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completely , reftted,: nod stilmited v,ith
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The Proprietorirsolteils therefore, the support of
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,Should they tiiiiill;prliper to visit his hmise, he hopes
by asaidioro. stu-ipiuni: to their wants, to establish for
tl such a character, a's may ensure a return of their
favors.
FREDERICK D'ESTIMAUVILLE,
Proprietor.
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Pottsville, Pa. ;Tuna 22. 1840
The Reepcbtx in the Bisement Ftorv. is
conducted under the 'buper inteviddrice of Mr. lulin
G OLD4N 11.0 T EL
PIIiI.4DELPIII.I.
ilitin,Vtairout
WOULD resoectfully announce Aft his
friendi; and the public, that he has ie'iisv•l t he
rase atiove:,,estalilishniciit, recently by
Mr. William Keg. No. 69, North Third
streea The central location of this ledel.
and the expertenec of the present occupant in the capa
city ollandb , rd, may offer strong inducements to those
who may desire kindly attentions and reasonable charges
„while sojourning liir plreasure or business in the city -of
Philadelphia y -,
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fits Bea isfnrnilthed,, , wilh choice liquors; His TABLE
NA ill present every 'Abject which might be expected from
ati abundact and eic-I,k-nt marker; h.s STABLING IS ex,
tensiva and attended bk:in attentive hostler ;and with
every oisplsition 41 mike (;nests comfortable and satis
'fied, he anticipates;a diie share or patronage
Philadelphia. It, IS 10.11-Gino
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RAIL I.OA I.) IRON.
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omplete asscirtm ht of Rail Road Iron from 23 xg
to Ixi inch. ! ! ,
RAIL ROA DITI ES from 33 in. to fiG in. ci , xter.
,! i nal diameter. turned & ult
.
• f turned. '
RAIL ROAD AXLES. 30,3 in. diameter Ra ;I Road
' l A 11e4. manuir mutt d from
the patentEV Qable Iron.
RAIL ROAD tEx..T. for placingbetween the
1 Iron Clair and stone block
of cite RaikV7l S.
INDIA. rtungwr. norE manufactured from
-! i New Zealand Fiax saturat•
! , ed with India Rubber. and
intended for Incline I?lat,ts
Just received a complete aA..
sortment of Chains, frem
. 1 in. to I i in proved& man•
' - crammed from the best ca
. ble Iron.
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iCIIAI\S.
aIIIP BOAT -AN .„.0 RAII. 140. A O %PIK Es,
. : i of different sizes, kept eon
tantly on ,hand and fon'sale by
N I , r G. R ALSTON. A: CO
H No 4, South Front Sir
Philadelphia, January 18. 1-
A Fai l m fOr s4le.
-r‘• FARM of lanil, l ,in the immediate vicinity o
PuttSville, containing 20 Acres, 10' Acres u
'which is; cleared and', in a good state of cultivation
ALS 1, a• valuable tract of land in Jefferson comi
ty near Ridgeway settlement, containing 1005 acres
This Inlet is heavily timbered with. White Pine and
Cherry, and the sail;' excellent fur agricultural pur
poses.
The Wsrren nnelq2idgeway Turnpike passes R I.
long saidland. The;diuntv at present contains about
'eighteen Thousand thabitants and is fast increas
*. The subscriber proposes dividing this tract
into , five equal parts two hundred and one acres
-,each, so as to cione*lihtri the means of\industrious
men of limited capil to settle in a healthy, flour
shine, and fast itndr ving county.
For terms, or further information. enquiri , of
I ( W M. HAGGERTY,
Execittoro 11Vintepighf, deceased.
Pottsville, Nov 2 , 41 tf
BOOKrBINDERY
BBNNAN haicommenced a Book Bindefy
"• in, connection Iwirh his Book Store, where
all kind* or Books rill be bound al the ...West
notice at low rales.
'Croup; vou.rh Asthma.
SPITPI:sIG 'Mood. ioioping Cough and all 1 3 1:1,110VA-
R.Y 11119F.ASKS. cured , JAYNE'S EXPECTORANT.
and SUMMIER COM PLALiTA CIIO I.ERA NII , EIICS, It AR-
IlvsexTF.sa .lat‘d all the various affectiefis of
the Stomach and Boives removed by 1111 CA B.MINA
TI V E B.N,LSA m.
Please read the folloyin2 letret.
DArtus'G . roN. Beaver County f'a.
February. 1839 f
DEAR sll2-sei feel It due to you as the inventor of the
medicine kind to the public, who may be greatly benefit
ed by it. to state a cure plat was performed in my family
by the use of your -Carminative Balsam."
Nly little son, when'about tao mhaths old, was seized
with a botael complaint Caused as I suppose, by a change
of diet. fa continued two weeks without intermis
sion. It nontinued two weeks without t termission, and
notwithstluding the reMedies prescribed by a respecta
ble physiniap, we gave. irp the child a vietinhas we sup
pose ola fatal discaile, but I providentially heard of
Jayne' Carminatives', as an effectual cure for bowe
Complaint, and imm iiffately despaiclir d a messenger
a town seventeen m ibis off !or a bottle. Py the use
..Ttnis medicine. in less (ban thirty-six honrs the disea
was checked; and by-tin' continued use for a few_dny
the child-was restored itlp perfect health. Shortly afte
[hie; there;' occurred a 'similar case ui One of the farnilie_
of my collg,regation. It prescribed ‘• Jayne's Carmina.
(lye." and' the result was.a speedy cure. From a know'
edge of the efficacy of your medicine in bowel complaint
a disease t(rwhich childien are eonstantl) liable, I have
r obtaitied and keep constantly in the house, a quantily of
.the -Carminative. "
Tjie same child, owing to exuesure, when recently
'coming up the Ohio.•Waattacked by that horrible mala
dy;CROUP. We landcfti in the night at beaver Point,
and when Our fears werc alarmed lest the hoarse sepul
chral cough, was the forerunner of death, we gave him
a tea spoon, full of the '•• itzpeeterant." (a bottle ofwhich
you presented me with %Olen in Philadelphia) and applied
some lineament to the tffroat and breast, and before ma
ny minutes the hoarseneeti Waek gone. the child breathed
ieely and slept sweetly.. Owinr , to these circumstances
• tcannot be wondered al why I haves() high an opinion
ifDr Jayne's tnedieineil and • why I advise every family
.okeep it on hand ready for any emergency.
• . Respectftillii ynurs,
B. BR DFORD,
P tater of the Preabytnz lan Church, Darlington, Pa.
tikr 'II - Jayne. • t
The above valuable medicines may he had in PoTTsii
%lux. Of Clemens and JParvin, and of NVllhein T. Ep
ting,,alan of G. W. Oakley. Reading. and of D. Walker
Port Clinton..
IRO.* STORE.
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T. C. 4- . 1 .11V. POLLOCK,
HAVE in addition to ;their Stock of Dry Goode. Gro
ceries;!&c., a gcnei-il.assortment of Iron and Steel,
sixth an
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Forge. I Iron, 1 • ...,
Rolled, Flat, Round 'and Square, (all.sizec) ~
Bind and Hoop Irott:; . .
Nail Rods,
, .
Cast, Shear, and Crawly Steel,
'• American and English Blister do:,
With a variety of other Goods all of which will be
sold on reasonable fermi.
• March 31
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willteach you tcspiereo the bowelso fate C . irth and bring out from the Caverns °film hionntainu,Nieial s which will give strength to our Hands and subject all Swells us unrolls/ and pleasure.-/li 101thbUli
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xvi.
From the ;National Intelligencer
TIIE PHEt4IDENT STILL IN
TINE FIELD.
Before the public mind had time to re-
cover from the shock produced by the Pre
i.iderit's letter (republished - in the National
Intelligencer of the 7th inst.) to toe White
Sulphur , Springs Committee, another elec
tioneering document was put forth f oni the
4iigh source, prepared in the same
qpirit, and with even greater elaboration.
The paper to which we now refer fills al
mo-t Ibur of the closely prin'ed columns of
the Richmond Ettcpiirer of the 7th Instant,
is dated;on the 31st July, 1840, and is in an-
swer to five iuterrogaturie.s which had been
propounded to the writer in a short letter,
dated, ott the twelfth of June, 1840,. from
MesSrs. JOHN B. CARYand others, citizens
of Elizabeth City county, in Virginia._ The
first four of these queries relate to Slavery,
a National Bank,llie Tariff, and Internal
Improvements.—The President's responses
on these heads cite copiously and reaffirm
the opinions heretofore avowed by him, and
contain the additional declarations that he
would not " Sanction any bill granting appro
priations of the public money to any State
solictmg aid for the emancipation of their
slaves," and that he " was seriously friendly
to the 'passage of the Compromise Bill, arid
[ha.] always been a:id still [is] disposed to
carry it - trito full effect."
The sth question put by Messrs. Cary and
utter; is in the following words:
Do : you approve of Al r. Poinsett's
scheme fur the organization of the militia?"
In answeting this question, the President,
after inode.stly confessing that his " know
ledge of military affairs is very limited,"
presents an historical view of the Constitu
tional and statutory law of the United States
on the subject of the militia, and of succes•
sive plaits fur- improving. its organization.
He refers to reports of chairmen of commit
' tees of hot ii Houses oh Congress, us indicating
their opinion that Mr. Poiosett's [p!an] is, in
several, respects, preferable to those which
, have preceded it, and is .ralyilated to effect
a more , equitable disposition of the whole
military force of the country than any here•
tofore presented." After'stating and com•
inenting , on " the difficulties which beset
l i lhrs stihj , -ct," arising from the provision in
!isection eight of the first article of the Con
stitution of the [Tinted States expressly " re
serving :to the States, respectively, the ap
pointrnent;uf the officers, and the authority
of training the militia according to the dis
cipline prescribed by-Congress," the Presi•
dent coeludes his letter with the following
; observations:
It is but lately that my attention has
been particularly drawn to this subject; and
as there is no doubt that the great men to
whorn4 * have alluded contemplated an orga
niz.atitinof the militia, and provisions for its
instruction, embracing substantially the prin
ciples contained in Mr. Poinsett's plan, it
becomes'. me, in the face of so much appareht
authority, to hesitate before I pronounce de
finitely upon its constitutionality. I shall, I
am confident, in the opinion of all candid
minds, best perform my duty by refraining
to do until it becomes necessary to act
officially in the matter. In the mean time,
I will content myself with saying that the
inclination of my mind is, that the desired
measure cannot be safe'ly accomplished in the
form prpposed under the Federal Constitu•
lion as it stands.
Having 'thus given you the best opinions
that 1 been able to Corm of the impor
tant subjects to which you have called my
attention, Ninu will, I hope, allow me to no•
lice briefly one or two collateral considera
tions.
" Poinsett's uncontroverted account
of the origin and progress of his plan is be
fore you. • He shows that it grew out of a
request Made of him by the Committee of
the 11i ilia of-the House of Itepresentatives
at the close of the session before the last, i n
contediplat ton of a possible 411ision between
this-country and Great firitriiii, and that it
was matured and drawn forth under a call
ma d e up o n hint by the (louse at the lust
session.: Soule. surpribe has been expressed
and doubts appear to be entertained of the
correctness of his declaration, that the plan
was not seen by we, or submitted to my con•
si.leration before it was communicated to
Congresi. Those who take this view of the
subject entirely overlook the fact, that such
is almost invariably the case on all similar
occasions; and that, in replying to calls made
upon them by either branch of the Legisla
ture, the heads of Departments acts fur Con
gress, and not for the President, except only
on occasions where his acts are brought in
question The impracticability of pursuing
,u different course, it ev'e'n it were otherwise
desirable, will be appreciated, when-it is con.
sidered flow very numerous these calls have
recently 'been, amounting as they have done
to 220 at a single session, independently of
those made on the President himself, and of
letters- firon committees, requiring great re
search, anA 'the preparations of volumnious
documents. Unfair-as these animadversions
are shown to be, this has not been even the
worst aspect in which they have been pre
sented,•--We have been compelled to see,
not, Y should think, without shame and mor
tification on the part of every ingenuous
mind ; whatever may be his po;itical prefer
ences, the names of respectable citizens sub
scribed to statements that I had In my an
nual Message expressed my approbation of a
plan which not only never had been submit
ted to me, but was not even matured until
mote than three months Bite' the message
.was sent to Congress, and an attempt to
prove the:unfounded assumption by the pub
lication of a garbled extract from that docu
ment, with its true meaning falsified by the
suppression of a material part. Nor was
the avowed object of these extraordinary
proceedings less remarkable than the acts
QM
AND P
Weekly by ttenjamin Pot4vllle, Sielt4lkill County, Pennsylvania.
SATURDAY .MORNING, SEPTE*EIt 5. 1840.
themselves, being nothing less than an at.
tempt to fix upon me the,design of establish- ,
ing a standing army of tico hundred Motu.,
sand men for political and peisonal purposes.,
If I had been charged with the'design of es. i
tablishing among you, tit the public„expenSe, l
a menagerie of two hundred thousand wild,
beasts, it would not have su•pri-ed me more,,
nor would it, in my judgment, have beeii one
jot more prelmsterous.
"I am fortunately, gentlemen, not over
sensitive to attacks of this character, and :
have withal an abiding confidence in the in
telligence of the Peop:e, which renders them
wool against all such attempts to deceive:
them. If I understand my own feelings, my
chief teglet in witnessing such degrading,
exhibitions arises limn a consideration of the,
opinion which fuleignets, who have not the
same r_•asons to respect our political institu
tMns that we have, ate likely to firm of the
character of our. People, when they see that'
conspicuous men among us can promise
themselves any advantages from attempts 1m
delude their fellow citizens by means of such
monstrous absurdities: This regret is. how.:
ever, I confess, materially diminished by the
conviction that the People will in the sequel,
as they have heretofore done, convince those
who attempt in this manner to operate upon
their credulity of the folly of seeking to ac
complish in this country political objects by
such discreditable means."
We copy, in full, this part of the PreSi•
dent's letter, as being the only part on whiCh
we design at this time to animadvert, pre•
raising that .the italics are our own, except
the phrase "establishing an army of two
hundred thousand men, - which is italicised
in the Richmond Enquirer.
The interrogatory, it will be recullect('ti,
to which the extract just made applies, is,
° Do you approve of Mr. Poinsett's scheme
for the organization of the militia?" The
President, justly apprehending that an an
swer which should confine itself to the limit
ed terms of the inquiry would riot satisfy the
public mind, proceeds to vindicate his past
as well as his present opinions of that scheme,
and these, he, inf , rins his correspondents,
were and are highly unfavorable; so much
so, that he resents as slanders " statements
that [he] had in [his] annual message ex
pressed his apourbatiou of a plan which not
only never had been submitted to [him] but
which was not even matured until more than
three months after the message t v,:s sent to
Congress.' He even expresses his resent
ment with an asperity of language which
shows that the command of temper, which
has hitherto been regarded as u main ele
ment of his political success, is about to de
sert him in the moment of Its utmost need.
Tu every one familiar with the (locomen
tary history of the last session of Congress,
the declarations of the President, just cited,
cannot seem otherwise than extraordinary.
But they are gravely made and must be
gravely met.
The last annual message of the President
of the U. States is dated on the 2d of Decem
ber, 1839, but, in consequence of the war of
his partisans against the sovereignty of the
State of New Jersey, which delayed the or
ganization of the House of Representatives
the message was not transmitted to. Congress
till the 24th day of that month. On the 20th
of March, 1840, nearly three months after
wards, the Joel R. Poinsett, Secretary
of War, ttansmitted to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives a report, in com
pliance with a resolution of that House, pass
ed on the 9th of the same month, '• That the
Secretary of War be requested to commute.
came his plan, in detail, for the reorganization
of the militia of the United Stales." And,
on the Bth of April 1840, the Secretary of
War sent to the lion. G. M. Keim, Chair
man of the Committee on the Militia of the
House of Representative, a letter in answer
to one from that gentleman requesting a ful
ler statement of his views. If this were all
the President's chrunoloy might be admitted;
though, even then, we do not see how, with
the "abiding confidence in the intelligence
of the People" to which he lass a sort of con
tinual claim, he can expect them to be satis
fied with his strongly recommending a 'plan
which he had " not seen."
But the documents to which we have re
ferred are far, very far, from being all, or
even the strong,est links in one of the chains
with which the President has fettered his
political progress. The recommendation to
which we have just referred is contained in
his annual message of December 2, 1839, as
appears from the lellowing extract:
Extract from the Message of the President
of the United States to the two Houses of
bongress, Dec. 2, 1939.
" The present condition of the defences of
our principal seaports and navy yards, as re
piesented by the accompanying report of
the Secretary of War, calls for the early and
serious attention of Congress; and, as con
necting itself intimately with this subject, I
cannot recommend too strongly to your con•
sideration the plan submitted by that officer
for the organization of Ole militia of the
United States."
Among the " documents accompanying
the Message," from which the forcg , ing ex
tract is taken, and the second in the series,
is a " report Of the Secretary of War;" a
document which, with its accompanying
documents, fills four hundred and ninety oc
tavo pages This report of the Secretary . of
War is not a communication from that offi
cer " replying to calls made upon [him] by
either branch of the Legislature," as was
the case of Mr. Poinsett's Reports, before
noticed, of 20th March and Bth_ April, 1840.
lr was a report dated " N ar Department,
November 30, 1839," in the form of a let
ter addressed "to the President of the United
States," and transmitted to Congress by the
President, as a "document accompanying"
his Message of December 3, 1839. We
have given an extract from the Message, in
which the President, after calling the anon-
Lion of COnsresi to the .. ancompany ing re.
port of the.: Secretary of War;' says "I can
not recoMinend too strongly to your conside.
ration the !plan submitted by that officer for
the orizaniittion of the .Militia of the United
Srates." •
Now. what is the " plan subinitted by that
officer for the organizitio n of the Militia of
the United States," in his •` accompanying
report," which the President cou'd not too
strongly recommend" to the consideration of
Ctio,gressi Let the following extract answer
the question:
Extract tilom the Report 9 f the Secretary of
War, dated November 30, 1839, occont•
panying the•Nessage of the President of
the United States to the two Houses of
Congress, at the.commencetnent of the Ist
ession of the ?.fith Congress.
‘•a is . proposed to 'divide the United
States into eight military.districts, and to
organize the Hint, 41 in each district, so as to
have.a body of twelve thousaraffive hundrei;
men in actave•service, and another ,ot equal
' , umber asa reservel This would give on
armed firree of two hundred thousand 'men,
so drilled and stationed as to be ready to iefte
their plates in , the tanks in defence of th6'
country believer called upon to oppose the
enemy or repel the invader. The age of the
recruit toi be from twenty to thiriv•seven
Tire %%hole term of service to be eight years:
tour years in the first class, and fair in the
reserve. One-limrth part (twent•five thou.
sand siten)' to leave the service every year,
passing. at the conclu•=ion of the tiret term,
into the reserve, and exempted from ordi
nary militia duty altogether at the end of the
second. In this mariner twenty-five thou
sand men' will be discharged from militia
duty every year, and twenty-five thousand
fresh recrnits be received into the service.
It will he stiffr,:ient for all useful purposes
that the remainder of the militia, under cer 7
lain regulations provided for their Govern
ment, be enrolled, and be mustered at long
and stated intervals; for, in due process of
nearly the whole mass of the militia
Will pass through the first and second class
es. and be either members of the active
turps, or of the reserve, or counted among
the exempts, who will be, liable to he called
upon only in periods of evasion or imminent
peril. The manner of enrollment, the HUM.
ber of days of service, and the rate of com
pensation, ought to be fixed by law; but the
details had better be left subject to regula
tien—a plan of iv loch I am prepared to sub
mit to you."
The extracts just given from the Report
of the Secretary of %War, and which the,
Clerk of the Hou,e of Representatives cer
tifies " to ;be ALL contained in the Report
that relates to the subject of the extracts,"
show what; was ',‘ the plan submitted by that
officer forlhe organization if the Militia
of the United States," which the President
in his Message said he could not "too
strongly recommend" to the consideration of
Congress. This is the great plan, and the
whole of it, And yet we find the President
talking of a garbled extract from that
document, falti . fled by the suppression of a
material part." The points (eft open are.
"the nuttiner'of enrollment, the number if
days (!f - sekrice, and the rate of compensa
tion; all of which the Secretary thinks
to be fixed, by law," " hut the details," he
thinks, " had better be left to regulation—a
plan of whiell,' . he adds, " I am prepared to
submit to y'ou," addressing himself to Lie
President. ,
It thus appears that, though Mr. P.Jin
sett's Report to the House of Representa
tives was not made till nearly Once months,
and his letter to Gen. Reim was not written
for more than four months after the date of
the President's Message, his plan was before
the. President when he transmitted that
~lesAge, and actually formed a part of the
Nles,age itself! Scarcely had the Message
been made puble, before the plan, as un
' folded in th e Report from the War Depart.
meat accompanying the Message, received
snatching examinations in various parts•of
'the Union. It was promptly hi ought to
judgment before the People of Virginia, so
141- back as the 15th of February last,
Mr. RIVES, in his celebrated letter of that
date.
The searching analysis to which the plan
of December, 1839, submitted by the Secre
tary of War to the, President, and commu
nicated by the President to Congress with a
recommendation couched in the language of
eitlogFi - wars subjected its Virginis, is well
known to have contributed materially to the
rescue of that renowned State froor the
Spoilers, which was effected at the last
spring elections. In truth, the subsequent
report to the /louse of Representatives, and
letter to Geo. Reim, to which the President
must be supposed to refer when he says that
the l• plan" Was tint even matured till more
than three months after the Message was
sent to Congress," arid which he identifies
as the " plan" itself, so far from being volun
tary explanations of it, were notoriously ef
forts called_ Out by the storm of oublip-opi
niOn to lessen by mitigative details the ()di
me under which both the plan and the re
commendation were laboring. These efforts
signally failed. The details, though con
cocted under the most impressive warnings
fared no better than the general principles;
and as a last resort, a species of special plead
ing is now attempted in order to screen the
President at' the expense of the Secretary,
and at the expense too of the necessary
ad
mission (necessary if the " matured" plan
was the plan referred to in the Message) that
the President solemnly recommended to the
People_ancl,the States an important measure
of which he was utterly ignorant! And such
are the perplexities of his condition that he
actually putt( in this plea himself!
cc? John Q. Adams, it is stated, Ins engaged
passage' for ,Europe in the Steam Ship Acadia—to
sail from Boston.
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VE RTISER.
I The Reign of Terror.
The federal papers of this place are publishing re
miniacencee of the reign of terror, under the adinnik.
tr.ltion of the elder AnAms, previous to the triumph
of democracy. in ISO, by the eh firm of TnomAs
.If.FFLIISJS to the Presidency. We are glad that they
h tve taken up tins matter, as it inay a ere tuaviaken
some members of the Var. Duren party. who `are in
tacit honest democrats, to a true soma,' of the odious
a.ures which Mr. VAN 'Brits , weahrs to impose
up in the country. But there hirtormal editors lie
gl.:ct a part of the duty they uvie to the u;.d
we are therefore under the necessity of performing it
fur them. They neglect to trace and point out to
the people, the similarity of doctrines tought and
measures urged by the ancient federalists and modern
Van Buret/nes; they neglect to make ' , Lillie the
fact, that .the standing army of the ancient feileralir•ts,
which CET -DOWN THE LIBERTY POLEs of
the peopIe—DEPRIVED them of their PERSON
AL LlBERTY—inflicted upon them the SCOURG•
INGS of the LASH, and in fict reduced them un
der absolute despetism. was but a handful of men
compared wild the IMMENSE STANDING AR
MY proposed by Presid•nt Van Buren, Tlita all
important fact is kept carefully coNcEiLED from the
people. The race-holders are afraid te,tru4 the
people with the unlit. BUT n' 811 ALL BE PRO-.
CLAIMED, despite ull their exertions to the eon
trarY ; and the tocsin of liberty, which is now being
sounded from one end of the country to the other,
will Lie , ans weted at the ballot boxes, to the terror of
the corrupt then now in power.
A 111Jrig ottiET ila , resfitig reminisceuces.One IN given
of a democratic ethtor in Reading. Berl'• county, ;oho
was drigged fiuin bio printing office by the officelo
and o.ildiers of t.;.e Government, and PUBLICLY
NVIIIPPr.II, for expressing his sentiments as a irre
mon. lie was putikhed under the snntrtos
111‘..ii restricted tha right ut tree discussion. The
alien and sedition laws, it is cell knoWn, weie tln•
great points of dispute detyteen the federalists and
denwerata of those days. The sedition law denoun
ced Yen,gefince against any who should speak - . dio.
respectfully" of the President or any other pul•lic
tiger. No matter how bad their conduct might be,
the people were to he GAGGED, and were gagged
by the G,ivernment.
It la no wonder that the alien and cediti tit lows
produced the great political revolution ut 180.—
They were destructive of public libel!), and the peo
ple would not suffer them to be imposed upon Elem.
Had the political revolution of ISOU. nut taken place,
the revolution of 1776 would have been defeated of
its end and aim, viz: the freedom of the people.
BUT THE SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE EF
FECTED A SECOND DELIVERANCE Fr.om
TYRANNY.
And so. it will, we trust, ever be. The present
crisis will test the expectation. Au effort is made
by Mr. Van - Buren's administration TO REVI YE
THE REIGN OF TERROR by means of his stand
ing army scheme; and it remains for the people to
say whether they will SUBMIT THEIR NECKd
TO THE YOKE. Thal scheme, as communicated
to Congress, contains the Ulm.% ing suggestion, which
Mr. Van Buren said he could not too strongly re
commend !"
That the militia 'of the United States, or A ny
portion thereof, when employed in the ser Ice of the
United States, shall be subject to the SANE RULES
AND ARTICLES OF WAR as the troops of the
United States."'
The 17th section proposes to give the President
the power- to call out the militia, 4. as Ile nut!' deem
neeeAsaryi' and further, that .4during such period.
including the time when going to and returning from,
the place of rendezvous, they shall he deemed in the
service ef7he Cniled Slabs, and shall be -subject to
such regulation a as the PICSItICIA ;Day than. proper
to adopt,":
Now the reader will observe that as soon us a ma
!ilia man, under this new law, shoulocrs his musket.,
he is to be i•in the service of the United Suites,' und
of course 'subject to the 44 same rules and articles of
wet- as the troops of the United States," This sub
jection will continue till he is again dismissed , and
during 311 that time, the SEDITION LAW of An
cient Federalism is in fact revived ! What think 3 e
of the proposition, Democrats I The sedition law de
prived a than of the LIBERTY OF SPEEGII—it
destroyed .4 the free communication of thoughts and
opinionsit reduced the people to the condition ut
liondmen.—The articles of war, to w hrch Martin Van
Buren wishes to subject you, are the same in effect
with the am lent sedition law. The fallowing is one
of those articles:
e Amide sth. Any officer or soldier, who shall
USE CONTEMPTUOUS OR DISRESPECT
FUT; WORDS against the President of the Unite
State2Vainst the rice President thereof, rif.,,iinst the
Clay . Yugistrate of any of the Uorte•l States In
which they may be quartered ; if a coinuriss:ioned of
ficer shall be CASHIERED, or otherwise FL,N
IJfI
ED, us a Court Martial shall direct if a nou-coru
rnissioned • officer or soldier, he SHALL SUFFER
SI:L1 PUNISHMENT AS SHALL BE IN
FLICTEDON HIM Br S FIIE sENTENCE OF
A COURT Mt UM A 1.."
Hero is the penalty denounced against frt.rmen
for speaking their minds. And What is it 7 Why
that for DA Mt: to say what he thinks of the men
in power. the militia man is to be subject to SUCH
PUNIsHMENT as may be inflicted on him by a
COURT MARTIAL:' That pum,hment may be
a public whipping, such as was recently inflicted on
Fleming Livingston at New York=-it may be a fine
—it luny be imprisonment—or it may be DEATH.
It may be any thing in fact which a court martial
may choose to agree upon; and from the sentence
of that court there is no appeal. The offender—the
man who may dare to express his dissatisfaction with
the public affairs, is to be denied even a trial by a
ury of his peers ;—but is to he tried by a court coin
posed of officers appointed by the President, and
who will of course be willing at any time to punish
those who speak " disrespectfully" of the fountain of
their patronage.
Fellow citizens, will not this be a revival of the
REIGN OF TERROR ? We think so, ri nit
it will be as destructive of public liberty as were the
alien and sedition laws. Then, will you not guard
your own rightd, and put down an administration
which proposes to subject you to such abject slavery?
It remains for yourselves to preserve your freedom.
Penneylvartig latelligencer.
Bill of Costs.
Reader! are you a podr man! Have you a wife
and children who are dependent upon your daily
labor for support and education I If yes, before you
vote for Mr, Van Buren just gat his standing army
hill, and surrounded by that family you love, oz.
its piovisions, and ascertain the deep injuries it may
inflict upon than as well ai yourself.
In the 10th sect. you' will find that PO
THOUSAND men are to be drafted from 0 rb,
[anti' in the same proportion from Pennsylvania ival
other States.) _you are as apt to bo tit:stied-as ail
other. When drafted, what must you do ?.
In' the 14th section of the bill you sttill find 4
if drifted as a dragoon, you must furnish ✓ ou
withj the following articles.
We unix the probably cost of each
A good horse at least 14i bands high, . $7O,
waddle, l5
bridle,
valise,
breastplate.
crupper,
inir of boobs.
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A ainbre,
A ,utouell bi3x.
11 . hole amount, i ;'ll7 I ,
Tbhs you see that, besides your wee4xig appa le
your !accoutrements will coat you about ;117. If
y ou are too poor to purchase these articles, what • itl•
be the consequence ! , , •
TIM 28th section provides that thosel who fail Ito
purfoilin the duties required of them, shiill be halide
dr be tined by a court martial'. You will he thud for
a f.i.l3re, arid if utia!•'a-to pay that fi the Slti'thi
ac,tioil provides, unit you 811:11.1. BE 141 PRl:sot
ED ONE 3.IONTH.FOR EVERY FIVE ;Do, -
L. 11: OF TB E FINE! Now suppoie your fibs
should de assessed by a court martial at SSO at.al
you could not rai.e the money.. You wonld be dritg•
ged from the Lk/bOlll of your family by an snord
foice,lea,4 into prison, and compel), d to lay there foe
ten rrfpliliiS. In the mean time, what isl to becotne
of your - gamily, thus deprived of your supportl They
thu,t other starve ur be thrown upon a cola would
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for prptection.
It ti• ru raise the means and equip yburself, the
PIUSII)ettt, t ou will find under the 171 - lisiction, is iti
h its ii,mer to order y u off to WisconsiMerritoity
In y.,iir. absence who is to support yourl family 1 lJ
you ale a pout roan with a fondly and halve the in,
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halo+, ut truing Malted under this iniOary des i
'ism, !the inevitadle result must be the4destructi t
and siareution of your family,. Yet all this must I
done by Mr. Van Buren in times of prof4und pear
under i the g arb of Democracy. We say tn you, mu
examnie. um] ri Sect upon the effect that tbis milits
wdiVilie la to hate up!iii yni and your flintily. RI
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that it will lows a siindar :effect up.o
thoe4 this of your f, citizens, and diousands, f
h,lpless 161111,1 w LI I'LL. )ourbelt, than cast yo
of the locos e.iy this Bill cun OOot I n ca. 41,
they 4.11,1 of the Sub-Treasury Dill two years ago
moment the moent Van Buren gut the majority
Congress to Its favor, he lorecd it upon' the people
after it had been ,ejected three different time. by
Congress. Re-elect him, and he will declare that the
people have do-hledin 'favor of the STANDINiik
ItM;V, and this 13111 will be foiced through Curi
e rem' sisu —And Men fareeetll to the Literits6 Pruk
peri.,Ll and ivcif,,e ef tau tqtee hoppg country.
Dent oc racy of Gen. Harrison
In the tear 1619, when Gen. Harrison was a.
berme the people for any olllcc, we find him, a
President of a • Cincinnati Society for theproinutio.
uf Agriculture, .Msnufacturcs, and Domestic Econ.
my," introducing the following articles for governin ,
Gal conduLt of members of the Society—they wer•
adopted.
Being convinced that a retrericlanent in the -
pe nse3 o f /awls will be au important means in id
leeiating the difficulties auo pecuniary embarrassmen
t‘hich exist in every section of our country, we con
cur in and recommending to our fello
citizens, the following declaration, viz:
Ist. We will nut purchase, or suffer to be used in
our families, any imported liquors, fruits, nuts or
preserves of any kind, unless they shall be required
iwcasen of sickness.
2d. Being con%inced that the practice vr'dcli
generally prev4ils of wearing, suits of black as testi
monials of respect forth() memory of deceased friends
is altogether useless, if nut improper, while it is at
tended with Lea.., expense, we will not sanction It
hereafter in our la/idles, ur encourage it in others.
3d. We will not purchase fur ourselves or ut.r
families such articles of dress as are expensive, and
are generally considered as ornamental rather than.
na ful.
‘Ve ri in atiat.iii from the use of imported gooJs
of every deseription, as far as may be practicable,
and wa will give preference to itt tides that are of lila
growth acel luareufacture of Our Culita4; ‘411 , 13 tholl
latter eau be procured. •
sth. ‘Ve will nut purchase tiny artiiles, eltherof
food or dress, at pnces - that aro extravagant, or that
the citizens generally cannot afford to pay ; bt,,t will
rather abstain from the use of such articles, unlearn
they can he obtained at reasonable pnces.
7th. lVe kill olstrve rigid economy In every
branch of our expenditure...l, and will in all our
purdl iscs be influenced by neceshity rather than cou
veuieuce, and by utility tattier than ornament.
6th. We believe that the prosperity of the country
depends, in a great tit gree, on the general and kill •.
obseriance of the foregoing declaratioir—w•
il,erefore promise that we *sill recommend it to
others.
These principles of plain Republicanism, which
he intrcduced in 1819, we find him yet practising
with the stru•test fidelity at North Bend—white his
conopentor, the democratic Van Buren, is riding hi
his English Coach and astonishing his guests at t h e
White House with Gold Plate and all manner of
•foreign trumpery.' People of Pennsylvania judge
)43 between these iLen.
Mure Rehunnalions in New Turk.—TW ENTY
NINE co iv rig of the town of Ilunter, in Greene
,N. V 11:.‘,e renounced Akt k n Burenism. Tbe
P.m Ilato.tr ut Eastkill. in the town of Hunter has
also pubh.hed hi. recundatton of Var. Burenism
Ile I am not to favor of. hard-money aye—
!ern, w limb we have fastened on ua by the Sub.
Tres:gin ; u is fit only fur the twenty-two Despaltimas
of the old world :
I am in favor of a change of rulers, to obtain •a
change of measures ; give us a credit system sound
and healthy, which has made the country prosper.
min and harpy. and ail! continue to call forth the
industry and enterprise of tae people.
I am in idvor of Gen. Harrison for President, a.
mnng other reasons, because he is in frivor 01 one
term only ; sad because no one opposed him during
the iast war but Blue... Light Federalists.
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Eastkill, Aug. 1, 1840. •
The last Albany Evening journal.cuntains a card•
signed by twentv.five permit's of the town of Day.
Saratoga Co., N.Y., formerly supported Van Buren
announcing their determinotiun to support the Hero
of Tippecanoe. Among the number is Timothy
Messor, an old patriot, who served in the revulutten,
and also during the late war.
Sargent's Political Register
for 18410.
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Reading August L .41-3ato
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