Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-10-05


Out and Salary as Minister to
London, I8,4O9 OF
Salary MS Vice President, 10000 90
SALARY as President I'LL 4h March
ls4l, 100000
Sl6l,00S OF
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE THOU
SAND AND EIGHT DOLLARS paid 10 one
man. for wnges, &c. for 10 years services, $706 rs
a MONTH, or S2l 90 A DAY, for the whole
time, Sundays aud all What lns the country
got tor This enormous sum deranged currcn-
cy, prostrate business Florida war With blood
honnls, National bankruptcy, Treasury shin plas-
tors, and the promise of direct tax, and stand.
lng army it you will re elect aud pay him l00,-
600 dollars more. viii you do it? In November
you viii give an emphatic No.
The Ne,o-JerScy Ont age. - The People are go-
riou>Iy avengng the outrage upon The gallant
Jersey Biurs," perpcirutcd 10y the miuiurs Tho
Federal Administration IN the last session Of Con-
grcsS. or the eight Loco Fuco Members Of Con
gress who aided and abeited the odious attempt
to dislrnnrhisG Il Sovereign STATE, but one (Alr.
Clifford Of Maine) has been re eitcied And five
of The eight, viz: John Smith aud Isaac Fletcher
! Of Vermont anil Joshua A. Lowell, Virgil d.
| Paris and Albert Smith Of Maine, haze been Gee
tedby hcr rspeiire constituents. On the oiher
hand all the Wing members from these twoStues
who stood up in defence of New Jerseys rights
aud New Jerseys honor, hare been e'ecied triumph-
unity, and by mgjoriites argey increnSed! Such
is the indignant rebukc administered by The Pco--
pie 10 the high handed act of Federal rsurpation
which struck from the galaxy If The Union one
of the brightest of the tweniy-six States. Dem
agogucs remember the lesson ALBANY .4iu.
Rather. UGinpropos. 'rhe loco(oco leaders were
AT great pains to induce the venerable Gen. Nor
gan LOWS, who was Governor OF this Stale in
Loo q, to preside over their "mass Convention
at Poughkeclisie lie bad been an associate Of
Washington, and this circumstance i'm conjunction
with his high character and well established rep
utajion,wouid, these cunning politicians supposed
render the contemplate tnrce TO he enacted more
respectable in the eye $ Of the people. But, alas
no sooner did the old patriot commence addressing
the assenlnge than ii was discovered thnt his de-
mocrpcy mt Van Buren'sln. We learn from
= the PoughkcepsIc Eagle hut in the oveIhowines
of an honest heart hc dee Jared HAT he disappro-
we'd of the SUB Treasury System. TIL, effect pro-
dncrd 10y this unexpected aud astounding dcnun-
. citation of the We scheme the convention bad as
1 senled to gorly is thus described by The editor
4 of the Eagle:-.N Y. Times.
"All looked aghasi, and wondered what in the
world was coming. iui he proceeded nevetthe-
less 'o show Inc danger always liable 10 arise from
, euuslinE hrayy amoun,s of morey with indlvid-
] uus, however honest aud responsible they might
e. app,rautty he. Finding llHt he Was altogether
g. upon e wrong track 20 suit them, and ads ocu
u ling good wing doctrine, the Invertebrates began -
q, cal. out vocifrrGusiy for Siias Wright. But The
=. speaking, and finally proposed to rcad something
e for them,when thcY began AGAIN TO cali fortnight,
l. aud started hurrah an The drums to beating, to
II stop the venerable speaker. ii is said that their
narshnls even ordered him To set down, TIE mo
'e nrnt he perceived what was going on he resumed
u, his seat, ms lac saws that he openly usulted.
20 The proceeding was exceedingly dIsgraceiul,
ir when the age and Character Of the speaker is
ID side ed hut nevertheless strictly in character with
n the party
10 ILo al An, -
al related of candidate for Congress in the 2d dis
H. trcl in Louisiana. At public meeting some
days ago, he addressed the people, and in the
e, course of his remarks denied with great vene-
~ mence the existence of hard tunes, declaring it to
". be mere fabrication, &C. w hereupon, an hon
MS est citizen, who had been listening with great at
AT tention rose, and addressing himself TO the spea
H. ker, said "Sr, since you deny positively that the
ne times are hard, trust you will pay me the thou
y, sand dollars you have owed me so long. have
frequently demanded il, but your constant plea has
been hard lines The assembly was couvused
with laughter, aud General D. forgot for the mo
le' ment all his dignity, and looked very particularly
or foolish
ITS From the ". Y Express.
Confessions OF A WEALTHY LocoFoco.-A
few days since we met an old acquaintance who
. had formerly been a strong Wing, but lie said he
IL had turned Locufoco. On our expressing cur
&C. surprise, he gave his reasons in substance as fol-
"a lows: - You know said he, ! am large man
ny iactnrers, and employ great number of hauds.-
er Formerly had to pay them from S to 50 day
cu and then they prescribed their own hours and
he niles. Now ! hire these very men so TO rs
IA, cents day, and regulate the hours and rules.
Then they were independent, and would work or
nd not as best suited their purpose Now they are
rls compelled to work or starve, and are as humble
sh and thankful possible, by this reduction of
ria yes which falls exclusively on them. Il save,
nd snid he, eleven hundred dollars month, which,
es in year: is twelve thousand two hundred dollars.
lc The articles manufacture sell as high ever
ur. Now said he, : | like the doctrine My men
ng are so patriotic, they like it. shall, therefore,
in VOC the Locofoco ticket, and if we can succeed
and continue the'e times, expect said he, to
his get my wages reduced still further.'This is the
he confession as near MS we car relate il. II is made
/ by one long sirrwd in trade, and one who is now
lot practising upon il.
~ tE5-"l wish | could see this country in the
an same happy condition as the island of Cuba"
N. Speech of Senator Waiker
n DIR. Madden says that slave fogged TO
death in Cuba, aud that rec hours employ
- ed in the diaholical operation.
in Fleming Livingston, mn Anne lean seaman, by
m order of Nlaitn Van Buren,, received one hundred
m aud twenty lashes on his bare hack with cat
o'nne tails, in the harhor of New York. An eye
M witness says that pieces OF II sh were cut from his
il buclt az every stroke
ma, This is bat an approximation TO the s'happy
mi condition of Cuha.' When he wages of lho IA
40 horer nrc reduced 10 ten ceHls day. aud The stan
DIM army established, the situation of the wor
kius men in both countries will doubtless he the
' same. In other words the freq lahorcrs of Amer
icu viii be brought down 10 tho level Of tho blac.
W. slaves ol'the West India Islands Lancaster tn
ion.
? Z oc'c mote 10 gel zap Il mass meeting. The Lo
coiocoS olUll The Wards in Brooklyn, to insure
? coodiy number of their followers, issl ed circular
aud enclosed in the Same tickets hcnrng Ibis in-
srrlpdon; GOOD FOR THREE CENTS Al
IliE BkRn-N T. Erpre.s