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[From tho Sav. Telegraph.J We have been favored by Judge Berrien with an answer regarding the letter of Gen. Harrison, on the subject of slavery. We submit Judge Berrien's letter without Wo itnvinus that everv ius UUIIItllClll* fl V u. V ?... v ^ tice should be done Gen. Harrison, or any of our political opponents, and hope to see the following extensively copied, by the journalists of our party. Unavoidable absence from our office yesterday, alone, kept the letter from appearing in our last number. Savannah, 8th April, 18-10. Sir,?I have delayed answering the call made in your paper of Saturday last, to enable me to ascertain by an examination of my papers, if I had preserved the letter to which it refers. After a diligent r>n? hopn nlilp to find it. and orui tut m. nut v www.. ? . believe, therefore, that it has been lost.? Having, however, a perfect recollection of its contents, I do not feel disposed to withhold the statement of them. The letter embraced three points: 3. Gen. Harrison denied the right of Congress to abolish slavery in the States, or in the District of Columbia' 2. He expressed the opinion that the Tariff compromise ought to remain undisturbed. 5. He repudiated the practice of making appointments to office, the reward of partizan service. This was the purport of the letter. I did not ask Gen. Harrison's opinion, because I doubted it. Having been in intimate intercourse with him for several years, I knew that his views were accordant with my own. I am, respectfully, yours, J NO. MACrilliKSUiN BI&iUtlEH. To the Editor of the Daily Telegraph. We can assure our readers that it is not with reluctance we publish the foregoing letlei. We are sincerely desiious that the position in which General Harrison stands should be well defined and understood. We do not wish to act unjustly towards a man whom a large number of the citizens of this country consider as well qualified for the high station to which he aspires: Wc must confess, however, that we were not much disposed to pnblish the letter of Judge Berrien, because it discloses no new definition of the principles of General, Harrison, and because the various opinions of the General, expressed at various ti?ncs, remain in the contradictory condition they were before the letter appeared. But the letter will go the rounds of the whig presses, and, indefi nite as it really is, mucn win be attempted to be made of it. Let us see what we can make of the three points embraced in the letter of General Harrison to Judge Berrien. Judge Berrien states that in his letter Gen. Harrison denies the right of Congress to abolish slavery in the. States, or in the District of Columbia. We must believe Gen. Harrison in this declaration, indefinite as it is; but he is for general emancipation under a form more obnoxious than the one implied in his denial to Judge Berrien. In his celebrated speech delivered at Cheviot, on the 4th of July, 1833, he says, "Should I be asked if there is no way by which the General Government can aid the cause of emancipation, I answer that it has long been an object near my heart, to see the whole of its surplus rerenue appropriated to that r*Ui ?y*f W I 1K tlio cun/ftl/kn ftl* I Iia c- n 1 Iki' V/U|VUI? II IkU l>UW OUUVIIVII VI kilV Ok(}VV<CI I holding the slaves, there appears to me to be no constitutional objection to its being thus applied, embracing not only the colonization of those that may be otherwise freed, but the purchase of the freedom of others. By a zealous prosecution of the plan formed upon that basis, we might look forward to a day, not far distant, when a North American Sun would not look down on a slave." He here admits the constitutional power of Congress to abolish slavery by emancipation and purchase, with the consent of the slave holding staffs. It is clear to us that if the General Government has the power to emancipate the slaves by appropriating to that effect the surplus revenue of the country, it has the power to abolish slave where it exists, with or without the consen'. of the slave holding states. In the lannuage of a distinguished member of the Virginia legislature, this passage of Gen. Harrison's peech, "discloses the most dreadful proof of the dispositions & tendencies of his feelings and principles; and presents the subject to the country in the most exceptionable and alarming form. If it {jc not characterized by that frenzied violence which marks the wild projects of infuriated fanaticism, it asserts the constitutional power of Congress over the subject, while it suggests the only plan of operations, which in the incipient stages of the question, may be expected to receive the countenance of any powerful party of the people." Judge Berrien says that in his letter General Harrison expressed the opinion * * " ?! . ? ia rr.. that the Turin compromise uu?uv m ... main undisturbed. General Harrison indirectly denies what is admitted by all his supporters in the north and in the west, and what he admitted himself. In the language of a distinguished citizen of Virginia, 44 never stood there before the American people, a man more obnoxious to censure than Gen. Harrison is upon this subject. He gave his vote for the Tariff of 1828, 44 the bill of abominations"? and gave it not under the duress of instructions. In June, 1831, in an ddress to an agricultural society in Ohio, he sa vs, 441 believe that not one of the evils which were predicted from the tariff have happened, and that not one of the advantages which were promised from it but have been realized: &. nothing but the folly of abandoning it can bring us back to the hard times through which we have passed.*' Again he says?,4It may be asked, whether, under any circumstances, I would ',l' - .1.. ...Jin i De willing to aoanuon me lanu: i uuawct without hesitation in the affirmative.? Whenever the streets of Norfolk and Charleston shall be covered with grass, and our southern Jriends find, no market for tticir produce, and this state of things can be distinctly traced to the tariff, I would then instantly give my voice for its modification or entire repeal; even if I should think that its continuance would be beneficial to a majority of the American people." This sufficiently shows in what light the opinion of G.-neral Harrison is to be viewed in regard to a protective tariff and the tariff compromise. In his letter to Judge Berrien, Gen. Harrison repudiates the pruclice of makiutr annointmcnts to office, the reward of n -j i partizan service. We have no authority to disbelieve the opinion expressed by Gen. Harrison; but we must be permitted to express the opinion that, if elected President, by the influence of the abolitionists and northern and western whigs, he will take from their ranks the members of his cabinet, and all those citizens who are to fill the offices within the gift of the government. He certainly will not look to the opponents of his election to fill the principal offices of the country. We shall conclude these remarks by calling the atteiflion of our readers, especially those of the state rights party in Georgia, to another passage of Gen. Harrison's Cheviot speech. We again adopt the language of a distinguished Virginian: At a more recent date, in fiis Cheviot speech, he adopted the most Federal interpretation of the Constitution?maintaining the constitutionality and expediency of the tariff and force bill, and declaring that, "constituted, as is the govern-, tnent of the union, it appears to me that j there ?s not the least danger of its cn-j ! croaehing upon the rights of the States." And also, that, "The right of State interposition strikes at the very foundation of the legislative power of Congress." Further, he says, "It is undeniably true, that Lite framers of the Constitution intended to create a national judicial power, which should be permanent on national subjects." Can any State Rights man?any republican?any man who adopts the lepublican creed of 1798 defend opinions such as these, or assist to elevate to the Presidency a candidate who could acknowledge their influence in the management of public concerns? There is another passage to which the attention of the public should be invited? " I have thus (said General Harrison) " en-1 deavored to explain to you, the principles! on which the government of our union, is formed. I recommend to you, however, the Proclamation of the President of the United States, issued on 10th December last, and the speeches of Mr. Webster. delivered in the Senate of the United! States at their last session of Congress, in answer to the arguments of Mr. Calhoun,! as containing the most eloquent and sntis-j factory expositions of those principles that have recently been published. By issuing that proclamation, I think General Jack-: son rendered a service to his country of | greater magnitude than his splendid victo-1 ry at New Orleans." .Here, then, he adopts the principles of j the proclamation and force bill in the sense ! in which they were expounded by Mr. j Webster?an interpretation disclaimed and repudiated by General Jackson himself.? j Can any republican, who abandoned the administration of Andrew Jackson?because of the principles of the proclamation and force^bill?even when explained in a milder sense?now support William H. Harrison, who has adopted the principles ?>f the proclamation and force bill with the strong interpretation of Mr. Webster?? Augusta Constitutionalist. From the Western Carolinian. '/ TA ti lr to R nnn^1t/?tn JL Ii-Q VU/UI UOl. 1 lie lUkg IVl [HIUJILUII Convention at Richmond, Rockingham county, appointed Col. Walter F. Leak to propound to Mr. Van. Buren and Gen. Harrison the following inquiry, being the same as that proposed by the Editor of the Fayetteville Noith Carolinian, and answered by Gen. Saunders, to wit: "Are yon, or are you not. opposed to 1 the abolition of slavery in the United States, in any and every shape, form, or 1 fashion, except as the owners of the slaves may themselves, desire?" Weil, what do we see? Gen. Saunders ] promptly answered the question; Mr. Morehead is mum. Mr. Van Buren, too, has given a prompt and explicit answer, as follows: Washington, March 27, 1840. I have received your letter of the 21st inst., and can have no objection to say in reply, that the sentiments expressed in my letter to Junius Amis, and others, on the 6th March, 1836 and substantially repeated in mv Inaugural address, AltE NOT ONLY STILL ENTERTAINED BY ME, BUT HAVE BEEN GREATLY STRENGTHENED, BY SUBSEQUENT EXPERIENCE AND REFLECTION. I am, sir, very respectfully, your ob't. serv't. M. VAN BUREN. Walter F. Leak, Esq., Chairman, &c. In the letter to Mr. Amis and others, here alluded to by Mr. VanBuren.he says: i "The Constittution of the United States carries with it an adjustment of all questions involved in the deliberations which led to its adoption, and the compromise of interests in which it was founded, is binding in honor and good faith, independent of the force of agreement, on all who live under its protection, and participate in the benefits of which it is the source. The relation of master and slave is a matter exclusively belonging to the people of each State, within its own boundary, and any attempt by the Government or people of any other Slate, or by ihc General Government, to interfere with or disturb it, would violate the spirit of that compromise which lies at the basis of the Federal compact. We can only hope to maintain the union of the States by abstaining from all interference with the laws, domestic policy, and peculiar interests of every other State.1' "If the desire of those of my countrymen who are favorable to my election is gratified, I must go into the Presidential chair the inflexible and uncompromising opponent of every attempt on the part of Congress, to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, against the wishes of the shareholding States, and also with a determination equally decided, to resist the slightest interfcrenec with it in the States where it exists.'' "It now only remains to add, that no bill conflicting with these views can ever receive my constitutional sanction." Could the South ask more of Mr. Van Burcn? But, where is Gen. Harrison, and why does Tie not answer, too ? Why, the reply is to be found in the " policy," adopted by his "dry nurses," the secret Committee, who say that he shall not make" any further i pledges to meet the public eye" / / Freemen of North Carolina, will you support such a man ? Mr. Van Burcn has been charged with having been opposed to the last war with England. The extracts we published some time ago, trom speeches delivered in the New York legislature and addresses^ made to the democracy of New York by that gentleman, during the war, show how J false is the charge. But, the whigs, not! content with repealing such & many other r?lu?K..n.u .r . iai^tuwuu3j attuoc uiiu ?'i uuviiig aiij'ftfMicd Ruftis King for the Senate of the United Slates or Ambassador to England If, Mr. Van Buren did support Rtifns King for these high and responsible -offices, he did that which every true American patriot would have done, placed under the same circumstances, and what were those circumstances? Mr. Ruftis King was during his life, but especially before the last war with England, the leader and most distinguished member of the federal party. He was ultra in his federal principles, and the most formidable opponent of Mr. JolFerson's administration^ He enjoyed the unbounded confidence of his own party, & was, on several occasions, the candidate of that party for Vice President of the United' o hi._ r..J i ... j .. I OUHC5, i (iv icuerai pany was opposc.u 10 the war. That party used every effort to paralyze the measures adopted by the administration of Mr. Madison to bring the war to a successful termination. Did Mr. King join his own party in its endeavours to crush the hopes of the patriot, and to prevent the success of the American arms? No. On this occasion Mr. King abandoned his own party and joined Gov. Tompkins, Mr. Van Buren, and a host of other patriots, in affording all the means within the p wer o( the state of New York to the general government, in order to insure victory, and repel invasi >R. Mr. King abandoned his political friends, Caleb Strong, Josiah Chancy, Christopher Gore, and other zealous supporters of the Hartford Convention, and nobly ant! patriotically stood for his country in the hour of j danger. Was not this conduct sufficient j to atone for many political sins, commit-1 ted before the war? For his conduct dutUn ....... i.i 1 M_ I ling wit nai) wc WIIUKI llilvc VUll'll Kir ill i. King, for almost any office within the gift of the people. We will seize this opportunity to say a I few words on another circumstance con- j nected with the last war with England. It was alleged against Gen. Jackson, that democrat as he was, he once recommended a federalist to Mr. Monroe as qualified to fill the office of Secretary of War. This charge against Gen. Jackson is similar to the one alleged against Mr. Van Buren. > Upon whom did the General wish the i office to he conferred? On Col. Drayton, 1 of South Carolina, one of the most dis- 1 tinguislied federalists of that state. Had < Col. Drayton no claim to the office, and i lo the recommendation of Gen. Jackson? Co). Drayton was a federalist, and his par- < ly was against the war. Did he partici- s pate in the unnatural means employed by' bis party to bring odium and disasters on the American arms? No. What did he do? He repaired to the camp, and sword in hand he met the enemy, defended with bravery the sacred soil of his country, and assisted in bringing the war to a glorious termination. For such conduct, did not Col. Drayton deserve the warm recom-j mendalion of such a soldier as Gen. Jack-] son? Because he was a federalist, did his patriotism deserve less praise and admiration? The patriotism of Itufus King and Will iam Drayton in the hour of danger en titled both of.them to the gratitude of the American people. Augusta. Constitutionalist, . [From the Eastern Argus] THE BOUNDARY. There really seems to he no end to British insolence! Wedo not know whether England desires War or not, or whether, as Mr. Webster pretends, her disposition is decidedly 'pacific, but it certainly appears to us that if she was anxious to produce a collision with America, she could not take a course more likely to occasion such n result, than that which she htfs recentlypursued on the subject of the boundary. Why, how do matters stand! In the first place, Great Britain has taken Military possession of our territory, in violation, not only of her great treaty obligations, but in direct contravention of the arrange inent entered into by her authorities last year?she has taken military posscssi"n, we say, and prepared herself, moreover, to maintain it, by building forlilicati ons upon our soil, of the must permanent character. While Maine is indignantly complaining of this gross and insufferable outrage, and the National Government is demanding its immediate reparation at every hazard, we arc met by the British Minister, as if to add insult to injury,- with a miserable and unfounded complaint against the State of Maine; and instead of making ;mv r>inrnil? whatever for the invasion ol J our soil, he has the insolent boldness to demand the withdrawal of Maine's civii posse front the contosicd territory! Nay, he goes further?lie threatens us with the most serious consequences unless his outrageous demand is complied with! This then is the position of tilings ?an enemy is quartered upon our soil, and instead of indicating any intention to retire, actually demands of us to withdraw our own citizens! And yet we are told by Mr. Webster, that England's intentions arc all pacific, and by the Bangor Whig, that there is no need of war! Pacific, indeed!?We suppose Great Britain is pacific, as long as she can have her own wayl We do not see that she has any need of fighting, as f long as she can extend her encroachments so easily without it! ff her demands arc, lone afier another, complied with, and her movements upon our soil arc not disputed, what reasou on earth can she hare to be Iotherwise thin pacific! No wonder that i she has not been anxious recently for war ' when peace seemed to be answering her I mipnAcnc en tro lit A nrl nnw wo ciinnncn ru,r"w - " ? r, ? if she can have our posse withdrawn, as she requests, and be suflercd unmolested to remain fortifying within our Slate, site will still be pacifically disposed! Thank God! however, her insolence has been properly met! We rejoice that our Government has so fully sustained the rights of Maine, as it certainly has done in the recent correspondence which we have published. It is gratifying to perceive that Mr. Forsyth justifies Gov. Fairfield in all his movements upon the territory, and asserts the undoubted right of our State, as well since the agreement of last year as before, to arrest tresspassers and prevent trespassing upon any part of the contested territory. Our civil posse will not, then, be withdrawn, and we trust therefore abide the consrqucuccs threatened by Mr. Fox.? What those consequences my be, it remains for the English Government to determine. If they decide upon the use of forcible means, we trust our Government will be universally sustained by the people, in the honest resistance which it will be bound to offer. But Mr. Forsyth not only refuses any sort of compliance with the insolent demand of Mr. Fox, buthc, in his turn, demands the withdrawal of the British troops from our territory, and makes England responsible for the consequences which my ensue upon a refusal to comply with the demand. We shall sec ere long what the decision of Great Britain is upon this point. If she determines to continue her Ipnnn? iinnn Otir soil, them is lint one course for the United States to adopt?the invasion must be resisted?the enemy must be driven off! This course will be required I by every consideration of honor and jus-J lice?and there is no patriot in the landj who will not sustain it! The Cincinnati Whisr papers admit and justify* the answering Committee of Gen. Haiirisok, and refer to a precedent of a I like nature, in the case of Gen. Jacks They say thai the letters received by the General are too numerous for one ma;\ answer, and it is necessary to relieve him of! the labour of reply. This ty,ay be so far right; but the commitfcc'lhemselvcs du not answer to the points of interrogation, alleging that the General's opinions have' i _ . *ii._ 1 i * ? ! Deen repeatedly expressed, ana already well known. In tliis we condemn ihem?lo! Jcclino an answer docs look like a wish! to concpal opinion, or avoid responsibility j ?an utlitiule which no candidate for public afiice, and especially lor the Presidency, should be willing to assume. ' Ckon Co in-try. ' ( an<? ?l tm . CAMDEN, S. CAROLINA. SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 23,1810. DKATII OF JUDGE WHITE. Tiic lion. 11 ecu J?. "White, late a Senator in Congress lrom the State of Tcnncssco, died at his residence, near Kuosville, on the 10th inst. Judge W. rcsigncu las seat ill live u, e-. oenaie, a guuu i"?c . since, iu consequence of his inability to obey the instructions of the Legislature, by supporting some of : the measures of tho present administration. Ilia ' journey home in mid winter, subjected Iiira to great exposure, and assisted iu impairing a constitution : previously but feeble. Judge White was an able, honest and faithful public servant. The death of such a man is a loss the country. THE TIMES-REFLECTION'S. Amid a variety of discouraging circumstances?I the pressure of the times, so universally acknowledge " I ed and lamented?the scarcity of specie, and even j "bank rags"?the fall of cotton?the want of confix ; dcncc?and the total failure of all speculations there vet remains amid the general discord, within the I minds of all, a few strings unbroken end uninjured? ' llerc and thorn a lingering chord still vibrates to the I 00 . softer feelings of our nature. It is still refreshing at j this lovely season, to revel a while in the bewitching and soul-reviving smiles of creation, forgetful of all' 1 1 else;?and callous and care-worn indeed, must bo i inai nearr, msensioic u> ner suem, uui socinJ ing and saint ry influence. Who can behold | without interest, the delicate bud, which, but for the j leafy covering natu-c l as provided, must have perish ed untimely and unknown; yet, gradually, its rich pc| lals expand, wanned by the genial rays of the sun, and f.iuncd by the zephyr's soft breath, it raises its head triumphantly, where a few months since, the thorny stem was alone visible. M?r can its beauty be considered its only virtue, since, to man, it conveys this usoful lesson?that IIn, the "confidence of alltho ends of tho earth," who "makes the out.goings of the : morning and the evening to rcjo.cc," who "visitest j the earth and walcrest it, and crowncstthc year with i goodness," who lias formed man and "given him cve hurl) and every tree," and still further endowed him with the facility for enjoying them to such perfection, never intended his noble nature should be merged and swallowed up in the pursuit of wealth or fame. The , world was created for cur happiness, ar.d the more that we draw upon nature for our resources of pleasure, the greater must bo our felicity, and the probability of disappointment and moitification is lessened in the same proportion. It is true, many have seemed to forget, in the grovelling pursuitsjjf earth, that man was born for immortality; they have persevered in tho road to wealth, to fame, and honor?they have climb, cd to the summit?reached tho goal, fortunately, too, unexhausted by the exertion. Hut?havo they found happiness there? A still, small voice answers no? Who, then, can envy them? Dona.?Tho Town .Marshal gives notice that all Dogs found in lire streets unmuzzled, after this day, will be killed. Warm Weather.?The Thermomctor we learn rose to 6d degrees on Thursday afternoon last at i o'clock. Tiie IIamburu Joirnai..?Wo have received tho lirst number of a new paper, under this title, published at Hamburg in this State. It is to he issued twice a week, at five dollars per annum, in advance, by Messrs. YAitBoaoL'GU & Miu.\v. It is neatly printed, and its selected and original matter exhibits fa. vorably, the taste and talents of the Editors. We wish thcin success. We mentioned last week that Wm. B. Dabxey, first Teller of the Bank of Virginia had embezzled a large amount of its funds, and absconded. The exact sum has not yet been asce;taiucd, but is cer. tainly over half a million of dollars. .The Bank has increased its reward for his apprehension to five thousand dollars. It is said that he came south.? Ilis friends have addressed a letter to him through the public prints advising his return. Xi:w York Citv Election.?The administration party have succeeded in electing their candidate, by a majority of seventeen hundred and four voles; and have carried twelve of the seventeen Wards. The Branch Mints.?Tlio Bill authorizing the Branch Minis to coin small silver change has passed the Senate, and we trust will meet with a favorable cousiucruuon m 1110 nourc. 11 wouiu uc a great convenience to the country. IIeavv Tasks.?We observe by a " table of City taxation," in the Charleston Courier, of the 21st inst, that the Citv tax on a four-wheel carriage and two i horses isf^riy-ttco dollars; on a lot without a cistern or well forty dollars. Why do not the citizens have a meeting at the Circus on the subject. The Chinch Bug".?We learn from several intelligent farmers of this county, that ; this destructive insect is making sad havoc ; in our wheat crops. Some fields are already ruined. They are said to be more numerous than ever known before in this, section of country. Salisbury (X. C.) Carolinian. We understand the above-named inrcet has commenced its ravages on a number of plantations in the unner nart oftb::; TVisiri^.t. ...t j?.? 41 4 ? uvvu UUSUUVlive la |l;c crc'j'.s of small grain, aiiJ in several in' '.auccs attacked ?!te com crops. I'D. C'AMDEX Jccrxal. t From il?c tenor of the foreign intelligence receive.1 yesterday, we would infer that nothing is further from the views or designs of the British Ministry than a war with the United States. The Tories aro anxious for hostilities, in the hope of embarrassing their political opponents and subjecting our democratic institutions to the severe ordeal of war. But from the lone of the Ministry in Parliament, when i[tiesiioni:d on this subject, (here appears i,, I... I:-...J: *?i:..? ~.i ... .... m. i inm.u nun im n wiiiiy auii'i 3C in tlie adjustment oi the boundary question i?n iqiiitullc prir.ti'ple-. ThHargo arma