JEFEliSOMAN REPUBLICAN.
a dmit Strolling voters." With a view
to prevent this, he offered a farther
amendment relative to residence, pay-
mroftev Ann.iMA stSL
o n T ' JP uulJ'
feee J our. of Con., pape 202.
T)ns is the same Martin Van BlL-
ren who is nnW nvliihifpd tn tlno tvnrlrl
100 " i xi
as a noi tnem man With southern
principles. Is it one of the prmci-
pies or the south, that a ne&rro has as
much rio-ht to vote at pWtinno nc o
tT-l-.; ,,'7 ixt i
W ll1T.fi tH! 1 1 W fi nonoo tnv o roy -tr
. - xj.
iNo. 2. Martin Van 13 men in favor
01 a ireenolU quaiincation tor State
Senators
o, , . ,
fceptemoer Um, 1821.
Chief Justice Spencer moved to
amend Mr. Koot's amendment, hyre-
ipjinug an interest in law or equity, lion, might have voted, by working on the high
ill lands, tenements, or hereditaments ways, to the amount of SIXTY-TWO AND
of the value of $250, as a qualifica- AHALF CENTS,
tion of voters for State Senators. Marlin.v,an Buren by this rote, says NO
T r you poor laborers, wholfdojnot pay taxes, &c,
J our. of Cqnjjgaeg 215. land aside you shalyOTE. The efl
Mr. Van Bttrgmposed this amend- feet of his vote to smjgnrat white, as before
me-nt. HeCOnteiided that the land shown, was to admit negroes to vote on the
interest " wasSSficiently guarded by sa ?tins with the white men j n
4-u 4.-. s 'l. L i Ti. This is the Martin Van Buren who is called
the constitution as it now stands. It by the office-holders the friend of the POOR
now provides that the Senators shall MAN ! !
be freeholders, and that part of the September 28, 182 1.
constitution it was not proposed to al- Jour, of Con., page 284. Judge Van Ness
ter. There was no objection to fixino- moved for a reconsideration of the vote of yes-
-u i. c 4 c i u terday, for striking out the works "or on the
the amount of the freehold required highways."
in the elect?l. and to place it on a After a long discussion, the question of re
respectablo. but not extravagant foot- consideration was taken and decided in the af-
HIP-.
" See Jour, of Con. pare 255, &c.
Afteralongdebate.thequeslionontheamend-
ment of Chief Justice Spencer, was taken by
ayes and noes, and decided in the negattve,
ayes 19, noes 100, Mr. Van Buren voting in
the negative, Jour, of (Jon. page 270.
Under thn old constitution, whioh in tW rJsuch exceptions and limitations as might be
spect, according to Mr. Van Buren, "it was
not proposed to alter," no man could be elected
Senator, unless "he possessed a freehold of
the value of one hundred pounds over and above
all debts charged thereon." Con. of N. York,
1777 sec. i0.
No. 3. Martin Van Buren opposed to uni-
versal suffrage. Jour, of Con. page 273.
Mr. Jav, for the sake of relieving the embar-
rassments of the committee, moved to strike out
from Gen. Root's amendments the words, " or
being armed and equipped according to law,
shall have performed within the vear military
duty in the militia of this State." '
Jour, of Con. page 274 The Question was
taken and decided
ie negative, eayes, 26,
noes 92. Mr. Yaif
Juren
voting in the
nega-
tive.
Gen. Talhnadgfi then moved to strike out "or
on the highways ;" he was for confining the
qualifications of voters, to such as do military
duty and pay taxes.
Col. Young replied, and was opposed to
striking out. Mr. Van Buren supported the
motion for striking out. The people (he said)
were not prepared for universal suffrage.
Gen. Root replied, that if the clause were
stricken out it would disfranchise a numerous
class of persons who ought to vote.
Mr. Russell was against striking out. " It
would disfranchise many who ought to vote.
He recollected a Revolutionary soldier in his
town, who was at the siege at Quebec, and an
other who was at the storming of Stony Point,
and neither would have a vote if this motion
prevailed."
September 27, 1821.
An amendment of Gen. Tallmadgo was un
der consideration. See page 376.
Jour, of Con. page 277. Gen. Root said the
amendment provided for the disfranchisement
of a numerous- class of citizens. He enlarged
upon the remarks of the gentleman from Nia
gara, Mr. Russell, who mentioned two instan
ces in his town, where two Revolutionary pa
triots and soldiers, one of whom fought with
Montgomery under the walls of Quebec, and
1 he other, under Wayne at Stoney Point, would
be disfranchised if this provision were stricken
out," &c.
Mr. Van Buren said, he felt himself called
on to make a few remarks in reply to the gen
tleman from Delaware, (Gen. Root.) He ob
served that it was evident, and indeed some
gentlemen did not seem disposed to disguise
it, that the amendment proposed by the Hon.
gentleman from Delaware (Cen. Root) con
templated nothing short of universal suffrage.
Mr. Van Buren did not believe that there were
twenty members of that committee who, were
tholhare naked question of universal suffrage
rut to them, would vote in its favor. Mr. Van
Buren then replied to a statement made yester
day by his hoonorable and venerabje friend
from Erie, (Mr. Russell) in relation to the ex-
lusion of soldjere, who had fought at Quebec
and Stoney Point, under the banner of Mont
ifomerv and Wavno. And he felt the necessi
ty of doing this because such cases urged by
surh gentlemen as his honorable friend, were
calculated to make a deep and foeting hnpres-'
ion.
Few of thoss patriots were now
ving, and, of that few, the number was yearly
diminishing. In fifteen yean the grave will
have covered all thoe who nowsurvivo. Was
it not, then, unwise to hazard a wholesome re
strictive provision, lest in its operation it might
affect those few iudividvala for a short time ?
He would add no more ; his duty would not
permit, him to say less.
One word (continued Mr. "Van Buren) on the
MAIN QUESTION before the Committee.
We had already reached the, verge of universal
suffraSe- THere was but-one step beyond. f And
are &en"emen. l thaTl stP-' We
w.ere cheapening th,s invaluable right. He was
disposed to go as far as any man in the exten
sion of rational liberty : but he could not con
senl 10 undervalue this precious privilege, so
far as t0 confer il with an indiscriminating hand
uPon every one, black and white, who would
be kind enough to accept ft." See Jour, of
Con., page 277.
J be question on striking out " or on tite
highways," was then taken by ayes and noes
antl decided in the affirmative ayes 68, noes
I . . J . - .
4g MAKTIN V AN 13 u REN voting in the
affirmative, and thus voting to exclude from the
right of suffrage a large class of citizens, and
also soldiers of the Revolution. See Jour, of
Con., page 283.
The effect of this striking out the words "or
on tne highways," was to exclude from voting
tt
aVv?;
PJ- "Sl J consideration;
ui ivxr. vtimeiers aiueiiuuieiu. oce J our. 01
Con., page 276.
Mr. Wheeler spoke at length in its favor.
He was in favor of universal suffrage, with
conducive to the public welfare. See Jour, of
Con., page 284.
Judge Piatt opposed the amendment on the
found lhat 11 went m favor of universal suf-
frae . , , n
Ir- Van uren occupied the floor for some
tim? in expressing Jiis sentiments decidedly
against the amendment and against universal
suffrae - Ye were (jetsa) hazarding every
lhlnS Soin& t0 such Iengls m the amend-
me"ls'rTC' i gG 284 ,
, Mr Tompkins supported the amendment and
""Ne ,t0 muc? alarm had been created by
lhe bug-bear, universal suffrage. Taxation as
aPPuea L representation, meani iiaoiuiy io lax
ation. now was it when no taxes were im
posed in this State ? Were there no represen
tation 1 &c. pago 284.
Jour, of Convention, page 287. The ques
tion on Mr. Wheeler's amendment was taken
by ayes and noes, and decided in the affirma
tive, ayes 63, noes o5. Martin Van Buren
voting in the negative and against universal
suffrage.
No. 4. Martin Van Buren against universal
suffrage, and in favor of a household qualifica
tion for voters.
September 29, 1821.
On motion of Mr. Edwards, the whole sub
ject was again referred to a select committee
of thirteen to consider and report upon it.
Jour, of Con., page 288.
October 4, 1821.
Col. Young, from the committee of thirteen,
to whom was referred the resolution relative to
the right of suffrage, made a report. See Jour,
of Con., page 329.
The subject came up for discussion, page
366.
Martin Van Buren said, " that as the vote ho
should now give on what was called the high
way qualification, would be different from what
it had been on a former occasion, he would
give a brief explanation. The qualifications
reported by the first committee were of three
kinds, viz : The payment of a money tax
the performance' of military duty and working
on the highways. The two former had met
his decided approbation. To the latter he
wished to add the additional qualification, that
the elector should, if he paid no tax, performed
no military duty, but offered his vote on the
sole ground that he had labored on the highway,
also be a householder.'
Mr. Van Buren then proceeded to give a his
tory of the progress of the voting on the subject,
and stated as a reason, why he would not now
again attempt to add the qualification of house -houlder,
to the highway qualification, that if he
did, it would be running the hazard of the re-
introduction of the proposition of the gentle
man from Washington, abandoning all qualifi
tions, and throwing open the ballot boxes to
every body.
Mr. Van Buren then went on to point out the
many evils that would flow from a wholly un-
restricted ngnt oi sunrage.
" First," he said, " it would give to the city
ol New York, abont 2o,000 votes, whilst, un
der the liberal extension of the right or the
choice of delegates, to this convention, she had
but about thirteen or fourteen thousand; that
the character of the increased number of votes
would be such as would render their elections
rather a curse than a blessing."
" Secondly, it would riot only be injurious to
them, but to the northern and western part of
the State, &c. the additional representation
which next year was to be distributed among
.1 . n '
tne counties, wowa, instead or going pnnci
pally to the west, be surrendered to the worst
population ot tne old counties.'
Thirdlv. the drtr wntiM h ntirclv closed
. i i-' - -
Itn-BTTffi
against retreat, whatever might" be -bur after
conviction, founded on experience, as to the
evil tendency of this extended suffrage."
He said the highway tax was within the con
trol of the legislature, and might hereafter be
confined to property, r or one hundred years
at least this would afford protection against the
evils apprehended. He would, thereiore. not
withstanding jhatjris detire to have the qualifi
cation of householder, added to the electors of
the third description remained unchanged, ac
cept the report of the committee as it was, with
the addition of military qualification, which he
thought ought to be adopted for the sake of
principle, if for no other reason.
The question was taken affirmative 86, ne
gative 14. bee Jour, of Con. 368.
No. 5 Martin Van Buren in favor of a free
hold qualification for negroes, in exercising the
right of suffrage.
The next subject m order was the compro
mise reported by the committee of thirteen, al
lowing a negro to vote, provided he had three
years' residence in the State, one year in the
county, and was seized of a freehold estate of
the value of two hundred and fifty dollars over
and above all debts and incumbrances charged
thereon, and shall have been actually rated aW
paid a tax thereon.
Gen. Root moved that the committee rise
and report. " He hoped they would not, (it be-
mg three o clock) take ud the negroes on an
empty stomach." - The motion to rise and re
port was lost. Jour. Con. page 360.
Mr. Van Buren said he had voted against a
otal and uqalified exclusion of the negroes
or he would not draw a revenue from them.
and yet deny to them the right of suffrage,
but this provision met his approbation, they
were exempted irom taxation until they had
qualified themselves to vote. The right was
not denied, to exclude any portion of the com
munity who will not exercise lhe right of suf-
rage in its purity. I his held out inducements
to industry, and will receive his support. Jour.
Uott. page 376.
The question was taken on allowing negroes
to vote, as above stated, and decidod in the af
firmative, ayes 74, noes 34, Mr. Van Buren
voting in the affirmative. Jour. Con. 378.
The subject was reported to the Convention,
and the question was taken on the whole sec
tiou, including provisos, &c. and decided in the
affirmative, ayes 72, noes 32, Mr. Van Buren
voting in the affirmative. Jour. Con. page 557.
The section thus adopted and made part of
the Constitution of the State of New York, is
as follows:
ARTICLE SECOND.
Sec. 1. Every male citizen, of the age of
twenty-one years, who shall have been an in
habitant of this State cne year preceeding any
election, and for the last six months a resident
of the town or county where he may offer his
vote ; and shall witlfin the year next preceed
ing the election, paid a tax to the State or Coun
ty, assessed upon his real or personal property;
or shall by law be exempted from taxation; or
being armed or equipped according to law,
shall have performed within that year, military
duty in the miliatia of this "State : or who shall
be exempted from performing military duty in
consequence of being a fireman in any city,
town, or village m this State ; and also, every
male citizen of the age of twenty-one years.
who shall have been, for three years next pre
ceding such election, an inhabitant of this State;
and for the last year a resident in the town or
county, where he may offer his vote ; and shall
have been within the last year, assessed to la
bor upon the highways, and shall have perform
ed the labor, or paid an equivalent therefor, ac
cording to law; shall be entitled to vote in the
town or ward where he actually resides, and
not elsewhere, for all officers that now are, or
hereafter may be, elective by the people. But
no man of color, unless he shall have been for
three years a citizen of this State, and for one
year next preceding any election, shall be
seized and possessed of a freehold estate of the
value of two hundred and fifty dollars, over and
above all debts and incumbrances charged there
on : and shall have been actually rated, and
paid a tax thereon, shall be entitled to vote at
such election. And no person of color shall be
subject to direct taxation, unless he shall be
seized and possessed of such real estate as
aforesaid.
The above is a faithful and candid abstract
of the votes and speeches of Martin Van Buren
in theN. York Convention of 1821, as reported.
We have the volume of proceedings published
in Albany, m the same year, in our possession,
and any person who feels disposed has full
liberty of access for the purpose ot comparing
the above with the original.
We invite all who doubt it. Friends of uni
versal suffrage, what think you of the man that
uttered the language contained in the above
speeches, and gave the votes above specified,
in the restriction of that sacred right i Will
any man longer doubt whether Martin Van Bu
ren is against universal suffrage? Will the
most rabid partizan longer deny that Martin
Van Buren advocated and oted, for the right
of the Negro to vote at election?
The evidence is plain, palpable and clear as
the light of day read, reflect. It is plain Eng
lish. No man should have a vote, in the opin
ion of Martin Van Btlren, unless he paid taxes
did military duty, or worked on the highway,
and was a householder. The idea ot universal
suffrage was to him monstrous, Mark this
journeymen mechanics ! attend to this, poor,
but honest freemen of the land! Hearken to it,
ye aged remnant of the revolution remember
it all of you.
No. 6. Martin Van Buren opposed to givjng
the election of Sheriff's to the people.
pen. Root moved.as an amendment to a sec
tion on the appointing power that Sheriffs shall
be chosen by tho people of the several coun-
ties, &c. .
See Jbnf
Con., page 384.
, A division shaving been called for on the j
amendment of Gen. Root, relating to sheriffs,
the same was decided in the affirmative, ayes
71, noes, 36 Martin Van Buren voting in the
negative, and against giving the election of
sheriffs to the people. The amendmend was
nevertheless carried, and is now a part of the
Constitution of New York.
See Journal of Con., page 389.
JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Stroudsburg, Pa. August 21, 140.
Terms, $2,00 in advance; $2.25, naif yearly ; and $2,50 if not
p.uu ueiuic me cnu oi me year.
CANDIDATES OF THE PEOPJLE.
TOR PRESIDENT :
Gen. William Henry Harrison,
OF OHIO.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT :
John Tyler,
OF VIRGINIA.
EliECTOItAE TICKET.
SENATORIAL.
John A. Sliulze, of Lycoming,
Joseph Ritzier, of Cumberland,
DISTRICTS.
1 Levis Passmorc, 12 John Dickson,
2 CadwalladerEvans, 13 John M'Keehan,
Charles Waters, 14 John Reed,
3 Jona. Gillingham, 15 Nathan Beach,
4 Amos Ellmaker, 16 Ner Middleswarth,
John K. Zeilin, 17 George Walker.
A. R. M'lllvaine, 18 Bernard Connellyjr
5 Robert Stinson, 19 Gen. Joseph Markie
6 William S. Hendrie 20 Justice G. Fordyce,
7 J. Jenkins Ross,
8 Peter Filbert,
9 William Adams,
21 Joseph Henderson,
22 Harmer Denney,
23 Joseph Buffington,
24 James Montgomery,
25 John Dick.
10 John Harper,
11 Wm. M'Elwaine,
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,
lile 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. or lorty years he has been identified with
its interests, its perils and its hopes. Universal
ly beloved in the walks of peace, and distinguish
ed by his ability in the councils of his country, he
has been yet more illustriously distinguished in
the field. During the late war, he was longer in
active service than any other general officer ; he
was, perhaps, oftener in action than any one of
them, and never sustained a defeat"
We continue to day our tables of the repre
sentation of "old Northampton" in the different
public bodies of the State and the United States.
There are several misprints, which each read
er can easily correct himself.
The loss sustained by Taylor & Brock, and
Taylor, Buckraan & Co., the proprietors of the
two sawmills destoyed by fire in Tobyhanna
township, is $3000 each.
Sudden Death. A coloured boy aged about
16 years, named Jacob Ray, and apprenticed to
Joseph Hauser, of Lower Smithfield. tsp., died
very suddenly on Tuesday morning last. He
had very freely indulged himself, on the previ
ous evening in eating Indian corn, which it is
supposed, brought on, a fit of apoplexy. When
first observed before daybreak, he was strug
gling in the agonies of death.
We beg leave to congratulate the true-heaTt-ed
Whigs of Monroe, on the auspicious results
of the elections which have just taken place in
the States of North Carolina, Kentucky, Indi
ana, Alabama, Illinois and Missouri. These
are "signs of the times" which cannot bo mis
understood, and not only give assurance of the
termination of the misrule with which the coun
try has beenbng afflicted, but are tho best
proofs, that nHpul slanders with which the
administration presses have been filled, have
recoiled on the heads of those who propagated
them. It should cause those editors who have
ventured to charge Gen. Harrison with being
an abolitionist to hang their heads with shame,
when they read, how indignantly the throe great
cities of tho South and West have rebuked the
slanderers. -New Orleaus, Mobile and St.
Louis, have each by large majorities recorded
their beliof in tho attachment of our candidate,
to the true principles of tho Constitution. Tho
charge urged against him, of being in favour of
a law, " to soli white men for debt" while Gov
ernor of Indiana, the people of that genuine
"Log Cabin" State have most, nobly denied,
the returns from several of tho States being in
complete, we defer further remarks until our
next. It is sufficient lo say, that nothing but
his death, can pre vent the election of "Old Tip."
EJECTIONS.
We give a summary of the returns .in each
Slate, without the names of the counties, and in
all cases have endeavoured to obtainthe most
authentic accounts. jf
INDIANA.
Returns from 69counties out of the 87, which
are in the State, give 9682 majority to Bigger
the Whig candidate, over T. A. Howard, tho
most popular man in the West, who lately re
signed his seat in Congress for the purpose of
being tho V. B. candidate.
Last year parties in the Legislature were as
follows, Whigs. V. B.
Senate. '7 10
Now. 15 2
House of Representatives. 35 48
Now. 69 14
Mr. Lane, (Whig,) has been elected to Con
gress by a majority of 1500 over his competi
tor. NORTH CAROLINA.
The latest accounts give assurance of the e
lection of Morehead, (Whig) as Governor by a
majority of 7000. We will have also a majori
ty of 30 in the Legislature, which will give us
the two Senators in Congress the late V. B.
members having just resigned. They had been
instructed to vote against the Sub-Treasury bill
but did not choose to obey, the people have
now passed sentence upon them.
KENTUCKY.
The returns are received from nearly all the
counties, the triumph is overwhelming. Ma
jority thus far is 17,759.
W. V. B.
The Senate stands, 8 1
House 57 7
ILLINOIS.
Accounts are uncertain and contradictory
a letter from Vandalia, the seat of goverment,
dated Aug. 7th, says: "So far as heard from, I
consider that the Whigs have lost nothing in
Senators, and have a clear gain of 5 Represen
tatives." The election is only for the Legisla
ture a Senator is also to be chosen at the next
session. By the returns received since the
above, it appears that this State has gone for
the administration.
MISSOURI.
This State has no doubt gone for the admin
istration, but by a reduced majority.
ALABAMA.
We have not full returns from this State. So
far as received they indicate a great change in
favour of the Whig cause.
To the friends of
HARRISON, TYLEK & REFORM!
CHEAPER STILL 1 !
As the miscalled " Monroe Democrat," has
been offered at a lower rate than the usual price
from now until after the Election, to adveate
the odious Sub-Treasury Bill, and bolster up
the sinking cause of Van Buren ; and being
determined that the People's Press shall con
vey information as cheaply as the office-holders,
although not receiving pay from the county,
we make the following proposition :
From present time to Dec. 1st, 1 copy, 37 1-2
(i
tt
5 do 1 50
10 do 3 00
20 do 5 00
(C
All payments io be in advance.
Harrison in the West.
A gentleman who has just passed
through the Western section of the
Union states that no one can conceive
the enthusiasm manifested in favor of
General Harrison. He gives the fol
lowing anecdote as illustrative of the
feeling of the West for the Old Hero :
A lady who has recently been trav
elling in Illinois, upon her return to
Ohio, was asked by a Van Buren
man, who seemed to be the choice for
President? She replied, that they
were nearly even: "Ah, hear yon
that?" said the friend of Van Burtj:.,
to sorro persons standing by. Hut,
Madam, do you not think that k r
are rather more persons in faor i f
Van Buren than there are foi Harri
son? "Van Buren! Van Buren!"
said she, " I do not know who he is,
but as I passed through one of the
towns one was huzzaing for Harrison,
and in the next town every one was
huzzaing for Old Tip, and so oi
throughout, which rnakes me doubfui
whether Harrison ojr'Oid Tip wililv
chosen by them."