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?by John i pal:
EDITOR AND MMMMUETOK. J
CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
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( VOLUME 4.
? NUMBER 48.
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THE ADVENTURES Ol
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IIAJJI BABA ,
Edit d by Jomr
Murirr.
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our Hsmes. One of the must inter
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THE MI 'sr.l M of Remarkable and Inteiest
ing Events, cimtaining Historical Aslventurts j
and Intkb alw
BLANCHE DEARWOOD a Tale of Modv-rn
Life.
EVKMNG TAIES h.-ing selection of I
woud. rful and supernatural Stories, translated
fnua the Chinese, Turkish, and German, and
compiled by Hrara St. Clmir.
LEXICON OF FREE
MASONRY, g
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d. finition TJB
at all it eonmnnicabb term
The True Masonie Chart, by J. UCtos
The Fr -M.isou's Manual, by Rev'nd
Stewart.
THE ODD FELLOWS' MAX I'M..
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Kcv. A. 15 Grash.
LOWRIE Si I'.XXISS.
Charlotte, March 4, It
l!ook-SellerS.
PIANO FORTES.
I R. RAMSEY,
. I (.'oillM.toJ. S. (
of
Pinsso Foric v
VIssnIc Dcler,
is constantly recviv
insj a food supply of
Pianos with the LATEST LMPROV KM I.N I S.
which has given them the premium over all
others. S and 6 octaves from $250 to $300.
64 to 7 $;mo to $ioo. 7 to 7 s.itH to si.'.o.
Carved woes and Grand Pianos trom $"oo to
$101111.
Mr. li. being a practical Tiano Maker can
ins, r.- to his enstomcrs a p.rfcct nistrunient.
Columbia, June 2J, I 491y
CARRIAGE SHOP.
KM
THE SUBSCIJIBKIJ BK(.S leave to inform
his friends and the public generally ,that ,
he is sti I carrying osnyhe ' jt r v i is'sr
Making BttMesl in all its vai
branches wi h all the increased facilities a!- ;
forded by modern improvements, lie na now
on i am! alar-.- nntnbci of BUGGIES, CAR
RIAGES, ROCK A AYS. kc, made on the
most approved Styles out of ttV best material, '
to which he asks the inspection of purchasers, j
His establishments is on College and Detrt
streets, where L will be glad to see his
friends.
, JOPX HASTT j
C harlotte, July 25, 13-33. tf
53 --r -55
OppMlte Hie Pml OM(
tLL DRESSES cut mm
Made by the eeV tented
,--: method, and war
ranted to tit.
DONNETS
Trinuacd in the latest style, at
the short. f notice.
Charlotte, Feb 13, 16. tf
UBS. W. .J. CRAIi,
Three doom below Trotter's Carriage snnlscsory
April 22, l -.'S. Jy
PRESBYTERIAN
ixjy wn
7 , I r: f 7 7 7.1 TI7t
hxi U'OXihXi'UXsri
nVJA!iaTaZLaI8 Wa
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HE Broad session ul this
ustitutiou vill open m
the ii w building on fth day
of August next. To make sui
table amuur men!, the Troa-
i tees bam spared neither ooat
Ddrnaina, A eonuaodionsand
handsome building, furniture
sad Bpparatas wilt be ready
ia due time ; and our worthy
and esteemed President will
h.t c a number of well qualified
Assistants. Our terms are lower than any other
similar institution with which we are acquainted.
Bosffd and tuition to be paid in advance.
TERMS per session of five months, . . $60 no
French Language, 5 (mj
Latin and Gr k, each, 10 00
Music, with use of Piano 28 00
il Painting, 18 00
Water Colours and Ornamental Wax
Work, each, 10 00
Embroidery " (tit
Contingencies 1 00
Candles and Towels furnished by the pupils.
15v order of the Bond.
s. B. ). WILSON, Pres't.
June 1 -."( tIA
V re v i tl e si r v A cademy.
' I 'HE exercises of t'.e
L i tih session of this
school, will commence
on dwa 1st Monday in
J nil''.
Terms per Session of 21 W eeks
Latin, Greek, Mathematics, 12 "0
English Grammar, Arithmetic, A ;-... 6 00
Btudenta will charged from the day of en
tranee to the end '-f the session, without deduc
tion tor absence.
E. C. KUYKENDAL.
May -27. 1:.C Iw
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.'1 DOOK.S SOUTH OF TUT" MANSION HOUSE,
Charlotte.
8. M. HOWELL
3 AYIX(I made more extensive preparations
H UL lor the Manufacture of
SADDLES asstl HARIVESS,
H would respectfully inform the eftiaens of
X.
fill
tii i arolioa, tnai tic is now prepares to rur-
e3,5: and u&:tE:s.s
a
superior quality, j lug men mdwtijaetmrc,
Very Lowest Possible Prices,
t9
By leaving their orders, can be furnish d as low
they ran procnie the same
April !". 1856 tf S.
nr the North.
M. HOWELL.
S:.Li -t ;u I bC i c;
SKEPEES.
The STt iite't
nw.lt i hiproe-nunt
in Fin jtrmm
COLT'S REPEATERS.
FINE assortment lust received.
Call and see them.
T. T HOTTER St SOX.
CharbHte, June 10 18S6, 31
ROBERT SHAW
AKES this opportunity of iatorming the
public maeraliv. and all who int. nd iroiiiLr
Kansas m particular, thai
to cou
nt.- th
Saddle and Hanu'ss Business,
At his o il .-rami, in Snrhm' Comer Huild'.nir.
where he intends to keep constantly on hand a
supply of
Saddles, Bridlcs,llaraess9V.c
Of Every Description.
I lis niends nr.- reapeethiUy invited to call and
supply themselves, as every article in his line
will be afforded on the moat reasonable terms. i
51 1! 11 1 It I G done at the shortest notice
and with neatness and disnateh.
Charlotte, Feb. 86, !-od. tf
FASHIONABLE TAILORING.
THE subscriber announces
lo the public generally, ins i as i
is bow receiving a lare assort- !
HWnt o new
Cloths. Cassinieres
AM)
IT.STi.FftS,
tor Gentlemen's w.ar, and will
li
3sajjjJ
be sold lor Cm. at i ssaall profifos made to or
der s scorning to lbs latest styles. Siioj next
door to Etm' Grocery StL,rei
Sept. 20, 1S34. lu-;f D. L. REA.
llttos of tbt Pan.
DESTRUCTION by LioiiTNixfi. Two ne
groes, a young woman and boy, 5 mules
and a horse, all the property of Mrs. M. E.
Urinkley, at BriakJe 's depot, N. C, were
killed by lightning on the evening of the
;lth instant. They had all taken shelter
from a rain, in a carriage-bo use, and the
fluid descended through the roof. They
were piled together in great confusion.
There were many other persons, mules and
boraes present, when it occurred. Salis
bury Watchman.
.
FAIX of A BhidGe. The Bridge across
Pigeon River, eighteen miles we?t of this
place, fell last Saturday, seriously injuring
six men who were at work upon it. One of
them, Mr. Andrew Holder, had both legs
broken, and is, it is feared, fatally injured.
The Bridge was on the line of the Western
Turnpike, and was nearly completed. Its
fall is ti heavy loss to the contractor.-Ash-villc
I'cus.
As Elopkment in High Life. There
is great excitement and commotion in the
Fifth avenue, New York., caused by a
daughter of one of our first families, Miss
31., only about seventeen years of age, hav
ing eloped with a wealthy gentleman, Major
K., who distinguished himself not a little in
the late Mexican war, and we believe lost
an arm there. He has left a wife and sev
eral children fortunately provided for, so
far as this world's goods are concerned.
liut what must be their distress and the
sorrow of the parents of the erring girl ?
"Tis sad to contemplate.
n? Desperate Pbisonkbs. A Mr. Lo
gan of Hampshire county, Ya., recently
suspected three of his negro men with in
tending to escape, and had them put in jail.
After they were imprisoned, each of them
cut off every finger on his left hand! A
rather novel and cruel occurrence.
DREADFUL Affray. The Wilkes Re
publican of May ill), states that Jesse
Cohran, of Milledgeville, Ga., was quarrel
ling with his - on Jasper last week, both
being intoxicated, when they attacked each
other with knives, and the son fell, stabbed
in thirteen places, from the effects of which
he died the following day. Jesse Cohran
was committed to jail to await his trial.
A Bad WITNESS. The writer who went
North and made the statement that he saw
Mr. Keitt standing near, during the Sumner
assault, with a pistol under his coat, is thus
noticed by the Providence (R. I.) Post :
The Dr. Punting who makes the state
ment is tin impostor, swindler and villain,
altogether too well known in this city to
need an extended notice from us. We e- -peet
to hear of him next as "Lieutenant
Colonel' Bunting, direct from Kansas,
where he was an eye witness of the "burn
ing of Lawrence !"
Important Decree. The French Em
peror has just published a decree which
shows his weakness and vanity about "that
hoy." lie orders that whenever the im
perial baby, tae young X apoloon the Fourth,
passes a company on parade, a barrack, a
military post, or an tstafctttr, the soldiers
must present arms, the drums must roll, and
. the horns toot, the same as for his Majesty
himself! lint the question is, how are t'e
soldiers to know when they arc n ue
august presence of his juvenile Majesty.
MOSQUITO Campaign. The confounded
mosquitoes opened the campaign last night.
We killed several, hut several more came,
and sung and bit us to sleep. We go for
the anti-mosquito ticket. They are a
miserable, blood-thirsty, hack-hiting, sleep
disturbing, unprincipled, abominable, ran
tankerous, outrageous, contumelious, long-
1-11.1 i . . . r ,
tuiteu, ierocious set. .May iney become
dyspeptic, hypochondriac, have the tooth
ache, the back-ache, the stomach-ache, the
rheumatism, the gout, the blind-staggers,
and all the other diseases that could be re
capitulated or thought of. Finally, may
they all dit detested and without issue.
Wilmington Journal.
ly Tiie manufacture of straw bonnets is
carried on to a great extent in Massachu
setts. The Messrs. Carpenter, of Foxboro',
manufacture to the amount of two millions
ti year. Their main building covers several
acres; in it are employed live hundred per
sons, and in private houses in the adjoining
towns some three thousand are employed.
Hr The east wing of the New Orleans
Penitentiary was destroyed by fire on the
2d instant
Loss $200,000. Nine prisoners
escaped.
V3T Gen. Jackson once said "that over
the doors of each house of congress, in let
ters of gold should be inscribed in words:
The slanderer is icorsc than the murderer.' "
rjSPr. Whitfield was accused of ramb
ling in his discourses by one of his hearers,
to which he replied, "If you will wauder
to the devil, I must ramble after you."
"
erfordton, last week, for killing A. J. Fain,
;a Henderson, in April, 1S33, and convicted
of manslaughter,
Gen. Samuel Houston arrived at his
home in Texas on the "24th of May, ia vary
bad health.
LlIt requires capital to start a newspa
per ; it will afjp itscbi".
Euitors Coming Down. M. S. Sher
wood, Esq., Editor of the Greensborough
P atriot, is a candidate for a seaf in the
House of Commons; Z. B. Vance, Esq.,
one of the Editors of the Asheville Specta
tor, is a candidate for the State Senate
and John D. Hyman, Esq., the other Editor
of the "Spectator," is the Presidential El
ector, on the Fillmore ticket, in the Ashe
ville District.
Acceptance of Col. Benton. The
St. Louis Democrat, of the 5th inst., an
nounces "with satisfaction and joy," that
Col. Benton accepts the nomhiatiou for
Governor of Missouri. Col. Benton has
determined to take the stump and canvass
the State.
Goon. Wm. Lambden, captain of a
Yankee craft, has been convicted at Nor
folk of an attempt to carry off slaves, and
sentenced to five years in the State Peni
tentiary. There are four more indictments
against him, and as the evidence is the
same, he will probably have to spend a con
siderable portion of his existence in the
service of the State.
Salve for the Wound. The citizens
of Worcester, Mass., have subscribed $700
to procure a testimonial to be presented to
Senator Sumner. Hon. Edward Everett and
Jared Sparks are said to be among the con
tributors. The citizens of Boston have
presented a testimonial to Mr. Sumner,
valued at $1,500, who express their un
qualified approbation of his speech. Among
the subscribers to the testimonial are
Edward Everett, Joseph Quuicy and Pro
fessor Longfellow.
EF The most disgraceful rioting took
place at the late city election in New
Orleans. Trepaguier, Clerk of the First
District Court, was shot and stabbed by the
Sicilian gang in the Eleventh Precinct.
Three Sicilians were killed. Other fights,
with shooting and stabbing, took place
throughout t.'ie day. Eleven were wounded
several dangerously.
The prisoners, Moses Gossett, of
Union, and M. M. Chancy, of Lancaster,
S. C, both convicted of slave-stealiu"-, have
been condemned at the Appeal Court, to be
hung on Friday the 11th of July next.
VW The Mormons are experiencing hard
times at Salt Lake. Food is so scarce that
beggary from door to door is as common as
in our Atlantic cities. Brisbane! Younc
denounces the practice as likely to he an
imposture, though he says where any of the
the saints have gone Jive days witliout food
they ought to make their wants known.
Bather a task for a man to support ninety
wives in a country where food is so scarce.
O5" A call appeared in the last Salisbury
Herald, for a public meeting of the citizens
of Rowan, at Mr. Samuel Hart's, on Satur
day, the 14th inst., to take into considera
tion a proposition to form a new County
out of portions of Iredell, Cabarrus iud
Bo wan.
"Western Sentinel." This is the title
of a new Democratic paper, of commanding
size, just started at Winston, Forsyth coun
ty, by Messrs. James Collins and F. E.
Boner. It is ably edited, neatly printed,
and promises to be an interesting journal
and a valuable auxiliary in the Democratic
cause. Success to it.
An Editor Killed. Mr. Marks, editor
of the Ledger, at Bayou Sayra, Louisiana,
killed Mr. Boberston, editor of the Chroni
cle, in that place, on the 26th ult., in a street
fight, with pistols.
Health of the Pope. The Wreser
Gazette, under date of Vienna, the 10th
ult., states that the health of the Pope is
such as to cause serious uneasiness, symp
toms of dropsy becoming every day more
evident. This will be good news to those
Know-Nothings who have been afraid to go
out o' nights lest the Pope would catch
and devour them.
There is a woman in the lunatic asylum
out West who thinks that the Roman Catho
lics are trying to build a cathedral in her
stomach, and goes to bed every night with
a club to keep off the Papists. She ought to
be admitted into tho Know-Nothing lodtre
without a ballot.
iW At St. Louis, Mo., on the 6th instant,
Marcus A. Wolf, a wealthy banker, was
tri -d for forging land warrants, and con
victed. LIP Ex-President Van Buren was thrown
from his horse on the 5th instant, receiving
a severe wound on the head, but not dan
gerous. The following was the vote for Mayor,
at the late election in Washington City: -Magrudcr
2,936 ; Hill, American, 3.904.
Llf The winnings of the celebrated race
horse Wagner, amount to $34,150.
id" Theroare now said to be no fewer
than 4J.00O miners on strike in west of Scot
land.
ST John Guy, proprietor of the National
Hotel, Washington, died there on Friday.
rii Why are twice eleven like twice ten ?
Because twice eleven aro twenty-two, and
twice ten are twenty, too.
IW Why is an unwelcome visitor like a
shadv tree ? We are glad when he leaves.
PUBLIC itICETIZVCr.
At a meeting composed of numerous
Democrats of the town of Charlotte and of
the county of Mecklenburg, held, after no
tice, on Thursday the 12th instant, (June.)
j at the office of the Western Democrat, in
Charlotte :
On motion of Wm. F. PL ifer, Esq., Wil
liam Maxwell, Esq., was appointed Chair
man, and John J. Palmer, Secretary.
R. P. Waring, Esq., in response to in
vitation, addressed the meeting and explain
ed its objoct.
Leroy Springs, Esq., moved the adoption
of the following resolutions :
Resolved, That we cordially approve the
nomination of the Hon. James BUCHANAN
for the Presidency, and the Hon. John C.
Breckenriooe, of Kentucky, for the Vice
Presidency, and that we will use our ut
most endeavors to secure their election.
Resolved, That the Platform of the Cin
cinnati Convention enunciates the true De
mocratic, constitutional doctrine, both in
regard to our domestic and foreign policy,
and proves that the Democracy are the true
conservative, national party of the Union;
and as such, it behooves all patriots to sup
port its nominees.
Resolved, That a Committee be appoint
ed, to make arrangements for a grand ratifi
cation meeting, to be held in this town, in
the course of the present month.
Resolved, That a Committee be appoint
ed, to invite the Hon. Stephen A. Doug
las, to address the meeting.
The Chair submitted the question, and
the resolutions were unanimously adopted.
On motion of Dr. R. M. Pritchard, the
Chair was requested to name the Commit
tees required under the above resolutions.
The Chair discharged the duty imposed
on him, and submitted to the meeting the
names of the following gentlomen, for said
Committees :
COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS:
Capt. Jno. Walker, Wm. F. Phifer,
Dr. S. L. Caldwell,
David Parks,
Win. Maxwell,
Wm. Black,
C. B. Cross,
Maj. J. B. Kerr,
Henry H. Miller,
Stephen W. Davis,
Wm. F. Davidson,
W. M. Mathews.
COMMITTEE OF INVITATION
R. P. Waring, Wm. R. Myers,
Leroy Springs,
Dr. II M Pritchard 1
Dr
P. C. Caldwell.
On motion, the meeting approved and
confirmed the appointment of tho gentle- i
men to compose the Committees.
On motion, it was
Resolved, that when this meeting adjourn,
it adjourn to meet at the Court-House, on ' remembered. The preferen e of the Con
Saturday evening next, at half past 7 o'- rention is the preference in this crisis of
clock, to organize a Democratic Club for g- , A.
the present campaign. j overy flieud who cares more for the coutry
On motion, Resolved, That the proceed- ! thaB fr lnmself- Devotion to the cause,
ings of this meeting be published. I and an earnest support of the standard-
The meeting, then, on motion, adjourned. I
WM. MAXWELL, Chairman.
John J. Palmer, Sec'y
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GOV. BRAGG.
The last Milton Chronicle, speaking of
the merits of the two candidates for Gov
ernor, has the following of the accomplish
ed Bragg :
"Gov. Bragg is a gentleman, and one of
conceded talents. In infancy he was rock
ed in the cradle of wealth, and his talents
owe their origin to the dimes and not to the
man."
That Gov. Bragg is a gentleman and of
acknowledged talents no one will presume
to deny; that "iu infancy he was rocked in
the cradle of wealth" is as false as the mo
tive which suggested it is malicious. Gov.
Bragg is the son of a mechanic a carpen
ter who labored hard to give each of his
sons, three in number, a liberal education ;
knowing that a good education was the best
capital for a young man to commence life
with, ho by the sweat of his brow accumu
lated a sufficient for attaining this great
object of his life. He educated his three
sons; he gave them little or nothing more.
One is now the Executive of North-Carolina;
another, a Judge of the Superior Court
in Alabama ; and the other is known by
tho appellation : "A little more grape !"
won in the cause of his country in the late
war with Mexico the war in which John
A. Gilmer took sides with the enemies of
his country alongside with Tom. Corwin, of
Ohio, who wished the Mexicans to welcome
the Amerrcan Soldiers "with bloody hands
to a hospitable grarc." A son of a me
chanic rocked in the cradle of wealth ! To
what resorts will not Know Nothing dema
gogues be led to array tho poor men of our
country against one who has been, and is
yet, the poor man's friend ! Well may the
gray headed sire of these three sons ex
claim, with the mother of tho Gracchi,
"these are my jewels !"
LET IT BE REMEMBERED I
Gov. Bragg put the question to Mr.
Gilmer at Eutherfordton, directly. "Had
you been a member of the last Congress
would you have voted against the Kansas
Nebraska Bill ?" Mr. Gilmer replied "7
would."
We hope the freemen of North Carolina
will ponder this matter well. Can they
vote for a man for Governor who unblush
ingly avows that if he had been in Congress
he would, on this question of vital impor
tance to tho South, have voted against his
section and with the Abolitionists of tho
North! Never! Never! will bo the indig
nant response of the freemen of North
Carolina, from Cherokee to Currituck.
Asheville News.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN WASH
INGTON. Speech of the Puesiient. The De
mocrats of Washington held a meeting in
Copp's Saloon, Saturday night, to ratify
the nomination of the Democratic Conven
tion. Hon. Samuel Smith was appointed
Chairman. He pledged himself that Ten
nessee would give such a majority for the
nominees as has never been given since the
days of Jackson.
General Cass made a speech heartily
endorsing the nomination. The time hon
ored statesman continued his theme at con
siderable length, and in a most felicitous
manner, closing with the invocation
"withered be the hnnd that is stretched out
to touch the ark of the constitution." The
cheering was long and loud.
Hon. Judpre Douglas, as tho chairman
introduced him, the "Young Giant of the
West," followed in one of his sound, spirit
stirring, powerful speeches. He rejoiced
that they had a standard bearer with wis
dom and nerve to execute the laws; com
plimented President Pierce as the "Star in
the East that never sets." He f.dlowed the
example of his illustrious friend by exhort
ing all who love him, or regard his opinions
or have any respect for his memory, to put
their shoulders to the wheel, and do e,ery
thing in their power for a glorious victory.
Tremendous cheers while the band played
the Star Spangled Banner.
The meeting then adjourned to serenade
the President, and proceeded to tho Execu
tive Mansion.
PRESIDENT PIERCE'S SPEECH.
The President came forward, and from a
window of his mansion, said :
I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens,
upon the occasion which brings you here;
and I indulge the confident hope that the
joy with which you hail the harmonious
and unanimous result of the deliberations
at Cincinnati may ho strengthened and
deepened by the ratifying voice of our
countrymen.
It is pleasant to realize that, however
other parties may be divided and distracted,
there is nothing with us but union of pur
pose, and will bo nothing but union in
actiou. 1 rom this hour to that when the
polls will be opened in November, all pre-
ju1'ces and personal animosities among
those who should cultivate mutual regard
and afford mutual support will be laid aside;
nay, even preferences which may have
existed in our ranks, are already no longer
bearers who are to lead us through the great
struggle, will constitute the controlling
sentiment of the Democracy, North and
South, East and West.
We are all, I am sure, quite sincere in
our convictions that not only the prosperity
of the Republic, but tho perpetuity of this
blessed Union depends essentially upon the
vindication and maintenance of the princi
ples declared by the recent Convention.
But these principles can be vindicated and
sustained only by concerted action, and
that can only be secured by organization.
Hence fidelity to this organization and its
usages becomes, like fidelity to principles'
a cardinal virtue. The latter can only be
manifested and made effectual through the
former.
My friends will have duties to perform in
the canvass which my position alone will
prevent me from attempting to fulfil in
person. It is never to be forgotten by me
that, in 1852, older and better many voices
cried out "not better!" soldiers than my
self, (Mr. Buchanan and General Cass)
men who had been faithful and tried leaders
through many years of labor and conflict
were passed by to call me from tlte retire
ment which I had sought, and to which I
shall return without regret. May I not add,
gentlemen, that, if life be spared, I shall go
back to the State of my birth with a con
sciousness of having adopted no single
measure of public policy during my admin
istration which I did not believe to be de
manded by the best interests of my country,
nor one which does not, to-night, command
the approbation of my judgment and my
conscience?
The conduct of these older and better
soldiers of whom I have spoken, and of the
younger but nevertheless better soldier
(Judge Douglas) now standing by the great,
venerated, and good man, (General Cass,)
who for so many years has had, not merely
my confidence and respect, but my affec
tion, will never cease to be gratefully re
membered by me. They were all in the
field, not merely to encourage and direct,
but actually to lead the columns. Their
energies were not put forth because the
standard was in my hands, but because its
bearer was, in their estimation, for the time
being, the impersonation of those sound con
stitutional principles which they believed
could alone give stability and permanence
to this glorious fabric of our institutions.
It is cheering to know that the action of
the late Convention places the statesmen
and patriots who . are to lead us now npou
a platform identical, in scope and spirit,
with that which I accepted, with full con
viction at my judgment and with every
sentiment of my heart, and that tbey are to
occupy it with the standard lowered never
an inch, so far as the strict construction of
the Coustitution and the vindication of tho
constitutional rights of every portion of tho
Union are concerned.
Much and justly as we admire tho patriot
ism, attainments, and private virtues of our
staudard beartrs, there will ho nothing like
man-worship in this contest. Men become
Comparatively insignificant, except as in-
i struments, when great principles and the
vast interests of a country like ours are in
vol: ed. There will be, on your part, no
appeal to unworthy passions, no infiummu
tory calls for a second revolution like thoso
which aro occasionally repotted as coming
from men who have received nothing at the
hands of their Government but protection
and political blessings, no declaration of
resistance to the laws of the hind, no invo
cation to the shedding of blood by those
who have had none to shed, when our
countrymen have stood face to faoo with
foreign foes. But tho issue will summon
you to a calm, earnest struggle for the Con
stitution, and consequently for the Union.
You will bear yourselves like men deter
mined to cling to that sacred instrument as
the only security from general wreck and
the only refuge from universal ruin. Men
who feel and act with you will cling to it
with patriotic wisdom and steady fortitude,
and they will defend it, if need be, with
heroic valor against all assaults from with
out or within.
That a signal triumph awaits you in such
a causa I entertain no doubt.
If, as I fully believe, our fathers were
not only guided and sustained through tho
changing scenes and struggles of the revo
lution, but were inspired after its close to
devise and adopt this Constitution by
Omnipotent Power, wo mny repose upo
"an humble but unwavering faith that that
Power will not permit the madness of their
children to destroy it.
Accept, gentlemen, my best wishes for
you collectively and individually, and my
thanks for this gratifying call.
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A SERIOUS OBJECTION TO
BUCHANAN.
An "Old Maid," in the N. Y. Evening
Post expresses decided objection to Mr.
Buchanan, for the Presidency. She says:
The Presidential Chair (I presume that
is sufficiently capacious,) should, at any
rate, be occupied by a complete Human
Being, and this fact, of itself, should dis
pose summarily of the claims of the more
or less honorable Buchanan ; for if there
is one principle more clearly settled than
any other, it is that an Old Bachelor is at
most but a Half man. Imagine the disgraoo
of having our National Palaco converted
into a Bachelor! Den ; our National Hoard
presided over by a Single Man ; our National
Fire poked by a single Tong! Old Maids aro
excusable, their position not being a matter
of choice; but Old Bachelors bah! The
ver name is sickening. The wife who will
let her husband vote for such a man, ought
to be Lynched. I ask. you, sir, if it is not
notorious that old bachelors aro the most
selfish, the most intriguing, tho most dan
gerous, the most dyspeptic of mortals ? And
then, to think of a Bachelor who has lived
in Europe. I decline to pursue the subject;
I can't do justice to it.
MR. BUCHANAN'S AGE.
The Tribune, in order, we suppose, to
give to our noble candidate for the Presi
dency, a helping hand, calls him an old
man verging on to seventy-five years of
age. We do not suppose he is very old
maidish about declaring his years; wc will
state, therefore, he was sixty-three years
old last month, the day he landed iu Now
York, on his return from his mission to
England. It is a little too bad to place a
dozen years on the head of the good old
bachelor. Ho may desire to take a wife!
o
THE PEOPLE WILL FURNISH HIM
WITH A HALL.
The following prophetic paragraph ap
peared in the New York Journal of Com
merce, of the issue of April 2i:
"The Know Nothing councils of Phila
delphia have refused the use of the Hall of
Independence for the reception of tho Hon.
James Buchanan. Never mind; tho peo- -pie
will furnish him a hall, after tho 4th of
March next, which will be 'sufficient for ail
practical purposes.' "
O .-.
Fcnny. Tho American Council, No.
432, of Worcester, Massachusetts, have re
solved that in case of personal outrage and
violence being threoteiied to Mr. Sumner's
colleague and others representing the old
Bay State in Congress, "e agree to hold
ourselves prepared to depart at n:i hour's
j notice for the capital of our country, if the
demand is necessary, to defend the delega
tion from this State in Congress agninrt
pcrsDual attack from Southern nsrtussins."
In the Massachusetts House of Bepro
sensatives, on the 26th ult., a resolution
was introduced instructing tho Adjutant
General of State to furnish each of their
Senators and Representatives in Congas
two of Colt's six barn 1 revolvers. If, in
stead of revolvers, says the Baltimore Hnn,
they were furnished with broad national
views, and good common sense, unmixed
with fanaticismand narrorr-mindod bhrotry,
it would bo far bettor for themselves, and
redound to the honor of the State of Mas-
j sachusett.--