4 1 . ..- .-7- ' ' ' " X JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN Thursday, November 2, 184. WHIG NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDENT, General ZA CHARY TAYLOR, OF LOUISIANA. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, Hon. MIX I, ARD FILLMORE, - OF NEW YORK. Sliiuplaslcrs. Our opponents are busily employed in trying to make the voters, of this County believe that if Gen. Taylor is elected, the country will be flooded with "worthless shinplasters." This is an electioneer ing trick, without a word of truth to make it pass current. Gen. Taylor is opposed to chartering a U. S. Bank has so expressed himself in one of his letters; and the men who make the, charge against the old General know it to be false. To-the Polls! Xo the Polls!! Freemen of Monroe, friends of Zachary Taylor, are you ready, for the battle on Tuesday next? Have you done your whole duty in this contest? If you have, still work on during.the few days that are left, and leave nothing undone to help in securing a glonoug victory for "OldZach." If his friends throughout the State continue active and bring all the voters to the Polls, Pennsylva nia will roll up for him a majority of a least 10, 000 votes. This is no idle boast, made to influ ence voters bnt a declaration bassed upon' sober calculation, and made in all truth and sincerity. What a glorious prospect is before us, and' what a splendid 'triumph within our reach. Let the result of the recent Gubernatorial election, and the prospect of redeeming our beloved country from misrule inspire us to achieve it. Let no man stay hack, but each one see that his own" and his neighbors vole is safely deposited in the ballot-box. Rogues Crriiiff " Slop Thief I' The central Committee of the Mormon, Democ racy have issued an address, in' wliich there is nothing more than the usual anility and, scurrility that mark all the productions of the chairman, Mr. Ilutter, except the charee that the-Whira- earned' - 0- the late election by fraudulent voting iti Schuyl kill county. This is a mere ruse intended to di vert the public mind from the Locoforo' frauds in the Pen and Richmond distrrcts, and from the at tempted frauds along the Central railroad. The truth of the accusation may be judged by the char acter of the accuser who is the same man who in 1844 assured the people of Pennsylvania that he had learned from a' near neighbor of Col. Polk that he was a tariff man, and particularly inclined to protect the coal and iron interest. The author of the address is a federal office holder, a secre tary in the Home Bureau, with a-salary of $1400 a year. He prostituted his reputation for truth in 1644, to secure votes for his party, and he is now equally ready to utter any falsehood in order tol save his party and his salary. SmafT Tricks of the Enemy. The Locofoco leaders'are ehdeavoring to inspire their friends With' courage for the November elec tion by charging frauds on" the Taylor men in Schuylkill county, by- pretending that' they will' contest the Governor's election, and by making' figures lie to show that they are not beaterfJ The! fraud that operated in Schuylkill county Was the fraud of '44 on the Tariff, and we have assurances from good authority that Schuylkill will give a larger majority for Taylor-than she did for John-1 sion. Their'calculations are pretty "affairs. In them they include the vote given to Independent candi dates for Congress; and the vote of Mr. Wrlmot, who was supported" by a' number of Free Soil ;Whigs. The election of their Canal Commission er was owing to the loss of a'number of votes tfirown away on Jtfr. Humphreys-; ih'the West to the folly of the Whigs in some of the" counties- in trading votes in order to secure local officers"; and' .to the opposition of the Factory men to Mr. Mid dleswarth on account of his votes on the" question of Factory la bor. The Locofoco presses lied so unscrupulously about this question that it is pro vable the Factory men would have voted against Gov. JohnsttMvhad he not addressed theih and exposed the falsehoods oFhis assailants. ' It is well known tliatf in- many of- the strong Whig counties, and in the'eity of Philadelphia, a large number of Whig voters- did not attend'' the .polls, because they had; no hope of success. These menare now aroused and: will be up and -doing on the election day. Eet? .every' Taylor man do his duty, and the State -will gO'fortiitaTbyr a large majority. ,fft Jes Utatt TweMty-five Dollars worth of produce is cpsuined in the production " of a single ton of bar iron- in ihia country "Think of ihis, farmers, and their decide wether; 3t is beneficial o, ynr intereits, to ha our u,tJ jront !uWd TAYLOR ELECTORS. T6;ihc Voters of Pennsylvania. The;fullowing is a correct list of the Elec tors favorable to the felection of Gen. Zachary: Taylor td the Presidency and Millard Fil More to the "Vice Presidency of the United Slates, to be vjbied for by tile friends of Taylor and Fillmore in Pennsylvania, tin the 7th of No vember : . Electors. - John P Sanderson . Thomas M T McKennan' .-- Joseph G Clarkson John P Wetherill '.-Vi iA . "James M Davis Thomas W Puffielu Daniel O Hitner Joshu'a Dungatt John D Steele- John iandes Jo'seph Schmucker Charles Snvder William G'Hurle? Francis Tyler Henry Johnson' William Colder William Mcllvain Charles W Fisher Andrew G Curtin Thomas R Davidson' Joseph Maikle Daniel Agnew Andrew W Loomis . Richard Irwin Thomas H Sill Samuel A Purviance V?1 t : ,' ",V' Frauds ! Frauds ! Look out fo'iv Frauds ! "We are informed that Cass Electoral Tickets are already extensively circulated through the country, headed 4 Taylor Ticket," for the purpose of de ceiving the unwary,' and cheating them into voting for Cass. Friends of Taylor, be active and see that no such frauds are allowed to cheat Gen Taylor out of the vote of Pennsylvania. Remem ber that every scheme will be practiced by those in power to cheat and deceive, and be prepared to arrest and expose them. Every friend of Tay lor should be vigilant from this time until the election in the discharge of his duty to himself, to his country, and to his country's true friend, Ok! Zack. What is Best? The following article from the Albany Eve ning Journal is so well expressed that we transfer it to our columns in preference to any thing we can; say upon the subject. We ask for it the consideration of those who may be in doubt as to1 how they shall throw their vole for the Presidency : Whigs are called;- upon to repudiate General Taylor because he is" slaveholder. But those who urge this argument aTe careful not to say that General Butler is a- slaveholder also. Nor are we told by these cavillers, that Me Vice President has a m'ofc direct influence over the question of Slavery thart the President him self. Yet such' w the facr. Tire former may be called upon to vote for of against the exten sion of Slavery. The latter cannot be. And, as the Senate is constituted, there is a strong probability that the presiding officer of that body will have the enure responsibility of the decision of that momentous question. There are thirty Senators representing Slave Spates, and tbiriy representing Free States. This equal geographical' division may lead to a tie vole upon the very principle in the Wilmoi Proviso. In the event of such a vote, who can doubt the position which Gen. Butler would assume lie is not merely a Southern man, but a professed deciple of John C. Calhoun an ultra Southern Locofoco: A- vote against Freedom would not be merely in accordance with the sentiment of those with whom he is socially connected, but in strict4 hWmony with his political opinions. It is highly probable, therefore, that ihe decision which the Senate may reach in regard lo the extension of Slave ry, will depend upon the vote cast' for its pre-siding'oflicer.- More mischief, therefore, should be appre hended from the election of a slaveholding Vice President than from the election of a slave- j holding. President, even though their principles; were the same. But General Taylor has as sumed a position which justifies the fullest con fidence, and precludes all apprehensions. In language equally emphatic and appressrver he denies tho right of the President io' seek to " control the action of Congress' upon questions of domestic policy." The question of slavery is such a question. And as it is one of ihose questions whose constituiionality has been'set tled by the several departments of the govern ment, and acqnesced in by the-PeopIe,,f he is solemnly-pledged not to veto the Wilmot Pro viso, should ii receive the'sattction of Congress., Thsrposition of the two men, tliercford, is' entirely different. Gen. Butler will do all he can to kill the jfrincipre of Free' Labor upon Free Soil : and General Taylor will do all that the Constitution says he may do, to give it vi tality. The one loill Vbte dgainst the bill, if his vote is necessary to- defeat it in the Senate. The other will sign it, if his signature is called for, to-give it the solemniiyand force' of laV. Friends qj Freedom I Can We hesitate be tween these two men J One or ihe other of them will be elected. Will you vote for Cass" and1 Butler, and thereby place a Dougrr-face j tHerExecuiie' chair" anxl a Slavery Propa gatldist inhe Senate ? Or will you vote for Taylor and Fillmore and so give us a Presi dent who .will acquiesce in r the Decisions of Congress, and,a Vice President whone .vote if called for. will make those decisions right 1 Next Tuesday you must respond to these inter ogatorie? at ihH.RoJIrit-bpx. Taylor aud' Fill- nmrA ta.-tll. ... l r? . r Si jBm'e and cune. pf; $U veVy,- V; ' -. a i. J. MADISON" BQRTERT". ..OPINION OF. ;' ., ; CirCii. Zachary Taylor The annexed letter was written in May last by Judge Porter of Easton, Pa., a well known Dem ocratic Republican, and we only regret that his patriotic wish, could riot have been gratified ; but trust that the election of Rough and Ready will produce the consummation de'sifedi We have ital icized certaiir passages, and with this exception the letter is as it was received from Dr. Chaloner, (one of the Committee) for'p'ublicatidn. Easton, May 6, 18-18. Gentlemen : Your note of yesterday, inviting me to address the friends of Gen. Taylor irre spective of party; at a meeting to be held in PhiU adelphia on Tuesday evening the 9th iustant, to celebrate the victories of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, was received by this evening's mail. I regret that previous engagements wilL prevent my complying with your polite invitation, for I should personally enjoy the opportunity of meet ing many old and valued friends, who will, be as sembled to celebrate two of the greatest victories ever wonby the arms of our country. I should be happy also to do honor to the services of that modest, able and efficient General, who -lias so often led our armies to victory who is sagacious, prudent and habitually cautious, yet never fails to strike with irresistible force when the hour for de decided actiorV arrives. Who unites to courage and military skill of the highest ordflr, that prac tical common sense which" shows' a well balanced mind. Who is able in the midst of scenes of ex citement which would confuse' men" less'gifted, al ways to- select the best meaus' Within his reach to accomplish the ends he intends," and consequent lvnever fails in their attainment'.' I cannot for bear communicating to you an incident, connected with the reception of the news of those glorious victories, which will show that the opinions here expressed have not been" recently fofrhe'cf, although"' it may subject me somewhat to the charge1 of ego tism. You may all remember that the news pre ceding the accounts of the battles, told that our gallant army, few in numbers, and as many sup posed, deficient in experience, was likely to be at tacked on the Rio Grande and overwhelmed by the Mexican troops, some fourfold their number. I was attending Court in a County not very dis-' tant from this place, when this intelligence was" received by the morning's mail. There was a large number of persons about the Stage House, some of whom immediately commenced invective's" at the neglect of the General Government in pro-" viding the necessary troops, and at the folly and carelessness of the Commanding Officer, in thus suffering his little band to be placed in a position where defeat and capture seemed sure to follow. Those who said nothing looked disheartened and sad. I heard and saw all this, and after let ting the fault finders partially exhaust their ex citements, asked with a smile if they knew who commanded that army ? Some one replied a man named Taylor ; very well said I, " then all is safe. Do you know that man 1 If you do-not, others do, and I tell you he was selected for the command of the military district bordering on Texas, for qualities he possesses in a degree superior to most men li'vitig.- Cautious prudence, protnpt energy and great decision of character. He never yet got hitriself into any needless difficulty, or placed him-1 self in any position that he could not fight himself out of. The next news you hear will tell of his giving the Mexicans the" niost severe flfogging ever a set" of men got !" And sure enough, forty-eight hours did not" pass e'rev we received the news of the glorious victories which you are about to cel ebrate, The fault finders were silenced and those who a' few hours before were saddened, and dis heartened at the" prospect of defeat, soort'made the welkin ring with joyous acclamations, and I was1 complimented for the spirit of prophecy contained in the foregoing remarks; The gallantry and good conduct of General Taylor have been the theme of every one's praise from that day to this. Independent of the fact of victories, the moral influence of their achievement, in the examples JUr'The Cass Locofoco office-holders, at Washington cily, are frightened nearly out of their senses as election day draws near. The departments have been ransacked for iheir unscrupulous, unprincipled partizans, who are perambulating the country, harranguing the people, villifying General Taylor, and propa gating every species of slanders and vitupera tion that they think will benefit" their' cause Among' ihe principal of these slavery toadies are Brrfwn, 2d Assistant Post Master fjeneral ; Edmund Burk, Commissioner of Pattents; Gen. McCalla, 2d Auditor of the Treasury Depart ment, and B. F. BroWn; a principal clerfc in Kitt Bureau. What !)3ueY evidence" tfn ttid people desire of the" dhtntrlttnh a'rid'danger thai surround- ihe election-of Gen. Casa, lhan to see this Prajiorian cohort of office-holder's, ill violation of the rule established by Jefferson, neglecting their official duties, and spending the time that belongs to the pnKljc service in traversing the counlry in fulile efforts to mar shal the divided and disiracled ranks of Loco- focoisra. St'. Louis New Eral Some &f the Democrats tinderlake lb say that Gen. Taylor is pledged, if electerdoihe'res ideiicy, never in veto any hjll at all. We guess if hp had been President a fe.vj? year ago he ;woiiM have veloed.a fe w oQemGn j bills lagBjnMMbnGovern Ibouisvuic 'Journal; ' ifi '' ft s they set for future actions, has-been of Jrtcalca-7 able importance to our country and to its arms. The world has never seen such a splendid .suc cession of victoties won against such fearful odds, as followed in their train, and were to a great ex fent effected by their example. Whilst Jiqvye.v.er. we attribute merit, that could not be surpassed)' to' tha gallant veteran who achieved the victories, of Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena Vista, justice requires the acknowledge ment of the great ability and skill with which the scientific and accomplished Scott planned and executed the contest of Vera Cruz, and the trium phant march of the army to the city of Mexico, with the battles of Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Che rubusco and Chapultepec. He seemed indeed to have every inch of the country mapped out before him, and knowing the material with which he had to execute his purposes, he proceeded with all the coolness and skill of an experienced Chess player, to execute his movements, each in succession to the other, without looking for or experiencing a mischance. Never perhaps was a campaign bet ter planned, and certainly no one ever executed with so little deviation from the plan. Both these able and experienced Generals however, were no bly sustained by their officers and men,. and. Penn sylvania has a right to claim the full share which her gallant sons bore in them. What the result of the coming Presidential Election may be, a few months Will demon strate. As yet that result is hidden from us. r There has been a strong hope enteitained by , many ardent Republicans that we might again have the Government administered by one who :would be the President of the people, and not . of ,a party. To accomplish this, the rules of party 'discipline must, to some extent, be bioken up, and the people arise in their might, and set aside 'those who claim to be party leaders. I confess jmyself to be one of those who would desire to see a? President elected irrespective of party, -as I be lieve the ultra measures of any party are not those best calculated to promote our country's welfare. In this view of the subject I have looked to Genet" at Taylor as the man of all others, through whom, if at all: this grand result might be accom plished. His military career1 has elicited the proof of his entire capacity for e' very situation in ,which he" has been placed. As to his political p pinions, no man can doubt their decided Republi canism. In the language of a resolution adopted by the' Democratic Republican citizens of this' county "The man whom Jefferson appointed and. Madison brevetted y whom Jackson selected and Van Buren appointed to close the war in-Tlorida, and then brevetted for so doing. Whom Tyler selected for his" known" prudence anff courage, to guard and watch over out Southern frontier in times of difficulty and danger, and whom Polk brevetted, and afterwards, with the unanimous consent of the Senate, promoted for fiis gallantry and good conduct in the present war, is republi can, enough for us, and toe as & ftO' further certifi cate of his character." Living the life, of a private citizen,' devoted to a profession in which l am incessanly en gaged, and from which 1 have no wish to be withdrawn, I have no interest in ttte coming contest, but what should be common to' all the citizens of this great and growing Country the promotion of its lasiing'prosperity. If there is one wish to which above all others, I should long io have gratified, it is, that the Conven tions which are to assemble in Baltimoreand Philadelphia, in the present and coming month, would both; consent to saciifice their respective party feeling ort the alter of their country and exhibit to ihe world the magnanimous specta cle of a free people, with, entire unanimity se lecfingifor their Chief Magistrate, the man that had filled the measure of his Country's Glory ; Zachary Taylor. 1 am very truly Yours, J. M. PORTER. Td Messrs. Charles Sidney Cox, A. D. Cha loner, M. D., and others, Commitiee. Independent Taylor Men. An address has been published to the people of Pennsylvania, by the Independent Taylor. men, which concludes with the" following paragraph : "We call upon all true friends of their couhtrv to saenhee their party trammels and vote for the man of the people. We need not write his histn- ry ; it is already written On his battle fields, nnd in the hearts of his countrymen: He has not cnangea since tne nrst gun of Palo Alto made his name a -part of our history. Politicians may have changed ; numerous Democratic leaders, high in the scale of partv influence, whrt first h)A Hon Taylor as the second Washington, may have since forsworn themselves, and abandoned the great man mr mo mere creation of a Convention ; but Zach ary Taylor is still the ? same unchangeable, honest man, and a frank and indeoen'dent true friends will elect him President not of a par ty bnt of the whole people. Adam Diller. Patrick Brown . J. L. Husband SamneLW right Francii Cassiday ,'Joseph Hall S. P. Vondersmiih Jacob Haas Georee LinDard Oalvin Blythe, John McKeon, HHgh W. Toner, J. Sidney Jones, James O'Rourke, William Wmnier, 'Cfharles 'S3. 'Coxa. i Cpmrniile.eappo1ntejd.satR tnft?ting-orlH.fo-tlepundept Taylor menjof'ihe' city1 antf .eoqnHr pf fjijlailelpliia ir .5 - - ' From the Detroit Advertiser. WORSE AND WORSE ! ! Cass SelliHg Wkite men to I OK rocs... ' The Ball ndha in added to Whip, pins and Imprisonment ! ! It is with humiliation that we examine our old siatute books, while Lewis Cass was Go. ernbr of-Miohtgan Territory, -and. find some of the most God dishonoring, oppressive, tyrani. cal, and outrageous laws therein recorded, that reverdi?gracedihe statures of a tyranical mon arch, or a blood-thirsty Nero. Wiihout enlnrg. ing upon ihe humiliating fact that a man could be found on the American continent who would give countenance to subh inhuman and barbar ous laws, and see therh execitled upon his fel-low-'-being for the sake of exercising a "liue briejf authority T" we will give the enactments by which Jewia Casa used to govern the Territory of Michigan : AN .ACT for (he punishment of idle arid dis. orderly jpersons? . . Section l! Be it enacted by the" Governor and'Judges of the Territory of Michigan, that any Justice of the Peace, on conviction, may sen lencerany vagrant, lew.d, idle, orhaordnrly persons, stubborn servants, commoted run ardj, common Vghw3Tkew, pilferers, or any pe;. sons warntofn or licentims in speech, indecent m behavior, commonVarfer or brawlers, such as neglect their calling and employment, misspend! what tbey earn amf do- not provide for them welves an d famine's-, TO BE WHIPPED, nor EXCSE-DEN? 10 STRIFES, or 10 (. DE LIVEKEPOTORTO AN V CONSTA.ULE. to bo employed in febor nov exceeding threH months i byVuch corrstablers to be HIRED OUT FOR TBEJ3EST WAGES that can b procured, the proceed of which to be applied to the use of ihe poor of tbe country. Made, adopted and published at DeErwr, ifn. 29ih day of July, 1818. LEVVIS CASS. Governor of ihe rerntory of Michigan. There are highly respectabFar citizens now living within the sound of a bugle from Deiron, whose SACRED BACKS, from wounds in flicted by the cat-o-nine-tails, and tbi faw f Lewis Cass, are living witnesses that the law was most unmercifully and Barbarouslt execu ted. We ask the reader 10 look back and read the law again, where white' men, under ihe ap proval of Lewis Cass, were actually Horse Whipped for being Poor. And even this, not satisfying the unsatiated gloating for an exercise of power over the peo- t I f I f 19 Y4ttl pie alter navmg nis Dare oacK ureaaiuiiy lac erated by the cai-o-nine-tails in the bands of some revengeful, or the artless half bred con stable, the unfortunate man was subject to be Sold into Slavery ! ! to redeem his liberty by ihe sweat of his brow : and in one case, at least, under the operation of Gen. Cass's humane white slavery law, A. White Man was sold to a ISTe gro ! ! 1 hero on the free soil of Michigan! This sirange n 15 and horrible scene was decnbedto us a day or two since by an old resident, as being one of the most heari-rending and awful thai could be witnessed by human eyes. The circum stance is well rememberelJiy the old resident here. The foregoing fact is fully corroberated by the following from Nile' .Register, pub lished at the time. A White Man sold to a Kesro. " The tables turned " Under this head we notice a case that recently occurred at De troit There is a law in ihis" Territory ihat provides fof the selling of idle and dissolute persons at public auction. At one of these sales, a negro bought a white man and ordered him to follow his master, and the order was obeyed. But the poor black look his servant to ihe steamboat, and paid his passage and re stored him to his freedom satisfied with send ing him out of the Territory." Every effort was made by the citizens 10 prevent- a scene so disgusting to the mora) sen sibilities of freemen, but the rigor of Gen. Cass' edict forbid it. Bui thanks to the better feel ings of the NEGRO, who had just emerged from bondage and began to know ihe value of liberty being more humane than the law giv ers, set his bondman FREE, by sending him out of the reach of ihe law that sold him into servitude. But there are other features in this law of Gen. Cass1 that need examination. It will be discovered by reading it again that ihe poor victim was Deprived of Trial by Jury 11 a right sacred to every American citizen-a right GUARANTIED BY THE CONST1- riON, and sealed with the blood of our revo lutionary fathers. - Our readers will think that a tyrannical Usur pation of power could go no further ; but wn are not yet through the chapter ! The law which we have quoted abovo was made and adopted by Lewis Cass, Governor of the Territory of Mich igan, in ihe year 1818. At as late a dale as down to 1827, we find the same monstrous law in operalion-during which time. Gen. Ca had been receiving some $21 per da iii ov ular antl extra pay, for services not as laborious as that of his fellow citizens who had been publicly whipped and sold ior being " Stubborn Servants." But to the end of ihe chapter, In the year 1827,-when the broad mantle of civilization had spread over the North 'Weitern Territory, we find, the old lar revised atd added to, by allow jijg .purchaser of "stubborn' servants" 10 put - A. Ball and Chain. 4f their ankles,rto coitveri ihenv into;.cu5wisstvfl " servants.? We will only addhe piovisious of the law revised, -t ! -
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