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cttt?HBOT I p iin??i if 3*ou please, roll it. Plant good seed in rows or drills from eighteen inches tc two feet apart, and about a foot apart ir the rows. Weed again when the pi an I has become large enough to transplant, and thin out, leaving but one in a hill Fill up any vacancies which may occui by setting out some that you have pullet up. If your ground is weedy give i another noeing?at any rate stirring tin ground is beneficial, ^feet the crop stant as late in the fall as you can, and no have it freeze into the ground. W< have always had the best crops in thii 1 ? -? ? ? v?cjiv tin country wnen we suw ?j middle of May if not before. . American Farmer's Companion. POLITICALMR. KENDALL'S ADDRESS To the People of the United Slates. Our country presents a new spec tacit fuffthe contemplation of mankind. A candidate for the Presidency is ask ing the suffrages of our.people, and a the same time refuses xo answer th< ft questions they put to him, for tlie pur fose of satisfying themselves as. to th principles and policy by which he wil be governed* if ?Jectod. With his owi consent, a committe .is interposed be . ^ tween b*e> and 5is countrymen, not t aid h?rn in giving frank replies to thei reasonable inquiries, but to cut .off direc communication, and keep his opinion from the public. A free and intelligen people whose pl^cious right it-is to as . and obtain the views of every man wh seeks their suffrages, upon every poiri ~A???nmont q r appertaining m men pecMMUbin) ?. bluntly told that.|hey shall Dot enjoy thi right, but shall take -a candidate ft the Presidency upon trust. They ar asked to relax that "eternal vigilance, which is truly "the price of liberty, ,a:id blindly submit themselves if not t to a "King* who can <lo no wrong," t a Chief Magistrate who assumes the al titude of irresponsibility, and surrhunil himself with ministers, even before th crown of power has been placed on hi head!* The candidate was nominated by convention, not because they considere hrm the ablest man of their party or a a4l qualified for the station, but mere! because he had once bfeen a General.Having seen the heroic Jackson in th chair of 9tate, notwithstanding their un cedstng denunciation of "military chiel tains^" they weakly expected to ava themselves, in their struggle for powei of the same devotion and enthusiasm, b presentmg the name of another who ha worn tfce uniform of his country, and ai tainedTo the same rank. They did nc accord to the people sense enough t discriminate between the weak andinel ficieut chieftian, who after a series ( military blunders, fortunately for hi country, resigned his commission in th ~ - -? '? 1 I ...L midst o! the war, ana me reai nero wn took it up, and closed that war in a blaz of glory at New Orleans. Under this fatal error, the conventioi instead of presenting in an address c resolutions, the principles which wool control the administration of their car) didate, if elected, concerted a generz movement throughout the Union, to giv eclat to their nomination, by a siinulta neous shout to the glories, wlijch, afte an oblivion of twejity five year9, are noi for the first time discovered to^e worth of commemoration in feats and in song We have accordingly 9een vast assem b!ages collected together, at great 1c bor and cost, not to respond to an principle, or listen to any argument, bu to drown the voice of reason in the shoul of revelry, and lead captive the feeling of a people in a senseless excitement. Huzzas lor the newiy-tounu hero, annur ciations of his poverty, of his residenc in a log cabin, aftd love of hard cidei the hauling of miniature log cabins an * The following extract from a private let tt of Gcu. Harrison, dited 13th Feb. 1810, an pbulished fn tho 4iBoon's Liqk Times,'' Ihoug p,.b lshed without authority from the waiter, ma aid in shewing why lie' finds, it necessary to err ploy others in answering' some of the cominim Nations .received by him. , "I h vo gcfcually, from necessity, been oblige togive up the correspondence of'many of in best friends. Having given up my office to ni son-in-law, which, from the creation of a new ci cuit, with .similar civil jurisdiction, affords on! to him a decout support, it became* necessary t raise the faini ies of throe -deceased sons, and on living oqo solely dependant upon mo, and to pa tho interest of some to^ thousand dollars of deb tn make t!?e greatest personal exertions with th means which my far;i*afforded. I according! made contracts for supplying large quantities) ( stone and lime, and wood for burning three mil lions of brick, for the use of a tunnel of a can: which is being made-through my Ufcd. Throng! out the summer and autumn, I was employed a! most daily, from early dawn until night, .in thi business. Tlvcry moment-of niy spare time \\u - occupied in the attempt to keen up my corres pomlenea, but it was in vain. Many othi r let ters, I assure you, besides yours, of ihe sainept rioJ, remains unanswered to this day." The following extract ef a letter from Gen4. Jackson to tho Governorof Indiana, when th General was a candidate for tho Presidency, wil show to what "determination" he bad cotno i> regard lo answering tho .numerous letters wit which he was annoyed by cavillers and cticmicf asking for informi'ion ufelo his opinions, ani the course of policy he fcould pursue, if electee President. * Hermitage,, Feb. 28, 1823. . "Sir: 1 have had the honor to receiveyour excel leney 's letter of the 30th mo, endorsing resolution of the Senate of Indiana, adopted, as it appears With a view of ascertaining my opinions oncertah political topics. " The respect which I entertain for the Execu tivc and Senate of your State excludes from mj mind the idea that an unfriendly disposition dicta ted the interrogatories which arc proj?scd. But will confess my regret at being forced, by this sen tiraent, to depart in the smallest degree frdln tha determination on which 1 have always acted. Not sir, that I would wish to conceal my opinions oi any political or national subject; but as they were in various ways, promulgated in 1824, I am' ap prehensive that my appearance before the Public at this time, may be attributed, as has already beei the case, to improper motives." * >b. I canoes, and ctffer-barrel*, through tire > streets; the rolling of balls; and the dis~ i play of banners with unmeaning mottoes, t doggerel rhymes and Vulgar pictures; , the drinking of cider,* the mumbling ot . giugerbread, and imitating the cries of r birds and beasts, with other mummery I and mockery, as disgraceful to the peo. t pie, are the new means of electioneering ? by which it is vainly expected to induce I the community to surrender itself, like the charmed bird, to the jaws of the i wiley serpent which stands ready to de5 vourit. By arguments like these, it is > expected to persuade the freemen of America to surrender their right to know the political opinions of the candidate, and i take him, for better or fog worse, gagged and guarded as he is. * To these means of influence, are added, money without stint, abuse of official station and privilege without restraint, and viola- j 2 tion of the laws without restraint, and vio~ lut on of the laws w:thout reserve. The - Harrison party in Congress are leagued in t a great electioneering Association, with its e "executive committee," appointing subor dinate committees throughout the Union; e raising money by tens of thousands to sup. I port presses, to magnify their mock hero, A libel the Administration, and scatter delusion through the country; practising the 0 most unheard of abuses, get ine subscribers r to a newspaper under a promise that they :t shall receive H under frank, violating the 1 law, by actually franking it, and devoting it* their money, their talents, their pfivi leges, k and their time, not to the business of legiso latioi\, for which they were elected, but to it an unscrupulous and unceasing warfare e upon another department of the Govern, is- ment. The public business is delayed, the >r pubi c faith is violated,and the ordinary opee rations of the Government obstructed, that session of Congress may be protracted; thus " fum shing the influenceofpublic station, the ;o facilities of the frank, and money from the o Treasury, to carry on their electioneering L operations. In some cases electioneering Is tracts, franked by members of Congress, ie weighing more than they had a right to is frank, have been falsely marked "public documents," to secure thoir free iransmisa son; and mothers, the frar.k of members d has been been boldly forged! What would it be said of-the Executive officers here, itlhey y were to form such a club, appoint such u - commi tee, and resort to such means?? e Would not the men who are now commiti ting abuses and outrages a thousand times f- more aggravated tliun any tlicy charge ib the Administration, sound the tocsin of alarm, *> upon a thousand lulls, and startle the couny try with the threatening danger? And are d these combinations less alarming, less cor t- rupt, less dangerous, or less criminal, in one ^ ?* ? f-?i?ni?nmont fK??n in nn? ,l ut'p iriiuuiii ui mo uu'ciiiiuviii tmiu in mi o. otherf f* Contempt for the people lies at ll>e bot>f torn of the whole scheme ol" electioneering, is The Harrison party showed this contemp1, e in presenting "a military chieftain" as their o candidate, after liaving for years denounced ? the elevation of such men as worse for the .country than "war, pestilence and famine, or nny other scourge." >r Tney show it by presenting a slmm hero to the people, and endeavoring, to persuade L" them that he is a real one. They show it by asking the people to e vote for a gagged and guarded candidate, who "will answer tho questions of neither T friends nor foes. v They show it by abandoning all argument, y and throwing principle out of the contest. !" They show it by their rog-cabins, cider^ barrels, pitchers, canoes, balls, banners, pic~ tures, atid.parade, riot, and drunkenness; fit y only to amuse, if they did not disgust, a 'f London populace, or a Parisian mob. s They show it by their incessant aod monstrous misrepresentations of the nets of - tiie Administration, and th?*ir causeless 1 abuse of the men who compose it. e Where isthe true-hearted American who *f I nni Im nolnmurl ftf liie rnnnlr*. ifslifi 1 7 1 wv#v*l 1 HUW WO UOIIUIIIVM v? " J? mm d could by such means, be induced to nban^ don her right to question candidates for offiee, and throw herself unconditionally into ^ the arms of a president and a par'y which has no principles, or dare not avow them? y From this contempt of the people, springs .** the opposition of the leaders of this party to the extension of the right of suffrage, and their steady attempts to corrupt it when ex^ tended. Not believing the people fit for y self government, they will not trust them r- w th power when they can avoid it$ and y whenever the opportunity presents itself, ? take from them that which they posy sess. They compel their dependants t, to vote their will, at elections, instead of e of their own, and so to manage their priv? Y ate affiirs as to reward cr punish more | humble men for the surrender or assertion tj of the right of free suffrage. Upon the same i. principal they do not hesitate to cheat in I- the returns. Recall a few facts of recent 13 occurrence, and it will be seen that I do * "them no injustice. In 1838, the leaders.o present IIar~ rison party^had possession of the Govern merit of Pennsylvania, in all its legislative and executive branches. By false registries, e and the introduction of thousands of voters 11 from abroad, they strove to elect a Givernor, " and a majority of the House of Ry?resenta. I h lives, but were defeated. Instead of sub'? milling to the decision of the people, they d determined to disregard it, and tetain po8? I session of the Government of the State at (wery hazard. From the county of Rhila. cielphia, two Democratic Senators and eight ( " Representatives had been ejected, and it s *\yas so certified by u majority of the judges i "of election; yet though the Democratic *ha. jority was several,hundreds, a minority of " the judges sent a certificate to the office of [ ihe Secre'ary of State, falsely showing that I the Harrison con did ales had a majority.? The change of these eight members, from 1 one side to the oliier, would give them- a j majority of the House of Representatives.? , Fortified by this false certificate, arid sup ported by the Governor and a majority of ' the Senate, the Secretary of State publicly - advised bis party to treat the (lection of " -*N ?tzmr 1111 *.i i m i Governor, as if it had been held* although the Democratic candidate had a m?joriiy ol thousands! On the meeting of the Legislature, he sent in the false returns, and with, hold the true ones. The Senaie immedi. ately admitted the usurpers. When the Democrats of the [louse resisted their in4 troduction into that body, the Harrison party proceeded separately, in conjunction witli the usurpers, to organize a House and chooso [their officers. The Democratic members d:d the same thing, in conjunction with the true Representatives from Philadelphia county. Hut as the Governor and a majority of the Senate were of the Harrison par y, all power was in their hands; and it became evident that they intended tc create, by arbitrary power, a majority in the House, and set as*Je the election, uoi only of several Senators and Representatives but. that of Governor also! Tuis de.-ign, more bold, considering the people, and the age than the most daring usurpations of Caesar. Cromwell, or Napolcon, roused the spirit of '76; indignant mul titu Jes poured into the capital; they organ 'Z"d a Committee of safety, and prepared fc assert the rights of the people. Tito af frig! ted Governor and his guilty councillors instead of receding from their foul design denounced the people as rebels, and deter mined to carry out the usurpation by force <>f arms! Troops were called ou', proved led wrh''buckshot and ball catridges;" the capital of the Slate resounded with the dir of arms; and the peace of the: Common wealtl seemed to be suspended upon a hair. Los the militia of the State might show some re luctance to shoot down their own friends subvert their own rights, the Governor ha< the audacity to request the aid of a body o United States regulars, then in'the vicinity and to demand of the President, the aid o the nrmy of the Union. What in this case, did the peojfle ask?Nothing but the installation of their pub!i< officers, duly and constitutionally elected bj large majorilfs. And why did not the liar rison proceed in their monstrous design parti to deprive t! cm of this dearest right of free men, to treat the election os if it had no been held, and retain the possession of pow | er at the point of tho bayonet?. Not. because j they relen'c ! or repented; not because thei were not ready for blood and carnage, t< put down the rights of the people; becausi two of their number, and two only, refusei to act ojt the scne, and receding from tin usurping House of Itepresen atives, left i without a quorum. As bold, unprincipled ffruJ unscrupulous as they were, they darei not proceed when they could no longer shieh their usurpation under constitutional forms 1' mimr\ O +Ka onn vr nai on mis uccasiuu, was wu duct of those >ho constitute the Harri sfffo party in other States? Did the; denounce the usurpers and take the sid of the people ? >io ; almost to a man they sustained, encouraged and dcfemlei Governor Ritner and his daring assc dates. The people received from ther but ferocious abuse* with the epithets c traitors and rebels* The attempt t cleave down by the sword the nios precious rights of freemen, was ever; where applauded by them j showing tha the same contempt for the people pei vades that party throughout the Union. And what have we seen at the presen session of Congress? The House o Representatives kept in a state of disor ganization for weeks, by an attempt t force into it, as members, five men fror New Jersey, when five other men, note riously and confessedly, had a majorit of the votes given at the election. Th "broad seal" of the Governor, thoug ? 11? covering a known anil acknowledge fraud, was held by them, more sacre than the people's right of suffrage, an was considered a better title to a seati Qongress, than a majority of the people' fotes. This was not a Pennsylvani scene, probably because the Harriso party there had no Governor Ritner ur der control," to back the "broad seal with "buchsllot and ball but the cot tempt for the people, and the will t trample on their Tights, were in both ca ses the same. Freemen of the United States! You liberties are not so safe as you may sup pose. Think you, if Harrison ha been President, the army of the Uni ted States would have been "refuse to his friends in Pennsylvania? Thin you that in such a condition of things the people of that State could hav maintained their right to a Governoran< Legislature of their choice, but by wadin through rivers of blood? It was at Hai risburg, on the very scence of the Ititne usurpation, and by the influence of th leaders in that desperate effort, that ill nomination of Harrison was effected!If elected, Ritner's advisers will -be Ivi advisers; the profligacy and and daring ness of that faction will be transferrei to Washington, and their sDirit will pei vade the administration of the Genera Government. What have you to expec from.it, but what you have seen attempt ed? What, but that corruption an fraud in elections, will pervade ever State ? What, but that minority candi dates will be thrust into the State Legis laturcs, and "broad seal" member into Congress, at the point of the bayc net P A flood of demoralization has swep over our land, and upon some States i rests in stagnant pools, containinatin the atmosphere of liberty, and threater ing death to every thing virtuous, nobl | and free. * It is to the monster Bank which, having struggled in vain, by it blandishments, its corruptions, and it terrors, to overcome the fearless am incorruptible man then at the head of th General Government, turned to th State Legislature where it found no dii ficulty in buying up Senators by th dozen, that the people of Pennsylvanii j were indebted for the profligacy exhib i ited in the atlempt to subvert their lib erties by their sword. To means fur nished by the same and similar institu tions, or those directly connected witl v i them, if not even to the bankers of Eu- lj r rope, are the people of the United States lt ' undoubtedly now indebted not only for e< the depravation of morals which threat- 6.' ens to break up the foundations of so w 5 ciety, but for a large portion of the b ' means which enable their 'Executive ir Committee at Washington, to prosecute g i the war against art honest and democrat- ol I ic Administration. It was violating ^ : moral obligations, and plundering their i own people through the bank of England ' that the British Government was enabled el I to keep the world in arms during the ai scenes of the French Revolution; and tf the British party in America are profit- .41 > ing by the profligate example. Laws is 1 are violated with impunity; moral ob!L p, t gations are scoffed at and derided; | knavery walks the streets with a bold * face of honesty; plunderers of the public i and of publ ic institutions, obtain sympa ; thy and forgiveness; and the Administration, which sternly sets its face against these evils and their authors, is ir - sought to be made the victim of its firm- h > ness and integrity. n If bad men are to be permitted to j , overthrow it by means so profligate, and , with motives so corrupt, what is to be - expected, but that they will proceed to n i aggrendisc themselves upon the ruins of 7 . our Free Government, and the enslave- v i ment of our people. n i It will be my endeavor, as far as ne- o 1 cessary, to vindicate the Administration t t from the foul aspersions cast upon it, and - earnestly to inculcate? j, i, That in the practice of a rigid morality g j alone, can men or nations justly look , f for happiness and safety.- 3 , That there is but one code of morals P f for private and public affairs. 0 That pure morality is true democracy, [i - conceding to every one his right* and g c seeking advantages of none .- t( { That every freemen has a right to know j . the political opinions of any candidate / who is presented for his suffrages.: and 1' . to deny him that right, is a wrong and 11 t insult which strikes at the root of repre- ? . sentative government, is the adoption of I ? a kingly principle. n v That the cause of morality, freedom, e y and law; the interests Of agriculture, s manufactures and commerce j the peace d j of^the country ; the rights of the people, e e and the safety and improvement of their ^ t institutions ; will be best promoted and I, secured by the re-election of Mr. Van d ,Buren. . , d And finally, that it is the indispensable i. duty^f every man who wishes to preenr>na (lio KlaucimrO l\f on lllinpfif rPHTPS. [ 3CI *L LIIO l/ILd^Kllj^O vi uii uvuvwv w. cntutivc government, the rights of property, y the r*iith of contracts, the honor of his coune try and tile freedom of nrian, to oppose, by i all honorable means, the election of General L| Hurrison, who already sets fhe people at i. defiance, while his friends mock and insult n them by a childish and ridiculous mummery, if fit only to amuse the wild na:ivcs of Africa, o % The ferocity of the Harrison party is eif qual to their folly. In every monrinl ofri. y sing hope they cannot restrain their jeers, Lt and their taunts, their riotous parades, shoots of exultation, and groans of insult. VVhile 1 holding a high public station, I have seen :t my children spring in terror from their beds f at thevdead hoHr of midnight, in the belief - that guns were fired into the windows of 0 their chamber. It was the cannon of Fed. n eralism, in the street, where its myrmidons >- had collected to exult over and insult their I y father with mock music, firing, shoots, and e groans. h The God of Liberty forbid that this.spirit d should ever get possession of our Govd ernment! And does not every true Reel puoliean say amen? ( n Let us rally fo the rescue. Send light a. s mong the people, and the Republic is safe, a For myself", if it be possible that the people n of this country can throw themselves into 1- the arms of a candidate without a tongue to " speak to them, and a party without princi? i- pie to announce ; a party already mud with O !h#? hnn? nf nnivnr. thoiiuli rclvirur for sue > b -'v ? o i- cess on nothing but their industry and skill in deluding the people ; and if my feeble ir powers shall enable me to do anything to " prevent if, I shall esteem the day of my red signation of tho Post Office Department, l- the most fortunate of my life,- as it has been d already one of the happiest, k Democrats / I invoko your aid and co?? operation,* AMOS KENDALL. j 1 2 Communication. ? ______________ At a meeting of citizens opposed to the r present Administration, held in Cheraw, on the 2d May, it was resolved, that a copy of the ^ Preamble and Resolutions adopted, be forj6 warded to the Hon. William C. Preston, of . the U. S. Senate, and the Hon. Waddy 1 J Thompson, Jr. of the H. of Representatives, r- The following letters have been received 1 d from these genflemen in reply?the first by d the Secretary\ and the second by the Chairman of the meeting. They are therefore evi- ( dently the property of the citizens whoso or^ gana these officers were. As the meeting, j when last together, was adjourned sine die, 1 s there is no ether way in which the letters can ' >- be put in possession of those who composed it ( than by publishing them; and that this course ] >t should be taken, seems to be the general wish < 11 of those whom there has been an opportunity J o of consulting. It has, therefore, been deter*- . l~ mined to publish them in handbill, and offer i them for insertion in the "Farmers' Gazette." < g Washington, 11th May, 1840. i. s Dear Sir: j | d I have received, with great pleasure, < e your letter communicating tbe proceedings of i e a public meeting at Cheraw, which I hail as '< F- an indication that South Carolina is awaken- i '' e ing to a just appreciation of the interests of; j 1 the country and of her own most essential and j essential interests. The only measure of the 1 present dynasty which she has ever approved, ~ has most strangely been one which experi. j 1 encc has proved to be fraught with calamity ] 1 I > her and to the country. Of ftll portions of ie Union, the staple States are most inter, sted in a sound currency, and a firm and large pstcm of credit; and yet we have joined in a ar upon both. Our banking system has een the soundest and the most unequivocal i its good effects upon the prosperity of the tate; and, as if to complete the paradoxes of ur position* South Carolina has placed at the ?ad of her two largest and most influential anks, two gentlemen amongst the most con~ jicuous of that party, who avow that banks re not and cannot be made subservient to lose purposes for Which tbey were instituted nd are maintained. The anti-bank party led by the Presidents of Banks. The same cr8on3 denounce and dispense the poison; and ie party in power who created this immense rood of corporations, flow turn round, like aturn, to devour their own children. Not less extraordinary than all this* is the jdden advocacy of every man, and every leasure, and every principle, which our State as denounced for years. Not less extraordiary is the advocacy of a Missouri restrictionit against a gentleman who wore a crown of lartyrdom on that occasion, in the mrinte^ ar.Ce of Southern rights?who has suffered lore than any man living, in our cause, and rtio fought our battle in a remote region, re. aoved from the support of sympathy, and withut hope of reward. These positions arc, to 0 my mind, strange and unnatural. Upon the two great questions of Southern uterests, no politician, out of the heart of the Southern States, is more deeply pledged han General Harrison. On the Tariff) he is ledged to. the compromise. On. the subjectf Abolition, he sacrificed his political caree 1 maintaining tBe constitutional rights of the louth. On both these points, he is preferable ? * - ? . . - it r> the present mcumoeni;?anu i am srrong, / inclined, from pf&se'rtt indications, to be. eve that they have takonsuch strong hold on he public mind, that he will lose but two itaies in the Union-?South Carolina and New lampshire?ju9t enough for the Northern aan with Southern principles: one State for ach branch of the proposition. When General Harrison is elected, I confi. lently expect him to reduce, at once, all Southin opposition to a mere faction. They wiH lave no pretence under which to cover their itrigiics. * lam, dear sir, Your ob't serv't, WM. C. PRESTON. WAiaisoToif, May, 1840; Mi/ Dear Sir: _ 1 have received your letter communica,ing to me the proceedings of a public meet, ng in the Town of Oheraw. In the course ivhicb a sense of duty forced me to pursue for ,ho last three years, I have been sustained >nly by a settled conviction that I was right, ind the approbation and support oT my own :onstituents. Having the highest estimate of ihe mtellfcence and patriotism of the people if South Carolina, and never* for a moment having doubted that the great mass of those lonstitutmg the present majority in the State, (I say nothing of the leaders, and the office hunters, great and small,) were as sioccre in there opinions as I was. I knew at the same time, that threrc were influences which could not be resisted, and I had made up my mimJ tosubmit to a state of things which I could not eontrol, and had not anticipated any cheering "well done" from any quarter of the State out of my own immediate District, You will appreciate* then, the feelings With which I have read the proceedings of the rneetirtg at Cberaw. I will not attempt to describe them. I confess to you that as highly as I value the personal compliment to myself, } am much more gratified to see that the enlightened comnunity in which you live, concur with ine in opinion; and what is unfortunate, ly now-a-days, a much higher and a moth rarer quality,?have the courage to say so, in the face of an overwhelming and overbearing majority. If every man in the State,- who really disapproves the financial policy of the administration, would openly say so, and go to work, I do not doubt I bat the state of feeling j would be speedily changed* fs evidence of this wanting? The question was not made in any Congressional District in the State, ex. cept in those represented by Col. Campbell and myself, ar d we both succeeded by immense and greatly increased majorities. That such would have been the esse in almost every District m the State, if the subject had been discussed and fairly presented to the people, I cannot doubt. I can with truth, say that I have scarcely ever seen one man in the State, tfnless he was a member of the Legislature, or some village politician who desired to be, " *nnr\m /\( ?Vlo oMrif* rl2U88 of the WIIU woo ill lavvi VI 111b Of Sub-Treasury Bill; and that is admitted to be its main feature?the only one regarded ag worth a controversy. At this moment, if a census were required to betaken, and wi'h. out any influence from the politicians or the public press, this question was put to every voter in the State.'?suppose the Banks re. deem their notes on demand in specie, would you reject their Bills, and demand specie for government dues? I do not believe that one tenth of the State would even now, answer in the affirmative. But it is now distinctly avowed as one of the objeets, and the leading one of the party, to abolish all Banks of issue ?that is, all Bank paper money. I have said from its beginning, that this was their pur* * ' * JAwm/1 r\n I pose; it was denied, but lb IB uruicu iiw longer; it is openly avowed by the acknow ledged leaders of the party. If there is one man in the State who 19 in favor of this, i hayp never seen him, although [ do not doubt that there may be maby. 1 Jon't see why every capitalist w-ho has money ?n hand?every usurer and every office-holder whose fees and emolument are fixed hy law, should not be, as their interests would be.pro. fnoted precisely in proportion as every other :lass suffered. Amongst the strange things which we have ately witnessed* not the least strange has 3eeh, that those who have heretofore denoun:ed Mr. Van Buren, and has party as "corropionists and abolitionists," now represent his idministration as a model of republican purity, ind himself as the specially appointed juardian of Southern rights. It is known to pou that Mr. Van Buren was the zealous and itfenuous advocate of the Missouri restriction, md that General Harrison was one of only .hree from the non-slaveholding States who itood op for our rights, and that he was sacriiced for it. Suppose that an election of President, had taken place the next yey, and that General Harrison and Mr. Van Buren had been the -candidates?would Mr. Vail Buren have received ten votes in our State? 4? He would not. Is there a statute of limits-' tion to public gratitude? It seems so, and that the debt is not only cancelled, but"that services rendered U9 in time of need, requiring the highest moral courage and involving a sacrifice of office and preferment* constitute an excuse for calumny and denunciation. Mr. Van Buren* "the advocate of the force Bill," without the change* or retraction of any opinion, is all at once trahsformed into the great advocate?the stay and support-of State Rights doctrines. - He is opposed to Internal Improvements, yet not only sanctions, but recommends appropriations for the Cumberland Road?and has voted without one exception for the highest tariffs which haveever been imposed. He, the guardian of State rights* wlk> has proposed the two most flagrant and daring encroachments upon them, in the history of the country! His Bankrupt Bill* with power over state corporations t? crush them at will?leaving the States the power to create, but arrogating to the Federal Government the power instantly to destroy?and the other, the plan approved by him of calling the militia from the extremes of the State to be drilled and trained by officers of the Federal army, taking it from the States to-which the . Constitution expressly gives it and gi ving iy? Vj the Federal Government from which it is WithM Laid..?Wo .h?To foawd ?iir encampment ^ system burthiensome enough when we as-1 ? semble by Brigades, (and only the offlf-. cers) for six days, What fhipk you of as^ sembling privates as well as officers from thelextremes of the States to be absent thirty dayp, equipped and transported at their owri ' expense, and drilled by officers of the Afmy of the United States, in direct violation too of the Constitution ? A more silly, impracticable, or if practicable, a more oppressive* dangerous, and unconstitutional measure, never has been suggested. I have no idea of its ; ^ being adopted, for I do not. believe there is orie man in Congress who would </dre to vote foi* it. But -it serves to show (he pitiable weakness nf those who have literally craWJeii into high places, and the boldness with which they dare to propose such schemes, prating all the while, that they are lhu9 attempting to load .. ^ and oppress the people of their peculiar zeal for their interests; and whilst attempting such dangerous infractions of the Constitution setting up to be regarded its exclusive gdar.diarts, t hate been drawn into a much longer communication than i had expected, but it is a si-bject,' so eopiuuj (the misdeeds of this " Administration) that I always find a difficult* in knowingwhen to stop. . I say lo you in all sincerity, and with a deep conviction of its truth, that I do not believe that any other Civilized country, has been as badly governed as ours, since Mr. Van Bin-en came into office ? , ?and if he it not beaten at the next electioiv I sec little hope of any President ever agaitpwT\ being actually elected by the people. That no doubt will be the Jorm of the pro-' . ceeding ; but the solid reality will be, that the' President will nominate his successor; and let me tel( you, however others may doubt it, Col. Benton will be that successor. Be pleased to communicate my grateful acknowledgments to the gentlemen who composed the meeting,* , for their kind mention of my humble same, and accept yourself, my thanks for the flattering terms of your communication, and the assurance of , My high regard apd esteem, > / WADDY THOMSON, JV. i Pi OOXTSfrSSglOlTAL, " - Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce. Washinoton, Friday, May 29. , In the Senate* this morning, a report was made by Mr. Buchanan, from the" Committee of Foreign Relations, of a joint resolution authorising the Presi^ dent ef the United States to receive the presents lately sent fronb the imaun of Muscat, together with the lion and lion es9 presented by the Enfrperor of MorQC^ . co, through the Consul at Tart?ier9. By this resolution, the President is authorised to receive and dispose of the presents, the proceeds to' be placed; in the' Treasury. Mr. Tappan did not like the idea of the money being placed in the Treasu-' ry, but thought it should rather be conveyed to the magnificent donoFS in-some' form or other. A motion was rtadfe to lay the resolu~ tion on the table, when Mr. Buchanan explained the necessity that existed for' some speedy action, on the subject,'as the horses were now kept at the^expense of Captain Ben Hammet, of the Sufitan's ship Sultanne. With regard to the lions, the* Consul had done his duty strictly^? he had refused to receive the preseBt, informing the minister that he was precluded by I^w from so* doing. He was ' - * r~- av told uiey were nut iui muif uui iui President; and while the consul Was m the very act of writing a fetter to tliaf effect, he was surprised^by the firing of guns, rattling of drums, aud the move, inents of troops, and, looking out of his windows, found them arrayed before his door, with the lions, which were under the care of a captain Pasha, nephew or the Emperor. The Consul again told the Pasha these could not be received",, and was answered by that officer, thatr if he look any such message to the Em. peror, he would lose his head, which be was by no means disposed to do. Her ' then asked the Consul why the fresw dent could uot receive them, and was told that Congress would not permit it< "Then," said he, "give them to Congress;'' and he was again answered, that Congress was forbidden to receive presents, by a clause of the Constitution.* "Then who are the masters of Congress?1 said the Pasha. He was answered, *The people.' *Then give them to yoqr Sultans!' The Consul still refusing, the Pasha assured him it he did not receive them, they should be turned into the streets; and the troops had actually de*? parted with that view, when the Consul agreed to receive them; and thej> were now with him, occupying the best room in his house, for ought he (Mr. 8.) . knew. The resolution was ordered to be engrossed. Correspondence of the Charleston-Courier. Washington, June 9. The select committee to which the subject of a general bankrupt law has