Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1839 : Weekly), 1840-09-09

              j0'iiftitt VOLUME XXXI. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1810. NUMBER 2. COLUMBUS: FKIDA V KVEMXti, KEl'IKMHUR 4, 1810. "THE MONEY POWER IN THE FIELD." Under this bead, a writer in the last Statesman makes an awkward attempt to show that the contraction of the Banks in this State is the result of a com-binaiion for political effect, designed to make the people the hard times. This kind of reasoning is extremely convenient in the hands of the Demagogue. It requires only the statement of (lie fuel, and its application is a matter of course, to bo applied in any supposable case. The advantages of this new process of developing great truths in public economy are various it does not require any examination into preceding causa. Its convenience may be tested in a variety of ways in common life. Why should we not charge the Farmers and Manufacturers with combining to reduce the prico of Grain and Cloths, for the purpose of producing an effect upon the eleclion1 The answer will be in the mouth of every man simultaneously, because it is against their interest to do so. Yet the fact is so prices are reduced men's miuds and the prosperity of the country are afTecled by the alarming change, and why not hold the Farmers and Manufacturers responsible for ill A depression of Industry and Labour, to an unparalleled extent, has taken place, and the samo kind of reasoning which is applied to Corporations, might be applied to them. And how are they to shake off the charge The answer in the one caso will be the answer in the other. A cause has preceded the reduction of prices too powerful for them to counteract, and the effect follows as a natural consequence. In the caso of the Dank contraction, has no visible cause preceded the effect? Will it be said that the owners of property in Corporations are goveruod by different motives from the owners of property in Farms and Millsl We think not, At least, we think no reasoning man will say so. The object of both is the same to make a profit out of their investment. Then it follows that both, if left to themselves, would pursue such a course as would yield them the greatest return. That principle implanted in the human breast, the love of gain, which every one recognizes, confirms the truth of this conclusion. Even the Demagogue, who designs to live on the industry of others, gives proof by his acts of the correctness of this position. His investment is of an unreal kind, It is true, consisting of professions of patriotism j but he measures it by the amount of " bread and butter" lie can probably make by its activo use. There is only one true way of measuring professions, or of testing thoories and that is, by their fruits. We are told that tho Banks have been guilty of a violent contraction of their issues without cause. Is this sol Lot every man ask himself the question, with such lights before him as experience and observation will afford. Assertions either way are good for nothing without proof, such proof as wo can understand for unless it is brought home to our understanding, it is only assertion after all. Then how stands the questionl It would bo a poor compliment to tho intelligence of the public aflor tho free discussion which this subject has undergeno, to suppose that they would recognize nothing in theeourse of the Government towards ihe United States Bank, or in the Removal of tho Depositee, which bore on the question of Bank contraction. After these acts took place, and our State Banks wcro taken under the patronage of the Administration, Ihero certainly was no room for complaint because of the niggardly issues of the Banks. There was a redundancy of circulation. Banks were multiplied by tho friends of the Administration wherever they had the powor, and there seemed to be no end to Ihe bounty of our rulers. Whilst this good understanding existed between the Government and the Banks, who ever heard of coutractionst And why noli plainly because it was not for their interest. But the policy of the Government underwent a change Tho Specie Circular was issued. Did Ihe Banks then contract Certainly they did but not willingly. They complained at Ihe necessity which was forced upon them of redeeming their issues o rapidly. Bui the decree had gone forth a hard money currency was to be introduced, and in order to make way for il, the Bank issues must be called in. It was done. A crash followed, and the results are upon us as Ihe legitimate effects of a preceding cause. Has thero been any change of the policy which led to these results! We have seen none. Theory Is still " Divorce of Bank and State," and the details of the Bub-Treasury bill, with iVj specie clause, have been especially devised to carry it out. This is not denied. On the contrary, it is openly avowed, and the Banks are now condemned for not throwing themselves (all Unprotected as they are by Slate lcgislstion) entirely into the power of this new Monster! The fool and the Demagogue may condemn them for their prudence but Ihe wise and reflecting know that they are but yielding quietly to the law of necessity. Let us go one step farther, and examine the facts , upon which this writer bases his beggarly assump. tions. Ha makes the Whigs declare, as the result of consultation and free action, that" The money power " must be brought into the fluid corporate and iWi- " tidual wealth must bo arrayed against the principles "of Ihe people, by paralizing their interests, reducing "their prices, crippling their labour, and in every " possible mode, effecting their prospeiily." In other words, corporate and individual wealth must he array. ti against itself, in order to change Ihe political prin clples of its owners I This is Ihe sum total of the argument And how is it sustained! By I statement of assumed facts worihy of Ihe paternity of the first Idea, to wit, that the contraction of Ilia Banks has been made to bear designedly upon the hard-money friends of the Administration ! This is proved by x calculation so novel (hat we must refer the reader to , it, in order thai he may comprehend fully its beauiies. It establishes one of two things first, that Ihe hard- money friends of ihe Administration prefer coin to paper, and therefore return Ihe latter upon ihe Banks or, second, thai some ctmse has operated to reduce the value of .paper when compared w ith coin, and ihor. fore the paper has cnino home from I distance for shelter and protection, like the daily labourer return, ing to his own fireside, for want of profitable employ' ment. Now, which of these two conclusions will the sage writer adopt! Or, will he assert that the warms of Merchants' Clerks, and Brokers' Agents, which Infested our Stnle all Inst winter, returning upon the Hanks their issues, were only tho secret In truinenls for carrying out this abominable scheme against the liberties and 11 principle! of the people!" tSo far we have been dealing mainly with the at- tumptiant of Ihe writer, drawn from a statement of facts made up lo suit himself. e propose now, in a few words, to lest Hit fade thruisolvos, and we doubt not they will prove as unreal as tho professions of patriotism of the "bread and butter" Demagogue usually arc. Frsm April, 1839, to July 1840, it is stated that the aggregate contraction of the Banks in Ohio, was 4,023, Gil dollars, or 110,571 dollars less than half of the whole amount of their noteB in circulation at the first mentioned period. But what is said of the re duction of specie in their vaults! We learn nothing of this from the statement before us, but wo will remedy that omission. The amount of specie in the vaults of the Banks in April, 1839, was 2,010,827 dollars their circulation, based on this specio, was 8,157.873 dollars, or a little more than three in paper to onein specie. In July, 1S10, the circulation oftho Banks amounted to 4,137,535 dollars maintained on 1,252,315 dollars in specie, being still a little more than three in paper for one, in coin. This is the true state of Ihe question, and covers Ihe whole ground. Now, from these facts it appears 1st, that this contraction commenced immediately after tho enactment of tho Bank Commissioner Law, passed Feb. 25, 1839, and the law of the same session by which tho circulation of small notes was prohibited, and other restrictions imposed on Ihe Banks 2J, that in the return of their issues to the Banks, thus forced home for redemption, the reduction of tho amount of specie in their vaults, has kept steady pace with tho contraction of circulation, as proscribed by the Bank Reform Law 3d, that notwithstanding this ruinous contrac tion, no measures were adopted by the last Legisla ture to- remove the cause, but, on tlio contrary, additional penaltios were provided, so as lo make sure the operations of the previous enactments from which it would appear, 4ihly, that the " Reformers" are to be held responsible for all tho effects arising from Ihe contraction, tho came having been deliberately set in motion for that very purpose, loaid in making way fur the adoption of the Sub-Treasury scheme. The provision of the Bank Commissioner Law, undur which this contraction has taken place, is positive, and is embodied In the 10th Section, as follows : "Sec. 10. The total amount of the debts which " any hanking institution in this State shall at any " one time owe, whether by bond, bill, noto or other "contract, exclusive of actual dcposiies, shall not "exceed ono and a half times the sum of the capital " stock subscribed and nctually paid in; neither shall " the actual circulation of the notes of any such banking "institution at onk tim Exriro THREE TIMES " THE AMOUNT OF SPECIE, exclusive of de-" posiles, in the vaults and actually belonging lo the "Hank." These facts are easy of application. It will not fail to strike the candid inquirer, that the enemies of sound credit only state ono sido of tho question. There was a contraction of circulation but no men tion is made of the like contraction of coin! The contraction of circulation was the inevitable conse quence of the party measures, and party tinkering, and in conformity to their own requisitions, regulations, and laws; for they conferred no correspondent power to increase the basis of circulation, to supply deficiencies. These facts upsst all foregone conclusions, and leave the writer in the attiludo of a falsifier, deliberately endeavouring to deceive the community, by disguising the true causo of tho evils that are overwhelming every Interest in tho country, whether Financial, Ooiuiiicrcial, Agricultural, or Manufacturing. PROFESSION ecrit PRACTICE. Those who attach more importance to practice than to professions, are requested to read the following article from Ihe Albany Evening Journal. Mr. Van Buren s Democracy, when subjected to the test, evaporates in tho cultivation of aristocratic habits, and in surrounding himself Willi the trappings of royalty. Mark his ahhorrenco of tho sedition law, and his sympathy for tho sufferers under it, as disclosed below, and then test them by his treatment of the venerable Ctitm.rs IIoi.t, one of its victims. Our first lessons in Republicanism were drawn from the columns of the Columbian, when edited by this martyr in the cause. From the Albany Eranlnf Journal. MR. VAN BUREN and THE SEDITION LAW. The Letter of Mr. Van Buren. which had free circu lation through the Stale of Kentucky just before its election, contains the following paragraph: --.-mice yuur tuner nns ueen laying oeiore me wailing for a reply, it has been my agreeable duly to confirm Ihe fiat of ihe nation setilinir forever the uncon stitutionality of the sedition laws of 1798, by approv ing an act lor inoreui'i oi tneneiraol Matthew i.yon, refunding to them a fine culleecled of their ancestor, under the law in question. Parly prejudice, Judical authority, dread of the precedent, respect for that which has assumed the form of law for furly years, have successfully resisted this act of justice) but at tengtn all are swept away hy the irreslsitlile current of public opinion, and the sedition act hat been irreversibly decided to be unconstitutional by a tribunal hiirh- er than the courts of justice tho sovereign people of the United States." So much for the heirs of Matthew Lyon, for whose relief Mr. Van Buren signed a hill passed by Con-gress. He would havo it inferred from this flourish that he not only abhors tho "Sedition Law," but that he sympathises wilh thoao who suffered lis harsh penalties. But is this true! Let facts speak for themselves. Ciuni.ts IIoi.t, like Matthew Lyon, was a victim lo the Sedition Law. Mr. Holt, as the Editor of i Republican paper in ihe Slate of Connecticut, waa fined and imprisonrd under the Sedition Lnw. Ho however fuitght hit way through as a JclTersoninn who unflinchingly vindicated the Freedom of Speech. He was, ultimately driven by Federal persecution out of the Stale of Connecticut. But devoted In Democratic principles, he established a Paper at Hudson, then the Oihralter of Federalism in Ihe Stale of Now York. There he was opposed by Harry Croswell, Ihe Editor of a Federal paper, and assailed by James Powers and James Vandorpoel, then violent Federalists, but now Jon Jluren Democrats! From Hudson Mr. Holt moved to New-York, where, from 180910 1811, he published " The Columbian," a alaitneli Republican paper devoted to the tiipporl of Madison, Tompkins, and the sr. "In Ihe courso of human events," Mr. Holt grew old end poor. He had proaervod through life, however, hit independence and his integrity. His character was above reproach. Several years ago he received as a small but Justly merited reward for long political service, a plure in the Custom House-Though holding a trust under the Government, the old Veteran took the liberty of speaking as he thought of the measures of the Administration. Hu regarded the Sub-Treasury Scheme as hostile In Hie interests of the Penplo and as dangerous to the Liberties, of ilia Country, at tho Alien nnd Sedition Laws to which he wat opposed in '98. 'I'll l a wat denounced at tressonl And fur Ibis olleuce the offence of speaking a Freeman's thoughit Charlea Holt, the Veleruu Democratic Editor ol '98 who tutrered under the Sedition Law has been Tl' UN El) OUT OK THE CUSTOMHOUSE II V MAItTIN VAN IW It KM Thus Mr. Holt, who has for fil'iy years been straight-forward and steady in his support of Ilia trim Democratic principles of the Constitution, is alike nil. noxious to the Elder Adams and to the Elder Van lluren. Fur opposing the Sedition Law in 1798 he was persecuted. Fur opposing the Ktih-Tmitnry Scheme in lb 1(1 ha wts proscribed. Can we have beller evidence Hint tho Van llurcniani of 1810 liar-raoiiiztt Willi Ihe federalism of 17981 BINGIIAMPTON, &e. The Cleveland Herald of the 31st ult, says "It is reported on good authority, that Mr. Post Note Colo has exhibited a recent letter from Governour Shannon, ""Kg'"!? "" to furnish the Governour with a statement for publication denying any am! all connection between them touching Biughampton paper, Post Notes, Bank of Manhattan operations, &c." This information it derived from Buffalo, where Cole has recently been. Cole, It seems, made objections lo the proposition, because of Shannon's b ad faith in relation to the 3000 dollar loan ! We received a letter on this subject a few days since, from which we make Ihe following extract: " 1 had a long conversation with C. Dauforth yesterday, in Ihe oourso of which he staled that he had had a conversation with Shannon about the purchase of ihe St. Clairsville Bank, nnd that it was distinctly understood in case Colo did purchase its stock, the Shannon family was lohave the management of it. And he further said, that Chamberlain informed him that Shannon introduced Hulzbeckor, Ihe contractor, to Cole, as a man of properly, and that Cole did on the strength of such recommendation loan lollolzbcck-er IC.OOOdollars in Binghamptou Post Notes, and that they were paid to II. in Ihe presence of Shmnon"!! Danforth was Vice-President, and Chamberlain Cashier of tho Manhattan Bank under Colo's administration. They were also wilh Cole in Columbus, during the past winter. The public will judge of their ability to imparl correct information. The Governour has sought to shield himself by appealing lo Cole. We think thoy all should be heard. The source from whence wo derive our information is unquestionable. THE REIGN OF TERROUR. There will be found in another column, an address to President Van Buren, signed by a committoe of the citizens of Tallahassee, Florida, in relation to the recent outrages perpetrated in that city by Gov. Reid. The question suggests itBelf, what notice will Mr. Van Buren take of this remonstranco 1 We shall be disappointed if he duet not turn a deaf car to their complaints. This man Reid was sent to Florida, through the influence of Ihe public plunderers in that region, who have grown rich on the spoils secured lo them by Army contracts and fat jobs. He will be sustained by this influence; as in every instance, where it has been tried thus far, It has triumphed over public and private right, and will again. Florida has been set off to a favoured few under the "spoils system," and Mr. Van Buren cannot overlook the demands of the plunderers without losing his hold upon a large portion of his present tupportcrt. Tho Baltimore Court-Martial is a case in point. Gov. Reid has already tent on to Washington an agent to propitiate Ihe secret influence around the throne, and lie will be sus- tained. Women and children must be butchered, that an excuse may be furnished through the continuance of tho Florida war, to plunder the public treasury. RHODE-ISLAND ELECTION. Little Rhode-Island has been quietly holding her election for members of tho House of Representatives of her State Legislature, without exciting scarce a remark from her ncihbonra. This prnud State has been so thoroughly reformed that sho lays Locofucolsm in the dust without a struggle. The Senate is unani mously Whig, and the House two lo one, or Ihere-i ubouts. Complete returns havo not been received, Rhode Island elects a U. S, Senator this year. Missouri. The division of parties in tho Legisla ture of this Stale will sland, in the Senate IS Whigs, 17 Locofocues, and one vacancy. In Ibo House, Whig 45, Locofocoea S3, wilh one lie nnd one teat conletted. The latter will be obtained hy the Whig claimant, it Is laid, and the tie remains for a farther trial of strength. So says tho St. Louis New Era. The popular vote is not stated. MORE FORGERY. The last Washingtonian contains a communication from Mr. James Roebuck, whose name appears umong tht signatures appended lo a statement of language aid to have been used by Gov. Trimble on a late oc casion. Mr. R. is loo honest a man to permit his name to be used by the parly as common property, Thoso who are so dishonest and so desperate as to resort lo false statements fur parly advancement, would do well to confine themselves, when forging certificates, to those whom they inoie to be as dishonest as themselves. Mr. Roebuck concludes as follows : "I never put my name to the paper in question, nor nulhorizcd any body to do il for me; and I concludo the whole is a fabrication. I regret that men of my own political parly should find il necessary to resort lo such meant lo sustain the causo." A DEMAGOGUE REUUKED. Tho Washingtonian of August 39 states, that at a meeting In Fayette county, on the Saturday previous, Mr. A. S. Dickey, Locofoco candidate (or Representative, waa making an abusive speech against Gen. Harrison, in which he said the General was not within a milo of the batllo ground at Ihe victory of the Thames. When this declaration was made, Mr. Adam Smith, ihe Chairman of Ilia meeting, sprang to his feet, and in a firm and manly voice observed: "Sir, you must not malic that false charge here. 1 was in that battle, and know thit the charge is untrue. I cannot and will not hear my old General thus slandered, without giving il a flat contradiction," JACKSON REFORM STATE CONVENTION. Alameeting of the Newark Jarksnn Refurin Club, held at that placo on the 31st of August, the following resolution Wat adopted : " llesolced, That the Club recommend lo the original Jackson and Van Dem min, who are favourable lo Ihe causo nf HARRISON AND REFORM, to hold a Sla'e Convention al Colum bus, ou the 23th of September, 1810." Al a meeting last evening of the Jackson Reform Club of thit city, Ibis eall we are informed wat uiiijiii- mously responded lo, Tito meeting at Lancaster, of some 300 to 100 of the " Old Guard," has sot the Ball in motion. In our next we shall givo the proceedings of the Club in this city, VIRGINIA. The Whigs of the Old Dominion have resolved upon a grand Stale Convention at Richmond, lo celebrate the Fifth of October, the anniversary of Ihe llalllu of the Thames. This is a noble and gratifying move mentfirst, ss evincing the activity and patriotic enthusiasm of our friends in that great State) and secondly, as the concentration of talent and eloquence which will be brnught together on thai occasion, cannot fail of pouring in a tremendous and most effective broadside upon tht lines of the office-holders'. SUB-TREASURY HEROICS-" STABBING A LEVER." Slreet fights at all times, and under all circumstances, arn to be deprecated. Whoever the parties may be, whether friends or enemies, it doos not change our mode of viewing snch things. By the course pursued by Ihe Statesman, we felt compelled to givo an account of one which happened sometime ago, as our readers will recollect, without the expectation of again recurring to It botwecn the editor of that pa-per and a man by the name of Schenck, from Day-ton. According lo the common course of such things, we supposed nobody would he more anxious to have it forgotten than tho Editor himself, ns it was very disorcdilnblu to him in every particular. The amount of il was, ho mado a gross attack upon tho character of an aged and respectable lady, ono of tho pioneor matrons of the West, whose son, quite unexpectedly to Ihe Editor, and to every body else in Columbus, took the matter in hand, nnd appeared before him in pro pria persona. Whether the Editor really supposed it imnoriant to the "cause of human liberty," as he expresses it, that the public should know he had been in a dirty scrapo, and had got a flogging for it, or whether, in the pre-sent dearth of political capital, he thought ho could mako something hy trumpeting abroad his own shame, is a mailer of indifference to us, and, we presume, to the public. Our motive, in alluding to it ngaiti, is to notice a laughable and ridiculous attempt to turn the affair into tragedy, and console tho chivalrous Editor wilh the idea of martyrdom. We alludo to the published proceedings of a "Democratic Meeting in Columbus, Ohio," as given by the Statesman. A meeting was called, nnd the people of their party attended, with a view of henring a discussion of political principles. This meeting was said to bo addressed by T. W. Ilarlly, of Richland county, Chas.Sweetzur, Esq., of Delaware, ond II. A. Mooro of this place. It could hardly be expected that a public meeting could bn nd-drossid by Ihree such extensive gentlemen, and pass o(T without extraordinary phenomena of some sort. Accordingly, it seems from the published proceedings, (ami we know nothing else about it,) that Ihe main huiiness of Ihe meeting was to consider the whipping which Medary had got, and to resolve, that "it wat but a remnant if Ihe horrible outrages perpetrated under the administration of lite Elder Jldnms." The resolutions being sprung upon the meeting unexpectedly, were iwailswed as people take pills, at a gulp, supposing that the easiest way to dispose of them under the circumstances, though l hey were altogether nauseatingbrimstone and treacle would have been taken as a luxury in their stead. Coming from any other source they would have been considered a burlesque, but mere is now no doubt they were quite serious: ' " The (oll'wing preamble nnd resolutions were then presented to the meeting, which, upon being duly considered, wiv) unanimously adopted, amidst lliu loud cheers of lc assembly : ritEAMM.B. Whire", our city has recently been Ihe scene of a most d.vtardly, cowardly, and fiend-like assault npen Samiif, Mvdahv, Esq., Editor of the Ohio Statesman, hy VV S. Schenck, reputed a subordinate officer in the Navy of tho United Stales ami whereas, to their eiernnl shame, the said Schenck was aided an. I .h-t. led in his brutal attempt to murder, by sundry citizens of Columbus and whereas, wo view the outrage not only as a gross violation of personal rights, which should consign the culprit lo the cell of a Penilcntia-ry, but also, as a direct and palpable slab al Ihe great lever of Liberty, an independent Press Therefore, be il," &o. Of course, every body knows that all this stuff about "murrfcr," "citizen aiding and abetting," &c, is a sheer fabrication to garnish the tale. But there is another part a little moro serious, lo wil : A direct and palpable stub at Ihe Gnat Lever if Liberty." That was a naughty thing, that slabbing tho lever!" If that shouldn't happen lo arouse Ihe penplo, we do not know what will. Bui hark again: " Resolved, By Ihe Democracy of Columbus and vicinity, that the late assassin-alta-k upon Ihe life of Samukl Mkdahv, Editor of tho Ohio Statesman, by W, S. Schenck, who, after approaching him in tho garb of friendship, did, with club and mono, endeavor to lake the life of said Medary, was a monstrous outrage upon civilized society, indicative of a craven's and a coward's heart, and bs an alarming attack upon tho Liberty of the Press and the Rights of the People." " Did, with Club and Stone, endeavor to take the Vfc of said Midary'.V Bravo! Very well done. Wo think, however, il might be improved. It should read: " Did, with sticks, staves, stones, bludgeons, chain-lightning, drum-slicks, bout-heels, pikes, rolls nf brim-tlone, bayonets, Exlra Globes, koon skins, hard cider, earthquakes, qnasl-quires, bodkins, and other such blood-thirsty weapons, endeavor lo lake the life of said Medary, and wilh malice prepense and aforethought, a direct and palpable stab did then and Ihero make nt the Great Lever of Liberty." Again! " Besnlvrd, That it is with humiliation and regrut we aro oompelled In declare, Hint there are men among us so lost to a sense of duty as citizens, so blind to the, dictates of justice and humanity, and so foigetl'ul of the laws of .iruve and honorable antagonists, as to ooun tenance and aid Schenck in his murderous attack upon Nr. Mkoabv." Wilh a little practice, theso gentlemen wnulJ mako excellent pocket furnaces. Their "humiliation and regret" certainly deserves commiseration, and that we tre "compelled to declare." Could they not contrive lo put their thought! In rhyme ! " in Me garb offriend-ship, did, wilh Club and Stone" &c. Do, gentlemen, put it in rhyme. That stab at Ihe lever was a savage mailer. It should rend, that tht eilizont of Columbus "furiously, and without regard to Iho peace and dignity of the State, being evil-disposed, did, outrageously and wilh force of arms, strike a dagger right through the diaphragm of said lever 1" These "brave and honorable antagonists" further ro-tolve " that we will repel force with force, and, if necessary, carry the war into Ihe amp if the enemu." Thit it certainly valiant, not being more than one or two weeks after the flogging. They should It tvo waited longer. It reminds us of tome of Van 1), iron's resolutions after Hie last war. How martial I " Will resist force with fort'., and, if necessary, carry the war into the eainp of Ihe enemy." The grandeur of this idea, taken in connection wilh Medary't cimlignlion, borders on the ttiblimt ! Wt are, however, compel led IndeeUro" that theso " brave and honorable antagonists," although they havo dono vury well, do not seem to be quite equal to the occasion. Where Is CJni. Crary t If bo were here, ho would douhllust contrive to " tltnra pent In shako all penptr., I.Ike s bob major from a villus! ttonpte," After dwelling lufficioiuly upon "csinps" nnd "war," ihey proceed, probably " wilh humiliation ond regret," to resolve "That tho noble position occupied hy tho talented, indefatigable and fear lest Editor of the Ohio States man, SamUei, MuDAny, Esq., merits and commands tho admiration and respect of the Democracy of Ihe whole Union," , After seeing himself thus backed by these " brave and honorable ontagonists," perhaps the " indefutiea- bit andfearless Editor" may be induced to seek out some old lady without children, assume a "noun position," and proceed again to "men' and command their admiration and respect," by " carrying war into the camp of Ihe enemy." But we hope Mr, Schenck will never ngain be so " blind lo Ihe dictates of justice and humanity," as, in lire ' garb of friendship," "wilh club and stone," to "endeavor to take the life of said Medary j" and that the citizons of Columbus will take care not to makn any more " direct and palpable stabs nl tho Great Lover of Liberty !" P. S. Will some of Iho "brave and honorable antagonists" have the goodness to put their resolutions in rhyme 1 THE STANDING ARMY. The Administration parly, with Mr. Van Bunm at its bond, era liying to mystify this question before the people. It will not do. Mr. Van Duron recommended it his friends approved, and tho party adopt-ed it. There is no disguising the plain facts. They sland out ill bold relief. In order to place Ihe thing in its true light, we would ask the candid reader to examine the article which will be found below from the Official Globe 1 Mr. Van Buren recommends, and the official paper advocates the measure. Look at the dale of the Globe April 3! Mr. Poinsett's detailed plan was sent to Congress March 20. His first report was datid Nov. 30, in which ho says his plan was pro-pared, giving an outline of It, and Mr. Van Buren endorsed it as lain as Doc. 21. In April, after full time certainly had been given for examination and reflection, Mr. Van Buren gives the wholo subject a semi-official recommendation through the Administration organ ! We have lakun the liberty of placing in capitals and italics certain portions of the article from Iho Globe, for tho purpose of drawing attention lo litem. Mark tho language "there is at least one leading measure cf the Administration that is likely to find favour!" Indeed and now Mr. Van Buren repudiates it! It was a "conservative" measure, intended to save the people from themselves, should thry dare lo murmur against the acts and usurpations of the Executive! It was calculated to teach "subordination" ond to repress "domestic violence." bv Ihe in. Miction of Ihe penalties of Iho Articles of War! All this is very kind and purely Democratic. What it meant by Ihe concluding sentence! Is it intended lo atld Gen. Jackson's endorsement to this plan! It looks like it. But read the article: From ihe Gluts! or April 3, 1 J! 10- Tllfi ARMING OF THE PEOPLE. At a time when parly spirit is exerting so baneful an influence upon legislation, and the deleierious effects of which are so manifest to the country t large, minting the delay of measures necessary to the ptihlio good and the "general welfare" in its prop-r sense, it must he gratifying lo observe thai them is nl least ONE LEADING MEASURE OF THE ADMINISTRATION that is likely to find favour with all men of U,Aonntn judgment -u'r' ; of the Secretary nf War for ihe classification, tn't ip-Mtvr and proper OUUANIZATION or the miutia. 'Tho basis of this measure may bn said on; ho'inilly to be the roNsEnvATivn feature nf nur REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT, for it presupposes intelligence, that is directed lo its own itnit f si nnnniMATioM, lo discipline under law, and for the DOUBLE OBJECT of supporting the laws ngainsl foreign aggression and domestic vniLKsrt. But this subject has been so frequently discussed hy the master minds of the past anil present centuries, that it is useless In advert In it further lli:in In a,). I tl.t n. nn. neral Jackson, in his first inaugural address, brought mis nun eci neiore n s re nw-cui7ena i:ivm n,ni Iho bulwark of our defence is Ihe National Mililii, hich. in lltn nrptnttt hImIa nf n- l...lll..nnu .n I population, must render us invincihlo" so THIS 1BI B"'"ii nvi.rn is so wen cuieuioica lo strengthen lis "natural safeguard" uf our country, addresses Self to thr enllirhttnnt nf nil na.ii. 4,U..,:-..U. njnrics and occasional monirieaiious," as be Jusily )hserved. " we may In, ailhtf.etpil In, lull n million nl' armed freemen, possessed of the means nf war, can never he conquered by a foreign foe." " Let us then never be overcome by lisllessness, hut be awake ami i .i..:.. , .I,, 'u"iii; inui nan n it mosi secure from aggres- inilA llinl ia vr rnd.tu In ra.,.,1 il l 'I'U.. .1 is to tho judicious patriot, and tub measure adroeated la Stlllllnell will, ihn .rllflttitt rKn-.,u e -ii ...u I "- " ."."".i.-. "J mnn, who hat supplied, in a great degree, trwi thc-delails of the bill. Pennsylvania Thit Slate appears In be, in reality, ill a slato of revolution. A largo number of new Whig papers, and others nf whoso existence we bufore had no knowledge, havo been pouring in upon us, asking an "exchange, Hi least until nfier Old Tip's election." l.nrgo anil enlliusiislie meeltngs are taking place throughout the Slate. Tho Washington Reporter of the 20th August, entilnins a descriptive account of a meeting on the SSth, in Washington, at w hich Six Thousand were in ultendauce. 'Tho Reporter lays "Iho county was literally emptied into ll'aJiington streets." Recent indications lead us lo regard tho vote of Pennsylvania at certain for Gen. Harrison. A'ew-Jersry Whig Slate Omrcni'on. 'This body met nt 'Trenton, on Thursday, August 20th, and was com posed of abiot 8,000 voters. A Cnngressinn il and Klevtnr.il Ticket were agreed upon, On the Congres sional Ticket srn Ihe tame gentlemen who last winter found that the bread seal of a sovereign Slate, Ihe em bodiment of the voice of the People, was no sure pass port to a seat in a Democratic (!) Congress. Tlio sil ling usurpers will prove a Garland uf Upas upon the brow of Locofncnisin in New-Jersey, and, by ihe pass age of the Sub-Treasury act, throughout the country. bT'.Hways mht. The Urbana Citizen of the 1st Inst., confirms Iho flue incident about Ihe old Baptist minister, which we related as occurring al Ihe Belle-fonlainn Locofoco gathering, on the occasion of lltn Vice President's vii-lt. The i dllor sajs, " il is essentially true in all its particulars, the assertions nf D. A. Piatt, in Ihe last Stutcsninn, In ihe contrary noiwith-standing." 'Tho editor apeak on what ho deems good authority. Eliloriiil Change Mr. P. Lapham, editor of the Ohio Peoples' Press, al Xetti.i, has been compelled by ill health, tr, relinquish the editorial charge nf llul paper. Mr. Willaiin B.Faltchild, a gentleman favorably known in Ihe literary wnrlJ, will mpply hit place, and cnniiuue the paper an able and efficient disseminator of sound Whig principles. MllltK Id lisrrt'T liven. Itint al inr Instil neon will of nttsrlunrnl wnt Oils tiny miii,I lijr Tt s VV.hsI, n Ju.tlrt nf It'e I'nsre nf Monicmusrv liiwn-lil". l-'rsiikttn feutily. ssnlinl Itif propcily anri rms-lsor Msrgirul Ms. till, t lloii rct.le:'t or uiil ismnn. eH.4,lU-W, B. f ARBijNt;. EDITOR'S CORRESPONDENCE, Cincinnati, August 29, 1810. To Ihe Editor of Ihe Ohio Stale Journal i Sir Tn tnnOimr nr ll.n nnl.,n.fl nf II. 1-r,- ... Iuv..,.. v.i. .o vviuu.iio ui hid mir ue mocralie paper of Hamilton county," (Dawson's Adv.) 1 observed a communication credited to Medary't Statesman, and signed "J Spy in Cincinnati," Thinking yon should also have a correspondent in the Queen CjlV. fnot a SnV. to inform vnil how th nirhl rrnaa along this part of the great fine, I have ventured to address you a few linos. 1 might expose the glaring falsehoods of Ihe " Spy;" but you know that the co- uhm.o ui .j.atcBiiian me u'tui oniy iu iiesanu nars, fraud and calumny. It baa been my fortune lo know the great Cassia-quire hero of your city I know him ...n. i i i '. .i.. - ,:n , ni,u i iiuvb rraeilliv null au upporilllllty 01 Wit- - J .i.v U.IUIIIIIIIDII 0II1I inn, aiilllliliui the Whigs of Franklin and oilier inland counties. I iw.wr tcijt wen mat iiib mtscrooic lomjooiery" Which nnilBOB WuA'AtV on, I l.ia nn.n..auva n ...!. - ...... u.j u"U t.lo bUIHpUCID IU nillUII Ull- easiuess, will cause thorn to hide their hydra-heads. aiiuuiivu uiuif uoin me nign places into winch Iney h'4VH llilil Ilia ,lr...nllir In ll,..,Bl ll..n..l..,. 7 :. H..uutl.j w i,,ub lllBlliaul lira, I our uiiy deserves much praise for the exeriions il has made to ureal nan iii motion; ana i nave otien heard it said thai Columbus has done more than any other place in inn nunc,, 10 restore, una country to a condition consonant with its great resources, and lo roliove it from the worse than Egyptian plague of a horde of corrupt rulers. 1 In this District Ihn UTeilinr, in..!. ... I. . just tailing hold j and such a rattling among the dry , , ., ' r"""' "' "loners nas noi oeen Heard of in Old Hamilton wilhin the memory of man. Tho VVhirrt have now called nut ih..fr r.nn. ..i i i . w. ,...,, aim wen maw ins. jaded Dawson and Dr. Duncan tremble for the result . . .. aspii-o 10 me name ol politicians, end iyho have for years acted a silent part in Ihe political all JITS Of Iiih nniinlrv. Iinva nn. i j . . . . j wmo luiwura ana girded on lheir nrmor for the light. Eminent men, ,. . . ""'coioro reirainea irom taKing part in political disCU.Stiinna. Imvn nnmn in..... . ...I ll.- , .....u ,.. mmuiu, llluuilltU II1Q stump, and are now hurling tho strong and powerful v. ni,ii.i,i mm common sense nt the common enemy. 'Many, like Cincinnatus of old, have left their retirncv. nnd km. r... ... .i ,- e j,- ...uv.'uin luiniiiu iu ine reuei ot their suffering counlry. Under the combined poweri ... ..... ,,.,, uaimry, u is noi surprising to toe Duncan and Dawson, and the other satellites of pow-er, endeavoring to "charge home" the exploded cry ., e ""u """iiuisumng me sott-sodder upon the heads of ihe "dear people," with a lavishing hand. I ho conmig-iorrotlicr of tho People in such masses as has recentlv been U-tfnoecn.l in .1..'.. nn. ..J 1 ; ., J .,. ,,,,, tuuiny mm In ims Cllv. Strike terror In Ilia n,,r-.,.,,n.l I ..i-.i j, ..... Lu,,uj,,cu m-aiir, ui mugi, pan. ders for the powers that be. un last 1 hursilay night a tremendous meeting took n ace at ihn lid,IU M .rLn n t..n ... , ....... .. ,,,,, ueiramy ctnrer, tor Ihe first time (or four years, addressed his fellow-cmzens, in a strain of eloquence which bespoke Ihe earnestness of Ins endoavors to do battle in the right way. Ho presented a Banner which the Ladi-n nf Nashville Invn sent to us Buckeyes; nnd gave an ani-mated ncoount of Hint unparalleled gallinriiirr together of 1 11) ( real Kintli-U'.. m v?l...:ll.. n - e ii V ii'iBilviiiu, no was followed by imolhy Walker, Esq., (who himself LllnWI mnr.i nl.,...! ll.n fl .!. ? .. . " "in unsiuuuon anu tins liovern- ...nil inan uuncan, uawson, nnd an acre of other small fry thrown in.) For the first time in ten yean ho mounted Ihe stump, in accordance to many solici- In 1 1 una A j t.n I. ..... . i .. . . . J " ' " , .. r P'l'cfa, r.x-Uover- nor Morehead.of Kentucky, "Old Sione Hammer" iinnc, uen. Murphy, or Chillicothei senator Smith, of I nit mil ;i nnA r.t I.... . f .1 . 1 - m ihn commy liavo n-contly beri w jtlr im. Last . im- i.-nvt-r marKc.r. ino laienld John M. CreCU. (if LaniMnlnr. nr.,1 T,.l,n If I r it wem rnf.tC..d in Hm goml work. A larpn namber lis- .u.i.i.nc iim'ii, nun x.rreti aIVi.nood tho trii" crcd 0 iwxi7tue nf " :, r iV. ;, I r Ju.j W nnUu la-Id r.mh at a meeting f boih pariiii Al leWlnU ,,. in lllld nn.,n... Sl.. . . . - . ..... uur cnivalrio friend from Kentucky, Mr. .Soulhgalo, has used bis wither-Itig sarcasm; nnd Mr. Johnson, formerly of Carroll county, has not been wanting in duly. Oiher " bright and particular stars" have been upon Ihe rostrum f and all Iho energies of Ibis sulTering community appear to Im roused lo throw of the yoke of bondage that hat almost been fastened upon us. 'These arc the men whom Medary't " Spy in Cincin-nati' tays are ' contaminating Ihe pure breezes of fees .loicrica have adopted ihoinolloof fueorruiii" resort to " Ihe most wiclteil, miserable, lying, unmeaning, device, "Hint corruption may invent," and turn Ihe "quiet city of Cincinnati into a mad-home for political rfficl! Such are these honorable and lalenled men, while Dr. Duncan, Dawson, nnd Capt. Daniels, are I., V.','!'r':',lc """"""y1" "Oh shame where is thy blush " But, Mr. Editor, I bad forgotten the fact that Ihev are not ncnn:iini..n u-.ti. ii... ...i .- J'irmuhlics. Mr. Vnn Buri n no longer permits the Kuvoiriny ,u .menu ins leveotjnuil thoy are thus prevented from benefiting from Ihe "extreme politeness" of Martin the First. Col. R. M. Johnson, wilh his keepers, Shannon, Ali.kn, nnd the like, have been with us Istely; and through iho Colonel's woll-earned military fame "the party have succeeded in getting together two or three very respectable meetings. Think yon not that, like a Sllll'lo S'llllui trout in a hmrslieml I'.. 1 1 ,.r , juh, lie will be contaminated himself ! iiuspeciiully, STRAIGHT-OUT. 47"ll It now about a month tince we called publio aiteiition In ihe fact that Mr. Van Uuren, through Mr. Pointeti, fr tho Cabinet it a "unit," had ordered 1,500 men under arms, and placed them under a militia i.llieer, in Florida, although Congress exprestly re-luted lo grant him the liberty of doing ao. The statement we made in regard to il excited very little re-mark. Tho publio may now ten some or the fruits of thiil V. ran.llii... ... .1 , , n.......w Uaiiiii,iiuii ui me irueie in nnotner column, in regard lo Iho conduct of Governor Kuid, of Horid.i. While the Indians were butchering the in-habitants nt one end of the Peninsula, a creature of the isa.i nrii r.anjuiivu was, at the oilier, using ihe armed lorce to overawe a political nieeling Madimuan. 1)1 KI), M Itmillni, Mn-s., on In. IDih Anju.l, In hU 6111H vesr. Mr TIMOTHY H.ivr, Mof llwhriililMl lllirary uriuuiimu of Ills sue mil roanlry. Frnm His tVlicrll.i, TliiMt of Bent. 1, Al flPiils-nvllle, jc.t,l.y mr,, l,oul, jnnKI'll a y.M.'K.r Hilsriljr. t Xnr , f,om ,,, Jp , Now l.lslmn, ns Prlil.tr ln,l. In runipniir Willi Ins failicr In taw, H. Krauts., Ki., whin ll.c honn rnn off anil Wert irw.iuil with Ilia rnr.knin ilnwti a stnun hank, ahunt lh.ee milo bcvunil Hlr.il-UMivttln, Mr. V. win instil up Insenslliln. ami cnntiniicl an mull ha ttlrii. Ha wn the. sun nf Ki i.orrrnnr Vnnce, uf OMn, Imil resiflVil lirre for many yrsfs. wrll anil liitlinatrly known, ami wa mushier ti no riitparairr,it'iit in nthera whrn wa say that Ihero Is no man In tha nimmiinliy mnro tanerallr Wloveil, or wiinae ilaal'i i-outil linvs tirrn rnoie slerply regrrllrd by t largs .Irrle of aniualiilanre aiul frirmla. LAW lllil'AIITMKST OF TUB CINCINNATI I OI.I.KI.K. TIIKrimrm of ln,tm,i,,m i ,M, dreitlmrnl rfinimrnrrs on llir Drill of Nnvainlwr. and rontlniiri four mnnllir, atrlualva of a alimt rrreas al ('hri-linns. There Is an rvrnra rnrli day: Aral la the prlnrlptea of 1st-ciinilsllnj nf irrlin.lnita, trrlurrt anj rxaiiiliisllmis, for whlrli tha lri Isiuk la Walk"r'a I111rn.t11rli.1n to Auiriirsn Law; and nmilly. In llrr prarltr" nf l.nw rinhnirhur Ihn ,IIm-iimIiiii nf Ilia mrhnia fauns nf kvn! Ins.rlimon.e anil Jinllrlol rroevtlliis., lo. Riuhrr Willi en'relsrs In Ilia Mont I'mirl The whuhi r.ourtr ts arranitnl nnd mn.tn.icl In a niotta tailed to linutimers, amt Willi a its In lurhnlu, 11a fnr aa puatlule, a general oillllna of I Im law In a alnila wmIuii. Thr Irrnit arr t'sl fnr llir praloii, pnrnhln In advanrr; and no driliirilon lor pi-rl of Ilia lime. Tilts hsa no rrfvranra lo ndlra liilthm, fnr which atmlt nia ran maka lhatr own arransriiiaalt. Tlir rrnnlaites lor lha itrgraa uf llnrhrtor of Laws, art, thai tlio ran.liaitlr shall attend at least ona tretloa. and alisll ptsi an eumliiMlon lo Im ninilr hv a rniminltri. of legal aemlriorn da-tiiiislr. ly tha Hoard of Tnistrns. nnd Inslm'trd 10 ronshlrr lha lahilniil of qnnltltrallcn fur a drr'no tho ssma aa fer ailuilsskia lo the lsr. An atira rharia nf t. ts mada rVr a licnnnia. Htiidonlaran tini-a arenas In a good Library, ml tl Courts trt atinoal eotirantlr In rasatnn tn llio rily, Thr pi Ira nf hoard ratisas from ti to tit nor tvtrk. tl Is verydoslMl'tii install who proper 10 cn'ar l!ir Lnw Clasa honlit Is. prrsanl nl llir hriinnlnt of th.i routs. Far filllhor tiifnrmaltou apply tn thr rnhrrrltirr. T. V.l.Ki:it,l'iof. of Law. BM, latO..j. Clu.Gas.