Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-08-08
No. Is

honest and capable men in whom confidence
can be reposed For Governor we want mau
free from corrupion--a man whose past i,i,
gives assurance that ia his future course ~,
will be governed by motives the most palrloflc
and n0ble-a man 10 whom there !, no guile :
in short, practical man. who Is aequaln'c
with The wants OF the people, and =" ho posse
the .firnness TO administer the Gnternm4n; a.
such manner will promote the wei
happiness and prosperity of the whole Sue
a man is Gen. JOSEPH MARKLE. ,he Wm!
candidate for Governor of TIN, State.
HENRY CLAY, for President of rhe Uutr
States, aud JOSEPH MARkLE. Tor Gprrrnor
OF Pennsy ylvaDia, are The men placed before III,
people of This Stale by the Why party. They
are both entIlled To their support They ha,,
boh'served their country in dIferent capacities,
aud by their PATRIOTISM and pubic services have
won the admiration aud esteem uI their fellow
citizens. They both dl,lnieres'ed aud Ia
defaligable advocates oi those measures which
have received the sanction of The people, AMI
in trials and difficulties, which would har.,
caused the hearts of men less perseverIng, L.,
despair, they have never lallered. During IN,
last war with Great Britain. while HENRY
CLAY, In Congress, was ably and eloquentlv
defending Madison and our country from iner.
nal enemies, Gen. MARKLE was fighting the,
baales of his native land and wardlne of tho
blows aimed al it by foreign and powerful
force. When Mr. Madison said "The army
is doing It's part, and The navy il, part in de-
fence of The nation, bu, Henry Clay is dang
msre than bOthr r' James K. Polk was seeking
refuge in place distant from his home, TO a,oIl
beng called upon 10 take up arms against Que
common enemy. Gen. NlarkIe was at that
time expendlng his money in support of the GAL
liant band that marched with him 10 our from
tiers, 10 shield from harm the delenceless wo-
men and children who dwet in our western Ter
ri:ories Where then uaS Mr.. Muhenberg ?--
Ay-Uhere ,cas he? HENRY CLAY and
Gen. MARKLE are honest aud capable, AMI
are, above all others, the men who should re-
cere The suffrages OF free people. The for
mei is the champion of the protective system.
the defender Of our liberties, and the Preserver
of the Union. The latter is brave and eff
cieni officer, an honest man, and respected
CITIZEN, whose qualifications 10 one who knows
him, will doubt.
OF his character, talents and popularity, We
may learn something of his most Intimate neigh
bors and friends A few days since, we pub
Iished few resolutions adopted al a meeting
held by his own neighbors and will now
close his article by quoting the following ex-
tract from letter written by John Forsylie. i
respectable citizen Of Allegheny county, who,
together with General Marke served his coun-
try in the battlefield, during the war OF 1872:
From the commencement of the war, our
defeats were almost always caused by 'he un-
skiIfuIness or cowardlce of onr officers, and [
believe many others besides myself felt as mucfs
concened about the mismauagemeni OF on: Of
hcers, as they did about fighting believed
my officers were brave and fearless, but | con-
feSs | put more confidence In the military skull
and management of Gen. Markle at the time, than
/ did in any other officer of the detachmsnt.-
When we made charge on the Indian towns
bore to the left and took my post By the side Of
Gen. Mdrkle IN front of the tOon. He r0as cool
and collected, with every appearance Of The sol
dier about him. After destroying two or three
towns few miles farther down the river, We
returned and encamped for the night al The first
town. On the following morning al o'clock,
the Indians made furious attack on our line
and that ON our right Markle's company fought
gallantly and suffered severely, having sixteen
men killed and wounded, including Lieut.
Waltz among the slaia. Nothing daualed.
however although the commander endeavored
to persuade them not 10 engage IN The charge
that there were enough of Others, who had
no, been in the action, they could mol be kept
back, bu. charged on the Indians with their
brave captain al their head. ale the last NOR
sci of my provisions on the morning of the bal
tie We had then TO return one hundred miles
through The wilderness, and were twelve days
in accomplishing our return. In The meantime.
we had subssted principally upon spcewooI
tea. Some of the men procured few gralas
of corn, lei, by our horses on oupoulward march
For some years after my return from The ar.
my, got almos, out of The acquaintance of
Gen. Markle. But Tor The last twenty ears |
have found him as much OF gentleman as a
soldier-a man of strict business habits. good,
sound politician, aud, beuer than all oilAer>, one
of the nobIest works of God-AN HONEST
MAN"
CAN'T BE sol-Mr. Vandevece. Of Shews-