i'
4
s
-
iin! nirtipulnriy in their State Convcu-
lion, declared detei initiation to support
lio man for the jl'residency who is in favor
of the 'ilmot proviso. This is very plain
toll:, but vhnt it "the practice 1 What are
the facts ' f, Are Mr. Cas' professions to
Ticket. A more able, experienced and
,i:priglt Statesman could not have been
selected. He is charged, however, with
. being fan Abolitionist, sn& the proof which
is adduced to sustain it, is found in his
having introduced a petition in Congress,
in 1S33, for the abolUhment ot Slavery in
ence between an adjective and a -substantive
loA him that in the text! quoted a-
From the Rkhmonk Times, of the 6A instant , them edition The character of this passage riFYv A
uill best explain toe reason ior me omission, i viinvyuui
-------
bove the word 'novel wasusenasanaujec-; Q of Gen Cass for the North, and
tive. Said I. don't vou see little a there i J J tj. H,t,t,
I
bo relied unonl That is the true inauirv. i the District ol Columbia
; In 1810 the T
lore the fSenatei
that shews that when novel is an adjec
tive it means 'new' ; but wheniit is a sub
stantive, as shewn by s, it means " a small
We all know r tale" that is a small booh, a story. This
STRANGE D E V ELOPE M E N T.
Genl Cass for the
one for the South.
It is as follows :
44 In December, 1847, General Cass gave his
I views at length upon the Wilmot Proviso,' in
Mr. Mangum of iNoith Carolina, in what is j jeUer !o r Nicholson of Tennessee. In that
represented to have been a masterly speech, de- letter, he avowed himself opposed to the meas
livered in the Senate on Monday last, made a ! ure, and to the exercise of any legislation by
truly extraordinary development, in regard to ; Congress, over any of the territories of the U
with this Proviso. On Page 527th o( the i right dt l'etition, and tne?uemocrais, per- mm a nine; nui recovering miscn uc - jjeroocratic memuers oi v.ui.grrSS ac, m.c , na(ure should be
Journal, it will i he seen that Mr. Uwis, haps, are not aware that equally as strong j squinted at the Dictionary and exclaimed, ! his nomination, been franking by hundred of. (hemselve, who ouht
(Of Ala.,) moved to trikc it out. A d?- i proof can be brought against Mr. Cass as ; M know nothing of your adjectives and thousands over the country. We have, as yet, j lheir 0vn in,ernal
bate ensured which was continued on the I Mr.i Fillmore ! fco says -the record, and ; your suosiances ; oui mis j Know, mat u seen no iu..rrPu.v. r-" , and lhat Con
i.L. r,i... v ,,tlf n io ,Vln,l to tlWfW tie annpal. On the OHth naw little, a means anvthinsr over there, biff A but a sketch ot tliem in the Uallimore Amen- ! ... .,. ,.
liini i rii ii'1 ui mi nr. uii uiiui .uvii iw v - - i' j r- . j
when the Senate adjourned without tak-
ii r the dUestioh. During the whole of
r! T bbeech, he op'iiv avowed himself in
! I i .at Ik 4 1 ' I .1
vr (it tne 1- rovfcvo (jeeiareu tfiat tie
tended to vote U'or it, and. after' the ad-
1
fain-
Upon it, t hit he uii::lit have recorded
old ngaiut jsf iikin it out., This is
jurnmejit of Ccingres.s. epr's'tl his re
iret that the. Senati! (lid not come to a
vote
his voir.
rtetilled to: by our ol thf Senators from
new J-erseV,. who (iiAVSd In m with it
ibicly in the jfYnafe a! its luxt session,
when it was not! denied by Mr. Cuss.
T(i charge h.i.'j been reiterated by the
ame Senator i nit he debate; winch arose
wth'in a few d.iys fat in the iSenat'e. It
ij.sustaiued likewise by a number of his
political friends,! amongst' them Messrs.
llhthbun and liriiihci holf. (Wilmot Provi-
KolstK.) to whon he ued the language
if .it .comes to U vote J am with you, you
jjinow " n 1817 when the " Three iVull
i( i bill" was beifore the Senate (having
passed the . 1 loU$ without the I roc i so.)
Mr Cass presented the petition of cit
izens of Michigan, remonstrating against
hdrhis.ion ol Texas into the Union,
Wiril A pON.STITl'TION TOLEBAT1XG SLAVERY."
On page 131 is the lollowinff entry :
V Mrl Cuss presented a petition of citi- ; quentl s
ns ofjthe State of Michigan, remonslra- i How
must mean more on this side 'and, there-
i fore, this is the most important meaning.'
In 1810 the Two Million liill was be- tne teeiings ana opinions or many ui uC.aiu6, " TT.4'1" , i UU,J "l'u'; ;?7 ! s,,," mrtinih domestic relations of their
It had passed the House ! ahlestland best men of the INorth, on the ; henston, and therelore rattier staggered ,he Biography of General Cass, which the ; r beUered Ihat aII que6lions of
settled by the people
to be allowed to regu
concerns in their own
gress has no more power to
can sufficiently indicates the character ot this ..... . . J . f . , ..
... J. . : T . ,o.; k; that it has to regulate any other of the relative
remarkable episode in Democratic nis-tory. . . r er .u . c u i j j r
,. ui o . l . j i duties of social ; that ot husband and wile,
The distinguished Senator commented upon l u r i .
.he Nicholson letter, and argued lhat it gave ! Parcnl. and ch,ld. or of master and servant.
Gen. Cass no certain position whatever, but j Hc 9fa,d ,n Conclusipn :
that standing he did, first upon the Wilmot Pro- J " The Wilmot Proviso seeks to take from its
viso, then upon the Nicholson letter, and 'hen legitimate tribunal, a question of domestic poli.
upon the Baltimore platform, no conclusion j c' having no relation to the Union, as such,
could be arrived at as to hi principles. Ac- 1 and t0 transfer it to unother created by the peo
cording to the American's sketch, Mr. .Mangum ! p'e a special purpose, and foreign to the sub
then said : i ject nratler involved in this issue. By going
hack to our true principles, we go back to the
THURSDAY i:v;
s
Won i ;.
GENERAL Z.l
OF L'
i
FOR Vici:
MILLARD
! OF .N .
of the Senate Journal, 1845-6, is the fol
lo tngs entry :
FOR f:
CHARLi:
'(
Sir," said 1, in perfebt despair, "did
you ever hear of the small tail movement
beins perfprmed ? "
" Ys ; I was at Camp Carter, near
Richmond, during the last war, and ire-
saw it.
was it done 1n
Jingit?5Mhe admission 6f Texas into ; " Why they went round and round, and
-i I .. r .-..' I 4...W .1.. . I .
the. Union, with a Constitution tolerating
The former was presented on the 13lh
of January, 181G, and the latter on the 4th
of I'V bruary thereafter. The Joint Reso
lutiOnsjadmitting Texas into the Union,
came out, I can't tell how, exactly ; but
it was called the meanest movement in
all the tactics."
fs ui- $t(ile, with a Constitution tolerating 1 convinced mav in his section that Gen-
SlaVeryj, passed Congicssjabout the 24th j eral Ha.Vrison disgraced himself at the
December, 1835, and wefe approved the j battle of the Thames, by performing a
29tl offthat month. So Texas w'as then movement called the small tail move-
in the mon, as a Stale, and yet we find j ment. He remains of the same impres
He held in his hand what would perhaps
show ihat he was'grasping at an evanescent
1.- i t 1 Ail cuuuun in i i 1 iii uu uwiuiwii iiwiij J ini
afterwards learned that the fellow in j Cuss on lhu si;hjt-a second edition of the
question carried his Gnmshaw -end Wal- ..Rane" principles, to he found in two little
ker. inrougn tne canvass ; and actually pamphlets, each sketching the life and services
of Lewis Cass, both alike both alike until you
' et to the last page, and hoth professing to have
' been printed at the Globe office, Jackson Hall,
( price 50c pT 100 copies, on one of wh ich he had
marked ' North," and on the other, " feouth j'
road of peace and safely. Leave to the people,
who will he affected by this question, to adjust
it upon their own responsibility, and in their
own manner, and wo shall render another trib
uterto the original principles of our government,
and furnish another guaranty for its perma
nence and prosperity.' "
It is impossible to read this passage, and cred
it the statement that the publishers had no oth
er desinn in omittinc it from the later edition
OF v. :.
FOR r:
. JOHN A. LI
I of :
i
FOR Tin
CoL JOIIX F.
WILLIE 1
Air. Cs introducing twoPeiitions, aimed ! sion to this dav, and is generally known ! and on lne Iast PaSe ot one ot wnicii-uenerai than to make room for something about the
direitl)at her domestic Ibtitutidns! by the Sobriquet of" the man of the small ! Cass 13 represented io have replied in an elo- j revolution. Was any thing that Gen.
3Ir. Ujihum movd to insi-rt it. Against rebre.ntin the sovereignly c
this motion Mr. Cass voted, and gave his nuUUl1 Mt!() a11 n his power l
renvons for ?o doing, which placed the ! "gV f 'teu Texas had Veen
i
.r
t
.!
t vl'
- r
v !
(jtiestion so etiti'fjely on considerations of
iinrc Cjprdicncyl viz: that it would de
feat the bill, and prevent the acquisition
of Territory, tha;t his own political friends
from the South jwere not satisfied, and
called again for the opinions, which were
iVen in the published letter he addressed
to Mr. iXicholou of Tennessee. In that
letter he lives tljis language, "The YVil
lull Proviso has been before the country
soutime. It has eeii rcpruledhj discussed
in iCongress, and;b- tin: Public Press. 1
am strongly inipreiMd with the opinion
that a oim:at cm vt;n has been going on in
the public mind iipon the subject in my
uurn, as Kill us others, and that doubts are
rr Solving themselves into convictions that
he principles it jinvolve, should be kept
nt ol tl; ; alumni Legislature and left
olhe lVople. of it he. confederacy iu their
teslpeetive local 0o erninents."
Here, then we; are told gravely, upon
this question, so vital to the South, and
, upon which Denjocrats themselves think
hojinueh is at stable, that a change' " had
bcin going ou" in the mind of Mr. Cass
thiit " doubts were resolving themselves in
to convictions, i 1
which we can rejly with suf lij !
lo e llnd ihis i)mhprat!f flnnrlirlnfn
for Uje l'resldency, then a Senator in Congress
of the States
to protect their
admitted into
the Union as a Slave Slate, yith a Constitution
which Congress has no power to alter, amend
or disturb presenting petitions which
PROTESTED AGAINST ONE OF HER RIGHTS CON
FEKiEU bv THAT CoNSTITttlON !
THesoj are fuels from the record, and let those
who hav; made the unjust aisaull and-preferred
the 'charge of Abolitionism against Mr.
Fillmore for having presented a petition thir
teen yeaj-s ago, ou the subject of Slavery, make
the mdstjof it ! They will gnd that j they can
gain hut lttlle in such a warfarekept Up against
one whothough residing in the extreme North,
yet throughout his public career has been evei
true jo h s country and her Constitution.
II Ss ui -blemished character, public and pri
vate," ten lers him a fit associate of lhat Hero
and Patriot, who is destined lb bear the Whig
Banner, as he ever has, heretofore, that 'of his
couniry)jin triumph through the hottest of the
coming conflict.
tail movement."
Z.
The Haverhill (N. H.) Gazette, a pa
per which did not come readily into the
nomination of Gen. Taylor for President,
has the following queries and remarks up
on the movement for a seperatq organiza
tion to put down the Whig candidate, and
in effect to aid the election of General
Cass. After speaking of the duty of those
w ho enter a Convention to" adhere to its
doings, asks
What practical good can result from an
quent strain to his (Mr. Mangum's) poor re
marks on -, (somo subject not under
Cass had said or done, in reference to that for-
stood,) and to have made some eloquent and pa- eign subject, half so important as the position
triotie remarks on the French Revolution, and j he had so gravely assumed, on the great domes
in which there is but one allusion to the opin- j tic question which, more than any other ahsoib
ions of General Cass on the Wilmot proviso, j ed public attention throughout the country?
and that was in connexion with the efToit of a And if it was indispensable to state that hc had
" federal " Senator from the North to defeat the made a speech in Washington, explaining away
two million bill and the bill for the vigorous his book about Louis Phillippe, why could not
prosecution of the war. j Messrs. Blair 5c Uives leave out" some other
Mr. Hannegan- No friend of Gen. Cass ; part of the namuhlet than that relating to the
1 CJ
would authorize the publication of one for the
North and another for the South. But he would
say that the committee who have these things
in charge have directed the publication of no
documents of any kind which were not intend-
organized opposition to the Whig nomi- j ed ior the whole nion- They disclaimed any ! thy to supplant them:.
Wilmot Proviso ? We observe that several un-
important anecdotes of the electioneering tour
which Gen. Cass took in Ohio in 1844, are ra
ther tediously recorded : surely the foregoin"
brief reference to the Nicholson letter was wor-
nation ? Canvve escape by so doing the
responsibility of securing the election of
. l-l.l 1171 : Ml
a iar worse candidate t vnerein wm
S ; iFroni the Richmond ,Rf publican.
A TRUE STORY.
The following anecdote will serve to
illustrate the manner in which the can
vass of is 10 was conducted by the Loco-
focos, and will also give us an insight in-
knowledge ot these discrepancies. Could the ! But when we consider the obvious tendency
hig party say as much ? : ol the unequivocal statement that Gen. Cass,
Mr. Mangum was nut surprised that some in that letter avowed himself opposed to the
i-t- . inef'nnLanfr'v,. 1;ffvn ! deling should be manifested by the friends of Wilmot Proviso to make him unpopular in the
our condi uon and instrumental differ , General Cass He oceeded to read flom the Norlh wher to thu d hu adv;cate8 (lhe
from that of the third party in 1841 7 , hel which he dpcmed intended for the Cleveland Plaindealer for example) boldly pro.
The analogy is full ; and a seperateor- ,, Southern market, when ! claim that they know him to he a Wilmot Pro-
ganization to oppose the election oi Tay- IV1 r- Foote referred to the introduction into ; viso man ; the presumption becomes too strong
lor will aid to consumate the plot of the ! the pamphlet of that portion which related to , io be resisted, that the omission was designed
slave power, made partially victorious in j the French revolution, &c, and the proceedings ! to produce its natural effect.
1844 by the indirect, but no less valuable, ijn reference to which were had subsequently to i jn another point of view, it may perhaps be
aid of the Liberty party. Without the j the publication of the first edit ion, and inquired , the just conclusion, lhat the passage was dis-
auxiliary aid of that party neither Texas, w-hether he (Mr. Mangum) conceived it impro- i carded, not only to make the pamphlet more pa-
Polk, nor the War could have been inflic
ted upon this Union."
-re we same party will take a reiference to Old
to (depend iipoir-oMA.v only, which arc ' Zach s-cjampaign :
juMt M rtsclvinz themselves into " convic-
During the canvass of 1849 being then
w Ijich ' hus I)
Iay not that
going on" resolve
conviction which
i f
going on m lus mind f
'linage which has been
itself back again to the
lie was under when but
lions t Are vvr. f rely upon a ' chunu" m bst legs as a politician, I was hoi-
ding lortn to a crowd at ine county seat
of 0 - , in this State, iapon the high
ly respectable military services of Gen.
Harrison.. From the respectful manner
in which the audience attended to what
1 was saying. I flattered myself that my
eflurts vjere highly acceptable to them.
1 spoke jof the old heroes gallantry and
generalship at the battle of Tippecanoe :
ho ! of the firmness be displayed during the
The " HcarC is Sound. Our Correspon
dence from Worcester, (Massachusetts,)
the scene of the late Convention, is of
the most cheering kind. A new daily
per lhat some modification was made to meet
these events.
Mr. Mangum did not, but he did think there
was impropriety in striking out all that part
which related to the Wilmot Proviso, and he
asked, had not a fraud been perpet rated on the
American people by the dissemination of oppo-
lateable to the North, but unobjectionable to the
South. For, it will be observed, that, unlike
the unanimous Democracy of Richmond, the au
thor manifestly understood Gen. Cass as con
ceding to the people ofihe territories that right
eislation on the subject of slavery which he
denied to Congress ; and, like Gen. Cats him
DCr" We discovi :
Hartman's on ;Tlr;
Klutts, the Sheriff,
not receiving Cov.w
of Taxes. It is be !
is for the want of
position on bis part,
and a few wqrds of
not will be sufiicicM
of claims, that thcr
important cause.
It is kuown that c
Her affairs, as Mr. J
didatc for Senate, vc
a bad condition, ju-:
is also right, in a n.
it is owing to; some .
is a pitty that that
the honesty, howeyi ;
ichy and how jt is f:
this situation.) He, :
nient to suggest that
fact that Whigs fill t
Clerk, Coroner, Sp
Committee, &c. Ti.
to prejudice the igr;
cupants of -these p!:.
the Whigs as u part
only send "old ba!:.
styles himself, o th
he will straighten r .
will have cause of c
" But as we said tl.
How did she get so :'
cation of the two :
filled the office of .
whom there is now !
1,100 to 81,200 i Sf
site views on the same subject, as comingfrom self, nerer dreamed of the Richmond doclr
a few -months before this was written, he
declared himself i;6i.v'ty7 in f;ivr nf thp
vjso lie admits it had been before.
been
nd
a week, and the ' Tay I
par, as was to be expected from the de
monstration on Wednesday last. The
sound Whigs of Worcester are not pre
pared to give up all their cherished prin
He concluded with a few eloquent remarks
on the necessity of preseiving the Union against
the efforts of all agitators. Let who would
Whigs, Hunkers, Democrats attempt to lay
inp.
Whig paper is to be started there within : the same individual, from opposite portions of j that those people can only act when thev come
44 Taylor stock! is above tne Union ? I to form State constitutions in "eneral conven.
Prbi
the1' Country for i sunn time," had
' rrpcufrdly" discussed in Congress a
byjlhe 1'ies.s and yet. there are men w
night attack of the savage upon his en
camp ment ; the promptness exhibited in
all his arrangements upon that trying oc
casion, djnd the victory that crowned his
efforts, jjl also dilated and enlarged upon,
the siege of Fort Meigs, arid eulogised his
constancy, bravery and self denial on that
i.
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t.
I
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" would have us believe that the mind of
Mr1. Cass who is proclaimed by his
friends ti great statesman having access
to eveiy source of information, a profound
'Constitutional jurist, well versed in the
. hisiory and laws of the country, had, in
December 184(5, formed an opinion upon
thi great and vital issue, which was i occasion) which brought the campaign of
., changed in a few4 weeks or months there- I 1812 to a victorious close, turned the tide
' after I If so, who can have confidence in T savages back from the Ohio border, res
theopinions of such a man ? If he is now ! cued thousands of women and children
. . icit'k UK who caiii guarantt f that before ! hon .thel merciless tomahawk, and res
thnj 4th of March next be will not be j tored th blessings of security to the North
against ml If he. bus changed to us in Bend, j was proceeding to treat, in the
v Mxjmonths. may lje not change from us I same strain, of the battle of the Thames,
in nine ?, Who kiiows what new lights" wheji a Locofoco of consijderable influence
irva)" break in upjn his mind before this 1 in the ntjighborhood stepped forward, and
-campaign is iiItl 7 With the lights tne following dialogue ensped :
before him" Mr. Vnn liuren was declared " What sort of movement," said he,
by the Democrats o- us, and with us, a ! was it tljat Gen. Harrison 4Ti.ade at the
jew years since, and was urged upon our ! oatue oi ine 1 names i ,
Mipport, as the "Xin them man with South- i ' Ilr)'t remember any rriovemeht, spe
eri principles," but behold now his posi- j cially ; lis movements were doubtless in
lion 1 ! i accordance with the rules of the military
By reference to the Senate Journal fur nd jhe certainly discharged his duty
.1810-7, page 211th, it will be seen that with -ability nd energy."!
; Mr. Cvess presented to that body Uesolu- j ' Don't you know," saysthe Locofbco,
tituH of tin- Miciiuj x Legislature. " in fu- ' vv'th ill suppressed indignation, "that
vov of extending the provisions of the Or- General Harrison made the small tail move
diituucc of 1817 (the same as the Wilmot1; went. Hi fhe battle of the Thames?"
Proviso) 'over unit territory which may be i " Heally, sir, I do not comprehend the
required by the t niled Stales." They were 1 r' bf j?our remarks,"
im iM iueu iu uie oenaie on uie lsi luarcri, I upon uus me ijoco urew out oi nis
breeches pocket an old edition of Grim
shaw's History of the Late- War,t opened
it at a place whre a leaf had been care
fully turned down, and asked me to read
c.pi vu 3um t uc uuc - tUcu u, j constitution, and whole States would be seen
erty party. WVlearn that a Taylor Club j risj jn j(s defenGe and protecliolK
was lormeu on toe morning loiiowing uie
late Convention numbering iti its ranks
the most distinguished and influential cit
izens of the town ; and-that at no time
since the nominations oi Taylor and Fill
more has a better feeling prevailed there
than now. A meeting of the! Whigs of
Worcester is soon to be held, at which
Ex-Governor Lincoln will reply to the ad
dress of Judge Allen. A large meeting
is expected, and we doubt not that the
Whigs of Worcester will turn out in such
numbers as to convince all opponents of
Whig principles of the utter futulity of at
tempting to draw off the rank and file of
the party from the support of Whig nom
inations, by any false issue. Boston Jour-nal.
lion. Gen. Cass says the people of the terri
i;,iies, " in the meantime," before " their even
tual admission into the Union," " are just as ca
pable " of regulating "their own internal con
cerns," "as the people of the Suite." His
Biographer rightly regards slavery as the " in
ternal concern" to which Geneial Cass refer-
After some very brisk span ing, on other sub- ; red in this unequivocal declaration, and thus
jects, between Mr. Mangum, and Senalois Foote j fishes direct authority to convict the Virgin.
nA Uo ! ia, -Alabama and Ijyrida Democracy of viola-
ana tianneg;in, ., . . , , .
-,., , , , ' lm l"e,r solemn pledge in supporting Gen.
Mr. Hannegan, when Mr. Mangum had con- I Casa It ma. therefore, possibly, have been
cluued, referred to his remarks in reference to ; c i)v lhe ol(ject oflhc pubisher8 to withhold
the charge on the: last page of the life oi Gen. ; ,he fir;t edition of ,he Biograpll. from the Sou
Cass On the authority of the publishes he . ,hern an(J NotherM Democracy. In some parts
now declared it had been made ,n the second , of ,he goulh howeverf they miJihi circulate it
euiuoii, simp.y.o iniroauce omer mauers, Vn ... imniiniV! fir (:Pnf.1lA Democrats and
j , f)
we may presume that oihers also) place them
reference to the Baltimore Convention, the
French Revolution proceedings, &c.,) which
had transpired subsequently to the publication
of the first edition, and in order to embrace
i. n!..jj. .uL :. uj ! r,,or,al government to prohibit slavery
uuim 11111:111 uc aui;iucu ai 111c Ml 1 1 1 c 111 m;c, ii imu ' i 111 , i i. .
1 c a . a .1 . . care, however, would be required, in the diatri-
been found necessary to condense the contents 1 . r., , . ! .. ,
r ,1 1 , ,u u 1 a .u I t'ution ol the documents, and we incline to the
kh iiic insv aa uicv uciu aiM'cai ru ill iiic
selves distinctly on General Cass's ground, as
opposed to the Virginia and Alabama doctrine,
and admit the right of the inhabitants of a ter-
Great
Worse than a Whig. The Washing
ton Union says : "The man Who goes for
sectional or geographical parties is virtu
ally worse than a Whig."
This is a very candid confession on the
part of the Union, who, of cburse, does
believe that the Whigs are guilty of nar
row geographical partialities!; for 'to be
influenced by such feelings is to be worse
than a Whig. The Whigs are governed
by the great principles of their candidate,
who said I have nothing to serve but
my country." Mir.
opinion that the wiser plan was adopted, in
causing the Biography to be altogether silent
on the dangerous subject of the Proviso.
first edition. But the character of the pamph
let had been in no way changed, and no fraud
whatever had been perpetrated.
When Mr. Hannegan had finished speaking t
on other points of Mr. Mangum's speech j The Vermont Watchman, which hesita-
Mr. Johnson, of Md., followed in explanation ! teJ for a IonS l'mc, has at last run up
of the remarks of Mr. Mangum in the alleged the Whig flag of Taylor and Fillmore,
change iu the character of the pamphlet on j and in a long and able editorial of six
Gen. Cass, and to show that the inferences 1 . , .
drawn by Mr. M. were perfectly natural. But columns. gves its reasons for so doing,
he did not seem to think lhat the difference in j This is the last of the doubters in Ver
price was the true cause of the change, or that mont. The whole whig press of the old
the desire to introduce new matter -warranted ! Green Mountain State is now arrayed in
the omission of that which appeared there be. i ... , . . , , . . J .
rorce s solid unbroken phalanx doing battle on
in consequence oft:,
incurred in prbseci;;
and Volentincall
soned a long time,
moved their trials,
his trial first to Davi .
ford, and appcaVd t
once, possibly twice,
that from circumbtr.
ther Whig nor Dc
could exercise any c;
of their duties as J
County is subjected t
upon her resources,
be met by an incrc:.
vide for this unusual
ty Treasury, the Co :
May Term, '40; and ;
ed the Tax for Coun'
the School Tax; whi
time being collected,
informed and uhprrj .
torily accounts fort!,
ation in Rowan',; and
adopted by Sheriff II!
and not of choice. I
the fcind and obligi:
man, are perfectly
could, in justice to 1.!
gations under whic:.
County claims In p v
for the current year,
j the greatest pleasur
i were asked the cau
S7. Wlmt a stfik ing coincidence and
Major General Butler, lately command
ing the American army in Mexico, and
the Hon. A. H. Sevier, one of the United
tion, and which w
Mr. J. contended that the chan-e made, from ! uie vn,S 5,ue ajrainsi l.ocoloism and all j v
circumstances which he pointed out, could not ! lts alhes. The Watchman concludes its
have been made for the object stated. And he j article thus :
had no doubt that thousands and tens of thous- " Our judgment is that the wisest
ands of the editions with and without the alter- ' course is to concur in the support of Gen.
l -
La conMituenU and those which he
Iiin'lf Mitort;iined but two months hp.
oie Not a wortl of dissuit to the prin-
ipies t)i mis itesqmtion was then heard
ioiu! him ! No 'ittouhts' vcn were ex-
preyed When he presented it ! Were thev
rtsolviiig" themsilvesjriY into Voi-
iciions D'auy ior Hie iMcholon letter?
udge oot one of his own friends inquir
d bf hi in" on this p(:nt, in a public speech
t CVvcfaiu!, (Ohlio.) a lew davs since.
heavy burthens on v.'.'.
State, we would sav
the act of the Legs '
criminals the right
purpose, nor ' Prcme Court wit lu
V
aloud a passage to tlm following effect :
" At the Rattle of the Thames, Gen. Har
rison performed a novel' -movement. He
ordered Col. Johnson's regiment of moun
ted men (to charge the Indians whb were
posted ir the woods, with trailed arms,
" Stopi" says the Loco, in great triumph,
" what do you think of that ? "
" Whv sir." said I. "it shews Gen. Har."
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but the ;nl' r iUnse be could srvl from -ri son's cenius. He invented a manoeuvre
Ir C'M.was, that " the noise and confu- perfectly adopted to the occasion, and the
:uon wi rt (do great for hini to explain ! ! whole affair was highly honorable to his
. Yri.he tipoke at some length on other ' military! sagacity." '
najlers. Does such conduct command ; " Vhat is the meaning of the word nou
onidene? , j cl ?" demandrd the Lpco, with a perfect
Dot-s Mr. Cuss occupy now a position roar of confidence anil triumph.
any less touivocul than that pt 3lr. Van u.means new, 1 replied.
Hurt'ii in 1610 and 1814? As in 1810 the
popi4 preferred a Northern frnan with
States Commissioners to that Republic, ation, had been distributed, the one at the North i Taylor. Ours is the last Whi'r press in
arrived at New Orleans on the 26th ulti- and the other at the South. Hej cared not j Vermont to except the nomination. We
mo, and were received with due honors ! which was the platform laid down, but there j have waited for no factious nnmnw
by the people of that city. Mr. Sevier j was a platform upon which every party should from wilfulness, but to satisfy our best I the cost It is no' '
brought with him the ratified treaty. j stand and that was the platform of honesty. ! judgmcnt. The course is clear ; we en- under this act
. e carednot what werelhe pretensions of Gen. ter upon it cheerfullv I
tvT . . -, . -.i .1 Cass or Gen. Taylor for the Presidency, but he i sentenced without t:
New Orleans is fast filling up with the uUi .i,;fr., r, .u' J
uiung up yiin me 1 .vonl(i snv .ha. ;r nf,n f,a ,x,r0 .Lara . a
n 1 p i A f j t v- .ijt)
ooiuicrs 01 our nrmy leiuruuig iroiu mex- . wouid denounce such miserable
ico. 1 he " Delta remarks of them that
' many look worn and fatigued by disease, j
many are not well off for creature com- !
It; means a small tail, said the Loco,
;ilh a tremendous voice 1 and drawing
mtn'ah principles, so in 1848, thev ! out n?s pocket a small edition of Wal-
I wouiuiiM'SijiiKvly adhere to the same taste,
tnd bland by a Southern man who has an
ittnrricutt heart, imd will prove himself
h4l're.idenf of thje country, and the whole
nUntrv f That rrjan is Zaciiakv Tavlor !
13ut the Whigs jare denounced for hav.
jd iccd Millard Fillmore on their
forts ; but the majority present a healthy,
brown, and happy appearance. A per
fect unamimity prevails among them on
one point, and lhat is, in their perfect un-
TK r.lUwM : ,:, , v. .u .. . , - the Supreme Court.
a trickery to! .0 iu iC uie amount paia ior ' ; m
which that of the thimble-rigger was an honest ! ,ne Dur,ng Archbishop Cranmer, and his cl,a ""pn&owncm ;
employment. j two fellow-sufferers, Ridley and Latimer, as en. Persns are almc&t 1
Mr. Hannegan disclaimed for everv demo. 1 tered bv th hailiflV A,: the wlinlp
c J j - - -j UUIM- IUCII ICNUCIItC in ! w -, t.
cratic member of the Senate and House any Oxford
participation in tne iraua, 11 any naa neen com
milted. If any misguided man bad committed
such an act, why were General Cass and the
ker's Dictionary, asked me to look for the
word, J did so, arid found.it to mean as
follows 5 ' ' ! ;
" Nbvel, a. New. s A small tale.H
1 sa)wfat once the source" of thefellowV
-Jj ,l : 1 .c 1.
ciiui,uu ucsjiaiiiu ox convincing nim
of it. j ltried to explain to him the differ-
alloyed happiness in getting back to this whl democratic party ;o be thus implicated ?
land of peace, liberty, and happiness." j 'rh? history of ihe political life of Lewis Cass
j during the last few years was to be found in the
1 faithful reports of the faithful reporters of the
Gen. Wool, in command of the army of two Houses,
occupation, stationed alongthe RioGrande J ' Mr. Foote followed. He considered the ef
on the 12th ultimo issued a general order "orl whjch had been made to magnify this
announcing the reception of the news of change in a political pamphlet, in reference to
peace, and directing our troops to evacU- facts which were known to all the Union, and
ate the posts on that line and retire to the ' PerhaPs throughout Europe, Asia and Africa,
left bank of the Rio Grande. ; j one.of, tbe mosx fri b1!ch.l' ev" been
The news was received with great re- i ma.dTe hy sens,Ue men Hnd d'S'ned Senators.
joicings, both by the Americans and the ' eiamimnS a coP 01 lue B.ography,
Mexicans. At Matamoras preparations j which we procured, in Washington, before Gen.
were being made to celebrate the return Cass"s nomination, we find that it belongs to
of the peace by the people of; both coun- the Southern edition, and contains the passage
lries ! which, it appears, has been omitted in the .Vor.
For one hundred of wood faggots, 6s. ; for
one hundred and a half furze faggots, 3s. 4d. ;
to the carriage of them 8d. ; to two labourers',
Is. 4d. ; to three loads of wood faggots, to burn
Ridley and Latimer, 12s. ; iem. one load of
furze faggots, 3s. 4d. ; for carriage of these four
loads, 2s. ; item, a post, Is. 4d. ; item, for
chains, 3s. 4d. ; item, for staples, 6d. ; item,
for labourers, 4d.
cution falls on the C
offence was cornr:..;
should be lessened t!.
and we leave it to t!
gislature to say how
shall be done.
Wre learn that the ratified Treaty of
Peace with Mexico was received at the
Department of State on Tuesday evening.
It will doubtless be forthwith laid before
Congress by the President.
SETTING UP. Til I
The Locofbco pre? $ i
none are morn rr.- '
thing which come? t.
seal, are constantly p! r.
the people, on the j
the emoluments of :".
siaerations in mem .
ga::..
Every Whig Paper in Pennsylvania bears What is this false
aioii tne banner inscribed with the names ? own mark to shoot at
of Taylor and Fillmore. : of their encmy-Ld
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