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; SADNESS. s"
' IT CEaGE J OHMS !. t. . ,
- ad tad is my spirit and weary, , v
And heaviness rests on my brow;
And desolate am I and dreary.
And loneliness hanjt o'er me now,
I not the faces of near ones,
. That erst daily, met wiih mo Are; . o
lin loryjrr the voices- of doar ones.
Aroouiid:nj hlie lutes oa oiy car. ,
.: "Oh. wlierc are the kind friends-who never" .
Forsk. ma in days that are gone? --'J
We've parted", and pirtcd forever, . ...
And now I'm alone all alone! , .. v :
' Yes, a!iie, thoiijh'many are rtjar mc .
Alone mid tho ihronr I rem tin; , f ;
I faiii'wiuld find ori thuij 1o cheer mo,
Ilul Kttk and keep sotlfinj in vain .J"-- "
nii-snins that were, : and, worn cherished,
" (ike phanU'niH,-unbjdJen; now atart;;
. Fanccs tliajl Ion j smce'Jiave portshed"
Are Willi me tfnd dvvfll in my heart. t
( ' Al-iv! m my d'nilte srroi
- 1 Iinvc naught but utll cliiin and piin!
' - Do I lo'k for tli jvsof tho morrow ' '
II brincjilli but bttdticsa (din. . -
I Ion; for tile sumnvms thai' tcllint
TooIheM, lut n t unto nj'1;
I Imrfor the tninjjtu that'ruwvIHn, ,
: "Coins upward, romu hither and bo,
WillrMe tn my iitnitjon of gliiixH, .
' Where there is rio dirknc nor gloom,
Where there is no. sorrow aor sa'lne8"f '
I long fjr th pi:acc, of the tomb. :
ejod. H Love.
I cannot always rracilhe way . ,
Whero Tli iu, Almighty () c, Host r.iovei
Rut! rrari always, a! ways e;iy
That tJod n lovo.
When Fear his chillm; mantle flings
' O'i-r, earvh, iny onl to ht;rtven above, .
At to hT HancliMry 'pnn;j", ,
. For God is lovo. ' ..
4Vhrn mitery clouds my darkened pith,
ni chcrk my dread, my doubts rrprovcj
tin this my soul sweet comfort hath,
That God i love. '
Vcn! (od in love -a -thought like this .
Canevef iflumier thought remove,
4 And Mirn hM tf.irn, all woes to bLss--FoV
God is love. -
Whom I Love IScst.
1 have a father one u Iioko worth :
lihv but few possensftf.
(tf al tltu inen whq trcud the earth,
Move my father bct.
have a brother too,' whose joys '
I share at hm behest '
Of all. the luiiliter lovinj boys,
I love my brother best, ,
I have a sister one as truo ;?
Aa brithe ever bM; '
Of all the girl that mct niyj vicw,
I 4ova my sister best. . 'jj' ,r
I lie tIn'i tliehe,1 but . there in ono t ,
il ire dear than all the rot, .
'And it ltslrange a, diteiM n,
Should lt- In-t ); her oest.
. ,'riom t'.e Ladies Garland.
Tableaux from Life '
BY TAUL GORDO Jf.'
fL ok'hcre upon this picture, thcri on ihts.'
A dark and stormy n:glit in -tho deptfi of
Vir.trr. tho lights gleam- from the, cur
1 faiaed w indows of n in iirmhcuiit mansion
in the ln'irtof a'oooul.nH citv. You;h and
brauty),'pitriciatij birth and partentl iiobtli
it. thronj: into h richly furnished "pari
rh.Min Tui ni enter with the crod.
"On with iho daMice!" Ila! H ! wlw
-!. ii,..rd .,,;.,-r nn I dt'il ltum on the
earth? Tti fa'se'. ."Avll is hnppin?s.
Tnej-weled hand;, the filleted ,bvow; the
. Unexcepiun totirnurc lf the high-born
-.beauty;' the sparkling wit of ihe. O'ator; the
wisdom of the philosopher; jhe'.mornliiy,
Quired ,10 the time, of ihe divine"; the .wealth
of thfl banker; tho exquisile -.nothing of the
minion of fashion; alt, all are herewun
their dazrhng display, to give the hypo-
: crite, who lalks to us of the desolate and
ijing.ihe lie. Let us laugh and be happy.
'0ii witli the dance!" " .
Round and round Iri tiio -voluptuous
altz glides onef the fairest -of Gods
ereatures clasped by the arms and itching
fingers of the reu his ol breath (belter
. "thf brev.h of the lsza,r house) u?pu her
cheek: . Mothers are nodding, approval;
. Uiesmen are planning, dark "scrfomes
- mongthemseives jn a corner; in another
suitor 'is pouring his dangerous tale into
he ears of a gi dy , ihoughtless wile, whose
' busbmd is perhap'3 upoq a imiUr duty in
noiherV't. ' There'lt bq a tale, fo tell
soon bur what of that? "Onwith 'the
daneeM v . l
Th arlmminrra of ambition; " the dark
tUnee ofpnv the downcast eyo of beau
tv. littinmT a tale of love: 'the flashing
bate of rival lovers: the pealing music; the
glittering lights; the perfumed flowers; the
Rranfied looks of the faif . hostess; un
he&rt-sickenin?? ' attempts at eayety. of 4he
host, who knows that sin is upon him.
The fate of Niobe to him were mercy.-
Transfix htm " into marble; and spare him
hlm' nuilt Tpnrir. suicide!' H! Ha!
T . I v
A rare tableau'
! Wjldly irecps the ficrce.pla.st through
the Mfeoiixreclsv revebft id u d'olattoi
sh'riekinj ihioug"! the night with a
cSoru of Uuhing fi.fidjt keeping fhctr
U pfpenit : fcstiral--bSjftding the aolifary
wajfirer, wh yet Wars up resolutely.
ft disputes fiercely with him, step by step,
his Onwar.1. way. 'Stindr ' Af figure
wifJ and wan half dloe'd rbire'-heaJeJ
7the personjfjcatiyD of rotiery n4 dpiir,
stands bqforu hm. A. step, hi hin i-U
thu w.ij f.irer throat,
I ' MonejV, A mrritnt; i ,and th bfart
of the viciim of poverty fails him; his hotter
ohel shields him with her wirnr: ho falls
on his knee. ' 4
.Harkltho rofco ls'not loii bJt dfecp;
the storm is strong, and htgher sounJs the
demoti revel but the i voic& of n?ouv
lorcvs a passage to thai traveller heart
terribly distinct "Mercy! food! My wife
rny child ihey-are perishing with cold
aftd hunger." ih! IU V.On'vyith the
dincu!"- A rare'tabfeauJ - 11
A -narrow, alniost pnfurnisTied room, in
a mean'housej hi a meaner a'leyja straw
pallet in the 2drner', and on, it a womin;
he , eyes aroc-tafed, herfeatures sharp.and
pinched with cold and hunger; her 1ip
more convulsively; hut no sumJ. Hark!
her t failing senses can yel diinguisU
th'rotihahe pauses of the stormthe rich
r)i uijj revelry. A wretched, weak, pininy;
Uifatt lies asleep, his head pillowed on her
"heart iho Jivinjj on ihe Uihg, it fl?sh
iivrtNvith cold, thy bnnes Almost prolfud
ini from the skin;' yet there is h(o wtihrn'
it, ,and it s?eeps -the bon alike of all i--The
storm howls louder and louder through
ihb open crevices; it comes full upon the
want clothed beings of wt nt, bin the child
sleeps on; the lip-fof lbew.hvr slrll twitch
in,Uef dying ngooy. "-Ontwuh. the d;inee!-
1 lc.re is no ; mwivrv I ; I'lw do r opens , a.
mftn springs. lo the sidi-voT ihe dying ,vo
in'jnj the wayfarer is Itlso tKere; ihe ees
orthe wifo optMl ft-ebly , "and "slowly close
airlin as, if -unwillirvj: to shut .out forever
ihii welcome sight')! the loved one a fmt
Htnto;l(3. The imn snzi'S vacantly into
the face of ti e stranger who has taken her
Inn!.. Ifn reads ih-J hitter trifih. ' JJiir
Ihtt face ot speechless1 agony looking: fo'.a
glealn of liope. None! None! .s Tiio dead
the dung the half-crazed the Cod
Stiniritan. "On with Aw d'ance!' H!
lla! Oa! m.j3t rare tableau! r '
Surplus Cotton and Idle Cotton,
Tho stato of things now ..existing, at
home" and abroad, i$ regard to cotton .and
its iVianufaciurers, afT)rds an extraordinary
illustration of the jnf u:ttion oF:.theAmeri--can
eop'e, And in particular, t,he, folly of
the Cotton, planner-, in e$toblthing t iMitl
system which robs thm of the value of
their proLluetsand thr pr fits tif their 'labor
It is staled that there are nar two hyn
d r ed' c o t to a tl n ! ! s t die in Eagl itut, while
of those tlfut are-nor absolutety idle .lle
majority are.work'wg'oily half time. ..Tbe
Southjis filled with cotton, because cotton
mil'is'are idle, H.i'f rtie worii is but tittf
clothed for want of employ ment, whtla' the
materials of cloths are superaburul nt( for
want of people to work them tip, and to
wear- l ho product. r.Manufacture9.: .ar
ruined niid 'laborers h,re starved; an I bo
caue 4hey areo, thd ylanler-' is- almost
ruiocd by tho" fall in the price of his; great
staple"! .'l'ho reason for all this is to be
Vouud.in the fact, that the planter prefers
to eni-iloy aii' agent, whb 'inakes It. a rule
to bee oine bankrupt every .third, or fourth
year, instead of- becoming 'his p.wn agent,
lie seods his cotton to M incheiicr, when?,
as a brief cflort would bring '-thr-machinery-,
iif -Manchester to his uwr. door, ' and the
.cost of'triuvportation would be saved, for
all future tune. , L ! .' 1,5
To transport all tho machinery of Tho
two hundred milh now idle and likely o
' - . .. '. .1 . .. ...I i i .
I to remain, unJ an artisans tuai uuu,uc
needed, lrom Manchester to. uaroiipa,
Goorgia, Al'abi'nja, Mississippi and.-Ten-rC5sep;
would cost less1- ;-thatr is. ptd ev'pry.
month' in the -ear for the iranporiationof
eoltun and food from United States to Man-
chester. Were ""that niaehi'nery oice.. in
tliiesc S:ates, it would never either &topor
work half time; and that fr ilw aimplo Vea
son.
that cotton . varn and cotton, ciotti
would bo produced, at hajt the cost ot labor
thai is now - required -for a them;- Wcausd. of
ihe vas'l savmg.of transportation, com
missions, prufils- and ch5rge$ innumerable.
Wiih'thc reduction in the Cvis; ol prouuo.
ing the jtloth; i'-s consumption wop.d he
doublecl, and' the p'a'nter nfiht go' 6u to
increase his ouintity. with un aosoiu;e
niifiiv of a market For it till. He
ouVJ
ihen grdW riclx; and the owner of. ihe trans
lerreo t'Vicoiuery uoiu
he would not be obliged lo o ve rtrade, and j
break Hiu the cflort to- gam double profiis.ni
one ne'riod, with .a view to make mei;ds.
for no profits at nno.ner, ir
become more steady with each step.in.this
nfocss:. Tu bring ihit- nuchinery ; here
requires' nothing but the . ma nifestation. :.ot
'determination "on. th'c 'pirt of Uwse whii
have fod and cotton tosell, ;o protect us
owner, when here, 'agiinst .the. perpetual
fitictuaiion of English L prices., It. wants
notluhg, ''but a decidedly protective 1 tanfl,
acfopted'bv ihe' whole body "of." farmers and
planters, " aslheir fixed policy,' for the
epccialurpose of bringing the consumer
to their side; and such a lantT will be adapt
ed whenever their eye hall become open
to ifie fact that the tarilfis their "n
not a manufacturers question. U e thiuV
the iime,Avhen their eye? shall become thus
A rnVinot now ba far- distant. . It is
impossibly that intelligent people can be
'ion- blind lo their interest and blind to
the wretched and
foreign
rtianulaowrers, '!u, " . J
are now
Lileratarc
. CJoDit Advice to iJoya. -
Bo brisk, energetic, an J pr.i i pt! Tle
world js full cf boyst (acd i..n too,) who
crawl "through hie, and never dfccitfe on
-anything for themselves but just dragg'e
one leg after the other, and let lhtng?ttake
theirown.wav. : Ttiev ) hi rd!v deserve as
uiuuii ctcu.i as mo wooaen trees; Ljbf tri es
do all the good ihey can, ia merely grow,
ing and bearing leaves and seeds. Cut
ihcsu boys do not turn' their capacities to
profit half as much as they might be lurried;
they are unprofitable, h'ke a rainy dsy in
harvest time.; Now, the brisk, energetic
boy is constantly awake, not merely with
hU bodily eyes, but vi;h hiyiniiiJ Jand at-tcntton--during
the hours of 'business.
After he learns what he has to do, he will
take a pride iri doing it punctually an,d
well and would 'b 'ashamed io to- told to
do without telh'ng.; ; 1 . '
; The drawling boy loses in Cvoi minutes
the must valuable advice, tbe-prompt, wide
awake boy, never has to be taught twice
but strains. hard to make himself . uMo the
mark, as far as possible, out 'iOr.hts own
energies. Third rate boys arcalways8de
pendint .upon others; but first Tale boys af.
ways depend upon themselves, anoV after a
little teaching, iqst enough to know what
.isMaWujQe, they ask no further favors of
any on; I$es;dcst '.it is a glorious thing
for a boy to gel tins noblu way of self-reliance,
activity j and energy. Suih ian one
is worth a hundred of the "poor-draggling
creatures, whm can hardly, wash their
hand without being told each lime how it
is to bo done. Give me the by who does
his own work promptly, without asking
(except once for all at the beginning) any
questions. ; ( The boy -who Whs his wes a
bm him is never .behind, hand, and don't
let the gifuss .grow.jcndej htseetS." "
CSood and Had exi's." .
, Bd news weakeps the ilction uf the heart
oppresses' i ha lungs, destroys the .appetite,
itop the digestion, 'and partially suspends
ull-lhe (onction )fj tlie system. An emo
tiafi of slumie flushes the fucej (ear blanch-'
OS, j-'y tlluiniiucsit and an instant, thrill
ejcclriies amillian of nerves. ' Surprise
spurs t'hc pulse into t. gallop.. -. Ddirium
infuses great energy. ' Violation com
mands, and hundreds' of rn-uscles spriog to
excite: Powerful Imotiins ; often kill the
body at llie stroke-- Chi!o, Diagoras, and.
Sophocles,-; died' .of jy at tho Grecian
guiles, ". The news of defeat .killed Fnilip
V.. O'.ie -of the- popes died. of an emotion
of.ilc ludricou's," ousceing his pet monkey
robed in ' poniifijals', 'and occupying the
cliairof state, Muley .Moloc vyus carried
upon the field of biftle in Jhe last stages of
an incurable disease; upon seeing his army
give "way, , no rauieu ins panic-strtcKen
troops, rolled bick the tide of DAtUeshout
ed vict ;ry,aiJd aied. The door keeper of
Dong rcss expired pn hearing! of the'sur
render of Cornwufiis. . Eniinent public
speakers have-ofufrjj Jied in the midst of an
tmpassionawi bursi pf eloquence, orVwhen
the dcQp emotion .which liud produced it
had . suddenly subsided. . Larrave, -the
vodrjg Parisian, died when 'he he ird that,
the inufcal prize ior which' he 'had 'com
peted' w;s adjudged to a no then jtTheiyise
if Hill, in Nw York', is fresh in tljemem
oty of all: he was apprehended for ihelt,
taken" before the police,' and thougli in per
fect health, mentallagony.forced th blood
from his nostrils, and he was carried out
dead. ' :
. . Sisn of the Tiuics.
? General 'Ejylor1 .late? letters have utter
ly confounded the Democracy, who At one
tn'ne hoped to have 'made capital out . of his
name and influence.' - .
' Among other signs of lhe'times,.IIon.
II. - A. '.Muhlenberg', of . -"Pennsylvania has
u-t published a Utter 'declining lo act
longer as a member of'lhe Tay lor , Central
Committee of ihaf State. In ihis letter he
says:
RpaVjnp, .March 2, 1513., JJ
, Sir: l perceive by the papers that the
late Tay lor Convention assembled at Hir-
risburg,.'hss -: appointed : me. a member of
the State Central Committee.. '.1 respect
fully bg leave' to. decline the -.appointment,
and request you to i have my name with
drawn. '-, I ", !'
. As long as ttve Taylor movement was a
Democratic one as long as J .believed
the General to te 1 Democrat I was his
ratvJid and sincere supporter. , The course
that I advocated at all Junes was, ihat if
he was a' Democrat, l was the policy of
the democraiic. party '.to v. make him its
! leader, as they', had done. w,ith General
J ickson. The correcttvdss bf his-principles
was however, an ludispensahle -prerequ
isiie. - i
-The letters which have appeared si rice
thatitime, as ; well as . ihe " abandonment of
a democratic organization, are sufficient
to convince all lhati'General. ray lor is nol
o"- .
wuh- us. However- much, thetefore, I
mliv admire the man" ; I cannot coriseiit to
abandon my principles for his sake. .A
Pvmocral I have ever' beenj and ever .will
be.
The use of my name in the recfent con
vention was entirely , unauthorised." ' For
some time I had seen with regret: that the
assurances I had received, that at lieiorop
er time General Tajlor, would announce
his' brVnciples to be Ihose.ofthe Democratic
party,' were not destined to be verified
I therefore withdrew,-much as possible
from the movementj rfndunder no cfcrcum-
stances would 1 have attended; a no-party
convention, aiy apsence snouia .nave pre
venied ihis unexpected use of my tfame.
' h I am 'sir, very repectfuliy ; .
Your obedient servant, - ;
H. A. MUHLENBERG.'
To J. C- Captine, Esq., haifma
i)
and General IntelliMcc
S:aie Ty lor CeutraJ. CMnrri:t;ve.
The leaders of the party mav
kick.
at
the old Hero ' independent and roinly
course, but the rank and file will adopt fho
man '"wlfo asks rio favors and shrinks from
no responsibility."
Spccct ol Mr- Daer, of New York.
' ' ' ifimcluded.)
" And yet it is now asiJ tut the Whigs in
that Congress 6tcd that this war existed
by tthe act of Mexico; and they were
charged with gros inconsistency in voting
at tht session that the President of the U.
Slates coinmehced the war. The asser
tion is false, grossly false, although I find
it contained or implied in-, the Message of
the President of the United States at the
present session of ..Congress, t I do not
mean to charge that hih functionary with
intentionally saying what is untrue, but
I aver that the allegation is falsev Sir, on
a distinct vote, bv' ayes and 6oes,,as the
journaf of the House will sluuv, tho -Whigs;
witn tew exceptions, rotea thd reverse ol
that proposition; they voted against the
preamble, and thereby declared that Mex
ico did not commence the. war. : ft is true
that, 'when unable 19 strike out the pream
ble4 they voted K for tjie bill; tbey voted for
the supplies notwithstanding tho false pre
arable fJut was that voting for the pre
amble! I The gentleman frorrv South Car
ohnai(Mr. Rlietl) tells you, no. lie 'was
one of a number of democrats who voted
against the preamble, and afjjerwards" for
t!e biil. tie tells you that a preamble is
no part of a bill. Tbo Whigs who voted
for the bill looked at the essence of the
measure, and not at its 'form; Because a
statement ; in lact false, was contained rri
the bill, they ;dtd potstlu'nk thajt the; army
ihuuldjbe refused succor. But why waste,
words,! Eve.ry man here knows, tlie coun.
try knows, .that .thai: Whig Representatives
in Congress never in fact aid, and povjr
intended ta say,-that Hhis war waa k Com
menced by Mexico. i
Let me allude, to another marked in;
stance of Dem;ocratic "aid end comfort"
to, Mexico, bvtelling her that there is a
Mexican party in ihis country. , W'hai didJ
the President pf the United, Stales say in
his- mess Jge. at th commencement' of the
last' session of Congress? In efTJcJ he
says, that those who maintain ' lhat' tho
soil on which the first battle with Mexico
was fought was n6t tnu soil Of the United
States, give "aid aud comfort' to the en
emy. If by this.he merely moant that this ,
was Hie indirect -ell.ee t ot suen a
u ne mereiy, ineani 10, inculcate pi u,
.0 icu.v.ai pj ffmite as much to purposes to be ob;a:ned
, though -imperuneiTl L;ere , Mecor. UW faoukica.
then his language
enouah. was. not' personally offensive
Dat. ft requires a. great stretch of char by to
believe a great treich of courtesy to sav
that this wjs all he mrant. Ho Used
the-chpical, trms by which 'the; crime of
f..,iy - cuing "'""
is , dchnedi the words by
nign trrxison
wnicn u is anneu in tna ooositiunon 01
. 'if - 1 t-. 't '. - - t -
the Umied States he, a iawyer, an adro-.
i . ,. . J . .
I'-' 1 . J f . M
nneu in tna uoasutution oi
languaye he addresses and applies to the
representatives oF ihose whorrr recent ele;-t
lions hye demjrisiraisd to bi ' more than
lalf the people-- of the ; United.' Statesi
Never vvero v morq ; insult ; a ud -f ilsehjooi
Coup'ed iogeihttr! Neve,r, if he" intended.
as I can-i help thinking, he intended, to.
lostnoate what has"st.nce bee.n dfrectly said,
lhal the members ot Congress who oddo-
i! A. 4 lit a rt rn n let fnl tr VL- uro nmrl i r a On ri
nnj deserved ihe punishment a taxed, to
treasron. . , (
Now when the Mexicans found tha'
Preident'of thj United States saying that
half or m re than half the American peo
p!e were Mexicans at heart, were that not
likely, coming roin such a source, to, give
he decla ration credit? Il is what you have
said, in.and 'out'oi, Congress, what' your
public papers are datty saying,-vhat our
own rChief Magislrate'has saiu; rtiese are
the sources, (it from any source" whatever)
whence thee Mexicaps have imbibed ihe
idea that r there is a. Mexican party in this
country. 1 wni-rjcrt stoop lo nonce such a
charge, though corning from the'-P resident
of the United Stales. Whoever uses, such
calumnies, lowers only himself. Traitors
to our country!? ihe W hig party traitors'
v lio believes .it: 1 should dijclain lo
mako'suqh charges against m political
opponents; I should vindicate ihem against
gch charges if ma le, by others. I here
nriy .Tie a solitary trailer, dui traitors. in
ihis country are rare. 1
There is .another feature in the prose
cution of ihis war which I must notice, as
indifatinu'the partisan piril in which it
i conducted. I .will nol say ii !s univer
salfy lroe there are'probab'y just excep
tions enough to prevent ihe rule from bt-
ing uniyersal-rbut with; such' rare excep, j
lions, it is. a Yemarkab'e fact, that all the .
honors which ihis war has plactd at .ihe
disposal f the President, have bsen con
ferred on his political partisans the parti
sans of him who fecently declared himself
the r resident ot ine country ana not ol a
party. - Now, js thii - just?-Who fighi
you r battles? A re the re not -W higs ihe re
as. welt as DemocratsT' Whose treasure is
poured forth -in this" war? J)o you tax
Democrats only? . Will . not lire burden of
this debt y ou are rolling up- resVon the
children of thu Whigs as vell as ihe chil
dren of Deir.oc rats? W by .wi 11. ? y,ou'' c ry
for the first limp, this reiche,i spoils sys
tem fhtiJ a state of war? Do you'thtnk to
unite the people by proscribing half of
them? .'Are you nol content with the
spoils tf the - vanqobhed Mexicans; but
must you have the spoils of ihe vanquished
Whigs besides? And if, in spite of all
ihs, we vote y ou supplies; if Whigs volun
te'er to fignt your battles; if:we offer you
xmr money to provide for' the widows and
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' orphans of thosa wno have (alteu la battle,
and.Jor mtking whom suth xwe certainly
are notrcspoosible you have no thanks
but taunts for our inconsistency. Perhaps
in this we aru guilty of some incoosiUen
cy. R may not be consistent in a Whig,
thinking a Whigs renertly thfnk pf ths
war, to volunteer, to fight ilY.battlcs, no
lonj as it is an aggressive, war a-, war of
invasion. I will not exam-ne rhat ques
tion. It may be that Hardin and Lin.
cnln erred. It: may be that it was in error
that young Clay's gallant' spirit -sought im.
iiortaliiy. t Ut if su. it was error of that
sort, so mingled with and redeeined by the
h'ghest virtues of which our nature is "ca
pable, that it intmortal.zes the men who
commit it error like that of Bru'us, V
Virginius. And; it is generous in )6uj
Democrats; to reproach us with such er
rors? What! lq this war, which we be
lieve to hive been unnecessarily . and uu.
constitutionally . cornnenced,v which you
have prosecuted in a pjrtiscin spirit and for
partisan purposes this war - ol which; you
nave reapeu an ine nonora and emoiuvnents
while we have equally shared the burdens;
a war in which ? we ure proscribed, slan
dered insulted) a 'war 111 which yoJi . have
sought to dHgracc' evej ihe generals who
have wonyour.baitles, - because iTieyv areier
, iiis, u, iu put; iyi an . fins, ;i rv lligs
open to you their purses r if tliey otfer to
you their lives, might ihey nol at 7 lesst
hope that for doing this they would bo
spared your reproacht-s? Can yoy not
pardon the error, if it be such,: the excess
of pairiorfsrrt, ofwhic'V you reap the ben
efit? v J 1 5 1 . '
I say you have sjiigtu to disgrace our
generafs. You . sought to displace there
to put acivithao over their heads; and the
reason avowed on the' fliorof this House which produce these ft-elirigs exist and op
was, that tbey were'. Whigs. " Even nowlcr-Jie even more airongly. under oUrelec.
vou nave court mariiai.exi ocott4 alter a
series ef victories among the inost briliiant
recorded in history. v It; is true, you thank,
ed Gen. Tayldr; you thanked, him iciiK a
proviso!, Waf ever such a ' hing dreamed
of before? . Is it, not the laiest infennorwof
ihe progressive Democracy, to thank a
Kic'.orious general ic?Jk a proviso! In the
name of common sense," U General ,Tay-
tot deserves praise, praise him; if censure,
censure him; but don't insult jhe-old vete
ran; don't treat him like a sick child, giv
ing him physic in sweetmeats. - .' ,
I corns now -to ar piece ojf history an'
incidenf', in the prosecution of this war,
which I don't exactly know how to classi
fy, but which I think, may come uader tlie
domestic " head: whrch may bu ascribed
broke, out, there was tn exile, lrom Mext-,
co a man , who, of all Mexicans, had j the,
most-influence over hia countrymen; a mart
of great ability, far ihe abtest of their
I general.; the ' only mjn, iri short, ' who,
t gubct J lhos0 mtfUl- la wmbb
r,r r- . -' .i ,
: ,,t,, - u .v
i -men are subject in the pan is a Amer
..Lj'.v. -.Vi rii-i
lean btates. seemed let carraL-:e of reta n
mg permanent power; nesices all mis, in
tensely national in his feelings, and' a bii-
ier naer ot America, l tint mari wjis in
ex:le. Suddenly1 we hear that this exiled
general has' passed through our blockading
squadron, and e rise red Mexico.' He is1 .re.
ceiyed wuh enthusiasm; he rajss anurrry
as ny magic. And Irorrf tliat , day ,io this,
the obstinate resistance of the Mexicans,
d
a hieh has cost us so much money and su"
many lives, mav principally be .traced.to
ihe presence of Saota Anna, in Mexico.
Before Jppg'a suspicion got abroad incred-
tble, toof monstrocs for belief which yet
spread itself and gained strength, until at
length it assumed the form of a direct
charge, that Santa Anna had entered Mex.
ico With the knoledge.and by tire conerP4 ;'07;w' i "vu Ul V'V
ofihcPresidem of -Ihe Unifed.S.a.e,!- l? "V h?. .'crt an army la
There was even published what , urporiedJ to -'conquer a
. u - n . J t, neace.'- 1 tut .was the bedfonriig: Ihe
to be a Copttot a "pass said to!iaVe been '.i - a s r. i
j l tL. c . -Mexicans are driven from ih-'ir homes,
issued on tlrat occasion. Sir, this was de-i , , . , t . . '
,i. f. jtbar army fea.ed, and our victorious
j X "v.i- t T ' i i
and the published - pass denounced as a
, r r - i . .
fprgert. But.. not long aftewards; the
ibe
President was compelled io admit that ii
was by hfs connivance that San4a 'Atina,
entered Mexico. " And now, at this session
of Congress, there being' a majority V. here
that enables the people lo .gc; mforraatiorii
they could not get before now f at length
we have obtained, under thd hand of ihe
President himself, an exact aro'J authentic
copy of ihe very p3ss,lhe trusar.i genuine
pass, by which that' fake.nnd perfidious
Mexican, that " bitter - hater cf Ainaricfr,
was carried in safety and in triumph thro"
ihe very'midsi of the. American squadron.
eThe paper isihort, and there have' flowed
from it consequences so momeLftius, that
ii will be curiously sought for and read
with interest. Here it is: ; .
. . "Private and Confidential.
' V.SAvr IKraTME.T, May It i ".
uCo(SfOiuRe: If Santa Anna ti:vieavors to eof.
ter the Mexican ports, -you ,will allow him to
pass irseiv.
KespecUuIly, yours. . t
'. - UEOKCJE BANCROFT. ,
v Commodore David Co.vses, :
Commanding Home Squadron.
- This is ihe missive which Sahta Anna
passed through tKe American flt! Wnh
this talisman hanging around His neck, ha
raised the arrriy that caused the gullies ol
Buena Vista to run with the blood of our
countrymen! By virloeof the same l!j-Jy
scroll he poured death into out ranks fiorrv
ihe heights of Cerro ;Gordn;'and nt Con
treras and Churnbusco, and Mo!ino del
Rev, and all along the avenues to th city
of Mexico, strewed the fields, and biockti
the roads, : with the ' dead bodies of our
brave soldiers " .If these line's were wriu
tep in the American ' bloxjd -they have
caused to flowf the fatal charactcra vvou! j
swell lo gi'gnniic proportions, andC-!:--s
like might bestride. your Capitol; ar.J if e,
ihe learsui widows aiid orphans ihtk have,
the same source wtro poured out in , trro
vallcv beneattr, a sea vfould rise that would
be fa'rge". enSugH to bury lo it wavea"
Jarnea Polk and all his' wicked advisers,
i But this Is not afl; this is but a part of
the storyv . While Santa Anna, under bis
power of attorney from the,' President of
the United Stales; "private and cdnfiden,
lial,1-wae raising the army triih' which ha"
sought to' overwhelm General Taylor; a(
that crisis, when fhis nation was held sus
pended in alternate hope arid fear; at that
very time, Genrral Scott, under the orders'
of tho President, was twithdiawing" from
General Taylor line greater pun.vif his for
ces, leaving him but a handful yf fulun
leers, f With-one hand your President
giies to iho Mexican army a General; wfth
the'otherj .he j takes Crom the Ameticarf
General the greater part of. his troops. It
remindsniie of iho pissa.ge in Scripture
where Delilah cuts- oil .oamscn a hair, and
j then shouts iri his ear,."Tho Philistines be
-jtipon tht-e, Sampson." ; 'Now, " 1- don't
chtrge, for. 1 doii'i believe that U v?ai arrf
pari oiyioovatgn or wisnoi ipe rresiaeni
that, General T&ylor should be defeated,"
and ' his g iUant army annihilated. . The
aupptisttion tsUoo mrnsHroiis. ' No'; he nev
supposed that-1 General Taytuf woulcf
hunt his Irienu with the odds of one to
four. But may- it rio be ihui he thought a
litile wtvlesume inaction a retreat sortie'
iwhat inglorious, might useful d"isuip'
lino fof pne who was running n way too fast
with ihe atTt'Ctiuns of jhe people? In mon
archical jvernmeoisj. a victorious Gen',
erat often bycomes, an object of jealousy
and distrust la his ling. flis monarch
may honor4(yel frown upon ' hirnj he niayr
thank- hltn ieiUi i a vfovisa. : The causes'-
itvesysteiii.'
jjl.u me luea ever enter ine
PfCiiJqut's breast ,:thal as the hero of a
war ' he' might olnain a re election to his
present high office? Was there another
hero of ihe wa,r, 111 whom ho flared a ri.
tal? We cannot penetrate tho breasts of
men; it is easier la readi their 'messagej
than. their hearts.'; For aught that 1 know,
yho President regads G'tueral Taylor with
Ihe kindest, 'tho warmest feeling. If he
saw hini nowhe might press hun to ; bis .
bosom like a brother. . But I can alsoim
agine, that he maj ngird him wfth vtrf
ditrereul feehngsj feelings somewhat - hko
those' of a preacher in' Jefferson county in
the State of New York, who having oc
casion to refer lo ascertain personage,
characterized, him as ,ihi "Rough and
Ready of the inferno) regions. r
: Now let me blivf: cohaider what art V
ihe motives of the President in the prose,
cution of ihis war,; so far as Mexico is
:c)uncerB-ed.. The U're.dent tells i us he
declared in his message;: fast year,' and h
reiterates:ilie' declaration-in thd message of
iKe prest in year that, his objecl'tn tho
comrr:eucement,.a'ad in the.prosecution of ;
this waT, has been frofn the beginning;
and is now , VPcaee!" iacc I will not
t'i innate in ihisrespcct'his own badVxarriple.
UoubUess he is a since ro man, out untor
lunate in this, .that his, acts ure often the
ft-verso of Ins intentions. 1; beheve Mm
to bo . as siu'iere'iioKT when he professed
jjiJi convetston to tho' doctrine of a protec.
. ti ve tanir in the Kane Jtttcr; oj. ' as when "
rnore recentlv" ho det-larfd lor itm-vh!
,o (Umn," fi un nr..Lii;ca i.nir
protective
ma,n, a 54 40' man, nd now he
is it
peace nunc , .
But iimuit bc odnitted that the modes
by which he teiksi 'tis 'ends,
peculiar, 'Not Ctrle,us,ia s
are somewhat
sea'rch of a wife
had more misadventures' than 'Polk in ihe
troops penetrate further into the . mierior
i .r, ' 1 . t . '
Land catLure Mottterev. ; Ihecommandmif
. . -
j Ueneri grants an nro is'ice, with the view
of opening -.negotiation.?: to obtain e ihat
peace which the '. Pesidenl has so- much
at hear:. But, ' this ivas contrary lo ihe
President's sy stem; aud'no sooner does he
hear ul itythau.he orders -Ue .immediate
termination of the drn;isice and the re
newal of .Jhoattltfies. . He sends Soott lo
capture Vet Cruz and march to the capU -lal,
where it is supposed the philosopher's
stone'inay'hi hs. be fuund. After a se
ries of bloody battles, ot biiiliant v:ctonesr
this poiutis reached, and -the V halls of the
Motitc-zumasV;fie!',"-:ope.n'.io .ibe- conquerors
of Mexico Here again'- negotiatian are
opened. 'fhe Mexicans VjtLr to cede ft
ls I hi! not pretend to be exact but
neihing like one 'third of iheir territory.
This otTer, tinder the instructions of the
' President, is rfj- cried, pud hustililics re
commence. Aiw alili we are hghtins: for
' How liable .are men to be misunderstood!
Wiihmtt this explanation, Mr. Polk might
bi fet'f i;?ed nol lo be averse to war. And
nol Mr. Poik onlv but all his Cabine',
or, iriinasoi peace.' i nave seen, it
c l.t t? .ir owd hands; f-have seen their
ptittet declaration that" effect;' and - on
of thern,' t remember, goes so far as to de
clare, that on the subject of war, he is "!-
most a Qaaker.r 'Almost a Quaker, sir
Yes, air, this is a Quaker Cabinet, a Qua.
Cabinet seeking peace! -But,
let me ask,; why wa fot peacer
r.-. : j before the walls of Mexico? VVhat
m- t ,3 real difficulty? Was ilooeofier
ri -rj! ' I think, not. I think not, front
reading the correspondence.' 1 think; f
l hat the Mexicans, ' sooner than that the;
war, should be renewed, would have beer
willing to cede to us all , their unoccupicti
t.