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- ,,ifceliale'MS. from the National intelligener. Messrs Gals' & Seaton: Please publish in the latelligencer the subjoined extract of a letter from Gen. Harrison underdate ofithe 28th adsmo. It is in answer to a communication which I addressed to him, relative to that ignominious subjection to the Cincinnatti Committee which has been ascribed to him. lie repels the imputa tion that his thoughts are subject to the eeping or dictation of a committee. The piblication of the annexed portion of his letter is due toGen. H arrison. It will be 'appreciated by the candid and the just of all parties. To give it authentic - ty, is a sufficient motive for conoecting my name with its publication. Yours. respectfully, - 5OSEIPilL. WILLIAMS. WASHINGTON, Junie 16 1840. EXTRACT FROM GEN HARRI SON'S LETTER. -All the connexion which I ever hail with the Corresponding Cottinsittee of thin Whigs of Hamilton -County (that which I suppose has been alluded to) is, that I requested through its chairman, 31ij. Gwynne, to give the information sought for, in some of the numerous letters 1 re ceived, in relation to tmy poltical-ouitions, and events in my past 1-ire. .This was to be done by sending to ihe writers of those letters the documenis which contained the information they snucht. He was also au thorised in cases where further opinions were asked for, to state my.detertlaaontiiI .o give no other pledges of wrat I would ,or would not do, if I should be elected to the Presidency. "The reasons which had induced me to adopt this determination are contained in a letter written to a committeo inl New York, and which will, I presume be soon published. With neiherofthe other mein bers of the committee did I ever exchange one word, or, by etter, give or receive any i suggestions as to the manner in which the I lask I had assigned to the committee was t -o be performed. Indeed, i. did not know, i until very recently, who were the mnem bers of the committee. I could have no i doubt of their being my political and per- I sonal friends, and such I found them tobe. I "As it has been asserted that I employ ed this committee to write political opin- 4 ious for me, because I was unable to write them myself, it may be proper tosay, that I was never in the habit of doing this; and that in all the Addresse-c, Letters, Speeches, General Orders, &c., which have been published under my name and with my sanclion, there is not a line that I was written or suggested by any other im. dividual. I do not claim for these pro ductions any merit; nor would I consider myself blameuble had I received the occa .Sional assistance of my friends in this why; ' but I mention itto show how totally reck .less are my political enemies in the asser tions they make in relation to me," From the Washington Globe. EXTRACT FROM GEN. IUARRI SON'S LETTER. "All the connection which I ever had with the Corresponding Committee of the Whigsof hlamilton 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 inormiation sought for, iu some of the numerous let ters 1 received, in relation to tmy political opinions, and events in my past life. This was to be done by sending to the writers of those letters the documntes which cotn tained the infortation they sought. He was, also, authorized, in cases where fur ther opinions were asked for, to state my determination to give no other pliedgtes oh what I woubil or would not do, if{I should be elected to the Presidency." Hete is a di'imnt admiissir. by Gein. H-. himself of the main point which has been charged. H esays: "I requested the comn. I mittee throuphI its Cha:irmnan, Mj.G wynn~e, Lto give the infortmationt soughlt for, mn some of the numerous letters I received, mi rela tion to my politienl. opinions and events of my past life." Very well; bitt how was this to be done ? Hear the General him self: "This was to be dotne by senidiing to the writers the documients which contained I .the information they sought." Nothimga was to be said about his presenit opinins, about atny thing, lint -the ."documents " showing what were his opinions im long past years, were to he seint to satisfy thet inquiries of the people, as to a hat he now( thinks, in relation to passing scenes, and 4 what he would tnow (10 if made President. 4 But to leave no doubt on that score, the General proceeds to say .:lIe (Major Gwynne) was also authortzed, in cases where further opiniotns were asked for, to( state my determination to give no other ( pledges of what I would. or would not do,C if I should be elected to the Presidency."J The effect, then, of this evidetnce which 4 the friends of Harrison produce to exoner ate him from the imputation of being in lI the care of a conmmittee, is to sh-ow thats he avows and strkes upon himself the re.t spoasibility of the policy wvhich that coin- I mittee announced. Instead of saying the committee acted without authority in stat- . ing that he would make no futther decla-I ration of principles for the public eye, he I says that he "aothorised" them to do so! ' This puts ain end to all doubt. The I pople now see standing before thenm a can-J idate for the highest ollice they can cotn fer, who boldly tells thtem he will answer uone of their qnestions as to his opinions -he will not tell them what he will or will not do if they elect himt! Will thte people vote for a man who thus< treats their reasonable inquiries with con tempt? November's polls will tell. From the Charleston Mercury. THE OLD THING. The old Federalist, now all at once, are shedding their scales, atnd coiming forth in the pliant wriggling sleekntess of mod ern Whiggery. It is so in all the Fe'deral States; it wvas so at the Baltimore Cont ventiont it is so at Washington; atnd it so even at the South. Look at the meetings epntly held in this State and Georgia! Wha presided at the Savannah . H arrison pueeting-a movement soon after defeated end rebuked by the counter mnovement of the eole of Savannh? ,Judge Berrin, znaold Federalist. Who presided at the asil -mevll r,..v.nn? Th..same old Federalist. Whno was the .leader .of the ,nameless.Cohort' which got up the pitik rul abortion of a Harrison meeting even in Charleston? Another old Federalist. An independent people were roused here and irampled Ihe 'movers into poltikal insignifi mance. So imay it be in Georgia! So it will be, for truth is mighty. Our friends there have only to use facts, sad urge trut h for ruths sake, and intellig.ent people will not ;ul'er their eyes to be lindaged. There is a wholesome fermelt iii our sister State. Much as site has been distracted by con ests for men and names. there has been too much discussion for Georgia not to see and ity hold on the truth. The State Rights men will not suffer themselves to 3e led istray by the apostacy of would-be4ead !ra, but the same fate awaits those lea(krs. is has been visited upon every public. man in South Carolina, who acted on the be lief that an adhension to nianes and .men would cloak or excuse his .desertion of principle. Our people -uderstood their rights, and clung to their princi.ples, and the deluded. vain and weak politicians, to vhose ambitio.us and selfish aspirations he strict State Rights scnhool was too im racticable-too coldly and sternly in the vay of political huekstering-sunk at once uto imbeciity and conenpt, the moment hey deserted the storm-wornship, and ommenced trading in their own ricketty kiffs. The public men of Georgia, who inve followed their foolish lead, must thare their pitil doom, and itlher he driv ?n from public life, or remain in it as pro eees ofFederalism, refugees from the public opiioin of their own constituents, iding the chance of being saved by -the eturn of Federalism to power, and h'ld ing their places through the contemptuous oleration of a generous people. F'rom the Cincinnati (0.) Advertiser &Journal. TilE CAT OUT OF THE BAG, ott GFERN L HARRIsoN AN ABOLITIONtST.-Beow .e give the deposition of one of our re pectable citizens, in whiose hearing Gen. Iarrison declared himself to be an Aholi ionist; and his motives for heing so, to ob ain the electoral vote of New York State. The deponent in this city, and son to >ne of our judges of the court of common tietns. atid his veracity indisputable, it his estim-ony had not been strongly corrobo ated by so many cirsumstances in the :onduct of the available candidate. We hope our Sonthern friends with vhom we exchange papers, will give cur ency to the aff~lavit below. rIE STATE OF OHto, ss. HJamilton Countv. Before me, the sibscriber, a justice of he peace. in and for said county, person div appeared Israel Brown, jr. and heing Iy sworn, savs that about three months go, he was on the Ben Franklin steam oat, in company with General Win. H. larrison, and heard 1tm say that lie was in Abolitionist. and that he was certain of ;ettine the State of New York, because hey knew him to be an Abolitionist. ISRAEL BROWN, Jr. Sworn to and subscribed before me. on his first day of June. A. D. 1R40. J. H. GETZENDANNER, HARRISoN AND ABOLITIo.--Three tholition papers in the State of Ohio, the Elrina Atlas, the New Lisbon Arora, and .he Xenin Free Press, have hoisted the ame of ifarrison as their candidate for he Piesidency. A fourth, the Philan ropist, hits three columns filled with eu ogy (of the old General, and reasons why he Abolitionists should support hitn; stat og /that he was anu Abolitionist many years go, BELONGED TO A SOCIETY T TtE EIGHTEENril YEAR OF I S AG E. This is unfair in the Alboli otits, while the Southern Whigs have t/m usiasticallii adc piedi their candidate. liusking.unt Vally. From the Milledev~cille Recordbr. On Monday mormng last the Conven iot enlled by thte State Rights Party cuon eed int the Hall of Representatives, atnd outtitued ic session ttttil Tuesday 3 o' lock, whten it adjourned sine die. A motion was tmade to nominate a com aittee who should report to the Conven ion ant Electornl Ticket to sustain Gen. tV. Hettry llarrison, and Johnt Tyler, ar the Presidency and Vice Presidency f the United States. On Tuesdny tmornming tho committee re orted the following ticket, which was rith we believe, but-one or two dissen ients, unanimously aeopted. ;EonE R.'GILMEa, of Oglethmorpe, sen DUNcAN L. CLtscu, of Catmden, hl. Jonrs W. CAMPBELL. of MusCogee. raj. JOEL CRAwFORD, of hancoCk, HARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark, ;EATrON GSANTLANn, of BaldwiD, len. A NDREW MILLER, of Cass sen. W. W. EzzARD, ofrDe Kalb, .B. STRONG, of Bibb, ona WHITEtEAD, of Burke, sen. E. WisMBERLT. of Twiggs. The Convention thetn went into a hal t for a Congressionial Ticket, which re ulhed in the choice of the following gen lemen. 1. V. IlADERSnJam, of Hahershamn, Van. C. DAwsoN, of Greette. UtU C. A LFORD, of T RoUP, UGEIUs A. N~snET, of Bibtb, 2TT WVARREN, of Sumter. ruos. BUTLER KtNo, of Glynn, t:R L. GAMBLE, of Jefl'rson, AMEs A M1 ERetwETHRn, of Putnam, ['nos. F. FOsTER, of Mtuecogee. A Comtmittee was appintted to prepare m address to the people, anri another to oform the getntlemen of their nomitiation, tmd to fill atny vacancy wvhich might oc :r; when after some other less-important uction, the Convention adjoturned. F AITIIFUL EXPOSITION. We have endeavored to search out the mm of "Whig" argument itn favor of Flurrison, and find that "log cabin and iard cider," are the Alpha and Omega of heir plaudits and praises. "Log eabin md hard cidler," is tho answer to every iig Harrison has done, will do, or will mver attemtpt to do. "Log cabini and hard aider".heing the fundamental principle of the whiggery, it is very susceptible of ex rension in dletail, whereby we obtain many seions of t he old stock. Of this class is the followiitt, whiich we take from the Buflo Re'publidatns and which is'a "faith ful exposition," of Gets, Harrison's views his "confidential sduisers," and --ther friends: - Q. What aie Gen. Harrison's, senti ments in regard to a National Bank? A. Great Harrison he is the man, To lead the sons of freedom on. Q. Is Harrison in favor of abolishin4g slavery in the District of Clumbia? A. His like again can ne'er be found. So pass the cider round and round. Q. Is Gen. Harrison in favor of a pro tective-tariff? A. W hile little Malt he spoils ig grabbin, Theheroilivs in.his log cbia. Q. Would General 'larrisom sanction the assumption of the State debts by the General Governent? ,. A. Huza for Tip! Huzza for Tyler! 11ith these wee'll burst the Dutchman's biter. Q. 7s Gen. Hlurrisonin favor of(dividing the public lands among the States? A. W ith hoe cake, cider, songs g.branily. We'll 1hiash the locofocos handy. Q. Upon what great principles .do you take grosunds in support of your candidate? A. And when we get Old Tip elected, No friend of his twill be neglected, Q. Will the same committee who now govern the General, continue to.think and act for him, when he is elected President. A. Then, Then will the reformation? Bank bills wvill inundate the nation? Then shame ieill seize each bank reviler; Three cheers for Tip! Huza for Ty ler! The Republican says-"Whigs, Ato you say thin is puerile. ridiculous stulf? We grant it; it .certainly is excessively foolish. hiut'i is neverthelessthe very gibl of Fed eral Whig argument. This is the way in which you have answered all questions in volving principle which have been hut to you, since the nomination and gagging of your candidate. It remaining to be seen *hether or net the people of the Unied States will 'be satislied with this kind of treatment. From the Charleston Mercury, Juite 16. FROM FLORIDA. By the schrs. Stephen 8 Francis, Capt. Magee, and Empire, Capt. Southwick. nr rived yesterday we.have received the Her ald and News, of the 12th inst. By a pas senger on board the former vessel, we learn that intelligence had been received ait St. Augustine, that Col. Green, opera ting in Middle Florida had come in con tact with a party of Inlians, andi succeed ed in killing three warriors and a tchite nan, who was with them-also capturing seve, al prisoners. We copy the following from the papers recei ved: The Indians who committed the outra ges iu this neighborhood a fortnight ago, and surrounded the dwellings at North River, proceeded to the settlement at Mandarin, anti were reconnoitering about there when their signs were discovered. A party of gentlemen immediately started in pursuit, and came upon fire of the ras cals. They took to a high grass pond, and as the party were too small tosurround it, the grass was fired when ie fellows es caped tinder the smoke. Their tracks were numeroes in and around the settlement. News. INDIAN Nrws.-Our excellent corres pondents at Black Creek, haye put us in possession of intelligence froi Fort King to 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 Withlacoochec a day or two aftr wards he surprised an Indian camp, conn sibting of2 warriors 2 squaws, and 4 chil dren; they killed the 2 warriors and one squaw, and took the rest prisoners. On Tesday~ night last Oneo of the Indians mde hia'escapie, owitig to the sentinel go ing to sleep. One of the gutard saw him ruining andt~ fired at hinm, which alaurmnd the whole camp-the other sentitnels also fired. Capt. Mason was shot dead, eith er by the Itndians, or accidentally by his own men-it is supposed that ~the'latter was the case. He was seen runining aifler the Inadiani, and it is impossible to ascertain who killed him." Capt. Mason. here mentioned, was a very resptected inhabitatnt of Duval Coun y and was a member of the I-ouse of Representatives in the last.Cottneil. He has distinguished htimselfin the late ware, antd shiaredl largely itn the confidence of the public as a useful citizen and an active officer. We learn further. that Col. Harney was to have left Fort King for Fort Mellon, on the 10th. Capt. Bonneville lied gone oo a scont of 20 days. atnd taketn Indian Tom with him. Tom was to be sent out to lirnus in the In dians. but doutbts are expressed whether he ever returns. We see front the ebove, that somethinig is doing int the interior. Keep lip constant scouts atntd success will follow. Success ful Itndian fighting is ati employnmeut of unreitting activity, watchfulness and peril.-Herald. SAVANNAn, Juno 18. Arrest of a Robber-A frdlowv tiamed, or calling himsself Joseph Buck, of the State of Massachutsetts, was apprehiteded yesteray, for breaking open and robbing the store of Mr. Ulmstead, atnd stealing threrom~ about $100 gud three $5 goldl peces. His apprehensio was caused by his at tempting to negotiate some of the bills, wvhich are unenrrent here, at Mr. With ington's Exchange Office.. This fellow liss been' fully recogized by mny ofuour citizens as a commtons lou. fe'r for more thati a year'past. WVe uder stand that he has done little for a living since his arrival here, cxcept that now and again he sold a little fish in the market He is supposed to he the prime if ttoi the only actor itn most of the robberies so fre qtent of late. The money was found sewedt up in his clothles; he had also a gold sencil-case about himu. His appearance is misserable in the extreme. It w~otuld apear that he is an old off'ender, front the fact of his declinning to answer any ques tions. and the total want of feelitng he ex hibitetd, He under"-ent an examination before Justices Verstille & -Russell, and was cmmitted to jail -Daily Telegraph. There were89 deaths itt Philadelphia, during the wveek eniding on Saturday, 41 of which ere ofchikleen under twone o ano. Communicatleomsi To WHITFIELD BRoos,Esq. Sir:-You will excuse my addressing you personally, since your letter to Col. Hlamniond, published in te last Advert ser, contains charges exceedingly injuri in. to the characters of those to whom you allude and, until they are named, apply ing indiscri-ninately to all'in this District' w*e are opposed to rha't gentleman in the coming .contest 'for Govcrnor. You in form CoL H. as a inaher A1act, and int or inference, that his "opponents in this District" are engaged in a "'systemfatic ef for." toexcite "public prejudice and op position" to him by "false and ungeneronus insinuadrMes," -fabricated and circulated for party efTect." As gentlemen are not in a habit of fabricating and oirculating falsehuods "for party e fect," or any oteter purpose, and as some of those who cannot supiort Col. H. alippen t' be gentlemen, and many of them his persoma' friends, I call tpon you, in justice to them, to name the iudividuals to whom you allude. You have. of your own accord. publicly made tle charges, and we now demand the spe ifications anA tle :proof. As you were the advocate of Judge Johnson, when you last "defined your position," and conse quently one of Col. H.'s "1opponents in 'his District," I shall not dispute your right to speak for those of his "o.ppnnents ," who supiort "that eminently virtuous cit izen and faithful public servant," whom it amppears you have now abandoned, though but a short time since, vot would have een "exceedingly gratIfied" to see him transferred to the ,ulhernatorial chair. Kno ving your great tact it -delining posi ions" I leave the judges friends in your hands, hopiiig lhat vou may succeed in in slowitne tihav all of them have been as inneent of fabricating falslioods "for pnr ty efl'eet," as I know the lriends of Col. Richardson are. Seeing that yon 1mve nirely mis-con 'eived the objections, which Col.'Riehard <nn's friends have made to Col. H and cnnsequentlv .your ex planntions cannot re move the "public prejudice" which is a painst him, I will briefly state the only Zroinds tpon which, they have ever op. posed him either through the public prcss, ur otherwise. They have said that Col. R. was the candidate of the Democratic Sub-Treasury party-a party formed in 1837, when Mr. Van Buren toolk ground fro ihe South, frotn fite scattered elements if the Democratic State Rights Party of 1827, and composed of Union men and Nullifiers without reference to those o!d party distinctions-the support of the Sub. Treasury and opposition to a National Bank, the Tariff and Internal Improve ments being the basis-of its organization. They claim him as the candidate of the Sub-Treasnury party because he was nom itinted as such by every leading Sub- Trea sury paper in the Stote. It is the pro vince of newspaper Editors to propose the measnres- and nominate the candidates that tre to he sustained by their party:-how else can it be done? The press has,there fore, been always considered an in lex to the opinions of ils party, and a cer iin criterion of its sentiments-it being well known that the Editors of leading puhlic journals are in a habit of continual y consulhing with, and being consulred by the leaders of' the party. Have you your. self not acknowledged this, and did yot not consider Col. R, the Suh-Treasury randidqg when you nominated1 Judge iohuson, a Bank aiid Preston man, against im ? If not, what did you meau by say ing that, from the manner of his nomitna tion, you were "warranted in the conclu siotn that Col. R. was to be the candidate af' that portion of thte State Rights party, af which the Editor" (of the ieeury) 'is the reported and recognisedergan?'' Col. Preston and his followers have rat ~ed off' frotn the Old State Rights party, atnd are herding with the Bank men, Tar fi. men, the Fedleralists and1 Abolitioni-ts 1 the N orth-they may still lie considered ty you as a portioin of the State Rights marty: bitt they call themiselves Whigs, le that as it may there is certainly itt me otsher ptarty int the State-the Salt I'reasurv, atnd.of that the Mercury ever las beet' and still is "t he reputed and re ognised organ!!" Soon after this formal nomination of Sol. R. by tho "recognisedl organs" ofotur ,ariy, Jtudge Johnsonarid Col. Hammond vere brought out by ntnhady knows n Ito, n the Charlestn Courier, (the only Anti. Sub-Treasuiry paper in the State) amnt b~y wo attotnymous wr'ter's in the Advertiser. )tne of these pieces has been attributed o you. Judge Johnisont when nomittated ty you, was known to) be a Preeton and tank man, and Col. laiammond was not nown to bie politically opposed, arnd was upposed to be personally attached to Col. ~restont. This, as was natural. excited ur suspicions. atnd those surspicions were ut cotilrmued, when. a short time after, nine of' Col. H.'s supporters attempted so nake him th~e mteans of reviving the ques ion of Nullification. WIho is to be bene itted by the tinhnryi-'e of' that forgotten 'end. except Col. Prestotn, and those of his 'ollowers, who, by their opposition to the 3tate, are no" in a huorsless mir ority, and -a only get into a maiority by making inlification the test of political orthodoxy? Lnder these cir'etmstances the frietnds of 301, R. helieving with you, that he was he candidlate of the Subt-Treasury party, alled ott that party to support him. They xpressed their helief that both Judre J. tmdu Col. 11. w~ere t he nomnineen ofthe Pres on antI Bank faction, that Col. HI. w"as wonght out to dividlo the Nnilifiers, and tindge J. to divide the Uttion men, and hat one would hie ultimately withdrawn, itd his votes be given to the other And Shas lately been sid, that those wh'n are apposed to Mr. Calhoun and the present Alministration, 'tnditng that they could as 'asily elect Col. Prestotn himself, as his Fietnd Judtige J.. have determined to drop im anti esnpport Col. H-. in preference to the catndidate of the party to wvhich they ae so bitterly opposed. Now let un examine for a moment, the gounds upon which those suepiciotns are founded. As von have conciT'rded to aian - ion (wi'h your catndidate) "thtequiet posi tioni of an observer of passing events" and appear dletermi~ned to define Col. HJ.'s pa. sitiotn (if von cannot your owvn,)l von will not he surprised at my applying to you fb' infrmatio. n. =po asnhiect- bearing very directly upon the point at issue. Do you know a.single Preston and Bank man, in the 84ate who is not opposed to Col. Richardson!! Can you - account .fr this oppositiovito him upon any other ground, than that he .is regarded as the candidate of the Sub-Treasury party? I should not have troubled you with these questions had I not supposed that as the "social in tercourse" with your "old and cherished acquaintance" (Col P.) has ot been in interrupted by any political differences, you may occasionally hear from him, uniil he aWe . give us some -inforination, as to the course his friends are pursuing. As you appear disposed to drop your former nominee Judge J. forget his many "eminent virtues and faithful public servi ces" upon which you so eloquently dwelt, when 'you last -defiAed your position." we will, if you prefer it, discuss the claims of your present pet (Col. H.) and his con nexion with the "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 of many, but helped "to thicken other proofs ilint do detnunstrate thinly." The conduct of a party is but 4he conduct of the individuals-composing it. I shall therefore -ake a '-birdsove" view of your courbe and draw from it'such conclusions as I may, as to the probable position of the rest of Judge J.'s friends at this time. After feeling sifficiently horrifiod at fhe idea of a candidate for a public office, be ing nominated it a newspaper, and b.iviug expended as much soleinnity and surprise as was proper on such an occasion, you came to the conclusion that Col. R. was to he the candidate of the Sub-Treasury Party, and proceeded to nominate a Pres Won and Batik man, agiiinst him. And why? Because-his" (Judge J.'s) "Itrus fer to the Gubernatorial chair would have relieved him fi'om the heavy labors of his presett oftice; the-dtties of which he tins dischareed for upwards of twenty years with hnoir to himself and signal wovan tage to the State." Upon the sufficien.cy of this reason I shall make no comment as-you are no longer soppotiing him; but simply irnquiireif the duties of his office are less laborious, or W he has been in the ser vice of th e State a 6horter time than when NoU penned the sentence above quoted? If not why have you deserted him? Is it because he cainot he elected, and Col. H - would tie tmtore acceptable to Wm. C.Pres ton than Col. Richardson? Let us for a moment compre tire claims which these two gentlemen have upon the Sub-Trensury party. Col. R. is known to be the nominee of that party, and Col. H. is ieen brought out against him, -and is supported -y the Preston and Bank men. Whilst Col..R. by his open, active atd effective support of the Sub-Treasury has incurred the opposition of WVm. C. Preston and all .his followers, Col. H's "social relations" wilh that gentlemat have not beeahanged, and eyen hisopin ions upon the .Sub-Treasury, were not kuown till last Thursday. Col. H. if not the political, is the personal friend of Col. Preston, whilqt Col. R. finding that he cotild not "maintain the relations of pri vate friendship, atid social intercourse with old and cherished anciaintances. such as Cot. Preston," withontsome "abatement oif devotion to his politicalcreed and compro mise of public duty, determined to split with him even at the risk of a blast of this great "wind instrument" of the Whig Par ty. Whiltt Col. Richardson is "prepared to give" (as you hoped Col. Hammond vould be!) his "cheerful and firm support to Mr. Van Buren and the leading ineas ures of his administrntion" we find that Col. H. only "prefers him to Gen Harri son" an.is unwilling topledg himsel I"to any indiscriminate support of/his adminais tration." As a Sub-Treasury man hows should y'ou decide? Upott the score of friendship you are al so boutnd to prefer Col Rt. Since you have assured us thatyou hase long enjoyed his "cotnfidence (?) nnd frietndship--concede tohIim "n'high charneer."'--duty appreci arte htis nmany excellent qualities andI per sotnal worth"-entcrtain for him the "high. ext piersonalI respect" and "would be pre parced for more than a quiet acquiescence in his nomination could you permit the kind relations of old acquaintance antd-the senti mentIs of esteem and consi-deration which it insptiredl to influence your coturse in thiege lection of a tpersotn for this high office.7 Utnless Cot. H. bas saved votir life.1our titmes, andl is inna habit of es plaitiing away your inconsistencies, you cati scarcelv en tertain for himn kinder f'eeliatgs, or bie in Lelined to speak of him in more compli mentatry terms. You arc also estopped from the nrgin menti that Cot. H is a,'Nullifier and shojild therefore lie pireferred, since you admit that "the orgatnization of old parties no longer exists in- the States, that "the lines of setparution~ have boen ob'literated atnd iioth" (U~on mtnp and Nullifiers) 'are harmioniously unie~d in the patriotic effoert of' serving the State"-thiat "to carry out the compromise which was happily effeet ed in the session oif 1834, AL pubte offces should he open and acceptatde to each par ty" and thait the present state of public to pinion" and 'the true interests of the Slate,' woul'l render "the eleviation of a &entle matn fronm the -ranks of the Union party to the ofee' of Governor" "liberal, woise, pru dent and nagnanimous." To be consis tent you must think that the election er' Cot. Hammond would be illiberal, uWiise, imprudent and contemptible! How then can you support himi? I am sture that you will tnt act in a manner which ecen yjou yourself would have to chiaracterise as illibe rat, unwoise, imprudent and contemp tile. You feel, you say, that yout can "main tnin the relations o'f private friendship atnd social inttercourse with old and cherishecd acquainttances, such as Col. Preston, with out the slight est abatement of dlevotioni tot your political creed or the least comprno mnise of public deity." I am either d~e ceived as to your patieal creed, or yon are, in gtigpoxing that your dlevotion to Cot. Preston does Dot interfere with the dlis chatrgegaf the dutties whbich you owe to, youtr party. Do you cou,ider it niot'. the slightest abattment of devotion to your po liticalecreed,or thle least compromise of your public duty" to tie made. ty Cot. Preston, or his friends in Washingtn, the mean's of circultig, in thi's District, all the abuse and billingsgaite whieb Harrisont W~has may choose to heap upon our party, Mr. Calhojin,. or even OttrOwnfeprescntifivel Devotio ian itrona' word, and yet you de nay even th -alighear abatemenat" of it. Do you consider it not the slightest abate metn of devotion to your.ipoliical creed or Ihe least compmm:se of public duty" to as sert' that "South Carolina is inthe leading strings or Air. Calhont," when convers ingwth Bank men, upon the ,subject ofE the Stih-Treasury? - You may have been convinced- by 'lr. Calhoin's arguments that. the Sub-Treastrry is "the great meas ure of deliverance and libertj to theSouth." You may be convinced that %e should prefer Mr. Van Biren;to -Gen. Harrison, and that "the true interests of the. State renders the elevation of a jentlenan from the ranks of the Uniogt pUdtf liberal, wise, prudent -and magn'animous? bit the rela tions or pivate friendship and social inter course with'old and cherished acquaint ances, such as Col. Preston" have, I fear, caused a slight "abatenient of desotion to your political creed" and a small, a' very small "compromise of public duty." SUB-TREASURY. Mtr. Editor: Pernit a voter through the columns of your paper, to suggest a few tioughts on the present depressed condition of our fi nancial afeirs, and other' matters. The constant cry is, What shall. we do? 'The times are so hard. The cause of this pres sure,originates 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 Rank. The States have suffered theirown 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 own State, I think it would be 'vise 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 as the planter, or forfelt their charters. I believe in the superior excellence of a State Bank, with branches, private stockhold ers, owning half the stock, and repre sentation *acconling to shears. There should be no othir bank'in the State. It would then, he to the advantage of all, to work together. The next Legislature will he an inportant one. That body must prepare -the means to keep up the faith and credit of the State, which has been so unwisely pledged by the Legislature for merly. A great debt has been contracted froni which the State receives little or no henefit, and a few individuals reap nearly all the advantage. Look well fellow-cilizens, to the polls in October next. Vote for measures and not for men. Vote for none, who' go not for ihe general welfare of the country. . T rust no mar, 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 is a tax payer. The vote of the former, rounts as much at the ballot box, as that rf the latter. Besides the State tax, there is a heavy District trx to pay. Why should not all our citizens bear a part of Ihe expense, ini supporting our State Gov ernent? Witht regard to thae Presidential elec tion, it is alarrming to see, the course of somne Southern men in this matter. Gen. H'arrison has come before the People of Uiited States, refusing to pubhlish his po litical views, and throwving himself into the hands of a Committee. These will riot nrake known his opitions, but say that lbe belongs to the school of Jefferson. If Jefferson was a Federalist, which Harri 'on undoubtedly is, then [ am far behind the times. It apipears to me, thag Southern man who supports H arrison, goes against light rand katowledge. He is unfriendly to slave ry, anad his -pilitary skillis at least'dn'ubt rul. He is also in favor of a National Batnk. -Fellow eitizens, I warni you against bankpo)'liticiants. The greater part ofthets, are wolves in sheep's clothing. They try out for Harrison and Reformn, but all for which they care, is a Batik. It is a small mnatter to them, who is President, if they can only have a flank. Of this, JIm well satisfied. If we continue jo send men in tfavor of our present bapnking system, to the Legishature, *e the farmers and mechanics of the contry, will always ex perience hard times., VY9TER. [ For the Advertiser.] "FRESH OF THE BANKS." Great fraud must be mark'd by disaster as great, And Country must suffer for sins of the 5tate, When wise Legislators~itheir fortunes to make, Hlad sought from the peopale their earning to take; And rob them of land. in justice their due,. Kind Heaven sent a fresh, which we call "the Yazoo:" WVhen Bankers and Brokers had shaved them full sore, And still were designing to shave them yet more; A freshet still greater, a wvarning he sent, ro warn thenm of evil, and aronse their content. Such mercies. tho' evils, deserve oar thanks:. rhen let us awake from the 'fresh of the banks.' 8Fit.VA-N ANTI-HIAR. . A Post Ollice, to be called Erin, has ieen established at the seat of justice for Spaufortflistrict, near Gillisonaville, Henry 3oettee, Esq., bas been appointed Pose Knuster