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From tbe Augusta Constitutionalist.
We have been informed, and we have the in- 1
ormation from undoubted authority, that some south-|
ern whigs, who, governed by a mad ambition and mt- ,
natural let lings, have written letters from the north,'
in which they express miclt pleasure at the prospect)
of General Harrison being the successful candidate at ■
the approaching presidential t lection. Such mad
ambition deceives such u>en; they are so anxious for I
office and distinction, that they put the most favora-)
ble construction on political events, which calmly
* viewed and examined, are Letter calculated to pro- ;
duce an effect contrary to the one so much desired.
And such writers must entertain unnatural holings,
because, however opposed they may be to the present
administration and to its bead, the political principles
of the south, the prosperity of this section of the union,)
and the integrity of southern institutions cannot be i
sustained without an administration in power which
has given so many pledges to follow a policy undeni- )
ably in perfect accord with the fundamental princi
ples of the constitution. And such writers would, to
gratify their ambition and animosity, place at the
head of affairs a man whose admini-traiion would be a
continued warfare between the rights of the States,
and the assumption of powers which could not have
been delegated by the south without placing itself in
coloui d vassalage.
Such southern whigs are greatly mistaken in their
calculations, if they believe that they can deceive the
people id’the south. We know very well that there
are many citizens of the south, who, lednstr y by
pretended friends in whom they have confidence, are
not favorably disposed towards Mr. Van Buren and
his administration; but at the same time, wc are well
convinced that such citizens, in the exercise of their
natural good sense ami intelligence, and especially of
their wonted patriotism, will sacrifice all personal con
sideration, to the public interest, by supporting a man
who, during his whole political life, cannot be charg
ed with one single act against the honor, diznity, am!
best interest of the south; a man, who, on ev< ry occa
sion that required it, was the champion of this section
of the union, against the attacks of federalists and oth
er enemies of southern institutions. Mr. Van Buren
has always been the frit nd of the south .and of Geor
gia in particular. lie never wavered in Ins attach
ments. When, during (he administration of Mr.' John
Quincy Adams, Georgia was a theme for the abu-e,
slander, anti defamation of almost every State in the
Union; when Georgia was assailed by the men then
in power—by the President himself; by .Mr. Clay,
his Secretary of State; Mr. Bai hour, his Secretary of
War; and the principal members of Congress of the
same party; when, we say, Georgia i-Luld not find one
single voice to speak in her defence; Mr. Van Buren
and his friends, threw themselves in the breach, and
nobly took the defence of the rights of Georgia. Mr.
A'att Buren became the eulogist of Georgia, and Go
vernor Cass, a friend of both Mr. Van Buren and
Georgia, by a powerful argument in defence of the
course Georgia and her Governor had persued in re
gard to the controversy between this-State and the
General Government, succeeded in turning public
opinion, and in paving the way for an acknowledge
ment of the rights of Georgia to the enjoyment of the
land within her territorial limits.
On the other hand, what proof has General Harri
son given of friendship to the south? None can be
produced. It proof exi t, we challenge its produc
tion. And we require the friends of the General in
the south, to deny the expression he made use of on
leaving his native State: “ Thank God I hare got
rid of Virginia polities and Virginia Negroes.” It
will be a pleasure to us, should this expression prove I
to be a slander; it would be a political sin less, of the
many alleged against Gen. Harrison, and of which
he has not been able as yet to clear himself.
From the Baltimore Post.
POPULARITY OF GEN. HARRISON. j
The Union of the “ Il'higs as ire all arc.”— The
following resolution adopted at a large convention of
the “Whigs” of Washington county, Kentucky, held
on tbe 3rd of February, will serve to ’show the cor
dial unanimity with which the nomination of Mr. Har
rison is received by them :
Resolved, That v.e are unwilling to submit in si
lence to the outrage committed against the Whigs of)
this State by the nimination of General Harrison as
the candidate for the Presidency, at the sacrifice of
Henry Clay, the man whom Kentuckians delight to
honor, and that, however much we desire the ascend
ency of Whig principles, we will at al) times express
our disapprobation of political Chicanery and injus
tice.
From the New Orleans Bulletin, of February 22.
TEXAS.
The steamer New York, from Galveston, which ar
rived yesterday, brings Texas papers of the 15th. A
private letter of 17th, from Houston, has been shown
us. The Federalist have retreated from before Mon
terey, and there is reason to believe their army has
been dispersed. The report is, that the Mexican Go
vernment were marching a large army upon the Rio
Grande, with the avowed purpose of invading Texas.
No doubt the Federalist insurrection has led to the
sending of powerful reinforcements to that quarter,
but the ultimate destination is scarcely so probable.
The number of the invading army is stated at eight
thousand men. We rather think they u ill not ven
ture beyond the Rio Grande, or if they do, it will be
ito be driven back again with precipitation and dis
comfiture. Amid the variety of rumors prevailing,
and the general uncertainty, it appears impossible to
arrive at the truth of events. More certain accounts
,mnst be awaited, before any correct conclusion can
be formed as to the state of affairs on the eastern bor- )
ders of Mexico. Nothing is said about Indian dep- .
redations in the Texian papers.
Congress had-adjourned. An important act pass- )
cd relative to thfi redemption of the promissory notes
of the Government now in circulation, and for fund-!
Jug the liabilities of the Government. The law which '
.relates to the funding of the Treasury notes, fixes the !
•time for funding them to June next. The script for!
sums thus funded?will bear ten percent, interest, pay- [
able semi-annually in gold and silver. The other
-script, for sums funded after that period, will only
bear 8 per cent, interest. A great inducement is thus
held out to holders of 1 reasitry notes to fund them at |
-an early date. Ihe third section of the act provides)
-for the funding of all the other liabilities of the Gov-j
ertunent, regularly audited, and upon the same terms,
of this mtasiifc cannot fail io be sjilutarv.
In I exasit has already raised the value of Treasury!
notes. Ihe advantages are obvious. The abiliiy
and honest intention of the Government to meet their
.engagements, are well known, The holders of Trea
scry notes would do well to make early investments
jn the funded script. ' !
DEFEAT AND DISPERSION OF THE FED
ERAL ARMY.
I’lie schooner Frederick Arnet arrived irt port yes*
terday, in six days from Matagorda, in Texas : and
we are indebted to the politeness of Capt. Hughes,
for the Colorado Gazette of’ the Sth iustatlt; from
which, we extract the following announcement of the
defeat and. dispi rsion of the Me.rii'ai* Federalists.
Rumors to the same effect; said to have come from
Mexican ports, have circulated sol 1 some dttys past;
and now, with the Confirmation* there can remain no
doubt that the attempted revolution has failed.
“ We slop the press to announce, that ten or Helve
Americans, late from the Federal Army, have arrived
in \ ictoria. They state that the Centralists threw a
strong reinforcement into Monter.iy just before the
I edei alists arrived bi tore it —whereupon the latter
backed out without making an attempt upon the town.
The Central troops pursued them, and an engage
ment between the cavalry of both parties took place,
in which the Federalists were defeated, and their
whole army dispersed. One portion, some 250 Mex
icans and 50 Americans were in arms on this side of
the Rio Grande; the rest have scattered.” Ibid.
Tbe British papers are inclined to believe that
France is desirous of a naval brush with England,
and the allair which we publish in another place, is
made a great handle of in (he journals of the latter
country, li is unquestionably true that France has
made and is making naval preparations on a vast
scale. According to the royal order of 1537, the na
val strength in time of p?ace ought to consist of 40
ships of the line, 50 frigates, a.id 200 vessels less than
frigates, including 40 steamers. When fully equip
ped, the fl et would possess 78,000 men, and 9,200
guns. This looks threatening, but we are inclined
to think that France does not desire war, and, most
of all, a war with England.— Louis Philippe wishes
to establish a new era in the naval service of tbe king
don-, and render France as powerful at sea as she is
ashore. He will no doubt take off a number of trou
blesome spirits from the capital and the kingdom, and
convert the tumultuous and rebellions cit into a good
and peaceable sailor. The subject of Russia also en
gages the attention of France, nnd the navy of the
Autocrat is rising apace and becoming formidable.
Os one thing we are satisfied, that Louis I’hilppe’s
warlike preparations look to peace, anil that he is too
wise and too good a king to embroil Europe, unless
forced to such a measure by acts which would be too
obi ions to be concealed from the public.—Abr/b//i
Beacon.
STATE RIGHTS AMD UNITED STATES RIGHTS.
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SPM S'L'AiV o All i) 0.:.-' 7/ tNf C O'rXf.
THE T«U® ISSUE.
Shnllourfbea GOFERNMENT OF THE BANKS
ora GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE? Shall we
have a CONSTITUTIONAL TREASURY. or an UN
CONSTITUTIONAL NATIONAL BANK? Shall we
have a CONSTITUTIONAL CURRENCY of gold asd
silver or one of IRREDEEMABLE PAPER? Shall
welive under the despotismof a MONIED ARISTOCRACY,
or under the safeguards of a FREE CONSTITUTION ?
[Washington Chronicle.
MILLEDGE VILLJE s
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1840.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
MARTIN VAN BUREN.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
JO 85 N F 9RS Y T 21.
NOMINATION FOR CONGRESS.
1 HOMAS GLASCOCK, of Richmond.
A. IVERSON, of Muse ogee.
ROBERT W. POOLER, of Chatham.
JUNIUS HILLYER, of Clarke.
D. C. CAMPBELL, of Bibb.
JOSI AH S. PATTERSON, of Early.
HOPKINS HOLSEY, of Clarke. '
JOHN W. LUMPKIN, ofFloyd.
F. H. CONE, of Greene.
Nomination for Electors of President an I Vice
President of the United States.
Valentine Walker, of Richmond.
IV M. B. Wofford, of Habersham.
Wm. B. Bulloch, of Chatham.
John Robinson, of Jasper.
John Bates, of Murray.
Thos. F. Anderson, of Franklin.
Milner Echols, of Walton.
Samuel Groves, of Madison.
Samuel Beall, of Wilkerson.
William A. Tennille, Baldwin.
Thomas Wooton, of Wilkes.
POST OFFICES IN GEORGIA.
The post office at Huey’s Cross Roads, Harris
county, has been discontinued.
Samuel Knox has been appointed at Aquitta,
Franklin county, and William Minto at Grove Lev
el, in the same county.
Cyin the House of Assembly of the State of New
York, on the 13th of February, Mr. Taylor, a Whig
member, offered a resolution, granting the use of the
assembly chamber on the afternoon of the same day.
to the Anti-slavery Society, to hear an address from
Alvan Slewart, Esq., which was agreed to. This
Mr. Stewart is one of the most zealous abolitionists
in the country, and stands as the leader of the party
in the northern States.
The Washington Globe, of 24 h Feb. says:
We understand from a delegate of tbe Democratic
Convention of Virginia, the sitting of which has just
closed, that Governor Polk of Tennessee has been
nominated for the Vice Presidency.
The Convention addressed to the people of Virgin
ia, an elaborate and, in the opinion of our informant,
an able and eloquent expression of the views enter
tained by the party it represented,
GEORGIA PENITENTIARY;
03” Wq have been politely furnished, by Central
Nelson, with the following information :-
The number of convicts remaining in the Peniten
tiary; on the 6th of January last, was 155. Males;
151 ; females, 4.
Received since that time
Marion Sims, aged 54 ; from Pulaski county.
Crime, simple larceny. Nativity, North Carolina.
Received, 21th of January, 1840. Term expires on
the 24th of January, 1847.
John Hunton, aged 14; from Wilkes county.
Crime, murder. Nativity, Georgia.’ Received, 241 h
of February, 1840. For life.
There has been two convicted in Cass county, and
one iu Early, who have been sent for.
The following have served out their time of ser
vice, and been discharged :
H ilham Jones, aged 28, when received. Sent
from Taliaferro county for forgery. Nativity,
Georgia. Received, 30th of January, 183 G, and dis
charged, 29th of January, 1840.
Charles Ililliams, aged, when received, 23. Sent
from Randolph county. Crime, larceny from house.
Nativity, Georgia. Received, 11 th of March, 1837.
1 ime expired, and discharged, 15th Fi bruary, 1840.
George Bruce, ag< d, when received, 24. Sent
from Richmond county. Crime, larceny. Nativity,
Georgia. Received, 17th of February, 1835, and
discharged, 16th of February, 1840.
James Burns, aged, when received, 24. Sent
from Upson county. Crime, larceny. Nativity’
NortluCarolina. Received, 7th of March, 1835, and
discharged, Ist of .March, 1840.
Pardoned :
George Howard, aged, when received, 20. Sent
from Cass county. Crime, larceny from house.
Nativity, England. Received, 9th of September,
1338, for two years. Pardoned, 15th of January,
1840.
Richard P. .SVtv/gc, aged, when received, 47. Sent
from Jones county. Crime, rape. Nativity, Virgi
nia. Received, 23d of April, 1833, for twenty
years. Pardoned, 29th of January, IS4O.
Benjamin Rap, aged, when received, 28. Sent
from Camden county. Crime, passing counterfeited
money. Nativity, Georgia. Received, 9th of De
cember, 1835, for seven years. Pardoned, 29th of
January, 1840.
Moses Caraker, aged, when received, 35. Sent
from Camden county. Crime, passing counterfeited
money. Nativity, North Carolina. Received, Sth
of December, 18:35, for seven years. Pardoned, 29th
of January, 1840.
ffT’Wliat can appear fair to the jaundiced eye of
prejudice? And what means are too discreditable to
) be used in endeavoring to detract, with apparent hon
esty, from the purest measures of those to whom we
' are opposed ? It is strange, nay passing strange, to
) witness the efforts of some of the political popinjay
editors of tbe day, who are now opposing the admin
istration in all its measures, and who cudgel their dull
brains to misrepresent and distort the plainest and
simplest propositions. Have honesty and candor be
j come abstractions to them? Will they never doff their
canting slang? Will they never abandon a calling,
only meet for those whose feelings are soured by dis
appointed ambition, or who arc reckless of character,
and principle?
The Secretary of tbe Treasury stated in his annual
report, that if Congress did not make any unneces
sary appropriations, it was very probable that the
means for the support of Government, for 1840,
would be ample. Has the Secretary since his report
retracted this opinion? He has not. But in order to '
meet the heavy demands against the Government,
which fail due in the first half of this year, the Secre- )
tary has applied to Congress for the power to issue '
Treasury notes to an amount equal to those demands )
and redeemable after sixty or ninety days. How can I
the Secretary redeem those notes in the period speci
fied, if he is not well satisfied that the assets of the Go
vernment will then be sufficient? All the receipts of
the Treasury, for 1840, will not be available in the
months of March and May. And simply because the
Treasurer is anxious to meet all demands against the
Government so soon as they become due, he is charg
ed with faithlessness and ignorance.
We repeat, that it is astonishing how the conduc
tors of a press can be so blinded by prejudice, or in
fatuation, as to distort the most simple facts into gross
inconsistencies and absurdities. No man of ordinary
conception can possibly mistake the expressions and
intentions of the Secretary of the Treasury—and none
who values and appreciates the character of the coun
try, for promptness in the liquidation of its debts, can
do otherwise than applaud the motives and sugges
tions of the Secretary.
tt?’ John Randolph in a debate in the Senate of
the United States, on the 20th March, 1826, thus
poke of Gen. Harrison :
“Now, sir, the only difference between the gentle
man from Ohio and myself is this—and it is vital—
that gentleman and myselt’dill'er fundamentally and
t"tally, and did differ when we first took our seats in
Congress—he as a delegate from the territory north
west ot the river Ohio, I as a member of the other
house from the State of Virginia : he was an open,
zealous, frank supporter of the sedition law and black
cockade Administration; and I was as zealous, frank,
and open an opponent of the black-cockade and sedi
tion law Administration. We dill'er fundamentally
and totally—-we'never can agree about measures or
about men : I do not mean to dictate to the gentle
man—-let us agree to dill'er as gentlemen ought to do,
especially natives of the same State, who arc anti
podes to each other in politics—he, I acknowledge,
just now, the ZENITH, and I the NADIR; but, unless
there is something false in tbe philosophy of the
schools, even, in the course of time, these will change
their places.”
ft?’ Is General Harrison an abolitionist, and are
his Northern Whig friends abolitionists? The an
swers to these questions, in substantiation of their
affirmative truth, can readily be adduced. What
could have been General Harrison’s opinions after he
left his native Stale, Virginia, and exclaimed
“ 'i hank God ! I have got rid of Virginia politics,
and Virginia negroes”? What opinion could he
have entertained when he was in favor of applying
(he surplus revenue of the country to purchasing, and
thereby liberating the slaves of the South ? What
could have been his feelings when he felicitated him
self with the hope, and it was an object near his
heart, that’he a might look forward to a day, not far
distant, when the North American sun would not look
down upon a slave?” Was not General Harrison
called upon, during the last canvass for the Presi
dcncy, to disavow his abolition sentiments, and did
he not refuse to do so, by neglecting the opportunity;
and, furthermore, by this conduct, plainly and in
eontestibly prove that the abolition of slavery was an
object li near his heart 7” Can tbe most prejudiced
mind deny this r And if such sentiments, as wc have
quoted above, are not the sentiments of every aboli
tionist Tappan and hireling Thompson of the North,
wc confess that we are ill acquained with their croak
ing, rotten-hearted, and disorganizing principles.
General Harrison will not, and dare not retract those
sentiments. The power that sustains him would be
lost forever, if he dared to prove recreant to their po
licy and measures. And the Southern Whigs expect
too nitieh from General Harrison, if they imagine for
one moment that he will ever qualify or extenuate one
tittle of his abhorence of Southern principles and
Southern institutions.
Are the Northern Whigs abolitionists? That
there are many who are not we freely admit, but that
the majority arc, we arc abundantly satisfied. And
no candidate for the Vice Presidency will receive their
support, who is a slaveholder, or opposed to the mea
sures of the abolitionists. Many of the papers at the
North, which have come out in favor of Harrison, and
hoisted his name in their columns, in bold and con
spicuous capitals, do not dare to place the name of
either Tyler, Forsyth, Johnson, or King, as an ap
proved candidate for tbe Vice Presidency. In the
State of Ohio, Whig meetings have been held iu the
counties of Ashtabula and Geauga, warmly respon
sive to the nomination of General Harrison. And
these very counties are well known in Ohio, at least, to
be the strong-hold and head-quarters of the abolition
ists in that State.
Are not the abolitionists now advocating General
Harrison ? They are. And is it not certain that no
individual could obtain their support, unless he enter
tained principles identical with their own ? Is is to be
presumed that a party, as infatuated as the abolition
ists are, would raliy-around any man who was well
known to be hostile to the very formatory principle of
that party—who would be opposed to the promotion
of men who were identified with them ? Certainly
not. It follows then, as an indubitable consequence,
that as the abolition of slavery is their rallying point,
they will never, as a party, support any man, whose
principles are not in accordance with their own. We
do not gratuitously assume the position, that the
abolitionists have entered warmly into the advocacy of
General Harrison. It is a matter of as great noto
riety, and is as easily susceptible of demonstration, -as
that two and two make four.
(t? ! ’ The st} 1c or title of the opponents of the pre
sent administration, is hereafter to be Harrisonians.
At a meeting of the Whig party at Chillicothe, in
Ohio, that was the chaste cognomen assumed. 1 Let it
resound far and wide ; and whatever good they can
effect for' themselves, by renouncing the names of
Abolitionists, Whigs, and Federalists, they are wel
come to.
Can the newly-baptised clique let the world know
whether it is the Abolition, United States Bank, high
Tariff, Alien and Sedition Law, or ail of those prin
ciples which have associated them under the Harri
son banner ? Or, perhaps, it may be to foster tlieir
aristocratic views, by selling poor white men into
slavery ? What do ye teach ?
When we hear a cotemporary declare, that
“ opposition to the present administration is the great
purpose of his party,” we arc inclined to remember'a
certain scriptural passage, which reads somewhat
thus : —“ If they believe not Moses and the prophets,
they would not believe though one arose from the
dead.” No argument is necessary. Whatever
measure the administration proposes is to be opposed
—no matter how good or bad it be in its results—no
matter how much it may agree with the former senti
ments of that party —it must be opposed. Consis
tency, principle, conscience, and honesty, are all
thrown away or forgotten—and opposition, right or
wrong, becomes their watch-word. Can such a party
long be held together ? It cannot be. Neither can
its effects even prove of more avail than the attempt to
take Saint Helena, with a dozen men in a fishing
smack.
There is, certainly, too much intelligence in the
American people to be led away by the slang which
teems from the Whig press in their denunciations
against the present administration.
Washington correspondent of the Charles
ton Courier, under date of the both, says :—Among
the memorials presented, the other day, was one from
the Executor of the late Dr. Thomas Cooper, of Co
lumbia, praying remuneration on account of the fine
imposed on the deceased, under the alien and sedition
law. The will of Dr. Cooper accompanies the peti
tion, and in that instrument, it is enjoined on his Ex
ecutor, to prosecute his claim upon Congress, “until
the same be recovered.”
03=“ One of tbe bug-bears of the enemies of Mar
tin Van Buren seems to be, “ the present pressure in
the monetary affairs'of the country.” To the measures
of the administration, all the existing evils are attri
buted. The Sub-Treasury policy then has stopped
some 70 or 80 manufacturing establishments in this
country ; and the same measure has turned out of
employment something like 20,000 operatives in
Leeds and Manchester, in England ! What a power
ful policy I And to do all this before it was adopted.
“ There’s magic in the web of it.” It must, cer
tainly, combine the essential elements of the Voltaic
pile, ami by a single touch, electrify the fiscal affairs
of the whole world ! If such could be the fact, the
commercial and scientific nations of the earth would
be our vassals forever !
How stands the matter? Has not the mad spirit of
speculation involved this country ? And have not
our importing classes become indebted to European
houses for those imported materials? Is there an ho
nest man in the land that does not tnourn over the pro
digality of the last ten years ? The foster-mother of
this reckless spirit, was tbe banks. Lured by the
gains which their immense discounts poured into their
coffers, they knew no bounds to their inordinate cupi
dity. Ihe madness engendered by these dazzling
hopes, crushed the strong arm that razed the pillar off
the edifice, alike with those who under its arch.
It the government had been successful in timely
collectingall the obligations which are due to it, and
the banks had not proved recreant to the trust re
posed in them, the policy which the Sub-Treasury
scheme indicates, would not, in all probability, have
been necessary to be adopted for many years to come.
But the government had no alternative left, but to
take care of its own money, in the manner clearly de
ducible from the Constitution.
Governments, like individuals, must take care of
themselves, and adopt whatever legitimate policy may
be necessary to preserve their interests from destruc
tion. Does the government of this country desire to
do more than this? And would they not be unworthy
of their trust, if they were to do less?
03 5 ” The Whigs, or Harrisonians, arc endeavoring
) to make a little political matter out of the vote in the
! Legislature of New York, condemnatory of the Sub
, Treasury Bill. Ihe resolutions passed the House of
Assembly, by a strict party vote —but upon tbe finap
vote, on concurring with an alteration of the Senate,
the vote stood 92 to 7. The Democrats were anxious <
to make the Bill as little objectionable as possible
and knowing that the Whigs had a majority, a large
number of the Democrats voted for the amendment
not, perhaps, feeling confident that the measure would,
ultimately pass iu such a comparatively favorable
way.
But, of course, the Harrisonians will endeavor to
make the most of the matter, although they are well
assured that the Whig majority in the New York Le
gislature, on joint ballot, does not exceed 20 votes !
Sb the world wags !
TEMPERANCE.
The astonishing effects produced by the exertions
of the Roman Catholics in Ireland, and indeed now
being performed throughout Europe, in the promo
tion of Temperance, are as highly commendable as
they will result in good to those who embrace them..
I he Papists, as a body of Christians have the utmost
confidence in their ministers and high clerical func
tionaries, and as the latter seem, in many instances to
have taken very active measures in the promotion of
the temperance reform, the good results which will
ensue, Cannot but be highly creditable to that sect,
which basso long suffered under the odium which the
intemperance of many of that class of Christians, have
but too evidently exhibited.
The same spirit seems to be actuating tbe Papists
in this country. A Catholic temperance society has
been formed in the City of New York. They deter
mined to have no funds, and we presume that they
intend to effect their purposes without the aid of mo
ney —they would not, consequently, elect a treasurer.
, Here is their pledge:
“I do solemnly promise to avoid intemperance, and 1
should it be necessary, in order to attain this object,
to abstain TOTALLY from all intoxicating liquors, I do
hereby pledge myself to abstain from every one of
them. I also promise, by my advice to induce others
to do the same.”
Wc cordially wish them well. The Catholics have
been very inactive on this subject, heretofore, but now
that they have clearly “ defined tlieir position,” we
earnestly hope that their exertions a will meet with suc
cess. By their precept and example they may do
much good. The accounts which we have seen of
Father Matthew’s success in Ireland, are almost in
credible—men, women and children, by the thou
sands, (locked to see and hear that aged prelate; and
take the temperance pledge.
The enthusiasm exhibited by the Catholics in this
matter, is worthy of the highest praise, and deserves,
the commendation and encouragement of every pat
riot and philanthropist.
THE TEMPERANCE REFORM.—A late
London paper contains most marvellous, yet well au
thenticated accounts of the progress of the Temper
ance reform in Ireland. A Roman Catholic clergy
man, named Father Matthew, has been rivalling Pe
ter the Hermit, with this difference, the former invo
ked the faithful to exterminate the Saracens, or drive
them from the Holy Laud, while the latter denounces
Alcohol, as the destroyer of millions, and the great
scourge of the human race. On the 2d of December,
and following days, Father Matthew gave the Tem
perance pledge to 60 or 70,000 persons in Limerick
alone. So great was the crowd that many were crush
ed to death, in their eagerness to reach him, and sev
eral had their limbs broken. In Mellow street and
Catharine street, of that town, the dragoons kept a
Line in the centre sufficiently wide for two people to
walk abreast, and on each side of this lane the p.eople
knelt in the mud, while the reverend gentleman pass-