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JOl RNAL & MESSENGER.
S. T. OH.VI*.MAX iV S. ROSli, Editors.
Democratic Tavlor tfeoting in ( luirlPMoii.
A It"’ and onthasiastiP meeting was held nt the
N ‘A* Ti J, ure *2lst intrant, in response to a call previ
ously* nuufe.oi those prisons favorable to the election
of General Zacharv Tavlor to the Presidency of the
Tinted Stntf
Til'* in ‘etin? was organized by raHiiur W R. Brin*
vie. E*q ,to lie Chair.nn ! the appointment of the fol
lowing g’ntfenien as Vice Presidents, v x:
Hon J Bond POn. Geo . N Reynolds, Jr.
Hon. John 8 Ashe. W. Gilmore Suns.
Hon. Ker B yce John H Honour.
Hon. John Huger. W. H Houston.
James Rose. |H. V. Desau-snre.
Charles T Lowndes. .Tunics Chapman
James Robertson. IDr ElwnJ North.
Robert Martin. ! 'V. M Lawton.
(■en. John Sehnierle. >F D. Fanning
Gen S mil. Cru kshank. jVVilliam .Kirkwood.
Col C. Kinapmx. Cnpt. W. P Leo,
Col. James Gadsden. Thus. F Gapera.
Dr. Tidyman James S. Burges.
Edward Sebring. 00. Thompson.
Abm. Tobias. Benj. Fuller.
Dr. Thos. Y. Simons.
Th’ Pillowing gentlemen were requested to net a*
Secretaries, viz: Thomas Reii.lv, P J. Barbot.
Thomas M Hanckel. and R Wainvvriqht Bacot
Toe Presi lent, on taking the Chair, returned his ac
knowledg-*me:its for the honor conferred on him, and
after referring to the objects which brought the meeting •
together, passed a high culogimo on the character <t j
Ge i. I'avlor. n r o.ily as a soldier.but n.-he believed, a
man en lowed with all the requisites to administer th ‘
Government in tne purity its (builders intended it should
be administere I
Col. M l. Keith came forward nod offered the f-|
lowing address, prefacing t, with some appropriate
rtmnrks.
The Democracy of Charleston District, who favor
the election of Gen. Zachary Taylor, n* President *•
the United States, have now assembled to adopt such
rneapn-es as will best tend to accomplish that object.—
At thLtime when questions nev r surpassed in in teres
nn 1 importance, are Biibnurred to the people of th.
United States—when from all quarters we hear th
ominous ry of those who, influenced by. consideration*
of selfish promotion, attempt the gratification of thei
passion at any cost —wh *n the, politic.! I equality of th-
States of the Union is disputed, and the citizens <
slaveholdin” States are excluded from a participation
in territorial acquisitions, which have resuited from tin
expen liture of their wealth, and the shedding of thci’
blood—when the machinery of party,although contrib
uting to the wisties and opinions ot the al> lition part)
of the Union, has been found inadequate to untSsly th
excessive exactions which are made ; and n party, sell
otyled the Free, demanding * s the essential element o
their freedom the degradation of the s!ave-holdin,
States, boldly annomice their candidate, and engage . .
an active canvass tor Ins support—the smallest regun 1
tor our honor or onr interest, w II tench us our duty
and c > nisei us to the adoption o| measures best calcu
late i to I lent their objects an I detend our rights.
T‘i * St.ie of S ulh Carolina has hith’rto, with r*
markable mnnimity. repudiated the system of noini
n.iii ig i id: I ties for the Presidency tlrough the ng*n
cy of Conventions is-*emhded for tint purpo-v. Thi*
oiijec'ion hjs em irtic nl not only the exp.-diency and
fiirrvssjmt the c istitutioiial tv olsuch nil ass.anhlng-
The D*mcracy ohanrle ton I)>iri t h ive acumesen
in that conclusion, and the S.nte ol South C aolu a h
not been rejiresented ill the Convention which recently
assembled ia the f-iry o r Baiiim ae. Concurring in’
the opinion which ins been h Id through u ih< State
that this Co’iv miuoii was not contemplated ejthe; hi
me ftn iters ol rtte Constitution, or jusniied by iho
great principles whidi support a a j uphold tlia. . rru
went—that its organization, at a!l tit,. s i.nperfei i,i< i
many cases corrupt—ts tlelitma’.in'.is neit .*i i *m iue
ted in nor influenced hy thos* ia lives which .auuili J
prevail in the discharge ol the high J tty ns delegates j
profess to have imposed on them—n one word, that n I
does not represent the free an I pu:e ais-mblaj oj tin j
people to cliooee their President, but is, in iff. ,?h( j
machine ot& party. andsJtiiilii v constructed to nflbrdj
the apparent s met ion of tii • p**• to me -u.es and men ]
rum idea litx *d with their party firm tlv-ir coauny—w ;
have regarded it in no other light than an unauthorized i
meeting of members of the Democratic party, topic* j
sent to the people of the Uuit-d States the i allies ml
those whom they desired o fl.l the high oflices foi I
which they were nominated Nn other sensible con- j
elusion could we adopt consistently with the opinion we
have express ‘d in eonimoil with t c State. Entertain- ‘
mg this opinion, we have leva left me t> choose I>• !
twe#n tne nu.tdi lutes who have been presented. W* j
hav-* n*)l hurried to tlie cmeia-ion w.ucii we nre now
asseHibied formally to announce. A sufficient inteiv.ii
Ims i*lapsed to develop * the wii.de fi id, and we are sut
licienily itiiorui**d ol the various nominal.oes to author
ize us to select the portion we propone to maintain.—
‘ ,r e consider the name ol Llw.s Cass as presented to
other tecum nn* lit ion than such as it limy
inirt isicai'V p'isseM. that he has received the nomi
nation ol the Convention iisst*iiibled at lia't.mioie,car
ries w ith u no weight to us, while we entertain in com
mon with the Stale, the opinion that ibis Convention
was uncoiistiuitionnliy conv ned, and either corrupt!)’
or ttt.'liously organized, if v\e are forced to beurii
Otir iiim l, tile (act that Gen. Cass is the nominee ot ilini
Coaveiitioii, weah-aaki b<* ooipelie<( t rcgnid it ns mi
insurmountable diflicuity, to tne supjjort which any
Democrat could give him, si ue it would bo tli* great
ct reproach that could be urged against the conformity
ot our practice witn our principle if wtiil<* we repudi
ate and denounce the Convention, we nidi support Gen
Crss, snnpiy oee iuse tv* is the nominee of mat body
We do not demand that thisoba r ion should he thrown
in the la!nice, i:i winch Gen. Ca sis weigued. \\.
■ ob.ect to Gen. Cass, because o. onr deep mid settled con
viction that hie Administration would be m a iked h\
that disregird ot our peaceful relaiiotis with the world,
in the maintenance es which has hitherto been found
the elements ol onr success, and the key stone ot on
greatness.
We object to Gen. Ca*s because in all the measure?
which have recently been presented to the Senate ol th<
C Stale*, and more particularly the settlement of tin
0 gmi Question with the Government ot Great Brit
mu—him me development ol the objects lor the prose
cation os the late war with the snthoiities in Mexico
he has exhibited a seined disregard ot those enrdina
p; mcip.es ol a peaceful government aid econoiim ri
Adimii stru lion, which have governed every chiefoflic<
W iarcountry iio<n the tune ol Georof. Wasbinuto*
to Jo i.v Tyi.ER ; and has on more tii in one occasion pro
voked the opposition and condemnation oj our <nv.
distinguished sin test nan Joan C. CaLuOLN. We ob
irct to General Cass, becuus** bis votes will show that
in relmion to the powers ol the General Government n
aid in the vast schemes of Inter al Improvement*
against which the State for years unceasingly Untied
he wfll he found earnest in the support ol those men
ures which oper .te to drain the .'-ouih P* enrich tu.
North and Weet. We ohje*. tto General CasslhciiU'*
we are satisfied t!mt with tne opiuiona lie has e*preset
in relmion to the righ* ot the citizen of the slave hold
ing Htateato emigrate witn Ins property in * iv s to
our newly acquired territory, he haa only teemed t.
promise the p ople ol the South the sinction ol hi*
name, ns to the unconatitutionaliiy ol m* Wiimot pro
viso—that h * letter to Mr. Nicuolso:! contains n
cuuranty that our lights will l>e preserved—that h
far iron this, uhe has opposed the Alnslit ion Pmiyhx
any declaration gainst ilie W ihnut Proviso, he iias.si
the ►aine tiute, explained to them how the same em
tioit th y desire to accomplish thro’ the Wiitnoi Provi
so cm be b*tter obtained lin’ ihe iustrumeniuiity o
th ■ meal IcgMaiureaoi tins territoiies \V\ have even
reuatm to believe that Genera 1 Caso haa been at oin* !
time tlie earnest advocate ult!.- pi me pies ol the Wil
tuot Pwv.m—tliatafu i wards he doubt and its expedien
cy only—ind that subsequently t .id only very recently
has ne and c Had l.iaoi.portion io it as unconstitutional.
Gc:i. Cav*. at re-st.u.is moJiti and his opinion only as to
a m .'lra form and not ot substance H stdiadimt*
loiil mere mu way in which upon sml that lie ongs i.
t:e* .Min* of Hoot'. Garoimu,Georgia, Aluluiniii,and i
theoth*r slave-hw..l.,ut riLitee. hi co union, the citizen
ofeithei ol Suites removing with ins properly, l
into such territory tony lie not only dented tor ti the pro!
tec'.ion ot the Couslilutioii.tMit In* (oiced to |taah.iiidon
iiient without t!e color oi n^ht,or remedy for Ins loss
To us it m itteia m t horn this uimilt and wrong cmii Is*
eflected. Ii ill u<y w*tjf U cun tie done, we are t>y its
exerereo degraded imj milk. It the territories are un
common property oi the Strtl*M, nild li til. .Southern
Htutes are equal in their aoveieigmy mid Imh pendetico
with the other B'et*s, out true |sNitltoil is, that m ii ( .<
territories which belong ;o the U ined Bt.l<s, n*itU**c
the Congress olthe l billed Stute- nor the local Gov
ernment of such terntoiies itavesny power to paw any
l*w winch sh di interlere w.ih the fret* eiijovrnent
ol such terriloi nf* by tie* peop.e . I tiny ol th< s l'm and
Htates, and wit(i such properly ns they may ch <-e to
take their with them Me have the opinion ol Gen.
( ASH.tliMt ll*ere i a inode hy which nn- i.roliilution cun
be consiitutionally exetciaed.and when we vi*te |oi him
wc coiihrui luaopinion, and hi mi uomg admit our own
iiitertoruy. Cloiuimg lobe aovcrcign btutes, we con
cede the right o| ottieie to control us in the enjoyment
ol that which t ♦ longs to us. On tiiese grounds we nji
pose, tliereluie General ( ‘ash We object to Ins opin
ions as lie tuts expiesaed lltelil. And we nre lie*,
moreover, to admit, dial even though Ins modifica
tions ts opinion hsva been re *miy in ourtavor, still
iliese niiMliticalions have uk**a place under strong
triitpiuiions, and dies* uuce granfit and, a continued fu
tility might enable him agnin to recur to the opinion*
which hdietto have been e%pi,M*d W<til equnlconfi
dence, and may Ultimately conunend themselves to lint
judgiuent ns Uc title exposition to wli ch lie should
•dliete. We prefer to rr.y on the mdepetidetMte of ono
■. will rrlu-te to make any promise, thun on the It
ce t inperolhiill who will piuiiiMte vciy t'ung inui h
a.k*Hi lor.
‘I Hat portion of die people of the U 8. who have
and tnem* Ives log. Ihei lr the ostensible pin pose o
4> eventing, h (bey sllep- . the cxtrnaioii ol (limi iiimuu-
Bon.the pieaervationol which j* connected with our tn-
Vteru and prosperity, have on tin* occasion presented
<neiiii#iyfl in mi ntum.lt* ot imposing n >gmtu le ami
lute** No loite r depictdilt on account ol dim number#,
th**y have been allowed by our indifference to htrirase
auUt (hey now attract Ihe attention of tli m>- who grasp
• l *h* highest honora ol the Republic, and conciliate
Alt dmaioha that ran aid in the grat.lira*ion ol this
ambiuoii. Fifteensovr* ign Slates, ,t said, have del
galea 10 auriid a General Conven'ton, called lor the
pui IKMe of adopt ing ineasuies to secure the aocceaael the
candidate wttoiu they nominate, an I in no doing atnke
trie oat blow at me pn-spent’ and bappiuraa ol tin*
Slaveho.dihg State* That a boily should be thus or
y oioeh— mat one half ol the suvrrign Sintra ol tlna
contedei uc-y. eotnpi ta tig m that portion some ol tl**
moat lai g. , intWnual and wealthy Stairs, should hat.
mua been lound to band themselves legetlier, and make
* A mfOSfV 1 — wi * rr,M ‘lvy nothing to gam,
provoke ti* aurpnsr, if not *b
L bi? banner ia spread to the
K m rt they have inscribed mottoes which
cheat (tie unwary and madden the fanatic. They have
now drawn a line, which, (or the first time, openly di
vides the two great industrial portions ol our country.
The affection we cherish for that common country,
consecrated not only hy the glories o( the patt, but
those more recent and not less honorable, induct s ns
not to widen ihe breach thus created. We are on the
! defensive. We have asked not:-ing but what was our
right. With that only shall we be contented.
Standing on ground peculiar to themselves—anti-
I national. because its very nature excludes a general and
! national concurrence—they have avowed principles
which shake the Inundation of our government, and pr<>-
J seas purposes utterly hi war with the peace, if not the
1 existence of our people. They have nominated as their
candidate, Martin Vas Bl ren. Their history is that
ol progress—their tone is that of deliuuce. They usk
no general Communion —for their end is not the com
mon good. They do not seek the sanction of the Con
stitution, for they uun to destroy the unity u cemented.
They strive for power, and no matter how licentious or
corrupt iimy be the motives that animate those who
gather around their banner, still nre they welcome
Against this host, now marching on m their career, we
nre obliged to arm. Agniiwtthis league, now united
in a cause at w.ir with our peace, sud invusive ol our
rig its, we musi muke the most ample preparation. All
m n feel tlv* necessity, nil are anxious to do what be
comes them. What then shall be done ? We donot
aspire to control the opinions of any. But coming to
onr conclusion ol decided opposition to General Cass,
uliei mature reflection, a conclusion at one lime en
tertained by this State, and il now changed, on grounds
to us unknown. We desire to elevate to die high of
fice ol President of the U. States, a man who unites
in his person those q mlilie- of great decision without
which the wisest council* are weak—deep devotion to
ins country, which lilts him lar above die power of
party, dun controls only to corrupt—singular honesty,
which will ciiubl.* him with an even hand to distribute
the patronage ol die Government—high independence
that exalts him above the management ol dishonest
politicians—and a proibund admiration lor the lessons 1
of political wisdom taught in the conduct ol the early
faihere of our country, and which will guide him in ‘
die management of our interests if committed to his
case. In addition to tin h*, we know him us one whose I
lot lias been cast m that portion of die Union now .
decried, and sought to be trodden down, ills inter
ests are our interests. We know that he must fi*cl the
lawless character of any attempt to interfere with our :
property directly or indirectly—we know that he must 1
f cl the senseless clamor that is raised to disturb our
possession of that property,us violating the law either ot j
God or man. We know that in this great paramount ■
mid leading question of the rights ol the South, lie is of |
us—ho is with us, and he is lor us. We know that |
now to hesitate—to (alter in our support of one, so {
clotely connected with U 9 in spirit and interest—so hon
est in hia opinions—so just in his character—*=o inde
pendent in his conduct—would he wilfully to be heed
less of die appeal w Inch the position of our State makes
to war patriotism—ind unmindful of the high politic
al necessity winch now so strongly urges ns to rise su
perior to tne trammel of the mere name of a party—
a party declining openly to defend that great principle
of equality among the States, so essential to our well
being—and ly a firm and m<Je|>euden! course of con
duct, strike home a blow in defence oj the RuiiiTs of >
hie South—the purity of the Constitution—and 1
THE PERPETUATION OF THE UNION. w
MACON, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY, Al GUST ‘J, Isis.
|
WHIG NOMINATIONS.
For Uresi !ent of the United States:
ZAC 11 All Y TAYLOR,
OP LOUISIANA.
For Vice UicMdcnt :
id ILL A K I) FILLMORE,
OF NEW YORK
For ('oiigret*.
VI LE * F. OWEN,
OF TALBOT.
New Cotton.
Wc w. re shown several days since by Mr. Jno
M. Field, o( the firm of Field &, Adams of this city, a !
sj.ee.men of fully matured new Upland cotton taken j
from the plantation of Hugh Allen Esq. of Houston j
county. .Mr. Field informs us that in the same cr.clo- j
sure from which the sample shewn us was taken there
were a large number ot matured bolls and that thequal
ity was unusually fine. The crops generally he thinks
Loth forward and promising.
.Mainmoth Squash.
There may be seen in our Office one of the greatest ;
vegetable curiosities of the season. It is a squash j
measuring 5 (eel 3 inches in circumference ami weigh
ing H I pounds. It was grown in the vicinity of Savan
nah upon sandy soil from &cd brought from the Med
iterranean hy Lieut. Anderson, about lour yea is since
In its new soil this squash is said to be a most abun
dant hearer the fiuit often nvt iugiug from CO to 125
pounds m weight. The Gentleman, Mr. R. R. Cuyler* i
to whom we nre indebted for the specimen now spoken
ol iniorms us that us u table vegetable this squash is not
84rpa*ed either for delicacy or flavour, by the most
tender of the smaller species now raised in our garden** j
For feedingstock it must be immensely valuable as it
keeps well and the quantity raised to the acre is infinite- *
ly gri aier than can be produced even of the common
pumpkin. The specimen in our office w ill be allowed
to remain forn few days longer w hen persoiis desirous
ol testing us qutmtiesns u table vegetable can do so.—
The M.*ed will also be distributed among tliose persons
who may wish to propagate the species.
The C'arotfim Democracy.
In another column will be found the very able, lucid
and conclusive uddres* adopted ut the late overwhelm
i g meeting of the Democracy of Charleston, favorable
to thee'ectiono(Gen. Taylor. It is precisely the doc
ument ior the times, and should be read bv every pa
t; lot ill the land. If Geu Uuas is so unsafe and un
sound on the subject of sinveiy, us to cause even the
Democracy ot South Carolina to abandon their cherish
ed doc tunes, and disregard old party alliances, is it not
time lor (lie cool, calculating, reflecting potion of the
Democracy in other titutes, to hesitate long before be
stowing upon Inin then suffrages ? The tesolutions ac
companying the address, appeared in our poper of last
week.
Mr. Toombs’ District.
1 1 w ill be matter of universal congratulation with the
Whig* to learn that all prospect ot discord among their
hreilueti ol the Bth district, seems to have passed. At
tlu* recent meeting hi Richmond, theie aceina to have
baen u moat perfect fraternisation. Resolutions rati
fying the nomination ot Taylor and Fillmore were
adopted unanimously and with gicut euiliusiusm. Ex*
Governor CtHwtordaddi eased the meeting in one of his
tuofct spirited and thrilling speeches. Delegates were
appointed to the Dmtncl Convention soon to assemble
at Wuirentou. The Republic in speaking of the meet
ing, lias tlie i> llowmg giaidying Intelligence:
“Col. Mil Ft or made a few patriotic and excellent
reuiMik*, and with a magnanimity characteristic of
hmiMcli, lor the sake of harmony, withdrew hia name
tro.ii ah connection with the Congressional canvas* ”
Thai wc presume ends the whole matter. Col. Mil-
LEiiUk ha* snowed himself in this case, to In* a true pa
tnot as wed a* a gentleman nt modesty, w isdoin and dis
cretion He lelus sto allow his friends even to press his
claims before the Convention, for tear it might endan
ger the harm ny *4 ua proceeding*. He ac ted upon
the high principle that a seat in Uongit-M i* not to be
bid for like damaged goods at auction, and upon the
co v clou that w hen the peofile desire a man to he a
candidate then will call hint, without any aohauatioiMi
on his part. These vi* ws nre h.gh toned and honors
bietoCol. Milledge, and augur a brilliant victory for
our friends in the Eignth District.
11 lection* in \nutiM,
On Monday th>? 7th of Aaguat, Flection* will be held
111 live 8 ate* of out Union a* follows :
Kentucky— Governor, Id and Legislature ;
Indiana— Legislature only ;
Illinois- -Gov. Membs. Cong'r*a and legislature
il/l#*n-Ow Mrtnht. Congo*** and Legislature
/••M— Memba Congress and Legislature ;
Ain >nmo it< IJ* Iter Stale Flection on itie same day
but biennially—none ihiafear.
North Carolina electa Gov. and Legislature on the
first Thursday <3.1 of August, and ia of course the first
to lie heard Irom
V S Sew ifare for ail years from nr it month depend
on the complexion of the Legislatures now to lie cbo
aen as follows.
Kentucky, vice John i Crittenden. Whig,
• North ( atnltna, vtre Geo. L Badger, do.
Indiana, vice L A iiannegan, l#uco.
Missouri , vice David K Alrbmson, do.
Ultnote, vioe Hidrtry Breese.do.
/wire, both— none having yet been chosen.
Alabama, lias siao n Senator to chose but by the ex
isting (Loco Foco* Le^udature.
PratiavUls P. O , Monroe county, has been re*
estsblislied st Stoll mgs’ old store, and Tho# J Sanders
appointed Post Master. Mails to b# delivered on
Wsdn adays and Saturdays
ftough !td L .idy Meeting.
The Iriends of Gen. Taylor nre invited to meet at
the Court House in Knoxville Craw ford Cos on Thurs
day the 10th day of August.
i As this meeting is called during Court week, it is
j expected that several distinguished speakers from
| abroad will be present.
j The above notice is inseited nt the request ofour friends
jin Crawford. We trust the meeting may boa large,
one,and that measures may lie taken to organize the
friends of the old Heroin that county, tor the campnign.
Gen. Taylor himself bus never allowed the enemy to
steal a march on him, and Ins friends should take a ieul j
from the book of his experience.
Col. Owen’s Acceptance*
We give place with pleasure to the following cor ret*
pondence which has taken place between a committee
of the Whig Congressional Convention of the Third
District,and Col. Aden F. Owen,the nominee of that
Convention. Col. Ow'en is now fairly in the field. and •
we have not a ingle doubt in regard to his tnumplmut
election.
Talbotlon, July 15, 1848.
Allen F. Owen, Eaq.
Dear Sir .*—At the Convention held in Thomaston, !
on the 12th ilist, you were nominated ns a candidal * for
Congress in tins District—the undersigned were ap
pointed a committee to inform you oi the nomination
uud ask your acceptance of the same. Will you at
your earliest leisure, please inform us whether you will
accept the nomination, &c.
Accept the assurance of our respect &c.
MARTIN J CRAWFORD.
ROBERT H. DIXON.
EDMUND H. WORK ILL.
Talbotton July ltf, 1848.
Gentlemen —I have your note of yesterday, inform- 1
ing me that 1 was nominated hy the Thoinastan Con
vention, as the Whig Candidate for Congress m the
Third District.
In accepting the nomination, while I am not insensi
ble ot the honor conferred, neither am I unmindful of
the obligations imposed upon me, by this manifestation
ol confidence on the part of the Convention.
It elected, my most ardent desire, and my grett'-st 1
ambition w ill be honestly and faithlully to seive the
peopfe. Very Respectfully, &c.
A. F. OWEN.
The t orn promise.
The Bill reported hy the select Committee < f the Sen
nte establishing temp rary governments in the New
Territories, and leaving the adjustment of the slavery
quest.on to the Supreme Court passed the Senate, with ;
slight amendments,on the morning of the 27ili uli
Ttie Senate were in session all night, and the tpjH>i-
I lion to the bill was most strenuous. The finul vole
stood 33 to 22. It is uncertain whether the bill wiilj
pass the House. A storm of opposition lias already
been raised among the anti-slavery men and the old;
Benton and Van Bureen cry of repeal and expunge .
has already gone forth.
If the question is left Mr. Van Buren and his
followers will take advantage of it to increase his
strength which hns already become alar ing. In that
event, the contest for the Presidency will be mainly
between Van Buien and Taylor. On thccontraiy, it
the coni)'remise bill should be sustained, the necessity
ot electing Gen. Taylor will become most apparent to
the South, i'he Court as at present organized stands’
Are in favor ol equal rights and Jour in lavor of* the
VViimot Pioviso principle. It is all important that all
vacancies in that couit whether by resignation or other
wise*, shall la* filled by proper men. Cass would fill <
them with anti-extension of slavery men. w hile Tay- 1
lor Irom the very nature of his own possessions would
be certain toselect judges of a very different character.
Whichever way this matter is settled then it becomes
the friends ol Gen. Taylor to be active, tor every thing
depends u|>oii his success. With him, the South would
be sate against all agitations. With Cass us President,
the country would bo always tossed upon tin sea ol ag
itation and always in danger of destruction. Lei the
calm and reflecting think of these things.
The Reception of the Palmetto Reg inent.
An immense concourse of people assembled in Charles
ton last week to participate in the reception of the Pal
metto Regiment. Judging fioni the account in the
Evening .Y ace the Fete must hav * twen n nmt impo
sing one. Thei*> wm u gianj Military and civic pro
cession In the morning, a public en tertaimneni in the
city square at noon, a Regain at 4 o’clock, a torch light
procession at 8 P. M. A the whole ei itertaiiiuient closed
with a magnificent display of Fire ‘Vorkson the Batte
ry. Swords were presented by the Mayor, in behalf
ot the City, to Col. Gladden, and the Officers of ilie
Charleston Company. Speeches were made, toasts
drank an J many an old fashioned lever, we and übt not,’
contracted during the occasion. However the multi
tude were gratified with cheap travel ing, and that we
presume compensated for all the other “ pains and pen
alties endured.”
No Platform—No PleJge.
Mr. Rives, of Virginia, speaking al Albemarle, re
trunks ns follows upon the omission ol the Conven
tion to exact a pledge or build a platform for Old
Znck :
“This, in my opinion, slid Mr. R. is the true po
sition to be occupied hy every man wliom the public
confidence and his own great character and services
render worthy of the Presidency: nnd the Whig
National Convention have, in my humble judgment,
done themselves immortal honor, and furnished the
highest evidence ol the patriotic anil disinterested
purposes of the great party they represented, by pre
senting a candidate, thus unirain nailed, for the suf
frages ot file nation. In doing so, they have given
a practical and unquestionable proof that the prize lor
which they contend, is not a mere party t,-iu,nph, the
sordid “spoils ol victory,” bul the general good, the
welfare ot the whoiecountry,—a reform in the admini
stration of the government which shall enure alike to
the benefit ol all Gen. Taylor has been hitherto un
connected with the struggles of party. Hu name ia iden
tified with no arbitrary and exclusive party Shibboleth.
To cite again his own honest and expressive words,
“he has no party projecis to build up, no enemies to
punch, nothing to serve but toy country.” The presen
lalioii ol such a candidate, deep y imbued a itli tlie sound
Republican principles ol out lath,-is,ami recommended
by long and luiihtu! services to file country, strikes olf
at once the tellers ot party discipline and subjection
from the limbs us freemen and patriots, and rentoir* 1
tin in to their native and rigfitlul independence ts mor
al and responsible agents.”
The lull* Hough :in,l Heady Meeting.
The gathering of tiis friends of Gen. Taylor nt the
Theatre on Saturday night last, was decidedly the lar- i
g**at and moat enth isiastic, convened in Macon since
the opening of the campaign. The ho*>* was crowd
ed to ovrittowiiig und many persona were unable to ob
tain entrance. Col Sparks, owing to foul# accident,
hud not reached the city, hut Mr. Kewen ot St. Louis,
enter turned tiie audience for more than two hours in n
speech of great beauty and of much clnaaicnl, and ora
torical merit. Mr K is a gent lent an of rumuikuble
attainments, ot great lluem y.aml highly respectable rea
soning powers Perlecliy fntmiiar with the poi.ncal is
aues ol the day, he dashed nt once into a consideration 1 1
the leuding principles id the two great partita and then
cancidaus, he took the broad ground that Gen Taylor
was (lie truest representative ol the people, that be recog
nised, in its broadest sense, the right und capacity ol me
people tor self goernment—that be was opposed to hi*
eculivs dictation or Kseciitive mterleraiKe Willi the
Legislative pow*r cstablisfied under the oonstl'uliofl.—
In a word, that Gen. Taylor is a republican ot tin* old
Nchool, while Gen. Guss and bis follow.rs are striving
io substitute tin* Baltimore platform lor the Couatitu*
(ion and to make a packed Caucu* superior to tin* Con
vention which ioriued that instrument
Mi. K spoke at inucb length ol lb,* prol % ions and
practice*oi me Democratic pally, and was both caustic
and playtuf in his exposition of the inconsistencies, ab
surdities, and corruption* ol the leading |Hilitu ians of
that faith, in the patriotism ol the masses lie expiessrd
the utmost confidence They were always honest and
when left to pursue their own course, g* neistiy right
We ol course i ave neither apace nor time to review the
van. us positions taken of the beauties ol hi* speech or
of its etiecis we can give no idea. It was indeed a
moat masterly effort and was universally appreciated.
Alter Mr. Kewen had conclu.led and tire tiler Club
had entertained the assemblage, a resolution was utian
nnously adopted, that the meeting adjourn to convene
again on Wednesday night tlie Jih inst. for the purpow
of taking final action in regard to the formation of u
Rough and Ready Club.
‘I he life of .Mr* 1 aaa.
Our readers are teferted to our first page ktr a itwt
• ntc eating review of the real file of the |)moor*tlr
candidate for the Piesidency The writer dorso.i r*i>
upon henr-M) ttau..iony, but goe:* at once to the docu
ment i. ‘l'he iitirativeof Gen. Cons’ military services is
particularly rich and we common I it especially to ail
who have been lan%iLu r with the services and triulaof
our brave soldiers in Mexico. There is scarce a pri
vate in that servief who has not seen more danger and
performed more duty than did .Mr Gass in the war of
1812. It has been well remarked that old Zac has been
all his life remarkably, for extra en tice nnd ( Jen. Casa
to: extra pay. ‘l’he one Ins lived in luxury and ease
w ith an ample supply of goverrnent pap and numerous
appoiiuuitieß to speculate m goverrnent property and
g veminent funds, while the other has spent loity years
under canvass and has received only the regulnr pay
due tohii rank. Can the people hesitate between tli<
two as o whom they should support I Should any
doubt, let them read the life of Cuss upon our first page
and th ii recur only to their own recollections of the
glorious services ol old Zac during the past few years.
Few,if any, who do h<> can find any difficulty in com
ing to a sale and just conclusion.
From the Journal Messenger Extra of July *29.
G< n. Taylor’s Letter ot Acceptance.
We are indebted to the courtesy of the Editors of the
New-Orlenns Bulletin, lorsip, containing the fol
lowing correspondence in advance of its appearance in
that paper. The Bulletin says:
“ In consequence of the delay which hns attended
the receipt of Gow. More head’s letter, and the general
anxiety that is feit on the subject, the following corres
pondence is laid betore the public, in anticipation of its
official publication.
The letter to Gov. Morehead, went forward by the
mail of the IBth. and will therefore probably appear at
the North, before this reaches there.
Philadelphia, June 10,1819.
General Zachaby Taylor.
Dear Sir: At a Conv> nlion of the Whigs of the Uni
ted States, held in this city on the 7th inst., and contin
ued irom day to day until the 9th, you were nomine- j
ted as a candidate for the Presidency of the United !
Staten,at the ensuing Presidential election.
By a resolution ol said Convention, it was made the
duty of their President, toco municote to you, the re- j
suit of their deliberations, and to request your accept
ance ot the nomination.
In obedience to said resolve, l,ns the organ therein de
signated, have the honor to make to you thetoregoing 1
communication, nnd to ask your acceptance of the !
nomination.
Permit me, dear sir, to indulge the hope that he who
never shrinks from any respons.bilty, nor tails to dis
charge any duty assigned him by his Government, will i
not now refuse the enthusiastic call of his countrymen.
1 am, dear sir,
with sentiments us very high regard,
your most obedient servant,
J. M. MOREHEAD. j
President of the Whig National Convention.
Baton Rouge, La. July 15th, 1848.
Sir: J have had the honor to receive yunr couiniu
meat on oi June loth, announcing that the Whig Con
vention, which assembled at Philadelphia on the7th of
that month, and of which you were the presiding offi
cer, has nominated me for the office ot President ot the
United States.
Looking to the composition of the Convention, and
its numerous and patriotic constituency, I leel deeply
grateful for the honor bestowed u|>on me, and for the
distinguished confidence implied in my nomination by
it, to the highest office in the gilt of the American peo
ple.
I cordially accept that nomination, but with a sincere
distrust of my fitness to fulfil the duties of an office,
which demands for its exercise the most exalted abili
ties and patriotism, and which has been rendered illus
trious by the gieatest names in our history. But should
the selection ot the Whig Convents.n be confirmed by
the people, I shall endeavor to discharge the new du
ties then devolving upon me, so as to meet the just ex
pectations of my fellow-citizens, and preserve undimin
ished, tlie prosperity nnd reputation of our common
country.
1 have the honor to remain, with the highest respect,
Your most obedient servant,
Z. TAYLOR.
To the Hon. J. M. Morehf.ad,
Greene-boro, Guilford Cos , N. Carolina.
Mr. Fillmore’s Acceptance.
Albany,(N Y.) June 17,1848.
Sir : —I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of the 10th instant, by which 1 am noti
fied that at the late Whig Convention held at Phila
delphia, Gen. Zachary Taylor was nominated lor Pres
ident, and myseli for Vice President, and requesting my
acceptance of the nomination.
The honor of being thus presented by the distinguish
ed rep res*.* .-.tat ives of the Whig party of the Union, for
tiie second office in the gift of the people—an honor as
unexpected as it was unsolicited— could not fail to
awaken in a grutelul heart emotions which, while ihey
cannot be puppieased, find no appropriate language lor
utterance.
Fuily persuaded that the cause in which we are en
listed is the cause of our country ; that our chief object
is to secure its peace, preserve its honor, and advauce
its prosperity ; and feeling moreover a confident assu
rance that in Gen. Taylor, (whose name is presented
lor the first office,) I shall always find a firm and consist
ent Wing, a sale guide, and an honest man, I cannot
hesitate to assume any position which my tricuds may
assign me.
Distrusting as I well may, my ability to discharge
satislactorily the duties of that high office, but feeling,
that, in case of my election. I may with salety repose
upon the iriendly aid*of my lellow Whigs, and that el
loi t* guided by honest intentions will always be charita
bly judged, 1 accept the nomination so generously ten
dered ; and l do this the more cheerfully, ns l am wil
ling, (or such a cause and with such a muii, to take my
chances of success or defeat as the electors, the final at •
biters of our late, shall in th*’ir wisdom, judge best lor
the interest of our common country.
Flcuse accept the assurance of my high regard and
esteem,and permit me to subscribe myself your friend
and lellow citizen, Millard Fillmore.
lion. J. M. Morchead.
The Northern Allies.
We commend to those Democratic Orators who ore
now acting the part of wandering Mifsionunes, who
are traveling sea and land to make proselyte*, and de
feat Gen. Taylor, the following scrap cut bom a Cass
paper m New Hampshire. It may Serve to allow them
what tlieir “ Northern Democratic Allies” are doing
to Ut'feut the old Planter of Louisiana. The slip is
cut from *Uc Dover Gate tty, of July Ist. and is as fol
lows :
Mr. Ginns I am a plain man, and Ido want to
know the truth in a certain point —ls Gen. Taylor
a Slate Holder und dealer m buntun ilesh or not ( 1
ihmk you are uk'dy teknow about it. borne Wings de
ny it You will oblige in? and many others up our way
by enlightening us. Partly a Wiiiu.
io tlna note, the Cass organ hi <juctioii replies as
follows ;
“Gen. Taylor ia very rich and deals largely In Negro
Muaes~lioiJs three or four hundred kwnm being* in
N acery —buys ail he can get cheap, and speculate* upon
them ! lie is able toiree tli m all ond not feel It, if he
would, but lie will not, uud .** olio ol the moat power
ful men m the Union, to keep up die system ol .Slavery.
These art lucta—absolute facta, tell the folk* up your
way.”
If our 1) inocratio Irion is in G.*orai i, could only see
the Ciousand undone paragraphs NniiiUr to the above,
which weekly meet our eye, th. y would turn with loath
ing AJtd apprehension from the public as nub.ages
winch are now gotten up for the express purpo< ol de
ceiving tnd deluding them >nto the support of Lewis
Cams li they could only get hut s g!iui|ise at the real
tools ol this campaign, they would ululate their broth*
er D‘mocraisof South Carolina, and repudiate forever
die idea ol elevating “ another Northern man with
Southern p, lan/dea,” to the Trcaideiicy.
Col. UmilptiMii.
Th.sdiHiinguished jenilonian addles* *J a mam meet
ing id ihe Whigs ol Hr county aiGroohvilD (Ky.)
on Sstuidsy week. The M iyaville Herald sava :
His sketch of tlie character and services of Gen.
7'nylor was *>ipenor to any tiling of the same kind we
have evrr beard, and we speak but die universal sen
time ilia o the mu lienee, when we any that ina friends
may asatdy rest Ins claims to ditine lion, upon hisca
fmcity as a public speaker, as upon Ins celebrated Santa
Fe expedition, which ha* given him a laine ou-rxten
•*va with die civilized world ’’
L’al I) was expected to Address the Rough and
Ready Ciuhul Ma on c .muy in WediH'.-
day l*i ll.*i
-tbl- rrply iu the lilt LociMoco Ki.ijrr that b lisj
abandonr.i Uir \Vhi< pan y.—Batl. VatnM
31 r. t illui>re anil (he South.
We commend the article below from the Ni'W-V ork
Tribune of the 21st inst ~ to every enndid and thitiki g
1 man of the South. It is a complete refutation of the
reckless und slanderous charge, that \lr. Fillmore i
unfriendly to slavery. Remember too, that the Tn
hunt is the leading and rankest Abolition paper in the
; Noithem .States. The Editor, Mr. Greely, hasoppo
! sed slavery lor years, and is known eveiy where as tlu
, moat bitter and uncompromising l'rovisuist in the Abo-
I iition ranks. Though a Whig, lie refuses to mippori
On, Taylor and Mr. Fillmore, solely on the grouti
that one of them is a slaveholder, and the other oppos
ed to any agitation on the subject ; and be is now en
gaged day and night in getting up u Van Ik ken anti
slavery ticket, with wSiich to bent our ca didates.
Here is what the Tribune says:
“ If there be one Whig Statesman of the North
whom the South has no reason to denounce and pro
scribe, that man is Millnru Fillmo'e. We o not say
this to commend him, nor yet to deprecate Southern
hostility. It the Slaveholding interests shall see lit
deliberately to put its brand on Mr. Fillmore it could
!do nothing that would please us better. All that we
desire .s that the facts shall he tairly set forth, so that
! there shall be no room for a plea that the aet was done
j under a misapprehension ol Mr. Fillmore’s real posi
tion. Assure us of that, and nothing would suit us
better than to seethe South put him under its ban.
We shoulJ hail his detent through such a feeling as no
injury to him and a glorious thing lor the country, in
constraining the North to stand on the defensive.
“ Mr. Fillmore is not and never pretended to be ‘ a
Northern man with Southern principles.’ He thinks
aud leelsas a Northern freeman, but he never uid nor
said a thing which tlu* South can reasonably object to.
lie was so adverse to any action in Congress which
could provoke sectional unimosities that The Crono
type, in announcing his nomination, stigmatized him as
bne of those coU-blooJed, calculating Yankees who
would * sell his grandmother's hide for a dollar,’ and
who, when leader of the House (XXVlllh Congrea)
never had time to allow the consideration of any ques
tion ol Humanity. Aud it was doubtless true that so
much real important work devolved upon that Con
gr 98 as to leave little time lor discussing abstractions.
Mr. Fillmore is eminently Conservative in his views—
careful, discreet, painstaking, and indisposed to give
offence, or excite commotion. It the South cannot
trust him to preside over the Senate, we sJmll gladly
record the fact and act in view of it.”
Such is the testimony of a man who has run mad on
the slavery question, and who, il any body does, knows
every Abolitionist in and out of New York. Such is
the evidence ol the 7 ribrne , in favor ol one whose elec
tion it opposes. Bui the editor of that paper is not the
only Abolitionists who is opposed to Mr. Fillmore
Giddings, Hale, Wilson, Allen and Wilmot, are all
out against him. This foci speaks volumes, and ren
ders comment unnecessary.— Savannah Republican.
A Word to the South.
Every mail that comes to us from the North, brings
accuuiulatedevider.ee of the increasing popularity of
.Mr. Van Bi ren. The defection from the Democratic
ranks is growing deeper and wider every day and the
opinion is now entertained by many, that the “free
soil” candidate, with the help he may get from Gid
dtngs, Hale, Greely and others, will beat Mr. Casa in
neaily all of the Northern States. It is now generally
conceded that it is out ol the question to elect Mr. Cass.
We see no earthly chance for hun. Judging trom rc-
CiiH movements at the North, the race is now narrow
ed down to Gen. Tavlor and Mr. Van Buren —one a
Slaveholder, and the other an Abolitionist. If there
fore, the whole South does not come up to the support
ol Gen. TANARUS., the election alter all will probably go to
the House ol Representatives, where Mr. Van Buren*
the anti-slavery candidate, may possibly be elected in
spite ol us. This is, by no means, an impossible event.
Though we believe that Mr. Cass at hear*, is still in
favor of the/Vouwo, jet as he has attempted to occu
py a kind oi double position, which makes him favor it
at the North and apparent y oppose it at the South, he
is looked upon us a dough-face by both parties, anden
lilledto the confidence of neither. Thus it is, he has
lost ground, and his chances of being elected are get
ting “sin dlby degrees and beautifully less.”
Would it not be well, the relore, for the Southern
Democracy to look carefully to thi9 subject f Tuere i9
a general upheaving of the anti-slavery masses of the
free States, which, with their numbers, their talents,
and the astonishing extent of the movement, threat
ens the most disastrous consequences to the peace and
stability of the Union. They have resolved, and re-re
solved in their various assemblages, trom Maine to
Wisconsin, that slavery must and shall remain where
it is ; that it shall not be extended to the Territories
which have been purchased in part by our own blood and
treasure ; that the knell of our peculiar institutions
must be sounded, and that our rights and property must
be offered up a9 a holocaust upon the altar of their wild
fanaticism. Under such circumstances, it becomes our
imperative duty to band together as the friends of uni
on and harmony—as patriots who “know their rights,
and knowing dare maintain them s and to throw our
selves against this wave of Northern vandalism which
bodes the destruction of the fairest temple ever erected
to the rights of man. This movement of Mr. Van Bu
ren must be counteracted. His attack upon our rights,
our property, and our equality, should be met and re
pelled. To do this effectually, the South must be uni
ted ; and the first step towards the accomplishment of
this object, is to diop those candidates who cannot be
elected, and who hang about our necks like uiill-atones
drawing us down to our destruction. It may be neces
sary to give up a few cherished principles; but it is far
better to save the South by losing them, than to gam
them an 1 lose the South.— Savannah Republican.
EXTRAORDINARY DEVELOPMENTS.
A Financial Operation of Geu. Can.
In 1836 Lewis Caaa, Henry Hubbard, Francis O. J.
Smith, Francis Markoe, Jr. und Ramsay McHenry,
ad then at Washington City, knned themselves into
an association under the title ol the “Western Land
Association,” for the purpose ot speculating in West
ern Lands. One of the Association ceitdic ili solw.ock
has been sent to us. It is as loliows:
“WESTERN land association.”
“Be it Known that L*wis Case, Henry Hubbard,
Francis O.J. Smith, Francis Markoe, Jr. aud Ramsay
McHenry, on the 28ih day ol April, 1836, entered into
an association, with the combined capital of $220,000*
lor the purchase und sales ot Public Lauds, in certain
Western Stuies and Territories ot the Union, accord
ing to certain articles of agreement bear ng said date,
ami signed by said potties, and that is
proprietor ot ■■■■ - thousand dollars of Muidcnpiutl,
whereof the aggregate sum specified in the underwrit
ten certificate has been paid ; and the said —— thou
sand dollars being a portion of the capital assigned lo
auid in said articles ot agreement, and subject to
a deduction ol one-third part of the profits accruing
thereon, and to the payment ol u proportional fraction
ol the necessary expends of the continued Agent of
said Asms istion, and to no other deduction.
Beiikuuwn, ulao, that said stock i* transferable in
whole oi in part* not less than one thousand dollars, by
an assignment ol tins certificate by suid ■- or hts
Attorney, und record thereof being made by the .Secre
tary in the uunaicr book of the Associutioii.
Washington City, ■ ■■■ 183d.
-- —Secielary. “ President.*’
This Association .or the purposes ol laud speculation
was formed when iewisCasa wa & Secretary of War
• ndei Gen. Jackson. Cass himself, the duel of the
speculators, p id in S23,tKM, aud others pud in sl<U,-
(NR), iiiukuig a total Ol sts2,W2. The contemplated
capital ol s22d,t>.R) was not obtained. The plan of the
AaaoeiatMNt was to e ter lands in the West and hold
•hem up lor a vast mcreuae ot value. Cats being Se
cretary of War, and in virtue of ins official siution,
huvmg important advantages over private individuals,
the Association gave him the control ol the whole busi
ness. He appointed the agent to make t'.e entries ol
land- selecting Ins own agent und agreeing to be re
apoinnble tor ina acts. The agent went to the Weal
and made par-chases, all under Caaa* direction, and the
latter, dCecily und through lus agent, coat nued to
have the management ot the laud*.
Alter several years’ delay, the members of the Atao
nation began to have stroiig suspicions that there was
little or no probability ol their ever getting any thing lor
their money. All their nppiicationa loUaaalor inform
ation were of no avail. After c limitation with euoli
oilier, tin y appointed Hou li*nry H'ibburd.oiie ol ti a.r
own iiuiiucr, and then or since U. H. Senator fra.n
New Hampdiire, lo look alter their mteteata and as
cei tain if (>ass and his agent liad dealt by (hern fairi/
un i honestly. Mr. Hubbard ojwtied u coireajwmdrm-e
with ( ana, but, killing in every effort lo get any ant *•
faction hum huu, lie wrote a final letter informing llie
lion. Sicretary of War that lie was raacal, and Ihe
Hon. S cretary w*ua quiet aud silent under the char ge.
Mr Huhtiurd charged liiiii with swindling Ins aas ci
aiea, and the Hoii Secretary, instead of exhibiting re-
AtTitniiUt oi titieiiiptiiig to prove ins inhocv iice, admit- o
ted by his silence the justice of the neen nion, and even
to this day the Association has not been able to get any
thing out ol him.
We are authorized to make this statement by a nicm
heroftlic Association, a gentleman who paid SIO,(XX)
into the hands of Cass or his agent and has never re
ceived anything whatever in considermioii ol his mo
ney. Our informant requests us, it the villainy is de
nied, to call on Hon. Henry Hubbard lor a statement
ol the truth—to demand ol him a publication of the let
ters that passed between him and Cass, particularly the
letter to the Hon. Secretary oi VVur.cliurging him with
villainy in all its form*. We shall enclose u copy ol
this pajer to Gen. Cuss, and, il he has anything to say.
let him speuk out or authorize some of his organs to j
speak out lor him. Mr. Hubbard, the public are aware j
is a prominent Loco-Foco, and was fie man that nom
inated Mr. Polk in the Baltimore Convention four
years ago.
It was bad enough in all conscience for the head of
the War Department to become a member of an associ
ation for speculating in lands—to use the advantages
his high office, one of the very highest in the Govern
ment, lor monopolizing lands, through the use of an im
mense capital, to the great disadvantage and detriment
of the poor emigrant. Such an operation on the part
ofn Secretary ol War would have been in the extteme
est degree censurable, even if there had been nothing !
dishonest or unfair in his treatment of his associates ; \
but if it is a fact, as charged, that, to the monstrous
impropriety and shamelessness of entering into such a
speculation, the Secretary added the crime of cheating
or over-reaching his associates, lie deserves an immor
tality of iniainy.
The man whom, as Secretary of War, speculated so
extensively in Western lands,and who, by that and oth
er means, has accumulated property to the amount of a
million of dollars, is now a candidate for the Pesiden
cy. If with a high office and a salary of SO,OOO, he
could operate thus largely as a land speculator, what
might he not be expected to do with a stiil higher ollice
and u salary of $2 5,000 l If no sense of propriety could
restrain him from connecting himself with a secret as
sociation for the monopoly ol public lands when he w as j
a member of the Cabinet, what could be relied on to
restrain him Irom a similar proceeding if he were Pres- ;
idem?
Look at (his thing, fellow citizens, Whigs and Dem
ocrats, and decide for yourselves in your own honest j
minds if this land-speculating Secretary of War, wheth
er guilty of thesriiue, laid to his charge by Hon Hen
ry Hubbard and his other associates, of defrauding and
swindling them, is the man you will elevate to the
Presidency ?— Louisville Journal. 20f/r July.
Gen. Cass Catechised—The Questions uutl
Replies.
The Louisville Journal has brought General Cass to
the form, and taken him through the political cate- |
chism. Here are the questions and here the replies.— (
It must be admitted that the result makes Gen. Cass’s
principles ‘as clear ns mud,” whilst it leaves no doubt
that he is in favor of all things and against all things “all j
things to all men
“Are you in favor of protection, General ?”
“If you are a Northern man, I refer you to my letter
to the Indiana convention in 1843, but, if you are a
Southern man, you will find iny opi irons embodied in
my recent votes andspeecb.es in the Senate.”
“Are you for or against the Wilmot Proviso, Gen
eral ?”
“If you are a Northern man, I refer you to the edi
tion of my life just published in the Globe office for
the North ; but, if you are n Southern man, you w ill
find some very good reading in the edition of my file
published in the same office for the South.”
“Do you approve or disapprove the annexation of
Texas, General ?”
“If you are an anti-annexation man, I refer you to
the Detroit Advertiser tor proof that 1 opposed the pro
ject most warmly ; but, il you are an annexation man,
you will find iny views very satisfactorily set forth in
my votes and speeches in favor of the measure.”
“Are you for or against the dynasty of Louis Phil
ippe, General ?”
“If you are a Louis Philippe man, you will be so good
as to rend my book on the French King and court ; hut,
if you are an anti-Louis Philippe man, I will send you a
package ol my late speeches in favor of the French
revolution.”
“Are you for or against the improvement ot rivers
and lake harbors, General ?”
“The noise and confusion would prevent my answer
from being heard if I were to tell you.’’
Debt of Five European Nations.
We clip from an exchange the following table, which
will show the indebtedness, the population, and the
revenue ot five principal governments in Europe.
When the reader contemplates the mountain load of
debts that sit upon the energies ot these countries, press
ing the people into hopeless poverty, he cannot be sur
prised that the mass has risen, and will rise against the
government which has so oppressed them with piodi
gaiity :
England —Debt $4,000,000,000; revenue, $2,000,
000,000 : population, 28,000,000. Making a debt thir
teen times greater than the revenue, and an mdebled
ness equal to about $142 to every man, woman and
child of her population.
France— Debt, $780,000,000; revenue, $102,000,
000 ; population, 35,000,000. Making a debt four
times greater than her revenue, and equal to $22 to
each individual of her population.
Russia. —Debt, $300,000,000 ; revenue, $86,000,000;
population, 50,000,000. Debt over three times her re
venue and $6 to every soul.
Austria.— Debt, $300,000,000; revenue, SIOO,OOO
000 ; population, 37,000,000. Debt three tim s over her
revenue, and $‘J to every soul.
Prussia.— Debt,slo3,ooo,ooo; revenue, $40,000,000;
population, 15,(XX),000. Making a debt twice and a
half over her revenue, and $7 to each soul.
From Washington’* Farewell Address.
“It is of infinite moment that you should properly
estimate the immense value of your National Union
toyour collective and individual happiness; that you
should ciienah a cordial habitual, und immovable at
tacliineni loit; accustoming yourselves to think und to
speak ol it ns a palladium of your political safety and
prosperity ; watching its preservation with jealous mix
iety ; discountenancing whatever may suggsst even a
su*tncion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and
INDIGNANTLY FROWNING UPON THE FIRST DAWNING OF
■VERY ATTEMPT TO ALIENATE ANY PORTION OF OUR
COUNTRY IROM THE RENT, OR TO ENFEEBLK Till SACRED
TIES WHICH NOW LINK TOGETHER THE VARIOUS FARTS.”
* * * “ In contemplating (lie causes which
may disturb our Union, it occurs as a in liter of serious
concern that uny ground should have been furnished
lor characterizing potties by geographical discrimina
tions—Northern and Southern—Atlantic and West
ern. Hence designing men may endeavor to excite a
belief that there is areal difference ol local interests
und view*.”
• lire lor Hydrophobia.
The following paragraph says the American Fanner
has been transmitted tons by Prof. Hear, with the re
quest to republish it. In the note enclosing it duted
Bykesville, March 94th, h- aays .
“The enclosed rtceipe I lon in I inoneoftha Hnliimore
pnpei* /am perfectly satisfied that (him me is a
preventive oj Hijdiophobtu —having made the expert*
mem on uy dogs several times Two <l me Jogs were
bitten in my presence. I immediately applied the Chlo
rine of Soda to the wound, and then w -lied tin* whole
laxly in lh* Chlorine Solution. My dogs were not af
fected, whilst toy neighbors dogs Urn me dloeascd
and were killed.
Youm with reap ct, Wm Baer ”
Hyi ftorttontA—We have been rrqn me Ito republish
the following, niiid to be a preventive ol tiy.lrophubiu,
as discovijed by a French physician, M t <nnn .
“Take two tutilespoonstiil ol Irrsfi c lion,if of time,
in powder--mix it with half a pint ol water, und with
this wash k - |ile wound eooatinlljf Imbed, and lie
quciilly renewed, ‘i he ekiorinegas (>’ asespee the pow
er of tiecouiposmg tint th in ii.ious poison, nnd ren
ders mild and Harmless that venom against who* re
nisi less at tuck the urtdlery of medical science his Urn
*o long directed in vain It is necessary i ndd that
this w.ish should Is- applied as noon ns puss.Me niter the
infliction of llie bile. I’iie following are Ihe results of
tlii* trew tint'll* .—From Wlo to IBii, die number of per
so. i* Rilmilfc and into B ilaiHm u! nm 184 of i
only two died—irom l7lJto 1*24, into die Hospital at
Zurich ,223 peisons bitten by difli iem animals, 1182 by
dogs.j ol whom only lour died.”
Reduction of llie Army.
The following is the su isinnc * of the full passed by
Congress in relation to die reduction ot die Armv :
l*t I’he provision ol die law under which Major Gen
Taylor and Brig it. us Kearny and Twiggs iroeivcd
their prrsent rank pi die army, requiring them to lie
dual ll sued at lh* end of the war, u>ile*s the I'rrsident
should, hi lus discretion, elect to dismiss instead ot them
t• ii* Scott,Gaines find Wind, ia repealed and ail die*’
officer* will remain permanently in the urmy
2d. A number ol additional pay masters, qtiui ter tnns
ters, Qouimisauiiea and u.-sistani adjutant general#,
will by reuuiiud tn service until 4tli .Match, 18Ri.
31. All those officers ol the old inmy who have va
cated then couin i.f-siotia, to take appointments in ilie
line oi stuti of the temporary irviea, are to retain their
pn-frut position ns to rack until by deatha
“allies Iliey con enier iheir former rem, *■
rank they now hold. Tim. ‘he
memries. The number of ofticer, whZ, , pern “-
covered by these two mum* sis about ievn.m *
4lh - Ihe oilmen, and men who hare cmalle a
I “ rv.ee in Mexico, and been honorably d.,el . y . don ’
I receive three months exira pay. g uc f. ‘, IH, will
nietely mustered mtoseiy.ee aud never 1.-i’i u U H * w, ' ri:
lor lire seat ol war will noi be entitled lo ext,a < <,ulllr J’
White .lien, Look nt This
In his recent and masterly defence of Gene™) T
lor, the Hon. John M. Clayton, of Delawa
the followinir remarkable exposition. \\> ‘"° de
it especially lo those Democrats who in J 8 Jo co, “' , **-nd
| horrified at the “sanguinaiy and cruel Hid doo'.JT K
j gialation” ofGen. Harrison. ‘ m ik.
Mn. Clayton said : Mr. President, a paper j,
into my hands, which I ant requested to rend toil , PUt
ute. In 1840, Gen. Harrison was charged by C!,<n ’
ponents with the high crime ol having ’j 01 ” ° P ’
about fiity years ago, while Governor of the N “ aw
Territory, lor selling poor white men into bond a '7"‘
That, if 1 understood it, was a law to punish .•
It is a fuir reprisal on an enemy that could innkeT't,’
a charge, to retcr them now to a lawssineg ne( | ] ? Ch
present candidate while Governor of Michigan r
tut* a dateas the 3711i ol July, 1818. The law | 80
the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Felch) will oc’knowV
edge tone un authentic copy from the let mortal
j utesof Michigan, is in the following words “
“AN ACT tor die punishment of idle and disorderly
persons.
“Sec. I. lit it enacted by the Governor and Judge,
of the Territory of Michigan, That any Justice ol the
Peace, on eonviction, may sentence any va ~ .
lewd, idle or disorderly persons, stubborn servant,’
common drunkards, common night-walkers, pilferer,
oruny persons wanton or licentious in spe',ch
cent behaviour, common ratters or brawlers each 1
neglect their calling and employment, w J
they earn and do not provide lor themselves or tannhe,
tube whipped not exceeding ten stripes, or to bedeii.
vered over to any constable, to be employed in labor
not exceeding three months, by suclt constable to be
hired out for the best tenges that can be procured -
the proceeds of which to be applied to the use of the
pour of ihe county.
“Made, adopted, and published at Detroit, the 37th
day of July, 1818,
t kEYY Ixs CASS, Governor.
}?■ w ward, Trending Judge
J Wither all, ( , , , *
“John Griffin, j duagesot the Territory ”
Mr. Clayton continued:
I his act was passed by tlu* authority originally giv
en in the ordinance of 1787. It provides that “the
Governor and Judges shall adopt and publish in the. iB
- such laws ot the original States, criminal and civil,
us may be necessary and best suited to the circumstan
cesof the district, and report them to Congress, from
time to time.” In the year 1818, Governor Cassadopi
ed and passed this aet, as one of the Legislators over
the Territory. By it a “common night-walker,” or
any “idle person,” or any “stubborn servant,” or any
“person licentious in speech,” or any “person of inde
cent behavior,” or any person who should‘misspend
what lie had earned, and Dot provide for himself or
family,” might, at the discretion of a Justice of the
Peace, be whipped ten lashes, or delivered over to a
constable, to be hired out tor the best wages that could
be procured ! ( Laughter,) If General Cass should re
main of that mind hereafter, what a prospect of whip
ping and hiring out does it present to all who may have
a fancy tor night-walking, tor all idlers, such as may,
in the judgment of a justice of the peace, be “stubborn
servants,” or “licentious in speech,” or happen not to
spend their money as the justice shall approve ! ( Great
Laughter.) There is nothing in the old sedition law,
or in the blue laws of any ot the old States, to exceed
this precious specimen ot the Geu. Cass’legislation in
1818. I commend it to the especial consideration of the
modern Democracy in their future progress.’’
C hronology ot Cotton.
We clip the following trom an old paper. It will
prove interesting to many of our readers, and i! some
gentleman, who is learned in statistical lore, will take
the time and trouble, and extend the years down to
1848, we shall be happy to make the chronology com
plete te to date.
1730—Mr. Wyatt spins the first cotton yarn in Eng
land by machinery.
1735—The Dutch first export cotton from Surinam.
1742 —First mill lor spinning cotton erected at Birm
ingham, moved by mules or horses ; but not successful
in its operations.
174‘J —The fiy shuttle generally used in England.
1756—Cotton velvets and quiltings made in England
for the first time.
1761—Arkwigbt obtained the first patent for the spin
ning frame, which he further improved.
1768 —The stocking frame applied by Hammond to
the making of lace.
1773 —A bill passed to prevent the export ot machin
ery used in cotton factories.
177‘J—Mule spuming invented by Hargrave.
1782—First import of raw cotton from Brazil into
England.
1782 Waft took out his patent for the steam engine.
1783 A bounty granted in Englai don the export o
certain cotton goods.
1785 Power-looms invented by Dr. Cartwright—
Steam engines used in cotton factories.
1786 Bleaching first pertoimed by the agency of the
oxymuriatic acid.
1787 First machinery to spin cotton put in opera
tion in Fiance.
1782—Sea Island cotton first planted in the United
Stales ; and upland cotton first cultivated for use and
export about this time.
1720 —Slator, an Englishman, builds the first Ameri
can cotton factory, at Pawtucket, K. I.
1732—E1i Whiti^y,an American, invents the cotton
gm, which he patents.
17‘J8—First mill and machinery for cotton erected in
Switzerland.
172$—Spinning by machinery introduced into Sax
ony t hi-year.
1803—First cotton factoty built in New-Hampshire.
1805—Power-looms successfully and widely inti®*
duced into England.
1807 —The revolution in Spanish America begins to
furnish new markets lor cotton manufactures.
1810— Digest ol cotton in mufactures in the United
States by Mr. Gallatin, and another by Mr. Tench
Coxe, Esq. of Philadelphia.
1811— Machinery to make bobbin lace patented by
John Burn.
1813 —The India trade more free, and more British
inanulncturea sent thither.
1815—The power loom introduced into the United
States ; first nt Waltham.
IB|B—Average price of cotton 31 cents —higher than
since 1810. New method of preparing sewing cotton
by Mr. Holt.
1812— Extraordinary prices for Alabama cotton
lands.
1890—Steam power first applied with success exten*
! lively to lace tnutiulactur< s.
1822 First cotton fact ry in Lowell erected
1823 First export ot raw cotton from Egypt iota
j Great Britain.
1425—1n New Moans cotton nt from 21 to 25 cents
per pound.
1826 Self-acting mule spinner patented in Bb|W
by Robert s.
1827 American cotton niatiufecturte first exported
to uny coiuudciable extent.
1823—Highest duty in the United Suites on foreign
cotton manufactures.
1830— About this time Mr Dyer introduced sin**
chine from the United States into England lor the P ur *
pose of making cards
1832—Duty oil cotton goods imported into the lnt
ted States reduced ; and in England it n* forbid to rm
ploy minor* in cotton mills, to work them m" re
than ten hou s per day, or more than mile lioaieii
n tvituidoy ; in consequence they work at soiiieitonf
else.
IM.ll—Cotton at 17 cents. .
1835—Extensive puich’ ses made ol cotton l* n *
Hpi*cu Inti<ts and others.
183$— Cotton at from 18 in 20 rents
A Hold UtUiphari
Mr. G!linr.ln, Ini.• rdit.ir .4 ikr Cnurirr <!’ < I ‘*'*
Uni’ 4 , snys in a letter from Pirn*, tbit *hen i1,,,,rU ”
was accused of having conspired Witlith’ ‘
he replied, it is true 1 hnve ; but it was tin
cy of the Lightning on the Temple ol Liberty * ,tl
Lightning tod ol 11 a en. It wmn conspnae) lo c
ry oil'the element of dcatruction and preanve
re in the ‘i emple unscathed”— BsU / atrial
Tmiulng Ou’it’ ~ •„
It is well to leant ox u the ail ol (hen
wii.i au empty tail on a dtaoeni; t *• ‘•‘J oltlf
with a gradually increasing toad ; then ♦ n
in tin* ws> may be taught to bock *un ,ut *
v> load