II • ADD ft•ESFI : TO THE SOCI ETY . OF FRIENDS THROUtiII OUT THE UNITED-STATES.- . to the wri n g somp crs - of caid Respected Friends-- With A view Of. sa tisfying myself, and. home friends. and. ac r.------quaiutancesAn •the.'• : Stato Ne • iirliere - i reside, relative to-tlte morA. lectuaL a itch 0444 - fitness-of William-hl flarriliton to occupy the 'Presidential 03f,our-countryj have visitetfOliio; and * _ s•eVcral.in erviews with General' llarriSon: • I have also'heard• him deliver three public ' speeeltes i and-so far as Into able to judge . • 'front acquai6tance, I -pro '. flounce him fully capable - and :eminently. • worthy, Of occupying the highest: Oleo in • , : thetift•orthe citizens of-the United,StateS.' • •Ilitherto (although lam forty4wo•-years oitli).l never cast a vote for _pieSidential electors,. having; . eonscientious scruples .of the .propriety . of .Chriiitians: actively •parti-.• Ripating in political governments.. But af 7 . ter•,a•mature sand weighty consideration of the sobject, I, have come' to the canclesion • that is not only Trivet, but niy. duty. • .• when two candidates : for an _important of station are before •the people, one-of • •• • whom-must be elected, tO make•myself, (as - • far as I ; consistently-can,)acquainted:- with their.relativeations anti for: qualifie __•_Sho-office4.land±thaLi (all:Mange considered,) that ono is far pre- . hirable to the other, I ought t 6 voterue' , him,. regardless of the party that-may hate nominated him; thus acting as a.m'caibeC . _ of the•one body politic-of our Country, in . stead of a theitiher of 'ft-perty.' In rdsol r --7-7-111-ff7thettsffireltriltt*Traliftiscih-lor tlic" • , ?residency, I do.not design to identify my : eon' with all:that his friends‘isay and io-, or man with the, principles T el:iaracters, and rhlie ' Acts of .11arrison and 'tan. Iltiren,.(liarkg, resided -in-the-sank-place thatltlenkt .,- 1 .ter then esteem _ the fennel' -far pre-, ----- ferable - to -- ther - latfer ; therefore; . in.' voting -- : - TfoeflarrisonA - canildert:that _press my- choke of the two • men•,_ one of om,:in all human • probahilhy,•must . he - • President.. .:This is the-course of conduct that I consider Christiaturinelple Jlenta . nds.. Christians the United Stales now doubt= ---LlessitO it ld , thealani:e of p.)we'r between the - --- iwq-trent-Tolifical_p_arties. or . the nation; mid hence if-they- would-exercise h good, they niight heneeforWard secure the - -:services of the best Ineff:tirat-the Oro TOli tics' parties inay present for-tlieir suffrage. - s political 7 abOli tic) is ts -are - undoubtedly *Ate aninority of, titis-.rePUblie, iovoultrbe • . anti-detnoerc:cy-fortltem .to fore9 - rulers 'of . c:11 - nice oppti . the ',nolo!), if •.by orgati atiuit and shot& they -- .could-do so. :-:I nittkz-therefort., from the "principle - of Republic - au Deinceraey; gq: &lust...such-a measure, so lung as I believe - abolitionists area niihdrity. in Otis our re, public, because I beiieve• the law of nature - 'and of nature's Cod dictates Clat the ffiajor , ity should rule in natural things. ,Chris f -tianity sims..its• votaries with no law but truth and persuasion to put dowri:evil with .--11. these _fail, coereionisAhc_p_rerogatire ciflelnititih alone. • Hence mv' - friernis - will see against•a third pelitiettl or . tanization, 'Under existitig - eiretnstanCes, it care against democracy. Correct pub . lie' sentiment; by. truth, love, and p.ersua sion,atiffcerrect-legislatiett will -inevitably follow. '--But for theiiiinority to suppose;. ••• that :under 'any possible circumstances, it might be right-to coerce the acts of the ..jority itia , republierm gOVerinuent,•is to sun: • pose that an effeettnay exceed the cause. • : ,coming to a conclusion relative, to the claims...of, candidates for our suffrage, if - upon one.important topic Alley appear to be - equally . balanced,. then we should weigh them-upon . I•otlier'iOpica , of the most int: portanee. • Friends' sentiments . . upen : _the inipoitant topic Of Slavery are generally • . known, .that while they..deprgate it as • • great nieral and political evil, they also dis approie all • uneonatitntional or coercive measures,. To : ieflame the passions, is but . to I'closel the:- Min .• the appeals of — tru - Buren stand nearly upon a par" in relation to slavery still there are tither important ---.-----topics_upon which they may be weighed: •.l,ask neither of them to pledge whatite 11-doiAitt!.-r-ionstrltAlreti - priri - dplesTand. ''•_paSt.acts-relative : to What-they may • I .Cheir ti principles and acts relative to the in dirtne , f!ifro very dissimilar,- When I en ' • •911retl'oP Harrison-the_xotirse--he--would Nape whit the - NeW - IF - Oift --- liidlif he should -be Waded Presidetit,,he replied; '9 , will do them -j iistice,• scr• - tar as I may„,„lie• called to act in relation. to them.", -1.._'•13ut," he eontinued, ‘!-I can give you. no :plellge-n -.relative to .what- they may ~be, but I: will „give you something better than pledgee. .1 referytM to ..my past nets towards-the In- Alians When Governor of 'lndiana, and to - my messages relative : to them to the Legi-s -- liture.7.7ln - oneor•two•instances,.when_Go. l _ venter of litclionai "Li withri,tood kV General • Goiertiment,..becatise I,thought it: deMand-. ed more than frititice did.of the'.ltidians. •I' never , would concluda a_treaty with the he continued; '"unless I believed - --- , ---- it - wouhFbe - satisfautory - Arnlftf: Teibt - FaTter , , He then referred• me' to John •.'lJehinion, for: many . years an Indian agent - under Harrison,: for proof of his *assertions.., I;' called upon Johnson-" Wh o, abundantit 0141ra:tea. all that the GenerefUril Ails-lihave :recently . visited: the•••SnuecaAn• deans in New Wyk, and_ heard the. state rrtinis ;Of: sonte . of the head ,chiefs O'f.that tribe; relative to , Van Buren'd conduct to-. waids.; diem as President of the U. State's, I .wall state it, and let. my -friends 'contrast ',..;,...itAtith:4t, ha:af.. Harrison. I haviiiif ‘ 'session ample Proof of the Correctness 9f the,follOwino facts :=-Daring the last *ses ,sion of Congraiiii Van - Buren signed, and ai . t6l'Ll of thelsnd, a treaty, ~,,Ouch'requiree•tlie Sense's Indians. of New ;MOW Aieliver,:within- thiee ireara to the 1004ett; , ,I;ouitV,•Coiripliny ! ,or ;tvitkik 'one of gp:l4l4:eOlitt be o,iproprictori&fl of 11441016444,8 3 ,in , New York, comprising about &118'0001crsi. some 'of which adjoining ' 4' ; ', , „ , 46li.ifkfi,o4l9 . niked- dollars 'le.!, acre, anil it' '-'•;4li*lirttit4t:Ott4dy, yoid:. - an : avera g e twelve,'; 's wYytltie'tl4 tb ptfn ha treaty to ray" 474,i4d.:5c10a , • "Z'r • 'r Y ' P . s 'y~~ r 7 MEE .400400.0 EV . lars 1.4. the ..Indiarni ing' their. donna , .*° . :: ; "theandinmidetfarglhat'tligy love uii - jelu - iret upcny creacliVey ef^thns making Gove'roment•pay“ •for Lode that: ti.e Ogden Company-are _to_ -- receive, is, oir,a -- dtan tlevelepg4 I .merely state ,),:y hat 'I. learnt..A.e.m_ the .In-; - dianiq - resimnsitde'iVhite Men•voneir for its igotrtletnese..,-; • • • -:.-- Previous tO. the ratification of this - lartreaty, the Seneca. Nation °seat -a - dele4. gaikm o s tAinti 01 their head chiefs, a re n 461isild - White agents, tor.-WaShingtOn, jwho. testified. to the - Senate and President I .of th lliiifed States, that the-treaty which 440 President *.had . laid before Abe -, Senate: fur-eensitkratithi, was not nor could not !he binding upon the Seneca' nilians ; for it was not the treaty ,of that nation, but only the treaty of ,a minority :of- - its . chiefs wile lied - been .bribed an unlawfully enticed to I sign the said treaty... And that the Major-. ity of the chiefs, of their nation; and - fifteen .not-of - six.;een of its members the treaty. Among the delegation' was one ,of the bribed-. chiefs-,'who - testifietragainSt, liiinS,elf,yiliat the act *a signing the treaty was - unautliorized, - ,and,,therefare-not °bind , ing u They ° exhibit, the affidavit of. John: - Gaeritl; a' chief of the na 7Seneeir-firoW bresidino'nt-41tifrala;-7-whith doposed ." that while Comniissinitet Oil, heti was in Buffalo, (an . Indian runner for" the *Ogden Company) enticed him into tavern in Math?, where he was ffressedAo drink .soma ardard_spirita, which he did, -and iiindlY became intoxicated, in ---- which,J,:tatn, to the amended treaty; - which he eonstandy reftised.,and that he'has since been inform,* . yd-his-name isintlixeil-to it; and. he sole Mn - declares (ba r ite never so fixed - rf, - .fiitteii !TWelf — F - 9 . Ile dial and has never since remembered it !Lit rn:aflida it =s gncd 13) eight iif rite Fs; ' they _sliwed- that - thrfe-- Indians of -their nation linirattached' their . .treaty as chiefs, who obtained their election --by-n-shain-eketion-ina- tavern-in -Buffalo: By sundry documents .they exhibited, that to.eight of their . chiefs the. payment - Of t.,,21„ 600 was•-promised - TipenlheLitli-Of wilifen7 artiele6o. duly executed by the A / gent oldie; Ogden Gam p y;• as a (tar('•fit r -signing -the - treaty, and seducing their fellow chiefs paid , within thyee metiths - ialerilie ratification of - the. treaty,. ; • tope- lir:s ex pii . e( l ,' 14141 the eee iraotslinvo: not '4O paid—fir:l jo s now fo'olitl that :thelriiibioo :.agetg...rsalone.hol (lol, and worth • - The -Senate Committee on Indian Af ! after-learningthe foregning - fuels, re ported against the ratification of the treaty. Hut still. _fhrough - some., influence or other; (theiich Ogden of--New Yell w* as_.ao- 3 / 4 444- ington) the Senate was equally divided, and the Vice - President . gave the • casting ‘ote ;. 4ndinith a knowledge of all the -hri- Iniry and corruption attending that-treaty, Martin Van [Wren signed it as Presidek of theiVnitcd States. - To, me g it"SeiiinS as •On•ugh every Semi- •tor, as well us the" Vice -President and Pre .sident, in sanctioning that treaty,. endOrsed• all the bribery,,treAchery,. and ,wieltedifesi of its origin ; and therefore for me to sup port either of them for a public office, with _out knowing that they had repented of and confessed -this public 'Sin; would render me la patfticiPatortif t!te'satne., The lime has come, iti‘niyopinibn, for Christians to liold.publio ..men responsible for theirllol4l . sins , and have no fellow ship wirtheni, but rather reprove them by young against them. • Unjt•is this course is pursued, and 'christian principle-mad in fluence...are brought to.bcar upon public men,•our country, I fear, is destind to,de struction ! Uniler A fearful and weighty apprehension:of dire kind, i'ttVite thcfriends of Liberty 'and Justice' to throw their fluence across the paths• of . political gam blers. . , • • • "," ___...!rbe_pnlicy of the,Atlntinistration_tif_uur_ ,Governnierit rs, that The Indians, shall go wet:of the' ississi ppk: The-prosccutiou of tiiia policy by fool means, hes already pranced the Black IlaWk and Florida _warsq . nd expended perhaps filly.anillions. •of money, with-the destrUaion of two thou snail - 'es. thesanli IS a forcible re ! , l rrioial oc : .the New Irsark Woulcl:bea,•general :our western, frontiers,.. One - cif - thelmads. 1 of the Seneca Nation . said • to " I,f the ClJhites are • ee tern) in ed tó -- have - uu riandii' let them cgme anittomallawk .us,. and bury us 'by our.Tntliers,:and not - ,thut meanly 'drive• us' froth home's:!!_ , , . Believing that the',eleetion of * General 1 arriscit will result in 'the annulling,Of ibis faauditlent treaty,, and in — ending the dirt graceful and: xpensive Merida War, if . there was no cause of preference 'in, him, satie . this prospect, I should esteem his election of -vast importanee... And , knovrine that er ne Friends in New . York State are fear- 9111 1 ful'inrednsequeife - e — Or'llie . --- reit . eraled ! false_ Istateinents of one class of newspapers, that i ' Harrison is' not capable of filling Presi •dential chair by reason of agif-ainlliak of talent,. I . dsi_here.bY_ltestify__thitL4.,.hLthe { unanimous. testimony of the .rnembers_ol 1 the Society of Frienils in this oil:fend viL . i cinity; 'Who are, personally a'Cquainted•with e Geno4l Harrisen,..thatbe la :in all respects, i in their , opinioh; well'ilutllified` to fulfil' the I station of President of .the' United 'States... , and-ill-that-I--have7conversed - with - , -- s arire shallshave..their support - fiirthe same: •,.'.:' MICHAEL - Ml - : - :BARTPN:77 1 -:;;Cincinnati; oth Month:li 1840. .' . Of the public press thronghent,the Unit are respectfully invited to give pub.' licity to the forf_gqing addreaao and thereby much'oblige the .writer. . . „. -•-• 116, 1 • • Ttie • exist iag , Yeant,eit , bet! e'en . Grab!, ,sonaern, at the Jwas t rit.n!iiraint,thak, 'cilisan.ra•ltf•ptisiti*EiYinflirtriatiab-.'islo tel:bajpilme by , •Alignicalf pho t t , 1:( whole- both" commas - damp..chief -.and: - ..0fe..;,.1 goti (11 is aspraiSeif, as. Avail 14:9 o. _ ..., -... _ _ EDITORS Q!! ,, • 4,.t?3liiiLé èm••• 4 it-ti o"iti , AVM .•;* :which • facts 'alin ; i ,; of positwq • knowledge w le . d ge .otgilt, , .to:,give rise • ,;:5 4, '. -- OktlieExclialge 6648 . yeiterdty„. t was a..Autitiition friiiii. , ;,the letter of an English , ' merchant at Macao ; of 17th of April . , giving as.the. opinion. of the writer," that the for,!_ 'eign-trade---w ill- be °pet - tilt-Canton:- in,-the ,earlY,Rart,oftthe,,-,coming...,.year'.,' - 7 . • btit.. no . inthition - is: . made of the circumstances or measons.upoirwhiclithat opinionisfotinded. , The followingextrackof..o letter,. whose I.Wrile • rh:is haitiong.Persobal'experience of 1 .- Ohiet, - iirid.i6 ,es - , - ,w,011-acquainted,-witiv,thci cliaraeter °fits tnverninent and people as n 'foreign Merchant can well becontetserVes. to eihpw how niueltnt variance the - epiniMis, of ihtXligent ilnifilliiikini mem-are liable•to• , be, on a Subject:which engrosSes the-atten tion of, nil those , who . take . , an interest. in the results of the military exPedition sop-, posed now in full•acti°ll o tier °past, . • , "'.As regards the troubles 'in China, it : is exceedingly difficult; as yod. know; to give an opinion iwa cuse.,s6,entirely novel Mid . without-precedent whatever. 'My belielis that John I;3nllhas got into more of a serape ,than lie..thinks 'fiir, and , that •it is going tb lie.along ariO - trouble.Sonte affair. ' Either the governmentOlChina %•v ill, arrange things •at-once,---if-it:eaii-do.s6 Without losing caste in •the eyes of •the: people- 7 cm it will . held -out-tcrthe-ntmiist. I-have-ftrillea-that-the- "A-A4nsOlidated Government," . display of force on the coast, or the capture A Na even• of Canton,•is to settle the. Mattmatter: 2oo,4oo . IL . S. Militia, .: -.. • .„. •• tioilal . Debt;•• . Whey may intentrfo make a blow at Pek- . • egmnen .o •.Bloodhounds, • .- 'big, but they cannot get tip the :Yellow ... A • R ' t• f An EXeetitive .Bank, Sea for nearly a year after their arrivafout, ' A Ric - ii. Negro .is better- than a POOR -as- I-believe-thee mo usooir,bloWs - . - d o wit to - o - _ -- w .tipt . --- m AN, r - strong for - Dino:or - t r errinioriths - jn: - Ilte:ydar : Nil . . _ • oof° . Baliks, -: ••'' - - , . •-• ' "No' Elections by, the 'PeePle, • • . •.. . ; for any Ming, even ;the 'sharpClt clippers —it Would - puzzle.. them' to - , get up after• . B. 6Zia re r 'Mem:Malty the Fiist. ' '. ARO!. :As to granting 'submission-to the =.. ~., -- . .v• - . - - ... -deniands-of'-flreat-Britain-it-is7o. ut - o f- t h e -Paglunom_ottlio_U_n_lwa___Alvyqu ret_ELL i r i i-fi,-4-4,1 - to , Alccide ,,, 4 , hyfthe . r, you _will' have . Van Bu iitestion-,--7lt,:wirlieVertie.--fei the E r Bu or to.ackuo-wfetlge that he .can be..cowetfri •ifliiii•iliiii;ii6:rieiden6,••• • •Mfd • hekifews IL:7 [. do - not see how lae..eim:bfielt oiwnow 7 -aritl. ren and ves ? putism., or , ....mribon up t. d lie= Utli - reforebelieve •that...it tractetl and , bitter • struggle, from , which - I _things may -arise little dreamt cif by those i who. have conimeucesl this most iniquitous' .._,. ... persecution.". 'will, be ti_ pro.::Publicanism -..., ... .....T, ~., _II. .. P 0 741 T r Tlie Plan-of-the.: StandiAno , rmy . n • ,' • We inveeed ; to exhibit, More of the de= tails of tii ii monstrous. "ftline'fte raising. a Standing Aririy of . : 200,000 mew in time peaee, vhiili Mr. Vim Buren;saiil in his last annual message (page .0, of iliejviiiited - . copy,) he . conld - ontion - o,tranglys: r receni. mend, to the!ennsitieration of Congress. ••Seetioni s l 4-of:this " - divides the United. States in TEN ;military_ as • (.011(iWti First District—Maine, New. Hampshire and VA•rmont-91200 _Dis : 1 - triet--Mlitisachusetts, Phode fsland and Connecticti men. _ Third District --New York-48,000 men. Fourth Dis trict—NourJersey and . cnnsylvania-18,- 200 men,' 'Fifth .Distr4c,t-, 7 Delaware,, M a . rYland,•District"of:Columbia.and ---ip,4uomen. Sixth• District—North Carolina,:' South Carolina, Georgia and Florida--10,000 men. • Seventh District— LoitiSiana and-Ten "lessee-78,000 men.' Eighth Disirict- A rkansa's, Missouri and loway-0120 men. Ninth District--Kentucky, Illinois and In diana--=7,400 Dien.' Tenth District--Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin--9,200, men.': The'l7th Section is in these words: • ' ." See. 17. ,That the President of the . United. States• be authorized .to call forth and' assemble—such numbers of. the:. AC TIVE 'force of at such places within their'respekiyeastricse, and al such times, notexceeding twice, nor- •,—days in the samn.year,'as,he may deem, rycess." 'cry; and during such 'period, including the time when going to; and returning-from the, place s oirendeivotts, they shall be deem ed-in (lie service of the United States, and be subject to. Such regulations as the Pre sidtnt may think-proper to adopt (or their instruction, discipline, and• Improve664in' military kuusvlg,dgc:"" . _ _• - 7 - Not, it - will - lieseen - by these Afro - sec - - dons that tie 'President is ittrthorized out 10,400 men . from Peniusylvtinta, 2,800 from New Jersey, twice in each I '3l:at; acid require them to assemble 'at any place-in J either-State—Say-at-EriconArLak` . Erie, for . inStance4l4:maY.decia.-prellet• Suppose an important - election, like the present, were pending, and a power is giv en--to,the_President,_.w.hp_may,h_e_Aletpl., n te res te d,- a s --he --now-- i s Ir . -to-prevent-13i , 200 -men' from voting,' and their voting or not might turn the scale for or against hini. Rut not onlybas he the' powei of `salting Amen 13,200 men away from their homes during their election, but he can order intt the-whole 100,000. melts() 'Cs to privent every one from casting his vote against him, .and thus s,ecure.his own re-election; hythe aid of his 6prps of . 100,000' office-holders, as langAis he chooses, to hold thi7Oilice . of Presidentr-even foi•lifet Arelhe -- freemen -PrilieT7-United •States' -'prepared 'to' confer such a power : upon any one man? , Surely !.16 11 1. 1;' ' leek ' at this '. 17th nection What doeti - it -z itayl_wity, that the men thus. called. out "shall 'be dieinenirt: -the seriice of the United States„and be subjeitta.;sucli regulatiens as the l'eesideat may adoit.", That they '.'slinll' be deemed to-be in periice 'of Ahe .United -States." , .N s de nit-is-de - dared that when !,!ity the. Serviee. of the -United-States, they , shall.be Subject to. tli - & Same RULER AND. ARTICLES OF WAR:* TROOPS of thellnited States;'.-:VC herein,: thea, :Weal the ennditiodarthri men to be •Called"otiti'aerardiogatt this' 44 .pian,r differ from .1114 of the co inmou,,,Poldier 'of the Re deleerArinyl,., In:na respeet4 - iv.hativer.i Call iliern•>ll.lilitia' if you, 'will, Ltiit'Atiey r ; would_be regular Soldiers; liable'te'be• heat 40;•.kicked-aholit.'hy.iipstart'otrintiiii 'ap'•• pointe hy the -President; justias_xoninton: I •soldiere . ste; and 'they_ woold:forin , irStanck' tug Army;:Such. is. the " pipe: ,W hie Van ilureit .spoint red ng rese' reeonntiend 400 eraoNOtitt.te..their. copeitig,j r a tion f , feltpw 7 cith zeds'l.„ are'; ont pre Pa rett,:tO; ge.' for, it't j biS, EMI MEM! 'l:Ot..e,'hint.algo a Crowq and . . trappingS'Uf .it . you Statidifis" have aristoe; racy, create;hie sons princes, his brothers dukes, and his chief . office holders earls, eopiits, , barons,. &c., do not -stop half. way, :but_goliie whole figiire' r ei-once - - i• -. • The. Zisue--_The .171cv . . 7 - 7 .‘.:CrO DernbefabST:iiiiftirlif theliatiner - f Tiplie-. cairn°, inscribed with ...„ • • No National Debt, • ' No Treasury, Shin,Plasters,.: • Log .Treasurers_: • • ' No.ritunding.,Arnay ' o 200 ; 000 men; 'for, Seldierti, One Presidential 'Term," " • , • -• The will of The people,. .• The rig hts ;6 f th - e Honcitt Men foe Public Office, , The safety of the Public Money,' A and Uniform Ourreney,., • Equal_ Rights—Equal . . No bringing 'federal jiatronage in conflict . . : with the. Freedoni of Election's, lzreedoni of :opinion-=lndependence ,in Legislation ; ' •• • '.l.iberty,'Law and the Constitution.' " 7 The - Vali litiren•Feklerailistsimeinierili- L ell on Their banner: • . • . „ „ .._ .._ • . Martin. variz - _-_l32lriz-I•:tYffqzg - npd-'zip:on.-a Charge of Falsthood.—We think the Van Iluren presses should be, forever •silent on the subject of "\Vhig quibbling," after at - tempting - AT - 15:146y (.10,- to mystify-their - read , . ers:th rekition.to the-plan for. a - Standing- Army. That 'ithere May - be- no mistake.) about:this Matter, we ;Vain subjoiti . the two .. .contradictory - sentences - ,41 - the - President, on 'which the charge of falsehood has been 4 . broughtagainsi him: . --- --,----,- ......___.--„,...,...-, _- , Text. . - _l' - •-- Coihment. ' Bxlract 6f a letter from Extract Rion AM - message . 111 r. Villi Btlre.ii 16 ccr- ..of President Van Buren; - ,tatiat,-citizetis of-Elizati—to-lioth-hiouses-nr-Cotr . buo,..city County', Vat:,-, gress,qll the gal Dceeni 7 _:_slated VI ashiqten,,lnir 'oer, 1839. - 31 1840 • • •" We have been Corn- ' The present &nation ''pellet) to see, not 1, should of the defences qf 6iir think.; . witladuf shaitmvaitid - taeincio - sea ports. anti mot titivation oar the pall natty y1'1116,09 represented of evea y 1 .. ifil 4 eamous mind, lay the ; Secretary of War, -whatever may be his -1m- calls for the ratly and se )vulva)' lirdereeces, the rMals attention .of Coma matinis of respectable eiti,Frefts; null, as connecting Zeus subscribed to state- Omit intimately with . lhe merle, that-4 liiid - fri - my sukicet, I cannot recom annual inea..ago expressed mend too strongly to your my appridnition - of it you, cons:dem:lion, do .1 1 .14iiV ,miht, it not only never had sta6mitteci by that. dfrer 1 bean iiibmitted to me, but far the orgt.nizatios of was nut imed.nuatto ed Oh . - the militia of the United al 17101 T ii -• three months Si " ---.:. afro. the- 'lll.- Van'lluren. to Congn . Preiitlei.t.'e nips. hi Van Burcth - 'ange -- - - - -- -polt; 4oc: --- ' Direct.'➢'a.:►lion. . We notice in our - exchange .papers that' 'the 'subject of Direct Taxatiim by the Ge neral Government is becoming a. matter of discussion in various parts of, the:country. The'probability that this means of raising revenue will be resorted to is just as great •as the present .administration 'will' be con . tinned. io power.- ..With the re-election 'of Me. Van.l3nren the system of direct taxa .ation is associated: ' . There are' three eon •••Sideratims which show dile.' . First, , the project devised .by. Mr. Calhoun fur ceding away . thOl Public Lands . to - those States within whose territories they, happen to• ite; secondly, the policy advocated by the ' same gentleman for doing away with the , tariff, or duties; on imported `goods—by - Mile)) two measures the ordinary'sourees .of..re'venue,,vvildbe cut off; - arrethirdly - , - =bye - the ', l ien avowal_ of ,Mr. Rhett, s of . South ' Carolina, and by intimations from . other ineml)ers'ut the. administration, party, that direct taxation waa_the hest. systemoft - revetme.that'could be adopted, and that it i ought to be embraced as die settled policy. oi the:country. , In aildition tik . tlfetfeliCTS, it was stated •officially by -the Secretary_ of 'the Treasury Just winter, thatimless alar ser revenue was raisedfrom- duties on irn 7 _ ..ports by' an inerease of ta . iiit.direct taxation must be- resorted to by tariff, . . ernmelit to supply ..the deficiency 'in the Treasury... An increase of the tariff can not be expecte&under 511. Van Buren; the other alternative. then must you', if .he be c'outintied'in attic. • .• -. •' - . The National Intelligencer, in an article on this subject, sbu.will, by a, refeience to the history of the times when the Consti7. tution,was under discussion in ,the different State Conventions, that the power oil. im posingtaxes was granted with great hesita tion to ,the General :Goverimient, , and that the..exereise Of it was• to be ,limited, by general understanding, to exigencies ' of • great difficulty when: OieT means of revenue i I might fail. - Thes . opposNort to Mg copfiti..l !lotion in. the . Ponventions:of Virginia and IJsi s ew York was grounded: . chiefly .on this I - piiiift.the- iin position .oft .taxe s s,by,tite. , Ge,. I neral Government being regarded as' likely to-conflictiWith-ihelauthriii.l3-orthe -- Stalesi i %while the 'exaction ,of excise duties•-• Was ecpsitlered: hostileto: . .theriipirit plion i••• free I institutions., • Patrick-Henry :waif co!emost, l 'ill viPpe - sinitliii . provision of the Consjiiii- - lion and used. strong language, say ing, , "When those harpies . are aided .by ixeiae merit who 'mat search at any .tinvt . your henna: and;;Otpat secret reeesses, will' the 1 ,. People : lied it? 'lf - -yoir, th ink soi; you differ from me." • Mr.'Monroe; who voted i 2004 ';intifYing the •`6.iniititution,- stated, tin dil4te,jha s t he, did Won account oftliii provision:alone..._ 'siratentler . the',systent: untler considetatioP,Ofe;iitid"proper.!. said I ,.liti v !Sr.tvOultkAake frorti.itipue, poyver ~ only ''.7 . 7l44e;iltre,ei.zr,9oii*:l4l,:Aeopolk 1 : 10 Ofiii„POWPr,,,;l4.4,,.oolLeffilOPikte.44 itO 'b* l'inirlbo l o44:4 - ; ?illnfiractieObps - ;. , *Md.er,....tf , 4 1 i , i. oPM. .c.v.,1.„...f., ~., . .. ~ J., . , ..r, '._!tliy:,,firtti.o,iiukieroilOktiFlitiiiriys.Bo4 - 'o9.= •bubly,fhg,jiti,4;!`•;.••3lo,-:,%-t,.:6•:.:.v;,•;!-'1,.:r5..t:.1..,i ••• Mr. bliedjaon, was the great ailv'oeat,c •ef I. the, pOnstitntion in the:Virginia "aonvett-t tien . "; : aa walk as else Where.. Upiig '"what, gran - nth:did eustaiiiihe taxing power as part of the Constitinionl•l • "With reepeetiii the bit igenciel Gtiv _ .ernment," said he r , there noAonstion. 'but'il; . rnost easy innde"Or'firiiiiiline, for' Adopted. When, therefore,' direct taxes 'are not necessary, they'„will !not beirecurced . vantage to thois"o in power ts,:,,raise"money,, -iri a hum n e Vein h e-Peo . ple;• consult the.conveniences.of the People will: cost than nothing, , atid. in many respects. willbe advadtageans,,to..,them..,: ~/Jircet, be recurred' to lar great, pur;i9a ies . ."' • Thege 'great' . :pu'rpthies' Mr. M. explained to be the., expenses War.' -Direet taxatiOn, in- time . of peacejound no defenders in the' Virginia Convention. Mr. Cerbin.also defended, this ohnoxious pro= 'vision ' of • the Constitution : bn , the game grounds as Mr.. Madison., said he, "are as mach carried on by the length ottle,purscas by that'of the•sword. They cannot be carried on Witholit' mon'ey. less this power he giien you: CongresS', ‘ for eign nations may crush you: 'This mode levying-money, though indispensibty ne cessary (*great, emergencies, - will be Wit Treldom .recurred to.' •. -• • . . Mr. Randolph,. Chairman of the - -Com- Mittee; ofillays and .Means, in' 1602. heported to the House. of liepre sentatives against the system of direct taxation, at a time when the policyhad just been tried. Iltireijs an extract [ruin his report. . " When. it IS recollected- that some of. those which it might herilie most. desirable to retain are; even now, subjects 01 . 4110 . 9", th Oft:veva states; the.' coit Agree perbeive-ntsubstuntid-Objection-to-sreleai--- enlite.ly to the states objects of. revenue; • Yli(111---1: 01 -1ifcm—may lie_ equ;dly..desirahlo and productive, since to themeilm can be attended With little additional charge,_ -aitiinco the =federal governmenC ex elusively betongs the most fruitful sourer of revenue which' the - Union affords. A wise_ it is believed_ will; therefore,._ induce the. United States to _abstain- %Olen evey,-preticable,-frppi exercising the - right, of taxation on those subjects over ',which, the: . individual' . States - tioisess concurrent right. Other . reasons concur InTroducing anipinion-fatioriible.-to the-repeal a thole "lst.---14 the vexation and oppression of many oNiettr,''some of which are-peculiar-, ly_olinoxiotts , to_our„ citizens. "2(1. :In the batilre_l4 - ..,hostile- to the genious of a - free-people, . tendency 'to multiply offfr, ces, and increase - the patronage: of the ex--. ecutive. rThiri 'effect alone-- woeld: forbid the. - reteetifm of the internal taxes, auo - to an' equal amount, of :the int! post on artieles.of the first necessity; since by that nueasu:e, 'not mie.,Of the host of officers einployed in their eidlection woukL be reduced." ' The government •of the United States recourse to 'direct taxation , on two occasions. One was in 1794, and_ tin-41 , - :sorrection in Petincylvaniti-was-the conse quence; the other was during the War of ran: - -The Fait was just auclir ~ n occasion. as the constitution contemplated, and no l l 'opposition was made to. the enforcement of the law; but so expehaive,troulileabine and vexatious was-the operation systeni that. it was speedily abandoned.. No voice was heard in favor of restoring •it until Mr: . Rhea of South Oarolin.a advocat ed it inCongreasiact see6ion'aeCallemoerat ic *Systetri. 'Direct taxation 'includes. two branches, one A. tax upon lands and houses; the other _upo•articles of a moveable nature: The farmers bear the chief.. hiirdeivof the first and also their share of the second. Taxes upon lands and houses:can collecied with inore - easellian upon'moveables. To effeet the latter, excisemen must be ap pointed to pry into tine's houee,And domes tic affairs—a thing so odious that the peo ple would n.ever submit to it. The expens eworalleeting:taxeri_in-This-wdpis..xeck,.: oned a(about twenty per cent, or one-fifth orthe;amount-collected. • Under the Jaw at; 1794, when, six: hun 7 died. thousand dollarCivere it reqpiredlour hundred dflieeri to collect .ths t.:430 ow_the—go,ie rn men shou d adopt, the-system and have occasion, to cal= leet,_twenty annuelly . „:-. it : wauld require s_farei of 'front ten to fifteen diens and-offieers,-,Marylanthialiare_cifthiS sum _ould be soniething over six ,Itundred.' thoutiandidollars=tii4firehircitst - lie added one-fifth more for the cost of. collection.— We presume the peOple . . of this coMinon wealth are .not4ifitei. : tpreparetr_to, pay-this amount to federal tax, gattii*reatul in.specie, tlict:-0 7 lieeling• Gazette. HISTORY vs. TORY SLANG.-"On the Niagara. frontier there vims much har d fighting, buf,every campaign 'opened under a new general, and sometimes before its close, that general nes superseded; After the 'fell of Gen. Pike, the war, was carried on without. any settled ,plen, and-ended without accomplishing'any one "of iteoti jects.o It seried, however, to affiprd OppOr tunity to a number_Of officers' to distinguish themselves for their military talents and intrepidity.:'nmong these, Generals. Brown, Scott, 4ess,iiic.Pliller, Rijiley and,Towsnn; are_deservedlY'Lemident.---In-1-the---Nurth west our military . affairs were conducted - on a systematic plan, arid rin#er a commander Who was comfilitek sticcekful in what he undertoOk. -,'ln the South the War was also confided to a single ,individual,who was found•abundently competent to the &tree assigned, , HARRISON and JAcnsoN, therefore., are - the only - *isorm .who can be !mid to'haiie conducted an entire plan operation to a',:snee esifut issue, arid' their names : are decidedly ,the. most con spicame- the-loator , q, the • war- --. Braeltenbridge!t ,Ailitury of Vie WarT.-..4ale +This° battle,or Ttppeennon) is one gni*. ,de . Speititti,..,batdee',ever.,l6pght: W,iill.,4„.4"l*l6llB.midibit-Cart?thi:, cannot& °T."! trOrtey.ipho . .comander 7 inl;c4ieG 'Oght*vit4leiiiiioa.;6dJitte the night attack; Resolutions •Avere P.9fo by. th?','Lietihdalureof , the : State _Of . . . . and'''ihe '.Territory of highly 'coOplimentetry_4f•pOvernor intspiq..!and,VuOtlilaes n d, troops under his aorninarid; - and .the eeputat.ion .of.diS Corn mandemin-.Chief as . an. ABLE. AND PRV7 DENT GENERAL .was establiihed . . on themost solid iountlation."::Brackenridge's History-page 26.' MOVEMENTS •_IN• SOUTH, CARO • . . ••: The til_Ontlterni - ChroAliclOOCibeicitkinst,._ ,whichby the way is : One the - best south • ern papers ivith which we -- are acquainted; and 'battles most nanfully in the . cause of llari*on and Reform; even to the detiert of. Calhounism-;-.Contains a glowing "account of alestivatgiven on the 2d of September, in the' Richland district: . have .no roinn:for .the w,hole of.eiin any portion of die•accoUntOmt we cannot' forbear extracting froiriji... Colonel a T.. McCord 'took' the chair; amidst .the w artn greetings. of -the . crowd; and opened the business of the Meeting in.. a short speech, full- Orthe: fire.•and: enthusiasm atid- sound principles- which .distifiguisheit this favorite of the district, wlien:ohe fought„her battles iii times Oot:yet _ft:4(mM]. " Geneeral - Adams - theritfferel a preamble -and-a:series-of-resolutions,--from:-WhielOve extraet the folloWing': • . "AVe object to. Mr. • Van Buren, in the la-tiguage , of the .law books; ' his 'getteral .bad,eltaracter,' His established reputation' before the' country, is that of a person Ao be BtHipecte . d . and - watcbed, in every thing, and apt to he' trusted - in any thing. _His career Vs been:marked by no-evidence : of either virtue or ability: - lie has novel' said; writ 7, ton,,or;_tlone .atiy ; thing; ina lOng_Publie life, Characteristic 'of a L gretifiiiig4. - • . NV heii' Ter - !iiiiiiiiiffid,iielfeid of,tlie, doyernment; our coma" was fibutiahing and . happy liottiqiii3-0401.46 -- palsiedi - :and diatracted "lii colitaast with these inauperable oh jectimia lo :kr: Tan .Buren, stand:Ate , dis- - tingitislied,claims of brem-liarria - on; - - . "-His long life of eminent mid irreproacha ble puplic,ervices. affords the beet guaranty -that-he- will'induct - the . .Gov'esmine-with ability.andintegrity. _, . - ~ " Above all, weiobk to WilliaM, Hefty Harrison-as the point on which is centered Illikitv hole energy of a estinggling- people, laboring to hurl from their backs2the intol;• brable_intrden.of . twelve.....years_citityranny_ Mid-inisrule" --- - ------ - -4*----:_--_-------.-------- - . a .l ".Themeeting_then formed procession, and, marched 'to the barbecue ground, in -a grove eantiivatis,to the-toWn.- Shortly ai -ler t ye; `th Hon. Waddy-Thonapion;- abd- Hugh S: li.egare, Esq., arrived, each _of whom was received - by the assembled multitude with reiterated cheers. - Mr. Preston was .first call «1 for. Gracefully declining' the lead,' as' due to the distinguished gentleinenwho had'come amour us,. he • introduced to the meeting the Holt, -Waddy Thompson, whose brilliant eloquence, tried -consisten cy, and eminent public services, have given him :an .etiviable* .renown, wherever the Whig pUlse heats, or the Whig heart is • . . warm. . Mr. Thompson , in a Speech of. nearly two loins, .fully_vindicatecl his-title to the, - tipplau,se-whichAte--has won in Onm ltress, and many of the states Of the Union: A cogent strain of argument was fortified with a most, apt and : striking display of 1 facts, A brilliant flow of elocution was in hterspersed yid] an occasimoal .tersa futrra tion of an amusing anecdote; and while-the judgment was convinced by reason. and the passions swept along by his entlitisiasm, the course of his speech was varisti.by the most harmonious transitions 'from grave to gay, from lively tosevere.' s The audience was, but .an inStrum panda , ent in hisands., respon sive to eery touch; during the whole pro gretta .Of his, speech... 4 ^' • To him succeeded Mr. Legare, who Was introduced by MeCoril. • 'His noble voice at once arrested' the •Intention of the auditory,'and his poWerfulloZte, weighty. -matter,- and -superb-clocn flop, did-not- per ' init it to.flag oneonednent, during the'Whole the condition ot:lhe country_at once into its remote and general .causespresented, to ,us. the.tlements of things; . and . 61n - ite v d by bold and masterly sketches how in the nature of things they' resolved - themselves., idto - tlte — concrete ern' n 'And while with a voice Whichotnirelletl'into " quidquid immensutri infinituriqbe," - he 'the the, oppressors and betaayers of 'the ountry., he profusely - poureil.forth the maxims e ,philosop h y. ~the• language of poetry. Mr. PrestonAtelttmidress'ed tbe zasserit, blv, in a speech of abopt an: hour and a half, - • which fully.sustained his. high reputation. His neighbors , ylioni be has so Often , de- lighted with his:elOquence, regar464ll as ~e ntl.of his happiest cants. • Diiring•tlisintervallietWeen theepieaies, 'the ceiiipany'.,partnok . :of ri Sti:mplumni bar beetie4iimer; unContruonly well served up,,, at Which the Chairman .of.the meetinepre.; sitleiWwith Colenel'Hampton, Esq; and' CaEitain'.V. Bpokter, Presidents;— . 44sirousi however, of making. the Moitiot ,an epportimitit SQ rare as. that of hearing .ttred such orators - on the 'same day, lie drinking' of the toasts, was ills penseiliVifli, and they were ordereti te: tie ,The ineeintg 'yeas - one o fthe largest and most respectable ever seen -in . theAlistrietatilf_distinguish_eilLby:ttlegree. of good feeling; • patriotism : and . decorum , • that cOuld . .scarcely , haVe heen. surpatitied. • 17-41 Mont . Other capital,` . .tOOSts; th tit= hie were deliVered on the oceasieiti- 12121 The Credit. Systen—lt has grown out of the confidence inspired.by puhlic liberty, and been sustained by the conviction that every ,monre industry prosperity are available cepital. Nations which neglect its aid must be.satisfied to'femaip: prostrate in peace and PowStless in war. , - me. Sub Preeerfry—ill,ra, ripe. ration for tholpst - tWalPlaiiir , Its merits are'ilisployed in ihe,rpritarliable prosperity and,Sbuplance, iponei,that : pew.. over e*POLlLLilig' • aeuth., , Vereiina—tetrayed,lnto,ii :.false` positiohithrough the ambition.of one her. sons; Iy;ro trust, she wit iot leng:lieger the conteMiiiatiog. em6raeis,or. her lorniev enemies:- Hon., MA: . C. - Preston 7 -=Educated and brought up amongst us from his youth' —confident.,in,his principles, prowl of .his • talents, and . gisteful for his. rminent ser- • vices in the darkest hour of the state, will we_ coolly stand by and ,see hirniSacrificed to the great .political Juggernaut, who, • though -born •in , the, state, preferred to be brought up up and edueated areonestrangersl: Hon: Middy Thoinpson—Ore of the most - formidable... Opponents of corruption and misrule ; his brilliant eloquence,is stilt _ exerted, .WitlCltonoralthi consistency, gainst'the . ancient'enemieitt of ,the state. . North. ,Carolinir-qh - e:' first-. to declare ' itidepende s tten , io-,1176-4he has Shown by her late vote. t'that' the -whig spiriv is •re kindled as bright''as ever. • By J. P. Guerin.' Johir 4 .`CATALiziii", CO:houn-"1 am.where.l. always was;'''''as • the fish said :Wheel' he found himself in -the fork of a tree after the last freshet. • Gem. Win. H.HarrisOn. , :-A re the laurels ' of Tippecanoe; _and : -forty years.of, , distin- • •guiShetl public service, to deferAO . tical gritnalkinypurring over peityschemes,--, mousing over sinister stratagems, withciut elevation. of mina or dignity . olcbartcter."4:- . ...13y P. Burton. The Sub Treasury- . -A. s ort otgrinding maeliine.rpeculiSrly. adapt- :to fatte flint; U ncle Sam's hogst,-for_the • keepers, not content with. common - foil, steditlie. Whole grist. .BY. R.. A. MCKnight.. Richland. Dis lricl7—Toa, proud of her renown; derived frotrithe struggle of '32; to barter it away . • fur executive patronage in.'4o. • By - a Guest— General Harrison-;-4As the sweet - river on-which he_resides,-purifies and ,fertilizei_ita borders,' so may he be sent to pei.form , a tiiuch needed political litstration..fit- Washington. - • • Sent by Harrisini„ As - the - .Sheep breitti of`.winterti . ptirifietk.the_exhalations-from. the earth,- so - ; although in . the Winter of .his age - , - by_ _grave 'and 'sage advice, purify The - 01i— • tteal atmosphere; and make: the Sky - clear. • and fair."' •, • By 'another The. preqent ddministration-Lilie the box of .Pantlota, containing all evils', with-hope at the-bottom . .• .........• . Keep up the Fire!. THEY.ARE CIIVINO WAY ON. THE RIGHT, AN THE LEFT, ANA IN THE CENTRE. The Wliiki — iniiitlieep - Up the ; Fire frOm uo}v_ until IsiovemUer. .The 7 enemy are '''tgeling to(i. fro liko - n — drunkmi Mao" ~ f -.:-they„aro. . .staggeriog . under dreatlfol .fireAllat.wellay.o.4kaur . Etta...then-I—W e-r4stnoi ithern,iime.to recOer. We must load an'tl.'fire as fast as we - can. ~ ,Bpsih'ess. from now until`Navein ! . bei r four business' 'is politici. • . , . - • Merchants; your time must be "invest: ' ed!' in the 'service '431 - ilid"Whigs, . six . months - you mill reap a "profit of 100_ pereent" inr6"!"'Stored confidence, in well regulated exchanges, : and in . .tbe general firmness and Stability of trade. .Farmers, you must cultivate the political field from no* .until . Nov,ember—you must .destroy the.- stumps , and •wire grass and chinch" bags of locofocoism, and nextspring' you will sell your ceops•at good,prices and . I for good money.. Meehanics„_ you must work upon the M big Log Cabin . witheut_ ceasing, limit - " "November, and next year you will bare plenty of 'Work and " good wave," Mr. Buchanan to.the . cnntrary notwithstanding. IVlanufacturers, you -rtiust_mork_at_trie_ W big loom froin now, until November, and . in a few months your fabrics will counnailif good, prices, and your pockets hold good dividends. . . The great interest of all the business peo- • •ple - of this country is, at; present, politics.• Every • moment they devote to the Whig cause, is so.much time usefully•and profi devoted. to•Oeir:own trade or busi ness. whatever it ipiarbei7and he who fails to Conn - e• forward and do-his duty, is ne glecting thgt btisiness by which he hopes to_earn -his bread and support his family— e say .then, again, keep up. the . fire ke4p up the fire'.!, . . . . MORE VIOLENCE: A letter In ther:Vnited :States Gazette; . dated Cincinnati, October 1,4840, says;. tremendons. 7 excitement - Prevailsin the city in regiild: to a - disturbance WWII .teok.place.ibetit an, hour ago, (ten- o'clock at night.) T i hi Whigs seemingly of all ereation held meeting here to-day. All , places of busine'se Were closed, and an im-T-- mense procesHon, Which - commenced in the morning er - eight - o'clocki - was-held;; Old Tip, Govereors Metcalf,' Peintlexier;, W Morehead, &c., were. the. speak-,._ ers. This evening an immense. crowd of -Indiee . end geiitlemeß assembled inlront of the Huron House, where I stop. While .Mr.::Graves,.. of Kentucky, was , speaking froni the POrtico,._the meeting was7hroken up. by a •nt . imber.. of Locofocos, and ended in a general fight: Brickbats, clubs; lwerd . pistoli3,. were • used. Severallhave lieen badly. hurt, some of whom have just • been brought into the,. hctuse. saw severe) pistolp 'fired frem. ttir wont . Windowinthe.-third::etory.i ld Tip: takes' th i e'inate - iber'ennsyl: - . ,. yenta , %So- it is likel he willhe with you before .th e election:" • an Hotkest Coafession.,...—The see-Cyan-iittretrlSentinel of-a,reeentilat says • , -"The fact is not to be disguised that • the democratic party is but the shadow of what it was even one year ago.: Many ,o,f opr strongholds .hive lately -surrendered te the enemy, and where the Harrison . mania will ,atop is more than we can :say." There ire thotisandi of per Sons now n 0 • • ing , with the Van - Buren party who admit. that the Measures of the Administration are ttetrimentid to the'befit interests•otthierme tri; 'end yet have not the mitit,rbur r ige . to abandon ! • • • • ' , . ' ," 14 0. 4 .filicagn!lt,rrThe , s•hni.e.liaosecl , •thyough vaxiouty. Briqsa Teeent • diiibbing • in c of: Mal »a, in a, FairOieid ;thn 'ikorst, ixiliktion 'of all, • , Me SMg!VI