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JOHN FORSYTH—EDITOR.
J. FORSYTH, R. ELLIS, & CO.
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rates, and with strict attention to the requisitions of
the law.
whcrifP* Sales under regular executions, must
be advertised Thirty Hays; under mortgage fi fas,
hivty— Days before the day of sale.
wales of Laud and Negroes, by Executors, Ad
ministrators or Guardians, for Si\tj-i)a\s before
the day of tale.
Wales of personal propertv (except negroes) For
ty Hays.
t Rations by Clerks of Courts of Ordinary,upon i
application lor letters of administration are to be
published for Thirty Hay
Citations upon application fer dismission, by
Evocators, i Iministrators, or Guardians, monthly
for Six Months.
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title to land, must be published Three Months.
Notices by Executors or Administrators or Guar
dian, of application to the Court of Ordinary for
leave to sell the Land or Negroes of an estate, Four
.Months.
Notices by Evecutors or Administrators,to the
Debtors and Creditors ofan estate, foi Six Weeks.
letters to the proprietors on business must
be part paid, to entitle them to attention.
~ MERCANTILE.
BROKAW &CLEMQNS,
Are ow reoeiving a desirable assortment of
LADIES DRESS GOODS,
consisting of French, Jaconet, Organdie, and
Scotrli MusJin, Grenadine and Tissue Silks,
Ptaia (Jlawa Foulards. Fancy color’d. Silk
Embroidered Muslins. Sup. French
nad scotch Gin-ghauts. Linen and £ilk do;
cotton Grenadines, dvr.
Together with a lot of MOURNING Silk and
wonted Bareges, Tissue Silks, plain and figured
French Lawns and Muslins, Dress Hdkfs., Grena
dine, and Crape Shawls, &c.
BROKAW & CLEMONS.
May 8, 1543 20—8 t
PANAMA AND LUG HORN HATS.
4 Large lot, just received, by
BROKAW & CLEMONS.
May 9, 1843. 20—8 t
JIIST BECEIVED.
FRENCH Cloths and Cassimeres, Silk and
Satin; Votings; plain and Rih’d Linen Dril
lings; Silk Worp Italian Cloths; Cnshmarctts,
dkc. Ace. BROKAW’ & CLEMONS.
May 9, 1843 2(l—Bt
WOODRUFF * WHITTELSEY,
TJATE just rftcived an additional supply of
11 SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
among which can be found Shawls, Bonnets and
Bonnet Ribbons, Ginghams, Muslins, Calicoes, Ac.
Also a good assortment of PANAMA and LEG
HORN HATS, all of which they will aell very
low for cash or approved credit.
W. It W. have a few patterns of very fine Barcg
e, which they will aell lor about Half Price, rath
er than keep thorn over. LADIES call and sec.
April 2S, 1848. IS—ts
BOOTS, SHOES LEATHER, &C.
At Prime Cost#
ft iff E Subscriber having determined to discon
* tinue his present business in Columbus, will
sell off his slock on hand, consisting of all articles
usually found in a Shoe Slore,
AT JPJ&XMJS 0080?. , ,
The slock is new, haring been mostly purchased
within the last six months, and is well worth the
attention of merchants and others, wishing to pur
chase by Ike quantity.
I home a good assortment of T.AStTS. PECS,
and other Shoemaker's Findings, to which the at
tention of those engaged in the manufacture of
shoes is particularly invited.
ERASTUS REED.
June >O. 1848 26—ts
COLUMBUS
COTTON GIN MANUFACTORY.
Snbxrrihfrs have removed their COTTON
JL GIN MANUFACTORY from Girard, Ala., to
tho city of Columbus, and respectfully inform their
customer* and the public that they are prepared to
famish their
IMPROVED COTTON GINS
on the most reasonable terms.
Their establishment is equal, if not superior to
lay iffthe United States, and is furnished with an
abundance of the best materials to supply any num
ber of Gins which may be ordered.
They have the exclusive right of using Babbcts
celebrated Metal, for Boxing, and expect to use it
in all of their Gins. This will prevent the possi
bility of any accident occurring from friction of the
Brash or Saw Cylinder.
Orders sent by Mail, or given to any of our Agents
will receive prompt attention, and all work done at
their establishment warranted to give satisfaction.
E. T. TAYLOR fc CO.
| April 18, IS4S. 17- ly
LIFE CAN BE PROLONGED!!
OLD AGE PUT OFF!
AND MAX’S HAYS IN HEALTH EX
TENDED TO ONE HUNDRED YEARS 1
NEW AND VALUABLE WORK.
SII Lrrtnrrs oil the nscs of the Lungs; cans
_ prevention, and cure of I’ULMONARI
CONSUMPTION, ASTIIMA, (or Phthisic,) and dis
rates of the Heart; on (lie laws of Longevity ; and
on the mode of preserving Male and Female health
loan hundred years.—2S F.ngraviugs —324 pages.
By SAMI'ET SELDOX FITCH, A. M.,91.D.
Just received and for sale by
TARBOX & MARBLE.
May 16, IS4S.
PRICES REDUCED.
VARIETYJVORKS.
HAYING prornrrd the best of Meehanics and
Workman offer at very low prices.
Window !-a-lies,
Rollins Venetian Shutter Blinds,
l'auaol Doors. Jkc. kc.
Flooring Plank dressed, tongued and grooved at
prices, which must render it the interest of all to
give them their patronage.
Ail orders promptly executed and warranted un
surpassed in material’s and workmanship.
bathes in any quantities kept constantly on hand
and tor sale.
Colnm! us Ga. Jnne 2ft. *7
COLUMBUS IRON FOUNDER?.
On the River Bank near the Bridge.
WE kffpon hand and arc prepared to make
to order promptly,
C;j\ GEAR. FLOUGII POINTS,
and Doughs of every description ; Anti-Friction
FlatC’ and Balls, and pullies for Cotton Presses.
We have an extensive assortment of excellent
MILL GEAR, patterns, and aro prepared to
afford this species of work as cheap as it can be
Procure,! from the northern markets.
(>ae cent per poiuul paid for °*d t I******
JOSEPH COLWELL & Cos.
Columbus. Ga. Feb. >. HMS- 10 ~ ! v
lUYEIi LAND FOR SALE.
VPLWTATIOJi only five milrs, ovrr a irood
Road, from Columbus, comprising Three
Hundred acres of first rate River Land, now m cul
tivation, adjoining and similar to -‘Wooilolk s
Fxmou. Bend.” More Land adjacent ot tho same
kind can be purchased if desired. Good Cribs, O
vtrseer's and Gin Honses, a large Barn, l ' cr ’ w i ,n “
ssfficient Negro Houses, together with a Well ot
ssretlent Water, and several fine springs aro on the
place. The purchaser can be supplied with Corn
*d Fodder for the coming year. \ isitors will be
shoiru over the place bv mv Overseer or sell. Caii
and examine. JOS. W. WOOLkOLK.
Jnne 20. 184 s . 26 —tlj
NOTICE.
rpiE HOWARD MAMFAI’TLRIVG MWAH,
A of the city of Columbus, Ga., designing to
pi;t its machinery into operation, during the month
•f July, deaira to employ sixty female operatives,
unue of whom must be’ under the age of twelve
‘"The Companv have erected a large and commo
dious four story* brick building, in which the opera
tive, will be boarded and lodged. The House w,II
be managed by Matrons of good standing and ™-
speetafohtv, and under the supervision of the
Board of Directors, and will be supplied with all
accessary articles of furniture. Persons wishing
emplovmculcan apply personally or by lettei o j.
Beasluv, Secretary of the Company, ands a e
whether or not they have ever been employed in a
Factory.
Bv order of the Board of Directors.
Jnne 27,1948. 27—ts
i MAGICAL PAIN EXTRACTOR.
HARRISONS Specific Oiutntcul McAllister*
Ointment, Green Mountain Ointment, &c.
Tuac 20,181*. I’ONU & WILLCOX.
VOLUME VIII. |
ADVERTISEMENTS.
LAND FOR SALE.
I WILL sell my plantation Iyin?9 miles above
Columbus, on the Harris Line, near Stephen
Pace’s consisting-of 350 acres, 150 cleared, and in
good order for making a fine crop the next year. I
will sell low for cash, or I will sell for negro pro
perty. Come and see, for lam determined to move
west. My place is situated on what is called the
10 mile Creek. TIMOTHY G. McCRARY.
July 25, 1848. 31 t j-
WARM SPRINGS
EXTRAORDINARY ATTRACTIONS
FOR VISITORS!
TIIE Proprietor of these SPRINGS has the plea
sure to announce to the Public, in search of
health or pleasure during the warm season, that lie
lias recently made the important discovery of two
Springs in the immediate vicinity of his Hotel,
which furnish an ample supply of
Chalybeate and Sulphur Water,
and which enable him to present additional induce
ments to invalids and others, to visit his establish
ment.
With the unequalled virtues of the WARM
BATHS, combined with pure mountain chalybeate
and mild sulphur, the Proprietor can safely chal
lange competition with any other Watering Place in
the country ; for at the “WARM SPRINGS” are
now to be found the various medicinal qualities
which are adapted to the cure of every form of dc
sease curable by such remedies.
Situated also as this place is, 3934 feet above
the level of the sea, (according to Dr. Botting’s es
timate.) low-country people can be assured of find
ing here as salubrious atmosphere as can be found
in higher latitudes.
In addition of these natural attractions of the
place, the Proprietor has procured the services of
Mr. Jamf.s J. Barret, who is favorably known at
Old Point Comfort and White Sulphur Springs, (Va)
and at Stony Point and Saratoga, (N. Y.) as an ac
complished musician and gentleman, who will have
charge of the BALL-ROOM, and devote his whole
time to the amusement of those who may be fond
of Music and the Dance
ROBERT BONNER, Proprietor.
StS"BoARD, including use of Sulphur and Chaly
beate waters and Warm Baths, S2O per month.
July 11, IS4B. 29 4t
PIANO FORTES.
MUSIC,
s 1 Iril ’ si fTT?
BRUNO &VIRGINS,
HATE now on hand, and offer for sale at their
Stores at
Columbus, Ga., under the Bank of St. Mary’s.
Macon, Ga., opposite the Washington Hall.
Montgomery, Ala., under the Madison House.
A large assortment of Piano Fortes, from the
celebrated Manufactories of
J. CHICKERING NUNNS & CLARK,
LEMUEL GILBERT,... .and others.
Pianos with Colcman’sfmpj'oned /Eolian Attachment.
New and Fashionable Music ;
Instruction Books forthe Piano, Guitar, Violin, &c.
&c.; Violins, Bass Viols, Guitars, Flutes, Clarinets,
Flageolets, Fifes, Drums, Mail Horns, Hunting
llorns ; Instruments for Brass Bands ; Violin Bows ;
fine Flutinos and French Accordeons ; Serapliiues ;
best Italian, English & French Violin Strings, and
all other articles usually kept in a Music Store.
$5” Also, a splendid assortment of fine
go Gold and Silver WATCHES,
|fy\. Jewelry and Silver Ware ; Silver Pla-
By■ rjp ted Candlesticks and Castors; Lamps, Giron
dclles, Fancy Goods, Spectacles, Mathematical In
struments, Razors, Knives, Scissors ; I’ISTOL.S,
GUNS, and Walker’s Percussion Caps.
OCT H atches, Clocks, Jewelry and Musical
Move., lit,'.PAIRED and WARRANTED.—
Engraving neatly executed.
Feb. 29, 184S. 10—ts
PIANOS! PIANOS J !
CHARLES REPS’ MUSIC WARDROOM,
Broad street, over Pond & Willcox’s ‘Drug Store.
r PHE following Piano Fortes with the French
I GRAND ACTION, are offered for sale at this
place.
3 Rosewood Piano’s of six Octaves from the Mau
nufactory of. H. WORCESTER.
I Mahogany do. do. If. WORCESTER.
2 Rosewood Piano’s, six Octaves, from the Man
ufactory of. BACON & RAVEN.
1 Mahogany do. do. do. BACON & RAVEN.
1 Mettle Oak Piano Forte of 6} Octaves (Gothic
style) H. WORCESTER.
2 Rosewood Piano’s (seven Octaves ) from the
1 Manufactory of” BACON & RAVEN.
2 Rosewood Aeolian Piano Fortes, manufactured
by T. GILBERT & Cos., Boston.
: Piano Stools and Covers of fancy and elegant pat
terns to match any of the above instruments.
Also, new and fashionable Music —FERRETT’S
’ CHEAP MUSIC —Singing Books and Instruction
Books, and a great variety of Musical Instruments.
March 28, 1848.
TO I)ISCHAKUm r OLUNTEERS.
trpilE undersigned have associated
I themselves together forthe purpose
of establishing claims of Discharged Sol
diers, who are entitled to Land or Scrip
from Government. Having each been
separately engaged in the same business,
during the past year, their past success
will be a sure guarantee for those who
may hereafter have occasion to employ
them. Arrangements have been made in
Washington by which tho earliest and
most efficient attention will be given to all appiica
-1 tions entrusted to their management. Since the
act was first passed allowing Volunteers a Bounty,
’ independent of monthly pay, several amendments
and modifications have been made, by which many
claims that have hitherto been rejected, will now
he allowed. To all such we solicit a trial, and if
we do not succeed, we will charge nothing for our
services. All persons interested will probably find
this the most sure and speedy method of having
their claims adjusted. The best references given
if required. All communications to ensure atten
tion must be post-paid. V. H. CADY,
R. G. MITCHELL.
June 27, IS4B. 27—ts
IRON WORK.
THE “Variety Works’! arc prepared to execute
Iron Work for Mills and Factories, in the
’ most complete manner.
They have Forgers and Finishers who thorough
ly understand their business and have an Engine
, Lathe purchased at great expense, which is large
enough to turn and bore Iron 12 feet long and 42
inches in diameter.
Orders will be promptly executed on terms lower
than usual for cash and the work, warranted equal
, to any turned out of the best shops in New En
gland.
Columbus Ga. June 20, 1848 -6 v
! $25 REWARD.
AM WAY from the plantation
1 of P. J. Lucius, in Greene co.,
Ala., near Buck Creek P. 0., a negro
1 CSbov, bright mulatto, named PETER,
• freckled-face, and bushy head, about
! 24 years old, stout built, weighing
*< about ISO lbs., and has a few small
scars about his eyes. He is supposed
to be making his way to South Carolina. 1 will
give $25 reward to any person who will secure and
confine him in any jail so as I car^gej
July 11, IS4S. 29—ts
! ICE ! ICE ! !
HAVING obtained onr nsnal quantity for the
season, the house has no- opened.—Being
| desirous of serving our customers atthe lowest pos-
L sible rates, in order to place it within the reach of
1 every fainilv, until farther notice we shall sell at 21
cts. per lb.’ For the accommodation of Families
1 who have to trust to servants, Tickets can be ob
tained. V. 11. CADY, for Proprietors.
March 2S, 1848. 14 ~ tr
MADDEBT& ADAMS.
HAVE removed their Marble M orks to the
East side of Broad-st. near the Market-House,
where they will keep constantly on hand a choice
selection of
ITALIAN AND AMERICAN MARBLE,
Foa
Grave Stones, Monuments, Tab
lets Tombs, &c.,
j And solicit a continuance of public patronage.
They are determined to sell at a small advance on
’ New York prices, and loteer than any establishment
in this part of the country. ALL ORDERS front
| the Country altcudcd to, the same as if ordered in
PC^"eXGR AVIXG and CARVING done in the
best/manner. PLASTER of PARIS and A O^lA A
CEMEXT, always on hand, for sale. -
April 11, 1848. 16—tlj
BEiIRSIA AND ALABAMA BLANKS,
I'OK SU.IJ AT -JIIJ ui yw 1 ’
H§l)e (£olumints HititfS®
POLITICAL.
From the Washington Union.
GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR—IIIS PRO
FESSIONS AND PRINCIPLES.
He wires in and wires out,
And leaves the people still in doubt
•Vhethcr the snake that made the track
Is going north or coming back.
Gen. Taylor’s electioneering letters have
already been published, and are now before
the enlightened freemen of this great re
public. And what a spectacle !! Does
he or do his friends suppose that such pal
pable contradictions and glaring inconsis
tencies can escape the notice and condem
nation of his intelligent countrymen ? Let
them not “ lay that flattering unction to
their soul.” The people will see, as they
have seen, and will know full well how to
appreciate such turning, and twisting, and
trying to dodge responsibilities, and will
hold his Janus-faced principles, if princi
ples they may be called, up to the gaze of
the world in all their naked and disgusting
deformity. And now for the specifications:
He has contradicted himself—
-Ist. In relation to his being a candidate
for the presidency.
2d. In relation to the duty of aspirants
to office to declare their political opinions
when called for by the people ; and,
3d. In relation to the giving of political
pledges as to the principles which will gov
ern his administration in the event of his
election, and his independence as a candi
date for the presidency.
Now, if it can he fully made out that
Gen. Taylor has, within a twelvemonth,’
thus contradicted himself in relation to ev
ery material point on which he has writ
ten—if it can be shown that his corres
pondence, though professedly non-commit
tal, does in fact, prove upon him a commit
ment to a greater degree of inconstancy,
as to his political position, than was ever
before brought home to a public man—then
we do not see upon what grounds of prin
ciple, of public policy, or common hones
ty, he is entitled to receive the votes of any
party for the presidency.
We propose now to bring him to trial be
fore the country upon cur charges, and to
see, after a careful inspection of his letters,
and committals by his friends with his as
sent, how far good common sense, consis
tency, and fair dealing warrant his convic
tion at the hands of the people.
Is/. In relation to his desire to be a can
didate for the presidency.
In his first letter on this subject, dated
Monterey, April 28, 1847, he says, in an
swer to the inquiry whether he would con
sent to be the candidate of the Native
American party—
“ That even if he was an aspirant to the presi
dential office— which was not the case —he could
not, while the country was involved in war, and
while his duty called him to take part in the ope
rations against tho enemy, acknowledge any am
bition beyond that of bestowing his best exertions
towards obtaining an adjustment of difficulties with
Mexico.”
In his letter to James W. Taylor, dated
Monterey, May 18,1847, he says :
“ For the high honor and responsibility of such
an office, (as the presidency,) I take this occasion
to say that I have net the slightest aspiration. A
much more tranquil and satisfactory life, after the
termination of my present duties, awaits me, I trust,
in the society of my family and particular friends,
and in the occupations more congenial to my wish
es.”
And again, in a letter to a citizen at Lan
singburg, N. Y., dated Camp near Monte
rey, May 29, 1847, he says :
“The presidential office presents no inducements
to me to seek its honors or its responsibilities. The
tranquility of private life, on the contrary, is the
great object of my aspirations on the conclusion of
the war. But lam not insensible to the persuasion
that my services are yet due to the country, us the
country shall see fd to command them.”
And in his letter to Dr. C. L. Wilcox, da
ted Camp near Monterey, Mexico, July 20,
1847, he saj’s:
“ I can say, in all sincerity, I have no aspirations
for the presidency ; and if I am a candidate, or to
be onCj.it must be recollected I am, or will be made
so by others, and by no agency of mine in the mat
ter. Under this state of things, should a majority
of the good people of our country think proper to
elevate me to the first office in their gift—or I may
say the firs*, in the world—l will feel bound to serve
them.”
This is the fourth letter in which he dis
tinctly avows that, personally, he has no
aspirations to the presidency.
So Ccesar thrice put aside the crown,
when it was tendered to him ; but the his
torian says, that on the third occasion he
barely put it by. Now let us see whether
the old General’s aspirations were really
in favor of retiracy to private life, as he
has thus far written, or whether their de
cided and growing tendency has not been
most strongly set in the direction of the
White House, And now for the proof;
for out of his own mouth we intend to con
vict him.
The first letter in which he begins to
manifest an itching for the presidency, is
the one to Dr. John T. Clarke,of New Jer
sey, dated Camp near Monterey, Mexico,
June 21, 1847, in which he says :
“ I take this occasion to remark, that if the peo
ple of the country desire to place me in the high
office ot the chief magistracy, I do not feci myself
at liberty to refuse; but on the contrary, in that
position, as well as one more humble, it will ever
he my pride and constant endc avor to serve my
country with all the ability I possess.”
In his letter to William Hall, Esq., of
Maryland, dated Camp near Monterey,
Mexico, July G, 1847, he says:
“If the good people of the nation should so
greatly honor me with elevation to the chief mag
istral, I shall by all zealous endeavors, and to the
best of my ability, strive to serve them, and u:ain
tain the best and highest interest of the w hole coun
try.”
In his letter to J. A. Birkey, Esq., da
ted Camp near Monterey, July 13, 1817,
he says:
“That as to the request of the Native American
Convention to be informed of his views relating to
several points of national policy as entertained b>
the Native American party, that limited leisure
from his public duties constrains him to reply, in
very general and brief terms, that to the points ci
ted in his letter he docs not feel himself at liberty to
express his frank opinion.”
And in his letter to J. W. Taylor, Esq.,
of Cincinnati, Ohio, dated Camp near Mon
terey, May 14,1847, he says :
“My own personal views were better withheld
till the end of the war, when my usefulness as a
military chief, servingin the field against a common
enemy, shall no longer be compromised by their ex
pression, or discussion, in any manner.”
And now, since the war is over, he re
fuses to take his letters out of the post of
fice, to avoid the responsibility of answer
ing the inquiries of his fellow-citizens as
to his political principles, under the parsi
monious pretext of the expense of postage.
Suppose any one of those who had written
to him should be told by him, as an excuse
for not answering his letter, that he (a man
of immense wealth) had not taken it out
of the office on account of the expense;
what would be the indignation at such
treatment ? And yet such is the attitude
of this would-be occupant of the White
House; for such has been his conduct to
wards a portion of his countrymen. (See
the lettet p£,i*eo. A. Pike, Esq., postmas
ter.at Baton Rouge, the place oi Gen. lav
“THK UNION OF TIIE STATES AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.”
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15, IS4S.
lor’s residence, to the Postmaster General,
dated Bth of July, 1848.)
And lastly, in his Allison letter, (as it is
called,) he says:
“ I confess while I have great cardinal principles
(Heaven save the mark!) which will regulate my
political life, I am not sufficiently familiar with all
the minute details of political legislation to give
solemn pltdges to exert my- influence, if I were
President, to carry out this or defeat that measure.
I have no concealment. I hold no opinion which
I would not readily proclaim to my assembled coun
trymen ; but crude impressions upon matters of
policy, which may be right to-day and wrong to
morrow, arc perhaps not the best test of fitness for
office. One who cannot be trusted without pledges,
cannot be confidedin merely on account of them.”
So the old General concludes to give no
opinions, after all; and says, ift this fa
mous letter, which is called his platform of
whig principles, “/ do not know that 1
shall again write upon the subject of na
tional politics .” And now he is General
Mum, and refuses to take his letters out of
the post office. It remains to be seen
whether the people will take him on trust,
in this land of republican liberty, where it
is one of their cardinal principles that they
have a right to the opinions of aspirants,
from the highest to the lowest office in the
government.
See in what a ridiculous attitude he
stands, for instance,on the Wilmol Proviso
question. Senator Corwin, of Ohio, said,
in a speech delivered in the United States
Senate, on the 24th of July, that if Gene
ral Taylor was known to be opposed to the
Wihnot Proviso , he would not vote for
him himself, and that he would not get a
single vote in the Free States. Now, it is
well known, on the contrary, that if he
were so to express himself, he would not
get a single vote in the Slave States. Now,
what is his opinion on this question? IVil
mot Proviso, or not ? The southern whigs
claim him as opposed to, while the northern
wing of Whiggery insist that he is com
mitted in favor of it; and, as to the old
gentleman, he is mum, and refuses to take
his letters out of the post office.
But we have a letter from Gen. T. in
reply to one from Mr. B. M. McConkey, of
Cincinnati, Ohio, directly in point upon this
subject. Now lot us hear the old General
answer for himself. Mr. McConkey,among
other things, propounded this interrogatory:
“ Should you become President of the United
States, would you veto an act of Congress which
should prohibit slavery or involuntary servitude
forever, except for crime, in all the territories of
the United States where it docs not now exist?”
To which the General replies :
“Baton Rouoe, (I<a.,) Feb. 15, 1848.
“Sib: In reply to your inquiries, I have to in
form you that I have laid it down as a principle,
not to give my opinions upon, or prejudice in any
way, the various questions of policy now at issue
between the political parties of the country, nor to
promise what I would or would not do, were I
elected to the Presidency of the United States; and
that, in the case presented in your letter, I regret to
add, I sec no reason for departing from this princi
ple. Your obedient servant,
“ ZACHARY TAYLOR.” .
Now, was ever man or politician in such
n dilomma ?
If he answers in favor of the “Wiimot
Proviso,” he loses all support in the slave
States; and if against it, (Mr. Corwin says)
he will lose all in the free States ; if he do
not answer at all, the probability is, that
he will lose both ; and then again, as to
his not answering yes or no, he has sol
emnly declared, in a previous portion of his
correspondence, that the people have a
right to know the opinions of candidates
for office,from the highest to the lowest,
on all matters of public policy. Now,
who does not pity the General in his pres
ent predicament ? But if gentlemen wish
not to he catechised, they must not become
candidates for high political stations, for
which they arc not qualified- “Oh ! con
sistency, thou art a jewel” m the Whig
camp of politics, whether the headquarters
be at Monterey or Baton Rouge.
But lastly—
3d. In relation to the giving of political
pledges, as to the principles which will
govern his administration in the event of
his election, (an event by no means prob
able,) and his independence as a candi
date for the Presidency.
Upon this charge it will he found that
the old General is a used-up man.
“ The moment that you had pronounced him one,
Presto! his face changed, and he was another;
And when that change was hardly well put on,
It varied, till I don’t think his own mother
(If that he had a mother) would her son
Have known, he shifted so from one to t’other,
Till guessing from a pleasure grew a task,
At this epistolary ‘iron mask.’ ”
And now as to his pledges. In his let
ter to J. W. Taylor, dated May 18, 1847,
he says:
“ In no case can I permit myself to be the can
didate of any party, or yield myself to party
schemes.”
In his letter to a citizen of Lansingburg,
New York, dated May 29,1847, he says :
“ But I will not be the candidate of any party
or clique ; and should the nation at large seek to
place me in the chair of the chief magistracy, the
good of all parties and the national good would be
my great and absorbing aim.”
In his letter to Mr. Delony, dated June
7, 1847, he says :
“ If the good people think my services important
in that station, (the Presidency.) and elect me, I
will lccl bound to serve them; and all the pledges
or explanations I can enter into and make, as it re
gards this or that policy, is, that I will do so hon
estly and faithfully to the best of my abilities,
strictly in compliance with the constitution. Should
I ever occupy the White House, it must he by the
spontaneous move of the people, and by no act of
mine, so that I could go into the office untram
melled, and be the chief magistrate of the nation
and not of a patty.”
In his letter to Gen. Peter S. Smith, of
Philadelphia, July G, 1846, he says:
“ If elected to that office, it must be by the spon
taneous will of the people at large, and without
any agency or pledge on inypart, in any particular.
If ever I fill that high office it must be untram
melled with party obligations, or interests of any
kind, and under none but those which the constitu
tion, and the high interests of the nation at large,
most seriously and solemnly demand. Ido not de
sire the Presidency, and only yield thus far my as
sent to be considered a candidate, in the same pro
pr rlion in which it is desired by tho people, irre
spective cf party.”
In his letter to Mr. Birkey, dated July
13, 1847, he says:
“I am not willing to be the candidate of any par
ty, or to pledge myself to any political creed, save
that which proceeds directly from the constitution,
and the best aud paramount interests of the coun
try, and which they solemnly demaud. If elected
to the presidential office, it must be without any
agency of my own, and to those duties I must go
untrammelled by parly pledges of every charac
ter.”
In his letter to Doctor Wilcox, dated Ju
ly 20, 1847, he says :
“Should I ever occupy the White House, it roust
be by the spontaneous move of the people, and by
no act of mine, so that I could enter upon the du
ties appertaining to the Chief Magistrate of the
country untrammelled and unpledged, so that I
could and would be President of the nation, aud
not of a party.”
In his letter to Mr. William G. Wood,
dated Camp near Monterey, Sept. 23,1847,
he says:
“I do not feel myself at liberty to express any
sentiment having the nature ol a pledge to any
political party.”
In his letter of reply to Messrs. Murphy,
Harris, Hopkins, and others, of Alabama,
dated Baton Rouge, January 23, 1848, he
says:
“I beg you to accept my profound acknowledg
ments, and to assure nty fellow-citizens who com
pose this meeting, that I shall offer no active oppo
sition to the use of my name in connection with
this responsible office, as long as they ccmtinue to
use it thus independent of party distinctions.”
In his letter to Peter S. Smith, of Phila
delphia, dated January 20, 1848, he says :
“I should deem it an honor, and woulJ accept
such a nomination, provided it had been made en
tirely independent of party considerations.”
In his letter to Col. A. M. Mitchell of
Cincinnati, Ohio, dated Baton Rouge, Feb.
12, 1848, he says:
“I deem it but candid, however, to add, that if
the whig party desire, at the next presidential
election, to cast their votes for me, they must do it
on their cwn responsibility, and % withc-ut any pled
ges from me. Should Ibe elected to that office, I
should deem it to be my duty, and should most
certainly claim the right, to look to the constitution
and the high interests of our common country, and
not to the principles of a party, for my rules of ac
tion.”
In his letter of February 6, 1818, he
says:
“I have not changed the position I first occupied,
as regards my being a candidate for that high of
fice. At the same time, such have been the indi
cations of the people, irrespective of party, as evin
ced by large meetings in many of the States in fa
vor ot my being a candidate for the office in ques
tion, as to justify me, without departing from the
course I have marked out to pursue, to accept a
nomination from a national convention, should such
be held for the presidency, from the whigs or dem
ocrats, or from both, should they think proper to
tender it, without being pledged, or even consider
ing myself so, to advocate the views or opinions of
cither. Those who are not willing to vote for me
without pledges, let them cast their votes at the
proper time for those who will make them.”
And now comes the clincher upon this
subject of no pledges, and the determina
tion of the old General to preserve his in
dependent position, irrespective of party,
at all hazards.
Inh s letter to the publishers of the Rich
mond Republican, dated Baton Rouge,
(La.,) April 20, 1848, he says :
“If nominated by the Whig National Conven
tion, I shall not refuse acceptance, provided I am
left free of all pledges and permitted to maintain the
position of independence of all parties, in which the
people and my own sense of duty have placed mo;
otherwise I shall bkfuse tiik kominatjon of
ASr CONVENTION OB PAIITT.*’
Here, then, is the independent platform
of the old General, and his friends say that
“ General Taylor never surrenders .”
Well, we shall now see whether a change
and a very sudden one, too, has not come
over the spirit of his dream.
We will now refer to the Allison letter
of April 22, 1848, to show, in the . first
place, that the General reiterated what he
says he has often said—that he was a whig,
but not an ultra whig; and that, if elected,
he would endeavor to act independent of
party domination.
He says he will endeavor to act free of
party domination; but now come the Phil
adelphia Whig Convention, and Judge
Saunders of Louisiana. The Judge said
to the members of that convention, as the
political friend of General Taylor, and in
behalf of the (whig) delegation from Lou
isiana, “that General Taylor desires it to
be understood, that, in his opinion, his
friends who come into this convention are
bound to abide by its decision, and to sus
tain the nominee ‘heart and soul’—that
Gen. Taylor recognises in his friends in
this convention those who have the right
to withdraw his name, and will cheerfully
acquiesce in such withdrawal.”
Here, then, he submits himself to the
decision of a whig convention, through his
friend Judge Saunders, and receives the
nomination of the whig party ; and his ap
proval of this nomination is endorsed by
his Balie Peyton Committee at New Or
leans, by express authority from himself.
Now, what becomes cf the General and
his repeated declarations, that under no
circumstances would he consent to become
the candidate of a party ? What faith can
hereafter be reposed in the declarations of
such a man ? Or what could be expected
from an administration with such a man
ostensibly at the head of it ? None—none
whatever. The General has surrendered,
and is now not only a whig; but an ultra
whig, of “the Boston-stamp ;” for Abbott
Lawrence, who says he speaks by author
ity, declares to his northern friends that
General Taylor is as good a whig as him
self.
What are his principles now? His
friends refer to his Allison letter as his
platform, in which he says, among other
things, “Upon the subject of the tariff, the
currency, the improvement of our great
highways, rivers, lakes, and harbors, the
will of the people, as expressed through
their representatives in Congress, ought to
be respected and carried out by the Execu
tive.” These, they say, are his opinions.
That is, that lie is for o’” against a protec
tive tariff—for or against a national bank
—and for or against a system of internal
improvements, as Congress may determine.
But what are your own opinions upon these
subjects, General ? Mum. As goes the
Congress, so goes the general. So in re
gard to the “Wilrnct Proviso.” Black or
white? is the question-—and again he is
mum. The whigs at the north say he is
for it, while the whigs of the south say he
is opposed to it. Such are the absurdities
of the times.
Now suppose it were possible to give
form and feature to such political tergiver
sation, and what a monsttr would be here
presented to our view:
“Suppose a painter to a human head
Should jo’n ‘Old Whitev’s’ neck, and wildly spread
The various plumage of the feathered kind
O’er limbs of different beasts, absurdly joined ;
Or, if he gave to view a beauteous maid,
Above the waist with every charm arrrayed,
Should a foul fish her lower parts unfold—
Would you not laugh such pictures to behold ?
Such is the book, which, like a sick man’s dreams,
Varies all shapes, and merges all extremes.”
And yet such are General Taylor’s pol
itics !
As to his independence, that is gone,
gone, gone. Now hear what his late in
dependent friends, who have been betray
ed by him, say upon that subject.
The “Buena Vista” newspaper, their
late organ, thus announces the formal dis
bandment of the independent Taylor party
in Maryland:
“This is the last numlier of the ‘Buena Vista’
which will be issued. Our cause has suffered that
worst of misfortunes— the failure of its leader. —
We must take back to our own bosoms the confi
dence we had so freely lavished; we can he true to
ourselves, when othersare untrue to us. The cause
of our country sti'l remains, full of vitality, and
more than ever worthy of our devotion; the genius
of the constitution still invokes our fealty and rev
erence. In the approaching political contest, the
philosophy of indifference is ours. We rely upon
the fortunes of the republic, and in the mean time
remain neutral between the rival competitors for
place. Nevertheless, it is for each one to determine
his own course for hintself. As an organization in
behalf of Gen. Taylor for the presidency, our bond
of unity is gone.”
******
“We have no private griefs—no mortifications,
save the profound one of having failed in an honest
effort to serve the best interests of the country.—
The position of General 1 ay lor, if honorably main
tained, and-his election upon the high ground of
inardy and patriotic indc|>endence, we (regarded as
fraught, and to be fraught, with incaJctuabfe nation
al blessings. His abandonment oi tha|po, we
look upon as a national calamity proportionally
heavy.”
“Finding him thus unreliable in one thing, vie
have no reason for supposing we can rely upon him
in any thing. We must take back to our own bo
soms the confidence wc had so freely lavished. —
Our pain and disappointment art bitter, in find
ing that our standard of him was higher than his
standard of himself,” “What we could not con
trol, we should, under ordinary circumstances,have
contented ourselves with simply lamenting. But,
having helped to mislead others whilo we were de
ceived ourselves, we have felt it our duty to unde
ceive them, so far as this exposition has gone.—
That done, we shall, as individuals, pursue our
own course—others will pursue theirs.”
His independent friends in Louisiana
have adopted the same course; and he is
left alone with his whig principles (such
as they are) in the keeping of his Balie
Peyton whig committee in New Orleans,
and refuses to take his letters out of the
post office, because he is charged with the
postage, and is unwilling to answer them.
The election in November will show, that
however willing the people may be to a
ward all just merit to the General for his
military services, (and, even as to that, there
have been others in the late war with Mex
ico as good as he,) they are, nevertheless,
not willing to elevate to the presidential
chair a man without any civil qualifications
or experience whatever; and who, in the
short space ofa twelvemonth, has written
himself into so many absurdities and incon
sistencies. Alas! for the whig party, when
such an availability is made to take prece
dence of such men as Henry Clay. Mis
erable indeed must be their cause, when
driven to such extremity, and when their
available candidate, after all his supposed
availability, finds it necessary to resort to
such wretched subterfuge !
But Shakspeare says—and perhaps Gen
eral Mam and his friends expect to profit
by his observance of the maxim for the fu
ture—
“l do know of those,
Who therefore only aro reputed wise
For saying nothing.”
From tho Palmetto State Banner.
GEY. TAYLOR AT THE WEST.
We have received from a gentleman, a
native of this State, now of Ohio, a printed
copy of a circular, addressed to the Whigs
of Green County, (Ohio,) from which we
give an extract below. Is it not astonish
ing that Southern gentlemen can be found,
so thoroughly imbued with partizan feel
ing, as to overlook entirely, the evidence
which must every day stare them in the
face, that the unfortunate position taken by
Gen. Taylor, in relation to the relative
powers and duties of Congress and the
President, is such as will justify the Aboli
tionists themselves, in giving him their sup
port, inasmuch, as under his administra
tion, no act of Congress declaring “that
slavery should be forever excluded from
the Territories of the United States,” would
he arrested by a Presidential veto. The
similarity, indeed the identity of the rea
soning of the Abolitionists, of the North
and North West, from Maine, to Ohio, on
this subject, is somewhat remarkable, hut
not more so, than it is alarming. The
following is the extract above referred to:
“Wc are assured by Gen. Taylor himself that
he is a Whig—wall known Whigs, indentified for
years with the Whig parly, and approved as such,
confirm the assertion. His election will ensure to
the country a Whig Cabinet, a Whig Congress,
and the success of Whig Principles. General
Taylor is pledged by his letters to many of the car
dinal doctrines of the the Whigs—pledged not to
thwart or defeat the will of the people upon ques
tions of domestic policy when declared in acts of
Congress, by the interposition of the Executive Ve
to, which, under the Administration of Tyler and
of Polk, has so often paralyzed the acts of the Rep
resentatives of the people. If Congress by its acts
should declare that Slavery should be forever exclud
ed from the territories of the Union, Gen. Taylor
is virtually pledged not to veto such act?—for the
question’ of Slavery is obviously one of domestic
policy. Gen. Taylor asserts that the people should
rule, and not the known wishes and opinions of the
Executive impudently thrust upon the legislative
department. Upon the tariff, the currency, the im
provement of our rivers, lakes and harbors, he as
serts the true Whig doctrino, that the will ol the
people as expressed through Congress, should and
ought to ho carried out by the President.
Now for Lewis Cass—need we speak of him or
his acts and declaration? in detail,or is it not suffi
cient to prevent any Whig from voting for him or
not voting for Gen. Taylor, to know, as wo all do,
that he is an out and out radical Locofoco Federa
list of the worst sort—a timc-seiving, pliant office
holder of thirty years standing—a man who meanly
deserted and slank away from the support of the
interests of the West in time of need—who main
tains that Congress has not power to exclude Sla
very from territory now free, and that Congress has
not jurisdiction upon this important subject.
Between this supple tool of Southern locofocoism,
and the honest and ever victorious old Whig sol
dier can we hesitate an instant, or be mistaken in
our choice? No, no! Beware then, we again
exhort you, ofcommitting yourselves to the disor
ganization and dissolution of the great Whig party,
and thereby lending yourself to the election of Lew
is Cass.”
From the Mississippian, 14th inst.
Gen. Taylor and the Volunteers.—
We have conversed with several of the
officers and privates of the 2d Mississippi
Regiment, now just returned from Mexico,
and have found that there is not a demo
crat among them who will not vote for Cass
and Butler; hut what is more cheering
still, there are many who left their homes
as whigs, hut who return among us resol
ved to act with that party who justified
the war, and were ready at all times to vote
for the application of all necessary means
for its vigorous prosecution. These gal
lant volunteers respect and admire Gen.
Taylor as a soldier, hut they will never
consent to unite with the Corwins, Sewards,
and Fillmores.
A well informed officer of the 2d Regi
ment assures us, that the same feeling in
regard to the Presidency, which animates
the besoms of the Mississippian?, likewise
prevails with the North Carolina and Vir
ginia volunteers, and with all others with
whom he has mingled.
The story has gone abroad that the offi
cers and privates of the Ist Mississippi Ri
fles, will all vote for Gen. Taylor. There
is not a word of truth in it, so far as the
statement relates to the democrats of that
i nmorlal band of ci'izen soldiers. From
their illustrious commander, Col. Jeff. Da
vis, to the “high privates,” there is not one
who went to the field a democrat, who is
not so now, and every one of them will
vote for Cass and Butler. You could not
f offer the patriotic soldier a greater insult
than to say to him, “because Gen. Taylor
has shown himself a warrior we presume
you will surrender your principles and
vote for him.” The proposition is insult
ing to any, but to none more so than the
volunteer soldier.
Mrs. Fanny Kemble Butler, it is said, is
rcsidingat Lenox, Mass., where she has
many friends. A newspaper from that re
gion informs us that she indulges in vari
ous little eccentricities, much to the sur
prise of the people; among others in her
love for male attire. Her morning cos
tume consists of a pair of pants, a frock
coat, or a blouse, as the weather may dic
tate, a dicky and a cane, and with this
outfit, she wanders over hill and dale, with
an abandon which would do credit to any
one who had been from youth accustomed
to this dress. Mrs. Butler commences an
engagement at the Bowery theatre, N. Y.,
early in the month.
| NUMBER 34.
THE COMPROMISE.
Our readers are apprised, says the
National Intelligencer , that one of the most
important of those questions which some
times arise as if to try the strength and
durability of our Union, was referred to a
Select Committee of eight members in the
Senate of the United States on the 12th in
stant. - In the formation of every Commit
tee every sectional interest was consulted
and represented, and each of the political
divisions had an equal weight.
We may easily suppose that the most
opposite views were presented and defen
ded by the distinguished Senators who
formed this Committee; and those who
were informed of the inherent difficul
ties which stood in the way of an adjust
ment and favorable report, had but faint
hope that this question could be settled
during the present session. And yet many
ardent friends of the Union and of their
country, Whig and Democratic, were of
opinion that by deferring an adjustment
the difficulties attending it would increase;
greater exacerbation would ensue; and
that geographical parties would arise, en
dangering at no distant day that union of
free and independent States which can
alone ensure peace at home and respect
abroad.
This Committee, however, yesterday re
ported a bill which wc sincerely hope will
put this question forever to rest. This
bill proposes to establish Governments for
the Territories of Oregon, California, and
New Mexico, upon such principles of uni
versal justice and constitutional right as it
is hoped will challenge the approval of eve
ry calm and reflecting mind.
The bill provides a Territorial Govern
ment for Oregon —continuing in force the
laws which have been passed by the pres
ent temporary Government until the Legis
lature, to be created by this act, shall pass
other laws in conformity to the wishes and
interests of the people whom they repre
sent.
As it regards new Mexico and California,
it provides for each a Government such as
that first given to the Michigan Territory;
but at the same time restrains those Ter
ritories from passing any laws on the sub
ject of slavery, freedom of religion, or im
pairing the right of the United States in
the unoccupied lands. Whatever rights of
property are to he enjoyed by persons re
moving to those Territories, derived from
the Constitution and Laws of the United
States, are to be referred to and decided by
the Judical Power of the United States,
subject to an appeal from the Courts with
in the Territories to the Supreme Court of
the United States.
Hence it is apparent that the rights and
claims of the North and the South on the
subject of slavery are reserved; and, with
out giving the sanction of the United States
to a further extension of the territory in
which slavery will be recognised, the furth
er character of those States will depend on
the character, the habits, and the wishes of
the people who shall hereafter form the
State Constitutions for those Territories.
We sincerely trust that this scheme,
proceeding as it does from the most patriot
ic motives, may put an end forever to a
Siestion, from the agitation of which alone
e enemies of our great and glorious Union
derive any hope of succeeding in their in
sane purposes.
Gen. Harrison’s Opinion of Gen.
Cass. —We doubt not that there are some
(few we would trust) among the Whig
party, who will be ready not only to im
peach Gen. Cass’s skill and courage as an
officer and soldier, to call him coward, but
even to swear that he never was in battle
at all, or smelled hostile gunpowder in his
life. We refer such, in advance, to the
subjoined extract from Gen. Harrison’s re
port of the battle of the Thames, in which
battle Gen. Cass bore a conspicuous part.
[Ohio Empire.
“ I have already stated that Gen. Ca?s and Com.
Perry assisted me i.i forming the troops foi the ac
tion. The former is an officer of the highest prom
ise, and the appearance of the brave commodore
cheered and animated every breast.”
An eye-witness of the battle writes also
thus:
“In the autumn of 18 ’.3,1 well recollect Gen.
Cass of the north-western army, commanded by
Harrison and Shelby. He was conspicuous at the
landing of the troops upon the Canada shore below
Malden, on the 27th of September, and conspicu
ous at the battle of tho Thames, as the volunteer
aid of the commanding general. I saw him in tho
midst o( the battle, in the woods upon the banks of
the Thames, during the roar and clangor of fire
arms, and savago yells of the enemy. Then I was
a green youth of seventeen, and a voluntoer from
Kentucky.”
“Brag is a good dog, bi t Hold Fast is
better.”-— The Detroit Free Press of June
7th, contains the following definite corres
pondence from a responsible correspon
dent:
Detroit, June 7th, 1848.
Mr. Editor:—The following article ap
pears in the Detroit Advertiser of to
day: _
Betting. —There are bets making in
Albany that Gen. Cass will not carry a
majority in any one county in the State of
N. York. Before thirty days have elapsed
there will he bets offered that there is not
a State in the Union that wili cast her elec
toral vote for Cass.—[A". Y. Globe.
Will you please insert the accompany
ing proposition, net only as a reply to this
article, but also to one in the same paper
of the 15th, which stated that Gen. Cass
would not receive the vote of his own
State.
$5,000 —On the election of Gen. Cass
against all other candidates.
Viz: 3,000, or 100 on each of the
thirty States of the Union—hit Gen. Cass
will receive the electoral vote of each re
spectively.
SI,OO0 —That lie will receive the elec
toral vote of Michigan.
SI,OO0 —That he will be the next Pres
ident of the U. States.
To be a draw bet in event of his death.
Yours, &c.
Whig Enthusiasm. —After several days
notice, and particular attention called to
the W hig meeting held in this city yes
terday afternoon, some forty or fifty of the
faithful were in attendance. What a
change from 1840-’l4—double, aye treble
the number could be raised at an hour’s
notice to hear some of those delightful mel
odies from the book with the “Yallow Kiv
ers.” The meeting, we understand,.was
addressed by Ex-Governor Crawford and
John Milledge, Esq., who declined taking
Mr. Toombs’ placein Congress. In these
parts, Whig enthusiam is great —to stay at
home—and the wire-workers will have to
make another nomination before it can be
suppressed. *
Come, gentlemen, take it Charleston
fashion. If Taylor and Fillmore is too
much for your stomachs, take Taylor and
Butler, and after the election is over you
will have the consolation of having elected
one of your candidates. —[Augusta Cons'i
tutionalist.
GEN. CASS AND THE WHIG PRESS.
The following garbled extract i going
the rounds of the Whig press, with a grand
flourish over it:
“Wc are no slave-holder. We Morhave been.
We never shall he. We deprecate in irtiatr—a in
principle, and pray for its abolition every where.
(Xf where this can be effected justly and peaceably
and easily for both parties.” TD
Now-, gentlemen.be honest for once ia
your lives, and do a political opponent but
a simple act of justice. If you wish to en
lighten your readers on the position; occu
pied by Gen. Cass, give up garbling, and
report him faithfully. The above quota
tion is the beginning of the paragraph, of
which the following is the conclusion ;
“But wc would not carry fwe, and devastation,
and murder, and ruin into a peaceful community,
to push o the accomplishment of the object. Bat
alter ha ving visited the three quartern of the old con
tinent, we say before God, and the worldt the* wo
have seen far more, and mate frightful misery since
we landed in Europe, and we have not visited Ire
land yet, than wo have ever seen among this dam
of people in the United States. Whatever may be
said, there is much of the patriarchal relation be
tween the Southern planter and the stave. Ant)
ns to the physical distress, which is seen in Suioye,
resulting from a want of food and from exposure
to a rigorous winter without adeqitato clothing, we
believe it to be so rare, as not to form a jn it durum
in tin* consideration of this matter. But the sub
ject of tho emancipation of two millions ami a hah
of human beings living among another population
of different race andcohur, and with different habit
and feelings is one of the gravest questions whirl,
can be submitted to society to solve. It cun tv tel -e
be left only to time who are to be so seriously a)
fected by itand there it is left by the constitut tV•
of the United States. It is a mattsn with
WHICH THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT BAS NO CON
CEHX.”
Publish the whole paragraph, gentleiner.
state the subject on which it was written
“The Right of Search” and the parties t
whom it was addressed, and you will pleas,
every Democrat by keeping it at the head
of your columns until the day of the elec
tion, and gain for Gen. Cass some misgui
ded Whigs.
War against Gen. Cass.—The follow
ing article from the Detroit Free Pres?,
shows the virulence of the war which some
of the Whig papers are prepared to wage
against the republican nominee. Even
the ladies of his family cannot escape !
The Advertiser is the only Whig paper
published in Detroit, and is the “organ”
of the party in the State. It is but justice
to the rank and file of the Whig party in
Michigan to say, that we cannot beiiev
they approve of such acts; but tho arti
cle shows, at least, the virulent hostility
of the Whig leaders, and to what they
must resort to injure Gen. Cass. Whv
do they not attack his public character at
home ?
The Course of the Whigs. —The Ad
vertiser, of this city, has shown a disposi
tion, since the nomination of Gen. Cass, to
resort to any means, no matter how low,
and even to invade his house to find means
to abuse and villify him. The editor has
shown a willingness to impugn the mo
tives of the ladies of his household, for
some contribution to charitable purposes,
made even one year ago. This is mean
ness even beyond what many had supposed
the editor capable of, but we are not sur
prised. We have evidence in our posses
sion to show that it is an old trait in his
character, and that such meanness has be
fore been resorted to for gain. The follow
ing note was addressed to tho Advertiser
by Mr. Kendrick, one of our most respec
table citizens, and a uniform Whig :
Detroit, June 9, 1848.
Gentlemen of the Advertiser : I was pained
to see tho enclosed paragraph in your paper of
yesterday.
I am aware that it was called out by the fact
having been communicated to you that Mrs. Cats
attended a small missionary Sunday school, in a
remote and long-ncglected part of the city, wher
her interest has been enlisted since its organization
a year ago; and when she was too ill to attend in
person, she sent ten dollars to purchase books for
that same schojl. It is also shown that her heuae
has been open for the meeting of the Orphan Aaso
ciation ever since her return from France, and
mainly because her health would not admit of her
going out to meet them elsewhere. You are at
liberty to call Sunday Schools ‘little mattersbut
if you can descend to things so vile, as to impugn
the motives of a pious Sabbath School teacher, and
follow with your political poison the charitable and
truly philanthropic acts of a Christian female, who
seeks only—as she has ever done—to benefit the
orphan and ignorant children of our city, you wilt
not leave such corrupt effusions at my door,but send
me your bill to-morrow morning, and oblige
Yourß, truly, 8. N. Kendrick.
Gen. Taylor’s Inconsistencies.— Who
said that he would not be the candidate of
any party, or lend himself to party
schemes ?
Gen. Zachary Taylor.
Who has since accepted the nomination
of every party, that offered a nomination of
him?
Gen. Zachary Taylor.
Who said, in several of his letters, tint
he would sooner see Mr. Clay, or any of
our experienced statesmen, elected to tho
Presidency than himself?
Gen. Zachary Taylor.
Who afterwards said that he would not
withdraw in favor of Mr. Clay or any body
else, whether he was nominated or not?
Gen. Zachary Taylor.
Who said in his letter to Gen. Gaines,
that he was in favor of acquiring more
than half the Mexican territory by con
quest?
Gen. Zachary Taylor.
Who afterwards said, in his letter to
Captain Allison, that he was opposed to
acquiring an inch of territory by con
quest ?
Gen. Zachary Taylor.
Who has therefore shown himself to
be the most inconsistent, contradictory,
and two-faced man that ever figured be
before the American public ?
Gen. Zachary ‘laylor.
Well, do these inconsistencies and con
tradictions show Gen. Taylor to be an
honest and conscientious man ?
Not unless words have recently changed
their meaning!
From the Noxubee (Miss) Rifle.
Important Correspondence.—-As soon
as the news of the two Conventions reach
ed here, we addressed a letter to each of
the distinguished'-gentlemen, and we are
now enabled to spread that correspondence
before the public:
Frooxeck, June the Bth.
General Taylori As there is 9ome
speculation as to your political opinions,
you will oblige me by answering thj fol
lowing nquiries:
Are you fond of mustard ?
Did you ever slay a Mexican ?
Yours, in a horn, Hum Bco.
Buena Vista, June 9.
In reply to your letter, I can only say
that “ I a:n a Whig, but net an ultra
W hig.” I have authorized no one to
“withdraw my name,” and I would pre
fer “ seeing him President to any other
living man.” Constitutionally yours,
To H. Bug, Esq. Z. Taylor.
Frogneck, June the 8.
Gen. Cass: Your attention is called to
the following queries : Who?—Which ?
—What ?—When ?—How ?— Where !
H. Bug,
Having travelled eighteen hundred
miles, I feel perfectly able to paddte tny
own canoe. \V hoop! Minta !
Lewis Cass.
To H. Bug.
IV. H. Seward: Do you believe that
cotton is more profitable than wool ? Ha
a negro a soul ? Who threw thst last
brick ? Darkly yours, H. Bug.
WoOI.VJI.LE.
Please accept the enclosed tyck of hair.