large majority of Whigs. At the session in
May. 1837. the House of Representatives.bav-
ing tlte majority just alluded to. suffered at least
three persons. claiming to have been returned as
members. to retain theirseatsthrough the session.
who held oflices ttnder the authority of the na-
tional government. in open and direct violation
' ofa plain and positive provision oftlte state con-
stitution, which declares that no such qflirer
shall be cnpubleof beingrz mcmberof the General
Assembly. 'I‘wo of these persons were pnstmas
ters. and the third petlultm agent. In making
up their tlebentttre for the srssion itt May. 1837.
the Senate charged double the sutrt which the
lawallows for traveling to and from the Assem-
bly. and full pay for twelve days more than the
Assembly was in session. The House ofRe-
presentatives also charged dotrble the sum for
travel which the law allows, and took pay for
eleven days when the Assembly was not in ses-
sion ; by which the state was taxed. anti the
Treasury defraudt-.d of about eight thousand dol-
lars, without. evett the color or aut_irority oflaw.
It is doubted whether the history of legislatitn.
at least before tlte reign of Loco-Focoism. can
furnish an instance of such nllicial misconduct.
of such legislative peculation. as those here
mentioned.
CONIMON SCHOOLS.
It is well known. that an effort was matle at
the General Assembly in May last, to improve
the character and condition of the Schools
throughout the state. It was thought to be an
imperative tluty. to place the means ofinstrttc-
tion within the reach ofevery child in titecom-
rnttuity. VVith a fttntl appropriatctl to this sin’-
- gle object. amounting to mttre titan two millions
of dollars. the wish to give the children and
youth o_f the state art opportunity to acquire an
c(lL'Call0u- superior to what is afforded by the
schools as they have heretofore been cotttlttctetl.
was very natural. and highly commendable.
‘ ' Fortltis purpose, a Board ofCotntnissiouers was
establishecl. with the power to appoint a Secre-
tary. whose services, as they must necessarily
be laborious, and would occttpy muclt time.
were to_ be compensatetl by three dollars a day.
for the time actually employed in the duties of
his office. The Cozrtntissioners have the power
to require all the time of the Secretary. ifthey
deem it proper. Ifit should prove ttt bcthe fact.
- that lie shall be so employed. as there are 313.
working -~days' in the year. his pay cauttot
amount to ntore than 939 dollars 8 year. beside
his expenses. The compensation is extremely
low. and inadeqtta'e to the amount ttf labor. and
the itrtportattce of the object. Of the deep in-
terest takeu it) this subject. appeal may be
made to the meetings which have been held in
various parts ofthe state -by the Secretary. and
in many towns. by the friends of educatiott.——
One would have supposed. that this matter at
least. if no other, would have steered clear of
party politics. Bttt it is not so. The Loco-
Foco State Convention thought proper to intro-
duce it as an electioneering topic. into their pro-
ceedings; and the expense of it is placed among
the list of articles. intended to show the extrava-
gance of the General Assembly in appropriat-
ing the money in the treasury. for the purpose of
rendering the measure unpopular. Let the pa-
rents anti gttardinns of the people. for whose
immediate benefit this measure has been adopt-
ed, pronottnce judgement upon this meatt, piti-
ful, and paltrv attempt on the part of this con-
vention. to render this effort tttt behalf of their
childrert, odious. -
From the attack upon this object in the pro-
ceedings of the convention. it is perfectly ap-
parent that if they once more get the upper hand
in the state. and cltoose a General Asst.-mbly of
their own party. they will destroy this plan, ex-
clusively catlculated as it is for the benefit ofthat
class of people for whom they profess so mot-h
frit-.rttisitip—tite poor. and those in moderate cir-
curnstauces.
MODERN Prtovt-'.rt_as.
‘Hard times and worse corning'—as the polar
bear said. when skating on the ice.
‘ No tlottht of it‘-— as Uttcle Sam said. when
cnortting up his losses, under the present Lotio-
motive Sub Trcasury scitetrte.
' \Ve have left him alone itt his glory'— as the
horse said when he dropped his druttkeu rider itt
the ditclt. ' .
‘With his martial cloak around ltlntl-COD-
tinues the people of New York, when congratu-
lating Gov. Marcy on the result oftits late elec-
tion. anti the new tnode ‘for tiividing the spoils.’
‘A ligltt breaks in upon my brow'—tts tlte
bullock said when the butcher's axe strttck ltim.
' A few more of us in the same fix’-as Secre-
tary \Voodbury said, when injitrtttetl that Con-
gress had appoittted a special comtttittee to over
itattl his accottnts. r
‘ Fixed for slow traveling’——as Amos Kendall's
mail bags said tothe ox-cart. when debateing
their hard fate. over a Marettgo couttty Prairie.
‘ I enforce the lawsas_l uutlerstautl them'- as
Presidettt .'Iac_kson said when he pocketed the
currency bill. and rc-fosctl to let Congress see i.
a all]. “
‘And I follow your illustrious example’--as
Swarttvont said when he pocketed twclnc him-
dred thousand dollars oftlte public money and
sloped for Liverpool.
' And I fo.low in _V0ltl’~ftt0tstt'ps'—-as Wm. M.
Price said, with two hundred ar.a'-jiffy thousand
more. ,
‘ Dick Johnson s .t.‘l1llt‘ll‘(’l'l. are as innocent as
lambs’-—-says the Ohio Monitor 3 l
' And as woolly to’—says the L
nal.
ottisville Jour-
Anecdotc of Henry Clay —In his recent
speech at Philadelphia. Mr. Preston related the
lollowiug characteristic anecdote of the distin
guished Senator front Kentucky. On one ttcca-
sion. said Mr. P. he did the tire honor to send
for audconsttlt with me. It was in reference to
a stop he was about t.o take, and which will,
perhaps. come to your minds .without more direct
allusions. After stating what he proposed, I
suggested whether there would not be danger itt
it—whether suclt a course would not injure his
own prospects, as well as those oftlte \Vhig par-
ty in general. His reply was. " I did not send
for you to ask what might be the etiects of tire
proposed movemettts on my prospects. but
whether it was right: .1 had rather be right than
be 1’resident."—N. Y. Cour.
A Dreadful Accid_ent—Si.rty-three Lives Lost.
—--Ott Sunday night last, art explosion took Mace
in Heth's pit. a coal ntitte .-ituated in the cottttty
ofChesterfield, by which it is said that .63 ne-
roes have been killed or burieti alive- The
shalt is 800 feet deep—decper probably. than any
other in the United States-—antl asthe falltrtgin
oftlte earth has been cttusiderable. there is tto
probabiliy that anyofthe persons below. if ttow
alive, can be eX.1l'lLill6tl-
Removal of Gen. Van Renss:lt.1cr.—\Ve learn
with eqttal sorrow attd surpise that Solomon
Van Rensselaer. the time worn veteran. whose
hlood flowed so freely ii): his .cou.tt_t.ry on
Qtteenston Heigltts’ is to ‘be removed from the
oiiice of Post Master itt this city. to make room
for some hungry partizan. \Ve regret that the
necessities oj'tlrey2_arty are so great its to demand
the expulsion of one whose hoary head and butt-
orable scars proclaim ltow truly and how long he
has served his country. ,1fthe oiliccfrztut which
he has been removed, had been made a sineeure
and secured to him for life, it would have been
rendering but "faint quittance" for his gallant
.-crvicvs. A,,t),t_l_rc\v Jackson, with all his faults
had some fellow-feeling for a gallant soldier who
.bad.alted his best blood in defence of his country.
and repeatedly refused to remove General Van
Rensselaer. Bot'Martin Van Buren. as be nev-
er performed. could not be expected to appreciate
such disinterested services; and he has in this
act futnisheti us with fresh evidence how little
‘there is of the lolly-rrtin-‘led statesman. and ltow
"much oftlte mere party hack in his character
anti contlut-t.-Albany Daily Advertiser.
lllercico.-——It appears from intelligence fur-
nished by the N. 0. Bee, that the dilficulties
between France and Mexico are about being
brought to art amicable adjustment, through
the mediation of Mr. Packenham, the Minis-
ter Plenipotentiary from_England.
Teras.—-The Indians on the frontiers of
Texas, have again comruenccd depredations.
They have rt.-centlycomtrtitted several bloody
murders, and been guilty ofmany other most
ztttrocious outrages. At the latest advices,
prompt ,nte.'tsurcs were being adopted to
check their sava9'e butcherir-s.
+:
Florida-—\Ve learn front the Savannah
Georgian, that while Capt. Samuel L. Rus-
sell of the 2d infantry, was descending the
Miami River, on the 28th ult. with a part of
his company, itt open boats, they were attack-
ed by a party of Indians in ambush, on the
banks of the rivet‘. and the gallant captain
was instantly killcd. An engagement en-
sued which lasted about an hour ; when the
savages retreated, and from their perfect
knowledge of the country succeeded in mak-
ing good their escape.
A letter from Tallahasse states, that on the
8th inst. aparty of Indians attacked the house
of E. Gray. Esq. near Monticello, in Jeffer-
son Co."murdered him, his wife and two
children, bttrncd the house, and plundered the
plantation. A third child was knocked down
with the butt end ofa rifle, and stabbed in
several places very badly, and left by the
savages senseless as for dead in the yard. A
fourth child. comprising all the white family,
being about 12 years old, fortunately escaped
by flight in the dark, although pursued some
distance, and shot at several times. She was
the eldest ofthe children.
Fi-rmn.css,——Jess'e Hoyt, the Loco-Foco
Collector of the Customs at New York, in
answer to a letter from the Treasury Depart-
ment requiring him to deposit all sums re-
ceived for duties under protest. to the credit
ofthe Treasurer of the United States. holds
the following language:
" I now write. to say, pcre~mtoriI'y, that I
will not pass the money I receive. under pro-
test to the credit of the United States, until
Congress makes provision for my protection.”
By this “ protection” we suppose is meant
security front the Government for the Collec-
tor’s fees. Truly we have come to a nice pass
when even Loco-Foco office holders have so
little confidence in the solvency of Uncle
Sam.-—-‘Troy llfail.
Asingttlar ornission.—In the hurry of fluidit-
iug up bttsiness at the last session of Congress.
the passage ofa law postponing the payment oi
the fourth instalment ofthe surplus revenue was .
omitted. Consequently the fourth instalment
“ from any moneys in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated" is now dtte——antl the only answer
Uncle Sam cart make. if called ttpon by the
States, is the common answer in \Vall street.
" nothing over."--.V'. Y. bun.
Looo—Foco T.tc'rtcs.—-'I‘he Loco-Foco
papers in some parts of the State have, for
months past, cltargccl Gov. Ellsworth with
being an abolitionist. and the abolition can-
didate. This has ltecn done to draw off from
his support, those who disapprove of the
course of the abolitionists, who are supposed
to be pretty numerous in this. and some other
counties. As, however, there are a good
many abolitionists in some of the eastern
counties, the Locos are practicinga different
gantc there, and charge the Governor with
being strongly opposed to abolitiunism; and
they are circulating popular statements to
that effect. Put that and that together, and
what does all their slang amount to? \Vho
will be gulled by it? NOT ON!’-1.-Conn.
Herald,
------.--r-—
T/tte Tcxian Nrzv_r/_.-'1‘exas is now in
earnest to have it first rate navy. Her ex-
tensive commerce and resources demand this
arm of defence. Gen. Hunt, the new Secre-
tary, is actively at work. Mr. lVilliams, the
agent, is at Baltimore, looking to the specdv
equipment of vesselsthere being built. The
Texas papers think some forty or fifty ofour
midshipmcn would do well to enter their ser-
vice.——-N, Y. Star.
IMPORTANCE or A sr.'<GLr-3 vtv;-r,.
Mr. Editor -—I would wartt each of my Whig
friends of the itnportattce of voting at the ap-
proaching elcction. Let no man say. “ my
vote can be of little t-oust-quence, autl therelore
I will stay at home.” but let every true \Vhig
leave his ortlinnry business for a few hours. and
see that his lame and infirm neigltbors are pro
vided with conveyances. to the polls, and go
ltirttself with them to perform a duty which is
the sheet ancltor of ottr liberties, and the founda-
titttt ofour ltapnirtee-'5 as a people. '
The vote nfan obscure lIt(ll's’l(lufll may be of
inestimable value to his party. anti of montcn-~
tons cttttseqrtcrtce to -his cotttttry, Permit me to
illustratetheitrtportattceofa single vote by Stating
a fact wltichxvas wellkrtown at titetime tti'itsoc-
currcnce.but may be new to many ofyour readers.
I think it was itt 1811 when the prospect of a
war with Great Britain hatl ltecome very strong,
that art election occurred in Rhudc Island. In
a town near Providence the parties were equal
ly divided, and the election was decided by the
following circumstances: ' __
Aanti B were candidates fttr the Legislature.
B would "have been elected hatl not his pigs got.
ittto a neighbor‘s garden; this rtcigititur was his
political friend. but because B would ttot satisfy
ltim for damages. ite voted for A. and it hap-
pened that by his single vote A gained a majori-
ty_. A being a metfiberof the Legislature by
which a Senator to the Congress of the U. S.
was to be chosen. gave his vote for C a war man,
in opposition to D, who was opposed to war. by
the means ofA’s vote. -C Was elected to.the.Sen-
are of the United States.
It will be remembered by most ofmy readers.
that when the question of war came before the
Senate. it was decided by a single vote. so tltut
it may be clearly shewn that the war between
Great Btitaitt andthe United States which cost
millions oftreasure artd rivers of blttotl, may be
traced to the vote of it single inhabitant of Rhode
island in e|ector’s mcet,iog.—N. London Gaz.
/
Latest from Ma.ine.e-Tire committee of the
Maine Legislature to whom Gov. Fairfield’s
message was referred. on Friday last reported in
l
2:! George Bu-nae, of Ilfavnc/tester.
3d Hiram Roberts, of B'oom_/_icIrl.
4t}t Abija/t Ct!-’I'7'f.'.*‘gf07l, of Milford.
5th Erlzcarrl Hin.ma.n, of Stzuthbury.
6!}: Joel T-ztllle, of Gttilforrl. _
7th Asa Fish, of Slonington.
8th John .4. Rockwell, of Norwich.
9th Peter Comstock. 0f 1-3/7"‘-
10th .-inrlrcw Bul/clcy, of ["0-5".‘/l¢’»llL
11;}, Hem-y Ruggles, of Broolyield.
I21]: T/t07)t!lS B. Butler. of Nor'wall.'.
l3tlt. Philip Pcrrrl, of Hamptott.
14th Job I-Villirmts, of ,l'0mf.T€l- _
151/; Andi-ct.o Aberm-1/ty. of Ha.rwznto7,t~
160; John. Buckin.gha.m, of I’Vaterto'w-n.
17th Nat/Ltmiel P. Pe’I'7'_’I/. 0f Kent-
teg]; _Jo._e.:p}t, Hill, of Chatham.
191]; Eliphalct A Bullclcy, E. Harldam.
'20th George Ill. Hyde. Of T0ll¢l.7td-
21:: Abner Hcndcc. of Hcbron.
house assigned Monday for the-consideration oi
the report. '
Resolved. That whenever the governor of this
state shall be fully satisfied. either by the de-
claration of the Lieut. Governor of the province
of New Brunswick. or otherwise. that he has
abandoned all idea of occupying the disputed ter-
ritory with a military force or of attempting an
expulsion oftbe civil force sent there under our-
land agent-—that then the Governor of this state
be authorized to withdraw our military force,
leaving tlte land agent with a suiiicignt posse.
armed or unarmed as the case may require, to
drive out or arrest the trespassers. and to .pre-
serve and protect_the titnber fronttheir deprecia-
lions.
From the Boston Atlas of Tuesday.
'We are enabled to anttourtce the fact that the
GovernorofMaine—all the members ofCongress
{mm mm Matt’. with the exception‘ of that pa-
triotic Loco Foco. Mr. Virgil Delphini Parris-
and a large majority of the members of the
Maine Legislaturs—h.avc signed an application
to the President. in favor of the appointment of
Daniel Webster as the special minister to Great
Britain.
High Correspondence.-VVe noticed yester-
dav. in ottrsumrnary of news from the East,that
a bttmmttnication from Sir John I-larvey to
’}er'.. Scott had been received by Gen. Hodsdon.
at Ho-tlton. and forwarded by the latter express
to Augusta. \Ve have seen an extract from a
letter written at Augusta on the 16th, which
contains this gratifying passage-
"Gen. Scott has received a letter from Sir
John Harvey, which does honor to the head and
heart ofthe writer. Ifthe British ministry meet
the.question~ in the same spirit. ottr friendly re-
lations need not be interrupted."
We have only to add that the letter which we
have seen. is irotu one who knows. and that the
sentiment expressed in the extract may be con-
sidered as the sentiment ofGen. Scott himself.-
Comntcrcitrl. P
not-ewatt.t< eazelrrti.
VVEDNESDAY, MARCH 27,. 1839.
WHIG TICKET.
State Election First Monday in April-
1--
For Governor,
IVILLIAM .W. ELLSWORTH.
For Lieut. Governor,
CHARLES HAIVLEY.
For Treasurer.
IIIRAM RIDER.
For Secretary,
ROYAL R. HINNIAN.
For Comptroller,
HENRY KILBO URN.
FOR SENATORS. .
Isl Dist. Ju.liu.s S. Barnes, of Sottthington.
FOR l\IEMBE_RS (IF CONGREl‘l_S.
lsl Dist. Joseph T'I'umlI?l”v of H“"if”"‘l'
Wm. L. Storrs, of Midrllctown.
2d
Sal Thomrzs IV. Williams.‘
42!]; Thomas 1.3.05/tornc. of Frzi-tj/iiclrl.
5th Truman Smith, of Lila/t_./icld.
Gt]: John II. Brockway, of Ellington.
FOR SHERlFF_S.
Starr Ferry, . Frurfielrl Cozmly.
Gilbert Al/en, . Hamtforrl Count}/.
_»'/ta-rlcs IV. Corliss, . . New-Hdwfcn C"-
Dm.-irl Bal/ltcin, . . . Nt1'lU-L07ld07?- 00
Erastus Strong, . . -M_iddl65€-’l3 00-
Al[)ef[Sgdg'p1[icA’, , . Lzlcltjiclrl C0.
Simtm House, Tollrmtl County.
$1,270,783.
Reader.-_-this is the sum which our unworthy
delegation in Congress attempted. to fob from
the people.0f:CDll{t€‘Cll('Ul. by voting away ottr
portion ofthe avails from Pttblic Lands. Yes.
fellow citizens! Niles. b'm.i/h. Toucey, W7tt.llle-_
say 5- Co. are guilty of this deed ! Freemen of
Connecticut ! will you arty longer support such
unworthy servants? Let the ballot box. Q0 ‘lie
first Monday of April. answer. ttt a voice of
tituuder—l\’0!
W'HIGS! ARE YOU READY I —
Have you made all the requisite arrange-
ments for eliciting the entire Whig strcttgth
itt your respective towns? Are you sure
that not a Whig vote will be lost? Remem-
ber that every Whig vote in our strongest
“’hig towns will aid our State and County
Ticketjust as much, as ifit was polled in a
town where -parties are about equally divided,
Have you provided means for the convey-
ance of the aged and infirm to the polls? If
you have not,/perhaps many of the,.old ‘Whigs
of the Revolution will be deprived of their
last opportunity to vote for men who will‘
maintain and perpetuate the liber._ty which
their blood purchased. Let nothing be for-
gottcn—nothing omitted.
A tursv 1-:r.Ec'r1os DAY.
We recollect reading, some time since, an
account-,of a Loco-Foco victory, which com-
menccd in this wa.y:_ -“Thanks to it rainy
dag/—we have beaten the 'Whigs.”
NOW tve’-have no idea ~ of letting the wea-
ther beat us. . If the Loco: can do it. theyygrel
‘TE
L2
tance of the struggle on Mondayfnext, to
yield any advantage to the Locos. Irwould
be it pitiful business, to be sure, to attribute
our defeat. (if such a thing can happen) to
the unfortunate state of the weather! If any
Whig has not spunk enough to go through
ft‘.-re or water, on elegtfort day, to get his vote
iitto the ballot box—he is no true Patriot, and
ought not to grumble if he is yoked up with
Dr. Niles'_ “ cattle." -
Uztr.ux!—Mr. Wttitttesey iutproves the op-
portunity which the pttblicatiou of his letter af‘
fords ltim, to rebuke with merited severity, the
disgraceful anti shameless manner in which the
Loco-Foco papers of this state are generally con-
ducted.
The Hartford Times. New Haven Register,
Bridgeport Earmer. and sundry other presses
which have been supporting him with all their
might, under the erroneous idea that the end
would justify the means. must now be satisfied
that although Mr. W. is very willing to
pocket the wages of iniquity. he heartily des-
pises the tool: which dire necessity has corn-
pelled hint to employ. The following is the ex-
tract from his letter to _which we refer;
" The public press in this country has a great
influence. * * *1‘ -* ' *
It is owing to this influence. that -some editors
availing themselves oftheirsituation as conduc-
tors_of a paper. and confident of the power oftbe
press over the public mitttl. hazard the must
hold anti itnptttlent assertit us. and circulate the
most unjust insinuations of others. which. if ut-
.tered by a man on his private responsibility.
would disgrace him. Prejudice and denuncia-
tion are substituted for argument attd truth; attd
yet, living as we do in a religious comzttunity. no
rebuke is offered by any cortscientious ntintl. bttt
sneers and lies are considered as the mere offer-
ings totlteyshrine of party."
HAVE YOU atnouorrr on _;1~ 2'
‘Are the VVhigs of Connecticut fully’ aware
. of the bearing which our Congressional elec-
tion may bave upon the next Presidential
election ? If the electionwof President of the
U. States should be thrown into’ the House
of Representatives, it may be in the power
of the Connecticut Delegation to decide it!
This event is tnore than possible. « Viewed in
this light, the contest on Monday next is one
i of vital importance not only to the people of
this State, but one in which -the interests of
the whole Union. are involved! What a
lasting -reproach and burning disgrace it
would be, if through the ' remissness of the
Whigs of Connecticut, M-.trtinlVan Buren
should be re-elected l l '
His partisans throughout the State are not
unmindful of the all-important result,» which
may depend upon this eletition. And every
Loco-Foco in the Union is looking to this
State with fedrful solicitude. The \Vhigs,
too, from Maine to Georgia, regard Connec-
ticut with anxious eyes—as this election may.
make her the arbitress of the destinies of the
nation for years to come. Is not then the
stake which is pending worthy of an effort?
The Vllhigs of Connecticut never l'lZlLl a no-
bler opportunity to distinguish themselves--
to save their country—=-and thus deserve a
nation's gratitude!
“ THE CAT LET OUT OF THE BAG.”
'5 The Presidential question is the great hinge
on which our system Is ltn-ning."—Witittlesey's
Letter itt tlefence ofthe Sub-Treasury.
Can any stronger proof be required oftbe fact
whit.-h the \Vhig presses have over and over
again asserted. that Martin Van Buren wishes
to establish the Sub-Treasury system as a step-
ping stone. by the aid of which he will again con-
trive to mount into the Presidency? Here the
thing is undisguisedly avowed! And all the
partizaus of Martin Van Buren are called upon
to rally in support oftbe Sub-Treasury. if they
hope to see hirn the next President oftlte United
States 3 Here we see again the reason v. by Mr.
Wltittlesey does not dare to disrobe the Sub-
Treasury of “party considerations." and sub-
mit the ’! naked proposition" tuthe people. Mr.
Van Buren knows_that without the additional
corps of ttfiice-holders which the establishment
of the Sub-Treasury wouldlgite ltirn. he stands
no chance of being reelected. He has before
announced that he would " swim or sink with the
Sub-Treasury." If the Sub-'I‘reasttry-sclteme
is finally tlefeated. lte knows that his doom is
sealed. And hence the desperate measures to
which lie has been urging his partizans to carry
through that abomirtable measure.
Is this not argument enough against the Sub-
Treasttry. that it will give any man who occupies
the Presidential chair. the power of securing his
own r¢,'el_c;c-l,i_o_n in spite of the wishes qf the pcoplc_
What more need be said against it. than he has
himself said. and his friend Mr. \Vhittlesey has
urged in. support of it I
“ Verity, out oftltiue own mouth thou art con-
tlemned!"
"I would to God thou. and I knew where
a. comm.odity of good ponies were to be
bought !"
More than one of the Loco-Foco candi-
dates can sincerely sympathise with old Jack
Falstaff in this anxious wish! But none of
them would give more to find such a market
than the “Rotary” candidate for Senator
in this District. It is frequently made an
objection to the nomination of a candidate. that
he is not snfiiciently known to the public, to
secure their votes. But Mr. Ra.ymonrl’s
nomination, we understand, was opposed on
the ground that he was altogether too well
known, to _stand anychance of an election.—
There certainly has been no political party
in egristence for’ ten years past, to which
he -has not at one time or another professed
the House of Represetttatives the following-
tt2_S_0lut_i0n.
‘\ .:_l '1, .} _’
ltvelcomc-to their victory." Vile believe lfliat
setting strong enough in any quarter to carry
him ilito his desired haven. Tltollgll he
might wish to say again with Falstaff, “ The
fortune" of us that are moon’: men. doth ebb
and flow like the sea,lbeing governed as the
sea is, by the moon,”--yet, as bad luck would
have it, it was always tcbb tide with, Ray-
mond, because he never stood on the same
tack long‘ enough to take it “at the flood ;”
and so he lost his venture. His christian
character, however, in one respect stands high.
And in that, be is “not a whit behind the
very chfef of the Apostles.” For he has,
unquestionably, made himself “servant unto
all, that" he “might gain the more.” and has
been “ all things to all men, that” he “might
by all means” catch " same.” It is, surely, a
"1083 pltillble CaSe—ar:d it will be indeed a
harrowing reflt.-ction for him, on next Mon-
day night, that after all his prcachings to
Jew and Gentile, bond and free, he has ltim-
self become '9 a castaway.” Oh how mourn.
fully the evening breeze will sigh through
the withered and desolate branches of “the
great oak!” Give us an ortion l Pass them
round! There-" you that have tears, pre-
pare to shed them now l”
nnruruvs.
We hope that our fr_iends in every town
in the 1.-‘.th and 12th Senatorial Districts. will
tnake seasonable arrangements to sentl us
the result of the election on Monday night,
that our paper of next week’ may contain full re-
turns from the whole County.
“Va shall delay the publication of our next
nutnber one day beyond the usual time. If we
are not disappointed in our arrangements. we
shall have full returns from every county in the
State on Tuesday next. Considerable expense
will necessarially be-incurred, and in order to
accomplish this enterprise we must be in posses-
sion of all the returns frorrr-.the 11th and 12th
districts by 9 o’clo_r.-kl on Monday nigzht,
“,.It’: a. poor rule that won’! work both
zca.ys.”-— The Loco-Focos have discovered :1
new method of practicing on their old pro-
verb. Welearn that they are so alarmed for
the safety of their State Ticket in certain
towns in this County, that they are making
use of all the “falsehood, fraud and decep-
tion,” tvhichthey deem reqttisite to sustain
their sinking cause. that they have got up at
story that Gov. Ellsworth is a “full blooded
abolitionist!” Our readers will find in an-
other column, on article headed " Loco-Foco
Tactics.” ’ from which it appears that zcozolrl-be
Gov. Niles’ agents are playing a double; game
in relation to this matter. In the eastern
part of this State, where the Abolitionists are
much more numerous than they are in this
quarter, Niles’ hiredzmen, or “cattle”-dt'ote
ers, as he calls them, are swearing to the fact
that he is a pro-slacery man, and decidedly
opposed to Abolition in every form. Here,
it appears, they deem it the best policy to
swear that he is an Abolitionisl ; and some of
them, we understand, have the hardihood to
assert that they are in possession of docu-
ments which will prove it! Vileichallenge
them to produce their documents.
Now both of these stories cannot be true.
Either one set, or the other of these Loco-
Foco electioneerers are guilty of falschootl.
And we should not be at all surprised, iithey
were both very far from the truth.
VVe do not believe that either report tells
the whole story. And from the fact that the
Loco-Foco account of the matter is so incon-
sistent and contradictory, we are inclined to
believe that Gov. E. is quite orthodox: upon
this subject. Our readers will be at no loss
to understand what 'tt‘t! mean by ortltodoxv.
VVe hold, as they well know, to the right bf
petition and of free discussion, while we re-
pudiate every movc-meut that tends, in the
remotest possible degree, towards the possible
dissolution of the Union.
E13” Our friends in the 1 lth Senatorial
District, need not to he -informed that Na-
thaniel H is tilt‘. Loco-Foco candi.
date for Senator of that District, at the en-
suing eleiition. In Danbury, where the
facts are well known, the means adopted by
him and his friends, once before, to obtain a
seat in the General Assembly, are fresh in
the recollection of every Whig.
In the other towns of the District, the cir-
cumstances may not perhaps be so. well un-
derstood, or may have been forgotten. That
they may be borne in mind, now that he is
again a candidate for a representative of the
people, we will make a short statement of the
facts. \
Previous to the election two years since,
the town of Danbury passed 3. vote in con-
formity with the statute. that on the dav of
election the polls should be opened af 11
o’clock in the _forertoon, and closed at 5 P. M,
and that one box should be provided in which
should be deposited the votes for 1st Repre-
sentative; and in another, the votes for 2d
Representative. This Nathaniel I-I, Wild-
man was the Loco-Foco _candidate for first
Representative, and D.l\'ld D. Wildman, the
VVhig candidate. At that election, the pre-
siding officer and selectmen were all Loco-
Focos. and were zealous for the election of
Nathaniel H. and on counting the votes,
there were found 419 votes for Nathaniel H.
VVildman, 413 for David D. Wildman, and
six scattering votes, and the presiding oflicer
very correctly declared that there was no
choice -; and ac,c_oydingio the requirements of
the statute law, adjourned the election until
the following‘ Monday. On that day a choice
of second Representative was effected. but
there was again no choice offirst Representa-
tive, and the meeting was once more adjourn-
ed to the next Monday for a third trial. On
to belong. He has completely boxed the po-
this last day, David D. Wildman was elect-
'l‘lt9_}‘ tuadti Itogttiter ‘t.oport_. -',l‘,l.ts the Wltiws {Q0 justly t1pprcci_ate the impor- litieegl compass, and never y.ct found‘ the wind ed by it clear majority, and 1. certificate was
_u._—-—-
a
duly ttitia.-; join, and delivered t...t.t....’t,,..
the question was settled, and _even the Loco.‘
themseIves_to»have been fairly beaten. But
a few choice spirits. called “the Post Offica
J unto,” having ascertained that one Horace‘
Sturges pretended to have made a migialm
in giving in his vote, they looked him up
and upon his story, set up a claim that
_H. IVilrltttan had been elected on the firsi
ballot. His story was this--that on going
round to vote, he put a ballot for Joseph Ta,-.
lot, for whom he intended to vote for 2d re.
presenttttive, into the box containing the vote;
go; lst representative,‘ and -passed on to the
h representative box, when he drscove;-ed
t at he had. a vote _for Nathanael II. Wild.
ping. rematrttng in his hand. which be had in-
en ed to put into the first box. He then ap-
plied to the, person having’ charge of that
?‘(’)}-‘]‘i.clil‘0I;";)seTXI‘t‘gt‘§lf;((J:i1 to Pinks bat}-lk his vote.
N- H. l’Vildmrt.n into thel-lselcnditd llbxlole for
of Danbury, among whom was T/romas 7'
Whitlléscy, the prcsenrcandidate for Con:
gress, protesting against the righfof I)‘ D
W'tldma.n to retain ‘his seatfland clttitriin -
that N. H I'Vildman was elected on the firs
ballot, was preferred to the House of Re‘ re.
sentatives. and presented bv Samuel lilo -
mood; and claiming further. that the dei-
tion on the last day was illegal, becatise tin,
presiding ofiicer closed the boxes before the
hour of five o’clock. And although it W
shown that the moderator opened and closa;
the box *on'that day. by his own watch mid
no person lost the I privilege of voting-‘-1103-
withstanding Sturgt-s at the time of givin ’
his vote. resided in the state of New Yer].-
and returned to his place of residence the next
day, and his vote therefore. was illegal.-. an,‘
above all, nottvttltstzrndiugr the‘ C-0n3l(.lPI',2l§lOn
that if he had a right to vote at all heivoted
with the full knowledge that the roles placed
in the 2d l'€‘pl't‘Senit'tll\‘t:lS box, would be count-
ed for the second, and not for the lat re re
3"“i°ll""- A L0C0'F0C0 Lt-gislatttre ttttlrltcd
Dazritl D. IV-i/atl-Ina.» out, and appointed N _
thanicl II. in his place. He took his seat in
that Legislature, and held it durintr the resi-
due oftbe session. ° ,
Thus, after three several trials b,.j;,,.,_. ‘ha
people of the town of D.-tnhury, with the
whole proceedings Concluctcd under the
supertntendance of his own political f,,',.,,d,
the €lf‘Ct0rS had refused to appoint ltitn tltri;
representative. 'l'hey had said they “..o,,]d
not have him, once, again, and aga$'.,_ His
friends then asked lite-lL('Q’lSlttlttt'fT to reverse,
this decision upon the thirst llti5t‘l'.'r§rle pm,
text which can be imrtginr-d, and their re-
quest is grant:-d, and flfr. IVr'lr/rtirm was so,
far forgetful of what he owed to hitnsr-Ifamg
to ltis fellow citizens, as to take his-seal in,
the Legislature of the State, under sucit\;n
appo_tntmcnt—a greater outrage upon p;,y,,',._'
lar rights was never perpetrated; and worse
than all, its authors prcttmd to be'Dt-moor.-its!
‘Fellow Citizens rftlzc l ith D£sIric!—'I‘ha
above is a fair and candid statement of the
facts connected with tltc proceedings in Which
lilr Nathcmicl II. IVi/rlman played so eon,-,
spicuous a part. He is called a Demecrat—-- :
with how tnut:h truth, after this cxpnsition
_vou can judge. But let him call ltitnst-ll"
what he will. istllc man who will lend bitu-
self to such an outrage upcrt the elective
franchise, fit to be the repn;-scrttatit.'e of’;
4‘ free people?” g
This is the question for you to decide on
Monday next; and, if the electors one and
all do their duty, and rally to the polls, be
will be again rejectc-.l.
“ B:t;'7'o2I:i7Lg the livery of Ileaccn to serve
the Devil £2t..”——\Vlto believes that any II"hi,gr
ever writes for the Bridgeport Fartrtcr
And yet some s'.upid.Loco-I9'oco has had the
itnpudence to publish two comrntzpicnticns
in that paper, one of which is signed “ Dntm.
cralic \Vltig." anti the other “ True Vv'ltig._"
Now we have altogether too much confi-.
dcnce itt the patriotism, itttelligcncc, and Slim
gacity of the \Vhigs in general to entertain A
the idea, for a- momcut, that any rttt-rnbr,-r of
that party, however sort-ly the noutinalions
of the W'ltig County Convention tray have
disnppoittted his cxpectations, would in re
made such a “sacrifice of dignity and prin.
ciplt-,” its to misrepresent the doings of that -
Convention, and try to make the public be- __
licve that the \Vhigs are (lisappoitttctl with
the nominations which their own delegates,
appointed at their own primary met-tings,
have made. No, indeed! It is all a device
of the enemy-_-and not rt very cunning one
either. We cannot believe that the Former
consulted Dr. Niles about the matter. He
would have got up a much more plausible
story. But perhaps, like Mr. VVhittlesey"s
letter, the Farmer thinks, “ it's a ggpd gnougf,
story till after election !” : O
C'ons_istcncy.—Five ottt of the six persons
nominated by the Federal Loce-Focus, for mam-
bersof Congress. have belonged to the old Fed-
eral party nfthis State. and in one instance.-Mus.
Haley. an old Democrat, has been dropped, and
C. Billings. one of the most offensive old fetler-,
alist, placed in-his stead ; yet this selfsame .-.
Iv. through their corrupt prearrr... .-r;,-‘;;.- .-._- .L ..
Republican \Vhigticket --~»:r..n; t‘:--;.,.-:2;
First pttll out the beam 0; it»: '.?::?t..-:.-
thou. Vile political bypocri. ~ -- .’,=‘v.-..=
publican.
(EF’The Farmer says that John M. Niles
possesses 9‘ a mind of rare powers.” We never!‘
knew anything of Niles’ that was well dope:
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Loox our for John M. Niles’ hired men.
whom he has sent about this county in the ca-_
the working map). to ‘-‘ drive to the polls."-_.
Loox our for lying Lot:o- Foeo Handbills, pqmg
phlets and extra newspapers. which will doubt-,_
less be issued and circulated just on the eye of
the election, when it will be too late to expose
and contradict the falsehoods and misrepresent-
atiorts which they contain. . '
and Fraud" in_ l!-tt~7/ and every shape, ‘vt-betlféti
. . its
prestdtttg officer; All parties thenrsuppqseit s
Focus cheerfully acquieset.-d, acknotvledging \. ‘
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In short, Beware of "Falehood Deception _ .
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A Omonstrance signed by nineteen ctttzt-t s _ _
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and was itt Danbury mvrelv for that day ‘=5
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pacit y of drorers. to hppt up " cattle" (as he calls} .
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