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at if.e wuo Jiuoo iA every thing t': '-t is t- J cclknt in government. Ana h uas a great tniirake, a grat oeriht; If U had remained where be wss, tLnd where, perhaps, he xvas too honest to be permitted to remain, this war might have been atoh ded, Cj! lie ran no Imrui.se and, as the event has proved, a falil hazard; he ' left this measure, ibis embryo -.-war,- in the handy 111 men not actuated bv motives as puree his own-nif-n mi averse to war, if by war t!eir own or their pirty's designs could De promoted. JLod-'s- been lh.e corn -que nee, . But I hare voted witbV majority of the .members of ihe Houw at this, session of .ConWess. that this war" was unnccessv . ? 1 i, ...IL-. 'All.. the Prckidont of the United Siaies,nhe4Caniiiiuiioa in iho nast. and cm be none4.cluTon am.pl sustain it; nd those fact s r " .. .,. . t gent'eman irom ueon:a, ir. ioud, on ithe ther side of the House,' who address ed the committee some days ago', went in to an elaborate argument to convict ti( in- consistency those AVjhigs ;whd had previa ousiy enrrsjcu on epimuu iiuuur lo iuai I hive ,dow expressed, namely, that an nexation was war, and who at this session have. voted that this war was commchced by the Preside!. - I am, perhaps, rash nnd fooiih in exposing myself 10 a f-imilar . charge; but I believe the position! consis tent, ond' I believe them 1 bo!b ' true. .1 think one di(Ticuhy, with the gentleman from Georgia and others,v has been, "thit rhe'yltaye n-jl properly considt?rcd 'ibit iho wortj'war," like many woriia'-tn ihe'fing lish, bnd all other languages, is capable of wot& than one signification It denotes certain rehtio.'s " iiing between two ns lions; and which may exist without acta- ihd al hostilities; and it denotes trnd t sbued in common parlance, tho contest, which is the cohscquericie of mien relations) acto- at hostilities,- factual' war.; Wc'hadt .in ":.org Umse,-war'-after the. measured an--nexntiort was consummated: but it was war .without I de vasta tion without bloodsh-eJ, without iho bombarding of cities. Now, jf'lhipgi ;had remained i,i statu quo t 'f there ban been no change tn the? relations -existing between thiscoumry and Mexico, after annexation, and bt-fore hostilities, T hold thatj even then lh President would not have'been authorized by tho Cori'titu tion' lo 'invade Mexico; bi rouse, though annexation, in ono! sense wns war, yet it ; wag not Intended by ' Congress to be; and was nbl in fact, a declaration of war by this Government. It ajiumed the qu-.'rrcl which; Mexico had with Texas, if Mexico chosc-io prosecute lint , quarrel. Wo had .no quarrel with her.' She had given u no offence growing out of the measure' oi annexation. The join resolution annex, ing Texas left it to Mexico- to . define and declarer what thotelaiions should thereafter bo, between the two .nations: it . went fur. ther; tt teiidVrerj a peaceful settlement of the question-.1 Its language is: "Said ptate to be formed, subject 10 the ; adjustment by ;his Government of all the questions of boundary that may "arise with other gov ernments,", Da - those words authorize, nay; do they not 'impliedly forbid., tho Pfes- . ldent pi tho united Mates to commence nosunnesi 1 ira is mm vugrr:ji spys 10 - Mexico: "Vnu and -Texts are at war. We aeriex Texas, and thereby:, assume the war. I Nevertheless, tve will . not de. claro war." On the contrary, we prop-is peace, n.nl offer-to you a friendly adjust: inent of all questions of boundary; . Make; ;thco youf electioV." . Is" it nt true in one ensejj that this if war?' And fs it not also true that', It does not authorize" the 'President ;ti commence hostilities - But; however ihis nny' be'j things'- .did . not remain mi statu quo. .The relations bciweentbis country and Mexico, grow, ing rut nflhe measure of annexation, were .afterwards Miangd i Mexico wiDE jier electiow. J She chose, peace. She con scntrd to receive a commissioner t a n--potiate n khe quostinn of boundary." And, : bythe public, and DfTiciaf . declarations o tho Chie.f Magistrates 'of both nations," ".peace crtidS not war, was recognized as ' the Telatiiodis existing between themA ; -' -.It is tru that, on a point , of ctFquetle, negotiations were afterwards ' interrupted. m 1. r....Ji, . :.... . tri: i n.. jv mini.stef 'plenipoten'iary; but she did not re fuse to receive him aia commissiocer; she didnot itclinw tn ".re"n1iafe: It swnis to me.toocear for argument, that there vns nothing m lliis action hn her part to change iho relations existing between the" two na. tions;'4o conveM'peace into wsf.f ' But the gentleman fromoyih Carolina, in his argument on this subject, held as t understood him I have not. seen jbe.prin. ted speech of the gentlemanV.and if I am wrorj lavish to be corrected yihat inas much as by the Constitution "oCiho UnTied States Congress1 alone cn i" declare -Avar, therefore, it was impossible for the Pre si-, dent to commence war. H,i in;i!it ordv.r --..--.- r. - un inv!di army toefttpr the territory of a neighboring slate-, bu thai would bo nn wet hostility " me Rely , a nd not wa r, be cause Cgres unly c'an.declare war. 1 thank the gemlertnn for lhat argument; I hone to beableio make use of it bv and bvv The cent'emanl'rifm South Carolina, I believe,-denies to Congress the ppwer to j - - lii k.rv rj-v vm. -v 1 n . ...... . . . - ?elivcrcil in too IIuusc of Representatives on the firfet of Ftbt uary, some of the fuels' slio vinj this are stated -in dVtai!: MIr iho manifesto of Pa redes (Millli:.hed in the Jnion on the fourth of May, 1846.) he says: 'I have no right to declare war--t is for lha" Conjrls of tho nation, and-. then 'fully stating that no apgression .-..would ht Hnlo by Mc lice, " bat to repct force w,'th foc On tac other hand, the Prifident of'lhc U. In hjs rne&trt of December, after, uin-i .: n, eourratulatea the country on that m; . . and hUicdlti ucquikion, and dcrjare w v cA-; still at ptace. Thus U't'i tutixs regar-i.-..:- setves as nut id a stale of war. " v tit been much discIsed Vhether, when 1 the Preidnt wdefed Gen. Tijior ;to m.ifVh ta v the Kio &rand,, on liie 23d Januury: 1846 he I , had or had nol information lhat the. Mexican , Government bad refused lo receive Mr. JSLdc!' ( ' as mmisUr.1" Tbe qotion, bUIiou;'i notia tr , bpinion toaterial" in detcrmimnjfwhethrr or r. t '. i taiafcet as warranted by th . Con&uiaiion, ! yet its latertM aspects th objects land fcVesbfthe PiCiudent. Tbe argument ort O . ... ... . 1. : ..11. . -t. - r tf . ni . .. &. - i ! wn, of Indian, and of Mr. Raett. of S. C, de. j ireredal tl present eion of CongTcss. , 1 ,-.prov ,rV(. 13 erect a ur. t Ji.ej 1 ve t r ivture I' bve', a ier,. j-rcaerv J ordy from' Absa lulc rm'n by the voluntary contributions of lha inhabitants. ' I shall hope to ob:a"mthe vote of this ody for a a appropriation, for the continuance and completion of the wpik" AVill, then, tbet? gentleman from Sjuth Carolina, urge; that ibis will : "be a vipiation of ihe Constitution? I say, do; in the faco of the pier I wilt maintain it no pier, but V mere collecuon of stonei and mortar cemented together. It is not a p:er because Cdngrc$ caeooi builJ & pier., , Being contrary .to the Constjtu'ion, ft i null apd void and! mu$t b3 liken not tcextiiat all. And thero "bein;; j no pier; of course there has betin no vioJition ati ".-." , . -...'-.t --: :- in the future. Or. dites,th .arzument of ibe gentleman go no further than . ta denV the apnroprrateness of the term war, as applied w the bmile acts against .Mexico directed by the President, an J tho" battles which were their; conequence? ; 1 If sf," it Is a-mcro qucsUen cfiwords, "and I am quite as withng to say j thai the President unconsikutionally commenced hostilities with Mexico. , f - ' Now, sir did. Mexb'O commence ibis war? I don't wish tojdetain tho commit tee long, where they ha.ve been, so often, .on the banks ofihe: Rio Grande; and the question seems to me to he a a nut shell Its answer depends on a single fact. The Mexican and American.", armies met odor near the banks of the IUo Grande, -' There the first'hattle was ; fought; Now, which of ihese armies was the " invidiog army? Upon whose soil was this bittlo fougtH? If upon American soil, ,thea -the Mexicans were tho invaders, and,"war exists by .the act of Mexico;" but if upon Mexican soil, 'hen Americans were he inyaders, and this is a war ,,utLQe6ssarilv-aodi"uncon. stiiniionaHy ' commenced by the President vjf the United States." An"d this question j of tide depends upon theTfct of possession The title of Texas was by force, and went no further than her force wen. It is wholly immaterial, therefore, whit oth. er territory ,at some other time, had 9 tho nam.of Texas; it, is oh necessary, to con. sider what was Tcx"as irrjder lha . Spanish Goveriiment-what was the Tcxts that waaaStateof Mexico. The ques'fiort.is, what was the, Te.vas lhat' by revolution eS-' tabhshed hemndependrnce. If that ' was biit half the Mexican .State of Texas, cer tamly the peoplo of ihatj half could not, by taking the name of the whole; 4ge.t title to the whole. And. even though Texas, and, we through Texas, ?ad just title to the Rio Grande, yet if ihe eastern bank wis -al ihit.tjmein tho actual possession of' the Mexicans, then, the question of title ' be tng a controverted .queii'liuOj left open to negotiation by the exprcjjj terms of the act of annexation,' and the"- Mexicans being in possession the disturbance of that posses sion b an acitpf public force, nol :aiJtn. onzed by Congress, was a hostile act n-t Warranted by the Constitution of the V.' Slutes; -.The whole ; question,. then,' Is a simple qucition. Who dwelt in the rrtjursea., who cultivated -the fields, on the eastern bank of the Rio Grande? Now, there' ii ho 'want, of . witnesses t here. Trjirew lng aside the MexicanSj,,lhere were two 'thous and eyewitnesdes in" General Taylor's army Let me read' the testimony of one of these ..ejcwitnesses. That will be .enough--to-. make what lawyers call a prima facie cwf enough to authorize me to call Car ic'siLmuny' on the other side, rtere is an extract from a letter, writlsn attheime (amj published shortly afterjyards in this country) by onp of the officers of Gen. Tavior's army; " , ' "Our situation hero is an extraordinary one? Yight in the enemy's country, actually 'oeropymj their corn ana cotioo neius, the people of ll. 3 soil leaving their homes, and" we "viih a small handful of men, rnnhchi ng -with colors flying and,: drums beirtiug right under the very guns bf one' of ;?Vir principal citics. dis'playing the' starT s paf51t:d banner, aa : if in t defiance, under' thefr very.vno3es; and they with an army twice'our j-izo sit quietly' down and' make not" the least resistance, not the fust effort todciv.etho invaders oiT. vThis- Is to the point. " iBut if what ihp President, c-f'tjia United Stales says, if vh-t h's tVituJii l.v-re have said,' is 'true', th.it 'war exists by the act of Mxtco;1' tfien these statements must be rpversed.-r-It was "-Americans who were driven from their homes, Irom their corn and cotton fieldsby.a' Mexican. invatliog army; and the'nrmv of Genera! Taylor went, tint to drive' Mex cat s away, but to protect A mvnear 1 s t:,.-;r n ),scssjcs. But were is 1 ihewitOv-- I Cdir for one, of the twej thousairl c. ly e ,?t from iho commanding general da v. n t the meanest' camp fallow er.' ' lou have. never produced him; you cannot f.wJ'i.i.nJ ' CiJSt I t?.a!l bo told--for I have heard such language tiero and elsewhere "-thar, t.jwever a.l tiiii may be, I ought never. tholes to uu.iiain,- contrary ' my clear convjciovts ot . tne trutn, that the MMex- Means v, ere tlie-aggressors ir in? this-war;, that I1 1 ' . f Iil- Alto wa fought, on . '..-fc ,i. L hat to uo tins, is to lake - ( i my country, ahi that in time r every man ought to takoT the side of -cf hi p cf I'i 5 cc :r.:ry. Yts, sfr, in yar and la , ciry man ouht to take the side c -j:.try. But to determine what i cf my country is, I most -.inquire wnat areth true interests, the true glory ( f w-y cr.try. lhci-Ie cf mj country v. I.h nu $hall always be the side of truth 0.! Is James K Polk my count r? Then I confess I am no patriot. Is r: r -triotism lo falsify facts to lie? Sir; 1 . I .. :'. . .V ' r ; "Uirc.unai goveruineuis mere are men ) s-jrroitnd ihe throne, and fill the royal r v fattcry and falsehood-f-it is by rns they live-and they call ihem- ,v ilr.itsis. So in republican govern r t-?, there are nien who . Kurround the , 'e, and flatter, and lie; they , too, "ge't t r in'' in that way; and-ihey. call . , ! 1 ei patriots. 13ul 1 like better the henc :t man; who tells his king, who tells f ecr, the truth, though at the flak of l ;!-iar r :1 d.- --j. For t.n-'f, I j rcfjrtb I j ij?!, a i..an, "evca- t! I may tecaj'.eda ,,JIex5cn Vhr.M Xow something a to the motives with rvhtch ihis "ivar as co.r.nu.ncfdtr and is prosecuttfi by ihe "President cf ihcUnixd States, and tiu p-rtisans who sustain hixn in this pari' of hisi.po'.icy. 1 thick I can dtscove'r a two fjJ purpose; a domes licpurpase, and a foreign purpose; aaob jeet 10 be aceoniplVned abroad, nJ ano ther object to be accomplished .hero fit hbme. .1 believcVnd I therefore charge, that the PfeiJnil of tho United Stales has cooamcDcpd, pro'se'cuteJ and is now'prose. cuting, ibis war.ia a base partisan,- spirit k and foraf base "partisan purree.- Tlbink that the. facts frorvj hkmfdrT w this ron :..! .1... .nl inVnAK,!' aro in thcmelvc3 clear, and indisputaWe And here let ma notice an inconsistency in gentlemen on the " other sitfe. " Tbey are constantly paying to u, You hou'd unite with usiin supporting this war; lh country oughto present an united front; you mu,t nut enter into discussions about the orin of the war, or the motives with wigch it is prosected, because these dis cussions, reaching Mcxicp, convey the idea that the country is divided, and cauie ler to persist in- her resistance. The country is at war,-say they , therefore: we must volo alj-the men -and mooey lha Presi dent requires; therefore we must not inquire nheiher he ,has viobted the Constitulion; therefore we must not inquire,1 baing en aged in an' attempt to deprive iho Mcxi. cans ;of their liberties,, whether our. own may nut- ba in danger. Now, if genii m':n are sincere in all this; if they really hold these ?dexicun Jndiaps in soch terror, as to think it uniafe, here, 4q iho Ameri can Congress, ihe warmakinj power, to discuss . the, wary why is that from the beginingthcy have dpne, that they : rtow do, every thing in their-power to force.the whigs lt opposition to the war? , Why do we hear from your partisans language, not sucfi; as -you blame in " Whig v impru dent, from which an inference, a false in ference, .may bo drawn; but the direct charge that there is in lha country a party that sympathizes with the Mexicans; lhat wishes the Mexicans success: t Do. any Whigs say so here or elswhert ?; D- y Whig journals use ; such language? No? it is Irom jour partisans from ihe Presi dent downwards, from your .journals, that suCb language proceeds. We hear it and we see it lliere, and' nywhere elee. V& may not utter ihe most solemn and neces sary truths, for fear Mexico may draw a Malse ipference; . bJt you may draw that talse tmerence for .Mexico, and send it forth todo what -mischief 1 'it" may. Suppose a Whig makes apeech, full of truth; but indiscreet, if 'you . please; ,'why do you select particular passages,, print themjin capitals and italics, distort them frqm iheir context, interpolate, words" never used,1 and found upon the whole a-commentary as different a possible from, any idea in the mind of ihcauthor? t willett;lyou -A It ia -because-you wish to injure the Whigs here &1 Iwme, by exciting 'popular nre judicesaainsf thtm,v while you care not what iho eflcct may' be nbroacjL IfQlv opinion exists inMexicd that there 'is. in this 'country a Mexican party the Presi dent and his supporters-, and nolth'c Whigs; are responsible for the e.xisehce of that opinion. ; It is'noL. the vVhigvtrufhs it is ihe' Democratic falsehoods that have given "aid and comfort to ihe Me.vican. Look ai ihe .B'eginnmg1 of this war.-.The'-. army 'j ot Gen. Ialorwas thought to 'he m dan ger; instant supplies were : supposed to be necessary to save it from" destruction-J used and U now being used, la strengthen Those supplies . miht have been voted,. , . 4- . ' . . 1 - " 1 i - tie party tn power, and tho Whis Jave a unannn-jusly, ,or near y,. .so -Possib v,. . . ; v t " ' there might, have been u' sohtafv no; but it is notorious that tho ' vole, would have been nearly or quite unanimous. .Then why did you not take-that, unanimous -''-vote of Congress when "you' might have bad it? Why would you not suffer the country to present '4an united front?" t Why did you deliberately delerhfihe lhat upon th's'qucs lion there should bo; division? Whv insist upqn foreii'g into tlw bill granting - these fPP!? a preamble, which I do not say you oeueveu ,1000 taise, mir untcn you knew the Whigs-believed to be false?r Was it necessary have - -tKia ohjectTona ble p-rcaml$ in order to bbtainythc sup plies Was there any necessary or proper connection-.:'between ibe two; things? - You hajl ample notice on : the other side:, what the Whigs thought. On a distinct-vote being taken on iheJprriamb!c, every -Whig, with -three or four .exceptions, voted to strike U nut; and ,witji this.'notice gentle men insisted on keeping the preamblo ;n the bill. N owy if the object of this va's nol to produce division, lo forco AVhigs to vote against the bill, In order to represent them to ihe peopleas opposed yto granting sup plies lei! me what the objocl was-. If there is anyw other Inplhesis upon:, which the act" can be explained--if gentlemen who deem union' .so, necessary, can tell me why.. they deliberately resolved ;that there should, be division on this question,:-1 shipuid like tu hear the explanation. ' , . - ' . Mr. Doyd here slid: If the gentle rriah will refer to tho. record, ,bj3 wilLfuJJ ,18 of his pojiticn friend ,vtiD Tor the pream ble declaring .thai Mexico made the -war. ' Mr.DCER.J havevnot lyoked at the record. L have recently seen ihe ayes and noes printed in', a newspaper; and my recollection. is pretty distinct that but four v ntgs wer there representcl as voiing to sustain tho preamble. 1 may be mista. ken - - . " ; . Mri. Pendleton,-- (in his seat,) .You are right Air. Dcer. The gentleman. frorn Vir ginian says Lam right;but ihe exact num-' ber is.immateriaL' The fact still remaihs thal the great body of the 1 Whigs voted againsuhe preamble. - 1 .I.bve since examined the Journal of. the House, and I find that, according. lo the cJassfia ium of the members in Greeley's AlmanaCi there were sixteen Whigs who vo'ted to Btnke but the first section of th .orijina! bill, and insert a new section with the preamble. Sixly.scvcn votes were . civen" against -the preamble, ' including sveera.tdeaiocra.ia. . .To le' Continued. HIGIILO uil. Tlmndnv, r-r t " It SS. ZACHAK Y TAYLOR : "'" -"""'-'''"- '"" ;.,'":':' t " ' '""-' "":"' :'. I u:; r.ovr::i.o::. o, n v.i: cor.Tx. We commecca to day ihe pub'icaion of the speech of Mr. Ducr, of N. V6rk,' on tho origm cf tho war with Mexico, and ihe obcts cf the Administration In its "prosecution.' Ttie fact .that' negotiations for peaceMiro on fooit is no objection toils reading. It is imporiaptj even were peace now made, that lie country havo informa. lion uponjhis head. We do (not r intend, 60 far as we can prevent it, that tho au thors of this war shall' dodge behind ft peace to bids , themselves frorn the: odium of having begun it unnecessarily. V . The Ten Regiment Bill has passed the Senate, by vote of 29 to JO. t . t Kxciting . news from France will be found in to-day Vpapef.. : A rcvolntioti has been expected for scverdl yean- pas'f. The next information from that country will be looked for with iiri!lm" -interest., ' ' NOW'S TUB TIME? - , ."Gjteapest Pater, North .Carolina. '..Tho opening campaign is going Id be one of almost unparalleled interest. Al ready are the two great 'parttes of the na. tion arraying their forces. for a desperate contest. The -friends- of the constitution," of Republican Government-, are determine ed to strike a mighty blow for the redemp tion of the Govnynent lheyarc doter "mincd to wago.an.-ncpmpiomjsjng '' war upon the horde. of 'plunderers who are suctini -ihe' hle -bloo-J'! of ihe nation. If tho WWs fail at theinext - Presidential election, well 'may lhe scar-covered vete ran exclaim, ' Alas, my bliod , hna beeh shed for nought! My yoar? of toil for woiSTb than vanity!" We verily belieie that upon the success of the Vhig party depends the salvation of this Republic.; Wo know there are many deposed lo look upon v these fears as idle,: but we ;., think a review of the conduct of the present Adr. ministration t will satisfy any honest rrian, thai this is indeed a fearful epoch In the history of our countty -and .that the best e (Torts of every patriot are necessary to preserve from shipwreck 'the gallant old bark which has weallisred so many storms -r-that unless wo tack about, and 'take a new start, the broak?rs among which, we are tossing and careering, will' prove our utter defitructfon. Our: opponents arc-not idle! They have" too. long enjoyed the ' loaves and fishes" to yield whhoJt a des perate effort. ' They will die Hard, depend on it. The "Executive oatronarre has been mighty foe io ; contend with in ; lhi3' sjme partroaae-', '.But if true to themsei ?es,f to lij,)r piincip'cs, they will triumph glori Thclimes ucmand of every. one.'Somc SiCfifictr of effort for the sake 'of the priu-! ci)les we advocate And , evcty ' Wfhi s!;iouiu asK i jumseii now can 1 j-bel p ro -mKe the ohjectln-vie-w?, (Wo tell "you in a word, circulate the documents! Prei deiu Polk once said, "Old documents arc da ncrou things'' and he, as well ag his party, will, fully1 realize in the presort cam- i pa?gn", the truth of the, remark.' Then cir c-ulaic the (documents!-. . Give the people light,- pnd our head for it, they will, not be found i the -rinks of, Locofucoism, In fur'.herance'of this :obeet , we .offer'- the Messenger from thw lim3 until' the Pres ide n 1 1 a 1 e leciio'n, embracing a, period, ol over seven vion'hs, for . 't - . , t ONE DOLLAR! :- : In al! cases in aJvance,of, course- 'fo club, of five, sent iof one Address, four dollars. To clubs of! twelve, sen; in ihes'tmawav, tejM dollars; ' To 'iwemv- fifteeri dollars. , . i : - : , i Now Whig, go to work! See your Iloorl an J tllUt') , ? M5 mature h wry pur neighbors, tell liie importance, of having a' 8a:ivc an'' w ' lc p-'ititnt lo dis, newspaper dqvotcd to their interest, in charge great q iliiiljlttu of water-, both pur. t'hebe exciiing times, form your clubs, and gvely andby urii.e, . The I jotion Jo be send on Jhe names and. he 'money, and gvt-'n tfcrtordins to the -operation. If' the you shalt ootW.v have the worth of your f iUnulity- appears to; be ;tou Revere, give money in. feeing kept adtsed of the nevsj of the day, but, will reiiuJr an important service to your party in scattering 'among the people a vast amount of corrects infor mation, upon the ' frolitica! question of the . Ve havo no pledges to make, othe.- than such as we are weekly fulfilling to Ihe best of our ability. ' , Our best ciTorts have been, and will be again, devoted to the interests of our party. Tt may be proper to .state, however-, that" we hope to be abld to secure the assistance of a t gentleman every way qualified to assist Us in making the .Mes senger more- interesting, particularly - in- the political dspartment, for - that will ; be!-; the Ieadir f.r.t-ro in our ppcr urir after N"W:r.W next. - Ccmo Wliis, Dow doo tha arxor,and to battle! We hope tht Convention to be btld hero during April Court, may be & full dne -to western parlance a. router. The Whignowe it lo.,;hcmsclve3 to be repre- ?nttd 00 lhat occaBtop, "ard we -sincerely desire to see in attendance delegates irorn every countyinvthe district. This is par. ticuU'rly deifd from '.ihelantagonistical httitude which in some sections the friend of the diK:rect; distinguished mea spoken of as candidates, hive ssmed, I; is de- sira We that ihe National Convention be a fair "representation: of : the wishes of ihe peoples ' We? as a frhnd to th .nomna. lion of Gcn. Taylor, ak only this, and e are wi!!in lo accord to those who deIre tlhrnomiualiun of Afr, Clay, the sane lib crality, t , - ' ' - John M. Botu bas written a lengthy paper, purporting to. be 'a protest against iho preference expressed by the Virginia State Conyec:;en for Gen. Talor- Well, who cbjWts? MrJ Bulls is only' - one man, and like a small pot a 100 in the ' midst of a great polatoe rot, no grdat 'shakes1 at that, ' - "Potomac the ttelP known, shrewd .and gfwl -Washington v Correspondent of h'e Baltimore Patriot," in discoursing cm jthe-.warring and cor.flicu'ng.elpments which Will bo at work irffh'e Loco Foco Nationaf Convention,: canclu Its - by; saying-r-So,l judge a safe to s..t dwn, 'that Junes K. Iflk.and n"ubJv but James -K. Polk, will be the" nominee .of, lha Baliimorc Conven. lion, fur President.' ; 1 , - The ver.cre.b'e Ambrose -Spencer, late chief justice cf ; State of -New' York , died'at 'Lyons,. New York, on Monday the f j. " - Win inst. . ' Tho ITon.-IIenrv . Wheaton dlrTiI nt lln'i. buryV Manaclmiet's, on Saturday the lllh in :t. fl'itiot lortg'biuceMr. Vh alon re turned ftom- L.ire.pe, .uhvre -he . had Rmg. resided in a'lhptnrhMjtf- character, , l!':s last post fif duty having bccna.1 the capital v of Prussia; :. . The Philadelphia Lodj--r very justly re marka, rthai all the politicians, can gctuut of old Zach.ij ; enough .fa. Jconvinoc them tliom that he is an honest v and independent rnan. . .And lha; is rnro than any of his questioners arts - NF.wlAMP&niRS.'-The returns from this SiatK-lcave-i-ua. dtvbt.o' the, success of the" Loco I'oco t'anc'idatg J for Governor. The Legislature ia also of the same polili cal coMplxion. 1 J,i ANOTnCjlCOMA'nSiilONEIl'AP-i- '' ; ; POLNT'BI). V We Jcarn that; on Saturday last, rn con-seq'ienco'-of the fiootiiued ; indisposition -of Mr.i?:vjer, ihe.Corniiitssiener to Mexico, lite IVcsiJept) by anU -with' the advice, and f donstnt of the Senate; appointed the U.on Vatha w, Clifford the i .Attorney General of ft I r. , ' . 1 ..'.-. uic Ufuteu iau.f nn -nd.nuonal. Uornmis- j Moner, poscEi,i;fg iqual guwcrstHtth . Mr. I Scy ir,'- uho -w ill foIhV Mr, Clifford ' as FOlJfi as his health Mv ill' allow. "The two Lomimsbioners are now possessed t. joint and. several- p.awcr3, sp that one 'o'r -; boih may act. ' - t ' - , rf M r, CJilTjrd and - R. M. , .Walsh , Eq , S'jfcrstary of Lv,gHM 'pa"d' through ...n f-..-t . . .i.:. t" "i-.H.j( 1 1 ,1 1 li , lil '.lie J I vay to Mexico. ' 'At oitf 'list advices, Mr. fee vie r was rapidly convalescing, and has probably Yu!lowtdMr.:lChffo'rii before this lime. ; ' ' ' VJ GUPvE FOllTlIIiliUGPSY. I he fol.owjng .is saJ to be a' ceitam cure for the Dropsy.. Take cinders from a bl.aeksmith shop beat: them-' fine, sift them," take" out the arse: particles, mix ihefi'ii cinders with a pi.U of honey un:il i is stiff enough to lie On th pjinl cf a cose kr.ife -not. hard hkeupills.j Give the iP'i?'a much as wl;! he on ul.e point o( of a e;ae,kmh, thrriMuncs tla, morning, ,LsS , "oes ox operaio enougo, give more, and continue H until the iswelling is n'one. The pntieht.mny Jr.at any diet but milk, of whieh he'should pot taste a drop; neither Aise .an other meicincj! -whilo ta king: ti!e above.- Several persens,' it.; is said; have been cured' of the Dropsy injts worst fortn, by using the; ahoy ; mixture, some of -whom were sa. bad that , the 'water oozctfiout of their htet and legs, and left their &acks as lhey: walked on ' he .-.floor.--' Most : remajable : cures of dro ?sy have been.effected by the daily-dse of, raw on ion's by' the patierft. Eat . freely of them and' abstaiufrom :a3L kinds of graa&e ajid tp&k- H N. Kelsey, Esq. r will permit hliriiiBii lo be used a cand.dito for- the Lov, ' Branch cf the riexl Legisfafu're, h will ft. . cciva the support of t , ! ' If John Thrash , lvq-f will auffcr Vim name to be used aain, as- a candidate ta3 rpretcct Bancomba county. in thojo;j Uranch of tho next Legislature r he willrv ceive the cordia!. support o! : : . . . . . . MAN.Y VOTERS, Corrtinit net lis Mttttnger. Camdeni'Sl C, March 20, 18l5.y Mr. Editor:-I hve conclude,d.to xhi you a, few lines from this place, hoping may communicate some, things" that. interest some bf your readers. In vishir, ibis plape, 1 passed tho spot at which t Ml vere battle was fought in the Revolutionary war; the placo where Dcjvalb fellj; 'aif from which Gates fuo both of wh-ich -t ven's are matters of, h.istory known1 to ttt who have jead the.histor of iho ttevohi. ' uuu., fii iui.Migenu oiu. gentiemao poia.' ted out to inc tho very spot wfrcro ihr Bt. ion full covered. with wounds, which very soon termin&ied'hhi . existence;. A ilaod. -some monument raised to his memory ia this place, will aidlo tranimtting his name" to posterity. , - Cotton, tho great stnpTe of the Suthij in a very unruled slate at present. .Teh - graphic despatches received here y ester-' day from Cl'nrlestnn, hart; closed the safes here. Vnti rely, and ltd mjrntng I question "Whether a bale ;;of cottcn: couli be sold in Camiknat any price. Thd news -by tb, Hibernian steamer was. favorable, and cot. ton advanced half a cent. The arrival two da)s ggnof ifsc Cambria, Ins thrown it all back', and no .one is disposed lo touch it at all. This state of thipgs "u'produced mainly b) .-the -Revolution now going on in" r ranee. Luuis Phillippo has nbdica-ted the throne, and a strong party in Paris' . have declared for a "republican form of government, in imitation ol tho.,gavern - mrrvt of the ; United States, A collision bet wr en'the government troops and, the ' ' ..-rebels,- has.already takcn pJnce, in which some, five hundrt'd hveswefq lukl; .If the -Republicans, as. thfy.'stjle themselves, succerH, a war between r ranee anu Great IVitain is. confidently looked for; aod in fa-t there isju'st gfoirH$ of apprehension 03 that subject in any event. France has not forgotten the : fall of v Napoleon, and a (.tryn'g National felling exists to revenge his fall. - A secret rivalry has existed bo- tween the tvvo countries 'for-'some - time and a changcof government that it now takirg place jn Prance, will be seized upon as a. favorable opportunity? to embroil the two nations. Tfris news and these specula- lipn.? have d-.-ranged all mercantile or com merciil 'vicws and calculations, and - iho. most knowing, the most sagacious, cannot ' divine with un y certainty wht is to be tho result of matters; .all is ' shroudei ia obscurity; no one . is. willing.to risk any speculation whatever,' as they "do not know. what a dav mov brini forth " Re- oewed appeals to ihis country are befng made for , unhappy and; ill fated Ireland, famime isPgain uporf iheni, and the wail j of thouran Js crying for hrad has reached . our shores, our people remembering they , . are our brothers, are again; Jiberally con- 1 tribu'.ing lo iheir relief, yel hundreds an65, 'l ihouinds must perish j before 'succor can' . arrive. This is certainly a gloomy period in the world's hfbtory. 1 War', pestilence . and Famine, tne thre.e gjeat and terrible " phgucs, are upon, them. xonsidcrcd gloomy, and it is soj but' how blessed, bow happ', how inconceivably, favored compared with "other portions of the globe; while famine is ravaging whole neighborhoods, ;-we hqve and . to- spare. Oar own difficulties and oar troubles, were all broulit upon us -by our- ow,n conduct ( and may be justly altrihuled to tho eleva-- tion of one. man -to officq years ago. f White Iwou!,d at all times, tread lightly on the ashes of. the dead, candor forces the . declaration that all' lha curses that . have " been rivhed on this country for the las cighleefi years, can, be traced to the elec- iion'of Gt nl. Jc-ckson to the Ir6s'idency die last but by no means the least of which . i3 the subseqoeqt election of James ' K Poik-r ;.r . - .1 sco by the papers that with some slight -alte'rations ihe treaty of peace "witli Mexico has been ratified by the Senate, aud lion. A. II. Sevier, of A;rUnsas, is sent there Minister Plenipotentiary., to make a nal settlement of iho ofFair. ; Now this I fe- gard as the greatest, humbug . connected with thekwar. A party in Mexico-' anx- ; ious to get the Government in,, their own hands, too weaii to accomplish their ends unaided, say to the United States, we will treat wnh j'oti upopj liberal '"termsy pnm ded you will stipulate to quarter twelve' thousand troops in Mexico for 2 years, to enforce an observance of the Jroaty. That is the propoiilioD, but it is" very clear that the object they have in requiring the troops to remain-there Is td perpetuate themselves'
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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