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Mexico li.n! been received. Tlio mes- j Tuylor was ilien taken op. Mr. Critten-
•age was ordered to !>c printed.
den commented in severe terms upon
On motion of Mr. Rocjcwell, the House! Mr. Hale’s conduct, in opposing the
went into committee of the Whole, and thanks due to the officers who had fought
took up private bills. After some time the battles ot their country,
spent therein, the committee rose, and ' ,T k "
the House adjourned over to Monday, I
without transacting further business.
Mr. Hale rejoined by saying that he
Was hixoton, Feb. 14.
Senate*—Mr. Berrien presented
he
ould not be hypocrite enough to gi
thanks to the officers for carrying
war, which he believed to be urn
tutionnl and unjust.
the
We find in the Nashville (Te.) Whi
I him—that he would never, under any
circumstances, pass through another po-
1 litical conflict., What his resolution then
tras, is, we are ’sure, his resolution note.—
He will not be a candidate for the Chief
15 | Magistracy unless called to the high ojicc by
1 the general acclamation 6f all parties, and
he well kuotes that he is not called to it by
n pilot ion ol the sentiments of the anl j such acclamation
credentials of his colleague, Mr. John
son ; and Mr. J. was sivoru and look his
seat.
' Sundry petitions and memorials
presented and referred.
Mr. Yulco moved that the Senate
up the resolutions of Mr. Dickiii*
and nays
they stood as follow!
,verc (Mr. Hale.)
I The special order
lake • until tomorrow, and
to Executive Si
spoke sometime in support of hisamend- Journment took pi
: yeas 43, nays 1,
vns then postponed j ‘ f* u
the Senate went j jex ]
>u, after which ad-
menl to them—when without
he gave way to a motion that the Senate j
proceed to the consideration of the ordi
" the day, viz. the Ten Ucgi
Mr Breese, being entitled to the floor,
supported the bill, and defended both
the Administration and the war, in a
speech of some length.
' w_ ||lc n , M , r
/Mr. Upli
jeet for to-morrow.
After a short executive session - the
Scunto adjourned.
House, of He preset! tat ires.—The Stales
were called in order for resolutions, pe
titions, ami memorials, and u number
were presented.
Mr. James Thompson oflered a reso
lution to expunge from the Journal, Mr.
Ashman’s amendment to the resolution
of thanks to Major General Taylor lor
his gallantry and services in the Mexi-'n
can war—which amendment declared, j 1
substantially, that the war had been un
necessarily and unconstitutionally begun J
by the President of the United States. |
This motion occasioned some excite- I dcji
ment in the Hall—several incml
of Representutires.—Mr. Evans
inved a reconsideration of the vote pass-
1 yesterday, stopping the debate on the
nt Bill. Loan bill to-day at 2 o’clock,
ic floor, i Mr. Henly moved to lay the motion
n the table, but the vote being taken,
ar, in a i this was decided in the negative.
j Mr. Rust moved a call of the House,
this sub- j but this also failed, the vote being yeas
| <*3, nays 168. The vote on .Mr. Evans’
ssion the! motion was then taken by yeas and nays,
land decided in the negative—yeas 93,
Nashville contemporary, j General Taylor and in favor of Mr. Clay
° 1 lr ’ 1 copied them ibto his journal, aceompa-
them by some editorial comments,
nmrii -mu uii uai distinguished
Mes"«."F<^ic,“cHitcmlen,nnd Jcflbr- * hi * co,umn - =J n<1 ol ’ ho “S h ,K ‘ VC
„ Davis fallowed, afler which the fore presented some of ihem toour .
demanded, when ('•■"* winch relate to M ash,
ton,) we think it will not be wr.hout
’ i terest to place together the positions through
led by the father of his country, by i Tin inn*.
Taylor, and by the great Western
statesman. For tiie quotations, we are
indebted
In a letter to Samuel Harrison, dated
Jan. IS, 17S9, Gen. Washington said :
44 Should 1 once mure enter the walks
of public life, it is my fixed determina
tion to enter there, not only unfettered by
promises, but even unchargeable with
creating or feeding the expectation of
any man living, from my assistance to
office.”
In a letter to Benj. Harrison, dated
March 11, 17S9, he said:
4 *-I will go to the chair under no pre
engagement of any kind or nuture what
soever. But when I am in it, I will, to
the best of my judgement, discharge the du
ties of the ojicc with impartiality and zeal
for the public good.”
In another letter of the 11th March,
17S9, written to Benj. Lincoln, Gen.
Washington said :
“Should it become inevitably neces
sary lor me to go into the chair of gov
ernment, I hare determined to go Jrccfrom
all positive engagements of every nature
whatsoever, so that 1 may be at liberty to
act with a sole reference to justice an d lo
dcr more directly to it, we separate it
from the rest of the tract, and here re
peat it as loflows:
“In a defensive war the people would
cheerfully bear every species of taxa
tion, and Government might call forth
alUtho resources of the country. It is
quite otherwise in a warof invasion and
conquest. The Administration say that
The above paragraphs proceed from ; their object is to conquer peace; that
> para^,
of the ablest and most ardent friend
L ” of Mr. Clay ; from a leading journal
i“ t his own State, atuUnve been copied.;
rculaled, not p^ifn' Kentucky,^
nook '
to say, a pea^e which will give, accord-
in j ing to the common vague firm, * indem-
M niiy for the past anil security for the fu-
lure.’ It is not intended here to inquire
_ Jt l corner of the ! what right the United States have to ask
Not the slightest doubt has been \ *7 n y indemnity from Mexico. Justice
pressed of fticir accuracy. The eilit-
oftheN.Y. Tribune, who is oppos
The House thou went into Committee
of the Whole and took up the loan bill,
when the debate was continued by'
Messrs. Morchcad, Pollock, and Vinton,
the buyer speaker closing the discussion.
Several amendments were oflered to the
bill, but the Committee rose without
action upon them, and the House ad-
uddressing the chair at the same time, i we find the folio
Mr. A slim ii n moved to lay the resol u- j relation to Captai
lion on the table, which was carried— j fence of Fort Ha
yens 103, nays 93. {day. General Ta
The IIouso then, on motion, resolved j mail" were eons;
itself into a committee of the whole, and 1 people’s
proceeded to the consideration of the | discr
Loan Bill. j ass.n
Mr. Ducr being entitled to the floor, tracy
opposed the Administintioii in a fluent j Y. C
anu well-arranged speech, in which lie; From
devoted his best energies to an ebicida- j
tipn of the subji
Cien. Taylor.
A friend in Boston has sent us the In-
lent Chronicle, published in Hos
tile 22«1 October, 1S12, in which
n faience
it this tin
ally elect bin
communication m
chary Taylor’s de-
n. Even .it that
s “ skill and judg-
us, and such is the
i his judgment and
Mliat
ill i
Mr. Cocke took the fir
bad concluded ; but lie
motion that the committee i
prevailed.
And the House adjourned
Was
Senate—The He
order at the regular
lo the consideration of the
ftincss. Sundry petitions and
the Chief Mngis-
uiitcst.—jEds. N.
.)■ Kmjuircr.
pendent ChronicV, published in Boston,
i a „ clticidu- j October sad, tats,
I ** Messrs. Editors: Justice dictates,
after Mr. D. (that whenever we attempt to praise or
vc way to a censure the conduct of public officers, it
rise, which • should be done impartially, giving to all
j their just due, ns merit or demerit de-
I serve,—avoiding a too great profusion
j on the one hand, or too much severity
, Feb. 13. jon tbe other; both arc distinct from the
is called to ' correct line, and cannot claim sanction.
■,aiul proceeded j There has been recently published in
g hu-jihc public papers, the official letter of
~ Z. Taylor, commanding Fort
ids were presented and appropriately [ Harrison, (Indiana Territory,) to Briga
referred. j dier General Harrison, giving an account
Mr. Badger moved a reconsideration > of an attack made on the fort by a nu-
of the vote by which the bill for the in- rnernus body of Indians. It appears by
crease of the Medical Slaffof the Army . tho letter that the garrison of the fort
was passed. This prevailed, and the, was small indeed, and a part of these un-
question recurring on the passage of the , lit for duty ; the Captain himself only
r moved its indefin
said bill, Mr. Bml 4
itc postponement, which wu
jrt flic affirmative.
Agreeably lo previous n
Felcli asked and obtained lea'
in a bill, which was read tli
second time by unanimous cn
referred to the committee oi
ciary. It related to the District C<;
of the Stntcof Michigan.
Mr. Yulce. moved to take up the
olutions submitted by Mr. Dick
’alcsccnt. The attack of the
decided j ages was furious, anil they had the ad-
! dress to set fire to one of the block houses,
ice, Mr. (which threatened not only to open an
to bring : avenue into the fort, but lo extend the
first and flames to die whole works. Amid this,
eiil, anil I with the addition of the horrid yells of
id i- the savages without, piercing cries of the
iris j women and children within, and pres
sure of alarm and da _
es-1 of the small garrison, in a situation al-
ou, most desperate and hopeless,—the brave
Afler some brief re- Taylor arouses all his faculties, and exhi-
that I bits proof that he possesses a cool and de-
wliich nrcvailcc!
marks by Mr Dickinson, sin
sentiments in some quarters of the South termined bravery, which nodungercould
were very different from those enter-1 appal, and that this bravery was sup-
tained by Mr. Yulee,the latter gentleman j ported by the firm pillars of sound skill
the public goody
So far, Gen. Washington. We now
turn lo General Taylor, commencing
with his letter to the editor of the Cincin-
ti Signal, dated the 18th of May last,
flcr declaring that, though he should
t refuse, ifhis country called him to
the Presidency, he had not the slightest
aspirations for the station, Gen. Taylor
said :
“In no case can I permit myself to be
the candidate of any party or yield my
self to any party schemes.”
In his next letter to a gentleman in
New York, dated May 29th, 1S47, Gen.
Taylor said:
“ I will nntopposc the manifest wish
es of the people. • * • •
I will not bo the candidate of any
party or clique ; and should the nation
at large seek to place me in the chair of
Chief Magistrate, the good of all par
ties and the nation will be my great aim.”
In his letter of the 9th of June last to
Dr. Delony, of Clinton, Gen. Taylo
explicitly declines to makcany pledges
except to administer the Government
honestly and faithfully to the best of his
abilities, and strictly in accordance with
the constitution. He adds :
“Should I ever occupy the While
House, it must be by the spontaneous
out of the question; we have to deal
only with expediency. But to say that
I we must have security or guaranty for
the future is really too ridiculous.
Mexico taill
th the following cxtrac
the Whig closes its quotations. After
avowing that Mr. Clay was not fairly
beaten- by ME Polk, the Tribune pro
ceeds :
But, according to the vote cast and
massed, he was beaten. That he
thereupon resolved not again to be a can
didate uuless in the uncontemplated con
tingency of a virtually unanimous call
upon him, is doubtless true. Thus Mr.
Clay stands at present, and therefore he
declines, as far us possible, all public
demonstrationsofconfidence and attach
ment, which" might be tortured into a
mnniicstitatkm of desire to reenter pub
lic life.
“ Mr. Clay trill never again consent to
be a mere party candidate for President.—
He will not be a candidate at all,
upon a call so general and urgi
which ' cade the United States. Bu\ the Mexicans
my think that-they want some security
against a Government which dismem
bers and threatens subjugation.
“ Whatever species of peace may be
contemplated, it is necessary, in the
first place, to find a Government with
whom to treat; and that, in a country
entirely conquered or occupied,is impos
sible. In order to make a real treat}'
of peace, that Government must be a free
agent; and no such one can be formed if
we extend our occupation over the whole
or the greater part of the country. That
free agency is the only guaranty that
the United States want for a solid and
real peace. A treaty made under du
resse would bo but the p hantom of peace.
“ But the Administration, in order lo
pi J attain the object they have in view, ask
to I for more men and money. It must be
of the people, and by no actof: Ifone issilly and un
mine, so that 1 could go into the ojicc vn- j l 1G takes that ground,
trammelled, and be the chief magistrate of a J Nor does it follow that a man has no fix-
nation and not of a party.”
body substantially the voice of the j admitted tint the army which, under
... . - General Scott, after a scries of extraor
dinary victories penetrated into the heart
of the Mexican dominions, and took pi
session of their metropolis, was appar
ently incompetent for such a bold enter-
; and that, with a greater force,
r> j tne success would have been more ccr-
( ] I tain, and attended with a less lamenta-
_ i ble loss of men. But it is nevertheless
true that an army of less than ten thous
and effective men did perform that won
derful work, defeated forces three times
numerous as themselves, defended by
fortresses and strong positions, and an
nihilated or dispersed all the troops of
the enemy; and, now, that our effec-
forcc from Vera Cruz to Mexico has
been more than doubled, and that,
the exception of some miserable guerril
las, there is no enemy to encounter, the
tnber of troops authorized by law is
declared to be insufficient; and fifty
thousand regulars, with a reserve of
twenty thousand volunteers, arc said to
3 necessary, in order to occupy that
hieli has been conquered, and to ex
tend that occupation over a greater ex
tent of territory. The only avowed ob
ject is to conquer peace; but woidd not
course inevitably lead to that subjuga-
and annexation for which the tear par
ty is so anxious ?
* This magnificent plan, whether ef
fected by the annihilation of the native
Country. This wc had already unde
stood. The Journal’s statement is slrot
ger in terms than wc hud before unde
stood, but the variation is not essential.
The Whig adds that the entire eon
mentary of the Tribune was copied in- j P r * :
to the Lexington (Ky.) Observer at Mi
Clay’s own door, as embodying fully and
clearly the views of the editor of that pa
per, who, like the editor of the Tribune,}
has opposed the Taylor movement from
a feeling of preference for Mr. Clay.—
We may therefore regard it as a “ fixed
fact,” expressed in language the most
explicit which it is possible to employ,
Mr. Clay will new again be a party
candidate ; that it is his solemn deter
mination never again to be “a candidate
for the Chief Magistracy, unless called to
the high office by the GENEERAL AC
CLAMATION of ALL PARTIES.”
Without wishing to extend this article
to an unreasonable length, wc must beg
to make a few comments. The position
assumed bv Gen. Taylor has been ob
jected to by many Democratic journals,
and by some members of the Whig par
ty. The ideaofa “ n^party” candidate
and 44 no party” President is laughed
at as ridiculous. To those who regard
is as such, wc reply that the positions of
Gen. Taylor and Gen. Washington arc
identical in every respeet—both renounc-
party, and both refusing pledges.—
j cd piinciptes,“lw. r iusd he will 'not
chase r
the; i
proceeded
Loan Bill
floor, and made a speech
resumed his remarks, ami proceeded
his argument.
Ho staled that people goii
territory acquired either by j
conquest, would have the right to curry j
their slaves thither, and neither Con-i
gress nor the people had any right lo J
prevent them, denying that the Consti- j
tution granted any such powe
The special order of the <
the ten regiment bill, was next
and Mr. Uphum having the fl<
nt some length in opposition
commented with severity upon the con
duct of the administration in regard to
the war. When he had concluded, Mr.
Rusk obtained the floor for to-morrow.
Adjourned.
House of Representatives—Mr. Kauff
man presented tt resolution to stop the
debate on the loan bill to-morrow, at
2 o’clock.
Mr. Root moved to lay the resolution
upon the tabic, but the motion was lost.
The resolution was adopted by a vote
of yeas 109, nays S7
When the mornin
gone th much i
i .te irirnrom
I judgment. Ho iuspired the garri-
>n to heroism—all his precautions to
■rest the flames, defeud the breach
hich they threatened to open—refus-
g to open the gate in the dark to admit
ic who claimed friendship, lest he
light admit the enemy with him—all
lark the full possession and correct cxer-
r. I cue of ample abilities to command. And
ay, being ; considering the great disparity of force,
taken up, j and attendant circumstances, perhaps
M>r, spoke I no action as yet, during the present war,
to it, and | either on the land or water, exceeds it in
skill and bravery. It does honour to our
>untry, and as one of its citizens, Cap
tain Taylor, (a total sti
In his letter of the Gth of July, fo the j mit to party claims. Such was not the
’ " case with General Washington, as his
administration abundantly proved. It
is party spirit, despotism, and intoler
ance that in both cases are renounced.
Taylor, like Washington, has no ambi
tion for office, but will accept it if it be
the people’s desire, on the express con
dition that he is to be a candidate of the
people and administer the government
for their good, without respect to party.
It is for the people to decide whether
they desire such a President.
To those Whigs who condemn Gen.
Taylor’s “ no party” position, and yet
express their preferences for Mr. Clay
we need only point out the avowals made
by that gentleman to the same purpose,
and expressed in even stronger language
than those of General Taylor. He, a:
well as Gen. Taylor, must be a “ nc
party candidate,” if a candidate at all
But, wc ask our Clay friends, can that
great statesman ever be a candidate,
when the only condition upon which he
will consent is, that he must be “ called
to the high ojicc by the generad accla
mation OF ALL PARTIES” ?
editor of the Philadelphia Bulletin, Gen.
Taylor said:
“I can only say with all candor, that
if elected to that (the Presidential) office,
it must be by the spontaneous will of the
people at large, and without agency or
pledge on my part in any particular. If
I ever fill that high office, it must be un
trammelled with party obligations or in
terests of any kind, and under none but
those which the constitution and the high
interests of the nation at large most se
riously and solemnly demand.
I do not desire the Presidency, and
only yield thus far my assent, to be con
sidered a candidate in the same propor
tion in which it is desired by the people,
irrespective of party.”
Anil, in the last letter from his pen,
dated the 10th of August, and address
ed to Dr. Bronson of South Carolina,
Gen. Taylor thus reiterates the substance
of all that he has said before.
“ I deem it but due to candor to state,
at the same time, that, if I were called
lo the Presidential chair by the general
voice of the people, without regard lo
their political differences, I should deem
, have my thanks, and
brave g;i
those heartily.
A Military Countryman.
Uoxbury, October 12, 1S12.”
War of CouqucU.
If the statement in the following Let
ter from a Washington correspondent
of the New York Tribune be correct, it
furnishes additional and conclusive evi-
businrss had been that not only did the President,
d°* 11 l ° ^ ,e <lu ‘y to accept the office.—
..— ..i opposition • t
to the measures of the administration. of her territory by the sword,
Mr. Houston, of Alabama, followed, i, e P r yf en t» how
power a
submit the
.. | letter without comment:
44 Washington. Friday eve.
“I have just learned something farth
er in relation lo the early amicable in
tentions of this Administration toward
yj-j Mexico. It has come out in evidence
j before the Committee on Military Affairs,
, in the Senate, that Capt. Gillespie, of the
jarmy, was dispatched in IS45 to Col.
and asserted that the revenue would
cced the estimates made by the Treasu
ry department.
Mr. Hudson next obtained tho floor,
and opposed ihe Sub-Treasury policy. 1 ,
Mr. N’ichol followed in defence
the Administration.
Washington, Feb. 1G. , - . ..
Senate.—'The Senate wascallcd loonier ^ reroont, then in Upper Calif<
by the Vice President, and proceeded to a * et,cr ,n cypher, directing the Colonel
dispose of the regular morning business. 1 8010 shape his course there as to excite a
A, message was received from reljellion against ihemwhorMy of Mexi-
Prcsident in wriFng, in answer to the
resolutions respecting the insertion-of, . .
tho article relating to the. promotion of. ant * prepare her for annexation
cadets iu the last Army register. It was l . 00,11,1 r V m other words,
ordered to be printed,
.A communication was received from
ionize it. it may not be literally
But while I freely avow my attachment
to the administrative policy of the ear
ly Presidents, I desire to be understood
that I cannot submit even in thus accept
ing it, to the exaction of any other pledge
as to the course I should pursue than
that of discharging its functions to the
best of my ability, and strictly
cordance with the requirements of the
constitution.
From the National I.uetli 2 encer.
Mr. Gallatiu on War Expenses,
A new tract has just issued from the
pen of the venerable Sage of the Jeffer
sonian Administration, who has happily
survived all his compeers—unless Mr.
Adams, yet several years his junior, be
considered an exception—for the pur-
pose, it would seem, of shedding the hal
lowed light of truth and wisdom on the
great events which are now in the course
f fulfilment. The subject of his present
Tlmrstlay Morning, Feb. 2-1, IS IS.
FOR I*III"SIX*ENT, I
ZACHARY TAYLOR,
t of o
The March number of
ties is already on our table; and as usual, its
pages are richly laden with literary gems—both
,nd poetry, and lavishly embellished with
elegant specimens of artistic skill. The Lady's
Book, containing 12 more pages than any of the
other magazines, and the Lady’s Dollar Newspaper,
[.monthly sheet, ! ag»'»*t him-argtimcilt, wh.ch they will .njustn-
CORRESPON
DENT «'Z."
Our worthy contemporary of the “Republic,’'
his issue of the 14th inst., is down upon us and
ir correspondent “Z.” (the signature to whose
communication was inadvertently omitted, in our
paper week before last.)
It i# not our wish or intention to enter into a
controversy with any of our good Whig brethren
of the Georgia press, and we are determined, if pos
sible, to avoid such a result. Our remarks, there
fore, on the present occasion, shall be confined to
a defence of our own conduct in endorsing (as the
editor of the Republic has termed it) the remarks
of “ Z.'' It is true, that we did in a short preface
of some half dozen lines in length, direct the rea
der's attention to the communication of “Z.” on a
subject which wc had introduced in our preceding
issue, Viz : what we thought and still tliinlc the
extraordinary claim set up by a very small portion
of tiie Whig press of this State to speak for the
whole party ; and their “ oft-reitcratcd*’ attempts
to disparage the past services and future prospects
of Gen. Taylor. Not that we mean to say they
avowed their right, in so many words, to speak for
the whole party, but because the “by-authority"
tone in which they wrote, was, as we believed, cal
culated to mislead (though no doubt unintention
ally) those at a distance", and the depreciatory tone
iu which they spoke of Gen. Taylor was putting
arguments in the mouths of the Locos at home
a large and well-conducted
are both forwarded for §3 per annum. Certainly
very cheap. Address the publisher, L. A. Godey,
Philadelphia.
DIRECT TAXATION.
J States, proi
» 40 members, al-
y for it.—Southern
al and unjust, and is of the opinion that “ all n
should be supported by direct tax-tion.” lie
supposed to Iw the next civilian after Mr. Claj
the Whig ranks for the Presidency. Mr. IVih
a Democrat trom Pennsylvania,(he of Proviso m
ory,) lately proposed this method of
House of Representative ¥ *
most exclusively \Vhig
Banner, of last week.
We are not in the habit, now-a-days, of bestow
ing any particular attention upon the wise sayings
and numerous blunders of the editor of the Banner;
but the above paragraph, to which our attention
has been directed by a friend, contains a misstate
ment of facta so glaringly unjust, that we trust we
shall be pardoned for making the correction. In or
der to place the matter beyond the reach of cavil,
we give below the vote on Mr. Wilinot’s proposi
tion ; from which it will be seen that 4-1 ayes were
recorded ; of this number 24 were Whigs and 20
Democrats. Now, whether these 44 votes in fa
vor of direct taxation were “ almost exclusively
Whigs,” wc leave the editor of the Banner and the
public to determine.
Yeas.—Messrs. Ashmun, Bolts, Brodhead, Burt,
Chase, Clapp. Franklin Clark, Collins, Crowell,
Duer, Fries, Gaines, Giddings. (lott, Gregory, Grin-
nell, Hunt, Andrew Johnson,George W. Jones, Wil
liam T. Lawrence, Sidney Lawrence, Lord. Marvin,
Mullen, Nelson, Nicoll, Palfrey, Petrie, Pilsbury,
Putnam, Reynolds, Julius Rockwell, Rumsey, St.
John, Sherrill, Caleb B. Smith, Robert Smith, Van
Dyke, Wentworth, White, Williams, Wiley, VVil-
mot, and Woodward—44.
Nays.—Messrs. Abbott, John Quincy Adams,
Green Adams, Atkinson, Barringer, Barrow, Bayly,
Beale, Bedingcr,BinIsall, Black, Blanchard, Bocock.
Bowden, Bowlin, Boyd, Brady, William G. Browni
Charles Brown, Albert G. Brown, Buckner, Butler,
Cabell, Canby, Cathcart, Chapman, Beverly L
Clarke, Clingman, Howell Cobh, Williamson R. W
Cobb, Conger, Cranston, Crislield, Crozicr, Daniel.
hen he shall have received the
nomination of the Convention (as we have no
doubt will be the case). It was to call the atten
tion of the worthy alitor of the Republic and oth
ers who had joined him in this course, to the fact
that it was calculated to injure not only Gen. Tay
lor but the Whig party of the State, that we pub
lished the communication of “ Z." a personal friend
of the editor's and a subscriber to the Republic,
whom wc think had a right to complain—not that
that paper advocated the claims of Mr. Clay (for
the editor stood pledged to the public to do so)—
but that not satisfied with advocating Mr. Clay, he
went farther in attempting to depreciate Gen. Tay
lor’s claims, than perhaps the Locos themselves
would do. This was doing more than “ Z." or any
of his subscribers bargained for.
As to the editor's allusion to the comparison insti
tuted by “ Z." between certain papers, being intend
ed for the “Republic" and “Whig,” he shoots wide
of the mark, as wc have good reason to know; and
had we supposed they were referred to, wc would
not, of course, have published that portion of Z’s
unnecessary to pursue the subject any
further, as we cannot see the slightest probability
l any good can grow out of it. Wc arc glad to
that the alitor of the Republic ha? pledged him-
in case old Zachary should receive the nomi-
ion, zealously to support him for the next Prcs-
Dickcy, Dickinson, Dixon, Donnell, Daniel Dun-
can, Garnett Duncan, Dunn, Edwards, Embree,
Population or hv enslaving ir will nro-l Alex;in,i er Evans, Nathan Evans, Earan, EarrcBy,
population or UJ enslav ing it, Will pro- j p eathcrston) Fisheri Flournoy, Freedlcv, French,
mote their welfare, anti is also called a j Fulton, Gayle, Gentry, Goggin, ..
pacification. 14 Ubi soliludincm {sen scr- i lard P. Hall, Nathan K. Hall, Hammons, James G.
vittttcni) fdtiunt, paccm appallcnt.” But Hampton, Moses Hampton, Haralson, Harris. Ilcn-
if this rvtnv'io'int nrmer-r cnrmostrd hv Henr >’ Hl11 ’ Ehas ,5 ' «corge S. Hous-
11 mis r..\ira\agant project, suggested l>y . ton> j ohn w ij ouston , Hubbard, Irvin, Iverson,
unbounded ambition, should
be carried into effect, J will not simply say
that it icould injict a mortal wound on our
institutions: I assert that it would break
down our own Union into separate commu
nities and destroy our nationality.
“ For tbe object avowed by tbe Ad
ministration there is not tbe slightest ne
cessity to increase the number of troops
now authorized by law. The only ef
fect would be to perpetuate a large stand
ing army ; to increase indejinitely the exec
utive patronage, and lo appoint gcccdy pro
consuls over the several Mexican Departments
which might be occupied.”
I need hardly add that I cannot in nny “£ J “ h “*c
case permit tnysell to be brought belore nrr ,„ prtu .
the people exclusively by any of the po- f 1
litical parties that — ••- r —
divide our country
this office.”
pass from Gen. Taylor to Mr.
force itself upon that of
pic whose persons and
property are to be taxed to support the
" d his followers in their atn-
Conquest.
One might suppose, indeed, that the Ad
dress had been prepared within a week,
Clav, and transfer a quotation from the ' v ' ere . seeu
Louisville Jnnrn.il. * j n ,? arI y two mmul-s ago. nnd hat the
j discernment of Mr. Gallatin has but
j anticipated the existing state of thing
In the Daily edhion^^his paper w
c Louisville Journal.
have been able with
uays l,(Mr.. llale.)
The joint resolution of lhauks lo Gen.' United States.
44 The Union and its Locofbco allies
would rejoice to see Mr. Clay upon an
an electioneering tour, for such a spec- j publish this important
tacle would give them hopes of jealous- 1 gretiingdeeply not * 1
ies and collisions among the Whigs.— j of space, to do so i
But they are destined to experience no' and weekly issues,
. vvmcu ..ecou... u.k« auyuiuasc suc h gratification. We know that Mr.! part bv the consuls
c « u ie mupen encc n a i or- j Q| a y t at .the disastrous close of the last j purely financial treatise,
Holts- '■ Pres, ‘ ientia \ canvass, which he did not j would not so much interest
, noi |%c crai ,^ uc ’; regret for his own sake, though he deep- generally as would the same amount of
bul i. seems irulhl.kc-so Inns his been '- v *! U count's' enme I u.iseelluneuus milter. The main object
of this Yj.i unhesitatingly and instantly to the de* of the Address is to inculcate the neces-
termiuation never again to be a candi- sity of providing for the expenses of the
war in a way more to be relied upon than
a mere issue of Treasury Notes, which
could be made available only to a limit
ed amount.
There is a portioiv-of tbi3 Address,
however, which tafBPa graver than
merely financial vjtMf of the Mexican
war, which is so fuTof instruction and
of prophetic warning, that, for the pur
pose of drawing the'attention of the rca-
n resolution calling Ihr information in re-1 . i ... .* u . date for the Presidency, unless in the
la.ien to .he failure ol ,l.e mnil at the) subsUpl^ly>Tue.”. nrugre5 , ofeve ^,,^ Lufe JS
South. Ordered to ho printed. i tr The States of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, j United Stales,regardless <fparty distinction,
A large number of memorials nnd pc- Delaware, Iowa, Connecticut, Vermont, and North should call him to the Presidency by accla-
, , ..-a.:
1 . .. .. • 1 I He indulged not the slightest expec-
Thc joint resolution of thanks to Gen.! The NVwtK.rt Mercury, «. p»p*r commenced by! talion that this would ever happen, *and
Scott was passed by a vole of yeas 42, " rol,iCr peqjamin Franklin, has with ! j, e f u |f v made un his mind thus, unleea It
, T .» i v i the present year entered upon
* - tbsCci — * -
This is,«
* l 87t hvolu tne —- roat ^ e U P his mind thus, unless it
ievo, the oldest newspaper "faTthe | should happen, lie would remain forever
-« . I in the retirement that was so dear to
Whig Responsibility.
The Washington Union, with the bold
ness that characterizes its editors, pro
claims that the Whigs are responsible
for the continuance of the war, because
they won’t give the President the men
and money lie wants to use up the Mex
icans.
This is a serious charge in some peo
ple’s opinion. But is there as much
truth as boldness in it ? We have under
stood that it is the Democratic Senate
which delays action on the Ten Regi
ment Bill. It is Democratic Senators who
oppose this unnecessary war and this
unnecessary increase ot the standing ar
my.
Wc honor them for their opposition.
We believe they are pursuing the course
which honor, patriotism and the best in
terests of the Republic demand. We
believe, moreover, that they are repre
senting truly the real sentiments of a
large majority of their countrymen.—
Tlio uiu*occ»»nry nn,l unconstitutional
war of Mr. Polk has never had the sanc
tion of the people. ' It was approved by
a subservient, partisan majority in the
last Congress—which was elected be
fore the war began. That Congress,
which contained a Democratic war ma
jority of 70, has been ejected and substi
tuted by one of entirely different senti
ments. This is the second instance of
our Administration being in the minori
ty in the House of-Representatives.—
Some powerful cause must have opera
ted upon the people to induce them, ‘
the lapse of eighteen months, to wii
draw their confidence from the Presi
dent they had just elected—and that
cause is to be found in the iniquity, the
monstrous iniquity of this war.
The Democrats have not exhibited
their wonted sagacity in reading the
signs. They have permitted their pas
sions to gain the ascendancy over their
judgment; and while their imprudence
and arrogance increase, their fortunes
wane. They forget that great and most
significant fact, that in tbe last House of
Representatives they bad seventy ma
jority, anti in the present one they are
in a minority. And they overlook the
fact, that very many ot the ablest men,
who aided to make Mr. Polk President,
now denounce bis conduct.
These t wo facts put together foreshad
ow the fate of Democracy with unerring
certainty.—Richmond Whig.
*H. Johnson, John W.Joi
logg, Kcnnon, Thomas Butler King, Daniel P. King,
Lahm, [.a Sere, Lelfler, Levin, Ligon, Lincoln,
Lumpkin, Maclay, McClelland, McDowell. Mcll-
vaine, McKay, McLano, Mann, Marsh, Meade,
Morris, Murphy, Newall, Outlaw, Peaslec, Peck,
Peyton, Phelps, Pollock, Preston, Richardson, Rich
ey, Rockhill, John A. Rockwell, Root, Sawyer,
Shepperd, Sims, Slingerland, Truman Smith, S’an-
ton, Stephens, Andrew Stewart, Charles E. Stuart,
Strohm.Strong,Silvester, Tallmadgc, Taylor, Tliom-
?, James Thompson, Richard VV. Thompson, John
B. Thompson, Robert A. Thompson, William
Thompson, Thurston, Toombs, Turner, Venable,
Vinton, Warren, Wick, and Wilson—\43.
The yeas-were from the following States:
Massachusetts,
New Yotk,
cd from our correspond*:
article in the “ Republic
be found in another cob
.? in type, wc have rcceiv-
t “ Z.” an answer to the
’ His communication will
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
A meeting was held in Crawlord county last
week, at which delegates were appointed to the
Millcdgeville June Convention. Resolutions were
adopted, declaring Gen. Taylor the choice of the
meeting for the Presidency. On the subject of a
National Convention, they declare that they do not
recognise its necessity, yet nevertheless they will
cheerfully submit to the decision of a majority of
their friends. Is it not high time the Whigs in
this region were expressing their sentiments on this
subject ?
Wc copied from the Savannah Republican last
week an article suggesting that the best mode o(^
securing a representation in the National Conven
tion would be to hold a State Convention at Macon
early in May, and there appoint delegates to tho
National Convention ; but a correspondent of tho
Macon Journal &. Messenger, in the last number
of that paper, proposes a plan which we consider
far preferable. It is as follows : “ That Conven
tions be held in the several Congressional districts,^
say early in May, and that each district shall select]
one delegate with an alternate, to the National Con
vention, and that these delegates when chosen
shall meet and select two delegates for the State at
large.” As the several districts will probably hold
Conventions for the nomination of Congressional
candidates, this will be no additional trouble ; but
these conventions will have to meet at an earlier
period than usual.
i TAYLOR PLATFORM.
re about equally divide
red throughout the Uui
represent.
The National Whig says: Judge Saunders
of Louisiana thus happily chalks out the Taylor
Platform. It is one on which the whole nation
But our decided preference of General Taylor to
all others, for chief magistrate of the United States,
does not rest wholly on what he has done or what
we expect lorn to do, but rather on what we expect
and believe he will not do, if elevated to that high
dignity.
Wc believe he will never wilfully pervert orvi-
ii.ca °* a,c t * lc ,aws h' 8 country,
scat-! " e believe he will never obstruct the passage of
they • salutary laws by the interposition of dictatorial
\Ve believe he will never bring the power and
patronage of the government into conflict with the
the j freedom of elections. . .
We believe he will nevci misdirect the patron
age of the government from its legitimate ends, to
the promotion of his own selfish purposes or the
reckless ambition of demagogues and partizans. -
In the N. O. Delta, of the 15th,
announcement of the death of Maj. Edward Web
ster, son of the great Massachusetts statesman.
Maj. Webster was the senior Captain in the Mas
sachusetts regiment, when it reached Mexico, and
was afterwards promoted to the office he held al
the time of his death. He was very active in rais
ing and organizing the regiment to which he be
longed—a great favorite in the Army—and, it is
said, his loss will be deeply deplored by all who
knew him. ' . - on esta j,jj s ], j ust ice ensure domestic t T
Thu, have two of the leading - Mexican Whig.’ pr0 ' v ij c ,1,1 comma, delcnCpromoteth?..
-- '» P™- I crol welfare, ami secure the blessings of liberty
of this country each lost a gallant
ecution of a war which they patriotically endea'
| the President of a party, but the President of twen
ty millions of people, bound together by a common,
liberty and a common Constitution, that was or
dained and cstabliscd *• to form a more perfect Un
tranquility,
gen-
of “aid and’c
fort” the Whigs have afforded the public enemy.
E TWENTY-SECOND C
If called to the P
the governme
ty. He will
y, he will bring back
a? purity and simplici-
ith the similitude of his
r. 11c will be frevh from the people,-
t been ' unleavened with parties and caba's.
ta- j one of the people properly so called. He is the-
their service will devote-
r having been in political’
isc. He is-
which he
This day, whiqj: has for many y
observed by the American people as
ry of the birth of Washihgtox, and which will 1 people’s candidate and
hereafter also be observed as the anniversary of the , his every thought. Nev
Battle of Buena Vista, where a handful of Amcri- life, he has no heart-bui
can volunteers, led by the old General who “ never ; the rival of no man. The platform*
surrenders,” met with such a great deliverance > stands has no other tenant.
from the overwhelming Mexican hosts who threat- i —• . —
ened their Utter annihilation—has been, as we j foreign NEWS.
think, very properly .elected a, the day tor holding j The steamship m’oenhTarrived on the cveninn-
State Conventions, mass meetings, &.c., in various of the lGih inst
parts of the Union. State Conventions were to j ti8th and Liverpool to the 29th vdt.^ *** ^
have been held in Virginia, Louisiana, and we be- Cotton had. advanced
lieve several other States on that day—while in • 1-Sd. on tb.e lo-
New York, Philadelphia, New Orleans, SL Louis, i The Lank of EnglanT haTreduc^d
it Liverpool on the 29th
uiv
and middling qualities of upland V
tho rate ot
to 4 per cent.
and other large cities of the Uni
tention of the friend, of old Z»ch-IBE peoi le- i r.» bo„ tai on lhe „ 8lh
to m>ko strong demonstration, in his helntlf. Wo j r.ppooroocc of improvement in the ,coney Lket.
shall anxiously await tho result of those various | l„ u, 0 Liverpool market, on the Sri „ ,
assemblage, of the people, believing Unit the Tr.y. : clined 2 cents, and on tho 2Uth, It 8 “ ufiL , r ’ ca , h |anh c r
petus decline of 2
lor movement received on last Tuesday a
which- will cany the old hero forward t<
tion by the Convention, which will insuro his elec
tion to the Presidency.
s have fallen at this place nearly
Indian cor
We have
fuither of interest
ID” The Hon. J. J.'Danin!
of N. Carolina, died recently f
u corn me al were dull.,
noticed - 0 y thi, ar X„,any thing -
E 0 " 6 ™ 1 . reader.