Tot FAYORITIS IFLowsu. —Gustavcs, 11+inan and Malvina, the blooming child ren of a farmer, were rambling on a besot'. fnl aping day over the fields. The night ingales and lark sang, and the flown' s un folded in the dew and in the mild rays of the sun. And the children Imiked around lir joy, and jumped from one flower to an— other, and wreathed garlan And they praised in songs of snring4, and the love of that Omnipotent Father, who clothes the earth with grass end flowers, and snug of the flowers, from the rose that growl on the bush, to the violet that blooms in retirement, and the heather Bower front which the bees gather their sweets. Fur pious simplicity of heart gelcomes oven the small gilts of nature with grat itude and joy. Then this Children addressetleach other: Let every one of us select his favorite flower! And they were pleased with the proposition, and they bounded over the field, each one to cull the flower that delighted him moot. NVe will come together again said they. Thus the three cliil dren rambling in harmony their different ways to collect the beautiful. A lovely flewergathering !, In a short time all the three appeared en their way to.the bower. Each one bore io his hand a full nosegay, selected from his favorite flower. When they saw one another, they held up their flowers, and tried aloud for joy. Then they atom bled in the bower, and closed it with one' cogent, and said now every one shall give his reason for the choice of his nosegay! Gustavus, the oldest, had selected the the violet. Behold, said he, it blooms in silent modesty among stubble and grass and its work is as well concealed as the gentle productions and blessings of spring. But it is honored and loved by man, and sung beautiful songs, and every one takes a small nosegay when he conies from the field, and calls the lovely violet the first born child of spring, and flower of mod esty. These are the reasons why I have selected it as my favorite flower. Thus spoke Gustavus, and gave He iman and Melville, each, one of his flowers Anil they received them with inward joy. For it was the favorite flower of a brother Then //man came forward with his, nosegay. It was composed of the tender field, lily, which grows in the cool shade of the grove, and lifts up its bells, like pearls strung together, and . whiteas the light of the enn. See, said he, I have chosen this flower. For it is an emblem of innocence and pure heart, and it proclaims to me the love of Him who ad orns heaven with stars and the earth with flowers. Was not the lily of the field estimated mere highly than others flower, to give testimony to the paternal love of eli Uim, in whom rt i y thing lives and mov., ets7 Behold, for e reasons I have sel ected the small lily smy favorite flower. Thus spoke Heenan, and presented his flowers. And the other two received them with sincere joy and reverence. And thus the flower was consecrated. Then came Malvina also, the pious, lovely girl, with the nose ay she had gathered. It was composed of the tend er blue forget me not. See, dear broth ers, said the:affectionate sister, this flower I found near the brook ! Truly it shines like a bright star in heaven, and views itself in the clear water, on whose margin it grows, and the rivulet flows more sweety along, and appears as it it were crowned with wreaths. Therefore it is the flower of love and tenderness, and I have chosen it as my favorite, and present it to you both. She gave it to her broth ers with a kiss, and with a kiss the broth ers thanked her. And the guardian an lel of the children smiled at this lovely eague of innocence. Thus the favorite flowers were selected Then Malvina said, we will twist them into two garlands, and dedicate them to our beloved parents! And they made two garlands of the beautiful flowers, and car ried them to their parents and related their whole enterprise, and the choice el their favorites. Then the parents rejoiced over their good children, and said. A beautiful wreath : live, innocence' and modestly twined together! See how one flower elevates and adorns the other, and thus they form unitedly the most lovely crown. But there is one thins wanting said the children, and in the excitement of grat itude they crowned both father and mo ther. Then the parents became agitated with joy. and embraced their children tenderly and said, a garland like this is more splen did than the crown cola prince. A STREET CUSTOMER, "Mr. I don't like to trouble you —but Dou han't a levy in your pocket have you? ad and Mar'm is werry illisli." "No, my boy, I have 7 nt had an much specie for a fortnight." "Nell, I would'nt mind taking one of them corporationere." "Really, my lad, I have no corporation note—but here is one %igneti .14aac Au rams, the wandering preacher.'" "Well—l'll take it, consitirrin' the times. It it won't buy gin for daddy, may be it will opium fur mar'm -and they's got the prealsur werry sewere. CONUNDRUM-Why will Harrison and Van Buren be alike next Spring ? An• swer—Bevause it will be March 411: fur General %Wham Henry Ihrrisun, arid it will also bye ‘marck forth" for M. V. Bu ren. There now resides in our county a Methodist minister, who was for many years a citizen of Ohio, and having had ev • cry means for accurate information, can, no doubt, vouch for the truth of the Cul lom ing. Sketch or General Harrison. Extract of a letter from a preacher, da ted, CiNctem, Feb. 13, 1810. "You wish to know my opinion of General , Harrison. Tie old General took quite liking to me when I that came to this country, and I have been on intimate tei ma with him for seven years. On many accounts I think him ,better fitted fur the station of the ['real (lent of the United States just al this junc tore of affairs than any other man in the country. In the first place, he is a man of perfect integrity, uprightness, and real uld fashioned patriotism. lie has had, in the various offices he has held, every op portunity to enrich himself without no. peachment of his integrity, and yet, tho' he has never been extravagant; and hat always lived with the greatest plainness and simplicity, his whole property is nom the farm on which Judge: Sy m mes, his father-in-law lei him. pit this he works with his own hands- Secondly—His long and faithful servi ces for the western country ought to be rewarded. Ile came out here with Gen. ayne, in 11.791; he was always on the frontier during all the Indian wars, and after Wayne's removal, fur twenty years the people :were as much dependent on him for protection from the similes, as children on their mother for the prepera tion ul their food. Ile was a most fear less sagacious, indefatigable, unconquera ble Indian fighter—and the Indian could never surprise. betray, or overpower him. —lie showed himself equally skillful and active when opposed to the British 'mil diet y. Thirdly —He has a large stock of polit ical knowledge, both theoretical and prac twat ; his views are sound and aepublican —his feelings are all right in respect to the best interest of the nation, and he is as pertinacious and perservering as old Hickory himself in pursuing an object which hu thinks worthy of his efforts. Fourthly—His reading is extensive, and he is a very handsome writer. There is net a political man in the country, of any prominence, if we except J. Q. Ad ams, ik elater and Calhoun, who can use the English language to so much advan tage as Gen. Harrison. Fifthly—ln private life he is a content ed, single, hearted, unobtrusive, useful citizen; and always ready to help forward every work ; a good Sunday school, tem perance, church going man. Gen Harrison prides himself as much on the good beacon he makes, as on the battle of Tippecanoe, or his triumph over Gen Proctor. Should he get into the Presidential chair, I have no doubt that he would show himself folly equal to the station, and do it as much honor as any President we have had since Washing ton. Such is my real opinion of General Harrison, founded on intimate acquain tance with him ; and I hope in mercy to the nation, the people Ywill have sense enough to make him President"—Euston Maryland Gazelle. Gen Harrison and the _Ladies The Loco fecos have for seine years propagated a story insulting to the fee• tinge and patriotis.n of the American la dies—which was as follow s—that alter Gen Harrison had displayed all the chiv alry of a cavalier and brave soldier, of ridding the frontiers of the savages, the la dies of Chilicothe, Ohio, as a reward for his services, presented him with a fian net petticoat ! Destitute of foundation as was this story, it can be viewed in no other light than as an insult to the ladies of Chilicothe, and one which their fair country women cannot fail to resent upon its authors. After witnessing the array of the beautiful ladies at Baltimore, who with smiles and other tokens, at the Con vention, evinced their approbation, we need no further evidence that the females of this country, have sanctioned the nom inati.m of Harrison and Tyler. The following historical incident, how ever cannot fail to be interesting to the ladies, as well as to every true patrion._ It proves that when the army of Harrison was suffering with the cold, he did full jus lice to "female patriotism," in appealing to them fur aid ; and that the ladies of Dayton, as well as the ladies of %Vest Chester or of any other American town, respond with alacrity and satisfaction, that showed they hail hearts that felt not only a devotion to the country, but which were ever ready to provide for the neces• sities of of its suffering defenders. We concieve, that in calling upon the patriot ism of the ladies of Ohio, at a time when his arnsy was in a state of extreme distress Gen Harrison paid a compliment to his lair countrywomen, such as they most richly deserved, and which they will ev er remember. The incident is thus re hied in an exchange paper.— Village Re c,rd. LOG CABIN GIRLS. During the rally of the Log Cabin boys in 1812, their wives and sweethearts were animated by the same patriotic spirit with themselves. The suddenness of the cal l fnr volantesrs, and the necessity of leav - ing their homes without time for prepara tion rendering it impossible for the troops to have provided themselves with a suffi cient supply of the most necessary arti cles of clothing. Gen liarrisen on that occasion made the following appeal to the fair inhabitants of Dayton. ~ A CARD. 1114 AD QVARTERS, ST. MARV% September 29th 1812. General Harrison presents his compli-. ments to the ladies of Dayton and its vi cinity, and solicits their assistance in ma-' king shirts for their brave defenders who compose his army, many of whom are al most destitute of that article, so necessa• ry to their health and comfort. The ma-1 terials will be furnished by the Quarter' master; and the General confidentially expects that this opportunity fur the diii• play of female patriotism and industry will be eagerly embraced by his fair coun try women. WM. H. HARRISON." In consequence of this call, the Ladies of Dayton and its neighborhood, within ten days atter it was received, made up ►bout eighteen hundred shirts for the use of the army, They were made of calico furnished by the Indian Department, fruit► the annuities which had been withheld :ruin the tribes that had taken up arm , against the Americans. THE PETTICOAT SLANDER, The federal locos are over prolific in deceit, they grow toe rank, and like an over.loaded tree, their very exuberance breaks them down. They multiply cal umny and falsehood with a velocity that would do honor to a steam power, but so badly constructed are their fabrics, that they fall by their own weight. We know , of none of the misrepresentations of the I Van Buren press, which has been so com pletely nailed to the counter as spurious, as the assertion that the ladys of Chilli. cothe offered a marked indignity to that patriotic soldier, who redeemed their state from the horrors of an Indian warfare. The only foundation for the "petticoat slander," is the fact that when General Proctor, agreed to deliver Harrison, if, captured, to Indian ferocity, he, Harri-1 son, retaliated by promising the friendly Indians that if the fortune of war should place Proctor in his power, he would de liver him to their hands, on condition that they should do him no other harm, than to put a petticoat on him, as none but a cow ard or squaw would kill a prisoner! Senator Allen, of Ohio, has the unenvi. able fame of having originated this story, , which as thus silenced by Gen. Murphy. It is perhaps only necessary to add that Allen never noticed the publication, but sneaked out of Columbus, the day after it was published, and therefore stands pub licly branded with the accusation of Gen. hi rphy. "I don't know where he would have' stopped, if an old woman on the opposite side of the way had nut, without intending any , offence to the General, accidentally displayed a red petticoat out of the win dow.—Globe of 20th May. We give notice to the Globe that, al often as thii petticoat wit appears iu that delectable journal, the card of Gen. blur. phy (Major Allen's General) will make its appearance in the Mailisonian. At this tune we will preface it by a recent letter from the author of the card. It is dated May 4d, and is an answer to a let. ter addressed to Gen. Murphy by the cit• izens of Brie, Pennsylvania. " Gentlemen— 'rile only candid and true statement of the matter that can be ' made is this : that the charge which was thus first made by Major Allen of the Senate of the United States, whilst he was a subordinate officer of my Brigade, ' is, and was, utterly and absolutely PASSE. It has no sort of foundation whatever.' such a thing never was done, never was intended to be done, and never entered the heads or the hearts of the lair, virtu ous, and patriotic ladies of Chillicott e to do. It was a ratizstooo in the begin ning. It was concocted and conceived as a falsehood, told and uttered as a false. hood—published as a falsehood, and re published as a falsehood, known to be false—recieved as false, and talked about as MIR, all over the Union, for years since it was uttered. In a Convention of this State, held in Columbus not long after the publication of that falsehood, about 130 delegates, (if my memory serves me as to this cumber,) from this county, branded the charge as FALSE, and their solemn attestation was received, and made part of the proceed ings of the Convention ; and the oldest and most respectable of our citizens have done the same in their often published certificates. And it you please, I refer you to the Ohio State Journal, (which I herewith en close to you,) dated the 29th of April, and to the extract therein contained, from the: Boston Atlas, fur a copy of the card pub lisped by me, immediately after the charge was made by Major Allen. And you will: remember that this card has never been met with by Major Allen. I trust, gentlemen, that this testimony will not only be satisfactory to you, but all honorable men to whom it may be made known. With my best wishes fur your welfare, I am, gentlemen, yours, very respectfully W. T. muRPHY." MR. SENATOR ALLEN, OF OHIO. The boys of Chilicothe, to this day, call Allen, at Ohio, "Petticoat Allen," for his rascally imputation against the ladies of that town, that they had sent General Harr:son a petticoat. It was a LIE from beginning to end. At the late Clew"land celebration, the people of Ashtabula Co. Ohio, carried in procession a huge corn As we grew older, we found out that ail broom, around the handle of which was folded a red flannel petticoat, with the that time, the old Bank of the United States) had gone out of existence, by the limita inscription—“Covermg for Allen." tion of its charter, and consequent upon The author of this pitiful slander was !thus noticed by General Murphy, of Chi- its cessation, this vitiated currency arose. licothe : From that time on until 1816, the state "TO MAJOR ALLEN.-Sir I publish you as a LIAR and a SCOUNDREL, for having stated in a public assembly, at Co. lumbus, on the Bth of January, 1836, that the ladies of Chilicothe voted Gen. Har rison a petticoat, as a reward for his mili tary prowess. W. 'l'. M URPHY." 414AN 3 ',..%• 4. 8 . 0!ry. - , . 40, t ---- 4,...0,m z d i , ~, ..--4-.,:i., THE JOURNAL One country, one constitution,onea'estiny Huntingdon, June 17, 1 S4O Democratic ..Intimasonic CANDIDATES. FOR PRESIDENT, GEN.WM.H. HARRISON OF 01110 FOR VICE PRESIDENT, JOHN TYLER, OF VIRGINIA. FLAG OF THE PEOPLE irr A single term for the Presideneyand the office administered for the whole P . EO. PLE. and not for a PAW! Y. a 1 A sound, uniform and convenient Na tional CURRENCY, adapted to the wants of the whole COUNTRY, instead of the SHIN PL AS i ERS brought about by cur presen RULERS. a7ECONOMY, RETRENCHMENT, and RE FORM in the administration of public affairs, a-Tired of Experiments and Experi menters, Republican gratitude will reward unobstrusive merit, by elevating the sub altern of WASHINGTON and the desciple of JEFFERSON, and thus resuming the safe anp beaten track of our Fathers,—L. Gazette Ele ctorial Ticket. JOHN A. SHULZE, JOSEPH RITN ER, Selectors Ist Disirict LEVIS PASSMORE, 2d do CADWALLADER EVANS. do CHARLES WATERS, 3d do JON. GILLINGHAM, 4th do AMOS ELLMAKER, do JOHN K. ZELLIN, do DAVID Porrs, sth do ROBERT STINSON, 6th do WILLIAM S. HINDEU, 7th do J. JENKINS ROSS, Bth do PETER FILBERT, 9th do JOSEPH 11. SPAYD, 10th do JOHN HARPER, 11th do WILLIAM NPELVA INE, 12th do JOHN DICKSON, 13th do JOHN M'KEEH N, 14th do JOHN REED, 15th do NATHAN BEACH, 16th do NER MIDDLESWARTH, 17th do GEORGE WALKER, 18th do BERNARD CONNEI LY, 19th do G. JOSEPH MARKLE, 20th do JUSTICE G.FORDYCE, 21st do JOSEPH HENDERSON, 22,1 do HARM AR DENNY, 23d do JOSEPH BUFFINGTON, 24111 do JAMES MONTGOMERY, 25th do JOHN DICK. To the Farmers & Meehan ics—No. 3. It is an established principle in every thing, that like causes always produce like events. The truth of the maxim is illus trated in the operations of nature, or in the works of science and art. The lan guage of inspiration rays, as a man sow eth, so shall he reap. In our former articles we have shown Hwhat is the condition of our country, and 'the people; and we now intend to show what has brought about that condition. If we can show that our country has been in the same situation before, and show what brought about the distress then, and can show that the Caine causes exist now, we think that we shall clearly have shown what has produced the present embarass• ment—for, as we said at the commence ment, the same causes wall produce the same events. In pursuing the subject, we shall only speak of such things as we know—that have taken place within our recollection ; and most of our readers will recollect them as well as ourselves. The first notions of money that we ever remember entertaining, or rather, the earliest date, to which can trace back our ideas of the value of money, extends no farther than 1811 or 'l2. We were then only a "toddling wee thing" that was led by our father's hand ; and we remember, as if it were but yestei day, visiting the village store, and seeing the store keeper counting the contents of his drawer upon the counter ; and almost his whole money consisted in a, to us then, huge pile of shin plasters, of various amounts, from three cents to one dollar. We of course are led to believe, that the condition of our currency then, was precisely the same as now. of affairs spend distress and suffering among the poor and industrious farmer and mechanic. Every citia'n of the ale of thirty-five will remember these facts. During that time, our country was filled with hundreds of currency tinkers, who said as they say now, that a Bank of the United States was an aristocratic monster —that it gave the rich means to oppress the poor—and that it was contrary to the spirit of our institutions, and our c.insti tutional rights. For a period ~f five years then, the State Banks were either sus pended, or so crippled in their operations, that they could furnish no relief to the suing ing community. Still the currency doctors said it would be destruction to al free people to establish another l; Wiled States Bank. The people bore their misfortunes pa tiently, and waited to see what new plan these tinkers would devise, to bring con fidence and relief. They waited until forbearance ceased to be a virtue, and they then succeeded in establishing the late Bank of the United States, with a charter for• twenty years. As it takes the farmer some time to get a worn out and destroyed farm in order —grub out the fence rows--rebuild the fences, and manure and loosen up the soil—so it re quired some years after tke Bank was es tablished, before she could grub out the shin plasters, build vp confidence, sod rouse up the industry and energy of the country. Nor was it until 1818, that the sunshine of prosperity once more gave , new life to agriculture, manufactures and commerce—then it did—et ery man re members it. t Our country then started onward in li. r race of prosperity, at a speed which made other nations look on aghast. Villages sprung up in the very wilderness, and be came cities. The axe of the woodman-- the clang of the hammer, and even the rattle of the loom, was heard in thousands of places, where before nothing was heard but the howl of the Indian, or beasts of the forest. The young farmers left the old homesteads, and travelled to the far went, to establish a home and a name there. The mechanic followed. Pros perity beamed upon every face— menu• factories arose upon every stream; and the people learned, that with confidence, credit, and stability, we could soon, aye, very soon, be a rich, a powerful, and an independent nation. Independent, he• cause we could live upon our own pro. ducts. Such was our cuuntry then. In 1829, a new era dawned upon our nation. It may emphatically be called the era ol experiments. Political de-ma gogueism sought for some humbug to mis• lead the people, that they might retail, the power. The first experiment was the removal of the atposits; a measure fraught with all the disasters whit!' have sine( betel our land. Then came the next ex periment, the destruction of the Unite(' States Bank ; a thing intended when the deposites were removed. Then came the experiment of using the small banks as depositories of the National Treasure And lastly and finally hare they resorted to that worst, or rather the climax of all the evils—Sub Teeasurero, or Loco Mo• live depositories of the people's money, The hank was destroyed ; and we ask every reading anti thinking man, if tin' same deranged currency—the same dis tress among the laboring classes, and the same want of confidence and credit, does not exist now, that did at the time the same kind of politicians destroyed the old one—or rather refused to grant a new charter? During the existence of the bank of the United States, there was no suspension of specie payments—nu miser able trash in the shape of shinplaster scat tered owe our country ; and sticking to and defiling every man's hands, and filial ly dying in the hands of seine poor labor. er or mechanic, who depended on them ;o buy the necessaries of life for his wife and children. Without a bank of that kind it has always been so. Who then is there that cannot see what has brought the country into its present statel like causes produce like events— and had the tinkers of 1811 given the peo ple the bank, the long serie s of distress and trouble which aficited our country for years, then would have been averted, and supposing they meant honestly then. Experience should have taught them not by the same acts to bring about the same inisfortunes in 1830. Let us briefly illustrate this system of ^xperimenting in a familiar way, to the mechanic and farmer ; and, to do so, we will ask any good, honest, industrious far_ mer what he would think of one of hi s neighbors, who had for years been raising good crops on the good old plan—that of manuring well, ploughing well, planting. well, and tilling well his corn, if he should take the advice of some experinienteng tinker, who should advise him to plant his corn without any ploughing, telling him that the good soil was always on the top, and if he :ploughed his land he would turn that under, and that the ground would be hard and solid and the roots would have a firm hold so that the stalk could not fall down. The foolish farmer taking his advice, of course, would find no crop. The next year the sante tinker tells him that he bus found out that tha t plan will not do, bat he has discovered :I- Inother tint will, which is, that he most till his ground, hut that he must put a shovel full of coarse slate gravel in, amp ;on each hill of his corn, and; that will; keep the cut worms from getting at it. ;that farmer triest the experiment. and ;that fails too. 'I he corm sprouted but it landsmall so long the crows pulled it up ; land his cram/rig adviser t, Its him, that, be_ cause the crows pelted sense the rest would tint grow. But, that he hue now discover ed a plan that will be effectual, arid that is to put slate its the hill, and a fiat striae omit, then, neither cot worms nor crows could get at it. The farmer tries this ex periment with the result that would be imagined. Now we say what would you think of a man that would keep on trying experiments instead of going back to the sure good old plan i', Have nut our currency linkers been do• ing just so with the people, and every ex periment worse than the first. The 11. S. "rank was a monster, and wo I I rob the l eaple, they said ; but State Banks were honest—in a short time they said the State Banks were rag shops, and the people should not trust them. But th-t receiver generals and ;! 7 cti Treasurers were honest, they had se.ds arid col 1.1 be punished ; and now every day tells et some La.‘g Treasurer, Ssearttootain with millions of the people's money. We have but one question fa ask, Farmers and Mechanics, would it riot be furl as safe for you to gl back to the good old way, and drive aft' these tinkering knaves, who only desire you to vote for them that they m:iy make the:us:lves rick at your ex; ease ? Cur article is now larger than we inten ded, and we shall close until next week. now Very Uonest, riere not an individual, hardly, that lives in our State, that has not heard of the circumstance that Ju:e ► ,h Hither when Gove►nor, borrowed £380,000 to rep tir the very jextensive breach which occurred on the canal. Ile borrowed it on the credit of the State, and to this day the money has not been paid to the Banks; and man! of the poor laborers are still without tt eir money. The knavery of the Loco Foco party cannot be better illustrated than by their• course relative to this matter. Even the present worthy and very honest governor '►as taken occasion in a special m u a4age 'lay that the precedent cannot he appro. ved by him. But that our readers :may see what hind of A precedent he can approve, have stated to tic. , Legislature that they will state !hat . the presoitt canal board 'have spent the whole ;even hundred thousand dollars rut' repairs ; And that in addition thereto, their officers halt/ run in debt tiro hundred an:l:event!, four rhea sand besides. Now we ask, can any hen est man see where is the difference. Rit ner run in debt to the Banks $280,000, which Mr. Porter thinks a dangerous pre cedent. Yet he and his menials have run in debt $274,000 to the poor la imrers and mechanics, and they now ask the Legislature to pay the money. Is it not a little extraordinary that the present Bank-hating and people-loving party in power should say that it was better to run in debt to a poor man, nail thus let hint aid his family suffer, than to run into debt to a bank, and thus have the money to pay the workingmen 1 Yet they do so. The county is every where flooded with the ;reports of Auditor General Es py, charging great frauds upon Ritner's administration, especially on ,the Big Break. Yet if the candid reader will ex amine the matter 'carefully, lie will fini that Porter's administration have spent more of the people's money on the erdi. nary repairs, during one year, than Jo seph Rititer spent any one year in•
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