The Wabash Courier, Volume 11, Number 42, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 24 June 1843 — Page 2

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From ike Ohio Slate Journal.

IVIIAT HAS PilOOIJCED THE CHARGE

cmtta*rcwl

,^s3 rasas?. '''•f-Jthe world for a

,^sp: T»m which b*J within a few years past of (he day stipulated for payment, 1 Hundred millions. Bat tfns was not all simostev cry description of State stock* J?*n point. Kentucky stocks fell ofl [uH^rl|/?L™ii and those of Ohio fifty p»r epnt. Nor did1i&cjvti •top here in the city of New York, paper

nuts

©I acknowledged

ability

,]a*UUm

«»io.Mt,si3.

ooera ions tb^Bxb°flt^our" entfre^tw twitry'*wer*r*st a of the West, is from tt* W^t^^fjntian JjSafTstand distrust in everything, seemedtoprevail Ad vocate-roneof the orgnns of the Mwlwlwt churchy* «lor .rf which ^.1*1*

tf'.Krtnwi stirfBcicni foralluselul par-

SffSStS rtSS sufficient forall.uselul par ^"hatuKnsable ingredientof ^uona! pro*-

lonff

IT*

'frybody "throughout I to take a loon for

unie refu^o

and

the

threatened av»lBn^eo|d«

struct ion that stemea ready to ptwipnate HMlfupon the whole country, had recoorae to the passage

ttnd«r

friend*

the unjust male-

for some 'j'SSlCotted prejudice. theoflfarinftiof 'fSyiftofthe feudal aptril. whtclr took

koat country, when theireomen ihemo-

Mircountry becan to aa«rt

waa the law for the inenraw of our

Tw'^0SKT-

their

rijj£ts« No sooner

"1®^

imports placed upon our statmlf men of the country aaw in bat mcew lion of our dilapidated resources and seeing, encourized their

to look forward with renewed hopes.

S/were not rniataken. The m«ns were entirely adequate to the end proposed, and of prosperity begin to dawn upon on* misguided

"The^controat between our lute and present condition supported, os it is.by foctsnnd expenencs, t»concIosive of the matter. Let us take for example a case which cmbracea our whole land—one not liable to be influenced by Iocs I causes take the proportion for the pitiful sum of *12,000.000 submitted by the government of the United and hawked about for months at! over the civilized world, without being able to raise a aingle dollar. But it was not in this caw alono that the conacqnenrea of a aoicidnl policy were apparent Tho credit of the individual States waa even more depressed. Kentucky State stock a were at more than thirty per cent. discoun»,and those efOhio were at one time as low aa fifty. How ta it now_in regard to thcae stocka Tlioae ol the general government now command 15per cent, advance thoseoj Kentucky ore at por, whilst Ohioia but a little beliinu her aiater State. For all this there must be a erjuao-n cms* which ennnot fail to be reen and acknowledged, by all who are not blinded with prejudice, or enslaved by the shackles of party discipline. ,,

What else than the Tariff, let us nsk, capnble ol producing such resnltsT No mines of the Pr(,ciona metals have bren recently discovered or wrought in our land no nnuaufll demand has been opened lor our exports to foreign countries pur commerce has no been increased wnce the operation ol this change, nor have we received any donations from abroad. On the contrary, every thing connected with our bettered condition has been developed in the ordinary progress or common industry, directed by wiser counsels, ana regulated by a return to an enlightened polifif. wny, let it be asked, docs it happen that money is now av bundantin nil our cities, and that within the year upwards oflO,000,000 of dollars have bren received from abroad It was not so last year, though commerce was then much brisker than it has been sinco the p.isaage of tbo Tariff net. Tho answer is eafy. Aaanrml ,by

the

passage of that act, of a supply of many arttcloa by our domestic mannfacinrers which wo naa been accustomcd to buy abroad, we have ceased to import such and received pay for our exports in specie in lieu of goods inahott. the

balance

\vo are aware that it is aaserted tliat

been produwd by a deatruciion

ol trade is turn

ing In our favor, and confidence iarevived. Public c»ntiuenco ia the ninin pillar of national prosperity, and cannot be assailed without producing a great public

this

change has

some extent oTpa*

per mon«y and ih«» whole fabric of the credit system These allegations are too puerile

for

serious con aide ra-

uon, wire it not for the confusion of ideas which has ft'ino long Obtained upon public matters. The State of Ohio, it is true, hns, by it* legwlation, 4hne much lor the destruction of paper mon«v and gen» leral credit. 11 has adopted, a system w.Tich, tl persevered in, must preclude all her citixona from any mrticipation

"her trade, and throw tho .'"'®

the handsel foreigners. But what effect bmtin producing our

unproved

condition 1 Was it the

Reclamation of the hard money men at the last •w*'0"

Reclamation or the hard money men «n™ of thaOliio LregWature^hatinducca the manuractur-. Igmt/eman. orsot EnglantTand France to aend ua specw i« P»»

far ili» raw mntortnl tur- I

ohh'eir gwls, in payment for the raw material iurnished by us The proposition is irrtposeupon-any ono. As well might you expect a Sciotn Valley farmer to prefer making Pnvmeniaitt specie, tothnt of sharing the contentaolimcon-cnb. though that should be over so much beset with rati

^Dtuthe plSonis false in another and very import, ant aspect. So I'nr from tho present influx of^iwio bring any evidence of an aversion to paper niorwy and the credit system, tho testimony all on the other •iUe. The h.ldera of iheao large imtwrtatipns of sprne aro foremost in showing their confidence in tho credit system, and it ia though their means alono that the price ol our stocks has been increased and credit ravived. The payment ol #115 in specie for a hundred dollars of United Stales stock, is a curious evidence of a disposition to destroy credit and return ta a specio currency The simple truth is. that there is no ovouiins the conclusion thnt the nriff has given jresli vigor to our ninnufactures—that thia has produced a corrvspondingdiminution of tho importauon of foreign uoixls and a consequent importation of specie to make up tl.e deficiency, and thus infused new life into all the ramifications ol business mall the Ctttos ol the' wn»board. Should no evij counsels rule in the next tongress, this improved state of things, now only seeni ia the diitnneeby u«of the interior, wtll, tn a alior. tim«4 be general over iho wholecountry.

I),.. Si fit* nni\linft tlAll of ftflV \n\fl*

and garbled statistics ia their resort. The east-away a ran imnts of yesterday, when ctrcumsmnoea require become the sirone-holds of to-day and tho pretended ffear of British influence-the oomaton cant or dema-

BOaws—is suddenly altandoned when hop^are enter"tainwl that British power may be brought in to aawrt I.oco foeoism to barter away the right of seir-govcrn-«wot, and the power to rule pumdvea according to our own perceptions of our own mterrata. Ittsin tn»a spirit *ve wrceiveattempts now waking to woous «a* to the bug of British diplomacy. Why. »y thews philanthropic gentlemen, why should' joalousy asuiust the commcraal arrao«miou«r Roland of all tho nations of tho earth, ^*^nd isthe

drss^,?6?«ibJ!5l'irSi^

than half of tho whole amount of our Uttt why did nut thwo wtso ones giv« ^aTull «ow^ our commerce with alUha world tteytwj (k. fari that in those years whwh were wwwi of Britain^ our entire

iiaEtSrSs wAra 1%

becauee. ia one prt.culsr ywr. tha Britaiw waa in our favcr wh«, S world, it waaagainW w*I Such

11:

men who approved of an Adma»»t«atwn j»hwy plortd the aswatane* of Brniah 4*otittcsl oonteM ot oar own coantry, but oas haw no ^oyatenance frvin the patriot stat«^a^

^RrtNrrfoj* or TKUK*R*riess.-As the praiseworthy efforts of the Temperance secletHfe have well nigh banished drukrrujess from the Hind, we preserve the following definition att oW nwg*t«ne, for tho benefit of

^RUNK,« [from drW.)-0»cr tlie hay, ^lf sees over, hot, high,mrmA,*#, cocked, half-cocked^ shaved, disgnised, jammed, sleepy, damaged, tired* snuffy, whufw. jtwt so, hrecty, smoky, top'heavy, Uddled, smashed, tip«y, swipy, alewed, crank, salted down, how ftire yew, on the 8ee» lurch, *11 satis set, thre® sheets in the wind, well uo* dar way, sp«-«eing, hattersd, blowing, booxy, an w««K. snuHbed, bruised, screwed, slewed* aonked. cnmlbrtaMe, SAtmnhitoil, jog oMsaesed, hawheyed, malic, biucved,a pauseng^r the «i»e Am ru«e.«rtpJ. aU orer ibe bay, fau»t, »o

i^ack, bamboogted, wtak.jflaeted.siek.

'vr/?

Sh\r

HENRY CtAY AT HOM*.

llThe following very iofer^ting account ot the man nera nd Jin bita of the great StatMimo of the Weet,

is from

teii

.luqueoce, cogem

w'Tenc/'ni°in"

he converted into money 1«* than 2 mouth. In the interior of the country (or some time, money had almost disappeared and Stato heg»ta lures. in hopes

praiaement lawa, and other temporary expeaug the hopes to stay the progress olt he nrght^gJ,njjre#8 In the midat of thisstnteof thtpCTjy^^t always

took tip the subject of T®fipwnty, and which entitled with oar na

brought into existcnayjjj^

0iion

of govern-

v»

ment, under wtii^jH^,,.

This system had

lmgv:His

very iatersetlng nccoont of tercoarae with this dooe so, lie entitled lo

the Weate^fS^ Chrislia

m- rv at his ivsidehce in Ashland:—

ted Mr lib resideflcc in ilehtantl:— t,l\ person #ho sees so ftinnv wewapapers as an editor^ excliaoge furniihe#, cojitd scarcely visit Lexington 'without making gome enquiry conccrning Ashland and iu proprietor. It happened that our well tried friend* Brother Bascom, was the long and in» mate friend of Mr. ,Clay. Their acqunitW ffnee was formed when the former Davilld circatt in 1816, who bv

aB(

^1fowue,

^u,

co«o.fy. Which

threated Kentucky. Our kind "!l!!S#ed us to Ashland but the propnetor JJICdt at home. On

hearing,

however, of

our viiit, we received a most cordial invitation to dine at Ashland, of which we avaifed ourselves, and spent three full hours in very pleasant chat with our entertainer, and three more ngreeable hours we never spent in all our life. Mr. Clay is aixty-five years of age, but might pass for fifty* and will, in all probability, be well capable of public business ti! four-sco/e pass over his head, if GoJ spare him that

manners are as plain

"11"" *MV and it is no small glory to her, that her son Thomas showed, tho other day, the suit which I»ia mother purchased for bim with the avails of her butter. Whether her first name be Lucrotia, or not, we cannot say but then we are sure she desrves it. The topics of conversation wore moral, religious, and miscellaneous subjects nnd we were glad to learn to our satisfaction, that Mr. Clny was a firm believer in tho Christian religion,—that he read his bible, nnd attended,, with his excellent lady nnd family, the Prtestnnt Episcopal Church in Lexington, and frequently hears ministers of other churches." .11 ...iSfMiirii- -irtfi '.fV ..-"fe.- -1 _*•'

TF.RRE-II AUTK, June 21, 1S43. Judge Conard—, ^L'",".'

Dear Sir In your last paper, you kindI) volunteered the use qf your columns for a reply to tlie com.ttunujati jn of S. B. Gookiks E*q-, whieh appeared in that number of the ••Courier." Availing myself of your liberality, I respectfully a»k that y^u copy from t)»e Express of to-day an article'prepared by me, which I design, in part? as a reply to rtmt

and republican as they are gentleman an4 unaffected. The morul principle, producing honesty and conscientious fidelity to his trust, seemed to us to have taken deep possession of his mind, and we believe governs his hearu He is now closely engaged in hit duties as a lawyer, nnd docs not forget his farm, which is in admirably order. 11 is house is plain indeed, nnd his improvements around it, consisting of grass lawns, and rows of shade trees planted by his own hands, arein good taste, nnd in completo keeping with" his republican principles and manner of life.. .And then, ra. Cloy is more than a pattern-—alie is an exact model for all the Indies in the land. She minutely superintends all the household affairs. Her little green-house, and collection of flowers and shrubs, are most tasty and well selected. But her hutter—yes hfcr butter (for we ate some of it)—i« superior.-— sundry logical deductions of treason to the From, lier dairy, conducted under eye, «he Whig party We could not help thinking, supplies Ihe principal hotels of Lexingion 1 r.

lie

T1K)M^5 D^WLING.

In complumce with the above, wc copy the following from the Express, of the 21st.

I IIE "IIOLY ALLIANCE."

Otio of the most disagreeable duties devolv-

enough to become thd instruments of others,

d«K"l'Uon

men, who, in whatever situation or lire they

why should not tho higherorder of ants—even

CO Irf d*a A|.n

Mr. B, iiftSj io the munificence

his wisdom, read us a very long lecture in the "Courier** of last week, in reply to what Ae is pleased to term our "personal attack" upon him, in the Express of the 7th. It is right to remark that no such "attack** was ever made by us—that nothing "personal" was urged "gainst that gentleman, nor could the most captious or ill-natured torture our articles into any thing personally unkind— We spoke of hire as "a young limb of the law,*' to be sure, but we have yet to learn that such an expression i* calculated to detract from the dignity or standing of Mr. Gootias, or any one else connected with that profession. It may be all taney in our mind, or it may result from an obtuwoess of mental vision, hut we have always entertained the notion, Mil the profession of the lam has c&tferrtd quite as much honor on Mr.

at Mr,

Gookins

Gookiks

has on ihe hm. If we err

in our estimate of kis transcendent talents, it must be placed on the long catalogue of our other sins, and we shall endeavor to put him in the front rank of his calling—is me truni, the 6sdf, the overshadowing tret, under whose umbrageous boughs all the Wwii* of the law** do congregate, in aj»d about this toqjtrixing town of out*. It would he cruel to take from him any of his honors, so modus/If worn at all times, for, be it geneimliy known, be is man. Like ell such, he disclaims a "party leader," and appeals to ihe

Yvm of Vigo lo hear witness to hwextrems jflUreetedeees in not seeking oJSce during a residence of twenty years. We would be the last person to the world to ouestkm the virtues, reni or sK^oserf.ofaey of wir friends, ai:d doubt not that Sir. Ooo*i*s fancies he

lias exerciseil muoh atydenud il^ ill Sofar he hpi»

TEAS»»3©BGRG)|S

menn no dispnr«gefflenl *P"

to en-

Umb uoder wA cireanntaiKo^uoder a deep "rong suspicion that private

jjiiij"* —itf«^»»derations have had more to his course than the promptings of riot ism and love of jufttice. When nominated as a member of the committee pats on theR^poi of the Delegates, al the mating oi the SOth of Ma^ Mr. Gookiks, with a mo^iesty calcuhted io win nil hearty respect*fully declined the honor, and assigned as a re.»son, "that person with whom he wa* associated in bu*fDc&f [meaning Judge Kwsbt] had been mentioned as candidate for the namioation at Greencasfle, and he declined to take a part in the meeting.n This was the substance of what he said, nnd it certainly seemed to ua a very proper and prudent apology, and one which it hecamtt him to sustain. Bat did he do so Did his modesly continue in subordination to his other desires And if so, how long? It might hare been fifteen or thirty minutes—ccrtiinly not more—ere this very retiring and modest gentleman was on his feet, thundering awny against Mr. Mc GAUGnsr, the Greencastle Convention, and the Delegates from Hendr'tck, Putnam, and Clay Placing himself in bis usual elegant rhetorical diathesis, with book in luind, ami head erect, ho slung logic and politics about promiacouaconfusion?*'" Like another of the same species of men, he seemed to say—"I ainff Sir Oracle,'

*-"•1% "rt^

And when I open ray mouth, let no dog bark !n Ntfe proceeded to speak of MR. McGauqhet in a tone and manner which too plainly indi-

a period when the Whigs wanted friends—in the dark and gloomy years *37-8 and 0— Thos. D. Walpole was the eloquent champion of his party, and aided by his exertions to turn back the tide which had then set ngnirtst it ih Indiana. He voted for-Ouvstt H. Smith in 1836, for the Senate, and also in 1843, fltoogh personally hostile to him as a mail, because he acorned to permit his private griefs to interfere with his public duty to his- party—and in this he is very much unlike some of Mr. Gookins* particular friends, who oppose McGaughey—and for the genuineness of whose fuith we leave the read-

on UAHAII

•.

ing upon an editor, is that of replying to tlie at Indianapolis.) endorsed as a good Whig, malicious raving, of ha If witletl, corrupl «nd iof »m-,after hiiohetion lart winwr, ,, .... nnd for whom such Whigs ns S. W, Parker, dishonest politicians, who have just sense jofJN DKFrers, Dunnis Prnninoton

without talents to dignify error or gauius to Walpolr whom the Central Committee of the illumine truth. The world is filled with a IndianopoKk District addressed by letter, last j„n Atiril. asking if he would submit his cjaims

er to vouch. He is the same Thos. D. Walwjle whom tlie Indiana Journal (the organ of the Wftigs

i]m of a v|jig

may bo placed, aro sure to fancy themselves Thos. D. Walpole who answered "bright particulars stars," in the galaxy of that he would so submit and his claims trerc gcoiu., nod act upon tho ire.umpiion thai canndntd by ll» ConTenimn bul Col. Wjili. I uce

mankind should turn to them for political, Waltole was postponed tilj a more conmoral, and social instruction. Tlie glow*

venjent

worm, with its little fiery tail, gives a certain ihis Twos. D. Walpole is not denouncing dearee of light to surrounciing objects, and his more successful rioal as no Whig—a -n ^i.u. traitor-* sheaf, Ho submits to the suthrow, tt. glare on moto-htll «nd p.bble, «nJ

iori

,ld

cated the secret and lurking motives which conduoan regard totheConvention#on the first impelled him. The charge of having voted

da?i

for Tbos. D. Walpole, Esq. of Hancock, as whether they were satisfied wHh"him,adPresident of the Senate, ut the opening of the, at time, that if they were not last session of the Legislature, was the prin- willing to sustain bins, he cotild not hope for

ci pa I theme of the speaker, with which he' and would abandon the field.— amused the audience, branching off with Where were the thunders of S. B. Gookins 1 thenf Where were the charges which he has .IX- ptr.j ». wu,u „w «nce promulgated at the Court House, on the as ho progressed, what a sorry figure our 20th of May, nnd re-vamped for the Courier

L'ighbor cut in his arguments, nnd how un- of lastjkveek? W hero ware the other mem-

and

j,er8f voted. He is tho same Thos. D.

for (o lhoorh.|m_

Dislr|ct Convention, lie is

being deemed more available man,

season and now, unlike some others,

^|,is

fri

ig r^,,ved th(l a

though they be^ Anut Judtn—come forward hampered wiih his malice, in addition to enlighten tho People of the Congressional to the vindictive opposition of political eneDistrict, on their duty as voters? VVh.t do« the reader thmk of such. a W a

al)0ve

in Convention.

political friend shall

|j0rt history of the man compare fa-

vorabiy with some* of the blustering and pbarasaical pretenders in this vicinity Can Mr. Gcoking boast a prouder title to tlie name

of Whig! Has he ever accomplished as much for his party I Has he ever exhibited the same self-denial in the whig cause as Mr. Walpdle, who, with the jaundiced malevolence of his nature, he calls a "mongrel politician Let the "citizens of this county, who have known him from boyhood" answer the question. If Mr. Gookins has ever gone out his way to serve the whig party of this county, during tlie eleven years that we have known him, it has escapexi our observation. If be has ever made a sacrifice of time, labor, or money to advance the cause, we know nothing of it. While the gentleman whim he is pleased to call "a mongrel politician** was bearing the banner of whig principles aloft, and received the plaudits of his fellow cititens, Mr. Gookins was doiug—_what Plodding after fees, it may be—looking over musty utx-lista—or poring over the learned productions of commentators on the law* If htsextr

extreme modesty did IM kee)i Kim ia hu:

well known axietv to takccare of no cer

tainlr had that effirct, and it very properly

t^,

does

aBy

entrro^ed his whole attentmn. That be ts s^J(^^aseqsfthe ^|r.q^wW8^tid rngrtMscM

is a

ptty tint tw

i. ih. %i« .ho-

#nd doohly so that his^srw»«gi r4e«W 0* bm of

retiring and volontmiy ostracism of office and the turmoil of

ycarsof CroflB th® pursuits c.

i• a ft, ai |Ua 4A A. tlln iuioV wttit ntna tkaiMi sia#

hai^py eome of his go^i cTients wouid be, if *ers c^tho Alliance?" Why was there not his legiil acumen was as shallow as hispolit- /*«*«muah in thecollected hearts,nerves^inical profundity. And who, we would ask, is

ews

Thomas D. Walpole Who is this individ- memsure weapons with thecorn-fed native Hooual for whom it was treason to volet The slier candidate from Putnam! Like Bob Acres, reader will be ready to conclude that he is their valor oozed out at their finger ends," either OH Nick, a h*co foco.or a Tyler man. »nd ^y stood gnping at the little- fellow as But he is neither the one or the other and thougb.„he was a I rinreus with hundred we will now tell the reader what he renllv is,' bands or a Bengal tiger with a thousand claws! and no mistake. I is a little red-haired "law- Did they sjieak? Not a word! Did theycAar^e yer of Harfcock county, who, by his a Tents, upon Jiim? Oh no! The man they hated was energy,-aud powerful advocacy of Whig

w«s

cy, embracing two respectable counties. At ty ^ro,n 7

party pofitica, Mr. Gookins would have eon*

'anted h»«w« d&mlty by reiiwnf to c6me before the aSpie nnder circomstances whjch (tosaf^'leart of thero,) are hut tdo well cakntak^d to inspiredt^ruSt of his isafttef.— WMiwr WhoM Mr. G* may pbee #on himself, wfeassure h«» tKat Thos. D. VValpole Mills qtiol in every tfadg except modesty a ad, tothis hitter wirtue, oar Terre-Haute ••limb of the law" stands peerless and alontS, beyood the reach of competition. Swift, in one oHiis vagnries, descrmd modest and tiiscr» men of a certain school, when fie says: "Ther# is no talent so useful towards rising in the world, or which puts men more out of the power of fortune, than that quality generally possessed by the dullest sort of men, and in common speech called "discretion," a ,|....riyrnf ?i»wer prudencepby the assistance of htch people of the meanest intellects pass through the WftHd in grent tranquility-** We liave ofli Objection that the reader should make the application.

Mr.jGoowiNs says good deal about Mr. McGanbst's course, and something about oor*s moich of which seems as unimportant to the public as it ty yet prove annoyi|»g to Mr. G. and his associates in political scheming. It would have been much more honor* 'aide hid Mr. Gookins, or some other member of the "Holy Alliance," sought revenge of tho jrhig nominee while he was here, instond afwniting till he Imd gone,to distant parts of the Congressional District. There is a species of cowardice in the conduct of these men wliicb is too contemptible to lie sanctioned 'b? a high minded and honorable community* Every active member of this conspiracy i«ylefeat McGaugltey were present at the Cmrt-House on the first day of the Court, and on tlie following Wednesday, at both b( which dates Mr. McG. addressed large audiencesl He gave a plaid statement of his own

ond called upon the cititeni of Vigo to

& brains of the little band ofexattsivts to

b°f°r« the(T,'

princioles iu 1840. assisted to revolutionize their natures, they dreaded and encounter the County in which he resides, and who, where an honortble conflict could be badthrough Several successive contests, was en- They Mept upon their wrath-aye, and f«d updorsed as Representative and Senator by a «». too—for twelve Ion? days and when it high-minded and honorable Whig constituen-

but true to the noble instinct of

supposed that Mr. McGaughey was for-

erfe-Haute,

the flood-gates of

their denunciation were opeued upon himl— This sort of chivalry may pass current in the circles^ the "Alliance tut we hopea People who lovejiw/tce will expect a different kiud of conduct from men who claim to be hoi^rable. It is not necessary, howevor, that wie should defend Mr. McGaughey. He is competent to perform the task himself and we mistake the man if he does not do it to the utter confusion of those who now seek to destroy the Whtg party of-this District'because of personal malice towards him.

In regard io what Mr. Gookins is pleased lo sar of our neglect to advocate tho "measttret" of the Whig party, shall have our attention lor few moments, and w«%egret that neither our lime or space will permit a vikv extended notice of bis ckariiabte animadversions. If wo were "a gentleman of elegant leisure," as he is, and could devote sufficient time to the invesption of the matter, it is likely we could "non-sail" ...m in any court not corrupted by venal attorneys. As1t is. we expect to make his lawyership "amend his declaration," and file anew bill against the editor of the fc press, for his old "indictment" is full of flaws, and wont stand. The measures which he alia and mentions, area

JS*

1 mentions, area protective tariff, a National curicy, and the Land Distribution- Theso are Mr. ucokins' Whig "measures." In regard to the first, we have a Tariff Law. predicated on two motives of policy, vis: menu* and protection and the editor of the Express has never written a line, or published one, unfavorable jo such a tariff He eoes lor tuck a policy: and hetievrs. thai the tending Whigs of the Union (Mr. Oookini excepted.) wilt we satisfied with that kind of pr*Ucli%M to our manufactures. While we desire to see the industry of the eountry protected against foreign labor, wealso desire that theanti-manufacturingStates should have a little attention paid to their wishes, and as our glorious Union was formed on compromises, we should endeavor to preserve it by acts of liberality and kindness to all its ports. This is not anew doctrine. Mr. Cruv, in' 1833, aided, in conjunction with others, to establish the compromise

Tariff Dill of that year, by

which die Union, then fcarfulhrthreatiftrd, was saved from dismemberment- No parly ever ibought of disturbing jt, and its integrity was guaranteed by all tho leading politicians of tho country. As late as 1839, Mr. Ctiv, in a speech at Buffalo, New York, used the following language: "If the compromise be inviolably maintained, (at think it ought to be,) I trust ihat the rate of duty for which it provides, ia eoniunction witb the stipulation for cash duties, home valuation, and the long list of free articles inserted far the benefit of the mnmtfacaring intefests, witt insure its reasonable and adequate

This was the opinion of Mr. Clay, in 1839, one year before the last Presidential election, Tho "compromise." offihich Mr. Cut spoke, was the bill of 1833, and was predicated on the revenue and protective principle- It was aot a Tariff for "protection" merely, but for revenue afro—and io thfs Mr. Cur has the misfortune to differ with Mr- Gookins, circumstance whieh ma? yet create a fearful commotion in the political world! Gen. H&xsuox. too, in his Zanesrille letter, says of the "compromise" act as follows: "I am (says he) for supporting the compromise act, and will-never agree to its being altered or repealed. wH tbtptwt no Um which fM to altar or repeal the

Bin, too, oar Terrr-Haate expounder of Whig

Waastaos,

ineipies" comes fall tilt against the doctrinesof Gen. a maa whom we all regarded, in 1$40, ssa toiemUe good tort of Whig! Ba is this all? Ko, infeed |fr. Gookios has aot bust reading the paper* ktely, laid seems to have woke op. like old Rip Van Winkle from some Sleepy Hollow, and is evidently as mask bewildered about "Wbtg principles" tl was that veasiaUe Kcw York Dutchman about wrsfllii** As late as October 5,1812, at Inlia. Mr. Cur "defined biajMsmmj" oa this following was ***fa**tin* tlie

ar(^

weald aot quarrel wirb say eoe a-

beat forms, tint bill weald meet his spprobatton wh«b afforded satislaetien to the greatest numbers.— H« looked to thesnbetanee rather than to the feraMM-

r,mF jmt"

a *otetaMy fair sort of Whig Do yoa see

«««*f isasoa why Mr. S. B.Goniins. or say one

Mm "Hd? Alltaaee." rnnihiing of

better ^oalifted to look after the interests ot tta»rqrbt «T eMtl^g rqwwdias upon as for aot Doe and Richard Roe than to become a fittiaf late ^wirsNMioosersafitioai anhodoxv Will y«j."towo «nr tit ion is the surest proof. It

tawed aad

few indtvidaats,

kleksdahoai

ty every

lufp»etoasy

pimn iw ww mncinw. right to

ho me? not ttwaile*W,datriaawwt he nehyaftie

I83S

t-Mxn tmr mh *f T& if a to a in I

Bet t)w ooaatry raqaind tbe nmnme,

A6«rjttj *|rid be iaipisiil. Ths hoasr ef ths

ta the

Oer own

about4ssfflians efu...--— Govenuasnt, andpajf tedjreirs to eooie, sad ttus imJoainf a Tariff on foreign to oar dudM^ maaelactofesWms axbint

anapol'is Spooeh, and whsi ha said he was ln ^afc Thisw whet we ate Myag s^ta^. Jf^Mr. Soe*tssisaoi,Ae^iw Wing stiiufrilpgto Mr.

Cui'i aotions, and his owo mods of ressoomg I bat we dent think it asskes any vsiy SMtari|ddiP kisura whsthsr htii a Whig er net. Ha Is a very clever feUow. wa admit, In most things} bathe shoald'at "take such a stiff* ovscmen who h»*®

some

lessooto thihk themselves sshtmoAsad aa sensible as himselC Mr. Gookins* next ehsrge thsl welpve aet written in&vor of a -Nstioosl Currtnep* This term is a very indefinite one#nd it issll^ueM work with os what he means. It is presumed that be moans a NatiooalBank. W«K if be means wepiead guitar. Though the editor of a Whig political paper ha Tene-Hsute^ aince l«3S,itwwefl Itaewn dud after the eleetion of that year, we neeer mixed up (he Bank qnesUoo, as a perty mearare, with oar advocacy of Gen. Hk*aiae*Ts yUim* to the President. When It was resolved fcy the Whigs ta take op thst distinguished man, we found occasion to examino his opinions and we heard from the hps of that lamented and noble patriot, when in Terre-Hauta, in 1884, his views fn regard to the uneonstihittonaHty ot a Bank.-* White he admitted its "convenience

and

Wo wish we hsd been saved the necessity ot* say big any thing more on thia subject, for we have for two years endeavored to throw oil upon the waves in regard to this Bank question. It is ,, tbe rock which ws have feared was~ destined to make shipwreck of the most formidable party thst ever came into power in this country. But we hsve now to defend our own political honor againat the ruthless assaults ot men who have a personal grudgeto svenge, and who tskethis mesas to ssseil us. We have shown that the gallant Old Chief of

North Bend was not indebted for his election to his support Of a United 8tates Bank snd that we cannot be ptoperly and juady held roapotrtible, ss "a Whig 1840," for not writing io its fsvor. But we are not done yet. We have more proof which we desire to offer, to show thst a man may be a good Whig, and yet not deem it necessary to advocate a Bank, unless he understands what sort of a one it is to be, at least. Thomas Ewixe, of Ohio, who even Mr. Gookins will acknowledge to bes whig, per favor, did not look upon a Bank in 1840 as a very material part of tbe Whig creed, if we may judge by the following letter, dated in Juy of that yean Pron the Marietta BtielUgenter j(Whig,) tfJutyS0,1840.

LAROAtTU,

Jar

Yonr sincere friend,

car-

usefblness

In msay reapect»„n he expressed strong doubts as to its constitutionality. These opinions ha afterwarda published, at length, in his letters to Bhorrod Williama and Harmer Denny, referring to bis opinions of 819 and 1833, against ths eonUUuiitmaUtn of the charter granted to the Bank in lSlfij Md declared that hie opinions "remained unchanged. That he waa opposed to the charter granted to the oh) Bank, on constitutional grounds, he has repeat* edly asserted—that he ever pledged himself to any other course, we emphatically deny. But why waste worda in argument of this 1 Every man not disposed toerr.willfully, mast be convinced of these facts. In his address to the Peopie of Ohio, in 18S3, he saya "I deem myself a Republican of what is coramonly called the old Jeffersonian school, snd believe In die correctness of thst interpretation of the Constitution which baa been given by that enlightened statesman, who was at the head of the party, and othera belonging to ii~-particuhtrty the celebrated resolutions of ihe Virginia Legislature during the Presidency Of John Adams. I AeUeoe the charter given to the Banhpf the United States is unconstitutional,' it being not one of those measures necessary to carry any of the expressly granted powers into effect.

Thia language ia very plain,in the interpretation of which "a way-faring man, though a fool, need not err." In his letter to Shorted Willama, written fifteen years aftor,and in reply to the question if be would sanction a National Bank bill, if passed, he thus expressea himself: "I would, if it were clearly ascertained that the public interest in relation to the collection and diebarsment of the revenue Wouh! materially suffer without oneo 4r there were unequivocal manifestations in its favor. I think, however, tho experiment should be fairly tried to aacertain whether the financial operation of the Government cannot be as well carried on without the aid of a naiionai bank. If it is not necessary for that purpose, it does not appear to me that one can be constitutionally chartered. There is no construction which I can give the constitution which would authorize it on the ground ot affording facilities to commerce."

Take his Ohio letter, of 1828, and compare it with his letter to Mr. Williams,and it will be seen that the old patriot was not exactly in favor of a '•Nationt* currency" predicated on an old«faahioned Bank, like that which aome people look ta as a panacea for all the Nation's woea. That sort of a Bank he unreservedly declared to be unconstitutional in bis address to the people of Ohio, shove quoted.

aaw IMtlg tnta, aad wa

tUt we amy ha Jgli^r tbe aglwii«fcl rpwy.: When

shsfi hs taady to consider MWft ol do oppose bnogiag this caneneyqeeeUon lata thasrens. It has been Am tea long ahaai^^Mnt si kb made a foot-ball, to be knocked hithsir anf thither to the goal of faction, 'we hsveno hope oC, ever seeinf it settI«l. This is the grmind we took inf 1840. We denied Mm that the Whigs were jastlyikbt denominated the "Bsnk party," speech delivered in Vigo County, ssdonr.ievileia|.i4 note ^iprovod of our sentiments theil/aH nn gattw na"Allianrr,? snd na party sbsll ever aakeas beHe those decisrationa. If we sre to ba ostracised, denaanced snd proscribed, for abiding by our proarises and plsdssa lo the People, we are ready for ths sacrifice Liglfe\the torches and prepare tbe ftggots 1st domsstio Action eombtne all hat en--ginseof wrath—hot tbeaffecationer, though armed to the teeth, wiU find that he has not sn unrssh}Ing victim.

We have now disnoscd of

seme

comntyfor

18th, 1840.

Mr Dsa.r Sr»: On my return from Ooldmbus this eve* Bins 1 received your letter informing me that It was asserted st a public meeting In Washington county tluo, in a speech at Philadelphia, I had said the true question between the parties waa a Bank of the United Stales, and that ytm, from a knowledge of the real question and of me, had contradicted die assertion. In this, of coursei you were perfectly safe. I made no such statement, but the very contrary. I a rowed that the true question wasand is the restriction or txUn*io*Q{Executive potter. That it* encroachments, open and covert, were of tbe most alarming nature, and if not resisted must end lathe sub-

UWWretWIU ll imswu vaaas »aa»ssw waaar-

version of all that is valued ia the Republican principle of our Government and that a gorgeous monarchy. In effect, if not in name, must rise oa iu ruins. I said that our opponente were attempting to make the question qf a Bank the issue between the partite. I spoke of the impudence and abenrdity ef the attempt. That a Bank was not and never had been considered by us ss anything more than a mere matter of convenience—a useful article of furniture in our noble edifice. That our opponents were gravely raising and debating tho question whether this article of furnluire was convenient or necessary— whether we should have a table or a eettee standing in our halls—while their sappers and miners were at work tambllngita wall and columns about our ears. This, with amplification and illusuatiott, is the substance of what I said touching that particular object. You perceive, there lore, that yo« did mci mistake m# opinions or my laaaaaae.

T. EWUfO.

£. D. Basis, Bsq. Thomas Ewtva is, and has been, one of the most prominent snd able Whigs of Ohio, snd left the Cabinet of Mr. Tv»a on account of the Bank vetoes. He deemed impudent and abusrdin the loco foeos to charge tbe wbigs with being bank man in1840. How much less impudent snd shsard is it now for Mr. Gookins to charge os with a departure from "Whig principlee," becauee we don't write In favor of a National Bank in 18431 Perhaps his "tweedledum snd tweedledee" argument will fit in lane! At all events we advise this

00,

MIiab

the law" to wait and see if a Whig Nstiona! Convention will adopt this "measure" of his, sa a principle of the psrty, before he reads men as good as hhaeetf eat of the Whig ranks.

What was tbo opinion of the Virginia Whig Convention, which assembled at Richmond, to Msy, 1840. Did its members look upon Geo. HAaaisov as a Bsnk man! Read the following extract from its Addram, written, it is said, by Mr. Botts: «As to ths Baak, flea. Bairtmafr aaasallta* claratfen Uwa. te was nmeonotitutionai, is befara yew, aad there is aorsasaa to bet tore that ho ia tafcverafaJjaUoael Bank in erne forwu toe be is assuredly opposed a Oovarameat Baak. As teas ws kaew or believe, fellow ctttssas, Gen. Harrison has bat oaeeptatoaabsM a Sink, sad tbat agates*

One more witness, and we have dona. On the 39th of Ssptsmhsr, of the ssaw year, Mr. Waa* srsa made aspeseh in New York before tbe Convention ef Merchants of that *ty, in wlpcfe ba af ad the following language. *t£n aaU Mr. Wabater, "this Ouveiaaiaut saaii ever be hree^ht to (Mosider the adoption ofsachao lasOtutlea ^afai [HaUaeal tbaadal lastlwalea) ksboaM

he rUmt

ssa baak eM laaMS tbaa etf aad. to tbe aad that to managers sfceaid baveao teanp. tstioasftaaanatto baas to «c«a. edl tke earn^Mso^r a srisafaf iitaiaeaai simtibepati trntattupmUk^fmoMTU. ge

ad mfissUnm, and sbsar tfewt tbe Whigs repotfislad a Baak by Gso. E.

la North in their a Bmta,snothev nfirinf meaiber of rslwniK ihst rmt sf twalva State sdirsssss, by twelve Whig Couisat'iuaa, not em of tiiemad—. cats a Bank as a Whig nsrasarr and wa aright, wefoCteo disposad, ask Mr. Gookina to aeaat eatsoaw tsethwony going to show thai any wlag is new lass a WU| for net haviag done so. Wa

Mr. Tyler's

of Ihe charges

made sgaiast ua by Mr. Gooktne, and turn to one or two of his elap-trsp remsrks, intended, no doabt, to catch the popular ear, bet which havo nothing io do with tlw articles to whieh he pretended ta .. take exception. He saya we have

ktsown

dissen-

lions among the Whigs, by attempting to kerp np. a petty jeslooiy between the PSople of the town and thecountry.w That! the chargej but does be ofler any proof? Not a word—ami be cannot. If he means, as he iatimaies, that wa have arrayed the country people against the town people, he telta what is false, and We invite him to addnes the tea* lirnony on whieh the ehsrge rests. We suppaas he

would like to make appear that himself and his confederates are "iho people of that if we give ftna, ihd such as ribs, now and then, every man .. must hold hisbresth, and foal that he ia woandad through the sacred person of & B. Gookina,&Co!, the are

ir tnat nimseu ana of the town,•* and he is, spoke in fhr in Terra Hiata

Nothing exhibits the ^rrsas^tfwa of thess men more tbsn this ehsrge made against us. We expected thst our opposition to the laoaeity of« few men who live by the misfortsnss 01 thell fellowcreatures. snd who are ever on the alert to take advsntage of reported decisiona of the Supreme Court, in order To sell their neighbor's property tor song, would set rather disagreeably on thedfeatty of some. A few remarks, made some time ago ip subject,

this paper, on this very subject, were haw'kedsboat by these same men, and we were repeatedly'

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sceused, by a few ef (be tribe, of endeavWisg io excite a feeling against the lawyers! Some of the lawyers here sre, ws know, fsr renamed shove the reach of suspicion in tbsss things, snd sre men for whom we entertein sa kind feelings as for any ether class of our people: bat they have no right to tsks exceptions to a discussion of ths People* rights under the laws of the Slate. We pointed out what we thoughts flagrant attempt to disrsgaid the spprsisement lews of Indiana, and declared that attomiss had no right to prompt offioers in the disclwrge of their duty. The editor of this pa*

Kit

r, by this remark, meent no disrespect to sny one it waea dutr to interpoas the shield of the press between those who are oppressed and those who desire io become oppressors. If it he a crime to defend the many sgainst ths avarice of the /ess then we are a culprit, sod we tnvbke the direst punishment whieh this fern msy liavs it in their

Gwsr

to inflict. If Mr. Gookins means thst wa ve resisted the monopolising, grasping, snd dirty intrigues of a smmU band who havo been for yeers acting the psrt of the ''dog in the manger," and bringing discredit on their neighbors, by their narrow, biggoted, end selfish policy In election*, then, too, we ere guilty, sad unbover our head for their blows. If hs means that wa have supported some farmers for office, in preference taesrttnnf% vorites, who ws knew would do the dirty work ot the cabal, then, again, we plead guilty and ttiff" executioner of the triumverate may whet hie sword for us! If few men liko these are "the people of town,** then have we offended, and moet. grievously have we answered it. W« din tell Mr* Gookinti, however, that "the people of town" possess eense enough *b distinguish between thenf selves and the persons to whom wo slluds,and it will not be neoeeeary to mark them. The "coon* try people," too, ha veal

ready a saving knowledge

of tne little equad, sad if we must refer to this subject agaia. the brand will be made plainer. Mr. Gookins extends tho catalogue of our offences e.vm beyond this, and accuses ue, in conjune* tion with Mr. McGAtteMRy, of "exciting prejndioca agsinst this county!" Now, we havo not beea«« of the county since Mr. McGaushkt was nominar ted, and wbsttnrjr "prejudices" we have sought ta create must have been done in the columns of the Exprees. Have any of our readers diseovered such thing in thisshtfet Friends snd neighbors, have yot« discovered such sn endesvort Hss your sys fsllen on sach a paragraph or aentencef Nothing of the kind! Wsgusssit is only one of the rbapsodwa, or fltghts-vf imsgiliation, to which this "iWb of the law" is subject, or it may be sn optieal illusion—or, perhsps, Mr. Gookins hat again mistaken vigo

hinuet/, win ths case of the people

of town! It is himsslf snd bisfirisnds tyho sre creating "prejudices" against Vigo—men who have resolved to rule Ihe roast in this Congreesional Dietrict or hsve no Whig oliMned. and ws now wsrn ihe People of Vtgo sgsinat becoming responsible forth.pww.n.land pnvate wrongs, felt or feigned, of S. B. Gookins, eCo. This new political firm dont like Mr. McGiuoarr's^ominaiion, and feel disappointed at the reaultt hut why should the People "of this county" enter into the private grief* of such men? Who are theyt Character who are always os/of ths way when sny good is lobs done, snd ajwsys in it when ihey sre not wsnied! Let the Whigs of Vigo judge Mr. McGausbkt by whst he ts, snd not by what bis disappointed rivals toy of him, and this, we sre sure, will be the judgment of ihe gsllant and confidents people who always distinguish between patriotism sail disnppointed smbiuon.

Mr. Gooxtrrs is very valient in his denunciations of President Tvunt, snd ssvs hs hns not "forgotten the expedient" of msking him what ha ii. Well, "circumstances slter cases." it is mid, snd whst was very "expedient" in 184* is thought inexpedient in 1843. There «nw a time when four members of the "Holy Allisnce" of Terrs Hsuta thought it very "expedient" to ask for office, andt assist Mr. Tvlks in carrying on the government and when to boa Tyler man,or evsn lao. •Ttw* himself, wss aot an offence of such heinous dye! Mr. Gookins msy now have anew stresk of patriotism coming over his disinterested spirit but ws remember the time—eye the day—when Jwo. Ttuta waa considered, "on the whole," a pretty good sort of President I When vacsnt Judgeships, ami Post Offices in expectancy, were looked to by tbe 4 principal opponents of Mr. McGadbbkt (all good and trao hatera of ths President now) some folks found it convenient lobe on tolerably fair terms with Mr. Trum! Yes, indeed! Ho wss not then such a raw-heed-and-bloodv-bones of a fellow, aad to hold vfice under bis Administration even, wss considered several notches above serving tbe devil' Them/our patriots are now the most uncharitable, noisy, long-winded,vociferous, and vindictive of tins tribe, and look epon sll who wont abuse President TrMtsasno Whigs! Wocoutdmy somsthing more oa this hssd. hut we went now—except thst fhsss spplicattons for office mete pressed after ths Btmk vetoes—titer they say the President sbandoned tbe Wbigperty! If their own declarations sre to be believed, they should hsve been tea proad la adept

such "expedients I" Whst ssy yon, reader? We have seme wards of serious sdvies to give ta tbe ftw who sre new abusing Mr. McGAoamrr snd the Gresaesstle Convention. Whst do they expect to gsin by itf What honor do they expect to rasp by such a coarse? Think yon, Messrs.

thst the large majority ofwbigs who have reeol ved to support the nominee can he branded by yon a sufficiently nice tense of honor nott in this eanvssf" Will tbe thomoande who suetain MeGaooaxv in this election be overawed by ihe few Whtgswboopposs him? While yea serosa— felsely seeuss others with sowing "dimensions" ia tbe ranks of the Wbigs, yes are st this moment movtag hesvea snd earth to cast down the prindpies so lewdly arofand by mm. Tbe eenker of peraeael smbition. long indalged towards those whom you bate at heme, is aew running riot over this Congressional District. The fell spirit of feetion is sent, in the shspe oTsddnaws to the Prtrfie, brasdssst over the lead! You tncar a fesrfu! raBonsibility! Cast ssids, for once, the mslignsot 55K which urge yea on to BMsipiee! Plsy not t«» tyrant on a small scale, bat eoasalt the rotes of reason sad mod^staw! It was ssidol the ill-feted Boarhons of Fraace that thsy gsioed no wisdom by experienee, nor profited from exampla. They vexed as tbomb sll the resources of' gat gallant nation were theirs, of right and filled with stubborn optnkme of their own power end16 eowsequeiwe, rafaasd ta bond to the majority, Tbe'

Modk of tbe execationer and tbe ssd destiny of tbe exile foiled to teach them hamility. Thesxe per-

formed its oflfosoa the waywsrd Lewis and the. besetifel Aatoinette: bat even these horrible ex-.f amplee were lost to tMrdescendsnts. The Bvar-'

Dynasty st Tsne-Heete seem ta possess the foteiiy of dispositioa-iheesme stMmdfcy and? Itbood. They exeet toa maeh ef ths Wbtgaeff. this Cungnmieasl Distriet when thsy ante tWr Jtssaf Prorogations against sa sckaawMfed saejertty oftboPeeple. They, Bke tbo olher tyraota, ssskta impeaschainswb«c* meyao be worn by' a free People, end if tWraea peikitmt assks abmdd some la the bloek. sad their amWtioue hsede rati ia the dast, it will be an appraprnto and» fitting result of their domiassring aad viatfietive

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