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Whig Republican., 1840-10-29
AND NOW UPON THIS.

Mr.. VAN BUREN.-ln 1920, when the
Missouri reStrlctlOnIStS were threatening
the Union with dissolution, Mr.. Van Bu-
rem voted for the following resolution In
the Legislature of New ork.
''ResoIved, That our Senators be in
structed, and our representatives III Con-
gress be requested to oppose the admission
us state into the union, OF any territory
not conn rised as aforesaid, making the
prohibition OF slavery therein an lndlspen-
slbie condition OF admission"
In 1921, Mir. Van buren, rs a member
ofthe New York Convention, voted TO
give free negroes the right otsuIfrage.
In 1886, AIr Van Buren, said, Il would
not, from the tights now before me, feel
myself safe III pronouncing that Congress
does not possess the power of interfering
with or aGo!lShlng slavery Ill the District
of o lumbla."
From hollands Life of Martin Van
Buren, we extract the following:
"By the Old constitution of New York,
no distinction was made in regard to col
or i'll the qualification tor electors. In the
Convention of amendments, a PROPOSE
ton to restrict the right of voting TO white
citizens was rejected by q vote of sixty
three to fifty. one. A long and eloquent
debate preceded this rejection; MIR. Van
Buren did not participate IN the debate
but voted with the majority. At a SUBJ
sequent period in the business Of the con-
vention, when the qualifications Oteiect-
ors was fixed, the blacks were excluded
from the right of voting, unless possessed
of freehold estate OF the value OF two
hundred and fifty dollars, and were ex-
empted from taxation to a corresponding
extent This provision, which continues
to be part of the constitution of New
York, received his assent in the following
remarks:
"Mr. Van Buren said, he had voted
against total and unqualified exclusion
for he would not draw revenue from
them negroes and mulattoes, and yet
deny them the right of suffrage. But
this provision met his appreciation.
They were exempted from taxation until
they had qualified themselves to VOTE
The right was not denied, to exclude any
person of the community who will not
exercise the right of suffrage in its purity.
This held out inducements TO industry,
and would receive his support"
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29
MIR. WEBSTER At RICHMOND.

We publish below an extract from the slight
sketch given by the Modisonian, of the remarks
of Mr.. Webster at the great mass convection
of the people of the Old Dominion at Rich
mond, on the 5th instant. Our readers will
see at once how absurd is the charge made by
the loco focos that the southern wings are lin
ked with the northern abolitionists. Does any
man in his senses believe, that Mr.. Webster
who is an acknowledged leader ofthe whig par
ty in New England, would have uttered such
sentiments as those here expressed, if he or
his frien's had the sllg test connection with
aboiitionism. Most undoubtedly not. Those
who assert the contrary lie, and they knou the y
de Yicks5urg Whig.
The moststriking passage in his speech
unquestionably, was, that in which he
referred to the subject which so deeply
interests the whole south. s.1'here is"
said MIR. Webster zone perpetual outcry
in all the administration papers, from Bal
timore South, admonishing the people of
the South; that their own state govern
ments, and the property they hold under
them, are not secure II they admit nor
them man to any considerable share in
the administration of our government.
You all know that that is the general
cry, Now have spoken my sentiments
in the neighborhood of Virginia, though
not actually within the state, in June last,
and again Ill the heart of Massachusetts
In July; so that it is not now that pro-
claim them for the first time-but ten
years ago, when obliged to speak on the
same subject, uttered the same sentiment
in regard to slavery and to the absence
of all power in Congress to interfere, in
any manner whatever, with that subject.
delivered my sentiments fully in Alex
andria in the month of June, and in July
at " orcestor, in Massachusetts. | shall
ask some friead connected with the Press,
to circulate in Virginia, what | said on
this subject in the Senate of the United
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29
LlOA UPON TIL S CREED.

GEN. IIARRIsoN.-In 1919 Gen. Har-
rison, then member of Congress; voted
against restricting Missouri Ill her con-
stltutional rights. lie was one of the
three members from non-slaveholdlng
states who voted in favor Of MissouriS S
coming into the Union upon the same
terms OF other states, and opposed all the
efforts of the aboIitionlstS to deprive her
of the right to recognise slavery in her
constitution. For this act of self-devo-
ton he was turned out of Office, thus sac
rifcing hiInselfupon the altar OF southern
rights.
In 1888 Gen. Harrison, in speech de-
livered at Cheyiot, Ohio, said
e'The discussion of the subject of eman-
cpation in the non-slaveho.ding states is
equally injurious to their slaves and their
masters, and has no sanction IN the prln-
cipIes ofthe constitution"
"If there is any principle of the Con-
stitution ofthe United States LESS dlspu-
table than any other, it is that the slave
population is under the exclusive control
ofthe states which possess them. We
have seen how restive our Southren breth-
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29
S'&>asz6e e
STOP THAT BALL!

Elections have recently taken place in
the states of Georgia, Maryland and Ohio.
From all these states we have the most
gratifying intelligence. In each of them
the wings have succeeded in carrying their
ticket by large and triumphant majorities.
The following summary Of the votes of
the two former states, as far as heard from,
is from the New Orleans Picayune of the
2lst instant. For a knowledge of how
Ohio stands, see another part of the pa
per.
"GEoRGIA.--The returns have come
in from S5 counties, leaving only s to be
heard from. The popular vote will be
from three to four thousand III favor OF
the VI hig ticket. In the Legislature, SO
far, the wings have AZ senators, which is
majority without any further increase;
in the house OF Representatives, they will
have a large majority.
MARYLAND.-Hh amount of the pop
ular vote, which is in favor of the wings,
is not yet known. In the Legislature, the
parties will stand thus: House of Dele
gates-6O wings to l9 locoiocos--whig
m Jority Al. Last year the Iocoiocos had
Il majority of L. in this branch ofthe leg
islature.
The next Senate will be composed of
Is wings and Iocofocos. Last year the
wings mad majority in the senate 0. 3.
On the who.e, the Wings will have a
majority of 81.
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29
CHARACTERISTIC AMEcDoTE.

The following characteristic anecdote
OF Gen. Harrison has been handed to us
by citizen of Louisiana. 1t is taken
from the New Orleans True American
of June lSt.
"i have recently seen in the Madisoni-
an an anecdote told by clergyman of
" illiamsport in Maryland, illustrative of
the nobleSt feelings that can animate the
heart of a man and soldier. 1t is brief.
In St Glars defeat, in 1894, two officers
mortally wounded, succeeded in reachino
Fort Jefferson-2S miles from the field Of
battle-where they both died on the same
day aid were buried together. One of
these officers was Col. James Gibson. of
Pennsylvania, father ofthe present Chief
Justice OF that state, and of Gen. George
Gibson, the present commissary general
of subsistence in the United States Army.
who were lads at the time, but who, when
they grew up, proposed to themselves to
erect some monument to the memory of
their father. But on enquiry to ascertain
the spot, they found it already OCCUPIED
by large double slab, on which was a
and death of their father and his brother
soldiers, and purporting to have been pla-
ced ere s'to commemorate their virtue
and their valor, by one who knew them
WE'LL" Prosecuting their enquiries to
learn who had thus anticipated them in
their filial labor, they ascertained, some
years afterwards, that it was Gen. Harri- |
son, who, amidst all the cares, anxieties,
labors and expenses that were accumula-
ted throughout all those periods on him,
never forgot the bravery of the men
whose example he emulated, and which
he hastened to commemorate, at the ear
liest opportunity, out of his own limited
means. but with characteristic modesty
omitted to inscribe his own name on the
stone. For the truth of this little anec-
dote, which is evidence. to my mind, ofso
much that is good and great, and noble in
Gen. Harrlson's character as man, re-
Ter you to both Judge and General Glib
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29

Delaware has nobly followed the exam
PIE o f her sister states and cast her entire
vote for the Harrison ticket. Not one
locofoco occupies a seat within her legis-
lative halls, to cast blight over their de-
liberations, or to interpose loathsome doc
trines in opposition to the best interests of
that patriot state Blessed is the state in
which locofocoism ho.ds no sway, but
thrice happy is the one where NO vestiges
Of it remain!
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29

The memory of man runneth to the time
when only log cabins graced the site of almost
every city, town and village in the land, and
Whereve ver the humble structure is now found
it gives promise OF farm, or village, or II
may be capital. When these unpretendinp
dwellings begin to cluster in the valley, or on
the hill side, it is certain that there tue church
and the school house will soon appear. As
soen as the patrimonial farm is found too small
for an increasing family, the enterprsng sons
HE away TO the west-the beach, maple and
henlOck fall beneath their sturdy arms, and the
smoke from their log cabins gives notice to the
settler that new emigrants have arrived among
thtnis When prosperity tCrsakes, and kind,
familiar friends forget us because we are poor,
the west invites us to erect our log cabins there
and try once more. The log caOln is the era.
die Of patriotism and vulor. When the Indian
foe hung upon our western border, and the
British upon our Atlantic and northern from.
tiers, and Harrison, Scott and Jackson. called
to the rescue, the cry ran through the log cab
ms and their iearless rt1emen rushed To tile
battle fields Of TIppecanoe, Chippeway aid
New Orleans.
In ch'ldhold I.attended my father in his vis-
its as Il .physlc ian to the halls of the rich and
ltg cabins of the poor; ] saw the offices of al
lection p rtormed with equal ussIduily i'll both.
Health restored gllddensd as many hearts and
bereaVements produced as bitter tears. in the
one as i'll the other. In mature years | have
visited the marbIe dwelling i'll our own cities
and abroad, and ! have been a guest IN The
log cabins Uf CayugI and Chautaque. con-
fest that in the latter / found always the most
cordial greeting and largest welcome. can
bear witness, too that while no condition, hIgn
or low, exempts Us from the cares, the disap-
pointments and sorrows of life, and while taith,
hope and charity. withhold their consultations
from none who cherish them, their choicest in-
fuences will be observed in the humblest
bode. Let us honor the log cabin, and let Us
take care that wherever the unpretendlng
structure is found, no matter what may be the
birth, language or cond,ti of it's occupants,
the school house is erected near it, and it's rus
tic shelves graced with cheap volumes of
the Sunday School and Common School Libra
ries. and we may then be assured that luxury
and ambition can never undermine the toun
dItion of the republic.
am, with great respect and esteem,
Your friend and fellow citizen,
(Signed) WILLIAM II. SEWARD.
james a. Hamilton, Munson J. Lockwood
and VIM. l.. Bowron, Esqrs., Comm ittee.
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29
s8oR GENERALS ELECTION.


A,bouuh we have had no disposition to con-
.oc, this election with national. .tpolitics, yet
80 deem it fair to lay before our readers the
fopowipg letter from one of the candidates,
Con Jones, that they may see in what terms
10 .oe.ks of the Whig candidate for the pres.
:,o..v We feel authorised to assure our
.s.ders t hat Gen. Jones. competitor, Captain
U;Ili.m Lewis, of Raymond, has op no occa-
.,nn ebseavOred to obtain votes for this ofRce,
In consequence Of his political opinions. We
tBew him however 10 be stauncl, Wing.
Ths letter, from which the following is an
extract, wus written Id answer TO an invita-.
,iruto the Copiah dinner to General Brown.
uThe unparalleled exertions of the
.vhiu party at present, for aScendancy in
,hs government should awaken the friends
n the south, to sense of the danger to
which they might be subject, should the
GREAT Hero of Tippecanoe, OF Log Cabin
and hard cider notoriety, be elected to the
nresidency ofthe United States 1t APP
bears that the Wings, deluded men, are
running crazy about the promotion of
their great chief, without enquiring par
ticularIy whether he is qualified for civil
office or moi, and without enquiring wheth-
er or not he would administer the gov
ernment upon principles that would har-
monse all the conflicting interests of our
great contederacy. Ifhis political histo-
~ can be credited, we have much reason
to apprehend that he would give counte-
nance to Il most fearful question Tor the
south. n nd one in which the destiny of
our country is involved. Should this
iavorite scheme of the fanatics of the
north, and north west be carried out, the
south, SO famous for its great fertility of
soil and congenial climate, and possessing
SO many natural advantages constituting
it one oithe tairest portions of creation,
would become waste and barren wider
ness. Instead of country rich in all
the resources of nature, in high state OF
cultivation, with fourishing villages, and
towns growing rapidly in importance,
where population and wealth, and lntelIi-
gence, must continue to increase, if our
government is properly administered, we
should behold uncultivated fields, diIap-
Itated villages, towns tumbIlng into decay,
and all the avenues to wealth dried up,
presenting perhaps greater scene ofruin
and desolatlon than was ever witnessed
in any country. Upon this momentous
question Mr.. Van Buren is with us, as
we'll as upon all the great leading princi
pies that comport with the interests ofthe
south. Principles upon which Mr.. jeff
erson, that great expounder of the consti-
tuition of our country, administered the
government
In conclusion, gentlemen, / will offer
the following sentiment.
General A G. Brown ofCopiah coun-
ty-Bold, chivalrous, and talented, as a
public servant, he has discharged his du-
iy with credit to himself and the state he
represents.
| am, gentlemen, with great respect,
Your ob't servant,
WM, +. JONES.
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29

Now fellow-citizens, contrast the following
card Of Capt. Lewis, with the foregoing letter
of General Jones, and what do you see.
Why you find one relying upon his military
qualifications as recommendation tor your
.uffrages, and the other recommending him
self upon political grounds solely. 1t IL Tor
you to say which of these qualifications are ne
cessary to the discharge of tho office of M.4-
JOR GENERAL.
To the rofers fthe third DiUisiOn Of .Hissis-
siPpi Militia.
Fellow citiZenS-l am candidate for
the office of Major General OF the Sd Dl-
vision OF Mississippi Militia; and, not hav-
ing in my power to visit the various coun-
ties composing the Division, take this
method ofpreSenting myself to you. |
shall not speak of any merit which i may
possess, in military point OF view, but
will only say that J deem myself capable
of discharging the duties OF the onice;
and, ifelected, will do so to the best OF my
abilities.
VIM LEWIS
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29
TO TIE VOTERS OF H5LMES
EuuN1Y.

Ny name in connexion with other gen.
tlemen, has been before the voters OF the
Tenth Judicial District, for some months,
for the office of District Attorney. In
placing my name before my feiiow-citi-
zens. knew it would be as target at
which malignity could hurl Its shafts,
and have suffered many petty mlsrepre-
sentations to pass, for fear OF mourning
your displeasure by noticing them. Now
though, on the eve of the election, (foI
what purpose you can best judge
find my domestic affairs heralded forth,
and my character as gentleman most
basely traduced, by some wretch whose
assassin conduct shows him TO be more
degraded than the crawling reptile who
consumes his own slime for a subsistence.
'Tls not my purpose to enter into de-
tail of my private griets; because 1t would
be unbecomlng III me, and insulting to
your better judgment. | can only pro-
nounce the reports that | have heard
amongst you, false, most basely false, and
beg leave to refer you to Col. n. DoUo-
LASS, or any of his neighbors for the truth
ofwhat | say. The charge against me-
of endeavorlng to excite political predju-
dices in my favor, you are enabled better
to Judge of than myself. l have fire.
quently addressed my fellow-citizens upon
the political topics of the day, but only
when called on by them to do so. I
have but complied with their request,
and in dong so, thought | but exercised
the privilege guaranteed to every free
men.
Should / be so fortunate as to obtain
the office / seek, can but pledge my
self to prosecute the violaters of your
laws, with the same energy have used
in prosecuting what / conceive to be
the great ''criminals of state"
w. I'll. CRENSHAW.
Lexington Oct %, 1S40.
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29
$16l,O06 U2

ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE
THOUSAND AND EIGHT DOLLARS paid
to one man for wages, &c. for 10 years servi.
ces. $7G6 l6 month, or S24 day for the
whole time; Sundays and ali! What has the
country got for this enormous sum! A deran
ged currency. PROSTATE business, Florida war
with blood hou nds, national tankruptcy, trea-
sury shin plasters, and the promise of direct
tax, and a standing army if you will re-elect
and pay him ltH 900 dollars more.-Will YOU
do it! In October you will give an emphatic
NO.-Cin, Gax.
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29
H. II. FULTZ, WALKER BROOK.
FULTZ & BROOKE,
oREIEs AT LAW, ~
Lexington, .Htss.
Lexington, October 81, 1910. 1-tk.
HEAD QUARTERS,
Franklin, Mi. Oct. /, 1910,

franklin, MI. oct. L, IS4O,
An ELECTION will be held on the first
"A Monday and day following in November
next, at several precincts in the counties Of
Holmes, for one Major-General of the third
Division, and enc gader-Generai of tha
second Brigade, third Division, Mississippi
Militia. ..sss,,.
inspectors for first Precinct.
Ruffin HI. Spivey, Samuel Stamps and
James NJ. Dyer.
Inspectors for second precinct. e,l,s-
Mount Ileasant-Jonothan Carter, Thomas
Rayner, and NJ. MISUNDERSTANDING officer.
Joseph Barksdale. -.
Inspectors for third precinct.
Richland--J. w. Pickens. Job Taylor. w.
A. Knox--Returning officer, Lemuel Doty.
Inspectors for fourth precinct.
Eulogy-Reuben Matthew's, Richard Rob-
erts. Alney dges-Returning officer, Joha
S. Ellis.
Inspectors for fifth precinct.
Tcdula--N II. Johnson, w. w. Walton
and Thomas MISUNDERSTANDING officer, G.
]. Elliot.
The several returns viii be made to the
Adjutant of Holmes county Militia at Lexing-
ton. BY Order of
A. NJ. MAYO. Col. Cont.
HENRy w. BRowS, Adj.
Lexington, October 81, 1910. l-2
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29
~ The aPhilanthropist.n violen

D The "Philanthropist," violent
abolition paper, published in Ohio, thus
speaks of the Whig candidates:
"Towards General Harrison, pers onal-
ly, we bear no ill will. He is an Old man
and should be respected. He has done
his country much service, and through
out long life given evidence of fair tai
ent, and singular integrity in the public
stations he has been called to fill. But,
neither age nor station, nor past services
and hOnors should screen man from re-
buke when he SO far torgets his own dig
nifty, the claims of juslIce, the highest
good of his country, and the authority of
the Father OF all, as to lend his counte-
nance to American slavery. All the good
that he has done cannot palliate such
conduct.
"Nlr. Tyler, the remaining candidate,
cannot be outdone i'll anti-abolitioniSm
animosty."
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29
HEAVY CHARGES.

Martin Van Buren, stands charged on the
books the Treasury of the United States,
with the following sums paid him as compen-
sattoR, viz:
Pay and mileage as senator in
tire 18th Congress, $2,576 90
DO in the 18th Congress, 2 624 90
DO in the 18th do 27l2 90
DO in lst session Goth do l.72S 90
Salary as Secretary Of state, from
March, 1929 till March 1881 l2,759 90
OUTFIT and salary minister to
Lond n, ls ,4O9 90
Salary as Vice President, 10000 90
Salary as President till 4th
March lo4I 100000 o.
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29
VIM. LEWIS.
Raymond, October |, $40.
ALOG CABIN LETTER.


We give below the letter addresses oy GOV,
Seward to the Westchester county committee
in reply 10 their invitation to hin to attend the
lor ca6n dedication at North Castle GA the
24th lnst, II is one ot the must eloquent and
touching productions we nave ever read, anu
cannot Iail to awaken the sympathes Ut every
honest heart.-NeW York Times.
ALBANY, September II, 1910.
GENTLEMEN: Your letter OF the 2)tn u lit, In.
vtlng me to join the citizens OF Westminster
county IN dedlcatlng log cabin at North Cas-
tie. on the 24th inst, was GUY received. !
am prevented from accepting t4e invitation by
engagements which cali me into the western
part OF the state. | wish, nevertheless, tnat il
were in my power 10 visit Westcilester. |
have recoliections w.tIch can never leave me,
Of the hospitality of her citizens; and there is
abundant evidence that the patriotism of h
sons mas not declined since the days when three
OF her ncorruptlble wings spurneG the bribe of
British gold, aud saved their conntry from H.
nold reason.
Should With great pleasure, too, bear my
dedicatiDg the log Caoil. The strgG-
neculiariy Amercan, and is associated
tearesC recolectionS OF the past, anu
- OF the future. Ihere Is scarcely
'nerlcan cIrth, whatever may
no, ifrequired TO trace
hts ancestors 10
or 1t the most
ant VINO seeks
ne old world,
aved city,
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29

'FSHE undersigned has appointed H. w
Brown his attorney in fact. for the transac.
tion Of any business pertaining 10 his proper.
ty in the county. He offers for sale tract
of'and near Georgeville, for particulars of
uSlsieh1 md arnss.-aDnly to Ne. Brown.
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29
JOHN f. WlLLIAMS SNa.

JOHN T. " ILLIA.No oNh'
ATTORNEY AT LAW & JUsTICF IF THE PEACE.
KNlLL practice in any Of che courts the
w state. His office is at Rich!and, Holmes
county, Mississippi.
Address Franklin, Holmes county Miss.
October 30 If
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29
For SALE.

FOR SALE.
A VALUABLE plantation, in the valley Of
"A Yazoo county. 1920, acres--6 sections OF
Texas land lin funded script) unlocated.--
Apply to FRANCIS ILSLEY, Jr.
Vicksburg, October 81, 184n. l-3t.
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29
nj AR RIED .

OK THURSDAY evening, the 18th instant hy
John f. Williams, ESQ.,, Mr.. Gideon Glaze OF
Louisiana, to Miss Saleta Coats of this county.
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29

"What must have been the consequent
ces OF an acknowledged violation Of these
rights, (tor every man of sense must ad-
mt it to be so,) con njoined with an insult
ing interference with their domestic con-
cernW-GEN. HARRISON.
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29

NNANTEDa negro woman who can
" cook and wash for mallfamily.
Apply at this office.
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29


their respective places of residence ana IL VIII
meet with prompt attention. :,
Vicksburg, Miss. n. d. Coleman, r. N'
Natchez +. Marschalk,
Jackson Moore Union Hali.)
IN. G.. Nye,
azoo CHy r.. Eaton Keys, p. NJ.
Benton r. NJ. d s. l.. Corwins
Carroltou Post Master,
r. ~. Fl. Rollins
Canton &c. E. w. NelsoH.
Franklin, Holmes CO. III. Is. Oliver
Richland P. o. j. &. Cutter
Tchula Miss. Mather & Eliioe
Montgomery Miss. Any good whig
Foster
hoSciusAo d. Barret
n. e. Perry,
I&ftnage' Sam. Eskridge
Shongalo, ]. w. Eskrldgs
Grenada James Howtrd
Lockharts Store Holmes co. 1. LocKnart n.
Wheeling Dr. jones, 1. N.
Gillaspia
BLACK HAWK carroll { DR.. Legrand.'
Whig Republican., 1840-10-29
A q r. n z g

The following gentlemen are respectfully
requested to act as Agents for the Whig Ne-
subIican. Persons having business for us,or
who are desrous of subscribing for our paper'
will Please call on any of these gentlemen q.
their respective places of residence and IL VIII