J JiJFFEHSUiNl AN KEP UBLiCAiY. IN 1' ,1 JEFFERS ONI AN REPUBLICAN Stroudsburg, Pa. Sept. 18, 1840. Terms, $2,00 in advance; $2,25, naif yearly ; and $2,50 if not paia dcxoic mc eiiu 01 jciu. CANDIDATES OF THE PEOPJLE. FOR PRESIDENT : Gen. William Henry Harrison, OF OHIO. FOR VICE PRESIDENT : John Tyler, OF VIRGINIA. ELECTORAL TICKET. . SENATORIAL. John A. Shuixe, of Lycoming, JTosepU Hituev, of Cumberland, DISTRICTS. 1 Levis Passmore, 12 John Dickson, 2 Cad walkider Evans, 13 John M'Keehan, Charles Waters, 14. John Reed, 3 Jona. GiHinuhain, 15 Nathan Beach, 4 Amos Ellmuker, John K. Zeilin, A. R. M'lllvaine, 16 Ner Middles warth, 17 George Walker. IS Bernard Connelly jr 19 Gen. Joseph Markle 5 Robert Stinson, 6 William S. HendrieSO Justice G. Fordyce, 7 J. Jenkins Ross, 21 Joseph Henderson, 8 Peter Filbert, 22 Harmer Denney, 9 William Adams, 23 Joseph Buffington, 10 John Harper, 24 James Montgomery, 11 Wm.M'Elwaine, 25 John Dick. Col. Johnson said (in Congress) "Who is General Harrison ? The son of one of ihe signers of the Declaration of Indepcncence; who spent the greater part of his 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 forty years he has been identified with its interests, its penis and its hopes. Universal ly beloved in the walks of peace, and distinguish ed by his ability in the councils of his country, he nas been yet more illustriously distinguished in ihe 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." The Communications of H. C. M. have been mislaid. We hope the author will excuse us. Ancient Federalism. The " Log Cabin" well says, that the last hope of Federalism is it3 attempt to direct the attention of the People from the misgovernment and mon strous abuses which now exist, to the contests and differences of forty years ago. If tht wire work ers can only set the People by the ears about the politics of the last generation, they may hope to glut themselves on the spoils of the Treasury for another four years, and by repeating the tricks, for forty years to come. For it is one that an swers for all times and occasions ; let the office holders oppress and impoverish the people ever so much let them rob the Treasury, and burn the Public Buildings, qr commit any rascality, and they have one unvarying stratagem to divert pub lie attention : Don't believe those Whigs ; they are all old Federalists, Aristocrats, and enemies of the working people." With the names of James Buchanan, William Wilkins, Charles J. IngersoU, Daid D. Wagener and many other " ancient fed eralists," paraded in their newspapers as demo cratic leaders, they constantly invoke the shade of Jefferson to cover the misrule of Van Buren this, however is too paltry a device to entrap an intelligent community they further assert, that all the democrats of the days of Jefferson and Madison, with their descendants are now friends of the administration. "Facts speak louder than words," now let us see who the electors from the Northampton district for President Jefferson and Madison were. 1800 Jonas Hartzell, '01 Henry Spering, '08 Jacob Wcygandt, '12 Nathaniel Michler. We do not know as to the first named, bul the families of the three last are well known to be staunch Whigs. Let it not be forgotten too, that Martin Van Buren in 1812, was the warm advo cate for ihe election of the candidate of the "Peace pary" to the Presidency. Canvassing in Tennessee. Borrowing a Shirt. Senator Grundy is now perambulating East Tennessee the Knoxville Times says : He alluded in one of his speeches to the Baltimore Convention of Whig young men, as being composed of the " silk stocking gentry." Mr. Arnold made a very practical re ply, by directing the attention of the People to the Senator's ruffled shirt, pumps, massive gold ring, and breastpin, and asl;ed "if he wasn't a pretty pink of Democracy to talk of silk stoeking gentry." The answer was conclusive before his next speech, Mr. Grundy had bor rowed another slrirt. The same course may with propriety, bo re . commended to the Honourable Repxesentative in Congress from this district in the course of a tirade which ho lately made in our Court ITquse,, against the aristocratic Whigs he it was observed, was tho only person present, who wore tiruffffl -shirt IT ' , The friends of Reform in this State have con stantly endeavoured to mak political meetings j general, instead of confining them to one party the game of the Federal loco-focos is to prevent the people from hearing the truth, and their party managers refuse to assent to it in Murfreeabor- ough on the 2flth August, the citizens addressed a note to Mr. Grundy, proposing such an arrange ment as would enable the people to tear both sides of the question. "The reply of Mr. Gxuudy was a virtual refusal to enter into any discussion. Mr. Peyton the eloquent Whig delegate from Louisiana happened to bo piesent. Accordingly as soon as Mr. G. had concluded his remarks, he started. "I hope" said Mr. Peyton, " Mr. Grundy will stay and hear me." Mr. G. kept moving. Mr. Peyton raising his voice" I hopelr. Grundy will not be like the lame Captain. The lame Captain went out to fight Indians, and coming upon them unex pectedly, " Boys" said he, "there they are they are very numerous my opinion is they'll whip us but, said he, light hard retreat in good order as I'm a little lame, PU go now" and away he went." Here a hout went up that rent the air and shook the hills. Mr. Peyton, after expressing the hope that the other Van Buren men present would not follow the example of their lame Cap tain, proceeded to address the audience, who re mained until sundown, in a speech replete with sound argument, impassioned eloquence, rich hu mour, and biting sarcasm. 44 A Minute Irian." Mr. Van Buren has spent more than seventy dol lars of the People's money every K.inute since he was sworn into office as President of the United States. Yxsttum ! -as you look up at your clocks, remember that more than a dollar of the public treasure goes with every click. It iB truly remarked and we believe every one can testify to its truth, that all the outcry againat hard cider, proceeds from habitual frequenters, and haunters of taverns. The two Elections. A FEW WORDS TO OUR FRIENDS IN OTHER STATES Hj3 Our political friends in other cities and States should not foget that the General or State Election will take place in Pennslyvania on the 13th of October,"vhile the rresidentai election will not take place until the 30th of October, or more than two weeks after. They should also be informed that the friends of Harison expect to do much better at the Presidential than at the Legislative election. Thousands will vote for " Old Tip" in Pennsyl vania, who cannot be induced to go for any other candidate. Local ques tions moreover may, m many mstan- ses, influence the result of the pre liminary elections. Thus at the last Presidential struggle, a similar state of things existed, and although the Whigs were sadly defeated on their Legislative Tickets, they rallied at the Presidential struggle and de spite the depression and discoura ging prospect, gave the "Hero of the Thames," a vote sufficiently large to render it uncertain for some time, whether or not he had carried the State. The Yan Buren majority on that occasion, was little more than 4,000. Then, too , the Whig party of the State was divded. Now, the op position are throroughly united. The cause of "Old Tip" is brighter than it ever was before. Ave again say therefore, that however well we may do in Pensylvania, at the election on the 13th of October, we shall do in finitely better on the 30th, when the Old Hero will be in the field himself. Pa. Inquirer. The new allies of Temperance. It is really a musing to witness the wonderful regard for Tem perance which'has giown up in Loco-Foco ranks, since the cry of hard cider has echoed back its thunder upon the affrighted ears of the caitiffs who attempted, by its introduction, to destroy the char acter of a good and great man. The Pewter Mug and Fivo Points party, look well in their new avocation, of advocating temperance. It must come very natural to tho swiggers of strong beer in Tammany Hall J ! But the Argus has revived a charge against Ueneral Harrison of having an interest in a distil lery. True it is that in 1827 he had. and it was productive of much profit, but subsequently being convinced of its being a business of a nature inju rious to many of his fellow-citzens, he nobiy relin quished it altogether, and has now nothing to do with it Thus falls the charee to the Ground, as every other which has yet ben made against Gen eral Harrison. Aib. live. Journal. The Buckeye Blacksmith lately addressed a meeting at Milton, Pa., at which more than one thousand persons were present. A Yankeo pedlar lias been soiling blank books at the West as the life ol Van Buren! Propertv, valued at $37,000 was destroyed by finvat-Rochester. N. Y., on the 26th Au- gasfTnsuranco about $7,000. - f f VERMONT. no ALL TO THE RESCUE! The sweeping result of the late elections in this glorious little State recalls to mind, a rev olutionary song, which embodies the spirit stir ring verse, the indomitable haired of the "Green Mountain boya" to every species of tyranny they; have just given ample evidence, that they are still animated by those same patriotic feel ings in 1840, which distinguished their sires in the "days that tried men's souls." Tlie Song of the VermosUcrs, 1779. The political history of Vermont is full of in terest. In 1762, rew York by reason of an extraordinary grant of Charles II, to the Duke of York, claimed a jurisdiction over about sixty townships of which grants had been given by tne Governor of New Hampshire, declaring those grants illegal. An attempt was made to dispossess the settlers, but it was promptly re sisted. In 14, New York passed a most des potic law against the resisting Vermonters, and the Governor offered a large reward for the ap prehension of the celebrated Ethan Allen and seven of his associates. They in turn threaten ed to "kill and destroy any person or person: whomsoever that should be accessary, aiding or assisting in taking any of them." In '77. Vermont declared its independence, New York still urged her claims and attempted to enforce them with her militia. In '79, New Hampshire also laid claim to the whole State; Massachu setts speedily followed by putting in her claim to about two thirds of it. Congress powerless under the old confederation endeavored to keep on good terms with all parties, but ardently fa vored N. Y. Vermont remonstrated warmly congress tnreateneu. Vermont published "an appeal to the candid and impartial world" and asserted its own absolute independence. Not withstanding the threats offered on all sides, the contest terminated without much bloodshed, and Vermont was admitted into the Union in 1791, after existing as an independent sovereign ty, for nearly fifteen years. Ho all to the borders! Vermonters, come dovm, With your breeches of decr-skiu, and jackets of brown; With your red woolen caps, and your moccasins, como To the gathering summons of trumpet and drum. Come down with your rifles' let grey wolf and fox Howl on in the shade of their primitive rocks; Let the bear feed securely from pig-pen and stall; Here a two-leggea game for your powder and ball. I On our South come the Dutchmen, enveloped in grease: And, arming for battle, while canting for peace; On our East, crafty Meshech, has gathered his band, 1 To hang up out leaders, and eat out our laud. Ho all to the rescue ! for Satan shall work No'gainfor his legions of Hampshire and York ! They claim our possessions, the pitiful knaves The tribute WE pay, shall be prisons and graves! Let Clinton and Ten Brockt with bribes in their hands, Still seek to divide us, and parcel our lands; Wove coats for our traitors, whoever they are; The warp is of FEATHERS the filling of tar!t Does the "old bay State" threaten? does Congress complain? Swarms Hampshire in arms on our borders again! Bark the war-dogs of Britain aloud on the lake? Let 'em come; what they can, they are w elcome to take. What seek they among us? the pride of our wealth Is comfort, contentment, and labor, and health, And lands which, as Freemen, we only have trod, Independent of all, save the mercies of God. Yet we owe no allegiance; we bow to no throne; Our ruler is law, and the law is our own; Our leaders themselves are our own fellow-men, Who can handle the sword, or the scythe, or tho pen. Our wives are all true; arid our daughters are fair, With their blue eyes of smiles, and their light-flowing hair; All briak at their wheels till the dark even-fall, Then blithe at the sleigh-ride, the husking, and ball! We've sheep on the hill aides; we've cows on the plain; And gay-tasseled cornfields, and rank growing grain; There are deer on the mountains; and wood pigeons fly Prom the crack of our muskets, like clouds on the sky. And there's fish in our streamlets and rivers which take Their course from the hills to our broad bosom'd lake; Through rock-arched Winooski the salmon leaps free, And the portly shad follows all'fresh from the sea. Liko a sunbeam the pickerel glides through his pool; And the spotted trout sleeps where the water is cool, Or darts from his shelter of rock and of root At the beaver's quick plunge, or the angler's pursuit. And ours are the mountains, which awfully rise Till they rest their green heads on the blue of tho skies; And ours are the forests unwasted, unshorn, Save where the wild path of the tempest is torn. And though savage and wild be this climato of ours, And brief be our season of fruits and of flowers, Far dearer the olas, round our mountains which raves, Tlwn the sweet summer zephyr, which breaths over slaves ! Hurra for Vermont! for the land which wo till Must have sons to defend her from valley and lull; Leave the harvest to rot on the field where it grows, And the reaping of wheat for the reaping of foes. From far Missisconi's wild valley, to where Poosoomsuck steals down from his wood-circled lair, From Shocticook river to Luttcrlock town, Ho all to the rescue! Vermonters, come down! Come York, or come Hampshire, come traitors and knaves; If yc rule o'er our LAND, ye shall rule o'er our GRAVES; Our vow is .recorded our banner unfurled; In the name of Vermont v. e defy ALL THE WORLD! Hon. Meshech Weare, Governor of New Hampshire. f Gov. Geo. Clinton, of N. Y. and Hon. A. Ten Brock, President of the N. Y. Convention. t Tho New York sheriffs and those who submit ted to the authority of New York, were often rough ly handled by the Green Mountain boys. The following ift from the journal of proceedings of the Vermont council ol public saioty : is permitted to return home, and remain on his fa ther's farm, (and if found off to expect thirty nine lashes of the beech seal ) until further orders from this council." The instrument of punishment was termed the "beech seal," jn allusion to the great seal of New Hampshire affixed to the grants, of which the beech rod well laid upon the naked backs ot the "Yorkers" and tneir aunorents was considered a confirmation. "Rather than fail, I will retire with my hardy Green Mountain boys to the desolate caverns of the mountains, andioagc war ujith humqn nature at largef'-zJSthan Allen's letter to Congress, March yw, 1781. : A Voice ot '70. The NewbunjhVN. Y.) Gazette contains the following eloquent letter from Benjamin Eaton, one of the Life Guards of General Washing-J ton. To the descendants of Revolutionary Soldiers: "An old soldier of the Continental Array asks for the last lime to speak to his countrymen. During the suffering service of the Revolution, I was in sixteen engagements, and was one of the little band who volunteered under Sullivan to destroy " the Six Nations of Indians." 1 was one of that small company selected as the Life Guard of George Washington but two of us are now living. ' I was at tho tough siege of Yorktown, at Valley Forge,. Monmouth, and thirteen other hard battles, and saw Cornwallis surrender to our old General. My service ceased only with the war. After all this hard ship and suffering, in the street when I go out in my old age to see the happiness 1 have helped to give you, I am pointed at as a British Tory yes, a British Tory I have said noth ing when I have been told so, but have silent ly thought that my old General would never have picked out a Tory to form one of his Life Guard, nor would a Tory have suffered what 1 have suffered for you. This abuse has been shamefully heaped upon one of your old sol diers because he is what he was when the war broke out, and what Washington told us we must always be when he shook hands witli!us as we all were going home. I was a Whig in the Revolution, have been ever since and am now. As a Whig I onlisted for the whole war, was in favor with the other Whigs of Thomas Jefferson, went with the party for James Madison, was in favor of the last war, and to be consistent m my last vote, must give it for Gen. Harrison. He is a brave man, and was never known wherever he has been to take a penny from his neighbor or the Government that was not fairly his. We have trod over the same ground fighting for liberty. His father (he was one of the Revolution) signed our In j ,i i.i I, aepenaence rou, ana men we ail went out to gether to fight for it, and we proved it was true. It really appears to me that this cannot be the same government that our old soldiers helped Washington to put up here. We fought to have a Government as different from any in Europe as we could make it. Well, we done it, and until lately things have all gomr on .1 TV . smootmy ana Europe was beginning to get ashamed of the wav she made slaves of her subjects by making them work and toil for seven poor cents a day witn a btandm? Armv over them to force them to it. But our Presi dent now tells the people that things have gone wrong since the Uld War, and that there are twenty-three miserable governments in Europe where the Kings wear crowns, the rich purple, and the poor people rags, that we must fashion after them if we want to be happy and prosper ous ! e had jnrlish laws here once and they were the best in Europe, but we could'nt stand them and we put them under our feet. We used to work for mere nothing then, and we cannot do it again. Working for a few cents a day may do for slaves, but not for free men whose liberty cost more blood than liberty ever cost before; why, the very first thing that started the old war was the Standing-Army that the King kept quartered on us : we told him that we wanted no soldiers over us in time of peace, but he refused to mind us, and I saw Lord Cornwallis surrender up a part of them to honest Georgo Washington. Our President now proposes to have a standing force what tor T Beware ! Jefferson never asked for armed men to re elect him or elevate his successor. Madison asked for them only in the time of the late war, and warned the people when he left his offtco Ho be careful about keeping soldiers in time of peace. Our streets are filled with idle men who were active, laborers once when employ ment was to be had. The men of onterprizo who once employed them have been ruined by the government. And now these honest but unemployed laboreis aro told by the govern ment that when they go to work again they must do it for a few cents a day that labor must be as cheap here as it is among the slaves of uuba or the slave ol Europe. Ambition and ignorance on the part of our Government have shut up our shops and stores, scuttled our ships, filled our streets with idleness and bankruptcy and given no encouragement to the farmer as he looks at his grain. Are not things boI You know they are, and I havo no motive in saying what may be false I am too far advanced for office or any thing else but death it will soon be hero My little pension, and I thank you for it, will soon stop and I go home with the rest of the Life Guards. There is one remedy only for the safety of the country I have served. Put other men to stand at the till er and round the cables, and you will sson be back on the old Constitutional track. Gen. Harrison is honest, he never deceived you and he never lost a ba'tle, and tho people wont lot him lose this. Accept my advice and you all have my blessings my.advice is that all of you become tho Life Guards of the country, and my blessings is that your old age mav have less iears lor liberty than mine. BENJAMIN EATON. One of the two surviving Life Guards of Georgo Washington. Newburgh, N. Y. Aug. 28, 1 840. 'A pretty considerable sized cider 2iress' as the fellow said, wjienlio ran foul of fifteen acres of "Whigs. A Sign. A Harrison meeting is about to be held in Union, the call for.which is signed by upward- of L000 Citizens. The Third Congressional IMatrict. 'The Hon. CHARLES NAYLOR, declined a re-election to Congress. We annex the cor- respohdcnce between Mr. Nay lor and-the Com mittee: Northern Liberties, Aug. 19, 1840. Hon. Charles Naylor: Dear Sir At a meeting of the Democratic Whi0" Delagation of the Third District held oit the I8th inst. you were unanimously nominated the candidate to represent the District in the next Congress, and the undersigned were ap pointed on behalf and in the name of the Dela gation, to mako known to you the decison of their body, and ask your acceptance of the nom ination. In discharging this duty, we may be allowed to express the high estimation in which you are held, not only hv the Delegation which we havo the honor to represent, but by every citizen of the District, not so far blinded by party as to be able to appreciate individual worth, devotion to country ,and untiring zeal in the cause of equal rights. Igf Be assured, dear sir, that yoursorvices while in Congress, the ability with which you repre sented the District, and the principles which are known to have governed you in private as well as public life, formed the basis or the de cision of the Delegation. Individually, we hold in the highest estima tion your public and private worth, and trust it may comport with your inclination and sense of duty to accept the nomination. With great respect, Your ob't serv'ts, EMIIU D.TARR," THOS. ROBINSON, F. SUPLEE, JACOB RICE, DANIEL CLARK, H. C. PRATT, J. MUSSLEMAN. Philadelphia, Sept. 1, 1840. To Elihu D. Tarr, Thomas Robinson, Jacob Rice, F. Supleo. Daniel Clark, H. C. Pratt, and J. Mussleman, Esqs. Gentleman: 1 have the honor to acknowl edge the receipt of your favor of the 19th ult. informing me of my unanimous nomination as a candidate for Congress, by the Whig Delega tion of the Third Congressional District. Ims ; nomination was suddenly made at the first meet- I- - - ... . . i i f T ing without my solicitation or knowledge. If I were surprised when it was first communicated to me, I must say that there were mixed with that surprise, feelings of the most gratifying character. It came upon me like the "well done, thou good and faithful serrant" pro nounced by those in whose service I had been engaged, and a good place in whose affections it was my sole ambition to enjoy. Worn out with anxious and fatiguing exertions, amidst many persecutions, it told me that my constitu ents still gave me their confidence that, how ever enemies assailed, friends clung to me, and that those who gave me power, were still wil ling to continue the trust. But, grateful as I am for this last act of their kindness, I feel it to be my duty to decline its acceptance. It is well known to most of my friends, that so far back as two years ago, I made up my mind not to be a candidate for Congress at the ensuing election. This determination continu ed with me up to the close of the last session of Congress it was every where and on all occasions expressed and the feeble stale of my health, so severely tried by the labors of the last year, (to say nothing about the situation of my affairs) admonished me of the necessity of adhering to it. Upon my return from Con gress, however, very many of my sincere friends and constituents, under the apprehension that my retiring at this time would be prejudical to the cause, which I feel to be above all personal considerations, pressed me warmly to relin quish this determination. I resolved, therefore , that if, in the opinion of my friends, it should become necessary for me to be a candidate, I would at once trample on all regard for health, and personal interest, and again take the field, knowing that in the event of my election, if cir cumstances imperiously required it, it would bo in my power to resign. Such were my views at the time I received your unexpected nomina tion. I am now, however, happy to be assured that there is no occasion or necessity for my being a candidate, and I therefore most respect fully, but positively decline. I cannot conclude, without saying through you, to the members of your delegation, and my constituents, that for the many marks of kind ness and confidence with which they have uni formly honored me, my gratitude can find no ad equate language to return them thanks. Unde serving as I am and have been, they havo cov ered me with such honor as they had to give. In all my trials, they have cheered and sustain ed mo, and every new attack, has but called forth new expressions of their generous attach ment and regard. For me they have done ev ery thing. They have clung to me through good report and evil report, and 1 only regret, that I have not had the power to serve tht-in and honor them in return, as I wLhcd, nn n they deserved to be. If I ever had or v.v strnnmir tluin nwitlir.- It ..... i . ' , . " mat vttui have given mc power so as to havo served it '. country, as to havo honored my coivitiiyvuu and distinguished their district. ' The banner of the calls I have had tht honor to bear, through many a hard foughl bat. tlo. Though I havo not been able to distinguish it, it has always been, up and flying in the thick, est of the Ctght. 1 have maintained it with what little ability I had, and with a spirit at least thaV never flagged and never faltered. If I hava gamed for. it n.Q renown, I now return it to them, I hopo, untarnished and undisgraced. And let me say, they will still find mo bvits sidev guiiL
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