Indiana American, Volume 8, Number 31, Brookville, Franklin County, 31 July 1840 — Page 2

teiween the tno candidates, the preference and superiority are all onoor side. Who will point to an j marked honor done, or benefit conferred, or service rendered, byMr. Van Uuren to the Republic? On the other hand the hretory of General Harrison it that of a publrcbenrfacior. He i, jn the first place, Miat noblest work of Cod. an linnMf man A-

I say, emphatically in the beginning of this tllatfpr let ... . . . In the many experiments our onnonnnta ht . proposed, that they had at once thought of mis one, 01 trying nn nonesl roan. W. II. Harrison was early brought under c . .1 .iMungion, aim the intuitive sa gacity of that ereat man. cn in ik. i . . - o " iimiui uic uuar ilies that fitted him for honor, and laying his ....... UWii wic neau oi tne youth, he blessed him to the service of his country. I he elder Adams came an honest, able u,u man ana i say this the rather, for never oeiongea to Ms party and be rat ihed the judgment of Washington by conlinu mg young Harrison in tho nnki;. Mr. Jcflerson succeeded, aAera contest, as ouall know that overthrew completely the opposing par!v but Jefferson AA prchend, or underrate the merit of Harrison, mm aucr employing lum through hU eight years, handed him over to MV A What that great and good man's estimate' of ... us, you ait Know. lie was selected from among many, to defend the region he had so long ruled over as Governor; and the INorlh West, then owed its safely to the military conduct, as it hadbefore owed its prosperity to the civil virtues, of Willam H. liarnson. But perhaps, noinstauce of .confidence in the high qualities of a man can be cited equal to that manifested by Kentucky In Gen, Harrison, loualllc now lentil kn. .n . - uei Kauui w ?."7?cr8helbJ" nnd olher Buch spirit ell Kentucky, in the darkest hour of War. 7S , S arouna lor a commander to whom she should entrust her own defence, and the command of the troops she ter canvassing the merits of all, passed by all o..u ucvoivca mat honorable and most responsible command upon William H. llarrison-althoueh a riliron r,.nn.k...a.... l el this is the man whom party malevolence now stigmatizes as a dotard. . t.coat hero! and whom they are using every art. lawful .,..l.r.i . r . . . Whygenllemen, they have even disturbed the repose of the Hermitage, called forth SlS: 1a 6011 - Zr wi,ne".in letter just published, against General Harrison. I think inT.i0 m 'Vi-6' lhe hand o'Amo. Kendall, and the old soldier has been made the catspaw of the monkeys of the palace, who thus degrade one distinguished man into an inslrumeat of disparaging another di.finr..;.hl soldier and patriot. But there is no sense of B.a,ne, no limit to the recklessness of this party, fciren the slorioua nnnl r T. are not sacred to them, for in the address of V" "uren members of the New York Legislature, which has lw. - :.j ... i I . ,. - milieu auu commended in all their prints it is averred, that the revolutionary contest itself was un-Jerta-ken Tor base personal purposes, and that the design was, not to vindicate freedom, but establish a monarchy at home. Thia plan, it is added, was defeated by the democracy of that day, and Mr. Van Buren is represented as noTo engaged in a like contest with the monarchists of this day. Gross and damnable (aisenooa and injustice! We are told that Mr. Van RnMn :. . ble and a great man, and that Gen. Harrison ia no qualities 10 nt mm Tor the Presidency. Now, gentlemen. I venture lo nr. ih nt ihe two together, any where, for any purpose mai oecomes a man, whether for a toast. speech, or mes$nge, and Gen. Harrison will beat Ins competitor out of sight. We shall, men, as i nave said before, be ably led. In your own state you have a gallant and spirited Governor, who will nol fail yon, and every where the Whin will he i th;r . - o wie. The fortune, indeed, of the contending parties it different. We fight without reward, and if one of us falls, he asks no mnr h.n n honorable grave, and such kind remembrance among nis wing brethren as his services mav merit. But if one of theirs fall, he is forth with provided lor elsewhere. He is taken from a village to a city Post Office, always the belter provided for in proportion as his rejection by the people has boon Xr ignominious if left out of Congress, he is. like Mr. Cambreleng, sent to Russia if will ling to play the par! without having the commission of a Representative, he is, like your Mr. Philemon Dickersoa, made a District juuge, lor it is reported to day that this gentleman has been nominated bv the President for that office. But we must, nevertheless. iviiimuc tue coniesu i ne popular voice is swelling for us the current of pnblic opinion is runmne in our favor nnr rAml.Cnn;. iti, that recorded by Heredotus, of the harvest of ugypi. wnen me mighty river has retired into its narrowest limits, and left a vast a aste oi sume ana mud, upon which the good seed . sown, the swine are turned in upoa it. and U . J J a . . a . " ' ireu nu room in, mi, m good season, tthe returning current, rushing back with mighty force overspreads the waste, and then gradually subsiding, discloses, instead of mud and slime and brutes, a smtlinir. fort;. .ni beautiful plan, mth the bounteous harvest, iwu rejwciBg in eye and heart of man. That tide of pubjie opinion which is now swelling over the mire and slime that hare defaced our land, wiU produce like cheering results, for the good seed is here, and we shall see it maturing Jto an abundant and beneficent harvest. 1 owards accomplishing such a result; Mi. P. again earnestly invoked and pressed the untiring efforts f all who heard liim, and then thanking Ike jutenrbly tor the patience and Indulgem jUT which they

had liiteiif J, Mr. P. concluded with saying that for himself he was vowed to the contest

until it closed, when, if unsuccessful, such was his position, he would fall to be no more heard of; if Successful, he Would nnlr rlaim In 1.. . mong the first and most zealous to join in the Miuuia auu gratuialions ol victory. COmUTftlCATOINS. f alsehood Exposed! T the eitizetiM of Frank lin Counlg: Myobjertin addressing you in this form is to expose a slander upon mv charartr. wliich appeared in the Washington Globe of iL . A. a " me itinnst. t he publication was immedi ately noticed by my friend the Hon. O. II. Smith, U. S. Senator, who kindly forwarded mc a copy oi the paper containing the slander, together with the correpondencc which ensued between himself and F. P. Blair. The article is as follows: fVom Ihe Globe of July 13, 1840 PBOSTITCTIOX OP TUB 8ACEBD FUXCTI02I. He have the following vimnU from a gentleman of high character in the i. n is unquestionably true, unless he has been grosly deceived, a thing i.ot probable. In n note our correspondent says: "The statement mv b ri;! Tt. name of the preacher, I am told, is Conwell, uui cannot vouch lor this. There is another man Dlavine the w O" avuiuvai Conwell is a Methodist local preacher, a storeA sedate, respectable citizen of one of our Western cities was travelling lalely in Indiana, and slopped one evening at a village on VV hi lewater. He had taken his supper.when the landlord at whose house he stopped, informed him that there was to be a religious meeting in ihe village, and asked him to attend it. Our traveller being a man of a serious turn of mind, who would rather spend an evening in worship, and listening to a profitable discourse, than idle it away in the barroom of a tavern, very cheerfully accepted the invitation, and followed his host to the meeting house. A numerous and verv orderly congregation were collected; and "the exercises of the evening were commenced by singing a hymn. When lhat w. fi.,;.k--i the preacher rose lo pray the devout part of uv ut-nB prayer was opened in the usual form. The nnarW. parent devotion, approached the throne of rtAk j)m..I a I - IU cu (joyed by those around him, especially in the tiaic,ut,lon inn vanoni liloaa.nr II... Y"' y "ny sinners irom sin and Saiu 10 uie Kingdom oi Uhnsl; and then, to the astonUhmcnt and horrnr nf ll it,. . of his audience, nrocceded in, niiar k.t!ir.. 8u6B inai many also had been convinced of . , wa tunuar ..: .u oi emocracy, that they had seen the error of the Sub-Treasury, and had turned irwui luarun v an uuren and Loco Focoism lo the marvellous lieht of Whi...,,.) i a not pretend to give the exact words." nor to .uuow oui mis wreicned apostle of blasphemy in his darine desecration fih L- : ..war vAeibises of the sanctuary. It is enough to desreibe ... SC(IC(ni ,erms. ine traveller who had been inveigled into the Tippecanoe club, under the idea that he was going to meeting, rose from his kneeling posture when he heard the throne of grace insulted bv the discourse of a party orator, and looked round him. Manr sober ncnnlA i. j u j. ceived like himself, were still on their knees", ed with bar-room lawi ers and all the idlers of uui ... nuumuil. I lie nnucA iSsrf . ... no nau been more correctly informed as to the vile purpose of ih meeting, and who now stood inmH j Th ,n K Cen' disgulin8 depravity. ... r...y .u.e noiunis Knees and said, '.Let US Continue the mlumn e .u. evening oy singing a hymn;' and then beckoned to some one among the audience, who arose and began losing a Tippecanoe song , in , ... t.ni:ca ui me .... mm dots united, men the preacher, taking n and prostituting ihe form of that religion of w,a n is an ordained minister, delivered a political harangue, containing the "I",eHseoods about the extravagance Of th Admin cf..i:. .1. ... ? ..... .laiiuii, uie nara times, the ruined credit of the rounfrv. nt u- .1... were going on for Harrison and hard cider. ..uugn ine subject is too distrusting to be pursued in all its details. But this new device of Wniggerv should he kt.. tVu-lii some olour Indiana friends in the region of w. wMueieviiie, can ten us the m. S a uame oi mis r eaerai circuit-rider-and whether he is a distiller w. nvau didate for the Legislature oran these things, as well as a gospel minWter. Some of our Kentucky friends also may inform us whether a mission has not been established in that oiaie to advocate the hard cider candidate unaer tne cloak of religion. 0. 11. Smith to Jaiaes Con welL Washington City, lGth Julv. 1840l Dear Sir: I enclose a No. of the Globe, that VOU matt sett nm nr-tir-l r j W9sw reflecting on yourself in a manner Mac maae me notice it immjriinMon its appearance. The following the editor of the Globe and myself: WkamxToa dTT, 14 JBly.l840. l ri . V .7 vnm IT. UOU oawall of Laarel. Indiana. I mn.t ... r.. . . . . .' " - in iv Hirauui ma. for aia ut. tKo ....(il. ..... . aratire published br you ia last tvenian Globe aader thbi of "IWitutioa of iW .acred nine. uods." ioihtiu aotbotia "a . bigh stand ins? ia ta weal." TLana ... k. miaUk iB this matter. I hava kaowa Mr. Con. well nearly twaaty retn. Ua i lJtVodi,t ,.1

gyruaa of higL Hir.J;BJ will, Lis Society and thoers, and from mv knoalelra him . r.i Sa.

ciely around him. I muat iK. k.i;. one word of the nrtive your informant has given cannot suppose ycu would willingly do Mr. Conwell iniuatica I Lnn. ...;n ma Ue name of the author, that 1 may enclose it lo ttim, wiia your article. Respectfully. m , . . O. II. SMITH. Hesara. Blair Ac Hires. To the abore Utter 1 the I -mrw-w ' aa' following reply: WaaniHOToa, July, 1840. JJear 5tr:l have read your letter requesting the name of the author of the letter communicating ue information given ia the Globe about the preaching politician in Indiana. 1 have informed him of your request, and aa soon as I receive hie nawer.will te prepared to respond to your inquiry. tt Your oht. sevt. Hon. O. If. Smith. . p. p. BLAIR. I ou will see from the. nh fire that I may not be able to get tlie name of minor oej ore l leave ; I have therefore thought hest tn the article. With the rnfresnnntlemfe that has taken place, and so soon as m. receive me answer as to the name of the author y I will send it to you. itespeajully, (J. U. SMITH. To Rev. James Conrcell." - Before dropping this unpleasant subject, 1 desire to make a short appeal to my fellow citizens: to those who have;iong known me, aud to whom all the lights and shades of mv character are familiar. Isthere nnr I mi I, in the above extract from the official organ of tne administration T IJoes it not, in addition to the slarder cast upon me, offer an insult to the peopie of this valley, when it exhibits them !isteningto Tippecanoe sengs, when they were summoned together for the wor ship of God. All who know tne,whelher they be Democrats or Whigs, all who know the character of the citizens of this and the ad. joinging counties will be ready'to pronounce tne wnole publication an unmitigated falsehood. The name of tht rr;t.r; ,:ii.i..tj. and the insult renewed in the renl y of F. P. - - . w a . .w atUMCU . Blair to Mr. Smith. It is a disagreeable thing Rlairiiif- t. J; . . lo ne UlUB liCUuptOPUb C execration, r., have ones name wafted on every breeze as an odious thing ;to be accused in every city, town ana viuage oi mis wide Republic of desecrating the sanctuary and polluting the sacred office of a minister: it is thus, as you oerceive. that my character has been abused, and this anords a sumcient apology for addressing you in tais manner. Can it be possible lhat the intelligent cili. zens of Franklin County have, by their suf irages, twice placed in important public sta tions a man so degraded as the Globe describest I am again before von. ft.!.iar n.ii. zens; a candidate foi the State Legislature. since my name was first offered for your con s. . w siaeraiion I tave attended no political meet ings: i nave neither lizard or delivered any . ... political Harangues: I have been entirely si lent with regard lo my claims, feeling willine to submit to your unbiased decision. Now just on the eve of the election, the ne wsTrom Washington city, and is doubtless already circiriated through the medium of the Extra Globe throughout the county that I hav u rificed every consideration of religion, morality and propriety on the alter of party strife. What too harsh or indignant can be thought or spoiten ot the man who would concoct tissue of falsehood so unblushig,orof him who would endorse and publish it. JAMES CONWELL. P. S. There is a strong prejudice ngainst issuing handbills just on the eve of a canvass But the grossness of the attack upon me, and the fact that I make no charzes uoon anv candidate before the people, is my apology i o make new charges upon a candidate by handbills too late to be answered is unfair 'and should be reprimanded by the people, but a man has the right to defend his own charac ter from aspersion till the last vote be polled. July 29tb, 1840. Senatorial. For tht jtatr . Mr. Alitor . Abner M'Carty has come out in the last American, and fanc'ies to himself that he has routed me hors d combat. ik. . . . . 2" . Mr. Editor: Abntr M'Carty has come out - vviitwuM In the first place, he says his offence consists in a determination to exercise his right of sunrage independent of party dictation. This is not denied by any one, but it would seem U . iL. l a a r .a . ..... -j vnw nvum Wdl he thought differently when urging his broth ing Mr Pursul on the Democratic party. 1 virtiina ior nominatmn. anri ia in m. tioUSWere held forth nnnwiia nikrtnirinB-n-aa unaer ine lmnreasion that aha rnm. wm vanuiuates, mac tne' delegates, by accep- . . I .. . r.r v"5 "ppoiniment and taking an acUvc part in their convention, would as far as their pnvate honor were nledtred. be bound to n. tain those nominations. Rn I An nn a;.K iA deprive him of the right to violate his pledge if his purpose can be better served by so doing. I never sought the nominal inn. nJ 1 Am Cm. any man to say that I ever made use of any dishonorable means to procure it, and my only offence is that I would not submit to be

made' his tool in carrying into effect his ambitious design, therefore he found it necessary to look to some other quarter.

. . ---J-....W.. my influence to induce the Franklin delegalion to go against Jonathan's nomination for lie urges as an objection to me that I used J O a at w aa ugrcmorai ine conveni:on lasi wmicr. mere unfounded charge could not be alledged,as every delegate from Franklin,! will yenture lo assert, will bear testimony arainst his assertion. My legisUtive duties prevented my having but little intercourse with my colleagues of the convention unlit (he marninv - - ---- - of our meeting, when I was informed by Col. Ryman. that the Franklin defecation were to a 3 meet at his room at Brownings. After breakfast I started alone and met Monroe M'Cartv but a few rods from mv lodpine in nursuit of me. tellinSf me the halxnr sn fn sano. We went in company to the room and found them all assembled. We immediately went into a balloting and continued until a first and second choice were made. There could have been no possible chance for me to have exersised any influence had I been so disposed (which I was not;) for the room was small, and Abner and Monroe were present the whole time, and I am certain I was not out of the room until the balloting were over." His next effort is to txttirr.te I irr.seli from the admissions made by himself and Monroe to Gov. Noble about Pursers pledges. One of which is, lhat Richard Tyner thinks that the letter in question was not intended for the public eye. How that is to effect the facts therin stated I cannot tellIn nr letter to Gov. Noble, I informed him I wished to be certain that I did not misunderstand him, and that 1 might possibly find it necessary to make use of his written state"cnt 14 " wnrcelj possible Gov. Noble should have forgotten the conversation as he informed me that Abner and Monroe had but shortly left his loom. My object in getting a written statement was for the purpose above stated. Mr Pursel, Mr Shoup.and myself have been in company nearly two weeks, and they have never called in question, in my presence, the i.9 Iar M j nad made use of Messrs. Babbit's and Shoup's names. Neither would u hcate haT? "PP" he been , , . 1 a. - i. iv , winwi "CL ""T "werea lor himself. I trill now give a history of the nir!r att. ment. The first time I heard Clark say any thing on the subject, was at my appointment at Franklin. Mr Shoop was also there, and after we had addressed the assembly, and while the people were present, the subject connected with Mr Pursers nomination being mentioned, Mr Clark stated in presence of Mr Shoop, the Messrs. Aliens, Joneseand a number of others, that he had enquired of him (Pursel) concerning the matter, and that Pursel told him (Clark) that Abner came to him on the day of and before the nominations were made, and wished to ascertain from him, if he secured the nomination, and succeeded in the election, whether he would vote for Jonathan M'Carty for U. S. Senator to preference to any other Whig. And I was in. formed lastSaturday.erening'by JasRosberry that Clark told him the same thing at Rochester on the day of my appointment there. , preparing my communication omission, and immediately directed a note to Mr Clarkson, requesting him to correct the mistake before its publication in the Democrat, which correction was made before its publication. And I accidently met Clark at Metanora and told him the circumstance, and he appeared to be perfectly satisfied. ucaire mat no possible mistake mi

wvurgweur immeterial itjmight be,)r ""lcu " that induced me to have the correction so haIe no rea,on lo

..yv.w mc W nave ine correction so promptly made. 1 1 must be obrious to every one that will'pay any attention to Clark's cerlhat 1 m l ti . .J i 1 . " .ic ou rursei correspendence with him. ror Abner says when Pursel saw the statement he addressed a letter to Clark and what the character oftha? 1ffr... -;n pear from the following facts: Pursel acknowl. cugca 10 me at fair&eld that he wrote the certificate and sent his bn t ri.rlr i.:. signature for on seeing the ceitifieate I observed to him it Wbs not Clark's writing, and ne aiso acknowledged at Mount Carmel, in presence of Mr Slioup and others, that he sent no ooy who u on Sunday, the day Clark absconded it is as clear as noonday that Clark never saw my communication, for the certifi. cate he has laid to sign (and as to his signing it at all, there is some doubt,) for there is matr contained tnerein wnich goes lo prove he did not know what it eontnint nt induced to endorse Pursei's statement as true. c.tiiik ob jrursers representation. r j "a '"uce a witness that can be S Pd. whotc veracity will not be quesUi& htmg WC" known lo both Franklin and Dearborn countw lift' t -'J "This is to certify that in private conversa tion with Thomas Purrel a short time ago, h ; T.,l- frr ien 1.. told me that it had been circulated that "he bad pledged himself. to the M'rriv fm;iupon this be stated -that Abner had been at um at ainerent times to be a candidate for the State Senate, and he kail rr.... a aia not wish to be," but I cannot be positive as lo its being on the day of the nomination or not; and further Abner told Pnrcl h. 1,. u be brought out. to whirh P..r.i Mni:.j .i... kw ' . ncv! . I'licu Ural iJ 1 Aoner told him that he would be brought out for he intended to give him his interest, and wished if it come in the way that he wooldfdo something for Jonathan. To this Pursel replied that he did not wish to be brought out, and did not know hat he wwuu run. UU8ES ROVVlLff N I Will Drafted n anM ..ll ' It Pursel s veracity. fte stated to Moses Bow-

id Andrew George, a short time sinr. a,d in theeaiingof Ja. Oboin & jj t, a Indianapolis last winter, that th.

rommon ciasa 01 people OOPht tii u t the right of voting, and thai he conS T certificate to that effect if he chZ ' ai.i -n 1 : ne Fairfield, and saw James Wright, and L V nies hearing me say any mch 1 th e.' p.j; n,k -1.. 7 . lmng;an4 Wm me say anv audi thing. And I h. b-j:1 n.i. m, u' ""ve since "-v... ncuin viuvrn i mount Uarmel i informed me in presence of Pursel aX' hrnfn,u .i,J t. a.. U"V and I ' w.ai-a a as tea a mis UVU S1Z1C6 1 SAW laiaa-i FalrfiVM .n j . Ulm a f aimcld, seen and conversed with James Os. born on the subject, and James Oborn in formed him that he did not recollect whai 1 said. So it turns out that H Lis " aulhority Ui failed to substantiate bis charges. 1 have ik been informed by Robert K. Brison that he (Pursel) told the same thing to John Danieland the probability is lhat his folsehoods have been extensively circulated through the coun ty in a secret manner to prevent my havin an opportunity to contradict it intime,for he acknowledged to me at Fairfield, that he did not intend to make it public. I then observed o hia that he could not take a more effectul course to injure me than this underhanded manner. . . . , rt . ' - - DAYID MOUNT. July 29, 1840. BARBAROUS PUNISHMENT. Ohb Hundred asd Twbntt Lashes w. FL1CTD UPON AN AmeBICA Sbamow Flcn ing Uvingston, an American Seaman, was yesterday made to undergo the sentence of a Naval Court Martial recently convened at Brooklyn, and approve J by the President of the United States, which forcold-Mooded croelly, has, wt trust, few examples in our naval annals. An eye-witness to the barbarous scene bat SfT'ftfS XOM h?IBOraine language that chilled us te the heart. 8 The punishment was inflicted on board the North Carolina at New York. The victim was stripped naked and lashed to a stanchion, where under the burning ran, and in the presence of the officers and crew of the North Carolina, 120 lashes with a cat were inflicted upon him, each one which cat the flesh to the bone! Our informant states that with almost every lash pieces of flesh were cut from the back, and scattered about ih Ay .r.i. el while the agonizing screams of the suffer- - . "c"ru Ior na" nile distanL Merciful Heaven! in what age, in what coontry, do we live ! Are the days of barbarism never to end! Is this our boasted pmgres? in humanity and civilization! In vain is the citizen protected by the Constitution against cruel and unusual punishment in vain have the rack and thumb-screw been banished from oar tribunals f justice in vain have the dreadful ordeals of the middle ages been discarded from oorcodet ofjurisprudence, if the Seaman and Soldiers of oar country are to be made the victims of inhuman atrocity like this! . J , .ere T wnen dld hc forfeit the common cllm, humanity and the common rights of fn Americn citizen! What awful crime ha,.1!e comncd that he should be subjected ! lhl" wful Pu"hmentt It is said lhat be a """"eer. This term has become strange, ' 0l comprehensive. What are tbe I, w" reH mem as mey bare and the truth of which we don lit. Some few months since, this Livinirslon. 1 common sailor on board the U. S. frigate Macedonian cruizing ou the Wi st India slation, was ashore with a couple of Midshipmen. To one of them he used disrespectful language and received a blow with the tiller of the boat for hit Insolence. In a moment or passion he committed persona! violence upon the midshipman and threw him overboard, but without doing him any serious injurytor this he was put in irons and sentenced to death by a naval Court Martial, and subsequently teprieved and sent home fn tbe sloop of war Ontario. On tuu-.nl r tw.. ...,.1 k;. conduct was less circumspect and respectfiil than it should have been. There again be was knocked down by one of the officers and returned the bUw v ... .ar. .u. Court Martial tried him and imposed the sentence inflicted upon him yesterday. LivingX . uo ma JUacedonian and Ontario. He deserved punuhment but be was entitled to the punishment of a freeman net that of a slav nt - .... .r . m mmtif upi mat 01 m rhis wbole'system of nermn.l rh.c. .nf wrong in principle, and injodiciotu in practice. It brutalizes and A-rA. .:-. .r our seamen and soldiers. It i, contrury to the genius of Republican institutions. It is a violation of natural. nfinnDi -u.4;.n justice. We trust vet to a it aliMritl.er abolished. Jib. Eve. Jour. A Sign. It in ;!. fk k. r.. t.. 1 M. uancrii furanCeOClCen. IB r.ar nt Ik. f at.. ?.eret.?f.the 'Poilert, refoie to insure the Pubue Buildings at Washington npon any tem Mjmusxme Journal. ftThe TinnaHMnia ri..i. r r: :...; nave received iha. n. r n . nr that CongrcMiooal District, V. B. men at the last election, wha reaoM tk.t tk.. m. he , I ...... Uiri f.nj pablicly announced as secedert from the Administration. .........