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[From the Chnyuiele Sentinel Extra, SejA. 28.] |
LATE AND VERY IMPORTANT
FROM MEXICO.
BY J. C. RIDDLE’S PRIVATE EXPRESS !
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MAIL!
Important from Scott’s Army.
THE ARMISTICE CONCLUDED.
HOSTILITIES RECOMMENCED.
General Scott in the City of Mexico.
American Loss Since Leaving Puebla
3000 Men.
GEN. WORTH BADLY WOUNDED.
propositions or ivm. trist.
LETTER OF SANTA ANNA TO GEN. SCOTT.
REVOLT IN PUEBLA,
Four Regiments of the Mexican Armv.
COMPLETELY ROUTED BY A FEW
HUNDRED MEN OF GEX’L. SCOTT’S
FORCES.
Troops Arriving from the Brazos for the
Interior.
By this morning’s mail we have received an
extra from the office of the Mobile Herald &
Tribune, of the 2oth inst. brought by express,
containing the following intelligence announc
ing the close of negotiations and the resump
tion of hostilities, which we give for what it
is worth.
[From the Herald JJ* Tribune. Extra, 25 th inst.]
The brig Osceola, Capt. Smith, arrived at
Pensacola on the evening of the 21st instant,
within live days from Vera Cruz. We are in
debted to a passenger from Pensacola for a
Vera Cruz “Sun of Anahuac” of the 16th,
and also, for a letter from Pensacola. All the
news they contain is published below. Ver
b illy we are informed that there had also been
a revolt at Puebla, and that Scott, there and in j
the city of Mexico, had lost least two thou
sand men.
The following letter received from our cor
respondent is so interesting to the public that
we hasten to give it to our subscribers. It
contains all the news that was received yes
terday from Mexico.
As we had already announced, hostilities re
commenced on the Bth in the evening, and
Gen. Scott’s troops on that very evening had
given a brush to the best of the Mexican troops.
This letter came by the way of Orizaba, and
was sent there by our “wide awake” corres
pondent, through a private friend, who him
self addressed us a few lines to tell us that an
express had arrived at Atlixco on his way to
Oajaca—that this express had been sent by
Geu. Leon of the Mexican army, who com
manded the Mexican forces in the action spo
ken of in the letter which follows :
Puebla, Sept. 11, 1847.
My Dear Sun: I did not think that you ever
arrived among us, but to my great astonish
ment I saw you in the hands of our mutual
friend W. * * * *
I promised you before I left Vera Cruz, two
months ago, that I would, from time to time, if
I was fortunate enough to get news, drop you
a few words on a sheet of bad paper, and the
occasion has never offered itself with more en
couragement than at present, and I hope these
few lines will be victoriously passed through
the chaparrel, musquitocs, &c., and what is
worse (though not so bold) the guerrilleros of
Corro Gordo, Puente Nacioual, and all the
Montes and hiding places of these desperate
men.
Letters arrived here from Atlixco, stating
that an express had arrived there on his way
to Oajaco, sent by Gen. Leon, and that the
said express had brought letters from Mexico,
dated the 9th inst.
These letters state that the propositions made
by Mr. Trist were rejected, or, at least, one
portion of them, and that hostilities had re
commenced on the Bth, in the afternoon, and
that a battle had been fought on that evening
by a few hundred men of Scott’s army against
four of the picked out regiments of the Mexi
can army—(the 11th regiment of the line, the
3d and 4th regiment of light infantry, and one
regiment of the N.icionul Guards—all com
manded by Gon. Leon) —that the enemy’s
forces had been badly used up, that their loss
exceed two thousand live hundred.
The letters say that Mr, Trist’s propositions
were these:
That the citizens of the Uuitad States would
not have any thing to claim from Mexico for
damages occasioned by this war:
That the United States would have the pri
vilege of establishing two factories in upper
California for eight years; and that the Mexi
can government could, after tuat time, if it
chose, renew this article of the treaty :
This was not accepted.
Then Mr. Trist, unclothing himself of his
official powers, remarked to the Mexican com
missioners that he thought it would be much
better for Mexico to cede the whole of Upper
California to the United States, for which that
government would certainly pay fifteen or .
twenty millions of dollars.
The Sun, of the 19th says; Troops have
been arriving in great numbers from the Bra- j
zos for the last five or six days, and we do not
doubt that within five or six days more, there
will be from two to three thousund men ready
to march into the interior.
This would probably be agreed upon, if the
following article had met with the assent of the
Mexicans.
That the Texan boundary line would run
along from the mouth of the Rio Grande, on
the left side, to the right side of the Rio Gila, i
But this last proposition was rejected. The
Mexicans would not yield one inch of ground
the other side of the river N ueces.
Mr. Trist then asked 4-5 days, as he said he
was not authorized to accept such a proposi
tion, but the Mexicans replied they would
give but five days and no more.
On the fifth day (the 7th) a letter was written
by Santa Anna to Gen. Scott, accusing him
of breaking the armistice, on some trifling pre
text.
General Scott answered making similar
charges.
On the Bth, in the afternoon, a body of a few
hundred men of Gen. Scott's wore sent to at
tack Chapultppoc.
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They encountered a large force of the ene
my’s best troops there, and a terrible fight en
sued, in which the Mexicans got, as usual, a
good thrashing.
Gen. Leon, who commanded the Mexicans,
was wounded, and Gen. Balderas, of the Na
tional Guards, was killed.
The small number of the Americans, who,
the Mexican letter says, (to use their own ex
pression) “have fought like devils,” retired to
! Tacubaya, leaving five wagons behind them.
Some of these had no w heels, while others no
horses.
The loss on the part of the Americans is said
to be very small comparatively.
A proclamation, (or manifesto, as they call
it,) was issued by Gen. Herrera, Governor of
the city of Mexico, recommending to theciti
i zeus,| men, women and children, to collect
| stones and carry them to the roofs of houses,
1 and from there throw them at the Americans !
if they entered the city.
[U orrespondence of the Tie raid ami Tribune.]
Pensacola, Sept. 23d, 1847.
The brig Osceola, Capt. Smith, arrived at
the Navy Yard here last evening, after a pas- i
sago of five and a half days from Vera Cruz, j
and brings late and unfavorable news from I
the army of Gen. Scott. It seems that hos- i
tilities were renewed on the 18th inff., Santa |
Anna and Gen. Scott mutually charging each
other with a violation of the armistice, and by
the last accounts our troops had possession of
two streets, and had driven the principal part
of the Mexican’ force in towards the Plaza.—
Our troops had suffered greatly from the fire ,
I of the enemy placed in windows and on the
roofs of the houses, and Gen. Worth was bad- j
ly but not mortally wounded. Our loss since 1
leaving Puebla, was three thousand men. Mr.
Trial’s proposition for a cession of California,
lor a consideration of twenty millions, had
been agreed to by the Mexican commissioners—
but another proposition fixing the Rio Grande
as the boundary on this side was prememptori- I
ly refused. Paredes w r as said to be on the road
between Vera Cruz and Mexico, with a large
force of guerrillas.
These accounts are derived from the Sun of
Anahuac, of the 16th inst., and brought by
leaving. I have no doubt the)’ may be relied
upon essentially. This news reached Yera
Cruz by the Orazaba route,
the Osceola, and verbal communications from
Mr. Diamond to the captain at the moment of
I am, very respectfully, your obd’t svt., D.
[From the Savannah Georgian, 21th inst.]
Juigc Berrien—The Wilmot Proviso—
What is the Position of the Whig Party
in Georgia ?
Our attention has been directed to the Whig
Senator of Georgia—lst, by learning that he
had taken the stump in the interior of the
State —2d, by seeing his name at the caption
of a most violent anti-southern editoral in the
North American and United States Gazette—
3d, by the insane efforts which the Savannah
Republican has been making to prove that the
W bigs of Georgia are devoted to the cause of j
the South, and not of party. What we there
fore inquire, is the position of “the American
Senator” upon the important questions w r hich
spring from our present relations with Mexico?
We have said that his name, and the resolu
tion which he introduced into the Senate du
ring the last session of Congress, forms the
caption of a most violent, bitter, abusive, an+i
southern editorial in a Northern paper. To
show the spirit of this paper we give some ex
tracts from it:
THE ABOLITION of freedom.
Os all fanatlsm, that is the most repulsive
which proclaims its intention to abolish free
dom in a territory that now’ “sees no son of
hers a slave.” Os all hypocrisy, that is the
basest which,at the North adopts this madness
and asks freedom to vote for it. The organs
of the present State Administration have |
bow’ed down to this degradation. They have
raised the banner —not of the Constitution—
not of conservatism in relation to the South—
but that upon whose dark fold are imprinted
the words, in letters of blood, “Death to
Freedom!” They enter into a crusade against
the world in favor of bondage, and require
Pennsylvania —our free, true-hearted yeo
manry, who have never inspired a breath tainted
with the sigh of a slave —to enlist in a cause
opposed to every principle taught by their
fathers, every sentiment cherished by them
selves.”
“The responsibility of the extention of slave
ry to Mexico must be shared by the North:
that portion of our common country, while it
stands by the pa-;t, will not, blood boitered
and marked with what it considered crime, en
ter into the future as marked out by South
' ern cabals, nor share the consequences, moral
i and political, of a and unnecessary ex
; tension of slavery.”
I “Let it he proclaimed, that the organ of Mr.
Shrink denounces every democrat who dares
to oppose the needless extention of slavery,or
to saw n upon the nullifiers of the South, as a
federal alist.”
“And why Federalists? Because you re
fused to he transferred by Mr. Polk to a South
ern faction, whose object is to obtain political
domination over the free States, or to dissolve
the Union. You decline entering into the
j conspiracy, and are, therefore according to
Mr. Skunk’s organ. Federalists.”
“The issue is, Freedom against Slavery in
new territory, Where is the slave so debased
as to love slavery—where is the freeman so
frantic as to aid it —to build up the empire of
bondage until it shall be sufficiently powerful
to cast back its shadow upon the recreants
w’ho have erected it? We rejoice that this is
sue has been plainly and frankly made and met
in the oldKeystonc. She yet has sons who have
not forgotten the past, and who cannot he i
tate when the opposing watchwords are Liber
ty and Slavery.”
Our readers are doubtless prepared to say—
Enough of this!—and yet we could continue
our quotations still further—and can state that
the paper from which wc extract, is one of the
most temperate and moderate of the Northern
Whig pressoss on the subject of the Wilmot
Proviso. And this paper it is which plaints
itself on Judge Berrien’s resolution, and he :
has furnished the ground upon which the
anti-Southern spirit at the North is planting
itself. Bitter, violent, abusive of the South, i
it has chosen a Southern man as it leader. He {
has indicated the ground upon which it shall j
stand. We do not charge Judge Berrien with <
1 entertaining himself such feelings of malevo- |
lence against the South, as his Northern fol- |
i lowers. No Southern man could possibly en
tertain them. But we state facts, and leave
1 the people of Georgia to determine whether the
Senator and his supporters are most devoted
to their party or the South.
We say that rabid Federal Abolition papers
are assuming the ground designated by the
Geogia Senator, and he and his party in Geor
gia are placed in an attitude of hostility to the
South. They are endeavoring to crush the
friends of the South. In order to build up an
j unprincipaled faction,and to place unprincipled
politicians into office, they arc willing to
1 sacriiicethc glory of the nation,and to succumb
I to the domination of the worst foes of the
i South. We saj' that such has been the course !
I of the Whig Senator from Georgia for years, |
} and we proceed to prove our assertion by facts. I
On the 10th of September, 1841, there was a I
M ass Meeting of the Whig party of Massachu- ;
setts, held in the city of Boston. A proces
sion was formed, over which banners floated
bearing sucb'inscriptions as the following:-“No
EXTENSION OF THE BOUNDS OF SLAVERY!” 11l
■ this procession the Hon. Whig Senator from
Georgia walked. In the same procession the
j notorious Abolitionist, Cassius M. Clay, like
-1 wise walked. Daniel Webster presided over I
the meeting. In a speech full of Federal prin- !
ciples, breathing throughout, the spirit of sec- 1
tioned policy,replete with argument in favor of
a proective tariff, etc. we meet the following
remarkable language:
“I, for one, say, gentlemen, that under
present circumstances, I give my vote heartily
for Mr. Clay, (cheers) and I so give it, because,
among other things, he is against the annexa
tion of Texas, and I would not give it if he was
not. With other opinions of his I shall not
now hold controversy, but I hold with him on
this point, because I hold that the annexation
of Texas will be the perpetuation of African
I sl vver’ , and the tyranny op race over race
UPON THIS CONTINENT, AND I WILL HAVE NOTH- I
ING to no with it.” (Cheers.)
These sentences proceeding from the con
trolling spirit of the Federal party at the North,
so full of bitter feeling, of ruthless prejudice,
and so insulting to the slave-holding people of
! the South, fell upon the ears of one of their j
prominent representatives. 'JTic Whig senator
■ from Georgia was there. He sat beneath the
cold flash of Webster’s eye. He heard, word
by word, what fell from Webster’s Federal
lips. Were the question asked of any Geor-
I gian, whose heart yet glows with a spark of
i devotion to his native State—what should our
Senator have done! He could but exclaim,
“what should he have done! Why, he should
HAVE LEFT THE MEETING AT ONCE! He should
have come out from among them forever, and
shaken the dust from his feet. He should
; have felt personally insulted, in the insult
cast upon his State, and upon the people who
; had sent him to the halls of Congress!”
What course did he pursue?
Mr. Webster having “introduced the lion
| J. M. Berrien, as a distingushed member ot
the Senate of the U. S. from the State of Geor
gia,” thereupon
“Mr. Bearrien said, he had come in obedience
to their call, from a distant home, to share in
; the deliberations of this day. He had come to
j bear to the Whigs of the North the cordial
greetings of the Whigs of Georgia, and to
! SAY TO_THEM, THAT THEY WERE ANIMATED WITH
! THE SAME SPIRIT WHICH BEAT IN THE BOSOMS OF
THOSE AT PRESENT BEFORE HIM.”
Again. In the Senate of the United States,
on the Bth June, 1844, Judge Berrien used the
: fol lowing expressions:
“There is another and far more important
| consideration. The inevitable tendency of thing
| is to increase the preponderance of Free States !
in the councils of the Union. The policy of the I
| Government cannot check it. The admission
of foreign States cannot counterbalance it. It is
this State in which slavery now exists will be- {
come free States, but the reverse will never \
happen. In this consists the certainty of the
continued ascendency of the free States. Ir is
written in the book of fate. The North may
patiently abide the result. The South will
VAINLY STRUGGLE AGAINST IT !”
These are facts in the life of the Whig Sena
tor, and facts that have spoken, and will con
tinue to speak trumpet stongued to the people
of Georgia. Still more potent is their voice at
the present crisis of our affairs. What is this
Senator’s position noAv? Does he still maintain
that the people of Georgia “are animated with
THE SAME SPIRIT THAT BEATS IN THE BOSOM” OF
the Northern Whigs? What, in all honesty
we ask, what is that spirit? On what ground !
is Northern Whiggery planting itself? The
Bank is gone, the Tariff is gone; both arc con
signed, tor the present at least, to the tomb of
the Capulets. Texas is annexed. The Oregon
question settled. The restriction of the Veto 1
power exploded. Where then does the Whig
party at the North find a rallying point? We
answer, and it cannot be denied, in opposition
to the acquisition of territory in the settlement
of our relations with Mexico.—lt is their only
ground. They have no other; —and they sus
tain it,invarably, and as a party, unanimously
by the most vindicative, malevolent, and in,
ulting attacks upon the South.
Upon the subject of the Wilmot Proviso, the
same paper from which we have extracted
above, says that “the party, as a party, is j
united and unanimous” in its favor. Where |
is Judge Berrien? Where are his supporters?
Will they come out from among these foes of
the Constitution and the South, and shake the
dust from their feet? or will they do as he did
in Boston, tamely hear the most malevolent
abuse heaped upon their own people, and then
proclaim that they “are animated with the
SAME SPIRIT THAT BEATS IN THE BOSOMS” of OUr
Northern foes! Let the question be answered!
The people of Georgia expect it!
Augusta, (Georgia.
| WEDNESDAY MORNING SEPT. 29.
FOR GOVERNOR
GEO. W. TOWNS.
I _ or TALBor.
Democratic Nominations for Senators.
Ist Dial.—Chatham—Thomas Purse.
2d “ Bryan and Liberty—J. M. B. Harden.
3d “ Mclntosh and Glynn—T. M. Forman.
4th “ Camden and Wayne—Elias Fort.
sth “ Lowndes and Ware—Gen. T. Hilliard.
7th “ Tattnall and Bulloch—John A. Mattox
Bth “ driven and Effingham—W. J. Lawton.
9fh “ Burke and Emanuel—W. S. C Morris.
| 12th “ Thomas and Decatur—Wm. H. Reynolds.
| 13th “ Baker and Early—Dr. Wm. J, Johnson.
14th “ Randolph and Stewart—William Nelson.
17th “ Macon and Houston—John A. Hunter.
! I9th “ Dooly and Pulaski—Geo. M. Duncan.
■ 20th “ Twiggs and Bibb—W. W. Wiggins.
{2lst “ Washington and Jefferson—B.S. Carswell.
24th “ Hancock and Baldwin—S. Buffington, Jr.
25th “ Jones and Putnam—James M. Gray.
j 2<>th “ M'mroe and Pike—CuL Allen Cochran.
; 28th “ Merriwether and Coweta— Obe. Warner.
| 31st “ Payette and Henry— Luther J. Glenn.
32d “ Jasper and Butts—Col. J. C. Waters.
| 35th “ Wilkes and Lincoln— lsaiah T. Irv in.
33d “ Newton and Walton— Warren J. Hill.
38th “ Clark and Jackson—Samuel Bailey.
39tii “ Gwinnett and DcKulb—Jas. P. Simmons.
40th “ Paulding and Cass—Francis Irwin.
41st “ Cobb and Cherokee—Wm. H. Hunt
43d “ Habersham and Rabun— Edw’d Cofi ee.
' 44th “ Lumpkin and Union—Elihu S. Barclay.
RICHMOND COUNTY.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
W ILLIAJVI CHtSY. JR.
Democratic Ticket for Wilkes County.
For Senate 3 5th District.
ISAIAH T. IRVIN.
kor House of Representatives.
LEWIS S. BROWN.
HENRY P. WOOTTEN.
tgyf* Subscribers living in wrds Nos. one and
two, who did not get their papers yesterday,
will phase send to the office for them, the
carrier on that route being sick.
The mail due on Monday evening did
not arrive until Tuesday morning. It was de
! tained by the cars running off the South Caro
; lina Rail Road, between Branchviile and Mid
! way. No one injured.
mails due last evening from the
j North came to hand.
The Approaching - Election.
We would be uncandid, did we not confess
to an intense anxiety and doubt as to the re
sult of next Monday’s vote. That the Demo
| crats have a majority in the State we feel
I perfectly CEHTAm. That they will prove this
iat the polls we believe. We are sanguine of
this. But sometimes the democratic party
have neglected to exert their superior strength.
Supineness, or dissensions, or local rivalries
have distracted and unnerved us, while an ac*
tive, well disciplined and enthusiastic minori
ty, eager for power and spoil have conquered
us, strode over us in triumph, and jeered and
taunted and ridiculed us for our folly, and in
efficiency, and plumed themselves on their su
perior tact, energy and devotion to their cause.
It may be so again. Let the thought of so
I burning a shame, so bitter a humiliation quick
en the pulse and nerve the soul of every Demo
crat in our State. Fellow-citizens of the sea
board and of the midlands! The Democrats of
the mountains and of the south-west are up and
doing. They are wide awake and will tell a
glorious tale for democratic ears on Monday
next. They will speak from the plains of
SOUTHWESTERN AND WESTERN GEORGIA IN TONES
of thunder. There Towns is knoton , and there is
his great stronghold. The mountains of Old
Cherokee will echo back the thunders of the
plain, and the mighty voice will shake the
VERY CITADELS OF WHIGGERY AS WITH AN EARTH
QUAKE. What shall be the response of the
sea board and of Middle Georgia ? Let it
never be said that the battle was lost by your
supinencss. Let it not be said that you flinch
ed before the flashing steel and the flaunting
banners of the foe. Let us all rouse up as one
man. Let each one strike for his cause and
his principles, and all can then unite in that
glorious shout with which triumphant democ
racy shall make the welkin ring.
If Middle Georgia will do her duty, the
TRIUMPH OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WILL BE
certain. Let her but keep the Whigs here
within their usual bounds, and the mountain
democracy will send down an avalanche that
will bury whiggery so deep that it will never
be reached by the hand of Resurrection.
50.000 Votes for Gearg-e W. Towns.
Let this be the rallying cry of the Demo
cracy of the State. When morning breaks
I o’er mountain and plain on Monday next, let
each Democrat rouse up to action, exclaim
mg
“Now’s the day, and now’s the hour,”
| to serve my country and her dearest interests.
Rouse up, Democrats, for one good day’s work
for your cherished principles. Give that day
to your country. Dcposite your vote early
for Democracy and Equal Laws, against Fed
eralism and Protective Tariffs—for indem
nity from Mexico and future respect for Amer
ican rights, against an inglorious retreat and
condemnation of our country —for the able,
the accomplished, the sterling Republican,
George W. Towns, against the dull automa
ton, tbc mum candidate of the Whigs, Dun
can L. Clinch, who selects John M. Ber
rien as his advocate and exponent of his views.
Yotc for members of the Legislature who
will send to the United States Senate Demo
crats good and true —who will sustain the
Tariff of 1846 against the assaults of the Pro
tectionists, and thus prevent the re-election of
John McPherson Berrien, the ally of Wilmot
| Proviso men, and the advocate of the odious
Tariff of 1842. Not only vote thus, but see
that all your neighbors vote. See that every
Democratic vote in your county is polled. —
See that the old, the sick and the infirm have
conveyances to the polls. Let no Democrat
lose his vote, or neglect to exercise a free
man’s rights. Be up early. Be active and
watchful, and the day is our own.
if 1
{KrCampaigrn Subscribers-^#
Those who have subscribed only to the Ist
October and desire to continue, will please no
tify us and forward their subscriptions previ
ous to next Wednesday.
What are the Issues ?
Fellow-citizens : A more important election
was never before pending among the people of
Georgia. What arc the Issues? Is it a mere
contest between the ins and the outs/ Will
the result have no effect on the future legisla
tion of the country." W ill it be no expression
of the public voice on great measures of policy, I
and upon popular rights? Yes, fellow-citizens,
it must deeply, vitally effect your dearest in- i
terests. Are rou prepared for a repeal 1
OF THE PRESENT TARIFF? If not, VOte the de- i
mocratic ticket. The whigs are determined to j
restore the abominable tariff of 1812. The
whig press in Georgia has raised its voice in
favor of this stop. We have already furnished !
you extracts to prove this. The whig press of
the North has proclaimed the same policy.
One of the ablest champions of the Protec
tionists, John M. Clayton of Delaware, uses
the following language. In anticipation of
the whigs obtaining a majority in the next
Congress, he thus sketches the policy they
should pursue:
“The first thing to be effected, on their ac- !
cession to power,/* the repeal of the tariff of 1846,
and the restoration of the tariff of 1842. To
this great end, first of all things, let every whig
effort be directed. When a law accomplishing
these results shall have passed Congress and
been approved by a President of the United
States, then, and not till then, in my humble
opinion, will the greatest icish of the country be
gratified , and its best interests be sustained.
When this shall have been achieved, the
people will, in their own good time, indicate
any change the}' may desire in their revenue j
system. During the mighty struggle, which
is even not yet ended, we have proposed to
compromise no principles with our opponents;
and when the battle has been secured, the
only basis upon which we should ever attempt
to treat’ought to be the status quo ante helium. :
Put us back precisely where we were before
the tariff act of 1846. Until that end is ob
tained, we hearken to no compromises , we listen
to no half way measures, and least of all to such
as propose to sacrifice one class of manufac
turers to maintain another.”
Fellow-citizens of Georgia, Have you ever
sanctioned the atrocious principles involved
in the tariff bill of 1842? If not, arc you now
prepared to bend the knee in humble subjec
tion to the anti-slavery Lords of the Spindle
and the Loom, who seek to make Congress
the pliant instrument with which to levy fur
ther contributions upon the people to swell
their already bloated fortunes? If you are
not, then vote for members to the legislature
who will send democratic Senators to repre
sent you in Congress, and to sustain the pre- {
sent tariff bill. Do not allow John M. Berrien
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again to raise his voice as the advocate of the
manufacturers in the United States'Senate.
Do you desire to have a treaty concluded
with Mexico on terms which will indemnify
| this country for that nation’s outrages, and
her reckless war, commenced by her act, as
your Congress has almost unanimously de
clared? Or do you desire our armies igno
miniously withdrawn—her territory abandon
ed—our people heavily taxed to pay the war
expenses? If the former, vote the Democrat
ic ticket. Vote for Goo. W. Towns for Gov
ernor, and for Democratic candidates for the
Legislature. The former will ably preside over
the affairs of Georgia, and be a true exponent
of her principles. The latter will vote for
sound Democrats, to represent you properly in
the United States Senate.
The Democrats are in favor of acquiring
territory, subject to the terms of the Missouri I
Compromise.
The Whigs are divided into two classes. One
is the Berrien Whigs, who are opposed to any
further acquisition of territory, for fear their
allies at the North would force the Wilmot i
Proviso upon them, to which they would have
to submit. These are one class. The other
is, the Wilmot Proviso Whigs, who are in favor
of more territory, but insist that the South
shall have no share in it. This is the stronger
class of the two. This is, in fact the Whig
party. This wing will wholly control its poli
cy, and Southern Whigs must, sooner or later,
decide to go with it, or join the Democrats.
These are not the only issues. The strug- |
gle between the parties, is now as it ever has
been. The Democratic party, is the constitu
tional party of the country. It is against class
legislation, and in favor of equal laws—against
innovation on the constitution, and in favor of
strict construction—against monopolies,against j
lavish appropriations for internal improve- ,
ments —and against national Banks. It is the
State Rights party of the country. It is the
party which advocates the war with Mexico,
believes in its justice, and insists on ample in
demnity from that nation. The Whig party
is in the attitude of condemning its own coun
try, justifying the conduct of her enemy, and
insisting upon ignominious terms of peace.
Let the people decide which is in the right.
Who are the Friends of the South?
Fellow-citizens, The following language was
recently used in a public speech by Mr. Dunn,
a whig member of Congress lately elected in
Indiana. “If the South will not recede,
let the sword cut her down.” This is
Whig language, and this is Whig spirit to
wards us of the South in reference to the Wil
mot Proviso question. They insist at the
North upon further territorial acquisitions,
but say that it shall all be free territory. They
say that there shall be no more slave territory—
that the Southern States shall be hemmed in
by a cordon of Free States. What say the
democrats? They rally upon the compro
mises of the constitution, and advocate as the
equitable rule of division —tbe Missouri C om
promise. I- nder this the South has flourish
ed and maintained its just weight and influ
ence in the National Councils. Which party
then is most friendly to the South? On which
side should Southern men rally? Fellow
citizens —Southern whig influence is weak and
powerless with the great whig party of the
country. Your constitutional rights are safe
only while the democratic party maintains its
ascendency. Your next resort is not to the
protection of the whig party, but to the sword,
j t o which some Northern whigs would appeal.
Expenses of the War.
The Whig papers make strong appeals to
the pocket nerve of the people on account of
the expensiveness of the war with Mexico.
1 hey seek to entail odium on the Democratic
party on this account, for this war with Mexi
| co—commenced the act of Mexico ” as our
Congress declared.
Tet the Whigs would have the war settled
I without indemnity from Mexico, and would
: require our people to bo taxed to pay the
expenses.
i The Democrats advocate the policy* of de
manding indemnity from Mexico, and insist
’ that Mexico should be compelled to pay the
expenses. Which is right ?
*2*he News from Mexico.
Nothing can be more vague and unsatisfac
j toi T than the accounts via Pennsacola which
j we publish in this day’s paper. We do not
j altogether discredit them. \\ e do not doubt
I that the armistice has been terminated and
hostilities resumed. But the statement that
1 our loss in killed and wounded, 2000, rather
I sounds like romancing. We can scarcely bc
| hove that our loss can be double that sustained
on the bloody fields Contreras and Chumbus
co. AV e fully anticipate that the next accounts
will announce that the enemy's Capital is in
the full possession of our troops and that
“order reigns in Mexico.”
As to the terms stated to have been pro
posed by Mr. Trist, and rejected by the Mexi
cans, we have no faith in the story. He
could not have been authorized by onr Gov
ernment to negotiate a peace on terms falling
so far short of the just expectations of the
American people.
Every American will feel intense anxiety for
the fate of the gallant Worth. May he yct
survive many years to serve his country, and
be honored as one of her greatest living:
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heroes.
Election Returns.
We will be obliged to our friends in other
Counties for the earliest possible returns of the
elections on Monday next, for Governor and
members of the Legislature.
We present to-day to our readers a map
of Mexico and its approaches, which will give
a good idea of the topography of that region
which has been the scene of the recent bril
liant operations of our army. We regret that
circumstances have delayed the issue of it till
this date. Those who have preserved the ac
counts we have published of the battles of
the 20th ult., will be greatly assisted by the
map in the proper understanding of the de
tails.
We copy from the N. Y. Journal of Com
merce, the following explanatory description;
“Our readers will remember that news was
received several days since, that on the 13th
the American army was at Ayotla, 29 miles
from Mexico, on the main road from Vera Cruz
to that capital, having thus far met with no
opposition. About midway between Ayotla
and Mexico, at a place called Penon, very
strong fortifications had been erected by the
Mexicans, and others at another pass called
Mexicalzingo, which could only have been car
ried at a great sacrifice of life. Mexicalzingo
lies to the Southward of the Vera Cruz road, at
the head of lake Xochimilco. It is about six
miles S. S. E. from Mexico, while Penon is
about nine miles E. S. E. On the 14th, Gen.
Scott ordered reconnoisances, with a view to
ascertain whether it was possible to reach
Mexico without encountering these formidable
works. The result was, that a road practica
ble for artillery could be cut from Chaleo to
San Augustin. The town of Chaleo is situated
on the Eastern border of the lake of the same
name, three or four miles South of the Vera
Cruz road. The route of our army must there
fore have passed entirely to the Southward of
Lake Chaleo. Gen. Worth’s division on the
15th, moved from Chaleo, and was followed by
the other three divisions, under Generals
Quitman, Pillow and Twiggs. On the 16th,
Gen. Worth’s division reached the village of
i San Gregorio, on the South side of Lake Xo
chiinilco, and there halted, by order of Gen.
Scott. On the 17th, he resumed his march,
and after several skirmishes, arrived the same
day at San Augustin, about 19 miles nearly
South of Mexico, on the road to Acapulco, and
two or three miles S. E. of San Angel. Gen.
Scott,with the other divisions, came up on the
morning of the 18th.
“Contreras, where the first battle was fought,
is a fortified position between San Augustin
; and Sau Angel. Churubnsco, the scene of the
2d great conflict, is about two miles North of
j San Angel and perhaps four South of Mexico.
Tucubaya is still nearer the capital, the dis
tance being only two or three miles. There
Gen. Scott was quartered on the 22nd ult., —
himself and a portion of his command occupy
ing the Arch-Bishop’s Palace.
The Southerner.
By an advertisement fin the New York
Journal of Commerce, we preveive that the
Southerner would not leave that port until
Tuesday afternoon, at 4 o’clock. The steam
ship Northerner, Capt. Thos. S. Budd, will
take her place in the line, and leave on the
Saturday following.
U. S. steam frigate Princeton, from Phila
delphia, arrived at Gibraltar on the 19th ult.,
and immediately proceeded to the Coast of
Barbary. On the 25th, she returned to Gib
raltar, but had not communicated with the
shore at last advices.
Very Lute from the Rio da la Plata-
The ship Star Republic arrived *at New \ ork
on Thursday, in the short passage of 11 days
from Montevideo. The Journal of Commerce
has Buenos Ayres dates to the 7tli August.
The farce of a blockade of Buenos Ayres con
tinues on the part of the French, the British
Government persevering in its abandonment
of the intervention. Vessels continued to ar
rive and depart without molestation. The
British and French ministers had enturned from
the La Plata, having failed to negotiate.
Steamer Washington-
The Washington sailed from New York on
Thursday afternoon, about one o’clock, with
forty passengers t and upwards of 8,000 letters
and 3,000 papers. J. Randall goes out in her
as bearer of despatches to London.
A Fleet of Steamers*
There were on Thursday no less than nine
sea-steamers in the port of New York, namely :
the Sarah Sands, (Br.;) Washington, (Am.;)
United States, (Am.;) Guadalquiver, (Sp.ri
Iris, (Am.;) Britannia, (Br.;) Union, (Ir.;)
Southerner, (Am.;) Northerner, (Am.)