"THE PRICE OF LIBERTY IS ETERNAL VIGILANCE.

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B v W . TUENCII. M I D D L E T O W N , C O N N . , S E P T E M B E R 25, 1840. NUMBER 5.

i^HE CAsima-Aii:: I S f\mn the N. Y. Ece. Post of June i commenced, let riders be mounted, and sent CoBMectlent—the S t r e n g t h o f P a r t l e i .
I<ook o u t , \ \ hlg«, e v e r y where* in every direction. ^ G. E. J."
W I L L BE lEBUr.D Let it not be forgotten that the largest
EVERY FRIDAY AFTERNOOS,
Under this startling address, the National j Now this patriotic' Mr. G. E. J. has only vote ever polled by the democratic party,
Intelligencer, following in the wake of the ; got at half of the diabolical plot, and in was polled last spring. From all that we can
UKTIL AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Newark Daily Advertiser, discloses one of j order that he and his friends may be perfectly ascertain, the same vote polled this fall will
0(Hce next door norlli of the Pust-ollicc, Middleiown, Ct the foulest conspiracies that was ever plotted on their guard, (we wish to take no advan- elect our ticket, and we can not only poll that
TERMS.—Twcnty-Fice Cents a single copi/. against the liberties of a free people. Says tage of them,) we shall turn staters evidence, vote, but we can increase it several thousands.
Fire Dollars for twenty-five copies. the former grave and serious print, introdu-' as it is so called, and frankly expose the The unconquerable spirit of democracy never
cing the horrible tale, " there is something ' whole nefarious business. Our conscience displayed itself in better colors than at this
CONNECTICUT MUST BE REDEEMED. really alarming in the tone of the subjoined has been long burdened with it, and we must time, when assaulted b y British whiggery
article, which we copy from the Newark speak. Not only does Mr. Van Buren and and an illiberal aristocracy. On every hand
Daily Advertiser, (a highly respectable print,) his lieutenant, Amos Kendall, design to shut the free spirit of bold and independent men,
of Monday last. This is not the only inti- up the p0bt office, but it is their intention to those who are unterrified by banks, who love
mation we have had that some grand scheme c ose every canal, stop every stage, break the liberty which their fathers acquired, and
is in agitation among the officeholders, to ever irery railroad, and sink every steamboat in have so nobly defended, stand forth the firm,
enable them, by force or fraud, to hold on to the United States. The object of this first unyielding supporters of the cause of equal
the power they haVe made so ill a use of." general movement is to keep their enemies rights. We trust our friends will do their
This grand scheme, which makes our hair from transmitting any uiformation as to what duly in every town. That they will organ-
stand on end when we think of it, is thus de- ihej are doing to the " intelligent people." ize efficiently and thoroughly. It is unne-
veloped in the respectable New-Jersey paper. When this is accomplished, which, consider- cessary that we should make any boasting—
DEMOCttA TIC REPUBLICAN NOMINA TION8. It appears in the form of a communication, ing the extent of the country, can be done in that belongs to our opponents. What we
signed by one G. E. J. the course of a lew days, their design is, not wish is that our friends should discharge
FOR PRESIDENT. " A letter has accidentally come into my only to spread a report of Gen. Harrison's their duty. This is expected of them, and if
MARTIN VAN BUREN, possession, which discloses a desperate and death, but actually to put him to death as a each and all do their duty, they will them-
deep laid scheme to defeat the election of preliminary to>the the report.
report. AA large
largecider
cider vat
i selves be aslonished at the result. A difTer-
OP NEW-YORK. Gen. Harrison; which, ifcarried out, will con- has been prepared, in which it is proposed to ent spirit prevails from that whicli existed
FOR VICE PRESIDENT. vulse this government to its very center, cast the unoffending old gentleman headlonfr, last spring. The false prophecies of John
and perhaps result in anarchy and blood. and after he has soaked there a sufficient Davis, and the panic cry of min, ruin, and
RICHARD M. JOHNSON, "The post-office is the engine—Amos length of time, Mr. G. E. J. and the editor reduction of wages to s i l e n c e per day is
OF KENTUCKY. Kendall the instrument to effect it. The first of the National Intelligencer, and of the now well understood. Those wicked and
step is already taken, by ordering every chan* Newark Daily Advertiser, will ^ j^t through malicious libels, which terrified many, are
FOR ELECTORS. nel of communicating information to the peo- the same process. Martin Van Buren and ointless; there are none who can now be
ISAAC TOUCEY, Hartford Co. ple to be closed, except through his hands and Amos Kendall will then pocket the money S
those engaged in the conspiracy. A start> in the treasury, and make .tracks for Texas. eceived or misled by them.
RALPH I. INGERSOLL, New-Haven " ling report, such as the death of Gen. Harri* But the worst part Qf this plot has yet ,to Hartford Times.
T. T. WHITTLESEY, Fairfield " son, may be circulated throughout Ohio, Penn- come. Mr. JVan Buren has purchased the <i«Mtte VcrMltir.
ASA CHILD, New-London" sylvania, and New-York, just on the eve of mammoth cave in Kenducky, with the deter- The federal paper here speaks of Harri>
C. F. CLEVELAND, Windham " the election, and every whig paper contradic- mination, providence willing, to drive every sdh's victory at Fort Meigs.
ORIOEN S. SEYMOUR, Litchfield « ting it be suppressed. man, woman, and child in the country into Harrison, in his return to the secretary of
SAMUEL INGHAM, Middlesex "
ALONZO W. BIRGE, Tolland *'This scheme accounts for their confidence the mouth of it, where ,they are to be .pent war, called it a " disaster."
in the success of Mr. Van Buren, notwith- up, and smoked with the mmes of tob^co .Which is.to believed, Harrison or his orgain?
FOR C O N G R E S S — • E C O N D DISTRICT.
standing their overwhelming defeat in almost and brimstone, as opossums aie sometimes ^edge Hamn^.
every state where there has been an election. smoked out of a bole by old hunters, until
CHARLES A. INGERSOLL, This accounts for the extraordinary declara- they severally mi collectively consent to Whig Creed.—The N. O. True American
OF NBW>HAVBN. tion of a leading administration man recent- support every meafvre of his adininistrat|on. gives the. whig creed inthe following words:
ly in the city of New-York, that Wan Buren The raising of aa^Hiyny of two hundred thou- " Our party, right or wrong—^is now the am-
had a card to play which none of his friends sand blood-tbirety warriors is hardly an ink- mating princijie o f t h e vohigs^ and' under
Martin Van Buren and croaking Speculators. suspected.* ling of what he is going to do—but the few motto we can conquer.
—The foHowing dialogue took place between " You maydependuponit they are playing things we have sugges^d may serve to.five Distmice lends enchaDtment to.thei view,"
two relatives, whig and democrat, a day^ or a desperate game; tbey make no calculations the trembling c h i l ^ n of whiggery.«pi9« no- as Harrison snid when Johnson was figh^g
vtwo since: for a retreat; they have inscribed upon their tion Qf the fate which awaits them. at the battle of the Thames.
W.—I wish Van Buren was m banners, * rule or ruin.' Let every whig press
Dem.—What harm has he done you ? throughout the union sound the alarm. Warn Harrison Banners.—^V^e would earnestly The feds have got through " crowing** and
"W.—Why, in consequence of his policy, I the whole country against this daring conspi- caution the ladies, asainst hanghig out. any CM gbpe to roost, deaf as ofwls. Sh^ie ^enijq^.
' hcve not been abl4 to get ahead one dollar. racy. Tbey. have certificate-makers in readi- their red Harrison tanners, until after No
Dem.—Did Mr. Van Buren tell you to pay ness; and, with such abold, talented, and reck- vember. The sight of one of those mystical >With scarcely an exception, the British whig
fDl^y thousand dollars for a house to live in less person as Amot Keiidall at their head, garments, vulgarly called a petticoat, makes .orators present at the Bunker HiU celebia*-
four years a g o ! we may well tremble for the liberties of our the whigs as furious as madmen, and many tion, were officelioldera,' and most o f them
W.—No, that is'nt What I mean. country. instances are witVin our recollection where were laboring to retain the office they n6w
Dem.—Did he tell you to layout, eleven I am no alamust. , I haye ever relied and they have violently seized these innocent hold. Tliis TliiS is the party that has such' pre-
'thousand dollars in furnishing your house? with confidence upon the intelligence, integ- tore interesting nicies, and, mirabile dictu, tended horror of officeholders addressing ^ e
them to pieces! Some malicious boys people.—JVo^icA Aurora.
> W.—That has nothing to do with it. lity, and patriotism of the people of this
Dem.—Did Mr. Van Buren tell vou to bid country. But when we see the highest func- in this vicinity—the sons of a butcher—hung
T h e M m i a g CimtwmU
higher thsm any body else for that large piece tionaries^ our government conniving with out The
one of these garments a few days since.
Harrisonites were up in arms ii^ conse- There has not been a solitary instance of t
of real estate in Street, for which you public i^underers—when we see the repre- quence, and some of our " first men" hayen't a federalist beipg elected to the
have Iteen paying taxes some two or three of ^
siontatives of a sovereign state, holding in purchased a pound of beef of the butcher state by the pecmle since the eleSion of
VMral their hands credentials clothed with all the since! Verily 'Hruth is strange, strangw John Adahis in 1706. At that eleciiort, Mri
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solemn sanction of law, kicked out of Con* than fiction.—Bm/oi Co. liemdcrat. ^ Adams, the federal condidate, received a ma- %
Dem.—Did Mr. Van Buren (ell you not to gressforthe express purpose of consummating jority of votes over Mr. Jefferson, ti>e demo> ^
MUthat estate, when you had chances to a conspiracy Dctween Mr. Van Buren and eratic c?.ndidate. Now, in the name of liberty
•^ iidU it in lots at a fair advance ? Patriotisoi is an immaculale passion. The
John C. Calhouo^ and,-finally, when we see influence of patriotic songs is widely saluta- we ask, will the democracy of 1840 prove
W.—I thought. I could get a better price e^ery proniinent leading measure of Mr. Van ry. They have aitvaya arouscd emotions recreant to their principles, and sufier a de- *
s by widting a little, and get it oflf niy hands to ,Buren pointing to one single object—the con- and passions favorable to the cause of the feat in November, after keejAng the ^eld for
.onecnstomart powwriii w a tiMKis—there Is
mir. just cause of alarm. people. It could not be otherwbe. Such is so long a period, or will they come up to the
Boston Post. the connection between sense and sound that rescue, one and all, and proclaim to the world
" I would suggest the propriety of recom- the emotions they excite go naturally into that the Rubicon must not and shall not
RCOEIPTS FOR A wHio SPEECH.—Twenty mending the whigs throughout the country u n i o n . - passed by federalists, tinder the disguise of
(rains of hard times, fourteen drachms of to be prepared, if necessary, to establish ex- whigs, or any other name.—Nortoich Aurora.
listress, one lpound
^ n d of abuse, mixed with a presses in every state in the union. liCt every V Music lias charms to soothe a savage,
of falsenood, and no scruplos of con- mail be watched until the election, and as 'Prk mmrA n ar.li^ a AoKKafVA^
To move a rock or split a cabbage. Go to a cabin carousal, if yoti want to see
iO. soon as they are satisfied that the game has C^de^
Mte. thej spirit of whiggery.