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The Dead Sea.
A singular terror has prevailed uTtlie East
from time immemorial with regard to the Dead
feea, or Lake Asphalt ites. The scene of Divine
vengeance in Die olden time, it remains a mon
ument of the truth of sacred history. It is about
55 miles long, and 20 wide. Nothing of drea
riness can be conceived, which is not realized in
the scenery which surrounds it Its neighbor
hood is unaccompanied by vegetation, and is
unsuited to the existence of animals or of the
human race. The water is bitter and nau seons,
containing substances marked by these peculiar
ities to the extent of one-fourth of its weight—
Now and then a straggling and seared bird
flies over its waters. Asphaltum floats on its
surface, and an inflammable bitumen is found
on its shores. Yet once its bed was the beau
tiful and fertile valley of Siddim; it was term
ed “the garden of the Lord,’' and contained no
less than five cities, if we may believe the
From the Richmond Enquirer.
A Shot from a “Wounded Soldier. 9 ’
If we mistake not, it was General Scott who
remarked that “ Mr. Clay*s Lexington speech
had done more to prevent a treaty of peace than
ten thousand Mexican soldiers,” and the asser
tion has been endorsed by other bravo officers
of the army. We have already published sev
eral letters reprobating in severe terms the
course pursued by the Whig party in denoun
cing the war as “ unjust,” “ damnable,” &c.
Messrs., Corwin, Clay, and Webster, particu
larly, have been regarded, from their position,
as having done more to encourage the Mexicans
to prosecute the war and defer peace, than all
other causes combined. As. further evidence on
the subject, the Ohio Statesman gives a letter
from “ a wounded soldier,” now in Columbus,
with whom the editor of the Statesman has con
versed, which strikes us as a shot directed into
Monthly advertisements, one dollar per square fox cords of Moses, verified by the writings of Stra-! fe e cour fe of Federalism—a perfect bomb-shell (
l —bo, and Stephen of Byzantium. With the ex- i' n ^ le ra *dst of the porcelain patriots, who are
ception of Zoar, all were destroyed, and their s .° horror of war, that they have little
The following is a portion of some stanzas writ
ten for the Hartford Times, in 1845. Truly the pro
phetic bard could see some way beyond a mile stone.
Bevond the seas Columbia’s light,
Like a bright star is beaming,
And merry England’s slumbering might
U waking from its dreaming ?
And Erin’s harp no more shall moan,
Repeal is now so handy :
And Scotia’s bagpipe yet shall drone
“ Yankee Doodle-dandy.’*
And sunny France in her preen bowers,
The home of love and glory ;
Her sword all garlanded with flowers,
That bloom in deathless story l
Her purple hills of clustering vine,
And champagnes sweet and sandy—
The rose and lilly shall combine
With ** Yankee Doodle-dandy.”
And Germany, the land of lore,
Her smothered fires are burning,
And richer gifts she has instore
Than all h‘-r matchless learning;
Some Korner’s lyre and battle-sword,
Some Luthers voice of Thunder,
Shall touch her heart’s most thrilling chord,
And snap her chains asunder.
[duces become desolate.
In the spirit of inquiry’, modern Christianity
has endeavored to ascertain how lar the truth of
these ancient records could be verified in our
I days. The latest attempts have been those of
a young Irishman, (whose adventures have been
described by Harriet Martineau,) and of Lieut.
Molyneux, of the Briti>h navy. The former
suffered dreadfully in his excursion, and soon
after died at Jerusalem, from illness brought on
by fatigue and exposure, ilis papers, if he had
any, were lost to the w orld. We have recent
ly seen a brief account of Lieut. Molyneux’s ex-
pedition, and as it appears to have been unno
ticed by our contemporaries, we w ill give a brief
outline of its designs and results. It w ill be just
now more than usually interesting in conse
quence of a similar enterprise in progress, under
the direction of Lieutenant Lynch, of the U, S.
Navy.
On die 20th of August last, says a report
which we notice in a late English literary jour
nal, Lieut Molyneux landed from the Sparta at
Acre, and with three volunteers, an interpreter,
some camels and their attendants, and tin ship’s
dingey, he proceeded on his journey. The tra
velling was, on the whole, difficult, and Tiberi-
Ratificallon Meeting
time to care about the National honor:
Columbus, April 16, 1848.
In looking over the columns of the Ohio
State Journal, and other Whig papers, I am
surprised—nay, disgusted—at the base, cow
ardly, and treacherous course pursued by the
Whig party of this and other States, in regard
to the war now existing between the United
States and Mexico.
In looking over the proceedings of the Stark
fashionable DInsic.
What’s that?—It’s music. Well, that’s arti
ficial too, it's scientific, they say it's done by
rule. Jist look at that gal at the piany: first
comes a little German thunder; good arth and
seas, what a crash! it seems as if she’d bang
the instrument all to pieces. I guess she’s vex’d
at somebody, and is a peggin it into the piany
out of spite. Now comes singin*; see what
faces she makes; how she stretches her mouth
open like a barn door, and turns up the white of
her eyes like a duck in thunder. She’s in a mu
sical ecsticy, is that gal; she feels good all
over; her soul is a goin* along with that music.
Oh! its divifte, and she’s an angel, aint she ?—
Yes, I guess she is, and when I'm an angel, I
w ill fall in love with her; but as I'm a man, at
least what’s left of me, I’d jist as soon fall in
love w ith one that was a leetle, jist a leetle more
of a woman, and a leetle, just a leetle loss of an
angel. But hallo! what under the sun is she
about? Why her voice is goin* down her own
throat, to gain strength, and here it comes out
as deep-toned as a man’s, while that dandy fel
low along side of her, is singin' what they
call falsetter. They’ve actually changed voices.
That gal sings like a man, and that screamer
like a woman. This is science; this is taste;
this is fashion ; but hang me if it’s natur.—Sam
Slick.
Democratic National Convention. on our part, in which every American citizen
Mr. Cone, of Georgia, from the committee on should have show n himself on the side of his
“Gen. Taylor in New England.”
The Editor of the Boston Atlas seems to be
in favor of Gen. Taylor, but according to
county Whig CMventtoMi interpretation, he looks upon the selection of the
in" resolution • General as the whig candidate for the Presiden-
“ Resolved, That the Hon. Thomas Corwin,! oninio“ to the'l a . nd dan S erous t0 exercisu doubUul
by Ins course in the Senate of the United ;c Letto in reference to the nomination. After f°2 Strife wnltitation does not confer upon
fchibM' i A rf ns i hat shoul i hav r I
exita war, nave exhibited tal . the free Slates, he says their first choice would L n j parrv on .. trpnor *il system of internal iin-
Webster, then cL-in, then McLean, then ^
resolutions, stated that the committee were now
ready to report, and the resolutions reported
were read by.Mr. Hallett, of Boston, as follow s:
Resolved, That the American Democracy
place their trust in the intelligence, the patriot
ism, and the discriminating justice of the Ameri
can people.
Resolved* That we regard this as a distinct
ive feature of our political creed, which We are
proud to maintain before the world, as the great
moral element in a form of government, spring
ing from and upheld by the popular will; and
we contrast it with the creed and practice of
federalism, under whatever name orfoim, which
seeks to palsy the will of the constituent, and
which conceives no imposture too monstrous
for the popular credulity. .
Resolved, therefore, That entertaining these
views, the democratic party of this Union,
through their delegates assembled in a general
convention of the States, coming together in a
spirit of concord, of devotion to the doctrines
and faith of a free representative government,
and appealing to their fellow-citizens for the
rectitude of their intentions, renew’ and re-assert,
before the American people, the declaration of
principles avowed by them when, on a former
occasion, in general convention, they presented
their candidates for the popular suffrages:
1. That the federal government is one of
limited powers, derived from the constitution,
and the grants of power shown therein ought
to be strictly construed by ail tiie departments
and ageuts of the government; and that it is
worthy of the better days ot the Republic— ScotL But> « if the doctrine of availability is
such as merit and receive our wannest admira-! hrou bt to bcar ill3t t!| >. and „ if it u ’ et .
ti°n, pre-eminently entitle him to the highest tIed that tb must to the Sonth for a candi .
reward m the gift ofthe American people and date> th( , v would we wouId have Mr . Clay,
point him out as the Wlug candidate for Prest-1 { f he could he cflasal « Th ; Sj boweV er, the ed-
eiit in loo-. | {} l0 Atlas thinks very doubtful, and there-
Now’, sir, what would become of our beloved fore, he says, “as it is important as w’ell as
country if such men as these get the power in pleasant to beat once in one’s lifetime, that we
| their hands? But God forbid that such should ; may feel the joy of triumph and the blessings of
as, on the lake of that name, about eighteen I be the case ?—Now, sir, I am a returned volun- 1 a Whig National Administration, we will take
miles in length, was reached the next morning, i teer. I went to Mexico a staunch Whig, as General Taylor, and do with him the best we
T he part}’ embarked, crossed it and made the did all the battalion that I went with, excepting can.”
descent of the river Jordan, which was accom- j live. 1 volunteered in Baltimore, Maryland, in | Now’, after this, who will say that Gen. Tay-
plished with much difficulty, the waters being the second battalion, under Colonel George W.' i 0 r is not very popular in “New England!”—
shallow, the stream tortuous and muddy, and j Hughes, consisting of 1275 men, of whom 1270 And that the irhigs of Massachusetts are verily
u --- j ‘ f ’i J '* staunch Whigs. During our stay in the furious for his nomination! Let us recapitu-
A ratification meeting was to have been held ( » — v , j —
at Richmond, Virginia, on Wednesday evening, \ much interrupted by w aterfalls and weirs of j'v _ ^ _
(31st ult.) The Enquirer of Tuesday remarks. stone, w here immense quantities of fish are ta- j army we lost 412 men, leaving 862; and just; [ate. Thus stand the wishes of the whigs of
—“ The selection of Cass and Butter as the ken. To these difficulties impeding the nai iga-! before we left the seat of war, a vote was taken , Massachusetts as recorded by the whig editor
candiAntes of the Democratic party has been ] tion,and often compelling the seamen to trans- j to see how many_Tom Corwin Whigs there; 0 f the Boston Atlas:
Daniel Webster,
ecctioi
free .. . .. (
Albany Argus, the True Sun of New York' Molyneux for permission to pass, frequent quar
and other papers of the “Old Hunker” school, | rel» occurred, and it was only by occasional
have come out
ami the “ Barnburners,
is the course of that man, who in the Senate Harry!)—and then, if we can’t get
Chamber of the United States, denounced the five, we will take Taylor, and do
warmly in snpjiort ofthe ticket; threats on his part, and the appearance of a re- j brave volunteers as robbers and murderers, and fast ire can !
jurners,” we understand left Bal- soit to amis, that he forced his w ay along. | told the Mexicans to welcome us with “ bloody j “The best
leans disnlcased with the result Oil the Bd of September he reached the Dead , hands to hospitable graves,” and who said that • nression. am
timore by no means displeased with the result
of their application for seats. We believe they
will yet return to the Democratic fold, and
bury their divisions in a spirit of harmony and
concession. Why should they not vote for
Lewis Cass ? His opinions on all occasions
have been open and decided—on the war, on the
subject of a National Bank, of the Sub-Treasu
ry, of the Distribution of tho proceeds of the
public lands, and of a Tariff—they are all
known and sound to the core. Ilis opinion
relative to slavery Is also well known. He is
in favor of every State managing her reserved
rights in her own way, without interference
from any quarter. This Is all that Southern men
could desire—and less than this our Northern
friends could not wish us to obtain. Then why
should not the “ Barnburners” vote for William
0. Butler ? We tell them that General Butler
is a Barnburner! and for proof of oar assertion
of Mexico, before he would vote supplies to the
army.
Not content, sir, with denouncing ns as rob
bers, Ac., he wished to starve us while we were
gallantly striving to maintain the dignity of the
September he reached the Dead j hands to hospitable graves,
Sea. As he entered its waters and made sail on he w’ould see our bones bleaching
the dingey, the breeze freshened, large patches
of white foam w ere passed. The sea rose, and
w ith it came an uneurthly roar of the waves,
like that of fearful breakers just ahead. At two
o'clock 1*. M., says the log, in the belief that the
boat w as nearing the southern extremity of the
sea, it was hauled to the wind, and the Lieu
tenant stood for the western coast, which was
crowned writh “exceedingly high mountains,”
with faces almost perpendicular. Having arri
ved at what was apparently the deepest water,
soundings were obtained at 225 fathoms, and
the anuuture of die lead brought up some pieces
of rock salt The water itself was of a dirty
sandy color, rapidly destroying metals, and pro
ducing an unpleasant greasy feeling to the
touch, w ith an extremely disagreeable smell.—
Every one and every tiling in the boat was
ire can /” What a significant ex
pression, and how full of hope and comfort to
the sands the depressed mind that dictated the words!—
" And this, too, is all that can be said for “Gen.
Taylor in New England!”—Petersburg Rep.
*e refer them to tho record.—During the last covered with a nasty shining substance
war with England, General Butler performed iron was corrodco and covered as if with
one of the noblest deeds of heroism on record.
In one of the severest battles with the British
and Indians on the North Western frontier, a
large number of the savages had found their
*ay into a Barn, from which they poured a
deadly fire upon the American troops. The
coal tar.” No living thing was found in the
water. A long line of bubbling foam extended
the whole length of the sea, over which at night
a white line of cloud was visible.
Having reached the termination of the lake,
to which there is no outlet, although it receives
American Commander said “ that barn, must j five streams, the dingey was mounted on the
w burnt,” and inquired who would volunteer to | backs of two camels, and the party proceeded
Perform the perilous task. After a pause, the: toJerusalem. 1 his was the first .me the boat
Youthful Butler gallantly stepped forward, and j man-of-war ever entered the Holy lty.
Providing himself with a torch, proceeded to L.e»t. Molyneux returned to the coast of Jaffa
'he barn amid a shower of bullets from the rifles and joined Ins vessel But he almost mimed.-
.tely took sick and died. AV e have no account
of the Indians, and soon fired it so completely as
to envelope it in flames, and returned unharmed
to the American lines, when eveiy spectator
considered his death inevitable! The firing
of that bam deprived the enemy ofhis strongest
position, and gave the victory to the Americans.
General Butler is therefore the right sort of a
Barnburner—he burns the barns occopid by his
country’s enemies—and he is in every other re-
s poct a man worthy of the admiration and con-
fideijce ofhis countrymen! He and his great
associate on the Democratic ticket are bound
to be elected by an overwhelming vote.”—
Savannah Georgian.
New Power Carpet Loom.
The Boston Journal notices as in operation
at Taunton, a new Power Carpet Loom, lately
invented and patented by Messrs. James Nield
wd Samuel B. King, of that towp, the meclian-
tfo of which seems perfect, combining both
fnnplieity and power. It weaves writh aston-
ishing speed tho moat complicated patterns of
ply or other carpeting, and with a precise*
a css and finish unsurpassed.
(Kr One of our exchanges says a Yankee
invented a machine by which culprits can
h*ng with steam, and the sheriff may be sa-
Tjri the trouble of meddling with the business,
“e half swung himself to see how it would op*
€r ate, and declares it “works beautiful T*
fcr “f never complained of ray condition,”
the Persian poet, Sapi, “but once, when my
were bare and 1 had no niohey to buy shoes;
^tthen I met a man without feet, and I be-
***** contented writh my lot”
The Glasgow Herarld furnishes some curi-
ous particulars of the eatables and drinkables
“Star-spangled banner,” in the heart of the coun- • supplied for the consumption of the passengers
try that for years had been insulting that sacred on board Cunard & Co.’s American steamers.
flag, the emblem of that liberty for which our Each ship on her outward trip is supplied with uru6 u)lon w , licll isaues have b[ . e „ made between
lathers pledged their “lives, their fortunes, and filly dozen of port wine, one hundred dozen of 4 .f.
provemeuts.
3. That the constitution does not confer au
thority upon the federal government, directly or
indirectly, to assume the debts of the several
States, contracted for local internal improve
ments, or other State purposes; nor would such
assumption be just and expedient
4. That justice and sound policy forbid the
federal government to foster one branch of in
dustry to the detriment of another, or to cherish
the interests of one portion to the injury of
another portion of our common country; that
every citizen, and every section of the country,
right to demand and insist upon an equali
ty of rights and privileges, and to complete an
ample protection of persons and property from
domestic violence or foreign aggression.
5. That it is the duty of every branch of the
government to enforce and practise the most
rigid economy in conducting our public affairs,
and that no more revenue ought to be raised
than is required to defray the necessary expen
ses of the government, and for the gradual but
certain extinction of the debt created by the
prosecution of a just and necessary war, after
peaceful relations shall have been restored.
6. That Congress has no power to charter a
national bank; that we believe such an institu
tion one of deadly hostility to the best interests
of the country, dangerous to our republican in
stitutions and the liberties of the people, and
calculated to place the business of the country
within the control of a concentrated money
power, and above the laws and the will of the
people; and that tho results of democratic
legislation, in this and all other financial meas-
of the fortune which attended his comrades.—
This death, like that of his predecessor, has ex
cited a degree of awe in the minds of travellers.
We trust that our own countryman Lieutenant
Lynch, may be spared such an untimely fate as
seems to have been the conclusion of similar
expeditions.
In view of the interest which attaches to this
subject, we may remark, in conclusion, that we
higldy approve of the permission given by the
Secretary of the Navy to Lieut. Lynch, to em
ploy some of his leisure time while in the Medi
terranean in making an exploration of the Dead
Sea. Th eexpenditure will not exceed the price
of a boat and the personal exposes of a small
party of men. We have an idea that the sur
vey will be the most complete that has yet been
made, and as friends of all useful projects we
cannot but express our approbation of the en
lightened conduct of the Secretary, who, while
he promotes tho true value and glory of the
Navy, knows how to lend its valuable i aid to
science.—N. Y. True Sun.
Whoever undertakes to put on fee “Razor
Strop Man,” is sure to get floored in the long
run. Last Monday, while selling bis strops m
Plymouth, and expatiating the while on the evils
of rum drinking, a tipsy fellow cried out “if
rum made me lie as fast as you dd in selling
your straps, I’d quit it to-day. “Very good,
replied Smith, “the only difference between
your lying and mine, is this: my straps enable
me to lie in a good warm bed, whde rum makes
you lie in the gutter." The tipsy man. sloped,
evidently lying under a veiy great mistake in
supposing tha? he could get the upper hand of
the “Razor Strop Man”—Baton Rovge Gat.
their sacred honor,” on the glorious Fourth of champagne, fifty dozen of Madeira, fifty dozen
July, 1776; and for which they fought, bled of hock, two hundred dozen of soda water and
and died at Lexington, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, lemonade, three hundred dozen of Scotch ale,
Trenton, Yorktown, &c. In those days, if, rind two hundred dozen of London porter, be-
Thomas Corwin had lived and spoken as he has sides spirits of all kinds. There are also ample
in regard to the present war, he would have di- stores of ice, and an abundant supply of fresh
ed the ignominious death of a traitor. But, sir* ; water. Each ship is victualled for twenty-one
have our constitution and laws lost their force ? days, and carries at least 4000 pounds of beef,
Are our rights to be thus trampled upon with mutton and pork, fresh and packed in ice.—
impunity ? God forbid! A clause in our con-! Then there are sixteen dozen of fowls, four doz-
stitution says, that “Treason against the United' en of geese, four dozen of ducks, four dozen of
States shall consist in levying war against them,' turkeys, six dozen of pigeons, and one dozen of
or giving aid and comfort to their enemies.”— \ roasting pigs, besides ample store of tongues,
Now, sir, did not Tom Corwin give aid and calves’ heads, &c.* Milk is furnished by the
comfort to our enemies ? The Mexican papers; cow, though each ship also carries a supply of
held out to their Government the hope that the forty gallons, which is packed in ice aud keeps
Whig party would get into power next year, fresh and sweet till the end of the passage.—
and then the army would be withdrawn, no in- j The baker turns out two hundred loaves of rolls
demnity asked of them, and the territory be-1 per diem, and the confectioner is never idle.—
tween the Nueces and the Rio Grande would Breakfast begins at half past 8, and the cloth is
be given up to them. Such men as Tom Cor-1 removed at 10 o’clock. There is lunch at 12
win, Bell, Shenck, and others, would not have i and dinner at 4 o’clock. Tea is served at 7,
done us half the harm they have done, had they | and then follow snacks, wine, punch, toddy, gin
rallied up their myrmidons, and went to Mexico,! slings, &c., that is, for those who want them—
and fought under the Mexican flag. We should till half past 11 o’clock, when the steward’s bar
then have known wliot to do with them. What, S U closed, and the lights are out by 12. Such
sir, must be the feelings of those gallant volun- j is life on board a transatlantic steamer; and in
teers who, after they have been vindicating and j the summer it is said to be becoming quite corn-
defending their country’s rights, upon their re- J msn for parties to make a pleasure trip to Amer-
tum, instead of receiving the congratulations of ica, in the fashion that people go up the Rhine.
their countrymen, to have the finger of scorn
pointed at them, and to hear themselves de-
nouuced as robbers and murderers. Can it be
wondered at, then, that the volunteers under
these causes, have thrown off the shackles of
Mexican Whiggery, and joined the Democratic
ranks ? Your’s in the country’s cause.
A Wounded Soldier.
The Clay meeting at New-York on Friday
evening was organized by the appointment of
David Graham, Esq., as President. The meet
ing was addressed by Mr. Graham, Mr. Dudley
Selden, and a delegate to the Philadelphia Con
vention, from Ostego, Mr. John W. Fowler.—
An address and resolutions were read by Mr.
Delafield Smith, and Mr. Selden and Mr. Fow
ler also offered resolutions, the purport of all
being that Henry Clay was their first choice.—
The topics of the speakers were generally that
they were, as Mr. Fowler expressed it, for Hen
ry Clay first, last and in the middle.
The speakers, says the Courier & Enquirer,
also insisted that unless the convention
nominated Mr. Clay, they would not regard its
action as binding upon them, in the same breath
that they denounced Gen. Taylor, and declared
that while they preferred Henry Clay to any
other man, they preferred any other man to Gen.
Taylor.—Augusta Chron. Sentinel. 1
There have been occasions in which young
married people have spent their honey-moon in
a trip to Halifax, a flying visit to Niagara and
New York, and a return voyage to England,
and all in six weeks.—N. O. Picayune.
Cob Brough of the Ohio Volunteers, in wri
ting a series of most interesting letters to his pa
per in Ciucinnatti, describes an interview with
Gen. Scott, in the course of which the General
related the following amusing incident, illustra
tive of the spirit of the American soldiers en
tering the Valley of Mexico:
“An order had been made at Puebla, on the
eve of marching, that all who were unable to
endure the fatigues of the movement, should be
detached and remain, some in hospital, others
who were strong enough as forming part of the
garrison. A field return after these men were
detached, showed the strength of the moveabte
force at not far from nine thousand; but at Avot-
la, some week afterwards, another field return
showed the number to be something like nine
thousand eight hundred. “Here,” said the Gen
eral, “was a discrepancy that was unaccounta
ble and astonishing, until it was ascertained that
a large part of the men left for supposed disa
bility at Puebla, had run away and rejoined their
commands. “The glorious rascals,” said he,
“were so eager to bo at the taking of the city,
that they would not be kept back by any slight
illness.”
the two political parties of the country, have
demonstrated to candid and practical men of all
parties, their soundness, safety and utility in all
business pursuits.
7. That Congress has no power under the
constitution to interfere with or control the
domestic institutions of the several States, and
that such States are the sole and proper judges
of everything appertaining to their own affairs,
not prohibited by the constitution; that all ef
forts of the abolitionists or others made to in
duce Congress to interfere with questions of
slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation
thereto, are calculated to lead to the mosi
alarming und dangerous consequences; and
that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency
to diminish the happiness of the people, and
endanger the stability and permanency of the
Union, and ought not to be countenanced by
any friend of our political institutions.
8. That the separation of the moneys of the
government from banking institutions is indis
pensable for the safety of the funds of the gov
ernment and the rights of the people.
9. That the liberal principles embodied by
Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence,
and sanctioned in the constitution, which makes
ours the land of liberty, and the asylum of the
oppressed of every nation, have ever been car
dinal principles in the democratic faith; and
every attempt to abridge the present privilege
of becoming citizens and the owners of soil
among us, ought to be resisted with the same
spirit which swept the alien and sedition laws
frc.n our statute books.
Resolved, That the proceeds of the public
lands ought to be sacredly applied to the nation
al objects specified in the constitution; and that
wo are opposed to any law for the distribution
of such proceeds among the States, as alike
inexpedient in policy, and repugnant to the con
stitution.
Resolved, That we are decidedly opposed to
taking from the President the qualified veto
power, by which he is euabled, under restric
tions and responsibilities, amply sufficient to
guard the public interest, to suspend the pas
sage of a bill whoso merits cannot secure the
approval of two-thirds of the Senate and House
of Representatives until the judgment of the
people can be obtained thereon, and which has
saved the American people from the corrupt
and tyrannical domination of the Bonk of the
United States, and from a corrupting system of
general internal improvements.
Resolved\ That the war with Mexico provok
ed on her part, by years of insult and injury,
was commenced by her army crossing the Rio
Grande, attacking the American troops, and
invading our sister State of Texas,—and that
upon all the principles of patriotism and the
| laws of nations,^ ia a just and necessary war
country, and neither morally nor physically, by
word Or deed, have given, “ aid and comfort ta
the enemy.”
Resolved, That we Would be rejoiced at th©
assurances of a peace with Mexico, founded on
the just principles of indemnity for the past and
security for the future; but that while the ratifi
cation of the liberal treaty offered to Mexico
remains in doubt, it is the duty of the country
to sustain the administration in every measure
necessary to provide for the vigorous prosecu
tion of the war, should that treaty bo rejected.
Resolved, That the officers and soldiers who
have carried the arms of their country into
Mexico, have crowned it with imperishable
glory. Their unconquerable courage, their
daring enterprise, their unfaltering perseverance
and fortitude when assailed on all sides by in
numerable foes, and that more formidable ene
my—the diseases of the climate—exalt their
devoted patriotism into the highest heroism, and
give them a right to the profound gratitude of
their country and the admiration of tire world.
Resolved, That the Democratic National
Convention of the thirty States composing fee
American Republic, tender their fraternal con
gratulations to the National Convention of tho
Republic of France, now assembled as the free
suffrage representatives of tho sovereignty of
thirty-five millions of Republicans to establish
government on those eternal principles of equal
rights, lor which their Lafayette and our
'Washington fought side bv side, in the strug
gle of our own National Indejicndence; and
we would especially convey to them and to the
whole people of franco, our earnest wishes for
the consolidation of their Liberties, through tho
wisdom that shall guide tin if councils, on th©
basis of a Democratic Constitution, not derived
from tiie grants or concessions of kings or dy
nasties, but originating from the only true source
of political power recognized in the States of
this Union; the inherent and inalianable light
of the people, in their sovereign capacity, to
make and to amend their forms of government
in such manner as the welfare of the communi
ty may require.
Resolved, That in the recent development of
this grand political truth, of the sovereignty of
the people und their capacity and power for self
government, which is prostrating thrones and
erecting, republics on the ruins of despotism in
tho old world, we feel that a high and sacred
duty is devolved, with increased responsibility
upon the democratic party of this country, as
the party of the people, to sustain and advance
among us constitutional liberty, equality and
fraternity, by continuing to resist all monopolies
and exclusive legislation for the benefit of the
few at the expense of the many, and by a vigi
lant and constant adherence to those principles
and compromises of the constitution which are
broad enough and strong enough to embrace
and uphold the Union as it was, the Union as
it is, and the Union as it shall be in the full
expansion of the energies and capacity of this
great and progressive people.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions
be forwarded through the American Minister at
Paris to the National Convention of the Repub
lic of France.
Resolved, That the fruits of the great political
triumph of 1844, which elected James K. Polk
and George M. Dallas President and Vice Presi
dent of Sie United States, have fulfilled the
hopes of the democracy of the Union; in de
feating the declared purposes of their opponents
to create a National Bank, in preventing tho
corrupt and unconstitutional distribution of tho
land proceeds, from the common treasury of tho
Union, for local purposes, in protecting the cur
rency and the labor of the country from ruin
ous fluctuations, and guarding the money of the
people for the use of the people, by the estab
lishment of the Constitutional Treasury; in tho
noble impulse given to the cause of Free Trade,
by the repeal of the Tariff of 1842, and the
creation of the more equal, honest and produc
tive Tariff of 1840; and that, in our opinion, it
would be a fatal error to weaken the bands of
political organization, by which these great re
forms have been achieved,—and risk them in
the hands of their known adversaries, with
whatever delusive appeals they may solicit our
surrender of that vigilance, which is the only
safeguard of liberty.
Resolved, That the confidence of the Democ
racy of the Union, in the principles, capacity,
firmness and integrity of James K. Polk, mani
fested by his nomination and ejection in 1844,
has been signally justified by the strictness of
his adherence to sound democratic doctrines,
by the purity of purpose, the energy and ability
which have characterized his administration in
all of our affairs at home and abroad; that wo
tender to him our cordial congratulations upon
the brilliant success which has hitherto crown
ed his patriotic efforts, and assure him, in ad
vance, that at the expiration of his Presidential
term he will carry with him to his retirement
the esteem, respect and admiration of a grate
ful country.
Resolved, That this convention hereby pre
sent to the people of the United States, Lewis
Cass, of Michigan, as the candidate of the Dem
ocratic party for the office of President, and
William O. Butler, of Kentucky, as the can
didate of the Democratic party for the office of
Vice President of the United States.
Durability of Cedar*
At the head of one of the graves in th© burial
ground at “ old St Mary s,” Maryland there
stands a cedar slab, which as the inscription
upon it indicates, was placed there i n the year
1717! Notwithsfcmding it has been exposed to
the weather for so long a period, it is still per
fectly sound, and if 'unmolested by desecratin'*
hands, it will doubtless b*, standing when every
man woman and child that now moves upon
the earth shall have gone down to “ darkness
and tho worm.”—St. Mary's Beacon.
— ...
Father Mathew writes to Captain McKnight,
of tho Snip New World, in which h© was
to embark this month for America, that he In
tends to do so, with the Divine blessing, on the
twenty-first ef August