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[ Washington Correspondence of ike Della.]
Intercepted tetters Between Van Burcn
and B. F Butler
■ Washington, August 31, 1818.
My Dear Delta. — Do you know that this is
the most extraordinary city in the world. Not
only is the Court of Washington here, but
Madam Rumor holds her court also—and more
extraordinary stories emanate from this said
place, than from all the capitals of Europe put
together. It requires a man to reside here for
some time before he can separate the wheat
from the chaff. Your correspondent “ Harold”
was most cgregiously hoaxed in the statement
in relation to the delegate from Oregon, the
Down-Easter, and Knox Walker; but I don’t
wonder at it—brighter men have been hoaxed
in their day—even the venerable and great
Madison was hoaxed by a fellow named Hen
ry, who diddled him out of $-30,000 of the se
cret service money. To-day we had rumors
of certain correspondence having been inter
cepted, between the “ Arch Apostate” and the
pious B. F. Butler. Knowing the city as well
as I do, I cannot vouch for the authenticity of
the letters, but from ray intimate knowledge of
the writers, I must premise that they smack
wonderfully of their style. I give them to
you as I have them : R.
Kinpeiuiook, August, .
“ To Benjamin F. Butler. —My pious and
sainted friend, let me charge upon you to have
stated preaching at Sandy Hill and all the in
termediate posts. I find there is nothing like
mixing a little religion with politics. My
graceless young dog, John, has consented to
take the stump in my favor, after having, with
great tact, pretended to have overcome the in
delicacy of his position. Let John alone —
the dear boy is a chip of the old block, and if
we could only get him on the anxious bench,
he would be invaluable. By-the-bye, I wish
you would exercise all your persuasive pow
ers to bring Horace Greeley, and Bennett, of
the Herald, on the bench. Bennett, you know,
sqints damnably ; and, although he seems to
be glancing at Taylor, I have an idea that he
is in reality looking towards me. Secure these
two by all means. The Cass and Taylor men
are at a dead stand, while my friends are all
up and doing. Promise and use three things
in my name—lst, to free all negroes in the
District of Columbia; 2d, to give every man
as much land as he can cultivate; and 3d, to
allow him as many wives as he can maintain.
Enforce the third blow with all your elo
quence, as I am inclined to believe that is
more popular among the Barnburners than
even Free Soil. Your own knowledge of man
kind, however, must be your guide. I give
you a carte-blanche to say and do whatever
your judgement dictates. Mount the stump
on all appropriate occasions, pray without
ceasing, and once fixed in the White House,
we’ll rejoice ever more.
“ Your sincere and devoted friend,
“M. V . B .”
“ New York, .
« My Beloved Matty— Your letter of the
instant came duly to hand. The Lord will
witness I have not been idle. Th ere has been
stated preaching at Sandy Hill, at Buffalo, at
Rochester, and other convenient points. I of
ficiated at Sandy Hill in person, giving out
the hymn with much solemnity of manner
‘ Chil-dren of the heaven-ly king.
As we journey, let us sing.’
It would have done you good to have seen
with what fervor our pious friends joined in
the devotion. When the meeting closed, I
approached the old hypocrite , and
said— ‘ I know your religious devotion, broth
er , but, may I ask you how your po
litical feelings incline.’ He seized both my
hands, and, with his eyes up-turned to hea
ven, exclaimed : ‘ I and my house will serve
the Lord, and will do our best to exalt his man
servant, little Matty.’ I shook him cordially
by the hand, and, taking him aside, told him
I could promise him, in your name, three
wives, and one hundred and sixty acres. He
replied that he was well stricken in years, and
would rather take a tchole section , and dispense
with the women. I acquiesced and promised
that he should locate on the Miami purchase,
and requesting him to keep one eye on hea
ven, and the other on you —left him.
“There is no enthusiasm in either the Cass
or Taylor party : they dont care a damn which
whips'—pardon that slip of the tongue, it will
never do for the people at Sandy Hill to know
that I swear. Beg John to be active and en
ergetic, and look to God and the Barnburners
for the result.
“ Should we not meet in the White House,
that we may meet in heaven, is the prayer of
your religious and political friend,
BENJ. F. B .”
[From the Mobile Register.]
And yet Another
The cry is still they come. Mr. Clay was
thought to wield the pen of a ready letter
writer. But he is nothing to “Old Zack.” No
subject, from horses to the presidency, es
capes the touch of his pen. The Little Rock
Banner gives an epistle from him, addressed
to Major Butler, of Arkansas, some two years
since, in which he treats of the mysteries of
“horse flesh” and war in a glowing style. The
compliments to “Rocky Mountain” will cer
tainly make “Old Whitey” jealous. This is
the most finished and characteristic letter vet
written by Gen. Taylor. It bears the flesh
marks of originality. Major Bliss could have
had no hand in it. It is “Old Zack” all over,
in all its whiches. We commend it to Mr.
Griswold for his next American edition of the
“Curiosities of Literature.” Here it is ;
Gen. Tayloh in 1846. —The Little Rock
Banner publishes the following letter from
Gen. Taylor, written at a time when there was
some ground for apprehending a difficulty
between this country and Great Britain. The
letter is an acknowledgement of the proffer of
a war horse by Major Butler, of Arkansas;—
X. O. Delta.
hfiADQrAHTEES ARMY OP OCCUPATION, )
Corpus Christi, Texas, Jan. 15, 1846. * I
My Dear Major —Your highly esteemed let
ter of the 28th of November last, accompan
ied by one from Colonel Wynn, of Lafavette
county, Arkansas, to you of the 24th of
the same month, has just reached me.—
While I fbel much flattered |as well as proud
for tl|e Col’s. (I fear) too favorable opinion of
my public services, and especially for the
fcancUome manner he has been pleased to no-,
tice the same, accompanied tfy the proffef of |
a fine high bred charger, which I regret to say, j
that such is the difficulty of getting an ammal
of that description to this place, or farther west,
without injury, and the uncertainty of his find
ing mein this* section of country, even were I
to'make the attempt, and should succeed in
cretting him brought here ; and were I to or
der him to my plantation, he might be neglect
ed, which would be to me a source of such
mortification, as well as in the event of injury
in getting him here, as to compel me to de- j
dine the Col’s kind and disinterested offer, for ■
which I am duly greteful, and ichich cannot be !
forgotten by me. At the same time, should ;
our threatened difficulties with Great Britain j
result in the appeal to arms, which 1 sincerely ;
hope will not be the case, or our relations 1
with that country assume such a character as i
to induce the President to have the whole or
a large portion of the troops now here, with
drawn to more important points along our
southern and eastern seacoast, and it should
be my lot to accompany them, and be assigned
to duty in Louisiana, t chich in all probability,
will be the case, I will with great pleasure and
many thanks accept Rocky Mountain,and take
the proper steps to have him delivered to me,
and will use him as a parade horse in time of
peace, and a charger in the event of war; and
no matter what position may be assigned me,
either in peace or in war, I will endeavor to
conduct myself in such away as not to impair
much less forfeit the good opinion of Colonel
Wvnn as well as that of many other valued
friends ; all of which I will thank you to
communicate to the Col., as well as all I have
stated in relation to his valued and highly
valuable donation. [The residue of the letter
relating to other matters, is omitted.]
With respect and esteem, vour friend truly,
*Z. TAYLOR.
[From the Milledgeville Federal Union.]
Judgre Day's Acceptance
Below will be found the letter of Judge Day,
accepting his nomination. Its tenor and
spirit are such as were anticipated. It proves
him, true to the South and to the Compro
mises of the Constitution. By him there will
be no capitulation of the constitutional rights
of the South. lie will plant himself upon
• the charter and yield not an inch to our
opponents. Most of all, he will not be found
leading them on in their assault against us. —
Who will not trust Judge Day? He has no
ambition to gratify. No Speaker’s chair, no
cabinet appointment, hold out their allure
ments to tempt him from his duty and his de
votion to the South. Let the independent
voters of the District, rally to his support. —
The position of Mr. Stephens, his anti-slavery
principles as expressed in his Texas speech in
1845, and his conduct in consistency there
with, on the Compromise bill, demand that at
this important crisis his seat should be tilled
by another:
Tuanquilla, 11th Sept., 1848.
Gentlemen — I have the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt of your communication of
■ the 7th inst., informing me that I have been,
by acclamation, nominated as the Democratic
candidate to represent the 7th Congressional
District, in the Congress of the United States.
This nomination was to me as unexpected
as it was unsolicited, but recognising the right
of the people to make their own selections for
candidates to represent them, at all times, and
under all circumstances, I do not feel at liber
ty to withhold from my friends the use of
my name.
It is at all times proper in a free country,and
more especially now, when we are approach
ing a crisis, the end of which none can foretell,
—but which may well cause the patriot to
fear and tremble for the result, that aspirants
to office should be distinctly understood on
those vital and absorbing questions that are so
fearfully agitating the public mind.
I should have voted for the bill as report
ed by the Committee of Eight and passed by
the Senate, had I have been a member of the
last session of Congress and the bill had been
put on its passage, believing that by its pro
visions the rights of the South would have
been sustained, and its passage have quieted,
and settled, perhaps forever, that perplexing
and much vexed question.
I believe that Congress has no right to legis
late on the subject of slavery, cith
States or territory anJ tum any action there
on by the National Legislature, is it direct vio
lation of the principles of the Constitution,
and a wanton usurpation of power —nor can a
territorial legislature exercise such rights,
deriving as it does its powers from Congress ;
—I suppose it will not be contended that
Congress can delegate to a territorial govern
ment, power or rights that it docs not itself
possess.
In conclusion, permit me, Gentlemen, to
tender, and through you, to the Democracy of
the 7th Congressional District, represented by
the Convention whose organ you arc, my
grateful thanks for the honor that has been
done me in the nomination.
Respectfully yours,
JOSEPH DAY.
To R. W. Bonner; D. C. Campbell and
Washington Rose, Esqrs.
(From the N. O. Picayune loth inst.)
From Texas-
By the steamship Globe, Capt. Moncrieff, we
have papers from all parts of Texas—the latest
dates from Galveston being the 11th inst.
The Victoria Advocate says that the late dry
weather has been quite beneficial to the cotton
crops in that region, whch had begun to suffer
from the rain. Cotton picking is now going
on extensively. The fields of sugar cane look
well, and promise a large yield.
We regret to learn that more than the usual
amount of sickness now exists at Houston. In
some cases we learn that whole families are
down. The Star is silent upon the subject,
but the Presbyterian says:
In our last we spoke of the weather as hav
ing been remarkably hot, which, as we after
wards learned, was the cause of quite a num
ber of violent attacks of fever, many of which
proved fatal.
A letter to the editors of the Victoria Ad
vocate, dated at San Antonio, August 24, states
that a few days previous, Lieut. Brown,of Capt.
Crump’s company of Texas Rangers, with about
thirty, men, had a fight with about the same
number of Lipan Indians, who had stolen some
horses from the Rangers’ camp. Ten Lipans
were killed, about 125 head of horses and
mules were taken, and the Texans returned
without the loss of a man.
The Civilian of the 11th inst. has the fol
lowing remarks upon Col. Hays’ expedition to
Chihuahua:
Some persons have supposed that the an
nouncement of the expedition of Col. Hays,
with 100 armed men, to Chihuahua, had some
thing to do with the misterious Buffalo hunt.
Such !S not the tact. The object of the ex
pedition is to mark out and open a good road
tor commercial purposes, in order to draw the 1
Chihuahua trade into Bexar. Col. Hays left 1
or was to leave, San Antonio de Bexar about
the 27th ult., with some twenty of the citizens
of Bexar, and about forty Ran'gers from Capt.
Highsmith’s company, to explore the route.
The expenses of the party are borne by the
merchants of Bexar. The success of" this
undertaking, which we do not doubt, and
of others which will follow it, wall result,
unless we are greatly mistaken, in a complete
change of the route of the overland trade to
Mexico. The distance from San Antonio to
Chihuahua is not one-third that of t|ie route
now travelled from Missouri.
Prom the Houston Star, of the 9th inst. we ! !
copy the two following paragraphs:
Cotton Worm —We regret to state that the !
cotton worm has made its appearance on several ■ )
plantations on the lower Brazos. An intel- i
ligent planter has informed us that the worm j i
commenced its ravages about two weeks since.
Little injury has yet been done, but fears were
entertained that the ravages of this destructive
insect will increase to an alarming extent.
The crops in the vicinity of Matagorda, it is
said, have suffered more from the worm than
I those on the Brazos.
Sugar Crop.—The season has been unusually
I favorable to the sugar planters. The cane on
I the whole line of the Brazos, and on most of
; the plantations on the Cancy and Colorado, is
1 remarkably promising. The late storm beat
I down the cane on several plantations, but the
weather has been favorable since, and it has
recovered from the effects of the storm, and is
growing finely. The crop of sugar thU season
will probably be at least one third larger than
that of last year.
The total amount of cotton exported from
Texas during the year ending the 31st of Au
gust, 1848, was 39,027 bales, not including
that which reached this city by the lied Kivcr.
THE CON ST ITPTIONALIST
Augusta, (Georgia.
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 21.
FOR PRESIDENT
LE WI S CAS S,
OF MICHIGAN.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
WM. O. BUTLER,
OP KENTUCKY.
ELECTORAL TICKET.
W. T. COLQUITT, of Troup.
M. H. McALLISTER, Chatham.
J. W. ANDERSON, Chatham.
L. B. MERCER. Lee.
ALLEN COCHRAN, Monroe.
JOHN D. STEEL, Fayette.
LEWIS TUMLIN, Casa.
ROBERT McMILLAN, Elbert.
WILLIAM McKINLEY, Oglethorpe.
JAS. GARDNER. JR.. Richmond.
CONGRESSIONAL TICKET.
IstDist. —J. W. JACKSON, Chatham.
2d “ —M. J. WELLBORN, Muscogee.
3d “ —JOHN. J. CAREY, Upaon.
4th “ —H. A. HARALSON, Troup.
sth “ —THOS. C. HACKETT, Floyd.
6th “ —HOWELL COBB. Clarke.
7th “ —JOSEPH DAY, Jones.
Bth “ —A. J. LAWSON, Burke.
New Books.
Mu. Richards has laid on our table the fol
: lowing new books. The names of the distin
! guished writers will commend them to the
; lovers of religious and ethical reading.
“ Vol. 4 Chalmers’ Posthumous Works,”
| comprising “ Sabbath Scripture Headings.”
I This volume is devoted to scripture readings
; of the New Testament, and contains the com
- raents of the celebrated divine upon each
chapter.
! “ Man and His Motives,” by George Moore,
| M. D., London, author of several valuable
works.
“Thankfulness,” a narrative, comprising
passages from the Diary of the llev. Allan
Temple; by the Rev. C. B. Tayler.
“ Home Influence,” a tale for mothers and
daughters ; by Grace Aguilar. This is a pop
ular authoress, and the present work is highly
spoken of.
All these works are from the prolific press
! of Harper & Brothers. ___
Tho Democratic Review.
We have received from the publishers the
September No. of tKi® very valuable work,
we find it not inferior in point of interest and
attraction to the past numbers which we have
j read with so much pleasure. Besides numer
ous literary articles of high merit, this num
ber contains two very sensible political arti
cles —“Territorial Government,” and “The
Wilmot Proviso.” Also, financial and com
mercial statistics, reviews of new books, &c.
We repeat our recommendation of this
monthly to public patronage. Price $3,00
per annum, New York.
Dinner to the Hon. H. V. Johnson.
The Democrats of Baldwin county gave a
splendid dinner, on the 7th inst., to our able
Senator, 11. V. Johnson. Gen. J. W. Sand
ford acted as President of the meeting. Be
sides the powerful and eloquent speech of the
honored guest of the day, able addresses were
delivered by Cols. A. H. Chappell and 11. 11.
Jackson.
The following letters were also read on the
occasion :
Fort llibl, (S. C.) 2d Sept., 1848.
Gentlemen —I hasten to acknowledge your
note of the 25th of last month, (received late
last evening,) inviting me to attend a dinner
to be given to your Senator H. V. Johnson
by his political friends of Milledgcville and
its vicinity on the 7th inst., in approbation of
his conduct during the last Session of Con
gress, on the most vital of all questions to
the South and the Union. I regret to state,
that the great distance and my engagements
compell me to decline the invitation.
The conduct of you Senator well deserve
the honor you have tendered him. I was a
close observer of his course during the whole
of the eventful struggle, maintained by the
South, near the close of the Session, in defence
of her rights and equality in the Union, as
relates to the territories belonging to her in
common with the North. It was thoughout,
able, patriotic, and faithful to his trust. Ai- j
ways at his post, he stood in the front rank of
her defenders, fearless, eloquent and argumen- ,
tative.
But in bestowing due praise on your Junior
Senator, it would be unjust to withhold what
is due to his colleague, your Senior Senator. (
His course too, is deserving all praise, on that j
eventful occasion. They both deserve the ,
approbation not only of their own State but j
the entire South. Indeed, Georgia may well i
be proud of the conduct of her Senators i
throughout that memorable and momentous j
contest. No State was more ably and faith- |
fully represented, and had every Southern
State been equally so, victory, instead of de
feat, would have been inscribed on the banner
of the South.
With great respect,
I am yours, &c., &c.
J. C. CALHOUN.
John W. Gordon, Richard Rowell. John W.
A. Sanford, Samuel Buffingham, Jr.. Isaac
Newell, Green 11. Jordan, M. D. Huson and
Alexander Jarret, Esqrs., Committee.
Stoxe Lands, Sept. Ist, 1848.
Gentlemen. —Your kind and flattering com
munication of the 25th ult., imviting me to a
dinner tq be given to the Hon. H. V. John
son, by his democratic friends in Milledge- ■ I
ville and its vicinity was received yesterday. ' <
It would be a source of real gratification to
me, were it in my power to accept your invita
tion, and to join with my friends of Georgia *
in paying a tribute of respect so justly due to i
your honored representative. His efforts in .
the Senate arrested attention ; and especially ;
his speech on what is known as the Com- j “
promise Bill, commanded universalTespect. —
The subjects presented’aud discussed by him 1
with so much ability, were striking in con- ;
templation, and arc likely to be eventful in ,
their consequences. That bill contained pro
visions reorganizing an equality among all the 1
people of the different States with an assump
tion that their rights would be protected un
der the guarantees of the Federal Consti
tution, and an honest and enlarged interpre
tation of it by the Federal judiciary. Its fate
in known. The subsequent acts of Congress,
is some measure, affords a clue to the motives
and purposes of those who defeated it. Some
Southern representatives opposed it, because
it made, as they thought, fatal concessions,
whilst the non-slaveholding States voted a
gainst it because it recognised rights on the
part of the Southern States, under no circum
stances would they acknowledge. In effect,
those States have asserted in doctrine, what
they intend to maintain in fact—that the
slaveholding population is to be hereafter, al
together excluded from settling on the public
domain. The Missouri Compromise and all
other compromises have been disregarded—
and will be repudiated, as imposing no suffi
cient obligations. Tet there are those who
rely on the magnanimity of Northern politi
cians to do us j ustice, and calculate upon their
passing, orco-opcrating to pass laws, for the
protection of slave property, in the late ac
quired territories. This implies a large confi
dence—a confidence of those who having “no
designs themselves, suspect none in others.”
I do not know that California and New Mex
ico, are adapted to slave labor. But if they
are, under the Compromise bill, slaveholders
would have settled on them in such numbers
as to have made themselves respected beyond
the reach of legal proceeding. Indeed I doubt
whether any would have been instituted—and
practically the whole of the territories would
ever have been open to the free settlement of
all sections. But if it had been otherwise, we
never should have seen a judicial judgment of
forfeiture of such interests.
One thing may be said, that those who op
posed the bill have proposed, and I fear can
propose nothing better. In these hurried re
marks, I have gone beyond the limits indicated
by the occasion. They were elecited from the
fact that your festival is intended as a compli
ment to your representative for his efforts on
the Compromise bill.
I regret that my private engagements, and
the distance to Milledgeville, wilt deprive me
of the pleasure of being with you. Allow me
to give you as a sentiment:
The Senators of Georgia. —The)'’ may be sig
nally designated as eloquent anil able cham
pions of the constitutional rights of the South.
Y’our obedient servant.
A. P. BUTLER.
An esteemed correspondent writes us, says
the Savannah Georgian, from Atlanta, Sept.
17 :—“The Superior Court commences';,its sit
ting for th>s county at Decatur, to-morrow.
Judge Cone arrived in the cars this morning
prepared for his trial, it is said, and Stephens
left here yesterday in the train for Macon. It
is admitted by Stephens that he first struck
Cone in the face with his cane. So the most
serious offence (if any) of which Cone can be
convicted is that of “stabbing,” and his pun
ishment, it convicted, under the circumstan
• ces, must be light.”
Official returns of the election in Missouri
make the Democratic majority for Governor
15,000. On the Congress ticket nearly 19,000.
New York Nominations for Governor.—
They arc now complete, as follows:—Demo
■ cratic. Reuben 11. Walworth; Whig, Hamilton
j Fish; Barnburner, John A. Dix.
J Assignment of Land Warrants.—To pre
vent undue exactions from soldiers in necessi
j sous circumstances, the Commissioner of the
, General Land Office, suggests for tho future,
, j that the assignments of land warrants be made
| on the backs of the warrants in all cases when
1 practicable. Justices of the peace and nota
, i ries public arc strictly enjoined, in certifying
i | to the acknowledgments of soldiers, either to
powers of attorney, or assiguments of war
| rants, to fill up the “ dates" on the days on
| which such instruments are executed.
The Cotton Crop. —The New Orleans Cres
cent of the 15th inst. says :—Last evening we
I conversed with a gentleman just from the
Red River country, and wo regret to learn the
; catterpillar is making sad work with the late
cotton fields in the north western prairies.—
Two plantations which our informant saw on
the Bayou Rapides were completely swept.
[communicated.]
Mr. Editor While the political world is
going mad in “fending and proving” the pe
culiar opinions of Cass on the one side, and
Taylor on the other, it seems to me that a re
sort to plain, common sense is all that is ne
cessary to settle the point in dispute. I say
: ‘'the point,” because with us of the South
there is but one, which, like Aaron’s rod,
I swallows up all the rest. With respect to But
; ler and Fillmore, it would be an idle waste of
time to speak. Opinion seems to have settled
down. The Whigs themselves say nothing
against Butler, and here and there a few,
more thorough-going than their fellows, say
a little in favor of Fillmore. Indeed, with
Mr. Fillmore’s reply to the “Anti-Slavery So
ciety of Erie County,” in which he admits
| the right of Congress to abolish the internal
i slave trade between the States —to abolish
! slavery in the District of Columbia—to receive
all petitions, from black or white, slaves or
freemen, on the subject of slavery and the
| slave trade—and trumpets forth his opposition
to the admission of Texas into the Union so
; long as a slave breathes on her soil—with* this
before them, it requires a “ sublime of impu
-1 dence” rarely to be found, to do more than
i “ damn it with faint praise,” or take it in their
mouths as children do physic, with a wry
face, and then gulp it down as soon as possible.
Ihis being the situation of the adjuncts, it
leaves the field clear for the principals and
their principles.
I am a plain man, as you know, and to plain
men it requires but plain truths to change or to
confirm an opinion. The genius of Humbug can
only triumph when men become drunken with
man ifrorship, as they were in 1840. The public
ear can no longer tolerate the slang of those
days; and the magic catch words of “Coons,''
“Pepper Pods,” “Hard Cider/' “Tippepanoo
>=
*ndTyler too,"Jiave lost all power except to
call up a blush. This being the case, let me ask
a plain question of my fellow citizens, and let j
every man answer it in a common sense man
ner, solemnly and conscientiously as he would ti
a question of fact. It is this : If you were
seeking an honest man, would you expect to
find him the companion of rogues, in the dens 1
of vice—or, for a virtuous woman, would you n
seek her in a brothel ? “You shall know
man by the company he keeps” is an old adage j g1
and a true one. Now mark the plain deduc- v
tion —the inevitable conclusion it leads to. s'
The South and the North are divided on the
. Ci
Presidential question by one paramount prin
ciple. The Northern Whig States are opposed
to and will not support any man whom they c
have reason to believe will not adhere to their
free soil principles—to any man who will not
exert the power of office to limit the area of £
slavery —to any man who is unwilling to f;
pledge himself to carry out, to their full ex- v
tent, the doctrine of Giddings, Tappan and j
Garrison, (worthy trio!) even if a murder be p
done on every hearth stone, or the torch of c
the incendiary be carried to every roof of the
South. Yet these (the Whig States) support
Gen Taylor. This is not mere assertion —take
the proof—Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode
Island, Vermont, the most rabid Abolition
States of the Union, and the same party, yet in [
the minority in New Hampshire and Maine, j
being the six North Eastern States—the free t
soil party of New’ York, New Jersey, Dela- *
ware and Pennsylvania, all throw' their weights
in the scale of Taylor and Fillmore, or to Van
Buren and Adams, either as their first choice
or as second. The very name of Cass is an
abomination, a hissing and a curse. And why:
Because they know be holds to the Constitu
tion and places it as a shield between them
and their unholy hatred ; because they know
he stands committed to interpose tho aegis of
the veto against any attempt on the part of
Congress to legislate on a question which they
have no constitutional right to agitate.—
On the contrary, they have the most solemn
assurances on the part of those who hold the
wires of Taylor's mind, that whatever is done
by the Representatives of tho people in Con
gress assembled, he, if elected, will legalize by
the Constitutional sanction.
Os the Southern States, name the one which
is certain for Taylor. Maryland and North
Carolina are barely doubtful—but Virginia,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, all, all, with
a solid, unbroken front, support the man who
supports the Constitution, and who is sound
on the only question in which they have an
abiding interest.
The Western States, removed from the influ
ence of the guilty fanaticism of tho North,
wdth, it may be one, or perhaps two excep
■ tions’ unsw ayed and undisturbed by aspiring
’ office seekers and loud mouthed demagogues,
' look only to the Constitution to which they
: are indebted for their new : ly exercised rights,
and seek, by their support of Cass, to prevent
1 that holy instrument from being violated.
How then stands the adage. “ The man is
known by his supporters.” Who are the sup
porters of Gen. Taylor at the North ?
1 PLAIN TRUTH. J
Clay Movement.
Thisjnovement is going on in NewTork
and in New Jersey. The last New’ Y ork Tri
. bune has a letter from Albany, of T hursday
evening, which describes the large C ay meet
-1 ing which was then being held in the capitol,
notwithstanding the storm that was prevail
. in S :
Albany, Thursday, Sept. 14.
Levi Chapman is officiating as chairman, as
? slsted by a large number of vice-presidents
, and secretaries, embracing some of the most
2 prominent whigs.
Mr. Chapman, on taking the chair, made a
speech in favor of Clay, now' and forever.
Resolutions were reported respecting General
I Taylor, and complimentary to Mr. Webster
> for his late speech at Marshfield, and conclud
ing by recommending a county convention to
be held on the 21st instant, for the purpose of
1 nominating Henry Clay for the presidency,
and an elector for this district.
The resolutions arc full as strong as those
t adopted at New York.
An address was adopted from the whigs of
' Albany to tho people of the State at large,
* giving reasons for the step which they had
j taken. Dudley Selden, of New* Yor.i, is now
. speaking.
The movement was spreading into New
1 Jersey. The Trenton News ot Friday morning
says—“ The indomitable friends of the great
Kentucky statesman in East Jersey are de
termined, with their friends in New York, to
j stand by their principles and leaders to the
. death. The following call has been put forth,
over the signatures of eighty-three of the lead
ing wdiigs of Hudson county :
Democratic Clay whigs, rally once more
FOR WHIG PRINCIPLES AND YOUII OWN HaRRY
r Clay.—The undersigned invite their demo
i cratic whig fcllow’-citizens, and all others in
j favor cf Henry Clay for President, and Millard
Fillmore for Vice President, to unite "with
them in a public meeting, to be held at \V ash
f ingtoa Hail on Friday evening, the 15th inst.,
I at 7i o’clock, for the purpose of sustaining
j true whig principles, and nominating candi
dates of the people, and opposed to the clicta
, tion of military availability and office-seekers.
David Graham, Willis Hall, Dudley Selden.
1 E. Delafield Smith, and Col, Carroll, have
promised to be present and address the meet
; ing. Several good Clay songs will bo sung.
[ Jersey City, Sept. 13.
One hundred and four of the leading whigs
s of Vew Brunswick have caught the enthusi
asm, and have in like manner called a pub
lic meeting of the friends of Mr. Clay at the
! City Hall on the 14th. Such is the “ har
i monious party.” — Union , 19 th'inst.
. Judge Saunders. —We are informed that
the lady of Judge Saunders, residing at Clin
ton, in this State, has received a letter from
lied Sulpher Springs, announcing Ihe death
of her husband. Judge Saunders, it wdll be
■ remembered,was a delegate to the Philadelphia
Convention, and rendered himself conspicuous
in that body by representing the views and
position of General Taylor, and proposing his
nomination. Since then he has been roaming
about the country, in the hope of regaining
his health, W’hich had been for some time in a
delicate state. He has acted in the Conven
tion which framed our new Constitution, and
for many years performed the duties of Par
ish Judge with ability and unsullied integrity.
Judge Saunders has been respected by all
who knew him for the exalted qualities of the
mind and heart', and his death will be deeply
regretted by all who have learned to appreci
ate his worth,— o, Mercury, Sept, H,
- ■ >» ■ - *■- » ■'
An Imperial Parliament in Dublin. —The
ffew York papers give the following import
int intelligence in th< ir I itest telegraphic des-
Kitches by the Europa.
A society, for promoting the periodical sit
ings of the Imperial Parliament in Dublin
las been formed under very influential and
iistinguished auspices. The society meets at
Ll 2 Abbey street, and the secretary is Mr.
L'homas E. Webb. They have issued a state
nent of their object and principles ; to obtain,
without clamor, a session of the Imperial
Parliament in Dublin—instead of being con
stantly held in London. The society disa
vows any party motives, but argues that the
step is perfectly practicable, and would cer
;ainly be greatly for the good of Ireland, if it
jan be carried out.
A petition to the Queen, upon this subject,
aas been acknowledged in the following gra
cious manner, by Sir Geerge Grey s Secretary.
[Copy.]
Whitehall, Aug. 21, 1843-
Sir—l am directed by the secretary of Sir
George Grey, to inform you that he has not
failed to lay before the Queen the petition
which you transmitted to him for presentation,
signed by a numerous body of Her Majesty s
Irish subjects, praying that the Imperial I ar
liament may be held, from time to time, in the
city of Dublin.
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient servant,
G. C. LEWIS.
To S. Blackall, Esq. M. P„ U. S. C.
It is a significant fact that all the distin
guished gentlemen, now in public y*ho
have been Attorneys General ot the I nited
States, concur in the opinion that the consti
tution guaranties to the citizens of the South,
the right to hold and own their slaves as pro
perty in the territories belonging to the gov
ernment. They do not believe that an}* legis
lation is necessary to give them this right.
This is the view of Judge Berrien, Attorney
General under Jackson ; and he has declared
and enforced it in his eloquent and unanswera
ble speech in the Senate. Mr. B. F. Butler,
Attorney General, under Van Buren, holds
the same opinion, as evinced by the resolution
, offered by him in the Buffalo Convention, de
nouncing the Compromise bill. Judge Ma
son, Attorney General under the Tyler ad
ministration, is known to entertain the same
conviction. —Mobile Register.
Hon. George McDuffie, arrived in this
city last week in feeble health. The object of
his visit is, to try the virtues of the “ Cold
water Institute.” Ilis numerous friends will
be gratified to learn that his health is consid
erably improved. —Federal Union.
The Buffalo Hunters. —The crowd in
creases and will increase. We learn from
Philadelphia that fifty gay and gallant young
fellows in that city are ready to embark and
participate in the coming sports on the banks
of the Kio Grande. From the vicinity of the
hunting grounds we also hear note of prepar
ation. At the young town of Brownsville,
opposite Matamoros, as we are informed, a
former mayor of Mobile, who lately raised A
company of volunteers in that city, at the
head of which he went to Mexico, is now
forming a company of Buffalo Hunters, and
at last accounts had already some forty in his
crowd. When the sports commence there
will be a fine array of dashing fellows on the
hunting grounds to aw&ken the echoes as they
sing in gleesome chorus,
•‘Arouse ye then—ye merry, merry men,
This is our opening day.”— Delta.
The citizens of Lodi, in Ohio, have changed
the name of their village to Gowqnda. There
is great propriety in thus preserving the In
dian names for towns, counties and rivers, in
place of hackneyed appellations from Europe
and Asia. The aboriginees who inhabited
Alabama, had many beautiful and appropriate
' names, which, we ‘hope, will be preserved by
our people. The dialect of these “lost tribes”
has already furnished some of our best names
as is shown in the following lines by a native
writer : — Mobile Register.
’Tis heard where Chatahoochee pours
His yellow tide along—
It sounds on Tallapoosa's shores,
And Coosa swells the eong;
Where lordly Alabama sweeps.
The dialect remains,
And voung Cahawba's echo keeps
The music of its strains ;
Where Tuscaloosa's waters glide,
From stream and town his heard.
And dark Tcmbeckbee's winding tidej
Repeats the olden word;
Afar where nature brightly wreathed
Sweet Eden's for the free ;
The ancient symphony is breathed
By stately Tennessee ;
And*southward here, Escambia's rolled —
And Tensviv's waters steal,
But proudest of them all, behold
The city of Mobile.”
[London Correspondent National Intelligencer.\
A Bankrupt Duke
The recent banki uptcy of the Duke of Buck
ingham has excited no little attention in Eng
land. His splendid and princely palace at
Stowe was recently sold under the hammer of
the auctioneer. Its contents were varied and
magnificent. A mere catalogue of the lots oc
cupied 271 pages. The Duke of Buckingham
is the representative, not of one, but of many
families. It is a mighty wreck of ages that has
been accumulated in this place, full of histo
rical, national, and poetical associations. The
galleries of family portraits and collections of
family memorials seem to connect all the great
men, and all the great achievements of modern
Europe, with the names of Chandos, Temple,
Cobham, Nugent, and Grenville. Here is the
victor’s portion in the spoils of celebrated sie
ges, the memento of historical friendships,
and the esteemed gifts of royalty or beauty.
In the manuscript room is the most extensive
and valuable collection of Irish documents any
where to be found. For the pictures, marbles,
bronzes, antique articles of vertu, curiosities,
china glass, &c. we can only say that they ex
tend to 5000 items.
“It is not our purpose,” says the Times, “to
speak of that which money has collected, and
may collect again. Such things are only scat
tered for a fresh accession elsewhere, under
new and more favorable auspices. But the
heirlooms of many great families, the records
of many great events, and the memorials of
many great persons, all spontaneously collect
ed into one great whole, is a singular and most
significant fact; the obliteration of which we
can only compare to the overthrow of a nation
or a throne.” The Times goes on: “This is a
most deplorable, and, we must now add, a
most disgraceful event. These columns have
spared neither people nor prince.—Should wo
deal fairly if we spared the destroyer of his
house, the man whose reckless course has
thrown to the ground a pillar of the State,
and struck a heavy blow at the whole order
to which he belongs? The public opinion of
this country respects the House of Lords, but
not a degenerate aristocracy. It is apt to cen
sure noble names, because it measures their ill
deeds with their great responsibility. The
Duke of Buckingham has filled all minds with
the painful presage of a icider ruin. Such events
speak in these days. When dynasties are fall
ing around, and aristocracies have crumbled
into dust, disgrace acquires the force of injury,
and personal ruin, is a public treiroa. For an
event of peace, we have known nothing more
serious and lamentable. In the midst ot fer
tile lands and an industrious people; in the
heart of a country where it is thought virtuous
to work, to save and to thrive, a man of the