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The Madisonian., 1840-02-08
NAE HERo oF TlrPECANoE.

The New York Commercial Of Monday says-Wtih
the proudesl feelings Of American cilizcns, lay be-
fore our readers coplous and animated sketch Of the
Lille aud character Of THE Next PREsiDENr OF THg
UNITED STATES We say NEXT PREsipENr-for, with
the feelings abroad through The whole country.
hold The election OF General WILLIAM ii. HAkRl-
SON, TO be Jusi about certain that the
time OF holding the election will come The evidence to
sustain this opinion, flowing upon from every quar-
ter. Is irresistible And yet Yh the folly OF the ostrich,
which, by ihrusting us head N the sand imagines be-
cause II can nothing, is unseen, the leading ad-
ninlsraton papers yet affecting 10 desplse the
strength Of Harrison and though blind and deaf 10
oil the evidences Of the popular will around them, stl
talk Of the reelection Of Mr.. Van Buren, The Rich
mond Enquirer the other day claimed New York, New
Jersey, Ohio, and Illinois, for Van Bmen In sober
earnest, Mr.. Rllchle, do deceive yourself thus
Your friends may bet, and they wl be ruined New
York will 90 for Harrison by fifteen thousand, Mark
that, Mr. Richie Ohio will 60 for him by fifteen thoas-
and Mark that Illinois BY fire thousand, and lndi-
ana by Ten Set down these Mr.. Richie Aye, and
SET down upon the side, half score OF olier
States. which viii aid to elect him by Triumphant
lurlty Aud is he not worthy Of the high honor Let
the proud record OF his iiethe evidences Of his
dom ~ the council, and Of his brilliant IN the
field, furnish reply
The Madisonian., 1840-02-08

CAPiTAL.-We have already stated that the Wing
Kentucky Legislature agreed cordially 10 celebrate
Gen. Jackson's glorious victory os the 9Th, but made
IL obligatory thai the salutes should be fired of
Harrison cannon e., The pieces captured at Sara
toga, surrounded by Hull, and retaken Al the giori
ous battle Of The Thames, by Harrison
Forthwith up jumps Van Buren man, 10 inquire
"whether there lcaS such cannon and whether
was i'll lor ussg"
, Up rises another mcmber-"YeS sir there i, such
cannon II was captured from The British al Sara
logo. 1t was surrendeled back by Hull; and il
re-captured al the Thames, and helped TO take it,
II IS N for use nor,, and il will he fiji for next
November'
OF course both resolutions were passed.
The Madisonian., 1840-02-08
HAIR BREADTH ESCAPE.

We have rarely heard of more hair breadth escape
than hat took place Friday night. the Of
Mr.. Cothrane, of this city. That gentleman and his
lady attended DR. Cheeseman's grand party IN Broad
way aud having taken gentleman OF the party INTO
the carriage for the purpose Of leaving him bis odg
ngs at the Astor House the driver o the carriage after
the gentleman got left the rens OF hts horses for
momen, to put up the steps and shut the door when the
horses took fright the drver IN attempting TO gain
the rcns stumbled and fell. and carriage and horses
started at foil speed down Broadway. Believing that
they would run to the stable Mr.. e. kept cool and
easy, but having passed the Bowling Green he had
he had good right have fears that they would plunge
into the nyer.
The case was desperate, and a desperate attempt
must be made to avert the impending peril. He at
temnted TO break passage through the front window
To jump upon OF the horses, to stop their progress,
but failing that and the horses having already reach
ed nearly the end OF pier No |, f. r., Mr.. Cochrane
sprang through the door aud attempted to throw him
self before them, but he struck the fore wheel
over by il, and in sezng the hind one, was III some
| unaccountahle way, which, Of course he csnn.t ac-
count for himself, thrown fifteen twenty feet
from the end Of the pier into the river The distance
is ascertaned by the breadth Of the from The end Of
the pierMr. &. being thrown beyond it, or Of course
he would have been killed nstanancouslv. The horses
instead Of pungng off the wharf, turned they
TO that poin and by the sudden whIri Mr.. Cochrsne
sent into the river
Mrs. Cochranc, after the horses had turned their
course got Of The door without difficulty, and
Immediately taken Of by couple Of watchmen.-
In be meantime her husband had struggled Of the
dock somehow other, and made directly for the sta
BILE in the hope o finding his lady There he found the
carriage and horses enough. but wife Frantic
at this discovery he back to the pier and found his
lady safe and unhurt. Il is, the whole, about
romantic adventure have heard Of for some
time, and il gives grea, pleasure to learn that Mr. C.
notwithstanding his double aud trlplc pcrlls, is by
means dangerously injured.
| A man Cor al least a man OF straw signing him
self Thompson recently memoriaized the Ohio
Legislature in reference 10 the aystocrattc bearing
of the banks Among other grievances, set forth in
The memorial, il is gravely alleged that even " The
teiters wet sponge in counting dirty notes, in
stead of splitting on their fingers" The House re-
ceived the petition insult and forthwith ordered
the Sergean-at- Arms to send for Thompson. The
bird, however, had aown-" quit GAINESVILLE and
gone to Texas" was the emphatic return on the Ser
geani's writ
The Madisonian., 1840-02-08
DECEMBER "a, 1889.

We received yesterday communication stating
that Signor Ruiz OF the schooner Amistad is in pr-
son in this city, and requesting to call attention to
the fact. We were not aware that this man is still
in prison.. His case is ceranly-a hard one and if
any thing be done by which he should have
his freedom on bail, it ought at once be attended
to.-N. Y. Gazette.
The Madisonian., 1840-02-08

Germans for Harrison. .--Both the two fine military
companies Of Germans at Chiicothe the Guards
and Grenadiers, are appointed delegates 10 the Ohio
Stale Convention, Feb %
The Madisonian., 1840-02-08

The Harrisburg lnelligencer says: awe have
never such a spirit as is now among the people,
and every day adds 10 our confidence that Peansyl-
pania is safe far HARRISON"
The Madisonian., 1840-02-08
our revolutionary war, that were taken a, Sar-
atoga and York, and surrendered by General
have the honor to be, &c.
WILLIAM. III. HARRISON.
AMERICAN LOSS.
Killed 7-wounded %.
British LOSS.

Killed ll2-woundcd, not known-prison-
ers ga.
The fruits Of this victory, independent Of
the great advantages obtained, are of the Bri-
tish regular army, 600 non commissioned Of
fcers and privates, 2 Colonels, Majors, and
10 officers Of the line, prisoners and II
pieces Of cannon, 5000 stands Of arms, 5
gun-boats, and ammunition and stores to the
amount of 81 ,000,000!!
The Madisonian., 1840-02-08

The blood hounds recently brought 10 Florida, II
IS said cost three doubloons each with the excep-
ton Of one hound, which cost $l25.
The Madisonian., 1840-02-08

GENERAL HARRlsoN.--In the spoiless
character of General Harrison, The reptile
CALUMNY has found food for its nsatiate
appetite. A lifetime spent in the service of
his country, in times Of difficulty and danger,
has not preserved him from the envenomed
tooth Of malice. The life Of General Harri-
son is recorded on the brightest pages of our
coun,ry's history. lie stands before the peo-
Pile of the United States, soldier without
fear, statesman without rcproach, citizen
without blcmish. In his public or private life,
the most lynx-eyed scrutiny can discover no.
thing to cast suspicion upon the fair fame he
has won by deed of prowess upon the field,
by long aud faithful service in the councils of
the nation. His enemies, foiled in their at
tempts to pick flaw in his recorded acts, like
bafiled fiends, resort to the most unblushing
fasehood and slander to suily his name.-.N
o. Bee.
The Madisonian., 1840-02-08
"THE OLD GENERAL is pooR,o

General VIM. H. Harrisol will be 67 years old
on the 9,h Of February next. The old General is
poor in consequence, il is said, Of his disSipated
habits"
" The above editorial paragraph is taken
from the Republican Farmer" an admins
lraton paper issued in Bridgeport in the State
Of Connecticut. The paper docs not give,
and we are therefore ignorant Of the name of
the editor, and we frankly admit that we in
dulge no wish 10 be informed No matter
who he be, we take leave to say that the
/" Father of lies" could not have condensed
into single assertion more glaring false.
hood. We find an apology which we admit
is due to our readers, for descending to notice
it, in the opportunity which it affords TO us TO
make known TO the American people, the
real causes Of the comparatively depressed
. circumstances Of General Harrison. We
dispose al once, land certainly with more
contempt than we would willingly express)
of that portion Of the paragraph which charges
upon General Harrison "dissipated habits"
by saying that if any man, no matter OF what
party, entitled to the least credence, and who
has any knowledge of the " old General"
will come forward and assert that he is not
only not " dlssipaed,' but that al any period
Of his life he has not by his uniform conduct,
set an example of sobrlety and temperance;
we will admit that this sander is just, and his
ialsehood truth.
The old General is poor" says this hfd-
den editor. Stupefed and perverted by his
malice, he has pronounced the highest eulogy
when he purposed the viest delraction; and
has put in circulation a great moral truth, with
the impotent design of giving pungency and
force TO the basest falsehood.
"The old general ispoor." We admit that
he is comparatively poor; and an intimate ac-
quaintance with him for nearly quarter of
Century, will enable MS to assign the reasons,
and point out the causes of il. This we shall
do in due season. When fairly told they will
present n case not very friendly in the pur-
poses Of those, who, in consequence of the
position in which he has been placed by the
people, have become his slanderers. A word
to them: He is fool who runs courter to
the general sense of nation; and he is some
thing worse than tool, who attempts by gross
misrepresentation, to arrest the general im-
pulses of great people, taking current for
one who has hundreds of times perilcd his life
for their interests and rights.
The friends of the sold General are ready
to meet, and triumphan,ly repe all the SLAM
ders Of his enemies. They will esteem it
grateful task because in so doing they will
find themselves not meeting the people, but
going along with them.-Cm. Repub.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-08-25
HOLINESS CAsE-Gov. JENIsoN.

The Montpelier Patriot,-aud other Van Bnren
papers are attempting prejudice the public a
gainst Gov Jenison because he answered the order
of the Governor Of Canada to deliver over the
murderer Holmes, to be nied for his crime by the
authority Of the place where lie committed tho Of
fence The murder was of the most outrageous
knd-the evidence that Holmes committed it was
fed to Vermont--II lie demanded Of Gov. Jeni-
son for trial. Gov. J. referred The order to Van
Buren,, rs President of the U. s., and he replied
that he could do nothing, il belonged to Gov. J. 10
act in the Gov J. asked the OPP nion of
Judge Story, Chancellor Kent, and Judge Prenliss.
to surrender Holmes 70, trial lie did it, The or.
der to deliver him up stayed, and the question
was brough, before tho Supreme Court orVermoht.
Judges Colamer, Royce, Williams and Redf I'D +,
agreed that Gov. JIG nison had done right Now
the Van Buren, papers would not have Gov. J.
elected for this What would be the result Of
permitting cold booded murderers from Canada or
any other nation to flee State and pass UNI
noticed for their crimes? We should DO overrun
by murdertrs, and robbers, and thieves. Has not
Vermont the right of protection from such chaiac-
tiers? Must she be general reservoir of Ill the
murderers in adjoining count es, and they suffered
to go at large? So say the Van Buren, papers
Let our free citizens look at this 1t ought to
excite all OF us to rully for the Independent and
no nest Gov. Jenison. Who would be safe if the
doctrine Of The locoiocos should be carried out,
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-08-25
FOR THE CALEDoNlAN
FREEMEN OF VERMONT!

A few days more, and you will be called upon
to decide the course of policy which you desire TO
see maintained. On the one hand you have pro-
posed for yonr support Martin Fun Buren,, and on
the other Gen WV ii. HARRISON, the States
man and long tried Parrot. Gen. Harrison, has
done much for his country, and Van Buren, mas
done little for the people and much tor himself.
Gen. Harrison aud his friends seek TO bring
back the administration of the Government to its
former purity andRepublican simplicity-to reduce
the national EXPENSES TO restore the curiency- to
give life TO business and to foster and protect
the great interests of the people-to insure good
LAY for labor aud good prices for the products OF
labor What has Van Buren, done to claim your
confidence and further support? What, did ever he
"lcad on the brave or engage in battle? For
what did he over contend except for 'spoIls'' Let
longer continued in p"wer9 Is il because this
"great people" which Gen Jacks son cleft prosper
Gus and happy shrouded in ruin by THEN
policy' Is i, because the banks under Van Buren,
have twice suspended specie payments? 1t is be-
cause large portion Of our manufacturing estab.
price Of wool and produce Of the farmer has been
reduce' Is it because they 0J' propose to reduce
the price Of labor to the European Standard-be-
cause they would double their own salaries and
reduce American freemen 10 the condition of serfs
in Spain and Germany? Should Martin Van Blu
rem be elected because the expenses of tins Gov.
crnment have been increased from thirteen mill
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-08-25
1897 gave hi, views of the use of the Veto Power

1887. gave his views Of the use of the Veto ro"0''
us follows r
81 then declared, that if the decision OF tnoso :"
nv countrymen who were favorable TO my e,e oha;r
was grafed must go INTO the PresHSu'N,r Of
THE UNCOMPROMISlNG OPPONNEItMc ,,, M
EVERY ATTEMPT ON TIE P1F 81 TIE Tr EDS DIS
TpiIST oE COIJIMBIA. against the wishes oil
the Stare hoiding States; and also with determln
alton equally decided to isss; s"'
oniv remains 10 add that NO BILL CONFLlCio
ING WITH THESE VIEWS CAN KECE'' l.
MY CONSTITUTIONAL SANCpioN'
Now which of the above men is the Republicans
Which is the friend of the slave? Could any man.
INV abolitonist ask more of Harrison' lie mani
es,s his WILLINGNESS TO do all he can as President
TO abolish slavery in the District of C"umbIa' lie
could not do more than sign bill for its abolition
when Congress has passed it, but Van Buren, des'
not like, will not do that, unless the stdpf hofderS
| consent TO il. What n Republican!
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-08-25
FOR SENATOR-Es ESSEX COUNT
ST EP III f N III o w e.

-, ,u...,l L., -, = IvLile olI ,yho
"A NooD "iiNE'''iA " " " NV " ~
know Gen. HANRIsoN are bearing strong testimony
in his favor the Office holders and subsd ised press
nc o,e sanderinu his moral character and laborng
% a'o 80. -, .,,a,;o T., .da;.;o, &c
,r.,. L-.,oc, c.,,,, ,I,o.o ,,ho
""as W. n", ra a, aaa ,Lo a,.on ,o.,;
N"o" ,,,h, I'm ra d.on,ad n,oJ an,ho ri,,
,''"y " o"I ""V WV. &c, 49, anaa H. :,
~
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-08-25
MARX THE MAN.

A. Mcmillan, Senator of this County, last ses.
sion, on the pendency of the Resolutions from the
House, introduced by Doct. Gpwdy, voted TO Law
said Resolutions on the table, to amend Them and
finally voted against them. These resolutions in
struct and request our Delegation in Congress to
use their inf uence TO procure the passage Of Law
providing tor just distribution of tn proceeds OF
the sales Of the Public Land among the several
States, and may be found ut the end of the Public
Laws of Vermont passed at their last session. An
act of this kind was pissed by decisive maiorities
in both branches of Congress in 1888 and defeated
by President Jackson's Withholding the Bill, nei-
Their approving ii nor daring to veto it. This same
A. Mcmillan is again a candidate before the peo-
pie of the county for the Office and will again
II elected and an opportunity occurs, vote TO de-
feat the passage Of any similar Resolutions Here is
fair opPo tunity for the Freemon to express their
senme ns on this important measure. The issue
is directly presented. Are you in favor of this
state s having her Just proportion ofthe land sales,
dgreeably to the terms of The original ion made
by N. Y, Va and other States; or are you in fa-
vor of permitting the inistraton to squander
this money as they have hitherto done? The
question is plain one and we hope every Free
man will express his opinion upon it,
Robert Hdroey was absent at the time the vote
was taken in the Senate, but-there is no reason to
doubt that he would have voted with Mr.. McMil.
Ian had he been present, as did all the ocofocos.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-08-25
EREEMEW OF CALEDONIA l.!

We will not say tina. you toW redeem your
County from the domination of tho office holders
bu, we do say you CAN if you WILL. lfyou'
who scorn tho Treasury ted vampires sent among
YOU ms dclators, will but buckle on the amor, and
work like mon determined 10 be free-but make
the effort equal to thnt made by your opponents
Old Caledonia will be Disseminated. In every
quarter men who tired OF the receptions and
expressions Of Van Burensm, are coming out, and
will 20 shoulder TO shoulder with the true democ-
racy Of the County. Up then, yewho whould shake
off The chains Of Van Burcnism, aud make use OF
every honest means at Your command, and Gale.
donia will como ont Fright side up" Let us then,
10 the RESCUE, one aud all
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-08-25
A CONTEe ASE---EOOk at the
Picture.
THE USE OF THE VETO POWER

THE USE OF THE VETO POWER
Gen. Harrison, in speech delivered June 9th,
1910, at Cleveland Ohio, gave his views of the
Of the veto power, by the President, as follows:
GENERAL HARRISON ON THE VETO.
''He was of opinion that the danger apprehended
by Patrick Henry and other distinguished patriots
who held that the Executive would encroach upon
and finally exercise a dangerous influence over
the legislative and judicial department of the Gov
eminent, had, to great extent, been IT allied.
He considered it Of the first importance that the
admnstrat alton of the Government should be bro't
back its original purity, and that the Executive
power and influence should be retained within the
limits prescribed by the spirit the Constitution
that the will of the PEoPLE, expressed ,hrou Oh
their Representatives and not the will of one man
should govern in all questions touching the general
welfare-that the President should not and that
he would not it elected, inerpose the veto power
between the wishes of the people and the iegiti-
mate objects Of their DESIRES except to preserve the
sacred charter Of our liberties from manifest viola
ton. He held it improper for the President to ex
press his determination 10 exercise the veto power
in regard 10 measures coming exclusively within
the province assigned by the Constitution TO Con.
gress, until those measures should have been duIy
considered and perfected by the legislative depart
ment of the Government, and presented to him in
the manner prescribed by the Cons titution for his
approval"
VAN BUREN, AND THE VETO.
Martin Van Buren,, in bis Inaugural Address, in
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-08-25

The changes in Indiana of late are numerous
We cut the following from the Rushville Hoosier,
the editor of which declares that the changeswhich
are daily taking place there in favor OF the Democ-
racy are immense The Hoosier challenges the
Wings to count changes with the friends of Mr.
Van Buren-but they will not and dare not do it,
We cut the above from the North Star of the
22d, from long list of pretended renunciations OF
the cause of Harrison, and of union with Van
Burensm in the whole SO names of which 30
come from Indiana! Indiana has just renowned
Van Burenism masse-giving Harrison major
ity Of over 10000, These renunciations are pub.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-08-25
LOOK OUT FOR ILLEGAL VOTING.

The friends Of II arrison annot be too vigant to
dotect the tricks and games tina; the leaders of the
V. b. party will seek 10 play off upon them. The
great mass Of the party would allsuch things
but certain lcaders--otfice seekers and holders will
not hesitate to do almost any thing to carry their
points In one town in Chitlenden Co. a wing
had the curiosity to look into tho baot.box year
before last, before voting commenced, and discov-
cred handful of votes neatly deposited there for
The lonoioco candidate. In one town not great
distance from us, four young locos voted last year
who are not now Fl years old We say to our
friends look well to these matters-know who are
not voters before election, and stop alegal voting
We have no doubt that one thousand illegal votes
were counted last year for the Van Buren, party
and there will be more this year, unless put a stop
to- Look out for his in e0ery to,on. We have cv
dence that such designs meditated in this re.
gion.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-08-25
100000 I! !!

Of dollars of the peoples money has been carried
off to France and Texas by leg treasurers,-de.
fau tiers who have been retained in Office when
they were known TO be such? Should he be re-e.
lected % because he has permitted the American
flag 10 be insuted-sulferod our citizens to be
murdered--our vessels to be burnt with immunity.
and consented that our national honor should be
disgraced' No! Let us rally and put down an ad
mnstra'ion that is trampling upon our rights, be
fore it be too late Peacefully, at the ba ot.box le,
us strike blow that will make the man who
treads on "Turkoy Carpets" tremble
Cal
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-08-25

MELANCHOLY. We learn from Burke that son
OF MIR L. jerks Of that town was found dead in the
heid on the 18th INST All the circumstances thar
nave come TO our knowledge respecting the painful
affair are these: He took gun and wen, Out hunt.
ing, and nothing further was known Of him ill his
body was found in the field, when it was ascer-
tanned that his head had been perforated with .
charge from the gun. He was alone and it is sup
posed that he came by his death by the accidental
discharge of the gun. Let this be u warning TO all
lads. This is the second death that has occurred
IN Burke within the last six months, by the care
less of fire arms
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-08-25

n-5eThe friends of Harrison, when they nave
spoken of numerous changes from van Dure"'s"'
TO their candidate, have been loId by their oPPo'
nents that no changes had taken place HOW are
the results of the elections /? Ihey snow 'h"' ''o
friends of Harrison told not malt the truth ne
changes, as shown by the ballots are tnroe u"'eS
as numerous in favor OF Harrison Us ms 'r.e"os
sver supposed them to be- VINO mas 'o'a '"e
truth
Hundreds who cared not to come out from INC
administration party publicly have voted the w"o'o
Harrison and Reform ticket. They d" this siienl'y'
being convinced that must have change OF
rulers, Hundreds of the honest men IN lhs ota'e'
in the ranks of the Van Buren, party, VIII do the
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-08-25

Iished after this majority is known all oVo' we
country. The 30 years editor mao oe"'' w
some other game te deceive peoPe-and II no VI
his party manufacture any more renuhc'a'''"' W"
advise is that they locate their men 10 So'"e
ont of the United States, where no eecto"S a'e ~
be holden We could print hundreds Oh re"u"''a
uons-reaI ones too-not manuiac'u'eo- W.
now choose to lake the evidence OF inc se""''o
ness Of ,hei, faith manifested at the pa''o'
thousands in "A State, as in Indiana, Nentu'Hy, Az
Carolina, Alabama, and even in Benton r'uden
Missouri