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Gen. John IL Davis's liActleV,
To D. K. PeinTER,
Governor of Pennsylvania:
Sin—l have long been desirous to coin
municate the feelings I have entertained
for you since August 1839, which, if you
had not been placed in nomination for the
second term, I might never have convey
ed. But as you are Nein before :he pub
lic, I deem it proper to eapress to you
my utter astonishment that such en
oc
currence should have taken place, after
the many outrageous acts you have com
mitted contrary to the usages of the Dem
ocracy of Penasy !nein, saying nothing
of the perfidious manner in which you
have treated some of your best friends,
and thesis who warmly supported you
heretofore. In one respect Imu satisfied
with the nomination because it affords me
an oppot tunity which I might not have had
of retorting upon you for the unwarranta
ble treatment I have received. Buten the
other hand I sincerely reg.-et it, inasmuch.
as the Democratic party in Pennsylvania
will again be convulsed and cut up in fac.
tions the result of which will he is my
opinion certain defeat; whereas if any
honorable man who would revere his word
and honor, scab as Sturgeon, Hullos, Reim
Klingensmith, Carpenter, and fi fty others
/could mention, hail either of them been
taken up or placed in nomination instead
of you. the party would triumph, but now
it is destined to be hasten, and that shame
fully ; for within the circle of my acqaint
ance there arc hundreds who strenuously
supported your last election, who will
new use every bonoctble means in their
power to prevent your nest ; and which I
understand is the case so far es I have
heard from every other part of the State.
I for one exerted myself more than usual
in your favor, and warmly defended your
character against the bitter reports then
in circulation. Eut alas / how have I
since been treated by you I Why I have
received naught but ingratitude, mingled
with the most consummate deceit and
contempt. 'The reports referred to,
whether true or false is not my province
at this time to deride, but I cannot help
in conjunction with many of my worthy
friends and neiOlbers, but believe com
bining circumstances, that they were not
all false. However, Ido not mean to re
iterate them in electioneering against you.
I shall act fairly, mid resort to nothing
but what / can conclusively establish.
Therefore, your perfidious conduct to
wards me, together with many similar
cases, wherein you have displayed the
same fell spirit of deception to others as
I have been informed, shall be the basis
of my resentment against you. After your
last election I had partly concluded to
never again embark so warmly in another,
but circumstances alter cases. I will
once more (it spared to the election) re
double my exertions against you. I have
always been taught to respect the chief
magistrate of our state while filling that
dignified station, and while he acts with
decorum I will always feel a pride in do
ing so; but when lie departs so widely
from the path of rectitude and honor, as
in my opinion you have clone in many
cases, by staering a clique of unprinci
pled men to to rule you, and thereby cause.
you to violate your sacred pledges made
in your best tiiends, which I think I shall ,
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HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1841.
done, I feel no longer bound to support
you. lam one of those who respect a
man according to his merit, not according
to the office he holds; and as you are to be
elected to office or not by the voice of the
people, I have a right to record my vote
against you if I think proper ; and I will
let every one know my reasons fur doing
so. The flagrant violation of your word
and honor to me in Harrisburg immedi,
ately after your inauguration, which has
no parallel on the score of treachery, de,
serves from me every denunciation I can
possibly heap upon you; therefore 1 do
most hesitatingly say that your conduct
towards me has not only been marked by
the basest hind of perfidy, but it is so
closely approximated to cowardice, that
it would require the pencil of ilogarth,
to draw the line of distinction, because a
brave man never acts treacherously or de
ceives his friends, nor shields himself from
giving explanations under his official garb.
Ueneral Jackson, while President ot the
United States, would have given any
man in the Union an explanation had he
been called upon in the same style I call.
ed upon you ; but tie was a man whom his
bitterest enemies never pretended to
brand with either treachery or cowardice,
nor did he ever shield himself from giving
explanations under his official station. I
have heard him say while Commander in.
Chief of the Southern army, that it' the
youngest officer under his command would
fuel himself aggrieved by any act of his,
and call upon him for an explanation,
that the rules ot etiquette would compel
him to reply and make reparation if he hail
injured him, and that he never intended
to shield hill:cif under his rank ; but ha
had
"A strong, cv,icious, scrutinizing mind.
With strict integrity ut hear.: combiccd."
You cannot but sea the great injustice
you done me by your duceptania promises,
which prevented me at the thee from ac
ceding the kind wishes of my friends from
various sections of the State then in liar
risburg, concerning ether situations.—
But it appears to ate that the clique by
which you were governed at the time, had
decreed, soon after your solemn pledge
to me, that I should receive nothing un
der your administration.
Here, sir, it may not be amiss to remind
you of the conversation which occurred
between you and myself, which is so
plain that, 'ho that rens might read.'
You said to me, in presence of a highly
respectable Gentleman ;—'as respects the
appointment of Adjutant General I have
made up my mind to give it to you' I
thanked you for your kind offer, and ob
served, if you have made up your mind
to do so, it will not be necessary for me
to be at any trouble procuring you recom
mendations, to which you emphatically
replied, 'Not at all, not all, Sir, I am per
fectly satisfied on that score, your con
nection with tiers. Jackson at New Or
leans given you claims over any other,
therefore you may rest satisfied and be
assured you shall receive the appoints
ment, when the time rolls round that the
vacancy occurs, which will not be until
the 8d - of August next.' (That would
have been August 1859.) This was the
first intimation I had of the time the office
of Adjutant General expired. And jade
pendent of this solemn pledge made to
myself in pi esence of the Gentleman al
luded to, whose letter I have and shall
keep in reserve corroborating the above
statement, I was informed by several
others, (whose names shall afar giving
until occasion requires it) who had all
conversations with you on the same subs
ject and that you held forth in the same
language to each of them. Moreover,
when one of them made application to you
to remove Gen. Piper, the then Adjutant
General, and give me the appointment
immediately, he informed me that your
answer to him was, 'the law is imperative,
the appointment is made for three years,
and he cannot be removed, but you may
rest assured when the time expires, your
friend shall receive the appointment.' I
then left Harrisburg, perfectly satisfied,
relying on your word and honor (which I
conceived at that time as unchangeable
'as the rock of ages,') that I would receive
the appointment at the time you stated
the vacancy would occur. But for once
in my life time have I been deceived in
the word and honor of a man in high of
five. Yet it appears that every one was
not as credulous as I was, for in a few.
weeks afterwards, 1 received a letter from
a friend in Harrisburg, who knew your
principles better than ['lid, stating as fol
lows, viz: 'I feel it my duty to apprise you
that all is not going on right respecting
the appointment of Adjutant General,
which l have every reason to believe was
promised to you by Gov. Porter, but you
may take try word for it there is some un
derhanded work going on against you, by
a few unprincipled fellows hanging round
the Governor, who in my opinion is a pipe
for every finger to play upon; therefore
you haul better not rest too sure upon his
word but attend to this matter' To this
Metter T Cove th , i:,l l ;.vriu , • r. , t,!v fu niv
"ONE COUNTRY, ORE CONSTITUTION, ONE DESTINY."
A. W. BIqINEDICT PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR.
friend, after thanking him for the inter•
est he manifested in my favor :
" Do not dread the intrigue or influence
of any set of men against me in this mat
ter, because 1 have the word and honor
of Governor Porter, in whose integrity I I
have the must implicit confidence, saying
to me, 'when the time rolls round that the
vacancy occurs, you shall receive the op
' pointment." I conceive this pledge is too
strong for any honorable man to violate ;
and 1 think no man high in office is going
to sink his reputation to gratify a clique
of unprincipled fellows. Therefore it
would be treating Gov. Porter not only
with disrespect, but with a total want of
confidence in his word and honor, it I was
to move in the matter, ter he might say at
once, and very justly, you have placed no
reliance on my word, or you would have
paid no attention to such a vague . ''rear
that I was capable of violating so saered
a pledge as I lied made to you."
But alas ! what truth my friends com
munication-contained ; yet notwithstaad
ing 1 was thus apprised of the foul intrigue
going on against me, and that you were
listening to it, still my confidence in your
word and honor was unimpairable with
out a doubt in my mind until the Sil of
August rolled round, when to my great
surpise, I seen the announcement in the
papers that the appointment of Adjutant
General was tendered to another person,
and a man who informed me he had made
no application to you fur it, which is evis
dent front his nonacceptance, when it was
given to another. I will now leave the
public to judge between us, (for this mat
ter has assumed so tangible a shape that
it must camel:dere them todecide) wheth
er I had not just grounds to be surprised;
and whether I am not justifiable in the
course I am pursuing, tal:ing every thing
into consideration: and I will new matte
this simple inquiry of you, (although I
expect no answer) afterlhe emphatic lan
guage used by you, as stated above, all of
which can be established by credible tes
timony, could any . man put your treat
ment towards me in milder language than
barefaced 'Perfidy' mingled afterwards
with silent contempt 1 as appears when I
called upon you afterwards in a frank,
manly style, in justification of my feel
ings as well as character, to explain to!
ine, what cause induced your Excellency
to pass by your word I To this you only
added insult to injury by treating my
communication with contemptuous silence;
and why you should have done so, I am i l
totally at a loss to conjecture, (as my let
ter contained nothing but truth, but truths
are sometimes stabborn things and hard
to answer.) For before you were elected
Governor, if we hail been called into the
field, or laced on any other military du
ty, I think it probable that I would have
been entitled to have taken the right of
you. For as Major General, I believe
our commissions were of the same date,
and my services in the tented field (where
you never have been) would have given
me the rank. Therefore it appears to me
that you must have attached an uncom
moo degree of consequence all at once to
the mere circumstance of biding elected
Governor, which caused you so soon to
forget the rules of etequette en far as to
trifle with a communication couched in
respectful language, however severe it
might have been, coming from one who
but a short time previous thereto was your
superior in military capacity; and more
over from one who strenuously defended
your character when bitterly assailed, and
espoused your cause throughout, to ele
ivate you to the high station you occupy,
to which you seem to blend so much con
sequence, that a friend (fur such I was at
the time) could riot approach you, and
make a simple request of you for a bare
explanatten, and that in your official ca
pacity too, without being treated with in
civilty. I have seen the time and place
where if you had been, that the conunon
rules of etequette, which ought never to
be lost sight of among military men, would
have constrained you, although command
er in chief of the Army and Navy of Penn
sylvania, to treat a communmaliou even
teem an inferior in rank with common
courtesy.
I am respectfully, yours, 4•c.
.1/40.111..D A VIS,
Major General 15th Division
l'enosylvnuia Militia
The Veto,
President Tyler's veto of the bank bill
was gall and wormwood to the loco focus.
Their joy was feigned—their rejoicing de
ception. They have not a watch word
left to rally their dispirited and discom
fited troops. Under the banner of re
peal," they hoped to scale the ramparts
of the whips' citadel ; but now, ales this
small shrew of comfort—upon which they
built all their hopes of future success,—
has been taken from them, and they look
about them in vain for other material to
manufacture popular enthusiasm.
.A.rria! i
John S. /settls Letter.
Sraucs Cli Sept. 9, 1841
MR. ErnToa:—lt appears to be a thing, I
impossible to the editor of the Hollidays
burg Register and also to the person that
writes as an "Observer" in the Journal
and published in your paper of the first
inst., that a WORKING MEN'S mee
ting could be got up, or that any person
should Le so presumptuous as to dare to
think or act. without being dictated to by
the Governor or some high officer. It is,
therefore, plain to inter that the said edi
tor or correspondent has never thought or
acted, bat according to the dictation of
their party leaders which is the reason of
their astonishment in this case ; and, af
ter giving their version of it, scout at the
idea of its being thought possible, that it
was done without the Governor being at
the head of it. Now, I suppose the gen
tleman would like to know the TRUTH,
and from what they both say, I must'
know as much about it as any other per
son. I will, to oblige them, and to keep
them from guessing and bursting their
eyes trying to see behind the curtain,
when there was no curtain, and to satisfy
the public, tell them all I know about
and tell them the TRurn, and nothing
but the TRUTH. First, my reasons for
doing what I did, and then the way in
which it was done. I have fur several
years been My convinced that the Wor
king Men, or producing class had no ie.
terest in supporting either of the parties—
that they were only used as tools to place
theta in power, and then, the object was
who could plunder them the most. The
governor elect was expected to compen
sate those that had been very bus/ in get
ting hint elected, by doing all that was
mean and despicable at elections—tel.
ling lies, interfering, with the people's
rights of voting, changing their tickets,
&c., by giving them office% and the more
degrading the act they had committed,
the higher uffice they werero entitled to,
as they could say that they had dune what
few would do; and that more of them be
served, uffices have been regularly increas
ed, solely for the benefit of the officer.
Men were elected to the Senate and Leg
islature to support party measures, vote
for every thi n g that was brought forward
by their party, and oppose all that would
be proposed bathe opposition, let it be
right or wrong and Without regard to the
oath they had taken as Legislators, and
the leaders of the party in pow er managed
county and State allhira and decided who
was fit for office. Such being. my opin
ions, [ have expressed myself freely, that
1 would not give halt a dollar, or spend
half a day to elect either of the present
eat candidates for governor, for the pro.
clueing class had enough to do, to cant
• money to pay their taxes and maintain
their families, and that, until the Wor
kingi Men would WAKE UP and think
l fur themselves, and conic forward in de
fence of their rights, and make their own.
aelectioas from among themselves of such
men as they would support for - office,
there would Uc no reform. When I went
to Huntingdon on Wednesday, the day
of the Whig Convention, hail not the
least idea of taking any part in politics,
but, on Wednesday evening after the
nomination, there was such a general ex
pression of dissatisfaction both to the eau
, dictates nominated and the manner it was
done, all agreeing that it was managed
by the Huntingdon and Hollidaysburg fac
tiou of Lawyers, and understandieg that
the Porter party had a meeting on the
evening previous, and they had decided
that they would not forma Couuty 'rick
. et, I then thought, is it possible that it
has come to this, that the ticket that has
been 'brined by //VTR/GITE shall have
. no opposition ; the nomination will then
, nut only be a nomination but an election,
and the people will be disfranchised. . .
. .
I asked some lit the Porter men what 1
they intended to do, they said they did
not know, but thought they could under
mine them ; get seine of the disaffected
men to come out. That, I considered,
was rascality against rascoility: and that
no good could come from it. I convers
ed with a number or men of different poi
itics, on the propriety of getting up a
Workingmen's Meeting to term a ticket
without regard to party ; they nearly all
said it would be a good thing if could be
done. Some thought it was too late ;
some too soon: but I felt and thought
that was the timo, and went and wrote a
notice similar to those that was put up
on Tuesday. Samuel Bell was piece t ;
he agreed - that it would tr: a good thing,
and that it ought to be done, but did not
know how it would succeed. We went
• down to Jackson's Tavern ; I then show
'od it to Samuel and Jackson fflgton,
they said it was right, and what ought to
'be done, and go on with it. I asked them
for help, but they said they could not uns
til the next evening. I then went to the
GPatchtnan office to get the notice prin- I
ted, believing that he would do it, and
that the Journal would not; but the office;
ov , hit din ' I 'n,if laded to lq it In , ~,,-:.
til morning. I wont to bed ; could
not sleep ; got my candle thought the
back door of Bell's office was out fasten- ,
ed, I would get in, strike a light and write
the notices and put them up while the
people were asleep; but found the door
fastened, and bad to return to bed.— ,
Thursday morning, before breakfast / went
to Wood's house, showed him the notice,
told him I wanted him to print about
twenty, and that I would pay him for it ;
he promised to do it, and have them done
in an hour after breakfast. His brother
was present—l think he is the Supervi- •
sor—he remonstrated ; said it ought not
to be done ; tnat it would break through
their arrangements, and appeared quite
offended that I would persist in it. I
told him I did not care about their arrange
meats; asked the printer again if he
would print them, he said lie would; ut
the time they were to be printed, Icalled
for them: he handed me my copy, saying
that Mr. Everhart and seine others, said
that it would not do, that it would break
through their arrangements of the party.
I told him I did nut care, that I only wan
ted him to print them as I would another
mechanic, and that I intended paying
him fur his labor; he said he would do it,
but Everhart owned the press and he had
forbid him to do it, and he dare not do it.
I told him if Mr Everhart had no objec
tions I would AVl'lle thelit, he answered
he guessed he could not hinder me !rum
that. I replied, I thought so too. I seal•
ked downs street, slowly, and began to
think I had better go home and mind my
own business ; met Mr. C. Thgton, J.
Conrail, Samuel 'V igloo and Travis; told
them what I had been dining and how I
had been treated. t told them I wanted
their opinion, that may be my feelings
were excited 4- that I was not capable of
judging. They said it would be right
and that it ought to be done; /asked for
help, Wigton and Cunard said they had
been delegates to the t/hig Convention
and could not. James Travis said he
would do all he could, only go on. I
wrote the notices and they were put up.
I/ hen evening came, there was wily Jas.
Travis and if , m. Curry that I could cal
culate on for sure. The rest is known to
the public. Now, Ido positively assert
the foregoing statement is the TRUTH;
and I deny that Gov. Porter or his frieuds
had any agency in it, for it must be a year
or more since I have spoken to him or
had any communication with hint: and it
mast also be evident to every thinking
Mall that he lent no band its it from the
doctrine advocated by the Working Men,
and which I hope to see carried out to
the letter. That is, that the first inquiry
when a person is proposed 'or office, shall
be, IS 11/01X1 iVG.IIAN
would disthrune Gm-. Porter and nearly
all holding office under him, and that it is
not a horkine• for Porter Party, but it is
in defence of the Workingmen's just rights
As tot Judge Bucher having any hand in
getting it up. lam certain he knew noth
ing about it (at least from me) either di
rectly or indirectly, until he seen the no
tices stuck up, or from report. As to fly
name being on the list of Correspondents
fur this county, it was placed there with
out my knowledge or consent and there
ern many names on the Whig proveedings
that the : men now belong to the II orhing•
men, they only show where we were—not
where we are. I now hope that said edi
tor and Observer will be satisfies!, unless
it is contrary to their nature to seek fur
truth or accept it when produced. If the
last should be tho case the public may ex
pect to have every misrepresentation of
my actions and intentions, that their ini
quity can invent..
Yu tits Respectfully
JOHN S. ISETT
Full length Lilienesses,
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The N. Y. American draws the follow
ing picture of John Tyler's character:
"False to his country, false to his
friends. false to himself, he stands before
the nation branded as wanting alike in
the disinterestedness of a patriot, the fir
delity of an associate, and the honor of a
gentleman."
The Philadelphia Gazette seems to
paint trom the same pallet, and views him
in the same light—it says;
The position of tilt. TYLER is to the
last degree pitiable. Micarded by his
friends and despised by his foes ; with all
the caprice, but none of the firmness and
honesty of JACKSON ; with all the little
ness, but none of the sagacity of VAN Liu.
11ILN ; he stands before the country a spec.
tral President, a moral exhalation, a pa•
Mica! suicide. Till now a generous char
ity has conceded to Mr. Timm the praise
et honest intentions. It cannot stretch
its mantle farther, but like the sons of
NOAH must retire from his uncovered
shame with their faces from him.
A Bill has panned Congress and become
a law, prohibiting an investment of Gov
ernment tunda in the stoeit of any Staie.
[IN noLE No. 300,
Iteßnarkable.
Reader, did you ever know a false
charge brought against a Locotoco candi
date, or a LocoNC° oflice holder that was
not promptly met and exposed? We
never did. Just hreathe the shadow of
charge, having no real foundation, and the
Porter editors, like a swarm of hornets,
seize upon it and expose its character at
once. Every body knows this to be the
fact. _
Within the last six weeks, David R.
Porter has been repeatedly charged with
having received 899,200 from the defunct
bank of the United States, for siguing the
bill authorizing the suspension, and yet,
wonderful to tell, up to this day, not a
single ec.
t Locoloco paper in the State hase:
attempted to deny the charge. They are'
all as silent as the grave upon the sub
j The Locofoco Auditor General, or some
other otlice holder under the Previous
Pardoner, has again and again been char•
ged with abstracting from the Treasury
the sum of 511,000 under the pretence of
paying the Cumberland volunteers fur
services iu the Buckshot War. The
charge has rung through the State sines
July, and not a single Locufoco paper has
said one word respecting it.
Can we draw any inference from these
facts, but that the charges are true? Can
it for one moment be doubted that David
ft. Porter has pocketed the bribe, or that
the $10,574 have not been stolen? The
thing is impossible. Had David R. Por
ter been innocent of thu charge, or had the
money nut been stolen, we should long
since have heard it proclaimed from the
hiuse-tops. As it is, the truth of both
charges is clear as noon day. A man with
half an eve can see that David R. has al
ready received his reward.—Lapcasttr
Union.
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Mr. Webs!.ler
Has addreF,ied the followio. letter to
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the National lotelligencer.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 1941.
To Messrs. Gales S'ealons
GENTLEUES:—Lest any misapprehem
sion should exist, as to the reasons which
have led me to differ from the course pur
sued by my late colleagues, I wish to say
that I remain in my place, first because I
have seen no sufaient reasons for the dis
solution of the Cabinet, by the voluntary
act of its own members.
I am perfectly persuaded of the abso.
lute necessity of an institution, under the
authority of Congress, to aid revenue and
financial operations, and to give the court
try the blessings of a good currency and
cheap exchanges. . . .
Niitwithstaiidiug what has passed, I
have confidence that the President will
co-operate with the Legislature in over
coming all difficulties in the attainment
of these objects ; and it is to the union of
the Whig party—by which I mean the
whole party, the Whig President, the
Whig Congress, and the Whig 'People
that 1 look for a a realization of our wish
es. I can look no where else.
In the second place, if I hail seen reu.
suns to resign toy office, I should not
have done so without giving the Presi
dent reasonable notice, and affording hint
time to select the hands to which he should
confide the delicate and important affairs
now pending in the Department.
I am, gentlemen, respectfully, your
obedient servant,
DANIEL WEBSTER.
A PeddlEng Govertaor.
Gov. Porter has been peddling himself
about from WWII to hamlet, as General
David It. Porter, attending encampments.
York and Berks Counties have aiready
been the theaters of exhibition—at one of
which, says a Loco foco correspondent
by his press,—" the courage and brave
conduct of Guy. Porter won the admira
tion of all." Good ! for these peaceable
times. Cumberland is to give another
encampment for his benefit. Well, we
have nu objection to a State trip being
taken. He was soon satisfied at York--
ten dollars a head was too touch fur vot
ers at Berks—and in Cumberland, if his
organ there be correct, according to their
own showing, all the true soldiers are for
Jolts BANKS and a new Governor—our
Adams county Colonel at (hair head. So
we go.— Gettysburg. Star.
Seeing the laws Executed.
Gov. Porter's only excuse, ever made
by Ins friends for his illegal conduct In
drawing warrants on the State Treasurer,
was, that it was his duty to see the laws
faithfully executed, and for that reason
he gave Ovid F. Johnson and his Brother
James 2000. How is it, that he now
wants to place a false interpretation on
the Revenue Bill of last geosiun, and in•
stead of seeing tho laws faithfully execut
ed, to stretch, by a most latitudinarian
construction, its provisions to suit his put,
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