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r.'-'.'-T. - \-w ~--- THE PATBIOT. The’ Contest in the First Congressional District. So far as we can judge, the attempt of the Rail Road dynasty to force a Representative upon the people of the 1st District, will prove a failure. Mr. Seward has come oqt in opposi tion to Mr. King, and from all the information we could get from various parts of the District, he will receive a powerful support We believe it is nearly the unanimous wish of the Democrats of the western part of the Dis* trict, that no Democratic candidate should be ! brought out this campaign. In that case, it is j thought most of them will support Mr. Seward. Departed, j lu a politie.al point of view, there is very little On Thursday, the 8th instant, Steamer “ Mag- j choice between the two Whig candidates—both noli,” Capt Butts, with 350 bales cotton to j of them are violent Whigs; but there are other Sims & Clieever and others. Boxes ** Alexan-1 reasons which will give Mr. Seward a prefer- der ami No. 2/' Bond’s Bed, with COO ^\ vnce „ wr Mr . K i„ g . Mr. King is believed to be the nominee and the candidate of a soulless The Treaty Ratified. corporation. All of the moving spirits of the J TUbcmn, Georgia: SATURDAY M0R5IXG, Jl’XE 10.1818. ■ I .. / ; FOR PHESH7ENT, ; , j ' LEWIS CASS, OF MICHIGAN. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, WILLIAM O. BUTLER, OF KENTUCKY. Closing Scene of the Baltimore Convention. After the transaction of the usual;'Closing business of the convention, a motion^to adjourn rinc die prevailed. . V* / Before announcing the result of the vote -on adjournment, the venerable Chairman rose aiid thus addressed the convention: Gentlemen: We have discharged the duty which we came here to perforin, and we arS now about far separate and return to oiir homes. That separation will be with many for years, aud, \vith many more, forever!. Let us separate in peace and harmony. Let us carry with us no. uokimi (eding, but go forth as becomes the dfrmbfcfacy of the Union, inspired by one com- mon feeling—fraternal esteem. [Loud ap- phmse.l In separating from you, I bid you faivnvejj, and tender to all, collectively and in- dividually. my sincere wishes for your prosperity aud luippiuess. I congratulate you and the couutry upon the issue of your deliberations. I rcjbiec that you have done that which I knew you ‘would do—honored yourselves, honored j co ttou, to Sim3 and Cheevcr. the party, honored the country, by presenting tito candidates worthy—most worthy—to fill _ tli'ese high and distinguished stations. [Ap- We have the pleasure of laying before our Lumber City Convention that pfanse.] Gentlemen, you have discharged that ^ rcJft j ers the important intelligence of the ratifi- j King, were believed to be under t duty. With one o« theao nominees, I have jeeiij t j by the Mexican Congress of the Treaty ; that corporation; and Mr. King, i intimate from early hie. 1 know him well. 1 • - 7 n . m, ,, u . . .. have observed him at home and ahroad; and I j «• peace between the two rations. The Mex- ■ believed will bethe representative can say, unhesitatingly, that if there be one j ieans have accepted of all the alterations made ration rather than of the people. * Tims have all the auri lY-'dcafe Oar Candidates for President and Vice- President. ' It is generally admitted, we believe, by our political opponents, that the Democratic ticket for President and Vice President^ combines great talents and learning, with much expert enceboth in civil and militaty affairs. No .one will presumo to ask'“who is Lewis Cass ? * s His name is intimately connected with the history of our country since the commencement of the war in 1812. He is the son a a soldier of the Revolution. His father held a commission un der Washington, and took an active part in the scenes of that eventful period. Lewis Cass, in early life, settled in Ohio, and was a member of the Legislature of that State. When the through von, to communicate to the conveyi ion that I am not a candidate for tho nomination, and that any use of my name with that view, which may be comtemplated,- is without any agency or desire on my part. „ . . The purpose declared in my letter of the 4th of June, 1844, in accepting die nomination tendered to me by the Democratic National Convention of that yea/, remains unchanged; and to relieve the convention from any possible embarrassment which tho suggestion of my name might produce in “making a freer selec tion of a successor, who may be host calculated to give effect to their will, and guard all the in terests of our beloved country,” I deem it prop er to reiterate the sentiments contained in that letter. Since my election I have often expres sed the sincere desire, which I still feel, to retire I to private life at the close of my present term. against Great Britain first brokfc out, .we be-1 1 entertain the confident hope and belief that , r. 1 1 r ■ . r , III*- my democratic friends of the convention will lievc lie >\ as Colonel of a regiment of militia, in ^ ^ nomina tion of some vet when volunteers for the North-Western j citizen to succeed me, who, if elected, will firm- campaign was called for, Col. Cass volunteered j ly maintain and carry out the great political as a private. He was afterwards elected as a . Elections in 1848. \Ye give below a table of the date, 0 f State elections yet to take place during fi.1 *** rent year. Our readers will recoUect thaut^' 'tions have been held In four of the twentv. • Sates—in New Hampshire on Tuesday H 14; in Connecticut on Monday, April’a,*'? 1 ’ Rhode Island on Wednesday, April 5. ./i !" Virginia on Thursday, April 27. ’ 11 111 North Carolina, Thursday... , Tennessee, Thursday, ...a*** . Monday, . Monday,.... Au ^ st 1- ’ “ on ^ August^ ’ “ on j :, y August7 . Monday, • * ond . Il y August, luesd «y Sept 5 Monday S epL 7V1 rvitrl.a tr rx **• Alabama,. Kentucky,.... Indianna,..... ♦Illinois,....... ♦Missouri,...... Iowa, ♦Vermont, ♦Maine, ♦Arkansas Monday,... .OcV ♦Georgia, Monday,... *1- lorida,. Monday,... .Oct’r ? Maryland, Wednesday,. Oct’r 4 man of stainless character—if there be one man by tlie American Senate, whose claims to public confidence are founded 0 bj ec ( 3 0 f the war been obtained ; a peace with ’‘P? 11 P r ‘ v i lte virtu . e ’ r I Mexico, the vindication of our national honor, [Tremcnr.ous applause.] \\ ith the other dis-1 u 4 r fished individual, it is not my happiness j “with indemnity for the past and security for tinguished individual, it is not my happii jiersonallv to be acquainted; but I take him! the futnte.” On those terms, because he is }’our choice. His merits no dem-j return of peace. Ho ocrat m tho Union will he disposed to question, j pre< j ictfoM of the enemies of o Thougl. not in the councils of the ud,»n> They first predicted has performed no mean part in the defence .of : ... its liberties; and with the names of Cass and J with disasters in our military operations; then, e rejoice at the completely have all the country been • should meet Butler upon your broad and bright democrat- ( that Mexico would continue the war lor twenty his judgment, or turn his attention from the ill- ic flag, yon will march to victory. [Long con tinued applause.] I congratulate you and the The result has answered nil these pre every’ woman, for how can we defend onr' dictions. May those who prophesy evil agmasi **' ’ • r 1 t always receive such a rebuke. ; the history of my adminis- . j to my fellow-citizens for the confidence they ♦New Jersey, Massachusetts,..., nor Democrats would wish to have a candidate j was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General j forced upon them with such an influence over i in the United States Army. trati’on, and the remarkable events, foreign and .Delaware”'.™’.''.! him. On the other hand, Mr. Seward is cmphal-1 Alter the war, Gen 1 Cass was appointed | domestic, which have attended it, it shall be tho r.. *i.«. ically a man of the people; reared and educated I Governor of Michigan, and held that olHcd for | judgment of my countrymen that I have adhered among them, looking to them for support in his j many years, during which time he did great ser- j to these principles, and faithfully performed my proton, their interest is his, and he is bound j vice to the people ofth. Norfli-West, by to them by every tie which can bind a Repre-1 nng.the country, and negotiating several mipor-| an( j anxjet j es w hioh are inseparable from the sentative to the people. They do not fear that i taut treaties witli the Indians. Under the Ad-1 high station which 1 have been called to fill. I any foreign or extraneous influence will warp j ministration of Gen. Jackson, he was appointed j shall ever cherish sentiments of deep gratitude j Secretar}’ of War, and we believe all parties ac rears, and we should finally be obliged to aban- terests of his immediate constituents. These Ion the country without bringing the Mexicans, circumstances will give Mr. Seward a greatad- knowledge that he filled that office with distin-1 “} in “S me . \? the . most d “- _ T . i tuiguished and responsible public trust on earth, guishcd ability. He was afterwards sent as: U is scarcely necessary that I should add, . Tuesday Nov. .Tuesday,...,N 0Vl f • Monday \’ ov • Tuesday Nov. 14 In the new State of Wisconsin (that ig to hpi the election will bo held, we presume, on first Monday or Tuesday in No vernier. 6 In those States which are marked with an asterisk (♦) members of Congress are to be chosen as well as State officers. The Presidential election is to take ph fe throughout the Uuion on Tuesday, November? The electoral College will contain 290 mem! hers, (counting four for Wisconsin) of which 140 will be a majority.—Louisville Vein. vantage over his competitor, with the people of Minister to France. The services which lieren- 1 that it will be no less my duty, than it will | GcilCI*a.I Jacksoifs Opinions Of fp e, as a citizen, to unite with j ... ** «Cn. uss, liberty and rights without their aid [applause] our country, —bad been here yesterday, to have witnessed j our proceedings. ! Sympathy of the ( hronirle & Sentinel for l am proud, gentlemen, that you have enabled j the Barn Burners of New York, me, by your conduct, to consider the call to, g evera ] verv curious articles have lately ap- this place as amongst the very highest honor. ^ . ,he' Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel, that! have ever received. Wc nave seen here' r ® . . . . . our gallant ami patriotic associates from the i which not only astonished the Democrats, bur north ami the east—we have seen the rcore-; has also greatly surprised and puzzled many of sdntatives of that good “ Keystone State,” old . the Wliigs. The evident satisfaction which that tlatfooted, republican Pennsylvania—God bless her!—[great applause]—coming forward lit*re both political parties who are not under the in- dered in that capacity, are known and appreci-! my sincere pleasure, Hue nee of corporations. The Democrats oftlitf ated throughout the United States and Europe. ,n J democratic friends m the support of the I , „ , 1Q , r i | * .v .■ ,, nominees ol the convention for the offices of' 1st Congressional District know that it is nn- In 1845, he was elected to the Senate ol the possible for them to elect one of their own par-. United States from the State ot Michigan, ty to Congress. They therefore prefer to have In all of our controversies with foreign pow-: vant, President and Vice-President of the U. States. With great respect, I am your obedient ser- , JAMES K. POLK. a choice from among the whigs, rather than by srs, Gen’l Cass has been an able and efficient; running a Democrat, to have a representative of. supporter of the rights, tho honor, and the glory j To Dr. J. G. M. Ramsey, of Tennessee. a corporation forced upon them. We extract the following j journal evinced in coming to the conclusion that marks on the Democratic Candidates lor Prcsi- j the Birueyites, or Abolitionists would not again ' dent and Vice-President, from tne Augusta i throw away their vote, but would inevitably j Constitutionalist of the 31st ult Me believe his country. When others have proved re- . creaut, or faltered, his voice has been heard in appropriate re- g enate> rallying the timid and inspiring the whole country with new life and vigor Who, that has read one of his soul-stirring speeches, Houston Democratic Meeting. At a large and respectable meeting nf the Demo- : crats of Houston county, held at the Court llouae ! .•„ ,i w „ * w j „ . , .. , r , „ p. tion, the relations,, botli private and official on Saturday,27th May,the Hon. James E. Duncan i.t ’’ Hermitage, July, 1843. My Dear Sir :—I have the pleasure to ac- j knowledge your very friendly letter of the 25th I May last. It readied me in due course of mail- ' but such were my debility and afflictions, that II have been prevented from replying to it until | now, it is with great difficulty that 1 write. In ! return for your kind expressions with regard to | myself, 1 have to remark, that 1 shall ever re- ollect, my dear General, with great satisfac- being called to the Chair. The follow tions were adopted: : vote for the Whig candiilnto, was not consoling they are just and candid and we recommend ; to the feelings of many Southern Wliigs. In j them to the attentive perusal of our renders: the editorials of that paper, dated tho 31st of; “The ticket now presented for the suffrages of May, there is certainly a very strong bias shown t ‘ u ‘ l’ 0o l , '>‘ ‘ s a st f ,m " nn0 - a lllnst s0 * JC ii> favor of the Barnbu «a corresponding hatred the Hunkers. Now when it is known that the thoroughly than the Whigs. To the Whigs it has not felt every patriotic drop of blood in his i Resolved, That the Chairman appoint a commit- 5 thrill, as at the sound of a trumpet? We believe there is not a \ tee of five, to present to this meetinr ... , four suitable persons, as delegates to tne United t() be held in theSecond Congress ..; States, who, from natural abilities, learning, and -j ie purpose of nominating a Democratic candidate to surrender upon the altar of our country, foi the common good, their most distinguished sons and uniting with the far west, with Louisiana \^ho coming to you by a treaty of alliance, ha; bound herself to you in blood. [Applause.]— We have seen, moreover, those true and gallant associates from New York, [great applause, in which the remainder of the sentence was lost.] They have patiently'waited for vour decision, and when you have acted with that feeling which belongs to republicans, they hive come RaTO , MIrncre are the Wilmot l>r forward, UNd in the hold and eloquent, not to say impassioned language of two of their num ber, declared that they were with you heart and olitionists, and the Hunkers are those who have j n the^field. To the Democrats it is a most tion. His great services, both in war and soul-—that though they h:ul not been allowed to always stood by the South, am! opposed the cheering and soul-iiispii iny array, for it gives peace, have made him an especial favorite with participate in your action, yet they stood side by Wilmot Proviso, the partiality of the Chronicle assurance of the triumph of their cause and of 1 rfde withI you on the great platform of^denio- & Sem ;, 1(;I for the 1!arll b u ' r . lor9 , „ mst seen, their highly cherished principles. ,.vcention= we believe he is a oenen! favorite ' ” • , ■ cratlc principles, and woulu do battle for you . . .. . .... “To Georgia the nomination of General Cass' exce P* ,on > w © belie'C no is a general taxonte • county m the convention to be hoiden by the party • ' ' ' ' [Great npjflanse.] j ^ 1 *ould be in l lugb degree accepted He has with the Democracy throughout the Union. ....... ** ever been to her a warm friend and a zealous i General Butler is now the commander of champion when her especial rights were ih 1 armies in Mexico. lie has done the country n , which subsisted between us during the greater reso u- j )a .. t of my administration. Having full coc g. deuce in your abilities and republican priuci- ples, 1 invited you to my cabinet; and l can never forget with what discretion and talents . i rv. r you met those great and delicate questions a is ric , or w i,j c l, were brought before you whilst you pre sided over the Department of War, which enti- iinly a very strong luassnown ^ p0 , itical pp ’ ponents# {t is strong long experience in various subordinate offices,; to represent said District in the Congress of the U. Ue(J to n tll i lUsg and ui]l ^, mburners of New York, and iN ITS AV ailibility, and that is a considera-: both civil and military, is better qualified to fill States. Also, a candidate (or Elector of President l ec * ed u ith tlie mo«t lively feeling* offrieuddan hatred and bitterness towards t j on w !iich none know how to respect more the office of President, than Gen’l Cass. His an . d Y ico Presidenl ot lhe Uuiled States » from saia j by me. P e thoroughly than die Whigs. To the Whigs it' oKw.tinn tn tb-it office will bo n mnnniv^' s,r ' c1, i But what has r is a formidable array of learning, of talents, of . . , ‘ ... . . . . .V /i Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting, the i ^ j can, was t. personal probity, of chivalrous character, and of that tho honor and d, - n,t J of the hmtod Shltes j twon of Americas, and the fourth Monday in July J rather, those who favor the doctrines of the Ab- distingtiished public servii the cabinet and will be duly protected during his Administra- next, are the suitable place and time lor the holding of said Convention. Resolved, That the committee appointed under the , - , „ T , , , • , first resolution, present to tlie meeting, the names of the people of tne Y\ estern States, and with lew ; ff)|jr „ 0llt \ Pmeu to But what has endeared you to every true as tlie noble stand which you took at Pai is, against the quintuple treaty; and which by your talents, energy, aud fearless responsibility, defeated its ratification by Fiance—a treaty intended by Great iiritain our international laws, make hern under the democrat! I know some of these gentlemen, and I k that they will abide not only by the democratic cause, but by the principles of the constitution; endeavoring always to maintain them in irn- |>erishable strength, as the only means by which we can liope to render our institutions immortal. IjGieat applause.] Gentlemen, there, too, is Virginia! [Loud applause.] Virginia! [Here the venerable speaker, laboring under deep emotion, paused, and the cheers of the assem bly again rang throughout the building.] Vir ginia will do her duty; and I trust the entire South will he with her on that broad platform oive in tlie jeopardy. His voice vvnsnhvnys raised in her d scnice both in tll0 prosent war, and in that ‘.in 1 ''“graceful,treaty of Was/dugUm, so disreputa- 1 iieh.-ilf diinnor the Indian difficulties with the led-' & . .. . .. * . : mg gentremen were appointed a nominating «.om- ha.. ... Southern Journal abuses the Democratic Con vention for not receiving these Barnburners in-' to their emb Convention, that tlie Hu But tlie cause of this hatred of the Chronicle A: uncompromising vigor, when they were Sentinel towards tlie Hunkers, may lie gather- j c d s0 pcrtiiineiously and so furiously by Henry act as dclcgutes to represent this I (res3 pfUM) seas> aild destr die Ila , iomJ y, . , 0nt,on to b0 l,0,,lcn b -; lie : pc,Kleuce not only of our country but ofaUE.- at Mdledgeville, to nominate two candidates for 1 • • • - - J - Elector of President and Vice Pr States at large. ace, and giving tnem a voice in tne jeopardy. Hi3 voice was always raised in her Qt j scrv j ce b ot whilst at the same time, it insists Deh.-ilf during the Indian difficulties with the fed- : “ " , , ., , , end government, aud'her rights were defended a " a,nst .'teat I>: “ 1 ” 1 *' e >< !'’ n l ’'‘ C U< . e and maintnined with statesmanlike ability and experience in pu ., .ope, and enable her to become the tyrant o« udeut from the ; u¥ury ocea „. Had Great Britain obtained the sauction of France to this treaty—uith the < public life, have not been confii (I to a military carreer; lie has been a Repre-1 , .entative in Congress from the State of Ken- cd from the following extract from that paper: Clay, Daniel Webster, and many other distin- j tllclty> and ha3 scclv mnch sen - ice ils a |loliti . ‘‘Ti»is repudiated at home, these seekers af- {pushed \\ higs then in Congress. Georgia has ter official pap, (the Hunkers) looked to South- politick Britain. But his services and his , niUee , H„ n , J. M. Kelly, John I.aitller, so B. McMurrav, and Madison Marshall. The committee having retired for a short time, reported the following gentlemen as delegates to lhe respective conventions, which report was ununim- lieu mgs men m congress. vj»t*orgia nas . . . vn herself in times past not unmindful of c,an antl Statesman. The present ticket is one isly accepted. To the District Convention.—John M. Giles, S, ble to our national character, and injurious to •» •»**>• our national safety—then indeed we might have hung up our harps upon tlie w illows; and re signed our national independence to Great ijiitain. But, 1 repeat, to your talents, energy, fearless responsibility, we are iudebted I ndor Thev have these gratifying facts in the history of her past of which the Democracy and tlie country may D. Killen, John Laidler, sear., and C. Welborn ooed aud w on a i which this convention have adopted. We shall „. e lnerocllar „ succeed. 1 feel it—l know’ it. [Great applause.] ^|i 0 ] 4 j <ran »»’ red justly he proud, and one which wo believe tdo * be elected by a very large majority. More Last Words of Gen. Taylor. By almost every mail we receive new letters edition in support of roubles, and she has named a county none demagogue of from that very soil, her tide to which lie j quently defended, in jcompliinent to his oxer- Wiere is no man that need despair of our cause . , . „„ „r ,1 „ • t. t-tions in her cause. That county is one of the _ .• „„„ /v,„ r 1 lus is ttie language ot the Chronicle <Jc Jsen- , n ... . , or ot oui country. Our gloiious Fnio.i is, 1, ° ° most flourishing in our fc*tate, and is distinguish- believe, under the especial favor of Providence. ,mel towards the Honkers, tiie anti-Wilniot (>d f,,,. | u .j. adlierencc to Democratic principles. . . ,. , He has guided her destiny. [Loud and long men, tho real friends of the South. Why were she will not forget her admired namesake when ; .’ elK 111 some ot our exchanges, continued applause.] Gentlemen, I take this they- “repudiated at home Because they re- the election day arrives, and we liope t„ , an . 1 His friends liave frequently announced upon the opportunity, in declaring that this convention f . - , , „ : jnles of tiro Wilmot Pro- "ounce next November, from Cass county alone, appearance of a fresh letter, that this was T osi- stands adjourned, to bid you a last and affec- li hnm a majority of one thousand vote.! for the nomi- ■ Ihcly the last. But still they come, they tioriato FAKEWELL. wso, tn.y x.crL repudiate.t t>. tne liarnlairncrs, ^ of Jj, e Baltimore Convention. But the After giving three hearty cheers for its ven- j 1”° especial favorites of the Chronicle & Seuti- aIK j energy w ith which the ticket w ill be i the shield thrown over us from the impending j danger which tlie ratification of the quintuple ! treaty by France would have brought upon us. e> 11* or tiiis act, tlie thanks of every true American, | and the applause of every true republican, are l yours and lor this noble act, 1 tender my thanks. I admired the course of Dr. Lion in the Sen ate, in urging his Oregon bill; and l hope his energy will carry it into a law at the next session enable president, and three more for the nomi- 1 nel. It is the sage opinion of these Editors that supported will not be confined to any one vs, and we hope to i an- 1 His frien(ls have frequently announced upon the j tlctnen, wore unanimously adopted ^ ~ ^ i" 11 *’ 1 J : ■■■'“* This meeting takes the present occasion to ex press their unqualified approbation of the adminis tration of Mr. Folk fts President of the United States; their admiration of his ability and firmness, and of j reading one, before three more apjiears. The nee, tlie convention adjourned sine die. General Lewis Gass, At the Baltimore Conventior eral Cass was the tion. He was next tour first ballots, and on tlie four foliowin ! the Barnburners “will wait for the Whig Con- • tion of our State ventioa to select a party candidate, and then be ; Democracy ot r ; 1848 where she ■e Convention in 1844, Gen- governed by the condition of the political hori- , n " ,L,L S !° 'Y n , 8 1,1 ’, sl< 0 ' second choice of the Conven-; „ m •* • .. , . * ; her Democratic sisters, by whose united xt to Mr. Van Buren on the zon * . a ver * v sa ,l,t not a vcr J ( j tions the present worthy, able and enligl It will pervade the entire' 0 ^ General must certainly manufacture his State and place Georgia in j letters by machinery, or else he must have a 1844, side by side with | committee to write lor him. His letters express : nite prediction. They will certainly wait for j j, htened leva ted to a position which he exer * much pleasure and satisfaction at the proceed- j rat '*j ed **y l * ie Mexican Cong Millcdgeville—W.. II. Miller, Jas. A. Pr Dan’l Gunn, and Dr. Charles West. Tlie following resolution was then adopted: Resolved, That the Delegates have leave to fill any vacancy that may occur in either of their bodies. } The following preamble and resolutions being! thon introduced und ably supported by several 'gen- j "fcSSgreik TI,U will q«ak to Englandalan- guage which she will understand—that uc uill not submit to be negotiated out of our territorial rights hereafter. Receive assurance of my friendship and «* ,V * H'UlUVtX’, " l, “ VI fOf ' * " " his measures from time to time urged upon thee,., sideration of Congress. They approve of the Presi dent’s course in relation to the War with Mexico; and believe that unless the Treatv of Peace should ngs of Democratic and Whig meetings. But ; and Govern ment, that our army should occupy the whole coun- ANDltEW JACKSON. To lion. Lewis Cass. The North and tlie South* Whon we remember how both these wings of the democratic army have coalesced for the ballots lie was ahead of all others, Mr. Van Bn- the Whig Convention to select a candidate, for , has filled with so much distinction and useful- ren running second. On tlie9th and last ballot, they can do nothing before that event. But, cess * M*. Polk received 231 votes, and 5scattering, but w j ia t will then be their course is very uncertain. ^tlmSthWiot.horeceivuil i 14toMr.Polk’s4i. j The chponj , 1# & SeIltinel ev i de „tly expects At the late Convention, he lacked only ten The Hon. E. C. label!. This gentleman has again come before the in a long communication to the editors votes on- tlie first bullot of a majority over all ^ ,c * r a ‘ d 111 ^ Ie v °te of New Y ork to the ; p U fflj c ^ others, receiving 63 votes from slave-holding, Whig candidate, and in anticipation of flint : 0 f the Floridian, which appeard in tlmt paper of Stuios-liuinq one vote more than lie received event, exchiims, “as she goes, so will the Pres-1 tIie 3d i. lstallt . ’ Tills communication professes from all the free States On the second ballot, d eut j a i election.” This is crowing before day. to ho a vindication of the Hon Renresontative 68 votes from slave States were cast for him,. „„ . . . . 4 a . ./! , 10 b0 a Mndication ot tlie lion. Representative exclusive of tho vote of Dele ware, and 65 votes I ^ ner ® ,s > et no certainty that the Whig candid- 0 f Florida from personal abuse which he says from free States, including Deleware—total 133. at0 v0 ^ e ^* cw ^ or k, neither is it j, as | )ccn heaped ujkjii him by the Democratic On the third ballot his vote was 156—76 of at all certain that with the vote of that State lie 1 press c f Florida. We believe that no slander which were from slave States, and 80 from free can be elected. The Wliigs have a happy fac- St&tes Deleware included. On tlie fourth and u p v G f enjoying victories in anticipation, and it last ballot, lie received 179 votes, 9 more than . „ - . c . - tho requisite number of two-thirds-88 of which i ,s Wcl1 fo . r ,h f m thc y have ,hls facu, ‘y> im ,,car - from our own section of tlie Union, and 91 |. v triumphs are before the election.— , try, and the President of the United States should j common weal on former great occasions, of all the meetings that have yet been held,' proceed without delay to attach so much of the | to humiliated at the mere suspicion of none have given him so mfich satisfaction as the j Territory thereof to the United States, as shall be ' no-party meeting lately held in Baltimore. He 1 deenjed a sufficient indemnity fof the expenses in- says: “ The political sentiments embodied in the ! “" cd b - v our C " vernlm ' lU in the ptoswution of the preamble and resolutions adopted at that meet- j £ lhmf>re Resnhed ^ That rresidcnt PnIk is mg, 1 rejoice to say, meet with my cordial ap*; entitled to the thanks of the whole country, for the proval and assent.” The resolutions adopted! signal ability with which he has administered the from free States.—Floridian. The election day is generally a very unlucky m jt nr • day for the Whigs, for then all their anticipated _ Indian War ID OregOD. I triumphs are changed into disappointment ami* Four Baltics—the Whites Victorious—Mas- . * J ° xacrc of Missionaries.—The Pittsburg Gazette] has Hie- foHow4ng important telegraphic des patch, dated Louisville, May 21, 1848: Mr. Marcy and Grn. Scott. In this number of our paper we have concluu- By the arrival of Major Aleek from the West, j efi the correspondence between Gen. Scott and we have late and-important news from Oregon, the Sccretar of War . We hope ' aU of where all is confusion and bloodshed between' , . . 1 the whites and Indians. Four powerful tribes j readcrs Wi]1 » lve ll a P atlcnt luld attentive peru- have united, and commenced a deadly war.— sa k The Whigs in Congress called for the Four battles took place in January, in three of publication of Gen. Scott’s letter, in the hope of which the whites were successful in beating But what was their * w , injuring the administration. thew enemy, rive hundred whites fought a ,i- - * . , ,, body of two thousand Indians a whole day, ! < ‘ ,sap !’° atmen , t a,,<1 '«=•' OI r, When will, Gen. \yhen the Indians retreated, after- wounding.a peott s letter tliey received Mr. Marcy s answer! great number of whites. ! This was more than they had bargained for, On tho 29th of November, a most horrid and and many of them endeavored to prevent Mr. brutal massacre was committed by tlie Cayuse Marcy’s 'reply from being printed. This was Indians, at tjie Presbyterian Mission, at the Wal lah-Wallah Valley. Dr. Whiteman aud his wife, with eighteen others were killed, and sixty or seventy taken prisoners. The houses of tlie f missionaries and their neighbors were burn- to the ground., Tlie unfortunate prisoners were subsequently ransomed, through the agen cy! of .Peter Sken Ogden, chief factor of the Hudson, Bay-Company. 1 , • * Major Meek push Wip river yesterday, on his way to Washington, with despatches for the Government*-asking for immediate iiid .on the part of the Oregon settlors.^ r;+* v- . rt ••• : H ' r#rv i,r Whig honesty and justice. They wished Gen. Scott’s accusations to go before the world, but they wished to keep Mr. Marcy’s answer to them hid from the people. Well might they wish to keep it liid,. for thero never was a more conclusive and overwhelming answer to any string of coinplamta ever given. No unpreju diced mau can read both letters attentively without .being convinced that Mr. Marcy has fully answered every charge made by Gen. Scott, and-haa placed the General himself In a very unenviable light beforethe country. : which has ever emanated from the Democratic press, has done one half as much td injure Mr. Cabell in tlie estimation of Intelligent and hon est men as this letter will do. The perusal of it we think will convince every such man that the author of such a production is entirely unfit to represent the people of Florida in the Nation al Legislature. Most of the arguments and language are entirely unworthy of a member of Congress, and could only have become familiar to such men as Mr. Cabell. The Whigs of Florida must certainly have great confidence in their numerical strength, or they would not dare to call upon their party to re-elect a man who lias betrayed their confidence by voting for a Wil- niot proviso man as Speaker, and has insulted their understanding by endeavoring to make them believe that the Missouri Compromise was identical with tlie Wilmot Proviso. In this com munication Mr. C., admits that he misrepresent ed Mr. French’s position in his former address to his constituents, but says he received his in formation from those in whom lie had confi dence. Would it not be well for a member of Congress to know whether his assertions are true or false, before he spreads them over the country in thousands of pamphlets? If in his address to lus constituents he spread before the public mere hearsay for fact, will not people be excusable if they think he may have done the same in his late communication? at that meeting of which the General so much approves were strongly in favor of the election of Gen. Zachary Taylor to the Presidency.— Strange that the General should be pleased with tlie nomination of any, and every other conven tion but the Whig convention of Philadelphia. To them he will give no pledges except tlie pledge that he wall be a candidate whether they nomihate him or not. Government of the United States. Be it further Resolved, That the War with Mexi co was brought on by the act of Mexico; on the part of tlie United States, it has been a war of ne cessity aiid not of aggression. The meeting then adjourned. JAMES E. DUNCAN, Chairman, Jas. A. PanccLE, Secretary. Taylor and the Veto. General Taylor’s views in reference to the veto do not meet with a general concurrence from the Whig press. The General seems to prize it as a “ high conservative power,” vet ac cording to his/views of its exercise, this*“ high conservative power” is. practically nullified. For instance, the case is put by tho Frederick, Maryland, Examiner, a Whig paper, which cer- Mr. Polk's Letter to the Democratic Con vention. The Whig presses in various parts of the country hate asserted, and reiterated the asser tion, that Mr. Polk was intri£ieing and using the public patronage to secure his renomina- j (afnfy ^’ns to'snuff danger” to 'Whi^ery in tipn by the Democratic Convention to assem- j the General’s views hie in Baltimore. It will bb seen by the letter] “We are to understand, then, that if the published below, that the President took tlie | Pleasures oi the Whig party, under their ad- earliest opportunity* through his friend, Dr. • ’^J? 11 * nstanCe * should operate most R.rnsov. » re inform i lUy ,*°.! ho a0 “ n ‘r.V, yet, by some smldon Ramsey, a delegate from' Tennessee, to inform the Convention that his purpose of retiring to private life at the expiration of the present term, remained unchanged, and that ho would not be a candidate for renomiuation. YVasiiimgton, —, 1848. Dear Sir : From speculations which have appeared in some of the public journals, and from frequent inquiries which have been made of me by many political friends, some of them delegates to the Democratic National Conven tion which will assemble at Baltimore on the 22d mst., I am induced to suppose that it may be the desire of some of my friends to propose my renomination as the candidate of the demo cratic party for the office of President of the United States. Should you ascertain that such is the intention of any of the delegates, I desire, outbreak, whether from local causes or other wise, the majority should be turned against the Whig party, tho General would not exercise the veto power, because change happened, but would remain content, and give it his sanction— like a mere vane to be shifted and turned by every political breeze, no matter from what quarter of the compass it may come—without the exercise Of a sound judgment, most solemn ly enjoined by the constitution upon the Exec utive. “ That the veto has been most shamefully abused we readily admit, but who desires the President of the United States to be the mere instrument in the hands of Congress instead of its Constitutional adviser ? n ■ ■ —>—— : — ■ . ..Watches were invented in Germany, aod the invention carried to England in 1580. danger tiom any movement like that alluded to. Together, in a solid column, in support of tvo ways for independence—together in support of Jackson—together lor Louisiana, anil together for Texas—and now equal participants in th« glorv and danger of the present war,—how lifi tie we respect the past, how little we compli ment ourselves, in supposing that we can he divided by any such agitation as that which » now used by a few agitators in the democratic party! We repeat, let not tlie South believe that the North is ready to desert it now. having stood at its side in so many peril*. *n when the U nion itself was seriously threat*®*® by designing men. Let our brethren tn tha quarter of the Uuion meet us with friendsup amf with confidence, and all will be welL *" Pennsylvanian. What Southern Democrat is there who will not respond, heart and soul, to this el appeal of the Pennsylvanian ? What good rea son have we for withholding bur confidence our Democratic brethren of the free ^ tate ??°. T ’ with the history of the past before us? J side have tliey battled with us. President a»^ President have their votes given us fa 1 " own section—and what has occurred J v ‘. the last few years to cause us to doubt co-operation with us in any emergencies w may yet arise? If we contrast tl> e P°f^ they at present occupy on every question » n ^ esting to us with that of Northern^* 1 #* must see that our sole reliance is in What if soiue of the reputed Democratic erk itt New York and one or two otje . r ^ •States have; token ground against us, ,s ^ sufficient reason for distrusting the rna f s v |D i on as they are by those who have S P° K .^ !i0P e voted in our defence? What have we ^ from our opponents ? Is there a solitary era Wing, of any reputation, who has ground in our behalf on the ^ >rovis0 golitarj. other question vital to us? Is ffi ere * Northern Whig who has not av0 '^ roV ;so an uncompromising advocate of th° £ ^ pot its kindred measures ? We know toe jjpjp —Sputhem Whigs know there is no ^ whom, then, is our reliance? . 0 'Vi (II ,cjrii£ does the history of the past point,' vl - fEKS 0S finger, as the “ natural ally,” as JR*