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AGENTS.
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. f The following persons have- been appointed.
-- :A tor the Carlisle, Iferald r -and .
Exposi-tor:
to whom -payment Or:Subscription and advertise
• • inents-ean be.inatle.•
" Sitv.r.r.y, Esq. ShiremanSlown;
. SCOTT COYLE, Esq,
P. KooNTz, Esq. Newburg,
Thos. W. IltatEs,Esq:-Shippensburg;
-JoiiN WO:samuca, Esq. . do. '
, J. - AI ATEER; Esq;', Hoguestown, .
R. - . WILSON, Esq. Mechanicsburg,
• IVILLIAM RUNSIIA, Esq _HO pew
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Dr; ASA WHITE, NeW
THOS 'BLACK, E 511.1310011
• .A.;BL&CK, Esq, La'ndisbnu
Zirt c. , -6 a r I ?ill ii-
WebtEglilo wers etincli'd;
—Er_b.m7vpriou.garcletis tu11:0 -with
_care.!'
BONG OE TUE RUOWLIGHT.
- sc..prn me not.ati,fatneless,thing,.
Nor turn with contempt &Um the lay I sing
=l'is-lrtto.t-atn riot sulfer'clt.o•p , •
On the'ringing board of wa - ssrglee,
Tty sickly beam must never fall "
Jn-_the , g,ay saloon,er-lardlly hall,
'Yet Many'a tale does.the-rtishliglit .
Of itesimumpaylia
lam lilt light that 'quivering flits - .
joyless home where the fond wife sits,
Waiting the Otte, that flies his-hearth
For a ribald crew and druilkar l ds' mirth.
Long bath-she kept,her weayking watch, • -
\Now bitterly - weeping,-miiv breathleas to catch
-The welcome tread.ot a:footstep near,
Till she weeps again as it dies on her ear.
Her restless eye as the night wears late,
Is anxiously thrown on The dial plate;
And siklf responds to the echoing sound
That tells theinto4 has gone its round.
mournfully Aims my slender wick, .
And she sees me fading find wasting quick,
Aria many ii , time has my spark expired,
And left beVstill the weeping andlired. •
Ain the light that often shines, „.
Where the friendless child of genius pines.
Where the god-like mind is trampled down
By the callOts' sneer and freezing frown •
-Where-WUnt,rs-pleg
ryina demon part
AnOsends its:irdn to the heart, -
Wheie the soul btirns on in the Jitiiena that mo.urris
Like the incense tire in funeral urns.. •
I See the hectic finger fling .
The thoughts'intensejltat flashing spring;
And my flickering-beam illumes the page
That may live in the.fiMM of a future age ;
I see the pale brow droop add mope, 7 .' •
As the breast turns sick with blasted hope,
Till the harsh cold-wand done lls ; worst,'
And the tortured spirit hath groaned and burit
MISCELLANEOUS.
EFFECTS OF INTEM PEItANCE
____OniTriday_last,lnear_the_village.-of
'nliiilensburg, Maryland, about I o'clock,
afwkit roan; a . laliorer 'in The employ
while. driving his wagon from said place
to.the,farm of said,Tucker, suddenly fell
from the' same, in a fit of intoxication,
receivir g-a- blow-upontithe-Atead;-whichi
'in a few-minutes, occasioned his death.
„Upon . examination'it was discovered that
.he had two bottles of• whiskey, ! , one in
— each - pocket. The decearDeft
and fourchildren to.lament his premature
"and sad end. -- A merchant `of - said-lage, a retailer of spirituous-liquors, re
ceiving intelligence of said occurrence.,
immediately closed the bungs of hiS whis 7 _
key barrels, with a firma resolve.to vend .
.o more,' ConSeientiously believing that
ihereby_he was-ailministering,ideath-to-his
• fellow men.' Tt would be well., for all
those who are engaged in a 7 f:raffle so dis
astrous to the lives - , libertiei, and happi
ness - of thousands to , imitate this noble
. example. . ;
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Very Pro O'er.
' A clergyman, who had• been elected
to the legislature of Maine, returned his
credentials, to the house -and resigned
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his_seat. on the grounds; Ist, , that he
was a minister of the. gospel, and in that
capacity had duties to attend to, "which
.he considered of . porer,importancethan
h - n -- eaiild -:-- dliellarge". there; . 24 he
was elected iwithout his convent,.' and
against his avowed' wishes; and-,14 . 1i is
mind was: deiroted,to sniff sobjeiSl4lA
would " - render him incapable of,:doing
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I NEW'S.IP•IrER,:—DEPOTED TO '.7t E IF'S,' POLITitS, 14.11:TEMITURE„ THE S.C.ItEATES, .11V.IfilcULTURE, aIIaIU,NEJIrEA T, st•c.
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Of a young, man wlns lbecani& addicted to
• intemPc9nce;,_and no'doubedliiie his
.toi)i-of many. young men WIT' are al
, 1 u re - d — tt d '
e'atTu by . the licEnsed
•• bells of our Cities:.: rirst publishcd, - by
a gentleman to wrinin it was related, in
the_New_ll : _an.pabire,,Aurcira, - .1 Young
•• man! read it, take -warning,.and bgvare
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of the first glass..:, , -
.
"I coßmenced my apprenticeshivat,
the age or:fifteenWith a certitht matt' in .
petv
.York;. -- The first two years / a-it-I
was - as , regular as ad-good chronometer:
*y degrees . .l became.a little ,.. onstearly,,_
would
- drink a glass now 'aa'cl _then,*-b - qt -
not e . nougli r to do me har,th, as -I thought'.
At the age of , eighteetylf became habitu•
- ated -to . being:OntAate at night, running
to. - fires,. and visiting plapesi_jaf noire _of
the bestrepute./ By't he time I wastline,-,
teen,- " I becam ': so-indi ff ererirtermy ma s • , ..
ter's interests, has ;he frequently. repri,.
minded Me. At • twenty my" master fail-.
ed in husiness;-I / eft him, and' sought
''e\
-work:elsewhere_ inithe_,_.city. . I "now-, re
`ceived journeytnah.7i-wages,- had a plenty
of money, dressid.myself well, :kept gOod'
m paw l -and-was-re spec; ed---acero l.cl i n g•-,
.ACthe age of twenty-two, I went - to--
rw , Orleans, - for the first time. There
ibtained - profnable - e o 'ploy mem-at-my-I
siriess, and so arranged it with. my ern
lyer that I. could - have work . , - at_kis * :_e_sz_
,I isirtne - n t - d u-iltrrrtlre-Wiffte-r,-Otlfea-tt-yy
. -
seasons ofsuccessive- years. By degrees
--lircquiietl rt --- habi t-of -- gambling=a- lit dein
,t ltatcit y-,--.1- waS u Mfo r trily..p re t ty_is_ueessS l _
ful in .that,vile business.- But I .ntanaged_l
so to conduct myself that my eintiloyer
found no . fault_Witir me for my, inatteMior .
1' to wOrk:J:Shall sum up the first aCcecrunt
of my NiSitto New - Orleansiltusi I made a _
._:goo-d-deal of Money at my trader. -
. 1 - 4,- , arn•.
ed tozanible. I also confirmed My ;pre-'
l'i - o - uS habitsl'of drinking too" much. 1 -
-- .‘l„:ail*in '
the -summer I - rettirneri to-
New Yoti,ltaving three hundred dollars
:_i,u -co_..,a sh . __..un_llarttlit - Lbe4atue_34...malker_ot.
indifference with = me-ghether I worked or
notl--vi-s-ited-,:the tllvatre. and houses di
ill-fame; in short, I dissipated to exi.ess,-
tmd did but little work. •In the fall .I.;
had only fi sufficiency .of money-left 1 , 01
carry . - tne - :back to New, - Orle.ans again.
I' attended more‘lo my work and' less to
-gambling,on..my second visit there. Back
I came to New York' with a plenty of
money,-and with shame I must 'speak . it,.
,I abandoned_tny_self_to. dFink! -.-
1 ' "I wish I could describe' to you
,the
fe.elings that rankled by.breast *erf ter I had
.been oti , .,a !spree' for a week; I had not
,culoYetl a . -sober moment during that, time,
for I- 'kept my body - saturated with. the
'ardent' all the week; . For 'forty eight
hours- I slept only fonr—alcohol, took the
place of. sleep. The first SiX,days Of,,that
week
.were entirely , devoted to witie; , ,
brandy, and —! .- The sevettily:.day
brought me to my senses; or rathee , o,n
the seventh day I was alternately' san
-aitd-insane. I awoke On the morning of
tbat day with a depression of spirits that
baffles description. All things, for` me,•
wore a lurid - aspect,. Despair!. despair!
was, painted upon every thing. .. The lior
'ThTs-orlielllierfYide-d-Inkjir,STiiiilTP titlT,
shame, distiniy Stared' me iti the. face. I
-trembling rose from. my bed; (for You_
know the excitement caused by- alcohol
'Made tne . nervous,) and for a ,Moinent
suzveyed my features in a mirror. I start
ed at the sight of myself! DFSpoNoy.ist•.,
CY and . .str.t.sticuoLy were `. wt ifien in j
bold ch racters upon my • features. • I 1
shrunk kaek with affright!—and felt all
tbe 'hors.. r:s_ol2.l.he..deliriuni t ?ph ti!, Sh a l'l.-
_I acknowledge_ it—l had a fit,! , The last , ':
I, remembered after looking in the
glass, was ni,y : cwn frightful appearance
and a vaiiegution of colours -cast upon
every, flying: I3ow
:a-.stateurinsensibility Lknew-not--- - Aroba-,
a bly an
_hour. 'My tetui•ning, sy.kei , ex
cited thirsi7-T-Ilarst .115F - virifter.t=l t - Was - .
brought .to me.• I drank copious draughts"
of that cooling.beverage. 0 water! tva,- I
ter! how my thirst yearned-for thee,- and'
-how-t hou-didstorganize_iny_system al t_et_
it was confused by that most . detestable
of all disorganizers- 72( . 1)3C1 no,,yes,—ar
dent spirits.!_:__Shak-esrreafe - was cver y4.
body, - he knew every thing.relative to hu•
.man nature—he„„said 'O - thott ; invisible
'spirit- of
_- wine -Scc. •. .
~ '`Yes strange as it may appear -to- those
who do not know the influence that the
invisible spirit of; wine has upon' 'the
after Witn - mind,. I did ,drink. a great deal after
thatattack of despair. 'While ly fig upon,
my bed that morning and saying to MY'.
-sey - tirar lwoUld never . drink 'any more
-ardent Spirits, yet,. as soon, as I was able
to walk in the street again, I resorted toa•
fashionable drinkicg• house in Broadway,
a d saidc 'Waiter,' give a glass of Wine.
s figaree.' , I drank,the mixture. and it
. r vived my drooping Spirit--.:1 had a Alen-
t -m e
my pocket s , which made
-me feel stilt better. "-=After drinking an
other glass of
.wine, I. played at billiards,
but I was too nervous to strike the:balls
with - any. degree
. of exactness: I gave up
'the:.play and went.hoMe lobed, but sleek
I.Teould not: I felt lonelyr-miserable. 1
'thought of suicide., but I drire not to die!
I•;..r.lare not to plifinte! - My self into eternity
_uncalled : . I: walked forth_tO - artother p - rice:
Where, it says on - the
,cloor' , Ousli -:puSlr.!
IlYoslied In and got.:-.-drUnki I know not
how -it hapened,'but I Waked tip the
„morning in darkness—my eyes, to use a
vulgirr•phrase,- were* blitiged rep.' • Ptr - r-
Imps : I was •impettinent to sorilb loafer;
=NI
Fiona Vie American Temperance Union.. •••
Atill.o-BiOgraphy. ••• .
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rrintett . and 'Pablishei • Weekly by Gein—re .171: -Cumberland--
4r - .
and_ Seeing that - 1 7 -'was riore.drithk than
wise, took advantage/pf nay feeblesitua
tion2and pelted naelii:ilte. - face. For_ de.
ceny's 'sake I . was obliged to_keep within
d - O - Ors." It -was two weeks before I showed
tnYaelf - in puhlic:•, Havihg &unit but lit-.
ITE - lifi the" 1 ---- lime, I liTdkedlutte
~ ,
cent again.
-- 4 .1/e'cantinuesl a drWking,- with. intervals
of4- 4 -week or-twol-scattered_along,_ lot
'a'", ye r afterwards. There was an in
4ervii _of-two-weeks-lafter-the • black we'
,tiff.til, that . l.drdnk nothing alcoholic; ' but
On 't le' third . wee_k_onsujog I plyngecl_in
ti -- excesses - of - _-1,11e. - bowl - -again: - .= For
two weeks I .had been car ousing. But
__Wly_sliiiiiildj relite to you any more of
• fry rum adventures?. _ • .Li rate
i . "Toa sober-minded, teinPe — ;.iii4
!the story of 'one's' ititemperitie - habits
must appear like fictititir . An intemper :
, ate man,„'s, : _mind_is,swayed _by._a_peculi - ar,
impulse. .1-le., is-governed by a" . o6wer
.Which . to- „ him- see.ms , all:4owettul.„:=llis
belt \
er ,reason tells him -not to drink.
Tha poiper which, rules- hirn - 7says., Take
anollt t glass. 1-1 - e obeys, the 'evil advice
'contrary to the dictates of that reason •
with whiclbGocl has - endowed his. - ration
al beings.. But I will .rot philosophise.
I el-i-11 we-do—so-1v 1167ure - 4e t e r-abrc-th a
"Modesty prolopts.nste to stop here it
.
. . .
stofy- f -hot fot,--y-our-g-ro-tificatiort
aaid,.ort llte.third week after
)rocced
. .
:nly_hlackeye scrape, -I..agaio
_plunged
into the excesses of the bowl. -Rnin ad
ventures are- generally attended .11y . rnis
Ifciritnie": - -1 - wenti - n - comiry one day Witt
an,-accinaintane.r.,.:on__a_.-,Apree,-1.-.We--
. . .
.mained rogethe.r till both of us were so
intoxicated that we: ranHagainst= every
thing. in our w,ty,,llle was wise.`i tiongh_to
go home and to allow,his seam Io escape,
.my: adventures
abotit'the city. I aWOICe 16 the night, and
my 'surprise found myself in limbo - .
For-some time I could nor -believe. my re
turning senses—WhatTsurprised-me-tnost.
was my having my clothes On. — I was in
snoling,44rbans,_arrd voices around - me, I
felt around-me. and-found . that,torroorn
- Was small, and how - . I . cairn: rb be confMeil
in it, could, not imagine,
.I,My.thirst was
painful. •At length the• remembrance of.
My spree rsished upon my hind, and the
enigma of my situalati.9n was solved. - -I
toofearfully apprehended I was in
.0,, the horrOr of my feelings! I.
asked one of my, fellow prisoners if there
-was any —Water—in T this—infer-nal—cel-I;—he
said there was some in a bucket in'a corner
nest to the ticor. A fter some trouble—l
found the wafer, together 'with a.tin . por•
ringer to drink it with. Loathsome as the
t, ell was and dirty as •the water might be,
I drank at least , half a gallon—suek is the
feverish-thirst caused by alcohol.
'By .and by, daylight peeped •in • upon
me,. which gave me a glimpse of triy-situ ' ,
talon . . • 1 saw locked up in my;revoltitig,
_cell, of about --ten—feet rs . gytirqov9:•ol.
or eight loafers besides my:4 3 4414114§1!'
One of the vagabonds hadi!thiftli47ty flpiiP
Itelpless,as .
an infant--:04 , 04q.,41;
The rest of the 'crew ti4et,e.:4llookkitlg
to the sight. One of thet44ol6Vlo*-
'How came such a decent Inoking*lOU
as you are in here among us lagi*Atr t
.
1-deigneil-the matt_piptfOyt*filpio-
1- miserable to
s pe ai.. 'oe iwijiil . oifi
iiocked • the door; 1141, iefit4":itWi :0
three of 'the priSity.er,s, fp' tbMitiOrt 9IDOqi
to answer (he - charge":4l•lllbini,::Ai
Ia
appeared again,. n&s:yentypyttifilo9 , qpLt;
other and more.. tlecent Celktiy.'*nyge)i.
1 asked him lw . lang, I Aviioomed to
itemainlO:Bride: ..
we11.—,.14.,0010.d, that'l
!should soon be removed tqllo4vo pri.:
son, unless I could ga• barf,for my good
_behaviour for the time . to ciime. Then l__
will•go to Believue i lor I wilfilOtAsk ally
of my friends to bail me out. You had
.lattle.r],_,sAitJ 1 e.;.,,a_acipslsfio t IIP:4 11 0 r--uIW
me. • In au hour or two aftvar.4 :he
brought me sonic hard coarse bread" and
a small piece of cheese fin...my - hie:A fast.,'
lAA d_l_timA_was_inn_titattgry_enough yet.
to eat such bread, and he might give it
1 o_th,e,. dogs._ He - made 'no' relit y, • and_
- - ._ •
left me. •
ein oy---a lone—riga
much L conde-_
scended to send fdr'one of my friends.to
intercede with the Police magistrate in
my behalf. I did sn=my friend came,
and - tecame my bondman id the sum of
two hundred dollars, as a surety for my
keeping the peace 11 year. The•police
magistrate told me it was a ~ pity that
should throw myself aavay by.drink,..and
advised.me to behave well,for the futui•c~.
"After- that scene - incomparativev
lost my self-'respect. 4:—:iliank Myself
quite penniless- 7 4 associated with some
of the, lowest .grog-cfrinkers—and they,
felt a de&reeof pride inmy company. For
three months I visited some or the mean- '
est grogshOps iii New d
• Yoc. I cared liut•
little • about mrdress; and Whenever,' 1••
saw my former fashionable ac . quUintt;Oces
iti the Street, 1: - .ShUnned ther"piesenk. 1-
hated inyselrind everybody else. I board
ed
in a house•oldru'ukards;anil despiged
then!: wit(l - livetrWithtliVW — lly
tionat lengtit . became'desperate,•and
formeil this resolution, never to drink arl 7
other-drop - of .alcoholic 'llilVtlrC; - 1 '
Iradheieik•to 1( e -664'1114_6:er since liAt •
comparatively-happy.'!
gt Vl L'S' P ilf4:l3r U EITI 30, 18 3
I Now, that-it iS , -openly firoposed by the
politicians of4he South, to incorporate
Texal-into the _Union, for . the avowed
'purpose of -seeming 'a decided prepon
derance of slaye prOiriety - of
.discussing theislavery.question can hard
.ly,lbe controverted, Whatever may_ have .
-influenced the minds 01-freemen in-the
- non-slaveholding states, to,adopt and sus-
Main, for a-few •years past, the arbitrary'
'pretensions of slaVeholders,that influence
rriust noW be - '4,111-cl-:to-reflect, most se-
how hitch. further those Preten
,sionscan safely be tolerated. • • ;
The proposition_ of the slaveholders, is .
hat they, must hold -an absolute
,cuntrol in
the UniOn, because uCI)-
pensaale to the Seentity of slave property.'
.ThiS is assuming a neiv basis of Union,
Mind-a-basis-.directly:icontrary - to:that upon
which_the _Unicin __and the-constitution of
:thelUnited l Statea-were founded;_-,-
de~ ~
.The attention of t.lre-re . ader;,wito wts 1-
'es to comprehend the subject_ aright,AS
requested.to a few prominent facts.
• At the,forniatiotilpf the ~ eons% itution,_
the territorial limits of the Union exclud
ed all'that• now C - onstitutes,the•state . of.
- LoUisianaT - NissiSsipp4 -- Alabanva,
sas-and N t issoini: At-that periO4all con
- hs in_the opinion. that slavery 'must.
lihr_eVto_the liinits 'of -the states in,
which it Alien existed: : To Make. at sur
nnottrof..this, itsi_ottensidn-r-intizi-theLl-yast
country, which now , constitutes.thpjour
states .of (.)hid; Indiana; Illitxof**ild; . -Mi- 1
cltion, and
. all - the WiiOiiniti-07,fellitOry
taal o r-the—Mi:SSlssi p wa tigress
I y bidden; The total OctinOiiOn of
slavery wubin. the United - States•was in
the ' . cot te mplatiOn , of' e very:o:yd, s
•wa
regarded as a tolerated. evil ' ''. that should
-be - :sty eon fi - ned - t lia sprEid; - 11 -
was to,he-protected -where,it-was i .but was.
1310
EMI
to beel — seese were
the' terms ppo - n which the.slav't holae - rs
- themielve - sTrOposed to - regulate. slavery ;
acid it was upon7thesettrms tfiat the
.com
•pac-t-was74orrn e lita theselerms•
have .. ben-groioly violated; totally:depart
ed from, in fuildr-of the-sJayeholding-in
- serest. The purchase of Louisiana broke
up_the fair grounds upon Nyhich.the eon
st,itution was bawd; ant] invigorated anew
the virus-or-slavery in the political body
that constituted the Union. This was an
aggressive extension of siaveholding in ,
fluenc.e, obtained and submitted to, its'
consequence of the vast importance to
the-great west, 'of the uninte,yrupled- na
vigation of the river Mississippi, to :the
ocean.
have said that the lin-tckationin.terri
torial extent, and the final . abOlition . ot
slavery, was the basis of theconstitution.
In,. 1788, the States of Nlassachusetts,
New liampThire, Connecticut, Models .
land, New Yolk, the proposed . Slate of
V i ...ermont, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
"a"tigrDelaware, had a'l adopted measures
.rOKilittinguishing slave, within lim•
u al abolition. Maryland,„ Vir.
ohic'Nprth and South Carolina BcGeor•
,gl4llad 'done nothing except, tlat, in ac
iiding to the propoial froo) Virginia, that
Slavery should .. .;e, pt,phi bit ed ih the, new
watesato be formed in the 'north western
„territory, the states last namedi;all.Sanc
-dotted the 'proposition olconiinirigth6evil
to,t-he limits in which it then existedk
These facts show plainly, thajt . theiiave,
holders cannot lound their present dui&
of securiD; upon any thing connected With
ille•locrautilan •and adoption of the consti
,tutiOn
• ,
•. Subsequet)rto - the purchase of -Louisis
ana, nothing more was asked for the se
curity of slave property;but a just egtial
ityshould be preserved; j,n admitting new
states,•so.• that the - re should be the •same
number of glaveholding and of nOn-slave
lholding-7srare4:7Tbui7-167the ca,se of Alis
so:uri.._she._eatirte up for.admisii 3 On_with.
Maine— Missonjj objected td the slavery
restrietibnind Maineol not. Object to it.
Yet itrcvas
out 111issOur4 bec*se that would break
up Me egirilibr•ium, and give a preponder
ance to the non-slaveholders. •
In aggres.si,v.e..marche's. to PoWer; the
aggressor „seldom—fails to found .new
`claims,
,upon, every concession Obtained:
So here, thv_eoncessiOn of
_an, unfounded
c atm to rryltalifTW . ii7llowebp,bY a de•
mand for-at:olWe control. Are the; peo
ple of • 1,1 1 6 1 non-slayelto!ding states pre=
pared toe'oncecle this? Especially are the
great Western States prepared for this
concession?',This must. Row be looked to:
the c!isis tends to this; or to another more
destructive issue. •
. ,
laorporation with Texas - instantly
`of
the slaveholders with the . . coma/
`of the Utiion:-70very great National in.,
terest will be s,ubjet to their- direction.
Under this diletlion, thus obtaine •, , the
Union 'cannot exist, In • fact; if by - ay
party in.tigue such a measure is'eonsu
mated, the tables most. be instantlifurn• -
,ed. ' The cry.of . .displution.Will arise in
\
the I?.ast, - and what t\ i'en is to be the con
dition of tite West? in she join in the
support of somherif .0 e? - Can she tlisse
ver ;her interests as. the, y, are • now united,
in• '' "
imbusiness; leeling s in character, from
• Philatlelphia, New tu t I ,andl.lostott, apd
o ,
Mille .‘OIII 51ie1.4190-1 rlwhat, in. pros 7
pei.t, at Chailtsittim.,S• t'tittalt-,or. Ridh
\
mmoth,ltis evident thug f ttmtuinexation
of TeXas once •SeenTes :irititherti `con=
trot, in the National coup il,S,'deadly feuds
must ' soOtl . he:generatec.--4tWeen. rip!,
cities i)1 . the Utiton,,.Stie i . 1k ilie genius
of r ;lying . nteastAes:'..• •' 1 ... , ..
' ' '
.Fioni the.. cincimiali Gazette
T ‘E' X.l S.
•
-11-the-Texas.Unionis.eAetted, and an
ultimate peac_eable dissolution of our
Union. is - proposed,. in what locality is
the great West, to lie placed"- \\rill sl\e
consent- tO .he tacked. to tlfe tail of . a
mighty slaveholcling eonfecte-ration, or
-cousolidatecl_goxernmeni? Can she
low- ; a-foreign power-to control her pas•
'sage tlrrOugh the Mississippi-Co the Gulf
of Mexico? • .
The suggali ns here hinted of should
now. engage "11 - 0 -- .. anxious consideration
Of Western, men. at this moment, -
they ; may be treated as_ mere specula
tions, the time . .is . ., w - r
_noitt hand.,•whert.
they must be felt as fearful r . ealities":7:-;
We know • not t`O - what men May .work
themselves So far, there. 'As been
a great deal too__much_acquiescenee in
asstimptions, The exac
tion still. rises—extinction -has been. Con
verted into extension; . extenol-cinto
equality, and- now.fhereis'a holbrrequi-: -
sition
..for'contrOL ---- If this swelling tide
Of : demand is natitere - met and revelled:
if . it is once more peratitt'eil rise over
its con'stitational., and . - natttraFbounclar.
ries, its course will be as .4estructiv•e
:as-whett-the-water - s-of -the-great-deep are:
broken up. .• • •,
===ll
.Proni - the eitrelmrati - L:xpress; - Jan: 18. , :","
G 11{JE E ETI V( •
OF THK`WIZENS:OI , HANHUrON COUN
, RlEtsiDl.l"l•o THE -
"NOMINATION OF
liffiiltiwarEUTilarrison6l4 -
PbresielegOi. • -
. .
._ ; P s urspant to a public - call; a meeting-of
the p e Ql-11
ly,to the nomination of WII.LIAM - 14N
IVY _IAA - Itl§ON fdr the Presidency, Was
held .in the - Courtliouse;-.on Tuesday
evening, January 16th.. The meetiag
-Was—organized,— hy-- t
Jacob Burnet to the chair. A commit
-tee_or_five.,—Gonlas.ting_a_rq.c3s,...;: J ‘kr , ,, 7
Yost, Allison Owen, - Wm. Wood, W. G.
stew.irt and A. G. Birt, -- .were appointed
to nominate ViT.E. -- 1 3- reSfiletils and Secre;-
taties; who after retiring,_ repined the
follovvinnamed gentlemen, who were
unattimouslyAdopre - it - . , -
YICF. I'ItESIDENTS
Thomas Smith,'Springlield township
Charles Cone, Crosby. . .
Josirua Watfielc, Cincinnati,
Oliver Love!, • .do
Aaron Valentine, do
S. J. Brown„'Mill Creek.
john P. Gayness, Cincinnati.
Henry Jones, Sycamore.
Joseph Pierce, Cincinnati. •:
Andrew Lynd, Miami.- .
And revi - 4,ilieau; Cincinnati.
. William Cdry, Mill Creek.
'RObert - litichanan; Cincinnati..
Miles Greenwood.
A: L. Vooilices. -
L. Whiternan,i Joseph Graham,
D.'l'. Moriserit; "Rufus iludges.
We'o. Sands
TiVe meeting,being or anizcd, the
siden(rose and delivered an addrVi - s, toi•
'which we Cannot find to day—.
After he had concluded, it WYS
On motion of Mr. William Greene,
,resolved . that-.aCommittee ,of fifteen be
. appointed by - the cliair to draft resolu
tions for the cottsideration of the tneet
ing. The committee, consi sted of the
following nainagentlemen.
William Greene, . • J. Justice,
B. Storer, • , A. 11.. Ewing, •
William M. Corry, S. F. Leadmati,
D. Givynne,
J. Stalin, '
J. A. - Wiseman, J. W. Gazziak,.' .
ll.. Morse, .-.' • •H.-- 1±\ ... --Ssenc:er, -
. . John Neff. -
The rpfiort of the Committee,. con,
,
tait2o..tile anne x ed 4 -
PREAMBLE AND,RESOI.AJTIONS,
Whereas the people, of Ohio, opposed.
To - tlie present aclministratiotCOf the ira.
tionaLgovernMent, in one of the -most
-1111-111Watyv-eonvewicnie v e eld r i n--t his
state, while they avowed their• prefer-.
Nice for their own fellow citizen, %VII,-
LI A 141 ,HE N HARIII SON,' as. can
-didate_ for_the_P o residen COL.the_tini te&
States, at the next election, nomertheless
declared their willingness to.sacrifice all
personal predilections for "Ili - e — great
_..IF/ig__Cattse;,and ...
whcreas,w.it
to ascertain,_ in. the most authentic mans
ner, :which of -the_.,distinguished men,
then and. now before the people, could
unite the greatest -numher . of-suffrages
.for • that high- office, they recommended
a national convention, to be composed
of delegates from all the states, and held
'at. an. early_day, and. pledged themselVes
to abide. by the .decision of thauconyen•
tiOn, whatever it may be; and whereas ,
this recommendation has not been gen•
erally -responded to' elsewh ere
. by any w
correspondent action; , and hereas the
peOple of Ohio. are thus compelled
. consider their proposition of a r . t , at . nal
conveo s tiOn as declined; and'iltereicire \to
act iti . futur&:as if ithat.l not 4een - rnatie,;,
and whereas in the opinion of that pcit,'
Lion of them here asset -031H, our nation-
al affairs have reached such a crisis,
that there,igjaphoPe of relief, except iti
a change of Men' at the liad of •these
af f airs, and whereas, in older to tiring
about this. change with certaitit&' the
lime has Arrived when a.definite expres 7
lion of publicsentinienkrespe'cting the
Whig candidate for - the next PreSiden..;'
can lip longer with, safety be •,post...
poned;;Mid whereas
,the, exptiience - Of
the' lath! Presidential canvas 011
mole Abe•reStilt of the /recent statc'clee,..
timis,.Convince. us,_beyoud_q_dottbk,,,that
the..opposition•Cauelect ,any Catrclldat:e4l.
upon Whom their suffrages shall be tilti.,
mately concentrated; and whereas It il.
Liam If. ; Harrison; .ol Ohio, from the
republican siMplicitrof his ;character,,
from the unsullied integrity or his . life,
from.hisaong and variotis.expertenCe
civil affairs, from his great MilitarYser. -
vices; from having recently Stood - com,.-
- paratively -- alUor from - the - 7..bitte - r - strifes'
and animosities, which- have -induced
'so many to commit: themselves‘ irrevo•
eably against other candidates; and from
.being unpledgesk, 7in..,:wurst_ornact,_ to any_
men or.. measures, --but- suchii his well
tried patriotism--andi - sound repulalic.an
principles sugggg l , appears, most likely.
to unite the sufrrages, noi. Only:of' those
Om have longand syStemaikallY oppos.
ed' the party in.pOwer, but also of that
veri.jukuterous. and patriotic class of
citizenii-who'have--yecenpy-manifested
their•determinatiouto uphold the.. ruin..
ous measures of thai-parly - .M371 - pliger;
and- whereas we, - I lie.people of his neigh,
borhOuch- who esteerrrhirumost because,
we know him best; have-deemed it .
Crnbent nuns tube foremost id declar.
mg. .She estimation
,itt which . .we hold
him; therefore,
1 ;.--Itesolued,-T-Imt- we,-.the- neighbors, ,
of William, Henry lfarrison, -6 d.)-nbmin.
ate him-as Our candidate fot; - the Pre,si
' dency at - . the approac - hing. election,
pl!dgging, 5 tITtS rtiLatd
-daTesp-c-Ctfally-a-nd earnestly reet - iiii - raii&
him as such, to tht4avorable considera- -
ion-or-- urTe I km-elaz-et is-of-the-7s e-ve-r-a
st ates the L7nfoii. , - -
==2:=ltesuliecd~ Thal in -- trialdng: th:S
mination, at this time, we Itave.no other
object or desire, than to promote - ehe
success of those great prineipleS of liub,
ic :policy, i Iy. hiciv . we
fare of-the country to be invol . req:
3. -: Resolved, That while. in a conflict-
-betweilrifTpliVetfiles .untl - .nirn, we Won
'a ways sacrifice all i,e - rspnd) . pretlilect ions
for tlie_sake%orp.rinclples f _.tet - :wh.en,-as•
in the .presetit:caie, the support of it pa - 1 , 7
: tieu iar,•-ni an, appears--to=-be-'identilicd
with the •sue - Cess of great iiiineityle.S, the
sooner we announce our o.c:ft:Fence the•
better, since in piibTic affairs, O1) 7 .
fi.ankness is alw4y4._.Prere.l . 4ble to con
',
cealment. •
• 4. Resolved, • That in times like the.
present, when 'vital .interests,are at•stake
in the result:. it behooves the people , to
do their own nominating,„aswell.as_t.heir_
own voting': and not wait for the the.
ictat ion either_of,pre_sses, pol i tic iatts,or..
legiSlative bodies. • - •
5. Resolved, Thut we
_feel bOund to
redeem the pledge, given 'attlte termin•
ation,,,,o(„the last4ontest- i-n 't.he jun of
1836, that General Harrison should have
an oppoNlnity of tneasuring. strength_
with the present inWmbent of the Exe
,maivechair—a pledge which was spa 2.:.
taneously niade "untie'. a Strong .ccin,
victim) that tie influence of his name
at', the first trial orhis strength, had
taken us'Ao the' very verge of victory,
and the result of the contest clearly prov -
ed that heivas The faVorite!_of the peofile.
We have neither seen nur-heArd any thing
which ought to pOs'pinie his. clainis to
those of any oth'er candidate; and 'We
unhesitatingly affirm -that -- Myr,
,the 'lit
fluence, of hil:popularity has shaken 'the
union . of our political opponents and
-brought them . by_thousand_s_to Our_side
.we should be ungrateful to cut him
adrift and -transfer-the fruits of a contest ,
sustained by his name and influence,
to :the .supnort or another. . .
6. Resolved,
,Tbat so far as ourobser
vation has extended;• we' are. warranted
in saying that the conservatives, general
ly., in the Western States,. are prepared
to unite their destiny ..with. ours, the mo
inent •it Shall lie Ascertained that the
Par?' ner of NOrtli.' Be/id . ..Will be. , our=
elMiet;:ontrtirc -tither. - hand ov • e as thinly
believe that if the •politicians of ourpar
4,4eintine-Au.pass...ltim--byl-for-sany
other; the benelitial result - of tliOtrength
we pinata the last contest will "he . lost.
'7. Resolved, That w.e - haveseen, With
deeli---regreti-a—d i spo s it too—tuanifi!ii tilt!
and expres,ed, by many , of our frlen . 4 3 s,
' particularly in the Atlantic States.„.tu'il
fer die selection cif our candidate 'to','. a
1 - at ant tlrkT:TTir'e-ur-.=o-p-titiim;-irwte
ett"
dangerous' C r\
could not be advised:
The delay % hich haSalready tiiken-plate; -
begins to threaten the:disunion of our
party. The friends_of..eacli of_our -can
dates - are . becoming more zealous and
more sanguine to obtain the lmina' 'loft
they desire; and - in - proportion as that
hope is strengthened; the prospect:Of a
cordial union is , y - eakened. •
Ple4lanis,
Ja".
8. Reiolt?fid, That • the recoMmenda-
Von at COltimbtis; on th?Lith of July last,
to hold a national convention in_Pitts
burg in June next, met with our approba
tion at_the time, though many of us be-
lived:that an earlier day shooldbive.been
named; We indulged. the • most 'confi.-
dent hope that the call . would be respond..
ed to — without delay, - and • would be met
with.a 'prompt and cordial
. apprOvtil; but
tO -our great djsappointment'•it seems
not to : have met with favor 'every:quar
ter.' Althotigh inure than ASi-s,, mouths
not 'heard that' it
has6cewaciorded lb but ittn , ..sittgle
stater Lon'the,contrary it has lieen - object
'M to as altogether 'premature, by editors'
and others' in the eastern- middle
stittes. It is true - that ; those objections •
• XElr 840 .1111.18 2.—.7'''0..9.
. , , .
• . .-
express a'.. willingnes•-to-samit-the-to------ e
I.mintitihn to - a general convention; to,bi.
calleditt sorne - distint - day; We•ltnoVir - not • ' '
when, but they have uniteilky'disapprov- •
..
ed. the call . made 14 the State of Ohio.
We are therefore...restrained : to consider
that call: as ;rejected, 444 , the Whigs of
the State at perfect. liberty:to-puratia-the; •
.course.:-Which may seem to them- : -most '
-proper:--.-We T have-reaSoit-10 - believe that_ L
t lie•- : con ven tio tymchich..tri ade the
. proposi- •:_
tion would not itave;,consented to a more ' .
dist:int dAY as they were folly : impressed'
..
'With-the importance of-an early- noimintf---7--
thin; . They-are-noti therefore,'ondeethe -
:slightest obligationarismg from act. .
of. theirs, to accord to a propositiOn front
..
anyquarter -conflicting._ with • their : owtt;
and more. especially so as there is too •
much reason - terbelieve• that-the -pbjects•' -
-which •pronip•tsthe objectors to resolve .•
on delay
. may defeat the. object of' the -
-cativention .in filiog An, an early. day _ .; . __ _
~..
-, .:9. Resolved, That recent events,:de, , •',
. moriStrate - be,yond question, thatth - e•rsbri,
ponents of the. - measures of -the' -present •
ad Ministration_ are in a decided-majority;
that nothing but unanitnity.is wanting to •
render their triumph certain;' And the ~..:
surest. ' way. -to secure'. this unarritnity. -
.allnitig the people, is to make 'arrearly
nomination,. in some-quartery'arid invite. -
Lo_ther.s tii express their, assent or dissent._ t _
- - W. — Resolved, 'lli - it we - earnestly' 're-
commend to our- fellow citiZens'..thrOilgh
riut-the Union, to meet - together— in., - pri-_ -
n 4.1: y_a ss e mblies,_where aleve.:their-voice
ran be authentically 'expressed, and•de- - -
clareras-we-Aow do, th i t preference for .-.
Presideutial .Cantfidate , and since the
abuse• of - executive-pati o age-is-the-great ,
1.
esteVirthUs . far.ilevel )ed in one politi- . • .
cal -system, and since We belieid that the,—
' nrost---cructintheetc---aipinst—stieli—abusi--
Won't'. he , an 'amendment of. the
President, eligible for- - -
only one (cent; further . .request.our
- le express-their:-opinion --
upon this -interesting subject,ln cOnoec-•
..titin with their - presidential nomination - .' , .7'
1 Resolved,
.That -the conservatives;
as a party, in freeing themselves from po
litical dictation and executive control, as ,
•tiononstrated by the recent electioni, de-
serve: our warmest . praise, and that we
_ltail_:their__contthet as ao. omen.of a still'
loftier re'solvto act only for tO' - good of ••
_their whole_contrary.,—
After the readini , of the report, Messrs.'
J. W. Vauglian •
liam ill. Corry, successively addressed •
the ;77hting,, respontlift to. the general
call of their naMes. The 'remarks of the
speakers, Were heartily welcomed, -and. ille . advocacy of the objects of the •meet- .
itig•,`; found manifest apprObation With all
prestent.W . e had not an
_oppOrtenityrif
taiingootes of the.speeches, Mr: Green,
.the Chuirman of the Committee,: then
suggested.the omission of a passage in - the
- yreatuble and two - dfithe resolutions, riot .
to . .their chiefinatte'r" Mr. G. fol
'-loWed-hiS suggestions by some pertinent
-61n;ervations-upon.--the=,feelings_ of.A.he
..iimdsltf. General flarrisoritoWards'cither •
distinguished men, whose names are also'. ---
.beforeitlie_people, in connection_with the:
Presidential 'election. The liberality 4aff
the speaker's viewss: found a ready and
sincere 'response, and the-preamble-and
the resolutions with the alterations noted
by the Chairman. were pissed
unani
mously. • •
titotion.of •Major Gwynoe,• it - was •
resolved, that the Chair appoint a Cor
responding Committee coosistingof five,
and'
.au Executive Committee consisting •
.tvrettrrrfou-r,-7orith7---power-to-increase-7-77
On motion, Revolved; That the , pit i
tetilliV ' iS7Orth - e — ineetiiirb - Cpiihtilied - Irt
the Whig papers of the.city.
The meeting' then adjourned.. . • •
From the numbers present and the en
it=—`-- 'hat - c'—
.../taracterised theirpro
ceedings, the friends . of General Harrison.
abroad, may rest asSured \that here in his
own comity,. where in-all respects his vir-'
ilia mr
known, there is no'difference of opinion •
Upon the Ipropriety,' the justice, and the •
expedience_of :electing hinflO
.the Presi—
dency.` They invite inVeitigatlon . of his;
deserts, arid tliey feel confident, with-the .
blssingol.Providence upon;their good'
crtoge, of his
. suecess, and the triumph of
the • Principle 4, for Which the friends,of
tye Constitutieri,•the laws•and the
try, are - ,'now contending. . .
. . . , .
. - The'Long'lslind Star'relatei that'al- .
ter seteral trials, Mr: Jaines'..kent of
Brooklyn, has sueceeded. in iriatiitfae
toring•artifieial limbs fot ajounglady
~
aged IN', residing 'in -Jersefeiti.,.who
I was born without limbs:troin the knee .,
...
....joi nt. She is now able to walk seme (BS..
lance with Ote.suppott.9f a entillianieniN
and e.ipeeta'soon to walk alone.—
A rencontre took place in the streetsl
(Misi.) lately betWeeri Mr;,'
- I3opert McDenold and Mr.W. H. LOck*
art, in which the former was shot with'
a pistol, and expired about Opehotirt
aftirwards, .L. was comtiiietedlo .
prison.. • .
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