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Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1844-04-12

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Sir:-For the purpose of settling sub
ject Of debate among some friends, who
agree to refer the matter TO you, allow me
10 inquire what were the opinions and
conduct Of Martin Van Buren, in the early
stages of the war of 1912. touching the
policy Of the war? On what grounds did
he support De Witt Clinton for the Pres
idency, in opposition to Mr.. Madison 3
And what were Mr.. Clinton's views in re-
la,ion to the war and its continuance!
We believe. Mr.. Clinton to have besn
the peace party candidate, and tina. Mr..
Van Buren, supported him on that ground.
Will you have the kindness TO Sc. us
right, either by answering it in the Com
mercial Advertiser, or by letter.
If by letter, we will not regard it as in
tended for publication. Your answer TO
the above will much oblige many Wing
friends.
l am, very respectfully,
ISAAC WELLS.
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The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-09-27
NEW YORK LoCoFOCo ARGUMENTS
spect, yours,

Near Utica, on the Sd instant, the Locofocos
erected an image labelled Henry Clay" and,
after having gathered crowd around it, relieved
themselves Of superabundance of vulgarity and
spleen, and at evening, when the delegations
were returning from the meeting at Utica, they
set fire to it, and threw it blazing into large
wagon loaded with Wings from an adjoining
town!
This is the way the Locofocos support Polk for
the Presidency, and attempt to prove that Henry
Clay is not worthy of that high office Will the
American people look on indifferenlly!
At late Locofoco meeting at Lyons, New
York, two full length effigies, with false faces
one representing man holding apack of cards
with pistols in his breast, and the other kneeling
in the attitude of prayer-appeared in the process
sion and called out the shouts and cheers of the
Locolocos This is specimen of Locofoco de-
cency and argument. Yet these men have the
effrontery to lecture US about personal abuse
AT Paterson, on Saturday, the 18th instant,
while Wing meeting was in session, some of
the lower classes of the Polk party obtained the
consent of an abandoned female to dress in dis
guise and head a procession of some ten or
twenty boys, for the purpose of nterrupting the
speakers.
At Client, in this county, the Locofocos erect
ed an obscene image, and grossly insulted num-
Der of highly respectable ladies' who were on their
way to the Undertook mass meeting.
On the same day the Locofocos of Valatie as
saulted number of ladies returning from the
Wing Convention at HI ,derhook with rotten eggs
and stones.
AT Kinderhook, on the 18th inst, the Locofocos
cut down the ash pole which the Wings had
erected on the 7th instant.
On the 14th inst, a prominent Locofoco Of
Greenport hung peuicoats in the road to insult the
ladies' who attended the mass meeting at Johns
town.
The Locolocos of Claverack on the 3lst ut.,
stole the banners from the flag stats at Claverack
Falls and Mellenvilie, which The Wings had dis
played at those places.
In Cortland county, the Locos assaied car
riagc full of Wing ladies' with stones, after hav-
ing attempted to frighten Il si horses by freing
off loaded anvil.
At Albany on the 18th inst, the Iocofocos at
tackled Wing procession with stones and seri-
ously injured several persons.
The Locofocos of Saratoga Springs, raised a
hickory pole on Sunday, the 9Th inst, and after
wards, says the Wing, enacted the most disgrace
full scenes of drunkenness.
Such are the prominent arguments of the Loco
focos in favor Of their principles and their candi-
dates !-Hudson (N " Republican.
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THE PEOPLE MOYING!
NEW YORK.

NEW 1Ohh.
EIGHT TO TEN THOUSAND WIIIGS IN COUN-
GIL AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF WASH
TON IN NEWBURG.
The Wings of Orange, and some OF the other
river counties on the North River, assembled on
Monday to the number of eight or ten thousand
on the field near the house which was w ashng-
toms headquarters during the Revolution. The
field on which they met commands magnificent
view of the Highlands, the river in general, and
numerous towns and villages. The day was
charming, and everything went off admirably.
The meeting was organized by the choice Of
President-James Burt, of Warwick.
Vice PresidentS-Pierre Van Cortland and
General Isaac Belknap.
ecretaries-David w. Gridey and Alfred A.
Belknap.
Judge Berrien, the Senator from Georgia. was
introduced by William G.. Hasbrouck, Esq, and
in neat speech for over two hours he enchanted
the attention of his audience upon the Tariff
Texas, and Oregon. After Mr. Berrien, Messrs.
Stoutenburgh, Missing, and Jackson interested
the company in songs.
The Hon. John A. Collier then addressed the
people till near sunset, when the Vermont Min
strels concluded the interesting performances of
the day by other songs.
The steamboat New Jersey went from this
city little after O'Clock, with large company
on board, including he whole body of the Union
list Association but they did not arrive on the
ground till after p. NJ, and of course lost nearly
all of Mr.. Berren's speech. AS we intended to
have report of this admirable appeal to the
Wings of New York, we have reason particu-
larly to regret that the slow progress of the boat
disappointed us. Mr. Berrien, we understood,
enchanted the attention of the vast auditory, and
throughout delighted them with his eloquence.
In the midst of his speech the New York dele
CATION came upon the ground, when he suspended
his remarks till place was provided for them to
hear. Mr. Collier was happy, as usual, in his
colloquy with the comptroller on the State debt,
Wing management, &c. &c.
These vast assemblies of Wings at the mere
tap of the drum, without effort almost, indicate
the liveIiness of the Wing public, and the gene
raj determination to do their duty and their whole
duty to the State and country.
We may also add to the account given above
that from rostrum uear the Washington House
Morris Frasklin, Esq addressed about 5000 peo-
pie while Judge Berrien was speaking and that
in the evening, in the street, Mr.. Dickinson, late
Senator, addressed crowd on Texas, the Tariff,
aud the State policy.-N Y. Express.
The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-09-27
STOP THIEF! STOP THIEF !!

We notice in the Globe of last evening an ar
ticle to the "Democracy CD Of Maryland" head
ed Look out for Pipe-layers - containing state
ments SO silly and flat, that it hardly needs a no.
tice, were it not from the fact, that it contains an
evidence of their own intention to play the same
game they have been in the habit of for years, 10
the personal knowledge of every active politician
in this city and Baltimore, both Wing and Loco
foco, and which the Siamese twns-Towes and
Sengstack, who sign the paper written for them
know to be true. So 6arefaced paragraph could
hardly have emanated from any other couple in
our city, and We look upon it as their old cry of
stop thief! to elude the vigilance of those who
have heretofore caught them in the act But
these sIgners must be very Uerdant, if they ex-
pect thus to elude the vigilance of their old add
yersaries. ....
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PENNSYLVANIA.

CONVENTION AT HoLLYDAYsBURGH.-We learn
by gentleman from Hoydaysburgh, that the
Convention at that place on the 10Th was of the
most enthusiastic kind, and attended by upwards
of 5000 persons. Every obstruction was thrown
in the way by the officers on the public works to
prevent the transportation of persons on their
way to the Convention, but without avail. The
water was let out of one of the levels to stop the
boats, but the people procured horses and car
riages for some, whilst others walked, and all at
tended. General Markle was the cynosure of all
eyes, and the object of affection to all hearts, and
his presence among the people of Huntingdon
produced an electric effect. His fine manly APP
pearance-his bold, high forehead, and open brow,
with the pride of the soldier and the dignity of
the man, exhibits him as he is, without sinister
views or purposes, but with the stamp of integ-
rty and singleness of mind. The best feeling
prevailed throughout, and old Huntingdon prom
ises boldly to be a tower OF strength in the Wing
ranks on the 9Th Of October next-PiHsburgh
American.
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staked against his, he will be egrsgiously mlstak-
en-. | confidently expect to win, for the person
for whom bet, nine-tenths of the money | have
put up, which will exceed ten thousand dollars.
"As desire to keep nothing back in relation to
the bets have made, will here state that all of
them for my partner, Francis p. Blair, who
is in the country to-day but make free to name
him, believing that he desires no conceament
about the matter. From what he has said to me-,
believe his principal object in betting is to stop
the Dragging of the Wings, which he thinks will
them TO fall on the Wing side"
As the middle paragraph in the foregoing ex-
tract from the Globes confession, does not ex-
actly harmonic with the other two, it is probable
that Mr.. Rives, when penning it, was asking
himself what Mr. Blair would say to the confess
sion without some such saving clause, and made
it in consequence, merely for FORMS sake.
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MEHEMET ALA LOCOFOCO.

Mr.. Blair, the editor of the Washington Globe,
pays the following high tribute to the Pacha of
Egypt, and recommends his example to the mi-
tation of free Christian people. The Globe
says
MEHEMET ALI-This enlightened Egyptian
! Pacha is wiser than the representatives of the
agricultural classes in our own country He fos-
| tiers commerce with all the world to find a mar.
ket for the products of the rich soil Of the Nile.
Some OF our agricultural and commercial city
representatives exclude our products from the
markets of the world to make home market,
| which can not consume 1.-THE of them
| Now since the Globe the Locofoco organ, is
the unqualified admirer of Mehemet Ali, and his
| enlightened" policy, we will furnish the reader
an outline of that policy, derived from the
books of travels written by men of undoubted in
telligence and integrity, Doctor Madden and the
Rev. DR.. Oin who, from personal observation
and inquiry, have made themselves familiar with
the subject.
That autocratc Locofoco, Mehemet Ali, then,
regards every subject of his realm as slave, and
forces them by the most merciless taskmasters,
to cultivate the earth and bring the whole of its
fruits into his granaries excepting bare suffi-
cheney to sustain the lives Of the people, He
himself is the only merchant of his kingdom, and
does all the trading with foreign nations. He
sells the corn, other fruit OF the earth, foreign
countries and makes use of the money TO bedeck
his scores of wives and concubines with Jewels
and gems
His Locofoco highness has an army Of 100000
men and yet the whole population of his domn-
ions is less than that of New York. The dis
ciplinc of his army is so horribly cruel, that the
people have a custom of putting out the right
eye OF their sons, TO unfit them for the military
service But the mercilcss tyran,, 10 head"
his subjects in this particular, established one
eyed regiment! The poor parents, in their des
perallon, next resorted to the plan Of cutting of
the right forcfinger; but here it was thought they
would be headed again, by le(t-honded reg-
meht! Such Is the horrible system Of cruelty
adopted by the "enIightened Egyptian Pacha,"
VINO mas so won upon the esteem Of the Globe.
Fine commercial and agricultural systesa that to
recommend to the adoption Of enlightened free.
men! But one landlord and but one merchant.
and the people all slaves And this system OF
tyranny supported by standing army of a hun
dred thousand men One-eyed and left-handed
The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-09-27
LOCOFOCOISM STICKING OUT.

That the people may Judge Of the extern, to
which the Locofoco party carry the system Of "
ing, we copy the following article from the Har
rsburg Argus, and which Is Intended 70 90 he
rounds Of the Locooco papers The Post Of this
city will of course moi publish il, nor he Greens
burg Argus, where almost every child could give
it the lie
PARRY GooD---Gcneral MARKLE sent word,
writing IS an accomplishment Tor which this gem
tleman en'Gt'ains most becoming contempt, 10
the Pittsburg Wings, that he would bring with
him 1000 men from Westmoreland, to their great
Coon Convention on the 10Th. Great prepare
ions were made IN consequence, and-General
Markle arrived with twenty-five men all told
Alas poor coonery"
General Markle sent no word to any Wing in
Pttsburg, but he told his friends at home, that he
would go with them-that he was ready" He
did come, and with EIGHTEEN HUNDRED of
his "neighbors. "-Piusdurg Amer
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The Hon. Edward Stanley, OF North Caroil
addressed the Clay Club of Winshester on Il
day night last, in a very eloquent and effect
speech-and the Newtown Clay Club on Satu
day afternoon.
Though on the last occasion frequently int
rupted by Loco Mr.. s. was never thrown fro
his balance, but always turned the in,erruptit
the hurt received by being thrown from his vel
Gle while travelling some weeks since, and W
be able to do much good service to the VIII
cause before the campaign ends.-Charleslo,
(Val Free Press.
The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-09-27
W A S H | N G I @ N.
FRIDAY EVENING, SEPT. 81. 1874
MR.. KENDALL AND JOHN JONES.

Kendalps Expostor of Tuesday publishes an
article extremely vituperative of Mr.. Clay, and
charges its authorship upon the editor of this pa
per, quoting the Madsonan to substantiate the
allegation. The truth is that the Madisonian
never dreamed of laying the article at our door,
but exhumed it for the purpose of fatherng it upon
its late assistant editor, Mr.. March.
Mr.. Kendall will perceive, by turning again to
the article, that he totally misconceived the OBJ
ject of the Madisonian and that no attempt was
made to implicate US. Mr.. Kendall ought to
know that the editor of the Madisonian is one Of
the most profoundly learned and mysterious men
of this age and it must not be expected to find his
meaning upon the surface. Every sentence en-
bodies some latent meaning which can only be
arrived at by patient study. The late DR.. Bow
ditch is represented to have said of the French
mathematician, Lapace that when, in any Of his
philosophical works, he laid down one of his de-
auctions with " hence it is plain" the student
might expect to devote three days to the invest-
cation of his meaning. So it is with the profound
Mr. Jones, who, like Donna Inez, the mamma of
Don Juan, is verscd in all languages, particular
ly the dead, all sciences and arts, particularly the
useless. 1t is hence difficult for the gentleman
to level himself to the vulgar apprehension.
The editor of this paper has never entertained
or expressed other opinions of Mr. Clay than
those which now daily appear in the Standard.
The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-09-27

The SLAVE BUsINEss.-The British vessel
war Ringdove, arrived at Sierra Leone on IL
Odd June, and found there the Spanish brigantin
"Sirius," with 356 slaves on board, bound to h
Havana, and sent in by H. NJ. S. Sappho. Their
were $500 slaves at The Gallinas, in the factore.
ready for shipment. The Hydra had lost twent
men by sickness. The Albatross and Wasp ha
also arrived at Sierra Leon. The Madagasca
had captured len slave vessels with l,400 slave,
She would sail for England on the return of TIA
Penelope, which vessel had left Port Paya for As
cension with fresh water The rain had set IN
the weather. was not unusually hot-there wa
very little sickness. The Ringdove had, as Il
all men-of.war on that Station, shipped severa
Kroomen she was to sail Immediately to cruz.
off Gallinas.
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VIRGINIA.

Extract of letter received from friend .
Virginia:
FAIRFAX Co., Sept. 26, 1874
DEAR SIR: You ask what is the Wing pr
pect hereabouts, and | answer, BRIGHT! G
friends here just determined to wind up the ca
pagn with glorious Barbecue at the Co
House, and 1t Is expected that we shall have I
services of j. G. PENDL EToN, ESQ.,, who has
returned from the Gillian mission; if we do 4
him hope all Washington will come out u
the OCCASION think Virginia as safe for i
Clay as Ohio or Pennsylvania; at any rate |
shall do our duty in old Professionalism &
within our limits repose the ashes of the Fail
of his Country, who, we are well assured, We
he living, would "indignanty frown" upon I
Texas and Disunion scheme
We carried Fairfax this spring by twenty
or thirty majority, and this fall we shall make
fifty. Our representative told me day or Il
since that he knew Of fifteen who have renound
Locofocoism. We live too near the Governmd
to be humbugged. Yours, c. H. vi
Extract of a,letter to gentleman in this eli
WINCHESTER (VA.) Sept. 90, 1874
DEAR SIR: You express the hope that /,
large a majority as they gave Harrison. I'll
you will remember, was but tWelve poles
first time, however, that this county ever g
a Wing majority in a strict party contest. "
need fear nothing on this score-We shall do u
ter, rely upon it, You will be gratiied, also,
learn that the Wing cause is going ahead fn(
up the Valley. For instance, in Shenandod
where Harrison received but l02 votes of upwaf
of 1900 poled, Clay will receive more than q
votes. This, you will say, is doing pretty W
for the "Tenth Legion" but it is no better til
the facts warrant me in asserting. Indeed
expect to see largely increased Wing vote
the tier of counties between the Blue Ridge a
Allegheny mountains, from the Potomac to i
Tennessee line; and from that part of the Sit
lying west of the Allegheny the intelligence
truly encouraging. | apprehend we have lit
to expect from the eastern part of the State, I
still we have nothing to fear. The Wings 81
there hold their own, from al can learn. L
is all we ask of them. Let Them do SO, and /
Valley and the West will seal the fate of d
Richmond junto in old Virginia.
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ANOTHER CONFESSION BY THE GLOBE.


Mr.. Rives, the junior editor of the Globe,
seems to have been disposed to make quite a
clean breast of it in his long article of yesterday,
seeing that the senior, Mr.. Blair, was in the
country In speaking of two gentlemen who
had called on him in relation to some agency of
Great Britain to carry the elections with British
gold in this country, Mr.. Rves candidly confesses
what he thinks about the foul assertion of his part
ner last week, that Col James Watson Webb,
of the New York Courier and Enquirer, brought
home from England money to carry the elections
for MIR. Clay. Mr. Rives says:
81 expected to see in the ne aspapers shortly
afterwards what those gentlemen had learned
from the agent; but have seen nothing from
them, nor have heard from them since. had
thought they were waiting to watch James Wat
son Webb after he returned from England. He
returned several weeks ago. and have heard
nothing since to induce me to believe that he
brought over any money whatever"
1t would be no disadvantage to the honest and
well.meaning portion of the Locofoco party if Mr..
Blair were to go into the country oftener than he
now does, leaving the Globe in the swing of the
junior editor.
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A COOP SIcN-Six weeks ago, A. A. Norto
Wing merchant of Mount Vernon, in the l.
coioco county of Knox, advertised ia both paper
that he would give one dollar bushel for whef
payable when James X. Polk is elected Preside
of the United States in 1874. The Loco pap
urged Locofoco farmers to take their wheat
him, assuring them that Polk would be electe
and Norton was able to pay. But notwithstan
ing all this, not bushel has been offered on tho;
terms. Four weeks since, Norton and Jones i
sued and circulated hand bills offering to purcha.
$4,000 bushels of wheat on those terms but n
bushel has been offered The Locos themseyt
know well that Polk cannot be elected
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THE GLOBES CONFESSION.

Every once and while the senior editor of the
Globe, Mr. Francis P. Blair, goes into the coun
try, on which occasions the Junior editor, Mr..
John c. Rives, INDUCES his editorial bent with
perfect freedom. There is mighty difference
between the two men-the one cool, cautious, and
wary; the other open, frank, (sometmes,) and
above board.
Last evening the junior editor had his swing
in an editorial three columns long to which he
appended his name in full This editorial is a
curiosty-an oasis in desert-and lets the pub
lie into the true secret why Blair g. Rives have
bet so freely their " TENS OF THOUSANDS" on Mr..
Folks election. We thank the junior editor for
his candor in making the important confession,
though we doubt not he will get anything but
thanks from his senior partner
Mr.. Rves honestly confesses that he, who does
not bet for himself, will spend, or lose, TENS OF
THOUSANDS" to prevent the defeat of his party
If he will spend SO much without betting, how
much will his richer partner spend for the same
object, who does bet
Mr.. Rives also honestly confesses his belief
that his partners principal object in betting is
to stop the Dragging of Wings, which he thinks
will scare the tmd who are on the fence, and
induce them to fall on the Wing side
Analze this confession Mr.. Rives and Mr..
Blair are both rich. Mr.. Rives, who does not bet
for himself, will spend "TENs OF THOUSANDS" to
prevent the defeat of his party. And Mr.. Blair,
who does bet THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS, does
SO, not to win--for who with his intelligence
would expect to win in betting on Folks cleo.
ton but to keep up the dropping spirits of his
party, and prevent the fencemen from being
scared and jumping down on the Wing side An
honest though perhaps not very polite, confess
sion! But we give it to our readers in Mr.
RlVess own words Let every one read it, Wing
or Locooco, and draw his own conclusions:
81 think it proper for to state here that |
have not made bet for myself for several wear,
past and that it is my intention never TO receive
single cent that may be won on a bet, thouoh
will contribute to pay bets made by me for other
persons on elections. | am opposed to betting,
especially such sums as those who make the bets
are unable to lose; but am still more opposed
to seeing the success of the Democratic varty put
IN jeopardy by the Wings proposing bets which,
II not taken, will induce those who g hate mi
Dorlty'' to 90 over to them am indebted 10 the
Democratic party for all--or very nearly all
the money am WORTH and | hope and believe
that VIII spend as much for il, ir proportion 10
my means, as any other man. Though | will not
win money TO insure its success, will q. or
spend, thousands and TENS OF THOUSANDS pre-
vent its defeat
If any Wing shall think, from what | have
said, that think he will win the money which |
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A BRITISH Fort ON THE LATE DISPUTED Ten
RIToRy.-A paper published ii Frederrckton, il
New Brunswick, states that two hundred am
fifty acres of land are being cleared at Gran
Falls, on the 81. John river, for military es,ab
lishment, with Qualifications and accommodate
for one thousand men. Tie position, We believe
IS within the territory which Eugland ubtaiue.
IRON the United States by the Ashburon treat.
a Montreal paper says " G70000 il the sun
named as about TO be expended in the fortifc.
ton Of the province but as it is very probab.
the road between Halifax and Quebec will \,
opened, farther sum of perhaps fl0O,OO0 Nj.
be expended in the province" This does no
look like independence" for the British Amer
can colonies.-N Y. Sun.