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have the honor 10 be,
Your very humble servant,
ANDREW ptIMEI

Jul 'NJ iuiI' 80 'o''l 1900
ANDREW ALMER
While the loco focos rejoice over their one
convert, HARRIsoNIsM counts its new allies
not by tens or hundreds, but by thousands.
1t is not the detection of one Mr.. WlcKLIFrE
that is to countcrbalance the vast daily Access
sions to the banners of HARRISON and Re-
FORM. The most recent distinguished ac-
c%essions to our ranks is that of S. n. GNATT,
Esq. Of Michigan, who has been long iden-
tilted with the Jackson and Van Buren, party
in that State, but has now left the Govern
ment for the People. From the able letter
of Mr.. GNATT, in which he communicates
his intention to one of the administration
committees Of the city of Detroit, we make
the following extract:
Mr.. Van Buren,, in 1886, was elected upon the pop
ularity OF Gen. Jackson and Col. Johnson. In $50
he Will find himself thrown upon his own resources,
sustained only by the army Of oiice-holders under the
United States Government, and they will give him
an inefficient vote; for of all the American Presidents,
hei is the least distinguished for any generous or noble
deed of desin.crCsicd patriotism.
have always been a devoted friend to my country.
| was BON ademocrat, aud educated 10 hate tyranny
anu oppression, tlutT NIilltNtT uliSe OF 10TH lHt
blood oflny ancestors was freely spilled in the revolu-
ton at Saltwater and at Camden: and my patriot Fa-
ther nohly laid down his life in defence of his country
during the last war, under HARRIsoS. Then It can
not be sad Of me by those who may assall me, that l
am a fedcfalst. No; ! love the principles of demo-
cracy-those generous, noble sentiments that open
wide the door of the heart, and extends the hand OF
generous protection to all classes of our feliow-citi-
Zens; that .dlsdain the chains that would bind down in
ignorance of his rights, any human belng-that wei
come the honest and well disposed foreigner to our
land, and sympathize with the oppressed every
where.
] have been entitled to the elective franchise for 10
years, and have always voted in favor of jackson and
Van Buren-but of late, facts have come to my hand
too intimately connecting Mr., Van Euren with the
old Federal party in ISL and ~, that was opposed
to the war, and | find nearly allied TO hin such mer
as John III. Prentiss, who made himself notorious III
rejoicing at the defeat of our arms, and other gentle
men of the same school to n vast number, and ! am
resolved to oppose his reelection.
Mr.. Nan Buren, was some 81 years of age al tho
commencement Of the last war-hc was III the full
vigor ofmanhood-heliy lived at an interesting time-ant
ask in all sincerity, IN what battle durlng that wal
did Mr.. Van Buren, distinguish himself! Was he a
I.undy's Lane, or AT Orlcans-was he on the Niagari
Frontier or at the Horse Shoe-was he at ease, calmly
pursuing the law, or out in the tented field with Har
rison and Johnson AT the glorious and ever menorabl,
battle Of the Thames ! No-although ripe in Judge
mcnt and 81 years of age, we find him undecided il
his choice of candidates for the Presidency in ISL
whether TO 90 for Madison, the war candidate, for
II" cItclOn, OF tllltOlli inc peace party CdIulualc-
but avowing his preferences for Mr.. Clinton, and h
finally supported Mr.. Clinton. The field of BATH
drew him not from the arms Of private qualification a
home, or in the Senate chamber. He was haHin.
beiretn tro opinions. His ambition was difleren
from Washington, Jackson, Johnson & the Hero {
Tippecanoc, VIM, Henry Harrison. And all tn
honor and glory than attaches itself 10 his name is tha
: growing ont ofhis union to the Republican party nfto
the election of Mr.. Madison in 1924, when Mr.. Va
, Buren, opposed Gen. Jackson for the Presidency, q
I heretofore he did Mr.. Madison. Here again, he ha
! ted, I'LL Mr.. Adams neglected to appoint him MinlstC
A to st, James, when he returned, through policy, an
advocated Gen, Jackson's claims TO the Prcsidcnc,
} lie IS decidedly n superior manager and a man
= most erfrdordinary iuck-but where is the monuncI
of his gcnius-woret the demonstrations in science {
= in government emitting Mr.. Van Buren, to great,
distinction than ONE TERM of the first Office in The ri
!, of the American People His ambition and the II
= luence of his station, together with the immen'
wealth he has accumulated by public favor, may SCI
him so fast in his present chair that he may continl
- in il for another term but ! believe there is a spin
u abroad in the l%and-which has been kindled by p
trotism and is famed by general sulerng-that
the polls WILL. DE IRRESISTIBLE, 1t is the devotedne
w Of a patriotic people, grooming amidst their grief t
VI the return ofbcttcr days and good old times. 1t is d
~ inspiration of nature, muttering through thousan
dissatisfaction and distrust toward the administratio
ne is the last lhroc of cnterprlse gasping for life. II
a the noise Of the multitude with their banners! and {
n chou, Of the soldier for the elevation OF his old and +,