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CONSERVATIVE STATE CONVEN-
ZION

II will be seen that our friends and auxiliaries,
the Democratic Conservatives, have called a
State Convention at Auburn on the lst day Of
October. 1t will be formidable in numbers,
strong in talents, resolute in purpose, devoted
in patriotism, and irresistible in enthusiasm.
The adoption of the Sub-treasury scheme will
drive old Republicans into the Conservative
party Hundreds have held on in the hope that
the Administration would make peace with the
people-would rest in its career of Destructive
ness. But that hope has proved delusive and
those who cannot afford to be utterly ruined will
be compelled To take ground against Van Buren,.
We always looked with admiration and graft
tude upon the course Of that Spartan Band Of
Conservatives who broke from their party III the
day Gifts pride and power. They deserve well
of their country They left party whose san
culinary code required that every deserter should
be shot They were denounced and calum
mated by the filthy organs of party and pro
scribed and hunted by the mlnlons of power.
In 1775 a corrupt rapacous, destructive Ad-
mnisration attempted to impoverlsh and en-
slave the American Colonies These outrages
aroused the Wing spirit. The people asserted
their rights and determined TO redress their
wrongs tremendous struggle ensued. The
Administration, with lis money and minions,
proved in several campaigns, too strong for the
Wings But nj a critical moment La Fayette,
huSClu>hot ~ rNdIb dHd bith 9dlidnt CpIllpdz
triots came TO the rescue And then, with the
combined arms of Washington and La Faycttc,
the Wing banner, after a series of brilliant VIC
tories foated in triumph over the Union.
The Wings of 1898 like their ancestor Wings
of l776, were oppressed and injured by pro-
aigate, rapacious, destructive Administration
The spirit of 70 was again aroused The true
stock Of the Revolution-men whose blood was
still red and warm, rallied against their opprcs-
sors. But again the patronage and power the
money and minions Of the Government were
found too strong for the people The Wings
were frequently beaten though never vanqulsh-
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THIS establishment, 40 miles from Alexandra, b.
i c. and 80 from Fredericksburg is again open for
the reception Of company, and will be conducted with
more energy than ever Every thing within reach
will be done to make the guests comfortable than
heretofore at the bar well in the dining and bed
rooms! The Bathing Establishment will be complete
supplying the bahcrs with hot and cold free stone
and sulphur water at pleasure. The lovers of music
will find the band unsurpassed.
II may he due to the Public, as well ourselves to
say the virtues Of the waters have been strkngly
cmpfed in several other of dr0pSy this Spring
much to have confirmed in the minds ofmany
the opinion that almost iniablc remedy for thai
affecting disease is here afforded
The better to accommodate the Public, arrange
ments have been made for keeping the establishment
open The lchoie year The charge for board from the
10Th OF October to lst june will be barely sufficient
TO cover the additional expense &3 per week and du-
ring the month June and from 9Th September IS
per week S35 per month; o. for two months and
for the season, commencing 9th June and ending LIST
October, $50 being less than 10 per day those
who stay the whole season, Board per day - Meals
and lodging 80 cents. Children under twelve years
of age, and coored servants hafpricc white servants
three-tourths price Horses 30 cents per day
Tri-weckly stages will run from Alexandra and
Fredericksburg after list July they will run daily
The subscriber superintendent, with the approval
of the President of the company, Mr. Jones Green
has engaged the services of such assistants as entitc
him to hope that general satisfaction will he given.
~ 1-2aw6w DANIEL WARD
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WHOLE NO. 379.

minating hand upon every one, black or white,
who would be kind enough TO condescend 10 ac-
cept it," p. 277.
On the 2sth OF September, Mr.. Wheeler Of
fered an amendment extending the elective fran
chise TO every male citizen of the age Of TWEEN
ty-one years an nhabtant Of this State, and for
one year resident in the town or city where he
may offer his vote, (paupers and persons under
guardianship excepted)
MIR. Van Buren, occupied the floor for some
time in expressing his sentiments decidedly
against the amendment and against universal
suffrage. We were hazarding every thing by
going such lengths in the amendments
people would never sanction them. page 2s4.
The ayes and noes were taken on Mr.. Wheeler's
amendment, and Mr.. Van Burens name stands
recorded in the negatively. 2s7.
This, probably, is all right and honest, and
perfectly democratic, we suppose, in Van Buren,,
while Gen. Harrison's vote to let ont The serri-
ces Of State conricts TO the highest bidder for a
certain time, because there was no Penitentary
in Ohio at that time, is the hight ofinjustce and
federalism.
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BURIAL OF A KING.

There is very graphic letter in the last New
y ork Mirror, from the pen of our excellent
writer, THEODORE FAY, the American Secretary
OF Legation at Berlin, descriptive OF the cele-
bration of the obsequies of the late King of
Prussia The view which the writer had was
fortunately obtained probably by court courtesy,
from a lofty portico, overlooking the immense
square of the Lusfgayten. We subjoin few
paragraphs from the letter
"The ediice, IN the magnificent portico of
which was standing, formed portion Of the
spectacle still more striking. For brilllancy and
beauty of architecture, it equals almost anything
ever saw, and impresses one with sense of
grandeur that makes him imagine himself in
ancient Rome. II is constructed for picture
and sculpture gallery, in which are preserved
most of the valuable paintings owned by Prussia,
and was founded and completed by him whose
last earthly remains, on their way to the tomb
we were presently to see from its lofty steps and
beneath its golden roof
AT about twelve the cortege began to issue
from the gate of the Schoss and was received
with becoming silence. First came mass Of
clergymen, uncovered and moving very slowly !;
then troops, appearing and marching by with
solemn and perfect order, and apparently with
out end Company after company frs: of in
fantry, and then. OF cavalry, come on, till from
the height and distance where STOOD it seemed
IKE great river moving lortn, wave alter wave,
into the light, to the deep and thrilling tones of
the music marching slowly before the church
door, where all the clergymen waited uncover
ed. They Were wheeled round as they advanc-
ed and silently disposed in the square till il was
entirely filled with these brilliant troops be
lieye, from fifteen TO twenty thousand defled be
fore the door, and We're then drawn up in silent
array to receive the body of their king, beneath
whose just and benefcent sway by far the great
est part OF them were born, and TO whose wise
and virtuous love OF peace and sensible indffer-
ence TO the dearbought tnsel Of military glory,
the whole country owed its long and happy ex-
empton from bloody and brutalizing war.
Among these troops were Russian regiment,
of which | think, the emperor is colonel, and
another wearing the uniform of the guards Of
Frederick the Great
" AT length, in black and lofty hearse, drawn
by eight black horses, covered to their hoofs with
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black cloth, and with baldakin Of black velvet
held above by-I could not distinguish how many
hands-closely followed by the king and queen,
raised 10 their new dignity by sorrow which |
sincerely believe has at least for time shorn il
OF all its gay beams, the emperor and empress
OF Russia, the princes and princesses of the
royal family, the Princess Liegnltz, (the wife Of
the deceased,) the hereditary grand duke of
Russia, the grand duke of Mecklenberg, Prince
Frederick Of the Netherlands, and other relatives
all on foot; then by long and dense crowd Of
individuals royal and noble, of rank, literary
ana scientific celebrity, or attached in some way
10 the court or government then came all the
domestcs of his majesty's family. | believe,
the thousands and thousands who witnessed the
passing OF this sad procession, and looked upon
The car beneath whose sable covering and golden
ornaments, lay the venerable and excellent mo
march whose brief military salute every passer
oy had received daily, as he took his drive thro'
The streets--I believe, scarcely an individual Of
lhese multitudes looked upon the closing scene
wlth other than sincere sorrow, for better
sovereign Death has scarcely taken in many
day.
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TIE BEST THING WE CAN DO,

THE BEST THING WE CAN DO
Tune aibrook.
The times are bad and want curing
They are getting beyond all enduring
Let us turn out Martin Van Buren,,
And put in Old Tippecanoe
The best thing we can do
Is to put in Old Tippecanoe,
It's business we all can take part in,
So let us give notice to Martin,
That he must get ready for starting,
For wen put in Old Tippccanoe.
A change of the Administration,
Will be for the good of the nation
For it is now in a bad situation,
SO we'll put in Old Tippecanoe
The best thing we can do
Is to put in Old Tppecanoe,
md send the whole posse a packing;
Van Buren, and all Of his backing
For we've tried them and found them all lacking
And wen put in Old Tippecanoe.
We've had Of their humbugs plenty,
Foi now all our pockets are empty,
We've dollar now where we had twenty,
So well put in Old Tippecanoe.
The best thing we can do,
Is to put in Old Tippecanoe
For their rogucry can't be defended,
And It's time that their reign should be ended
We never shall see the times mended,
Till we put in Old Tippccanoc.
Uncle Sam ha mt cent in his purse now,
And matters are still growing worse now
There's only one thing left for us now
It's to put in Old Tippecanoe,
The best thing we can do,
Isto put in Old Tippecanoe;
For we are all of us going to ruin,
As long we keep such crew in,
So let US be up and adding,
And put in Old Tippecanoe.
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VAN buren, OPPOSED TO POOR MEN
VOTING!
THE EVIDENCE F!

While the loco-foco oflice-holders are so bust
ly employed in manufacturing lies about Gen.
Harrison, we advise them to reflect occasionally
upon the course of Van Buren, in the Conven-
ton which formed the present Constitution of
New York in 1921. We wish our readers TO
contrast this with the other evidence which we
publish to-day, of his hatred to the working
classes. The evidence is from the Journal OF
that Convention and has never been denied by
Van Buren, or his friends-lt never will bet
never can be.
On proposition offered by Mr.. Tallmadge on
the 9th September, which required as quail
fcaton for an elector, that he should have rented
tenement for the six months next preceding the
election, Of the yearly value of five dollars, we
find Mr. Van Buren, declaring his sentiments
more at length.
"'He observed that il was evident and indeed
some gentlemen did not seem disposed to dis
guise it. that the amendment proposed by the
honorable gentleman from Delaware General
RooD contemplated nothing short of universal
suffrage Mr. V. b. did not believe there were
twenty gentlemen of that committee, who,were
the bare naked question OF universal suffrage put
to them, would vote in its favor; and he was
very sure that its adoption was not expected and
would not meet the views of his constituents"
(Mr Van Buren, represented the federal county
Of Otsego in the Convention.)
1--WE had already reached the verge of uni
versal suffrage. There was but one step be
yond. And are gentlemen prepared 10 take that
step7 We were cheapening this invaluable
right. He was disposed to 60 as far as any
man in the extension Of rational liberty but he
would not consent to undervalue this precious
privilege so far as TO confer 1t with an undiscrl-
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-08-11

ILsropy ~. ToRy SLANG" On the Niagara
frontier there was much hard fighting, but every
campaign opened under new general, and
sometime before disclose that General was SUI
perscdcd After he fall Of General Pike the
war was carried on without any settled pan,
and ended without accomplishing amy one ofita
objects Ii served, however, 10 afford an oppor-
tunity 10 number Of officers to distinguish
themselves for their military talents and mtrep-
sup Miller Ripley and Towson, are desevedy
eminent. To the North West, our military at.
fairs were conducted on a systematic plan, aud
under a commander who was completely sue
cessful in what he undertook In m SCUM ne
war was also confded TO j single individual VINO
was found abundautiy competent To we aultes
assigned him-lIARRlSON and JAChSoN,
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FIRST GRIEF.

DEATH OF BROTHER
They tell me, first and early love
OUTLINES all after dreams
But the memory of first great grief
To me more lasting seems
The grief that marks our dawning youth
To memory firmly clings,
And Ger the path of future years
A heightened shadow filings
Oft will my mind recall the hour,
When to my brothers home
Death came-an uninvited guest
From his dwelling in the tomb
had not seen his face before,
(Save when he took the new horny
And shudder now to think upon
The anguish of that morn
A youthful brow and rudy cheek
Became all cold and wan
An eye grew dim in which the light
OF radiant fondness shone
Cold was the cheek, and cold the brow
The eye was fixed and dim
And one there mourned brother dead,
Who would have died for HIM
knew not If twas summer then,
knew not if twas spring,
But if the birds sang on the trees,
did not hear them sing;
Ii flowers came forth TO deck the earth,
Their bloom did not see
| looked upon one wither'd flower,
And none else bloomed for me
A sad and silent time il was
Within that house of wo,
All eyes We're duh and overcast,
And every Voice was low
And from each cheek at intervals
The blood appeared to start,
As if recalled in sudden haste,
To aid the sinking heart
Softly we trode, as if afraid
To mar the sleeper's sleep,
And stole last looks from his pale face,
For memory to keep.
With him the agony was DER,
And now the pain was ours,
As thoughts of his sweet childhood rose,
Like odor from dead flowers
And when at last he was borne afar,
From this worlds weary strife,
How of in thought did we again
Live DER his too brief life
His every look-his every word
His very voices tone
Came back to us like things whose worth
Is only priced when gone
We buried him on distant hill
Within shaded ground
A few old graves and church were there,
And locusts standing round
A man Of God made sweet discourse,
And strangers kindly gave
Their aid, and filled with cold damp earth
Alas, his lowly grave!
The grief may pass with years away,
And JOY may be my lot
But the one is oft remembered,
And the other soon forgot
The gayest hours trip lightest by,
And leave the faintest trace;
But the deep, deep track that sorrow wears,
No time can e'cr etiace
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