Vincennes Gazette, Volume 13, Number 51, Vincennes, Knox County, 25 May 1844 — Page 1

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WHIG SONG. BT A UBI UF .VESTtKV NEW 1 JI K. Air 77? Slur SpangkJ thinner. A blast from t!ie Bugle! say hear ye iis tone, As the wind boars it onward, o'er mountain and valley! lis heMt-stirnng notes rouse each patriot son Ot" America, now, for the contest, to rally As the wave of the sea-, shall the gathering be, With its mighty tide swelling, resisi!e a.nd free! A Hiisl fioui th liable! A louder bltt play, For the choice 'f the people, ii,:r own H;;iry i'Uv: A blast from the Bale! How soon at the sound, A band of the brave and true-hearted gather?,The men who in moments of peril are found, Ever foremost to btiike f.ir thu land of their Fa thers! lake our heroes of old, ever watchful and hold, Hy threat undismayed, and unpurchased by ;o!d, From the plough nud the loom, are upiLing today. Clay! b'trong hand and stout heartsor ur own Henry A blast from the Bugle! Who. faithful a he, Han stood hrt by his friends, in the hour of their danger! Free The Champion of Freedom the choice of the He lias pleaded with eloquent lips for the stranger few, And his words fell, like dew, on the hopes of the Who, for Freedom, were ready to dare and to do! iJy the Eean'u blue w&ve in the South far away Henry Clay! There are proud garlands wreathed for our own A bla?t from the buijle! By slander assailed, On the broad stone of Honor his foes still have found him. Ever true to himself! Ha his spirit e'er .quailed. When the storm in its might, has swept darkly around him! bright. On his own lofty height, all was peaceful and Though around and beneath were the shadows of night. Like the mountain, its crest ever bright in the ray, Clay! And the clouds at his feet is our own Henry A blast from the Bugle! Ere long.it will break On the ear of the Traitor, though deep be hii slumber, From his dream of ambition, he'll, startled, awake, A h . unts up the 'Clay Men a host without number! sight, Ap th" feu! thing" of night creep away frntn the When the sun bathes the earth with its glory and light. He shall shrink in hi infamy, darkly away, From the Iionor und truth of our own Henry Clay! Great Whig1 OToeting- in New York Mr. Frelinghuysen. On Monday, the Cth inst., as we have fclready stated, one of the largest meetings &ver held in the city of New York assembled in the Park, in that city, to respond lo the nominations of the Baltimore conventions I: is estimated that at least ten thousand Whigs were present. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed, and eloquent speeches were made by several distinguished gentlemen. After the meeting adjourned, the Whigs formed a procession, and marched to the residence of Mr. Frelinghuysen, to congratulate him on his nomination to the Vice Presidency. He ndo his appearance, and after a long, hearty, and most enthusiastic greeting, proceeded to address the immense assemblage, in a speech, of which we find the following report in the New York Express, Louisville. Jour. MR. FRELINGHUYSEN'S SPEECH. My fellow-citizens, I thank you for your enthusiastic approbation of the nomination lately made by the Whigs of the United States, assembled in Convention nt Baltimore. To be selected by such a body of distinguished patriots, is an honor I most deeply and sensibly feel, and the more deeply and sensibly, that it is so , cheerfully ratified by my friends and neighbors in New Y"ork. I can only 6ay. that such a mark of kindness will strengthen my attachments t Whig principles if such strengthening were necessary, and that it is certainly calculated to make me strive to the best of my abilities, if I am ever put in a situation to carry out your principles, so to act as to merit this kindness, and to justify the confidence rou have conferred upon me. (Cheers.) Gentlemen the great principles of the Whig party, for which yuo have so long and so nobly struggled amid periods of the greatest gloom, and notwithstanding the most cruel disappointments, are my principles. (Cheers, three times given, and three times repeated, with cries, 4 wo know that, 'we made the nomination for that.') 1 have long cherished these principles. 1 shall maintain them hereafter, as I havb maintained them before. (Cheers.) They are, as I understand them A sound National currency. A just limitation of Executive power. A tariff of revenue, discrimina: ing for the nurposo ot incidental nrotecaon to domestic industry. (Loud cheering.) An equal and fair distribution of the proceeds of the public lands among the several Stales of the Union. These as I understand them, continued Mr. Frelinghuysen, aro the cardinal, al though not ail the principles, of the Whig nartv; and after what I have already said

I weed hardly add, that they will find me a humble and willing advocate in whatever position f may be placed. (Cheers.) We need an Executive administration of the Government,3lr F. continued to say, that will fairly and faithfully carry out the principles of the Constitution, exercising its full powers, where powers are given it, and keeping strictly within its limitation, where powers are limited, con. ceding when there ought to be concession, but firm when concession would result in injury liberally maintaining its compromises, but as independently carrying out its positive commands and yet who will take no responsibilities upon himself but what ho fm4s there. It is a matter, as it seems to me, for thankfulness, in a distinguished citkzen of Kentucky all these principles are embodied, and that he Tict only pledged to them by a long public life, but that such is the truthfulness and fidelity of his nature, that the people can well trust him with power to carry them out. (Great cheering.) Gentlemen the political life of Henry ('lay for thirty years past has been only illustrations of Whig principles, and the history of his life for twenty years would be the history of his country. Whenever there was 3 struggle for the protection of American labor against, foreign industry, where but on tho side of hia country was Henry Clay? Whenever, there was a struggle to limit the alirming and overgrown magnitude of Executive power or when the vast public domain was in jeopardy from being olfered for sale in the political market, where but on the side of faith, of honor, of justice to all, was our illustrious champion and friend? (Great cheering.) In all ot these great questions his voico has been heard from the first. In all combats concerning them ho has led tho van. (Cheers.) He has never compromised fhe dignity of his position to gam a vote, on the momentary breath of popular favor, but with an eye ever steadily fixed upon an approving public, he has fearlessly discharged what lie has deemed to be his duty. (Cheers.) I don't believe a purer patriot breathes on the whole continent of America (cheers)

and for proof, I point to a long public life passed in stirring scenes which has never conflicted with probity, or honor; a life unsullied bv meanness, or grovelling appeal to improper ambition, in all of which his principles have been put forth with ardor and as clear as light, while every pulse beating within him has been for the welfare and truo glory of his country. If such a man does not deserve the name of patriot, I do not know who does deserve the name, or whocan. (Cheers.) They say he is ambitious! I dare say he is. Be it so then. But point me to the time when hehas not sacrificedambition and him self, if what he deemed his duty called. I happen to know that on tho great question, the public lands, tho question was thrust upon him by an adverse Senate to make him unpopular in the West. lie entered upon it with a zeal characteristic of himself, and gave it the whole power of his mind. He never thought of what was to become of himself. As a Western man ho had a tempting field for po litical traffic in the whole public domain. He might have used it for the purpose of ambition. He might have held it out as tempting bait for the whole West. But his heart was as large as his country. (Cheers.) Fie studied the title out of this public domain. He knew where it came from, and justice told where it belonged. Fearless, then, as is his nature, he flung out his banner, 'Distribution of the pro ceeds among the States,' and he nailed it to the mast. (Great cheering and cries of 1 that is good.') I have said of Mr. Clay, continued Mr. Frelinghuysen, that his heart was as large as his country. A signal instance of it was his course on the taritfin the arduous session of 1832. Perhaps no man living could more tenderly cherish a conception of his own brain, or an offspring of his own oreation than he who has been called tho father of the American system. The ptinciples of protection to American in dustry embodied in the tariff law, Mr. Clay has cherished as he-has life. But when, in lS31-'2, an unnatural excitement was got up in South Carolina against a law, in the enactment of which he did not participate, he saw it was necessary to 6ave his country from peri!, even to make a sacrifice of what he loved so much. He looked for time to instruct the whole country in the necessity and utility of pro. tecting home industry, and he was willing to have a truce of eight years to give that time. He said to his friends in the Senate, 4 we can all see how an executive can lead us into a fraternal war, but how he can get us out, that we never can foresee. Dear as tho tsriff is lo all. he said, we must give it up for the moment to save our countrymen from shedding each other's blood to preserve tho Union and cause of human liberty throughout the woild.I shall rejoice, my friends, if you can go with me, but do what you will, I must offor up mynell as a victim to peace. (Cheers.) He became the great pacificator of that alarming time and ' blessed are the peace makers,' savs tho highest au thority that addresses man. (Cheering and loud applause.) Thus gentlemen, in every view I can take of my position, 1 have reason for gratitude and thankfulness

to you and to the country, that my name

is connected with a name that reflects honor even upon so humble an associate and it shall be my pride and my gratification, I repeat, to merit tho contider.ee your kindness has bestowed upon me. (Apphuse.) ' One word, gentlemen, fori my honored mother, the State that gave me birth where repose the ashes of my ancestors and to which I am indebted for many marks of regard prior to this of late. I assure you, gentlemen, New Jersey will be true to all the principles of the Whigs. U hatever may be her temporary vibrations from the temporary inaction of her prosperity, or from local or transitory ambition, ehe is Whig to the heart and core. (Loud cheers.) We can never be anything else than Whigs, Whig first, Whig last, Whig always (cheers)- aStato cradled in the bloodiest scenes of the Ameri

can revolution, whose hills and valleys, and planes are stirring all with revolutionary invocations, she would befalBe to her self, and an unnatural offspring, if she could forget the principles born with her, and bled for on her bosom. (Cheers.) No, she never can cease to be Whig till the plains of Monmouth, the heights of Princeton and the streets of Trenton are forgotten till she tears out from history the leaves of her glory, and blots from her escutcheon the brightest gems that are emblazoned upon it. I promise you, gen tlemen, 1 promise the Union, New Jersey will be true to herself and tho whole coun try: (Cheers loud and prolonged, amid which Mr. Frelinghuysen retired.) From the Raleigh Register. KATE KAIIA.TI. A TALE OF LOVE AND POLITICS. In tho autumn of 1843, business called me through the western part of North Carolina, it was in that portion of the year when the chemistry of nature lends to the mountain foliage its variegated hues, which, though beautiful to look upon, re. minds one that leaves and flowers are the only things that wither and die. The eye may rest with pleasure or rather with interest, upon those scenes; but the melancholy conviction comes to the heart that such is death. To the high wrought and intellectual mind, these scenes are especially dear, and they offer to all, no matter what their station in life, an ample field for reflection. Here the father can point out the sturdy oaks such are my sons ! strong in health and youth, and the woodbines which have entwined themselves around them, are the type of my daughter's affection. Here too the lover and the maid can find the evergreen which has withstood the storms and changes of seasons, but true to her nature, she presents the same congenial color on which the eye most loves to rest. Her language is fidelity ! and her lesson to the young is, be true to each other and let thy affections be as unchangeable as my garb, and the storms of life will pass thee, while thy breasts shall rejoice in beattitude.' The weeping willow, too, speaks comfort to the widowed heart, and when placed near her child's grave, it collects the tears of Heaven and sprinkles them over the green sod, that covers all she held dear on earth. It says lo the isolated heart 'Kiss the red that is held out to thee, and live with the assurance that if the Deity permitted the casket to wither on earth, he has taken the gem to its home of last-1 in test.' i Mountain scenery always impresses one with the belief that he is holding com munion with some being, who is tuned to breathe responsive tones to the vibratisns of his own heart. A few large drops of rain awoke me from my reverie; come, Cato! said I, we must press on, or we shall get wet jaekets for our musings. Cato was a fine horse, and one that could enjoy a rural repast of the mind, or at least ho seemed to show good taste and judgement, for frequently he would slacken his pace into a walk, in passing some beautiful shrub, in order to give me an opportunity to examine it. Whether it was that I had stopped him so often for that purpose, and he had learned my taste, I know not, probably it was so. Cato cast his eyes towards the clouds which threatened a pleniitude of water, and dashed off at a rapid rate. We had travelled about two miles, when we came in sight of an old log cabin, which had been deserted by the owner apparently for several years. The rain had now commenced falling very rapidly, and in large drops, which indicated an accompanying gust of wind. We halted at the cabin, and found it tenanted by a fellow traveller, who had his horse inside. 'Come in. stranger, and lead your horse in,' said he, 'there's plenty cf room here for all of us, and you will keep your horse and saddle dry.' I led Cato in who immediately commenced a biting acquaintance with the other heTse. After tying them apart, he remarked that as there was no one there to introduce him, he should introduce himself. I am known in this part of the country as Col. Morton, and at my residence which is a few miles hence, I invite you to spend tonight, and longer if you choose, and in return, you will please give me your name and place of residence V At present, 6ir, I am h citizen of the world; I hail, however, from old Pennsylvania.' 'Well friend I hope you will not

think me impudent but i should like to ? population of the U.S.,are mechanics; they know exceedingly well about your poliof course do not produce what they contics, but I promise you in tho meantime, sume; they are dependent uppu theFarm-

w hatever they are it shall make no d:ler - c.nco wiiii our reception at my nouse. My name is Morten, and I am a whig from principle. ' Good,' said he, 'give me your hand I fight in the same ranks too, and I am doubly happy to find you on the right After a few moments of conversation on different topics, fie proposed lighting a fire and we set about collecting wood and old bark from fhe logs. All the while the storm had raged with violence, the wind had risen and blew in fitful gusts, which threatened to demolish our shelter. The Col. had struck a light and sueceeded in lighting a fire, the cheerful blazu, a.nd the dreariness of the eveniag im pressed us with a brotherly convivial feeling. ' Come Captain !' said he, take a seat upon this log, and let us hold some sort of a confab; it is dull and dreary enough, but as soon as the rain ceases, 1 think 1 can offer you more comfortable quarters than this old cabin. My wife will have every thing in readiness for n warm sfjpper, and, sir, you shall be introduced to one of the most amiable, and at the same time one of best Whigs that you ever met with. Il is somewhat rare to meet with a feminine politician, who thoroughly understands the principles of our government; but Kate, she is of tho Graham stock, and connected with a distinguished gentleman of that name, who will probably be our next Governor. I he whoie family are good Whigs, and so steadfast is Kate, that I would as soon expect her to violate her marriage vow, as to yield one point of what she conceives to be the true principles of our form of Government. ' Well,' said I, you must live most happily with your wife, as her views are consonant with your own.' 'Yes,' said he, and that is not the best part of the joke, I was a democrat before I was married. I saw Kate, and loved her. Well I proposed in due time. Kate listened to what I had to say her countenance immediately changed, and this was the first time I had ever seen her look sad. You can scarcely imagine my feelings. I as much expected to have a decided refusal as I expect to see her to-night; however, she told me candidly that she could not accept the htmor that I wished to confer upon her, under existing circumstances. 'You know, said she, 'that my family are all Whigs; I believe them to be as noble and high minded in their nature, and in actions too as any other. Now, whatever tho whisperings of my heart may be, my duty to my family, and my better judgemert talis me, that I should not bring a husband into my family, whose political views are not in unison with theirs.' Now Morton, this was a stumper. What the d 1 to do I did not know. There was one thing certain, that I had to change her politics or my own, and I will acknowledge the fact, that I felt inadequate to the task. The fact. .was this, I had never paid much attention to politics. The popular side was the one I had chosen, without giving a thought to the pro-' priety of their views. I believed that the mass were democrats, and the term sounds so sweet, that many worthy men find themselves in their ranks, without appealing to their own judgment. Well, 1 proposed to discuss the subject with Kate, and this was the understanding, that the one who was honestly convicted would yield the point. A timo was set, and we met. I had studied hard and prepared to present the strongest arguments, as I thought, but they fell to the ground before her superior mind. When entered tho house Kate met me at the door ; said she, ' Colonel, we meet in friendship, and whatever may be the result of this very novel meeting I hope we shall still cherish that feeling. Come in and be seated.' Our controversy had wandered over several different subjects, when I reminded Kate of the object of my visit. I suppose,' said she, ' since you have thrown down the glove, I must take it up, although I regret it exceedingly. Friends should never discuss politics. Now take your premises, said she laugh ing, and give me the privilege of refuting.' I tell you Morton, I never shall forget that day. 'In truth Kate.' said 1, 'I am opposed ta a tariff and a U. S. Bank, and to all other Banks, and to internal Improvements; also, 1 am in favor of Free Trade, universal suffrage, and am a friend to the poor maj. un yesr eaia sue, you are precisely where 1 expected to find you. If you were a candidate for office, Colwnel, I should think the word demagogue was a very proper on in your vocabulary. But goon. 'Firstly, then, I see no reason why we of the South should be taxed to support the Northern Manufacturer ; if wo can buy goods of England cheaper than we can of the North, why not send our cotton directly there and take her manufactured articles in exchange.' Said she, Colonel you have taken a look upon only one side of the picture ; it is true that we are taxed to support the manufacturers, but how 1 We purchase their manufactured articles at a kigher prioe than the same articla costs in England, but still it is to our advantage that we should do so. Four millions of the

,er and Planter. Now let us fancy that

(there is no tariff, and the ports are opea free ta foreign commerce, the result would be, to reduce the price of mech anical labor to about fifty cents per day, and they ' find themselves, they would have to work as cheap as the laborers of England; they then could not pay the same price for ar tides of consumption. Hence produce would fail in proportion; tha farmer would get less prices than he does now, and, not only rhat, but the manufacturers would close their shops and turn their attention, and become competitors in agricultural pursuits. Therefore we should increase the producers, and diminish the consumers and consequently have to look to foreign , maiket for on outlet fr our surplas pro uuce. T.ng'and and trance, and all powers have their tariffs, which we must pay. for the privilege of selling the products of our country. Now, to open our ports free would he paying a premium for the privilege of exporting. But the evil would not stop here. The support of the General Government would be cut off and then weuld follow a direct tax, a thing a Republican Government should avoid as long as possible. We will pursue the subject a little further. Where does this Tariff Tax fall ? upon the poor man who wears homespun and has no imported luxuries in his cabin? No, it falls upon the rich man who sips champaigne, and dresses his wife and daughters in imported silks; if there was no tariff, the rich could have their luxuries at a much cheaper cost, and when the Tax collector came, there would be added four dollars for the support of the General Government, a tax which is now collected not of the wants of the people, but from tastes and love of Foreign finery.' Well, Colonel, what did you say to that r What eould I say ? she had argued both sides of the question but it has now stopped raining, and we will mount and ride home.' Wre led our horses out, adjusted the saddles, the Colonel mounted and commenced the old bnllad : The sun 6he'a gone down behind the blue mountains, And left th dark night to com on us again,While we ride o'er the hillock, cross the dell and the. fountain, To greet my sweet Kate, that live on the plain.' Well, said I, what were Miss Graham's opinion of the Bank ?' Why she said that the extent of our country required a bank, to uake the exchanges, and an incorporated institution would be safer than individual credit, or individual bills of exchange, that the idea of transmitting the precious metals, was preposterous, the exchange would have to be made on the good faith of something; and she knew of nothing safer than the government ; and what was still worse ray last hobby, she really made me ashamed of. The working man's friend! said she with a roguish look, Oh no, the only friends the working men have, are those who employ snd pay them; they wz.nt no other friends, they are superior to them who affect unbounded zeal for their interest, but take care to do very little work themselves, it is easier to be a working man's friend than to be a woiking man yourself.' ' I suppose you were converted then.' ' Worse than that, I was humbled, sir. To think that Colonel Morton should be routed, horse, foot and dragoons, by a tvo:nan politician, was more than I ccfuld bear. I took leave promising to return in a few days, which 1 did, and offered her the hand of a good Whig, whick she accepted with this requirement, that I should vote for General Harrison ; and the very day that I voted for the lamented Stalesman and Hero, Kate Graham became Mrs. Morton, and I have never had occasion to regret my change of politics. We. have one child Henry Clay is the name that his mother gave him, and he is a very promising boy. W7e had now arrived at his residence, and the boy came and took our horses. We walked up to the house, and as we entered, we heard the eweet tones of a Piano. ' Listen,' said the Colonel, ' she is playing one of her Whig songs.' I listened and the following words were sung sweetly by Mrs. Morion, which were her own cornposition,nnd arranged n the old Scotch air 'Over the river to Charlie:'' Theri rally all in '44, go forth and fight your battle, And make the Clay Cabins ring, and the coon 6kins rattle,Come one, come all, from cabin and hall, cros o'er the hills aTid marshes. And turn your coats, deposite your votes, for Hairy of the flashes. The music ceased and we entered, I was introduced. As the Colonel had anticipated, supper was in readiness, and we sat down to it. 'Kate,' srid tha Colonel, can you tell this gentleman's politics ?' 'I think,' said Kate laaghing, tliat he is a Locofoco.' No madam.' replied I, 'ap-j Ipearances I acknowledge are pgainst me. but thank heaven l am not so dro as mat yet.' The 6upper was finished, and we spent an agreeable evening. On the following morning I took leave and pursued my journey. What a pity it is thought 1. tha! t!c Ladies generally, art not a3 well

informed of the politics of the country, their influence, properly exerted, would do more good than all the stump speeches ever made.

Congreiis. In the Senate, on the 7th, the bills ordered to be engrossed during the session of the previous day were read a third time and passed. The bill further to regulato the pay of the officers of the navy was prssed. Mr. Huntington reported a bill provid. ing for the regulation and appointment of revenue officers. Mr. Evans called up the bill of Mr. McDufliee and the resolutions of the Committee of Finance, that the Senate had no power to originate such a bill without vio a ting the Constitution. Mr. Bagbv discussed at great length the llariff. In the House, 3ig tariff underwent a violent and exciting discussion. .i Patent Jflfe. The naners ara tel. ling a story of a man who went away from Louisville, Ky.. twenty years since, and left his wife. Returning the other day, he found her waiting for him : but ihe had v7 in the mean time buried two husbands, and was in widow's weeds for the fourth time. Thev were mutually rejoiced to see each other, and forthwith called in the parson to " hitch " them again, which was done in due form. Mysteries of Nauvoo. We are creditably informed that on Sunday the Oth inst. two females, the one aged 10 and the othejr IS years, have very mysteriously disappeared, and on Monday following another was also missing. All inquiries as to their whereabouts, has as yet proved unsuccessful, and tho parents have cause to believe that they have been enticed away from their homes by some evil disposed persons. Lee lkm. In good old Colony times, seys a down east editor, a lady used to ride on a pad. behind a man ; now a man may ride on a pad behind a lady ! We like to see a young lady walk aa if a flea was biting her on each nir. It is so facinating. , Shoisjust a match for the dandy, who walks like a winged turkey travelling over a bed of hot 3shes. Organ. The Arabs melt their butter over a alow fire which expels the .watery particles; it will then keep without salt; and the Irish have adopted a eimilar medefor exportation to the East Indies. Corx Oil The St. Louis Republican says that a gentleman living near that city has recently commenced the manufacture of oil of fine quality from corn. It is said to burn in every respect equal tosperm or lard oil, without the smoke which usually attends vegetable oil. It will not congeal in the coldest weather. For Removing Ink Stains from Pait.r. Dip the feather of a pen in muriatic acid, and gently pass it over the part of the paper which is inked this will turn it to a red aolor; afterwards dip the feather in boiling water and pass it over tho same part several times, and all traces of the ink will be gone. .tfsylum Jour. The Arts. The bust of all the Presidents have been ordered for the Capital from our native artist, Powers, if he will do them for 8500 each, or 5000 for them ',1. This can hardly be called muriifi cent'y encouraging the arts. Bait. Clip. Candor but unintenled. The Hon. John Wentworth of Illinois, otherwise known as the Giraffe of Chicago, in a letter home, spiaking of and o his own friends, says that " every Democrat must prepare himself, not only to fight tho common enemy but for treason in his own ranks, as a person has only to set his price this season and he will get it." Then John admits that Democrats maybe bought that their principles lie in the breeches pockets! This is truly flattering to his party, to be sure, and fully sustains what Mr. Calheun said of them, "that they were bound together by the cohesive pow er of plunder." We believe it is true, and think that some of the party would be a bad bargain at any price. JtThig Standard. Ptnnigton's.Erostat. Prof. Pennington is taking up a private subscription from tho citizens of Washington to raise about 8200, with which to finish and send up his large model aerostat, to prove to the Government the practicability of hia plan of navigating the air upon philosophical principles. J. L.ff'kiteJormcx of this State. but now of the city of New York, is reaping geld en opinions by his oratory in the Clay Clubs and crowds of Whigs in that city. Ho is said to be equal to any of the great men of that State. S. S. Prentice, of Mississippi, who is now on a visit to his native State (Maine) addreped a vast crowd of Whigs in the city of Boston, on the 4 th inst. The Bostonians were in perfect raptures about his eloquence, zeal, and argument. Brookville American.