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JAMES REED, ‘In.
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gob s°iiitirng,
OF ALL KlND‘3,
VIEATLY EXECUTED AT THE GAZETTE OFHCE.
DENT./IL NOTICE.
OCT. A. HILL, tliai'kful fortlin patronage
- he has received in his pi‘ofessioii clurtiig
12 months past, in .Norwal_k, begslcave tonin-
form the public, that llC.SIl~ll coiit.iiip_es 1:t.1‘C\‘J
doors (.051; ofthc Brit go, in i'}Lirr:_ill’s utiiltliiigs,
whom he will be happy at any time to see lllS
friends, and answer all their calls in Dciital
Surgery.
Incori-nptiblc teeth inserted from one to a
full set.-,, Also, teeth cleansed, SCP3-"'-“(law 0-V‘
gagged, .’cc., and all those diseases ofthc teeth
atteiidc-_o_ to, which, if Sl1.II‘Cl‘t.‘tl to continue, are
proiliicgve of so much miscliief. 7
_Rgf‘g'rgncg3.__Einc1‘y BISSCII, D.;_.‘J. I}.
T M‘Lean, M. D.; I-Ion. 'I‘liouia.s B. i5itl_er;
Hon. Benjamin Isaacs, Norwzilk. I“Tt:‘llC*'l‘.1l:l-ll
Perry, M. D. Ptitlgclicld. 1%: I3. Ilotslorii, .»-.i.
D.; Duct. D. P. Knapp, 13tiiiliiii'y.Y‘__I3ot:t.
__5-,,Howell Rodgers, Colcliestcr, Ct. Williarli
“Witter, M. D. \Villiamaii‘.ic, Ct.
November '20, 1839. 1
‘WARD’-S‘ VEGETABLE HAIR OIL.
HIS Oil possesses the {peculiar pppperty sr
- long, but vainly song it for in Ol er vcgcz.
able oils, that of reproducing asnow growth or
hair on heads totally bald. 0 great are its
nourishing properties, which it readily inipar;s
' A to the roots of the hair, that it requires but
short time to produce a new gr1p\vtli,guclIbu( fcw
- - , I ' '. . ' .
applications to check tnat la tog p 130 iaii,
'‘ which so often occurs, especially alter sickness.
‘l It prevents the hair turning «my, and when it
' begins to turn, may be easily cliecketl and rc-
stored to its natural beauty byappiyiug Inc oil.
This oil gives an agreeable l:'agiarice, and is
preferable to any other for pcrfuinirigi Cufllflg
and glossing the hair.
_ Ladies and gentlemen of the highlest ranl;
I have patronized this oil very extensive y 3 am
such has been its elIccls in every cou,ntr_y where
it has been introduced, that it receives the
decided preference.
From the Royal College of Z’iLysi6r2.(i7§)séQ
I'IAVA-.\'A, Feb. 2 , bo-
Dr. E. A. \Vard, liaving pl‘-’).V(,‘t;l to this Royal
Tiibunal that the Vegetable Oil, of‘ his coniipo}
'~ sition, has the property ol causing ticgrowti o
r hair, and preventing its fall, by fortilying. the
decayed part, (the effect ofaromatic ingredients
which have been found in its composition by the
chemist Dori Francisco Suarez) we hereby re;
commend its use, not as a specific, but as a goot
' and useful remedy for persons rcpuiriug it, whose
hair is in a state of decay from sickness or other
causes, JOSC Bernal, NI.
Simon De I1‘ evia, M. D.
Witncss...cayp,tano Ponton, Notary Public.
, The above tcstiinoniai of the efficacy and val-
ue of Ward's Vegetable Hair Oil, was given the
proprietor by the_Royal Academy of Phys_icians
in Havana; tothosc who are acquainted with the
extreme rigirlness of the medical police of En-
vaua,- it speaks volumes--it is conclusive.
Caution.—None is genuine unless it has a
treatise of 32 pages round each bottle, by E. A.
Ward, M. D. New York.
Sold by Jo1rN A. VI/nisn, Agent for Norwalk.
Norwalk, Sept. 3, 1840. 42
2 CABINE'T FUI{Nl'1‘URE.
' l THE subscriber, grateful for past favors,
would solicit a continuance of the same.
He is constantly manufacturing Fnrnitu re of all
- kinds, of the best materials, and will keep on
hand a good assortment, not to be excelled by
any country establishment for clieapiicss, dura-
. bility, or workmanship.
A good assortment of CHAIRS constantly on
hand, or furnished to order at the shortest notice
for cash. _
The subscriber would also offer Cabznet
_ Makers in this vicinity, and in the interior, an
*‘ opportunity to purchase Maliogaiiy Lumber,
such as Plank, Board, and Venecring, in ex-
change for their Furniture. He will sell fins
stock at New York prices, and give good prices
for Cabinet Ware. Tliisarrangement offers to
~ many, who do not wish to purchase to a great
amount, a firs‘. rate opportunity of getting their
stock. and saving expense in time and money.
Call at the Cabinet ‘Ware Ronni, a few rods
east of the Bridge. V/'iii. A. BARLOW.
Norwalk. May 16, 1840. 27
CABINET FURNITUI-IE.
AMES A. TINDALL would respectfully
inform the inhabitants of Norwalk and its
vicinity, that he has recently opened a CABI-
NET IVVARE ROOM a few doors north of
J. Hooker’s market, where he intends to keep
on hand a general assortment of F UI’tNI-
TURE. manufactured ofthebest iiiitcrials, and
in the most modcrnstylc, which he will sell on
.3
from a late iiuinbr-.‘.rofth°.it valuable paper “The
Log Cabin.”
“ Tlic last hope of Van Burcnism is its
attempt to dirt.-ct the 1Jlt(‘ni.lOl'l of the people
from the iiiisgovernnieiit antl monstrous abus-
es which now exist to the contests and differ‘-
ences of forty years ago. If the wire work-
ei's can only set the people by the cars about
the politics of the last gciicratioii, they niay
hope to glut tliernsclvcs on the Spoils of the
Trezzstiry for anotlier four years, and, by re-
pcating the trick, for forty years to coine—-
foi‘ it is one that rinswers for all times -mid oc-
casions. Lct the Ofiice Holders oppress
and iinpovcrish the people ever so much--It-t
tliem rob the Treasury and burn the Public
Buildings, or coiiiinit anyrascality, and they
have an unvarying stratzigem to divert public
attention, which is this. They say to the Peo-
plc——“ Don’t believe those Vfliigsg they are
all old Fcdt-i'al'ists, "Ai‘isl.ocrats, and enemies
oftlic Common People.” Now, we do not
care to unite with them in heaping odiuiii
on many ol our noblest Rcvolutiorinry Pa.-
triots, and we neither aid nor oppose their a-
buse of the deceased Fetlcral p-.irt_y. We do
not see that it is at all to the purpose. But the
assumption that the Van Bttrcn party is the
trim Pemocratic party is most pl't‘)')OSl.t3l'Ol.lS.
Its falsity has been §.’}‘tO\'.'-ZD over and over a-
gain, until it is believed that at least that no
in.tt'.7[igc2u5 9220.» can be fooled by the cry of
F6-(lCl"t1llSlIl against the friends of Ilarrisoh 6:
'I‘_ylc1‘. Still, notwithstiinrling this Van Bu
rcnisin will continue its di,rty appeals to slum-
bcrinrr_prejudiccs; and as Satil in his last ex-
tremity attcinptctl to conjure up the ghost of
the dead Prophet to avert his iiiipciidirig
doom. so the shzido. of .lcllbi'soii is inecssently
i’i’ivel~:ttl to cover the l‘».Iisrulc of Vaii Ii‘3'tl‘.‘(;-II.
In the face ofari i::!elligciit coniiiiuiiity, this
..tist prove ti:-i:iv:‘.iliiin."
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IDS THAT .l3Ul.l.L~l.
Fixtract from the ‘ Life of Com. Perry,’ by
Hon. J. 131. Miles.
B;ili’.t’e of l/LU 'f/1.!-:~22zr.s'.———“'I‘lic action, ‘and
and the movements which preceded it, allbi'tl
ample testimony ol the _]u(lg‘r2l‘.10l)l’. and cool
ziilrcpirZil;I,/ of Gerzeml fife?/?7"I:S()7L; and in-
deed, all the events of the campaign, support
these Cll=.11‘Pt.'.lCl‘IillCS; the disiistcrs attend-
ing it, having in no ii'istaiic-c been iiiipiit-able.
to him.
“There are, perliaps, on record, low iii-
stanccs of such cool and steady intrepidity,
on the part of niilitia, or a force of this de-
scription, as was tlisplnycd on that occnsioii.
“ I-Inrrisoii and Perry left Detroit in the
Ariel, and arrived at Eric on the 22d of Oc-
tober. Irlero they were received with every
tlcmoiistmtioii of joy and utliniration: the
t'liscliai‘ge of cannon, illuminations, cctc.—-
Thcy were hailed as the delivers of the
li'ontiei's.”
“ Of the career of Gen. I‘I€‘-.l‘l‘ISOll I need
not speak——the history of the “Test is his
history. For forty years he has been identi-
flC(l with its interest, its perils, and its hopes.
Uiiivcrsally beloved in the walks of peace,
and (li;:ti.-“igtiislietl by his ability in the coun-
cils of his country, he has been yet more il-
[1.ssA1'io2t.cZ_7/ i'diSfl'/Lk.‘,"'Z!.2:$/l(3{Z in Z/1.e_/iclrl. Du-
ring the latte war he was longer in active
service than any other General otliccr; he
was perhaps oftener in action than any one
of them, and ~2ze1:c7' sitstainezl (1, rZefcat._”
I2. 31. Jo/msorz, _1g‘331.
“ 'iVliat man lives, '20/L030 /iewrt ‘a.1zclf.r0itZ
not B/‘Ills/I-, that cannot siiicexely rejoice. in__
the late victories of Pci‘i'y;j}aIi'd.IE-1éftri'ison—-,
that does not feel a pride‘ifin the "?oi1.;‘_lo9-i‘ and
patriotism of the heroes fol; the West, who
freed a country as lai*gc'nas the .; enipii'e of
Alexander the Great fi'om?the,_‘I,ndiaii toma-
hawk and scalping knifcrl If .tlici‘c be such
(b one lie is (L rm-itorto his-counti‘_y——lic pos-
sesses the spirit of a iiiu'i'.dcr,e'i'j._”
,;j I Iscm -Ifill, 1814.
“ The blessings ofl_h*oi1sa;nd,s,ol women and
children rescued li'oi‘n,the._sciilpiiig* knife ol
the ruthless Savage the wilderness, and
from the still more salvage Proctor, rest on
I-Iarrison, and his, -gallant ai'iiiy.—--Simon
Sxrr/rZc7"s, Messngt:,-riottlie,L)cgisla.lm'e, Decem-
bm~10,l840. _fii‘“
Maiiy of you no doubt, entertain the opin-
ions honestly that cz. ciirtnge in offers is es-
serzlially 7zccc3stw'_7/' to tire coclfrtrc of t/iris
coumfry/. I Z/2.7372/5 so lo0.—-—C0l. R. Jill. Juliu-
son, July 4, 1840.
VAN BUREN AND HARRISON.
Martin Van Burcn, in 1840. when he wished
to form a Sub-Treasury Bill, tells us:
“ From the results of inquiries made by
the Secretary of the 'I‘i'easury in regard to
the practice among them, I am enabled to
state, that in twciity-two out oftwciity seven
foreign Governments, from which undoubted
information has been obtained, the public
moneys are-kept in_,c_l_iarge of public ollicors.
This concurre'rice of opinion in favor oftliat
system is pei‘liaps,t'is‘great as exists on any
question of internal administration.”
Gen, Harrison, in 1817, when he reported a
Militia Bill, said: '
“In searching fot' landmarks to guide us
to our object, it will be in vain that we direct
our atteniion to the modern nations of Eu-
rope. From them we can borrow nothing
to aid our purpose. Govcrninerits formed
upon artificial distinctions in society, _wh1cb
estimrite their security by the inability of
thier siil.ijccts to resist oppression, can fur-
nish a free people with no guitlcs in origina-
tinga systiiiii of defence which shall be pure-
xcasonable terms."
Norwalk, April 27, I810.
47)
CV
ly n:.itional.”
‘II-ILD 10th S1-:i"i'.'3:.ii;r«:i‘., 1840.
I RISE, fellow-citizciis, to express to you
from the bottom of a gmtoliil heart my wai'in-
est thanks for the kind and ll.ittci'ii'ig iriai'iiii_zi'
in which I have born received by the Re-
prcst:-iitatives oi‘ the Valley of the liliairii. I
rise to say to you, that, I'iOWt'.'\".Z'l‘ magnif-
cent my i‘cccptitii'i has been on this occasion,
I am not so vain its to presume that it was
iiiteiialed for nit‘, l.ll.'ti. this glorious ti‘iiitnpli:il
entry was dtsignctl for one individual. No
I know too well that pci‘soii’s imperfections
to believe, that this vast assemblage has cornc
tip l‘ ore to do him honor. It is the glorious
cause of .DCmOi’.'l‘=.‘.llt3 rights that brought them
here! It is the proud iiniiivcrsary ofonc of
the brightest victories that glows on the pa-
ges of our country’s history, which hath
summoned this multitude l.0£Z'C-lllel‘ l—('I‘re—
inendous checririg.) T
Felloiv-citizens, it was about this time of
the day, .\47 _VC‘t1l'S ago, this vcigy hour, this
very. minute, that yoi.ir speaker‘, as Coiiimnii-
der iii-Chief of the North .IiVcstci'ri Army,
was pltinged into an agony of fl.‘.t‘llll,‘;‘, when
the cannonading°fi'oiii our galliint fleet an-
nounced an iiction with the ciicmv. Ills
hopes, his fears were destined to ‘be soon
r.p,iictctl,foi' the titlingsol victory were l,-rouglit
to him on the v.‘iiig's ofthc wind. ‘.Vitli the
eagle ofti'nniph perchiug upon oui'buniier;= on
the lakcl n'iovcd on to complete the ovt~i'thi'cw
ol the l'oreign foe. The anr:ivci'sai'v ofthat
day can never‘ be lmgotteii, for every ./‘.inci‘-
nicric'.ii‘i has cause to rejoice at the triumph
of our arms on that inoincntous occasion;
but the brave and galliuit hero of that victo-
ry is gone, gone to that home wither we
are all litii‘ryiiig, and to his iiienioi'v let us
do tliei'evci'ciir:e due to the (lt‘.L‘tlS of illus-
trious rt patriot. Frniii I:It-avcii does his
soul look down upon us, and g .".ll{l(‘-.11 at tho
viitiics which still aiiiiriatc his geiit:i'oiis
cotiiit.i'_i,'int:ii in i'eciiri'ing to his noble and
rious c:ii'ccr wl. ilc on ijillllll (G i'cat sensation.)
I am l'iill_v aiwarc, .niy li:llow-citizriis, that
you expect lrciii inc some opinions upon the
vnriotis qunsticiis which now ngil:ite our
cotinti'j,', lroni ct-nti'c to cii'c::n'ifci'eiit-o, with
such fierce contention. C-aluiniiy, ever swit-
ing to tlcstroy all that is good in this world,
hath pi‘oclziiti'ictl thrit I am averse from de-
claring my opinions on matters so interest-
ing to you, but nothing can be more false.
Have I not (lCL‘l£‘.l’t‘tl, over and often, that the
I’rcsident of this Ilziion docs C0l'lSi.liLlltZ‘. any
piirt or portion oithe Legislative br)rlyrf'¥-
i:.la'-Jc‘ I not said, over .'iu::l ofttzii, that the
ccutive should ‘not by any act of his forc-
stall the action of the Niitioiiztl Legislature "
fpi'oiniscs l
"pledge most, he who \‘.’Ol1ltl))l'Ol)'ilS0 most,
‘wotild l.‘-C the man to be voted for, and Iliavc
Have I not, time out of mind, proclaimed my
opposition to a citizcn’s goiiig l'orwrii'tl aniong
the People and soliciting vctcs for the Presi-
dency? I-I-ave I not many a time and often
said that, in my opinion, no man ought to as-
pire to the presidency of these United States
unless he is tltrsiffllillttl as a caiitlidatc for
that high oflicc by the unbought ivislies of
the people ? If the candidate for so liiglt an
oflicc be (lr_’Sl§‘lll‘ilvi'tl by the will of a portion
or a iii:ijoi'ity of the people, they will have
come to the tit-tci'rtiiii:iti<,:-ii of sustziining such
a man from a review of his past actions and
life, and they will not exact pledges from him
of vrliat lie will do, and what he will not do,
for their sclcctioii of him. is proof cnougli
7that_'lic will c:1i‘i'y out the doctrinc:-s ol his
art . This ‘-ilaii of choosinrr a CE‘tl'ltil-’.l:‘iiC
I o
for the Prcsidrii-cy is it much surcr bar a-
gainst corruption than the system of requir-
ing )7l'OlI]]S:'."S. l.’i,the pledging plan is pur-
sued, the elibct will be to offer the Presiden-
tial chair to the mill) who will inakctlie rzioxl
(L-1nglitei'.) I-Io who would
no hesitation in declaring my belief, that he
who wotild subject his course to be thus tied
up by pledges and promises, would not stop
to break them when once in ofiice. Are
my views on this topic correct, or are they
not? (With one voice, the multitude indica-
ted that they v.‘ci'c.)
If fellow-citizens, we cxamiiietlic history
ofall 1'cpublic~s, we shall liud as they receded
from the purity of lie-prcscritative Govern-
ment, the condition of obtaining otliccs was
the rnaking of premises. He who bid the
highest inpromiscs was the favored candi-
da c, and the higher the bids, the more mark-
ed and certain the corruption. ‘ Look at the
progress of this thing in our own republic.
V"]t3l't3 any pledges required of your ‘Wash-
ington or your Adams 'l——Adams was the
canditate ofthc Federal party and as states-
man was bound to carry out the principles
ofliis party. Vifas his successor, Thomas
Jeflersori, the. high priest of Constitutional
Democracy, called on for pledges’! No. I-Iis
whole life was a pledge of what he would do l
And if we go back to this_‘,__old system of so-
lecting men for the Presidency, whose past
career shall be a guarantee of their conduct
when elected to the Chief l‘.’lagi’strac.y of the
Republic, the nation will advance safely, ra-
pidly and surely in the path of prosperity.—
But of late years, the corrupting system of
requiring pledges hath been adopted.’ The
Presidency hath been put up to the high-
est bidder in promises, and we see the
result. It remains for you, my fello\v-citi-
Zens, to arrest this course of things. (Cries
of ‘ Vvle will, VVG will.’)
I-Vhile then, tellow-citizens, I have never
hesitated to declare my opinions on proper
occasions upon the great questions before the
nation, I cannot consent to make mere prom-
ises the condition of obtaining the oflicc
youkindly wish to bestow upon me. My
opinions I am‘_fi'ee to express, but you already
have them, supportetlby the acts of :1 long
and ardous life. That life is a pledge of
my future course, if I am elevated by your
sulll‘;igti~s to the highest ollicc in your gift.———
(IlIlll]L‘ll';=C cheering for .se\'t-nil seconds.)
Pall)’ of this ‘country, was actuated in its
gourse by no improper motives, Irlc/zy that
I cvci‘ belonged to that class of politicians.-
How could I belong to that party ? I was
educated in the school Anti-federalism, and
thoi-igli too young to take an active part in
the politics oftlie country, when, at the erec-
tion of tlicC-onst_itution,the nation was divided
into two great parties, my honored father had
iiitlt.ctt-rd me into the principles of Constitu-
ti-cm:-.‘l Derriocnicy, and my teachers were
the Ilenrys and the Masons of that period.
I-Ic, who declared that the seeds of monarchy
vere. sown in the soil of the Constitutioii,
iviis L1 lender in my school of politics. He
vrho said that "if this government he not a
iiioiiwcliy, it has an awful squinting towards
it ii_;oiiai'cliy,” was my Mciitor. (lminensc
iipgilaiise. Some time elapsed before order
could be restored at hearing these. emphatic
Llt‘.-(‘.i:1l’:.lllOXlS of the General.) If I know
my own feelings ii I know my own judg-
mei.t, I believe now as I did then, with the
patr~Iarclis ofthe .Iclfci's_oiiiaii school, that the
se.c-us of nioiiarcey were indeed sown it the
fertile soil of our Federal Constitution, and
that though, for nearly fifty years, they lay
tlorgnarit, they at last sprouted andsliot forth
into strong anti thriving plants, bearing blos-
songs and producing ripe fruit '1‘/iis G00-
e'/'.»z.1/Ie/il is now (6 pruclicctl 3ln7i.a2'c/Ly l—--
l’e'.vci‘ is power, it matters not by what
llLll;)'.)ll is called. The head of Government
cx~.:rcisiiig l1lOllfll'CillC{tl power may be named
If;-q',Eiiiperoi',Pi'csident, orlmauzn, (laugh.
tor} still he is a monarch. But this is not
all. The Piw;-sideiit of these United States
exercises a power superior to that vested in
the hands ofncarly all the European ltiiigs.
it a powerful far than that ever drcu.mctl
of by the old Fctlcral party.
It is iilt'ra—Fcdei'al power, it is despotism l
.‘.n..l l may here advert to an objection that
li:.< been made against me. It has been said,
tliat, ifcvcr I should arrive at the dignified
st-.«.tioii occupied by my opponent, I would
be glad and eager to retain the power en-
join;-il by the President ofthc United States.
‘N-.r-er, not-cr. ('l‘reincndous clieei‘ing.)——
'I‘iiotigli a\‘ei'sc from pledges of every sort,
I here openly and before the world declare
tlizzt I will use all the power and inlluncc
vested in the ollice of President ol the U-
nieiti to abridge the power and inllcncc of
the Nationtil Executive! Is this Federal-
In the Constitution, that glorious
ci--.-riictcr of our liberties, there is a def_rct,
that defect is, the term of service of the
Presitieiit was not limited. This omission
is the source of all the evils under which
the country is laboring. If the privilege
of being President of the United States had
I)t~‘.t’D limited to one term, the incumbent
would devote all his time to the public iii-
tcrest, and there would be no cause to mis-
rule the country. I shall not animadvert
01''. the conduct ol the present Administra-
tion lcst you may, in that case, conceive
that I airi aiming for the Presidency to
use it for sellisli purpose:-:. I should
be an iiitei‘e.sietl witness, if Ientcred into the
stzl:_ic:ct. But I gilcrlgc 7n_i/selfi licforc /Lear-an
(mil earl/i, if clcctcrl P')‘L’S‘itlc7Ll oft/ic United
Slrtles, to my (lawn at the and of the term
f..t.i.’.’i,’irl!_r/ //tat /rig/t lrztst at the fuel of the
‘Pct-7))/c ! I go lartlicr. I here declare be-
fore. this vast assembly-of the Miami Tribe
(gi'eat laughter) that ifI am elected, no hu-
inan being shall ever know upon whom I
would prefer to see the people’s mantle fall;
but I shall surrender this glorious badge of
tllnll‘ authority into their own hands to be-
stow it as they please ! Is this fedei‘alism'.l
(no, no, no.) Again in relation to the charge
of being a Federalist, I can refer to the do-
ings previous to and during the late war.—--
The Federal party took ground against that
war. and as a party, there never existed a
purer band of patriots, for when the note of
strife was sounded, they rallied under the
banner of their couritry. But piitriotic. as
they were, Iido know that I was not of
t/rem! (chcei'iiig.) I was denounced in un-
nieasiircd terms as one of the authors of that
war, and was held up by‘thc Federal papers
of the day as the marked object oftheir hos-
tility. I could here name the man who came
to inc, and a more worthy man never lived,
to say that he was mistaken in_his views of
my policy, as Governor of Indiana, when I
was charged by the Foderalists as usclessly
involving the country into an Indian \Vai‘.—
dc told me that I acted rightly in that mat-
ter, and that the war was brought on by me
a matter of necessity. (Cries of name
him, name him.) It was Mr. Gaston of N.
Carolina. Is this a proofthat I was a Fed-
eralist?
I have now got rid, my fellow-citizens, of
this baseless charge,—no-I have not. There
are a few more allegations to notice. I am
not a professional speaker, not :1 studied or-
ator, biit I am an old soldier and ii farmer,
and as my sole object is to speak what I
think, you will excuse me, if I do it in my
oivn way. .
I have said that there were other allega-
tions to notice. To prove that I was a Fed-
eralist, they assert that I supported the Allen
and Sedition laws, and in doing so,’ violated
the principles and express words of the Con-
stitution. I did not,fe.llow-citizens ever par-
ticipate in this measure. IVhen those laws
passed, I was a soldier in the army of the
United States!
Again, they censure me for my course in
Congress, when I served you in that bodv
as a Representative of the North-West Ter-
ritory. And here I will advert to the fact
that I represented, at the time, a territory
comprising now the States of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois and Michigaii. I was the sole rc-
prcsentative. of that immense extent of coun-
try. As I iiiiil_et'stood Federulisiii to be in its
origin, so I understand it to be now. It was
ist.-1i ?
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such as to entilc me to the appellation ofFcd-
cralist".l . '
I had the ..honor, as Chairman of :1 Com.
rnittec in the year 1800, to devise a bu]
which had for its object to snatch from the.
grasp of speculators all this glorious country
which now tccnis with rich harvests nnder
the hand o_f honest, industrious and virtu-
husbandmen. ’as I a Federalist .tlien .7
(Cries. of no, no,) VVhcn I was Governor
of liidiaria, ask how the unlimited power be-
stowed upon me, was exercised-—a power as
high as that exercised by the present Presi-
dent of the United States! I was the sole
monarch of the ,Nortli-West Tcrritorv !+
Did Idischarge my duties as Go,.e,.m',,. of
tliat vast Territory in such a way as to Show
that I wus in love with the tremendous pow-
er invested in me? (Here some 4000 per.
ponsin (pic C)l.l{tl‘l(‘ll' oftlie crowd raised their
iats in t ie. air an! rent it with shouts _
no, no. 'I‘l_icy were the dclogatign fgm
diana. This prompt response, from so ma-
riy persons prduced great sensation.) There
is an essential difference between the Pi esi-
dent of the United States and me. I-Vlien
he was in the Convention which remodeled
the Constitution of New-York, he was for
investing the Governor with the appointment
oftlie Sheriffs. Vflien I was Governor of
Indiana, and possessed the power ofappojm-
ing all oflicers, I gave it tip to the People!
(intense excitement and great cheering) I
never appointed any_ofliccr whatevagr, while
Governor oflndiana, whctlicr sherifl, coro-
ner, judge, justice of the peace or auglit else,
without first consulting and obtaining the
wishes of the People. Was this evidence
that I was a Federalist ? (No, no, no,)
Itliiiik I have now shown yoti, fellow
citizens, conclusively, that my actions do
not constitute meaFc-dcralist, and it is to
them I proudly point asthc shield against
which the arrows of my calumniators fall
in vain. (Immense cheering.)
Metliitilrs hear a soft voice askiiig-——Ar(-.
you in favor of paper money? I Mr, If
you would know why I am in favor of the
credit system, I can only say it is because 1
am a democrat. (Immense cheering.) The
two systems are the only means under
I-leavcn, by which :1 poor industrious man
may become a rich man without bowing to
colossal wealth. But with all this I ainynot
a bank man. Once in my lilo I was, and
then they cheated me out of every dollar I
placed in their hands. (Shoutsic ‘.":laughter.)
And I shall never indulge in this way again;
for it is more than fprobablc that I shall no-
ver again liave money beyond the day’s
wants. But I am in favor of a correct batik-
ing system, for the simple reason, that the
share. of the precious metals, which, in the
course oftrade, falls to our lot, is much less
than the circulating medium which our in-
ternal as external commerce demands, to raise
our prices to a level with the prices of
countries, where the credit system does”
prevail. There must be some plan to
multiply the gold and silver which our indus-
try coinrnaiids; and there is no other way
to do this, but by a safe banking svstem.._
I do not pretend to say that a perfect system
of banking can be devised. There is ndthing
in the oflispriiig of the human mind that does
not savor of imperfection. No plan ofgov-
ernmcnt or finance can be devised free from
defect. After long deliberation, I have no
hopes that this country can ever go on to
prosper under a pure specie currency. Such
a currency btit makes the poor poorer, and
the rich richer. A properly devised banking
system alone, possessess the capability of
bringing the poor to a level with the rich.
(Tremendous cheering.)
I" have peculiar notions of government-—
Perhaps I may err. I am no statesman by
profession, but as I have already said, I am
a half soldier and a half farmer, and it may
be that, if I am elected to the first office
in your gift, ni_v fellow-citizens will be de-
ceived in me, btit I can assure them that if
in carrying out their wishes, the head shall
err, the heart is true. (Great huzzaing.)
My opinion of the power of Congress to
charter a NationalBank remains unchanged.
There is_not _in the Constitution any express
grant of power for such purpose, and it could
never be constitutional to exercise that pow-
er, save in the event that powers granted to
Congress could not be carried into effect
without resorting to such an institution. Mr.
Madison signed the law creating a National
Bank, because he .'thought that the revenue
of the country could not be collected and
disbursed tofitlie best advantage without the
interposition of such an establishment. I
said in my letter to Sherrod VVil1iarns that,
if it was plain thatthe revenue of the United
States could only be lcollected and disbursed
in the most effectual way by means of a
Bank, and if I was clearly of opinion that
the majority of the people of the U. States
desired such an institution, then, and-then
only, would I sign a billhto clgrter zf1%"ilplq
I have never recrardecl t e 0 cc 0 ie,
Magistrate as concferring upon the incnrubcn
the power ofmastery over the popular Will’
but as granting him the power tojexcute the
properly expressed willof the people andnot
to resist it. )Vith my mother’s milk, did I
suck in the principles on :'which the Decla-
ration of Independence was founded. That
Declaration complained that the King would
not let the people make such laws as they
wished. Shall a President or an Executive
Officer undertake, at this late time of day.
to control the people in the exercise oftheir
supreme will ? No. The People are the
best guardians of their own rights, and it is
the duty of their Executive to abstain from
interfering with or thivartingthe sacred ex-
ercise ol the law making functions for their
go vern men t.
In this view of the matter, I defend my
attcmptetlto cast otlium upon me for having‘
done so, but while they are engaged in such
an effort, they impugn the honor and bones-'
ty of the inmates of the Log Cabins. who‘
demanded the passage and signature of that-
bill. The men who now dare to arraign the
people of Indiana for having exercised their‘
rights as they pleased, were in their nurses‘
arms when that bill passed the Legislature.-
VVl_i-.it do they know of the pioneers of that‘-
vast wilderness? I tell them, that in the‘
Legislature which passed the bill exciting
so much their horror, there were men as‘
pure in heart, and as distinguished for their‘
common sense and high integrity as any who
set themselves up for models in these days.-
(Imniense cheering.) I glory in carrying
out their views, for in doing so Isubmitedto
the law-making power, in accordance with
the Declaration of Indcperidarice, I did" not
prevent the people from making what laws
they pleased l (Cheering)
ll the Augean stable is to be cleansed, it
will be necessary.to go back to the princi-
ples of Jefferson. It has been said by the
Ilenrys, the Madisons, the Graysons, and
others, that one of the great dangers in our
Government is, that the powers vested in the
General Government would overthrow the
goveriiment of the States. There is truthin
this, and long since and often have I express-
ed the opinion that the interference [of the
General Government with the elective fran-
chisc in the States would be the signal for
the downfall of liberty. That interference‘
has taken place, and while the mouths: of
professed Democrats appeal to Jefferson, and
declare they are governed by his principles.
they are urging atthe same time 100,000 of-
lice-holders to meddle in the State Elections!
And ifthc rude hand of Power be not re-
moved from the Elcctive Franchise, there
will soon be an end to the Government of the
People. It is a truth in government ethics,
that when 51 large power comes in contact
witha smaller power, the latter is speedily
destroyed or swallowed tip by the foriner.--a
So in regard totlic General Government and
the State governments. Should I ever be
placed in the Chief Magistrate’s seat, I will
carry out the principles of Jackson, and next’-
cr permit the interl_ercnce of office-holders in
the elections. (lmnicnse applause.) I will
do more. VVhile I will forbid their inter-
ference in elections, I will never do aught to
prevent their going quietly to the polls and
voting, even against me or my inesaures. No
Aniei'ic.an citizen ought to be deprived of his
power of voting as he pleases.
I have detained you, fellow-citizens, long-
er than I intended, but you now see, that I
am not the man on crutches, 'nor the imbe-
cilc, they say I am (cheering)—not the prey
to disease,——(a voice cried here,-—nor the
bare in the cage, (nor the caged animal they
wittily describe me to be. (Great laughter
and clieering.)
But before I conclude, there are two or
three other topics I must touch upon.
The violence of party spirit, as of late ex-
hibited, is a serious mischief to the political
welfare of the country. Party‘ feeling is.ne-
cessary in a certain degree, to the health and
stability of a Republic, but when pushed to
too great an extent, it is detrimental to the
body politic; it is the rock upon which
many a Republic has been dashed to pieces.
An old farmer told me the other day, that
he did not believe one ofthe stories circulated
against me, and he would support me,'if I
were only a democrat. (Laughtein) But
if I support and sustain Democratic princi-
plcs, what matters it how I am called ?—It
matters a good deal said he.——you don’t be-
long to the Democmtic party.’ (Laughter)
Can any thing be more ruinous in its ten-
dency to our institutions than this high party
spirit, which looks to the shadow and not to
the substance of things .7 Nothing-—notbing.
This running after names, after imaginirigs,
is ominous of dangerous results. In the
blessed book, we are told that the pretention
of false Christs shall be in fu‘ure times so
specious that even the elect will be deceived.
And is it not so now with democracy? The
name does not constitute the Democrat. It
is the vilest imposture ever attempted upon
the credulity ofthe public mind to array the
poor ofthe cou_niry under the name of dem-
ocrats, against the rich, and style them Aris-
tocrats. The natural antagonist of democ--
racy is not Aristocracy. It is Monarchy.
There is no instance on record ofa republic
like ours running into an Aristocracy. It
can hurry into a pure Democracy, and the"
confidence of that Democracy being once
obtained by a Marius or a Caesar,‘ by in Bol-
ivar or a Bonaparte, he strides rapidly from
professions of love for the People to usurpa-'
tion of their rights, and steps from that high
eminence to a throne! (Cheering) And.
thus in the name of Democracy the boldest;
crimes are committed. VVho forgets the-
Square in Paris, where ran rivers of the
peoples blood, shed in the name of democra-
cy at the foot of the statute of Liberty .7 ‘Cher-
ish not. the man, then, who under the guise-
and name of Democracy, tries to overthrow‘
the principles of Republicanism as professed.
and acted upon by Jefferson and Madison.-
(Immense cheering.)
[General Ha rrisori here ad verted to the cal-
umnies put forth against his military fame
by’ that noble pair of brothers, Allen and
Duncan, and in severe, but just terms expos-
ed the falshoods of these villifiers. He prov-
ed they were guilty of falsifying the records
of the countrv, and in a brief and lucid man-
ner vindicafed himself and the honor of
the nation from the aspersion of these and
other reckless politicians. He showed that
the received history of hisbrilliant career in
the Northwest had been stamped by the im-
press of truth, and he will soon find that a
generous and grateful people will testify their
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