The Wabash Courier, Volume 11, Number 38, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 27 May 1843 — Page 2

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I HARD MONEY* 7 We wetir to this Subject now, «sys °EWlish tclliaencer. from having met. in a, va^

to member* ol Congress be more

W*n«rXnnwm«it

,^arjng

publication of the Isit rear, ^,,hTy"b,,pr', remarks, such Strong resemblance 10 Mr

jmere metallicrt™"n,?E,tE otir jroom for tbe ,«£,'fr,lhh

nnd e* posing so fully ami baliUs

aden of brine able 10 transact ex

of paper, SSe^currwiCf having these qdaland we never l«»k

the

make

f*atfS=sr«ft

thif country to be

We bold the conditio* 'b,,nh*'roti|th remedy with«arli n» can never admit of -Lur od. snfe currency,of fence of a .w7,„ _rj value, consisting

imn

.... eticeof a

qualnod sad'silver on demand rfp??i2irCf5S.t i»vw'i ?«,?4S

liwl»l

r^valyliif wd voio«.n

holJ

with it the

'••t^-"n,7UliiS®nrf«h« Government. This is oar

air, the Ad

hAs- loan exclusive metallic cbrrency, miniairetion, on this point, reeu :1Beif ••all-' Out doors snd amnne the people it •bo 1 ^-llnmThHl all in cold There, every thing is to liaR?money—no paper rns»—no delusive t.ank monopolies-—no trust in paper ,§£\ in (he Treasury Deportment and .in theHouse ot- ion press we see another a«pect-a mixed "PP"™""' P", tlv ao!d and oartlv paper—gold for government and XlfiorTheSle^rne small .^icewMd, .hunt here, allowa the atisoluie "fffaatty »ort. and 10 some extent while the

inanity demand t).e destruction of all bank., and the final extermination pop**1,

in pTl 1 lie land new and terror of

Fromn better recently publi«hed by *J®n^ Stnnsfield, Knq., of Leeds. "Jold ond silver simply constitutes the pattjr eoib nf the country, and the idea of enrrying on the foreign trade exclusively with it woald bo as-absurd as if *, merchant ^were to attempt to tarry with his petty cash only. "11 liniih«»eTi given in evidence before 0 committee of tlw House of Commons that no Irss a sum than one tlMinsnnd millions ttiinunlly is exchanged by 28 only of 1 he principal T»rtOdon hnnkers, at theClearitig-roorn, and all the gold and silver wanted to effect _this enormous exchange is obout jC20 a day. Here it is petty a in 'As it is with the Individual so It is with the t»t»«" ....

|hc

mper

"To the pppp'e, the l.on roars P^.

money

hJt

jl'"a^hcregt )e

«t be

ticre re

eh wild frighten them ooiof'bmr mains nnd nJJtGslJ." The aucklmff dovr.w. wit wer £„/,,). crrency, the im^rarrtcabtbty ofan e*cii

thinff a

country

ilWilf?--"®. .ha. -Mr! to guppprt it denunciation of paper,

saSi'SJSr^w"Ssft A*sr«Kr againNMitiiiw i/i»Utut»onf, full of sound ana tury,

any one conaidera it. be aeca bow

ridiculous nnv fucI. nttempt would be. An rxchifve metallic cirotilatiou for the aecond commcrcml country on enrfh. in ilie nineteenth century Sir. rou mi?ht n* well tempt to abolish commerce altogether. ••The Currmcy of England ia estimnted at nxljf million* *ipr1:np nnd it ia Mr. McCiillocli'i c.nlculatiritt that if tbia'enrrenev wwe nil cold, allowinprone aimrter of one ppr cent for wear of metnla. the nnnunJ rxp^ncc intending such cnrrrncy would be thr«H» millions nntl a qnftrter vear. or near'v five per cent npon the whole with its tliia clwrge would be ifiiich greater. The low of cnpitnl would be more, owing to the higher ratea of interestand, bestdra oil this, ia the coat of transportation, which, in 0 country ao e*'e^* MV«-as oitra would be vaat ond not *nfcily cnlculnteo. We sltotiid also rfionire. propor'tionallv, more specie than ia reqiiiaiie in Kngland. because our svetem 01 ex

clionjrc. Hv mfimsnfbilFs ofexcimn^c, i»«t prw*nt, and would be, tinder such system aa ia proposed, much less perfect nnd convenient than that ol Englohd. Besides the English metallic circulation is mostJv gold gold being ill Kngland the standard metal. With us silver nnd pold both are made standards at a fixed relation so true na to preserve both of the precious metnlsamong us. (which, indeed, is not verv probnme.j our circulation would be still more extensive and cumbrous. I rom the quantity of silver it would coniain. The silver in tbe world is enirtiated to be fiftv times namiich as the gold in amount, and consequently something more than three timea in value, if both should eirculato therefore equally in proportion to value. the currency would be three parts silver ond one

"Now, sir. the annual expense of audi circulat ion, upon the basis of Mr, McCulloch's estimate, would exceed the whole annufil expenditure made for our arfny and navy. Consider, sir, the amount of actual daily payments mnde in the country. It is difficult to estimate it, and quite impossible to ascertain it with any ncenrncy. Hut we can form some notion of it bv 10 daily ninount of payments in the banks in somool the lilies. In times of prosperous business and commerce the dnily ntnouni of payments in the banks York alone lias been equal to eight millions. Whetlier we call this a tenth, wemietb, or a fiftieth part of nil the payments and receipts mado dally in the country, you see to what nn aggregate result the whole would rise. And how is it possible that such amount of receipt and payment could be performed by nn actual passage of gold ond silver from bond to band 7 "Such notions, sir, hardly require serious refutation."

'•wrd as if a

rtSII IS WHO UIO inUIVIIUHII O,. I» IB "11.. »V' .... .. .v. which is simnlv •f tmltrWnois and ihat tne

1)(

-wni» or in* roiintrv is merely its i^tty cash, will be

pnlpnMo whrn wc Irnni Mr. Jacob (who wrote Whii pnipnmc wiirii nu mumi iumm j»h. on the precious inetals) that the whole amount of coin isonly thirty millions, to carry on trading transactions that must amount to many ihonsnnd millions. How many thonsmd millions ii would be impossible to sav. but a guess may be hazarded* "We have 11 in evidence that twenty-eight Banks onlv exchange bills ami checks representing sales in-

,...,1 .eeeniinj» sales

dependent of their transactions over the counier, and 0|

the shop-keepers nnd merchanis. the daily expendi-

turo of two millions of individuals lor food and you

w.ll not have less in London aWjiiinuallv limn a 1

a a a a

iiir rr l»l 111 iiivVHifMif it must ba for wnnl of data) to have tit* same amount of trnnsaotions as the Metropolis, ^J3,000,000,000—total .£5.000,000,000. "We bavoa total of six thousand millions carried on with a petty cash of thirty millions, which is in tbe same proportion as$30 to a man who turns over in a year JW.000.

VWe have imported foreign produce at the rate of forty millions a year, and if we only take into calculation thelast twenty years, this would come to eight hundred millions and the gold coin in the eoantrv, or rather our petty cash, being within five millions as much now as it ever was, it shows ll\at the foreigners can only have been paid by having taken our goods in barter for theirs, "Rut it a said that they will positively take no more than they have done that if we take ten millions more from them of corn, stiffar or coffee, they will have gold for it. If so, onr stock ol petty cash would be in great danger for, being only thirty million#, in three vears it wonld beal! gone,and the whole countrr must shut tip shop. "But is not ibis conclusion absurd 7 Under a free system every article finds its li*vel in price,and so does gold If we have too little petty cash to carry on our trade, and ano'!-.er country has too muCh, we can give a higher price/or it. a.id tack it cottief. "Ii follows. then.Yhat for every quarter of wheat we tako frt.m the torwgnrr, tbfty ,m*st take our goods in return 5 and that the more we take from them tke more #W tokr from m*. and therebv give work to tbe unemployed, orders to the nwrehufcta, tenants lor the empty warehouse, and prosperity to ail,"

Wmo

PROMISES-

,n' K()ni

transfers from one accountto another, when ihe two ,ho

Fulfilled —So far as the

Whigs hsve had the means of redeeming their pledges to the people, they have been honorably performed. They promised the people in the Hiampaign of 1840, that the extravagant expenditures of the government should ho curtailed. They havo taken up tfieir bond! In 1887, under Van Burcn, the approp rial ions amounted to $37,785.6071 In 4™ 1838,, they were $34^07! In 1830, they were 933.138,3711 Now to see to what they have been reduced, under a Whig congress,

Tl*e appropriations for 1842, were 26.177,931: and for 1842 «24,499^66!!! For the two first years of Van Uuren's region Ihe expenses of tine government amounted to the enormous sum of 971,902,413! Under the two years supernaion of Ueform Whig congress the* have been reduced to 47,077,176!! The saving amounts to IN8J324,. 237H! Thw aoaMtltiog tangible wwocthing to be pondisred «qwn by ife» people. Give the wa%» another turn *t the helm, end all .x. will be right agttin.—O. S. JmrmJ*

-C Y,$ There is a place down to eld Tiiyiaia, where old maim never get to fee over thirty. Thoy live up to tb»t %g/t aod then begio beck to twenty-five Jtud ae go out of tfie world as fr^h and fair a« a pumpkin in bloesom-

From the Indiana State Journal.

MAN IN YOUR WHOLE NEIGH^RHOOD^a

nublishcd as a Locofoco textbook and its claims ba^»e been always loudly endorsed by the Leaders of that. Party. In its last number there appear* aft nrttMe8 beaded Democracy and Liberty," ebraied Locofoco Leader, C. A BRONSON^ Frou. this Locofoco discontent we are aboot to make extrac If the«extracts fail to rouse the Hlo^ ^very hon«t man in cOn.Vjmna'ion of these b*se to their lelligence," and virtoe-then

So the Locofoco doctrine is. that "stronger "guaren-. ties than popular safTrage, virtue and "intelligence," have become essential to our freedom!!

On /Sage 375J of this Locofgco pamphlet, Bronson says: ••There is not a tithe of that virtue in the ballot box which we, in onr Fourth ol July Orations and Caucus Speeches, are in the habit of ascribing to it. The virtue we have been accustomed to ascribe to it, we hove claimed for it on the ground that the people always know what is right, and will always act Hp to their knowledge. That is to say. suffrage rests for lis basis, as guaranty of freedom tc good government, on the assumed intelligence and virtue of the people

Its grand maxim is, tbe people can do no wrong.*— Now, this may be very beautiful in theory but when we come to practice thi* virtue and intelligence of the people it all a HUMBUG Ws be» pardon of the sovereign people for the treasonable speech, but it is true as holy writ, and there is neither wisdom nor virtue in pretending to the contrary."

Gracious Heavens! what an Insult is this upon the very hran of that glorious system which, in tbe fullness of proud fnith. we hope, unsullied, fb tranrmit to our children What Whig does not thank his Maker 'hat sncb dogmas proceed from high places of Locofoco Federalism

From pages 380 and 332 of this pamphlet, we make the following extract: "We Have beard so much said about the wisdom and intelligence of the people, that we perhaps ore a little sore npon the subject- But we have seen enough to satisfy us that if we mean by Democracy the form of government that rates for i«s wisdom and justice on the intelligence and virtue'jf the people alone, it is aGRh«A, I\ HUMBUG! "Tbe facts we have brought forward prove it so.— Hay more, that in destroying all guarnnties, and in re1 yiiig solely in the ui*dom and virtue of the people, we are destroying tbe very condition of good government." "Are the people competent to gavern themralves"

What we have said concerning the virfue and iii"elligence of the people, has been said for the express purpose for proving that they are not competent to govern thrmteloes must tell them thi* notion qf their* about telf government is all moon*hine\ noy.n very Jnck-o-lantern, and cm serve to no better purposo if followed, than'o lead ihem in from the high road and plunge them in tbe mire or the swamp from which to extricate them-selves will be no easy matter."

Who dem'rss to be a Locofoco "Democrat 7'' Tins Locofoco High Priest pronounces such to be one who holds "that the form ol government that rests for its "wisd »m ond justice on the virtue ond intelligence of "the People is oil a HUMBUG That "the Peo"ple are not competent to govern themselves," ond thai self"government is all moonshine

Upon pnge 376 of this Locofoco Review, Mr. Bronson sketclica the character of James Whitcomb os follows "He who in a monrcby, will flatter the Monarch, or in any aristocracF. will tawn round the great, will in a democracy, flatter ihe people and he who wil I flutter tbe people in a democracy, wmild in nn onstoCraey. fawn round the great, and in a monarchy flatter the monarch. Tbe demagogue, (democrat) is the courtier adapting himself to circumstances. Yet flattery is so sweet that he who can' screnm loudest in praise of the sovereign people, anil whose conscience does j»ot

evrn nt

^a biusphemy of

t))e

PEOPLE OF INDIANA, LOK HEKE! in an article on the late treaty Tbe Democracy of fcocofocoism 11 between this country and great Britain mi kes James Whitcomb, theLoeofoco candidate ^S^pgo' the f- dlowing re marks on the unadjusted qoes-

pt'pV^ENTy'oF WhIsKEY^AND ^nR ,ion relnlivf io ,lie OrfgonTerrilory." Tip WFLL WITH A LONGPOLF, AND THBlR A «.\Vo sliaO sliortlVdiscuss the legitimacy of VOTES Aft^eEftTAIN." _Jhi- ihe j^eni^ns ofcadi parly-: Therd 18 no

XuK'dlfso ttie Ofilw BloomingtonPost both sides tm imperious fact whijh pcldges bimeelf ioq»rove by two £ocof«* Jutes over all coilstdcrrftions, and wht^ft mm M, Avor t« rBO^%^ROVE^ND HAKD tT TO BTEfiF!

loox

on his business j|j pretty sure of receiving the largest almre of their confidence and furor." Prom pace 383 of this Locofoco Review wc take the subjoined

1 1 :r be a power distinct from ibem and ABOVfi them the pold and silver wanted to effact this enor-

populi est vox T)ei,'

I "If thefpoplear* to brgoverned at all. there innst

|0 artVKRV

,hPm t!"

Appr«*H«-mIed to thisi infn,roo* T^cofocr* article ie thrfollowing note of caution of the fyicolocos, in which tbfly are charged to conceal iheirreal views ol tbe Peo

flnfj 0j-SP|f.B0Vprnmpnt,

from t()p mnMl 0

(such views as above quot

peop|e, nnd especially from the

Wliies It readstbos. "Let no inklina of our present confidential whisper eel berond the inner sanctums of our own privnte pnr tv caucuses." Ijet cverv democratic reader of the pre sent pace, on the approach of any suspicious lookine character, hearing ihe.^j/n'e.^ retemblanc to a possible fl'Arjrinconstinentlv thrust it out of sjpht. ns in by

jmfB he would precipitate the'Scottish Chiefs'

i(j|,j|,jr(,n

nppr08C

,|,8 AMwy' under his desk at school

parties Hunk nt iliesame ho-ise to the amount of *1.- Iytnsiiaee is too feeble for words with which to ut 000.000,000. Now, lake into account tbe transactions1 of our indignation, the indiffnation of everv man above the twenty-eijrht banks over the counter those fifty jrvcj

,|,P master."

of|| n(

two other bankers in London those or hng.and, (lor j|cm before everv man io the land, side •he has a clearing-room of her own thoso ol the Stock 1 j,^ ynn BurPn«a Rjeh Negro SufTraee. and his Exchnnue and Share Market the operations °f "I1

)n {ter

further amount of exchanges ol £2,000,000,000. lake .jj|pwi|,

fjocofoco avowals as these!

posiiion to the podr white man's vote! Let them ring

rfom cr(jTy 8Min,p,

Anrl thouah I^neuajre is too fee-

response with which ihev will becreet-

f.thol.cnrtsoronr people will FREf, and tlieir VOTRS

Tearful retribution which will be poured,

like molten lead, uporvtbe beads of 1 liese villianous Re vilersof Freemen and their rights!

ANCIENT BELLS.—The

chime of bells be

longing to the Tower of Vnlencinnes, in France, which recently fell to the ground, was very old and very complete. Eight bells nre now lying among the rubbish, or have been drawn out of it to the Court of the Hotel de Ville» There is the great thorough bass, of public festivals, of nn onormous weight,, without any apparent date: on^ on which the date 1346 is legible, a Gothic legend, of which one-lntlf only is visible, is engraved on the border, the rest is still concealed by th? ruins. We rend "Night and day the people can hear.". Two belis bearing date of 1533, one of them with these words "This brings Inrmony to every soul." Two others, similar in form, dated 1597, and marked with the swan of Valenciennes. Another dated 1636. With a swan

We were mnde for the

These eight bells have suffered no damage. ft is the only part of the belfry which remains unbroken, nnd the only part which dan be used in rebuilding. May the ears of the jmod people one dav hear again their wellknown sounds,—Parts paper.

Loss OF A PLATJSOAT ASO

Lire.—The following is from the Monphis

THE OREGON COUNTRY

...d i.» i^cHpiiom 7™''-vr clock of nlencienneS b\ me, Jonn l/eia- to make discriminations. I have no doabt.— court and his son, 1626." And finally, the Bqimllv clear is it that the practice of waking them 1 i' has existed Irom the commeftcemeni of ihe goremmeat Inst, on winch no date IS perception, but ^npitmrsa feature in every principal tariff fell which is surrounded bv ornaments among },iCh »tobe found upon the statute hook.14 l( \t be Which are fleur de 1 vs, a Madonna, a St. Mi- at any time dee^ nece^or conda«ve t. 1 1 1 r..i. _r .««« ivof the coontrv to encoumge the manutacturei at Chad on horsebaclt, .with coata of nrms ^omo

flnnked by two staffs nnd the cross of St. Van Buren declare* thai "nothing_can be more prorier Andrew. These latter emblems, as well as tl»an 10 do sobv a discrimination in favor 11 ,u- "w*"1 fflsawfiCf™- With regard lo discnminatif* can bo dtsttngutsliesd through the dust and iherr/orea ^wer, the canwaai plaster, appear to be these adopted sometimes —-»*r m* i«drment. deby the Fmperor Charles V."' "ii

PROBABLE

Loss or

Acquisition of Territory-—The Paris Cow..i

ha9 bpen

rn5ng to

deserted our free, peopf* and Hef 'fheS^

"J-

Smeihe

^S^k'i^l'oAhe elUrio^or 18« and the results, Mr.

,h-rel""-i?

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care 10 ourselves and our posterity, the Weswngsof freedom and good government, we must procure slrMi' ger guamlie* thin popular tvffrage, and'popular virtue and intelligence

la nn flip inffi Ireatv

often said that c.v.hzat.on was re-

the East. In fact through Russia

1 and England, Europe i. preparing t^forcejlic

barriers' of the Asiatic continent On U»e other hnnd, Great Briialn- is exteoding her colonies oyer New Holland. New Zealand, and the A rclnpetagn'of Poljfnesitti Consequently, Erfropt ia spreading herseff over both newest found and tire most ancient region* of the globe, in some treasure washed by the same waves. Honce. the lime is not distant wlten tlie Pacific Ocean will cease to be a desert, and soon will be jilanghetl by the keels of commeic*1, driven hy sail or steam, which will pass fr«ely through tlie jsthmus of Panama. France herself, whose* genius of enterprise has slept loo long, has raised her pharos on the Marquesas Islands?it is the law of gravitation which makes all political and commercial spirit of Ambition tend toward tills centre and which America obeys while she urges forward from the enst towards the west, till she reaches the shores or the Pacific. She has no part on this sea, hut is anxious to obtain one :She has, however, managed to se-* bHndred cure a reaiing place on the Sandwich islands, which she has covered by her projection against British usurpation. The American

regard with a jealous eye ihese developments

er any mutual oflences. For ourselves, laving

necessary to the full developcir.ent of Ihe nn*

no dubintion nhou* it it will neverdo to nllow

Leaving the question of right "ottlf-ofm nnd granting that neither we nor the Brili* have any right to the territory yet, but the native Indian only, th"re can he no question nstotheplain requironrtonts of policy in thecase or as to the actual result of things. If that region is to becoino the homo of civilized man, the tendency of emigration in our country shows clenrlj- enough from what sources thnt civilized population is to come. England cannot expcct to colonize the Oregon Valley, nor to hold territory there by the actual occupancy of hor sctllers nnd their descendants as organized communities. She may build forts here nnd there and rear up a town or city. But whnt will such isolated.establismenls avail ngainst the inundating wnve tint will hy-nnd-l»y come tumbling from the crest of the Rocky Mounlni ins lo fill all the land The Oregon is as surely to be a parcel of the American Republic as though it were now affiliated with the sisterhood of Stntes. and had its representative stars on the national banner.—Baltimore American.

MR. VAN BrREN AND THE TARIFF. The public bas had specimens enough of Mr. Van Byren's peculiar style of ambiguous expression to be by this time familiar with it. To be a Northern mn with Southern principles, according to the understanding of that phrase by some, requires a degree of dextrous management which no one can possibly possess who regards words as intended to declnre with sttnplicitv and sincerity the convictions of the mind. On the subject ofa Tariff it is important just now that Mr Van Bun-n should he on both sidea, orat least that he should make each side believe that he belongs to it and opposes tbe other. Some interrogatories from tbe Indiana Slate Convention have put him up to gi*e evidence touching his opinions, so far as be Knew theiji. upon this matter among others and according to ihe best of his knowledge and belief, Mr. Van Buren proceeds 10 declare himself for the full misunderstanding of his questioners.

As to a Tariff, certainly—he will speak with tne almost pleasure on that subject he has no hesitation to declare himself freely in fact he has declared liimwlf Ireely on tl»e subject *, he did it in J832 in «ply lo the interrogatories of the Shoceo Springs meeting-5— On that ocrosion

,4a

Confederation, therefore, aspires not only to j_ jt \s further to be eonnidererf that tlm-puu-extnnd lo the utmost its territorial possesions, dek» almost every nation in Europe but, by turning its views towards Asia.China, jins j,een contracted for objects in no way rennd the new lnnd« of Ooeana, it foresees productive—on wars mostly, which involved magnificent prospect of future commercial je„d expenditures. In this couatry, on ihe wealth. England may become exceed, and

conviction that the establishment

of commercial relations with a view to the encourage ment of domestic interests, is within the constitutional power of Congress, wan distinctly avowed,** no objection to make ihc same avowal to the Indiana

j,eortile

necessary to its defence in war. Mr.

and faitbfut exerrt#e of which is. tn toy iodgment. (Jemanried by considerations of jaalice, hamanity, afd Soand pol*y.n

Wonld that Mr. Van Barrn waa clearly on ilmr side wt the same letter ta th» Indiana Convention are soaw

Inouirer of the SLA inst. "A large flat boa?. mscb n»y besaid both aides, tmt that boiba^a Frankfort, still resides tn tlie smalt house^ it inquirer ".A Intn mir bevond all qwstti«a. sod at tha same Jew^h quarter of Frankfort (on the ladeo principally with cattle, dnffed into our I.r«fWlows« ledd e*r*" L, .kUL hnahmnd lived and died, tending on Saturday morning last, in a dam- «(frm nt hi»ami-tariff*»#«•«?-"Tbe eolleetwin Mnin) «n thich her aged condition. There was nca a soul on board d.tn. a TanC wfcitst it wN^ta all i** Upno h« death she declared that she would

and ta feared that the bands belonging to it ^nnm wAappif, ?a only leave tor ine were waslied overboard and drowned nt the groeral.a t*trmtcmpririkm «fi» psspla-a that bad served to cradle taw name. tn» I alarm of tlie previous night. From tbe form tadwe advaatatvs of which t» othet mi#t- mnate, and these children. The house is so nfc«Mlractkm. tlw lin-.h«r. in. it i.concur-! rem,rk.W. ror M«m that il lorc«i the «ted thai tbe boat is from the neighborhood of Imh fiw wh«di (how ewwmwt other pawwta tention of the stranger. It onfojas a iratt Lowreocebourgb. la. Aboot ihtrtr head ofi pm* the Hebrews xs old as the affection and resout. W,rc n^asd br Mr. A. R- Si.w.Bdl

oth«r»-n l«TiN6aE Tim sdamtagr the BsiaafcrTanif is aft, lords.

it is truf, the object of, but only incidental to, a ta (or revenue.'" .—"That the great Again, on the same side be

body 'he mechantcaa

ed to domestic manufactiirers. hut to ca of policy diflfefent in their

fflyl®K/4CflR«

truly

ry brnnc

cfoam- one^iiw doabt concerning Mr-^Burv en^viJwa If theft- af* wlio do if there .w .ny fastidioos ns 10 he diaafttisfietf wiih the owing andlament here!

If our national Government should assume ihe aggregate State debts, on the edge of ilhe Public Lands, say to ihe amount of two millions, our entire indebtedness would he scarcely worth naming by the side of the national debts of the principal Euror pean countries."

}ier• |hand,

ian

threatning mercantile rivalry. Il is'm.ii-n-. ^yorks %rliIv from the influence of this same spirit of" fuj| extent, trade that tire fainily ties between the moth-

er country And hnr colonies are broken. Old pendilures—-something in the form of vhlue nnd new Cnrthnge can never forgive each oth-

rec,eivod

nside all considerations of precaution against rect nnd indieect which have accrued and England, we see with pleasure a movement luch must yet accrue to the country from tfhteli,'Sooner or later, will ensure to I^orth

America more active part ia the civilizi-, prevnmcnts in opening new avenues to martion'of the world." ket, in facilitating trade between diffefent The French journal errs in snyiag, with-"

out qualifications, thnt this Republic aspires t£ tiluc to resources which must otherwise have extend to the utmost its territorial possesions

exienu iu int.' uuiiusi u« icihhmioi remained undeveloped and worthless—ore far We wish topossess such territories only as are

morc

suc|)

tion's growth—not to possess for the mer6 io-morrow by obotishiq^ot a word all love of possessing, not to extend our rule to j,jie grcat works for which we are indebted, gratify nn imperious spirit, not to subdue oth*

njj over

er countries fir mere glorv of conquest.—j i,e billing to do so? To he without our rail Tou

countries n»r inert: glorv of conquest.—» [, ^villing to do so? To he without our rail ucliitig this Oregon matter there should bl

ron

|, „f

hjrct of nnceas-

bnmnesa whose welfare»[' man have f" -I*•'"*:.% o"hi£h prmcctiv «rSKSS .01-. if fr rniBdtoo clear to require Jartbere

wtU€n

THE NATIONAL DEBTS EUROPE. An estimate of the national debts- of the principal European kingdoms in the May number of the Merchant Maga»ne, n-kes "t|i« debt of Great Britain amount to «rf.7UU000,000. TTie national debt of France is between eight and nine hundred milltons of do'l.irs. The d^bt of Holland has reached the sum of 8650,000,000. which in proportion to th^ population is the largest nal:wial debt in Eurone. The public debt of Spain amounts to 8775,000.000.

d, the chief part of our indebted- I

the chief part of our indebted- I

ss has leen incurred on account of public

has been incurred on account of pu tlic,

which, if not vet productive to their

extent, will be so after a time. We have

events something to show for our ox

something too which will aid in the

.payment of ihe first cost. The advantages

widely extended system of internal im-

8ect onRt

in affording the means of giving

than com-nonsu rate with the expense of

implements. If we could abolish otf£

thecountry, who is there thai would

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foreign powrr to occupy between us nnd the Pacific. Our right lo the territory is bo* lieved to bo good—as need be against any fof* eign claimant. But supposing that England1* claims and our own were precisely equal—both rosting upon discovery—the actual right be in 1 vested in the native tribes now dwelling in the rountry would not our contiguity of {losition and the connection of the territory with our 1 iiu wie cuuiM'Uiiuii wi uic icmiui^ wmi wu» eann Cvnn now 8IIUU1U awuiiuw own ns of a piece with it give us a priority of tjiem

canals for the sake of being with-

No, we could not accept the con-

had never constructed~t»uch works—nay, better that the earth oven now should swallow

Up,

nlfiim fn A/»/»i»nnn/»v ivliftri !.*inrl- mfi *unnl/l ltrnir«f mlrrlil claim to occupancy when the land been open for settlements

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letin.

if with their disappearance the

shame which they would typify might cease also from existence. 1 Builbere need be no occasion lo spenk of the possibility of repudiation. Let the National guarantee like a broad shield cover the

the national prosperity nnd increase the nu-

DEATH OF HON.

BAYLIES. GEIT. VVASH-

INGTON'S AtD.—Hon. Hodijah Baylies died at gu. Ol A UIIIJ WI '"V •saaiaswws Difzhton. BrisOe County, on .he 26,1, of April., nt the age of 87. He was educated at Man

nrd College nnd afterwards entered the Rev-

Gen. Woshington's staff ns one of his nids-de-,

of Probate for the County of Bristle. In pri vate life he was much esteemed. Old age did not seem to obscure his faculties, nnd, the garrulity of y«ars was far from unpleasant since the Judge had such a vast store of anecdote nnd information to draw upon. His death leaves Col. John Trumbull thesele_.surviving field officer of the Revolution.

RESULTS

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hTmt'Van B«rrn%dmgn trTSowtlatf pears in tlvc "Occident/* translated for tbit be ts in tavor protection and tfoi he ia also ofpatpd •ror|t fnrmt a French publication: to it: that while tbe advocates^ dwcriminatron h»*o the

plain that diserimitiatieit givea nnetjual advaatagea^o fcen| Rothschild, while Iter sons inhabit paia-

tan ww. HI variably and alwat IaevwaMy Iwniart __jr for ik. tomb the tnodest dwelling

WHIG MEETING. At a meeting of the Whigs, held at the Court House in Terro Haute, on Saturday, the 20th of May, on motum Dr. S. Patrick was called to the clmir, and C. H. Batlsy Jr. nppoinfed Secretary.

The object of the meeting having been stated by the Chairman, wjhich appeared to be to hear a report from the delegation of this County to the District Convention, recently held at Greencasiie, for the purpose of nominating a candiduieTto represent this District in Congress. jN0. p.

CRUFT,

RSSjofJ Qf t|)e

ItlNGTOX.

«, .1 1 i,„ uoaf ilini wp the District. uon More referred lo wi fraud—then truly it would be bett-.r tha then the meeting adjourned,!, «s and no: un'il then, "det S. PATRICK, Lhairmtn.

C. IT."

Esq. came forward, as the

organ of the Delegation, and read a paper explanatory of the course pursued by themselves at the Convention.

On motion of

CHARLES

T»

NOBLE,

That the Wings of Vigo county

nre in no way responsible for the proceedings of that Convention nor for the nomination made by thnt body.

Reso'ved, Thnt to ratify the acts of thnt Convention \vould be to establish a precedent most pernicious in its tendency, as being calculated te defeat a fair and unbiassed ex-

cralic pr

pro fyss

sentiments of the Whig par-

Jn direct

i0jat|on the free and

incip|Hs hy ^vhich, as Whigs,

10 be governed.

we profess to be governed. The meeting was addressed by Messrs. t. B.

GOOKINS, AMORY KINNEY,

and

On motion of JNO. F-

out delrt No, we could not accept the con ditions We can pay our debts and retain our improvements. If, indeed,* repudiation is to be tlie penalty which we are to pay for our ro.ids and canals—if every stupendous public work in the land is to be a monument puhlislioci in the Whig papers of to one"individual of national dishonour—a standing symbol of

np(i

BAILEY,

tionai ffttaraniee line a nroau SUIDHJ tivc. ,,,..1. j-i whole aggregate of our State indebtedness. reasons which ...duoed usanidseluM ..

1 :„t.» »U..o b» euates from other parts ot tins Congressional Lhstrtc With the abundant means that might thus be brought into.use thfl removal of the entire nmount of our public debts might be efterted with so much ease that no pressure would be felt by the op"ration. It might even happen t»,nt the very steps which a wise policy would direct towards this end, would so enhance

attained the military rank of Lieutenant Col- other couuue* as we could—to learn from them the I TJ 1 beat course 10 pursue—to become acquainted with onel. He was for some time attached to ,ew#

OF INDUSTRY.—The Godda rd Es-

late was recently sold at Auction for ninetytwo thousand dollars to a citizen of Boston who commenced business as a tailor, and for long time kept what is called a "slop-shop" in Ann street. He was asked after the sale, if he would like a part of the amount mentioned fo remain on mortgage, and he answer 'd in the negative, and in his rough off hand manner, inqnired whether he should give a check for tbe ninety-two thousand, or tbe bills. As in these |«rilous times the bills were deemed to be quite as good as the tailors check, they were preferred, and the. tailor innwdhtely proceed to Stnte street presented his check for ninety-two thousand—-receiv-ed ninety-two bills of ihe denomination of one thousand etch- and trudged 'back to pay the amount for the Godda rd esta te, which is now his property. Such is sometimes ihe result of industry and persevuranee.—Boston Bul

Jr.. Sec.

TO THE WHIGS OF VIGO COUSTY. Fellow Citixtn*—Aa much has been said relative to tha course pursued by the delegates fiom ibis counly to theconvention, recently held at Green«aaiie, andos misrepresentations have oeen published, regarding tbe

egates from other parts ot tins Congressional District in that convention, we deem it our uuty to lay before you a plain statement of lacta, «s they occurred, and leave it with you to judge whether we aciod right in returning to you the trust reposed in us, as we received 11 iroat you. or whether 11 wasourduty to pledge the support of ihe Wings of Vigo County to any individual, who was not, in our opinion, the tree and uu

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1 1.1. 1. 1.« Ka iihuuiii nnt nn« S 1. ....it i.« iuxmIIiwikiI Mini Iiu •irilllilhi ll(.n Orltfin&J11 tionnl wealth, as to make tbe process not one of sacrifice, but of positive benefit.— Ball. Amer

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8pirtt

olutionnry Army. wl,Pre ho «rvcd will, I,on- ro,«r.S,"« .» or. After the surrender of Corn wall is. he

h0ice „fft mujoh'ty ol the party in thisdiatrict

It will be recollected thai ihe proportion originally submitted, and which wasudojited in this county, was, ihut two delegut's sliould be elected in eucu townsliip. PttrKe county adopted this mode in lull, Hendricks and Ciay uppomted irom lour to six in each township at the county seat, and futuuin had six delegau-S from tacU township. Vermillion counly was not represented. Six only of tbe nuulber elected in this county

itlaiioH, ut the proper time, we went with that

ot hberulity and compromise that would ensure

unv CO

|,verae with us many ol the delegates from

ttlM

Valcuiuted

camp. He has held various civil offices, and had assembled tocanvass -vitK a spirit of lairncas and I I- 1. T.„4,« candor, the claims ol the diffvrem gentlemen whose until a few years before Ins death was Judge

name# ul

D^nl, io fni din Pnnni r»f Rristlp. In nri- iiiiuou, each person, if necessary, yielding his individual preterence for tbe good ot the whole, and all uniting at length with perlect harmony upon that individual who would be inoat acceptable to the party. Such were the views and feelings by which we were gov

The ROTHSCHILDS.—A curious fact

"The widowed mother of

pec..he-i«« of tbe Mri.rcta for th.«

'lifis

If'?

1^,1,ngs,and to adopt those measures

to accomplish the object lor which we

|gi,t be submitted to the convention for nom-

A t... 1 nt amsit ill I ill

erned, but we regret to say that the same apirit ol liberality was not msnilested by a majority ol the Dalegates Irom Putnam, Hendricks. and Clay. They told uS, unequivocally, that they were determined to support Mr. McGaughey, and no other peraon the claims ot no other person would be listened to by tbtm for a moment, nor would the objections which we atated to hia nomination be heard. That you may judge bow lar there was any good reason in the objecuona which we stated we lay them before you

Firtl—We oujecied 10 the nomination of Mr. McGaughey on account of hta age He .laabui jost toadied tuat period in lite which qualities hi in for a aeat in Congress, and we did no think Ins judgment as mature, and his qualifications as good aa those of oluer aUu more experienced gentlemen, whose names were

Second— Ws objected to his nomination because he "wouid be compelled lo resign his seat in the Senate ot this Mate, and, trout whai we could learn, it waa almost certain that his seat would be filled by aa iadi-

Vioual ut opposite poinics. Third— we objected lo his nomination, because we were perfectly aitisfied that tbe retail which had since bren brought about would happen, and that another Whig would be in ihe field, thus ocstroymg the prospects ot ilie whig party, and rendering ceriatn the success ol our opponents.

These were tlie objections urged by us against the nomination ol that gentleman, and no others were given by os and the statement which was recently made in tbe "Viaiier," published at Un*acaatle, that tbe delegate* from Vigo "unequivocally told the meads ot McGaughey that it he waa not withdrawn, they aroald not go into the convention," we prouounce to be without loundation. On the contrary, we aa'd, upon all occaSKXia, that Vigo did noi press tbe notnination of any one tram withia her liraiu, but was ready to rapport ibe nomination of that person who would be the most acceptable to tha district, whoever lis might be. sad without regard to bis location.

During Uw evening, a propoeniwt with regard ta tbe maaaer vt voting ia the convention, was submitted lor our coosideraiion.

Tins proportion deprived Vigo eouaty, as we beJievmi, ot taree votes, to wtuch s(ie woold have been entitled by more equitable in ode, as suggested by us, and gave to utnam and Clay 3 more votes than they wueld have h«d by adopting our mode.

The modspropuMd, aad which wae adopted, waa that each omutiy stooeid be entitled 10 oae vote far each 1,000 inhabitants, as per census ol 1840, and where tbe ram WMS exceeded Ml, il should be entitled 10 oae vete-" Weolqteied 'o this made, lor the reason above su ted. a ad becaase in sotii proposed repreare* at Km. based upon the -entire popolatioa. UnhIi political panwa wonid he reprraenied. whsa wa ware iliere only to represent the W big mierest.

We faapuatd lake the Whig vote ol 1840, ia each county,a» ttoe basis ol voting in the Convention, ala

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By Papulation.

Putnam, Hendricks, Glay,

JAS. FAR-

CRUFT,

Esq., it was

Resolved, That the Whigs of Vigo county, in view, of their peculiar situation, do not present the name of any of her citizens, ns a candidate for Congress, but that we will most cheerfully support any sot nd Whig, from nny part of ihe district, who shall be nominated by our brethren, nnd who will unite the support of the Whig party.

JOHN BRJTTON,

Esq. moved that a commit

tee of five persons bo appointed by the Chair, whose duty it shall be to correspond with prominent* Whigs in the different counties or the District, for the purpose of ascertaining the best means of securing the election of Whig member from this District. The Chair appointed Messrs. Jno. Britton.C. II. Bailey, Jr. C. T. Noble, D. Miner Jones, and L. A.

't.S, '*a 1*

Durneti. On motion, it was Resolved, That the proceedings of this

16.843 1*1,364 &.56T 8,274.* 13,499 18,066

Vermillion, Parke, Vigo*

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committee of five wasappointed to draft rcsolutions expressive of the sentiin^ts of ihc meeting whereupon,

The Chair appointed Messrs,C. 1 Wobu?, Linus Burnett, Jacob Jones, Abraham Jackson, and Jos. Cooper said Committee.

The Committee having retired for a short rime, returned, and re[»or»ed the resolutions below, nnd recommend their adoption:

Resolved, That we have full confidence in the integrity of the Delegate of Vigo county JO the Convention recently held at Greencas? tie for the purpose of selecting candidate for Congress and in view of the proceedings had by that body, as reported to us by satd delegates, their course, in not uniting in that Convention, and their entire proreediugs in relation thereto^ meet with our fullest appro*

....... 67 IT By-the mode adopted, taking the whole population aa a basis, Putnam, Hendricks and Clav coOniies would beeatitleato 34 voter, while Vermillion, Parke, and Vigo would have but 33 but by adopting the Whig vote of 1840, in each county, as the haws, and which we thought the most correct mode, the three former counties would have had but 29 votes, and the three latter 36—the whole number of votes being two less by the most* proposed by tia, than by that which waa adcMited.

We found, however, that remonstrance and suggestions on our part were entirely useless—that to all appea ran se, a course of action had been determined upon --and that, so far as we were concerned, all that war required of us was to sanction by our presence what had already been arranged. Thatswe were correct, as to the dtlerminatioH of the delegat^Obfore referred to, ia acknowledged (without intending to'.do ao we admit) by the Editor of the "Visitor," hfmaelfa delegate from tfie county ofPutnam. 1 his paper of the 11th inst. sp6akiag of the Convention, be says ^-"Hendricks came deterxgmed to vote for McGnughey Clay camc wiih the same determination, nnih was expected, of course, that Putnam would support her own candidate, particularly when tbe assistance of two other counties was thus tendered." Now it wasjust this determination"ihat the detonation front Vigo complained ef. We were required to yield every thing, while nothing was granted to ns, and it was this, and this alone, that prevented nnanimitv and concert of action, nnd entirely defeated in the end the object for which they had assembled.

On the morning of Tuesday, the Convention met and was orgnniaed by calling H. J. Bradley, Esq., ofParke, 10 the Chair, and the proposltiort which had been "determhieil" upon, relative to" the number of votes to which each county should been'i'led. brought forward nnd adopted, being sustained by the counties of Hendricks. Putnam and Clav, and we wish .von fit understand that in arranging all the important preliminary matters, tike «hole of the delegates' preaent from these three counties, being upwards of 100, against Iff or 12 only from Parke, cast their Votes.

The chairman of tbo Convention. Mr Bra^ey. then* offered a resolution, that in voting for the pefson nominated, the vote should be taken hy delegates, and not bv counties, and that whoever received a majority of all the votes an bv the Convention should receive the nomination. This fair proposition was rejected, voting ns we havn stated above, and a resolution adopted that each county should regulate its own mode of voting in ihe Convention. The unfairness and unjustice of this mode of voting will be apparent when is seen that' the minority was entirely swallowed ftp by the majority, and that by voting by ronnties, instead of by del* egates, an individual might receiva the nomination although a majority of tha delegates had voted against* him. For instance: had the counties been a# represented, the whole number of votes would have been (ft-* necessary to a choice 34, which was just thu number Putnam. Heridridks and Clay were entitled to. A. receives the entire vote of Clav and Hendricks, 17, and 11 in Putnam, rriaking in all 28. B. receives the entire vote of Vermillion. Vigo and Parke, 33, and 6 in Putnam, making inall 39 votes. Now, who, we ask. was fairly elected, A. or B? We sav because he received a majority of all the votes. But by the mode adopty cd, they say A. was e'ected. fo.- although B. received ft" votes iii Putnam, they shall not be counted for him, for a majority of that county voted for A-, nnd the It must con:rol the 6, nnd tbo whole 17 votes be counted for A- thus giving hijn a majority of one bv voting in this way. while B. actually received the majority. If t|iis is fair, we do not know in what fairness consis's

It may be said, however, that ultimately the Convention adopted the mode of voting proposed by lis It is true they did so after we left, and we will presentlyshow why they did adopt it.

Ths Convention adjourned lo meet after dinner ,1 when it was intended to offer a resolution to reconsid^ er the vote adopting tbe mode of voting in the Convention. Had this motion prevailed, nnd the vote of each delegate been received and counted, it was our in--tention to have gone into the Convention but we diets not wait for theConvention to assemble. The delegation from the different counties wore holding meeiiryja to arrange the manner of casting their^ votes in Convention, nnd we were told that Hendricks and Clay had each selected one individual to give their vote, and that Putnnm bad selected 17, the majority in each county to govern the entire vote—and that vote to be given

Finding this 10 he the

aty.aatne twats el voting in the Ceavenuoa,al- —w ibgwae delapiie kar edwti 198 and tsakew jou the entered into at the Astor Hoe He previons lo practsaal opsrauea af saeb saada, they ass herewith the meeting of the convention.'* galfsuiad -f.

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case, nnd that ihe determine..ns to he carried out. we then, 'determined" to return home, and

nnd no: nn'il then, lefi immediately. While there, wc were frrquently npproaclifcd by delegates from other counties, and asked what Vijo wan«&ted? To nil eucli questions we replied, thnt Vigo wanted nothing but a fair expression of public opinion, and that she would heartily support ihe individual fairly nominated, whoever he might he.

We w»r«a'ao aafced ffm «mu!d awrreudar our first?* choice, and support some individual whose name hadp not been mentioned In connexion with the nominationf We nt once stated, os we had done before, that we did5not presaour choice, and would with pleasure nnitoupon any individual of good moral character, who would' Ii.1 neceptntile io the Whig Parly and when asked by» us to name some individual for our consideration, thoyfe mentioned a Mr. Furloy of Clay county, with whom wc had nut tlx? plensurn of a personal acquaintance, and who, upon inquiry, we did nnt think, would he nccopv table to the Wlii&s, ond although we oftetvnsked tlicm to name io u» some other person, mine other was ever named this smisfving tu that they were trifling wit'i ns. nnd were, indent determined to votefor no otheR than the gentleman who claims the nomination.

We take great pleasure in stating that our View# were most cordially co-operated in by the deleeation from Pnrke connty. They met us with a "spirit of compromise," and had but a portion of tbe same spirit been manifested by delegates from the other countirs, a nomination to which all could have heartily respon* ded would hove been made, division among us bcsi avoided, and the success of the Whigs rendered certain

We have thua, Fellow Citisens, os we promised, giv. en yon a plain statement of facts as thejr occurred, up to the time we left, nnd in view of these it is for you to say whether we acted faithless lo the trust you confided in us, or whether wo have jealously guarded thai trust, and returned it to you untarnished-

We will now proceed to give you a statement of what occurred in theConvention after we left,and in doing so, we speak upon the authority of the President. When they proceeded to ballot. Hendricks ond Clay, as had been determined on, voted unanimously for McGaughey—-Patnam county stood 11 for McGanghey and 9 against him, making 38 for him. Aa had been arranged, the whole 17 votes of Putnam were claimed for McGaughey, in consequence of a majority having 1- 1'L a l,MniAUa JllaifMAn the TUtvil Mil il I

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right of having their votes counted, which was refused. Much confusion snd feeling prevailed. Parke refuse* to vote, and in the midat of tlie excitement, the Presi^ dent adjourned the Convention, and stated that unit the name of McGaughey was withdrawn he would not set in Convention.

The Convention met si six o'clock—the Vice President, Mr. Cromwell, of Clay, having, in the meantime, left lor home, and the President (Mr. Bradley) deelin-» ing to take the Chair, Mr. Pearcy was appointed.

Durinp the recess, however, Mr. McGaughey haa declined any longer being a candidate, but wMhed the votes already thrown might be counted, which, you wil I bear in mind, were Hendricks and Clay unanimous (17.) and 11 in Putnam, 28 in all, and they wen accordingly counted. Parfce, in itw meantime, ascertained that it wss the determinstion of Hendricks snd Clav, and the majority of Putnam, the vote of Mr. Farley, and Knowing this would not do, they determined to esse their vote (13) for Mr. McOauglity. The friends or the gentleman knowing this when they sgain met, were all at once aeised with a spirit of liborality, and consented that the minority in Putnam should as allowed their vote, or, in other words, they were perfectly willing to exebsnge 6 for 15—snd who would not

Parke county then voted, snd notwithsunding Mr. McGsughey had declined, her vote wsssdded to the 38 given to Mr. McG., snd was declared to have received 41 votes, and nominated, while there is nothing to show that after he had declined, any votes were thrown except those of Parke (13) for htm, and the minority (6) against him

We now take leave of this matter altogether, and: while we deeply regret ihesntiaiion in whieh,as a party, we are placed, it is some consols tian ta as, that onr* warniny voice wae raised against ths course pursued, sad tbe consequence pointed out by us.

AH which is respectfully submitted. $r 'V JOHN F. CRUFT, ,, ^4" OBO. HUS8BT,

C. WAlUtEN,

{'f I8HMAEL PUGH.

Terre-Haute, May 30,1843.

The ondersigned left Greencastlebefore the Convention was organised, but safer ss his knowledge extends the foregoing il true.

Bf Whig ml* itf lMOfe

JOS. 8. JENCKES "9

O^rln a late number of"the New York Courier and Eequirer tlie alitor of that jour» mil says it ia a well-known fact that at the Harrisburg Cooveotioo* "Mr. Clay would have had a majority of the vates and beeo Dominated on the first ballot, if a deliberate, arraogemcnt to cheat the people had.npt. been

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