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About News & planters' gazette. (Washington, Wilkes County [sic], Ga.) 1840-1844 | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1844)
Augusta. 12th June, 1844. Sir .-—The undersighed, have been ap p limed by a Whig Convention held in this city on the 10th ittsU, for the purpose of nominating u cundidatc to rep resent the Btli Congressional District in Congrtss, to in form you that you were nominated bv the Convention by acclamation, ami request you to aoccpt the nomination. The performance of this duty is rendered mere agreeable front tho fact that we have every assurance that the Whigs through out the District, ill receive the nominatien with the satne unanimity and enthusiasm which characterised the proceedings of the Convention. We avail ourselves of the occasion to add our individual wishes to That of the Convention, and to assure you of our eonsidmation, Arc. C. H. SHOCKLEY, •’i . P. 3. LEMLIE, j £ J. B. GONDEtt, \ g W. P. BUTT, I | C. WHITEHEAD, J To RoaEBT Toombs, Esq. i Wash ington. $ ACCEPTANCE OF MR. TOOMBS. Washington, July Ist, 1844. Gentlemen : —My absence from home, protracted beyond my expectations by in. disposition, lias prevented an earlier ac k nowledgeiuent of your favor of the 12tl) u'.t. informing me of my nomination by the i ‘ottvemion ot'the Whigs of the Bth District us tit ji: candidate for Congress. I accent i';e nomination, and will endeavor to meet tite responsibilities and discharge the du ties which it imposes upon me to the best of my ability. And Ido so, the more rea dily, because I have the high gratification to hope and expect, that from the unanimity with which tlie nomination was made I shall have the active co-operation anti sup port of tite whole Whig party of the dis trict, in my efforts to sustain Whig men and Whig measures. “Our Cause is just,our Union is perfect.” Our candidates for I’resident and Vice Pre sident of the United States are available and reliable. Thev were selected and ap proved by the Whigs of the whole Union, neither because they were unknown, nor because they were too inconsiderable to be unpopular, (which seems to have been the Democratic rule for selection,) but because they stand pre-eminent among tne.ir coun trymen for splendid abilities, well-tried patriotism and distinguished public servi ces. Our gallant standard bearer, the il lustrious Statesman of the West, has been “seen of all men,” !'or the ia.--t forty years, battling for the glory, the honor and the in terest of his country, and for the cause of liberty all over the world : and if not al ways right, always bold, fearless, honest, and true. For the last thirty years, when ever the country has been in difficulty or danger, his countrymen have with one ac cord looked to him for deliverance. The results have always justified their confi dence. It would be strange, indeed, after the experience of the past, amid the calami ties and disasters which now compass them about from bad government and faithless rulers, if they should not again call to their service the citizen who has ever proved himselfready and willing and able to res cue them from their difficulties, and con duct them safely in die paths of peace and prosperity. The principles of the Whig party are known to the whole country. They have been for years past, promulgated in every conceivable form of publicity, until even our Democratic friends have finally proved themselves happily relieved from any doubts about them. They were again re iterated by the recent Whig Convention in Baltimore; not, like those of their oppo neOts, in vague and unmeaning generali ties, intended not to be understood by the people, but to be expounded to suit the di versified tastes of the Democracy in the dif ferent parts of the Union ; but in the plain, distinct, certain and explicit affirmances of our approval of practical measures, and clearly stated principles of public policy and constitutional construction. These principles and these measures are neither new nor untried. Those of them which have been met with the most deter mined opposition from the Democratic par ty, have been approved and practiced by every republican administration, from Washington down to the second term of General Jackson’s administration—and he was carried into the Presidency professing every principle proclaimed by the whigs at Baltimore. The Bank was approved by Washington, recommended and approved by Madison, and the charter of 1816, pas sed by the republican party in Congress.— The principle of raising the revenue neces sary to an economical administration of the government by duties on imports, so ar ranged as to foster our own domestic indus try, was recognised and adopted by the ad ministration of Washington, practised upon clown to the administration of Madison, was sanctioned and approved by him and the republican party of his day, and again sanctioned and approved by the republican administration of Monroe, and was sanction ed and acknowledged by General Jack son, while a candidate for the Presidency. Even his Bank Veto Message admitted the constitutional power of Congress to charter Jdank, and expressed great confidence in his own ability to give the country a good charter, “free from constitutional and other objections,” if he had been called onto do so. Jluring his first Presidential term, Gen. Jackson also rccommeded the -‘one term” principle, the distribution of the proceeds of tite public lands among tite States, re trenchment, reform, economy and a firm determination not to bring the patronage of government in conflict with the freedom of election, and generally to sustain privilege against prerogative. Ail these things were then admitted by cii ti T T-tobe re; tblican d.-u'ftne*. • I der them the country advanced with rapid j strides to gieatness, and the people were ! prosperous and happy. The present demo j eratic party, after abandoning all of these ’ principles, with an intrepidity ofdissimula lion heretofore unknown even in the history of party politics, claim to be republicans. , This democracy of theirs is certainly a | very different thing from the republicanism of Washington, Jefferson, Madison & Mon ’ roe. And from its practical results in the administration of our government, it is a ! thing to be noted and resisted by all true ! republicans and friends of law, order and good government. And yet it is for this I thing which they call democracy, that they j claim popular support. Theirmotto ought j to read, “democracy not men”—they hav- I mg truly shown a wonderful indifference to men in their selection of their candidates for President and Vice-President ; so much so, that they may almost lie said to have put those important candidacies in commis sion. There is one other democratic prin ciple which 1 have not time now to dissect. I shall take an early opportunity to do so. It has suddenly grown into vast propor tions, and from the clamors of the faithful over it, I presume “like Aaron’s rod it has swallowed up the rest.” I mean the annex ation of Texas question. It ought to be no matter of surprise to the people, that this party should attempt to divert public atten- I tion from their principles and practices al . ready condemned by the people, to any I new issue ; hence their new born zeal for a . question, which during the administration : of Mr. Van Buren, whilst they were en- I joying the powers and emoluments of office, ; they regarded at least with indifference, if not with contempt. For the very kind terms in which you have been pleased to discharge the duty i imposed upon you by the convention, please accept my thanks. 1 am, very respectfully, your ob’t ser’t. R. TOOMBS. ! Messrs. C. H. Shockley, P. S. Lemlie, J. B. Gonder, W. P. Butt, Charles White head, Committee. Col. Polk a Tariff and Bank Man— if Lewis Cass is to be believed. —Gen. Cass, in bis recent speech at Detriot, took occa sion toendorse the Democracy of James K. Polk ; and further to promise for him, f elected, that he would “follow in the foot steps of Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Jackson.” Well, these, statesmen, as every intelligent man well knows, were all in favor of a protective tariff, and each and all in their messages to Congress, strongly urged the necessity of the | rotociive p ilioy. And again : the first Bank bill was signed by General Washington, and the second bv Mr. Madison. Os course they were bank men. If then, Gen. Cass spoke truly, and “by authority,” we are justified in pro claiming James K. Polk in favor of a ■‘high protective Tariff ” and a “monster Bank !”—Mobile Advertiser. COL. RICHARD M. JOHNSON'S OPINION OF HENRY CLAY. “I have been in public life for forty years, and in that time have been associa ted with all the great men of the country. Leaving out Madison and Gallatin, who were old men when I first stepped upon the theatre of politics. 1 will place Jefferson first, then Henri/ Clap. He is a perfect Hercules in all the qualities that adorn human nature. Some men may excel him , in a single quality—for instance, Webster may be a greater logician—or some may be more renowned for deep researches— but take Clay all in all, he has not an equal in the Union, either in the north or in the i south, the east or lire west. In moral cour age, in physical courage, in oratory, in patriotism, and in every noble quality, lie is without a superior. He is a great, a very ‘ great man.” Our opponents iiave not yet determined, we believe, which cognomen their ticket shall assume the Polkat ticket, or the Dull ass ticket. Having seen both suggested, we leave it for their consideration. Alabama Journal. “ No Distinction of Creed or Color.” —lt is said Gen. Barker, the Locofoco Attorney General of the State of New York, recent ly addressed a locofoco meeting in Albany, in the course of which he uttered the follo wing remarkable sentence: “Democracy knows no distinction of Creed or Color I” From the Louisville Journal. After Polk’s memorable affair with Wise, it is known that he did not deem it prudent to return to his district until he got a certi ficate from Gen. Jackson, declaring that it was not cowardice which made him run.— The old hero is a judge ofsueh matters and may have been correct, in this opinion. Though a descendant of tories, Mr. Polk may be a brave man. “ I believe, for the matter of courage,” said Sir Benj. Dove, “ I have as much as my neighbors ; but ’tis of a strange, perverse quality; for as some spirits rise with the difficulties they have to encounter, my courage, on the contrary, is always greatest when there is least call for it.’ So it appears to be with Mr. Polk.— The Alleghanies once between him and Wise, his courage rose to a most majestic pitch. As he spoke of the insolent Virgin ian, he grew, by turns, pale and red ; he clenched his fists; he raved & roared. ‘ Fel low citizens,” he exclaimed, “if I had the fellow here I would show you what I would do with him!” Baylie Peyton used to tell a good anecdote in connexion with this most innopportune outbreak of Polk’s passion.— It reminded him, he said, of an amusing scene of which he was a witness when a boy. Two men, Jo Bridges and Jim Rob inson, at the close of a court day in Galla tin, got into a quarrel, as was much the fashion in Gallatin, get into a quarrel, as was much the fashion in those times.— Bridges talked loud and made every demon stration of a willingness to fight, but his cowardly heart failed him when tiie crisis rnme. and he “♦ordi to his he”!''. After he had put half a milo of space between him self and Robinson, and the danger seemed to be over, his courage suddenly begun to come to him. He told his friends that he was then very keen for a fight, and, suiting the action to the word began to strip accor dingly. First off flew his coat, then his i vest, and finally, so hoi did he wax, his shirt could not contain hint. It was near a brier | patch, at a short turn of the road, and, whilo | raving in this plight for Robison, lie turned i his head and saw Robison just at his elbow, j The next moment Jo was in the briers, rur>- j ning for the very life of him.” JAMES K. POLK’S SAGACITY ! In a speech delivered by Mr. Polk, last year, at -Madison, in Tennessee, he de nounced the Whig Tariff of 1842 in the bid terest terms—one of his main objections to it being its prohibitory and therefore anti, j revenue character—declaring that it would j cut up commerce by the roots, and beggar I the Treasury. Now, what are facts ? At the single port of New York, the receipts for the five months (just closed,) of the pre sent year, exceed nine and a half millions ofdollars, against about four millions in | each of the two preceding years. It is es timat.cd, from this and other ascertained facts, that the revenue of the present year will amount to at least forty millions of dob lars, of which about fifteen millions may be devoted to the extinction of the I.ocofoco National Debt, entailed upon the present administration by its “illustrious predeces sor.” That debt was about 25 millions on the first of January last. Is it not deplora ble that the predictions and arguments of the anti-tariff men are thus perpetually falsified and refuted by facts ? Lyn chliurg Virginian. Locofoco Principles. —The Nashville Un ion, a Locofoco paper, understood to be Gen Jackson’s especial organ, attempting to settle precisely the principles of its party, says : “We are for, what the Whigs are against.” This certainly gives them a sufficiently broad platform for their opera tions. The Whigs are against a great ma ny things, such as a suh-treasury scheme, British free trade, and Executive tyranny ; of course the Locofoeo’s are in favor of all these. The Whigs are against a system which allows Executive officers to steal the public money : they are against the sa crifice of American interests at the demand of British manufacturers: against the flood ing of our country with the productions of foreign labor, and thus ruining ourown ci tizens ; against corruption in every depart ment of the Government; against a tyrani cal exercise of the Executive Veto ; against public robbery and a violation of national faith ; against all schemes for personal ag grandizement or local triumphs at the ex pense of the integrity of the Union and the safety and happiness of the American peo ple. The Loco Focos, therefore, accord ing to the Union, are for all these things ! The Union is perfectly correct in its defi nition. Hostility to Henry Clay and the Whigs, is the only motive upon which they act. They think it necessary to avow no principles of theirown, hut content them selves with opposing the principles of the Whigs. They are emphatically the anti- Party, anti-Clay, anti-Whig, and anti-prin ciple. Hostility, hatred, malignity, demo lition, are the sole motives by which they arcactuated. And yet some of them have even yet the audacity to sneer at the Whigs for having no principles !— N. F. Courier Ii)- Enquirer. The Democrat who undertook to scrape up electioneering capital for Mr. Polk, by ignorantly pointing to his ancestry, and ex claiming—“ Revolutionary services!”-- “Prime movers in tite Mecklenburg Decla ration !” &0., &c., was about as keen as the electioneering chap out West, who, having called in at a cabin after dark, got to kissing and praising the farmer’s little j ’uns, which, when a light was brought in, turned out to be little negroes ! In the lat ter case, however, no one else was injured by the blunder but the blunderer himself. In the former, a whole party are shorn of their glory ! Why did’nt he search the re cords! It is too bad! That Democrat ought to be— “ Rode upon a nil!” So far from Ex. Governor Polk being a descendant from a Revolutionary Whig, it is a matter of regret that lie is the descen dant of a Revolutionary Tory. Ezekiel Polk, after the strugglers of ’76 were over, and all was quiet, was appointed by tiie Magistrates of Mecklenburg, as Sheriff of that county ; but the people remembering the part which lie had taken in those trying times 1 assembled en masse, and compelled him to resign. Listen Farmers and Mechanics. —A Lon don paper states that £44,000 (200,000) liave been raised by subscription in that city, for the purpose of circulating Free trade tracts in tiie United States. These tracts are printed in the city* of New York and sent out into the several States. Du ring the late canvass, thousands were prin ted at the locofoco office of the N. Y. Eve ning Post, and distributed among tiie peo ple of Connecticut— all paid for by the Brit ish Gold! We shall not be surprised if our States, between this and the election, should be flooded with them. Tiie object is to defeat tHfe election of Mr. Clay and destroy the Tariff, and reduce our farmers and mechanics to a level with Britisli pau pers 1 Let the people see well to this mat ter, let them eschew the candidates sup ported by Britisii Gold, and stand bv, and support those who go lor American inter, ests—for our own country against the world ! But, as tjie Cincinnati Gazette aptly re marks, should not the feelings of every true hearted American, be those of indignation and contempt for a nation, which, while she is striving to induce, us to adopt a svs tem which she utterly repudiates herself— while she will not admit a barrel of flour into her ports under #3 ; nor a bushel of wheat tinder 60 cents ; nor barrel of ear beef under $4 ; nor a hundred weight of pork under $2; nor a pound of our manu factured tobacco under a duty of 1200 per cent, on its value ! usk us to throw open our ports to the introduction of every thing she lias to dispose of, free of duty ! And this insolent position she calls free trade, and locdfoeoism sustains her in it! Which now is tho British party ! The cause of Locolbeois’tn is Vo he uided with British Gold, and the interests of England is to be advanced by the efforts of Locofocoism ? KEEP THAT BEFORE THE PEOPLE? From, the Augusta Chronicle. Locofoco Fictions. —Tito Hon. Waddy Thompson, Luo Minister to Mexico, as we stated a few days since, addressed a whig meeting at Albany, N. Y. The next morn ing the Argus came out with a pretended report of the speech, in which Mr. T. was made to say, that “Mexico is a weak coun try, has a weak Government, and we have nothing to fear from a war with her. lam in favor of the annexation of Texas to the United States.” This impudent manufacturer of the Ar gus is exposed as below by the Albany Evening Journal. To what miserable shifts will not the “Polk and Disunion” men resort to make capital for their cause! Bui the want of character and principle is a characteristic of these men, both at the North and here at the South. Misrepresen tation is their forte ! Gen. Thompson uttered no such words, nor any in the slightest degree resembling them. So far from being in favor of “an nexation,” Gen. Thompson is utterly and irreconcilably opposed to it. If every State in the Union, we heard him say, should decide for annexation—if England, France, and Mexico should assent to it— he, for one, should protest against it to the last. Asa Southern man he should op pose it, because it would injure instead of benefitting the South ; and as a citizen of the United States he should oppose it, be cause it would weaken the bonds of the Union. There is not, in a word, a more uncompromising opponent of annexation in the United States than Gen. Waddy Thomp son ; and “of this fact we hope the readers of the, Argus will not be left uninformed.” “ NO GREAT SHAKES AFTER ALU.” The Georgian has arrived at the conclu sion that Mr. Stephens “is no great shakes ajter alt,” as a public speaker. This re minds us of the story of the fellow and No all’s flood, which we will venture to tell though it is “ second handed He had been one of the men, if report speaks true, who scoffed at Noah and his project of buil ding the Ark, up to the time of its comple tion ; he had regarded the assembling of all living things, with about the same emo tions that our neighbor receives the songs, the owl stories, and the speeches of the Whigs. The “rains descended and the floods came” however, rather 100 fast for his comfort, and he appealed to the despised Noah for a placejn the ark. It was deni ed him. He importuned, but to no effect. Finally he fell into a furious passion and just as the ark floated from its moorings, cried out, “ goto the devil with your darn’d old scow—its nothing but a little thunder shower after all! Our neighbor first at tempts to laugh at Mr. S. because he said “ fellow citizens” too often, then his delica cy is shocked that the sp alter should have been so gross, so very vulgar as to speak of a “ horse’s tail,” or a “ lady's night cap,” —finally, as if seized with a panic at the recollection of the (terrible scathing which his party received and the withering expo sure of its principles, its policy, its practi ces and itsmen,he exclaims of Mr. Ste phens, as did the man in the days of the flood, “he is no great shakes after all!” Savannah Republican. A~S T [J M PER. One who attended what tiie Folkats call a ‘ great ratification meeting’ at Brooklyn the other evening, tells us a good story of the way in which one of tiie orators was stumped, by an inquisitive Locofoco. lie was roaring loudly about the nomination of James K. Polk, vindicating his claim to the title of’ Young Hickory,’ and proclaiming tiie awful manner in which he would anni hilate what little there is left of the Whig party, in November. ‘ What’s he done V shouted his Locofoco friend who had never heard of Mr. Polk’s political achievements. Why, said the orator, —why—he is a genu ine descendant of ‘Old Hickory’; a ciiip of the old block—a— ‘ What’s he done V thundered his impertinent friend. Why, said he, lie has, —lie has—O 1 it’s r.o mat ter what he’s done ; tiie question isn’t what he has done, but what he’s going to do ! His friend said nothing in reply, but there’s reason to believe he thought a good deal. N Y. Courier. What is his Name ?—A good anecdote, in illustration of tiie readiness of Locofoco. ism to swallow any dose prescribed by the party leaders, however unpalatable it might be, was told by Mr. Tracy, one of the speak ers at the late Convention at Utica. It was this: A Locofoco of Utica was riding up the line of the Chenango Canal a mile or two out of the city, when he was accosted by one Dudley, a locofoco lock.tender, who inquired of him the news from tiie Balti more Convention. The answer was, that Mr. Folk, of Tennessee had been nomina ted. “ Good !” exclaimed our lock-tender, “ first rate 1 the best and strongest man we have got! What did you say his name was ?” Herkimer Journal. Clay and Coon Skins — an Omen ! —Gen. Cass attended a Loco Foco meeting at Ypsilanti a few days since. He conde scended to “look on” while the salute was being fired. In loading the last gun, the General’s friends used Coon skins for wad ding, and then filled up the vacancy with Clay ! When the match was applied, the gun exploded, prostrating about a dozen Loco-Focos. Fortunately no very serious injury occurred ; but the incident should teach the gentlemen Locos that “Clay and Coon skins” are death to Loco-Focaism. Rack. Pern. NEWS AND GAZETTE. WASHINGTON, GA. THURSDAY. JULY 11, 1844. FOR PRESIDENT, HENRY CLAY, OF KK MUCKY. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, THEODORE FREUNGHUYSEN. or NEW-JERSEY. EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, ROBERT TOOMBS, OF WILKES COUNTY, GA. 03” The anniversary of Independence, was celebrated by our citizens, in an ap propriate manner. An address, excellent both in matter and manner, was delivered at the Methodist Church by T. W. Thom as, Esq.; the declaration of Independence was read with “ good emphasis and discre tion” by N. M. Sneed, a brilliant party in the evening, and abundant supper was furnished to all comers, by the ladies of the place. 03* We have received from S. A. Holmes, of Augusta, James’ new work Rose D’Albret, Amy Herbert, &c., which are for sale at the Store of J. Mayer, with other cheap publications, among them a book giving an account of the life, exploits and pedigree (traced to his Whiggrand un cle) of J K. Polk. 03” The communication of “ a True Whig” we have examined, but think it would do little good, at present, to publish it, as the Texas question, to which his ar gument is chiefly directed, is an exploded humbug, which now has scarcely vitality sufficient to keep it from petrifaction. The buzzards who still cling to and fight for it, are only those of the strongest stomachs, a ble to swallow any thing. The argument on the subject lias long ago been exhausted, and our friend will agree with us that noth ing new can be said, for or against. We are glad to hear from him such good news from old Elbert—we believe with him, “that nothing can shake the firm reptibli can pillars upon which she is planted.” (my Wo publish in another column, James K. Polk’s letter on the Tariff, and should like to know how the Loco fucos who have been so vociferous against all kinds of a tariff", like their candidate, since he has come out in favor of a tariff 1 for revenue with “incidental protection for home industry.” Is he any better or worse than Clay and the Whigs on that question ? What becomes of tiie principles of the Georgia Democracy who in 1842,in solemn Convention declared themselves against all sorts of protection, thus : “ There is no middle ground between an open avowal and total repudiation of the pro tective policy. Incidental protection is posi tive favoritism /” Democrats, it seems to us that you are in a dilemma 1 The whole “stock intrude” possessed by the Locofoco party, is the Texas ques tion, and that they stole from Tyler. We see, also, that now they have commenced singing, that the most of their songs are sto len from the Whigs, and altered to suit Lo cofocoism. What a petty larceny ambi tion the fellows must have! They first steal poor Tyler’s thunder, and then to keep themselves in countenance, they steal our songs, which for four years they have so plentifully abused.— Tropic. And Mr. Polk, in hisletterof acceptance, steals the one term principle from the Whigs! Falstaff, when enlisting recruits, for his king’s army, exclaimed “Oil fora fellow tiiat can steal well”—had he lived in this day and country, and in a Locofoco neighborhood, he could hardly have missed finding what he wanted. But we suppose that the Polkers, in thus appropriating other people’s goods, are only carrying out their Sub-treasury principles. P. S.—Polk has stolen our Tariff! The arrival of the Brittania at Boston brings news of an improvement of J and. in the Liverpool cotton market. The opinion of the best practical men is that the staple has reached its lowest point. Says the Augusta Chronicle : We are very much afraid that all those pretty men, whom the Locofoco editors tell us have repudiated Whig principles, will, like “tiie White Lady of Avenel,” in the “Abbott,” melt into thin air ! A part of tiie rank and file recantations, that they gave us, was a lot of five men in one town ship in Ohio. This part of their story, the Richland Bugle says, is all gammon.— “Two of the men named died a year since, and the other threejare staunch Whigs and subscribers to the ‘ Whig Bugle.’ ” ! “ The nominations have received a hearty response throughout the Union. I think Polk i and Dallas will get 20 States, if not 22, out of { the 26. Let Texas be the watchword and vie-* ; tory is certain.” The above is from a letter written by i General Jackson to operate on the Louisi ana Election. Why will the Loco-foe os -j continue to excite the old man thus to show I his gross ignorance of the political world, ! or his disregard of truth—we don’t know which it is ? Why not let him rest in ! peace and not disgrace his gray hairs and great name, by giving vent to his malicious, ; and revengeful feelings against Henry | Clay, and to such ridiculous opinions ? Is ■ there any Polker who thinks the above prophecy of Gen. Jackson is true, and is willing to bade it in the usual way? Eouisiana Election. No accurate returns have yet been re , ceived from Louisiana. The Whigs have done, however, far better than everybody expected. The Election seems to have got ; into confusion on account of the great num ber of illegal votes offered and the conduet jof some of the managers. Both sides claim the victory, but it is in reality a victory to the Whigs even to make the result doubtful after the clear majority against them some I months since. If Louisiana goes for thei Whigs, Polk will get no State in the Union! except New.Hampshire (and that is some-1 what doubtful,) and South Carolina* whicll , can hardly be considered as belonging tc| i the Union. ~ 9 The Whig Convention to nominate a Cait | didate for Congress from the 6th Congress sional District, met at Carnesville on the 4th inst., and unanimously nominated Johtf W. Underwood of Habersham County.— The following are the Report and Resolu-I tions adopted by the Convention. ‘ “ In placing in nomination for the twe highest offices in the gift of the American 1 people the names of Henry Clay and The.! odore Frelinghuysen, the late Whig con-1 vention assembled in the city of Baltimore! have met by their action our most sincere approbation. Os Mr. Clay it may be said with truth that he has survived the gross attacks of party malevolence and vituperation, and during his long and brilliant career has | manifested a determination to serve his ! whole country faithfully as an American statesman, in weal or wo, regardless o: j personal consequences. Being now before I the people of the United States as the can didate of the great Whig party, his claim: I more especially commend themselves F,f our consideration : Ist. Because he is the advocate of .1 j sound National currency, and controled by I the will of the nation. 2nd. Because he is the advocate of 9 Tariff for the support of the Government e j conomically administered, in opposition An dirpet taxation and the visionary doctrines of free trade, assuming for its basis the ne-jl cessary wants of tjje government with inci-5 dental protection to American industry. * 3d. Because lie is the advocate of the one! term principle, a principle which we be-|J lieveto be highly conservative in its cliar- j acter, and judging of the future by the past, ? in the usual struggle for the succession backed by the power and patronage of the Government, indispensable in preserving* the purity and freedom of elections. Fourth. Because he is the advocate of an inviolable preservation of ! the public faith whether federal or state! and as incident to this he is the bold, un- j compromising opponent of faithlessness in j the treaty obligations of the one, and the | dishonest and demoralizing doctrine of re pudiation on the other. sth. Because, believing as lie does, that’ the public lands were ceded to the Federal, Government for the common benefit of all the States ; he is in favor of a fair and e quitable distribution of the proceeds of the sales thereof among the several States. 6th. Because we believe him to be most suitable man in the confederacy, to se-’ cure to us the annexation of Texas to our Southern border, and at the same time pre ‘ serve the public faith untarnished, and oui J union entire. f 7th. Because lie is the advocate of a modification of the Veto Power. Os Mr. Freiinghuysen it may be paid with as much truth, that he is above suspi cion and above reproach, that even the most bitter of his opponents have not dared to breathe reproach against his’ well earned reputation, and his pure and unsullied honor. Having known him long and well as a public man, we iiave every reason to believe in the correctness of his principles, his integrity and dis-; position to serve his country, well and faith fully, should he be called to aid by his counsel in the advancement of our public affairs. Be it therefore Resolved, That we have received with pride and the nomination of Henry Clay and Theodore Freiinghuysen, as the candidates of the great Whig party of the Union, for the of fices of President and Vice President of the United States, and do, most cordially com mend them to the support of our fellow *it ■ izens of the sixth congressional district for the reasons before assigned. “The Lone Star of Texas, now in the as cendant, may it continue to rise till it readi es the zenith, and then, like Joshua’s Sun, may it hang high in mid heaven, till its miesare politically run-aground.”—Toast” at a 4th July celebration in Scriven county. Wcare rather inclined to think that some of the worshippers of the lone star may “hang high” ifthey don’t stop their traitor ous attempts a? dissolution cvfthe Urffcm.
