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JEFERSOMAN REPUBLICAN.
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example of the press to party purposes. Thai paper which formerly did" him more than jus-1 allusion to the "hard cider' branch of
lico and paid him the highest compliments a soldier and civillan-whose editor at one th t drowned the voice of the
time could designate no ottier man wnom ne consiperea soquamieu iortne responsioie piace ,
o: Secretary of War- was now lending itself to the circulation ol the mos
i mnies aeamsthim and endeavonninopersuauenis countrymen mat ne was a cowaru ana a
cJoralist. He alluded to the evidence uponwhich the Enquirer sought to fasten the accu- ished bv the Tiro verb, that VOU m&V From the Stcrctaru of the Treasuru. transmit
speaker.)
But, said, Gen. Harrison, admon-.
; FJFiciAIif;
EPPENDITURE-'
TO 1838. ;;
Iicttcr
e. the remarks of Mr. Randolph in the Senate LCfir5ite Tr cnonh frt tlio nnm- I t?,,;;,,,... ?..--
of the United States. He said that the attack of Mr. Randolph was met at the moment it was -v J .. & 1 11 n- i . ':. " , "v. . ' !. " . '
sation that he was a black-cockade federalist
ui mi. ivauuuiua was luut at uiu uiumcut it waa v n it IT' Tl , , n . - m
made and effectually disproved. muu JUiriimiiy ui an uiu suiuiui, auu we ruonc ieot, yw- cuca year, jrum 10 tw
bnnp; me under the suspicion or the 1838
Xl2 jidooUU a Xllgil vjllv-vlllllti uiv giiiuu vi viii u t vfc ii j ttiuiij uiiU) outu) 11 jiv I tJ T T
rl lomia.riit.vnf no-fi T will fionnlnde these
anv where until convicted of error. The fact that he made no answer to the charge, is proof hastv and nnnremeditated remarks June 28' 1838- Kcad' and lalU uPon tne taDie
tli lic nlinrnrtprthnt Tin himsnlf was sntinfinrl ihnt ha hnA nrrpfJ. Onpfnl li .i i . n . , j
Harrison explained the foundation of Mr. Randolph's charso. made at a moment of temporary " , "V w 1 TCasurV departments June, iWB...
irritation. He said old Mr. Adams refused to adopt against France the measures which his vyOlUmDUS tor meir politeness Oil me ir : In obedience to the resolution of the
r.any desired, ana showott nimsen m tnai respect, at jeast, more an American man a rarnzan. mi eaeiii, uuuasiuu ua wcu as xvjl mo House ol lieprcseniatives ol the 25th instant,
Jt was that course ol policy ot Mr. Adams wnicn commanded nis approoauon ana maucea tnendlV leelmcrs 01 WlllCU tliey nave t hn th lmnnrtn i hpfnr ilu TW?R ;
him so to express himself at the time Mr Randolph remernberedthe expression butprobably. uniformly and" ofteil heretofore given statpraent showing the amount or expenditure
fiirrot lhe narticular sub ect of it. and thus the verv fact which nrooed him to belonEf to the re- J . . . ' 1 "u" "' uu v,. u
exclusive oj me puvue aeot, lor eacn year, irom
1824 to 1838."
I am, very respectfully,
.your obedient servant,
a
JEFFERSON REPUBLICAN.
Ulelfortl, Pa. JThmc 27v E810.
Terms, $2,00 in advance; $2.25, naif yearly ; and $2,50 if not
paiu ueioifl tne ena 01 me year.
FOR PRESIDENT :
Geiii Wlllaam McEiry Harrison,
OF OHIO.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT :
JTolm Tyler,
OF VIRGINIA.
FOR SENATORIAL ELECTORS.
Folm A. Sltulzc, of Lycoming,
Joseph ISitner, of Cumberland,
uucu una lu ui,iuiijj iu uiu iu- - .
nublican nartv of 1800 lone vears afterwards is separated from its attendant circumstances used lue &u IliauJ grv lub piuuiia
to prove him a Federalist. Gen, Harrison expressed'himself with much earnestness on the in
justice which was thus attempted to be inflicted on his character in his native State, in which
v.hcn truth and virtue and honor had suffered violence every where else, ho had hoped they
v.ould survive. ,
General Harrison alluded to several other instances of gross misrepresentations or absolute
falsehoods industriously and shamefully propigated by a party presc. " It seems almost in-
(ltdible, fellow cilixens," said he, "but it is true that from a long speech, filling several col-
t mns, of a paper, two short sentences had been taken from different parts of it, these two
sentences separated from their context, are put together, my name attached to them, and pub
I.shed throughout the land as an authentic document." He deplored that state of public senti
menj which could tolerate such a system of party action, aed trusted for the honor of his coun
try and the hopes of liberty, htat the reformation of such abuses would scon be wrought out by
the force of a pure and healthy public opinion.
"Why, fellow citizens," said General Harrison, "I have recently in that House (pointing to
'he Slate House) been charged with high offences against my country, which, tf true, ought to
cost me my life." "Yes," said lis, '-accusations were there laid to my charge which buing es
t'tblished, would subject me even now, to thn severest penalties which military law inflicts
Icr, 1 have always held that an officer may not escape the responsibilities of miscouduct by re-
igning his commission. These charges are not made by my companions in arms, by the eye
witnesses of my actions, by the great and good and brave men who fought by my side or lin
ger my command. They tell a different story. But their evidence, clear, unequivocal and dis
;nct the testimony of Gov. Shelby, the venerable hero of King's Mountain of the gallant
Ferry and of many brave and generous spirits who saw and knew and participated in all the
tpeiations connected with the battle of the Thames the evidence of impartial and honorable
n.cn, the concurrent records of history aud the authority of public opinion, are all cast abide,
;n deference to the reckless assertions of those who were either not in being or dandled in the
arms of their nurses !" General Harrison said, he acknowledged these calumnies were disa
greeable to him. His good name, such as it was, was his most precious treasure and he did
r.ot like to have it mangled by such calumniators. Were it his land which they were seeking
to destroy were it the title deeds to his farm that they are endeavoring to mutilate, be could
tear their efforts with patience and smile even at their success. But he confessed notwith
standing his perfect confidence in the justice of his country and the decision of an impartial
posterity, that these ruthless attacks upon his military character affected him unpleasantly.
1 his policy of his adversaries constrained him to consider himself as now on trial befyre his
country. He was not reluctant to be tried fairly. The American people being his court and
jury his adversaries held to those rules of evidence established by common sense and common
ught he feared not the result of the strictest scrutiny, and would cheerfully submit to the de
cision of a rirtuous and enlightened community. He asked but for fair dealing and final jus-
t.cc no more,
General Harrison alluded to several other instances of gratuitous and uniounded calumuy,
liaueg no shadow of apology in any Fact lor their invention and publication. He spoke of the
battle of Tippecanoe, of the deat of the brave and lamentedDaviess, tvhose fall had been as
cribed to him. He said the whole story about the White Horse was false, and that the fate
of the galiane Kentnckian had no connection whatever with his own white mare, which, by
acciden1, was not rode on that occasion by any one. In remarking upon the slanders, connect
ed with the battle of Tippecanoe he said ihelr refutation, one and all, was found in the pro
ceedings of the Legislature of Kentucky, and especially in the extraordinary confidence repo
sed in him by the gallant Governor and people of that Sjate, when they subsequently honoured
him with the commsnd of their army, composed of the choice spirits of the land, the best blood
of Kentucky. Gen, Harrison spoke with deep emotion of the trust reposed in him by Kentuc
ky on the occasion alluded to, and said that the commission which made him the commander of
that brave and patriotic army of Kentuckians, he had always held as the most honorable com
mission which ft had been the fortune of his life to have conferred upon him.
He referred to a very recent story got up in his own neighborhood and sent forth to the world,
corroborated bp the senctitp ol anamdavit wmcn representeu him as contessmg to a young
man on a steamboat that he was an abolitionist, and that, although he voted against restrictions
on Missouri, he did so in opposition to the suggestions of his conscience, &c. He said the
r.arrative bore on its face the proofs of its absolute falsity and when he pronounced it a fabri
cation, without the semblance of a fact or a word for its basis, it was not because he thought
it required a contradiction, but to evince the recklessness and desperation of his political ene
mies, v.ho seem to have given up every ground of hope, save that which they found villifying
Lis name. "It is a melancholy fact, fellow citizens," said Gen. Harrison, " that the advocates
of Mr. Van Buren should so forget wqat belongs to the character of an American citizen, and
do so much violence to the nature of our free institutions, as to place the great political contest
in which we are now striving upon an issue such as this. I would not accept the lofty station,
to which some of you aee proposing to elevate me, it it came to me by such msans. I would
not. if I had tho power to prevent it, allow the fair fame of my comdetitor to be unjustly assai
ltd and wounded even for the attainment of that lofty aim of a noble ambition. Nay, I have
often defended Mr. Van Buren against what I helieved to be the misrepresentations of my own
mistaken friends and others. Felldw ciitzens. if Mr, Van Bnren be the better statesmon, let
us say so I shall be tee last man to raise an objection against it, or to desire to impose re
straints upon the utmost independence of thought and action, and the freest expression of feel
ing and opinion. 1 ore a Irani; attd. generous adversary such a man 1 dehagt to embrace
and will serve him. according to my abilitv,as cheefully as my professed friend. But that po
liiical warfare which seeks success bp foul detraction, and strives for ascendancy by the juin
of personal character, merits the indignation of honest men, is hateful to every generous mind,
anu tenos ioo surely to me destruction oi puonc virtue, ana, as a conseqaence, to the dovnlall
of public liberty.
General Harrison apologized for occupying- his fellow citizens so long",
He said he -would but mention one more of the latest slanders which had
come te his knowledge. A German paper published in Cincinnati, almost
under his own ejre, puts it foath with apparent sincerity, that " General
Harrisou, now a candidate tr the .Presidency or the United States, was,
many j'ears ago, when a young man an aid to Gen. Wayne during his In
dian wars and that whenever young Harrison round that a battle was
coming on, he always ran off into the woods." (Again there was a loud
and irrepressible laughter.) 1 he editor torgot, said the General, when he
..erved up this little dish, that the onlp possible security to younp; Harri
son's scalp, on the approach of a battle -with the Indians, was in keeping out
or tne woods! Such a story as this can only excite a smile here.it is true
said Gen. H., but this paper circulates not alone in the United States co-
- r . i i i t ' t . i 1 . t ,
copies oi it areprooaDiy reaenn jCiUrope, wnere our mstory is less known,
and where the contradiction of such silly falsehoods may possibly never
com p.
"It has long been proverbial of old soldiers, fellw-citizens," continued
Gen, II. "that they delight to go back to other days and fight their battles
over again. When I began this address to you I intended only to speak
of my far-famed "Committee of Conscience-ceeeers" and the "Iron
Cagd" in which they confinh'me me, but I huve unwittingly taken advan
fape of your kind disposition to listen to me, and extended my remarks to
otner though kindred topics. I vill only add that, although they have
made a wide mistake who make me dwell in an "Iron Cage, iie unlucky
wiofht who put me in a Log Cabyi was a little nearer the truth than he pro
bably supposed' hims'elf 6 be." It is trua.that.-a part of my dwelling-house
is a log cabin, bufcas' to' the'bard cider (the -laughter which 'followed the
LEVI WOODBURY,
Secretary ojHha Treasury.
Hon. J. K. Polk,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Statement showing the amount of expenditsres
of the United States, exclusive of the public
debt from 1824 to 1837 inclusive, stated in
pursuance of a resolution in the House of
Representatives of the 25th June, 1838.
For the year 1824,
Do. 1825,
Do. 1826,
Do. 1827,
Do. 1828,
Do. 1829,
Do. 1830,
Do. 1831,
Do. 1832,
Do. 1833,
Do. 1834,
Do. 1834,
Do. 1836,
Do. 183S,
S15,330,144 71
11.490.459 94
13,062,316 27
12,653,095 65
13,296,041 45
12.660.460 62
13,229,533 33
13,864,067 90
16,516,338 77
22,713,755 11
18,425,425 25
17,514,950 28
30,858,164 04
39,164,745 37
s
limits' of their o'wn States, at the will of the
Fresident-there being only eight districts in
fthe Union .and. consoqueutly several States in
a district.
We have only to call your attention to the
universal prediction made in .183,3,. at the timo
of the removal of ihe deposites, and reiterated
down to the present time, viz. That, when
the Federal executive obtained unlimited con
trol over the public'purse. tho next step would
be to raise a standing army.
Here it is in its full"proportidnr!!!
The neqt step towards the downfall of this
republic, under the false garb of democracy wo
leav 3'ou to conjecture. In the mean time you
are entreated to pause before you strike this fa
tal blow, at ihe liberties of your country.
" 17th. That the President of the United
be authorized to call forth and assemble suclt
numbers of the active force of the militia, at
such places within their respective districts,
and at such times, not exceeding twice, nor
days in the same year, as he may deem
Col. Johnson said (in Congress)
"Who is General Harrison? The son of one of
the signers of the Declaration of Indcpencence ;
who spent tho greater part of Ids large fortune in
redeeming the pledge he then gave, of his 'fortune,
life and sacred honor,' to secure the liberties of his
country. Of the career of General Harrison I
need not speak; the history of the West is his his
tory. For foity ydars he has been identified with
its interests, its peiils and its hopes. Universal
ly beloved in the walks of peace, and distinguish- Tiieasury Department.
t i t .i m r i a 1 I '
ea Dy nis acuity m tne councils oi ms country, nc
has been yet more illustriously distinguished in
thp. fiflrl. Dnrincr the Into war. hn was lnrtfrfir in
actiw service than any other general officer : he This sum is subject to small variation on the
was. np.rhnrw. nftPnpr in nntinn than nnv nno of seitlements of the accounts of the Ireasurer,
them, and never sustained a defeat." UKCP5?,2CIA2.
fJnntrast tho nvnp.tisps nf thp rrnvprnmpnt nn.
xui mo acme ui uuiiuoax cuct mo iuuu iu - i , . ... - r if..
4 I not" tho nruuonl with thneo rt Inrmni- ailmini
federalists are trvintr hv falsehood and frarbled ex- 1 '
. , .u i n i xrov.; trations : then read the following, and reflect
i rJ!.nu: ri,Xii....-r j: before VOU'VOtft ''I'M!
sun is au uuuiiiiuuiau a. uuriunu vr jiiur piuv. cuuiiiua 1 ar',"i, -
Note. The foregoing sums, include pay
ment for trust funds and indemnitics,which, in
18374 was $5,610,404 30.
T. L. SMITH, Register.
Register's OJjice, June 21th 1838.
we think will satisfy svory one "who reads, that
Martin Van Buren, who voted in the New York
Legislature in favor of negro suffrage, still ad
heres to hi3 predilections in favor of tho blacks.
By the laws of the Territory of Florida, negroes
are not admitted as witnesses against white men.
In the month of May, 1839, a Naval Court Martial
was held on board the United States ship Macedo
nian, then lying in Pensacola Bay, for the trial of
Lt. George Mann Hooe, (of Virginia,) of the Uni
ted States Navy, on charges and specifications
preferred against him by Commander Uriah P.
Levy. For the purpose of convicting Lt. Hooe,
James Mitchell, the steward, a negro servant of
said Commander Levy, and Daniel Waters, a nd
gro cook, and private servant of of the prosecutor
Uriah P. Levy, were called and examined, not
withstanding the protest of Lt. Hooe against there
being admitted as witnesses on account of their be
ing negroes, and by the laws of the Territory in
competent. The trial progressed until the 5th of
June, when the court entered upon its judgment;
the conclusion of which was, that they sentenced
the said Lt. George Mann Ilooe to be dismissed
from the West India squadron. These proceed
ings were approved by the Secretary of the Navy.
On the return of tho President of the United States
to the Seat of Government, Lt. Hooe addressed a
remonstrance to him, complaining, of the irregu
larities of the Court, 80 verally, and particularly of
the irregularity of admitting negroes to be exami
ned as witnesses. The president after oxamming
the proceedings relumed thorn with the following
endorsement.
"The President finds nothing in the proceed
ings in the case of Lieut. Hooe which requires
his interference. M. V. B."
The following preamble and resolution was
introdced by Mrf Botts, a member of Congress
from Virginia.
" And whereas the introduction of negroes
and private servants of the prosecutor as wit
nesses to testify against tho characters of gen -lemen
of the navy, in,servlce of their country
is a practice though sanctioned by the Presi
dent of the United Slates, that Avill not be jus
tified, and ought not to be tolerated by Southern
men, or ' Northern men with Southern principles'
and, if not corrected would operate as a serious
to the Navy, to the humiliation of its officers,
and to the infinite discredit of the Government:
Resolved, therefore, That the Secretary of
the Navy be required to communicate to this
Plouse a copy of the proceedings af the Court
-martial held for the trial of Lieutenant George
M. Hooe, that his wrongs may be promutly re
dressed and the evils complained of corrected
without delay.
This resolution was voted downby the Van Bu
ren members of the Hou3e. Commehtis' unne
cessary, ' .
j The grain looks very promising here.
Tho following are literary extracts from the
Secretary of War, and tho message of
the President of the United States on the sub
ject of tho indrease of the army of the United
States
" It is proposed to divide the United States
into eight milirary districts, and to organize
the militia in each district, so astohaveabody
of twelve tnousand five hundred men in active
service, and another of equal number as a re
serve, this would give an armed militia force
of two hundred thousand men, so drilled and
stationed as to be ready to take their places in
in defence of the country whenver called upon
or repel tho invaden The age of the recruit
to be from 20 to 3? ; the whole term of service
to be eight years four year1- in the first class
and four in the reserve ; one fourth part, twenty-five
thousand men, to leave the service, eve
ry year, passing at tho conclusion of the first
term into the reserve, snd exempted from ordi
nary militia duty altogether at the end of the
second. In this manner, twenty-five thousand
men will be discharged from military duty eve
ry year, ond twenty five thou'saand freah re
cruits, de received into the service, It will be
sufficient for all useful purposes, that the re
mainder of the militia imdorVc riain regulations
be enroled and be mustered at long and stated
intervals ; for in due process of time, nearly
the whole mass of the militia will pass through
the firstand second classes, and be either mem
bers of the active corps, or of tho reserve, or
counted among the exempts, who will bo like
ly to be called upon only in periods of invasion
or immincnen peril. The manner of enroll
ment, the number of days of service and the
rate of compensetion, ought to be fixed bylaw;
but the details had bettor be loft subject to reg
ulation a plan of which I am prepared to sub
mit to you,"
Here is the endorsation of this monstrous
project by Mr. Van Buren, in his last annual
message :
" The present condition of tho defen
ces of our principal seaports and navy-yards
as represented by the accompanying report of
the Secretary of War, calls for the early aud se
rious attention of Congress ; and, as connect
ing itself intimately with I his subject, I cannot
recommend too strongly to your consideration
the plan submitted by that officer for the or
ganization of tho militia of the United States."
The following is tho 17th section of the plan
of details proposed by the Secretary of War
for the.organization of tho militia of the United
States, thus recommesded by Mr. Van Bnren,
by which tho power is to be given to tho Pres -ident
to assemble such numbers at such places
andsnch times, within their icspective districts
as ho may deem necessary not exceeding,
twice in one year. The people- areSrequired. if,
called on. to perform military duty beyond the
necessary; and during such period including tho
time when going to and returning from the
place of rendezvous, they shall be deemed in
the service of the U. S. and be subject to
such regulations as the President may think
proper adopt for their instruction, discipline,
and improvemeut in military knowledge."
We, the'nndersigned, hereby certify that the
above extracts are true copies from the reports
of the Secretary of War, and from the message
of the President of the United States April
8th, 1840.
R. GARLAND, of Lousiana,
JOHN BELL, of Tennessee,
JOHN M. BOTTS, of Virginia,
Thos. COR WIN, of Ohio,
M. H. GRINNELL, of New York.
J. C. CLARK, of New York,
LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, of Mass-
TRUMAN SMITH, of Connecticut.
Executive Committee.
FOURTH OF JUIiT.
At a meeting held in the Court House in th&
town of Milford, pursuant to public notice, on
Wednesday the 17th June, to make arrange
ments for celebrating the next Anniversary of
oHir National Independence, H. S. MOTT was
chosen Chairman, and George Biddis and
Joan Finch, Secretaries.
The object of the meeting having been sta
ted, it was
Resolved. That a committee consisting of
ten persons be appointed to carry into- effect
the object of the meeting. Whereupon Henry
S. Mott, Britton A. Biddis, John H. Brodhead
John Finch, Henry Barnet, Horace L. West,
Walter A. Colony, Solomon Newman, Robert
R. Palmer and James S. Wallace, were ap
pointed said Committee.
H. S. MOTT, Chnrn.
George Biddis,
John Finch, 5 Sec'es.
Mechanics Celebration,
IN THE BOROUGH OF STROUDSBURG.
At a meeting of the Committee of Arrangements
heid at the Court House on Thursday evening,
June 25, the following proceedings were agreed
upon.
One gun at daybreak, ,13 at sunrise and bells
rans, at 10 o'clock, noon 26 guns.
P rocession to form at 10 o'clock, A. M. at the
Court House, and march through the princioal,
streets to the Presbyterian Church, in the follow
ing order, viz :
1. Military.
2. Revolutionary Soldiers.
3. Clergy.
4. Orator and Reader of the Declaration.
5. Citizon and Banner.
The exercises in the Church to be as follows:
1 Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Flannery.
2 Anthem by the Choir.
3 Reading of the Declaration of Independence
by William Davis, Esq.
4 Ode by the Choir.
5 Oration by John D. Morris, Esq.
6 Prayer by tho Rev. Mr. Hyndshaw.
7 Ode by the Choir.
8 Benediction by tho Rev, Mr. Hyndshaw. .
After which the procession will again form at
the Church, and proceed to Mrs. Margaret Eagles,
w here dinner will be served and toasts drank.
The whole to be conducted with the best order and;
decorum.
Tickets, each 50 cents, to be had of either of
the committee. A general invitation is given u
all to join in the celebration.
HENRY MANNERS, Pres't.
John A. Cabter, Sec'y.
Arkansas. The Cicinnati Chron
icle of Thursday last, says ; We
learn by a gentleman who has just
passed through Arkansas, that not
only has the Log Cabin fever seized
upon the people there, but that it is
very doubtful whether the vote of
that Slate (heretorore conceded ti
Mr. Van Buren) will not be given t
Harrison. These are not very great
matters, but in common with numer
ous other idications they show tho
popular current. Mr. Kendall has
need of three hundred thousand ex
tras, if lie expects to arrest the to
rent of public opinion.
In this place on the 22diiwt.of Scarlet fe
ver, after a sickness of ihreo days, Sarah
wAuum uuiy cima or tne Rev
Bull, aged 3 years and 3 months.
Ralph
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