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ii K O R 1 A. IN . '
Bf William II. uullocli,
fcir, i»i> cuuKti Hint**,
Anil PuDliib.r of lh» U»i of Hit Union.
rttijr r«H». r.iTao Dotlm.
ri/iUi mU-untll, U adv.im.
ffklly Papar.'fbtda ..SIX Dalian.
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IK NTH laMrti^l *» Yt«tos-
or ihaUuilad Siawaaml ahad Aoiarlaali bloodup- Parul. a. which l cannot Hnd {Wf^jrijSte ""
on AmaiiMnnoil. Now.lnm, ludnautol, ttilaia didaau.alla.jiat. Bouhaifaot Blt|«fffi«J,W
-■ - Iin ol llia Uollad Blalaa ouanna of Majr ltlh, and Ilia lacl anaOlad, ifa
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C iMMUNICATIONB •
IptMh •filir. Wab*io».
DllalVCKKD AT THK
^VUIQ STATE CONVENTION OF MASHAUMUiE i ts.
With other* who have the hmioV of reprerenthrift
>hls Oomn*onw*oHh in tha Cnngre*- «*f ih« Ufti*
ted Bute*. I here com* her* to day *nlely nt t e
'requedtof the Whig 8t*te Com nlttes' I need
hardly sty, eir, that It fire* m i greet pleasure,■«
nn former occasions. to on thit. «u ttroc’Uu large
and respectable ?i representation oMhe Wing* of
Massachusetts.
In the more orpeeUI duty nl«1in«a th the Con
vention of selecting candidal** Tor tiro greet offi
ces «f the 8»ete, f bed no o.rtgih ft dntv assigned
to me. I may eeature, hbwevifr. sir, to nx^re**
ray gratification at the greathnaiiinmy which Ire*
marked (he proceeding ofthe Convention, in
proeenting to the people hf Ma**HCliu.*ait* again,
penona eo well kuftfrh fKr their principle*,*o well
known for the fidelity with which they adHete to
principle an 1 uplhi’ii.
I suppose, Mr. President. that *0 far a* those
of us who belong to Congress were expecred to
take any«pbrt"iti*the.ileUb*r*tions of thre.qisemblY.
it wa* only looked »o that ,'vi> might exprei* onr
irpltthih* iiponthe presuut state uf nation*'. affairs
th tMe’crUI*. (I think aoumwliat «( *11 imminent
. ono.) to which we have arrive**. I could have
derived, eir, that some of mr colleague*. ofb nwr
health and more ability, tiaH citOaen to precede
•n# m aubimTing teVnavka to lire imre'inr; hot ns t
i*, air. apparoui'y c led upon I am hero.ieidy to.
uxpre** my opinijtre. humble <«• iiroy are, imiikly
•mi any subject Xnd evervanbje Mbit in ml -res i ig
to the people of thta Common wealth. There n>
uotbitig I wi«h to put forward; iliauk God, there
ia nothing I shrink from.
Wear*, in my opinion in a mo«t unnecessary
.end therefore mint unju*tifi »hl« war. I hope w*
are near (Jiecloae of it I attend carefully and
anxiously in every rumor and every breeze tliel
b ins* to ne any report Hint the effusion ot blond,
earned, in my judgment, by a r.tdi end iiiijn*tifi-
able proceeding on the purl of Hie government,
may oenee. In «hie *tnle of public nffur*. in line
state of excitement nf public feeling, which we
know.up outliir euhject of war,pervade* nil classes
•ut.l all ranke, I have firm to *ay air, ihal any rotin-
veiling from me. and I am *nr« that any couuaal
ling which thie body would receive from me. will
not entrench upon the loyally which wo owe to
the Con-oitution of the country ninl the obedience
which we are boon l to pay to the tawe
Wo are hound sir, to.consider the nature nf the
government under which we live. There mil,
bain every gova-rnmentKoine supreme power,
tome ultimate will, from which there ia im
peace aide appeal. In mut'd moiiarrliive, like
that of England, Ike ■mereign will resides with
the king arm (he parhamant. to despotic govern
'Hlenta it repnwn in (he breast of the sovereign a*
ill Russia, Austria. and el*ewh< re. Dill with u*.
under our free republic-m and representative gov
ernment. this public will, which we all agree must
in the end prevail, onlua* from peace we resort to
force. comnslaiin the expresrod opinion of the ma
jority, ascertained according ( to the principle* nl
the Constitution. Within the limi * pre-rribed
by the Cnnalimtion and pioiioniice*l agreeable to
ile forms, we must submit to hi-, or we give up
ell government and <mirend«rnur«etveatua itato
of anarchy The law of map’niy, uccimlmg in
onrforaii.a majority, aaceihiineo in a^reemen
with the principle* of the Cnnaiiluiion ia the law
which yon and I and all of tie arc hound to obey.
Sir. I should hardly advori to this, if I did uoi
Bee, afloat in th« eommoniiy cigna somewhat ol
a dangerous tendency. I agree that ell power,
may be so abused a* to require resi-tauce. whetli
*r i» he the power of nil anfocret. of a king and
parliainont. or of n imijority; for all pt*wer in hu
man h«nd« may be to far abused, may make «o
fligrant e cute a« to render it uucentury m tin
quorum ofcon«cieuae in re«t*t ii« damanda. Thm
i* not the exerciao of a polilical right under the
coiia'itutlnn of tbe couuiry, hut lire exercise of a
natural right again*t the constitution. Mow. sir.
V auppose we are all here to day, to act here and
«!*f where in our several capacities, in ihe oxer-
«i«e of our political rights uiidei the cnn*litution
of our country, and not in (he exeteise of on
natural right* against tha cniutifiitinn, Sir, there
U not one of u* hare who has had the honor of
hearing any nffi-e. high or low. in ilia United
State* governuient or in the State government,
who has not sworn that he will support tha con-
•titutiou or the United States Th-re m no nun
ignorant of the fact that the constitution of the
United 8tate# confers on Cougreta the power of
nuking war, an I therefore there ii no matt «n ig-
uoraot as not to know that when that power has
been exercised according to the forma ofTha con-
cthntion. the will of Congress expressed, if* i||*> |«w
y of the lend: and it i* binding npnn every man'
conscience, in my humble opinion.
While in the course of debut* we may oppose
the action nf Congress, and I hop* | have not been
behind in (hat respect; but whnn those councils
auiimo 4lie form of law we may nor djsregard ii
We are eel culled upon in supply snv voluntary
aid, succor or support; our duti»a us good ciiixaus
'-terminate in conformity to the law.
• ' I think, therefore, th it the present crisis call* el
nhee hot hilly for ihe most serious an t energmic.
but Cov tha most constitmmnd arvt considerate
✓ notion ol'all Whig- over the whole. eumry. There
ore those who think that violence in st nu^ih —
That I hold to be a great ini-lake. Violent conn-
sale are week coun«els; violent con.lurt t * wool.
conduct, ami violent l-tnguuge is always weak
language. Our liighesl purposes. I may say, mu
boldest resolves, then, most recommend them
selves in the acueplnhcb'bf Him community, wlim
they ere unomiuund, cortalhly with clearness and
force, bill af-n with docoroili and dignity, with a
just respect fur otiraelv • and a just rnspt-ct I'm
Others. Thngreat dramilist insirhcie those who
Wvould excel in power of moving men. not always
'to»be ready to tear a pa-siou lorags and taimrs.
but in the lorreutand whirlwind of their emotions
to observe a just temperance—that sobriety ol
Mniiuianf, that sobriety of language which proves
men in earnest. Allow me in say, it is not the
noisiest waters that are generally the deepest; nor
has ft always hean found that Dial spirit which is
moat inclined to wpor when danger and disaster
Are el e diatenc*, is the firmest in breading them
on their near approach
tyWi these Mftu irks, sir.upon Hie tone and tem
per, wkiclr in wy opinion, belongs m all cnnsiilu-
tional Whigs. Imw and elsewhere, 1 shill proceed
'K> make a f*\v 'rcti irk* upon Uh> lopke of tin-
fhave said. sir.ihsl We era engaged in a war.
in my opinion unnaentsary. and therefore imjiis-
tifiuble. I bold it lohee'Wiir unconstitutional in
its origin. I bold it to‘be a war NmmJ.nl upon
^reteet*. 8ir, the law of'nations, embodying the
general sen so or mmkiud. instruct n- tint the
motives of war are good or virdons. Whore they
aura founded in a conviction or ueeysaity. in a sola
tteaire tO*J>romote the public goml and defend the
'national interest, it i* a good ma^ve. Where
they ere founded in any ohliqu* purpose, or any
vm^tStipnapoea, Khan war is waged for conquest.
fbrAaraWtian. for gdn» Tor renown, for ilia pur
B— of-gratifyfng privsfo ambition, or for party
purposes, the motive is vicion*. And. air, thny
.go Tarther, end main’ain this r&tinction, thntth y
inay be cause* fbrnwar which would justify the
war so far a* the opposite nation js concernad,
and yatnatfurnish » goad motive fn,-a war. be-
cans*good motives Vatu War, while the/ retptire
always a good OAhee fora war, require something
elec. They fWpire*that the war should not.ba
waged ezaepting from necessity, end fur its utili
ty to the intereste of the country.
■ 9 M«w, eir, the law of nations instructs us that
tbers ara wirs of prstext. The History of the
world provst that there have been, nnd we are
not without proof that 'here are war« waxed on
pretext, that is, on pretaneee where the^iuse as-
. ei|oa.1 is nut tlio true eeuse. That, I believe
■prin my ouitsoience, is the true charscror of the
war now waged against Mexico. I believe it to
be a war afurxtexi; a war in which the true mo
tive is not •liitinetly avowed but in which pra-
. t-oe««. a r rarthuugni-, evasions, and other moth.
o N are employed to put t case before die ••«»-
tnuniry wliieb iu juot the true c.isa.
1 think,ai(. there ara three pretests, all un-
fonndad. upon which this war has been justified,
W varinu* mbdea nnd on various occasion*. Thu
President of lb* United Htmo* in hi- war measnge
ol May. lS4'i p»«* the war upon ihelUct Hut the
Mexiein 5 *v irmnent have invade I the territory
not tbe case. Tlta resident > ,
had ordered the army of the Unitydl States as early
leJemtary. 1840, lo move beyond wliat Mvxloo
acknowledged to be the-buuudary ofTexeeend
pliCe itself upon th* Rio Grand*. Arrived mere,
blood wae shad uputi the left b*nk of tha Rio
Grande. Was that American toil I That wae
■oil claimed by the Untied State*, but wli:oh Con*
grew had never recognised. It wae territory
claimed by Mexico as firmly ae“th* city of Mexico
Usetf.and wet, at the tium, in the actual poesea*
shu» of Mexico. The must favorable ‘pnrtsiit.
merit, th«r*fore,ia tin*: that we, having a claim to
territory of which the other party wae in poaeew-
•ion. tn irehed an army into it to take possession-
I- iioi ih-t war upou our aide 1 l am of opin
ion tlirrefure, that th* declaration in tti*rae«*iga'
of the I ]tli of M*y. I840. upon wlnfh theect of
Cou-r* s of tliv 13 h, wns based, the declaration
that war exiated •' by ilia act of Mexico,''•oaniml
ba mid* out correctly by^eny evidence iu point
of fact If «o it wee e pretext
Then again, althoqgh this was the main point
upon which th* recognition of war w is placed by
Ihe President, no aoouar was tlje war declared,
th in oilier cases were resorted to. One was the
refusal of the Mexican governtncnClo receive our
minister, but where was that ever nude a cause
of war, end tspeci<try of Executive war! Ii**
cause the government chooses not to have War*
course with us, is it for the President tq lay that
that i* n just cause of war! It is nq jUsl cause of
war; and eveu ware it just and proper, it is no
sudden emergency uuttiori*ij,g the Executive to
plunge the government i^ (0 a war, and o-pocially
when Cougrma is iu *ss*ion, ready, and at aoy
moment, to receive ndvices and to act upon them.
I look upou it, taareforv, that thiagrouud is a pre
text.
WeU, then comes another. Mexico, it is arid,
hail declined In pay the debts, due In U. S. citt-
Xdua from their citizens. 1 believe that is true,
but that was not put furili ns the causa of War iu
the metnage of the President «u the llih.of May,
1446; it is mu in Hie act of Congress of iho 13th
of May. It is not. therefore, the enure put
upou record for the act of tho government. It is
•in afterthought. And here, again, ihia matter of
debt* and clnnim of citizens of the United Stales
upon Mexico is a matter of long standing. The
condition of Mexico wre ns reprehensible six
months before, as it was on that day; luit lliore
was manifested no di«posiuon to aiako it a cause
of war. To pay, therefore, that this war was
bunded upou Iho refusal of Mexico tu pay her
debts, ia d pret-xl, and nothing hut a pretext.
Well then, sir. what was the object of this
vail So far ns we can no scrutinize the motive*
.if men. so far as we can look into the objrctsand
design* of our rulers, what wa* tho motive, tho
purposo, the impiiUeoftho heart, wh.ch tod to the
<nea.4iirea that brought on tliid war! Why, eir. 1
have a very poor opinion of my own nng»< ity, 1
do not pretend to seo so far into such matlors a*
mher men. but to men is as plain naa turnpike,
a* visible a* the sun that now slnnus upon us.
Sir.mi eminent person belonging to the party
in administration, timid eminent cotlniuly ol'all
th t do belong to it, so eminent Hint it strikes one
rather oddly that tho administration should uotbn-
long lo him. raihbr than lie lo it- I mean Mr.
Calhoun, oneof the most practical politicians and
debater* in this country—a genilemau thdlis not
tpt to concede away hi* case, declared, in the
last scs»ion of CoiigreM that if tlinre hnd* been no
iiiiivxalion of Texas, iliere would have been no
war, and he went further and said that the uume»
•lime cause of war was iho order for the march of
>»ur officers from Corjdts Clutstt lo tha Rio
Grands.
I u how did ihe war grow out of annex itionl
Thi* ia a tare in which we must adopt proper dis-
uiictioiia slid follow the light of ascertained facts,
tfr. P. I am not now, nor at antr time, an apolu-
41-1 for Mexico. 1 have a very poor opinion of
hei government in all its states, and nt all times.
I pity tho people of Mexico from my heart, and I
should pity them more if thoy appeared to me
lo liaVe sen»o enough to undereuud the mi*-
ry ol their owu uositioii. I behove it to be the
v*«y worst government in the wurld pretending
10 regard the lights of tho poople. This repub
lic, which, by the way, i* no republic at all, but a
military aiimchy, lisa been, I am aorry to say, for
years and year* the prey uf every muer&hte mill-
ary up«lart that could find money enough to sus
tain a miserable army. I have no sympathy, there*
•ore, with any form ofgnvernmani, or any of the
men connected with the government of Mexico,
or the last twenty years. And I go further j I
4ayili*t in my judgment, that a ter the events of
1636, and Ihe battle or Sail Jacinto, Mexico had
no rcavouto regard Texas as one of he r provin
ces. She had no power in Texas, but it was en
tirely at me disposition of those who lived in it
They made a government for themsalve*. This
country acknowledged tint Government; foreign
Stales acknowledged that Government; and J
think, in fairness and honesty, we must admit
that iu 1840, '41, '42, and *43. 1 r-xa* was au inde
pendent State of tho Union- I Ho notadmit, there-
fora, that it was any just ground of complaint on
th* part of Mexico, that the U. States annexed
Texas to themrelves.
B«it than, air, the fact wa-, that Mexico did
ukeofleuceal tho annexation of Texas. Long
as Texas had been independent, notorious as wm
ihe fact that the government* of Europe, n* «bo
as our own. had admitted tho nationality of Tex
as, Mexico persisted in saying th it it wa* her
provmce, and -he would not live on terms of am
ity with tha United Status, although she did not
go to war. Her minuter, Almoin*, went home;
-tie would not receive our Miiiiwinr; she remain
ed gloomy and discontenicd ; and that wns Hie
cnnditmu of things immndialely after Ihe annex
ation of Texas, and at the coiuuidncemeiii ol Mr.
i'olk's administration
I think that the object of this war was -imply
tt'ia. Mr. Polk beenmo President of tho United
States in March, 1845. In June, 1813, Simla An
na was banished from Mexico to Cuba, on what
i* called half pay. II* auum* to have been dis
contented with hi* situation at Cuba, and 1 am
strongly NiNpiciou* that hi- “half pay" w«a never
pnid Throueh 1843, Hie condition of ihitiga bo
iwKcn us and Mexico wa* thus angry and uuretis-
fitcloiy.
Nut 10 trouble you, «ir* with many dates, at-
low me to approach a period of some intercut.
It wuh in’'January, IblO, that tho army of the
United States, which 111 the summer preceding,
tud been ordered to take its position at Corpus
Chrisii, wa* now ordered 10 advance lo the Rio
Grande- The reason given by Air. Buchanan,
among other thing*, was, that it might be at hand,
in case Mr. Slidell was rejueicd by AIuxico, to
act ns Cougrare should authorize. Now, there
had lieen an opinion I b*lwve very far buck, from
Hie time of Santa Anna's release from tmptuou-
tnsnt, that ho was* rather more favorable to tbe
acknowledgment of Texan Independence than
other AIinis;ersin Alexico. At nny rate, after his
banishment by Paredes, there came a sentiment,
that ho was mo;ur favorable to pence with the
United State* HiJii the government then cx
tiling.
Tha Presii
war'ittftM]
1846, pU&i
fact th ‘ "■
died tl
hajla
Criiz
should
head that Mr. Santa Anna wn- likely In come that
warf At about Hie enme time, iTI remember
right. Mr Alexander Slidell, tho brother of our
Minister te Mexico, wot despatched to Cuba. It
appears from the correspondence that the United
diates had an agent in Cuba,
It ia notorious (bat it was a matter of public con-
varsation in Cuba, that Gen. Sauta Anna was to
return to Alexico upon the invitation of the Pre
sident of tha United Stales. Alark the coincidence
of time and purpose. The President a nd in his
communication at the oneninf of tha session of the
last Congress, that he did not aeo any prospect of
pulling an and to onr difficulties while Paredes in
power. What were nnr difficulties! Our chief
difficulty was that Alexico would uot assent to tho
annexation of Tex ts.
Now, si£ I draw the attention of this mooting
lo a matter well enough known, but which.it *oems
10 mu. has not received Ihe weight, tho scrutiny,
whieff it deserves. 1 again rspent that the war
message of the I lift of AUy, placed the war upon
tha ground of sound invasion by Mexican tronpe
end th* murder of American citizona upon Ameri
can ground. Before the 1st of June a proclama-
tionwas drawn up. Which, on the Qth or June wns
despatched to Gen Taylor, to be by him distribu
ted through all Alexioo.and that purported to set
forth to the people of Moxico the cauioe of Hie
war.
I Hay* it, end I hone tho gentlcmon of Hie
press will publish it. VYhat did that duolaraiian
•ay to them! Any 4biog about inva*ion 0 r A-
msrioan territory and murder or American troop*!
Not a word like it—not one word. That procla
mation goea upon the old matter ortho riel,tv,n rid
nputi the refusal to receive Air. Slidell at ,» rtr
minuter, and upon 0 supposed declaration by
u tho United Siatos, sunt his
■ngrriis on the It Hi day of May,
existence of tho war upon the
fad invaded onr territory and
Jour people. On that very day
‘order* to Com. Coinirr nt Vera
^..f Air. Santa Anna came that way, ha
pt him in —llovv cams it into Mr Polk’*
fact can ba enmiwd by legislative pow«*», that war
existed by Mexican invasion is not alluded to, st«*
ts«C or i» \ in tied, in the proclamation to the M«x
lean people On the contrary, the proclamation,
■peakuia from she mouth or Gen. Taylor, eay*.
*‘We come as friend*. Wo have gren onuses of
compluiiit.'but we come lo relieve you trmn tit*
tyranny ofyonr own government. W» cornu to
put dawn that despotism which lords it over you.
Well, what was that tyranny, that de-polism f—
Why, it was Paradea. a military chieftain, who
had succeeded Santa Anns, anoiher military older-
tain, according to Hie order of Mexican •ucceerion
lor th* Inst twenty yeas*, it i* put down tlwsb
who would ea abli*h u monarchy over you.
Where was Santa Anna at tlifs tirttoT Why he
was lu Cuba. At some time ia Jtins Ha te't Hu
bs. and mada hie way to Ver*. L'riU.ftliJ wp* there
admitted by* Ooth. tyfuner abcordiog to order.
Bpfore h* rebelled Mex'ieo ho had sent his proc
lamation to ba distributed there, (le hnd, by n
proiiuticiaui'iii^, Bfl t forth hi* purpose, 10 put
downtime tyremsand to prevent the establishment
of a monarchy. Either 8anta Anno borrowed
from ,itir Executive, or they hrotn biro, or it wee
tllSr jumping judgement of two great geniuses, I
don't know which; but the sentiment*
same, and when Gnu Taylor was invading'Mex
ico at Hie North. Santa Anna's agents were po*-
tested of hit plan of pronuuci-inieuto to the
-nine effect, with the same ideas, and iu the sain-*
Ituguage. Ttd* tecumuled iu July or August in
deposing Pared**.
Now Until, the Presidont of the United State*
knowledges, and lie could not deny it, In hi* elab
orate commentiry on tbeio^ tr'jnrecjioua in tbe
nt evince of Inst year, that he did wish to over-
throw'the government of Paredes, and saw no
other way at getting rid of onr difficulty with Alox-
ico then by bunging about n revolution in Mexi
co. I confess *tr.liiat when I first read that roes*
sug*. 1 waavtrnrk with equal mortification and
aalonittUmeiit. We, of the United States, citizens
tiring locniliHt under this Cuiiriitulion, and twen-
tjr million* of us, while we have a justcau-e ofwar
again*; Alexico. cannot gat rid of the difficulty
without attempting to subvert tho temporary ex
isting gov«riiiro*nt of that miserable nation' A-
side from the want ol dignity, which it appeared lo
me almost covered the country with some d«gree
of disgrace, in fomenting a revolution in the coun
try of an enemy, it appear* to me to have b>en
extremely weak, ill judged, end inexpedient.
Santa Aunt goi to Alexico. Geo. Taylor dis
tributed bis proclamation. The President admit*
in the uievn ige of last December thnt he Imped
for councils more peaceable to the United State*
from tht’ouih <rity of Smta'Anna, than from the
authority of Paredes. How far he lias bmn dis
appointed the event* will tell. How fur this mill
tury chieftainen>rcd into an agreement, 1 am
not to an); tint there wa* u general underetanding
ia evident: whether ho wa* unable nr unwilling to
carry out that undcrstaiiditig, or w hether ho found
Hie sentiment of the nation ton strong lor him. I
leave you to jodg«; but tbe lacl i*. we find him.
Hooii'after. at tin* (mini nf tho army, and in direful
and bloody conflicia with the army nf the United
States, lla had come, editor nl the suggestion,
or at Uavt. hv the permission of the President nl
the Uuiied Slates. He had put himself nt tiro
head of Iho Alexican armies; but instead of mov-
ingtbwanls penco. he moved only rewards wat.
and conflict and battle. Wlmtevur else may bo
said oftlre circiimsiniice*. ordinary or rxtinor-li-
nary, that have nt tended the olevnticw ol the for
tune* of the Prasi lo it of tiro United Stales, it wi l
bo admitted that at Icnxt iu one r .••pect hi* cn*n i«
aamowhat singular. Ho Ins seen armies of vast
numhar* and am Mint, fighting various bnttlr* iu
tented fiohl*. and it *0 happens that he has had tiro
■election of commander* on both sides!
Tho precise object of this war is proved by flint*
andcircnm-tinces, sufficient 1 think, to satisfy
any reasonable man. Tiro precise object ol tin*
war was to cstnldi-h n Govornmout in Alexico
by the restoration of Santa Anna, which should
yield (lie question of Tuxau iiidepondonce nud
give us nu more trmiblo on Hint account. How
grievously that calculation ba* been disappointed,
let snbsuquenl ovouts show. This then i* ilm real
ground end. origin of the war. and nil Hie rest,
so far n*.appear* to me, is mere pretext; mid I
hope iliose whose business u is la vpread in
formation iipunHrose iiiipoitant subject* will look
at Hint proclamaiiou of the 5th of Alov, will com
pare ivhmihe Government of the United States
»*y, with what iho Prcsidunt said in his moving*
of tho II1I1 of May, and what Congress emcinl
in conformity with that message, tha hypothesis
that war arose from invasion by iho Mexican for
ces of our soil, and ihe murdor nf nnr citizens
Sir. 1'liave alluded to the dcclornlion of Air.
Calhoun thnt if iliore had been no annexation <>l
Texts, there would have been no wur. I now
chose to sav, sir. that 1 agree in your sentiment,
expressed in your own forcible wav in your
place in the House uf Representatives, that tiro
direct constquenee of the act of iuiqimy in the
annexation ol Texas, i* tha war in which wa are
now engaged. 1 have endeavored to show that
it was to avoid tiiiscuiiseqiienco. lo pacify Alexi
co, or subdua tho ni’int of resistance by changing
her government, that thsre operation*, military
nud diplomatic, worn nndertokeu hv the present
government of tha United Statu*. N«w Sir, the
proposition i* loo plain that this war grows out ol
annexation. Mr Calhoun is right. If there had
bean no annexation, there would Imvo been no
war. Does ativ one suppose that wa should have
gone to war with Mexico, depopulated Iror. and
exhausted her resources, to collect our debt* I—
Or that we should have gone to war with Alexi
co, because she did nut cliooxo to receive, either
o« n Comniisuouer.or as mi Envoy Extraordinary,
Air. Slidell I Would Congress have daclared a
war upou any such pretence* I Never. It did
grow out of nniiaxniinti, and a* you see was not
an unnatural consequence ; I do not say a ne
cessary cuiiHcqneiice. Rut what i* renimkahlr.
/ir, i* th*t the grievance i* on Ihe part of Mexico
p and we make tiro war. 8I10 lion the pruuiiiicm
complaint, and w«t strike the fir-t blow.
Sir, nothing in the hUtory of a person, no more
important than I am, can bo of any great conse
quence to this groHt people But it in of noiiic
consequence to niy*eu, and it ia among my conxn-
l-uinn«, that fnwn the very first intimation of any
design nr do*iro to annex Text* to this country, I
have opposed it with all my abiliiy. iu all places,
and el all times. It is now ton year*, sir, since ai
a meeting of etu political friend* in New York,
where tint question was .one upon which the o
pinions of Hum* friend* war** good deal divided,
in which I received many admonition* uot to cum
mit myself. I did commit myself; and there it
stands, arid I am llimiklul /or it. 1 was tlsen.
and I have been at all times aiure, down to the
period when the bill had its last reading and my
vote wasag-itui it, ^thoroughly, outandont, un
derail circuoistnnces, agonist it. And my opposi
tion wa* foutided upon this ground 1 thnt I never
would and uever should, and I say now I never
will and never shall, vote fur any further annexa
tion to ihi.1 country with a slnve representation.
Wo hear a groat deal,now-u.d*)s, about e new
panacea, called the Wiiuiot Proviso ; a very jo«>
seniimoiii, but uot n tmiiiiuioiu curlainly to form
nny now party or sect of a parly upon. For. nl-
low mo to * y that there i* not a man in this ns-
snuibly who does not hold to the somiincntof the
Wilmot Proviso aa firmly as myself, or any other
rami in this assembly. It is not an opinion upon
which Mussachiisett* Whig* differ. Sir, I (hoI
something ol a political interest iu this. I tako
tho*0116111*111 ol Hie Wilmot Proviso to ho Him
there shall be no annexation of stave territory re
this Union. Did not 1 commit mysuifupon Hut in
the year 1838. fully, entirely ? and have I ever
departed from it in the slightest degree? I must
lie permitted, rir.tosiy thnt I do not now consent
thatjmore regent discoverer* should take out a
patent for tiro discovory. 1 do not quite consent
that they should undertake Inappropriate to them
•elves all the benefit and honor of It. 1 deny Hie
priority or their iwvontion. Allow we tossy, sir,
it is not tlteir thunder.
Mr* Pre-idem, evon if new acquired territory
should be free territory, I should deprecate any
groat exten-ion of our dominion*. 1 think wo
have a very large and ample domain. I think that
thus far,-we have a sort of Identity or similarity of
character, that hold* 11* together pretty well, from
the Penob*cnt to the Gulf of Mexico, Ido not
know how far we can preserve Hut feeling of com
mon country, if wo extend it to California, Rn d
for auxin I know to the south pule. I apprehend
that in a Republican government you must have
a great similarity of character. It may not be so
with dn*ni)tic governments.
The Emperor of Russia may gqveru his E«ro-
pean dominion* by ono code nf lows.nnd his Asi-
alio dominions,by another code* They have no
common acquaintance, no common bond ofa*-
•oeiation Bui in a Republic, where the laws must
nil bo similar, this cannot he. It do.* appear re
me a very danxerotu experiment to extend tiro
territory ofthe United Stotesnvrra new unknown
tract of land, larger thauthe old Thirteen, and mn
Hro chance of amalgamation. More enterprixiue
spirits may choose 10 underuko it. bia I hnsiuro
Who doe* iioisei’ the total derangement wliicl. it
creates? Suppdl Un Stales, uneven five Stems,
to be admitted; tlriy will hqve one Representative
In etch Sure, siif two Saftetottt end here eome
in ten Senator*, jshsllt nf Southern BenetorstJ
with only five Uipreseutativee. Does not every
one see that that breaks up ell the proportion, all
ihe regularity ccnusQicd with Ihe Government,
regularity ccnueQiei
Sir, thcreere Hose who think thSt it is en act
of great bmrevofeicH tn ex'end our free insHtu
lions. I hripe Hiuttha principles of liberty ee wo
have experienced bpro wilh *0 much advantage
will spread over tin world, but I am not sure that
It 1* best for nvotybody to reekiva our rqrnw —
Nor fltu I ■ lUsiiutpi to iifiporeour forms by fmee
upbn any people. \Vhere they are fit for them
they will receri'4'Uroitt m some fottu; and until
they are fit Tor iheiu, depend upon it. you cannot
make freemen but or persons umiceturenied lo
•elf-government and not kuowiug in whut inre
freed out consists.
1 had Hi.e honor for a short time to bs connect
ed with the govvinmeiit afthn United S' n,e *
charged ivilh the doty oPproteciing the comiuen-
e«l intere«u of the couniiy. I felt Hut it was *11-
important lo the United Stares, if ii could be done
wtihprupriety and wilhuui danger, to obtain from
Alexico.n port,uponthe Pacific;to wtt; the poit
of 8L Francisco, oiiher by cession nf lire port il-
•lf. or to obtain power to resort there as a United
States place. I looked fur nothing but omn.neri-
ci*l urntngemsiii* and copnnerc'ini advantage. 1
Hremtht it a matter of*omo imporiairoe, and think
it tutw a matter nfimponnoce. bill 11 never entered
inre my imagination that 10 accomplish Him end,
useful ao fur aa it went. I should run Hro ti«k of
attaching n large extent of territory to tha United
Stats*, tu become State*, whether 111 one or the
other futm iu which State* are recoguised under
the Constitution.
NoW. air, this is our portion. Pence may eome.
I hope 16 Irear it before Hie dawn ul another morn
ing 5 bnvuien 1 cannot noncenl it from myself
that rence itself may bring a crisia more d <nger-
nus thou war. It may bring with it a *ea*on nf
controversy, strife, end danger. Heaven knows
what will be tfi* tedm* «f that peuce. Nor c*u I
see what course it will be tiro duty of hotiost men
to take, when that treaty ah ill make it* appear
ance: I hope to be dtroc’ed to the performance
of my duty when that important era rImII arrive.
Kir, there has been a proposition, which recei
ved,tha vote of every VVhi< tuemb< r in the Soumo
l.»*i year, (every oue but one certainly) to reject
all territory with power lo hold slave*. The par
ty which rails itself the Northern Democrary.
(and I may use the the form a» they luve adopted
it tnemselves,) adopted the policy to admit terri
tory, to maintain the war for territory, to acquire
all wo could and then let it in, relying upon ihe
principles of th£ Wilmot proviso to keep out sla
very. The Southern portion of the party were
fur admitting t« rrtlnry. In one reapeei they a-
g eeJ. Tlrey would let it in and have the cuiiie*t
lor spoil 1 lifter it wa* admitted. L should bo sul
lied afterwards whether it should be free or hIuvc
t.rritory.
Allow me tosny, sir* that I have not seen one
intelligent man ol the south who object* in the bur
exerciso oral! tiro power of the nunli in prevent
ing the further increase ol'slav* representation in
emigre**. | do not know the mmi of my ac
quaintance who any* 10 me that it ia uureason.ihle
in us. or that it is not tn be expected from 11*, or
that it may not be rightly performed byiis 'There
ia no 009 who can complum of the not III for re
sisting the increase of clave representation, bo
cause it gives power to the mummy in 11 in Miner
inconsistent with the principle* of our g>Mi<ru
niont. What ia past, nmu Miami; wliul 1* e*Mb
Itshed must stand; and with tiro aime fitinnuw**
with which I alinll ro*i*t every plan to augment
thesUve representation, m to bring tho Con-mo
tion into any huzirds by iiireutiriing to extend onr
dominions,*ltall 1 contenJto allow existing rights
tn remain.
But there is one thing of which southern gen
tlemen do complain. They complun of Hit* pro
vision nf tha Wilmot Proviso, “because." *a>
they, “it is unequal. You oftlic noun can rutile
it, because yon con go without slave*. Wo uf
the south cannot settle it. becaum* we have slaves,
ltaxiahluhe* a derogatory distinction mid tend* lo
virehlirit anitreqnnht)." Lm nscomiid»'r the fotce
nflln* argument. I am hIwhv* happy to nicer
snuthern genilemnii of clnractor, honor, taklit*,
and ability upon this question. How i* it with
the privilege which they now have ofa repre*eu-
talion disproportions*! lo nnr*! Tlroy ndmii lliia
to he an irroqmdity, nnd if irow tnrriiory is admit-
tod, open in slave*, ih not that plainly au uuguiuii-
union of iliat iiroquaht)? . ,
Now I am no prophet, nnr am 1 tlm son of a
prophet ; but if I was to' prophesy. 1 will my
ivera that tire last subject upon winch 1 should
venture n prediction would be tiro course win* h
our friend*, called theSuuilrorn Democracy, will
take upon this or any oilier subject. Tiro predic
tions of ilia weather in the almanac will h:t lire
iiutlijiut oawell as I can. I hope dial there are
many men, slid I believe there are, in the m’ror
parly, that will help us. That t*. when tt cmire-
•o tha vote, they will not vote lo admit a *1.1(0 with
-lave repreeeiilJtinn. Ii seems in me that what
occurred here at Worcester 11 lew days ago, will
shed a little light upon lint subject.' 1 do not
understand thnt by Hint Convention, anyjpurpoie
of adhering to the Wilmot Proviso wa* mmul'ei-
led. I understand on the contrary, that the whole
uihjcct wa* Honored out of Hro deliberation* of
the aniamblr. And th ro are Loco Focn nr De
mocratic members in daine, and New (lamp
thiVe. |* it quite cettuu that they will depart
from the present admi .utralion, and vote for the
Wilmot Frovko T
Sir,I c.m on'y ^ .
are 10 use the hud, and toe Invt.mid every occa-rou
which occurs, iu maintaining our *aniiureni»a-
gaiiikt the extension of lire slave power. I vpank
of it now here, aa in my scat in Congress, ns a po
litical question—as a question for *tate*roen lo dis
cus*, mid entertain, and on upon. 1 do not menu
Jo nny Hint tha irtor il pvrl of Hro quo* lion i* less
unpaiUut.lmtit u la** pnitment to what wa have
to do. Certainly; 1 do not me m to my that in*
loss important, or not vastly more important, iu
•ther point* uf.view ; but I spook of it dure, be-
• auso this h Hie only point ol'vi w iu which 1. of-
lici dly h >ve any tiling to do with it. I inn aware
■or. ill'll I nm 11-iiig too much of ihiavun light, nml
I linden to end what I have to my by a few re-
mark*.
If ponce comes, it will bring with it ronie terms.
This is a matter upon which oil decision uiuct lie
deferred until we can know what they me. But
now fiippnae Hist no peace is made; Hint Hro nr-
rnrotice i» broken off and the ariiuv*prepare for now
combat. Onr armies remain in tiro country or the
city of Mexico, and thatisthn stnle of things when
Congress next assemble. It i-naiurnl to n-k what
shall lie there done? I would not aii'iripaie w lml
the oxigenny at (ha case may «ng»e.«t. Aly opiu-
1011 i* ei«ar, perfectly clear. I Irek) the war trot
king power to be given by tho Constitution to
Congress. I believe that Congress wa**nrpii*ad
into tire net ofthe 13th of May, 1816. I believe
hot if Ihe question had been put to Congress be
fore t‘ie march afthenrinifuanri their sctiial con
flict, not ton votes cutild have been obtained iu
either House for the war wuh Alexico, under the
existing star# of thing*,
Tho war exists. Suppose it tn roniiuue lit' the
next meeting ofConarea*. What ro it the duty of
p good citizen and a good Whig to do! l\ ell. I
sny for one, Hist I suppose it to he true Hint tiro
next House of Iteprcsentativce in Congress may
be composed of a Whig majority. T think we
have had tones of doiiiinciiiiiou from tiro North
and the South, from the East and the West, suf
ficient to insure iw tint result, nlilrotigh it will be
n v cry great change. Suppose that to bo the card.
I any m once, iiiiftsa the President of lire United
State* shall make out a case, which shall show to
Cougrc** that tha war ia prorecutcd for no pur
pose of acquisitfun of dominion, for no pur-
iiosa not connected directly wiih Hro safely nf this
Union, then they onght not (0 grant nny further
supplies. If we depart Irani that if we snv th#t
nii lire propriety of a war, or on tho necessity of a
war, begun or to be begun,Congress has no voice,
no constitutional power, we obliterate (lie Con
stitution.
Whut wns dona ii tho administration of Mr
Aladison just before Hro oloso of the Inst war with
England I ’He placed hi* term* for ponce Unfore
Cpngres-; I will not Advert 10 them, but they
were such ns worn strongly calculated to cren:c
this disposition ill Congrss; that, upon Huron
terms, now offered, if Great Britain dors not make
ponce, we will not 1 vote to roftno supplies, but
wa will prnsncule the war to tho end. It ao hap
pened thnt Great Brjtnin did in tkn peace, and wo
were not called upoir for further supplies. Cer
tainly it is essential to the liberty of a . representa
tive Government that lire representative bodies
which have tha ptfwer and the only power to
nnke war, should hold a coguiz men over the pb*
jnrts for which war is prosecuted, and if they think
Hint the war nriginf?ed in Hie muchierioiis pur
pose which I have been dirrussing, it »» their
tiiMiurss, their solemn duly to piitauenJloii ~
That is my judgment.
I h ive ns much respect for distinguished military
*( hrevruient«, I hope, as Any man ttevd tq havu. 1
l.uuui ihof* who. being called upon by the couri; 1
1 P’ ob “ b >'«y- P»r.icul., poi.it*.
not eori auyol their laurels wiffierad, but 1 am ««««!• »»pom. For instance,in spaak
bound to say here, end even to them, that the
solemn adjudication df the law of nations, and
tbe eantiiuent of the world is, that « war waged
for vicious motives tsruirbes oven the lustre of
arms, and darken*, sadly darken*, If it does not
blqt, whit would otherwise be a bright and glurl*
out page iu national Jhstory.
I atii'Sorry, sir, to perform what uny have been
expected of mo on this occssien ao imperfectly:
but I say to the Whigs of Alasvachusetts, let ys
■tend by our principle*. There is Impe, there is
coufideuco, and there is trust, and wo—every one
who honestly and sincerely due* bis duty a* a
good citizen, tn regard to public question*, wilt
•s-nredly save hunsell. cud may Irolp 10 snve Hie
country. In* no moment for shrinking or fal
tering. It is no moment forgoing m axtremes on-
the u«ht or on iho loft. Let in stat'd oh onr o*»
tnbli-hed principles and opinions. Lei us mniii-
tain our allegiance to the Constitution under
which we live. Let us regard those great names
that have gone before us,'and have illu-lrnted our
principles in tlreir admiiiiuiruliou of Hro Govern-'
snsssst* We may not see our way out of tiro proa-
ent crisis. We may b« loaned on an oceau
where wn cannot discern tiro laud, where we
canniil even discern tiro sun. Whet then is
our duly? Let us study our chart, aud let its
obey th* compass; hat chart is tho constitution or
Hro country; (hat oompas* is nn honest, single
idea, aud purpose to preserve Hro institutions,lire
liberty, and tbe independence, wiib which God
lias blessed us.
WEDNESDAY BOUNING. OCT. ia7 1817.
Tbe lileclioit,
Fott Gotaiinur.
184?. 1845.
Town*. Clinch*. Mu.ttli,i«r. Crawford -
I'ynn,
63
112
85
102
FIsMwiii;
315
317
268
315
llibb.
067
593
724
651
Butlnch,
383
33
413
27
Rurhe,
370
590
332
549
Baker
435
246
351
204
Butts.
354
243
375
263
Chatham,
583
77(5
715
700
Crawford
434
364
467
433
0***,
341
731
944
641
Cherukeo,
9Mg
r.rto
740
5 3
Cobh,
1)78
713
8 .’5
627
Coltimbin,
382
487
‘277
522
Cliatloga
42(5
350
430
300
tTlsrkn
431
611
398
638
ITovroia
644
758
689
808
Cnniplroll,
frill)
251
474
214
Cnmdeu,
191
89
214
no
Carroll,
703
303
655
391
DcKilb,
988
757
762
677
Dooly
M7
317
427
260
D *o iitir,
38-5
391
279
346
Dade.
•2(59
68
210
45
Elbert,
174
98-5
1(53
991
Early.
368
i.vi
•202
151
Effingham,
111)
175
no
226
Emanuel,
2(59
195
•217
226
Floyd.
600
569
416
380
Foray ih,
(557
433
621
463
Franklin,
1032
354
922
354
Glynn,
33
121
19
212
Gwiniroit,
694
742
(80
757
Greene
131
795
115
786
Gilmer,
786
297
5)9
213
Henry
838
889
815
884
lloiiHimi,
6-tO
625
654
637
Hancock,
32*1
456
M'7
607
Hoard,
452
355
398
313
Harris
4U9
785
390
8-3
llalroreham.
770
430
785
388
ll.iH,
683
527
699
529
Henry.
878
888
813
881
Jetlersmi,
93
619
84
644
Jotres,
443
4tH»
415
424
Ja-per.
673
429
493
475
JackanU,
6(54
513
614
517
Lincoln,
175
267
181
275
Liiinkm,
969
639
916
556
Lauren*,
22
493
16
583
Leo,
21115
320
185
*281
Mclutnah,
117
125
124
|U9
Monroe,
670
683
614
733
Morgan,
‘261
394
‘299
II.)
Murray,
949
302
621
403
M anon.
470
450
349
469
Murengae.
833
|039
851
Iu7l
Madison,
365
33*.)
335
33d
Meriwoilror.
792
739
833
695
Montgomery
27
242
•26
215
Newton,
44!
912
471
696
Uglethurne
152
490
172
576
Pike,
836
727
783
642
Pulaski.
307
219
379
249
Putnam.
312
388
381
425
Paulding.
381
277
355
243
Randolph,
693
673
650
575
14 aim n.
225
62
•250
37
Richmond,
489
G8I
474
747
Striven,
2*22
195
225
241
Slewait
786
906
699
901
Twin* i,
414
267
403
3*24
Talbot,
813
741
794
862
Toliafettn,
67
im
51
41*2
Troop.
429
999
4 40
1005
Tstlnull,
74
291
75
313
Thomas,
330
411
255
411
Upwun,
35(5
(III
385
649
Union,
713
300
5.7
•217
Walker.
775
635
581
537
VV.reliiugioti,
588
612
6118
6*29
Wi'kiusun,
573
’W8
628
423
Wall«m,
721
52(5
714
505
Warren,
325
575
372
(507
Wavire,
95
62
96
67
Wilkes,
343
480
334
439
ipg of his Southern Whigncqnaiutscee (accurding
to tbe llerald, which is generally correct iu.these
matters) he used the following language :
“I have lint teen one respectable, fair minded
man of Hi ♦ South, who object* to the North using
all it* power lo prevent Hie increase of lire ahtve
power. I have found none so unreasonable a*
dispute our right to this."
In speakipg of the views of the Northern
Democracy on the Wilmot Proviso, he says ;
"I am no prophet, nor the son of a prophet;
bill were I to attempt to prophecy, the last thing
thjit I should dare predict would be tiro conrse
ol Hro Northern Democracy on tins subject —
Some ol'ihem doubtles* will so with Wilmot pro
viso principle,-but there can be no doubt that tiro
genera) sense of Ihe parly i* against it. The
proresdingaofthe Htelocofuco State Convention
prove this fully.’’
There ere other points of difference lik*wi«v,
upon which we r'mll hereafter touch. )inl at pre».
eut we are content to give the speech as found in
the Boston Whig pijror*, and feel that ell com-
merit isuiuiecee-ary. We beg public attention to
We fear that it will not lie published iu the
Whig journal* of the Smith, and wo therefore
call upou our Democratic readers lo extend it so
rar as they can by personal effort. We shall have
* large number of extra Georgian* struck off for
this purpose. Let the honest Whig* nr Georgia
know where they ere standing; let them learn Hro
lure position to winch they have treeu led by
bilious, unscrupulous men, wlm are prepared to
■ell their birtli-iiglit for n me** of potsge, and, our
word for it. they ere Whig* no longer, in the mod
ern acceptation of that term. Tiro mass of Hint
psrly is full of patriolrom. as much so a* any oilier
party. Let delusion be removed ami ell will ha
right. We thank Air. Webster for hi* speech.—
He will soon find that hi* Southern political allies
and humble followers, will not he able to muster
a corporal’* guard, “to do him reverence."
Thk Nmv Ont.F.A?ui F.vkni.vo Mercury —
This excellent pnper come* tn us iu an entirely
new drew and an enlarged form, making n very
beautiful appearance, end affording uudubitable
evidence of prosperity.
Tiro Clmthuioti Courier,olthtt llth m»t. sn)*
— Major L. G. Cepera, bearer of despntclro* fro
our army in Mexico, arrived oil tire car*, yvsiei
*y aftmuomi; and left in the Wilmington boat,
oil hi* way to Wariimp'nn city.
Geuney’s Channel— It is understood Uni lire
roasury Dtpailimut ha* adopted Hie reconi'
maudnljyiM ofthe New.Yolk Chamber ol Cooi
mere?, in referoucu to placing caii-bito)« uto<i|
tin* channel.
IO- Th, Fri-ntu'^T . — :•
ELIZABETH WILKINS « " r
•n, anil Mr,. Archil,.1, Will,. B “' v '
(did the r.ltl-ral uTrl.a r u , ’ . ' *" """"d h> «l
—»•■"■■« forlhcr irtvliatini, L b ”" J a 1""'.
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C.
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Philjd*l|<hii,
N*w-Yurk
Union
SlUinaH
'l'lie Rev. Bunjamm It. l’.iliuer, wlm wo, for
a series of years. Pastor of the Ci'cutar Cliurth,
in Charlesluii. died, nt Or.uigebilig, 8. C., n
Saturday night last, in lire 67th year of his age.
Twelve reciriiH of tiro 31 regiment U. 8.
Dragoons, arrived in Alohile mi Hro 6th in«t. from
Charleston. The officers wiih thorn uro Copt.
Harvey and Lieut Peligtu.
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XViwInr'a Itnl.no. ol XVil.l Clrerir
Read ihe following volunimy tntiuiH to U’is-} ‘! 1 '
tar’* Balsani. from Uro Ivuiderhook N.Y.Seuii- 1
iiel, il.iletl July 31, 1615 :
‘HOPE NEVER DIES."
Tiro ex'raoidiiinry tirlues of Wlstar’s Balsam
of Wild Clroiry, tu iho cue of puliuoii.iry com-
plauits, have been aUiMe.l by no many p'ersmts,
llnl Iro who duolil-i Ms efficacy mu-t tie lo Irillh a
vn v sroj itc. A rem-itkahln mire of Con-nmp-
lion h.id recently lieen ell* rlod |iy lies medicine
hi Uro town o Chatham, mi this county, am) which
»va-* relnle I lo ih *»y l)r. Ilcruck. nil eimnefil
physician of thill town, to w limn we hive permis
sion lo refer. A young ladv who hnd long labor
ed under an nflection of Hie liuipe, ami who had
been under the care of.scver.il phyr-iciaiN willmol
e*|-ericucing any relief, wj* coniidered liy tier
friends a* beyond tiro reach of medicine, amt site
wa* informed by her medical ntleiidnut that slro
most dm All tier own premniii.iiinnf, also, point
ed to the grave. Fortumiiely *lro w.h imlii-edto
HCl'd to Uro Kllldcrhook Bool,store for a loMllo of
WI STAR’S BALSAM OF WILD CHKRR V.
**a l.i.-tt revolt hi her cruiml Mlmnion. Before iu
contents were exit'listed, Uro young Indy expe
rt’need grcnl relief, an.I two more noiile* xvrie
•iiicccssivt ly procured am! adimuislered. ftlio m
mow happy ill tiro revloralion of lieallh. and Idesx-
•>< the day when *ha tin.1 reported to the use of Him
healing Balsam.
/Monogenuine, unless signed I. PUTTS on Hie
wrapper.
For *uls,. Wholesale aud Retail, by
THOMAS M. TURNER «* CO
181 Bay Street, Saiunmdi.
Also by DR. A. T. BOWNE.
Aud Drugging generally in Georgia,
cci 11 ' 31—
» HI PUB IV « .
l’*r! si Muvnnuuli—Ovl. (3, lsjy,
A It It I VI*D ‘
Srhr l.yvanl, Mon., UE.ibrn. ;i,r*Xl l.ti-M, r.,i
Kit«. lo II IItlmr»liMia A U.HI,
I) AhM •irmn unrkttl Win SonlnooU, l.ioo. ChnW-
10 llrook* A; Tiipprr.
Hinnanr Klun, Itnlia, tlor«hiiini’« l.nU.io 8 v««.
Rlemnor John U.-tti<tot|tb, Phitpol, Am tola. |„f j-y,,
t» S M >i*nHi-|mck*l MdIniii iim, IIuoIoii, ( limit,l*,
Itri'uki ,V Yui'i'to.
n.KtllCH.
U ft M Sin.inwr I.joa, Ctnitttmo«-Bt»*
A. Tu|*ii.-r.
m;tMKTi:n.
Mlfmnor Wm O inittii. M*■.,|. l || |>.,| l ,Min.
11 H .* Sroiit.i.. «. m. < a l|ii.:l l , I'iiiiv, t Im’lMinn.
SMHKittivn Wtti K*«ltt.M,k.t.yuit,i:i»ito«MuN
A mat)' Siltltiy, Crrv.ttell, \n Mn .i„.
ilirtt, JatniMii, Auxtoil..
wt.xr TO set.
Hiig y wm tiny, M • tay, N».t Y«rx.
The AIhcoii Telegraph, uf the l'iili inst. B.iy*--
Paiticn in the Legnilnture me closely hula need,
tun close for the comfort of eiilror p.iily—there
being two or three member* returned, about
wliichtlrere it grunt doubt with which party they
will act—probably not. uniformly with cither on
question* uf a strictly party character.
«r*f|ln Almaane for »N1S.
We have heou fivorod with a copy of thin A I,
manac, andean boar ample testimony to the ac
curacy and good tasiu with which it Ins been ar
ranged. It contains very important addition* to
the Almanac of tho preceding year; among
them u table of calculations of High Wutor at Sa
vantHli, evidently gotten up with groat care; a
tabic of tho Judiciary of our own Slate, furnish
ing the j-idicialditiiion*. Hie names of the judges,
the term* of (Iro various courts, etc etc—arranged
liy E. G. Wilson. E*q ; a labia ofthe P«*t Ofli e»
in Georgia; Uro Rinks tho difloreut Anoriaimn*
in Georgia and Savannah, wiih Hie ironies nf Ihe
various officers of tho same; the different Steam
Boat Lines between this ami other points, tlreir
day* of departure, etc—in short, this Almanac
fnritirires more completely than any one of it*
claiis, which wn luvo ever seen, a most use lot
business directory to tho citizens of Savannah.—
It isbamlsomely executnd, and lire wood engra
vings it contains fully sustain lire reputation of tho
Artist, Mr. R. H. lloiveli. wliilo tha whole work
peak* most creditably for tiro skill, industry, and
taste of tiro Brin tor and Publisher, Mr. E. J
Piirsn, and will recommend itself to lire good
grace* of tho public.
D’rbnrr’* Mpcevh.
Wo givo Mr Webster's speech before tiro
.MaHincliiisolts Whig Convention this morning,
tn tho exclusion of editorial and oilrer mat or.—
Wo nr.o convinced that Uro best cnur«o which ivn
can pursitn is to let these Northern Whigs speak
for themselves. Will our brethren of lire North
ern Wnig presses do lha same thing, or will they
maintain an imperturbable silence? We call the
Attention of ell Southern men, of both political
parties to this speech. Wo give it as reported iu
the lending Whig journal* of MassschuseUs, nnd
doubtless, as corrected by Webster himself. He
Ires -ofteoed out or two expressions, aud modified
one or two ides* which wc fouud in Hit first, am.'
Hwnyne’aCoinpomiri ft) vnp of Wit it flirt ij.
To rutc Sick and Ahi.ictm).
Tiro only original and genuine pM'paiairon —
Testimonial* wlit Never Cea-a.
lI'iiii.ADi.LPiriA. Sept. 4. 1816.
Dr. II. Swsyne—Dear Sir,—Bring lor a length
nftiure alllicied with n viuy violm.l cmigh. wuh
pain ill tire side am) lucasl. sorrue** nf the lung*.
-ImriiiesH nfhreaili, lo’s nfappelile. Iilglit-*we*|4,
A'c. I made trial nf vartni:* reftiodiei. wlm.li
were recommended highly in Uro papers, lull gra-
dually grew wnrse. Tiro vinleitco uf my rough
itn< «m.ii tli.it Hie Idnud niclied p«nfusely I nun my
un*t its wlron Hro panay-im nf coughing rnme
ill on me ; indeed,my whole *ynt«m Msvnrod pies-
trnlcd, and ill** hour ufmy deparliiro seenrod near
nl hand. Al (hi* tiino you recomnromled die use
rf your Compniuid.Syiup nf \V ild Glieiry. which
iromediairly began tn Ruuilro, cnmfuri, nml nllny
ihe vinlnncu nfniy cniich. relieved Uro pain in my
•ode. strengthened nnd healed my lung*. &c I
«ontiiuiod the use nf n ; Inn now, Uiauk4 in Gnd,
and to Hie effect ol* your Compound Syrup of
Wild Chciry. I nm cured, nud able in purree my
daily labor. I think it nn uiv-dunbln medic.ne m
coughs.colds, nml rii*ea««* of die lungs, nnd one
that should he known in nl! afllirted. Il person*
would purrli-ise Uro original and genuine nit'cle;
as prepnred by you. and not tamper with tiro many
spurious nnd worthies* prepamtions which areal,
tempted tn Iro palm, d oft* nil Hro reputation nf
your*, ii might he tiro iiroairo of raving many val
uable lives. I freely nti'-r ihi* *i iiemcnt fur tin
bonelit of those wlm are milfcring as 1 was.
Etmcim. Thomas.
I3i|i si.3 doors from llro cornel of Willow
Oh! heware of them Urol borrow
Fame to suit their pnisnnad view,
Yci forgive them.child nl‘nohow,
For tlroy know not what they do,
Tiro .'rigiml nnd only genuine article i* prepar
ed by Dr Swnyne.coiner nl Highlit and Ricoei*
Philadelphia, and (nrsaln liy Agenls in all psil* uf
the United States, nml some paiU of Hurepe.
For sale by the Ageiil*.
A A. Kt ILOMONS. Market square.
J. M. TURNER A BftO.. Monument win.
Til 1)8. KYERSON. Corner nf Bay and
IVIninker streets. Savannah, —t.’l ni*l 8
Ha rani of llrallk,
A regular weekly uroeiing of Uro Ronrd of
Hoallli will ho held This Alirrunon at 5 o'clock, hi
the Exchange. 8. SOLOMONS. C. U. II
S. SiiEYTAt.i.. Sec. B. H, not 13
JIliTIlAI. NaVkty INNtlKAlVt'i: fU'l
OF ItKW YOKK,
Zkukdkk Cihik, President.
MAKING, INI.AM* AND I'lUC IN.-I’RANtiH.
GEO. SCHLEY, Aaknt.
may 18 y—
iHlirUAI, l.XFIl. INHf ItAJSf ti foil 1*A-
AY or iYHtf.YOIIK.
MORRIS ROBINSON. President.
SAMUEL HANNAY. Sccrcinry.
Applicntions-tvceivcd by
fell I ly- W. P. HUNTER. Agent
moil rni* runt.
ndros*. N-« Ih.U.ImIm
Montt.r..o.i8~ti
InliitTulwn, rimote,
• 1....1, p*nn p . r
llo.iiin, *• 1
, I
. lb-
NKW■Oltt.GANJ, On 7-A,r t.ro,, u |,l uncU.C.
luuiliel,
,i;HAItl.KSTu.\. 0.1. II—.i.S*. V.i-.iiu,, ||,.
n...|,.n, »*-l.r- Tm». Smiih, i;i-iiii9M, f„f MiR.e, W
Innslil.y.
n.l .ii-Min«li||i Neill.".ti«r. n* M. N*» V-rk.
Wenl |.i 8,14. •|.i*iiiOii|i No.iIih.ii"., Itu.lil, ,V.w y.-
»M|> Maiiuii, TlioiUji.oii, Jo; liiif t mini*, Utlkey, I
For ftiru-Yorli—Bug Line.
'I’Iih Day. I.Ui in a.
The regolai pack*-! bug SAVANNAH IV
Ze3e3LS Dixuii maeltr, having Iwn-itnnl*
Ireighl engaged, will s*d nn THIS |)AY. I’u
I'roigM, nr pa-sage, hiving sopetror »t.*e
lu'cmnuiudutiuii*.apply oil bo.inl m iMuoin'twiuif
nr lo
net 13 WASHBURN, WII.DM A (’<!
H amilton a. sy.munh imwtcc«n«j|«
li iTifnid nml Savannah:—A chwcu «•»«•
uicnl of French, Eiiglinh and Relgium CLOTH?
CASSIMI’.RES mid VESTINGS.s*lecir<l»ii
tiro greate-l care, mid of dm b« *1 iinp.'r e,| ia tb
country. Wc are mm prepared to inaiii|f«l»i
nl tiro *lioriH4| nonce, am! m lire hest tnrar.tror.
giirmeiil in nur line, for en.h or approved radii-
17 VVUITAICER STREET,
on 13 Saiiiuu «|i, (j«.,
riMIE SUHai-'HlUF.I! wi.nlil r,.pnl(iillr^
J. foiiii I’liy-inaiis, AlcrrhniU-. I'neier’.fU'l
ler* mid llro public g. m-ralli, iIihi he
opened n la'ge «"d well * selected 6inW
DRUGS. MEDICINES. PAINTS.OIL!*.I’ll
FUMHRY. FANCY ARTICLES, Ac.»t «
corner of Bi might on ami Wliii.ib-r-Sli*
Suroi-j' new Bmldinga. formerly where ihrJh
"ton llfiure stood, ami llnl Iro I* now prepne!'
sell nt wlmle**le nnd re'uil upon roinu the »
favorable, nnd at p.ic.ro aw low as any Immiscin<
city, or Southern emioiry.
The Subsriit.er being a Physician arid ili"is"f
ly arquainted w ith Hie Imi iii.-mw, will give In*f•*
mhinI allemiou to it. besides lie In- recent!/d
lamed Uro seivnc* ul n i miipelent Diuggui. * k
I. well nctpumied wuh alt ilia iiiimmaaU"*
liomiding mid pr» paling Medicine*, and *»f|mM'
op Physician*' pre«cri|Oinn«.
Pos-es*ing lliewe advnutagf*. lie fl-lller* has**
(lull Iro will id eivn hro share nl public p«!lon»pj
.iml mu c* a rail ftmn Hie Made
A T. BOWNE, Snieis’ Batlduic*.
ert 13 (Tor. Bioiighimi and %%'lMl*ker •**
uv lioo b s. -con in v a M
KENNA. Momime.il Square. i»|'p"»i'««l
Pulaski llmus—have always un IisihI n g«« ff
assortment of I’aitry and Rl»|de D»)' *T1
Their conn, ciimi wnhNew Y«»*l»,•«*! 'l 1 * ,r ,4 " *!
tics for piirckssmg good* in llro N’orllroui nl11 ’;
kets generally, cmible them »** lure .
and most dewirnble styles, mid nt ih* (oitr.lpnrrj
Their system of luroinesf being ‘ t • ,4 '' Bn '' 8 ' !
Profit*." render.’; their estaM'danenl weuhr
rtiiemlaneo of iiU buyers. A hill s?ron«' fUl
Silks. ShawD. Cnshniere*. D. Lann. binghim.
Alpaca. Print*.Linen*, Flannel*. lll-uA’ i". cr'’
ms*, Sheetings I^tce Goedwaud ITurirevuder 1 ^- _
fiery nnd Glove*. Luieti (Tam. Ildk«.. ilk d° C "
(T.nimere*. Vnsiuigw, Geiif« I'lidm min ■
Dr iwer*. Kersey*, ami every style "I P*"*'
Gmviri.
JN "Anron* n .ib'iuhly Magazine. Ibr DrfvM*
(Jodev’w l.vdy Book
Tiro Kitch. n Directory "re* Americsn ii" •
wile. .....laming Ihe inosl valnahln and
receipt* i» all the varimre branches ol Coehuj
I’he Frugal llmirewtte or Kitchen Comp*" 1
Tire Volunteer nr Hro Maid of Monterey. ■"*
„f llro Mexican w*r. by Ned Bunding.
Christopher Tadpole by Albert Suntli
lustration* psit I- . ,!■
Tlie Journeyuvan Joiner nr lb* coinpanioi
the lour of France, by G.-rngo Baiid._
Tiro Gardiner ami co npleie rlounsi.
En Hew* mini mil containing nearly lui"
renaming expei imcni*. _ ,.
Omnic Nursery Tales hv \ W- N.. J nl
joun m. coora-.
vrol 13
Art ivnla nl ikr K’ulnaki Ilousr.
OiTTOlIKR I SI—J Darwsrd. E C IVillununn, Watldng.
ion ro-iiilyi IIIV Fillon. E M Fdion, Cliarleslnn; J It
Junes and riily, Msiror J«a#*. XUroacliUisil*: Judge S J
Dnugfatr. Flarldai FP Mulkear, lady sii.I |«o tartaaU.W
J HvKfJ.tl** •ib , » .'leKylcham, N l\ J A Anderson, bil'v-
ly caunlv. W W Hughey llrroUnn c.iuniy, J \ r
Joim, ts'ly ««<* ehihli Hr* Msiy K Andartoa *.ul v«w.uw.
« T Do'duu:, l.ttn rly loniilyi t: X Uteiuc, Savanaab.
niiS.—id lioxe* Herring*. ^ \
mg from brig Uadiu*, and for ^
_G.lItS.—1'» lhou»nnd fancy brand
O received, Slid for sale by eu .„-e
nn 13
F 'LOFU—b I barrel* (i.iorgia I l " u '’
b ureU Apple*, receive.!, and lor ..
oci w aliiehthQ!L
n A««i.\li TWINC.-SWo W*' 1 '* 1
Tivum, itfceiveil. uiul li'f -mI- l»y
Ml lil IS. B1V0J—
S i’Elfp oil.. —jo.I received " •■([•*!
pure 8pnrn> 0.1. a iso a line auicle el *
Limp Oil, flat sale Ire
ne I lo
J M.
I'UKNI’U* BROTIII- 1 *-
.Mouutrrif •'I'' 5 "’