JEFFERSON-IAN 11KP UBLICAN.
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JEFFERS ONIAN REPUBLICAN
Strotidsburg Pa. Sept. 4, 1840.
Terras, $2,00 in athance; $2,25, naif yearly : and $2,50 if not
paid befotc the end of the year.
.CANDIDATES OF THE PEOPXJG.
4 POR PRESIDENT :
Gen. William Henry Harrison,
OF OHIO.
' FOR VICE PRESIDENT :
John Tyler,
OF VIRGINIA.
ELECTORAL TICKET.
SENATORIAL.
John A. Slmlze, of Lycoming,
Joseph Kit nor, of Cumberland,
DISTRICTS.
1 Levis Passmore, 12 John Dickson,
2 Cadwallader Evans, 13 John M'Keehan,
Charles Waters, 14 John Reed,
3 Jona. Gillingham. 15 Nathan Beach.
Amos Ellmaker,
V-
16 Ner Middleswarth,
John K. Zeilin,
A. R. M'lllvaine,
17 George Walker
18 Bernard Connellyjr
5
Robert Stinson,
19 Gen. Joseph Markle
6 William S. Hendrie 20 Justice G. Fordvce.
7 T Tpnlrinc Rnce
21 Joseph Henderson,
8 Peter Filbert,
9 William Adams,
10 John Harper,
11 Wm. M'Elwaine,
22 Harmer Denney,
23 Joseph Buffington,
24 James Montgomery,
25 John Dick
Col. Johnson said (in Congress)
"Who is General Harrison ? The son of one of
the signers of the Declaration of Indepencence:
who spent the greater part of his large fortune in
redeeming the pledge he then gave, of his 'fortune,
me and sacred honor, to secure the liberties of his
country. Of the career of General Harrison '.
need not speak: the history of the West is his his
tory. For forty years he has been identified with
its interests, its peiils and its hopes. Universal
ly beloved in the walks of peace, and distinguish
ed by his ability in the councils of his country, he
nas been yet more illustriously distinguished in
me neia. lunng the late war, he was longer in
active service man any other general orhcer ; he
was, perhaps, oftener in action than any one of
them, and never sustained a defeat."
Democratic Whig Nomination.
FOR ASSEMBLY.
FRANKLIN STARBIRD.
W e are happy to placp at the head of our
columns, the name of Franklin Starbird, Esq.,
as
candidate lor the Assembly from Monoe
county, and are confident, that it is unnecessa
ry for us to say a single word in his behalf, be
cause every citizen of this county knows that a
representative "more honest, more capable, and
more faithful to the constitution" cannot be found
within its limits.
The gathering of Whigs at the Court-house
in this Borough, on Wednesday evening last,
was truly cheering to all who have at heart,
the real interests of the people. The pres
ence of so great a number of the sturdy yeo
. r He .
manry oi iuonroe, with the zeal and spirit
of the proceedings, shows conclusively, that
they. like their brethren throughout the Union,
are thoroughly alive to the great cause of Re
form, and gives assurance that on the thirtieth
day of October next, " there can be a change,
there must be a change, and there will be a
change" of administration. The venerable
Aaron Dupui, Esq., one of the few surviving
soldiers of the Revolution, who is also a grand
son of the first settler of Monroe county, pre
sided. A Whig of 1770, he is of course a
Whig of 1840, though by the patent Democrats
of the day, he is styled a Tory.
In the course of the evening the meeting
was ably and forcibly addressed by IT. D. Max
well, Esq. of Easton In a speech abounding
with cogent arguments, which were supported
by the strangest documentary proofs, he exposed
the gross abuses practised by the party now in
power, and ihe necessity which exists for a
change of men and measures. He was suc
ceeded by M. Robert Buttz, Esq. formerly
a member of Assembly from this district
Though labouring under the effects of a severe
cold, the familiar, home bred style in which
this ocntleman snoke. rivelted the attention of
all, and he was frequentty interrupted by spon
Janeous and enthusiastic cheering". He dwelt
particularly on the arbitrary and despotic na
ture of (he new militia law, so strongly recom
mended by President Van Buren to the con
sideraiiori.of Congress in his last annual toes
sage, the details of Hvhich will be found in an
other column. This iniquitous scheme, on ex
animation will be found to embrace principles at
war with those, for which our fathers pledged
"their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred
honors"'
An-excellent leltenoC Col. R. M. Johnson in
defence of Qatx. Harrison, against the attacks
of the '.Y an Buren men, was thcn(readfy War
Davis, Esq. who in-a very handsome manner
commented on the unmanly and dastardly as
i. j ji ... - .i . . l
aaaus maue on ine reputation oi mat true son
of Pennsylvania Charles Naylor, since his de
parture from " Old Northampton" by. federa
office holders and office hunters.
At a late hour the meeting closed, with a con
viction on the part of each one present, that
our cause is onward.
f Fit r9 . t '
ine September term ot tne uourts com
menced on Tuesday last. Present Judge Jes
sup and associates.
Charles Saylor, Esq. was selected as fore
man of thelGrand Jury. But little business o
importance has thus far been transacted. In
case of Kunkle vs. Washburn, (Reeder for
plaintiff, and Ihrie for defendant) for slander
a verdict of $10 rendered for plaintiff. The
case of Commonwealth vs. Christman. Indict
ment fdj? adultery, verdict of guilty was ren
dered. '
The case of Newman vs. Trustees of Strouds-
burg academy, was continued on account of the
absence of a witness of the defendants. The
Trustees to pay costs thus far.
In case of Cope vs. Teell, verdict for plain
tiff for whole amount claimed.
Maxwell and Hepburn for plaintiff Ihrie for
defendant.
Ittr. Van Burcn's Army Project.
The writer of this article was one of the ve
ry first to denounce in emphatic terms through
tne columns ot the "Empire State " this pro
ject of the Administration. We looked upon it
as unconstitutional, and one ot the most extra
ordinary movements ever made by an adminis
tration claiming any affinity to democracy! And
the more we reflect upon it, the more objec
tionable it appears. Just look at the measure
stripped of the ornaments of rhetoric given to it
by Mr. .Poinsett ! The position was
1. 1 o enrol every white male citizen between
the ages of 20 and 45.
2. That within three months every one should
arm himself at his own expense.
6. JLhat within a given time 100,000 should
be drafted for actual service !
4. That another 100,000 should be constant
y kept armed and organized.
5. That this body of 100,000 should be kept
up by constant drafts from the whole body of
the citizens enrolled.
6. That the Union should be divided off in-
o ten military districts, Bonaparte fashion.
7. 1 hat the President may call out, whenever
he chooses, and where he chooses, in their dis
trict, the whole of this body of 100,000 men,
twice a year.
8. While thus in the field, this army of 100,
000 is under the control of the President and sub
ject to such regulations as fie chooses to pre
scribe! 9. If any citizen fails to march into actual
service, when ordered by the President, he is to
be fined not less than $5 nor more than $30.
10. IF HE REFUSES TO PAY THE FINE, HE
is subjected to IMPRISONMENT IN
CLOSE JAIL UNTIL THE FINE IS
PAID !
Such are the naked provisions of this mon
strous project of Poinsett, endorsed by Van
Buren, and condemned by the people. This is
the project cunningly devised, by which the ad
ministration hoped so to fortify themselves, so
as, with the aid of the other great measures, the
Sub-Treasury, recently adopted, to bid defiance
to the people, and laugh them to scorn!
Van Buren men, look here!
From the Pennsylvania Democrat.
The Van Buren men are determined not to
do justice to General Harrison in any matter.
They say that he received a small appointment
from John Adams, and is, therefore, a federal
ist. There were other appointments made
about those times that might be interesting to
an enquirer. We add some of them, beginning
with the one referred to.
Tuesday, June 27, 1798.
" Gentlemen of the Senate :
" I nominate WM. H. HARRISON, Esq.,
of Virginia, to be Secretary of the territory
north-west of the River Ohio:
" JOHN ADAMS."
" Gentlemen of the Senate:
" I nominate GEORGE WASHINGTON
of Mount Vernon, to be Lieutenant General
and Commander-in-chief of all the armies
raised, or to be raised, in the United States.
" JOHN ADAMS."
" United States, July 2, 1798.
From the Executive Journal of the United
States Senate, page 441:
" I nominate WM. HENRY HARRISON
to be Governor of Indiana territory, from the
J 3th day of May next, when his present com
mission will expire.
" THOS. JEFFERSON."
And again;
" I nominate WM. HENRY HARRISON,
of Indiana, to be a commissioner to enter into
asy treaty, or treaties which may be necessa
ry, with Indian tribes north-west of the Ohio,
and within tlie territory of the United States,
on the subject of the boundary, or lands.
"THOS. JEFFERSON."
The message containing these nominations
Was transmitted to the Senate, 3d February,
1803.
Whig County Meeting,
Pursuant to a call of the Standing Committee
of the County, a large and respectable meeting
oi me uemocratic vvnigs oi Monroe county, as
sembled at the Court-house in Stroudsburgh, on
J -Cl . r, , t.
it cuueauay evening oepi. za. it was organ
ized by the appointment of that genuine "Whio-
oi 76,"
AARON DUPUI, Esq. President.
Henry Smith,
John Price, Esq. I Vice Presidents
Andrew Van Buskirk. )
Charles Saylor, Esq. ) 0 .
Depue S. Miller. $ Sccretaries-
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un motion a committee was appointed to
draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the
meeting, and to nominate a candidate for the
Legislature, and also a Congressional conferee
to meet with conferees from Northampton, Pike
and Wayne counties, for the purpose of nomi
nating a suitable person to represent this Dis
trict in the Congress of the U. S., viz: Wil
liam Davis, James Bell, Jr. Jonas Hanna, Mark
Miller, Henry Kintz, Arthur Howell, Morris
Evans and AbrahamjVIarsh.
ml . ... t 't. . . ,
ine committee naving retired, the meelmo-
was addressed in an able manner by H. D. Max
well and M. R, Buttz, Esqrs.
The following preamble and resolutions were
then presented which were unanimously adopt
ed. Whereas the crisis is fast approaching which
must decide the struggle between executive
usurpation and tyranny and the constitutional
rights of a free people; when freemen will be
called upon to exercise the invaluable right of
suffrage in choosing a Chief Magistrate to pre
side over the interests of our once happy and
prosperous but now depressed country.
1 herefore Resolved, 1 hat we view the ap
proaching election in the light of a contest be
tween the office-holders and the people, the
one grasping at all power, the other striving to
secure and perpetuate that form of government
and the liberties for which their forefathers
fought and bled and which we look upon as the
ncnest legacy, which we as Americans can be
queath to our children.
Resolved, That we have the strongest confi-
dence m the capacity, patriotism and democra
. -
cy ot General Willian Henry Harrison, and
pledge ourselves to support him at the ensuing
contest lor the nighest office in the gift of a free
people.
Resolved, That we hail with sincere joy the
results of the recent elections in the South and
West, as they are an undeniable refutation of
the foul and black hearted slanders originated
and published by the hired menials of a profli
gate and corrupt Administration; against the
war worn veteran who bared his bosom to the
shafts of battle in defence of the liberties for
which his father before him, had pledged hisj
life, his fortune and his sacred honour.
Resolved, That in -the language of Col. Rich
ard M. Johnson, "of the career of Gen. Harrison
we need not speak, the history of the West is
his history, for 40 years he has been identified
with its interests, its penis and its hopes, uni
versally beloved in the walks of peace and dis
tinguised by his abilities in the Conncils of his
country he has been yet more illustriously dis
tinguished in the field during the late war, he
was longer in service than any other general of
ficer, he was oftener in action that any one of
them and never sustained a defeat.
Resolved, That we solemnly protest against
the Sub-Treasury scheme as one calculated to
make the rich richer and the poor poorer, that
we despise it because it is borrowed from the
despotic monarchies of Europe some of whom
sold their subjects in the shambles of a foreign
power to the British King, to be employed side
by side with English troops to rivet on our
necks the chains of Parliamentary taxation.
Resolved, That we do not want a standing ar
my of 200,000 men in time of peace at the com
mand of the President which with the purse of
the nation in his power, would render him more
formidable and dangerous to the liberties of our
Republic than the despots of Europe combined.
Resolved, That we will oppose Martin Van
Buren because he is a politician from interest
alone, a democrat only so long as he can ob
tain office, but a federalist, when his country
called her sons to arms, his coward heart would
not let him rally in her defence, but frightened
him into the ranks of the federalists of 1812 to
the support of Clinton, and to opposo James
Madison.
Resolved, That we will support no man for
Congress unless he be opposed to Martin Van
Buren and his sub-treasury scheme.
Resolved, That we view with alarm the con
tinued depredations of the Indians upon our
frontier inhabitants and reprobate the weak and
imbecile attempts of Gen. Martin Van Buren
with his army of blood-hounds to hunt from the
swamps of Florida a few wandering Seminoles,
and that we know that this Florida war, which
has already cost the government thirty millions
of dollars and thousands of valuable lives, and
which has continued 4 years with but a slight
prospect of a speedy termination, would have
been settled by " Old Tip" in a six months
campaign.
Resolved, That we repudiate the slander pub
lished with such unblushing effrontery in this
house, "that the cause of Harrison and the
Whig party were identified with Abolitionists
and Amalgamationists," and recommend to the
illustrious author and authors of such falsehoods
not to judge us from the illustrious examples in
their own ranks.
The committee reported, as the result of their
deliberations, the name of Franklin Starbird as
a candidate for the Legislature from Monroe
co., and of William Eastburn for Congression
al conferee, both which nominations were en
thusiastically and unanimously confirmed.
Wm. Davis, Esq. then prefaced the letter of
Vice President Johnson, dated Aug. 18lh 1840,
(in which he most ably defends Gen. Harrison
from loco foco slanders,) with some excellent
and appropriate observations on the manner, in
which that worthy son of Pennsylvania, Charles
'JNaylor, was assailed by the speakers ot the
van Duren meeting, on the day and evening
previous. v
On motion Resolved," That the proceedings
ot this meeting be published in the Jeffersoman
Republican of Monroe and Pike counties, Nor
thamplon Whig and Wayne County Free Press.
(Signed by the Officers.)
From the Pennsylvania Inquirer.
A flew Revolution Proposed.
ABOMINABLE AND REVOLTING DOC
TRINES.
We sometime since met with an article in the
Boston Atlas, which commented with great se
verity on a paper in tho last number of the Bos
ton quarterly Keview. It was attributed to a
leading member of the Administration party, and
the Atlas pointed it out as embodying in a de
liberate and elaborate form, the more mysterious
but not less positive doctrines of Messrs. Ken
dall, Bancroft, Rantoul and other of the philo
sophic and writing members of the Van Buren
dynasty. We read the article with some at
tention, and finding its doctrines incendiary and
atrocious, without parallel in the political annals
of this country, we paused in the hope that the
Administration would repudiate them in some
public and formal manner. Not so, however.
The Newark Advertiser states that they have
been re-published and endorsed by several of
the Van Buren presses of Massachusetts and
other states, and are therefore recognised as
part and parcel of the system. Under such cir
cumstances, we feel bound to call public atten
tion in an especial manner, to this bold avowal
of jacobin and revolutionary sentiment. We
have never met with any thing more utterly re
pugnant to our notions of law, order and repub
licanism, or in more entire unison with the sen
timents promulgated by Marat, during the worst
period of the French Revolution. The extracts
will speak for themselves, and will be read by
many with incredulity as well as indignation.
It will be seen that slavery and its system of la
bour are preferred to free labour, while clergy
men of every denomination, are regarded as the
worst enemies of thehuman species. All banks,
corporations and monied institutions are de
nounced while, worse than all, if possible, it
is argued that the FATHER SHOULD NOT
BE PERMITTED TO ENJOY THE PRIV
ILEGE OF TRANSMITTING THE EARN
INGS OF HIS LIFE TO HIS WIFE AND
CHILDREN! The writer calls this a greal
measure and a startling, and predicts that it will
be affected only by the strong arm of physical
force. He says,
"In regard to labor, two systems ofttain; one,
that of slave labor, the other, that of free labor.
Of the two, the first is, in our judgement, except
so far as the feelings are concerned, decidedly
tne least oppressive; it tne slave nas never
been a free man, we think as a general rule, his
sufferings are less than those of the free laborer
at wages. As to actual freedom, one has just'
as much as the other. I he laborer at wages
has all the disadvantages of freedom, and none
of its blessings; while the slavo, if denied the
blessings, is freed from the disadvantages.
We say frankly, that, if there must always be
a laboring population, distinct from proprietors
and employers, WE REGARD THE SLAVE
SYSTEM AS DECIDEDLY PREFERA
BLE TO THE SYSTEM AT WAGES.
For our part, we are disposed to seek the
cause of the inequality of conditions of which
we speak, in religion, and to charge it to the
priesthood.
But, having traced the inequality we complain
of to its origin, we proceed to ask, again, what
is the remedy? The remedy is first to be sought
in the destruction of the priest.
The priest is universally a tyrant, universally
the enslaver of his brethren, and therefore it
is Christianity condemns him.
It may be supposed that we, Protestants, have
no priests; but lor ourselves, we know no fun
damental difference between a Cpthohc priest
and a Protestant clergyman, as we know no
difference of any magnitude in relation to the
principles on which they are based, between a
Protestant church and a Catholic church.
THERE MUST BE NO CLASS OF MEN
SET APART AND AUTHORIZED EI
THER BY LAW OR FASHION, TO SPEAK
TO US IN THE NAME OF GOD, OR TO
BE INTERPRETERS OF THE WORD OF
GOD. THE WORD OF GOD NEVER
DROPS FROM THE PRIEST'S LIPS.
Wo object not to Religious instruction we
object not to the gathering together of the peo
ple, one day in seven, to sing and pray, and to
listen to a discourso from a religious teacher
but we object to every thing like an outward
visible church to every thing that in the re
motest degree partakes of the priest.
Following the destruction of Banks, must
come that ot Monopolies, oi an rrivnego.
There are many of these. We cannot specify
them all; we therefore select only one, tho
greatest of them all, the privilege which some
have of being born rich, while others, aro born
poor. It will be seen at once that wo allude to
the hereditary descent of property an anomaly
in our American system which must be remov
ed, or the system itself will be destroyed.
A MAN SHALL HAVE ALL HE HON
ESTLY ACQUIRES, SO LONG AS HE
HIMSELF BELONGS TO THE WORLD
IN WHICH HE ACQUIRESJT. BUT
HIS POWER OVER HIS PROPERTY
MUST CEASE WITH HIS LIFE, AND
HIS PROPERTY MUST THEN BECOME
THE PROPERTY OF THE STATE. TO
BE DISPOSED OF BY SOME EQUITA
BLE LAW, FOR THE USE OF THE GENi
EBATI09 WHICH TAKES HIS PLACE,
It is a great measure, and a startling. The-,
richf.lhe business community, will never volun
tarily consent to it, and we :hink we know too
much of human nature, to believe that it will ev
er be effected peaceably. It will ,bc effected
only by the .strong-arm of phyjcaybrce.
IT WILL COME, IF IT COMES AT ALL
ONLY AT THE CONCLUSION OF WAR
THE LIKE OF WHICH THE WORLD, AS
YET, HAS NEVER WITNESSED, AND
FROM WHICH, HOWEVER INEVITA
BLE TO THE EYE OF PHILOSOPHY,
THE HEART OF HUMANITY RECOILS
WITH HORROR"
Robespierre never uttered sentiments more
fraught with anarchy, or better calculated to
provoke violence and bloodshed. It should be
remembered that these sentiments are not the
hasty offspring of a mere newspaper paragraph-
isi mat tney were not thrown off in a moment
of excitement and for a temporary purpose. On
the contrary, they are the laboured efibrt of a
mind, which is radically wrong, and of a heart
which, soured with the world, has little svmna-
thy for the happiness and prosperity of mankind.
The man may be mad or worse, but there is
method in his madness, and his odious system
is backed, in some measure at least, by many of
those who exercise a powerful control over tho
existing Government of the country. The
whole scheme amounts to Van Burenism strip
ped of its mask, and affords a better definition
of what is familiarly termed " Loco Focoism,"
than any thing that could be sketched by the op
ponents of that political delusion. We put it to
the good and wise, therefore, of all parties, to
the men who love liberty, because they see
peace, justice and security under her protection
to say whether or not they are willing to
sanction these doctrines by upholding their ad
vocates. If, in the language of this Van Buren
leader, they hold the teachers of religion in ab
horrence, and are disposed to take from the hard
working man the right to dispose of his own
property if, in short, they are in favour of a
"WAR, THE LIKE OF WHICH THE WORLD HAS
NEVER WITNESSED," and "FROM WHICH THE
HEART OF HUMANITY RECOILS WITH HORROR"
if they are for weakening, and perhaps destroy
ing, the bonds between parent and child let
them act with Amos Kendall and the writer just
quoted, and thus at once plunge into all the ter
rible doctrines which mese philosophers describe
as "inevitable." But if they would resist such
outrages, and drive such dark undoers to their
places of obscurity let them oppose these men
and their atrocious measures, by urging and ad
vocating principles and statesmen, that aro in
deed their opposites, and in whose triinn: h the
morals, the laws and the prosperity of the coun
try, will be vindicated and sustained.
A Sign in tlie West
The Cincinnati Gazette of a late date, re
lates the following capital anecdote :
" TheWhigs advertised a meeting at Cole
rain, in -this county, on the 18th tilt. A re
spectable assembly of both political parties
met, and were addressed by Messrs. C. B.
Smith, of Indiana, and Mr. Cary of this citv,
With great power and effect. While -these
gentlemen were speaking, several of the Van
Buren men interrupted them, contradicting their
statements. When they had concluded, the
chairman, we are informed, stated that, if there
was any Van Buren man present who wished
to address the meeting, in reply, he would then
be .hoard. A loud and repeated call for Dr.
Carter, from the Van Burenites, brought him
reluctantly to his feet. He asked to be ex
cused, stating that, if he addressed the meet
ing, he feared he should offend some of those
present; but the Van Buren men had selected
him (ther strong man) for their champion, and
the-call became more clamorous. Dr. Carter
yielded, and addressed the meeting for about
du minutes, contrasting Iree governments with
monarchial ones, and portraying, wih great elo
quence and clearness, the principles of liberty
anu 01 our constitution, ihe Van Uurenmen
were in ecstacies, and the Whigs knew not what
to make of it. This done, the Doctor paused ;
and. then rapidly stated that many, very many,
of these, free principles had been departed from
lately had been frequently lost sight of, if not
trampled in the dust, by the present Executive
of the United States Martin Van Buren and
his adherents and that for himself, he could
stand it no longer, nor go farther in his support.
These departures from principle, in his politi
cal leaders, had made him think deeply upon
the subject ; convinced him they were wron"
and determined him to make the declaration that
he could no longer act with the party. He wished
itHistinctly understood, that he would, from that
time jortn,support wubUAM HENRY H AR
SON, as the best way of corrcctins these abuses-
and restoring the administration of the Govern
ment to true Democratic principles ! Tho effect
of this was electrical.
"Heard of the bip- flood in the South
lately," asked a Harrison man of :i.
Locofoco. "No. Where was it r
"In Louisiana; the whole South i:
swept." "Ah indeed. A ercat . do; I
ot property and many liyes lost 1 .
doubt." "I believe not. It wns
Harrison flood; destroyed nothing v
the hopes of the spoilsmen, and drow, -ed
loco-focoism stone dead! Thai
all." Dayton Journal.
Amos' children. It is said wlu
the news of the western Elections ;
rived at Washington city, the or
children of Amos Kendall were y;
much frightened V. Village Recoi t.