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Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1842-08-25

~ The self-styled Democratic party in the
House of Representatives went in body against
the proposition to amend or qualify the Veto pow
or, so as to make the will of majority of the Rep
rcsentatives of the People supreme, in cases of
final disagreement between the Executive and
Congress. According to this principle the inter-
ests and liberties of the country safer in the
hands of one man, than they are in the hands of
| the Peori" themselves, what is the next thing
to it, their Immediate Representatives, and Des-
potiSm, of a consequence, the best form of Gov
eminent
Another proof Of the sincerity of the professions
OF this party has been afforded, within few days,
in the vote upon the proposition of Mr.. M'Ken-
nan, of Pennsylvania, TO suspend the rules, for
the purpose of receiving resolution declaring it
expedient to pass new Revenue biz, in the form
OF The bill returned by the President with his OBJ
jections, with the exception of the Distribution
clause, and the items imposing a duty upon tea
coffee. They voted, almost to man, against it .
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1842-08-25

O-Thngs have come to sad pass in Ohio
For long time there has been great complaint
among the Wings, that although majority in
the State, they have been unable to obtain ma
Jority OF the representatives in the Legislature,
owing to the Gerrymandering system adopted in
the arrangement Of the representation. Recently
the Legislature was called together for the pur-
pose Of re-arranging the Congressional districts,
under the new Apportionment act, when the same
game was about TO be played, even to the extent
OF disregarding contiguous territory in the forma-
ton of the districts. This the Wing members
rebelled against, and as the only means ofdefeat-
ing it, at least for the present. resigned their seats
III body, and thus left the two Houses without
quorum. violent measure certainly, ifnot of
Perncious example, and we do not see how it can
be of any practical value. If tho whole Legsla-
ture could simultaneously have been brought by
1t under the action of the people, something might
be hoped for from it-but this partial appeal can
at most result only in the reelection of the resign
ing members, which will leave the parties in the
two houses just they stood before.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-03-02
V o l.. XIV. NO 81

The President made some other Dana
raj statements. He said it had been %,
isfactorily ascertained that there had boso
sold in the town of Bran don, DURING II,
past year, about so hogsheads 1853 OIL.
Ions to the hogsheadl of rum! He said
it. had been ascertained that the number a.,
distilleries in the United States is y.
wards of lO,O0O-the number of gaIron,
produced by them, upwards of 10000.
600 and enough imported to max,
the amount consumed 65,OOO,OOO "a
Ions. Besides this there are Consumed
annually 100000 gallons of malt l.
quors.
ITO be concluded next week.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-03-02

CAPITAL PUN1sHMENTs. - We are
pleased to remark that this subject is re.
ceiving some attention from the pulpit,
and that special discourses are preached
upon it. The ministers ofthe gospel, pro-
tossing as they do to expound the Bible,
are bound to throw light upon matter oil
so great moment.-Baptist Advocate.
This exhortation is meant to bear on one
side of the question only, of course. 1t is
not designed to encourage those who OPP
pose !" Capital Punishments' "to throw
light upon a matter of so great moment
nor yet to encourage free discussion, SO
far as to bring both sides in contact. Oh
moths would never do Il would pro.
duce agitation, and endanger union
But does the Editor oflhe Advocate know
what ne has done, after ALL When he
comes to refecthe will see that he has in
this exhottation departed from the course
ne has pursued on the subject of Slavery
and Anti-Slavery. In regard 10 these, his
policy has been to deprecate discussion on
either side-to let them alone. Now
join him ia the exhortation to discuss this
matter pertaining 10 Capital Punishments
that is, provided he will go for thor.
ough discussion. on both sides-agitauon.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-03-02

Statistics of Colored People IN Portland.
The number Of colored people 10 this city
is about four hundred and thirty, Of whom
one hundred ard tweniy-three are seamen,
five hair dressers, two joiners, two cloth
dressers. sihree hack drivers. There is
one established school, with about sixty
scholars, and one private school number
ing about twenty; one hundred and fifty
members; two female societies, numbering
thlrty-four, one church, Congregational
ist.) consisting of fifty members, one Sab.
bath school, numbering about fifty-siz
scholars; the whole amount Of real es.
tate. supposed TO be owned. is about thir.
teen thousand dollars.
/. In Gardner there arc seven families
five Of whom are farmers. and own III,
farms they occupy; also two BARRIERS, on,
the owner of real estate. Their children
attend the district school.
In Bath there are Eve colored familie
1.-TWO Of which are owners of farms, sup
posed TO be worth S2500. The other
follow the sea and own property TO TN
amount of one thousand dollars.
In Brunswick the number of families
are thirty, the estimate Of property owned
$4,000. the number Of farms, seven
number Of mariners, six. One school
one house OF religious worship, one TEN
peranee society, Numbering so; one Anti
Slavery Society. Numbering about thirty
members.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-03-02
Annual Simultaneous Temperance
MeefinpS.


o. the day for holding these meetings,
1.-THE last Tuesday in February,l The Bran
don Total Abstinence Society held a meet
ing in the Baptist House.
At 2 o'clock, P. NJ, the Society was
called to order by the President, J. w.
Hale. Prayer by G. A. Thomas. In
the absence of d. Barnes, Secretary ofthe
Society, Q. s. Murray was appointed
Secretary for the time.
The President made statements show
ing the progress Of the cause in own dur
ing three months past, and the measures
by which the work had been effected.
The plan pursued has been, to hold a
central meeting in the village one evening
each week. At these meetings, in add.
ton TO discussion Of principles, arrange
men;s have been made for holding meet
ings in school districts in different paris
of the town Committees have generally
been appointed. from time TO ::me, to 90
out and visit from house to house in the
districts during the day preceding The
evening meeting. This has scared, in
general, good attendance. The meetings
have been familiar. talking meetings-in-
terspersed with addresses discussions, and
experiences. About 40 of these meetings
have been held in town, which have re-
suited in obtaining a temperance roll,
consisting of the names ofabout 700 adult
persons, and about 200 children - the
latter attac he'd TO the list styled the cold
water army.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-03-02

Of them who trust in their riches for pow
er and influence feel it when they find
among The homes. poor those whose spir-
its, by this power and influence, they can
not crush.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-03-02
Letter from a member of CongreS

Letter from a member of COns
BELOW is an extract from letter receive ,,s
member of Congress by citizen OF 'n'' ,rbe
published at the request of the indi''ous' en-,
received it. 1t appears that this memoe, ,;4,,.
gress-apd he is discerning man-th'HAS ,ts
emily Of the Anti-SIavery movement N'o ..,.
Chronicles and Observers, which in theh "'
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-03-02

It's only when the rich are sick that
they feel the impotence of wealth. Id
age.
This is incorrect. They are made 10
feel the impotence Of wealth at other times
and sander other circumstances. Those
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-14
From the Seneca Falls Democrat
VETO.

,,,I
treme condition to which the CLAW w HOS desire 70
reduce the country in the hope that in the general
confusion and CONSERVATION, little available CAPITAL
may be made for their idol, the Kentucky gambler
Desperate men often rise by desperate measures.
Revolutionary tlmes-times of anarchy chaos and
black night, are the times IT. which bold villains and
determined knaves sometimes succeed IF the GO
vernment should be brought to stop-if the public
works, the Army the Navy, the Judiciary should be
abandoned-H the manufacturing ard other inte-
rests OF the country should be suddenly prostrated-
and II all this could be mpshed through the
seeming lnstrumentality of Democratic votes and an
Executive Veto-then the Clay Wings hope that bv
their usual Misrepresentation, falsehoods and ella,
NOR, they could raise such whrlwind of popular
excitement as would overwhelm all opposition and
snugy secure to them the possession of place and
power.
Such is the desperate game they play. Such is the
purpose for which they fastened the absurd and dan
gerous Distribution hobby upon the Tariff BILL and
now resist all revenue bills which do not contain it.
They know that Democrats will never assent TO that
unconstitutional measure, and they are apprsed that
President TYLER will, in event, yield the point
Hence they press the principle though nobody cares
Tor IT, nor wants IT, and though its passage can benc-
tit no interest 1T pressed a matter ofpartv poh-
cy alone--a moose with which to :" head Caualn w
LER though IT stops the Government, and denies
to domestic Industry" the legitimate and sufficient
protection which Democrats anxious TO afford il
and which TYLER upon all occasions advocates
The Veto of the President, however, is the noblest
act OF his life. 1t gives him character for courage
which many feared he did not possess, and it will
rally around him, if not partisans at least as
friends, many of the abcst men of the land This
Message meets the unqualified appreciation of the
entire Democratic party, and will draw TO its sup
port powerful division of the Wing party The ma
nufacturer who seeks reasonable proteclon-tbe bu-
siness man who desires stability in the affairs of Gov
ernment-the patriotic statesman, who regards prin-
cipe before party, and his country before self will ap
the md is aufhor xyhi ~
will all condemn the actous Of the Clay Whigs
N Congress.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-14
APPORTIONMENT BILL.

President Tyler has signed this bill conditionaly or
In other words approved the BILL and protested against
the provision dstrclng the States which protest Is
filed in the Secretary of States Office. He recon-
mends that the States be Distracted bot declines CIV
ing his sanction to mandatory act Of that kind
This is another good act of President Tyler, and
heads the unwarranable interference ofhe Federal
lists In that which belongs solely to the States. M,
Tyler will receive the thanks of Democrats and all
friends of the people, for this act while II OF
the Federalsis will be heaped upon hlmnot because
they special friends Of the disricing system, but
because they DESTROYS OF centrazing power, and
anxious to ''head" Capt Tyler.-Haryord Times.
We glad to the old Democratic newspapers
of the country standing by the Chief Magistrate OF
the nation in every step he has taken to bring the Go
vernmenl back to the Republican tack and hold the
gess who have conspred together to prevent all use
III legislation for the last seven months--ihe men no
20 to w Washington solely to themselves and to
make Presijents-w soon perceive that Their constl-
tuents will 90 along with them. Al each success
sive step taken by the President, there is dis
charge of venom from the Clay wings in Congress,
who declare that he ought to be expelled from office
and impeached; but neither they the leaders OF
the dominant party in New Hampshire (HbbarJ
Hale, Norris, and Swazey) will be able at present to
accomplish their designs of SO far contoundng the
good and the bad to shut the gratitude which
the democracy of the country owes John Tyler for
his three veoes and for standn by truly Democratic
principles -HiPs Patriot.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-14
From the PHILADELPHIA american Sentinel

A toast given at the Wing dinner at the Masonic
Hall, on the 4th inst, says ''Our firm band Of Wing
friends in Congress-let them go fearlessy ahad and
may royal vetoes intimidate. The people will
tain them" The italics ere by ourselves. This
toast is one of the richest we ever heard-'Let them
go fearessly AHEAD That is let them go fearlessly
in their endeavors to head the President. They
may attempt it, but the Captain" will be too much
for them. Three times already have they tried that
game, and found it was no CO. "The people will sts-
tain them" Can the Wings be so infatuated to
suppose that the free and enlightened people of the
United States "will sustain them in their foolhardy
and criminal crusades against the President-not
against his principles, but against the man With
large majority in both houses of Congress, they have
transacted little public business, unless heading
the President is business and if it Isl pretty bust
ness they make of it. Instead of legslating for the
good of their constituents, their time is taken up with
framing and passing bills containing some clause or
other which they kno,v the President cannot approve
Of and which is put in expressly to head him; and
then, when the veto comes, they cry 'the traitor!
We are doing all can for the country, but all our
efforts parayzed by that monster of niquy, John
Tyler" DO they suppose for one moment that their
designs not completely through by the intel
ligent portion of all parties, their own included;
Two-hrds of the present Wing members of Congress
will not be sustained by the people. Successors will
be placed in their STEAD whose time will be devoted
to the good of the country and not to the political
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of any Presidential aspirant
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-14
From the Salem Argus.
HOW SHALL WE TAKE IT.

There is passage in John @. Adams's eulogistic
remarks upon the death of Mr.. Soulhard, which
stcikes us as remarkable, considering the age and
standing of the speaker, and the gravity of the sub
ject. We quote the passage:
"a few days before his decease, he had resigned
the office of President Of the Senate which, had the
ndscerng shaft of death pierced another bosom instead
ofhis oaun, would have elevated him the summit of
power in this Union, and made him at this moment
chief ruler in the land"
1t has become a common affair for federal poll
ticians to find fault with the work of Providence
In most of their maledctions against Mr.. Tyler they
seem to delight in reminding him, in jeerng spirit,
that ne occupies his present station by of Pou
dence and that he is 'the accident of an accident"
Then they go on angry to tell how much worse our
affairs are than they would have been, had General
Harrison lived. We can make nothing less Of all
this than an impious censure Of the Almighty. And
we are compelled to construe the strange remark of
Mr.. Adams in some such way 1t certainly appears
to us that "the wish was father to the thought But
then Mr.. Adams of party that claims to possess
"all the religion"
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-14
From The Salem Advertiser and Argus.
TYLER AND CLAY.

The Washington correspondent of the New York
Evangelist alleges that ''the President is profane
swearer, and often interlards his conversation with
oaths." We do not exactly credit the story but if 1t
be true, Mr.. Tyler is no worse in this respect than
Mr. Clay We would refer the Evangelist to Mr.
Clays profane declaration addressed to Messs. Ghol
and Claiborne, in the House of Representatives in
1888 an expression too impious to put in print. Mr..
Clay is not only profane swearer, but that has
shot his man in DUEL challenged another for words
spoken in debate and nstgated cruel and dis
graceful rencontre Chat between Graves and Ciley)
as ever stained the annals of mankind Can it be
that the clergy will lend their aid in the political ad
vancement OF Mr. Clay, to the extent that they
co-operaied in the extraordinary means employed by
the Federal Wings in 1910? For the honor of the
profession we hope otherwise. But time will deter
mine 1t will be no easy matter for them to palm off
MIR. Clay patron saint.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-14
From the Boston DaiIu Time,

In this exigency Congress called upon to act
promptly, energetcally, and honoraby. They must
do something for the country. Seven months oftime
and thousands of the public money have been
wasted in controversy, speech-makng, and President
making every thing, in Short but useful legislation.
We have now arrived at point when decisive action
is peremporily required at the hands Of our repre-
sentatves. They must surrender party measures to
the call of country If John Tyler all that his
slanderers and enemies declare him to be, Congress
has right to sacrifice the people of this republic
their enmity to him. They have lost their favorte
measure, but finding themselves foiled, they have
right fold their and tell their constituents to
despair, but they must pass such law for meeting
the exigencies of the Government they know will
meet the sanction of the President not as conces-
sion to John Tyler" but concession to the alb
soute necessities of the country"
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-14
From the Pittsfeld Mass. Sun.
THE VETO NO. 3,

Of President Tyler, which will be found in the
preceding columns, and which is credtable to the
Executive, because it shows that he has regard for
consistency and is not to be headed by his pseudo
friends, has set the federal camp an uproar and tn.
denunciations of those who determined that the
Tariff shall be connected with Distribution and made
TO suhserve the purposes of Whiggery, and aid Mr..
Clay IN his vain strides for the Presidency are both
loud ami deep"
The Distribution BILL it is well known is the dar-
ling project of Mr.. Cay-it is the great scheme by
which he hopes to achieve his object it is an appeal
TO the pockets of the people, which their better iudg
ment must condemn, but which the avarice of a few
VINO consider 1t expedent and proper fleece The Cor
ernment, prompts Them to approve and indicate
1arW and Distribution, or nothing" is the
ground upon which some of the Wings and Wbiu
presses are planting themselves-and if this is TO be
the position OF that party, and which they will not
ABANDON 1t Is quite certain that there will I've no salts
factory adjustment of the Tariff for no consider alton
will induce the Democrats approve of the unjust
and proflgate plan of Distribution.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-07-14
INFIRMARY FOR INvALIDs.

MFRS MORDANT, from the NewEngland States,
lNl would inform the community that she has open
ed house for nvalids of either sex, lIh street,
near MARYLAND Avenue. Her intention is to make 1t
emphacally "hOne" for those who are unfortunate
" overtaken by Sickness in any of its various forms,
away from their home and relatives All are more
or less aware of the suffering which the invalid expe
riences from the neglect consequent to the hurry and
hustle of crowded hotel the prescriptions and d.
rections of physicians are often disobeyed by those
whose duty it is faithfully to regard them and the
individual is either left TO suffer proracted and ex-
pensve Sickness is at hurried to his grave,
for the want of the thousand kind attentions sooth-
ing to the sick Institutions of this character are es
tabshed in all the principal cities OF Europe and are
almost invariably resorted to by strangers in sickness,
and quite frequently by the resident ctzens-not only
that they are better attended to in their sickness, but
is far less expensive to the invalid. Similar institu-
tons have been established in most of the New Eng
land cities, much to the benefit of those who have
availed themselves of their advantages. The house
is open to the residents of Washington as well as to
strangers The best medical aid of the District will be
called whenever deemed necessary; the patient al
ways having his choice of any of the regular physicians
The female attendants of the Infrmary those ex-
perienced in the calling and every attention will be
paid to those who entrust themselves to their
TIE location is as airy and pleasant any in Wash
ington and entirely free from the noise and impuri-
ties of the more densey populated parts of the city
The house is new, and is fitted up in manner
ponding to the wants and comfort of invalids.
Individuals travelling for the Improvement OF their
health stopping in Washington, cannot fail to be
pleased with her comfortable and pleasant rooms.
Letters from a distance, post paid, will receive
prompt attention. july law
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