Daily constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 1846-1851, July 30, 1847, Image 2
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~J AMES GARDNER, JR.
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Fourth of July at IVlontercy.
Monterey, Mexico, July 6, 1847.
The celebration, is over, and without any
accident, a rare tiling for a Fourth of July, and
everything went off pleasantly and agreeably
-to all concerned. The morning of the -sth
was cloudy and portended rain, but the bright
sun soon dispelled the heavy mist that clung
to the mountain's aide, and ere noon the
heavens were as clear and bright as a lovely
woman's smile. Early in the forenoon the I
American ensign was displayed from the Gov
ernor’s quarters and the Spanish flag from the
residence of the Spanish consul, nearly onpo
ft tc. The five companies of Massachusetts
volunteers were assembled, all but the guard
with the colors of the regiment presented
them by the Governor of the State, and a lit
tle after 9 o’clock they formed and marched ;
out towards Camp Taylor. An American flag, |
borne by a citizen, was carried near the regi- |
mental colors. Col. Wright and the members j
of the regimental staff, and others, preceded
the rigiment, and on the road received the
marching salute. At Camp Taylor all was
ready; under the wide-spread awning in front i
of Gen. Taylor’s tent were the brave old hero
and the members of his staff and the officers
attached to the forces stationed at camp. On
the right, of the awning the soldiers of Major
Bragg’s Light Artillery were drawn up in line,
no the left the Dragoons, and in front the Mas
sachusetts regiment. As soon as the latter
had formed into lino, Gen. Cushing made his
appearance arid Gen. Tavlor and his officers
aU rose; Gem Cushing then proceeded to ad
dress him as follows:
General —The vetern officers and soldiers
whom you have so many times led on to vic
tory and to fa ue—those, yet untried in the
fiel I, who ardently long for the day -when
your voice shall bid them also tread trium
phantly in the same noble pnth of honor and
of duty—a rd other-s your fellow-cit'zens, pre
sent, wh'', though not called to fight the bat
tle of tht i>- country, are not the less animated
with the same devoted love towards her which
we feel—have de fired, on this anniversary of
our separate existence as a sovereign people,
to present their respectful salutation to you, as
the official representative here of the power
and authority or the United States.
We co ne to rejo'ce with you on this day
of glorious memories, in the prosperity and
greatness of our country, and to rekindle in
our he irts the sacred fire of patriotism by re
membering to > - ethev the virtues and the sacri
fices of our wise and brave forefathers, who
h ive transmitted to us the splendid heritage of
the land hallowed by their blood, of the insti
tutions they founded, of their own immortal
names.
It is indeed a day never forgotten by an
American; for, whether to the home of our
affections and interests, surrounded by all
that is dearest to the human heart, or on the
broad expanse of the fathomless ocean,or wand
ering over some far distant land, on this an
niversary, wherever we may be, our thoughts
are turned spontaneously to the same point, as
truly as the needle to the pole, as devoutly as
the Moslem to his holy Mecca.
And well it is for us that it is so, since no j
warmth of gratitude is intense enough to be
commensurate with the debt of thankfulness
we owe to our patriot sires, no language of !
eloquence s powe ful enough to express ade
quately the emotions of pride which our coun
try's career awakens—no homage of the soul
is profound enough to render due adoration to
that gracious Providence which has continued
to guide the destinies of the Union.
Meanwhile let us be just to the memory of
our fathers, and just to ourselves in the mea
sure of re ;ard which we bestow on this day.
Men who have but superficially studied the
history of the United States,are accustomed to I
speak of this day as the anniversary of our
emancipation from bondage, and vague ideas
of that vaguest of all things, called liberty,, are
attached to the very name of our national in
dependence. But the people of the United
States were never in a state of bondage. The
war of the revolution was not a war for liber
ty. On the contrary it was but a struggle in
arms to determine whether the two great sub
divisions of the British race, one inhabiting
Europe and the other inhabiting America, and
both equally free, should continue to consti
tute a single Empire, or whether they should
be rc-eonstituted separately into two inde
pendent empires. The God of Battles decided
t iat we, the American Colonies, were as com
petent lor independent self-government as the 1
mother country; and England, with that prac- !
tical good sense which distinguished her from ,
other nations, manfully acquiesced in the de- |
cision which split her power asunder, and gave
to us separate dominion in America.
And the mysterious order of Providence
8 Jems to have predestined the American to 1
surpass the European subdivision of the ori
ginal empire, for, of that high-minded, bold
hearted and strong-handed British race, which,
wheresoever it appears, appears hut to com
mand, the more numerous part will ere long
be found in America; and the British Isles
have already reached that fatal term in the
history of nations when their native land can
no longer feed its sons; while the people of the
United States are still expanding with a rapidi
ty and strength of possession which defies cal
culation, over the rich virgin soils of the New
World.
This reflection acquires new force from the
circumstances under which we this day meet,
a conquering American army, here, in the
heart of the Mexican republic, in sight of the j
captured redoubts and heights of Monterey,
amid the venerable trees, and by the side of
these living waters of the wood of San Do
jaiago; —which, occupied by you, General, and j
your victorious troops, has acquired a place in
history as enduring as poetry ever gave to the
fountain of Vaucluse, or eloquence to the grove
of Academus.
Yes, millions of men will have assembled to- 1
day within the broad limits of the United
States, to do honor to the traditions of the Re
volution, to ponder on the excellent beauty of
the Federal constitution, to congratulate one
another on the happy condition of our coun
try, and to look forward with inqailsitive eye
into the sublime future of the American Re
public, They -will call to mind the names of
the stricken fields of that first war of indepen
dence. which vindicated our national rights on
the land, of that second war of independence
which vindicated our national rights on the
aea, and of the heroes who illustrated each;
but while Bunker Hill, and Saratoga, and
York town, and New Orleans will not be for
gotten, Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monte
rey, Buena Vista, Vera Cruz and Cerro Gordo
will yet more
“ Be in their flowing cups freely remembered,”
and earth and sky will re-echo with shouts of
enthusiasm at the mention of the names of
Scott and Taylor, and of the brave men who,
under their lead, have borne the banner of the
Union in triumph over the wild plains and
through the mountain passes of Mexico.
But we, assembled in this grander than all
human temples, the outspread sky of the bright
firmament of heaven, treading with onr own
feet the conquered Savannahs of New Leon,
surrounded by that lofty Sierra, which rises
on either hand, as though placed by nature to
be the boundary of empires; we, I say, can
best appreciate, with the sober but strong con
viction of the palpable reality, how vast arc
the strides which the United States have made
in greatness, since the day, not yet remote,
when we were humble colonies, scattered in a
narrow line along the shores of the Atlantic,
until now; when we have swarmed across the
great central valley of the continent, have
struck over to the shores of the Pacific, and
unembarrassed by the burden of a foreign war,
which has already given to us the possession
of two-thirds of Mexico, are yet able, from the
superabundance of our over-flowing prosperity,
to nourish at will the starving nations of the
Old World.
Honor to the brave hearts, who, on the
great day whose anniversary we celebrate,
dared to comprehend their country’s capabili
ties and to proclaim it independent ! Honor
to the heroes and the sages who have conduct
ed it so gloriously on to oUr times ! Honor
to the statesmen whose vigorous hands at this
time so ably and successfully administer its
Government! Honor to the generous minded
people of our country who freely send forth
their sons to fight her battles in this foreign
land ! Honor to the brave soldiers who live
to enjoy the renown they have so nobly earn
ed in the battle field ! Honor above all to the
gallent men who fell in the hour of their coun
try’s triumph, whose blood was the sacrificial
incense of victory, and who, thoiigh dead,
yet live immortal in the affectionate memory
of their countrymen !
We trust and believe that our brethren in
arms, whom Scott has been leading hi triumph
from Vera Cruz to Puebla, will celebrate this
day in the capital of the Mexican Republic,
and on the site of the great teocalli of the
Aztecs. And if Mexico shall then continue
in the blind obstinacy of her fatal infatuation,
and still refuse the proffers of peace which the
1 President of the United States, with honorable
i solicitude to terminate the evils of the war,
has at all times been ready to conclude, —then
i we look to you, sir, in the undoubting confi
dence of perfect faith in your generalship, your
* wisdom, your courage, and your fortune, to
l i conduct us in similar triumph along that lofty
i table land before our eyes,and to complete, on
the plains of theßajio, that which you so glo
riously commenced on those of the Rio Grande,
j namely, the total subjugation of New Spain.
Once more General, in the name and as the
humble instrument of your fellow-soldiers
* j and fellow-citizens, who you see before you, I
tender to you their felicitations on occasion
of this auspicious anniversary, with senti
ments of admiration for the high achievements
which have marked your life, of deep respect
for you personally, and of th. 3 sincerest aspi
rations for your future happiness and honor in
j whatever else of danger and duty you may
hereafter be called to by the providence of an
i all-wise God.
Gen. Taylor, who had listened with great
attention to the remarks of Gen. C., and evi
dently powerfully affected by the mention of
his name, briefly but feelingly responded as
; follows ;
General —In reply to your eloquent and com
plimentary allusions to the services of the
army under my command. I can only briefly
express my thanks and those of the brave men
of my command, to whose exertions and gal
lantry alone our successes are due. For my
| self I can claim no merit beyond that of shar
ing and encountering danger with them. You
have traced up and depicted, in most faithful
colors, the rapid progress of oair country from
the commencement to its present condition of
greatness and prosperity, occupying the front
rank in the nations of the world. The exist
! ing war may show the world that in great na
tional enterprises and interests we are firm and (
united —and that the flower of our country,
without distinction of party, is always ready
to vindicate the national honor on the battle
field. Should it be our lot to resume offensive
operations on this Une, I shall move with
| every confidence in the gallantry and success
of the forces. I have but little doubt that |
: those wffio have but recently come into the
field, and have not been able to participate in
i active service as yet, wall distinguish them- :
selves as greatly as those wffio have gone be
fore. That thousands of volunteers who have,
many of them, been brought up in affluence,
have left their pursuits and comfortable homes,
to encounter the hardships of an active cam
paign. is u sufficient guarantv that the rights
and honor of our country wall always be main
tained.
A general shaking of hands and congratu
lations here took place for some moments, af
j ter which Col. Wright, of the Massachusetts
volunteers, by invitation, read the Declaration
of Independence. The company then par
took of a substantial lunch provided by the
hospitable commander, who had a smile and a
pleasant word for all, and seemed happy in be
ing able to make others so. He was dressed
in undress uniform, and looked a little more
like the brave old hero that he is, and a little
j less like the plain, unaffected country gentle- ;
man—a very little—than I have yet seen him.
i At 12 o’clock, while the company were yet at
camp, a national salute was fired by Bragg’s
battery, and before the sound of the last gun I
had died away, the booming of cannon from
the black fort seemed to echo back the salute.
About 3 o’clock, Gen. Taylor and staff with
an escort of dragoous came into town, and
with Gen. Cushing and the officers of the
Massachusetts Regiment, proceeded to Arista’s j
garden, or Arista’s house I should say, where j
a table was spread in the broad corridor, open
ing into the garden wdth its bright green shrubs,
its crimson rose bushes covered with fragrant
flowers, its well kept walks, and the gurgling
stream that meanders through it. The smell
.of the bright gems of nature’s handiwork
were not more pleasing than the odor -which
arose from the savory viands prepared for im
mediate consumption. Every one was sur
prised at the profusion of good things and the
variety that was placed noon tho table, all ow
in'? to the exertions of Capt. Glover, a mer
chant, residing here for some years, one of the
committee of arrangements, w-hose peculiar
province it was to see that nothing should be
wanting. He performed his duty to perfec
tion. Claret, Madeira and Champagne in
abundance served to give zest to the repast
and aid in the sentimental expression of feel
ing.
When the substantial* had been discussed
and removed, Gen. Cushing, who presided at
the head of the table, with Gen. Taylor on his
right, arose, and after some remarks compli
mentary to the committee of arrangements for
the faithful manner in which they had cared
lor their guests, proceeded to announce the
following regular toasts, which I th : nk you
will admit, are better than regular set toasts i
generally are:
The Day we Celebrate —As dear to us in a
strange clime and the midst of war, as when
welcomed at our peaceful homes. •
The President of the United States.
The Memory of Washington. Brightning
, with time, all nations will at last behold and
| admire its lustre.
The Army and the Volunteers of the United
, States —They have conquered all but peace.
. | The Navy of the United States —With am
| phibious facility, finding no enemy on the wa
ters, it has constantly sought and successfully
encountered him on land.
The Constitution —May it ever be adminis
tered in the spirit which controlled its first
formation.
The Surviving Heroes of the Revolution —
Length of days has been vouchsafed to them
| that they might behold the marvellous results
i of their youthful toil —ail honor to their vene
rable names.
Our Brethren in Anns at the South —They
have lighted their paths with a blaze of victo
j ries.
j Mexico —Blessed with a genial dune and the
physical elements of greatness and power, she
is a prey to civil strife and bad government;
! may the influence of wise rulers and free in
stitutions restore her to her proper rank among
j the nations of the earth.
! The Spirit of ’ 7 6 —lt burns as brightly among
the mountains of MexiC£» as of old at Trenton :
“Skies, not souls, who cross the
sea.” ' :
The Mexican War —to secure an hon
orable and a lasting such be its
early consummation.
The Illustrious Dead —From Palo Alto to
Cerro Gordo every field is consecrated by the
sacrifice of gallant spirits; a sympathising coun
try yields spontaneous and grateful homage to
their memory.
The American Fair —Worthy descendants of
the women of the Revolution, their hearts and
i ] r ivers are with those who uphold their coun
! try’s Cause in a foreign land.
These sentiments were all drank with the
strongest testimonials of admiration, and all
was harmony. About seVenty persons, inclu
! ding a number of citizens, partook of the re*
pa^t.
Volunteer toasts being called for, Lieut.
; Crowningshield, of the Massachusetrs llegi
i rnent, gave:
Andrew Jackson —Sacred he Ills memory. —
j (Drank in silence.)
Lieut. Fuller, of the Massachusetts Yolun
| tcers, gave:
Gen. Taylo-r —We hail him as the next Presi
dent; may his civil be as brilliant as his xnili-
I tary career. (This sentiment was drunk with ,
three times throe.)
Gen. Taylor rose to respond to this senti- j
; ment and said:
; Mr, President and Gentlemen —l have never !
, had the vanity to aspire to or look for that ,
| elevated situation which has just been alluded I
I to, but if my fellow-countrymen think proper
I to elevate me to so distinguished and houora
i ble a position, I certainly shall do rny best to
discharge the duties of that responsible posi
tion faithfully. But if any other candidate is
preferred and offered, who may be more com
petent than myself, I need not say that I shall
acquiesce most cheerfully in their decision, and
rejoice that there is one more worthy to repre
! sent them in the highest office in their gift.
lie then gave as a toast;
j The State of Massachusetts and the city of Bos
ton —The place where our liberties were era- i
died: whose sons have borne so conspicuous a
i part in the establishment and maintainancc of ■
j the principles of our independence and the j
constitution, and have gallantly maintained J
the same by sea and land.
Col. Wright responded;
Massachusetts and the city of Boston; it is ,
rav native State and my native city, and the
State where many of us who have been coin- :
plimented this day were born. We have just
received a compliment and a great, one from
the commanding general. Massachusetts has
heretofore done her part; her name reads well, j
her star shines brightly in the national galaxy.
In former times she was known well and did
well. She then held, and does now, as her 1
most sacred spot, what icc call “the Cradle i
of Liberty”—old Faneuil Hall. \\ e may all j
securely praise the past, because it cannot be
changed, and now may it be our lot to make
the future as brilliant as the past has been, !
| and perhaps more so. We are here with our
arms in our hands, her colors, bearing the
figure of that proud warrior and that good old 1
shield with its lone star, a twin star to that of
Texas. 1 do not believe, gentlemen, Massa
chusetts has a sou on this soil but who comes
with the same feelings and sentiments that
inspired their sires of old; whose whole heart
is not in the cause, and who will not do all ho
can in supporting the name and the honor of
his country; in maintaining that bright chival
ry of which she is so proud, and displaying
courage and good conduct when the foe is in |
sight. I will give you, gentlemen:
The Past and Present —Palo Alto, Rcsaca,
Monterey and Buena Vista, the Bunker Hill,
Princeton and Yorktown of the present cen
turv.
By Capt. Montgomery, IT. S. A. — The ora
tor of the day, scholar, statesman and soldier.
An ornament to his country at home and
abroad. We doubt not that his sword will
prove as irresistible as his eloquence.
Gen. Cushing rose and said:
Gentlemen —I beg to return you my heartfelt
thanks for the sentiment just presented and
the kindness with which you have received it.
I know and see that those who are bravest in 1
the battlefield are the most courteous in the
saloon; that the best soldier is the best gentle- j
man. I appreciate the kind feelings -which
dictated this sentiment, and when I look on
them I am ready to say, as Marshal Boursi- j
| cault said in the face of the chivalry of France, •
; “they are not only competent to sustain their j
j country’s honor, but Heaven itself upon their
lance points.” Let me repeat what has been
said at home, a fact which has struck them
with well-founded admiration, that whereas in
all the contents of the American and Mexican
armies, the Mexican officers have followed, the |
American officers have led. Our officers not
only made the plan of battle, ordered the con
test, and planted themselves in the first rank,
but placed themselves in the post of danger,
and where the cry of danger was loudest, the
boom of cannon heaviest, and the iron hail
storm thickest, there were found the gallant
general and his officers. It was not in the
cathedral of Monterey that the American com
mander was found, beneath the impervious
walls of the city that our gallant officers shel
tered themselves that day; s ftot in the deep
ravines of Buena Vista that the general and
his officers took renose; to Gen. Santa Anna :
and his staff was left that post of security.—
The men of America, they whom their coun
try has selected to fight for her honor, and who
have given evidence that their confidence was
not misplaced, need I say where they wore
found? When the blood of the brave stream
ed the fastest, the leaders were the first to be
struck, and died on the bosom of honor, send
ing up to Heaven that cry of glory which
shall enkindle all the young souls of America.
But, gentlemen, we, the remote hearers of the
stupendous events occurring here, we were
forbidden to stop at the leaders in our admira
tion; for we saw, and were proud to see, that '
common soldiers, men in the ranks, regular
soldiers, to whom the prospect of promotion is
remote and casual, with nought to animate
them but that love of liberty which is inhe
rent, were worthy of their officers; and wher
ever Taylor would lead, there would the bravo
soldiers gallantly follow. Wherever that vic
torious foot was placed, there stood to back
him the invincible legions of the army of the
United States.
Gen. C. made some additional remarks, but
the limits of my letter, already swelled to an
extraordinary exteht, will not permit me to
give them any more at length. I could not
refrain from giving these remarks so compli
mentary to the regular army. In conclusion,
he offered this sentiment:
The United States —Baptized irt the blood of
the revolution, consecrated by the sacrifice of
our fathers, rendered glorious by the courage
and glory of their sons, may her fitture pros
perity correspond with her present grandeur.
A number of volunteer toasts were given,
but I have only time to give a very few.
By Capt. Montgomery, A. Q. M. S. A. —
Henry Cloy: He has devoted a life to his coun
. try, and a son to his country’s glory.
By Capt. Hoyt. A Commissary U. S. A.
] Mass. Reg.— Peace; Whenever it comes may it
be a perminent one which shall result in the
national prosperity of both the United States
and Mexico; a peace which shall bring to the
people of Mexico liberty and happiness —to the
i people of the United States union and all the
blessings of a free and united nation.
By Capt. R. A. Arnold, 2d Reg. Dragoons
The square and circle: The discovery of per
petual motion, and the “conquered peace.”
By Lieut. Sturgis, 2d Dragoons— Henry
Clay: He brought to the alter of his country
the hignest talents that ever adorned it, and
j sacrificed his favorite sou upon the plain of
Buena Vista.
You will perceive that this dinner and ce
lebration was got up entirely without distinc
tion of party, and the prominent men of each
of the two great political divisions were indis
criminately toasted, and the sentiments met
with equal applause, a proof of the good feel
ing and harmony which prevailed, and that it
was not intended to have, and did not have,
I any party purpose.
Gen. Taylor and his staff and Gen. Cushing
1 and his aid-decamp are to start on a little ex-
I curaion to-morrow morning to Arista’s planta
tion, about thirty-five miles from here. It is
j a pleasure trip strictly, I believe, and will
j occupy three or four days. An escort of
| dragoons will accompany the party. I think I
shall accent an invitation to make one of the
party, go for the present ado is sehores.
. j. e. n.
Augusta* (Georgia.
Friday'ju£y' jo, 1347.
FOR GOVERNOR
mn. o. w. towns.
OF TALBOT.
democratic Nominations for Senators.
sth Dist—Lowndes and Ware—Gen. T; Hilliard.
7th “ Tattnall and Bulloch—John A. Mattox.
l~‘h “ J lionias and Decatur—Wm. 11. Revnolds.
“ Baker and Early—Dr. Wm. J. Johnson.
1 “ Randolph and Stewart—William Nelson.
l.th “ Macon and Houston—John A. Hunter.
20th “ Twiggs and Bibb—W. W. Wiggins.
2tith “ Munroe and Pike—Col. Allen Cochran.
28th “ Merriwether and Coweta—Obe. Warner.
31st “ Fayette and Henry—Luther J. Glenn.
38th “ Clark and Jackson—Samuel Bailet.
39th “ Gwinnett and DoKalb—Jas. P. Simmons.
40th “ Paulding and Cass—Francis Irwin.
43d “ Habersham and Rabun— Edw’d Coffee.
44th “ Lumpkin and Union—Elihu S. Barclay.
Iwill see by our paper of yes
terday that his communication has been antic
ipated by the article copied from the Federal
Union.
Athens Commencement.
It will be seen on reference t« an advertise
ment of the Rail Road Company, that a train
oi cars will leave the depot on Mondev morn
ing next, for Athens, This will afford such of
j our citizens as wish to visit Athens an excel
lent opportunity.
extract from a letter written by the
lion. Win. C. Dawson, eulogistic of General
Clinch, is travelling the rounds. The sincerity
j of its compliments to the whig candidate, “as
a man and as a soldier,” we do not question.
But the following portion of it imparts infor
mation that is peculiarly novel and interesting:
“Tic (Gen. Clinch) is, indeed, a most safe,
prudent and judicious man, and withal, well
informed, AND HAS ABILITIES VASTLY ABOVE
THE REQUISITIONS OF THE OFFICE TO WHICH HE
is nominated. No man need fear that Gou.
Clinch has not powers of mind abundant to
administer this government.”
Indeed! “Abilities vastly above the requisi
tions.” This is plastering it on rather thick.
It is using a trowel instead of a brush. We
are surprized that the admiring friends of the
whig candidate allow him to condescend to a
station so vastly below his abilities. Why do
they not put him forward for an office which
might employ this large surplus of abilities.
Pity so much valuable capital should lie idle.
The whigs have contended that his Excel
lency, Gov. Crawford, lias been straining all
his abilities to discharge properly his executive
duties—that it was an office that required a
man possessing his fine abilities. But we sup
pose after this certificate of Col. Dawson, that
I Gov. Crawford is to be thrown quite into the
I shade by the vast abilities of General Clinch. |
Why do the whigs content themselves with
giving these disinterested certificates that their
candidate is really a smart man? Why do
they not publish something from his pen as |
proof? Why do they not give to the public
some production of his mind to prove that he
is a man of even ordinary abilities—we leave
out the vast. Let us have proof of moderate
abilities. In that “brief and brilliant” career }
in Congress, is there no single speech or report,
spoken or written, to prove that the old Gen
eral did more than vote Yea and Nay when
called on, as his party desired? The world is 1
in the dark on the subject of these abilities of
which so much is said, and so little is proven, j
Let us have some evidence.
The “Wo Party’’ Party.
The whigs seem to have taken a strong fan- ;
cy this year to the non-committal policy, to
military men, and to mum candidates. The fol
lowing is the speech reported in the last Ma- i
rietta Advocate, of the whig candidate for
Senator. He too rejoices in the title of Gen
eral. The occasion was a recent public meet
ing of citizens of Cobb county, at Marietta.
His competitor, Mr. Hunt, had just spoken:
General Bird’s Speech. —“ The gentleman
calls on the other side to answer his argu
ments, I don’t know which side I belong to,
I am no party man, I have been in Mexico for
twelve months. I don’t take the papers and
don’t read any. lam the people’s candidate,
and if elected will be the people’s representa
tive. You have known me for the last fourteen
years, and you know whether I am qualified
to represent you or not.”
We would suppose it not hard to decide j
whether a maa was qualified to represent a
f
; ‘ Senatorial district, who does not know which
side he belonged to —“don't take the papers
and don’t read any.” Perhaps he too thinks
. that “it is unnecessary to reiterate the often
, declared principles of the whig party.”
: mr received no papers by last evening’s
i i mail from offices North of Baltimore. By the
! I telegraphic despatch received by the Baltimore
I Sun, published in another column, it will be
j seen that the telegraph posts between New
' York and Philadelphia were seriously injured
by a severe storm, which will account for the
failure of the mail beyond that point.
The Crops.
The showery weather which has prevailed
during the whole of the present month, says
the Alexandria (La.) Republican of the 17th
1 inst., has injured, the Cotton crop considera
bly, by causing it to go to weed and rust. VVe
hear nothing of the caterpillar yet.
From the Plains
The N. O. Bee says—“ Our attentive cor
respondent at Westport informs us, says the
St. Louis lieville, that recent rumors from the
i plains represent matters in a deplorable light
there. Manna’s Fort, on the Arkansas, has
been burned by the Indians, and a report was
current that Fort William also had been des
troyed.
Five hundred men had been marched to the
relief of Lieut. Love.
Maj. Daugherty had returned to Fort Lea
venworth, having succeeded in recovering
nearly all his cattle, and sending them on with
| the troops that went out under Col. Easton.
Two Government trains, of thirty wagons
each, left Westport for Santa Fc on the 9th.
The Telegraph.
We learn (says the Cheraw Gazette) from
| Mr. Shaw, the Superintcmlant, that the posts
j for the Telegraph are all up between Raleigh,
N. C. and this place.
Capt. A. R. Hetzel, of the Army, died at
i Louisville on Tuesday last. He had arrived
! there but a few days previously from Vera
Cruz, where he discharged the duties of As
sistant Quartermaster.
The remains of the late gallant Capt. George
Lincoln, who fell at the battle of Buena Vista,
were interred at Worcester, Massachusetts, on
Thursday morning week,with military honors.
They were conveyed to Worcester from Boston
by a military escort and a large number of
citizens.
That Bet.
The sum of S2OOO, says the Nashville Union,
which was deposited in that office two or three
weeks since,to be bet on A. V. Brown’s re-clec
tiou as Governor of Tennessee,by two thousand
majority, not having been taken up, h;is been
withdrawn by the gentleman who deposited
it. Wo learn that he has since bet $ 500 on A.
V. Brown, and given twenty-five hundred
votes, and $.500 on twenty-nine hundred and
fifty votes. We are informed that he after
wards offered to give three thousand votes and
! bet the other thousand dollars,- and the offer
1 was not taken up.
Revival of the ftCarrcil Gian.
A slip from the PaUlding (Miss,) Democrat,
| with the above heading says a man named
i Fry, who settled about a year since in Newton
j county, had caused several slaves of Mr.
Daniel Saudall, for whom he was doing busi
ness, to run away, one of the negroes abduct
| mg son of Mr. Sandall, a youth about
I twelve years old. One of the negroes, who
f has since been apprehended, says they were
! persuaded off under the belief that they would
be taken to a free State and set at liberty. Nei
ther the boy nor the slave that abducted him,
i have been heard es, and fears are entertained
| that the child has been murdered. Fry pro
fesses to boa member of the church, and two
| men, William and Geo. Mclntosh, arc suppos
-ledto be his accomplices. It is thought also,
| that they have a considerable amount of coun
terfeit North and South Carolina money. The
I trio have been lately figuring about the Lau
■ derdale Springs. Fry is about 21 or 22 years
; of age, five feet or eleven inches high, dark
complcxioncd, blue eyes, dark hair—is fond
I of horse-trading.
[communicated.]
It is the policy of the Whigs, as much os
possible, to avoid a discussion of principles.
They tell you their reason is, that they wish
to avoid the excitement attendant upon political
discussion. If called to account by a Demo
crat for their adoption of Federal heresies, they ;
immediately cry, “Down with this excitement :
which is going to set father against son, sou j
against father, and brother against brother.
Out with the demoralizing inlluence of parti
san icra,nyling.” Thus, they appear to be the
only friends, the sole guardians of morality ,
decency and virtue. Here they expect to gain
6 imething in a two-fold manner: First by
keeping their principles, if they have any,
hidden , and secondly by appearing to deprecate
partizan feeling. lam as much opposed to
this excitement as any one can be; but then
I plainly see that if we do not agitate the ques
tions which divide parties, we are doomed to
immensely greater evils than can possibly a
rise from party feeling. There are two evils.
We must either have political excitement, or
we must have entailed upon us doctrines at
war with our free and glorious institutions.
Let us choose the less of the two evils. Lot
the voice of Democracy be heard in private,
and on the house-top, asserting the supremacy
of her principles over aristocracy, under the
guise of Whigism, until its echo shall be heard
from the sea-board to the mountains, and the
welkin shall ring with paeans to its final tri
umph.
We should take all occasions to assert and
maintain our principles. We should do this
to rend from the brazen face of Federalism
the mask of hypocrisy, which would make
the people believe that Whigs are the only j
ones who oppose party excitement. When '
the Whigs tell you that such is the case, point |
them to the excitement and rowdyism of ’4O,
which they themselves got up by dint of
coon-skins and hard cider. It is a notorious
fact that the Whigs have impressed some of
the Democrats even with the idea that Fedor-
. alists alone oppose political excitement. Be
, assured that if they do oppose agitation, it in
; j because it is to their interest to do so. What
l have the Whigs to gain from a discussion of
principles? They have every thing to lose by
a discussion, or even an assertion of doctrine
I cannot say principle, because it would be in
consistency to do so in connexion with Whig
ism. Hence it is, the late Whig convention
“deemed it unnecessary to reiterate their prin
ciples.” Then when these wolves in sheep’s
clothing come to you with their sanctimoni
ous phizes, and “ deprecate party excitement,”
say to them, “Gentlemen, we too deprecate
party excitement, but we deprecate Fed era! -
; ism still more. One or the other we must
j have, and give us excitement a thousand times
over before you give us Federalism once.”
But why do I say w r e must either have ex
citement or Federalism? I answer, because the
'V higs have, by some means or other, got some
of the people to believe they are the decent and
i intelligent party. All men like decency and in
; teUiyence, and they will most assuredly go
| where it is to be found. Believing the Whigs
| to be the guardians of every thing clever, mea
i will be Whigs. We should show that such is
not the case. In addition to the reason given
; above for saying we must either have excite
j ment or Federalism, is the following : A great
j many men believe that,. in supporting the
I Whig party, they are supporting States flights,
or in other words, Democracy. We must cx
cite them enough to show them their mistake,
; or allow' them to sleep on in morbid lethragv
| of ignorance, closely clasped in the arms of
Federalism*
But suppose we were to admit that the a
doption of Federal notions is preferable to
1 great party feeling, another question presents
itself. Which is the more demoralizing in its
: influence, open-handed excitement, or under -
j handed, Jesuitical machination? There can
Ibe no doubt as to the answer. If an evil act
j is done openly an I boldly, all good men may
see and combat it. If it is done secretly,
no one know's of it, and ho one can op
pose it. Excitement is indeed preferable
to the demoralizing influence of Jesuitism.
And w r ho that has his eyes open can fail
to see the cursed chicanery and cunning of
the Whigs, not only in their State conventions,
but in their county caitcusses; not only iu
their county caUcUsses, but in their individu
al conduct and conversation? You cannot get
a Whig to come boldly out, and tell you his
doctrine. Ask him for his principles, and he’ll
tell you, “Admiration of Gen. Taylor, and
opposition to the Mexican w'ar.” And, added
to all this# if you show him a Democratic doc
ument or newspaper, he seems panic-stricken,
and flees the truth as he would the adder's
fang.
Agitation should be the watch-word of De
mocracy. Go to the Whigs, especially the
Whig candidates, and ask them the direct
question, “Are you in favor of Berrien and
protection?” If you can’t get them to act up
on the offensive, compel them to assume the
defensive. Either make them assert and de
fend their position, or else denounce them
openly and boldly as being a set of unprinci
pled plunderers, seeking to aggrandize them
selves at the expense of their country’s near
est and dearest interests. Pursue this course,
and Democracy must triumph.
“Truth crushed to earth must rise again.”
CEAYTGN.
[Correspondence of the Baltimore i9un.]
By Magnetic Telegraph,
I* hilaDelphi a , July 2d, 6 r. m.
Bui of the Hoarder Trial.
The jury in the case of the four young men
who hare been on trial several days for the
murder of a colored man, named Anderson,
came into court this morning with a verdict. —
They convicted Pickering of murder in the
second degree, and Van Horn of manslaughter,
acquitting the other two.
: .Struck by Lightning. —The revenue cutter"
j Crawford was struck by lightning yesterday
f near Bombay Hook, which shattered* her fore
| mast considerably, but did not injure any one
j °u board of the vessel. Two other vessels were
[ struck during the storm, and several of the
; crew injured.
New York Telegraph Prostrated. — l am
sorry to inform you that the telegraph line be
tween this city and New York has been pros
trated by the storm. There is said to be full
a mile of posts down, the lightning having
struck the wires and passed from post to post.
This isfvery unfortunate, as the steamer Wash
ington is now momentarily expected at New
York from Liverpool. F.
Kidnapping'.
We leam that two slaves were enticed from
! their homes in Columbia by a white man who
; brought them to this city on Monday by the
Railroad, and proceeded immediately on with
them in the Wilmington boat. Their owners
left here on Tuesday in pursuit. —Charleston
Mercury, 29 th iust.
EC are Rain.
Yesterday, between 2 and 3 o'clock., P. M,,
this city was visited by another most violent
thunder shower. The rain fell for nearly au
hour most copiously, converting many of our
streets into rivers of no mean size. A lake of
considerable dimensions was again formed iu
and adjacent to that part of Whitaker street
where the Baptist Church stands. The wa
ter, again poured into the basement of that
Church, tilling both rooms to a considerable
depth, and setting the seats in the Sunday
School Room alloat once more.
The downfall of rain in the half hour from
about a quarter past 2 o’clock to a quarter of
3 o’clock, was, by the rain guage, almost three
inches. —Savannah Republican, 2Sth inst.
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that may offer.
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at Savannah, will be forwarded free of Commis
sions,
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Company has terminated.
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June G I —y Agent at Augusta.
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Augusta and its vicinity.
Office in Metcalfs Range, up stairs. Entrance
ne e!ow Mr. J. Marshall’s Drug Store.
June 1J 6m