JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN Stromlsburgr, July 18, 1844. Terms, $2,00 :n advance: $2.25, half yearly: and $2,50 if not naul befoie the end of the vear. against us, prevent the Loco Foco majority from being increased. Of this, our frieds abroad may rest satisfied, and the' need not be much astonished if we send them news that we have cut down their majority considerably. The Whigs of Monroe, are awake, and will not slumber as long as they have any work to do. The JLocos and the Tariff. One of the most barefaced and reckless frauds, ever attempted even by locofocoism, was prac tised by Tyler's kicked-out Secretary of War, James M. Porter, in his speech at the Lcco Foco meeting, on the Sth inst. He not only Kf V. Ii. Palmer. Esq., at his Real Estate and Coal Office. No. 59 Pine street, below Third, two squares S. the Merchants' Exchange, Fhtia- claimed the credit ol Haying Himself originated delphta. is authorised to receive subscriptions and the presem Tarim bul aiso asserted that Jas. K. advertisements for the Jejfcrsontan Republican, 1 and give receipts for the same. Merchants, Me- k, " loco loco rre.o i raue canuiaate, is a chanics, and tradesmen generally, may extend better Farm-man. than Henry Clay, the lather .u: i : i... .1 f 1 ' ' portunities for advertising in country papers which his agency affords. FOR PRESIDENT HENRY CLAY, OF KENTUCKY. FOR VICE PRESIDENT THEO. FRELINGHUSKX, OF NEW JERSEY. so palpable, however, that even Jimmy Raffer ly had to blush for the man who was so dvo:d of ail decency as to make it; and but very few of the locos ventured to back it. The cause must be rotten indeed, thai requires such means 10 sustain it. FOR GOVERNOR, GEN. JOSKPH MABKLK, OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY. FOR CANAL COMMFSSIONER SIMEON GUILFORD, OF LEBANON COUNTY. Senatorial Electors. CHESTER BUTLER, of Luzerne. TOWiNSEND HAINES, of Chester. Districts. I Joseph G. Chrkson, Philadelphia. '2 John Price Wetherill, do. 3 John D. ieinsteel, do. 4 John S. Little, Germantown, Phila. co. 6 Eleazer T. M'DoweH, Doylestown, Bucks co. 0 Benj. Fnck, Limerick, p. o. Montgomery co. 7 Samuel Shafer, Chester county. 8 William Heister, Ivew Holland, Lancaster co 0 John S. Heister, Reading. Berks co. 10 John Killinger, Anville, Lebanon co. 11 Alex. E Brown, Easton, Northampton co A Whiff Sign. We are credibly informed that a pair of stran gers, newly arrived in our pleasant and quiet borough, in the family of Captain William P. Hallock, have been honored wiih the po tent and soul-stirring names of HENRY CLAY and THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN. We had no doubt, heretofore, of tho success of the Whig candidates and after such a demon stration as the above, we presume ihe locos themseltes, if they dared to speak what they really think, would confess that odds are a- gainsi them. The Whsg Arousing. Since our last, we have received accounts of Mass Meetings, held by our Whig friends in Erie, Indiana, Susquehanna, Bradford, Colum bia, Warren, Schuylkill, and a number of other counties all of which were attended by thous ands of the honest yeomanry of Pennsylvania, "The Coons! tho Coons will heat creation, In spite of Polk and Annexation ! First Gun from LosEi$ias:a. The election for Members of Congress, and Slate Legislature, in Louisiana, took place on the 1st inst. Last year the Locos carried all four of the Congressional Districts. This year, the Whigs made opposition in but two, and from the news already received, it is highly proba ble that they have elected their candidates in bolh. In the 1st District Slidell, loco, is elected without opposition. In the 2d, Thibadeaux,(W) has beaten Labranche, loco by 601 majority. Last year Labranche, was elected, by 49 maj. Whig gain 650! In the 3d District, Dawson, Loco, is elected without opposition, and in the 4,th, it is supposed that Bordelon, Whig, is cho sen by a large majority. It is also supposed that the Whigs have carried a majority of both branches of the State Legislature, and aIo a majority of the Delegates to a Convention to revise tho State Constitution. The Locos had calculated largely on carrying every thing in the State, by the cry of Annexation and the Whigs had almost to a man given up all hope. Bul the result as far as ascertained, has aston ished the Whigs as much, as it has discomfitted the Locos. We shall have full information by next week from the whole State. our talented and thorough teacher. repress the expression of the pleasure he felt ; 1 not .stubbornly resisted it. But he has no niorB nor would he question the fact that important i played or money than the man who plays i u i .i f; us family circle, with beans for counters, plav. improvement has been made in the science of ' , 3 xxr ' , . I"js . . , , , ; 'or beans.. Wo have the testimony of mcn music in these parts, under the excellent m-'who!Ui i(Itc.griiy was never questioned that Mr. slruction afforded, for the last few months, by ; Clay has been uniformly averse to betting even a trifle, and has always discouraged it. 'J'hii he has done in conformity with a resolution adopted by him more than twenty years agnf having previously been seduced into the habit then prevalent in the West and in Washington. Then tho duelist accusation with what grace does this come from the Locos of Rem. selaerville, who have always stood up for Jack son with all their might? . And with what de cency do ihey allude to Mr. Clay's being put under bonds in Washington to prevent his ac cepting a challenge from Senator King of Ah bama 1 Mr. King insulted Mr. Clay grossly, and Mr. Clay retorted with great spirit. It va, feared Ktng would challenge him, to prevent which they were both put under bonds. Is this a fair ground of objection to Mr. Clay I As to "the moral and religious characier of James K. Polk," it is in no respect betu-r thm Mr. Clay's. We do not wish to assail it, he cause our objection isto his Political principles and not to his private character. But this hrjr ging on the religion he never had, from ihtiv by whom Mr. Frelinghuysen is fiercely aai' ed for his religious faith, is not the right thin wno nave resoirea to sustain, Uiay, rreltng- 12 Jonathan J. Sldcum, Wilkesbarre. Luzerne co. huysen, Markle, and a Protective Tariff. This is all as it should he. Go it while you're young. 13 Henry Drinker, Jlontrose, .Susquehanna co. 14 James roilock, alilton, .Northumberland co. 15 Frederick Watts, Carlisle. Cumberland co. 16 Daniel M. Smyser, Gettysburg, Adams co. 17 James Mathers, Mifilintown, Juniata co. 18 Andrew J. Ogle, Somerset, Somerset co. 19 Daniel Washabaugh, Bedford, Bedford co. 20 John L. Gow, Washington, Washinnton co. A splendid triumph will crown your exertions. 23 William A. Irvine, Irvine, Warren co. 24 Benj. Hartshorn, Curwensville, Clearfield co. Washington County Wool. The Wool crop in Washington county, Pa. it is said, will reach at least eisht hundred thous- 21 fndrew W Loomis, Pittsburg Allegheny co. and ound whlch is readiiy 8f)Id in that coun. 22 James M. Power, Greenfield, Mercer co. r ' 3 ty and nttsourgh, at an advance ol do to 4U per cent, over last year's prices. This is the effect of the Whig Tariff, which gives protec tion to Wool growers. James K. Polk, is in favor of taking the duty off of Wool, and ad mitting it into the country free of duly. The people will take the duty of administering the government off of him, and place it upon Hen ry Clay, who is in favor of protecting their in terests. The Whig County Meeting. We noticed, in our last, that the Whigs of jvlonroe, held a large and enthusiastic County Meeting, at Stroudsburg, on Monday evening ihe 8th inst. It was a glorious affair, and did the heart of every Whigin this benighted Lo co Foco region, good. The Locos held their meeting in the afternoon. They had made their arrangements, for a political display, which they imagined, would carry terror to the soul of eve- In the Field. The Hon. Francis Granger, of N. Y., Har ry Whig in the County. They had procured, rison's Post Master General, is on a visit to ihe services of Richard Brodhead, Andrew H. Ohio and Michigan, where he is engaged in iteeder, and tnat used up political Judas, James making efficient Whis speeches. He is bul M. Porter, to help them along in their scheme, one of many thousand gallant Whigs who are When the day arrived, tho turn out of the faith- similarly employed in different parts of the Un- fui was far less numerous than had been ex-lion. peeled bul their big-gun9 from Easton, were present, ready primed for service, and were fired off in regular order. A meaner set of hpeeches, however, were never listened to, by . an' political assemblage, than those of which ihe trio delivered themselves. They abounded m'abuse, misrepresentation, and falsehood. The-Whigs, were nothing daunted, however, and immediately went to work, after the ad journment of the Meeting, to get up one for themselves. They gave notice to their friends in Stroudsburg, and in the evening assembled at the Court House. Tho number present, was A Protracted Meeting. The Whigs of East Tennessee, will have a cwiMderably larger lhan that at the loco foco grand Mats Meeting of three days duration, to Meeting in the afternoon. As soon as the commence on the 29th inst., in Greenville, at Meeting was organized, H. D. Maxwell, Esq. which Mr. Presion, of S. C. and John Bell, of hpoue, and was lollowed by A. li. lirown, bsq. Tennessee, will be among the sneakers. Tho Both speakers took up the Orators of the loco dj,or of lh(J Jonesboro n Wh ,hus nolice3 i j ii i . . i ' r i j i I a " luc.., auu repuea .o tneir laisenooas ana mis- .... Dromjsed pa,herirm. . t l till ' O representations, and completely destroyed all the effect, which the addresses of Brodhead & vo. mignt omerwise nave had. 1 ney were listened to with marked attention, being oc- rasiunally interrupted by loud and conjinued cheering. We never saw a Meeting in better humour. All present appeared as if they were engaged -in a great and glorious cause, which is des tined to ew een all opposition which can be imda M IV to it. Although few in numbers, the Whigs of Monroe, are made ofjh'e right stuff, and are an imated with ihe proper spirit. Of this every Communicated. The long expected muaical festival was held on Saturday last, and a very pleasant affair it was, as all who were there will testify. Your readers may not be displeased to have a short account of it. At 3 o'clock, P. M., tho classes from Cool baugh's, Dutotsburg, Smithfield and Strouds burg, all under the direction of Mr. Foust, were assembled at the Depuo mansion house, whence they walked to tho Delaware, where very pleasant accommodations had been provi ded for them in the following manner : Three flats, or ferry-boats, had been joined side to side secured in that position, and well seated with boards laid across. At the sides of this spacious floating vehicle were suspended grace ful festoons of evergreens, so as partially to con ! .1 ? . r - mi nr. ceai tne interior irom view, l ne euect was striking and beautiful. Seen at a distanco it seemed like a small island gliding smoothly down the river; and when from its bosom the strains of sweet and solemn music were breath ed forth, a poetic fancy might easily transform that island into an abode of spirits, from some happier world than this. The ample barge with her happy freight moved slowly down the wild and romantic channel that separates De pue s island from the main shore, until she reached the point of that island, at Brolzman's ferry, where a company of about five hundred wero waiting on the shore. Having cast an- chor, the musical exercises commenced at 4 o'clock. A numbor of select pieces were per formed in very good slyle ; when recess was announced, to partake of the excellent refresh ments which the ladies had furnished. The Williamsburg Band, which had set out in a Durham boat at 12 'o'clock M., now hove in sight. By the time our refreshments were dis posed of, the boat came along side, and was received with three hearty cheers, which were responded to by music from the Band in good style. This was at 5 P. M. From this time until half-pasi G, there was a succession ol vo cal and instrumental exercises which made the lime pa3s happily along. In justico to the Band from Williamsburg, we must stale that they were not prepared to perform in their best manner, as only a part of thoir numbor were This is to be a grand Whig rally, and all present. As it was, however, they added con- creation are invited to attend it. We are au- siderably to the interest of the day. and deserve thorized to say, that there will be meat and I , he thanks-of the classes for their guotl spirit bread, and chicken fixins' in abundance for I r.,-rr,r;c nn ft. a I UIIU llltwi Ul I'll LlC.aa(J. (uprv Writir nbfi.u i ri iti.ii aill 1 1 w.... ' ii r i w n i in iu n II villi From the X. Y. Tribune The SSaiiderers E3enry CS;iy. The Albany Argus takes the lead in the work of defaming and traducing He.vry Claw That paper ardently supported in 1824 H. Crawford, who had killed a man in a duel, and in 1S28 and 1832 Andrew Jackson, who had killed, with great coolness and ferocity, af ter his opponent's fire had been drawn, a Mr. Dickerson in a duel growing out of a quarrel at a horse-race, and who had heen engaged in a savage pistol-fight with Col. Benton without even the decorum of a duel. Mr. Clay has twice been engaged in duel, (he last twenty years ago, and each with men who had heaped upon him the most unprovoked and galling in sults and iudigniiins We think he was vcrv wrong in this jmu as the man is wrong who, on the impulse of ihe moment, knocks down any one wno has fpit in hi lace he himself mniKS so ami nas said so. Ho declared in an Address to his Constituents, in 1825, in refer ence to the Card he had issued denouncing the unknown author of iho ' Bargain' alander, " I felt that 1 could no longer remain silent. A crisis appeared to mo to have arisen in my public life. 1 issued my card. 1 ought not to have put in it ihe last paragraph, because, al though it dues not necessarily imply the resort to a personal combat, it admits of that construe turn issue was witntn my contemplation, i owe n to the community to say, that whatarer hereto fore I may have done, or, by ineviiablo circum stances, might be forced to do, no man in it holds in deeper abhorrence lhan 1 do, the per nicious practice. Condemned as it must be by the judgment and philosophy, to say nothing of the religion, of every thinking man, it is an af fair of feeling about which ws caunot, although we should, reason. Its true corrective will bs found when all shall unite, as all ought to unite, in its unqualified proscription " Acting on this principle, Mr. Clay in 1833 supported and voted for the law severely pun ishing duels in the District of Columbia. Oa that occasion he said, "No man would be happier than he to sec the whole barbarous system forever eradicated. Cliansus at Home. The Lancaster Union says " Last week a,i intelligent gentleman of Columbia aeul u !,: names of 7 men who have recently de-trri the Antt-Amnrican, Texas loco foco patty. 3 are now openly and avowedly friend-, of Cldv. nor will I conceal that such a possible j Freltnhuy?.eu and Markle. Since ih-a w. -.t- - 1 ! . " J. . . . - . . . have seen mm, and he asaure.s us ihat he mi iu, thirty in thai borough who have had their tn opened to the de.ilrncti ve doc'rines ol iocof'-o This i.t the way ii i nvery where. Th hid es', reflecting portion of that parly ar der miued no lniier to war aaitiai the tiet uitpr- ests of ihe country merely to promote tin. r - fish schemes of their unprincipled Iculcts Cause and Effeci. The Locofocos of Schuylkill held a Mim Meeting in the borough of PotnviII on Sun day week. The Editor of the Miners' J ii.mi,.1 of last Saturday states, that since the mee it. I he has heard of no less than fourteen, who hi heretofore acted with the Locoiocu panv, a' 1 several of the hardest kind, who have opMi' Rsnntisfid thfl nanse of Henrv Clav 1 itit-n I It was well known, that in certain quarters of of is,Pnjng l0 an exposition of the' Prim-.p-the country, public opinion was averse f.om , nr ,ua p,r,,. ,u ,i.i.,, ii.f ,u- tn ,,j .. 41 I Ul IUb I at t 1 lll't UWUIUIW IOU Ml. f kl. l A ti - thing but abuse of their opponents, and, vcr. properly have concluded that a caue which re quires such a despicable course to prop 11 tij, must bo rotten indeed. Another. The Hon. John Bell, "of Tennessee, General Harrison's Secretary of War, is busily engaged in stumping ii in his own Slate. He has ap pointments to speak, in twenty-tight counties, from the 8th of July to the 24th of August. He is the first Whig Elector for the State, and in vites any Polk Elector to meet him and discuss the great questions of the day before the people. strangers, and every be open for their accommodation." This is the way the Whigs are working ip Tennessee, the home of the Locos mushroom candidate. They are determined to give Jim my Polk a severer drubbing in 1844 than they did either in 1841 or 1843, in both of which years he was defeated for Governor of that State. one must havebeen convinced who was pres- One of the Locofoco papers in Tennessee out at the Meeting. They must also have been asks how the Whigs would go to work 10 heat convinced pi another lacifAa Monroe mil do Mr. Polk if Henry Clay were to die. Why, tier duty at the coming elections. Wc will poll says Pientice, we would run Gov, Jones. He every Whig vote, and although :hc odds are beat him before and could easily doit again. Altogether, it was a scene of innocent festiv ity, and of rational entertainment. Nothing oc curred' to mar the pleasure of the day. At times, some apprehension was fell that tho rain, which had commenced falling gently, would increase bo as to interrupt the exercises ; but no serious inconvenience w.as felt from that source. All passed on pleasantly and when the time for separation came, there was a man ifest reluctance to quit a spot, which will be forever associated in tho minds of those pres ent, with one of their happiest recollections. We presume to say that no real lover of Sacred Music, present on this happy occasion, could duelling, and no man could fly tn the face of that public opinion, without having his reputa tion sacrificed ; but there were other portions again which exacted obedience to the fatal cus tom. 1 he man with a high souse of honor, j and nice sensibility, when the question is j Another Big Locofoco Screw Loe. whether he shall fight or have the finger of , .r , . nrn ;,.i , ..-!.!. Gen. Thomas C. Miller, recently a L.t. ".will 1J-III111.U Ci Ullil, IO UM4UIC IU ICBI3I, !ilU -.-. r 1 . t few, very few, are found willing to adopt such ?c0 S,ate S.ena,or from Ada,.,w c"un ui,,", X an alternative. When public opinion shall be ! rmr aIn" w" osc"rle'1 lo lh C"01 renovated, and chastened by reason, religion I hw ocofoc friends w.ih a great Uoumh ami and humanity, the practice of duelling will at!Parad' h" wr,!,e a hmg letter in reply to on. ol t n . ' .... t .1: . J I. legislation to do ,11 it can to bring about that ( hg S'a.c Central Commtt.ee, in wnich ; ih healthful state of .he public mind, and although i "T rTJ iV' 1,1 !' it may not altogether effect so desirable a r&e. ! i anff of 842 and Whig measures generally. J . . ' 1 1-1 nnnn Hd.a Ills lAtU.f k. fin rr lll-jt tl f U I 1 .1 I. II 1 L iXJD Is IS II 1.1 lili Ilia IGUCI J V Of III- ' aim, yci iit: uau no uuuui n wouiu uo mucn 10- . s wards it, and with thess views he would irn-e " w rr his vote for the bill " ' mtasures instead of men, and indicates ueaur And now look at'the terms in which the Al-! hal he has repudiated Polk. Dallas & M..Wr- banv Arcs hahitudlv snMts nC H.nrv CAnV. 0crS au w g,ve n,s earnosl 81,PP ,or The following resolution of a Rensselaerville meeting, which we clip from its columns, is a t r i: i f f.i.i rxeiiugiiu sen iuaituc. faithful reflection of the habitual exhibitio ns Editorial articles : :i of M .v... ...w "-6 rt'T'" "Resolved, That with feelings of pride and ; Clearfield county, Pa, there are eighty wer. pleasure, we contrast the private, exalted, mor-J A gentleman residing there writes us that is al and religious character of James K. Polk ' suffrages of alt, the voters will be given i h with thai of Henry Clay a man who from ! democratic candidates at the ensuing election his youth has been addicted to nearly the whole catalogue of vices a profane swearer, a gam bler and a duelist a man who now, at tho ad vanced ago of nearly 70 years, is still held by the civil authorities of his country under bonds for the maintenance of the peace." Such are the charges against Henry Clay j I suppose he means Morris, a tow and thev are infamouKlv false. Mr. Glar is not has never polled more lhan forty-five mote a profane swearer, than James K. Polk, ihcy are all led by the nose by au English F"0 though he doubtless, like most men not profes- Trade man, who boasts of his anti-Tariff pur- tn hi Hnificr 'nnttahle for lb vi.t ui lliviwil, urn al CUIllO IIIJIC Ul WWII; l lOCU I "lj,l"" iiiu - ' He has acted as constable of the inwiiflup f'"- Inn 1 r t fVti i Tithre inr) I iiMtitr ihnl tim not served one process. Dtm. Union. Mr. Editor- I would iust inform the wr'- lot nf tho nhnvA arfir-ln lhal there 110 I1H township as Moore, in Clearfield county. b'i: .1 - tnuMiuhin !hi votes : and harsh words which were a great deal better unsaid. We know that Washington did so, quite as much as Mr. Clay ever did ; yet Wash ington was not a profane swearer. How many men among us, if they were dogged through all their lives by eves-droppers and spies, could not be acqused of some such error as this ? We ask every man to make the pase his own, and judge how he Avould like to have his low est whinpor of indignation at some atrocious villany (like Polk's when he turned the fairly chosen Whig Members from Mississippi out of their seals by his casting vote,) trumpeted to tb.8 world as an evidence that he was a habitu al swearer l There is a baseness in catching np such a murmur of indignation and trumpet-1 ik t. .1. rr..: i. i i i 1 ui n uiiuiigu i ur union which au nonoraoie man must loathe and abhor, and which the Al bany Argus, in its belter days, would have scorned to descend to. Then as to the charge of gambling it is a lie, a shameful lie. The negro on whom Gen. McCalia relied to substantiate it has plumply contradicted hiui. It seems he said he had been " buying a pack of cards for Massa Clay," but there are several Massa Clays' about Lex ington, and this could not have been Henry Clay, as he has not knowingly permitted a pack of cards to enter his house for many years. Yet it is true that Mr. Clay has often, when travelling or detained from home, played whist with a party of friends and sometimes, when it ha been insisted by nihers that some trifle should be bet on the result of tho game, he has lul frinr vnnrs it in not I hr far.t : but as l - j .- --- . never serving a process I believe he is corr:! for we in that county take care who we our business to. If a Locofoco constable j;e j ten dollars, ho is apt to slope. 1 woull a the Hon. Constable to gel iho constables Pike and Lawrence townships to tell hn h"' many processes they have served in hi township in ihe last two years, and I think suti of them for criminal offences ? An old citizen of Clearfirld, county The Union says that at the Locofoco ce.c- hans iH V11HIUII If I lilt 'Itll I - - I most gratifying part of the fesinities, 1 ' presence of about fifty voters who in lR wero open supporters of "Tip ami 1 who have now returned to their first love. It is one thine to make a statement and anfj . -, i f .1 !!... 111! .1. . rvtA... ... w . . i ii n 1 1 rim I -- iner to prore u. ixuw wo ucy v" name one person (or more if it can) who wen' fnr Hnrrisnn in 1R40 who Will HOW vote for grandson of a British Tory, and the adncai of Free Trade James K. Polk ! Come up " the work and toe the mark ! No flinching- Har. Telegraph, Hiimr for Poll- and Texas !" said a h0 cofoco meeting a Whig acquaintance tho day. " Your man Polk goes for Texas, rij"1 ha ?" inouired the Whin. " Yes" said the co, " Wbll I'm for Clay as he goes for United States," said tho Whig shut his fly-trap and walked on. The Ii""
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