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The Mexican War.
[From the New York Journal of Commerse 3 d inst.] 1
My partner, Mr. Ilule, having appended his
name to two articles inthe Journal of Commerce
expressing his peculiar views in regard to the
Mexican war, I should not feel called upon to
manifest my own, were it not that otherwise :
they might he supposed to he the antipodes of
his. which is the case only in part.
As to war in the abstract, I suppose there is i
I ttle or no difference between us. It is an evil
so enormous, so revolting to the common sen- i
timents of humanity, so destructive to human
happiness, and so opposed to the spirit of j
Christ auitv. that none but a fiend could con- i
sistcntly advocate it. And yet there have been
cases, and may be again, when, in perfect con- j
sistency with this doctrine, a man, a Christian, ;
may, nay, must, buckle on his armor and go
• forth to deadly strife. Take the case of a village
beset by merciless savages, impatient to imbrue
their hands in tlm blood of defenceless women j
and children. If there are strong men there, f
capable of defending the village, and they fail j
to do it, either through fear, or conscientious I
samples, they are fairly chargeable with the
death of those innocents, 'and of themselves.
They have sacrified both, to save the lives of
murderers.
Between the two extremes, viz. war in the j
abstract, and war purely in self-defence, or in
d fence of one’s family, friends, neighbors, and
dependants, there is a wide field of debatable
ground. As a general rule, I hold that offensive
war is unjustifiable, and wicked in the extreme;
but that war strictly defensive, -when the object
of attack is life as well as property, is justifiable, |
and can be defended on the principle of the
Savour’s golden rule. Most wars between
iuations are of a mixed character, involving
provocation and wrong on both sides; and not
unfrequently it is difficult to say which party
is most in fault. A war originally defensive,
often in the squel becomes offensive, and rice
versa. It is in reference to such cases especially,
that we reserve an exception to the general rule
asserting the unjustifiabloness of offensive war.
Suppose a nation invaded, without a shadow'
of provocation, by a ho«t ! le army,—killing,
burning and destroying as they advance. Sup
pose the invaded people at length rally, meet
the enemy in battle, and drive them to the
frontier. Must they stop at that line, and lose
the adv mtage gamed: or may they pursue the
enemy into his own country, and make the vic
tory complete. Must they always have the
war at their doors: or may they, if they can.
transfer it to the territory of the invaders. I
think they may; provided they have reason to
believe that to halt at the frontier, would only
cause now aggressions, under circumstances j
less favorable to the defenders.
"When ovar exists between two nations, a
paramount regard to the interests of humani
ty will direct to that course, consistent with
self preservation and essential rights, which,
with the least expense of blood and treasure,
Avi.ll soonest bring about the return of peace.
AVhat that course should be, must depend up
on circumstances. It may be retreat, or it
may be an advance. It may he inaction, or it
may be a vigorous prosecution of the war.—
Among the circumstances important to be con
sidered, is the character and temperament of
the opposing party. If they are capable of
appreciating an act of magnanimity, then per
haps an abandonment of a victory almost won,
or of territories already conquered, may be
the straight road to peace. But if you know'
them to be vain and treacherous, —sure to con
strue your generosity into cowardice, and to
t ike advantage of it to your injury, whenever
an opportunity offers, —then I hold that you
are not bound to cast your pearls before swine, j
but may “seek peace and pursue it” in some |
other way. To do that, for the sake of peace, I
which you know, or have reason to believe,
will only prolong and aggravate the Avar, is ab
surd.
The war with Mexico, I have deplored from
the out-set; —as much, I will venture to say,
as many aa'lio charge the AA'hole blame of it up
on the Administration of President Polk.—
John Tyler, being out of the w ay, is entirely
forgotten by the gentlemen; and so is the
Journal of Commerce, and the host of other
papers which advocated tjje annexation of
Texas. In my opinion, the most prominent
cause of the Avar was this annexation. It was
not merely an antecedent event, but an origi
nating cause. A\ Kile the question was pend
ing before Congress and the countrA', the Mex
ican Minister to the United States, Gen. Al
monte, announced to our government that*the
consummation of the act would be considered
equivalent to a declaration of Avar. Aceo d
ingly, three days had not elapsed after the
passage of the joint resolution of Congress,
3d March, 1845, for the annexation of Texas,
before he demanded his passports. In like
manner, the Mexican goA'ernment refused all
further intercourse, officially Avith our Minis
ter in that country, Shannon; and after
Avaiting in vain for a considerable period, in
the hope that better counsels would prevail,
he returned to the United States. Thus Avas
all diplomatic intercourse between the two
countries broken off by Mexico, avowedly in
consequence of the passage of the Joint resolution.
This resolution Avas passed on the last day, or !
last but one, of the Administration of Presi- •
dent Tyler. “Since that time,” says Presi
dent Polk, in his Message of Dec. 2nd, of the
same year, “Mexico has, until recently, occu- |
pied an attitude of hostility towards the Uni
ted States, —has been marshaling and organiz- :
ing armies, issuing [proclamations, and avow
ing the intention to make war on the United
States, either by an *pen declaration, or by in- j
vading Texas.” T#e expression “until re- ;
cently,” has reference to a lull in the note o£
preparation occasioned by the overtures of the
American government ffir an adjustment of all ;
differences by means of a special Envoy. It
w as, however, of \*ery short continuance. For
scarcely had the Special Envoy (Mr. Slidell)
arrived in the Mexiean#crritory, when he dis
covered that a change had come over the spir
it of the Mexican goA'ernment, and that his
missijKl AA'ould proA'e a failure. The fact is,
that Gen. Paredes, who had for some time
been meditating a revolution against the gov
ernment of Herrera, got wind of the overture,
and Avas making the most of it for the accom
plishment of his object. This caused Herrera
to hesitate, and raise objections, till at length,
on the 21st December, (1845), he, through
his Minister,Pformally refused to accredit Mr.
Slidell, notwithstanding his promise, upon the
strength of which the latter had been sent out..
But it was too late; the wax-cry of Paredes
had secured his triumph. On the 30th De
cember, Herrera resigned, and Paredes suc
ceeded to the Presidency.
In a manifesto issued by the latter just be
fore his entrance into the capital, he declared
that after convoking a Constituent Congress,
he would either retire to private life, or “ask
| the privilege of marching to the frontier, to en
counter the usurpers of our territory, and the
. enemies of our independence and prosperity.” j
This was about the 2nd of January, 1846, — ;
eleven weeks before the American army moved
from Corpus Chrlsti.
Paredes’ Minister of NVar (Senor Almonte,)
in accepting office, declared that he Avas moved j
, to do so by his desire to co-operate in carrying
out the order, “uoav happily re-established,” .
for preparing “the Texas campaign.”
i The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Castillo y
Lanzas, in an insulting note to Mr. Slidell,
dated March Pith 1816, says, “A fact such as
, this [the annexation of Texas], or to speak Avith
I greater exactness, so notable an act of usurpa
tion, created an imperious necessity that Mexi
co, for her OAvn honor, should repel it with pro
per, firmness and dignity. The supreme gov
i eminent had before declared that it -would look
upon such an act as a casus belli: and, as a con
sequence of this declaration, negotiation Avas
by its A'cry nature at an end.”
In a manifesto dated April 2§d, 1846, Pare
des himself states that the revolution (in De
j comber) which cleA'atod him to poAver, Avas
j sanctioned by the people because they Avorc
“Avaiting Avith impatience to rush forward to
I another war, to AA'hich they AA'ere called by the
scandalous aggressions of a government calling
i itself our friend, but at the same time aiming
to prostrate us.” And again, he denounces
j the mission of Mr. Slidell as an insult and the
! consummation of offences, “as if the relations
bctAvcon the two republics had not suffered
j any disturbance by the definite Act of the An
| nexation of Texas.”
Let it be borne in mind that Paredes’ reVO*
I lution commenced and Avas finished two or
three months before the American troops left
| Corpus Christ!.
J The aboA'e is but a faint ont-llne of the ca*i-
I donee Avhich Ave might present, if avc had
| room, that the Annexation of Texas was the
j prom incut cause of the existing war*; and that
in all probability Avar Avould haA'e ensued, if
i the U. troops had remained at Corpus
j Christi, or even on the East side of the Sabine.
I The moA'emc- ’ff may have been hastened a lit
tle I)A' Gen. Taylor’s advance, (Avhich took
place in the month ot March, 1846,) but does
not appear toliaA-e aC ell depended on it.
If this be so, then we say that it becomes
those AA'ho adA'ocatcd annexation, to take the
responsibility of the Avar ir'*on themselves,
rather than attempt to shift it noon President
Polk or his Cabinet, none of whom were in
poAver Avhcn the “joint resolution” w as adopt
ed.
But lam prepared to slioaa- not only that
the Avar avus in effect resolA'cd upon In' the
Mexican government prior to Gen. Taylor's
advance to the Rio Grande, but that they Averc
first in declaring it, and first in making it.—
They alone shut the door to negociation; they
shed the first blood; they made the first pri
soners; they commenced the cannonading at
Matamoros on the 3rd of May; they attacked
Gen. Taylor, and not he them, on the Bth and !
9th of the same month.
The proclamation of Preusdnt Po’k dccl r- j
ing that war existed “by the act of Mexico,”
Avas issued on 13th of May, 18 46, President
Paredes virtually declared Avar on the 21st of
March; only ten days after the American army j
left Corpus Christi, and before Paredes could '
possibly haA’e known the fact. Hoav Avill they
dispose of this little circumstance, Avho con
tend that the wnr resulted entirely from Tay
lor's advance to the Rio Grande : True, Pare
des chose to limit his declaration to defensive
Avar, until the Mexican Congress should as
semble, —Avhich he could very conveniently do
(having no constitutional poAver to denlara nf
fensive AA*ar) inasmuch as he could hardly ex
pect, before said meeting, to push his armies
farther toAvards "Washington than the river Sa
bine, and of course, according to his aucav of
the case, lie AA-ould still be acting on the defen
siA'e. That there may be no chance of mistake
in regard to the fact of Paredes having declar
ing Avar in the abo\'e sense, before he kncAv of
Gen. Taylor’s .adA-ance from Corpus Christi,
and several days before the latter reached the
banks of the Rio Grande, we A\ill here quote
from Paredes’ Inaugural Address to the Mexi
can Congress on the 6th June. In that docu
ment he says.—
‘ The American Minister v.*aa not recoiA'ed,
because national dignity forbade it, Avhen an
American army Avas already marching on the
Rio BraA'o, our ports on both seas Avere threat
ened by squadrons, and troops of the United
States trod our soil in California. I was , there
fore, obliged, on the 21 st of solemnly to
declare that peace and national honor being in
compatible with such aggressions , our soil should
be defended from their encroahcments, until this
Congress, with whom it lay to declare war, should
assemble Jl
The first sentence of this extract implies at
least tAvo palpable falsehoods. Paredes AA'ell
knew' that Slidell’s final rejection by the Her
rera administration took place on the 20th
December, 1845. (24 days liefore the order to
advance to the Rio Bravo was issued at Wash
ington,)—that amomg the many frivolous pre
texts urged for his rejection, the advance toward
the Rio Bravo was not one, —that in order to
obviate the alleged difficulty on the part of the
Mexican goA’ernment, of appearing to negotiate
under the infinance of intimidation, our A’essels
of war were withdraAvn from the coast —and
that if any troops of the United States “trod
the soil of California,” it was an exploring party
under Capt. Fremont, topographical engineer,
objects AA’ere purely scientific. Not an
officer or soldier of the United States army ac
companied him. and his Avhole force consisted
of 62 men. employed by himself as security
against Indians. Neither had any collision
taken place between his party and the Califor
nians, at the time of Mr. Slidell’s rejection by
Herrera’s administration,.or by that of Paredes,
on the 12th of March, 1846, Neither AA*as the
departure of the American army from Corpus
Christi knoAvn ;■> Paredes of his Minister at the
date of Slidell’s contemptuous rejectioVi by
them, it having occurred but one day preA’ious.
‘ "VVe dAvell upon this point a little, because it is
necessary to show’ that the pretences of the i
i Mexican goA'ernment for refusing our repeated
I and most generous overtures for a peaceful ad
justment of differences, Avere friA'olous and
| false. In short, AvhoeA’er reads the correspon
dence hctw’een Mr. Shannon and the Mexican
I government, and subsequently between Mr.
j Slidell and the Mexican government, cannot
fail to see that the government of the I’. States
spared no reasonable efforts to avoid the Avar;
: but that, Avith the exception of a very brief in
terval, those efforts were constantly repelled,
—till at length the manner of doing it became
deliberately insulting and contemptuous. The
only plausible explanation is, and it agrees per
fectly with subsequent developemeuts, that the
Mexican government (and the same may be
said of the people) Avere all the while contem
plating Avar for the re-conquest ofTexas. That
was the sore point with them, the loss ofTexas,
—and doubtless they w'ere encouraged to at
tempt its recoA’ery by the further consideration,
that if successful, they Avould by the some act
Avipc off our claims for spoliations,amounting to
several millions of dollars. It may seem
strange that they could e\ r en hope for success,
in a contest like this; but a better knowledge
of the Mexican character and bearing prior to
the commencement of the Avar, Avould dissipate
tills impression. We have no doubt they were
perfectly sincere -when they threatened some
years since, that if avc did not restrain our
people from aiding the Texans, they (the Mexi
cans) would cross the Sabine and march to
"Washington.
15 v the way, those Mexican claims, with their
attending circumstances of outrage and crime,
constitute of themselves, a more valid cause
of war than can be alleged in favor of most
wars that have existed in the history of na
tions. We do not say a sufficient cause, nor do
we think so; although Gen. Jackson declared
i in his Message of 1837, that they “would jus- |
j tiiy, in the eyes of all nations, immediate war.”
I however rejoice, that as Mexico committed j
the outrages, (a partial list of which is before |
. me, seventy-live in number, many of them of j
I the most flagrant character,) so the war which
has in part resulted from them, but more, as I !
! said, from the annexation of Texas, exists es- j
sentially by her act. 1 believe that the declar- :
( at ion of the American Congress and President 1
to this effect, is literally true. It was “bv the 1
’ • j
act of Mexico” that war existed, because, at
tar giving us great provocation, she spumed
repeated and most humiliating overtures from
the American government for an adjustment
of all differences; because by her Generals,
her Minister of Foreign Relation's, and her
President, hostilities had been more or less
formally declared; because her troops had
crossed the Rio Grande and killed or captured
i a party of our soldiers; and finally, (although
this fact was not known at Washington when
| the declaration was made,) because her array,
I 6000 or 7000 strong, had attacked Gen. Tay
: lor with his 2300 men, on the East side of the
Rio Grande, and got handsomely whipped, as
they deserved to be. In his Inaugural Address
I above alluded,the Mexican President (Paredes)
j frankly avows that he ordered the attack. Ills
! W >rds are, “After assembling above five thou
smd men in that quarter, [Matamoros] I di
rected the General of division thei'c to act
against the enemy, and he, deciding in crossing
j the river, took up a position between the coast
i and the fortified point of Pass Real. On the
Bth May a sharp engagement was brought on,”
&c. In a previous Ma nifesto, dated April 23d,
he says,—*“l have sent orders to the Geilcral
i in-chief on the Northern frontier, to act in
hostility against the army Which is in hostility
against us; to oppose war to the enemy which
wars upon us.” This, it will be noted, was
t wenty-one days prior to the battle of Palo
Alto, and five days prior to the capture of
('apt. Thornton’s dragoons*
[ To he concluded in nuY nc.rl. j
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Augusta, (Georgia,
FRIDAY 1547.
FO R(b) VEIIXOR
HGM. G. W. TOWM3.
OF TALBOT.
iSfdrWc commence to-day the article of Mr.
Hallock, one of the editors of the Journal of
Commerce, on the Mexican War. It is one
of the clearest and ablest expositions aac have
seen. J.et its length not deter the reader from
a careful perusal. It will be concluded in our
j next.
The Wilmot Proviso and the next Presi
dency.—Attitude of Parties in Georgia.
The comments we propose to make on this
I subject shall be divested of all partisan excite
ment, for on so vital a question the voice of
faction should be silent. With a desire to
place the democratic party in the* true attitude
it assumes before the people, we shall at the
same time not wilfully distort that lit which
we conceive that the whigs arc presented by
the recent action of their convention.
The position of the democratic party cannot j
be mistaken. The following simple distinct 1
resolution defines its position, and leaves no
room for cavil or doubt:
Resolved farther by this Convention, That the ;
Democratic party of Georgia, will give their sup- j
port to no candidate for the Presidency of the Uni
ted States who does not unconditionally, clearly l
and unequivocally declare his opposition to the Prin
ciples and Provisions of the Wihnot Proviso.
The democratic party here plants itself in
open opposition under any and all circum
stances to that insolent outrage upon the
constitutional rights of the South —-the Wil
mot Proviso. This resolution was passed by
the recent Democratic Convention at Milledge
villc. This is the true position for the South
ern people. It gives practical force to ir
ginia resolutions as they were passed by the
convention. Is it not? It is the position that
every slaveholding State should assume. It is
the language each should utter, emphatically
and firmly. If, unhappily, but one party in
any Southern State should speak that language,
and take that position, that is the party of the
South —that is the party to whose standard the
people should rally, as the true exponent of
Southern opinion and feeling. To use lan
guage less positive would be to fall short of
public sentiment. Any party in the South,
that shrinks from this position falters in its
duty to the vital interests of the South, and is
unworthy of its confidence. The resolution
we have quoted was passed by the Democratic
Convention at Millodgeville on the 29th day
of June last. Two days after, the Whig Con
vention assembled on the same spot. The time
—the occasion—the circumstances w'ere emi
nently suited for a similar declaration by that
body. The public expected, and had a right
to expect to hear the voice of the whig
party on that subject—of the whigs, not
as a party, speaking for party purposes, be
cause it was a subject which in the South is
above and beyond all party —for it involves
the constitutional rights and the salvation of
the South. It involves a question of her so-
I cial and political equality in the Union. Had
the Whig Convention adopted the resolution
passed by the democrats, as it should have
done, this question at least would have been
snatched from the arena of party politics. Here
whigs and democrats could have met on com
mon ground —they could have met as brothers
—they could have stood shoulder to shoulder
and with shields interlocked, have presented
a solid phalanx to oppose the fierce anti-slave
ry hordes of the North, and to heat back their
ruthless assaults upon our constitutional rights.
Such a course would have given strength to
the South, and to the same extent would
have Aveakened the party seeking to assail her,
by showing the impossibility of trampling upon
the rights of a people acting unitedly and har
moniously on this one question. Upon this
question the Democratic Convention acquitted
itself of the duty it owed its constituency.
The Whig Convention failed and was derelict
in its duty. Its silence was not —could not
be accidental. The omission was deliberate —
premeditated. It is an omission so deliberate
as to justify us in asserting that the whigs
were unwilling to assume the position. They
were and arc unwilling to pledge themselves,
as a party, that they will not support for the
Presidency an advocate of the principles
of the Wilmot Proviso. They occupy a posi
tion which declares to the world that there
are circumstances which may induce them, as
a party, to support a Wilmot Proviso man for
the Presidency, We call the deliberate —the
earnest attention of the people of Georgia to
this state of the case.
It is wholly impossible that any candidate
for the Presidency can receive the vote of
j Georgia who docs not, in the language of the
1 resolution, unequivocally declare his opposi
; tlon to the Principles and Provisions of the
’ Wilmot ProA'iso. Rut it is a no less interest-
I ing inquiry, shall a party refusing to commit it
self against such a candidate achieve a pre
liminary triumph in Georgia—shall it carry its
candidate into the highest office in the gift of
her people—and obtain a preponderance in its
halls of legislation? AVill it not. giA'c strength
to our opponents in the anti-slavery States,
and embolden their efforts, to find that they
haA’e the alliance of a party in our very midst
Avho dare not, or Avill not, for fear of a disrup
tion of that alliance, manfully disclaim all
sympathy and co-operation Avith Wilmot Pro
viso advocates? How infinitely inadequate to
the emergency Avas the folloAving compara
tively tame and spiritless declaration of the
whig party:
6. Resolved, That we arc opposed so the Wilmot
Proviso, so called—and that, all legislation by Con
gress restricting the right to hold siaA'e property in
the territories ot the United States, is unequal, un
just and unconstitutional.
'J his is the assertion of an abstract proposi
tion. It Avill pass by the Wilmot Proviso
men of the Whig party at the North, and they
are all ff 1 1 mot Proviso men, as unregarded as
the idle Avincl. It Avill no more stay the arm,
or fetter the step of that formidable body of
men, than would a willow tAvig check the rush
of a mountain torrent. They are resolved to ;
cany their point, if possible. If the Whigs 1
of Georgia wished to have influence with
them, there is one way they might have exer*
cised it* This AA'otild haA'e been, to declare, in
the language of the Democrats, that they would i
under no circumstances support any candidate
for the Presidency that did not unequi\’ocallv
declare his opposition to the principles of the
Wilmot Proviso.
The language fliat the Georgia Whigs have
tised, has been as the feeble wail of an infant,
compared with those manly and indignant
tones of determination which the occasion
called for. The one AA'ill lie derided as ineffi- |
cient and Aveak—the other would haA'e been at
least respected if not heeded by their north
ern allies. It Avould ha\'e had weight and in
finance with Northern Whigs.
This is not the first deliberate irtst xriee, nf
the South, of Whig faltering. Mr. Botts, of i
Virginia, a Whig member of Congress elect, |
refused to pledge himself that he Avould not
support for the Presidency—a Wilmot Proviso
candidate.
It seems as inevitable as destiny, that the ■
Whig party Avill haA'e such a candidate put up- i
[ The Whigs of this State did hope that they
, might be saved the mortification of ha\ing such
. a candidate forced upon them, by having Gen.
I Taylor to vote for as a Whig candidate. In
• this they are disappointed. It is noAv certain
j that he will not run as a candidate of that par
ty. He has emphatically rejected the propo
sition. Even AA'ere he whiling to do so. he
could not get the nomination from the nation
al conA'ention, unless he would adopt the
principles of the Wilmot ProA'iso.
But the Whig party haA-e not even infcTcn
tially disavoAved the Wilmot ProA’iso, in the
recommendation of Gen. Taylor for the Presi
dency.
Gen. Taylor, so far as lie may be considered
as haA’ing expressed any opinion on this ques
tion, has in so many words sanctioned and a
dopted it.
The editor of the Cincinnati Signal is a Wil
mot Proviso man. In the A'ery editorial Avhich
elicited the letter of Gen. Taylor, and the sen
timents of Avhich Gen. Taylor approved, the
extension of the ordinance of 1787 to all ter
ritories West of the Rio Grande is adA'ocated.
This ordinance is substantially and practically
the Wilmot Proviso.
Noav avc are not disposed to hold General
’Taylor as committed to that principle by the
general terms of approA'al of the editorial
he has used. But he has placed himself in a
position to render a formal disaA'OAval necessa
ry. While in that position, therefore, the
Whig party of Georgia certainly are present
ed to the Avorld as having refused in conven
tion, to pledge themselves not to vote for a
Wilmot Proviso man for the Presidency-
They may haA'e fancied, that in recommend
ing Gen. Taylor they had very cleverly shirk
ed the difficulty. Rut tlyey are Signal-ly de
feated by Gen. Taylor himself, and it may yet
be their melancholy fate to A'ote for a Wilmot
ProA’iso candidate.
The editorial of the Signal asserts the pro
position that- the President should not exercise
the A'eto power—that he should hold his hand
in the ewent that a majority in Congress
should pass the Wilmot ProA'iso in the shape
of the ordinance of 1817, applied to territo
ries West of the Rio Grande. If General
Taylor persists in this position, then would he
be disarmed of that great consetA'atiA'e power
AA'hich has so often saved the constitution from
violation, and so often protected the South.
As a Southern man, aa'c have a right to pre
sume, in the absence of a distinct and specific
declaration on his part to the contrary, that
he is opposed to the Wilmot ProA'iso. Rut of
Avhat avail Avould be that opposition in the face
of a majority in Congress, if he Avere pledged
not to use the veto power.
Such is the present attitude of the Whigs—
an attitude deliberately assumed by their de
liberate neglect to declare themselves, as did
the Democrats, on this point. The result is
inevitable. The people Avill unite with that
party AA’hich has solemnly, in conA’ention,
pledged itself not to vote for any such candi
date, and stands, theretore, witnout otemisn —
Avithout suspicion— free from, and untrammel
led 1)v its Northern allies —stands in an atti
tude of manly independence, and planted firm
ly on Southern ground. #
Chevalier Caspar Jose dc Lisboa,
Minister Plenipotentiary from Brazil to the
United States, has been recalled by his gov
ernment. The X nion thinks his recall Avill
not expose the amicable relations of the two
countries to the danger of interruption. AV e
hope not. but if Mr. Tod, our newly appoint
ed Minister cannot satisfy his imperial high
ness the Emperor, avc hope our government
Avill pursue an energetic course in the arrange
ment of the difficulties between the tAvo coun
tries. Wc are no advocates for blows, but it they
must come, oar motto is. and always AA'ill be, to be
prepared to receive the first.
New York Imports.
The total imports into Noav York during the
first nine days of this month have amounted
to $2,23/),499, nearly a million more than Avas
imported during the corresponding period of j
last year. The duties paid on them and due |
amounted to $59(5,458, which is nearly double
the receipts of the corresponding days of ‘4(5.
Grand Encampment, I. O. O. F.
The Macon Messenger & Journal says —We
understand that a Grand Encampment of the j
Independent Order of Odd-Fellows, for the j
State of Georgia, Avas organized in this city on
Monday last, at Odd-Fellows’ Hail, and the
folloAA'iug gentlemen were unanimously chosen
officers for the ensuing year:
P. C. P. Wiley Williams, of No. 4 Colum- i
bus, M. W. G. Patriarch.
P. H. P. Jackson Rarnes, of No. 2, Macon,
M. E. G. High Priest.
P. C. P. John C, Snead, of No. 5, Augusta,
R. W. Grand Senior Warden.
P. C, P. Jackson DeLoache, of No. ,3, Ma
con, R, W. Grand Junior Warden.
P. C. P. Geo. Patten of No. 2, Macon, R.
W. G. Scribe.
P. P. M. L. Gray bill, of No. ,3, Macon,
: R. W. G. Treasurer.
P. 11. P. James M. Rivins, of No. 2, Macon,
W. O. Sentinel. (
P. (’. P. Robt. It. Griffin, of No. 1, SaA'an
: nah, K. W. Grand Hep. to G. L. U. S.
The Chicago Convention.
This body assembled at Chicago, under a
1 irgc tent, on the afternoon of the sth inst.— !
It was called so order, and James L, Renton,
of Buffalo, appointed chairman.
Upon calling over the list of delegate's, the
folloAving States were found to be represented:
[ Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut/ New
York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Indiana, Michi-
I gait, Wisconsin, M;issachu.ssetts, Rhode Island,
New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia, Missouri,
Illinois, lowa, Ohio.
A committee was theft appointed so ncirrtU |
nate officers for the Convention. The Com-eu- i
: tion re-assembled at 4 o’clock, P. M., blit the
committee avere not prepared fa report. Adis- i
pUte h:id arisen among them by the attempt of
some of the friends of Thomas Corwin, of Ohio,
to thrust him forward a? the most becoming
man present. He saw the opposition, ur»d had
the good sense so decline, ami UdAvard Kates,
of Missouri, Avas nominated and appointed
President, with a number of Viet? Presidents
and Secretaries. A e<itremittoo was also ap
pointed to draft a series of resolutions to re- j
port to the meeting.
letters AA’ere read, received from Messrs.
Benton, Silas Wright, LewL* Cass, Martin Van
Boren and Henry Clay.
The Connecting' lank.
The Camden Jotfmal of Wednesday saA's |
“We are happy to announce to onr readei-s, that
the long expected connection,by Avay of Raleigh
and Camden, of the North and South-Carolina ,
Rail Road, is in a fairway of completion. A
proposition from Boston capitalists, to the
North and South-Carolina people, has been re
ceived, and AA'ill doubtless be accepted. If we j
haA'e understood the matter correctly, these ;
capitalists propose to subscribe $2,000,000 to
wards the construction of the road, which Is
estimated to cost $3,000,000, leaving one-third
only of the entire cost, to be subscribed by the j
citizens of North and South-Carolina and (»cr»r
gia. A convention has been called to be held j
in this toAvn on the 28th instant, Avhich will no
doubt be numerously attended by the friends of
the Metropolitan route.”
Fly Swarms.
Cincinnati and its vicinity is troubled with
immense swarms of flies, of a dark broAA'n i
color, and about one inch in length. They ap- !
pear in masses of millions, and present the
appearance of a black cloud. The same phe
nomenon is noticed in some parts of Indiana.
New Law Test.
The Waynesboro’ (Pa.) Record says, it is re
ported that some of the slave-holders in Mary
land, AA'hose slaves haA'e run off to that State,
intend entering suit at the Supreme Court o f ;
the U. S. against the commonwclth of Penn- I
sylvania, for the recoA'cry of damages.
A serious accident occurred at Montgomery,
(Ala.) on the 3d inst. Tavo persons Avere kill
ed and scA'eral others injured, by the falling
of an arch in the neAV capitol, now in progress
of erection..
Appointment by the President.
William J. Staples, of Ncav York, to be Con
sul for Havre, France, in the place of Reuben |
G. Beasley, deceased.
Telegraph betAveon Baltimore and
Philadelphia was out of order on the 12tR inst. i
and we are therefore left Avithout any tele- )
graphic advices from Ncav York.
[From the New Orleans Bee, 10 th
From Texas.
The steamship Yacht, arrived yesterday
morning from Galveston, bringing us files of
papers to the 6th inst. inclusive. They arc
barren of interest. The 4th of July was cele
brated at Galveston, with appropriate honors.
The schooner Star, arrived at Galveston on
the oth, from Tampico, Avhich she left on the
30th nit. She reports no news. As the in
telligence received by the Star is three days
later than our own advices, we look with
some anxiety for the confirmation of the rumors
brought here by the transport schr. Sarah, re
lative to the release of Col. Clay and Majors
Borland and Gaines, their recapture by Urrea,
and the intention of the latter to attack Tam
pico. The Star, however, reports that no news
was stirring when she left, which leads us to
infer that the reports in question have proved
groundless.
Large numbers of German emigrants are
pouring into Texas.
The crops present a most fav irable appear
ance. The corn crop, says the News, is already
made, and probably exceeds any former crop,
in the whole amount by one-half. There will
be a large surplus for emigrants, and at very
low prices. A planter from Brazoria, informs
j us that the Sugar cane of that county never
I looked so well. He estimates that there are
j over two thousand acres in Brazoria, of the
i finest cane that ever grew, and believes that
j the planters have their mills in such a state of
forwardness that they will be able to save all
j they have. Heretofore they have lost a large
I per centage on account of their very imiierfert
! wooden mills, and often fur the want of any.
On some plantations the cotton has suffered
slightly, from drought; but if the late rains in
this citv, are general in the country, we shall
expect to hear complaints of too much rain,
I rather than too little.
[From the Union, 1 '2th itmt.]
The IMcw Hampshire Election.
! We copy the following from the National
| Intelligencer of this morning ;
“A special election for two representatives
in Congress, from districts which failed to
make a choice at the regular election in March
last, took place in the State of New Hampshire
on Thursday. The result is stated in the sub
joined correspondence:
“Boston, July 9, 184 7.
“Messrs. Gales & Seaton : I have just come
from the first congressional district in New
Hampshire, where the whigs and their allies
have just elected Amos Tuck by 2,000 majoi i
! ty; and 1 have just learned from our obliging
and enterprising friends of the B vstou Atlas,
that we have probably elected General Wil
j son in the third district. His gain in eight
towns in Hillsborough is 1,000 votes. His own
! county (Cheshire) will certainly do better than
; last spring; so that I look upon his election as
i certain. Is not this ‘glory enough for one day:'
i The estimate of the Union put them both down
as sure for the democrats. For the first time
j for eighteen years, the Whigs of New Hamp
shire have now a voice in the House of Itepre-
I sentatives; and now the representation of the
I State in both the House and Senate is equally
I divided. Yours, &e.
“CONFIRMATION.
“Atlas Office, (Boston,) >
Friday, 10 o'clock, p. m. )
j “Onr express is in. Tuck’s majority will Im*
about 2,000, and General Wilson's from SOO to
i 000. His majority in forty-three towns is 7-F>
| —his gain in the same towns being 2,7 Id. The
nine towns to hear from may reduce Ins ma
jority 250, not more.”
I Glory, indeed! Can the National Intelli
gencer itself gorify upon the occasion: Will
that paper, or will any southern whig, crow
over the success of two candidates who owe
their election to the spurious coalition between
; the whigs of New Hampshire and abolitionists:
; Such is confessedly the secret of their success.
Surely the country has little reason to be
i proud of a victory which has been won by such
I art unhallowed ami vile coalition.
I , New lYlanufacturirig - Company.
W c are'gratified to He able to state that an
t other heavy company hds jttst been formed for
I the manufacture of cotton, in this oaty. The
company has completed a contract with the
Water Lot Company for the purchase of a site--
I A building i'2o feet in length and five stories
I high, is to be" commenced immediately, trtid the
j establishment is to be pfrt into operation as
speedily as possible, We learn that ft 10,000
i have already been subscribed, and the capital
can be increased to STOffbOO. as it may be
need *d. Some of mtr most respectable, mtel
ligenf and wealthy citizens arc in tin,* enter -
: P^iSC.
The manufacturing bvfrldlng rif Messrs.-
i W inter & Ifrooks is framed and covered, and
I will soort He Minder way.— -doiombtr* Tintott.
[r rom the Metc on Frfrgrdph, J*:h'r 13 -• j
CoV Town's Prospect —Vernon of ti e Ed*
mo c racy.
; W e nsfcd hardly refer to the extracts in- this*
Weeks paper to show with what hearty uhan- r
j unity the normhfrflort of CoL r fcnvr& bus' bbeii
| received Ivy the Republican press, as' welt as
by the’ people - throfrghoift the State. Seldom 1
have we ever before seen the proceedings of any
convention so enthfrsiastlcttlly approved by the’
j Democracy in all sectims of fhe‘ State, sis the
late one hehl at MilledgeVilk*. Kvery thing
indicates a vision of the Democracy in serried
ctiltfmn upon Geokgf. W. Towns, m
didate of the Republican Party, 'flic question
i now is simply this—will the people of thi?r
Shite jeopardize the permanency oi iKisisare*
i which have in one short year, imparted new'
life to every branch of industry throughout
i the country, by yielding the State to Whig
dominion, and its accompaniments,- We' can’ l -'
I not believe they will. Georgia is not now less
f devoted to the Republican cause, than she wasr
j in 1844, that she should by any possibility lose'
her vantage ground, by resting sluggishly on
her past debds, and thereby suffer the Whig
party to supplant the prim holes which can
] alone give strength mid vitality to the State.
Col. Towns is j list sttcli a man as the pco
i pie want far their Governor,-and we shell con
fidently expect that dn the hist Monday in
October, a large majority of the- people of this
j State, will say through fire ballot box, that he
I shall be our next Chief Magistrate.
' A Serious Affray occured at Oswego, X,
| Y., ou the sth in.-t. ’There wore abottt two hun
j dred engaged in the tight. The British steam
j er Queen Victoria was taken, her crew badly
flogged, after which her anchors were dropped
; and her colors pulled down. The - riot lasted
| about three hours, nor was it quelled until the
| riot act was read and the troops called out with
j loaded muskets.
j Like a good portion of tire Southern coun
| try, we, in this section have had almost inces
sant rains during the crop season. The result
is, the corn stalks have run up to a great
height, and, although‘slender, will, after all,
yield a fine crop. Cotton is not doing well,
and is attended vrith a bountiful supply of
grass. The wheat and oat crops are abundant
and good.— VorkcUle (S. C.) Miscellany, 10 Ih
| ijisf.
The Weather.
I We have continued and uninterrupted rains,
i The river is swollen, and should the rain eon
-1 tinue, there will unquestionably be a large
freshet. In some sections the crops are seri
ously injured by the constant rains. —Camden
Journal , 10 th inst.
Special Notices.
AUGUSTA ENCAMPMENT NO. 5.
A Regular Meeting will be held This (Friday).
Evening, at 8 o'clock. The members are earnest
ly requested to attend. By order of the C. P.
WM. HAINES, Scribe.
July 16 1 19
ILF During my absence from this Stale,
W. AAVALTON, Esq., will act as mv Attorney.
EDWARD HAMKEL.
July 10 f~*
0= \V. Wilson. Portrait Painter, wifi
be absent from this city, until about the 15th Au
gust. 6- July b