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VOL. II.
ALBANY, BAKER CODNTY, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1846.
THE ALBANY PATRIOT,
II rtllUSOZD EVERY wr.SRT.SDAY MORRDin, BY
NELSON TIFT & SETH N. BOUGHtON,
EUton and 1'roprielort.
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NACVOO TEMPLE.
The following description of the Mor
mon Tetanic at Nauvoo, is tuken from the
Hancock Eagle.
• It stands in a most prominent position,
on the bluff which overlooks the lower
town and river | and such is the elevation
or its spite, that it ia distinctly visible
from a distance of twenty or thirty miles
in various directions.
Viewed from the bank of the river, its
whole appearance is grand and imposing.
The material of which it is chiefly built,
is white limestone, which has tiecn work
ed and faced down to a perfect surface.
Length 128 feel;
Width SS feet;
Height to tomb or tnof 77 feel;
The upper windows of ihc steeple serve
os an observatory, from which a magnifi
cent view of the sui rounding country may
lie had. Tlic Mississippi is seen winding
in ils serpentine (firm along the wooded
' valley to the North and South—the hills
of Iowa rise in bold relief to the westward.
A CtE.1I FROM FANNY FORESTER, and lose themselves in the blue distance;
We extmet from the prooUbeeu of Aldrrbrook, i while the prairie fields, gardens and pri-
now in pteuu, by Ticknor &. Co., the following vate buildings lie spread out like a map
touching stanza*, written to her mother, by Mrs.. below.
Judsoo, previous to her voyage from this port, u! The walls of the temple are of massive
POETRY.
few weeks ago:—Boston Atlas.
Giro roe my old seat. Mother,
With my head upon thy knee:
I've passed through many a changing scene,
Since thus I sat hy thee.
Ob! let roe look into thine eyca—
Their meek, soft, loving light
Falls like a gleam of holiness.
Upon my heart, to-night.
I've not been long away, Mother;
Few suns have rose and set
Since last the tear-drop on thy check
My lip. in kisses met
*Tis but a little time, 1 know,
But very long it seems;
Though every night I enme to thee,
Dear Mother, in tny dreams.
The world has kindly dealt, Mother,
By the child thou lovVt so well;
Thy prayers havo circled round her path;
And *twas their holy spell.
Which made that path so dearly bright;
Which strewed the roses there;
Which gave tin* light, and cast the balm
On every breath of air.
1 bear a happy heart, Mother;
A happier never beat:
And even now, new buds of liopo
Are bursting at iny feet.
Oh ! Mother! life inny be a dream;
But if sucb dreams are given,
While at the portal thus we stand,
What arc the truths of lleuven!
1 bear a happy heart, Mother;
Yet, when fond eyes I see,
And hear soft tones and winning words,
1 ever think of thee.
And then, the tear my spirit weeps
Unhidden fills my eyo;
And, like a homeless dove, I long,
Unto thy breast to fly.
Then 1 am very sad, Mother,
I'm very sad and lone;
Oh! there'a no heart whose inmost fold
Opes to me like thine own!
Though sunny smiles wreath blooming lips,
While love-tones meet my ear;
My Mother, one fond glance of thine
Were thousand times more dear.
MISCELLANY.
DR. FRANKLIN’S MORAL CODE.
Our great Ameri.-nn philosopher ami
statesman, Benjamin Franklin, drew up
the following list of moral virtues, to which
be paid constant and earliest attention,
and thereby made himself u heller and a
happier man.
Temperance.—Eat uol to fulness; drink
not to elevation.
Silence.—Speak not but what may ben
efit others or yourself; avoid trifling con*
venation.
Order.—Let all your things have their
{ ilaccs; let each part of your business
lave its lime.
Raolutim—Resolve Co perform what
you ought; perform without fail wlial
you resolve.
Frugality.—Make no expense hut to do
good 10 otlicrs or ynuiself; that is, waste
nothing.
Induilry.—Lose no time; he always
employed in something useful; cut off all
unnecessary actions.
Sincerity.—Use no hurtful deceit; think
’innocently and justly; and if you speak,
’speak accordingly. , . .
Jarti'c*.—Wrong none by doing injuries
or omitting the benefits that are your duty
Moderation.—Avoid extreme*; furbear
resenting injuries.
Cleanliness* **
l—Suffer no unclcanlincss in
body, clothes, or habitation.
Tranquility.—Bo not disturbed about
triflea, or accidents common and unavoi*
•dalile.
iMwKijl. i Imitate Jesus Christ.
>J«M.—Iho Burlington (Iowa) Hawk
Eye says the new constitution for n State
Government, has probaly been ratified by
2 or 800 mojority. It is therefore proba
ble (hat Iowa will soon becomo one of the
States of this Confederacy.
S„ ic-duu roim^JhtUfittt, hasbeen found
eminently useful in keeping tbe ground
moist in drouth, and in promoting the
growth of iho tree. S«Y*rul bushels may
be applied to* tree,
stone, ami at least two feet thick. On
r idler side, nnd at'the end, are rows ol
graceful pilasters, crowned with elabor-
ntely carved cups, upon the external sur
face of which is exhibited in bat nlirf, the
face nf the “ man in the moon," and two
hands grasping trumpets. Each pilaster
rests upon inverted crescents, aud arc at
least fifty feet long.
They arc thirty in number, and the
united cost of them is estimated at uboul
$100,000.
The structure is lighted hy (bur rows «f
Windows, two of which are quadrilateral,
and two circular. These, with the other
novel architectural embellishments, give
die whole pile an original and not un*
pleasing us|K-ct.
All the entrances are from the West,
' and the immense doorways are gained hy
I a flight of stone steps. The interior con-
| Inins a basement (in the centre of which
stands the celebrated baptismal font.)—
Two great hulls which extend nearly the
entire length and breadth of the building;
and a third hull underneath the roof, with
small apartment* an either side.
The imptis.-nul font is a most extrnnr-
dinary work, trad will stand a monument
of Mot mon extravagance mid grolesque-
ticss of taste. It is an immense stone
reservoir, resting upon the hack of twelve
oxen, also cm out of slot e, us “ large us
life." The effect of a first view of these
rigid animals, standing in such a singular
|Hisition, and wearing such mysterious
countenances, is somewhat startling; but
n feeling of superstition soon gives way to
curiosity, aud the beholder is lost in won
der at the magnitude of the design and
extraordinary amount nf labor that must
have been expended in the erection of the
work.
The hall on the first floor was intended
as the regular meeting-place ot the con*
gregnliou, and wlten freed from the ruh-
l.isli aud surplus limber that now encum
bers it, will have n lieuutiful und imposing
fleet. The iiri-hileelurul decorations are
chaste and rich ; and the two grnnil pul
pits nl the East und West ends, give to
the whole an appearance of Oriental
magnificence.
The attic, (as it may be called) is light-
etl from the roof, and was designed for a
large school room. •
Leaving the body of the building, you
ascend to the liell room of the steeple,
thence to the clock room, and last to the
oliscrvatory.
The immense structure is a chef iToeu-
rre of architecture, ami will rank in gran-
ilcur with the largest und most costly edi
fices of modem times.
The entire cost of its erection is esti
mated at between 700 and 800 thousanl
dollar*.
The temple will he nearly completed
and in readiness for dedication by the
first of May,
After it shall have been consecrated, it
will lie abandoned os a place of rrligious
worship hy the sect that erected it, and
either sold or rented for a college.
It has been examined hy the agents of
two or three different institutions; and
from what wo can lent it, is likely to be
transferred to the Methodists, hy them to
be used for literary and religious purposes.
" EARLY PIETY.
There is much that is interesting in the
early opening of the heart. If under any
circumstances, the conversion of a sinner
SOUTHERN LADIES.
In the number for June of Mr. Skim-
MEtt’a valuable work, the Farmen' Libra
ry, we find the folinwitig tribute paid by
(ne editor to Southern Ladies. Every
man who has been brought up in the
Southern States, will be able to appreciate
the justness of Mr. Skiumbb’s descrip
tion.
“The more (he says) any man of dis
cernment sees of the world, and reflects
on the relations subsiting beieewn the of
ficers performed by the various members
that constitute one family, the more deep-
ly will he be impressed with the dignity
and importance of die duties which social
arrangements assign to the mistress of ev
ery well regulated family, and the high
honor and esteem to which she is entitled
when those duties arc well performed.
“Let hut het part be neglected, orcare-
lessly, or ill-performed, and chaos soon
takes the place of ordei, neatness and e*
connmy take their departure, and domes
tic misery and ruin are too sure to enter,
close on the heels of pride and indolence.
There is nothing more beautiful, uothing
to which a sensible mau more readily
pays the homage of his admiratiou and
respect, on his entrance in the domestic
circle nf the old Southern States, than
cheerfulness and alacrity with which be
still sees the ladies there, both mothorand
daughters of the most opulent and best
bred fumilics, play out in full measure
their appropriate parts in the manage
ment of domestic affairs, and when occa
sion demands, even of the nut-door con
cerns. To he familliar with all the du
ties of housewifery, seems to form, in fact,
i s we have lately witnessed with high
gratification, a part of the education of
young ladies of the amplest fortune, the
mn.«| refined manners, and die highest in
tellectual cultivation. And where, it may
well be asked, can beauty und intelligence
be seen to more advantage than in the
exercise of duties which do and ought to
constitute a great portion of the employ
ment, sometimes id' daughters on whom
the Joss of n mother muv devolve the care
if it household, and especially of every
married woman who would sec her hus
band prosperous, respected and happy?
“All who are at nil familiar with the
history of rural life in the old plantation
Slates, must know of instances of remark
able momen, who, with an energy of char
acter almost beyond their stx, have grap
pled with adversity brought on by the
husband ; ant! while clearing their estates
of the must frightful embarrassments,
have contrived to educate their families,
to bring them within it; and to occupy,
in cooperation with them; the sphere of
usefulness Which presented itself. A new
state of society, indistinctive in its char
acter, and embracing vast numbers of the
population, had, in fact, suddenly arisen,
for the moral exigencies of which there
was nu adequate provision. To this state
of society it. was soon found that Sunday
schools were peculiarly adapted. In
whatever locality the attention or sway
the soul of their fellowmen—mere dried
preparations of metaphysical formulas,
without life-blood or integuments.
We know that there is enough that is
wrnqg in the holiest. In the eyes of the
Infinite Purity, none can stand without
shame; but wr believe that, comparative
ly speaking, the practical power, and
selPdenying spirit of student! lor the min-
istry, have been greatly underrated.- We
believe that there is no necessity of taking
it for granted that they may be a useless
incumbrance upon the religious commu
nity, should they at any time exceed in
number that of the churches. There may
be among students and the younger min-
isters much that age and experience would
wish otherwise; there may he boldness
in speculations, rashness in the statement
of immature opinions, impatience of the
restraints of precedent and law; but these
are the results of temperament and youth.
All these things may exist with orthodox
hearts. We believe that the martyr spirit
is out dead—that the spirit of the sainted
pioneers of our denomination is not dead.
We believe that if a moral deluge shoulJ
sweep over our land, and hint out of exis
tence every church of our Redeemer, that
there would lie found within the walls of
our instiluiionsnf learning hundreds whose
souls, full of that tide oflovc which swell
ed the mighty heart of Paul or Luther,
would exult to defy poverty and disgrace,
and even death itself, in proclaiming
Christ, and erecting the banner of the
cross on the broken battlements nf Zion.
It i£ most evident that the church is un
der the highest obligations to seek out and
train tipall those, without exception, whom
in the judgment of charily, God has called
to the work of the. ministry without any
reference to the number of the churches
ul present existing. The ministry must
ever lie the church. Much may he done
by the Bible, much by tracts and relig
ious [looks, when they are distributed in
connection with oral teaching of the doc-
trine of Christ. It is the living preacher
the tones of his voice, the glance of his
eye, the expression of his countenance, in-
stinet with the tenderness of the Man nf
ministration, and is nollting but a distilla
tion frurn the speeches and publication*
of Webster, Stewart, Appleton and other
Federalists, nod Manufacturers. If there j
be enough of coarseness in the language,
there is certainly little novelty in the mat
ter of this document. To some portions
of it. I desire your attention.
ova FOEKIQN RELATION*.
These constitute a ground of attack
(tgainst the administration, and to make it
with greater cfleci Mr. King declares—
“ When the Representatives of the peo
ple assembled item at (Washington) in
December last, we were at peace with
all the world, our intercourse with all na
tions, except the Republic of Mexico,
wes on a friendly footing.” Such was
not the fact. Our Intercourse with great
Brittain was not “on the most friendly
footing.” There was an issue pend
ing between the two countries which,
though it lias been fortunately settled by
the firmness and wisdom of ibe adminis
tration, was ut the time of a grave and
serious character, Mr. King seems to
fditli re have permitted the dismember-*
ment of Texas although, to prevent it, a
war, forced hpon us by Mexico, was to be
the result. Old. “ Rough and Reltdy”
seems to bo more sensitive to the wrongs
of his country than does Mr. King, and
takes a veiy"different view of the matter:
Hear what'he says:
“ To the people of Mexico:
“After many years'painful endurance,
the United States arc at length canstraiu- ■
ed to acknowledge that a war now exist
between onr Government and thf Gov
ernment of Mexico. For many year* mit
citizens have boon subjected to repented
insults and injuries ;'our vessels mid car
goes have been seized and confiscated ;
merchants hove been plundered,
maimed and imprisoned, without cn-.
and without reparation: mid *at length;
your Government acknowledged the jus
tice of our claims, and agreed by treaty,
to make satisfaction, hy payment of sev
eral million! of dollars; hut this treaty
has bee'll violated by your rulers, and the
stipulated payments have been withheld.
Our laie efforts to terminate all difli-retires
have so thougt, because in Tti. Oregon I pu«veful negotiation Lave been rej-.i-
. , i . L •• ® ed l>y inc tlicloior v Paredes, mid our
speech, early in February last, he bitter- irip / 0 r tvh * VOllr ’ rll . Pra
and finally to leave them in the enjoyment ">rrom, or frowning with the thunders of
of their wonted respectability and inde- Sinai, that ever must be the great instru
pendent. Forever honored he the me
mories of such tiol.le women.”
Suuthem Culticator.
From the Sunday School Journal.
THE MORAL ROWER OF SUNDAY
SCHOOLS.
The history of Sunday schools presents
a remarkable instance nf the providential
adaption of moral means to the various
ment in the conversion, ofthe world. Let , eg j,feted ovcr , ho lcrrilor}r question
the church then have fault m God s Sp.r-1 A D Co ,| ec|or , )CP|1 ,;, r
ly denounced the President for not hav
ing left the Oregon difficulty to arbitra
tion, and spoke with animation'of “a
struggle in arms with one of the most
powerful nations of the earth.” Nay,
more; in Mr. King’s opinion, war was
not a consequence nf our relations with
Mexico. He attributes hostilities to the
President having ordered our troops to
advance from Corpus Christi to the Rio
Grande, and their advance in pursuance i ^'muit/vvliP.m" I* molertodV
of such order. Now, fellow ctl.zrns, - Thug muc)l , fellow citizens, ns to the
some among you must recollect that dmJ k ofMr . Ki on tlle nt , IIlill i 8 , ration ,
^jtsr^assrsr^!«*» m -™-
sed to the annexation of Texas, and one
of the grounds of his opposition was,
that the measure would necessarily bl
ister of peace, Whom your ruler* had a- '
greed to receive, has l»ccn refused a In-tir
ing. He has been treated with indigni
ty and insult, and Parades has announced
that wnr exists lietwern os. This wnr,
thus first proclaimed bjfflihn. ha's hern ac
knowledged as an existing fact by rmf
President and Congress, with perfect u-
nanimily, mid will lie prosccu!od|with vig
or and energy ngainsi yovr nriuy and m-
lers. Those of the Mexican people who
WHIG CHARGES AGAINST TIIE ADMIX-
ISTRATION.
It is a good sign for the accused, when
the accuser habitually contradicts hiinselb
voice us in a war with Mexico. Mr.
King is now in favor of unexntion, (seel . , ,,,
his Oregon speech page 18,) hut in 1844 i How stand in Hits respect the accusations
he was opposed to if, and then, in his heretofore, and lit present urged against
• • .... . the present administration? ”’ 1 ri ■'
opinion war, must follow annexation.—
Alow lie tells you that the war with Mexi
co is not the result of that ael, nnd that
there Would havo been no wnt "IT the
army had remained at Corpus Christi.”
Mr. King tells you in his address, that in
his opinion, the “llioGruude is the prop-'
er boundary” of Texas, yet he denoun
ces the President when he orders our
troops to protect the “proper Imuuduryl"
But there is onec-ircurnitane which in the
nbscenc-c of tunny others made it the duty
of the Piesidciil to order iho -troops to
advance, nnd that is, that Congress liuci
it, and bring out nil those in whose young
Iicart3 the true apostulic fire bus begun to
born; tint) we need not fear the result.
If the call be a true one, they will cither
be able to find churches, or be able to
build them up.—Prefenor Audenou't letter.
Mexican Ptixet.—Capt. J. H. Rodney,
. . of the brig F. L. Vail, arrived at St. Johns,
circumstances of society, and oftbeirnp- v B lrom St. Martins, reports tlmt on
plication precisely whet, and where re-1 lhe 28( | of J a l y , he saw n Mexican Priva-
qtiitcd. I he latter part of last century ; lefT w j,|, ||,rec American vessels, prizes,
saw the rise or development of several j • , |heUIani| of Sl . Martins, an.l
branches of manufacturing industry in tl‘| s Lnpg r e n ilv bound through Sombrero Pas-
country, which have since vastly extend-
ed, and now give employment to great ■
numbers of the population. It was also
the rise of Sunday schools. At the lime
moral influence. The atmosphere of do
mestic nnd socinl life becomes thus im
pregnated with the savor of godliness, and
each member of the friendly circle has
constantly exhibited before man or her, u
“living epistle of Christ”—on embodied
when Arkwright was perfecting his spin
ning tuuchinety and James Watt was a-
dapling the steam engine for the various
purposes to which it is now applied, Tlte-
nplnlus Lindray in Yorkshire, David
Sinnpsnn in Cheshire, and Robert Raikes
in Gloucester, were forming the first Sun
day schools. Io 1779 the population of
Lanchasliire was 350,000; in 1S4-5 it is
about 1,700,095. In 1779 the total num
ber of persons employed in the cotton
manufacture, in all its branches, was G0,-
000; and it is questionable whether there
was, at tlial time, a single Sunday schol
ar in the counties in which it was mainly
located. In 1845 the number of persons
so employed is nearly 2,000,000; and
there tiro upwards nf 400,000 Sunday
scholars in the manufacturing districts of
Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Cheshire, or
nearly one scholar to every fifth inhabi
tant. Few persons will deny the iuii-
tnate connextion of these facts, or question
the important reciprocal influence which
the institutions of the factory system and
of the Sunday school have exerted. To
say the manufacturers referred to, and all
the interests connected with them, are
gtcatly indebted to Sunday schools for
A correspondent ol the Michigan Far
mer, says an oniou bed was made on a
very mellow soil of gravelly loan spaded
eleven inches deep. One half of the lied
was trodden by (lie feet of a boy ( the nth-
er half untouched. The bed was merely
weeded. The onions which grew on the
trodden part, "came up first, grew more
thriftily, an.l were more titan double in
size and quantity those on the other hall
—being as good a yield as I ever saw.”
From the Savannah Georgian.
ppoiuted for the
district of country on the Rio Gramfe,
and Congress hud thus proclaimed their
opinion that the Rio Grande it the prop-
While thu
Oregon question was under discussion,
the government was charged with seek
ing to ruin the country, by [«-coi|>iiutqig
it mid n war with England. A week or
two nftet'witrds, thu same organs iff pub*
lie opinion would have it that the admin
istration w-ns bent upon enacting u lice-
trade lurill'in order to purchase pciice with
I’nglund by tbe sacrifice of American in
dustry. And by way of making those
charges a little more plausible, it was ur
ged (hat the administration was rcsgjvrd
upon these two opposite modes ol mining
the country, in order to secure a re-election!
Next came the series of contradictory
charges in reference to Mexico. First, it
was loudly clamored hy the w big journals,
that the administration was in the wrong
er boundary. Now, fellow citizen*, at- * ,,r sending auy soldiers down to the llin
though 1 do not consider the opinion of. Grande. 1 lien it was asserted that u
Mr. King worth a straw ns to the “ prop* ; .* orcc ought to have been sent there,
er boundary" ol* Texas, nnd doubtless it! It ' 11 ** was said that the administration,-
would not havo weighed more than a; ur {- c ^ 0,1 by n vindicative and rapacious
straw with the administration, yet when s |J ,rl >» "'ns bent upon un aggressive war
both Houses of Congress had declared conquest in with Mexico. Then the
their opinion, 1 am ut n loss to conceive j government was assailed as endeavoring
w hat else the President could do hut or- |® “ I’nreltasc a peace” with Mexico.—
der the troops to ud vance. But the idea'."®" “ ,( j expenses of keeping our army 4
of Mr. King is, that Mexico would not j 1,1 (" e "ere represented as ullogeih-
liave waged war if the “ American troops! intolerable; and the whig counsel was
hail remained at Corpus Christi.” Now \ k'rtuwuli to “ stop and negotiate”—wliilu
listen to facts, which were known to Mr. our army kept the field. Ami lastly, thu
King, or which he ought to have known,. " | ,, 8 C *'J '?• *l*at we ought to make (react:
when lit: made this statement. In the; "' ,l h Mexico, and the whig taclict arc to
smuttier of 184-5, tlte President enquired I ! ‘I K ' i y i '‘ ,c *"'° million bill to death,
through the proper autltorily, if the Mex- ‘ Next come tire scries of charges in the
icon Government would receive a Minis-; matter of the tariff First, it is urged that
ter from this country, with full powers to the administration beyonj all quest!.
settle all dificultics? Gen. Herrera re- — ‘
plic.l affirmatively, and Mr. Sided was
sent in November 1845. In the interval
between the answer of Herrera «nd the
cuine into power us an anti-tariff adminis
tration, and that Pennsylvania was dread-
fully duped it she did not so understand
the matter. No sooner is this point set-
oirivnl of our Minister, llie ivar party in lied than the counter cry is raised.
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE FIRST COX-i Mexico had displaced Herrera, nnd Gen,
GRESSIOXAL DISTRICT.
The new political attitude recently ns-
sumed by ibc Hon. Thomas Butler King
is of so exiraordinaiy a character, as to
require some explanation at his I lands.—
This he seeks to give in a very long pub
lication addressed to you which only
“darkens'counsel by words!” I speak
of the new attitude of Mr. King, because,
although a professed member of the
Whig party, many of his friends have
claimed him to he a Southern Whig, and
as such, opposed to the bold Federal doc
trines which he recently proclaims in his
address. Mr. King talks in this docu-
ment about “ prostitution,” alludes to the
from the error ofhis way gives joy to the tbeir prosperity, would be a very made-
ministering spirits of heaven, how must quote acknowledgement of the benefits
that joy he enhanced hy the circumstances conferred- The practical details of those
- * n,M.ml‘nn #lf I Via lOtll toGod!
how much important, extensive, and complicated ar-
good seemed ? Tiie youthful discipline rangements, could un more have been car-
Secomcs if spared, through the whole of ried on, in the absence of the moral influ
after life, iho source of a holy, healthlul
cnee which these institutions have exert
ed, than they could hare been carried on
without a knowledge of the laws of me
chanics,*or the usages of commerce.
It is no disparagement to others and
more sacred institutions, toaffirm that they
did not meet iho exigencies of the case.
Paredes became President, und when
our “ messenger of peace” presented him-
self he was treated with insult, and tlte
Mexican government refused to treat with
us. The reason assigned by Paredes fur
such conduct was, that tlio American
troops then occupied Mexican soil. At
tliut time our troops were still nt Cornu*
Christi, ami did not move to tlio Rio
Grande until March, 1846. Again—Gen,
Paredes, in his war proclamation, seeks
fo justify hostilities, not on the gronnd of
iu the Senate, that the repeal of the tariff
of 1842 't takes the country wltoily by
turpritcF' Then it is urged that the new
turiil is to min the business of the court-
tty; and immediately oftet, the general
statement ol the whig journals is,, that
business it to go on or before hi the Impe of
a coming repeal of the new tariff—whiuL
repeal, hy the way, even nt the eurljer:,
must lie waited lor till I860.
following close upon these three lean
ing chapters of self.coturndiitions,-apiit-ut
_ _ ? l interval* a few stragling charges Imv-
tho advance of the troops from Corpus tng just plausibility enough to last unfit
Christi, hut the invasion of .Texas by,»ncy con he authoritatively contradicted. 4
those troops. How fellow-citizens, does t Prominent among these stands ihq Loui-
I the statement of Mr. King. “ that the nd-lsiuna volunteer charge. We quoted tin-
crude and sickly suggestions" of tiie j vance of our troops from Corpus Christi” i luw. and staled the leading facts oftlm.-
Secretary of the Treasury, denounces his was the cause of war, tally with the fuels j case some time ago, ami there was utw
‘ ’ . ... r ..... \ OW( ,( )0 a( ]v ani; e of the end of that matter. ®
manifestation of the purity nnd power of Tbe parties to be influenced were oot of
true religion. their reach. Some means were required
political opponents ns men determined to
“dupe nnd swindle,” and characterizes
the principle of a Revenue Tariff a
“miserable fallacy.” Verrily, tbe lan
guage of this singular production pro
claims its author to he llie identical Mr.
King, who, on the floor of Congress last
winter, while commenting on tue corres
pondence l-etween our Secretary of State
and the Brinish Minister, denounced the
former with so much patriotism, • good
sense and decency, ns a “ petifoooeii”
or a “bully.” Taken as a whole, ibis
passionate and--feeble address'-of Mr,
King is a general-tirade againstthe ad-
nnd dates? Now,
troops to the Rio Grande, and the war Then cmne the treasury draft charge,
itself, if tlio consequence of that act, are Wc pointed to the provisions of tbc siaiar,
justified by the highest considerations of and showed that tlio method of dishuts-
national honor. The Governtnet of Tex- ing the public fund* resorted to by
as, und that ol our country being " free. Treasury Department wus in tigurnus
sovreign and independant,” had the right conformity with the law—tlmt it, wnt no*
to ennsumato the annexation. The or- only authorized, but cottiniaiujud hv.ihu
gunjp law of Texas had adopted the llio statute. “
Grande ai its boundary. Texas had the Ifi* useless to pursue this ummieraifen.
right tnhavoher imegrity.preyervcd, and Tbe course of the gpvi ,iin ,, ,;i, j„
it wn* the duty, of tbe United States to jag measure!, stands \ itu!U;:u.-.l
preserve it. Nay, oftcr .the. negotiation very fact that the nccusatWhs brought
which resulted in annexation, it would ngainsi them thus nuutruli". 0 ami deffoy
have been e gross violation of the public each other,