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! l j'.ThVltichmonU Times of the Cth insf.,
i says The Union of jThursday morning,
nnd the inquirer of yrsterday, publish a
correspondence between the committee
tho President and Vise Presidenls) ap
pointed by the Democratic National Con-
j vent ion, to make known to Gen, Cass the
fact of hT nomination, and that gentle
trnan himself. ! Wc publish Gen. Cass's
letter in nil. The letter of the commit
tee contains nothing very remarkable.
jTliey Jay before the General the resolu
tions adopted by the Convention, and kind
ly inform him that they contain tho pri.n
iciplfi "upon which they (the Convention)
llfinlv the government ought to be admin
istered." These (add the Committee)
'constitute a platforjn broad enough for all
true (lemocrats to stand upon, and narrow
enough to exclude all those who may be
opposed to the great principles of the De
mocratic party." Gen. Cass, therefore,
like Mr. Polk, was required to pledge him
jself explicitly to the creed prepared lor
liim at Baltimore. Ho takes the nostrum
vith1 admirable fortitude, saying of the
. Resolutions, I adhere to them as firmly as
opproxje of thorn cordially.' Neither
ljrmnessor cordiality being n character
istic of the General, we think his profes
Kion of faith (and this,hc says, is his "last")
leaves his political compass some room for
Veering, j j
We hcvc no space for farther comment
on this.production, which takes a column
1 !o say what Mr; Clay said in two senten
ces. But we cannot omit to take notice
of the writer" arrogant and ridiculous as
sumption that the Whig party questions
the capacity of man for self-government,
and that this forms the radical distinction
between the two parties. It we seek for
faithful adherence - to thfetr radical a pi
pljcation, whenever Td xyherevrr I may
bf required to act, anything further I
mighi now say, would be mere delusion,
unworthy of myself, and justly offensive
td the; great paity in whose name you arc
f 4
n0w Acting.
' UMVJBBSiTY OF r. CAROLINA.
The exercises of the Annual Commencement-
of our University, we learr, were
Very interesting, and xycll calculated to
sustain the high character of the institu
tion, which deservedly ranks among the
he fundnmcntal difference, it lies in this :
The Whig party appeals to the intelli
gence and sound judgment of the people ;
.he Democratic party to their prejudices
, vnd passions1. The Whig party not only
jelieves'in, but trusts to, their capacity for
self-government ; the Democratic party
iractlcally denies it, by continually aba
ting from the responsibility of the Execu
tive, j There is one sort of government
against which the Whigs do, and ever
,vill, protest : it is the uncontrolled supre
macy; olj such time-servers and "equivo
cating betrayers" of the people's rights as
IjLe wis Cass; whose history proves him
o have been a federalist or republican ;
an apologist for Louis Philippe or his de
nouncer!; an advocate of the Wilmot Pro-
yiso or'lts .opponent ; just as he thought
one opinion or tho opposite would be to
his own advantage.
Gcn .Cass's Letter of Acceptance.
" Washington, May 30, 1818.
Gentli prritn I have the honor to ac
knoxvledgo the receipt of vour letter of
4he 28th instant, announcing to me that 1
have been"" nominated by the convention
bf the Ijemocralic party its candidate for
the office of President of the United States
;tit the approaching election.
) .While 1 accept, with deep gratitude,
I this distinguished lionor--and distinguish
ed indeed it is I do so with a fearful ap
Ijnehension of the responsibility it may
i. .. ii.. i,: i. : . - 1 -.i
icxcmuaiiy oring wuti u, nmi xvnn a pro
I found conviction that it is the kind conli
fdenceof rny fellow citizens, far more than
(any merit of my own, which has placed
'hie thus prominently before the American
jieople. " And fortunate shall I be if this
confidence should find, in the events of
I the futurb a better justification than is
i furnished by those of the p;tst.
I) I have carefully read the resolutions of
j thp Democratic National Convention, lay
ing down the platlorrn of our political
faith, and I adhere to them as firmly, as I
hpproyo of rthem cordially. And while
tlivv adhering 'to them, 1 shall do so with
jiv sacred- regard to "the principles and
compromises of the constitution' and with
hit earnest desire for their maintenance
!Mi immediate predecessor in the nom
ination by the'Democratic part', who has
since established so many claims to the
regard and confidence of his country, xvhen
Announcing, four years ago, his accept
ance )f a similar honor, announced also
his determination not to be a candidate
fo re election. Coinciding with him in
hil views, so well expressed, and so faith
fully Carried out, I beg leave lo say, that
nolcircumstances can possibly arise, which
would induce me again to permit my
namejto be brought lorward in connexion
xvilh tje Chief Magistracy of our country.
My inclination and my sense of duty e
qu&lly dictate this course.
No party, gentlemen, hadever higher
motives for exertion, than has the great
Democratic partyof the United States.
With an abiding confidence in the recti
tude of our principles, with an unshaken
! reliance upon the energy and wisdom of
I . I 1 ? - a
puqnc opinion, and with the success winch
has-crowned the administration of the go
vernment, when committed to its keeping,
(nnd it has been so committed during more
thaji three-iourths of its existence.) what
has been done, is at once the reward of
past exertion and the motive for future,
and. ajhhe same time, a guarantee for the
accomplishment of what We have to do.
We cannot conceal from .ourselves that
thece js a powerful party in the country
differing from us in regard to many of the
futu)amental principles of our government,
andjopposed to us in their practical appli
cation, which will strive as zealously as
wc shall to secure the ascendajicy of their
prinbjples by securing the election of their
candidate; in the coming contest. That
party; is composed of our fellow citizer";
as deeply interested in the prosperity of
our common country as we can be and
sseeking as earnestly as we are to promote
and perpetuate it. We shall soon present
to the world the sublime spectacle of the
election of a Chief Magistrate by twenty
millions of people, without a single serious
resistance to the laws, or the sacrifice of
the Jile of one human beingand this,
too, n the absence of all force, but the
moral force of our institutions ; and if we
should add to all this an example of mu-
tual; respect for the motives of the con
tending parties, so that the contest mirht
. C
be carried on with that firmness and en
ergyjwhich accompany (feep conviction,
and ;With as little personal asperity as po
litical divisions permit, we should do more
for jhe great cause of human freedom
throughout the world, than by any other
tribute we could render to its value.
We. have a government founded by the
will ;6fnll. responsible to the power of all,
and administered for the good of all.
The very first article in the Democratic
creed teaches that the people are compe
tent Jto govern themselves: it is, indeed,
rather an axiom than an article of politi
cal faith. From the days of Gen. Hamil
lon to our days, the par ty opposed to us
of whose principles he was the great ex
ponent, if not the founder while it has
changed.its name, has preserved essen
tially its identity of character; and. the
doubt he entertained and taught of the
capacity of man for self government, has
exerted a marked influence upon its ac
tion and opinions. Here is the very start
ing point of4he dilference between tlfe
two great parties which divide our coun
trv. RAM other differences are but subor
dinate and auxiliary to this, and may, in
factbe resolved into it. Looking with
doubt upon the issue of self-government,
one party is prone to think the public au
thority should be strengthened, and to
fear any change, lest that change might
wealten the necessary force of the gov
ernrnent ; while the other, strong-in its
convictions of the intelligence and virtue
of the people, believes that original pow
er isisaler than delegated, and that the
solution of the great problem of good gov
ernment consists in governing with the!
leas! force, and leaving individual action
as free -from restraint as is compatible
with the preservation of the social system,
thereby securing to each all the freedom
which is not essential to the well being ol
the whole.
As a party, we ought not to mistake the
There
names
first of the kind in the Union.
were twenty-nine graduates, whose!
will be found in the following
SCHEME OF THE1EXERCI3ES
AT THE
COMMENCEMENT
, OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF N. CAROLINA.
June 1st, llB48. j
FORENOON. j
1. Sacred Music.
2. Prayer.
3. Salutary Oration, in Latin. Geo.
T. Baskerville, Mecklenburg, Va.
4. Oration. Inducements to Intellec
tual Exertion in our Country." John W.
Cameron. Foyetteville. j
5. Oration. international Law. J
N. Montgomcryv Caswell Co.
G. Oration. " The Glories of our
Thomas H. Holmes, Clinton.
7. Oration. Poetry of the Bible."
Victor C. Barringer, Concord.
8. Oration. "Character of Sir Walter
Raleigh." Willie P. Mahgum, iv.y Hills
borough, j
Ot. Oration. 44 Fundamental Constitu
tions of Carolina." J. B; Bynum, North
ampton Co.
AFTERNOON.
Oration. Decitur's Sentiment"
Age."
1.
"Our Country ; May she be always right ;
but right or wrong, 'our Country." j Sea
ton Gales, Raleigh.
2. Oration. " Representative Democ
racy." Thomas J. Person, Northampton
County.
DORRISM IN FULL BLOSSOM.
V are indebted to our contemporary
at Baltimore for 'the subjoined pregnr.nt
article. If any one of our friends has
thought thnj, irrour allusion, some days
ago.lo the Wild and disorganizing views
and principles avowed of late years by the
Democratio Nomlne for the Presidency,
wc dealt rather harshly with him. or that
we overrated the danger of his principles
obtaining ascendency in the Government,
let him read this article, and then sit down
nnd calculate bow far. under the Presi
dency of such a Fatalist as he, this Gov
ernment will be from the Despotism of the
Mob; and how long how many years,
months, or days we mny expect it to
survive its fell dominion 1
FROM THE BALTIMORE AMERICAN OF JUNE 6.
In the concluding paragraph of his let
ter of acceptance addressed to the Presi
dent of the Baltimore Convention, Gen.
Cass uses the following language :
As a partv, wie oujiht not to mistake
the signs of the times, but should bear in
mind that this is an age of progress of
advancement in all the elements of inteb
lectual power, and in the opinions of the
world. The General Government should
assume no powers. It should exercise
none which have not been clearly grant
ed hy the parties to the federal compact.
We ought to construe the constitution
strictly, according to the received and
sound principles of the Jefferson school.
But, while rash experiments should be de
precated, if the Government is stationary
in its principles oj 'action, and refuses to
accommodate its measures, within its con
stitutional sphen -auiiously indei d. but
wisely and cheerfully to the advancing
disclaim the lantern, and the Colonal made
no snch classical allusion at nil." A num
ber of leiter-writers. however. talk might
ily the sameway " of the account quoted
alove ; and it is to be regretted. (ays the
Richmond Times.) that the lantern s
disclaimed, and th.il "the Colonel made
no classical allusion at all. The concur
rent accounts, in different letters, present
a strange example of fallacious circum
stantial evidence ; land, in truth, the story
is too good, not lo jbe true.
CAROLINA WATCHMAN.
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Salisbury, N. C.
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THURSDAY EVRNING. JUNE 15. 1848.
FOR PRESIDENT,
GENERAL ZACIIARY TAYLOR,
OF LOUISIANA.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
MILLARD FILLMORE,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR GOVERNOR.
CHARLES MANLY.
OF WAKE COCKTT.
FOR SENATOR,
JOHN A. LILLINGTON,
OF DAVIE.
FOR THE COMMONS.
Col. JOHN F. McCORKLE,
WILLIE BEAN, Esq.
3. Oration. 14 Character of Hneh S.
Lrsrare" Oliver H. Dockerv. Richmond, tub public authobitv ils If should readily
fytft-; - rfo, when the indications of popular senti-
We throw to the hreeze, lo day. our
Ticket in full. Gdi. Ztuhary 'Fax lor for
sentiments and necessities of the age, it President, Millard Fillmore, of N. Yoik.
Ir, ,'mora' 'orCft impaired, and for Vice President, and Chatle Manlv.
in& run uo will determine to do what
1 signs! of the times, but should bear in mind
f in .spirit of moderation nd brotherly j that 4 this is an age of progress of ad
love, so vitally essential ta the perpetuity vanepment in al! the elements ol intellec
id. Ihe Union, and the prosperity and hap- i tua (power, and in the opinions of the
jtiucss (jf our common country;" a ftel- J worlji. The general government should
j ing which, has made us what we are.aiid assufne no powers it should exercise
which, in humble reliance upon Provi-j noncj' which are not clearly granted by
llrttHUi V'f m.'IV hnn( 1 Ktlf lliu limrinniim ! llin liarliuu t r tn f.wLiPal r r m r .j n t W .-.
U What we aro to be. If called upon ought to construe the. constitution strictly, Un.verns den.qne Hi.man.tatH Cultor.bus ;
tareal-er to render an account of my stew- i according to the received and sound prin- ExercUaliones ha see Juvenes hodie pnmi gr
. . . I . : ' . - . J 1 I L . .
Chu
4. Oration. " Cednnl arma tog&?
William A. Jenkins, Warrcnton.
5. Annual Report.
0. Degrees Conferred.
7. Valedictory. John Wilson, Milton.
8. Sacred Music.
I.
My soul, inspired wiih sacred love,
God's! holy name for ever bless ;
Of all his favors mindful prove,
And still thy grateful thanks express.
The Lord abounds with tender love,
And unexampled acts of grace ;
His waken'd wiaih doth slowly move,
His willing mercy flies apace.
God will not always harshly rhide,
Hut w'uh his anger quickly part ;
And loves his punishment to ruid3
More by love than our desert.
As high as heaven its arch extends
Above this little spot of clay.
So much his boundless love transcends
The small respects that we can pay.
Let spvery creature jointly bless
The mighty Lord; and thou, my heart
With grateful joy thy thanks express,
And in this concert bear thy part.
II.
We give immortal praiso
To Gyd the FatherVlove,
For all our comforts here,
And all our hopes above :
He sent his own
Eternal Son,
To die for sins
That man had done. 1
To God the Son belongs
Immortal glory too, j
Who saved us by his blood
From everlasting wo :
And now he lives,
And he revign,
And sees the fruit
Of all his pains.
To God the Spirit, praise
-And endless worship give,
Whose new creating power
Makes the dad sinner live :
11 is work completes
The great design,
And fills ! ho sou
With joy divine.
Almighty God ! lo theo
He endless honors done ;
The sacred Persons three,
The Godhead only! one :
Where reason fiils
; ' With all her powers,
There- fiiih prevails,
And love adores.
9. Benediction..
Illustrissimo Gulielmo A. Graham, Armigerd
Carolina; Se pientiionlis Ueipublicx
gcberxatom :
Honorando David L. Swax, Armigero, LL. D.
FACULTATIS PttSIDI J
Omnibusque Sanatus Afadetuiei Sociss ;
ment are clear and clearly expressed.'
Whenever the Public determines ' to do
what the. public : authority itselt should
readily do, a criM.s arrives not much dif
ferent from a revolution. It is not unusu
al wilh some who claim to be statesmen
to magnify the power ot the people to the
depreciation of the Government which
the people themselves have framed, which
they sustain, and in the body of which
they have a political existence. Such ap
peals to the turbulent propensities of civ
ilized men imply a most derogatory esti
mate of those to whom they are address
ed. To discriminate between the people as
a mass andhthe people as a body politic,
formed info an organization of nationalitv.
WON DERI-
The Locofocc
ency tO .1 VG:;:!e:
Baltimore cone! nv
vengeance. every : ',,
alixm of the ol.! ii I i
ing this profess tl
tred, every proi:."
fore this modem
Convention was a
Hartford Convrh:
haw belicved'th-i' :
COllId havo been "i:
pretensions of on-
puhlicanism for a r.
nominate one of I i,
I hem as the di i;v -candidate
for the
States. But so i: i
rejiiiceil over the t
in time. gom by, !, ;
denly, to the lon - ;
honor in the i-oV.;!!
Let the Whig-i, I.Li,
ing demagogues i f ;
federalists, point to I
didate.andtelhbrrri !
hirn clean. Lm the
Buchanan, atiothrr
candidate lefore tij;
the same post of
for Governor of the State. For the Le
gislature as our Senatorial candidate,
we present J. A. Lillinglon, Esq.. of Da
vie, and for the Commons, Messrs. Mc-
Coikle antl Bean. Of these last we need
say nothing at present ; but of ,
GEN. ZACIIARY TAYLOR
AND
MILLARD FILLMORE
as our candidates for the highest offices in
the gift of their countrymen, we take oc
casion to express our entire satisfaction,
and with heart and hand, shall most cor
dially contribute our humble influence to
secure their election. Gen. T-iylor is all
that we could wish : a sound Whig, a
gootl man, and noble spirit. Whenever
and wherever his country has called him
These are the- m u
Locofoco party", and
uiocracy. and lrnnd t
lending for the Inur:;;
principles ihose nj
of the Republic nctt
this not be forgotten,
sion expose them.
with institutions and laws, and rights and j
duties, is to make a listiuction between j 1 her service, he has promptly obeed
chaos and order ; which the mind mav
readilv do in an abstract way ; but to
make that distinction real, would be to
dissolve all elements and leave civiliza
tion to begin her wotk anew.
General Cass probably wrote the para
graph we have quoted without having
any particular meaning other than 'to say
something in eulojrv ol democracv, which
he understands about as well as a cour
tier comprehends a King, where the one
is a parasite and the other a despot. lie
has played desperately for the nomination
y virtue of which he is now a candidate
for the Presidency : and, should he be un-
fortunately elected to that office, he would
ga;inro it. committed to all those uhraisms
hy"hich he has courted popularity, and
which are so dangerous to the peace and
prosperity of the country.
COL. BENTON'S SPEECH.
The "Standard" " invites the attention
of the Raliegh Register, and others who
have been endeavoring to produce the
impression that Col. Benton would not
support Gen. Cass," to a significant' ar
ticle trom the " Washington Union," from
which it appeals that a procession wait
ed upon Senators Dix and Benton, who
addressed the crowd in a handsome and
satisfactory manner." The official pro
ceedings of this " Mass Meeting." as it is
termed by the Union" and 'Standard,"
say that "Col. Benton mnde a few re
marks in regard to the nominations of the
Convention, and pledged the vote of Mis
souri in their support."
Now.it is a pity the Elitors of the
"Standard" and 4 Union" did not furnish
their readers with a copy of this "hand
some" and " 'satisfactory" addrpss of Col.
Benton. It is so short, that no excuse for
want of room" can be given for this de
linquency ; ml the " pledge of Missouri"
lor Mr. Cass", is so cmphetic and hearty,
that their Democratic readers would have
ami faitbfully performed the duties as
signed. As a General, his skill anil brave
ry in the tield has secured him the victors
tu every contest, some of which were as
astounding to the world as grateful to the
heaits of bis devoted soldiers and coun
trvmen. We love the wan. honor the sol
dier, and admire the citizen ; and as we
believe Gen. Taylor's greatest ambition
is to serve hisiCounlry for the good of the
Country, no name could have been brought
lorward to secure our support with great
er cheerlulness. Nor, do we think, we
are speaking our individual sentim-nts
alone: The wisdom, good taste, and es
pecially the gratitude ol a grateful people,
will ensure lor Gen. Tax lor such a vote,
as but one man alone, the Father of his
Country, ever received at the hands of the
American people. So may it be ; and
from this gootl day, may the glory of our
count ry commence ret urning, and its groxv
ing prosperity be secured.
OCT3 The Dernocr.i
(or rather a small
t i t
met in llip Court llo::-
jouriimeiit, on SatunJ i
out iheir candidates ,.
We were not present,
friend, that the attend;
and nearly as many Y
The nominees are J
David Barringpr,' for t!
mom, nnd Httnan nan.
Davie, for thu Senate.
liotn parties:are now j
and xxe Would sky to r :
all, lhat now i the lime I
If we only prrfce'rvi? ban:
ours. Let fvrv Wit!''
liole Mnnoiir Htid u-om
combat manljijly
kept the country
lluence ol Locofocoistn.
nn xvho hax:q rtin ihelcr .;
M U
the tunc of one hundred c;,
o
those jx .
under ti.
iif dollars unnc-jf'ssaiily by 1
War ! Turn -out! I he men u :
islilv rteprivei
its best citizens.
say xve. and put
and capable.?
In General
pose the. utn
1 I i '
le as unflinchini in
njEt
count rv !
EPil lit. i:
in those !, i
lor. the Co:
con
ments of L'
resiv: in t
i TT 1 r - -
coiicoisni
uon an up xas; in resis
'iii
.ur. roiKs iXiexicn inetu:
at Buena Yista.
Iip;!i !
ing t
"THE UPPER CRUST."
What is patriotism ? Does it consist in
turning up your nose at every mn and
thing that does not belong to your own
State ? Does it consist in ministering lo
such prejudices in narrow minds? Does
it consist in standing out against all im
provements, unless it begin and end wilh
in our own borders? We only wish our
modern croakers could have been here at
our last week's Convention ; the feeling
that ihen prevailed xvould have shamed
and rebuked them. Surely there never
was a day in which men might feel more
like citizens of a great Republic and less
like partizans. There was one passage
O3 The LdcU here! arc 1
ry much tho norrjtnatum bv :
Wliig Convention of i!r- "
of the hardest! ((Might halt!
They preferred Mr. Clay ;
most proper jtiatiSin iheir
I the Whigs have (lone him ;
i, .U. !..
i oy ooi preseniing' nis nan.
' a 1
trv, instead o
M.I I
achary 'i
tlu-se Democratis. surely h
I en, how I hey only a few
abused Ibis samel Mr. Ci
thought he xyOuld be tb ;
he xvhs any hiug but :
rioik man, put since t!.
Gen. Tavlorj Mr. CI ax-
in the world We ha
xvas a head and should
Vn
- r
and pure patriotism, tha
party, but cou d never 1
acknoxvledge lit. Porr
sorry iby are bo bad!;
Why dfd i hex! not m
I i i I
soouecand repentlof tl
I i : !
j 5 ! '
Absquatulated.-!- u.
wheel horse oft the I
r
I
ii
iird-hip in the great trust you desire to i ciples of the Jefferson school. While rash
commit to mc, should I he able to show experttnents should be deprecated, if the
llial I Ijrtd truly redeemed the pledge thus. , government is stationary in its principles
.p'tvbliclvj given, and hail, adhered to the j of action, and refuses to accommodate its
principles of the Democratic party xvith j me'asures, within its constitutional sphere
nt much fidelity nnd success as have gen- ; cHu'tiously, indeed, but xvisely and cheer
orally marked the administration of the j full)' -to the advancing sentiments and
rhline'ijt men to xvhom that party hashiih- ; necessities of the age, it will find its mor
efto confided the chief executive aut hority i al force impaired, and the public will de
J pf. lhe Igox'ernment, 1 could prefer no high- I teririined to do what the public authority
Srj- cluitn to the favorable consideration of' itself should readily do, when, the indica-
ihe country, nor to the impartial commen
Idaiion of history.
4 'JMiis! letter, gentlemen, closes my pro
ffSbionof political faith. Receiving my
jirst appointment from that pure patriot
iicy, .yr. Jelfrrson, more than forty years
, ipo. lite Intervening period of my life has
if cui almost xvholly parsed in the service
of. my e.ounlrx-. and lrs been rrtarked by
many icissuuues, auu auenueu win. ma-
iy trying circumstances, both in peace
nd xvar. If my conduct in these situa-
r ions. nd the opinions I have been called
pon to form and express, from lime to
ime, in relation lu all the great party top
U of ihe day, do nol furnish a clear expo
sition of my viexvs respecting them, and at
th fcdtpc ttino a sufficient pledge of my
-. 1
gra-
tions of popular sentiment are clear and
clearly expressed. .
Vih great respect, gentlemen,
1 1 have the honor to be. vour! ob'f s'vt.,
. LEWIS CASS.
Hoil A. Stepijenson, President of the De
rriocratic Convention, and the Vice Pre
siPexts of thtl same. -
"' 1 1 " 11 1 . 1 " - r
A LARGE supply of Swayjie's Compound Syrup of
iWild Cherry, nnd also a very superior quality of
Lamp Oil and spirits of Turpentine.
j i. UliUlYJf H JAMES.
Salisbury, Ju fie 1, 194a if p
ATTFTlON !. GREYS !
Y0U .re hereby coraraancted to 'meet at the Court
Oiouse on next Saturdac evening, at 4 o'clock.
P By order of Lieutenofl eotaiaantiing,
SajUburyune 15, 1648 H. JAMES,
du3 in arbilius hrmofem petentes.
Victor Clay Barringer,
Georgius Thomas Baskerville,
Johannes Boen Bynum.
Hichardus Alexander Caldwell,
Johannes Wilder Cameron,
Johannes Xnvier Campbell,
Beltield Gulielmus Gave,
Oliver Hart I)ockery,i
Seat on Gales,
Bryan Grimes, Jun.,
Benjamin Simmons Guion,
Thomas Hall Holmes,
Erasmus Koscoe Hobker,
Jacobus Johnston Iredell,
Gulielmus Alexander Jenkins,
IVtrns Hector M'Eachin,
Willie Person Mangum, Jun.
Oliver Iend!eton Meares,
Jacobus Newton Montgomery,
. Hardy Murlree,
Hast ll Norwood.
Lorenzo Dow Pender,
Thomas Jefferson Person,
Nathan Alexander Ramse-,
Johannes Kirkland Strange,
Hufus Sylvester Tucker,
Georgius Washington)
Johannes Wilson,
Robertus Willis.
been electrified with its perusal.--For , OI ine peccn oi ixir. 1 unslall. which we
their edification, and all xvhom it may shou' 1'ke to see recorded and rc-pplicd
concern," xx-e here insert Col. B.'s speech. whenever like occasions occur. It was
with an explanation o how it carne. to be ; ,he axvfu! baslinndoing which he admin
made, taken from the "Alexandria Ga.!:ef,i r..;
n u iu I'rn v pin 1 1 1 u i mi.') . i i in in i
zette, :
" Senator Benton xvas not anxious lo
come down. He looked out of the xvin
doxv and thanked his friends for the. honor
conferred by the call. But the venerable
editor of the Union, with a lantern in his
hand, and gay and blvthe as a lark, call
ed out, " corn dbxvn Senator, and let us
hear hoxv Missouri is going"
Ah," said the. Senator. is lhat you. fa
ther Ritchie ; you remind me of Diogenes
with his lantern in hishand, looking a
bout the streets of Syracuse, ?for an hon
est man. Missouri isiijjht will be right
has always been right. Good night,
gentlemen."
We leavet to every one, then, if it is
xvho raise out cries against improvements
of all kinds: men xvho had rather enjoy
tnpip lilt Id ihit' in nstttt-
. , i Lounty, has left fur n .
nrnmn! inn 1 h m n t rv uio ihrni Komi or A ! . , 1
! . 1 ing some olihis breth;
landscapes ol neaufy ami xvealth over the
face of the country. Shame to these gen
try, and xve saw more than one in attend
ance at the Convention, who must have
felt ashamed for themselves. Virginia
politics! South Carolina politics! These
are the points pf honor for our modern
statesmen. But !b t us tell these gentle
men that on the occasion lo xvhich xve are
adverting, there, xvas very little room for
the peculiar views of these abstractionists
not. shadowed forth as clear as mud. that ! to boast themselves
the - Standard is correct in its prediction ! but the quaceries and nostrums of all sorts
iii.il vcn. ucmoii wilt give nm cordial
support to Cass anl Butler." Our neigh,
bor, if he can ; .take 'courage ' from this
speech, is, indeed, thankful for small fa-
handsome ptlr. i W!
he will no doubt add r
, t . i i
parl as he' is an an!
largest liberty. His 1
reparable. ' .
n
"Lr Th Democracy cf C
on the 6th, condemned v
Rocker fmveniion. . In t!
garded with ditrut.l H i
the WILMOT PROVISO,
xor.
P. S.- Since the above xvas in tvpe, xx-e
observe lhat Mrl Ritchie denies that Colo
nel Benton compared him to Diogenes
in the streets of Syracuse" hetays : " Wc
and sizes of politicians felt the unmerciful
lash ot the orator's scorn and ridicule.
They the upper crus indeed ! Th-y xvould
have felt very smi: inch ed, come they
from where they migiht. The great con
sideration lhat addresses itself to the pub.
lie, and that xvhich gives life and vigor to
all the works concerned is, that we call
for no forced loans. ! - t
1 1 Un U V. ..... : v-
or not on v these . , , . ..
. . . j iwi iKcn piNce in ni? ni
hil mind has changed a t
of Louis Phillippe nnd rr
Plenipotentiary at the l'r
the knowing ones inform i
Coxgmss. Dut I'.ttle I
transacted in either IIo-u--part.
On the 5th ins:nr.,
the Bth, en account of t!
rrnliosit PbuadelfKla.
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