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JOT UVAL & MESSENGER.
S. T. CHAPMAN At S. KONF, llditor*.
For four columns of valuable agricultural
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( o>mOl U\Tlo>s
In facir of th* Nomination of Zachary Taylor
by the Whig National Convention.
BT A CONSERVATIVE WHIG
Whatever differences of opinion may exist among
Whigs on the Presidential question will he ha,*pi!y re
moved by the action of the National Convention
When that body, composed, os it wtfl be.ol the most
distinguished, intelligent,aul piuieni, shall announce j
its dec.nton, the whole mass will swell with enthusiasm,
and renew the bonds ol a Lroiherhood. never lobe
broken. Their political opponents need ot. therefore,
hustian I consolation, nor encourage hope from ai'tirt- j
piled hie is in their ra ik “ The union ol the Whigs,
tor tne sake of the Union/’ will, as in times past,
nerve every arm a J strengthen every henit. I nvate
grief will sink m tiie recollection of public wrong, find
all who vaiu** free institutions he promptly enrolled
against executive u*u. pulton. f tr. h wever.as the
prospect see.neih.and much as the future promiseth.ns
the tune tor the meeting of the National Convention
approaches, the e miest inquiry, “ What is to be done,
who wni be nominateddaily assumes n more inter
eating aspect. Names ol tne highest woitli, and emi
nently ueserving the popular suffrage, have been sug
gested m connection with the noiiimatioii; yet it must
be conceded that Mr. Clay and lien. Tayl r are jusi
11 >w the moat prominent Wheth*: Mr. Clay will, ashas
been frequently atm and, withvlraw from the lists, it is not
proposed to deter: mile. If .however, the opinion of the
wuter be worth anything, and he claims to no oilier
knowledge 1 than pas-mg events furnish, he wiil venture
t ie remaik mat such a c mtingency, if r. c.*nt develop
ments be instructive, does not appear probable lie
can readily conceive that Mr. Cay should not again
court the hiutaid • t another canvass, unless the general
voice of tne nation should call hin from retirement;
still, in view of tne active exertions of enthusiastic
f tends, Wiiose appeals it t* hard to resist, ii is rendered
quite certain that he will be presented as a candidate to
me Convention. With unwavering fidelity, lor more ■
man a quarter of a centuiy, the Whigs of the Union
i ave clang to h m unJer every and all ckcumsiances.
Toeir comi encc in his patriotism and ability remains j
uu diminished, and their preference wou and be yet as dr- ,
ctdedinhis favor, if tne prospect of his election were
in any degree tl ittermg. But as they have made many
fruitless edorts in h.s behalf, il is time to coifo.der it
t lere be nor another,under whose banner they can more
certainly succeed. i’nra should be calmly and discreet
v >:ie, f r it’in s'v* to disguise that much, uay, all, j
cupciida on the wis ram of the selection.
Luang t! * iua. year. State, Congressional,mid Coun-!
y conventions, u'*ier Whig ausp ces, declared Z.ch ry I
f.iylor.in the language ot the Maryland Wing fctaie
Convention, “a man in wuom t.ie lugne-t trust under
our Constitution, may be reposed with safety.” So lar
as me public are informed, nothing has since* occuned
to weaken the lorce ol these dec! irattons, much leas to
justtly their denial or recall. The individual so accep
table once to a Whig people, and so generally preieired
by W’mg politicians, stands where hr has always stood
—o-i tiic bmad platform of the Constitution, ‘'asking
lio tavor and shrinking from no responsibility.” He has
neither changed front nor reversed his position, and if
he were worthy of'confidence and support in 1847,suie
ly lie has an equal claim to them m 1848. Indeed it
liny wed be questioned whether less positive action
now wil strictly preserve honor, or vindicate the sin
cerity of our motives. To übandon him will justly ex
pose m, to say the least, to the charge of ha\ iug used
ins name, not that we loved him or cherished his tome,
but, ii ihe emphatic language of the Executive “Organ,”
to advance the basest party purposes. To falter wiiere
we nave staked our faith will almost insure dele it—de
teate noittered by the refl -ction, perhaps, that our con
duct deserved it. It theie were no other necessity,
tnen, to impel us to adhere lo our bond, duty must point
the wiy, and our integrity, whatever it may cost.be
inviolably presetved.
THE ELECTiOX OF 1341—A PRACTICAL LESSOR.
Tne reasons lor Gen. Taylor’s nomination, t> n re- .
flective min 1, are obvious and striking . u:i 1 apart Irom
the indite return mimteated by some ol his Wlm *pt>o
nemo, ,m • B orc pruimuiiitn’s or lus e lecTTon. ur
vumetil would be regarded as a work of unusual lolly.
T sitis*y the greatest unbelievers, however, that no,
other course is sale or politic, a lew’ important iactsinay
b stated The great question is not who is tiie etq*ecja!
favorite of particular individuals, but who of those
a'Hiri Jnntly able and capable wiil likely be most sceep
tabie to the American peope. Avaiia.,.lny, therefore,
is not to be entirely over! oked. Ii Mr. Clay, or any 1
on. else, be most available, then Mr. Cay,or iliat other ;
individual, should nndouoted ybe nominated. Butting
aside other c-unpetitora fora while, let us examine it the
campaign of 1843, with Mr Clay in the held is likely
to result leaa disastrously tnan tormer campaigns have
ietuit.'d In 1344, he received the electoral votes of
M oonchusetts Rhode Gland, Connecticut, Vermont,
Np.v .1 ei**■■), De.aware, Maryland, North Carolina.
O do. Kentucky and rcmiesse-—m ail 105vote*. Two
huti ired and seventy-five votes constituted the electoral
college, ol wn.cn *34 were accessary to a choice. 1 lie 1
thirty-six votesof New York given to him then, would
have elected him ; those thiity-six voles have not the!
power now Added to all he ‘received tn ’44. they
would still be insufficient. Texas, Florida, and lowa,
t >geu*.r emined to it totes, have since been atlmitud 1
into the Union, so mat the electoral college, in die event
of Wteeonadi not nemg aduuHed in lime to vote, has
been incteased to totes, of which 141 are requisite (
loan e,r-c mu Ar j Mr. iXog, therefore,receive the
tote o every tiintr en Migrated, mciading New Yoik. ■
La ua.uber would ouiy be 141—three le.-.- than a urn- j
> tty vV ;te c he - could be hid, it will oe difficult ]
to- w ‘Tuere is not another ol the fifteen Slates,
mat toted azmm him n J 44, except New Yoik,|
Wtiif i would c *.• to.waid now t<> hts rescue. Tlkh- |
best mtor.ned in the mailer, their Whig represeuiativei
ii) Co.igrew, uo m i .a.:;* tic cojlu under uny cucum
r BCC", secure Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Indian, or
Geoirfia Th** simple laci that he was beaten by a mnii
undistinguished at.d .. tie.- ut.unown, coupied with tiie
preference ot the \\ tagsinueftlorlen layor.w. .*
form a poweilui auxinary to.it not the c‘-.t . ; ag nt <t
hisu feat. As to New Hampshire, which hastvreto
fore been counted for him, he must be a t*oi i calculator
who will c*aint t, m tiie lce of tiie hte electiuli le
taiua Hts opp“smvn lo lha Texas—an
oppoetLo i in wh.’ h .ii • vx .ik-r h-*arlily su.uamed him—
Set tn a everything eo tar as eis c mccnu* • \ and inf
ttnsorlunate spetc.ies and votes agaiust thepre-emotion
system, wmen nave invariably worked to Ins disalvan
tdge with tiie tax western Stales,as poeil.vt iy precludt .
auntie ft <m Florida, fowii, or irconsm Again :it
is the ■ p moil ol Whigs of the high si charac ‘
ter in thus-• Sstut-s. ih it ne.ltier Tennessee nor New
Jersey would vote for him in another struggle. If these \
fe.ua b- w# a founded, and iroui the meager m joriiut
ot ‘44. 11 Id votes in Teunesse, and 883 in jiew Jers*y,
they would appeal x—h.sovei throw would collie, more
p*imtul to him and humiliating to u*. than that from
which we are slowly recovering The argument that
he received more voles than General ilurtieon received
i:i 111 10, and out mu every Whig who ran in ’44, or has
run since, plausible though it be, carries no wt-ight. Ii
only demonstrates, what all who have analysed the
election returns aiwavs knew ; first,that votetsinercasr
with the population, u.Mer th conjoint operation ot the
laws ol majority and naturalization , secondly, that the
candidat'* ‘-n national, /.*■ ronnected with local issues,if
e*>joy nr ord .ary f, ie of pop .. irity. siwuys out-
U'. ,e caiiUidat- f- or Governor, Congress, and the
Legislature. Th** poll-bookk of every Mate will aiieoi
ilia in its broadest 4he relative Whij
strength exhibited at different erections, with different
c 1 ululates, is t j be measure,! by result)*, anil nut votes
Tueee explanations. made m no spirit of uukimiiicse
to Mr Clay, show that th.we who calculate so positive
ly oil h.s incie ‘bed strength, sutler liteir zeul to over
rde ail discretion. Let them reflect on tlie evil const*
q leiiceo which tuay flow tio their head-strung will, at
hast, before they plunge into rum. li the VVtiiga lie
again beaten,their die is cast, and their political exis
tence ©eases And all hough (he wreck ot all conser
vtuiain may not ensue, the Government, continued in
the hand* o. radicals and destructives, will disregaid
more recklessly than ever, the spun ot the Constitution
and the right ol the People This, then, is no time tor
compliment, no time to give tier piny to luney or feel
ing. I’lie salvation ol the Whig party,the vital inier
eet- ot the coulilry, and the pepciuity ot the Union,ah
forbid a.
MILITARY OLORY NOT HIS RQLR RETCH MAN DAT!*'N
An extended notice ot the prospects ot othei gentle
m 11 is not deemed nppropnute, ttecause a siubbo.n de
termination lolorcethem 011 llieir tsuiy has b* en 110
wtieie evinced. But it is asked, and often in the sprii
ot u.unt and railleiy, ** if we uusl have a mil tiny can
dilair, why not tuk< Gen Scott 1” He may b an tl.i
sangtii ..- tricn 1* represent h in, still a is undeniable thst
hismaiisnt achieveineiiis ns a soldier—why, it is un 1
mors* try. peth|tt. to suggest—hive not turned the
people tobimiu this then nourol peril Jtiasg uss
ttliicv, however, to suppose military glory is to her*
tthlished is me sole title 10 the Chief VtsgiMrscy The
preference for Gen Taylor does not, in the spi lan
guage ot Judge Saundrn, ol Louisians, rest wholly
what lie has done or is t xoecied to do. but 1 other ,
car punt it u believed he wui not do, If be is advanc
ed to that high station
It is believed hs will never wilfully pervert or vioiatr
the Constitution
ll is believed he wit! never ob*t uct the pass.)ge ot
salutary lows by the 1 uerposition ot dictatorial power
It is believeo tie will never bring the power and pat
ronug*’ of the Government into conflict with tieedoin
ol elections.
It gib Iteved Ir will never mwdirect the patronage of
the Government from its legitimate ends, to the promo
tion of ins owil SeUiaii purposes or the reckless ambition
of otnrra
ll 1 oehevtd he will never lorgrt (list he is not the
Prssi. nty 111
hone of people, hound together by a common liberty 1
and a cumiuioii 14. usrn.KM.n
Aral lastly, a isbrheved, if called to ihe Presidency
he will bring buck the Govermiiem to its original puri
ty an ! simplicity, and re-uuprew it wall the siinilitu h*
of his own character
. I!E CAN AMb WILL BE II.Rf riD
The nest point for inq iiry is, “ can Gen Taylor b*
elected if soopted in N .iional Convention us the cm
cl date of (tie Whig piry “ The Wh*g majority in d*.
House of Hep esenn.lives is s ueriinent answer; but tm
his name the Democrats wou <l, as heretofore, have h n.
ciHiipU te 1 < . Nat tons i Legislature It is
pH |SM. lir wever, to give the subject u broader,and i<
may be, a more prac and o> i*>deration. Leery Htat
w nch voted lor Vi u<y m 1044. it innjr be rawly amr
mad, would as cold ally support the heroof Buena V.s
ta Toast assure u positive capital of otie hundred arm
five votes ; and from the most reliable tatrfmttfcm t
b* it certain. New York, Pennsyl
vania. lin!ihnr,Ge pgfa, .Honda, anil lowt.
five of winch voted tor Gen llariison, in 1840, the
other two w ere ‘J’errilories, wouil profit by the exam
ple on i f >llow in their footstep**. ‘Fhese, with the V\ tug
Stan sos 1344,c0unt 202 votes, a majority of 56 in the
electoral College. Besides, ng. inst at v named Loco
foco,especrally tieti. Cns-“i Mr. Folk, hia chance for
Mi.-isßppi, Aikalians, Michigan, and Wisconsin, (il
she hns a vote) leaving out Alabama and Maine, by no
means hopeless, would prove every way t ivo ab.e.
These are not idle calculations, but fair deductions Irom
the existing stat- o thugs. And did time pcimv.thty
wouid be seen to be baa -d on the surest principles of
cause and effect, of philosophy and tact.
Ti ue it is many well disposed individuals apeak doubt
ingiy of the Wing asoendancy iti New-Lngland and
Ohio The Whijgs of New-Fng and, among the t.u
est in the land, will never sacrifice great national inter
vals, only to be protected by the incoming of a Whig
adniiiii u nion, to sectional prejudices. They w 11 cleave
to the nominee of the Convention, wht ther bjin uniei
a not them or a sou them sun. ‘4’uylor lx
the nominee, as he undoubtedly w ii. eveiy vole they
I may nave or can p*wibly control will lie ireely accord* <1
1 him. Icdeed, it is even with goixl reason, i
many of her most influential \N big citizens being firm
ill In's advocacy. ih;it Maes-ieliuwlts wifi, next to Mr
wetafr,pnwaiai Mm in i choice. It is ata* ( known,
that fie lies many wn in and active (i lends in i.'onnecti
cut , and il the Hangar I V'hig, the lending Whig jour
nal in tle fcjiflte may be credited, in M line his cause is
not without supporters. ‘That p'per under date ol the
15. h inal,makes the welcome announc* vn-nt, that the
Whig aciitinunt there cordially approves Ins pod ion
and is deeply imp:eas< and with the me is.ty mid proprie
ty of bis nominiinon. These tacts, we
ami reliable,cleariy establish how idle it is to insist thru
such a noiNiu.niou will weaken the Whigpaity in N'**w-
Urg. u 1 ; uny, how idle it is lo insist tnot it will not
thereby l*e suus'auti illy sireugdieued. The same re
mark .s peihaps,applicable i* Okio ; tiie contrary is at
b*Bt hig'i-wmught l-ar or vague'•uspicicm And it the
worst should L* realized,Gen. Taylor is strong enough,
chagrined as all wou'd be to witness a cloud pax* ovei
the vVh'.gHoi the proud “ young gianieta,” to lose her
vote, and Lv- tnumphantiy eiecied.
Ills Election will Establimi Whw Ascendancy
in Conor Eds.
There is yet nnotlier v*ew l the question woitliy of
ciaretul r litclion. A Whig Frrsidetit without a VV h'g
Congress, will*, ut t.e power toaustaiti Whig meas
ures, Wouki.it w ill be cuudldly i Olileseed, be n |K)or e
---compenae lor labor, and pcourj* y foi|Vicfiiy Asl a
already been remaiked, bad Mr. Clay succeeded ui 1844
Cot go ge w ould have been opposed to him, t ml hi 9 Ad
lnu ist:ulion lor ttie moot port powerless. So would it
be* could he be elected now—so would it be with the
election ot any other ot our many distinguished Whig*.
With Geu. Taylor the tnbies woul ’be changed. ‘1 tie
\V f..gs would hold both branches ol Congress ; tiie
•Senate by a small, and the House ol Kepresrnta
tivea f \ a majority large enough foi ali practical puipo
ses. ‘ll ;i<* piest.ge oi lim nme wouid not on.y g.ve
tiiein fcenamrs from New York,Pennsyivamo Indiana,
and Fionda—the only Betiuto.s to be chosen in IBriy
(one from each State; which are doubtful—but insure
the two Senators to be sent from low a and two!
more from the new : tate of Wisconsin. It may even
occur that Alabama, Arkui sos, 11m.0.5, ibid Missouri,
thorough y amused by the same tevivifying influence,
will each return a \\ tug Senator, instead of ihe pee id
Democratic incumbeius As to the House ot Kepre-I
sentalives, while the Whigs could not, under any cir- 1
eauistancesexpect to accomplish more than the and vis- j
ion ot the delegations in New York and Pennsylvania, j
by uniting on Len. Taylor, they would be reaeonab v, ii
not moral.v. certain to gum one member in Maine, one
in Kh -de island, one in Mniyiand, two in Virginia, one
in North Carolina, two m (leorgiu, one hi .-Alabama,
one ;n Mississippi, twoiu Louisiana, two in Ohio, three
m Keiiu.tr y, one in Tennessee, one in Illinois, one in
M tesouii, iwo in Indiana, one in Michigan, and two in
lows— wr my tour members. The popularity of Gt n
Tayior with all classes il the people, except the few
who adhere lo “ the obsolete iues” that deieat under
one banner is preferable to success undei nnotlier, is
indispuiable. Ih* ia jusi the man fur the masses. ‘There j
is that in h.achaiactr r, a singular blending of greauu'St
with snupi.ciy, of worth with modesty, winch grap
ples him to them witu hooks of steel He is a man oi |
strong practical sense and sound judgement, and thee* •
arc equnlieu on.y t*y the sternness ol ins virtue and the j
jnconupnbiliiy of lus honor, (juch are leading
truitsui tne mm, and uch the mnii, coiiinitsnoned ol
the People, the ‘iune aud the purpose demand.
lie WILL St T4OXIXATED.
Prophecy is not a human atm.*ute, yel where the
Bgns are propm -ue, the most vaiitiuus are prone to a:-
lettipl it rfucli all attempt will, therek# •, i**, in this re
spect . excusable That the Whig Nate jaiCoo; ’’Vm;
wi’l non 11 ate Gen lYvlor m n-- it ••"era problem d?f
ficu.t to solve. liisstrength grows daily, and il the re-1
sult ol t ie Convention, wnd all proper deference to the I
feelings and opinions of others, ti jt snot nearly incline !
to the following, ‘hen many will be deceived, ar.d lulee
prophets uuuievous:
For Taylor.
Maine 8 Kentucky I*2
Massachusetts, ‘1 ennessee, 13
New Jersey 7 Indiana,. pj
Deal ware. 3 Illinois ,y
Maryland 6 Missouri 7
Virginia. t 7 Arkansas, 3
fc*auth Carolina M Florida, .3
OeMgih, iU kexue. <J |
Aiubamu, 3 lowa, .
Missitte*ippi. 6
Louituana 6 ]O3
For Clay.
North Cauima 11 Penn yivania, .26
New liimqislnre 6 Ohio *z3
Vernioni .6 .\liciiigun, 5
RllOile 1-la lid .4
Conned.cut, 6 ]*g3
New York*. 36
This estimate, so lar removed from the exp-* tltions
of t.ios wan indulge the fallacy tint the National Con
vention i merely culled for tin* pupt.-e ol announcing
Mr. Clay or the lourth time a can ltd ue, wiil be char
acterized as extraordinary. It is not, of course, preten
ded that Gen. 1’ iylor will br, m every instance, the
first choice .* nil the delegates from the States named :
but euougd is known of tnose already nppmniej, and
of lb* popular fee jmg wtiere they are yet to be, to war
a it Iti- and Ub rule c mviction, ttiai h. will get the mo
.only Ol the delegates irom the aoutiiern and souih
wcai-in Slates, iheie .a no doubt whatever Maine.
Mnasachusetts, uiul Indiana are tegarded equally so by
a pieponderanc *.at least; and lowa bus instructed hr.
delegates Kentucky is p aced tor him on the authori
ty ol ihose who ought to know, her Whig membeta m
C<'hg W. From *>s w Jersey, delegates will be sent
untiamruelei.a? ia fuel the delegates troni ail the Statet
all uld be,and he veiy cncumsi. nce that her vote wa.-
iot given f r Mr Clay m 1840, when l isstur wasmuen
more in the ascendant, is pretty conclusive as to then
c mre. O.i the other Iran i, we have yielded North
Carolina, Pennsylvania .and N<w Yorn to Mr. Clay,
w,ie:i toe two ti si are nucii more p.obablt* lor G nerui
Taylor : Slid lh • lasi.nltliough the delegates Irom the
city of New Yoik are pledged, by no mean* certain
Tiie vote of Mk ka:g in is quite as probable also for
General Taylor as tin Mr Cloy; ami ot the delegates
from Ohio, the most ot whom are instiucted, ton uie
known to prefer bin As to Penney ivumu, while Mr.
Clay sfiimdh have, by unprecedented means and exer
tions, secured some six or more of the delegates, it is
jrosinvely ascertained that the friends of Gen. Scott
and Ge r. ‘Taylor combined, wilt control the vote m
Convention. And Geu. Scott’s friends, if they cannot
put hmi ahead, will go forGcn. Taylor; certainly ne
verfbr Mr 4’lny. The Intelligencer, tlw Whig orgsn
at flair*. *urj, wiieie ibe State Con vent ion was recently
held, in aliudmg to its proceedings, unequivocally states
that one of the dele gules at large, therein selected, ie
lor Geu. Taylor, and the other lor (Jen. Scott, and thut i
the Convention was notoriously averse to Mr. Cloy,and ,
would have so declared had he not been ut the ume a
guest m the Slulo. On that ground his mimed isle
1 1 lends obtained opportune silence, but nothing beyond.
All that it required, therefore, to insure th*’ nomination
of Gen. Taylor,by an expression quite as strong os
that indicated, is tor lus \\ big friends to stand fast and
firm to die usage and organization ot the party The
Whig nomination is necessary to Ins aucci * ; and that
nomination will be awarded him without contention or
difficulty, it they will only be true to him and to them
selves In tlu piesrnt aspect ot things, it eunnot be
otherwise.
ML IS NO PARTISAN, BL’T A WOK* IN PRINCIPLE.
Gen. Taylor is no Whig, so the more modern oracles
flßie'jk,and conirquciidy.io nominate him by a Whig
Convention is impossible. Was he no Whig w hen the
Whig mess and Whig speakers everywhere denounced
tin- A Jiiniust ration for its persecution ot 11 Whig Gen
eral I Wu‘h ii Whig when a Lieutenant-General
was proposed to supercede hurt in the coiinnand f Was
he no M lug when the W icks, the h\cklme.uiid Thornp
sons id ih> lust 1. ongrese,censured him lor the capita
-11 lion at Monteri'y i Wushe no Whig when whig
Convent.mis and primary mweiutdie*, *0 stoutly pro
s W ing,;. lie Irv <‘lay \V hig
We ivtveltuiussu wwl lor it that h>* in n Whig, “not
an ultra partisan Whig,” hut *•4 Whig in pi maple. ‘
lie says, 11101 eovsr, 4i msieitrf to Mr. Jos R l.ge
sl!.lhttt—
“ Atth- la-t PresnientisJ cinvase, w thout interfering
in any wav with it, it was well known to all with whom
! miAi and, Wings ami iVinoeiats, tor 1 had no conceal
ment in the matter, ihni I 4 a*i< . eiJ X’v in Jm iwi ot
.Ifr Clinfe oiertmti. and / wou'd n<nr preier ettina 1
him m tlmt “tiro TO AN* INDIVIDIAt. < . the
Union, certainly inor* *Hiat any turn than im -e 1.”
In a letter of later .late to C'd. .Unch il.lie rep uia
tins avowol *l his oiities:
*’ l have no herniation, (he reumrltej it. stntuig / Air
•fnfed on all occnoeone. flint I A >1 \ \N UIG. thong 1
not an ultra one ; and / hart no #/-•s.rr lo tuncr il fii
fact from any putt ion oj the people at the United
Hiates ”
A Whig in principle, having no conn alm ut, prefer
ring Henry Clay’s elect lon in IN 11,and pr- Icnmg u tii
‘IR to tint ol any other indiVi luil, n>l yet Ir sno
Whig! The d4Hibt is til most cnmfmd ; |*rwh' i*elieves
1 Gen. Tiyiot uwilieere, wlm hohl eiHNlg.i lo naif 01 l
suspicion, that he s|euksm this, or sn> thing sine, w ith
a loikrd longue f
111 l*M;wl AINEII BY IIARBfMoN, AND WA*HlNoro.lf.
But ton rend Tsvlor refuses It* g ,ve any p|i dgt*s, and
snysthe Whig* must tke him .mi a r own iespona<
bifity.” Who asks inoret Who is the Wjpg who j
w ishes a Whig President to fiecome th** mere eresture
of cliques anu cabals, to degrade both his othoe mni the
dignity ot hisnsiute.stid loiget c.miftiy, Cos .sututioii ‘
and all ih Chiel Magistrate ol the Kepubu sfiuuhi !
ve.wfrsts, in the pcity inumphs of party f It th is U
Wh.gs so bigoted and mfoh rant, and so coutrue e 1 n
their est mote ot what properly Is tusth charm tci of s
President, let th *ru MBleii to the advice of the hmenteo
Ilarnson In lus ma guial address, Ucu 1
llkui refl.rts tip'Mi th< violence of parly .
I. J
must say sornsthiMg to youon theautijeet g ih par usl
1* thi- tone existing m •ntr country I. u*’ 1’ sp- I
p*4rsparf*rrly cM tr, tliawb* interest the country’ re
quire* ili-ii tie* viplene** of xjkespir ! -*y winch mo pai
ties are at ilua time gowrueu. mutt a.- g. it • -rnfloa
ted, if not eniin ‘y exUnguiiiitCil,or co..’ ijc ne -wnl
ensue which are ujrpalling to be thought of. * . * \
“ Tin* entire remedy is wiili the p -ojle. Satin thing !
however may be effected by the mean.- whieuikt-y lisle
; placed in my hands. It ia union that we want NO l j
; uF A PA4MA FOR THE SAKE OK TH A T
PAK'TV .hut a union ol the whole country for the wk*’
ot the country. ’’
! Did any one think these declarations, declarations m j
1 unison with what was expected of his AdimmMiui.on
I had he lived, nude Gen. Harrison any a Whig
And now in what do they dilier fro*ii the position ot
Gen. Taylor? Gen Harriaun w.iined usiiiuiii.e p.r-|
it oi pariy” must begreatiy tHibguted.ifnotenUiely cx
tinguifhed,” or the true interest of the countiy woaut be
jeoparded, and then reminded us that w should seek
the union ot the w hole peopl , and “ not ot n |uriy w*r
the s*'ike of that party.” Gen.'Taylor but given addi
tional lorce to the sentiment vheu he says.* I nu a
Whig,but r.ot on ultra,|srtiean Whig ‘’ tl • occwiM**
in this, the only ground 4rmi which the T'csidxucy
should be approached. JleneMlier se-ks nor devimrs i
it, bi't leaving ail to the vatceol ins countrymen, wbrie |
Ii • makes no concealment of his j:olit cal iiin>ctyi*e;it, j
h.‘ i detensmed to take office with no obliL cx j
cej t such as the Constitution prescribes. A*l !* f, ‘ tans
he has given the best earne -i that he will confrjtii* tus |
aduiuiisrrative conduetto the noble cxaiupW sot caiLu-r
Presidents. They gave uo pledges. ‘Their public char- (
ucier, their lied integ. ity wis the oiny guarrunty
ol the rectitude ot th-*ir intentions. VVaaliingiow and
Adams, Jefferson uiul Mudison and Mumick , wueu
will the nation ptodur* * t eir equals , w eic ifcfv Uu ir
pledges lobe ound ! ‘The bistojy of their Line wiU tn*
starched for them in vain. Nay, mote. a.-hingion
mall things the model of s man,unlike iJs- peiiy *-p.-i
rant* of liiis day, posilively iriuseif ty subacik** u.iy
pledge whatever. In u leiter to Beisnium lliumsHi,’
•Mid another to Benjamin Lincoln, e/litt**ts i*i wluvh
are subjoined, hi* view of propriety in thai rejpmi is
clearly expressed. ‘Thitw* fetters ato t>’ .-ecu n the
Ah volume ol Sink's col lection oi writings.
To Benjamin Hareison.
“ If it should fr- my inevirable fate to njmmisrer fiw (
(iove.ninent.(for heuveii.K nows, that noevont.cun b. ie
desneuby m •, and that no eat tidy cousuleiitiotishoit of
so g< lieral a cull.togeth r with a desne \u reconcile !
contending part if* a< far us in me ties. t*ud agora
bring me into public life,) / Kill pn into the chair un
der no nre-engagement of AN \ NATIR g * i(
KIND ichatever” Mih March, 17b9 ’
To Benjamin Lincoln.
“ Should it become ineviiehty necessary for me to gi>
into the chairof Gov eminent. I have determined to £*
free Irom all positive engagement* of AN\ NA
TCKE whateoever ’ 11 th March, 1783.
Th* Whigs should tiki: a Candidate on their own
KESrORSIBILITY.
To whi however, do those wedded Joan automaton ‘
Pifni s fu - Nth . i ust ie prove who
1 himseii wiin pledges, desire Gen. ‘fay lor to i e pledged
He has said he is a U hig in principle , does not ifuil j
I comprehend every thing. Were he to write volumes
could he more uuoquivoc&hy attest ins sincerity l — 1
Therein he has lore.-kudoweo the wnoie policy ot ;nj
Administration. ’I here, is contained “ iroinirmntio. j
strong ns holy writ,"of a U hig cabinet, the peiieciion :
! ot Wing measures,andestabiisnment ol tfietiue prmci
j pies of the Constitution. Must he be lor • eniy Clay ;
j before ail the world, to siaud on the oid broad Wing
’ platform l He tius again and again written it, “ i
would preierhim to any man in the Union “ \\ here ih n
lies ihe difficulty Is n that the \\ higs must take hu>> j
j“ on toeir own responsibi iiy.” On wn- s** responsd il
i ity but their own do Whigs wish to take a \V hig
VV here can they procure a oond so satisfactory ■ Wid
they avoid nil respopAbility,’ and ask tneir adversaries
loselect for them, t e candidate? If this be their rule
of action, tiie inaiuie will full on Mr. Clay, ’ot on
Gen. ‘J ay or ; (oi certain it is the former, lur v\ and
prudential reasons, among them holds ihe preference
He will accept the whig nomination.
1 Will he not accept the Whig nomination ? Teat
feet the contrary is useles. ‘J'here, 100, he has sp< ken •
! lor himself. He i.asaln-ady accepted the nominal,oi
i **f W lugs ot • a nous Sections f the coun-ry, of VVhif
| meeting and Conventions hi NewJeisey, Fen-ylvani i
and Maryland. What further objection can be urged
Is it to tne manner of his acceptance? Place Mr
Clay’s acceptance of th nomination of the VV mg Nu
tion*t Convention in 1844, and Gen. Tuvlois tn cept
ance ol a Whig nomination side by aide, and maik the
aimibrity:
Mr Clay. Gen Taylor.
May Id. 1843. Mexic* \ July 6, 1347
“ Ge.yt lmen • —I nave “My Dear Bir —The
tv honor to a .oa s .’g solutions lecenti , id- jd
i the receipt of your 1< iter, bv a meeting of ti.e .Mizeti>
Mated yesterday at Balti-s( Whig) of Prince George's
| more, communicating myicounty, .Maryland, forward-•
in l.i nation by the Natio a eJ to n e by you, have been
VV tiig Convention there as- wth your accompanying
sm i, and tifie people of the letter, duly received. ** * 1
United States as u cand - Yet though l feel impelled
date for the office of Pres.- to yield TO THE i’EO
dent of the United Stans PLn. AT LARGE I should
Confidently believing that v \n\\ with pleasure their de
thi* nu niuation it in con termination to confer so
formity inth the desire u, Great a gilt (ihe Piesidency)
amu > it of ihe PEOPLE < n some eminent i.-i e-;
I>r i iiL 0. bl'.v i’Eri. i man.
accept it, from a high senst , Z. TA Y LOR.
of duty, and with leeling
ol profound gratitude. * * *
H. CLAY, i
It wi l be seen Mr. Clay bases his acceptance on the
belief that the nomination eniinnied tiom “a majority
of the people,” while Gen. Tuylor says he will, not
withstanding his great aversion to being considered a
candidate,feel himself compelled “ toyield to the people
at large.” There is no difference between them
THE PRESIDENT'S ELECTED ON PLEDGES HAVE NEVER RE
GARDED THEM.
And these partisan pledges, these promises of the
office-seekers, wl,a are they worth? In nine cases
out ol ten they are made only to he broken. Pledges!
Who that made has ever hept them ? W ill the lessons j
of experience never impart wisdom f T e pledges ot
Gen Juck-o is Adu i nslrution were,retrenchment and
reform the limitation of Executive patroiisg*, pro tec- 1
tion to domesttc manufactures, and internal improve- i
ine uts. How were they full died l Be lore the cose oi I
his first term they were blotted almost ei.fi.ely from re
membrance. Mr. Vullßuren was pledged to’* follow
in the footstep* ol his illustrious predecessor ni and yet,
-light as it was, the pledge was never redeemed. Mr..
Fyl-r's inaugural was treigeted with pledge* ; and ‘
what become ol them ( Tn- little regret that accompa
nied hs retirement furnishes ev iy com ent. And
Mr Polk’s pletiges, what of them f lira celebrated
Kane leiter pledged him to the protective policy, and
yet the lit t act >t his Administrutiou was to 8k ike a’
death-hlow to the labor ami indusiiy of the c- untiy
He was pledged to maintain our idle to tfi * w io, • of
Oregon, to abandon any |*o non of w hich he pioitated
Hgamst aen “ sacrifice ol both national houcr and intion- ,
al right’ and yet, hy/itfiiiisiructione. if Louis Mel* iebe
iruiiii.il, u treaty wasconclud<‘d w hichiinieiuleied m *re ,
than five degrees ot tbs territory. He was pi-dged to
conquer a pence with Mexico, >uch a peace ns would
afford “ indemnity tor the past nud security lor the luture
and yel he has sanctioned the treaty of an unauthoik-ed
agent which embraces lus principle m neither particu- ■
iai—a treaty which annexes, after iwo years oi war, at i
the
try for which thne yeaia ago he w ould only agtee to pay
4 15.000,010.” He isgiod to pay usmuch iiow.uuabehold
we have indemnity lor the past and aecuriiy tor ih* fu
ture I” What, then,ure pledges, wha i hen necessity,
when any Administration, lightly conduct'd, must be
g i ded alter all by iheprogri>>o iflaii- al l the
exigencies of the m> incuti Pietlges! i here can be
jno pledges but n cleur head, an honest heart, and an
upright will. These, united m the man who enlists
; popular sympathy, and is u V\ mg m punciple, uie all
j the Wh.g pally lequire. Tlieae pie* gen they have ill
Zacuar; 4 ayloß, and come what may, tic y will ral-
I I iy tohia biandmd.und once more do bailie lur tbe coun
try and as Uoustnunon
Washington, April, 4, 1848.
I’.vil C*oininy.
The following beautiful allegoiy was translated from
the Gem run:
Sophronius, a wise teacher, would not sutler even hi*
grown up sons and uauglueis to use. ciun* wan thorc
wtn.se coudiicl was not pureund upnght
“ Dear lather,''said the gen tc Luiaiia tohini one day, I
when lu fotbud - her m company wit.i her brotlier, to
visit the volatile Lucmdia, ‘Mem taihei you inu.-r, flunk
us very clnnludi it vou imngmc that we should be ex
posed lo danger by it.”
The lather look ill silence a dead coal from tie* hearth
and leached it lo in* daughter, “it will not burn you
my child,take it.”
Lui iba ui i so, an I behold her beautiful white lmud
wnsaoilcd und bluckeiied.aud us it cUsuct d,her wuite
dres ...a.
” V\e cmnot be too careful,lh handling coals,” said
Uuliiba, in vrxniioii.
‘* V*a, t uiy,’ as id the lather, “yei are, my child,
that coils, even It thevdo not burn, blut ke.i
with the company of the v*c*oua.
N’ sl 4t n 4u College*
The lea ms and professor of history anJ philosophy in
the Boudi Cato. 1 a Collagt*. Ui Liar cts L eorr, is in
t k humt of deliv. ting leguLi .tciurc'.—
Every lo.tn Jit the *ll butts m u >.e Ikt us pip.- ,
Slid M..‘Xpectid to b* wed acquitmted wittr tlie ni l
evciile bolt 1 foreign and demesne flint may have u.uis
put and during the pieeeding IWO Weeks, ll lh‘ political
literary, and icieutiiH win id*. ‘I bey are lust eAMimi! 1
ed according to a plan wined syntemaundly emlmic * I
nb count!h •• and a•• not on * 1 1 1 r■ 1 to know tiw
events, but are directed to use b.n<kt l rcbueiice so a- |
to give a lair art okiii ol tit. ir .ivvetojieiiMUit. Altei
tins, flie Piol* ssoi t*k up *le o| flu* chief sultp.i*;
ail 1 tectur*a upon, it avoidoig w'flh great *til,ihc din
gemot jmiity smiles
In hie |e.ii,c.il t.iics he impost • thedsty of rending 1
| carefully llk new-iHtpeiv of die day, mil teaches the
uMst prolitnfde ni’ tiiod of doing *. i'hus b tr ims up
’ young men under Ins instruction, to be eidiglilened and
jiacucal stauwmsn.— Ni a) ( ommeree.
self Ui'linucc*
’ Oieof t V fine.tq laluica for agto I wife u -e.J p m
1 aaaaimi. boL-r mairying men have ahorrorol in*’ g.iis
who shriek or flint it fli>* cat n -exes louJ*r fliaii she
ougnt to, or hi mch of plaetei drqs from the cemng,
ora apstkot fire alights on the hem of tli r dress
i The w Oman who chi meet an emergency with cn trail- m
| and nerve, grsppi * w.tn mil auiidu.- 11 witliout maim
mg n n g t.siriKNvi,isju-t flie one 10 rule hci oa 11 tuu* •
I iiord, anutike cure of her husband's home, propefy
land children during ms nscesa rv sbsnce 111 prasecu
•ontf h * da#| * 1 1 less N \ ( omul rr <
MACON, GEORGIA.
WEDKUSIHY, A I*llll. 10, |4ei.
rOR PREHHWKT,
GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR.
Telegraphic Kea-ling Room.
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of the advantages of tbe news by tiie Magnetic Tele
graph, at a moderate price, will please leave their
names at the Journal is Messenger Office, in the course
of |o-day or to-morrow.
Tniversity ol fieorgia.
Ve arc indebted to a friend in Athens forn Cuta
logae of the Officers and Stu Jeuts of the University in
thatjpiace, for the years 1847-8, and are most happy to :
find the institution in a highly prosperous condition
The following is the number attached to each of the
College Classes, viz: Seniors 32, Juniors Sopho- j
mores 48, Freshman *23; total 157, being the greatest i
number, we believe, ever beloit* repotted as connected ,
with the College.
Nor is mis at nil to be wondered at, when we consid
er the nbility, acquiiemeutsaud industry of th- present I
Faculty. We have repeatedly had ocatofion to speak
in terms of high praise of the vener.ihle BrsauienX, Dr.
Church. His prudence and souikliksh of judgment
are proverbial. In the other departments there are
several gentlemen of distinguished promise. We ques
tion il the professors of mathematics and astronomy, of
natural philosophy and chemistry, haw their superiors
in the country. They have not only all the know ledge
requisite lor their stations, but possess in an almost un
equalled degree, the capacity of imparting that knowl
edge to others. These qualities are joined to u mod
esty which is as commendable as it is unusual. We
commend the Institution to our friends, and trust that
i > patronage may be commensurate with the worth
and acquirements of its officers.
We cannot close this notice, however, w ithout giving
utterance to a sentiment which we find un versal in :
private circles, and particularly among the most ardent
and devoted friends of the institution. It is universally |
cone*ded, we believe, that there aie one or iwo places
m thf Faculty which could wih great advantage be fil
led fy younger, more active and more competent men.
’The spira of the age, the interest*- of the rising gener
ation require that the Board of ‘Trustees should look
well to this matter. They are the keepets of un impor
tant trust, and should exercise their powers with firm- j
ness and judgment, as well usw'ith moderation.
Maps of South- W estern Georgia.
Mr. Edwards, Commissioner for the private sale of
lands, has placed in our Office, a very complete Map of
the counties ol Stewart, Sumter, Randolph, Lee, De
catur, Ear y, Baker, and ‘Thomas, on which the
county lines, water-courses, &c. are accurately rep
resented from actual surveys. It also gives the number
and position of every lot of land. ‘This Map is invalu
able to the owners of land, as well as to those who may
wish to make purchases in this most interesting and
lei tile portion of the Stale. As the Edition ta already
nearly exhausted, those who w ish to purchase would do j
well to appiy to Mr. Edwards immediately, at ins
Office in Macon.
Mad* IlHinmur-kold A Mi. Guilmette.
It will be seen by the advertisement that these truly
gilted performers give their last grand Concert this eve
ning at the Floyd House. Their reputation is sufficient
to draw a lull House, and we are informed that they
w ih present to night an entirely new programme.
UojigresMoiml l andi tatus.
The aspirants tor Cogr ssional honors are begin
ning to give their usual periodical evidences of patriot
ic sen sacrifice, and it is l.kely that there will b* no lack
ol men who are willing to in ure themselves by serv
ing the public. In nearly all the Districts except the
third, these demonstrations are now being made, and
we trust the Whigs here may “ hold still,” at least un
til alter the Presidential nomination. The summer is
likely to be a pretty hot one, m more senses than one,
and the canvass wiil be long enough in all conscience.
The Planter’s Fact ry.
The Com .any owning the above establishment,seem
to posstssa liegieeoi* uterprise that would be credita
b e touu association of “ notice born Yankee*.” ‘The
Agent has shown us anotner specimen oi Yarns, sever
al numbers finer thou those previously noticed, and far
superior to any thing which we have ever seen in the
Sojth. The Company have also m operation, mneht
n -ry tor curding, spinning and weaving wool, and have
le.t a specimen of their Keiseys with us, which inti
n.tely surpasses any thing ol the kind we have ever
s en. Those wishing to satisfy themselves on this point,
cin do so by calling at ihe Store of Mr. A. J. White,
who is the Agent ot the Company, and who has also
a specimen of the goods on hand.
i he Harueovilie Hoad.
By letters from Columbus, we learn that the project
ol the Barnesvtile Koud Ins been abandoned A corres
pondent from Mernwciher, very proyierly seeks to im
prove the occasion, to picss the piopositiou of the Gris
tin and West Point Hoad. We have no doubt that it
is to me interest of ail parties that ihis Hoad should be
made, and see no reason why a general compromise
might not be agreed u between the Georgia, Macon &
Western, unJ Ceiur and Companies, lor this purpose.
The Georgia Road would be fiiiiiv entitled to the trav
el, and the Gemrul Road to the freights, while trie Ma
co 1 and Western, would have a fall share of the
profits, nail would be the common feeder, and recipient
of the business of bom lines. Tae wriy i now open,
a id ii the planters ol Troup, Mer.wellier, Coweta, and
Pike will imitate the example of their brethren in Hous
ton, vfucun, Marion und Stewart, by tae tune cotton
ugitn advances to a living price, they will enjoy the lu
cernes of carrying 11 speedily to maiket.
The Nashville KoaJ.
Col. Garnett has already commenced his survey of
the route between Nashville und Chattanooga, und the
contracts are to be let forthwith. U.IIO tuuately how
ever, the C impuny areuliout to beg.n at the wrong end
of the line. They ought toco.n n ; ice at Ch •ttanooja,
and we are aurpnsed that Chirlesion and the Georgia
Company iiuve not imposed that upon them, as one ot
i the conditions of (heir subecriplion.
The Ulih 1 tnimogH Hnilroad.
Tlie City Council of Charleston have unanimously re
solved to subedit** tin* sum ot halt a million otdollurs to
the Chattanooga A Nashville Kailload. The Board of
Diifctoraol the Georgia Railroad huve agreed to sub
scribe a quarter of a million to Ihe same enterpr se.—
This settles the question m regard to the construction
ot the work. The Nashville Union Bays that the sur
vey** under Mr. Garnf.it will be commenced immedi
ately, uiid the eiiteipnse pressed forward to completion
ut the earliest day posaibie.
South Western Georgia*
Tiie Albany I’atriot sjicuks in high terms ofth ag
ricultural pio-pecis of the souliiw stern planters and
B ids mat mon* than “twenty plauieis have settled in
th* vicnutyol AlUßfiy ihe present season.” What is
h mb ud of Baker we uudcisiuud it true of other sec
tions ot the fSouth West. There g now a decided car
rent ot emigration *lllll4 into that part 01 the slute and it
will doubtless ne greati> nwrt used us Ih work piogu*
**s on Uw South Western Road. Tne owners of
buds ill lit* 1-portion oI the stale will doubtless lvalue
handsomely oh the im/reused value ol their possessions
consequent upon tiw facilities dial wdi shortly he aliord •
them In reaching an Atlantic market.
Auguta Uuuicipnl Election*
Our wing hlends 111 Augusta srem to be very succees
ful in their wsiliire iijioii each other. It* tween their bick
erings about Umy and i'nylor and the ip|s*r and lower
| Bridge, both factions have uiamiged to get most soundly
• diiibbe lby the Democracy ill wins** power they have
I placed tlie government < t the city duimg the next
twelve inoiitns Wr et.icereiy trust they may lea in
wisdom Horn experience mid not bring them 111 the
dt <U* Convention, lire elements of discoid winch have
worked so much to their discredit at home,
V .11YA ill I.Olllslhiiiui.
Our fiieiids who have any legal business in the state
*f Loßisistma, Teas or Atkanii* are referred to the
advritlsemettt f Messrs Bbowli R a Jonl*. la another
cotuinn The refirienoes of these Gentlemen are to high
ly res|s*ctnhle thi t we deem it wholly unnecessary to
adds word in tegatd,either to tlieir enptcity or atten
tion to business.
I'. M, Neiiritur*
Major B. Borrlatid ha* been appointed Benotor from
the Brat# of Arkausss, to fill the vacancy caused by the
| refegoAtion of Mr Bever.
The Presidency—The State Con rent ton.
The Charleston papers amt* unce the lacl that Mr.
Clay h is written n letter dated at Anhland, on the 1 llh
insi , in which h** announces his determination to al
fow Ins name to go before the VV lug Notional Coveil
t.on lor nomination os a candidate lor the Presidency
We can scarcely doubt the correctness ol the announce
ment, though it is wholly at variance with the inform
ation which we have previously had upon the subject,
aid we may add with our own hopes and wishes \\ e
tv now not what may l the considerations in other
‘ions winch prompt Mr. Clay or his Irietidsto piess Ins
claims at this moment upon the country; but so Inr as
the South is concerned, it is certainly the very acme of
political madness. In H4l when the leaders ol the par
ty were unanimously in his tavor and when his nomi
nation was received with acclamation bv the rank anti
tile, he failed in this State by a decided vote. Now’, w hen
: the leaders are divided and when a majority ol the peo
ple prefer another, what eaithly hope is there of his ;
success? The nomination ol Mr. Clay under tlie cir .
I cumetances, would, we humbly conceive he equiva 1
( lent to a repudiation of all the Southern and Southwest- J
ern States by the Convention : lor it must be conceded t
’ that lie could not carry a single Southern State, except it I
he Kentucky; and his success even there is by many con.
i sidered doubtful. We do not, we cannot believe that
the Whig National Convention will consent thus to
.a.Til ice the South, unless it be found necessary for the
safety ol the Union, and lor the preservation of Whig
principles. Is it likely that either of these contingen
cies will happen ? In this region, it is conceded that
Gen Taylor c m be elected by a larger majority than
has ever before been given to any President. That he
is a W hig n principle and sound on all the leading doc
trines ol the great conservative Whig party is certain ;
lor on this point we have not only his own declarations,
but the concurrent testimony of friends and foes. Why
then should mere personal attachment to Mr. Clay ill
duce a preference which is likely to end in disaster and
the complete annihilation ol the very principles which
we protean. Men are only the mere instruments by
w hich we hope to carry out certain great measures and
even the greatest and the best should be willingly sac
rificed to insult* success or even to avoid a doubtlul is
j sue. We make these rentalks in no unkind or hostile
leeling, for none can be more devotedly attached to
Mr. Clay thun ourselves, none would more cordially
sustain him against any mail in die nation, with a #i
| gle exception.
Under existing circumstances the approaching Cou
| vention at Miiledgeville is likely to be an occasion o
( vast importance. Upon its action depends the pros
perity and success of the great Whig party in the State
We trust therefore that the several counties in the State
may ta*c immediate action, ami that the wisest, most
moderate and consei vutive men may be named as del
egates. Such men w ill enter the Convention for delib
eratiQii and consultation, and not for the purpose c(
carrying out preconceived preferences or prejudices—
they will seek to ascertain the views and feelings of the
people and will strive to conlbrni to, rather than to
manufacture public opinion—they will yield to the
wishes ol the majority and will adopt measures calcu
lated rather to harmonize than to excite the party. —
Should such men be selected and such councils prevail,
ail will be well, and whether in triumph or defeat, the
great conservative Whig party of the State will remain
united und harmonious. There is now no time lo be
lost. Those counties which have not selected delegates
; -houlddo so without delay. We appeal particularly to
Western and Southwestern Georgia. Our friends there
are deeply interested in the action of the Convention,
because it may either throw them into a hopeless mi
nority, or place them permanently in pow’er. Moat
sincerely do we hope, therefore that they may be fully
and ably represented in the Convention.
Arrival ol Gen. Scott.
The New-Oi leans papers announce the arrival of
Gen. Scott in that City, and intimate that extensive
preparations are being made for his triumphant recep
tion. We doubt not that h:s greeting, not only in New
Orleans, but by the nation, w ill be such as to gladden
his heart aud convince hint that his distinguished servi
ces have been fully appreciated by the people. He is
emphatically the conqueror of Mexico, and the achieve
ment, under the ciicumstauces, is unequalled in the
military annals of the w orld. History will doGeneial
Scott full justice. His unfortunate personal weakness
es will be lost in the brilliancy ol his military fame and
hi 9 conquest ol Mexico, w m e regarded as infinitely
more wonderful than that achieved under the immor
tal Spaniard. Let us then with one accord prepare to
do honor lo the man who has added so much lustre to
the American arms.
Massachusetts Good Sense.
; At a late convention of the Whigs of the 4thCongrea- ;
sional District in Massachusetts, at which Henry P. I
Fairbanks was selected as delegate to the National ■
Convention, and Dr. E. Hobbs as Alternate, Mr. E.
R. Hoar offered the following resolution, which the
Boston Atlas says, is in the precise words of the one of
fered by Mr Palfrey, at Springfield:
‘tie so Iced, That in the opinion ol this Convention •
the Whigs ot Massachusetts will not vote for any per
son, lor President or Vice President, who is not known I
by his acts or declared opinions, to be opposed to the
i extension of slavery.”
This resolution (says the Atlas) was discussed by sev
, eral gentlemen, and was finally rejected. A resolution
differing Irom the above, in a slight degree, was offer
ed by Mr Train, but it likewise was rejected.
Dinner lo Geu. Twiggs.
The citizens of Augusts tendered to Gen. Twieos a
public dinner, which cam*- oft’ on Thursday last, and
was very generally attended. The compliment was de
served, and we trust the worthy example thus set will 1
l>e followed by the citizens ol other sections of the
State.
Sympathy with France,
i The Resolutions of sympathy with the new republi
can movement in Fiance which had previously passed
the Senate by unanimous vote, were carried in the
House on the 12th inst. by a vote of 174 to 2. The
Nays were Mess)a Cranston 6l Root, both we believe
ultra antisinvery men. Their opposition was occasion
ed by the refusal of the House to sanction the anti-sla
very amendments of Mr. Ashmun.
I*. *t Office Despatch
The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
Patriot gives a fine sample ol th * business capacity of
the Post Master General. The Southern mail is made
up at Washington daily at 4 P. M and is sent to Bnl*
umore where it remains until the next day at 4 P. M
when it is despatched South ; thus losing just 24 hou §
upon every mad which is forwarded ’ Hence the reason j
that papers and letters from Washington reach the I
southern offices simultaneously with those from New
York of the seme date. The Intelligencer and Union
have consequently tie corns entirely useless and unless a
change is affected they must cease lo circuiute at the
South entirely.
New York Flection.
We see that with all the enthusiasm recently mani
fested by Messrs Greely Ac. Cos. in regard to the tri i
uinphant changes in favor of Mr. Clay in New York, i
th y have managed to allow (lie city to pass ugain into j
ihe hands ot the Democracy.
H*nl* Hurst.
The Aug *Hta Republic says: “The Buena Vista a
new Locomotive on ihe Charleston Road, burst her
boiler on the 9th wist, instantly foiling the engineer, 1
Mr. At tope, olid two firemen. The conductor, Mr.
Meredith, escaped uninjuted.”
Suicide.
Jsiues Irvin, Jr. ton ol James Irvin, Esq of New
Orleans, and grandson of Henry Clay, shot hinuxll
through the head, m hi* chamber at ihe 8t Charles
Hotel, about 6 o’clock. A- M on Monday, lire 3*l met
Central IlHilionU.
Earnings of the C entral Railroad for the first four
mouths of the current year:
!H|7. December *37 4Pi 70
101*1 January 5J.995 94
February 37,799 71
•
Number of bales of cotton in tin* four months,
79,079.
For some period last year:
104$ December s63*o^lo
1*47. January 4r* 51
Fcbunry. 44.001 59
March 85.273 03
Number of bales of cotton in the t mm 65JHW
•Sub Georgian, &th inst
The Conrt of Inquiry.
Amid the press of other m ilter we find it impossible
to give even on extended sugamarry of the proceedings
ol this body. The Court Ins adjourned to the Units.-J
Stuteaor the greater convenience of procuring testimo
ny. It has been very cle rly proved thus lar that Gen.
Pillow tne “ Hero of Duck River ’’ bus resolved to estab
lish a domestic manuiactory of militarygiory. Messrs!
Freoner and Trial bath fasten upon him the authorship
ol the article Irom which the disgusting portions ol the I
“ Leonidas Letter” were compiled and even Maj. B irncs
wt has caruMitcid to father the letter in q leation, state*
upon oath that he purloined the material parts of it
from a report which he found upon Gen. Pillow’s table
Mr T ist say* that notwithstanding his prepossessions
in favor ofGen. P. on his arrival in Mexico lie hud
been compelled to abandon him or become his” hi*
tool and accomplice in a scheme of viihony and irn
■ posture-— ol imposture towards our whole country, and
yillatiny towards inliviluil officers of this army, the
; most audacious,by far that he (Trist) had any knowledge i
I of.”
I After many other questions, Gen. Pillow requested
I Mr. Trnt to explain the *’scheme of villainy to which
I he alluded and receive ! the following answer.
Mr. Trial said, “the scheme of villainy to which I
allude was a scheme of imposture for pissing hiuiseli
(Pillow; off upon the country ior a skillful general atul
aldfecommander The way in which I was to bean
accomplice in that game—a tool in it—and be led thus
, to deceive the country and do injustice towards individ- 1
ua Is, was this:—availing himself of the relations estab
lished between lis by the President, (alluded to before,)
and of the character which I had enjoyed with those
who hove known me for great dicietion, he would
make inelhe confidential depository H his views ill antic
ipation of events, so that in case of failure in the ope
rations which took place, 1 should lie a living witness,
and hound to come forward as such at his call to the
fact,that his military genius had penetrated through the
whole thing, and that h ’ hail been opposed to every
thing that failed. Tiiis game was played by him
throughou,as I afterwards on reflection perceived.
[Gen. Pillow here stated that he had no further ques
tions to ask the witness in regard to the present charge
He should desire tocul! him on one specific nion to ano
ther charge, when he expected to bring some further
proof, Slc. Gen. Scott said he de-ired to put one or
two questions more ;and the court assented.
Question inf Gen. Scott. — Will the witness please
state whether Gen. Scott had any agency or part what
ever in advising or suggesting the letters written by
him (the witness) against Gen. Pillow ?
A. —Maj. Gen. Scott nor any other human being has
ever been consulted with or spok *n to concerning those
letters or any one determination taken by me on any
subject since I have been in Mexico. The first intima
tion that any friend of mine ever had upon any detennina
•ion taken by me, was after that determination had ;is
■uined a shape which neither he nor any other hu
man being could have changed.
So much for Mr. Polk and his favorite. If the peo
ple are not now satisfied as to the conduct of the afore -
said Gideon “ neither wilhhey believe though one should
*ae from the dead.”
Mr. Clay ami the Fiesidcncy.
The following is the impoitnnt onnounct ment of Mr.
Clay alluded to in another column. It is published by
his authority and was telegraphed on the 12th inst.
from Cincinnati! for the Baltimore Sun from which
paper we copy it:
TO THE PUBLIC.
The various and coiiftictmg repotts which have been
in circulation, in regard to my intentions with n sped to
the next Presidency, appear to me to turnish the proper
occasion for the full, frank and explicit exposition of my
feelings, wishes and views upon that subject, which it
is now my purpose to make. With a strong disincli
nation to the use ol my name again in connection with
that office, 1 left my residence hi December ast, under
a determination to announce to the public, in Some suit
able form, iny desire not lobe thought ot us a candi
date In my absence, 1 frequently • xpress.d to and fter
ent gentlemen my unwillingness to be again in that at
titude, but though no one was authorised to publish my
decision one way or the other,having reserved the light
to do so exclusively to myself, on reflection, 1 thought
it due to my friends to consult with them before 1 took
a final and decisive step.
Accordingly, w limit the course of the last three
months, I have had an opportunity of conversing fully
and freely with them. Many of them have addressed
to me the strongest appeals and the most earnest entrea
ties, both verbally and written, to dissuade me from exe
cuting my in’en ;ed pm pose. They represented, to me
that the withdrawal ol my name would lie fatal to the
success, and perhaps lead to the dissolution of the par
ty with which 1 have been associated, particularly in
i the tree States; that ot no former period did there ex
I ist so great a probability of my election, if 1 would con
[ sent to the use of inv name; that the great Sinte9 of
New \ ork and Ohio would in all probibiity cast ihe r
votes lor me ; that New York would more certainly
bestow her suffrage upon me than any other candidate;
that Ohio would give her vote to iio candidate residing
- in the slave States but to ine ; that there is a better j
j prospect thin had heretofore at anytime existed, that
| Pennsylvania would unite with them; that no candi- ;
date can be elected without the concurrence of two ol
these three Suites, and none could be defeated upon
whom all of them should be umied ; that great numbers
of our fellow-citizens, both of native and foreign birth,
who were deceived, and tlietelore voted against me at
j the Inst election, are tu w eager for an opportunity ol
j, bestow.tig their suffrages upon me ; that whilst there is
| a strong and decided preference for me entertained by
j the great body of the Whig imrty throughout the United
1 Slates, they—the friends to whom I refer—are convin
| ced that lam mote available than any candidate that
; could be presented for the American people. I do not
( pretend to vouch for the accuracy ol ail these represen
tations, although 1 do not entertain u doubt that they
have been honestly mode and are sincerely believed.— i
It has been moreover urged to me that the great obligu- ■
lions under which I have been hitherto placed by a
large portion ot the people of the Uuted States, the full 1
force of which no one can lie more sensible of then 1
am, demand that I should not withhold the use ot my
Mine if it should tie requested ; and l have been remin
ded ot frequent declarations which 1 have made,tha t
whilst life and heulth remain, a man is bound to render
his best services upon the call of his country.
Since my return home, 1 have anxiously deliberated
upon my duty to myself, to my principles tomy friends,
and above all to my country. The c nflict between my
unaffected desire to continue in private life, os most con
genial to my feelings and condition, and my wish faith
fully to perform all my public duies, has been paintul
and embarrassing If I refuse the use of my name, and
those mjuiioUHconsequences should ensue which have
been so confidently predicted by rny friends, I should
: justly incur iheir reproaches and the reproaches of my
own heart ;and if, on the contrary I should ussent to ihe
use of my name, whatever the result may be. I shall
escape both 1 have iheretbie finally decided to leave
to the Nutfonat Convention, which is to assemble next
June, the comfideration of my name, in connection with
such others as may lie presented to i*. lo make a selec
tion of a suitable cundidute lot President of the United
Slates; und whatever may lie the issue of its fair and
lull de iberations, it will meet with my prompt and
j clteertui acquiescence. It will be seen from what I have
j related, that there wos reason to anticipate that I
j would decline giving my consent to the nor of my name
, agfouas a candidate for the Presidency of the United
j States Owing, pethnps, to tins, n well as oilier causes,
i many of niy ft lends und fellow citizens have avowed a
preference tor, and directed their attention to the distin
-1 guiahed namesol other citizens of the United Stairs I
| take pleasure in truly declaring that I have no regrets
|to express—no com pin hits—no reproaches to make on
account of any such preferences, which lam fully per
sum led are genernlly founded on honest und patiiotic
convictions.
Ashland, April 11, IH4H. II Clay.
Experiment with Asparagus.
“ The London Gardeners’ Chronicle gives the follow
ing method of gtowmg asparagus at Nice. Take o
qunt wine hot tie, invert it over an asparagus root just
rising from the groun I, and secure it to iia place by
three sticks. The asparagus will grow up mlo the inle
hnr of the hotlie, mid being stimulated by the unuminl
heat mid moisture, will s|ieedi!y till it. As soon ns this
has taken pine*, ihe bottle must In* broken, when the
asparagus w ill be found to have formed a ?hu k head of
tender, deiie'tle slioots, all rumble, and is compact aati
cauliflower.”
A friend ol ours tried the nhove,and reports that he
was entirely unsuccessful lie any* it is u humbug,
and ought to be exposed accordingly.
4 l(h<dtf Island Election.
/Plte Wings of Rhode island at their recent Election
Wecteded in electing their entire ticket lor Governor,
Lieut Governor. sn f Legislature
The Foreign \e w ,.
Wc fatly nticipn,ej the Foreign ,
erpcol Simmer hi then, m.,.1 10 ,e** n hy,V L
mill consequently did not put m . , ; ,u Po
litjence riceived I y the Hibernia It P< "“ l “ l “
however, n. the whole of j, niny be
| nut-shell. 3 c °fopreased m
111 Fnatce after tome eieitemem L
j quirt, and the people ami government Zl ‘* *
or the Liectinn w hich .* place on the 5 h T
tme will hr the iiibi Freeidem ‘
“ i ’ d i r ,,glH “ p ** M ‘'f*volutien,ry ,
llie Kthgol Pruaaia. had been co,„ p ,| fc
P-.ple n Constitution. Me10n,;,.!, |„„| „ 1
UK. mnl Ihe Emperor had been (diced m üboli ?’ *
sorsnipotibs Press. u °hu the
Rumba win mining, and an intern,, t .. o .
i\4and was anticipated. “ ev olut io :,
1,1 Italy, onu the Southern power, ....
great excitement euieted. 1 ,r “ gene,
Financial afinra were consequently Illu u
o . the conimem. Ennioe had lor a , ilnf (T"., ,:i ‘
preieure aeveivly but “ arrrain,.,„ nUs
by Winch a ilcpoait ol merchandiie cuold 1,. , . 1
I bond rec. Ivor! which bond wa,d Ko am ,l ‘
| ,dl ’ r,ucc * bis hnn enabled merchants
duce, to turn theineelvee and to reulije’ihT * * |v
meet ilmir acceptance.. All the Uil, , rom °
.■lll Bank*, us inr ns heard from, have !,■„, i '’ ‘I
Ihe English letter, repremmt i„one V Z 1
low rates, but the conditio of trade was m p
No crisis, was expected.” I
Tin- Liverpool cotton market howevcrfo.i i 1
pressed. The sales of ihe fortnight enjjn .o""®
were 4T.115.1 hales at a decline of f (S , j 111 fl
quolatlons. l air upland hrouglu barely 4, |’’ ■
The i.ecounls by private letters are rather,
able than those by ihe popeia. The lien'""'l
Politically und Coiinneic.Hlly, w ,|| he the
.am ever r. ceived lion, the old world si,,'e .e
Napoleon. inc .H
latest ruow Mexico. I
By the New-Orleoni papers, we hove ,j., I
Vera Cilia to the 4ih inn . and lr„ ni the Cit,", Tti ■
CO to the 30th nil. ‘The procee ii,ig„| lhe j.!, ‘ ■
the Corn I„t Inquiry, are given in the N,. w ( H
pers, but iio iiiipoiturn i.ew lacishad Urn ,| Cl , ■
hn J be’ n detetmined to adjourn to the Ui p i
a lew data, lor the purpose of t ,ki,iu
mony. 1 M
The peace prospect, were net so favorable y I
tosh, ihe English Banker, had loaned Me XIC o 9
on the approach of the Americans, „„ ‘
tha, ,1 no, repaid by ,he Is, ol April hew,s, o ‘ *
thereof, Mexican Bond, to the amount ol *;,L
It was thought he wished lo give an Anii-Lc J
press,on, morder to prevent the government
taro from raising the money. ■
Santa Anna and Lady sailed , „ ihe 4,1,, f ,1
Bgua.a small port, tifi miles north ol Vera Crar I
Spanish Bug I. r Jamaica, lie waaescuiiej A
na byCapi. Tiglilinmfs Artillery, and sioi.iei a ,H
hacienda, el Ln. erro, near that place, where he ,9
v sued by several American OHiceis. ||e w<, N 9
dejected and md Ihm, after all,the America, 9
inoie kind lo him limn ins own coumryinei, |.',,
son, Governor o, Vera Cl ux, tendered h.m , h e
an Amencan vesfc l which he declined. I
The other news is unimportant. I
[communicated]
Mesns Editors:— ln your paper of the sth im I
have before me a letter from Mr. J M Beal! ~ J
the incor|)onitors of the “Atlanta and La Grange R|
j rcv,d ‘” in which * 1 believe he takes a correct vinrl
the great advantages to this part of Western Georl
! Macon and Savannah, by intersecting said Rn
01 near Griffin, as well as exposing the attein,*J
crossing the co ntry by mditect routes, with the; J
to draw off the rich oroductions of this section oil
1 State to Augusta and Charleston. 1 believe thatchil
should begin -t home, that we should have theciJ
of the Griffin. Macon or Savannah markets, andifl
content with that from Savannah w.*can have our pi
duce shipped lo Charleston or any w here eise 1
Mr. Beall is entirely correct in his views in r- a:l
to a part of the trade of Alabama. Chamber?c J
is almost ent rely populated by emigrants from
gia ; many of them from Troup and Merriwetbercoffi
ties. Some of them hauled their cotton the pa-t <9
to Gtiffin, and the current of trade once sitting in dl
direction, only needs a little assistance to i>l
motion. They too, as well as ourselves preferthtfl
vannnh Rank bills; and the Banks of Eastern (if,
are like Cesar’s wife, not only good, hut above -.9
cion. In 1H35, the people, feeling the nects&iy, m
mined a charier for a railroad from the townol Foisyl
to West Point by way ot Zebulon, Grernvillr, J
Ltftrange, under the name of the W *stem Rair J
bu 1 the same session of the Legislature granted a thJ
ter to the Chattahoochee Railroad and Banking l l
pany, and a large amount of the stock of that conc-|
was take i in Memwether and ‘roup. Hence cl
Roatl conflicted with ihe other. The Me ol b* ;.i
is too well know uto need recital. The lane had J
. come to build a road Irom Forsyth to West Point; m
should the stock be taken and the road be made
| LaGrangeto Atlanta, and the road from Cuiainbuil
Bartlesville,should take the Poudtown route,as
■ suggested, doubtless at the next session of tbe Le.fl
ture we will endeavor to obtain a re-charter ut isl
Western Railroad,so altered as to coutnence at I>J
tin a*.d termitiule at West Point, by Greenville isl
LaGrange Buck a roal w ould not only imprvvrfl
condition ol tiiis section of the country, but would are
efit Gr’flin, -Macon and Savannah This is eentare
a grain country, us well as a good cotton country.®
we make as much as we con save in time t*> wifl®
new ctop. As nil instance 1 will mention the
during the Famine in Ireland, there was at iea*t ffi
i fourth of a million ol bushels of grain which migh: are
been spared from this section ol the Siate, but wire
i could not Ik* gotten offon wagons for less tlinn
( cents per bushel to Gr.fttn or Columbus. 1 lwstore
I th necessity of a Railroad. Cotton will gwnffi
1 liear hauling on w agons or otherwise, but not *> *re
! grain or flour. Should the road In- built from Dfinre
to Atlanta, very lime if any stock will be t
| of the citizens of Merriwuher, H'triM or Pike are
tie-, hut if it point to(iriffiu instead of Atlanta afre
; deal will be token by them. I
Gentlemen of Macon and Savannah, look to re
; matter, nidus liberally, let us lay hold of theniivsnre
ges s*t before us and build the road Our idwntre
will be reciprocal, but greater advantages will mureffi
Macon and Savannah. MGRRIWEIHEII
Merriicether county, April 10<A. 1048. I
The new l.onn I
The Sixteen Million Loan Bill is now the I* l l
the land The first section authorize* the sum °D|
t en millions to be borrowed within one
per cent, interest, payable quarterly—principal nytlsl
able until alter twenty yenis. I
The aecund flection fluthorizes that certifiolir* •$
coupons attached, b* issued, signed by lh dectroTl
the Trenflury, which may be uaiiflltiuhk wiibom m
mg assigned on the hacks. I
Third section directs that proposals shall bepu’ 1
e<l m the popi’ra in \N nshingtt ii, and in the pruMi
capitals ol the Union, fora period of not kaith*nia*l
ty nnl not over sixty days, and that the hah d* 1
puhliciy <*pened. I
Fourth section directa that the United State* *■
raise n sufficient amount to pay the interest J
Fifth flection authorizea the Secretary to M U P J
Block at no price under jiur, whenever funds in tor
aury shall warrant. ,1
Sixthwctioitdirecta that return* shall hem 1
Congiesa. J
It ia stated that only two million* will he n ” e '' ’ 1
the prevailing belief is that the whole will u |
be wanted — Balt Sun .
Debt of France.
‘Pile l<ondoti Times gives a tabular •t*b ,,n * “’ I
French National Debt, and iu mcrense wnrr j
Pliiiippe s accession, wliicli is J
loan ot BAO,t4if)jOOIN eontrneted for ls" oVrBI
Kirtlwellilila 7J ‘l!> IUN * il.'-ir Utl *"* “7 J
cent, haa yet lieen paid.—Tla fall to 45* • 0 1
alMorls-d this psymeiit, and lelt lit** Dover,
out aecunty tor ten per cent, beaidr; l *“ .
AOS required and taken of RotlieclnM- “* J 1” J
large amount in Rente* to guarantee ‘ .
liiomhly |Kiyiiietils Besides thia ••>••)
tonsi lerabic •mount* ware hotTowtd
niunicipaliiieaof Paris and other P** 1 *?? tfp
the ditiiih* tor bread and pnwisiotis
tuilof the National Debt is stotrd lo * |*. v
Slid iUTlerUiy Nt U s hud not Is** “ B“'’ 1,1
oiutioil ot Feb 23 A3O.UUU.WW lv*
railway enterprise*, ol which s la'g*
England —About ten imihott* beside wm
lo Aniah them.— Bolt American