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MISCELLANY.
Oio.—The Oregon question
i* settled. but ‘his fast due* not lessen the importance
m.r duai from ths menu of the great speech of
Corporal Sykra on ths subject. It coroe* to us si re- j
ported in •• Tne Stingerse,” • paper published in Mi*- j
ir*ippi city Mntra. Allen, Cats on J IJsnnegsit moil
fi ,t way to lit* • Cotpural.’ olio n onquestiomibly a
• roarer, end no mit*ke.’ How the -whole i.r none’
trier must Istneni that they bed not the aid of t orpo
tji By ken in the Senate ’ It cooM not bate foiled to
decide ftie question. Perhaps it i* not 100 late now;
anJ (• therefore lake leae to call the spetial aitenllon j
of 9en. Cass to the speech of tha Corporal, who, we
mu-t *y, eeerne to here h*rl io bia runrri the resent ef
fort* of Gen. C. on the **m* übject. Perhaps a cloae
riaminati in toay detect plsgeiiam on on* ride or lira
other. Bot here i* the apeech, which will surely bo
• good resding’ in theee summer Jay*. H til. Put,
Trtrtundou * Gaihrrirg at Thl h/tillnw—Great
Speech of Corporal Sykes —There ha* been a ire
inilidue war meeting tri Wolf-Hollow, t which Cor
poral Job Sykes, commonly called • Tiger Byke*,’can
didate lor Constable, mide a speech redolent with salt
poll # pauiotnin, which m applauded by the boya
taoat tiprorartoualy. Ht* opponent ta and to have ad
mitted. like Judoe Plummer, when called upon to re
ply to an eflort of the Buck-eye Blacksmith ihit •• it
uji impossible to reply to rueh a speech /” We ere
indebted to* fiicnd, who took notes of the gallant
Corplirtfe reoiirka, I >r a copy of them, which we ha.-
len Inlay before our readers in advance of their ap
pearance in Father Ritchie a paper :
Filler Citizens and Gen-tit-niin of Wi.lfs Holler ■
I take the stump to inform you that I've rnnaented
at tb cll of mane of the toeh-.a in Ihia pari of the
burg and up on Mkunk'e Rett, to become a candidate
f-,r the sponsible office of beat ctnatal.il agin Jon Bur
bit k : not that l'*a any thing partiklla. agin him per
sovislly, eiccpl that be oeaer sianda nett, and ia op
posed 10 our people licking our usual eniiny outen the
Or ergon eonnlf J, which is neat to Texas, the finrat of
them United Slates, and abound* in deer, l.ulilo, bar
anJ other veimin. Wow I m lor ihreetieu Ureal Bri
lin cite off, without stoppin to atrip up alecaca nr dllly
dj’tin about it: roa we kin Jo it, and not half try ;
cos did’nt we do if when we war only knee-high to a
gopher, an infiint child of a n*li*.i, ta I might ray 1—
Wo did an, fellu r c! and by the Imky p -ky. we kin do
it now, when WO are a right amarl ckui.cc taller than
any other nation I guc*s Yet Jim Bubick—that'*
tuy opponent fhr the high and aponsibla ofiice of jus
tica of the peace, agin me, aav* we aim prepareJ, an
es wc am going to war for the hull of Oree-gon, we
ought all on u* he land, an million* o’ dollar* end a
large atundiitg ermy raised luime-dslf-ly— aaide a
eel* of war.
fellur Citiziua and (Jen-til-mu !
I’m posed (o slandtn armies in lima of peace, and
wa-, too: *u I go agin taxation of the masses. I
don’i belieae in tas-s no how ; uo 3-i-r-cr ‘ —[looking
mret-aa ly at hia opponent)—and I warn you agin
men who are for taktn the arnaie, a* they call it, and
(run imind as*c*sii. the lest chicken of the widder and
orpliin—Yea 8-t-i-sc and taain’ the farmers! the
bone end sinnux —ad I rniy sty the h.do, meat, and
lallui. too—the men wh ido all the fi-him, anJ git
nothin for it—unbar the preteitiou* cry of fitin umi
preparin for war.
Gen-til min an Fellura, can’t yoa ao I file if We’re
so disposen, without preparation ; es we feel wolfish,
an like indulgin a leelle, can I we jial come oat like
men, and goal like hoaeial \4 oil. we kin! An
achat’s to hinder Uncle Sam and Queen Vic from jial
• akin it right out on wight ? We’ae got powder and
ne'ra got gun- ; and what’# to hinder ua from cracktn
away at the initny aimul aneoualy ! jiat ua we did at
Bunker’* tnll, Br-i-toje an Orleena! Jim Burhirlt—
that'a nw opponent for constable—he aaye he ia fur
pieparstion afoie hand ! Preparation be darned ! He
nil tie amity cteaar f. Hur —I don’t Bay It to hint In#
feeiins—and may here a tight *rnan chance of book
laming ; but aivtxt you and me, I think ho lack* a
heap of being bright on the O-rcc-gon question ; an i*
a heap 100 far behind the time* to lie rpiemlin hieself
for ti e re-e]>oueible ..rtia of constable—l think, (Jen
til-min !
Fellqr Citizens end (ieo-lil-tnin !
avail* nur opponent is for iettin onr ni-tral inlmy
h*v 49 degms or part* ol our g'oiioua c-ouutiy, I m
ahead • length of Inin an every body ale, oa that
yob-jin. Some of my f rend* say they s-e willtn to
take 04 ami ao on—*orl ri co-e,promise ! H ill und
fury ! Who's a gout to compromise with our na-tral
tnimv ! I'm for dom no sieh thing I don't under
*liud (iphrin or jognphy ; end haa'M kalkilated bow
much there is of the O-rro-gon country ; but I'm for
•li that i*. more or lea* ; up te the end of it—if iherc’a
300 degree* of it; none of your 49’* or ecen 68'a for
me Ho Sir-te > I'm for the hull-or-none p-liey !
Whoe'* *goin to -ll any part of the bleurd site of
freedom, like the base Judas, for t mess of potash 1
I'd lather lie a terra-pin, and feed upon tad-polce, in
the ynuddieat bra r ck of ell creation, than he the fuan
that would come for logo for to sell the land of liber
ty, every inch of which wa* bought of fngina with the
blood and treasures of the pilgrim father*, and which
our natial inirny, ‘.he British, tried to rouat as outrn,
iti the lime* which tried men’s sole', and upper* too, I
reckon, and coldu’t come it. (ientilmin, the Baltic of
New Orleana wasn’t (outen for nothin, waaift VTe
whip! up Britain then.didu't (! Wul ihrn, [ think
sue ought to stay wbtpt, aad not crowd nor crow
Hither. It won't do,fellura! Ce'n the women I.Jkt
Wont stand it, I've a sister at hum that glia fanly red
eyed at the very idee of (jueen Vice spreading her
a.nsll clothes over any part of this land of l.berty.—
Jtet let Vic cum oecf t > the Hullur. ts she want* to
rei the 6rc fiy ! Why, down in Catamount Bottom,
I kin taise a regiment of tho prettiest yeller-hairod
gale in any eo'llemint, every one oa ‘em weighln two
hundrrd. that ’ud fight like panthers, an drap in their
shoo*, (if they ever wore enny.) raythur than any
fomn petticoat government should be eel up in Orie
gon, or enny other put of this star-spangled country.
Y.J my opponent h ,s any idee of gtlting a single vote
down in the Bottom, I should rayther recktn he'll mi*
it; I'd all vise him not to go down in the Bottom tuS
lutin on the Vic aide! for thwin yuller flowers of the
forest could no mora keep their washing pins outen his
hair than Queen Vic eouid abstain* from bring to an
ißiercatin situation.
(Jeuiilmin and FeHur-Ciliiens :
Its agin the iaw sorter sell drinks in town, and a
candidate fur the lee-aponeibdofffaof conslthil shouldnl
vi-e-lale lews and set bad aitmpila to the young ; hut
es you'll step outeo the corporation limits, io Jial yon
der. I’ve a legal quantity of old rye, ahiue* like a
darky's face, en's particular fino, after which es rnny
ou ua feel hyeaish. we kin indulge. Tbaaik you for
your attention, Fellura.
F.XAMI\£ YOUR BILLS!
The following, runetei) by lha Boa'on Trinsorrpt
ftoti on* of its Southern paper*, ia quite an apposite
hint to examine your bill*:
A iLt-rcbaet of Mississippi, during a diy’e business
In which b* bad lro crowded with customers. *oU 0
•“Ml* “I ‘he value of folly dollar*, but neglected to
Malt* ibe t ha-go. Next day he routed the saddle and
rreollecied ih* fart of thr aale, but Dot the individual
arbn bought It. Aftai racking his memory for (omo
time to no purpose, ha directed h * deik Jim to torn
to hi* ledger alphabet ard read off ih* VV', then tbr
8 a. lb* D'e, the C*. and other letters in luceeaaion;
a' l 10 D ° f nrflP**. Tiled out with the mental excr
rise, and •• Iba tsadieal way of aetlling the difficulty,
** * im ’ t®. “
cuiv(brr. Tnie wai accordingly clone.
Whom Ihr plantera had got their cotton in and sea
llicg time team round, tbe billa ware preaenlod, and,
if oecaaioaaliy one man more prudent than bia neigh
hora weot through the diodgeiy of examining a long
liat of sundries got by diffareol membara of the family,
b* might pesetbly discover t ssddis which he had not
goi.or dim more than they had got, and, ohjec'ing to
tbs ilam, it would ha atruek out of courae, alleging
‘.beta wa torn# miatake, When all thr accuuata had
lw*n settled up, “Well, Jim,” said the slorrksaprr,
* h 8 *“•“? rustomeis paid run for that raddle
Jim examined end irporled thirty -one. “Little
enough,’ exclaimed hia employer, “lor ibs trouble
we hurt had lo find not g ot j, i”
Far * raw Geit.—li ia not prrhapa generally known
that thi. dere.iplion of artillery, which bcar*ih*n**
of French flenorsl, is in fact lh„ invention of an *
America,, officer. Col. Hoxronn. In a note to Lir u .
Hallex.lv , wo.ty on Military An and Science, jal peb
lisbetl by Applelea A Cos. (page k 0 ] the e*a* i* itk*
#Ut*d:
•• i pieces [Piiibo guns or Culoa.biaJs] weri
ilni iufitfUcJ Ij Oulbuyl b'*mforJ, oi Lnittd
8 ate* Army, aud ued in the war of III*. The di- j
mentions of these guns were ftr.t taken to Europe by
a young French officer, and thus fell into the bend* of
General I’eiihan, who immediately introduced them
into the French service. They were by this meant
fiist made known to the real of Europe, end revaiveJ
the nurne of the person who introduced them into tho
European service rather than the name of the original
inveninr. All these Ucta ere so fully euaccpttble of
proof that the European* now acknowledge themselve*
indebted to ue for the invention; even Uvneral Fi*‘
| ban aiv.-e up ell ‘claim to originality in bia gun, end
limits himeelf to certain improvement# winch he in
troduced, The original, which w*a invented by Col.
Bamf ird. ami wlmte dirnenttone were carried to Oen
eral l’aixhan i” France, ia now lying at the ordfianta
depot in New York harbor.’’
Nhooting one’* CJraiitltnuthvr.
The above ia the English of a very common eiprea
sion. that ia u-ed when one individut would laugh at
another on account of some mistake that he had made.
It commonly fall* upon the ear after ihia manner—
tholes the Unit you shot your granny. With the ori
gin or meaning of llii* queer i iprraainn wa are wholly
unacquainted, hut the idea which it suggaate to our
mind, we will illustrate by the following atory.
Once in the olden limes, there li'ed in the goodly
city of Ciucinali, u certain gentleman* who wae noted
f.r hie wealth and eccenliicitiea. He had a beautiful
dnighter, lb* winning of whose heed waa Hie duel
ami flion of all the young men in the country. Among
the many who bed never been introduerd, and tliere
tnre only admired in the abstract, were a couple ol Ken
lucky bloods from Lexington. They were botuin com
panion*, but, as fate would hate it, both awmng far
the same end, via : an iutrodui lion to the fair nnkricwii.
I bey finally concluded, however, that they ahould be
come acquainted at the same lime, leering the inure
distant future to the decrees of fortune.
Io piocvsa of lime the; made theii appearance in
ouV city, but o* they had brought on letter* with them
and were unacquainted with khe aristocracy, the com
mencement of their campaign wee gloomy. For e few
days 110-ir principle amusement was to walk by the
mansion where rested the Buckeye charmer, end thl*
Ibev dui in the morning, el noon, aud in the quiet ev
ening of every day.
On an occasion if ao happened that they chanced to
walk within hailing distance of tile sIJ gardener of the
mansion, who was busily engaged in liin muig aome
grape vines, when the idea suddenly entered their nod
dles that they might employ hia service* to advantage
Whereupon they jampi and over the fence, and the elder
of the two commenced the following dialogue:
•- Halloo, old covey, here's e silver dollar, end now
we want you to give as a helping band.”
“ Well, gentlemen, I shall be nioel happy to aaeiat
you : what is it you o *nt V’
*• We understand that ytmr master ha* * vciy pretty
daughter, arid wc want to becom* acquainted with her.
We tie stranger* to the city, and would know how
-e may be introduced !”
•• That’s rather a pur.ehng question, young gentle
men. But bold ! I’ll give you my advice. There i*
a getiVietna t living at the Broadway Hotel whn is verv
intimate with the family, and if you will scrape an ac
quaintance with him, 1 doubt not but he will be most
happy ta gratify your wietiea.”
•• Thauk you, thank you, old Covey, we atop at that
Hotel, and Ilia game la opening beautifully. Goodaf
tarnoon, John.’
A couple of days passed away, during which time
1 there had been eertvin rnanaeovera carried on which we
wrfl leave to the readers imagination. The young men
succeeded in availing Ills co-operation of the family
frigid, whose noble conduct they were constantly ex
tolling to the skies. The hour for the long desired in-
Irodueliun finally arrived. With bow# and armies, and
lender *|iec*hc* the Kentucky gentlemen were usher
ed into the splendidly furnished pailorof the unknown
; nabob. In a few moment* (he wealthy beauty made
tier appearance ; the gentlemen ware inlioducrd by
j their friend; the lady, who waa in g’eat glee, received
th.ni in the moat polite manner possible, and the lo*
era were pe ficlly med with delight. The evening,
I that was eiceed ngly mterevtiog to all concerned, waa
I interrupted by tho following concluding scene :
The lady, who had left the room for a few momenta,
presently made her appearanre hanging upon the am
1 of an o and gentleman, and as aha approaeh-'d the y oung
KamncUians, vhe tosaed over a aiiver dollar to them,
and begaed permission to introduce to to than sequunl
auao her Father the old Corey, the gardener.
i Such ia sometime# the end of even Kentucky cliiv.
airy, and one of the many modes in which people oc
casionally shoot their grandmother*.-Civ'i, Chronicle.
INTEREST OF MONEY.
It was twenty per cent, ia Europe ut the twelfth
1 century. Fixed at twelve per cent, in Bpatn, Germa
ny, and Flanders, by L'htilea V. in 1560. Till tha
| fifteenth century, no Chr stisns were allowed to receive
interest of money, and Jaws were the only usurer*;
and therefor*, often banished snd per-erut- and. Inter
est wa# first settled hj law m England *t ten jwr cent,
87 Henry VIII., 1546. This law wss repealed by
Edward \t , but if wss matured hv Elizabeth, in
thus* days the mena-eh could not borrow without the
. collateral security of ths metropolis, interest wa* re
j dueed to eight per rent., and the word first oed in
then! of usury, 21 James |„ 1624. Reduced the
” Komp-pr|isment” (so de-ignated si the period of
the Civil war in England) in 619, to sir per cent., end
ao confirmed si the Restoration, in 1660. Reduced to
five per cent., 13 Anne, 1714, at which rate it remains.
The rate in Ireland is six per cent; regulated 14 Geor
ge 111., 1773. In the United States, by lew, from
six to iwt Ive per cent. In England ell interest shove
the legal standard is usury,and punishable by th* Eng
lish srstuts. The law, however, doss not now apply
|to bills htving only sixty days to run.— Hunkers’ Cir
cular.
“ “ ,4T CoasrsmtTi Knur—Half a dozen
brothers, four uncles. and • grey-basded father, trying
I to atop a young girl from anting married 10 the man
ahe loves, a n d who love* her, juvl as if rep# ladders
were out es dale, and all Ibe horses in the world
spavined.’’
® f somebody, and it may be all very rominlie
and ery f.ne lo lean over lo that aide of ibe question j
but yt he experiences will show that when a half
a dozen brothers, four uncles, and a grey-headed lalhar
lake the position shove indicated, I here is sometimes
pretty god reasn for it, and thal if rope-ladder* and
harass without spavin, arc effectively luought in play,
the consummate folly will often he found in the end la
have a different location, from that which the para
ges phial would give it, II doubt there be on this bead,
look, we pray you, at the divorces applied for, granted
or not grained, and reflect also on the domestic unhap
piness with which tho world (hounds. Rather, then,
preach caution to the young and ardent, on this score,
than tempt them lo yield to sudden impulse* and past
ing whims, lest lha enor of a moment prove the mise
ry of * whole life. There are unreasonable relative*,
lo be aure—prejudice* will cxiat, and cruel thwarting*
do occur. But yet, when brothers, uncles, father* are
airay*d against a choice, if they be the proper sort of
bother*, uncles and falhsri, pause, we advise you, gen*
lie maiden, and think deeply on it. before *a ieretriev.
rblc step is taken—your guardians and your friend*
1 have your happiness at heart, end they know thr world,
to*. If they object, depend open it that Ih* ground ,
you stand on crave* waty walking, and the- it la eafesl
to ra*ve slocvlv, if indeed there be not ample can** lo
; ircede. Reside* there is peihapa time enough, and
! true love ia none Ibe worse for a probation. Reject the
ro je-larhlera and tlie horses, and be sue* you are light,
before Ih* fancy and tbe imagination ara permuted to
lead yon on.
JOVE AND AUTHORSHIP.
A ro'iwspondsm of tbo New York Naiiohal Press I
speaking of the recent marriage nf Mias t’hubburk to
the Rev. Dr. Judson, save that on the arrival of ihu 1
Dodtor in America be became acquainted with Mi*g
< bubbO'V and eogtgsd her to write the Memot-sof
bia lat|e wife, who died at tit. Helena uo her return
b'>me In naarch of health, In tbi* way commenced
Rtflwcy that hat tince ripened into nnlrirnony,—-
Tba oorreapandent goes on to eay. “title wnl n„ v
wnjoy peculiar Iscffitles for completing the M *-uvi-s.”
Jfowno people may doubt whether thi* is a !egitiinn*e
eirnrloslon. Second wives are not generally foe J. 1
making their “ illustrious predrersaom” the'topic ct
matrimonial Uteutttci. We do no: mean lo say any
thing egainat lU l>. ao. U i*. eva tag.**#, a aaiy
avotthy man anJ ao indefatigable atiaatonary Withal,
but we have aii r veJ the legend of the Ephesian tna
iron. It may he that the Memoir* of *ha Judam tha j
Fuat will never be completed. Aa an eminent Editor
ia to the habit of saying to doubtfui cow*. none
otrrvns.”
Culureof the Grape in Ohio The perseverance
of the win-- grower# in Ohio aeema to h a'Uioed a
gratifying degree of success. 1 here arc now in Ham
ilton county, Ohio, according to a report of Ur. Flagg
to the Cincinati lloit cultural boctety-aeven'y-eigU
vineys'd* in cultivation. More than fifty #f three ate
cultivated by Ucimao*. The Report states the follow- j
1 fiitl* ‘
The amount of wine made laat year exceeded 29,000
gallons, not withstanding more than one half the crop
wee cut oil by the host and rot, end many of the vine
yard# ere but jual coming into fruit. Tho overage
yield of wine per acre, for life year* in succession, ia
fatimited at 450 to 500 gallons, which sell* quick at
fl to 51, 60 per gallon. There will bast least one
bundled acre* more put down to grep-e llii* spring,
making three bundled in all, in Hamilton county.
There ere alru eight or ten viueynrd# in Kentucky,
wilhia a doxen miles us this city. The mtietie* gm
erally cultivated are the Catawba end ihe Cape; the
latter ie tailed at the East the Schuylkill Muscedel,
end furnishes the red wine. That fr.ini the C atawba
ia white, end sella the highevt. Ihe Isabella, so pop
ular at the Kail, is universally thrown up here, a* uu
suited to thr climate.
[ Correspondence of the S. Y Sun ]
1 HE GREAT ECLIPSE-TOTAL DARKNESS.
Haoua xx UaxiDi, litxaii or Cl ax. i
May. 20, 1846. J
Messrs. M .Y. Peach 4 Sons,— ldeas Bin:—Your ;
favor of the 18th April, lequevting an account of the |
Eclipse of the Suo. ou the 25th nil., from this place, j
si which alone the wondeifui phenomenon of total dark- 1
nas* was witßeasad, has tills moment been recased.—
The event came off as *■ advertised,” but its sublimity j
to engaged my attention, ttisl my previous resolse, to
note the time of its progisaa, was entirely fin gotten
until It had passed off. lam therefore indebted to my
fiicnd Dr. Siylea for a copy of hia record of the time,
which he assures eie was taken with great care. Our
place of observation here is in north latitude *2 deg.!
50 ruin. 29 sec. west longitude (from Grecnarich) 30
deg. 4 min. 31 sec. The eclipse commenced at oh.
42in. 30*. A. M., aky clear, Fahrenheit'# thermometer
at 70°. As the time of total darkness approached, all
animated nature gave signs of approaching night, man
only excepted, lit of course ippaiird to the nsoxt fa
vorable points of observation ; hot the gala day amuse
ment* winch usually accompany a general torn out
haie, were wanting oil this occasion. The hilarity and
mirth of oui gsy Dons and Senoras gave place to in
dications of chastened feeling* and emotions of \vs at i
this sublime evidence of A Imighiy Bower. Thcsltvee
abandoned their occupations, *nJ in mmrceie* they
might be seen on their knees, worshiping our great
Uieator. Not were they slotic in ihia. Few could so
fit forget their dependence on God in the thick dark
ms* w hich eurrounded us at mid day, as In refuse Io
worsh'p and ailon- him. A ppslling must have been the
depravity winch could forget Him ill that display of
hia all-pervading power. The dirknes* came upon us
gradually, an I at 17 minutes past eleven thr sun wa*
totally obscured ! There stood the moon covering the
whole face of the sun, and presenting the appearance
ofs great black ball in Ihe heavens. iih rays of light
diverging from be.iind it. The lavs gave out a pale
aururvlikc refl.-ction upon the earth leaeniblmg that
cast by the moon when half full. I bis lusted only
fifty second*, and at a little past twelve the eclipse en
ded. There wa* no preccptlhle change in lire ther
mometer. A fvw scientific gertileraaii flora London
i and Baris, sent out by their respective government*,
came hers to lake observations, anil have been highly
j pleated with the result, the dy being altogelhet favor
able. They hsd ail the netca*sry instiurnerits wrh
then, and will, no doub', publ.sh an ioterrsting state
ment to the sri'-ntifie world.
Beginning of eclipse, fl't. 42m. 30s. A. M
•* daikncss, 11 17 DO
End II lg 19
•r a e'-lip*a, 0 69 <lO A. M.
Duration of dxrVtwess, O 0 60
•• “eclipse, 3 18
Fahrenheit's therm tmeler, at the commencement.
79d*g.. without any perceptible change during the e
clips*. after which, however, it continued te rise for
fame hours. I was much amused by thk remaik of an
Aragon, one of my Ixborere. The pout fellow, iu his
lexl not to have Aragon outdone, said tie bad frequent
ly seen eclipses of the sun at night, when lie was at
home, and affirmed it w ith gicat seriousness.
I remain, yours, very truly, B.
EMIGRATION.
Emigration' —lt sppesr# Ly a letter from Hanover,
Germany, to tho Washington Union, received by the
Caledonia, that the number of emigrant! from Europe
to tbs United States, during the present year, will s
monut it i believed, to no less than 200 000—a third
more than ever embarked in any previous year. The
Dublin Boat estimates that 30,000 will leave Ireland -
lone, moat of whom are substantial farmer*, and that
they will carry with them at lesst X 600.000, or $3,-
000.000. In England the number txill )>e still grealer,
confined principally to farmers, who are frightened by
the piobable abrogation of the com laws. Many fam
ilies in affluent circumstances are also quitting Holland
for our shores—s country which, for a long tints, has
been less of sn emigrating turn than sov in Europe.
Twenty thousand persons, chiefly French snd'twiss,
: will embark at Havre. Forty thousand Germans, at
, ths lowest computation, will sail ftom Bremen, three
nr four thousand from Hamburg, aa many from Rot
terdam. and fsur or five thousand from Antwerp. Be
sides the inriease of our wraith from this addition tn
our population oy its industry, it carries with it sn ac
tual capital exceeding $20,000,006.
i Queen Victoria —l uw her Msjeety vary lately,
ah* looked very pale and ill. and wore an expression
of satiety and discontent. Prince Albert was with
her. and bowed gracefully at he passed. You. aerus
tome J to a land of liberty and equality, would doubt
j leas smile, could you see our Sovereign travel.
The sound of horses’ feet is the firat notice of her
approach, and lha next moment a troop of soldiers fly
pas', as Bodily as the Mvch wind, end railing just a
’ much dual; then come* an open carriage with four
horses and military outriders, and seated therein ia a
lady with fine cyra and a drawn bonnet of pink, blue
or atraw color—the Monarch of an Empire on which
the nun never sets. With her aie Prince Albert and
the Princess Royal; the second ear iag* contains the
other child’on and their nurses, and tbe third ia necu
i pied by the Equerries in Waiting. Are. Our Queen i*
] u pattern le her eex. She rise* at lean o'clock, enter*
’ the nursery at eight, to indulge in • romp with her
i children, like any other mother; at nine the house
hold asaemble for pro yen ■ and aft tr ten o clock ahe
prohibit* breakfast Iwing served lo any one in tb* Pal
ace. bnwevor high their rank!— Correspondence Boi
’ ton Traveller.
F*anto* antes.—M. Michelet, the distinguished
French philosopher and historian, speaking nf fashion
able life, Siva, •• be never left a drawing room filled
with this data, without finding hia heart aontracled
’ and colder, and hi* brains shallower.”
A Judge for the Wan. — We have niary instances
of the besi men In the country volunteering for the
Mexican campaign, but that of Judge William* us
| lowa, is lha inoat remarkable of all. A volunteer
I company paraded in front of th* hotel where the judge
was lodging, and the captain informed the judge thal
!Le had marching order*. Judge W. ut once offered
himtelf aa a volunteer. “I be company ia full,” was
the reply. •• Perhaps you went a musician,” raid tbe
judge. Tbe captain said ho wanted a fjfer. “I am
your man,” raid Judge W and'he atHvo-e donnad'his
uniform and started bllj playing Ya'irketf Doddle fiko a
regtfiar. v • • * *., .. t •
Good* for Santa Ft. —One Ijlind ed >nn* •( ,cr
cliatidlx.- arrived at Ml. Louis up, ln ,i | /, m
the E sot. vis Pi'Ktmrf. Coni - ‘ - ‘ ,„*■ ,,’ ;
in Manta Fe and Chihuahua. ,4. M y . t'tf txl
vsare. cutlery, dr. go d*. war e* sod It.maa
nit.er snide* iln re ~v ,nf vsiucb
I-one of tbe is'><-*; •. have been
fD i !® lo £*itta Fh.
DOMESTIC.
The Olii* Treachery.
Oar correspondent briefly state* tt*o evidence which
transpired on Tuesday, vUst the tieachery, open ami
ahatncleas, o( a portion of the Democratic pally, ie ■
gain called into requisition, to defeat nil reform in the
Tarifl. But the trader will hotter understand ho*
groe# anti broxen the act wis, l>v perusing the *p.t c,‘t
of Mr. BaixEsmiorr of Ohio, which we copy from
tbo report of ihe Intelligencer. A more Inreluced *-
eowal of political profligacy never yet am made.
Charleston Mercury.
Mr. Brinkerhoffobtained the floor, and said he had
risen at this time for the purpose of hating a little plain
talk; of telling that committee what Onio could do,
and what ahe could not do ; what .be would do, and
what she would not do. ‘J bey had had a great deal of
discussion on the doctrines of protection nod free trade,
which led to lillle more practical result than the dis
course held hy the fallen angels who waited on the
shores of bell, while their gr, at chief was on an expe
dition through chaos—
“ and reasoned high
Os Providence, foreknowledge, will, ami late,
Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute,
And found no end, in wondering mazes lost-”
Mr. B. said that he was warranted tospe.k the
unanimous sentiment* ul the entire Ohio delegation,
without the exception of a man. Did gentlemen sup
pne that they were going to support this bill? I'bey
would do no such thing. And why ? They had some
objections sgsinat it, which, though strong, would not
themselvc* be insuperable; hut there were others
which nothing could remove. They objected l<> the
hill, fint. because it made a wide and improper distinc
tion in the duties levied on spirits and upon wine.
There ought to have Ueen no such discrimination be
tween these two articles. If there was a good reason
for laying a duty on the one. there we# a reason equal
ly good for imposing a duty on the othrr. Both ar
ticles were equally unnecessary ; nor did he think that
the health and irmials of ihe American people would
le at all injured should both he permanently excluded
Their next objection to the bill was the discrimination
made between the articles of woolens and that of vaoul.
The duty on woollen goods was pul down at 30 per
cent., tile duly on wool at 25 per cent. Both articles
wore imported, and they should both hare been taied
alike. Ohio waa largely interested in the growing ol
wool, and she held Ihel the wool-growers were entitled
to the same protection wiih thr manufacturer of wool
len cloth. They objected, in the third place, to Ihe
distinction made between flaxseed nil and flaxseed.
The one being taxed 20 jrer cent, and the other at 10
per cent. They had the same ohjrr lion to the distinc
tion between raw bides and leather. The liidea in the
raw state were taxed 5 per cent., the leather 20 par
cent; the cflecl of w hich would he to destroy the man
ufacture of leather in this country.
But these objections might all he gat over under
proper modification, There were other objections to
the hill which could nut, hut which were insuperable.
Tho bill proposed a lax, contingent indeed upon the
face of the hill, hut certain in ile operation end elicit
on tea and coflee. To tliie they could not submit, and
they would not, the Union to the contrary notwith
standing. They could not consent to harmonize their
voles with the cracked and diacotdanl and squeaking
Holes of Ihe government organ. The tax on lea anil
coflee was to all tolrnts and purposes a poll tax. It
might ns well have been laid on every man, woman
and child in the country. It waa a poll tax, and Ihe
people of Ohio would not pay it. There articles wrre
in u-e by all the preople. sod moat used by the poor. It
waa the poor man's refirshment when he came home
from Its toil, ai.d waa ofieti the poor woman’s only
luxury. Many families in Ihe Wc&t oiade aae of it
three times a day. Besides the lax on these articles
waa a sectional tax. The peoplo of Ihe North and
Middle St„ies all mads use of them. The laboring
population as much if not more than any. while those
who performed labor in the Boulb rcirce used them at
all.
But it was said by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr.
Junes) that the Government could not raiae enough
revenue to meet the public service without Ihe lax. Ho
not while ihe rommittre were catling down all other
articles and leaving them free, he presumed they could
nor. But did gentlemen think that the free delegation
of Ohio, for the mere purpose of pleasing this Admin
i-tralion, and for nnlliing else ander heaven, were go
ing to lax llie stomachs of the people, and that 100 to
op|M>rt an exclusive Southern chivalry ? Thsy would
rut do if. Whence cams our minister* abroad, and
‘vith their nine thousand dollars outfit and their nine
thousand salary I Every one of them from tha slave
(States. W hence came a majority of our foreign min
isters of the second rale, our Charges deg Affairs 1
From the same Stales. This under an Administra
tion that they hail themselves made and helped to sus
, loin hy a majority of their number. [A laugh. A
i voice —•• Whom did Ohio vote for?”) Ohio had had
a rons'ant Democratic majority on Ihit floor, aid yat
this was the manner in which ahe was us<d.
“Can these things be,
And overcome us like a summer cloud
Wiiliout our special wonder f”
Ohio had been wholly deluded from that share of
lofloenr* in this Government to which ahe was enti
tled. Il was of this that she ju.ily complained- We
do not care about your money, said Mr. B. All our
people are accustomed to work for Iheir living. It is
not your money we want; hut we claim to have our
legitimate share of influence and consideration in this
Government. We claim it because it is our right.
’ Our citizen* have been Studiously exeludrd from almost
sII public office*; and have been thus prevented from
obtaining that experience in public business which
tormx the best education of a statesman. Ohio is the
third State iu this Union; and yet what haa she got
from this Administration ’ lias aha a foreign minis
ter? Notone. A charge ? Notone. A consulship
of the first class? Not one. A consulship of the
second clas ? Not one. A child can tell the storv
who has learned lo speak but two words, ••not one.”
I believe ahe has but one bureau, that of Indian Affairs,
and that is all under the Government to show that such
a Slat* is in existence. Our people do riot yet know
all these things; but they shall know them, and they
shall act upon them. They will doit. Are free and
independent men going to lick tbs hand that smites
them ! I tell y< u that oura is not the soil that give*
1 birth to such men , and so long as I can exert any in
fluence over the action of my people, it never shall bo.
We will not con>eut to lax the stomach# of oor pro
pie lo please either tho Administration nr its organ. If
our people cannot have their share of office and of in
fluance, they shall have il at least of the comforts of
life.
OS), bat you will vote Ibis ui as a wsi in. Cer-
Uinly, *• a war lai von will vole it, worn you Vou
| will not refuse a lai lo suppmt the wai 1 Yea, we
; would have vot. and you a wai lai jual aa l.rge aa you
i chose lo ask if we bad not teen you auch valiant heroes
1 when Ibe fighting waa to Ins with the Mexican hyena,
I but trembling like an aapen bas at the first remote mut
j teriwg of the Briueh lion. If you had stood up for
what yoo youraelvea taught ua waa our right, you
might have laird any thing you pleaaad. Hi would
J have atood by you till the l.vat anu given you our last
, dollar. But you havo made a moat disgraceful surren
der. After declaring that Oirgori was oura of right up
to 64° dll', you have come down to 49°, yes, below
49°, and hava given up lo our ancient enemy the use
of e gieal river aouth of th.t line. And alter all this
you can now turn round end ask us for a war lax,
Now, we moat pay for a war for Sou hrm conquest
after you have given away toilliona opou millions of
eciea of our own territory at the North, Will yon
now ask from ua to grant you a lax on tea and rolled
And do you think we will give it ? No, we will do
no auch thing. I aaiJ el the beginning that I roae here
to have some pleio talk.
And now I ask you. suppose you strike out lea and
coffee from your liill, wlm then ? I have always stood
up for a revenue tariff; I stand for it still, I will go
neither for e tariff for protection, nor lor a tariff for the
destruction of revenue, and therefore the next question
V<;‘ W ill your bill r.nso revenue enough for the use of
Tiovierriirient wilfiout lea end coffee t The Secictary
t.f.ihe Treasury says tils! he lava this tax on Ite und
•ccflrtii to supply Ibe requisite amount of levenue, end
ihst h- experts it to produce three millions of dollars.
N’rtUe it out and you have a deficit of three millions io 1
start wilt). Wui the genii-man from New Vork (Mr.
Ilim-.-r I t-i) v-r\ rlcailv drmuitslraied til Ins speech
I ■ * 1 -*• > or 101 l would produce a deficit of
mu h in - o than three millions.
I he a■ swags expenditure of this Government lias
I rt u shown lo be nearly tnen'v-aii millions par annum
o.m yen have breoght us a bill which, without tea and ‘
oeffes, will nat giv* yen cightaen cillliati*. I sj uc
dvr u* pledge to go for a tariff la daslrny tavesue, and
rspsciallv when it i* foreseen, and is so intended that
this shall lead tea permanent tsx on tea and coffve.
I suppose if w* refuse lo insert the ux in this hill,you j
will biing in a separate bill for that purpose expressly- ,
Now it is nut my duty as a Dsmorrat to vots lor such
a hill to raise revenue. 1 hold it neither wire as a ;
atat.-sman rynr politic as a par man, and I hare giro vuu
fair warning that we make an issue with the Douxnit
lee of Way* and Means on (his point, an,l il yea reck
on on oar aotea to cany your bill, you reckon without
your boa*. I warn vou lo cornu to it in time.
We have agreed that we will support thr amendment
moved hy the gentleman froaa New York, (Mr. Hun
xrrford.) For that we are ready lo vote urnnimoualy,
because tt compromise* lltiv much disputed question,
and w ill settle it forever. That hill is exempt from the
odious minimum# which have occasioned #o macli j
complaint, und it contaius hut two or tureu specific ,
duties.
V\ e cherish oo hostility lo old Pannaylvania. On
the contrary, we lo*e her weil, fur we look lo hrr us
our parent, Virginia, indeed, claims as. bul we dis
own her. Good old Pennsylvania haa done more for
l the Slat* of Ohi* than ell God’a creation besides, and
weirs not going to prove matricides. We b*e long
looked with pride to her Democratic banner, and it
would be faicidal madness lo throw her into t! a em
braces of our enemy.
There is a point where uaglect will be remembered,
and where insult will uol be forgotten. I believe
I Pennsylvania will yield much for the take of compro
mise, but to go with our eye# open and with full knowl
edge for the destruction of a latill which does yield
sufficient revenue, to adopt a bill which begins wttk a
deficit of threr or four millions, we cannot do it, and
will not do it. We can defeat your hill and will de
feat your bill. 1 speak this more in sorrow than in
soger. I cheriab no hostility to any man on this floor,
bul gaotlemen on all aides may reckon upon this pur
pose ts be fixed as lair. ‘■ I apeak as to wise men ;
judge to what 1 say.” [This speech waa heard in pro
fuaud alienee, and produced great eessahos.]
Mr. Blanchard [a premonitory symptom] of Penn
sylvania, also deliaereil a plain, practical, and power
ful aprech against any alteration of the preact,t tariff
We have room only lo give a few extracts In the
first place he refer* lo Mr. Polka U tter lo the People
of Pennsylvania on the aulject of the Tariff before hie
election—he eays :
The Democratic lenders who proposed him, and who
wanted to get Ihe people of Penaylvema to vote for
him, told them thet lie was a good protection man ;
that he was a sure tariff man, and might be relied on
to stand hy rrnayltania and the protection of home
industry. The people listened to the e accoun's ; hut,
not being quite satisfied bow the matter stood, one
John k. Kane, of Philadelphia, thought he would write
to Mr. Polk, and get from him something under hi*
own hand declaring what his sentiments really were.
Mr. B. went nn to any that when Ihe Irtlei carno the
Democratic orator# saiJ lo :hc people then. There is
hi* own letter; now you see that all we told you was
true. Here Mr. Polk says he is for protection. He is
i for protecting all the interests of the country. You
; ate what a protection man be ie. You need not be *-
traid of Mr. Polk, for non you have got* letter under
bis own hand. The people read the letter, and they
did not know very well what lo make of it, but they
thought it must mean what the Drmocratir leader* told
them, foi in Pensylvani*. in a hard-contested election,
a weak argunent, or any thing that pretended to he an
argument, is equal, lor all parly purpose*, w ilt mathe
matical demonstration; so fir the leader* had il Iheir
own way, and whenever they wanted lo prove that Mr.
Polk waa a protection man, they referred In this letter,
which certainly was a capital letter, a well-written let
ter ; it was a noble letter, and as the Irishman said. • it
was so noble that it was ignoble.’ Mr. B. never rrad any
! letter like il, sordid he know any letter thst could he
i compared to it, unless it was tha letter tliut Uriah car
ried to Joab. When Uriah brought that letter lo Josb,
lie had little thought that he carried in hi* hand*
his own death. As litlie thought had the people
of Pennsylvania, when Ihit letter came lo them (rom
Mr. Polk, and waa raad to them from eteiy slump,
that the letter brought death to Pennsylvania. But
I the letter waa to he read according lo Gen. Jackson's
j doctrine, by eerh men is he underalood it. (* laugh ;)
i ami as the leaders explained it, il suited Prnneylvauia
exactly. They bad been qsarrelling among themael
; tee in that State about polities, but. when this latter
came, every body understood Mr. Polk waa a feat ta
riff man ; and though there were Democrats enough in
; Pensylvania to beet the Whigs, yet. if the tariff Dem
i ocrats had toted with os, we had a majority for llcnre
; Ulay ; yet Ihe luriff Democrat*, after Mr. Polk’* letter,
thought the tariff safe in hi - hands end so went for him.
Pennsylvania had l>eencelled • the Keyat-meStele;”
mid so ahe waa—a noble Slate ; true to the country
patriotic end breve To be sure she had not *n much
i of’ ihe chivalry’ as some other States professed to heve;
j but, h*n hard knocks were to be endured, she was
j al rel, T 10 !>•’ where of them as any body. Bhe
possessed more mineral wealth than any Slat* in the
Union. She had, to be sure, run heraelf into debt, and
as to a part of that debt, she had incurred it very fool
ishly ; for come of her roads end rnnsli were compar
j ilively hut of little profit: hut the principal line of ca
i n “l — lbe great thoroughfare of communication through
the Nlatr, waa. in reality a line that belonged more lo
I *h Tnion thae to Pensrlvania. It did more good to
thegrett West than il did lo Pennsylvania, The Gen
erol Government had taken ewxy her share in Ihe pub
lic lands, nr she would with Ihesr have easily paid for
all her canals. Bhe had never asked for much, ‘bough
ahe had given a great deal. AII she asked now was to
leave Ihe laws as they stood: to let her bring nut her
mineral weelth and pay her debt#. But pass tiiia bill
and Pennsylvania would repudiate in sii month* He
i warned gentlemen of the fact. It would sucply romc.
! -°uld not pay if the tariff shoulJ be stricken down,
j The county tax now was lo the Slate Ux Bto 3. r >, be
| aides which they had a school tax sqnal to the Stale
tax. The people were deteimined lo get information,
so that no more Polk letters should deceive them.—
They were resolved lo have light. They would go
Phlk-ing about in Ihe dark ro longer. As to Mr. B.’s
own polititel wishes, if he was a parly min. looking
only to the Whig parly, regardless of his country, he
would go for this hill. He would huzza for it aa loud
as Buy man; for os aurc as it passed, Pennsylvania
would repudiate her debts, and repudiate Democracy
at the same time. [A laugh.]
He would ask gentlemen lo look el the signs of the
lime*. Did they ever see Pensylvania Whig* and
; Pannaylvania Democrats msiching up, tide by side,in
nriiled column before? Did this betoken nothing?—
1 he two parties, till uow, would never have touched
one suothor ; but now they had coins together, arid
*tood shoulder lo shoulder. He waa afraid it wav 100
Isle. He gicatly feared il was almost too l*to.—
They had rlecled Polk, tad dreadfully had be poked
them. [Daughter.]
Correspnndtnca of the Chorlenton Courier.
WisaiMTat, Jcs 28.
I learn that the President yesterday nominated bre
vet Major Gen. Taylor, and Uni. Wm. O. Butler, ol
K.. to be Majora-Geriernla in the Army of the United
Slalee. The former is appninlsd under the provisions
oflbo hill authorizing an increase of one Msj-r-Gener
*l * n<) Brigadier-Generals, and the letter under the
hill passed a day or two since for the organisation of
j the volunteers. 1 here are six Brigadier-Generals yet
to be nominated. Col. Twigga and Col. Kearny will
probably be two of them.
It ia understood that the Committee of Ways end
Means of the Houee of Krprcscntilives, will, to mor
row, report a bill lo aulborize tbe issue of $12,000,000
1 reaaory notes. Unless they bear eix per cent, inter
est. they will soon he below par, and if they hear that
interest, they will ha osod for investment instead of
circulation.
The Tariff bill drags its weary langih along in tha
House, Boms ihiea or four speeches are made dailv,
hut no one appears lo listeo to them. Eaen if they
could change tbe opinions of members, it is not prob
able tltay could change tbeir votes, A member from
Georgia. (Seaborn Jones) baa, within a (am days thor
oughly can-aed tho House, and pula down the ma
jniiiy for H Kay's hill (Walker's) at 18. This agrees
with the estimate made some lime emce by Mr. IJud
nan, es Maas.
From the National InteUigenter.
THE OBJECT* OK THE MEXICAN WAR.
w e rereivtd oa Saturday last the New Orleans
” UemsierCiil J :aiea,” containing ihs fellawieg etata 1
B-.cßielih. ;* tape-t whiab iUpgMia.t
aDdcreteod ‘ there, though biiherte very, little under,
stood bars, that •• the Units* States will be disposed to
grant to Mexico the boon of peace:’’
•• T/it War uUti Mex.co Tht Price if Peace.
The question begin# to bu frequently *ked, what ia
the precise end definite object of the war with Mexico •
or ru'lter upon what terma will the United Slate* ba’
disposed to grant to that wretched and misguided couu
try the boon of peso* ? The general and immediate
object of ihe war is well uaderatood. YVe intend to
chastise Mexico; fuel, for her contumelioue treatment
[of American cat lens — for her arrogant and auptrcili
ou* Jentaonor towards nur Government, and for her re
peated violation of plighted faith. Next, we are anx
ious to wreak vengeance upon her for wantonly and
uupiovokedly crossing the boundary line of Texas
attacking the advance guard of the Army of Occupa-
I lion, and cemrnitliug outrage*, spoliation, and nissan
i era upon detached aquaria of American troops. Such
are the loading motive# for the present belligerent atti
tude of the United State* towards Mexico, and they
are perfectly intelligible and aslisfaclory to the sniue
coontry, unlesa we may except a rnntemplilde hand,
fill of tratorous fanatic* aboil New England, who cell
ibaaisrtvrs the champoins of liberty.’’
The -• Time#” ia not a paitirularly violent paper,
and we dare say it doc* not overstate the prevailing
feeling on the subject at New Orleans, niched and in!
lercvted ill the war as that city must he by the number
of bet gallant citiZ'-ns who h*v gone out as volunteer*,
I and by ihe military scene* and preparations which are
! daily and hourly passing helare the eyas of those ciu.
1 sens who have remained at home.
The last number of the government paper published
in this city, where the excitement upon the subj.-ci ia
little more than healthful ami reasonable, shows that
the views of thr Administration do nat fall far short of
those of tho Now Orleans paper. In some comments
of little other consequence upon the last speech made
by Mr. YY'zbst** in the Senate, this organ of the Ad
ministration makes the subjoined disclosure es its ob
jects and purposes in carrying on the war, which 1
though intended aa an answer to a call for •< precise”
informstion, is so loose and indefinite sc to leave room
for inference of purposes quite as irrational and inde
fensible “# the further chastisement and vengeance
which are at New Orleans apparently considered as
, legitimate and sufficient object# for tha prosecution of
! fierce and devastating war into the interior of Mr iirn.
Tho Union says that Mexico must render us- full jus-
I lice in every respect,” which phrase may include an
I absolute renunciation of her independent sovereignty,
| ueder the penalty of the sack sod lavage ot hrr capital.
I Those are not the exact words, hut they are the ver
•ion of all that is concealed aa well as what u expreta
ed in the following article :
isax me ‘• tnss” o r.arratrat sigst.
Mr. VY ehater tusisls that the country demands lo
know, without further delay, tha precise object* and
purposes of the Administration in carry mg on the u*r,
Professing upon this point to have no other knowledge
than that which is to he gained from the docutnculs
which have been laid Irefove the country, we may un
dertake to rum up these purposes in three words— lirp
urati’ n— Jus'ire — Peace.
In view of these objects, before the war ran ch •<
Mexico must relinquish her ab-urd trmtorial preten
sions— must provide for the lull payment of thr indem
nity which she owes to our citizens—nn;t tender u>
full justice m every respect, and,fink!ly must establish
peace wiin us upon condition* and guaranties which
•hall a cure its permanence. Tide much of the pur
poses of tha Administration wr gain hum the charac
ter of its recent action, aid all its public declaration*,
lievond this point wr do not pretend to proceed. Nor
do we believe that the country will ask nf the Admit:-
i*tration, it ibis juncture, in the midst of e wr, tossy
anything more ot its plans of p*< ification. YY e nag*
• war again*! the wr party in Mexico, lo serore a jut
peace. No other than a juvl peace can b# concluded.
This nation will sanction no other. YY hen Milieu
■hall proffer any tetm* of peace, he will b# heard.—
\V hen wr shall profler suitable terms, they will be c
---cepled. Till thi- Ie d-me, our veer will mi'rh steadily
end sigorously on —it will ascetul the .able lands of
Me X ico— it will march from Province lo Province,
and from stronghold to stronghold. until finally it
•hall dictate It I'ttredts.or to any sutceseor, if nr it
he. a cuoipulwry peace, on proper terin, sriihtn the
walls of the capital.
I us- after trading and repeating to oorer )ve> the vin
dictive menace conveyed in :he lest lineeof the p-need
ing extract from the goeernmrnt paper. r opened fb*
Philadelphia - North American’ of Saturday last, is
which we found an article -< directly fined a* s reply
to turh language, that it *eetiis as an almost miivrll
ou* anticipation, it not ua mipymg a superhuman
knowledge, bf ihe thoughts ehout to find cipn-.sniu
through this Executive conduit. YVe have pleasure
in inviting our readri* to ike r**etiti*l pin of it, it
f rllows:
The feeling* of the American ( coplc, wht'e they
prompt every sacrifice which nrrrsaity may Jnnand
are not enamoured nf war for itself, and will noi sanc
tion it* wanton prolongation. The danger past, they
ee no chi*alry in arraying a vigorous people of twenty
million* egainet—we ue the wo’d* of the Union—“•
nation nf something more then e nnll on of degenerst*
Spaniard*, lording il ovei stven millions ot Indians sud
half breed*.” They can antieipate no profit, lot tli*
conquest to us ts wo thlcss —no wealth, for Mex
ico ia beggmed—ne power, tor it subdued it would ex
haust u# to watch hrr—no honor for she is not a wsr
riot worthy of out steel. The unnecessary continu
ance of the contest can have no attiactiont fur the in
telligent mass of ihe Amrrican people.
How long will it last ? The question might be read
ily answered, if wc knew the oljcel and aim of the
war. The President gave u# the contest, withnuldei
going to ask authority ot advice ; he prosecutes it. with
out condescending to inform us what object is sought,
or upon what terms he is willing lo terminate it. Tht
people, with clamorous importunity, demand lo b* in
formed lor whit end they ahed their blood, expend
iheir money, and mortgage thr future of tha country.
They are told they must light and pay, and that is then
only answer. The organ, in response to the solemn
arid earnest appeals of the country in favor of an cm
bassy to Mexico, has no voice but for the c~y nf blood /
blood ! Mexico must be bled till she faints; ire must
rivihzr. her Ay slaughter, and raise a monument of our
philanthropy with Ihe drad bodies of her children.—
to make peace cicept over giave*. or sign covenerdi
excrpl in blood, is, occoidmg to tbo Union, dishonor
and sham-, * a a •
It is alleged that it would t-e a disgrace lo wilhholJ
the blow and spare the victim, when crushed and pow
erless at our feet. Not so. So fat aa victory can fits
glory, it is oura achieved by deeds of true valor, end
“gainst a superior foe. That glory will win no nr*
lustra from dating without danger, and erurliy with
out need. Palo Alto and Kestca do ll Talma would
blush lo be t-eociatrd with victories won oven foe al
ready crushed, disgraced, arid fugitive. Tha valor that
won thorn fields ran* aflord to be magnanimous and
merciful. And so can the country in whose name they
were woo. To send an embassy lo Mexico, now,
when we arc in force, confident, end crowned with tri
umphs, would be • diap’ey of true nobility of soul, which
the world would regard with admiration, il would
prove that, at least to tbe feeble, vie
Still in our right hen J carry gentle pracs;
and Mexico, conquered by our courage, would he donh
jly subdued by our rlemcney. There can be no doubt,
that she would eagerly rmbrsce the profler: if she re
pelled it, Ibe consequences be upon bet own head’
•’ On her head
Turn we the widow’* tear, the orphan’s eiiea.
The dead men’s blood, the pining maiden'* grain*
For husband, fathers, and belbrelbad lover*.
That shall lie swallowed in this controversy.”
No possible evil could irsull from auch • tender <
peace ; end good may como from il, evil* averted and
idepsings restored, more glorious than the reddest bxt*
lie-field that Moloch ever rejoiced over. To this. o
patriot, no gnod man, no chrialian can. it ‘earns 10 ufc
object. Il that or some other eintilat effort • shorten
Ibe war he not adopted, we may anticipate a xueril
cooteat of years, a mountain load of debt and taxes,
credit shattered, industry embarrassed, and the to®!**
of tha country overclouded. The immediate ptoap*
is the expenditure of twenty bullion* per ennitm—
iaaue of Treasury notes —e euhireaasry aval** * *
that issue penal—the Government beggar
the revenue primed lo extinction—Joans without *'*' 1
war without money—a police without *■ avowc
aim—and a asalem without head, heart, or ainewa.
To rneot ail this. Mr. Wnlkur has a bundle of uuln
exporimenta— figments acaioal faeta—conjecture* “If*
toal realities—and drnnrus aud theories w*
anil poverty. The President lisa twiea declare-. ‘
anxuma desire for an boooMkle pasoe ; let him nl ”