Evansville Journal, Volume 10, Number 27, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 13 June 1844 — Page 2

THE JOURNAL.

Not Cteaar'a weal, but that fRgme.'

ALAS FOR THE RUINOUS TARIFF!

-The receipts from Custom, at the port of

.New York, says the American, during the

month just closed, were about two million of dollars, which, .with die receipts of the

four pier ious months, will make about nine and a half millions, oi dollars at that port

alone. If the remaining seven months should

produce as much more the revenue collected

here alone will exceed eighteen millions of

dollars, under a Tariff proclaimed to be ruin

ous and prohibitive, The receipts and es

timales of the last Treasury 'Report, of the revenue for the whole country, were about

seventeen millions. New York alone will overrun the estimates by a million.

43-Advebtisers, yearly and all others, are referred to our first page for terms, &c, from .iTKl!! IIS dauitlinn will Yta m a A a in. nnvr r.ncya

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THURSDAY," :

JUNG 13, 1914

, FOR PRESIDENT, HENRY CLAY, OF KENTUCKY. FOR' VICE PRESIDENT

THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN

; OF NEW JERSEY.; , STATE ELECTORS Henry S. JLane, of Montgomery; Joseph C. Marshall, of Jefferson. DISTRICT ELECTORS. 1. John A. Brackenridge, of Warrick; 2. James Collins Jr., of Floyd: 3. John A. Matson, of Franklin; x - 4. Samuel W. Parker, of Fayetiej 5. Hugh O'Xeal of Marion; ; 6. George G. Dunn, of Lawrence; 1. R. W. Thompson, of Vigo; . 8. A. It. Homes, of Carroll; O. H. P. Biddle, ofCasa: 10. Lewis G. Thompson, of Allen. 9

For State Senator, WILLIAM C. PELHAM, of Posey. For Representative. WILLIAM OLMSTED. For Treasurer, -' A B'M. It LOCK II ART. ' For Associate Jade, SILAS STEPHENS. Far Commissioner, ; . wm. g. Mcdowell, For Assessor, HENRY P. VAUGHN.

GIBSON COUNTY. Avery large assemblage of the Whigs

met at the Court house, in Princeton, on Saturday, June 1st, agreeable to notice given, when on motion of Maj. Jas. Smith.

CoI.'Jas Devin was called to the chair.

Wm. Phillips, Esq., and Maj. Jas. Smith be

ing appointed Vice Pres'ts, and John Ames

Sec'y. ; . .,. , . - , , .....

Judge French proposed that , the convention should now proceed to the nomination of candidates for the various coonty offices, which was unanimously agreed to. A motion now being made to 'that effect,

the several Townships in private committees

selected 3 persons from each township

complete union of the Whig praty, a union . TYLER'S ACCEPTANCE.

m principle measures and men. The following letter from Mr. Tyler to

- Resolved, That as the Whigs of '70,'whilst the committee appointed -to inform him of

defending the true principles of , liberty so- bis nomination to the Presidency, is copied

licited the aid of the Ladies, so do we soli- from the Madisonian. It is the richest thing

cit,approving of the deep interest they mani- we have seen lately ,

fest now as then in our political Institutions

and that we hurl back the slanders of our

opponents, as recently expressed in this

county against the whig Ladies of the Unit

ed Slates, as emmanating from a dishonest

trid reckless band. '

Mesolved'hnt this convention

as members of the nominating committee,

OCrA great mass meeting of the Whigs of to-wit: Patoka Township, John Brownlee,

New Jersey was held at Trenton on the joun Wheeler, and Hudson Brown. Wrash

JUth ultimo. Twelve thousand were pres- jngton Township,. Isaac Falls, Joel France, ent, and were addressed by Daniel Webster an(i Harrison Lewis. Columbia Township,

at great length in a most able speech. We A(jam jj. Harper, Wm. Reavis, Jr. and Wm

shall give a portion of this speech in ourf McClary. Barton Township, John Kil-

next. mtrick.B.II. CriswellJ. Kil Patrick. Johnson

. '

Township, II. Hopkins, John J. Neely, A.;

03-The nominations of Polk and Dallas BIythe. Montgomery Township, H.Westfall,

are very apt illustrations of the consistency Thos. Smith, and Jas. Skelton. "

of locofocoism. Mr. Polk, under Gen. Jack-l On Motion, a committee was appointed to

son's administration; was the defender and Mjauoht resolutions for the consideration of

supporter of the State Bank system, apd un- (hi3 convention ,viz: John Ames, D. Mil-

i

der Mr. Van Buren's administration, as chair- Wm0j j Ennis, WTm. Lawrence, B.H. Cris

man of the committee ot ways and means in jj. Reel, and John C. Warrick. ' Mr.

the House bf Kepresentatives,lhe introducer Anderson F. Ely being now called upon and supporter of the Sub-Treasury project, addressed the , assembly in a very spirited

The Iocofoco candidate for the Vice Presi- srjeech of considerable length; which has

dency on the otberhand, in 1832, while i seldom,ifeverbeen surpassed iri sound reason

the Senate of the. United btates, introduced -in antj "indisputable facts for the peopla."

a bill for the kb charter of the "monster," After which the nominating committee made

and supported it by his voice and vote through J jj,c jr report as follows : ; "

all its stages. Nay more, when this bank vnr rjpnrflsnntntivft.Thos J. Montgomery,

I a j - - .

" Washington, May 30, 1844. Gentlemen: Your letter of the 28th instant, announcing to me my nomination for the Presidency for the next four years from

the 4th of March next, by a DemocraticiCon-

vention held in Baltimore on the 27th ot the present month, and delegated by no incon-

I cwloroklo rwM-ti-ina rf ihe TVipmIa In pxrfirv

recom- ",vv-,v""ir , j

i . . v rt C aI. i a . . I tJiaic vi iijc uuiuiii uciuuuua n y ? anucoi

,ucu lu u,S3 ut ui several iownsn.ps knowledffemenfs. I have not been an inat-

in (jibson County." Itentive observer of the course of public opin

1st. That such townships as have not fully ion in my favor, as manifested in numerous

wganized Clay Clubs therein, should do so Primary assemblies, and announced by tbe

,i- i l I proceeumgs uuu rt?suiuuuua ui idiye luassus lOjmeaiateiy. ? , f , n(,nnjft: :n mnst ne tm statPS nf .e

2nd. That the Princeton Clay Club be Union, and to which the delegates lately as-

recognized by tne several Townships clubs, sembled m Baltimore, have so promptly res

as the Central Clay Club for Gibson county, poned ; and I beg to assure you, gentlemen, fii-ri - That oanh ik A '1 hat 1 am not deficient in due sensibihty upon

iV"'"'Jl"i' uuo the occasion.

or more delegates to attend the regular Since mv accession to the Presidenev I

w j j - monthly meetings of the Central Clay Club,to have had to encounter trials of no ordinary be held ou the first Saturdav in each month character. A great experiment was under

n , . I Providence, committed to my hands. It was

ai i IIUI-CLUU. I .1 .1 . nr.. r

I uu uiucr uiau a icbl as tu uiu suiin-icucy ui

m. xuateacu lownsnip ciuo noia usTeg- our institutions to meet the contingency

nlar monthly meetings on the second Satur-j which for the first time had occurred in our

day in each month, in order to give the dele- history of the death of the President to the

bill was vetoed by General Jackson, and the

question came up in the Senate "shall the

bill pass notwithstanding the President's ob-

eetion,M Mr. Dallas again voted in the af-j

Urinative! :

'- Clay Club. The Clay Club was fully

attended on Friday night, last, and several speeches were made by gentlemen which called forth repeated applause. . By reference to a notice in anothercolumn it will be ssen that the Club meets again on this evening, and a full meeting is anticipated, as we learn a number from the country will be in attendance. The Elector for the First District, John A. Brackenhidge, Escu, will nrMi-Pca 1ip fMnh. Tlifi ladies are esDecial-

ly invited to attend. ' " ..

' - ' " - NOTICE. . Mr. Byrnes, late gent of the Kentucky Stale

Temperance Society, will address the citizens

of Efansville, on to-morrow eveuing, at early candle light, at Mr. Barnes' church." - Come one, come &1L "

For Clerk and Recorder, John R. Mont

gomery. For Auditor, Samuel A. Stewart. ,

For Treas'r and Collector, Jas. J. Kirk

man. ,r . For Sheriff, Clarence II. Chambers,

For Associate Judges, David Milburn and

Jas. Wilson. k v.

For Commissioner, Amasa D.Foster.

. We recommend to .ibis convention that

Even Bennett of the New York Herald laughs at the nomination of Polk. The Her

ald says: Of the nomination of Mr. Polk we

hardly know how to speak seriously. A more

ridiculous, contemptible and forlorn candid-three delegates be appointed-from each

ate, was never put forth by any party. He Township to meet at Petersburg, in Pjk

has neither the vigor, respectability nor the County, on the 18th inst., for the purpose of

elements oi any repuiauon, even nail so meeting delegates liom rute ana juudois,io

much as Captain Tyler and all the family, in- nominate asuitable person for Senator.

eluding the cracked head of old Wat Tyler. I On motion, the report of the norninatin

Mr. Polk is a sort of fourth or rather fortieth- committee was adopted without a dissentin

rate lawyer and small politician in Tennes- voice. The committee appointed for that see, who by accident was once speaker of purpose now reported the following resolutive House ol Representatives. He was re- tions, which were enthusiastically adopted.

jectedeven by his own State as governor we the Whiss of Gibson , county, to-day

aad now he comes forward as cand idate of assembled, having a deep olicitnde in the the great democracy of the United States. SUCcessofour cause,commensurate with the Oh! what a ridiculous finale. Captain Tyler, important influence its triumph or defeat will with the patronage of government in his exercise on the policy and administration of

gates an opportunity of reporting the procee-

administration ol public affairs. In entering

unon the office. I had to decide the auestion

Wings of the central club. whether I would surrender honor inHfrmPnt

5th. That all the members of the several conscience, and the right of an independent

clubs consider themselves bound to improve mmd in.to lhe hands of a party majority, in

. , .. , wiiusc views aim upiuiuiis, 11 uucuniu vury each and every opportunity by laudable obv.; , u . cur whhout

means, inaavancing me wnig cause, inai such surrender: or whether I should brave

as Missionaries in the cause of their coun- consequences in the vindication of the con-

try.truth and correct principles they persevere stiiutional rights of the Executive, and in the

unto the end. s . I . . . . . .

luuiy ivj iiic vvuuiij, jjy auu niu" uio utsi

Jicsoicea,. mat as true wings we pieage jcourse, I was perfectly aware than my Pre

fto ach other, and to our common country sidential term would throughout be peacea

.1- a ! . 1 . t . I I t '. .l

nr sinoere nri enerat. snnnort of lhe sev- ole ana iranquilina 11131 1 SllOUlU receive tne

, . . . . zealous and ardent support of a controlling

laud dominant party; by pursuing the latter, I

should incur Hie most violent denunciations

the bitterest reproaches, the most unrelent

ing persecutions, while I could look to no

active support from any engaged in the ad-

We are indebted to the obliging Clerk of the Fawn for a copy of the Louisville Journal of yesterday from which we copy the following items: , , It will be seen that - even four Howard" deserts his party in its distress as rats desert a sinking ship. Nominations. The Washington Spectator, of Thursday evening, says that the nom

ination of Tilghman A. Howard, as charge

des affaires to Texas, was transmitted to the

Senate that morning. "

Things in Washington.. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Ameri

can writes under date of the 6th:

' The President has nominated a second

rate judge of Pennsalvania, Judge King, to

fill the vacancy upon tne bencn ol the su rreme court. -

The Senate committee on commerce have

reported against the confirmation of Mr. iei

ris, the collector olNew ions.

The Washington correspondent of the

Philadelpeia Mercury (L. F.) says:

Mr. Rantoul will, in the course of a few

days, be nominated for Secretary' Of Treasurv. Mr. Snencer is still in town. Many

"""-novals may be expected in the course of

" the next month (July,) winch Will tate place

a3 the good of the public service may re

quire.

3-The U. S. Senate, on the 30th ulti

mo concurred ia the vote of the House of

Representatives (passed some days ago) directing the presiding officers of the two Houses to adjourn the same sine die on the 17th day of June, it may be considered as settled - that the Session of Congress will be brought

to a close on that day. This decision cannot be reversed or reconsidered without the consent of both Houses.

hands, and the "spoils"

"Warm, reeking, .rich,"

an get more democratic votes in JNew

York, than Mr. Polk can, or ever will do.

The singular result of all these laughable idence of their salutary character in the in-

doings of the democracy in Baltimore,will be strumentality they have already wielded in

tne election ol Henry Way, by a larger ma- the accomplishment of their object, although

ority than ever was received by Jackson or obstructed by the treachery and weakness of

Harrison. With l"olte and 1 yler m the held an ffi-:ai dirrnitarv ;n hiah station, we now

to divide the democracy, who, were they ardeutiv desire a full and fair trial of those

rolled into oho person, would hardly make a measures and to see in high offices honest man, Mr. Clay must get the Stale of New d capable men, who wiU fairly' carry them

i one wun peneci ease, l ae same state, oi out Therefore be it

our national government, and confident in

lhe power, and tendency of the measures we advocate to restore prosperity and happi

ness to our land, and besides having the ev

eral candidates nominated by the Conven

lion ia order to ensue our triumph, for ."Peace hath its victories ! As well as war." ' '

mi t J " . !. C 11

ineirres.ueut 8pPomieu ui ministration of public affairs. The one oartv

persons from the several townships, as dele- bold and triumphant from the recent exhibi-

ates to the Senatorial Convention to be tiou of its strength in the election of 1840,

held on the 15th inst. at Petersburg. Pato- was 11Ke,T lo oroo."-"0 PPoslll?Q to "a

nn mat fpr tinnn what roi on it otir li nnnnciiiAn

Ka townsn.p, uenj. nome, m. iP"e might proceed while the other, still smarting and Hudson Brown. White River to wnship, underthe signal defeat of its leaders, would

David Milburn. Wm. French, Vincent Bar- not be well inclined to look favorably on one

nett Washington fownshm. John. Enia. I wno had' in no small degreeen instrumen-

,. , , ... . n .. . . iai in oruigiugaooutuiai aeieai.

t alls, and John uull.c. . umumoia lown- Jq the meaQ j shM b(J Jeft ship.Wm. Reavis, JrWm. 3cClary, and tbe means of defence against false ascriptions

D. Johnson. Barton township. J. Kilpatrick, of moJive and base assaults upon mv charac

IT PrUweli Jnsiah Kilnntrir.k 'Jr. Johnson ter 'ch would be reverberated thoughout

i.- t i. t m i tt t i , the Union by the affiliated presses: while I township, John J.Neely, Henry Reel and . find 1 . t". . .

Samuel Tribble. Montgomery township, the columns of a single newspaper, and that,

ohn C.Warrick, Jas. Skelton, and Jacob at the time, or a limited circulation. Under ' . . . - .-w 1 oil I Iioaa onnrtllirKT irAnmoi'iniaa T 4a

clones. Wabash township, John tJarrioaugn, -f ;e

t ixtr ur ii- maue rar eiecuoa eeivveen peace, comiort, Lamar, and Wm.W.lkmS. ' and tranauilitv on the oneside.and thes.ern

uesoivea, mat tne proceeaings oi mis and soiemu obligations of duty on the other.

convention be sent for publication to the I The first to be obtained by a sacrifice of

EvansvUIe Journal and Vincennes Gazette, opinions long chenshed, a surrender ot the

t mra ri?viw t I T1Sms 01 conscience, an auanaonment oi tne JAMfcS UtiVIIN, i-rest. M oblisations arising from my oath of office to

John Ames, Secy. , support and uphold the Constitution, the Joss

of my own self-respect, the scorn of all hon-

democratic disorganization will lead to the

same results iu other States. The presiden

tial election may be said to be decided as

soon as it opens. ; The democracy will be

scattered to tbe four winds of heaven among

their several candidates, and Clay will have

only to walkover the course.

Resolved, That the nomination of Henry

Clay, of Kentucky, for President and Theo

dore Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey, for Vice

President, receive now our cordial approba

tion, and on the first Monday of next Novem

ber our hearty support.

Resolved further, That as "Union is

.... ...... .

03-The New Harmony Statesman is the strength" in order to ensae tneir election m

only paper that has yet reached us with lhe ensuing campaign; the names of Polk and Dallas at its head. Shoulder to Shoulder we will stand,

Or side by side we 11 lie.

The Statesman says it goes in for "meas- Resolved, 1 hat above all things no re

ures not men," that is, it will support Polk and proach shall ever be justly be uttered

Dallas "whether they are in favor ofannexin aga,nst us for the concealment of our pnnci

Texas or not.' - I pies or measures. From our Banner they

shall meet tbe light of Heaven. Through

CMj-JonsGiutAN, hatier, Main street, put the land Whigs shall proclaim these:

is putticg np a most beautiful article of Ash- J ; '.1st An honest and economical adminis-

land Hats expressly for our citizens. They I tration of the Government.

are light, durable and cheap. Those in want 2nd. A sound currency of uniform value

of a neat covering for the head should J 3rd. Fair and moderate, but certain and

give him a call. As Dan Tucker would I stable encouragement to all branches of in-

ffT-The following letter from our Repre- orable and fair-thinking men, the curses of

,1a . .l . r

sentative, jeceived a few days ago, we lay the present day ano tne anathemas ol tutu-

, - , i iiiy y Liiu last iu uv iuvituu aiuiu uic uiuubefore our readers, that they may under- . ' f denunciation and the bitterest out-

stand from himself how far Mr. Owen has at- poUringg of malice. .In choosing between

tended to the interests of his constituents. these two alternatives, 1 did hesitate a mor fhat nn instanrn of the mnt. The country is aware of what follow-

. . . , rr . , , .- , ed. Bills were sent up from Congress for

the kino ever nappeueu uio,c, wUC,c annrnai which r regarded a violations of

. , . . .l.TT .j . . r

member ot tne dominant, party m iue nuu&e the Constitution. They were vetoed. 1 pre-

renuested a select committee for the pur-1 ferred denunciation to perjijry tbe unathe-

- , - I . . 1. . 1

Dose of procuring a favorable report . upon a mas oi me momenr, 10 ueanngin my Dosom j u . nia;nA a a Promethean vulture to tear and devour measure, and that commiltee contained a immediate! lonrNv Bn,l violent-

majority of members opposed to such meas- ly denounced by the. Whig press, manifestoes

ure. We have not the inclination now to say j were hurled at nay head ; articles of impeach-

rnnrA nhont the wav our canal interests have ment, showing alone the malice and weak-

. j i t Lnflness in which they originated, were moved Leen managed, by our Representative, butt . - . tt fn .

we shall at our earliest convenience place appellation was employed in connec-

v INFORMATION WANTED.

A person by the name of John Cakhill,

who was on bis way to Davenport Iowa Territory, with his three daughters, was left at

this place by the Steamboat southerner, a-

bout the 20th of April last His daughters are at present in Galena, Illinois. They say

he got off at our wharf for the purpose ofl

procuring provisions, and the boat started " and left him. -He had about $500,00 on

his person, and it is feared that he has been

murdered. ; His children are in a very dis

tressed and anxious state of mind concern

ing him. " Any information directed either to thA editor of tbe Galena Sentinel

U3 V , . will be thankfully jeceived.

say-

support and protect domestic labor, Before all others, help your neighbor.11

O-It is an instructive lesson to time-serv-

ing politicians that Martin Van Buren, known as "the Northern man with Southern principles," whose whole life has been signalized by cringing to Sourthern prejudices and humors, has just been laid out by the vote of the entire South'. Not a slave State stood by him in his last agony but Missouri, which voted not for him but for Benton, and would have gone against him bat for Benton's great influence with the Delegates and iron will. Ponder this embryo Statesmen! Remember the dying words of Cardinal Woolsey : " " "' ''''' ' . '"'; ' . "Had I but served ray "God with half the seal I served my King, he would not in mine aga Have Mt me naked to mine enemies."

dustry,

4th. ; Peace and Union : as long it can be

preserved with honor; preperation for vigor

cus war when it is inevitable; Union at a

hazards,

5lh. Men only of character, fidelity, and

ability appointed to public office.

6ih. Just limitations and restraints upon the

Executive power.

7th. A distribution of the proceeds of the

sales of the public lands among all the States,

on just and liberal terms,

8th. A just administration of our common

constitution, without any addition to, or ab

straction from the powers which it fairly con

fers, by forced interpretation.

9th. The presevation exclusively by the

States of their local and peculiar institutions T Resolved, That we behold as most grati

fying tbe evidence every where seen of the

but to band themselves together to adopt their own organization, and to make their appeal to the intelligence of the people. How

that appeal was received i3 best answered

by referring to the numerous meetings of the

people in their primary assemblies, in many

instances embracing thousands, who, waiting for no Conventions, have nominated me to their fellow citizens as their candidate for lhe Presidency, and sent up to Baltimore for purposes of comparison of views with persons from other sections, delegates to a Democratic Convention, whose proceedings have

ratified and confirmed the proceedings of

their constituents. ; - -

I do not feel myself at liberty to decline

the nomination tendered me under such cir

cumstances. There is much in the present condition of the country which would forbid my doing so. - My name has become insep- . arably connected with the great question of the annexation of Texas to the Union.""' In

originating and concluding that . negotiation

I had anticipated the cordial co-operation of two gentlemen, both of whom were the most prominent in the public mind as candidates

for -the Presidency. That co-operation would have been attended with the. immediate withdrawal of my name frpm the question

of the succession. In the consummation of

that measure, the aspirations of my ambition would have been complete. " I should have felt that, as an instrument ot Providence, I would have been) aided in accomplishing for my country the greatest possible good. - The poor and contemptible desire to bi in office for the mere sake of office, however exalted would have had no cfiect upon me. But such was not the v case. Where I had reason to expect support, I have met with stern and for aught that I know, unrelenting opposition. My motives have once, more been most violently assailed and matters have proceeded to such an extremity that the opiuion of a learned jurist of the State of N. York has been obtained, and is now published to the world, that I have made myself the legitimate subject of impeachment for having negotiated the Treaty of Annexation, and sought to carry it out by measures which seemed to me to be imperatively called for by honor, and justice, .and every consideration of public duty. I am, therefore, left no alternative. ; I shalf shrinR from no responsibilityshall seek to appease no spirit ofdis--content. -If annexation is to be accomplish

ed, it must, I am convinced, be done immediately. Texas is in no condition to delay. She will not slake her interests upon possible but remote contingencies. If the present treaty should be - ratified, or any meas-

j-ure, in any other form shall , be presented

which will result in success at the present

session ot Uongress, you will leave me at

liberty, gentlemen, to pursue the course, in regard to the nomination which you have communicated to me, that my sense of what

is due to myself and the country may seem

to require. 1 he question with me is be-1

tween Texas and the Presidency. ,The lat

ter, even u within my grasp, would not, for

a moment, be permitted to stand in the way of the first. . But, in the present position of

affairs, I can waive no responsibility.

You do cie nothing but justice in ascrib

ing to rao a firm and unshaken purpose to np-

hold the political principles which weie sanctioned by Jefferson, and consecrated by hia

immediate successors. 1 yield to no man in the sincerity of my devotion "to them; and, while I remain at the head of tbe Government

t will be my continued effort to sustain and

advance them. . -

Be pleased to accept assurances of my

high regard and esteem.

' JOHN TYLER.

the facts of the case before Our readers.

To the Editor of the Jotjknai.

WASHINGTON, May 30, 1844. . Snt:! regret to inform you, that, this

morning the majority of the Select Commit

tee which the House granted me on Ahe

grant of lands for our canal, has decided to report against the Senate Bill, which was

recently referred to them. Three of the Committee, (Mr. Ficklin, of Illinois, the

leader of the river project, Mr. Darsab, ol:

Pennsylvania, and Mr. Spence, of Maryland,)

will report the bill back, recommending, that

it lie on the table. The minority (Mr. Sey

mour, of New York, and myself) will make

a conter report, recommending its passage;

and we hope to be able successfully to re

sist, in the House," the motion to lay on

table. The indications in the House, so far,

especially the vote on the Select Committee

which was resisted by Illinois, have been fa

vorable. The failure in the select committee is attributable to the fact.that the Speak

er,' desirous of giving new members, (not on

anystanding committee) something to do, selected the Committee without reference to

their views on the subject. ; Your Fellow Citizen," ROBERT DALE OWEN.

OrMr. Summers, of the House of Representatives, says, that, when Mr. Polk's

nomination was announced, a Locofoco mem

ber of the House from Tennessee declared

that Mr. Polk himself would not believe it unless Gen. Jackson should give a certificate

of the fact! '

tion with my name; mobs assembled at mid

night at the doors of the Presidential man

sion, and the light of burning effigies threw

its glare along the streets of some of the

cities, bucn were the consequences which

followed the vetoes. Under these circum

stances my reliance was placed upon the peo

pie. To them I looked for justification and

support. Nor was it denied. The Congressional elections, which shortly followed, fur

nished that justibcation and gave promise of that support.

A large Whig majority m the House of

Representatives was swept out of existence,

and a still larger democratic majority was

made to occupy its place. l he political bat

tle was foilghton the issues which duty had

compelled me to raise, and an opinion more

decisive upon those issues had never taken

place. -Many of those who had voted for General Harrison and myself, whose political

opinions were coincident with my own, unit

ed with the Democratic party, and assisted

iu achieving so great a revolution. But un happily forme, the leaders of the Democrat

ic party, through the public press, from mo

tives altogether too obvious, deemed it neces

sary, without any cause whatever connected

with the public administration, to open their

attacks upon me, and, forming an alliance with the rabid Whig press, levelled at me the most vindictive assaults. These assaults have been continued on the part of the high coutracting parties from 1S42 to the present time, with only a momentary intermission. The generous and high-minded men who either defended me in public or came to aid in the Administration, were treated by both parties with a proud and haughty disdain. ; If those friends had voted for General Harrison and myself in 1840, they were expelled the Whig party; if they had voted for Mr. Van Buren, the doors of Tammany Hall were slmt against them. They sought no place in the conventions of either TnHw anil nothiilfr Was llllimafplw lnft ftiom

WHIG, SONGS. When Lycurgus of old redeemed Lace-

daemon from anarchy, he is well known to

have prepared the way for reformation of the

State by employing poets to sing the glories

and the blessings ot a well-ordered realm, and to breathe in popular ballads through

the bouy of the common people, sentiments the decay of which had already reduced the land to the Iastdanger. ' lie probably taught them how mad a game public confusion was for any but the most abandoned and desperate men to play at; thaj if freedom (the usual pretence for disorders among the free) was their aim, nothing was so fatal to that as the pushing it too far; that the best things ever becomes severe ills in their excess; that Liberty itself ceases to be such the moment that it refuses to be limited by ascertainand sober law; that the substitution for tbia of wild public humers, of fumulluary movements, artfully excited by those who place their hopes -of success in the general itiin is certain to bring with it, in addition to every

,"! other civil calamity, the loss of freedom it

self; that the supremacy of irresponsible, lrresistable, illegal, headlong will, in those

who hold the powers of the State, is alike a despotism and a tyranny, whether ote man

holds Uor all men; and that its exercise by the last never fails rapidly lo confer its pbssession upon the first; for that men, from

the insupportable disorders of many, always

speedily take refuge under the more orderly tyranny of a single man. All this the wise

spartan ana nis Daiiaa-singers no aouoi iQia the people, in ryhmes set to those harmonies which all had known and loved from child-

to their hearts. The rustic on his way or at ' his toil beguiled his time with the rude but

stirring melodiei, that taught , hi3 honest heart to thrill once more with a genuine ardor of the citizen, instead of that insane fury against sober things which the demagog-

ues nau imuseu iuio mm. no womcu u love and respect the laws as the poor man's best refuge and hope, his dearest part in the society which surrounds him; for wealth cau protect itself but the precarious happiness of him who lives but by his daily toil under the equal security of good law has nothing to spare, and is all lost the moment the laws.

"Let me (said the acute Voltaire) write a nation's song, and I care not who writes its laws." Bad and foolish legislation cannot contend with the universal power of verse. Happily badaud foolish things, obscure or shameful names, make indifferent songs. Men may be deluded In prose, hut not in poetry, which must always move and please by appealing to sentiments and feelings na

tive to every body's heart. -' ' - 1 ;