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duties as the wisdom of Congress may devise or i tpprov, that important department will soon atta n j

a degree ol uselulness proportioned ia u.c t otour population anu extension m uu .Cu. L anicuiar attention is sum nv i j the report of the Postmaster General which relates 1 to the carriage of the Mails ot the utiucu Elates tinon railroads constructed by private corporations s . under the authority 01 several iiaius. y anco which the Government can placo on thosi roads as a uicans of carrying on its operations, and tho principles on which the use of them 13 to be obtained, cannot too soon be considered and settled. Alri4fiv flops tho soirit of monopoly bemn to ex1 . . . . r i e.. IM. i: hibitits natural propensities, in attempts to exact from tho public, for services which it supposes cannot hn obtained on other terms, the most extrava gant compensation. If these cliims be persisted in, the question may arise whether a combination of citizens, acting under charters of incorporation from the States, can, by a direct refusal, or the demand of an exorbitant price, exclude tho United States from the use of the established channels of communication between the different sections of the country; and whether the United States cannot, without transcending their constitutional powers, secure to tho Post Office Department tho use of those roads, by an act of Congress which shall provide within itself sums equitable mode of adjusting the amount of compensation. To obviate, if possible, the necessity of considering this question, it is suggested whether it bo not expedient to fix by law, the amounts which shall be offered to railroad It is probale that a liberal proposition of that sort i would be accepted. ... In connection with these provisions in relation to the Post Office Department, I must also invite your attention to the painful excitement produced in the j .South, by attempts to circulate through the mails inflimmatory appeals addressed to tho passions of tho slaves, in prints, and in various sorts of publica tions, calculated to stimulate them to insurrection, and to produce all the horrors of a servile war. There is, doubtless, ho respectable portion of our countrymen who can be so far misled as to feel any other sentiment than tint of indignant regret at j

companies tor tno conveyance oi ine utjus, grauu- .sion nas arisen wnicli now exists in the pecuniary rted according to their average weight, to be ascer- j concerns of this District, it is proper that its situation tained and declared by the Postmaster General, i should be fully understood, and such relief or romp-

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conduct so destructive ol trie harmony and peace derive unequal advantages from tho Federal Juof the country, and so repugnant to the principles Jdiciary, which have been so often pointed out that of our national compact, and to the dictates of hu- j I deem it unnecessary to repeat them here. It is inanity and religion. Our happiness and posperity j hoped that the present Congress will extend to all essentially depend upon peace within our borders the States that equality in respect to the benefits ol and peace depends upon the tir.intanance, in the laws of tho Union which can only bo secured good faith, of those compromises of the constitution ; by the uniformity and efficiency of the Judicial upon which tho Union is founded. It is fortunate I system. for the country that the good sense, tho generous With these observations on the topics of general feeling, and the decp-roolcd attachment of the pco- j interests which arc deemed worthy of vour consider-

jn ui uiu uu-3iaj4uuuug sLaiea iu me union, unu i to their fellow-citizens of tho same blood in the South, have given so strong and impressive a tone to the sentiments entertained against the rrocccdings of the misguided persons who have engaged ia theso unconstitutional and wicked attempts, and especially against the emissaries from foreign parts who have dared to interfere in this matter, as to authorize the hope, that those attempts will no longer be persisted in. But if thesu expression of the public will shall not be sufficient to effect so desirable a result not a doubt can bo entertained, that tho non-slaveholding States, so far from countenancing the slightest interferance with the constitu tional rights of ihe South, will be prompt to exercise their authority in suppressing, so far as in them lies, whatever is calculated to produce this evil In leaving the caro of other branches of this in they properly belong .it is ncverthless proiir for con-! cress to take such mesurcs as will present the Post i Ofiice Department which was designed to foster an . . i anmicablc intercourse and correspondence between I 11 tho .nomKn nrih0,.nruMirmmi.; I all the members ofthe confederacy from bein.a nsctl i asantnstrumentofanoppositercharacter. TheGen-! eral Government to which the great is trust confided of preserving inviolate the relations created among the States by the constitution is especially bound to avoid in its own action any thingMiat may disturb them. I would therefore, call the special attention of Congress to tho subject and respecfully surest the propriety of passing such a law as will prohibit under severe penalties, the circulation in the Southern States, through the mail, of incendiary publications intended to instigate the slaves to inspection. I felt it to bo my duty, in the first message which I 1 communicated to Congress, to urge upen its attention the propriety of Amending that part of the constitution which provides for the election of the President and tho Vice President of the United States. The leading object which I had in view was tho adoption of some new provisions, which would secure to the people the performance of this high duly, without any intermediate agency. In my annual communications since, I have enforced the same views, from a sincere conviction that the best interests of the country would be promoted bv their adoption. If the subject wero an ordinary one. I should h.ivn rpornrdpil in C, lira r to act upon it, as an indication of their iudcfiini, that I .i i- i i - i . . y ' i , . v- ...v .Ullulb Vl vuu"rm i the disadvantages which belong to the present svs nt sv?tern were not so great as those which would result from any attainable substitute that had been submitted to their consideration. Recollecting, however, that propositions to introduce a new feature in our fundamental laws cannot be too patiently examined, and ought not to be received with favor, until the great body ot the people are throughly impressed with their necessity and value, as a remedy for real evils, I feel that in renewing the recommendation 1 hiva heretofore made on this subject, I am not transcending the bounds of a just deference to the j sense ol Congress, or lo the disposition ofthe peolh. However much wc may differ iu the choice ofthe measures which should guide the administration of the Government, there can be but little doubt a tho minds of those who are really friendly to the republican features ofour system, that one of its ir.cst important securities consists in the separation of the Legislative and Executive powers, at the same lime lhat each is held responsible lo the nrent rource of authority, which is acknowledged to he supreme, in tho will of iho People constitutionally expressed. My reflection and experience satfcfv n.?, that the framcrs ofthe Constitution, although they were anxious to mark this feature as a settled f id fixed principle in the structure of ihe Government, did not adopt all the precautions that were iwcessiTy to securo its practical observance, and mat wo cannot be said to have carried into complete cuect their intentions until tho evils which arise irom this organic defect arc remedied. Considering the great extent ofour Confederacy, tin rapid increase of its population and the diversit y of their interests and pursuits it cannot be disguised tii.it the contingency by which one branch of the Legislature is to form itself into an electoral college cannot become one of ordinnry occurrence without producing incalculable mischief. What was intended as the medicine of tho constitution in extreme osei, cannot be frequently used without chanainrr Us thatucter and sooner or liter, producing inc'ura1'-51difordor.

Every election by d ,s calculated to lessen the force oi that security

which u u uum wie uisuncii ana separate cmri..m..uy aim recuuvu lunctions, ......v. . "--n vav.n hj munnauuus auverso j to their efficiency as organs of the constitution and j laws, 113 tendency will be to unite both in resutin" the will of the People, and thus give a direction to tho Ixovernment anti-republican and dangerous. All history tells us that a free people should be watchful of delegated power, and should never acquicsce in a practice which will diminish their ! control over it. - - i us oui.gauon, so universal m its application to all the principles of a republic, is jpeculiaily so in our3, where tho formation of parties j founded on sectional interests is so much fostered uy the extent ot our territory. These interests, represented by candidates for the Presidency, are constantly prone, in the zeal of party and selfish object?, to generate influences unmindful of the general good, and forgetful of tho restraints which the great body of the People would enforce, if they were, in no contingency, to lose the right of expressing their will. The experience of our country, from the formation of the Government to the present day, demonstrates that the People cannot too soon adopt some stronger safeguard for their right to elect the highest officers known to the Constitution, than is contaiued in that sacred instrument as it now stands. It is my duty to call Ihc particular attention of Congress to the present condition of the District of Columbia. From whatever causo ihn nrnni donms. ... . . ..v.o dies provided as arc consistent with tho powers ol Congress. I earnestly recommend the extension of every political rhditto tha citizens of tho l)'strlrt which their true interests require, and which does not conflict with the provisions of the constitution. It is believed that the laws for the Government of the District reouire revisal anil ft, y v& 1 1 that much good may be done by modifying the penal code, so as to give uniformity to its provisions. Your attention is also invited to the defects which j exist in the Judicial system of the United States. As at present organized, the Stales of the Union anon, i leave them to your care, trusting that tho legislative measures they call for will be met as the , wants and the best interests of our beloved country demand. ANDREW JACKSON. Washington, 7th Decemuer, 1S35. AIS ADDRESS TO THE PCOPLE OF INDIANA Fellow Citizens: Twelve mo.ilbs will not have elansed . when you will be again called on to select, from among yourselves, a Chief Executive Ma.aistr:nn. tu9 is a duty, the most responsible of those which pertain to Ireemen and is interesting rind minnrmnt ! because vested in you by the constitution of your vAMiiuiuii country, it nas been deposited in your hnd1; Prcservond perpetuate the lorm of gov- . ; 'l;u, as a patriot legacy, Irom "n T ie revouon, and as a guarantee vtiiir i:iiiiiia ru iim .i a ml Vl . i i J'.v upo? AtK, a"ougnditlerence of o against encroachments upon i a k ..... in.iuauiiiivaisujiuii your sovereign power. ' u""uui5 erence ot opinion and honorable ,X 1 n I I 1. , I. .I'll". . .. npcHUon may have sepcrated and divided many ,i' . r 1 u" .bU Uec" oi a political character, yet quires of you an investigation, impartial and delib- . w. -v.. i,j,,u ui, VJ1 uuii'3 w c now (xki. rpof parties which now exist, rp. .,ai., iim icuumg principles ot national policy, by wh;c!i your country has been distinguished, since tho most tiying times of its history. Tho liberty and happiness of yourselves and of the successive generations who may follow you, do not depend upon the rise and fall of parlies, or the malignity and rancor which signalize and sustain their conflicts. The permanency and security of your happiness is only to bo effected and maintained by a prevention ofeven infraction upon your legitimate sovereignty in the hands of those, the substitution of whose opinions for your own, would subvert every principle of constitutional law and freedom. It is important to your best interest?, that every individual amongst you, should understand the real questions, involved in the ensuing presidential al contest. To conceal those questions, would be dangerous to your institutions, and lay the foundation, for that most dangerous heritage to your posterity a disorganizsd and dissevered government. It is not a StrU'fde for H.-irtu ncrnrwt V - uadum" luu ""racier oi a mere party contest. It 13 an nlhrt. , .1 , - , . -j win, iijuu, io wrest irom you the dearest of your rinht?. and.unnn thn Mibnr I to perfect the security of your sovereign power. It j

ui exertion, upon the one hand, to secure tri- c,l,nS u,u Indians lo the pursuits of agriculture and umphs of a self-created band, and upon the other j ,n0 Police of morality. He succeeded in tho rethe preservation of law and equal justice. It is :l j formation of their habits to such a degree, lhat the struggle, upon the one hand. arrainst w,.aT I ost powerful chiefs wero known to drlluor ill

o n.l II.. ..IT ' auu especially of Indiana, and upon tho othr-r. I !, ProtecVon ?nd permanence. It is on the one hand, against the constitution of lour M WT r tin country, and, upon the other, the prevention of every inroad upon the dcarbought privileges officemen. A selection from among tho candidates already proposed, of one to preside over your destinies for four years succeeding the expiration of tho term of the present administration, involves considerations too important to bo overlooked or disregarded. There aro two individuals, each of whom is likely to become prominent in tho west, in ihe estimation of their respective friends. Both of these are now fairly before the people of the United States, and the one or the other you will, most likely, be compelled to select. One is General William Henry Harrison, of Ohio, and the other, -Martin Van Br hen, of Acid York. The claims of these gentlemen, so far, only, as pertains to their conduct as public servants, we shall investigate with calmness, candor and impartiality. General Harrison, at an early period of his life, exhibited many of those bold and adventurous traits of character, which were so prominently developed n his father, during the progress of tho revolutionary war. Descended from one, whose firmness in tho cause of freedom was fullv tested in the limes that gave brith to our rmintrv nnd its lif,rrt ii, distinguished republicans of '70 soon directed their attention to him, as ono caoable of subserving the purposes of government; and promoting tho ends for which it was originated and desiancd. Accordingly, in 1797, when butiirenty.bur years of age, he was appointed Secretary to tho North Western lerritory, which at that linio under the

Clair, comprised the , whole of dm extent of territory north west of the

Ohio river, which now constitutes the states of umo, Indiana, lUinoi?, and tho territory of Michigan. Having served in that capacity tor two year3 during whicliYuiio his conduct afforded abundant evidence of superior talent and ability, he was elected a delegate to represent tho Territory in Congress. It will be recollected, that at this time, sold, bv the laws of tho United Siatn. mpm fractional pp! vwvft v k w.iuji a 1 1 uavi" dec! to the snecu ator every oonorUinitv of converting the labor and industry of the honest and hard working settler to his own profit and emolument, and completely divested the poor man of the power to secure a home and a competency. The practical disasters incident upon this system were wit . . ... . . . . nessed by General Harrison, and he sagaciously c . n, rf loresaw us luinous eiiects upon tho new and wes- i

tern, states, if persisted in during the progress of early settlers of tho Territory had subsisted under ) Miami canal, and although a member of the Sentheir settlement. Consequently, upon his cn- the most trying and nlllictive circumstances for a! ate, he was not present when the vote was taken

f ranco into Congress, he procured tho passage of a ! law, providing lint ono half of the public lind should be sold in sections of six hundred andfurly acres, and the other half in half sections of three hundred and twenty. This was tho only plan that could, at that lime, be adopted, in consequence of the rival interest created in the East through a fear of the rapid settlement of tho West. It was the result of compromise and concession, and was the origin and establishment of that system which increased the population of tho territory beyond a parallel, and still provides a home for the industrious and honest man. During the samo session (1300) tho Territory of Indiana was seperated I Irom the ixorth Western Territory, nn.l in lSMI Genneral Harrison was appointed its Governor. Invested by that appointment with almost unlimited power, he undertook tho discharge of the important duties thus devolved upon him with a determined resolution to effect tho security of the while settlement and promote tho happineso ofthe Indian native. Ho found tliR Urn thrum ml ... 4JVU1.J, who,at that time, wero the cntiro population of the Territory, iu constant fear of depredation, and tho various tribes of savages, interspersed throughout tho country, existing under tho influence of those arts of villiany which had been unremittingly practiced by the British Superintcndant of Indian Aifdrs for Upper Canada, in order to secure their alliance, in tho event of an open rupture with the United States. Every principle of amity had been violated, in tho connexion between the natives and the white traders, and tho treaty of Greenville almost totally disregarded. During the excitement consequent on such a state of affairs, he commenced his gubernatorial career, under the imposition of more important and responsible duties, than, sinco tho establishment of our national confederacy, have been entrusted to the hands of any one man. He set about, and after tho most indefatigable exertions, effected tho conciliation of tho Indians, and caused tho relinquishment of their title to ihe immense fertile valleys ofthe Wabash and White rivers, which, at this day, afford tho most ample meai)3 for agriculturil industry, and are the homes of a population, second to none in enterprise, and in their lovo of republican institutions. It was for service like these services affording a remedy for these unfortunate diQicullies which had hitherto frustrated every effort to secure the correct administration of tho law, that produced a commission from the War Department ofthe United States, in 1802, giving to the Governors of the North Western, Indiana,and Mississippi Territories, tho entire, "superintendance of all business relating to the Indians in their respective territories,"' and an accompanying complimentary letter to General Harrison fiom Thomas Jefferson, then President of tho United States, in which that profound philosopher and venerated statesman says "ef the means however, of obtain-) ing what wo wish, you icill be the best judge, and I have given you this view of ihe system which we suppose will best promote the interest of the Ind ians and ourselves, and finally consolidate our whole country into one nation, only that you may bo enabled to adapt your means to the object. Fortius puipose wo have given you a gcnvral commission for treating."'' While engaged in the discharge of (iut commission, General Harrison was destined to encounter all the difficulties incident to tho peculiar character of the inlives. Had they been permitted to judge for themselves of the benevolent policy of our Government, they would soon have perceived its benefits, and yielded to the appeal so forcibly made to them by General Harrison, at the treaties ofthe Wabash and Fort Wayne. Cut excited to insurrection among themselvcsand the feelings ofthe Government misrepresented to them by insidious and villainous vvhilo men, who had become iheir associates, they manifested the most harrassing impatience for war, and refused to relinquish their claim to the western domain. These difficulties, however, were gradually ovetcomo by the perservanco and firmness of General Harrison, and small portions of territory were occasionally ceded, until the right or domain to the Mississippi river was permanently secured. 1 rotn this turn to the cession of Louisiana, Gen e"1 Harrison wa3 constantly engaged in recon- . 4 - ... I 1 . I " . urn. iiuers oi uieir various tribes, into his hands for punishment. IIi3 duties, however, wero destined to become still more arduous. In 1S03 the providence ofLouisana,hy atreaty between tho United Sla tes and the consular government cf France, with all its Islands and dependencies, was ceded to the United States. The country thus added to ihe lands of tho south west, was annexed to the territory of Indiana, and tho authority of General Harrison was consequently extended from the Straits of Michihmacinac to tho Gulf of Mexico, embracing a tract ol country four hundred and fifty thousand square wdwin extent, and now constituting the btatcsol Louisiana. Illinois, Indiana, and the territories of Michigan and Arkansas which now sustain a population of two and a half millions of souls. Here ho had to encounter all tho various prejudices peculiar to the people of tho frontier settlements, who wero congregated from every portion ofthe Union some for gain and speculation, and others as daring adventurers. The manner in ..!. r . t .i .. . . " vuiictino discharged that duty is sufficiently evidenced by the many complimentary letters written him upon its termination, and tho frequent appeals made to him to induco his continuance in office. Although the rppointment of all public officers, the Judges of the Territory excepted, was reposed in his hands, yet ho appealed, in every instances, to the people, to whom ihe right of selection properly belonged, and was never known to appoint anv indij vidual lo office, who hid not received the frco and unbiassed sullrages of Ins fellow-citizens. In this he put into practice thoso principles, which ho had imbibed in his childhood, and evidenced by his act that he regarded the unlimited exerciso of power by one man as an act of usurpation, tending to the overthrow of every privilege secured by the war of tho Revolution.

In J 605, the Territory of Indiana resolved on entering upon a second grade of mwcrmnent, and I

a legislative council, of ten persons, was proposed j by the House of Representatives. The name of Qf j

the individuals thus nominated were forwarded to ' wh,,c there, opposed every proposition to improve tho President of the United States, who returned tUl wcst. or n(Jd to ,,cr numcrical strength. He vothem to General Harrison, confiding tho entire i icdainst the continuation of thi: National , r , . I i i r n nOAD THUOUOII OlIIO, INDIAN A, AXD ILLINOIS, and power of selection u. h:s hands. And thus Air. Jcf, aainst A1.PROPJlIATIOS POU r xt r.s ck v at ion! Ho terson, again, gave demonstrations of his entire voted against the cradi-ation of the pr,ck cenhdence in Iho integrity, patriotism and fidelity of ! or the pi blio lands. He voted against cedGencral Harrison. Upon the assembling of the J ixo the rkfusk lands to tiic states in which council and House of Representatives, he delivered j they lie. lie voted against makino donaa message of some length, which may now be seen jt'ons of the lands to actual settlers. in the archives of your state, and which contains!110 aSai" voted against ceding the refuse

those SOUnd nr nc n ps of stnto nnlinv bv .!,0;I'A:"S okth twenty-iive cents per

I - - r i-vnv f j j 1 1 j i- . ' J ' public virtue and integrity of Gen. Harrison. Tho number of years. The war-whoop of iho savage i nau siarucu toe miani irom us siiimtior. nni t in fond parent too often found it weltering in its blood a prey lo the fury of a fiendish foe. Tho corn field of llio husbandman was guarded with the rifle ofthe pioneer, and every egress of tho white-man was at a peril incapable of being borne but by the stoutest hearts. Under this stale of things society could not long have remained, and it was the duty as, well as tho object ofGencrui Harrison to remove them, and throw around the disaffected and tho jealous, a shield of governmental protection. But individuals have not been wanting to accuse him of ambition and an anxiety for the possession of power. Did he, at this time, evidence the influence of motives unpatriotic, unworthy or ambitious? Could he not have exercised the almost supreme power which he possessed, to his own and the aggrandizment cf iiis friends? Most certainly he could. But, impelled by tho sarno spirit which guided him in after life, he rather chose to repose it in me nanus oi the people to whom it properly belonged. This he did by urging the adoption of a second grade of goverucment, and sharing that power which had been entrusted to him by the national government, with a Legislative Council and House of Representatives. From this until the actual breaking out of hostilities between ihe whiles and the Indians, the intermediate time was devoted by General Harrison to removing tho defects in the militia system ofthe Territory removing the property qualification of voters in Indiana, &. extending the right of suffrage to every freeman settling conflicting questions between the whites and the natives securing the correct administration of justice and law, und guarding against tho insidious efforts of Tecumsch to incite his countrymen to deadly conflict. Upon the breaking out of hostilities with the Indians, Gen. Harrison was appointed, by the Governor of Kentucky, in 1812, Commander in Chief of the Kentucky militia, which appointment was subsequently approved by the Legislature of that state. A very few months had elapsed after the reception of this appointment, when he received from Madison, then President of the United States, the appointment of Commander in Chief of the North Western Army. In 1813 he was tho successful commander at the seigo of Fort Meigs, where he disphyed that superior military skill, which had previously distinguished him at Tippecanoe and afterwards at the battle field of the Thames. In tho samo year, and while prosecuting tho arduous duties pertaining to his station, the Governor of Kentucky hu venerated Shelby the lamented Hero of King's mountain, called around him thousands of his brave and chivalrous Kentuckians, and marched to tho banner of Harrison, under whose command he immediately placed himself and troops. Forced marches for four or five days ensued this union of lha two gallant veterans tho one a hero ofthe Revolution, tho other a disciplo ofthe gallant Wayne, until, on the over memorable 5th ofOctober, they achieved a glorious victory aver Iho forces of Great Britain and their savago allies. The remaining portion of Gen. Harrison's character as a commander, is well known lo Indianians. They will never forget the battle-fields within their borders, which remain a lasting monument to his renown. Upon the defeat of the Indians, General Harrison returned to private life, where, in the capacity of a plain and unassuming farmer, he remained, with the exception of having served a few years, in the House of Representatives ofthe United States, and in the legislature of Ohio, until elected by the latter body to the Senate of the United States. While there, he sustained with ability, and supported every proposition, having for its object the advancement and promotion of western interest. He voted in favor of n graduation of the fjupe of the PUBLIC LANDS, the DONATION OF Til EM TO ACTUAL settlers, and the cession of the refu.se lands Nl THE STATES IN WHICH THEY LIE, FOR PURPOSES OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT AND EDUCATION. He supported the continuation of the National road through Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and voted in favor of appropri vtions for its continuation. He voted in favor or tho DONATION OF PURLIC LANDS TO OlIIO, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MlAMI CANAL, AND TO INDIANA for her Wabash and Erie canal. He voted in favor of "settlement and pre-emption rights" to the industrious settler ofthe west. And, he voted tor every measure affording protection to the Western states. From this station General Harrison was called. in by Jlr. Adams, who appointed him envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the Republic of Columbia, in South America, from which buuoii ne was recalled in 1920. Hincc his return to the United States, he has continued to pursue the honorable occupation of an agriculturist, and has only consented, in consequence of the united acclamations of so many of his countrymen, to become a candidate for the most elevated office within the gift of a free people. The most prominent competitor of Gen. Harrison, for the vote of Indiana, is Martin Van Buuen, of in York. And who is Martin Van Buren He is the candidate of the office-holders and oficeerpectants, who nominited him for the Presidency, at aconvention assembled in tho city of Baltimore, in May last. The first account wo have of his political life, is, while he was a member ofthe Senate ot Aow York, at the timo when Mr. Clinton was nominated as tho federal candidate for the Presidency, in opposition to Mr. Madison. The support ho then gave Mr. Clinton, afforded abundant evidence of that spirit of opposition to the institutions oi his country, which was most prominently developed in the conduct of those with whom he was united. Shortly after tho success of Mr. Madison, and during the prosecution ofthe war, RufusKin of New York, (for whom Air. Van Buren voted) was e.ected to the Senate of tho United States, avowedly n n 1 mooI tn t Iwt n .1 : . : t . in i . , . pon n,s enhance against tl.n o,imm ct. r t ouuws fiof to thi ,oawnmifl tion for having attempted reUU to the oppressed teamen of our valiant navu. wno had been compelled by British violence, to arm vhemselves-against their country, their firesides and their friends. 1 bus Martin Van Buren countenanced by his vote m Urn Senate of New York, an onpoSI t fill tn thd wrnm ...I.' 1. i.. .' ' . uitu, a scconu lime, convinced

adoption of which have become what you now A E states, for pukhmieb or nrer J I education and internal improvement. He voted mii " ' ' . ... , .. against the bill providing "settlement and pre1 his uas an important cr.s:s in the history of j EMPTIOS BlaUT8 to settlers and thus deprived many vonr covintrv. and a crisis ton. vli;e.h ltd v losffd i!if I i . t rr ...... .i J.

CSrcat'lViUin thai Americans could not be awed Jnto bonda and subjection.

Subsequent to this time, Mr. Van Buren became himself a aierabcr of the United States .Senate, and, BIJ lioiic-st ivui ui iij ui innnsu. uu votuu against nnvinnxs on- ..and to Ohio. t PIinswrifTW urn "Pn lbo engrossment of the bill giving land to Iniu,u"' ,U1 " ,iUU" '' '-- u,uui. was known to have opposed it in all its stages. He voted in favor of ekkctino toll-gates on the National road, thus demanding a tribute from the west for tho right to pass upon her own high-ways, constructed out cf her own money a thing never heard of before. After his term of service had expired in the Senate, he was elected Governor of New York, by a plurality of voles. From this Etation he was called to the department of state, and in his instructions to Mr. M'Lanc, the then minister to England, treated our right to transport "our own produce, in our own vessels" to tho West Indies, (which Georo y usiungion, in a icuer to Air. Jiorris, iiad considered as a "privilege" secured by every principle of governmental reciprocity) as a "boon" to be granted us at the will of an opposing parliament and ministry of Great Uritain. lie was afterwards sent to England as minister plenipotentiary, and upon his return was elected Vice President of the United States, which office he now hohls, and from which the office-holders are seeking to transfer him to the Presidency. Thus we have candidly, fairly, and plainly laid before you tho reltative merits of General William Henry Harrison and JTarliu Van Buren; the one, the friend the other, the enemy of your dearest interests. It is for you to mako the selection. It is for you to ward tho blow, that, in the event of 3Ir. Van Huren' success, would be stricken at tho proudest monuments of your national glory. You are freemen. When your government was in its pristine purity, the cright to hoose your own officera, from amongst yourselves, was secured to each of you. Suffer this right to be wrested from you, and you hurl your country from the summit of her political glory to a level with the conquered provinces ofthe older world. Read and reflect. In the bosom of your families at your own domestic hearths, ponder upon the dangers and hardships endured by your fathers of the revolution, in erecting, amid the ranks of a hired soldier, the proudest institutions of the universe. The crisis is important. Your votes in tho coming contest for the Presidency, may seal your own, and the destinies of your children and your children's children forever. But can Indiana hesitate in her choice Will she sacrifice her old and well-tried friend Will sho choose a man whose interest is not hers, and whose votes have retarded her progress to maturity, in preference to him Is not General Harrison all she asks, in character as a man in integrity and talent as a statesman in purity as a patriot His are not the sympathies of a party. His soul is not narrowed down by the rules und discipline of party. His spirit is the prototype of Freedom, and every energy of his nature beats for "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable." Around him the freemen of the West will rally as the shipwrecked seamen would seize the last fragment of a shattered bark, or as the patriots of freedom, in every age, have borne up her lofty citadel. In her service he has devoted tho brightest periods of his manhood, and she will gratefully reward him. To her interests he has been intensely devoted, and the gallant, and patriotic, and high-minded of her sons, will add increased honors to those which shine upon his brow. Yes, in Indiana, the theatro of his renown the scene of his exploits here, where the brow of the soldier was decorated with the civic wreath here, where his voice bade her soldiers to the fight here where his steel clashed with the sinewy arm and "falcon eye" of a savage and relentless host here where "amid the battle's wildest tide," his kindlin cheek spoke terror to tho crouching foe here, where through all the trials and disasters of an eventful life, he has been known and loved, will he be cherished and sustained with the fondness of a mother for her imnge offspring. Although the slanderer, who crouches like a cur beneath the sceptre of his honor, and fears to draw aught but the assassin's steel, may strive to extinguish tho lustre of his fame, heru arc thousands of his compatriots who will cleave to him with a devotion fixed and unalterable, in despite of the magic efforts of office-holders and office-expectants, whose vows are attested by the boldness with which they sacrifice public and prrvaic virtue, upon the unholy shrine of party. Tt 1 1 .1 y -I. .. . . J Resolved, therefore, By this convention, that w pres 'sent t:.c naincoiueneral William Henry Har. RisoN,of Ohio, as a candidate for tho Presidency ofthe United States, confident that they will rally to the support ofthe man, who periled his life iu defending their frontiers from the inroadd of the savagewho led her sons to victory, and who so ably guided the early destinies of our commonwealth in its second grade of government. Resotaed, also, That in presenting William Henry Harrison, to the citizens ofthe United States as our candidate for President, we do so, k no win" that he will be the President ofthe xohole nation and not of a parly. Retained, also, That we view the system of proscription fbr opinion's sake, as identified with .Martin Van Jiurcn, of New York, and as deadly hostile to the perpetuity of our free and republican institutions. Resolved, also. Tint we view tho charge made by the advocatesofMr. VanBuren.that his opnonentaara presenting too many candidates for the Presidency and that thereby the election may devolve upon tho House of Representatives, as a barefaced attempt to prevent expression of public opinion, upon that important subject. Resolved, also, That while the citizens of Indiana arc determined to exercise their constitutional privi lego of voting for the man of their choice, they are at the same time sincerely desirous of effecting an election by the electoral colleges, and they therefore urge the trienJs of Gen. Harrison, in every part of the Union, to rally to his support. Resolved, also. That the attempt made to transfer the free people ofthe United States to the support ot 31 r. an Buren, should meet with the execration of every lover of his country. Resolved, also, That the sentiment lately expressd by uen. Harrison, that, " To preserve our liberty the people must not only do their oxau fighting, but their oxen voting, meets our entire approbaton, and is peculiarly applicable to the present crisis, when a leagued band of 'office holder $ are endeavoring to force the people to tho support of their favorito candidate. APPENDIX A P , iMumeu tue considcrnt on ofthe hill, entitled, "an "f.1 rr Jh continuation of tho. Cumberland Koad," Mr" Kl,l f Alabama in the Chair: nnd. f ""e question, "hall this bill pasa to a t'urd readin . , , i.urtn voted in me negative. QSco San Sanatt .o;-., pages i:r'anl IUJ.) On the 1st of March 1827, t! e Senate ofthe United State, resumed the consideration of tho bill, emitted "an act for the preservation nnd repair of thi Cumberland Road, and