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Miinnuiry.
A a- George Moors. Jr-, of Crawford county, has
aid-de Curnp to h Excellency, the
Gove r.rr, wuh the rank ol Colonel.
.•n* The Washington correspondent of the N._ Yoik
rxnress, thus speaks ot the onslaught winch Mr.
Marshall a democratic member Irom Ca. donna, made
the other day upon the old leaders of the Democratic
party, whom he is pleased to cMF'old logics: ’
“ Th * speech of the California Marshall to-dav, in
defence of Douglas", nil I in denunciation of such, ‘on.
Fogies’ as Gas?, Buchanan, Butler and other beaten
horses,’ made a prolound s* nsatioo ho:o in pi’ am
galierv. It has enraged the friends ol Caw.l>°ch i, tJ; ,,,
Bullet and other?, and their rage will burst out the hr?t
opp-muniiy. The California Marshall ,s a brother ot
th; celebrated “Tom,” and t- pretty much such an el
oauent fellow. He personifies “the oung America
very well iti his appearance He wears mo iM.ously
bi“ moustaches, great long fiery re t wti?*ers, a hue
nold chain,often beaotiiuliy ti img gi.-ves, and tle best
ol broadcloth His style ot speaking very com
manding His words are admirably chosen—wtili the
cboicesfstvle, and in the best arrangement, and lie
rnav b * set’ down ns a very superior natural orator.—
This |>er?onifi**d “Young America.” pitched into old
“fogy Democracy,” and endorsed “Progress” Douglass
against retrogression C ass, Buchaoan and Ifruier
Young A ner.can Democracy is now in lull tight with
old Fogy Democracy .”
1 0:i a L ike Poncharfrain S.eamhoat four per
sons were playing “Poker,” when one of the part
ireiaed to a pers<an in cohoot with him, (?itting opi>‘
site) licit he had ‘two pair,” letting two fingers appear
on the r ght hand. After the “ Arkansas tooth-pick “
ind taken them the injured person exclaimed :
“What the h—l M you do that for ?
“ Oh. you may thank your tuck that you d'd’ot have
“four ac-s,” or *on’d have no fingers ou that hand, “ .e
piled the other.
Kossuth in New Yor.c—The Board ot Aldermen
of New Yo:k have refused to name a .-’reel “Kossuth
PUce”at the request of certain p-utioners.
Ky* The General Conference of the African Medio
dist Fqhscopal Church, meets in the city ol New Yotk
on the 3d ol May next.
Imt stant if True—Letters from Paris, snys the
Xe# \ >rk Express, stale that theßmi?h govermneui
.. isofltciaily informed the French governmeni. tint
the momenta French soldier is sent across the Belgi
um erritory . the city of Antwerp, and the kil ts on tiie
Scheldt will be occupied with an English army oi tec
thousand men.
Chicago is the most rapiJly growing city in the
Western country It hu? now a population ol 40W,
(i!though hut 25.000 in 18X0.) and real estate i? seu.ng
at higher prices than can be obtained any where vise
The vote in tli- Democratic Suite Conventc
of Louisiana stood 101 for Cass, and 72 (or Douglass
We learn from Gadgnani’s (P .ri“) JB-.- iii- :
that Thalberg. the great pianist, is at.-out lo ?’ -rt !
America on a musical tour.
LiT The London Times -ays it ha? ■>■<. ! -
pains o • seerta in tne number ol p-rson? m-.- ?••• ...
France within the last few weeks, and ••
tiie pest authorities, sp akuig on ?-tfli •ie;.t wi Jence,
that th? number probably i acic. .f i
y Bishop Hughes of New Y . . ?->v? I- *
tr.lt :s written to Q iee I- . >: :
which i.e thanks her, m then- o: .--Au:,, ?.-
toe United States,for the ci* : -■? ■ and show n.
favor of die Americans woo went tot.;.-- posse??! n- :
Cuba and were captured. This letter was giv.- :. ,
the Queen by Mr. Barringer, Mmistei of tiie l
States at Madrid.
L : The Washington Telegraph snys. that Mr.
Ritchie, late editor ol the Union, :s engaged in win
t ig the history of Gov-Povviiail, G< , rnnr <! .Mast i
i iiusetts ii i(k)d—one of the most rental kab.'e men of
that day.
“ Grace Greenwood” is going abroad in June It {
is whispered that she goes with Ch.ariotie rushumn. j
•ind is about io become f>et pupil for “he singr. A ?o
nat ?!t* Wti: wear Lie buskin first in Eoglaii l.in some
provincial theatre, and then, il trmrouahly successlu,
engage herself in the metropolis. Laige success at
tend her iieauiy, grace and genius
Mr Webster akd Mr. Rives —Mr Gui!l.ird?t,ili
Pari?- correspondent of ihe New Y"ark Courier den
Ktato Unis, says:
In ‘he universal discomfiture of liberal ideas, the Eu
ropean democrats have found nothing so refreshing as
the fenera l.!re-?eu by Mr. Rives lo M.. Webster, a/iei
the coup d'etat ot tit- 2-f December, and the re?p.ais.- j
of the latter, who, in chuigmg the Minister to reeog !
uize (fie Government adiqtted by France, declares that !
ihe taith ot his country in Ip republican instituno.- s- !
which liave achieved tor it happiness and greatness i
euuiely uii?hik -it. I’liese two documents, wiiicii ihe
censor?!, p ot .he press permitted toapfiet in the P-iii
sian journals, hare produced a marked sensation.—
They have elevated the two gem-mien in republican
esteem.
£ Very destructive fl od? have recently occurred
in several parts ol Germany, especially in the Maine
anti Rhine districts. Tiie w ater his risen higher than
at any period daring the lasi till* rii years ihe late
heavy rains and the unusual n.iMness of the weather
combined are supposed to be the causes, having pn.bu
b,y melted targe tracts of snow in the iwi?s muon j
tains.
Employment for Hungarian Refugees —It is sta
ted that Gov Kossuth has rented a large war-h<-use ‘
belonging to Mr Keck, neat Phum tiie, l ine mm ?
from Cincinnati, in which n is arranged to furnish em i
ploytnetn fin numbers of Hnugarian refugees wfio are
now idle, in making amide* and accouirement? for *
those who “hail join in li.e bat tie for me ind pendence
of Hungary. A paity of tvv-u y Hungarians, under j
Cspt Graizey. have gone to Mi-souri, with means to
purchase lO.uof) acres of lanu, w iiilli they intend to
stock and -ultivate
English and American Sailors —The Lon.lon He j
raid stair* -mil many ol ..:e best Engusn ?uiiois are j
leaving f r Amer ca, where, st ii.ry are better 1
paid, and some have left for California, to take their i
cliancr at the gohl mines A gang lately paid off 1
from I. e Southampton, p.id ihnr passiige nr one ol |
the packet ships from L'-n hni to New York. S. vend i
of the seamen late'y paid off from ihe liecla alstr imi.i j
their pi.s?age and embarked at Portsmou ft 1.-r New
Y ork.
Tiie Japan Expedition—lt is stated that the Urge
squadron which i? about being fitted out under Coin I
rnodore Perry, with the ostensible •• nd primary purpo<v
of visiting Japan, is ais<> designed to keep an eye on |
the Sandwich Isiands, and lo be in readiness to check !
any movements which Lus Napoleon r any oii.er ;
foreign power may be disposed to make agtnitet that
nation.
Fortune Unclaimed.—A coatmiitee of die New
York Legislature, alter an investigation into the t:os: 1
funds of the Chancery Coort, have reported that there t
. v a million and a bait of dollar? new h* i.f m J
it the rightful owners oi nearly a million
o* this tat %e gum are unknoicn.
A New Paper in Washington—The Richmond
Republican makes the following announcement :
We have been much pleased ro learn that Win. !
M. Burweil, Esq ,G. G Baylor, and Col John
8. Cu tilt ghatn. are making arrangements to cst-bf >?ti
at the seat of the General Governmetit a week!) news
paper to advocate the great planting and commercial
interests of the South—to urge direct trade with Europe j
and the opening of a continental market for cotton, j
and to labor tor the development of the physical re •)
some-so: ihe Southern Stales. The paper is to be i
called the ‘ Cotton Plant,’ and published at a year ” |
A “ ilrmn Foin ” young gentleman, in turning
swiftly on his heel yesterday, in Broadway, run lo?
head against a young lady lie pm himself a p “i
---ticn to apologise. “ Notaw rd,''s aid the q- w
beauty ;“ it is not hard enough ui mrt any b ,
The cox omb frowned and slop- i, tin- > a - .,.; !v
smiled and c r urte*ied as graceiu. as an apo.-j
Mu Toombs’ Health. —We -ue graLfi,- J to frr.-n
from a pi ivate letter to ibe Editor that Robe it
was “uecidedly better’’ on Son-,ay ?t, the 1 4 1 1* m?t.
The Yor.NG Ladies’ Impr ved Cat ■;;; •• —Y hr. -
is ti e w hole duty ot woman .’ !'o d.p-^—to sing—g. j
dance—to play on the pianoforte— to gabble French
or German—and to preside gr.icetio y at the tea-tsbi> 1
Yb fat isa man ? A thing to alt/, with—to flirt with—
te :.-ke one to the theatre—io iaugh at—to be inaroa
to—to pay one’s bills—and to k*. p one’* biff?—and to i
pav ones bid?—and to keep one coml .rtably ! What
is life ! A poiku— n shottisehe—a dance that one mut
whirl through ia/*f as possible ! What i? death ? |
H’tn—something that’s unfashionable to talk of—to
whisper of—to think of—so the less that’s said about it
the better.
DOT The Hon. A II- Stephens arrived in this city j
yesterday, en route Irom Washington to hi? residence t
We are gratified to learn irom him, that Mr Toombs, 4
when he bit on Tuesday, was convalescent Bomucit j
belter, indeed, th.it his physician. Dr. Andrews, who j
had be.-n called to Washing'on ro see him, returned i
with Mr. Stephens.— Chron ■ and Sent , 19/A mat.
V3~ A New York corre?ponder.t of the Philadelphia
Sun. thus speak? of the Harpers’new establishment:
’ The Harpers,so long opening on dingy ClifTstreet,
. . ..” made famous me world over, have
narrow, and through to Pearl street, and set up a magnifi
cent ♦ ?;n• -.!isf.r..'-rit on that street. 1 have seen the
estabii? nt -nt* of the London. Paris, and I,eip.s;o (took
men, bat none of them will compare with the Harpers’
new shop on Pear! st.”
S3F A Maine editortny* that the adoption of il e Li- j
quor law has intu ed gr at activity inio the medicine t
business. Mint juleps are bought at the dir.ggists un- j
der the head ot vegetable tonics, while sherry cobbler* j
are <.:-,y known as inspired cord Warner* ‘Fhe people 1
<)l Maine may not consume ns much ardent spirits as
formeriy, but ile way they induigp in medicine is a
caution.
Henry Clay and the Presidency —The N York
Jlxpi css publishes an extract of a private letter Irom
Mr. I lav to a gentleman in that eity. in which he ex- i
presses his decided -reference tor Mr. Fillmore as the
Whig candidate for ihe Presidency. and adds:
“ ‘I he foundation of my preterenc? is that Mr Fill
more it as tilled she Executive Government with signal
succe--- rid ability He has been tiiedand found true,
friou'i. honest slid conscientious I wish to say noth
ing -a'inn irom h eminent competitor*. They
hu dered rr< at services to their country—the
*i .i field, the other in the cabinet. Tht y might
i- fry ad liiiuster ihe government as well as Mr.
Fi11:... e has done But, then neither of ihem has
been tried. He has be. n tried in she elevated posi'ion
he now holds, and I think that prudence and wisdom
liaif better restrain us from making any change w th
•ut a necessity j or it—the existence of which Ido not |
perceive.”
Extracts from the Speech of Mr. Toombs
a t the CO.NCKESSIONAL banquet in honor of the
BIKTII DAY OF WASHINGTON.
Mr. President and Gentlemen: —I congratulate
you that the particular duty assigned to me lias been
so well—so much better (ban I could have performed
it— performed by another. In illusttaling the virtues
and policy ot Washington, our distinguished friend.
Mr. Crittenden, io whom you, nntl I, and all of us lis
tened with so much pleasure, has nearly exhausted the
particular branch of ihe subject which was assigned to
myself. But, sir, inspired by the example of some of
my triends, upon such an occasion, railing in the
American feeling of nil of us. I will idler some s ‘gges
tionsupon which argument may be built. 1 wnl not
offer to this enlightened assembly,argument, in favor
of this policy ol Wamiugton. It* wisdom i> vindicat
ed by its resu'ts. Liberty, pence, jiiosperity and n:i
tional greatm-ss are its lutts lam cotiiciit to follow
where he leads I .atncoiii.-ni to give in i efleet to ii.e
principles and policy of his Farewell Addi ss. il at ett-at
legacy w Inch ite has l-ft to h s country in* n and to man
kind, solely li.rilie teas,>its upon which he U.m-d ihen,
[(ireat cheering.] I say that i !i<-:iiiiiv approve the
sentiment contained in the toast you have just read
both upon authority and piincip'e. !i was aunounc-d
and practiced upon by i!s- Father ol Ins ('ouniiv
wltcni it deligl.i-d us ad mi much to honor. 1 ■ is cloth
ed itt the ttr-e, vigorous, mid c -rei-e language of one
ol the most illustrious >! American suiesm* n, w tin *in
bodied the popu'ar voice til Ameiica m the D c ar-inon
of Anieiican linii-pendi-nee. li c ntaii s tl.e c>>mer
sione of Am lie.’, fon-ign p>-licjr—tl;e wisdom of
Washington c oined in the language ol Jt ffi-rsoii
Amid all the c nilicw of putty, ail the cii.tnges of tor
eign and doni s tc p tlicy to which w- have been suh
jeci, tii.s lias li-ineiio es. p U min v.nion. Il husbee.,
strictly -and tirudy jiui.iie.i f>y nil p.-nties and ev.-iy ad
ministration. It hu.. not only never been departed
from, but u never lias } )t en n.-sailed until wiihin the |j.t
lew mniitl.s; *ind then it is worthy of reinemiirtince,
! md from the h ittom of my heart 1 rejoice in ili<- fact,
| hit tin. liist ussauli iipoti iii- doctrine ot M ashingiun
] was not by Dll American Great cheering.] t: \v;i.
I by an f-'uiopean wuos- eks o seduce yon trnm liie poli*
Icy of the Filer <-f is C’ihi: trv. ilenrwed e.lieeiing.l
lie can Invi no response irom an Am-tiiiaii heart
1 [Loud and i roumgeit eti* ering.]
: Sir. tii.s orine;;ile had fiecoui- an axiom in Ameiican
i p-'iiities. No man controv.-ited it. No man ifispu'ed
it. Vi! America ass-tned M;d mankind approved.—
[Cheers J ll reman el tor the chi-f of an unsuccessful
revniui ..in, w ho abandoned the i-auiye ti w as ins duty to
,ie f,.r,to make tins I'ssau i. [Great cheering ] The
chiet of a goat revolution canuol affiiid lo sinvive its
■lelea:. [ Viore cfteermg.J He who assi.iin s th- high
trust of overturning a Government anti i st.>h!islim< ; the
liberties of a people stands pledged to mankind lor si.c
cess nr lit-grave, f Renewed cheering] He cannot
redeem tmii'i II or In. country by the pence .u tbe gen
fereus s\ tiipitihv ol foreign c--umri-s. ‘i iie v- oik is too
igicnt tor sueft means • tin se. The regencraiD nos n
nation must fie Iter ow n woik. j i remendous cheering
; tor smne moitie.iis ]
t>i;. I approve oi Washing!< ids policy, first, because
l it Id. poi-cy ; and, seem .i-.v . because it i. sound policy,
a true poll.- y, a just policy l'e som dness its tr *th. Us
pis u-i .ale vn.:a;ite;i by out uvvn experience ot sixty
veais We I.av pro-per- and. We have • -en from a
-ina ! and me • t-.ii-nible pt --<•: or, you may say, from
io- puwr- at ::o til- position oi one ot die fiisl powers
•1 th, world. Neither tin. pouci ,-! oms, nor is au
latit-t is iill > rl* fined by llu-terms “ii lei v. iilit.n and
non t letven ;o;i ” U . smi gtot s policy was n wire,
:den giitenedatt comprehensive pof-cy. H,subject
] -v t. - which his whole life had t. etl tievoted to
■ pr l --..it; n. ot rji-.-lua’.e tile itlieriy ar.d indepeiidei ce
] -i ~ t y I iie sueeiai dangers against which
in’- warn* !.is eouiiiryuiei- weie “ political centvec-
I non’ w,,n Euiopeun Governments,” implicatir.g our
srlves by ariifimai ti's in tlie ordinary vie.ssitudes ol
: her poiiiics, l r die oidinary coinbinadoiio ami collisions
of her ft ieudsl ops ami mi no ties,” quitiing “cur own to
j stand on fmeign ground,” “interweaving -ur d-stiny
with that of any part “I r.ur- pc,” “entangling <-ur >. ue--
and pros|>eriiy in the toils oi European amhii ion, nv.,l
- interest, hn.nor, or caprn:e,” subjecting ‘ihe will
and poiicy” ct tii.s count:} , “to the will and policy” ol
o her countries, ti- negatives the reasoning as wi II as
tbe fact ot entangling out c< untiy in European |iolmes.
ilis argument answers all the plausible fallacies in <n
vo: of a r: aside toi j,u lingdowiidespotismsoi bu Iding
uj) republics; and asserts cleaily and and slmcily out
duty t>> - cl justly and impartially towards all nations
iio matter what may be iheir fomi ot government—;o
waics :i ! l uehigerenis, no matter w hat may be tlieir
Cause ol q airr-l. He sought to piace his no miry in a
p-sition wlieie, either eniang td ny loieign aittaiic s
iiji compr -aiute.r wnii mreign p..ikies or merest, siie
might on all occasion- anil in every emergency, Ireely
adept that pol cy which might be best clculated to
protect hei own r gbts, maintain her ow n interests, and
promote her .wn happiness II it be necessary, to se
cure these great ends, to interfere in the affairs of nth- r
nations, ilm-h it is mo on y our right but our duty to in
teilcre. [Applause ] But iliai intcrfetence must riot
be as an miermeddier in die affairs of otl.eis, hut as a
party with ligfns to assert and interests to maintain
[Renewed applause.] I have said this was Am, iic.in
po icy. I consider it no small honor lo my country
that it is so. 1 have shown its American oiigiu. 1
ha v • shown yo i ifie position ot American statesmen.—
History will leli you of ns antagonism to the diploma
cy of file Old Woi Id. Il was a policy dial they did
not practice —-move and beyond all their miserable
schemes ot over ieahing each oiher.al their selfish
combinations for p-rsonal and taini-y aggrandisement
at the cost < I justice and ot right It was based ujion
the gn-at principle dial, while it was the duty of Arner
ican statesmen to direct its foreign policy properly,
with reference to the interests, honor,safety and rights
ot Am-rica, [cheers,] yet that its fundamental prmci
pie was imparii--.it> and justice to all die i atioi so! the
earh l his was the new testament of diplomacy winch
the New offered to die Oid World. [Great applau>e.]
I have told you that our experience lor sixty years
has illustrated this policy, and mark you my friends,
we have tied experience on hoili sides ; we have had
expeiience ni intervention and entangling allianc.s,
oi binding our policy lo European policy, and Wash
ington struggled 11-rough 11-e v-in-le course ol his ad
inmisiration, lied dov.’ii and resiiicted by the contiact
we had entered into, in the tluikest p-rils ot our revo
lution. li was the price of National Independence; it
came near strangling its own offspring.
The French treaty w as the most H,flicu!t question of
\Y,i.hingion’s administration. IBs great stiuggle was
to preset ve the iaith ot the country and the safety of
tbe country. They would have been incompatible in
any other hands than his ow n.
*****
j Sir, we have had many other occasions to try this
1 duct tit e since ihe Government was established, but on
I all el them we have been wise enough to pit.cl ice ihe
j precepts ot Washington. V, e have had iw o European
i wars. Bu! I believe we have had to protest against
I oi her nations managing tlieir affairs to suit themselves
j Fnose war* were in defence ot American lights and
Vnerican mieresis, and net of the rights and miert sis
’<•( any other people. [Applause.] The first war wan
jio maintain our independence; the second was to
j maintain our rights as an independent nation. [Ap
plause] Th -fi.st war was io mtiniaia the tact ol m-.le
! pe.itlei.ce ; the second was to mninlain the mcidenlsof
mdep. nd'-nce. Since vve got lid of ilie- French treaty,
in nyu, by Ihe coinage, magnanimity and bo.dnrss of
ilie American Coligit*?; from that day to this vve have
ixeii Itetd from tint gieat danger which Washington
! wr.rnt-d us against—entangling alliances in European
I polities NctK.dy since !r.s advocated making any
more such. We-up|K)* and we had tins print settled,
unlit we sent to Turkey at me iiate r.al expense, and
brougli! i ver a brlliiai I orator—an exile fioin liisov. li
country, with magnificent geniu, and mote than ori
ent-,11 tanev —to lead the opponents of this great Ameri
can policy. He says that this ptinciple was veil
i enough in V. ash mg'i oil's nine, but oof now; that our
cireuim arcs liave changed ; and, vv nil more ingenu
fy ihan f'.nce, utg'S that if it be yet oppiinaLle, i.is
’ }•■ ev ini.intaina ii as he desires interveiiT ion tortile
-.'i.vc <>f i oil intervention 1 honor any man earnestly
tigag. :to the cause of hi? count:y. and 1 can pardon
,sh ; fie? -nasih-y ougliiio pe pardoi ed, though
••.,!•■< ,r lIS ; piove of t'l* in. Wllh ill -O Set tl
s • g'• i’ a few suggestion* oil those two
u. ;tm - •> at Magyar, and Ins converts ami
a. . . - c un’ V.
r : . i ti ha-saw mul answered the first of
-• i ■ ,• advance. He piedicicd the present
sirrua Ot he cauiitry, and lit* cheered
and a - ii :’• ‘ country men to stand firm, and resist
lie -ti p - iu ■ n the day of their weakness to depart
irma ih . r c ?. wilii ihe aseuiar.ee that their in
,-rr-’- .we- v> “id soon p ace them beyond : tie- nc
os-:iy oi sue :■ acin-roa?aid? He knew ih.it when
w ■ were wean h<>m < oioi.iul dependence, vve had io
i rifice them to Fra nee—ro si.crfice lliem for tiie
?aieiy of ihe country, lie longed for the advent oi
:hut day when America should be strong enough to
maintain her own tine policy against tiie world, [ap
plauseand ill that Farewell Andre?? he leli? y< u
lhal if you will br umiej, and adhere to houtsiy and
nistiee, the time vv ii come when other nations w ill not
readily mieifcrc vvnii ya in asseriing tins great
doctrine ol neuiraliiy, and that “we may chons- peace
or war, a? our interest, guided by justice,shall counsel.’’
[Applause.]
The other object ion is, that ynn mu*i intervene for
she sake of nun inletvention. This fallacy ha? b-eii
j happily iifiMtiaied arid exposed by my distinguish*d
judicial friend, Judge Wayne. Sir, it amounls lo ill s:
that intervention is a wrung, and ihcreiiurc, you must
do anoi'ier wrong to rnmic te ifi.n wrong ; or, to put
n still more strongly, thai because other nation? c< rn
mii a wrong—not io us.hot toother ß —w.- musi turn
knight erram, imiiao the height of La Mancha, and
travel up and down the world, revenging oi lighting
ilie wrongs of all injured nation*. ’1 hi? i- tii whole
argument. [Applause.] Again, ii i? said by ihi? dis
tinguished foreigner, that the iniei vein ion of int nation
in the atfiim of oilier na'ions, is against ihe aw? of
nations. Fir, I deny it. I want to know w-hr-ie ih
aulliorny is W'heie are the lawsot nninins gathered
from ? 1 s;iy that it is not nganmi (lie laws ot nations
for one naiion to interfere wnh the i.ffaii? ol anoiiirr.
The laws of da I ions is not thus iaid down !>y any of
the approved publicists; ii is not conformable to the
judgment, the h story, and practice ot mankind. I
shall not mar your festivities by quotations fremtheii
auihors, nor from ancient or modern lusiory, bui wih
content my self with ihe statement that ifiey all i flam
coniraiy doctrine, and ifoit it ha? been iiiiileuioiy
held lo tie a mere question f policy fur eVr l V ll.itii'll
to determine for used whether it shall inieiferc in :l>e
qaairei? ot other nations or not. D<f not Fiance and
Spa n interfere in the quairel you .iid< with England?
And now you aie called upon to fight Russia for doing
■he same ilnng. il tins m-w doctrine cones to any
tlnug. to lii-ti complexion it mu-t come al lasi It iS
nue Fiance and Bp.-nn inierf.-red on the side of iilx iiy
j not that tiiev car* and for hfieriy. It is not to be sup
imped that the Bourbons of France interfered with y< u
to promote iibi-ity and a p public, or tbut Spain, under
atioth* r branch ol ihe Bouiboos, inierlered lor iliut
putpr>se. Their light to intvifeie was never disputed ;
the policy was greatly questioned ; it certain'v added
nothing io tiie stability of ihe throne of Louis XVI—
I They wanted to humble an ancient foe. We availed
j ourselves of that hostility to aid our own cause and our
own country against England. They aided us; n”
triumphed, and established liberty in ibis country.**
[Applause ] E-i iiie add another word :,t tins point.
Tins is a strange time to assert lids new duclri. e. It
was permitted to .lumber on an occasion tlwu might
well have called lorth nil the enthusiasm'of ds present
ndvoc-ateg Russia, he ii remembered, has been oitr an
cient friend and nliv [i is t mi-take to suppose tint
similarity n! insli'uii-u.s make national fri-nd'liip. It
is more often the occasion of and cord and riv: hip.—
Tile, hisuny ol ancient as wad! ns ot modern lime finest:?
this luct. The lire! case which arose out ot the recent
revolutions in t'Jurope, in whit-hone uaiion iiiiervpned
to crush tl.e liberi es ot aimtiier, w■ s rr rnai katiie on
seveml accounts ; first lot sis meat and unnatural enor
mity, and suli more from ifie tact th it ii seems to iiavc
escap* and die vigilance of th- sc gum dibits of tin* rights of
mankind. ’l'he French,‘.'.’An hadoveitun id dv- ihron
ol L ans rhiliope.wlio ii .a ilccl ired ihe eqiiaioy ui tl e
huiioiu rare—nnuailv and pointed!}—signalized the
recnveiy i-T iheir ovvnii’o-ny t.y niarohing on army
• >v-r Italy, crushing a r*-public, and i>s'orit g a des
pottsm. li is ime tlnu diey have been vi..;:i i! by u
s'lddeu and rigliieuiis r ■'libillioit. Jt is li ua that th- )
have not only h>sl l!\* ir own bin rti*s, fun in a manm r
ttial makes them ihe r-c-11 and .coin i l despois and
t eeinen ifiuniL limit ii e world [Loud ciiecis] —
I, is inn* that ilr.s great national crime pn-vuked ihe
-p-eiiv justiceo| Heaven, ini’ itexmcid no woiiii-t
con ‘cmnaiion, n*-t f \en a pr<u* si, ii< in ill**- in w sclmnl
id A-nerican pubitc si 9 11 is t r vie wehave In an mid, in
tiie-e laiiei days that it is tune we bad nil Ameiic.-ni
Policy If we intended I” change oui policy, ihe
time in do ii was w hen a r>-pu li ni Govi i nineiii, stab
lished hv nni'e snl suffrage maieiiedau aimy to over
throw the Roman Republic- wlmn the French aimy
restored |‘iu- die Ninth. That was tin- time n> de
nounce these thunders ot inlet vein ion. [l*real cheer
mg ] I believe ihen- was not a man on i.ie North
American cold in* ni who tin n dee! aft and liium-ll in l.mi
ol it. Why l Let me tell ymt. The n u.-on me
pain, and uink'-s me hlusli f ;, r some ol n,y i-onniry mi ;: ;
tint it is tlie true reason, mu! tin reior* lining to lie told
It was not liecause ‘iie case w s 00l a good one ; du n
could i.e no *-av dlipg on dns point. A p ‘vver.ul tepub
lic. without the pretence ot a provide tioii, maicin s a
great army imo die leiritory <t a sis M-r icpulnic. noi
io repress civil war, for her iiid-pend-nee wasalact
arcompllehed she had llll'eadv’ eina ceipa ti <1 li- tj*'*
ir.>■ 11 die wniat d*spoiism which had in * n seen m Lit
r pe for ten ecr.ntii* ?- -hut h i the j-mpose of citis-ldng
tliat republic and restoring drat despotisui. ’1 heie v. a?
this rnaiked difference in 11-e cases: it was snje m
il-nounee Austria and Russ a— ilui* id, it was more
dir. n ate— ii pi on ,sed to I.e a |;u:fi'ab,c poll I lea 1 ill vest -
mild; lli-l'c was: a I'd }’ ii dill lice ll:lH it Ci-U li vest a
political trader u single vote. On the oibt: band, it
was not safe to denounce thus the Ninth. A vny
numerous and respectable body of our Icltow-cilizcns,
both native and iidop ed. Irom icligtoiis sentimenrs,
deeply sympathized vi iilihi m. 1 lie ail wo ale ot inter
vent ion wanti and ihe vot* s cl these good < it izens ; llieie
fore t,b-y looked on this great outrage in silence, i
not with indifi-rente. If they were not blind, they
were dumb! [Applause] Tlieie was not a won!
-aid about this great principle then. M c b* aid noiiung
about :ih* rv ntioii ill bchall of biieny in l .uroj e. I iio
notlrefreveu resobi:;. non die subject was (Vtpimio
duced into the 8-I’. ‘te J Langhi* r.j There was no ies
!ution introduced do te. then,saying dial tlie fr tencli
R* public had v oia-c;l tb< gn at pi inci| hs ot public low
by ovenhlow'lig iiie Roman fit public al.d icltisiatil g
iliel’ope. I do not say li ought lo have been intro
duced; on tbe contitny, I sa \ it ought not to have h* cn.
Bat if this policy is right t- wards Austria, il is light to
wards Rome ; but it is all wrong, whether applied to
Rome or Aostiia It is a dang-ious departuie tioin
die established policy of our country Its ndvocans
liave abandon-d diese established principles, lorgoaen
the advice of Washing.on,and g- lit a.-tiii} altei siiange
gods. [Great chcerine,]
Gentlemen, I teal 1 have trespassed too ling upon
your pad-nee. [Cries t ‘go on.”] I speak plumiy.—
’ 1 speak wha! you do know,” ait hough niaiiy it yon
would noi iike lo utter it. [Cheers] Tlieie is an
other reason wliy die advice ot Wa.-hington sliouid be
ti-llowed Ii is your iheory, 1 believe, dint all men are
capable o! vv ~-<• ?* !l govortniient ‘l’he events in Eu
rope for ihe las: lime years have not strengthened die
universality oi dns uuth. ‘l’liougli thi> may be um
veisaiiy true, it does no; follow even dial a people who
are capable of governing th* ms.-lva s aie capi.ble of
governing oilier people and other nati- ns : inn- ed, ili
convi iseo tl:e pr< |;o*tii< n ma} f.e said} staled as an
equally univeisul trudi. There are infinite difficulties
wliicb anse lioin one country’s undertaking to inter
lere with th- institu ions ot another country. We
know the difficulty in our country of settling on the
pr-pfrand nue piincpies ot our iniernal policy. 1
appeal loalltf yi.-u, 1 appeal :o die events of the last
tw o years, lo ai sw -r me w heilier, if the imei nu I policy
• veil ot tlie several Slates of this Union was ielt to be
determined upon by lie- unrest rained wall <f die Rep
:e-en aiives ot ihe wiiole country, tills Govermnem
could stand one day l ll you say it can stand a day
I answer you, dint it ought not to stand an hour. [Great
cijeenng.j Every day’s experience teaches us that we
owe p-uce, our prosperity and even salety. io die con
mtu'.ioiial iwapacity ol ihe Federal Goveriiineni lo
regulate or control die inter >al ufi irs ol the separate
States. This is our only salt ly. In view ol tliisgreat
lac!, this policy ot Washington speaks to us trumpet
ti ngued, with ten-(old power, it We cannot man.agi
die local institutions ot out own sepaiale Slates ?.ite!v
tlirougli the General Goveic.ment, bow can we man
age die institutions of others, with difii r-m languages,
feelings ami institutions; with no common ltmem
brancesof the past, no e motion glory, no cemnioi:
literature, no common hisloiy, no common Bunker
Hill, and no common Yoiktown! [Great cheeiing.j
Away with vain theor em! L>-t us t old lu?t to th<:t
which is proven—the wisdom of the past. We have a
great trusi committed to our hands. Let us not be uu
taithfui to it. Let u-” preserve, protect ami defend cur
own country anti her institutions, and leave those o!
other nations to themselves and to God—with abiding
taith m the great truth that it .s their safest depo-itory,
and that nations who desue lobe Iree have only to vvdi
it. [Loud aid long continued cheering.]
Presidential Controversy in she ’louse.
We intend to insert, as soon as we can find room,
trie speeches of Messrs. Breckinridge, of Ken ucky,
and Marshall, ot California, on the position of ti.e
Presideniial candidates. ‘1 he controversy arose from
articles in the D mocratic IT view ol a caustic, slash
ing and vigorous character, on the principles of the ap
proaching canvass. Tht Review demands the adop
turn cf the piogressive principle in the selection ol men
and platforms, and waives the Presidential prime lion
of tiie time-honoicd cl s? of aspirants ‘1 h s has been
resented by the fiiends of those geiilietnen as iinbe
coming the position of a leading penoiii< al and organ
of tlx party, and ihe rights, privileges, poweis, liuiuii
iies, responsibilities aid ethics ol organship have been
brought under discussion. We are under the impres
sion that the deitui edition ot the Review lias been
overdone. At all events, we are quite confident that
it it had taken an opposite course, und had niM.-tcd on
ti e necessity i t age and experience, the comp amis
w ould not stave proceeded trom t lit- same quarter. —
We admit, to it:e fullest cxient, hovvi vt-r, tne r gin o
members ot Congress to review the Review, and o
applaud or ropioacli ai pleasme. We thick. In vvevrr,
111 t the editor ol the Review has nil cqual light to In?
opinion? and the txpressioi ol them. Prior lo its re
<• nt change of propnet is, a was a praise-all Review.
Evi ty month it continued a portrait and auto biography
of some obscure member ot die party, who was tie*
scribed as one ot tin* n ost exir otdinary and promis
ing sn-iiesnit it of die age ’I he consequence was, die
Review became one of the most insipid publications
of the day. Now, it attacks g oat men, and forthwith
the w hole hive ot party politicians is in an uproar.—
Now, all ihis discloses the ohy to which pany organ
ship inis gone. A p,.riy organ editor is regarded vety
much as a hiielmg, or an attorney, vv hose business aid
duly it i< to praise every thing and every body in bis
own party, and denounce evoiy thing and every body
in the opposing f atty The aiiegiance to pany is con
entered paramount to what is due to Ins State, to Ins
country and to truth. Now, there tne a good many
men m the Deniocr <\r party who believe s ncerelv
wti: f has been said ti the Review about pi ogles* and
llie old fogies, v py “holed h not be said l We a.e
told the Dent sciatic R. v.rw is a mere dgnilid and
docirn al organ thanan ordmaiy new .-paper Yes,but
i is i ot more so than the Edinbuig or London or
West minitet Quarteily’s. And they deal with men
aiid things quite as plainly t.s the Demociatic does
The Review, we suppose, is the organ of ns contriku
tots and stib-eri! eis. We suppose that none ot die
candidates lot the Presalency t ie its supporters lx ynmi
a mere subscription. But it it bean organ ot such
dignity a nil responsibility, how In s it been sti| p sed by
any li dy th.t ii could be dnecitij or comp tied try a
Senator, or candidate lor the P.<-?i eney ? The Re
view is friendly to Judge Douglass very probably, but
it is assuming it good deal too much to say that it theie
fore is under hi? : .rectum.
We do not ourselves concur in what the Review
say-of Genera! Ruler. We consider him a man oi
candor and honor, of uusweiving li lelity to Demo
crntic piinciples, as they art- understood in his S'ate, j
and vve believe that lie possesses qui.e as much ability .
ns Mr. t’oik uid, who is frequently extolled t>> the j
Democracy, and i-, we believe, in lilts very Review.
The House has been entertained, wiihin the hist
few days, on this subject, by tiie speeches ot two new
members, who tee also young men And vve have
seldom seen that body listen with greater attention or
p ensure. M. Bn ekenriJge is till elegant, courteous,
fluent and logical man. Geiieial Butler, and all the
other*, who leli aggrieved, were xeeedingly happy in
having such an advocate. Aid such is the power ol
eloquence, that it the controversy had ended with the
speech ot Mr. Bieiickt nrjdge, the sentiment of the
House and the party would nave settled lcuviiy
iig iinst the Review and ugan si that sort of progress
< f vv It eii Judge j) -.uglus? is claimed as a representative.
Rm the thing did in.t stop'here.
Oil Thursday hut, Mr. M .isliall.ofCalitnriiin, mode
a spec eh it was lint so r egain ill style, lior so con
stru ive in argument, nor so well legulated ill temper
as .Mr. Breckenmljir’s, but I'rirnlieh s? i tie of the
most powerful. ski.ml, w ifty, intrepid and captivating
tl.scoursos we have had the good lotiune to hear, ft
took possession of the House. Its .lii.stratio. sos the
and iciiiues ol progress wi-ie so happily made that me
most iiivetcrate comervat eni l eg m to te< I uneasy,and
cite prog:es-ives j’cluulfy b gto to susy ect themselves |
of oo ii.ucit modi rttu ii, and to doubt whether Judge j
Douglass was a man young cm u-it to he Fresident
One ot ihe im -t striking circumstances of die affair
w us, tlitn Mr litecki uridge himself, appealed to ei joy
ill- hits of Ins opponent, quite as much as any of the
y. urig progressives—l;is sympathies, as a man of ge
nius..overcoming his feelings as an antagonist. Belli
gi ifleuicti have taken high rank as ic’.aiers, and may
in wa v s i.vpret in future, wti. .t is vr> rare, the fixed
addition ol lire House. ‘! hey a fund, however, in !
Ilieiit.-<•.Vt'S,Home paradox'cal illu iiamms f prcgie-s
in i eoii-ctvaii-m. B. In tile democrats Bui Mr.
Marshall,the progmssive, is of tin- third generation es
descent, 1.-orn l l.e Inoilier of the Chief Justic , said to
have brew rquai, it nm superioi m naunul g> nio?, to
lire Chief Justice hum* If, and <| rite same federal pul
inch And.Mr. Breckenridpe, the cnffvafive s<f
the ihiid generation, directly descended from the
Breckemtdgi* who introduced the Resell. non of 98
■’ ‘ 1
| into tl.e Legislature of Kcimtrky. Both f the pres
i cut members were horn not far tmm Lexington. Ken
j lucky—a region a remarkable for itsi fertility ot tai-nt
used soil—as clebia'ed tr its hospitality, as tor its
! agricultural wealth and beamy—atid turning nil ifspi-o-
I pie no two famii>’ s liave been more distingmshea lor
talent, than the M 1 rebuffs and Breckenridges.
MACON, GEORGIA.
W MARCH ‘M
ORI3IX ARY BL ANKS.
We have on hand a compleie astiorimeiH of legal
Bhinka—iiioee to be used by Ordinaries having been
cureluily revised and adapted to the l ew organization
of our Courts oi Ordinary.
Notice.
Persons sending money l:v mail, due the Journal
and Messenger Office, prior to the hit day of Janua
ry last, or w riting on business ol the Old Finn, wi i
phase address Thomas B. Geukling, Macon.
T> our Subscriber!?.
In the change winch has recently taken place in the
proprietorship it tl'*’ paper, Mr Chapman's interest
in the siock was purchased by J. T. Nisbel, together
with all the accounts due the Office, since tl.e first of
Jannaiy, i052. Mr. Rose remaining in the concern,
no change has been made 11 die him name. 111 colit c
ting the accounts due prior m the Ist of January.
I bad, which belong lo S. Rose and S T. Chapman,
Mr. Chapman insists upon the full rnt-s of subscrip
tion, or $3 00 per annum. This, Mi. Chapman I,as
a right to do, as the published tales of this pap-r are
$3 00 per annum when not paid in advance. What
we vv isli our subsetibeers to know is, that this exac
tion is made w ithout th e approval or consent of Mr.
Rose, who still remains a proprietor of the paper,
and who is equally interested with Mr. Chapman
in the accounts prior to the Ist of January, 1H52.
HOUSTON COUNTY UNION MEETING.
‘Tlie Constitutional Union Party of Houston coun
ty, are requested to meet at Prtiy, 011 Tuesday, the
Clh day of April next, for the purpose of selecting dele
gates to represent them in the Convention, to be held
itt Milledgeville on the 22d of April next. A full at
tendance is requested. MANY UNION MEN.
MONROE COUNTY UNION MEETING.
The Union Party of Monroe comity are requested
to meet in Forsyth, on the fits! Tuesday in Apiil
next, cn business ol importance to the Paity. A full
attendance is requested. MANY VOTERS.
Important Sa!e.
We cal! the attention of our readers to tiie notice
by J. C Sproul &. Cos., of a sale of negroes, mules,
horses, cans, plows, picks, shovels, &c., at Akin,-S
C.. on tiie 27th day ol April next, which will be found
in our adv-rlising columns.
State University.
We have recei-ed seveial copies of a Catalogue of
the Officers and Students of Franklin College, for the
year ISSI-52. The total number of Students upon
the Catalogue is 175—the number in actual attendance
151.
St. i'utrick’s Day.
The 17th, being the natal day of Ireland’s Patron
saint, w; 8 duly solemnized by tin Hibernian Benevo
lent Society ol this city. At 10 o’clock, the Society
convened at the Council Chamber, Irotn whence it
inart-hed in procession to Concert Hail, where an Ad
dress was delivered by James A N.sbtt. E.-q In the
evening the Society, together with a number of invited
guests, partook of a sumptuous and elegant supper,
prepared by mine host ol the Washington Hail. Alter
the cloth was removed,and the regular toasts had been
I received u number of volunteer sentiments were of
| lered and responded to in short and felicitous speech
es by different gentlemen, she festivities were pro
longed to a lute hour, and the hilarity and the joyous
ness of the occasion reminded us of the re-unions of
the famous Irish order of the Knight? of the Coik
Screw, and was such as could only he seen where
Irishmen met t and the cannigans clink.
Death of an Editor.
Col. W. S. King, aged 51 year?, one of tiie Associ
ate Editors .and Proprietors of the Charleston Courier ,
died,of pneumonia, on Fiiday last. He hud been con
nected with that press, in the various capacities of com
positor, foreman and editor, about thirty yt nis.
Louisiana Whig State Ci mention.
! at n Rouge, March 17.—The \\ 1 ig Siate Con
vention met here to-day, and was large. y attended
j every parish being represented. Mr. Fillmore lor
President, and Air. Crittenden for Vice President, were
nominated by acclamation, after which electors were
appointed. The gteatest enthusiasm prevails.
Union Convention.
Several counties have already appointed delegates to
the Convention of the Union Party, to be held in Mil
iedgeviilc on the 22nd day of April. From the reso
lution® which Inve been adopted by the primary inert
ings of these counties, we entertain the confident
hope, that the Convention will be harmonious, and by
: its action will secure the unity of the Paity in the ap
preaching Presidential canvass. From no county
have we heard a response to the recommendation of
the Legislative caucus—from no county have we heard
an endorsement of the idea, that the Union Party of
Georgia must necessarily go to Baltimore to maintain
its principles or its power. Resolutions have been
adopted by the majority of the primary meetings which
have been held, declaring their determination to main
tain the principles of the Union organizat on ; and
delegates have been appointed under these reso
lutions, and instructed upon nothing, except to carry
lout the objects of that organization. The necessity
which called the Union Party into existence, is ns
urgent today as it was eighteen months ago. To
1 abandon that organization now, is to abandon the
; fruits of all our labor and toil, and to leave incomplete
the work w hich we have undertaken. The mission of
I the Constitutional Union Party lias not yet been ful
! filled. The next Presidential election must determine
I whether the principles ol that Party shall triumph, or
| whether the formation of that Party has had any influ
jence in checking ultraisrn and sectionalism at the
North and at the South. If we abandon in advance
ocPt position of isolated independence of any National
Patty—if the lures of office and of party patron - _e
are stronger than our devotion to principle—the
strength of the Union Party, together with its dentity,
is gone ‘Plie Union Party is formidable whilst it
maintain* its separate organization, and holds its
strength and its influence in reserve for the National
Party which shall, in its candidate aid its p atform,
acknowledge its principles. In that position, it may
be a balance of power party—it may exert a strong
and controlling influence upon the Conventions of the
Whig and Democratic Parties, and cause them to bid
for its support by a recognition of the finality of the
Compromise. In no other position has the Unii n
i Party tormidablenesa or strength ; and we are glad to
see that this is the prevailing sentiment of the masses
of the Party.
We were told some time since, by a portion of the
Party Pres.-, that certain developments might soon le
expected from Washington, which would materially
change the aspect of tilings, and make it the duty and
die interest of the Constitutional Union Party of
Georgia to unite with the Democratic Party in its
Convention at Bultimoie. These developments have
been made, and the Athens Banner congratulates the
Union Party of Georgia upon tiie fact that the National
Democracy is sound upon the question of tiie fluidity
of the Compromise, and raises the cry to Baltimore!
to Baltimore! And upon what does the Burner iTly
tor the truth of this assertion l Upon ihe vote in the
lloete of Representatives, taken upon the motion to
suspend the rules lor the introduction ot the finality
resolutions of Mr. Fitch, which was no test vote at all
as every body knows, and in which the names of
• lugs and Democrats, Abolitionists and Secessionists,
Compromise men and anti Compromise men, Fatality
men and Agitators, are recorded together in tiie of*
fit motive. This is the grand event which has purged
die Democracy of Free-Soil and slavery agitation,
and demonstrated that at Baltuncie, and at Baltimore
alone the finality of the Compromise w ill be recog
nised Any one who can thus reason, has little ccca
sii.u to reason at all. The formal!.y of arguing a
question may be dispensed with when the conclusion is
foregone. We have noticed, lor sum • time, the nervous
’inxiriy of our contemporaiy of the Banner to commit
the Union Party of Georgia to the support of lire
nominee ol the Buiiiinoie Convention ; whilst he is
s rugghng to establish his own orthodoxy, and to ostra
cise Ftee-Soileis ands ire i.atfts Item that Conven
tion ; and whilst the Washington Union, the central
urgait of the Party, is ct nciliating Free-Soilers, Fire-
Eulers and Union Democrats, and uitemptfhij to unite
these incongtuons elements in ihat Convention. ‘.Vt
noticed the editorial oi the Gniou oi the sth inst., to
which the EJiiorot the Banner refers in his lust issue,
and we haded it as the beginning of a strong and de
cided expression by the Democratic organ of acquit s
cent cin i[,c finality of the Compromise, nod of o protnp
repudiation of factions, North and South. But, ini- s
next issue, it has a long, lending editorial, in which
it labors to e.meditate the Southern Right.® Democracy
of Mississippi, and invites them to pat tic.pate in tin-
Ba.limorc Convention. ‘i'iie Southern Righ.a Detune
racy is denounced by Gov. Cobb, by Mr. Chastain, l.y
Mr. Hillyer, iir,d hy the Athens Banner- Why quo!-
die L ilian, then as committed to the recognition <;i
me finality oi the Compromise ? The truth is, there
is tto unity ol action in the conduct of the Washington
Lillian. It presents a different phase ot position in
every issue. More than one Palic.urus mu - t presid-? at
its helm, or if mdy one. hie hand must be tremulous
and unsteady, and his head contused by the raging tu
mult around him.
We desire to contrast the position of our contempo
rary of the Banner, with that ol the Whig Union Press
throughout the State. They have not demanded that
the Union Party should go to Philadelphia. They
have not made u single tfibrt t*. subsidize the Ullio:;
Pnr.y to tin? support <da Whigcandidate. They have
had no patty, hut the Constitutional Union Puny ot
Georgia. Tin y have not urged the claims of tie
Whig Party to the support of the Constitutional Union
Party, i hey have not mooted the question oi the ,e
lative soundness ol the Whig and Dem. .am Parts
upon theslavet y issues They have assert* i that each
in the present position (a idfairs, arc equally u.icmm ;
and ut.trustworthy, and have upon the Party
not to pre-judge this question—not to commit itself to
the support of either party, until it is ascertained that
this can be done without the sacrifice ol a single prin
ciple, or the retraction of a single step. We ask out
contemporary of the Banner, if this position is not
; o itid und imptegn .hie ? it it is not the position ol pot
icy and of principle ?
COMMUNICATED.
Xennotly’s Life of Wirt,
In this day oi books, it is necessary to know the
character ot such as we read, that time may not be
wasted in the perusal ol unprofitable trash. It is foa
tiiis reason, that I offer the following thoughts upon
Kennedy’s Life of Mr. Wirt, a book as we!icalculat
ed to exert a healthful influence upon the character ot
our people, particularly the young mm of the country,
as any that lias ever issued from the American Press
It leaches l.y example—it exhibits and illustrates those
elements of character which constitute real greatness—
by holding up to observation and for imitation, the life
of one of the most eloquent, It-aitied.accomp'ished an .
pious men, that has ever graced tiie annuls of humani
ty. It portrays a man —a true man, and a great man—
one of whom we ought to he proud, because, he was
tiie product oi our own institutions. He sprang out ot
and he illustrated, the institutions o! Liberty. No oth
er land, under the same circumstances,could have pro
duced just such a character. Without birth,he became
renowned—without wealth, he made himself indepen
dent—without the aid of European fashion, he was u
eourtly gentleman—without the influenced family,and
without seeking it, office sought him. By industiy and
integrity, lie was thefiisi Lawyer ofn bar of unrivalled
ability, and commanded the admiration of that great to
rum, whose chiel was Marshall, and whose scarcely in
fetior ornament was Story. He was, without the train
ing of Cambridge, or of Oxford, an accurate classic, and
inspired by the hills and forests and streams of Vir
ginia, and impelled hy the self-sustaining and emto
tiling consciousness ot intellectual power, and m veci
by the sublime majesty of our lepublican institutions —
in all the varieties of that glorious art, he was an elo
qn nt speaker. With all, he was without vanity—(not
without ambition to excel, auite distinguishable from
ambition for nohiety or power,} domestic in bis taste3
and habits —genial in liis affections, and true in
his friendships—honest, and a Christian. His life is
a beautiful specimen of moral statuary, with every
grace ol character boldly relieved. It is a study for all,
especially for the young. Let them behold its grand pro
portions—its faultless symmetry—its graceful outlines,
and its combined effect, and influenced by the sight,
strive to emulate the virtues of an American citizen
unpretendingly good and really great. 1 have no pur
pose of writing a criticism on the life of Mr. Wirt,
although I could do so con unwre. There are some
traits of hischaracter, which 1 briefly notice as peculi
arly admirable, and which ought to operate as correr
lives ol errors ot the times. \\ e need suclt correctives,
because we have widely departed from the opinions
and habits of the olden times. Olden—yet how re
cent !—the times which constituted und followed the
revolutionary day. A day illustrious lor great strug
gles and heroic virtues—for conservatism in opinion
and integrity in conduct. When Mr. Wirt had be
come ‘.lie observed of all observers, having attained to
a distinguished national reputation, he did not forget
the friend, and patron, and protector of his destitute
youth. With reverence for age, and gratitude forbeue
fiis con erred, he as a son, with strong feeling and fili
al obedience, confesses his obligations to Mr. Edwards.
He maintained towards him the relation of a child,
and amidst the labors and honors of his mosi elevated
stations, always found tiineto commune with hisadopt
ed parent. His life, therefore, teaches filial reverence
We are too much in the habit of believing that politi
cal life is the only road to fame. The first aspiration
ot young Amer ca, and the last lust of old imerica i
political office. We rush with headlong precipitancy
into polit.es, leaving behind all private obligations, the
cultivation of letters and the arts, professional learn
ing, and even monitary accumulation. We abandon
our happiness, not realising what st length we learn—
that public men are for die most part the victims of
uniiirift and of unregulated passions: That
“ Their breath is agitation, and their life
A storm whereon they tide, to sink at last,
A id. vet so mused and bigoted to strife,
That, should their days, surviving perils past.
Melt to calm twilight, they feel overcast
With som.vv and supineiiess,and -odie ;
Even ns a flame tinted, which rues to waste,
With its own flickering, or a sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts tnglorioualy.”
Mr. Wirt trusted hisfama ;ind happiness to no such
insecure tenure. lie sought (no ein professional and
literary distinction, and won it; and he sought happi
ness in tiie bosom of an amiable family and in the re
ciprocities of friendship ; and in these he found it lie
could have been Senator from Virginia—he was urged
to become Mr Jefferson’s lenJerin the House. What
a theatre for tame would that linve been for him, so
furnished for greatness, and of such commanding elo
quence ! How tempting to a mind, sensible to the
value of true glory,and keenly alive to the joy of those
great conquests which genius alone can win! So he
could have held office under more administrations than
one. All he declined, except that which lay in the
line if his profession, (the Attorney Generalship,) not
as Canar did the ciown; but with a prompt and de
cisive repud ation. He was poor, and he would not
risk the independence and comfort of his family for
the sake of office. He loved repose, and uvoided the
storms of politics. > nh unyielding purpose, he made
his ambition subordinate to his duty and his peace.—
How admirable ! how worthy of imitation ! It is true
thafihe accepted, rather lute in life, of a nomination tor
the Presidency. Even that, lie seems to have done
with undissembled repugnance, from a sense of duty,
without the prospect of success, and with the hope, as
it would seem, of muting ultimately the opposition to
the th-m administration upon another. But had he,at
his age, and in his position, desired the Presidency, it
would have involved liiin in no inconsistency. Mr.
Lowndes said, and first and duly said, that the Presi
dency is an office neither to be sought tier declined.
11 1 s constancy in Ins friendships, reminds one of the
fables of antiquity, or the drer.msol romance. His de
votion to his“ fiend ui'fiiends,” Judge Carr, its glow,
its freshness, its youthful abandon, and the humility of
its deference, are exceedingly attractive. Amidst the
trials and sufferings ol his eventful life, his heart re
tained its warmth- I know nothing in the language
more delightful, than ins letters to hit eaily fiiends.—
They are fervid in feeling, and sparkle with wit and
humor. They are the recorded memories of life’s
young dream. They are ofieti grave, but oftem i gay.
They arc standing protests ogams: sellishm and
negative the interrogate!y affirmation of the Fuel:
W hat is friendship hut a name t”
Asa itusbun I an I father, the light pf bis character
shines with its cleure.-t, sweetest rnuiance. A- t!*
light and warmth of a May-day sun t nveiops each
flower and shrub, so tin* glow of his Amiable nature
enveloped each member ol his household r-ihe little
ones —that loving and almost idolized daughter,so early
taken — the sit anger within bis gate-", ind his friend and
counsellor, the wife <1 his ove. He did not, as many
do, leave his wife lupine in neglect, burdened with the
cart ß of the family, whilst lie sought a nation’s praise,
to become a nation’s slave. He was wise enough to
Intake home hi*refuge,an 1 domestic love his reward
i He demonstrated what is often practically denied, that
domestic virtues are compatible with engrossing public
labors and distinguished public reputation. We are
told that the Law dries up the sources of sensibility,
v ulgariz-'s the taste, deadens the imagination, and iv
duces the mind to a machine for the profession:. 1 use oi
splitting hairs and solving abstract enigmas. Tiie
idea obtains, that to be r. great lawyer, a man must be
a mere lawyer. It was not so in Mr. Wirt’s case. 1.
is not, in any instance, necessarily so; and when it i.-.
it is the fault of the man, not of the profession. HU
legal learning is indeed the pillar of his fame. It is ;*
tall, strong granite shaft, but it is so gracefully cu
lt wined with the laurels of Literature, tli it whilst it
vast proportions are visible, its repulsive roughness is
concealed. It is simply because lie was so eminent
a Lawyer, that he is not more lamed as a literary man.
Could fie, like living, have pursued authorship, like him
he would be famous as a writer. Hisate. however, no
mean contributions to Literature. He w;s in !i< per
son an exponent of the us-3 to which potite learning
.may be applied in the practical ass >irs ot life. I-t his
forensic speeches, argument is ettbicl and truth
illustrated by historical incidents and clawfic quota
tions. lie made the Latin poets and historians tri. u
nary to the cause of hit clients ; the humor <>f Stern”
j illumines his letters, and Milton’s sublime anthem, and
Shakspeare’s” wood notes wild,” were to him a pos
session and a use. [Ls enrapturing eloquence, hie
iegai fire, hts exquisite taste, his cheerful, buoyant
I heart, his strong intellect, and all his honors, he con
i - ated to God H- humble Chrstian. This
|:- his ‘.:■>( praise— les urlp st honor.
1 have only pace to add, that Mr Kennedy, hitnsei
an eminent man, of established reputation as a writer
ha* performed th • service of giving Wirt’s Life to the
public with judgment and ability.
Jlnuston I’itink Itoatl Meeting.
At a meeting of the citizens of Houston, held in
j Perry, on Saturday, *2oth inst., Sam’l. Felder was
I called to the Chair, and James W. Belvin appointed
l Secretary.
The object of the meeting having been explained
by John M. Giles, F.sq . tiie following preamble and
resolutions were introduced by J. A. Pringle, Esq.,and
were adopted.
Whereas, the contemplated project of a Plank Road
j front Macon by the way of Perry to Albany, is atiraet
| itig the attention of some of the best citizens and most
enterprising men of business in those counties through
which it is intended to pass ; and whereas the same is
recommended to us by it3 practicability and utility,
and the inducements which it offers both of profit and
advantage, not only to the Stockholders, hut to all
who may live in reach of said line ol road. Be it
therefore
Resolved, Tint we cordially approve of the s.rd
project, and have witnessed with pleasure the incip
ient steps taken in Macon and Albany to carry out
the same ; and that we will use all m ans in our pow
er to ensure the subscription by the people of Houston,
of her pro rata share ot stock in said road.
Resolved, That a committee of thirty-five be ap
pointed to represent this county in the proposed Plank
Road meeting at Macon, on the2sth inst., and that the
sai-J delegation be authorised to pledge the best exer
tions of the friends of the measure in this county, to
their fellow-citizens of the other counties interested.
Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed
in each of those Distrcts of the county, as are suppo
sed to feel an interest in the construction of said Plnnk
Road, to procure subscriptions to said s'oek, and re
port to an adjourned meeting at this plucc, on Wed ties
day of the first week of our next Superior Court.
The following gentlemen compose the delegation to
the meeting at .Macon, on the 25th inst. :
John Luidler, John Kdien, Benjamin H. Gray, Wm
B. Bryan, Howell Cobb, Creed T Woodson, Josiah
Hodges, Henry Till, Claiborne Bateman, Demps y
j Brown, John Henry, J. A. Pringle, Eli Warren, Wnt.
T. Swift, Wm. M. Davis, J. D. Havis, John A. Al
mon,Carlton Wellborn, P. B. DH. Culler,Dr. Chas
West, Watkins Laidler, A. H. Everett, John W’
Woolfulk, John L. Felder, Green Hill, Jones Ken
drick, Isaac C. West, James W. Belvin, Hugh Law
si n, James Gates, John R. King, Isaac Holmes-
John M. Giles, Williams Brown and James Guerry.
On motion of Mr. Pring'e, the Chairman of the
meeting was added to the delegation.
The following committees were appointed under the
third resoultion:
For the Lower Fifth. —Jacob Fudge, Wm. Her
rington and Jacob W. Buson.
For the Upper Fifth —John W. Woolfoik, D. F.
Gunn, Dr E. Fitzgerald.
For the 1 Oth District. —Wm. Scott, Wm A. Tharp
and Joint Rutherford.
Upper Town District —Samuel Felder, Wm. II
Talton and John R. Cook.
Lower Town District —Dr. J. L. Felder, Syiva
n us S. Bryan and J. A Pringle.
Upper 11 th District —Wm. P. Gilbert, Capt E.
Wimberly and Dr. Bell.
Lower 1!/A District.— Dr. R. C Bryan, Benjamin
Bryar.t and Leary Stanley.
H.iyneville.—John Henry, H. Moreland and A. H.
Everett.
Old 13 th District. —Dempsey Brown, Hugh Law
sor and D. W.Taylor.
dVeto 13/A District —Madison Marshall, Jones Ken
drick and Wm. M. Davis. *
Lower 14/A District. —Gilbert Legget, Wm. West
and John E. Lilley.
Upper 14/A District. —Dr. E. J. McGehee, S las
Rawls and Howell Cobb.
On motion ol Mr. Giles, it was
Resolt-d That the Georgia Journal and Messen
ger and Telegraph, be requested to publish these pro
ceedings. and the met ting then adjourned to the tuuith
Wednesday in April next.
- AM EL FELDER, Chairman.
James W. Belvin, Secretary.
Flank Road Meet ins.
Albany, Mar:h 13, 1842.
In accordance to the adjournment ofa meeting held
in this place on the 28th ot February, 1852, a Plank
Ruud Meeting was held at Godwin's Hotel.
On motion of Col Tift, A. Y. Hampton was called
to the Chair, and M E. Williams appointed Secretary.
By request ot the Chairman, the object of the meeting
was explained by Col. Tift, who satisfactorily demon
strated the utility of Piank Roads.
On motion, the following Delegates were appointed
to attend the Plank Rond meeting to beheld in Macon
on the 25th Inst:
Capt.U. VI. Robert, P. M. ISightingaie, D. A. Va
son, H. Horn, G. W. (’oilier, N. Tift, Dr. L. B. Mer
cer, A. E Harris, Joseph Bond.
‘Fhe Chairman, on motion of Col. Tift, was added
to the delegation, and they were appointed a commit
tee to ascertain what amount of shares can be got in
t|ie Albany and Macon Piank Road, and repoit tosaid
meeting.
The meeting then adjourned to the 2d Saturday in
April. A Y. HAMPTON,Chm’n.
M. E. Williams, Sec’y.
A Talk wtih Southern Whigs. —Under this head
ing to i's discourse, the New York Tribune addr< sses
a series ol remarks to the VV’htgs of the South, wrh a
view to induce a co-operation on their part with the
Northern Whigs, without insisting upon a recognition
by the National Convention of the compromise.
Among other things it says:
“We ot the North, who are faithful to tlie traditions
rnd sentiments of our lathers, propose no action re
jecting slavery, desire none whatever,from any Whig
National Convention. We know and acknowledge
that on this subject there is a diversity of views and
leelings between the North and South, and we see no
tme in plastering over that diversity with empty and
ambiguous words. We propose to leave it, where it
has been left by ail former Whig National Conventions,
untouched. We hold, as we ever have field, that he
Whig party of the nation was < rganized upon certain
vual piinciples and in support of certain fundamental
n- ‘tires, which have nothing to do with slave yor
abolition. A Whig in Alabama, may be deem-. y
pry slaveiy, as one in Vermont may lie enrneet'y anti
slavery, yet both be true and sound Whigs, am: tin y
tray act cordially together in support ol Whig princi
ples and measures.
“It, then, the slavery question shall be carried into
our next Whig N Convention to cli~iu-ba::d de
tract it the North will he blameless It is content with
the old platforms and eld landmarks ol the party, fi
asks nothing in regard tosl ’very in this connection but
that it be let alone.”
W lien one paity to a compact has broken it in anes
sential point and insists upon justifying the vio'atioi 1
the r quest firm that quarter to let ;>.e matter stand as
ii is cud not to make it a subject ol difference, comes
with a very bad grace from so interested and officious a
peace-maker. The hostility to the Compromise, mi
the part ot the Tribune and its aides, is simply in,.-, s;i -
ty to a specific provision oftlie Constitution wfncii is as
binding ns any other part of that itistiumeni Jhe
right to set this provision at naught is claimed as a pos
tulate —as soim thing constituting an unimportant item
in “ a diversity of views and feelings between the Nonti
and tiie S ,u:h.” This assumption i wrong_ from the
beginning, and no persist a nee in it can make it tight
We do not care at this present, to go into the discussion
of u subject which is well enough understood. The
Smith we prs-'ume, will think it leasonahle arid proper
to .-‘•certain as well as she can who are disposed to be
Irtliinul to the Constitution—mu! to net accordingly.
[Butt. American, Mtk inst.
I {ty A* daguerreotypist of Charleston, S. C.,li3s dis
! covered a mode of covering daguerreotypes w ith a
| transparent enamel surface, whereby tie dispense* ruth
| the glass cover to protect die picture. Robbing the
p ate, insteau of injuring, improves the picture. Such
pictures may be sent to any distance without ir.juty.
Movements of Kossuth.—St. Lour;, March IC.
Kossuth wifi leave here in the steamer Alex. Scott, for
New Orleans The sales ot Hungarian bonds only
amount to S7OO.
isor re spcrnaence o} the Ans ns* a < a M
Wrskinuton. D. * ** I
I
Ran o I- is : ,r ‘ pan ct VV’ .
’ • .• 1 J*-iMcbuTT!ta. This a, ‘
milt,.- ,ec |£Cl< d,w m-e of ff- du'v L * ■
cates to.to- B C mv, ;: , 3 , ■
t*t i pi- * ( .f ki !i ; s.. ap, e #.-.. I ■ ,’ ■
k ”' w aljnett ~:-:;i.ft', a nd:;" irS -'t “j 11
to aysoftffic u;.i alh i>,u> vvt'h p, ! ’ C! *
• , rCi.ert Os .Vi issuei USHIt, Nil.; *
is fll
*’ You tiie; as!;—How did jv
W dilht- i- reefctfcert! t Was m,i es> ■
U. it Oeitveen thrtti f !'.* it;-in, a : I
tor t- ‘I- -1 tfial ih -se * p.:t£< ■ i,|.j
Y” u *t I have to u.Kiorstumi !iy 11 ■
■Vhat is t!;e be neat ,l talking nausense a I
er. when we cat) gd at the plain | ac ,, ! ■- I
to do so; and when, having got ;,t d, r v; ‘ ■ 9
can judge Ik-tier how t. conduct ourseivt-s •' i,c s ’ 9
inipofiunns palmed <,ff here day aitn- s- “ n “i ’-9
it.rtuer.ee the ctt airy 4 win show w n ,u'*!” ‘ r I
;ne Deiuocnittc party arid the Freest. | |r !;• 9
each other at the ti:i<- the coalition vt-iL. ; v “ f,t 9
gentleman knows very weil, although tVIu 1 ’
not, that the coalition was formed jin he Ue’ • I
1849, and not, for the first tune, in th taii'.’ e - u 11
was formed in the fall of 1849. and att. ‘n.,,J , it 9
th” power out of the hands ot the Win’ 9
succeed. It came very near succe- [, V 11 I
succeed. In 1850 they made a second tnai'^" 1 I
ceetied. Iti ltvul they made a third trial „tj ‘ ‘ ‘ I
ed again Three times has this coa ition i,Jn ,” ‘ I
eration ; the tn,! time a tatlurc, midihe j ast , I
successful. Now, before tiie coalition w, ;s 1 ’ I
course (hoar Democrats who come the Heart-’ “ ‘
peculiar opinions of the Freesoders bad n<. pV,'’ • 9
and felt no repugnance. The repugnance I
brn on the parts ot tho*e who were :ir -
Freesoilers, a'.d I propose to -how w . tnei,
1 hot<J in my hand the resolution* r.-p r „
Benjamin F Hallett, September 19th. 1819 ; , - 9
the coalition was formed; and gentlemen ‘* I
far Mr. Hallett, and tin s • who 012 ft with hi ■ “ 1
g'b fore they could act without lepog'.t a<*e ‘h *t"i - ° I
bree-0.l party. The followingisoneol there- ‘ I
reported by Mr. Hall, tt : ‘ 1
“ Resolved , That we are opposed to slavery in an I
form and color, nn.i in Javorof freedom andfri!”- • I
wherever man lives throughout God’s iierit:i° e , : ‘ ]l I
’1 his is one ot th- resalnttons, here is tn ah 7
‘‘ Resolved, That we are opposed to the < I
01 slavery to tree Territories, and in tavor t Vhe I
ercise t all tonstitutioual and necessary mean* to ,, l
strict it to the limits within which it dot - or m -v I
by the local laws of the State.” 3 kH
Now, gentlemen will ask me, w hat is the vote naan
these resolutions ot Mr. Hallett? I, w a wrvhll
Democratic Convention, and thevoteii avor.ti— I
resolutions was a unanimous one on the 1. hoiiSeurnf
ber, 1849. Gentlemen who write cue aid ~t
tions for the newspapers, unanimouslv .dopted tr( . n |
lating them througliont the State oi M.-sachuset -
a printed form for effect, attd who win write r .j. e 7
kind ol’ doctrine in pnvate letters to r.,
this floor, must to have their two system- j
say here what 1 have said in Massac - , •
them in parallel columns, and you v , f . no .tiffer
ence. it the gentlemen wish to m ke .x North*a'i
hyp. c. ites ; it they wish every nan a : e North who
enteitatns sentiments that are not per, y palatable in
high Southern latitude,should talsily h is own record
and pretend to love that w Inch in his heart he übhop -
il gentlemen desire that, why, there is a way to niuke
some men do that, but there is no way to make ail
men do so. The thing is impossible. 1 think too well
not only of the people, of the freemen of Massachu
sens, but I think, thunk God, I am abie to say, too
well of the freemen ol the United States, I think too
well of human nature all over the world, to believe
that a universal system ot hypocrisy upon the sublet
cl siuveiy, or any oilier subject, is possible now, or
will be at any future day. You may succeed ’ m
making
-Mr Gob-di. Will the gentleman permit me to ask
him a single questfon ?
Mr. Rantoul. I have not time. Tiie gentleman
can • i-ak after me for an hour.
Mr. Cabell 1 only wish to ask the gentleman if
the person of whom he is speaking is me -an.e one
who is chairman of the Detnocraic committee
Mr Rantoul It is me same man—what is ca led
at the North, a Hunker Democrat. [Laughter ]
From tb - it will be seen not only w .a sort o:
inis vii Runtou: is, but a.so,, wha'sort oi a M
Ha let is, who isciiatftnan > 1 u*c imi
this Baltimore Convention, i .. • v
of the Fire-eating gentlemen to 0.-t y .
Rantoul,iorthe sake ot harm. 1 y in the pai.j, .. uiJ
have modified his opinotfl to some extent Bui it seems
that his \ ankt-e obstinacy is stronger than their South
ern chivalry—tor he spoke with the same boldness that
tie did last ripring, when he volunteered in the case of
the runaway siave, “‘Suns,” who was taken up in Ben
ton. You probably recollect, us well as your readers,
what excitement was produced throughout the South
by the trial in that case. Rantoul was tue volunteer
counsel in that case, who denounced the Fugitive Siave
Law as unconstitutional And this is the man that
Southern Rights men are now willing to sn in a Con
vention with, to nominate a candidate tor the Rresnieti
cy, in whose hands the rights oi Southern people will
he sate !
And this is the titan that Constitutional Union men
are asked to associate and affiliate with? How do
such men as R uitouland Hallet differ hem Giddmge
or Garrison? y.
[Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. ]
Washington, .March 15.
The weather here has become mild and summer
like, and nature is rapiilly recovering her ch -erfuiuess.
The members who have been indisposed during the
winter, ore convalescing ; and some .ire taki g a brief
trip to iheir homes
Mr. C lay is still very feeble ; and instead of attempt
ing again to reach the Senate Chamber, he will avail
htniseii, if able, of the fine weather, to reach home.
1 hough nearly tour months have elapsed since the
session of Congress commenced,yet t is admitted that
little progress lias lieen made in business, and that there
is no immediate prospect ot an expeditious despatch of
public business. There are many causes tot this delay
One is, that the members are still perplexed wnh dis
putes arising in the two parties relative to the settle
meut of the territorial and slavery question. Another
is the very important question between the old States
and the new States, as to the disposition of the public
domain.
1 hese disputes have an immediate hearing upon the
approaching Presidential nominations Y\ bile par
are divided on these topics, they hesitate to act -. any
great measures.
The deficiency appropriation bill ought to id
the homestead bill will probably be laid umie? u
consideration. Drafts on the Government are pro
tested, and many pressing claims neglected on account
of tiie delay ot this bid.
No provision has been yet made for the printing ot
the Seventh Census.
On Friday evening, the last drawing room of the
season,at the President’s, was held, nnd it was attend
ed by ail the Cabinet and a throng of ladies and gen
tlemen.
Mr. Fillmore, if he is an aspirant for the succession,
does not take any pains to promote his views. He cer
tainly does less in relation to the matter, s far as h;s
prospects are concerned, even for the nom ,tion, than
any Presidential aspitam ever did.
[Correspondence of the Baltimore Pl iot.J
Washington. ‘ .rch 15.
Some time ago, a joint resolution was sented to
the House, to appropriate ten thousand and. ars to con
tinue the work on the new’ wings ol the Capitol It
has slumbered tor weeks. Meanwhile, . :mor pre
vailed, that the foundations of the new wi,,_ ’ ere un
stable, and a special committee was apt- to in
vestigate the matter. ‘1 itis committee and that
Some parts of the foundation ot the v ;e inse
cure. Whereupon, Mr. S anion, of Ki ...chair
man of the Building committee, and a l y tairnmd
man, rose and proved to the satisfaction i. the House
‘that this investigation committee were not competent,
as practical men, to decide on the matter, and that
they had been imposed upon by disappointed expect
ants of the job Mr. istanton served tits time ss a
brick-layer, and as such he was better calculated to
|udge than the special committee. He therefore came
down upon ihe House like a thousand of bricks, and
by his eloquence and practical knowledge, carried
everything before him.
I he sum proposed as an appropriation was §IO,OOO.
Mr. St inion coolly moved an amendment to substitute
ten thousand by five hundred thousand dollars, and lie
sustained his motion hy an able speech, which h id
such an effect, that his amendment prevailed. Ihe
half million was substituted tor the §IO,OOO This was
certainly a high leap. But Mr. Stanton supported Ins
amendment with such eloquence, spirit, liberality , and
practical knowledge of the subject, that it was adopted
by the House, passed through ail its stages, and was
sent to the Senate, where it was brought up to-day,
and postponed till to-morrow. Mr. Stanton com
menced as a mechanic, bul he educated himseil, and
is now one of she most talented, popular £ud ir:t! ‘-
ttal inem -ml ‘hell u.--\ So much ior latent mtcki >-•
by perseverance ami *eii education.
To day tins matter came up in the Senate, <'•.-! ‘
opposed by Mr Borland as extravngaiu, and tiua.lv
was postponed till to-morrow .
Cnrrenpjndtnce oj the Baltimore Patriot.
London, Feb. 24.
The Di rby Ministry is in full operation. Lord De
rby him.- if delivered a speech iast night in the House
i.t Lords, which occupied ian f.ve bouts! This mon
ster harangue was ostensibly intended to define h>s
position, and foreshadow the line of policy he purp srs
to puieue, in ti e ev. in ot his being supported by his
party The speech in itself exhibits e , s:.i r die tact,
and is lemakuhle tor brilliancy and vigor, w hile it con
tains sufficient to show tout In can be ueiHhandy sar
castic, as we i! as eieguLt and persuasive, when.it suns
tits convenience. , ,
The Cliionicle of this morning, as \\d! as the Glove
of yesterday, contains another attack on he new min
istry, and winds up a tong and elaborate article upon
the subject, by pledging itself that “either the Derby
mmisMy will be of brio! duration, or il.g country mu- -
soon be brought info some (idemac; or other, c t ot
whic.’t it woi take statesmen, po perly so dert, oi at
least til: It ot common sei se, to extricate it ” ‘ ,l! ‘• h at
better could be exp-cmd from an ‘ oppnnen
The feats thus expltssrd Pie ol course eX.iggel ed
No one denies die Eari ol Dei Ay a dtstmgum e.i po
sition as a statesman. At the same time, theie is no
doubt in the public mind, but that the new ir.m sty ,
considered us a whole-—made up as it as of enuntty
lawyers, cou try squires, naval liicets, wtih 9‘, - ’■
few Parliamentary speakers ol any note—ts dec no my
interior, in point oi talent, experience atiJ geit.a np
titude, to nspredecessor —without tak.ig u.t.u ‘ ’' >
principles into account at ail.