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The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-06-23

~ NJ a,moer.eya IN has composition 10 become PoPu-
lar with the people. The sixth " Gen va" N"e
werp ex-Recsiyer Of land Office IN Iowa ana ''o
much Of dandy 10 be popular WIN the people '"'
where.
These then, are the men who have set themselves
I'D to oyerturn Shadraeh Penn, OF the Missouri h.-
porter, under the pretenee of serving Col Benton
Gov Reynolds, DR.. Lowry, and MIR Van Buren,
Wonderful delusion! Mr. Penn will walk through
their ranks with less trouble than Samson scattered
the Philislnes with the jaw bone OF an ass and al
though Messrs. Benton and Van Buren's interests
may fall Ia the contest yet there will be no backing
out of the Reporter" which has been 30 unjustly
asssed by an attempt TO read IL out OF the party
The first trial Of strength was had between The par
ties night before last, at meeting of the 81 LOUIS
Democratic .ssooation," on the passage OF some test
re buttons that had been introduced into the Assoc
citation last February by Judge Bowln, and which he
had not succeeded in getting through. Among other
things the resolutions oontnatoyy OF the nomi-
nation Of MIR. Van Buren, by the Legislative Caucus
last winter and Of the choice Of delegates TO the
National Convention, made at the same time. Also,
IN opposition TO the district System Of electng dele
gates TO the National Convention, and against paper
money and in favor of penal laws TO drive deprecia-
ted paper from the State
/ need not go into the particulars, except TO say
that the friends of the Reporter voted down the friends
Of the Standard at every vote There was great ex-
citement for several hours and you will be pleased
to learn that the friends Of MIR. Tyler gave the vic
tory to the friends of the Reporter the most im-
portant vote. The contest will come off finally at
the next meeting, when will inform you of the re-
suit.
Thus you see the Benton Van Buren, clique have,
the very threshold Of the contest found themselves
IN minority with their party. And how can MIR.
Van Buren, hope for in this quarter under such
leaders and upon such issues Mr.. Lynde Elliott, OF
the Standard looked frightened almost out Of his
wits at the excitement and result Of the meeting Of
which il is very proper the Globe concern should be
advised before it launches too far into deep water.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-06-23

The City Councils of New York have determined
TO appropriate the sum Of $1,000 be expended IN FIRE
works etc. for the 4 h july.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-06-23
ARRIVAL OF THE PRESIDENT.

The PRESIDENT or THE u. STATES
accompanied by the Hon. JOHN T. srEN-
GER, Secretary of the Treasury, the Hon
A.P. UpsHUR, Secretary OF The Navy,
and JOHN TYLER, Jr., private Secre'
,ary, arrived in this city at eleven o'clock
A. M, o.day, by the cars from Baltimore,
We understand the Hon. J. NJ. PORTER,
Secretary of War, who is in Pennsylvania,
and the Hon. G. A. WIcKLIFFE, Post
Master General, who remained in Boston,
will also return to Washington in few
days.
We are gratified to be able to announce
that the PRESIDENT has entirely recovered
from his recent severe indisposiiion.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-06-23

Iur lSrLurNzs.-Tbe Spirit Of the Times say,
THOUSANDS are down with the prevailing disease In
Philadelphia.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-06-23

sAaE. AGE. NAME. ACL.
Phlness Johnson (tte EPhraIm Marsh 70
oldest patriot pre- Peter Mcintosh rs
seoD 81 William Wiggn IN
Jonathan Harrington IS Jacob Elliott Fl
Alpbeus Begelow 60 john famer =
Levi Harrington e5 Daniel Usher -
Il Jbert Andrews 81 Hugh Moore ~
Elijah Di s5ser IS John Clemont 81
Josiah cleveland % N. Shaw ~
Jesse Smith 80 Josiah Fletcher -
Philip Bagey 30 Nathan Fisk All
Needham Maynard SO Benjamin Robbins q,
Roger Plaisied 81 John Scott "a
Enos Reynolds 81 Jonathan Bourne IL
Joseph Stephens SO John H. Stewards "A
Nehemiah Porter SIS Seth Thomas ~
James Harvey 81 Elisha Scott =,
Josiah Hobbs 81 Samuel Woodruff "a
Josiah King 81 Nathaniel Is. Leonard ~
William Morse 81 Samuel Morgan ~
Jared Wilson 81 Josiah jenkins 80
Jacob Merrill "a Obadiah Albree 20
John Howard oo Sylvester Dana "a
Abram Wheelwrght e6 JOhn Taylor IS
Thomas Farsie5el 81 Joseph Jewett ~
Josiah Haskell "a Nathaniel Sherman r,
Abiah Dresser 90 Joseph Smith "a
Edmund Mason 81 Nicholas Vanrenseer =
John McClDtock 81 Matthew Gregory -i
James Small 80 Nehemiah Porter II
Thomas Trask 80 Azariah Fuller ID
John T. Dodge 80 Joseph Young al
Samuel Smith "a Joseph Sylvester q
Elisha ID Williams IS Oliver Johonnot Al
Samuel Downing 70 William Bliss 81
William Emerson So Joshua Reed II
Abijah Harrington 81 Nehemiah Holden "a
John Ely So Thomas Robbins :.
Rufus Kingsley 81 William Makepeace ~
Samuel Lord "a Levi Morse II
Adams Wheelock 80 Mark Greene -
IL. Bicknell 81 George Flshley :!
Ephraim Hunt 80 Samuel Young -
John Shoals "a Joseph Eveleth s.
Eben Choate 10 Bradbyll Livermore 70
Daniel Holden 70 Ebenezer Tappan -
Josiah Gorham SO Reuben Leighl0g -
Chandler Russell 79 Is. klemgton 81
Simeon Draper 70 Nathaniel Berry y
EDeneZer Storer 65 Daniel Ross I'll
Josiah Harvey Is Joseph Fitzpatrick 80
Benjamin Sullivan 81 Abraham Rose =
John Cheney 20 Alexander Black -
Luther Carey 81
Levi Robinson 50 Total lO-
Thomas Stanwood 81
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-06-23

The Captain, several OF the crew and most Of IN.
passengers Of the sea ship Columbia, which arrived
in Boston on Sunday, were suffering with this cpl
dernie J, made its spp.ns lco on Il H. board, soon
after they got into .oundinQs
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-07-28
That CluaGBEmso.
"PistoI8 Iund jCdEee For fluo'''

"Pistols uad tCdGes for aaO7'
Not content with IhegignGl success Of
his goose quill, Mr.. Little proposes TO
bring into theservice the power of his
oratory. In Nhe 'last Mud paddle and
Gull'trap his courage bursts out in the
following gasconsde: 1--WE hr0o dorm
The giOOe, sir, and dare yOu to take il ~" "
ave wiIlmeet you in the county court
house atnuy time you may select to dis
cuss In the helpresence Of as large an au
dienco as you can raise, the good policy
OF either
lst A whig protective tariff.
2nd A grand controlling central cor
poratlon, by the General Government
with Banking privileges.
3rd CharIering Banks without indivi-
dual liability.
4lh Or the assumption Of the state
debts and the consequent creation Of two
hundred millions of stock bv the Gcner.
al Government; in all Of which PROPOSE.
tons we take the negative"
1t is not in our nature 70 be unkind or
unaccommodatIng, We have therefore
concluded TO take up Mr.. Litlle's glove
with n pair Of tongs. The announce
ment Of his name will surely be sufficient
TO raise an audience large enough
without any effort on our part towards
efecling that object. To the form O
his FIRST question, or topic for discussion
wo toxic no exception, That question
disposed Of, we shall be willing to main
tain the necessity Of a National Bauk il
preference to the Sub Treasury scheme
= The utter lmpraclicSbllrv Of the Bank
ing laws enacted by the Ohio Legisla
laIure, during the Sessions Of IS4l &
42, and i842 4 43, Commonly called
tho Latham and BARLEY humbugs,) and
lastly, the justice and proprioty Of dis
trlbuting among the several States tn
proceeds OF sales or tho Public Lands.
Our friend Van Brown, ESQ is al
thorzed 10 adjust prslIminaries, agree
ably 10 the latest and most approved
codes Of Honor.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-07-28
The s'ChOres.v &c.

In doing the chores" for Mr.. Little,
this week, we have light duty to per-
form; and we proceed To discharge that
duty with all possible "brevity" First,
as TO "Onnual expenditures" Mr.. Little
claims that we have made "a clean back
out" May be so, and may be not. Let
usFeView the ground, and see where we
are. We asserted that the annual ex-
pendtures of the Government had been
reduced, lin round numbers md reject
ing fracions) from $50 100000 10 Sl5..
100000. Upon this Mr. Little took is.
sue. We produced tho statement of tho
Madlsonan upon which our assertion
was predicated, and Mr.. LittIe says it
'is aclean back out" Well, we back
right on Ogaln,
10 Mr., Van Buren's annual Message
of December, 1889, he says tha; "rhe
appropriations for 1887, made previous
ly to the 4lh Of March, caused the expen.
lure to rise 10 tho very large amount Of
thirty three millions and this too, Gin
dependent OF the public dsbl and trusts"
Here then, we have Locoroco testimony
to sustain the hru branch OF our asser-
sertlon aye, the authority of Martin
Van Buren himself Mr., Little says
that the aggregate expenditure" for
the same year was S3l, l,6l0,003 o.
The titFe discrepancy Of a million or
two, between him and Little Martin,
we leave 10 Mr. Little TO explain. lii
enough for our purpose that Mr. Van
Buren's Message fully suslOns us. Now
tho statement of the Madisonian, drawn
from tho act making appropriations fol
the half year end NC on the 30lh o.
June last and for H. full year from The
30lh Of June, l8i3, 10 the LIST Of July
1914, demonstrates thai the whole Bp
preparation for the current fiscal year
exclusive Of the Post office, amounts II
but GlIo over fifteen millions Of dollars
All, but says Mr. Little "h is for III
, neat gear" What il il is' Does Iha
affect the argument3 1t does, however
50 hoppra that the appropriation rofp'
ted 10, is net for The next year, but 70
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-07-28
THE PROTECTIVE TARIFF


The following article upon the Tariff
(which We copy from the Geauga Re-
pubIicnneand Whig, shows off the Locc
foco opposition TO protection IN a new
light. The sLocos are beginning to 6nC
out that competition has absolutely re-
duced the price Of domestic goods; and
they now, good souls, give signs Of sym
pathy for the rUined manufacturers -
Mark how old nous UerronS Of the Rich
mond Enquirer, walls over the msfor.
tunes Of the manufacturer:
-"TARIFF 1T has been so often asser'
ted that duty levied on goods impor.
ted, is just so much Bddcd 10 The price
the consumer has TO pay that it is pre-,
sumed no free trader will attempt 20
deny il; and when done, in order topro.
teet'ths American Manufacturers isso
mucb'added to the price for he berft Of
the manufacturers, and therefore. bur
then 10 the consumer. By the late tar
if, the duty on calicoes is nine cents a
yard Hence, If the free trade reason
ing be true, it adds so much TO the for.
mer price. Now it is we'll known shat
the object Of levying so high duty on
calicoes. besides revenue purposes, was
firstly. 10 foster manufactures secondly,
TO protect the cotton grover; thirdly,
incidentally to encourage the agrIcultu-
raIist by creating a home market for
his products; and (ourthly, by incrsas-
ing competition to !ower the price of the
article. Now, we wish to ask if these
objects have not all been obtained2-
The Richmond Enquirer of May 9th,
says: THE excessive tariff is fearfuIIy
reacting on its own friends. 1t stops
importation, but multiplies domestic com
petition 10 such a degeee, that it lowers
profits aud leads to ruino How strange
y the tone Of this Locofoco free trader
is changed. 1t is asserted by this same
editor that "domeslic competition has
been stimulated TO such a degree, that
those prints cannot be sold for enough
now to pay for the cost of the cloth be.
fore it was stamped" The fact is cali.
Goes never we're sold so low in the Uni
ted States, as since Inc tariff. They
have been retailed as low as six and even
four cents ward, and every article Of
cotton goods of American manufacture,
proporlionaIIy low. The Americans are
now shipping cotton goods 10 England.
instead Of buying OF that nation, which
perfectly astoOshes the English tories;
and 0, how it does make the American
--- look!"
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-07-28

the present or cuTgeutfscal year, which
commeDced oO the first day Of 8uly,
lS42. With these remarks'age submit
Flt'to our readers to Judge, whether we
bBve'not ,msdeagoOd our asse seftion that
the 'Whigs have reduced the annual px.
penditures Of the government from mir.
fy tt0O,nliHioas to. fifteen miIliOns--rejeet
ing fractions?
Little with his wonted disregard for
truth, alleges that TO the expenditures
OF Marin Van Buren's administration,
we added ''truN funds and every thing
else;" and that we deducted the same
items from the expenses of the present
administration. Not so We gave the
Locofoco expenditures from a document
10 ourpessession, without any sddlion
or dmnution; & we gave the Wing ex
penditures from the Ueritable Mud pad.
die itself protesting, at the same time,
that we did not believe ts statement Of
The expenditures for l842 10 be correct.
What then becomes of his peiry, pitiful
charge about carefully subtracting seer
tain items from the Wing expendituresr
He must have a very bad memory, or
presumes much on the weakness OF his
readers!
Mr.. Linle's attempt to fritter away
the immense end unparalleled extra
Vagance oftho Van Buren, admiostra-
tioD, by deduciiDg Treasury notes and
all tina! sort Of thing, comes too Iate,-
Upon that subject we have the verdict
ofthapeoPle. 'lI's'~elI, however, now
and then, to look over the testimony,
and compare notes with our opponents.
With that view, we copy the following
from an exchange paper.
FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE.
The experimentation are enCiu8ive
of Tie public de6t.
James Monroe's SIS 057.92
John @. Adams l2 625 At
Andrew Jackson's 1924 ,345
Martin Van Buren's 35 396 $50
Wing Congress l6,332, 1876
Comparative Reuiew.
Gen. Jackson's average ex-
penditures, SlS,224,345
Mr., Adams do do 10 625, An
Excess OF Gen. J's over Mr..
As 6,50s,s6s
Mr. Van Buren's average ex
pendtures 81. .396. $50
Mr. Adams do do 12,625,477
Excess OF v BIS over Mr.
Adams 22,77O,S ,S53
Mr. Van Bureaus average ex
penditures IS 500, 800
Wing Congress do do 1889, ,s36
Excess Of Van Bursn's over
Wing Congress Of 1912 l6 O63 494 |
L t[Anterican Wing.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-07-28
For the Free Press.

MR. PEARCE:
Sir; Although you and have
differed on some subjects connected with
the politics Of the day; yet, from the
long personal audinlimate acquaintance
that has existed between US, have
/ thought proper to ask Of YOU the favor
of occupying the columns OF the .FreU
Press occasionally, e(terl may have got
through with nv harvest 4 design the
use ask OF the Free Press, for the eX-
elusive benefi OF my Democratic bretb'
rem in Carroll county i hope to show,
mos, concIustveiy, that, Of the 1900
/ Democratic voters in Carroll, 1000 or
more ofthat number. have individually
more CLAIMS end better qualifications for
members or the Legislature, than either
George y HampSon or James Toen -
both OF whom nave heretofore had two
yoars tuging at tit through the votes
ofthe Democratic party. The Demo
Fcrats Of town. or, perhaps, | ought to
use the language Of one Of my Wing
neighbors, end say the wire workers or
Office holders of the party in town, must
be brought TO respect The claims Of the
people in the country in making nomi
nations. If they expect the undivided
support Of their country friends. That
TWO aspirants in town without merit ~ -.
| may add, withou, one single quaIifca.
llon, should receive the domination. is
carryingthe Joke a lllle too far Tor the
people in The country, who have TOO
much TO do TO take so early start ia
election matters If Col Cable had
been nominated for the Senate and the
Representative taken from the country
| might probably have gnlped down the
ticket nominated for county oaicerswith
one single exception the ticket as now
constituted, 4 feel myseIf under no obi
CATION whatever, asa Democrat, 10 sup
pOrt--nor will do so.
You will please advise me through
your paper whether or not my request
will bs granted, as 4 do not know that
shall have an opportunity Of seeing
you soon.
"A DEMOCRAT.
July %, lS47.
Mote By The Ediior.-Tbe Free Press
has heretofore been open to'all political
parties, and will so remain - subject on
y to the restrictions which we have
heretofore announced "A Democrat
can go dhcdd)
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-07-28
HON. Join HASTINGS.

This gentleman who, for four years
past, has been successfully humbugged
into Congress from lhis district, is OF
length permitted 10 fall, 'unwept, union
ored and unsung' Nevertheless, he
dies hOrl, 10 the Patriot and Shield, Of
tho 2lsl inst, we find letter from Mr..
Hastings TO Mr., Morgan, tho editor
which for literary merit ia only eoualled
BY that other 'rigmaroe' letter from
the same source, which we had the hon
ur to publish, some time last year. The
object Of Mr Il S letter is, to explar
how it happened, that he received bu
'2O votes in the recent Loco, primar,
meetings He says i must state Thai
was not properly before the democrOc,
OF Carroll county ms n chndidale'- AM
shaH { been known distinctly to hav,
boen candidate. ! confidently DO hoV,
that would have received vote ol
the occasion. reasonably commensurau
with tho we'll tried experience whicI
,bo democracy Of Carroll have had q
my principles and conduct Thus tn
poor old aimpetcn IS suiI,rea 10 cOuuu
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-07-28
serters.

OtFMr. Lilrls, we perceive ,scoples's.
whole column from ,Bennets Infamous
sheet, called the New York Herald, a
paper whichisnotorious Tor its daily out
RACES upon all the decencies Of life. -
Can any one lons9t dOUblhis love Of de-
.cenry pirtpe canddec0rum? But, 'whal
10 of more consequence, The article copi-
ed from the Herald, is designed 10 max g
false and groundIess chargeof extrav'
agsnce against he Wing Congress For
example, .Bennet says, "the appropria-
tions for The gear ending March Sd, I843,
were $36 393,509'--lhereby intending
TO make the impression that that sum
has been expended in one year, when,
infect and in truth no such sum has
been appropriated for any one gear, do
ring this administration. II may he,
and indeed is true, that during one yeGr,
Congress made appropriations for the
annual expenditures Of the government
for ftpO fiscal years; but that an eppro,
priatioO OF $36,393 sos. was made to
meet the expenditures OF the year ending
March Sd, lG43, or for any one other
year of the present administration, is
wholly untrue.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-07-28

THE HOME MARKET Let it be re.
membered that the Manufacturing States
Of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
small as they are, consume as much ol
the valuable productions OF the other
States Of the Union as Great Britain
and all her dependencies. This fact Of
ilSeIfought to convince every farmer Of
the incaIculable benefits which flow from
q "Whig Protective Tariff"
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-07-28
THE TARIFF.
MADISON,

After all the clamor Of the Free trade
ullras about tho oppressive character Of
The Tariff law Of 1912, passed BY the
Whig Congress, it appears upon examl
nation, not to be 80 rank as has been rep
resented, 1t is moi as high in some res
pecls as that of 1916, lor which Mr..
Calhoun voted, nor that Of 1924 for
which Gen Jackson, NJ Benlon, aud
Col. Johnson voIed-nor that Of 1922,
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-07-28
AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP.

We can only refer our Augusta cor
respondent TO the LocoFOco Ce ntral Com
miuee, for information upon the subjecl
OF his communication. 1t is shre@dly
suspected, that the managers Of the par
ty in CarroIton, are disposed to drop
Mr.. Van Buren,, and run up the Cass
flag Before this is done, it will be pro.
per, Of course, to ascertain "which way
the wind blows" in other countes!-
The Loco(oco managers hereaboulS, are
very cunning fellows; and know we'll
how to play strong game. They fear
The Presidential question; and will moi
Ogiale that question until after the Fall
election, if by any means they can avoid
it..-E. Free Press
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-07-28

On motion Of Van Brown, Of Carroll,
The Convention unanimously agreed ia
give Leonard Hanna their undivided sup
port, and lc make use Of all honorable
means 10 promoteh his election.
On motion.
ReSolved, That delegate from this
CoDgressona District be appointed 20
attend the Unilsd States Conven lion Mt
Baltimore, in May 1874, 10 put in nomi'
nation suitable persons to be supported
for President and Vice President of The
United Slates- whereupon, Robert S.
McKaig was duly elected said delegate,
ReSOlred That our said delegate bO
hereby instructed TO give his voice ia
said convention, for Henry Clay OF Ken.
lucky, for President; and JohD Davis OF
Massachusetts, for Vice President.
ReSOlped Thatth proceedings ofthis
meeting be signed BY The officers, az d
published IN all The Wbig papers OF the
Distrtct
ResOtped, That the meeting adjoura
sine die.
DAVID HANNA. President.
JOHN BEATTY, Vice President.
Sanford c. Hnl, socr.,0,io,
William Sloakes, '''"'''
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-07-28
LOUISIANA ELECTION.

Til given up that the I.ocOrocos have
carried their Congressional ticket in all
Of The ioEr Districts Of Louisiana. The
New Orleans pnpers say that the whole
vote poled at this election is less by one
half than was given in the last contest.
10 Louisiana, as in other States, where
the wings have suffered defeat since Tho
election Of iS40-they hare dciea'e them
seIDes by staying awGy from The polls -
The Loco papers, we see, have raised
their chickens 10 crow over Louisiana,
and one Of our exchanges ptlribuies tho
victory in that State, 10 tho overthrow
of The banks! This is all right. Those
who refuse to vote at an election deserve
defeat, and ought to be crOtCed oper. 1t
will drive them 10 the polls hereafter,