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PIGS?their Treatmejit fyc.
In oar planting country we cull pips, pigs,
until they are weaned; then we cull them
shoats, spelled s/uofs, (not. shoits). .foi
Mshoot, a young hog," is the ority word for
this purpose in dm old dictiftnui i *'s. After
they are spayed and altered, we call them
hogs,' In Newund in old England, it wookJ
aeem that all hogs are cal-ed pigs !
much for local terms, whldi in softie coun.
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^ tries are not,a lime cunojus-? in rmgian j
fhey denominate sheog, nl carotin uge.s,
shear hogs, and at pthers thieves!
We apprehend there, are few things
about wnich.there is more misunde retail ding
and difference as to ma'nHgemcnt, he1
ween.Southern ann .Northern people, titan
in the treatment," mode of rearing, and-use
of pigs.; Wb<n a.Soulhem man reads that
pigs in Massachusetts have, n< the vud of
the year, we'gh^d a^ounddtd ?y for every
d<ty of their lives* he can hardly cu npre
h?nd or believe it&ri ?s ?>t a.i'glUvvay
mid buafciiome of this tbcif y, fust gro wing
brced;Tnd behold at 18 -nioulhs old they
nill give him at most 130 weight. ..The
great cause ofmisilniers an-luti! ?ris?s pro.
bahly frorg fhe wide difference 0/ keep. If,
in this mailer, the southern ipan would prac*
tice ujioii northern, as northern men some-:
times profess southern principles, ho would
he;ter co.fiprehenJ the d tference, and perhaps
find that the riojrihern heg, running at
large, picking up, and living on only what
it can glean in a lean pasture, is not exactly
* the thing it is .crack* d up to bed But
southern men are naturally' alow in adopting
improvements; lliey lack the q'uiek per
ception and thrifty readiness and habits;
when that may be done to advanlig", which
distinguish men of shrewder calculation in
cooler climates. All parties would bo-more
enlightened, and hereafter encounter loss
disappointmen'/if some good and expeiibn .
red friend in Now England, Mr. Hulbertof
Connecticut, or Major Jacques or the lie*'.
Column. or the great Constitutional exp'oun
der, would describe the general system of
rearing and managing l\r?gs>or pigs in the
Eastern States; as wolf breeding .sows, as
those intended for slaughter; we mid
our readers will highly appreciate the fav.
our*
^ Unless where the farmer has a c'over or
blue grass pasture, (or n field of rye sowed
for the purpose, as in K m'ueky) oil which
to fatten and grow his hogs through the
summer; it may be well doubted wluthor
there is i*ny economy iu -roisfng one's own
pork, where co^.n is wojlh 50 or 6J cents a
bushel; and wnerer bog's we jen red on ihe
system, if system it may be called,' which is
practiced in theaJave.holding sta es. -
What is ttivit system f as 10 sows,%ui?-v
ore generally Tefi to follow the impnl-e of
nature and go to breeding when -sai*
prompts them. The most that is attempt'd
in the way of rule otorder, is once a year,
in tbe jull of the moon, to -have spayed and
altered all that cnn.be convenient v caught;
for be it remembered ihey have byen run.,
at page in fields of 6ome*huhdred \cres, being
lightly fed at mosWonce a day, and counted
after a fasion?All that have the good luck to
. escape, the sow-gelder, a character of no mean
consequence, are leit thereafter,"afluring their
natural lives, to carry on the work of*;>rocrca.
lion ad libitum The Northern swine breeder
will suppose, as to the sftws " turned out"
for breeder, that these are lot to the fc&ir, with
exactness as to time and with deliberation as
to object. Not at all! Whether the pigs
come in spring, summer, autumn or dead winter,
is all a matter of chance. Perhaps they
are more frequently littered some stormy night
in December, and found by the old hog.minder
after a tedious search of a day or two. The
lule is then to take her daily in a hurdle basket,
an ear of corn for each pig.
. The bogs in Maryland and the planting
stales probably average about 18 mom lis olu
when slauglited, and the average weight oj
such may be put down at from 130 to 150. In
the meantime, to say nothing of the number
given up to thieves and starvation, the damage
done by rooting mcadews and breaking into
gardens, thick patches and corn-fields; the la.
bor of looking after them, the sowgelder's fees,
&c. how much do they eat, for every -pound
of meat they weigh ? Count what "is given
to the breeding sows and boars, .and to such
|t as afe lost by accident and making an appj-op.
nation, aod does not each hog that reaches
the pickling tub, average at least two barrek
of corn 1 But \fe forgot to describe, tor tlu
lienor of the Southern farmer, his cconomica
process of fattening. That commences abou
1st of Nov. The hogs, all that remain, two
thirds of those that were torncd out for killing
hogs, that's the phrase,44 turned out for killing
hogs, are caught and put into a large open
pen, say ten feet square for each hog?Thar
this pen, nothing in nature can be cheaper 01
more simple in its structure?seven rails liigl
with a dirt floor and no rqof to it. Here, 01
the open ground, the corn is daily scattered
from the basket, in the and in great pro
fusion?and this is continued, with a very ir
regular and inadequate tupplv of wa'.et for fron
6 to & weeks.
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- CHERA
I Now the question, is, whether in most cases
j it would not be more economical to adopt a (
more thrifty breed?-more given to fat, keep |
them up in small pens, with clean plank floor,
aiid have them daily and regularly well fed?
would not the offal which might be collected
: on most estates, from the kitchen, the garden 1
| and the orchard, suffice during a* great part '
! of tlie year, to raise from less than half the
^ ! number of hogs usually kept double the quan- i
I; tity of meat ? but where in that case should we [
s ! got the good b.icon hog? Oytr! there's the }
j nib for the Southern man ! IIo does not like *
, j to relinquish his early formed halnts and love of 1
' good bacon, upon reasons of mere economy? \
, and such a hog, it is supposed, is only to be
; had by tunning at'large and eating acorns. ?
No ean'or can you get a hog to make bacon* \
- out of a New England stye, than a man to catch ?
? T.ulnne nut ?,f rnrrnlnr nrmr On nnp
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1 point we should be glad to get information as |
we knew we might with great profit, on a .
| tl ousand others, from our northern or Eastern \
i friends.
Ilow are their pens constructed?what size 1
, to the hog?Is 'he fl >or of plank?or of dirt? c
; or partly of both?how many kept in a pen? (
1 The whole economy of the hog-stye is well i |
; worthy of being inquired into,we when consider {
. i the extraordinary increase of weight for age,(
: ^of their hogs; how largely tharoarmg of hogs;
enter into ilieeconouiy of every farm, and their* '
meat into tlie consumption of every American I
i family. " .' * i
11 h is b^en seenjhat Messrs. A. S. G Brent- c
nail of'Canterbury, Orange county, Now York. (
1 s?.^ of their boar, that he U supposed to have r
! guiiied 403 lb. in 166 days, being three pounds a (
U7lj.' This far exceeds i:ie growtn ot a pig mentionedby
J. Wingatc IlameS of Hallowed, who. 1
says :h re was in his neighborhood a pig of the- ^
pare Bedford breed, which at 14. months old <
weighed 5M pounds, " and another ten ironths r
old, that weigned "&!() pounds?neither of <
> tliese had extra keeping"?But it may be pre- j
sumed that, if it had been kc;>l. as we in Ma- j
ryland keep hogs, it would have been deemed
extra-ordinarily bad keep! r
There is one thing -which most Southern *'
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readers win nave ooservuir aouut, uogH, mai ~
1 those,which belong tu negroes,, and are kept
in wall pens with plank or fence, rail floor, \
(kmcc rail probably the best, because the litter j
j posing through, they are more likely to. bo- ^
[ clean) an* the fatfe.it hogs to be seen?the I
view yf tUi has often suggested tlie question, f
. whether hogs iheulj be allowed. to have ac- 0
cess to tjio earthejp all?and whether the pen a
H should not be vefy small anil in a great me&s- t
uro uncovered, to give free access to sun and [
"air. As bearing on tlud point and to conclude |
these Vpry hasty remarks,\ we republish this
following scrap. .
j Management of- Pigs. ?The following' ex.
periment was made by a farmer of Norfolk
?Six pigs of equal weight were put to keeping r
at Uie same time, and treated alike as to food '1
and litter-For seven weeks. Threj of them a
were left to shift for themselves as to cle anli- ' a
nose. The other three were kept clean by
hcusliing and curryi.ig. These last pigs con- .
sutned in the seven weeks, 5 bushel* yf peas
l.-ss thatLthe others; and when kilfed, w'eighed t(
on the average more than 2 stone 4 lbs. abgvc d
the others.?American Farmer.' vti
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POLITICAL.
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I. Col. Pf.kry's Address.
The-following is the principle part of an addross
By Col. Perry of Crccnvillc to the people f
; of that district, lie is a candidate for rc-etdction j
to the.stale Legislature, and after attending to c
some local matters proceeds as follows; t
I will compare ami contrast the claims r
of Gen. Harrison a id Air. Van Buren, c
'fa rly and dispassionately. J I am not dis ; c
* posoJ to do the one injustice, nor the other j [
| more than justice. Tim iulormation made 1
I use of in.tins comparison has-been derived e
1 from documenjs entitled to tlie highest i)
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| ""Truii.
(it'ii. flirrisoli is nn old rrnn?1 might ! r
jsny'n sjprunnuated mun?bordering on J
I liis sov?*n<it;li) year, and not likely to bo i t(
, able to adminis er tin: rftTairs of til's Gov- j ?
cmnient, and discharge'the duties, labo- ie
| rions and arduous as they are, of President J'
i of the U. Stat- s, for four years to comc. It 11
is not in the ordinary course of nature thatj c
ho should Lo. Mr. Van iiiircn is a much c
younger man, in lire prime and vigor of
j in inly intellect, endowed by nature with fT
great talents, which have distip^uUHhd bim jL
tarough life, and be is.in every way at)!e to i a
, ' take iijiyn birns If the discharge of* those f b
' j high duties with whVh he has been entrus- j
i led for the last fo r years,
i j Geneial Harrison has been brought for- j f
w ard, and is supported hy all the. Federal, j a
I ists of the country, hy a Li the. Tariff men of j'
; the North, by all the friends of Internal j3
Improvements in the West and the Fast, ;s
i... i? nmn #?f i!i<! Snu li. and the Js
I 'J I I lii U4IIU IIIVM w ?v ..
j AhpluiumVs. of the. Nou Sluvoholding j f
! States. Tneso are the men into whose j c
: hands the a Iminisiraiioti of the Government !
; i must laII if Gen. II o rison should be eject- >
j ed. The Abolitionists boast of his nomina- I
11 tion over Air. Clay, asa triumph of their 1
, i power and influence. The circumstances c
under which General Harrison was nomi- ?
i nated lor theVresiJeuey, show conclusively t
i j that he Is the more lool of his party, the in* t
' j struHiciit by which the IVhigs ure to get ^
' : into power. On the .other hand, Mr. Van a
' UurenJs the acknowledged head, of the great ti
. ' Democratic party in the United States, and J"
; j is sustained and supported by the South, i f
; j and the friends of the South at the North, j i
I lie is sustained every where by those op- | t
L po ed tea Ha'nlc of the United States, by { |:
those in the NVmh opposed to the Tariff, by i I
> those in the -H est opposed to iirternal Itn- 1
* proveuietils; and he is perfectly odious to 1?!
) the Abol t onis's every where, iii conse- i I
r quence of the nohje stand he lias taken in j \
i favor of Southern Institutions. s
1 If G'-ucnd II irrison gets.into power, his I
^ j Cabinet must necessaiilv be selected from t
his friends and supporters to the North and t
j the West. They will have brought him j 4
ailo iiowvr. rit.d uiUwl with hue the I
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spoils. The Cabinet of Mr. Van Buren
composed in part of Southern men. Sous
Carolina has given the Secretary of Wa
and Georgia the Secretary of Stat'e. M
Forsyth and Mr. Poinsett are decided!
the ablest members of his Cabinet, ar
will unquestionably be continued in oflici
General Harrison is an old Federalis
was twice appointed to high oflices und?
ho Administration of John Adams. II
supported the Administration of John At
mis, was charged with the. fact*in the Set
>te of the United Slates so recently i
1828, and frankly cohlesscd the* same, bi
i tempted to apolog'se for it. lie was a
vays found voting, whilst a member of tb
senate, with the Federalists, and again:
he Republican^. Mr. Van Buren wa
>orn a Republican, commenced his politic:
ifc in appos tion to the Federalists of Ne
fork, and the first vote he gave after ii
VPs of age, was for* Governor Davis, i
opposition to A won* Burr. He was elec
;d a member of the Senate of New Yor
>y the Republican party, and received froi
be same party the uppointtnenLof Attorne
JeneraL "He was elected a Senator i
Dongress by the Republican party in .1821
Je had been the bold and uncompromisin
idYocat<*ofthe War, in. 1812. He lie
ilwavs been a State Rights mail of t!
rue Jefforsoinan school. Jn 1824 he wc
un on the Crawford ticket for.Vice Pres
lent, and was the intimate personal frien
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)I iAIi". V^ruwioru. I1C ll'l} utvil vivv/it
Governor of New York by (lie Re^mblicar
)f that- S.&t<*. He was appointad SecreO
y of State by General Jackson, and r?
:e:ved from li.in pie appointment uC Mjiiii
:ei to England. Tiro S mate, Opposed l
fackson, rejected his nomination, and li
e urni'U home, and was immediately el<-c
id V?ce President, by the Republicun part
if the United Stuies. .
General .11 irrisomii a tariff man, in th
ery wo st form. In 1819 or '20, he it
rojuceil it solutions in the Senate of Obi
nstructing the members of Congress I
nojurt; the passage of "a Tim^ for th
ncourngement of Domestic Manufacture
irid Internal Improvements," and to 4<sto
he inundation^jff loreign merchandize."Ip
ulso voted, in the sime Resolutions, fe
he capital-in'ves'ed in manufactures to b
ixempt from taxation by -the Slate. I
828, hp voted freely and voluntarily fc
lie "Bill of abominations." Mr. Van Bu
en has aUays been adverse to the hig
ParifT policy, and made a most powerft
nJ cl iborato speech at Albany, in 182/
gainst-the 4BII of abominations," wliic
iurmed the.TarifT m"n so much that th
iCgit^U'.ure of New York instructed hii
j vote for the Tariff of 1828. This h
id, as the ndyocate of tWhhght ofinstrur
on, but which he did most reluctantly an
>ainfully> *
General Harrison is in favor of the sys
m of Internal Improvements by Congress
nd introduced resolutions into the Ohi
^egida'luro, recommending, me revenu
trising from tho protection of domesti
nanufactures to be upplied by Congress t
internal Improvements, instead of payin
AT the national debt! Mr. Van Duren i
ipposed to- a system of luprnal Improve
ncnts by Congress and has voted again*
very appropriation for that purpose, excef
?ne< wliich was to establish a' Toll Gate o
be Cumberland Road, in ofdor to get bat
nto the Treasury moneys which had bee
expended in the completion Of jlieVoad. J
.824 he opposed the fllarmbig .assumplio
>f power by the Genera] Government, i
egurd to Internal. Improvements,
Gefr: Harrison soys-that ho* is oppose
o a National Bank oh constitution!
;rounds, but that if the roventr; cannot otli
rwisu be collected, and a decided majorit
if the- people desire a*f>unk, he shoiikl'b
n favor of oiTe. This expression, taken i
onneetion with the fact* that t^II the friend
?f Gen. llarriso > itre-in favor b( a Ban!
s sufficient to indicate what course he vvi
ttrsu \ Mr. Van Buren is opposed to
\Tatioual Bank on ^constitutional grdundi
,nd brlitivessuch an institution dangcrou
d the f b'Ttn.'S of the? country.. "
Gen. Harrison has boasted of "bavin
icon a nu mber of an Abolition Suciel
rom the time be was nineteen years oic
ind that he looks forward to the day wlie
he American sun will not look dowuupo
t slave." * He says, also, in his chevo
peech, that "an object near his heart, is
eeihe whoje surplus revenue appropriate
o the emancipation of slaves, with th
onsent ef the 8luve||oldir\g,States." AMk
io voted aga ns: the Missouri restriction
'el be went home, not being a candidal
or Congress, and was elected u member i
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lie Uh:o Senate,-aW there imrouuceu r?
lutions in 1820, denouncing -slavery ns
jreat moral and political evil," and justruc
in J their mcrr&ers of Congress to oppos
he "extension of slavery in any Tcrritor
Vest of the Mississippi, and to prevent th
dmission of slavery in- any Slate or Terr
ory, where it does not already exist, and t
irevent its extension where it does exist,
md,to oppose the "admission of any Stnt
uto the Union, uulesslhe further extensio
>f slavery wi.liij) such S ate he expressl
?rothbited.M lie also declares, in the sam
tesojuiions, that "the tendency of slaver
s directly to impair the national charactei
md affect t'ne happiness of the people."^ct
those who charge Mr. Van Buren wit
mliug lor the -New York Resolutions, cor
,ider well the purport of the nbovo languagi
S'oihing h is heen more rnisrcprcsenle
hat) Mr. Van Burets conduct in that ma
er. TheJacts hro simply these; In 182(
jov. Clinton, to whom Mr. Van Bup
iad always been opposed, reccnnneridi
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L, WEDNESDAY, AUGUS
is the New York Legialalpre lo pass resoluth
tions, instructing their membqrs of Congres:
r, to vote for the Mialoarl restrictiqiu Res
r. ofutions were accordingly .introduced in th<
|y House, by jt fri#nd of Governor Clinton
:d and after passing the fIous^were sent K
the Senate, of which Mr. Val^ Buren wa;
it, a member, ancKpassod without debate qj
*r division?Mr. Van Btiren being present
lo but taking no part in the matter whatever
J. in Jus Inaugural AMdrcss, Mr. Van Buret
l- has given a solemn pledge to .sustain the
is rights qf fhe South on the subjetA of slayer)
.it find to vetaany Bill which may pass Co^i
\f #cess, abolishing slavery in the District ol
e Columbia. lie gave the same assurance
st before he was elected President, in private
is letters to gentlemen in every purl of the
aI country. As Vice President, he gave his
w custing vote in fuvor of preventing the cirie
culution of abolition pamphlets by means
n of the United Slates mad. It was tire
U Vice President's vote which passed this
k Bill.
n. General Harrison has been brought fory
ward, in the true demagogue style, as %Uht
n poor man's candidate."; Whatnre his pre1.
tensions to this popular'cognomen? lie was
g born amidst thp splendor of wealth, nursed
is in the lap of luxury, oud inherited from his
ie father, a Governor ofVirginia^ wealth, rlisis
iinotion" nnck/pmily influence. He had
I- every advantage of education, and all t'tc
id influence which a papular family can give,
d and he soon received.aii important appoint
is ment under the elder Adorns, f rom mm
? line to ihe present moment he has'been nl
> most consfantly in the possession of some
i- high salaried pffice. Hd is now the noiiio
inal Clerk of a Court, with an income ol
>? five thousand dollars, lie has at this t:me
t- a large and valuable property. His love
y for the poor is of an excd.edinglyTynjjul.tr
casfe. Whilst 'Governor of Indiana, be
ie approved and signed a law lo sell lo the
i- highest bidder,, such while "persons as w-Vre
io too poor to pay a Suite fine nnd the costs,
o and to whip thorn with thirty-niio lashes,
10 ifthov runaway from ihdir masters. In
s Ohio bo also Vote J for 5. law to "sell at
p public outcry, the poor who w\-re hide bled
- to the State.." V lie likewise npprovOlj und
r signed a law, as Governor .of Indiana, ree
striding the /ight.of voting, to persons
n worth fifiy acres of land, valued at one hun?r
dred dollars. Now what are Mr. Van ftu.
i- ren's claims to the love of the poor? He
h was born in poverty and obscurity, nnd in.
11 herrtcd from his parents neither distinction
r, nor family influence. By his .own
h industry aided by his great ability, he
e has risen from the humble lot of bis brth,
n to the highest office within tho gift of the
e American people, and the proudest distinc5.
tion in the world. Instead of-passing laws
d to stU the poor, hv voted in the Senate ol
the United Stales lo abolish imprisionn\ent
- for debt, and he labored for y?ars in the Kaw
1, York Convention, he abolished the restrieo
tion requiring a qualification of $250 to
e vote for Senator, and extended the privL
c lege to all .w ho pa id taxes, Worked on'"'tf)c
o roads, or dhl'militiasloty. lie was opposed
g to free negroes exeerasingSiis right, unless
is they owned a (VeebokJ worth $2.~>4)?which
1- right they already enjoyed under the old
?t Constitution. * The Federalists of New
>t York proposed l-xb-nding the right of suf11
frage to free negroes, qs well as white per.
k- ,8ons. This, IVJr. Van Huren opposed.?
n The restriction which he had laid on fre?
n -negroes, has luterally driven them from tlu.
n polls. ". % . .
n General Harrison's friends linve refused
.lo publish an Address, setting forth- their
tl principles. TheyJiavegreatmeetings, and
*1 carousals, over cider barrels, and log cab?
'insj they have long speeches, in abuse ol
y the Adiniuistratration, and .jn praise ofiheii
o hero: hut they wifl peilher tell what priifoi.
" pies they are contending for, nor let jjs
I* know what llieir "dumb idol'sV creed is.?
The reason is too obvious; live Whig party
H - is composed of as many ddfrrenidiscordnui
a materials, as there are.liues.in the rainbow,
j? TurilT inen and Mnlljfiers, Northero Abe
13 hlionists A: Southern ' Slaveholders, ol
Fed rahsts. and 44red hoi" young RepuhS
licans, are all 'prinking hard cider anc
y building log cabins together. The friend:
l? of Mr. Van Huren have pu'dished to the
" world the great political principles on whicl
n they-ore united, and on which the Adminit
isfration has been, and will continue to be,
o conducted..
^ The friends of General Harrison, from tht
North, are never found voting in Congres3 fei
} a Southern measure. The friends of Mr. Var
J Buren, from the Notlh, do sustain ilia South
as their votes will show, in many important
.. questions. Need I refer to any other questio.:
n than that of Abolition, to prove this fact ?
General Harrison has rofused to let his opin
e ions be known, and 6ays ho will give no furthci
y pledges of what he will or will not do if elected
e President. Mr. Van Buren has qever yet ro
l" fused to make his political eentiment6 known
? when they were .asked for by his fellow
citizens.
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n General Harrison is about ten years oldei
y than General Jackson was when he was elec
h ted President, and the Whigs then contended
y that General Jackson was too old to be Presi.
r, dens of the (J. States.
- The friends of General Harrison haveraisec
^ a great hue and cry concerning the plan of or
i ' t V' f * #
ganising Vhe militia, rcommended by Mr. Poin
sett, Secretary of War. And yet, strange t<
say, a similar plan wai proposed and advoca
) ted by Gen. Harrison himself: So much fo
n the merit of General Harrison, or the demeri
:d of the-plan proposed, or the sincerity of ihf
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r 26, 1840. .
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s v The friends of General. Harrison, some
1 years ago, cried out " war famine and peslil-^
1 ence, rather than a military chieftain" , and
' now they have taken up one who has no other
merit or claims on his country. And if history
r is to be credited, the course of Gen. JIarrison
during the late war was marked with weak?
,
| ncss, rather than energy. He resigned his
i commission in ttil l, anJ General Jackson was
i appointed his successor?a m'o^foryiiffclg ap--1
' pointment for the countfy, V .
The friepdf of*Ge<i fiarrisoii in^oudnSir'
olina, urge as an objection to Mr. Van Buren,
| lhathe came into power pledged to carry out
[ he measures of Gen. Jackson's 'Administrate i
, tioo, and that this includes, of course, his " Pro.
clamation" and " Force Bill." Have they
( forgotton on are they unwilling to remember,
i the eulogy paid Gen. Jackson by Gen. Harri.
; son, for these two measures of his administra.
tiom? No, they have not forgotten, but are
most unwilling to bear in remembrance, that
' Gen. Harrison, their candidate for the Presi.
dency.aaid these measures would redound
| more to the glory and honor of Gen. Jackson, j
than his victory ol New Orleans. Vet he is
to be preferred to Mr. Van Buren, by South
| Carolina Nullifiers oh this score alone.. *
. It is urged against Mr: Van Buren, that his
, Administration has been an extravagant one ;'
I and yet the friends vf General Harrison, in
Congress, have voted for every appropriation
which has passed either. House, and they have
been defied in the Senate, by Mr. Benton, to
. put theij finger on one appropriation, which
they opposed; in the same speech, Mr. Benton
, charges them with having issued false stale*
. merits, as to the expenditures of the Govern*
. erriment, and shows wherein (heir statements
, are false.
i It is urged against Mr. Van Burcn, that he
, is from a State which refuses to give up rtma.
, way negroes, whet) demanded by Virginia.
1 But we are not told, by those who urg'e this
* objection, that the refusal to give up sthe nej
groes conies" frogi the friends of Gen. Harrison*
the Whigs, -and a VVJiig Governor! Yes,, the
friends of Mr? Van Buren in New York, the
Democratic party of New .York, disapprove
course pursued by Governor Seward, and the
. Whigs. Ought not this fact alone show to us
who our friends, are, and who our enemies are
i It urged against Mr. Van Buren, that he
is the nolnineo of Gen Jackson. Who was
' he, when elected President of the U. States 1
' VVadhenot Vice President, the second officer
in the Government ? and did Generaf Jackson
appoint him to that high office ? or did Ute peo..
r pie,, with one-accord,.elect him to preside, over
the Seriate-Which has refused his ^oinination
tp the Court of St. James !
One word more, fellow citizens, and' I will
have done. There is more i anger in election
of Gen. Harrison than you m -y be aware of.
The Government wHl be in" the hands of^be
Tariff and Internal Imprqvctnpnt party!"
whose interest it will be.to saddleua with air
I other high Tariff. Will thefSouth bear this bet.
ter irf 1841, than it 18311 %Then let Southern
men pause, and consider that they are about
thrusting their arms into the lion's mouth, and
should their limbs be dismembered, it will be
! their own folly which has brought it about.
, . B. F. PERRV.
' remarks or thk sovth^n chronicle on
col. Kerry's address.
' Mr. Perry is t> member of the Legislature
' of the State, and his intelligence, and. the
reputed f?i/ness of iiis character, had won
from us a proper degree of yespret-, which,
we are sorry to say* is much shaken by the
1 perusal of his "Address. And* why?' Because
it contains dentiheia ions and asscr.
iions in relation H> Gooerai Morrison, un1
founded in fact^und a thousand times denied.
and.refuted. Thql Mr. Perry "is intelligent,
I is acknowledged; thai he is at> honest poli..
lieian, we have never heard doubted. Tire
I reiterations, however, of fuIsm charges, and
stole and crushed calumnies ogoinst a yeni
erablo and illustrious citizen, whom the
popular voice is rapidly and. resistles.sly
1 bearing onward to the "proudest distinction
In the world," is neither creditable to his ,
intelligence nor honeS.ty. Before we proceed
to notice the political objections to Gen,
' Morrison, we w ill gl nice at the physical.
Me is declared in the AdJress to be an
1 "old man? a superanuaM man." That
? he is a "tsuperanuote-l man" is not the fact;
; that he-isun old-man,", we adjnif. The
i denial of the first .objec.iuii js equivalent
i-r, a ,iuranm! nf ihft'nrooff: and Mr. Perry
(W u uwinuuvi v> vw ? r ? ?
is bound to adduce it, or submit to be
'-shown up' in utienviubie colors. . As to
' bis being an "old man," we have it in our
power to say, with truth, it is not the first
lime in the history of public^ men, that old j
' age lias been imputed as rn-rime, and endured
the insults ofyoungeriing statesmen.
It has never happened, however, that the
r outrago has gone unpunished by the peo.
pie, whatever of patient nendurauce. they
I have dis:inguished the individual sufferer.
The case of Mr. Terry will not form au ex. j
ception to the general rule. As for ourI
selves, we had thought that age and experi- j
encc, sueli as Gen. Harrison possesses, I
were among the essential elements of fit.
ness for the elevation of the Presidency.-*}
An age which has grown upon him, along
with habits? of thought and reflection, whilst
r in the able and constant discharge of irnt
portaut public trusts, without violence of
lipassion, or enervating indulgence of ex
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tfcvagani appetites, to exhaust his physical
powers, or eiffe^e hiointellecftifcl faculties,
f It is true, Gea.f Harrison lias jarrfved at
ptho time of life when dangerous an^>iti<7% - t
uncontro!lW by Ifriptdses of^atri&ismj^ila* ' -*
' to lead astray liio^ctious iff meivsfw
j a desire to do ulfforyetfgijiry /xlnd-nothing'
for selfcipait f#no> country, - chiefly* {pi.
age wluoh r li^ro of v*'^ t
'in tlie'bfJiniunv of iVln P*rry, un^ fo^lpy/ j
:l?;vationK5?tke Pi^dej0ry-.>* Ti it twie, primps,
that if r^nytxM otf -ntoch; ^3?ervoted.
-by tige-to eifdowit? ,trJuoui*lrTKwqB||fe..
conducting the dirty intrigues of-a partisan
President who has won power by low management
and subserviency, and who hopes
to maintain it by fraud and corruption; but
not too old to pursue to the end, the honor,
able purposes of an honest and pitriotic
statesman, sternly bent on serving his coun
Wl.a'ik.v iho A mprir>nn rvrmlft will
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despise and insult an old age like this, or
do honor and homage* to it, a few months
will determine. ?, * ;#
It is charged in the Address,. that. Gen.,
Harrison "has been brought forward, affxtl
is supported by nil the Federalists of the
Country, by the Tariff /nen, and the Aboluionists,"
Arc. .L i us examine whether
those assertions-be "true. If they be found
corr* cf, let them abidedbrever. If they -be
false, let the odium of an attempt lo mislead
! an J deceive an unsuspecting and confiding"
people, fall with all its force upon the liead,
which should bear it. . .
And first, as to the-support of the FedL
eralsts: Lei them be pointed out ~io the
ranks of the opposition. Where are- they?
Who are the)?." Name, the men, and the
States from which they. come. Strike be|
n> ath the Administration its ^reat Fedbral
| pillars, and it would tumble into reins in the
j twinkling ?f unteye. Loosing sight of a
i "nameless- colioftH of Federalists front cv.
-ery a ction of the. Uniot'i, who belong to
the Administration party, we.ask who are
Cushman - of Massachusetts, Prentiss
und " Vnydt.rpo< l of N.ew York, Henry
Ilubbard of New Hampshire, G, D.
j Wall of New Jersey, Ru?d Williams,
of Maine, Kicjt'd Rush, C. J.' Ingersoli,
and last but not h?a.<d, Buchanan, of Pennsylvania?
Of - these nine, fourr are now
members of the United States Senate?are
avowed Federalists, glorifying in the docirioes
of Federalism, now, &c during ali'
'their liyes?are among the very ablest supporters
of the Administration, and the fiercest
denouncers of Gen. Harrison and the
Whigs. Senator Williams of Maine, Senator
"Hubbard of New Hampshire, Seoutot
Wall of New Jersey, and Senator Buchaa.
.an of Pennsylvania, the last of whom
long since declared he would prick his
veins to let out the Democratic blood which
which coursed there, are the men who areadvancing
the banner of Van Buren, and
shouting hozannas to Democratic Republican
principles. What falsehood! What
mockery!
As to ti e argument deduc?d from the
fact, that Gen. H-irrison received appointments
from the elder Adams, it is the weakest
and shallowest imagit able. No man.
properly regardful of his standing as a mat*
of correct information should ever mention,
if. A desperate lack of argume nt a!ono
could drive nny one-to it,' While Mr. Pej?
ry is using it, is' he ignorant of the fact that
(Jen. Harrison was "twice appointed
to office unth-r Washington, thrice under
President Jefferson, "hod as many liraea 4
under President Madison?" Is he also
ignorant of the fact, tftaf John Adums ap*
pointed to office someofthe very sternest
' ft- 1?>, if ii.
and ablest K"pu.!icans 01 n's aayi u ?i|-.
Perry li as not yet hiformccfhimtelf of these
facts;. be is no! qualified to'nrgue the Presidential
question.before an intelligent people.
If fie knew ihom nnd willfully sup-,
pressed them, ho lias .forfeited his charao
ter for political honesty, and his argument
should be scouted by all"fair men..
The address says,* Gen. Harrison, "as
late ng 1828 was charged' wt.h federalism,"
Wwith having been a supporter of the Alien
l and Sedition Laws^and frAnfcly confer
i sed the charge, epitomizing pI the same
! lime'for it. Could any thing be farther from
the truth thun this? Mr. Perry is ignorant
of the circumstances connected with (he
controversy between liim and John fUo?
dolph, orlhis charge never would hove
been made. Such mistakes in a public
man writing'about a distingyiscd public
man'who h is been nominated by the people
i lor the highest office in their gilt-are wholly
unpardonable.. What documents has the
! the gentlemen -consulted?' Front what
source has he derived his information? Wo
suppose (lie basis uof his argumeht (as it
is he basis of all similar arguments) is the
address of Mr. Colquiit, of.Georgia. Now
is ho aware that Mr. Colquitt has been arraigned,
tried and convicted before the
people of Georgia for suppressing and mi*,
rcprosenttog important fact* on; tins very
point? If ho be not, .be is far behind the
I point to which' the discussion oflhe quc-Sr
t lions, about which he proposes to enlighten
the State, has already been carried, and wo
with much sincerity advise him <o write a
I second ad Ir??s8 amendatory of the first,
j in which the whole truth, nothing more or
1 ' r>ovlot>^!nnPfl. We exoect io ad.
IUSS) IllUJr l/Q VIU ? ^
vancH tlic cause of Harrison and leform by
no other means; and if our opponeuts at*
I tempt to retard die onward progrea of thai
cause hy another, they must expect expos*
I uro and rebuke. '
flie indispuiable facts of the case in rela.
j tion to the alleged support by Gen. Harrison
of the A Hen and Sedition Laws, stamp