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PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY II. WEBB.
Volume 11 V.
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Benjamin A. Bidlack.
E. W. Sturdevant.
SENATOR.
Samuel F. Hcadley.
Joseph Brobst.
ASSEMBLY.
Daniel Snyder.
John C. Lessig.
COMMISSIONER.
Christian Wolf.
Jacob Yolie.
TREASURER.
Leonard B. Rupert.
John C. Grier.
John Rhodes.
AUDITOR.
Joseph Craig,
SHERIFF.
John Fruit.
Jesse Shannon.
Samuel Achenbauch,
CORONER.
Andrew Ikeler.
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FOOTICAEi.
t!1ltrtfai,1,,,!;inS1Td 0,rK' RESIDENT VAN BUREN AND THE
btone state of ours, the Gibralter of Ameri- -m..
AU Tllr; DEWUUSATIU PARTY 01 can Democracy, has been sacked and pilag-
PENNSYLVANIA. cd by our federal foes, because her sentinels
Fellow Citizens : s'Pl upon their posts ami did not adopt the
Tho election which lias just closed, is but nece-sa'y precautions to defend her against
the beginning of lh struggle- Fodotalihm,. -the. attach of iho federal sappers and-.mi.
with all its immenso resources of money ners
and trickery is in the field, and has done its Arouse then, Democratic fellow-citizens!
utmost agiinst the determined phalanx of Call meetings in every county of the state
democracy, with littlo success. It is now bring every man to the polls on the
reorganizing for the great national battle on 30A detect tho tricks of your federal ad
the 30th day' of this month. Its energies versaries, and impress upon your fellow
will be strained to the most extrcrao limit, citizens in every quarter, the necessity of
for it contends for power, for money, for stepping forward and giving that day to tho
its very exiatenre.. All the? e considerations service of their country. The federal par
are involved in this Presidential election. ly aro moro vigilant than ever. They have
and give to it a solemnity and an impor- called meetings to be held simultaneously
tance rarely equalled and never surpassed throughout the wholo slate, and expect
since the establishment of our government. from this concerted movement, to produce
To iote this election, will be to all honest, an apparent expression of popular opinion
4rMn.1tftftAi1 ilnmmiila tUn il.n.. r -11 tvhipti ivill ! n ll mtflri ! nnrl Ktrinrn-oi enmp nf
. , . T . ' . , i . l r i my judgement onlv adequately rewarded
rnuforlnnes. It will prostrate for a time at the less ardent of oui democratic friends. , , r , ...
wuen nis wages, logciner wun ine assis
tance of those members of his family, from
nr li n m oecirlniino miiv rncAnnVilf tan rintiii.
ftnvn n full nnrl npniirnl Rhtnmnnt f ihn
, . . i , r Cl'f will enable him to proride comfortably
i'ntta in nvniv nniinlv in Inn aintn Irnm
... .,. -ll i for himself and them, to educate his chil
which uu muacu ucList'iy uuiv uie con
test Stands.
In the mean time, wo again urge upon
you tho most determined and persevering
activity. 1'ling your banners to the breeze
The following extract of a letter, written
by Mr, Van Buren, dated Sept. 14, 1840, in
reply to the citizens of Philadelphia, will be
read with interest by overy man who de
sires to lorm a correct opinion on' mo snu
jeet of The Wages of Labor. It needs
no praise. The tone in which it is written
shows how truly Mr. Van Buren gives hi
own sentiments, in the letter.
Your remaining question is, whether
am in favor of reducing the standard ef wa
ges ?
Not comprehending precisely the idea
you wish to convey by the term " the stan
dard of wages," it will be necessary, in or
dcr to meet your wishes full', that I shoufd
give my general views on this branch of
your enquiry.
1 ho labor ol an industrious man, is in
It will prostrate for a time at
'least the great principles of tho party, in 1' f'l these efforts, and turn them against
support of which wo have toiled for years, their authors, we promise you in a few
it will obliterate all trace of the reformations
effected by Gen. Jackson, and it will
peril tho very hopes wo indulge, that our
liberty is not to perish before ourselve.
"What stronger inducement to arouse men
to action, than this can be furnished ? He
who will not be on the alert at such a crisis
oither docs not appreciate his own rights, inscribed with the names of VAN BUREN
and those ot his children, or has not the
courage to defend them.
As far as the returns have come in, and
that is from a considerably portion of tho
Btate,lhe popular vote shows that the demo
cratic majority EXCEEDS what it was in
1830; by upwards of a thousand in the same
counties, and EXCEEDS the democratic
majoiity m 1838 by a MUCH LARGER
NUMBER. There is not therefore the least
cause for apprehension as to the aggregato
democratic majority in tho state. It cannot
FALL SHORT OF 12,000, although in
consequence of tho constitutional and ini
quitous apportionment bill passed by tho
federal legislature in 1830 tho federalists
may have a majority in one or both of tho
houses I Let this monstrous injustice
then, stimulate every democrat to c-
tion.
and JOHNSON. Tho democracy will
rally round them, and bear them trium
phantly thrcugh tho battle.
J. C. BUCIIER,
OVID F. JOHNSON,
JAMES PEACOCK,
BENJAMIN PARKE,
JOHN M. FORSTER,
E. W. II UTTER,
MICHAEL BURKE,
JACOB BAAB,
HERMAN ALRICKS, Dauphin:
PETER HAY,
JOSEPH C. NEAL, Philadelphia,
DAVID LYNCH,
11. II. VAN AMRINGR, Pittsburg.
LEVIS.
In the course of Mr. Newell's statement
Should by chance a lederal majority bo concerning Levis, he alludes to eleven
elected to cither branch of tho legislature, pages of manuscript answers relative to tho
with a large democratic majority in the stato
dren, and lay .up sufficient for the casualties
of life and tho wants of advanced ago.
To accomplish those objects, it is neces
sary that the pay of tho laborer should bear
a proportion to the prices of the necessa-
ries and comforts of life; and all attempts
to depress them below this equitable stand
ard, are in my opinion at war, as well with
the dictates of humanity, as with a sound
and rational policy. Left to itself, and free
from the blighting influence of partial legis.
lation, monopolie.8, congregated wealth, and
interested combinations, tho compensation
of labor will alwayB preserve this salutary
relation. It is only when the natural order
of society is disturbed by one or other of
these causes, that the wages of labor become
inadequate
The people of tin United States may be
truly denominated a nation of laborers. A
vast proportion of them live by the sweat
of their brow, and the continued exercise of
a persevering industiy. It was with a prop
er regard to this condition, that the system
of Goverument under which they live was
originally devised. It should, therefore, in
my opinion, be always so administered as
to insure to them, as far as possible, a just
nty m tho stato Schuylkill bank, furnished by the fugitive anA ai.n.,n rwnr,l for tliir .h;. .
instead of being discouraged, it shouldrc while in Paris. There- is a general call for Wnll . n fll nivm,M r r,;.. r
every patriots heart with INDIGNA- the publicaion oflhis document, which It
TION I Let it not bo said, that in Pcin- is supposed forms tho confessions of Le
ylvanio,fraud can triumph over the people! m.Pemnylvaman.
enjoyment
their industry.
In tht distribution of wealth resulting
from the union of labor and capital, it is
too often the case that an undue proportion
falls to the share of tho latter. The discon
tinuance of partial legislation, which I have
always advocated, would be an important
tep towards correcting this inequality.
It has been ever my design to keep these
objects constantly in view. So far from
beinp in favor of reducing the wages of la
bor, er attempting to render tho services re
quired disproportionate to the reward re
ceived, it cannot be unknown to you that
what is called the ten hour system, origin
ally devised by tho mechanics and laborers
Ihcmselves, has by my direction, been a-
dopted, and uniformly carried out nt all the
public establishments, and that thit mitiga
tion of labor has been accompanied by no
corresponding reduction of wage's.
I also caused to be distinctly intimated in
the month of March Inst, to the officers of
such of these establishments, as might con
template a reduction of wages, that in my
opinion the present peculiarly uncertain
state of things, which it is believed results
from circumstances that cannot be perma
nent in their operation, does not piesent a
just and proper basis for the reduction of
wages.
I am far from wishing to contribute in the
slightest degree to the embarrassment and
depression of ths laboring classes. It is,
on the contrary, my most earnest and con
stant desiie that their industry should every
where and at all times be amply rewarded,
and that the blessings of plenty should be
liberally diffused arapng thoso who contri
bute most to their production.
I am, Gentlemen, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
MARTIN VAN BUREN.
Messrs. Isaac Lippincott, Win. R. Polls,
G. Haines, B. N. EvaiiB, A. S. Fernan,
Jos. Frayer.
PRESIDENCY.
" This is the man mark him well,"
Can men gather grapes from thorns or
figs of thistles?"
In 1799 he munted tho blaclt cockade
and become a placeman under John Adams
In 1807 he ordered the saloof while men
in Indiana.
In 1813 he ordered Croghan to abandon
Fort Sandusky. Croghan disobeyed, sav
ed the fort, the frontier, and the shipping
on the lakes.
He was surprised and 180 of his men
cut off by the Indians at Tippccanoo. No
breastworks no outposts no precaution
whatever to savo his men.
Do. ho was hemmed in for months in
Fort Meigs by an inferior force of British
and Indians proved to be inferior when the
Americans were fairly let at them
Do. he fought the battle of tho Thames
through a spy-glasa, Col. James Johnsoji
had to march a mile to the roar, to deliver
the British prisoners to Harrison, before he
could return to the relief of his brother the
rallant Richard M.
Do. the oflicors under his command pas
sed resolutions that his conduct then like
his principles now was " inexplicable and
shrouded in mystery."
Do. lie resigned in the " thick of the war
to make room for Gen. Jackson tho only
good turn ho ever did inpiis life.
In 1817 ho recommended a standing ar
my of one million five hundred thousand
men.
In 1821, in tho Legislature of Ohio, he
reted for selling white men and women for
payment of fine and costs.
In 1840. he was nominated to the Presi
dency by 1048 clerks and speculators, 340
awyors and 7 doctors, 33 state office hol
ders, 542 bank officers and directors.
Do. ho'put himself into the keeping of a
committee, which rcfusos to make " any
avowal of his principles for tho nulic eye."
Do. h writes letters o tht abolitionists
favorable to their scemes but injsins them
not to get the matter into tho newspapers.
Do his committee write similar letters to
the slave holder on similar conditions.
And finally his friends contemptuously a-
vow that they will reason no raaie with tho
"mob" that they will trap them with log
cabins and barrels of swill."
i'hese things are matters of past and pre
sent history, undisputable tho Presiden
tial election will, therefore furnish a test to
ascertain whether intelligent and honest
portion of tho community are, or are not
outnumbered by the knaves and fools.
Broohlin Review.
HARRISON LAW.
One Currency for the Rich and another
ror the Poor.
A law of Indiana, approved by General
William Henry Harrison, on tho 17th of
Sept. 1807,coatains the following provision
viz :
Section 2. In all cases of penal laws,
where free persons are punishable by fines,
servants shall be punished by whipping
after the rate of twenty lashes for every
eight dollars, so that no servant shall re
ceive more than forty lashes at any one
time unless such offender can procuro
some person to pay the fine."
Here, therefore, we hare dollars as tho
currency for the rich man, and lashes as
the currency of the poor. Even the value
of the lash is defined by Harrison's law :
"twenty lashes for every eight dollars,"
equal to forty cents a lash. Be it known,
therefore, that in the tables of Harrison
currency one lash is equal to forty cents;
and one dollar is equal to two lashes and
a half! Forty cents of (he rich man's mo
ney is equal to one lash on the poor man's
back !
Say poor men, how do you relish this
currency ? What do you think of the
statesman whose feelings would permit him
to take payment out of men's backs at forty
cents a lash ? Is there not some thing in-
,,"Vrt lexnresnMv abbment in thus balaDcinpr mo-
uum.uu nov asainsi uninri
It must be recollected that there could not
lawfully be any slave in Indiana, so called.
These lashes were for freemen's backs
freemen who were bound to service only
for a time. Gote.
ENGLAND INTERESTED IN THE
ELECTION OF HARRISON.
Of tho deep interest taken by tho Eng
lish fund-holders and Abolitionists in the
issue of the Presidential contest, every day
furnishes new demonstrations. The com
mercial letters received from London teem
with anxious anticipations and forebodings
on this subject. The British newspapers
display the most intense anxiety for the
success of Gen. Harrison, and the organs of
fanaticism and Abolition will hail his suc
cess just as they did his nomination hero,
as the first great step in the attainment of
their objects. One of the leading periodi
cals of England, tho organ of the ultra tory
party, moreover anticipates, in that event,
tho settlement of the North-eastern boun
dary, by an abandonment of the entire dis
puted territory to England. Hear, Demo
crats of the United States, the complimen
tary language he uses towards you :
"The American 'majority' wish fer war
with us; and, if it is to come let it come
upon this North-eastern boundary3 rather
than upon a question of national robbery
on the one side, and national vengeance
upon the other. A border war, after tho
liuffans of Maine were tvell chastised,
might be speedily brought to a conclusion.
The goed scnseofthc American minority
would prevail; and peace would be re-estab
lished on a bettor understanding."
Relying on the uniform policy of Feder
alism, he anticipates, with certainty, a total
abandonment of the nation's rights and hon
or, in the event of its triumph over tho de
mocracy. It calls you "ruffians," a "des.
perate band of adventurers;" he .exclaims,
"Grievous it is to think that a country
which produced Clay, TJebslcr Kent, and
Story, should be.exposed to a savage on
slaught. But the - majority, the Indians
arc foes just worthy of them." He accor
dingly threatens to "let loose upon them
the sixty-six thousand Indian watriors now