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The loliowieg letter I a* been prepared by Gen.
n financial j Taylor to correct any misconception which might
lien.tUt Iben >m aUrca in lirxiro in 1837,
notwithstanding the decree abolishing slavery in :
1829. llie troth I suppose to be, that there de-!
tree* were act* declaratory of the trill of the Gov- I
ernmrnt, to be carried into effect when it* financial j
condition permitted. They did not wean to deprive possibly be prod need by the recent pnblication of
to.°XJdi5J; r fT2, W ^ 2^ 5^ «■'»«» hi. l-i.«..om».p«danca, aad .ha
inoaMaW.aaj^.iataaM.iallh. i..y, rfrerii aresara.ee mrla »paj«re ot rtplta. Ur «n;le
to the owner, payable at, the Treasury. This *p- *»d detached question* relative to bin position be*
prahwment wa# to be made by “dalyenosk'ering fore the pablic. The letter is a connected name
tl»e personal qualities «t the •Uvea.” ilo* were thre, «*f the eerie* ol nreamitaneea which re «lted
the appraisers to do this unless the slaves were ... i, -
produced to them, and bow could they be prndnceJ 0 b bec ‘ ,w - <, ff • candidate. It present-, ,n a com-
it they became free re tattaatt on the publication pact form, all the matters bearing up»u the sublet, j
of the decree, and before the appraisement* were and exhibits Gen. Taylor in bia proper character— 1
count at liberty to go wherever they true to himself, to his friends, and to bis country.
WrLW** 0 n,h‘' i »»“—JW.fc2iy*35!B
■that ia iaooorplpte. SSfSSStSftaSSlw-Srfc 2 *^1
ArJm.«..ir.l«aire affi-rrfloU«Scaatt ml, SSrtBSS!.“^5223? ^ i £|
oi that which is in my judgement most important— 'ZZZSb ™
llie right of every citizen of th- United States to; JT « fr vl
remove with hi- property, of wha'soerer kind, to
lion, when consider* .* in their connection with and
dependence upon, one another
I refer aW perform. wlw» are anxioaa on the *ub-;»i
jeet, to this statement for the projer understand-
ing of my position* towards the Presidency
Tha Kessler Hee'Ins at Atlanta.
rnm tot* 15 000 Taylor men Incsnnctllt
the people. It it istmthinl ijpWe.I cannot make
it so,'and shall cease to attempt it.
In taking leave of the subject, I hare only to
add that ray two letters to yon embrace all the
topics! design to sneak ol pending this canvass.
I! I am elected, I shall do all that a- * '
may eflect to cement th* lamd* ot
establish tlie happiness of toy
an endurin'; basis.
To Capt. J. S. Aiusux.
Imnest real
our Union and
_ ntrvmen upon
Z. TAYLOR.
candid nml connected exposition I
my relation* to the public in regard to the pend-
1 ing presidentiaj canvass. |
Tiie Hlmoat ingenuity has been expended upon !
any Territory of the United States. He whn
Itica this, is pretaired to deny the right ot all. ti
C artici) ate equally ir. foal which ha* ietn ncquirri
/ the unit.**! effort* of all; to n * .erf. as a legi*l..rot
w at as an inJiv,d ml lie would blu*li to affirm, tliat !
the nfji-rdy •*! a joint aswwmtio.i have a right to I
pm. or Ike c,-s»:... r.’.ip. Jm Umn of Ik. I IwrtrtB( ^ Urn N,,i.»..l Coorrotion L'L
I in Pniiaddpliia in June last. Had these letters
l.i. ..... llU Ji.nl, .ml' Um ^i.U. *“
several letter* and d» tach d sentences of letter*,
i which have recently appeared over my sigu-.tnrc.;
n equivocal attitude towards [
bichtlie people a
v t!wt!*«
North wiy emigist" to three Territories with Jrs
lami'.y and bnttrehu'fi go.ids with his tv.r.renticrs j
• bis herds and hia lines*, lib
property of ev ery de-criptior. Why
am'tuliii.
limit* of the StaTe in which ,
beyonJ thrno limit* tliey are considered a* persons,
over s'fomi (be owner can exercise no dominion.
Mr. President. I Oat* before po : ntrd out ihe falla
cy of mis portion, but 1 desire again to expose it to
tlie view *>fthe Senate. Sir. no case has been, no
care can be produced to m. tain it. Certan Stale
courts hate admit, fi that a slave br.mgct witlt the
ctMisen: of hia owner* within the limit* of a State
whose law* foreid slavery, 'hereby becomes free.
The correctness of these decision* nmv well be
doubted, so lar as they apply to * citizen of the
United States Ira.isient'y passing through such
States, not resident therein; but waiving this, it
must be obviou* to every Senator that they fall very
•Jmrt of the. position which they are adduced to
maintain. They do not decide that tlie slave hr-
eo.nes free by |«*#ing beyond the limits of the Stale
where his master resides, but by mterirg within
the Untile of m S’ale tchoxf law* forb'd rlaiert. To
•u-faiu the poft't.'nn which is ctHitended lor here, it
I* necessary to produce a case which decides that
a slave becomes free by passing into a Territory
where there is no law prohibiting slavery—into a
territory which is the common property ol all the
pet»plo of the United Slates, who-,, inhabitants owe
a common allegiance to a Government whose con
stitution and laws do not prohib't, but expres dy re-
cogn'se the property interest of Um master in hit
slave*.
Such a ca*c ha* not been and cannot be produced.
The precise converse was decided in the Supreme
Court ol Ismi-iaiu, in tlie case to which I have be
fore referred. Tim learned jtidge wlm pnmoniurt
that decision stated it ia* h legal axiom, Uimi in all
Governments in which llm municipal regulation,
* absolutely oppo-ed to slavery
Let Facts »pr«k for lb raise! ves-
HEAD, SOUTHRONS, READ!
Tha Muaster meeting cf the present campaign—at
kast the monster meeting rathe Southern Sutc-i—wa*
held at Atlanta no b4 Thursday. In company with
a portion of the delegation from the C.h District, wo ar
rived at the new Rail Rr ad city about 1 o'clock in
morning, on the >pccial train which left tlii* place
Wedneday evening. Even at the early hour at which
we arrived, the den e crowd* and inimen e m
which blocked the streets in every direction, gave an
earnest of the almost innumerable host that would at
a later period in tlie day be pre=ent Never have vje |
witnessed re animating, re reul-stirring a spectacle as j
was that «lar pre-cnteJ of-odi an fanmen e concour-e
of American citizeni assembled to l.i.nor the leave old
soldier and patriot who ha. been refected as tlw peo
ple’s candidate in the contest which i* now being wag
ed between the people and the ofiicc bidders and office-
hunter:—between tho*e who are lwtt'.ing for Man’s
Sacred Right of Se’f Government and tho-e who con
tend for the Prerogatives of the Crowa Never have
such wild en hu ia-m, not even in 1640. as was
exhibited by the pcop!e every where—not only at At-
ta, but all along the entire route. Not a railroad
tfcn er tillage,cr scarcely a private hra--e did we
pas# between the A liens Depot and Atlanta but we
beard luud and hearty huzza- f<>r old Zach and saw ban
ner* displaced and handkerchiefs wared by our lair
country women. Whatever may be faid «:f the men, we
flunk it may be safely averted that the LaJiei
er before or rinse beard! Some i lea of the (
of popular feeling on this subject may be gathered from i
the tact tlmt one of the orators, and a Tory respectable
man, by the way, was hissed down, because, in speak- {
ing of Judge Cone, lie called him *• the Honorable Fran- ]
cpral-ed knife in its hand, and a reroJl in the-month,
bearing the-e word*, “ Will you retract T to which
Stephen ; replies “ No, never T As the procession bear-
ing there tran-parencie* passed one of the speakers’ j We have been giving, f««n week to week, ex-
•tand*. Mr. Cot per, of Alabama, wbo was addressing triefs from Gen. Cass’ organa and mouthpieces at
the multitude, very felicitously alluded to the scene de- the North, showing hi* true position on the slavery
picted cn the canvsw, and prupored nine cheer* for I question. As these papers, published under his
-litiV Dick," to Irtish th. respito* most etoha-, >nd cb j rata . t„ h. in hia cmOJcnch. evi-
A hvstonjcr th«i propoHni,"Nine growia far j j enl| f, r .better th.n wc nr any body «!«■
Conor amiaochaterriy.eamiicmficgnanmi;-rehn.c , Rt 1|(e ^ ^ „„ ,|,i.qnction, lol
icli of onr pefcple as wish to understand IhofotighU
s views on ti,i- momentous question read careful-
* j ly the extracts ly-low. from which it will be seen
e is regarded by hi*confidential friend* »**
Coael J b -l ,er Free H-ii man than Mr. Van Daren or Judge
We hare thu», in a very loose and desultory style at- McLean, while Gen. TaVWR is held np in his true
temp’e J to give onr readers some account of the great colors too, as the friend of Southern rights. Read,
meeting at Atlanta, which from indi-position while Southrons, read 1 We have plenty more w of the
there, and olher can es, we feel U very imperfect; and same sort.’’
here we would willingly close our account, but for the *• Every day brings us new subscribers from the'
fact that we have “ much whereof to complaia” If the South. Our circulation is no longer limiled by
Whig party cf Georgia t-hould ever hold another mass Mason & Dixon's line. It has been
! meeting, our advice to them is to hold it at a place •**. I“W simnltaneou
j where the people will have a chance of getting some- * (
thing to cat and a place to sleep. Tho=e who went in ^ r * ^ ( *
their own con veyance; an 1 “camped out” doubtless fared j friend here to send' him the Plain' Dealer. Fre
very comfortably; but such as were not prepared for ' that triend we lea rued the character of these South- j jority
“camping." certainly had a very hard time of it If, | ern subscribers. They . are Taylor XVhigs who'. j.
however, they thould. in;he face of all tins, determine i ,ranil, > show their Democratic neighbors the free soil j
on holding the next meeting at Atlanta,
Tbs Clay Jl*n
t Ih X«w York.
subscribers from Florid
.-•liould sec such virtues
■ we got a clue to tlie my
Of alf tfic humbugs that designing men have
sprung upon the country since the opening of the
present campaign, we.have heard of nothing more
transparent than the attempt of certain traitors
and renagades who once belonged to the Whig par
ty, and are now pledged to Mr. Van Rnreit’* support,
to divide and distract the Whig party of New
York by the nomination of Mr. Clav. Do they
suppose that be, too, is prepared to turn traitor t
So gross an" insult was never before offered to a
great statesman, and we have no doubt bnt it will
be so regarded by Mr. Clat himself. What!.do
they think that Hsxkt Ct.*Y is determined to ** rule
or ruin ?” Tne very idea is insultin * to him and
all his real friends. Whenever Hekrt Clat
stoops to receive snch a nomination, he sever* the
tie between h'mself and all hoiionhle men of that
party of which he is the pride. But he will not—
he can not—do it. The I.oc»s should moderate
their fierce transports of joy at the threatened di
vision in the Wnig rn.ks of the great Empire
State, until they Imar from Mr. Clay on this sub
ject. The N. Y-Herald (neutral) say# that wheth
er he run* or not,G?n. Taylor’s very lowest ina-
that State will be at least twznly-Jicc thau-
)
this, determine j •rant to show their Democratic The Buffalo Commercial
letthemreetoFro^r >«"» ' WEl.L\ “Onrcitv frieml. m.iy
.-.Otontonap- yow oENTLEjVES SUBSCRIBERS OR I omto} ««1 »" 1 >* WS«f
c.T.v.™ I ... . tI . II ^.jMratioo,wii\TilE SOUTH, YOU WHO WILL RRAD i*yJi.® v-ty —iletoti l.rce th
fr ” m - nlim ; that ilia M.ir, iia', aol other officers .if the Jay .hall be j CHIS VERY ARTICLE. LET VS SAY TO,™ Sn.- York, llitr. »pb «ime lew in tl.e rouutry
IVuu to Atuiata nearly rte men compotoutto Ifce autie. assigned Uim’ VOU J.V ALL CANDOR AND FRANK- J viWleol iodicnot .1 Ihe in»nii * v-w.**.
Advertiser says:
rely uj oii it, that the
I* frightened from its propriety
ini this .
i»l the speed with which my answers to isolated
questions bare been given up to the captious criti-
Imve been made my enemies by
ered to me wi '
mine, or of t
manner in which selected passage* in some of i
Iciutis written in the fr»-edom and carelessness of
mWeu ml c«>rrc/pondeiice, hare been comma
ited to the pttUic prr?s. But riven from the
text, and sejmrated uom a scries of explanato
ry forts and circuiiitlanres which are, in so lar a;
canvass is concerned, historical, they are *>
deceptive a* though lltey were positive " fabrira-
I address yon this letter to correct the '
justice tlmt has been done me, and tin* puhli
the extent that I am an object ot interest to them, 2d. W. H. Crawford \ 6th. Asbury Hull,
by this illiberal process. "• • ■” 1 —• — - -
I shall n«»t weary yon by an elaborate recital of
every incident connected with the firet presentaiioi
ol my name as a candidate for the Presidency. I
was then at Ihe bend of f he American army in li.e
Valley of tie Rio Grande. 1 was surrounded l*y
Whigs and Democrats who had stood by me in t
trying hours of my lile, and whom it was my di
tiny to conduct through scenes <« still greater trial.
performed uf er night) wi;bout
and children along the tine of the i
joining in loud huzzas for the people* candidate. Tlie i goyj tlM ,
a sorrow than in anger," ai
iu.8u.~vr ., KBSS, IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT A
,_u5 L<h„ SLA VERYi>:l<)PA(iA\DISV,VOTE FOR | «>t certain Rriiei
i .ended, for the I Qgfl TAYLOR—GEN. ('ASS IS NO P . elusive property
uf ,h i ee - 1 jsss, v&eFm ™ “" *"
;.Z? r !." fT "??." f °“ re”*, i *»*« -mj AwfaaW,. oh ai opdlliw-1 MVE, AS A PARTY, PRESENT TO THE
in- men, women j speak „ u tIlii
Imattily | k^ lhal it wiU be r,
parly.
id illustrious citizen, by the assumptic
New York, that he istlieirex-
,»nssnmptuuu by the wav, that
Iiore harm than all otherVauses
t-d, and which inoretlisu any thing else, ha*
er being President of the United
people are disposed to regard the
. , - , y Comfortable, rafe ani expeditiou* | “AVE, AS A PARTY, PRESENT TO THIS I . , 7 1 * , , , a °
ip or a stump in the centre of a cotton; manm . r in wliichwc and our friend* were transported' NATION A CANDIDATE FROM A FREE | w""ie moveuKM.i as sunpi; riaicumus.
patd;, display ing a little banner on abmgpole andmost i to<1 ndfrom Atlanta. The A:hen i train was better fit- ’STATE. 11E IS NOT A SLAVEHOLDER-—! O' The Nation-,il Intelligencer, in notic’u
"ocif.T..u.iy cliffrin-theimninn c number.i.fdelegate, j tw j up_] ul J lt bclfer engine,midbet tl
f,„i... j 0 . hcr ^. n |raio w<
I - .mullets cirp..ratjt.n’ dee. ...me ime eat lea it, take an j "When Ihe. Fro
our train—for at every station we received fredi a
fions, and at nearly every village attached additio
a :: tt . \ hk has no sympathies, associa i ion. i » s .
v while at the Conveuaon. Tlie CONNECTIONS WITH THOSE WIIO DO. ! , ^ flIr '
1st. J. L. Sf.ward, | 5th. Wa
WHIG CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS.
Districts.
IV.-J. N. WILUAMSON’.rfNWtoncom
V— JAMES M. CALHOUN, nr DeKalb.
VI— JAMES W. HARRIS <.« Clarke.
At about 8 or 9 o'clock, a procession accompaiued by i
! mu-ic and the banner* of the re-pective delegation*,
j fonncil, and maiuheJ to a grove near the village,
where a stand hail been erected for pub'.ic kpeaking.—
A sort of shelter had been fitted up and seat* prepared
. fir the people, but the shelter and seat* were scarcely
! sufficient to accommodate one man in each hundred
' there present But more of thi* hereof er.
• j Afoer a good deal of (as w« thought) unnecessary de
lay—a great deal of needless disorder and confa-ion.
; the comfort of the pub'.ic
My duty to that army and the Republic whose
battles we were waging, I6rb«de my assnming a
miug bustility to any portion of the
• Whig in prim
it nl my |iolitiCH|s<
iiinatid—all nl wIku
“Ih
Tiie Taylor Platfo*
private purpo
l-cu t*» buiul up—no vfcrn
y'} h, u
ulting from tlie painfully manifest incompetency of (hi
self-con -tituted committee ofarrangeraents, (allcfwhi
wanted to be
party 'he app..’
I'hecr up, tYtiigh«-«lay is breakiug.
We trust that the Taylor men throughout the coun
try will not suffer the sen dew boastings of the L«»co-
foco* to discourage them, but rather that it will have
a tendency to ne.-ve their arm* and impart fre h ener
gy and redoubled vigor to their effort* in behalf of our
country’s can c. Let them remember that the “ dark-
! e-t hour «>f night precludes the coming dawn"—let them
j recollect that in 1810, a* now, ju*t preceding the con
tent in November which sent Locofocoi r
•a of Salt River* the spoil-n
New York,
:iys:—- If any efiect prejudicial ti»
^ ^ ^ f and the Whig candidate for the
iif Representative . John ‘(Quincy 'Adams | Presidency from this movement could beapprehend-
nrose in his place and den amr.xd it ax usstCESSAHY. I c ,j_ 0 | w hich however, we have no idea—it would
they had*no Jncrriinnake it's lave/ i a ® ,rd a ^'P'^l illustmtion or ihe case, noticed in
wire i . an ^ ,^-i the pajtersu few day* ago, o' a man’s going home
ij—also i N nd hanging himself because he was angry with &
'flh* friend ”
, ° n . Since writing tli? ah:»ve, wc have met with the fol-
..... S„ to I fcwiv h ttc Ctorio.,.., S«. :
>inplr. Opera-' A telegraphic de pa ch received at the Courier
>/ the Constitution, the. character if the jwople j office, state; that Mr. Cla . luid written a letter to some
now there and those likely In go there, the geography or person* in the city of New York, in which he''
rf Ihe country, and ,he strong r bite sen,
« Gen. Ca
r.t, thn' fror,
dured to that slat
dale pressured to the pub’.ic with a formulary
political principle-*, was equivalent almost to a
declaration o! uncnoiproinisiug enmity to all who
dii not subatribetoits tenet*. 1 was unwilling to
lip toward* any
i ■ n, > iui.w«-N-Hci>»iKler my command warn in front
laws will have I „( „ n eiKS , nv common t*» us all. It would have
vernmern* in i lj;>en ' n and it was as repugnant to my
New Mexico and California, and thi
‘ the United Bute* uver them, tli
our late presidential election#, Hat the »c- , : L • ITT P° J ‘- V ’ , - V
ns a iM„ni„ktfo„ under the rim.rmi. ... ^btch may be rtght ttsday and wnaig to-morrow, are. ed with prayer;
v“ Uta J" Ttol."f 7" ,J : «**»>**..»W fito... itonffita. One,to IU
. .. r. I... Jaiuujt be trniteil widtom p.cJge*. cannot be confided u» u > „ ,
effort worthy of the i
rery, w-rsiau
lit. If, then
Mexico, or if, as I suppose, Mexic
ceased to exist, under the provisj
Irom the establishment of Territorial governm
Neat Mnvii-., I ...
'hen, the precise
Court of Louisian
red.h-ed to slavery imy be held in it
1 Iwve s lid that slaves are recu nised as such in
the constitution and law# of the United States.—
Tbet are recognised both as persons and a* proper-
ty. A* persons tl»cy constitute an element,,f repre
sentation, phing political rights to their own ts
which they would not otherwise p<* a***. A# prop
erty they are liable to taxation, and liave been
jectsil to it whenever yon have resort- d to d
taxp*. Your law* provide for the taxation of slaves,
and iho collection ol the tax by distress and sales.hy ,
your officer/if the slave* so taxed. Under the opera
tion «.f these lews,* a esare now held who have been
purehasetl from your officer, under warrants issued
by Ti*f command. Thev Imve been sold at your
instance, and the proceed* of the sale* have been
piid into tho National Treasury. Yon are daily
repeating this operation by the sales of slaves nn-
der exec nth n* founded on judgements recovered
agaiiMt defaultingoffi-.er*. Do yon mean to deny
the title which has been given by your comma! '
under the antlmrity ol yonr law*, while yon ret
in your treasury the price ol the slave 1
Again: slaves are recognis'd a* property by y<
navigation laws. You provide for tlmir transp
tatnui cua*twi*e, from tlie port of any State to-any
port or plae.a within the limits of the United States.
You re-]'iire certain tiling* to be d«»ne by the owner,
•nd there ipm yonr officer, under the authority of
law, gr-nl* tun. a permit to irAnsport his stave* ex
pressly to any imrtnr place within the limits of tlie
Umfod States, to I* sold as a slave, or lo be held
service i*r labor. Now, consider tho operation
these laws on the question before n«. A citizen of
Siviunili holding a slave, llie is-meofone pnrehas
e.1 by him frun tour officer, under a sale for direct
taxr*, for which lie has paid the price which you
l ,J ' * collector of that ptrt, and.
seeds oidistri
e m* my letter# written i
bnt they are all ot one im;
with tlie views hereiu expre
Meanwhile I was solicited by my personal
friends and by stranger*, by Whigs and Demo-
i ranks. I
poiti h—nothing to gu;fa, a- Pre-iilent, a long II*:
1 have do c«aiccalui«it=. I Im.IJ no opinion which I ‘* ,c J 0 ®^.
mMnntrcXly ptottaim to rav coa. rv- ° w ** “* . ...... , ;
m; but crude iinpr..-«sinnt upon matter* of policy, three or four Secretaries Tlie meeting wa; then open- j cac ‘ l m hviJual nuki
■ *■ * - -- * • • after which, the ftodaent, on taking. an 1 we have nothing to four.
ed a rhort auil appropriate addreuu—J Our friends frequently ask our opinio
„.to.v V — of theriu “ ’ He was followed in the course of the .lay, by the Hon. | ‘l»3 remit of the concert—to all of whom
_ “The p«.wer given by Uie constitution ta the Exccn- Geo. W. Crawford, Juilge Dawson, Hon. Robert Tswmh;,! didly anJ honestly that
tive, n. in.erpo e his veto, is a high omi ervative power, our able Senator. Judge Berrien, the Itev. Wm. Mose-
olhrt-di.iinjtotarf
u^anM.fctsi-idvration by Congress. orators. NVe regret that owing to uiii-po-ition we
“TTvo persotul opinions of the individual who may were prevented from hearing nil the speeches, as we
ltappcn to ..crapy Ihei EtaKite duir. ..ught not to are ajsuml bv cmpeUml joite. that most of them
control the action of Congress up.ni quo anm-of domes- „ i ui ,, . . .
tic policy, nor ought hi. .*;«£«. to he interpo-ed -etc remarkably ab.e, ft tra. our g.»d fort.tae to hear
where que 4ioo - of am titutional power have been ret- that of our di stiniingui-hed ireuator, who i s mad un-
deparUoents of government, an.l ac- questionably one of the greatest orators in the country.
focni,m b> the bead of th-free and man of the slate Stair* against \ ma ^ e 1 t ^ L> declaraUon that he will not allow his na
tin. TO organi'-e I by i wa'treof Shit ltiver,the.poihmc.ltrere gknfjriiiganJ ! 'ffhuenf.thitl il'tciil'nerlr rxiKt inlliiH, Urru.rK*. h.he u eJ at a cmJidute in the enming e’cctitn
.ndiew J. Miller, of An-! ml intempcrately trowing over the State elec;ion.I i WE KAOW FROM FREQUENT OTCI.ARA- ! Fro ilent, a. by to Joing, the action nf the Whig I
i.f Vie* Pr* itloiiu I Let them remember these facts and take courage—( TIOXS MADE IN PRIVATE COaVERSA- | ty would be distracted
r . WCil TIOXS, THAT HE IS AS STRONGLY OIM'OS- IIuz3a for lhu |ialri((tic lM
D IL! itut.ioA,,™it.--„i for TO THE FURTHER EXTENSION OF j . ... . * . . . ,
noe, is staked upon tl.e t,sue of tht^co.i.e-t, anJ let s(jAVERV As WE ARE, AM) THAT Is 1 Mums wl.l decctejtut.l fot.o
" STRO.SU ENOUGH MOST OF O’JR REA-; th,
UERS WILL THINK. i
" IVe hare every assurance that his aJmiristra'ion,'
should he be etreh-d, while it will give security In j
the great and fundamental principles if th- ja\
tied by the varhi
quie red in by the peoph
“ Up«« ilss subjects of the tariff, the currency, the
improvement ojfour peat highways, rivers, laki
by Wliijs, Democrats and Natives^
and mixed meeting*. ! resisted them all, and ro i-
tinned U» do so till W to believe that my opposition
was assuming the aspect of a defiance of the pop
ular wishes. I yielded niflv when it looked like
, iptiontn resist longer, and even then 1
should not have done so bad not the nomination
been presented to me in 1 * iorm unlikely to
•produce the bine rues* of feeling
which attends popular elections. I ray it in a
eerily and truth that a part ot tiie inducement
my consent was tlie hope ilint by going into the
canvass it would lie conducted with candor, if not
kindness. It has been notault of mine that tni
anticipation has proved a vain m e.
Alter I permitted myself to lie announced for the
Presidency, under the circumstances above noticed.
I accepted nomination after nomination in tin
spirit in which tliey were tendered. They wen
made irrespective of parties, and so acknowledged
No one wiio joined in those nomiii ition* conic
have been deceived a* to rny political views.—
Frero the beginning till now I Iwve declared my
self to he a Whig on all proper occasions. With
this distinct avowal published to the wnr:d, 1 did
not think that I had a right to repel nomination*
from political opponents any more than I had a
right to refuse the vote of a Democrat at the polls:
and I proclaimed itabnriu that I should not reject
the pnifiered support of any body of my fellow
citizens. This was my position when in Novt-m-
lier last 1 returned to the united States; long be
fore either of tire great divisions of the people had
bor*. the will of tins peop e, a* expressed through we wi -h that every Georgian, every Southn
their representative- in Cungrew. ought to be respect- j u ,l ge Berrien's s'peech at Atlanta. It w
I carried out by the Executive.”
ar, at all time s and under all circumstance^,
natiotial calamity, to be avoided, if compatible wi ll
bold, goes be.ot
‘■--‘y nmplM will. Ih, tlnl bw, h , M , , 1h1 „ h ;„
p.*rtn.t In Itanupint lh.t u.uuglit Jui.Wlul ifnnn.il them n-nn'd hold .ny.
within 'If. intota ..I Uta | M ;, le „ .rend in tl.iaattil.idi. till a,.ring, il,
'lave, or to he j tj, ere were so many statements in circulation c«
large at that of Gen. Harrison, in
1810, an J we should not be surprised to find it much
larger*. Much anxie'y it felt by some concerning our
own State. To all such—we would say, if the Taylor
men here tum out nnd exert thcm t-'.ve* a* they should,
(and a* we have no doubt tbev will) the people’s
candidate will get a majority of from four to eight
thou un l M irk tha prjJb.ioa, Locos! and if Novem-
Thun renma to dan! gentiy with him. mid will, advanc- j *-• I* 0 ”* wc arc miilaken, cede and toll u, of it!
ing year, he appear-, to ini^.vn Mart rtneerely do We hare not areired at tliia conaln-kn. merely Ironre
Sauthrnn. had heard j i ‘ fMIier to llie thnngh!,- tat be.nn. c,fn an lire
fe of A-liland * Not
Locufocouni find on
ig a hope I
tbrSonth.
WILL NEVER I1E USED TU'GIVE COUNTE- . d-ongl. the S ate.v
NANCE TO SO OBNOXIOUS A MEASURE con.titutcd.cn are.
AS CARRYING SLAVERY INTO TERIUTO- of the Ure-on Jnvel.
RY NOW FREE.” \ perfectly nidi...
Once more; they have no fear. f.
“Such a man la non- Ihe standard bearer of onn j „ g 0 ^tbeiicve
raiiTV and wo «..|.|Hjrt him; and tins we could do . r . . (l) an lhil] ,
with a hearty g«Kxl wil, independent of vur iddtga- j ^ ^ \ ,
. --orthy the man-die occarion. Tin. wc cat ifcr tho | aenanu.mcnn w. naTnnatn.Kwid. tho Srrt individual
. i rety highest net of pnLe. WtaM nttomptarc j rrlmconld notname Demectat.in hia own immediate
'aril hnoor. Tile ji.incip'c.of oer government, a. well j port of it, as we know we could not do if jurtico. Of neighborhood who into!. Jed to vote for the old hero.
.its true policy, areoppn-e.J to 1he-ob;oga‘.ion of mhvr , oneduo- however we Ifel wed assured, ltw.il ted cKo-.™ thiistatement we mean only to inclnde the
Indeed, w. hath! Taylor own we have cnnvm.ed with Snch of the
foreign ground.' ” Z. TAYLOR. 1 understood that it opened the eye* of many of the Ca* , Democratt as we have talked to on thn subject
.f .heir true interests, and that they left' have pretty generally admitted that they had h«
Atl-Jitn determined to vote fur tire oldPlsuter away down | a few who had talked of voting for old Zach—adding
Louv iana, feeling fully satisfied licit they could not. *hat they would not be sujered to t!o it, ar they would
tru*t their own nnd their children's interests in the luind* | be “ whipped into rnuks I" [Democrat* of the “rank ^
the man wlw»“ prays for the Abolition cf S fovery : and file” are you not freemen I Will you patiently j p^ont*
•crj wberc.” j submit to the operation of “ whipping in" by the lead- j the tiuii
We have heard various edimatc'- of the numtier in at-; er* l Now. wil'. you f] There being change,
tendance, ranging from TFN to FIFTEEN THOU- j >'» e^ery county, but in every neighborhood.
•Xlensian if statery."—Plain Dealer.
The Indiana Democrat is terribly annoyed at tli
nomination of Gen. Taylor and d.*i
Hint* of the Whig meeting!
over that tho-c persom who
icd, in a very great degree,
U<t Taylor nnd Fillmore—
■safety of their property—
ic Whig candidate, will, if
pairtheir right to Uieir pntp-
1 erty, or to weaken their gnirp upon it. It ir those di>
interested gentlemen, who have no slaves them selves,
: that are principally alarmed <m tire subject,
j Those who really would be injured by any assault
j upon Southern right* or Southern property, feci them-
I he | ecWei a*mred, if other assurance were wan ing, by tho
Northern Whigs **doughfaces, and proclaims that ! that Zachary Taylor i- Win elf a slaveholder, and
ll.o election of tl.e old Hero will Im a surrender „r that he can do nothin, to iehrethem which wilinotal
the enuntrv to the slave power of tl.e Smith. j so injure him-elfnt the same time. Hainan goe.on
- Iaa.lt at facta, (says this piper.) lathe Phil- i "** w •*“ Atlantia, duel ha reran,
nbtaiu* Ire n hi
Monterey,
United States tlrere to be sold
tir/^shi*anri^v'.Tu h^vTt’n.*^*'"''^®-'? ,,r / ,lle , 10 ' cerning my views upon question* o*' national poli-
tour D-NrinitN.^Jlrll/n 5 u 10 h "'*.**° : cy.that I felt constrained to correct the errors
! Xo wl,ich ,Ue public mind was fulling h t a m
ion which m/mJrrfo ‘"Jj" 1 ' if"!"? H"' explicit enanciation of principles, which I did
nr"nT. t; ,^IVl !.7 i - ^ “'"j °f I tny letter to you in ApAl Ust. That letter, and
which it doptnd*, and frnm ; ti^f^ct* which I have det died a* hrtefly
-*wer it pome re** 7— | understanditig of them would permit, de-
;ivt-n by your officer j veloocd tuy whole |swition in relatiou to the Presi-
the hw pud yet remun* m the Nat.;.::al • Tire lh».nr
Mr. Fillmore*# Platform.
l DISAVOW MOST UNEQUIVOCALLY.
NOW AND FOREVER. ANY DESIRE TO IN
TERFERE WITH THE RIGHTS. OR WHAT IS
CALLED THE PROPERTY. OF THE SOUTH
ERN STATES.”—Millard Fillmore, in Ihe U. S.
House if Re j resenlatiies.
Gen. Cass* Northern Platform.
Resolved, THAT HOSTILITY TO THE EX
TENSION OF HUMAN SLAVERY IS NOW
AND EVER HAS BEEN ONE OF THE PUI V -
CIHLES OF THE DEMOCRATIC CREED, and
THAT TO ABANDON IT AT THE PRESENT
TIME WOULD BE A CRIME AGAINST THE
FREE PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH OUR IN
STITUTIONS ARE BASED.—Resolution ,.f the
late Democrat ic Convention •f Michigan.
I AM NO SLAVEHOLDER—l NEVER HAVE
BEEN—I NEVER SHALL BE. I DEPRECATE
ITS EXISTENCE IN PRINCIPLE, AND PRAY
FOR ITS ABOLITION EVERYWHERE. WHEN
THIS CAN BE EFFECTED JUSTLY AND
PEACEABLY AND EASILY FOR BOTH PAR
TIES.”—Gen. Cass' Hum Met.
w i c't it fieri ra
il ddmg a title ti
“n-lertna mth ritv of y«*i
fid yet .
, I e,ny . hi "’ "'r i continued
!” , » p * *'** a * * " »»•*. «rt‘* lw held to service »w la- * h„d L r iHi
Tire UemocraMc Convention met in May, end
W. wy , uiiurtllF inthm-,7IWT «tt -hirt Ym*.'ind«"taS"» w."ttatoS.tai-
o tnertlre rioi, wre>t in»»n the . j Jle> I accepted the nomination with gratitude
j adelphia convention the slavelioldei
1 1 thing their own way. The Preside,
.f holder; and delegates from sever;.
T 1 Sfrtes flocked there in scores,
member# nl Congress. A j»rc*|
set np by the lstnisitna deleg:
, and allowed. But
rent Arkansas, and hi
lor Taylor; and. on tl.e fin:
in slavclielding States were
,1 Taylor, and but FOUR for all otli
high
SAND, and in time in
thousand! Scarcely any
estimate of a crowd. We »U» not oar lelv
be first-rate judge* of such thing*, but fni
servatif si, and inquiry among other*, (an J
that old Zach nra»t carry the State by a han I omc
will make the same 1 majority ? particularly when it i* remembered that Mi
ortelve* profe« to Polk’s majority ia 1814, wa* only about t'
ur own ob- hunJreJ! Now. gallant Taylor men of G<
took great courage—remember that “ Gen. Tatlob ne 1
I Weretl
older# Win
pain, to be correctly infirmed) we think Jlie number j ders” an.1 see
wa« nearer f feen titan ten thou-anl We heard a j trail in tho da
noernt, lwtb < f whom had been at the
meeting in conver ati«*n on the subject,
rying to nutke tlie L«co acknowledge
t that hi* bannei
tha 7th f.f Nc
to the result in other Si
confidence a* we i
dvi ed of tlie stab
►hall v
here) but
!o, j the general re-ult,
ny j rec'ne<s or fallacy of our calculatioa
i, then, in the out et, that Gen. Ti
id for Mr. Cxav in 1
The t
Wlug an
Slone Mountain meet
The Whig was trying
that there were three tines
as were at the Mountaitt Thi* the Loco would
but finally admitted litre were at Icat twice as many
(which from all we can learn, we believe is about the
truth.) Tbi* wa* certainly glory enough for one day, I g^* all the State* that
when it i* remembered that the Loco* took a 1 vantage
of the State Agricultural Fair to swell their number*. Masrachurctis,
On Thursday night, there were many speeches de’.iv- Rltode Island,
erei at. variou * stand* in * he streets. At the one which Connecticut,
we atten led, nothing worthy «.f note occurred. Like
such speeche«generally are, *ome cf them were quite re-
far below mediocrity.
Tlie prize Banner offered by the Rough and Ready
Club of Macon to the county sending the largest dele-
tire AOanti
•cry- 1 bond and security—does he n*k pVdge*—of the cap-
lent Was n sla ve- 1 tain that he will carry him rafc to tire end of hi < voyage t
eral slavelmlding; Certainly Ik doc. noL He know* that tho danger of
toroiii'cSh° M TO ,hc ““ ” *“ 11,0 " ,,,ct n “ kn " ws a* if
in to cast the vote *' le 6° 1° the Isittom, tire captain and the crew
ne delegate* was mu<t B” a ' on ? with the j-avenger*. Community of
ist three* votes all interest an I of danger i* the strongest pledge ha could
iKillot, 1UG po-itivelv give, and that he gives by the- very term* of
-*t tor Gen- hi* undertaking.
™ , !i i | l4l K?!: * So it i* with Zichary Taylor. Why a*k p’elja* of
upon tlie sub ect of slavery, when tlie fact that hi*
; they clung to him with the gripof des- wlrelc estate con d*ts of lan land negroes m»J thi
ity-eight | perati«m, and snccecded tn torcing njsm their anti- tliey go. he mu it be a beggar, i* the very stronge-
jia, take slavery friends at the north a slaveholder as their . pledge he could possibly give f Ha* Lewi* Caw git
db never surren- candidate. j cn any such pledge a* thi* t I* hi* interest the rain
* not suffered to | Listen to another North-western Advocate: with that of the slaveholder! If every slave in ti
IN RELATION TO THE EXTENSION OF Unilin fWJ ^ lilx!nitc j t,, m(irrow i (K54 Ue nn
4 . ot-AVERY OVER TERRI TORY NOW FREE, ™ ”.. To * t -u.
we cannot speak i T|lERR j s NQ DIFFERENCE BETWEEN f ^ If it can be supp*> ed that he will be
our own (not be-j THESE BOLTERS AND THOSE WHO DO waihchfal guardian over die intern -t of the Sou A. u
he popular pulse I NOT BOLT. THERE IS JUST AS MUCH not fair to infer that Zachary Taylor will be forma
* make a guess at i FREE SOIL FEELING IN \N OLD UU* KER. so 1—Richmond Whig.
to thow the cor-1 AS A BARNBURNER. ONE CHOSES TO
CARRY OUT HIS PRINCIPLES IN THE, llo.ri cuy-
npidity. They knpi
... I USUAL WAY OF EFFECTING ALL NATION- !
LtLoa will. Al , REFORMS. THAT IS THROUGH THE The New York Expr.
844,whLh REGULAR ORGANIZATION OF TIIE DEM- friends of tlu* gentleman
OCRATIC PARTY. THE OTHER BY BOLT- fc
ING AND OVERTHROWING ALL PARTIES ajongwi h Mi lan! Fiilmi
!y of men, representing such s
ktituency a# the Whig psrty of the United Staie
■ -* grateful U-catue i‘
K manifestation the u
Tie Iniktortnj l. lire corroopondence exocu..... ioctai-libS with
. . ... the dignity of the president :al office, and the re-
■WtMOleaen. menuonert lo the •oeonnl of U.e u , ! u ineomtam 10 u.e rtbole p-o-
A'.ltaU difittoUity, which
piper
G« *.xvrsBonoro!i. Aco. 26th, 1847. with that ol t.n distinguished citizen ol New York,
D f Sr-Vn will recolb'ci w!*at passed at, whose acknowledge abilities and sound
*toration of po
-toratinn ofou
and legi.imate purpo-e
The re*cue of the Government from the gra c p of De-. *pe<fob’e, while o!
tnagogue* and Spoiler*. ”
The restriction of the Veto within legitimate limit*.
The curtai’ment of the inordinate patronage cf the gation in proportion to tho number ot it* Whig vo'evi
Execuive.by mean, of which Election* are con jnUed wa* awarded to the delegate-from Floyd. Mr.Nedht, |
*oJ ihe Public Liberty cn Ito.rerel «f P« to tog it. onj Mi. Rcoo™. cf K.ono, oc-
Reirenchmeni or cxtrev^.uii toi l onoutborixea Ex- "P »S ■» Bie i»rt of the Whig, of Floyd,
penditnre*. ! Fri-lay mormng before we left, we heard a phort
AncoL. po itice ctod too'J recklcwexperiment, op- nddroo from Col. Akin, the Taylor elector in the 5J.
I the Bo,inea, the Coirencyoud the Eo^rpri eofthe W-«H “> J *<« Mr - Bo*”- -ISmmk.
CaatPt* < Tlie Hou. Alex H. Stephens was at the stand on
Thi-aisnniption of the Coxnnvnox as the Plot tonn Tb-r-*T- Nee.r lov, we tcitne»ed soeh to. eri.ibi-
of our political faith. thm of popular enthufta-m a ; followed the announce-
A Retain to the old and safe po'In of honesty, sin- meat that be was coming; oni .tan he
eerily, patriot!-nt and public virtue! tho speaker.’rttud,the .ntmen ctnoltf.nde, os .f mated
. —■ — bv one feeling, rent the air with the most viesferous ac-
t clamation s and so great wa* the cheering that it was a
1 long time before order could be re*tared. In the eve
ning be wa* drawn in lii-buggy by tlie Morgan county
0-" A Ftcc Burliicuc trill be given at boy# to the stand,'and af.cr the conclusion of Judge
Bearer-l)am t Oslel/itirjw. County, on Berrien’s speech, the most deafening »houts for“.Ste-
SaTUBDAY, th* 3D h of SepiemTjSr. pb«m* I Stcjbinsr* “UttleEUkkr were beard •
Maryland,
North Carolina,
Tennci.-ee,
Kentucky,
Ohio,.
Total, “
In addition to which, we be’icve he will get-
- Penn -ylvania,
. New York,
Georgia,
Loui-iano,
Florida,
NOT BASED ON THE ONE IDEA.
The Republican Journal of Belfast, Maine, a
loud-mouthed shunter for C is#, says:
*• The Whigs have adopted as President tlie
largest slave owner in lamisiatm. vvho-e views and
naturally iden’itied w.t'i that iusiiti.tion,
tltat the pre‘ended
t i«ui»g a summon* /
Clay meeting, f»r Uvc purpose of nomiuadng him / 2.
tajority of there Jj.
person* arc men wl» have just returned from the
•* Buffalo Hunt”on Lake Eric, nml wire liaving been di*- . '•)
appointed in their purpo re* by the nomination of Mr. /
Van Buren, have selected Mr. Ciav a* an in itrumwii to ’
t the
i ml who
mild t
dential authority lo widen the extent ol slave
Badlv
udhaw
c think, in general, of mere partisan'
e l that
ed the Wtlinot Fret
the Democratic party,
in its nature—it is Denmcratic
we are willing to trust to the J
I foil..*
itiiil.y Drn
: the frien i of Hoary CU/, c.iali
De- ! dreamed of con verting him iut
; own pe.ty end*. hii*imaatiei
ncu,. ** 50 infatuated, a* to suppo e
Lo it wou’d ever con cut to be thm
tit of putatiim on the charac ter of a
e, that any one -lwuld
r an in *tant, that ho
*(L It is a direct im-
tt wh iha* hereloforo
J
J
9,
)!
}
the tiin> I met toa at l’ie Biru ioue in Putnam. . ttveopinmns mignt lave justly entulcd him
In ttm ram irks tiial yon made, it never struck • first place on the ticket,
at ihMim-, that yam were in earnest. Tbepre-' Tne convention adopted mn as it found *
vtoiu relit**.!* tlal had existed'be.ween us, tlie i Whig—decided butn*«ultra in my opinionsi m** ; , • , ,,
m inn.'r in which you met me, and the utter tin- 1 should be wituout excuse i: I were to shift to the i All the People #f Clarke, Mautsoit. Elbert,
probability ot* the act, left no doubt on my mind that lattotuhips which subsisted at the time- They Oglcthnrjtc, unit the. other neighboring
yon mala tire remark in a jocular way. I have took me with the declaration of principles I Itfd _ “ /Ire nsnecfnlln iurited to attend
since been informed that yon were in earnest and paUwhed to tne woral, .nl I should be without de- * • ,
te.»Uy intended io dtp mjjt**. Iict me know the *uce »f I were to say or do any thing to impair 1/isllnguulica uralors tut re tjeen
troth in relation to the matter. Respectfully, ! tne force ol that declaration. ted, ami will doubtless be prescut
FRANCIS II. CONE. I have said that 1 would accept a nomination occasion.
.. ~ . frotD JUentocnit.; bot ip tot tkiiti-1 would n*« abate . R y of tta CommiUre o.f Arreogrtorota.
JIoXTtcttlo. (G» 0 Ang. 39th. 1818. i no. jot or t-tlle at toy oioioon. u wrrttoo 4>»n — „ ... „ . . „ ... ,
Dstr Sir—V.oir Irttrr ot tho kGth iort. ««. , Soon • nowiitalioti, rt. ireiicxtiiig • coincHl™» S—U—t. ILfM* Rmrjcr.
1 ™ ’ ' thfus mikinv it. slKtold ‘ ™
handed to me by Col. King on Fr day evening last, : of opinion on the port of those making it, should
in M tdi*m, and sbonld have been answered earlier, >** be regarded with disfavor by tltose who think
bet for lire wsntof the necessary leisure and a^oo-1 with me; as a compliment penMawl tnmysell, it Ge ; v * distinguished Senator, the Hon. J. M. »>“
eenieal npjwttoatty. Audio reply, now yon will zboold not be expected tnat I would repulse them * ...» .... . . . .. diti
allow nut., say, that 1 was perfectly in earnest in with uonlt. I shall not modtiy my triews to entice Bcaatax, which will be found in onr pap.r this
what I sa d to yon upon onr meeting at dw time them to my side: I shall not reject their aid when week. We have * *“ * u *
alluded to by yon. I had been informed that yon they join my friends mduntarily.
had charged me with being n “Traitor to the] * * *
FREE BARBECUE! , Wh .
. ... i y, no.e number, i»u
The entire electoral voto wLI ba 290. Necessary to;
a choice, 140. Tim*, it will be seen, that if the above i
calculation i* correct. Tartan wifi have 44 votes over
_ ,trj directs n. and so great wa* the desire to see him ! the number actually uecesrary to elect him.
on ihe ruktrum tliat order could not be restored until he ' In addi;ion to ;he above, may be men Joned tlie fact
aro- : e; when the shouting became sb olutely terrific.— following State* Ta .lob's chances are fully
There he stood—pole and emaciated—suffering fatten e- 8°°^ ia so”® of them . ws believe, for better,
Jy from the wound* inflicted by a coward’s knife—hi* | than tho-c of Gen. Cass:
iC gam m a sling—the very personification of physical j Virginia, 17
weakness—but intellectually «giant After quiet was I South Carolina, 9
1 re 4ored.be told the people that he hod been odmoo-1 Alabama, 9
i bed that he could not make a speech without endan
gering his life, but that be could not re ist the tempta-
ab’e speech of tioo of raying one word. “ After the brave and gallant
establish
which should h
principle. ^
e selected ii
to., r-m— —» _ l bare said 1 JPUP—
Saath,* 1 and! had said that I should demand of. «n I initial straightened and sectarian
you, upon sig’it, whether yon intended to be so nn-' which would prevent rtv being the Presideut of
derstood—rod ' -ft - —-»
slap your jaws
Let . - - ,
Doniphan* said he, “ returned from hi* brilliant expe-
the late war with Mexico, having placed m the
presented to our rea lers the * MUK * S of * fr^nd certain business affairs to be tran-art-
_. 0 botbsiaesof the Compromise que*-
l *J 1 P*rty candidate, nor jion—they will, of course, make up their minis to
themselves.
argument* o
Michigan,
Wireonsin,
ed for him. when be took hi* leave, was asked if he hod
no further instrooiens to give. Replying in the nega
tive, be departed; but in seme twenty minute* return- .
. ... -. - ... „ _ to. . : down ascertain, lie Will li:ive 7fi efoi^oral
ost homirable of die human raca.
it.s origin, ana No man among there pretended frien 1* can raise the
leyTroVrt .bio !t *'“"■“** tbocnooot of Mr. Cl.yo.hi,
to throw odium n° n i ia ation. They know perfeedy well-^with what scorn
desertion (Barn- ' *he insulting app-ication would l»e received. What but
r ol a great par- the most deadly indignity would it be, indeed, to ask
Henry Clay, whose name had already been submitted
to tlie Whig Convention, end who by allowing it to be/ <
thus submit ed, boun-l himself in honor to abide by it
deci-ion, to break lu * implied word of homw, and to be
directly involved in onr elections* to Con- cornea vile tool in the hands of a bare faction I They'T
. (Wilmi^ Provisoinen) should have taken a different plan; they intend to nominate' —"
ion# distnrts with reference him wi-.hout letting him know it. We would not be m -)
ciH 1 "ron «fNew EngUnd and resident of | the fhoeso{,ne(lt ‘ hee men for hU j« ket » whcnU, e ~
« Free State—would vetnst.cli a mvasute, ii adopt- R reat state man comes to hear of the degrading ure to ^
ed bv Congress,we believe is a gross calumny. It which hi* name ha* been prostituted. Henry Clay
would be contrary to every natural impulse of his ; made an in druiucnt of revenge! The cxecra.iou of the’
mha.andtotUetoougUUamiasav^ttotta ot hi* j w hole American peop’c t*due to the concoc'.or* of^//
An article in tho Franklin Democrat,Greenfield, 4,10 - , , ”
Massachusetts, and a warm supporter of Gen.]- |®“ A few days sdnse an old on J hoae*t man, wbo
Cass, rays:— j heret«fi»re, from good moaves oclc-J wiJi the democra-
u Democracy is and ever must be opposed to all \ c . v - informed a friend of our* tbathf* own -on, who vol-
slavery. Democracy must ever go lor a tree soil. I unieerel under CoL Calhoun in the Mexican war, had
Slavery can never be atndished iu our country ex- j returned home wi.h hi* robu-t and manly frame shat-
Democracy. I tcredby hi* exp*»UTe to the toils of a toldier’s life, fa
that fell c!im:
cept it be through the itiflm
Assuming, therefore, that Tatlob will get one-half
of the above vote, in addition to what we have ret
»!«r» AffMiu.
At the Monn
• entirely Mti*.'actory
yon*
er but
ll" and in despite of 'all bold prediction. The following is Irom his pper : Do»’t roaerr 10 vane roa 2JACH*at Tatloo.” Hi* was ; then Ta ™ > * would have 11 Yotej to spore in tlie
vutoiiy understiiod by you
heunl what occurred between us.
Yours, in-tret respect fully.
ALEXANDER U. STEPHENS.
Savage Iron Works near Pitt*
burg, the Democrary have hung out :i flag inscrib
ed with the words, “ Cass, Butler, and Ihe Tariff nf
Democrats to
deceive the people
doubtful,and ai nw S axa ,n 1014 1 wnere ,,ow »* tbeirboasted
platform of principles! Cass is running as a Pru-
visoist at the North, and an anti-Provisoist at the
An ides of the straitened circumstance* in which Lo- South—as a Tariff man in Pennsylvania, and as a
Patrick Hen- eofoctJ * ii n finds itself at prerent, may be gathered from ** marvellous proper” Nuliffer in Carolina! With
.j, dpb rr Henry Clay—enjoyed a greater' Bitdue, in malring out a calculatioa of Party platforms to cheat the people, and party
degree cf popularity ameng the pecple cf hi* own State remit, i* obliged to claim Ohio, one of the staunch- hacks to enjoy the offices, what are we lo expect
than does Mr. Suraxxs at thi* time in Gecrgia. ‘ eit Whig State3 m the Union, in order to e’ect Gen. from the administration of Gen. Cass, should he lie
On Thcrrdav night we noticed many tnu»parende31Who dream*, for a moment, that the Michi-gan- elected? It will be emphatically the child of tnanv
in the streets amrmg other* was one representing the l 1 tecsncsxtj that State I fathers—Conceived in sin and brought forth in ini-
1. ’ This is the sum and sub^ They m*y, Mr. Van*0nren w destined to be efocted. bntdrety of Stephens by Ccna. Therelay “little El-1 A mam by the name of Terrell lolled a yoath named qnity. it will be a curse to the country, and a bye
stance oi my meaning, and this is the purport «f Gei»- Harrison cooaU be-certain of wore than 601 wk,” woended an-lbicecing, prostrate cn the earth, and Me William*, in the vicinity of Atlanta on Thursday word and reproach throughout the world.—Journo.
the frcla and circumstances attending my nornina- votes.” I ia the grasp of a figure of giganticproicrtioos,withan night hat. i df Messenger.
go*ld orUd, w|jo may diffi r in rpini
1 at. 1 not expected to force (Nmgrera, by the
cion ol the veto, to para laws
Van Boren. j * aodj Uwn present with a perfect furor cf applause.
- New York i* so certain for him, that the man i- NeTer *•" “/ man “ America-not
, almost considered • tool who do fats it. We claim
uit me or none, for Mr. Van Buren, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Geor-
’! l.i# is what l uesn by pot being a party candi- gia, Miss ssippi, and for argument regard
dale. And I understand this is good Whig doctrine, as doubtlul, Maine, New York. O.no, Tennessee,
1 would not be a partisan President, and lienee Near Jersey, North Carolina, loaUiana, and Micbi-
sifould iuh be a party candidate in the sense that gan. Let tlie Whigs blaster, brag and boa*u as
iloub'dcs now lying on hi* bed
of death. After cooling hi ? parched lip* with a draught
of water, and whin dea h’s cold dew drops were stand
ing on lu * t ad brow, in a feint voice, he exclaimed, “ Fath
er, 1 mast die. I gave up my life to tlie defence of my
country’s flag. I have served uader General Tatloo.
He is a great and good man. If I die, my hut reque .t on
| earth i» that you will stand uj»/or, and support Kim for
President. I have seen him, I know him and lone him,
and I wish you to tell all my brothers, cousin *_ and
companions to do likewise.” Hi* strength being ex
han*ted, he rank down quietly 00 hi* pillow, and the
informant, while the pearly tear glistened in bi# aged
eye, vowed before Heaven, that he would do so, ana
’ said, when it came to tlu \ party platforms were as
mere dust in the balance. Therefore, we say to our
readers, honor those who have faithfully served the
country—your conscience will approbate it, and the
smiling spirits of tho-and* of the dead, but unfovgotten
oldicrz, will cheer you coin the noble causes-CWum*
bus Enquirer.