Vevay Times and Switzerland County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 38, Vevay, Switzerland County, 27 August 1840 — Page 1

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V3SVAY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1840.

NUMBER 38.

VOLUME IV.

Published every Thursday Morning, Comer of Ferry and Market tlretU, I fray, Indiana.

Additional Important Facts.

Weekly Herald, printed in the city of New York, and which has a circulation of 30,000 or *10,000, has withdrawn altogether from the approaching contest, so far a* the individual merits of Van Ruren and Harrison are concerned. The following is the correspondence of the Herald;

More Evidence Against "Old Tip,”

his most popular political friends. While Harrison was able to secure his own stale by the regular vote of his party and no more;- And besides,. Van lluren teat Harrison in Harriabn’i own county eleten hundred ro’et —while he- carried the county he lives in himrelf by about n* hundred solet!] —P illt burgh' Eercuty.

The Spirit oftbe Age, published at Woodstock, Vi. comes to us richly freighted with a most powerful address of tho Hon. C. P. Van Ness, newly delivered before a Democratic Convention at that place. Wo copy from the-ppeech the followingimportant fact, showing the identity of modern British Whtggery and last war Federalism: *1'

Governor Erascii, of North Carolina, in a I speech made at Enfield; in tint State, on the Gth ult., adds his testimony to that of many others which we have already published, that General Harrison "uniformly differed" with the Republican party. In the course of hi* remarks Governor Branch says: "Ail who know me, however, know that for the six years I served wiih Mr. Van Huron in the Senate of the United States, his name and mine will bo found on all tost questions associated with-the leading State Rights men of that day, such as Macon, Randolph, Tazewell, and ; others. He was my choice is eucccmr of Gen,, j Jackson, up to tho dissolution of the Cabinet. [And I concurred with tho principles set forth jin his Message. to the Extra Session inlB37, I and which he has since fearUttly and ably sustained. On tho contrary by comparing and examining the Journals ofthe Senate, it also appears that Gen, Harrison and the Republican party, (my*e!f included,) UNIFORMLY DIFFERED! .How then, under all the circumslancce, could I be expected as a patriot to give up my principles, and turn the Government over to tho Federal parly)'* .. From the annexed extract, taken from the same speech, it will be seen that Governor Branch does not hesitate about the nutter, but says expressly that.h'e "KNOWS" Gen; Harrison to bo." diametrically" opposed to the Republican party from having served with-him in the Scntto of the United States; and befog called upon to choose between Mrv Yah Boren, whoso names on. “all test questions," is to. be found in tho list with those sterling democrats of the day, Macon, Randolph, and Tazowcll;—and Gen. Harrison whose votes on "a// questions involving principle" aro diametrically opposite, ho does not hesitate, but comes out openly ini favor of the Democratic candidate for the Presidency, llo says: ’ .

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[Corretpondence of the Tfcrald,]

The Latest Chouses*

Waterville, Oneida Co.,- June 27,-l&10, Jamcs Gobdox Uexxett, Esq. ; Dear Sir—Uur subscription to ypur daily Morning Herald expires on the 20th met. Enclosed wc send you a five dollar Oneida Pink note, for which please continue it. When this is used up, give u'a tho usual yellow-wrapper notice and ws will send you another, if you merit it as well then as you do now. ;Wo are pleased with tho research and ability with which your money articles aro written, and with the courage and accuracy with which you reason upon causes and effects in commercial matters, as well as with your enterprise in forwarding to’ us all foreign and domestic intelligence earlier than we can get it from any other paper. As long as you exhibit these qualities of character in your journal, wo do not believe a discerning public like ours will suffer yon ' ” "By slaves to be ?

Joanrn T. Allt.v, the distinguished ‘Whig* member of tie last Virginia House of Delegates from Norfolk Borough, and Gen. Hexst S. Footx/ one of the ‘Whig* representatives from Hinds county in the Mississippi legislature, have declined swallowing ‘Hard Cider’'any longer, but avow that their support will bo be riven to MAKTIN VAN BUR’EN*'

"In the year ISIS, tho federalists obtained a majority in the House of Assembly of this state, lilt we still retained the greater pa'toflhc Council. A resolution was passed by tho latter body and sent to tho House for concurrence, which proposed that the members of both Houses should convene, on a day mentioned, to offer up their thanks to Almighty God for the victory obtained by the American Army, under Harrison, near the river Thames, over tho combined forces of the British and Indians. On the question of concurring with the Council in passing the resolution, ninetyfive, all the Republicans voted in favor of it, and every Federalist against it, there being one hundred and eight war federalists, filial is, for war with their own government.) and I affirm mat but ONE of these has come over to our party. I also find that thirty-three of them are now dead, but of Me tetenly-jive living oner, every man {except the ONE already alluded to) it a thorough, going modern IVhig.'* Mr Dwight, now the leading Harrison Editor in Connecticut, was Secretary of the Hartford Convention. On the 7th March ISdO Mr. Dwight expressed tho wish that Harrison might be cashiered Six weeks after that time Gen. Harrison resigned, in the midst of tho war. Refcring to the course of Mr. Dwight, the Hartford Times makes tho following remarks:— "Wo should, bo glad to hear from tho organ of the Hajrrison party on tho subject. This wishing to CASHIER the Hero of Tippecanoe—where Joe Daviess was slain—the Ilero of the Thames, where Johnson did the fighting, and received fourteen wounds—the hero of Fort Meigs, where Miller fought and Dudley fall—tho Hero of Fort Stephen ton, where Croghan defended and saved the fort against Harrison’s orders. We repeat, we should be glad to know why Dwight, tho chief supporter ofHarrison now, then wished him cashiered! Why did Dwight abuse Mr. Madison for 'making such an appointment! Come, come, neighbor—don’t be sullen. Why did you wish your candidate for the Presidency CASHIERED!" Tho Editor of the Statesman devotes ono ontire Column to prove that John H. Prentiss, a member of Congress from Oswego county New York, and a strong supporter of Mr. VanBurcn, was thirty or forty years ago a federalist and opposed the last war. If* he was a groat federal sinner then, and since, has changed his political views and is Dow agood sound democrat, where is tho blame. But it is very seldom that a federal of the old school, changes to be a democrat; and such being the fact, our federal opponents, should bo allowed full scope to’ puff and blow, and make as much political capital, out of so rare an incident, as they possibly can. Now let us look at tho opposite side of this political picture. Let us ascertain if possible, where era the members of tho Hartford Convention, or those of them now living. The following is from the Onondago Standard, and proves beyond ait doubt that those of tho members, (who are now living,) of the Hartford Convention, iro the supporters of the Harrison federal parly. From the Onondaga Standard, I

THE TIMES.

VEYAY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, IRAQ,

CniELLi h. Kkapp, c looted by tho British Whigs of the last Vermont Legislature, Secretary of State, which office lip .now holds, declares that ho cannot comciemlouilyi sod there>foro will not vote for Harrison, though oat of respect Tor the feelings of those who elected him to bis present station, be.will not support the democratic candidate. " * . ■

Township Board.

We are requested to say that (he board of Trustees of Jefferson township will meet on Monday, the 7th day of September next.

Hjlbd Tin es,—Five hundred dollars per month If paid to the chief cook at the U. S.' Hotel, Saratoga Springs. \

Charles N. C it and lei, t member of the British Whig Comm ihoe for Genciseo county, New lork, and James II. Forsythe, a member of a like committee for Cuyahoga county, Ohio, have become so disgusted with the iniquity of’the party, which their Jato connection gave them a godd^opportunity of that they hare withdrawn from their respective committees and enrolled themselves under the glorious banner of VAN DUREN and DEMOCRACY,—.V, Y, Era. '. ..

Toe PhesestSold. —The two Arabian horses, sent,by the Imaum of Clascal, as a present to the President of tho U. States, Vers sold on Tuesday, at Washington. The light gray was taken by L. M, Powell, Esq. of Virginia, at $650: and the dark gray by Gen. John II. Eaton, of Tennessee, at $675.

Whoop’d out of Rome."

But you hivo one great inconsistency that we regret. You profuss tbbe, and wc have no doubt you mean to be, liis ad vocate of truth; and all the facts and arguments of your commercial articles sustain an indepedont treasury and a democratic administration of government. How after all this, you can in your political!articles countenance the wings in their attempt to smuggle Harrison into office, under cover of concealed sentiments and log cabin and hard cider fooleries, and have no foar of a new national bank and other calamities, we do toot understand.

Egotism. —General Harrison only used the first personal pronoun 115 times in a speech of something less than two columns in the Detroit Advertiser, and yet some people pretend to say his speech was egotistical. It is. impossible to please every body; isn’t it General!

_ A Stow.— Tbtoit 0/ LiilU Falh—O. K.—On last, at % barn raising on the premises °* "*tzb B, Cables, Esq. in this town, there * were 01farmers and mechanics* present, and a vote was taken on tho presidential question and resulted .as follows;

. "1 have now to choose between a statesman of a high order of talents , prefetting and entertaining the Republican principles,of * 93 and *99, and Gen.Harrison, whom I served with in the Senate, and KN 0W TO BE DI AM ETRICALLY OPPOSED TO ME IN POLITICS, withal vastlyinferior to Mr. Van Ourtto r in point of talents." ‘ ■. vc-'* ■

For Van Boren and Democracy, For Harrison and hard cider,

The Weekly Herald, heretofore one of the leading Harrison pagers in the city of New-York, and now neutral so far as (he individual merits of Van Burea and Harrison are concerned, in speaking of the Tippecanoe central club, and all the branch clubs in the various wards of the city, says “their independence has been swallowed up by the miserable tricks and schemes of the Wall street men. And now that the whole of the origin and wholesome organizttion of there clubs is broken up, it is probable that the rank and file, the bone and sinew of the Tippecanoe party, will not come out and show themselves in the fall election al all, unless between this and then they are called together by honest, independent, and competent leaders, who will re-orgaoizs and fit them for independent and powerful action in the fall campaign. “One important fact is certain, that the Tippecanoe party is at present broken up, and divided into inefficient squads in this city, by the miserable tricks and schemes of the Wall street men; and if the same influences have been at work in the interior, that have operated so blightIngly here—if the same selfish spirit has prevailed in the country that has spread aver the city—if the samo insolent and tyrannical system of dictation has been put in operation throughout the State, that bat broken up the power of the parly here, Mr. Van Buren will get the State by « very large majority. “As tho position of affairs stand at present in this city, if the'vote for the Presidential question were to be taken to-morrow, amongst us, there would no doubt be a majority of from 0,000 to 5,000 against General Harrison, so great has been tbs revolution occationed by the withering influence exercised by the cliqua that control Wall street.”

ANSWER.

Suigt! do you hear that! Is there nothing in. such a •’sign” to convince you that the disciples of GeniWum, aro not as the leaves of the forest number numbtricttl—JIohatsi:' Cour>

The respcclabiliiy of our correspondents, their fairness and impartiality, deserve a plain and plump reply. Once for all, therefore, wo now assure them - that so far as the. individual merits ofVan Ruren and llarrison are concerned,.toe withdraw altogether from the approaching conletl. With respect to the measures, principles, and movements of both parties, we shall maintain the same position we have always done. Whatever is right in either parly we shall approve—whatever is wrong we shall disapprove—but our readers are left to the exercise of their own judgments as to the Presidency. Ode care ia only to present to them the honestly—with these every man is as capable of judging who ought to be President as we ars. Neutrality—honesty—and telling the ' whole our motto. Hutyet we are indifferent to the choice of Chief Magistrate. All welwant ia a good government—but we care not by which parly he is elected. We believe, however, that the people of this country have sagacity enough to select the best man—the business of newspapers being to present the honest and fullest statement of (ruths and facts on every public aubject. Will this do!

■' Referring to tho senseless parades : of the log cabin and bard ciuer humbug—he says: •-* - • "Thsir appeals to the passions of the ignorant by an exhibition of Coon-skins, Log-cabins, Hardcider, Jic. is sufficient to satisfy the people, that they bold (hernia as little repute as the savage that roams- the forest.': Instinct was. gtvein .to brul.e, and reasonjo rasn, and when the latter Ts cop trolled'hysuch erapty and contemptible pageantry, he sinks beneath the dignity and utility of the former.” /; . r ', - : ; Notwithstanding this full,' free, and open denunciation of Gen. Harrison, andeppfoyal of the course and| measures ofMr. Van Burenymade on the hustings a very'Short'lime since, ahd published in the newspapers, tho Baltimore .Pa-, triot does not hesitate to publish the following: "Governor Branch has openly avowed his'opposition to. the Administration of Martin Wan Buren, declaring it Id be in bis opinion/ “corrapt.” ■. 'V * Shame! wherois thy blush!—Whiggory, whore thy honesty and truth?— Baltimore Republican,

Ahotheb.—At a company parade, a few days since, of Capt. Hess's Ride Corps in Paine’s Hollow, (the head quarters of British whtggerjr in'the good old town of German Plata)' ao/me one proposed that a vote shouid.be takeni which was agreed to, and resulted as follo ws; i For lho Kinderhook Dutchman, . 34 For Gon’l ■ 00 '

; Mo*k M HARD CIbER’v TOR THE Wa ICB.—At ft bani raising at Mr.Chrfslun Van Talkeoburgh'a inthetownof Sharon, on tho 6th iosl.,at which there were 115 men;' t rote was taken for President, and resulted as follow*: .... ; Martin Van - 100 W. UVlIarriion,- 15

[Ultca Obttrter*

JA Truk Stort.—Two gentlemen were conYertiog the other day, ttys tbo Boston Democrat, upon'the merits of General Harrison, and Iboadf anlagcs* which would accrue to the conn* ! try, fromLi« election to the Presidency; when an intelligent colored man happening to pas*.by, ho was”appealed. to for his opinion on the subject: Said one of the gentlemen to tbe'cblored man—- .; V What think you/Jack, about General Harrieon’s Election!” • -

Mormons Ltncued.— The Quincy Whig of the ISlh inati states that the citizens of Tulley, Mo. hive recently missed several articles, and hid the theft to the Mormons, living at Nmivoo, III. immediately opposite. At length a number of the citizens of Tulley crossed the river,,in the vicinity of the Mormon settlements, where after some searching, they found several of the stolen articles. Shortly after, falling in with a party of three or four Mormons, they were charged wUh.lho theft, and forcibly taken across the river and severely lynched. One of them escaped, and running to the river, seized a canoe and reached the other shora, whore he fell exhausted.' A public meeting of the Mormons has been held in Nauvoo, at which the following, among other resolutions, was passed; ,

Missa," replied Jack, “Why I think ifvGeh’eral‘Harrison is in favor of celling while men into slavery, poor nfcger will stand a trry small chance.” . . :. V : : v . The Harrlson mon held, their beads down, and walked off.v : ; Harrison's SoLDiois,-—Col. Ringland stated at the gmVDcmocraiic Meeting in Washington that - he*- knew, of thirty person s in that coenty Who had served under lltrrifon during-the late war, and of these thirty but FOUR ware in favor of.electing the General to the iPresidency. The Gettysburg (Adams county) Compiler says; .‘Wai know_of only one person in this county who' served under the ‘Hero,’ and he fa an intelligent ,tnd unflinching, advocate of Martin Yah / . •. ■; • "

Vacancies In the U. 8, Senate] 1811* . The Senate of tho U. States stands at presen 1 30 Democrats io20FederaItiii—*nd two vacaD' ciesj one in. Missouri and one in Delaware.'' . The time of the following Senators wilt ex pire on the 4th of March. * ' •; Maine, • John Ruggles, ’Fed, N. Hampshire,- . Henry Hubbard, . Dem, Massachusetts, .John Davis,- .• Fed, Rhode Island, ’ N. R. Knight, . Fed. New Jersey, - Garrett D. Wall, ‘-' Deni. Delaware, v .Thomas Clayton, - . Fed. Virginia, Wm, II. Rhone, v Dem. N. Carolina, Bedford.Brdwnj , • -Dem. S. Carolina, ' J. C. Calhoun, . Georgia, . Wilson Lumpkin, '* Dem, Alabama, Wm. R. King, - Dem. Mississippi, i R. J. Walker, ' : > > Demi Louisiana, R. C. Nicholas, ' T Deo?. Tennessee, Alex’r Anderson, Dem. Kentucky, - . J, J. Crittenden,, ' y .Fed. Illinois, . J. M. Robinson,’ ■:‘ Dem'. Michigan, J. Noire)); ' ' Dem. Arkansas, -W, S.-Fnlton, ' . -Dem. Of these vacancies 13 are Denis. and 5 Feds, (he Democrats wilt certainly'elect Senators‘in New Hampshire, North.Carol inaj South Caro, lioa, Georgia, Alabama,Mississippi,Tennessee, Arkansas, Michigan, and elect One in Maine; making 10 in all, and probably one in Illinois and one in New Jersey and Virginia, each making 4 more, so that the Democrats will certainly bare 37, and very probably 31 of the 52 Senators, — Ball, Hep*

The Members of the Hartford Convention all Harriron Whigs.

That the people of Missouri not having enfficiently slaked their thirst for blood and plunder, are now disposed to pursue us with a repetition of the same scenes of brutality -which marked their whole course of conduct towards us during our unhappy residence among them. Notwithstanding they biro already jobbed us of our homes, murdered our families, stolen and carried away our properly, and their exertions to complete the measure of.their own infamy as a State, has caused unoffending thousands to be banished from the State without even the form of trial or the slightest evidence of crime. They ar» now sending their gangofmurderoua banditti and thieving brigands to wreak further vengeance and satisfy their insatiable cupidity' in the State of Illinois, and that loq, before wo have even had time to erect shelters for our families.

Mr. Parmestgr, a Member of Congress from Massachusetts, Bunker Hill District, in a speech delivered in the House of Representatives on the 20th of April last, gave the following complete list of the members of the Hartford Cosvestios of 1840.

As for “cor Howard" he has been thrown as cold os a wagon tire, and may Air be the fate of every Demogogne who endeavors to assume a false position to obtain power.— Slaletman. Hold, lago!—Condemn’st thou thyself!! Remember Hainan built a gallows to bang Mordecai on, and was banged on it himself.

y ’ —— —^ —=—-—— ;Foon Thotjsasd Eight Hundred Irish, left Dragbeda* alone, in sir weeks ending the 16th ult., tb find ft homo and freedom in this country. Welcome... Welcome m our? shores,’warmhearted sons of Erin! When our country, with its’millions of unpeopled acres, ceases to,baa welcome resting - place for the fool of the stranger, the cause of philanthropy must lose its strongest prop. ' These emigrants bring with them, nearly a million in specie.—AortA Carolinian,

George Cabot, Step’n Longfellow, jt Nathan Dane, Harrison Gray Otis, Hodijah Bay lies, Mimolhy Bigelow, Joshua Thomas, Daniel Waldo, Joseph Lyman, George Waldo, . Samuel S. Wide,

FROM MASSACHUSETTS,

. Who would be as OqllI—The following is from the Philadelphia National Gazette, the leading Whig paper of Pennsylvania.

FROM COSS ECTICCT.

Chauncoy Goodrich, Calvin Goddard, James Hillhouse, Nathan Smith, John Treadwell, Roger Minot Sherman, Zepbaniah Swift, ' V&OH BHODK-ISLIHD,

“Mr. Lincoln’s speech animadverting on Mr. Ogle is very severe. IT IS A. SATISFACTORY VINDICATION OF THE PRESIDENT PROM ANY BLA3IE THAT MAY BE ATTACHED TO HIM FOR PERSONAL EXTRAVAGANCE. Outlays were made for household furniture during the several terms of the Presidents without comment, except in Senator Renton’s East room letter.”

Good and Pertixe.vt. —Tho Journal com. plaini of the people for asking General lUrnson’g opinions on national politics, 1 he Journal think* the General cannot answer talit/aclurily. Wo are of the name opinion! Except on tho subject of telling ufiite men at public auction for eath! Ohio Statesman,

David Lyman, Benj. Hazard, Samuel Ward, Edward Manton, raoM wi.sium coontt, vaanoaT, Willi am Hale, jr. raosr Cheshire cocstt, h. n, Benjamin West. OIUFTOS AND LANCASTER, COOS CO. Mills Olcott.

OhIOIS or THE HARD ClDER AND Loo CaDIS CRT

The Contrast*

or the Federal Wins Baboon Party.

la IS20 Gen. Harmon was a candidate, for the office of Governor of Ohio, in opposition to Ethan Allen Brown and Jeremiah Morrow. Tbs aggregate vole of the several candidates was as follows: Brown, 44,630. Morrow, .0,820, Wll. II. HARRISON, 4,343!

The Washington Correspondent of tho.Baltimore .Republican, mentioned in one of his letters to the Editor, a conversation he held with a devoted partisan ofllenry Clay who lamented that Clay had been set aside by the Harrisburg Convention, and General Harrison nominated as the Whig available candidate for the Presidency. To this was replied, by the said correspondent, that it was very easy to get rid of General Harrison, “How;” inquired tho friend of Mr. Clay! *,Why, give him- a parrel °f Hard Cider, and settle a pension of (wo thousand a year upon him, and my word for it, ho will set the remainder of bis days contented in a log cabin.'* And from this trifling remark, as was ho who made it, has arisen all the trumpery of log cabin processions, and hard cider declamations, of tho designing knaves and stupid stars among tho Federal Whig Bankrag worshipping parly,who.aaeume all the talents, all the wisdom, all the patriotism, and all the decency in United Blaus. "See Baltimore Republican," of May, 5,1840.

The New Jeebet contested Election settled. —On July I6tb, tho House of Representatives decided, by a vote of 103 to 22, tbit tbs five democratic claimants were entitled to their seals. The result of the investigation mokes their majority 16 more than was at first claimed, fid much for Broad Seals to cover up Broad Frauds. Nearly all the Whigs shot ,the pitdared not vote.

There is a country girl in Pennsylvania whoso feet are so Urge that she can’t pick up chips. [JV. F. Sunday .Vcrcury; Such feet roast be death on insects in a country pasture. Unsuspecting graehoppers would never be able to hop out of the wayjof such a pair of dead-falls in season.—JV. 0. Pic.

At the time the Hartford Convention was held, Sir. Parmenlcr was upon the theatre of active life, a personal observer of the Hartford Convention movement, a thorough Democrat, and consequently uncompromising in his opposition to the convention and its objects. : Yetm introducing the list of the'members of the convention, Mr. Parmenter in, his speech siyst “I express' my decided conviction, and state my firm belief, that every one who is now alive is of the Whig party, and every one who has deceased, died in that political Faith, under some one ofits numerous names. There are gentlemen here from all the New England States, who can correct me if 1 should be in error.”

In 1833 Martin VanBuren was a candidate for the office of Governor of New York, in opposition to Smith Thompson and Solomon Southwick. The aggregate vote of the severs! candidates was as follows;

A good Toast. —The following toast was sent by a lady of the Democratic celebration on tho 4th at Lexington, Massachusetts; - “Tun AvaaicAH Eacix—May it never fly stf low as to build its neat in a Whig log cabin.’*

VANBUREN, . 131,500. Thompson, 09,600. Southwick, ‘ 32,000. Such fads as these apeak volumes to the derstanding of a people who duly appreciate tho" elcctivs franchise, and properly estimate the decisions of the ballot .

A toso Nose.— We believe there is an editor In Baltimore who has so long a nose that be can’t $|(S»r bitneclf sneeze—AT. Y. Sunday .1ftreury. :>.?Tba Sui-Edilor of tho Statesman would.be in ;no'danger by pulling euch a nose, especially If the ftflfcw is slow on fool.

“Papa,” said a little fellow the other day, “was’ni Job an editor!” '“Why, sonny!” ••Because the bible informs ns that be* had ,much trouble, and was a roan of sorrow all thedaya of bis lifol**. •'

[We will pursue the.contrast still further. In 1836, Van Huron carried New York by 20,000 .votei—or 30,000 over the majority obtained by

Under this challenge tho whig “gentlemen from the New England States” remained silent. -