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BY J. II. CHRISTY & T. 31. L.A3IFKIN,) DcuotcD to News, ^politics, Citcraturc, (6cuernl 3ntcllicjcitcc, Agriculture, fcc. < TERMS:—TWO DOLLARS A YEAR i. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. NEW SERIES—VOL. II., NO. 0. ATHENS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1848. VOLUME XVI. NUMBER IS. Poetry. BONO OB THE PEASANT'S WIFE. * Come, 1'atrick, clear up the “Thaugli tlie arly day ! ulion fruro Ik-avcii it de dropping tiiruJgh, from tin And the wind whittles free where there once wai • door, Can the rain, or the snow, or the ft All the warm vows we nude in lovt No, Patrick, no surely; the dark > la easily borne, if we liear it together! “ When yon stole out to Woo me, when labor was done. And the day that was closing to ns seem’d begun. Did we care if the sunset was bright on the flowers, Or it we crept out amid darkness ami showers ? No, Patrick ! we talked, while we braved the wild weather. Of all we could ls*ar, if we bore it together. •* Soon, soon, will these dark dreary days be gone by And our I Hurts l»e lit up with a beam from the sky Oh! let not our spirits, embittered with p»in, THE PROPOSAL. A worthy young lover once sought for A dame of tlie blue storking school; “ Excuse me, good sir, but I've vowi plied, “That I never would marry n fool!” "Then think not of wedlock," he as (air; Your vow was Diana's suggestion: those hundred and forty-four thousand, and they sung a ntic »ong t and as they struck their harps, together thus they sung: Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, to receive power, and riches and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and • glory, and blessing. And with one voice j the innumerable host chaunted the heav- | cnly doxology,Blessing, and honor, and ' glory, and power, Ire unto him lhatsilteih ‘ on the throne, and to the Lamb (brever; and back returned the long Amen.— Again and again was it taken up and echoed from rank to rank along that ce lestial mountain, till ii came roiling buck with all the strengm of archangel voices full upon the throne of God.— The theme, the song was new—it was the song of Redemption. David stood there sweeping a harp far more melodi ous and tuneful than the one he swept with such a master hand on earth.— Elijah poured his soul of fire into it.— Isaiah gave it a loftier echo. The mar tyrs, those witnesses for the truth who had passed through the flames to their reward, furnished new accessions to its strength; for all the tansomed of the j Lord were there. Aaron went up tliith- ! er from the top of Hor, and Moses from | I’isgah. Elijah's chariot of fire never j stopped till its burning wheels rested on I that heavenly mount, and thither Christ ascended from the hill of Olives. Thus the redeemed have Hocked one after j another to the Mount of God, and there | they shall continue to gather, until the I glorious assembly stands complete, and j God is all and in all. miscellaneous. The Itloimt of (toil. IIV IIKADLV. In that strange era in human history when God walked with man, clad r>.< a man, and earth was nearer to heaven than ever before, amid the few friends that clustered around him,was one disci- jtlc whom Jcsm lifted. Of a warm and devoted heart, John had allowed his at tachment to absorb every other feeling of his nature, nnd he merged his life in to that of the Saviour. He accom panied his footsteps as he walked, look ed up into his face with unutterable tenderness as lie spoke, and lay in his bosoin ns he sat at meat. No wonder that in the days of persecution the hand of violence should kill on such a man. Proscribed—banished—the solitary in habitant ol |*alinos—John passed his days in musing on the words and fate of his departed Lord. Rut one morning—the morning that brought to remembrance his glorious ascension— lie was in the spirit, and that lonely isle became like Carmel of old, filled with horses anil chariots of tire. He mis in thes/urif, and there was nothing to dis turb his high and holy meditations.— There was no sound of passing wheels, no hum of distant voices, no tread of horried footsteps, to break die solitude j effect: “ Have you any objection that surrounded him. The only sound moving to New York?” he asked, that fell on his car, as he trod die soli- j None at all, if we could heller our tary shore, was the deep and solemn j nation.” “ What is your present murmur of the Egenn sea, as it gently j come, Mr. T.?’ A very moderate sum rolled its waves to his feet. As lie thus j was named. “Humph ! I have a house passed along, wrapped in his solitary in New York, for which I want occu- inusings, he suddenly heard Miind I pants. I sail for Europe next week, and him a voice like the solemn peal of a j you shall come and take possession.” mighty trumpet, saying, “ I am Alpha i " You are very kind my venerable AND OS - . A Romantic Whiiu. Wc find, in the Roston Transcript, arrativc, which if really true, is one of the most remarkable wc have ever read. It appears that not many months silicon lady, who resided in Providence, encountered in the railroad cars an old gentleman who seemed to regard her with an air of unusual interest.— Finally, assuming the privilege of a; lie ventured to accost her, and they < tered into conversation. Before part ing lie tagged permission to call at her house. His deferential manner, his advanced age, anil his frank expres sion of interest, though a stranger, in her welfare, were so many pleas in his fa vor, nnd she replied to his rcijucst that she would be very glad to see him, and did not doubt that her husband also fie. •* What is your add; She gave it, and they parted. Ho call ed on her the next day, had an inter view with her, in the presence of het husband, nnd asked the lady's permis sion to send her his miniature. She turn ed to her “ lord and masici once acquiesced in the stra _ posal. Not many days afterwards, thi miniature was sent—an admirable worl of art, set round with costly diamonds, and aeeompianed with a bracelet great value. Husband and wife w astonished, as may he supposed. Soi: weeks clasped be lore they board from the stranger. A short time lie called, and the interview was to tl How he Rose—A True Sketch. About forty years ago, some where in the woods near the line between Ten nessee and Kentucky, in a log cabin six teen feet by eighteen, which was alrea dy occupied by a brood often or twelve children, was born a youngster—the hero of this sketch. In his infancy he was fed on hog nnd hominy, bear meat, and the flesh of such * wild varmints' as were caught in the wood. At twelve years of age, he was put out to work with a neighbor as a farm boy, and drove oxen, and hoed corn, raised to bacco in summer, cored and prized it in winter, till he was seventeen years old, when he took to making bricks; to which he added the profession of a car penter ; and by these successive steps in mechanical arts he became able, by his own unassisted skill to rear a house from the clay-pit, or from the stump, and complete it in all its parts, and to do it, too, in a manner that none of his competitors could surpass. His pan- nel doors are to this day the won der and admiration of all the country which they continue to swing on the hinges. He never saw the inside of a school house or church till after he was igtheen years old. By the assistance it an old man in the neighborhood, he learned during the winter evenings, to read and write, when a farm boy.— Having achieved these valuable acqui sitions by the aid of another, all his other education has been the fruit of his own application and perseverance. At the age of twenty-two, he con ceived the idea of fitting himself for .the practice of law. He at first procurrcd an old copy of Blackstonc, and having, after the close of his daily labors, by nightly studies over a pitch knot fire in his log-cabin mastered the contents of that compendium of common law, he pursued his researches into other ele mentary works. And having thus, by great diligence, acquired the rudiments of his profession, he met with an old lawyer, who bad quit practice, or whose practice had quit him, with whom he made a bargain for his scanty library, for which he was to pay him S120 in carpenter’s work: and the chief part of the job to be done in payment of these mkoa, Tim first and the east.” | friend,” said Mr" T-, comfortable here; 1 don’t know that 1 could afford to enter into the arrange ment you propose.” “ I will very soon obviate that objection,” replied the old gentleman ; “ conic to New York and live, and 1 will at once make over to you the sum of two hundred thousand dollars.” His hearers looked at him as if they half suspected they were deal ing with a fugitive from sonic insane as ylum. But there was no insanity about it. The oiler was made in good faith— ;! was accepted—and redeemed to the let- e *^ r - ^ r - a,, d Mrs. T. have removed to | and providential care. Tlicntmosphci New York, and taken possession of a j which he breathes is as healthy f« ‘ AND And ns he turned nnd tahcld the ft which spake to him, lie was filled with awe and consternation, nnd fell on his face as a dead man. Before those bur ning footsteps, those eyes of flame, and voice like the sound of many waters, that countenance shining like the sun in his mid day splendor, lie sunk power less and affrighted, and buried his face in the sand and lay speechless till he fell the pressure of His right hand upon him, ami heard the cheering words:— •‘Fear not, 1 am the first and the last; I am he that was dead, and forevermore.” Then foil owed All men need sometimes to be alone and to he quiet. It is good for one to open his eyes nnd heart to the influences of the natural world. In the solitudes of nature, man's voice is silent only that Divine voices may be heard. There, if it is sometimes difficult to do good ac tions, it is also difficult not to think good thoughts. What we think of is deter mined very much by what obtrudes it self upon the senses. On the wharf, or the exchange,with the sights and sounds of business on every side, one's thoughts turn naturally into the channels in which How the thoughts all around him. lu the country, what one hears and sets suggests entirely different meditations. The universal harmony stills his fretted passions. All the objects which the rests on speak of infinite wisdom •street. Their bene- gone to Europe. He will cession of wonderful revelations, till at fine h length the heavens were opened above j factor ferrm, and he saw the throne and him j probably make his newly made friends that sat upon it, circled by the emerald | the heirs of Ins large wealth. Mrs. T. rainbow, surrounded by the white-vest- ' was, wc learn, formerly an instructress cd elders, while all around and far I in one of tuc public schools of a ncigh- away intoeternity unceasingly rose ami, boring city, fell. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Al mighty, which was,’ nnd is, and come, before till be stood nnd wept pageantry of heaven. At last, to crown tbo scene, a mount Flirtiug. gnijr, wnivii w«», nun is, non is to ^ . me. Thus vision alter vision passed., *-° mc writer truly says. “ L is too fore Iris bewildered, trembling spirit,’ j rc< l ,,e,, “. v the practice ol young ladies, l he stood and wept amid the awful bv ^ ,caz, "S their lovers in fun, to the soul as it is for the body. He goes nut “eventide to meditate;*' ami heaven and earth transfigured as their true glo ries arc revealed, lie returns feeling that lie has been standing in the temple ol the Most High. A memorable Relic. The Washington Union of the 4th ist. says: “Wo understand that Cnp- ! tain Josiah Stcrgcs, of the revenue-cut- , - , .v . ter Hamilton stationed at Boston, has . J'wiibcm while tn company, and toji„ his possession the Masonic apron of? adUt ue,tlwr before bint f_ "irt with other men. How J Major General Warren, who fell at Bun^ ittr. ©combs’ Speed). BREECH OF THE HON. 1!. TOOMBS, In the stale of parties, and the Democratic Plat form. Delirered in the House •/ Itroresentalices of the l'ailed Stales, July 1, 1848. The I loose being in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, (Mr. Root in the chair.) am! having under consideration the Civil and Di plomatic Appropriation bill, Mr. TOOMBS said : Mr. Chairman: It is my purpose to pursue the line of discussion marked out by those who have preceded me in this debate, ami to submit to the com mittee some remarks upon the condition if the Union. I expect to exhaust my hour chiefly upon an inquiry into the slate of parties, and an exposure of some of the resolutions recently passed by the Baltimore Convention, and announced this floor by their friends as the “ De- ocratic ptailorin.” The | dition of the country presents subjects of deep and anxious solicitude to every patriot. The general industry of the country is now greatly depressed, with nothing in the immediate future promis ing any speedy and permanent improve ment. The great staple ofmyscctionof the Union is below re nut iterating prices. Cotton in foreign markets is .about low as it has been at any time since the last war with Great Britain. Wheat and corn have receded to unusually low prices, aud is depending for the main tenance of present prices solely upon declining home market. Manufacto ries arc languishing and provisions of all sorts ace scarcely paying the cost of production. Our trade and com merce generally are injuriously affected by these depressing causes. Nor does the condition of our public afiuirs pre sent a more cheering prospect. Our revenue, after being unnaturally stimu lated mid enlarged by temporary causes arising mainly out of the general scarci ty of corn and provisions, and partial famine in Europe, is now daily declin ing. Our wants are increasing, alarm ingly increasing, and our means are di minishing. Wc have not, like a and prudent Government should have done, husbanded our means for the com ing exigency. This increased revenue, and the twelve millions of surplus trea- which Mr. Polk found in the Trea sury, together with forty-nine millions of dollars which he hai borrowed, have all been squandered in a war “ unneces sarily and unconstitutionally begun” by himself. Besides these large sums,under the treaty with Mexico wc have engag ed to pay her fifteen millions of dollars, and assume her debts to an amount es timated by our Government at about five millions, for a peace which wc set out «• to conquer.” In addition to these charges upon our treasury, we have “ bounty land warrants” which the muster rolls of the army show will amount to a charge of at least ten mil lions of dollars ujmmi your revenues aris ing from the public lands, besides the “ bounty scrip.” Then wc have mil lions of unadjusted claims, and defi ciencies in appropriations ; large claims for horses and oilier property lost or de stroyed in the public service; Califor nia claims amounting to six hundred thousand dollars, a rising out of that yet utiaxpiuiued “while bear” rcvolu- lutiou. Then we have pensions to pay to the multitude living, and to the wid ows and orphans of the patriotic dead ; and the Government asks tor appropri ations to your army and navy, under the peace establishment, d cost l>e!brc this war. To tli rassments upon your treasury,this hurd- moncy Administration lias added the issue of above thirteen millions of dol lars (part of loans before referred to) ol paper money, receivable in public dues, so unwisely arranged that it will all press downupnn an exhausted treasury the first moment of commercial disaster. These are not all, but only some of the financial difficulties which demand our attention. But besides these difficul ties which the mighty resource country, its almost limitless capacity for production, and the indomitable ener gy of our people may soon overcome, we have graver difficulties visible in tlie political borrizon : more foolish than the Trojans who pulled down ilieir walls for the admission of the Greek horse, filled with armed men; we have trodden down the barriers of our Constituiion the introduction of a people unfit to dants, has been steadily pursued to this tcring prize of the Presidency could not hour. Those who live U|ton the abuses tempt him to affect a party intolerance of Government; those who are lavishly | which he does not feel. He there!! This It i paid for the defence of public crimes and corruptions; all those who rely for immunity from punishment solely upon the suppression of inquiry into their practices, very early banded together to defeat General Taylor. Mr. Polk seconded their efforts. He was marked victim by the Administration, sole ly because lie had become a favorite with the people. The Administration began by crippling bis resources, hoji- ing thereby to disable him from accom plishing brilliant results in the field ; his genius triumphed over their machi nations, and the inadequacy of his means but gave additional lustre to the _;lory of his aehievsments. The Presi dent then turned military critic, and eensured the capitulation of Monterey. The public,and General Taylor, receiv ed the censure with contempt. He then charged hitn with giving “ aid nnd com fort to the enemy” in the publication of the Gaines letter. A shout of scorn and indignation at so base a charge burst from the national heart, which made even the calumniator tremble in his palace. Driven to desperation at the failure of all his schemes for the de struction of General Taylor lie deter mined to supersede him with another gallant soldier, whom his petty jeal ousy had kept out of the field, but with the treacherous intent to supersede both, under a contract with a distin guished Senator of his party. The lat ter part of the disreputable scheme was defeated by the honesty and firmness of the Senate. But he succeeded so far as to cause Gen. Taylor to bo stripped of his forces in the very face of Mr. Polk's favorite general, Santa Anna, at the head of twenty thousand of the best troops Mexico ever brought into the field. In all human calculation this last act of treachery had compassed the of General Taylor and the little band of four thousand patriotic citizen sol diers who were standing with him der the stars and stripes upon the pi x-! lie frankly declared the general pri and policy which would control his duct in the event of his election, a cd himself a Whig, refused to be sidered a mere party candidate, .uu,...... put himself upon the support of those Cm of his countrymen who concurred with delphiii him in opinions. A Republican in prin- ple, he has ever been an unwavering adherent to the principles of that party ; concurring generally with the Whig party upon questions of public policy,' this concurrence with it is the result of j its conformity to the principles of tlie j old Republican party. He is deeply ! impressed with that great distinguishing! feature of the Republican party—-jeal-l ousy of Executive power; he plants himself firmly against its alarming and increasing tendency to absorb all the other powers of the Government, and thereby annihilate nil securities for free dom. The wise and patriotic Frankliu is re)»oried by Mr. Madison to have said, in the Convention which framed our Constitution, that “ the Executive will be always increasing here, as elsewhere, till it ends in monarchy.” That this prediction may not speedily become history, recent events admonish the friends of popular privilege against Ex ecutive prerogative to reassert and firmly maintain their principles. Im portant measures, affecting the imme diate welfare of the collective body of the people, disapproved of by them, nnd by ilieir representatives, have been from time to time extorted from their reluctant yet faithless representatives. The most recent and memorable in stance of this species ol legislation occur red during the last Congress, to the eter nal disgrace of the majority of that body. The President sent in a message, ask ing Congress to create a Lieutenant Ge neral ; it was referred to the Committee on Military AHiiirs, two-thirds of whom were his political friends; that commit tee seeing mailing in the military ser- of the country requiring such an the proposition. Their report uitnousiy accepted by the House, at least no one divided the House against it, and the subject was laid on the table. It was subsequently reconsidered ; the proposition was again brought before the House, and again defeated ; but. nally, after repeated rejections, Exc power and patronage triumphed ; of Buena Vista. The official organ of officer, reported unanimously against the Government predicted his safety in an inglorious retreat upon Monterey*.— “ Its hope was father to the thought.” But during the whole forty years of his life, he had never turned his buck upon the enemy. The nation knew him bel ter than official organs, and stood mute, breathless with anxiety, straining its eye looking towards the Western frontier. The courier came ; he had fought and won the unequal fight.and madeoncofthe most brilliant pages in our Annals. The nation was filled with gratitude and wild with joy; but to this day no gun has been fired at the national Capital, by order of the Government, for tlie victory of Buena Vista. It were well to stop for a moment to inquire what manner of man is this Zachary Taylor, and how he has won this popular afflic tion. His military genius and success oral Taylor's “ plat- n st rue ted out of consti- s» and is broad enough pies J :md st roug enough to hold every man n- j who does not prefer parly to his country. ami stood open before the 'anon ; it was approved by the |»coplc ml the Whig parly; therefore, the ntion of Wli’gs who met at I'hila- ihe 7 ih of June, but gave ut- «he national voice, and to the voice of ilieir constituents, when they adopted General Taylor as their candi date, and supported hitn .upon his own platform. The Whigs do not fear to trust those measures which they deem important to the public welfare to the uncontrolled judgement of tlie people, speaking through their constitutional agents for legislation. Besides, the tariff’, the public lauds, and the curren cy, heretofore so prominent in party warfare, have lost much of their practi cal importance. The tariff’ question, and the question of distributing the pro- Is ol the public lauds among those vhotn they Ixitong, have been effec tually settled by tbe reckless and ex travagant jmliey of the present Admin istration. The proceeds of the public lands are already mortgaged to the pub- lie creditors for twenty years, and eould not be otherwise disposed of within that time without a violation of the plighted faith of the nation. I have already shown that a large public debt, and in creased pension roll, (the penalties of war ami price of glory,) distant conquer ed provinces, (fruitful sources of large expenditures,) an increased anny ami navy to keep the new members of the family in order, together with the un bridled extravagance which has pre vailed in every department of the Administration, have greatly augmen ted the annual demands upon your Treasury. To supply these increased de mands, the staunchest protectionist has rather to fear that your standard of du ties will he loo high lot the prosperity of commerce, than too low for the wants of domestic industry. Tlie “ constitution al currency,” (hard money,) has become “ obsolety idea,” and finds no place in the voluminous Baltimore rcsolulio The sub-treasury was smothered at its birth under the enormous issue of paper money by the Government; to quiet their own fears of the working of thcic experiment, and those of such as ap prehended monetary troubles from the great accumulations of coin in the safes and boxes of (he Government, such i the measure passed through the House cumulation was rendered an iinpossihif of Representatives. Party action is ty by increassing the wants of the Gov- Ucprcsciiiativcs. Party now based upon the avowed and admit ted fact that the Executive is the all-con- j trolling power in the State. Party jun tos make partisan platforms, require the test of subscription to them by their candidate, and expect him to bring the power and patronage of the Presiden tial office to dragoon, seduce, or cor rupt the Representatives ot the people into recording their edicts upon the atute book. This has been the undoubtedly first attracted to himself j ( , r ji n .j rv action of thu Government r. public attention, but it at the same' time subjected him to popular scrutiny. The result of that scrutiny disclosed m him moral and intellectual qualities for which the jicoplc grappled him to their hearts, as it were with hooks of steel. They admired the soldier, hut they loved and trusted the man. They lov ed him, not because lie was “ without fear,” hut because “ lie was without re proach.” They found him a man of potless purity and integrity—modest, their spotless purity and integrity—modest cinbar- truthful, honest, great, and wise. Mod est in his estimate of his own greatness ; truthful and honest in all things ; great in action, in moulding events; wise in his knowledge and judgment nl men, and in his conception of practical truth, in bis adaptation of the best means to the accomplishment ol useful aud iioblc ends. He is not a man of words, but of thoughts ami deeds. A pcnsi< ed partisan newspaper may contain the last fifteen years. General Tay lor refuses to submit to this nnti-repuh- liean pretension ol party juntos; and lie refuses to enter into stipulations, with any body of men inconsistent with the honest performance of his duty, as defined by the Const it ulion, to the whole country. He tells his countryme i that, if elected President, lie must he free and unfettered to pursue the public in terests ; that, without any embarrass ing connection with the past, he will administer the Government within the This doc: old well-defined republican landmarks. Washington, Jefferson, and Madison lire his avowed models. He says, “ 1 have thought that, for many years past, the knowu opinions and wishes of the Ex ecutive have exercised an undue and injurious influence upon the legislative department of the Government; and '"! for this cause I have thought our sys- ofundorgi ' ) i of tlie Lamb, in fT: 1 who could, and in all prnba-| Massachusetts. This apron was given ransfiguration, and bl w ?, , i ,vc J nat * e ca ®h °*her hap- by the heirs of General Warren to the ml and forty-four! PJ » an ” bul b>r l 7® gmufication of'an hue Major Benjamin Russell, a hern of t beings, wiih the 11 , *, reprehensible wmm, many a fe» the Revolution, and subsequently Grand bathed m an atmosphere all its own, ! ,a . ve P ar,cd fn and on its dazzling top stood the still more dazzling form of tl snore than earthly iransti; besides hitn a hundred abu . --- thousand resplendent beings, wiih the! ulU \ a " d "F^hensible wmm. many a ft- Father’s name written in strange but baa ,0 J, 1 her position m the; heart of heavenly characters on their foreheads.' V ra s, " c rca £ ^ vcc * Hoes she tlnok The ciystal ,ca laved the bare of ihoi! , l ,? m!m -, “ v,n S <>»« suffered from mountain, and from it, top the riverorj' ,,e 1“"-could ever place dependence on God was seen rolling its bright waters I h" alterw.rds ? Did any woman ever aloug, stnd the heavenly Jerusalem, | ! ,n, J “ n>nn who loved her enough to be with it, wnll, of jasper and gale, of J™ 1 ?" 3 - wl 1 > would rcpore^he same pearl, standing open night and day nnd ! c ”" h ^ e "“ *" hcr »* ,ch h " P««- it, temple of light. A. .he bewildered nl.empu to create doobt. m disciple stood gazing on hi, wonderful 1 " * .’ft. “nderotnu. ihnt.! vision,.uddcnly lliere stole on hi, enr. SKiSE ~ ‘JSTftSr Whi,e “ shake his entire faith in her.- terious mount, then swelled triumph- The Climax.—The climax of human antly away, till the universe was filled indifference has arrived, when a woman VUb melody. The singer* VW don’t cate Ik>w she look* all his letters (except official reports) c | iall g C f ro:i yet submitted to the public, and then j a 7iminis! leave ample space for the disparaging, p ;l t ro nage a criticism upon his style.distortions ol his j rcason nn( | meaning and aspersions upon his good . v; ew ing the name, by its mercenary conductor; hut j gcrvaiive power,” he dcela hisgreatand noble </c«/x have filled the ci- j use sscxcep! j n cases of clear v’u vilized world with his own and his coun- j K \ ](i Constitution, or manifest try’s fame. His present posit ion before - the American people is consistent with his character, and in harmony with his whole life. He has not sought the ol- be citizens, and fatal to our institutions lice of President; he lias entered mto ir | }1BI a,i.n > »■ as subjects, and of a country which | no schemes, nor intrigues nor bargains ; jeeting it to the will of the E adds neither to our strength nor sccuri-1 he has given no P ,e ''S cs or promises I h c declares that he " ty, but brings domestic discord and sec- j •«» induce party managers, tional strife around our council board; i true theory.” Under ion we shall no more see |M»wcr doing the work of giitncnt in Congress.— to power as “ nhigheon- “* s declares he will not dal ion haste and want of consideration hy Congress.” These were the purposes for which the power was given to the President, nnd not for the purpose of controlling the whole legislation of Congress, and ... . . i. . circumstances ker Hill ia 1770. General Warren was ll^i^.mr.onj'niirfireside* The«eiany party, or a reluctant people, like tins Ma..y who were attache. In j G ra,..t Master of the Grand Lodge of Vi ”I bai not bargained ..fTthe public p* iseouently I Master of tlie Grand Lodge of Massa chusetts, and for forty-five years the well-known editor of the Boston Ccnti- ncl. On his death, it was given by his heirs to Captain Sturges, and will be worn by him this day in the procession as a Knight Templar, with a jewel bear ing date 1777.” “ I never knew one that was in the habit of scolding, able to govern a fam ily,” says a correct observer. “ What makes people scold ? The want of self government. How, then, can they gov ern others? Tliose who govern well •re generally calm. They are prompt aud resolute^ but steady and mild.” r _ jreal or | executive action small factions, to foist his name upon »f the While in a foreign and hostile land, • quietly aud unostentatiously perform- his duty ia the military service of are some of the bitter fruits of the elec- has not bargained off the public patron- tion of Mr. Polk, and the success of the [W *'» become its faithless keeper.- Democratic parly in 1S44. In this dition of our affairs we need wist firmness, justice and moderation in—• . - - r „ public council,. Wo need a patriot. country, hon«t tneq of .H p»«.«, and not u partisan in the rre.identi.d no, ,o every porlton of the llepubl.c chair. Fo> the la,l twelve month, lire call upon him to serve his country in pcopk have realised this necessity, and tire capac.y o. her Chre Mag.strnte.- u ith n unanimity unprecedented in our | Tim character of the call was in conso- day, the public judgment marked out General Taylor as that man. 1 his popular preference was manifested in a great variety of ways; it was clear and unmistakeable, and was admitted even by those, who at first sought, co vertly, bul now equally, to defeat his election. The opposition to General Taylor be- l :.L. .I... lilminiitrnlinil. mill gau here with the Administration, and by it, and its people, as expressed ilirougli their Re presentatives in Congress,” upon ihe subjects “of the tariff*, the currency, and the improvement of our great high ways, rivers, lakes, and harbors;” that be is a friend of peace, opposed in prin ciple and policy •* to the dismemiierment of other countries hy conquest.” With a firm determination to administer the Government upon the true principles of the Constitution, with “ no private pur- > poses to accomplish—no party projects to nance with his own feelings; his life'buildup—no enemies to punish—nhth- had been spent in the service of his j *, n g to a- r ve but [his] country”—lie will whole country—-every section and all devote the best energies of a clear head and a sound heart to restoring a feeling of national brotherhood, by . removing and preventing the recurrence of those causes of sectional strife and discord eminent beyond its ordinary means for at least this generation, and these finan ciers gave us an additional security against the folly of their own measure by furnishing a paper circulation, receiv able for public dues, nearly equal to the average circulation of the last bank of the United States during the whole pe riod of its existence. The effect of this issue is, that the Government creditor only pays coin when it is cheaper than Government paper money, and com merce is less liable to be disturlicd by this foolish financial quackery, and leaves iis evils to fall chiefly upon the Government in the insecurity of its funds and the unnecessary expense attending their transfer to distant points. These evils might be greatly mitigated simply bv leg dizing the daily evasions and Violation of ibis financial abortion. But the democrats affect neither to understand our position on these ques- rcandidatc or his principles. ...der that although they suffered one defeat and gained one victory on their own “ platform,” and have again cal led upon “the party” to rally upon it, yet itseardinal points receivedirectivop- posing interpretations from the Northern and Southern wings of the democracy, even now upon this floor, as I shall pre- sently show. Even the commentary of ilieir candidate upon at least one of the most irnportanl resolutions of the plat form is not free from opposite construc tions—the Southern Democrats reading it one way, mid the Northern another and different way. Their difficulties up on this point are not likely to lie relieved l»v their candidate; for the “ noise ancl ’ of the campaign have alrea- idcxcd the old gentleman, that ■5 of being able to understand Besides, so sudden and fre- his “increasing changes” of >n, that his position to-day offers no guaranty of what it will be to-morrow. I shall therefore direct my attention chiefly to “the platform” which'**the parlies. He had had around him men from every section of the Union and of all political opinions, vicing with each other, with generous ri valry. in the discharge of their duties to a common country. There was no thing in his pursuits r his character to wbieh bad rulers and have produced and foi petuntion of their pa the Administration, aim , ‘“**7— , , „ * . mercenaries and depen- make him a partisan, and even the $lit- ffie ruin of jbj Repul dy'so pc! he despa. hiuisi-ll. ( consider less vulnerable ihiiii"ilieir candidate. This business of making ‘ party platforms” for Presiden tial candidates is a modern innovation, ft was unknown in the better days of the republic. Washington had no such sponsora for his good liehavior* He stood before his countrymen upon his character for wisdom, virtue, patriot ism, without promises, without pledges, upon grounds selected by hitnsclf.— This example was followed until 1832. when a scheme was set on foot to make Mr. Van Bureu Vice President aud then successes to General Jackson. He is the father of this whole system of na tional caucosses and cunningly-devised formula of words to delude the people ^ and wheedle ihem.out of their votes. He Ifish pariizaus is the father, loo, ot this Democratic ‘J for the per- party. It is true, they claim a more •mination, to'.ancient and honorable paternity > it is to conceal their bul a fiction, invented i