind and vote accord

ingly. L lough hoy. From the Indiana Journal. The loans of this season for the internal improvements of the State, have been made on terms which should certainly be gratifying to every citizen of Indiana. It. is understood the loans made and applied for, embrace the amount directed by the Board ol Internal Improvements lo be loaned, being $2,030,000 of which $430,000 was sold for 6 per cent, stocks at par, to meet immediate wants; 400,000 was sold at 5 at 2 per cent, premium for refusal for 60 days ; 200,000 was sold for 5 at 3 per Cent, premium for refusal for 0 days ;

To the Editors of the Louisville Journal. Cincinnati, July 1G, 1G37.

wnere tncy slioulu be content to JuIIjic. hen tho Pt'.triots and Statesmen of the West Clay, Harrison, and White men grown gray in the service of the people and their country, are termed "loafers,"" and their claims thus insultingly sneered at, it might be well fothe Western Press to institute an inquiry into the relative merits of these "loafers," and ihe "onli ticj men in the country" lit to preside over its destinies. The Western People owe it to themselves, rrcti now, to speak cut on this all-absorbing subject. Wabash Courier. The Van Burenites forgot thatj in attributing the suspension of specie poyments to the Whigs atoaetimo and to a conspiracy between Mr. Puddle and the. Bank of England at another they arc only proclaiming the miserable imbecility of the Administration. What is the case? An executive that has arrogated to itself almost all the powers of Government with majorities in both branches of Congress and iu all the State LcgUlatures." with an hundred thousand office holdeis--aud an hundred thousand more contractors, agents and other 'hirelings" and dependents of dilleient descriptions, w ith eighty milions of money to pay away, and loan, as, it is notorious, has been done, to favorite and

industrious panizans, in the course of one year; the

National Admini.st ration with all these moans, and wilh

Cattle Hi'? 11 '. The CJ'jicrinieiit has operated upon us entire control over the finances, has yet not been able, so severely of late, that 1 think of leaving the "Queen ! according to the Van Burenites, to save the country of the West"' in search of better times. I am a common ; from ruined bv a minority! If this is so, what ;r

laborer, and have been out ol work lor more than a j ,,,-ecious set of imbeciles must fill the place of power ir

week, (and thousands are in thesanie situation) and be

gin to think of having to starve in this goodly city. My object, in writing to you, is to inform" you and" your readers of the real condition of the working people of Cincinnati, knowing, as I do, that the newspapers do not give any thing like a correct account of it. There arc, at this time, to my certain knowledge, in this city, 800 laborers out of employment, and in an actual slate of want; and about 4(JO mechanics arc in

the same situation. For this there must be some cause,

and I find that they generally Ihmk correctly as to the

great and fir si cause of all there pecuniary trouble. The unpopularity of the present administration begins in the proper place with the working people. They are the first to feel thecfTect of mismanagement, especially in the currency; and they will be ready to profit by their present experience. I now call upon all the laboring people of Kentucky, to join in one general cry of disapprobation against the management of the general government, with respect to the currency. I have my self always been a Jackson man, but am now convinced that I, as well as Gen. Jackson, have been disappointed in the result of the "Experiment?' and it is now time to'open otir eyes. However, I was only going to ask if the prospect of living by hard work was any ways flattering in Louisville if it is, I must turn my eyes in that direction. Yours is haste. A LABORER.

the Government. Is it not high time they were itiihjv-' cd,nnd their posts occupied by men of ability and char-" acter? The Van Burenites arc in this dilemma they" must admit that their chosen rules are most weak and" inefficient, or iv.osi corrupt, unjust and oppressive. Ball. Pal.

SuiisinuTK ion gkavting. The Erie Observer says

Conukess versus the Executive. The following brief record of facts affords us sufficient comment upon

1 the inconsistency of the conduct of the men in power, who

professedly place usprcme faith in the free institutions of our country. What kind of Republicanism or Democracy is that which believes that the administration of the laws belong to one man or one party to administer a law or nullify the administration ofa law at hisor their pleasure? And yet American Democracy and American Republicanism winks at this abuse of principle, and place implicit confidence in the men who thu violate the principles they profess, and with their principles the laws of the laud. Such records as the following, which have become matters of history, throw u dark shade around the beauty of our Constitution. "Congress passed Mr. Clay's Laud Bill but (he Executive destroyed it. 4 Congress re-chartercd tho National Bank the Executive destioycd it. Congress said that the deposites were safe in the Bank of the United States the Executive removed them. Congress refused to issue a Specie Circular it ws issued by the Executive. Congress re-ciuded lite specie Circular and trie Executive defeated lhe recistau. IS. V. Express.