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e/misceellanetoe. In the letterof Gen. Harrison to Mr. Ly ons, which we published a week or two ago, allusion is made of a letter written by the General to the whig meinbers of the New York Legislature. The Har rison papers asserted liat.this letter would put at rest all doubts in regard to General Harrison's principles and opinions of the principal topics of the day. As the letter -was not forthcomin,the democratic press eq called loudly for the publicaion of it. The delay in publishing it appeared omi nous. At-last it has niade,iis appearance in the New York Courier & Enquirer. Here is the letter, without a word of com ment from us. If new light has been throwh on the opinions -f Gen. Harrison, we must confess that out optics are so dull that we could not perceive it; perhaps some of our readers may be more fortunate than we are.-Augusta Constitutionalist. NoaaT BEND, (Ohio,) May 23, 1840. Gentlemen-I have -he hinor to ac knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th February, conveying the proceedings of a meeting of the Whig members of the Legislature, convened in the Capitol of the State, on the 2-2d of that month. I beg you to believe, Gentlemen, that I am deeply impressed u ith the honor, which has been conferred upon we by the distinguished body, whom on this occasion you represent. The great object of both my civil and military life has been to serve ny country, to the utmost of mv abilities, and to obtain its approbation. The hope of this has often cheered me in circun stances of great difficulty and embarrass ment. You will pardon me I trust, if in, this letter, I. go somewhat beyond the mere purpose of acknowledging the receipt of your communication, and use the occa sion for making a few remarks, which circumstances seem to require frotn me,in respect to a declaration or opinions. or pledges, as to my future conduct, required of candidates for high offices. My public life, not now a short one, is before the country. My opinions on im portant subjects, have been expressed from titne to time, as those subjects have arisen, and since my name has been men tioned among those from whom a selection might be maile for the office oflPre-ident. I have iii several letters to friends, fully end frankly avowed my sentiments. Farthr from this, 1. cannot suppose intel ligent persons could desire me to go. Thi people of this country do not rely on professious, promises. and pledges-they know, that if a candidate- is unprincipled. he will not scruple to give atdy pledge that may be required of him and as little will fe hesitate to violate it. I have already made public the-principles by which I should be governed, if elected President, so far as relates to the proper Executive duties ofthat office. But almost innumer able applications have been made to ie, for my opinions relative to matters of le 'gislation, or even to the proper node -of conducting husinesq'in the two Houses of Congress. My published letters to Mr. ent branch oflegislature; yet it is imupossi ble to-read the letters that have been ad dressed to me, without believing that ma ny of the writers had adopted the opinion, that the Presidential office was the proper source-and origin of all the legislatiotn of the country; an opinion, in my judgment, at war with every principle of the consti tution; and of deep and daacerous conse quence. The prevalence (if such setii ments, more than almost any thing else, would tend to consolidate the whole sub stantial power of the Governm-nt in the hands of a single man, a tendency which, whether in or out of office, I feel it liy most solemn duty to resikt. I have declined therefore to give an y further pledg~es or opinions on subjects which belong to future legislation of Con gress-becauise, 1st. 1 conceive, for the reasons given in my letters to Mr. Williams and M r Den ny, that Congress should be left as nmutch as possible untrammelled by the execti live influence in the discharge of its legisla tive functions; and that a better etatrantee for the correct conduct of a Chief Msagis trate.tnay he founad in his character andl the course of his former life, than in pledens and opintions given during the petidency of a doubtful contest; and that, although recognizing the right of the people to he informed of the leading political opinions of the candidates for oflices oif trust, yet as it regards the subjects upon which the Le gislature may be called to act, the pledees and opinions shoul.l be required, if requit - ed at all, of the candidates for Congress. 2d. Because, the habit of considering a single individual as the source fromz which all the measures of governmet should emanate, is degrading to a repubi lie, and of the mfost datngerous tendency. 3d. Because, upon all the qutestion-t in - regard to which under any circumstances, it would he at all proper, fe* me to mtake an swers, my sentiments have already been fully and clearly given to the ptublic, in a manner to entitle them to credence, as I conceive that no honest matn would suaffer his friend to publish documetnts in his name which were not genuine, or contain ing opinions wvhich lhe wvas not then willing to endorse. Accept, gentlemetn, the as surrance of high regard, W. H1. HARRISON. Messrs. Verplatnck, Lee, Maynard,1 Duer, Clark, Porter, St. Johma, and Hub bard. Health of the City.-.4 reference t' the Bill of Mortality, publishedl this morning, will shew. an unprecedentted atnd most cheering exhibit of the general health of the city, for the week ending on the 4thi inst. . Thbe whole nuimber of deaths were seven-three whtites and four blacks and1 colored-and all the wvhites by casualty I -the melancholy case of drowninir, of which, we gave the particular. yesterdlay. Cha'-leston Courier. Our River is now in fine order for Steamboat navigationu, being several feet above its ordinary stage. We have been favored with several good raine within alah last ten days, which will, doubtless, be ot great advantace to the growing Coma a ridt Cotton. Hamb~urg is wholly free from Frow the Cotumbus (Ca.) Argus. HARRISON'S SALVO. Messrs. Editors:-[ send you an extract from a speech delivered by John Randolph agaitnst the adoption ofe new Constitution, ilelivered in the Virginii convention, in 1&29, 30. He so good as to give it a place in your paper. and we w% ill leave our Har rieot friends to make the applieation -You must give Governments time to oper ate on the people. & give Ihe Ieolpa time to become gradually assimilated to their. in stitutions. Almost any thine is better than this state of perpetual uncertainty. A people may have the best form or Govern ment-that the wit of man ever devised: and yet, from its uncertainty alone, may, in emect, live under the worst Government in the world. Sir, how often inust I re peat, that change is not reform. I am wil ling that this new Constitution shall stand as-long as it is possible for it to stand. and that, believe ame, is a very short time. Sir, it is vain to deny it. They may say what they please about the old Constitu tion-the defect is not there. It is not in the form of the old edifice, neither in the design nor the elevation : it iA in the material-it is in the people of Virginia. To my knowledge that poople are chan ged from what they have been. The four hundred man who went ont to David were in debt. The partizatsofmCesar were in debt. The fell6w-labnrers of Catalitte were in debt And i defy you to shew nie a desperately indebted people any where, who can bear a regtlar sober Government. I throw the challetige to all who hear me. I say that the character of the good old Virainia planter-the man who owned from five to twenty slaves, or less. who lived by hard work and who paid his debts, is passed away. A new order of things is come. The period has arrived of living by one's wits-of living by cottractine debts that one conuot pay-and above all, oflivine by office-huntinz. Sir. what do we see? Bankrupts-branded bankrupt -giving great dinners-sending their chil dren to the most expensiveschools-eiving grand parties-andjust as well received as any body in society." M IERRIWETRER. From the Augusta Constitutionalist. MEETINGS OF TIlE DE31OCRATIC REPUBLICAN PItTY AT MILL EDGEVILLE. We Iave time a nd space- to give only a short sketeh of the pruceedings or the neetings at Milledgeville of the Democratic Republican Party, on the 3d and 4th f this tnwith. Ve sh-ll in a few days lay hefor mir readers th proceeedings in detail, being assured that they will be read with intere t by a large majority of the people of Georgia. so deeply interested itn the triumph of the party itn October and No venber next. A triumph which will be the reward of the efforts and exertions of all trie democratic republicans, to preserve the purity of the public ittstitutions otthe country, tIe- in violability of the Ferteral cotstitution, and the enjov'ment of all political and civil rights and privleges. On thee 3d of July about 90 delegates from that portion of the state rights party opMposed to federalism and the eleration of General Harri son to the Presidentcy, met. and adopted a pre amble and resolutioi whihl a spirit of tatriot. imi and devotion to the country dictated olGeor,-in. iet, were organizxed. aced procee'd. el to discharge the imiuportant duties confiled to them. All the difflerentandvarioiisbranch es of the proceedings were inanimnnttsly car ried The princilmlproceedings wete: I. The re-organization of a Congres.sional Ticket which now coisist of the following gentlenten. as candidates. Ro0KRT W. POOLER. of Chatham. D. C. CAMPSLr.. of Bibb. ALFRFD kViasor. of Mnscogee. J u-ts H I.Lvtta, of Clark. J. S. PA-r-r R SON. of Early. J T. LU.Wm ri. of Flov. Wv Tr. Cot~nu:rr., of Mnscogee. MARK A. Coorv.n. of liall. EDWARD J. BLACK. of Scriven. 2. Thte re-organcization ofait Flectoral Tick et. which niow consist ot the followiing gentle Tae)WAs WOOTTEN. ofWillces. WV. B. WOFORD. of fIabe'rsham. W. B. Botr.Luc it, of Chathamn. JoH N Bitr2s. of .3hetrray. MuLvER EcHOLs, of Walton. SAutuI:. BtAI.L., of Wilkinson. Jous Rose'soa. of Jasp en. I8A1UEL. GRovP.s, of . ;edison. SEAnoRNa JONEs, of Miescogee. -EDWARn H ARnEN. of Clark. JutF.s AsuEases. of Burke. 3. Preamble sand Resolutionis, which were a dopted unanimnonsly. The ce'lebration of~ the day was truly im posing. The orattr of the day, Col. McAllister. land to deliver the oration from one of thte plat forms of the state honse, So numnerous were the citizens and ladies assembhled, that the spa. cious chambner of the House of ltepresenz:atives could noct have cemtained one foeurth of the citi zens. Notwithmsutading this circumitstance, the voice of the orator was distintely I ecid by all those assemble'd. Col. Mc \lbister did ample jistice to the subject, and more thtan reabzeud the ex pectations uf his fr iends. The oration is to be printedl. At the dinner. whlich was served in a splen did manner. about Ih00 eitizerns ftist set dowvn; this number only could be accoemodatede. After :hese bad clone, the tables were replenished, and about 8010 more paricipated of the refresh teinus so plentifully prepared; so that abott 2,01)0 dineed at the table's. After the dinner was over, the toasts and sentments were received and teadl, anid letters were read fromn many distingunishied citizens who had been invited to the celebrationt of the day. During the meeting of the Democratic reptub licatn conventin, and at the dinnier, many apeeches were delhvered, which will be notice~d in due time. This is all we can give in this dlay's paper of he proceedings ofa dlay which will he Icing re inemberede by the democracy of Georgia. as :ying the foundation of hatmoenins feeling eich should always animate the bodsom oif the )atriot The Democratic Republican Party of 3orgia have thus beeni fully organized ; and ith iunited action, in the sacred cause for vhich they ure battling and conitendinig againtt 'ederalismn, their bannier will wave triumphant mt October atnd Noveuiber next. Aimong thae many letters received arnd read vcich will be p uhlished, we have selected the 'llowing, which, being short, will not occupy nch space in oetr paper. One is fronm the "residenit of United States and the other from, r. McDuflie. - MILLEPGF.VILLE 5th June, 1840. ['o HIS xXClcP..ENCV Nd. VAN BU REN Sir-The undersigned, .:ommnittee,aopnoint d by the citizens of lBald win cout,v have the noc hereby to solicit your presence at the cel bration ot the aipproacheint noniversary of ~merican Independence in this place. The formidable array of influience brought a bear against your administration; thte untir 'g zeal offederalism. and the new elemients powerful agents, consutittes hepresent a cri sis, not less important and dangerous. thatn the memorable contest of 1601. The friends of your administration, would, therefore feel a pecnliar gratification, jl itehould prove agree able to you, to be present with them on this in teresting occasion. Wur. A TssNELLV, Chairman. TosALtNsuo FORT, War. SANFORD, FARISH CARTER, Wa. D. JARRATT, C. D. HAMMOND, R. S. JORDAN, IsAAc NkWZ:LL, GxoRG F. LEEvEs. E. EaAITLIsr, R. RowELL, A. M. HoRToN, WASHINGTON, June 17th, 1840, Gentlemen-I have had the honor to re ceive your polite invitation to attend a celebra tion of the a pproaching anniversary of Ameri can Independence. at .Iilledgeville. It would, I beg you to be asured. afflord me the great cst pliasure to meet my friends inGeorgia, on the iujeresting occasion referred to; but I an compelled by the oblization ofollicial .duty, to deny nyselfthat gratification. You have. gentlemen. neither overrated the influences with which I hare had to contend in the administrtinn of the Goverenment, nior in my judment, the relative importance of the crisis which has arisen inl the general politics of the country. It will undonbtedly require the fullest exercise of the patriotism of the peo ple, and an unshaken fidelity on the part of their offiial agents to meet it successfully and hov.orably. LDetermined to perform my whole dnty itn the matter-tr !sting that my asocintes will do likewise-anit'd having seen nothing in rec..nt events to shake my habitual confidence in the intelligence, integrity and firmness of our countrymen, I do not allow myself to donlt that all the obstacles, which have been thrown in the way ofthe public serviee, will bet speedily and sneocessfully overcome. Beggiig you the favor to return tny unfeign ed thanks to those of my fellirw citizens of Baldwirr county whom you represent, for this gratifyiig mark of their respect, and to accept my warmest acknowledegments for the spirit mnwhich yon have con munticated their wishes, I at gentlemen, very respectfully, your friend and obedient s-rvant, M. VAN BUREN. To Win. A. Tennille. T. Fort, Wmll. Sanfoid. F::rish Carter. Wim. D. Jarrett, C. Hlam moond, B. S. Jourdan, C. E. Ryan, Isaac Newell. G. Leeves, E. Brantley, R. Row ell, and A. I lorton. Esgs. CHERRY [ILL June 21th, 1P40. Gentlemen:-I have had the honor to receive your invitation in behalf of -the citizens of Baldwitn conntv,who are opposed to theelection of William Henry Harrison to the Presidency ofrthe Ut-itedi State-s." to be present at the cel ehration of the approaching Anniversary of lI.dependenmce, in Milledgeville. Thonh I am conztrained hv ircinsttnce- to deeline your invitation, I concur fil v inl votr oi-piosi tion to the election (if Ueternl flarrieon. If there were no other objections to his electiona, the aidacitous nnil inintine position lie has amusnmed of refusing to 'liselose his opinions to the people oin subjects of vital importaice to their welfare, while asking their suffirages for the highest office inl their gift, and the uisgust ing nutmerv of log cabin and beer barrels, which would disgrace the orgies of the low est demarogne. by which his nomination has been heralded forth even by the highest of his partisans, would be qnite concltsive with me. I consider all this a gross and con. teminous insult to the people of the United tterly iestatute o gnaitihealons to sustaiit the dignity or perform the ,futtieS of th office, could be elected President tinder soch auspi. ces. I could consider it a reproach to our common country. But us a Southern man, I have mich graver objections to him. He is a National Republican. holding all the doc trines aid principles of that party; he was noiniiated bv that party, and will susain every measure which may be proposed by its great leadets. Mr. Webster nefer attered a consti tutional doctrine. and M r. Clay never proposed a measure that Geniral Harrison has not sup. ported or approved. In fracthe will be a tool in the hands oftese two gentlemen, and to elect him, would be fo adopt theit principles and neatsiures. If Sourthern statesmen are prepared for this, I ent not believe the people are. Having withdrawn entirely front the field of politics. disguiste.l with the everlasting scrambling for office which gives a party color ing to every ptublic measure, I beg it to be tn derstood. that while I am utterly orposed to the eleection of Generaml Izirrisotn, I ant not the par tizail of Mr. Van Burena, though I would great ly prefer himt to his oppionent.- The pritciples he has not onily avowed, bitt tmaintainted openly atnd firmly, are cdear to the 8outh; and what is equally iiportant ilhey are the principles o-f his parly. I am gentlemen. with great respect, your obedienmts,;iyma.t. GEO. McDUFFIE. Insecurity of/the Mail.-We learn that a getntlemian im this towt encnlosed a $20 lull to his fathber-in-Ilaw in Charleston, on Thursuday last, andc paid dotle pimsuage at this office tupotn it. The letter reached Chanrleston int clue course of mail, but tlte money, was nmissing. We do ntot pretend ti, say at whicn oilire the money wvas ah stracted; but as there is no i,itermediaie office between Columbia a'til Chnrleston, where the mail is openedl, it must attach to one or the other of the two places. This is not the first occurrence of thue kiud anid it becoe.,s those inttere4tedl to ferret out the villriny.--Columbia S. Chronicle. Deatha of Judge Smith.-T he Hhon.W m. Smiith formerly of Soiuth Carolinta, antI late of Al-natma, died at Hntisville, ini that State, on the 25th nuh., of -otngestive fever, aged 78 years. ,Judge Smtith filled a large and honorable space int the public eye during his long life.-Augusla Consti tutiontalist, Julyi 11. Honr. R. M. T. Hunter.-Tbhis gentle man, in a letter to hisconstituetnts, defines his posaitiotn as that of a nentral in the api proachit.g Presidential contest, and de clares his deter-tniuation, in consequence of tnct being a ble to agree with eithet -of the catndidates, to decline a re-election to Congress. - PEND.TON..IV. The oat crop in this district will hie un usually produictive The farmers are now harvesting, arid aill agree itn the opitnioni that monre tiats will he made than -have beetn made before for several years. Messenger. The St Louis Pennant objects to the phrases, "'dritnk as ai beast," and 'berstly drunik," sometimes used todescribe people int a state of intoxitation. lie says, "it is a gross slander upon the beast creation - We never saw a beast that was not too respectable to get drunk-man is the on Jynaimalt hnt in mann enangh to don 1t, Communicaions. A CARD. A writer in the last Adv,-rtiser over the sig nature of--Sub-Trea-uty" har thougpht plop'! to assail me by nune while he studiously preserves his mask. The wriiter is welcome to all the advantage this act of chivalric gallant rv deserves. "Sub-Treasury" insinuates in a nonut that I had fled the District, to avoid his anger, and failed to comply with my threat. To the first charge, I have only to reply that the writer has strangely forgotten the impressive proof I gave him two days before my departure (June29) of my uttercontenpt oflispnimsance. In .the second place-that I refused to cancel my own Bond-it is sufficient to say that ut the time "Sub-Teasury" penned his article, /. was in possession of a note of intimation of my then and futuri course .'The etiquette and ood taste of such an allusion is in unison with his entire cemmnnication. For the present, I deem fnrther notice olhis extraordinary article as uncalled for. PRESTON S. BROOKS. Columbia, 12th July. For the Adrertiser. MR. EDIToR:-InI proposiag to submit a few remarks relative to the Governor's election. it is not my object or wish to engage in a news paper controversy with any gentleman. Bit simply to exercise that right which every free inan is entitled to ina republican governament. viz: to express his opinion freely and unti am rmeletl bv anv arbitrary or conventoaea restric tion. What'other motive could ucinate me? I have nothiia to gain by the Governor's elec tion, let it terminate its it may. I am interested only so far as I am a citizen of South Carolina. and as such subject alike with the rest of tmy fel low citizens, to the influence which the Gov ernor's election mny excrcise upon the pros. perity and well-being of the sa'ie. - With neither of the candidates am I person ally acnuaintedand for neither one or them. dol entertain greater partiality than the other.person. ally and viewed in their social relations. But! must lie permitted to say, that r-egarding them as politiciart. I am not neutral. I prefer decid edly, Col. Hammond to Col. Richardson. and believe that he is better cnpacitated to discharge the gubernatorial duties. than his worthy com. petitor The reasons which have influenced or dictat, d my choice ofGoernor. in my hum ble opinion. are based upon the immovable basis oftrtth, and a just aprireciation of merit. nid helieving. ns I do. that m4gna est veritas e prerao-bit. I cannot suffer myself to doubt tile sneccss orCol. H.. and the consequent triumph of candor, in--ennousness and disintere-ted pa triotisn over the intri-rne. donble dealing, and imachinations nfthe "spoils party." Bit not to indulge in coniectures and mere assertions, and to coie to the proor. The course which Col. Hammonid and Col. Richardson pursued. and theposition which they occnpied in 1832, when clouds ol'darkness ov'erhung our political hori zon, and threatened to burst upont us with all their accunilted force and ftry, involving us it one general and universal ruin I shall not attempt to re'capitulate, as thr-y have been suffi ciently dilated upon by otheiswlho have written on the subject. .y~ notivet for wirkho'.ling an expres-iton of opinion on this subject, are not bee.iuse I regard the rirnggle of 1832, be tween the old Union and Nullification parties, as one of an unimportant nature. and that period as in era sterile in strikiing events-nor because I believe that the course which the leading men of our State pursted at that momentous crisis, is of no conseqietnce, and ps eintirely discon nected with the subject of the guhrnatorial election, and the clitimts necessary to recotutnend a candidate to the important and responsible station of Governor, as some would say, who illaciously conien that it was provided in the l-e ont et paiiet iUt' that they should he nitued into tine undivided w hole. I re:i-ain fron: dilating upon this pooint f'or the reasons above asignedl, to wit:-that they have been expatiated upon at stifficient lengtlh by others. One, attd I beliqve, thie only argu ment which the untiring and indelhtigab-e par tizans of Lichardson have urged as t reason why he should be preferred to Col. Ilaumond. is that his election will afford a favorable oppor tunity of cansine former animosities to be bu ried, aid past differences to be adjusted, and thus by establishina a spirit of' harmony, una nimity, and good feeling amog the two parties, -tt collect together the broke fragmemn s ol' our strentgth, which hiasbeeti severely pamalvzed by itnternal dissetttions aind tot cotnsolidate it into one undivided and unbroken p haiatnx. Is it not strange that thte saguacioni furs- einiig aund patri onec friends of'Col. It. sh..id htave jiust lountd out ite remedy thlhtetl thte wounds occasioaned by the striuggle oh 18:12. Th'lat they stnould at this latte day htave jutst hit u~itmn the matn (wno happened to bie Cot. R.) i ichly (a.- tht..y say) endowed by nature with all those noble and elevated traits of'chiaracter, which sot einiiently quaelfy hitm b r the accomtpishmnent of' the most glornons object. ioe., anty one beliv, that the ii'iespunsible "hungry fe w," whtotmet in solemn conclave at Cotumbta, and nmmatetd Cob. R. who pledgted themselves to umive heaven atnd earth if necessary, to secure his electaotn, and who sittce thtat time, carrying out thieir promise. have put rorith every enuergy, and stranteid every nervi., to mniatettre a putic opinion in his fivor.-I stay does any otte be lieve tat these very disinterestedgene,aeas were promoptead to that steji by those l-'ty ai,d patri mic motives whitcha they wt thte plenitude ot taseir egotismn, would arrogate to themtselves? But to waitve the poinit as to tue sintcerity of ttieir moutives f'or the sake of argume t, bet us test the validity of their argotneut as to the benelice'd etleci which the election of'Col 1t. woulid hav~e in rec'onciling the ohi Uion and N ulliietie : parties ot'.52 W~e will cotnme. ce thtis ittvesmtition by inginiring iof wvant patrty is Col. Ricchardson, the tnominee anud by what her sons dat, s he expe~ct to be sap~po.ted )onib. - less he is ite ntomtinee tf th~e Inion party, and will be supported by that pearty, and a few a poastate tund broken-down Nullifiers. This thio' trume, will not tbe openly aind na.equivocatly a vowed he thetn: antd wthy 1 Because the Union party intthlis State is in the itinority, antI as -itch, to preseiit htitm bef'ore the people as ths nomiee of itat party, wouild be die greeatest piece of fo..lery that conlud he tsm-gied-since it would unquiestonably weaken his power, if' not inevitably defeat his election. But huow will they ov'erleap this barrier amid overcome this difien lty ? By representing Col. R. as the ntoiminee and favorite of botht partes; and for what purpose. is this done, if not to secure thesiuppiort of'both. The friends of' Col. R. htae advanced many plausible reasons why he shonld be elected; they have displayed muich of thme diplomacy at' a Richtlietn: aind no dosiht thtey htave induced sotmie to believe thtat he is thme nominee and fa vorite of botht parties. Bitt is this true-and are thte arguments whlich itey have addtnced motre tIma plantsb'-r atti sophisticatl? To prove to me that thtey nre not, andI to convince mte that Col. R. is tnot the~'secret ntomitnee of' the Umnion party, though professedly aind os tensibly he ms nt. they must tax their ingenuity and imagination more severely than they have yet done. The conseqluences of electing Col. Rt. can be anticipated froem whiar we have already experi enced. Scarce has the canva-s for Governor commenced, before 'ye see the wmimda rippea pen whticht were inflicted in lIM2, and which we had hoped were healed utp forever. F'ortner atimosities and pas remitniscences are vividly recalleid to mitnd, andl in our imagination the tnionand Nimllificamtiotn parties are plIaced before. us in the hostile attitude they assumed itt 183l2 What effect can the recalling to mind stne. ......s as. he,. -hae, aro aw~aning Wmtbin us to sanme extent the same unpleasant feelings we formerly had-which feeliugs no pattiut or philanthropist in South Carolina can ever wish to experience again. Dpes any one doubt this ? What are the fitcls as they stand out in bold relief ? Prior to the commencement of this canvass, were we not 1ivine in peace and amity; the most pierfect harmony and concord ? Yet these very worthy and disinterested gentle men would have you believe that we were in cessttuly warring with each, and at dagaers points. and that die very existence and well heing of Sonth Carolina depended upon the is sue na to whether or not a reconciliation was ef fected, They futrthermore would feign have you believe that to secure this great end and to rescue South Carolina from the yawning gulf over which she was pending-threatening her destruction, you must elect Col. John P. Rich. trdson. Indeed, he must be a man of great poters-a second political Mesiah, sent from heaven to bring about this happy result. Hav ing briefly noticed the reasons urged in favor of Col. Richardson, and made a few comments upon them, I shall rather consider the objec tion against Col. i nwn.tnl. than dwell upon his claims directly. The Union, and some per sons belonging totheNuollification party.say they cannot vote for Col. Hammond What are their reasons1 Hive they the hardihoodjo re fuse to concede to hint ereat talents and amply competent abilities to discharge the gubarnato Tial offices? Dare they deny that Col. H's ca reer in Congress, though a brief was a brilliant one; and that the position he orcupied to wards Sou'h Carolina during the heated times of Nnllification, was not a high-minded. chival rons, and magnanimous one I By no means. What, then. are their objections to Col. 111 Why. forsooth, his supposed eoalition with the Preston clique, 'Bank and Harrison party I When did thezenlons partisansof Col. R make this great discovery; and fromn what source did they obtain this informntion I Can it be the result of a mature deliberation based upon facts; or is it the fancifil frahricaition of some prolific imagination concocted for party effect? Unquestionably the latter. Is it any-ways strange and inexplicahle, that the friends of Cdl Preston shoild prefer Col. H. to Col. R.; and is it a logical conclusion to come to that, because they do prefer him; that, therefore. Col. H is identified.with the Preston and Har rison party? Most assuredly not. Yet. u on these very grounds, and no other, would ey denounce Col. H. as a Preston and Harrison man. The same persons have endeavured to identify Mr. W hitfield Brooks with the same party ;.and what is the pretext or excuse they urge for so doing ? Why, A]Mr. B. is a ptersonal friend of Col. Preston's, and both a personal and political one of Col. Hammond. Trtly, aocratic logic! But, let is examine it as to Col. If., and see whether or iot lie is a Harrison man-and wherefore he is smupported i.y the Preston cliqe. lit 1832, the PreAton faction coincided entirely with Col. H in the measures that then agitated the State-they profi ssed the sarie political creed, espoused the same cause, ant fought under the same banner. They re iniied together uitil 1837, when the Pritson faction separated on the leading measures of the admintistratiom, and went over to the Har rison and Bank imrty. Col. H.. with his nus. al consistency and known tenineity tou elilican princiolesand S. Rights democratic doctrines conatinued and still is theirfirm and inuflexi ble supporter, uptwithstauding-nssertions have been made to the contrary. Havinig briefly noticed the relalion which the Preston faction sustained to the Calhoun party of 1832 and of the present tiy. I shall cast a bird's eye to the relation it suistained to the Union party of 183-2, and also to the relation it bears to that party at the present day. In 1'!32 the Preston clique being the warm supporters of the doc trine qr Nullification, were antipodes to the Union p:.rty in feelings as well as in politics; But, if any change has taken'place, they have become more alienated. They are now as they were then, enlisted under a different han. ner, fight in different ranks, and for a different catse-stich being and having been the rela tive position of the several parties at the times above alhded to-can it appear strange that the Preslon faction, since they cannot elect a man-of their own politics, that they should pre fer Col. H. who is mnn-h less obtoxious to theni than Col. Richardson? Why, then.these reek less assertions an.d wanton accusations; why this crusade against Col. H? After the explat nation I have 'nnde as to the political relition Col. H. occupies towards the Prestotn and Har sison party. doies arty on-- hi'lieve that lie is identified with that party'a lfso,l would advmin them cnrefully and imp~artiid!y to review his whole po'itical course. anid to read a lett,-r which lie recenttly addlressetd to Mr Whtitfield Bronk<, in which hte clearly arid tnes;nivn'ently expressed his preference ofr Mr. Van Borent t'n Gen. Hairrison. aind his etntire approbation ofi the leading measures of the adlministration. What more could we have requltire-what more qpuld we have demanded I Candid and~ itmportudi men conld ask nothting more! Bit those who are disposed to cavil and q'nbble abont wordls. inerhtaps might feign obje -tion.., as the friends ofCol. R. lim-ve donte relative to Col. H's letter. Their course has been none .f intriano and dotuble-dealing. anti forcibly re intds me of the mnanuouvres of the Hairrison party-a heterogeneouts medley of the fagend and tail of all parties One party tries to carry its poinut hv intventing falsm'hoods dero'gatory to Col. H- . and by londly insistinig upont the ne cessity of reconciling the olrd Union and Nili ficatioin parties-the othinr by representing Gen. Harrison as a '"log cabin and cider candidate." and by nmakina the most pitifiil appels to the wvorst passinons of men, lain not a partisan or an enithusia-st, nor am I indotrrigih. in my opin io 1Bu am willing to hear the truth, and rciein'ortation. comne from what snorce it tmay. Prove to tie, then, thtat Col. H is identified with the Prestont and Harrison party. atnd I reitounce him i.tiiediatelyv; hut, not tun til then. CO)SMOP4 ILITF.. For the Adesrtiser. Ma. Enrron :-The wishes. enterprises. nnd schemes. of meti dissimilar int pursuits anid avo caions, riecesstrily demintd a legislation equal ly multifarions in operation.. But, to adapt the la w to the cotmplex andl dif ferent interests of each member of~ society, so as to prevent thiecotmplainus and dissatisfaction of the selfishiand unthinking class, is impossible. Though they he much mutr. bettefited, in the enid. by lan's which consult the general. ra ther than the limited gootd of a people. still it seems to he the province of such persons, to fret, and censure, regardless of the fact, thtat a vountary sacrifice of minor amid unimtportant rights andu immnnities, constitutes the bond which holds us together as friends and brothers, and enables its to be co-workers in crydilsocial, andl political eterplris.5r Such mert, I apiprehtenud, are incompetent to indge cnirrectly of the merits of arty law, or ap preciate fittly the salutary obligatiotn of the "oi inal1 compa"-for they reject every meastire apparently tnt conduceive to their immediate trofit, no matter how imiportant in its mediate anid general operationi. Society exacts a charitable unad patriotic suh mission to her piosiuiive itistittiions, whatever bstacles they may oppouse tot the sordhid ambi tion and selfish projects of a few individuals, arnd- our ontly retreat from tihe wise fiat, is into the degradi and rude state ouf the wild, fierce, anid refractory savage; wvhere the invention. enttivation, antI improvement of the arts and s-iences advances in civilization, morals, poli ies, commerce, wealth. education and refine met-t-the legitimate fruits of well ordered so iet,-are itnterdicted necessarily by the law les'habits of a people holding allegiance to no etalished form of government. The traly patriotic members ofsociety, under these considerations, feel it an imperious but delightful duty upon thei:n, to use their best'ex. ertionis to preserve and transnit order, peace, harmony. industry and plenty-the richestbless. tug s of moral, ai.d bee nisetutions-and the proudest ornamenta ot a free people; avert eve:ry encroachineti of corruption; trample down the growing demon of selfishness; foil those who labor to dupe the ignorant and crei. ulous; and vindicate fearlessly, all attempts and measures of a moral, patriotic, and benefi. cial tendency. To this end. we wish every Candidate to dash aside his msquerade. and, scorning to conceal any sentiment 'of importance or con. cern to his constituents, honorably irely for success on his integrity and candor. We are suspicious of those Candidates for our Legislature, who hold at one and the same time, two opposite and clashing opinions, or as many more as there are parties. , It is true. these men seem to be very hind and good creatures, as they are so obse .ens to all whom they meet, but still, Mr. EdHor, I some how or other, awfully fear these people. . The smile on the-face looks insidious. They love, and love ardently; but not me, not you, but self; this is, their Idol and their God. The canker around their hearts never can beget pure, equitable, arid virtuous laws. And sir, I, together with iany 7thers, re gret exceedingly to see a legislator of ohrs for the last term, receding from the field One,too, the most remarkable for his prof'undjudgment and strength or mind. and also, for his acquire. ments, to which is added the sternest and most undoubted integrity! And why not out? I blush to make the answer of runmor-"Fear of defeat." Will the intelligent and virtuous class of the citizens of Edgefield District permit this? I, sir, will plight the unanimous influence and support of this class; and this task will be the more easy. and voluntary, since at the en suing session of the Legislature, we anticipate a cntest between the low and up country. But to each of those who are before us for the high and responsible function of a Legisla tor, I would say, let him show himself to be a man ; a main. sir. worthy the name of a Caroli nian. Let him give his earnest and unyielding support to any and every measure, which be honestly and candidly believes will tend to mo rnlize, civilize, economize, and frugalize his constituents. how unpopular soever such a measure may be; for, in such a case, he would be guided by the dictates of disinterested pat riotism-the dictates of the noblest and most dignified principles belonging to man. Such a man has nothing to fenr! The dishonest, inriguing, and deception over the "comitatus vulgus' by his opponents, may hecnnd his path and his prospects for a seaSon; bnckbitinp, evil speakings. false re ports and cahumny of every kip ' may war against him; but under the blessings of Provi. dence through the hands of his disinterested and patriotic friends, (their vigilance and active ex erti)ns operating in his behalf) he would rise from the orleal with r bright and a moral hon orable name, and with greatly increased strength to do battle for his country. Such a Candidate. I promise the vote and influence of an humble. plain, and, I say it without vanity, honest and cordial FARMER. Red Bank, July 12, 1840. Eji 5t3ertiger. EDGEFIELD C. H TnURSDAY. JULr 16, 1840. We defer our remarks on the communicatioa paper, unmil next week, for % ant of room. To Correspondens.-We must again request Correspondents, to hand in their communica tions as early as p'esaible. Hereafter, we will insert no communication which is offered, after 12 o'clock on Monday. Our paper is put to - press on Wednesday, and it is absolutely neces sary, that articles intended for immediate pub lication, ahould be handed to us early on Mon day, or before. Adjournment of Congress.-Bnth Houses have fixed upon the 21st inst., as the day for adjournmnut. We have received another communication front " E Pluribus Unum." The writer com imences with great professions of good feeling towards us, for our generosity ini oliening our paper to our Whig correspondents. For theis we thank him. Ibut as lie proceeds, he departs from his courteous tone. Hie ceases to address uss, but addinesses some other person, whom he styles a "Conmentator" on his remark, a "Pol -itical leader" aid an "H onorable gentleman" and who he snpposes wrote under the editorial head, the criticism upon his communication. This is disrespectful to say the least, to as, the conductors of a public journal. In other re. peets, the article of "E Pluribus Ununm" is highly objectionable. The writer speaks rath er too freely, of the want of "great political knowledge or profound statesmatnship,"ofa" Pe litical leader,'' as he calls the supposed author of the editorial above mentioned. The entire article of our correspondent departs so widely, from the rules which govein newspaper writers, thar we must delirli giving it publication. But we repeat; that we will publish any communi cation, which is decorous in language, and re spectful to us. Gen. McDuffie's Leter.-Our readers will find' in the acount of ther Proceedings of the Democratic, Rep'ublican party which recently assembled .at Milledgeville, Ga, the reply of General Mcluffie, to it letter addressed him by4 a committee of thme citizens of Baldwin county, tendering him anm invitation to a dinner on the Fourth of July at Milledgeville. The let ter is open apd decided, and is perfe'ctly char acteristic of its author. General McDuffie ex presses briefly, but very pointedly and forcibly, his objections to General Harrison. and his party. He says with perfect truth, that Har rison will be a tool in the hands of Webster and Clay, andf to elect him, would be to adopt their principles and mensures. Let Southern Whigs igravely ponder upon this !Are they willing to supiport the candidate of the National Republic ans--a party which has ever beau hostile to the South-ever alien in priniciple amnd feeling? [n the concluisioni of his letter. General Me Duf lie says "the principles hie(Mr. Van Buren) has not only avowed but maintained openly, and 6rmly, are dear to the South.and what is equal ly im portant, they are the principles of hisparty." We have received from the Hon. John C. Calhoun. a copy oef his speech" On the Bank rup't bill." We will endeavor at a future time, to pubtish it.