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JOURNAL \ MESSKNGKH
S. T. CHAPM VJi A S. KOSIC, editors.
The ilritish Cotton Trade,
The following table of the exports of Cotton Yarn
and Cotton Cloth from England, during the year of
1847, (remarks the Providence Journal,) will throw
lotne light upon the future consumption and price of
Cotton. It will be seen that nine-tenths of the yarn
and more than half of the cloth, were exported to the
continent of Europe and to India and Chinn These
market* ore almost wholly closed. The political
convulsions in Europe ha\e destroyed all business,
and the comm ret ini convulsions in the East hove
destroyed ail credit. It is plain that the production
of cotton goods in England must tail olf immensely.
The effect which this will have upon prices, and the
manner in which the client of it may he modified by
other circumstances, our readers can as well judge ol
as wt. The weaker establishments m England will
probably be seriously affected, while those who are
able to maintain themselves until the continental mar
kets are again opened, wnich must of uect snity oc
cur in a few months, will then do s really incren- and
business.
Cotton Manufactures txim ted from England in 1847.
Country. Pounds Yarns. Y’dsCloth
Belgium, 3,520,473 12,037,614
Denmark, 888,844 594,173
France, 73,862 10,512.73‘J
Gibraltar, 91,081 11,148,321
Hanse Towns, 36,123,631 73,4-47,458
Hanove r 2,295,969 87,075
Holland 16,206,656 39,113,893
Malta and lonian Islands. 984.259 7,393.886
Naples and Sicily 5 519,198 12,504,126
Prussia 386,954 2,100
Portugal,. 81C,438 32.373,119
K use io 12,632,353 2,963,470
Sweden, 2,483,897 10,447,123
Spain, 10,063 131,088
Sardinia, 2,501,539 ! 5.037,414
Trieste and Venice, 2,576,285 8,477.230
Turkey and Greece, 8,015,674 83,095,318
To Europe 95,136,174 305,365 747
India and China, 20,020,264 183,856,761
South America, 69,586 152,090,013
United States 58,743 94,666,091
Other places 1,228,077 122,752,469
116,512,874 858,731,087
1,142,008 bales Cotton consumed
in 1847 406,551,848 lbs.
Deduct loss in spinning 1 1 os per
pound 44,506,936
Yarn Spun 362,0 <7,912
The Cotton Thread, 2,855,941 lbs and im • other
small item* are not included in the above.—( i:: lesion
Mercury.
Statistics of the Cotton Trade.
Tn this day s paper wc publish the semi-annual ta
bles of the Brn.sh Cotton manufactures, comprising-the
comparative export of the articles produced from thi
raw cotton in England to all parts of the world. The
importance of mew tab.i s, in a cotaiiienml point of
View, cannot be too Ingh.y appr* can not only l>
those immediately connected w ith tii ,ral , hut by ail
having connection with r i neic-.al manuia*-:uri On
thIMM -
depends almost in a Direct maiinet i- w ire of n ‘t
other occupations. Thecouiv ofexe ’'inge?.the move
ment of specie, and c n- :■. ntly th*- state : tjie cur
rency or the facility With w . most fn-. s i... u can
obtain money in ail commercialcuu.kij- s, and -in an
eminent degree upon the raaily • ie c t B tish good* in
distant matkets. In th table i* g;um tl; - nanus of
thirty-tour leading p>:'iu>ot\!-st ... nf.i entnogoods.
shot which are im|>oinnt and adverse n- w) from any
one cau- a p os .. .
al and agitates man . inter • • ugh -t the United
States.
To estimate the f.m importance of the trade it must
be remembered that the raw material c •nstitutes in
value 60 per cent, of all th-* exp . is ui the United
States which u-a -Uy arc t * :.t i the imports. That
is toaay, the value of the cotton :p*rte.i istituicsGO
per cent of the in an* uiivwtu Amei m me. Ea.its
depend to pay for the goo.:** iaey buy abroad ; not only
so, but an equal propoi tr >u of internal ‘-ilia druwn on
New-York to pay for > 1-; u.ch-- J lor internal con
sumption. peuJ upon die mme contingency ; that is
to say, when tii cotto i- supped mostly from the
South, the foreign bills drawn on it are the ui- liuiu in
which importers pay for the goods, but th bn,* they j
buy, drawn against cotton, are sent here tor sale from (
the South, and against the proceeds tire running inter
nal bills, while the manufacturers of th*- United tauten
are buying cotton in the Southern pot is in competition
with foreign buyers, and the Liverpool mu ike i regu
lates tike price of cotton, for all as well as the amount lor
which bills maybe diawn.
The quantity of cotton teal from the United States
to England constitutes about 80 per cent, of the w hole
quantity she buys, which in 1*47, it app.nrs, was
1,142,090 bales, weighing 5,55 1 >lB pounds, worth
A’11,668,2! 4, say $55,000,000, at the rates of last year,
This was worked up into good*, woth £32,467,000,
say $160,000j000 Os this amount there was exported
£22,967,000, by official aa .it*, -ay $115,000,000,
constituting oue-lialf of the entire export* of Ureal
Britain. Thus, on th • value of the raw cotton and
of the fabrics produced from it, depends one half of
the external business of tire two guaUst commercial
countries the world ever saw. The $55,000,000 value
of raw cotton receives from British industry an ad
ditional value equal to $105,000,000, nearly double
eveii at the present low level of manufacturing cost.
The tables to which we allude are the chart allowing
where and in what proportions this stupenduous con
sumption is perfected. To the vast colonial system
of the British government is mainly to be ascribed
the fact that a market has been found for the rapidly
increasing production. The persevering manner in
which the British government, not alwuya blameless
ly, has opened new markets, lias afforded an opening
for her enterprising dealers to follow closely in the tear
of her advancing diplonit ti-i-* and armies, and cotton
has usually been the main article of export.
It is a singular fact that almost the only increase
wh:c’ liar .aken place m the exerts either of the Uni
ted Stiuea or Great Britain, for the last twenty years
ha* •rjwn from Cotton, only. Thus !h exports ol
Gr*t Britain were u lollows:
1827. 1836 18-16.
Cottons 17.6-J8.1C5 24.632,1)58 25.iiOII.fiyj
AU other 111,513,170 28,736.514 *5,67904*
Totsl, AX,181,335 53,368,572 513173,735
In (lie ten yesrs rmliug with 183fiihe aggregate value
of cotton exports, even with lulling prices hr tits raw
material, lies increased AI.tSMMHX), or $ I >H .000,
while the v.lue if nil other exports l.an declined A3,.
ItiO,(XK). In the United Suites lor Corresponding peri
ods, the results have been u lollows
1827. 1836. 1846.
Cotton 20,575,31! 71JSI.!ttS 51.73ti.fi43
All oilier, tv-,124 88‘1 33,631,755 47560,133
Totsl *55,700.103 106,316,680 33,2>.13,776
The general export trade of the United States ho.
far more elasticity than that of F.nglnnd, but by Mir
th* target portion ol the aggregate merrnw is on ac
count of cotton, which hue been *25.164,332 out ol
*436*3,586
The colonies of Great Britain hnvr been important
market, for the goods which site lias wrought up, nn.l
•iiythinp winch afii-fltatlie in. an. of th *<■ Uolotiu
to 00:. Virtue their pureSi i r . !>• iimtni mc-- .-
tude. Thus we tiud that in 1816, the West lino
took 3560t6"0 yard, ol plain and dyed coito i. ; in
4847
1844
000. lnthe latter cs-e in. decline m Ktndi.ii ex| t
laproli.hlveoinpeii-si.-d, -ia furaa cnnsnnipi on ol tic
raw material is concert, and, by Incri txl purohaars of
Mwiss muslins ( but ill ill. case es the Weal Indue it
arises liom ad. Hole in re, ire. -
What eflect paming event* in Luriqie are likely to
have up-m the cotton ms indict urea ulinosiHy, i
tatical. At present the latye capital and ex
tnaMve aommernil eniiru tun sos Greet Bntsiu gne
liar eononr iwl ol tnark'-ts that, ss a -n above, con*
aunie lour-littha of the eottoti wrought up by lu-r, or
one hall oi all the raw coin hi produced. The estate
hahrw.it of Irr. M.iitutnJttr, with lnodih. il taxes and
diminish. and restriction upon trade m France and Ocr
■nuy, Uh- umled population*id winch are To.iXMjUUO
profile, will at one and tite aa.ne time greatly Increase
the demand for goods, awl also the facilities for son-
Mnental mantilacture. Already cottons are rapidly
appointing ibe heavy linens worn by the mnw ol
people in Germany, and there is no doubt.hut the de
mands for raw cotton from Western Europe will, in
a state ol continued tranquility, soon equal all the
raw cotton now produced. The 20,000,000 people in
the United Ststes imported Inst yeat from England
85,014J2C1 yards, nnd they produced 450,0.10,000, ma
king h total of 535,311.261 yards, of which some
40,000,000 yards were exported, leaving a consump
tion of 25 yards per head. England consumes about
23 yards per head. It the continent cnnstimes in
time 20 yards, the demand will be 1,200,000 bales ol
cotton in addition to the whole present crops. In the
United States the manukictarc ns well us the con
sumption is rapidly ext -nding, and that in the South
ern Slates in the immediate vicinity of the planta
tions. Ultimately those institutions must command
the whole trad.. Cotton cannot be much long.-r car
ried to Havre, thence across France, thence up the
Swiss mountains, to he returned the name way in the
shiqieof muslins, to be sold in South Ctiroliiin to the
growers of the cotton in opposition tomiils next door
to them. —Dry Gouda Rtporltr.
Growth of I‘liiglish Cotton.
The English arc persevering in lln ir experiments of
growing Cotton in North-Eastern Australia and Indio.
We must not suppose, that this depends upon i/tdi
riilualeffort. The Government of Greot Hritian is
energetically bent upon succeeding. It iscertain, then,
that the experiment will not lie abandoned, and that
success may ultimately attend it.
On September 2d, the Manchester Chamber of Com
merce heard a report from Mr. Lang ns to the excel
lence of tile Innd of North-Eastern Australia ill produ
cing cotton. The samples offered were pronounced
“of very good quality.” A short time ago Australia
began loconipete with foreign countries in the English
wool-market— now theje is imported from that country,
imports ont-Jaurth of all the wool brought into Grca l
Britain. Mark her progress:
Imported into Germany. Australis.
G Hritian, 1835, 23,738,186 his. 4.21U.3U1 bis.
1812, 15,G 13,263 “ 12,353,671 “
This h! rapid advance, and shows it the people there
w ere stimulated (os they are) to the production of cot
ton, that in a short time Manchester might count upon
Australia as a sure cotton region—capable of making
her independent of the United .States.
Soon after these S ! K) hales of India cotton were ex
hibited at Manchester. It was readily taken by the
spinners: the cotton was clean, and the only complaint
was as to the shortness of the staple. Ol the 500 bales
from 300 to 4(si were sold nt 6 1 2d. peril). Care
was taken to distribute it in smnll lots among the spin
tie sos the tow n and neighborhood, and the buyers were
requested severally to make reports as to its woikmg
quality, to the consignee, secretary of the Manchester
Commercial Association.
A specimen of cottoll grown in Australia tins been
submilted to manufacturers in Glasgow, who consider
it a very useful ami valuable description.
L ind has been secured near the coast in the Coiuba
tnn district, India, which will produce loot) pound* te ‘
the aere, of longer staple. .Ylnefy bales of it were |
brought forward and quickly disposed of. The English
cotton growing expetiiuent is lairly untier way, and
and the prophecy is, that in ten years the yield of Aus
tralia and India will make the manufacturer* of (treat \
Briti in independent, measurably of the United r-rates. |
To give our cotton planters an idea as to the fond- I
ness of the English m preferring our cotton in return for i
the privilege we g.ve them in our markets to sell their
c.nton fabrics, we give the following from the London I
Tiroes It says “ Government have received and are !
considering a must comprehensive plan for the lurther i
grow th and greater encouragement of the cultivation j
ol cotton in India,so as to make this country, when- j
ever expedient, entirely independent of the United j
States for the basis of the greatest of our staple maim- I
farlttres —Southermr.
Colton Bagging— The Hemp Crop.
The Ivoutsville Democrat says, “There iB but a very
small amount of last year’s crop remaining in produ
cers hands, and experienced producers are of the opin
ion that the crop now coming forward will he from
otwthird to one-half leas than last year. The Demo
crat sayß. “It is no longer a question whether the
American water-rotted hemp is equal to the Russian.
That point haa been fniiiy settled by die best tesls.—
The Uni'e.l Stales’ ngent tor this State, Col. Lewis
Sanders, is a constant buyer in this market. He pur
chased a lot ol ten tuna water-rotted, from Fayette
county, one day this we. k, at S2osa *2lO per ton.”
The Production of Sugar.
Anopili on I expressed in the N. Y. True Hun that
the decree of the Provisional Government of France
abolishing slavery in all the colonies, will ha\ e a great
influence upon the supply of sugar, particularly from
the Ftench West Indies. The present French West
luJia Colonies are the following :
Free population. Slaves. Total
Martinique 40,000 117,502 157,502
Guadeloupe 32,033 35,603 127.G68
Guiana 5,056 16,533 6,648
A law was passed in 1831 lor the gradual eniancipa.
tion ol the slaves, and the number has been reduced
a bout 15(2) per antiurn. The production of theae Is
lands are as follow :
Sugar and Molasses, lbs. Coffee,lha.
Martinique, 56 652.363 1,143,915
Guadaloupc, 83,650,337 2,013,779
Guiana 5,989,321 41,765
Total, lbs., 147,632,022 3,198,453.
This produce all goes to France, and the Govern
ment derived lasi yeur 37,122,000 fra. say *7,000,000,
from the duty on sugar. It is argued that the abolition
of slavery in the French Islands will be followed by
the same results that have been realized in ilayti and
jniiiaica, and therefore the probability now is under the
decree alluded to, that this supply w ill be entirely cut
off, and this large demand—equal to the whole Louisi
ana crop must fall upon foreign sources for French con
sumption.—C'Auaf Mercury.
Steam Passage to Upper California.
It is stated in the New-Yoik Journal of Commerce,
that Messrs llowland and Aspinw all, iu furtherance of
their already extensive operntioiwon the shores of the
Pacific, having obtained the government mail contract,
are constructing three steamers w hich are to ply month
ly between Panama and Oregon, touching at the prom
inent ports of California. These steamers are to com
mence running next w inter, in connection with one
from New-York to Chngrcs at the Isthmus. When
these arrangements shall have taken eflect, the passage
from New York to Han Francisco, in Upi-rr Cshkirina
can lie made in thirty days ; w hereas, now, it occupies
aliout lour months. The time consumed in crossing
the Isthmus seldom exceeds ‘hirly hour a.
Courtesy in the Fninily.
If any one doubts whether the family circle is e fre
quent witness of a want ol du* courtesy, even among
its well disposed uieinliera, let him apply one lest which
to us seems perfectly safe, that is, which never unjust
ly ensts censure, though often too liberal m ns acquit
tals, vix : Would you speak thus to husband, wile, sis
ter, brother, child, Ac , if a manger was present I
We of course do not refer to the thousand instances
in which a parent unbends hiiusrlf lo engage in the
sport*and Molto* of hi* child, norto language uttered
inthe way of judicious discipline, but to ordinary in
terenuraras among companions nnd associates.
Not only w ill this test condemn all rudeness on the
pnil of equals iu ngr and condition, but of parents in
tlicir interronrse with children, and of lenehera with
pupils. The “1 will” an 1"1 wen’t,” so obnoxious on
the part of cluldrrn, no one defend*, though our ears
do, even now, hear sometime*, from ihote almost or
quite at year* of''freedom,” language equally Imperti
nent, addirsard even to the age,l, But such gross in
stancesul impropriety are too universally censurable to
need comm. nt. Not only Is it wrong lor children to
use >uch language to puieiils, oi pupils to teachers, but
It w squally wroug lor parents and Irucbtia thus to ud
d.ess children and scholars It is uncourteous, and
tlu-y have no light lo set sj. li an example helore the
yuung. A pureut ol teacher has no more light tu tram
ple upon the rules of good breeding nnd kindness than
anybody else In some I. *j eels such an example Irani
liwiu I* fraught with the g.esttsi possible evil
The langu ige ol refinement oi ly should be t,dera
ted in a family nr 111 a school room, and the heads ol
those matitutiopa should be the last lo violate this rule
Our public table- 1 , the coach, car, and steamboat,
would not exhibit so much ol the ludicrous, nor of the
udanaiva, If this tule was stiirtly olsterved in tlie fami
ly Circle, and in the school room.
If parent* would always exhibit courtesy in their in
tercourse with their chitdicn, in most cases children
would hs courteous to each oilier and to tb-ir aasori
atea and aequaiutsucea.— Laetui ee te J’attnlt
MACON, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, l'l>.
For PRESIDENT.
GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR.
The Magnetic Telegraph*
The Telegraph hat now been in operation for n f:t
niqht, and ihe experiment considering ull the circum
stances hn* been entirely successful. It is true, ns hns
been suggested by the Savannah Republican, tint ih*
report*, have not in every instance been us perfect am!
ftniiftfaotoiy ns could have been desired, hut nftei
cloudy compared those received at the Micon office,
with others published nt Charleston, Savannah and
Richmond, we are constrained to confess, that the fault
is not w ith the operators or the wires, but with the r •r
----respondents. We have not henrd, so far ns this office
is concerned, the first complaint as to the inaccuracy of
private messages, and there is n universal expression of
opinion, favorable to the energy nnd the obliging dispo
sition of the gentleman having charge.
It is true that the political intelligence thus far ree iv
ed.hasbeen meagre and contradictory, and that the
Cotton quotations have been at time- grossly jnacco
rate. For instance. Fair Cottons per Acadia, were * t
down at lid. while the real quotations were 4f (1) 4!.
By comparing the various reports, wc have nlrrndv tra
ced thi* error as far back as New-York ; so that the
probability is, that it occurred with some correspondent
nt Boston, who was ignorant of the value of the article,
or of the previous quotations Indeed here iathc real
cause of complaint, and wc respectfully suggest to our
friends in Charlestfin, Baltimore and other place*, the
importance of securing men who are familiar with the
want* nnd wishes of their Southern patron*.
1. We do not wish for instance ; lull detail* in regard
to the pricesot the various classes of wheat, flour, corn
or tl*e like—a general statement that there has l>een
an advance or decline would be sufficient.
2. Wc do not wish crude and defective statements of
■ revolutions which have never taken place, nor in itne
ccsaary to hash up the intelligence by previous ;un
* ere, in order to create a senna tion nt the South. Our
1 people here prefer correct and authentic information.
3. What we do want ie, in the first place, an nccu-
I rate statement of the Cotton Market,showing tin -stock
ion hand, the amount of sales Since last stem, r, the
quotationsof the various classes of American Cottons,
(if that can be given, if not, then the price of fair l up
lands) the state of trade in the manufacturing di -trietd.
I and the condition of the money murfaet.
4. After the Cotton Market .should follow a general
statement in regard to the condition of the grain mar
ket and the prospect of the crops, and then might suc
j ceed political or general intelligence. Os thi* the cor
respondent should not attempt to send every thing, but
j select a few leading facts or incidents,and give them in
| telligibly and in detail.
We know it require* some little time to perfect every
system, but we are constrained to believe dint a strict
attention to these simple ri !es, would in a single month
remove every objection now urged by many persons
against the Telegraph. The fault is not with the op
erator or the improvement itself but with those who
eoHuiranicate the intelligence. The defects are of a
character which can easily be remedied ; and indeed th?
real cause of astonishment should be, not that th<* sysit m
i* not p erject, but that by so simple an invention, intel
ligence can be communicated at all.
• Novel Use of the Telegraph.
.After the meeting o the Central Club at 10 o’clock
on Monday night, the Secretaiy, C. A. Ells, Esq..
transmitted by Tilegrnph, the entries lor \ oterday s
race, to the Savannah Republican, in time for the morn
.ng iessue of that paper.
The reader can imagine the scene of a lover of the
turf, in Savannah or Charleston, standing at the Tele
graph office, awaiting the announcement of the entries
lor the Macon Races,and then ofieiing to “go n julep,
or a tens aa the cose maybe, upon the Gmio Filly
Jumping Rabbit, or Peggy Morgan. Verily King
Solomon never dreamed of the Telegraph, wuen he
declared there was 4 * nothing new under the sun.”
Mm. Forbes 9 Benefit.
The friends of Mrs. Forbes and the Drama, will oj
course remember that h-'r benelit takes place on Thurs
day night. Mrs. Forbes is a most laborious devotee
to her profession, and i* highly entitled to some sub
stantial evidences of appreciation fi om the patron* ol
the play.
.Macon Races,
The Spring Races over the Central Course, near this
city, commenced yesterday, and were quite numerous
ly attended. Mile heats, best three in five, Purse S2OO.
The entries were as follows
1. Mr. Lovell’s Bay Filly, G yearsold, by Gano , dam
by Sally McGrow.
2. Mr. N appier’s Grey Gelding, “Jumping Rabbit l
6 yean old, by Emerald, out of an Andrew mare.!
3. Mr. Clark’s Sorrel Filly, “ Peggy Morgan 4 year*
old, by Traveller, dam by Leviathan.
The day was favorable, the tra-k in fine condition.
The race was won by the Ga.no Fili.y in two heats—
time 1,56 and 2 minutes.
The races will continue during the week, the hones
are represented to be in fine condition, and great amuse- j
ment moy be anticipated, particularly on Thursday,
when the purse, as will be seen i* S6OO.
The West Point KaiLHoad.
The Montgomery Fjtag b( Advertiser, nays that the
above road is now in operation to Opelika, in Russell
county, 67 miles and that the receipt* for the month of
March were $8,942, against $1,721, during the corns*
pomding month of last year. Only 21 miles of the
rond to West Point remain to be finished. The great
er part of the track haa already been graded and we
presume the Company will resume operations the mo
ment any derisive action hns been taken in regard to
connecting with them from Griffin, by way of Green
ville and EaG range.
Failures in Mobile.
The Montgomery pajiere repre*ent th? condition of
the Mobile merchant* nt the present time, as being in
an exceedingly critical position. Several failure* had
already occurred among them, the houses ot llaiiM‘ll
Davis. Mnulden and Terrell and E. L Andrews Cos
Mr. Andrews in a fit of despondency had utifottuiiatc
ly committed auicide.
Tlie Hatties in Mexico,
Mr Forbes is now exhibiting at the Theatre, a series
of very creditable paintings of the various battles iu
Mex co. The views consist ol—-
1. Battle of Palo Alto.
2. Battle of Resneca de la Palma.
3. Siege of Monterey.
4. Battle of Hueuu Vista.
5. Disembarkation of the trroopa for Vera Cruz.
6. Lauding of the troop* at Vera Cruse.
7. Bombardment by the xMoaqiilto Fleet.
8. Bniiibardihent by the vessels of the Line.
9. Bombardment of Vera Crux by Gen iScott.
10. Capitulation of Vera Cruz.
11. Battle of Cerro Gordo.
12. Hattie of ChuruhuNcn.
These views posse— no inconsiderable merit and are
always received with rapturous uppiuuHC.
The Volunteer €’orp ol Mttron.
A week since, we had the pleasure of witnessing a
trial of skill inthe Manual, between the first and second
Platoons of the Macon Volunteers, Cspt. Cu.nm k.
They drilled lor \ dimmer, and the Judges were ( apt.
Hose of the Floyd Rifles, Cspt. Shelton, and Lieut.
Rodgei*, late of the Georgia Regiment m !• xu <>.
The award waa iutuvor ot the Second Platoon. \YV
are requested however by the committee, to egprem their
high appreciation of the *kdl exhibited by belli ol th *
the contestants and lo Mate that they bad much dith - ]
cuity in arriving at a conclusion, no nearly did a major -
ity of both platoons approach to perteorion in their did!
Indeed, we but speak the undivided opinion of ad pres
ent, when we say, that the exhibition of skill g v n c
the invasion, would Imvedoiie credit to veteran* of th.
the regular army. We are pleased to stale, what must
lie plain torvery one, that this corps mat present nioi
prosperous -ban at any previous period oi iitexintencc
Indeed, this is equally due oi tin* Floyd Rifles, who
ou the occasion of their late Anniversary made a iiwm
imposing np|ieamnce. Our citizens have really in ie
reason lor congratulation, on account ol the spirit an!
energy at present.exhibited by both the— line Coin
pauiea. It is but simple justice to say, that m number
hi general neatness ol np|ierance and in thorough de
oipiine, they cannot l te surpassed in thi* Bute. Anew
npirit has been iniueed into both officer* mid men, ano
a must generou* nnd conimendnble rivalry, is rlicrinhe*
between the companies as *uch, and their iudividu >
members.
Our friends ol the Savannah press, are iu tlie habit < I
boastiry frequently, and w# believe justly.tf ihe skill
discipline and appearance of tie itverul corps of that
City. We would like to sec ttie matter fairly tes
ted, and therefore propose that arrangement* be made
I* r trial of skill between the M icon Corps and any two
of the Savannah Companies, (Rifle and Infantry of
course.) The contest to ‘come off at such time and
place,and before anch judges as may be agreed upon ‘
What siy you, gentlemen of the Seaboard ?
Still another decline in Cotton.
The private advices by the Acadia, indicate u still
further decline in cotton. Fair Georgia Upland* are
i rated at 41 and. lo diJ per pound. The state of trade
in the manufacturing districts was dreadfully depressed
nnd *nl- * of manufactured goods were dull even at rc-
I iced prices. Tlk revolution* on the continent, had
checked sales there and the fierce excitement in England
and Ireland had alarmed capitalist* so that they were
unwilling to adventure their money in cotton specula
tion*.
‘i’he r*nsequ* nee of all thi* is that the foreign man
ufactories, which the Southern planters have been per
suaded, by shallow politicians, to foster and patronize
are now powerless; and those ol c ur own country,which
have as constantly been warred against, cannot con
sume the raw material even if they were to buy it. —
Brices have consequently given way every where and
the poor planters, who have been duped and bam
boozled will-. visions of free trade, are the swindled
parties. Mr Polk nnd Mr. Marcy arc boasting that
the country is flooded with foreign goods nnd their ul
ies in congress are rejoicing that the receipt* in the
Treasury are as great ns was predicted !
\ erily this i* fine consolation for the hard handed
billers of the soil—for the men who are now realiz
*ng only ,/foe cents per pound for that on which Demo
cracy o year ago was offering to insure them ten and
even twelve and a half cents ! Here is a specimen
ol the political wisdom of the men now in power. The
time is last approaching for a general settlement of ac
counts with ofti political opponents and a learful reck
oning it will be when the Southern planters come to es
t mate their ruinous losses upon cotton and heir utter
inability to meet the taxation which is almost certain to
follow tlie Mexican war.
Suppose & difleient policy had been adopted year*
since by the American government—suppose our man
ufacturing interests had been cherished—and that now
we were consuming fifteen, instead of five, hundred
thousand hale* ol cotton, how different would have
been the condition of the planters ? A general war in
Europe would have thrown into our bunds the markets
of the *ea*, and the very disasters of the old world
would have served only to enrich us by increasing the
demand lor our manufactories elsewhere, and enhan
cing the value of the raw material at home.
We trust that these hints may be improved by the
people ol the South, who ofali others, have the deepeal
interest i: the cMoblishinent and support of a judicious
system of manufacture:*. America from, her very iso
lati’ n,ha* peculiar advantaged far carry ng such a sys
tem into successful operation. Remove” 1 from the in
flnences of royalty,with a safe and stable government,
we would become the natural place of refuge lor the
capita lists of the old world, who would bring thither
millions of money rescued from the fiery revolutions of
Europe. To thi* would succeed a better clan of emi
grants—the’ industrious and thrifty portion of the rnid
ilie classes—the operatives and artizens—who may have
gathered a little competency from the toil of years.—
Jii thi* way our institutions, our industrial pursuits,
our commerce and our general prosperity would be ad
vanced nrare than a century in less than a score of
years.
But suppose the opposite system to prevail, how differ
ent the result! If the policy ol the government is not
expatfsive in proportion to the influx of the labourers,
the consequence must be a stagnation of business ; ev
ery channel of industry will overflow, labour will fell
to half the prices now paid and America instead of
bettering her condition w ill only transfer to her shores
the very miseries which are now- convulsing tho old
world.
May Convention.
Tne following Delegate* have been appointed to rep
resent their respective counties in the May Conven
tion.
Baldwin —A. H. Kenan, Miller Grieve, S. P. My
rick;
Bibb— J.J Gresham, T. P. Stubbs, Arthur Foster,
John H. Lowe.
Cobb —Archibald Howell, W. T. Winn, Dr. Clayton.
Coweta— J. E. Robinson, Benj. T. Simms, Littleton M
Hunnecut, Toleson Kirby.
Gwinnett —Thomas W. Alexander, Dr. Ja9. Gamia
ny, Joseph P. Brandon.
llenry —Elijahß. Arnold, Leonard T. Doyal, Colum
bus W. Smith, Archibald Brown.
JMurens— Ira Stanley, Dr. C. B. Guyton, W. H. Con
nelly.
Mclntosh —Maj. Blue, O. C. Hopkins, J. E. Towns
end.
Oglethorpe— S. R. Maxwell, Clark, Taylor, W. Og
ilvie,S. H. McWhorter.
Richmond —ll H. Cumming, Edward Thomas, Jas’
M. Smythe, John Milledge
Twiggs —l. E. Dupree, J. J. Boynton, E. E. Crocker
Upson —William D. Woodson, P. W. Alexander*
John M. White, Robert M. Jackson,
Warren —Dr. James S. Jones, Thomas F. Persons,
Col. A. Beil Andrew H. H. Dawson.
Washington —Anderson Riddle, O. J. Neele, Harris
Brant, William Hurst.
The Presidency.
The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
Patriot writ— ns follow's, under date of 16th inst.
“ New candidate*, compromise candidates, are now
seriously talked of by the Whigs at the seat of Gov
ernment. Some are for running Crittenden and Ab
bott Lawrence, while others are for running Scott
and Msnguin. Some hold on for Clay, and others
for Tuylor. A great change is working, at all events.
You will soon see the results.”
Death of Dr. .fame* Davis.
The Columbia, S. Carolina papers announce the death
of Dr. Jamf.s Davis, in that place, on Saturday even
ing last. Dr. Davis was Surgeon of the Palmetto
Regiment, and died of a lingering illness, contracted
while in the discharge of his official duties. Loved
and resjiected by all who knew him,his death has been
the cause of much sorrow, and adds another to the
many bright and brave spirits that our State has offered
on the altar ol patriotism. Dr. Davis was brother
in-law, to the Hon. Win. C. Preston.
The Stroke ot Dcnth.
Hon. Edward Everett, in his eulogy on Mr. Ad
ams, mentioned the following striking circumstance :
“In November, 1846, while walking with a friend in
Boston, Mr Adams felt a pnrnlytick shock. Ileat
once said it was the shock of death. In his journal, he
made the entry—‘From this day I date my decease. I
consider myself, for every useful purj>ose to myself and
to my fellow-citizeoßi ns dead.’ His journal, which he
had kept for more than fifty yenrs, stopped on that day
Four months alterwurds he resumed it, under the head
ol ‘Posthumous Memoirs,’ and he continued to serve
his country another year. The evening previous to the
final shock he received inthe Hall of Representatives,
Id had read to him Bishop Wdbertorce’a Sermon on
Time That was tlie last night he passed under his
own roof.”
LATER FROM MEXICO.
The news from Mexico is to Uie 16th ult. Gen. Cad
wnllader hail resigned, and in company with Mr Trial
left the City under ati earort. Mr. Clifford arrived at
the City oil the 11th, and Mr Sevier would probably
arrive on the IHth or 91th. There was still no quorum
ot Congress nt Querretaro, and the opinions in regard
to the prospects of peace are extremely contradictory.
Tht* statement of the engagement near Chthauhua
given else where ia fully confirmed. Buetamen'e was
at San Loin* with a considerable force. Padre Jarau
t the ce Zebra ted Guerrilla Chief bad been arretted n
liaetjutla It wan supposed the Court of Inquiry would
djourii about the 20th.
Ilnttlc near Chiliutilniti.
Tlie tjuerataro ’papers have dates from Chihuahua
to th<- 20th. From them we learn that a fight haa ta
ken place between the American and Mexican forces
id hr the i spiral ot Chihuahua. El Progreso has tlie
following on the aulrfect : “ A severe conflict tin*k plnce
outlie 16th ol March,at Rosales, about 60 milesfrom
Chihuahua, between the Arnercan and Mexican troops.
The t Governor ot the Hr ate, and all the officers in the
action, were taken prisoners. The conflict commenced
nt nine in the tiiorning, and continued until six in the
evening. Many were killed and wounded, on both
sides F< u. teen piecea of artillery, and more than a thou*
s imi musket* were captured. On the 17th, (continues the
acco ini) the American forces were allowed to sack the
place, and accordingly drove their wagons to the hous
es, and took oil'what they wanted, or what wan of any ‘
use to them.” This is the Mexican side of the story
an, of, course cannot be rehearsed by them without the j
old story about plunder. Another letter from Allende.be
tween Chihuahua and Durango, in Los Debates, says he
Amerienns were hourly expected at that and other
points.
(Georgia Mailufacfares.
The Savannah Republican says: YVc are gratified
to learn that the United States Government lias made
a contract with the Milledgeville factory for the deliv
ery of 300,000 yards of Cotton O.snaburgs. This con
tract was made after a com par eon by a Government
Agent in New York of the Milledgeville with other
like fabrics from other manufactories. This is not only
a high compliment to the work done in Milledgeville,
but affords unquestionable proof of the remark so fre
quency made, that, for obvious reasons, manufacturing
in cotton can be done cheaper in Georgia than in the
Northern States. —Augusta Sentinel.
Hough nut! Kemly at Home.
The Editor of the Port Gibson, (Mias.) Herald, has
been paying a visit to General Taylor, and thus des
cribes it in his paper of the 24 th ultimo :
It may interest a portion of our renders to know some
thing of the house and furniture ol Gen Taylor—we will
therefore state that his tnnii'y reside at Baton Rouge,
and are not with him at the plantation. The dwelling,
which stands close to the bank of the river, is a modest
white frame house, one story high, and would not at
tract particular attention from the river ; hut the com
fortable negro huts, and the ilea nil ness and order of ev
ery thing around, would indicate to the eye of a stran
ger that an energetic planter, a man ol business hab
its, was the proprietor. Every thing essential is provid
ed , and every thing is in its proper place and ready
for immediate use. In (act, the same close attention
to the most minute details, which found Ifim in the
camp ever ready for the foe, is observed in the arrange
ment of his plantation.
Entering the house, the General rose from his desk ,
where he had just concluded a letter to some “anxious’’
Kentuckian, and shaking our hands heartily, handed us
seats. The furniture of the room was almost as plain
ns that of his tent in Mexico. In one corner stood a
weather-beaten desk, which we thought we recognized
as an old camp acquaintance. The other corners were
occupied by a table, sola and sideboard, upon the latter
of which stood glasses and a pitcher of sparkling wa
ter, and‘nothing else/ No carpet covered the floor,
and no mirrors hung on the walls. Either of these
would have been useless articles to him.
Upon the mantle stood a small china vase, containing
a handsome boquet, but whether this was the gilt ot
someone of the General’s lady friends, or culled from
his own garden, we cannot say. Upon the floor sat a
pet spaniel,gravely holding a stick in his mouth, and
watching, with much apparent interest and affection,
every gesture and glance of his master.
During our visit he showed us a magnificent sword
which he had that morning received. It was the gilt
0i the State of Kentucky. The blade was straight, and ,
of the finest steel, enclosed in a scabbard which we
presume was of silver heavily plated with gold. The
hilt was of mother of pearl, beautifully inlaid with gold
and precious stones. In the top of the hilt was a large |
and splendid amethyst. In one ol the bands ol the scab
bard a magnificent ruby, and in the other another ame
thyst. Upon the scabbard was engraved a suitable in
scription and appropriate emblems.
As we have lately been amused with the ravings of
an abolitionist editor of Warren county, Ohio, who de
nounces Gen. Taylor as a slaveholder and “trafficker
in human flesh,” we will mention, for the benefit of
some of his readers who will perhaps see this article,
that those of Gen. Taylor’s negroes whom we saw,
look healthy and happy, and we are told that they are
all devotedly attached to him. In the yard of the
house, on our approach, we found several little negroes
and negresses romping and playing, apparently far
happier, and certainly better clad, and more cleanly in
their persons, than three fourths ot the white children
we have seen in travelling on the National road, from
Wheeling to Zanesville, in the free State of Ohio.
The General told us that he had not entirely recover
ed from his recent attack of neuralgia, which still slight
ly affects one of his legs. With this exception he
looks remarkably well,and has altogether lost the anxi
| ous, care-worn expression with which we have seen
his countenance clouded in Mexico.
Whig Meeting in Montgomery County.
A large and respectable number of the Whigs of
Montgomery assembled in the Court House at Mount
Vernon on the 11th mat. and organized a convention
by electing Joseph Ryals Esq. as their president and
appointing C. Mcßae as Secretary.
Doct. C. B. Guyton of the county of Laurens being
present wa9 requested by repeated calls from different
parts of the house to explain the object of the meeting
to the Convention which he responded to in his usual
happy style, and urged upon the whigs of Montgomery
their united action and the necessity of making their
delegations and to be .fully and fairly represented in
each of the approaching Conventions and to send their
delegation untrammelled unbiassed and free laying all
sectional feelings and prejudicious aside and their ac
tion to be characterized by moderation concord and u
nanimity which only can succeed in a triumph of the
great conservative principles of the whig cause &c.—
By the chaste remarks of Doct. Guyton the Whigs
of Montgomery will recognize and assume renewed
energy in the coming campaign talent and in him
have centered their undivided confidence and esteem
as a spirited Statesman and True whig.
The Convention by general acclamation called upon
J. J. R. Flournoy Esquire of Augusta to address their
body whicli was responded to in a very brief and spir~
ited style.
Moved by A. Patterson Esq. that the President of
the Convention appoint a committee of five to report
the names of two delegates to the convention as suit
able and proper persons to represent Montgomery
County in the State Convention to be assembled at
Milledgeville.
The President appointed as that Committee Johu
Patterson, John Mcßae Sen. Samuel McAllister,W. A
McLeod and John McArthur who after retiring return
ed and reported through the President to the Conven
tion the names of Elzu Tillman and William A. Mc-
Leod as delegates to the State Convention.
Moved by W. M. Richards that the president ap
point a Similar committee to select and report the
names of two individuals to represent Montgomery
county in the District Convention to be assembled at
Lumber City. The President appointed as that com
mittee Thomas Darley, Thomas B. Calhoun, J. C.
Clements, William Richards and A. Patterson Esqur’a
who alter retiring relumed and reported to the conven
tion through the president the names of Henry Woot
ten and John Mcßae Juu. as delegates to the district
Convention.
Moved by J.J. R. Flournoy Esquire that the two
Committee a appointed by the chair bevested with power
to till any vacancy which may occur in either delega
tion.
Movsd by D. W. Morrison that the proceedings of
this convention be signed by the President and Secre
tary and forwarded to the Editors Savannah Repub-!
hcan, Journal & Messenger (Macon Ga.) for Publica- 1
lion.
Moved by J. J. R. Flournoy Esq that the Chronicle
A Sentinel also the Republic ”of Augusta Ga in ad
dition will please to copy.
Moved by A. McGregor that the meeting now ad-’
joum.
JOSEPH RYALS President.
C. Mi Raf. Secretsry.
Mount Verntm April ll th 1848.
Whig Meeting in Oglethorpe.
The Whigs of Oglethorpe have appointed Messm.
Maxwell, Taylor, Oglevie and McWhorter aa delegate*
to the Whig State convention and passed the following j
resolutions:
Htmlrrd, That in the opinion of this meeting Zach
ary Taylor will prove the moat acceptable candi
date lor the Presidency to the people of the UnitiMl
States. We declare turn our to he choice, fiiet, becaus •
he is honest; second, because he is competent, Slid
lastly, because he deservti the gratitude of his fel
low-citizens, lor the very peculiar *• aid und comfort”
which lie lisa afforded th • ninnies of his country.
A7*o/r#d,That we most ooidiaily approve the cotirse
pumoed by our able Representative, the lion. A. H.
Stephens, in the present Congress in session.
Ne&olred, Thru n committee of twelve, composed of
one from each District in the county, he appointed by
the Chair so the purpose of selecting four suitable psv
tons to be presented to this meeting aa fit delegate* to
represent this county in the WtugCovention to meet
in Milledgeville on the eerond Monday in Msy nett.
Tlic Next Presidency.
Augusta* April 20 1848.
Mkssrs. Editors:—l hand you herewith a letter
received by me from the Hon. Robert Toombs,
intended, by him for publication Concurring with
him as 1 do, in the preference expressed for Gen. Tay
lor, and desiring that his views should he made known.
1 will feel much obliged by your publishing the letter in
the Chronicle S( Sentinel.
Andrew J. Miller.
Hon. R. ToombS Letter.
YV'asiii.wion, and. c., April 13, 1848.
Df.ar Mii.lkr:—Mr. Clay’s address to the public
was published hero this morning. It has given real and
unconcealed pleasure to the friends of the Administra
tion. It contains some things that had better not been
written at all, and many others that ought not to have
been written by Mr. Cloy. It discloses his strong desire
for the nomination, and furnishes a weak, inconclusive,
nnd otherwise objectionable argument in support of it.
My conviction is unshaken thut his nomination would
produce the overthrow of the Whig party and secure
the continuance in power of the weak, profligate, and
treacherous administration of Mr. Polk. My duty to
my country and my princicles, will therefore constrain
ipe to oppose it. In 1844 Mr. Clay had the united and !
enthusiastic support of the whole Whig party of the
Union. His friends were confident of success, and la- i
bored earnestly, faithfully, and vigorously to achieve it. 1
The Democratic party was divided into fierce factions ;
its Convention resulted in the overthrow of the candi
date to the support of whom a majority of the delegates
were pledged by their constituents, and in the nomina
tion of one of the least worthy men of the party. His
want of merit seems to have been the chief element of
succes. Amid the strife of contending chiefs he re
ceived the nomination of a party because he had been
too inconsiderable a person to command the support of
a faction. Yet that election resulted in the signal de
feat of Mr. Clay, and the total overthrow ol his friends.
The Democratic party elected Mr. Poik, by a majority
of sixty-five votes in the electoral colleges, and carried
two thirds of the House of Representatives. Calm and
impartial men received the result as the judgement of
his countrymen against Mr, Clay’s pretensions to the
Presidency. Hostily to Mr. Clay was the cohesive
power which held together his opponents ; they had the
sagacity to perceive that he was weaker than the prin
ciples of his party. They profited by this knowledge,
every where, by converting the contest into a war, on
the man. The unpopularity of the candidate will al
ways in a greater or less degree, attach itself to the
i principles he maintains, and truth is often rendered pow
erless by the upopularity of its exponent.
Mr. Clay’s argument in favor ol his own availability
is conclusive as to his opinions on this point. I hove
seen no evidence of change of public opinion favorable
to Mr. Clay. His friends are devoted and enthusiastic ;
they were equally so in 1844 : his enemies are still un
relenting and remorseless, if is opponents are scarcely
less desirous of his nomination than his most devoted
friends ; they want an enemy whose strenth they have
measured. If Mr. Clay coul l carry every vote he did
in 1844, and the vote of New-York besides, on ac
count of the admission of new States into the Union,
he would still have less than a majority of the whole
number. It is the most idle of all dreams to suppose
he can carry Pennsylvania—her last election showed a
Democratic majority of 18,000. His hopes of New-
York are tounded chiefly on the divisions of his cne
emies. If nothing else can heal those divisions his can
didacy will do it. Tennessee voted for Mr. Clay in
1844 by a majority of something over one hundred. It
is the opinion of persons having the best means of know
ing popular sentiment in that State, that he cannot now
get her vote.
The indications of popular sentiment arc very deci
dedly in favor of another. Ohio cannot be relied upon
for Mr. Clay Two of her Whig representatives have
declared upon the floor of Congress recently that the
Whig party of that State will vote for no candidate
for the Presidency who is not a Wilmot Proviso man.
Others of her delegation are known to hold the same
opinions. If Mr. Clay should finally conclude to sub
mit to her, all the slaveholding States must necessarily
be excluded from his calculation. With these facts star
ing me in the face, I cannot bring my own mind to the
the conclusion that Mr. Clay's electioif is probable, if
even a possible event. Such, I know, from the best
sources of information, is the opinion of a large majori
ty of the Whig members of Congress.
There is another consideration of controlling impor
tance to those Whigs who really desire the success of
Whig principles, as well as the election of a Whig
President. If the three great “ Free States” (as Mr.
Clay terms them) should cast their votes for him and
elect him President, he would necessarily have the Sen
. ate and most probably the House of Representatives
against him during the whole of his administration
Neither he nor his friends claim any increase of strength
in those smaller States where we must gain support in
order to change the present large Democratic majority
in the Senate. His nomination would be a surrender of
the Senate for the next four years. The prospect of car
rying the other House would be but little better. Those
three large States have in the present Congress a Whig
representation far exceeding their popular strength at
home. The most sanguine Whigs have no hopes of in
creasing it, while prudent men look to its diminution as
a certain event. Then where shall we look to supply
this deficiency and give us such an increase of numbers
as will secure a working majority in the House of Rep
resentatives 1 Unless we can secure them somewhere
success in the Presidential election would only give us
place without power. The real government of the
country would fall into the hands of our opponents, and
we should secure but little else thau the distribution of
the “ spoils f* the most embarrassing and the least de
sirable of all the results of victory. Those who expect
to profit by them will perhaps enter with zeal into the
•truggle ; hut the contest will present but lew attrac
tions to those who require higher and nobler stimulants
to political activity. I purposely omit any personal
objections 1 may have to the nomination or election
of Mr. Clay, because I wish to avoid all questions
which ffre calculated to disturb the calm judgment ol
the Whig party. From these or other considerations’
the Whig party of the Union until a very recent period
had directed its attention to other distinguished citizens
of the Republic in connection with the Presidential elec
tion. The Whig party of Georgia, in convention at Mil
ledgeville in June last, unanimously nominated Gen
Taylor for the Whig Pesidential candidate. The Whig
Senators in the last legislature unanimously voted* lor
resolutions nominating him for that office. The Mil
ledgeville meeting in December last, which, 1 was in
formed by the most reliable sources of information, was
attended by a large majority of the Whig members of
both branches of the General Assembly, with great
unanimity, also nominated him. But the authority of
these. different, bodies to speak for the Whig party
on this subject has been questioned, and I think will be
questioned, for the simple reason that no person is
bound by the action of party conventions but those
who choose to be. 1 refer to them as evidences of pub
lic opinion furnished us by those who had the best
means of knowing that opinion, and the strongest mo
tives for not misrepresenting it. 1 concurred with this
popular feeling in favor of General Taylor, and my
opinion is unchanged. 1 believe him to be a sound
Whig, equal to the crisis, and fit for the crisis. 1 have
seen nothing tonhake my confidence in his principles or
in the man. Since his brilliant achieve.nents attracted
to himself the public attention, men of all parties have
borne ample and willing testimony to the purity of his
character, to his integrity ot heart, to the valor and ge
nius which he has displayed ill the military service of
hiscountry. But those who suppose his vie tones are the
sole or even cliief ingredient of his }H>pulurity, under
stand but little of this great popular move. While the
brilliancy of General Taylor's military career attracted
the attention and excited the admiration of nis coun
trymen, his moral qualities won their hearts. They mi
! mire the soldier, but love the man. They behold in
him a successful General, with a character unstained by
a single act of violence, disobedience to law, cruelty
or injustice. One who, while repelling injustice with
firmmss. submits to authority with dignity imd calm-
m as. Men but deceive themselves who imagine that
the posseasioii of civil qualifications in incompatible
with military genius.
Such is not the truth of history or the judgmentof
mankind. Those qualities which arc requisite ibr the
civil magistrate may aa well be displayed and practiced
in lie* command of armies on the battle field ns in the
corn in and of party legions on tic hustings or in the
legislative halls. Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation
•re the great essential qualities we want ill the ruler
of a free people. These noble characteristics have mark
ed snd illustrated every step of Gen. Taylor's progress
jhrough life. Much of his life has been spent remote
rum the habitations of civtliiod men, protecting the
homes and firesides of our frontier population. To
the remote forest, to the distant and vast prairie, to the
gloomy everglade, he has been called, by duty, to pri
v a lion, toioil, and to danger. For for tv
been standing guard under the etalf whJTV'’
country's colors. His services lmve |* tll b
section cau claim him as Iter exclusive 1 *”
lmvm K been under the stars ami Htriues— h. • . * 00 “‘
of the Republic. ** the child
The great objection to him seem, to he so,,
harness docs not ht him w-ll Such , , pon V
the fact. A Whig in principle, r( .f “ U , ndoubl "<r
a civil warfare against one half of his e0n,,,.
the principle of rewarding ,] le oth(v l <*>
spmlsor victory. He refuses m bind hi., ,r llie
those with those with whom lie tieneralls ‘ V ' nto
pledges which may impair hi. t b ?
try. He demands thelrgest liberty to nurs,,. r°"“’
ed thegreat est good of his country ‘ T ANARUS,
commend him to tuny approbation „„d , u
n°t regarded the opinions which have | lC en ‘ h ° Vr
lured lor Gen. Taylor by either Ins Whig or | ) n ’ ,n",uc
ic enemies, or both combined. The conntr ”"° crM ’
to hear himself in due season, in referenc* e * Pec ' s
opinions. 1 have an abiding confidence that d° ‘ KfS °
expectation will not be disappointed. lhai JMt
1 am, very respectfully, yours,
■ TOOMBS.
<;en. Taylor's real Position,
The following highly important letter from r
Taylor settles beyond all dispute his personal .T"*’
lilicnl position. It iswr.flen to hisbrother-in-l, r’
Allison, nnd the General pretty platnly inti mZ,T
it is the Inst with which he intends to troohl,. ™”
lie. He evidently regords the Presidency „s a * P “ l ‘
ol too much dignity lobe sot,gin after and with h “
teristic modesty, declares his indifference ,
suit. *•> the, e .
The editor of the .Yew Orltons Pi ton Wlow .
tt was confided lor pub lcniion accompanies,, ,
following remarks: “ wuh ‘be
‘Tt will be seen that Gen. Taylor reiterate,
hns so often before been declared, that he , ,
but not an ultra one. He rejects, in the slcrntsl J 1 *’
the idea ot a President of the United States being
nmre instrument of party. He will not consent ton, ‘
office as a propagandist. He is for taking the
tut,on ns a guide rather than the creeds of convent,
or tlie dicta of political clubs. He is f or | Pav
Congress the thing, which belong to the legislative?
partment. and confining the Executive to the m ,„
entrusted to hint by the constitution. He refus--’ *
change his attitude towards the Presidency in any
jocular-leaving tt to those who obtamed his conwn. to
be a candidate for that office to do in the premise, what
shall seem to them best.’’ al
“Weregmd this document as not only interesting to
Gen. Taylor s friends, but important to the public at
lnrge as embodying sound political truths. The moat
momentous topic embraced in it is the relative positions
and duties of the legislative and executive departments
It must be conceded that the increasing deference paid
by Congress to the will of the Executive has been re
garded by many of our wisest statesmen with alarm,
and the implied obligation of the President to carry
out the views of the nominating convention has at
times seriously interfered with his independence and
impaired his ability to do good. It was never cuntem
plated by the framers of the constitution that a Presi
dent should t>e trammelled by pledges or bound down
to a party manifesto which is generally drawn up with
reference to accidental states of public feeling or topics
of transient excitement; much less did it enter the
mind of our revolutionary patriots that Congress shouid
in any wise be subservient to the Executive or control!,
ed by the opinions of his Cabinet. In so far as the N
tional Legislature is warped by the influence or the per
suasion of power, does Congress fall from the dignified j
position assigned it by the constitution.”
“But we shall not detain the reader with comment up
on a paper which will attract universal attention.”
Baton Rouge, April 22, 1848
Dear .Sir—My opinions have recently been so oft-n
misconceived and misrepresented, that I deem it due
to myself, if not to my friends, to make a brief expo
sition ol them upon the topics to which you have cai.ed
my attention.
I have consented to the use of my name as a candi
date for the Presidency. 1 have frankly avowed my
own distrust of my fitness for that high station ; but ha v
tng, at the solicitation of many of my countrymen, ta
ken my position as a candidate, I do not feel at liberty 1
to surrender that position until my Iriends manifest &
wish that I should retire from it. I will then mostg.ad
ly do so. I have no private purposes to accomplish, no
party projects to build up, no enemies to punifeii—noth
ing to serve but my count i y.
I have been very olten addressed by letter, and my
opinions have been asked upon almost every question,
that might occur to the writers as affecting the internal
of their country or their party. 1 have not always re
sponded to these inquiries, for various reasons.
I confess, whilst 1 have great cardinal principles
which will regulate my political life, I am not suffici
ently familiar with all the minute details of political le
gislation to give solemn pledges to exert my influence,
it I were President, to carry out this or defeat that
measure. I have no concealment. I hold no opinion
which 1 would not readily proclaim to my assembled
countrymen; but crude impressions upon matters or
policy, which may be right to-day and wrong to-mor
row, are, perhaps, not the best test oi fitness for ofli*
One who cannot be trusted without pledges cannot fa
confided in merely on account of them.
1 will proceed, however, now to respond to your in
quiries.
First. —l reiterate what I have olten said—l am a
\\ r hig, but not an ultra Whig, II elected I would ntf
lie the mere President of a party. I would endeavor to
act independent of party domination. I should M
bound to administer the Government untrammelled fa
party schemes.
Second. —The veto power. The power giver by tfa
const'tution to the Executive to interpose his veto, si
high conservative power; but in my opinion shod
never be exercised except in cases of clear violation i
the constitution, or manifest haste and want of consul’
eration by Congress. Indeed, I have thought that W
many years past the known opinions and wishes ol as
Executive have exercised undue and injurious
upon the legislative department of the Government,
and for this cause I have thought our system wu u
danger of undergoing a great change from its true thw
ry. The personal opinions of the individual i chormn
happen to occupy the Executive chair, ought sol t
control the action of Congress upon questions of 4*
me stir policy; nor ought his objections to be'mW*
ed w Here questions of constitutional power hsv* r ‘ ,(t
settled y the various departments of the Govern suit
and acquiesced in by the people.
Thtrd —Upon the subject of the tariff, the carrrWT
the improvement of our great highways, rivers.
und harbors, the will of the people, aa expressed
their Representatives in Congress, ought to b* Ttt^ ecl
ed and carried out by the Executive.
Fourth.^ The Mexican war 1 sincerity W**
the prospect of peace My life has been devoted to trmi
yet 1 look upon war at all times and under all c,rcu ®
stances as a nutional calamity, to be avoided and ‘ l,:1
patible with national honor. The principle 0
Government as well as its true jtoliry are opposed
subjugation of other nations and the dismembering
of other countries by eunquett. In the language oi 1
great Washington, “Why should we quit our °* r
stand on foreign ground.” In the Meiican war <>ur
tioual honor has been vindicated, amply V^ C *! W
nnd in dictating terms of pence we may well*
Ik? forbearing and even magnanimous to our fcjk®
These nre my opinions upon the subjects refers*
by you ; and any reports or publication*. wr ’ tW |V
verbal, from any source, differing in a**y essenti* 1
ticular from what i here written, arc unouthunx‘
untrue. ,
I do not know that I shall again write upon |i’
ject of national polities. 1 shall engage in no ** 1
no combinations, no jnttigue*. If the America” ,
pie have not confidence in tne they ought not t‘
me their suffrages. If they do not, you know
enough to believe me when 1 declare I *bal * c
I am too old n soldier to murmur ngainst sue
thority. *
To Capt. J. B. Allison.
Exposure to th? sun. . un .
There are few point* whicli *•*■* **‘ ,l *** l ‘ ,^ n
derstuod, or mote clearly proved, than * *
an exposure to the sun, without eicici* “ u ‘. * >fl j tb*t
create tree perspiiation, will produce pMr ci*-
the mine exposure to the sun, with sufncieo
will not produce illness. Let any man * r*P 1 w jj|
he will awake perspiring, and very ill i P* r # . mfßt
die. Let the some man dig in the sun or
length of time, and he will perspire ten ti
and be quite well. The fact i*. that not on X p fo .
rnya of the aun, but the heat ol the almost
duce abundance of bile, and poweriu ,^4
will carry off that bile. — Vopular Error*