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From the Naional Intelligencer. Alessrs Gales & Seaton: Please publish in the intelligencer the subjoined ext ract of a letter from Gen. Harrison underdate oif the '28th *himo. It is in answier to a coinmunication which I addressed to hint, relative tothat ignominious subjection to ithe Cincinnatti Committee which has been ascribed to him. He repels the impuLa tion that his thoughts are subject to the feeping or dictation of a committee. The p ublication of the annexed portion of his letter is due to-Gen. Harrison. It will be appreciated by the candid and the just of all parties. To give it authentici ty, is a sufficient motive for consecting my name with its publication. Yours. respect fully, - 50SEI' L. WILLIA M S. WAsHNGTON, June 1, 1840. EXTRACT FROM GEN HARRL SON'S LETTER. -All the connexion which I ever had with the Corresponding Committee of the Whigs of Hamilton County (that which I suppose has been alluded to) is, that I requested through its chairman, 31aj. Gwynne, to give the information sought for, in some of the numerous letters I re ceived, in relation to my political .opmatons. and events in my past -ife. .This was to be done by sending to the writers of those letters the documens which contained the information hey soucht. He was also au thorised in cases where further opinions were asked for, to state my dAcrminaion .o give no other pledges of w.hra I would ,or would not do, if I should be elected to the Presidency. "The reasons which had induced me to adopt this determiunation are contained in a letter written to a committee in New York, and which will, I presume be soon published. With neither ofthe other men bers of the committee did I ever exchange one word, or, by 1etter, give or receive any suggestions as to te manner in which the lask I had assigned to the committee was lohe performed. Indeed, I did not know, until very recently, who were the mem bers of the committee. I could have no doubt of their being my political and per Sonal friends, and such I foud them to be. "As it has been asserted that I employ ed this committee to write political opim ions for me, because I i'as unable to write them myself, it nay be proper tosay, that I wag never in the habit of doing tis; and that in all the Addresse, Letters, Speeches, General Orders, &c., which have been published under my name and with my sauction, there is not a lite that was written or suggested by any other in dividual. I do not claim Dr these pro ductions any merit; nor would I consider myself blameable had I received the occa .aional assistance of my friends in this wby; ' but I mention itto show how totally reek .less are my political enemies in the asser ions they make in relation to me," - Fron the Iraskington Globe. EXTRACT FROM GEN. lARRI SON'S LETTER. "All thie connection which I ever had with the Correspouding Committee of the Vhigsof Hamilton county (that which I suppose has been alluded to) is, that I re quested the committee, through its chair man,,Maj. Gwynne, to give the inlormation sought for. in some of the numerous let ters I received, in relation to my political * opinions, and events in my past life. This was to be done by sending to the writers of those letters the documents which con taimed the information they sought. He was, also, authotrized, in cases where futr ther opinions wvere asked tor, to state my determitnatioln to give no other pledges of what I would or would tnt do, if ( should be elected to the Presidency." *Here is a distinct adnatssior. hy Geni. H1. himself of the main point which has beetn charged. Hle says: "I requested the cotm mittee through its ChairmatnMaj.G wynnie, to give the informrattion souchit for. iti sonic of the numerous letters I received. mn rela tion to my political. opinions andl events of my past life." Very well; hit how was this to be done ? Hear the General hinm self: "This was to be done by sending to the writers the documents which conitained the iniformation they soutght." Nothfing was to he said aboutt his present opititons about any thing. But the "documients" showing wbat were his opinfs in lotig past years. were to be sent to satisfy the inquiries of the people, as to what he now thinks, in relation to rassmag scenes, and what he wouldi now do if made President. But to leave no doubt on that score, the General proceeds to say : lHe (Major Gwyane) was also authorized, in cases where further opinions were asked for, tn state my determination to give no other pledges of wvhat I would, or would not do, if I should be electedl to the Presidency." The effect, then, of this evidence which the friends of Harrison produce to exotner ate him from the imputation of being in the care of a committee, is to sh-ow that he avows and takes upon himself the re. sponsibility of the policy wvhich that com mittee announced. Itistead of saying the committee acted without authority in stat ing that lie would make no futther dlecla ration of principles for the public eye, he says that he "aethorised" them to do so! This p)uts an end to all doubt. The people now see standing beefore theru a can didate for the highest ollice they can coui fer, who boldly tells them lhe w'ill answer Done of their quiestions us to his opitmions -he will not tell thetn what he will or wilT not do if they elect him ! Will thte people vote for a man who thus treats their reasonable itnquiries with con tempt? November's polls wvill tell. From thk Charleston Mercury. THE OLD THING. The old Federalist, now all at once. are shedding theirseailes, and coining forth in the pliant wvriggling sleekntess of mod ern Whiggery. It is so in all the Federail States; it was so at the Batltimnore Cotn veationi it is so at Washington; anid at so even at the South. Look at the meetings recently held in this State and Georgia! W~ba presided at the Savannah . Harrisoni steeting--a mnovemenlt soon after defeated end rebuked by the counter movement of~ the eole of Savanniah? Judge Berrin, inold Federalist. Who presided at the n1illcdgovilin Cnnvention? The same old Federalist. Who was the -lader .of the "nameless Cohort' which got up the pitik ful abortion of a Harrison ineeling even in Charleston? Another old Federalist. An independent people were roused here and trampled i he 'movers into politibal insignifi cance. So may it be in Georgia! So it will be, for truth is mighty, Our friends there have ouly to use facts, sad urge truth for truths sake, and intellitent people will not u(Ter their eyes to be It:.mdaged. There is a -wholesome ferment m our sister State. Much as she has been distracted by con ,sests for men and names, ther.e has been -too much discussion for Georgia not to see and lay hold on the truth. The State Rights men will not suffer themselves ao e V led astray by the apostacy of would-be4ead .ers, but the same fate awaits those leaders, as has been visited upon every public 'man in South Carolina, who acted on the be lief that an adhension to nmies and -men would cloak or excuse -ris -desertion of principle. Our peeple -understood their rights, and clutg to 11eir pritci.ple, and the deluded. vain and weak politicians, it whose amiLtin.us and selfish aspirations the strict State Rights s-chool was too in practicabe-too coldly and sternly in the way of political huckstering-sunk at once into imheciTy and contlempt, the moment they deserted the stormu-wornship, and commenced irading in -their own ricketty skiffs. The public men of Georgia, who have followed their foolish lead, must share their pitil'l doom, and either he driv en from public life, or remain in it as pro. Iemees ofFederalism, refttgees from the public oinimi of their own constituents, hiding the chance of being saved by 'the return of Federalism to power, and hold ing their places through the contemptuous oleration of a generous people. From the Cincinnati (C.) Advertiser &-Journal. THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG, OR GENER AL HAIIRISON AN ABoLITION IsT.-Below we give the deposition of one of our re spectable citizens. in wthose hearing Gen. Harrison declared himself to be an Aboli tionist; and his motives forbeing so, to ob tain the electoral vote of New York State. The deponent in this city, and son to one of our judges of the court of common plas, and his veracity indisputable, if his testimony had not been strongly corrobo rated by so many cirsumstances in the conduet of the available candidate. We hope our Southern friends with whom we exchange papers, will give cur 'rency to the atfifavil below. THE STATE OF OnIo, So. Hamilton County. Before me, the subscriber, a justice of the peace. in and for said county, persoi ally appeared Israel Brown, jr. and heing duty sworn, savs that about three months ago, he was on the Ben Franklin steam boat, in company with General Wm. H. Harrison, and heard him say that lie was an Abolitionist, and that he was certain of geting the State of New York, because they knew him to be an Abolitionist. ISRAEL BROWN, Jr. Sworn to and subscrihed before me. on this.first day of June. A. D. 1940. J. H.GETZENDANNER, HARRISON AND ABoLITIoN.-Three Abolition papersin the State of Ohio, the Elyria Atlas, the New Lisbon Aurora, and the Xenin Free Press, have hoisted the namite or Harrison as their candidate for the Piesidency. A fourth, the Philan thropist, has three columns filled with eu logy of the old General. and reasons why the Abolitionistsshould support him; stat ing that he was an Abolitionist many years ago, BELONGED TO A SOCIETY AT TH. EIGUTEENTil YEAR OF H IS AGE. This is unfair in the Aboli tioists, while the Southern' Whigs have '.nt/uisiasticailll nadt pied their catndidate. Musking"um Valy. From the Milledgcville Recordar. On Monday morming last the Conven io calledi by the State Rights Party con vened in the H all of Repr-esentatives, anid -ottiued in session utitil Tuesday 3 o' lock. when it adjouirned sine die. A motion w as tmde to nornmiate a comn mittee who should i-eport to the Conven tiot ant Electoral Ticket to sustain Gen. W.t Hetiry liarrison, and John Tyler, fr then Presidency and Vice Presidency of te- United States. On Tuesday ttorning tho commit tee re ported the following ticket, which was with we believe. but-one or two dissen tients, unanimously aeopted. GEORGE R.'GiLS1ER, of Oglethorpe, Gen DUNcAN L. Cxaacti, of Camden, Col. JonN W. CAM:PBELL. of MusCogee. Maj. JOEL CRAWFORD, jfhianiCock, VnaRLEs DOUGHERTY, of Clark, SEAoN G AN-rLANoa, of Baldwin, Ge. ANDREWv MILLER, of Cass. Gn. W. WV. EZZAaD, of De K-alb, C. B. STRoNo, of Bibb, JoH WHITFIIEAD, of Bumrke, ie. E. WIbBERLY. of Twiggs. The Convention then went into a bal lot for a Congressional Ticket, which re sulted in the choice of the following gen tlemen. B. W. IIABERsHAMr, of Hiabersham, ~at C. DAwsoN, of Greene. JUitIs C. A LFORD, of TuoUP, EUG~s:-zs A. NIsBET, Of Bibb, LOTT WVARREN, of Sumter. Tuos. BUTLRa KING, of Giynn, R OER L. GAaMBLE, of Jeff'erson, JAEs A MFERR iwETHER, of Putnam, Ttos. F. FOSTER. of Museogee. A Committee was appinted to prepare an address to the people, and another to inform the gentlemen of their nomination, and to fill any vacancy which might oe cur; when after some other less important action, the Conventtion adjottrned. F A ITIIFUL EXPOSITION. We have endeavored to search out the stn of "Whig" argitment in favor- of Harrison, andI fitnd that "log cabin and hard eider," are ihe Alpha and Omega of their plaudits and praises. "Log cabin and hard cider," is the answer to every thing Harrison has done, will do, or will ever atiemipt to do. '"Log cabitn and hard cider". being the fundamental principle of the whiggery, it is very susceptible of ex.. tension in dietail, whereby we obtain many scions of the old stock. Of this class is the followitie, which' we take from the Bufalo R'publidan, and which is a '"faith ful exposiion," of Gen, H arrison's views his "confiduential adisers," and . ther friends: Q. What aie Gen. Harrison's, senti ments in regard to a National Baink? A. Great Harrison he is the man, To lead the sons of freedom on. Q. Is Harrison in favor of abolishiag slavery it the District of Coleimbia? A. His like again caft ne'er be found. So pass the cider round and round. Q. Is Gen. Harrison in favor of a pro tective- tariff? A. While little Mat ihe spoils is gra'bbin, Tite,ero.lives in-his log cubia. Q. Would General Uarrisrm sanction the assumption of the State debts by the General Government? , - A. Huz:a for Tip! Huzza for Tyler! WJith these tee'll burst the Dutchman's *ier. Q. Is Gen. fHarrisonin favor ofdi 4idiag the public lands among the States? A. Wfith hoe cake, cider, songs Sf~ranily. We'll thiash the locofocos handly. Q. 'Upon what great principles .do you take grounds to support of your candida te? A. And when we get Old Tip elected, No friend of his will be neglected, Q. Will the same commit tee who now govern the General, -continue to.think and act for him, when he is elected Presiden'. A. Then, Then will the reformation? Bank bills will inundate the nation. Then shame will seize each bank reviler; Three cheers for Tip! Hu=a for Ty ler! The Republican says-"WVhigs. <lo von i say tltis is puerile, ridictlouq stuf? We grant it; it certainly 'is excessively Foolish. i but it is neverthelessihe very gibt of Fed- I eral Whig argument. This is the way in which you have answered all questions in volving principle which have been but to you, since the noniination and gagging of I your candidate. It remaining to be seen whether or net the people of the Uniied States will be satislied with this kind of treatment. From the Charleston Mercury, June 16. FROM FLORIDA. By the sehtrs. Stephen 8f Francis, Capt. MAgee, and Empire, Capt. Southwick, or rived yesterlay we.have received the 11er ald anti Neios, of the 12th intt. By a pas senger on hoard the fortmer vessel, we learn that intelligence had been received at St. Augustine, that Col. Green, opera ting in Middle Florida had come in con tact with a party of Indians, and succeed ed in killing three warriors and a white nan, wbo was with them-also capturing sevet alprisners. We copy the following from the papers I received: The Indians who committed the outra- I es iu this neighborhood a fortnight ago. and surrounded the dwellings at North River, proceeded to the settlement at Mandarin, and were recontnoitering about there when their signs were discovered.- i A party of gentleinen immediately started mn purstit, and came upon five of the ras cals. They took to a high grass pond, and as the party were too small to strround it, the grass was fired when the fellows es caped ttnder the snke. Their tracks were numerous in and around the settlement. News. INDIAN NF.ws.-Our excellent corres pondents at Black Creek, hate put us in posession of intelligence froh Fort King I in the 8th inst., 9 A. M., which wegive as follows: '-On last Sunday week Col. Riley ran down an Indian in the Pine Woods near the Witfilacoorheet a diay or two afre wards he surprised an Indian camp, con sitiung of2 warriors 2 squaws, and 4 chil dren; they killed the 2 warriors and one t squnw, and took the rest prisoners. On , Tesdlay night last otto or thte Indians made btic'escape, owing to the sentinel go ing to sleep. One of thte guard saw him t t-uttning andt~ fired at hint, which alarmedt the whole camp-the other sentinels also firedl. Capt. Mason was shot (lead, eith er hy the Indlians, or accidlentally bty hisi wn men-it is supposed that the latter was the case. Hec was seen rutttitng atfer I the indian, and it is impossible to ascertatn who killed htim." Capt. Mason, Iter mentioned, was a very respected ithabitant of Duval Coun ty, attd was a mtemlier of the IHotse of Representatives itn the last.Cottneil. H~e e as distingnished himself in the late wars, nd shared largely itt the confidence of the pblic as a useful citizen and an active officer. We learn further. that Col. H arney wasi o have left Fort Kintg for Fort Mellon, on the 10th Capt. Bonaeville had gone on a srot of 0 days. atd takent Indian Tom with him. t onm was to be sent otnt to bring in the In- h' dians, hut udotbs are expressed whether hte ever returns.k We see front the above, that something , is doing itt the interior. Keep up constant . scouts and sttccess will follow. Sntecess- r ful ltidian fighrtng is atn employment of b' nretitting activity, watchfulness and 5 peril.-Jlerald. SAVAY NAn. Juno 18. fi Arrest of a Robber.-A frllow natned, f or calling him'self Joseph Buck, of the State of Massachusetts, was apprehtended yesterday, for breaking open atnd robbing , the store of Mr. Olmstead, and stealing therefrom about $100 gud three $5 gold i p~eces.( His apprehensiou was caused by htis at empting to negotiate some of the bills, which are uncurrettt here, at Mr-. With- ~ ington's Exchantge Office-. This fellow has been fully recognized ~ by mtany of our citizens as a cotmmon lou.I fe~r for more than a year'past. WVe nntder stand tat he has done little for a living since his arrival here, except that now and again he sold a little fish in the marke. He is supposed to he the prime if not the only actor in most of the robberies so fre iuent of late. The money was fotund sewed up in his clothIes; he had also a gold tencilcase aboutt him. His appearanceI is missetable in theo extreme. It would tppear that he is an old offender, frotp the, fact of his dechinming to answer any qutes tions, and the total want of feeling he ex hibited, Hie underwent an examination before Justices Verstille & ~Russell, and was cmtitted to jail -Daily Telegraph. Tere wvere89 deathts int Philadelphia, during the week ending on Saturday, 41 of wvhtch I were ofchtlron under two years oagne. I ~ Consmunications. Po WHITFIELD BRooKs.Esq. Sir:-You will excuse my addressing rou persona1lly, since your letter to Col. limmiond, published in the last Adverti er, cotains charges exceedingly injuri ind to the characters of those to whom you tIllude and, until they are named, apply ug indiscriminately to all 'in this District' xrm are opposed to rhat gentleman in ihe !oming .contest for Governor. You in -orm CoL H. as a .maiser -fnfct, and not )f inference, that his "opponents in this District" ire engaged in a "'systenaic ef ort" to excite -public prejudice and op iosition"-to him by "false and ungenerous nsiuuanitms," "fabricated and circulated or party effect." As gentlemen are not n a habit of fabricating and circulating 'asehuo4 -for party eflect," or any otier Purpose, and as some of those who cannot upport Col. H. happen to 'he gentieten, n many of them his personal friends, I all upon you, in justice to them, to name he iudividuals to whom you allude. You ave. of your own accor. publicly made he charges, and we now demand thespe 'ifications ana tle proof. As you were tie advocate of Judge Johnson, whenyou u.st "defined your position," and conse uently one of Col. H.'s "opponents in his District," I shall not disiute your ight to speak for those of his "o.pponflents," who stipport "ihat eminently virtuous cit zen and faithful public servant," whom it 4ipears you have now abandoned, though imt a short time since, yon would have een "exceedinsgly gratified" to see him ransferred to the guhernatorial chair. (no ving your great tact in -defining posi ions" I leave the judges friends in your inuds, hoping that vonu may succeed in n showing ihav all of them have been as tnneient of fabricatitin fsikehoods "for par y effect," as I know the friends of Col. tichardson are. Seeing that von lmvef-iirely mis-con eived the olijections, which Col. Richard onis friends have made to Col. H and onscquentlyyour explanationscannot re nove the "u)tbhilic prejudice" which is a ainst him, 1 will brielly state the only ;rounds upon whih. they have ever op. osed him either through the public press, ir otherwise. They have said that Col. 1. was the candidate or the Democratic 5uh-Treasury party-a party frmed in 837, when Ml.r. Van Buren took ground itT the South, Trom the scattered elements f the Democratic State Rights Party of 827. and composed of Union men and utllifiers without reference to those o!d arty distinction!.-the support of the Sub reasury and opposition to a National 3auk, tie Tariff and Internal Improve nens being the basis of its organizalion. L'hey claim him as the candidate of the -uh-Trensury party because he was noin nated as such by every leading Sub- Trea ury paper in the State. It is the pro rirnce of' newspaper Editors to propose the neasures and nominate the candidates that ire to he sustained by their party:-how -1se can it be done? The press has,there bre, been always considered an in lex to the opinions of its party, and a cer ain criterion of its sentiments-it being veil known that the Editors of leading tVblie journals are in a habit of continual y consulting with, and being consulted by lie leaders of the party. Have you your. elf not acknowledged this, and did you ot consider Col. R, the Sub-Treasury andid* when you nominated Judge lohuson. a Batik and Preston man, against tim ? If not, what (lid yon menu by say. ig that, from the iauner of his nomina ion, you were "warranted in the ennelu inn that Col. R. was to be the candidate f that portion of the State Rights party, f which the Editor" (of the Mlercury) is the reported and recognisett ergan? '' Col. Prestons and tmis followers have rat ed oilf from the Old State Rightis party, nil are herding with the Bank men, Tar imen. the Federalists and Aholitionists f the North-they mh~y still lie considered y yiou ais a portiotn of the State Rights arty: bitt 1they call themiselveq Wlhigs I that as it may there is certaituly but ne other party in the state--the Sub reasury, atnd of that the Mercury ever as been and still is "'uhe reputed and re ognised organ!!" Sooun after this formal nominationi of sol. R. by tho "recogtnised orttans" of our arty. Judce Johnson and Col. H ammond 're brought out by nohody knows n htn, r the Charlestotn Courier, (thse only, Anti. ~inTreaisur~y paper in the State) ant by no atnonymous writers in the Advertiser. )ne of these pieces has been attributred >you. Judge Johnisotn whenu nominated y you. was knowtn to be a Preston and nnk man, and Col. ilammond wa~s not town to tie politically opposed, and was upposed to he personally attached to Col. 'reston. This, as was natural, excited tr suspicions. and those suspicions were ut confitmed, when. a short time after, nine of Col. H.'s supporters attempted to ake him the means of reviving the ques on of Ntullinieations. Who is to lie bene ted by' the tinhmit i' of that forgotten ud. except Cot. Preston. and those of his llwers, who, by their opposhtion to the tte, are no'w in a hmotseless mir ority, and an only get into a utioirity by msaking ullifiention the test of political orthodoxv? ninder these cirensmetances the friends of ol, R. believing wi/h you, that he was de candidate of the .Sub-Trenetnry party, aled otn that party to stnpport him. They pressed their helief that both Judge J. td Col. HI. were the nominee~ of the Pres an and Bank faction, that Col. H. was trttght out to divide the Ntniiers, and ndge J. to divide the Utnion mens, and hat one would lie itimately withdrawn, d Isis votes he given to the other And rhas lately been said, that th'sse who are piposedl to Mr. Calhoun and the present administration, ending that they conld as asiy elect Col. Prestotn himself, as his riend Judge J., have determined to udrop im and upport Col. H. in preference to he canduidate of the party to wvhich they re so bitterly opposed. Now let tis examitie for a moment, the :rounds upots which those suspicions nre ounded. A s vons have coneistded to aban Ion (with yottr catididlate) "the quiet posi on of atn observer of passing ev'ents" andi ppear determitied to define Cot. fJ.'s po. itiotn (if von cannot vour own,) vou will tt he surprised at my applying to you - nfotrnmati.. upon a snbiect. bearing very direly upon the point at issue. Da you know a.single Preston and Bank man, in the S4ate who is not opposed to Col. Richardson ,C an you account for this oppositionto him upon any other ground, than that he .is regarded as the canlidate of the Sub-Treasury party? I should not have troubled you with these questions had I not supposed that as the "social itn tereourse" with your "old and cherished acquaintance" (Col P.) has not been in interrupted by any political ditferences. you may occasionally hear from him, uild he able to give us some .infornation, as to the course his frienils are pursuing. - As you appear disposed to drop your former nominee Judge J. forget his many "eminent virtues and-faithful public servi ces" apon which you so eloquently dwell, wheu -you last -defined your position," we will, if you prefer it, discuss the claims *of your present pet (Col. 1H.) and his con nexion with tIhe "Preston faction." As to his connection with that "faction," you will not be surprised to learn, I imagine, that your espousal of his cause has in the. opinions ofmrany, but helped "to thicken other proofs -ihat -do demonstrate thinly." The conduct of a pary is but the conduct of the inilividuais-composing it. I shall therefore make a "birdssee" view of your courbe and draw from it such conclusions as I may, as to the probable positiou of the rest of Judge J.'s friends at this time. After feeling suficiently horrified at the idea of a candidate for a public office, he ing nominated in a newspaper, and h.iving expended as much solemnnity and surprise as was proper on such an occasion, you came to the conclusion that Col. R. was to be the cantlitlate of the Sub-Treasury Party, and proceeded to notninate a Prcs totn and Bank man, against him. And why? Becn use -his" (Judge J.'s) "traits fer to the Giubernatorial chair would have relieved him from the heavy labors of his present ofice; the-dutties of which he has discharged for upwards of twenty years with honor to himself and signai udvan tage to the State." Upon t-he sufficiency of this reason I shall make no comment as -you arc no longer supporlirg him; but simply ingnireif the duties of his olffce are less laborious, or 4( he has been in the ser vice of the State a shorter time than when %ou penned the sentence above quoted? If not why have you deserted him? Is it because he can'not he elected, and Col. f - would lie more acceptable to Wo. C.Prea ton than Col. Richardson? Let us for t moment compare the claims which these two gentlemen have upon the Sub-Treasury party. Col. R. is known to be the nominee of that party, and Col. H. has been brought out against him, atid is supported by the Preston and Bank men. Whilst Col..R. by his open, active and effective support or the Sub-Treasury has incurred the opposition of wim. C. Preston and all .his followers, Col. H's "social relations" with that gentlematn have not beenchanged, and even hisopin ions upon the Sub-'Teasury, were not known till last Thursdaj. Col. H. if not the political, is the personal friend of Col. Preston, whilqt Col. R. finding that he colild not "maintain tie relations of pri vate friendship, and social intercourse with old and cherished acquaintances, such as Col. Preston," withot-some "abatement of devotion to his poltical er-ed and compro mise of public duty, determined to split with him even at tie risk of a blast of this great "witind insirunment" of the Whig Par ty. Whil't Col. Richardson is "prepaed to give" (as you hoped Col. Hammond would be!) his "cheerful and firm support to Mr. Van Buren and the leading neas ures of his administration" we find that Col. H. only "prefers him to Gen Harri sotn" anti-is unwillinE to pledee himself "to any indiscrinminale support of is adminmis. tration." As a Sub-Treasury man how should y'ou dlecide? Upon the score of friendship you arc al so boumd to prefer Col R. Since you have assured us thatyou have long enjoyedl his "cnfidence (?) and F-iendship--concede to him "'high chatacter."--dty appreci ate his many excellent qualities and per sontal worth"-encertain for him the'-high est personafl respect" anmd "would be prne parel for more than a qjuiet acquiescence in his nomination could you ptertmit thme kind relatios of old acquaintance and-the senti ments of esteem anid conui'deration which it insptired to influence your course in there lection of a person for tii high affice.~ Utnless Col. HI. Itas s'aved votnr lifeA'our times. und1 is inna habit otfex plaiinsg away youtr inconsisteneies, yoni can sc-rcelv en tertain for hitm kinder feeliags, or be in dlinedl to speak of hinm in more compli tmentary terms. You arc also estopped from the argn ment that Col. H is a,'Nullifier and shontld therefore he preferred, since you admit that "the organization of old parties no longer exists it- thie States, tha: "the lines of sPplitioll ltavew beent oliterated and inth" (Uffon ma~p andt Nullifitrs) 'are harmonioumsly unaited in the patriotic eff'ort of serving the Stato"--that "to carry out the comnpromise wvhich was happily efi'eet edI in the session of 1834, ALL public offces shotuld he open andl accrptable to each par tv" andt thant the present state of pttblic n pinion" and 'the true interests of the State,' wouldl render "the eleviation of a gentle matn from the ranks of the Union parrty to the offie of Governor" "liberal, woise, pru dent and magnanimous." To be consis tent yOtu must think that the election of Col. IIlamnmond would be illiberal, untoise, imprudent and contemptible! How then can you support hinm? I am sure that you will tnot act in a manner wvhich even you yourselfVwould have to ch aracterise as, illibe rat, unwoise, imprudent and contemp tile.. You feel, you say. that you can "main tin the relations of private friendship atnd social initercourse with ol and cherished acqujainttances, .such& as Cot. Preston, with out the sligh test abatement of devotion to your political creed or the least cornpro mise of public dutly." I am either de ceivetd as to your polical creed, or yott are, in stuppositng that youir dlevntion to Co1. Preston does not interfere with the dhis chargern.nf the duties which you owe to yotir party. Do yott coo,ider it flat ' rhe slightest abat' meat o f devotion to your po ticialcreed,or tthe least compromise ofryour ptubl ic duty" to be made. by Cal. Preston, or his friends in Washington, thte menn of circulating, in this Districr, all the abuse and hillingsgate which Hlarrisotn Whias may choose to heap upon our party, Mr, Calhoan, oreven our:own kepresentive Devotion isa strong word, and yet you de ny even the "slight'est abatement" of it Do you conqider it not the slightest abate met of devotion loyour:political creed or t he /t ast compromise of -public duty" to as sert that "South Carolina is in-Ahe leading strings of Mr. Calhoun," when convers ingwith Bank men, upon the subject of tile Sub-Treasury? You may have been convinced by Mr. Calhoun's arguments that tte Sui-Treasurry is "the great meas ure of deliverance and liberty to theSouth." You may be conviniced that we should prefer Mr. Van J1urento -Gen. Harrison, and that "the true interests of the State renders the elevation of a gentleman from t he ranks of the Union putt, liberal, twise, prudent -and mnagnanimous;' but the rela tions of pivate friendship and social inter course with old and cberished acquaint atees, such as Col. Preston" have, I fear, caused a slight "abatenient of devotion to your political creed" and a small, a- very small "compromise of public duty." SUB-TREASURY. Mr. Editor: Permit a voter through the columns of your paper, to suggest a few t.4oughts on the present depressed coudilion of our fi nancial afairs, and other matters. The constant cry is, What shall we do? 'The times are se hard. The cause of this pres sureoriginates I helieve,from the wild and extravagant speculations'of individuals, and- of the States, which have chartered such a multitude of banks. But the first and grand cause is the U. States Bnk. The States have suffiered their own banks to do as they please. They have not com pelled them to pay their debts, while the farmer and mechanic are obliged to pay theirs, with interest. With regard to our ow'n State, I think it wuld be wise in our Legislature to refuse to charter any more banks. I think a law should be passed to force our banks to pay their debts, as well aIs the planter, or forfeit their charters. I helieve in the superior excellence of a State Bank, with branches, private stockhold ers, owning half the stock, and repre sentation according to shears. There should be no ntbr bank in thte State. It would then, he to the advantage of all, to work together. The next Legialature will be an important one. That body must prepare -tie ireans to keep up the faith and credit of the State, which has been so unwisely pledged by the Legislature fer merly. A great debt has been contracted from which the State receives little or no benefit, and a few individuali reap nearly all the advantage. Look well fellow-cktizens, to the polls is October next. Vote for measures and not for men. Vote for none, who go not for the gnueral welfare of the, country. . Trust no man, whose-interest is not identified with that of the planter. I believe in the utility of a poll tax. Because it costs the State as much to protect the person and life of a man who pays no tax, as it does that of one who ic a tax payer. The vote of the former, counts as much at the ballot box, as that of the latter. Besides the State tax, there is a heavy District trx to pay. Why shotld not all our citizens bear a part of. the expense, in supporting our State Gov ernment ? Witht regard to the Presidential elec tion, it is alarming to see, the course of some Southern tmen in this matter. Gen. Harrison has come before the People of Utuited States, refunsinig to publish- his -po liticat views, and throwing himself into the hands of a Comtmittee. These will loe naekow n his op~inionis, but say that he elotngs to thme school of Jeff'erson. If .JetTerson was a Federalist, which Harri son undoubtedly is, then [ am far behind the times. It appears to mle, thag Southern man who supports H arrison, goes against light and keiowledge. He is unfriendly to slave ry, and his mnilitary skill is at least'dnubt ful. He is also in favor of a National Bank. -Fellow citizens, I warn you against bank politicians. The greater part of thetp, are wolves in sheep's clothing. They try out for Harrison atnd Reform~i, but all for which thecy care, ispa Batik. It is a smcall mattter to them, who is President, if. they can only have a liank. Of this, Ia'm'wel satisfied. If we continue to send mnen in faevor of our present banking system, to the Legislature, *e the farmers anld mechanies of the couhtry, will always ex perience hard times. A V9TEa. [(For the Aduvrtiser. "FRESH OF TH E BANKS." Great frand must be mark'd by disaster as great, And Cottntry must suffer for sins of the State, When wvise Legislators,their fortunes to make, Had sought fromn the people their earning to take; And rob them of land, in justice their due, Kind Heaven sent a fresh, which we call "the Yazoo:" When Bankers and Brokers had shaved them full sore, And still were designitng to sheave them yet mote; A freshet still greater, a warning he sent, To warn themi of eil, and arotnso their content. Such mercies. thmo' evils, deserve our thanks:. Then let ius awake from the 'fresh of the banks.' SEMI-YANs ANTI-HAR. A Post Office, to lbe called Erin, has been established at the seat of justice for Beaufortflistrict, near Gillisonville, Henry Goettee, Esq., has, been appointed Post Master.