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
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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
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luc.., auu repuea .o tneir laisenooas ana mis- .... Dromjsed pa,herirm.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 :
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"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:
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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
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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
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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
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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""