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. t'. w V I S i 1 :i i if I ; I V 1:4- twenty millions of dollars, to say nothing of the thousands of lives sacrificed. He asked "why was Europe reeling to and fro at this very hour, fit were cot from wasteful and reckless extrsv. agance ! He. glanced briefly at the enormous increase ofexpenditure since the administration of Mr Monroe when the Government was admin istered, exclusive of the public debt, at a cost not l ir - li: Jll. . lITi ! . .j .. rnn.ri,. i mucn exceeamg ten miiunns ui uiuiara. vnue I submit, for w"!".'"" ... 7: he adtnived hie willii.gness to respond to feel- .;atinni rappupn a -1 1 I a I - svprxi coraoiuui.-..""- - YUCATAN. ' nrf' 1 CT-The following MESSAGE or THPn)S- " - -r::.!.' JXk , sent to Congress on &turd.y. by Mr. Ft. ! 10 lhe ImeD- . I--ff.,r.in Yucaun: rinif mi xic wi - L.-. f State from Mr. Jusio Sierra, lmmis- lioner of Yucatan, and also a communication from the Governor of that State, representing the cofld.tidn of extreme suflfcring to which their nntrv- has been reduced bv an insurrection of the Indiana within ha limits, and asking the aid 9f the United States. The communications present a case of human suffering and misery which cannot fail to excite the sympathies of all civilized nations. From these and other sources of information, it ap pears that the Indiana of Yucatan are waging a war of extermination against the white race. In this cruel war they spare neither age nor sex. but put to death indiscriminatly all who fall with in their power. The inhabitants, panicstnken and deatitute of arms, are flying before their sav age pursuers towards the coast ; and their ex vmlaion from theircountrv, or their extermination. would seem lobe inevitable, unlesss they can obtain assistance from abroad. v In this condition they have, through their con. tituted authorities, implored the aid of this Gov ernment to aave them from destruction, offering incase this should be granted, to transfer the dominion and sovereiguty of the peninsula to the United States. Similar appeals for aid and protection have been made to, the Spanish and the English Governments.' - Whilst it is not my purpese to recommend the adoption of any measure, with a view to the acquisition of the dominion and sovereignty' over Yucatan, yet, according to our established pol icv, we could not consent to a transfer of this do minion and sovereignity, either to Spain,.Great 'Britain, or any other European Power. In the i language of President Monroe, in his message of December, 1823,,,we should consider any at tempt on their part toextend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety. In my annual message ui December, 1845, I declared that, ncar a quar ter of a penlury ago, the -principle was distinctly 'announced" to the world, in the annual message of one of my predecessors, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth net to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European Power.' This principle will apply with greatly increas ed force, should any European Power attempt to establish any new colony in North America. In the existing circumstances of the world, i he pres ent is deemed a proper occasion to reiterate and .reaffirm the principle avowed by Mr. Monroe, and to state my cordial concurrence in its wis dom and sound policy. The reassertion of this principle, especially in reference to North Amer ica, is at this day but the promulgation of a pnli cy which no European Power sbouid cherish the diDoeition to resist. Existing rights of every Earopean nation should be respected ; but it is due alike to our safety and our interests that the efficient protection of our laws should be extend ed over our whole territorial limits, and that it should be distinctly announced to the world, as our settled policy, that no future European colo ny or dominion shall, with our consent, be plant ed or established on any part of the American continent.' Our own security requires that the established in 8 of humanity, exposed as the citizens of Yu catan were to extermination by the acts of hordes of lawless and ignorant savages, he could but lament that the President had seen fit to indulge in any remarks concerning foreign interference. He expressed the opinion that the Yucatanese had been partially instrumental in bringing about the evils they were Puttering under. The? had extended to these ignorant and illiterate hordes a free participation in all the privileges enjoyed by themselves, treating them as equals ; and what nad oeen the result I Why, they bad wheeled round and become the murderers of their benefactors ; and so it would be again in all like cases. A SPICY LBTTE-t ; Gen. Scott' letter to the Secretary of Wr, under date ofTeb 24. VHS, is a very sharp affair. After reviewing the course of the .Secret ry since the General was ordered td Mexico, tneiet- ,erTh."?Lr .?! officer., .n. hi who h.d necessary uiscip" nlaced together before r . " t- .i . a - miiiiiu no rk ...n court. The innocent. uu .o k vided I am left free of all pledges, and permitted i lost impartial jus LETTERS FROM GEN- TAYLOR. Baton Rouge La-, April 20. 1849; Dear Sir Your letter of the lOh insU which alludes to certain-statements that, have recently been made in eome of the papers at the NoHh, and which submits several inquiries tor my coo- . a 1 siaemion, nas oenn receiveu - n.A t enforce a neeessa To your inou.nes I have respectfully to reply : T ' be placed First That if nominated by the Whig Nation- gainst inew, , . Th inmicent at al Convention, I shall not refuse acceptanepro- tne f""""' ,,cut4C. the iude and hia pris- to maintain the position of independence oi an . oir - . discrimination with a ven parties in which the people and my own sense of , t.ce . ul. he arties areon trial-if the j.-hw nrA me otherwise i snau reiuse gc-..v-. . .u:u KBm. nnht. to oe ineu k - tmw havp nlaced me other the nomination of any convention or party. Secondly I do not design to withdraw my name it Mr. Clay be the nominee of the VVbtg National Convention and, in tnis connexion, i WHIG MEETING. At a very respectable meeting of the Whigs of Halifax, held at Vi!lcox Mill, on Saturday, the22d iiibt., on motion of R B. Parker, Benj. W4 Bass was railed to the Chair, aud J. F. Simmon? appointed Secretary. The object ot ibe meeting ( i was -briefly explained by il B. Parker, L.sq, at the request of the Chairman, and a motion, maue ihat the Chair appoint a Committee oi nve io draft ReFolutions. The following gentlemen were appointed on naid Committee.: B W. Ivey, B F. Simmons, Dr. W. H Hill. R- B. Parker, and J. F. Simmons, who retired, and in a few moments brought in following Preamble and Resolution, to wit ; Whereas, it is the privilege of freemen, at all limes, to meet and promulgate their opinions on lhe various subjects of National and Slate policy, and to express iheir feelings with regard to ev ery public matter, without tear or favor, therefore be it Resolved, That we regard War as a great ca lamiiv. even when wa?ed in defence of honor and just rights but that in lhe.presem War with Mexico, the calamity is aggravated, becauae of its having been uanecessanly and unconstitu tionally brought on by the act of the President" a fact clearly proved to be the opinion of the country, by the overthrow of the Democratic ma jority in the House of Representatives who coer ced the Whig members to vote, that it was brought on bv the act of Mexico. Resolved, That in the conduct of the War, the appointing political parlizans to fill the offices of honor and profit, and in tact in every act of his. Having any connexion with the War, the Presi dent has evinced a want of that patriotism and judgment, which it was hoped caused him in '45 to declare that he would be the Prebideut of lhe people and not of party. Resolved, Thai we reprobate the course of the Chief Magistrate in relation to Gen- Scott, who, not withstanding, the "thousand unpropitious cir cumstances" against which he has been compell ed to war, "has performed t.ho must brilliant campaign on recent Military record." Resohed, That we disapprove and condemn the Administration of James K Polk, and wilt use our every effort to overthrow him and hi party,' deprive him of power which he has po much abused and place in his stead a Whig ulm shall restore the Government to its pristine glory and wipe out the stains that Democratic misrule have made to blemUh her fair fame. Resolved. That whilst we preferred our esteem au.v. , . na r ,i,oin ful two are restoreu louieir .u.F with his brevet rank and I am deprived of my command ! There can be but one step more in .. . ikmiD tlio ruled and snides t . Mm.rk that lhe statements the same direction , 1 Deff permission - - - :,xiKofirp and leave all ranKS in me ar L.dL... k..n .n nositive v made in some of of war into the hre, anu leavt? the Northern pnnt., tothe eDeci "inai snouia mr. Clay be lhe nominee of the Whig National Conten tion," had stated "tfurt I would not suffer my name to be used,'1 are not correct, and have no foundation in any oral or written remark ot mine. It has not been my intention, at any moment, to change my position or to withdraw my name from the canvass, whoever may be the nominee of the National Convention, either of the Whig or Democratic party. Thirdly I have never stated to any one mai I was in favor of tho Tariff of '45 of the Sub- Treasury, nor that I originated the war wun Mexico. Nor, finally, that I should (if elected) select my cabinet from both parties No such admissions or statements were made by me, at any time, to any person. Permit me. however, to add. that should such hifrh distinction be conferred upon me as that of elevation to the Executive Office, the Constitu tion, in a etrict and honest interpretation, and in the spirit and mode in which it was acted upon bv our earlier Presidents, would be my chief riiide. This. I conceive to be all that is nec- ee?ary in the way of pledges. The election of another candidate would occa sion no mortification to me, but to such a result, and the will of the people, I should willingly and calmly submit As I have no an bition to serve, but in the desire to serve the country, it would bnnir to tne no disappointment With sentiments of high respect and regard, I remain your most ob't servant, J Z. TAYLOR. O. P. Baldwin, Eq-, or Ro. H. Gallal.er, Eq.. Editor of Richmond Republican, Richmond, Va. O The following letter from Gen. Taylor to his brother-in-law, Capt. Allison, appears in the New Orleans Picayune: LETTER FROM GEN. TAYLOR. Baton Rouge, April 2i, 1848. Dear Sir My opinions have recently been so often misconceived and misrepresented, mai deem it due to mvs?lt. if not to mv friends, to make a brief exposition to them upon the topics to which vou have called my attention I have consented to the use of my name as a candidate for the Presidency. 1 have frankly avowed my own distrust of my fitness lor that hijih station; but having, at the solicitation of many of my countrymen, taken my position as a candidate. I do not feel at liberty to surrender that position until my friends manifest a wish that I should retire from it. I will then most gladly do so. 1 have no private purposes to accomplish, no party projects to build up, no enemies to pun ih noihmir to serve but mv country. I have been very often addressed by letter, and my opinions have been asked upon almost fat - - . . . In ilannnriilinnn and a feuerai niV tree io engage scramble for precedence, authority and executive favors. The pronunciameiuu im pan, . -v factious iunWs. i most triumphant. Mo ri under tne circumuiauctro, bc . i-r - Km to h followed bv a punisnmem vejure - j , trial here, that may run into the autumnand r Karlitllv norrnittfd tn KIIOW on matters i am-uui pamour r by lhe Department and my accusers .s very inge niously placed on two grounds ; 1. My own r quest meaning that of June 4, (quoted, above, an( ih. uoti mi other before the Department) whic U w I W avww - - " - I been previously (July 12) acknowledged and ukinolv declined. 2. The arrest of Brevet Major Gen. Worth, for writing to the Department under the pretext, and form of an appeal," an open letter to be sent through me, in which I was rrolv and falselv accused of ' malice and cxn- i .1 : duct unbecomintr an omcer anu genuemau, the matter of the general oraer iio. o, ;"v: ':tV 0r' are the plans of fair delightjvl peace, " Unwarp d by party rage to live like brothers.' FOit GOVERNOR, CHARLES MANLY. RALEIGH, N. C. Wednesday, May 10, 1848, HON, D. S. REID. It is now, we understand, a " fixed fact," that this gentleman has, at length, " concluded to accept the nomination" of the Loco Foco Convention for on the Governor of North Carolina. We are informed lbject of puffing letters, for the newspapera at i that he'left this City on Sunday last, for Newbern, Uihx)Ss ho.with such singular skill, dwfci ome. . L with the expectation of meeting Mr. Manlt there coaof hostilities" (that's Mr. Polk and S on this day (Wednesday.) it being tne time appoint DEMOCR ATld " CONVENTION. A friend observed to us, the other day, that d matter of surprise, that the Whiz Prew. i allowed the extraordinary Resolutions, passed at th' late '' Democratic" State Convention, to escape' notice and criticism which they so richly deserre ' To use his own language, " how a string of pteso tions, so slovenly in their structure, so utterlj timntihl in tVimr r.rtrannsition. sn rrrrtQt? nv . r r , e "U8iTe0' the opposite party, and so false in some of the'lr 8erti6ns, could have been unanimously adopted bj! Convention, among whom were many gentW SCnOiars, nou iWTera wi trum, na io nim, lncompf. usua.v.w - "'"iiysspt, ned as they should be, by those who adopt them, These were probably drawn in a hurry, and without consideration. But let us be a little panic, ular : The Preamble is simply contemptible, except far as it charges, or intend io cuarge the Wh; with "insidiously" opposing all the measure, the Democratic party," and assisting and 6upporiiB. the u enemy" ("whetner purposely or not,") bjaj unscrupulous opposition and party Press and this, it is palpably, notoriously and infamously fal5. if that body meant it "ptirposely" and a cruel mi,. take, if thay did "not." uesomuou ist, praises u -vuuumsrration for . n : 7 :.v. iifnvt.A .1 : using persuaswn nnu msiv., ocuuiug aaiini5ttr v cttU Kv noqfnl nptrftti n tion ftll mnttsm a- VV 3VfcW wv-w C ""WO WJUIJ.. nt : raises it also for not " sheathinz the F X? , C w - until all the objects for which it was drawn haT( been secured ;" praises "the Treaty lately approTed by the President and sanctioned by the Senate, u honorable to this Nation and just to a prostrate foe; ft sr Knnip u ... v . . . . On that second Doint, the letter from the Le- partment of January 13. is more thau ingenious: it is elaborate, subtle and profound a provision al dissertation, with the rare merit of teaching principles until now wholy unknown to military codes and treaties, and ol course to ail soldiers, however great their experience in the field. I have not in this place, time to do more than hint at the fatal consequences of the navel doc trine in question. According to the Department any factious junior may, at bis pleasure, in the midst of the enemy using ''the pretext and form of an appeal" against his commander, insult and outraire hun to the greatest extent though .. , , , 1 ed by Mr. M. to meet and address hia fellow-citizens of Craven County at that place. We suppose, from all we can 1 ed some hard " coaxing and driving," to bring Mr. Reid to the " scratch" but he at last screwed up the courage, and has entered upon his task of " Love's labor lost." We are glad that he has de termined to canvass the State teith Mr. Manly. This is the fairest way of doing the thing, and we ere satisfied that our candidate will greatly prefer it. We hope, however, that our friend, Mr. Manlt, V he be the General-in-Chief, and cnargeo wunine ; ... . f tenderlv with big onponent. and not tear ,t,iitnnlv tendered a conduct of the most critical operations ; and that bashi honors entirel from hig brow The tual war, prompted by i AMmmHorinlV nnt arrest the lllClpieilt inUHIl. 1 J . ,U K. ;nfrAtJi of eer until he : shall have first laid down his own people will attend to that matter in August next; authority and eubmitted himself to a trial, or wait after which time, wa doubt not, he will need the ser at least, until a distant period of leisure for a ju- j Tices of our old friend Quirk, the Wig-maker, wha dicial examination for the appeal ! And thu? is 'Us us genendly semi-annually. ' precisely the case under consideration. The K lViurimi.ni. n its ea?ernes to coouemn mr. V ". ... " o ' " ... J could not take time to learn ot the expenenceu. that the General-in Chief, who once submits to an outrage, from a junior, must lay his account to suffer the like from a1 the vicious under him at least down to a rank that may be supposed without influence in high quarter, beyond the ar- Rut thia tonu d not be the whole miscniei mj of ttia nukli. aorvire. Even the ereat mass the spirited, intelligent and we.l affected among his brothers in arms, would soon reduce some commander to utter imbelicity, by holding him in jurt scorn and contempt for his recreancy to himself and country. And are discipline and efficiency of no value in the field , T H,.t it wa not nY readest of June 4, nor re- retary Marcy ahem !) nnd finally thanks thos gallant officers and soldiers who so promptly exew. ed tne manaaies oi vuv uumuwij. mercy on 1 Our glorious heroes playing second fiddle to, those narlor warriors, Polk and Marcy executing H their "mandates," and piling on them Pou ani Marcy, that is much glory ! ! ! Resolution 2d, pours it, (tS whether purposely or not,") into the aforesaid Jamks K. Polk, most awful S ly, about his stmnge afFair with Santa Anna and thi Pass. Here it is, verbatim : Resohed, That any encouragement or countenana J 1 V x a i puouc enemj in nine ota;. whatever motive, is injunou to the best interests of the Republic ; and ought fc be stigmatized and known by no other name thai that of moral treason. Who would have thought that this Content could have mustered courage enough to throw tk into hia teeth 1. Resolution 3d, must not be curtailed of its fair pro portions. It should be contemplated as a nfok li is what is known by the name of " independent Eng. lish" soaring above all ordinary rules of composi- tion, and kicking all " concatenations according!-1 1' under its feet It is 'clear as mud ; equally intsm. gible ("whether purposely or notr) to English, Me Head and ponder li 4 iwrrn .Arnr5twri.ru res that the established uesoivea. i nai wdmbi we preierrtu uu. iu.- . ,11Tht occur to the writers t..i - ifl numpH fmm .T":::::";i:i..M od neighbor and feilow-citizn, Co.. Andrew " . " ""T..( .k ,.,n,r r .hir Port ou' lul "" 'm? 7' 17. r.T 6 . " w ican blood thereon, have inflicted deep i pui cj u- : ,nm-a. ftl,r nA fn, o.,ernor. vet. we rtB uucl-1 ' 'r ,,,c w,."fc,'7"; .'L ;; ; above : nr yet tne appeal . u. yrunu , m tnis ,3 at leas restored to them, it is a t. m Mnntrv . thftt we beiieve the eallant M tht. apptiea wun grea ,0 ce - - - - - - 7.h. eh d.. of the Convention. nave.,:0, ? "PB u lu that has at length- brought down upon me tne , t thai tbis atonement -VntVof our army would long since" have 01 xucaian. 11 is suuaie in me uun u .!.,.---" rr- - m... ' quinea. mr various reasons. .... vimtatmn sa clearlv predicted. 1 hat appeal no 1 - - - s.t.. ..(.. to hoth nations, but for on the North American continent ; and from its ana win give our nesr-y .upu w v... j Cnf whi,8l j haye t cardina, pnnci. mcWs--considering it came from uas n maae 10 our ieu nSluua wx.nou - f to encounter-the Ticinity to Cuba, to the Capes of Florida, to New y t'r Gvernor of N""h ,'n . pies which will regulate my political I'fe, I am ta A ha deserter from the other ex- a Revolution or even an Impeachment ilVntle other on MexSi soil; and Orleans, and indeed to our whole southwestern uesouea. i n VT17:: V. not sufficiently familiar with all the minute de- ,r4,mpwhn. havinir first m-de hia peace w:lh . ' , , .1 ;rVneriarr. whether in publicor private coast, it would be dangerous to our peace and ceem 11 inexpeoieni 10 express any p nerc.. x nf ,ilica, legislation to give solemn pledge . f . . . bound to sienalize apostacy So far as pay is concerned, the man who is de- ' disiruiSed. there is one sentiment in security ifit should become a colony of any Eu- this time tor cana.oaies 10 rcpresem u. m.ne influence, if I were President. oV"Z:j,-uZ a .:nn. ,,f o..e frm whom. td for Governor of JYorth t-arolma, is the for- . ?. . - hv M ' ciav in Lexington to w ,.n nt;nn. I next Legislature, but that we recommend to each niI. ,h;. r n.f-a, ,ht meuure. I have I uy " 7. . j .1 tA , h tunate man. No man, if he has any liberlitT,can I .,,;i J .K-,iv-ind thnt is, that Wm k. nn. .ntfidntift infnrmatinri that, f district in the County, to appoint not less tnan l ',, n. 1 u.aa nn nnini,n which I u v era . r . . . Y u. :.:... i--.-. be Governor and not spend as much again as he 4, ;,,,;, tZ.ntu .hrtnl.. rather endure any the aid asked from the United Stales be not five delegates to meet in General Convention al , . nroclaim to mv assembled coun- ,ut c?.Bt.:" r...?lL it, at 1 -',l.,mP,J .. receives as a salary. -iVor A Carolinian. than vote for what he knew to e false; frintid. aueh aid will probably be obtainedlrom Halifax, on Monday of May Court, to nominate ,rvinn . hu. ,rude imrressicns UDon matters of . ."V . .:.... ,,. k m Our eont.mnomrv mnv Wi to nrarehia Par- commencine. prosecuting, and continuinga some European Power, which may hereafter as sert a claim to dominion and sovereignty' over Yucatan. Oar existing relations with Yucatan are of a peculiar character, as will be perceived from the note of the Secretary of State to her Commis sioner, dated on. the 21th of December last ; a copy of which is herewith transmitted. Yucatan has never declared her independence, and we treat her as a State of the Mexican republic For this reason we have never officially receiv ed her commissioner ; but whilst this is the case; we have, to a considerable extent, recognized her a a neutral in our war with Mexico. Whilst candidates. Resolved, That we approve heartily of the pro posed Ma3 Meeting to be held in the County sometime this Spring. Resolved, That we approve also, of the appoint ment of a County delegate to attend the Nation al Convention, aud that we pledge ourselves to support and use every honorable means to secure the election of the nominee of said Convention. The resolutions of thecommiitee were unani mously adopted by the meeting, and afier a few moments, Mr. Richard B. Parker rose and offered the following : ResnlcetL That the oresent Administration is 1 aaiiiiiiu policy, which may be right to-day and wrong to iek ihooh a quarrel,the mean? of turning that morrow, are perhaps, not he best test of fitness kpOWpdt-e,Blo u,8 own benefit ) No. There was lor office. One who cannot be trusted without ,rat.ant.? nftfh(,r element asociated in the pledges, cannot be confined in merely on account v Dracticable out of the' letter of ..r .1 I 1 . .i .1 iiifi". an nflnonre oroceeaincf irom ine oiner THE PRESIDENTS YUCATAN MESSAGE. With regard to tbis document, which we publish to day, the " National Intelligencer" says : The course which the President has thought fit to pur sue on this subject, is so much consonant to the spi rit of our institutions, and so much more clearly within the line of the Executive authority and du ty, than that taken by him in bringing on the war ican, High Dutch or. Hottentot. with the Mexican Confederacy, or that taken by Resohed, That the - acknowledged leaders of tht his immediate predecessor, in involving the United opposition, by their Speeches, Addresses, nnfortouti Su.es i.,....x.ti. of T-Wh the . gfiSXZSSESZ having been done without the previous knowledge or pobries, and other outrages, perpetrated by the consent of Congress that we have a right to con- Mexican nation and patiently endured by us for i gratulate Congress, and through Congress, the peo- numbers of years anU nttauy trom a ueuoenue , , . 1 vasion of American soil, and the shedding of Amer- .1. nnnn hnvini. thai. MnrlihffiAnal ICnHniTnAnr 1 iiOiW v. aam.w. w- 7 o njury npoi achietfri procured toedo onen abhor- life, hoi- the speen hich whosoetc calamilj thereby war ( cordin to their own showing.) at once impious li the sight of God and destestable in the view or ma Resolution 5th, avers that the Sub Treasary, T till coosiderine Yucatan as a portion of Mexico responsible for involving the country in War if va had tronD-ilofiDire lor inia DurDose. 1 would ! who a eisier iruuum , wnuuui aumw...; 7 ian, " 1 r rs I ., i t 1 1 10 a a " ii w deem it proper, during the continuance of the and for the treasure speni ana me iDiuhw ui opinion 8nouj never be exercised except in War with Mexico, to occupy and hold military live saenncea in prosecuiuig .u. .m-v.c0.u, c of dear vi0a,ion 0f the constitution, or I will proceed, however, now to respond to your inquiries. First I reiterate what I have often said I am a Whig, but not an ultra Whig. If elected. I would not be the mere President of a-party. 1 would endeavor to act independent of party dom ination. I should feel bound to. administer the Government untratnelled by party schemes. Second The veto power. The power given by the constitution lo the Executive to interpose hi vein, is a hirh conservative power : but in - . nf her terriiorv. and to defend Ins I termination. vbite inhabitants ao-ainst the incursions of the! Mr. Parker supported his Resolutionin aspeech Indians, in the same way that we have employed of about half an hour's length, rite with sound lo- our troops in other States of the Mexican rep'ub- gic, truth and beauty. He spoke of annexation, lie in our possession," in repelling the attacks of the War, Oregon and the Administration, in savages upon the inhabitants -who have their terms that gave evidence of a mind well stored maintained their neutrality in the war. But un. fortunately, we cannot at the present, without se rious danger, withdraw our forces from other por tions of the Mexican territory now in our occu pation, and send them to Yucatan. All that can with information on the various political questions that agitate the country, and he used the most chaste and beautiful language, whilst his elo quent delivery capped the climax' and complete lr cautivaied his audienre. After the cessation J r be done, under existing circumstances, is to em- jof applause which followed this speech, tho re6 cloy our naval forces in the Gulf, not required at loliftion was unanimously adopted. inther ooints. to afford them relief. Hut it is not to be expected that any adequate protection'can thus be afforded, as the operations of such na tal forces must, of necessity, be confined to the coast. I have considered it proper to.communicate the Wormation contained in the accompanying. cor respondence, and I submit to the wisdom of Con gress to adopt ench measures at, in their judg. merit, may be expedient to prevent Yucatan from becoming a colony ofany European Power, which in no event could be permitted by the United States ; and at the same time to ruscue the white race from extermination or expulsion from their country., JAMES K. POLK. Washekstox, Ajeul 29, 1843. In the Senate, the message hatting been read, Mr. Calhothi rose to express his regret that the President should have taken other than the .higher grounds of humanity. It was on such a base, in his opinion, that the message should alone have rested ; and had it been so, Mr. C. would have been disposed to go f-r in aid of such s ug geslions; but, if his ear had not deceived him. the message nad reamrmed the ground assumed by Mr. tyonroe in his message of 1323, in rela. tion-to, the nnninter fere nee of European Powers In the affairs tf this continent. It was, in short, assuming the bro-d principle that wa should be bound to interference in all cases, no matter at what erpaacs of money or aacriSce of human life,' wha sach interference occurred. Now, where was all this to end and were the people e this tntry prepared for any snch erusadt!-. He ctmceived tb suggestions at this time uo necesaarT. and calculated to lead to dangerous ault. In the preeetrt condition of Europe hoth- tog was to be apprehended trom interirence on her part. 8he could no more seize Yucatan and bold it than w ceuld Wecould say al that mo ment what the condition of England would be. or indeed wat,at the momeut he was speaking 1 s inougtit, after the experience of the past,thev Should be owe ruareteL Alrpadv ha4 the ronr. try been involved in cost of wit huauxed anu On motion of Mr. Parker, the proceedings of the meeting were ordered to be published in the Roanoke Republican and Weldoo Herald, after which, the meeting adjourned B. W. BASS, Chair'n. J. F. Simmons, Sect'y. LETTER FROM MEXICO. manifest haste and want of consideration by Con gress Indeed, I have thought that, for many years past, the known opinions and wishes of the Executive have exercised undue and injurious influence upon the legislative department of. the Government ; and for this cause 1 have our system was in danger of undergoi change from itn true theory, lhe personal optn ions nf she individual, who may happen to occupy the Executive Chair, ought not to control the action of Congress upon questions of domestic policy; nur ought his objections be interposed where ques tions of constitutional power have been stilled by the various departments of Government and acquiesced tn by the people. Third Upon the subject of the tariff, the cur rency, the improvements of our great highways, rivers, lakes and harbors, the will of the people, as expressed through their Representatives in Congress, ought to be respected and carried out arrested General who is quite willing that it should generally be understood, (and who shall gainsay his significant acquiescent e !) that all re .rH, and nunishmeiits. in this army, were from the first, to follow his recommendations. This, the more Dowerful of the vronunciados against No 319. well knew, at the time, as I soon knew. that he wa justly obnoxious not only to the an imadversions of that order, but to other censures nf a much irraver character. In renect to this General, the letter of recall observes, pathetically, but with an acumen wor. thy of more than a hasty notice, that some of my specifications of his miscohdurt are hardly agraphs of congratulation to Mr. Reid, for being so " fortunate" as to be "defeated" for he can't begin to come it over the old horse that the Whigs have placed on the track. We wonder how such an ar ticle would read. Let us see : " We congratulate Mr. Reii, the noble champion of Democracy, upon his defeat for the Gubernatorial chair. It is a poor excuse for an office miehty lit tle pay with very little patronage to bestow, and no profit or advantage to be gained. If he had been elected, he would probably have spent- double his salary, and may-be, have left the old rickety Pal ace, a broken, smashed-up man.- We again congrat ulate Mr. Rkid for a safe escape from so perilous an undertaking." Cannot every one see that there are "sour grapes" communications- Seemingly, this is a most just rebuke consistent with your (my) official reports and in all this? His friends know very well that Mr. Ikeid cannot be elected, and they nave oegun al ready to nave tLe wav. and make na smooth as nossi- the road to defeat. We did not expect so much candor rieht at the ooeninz of the campaign. ports, written and oral mai ray connuence, iem i - r - him in advance, had been but very slightly sha. ken as early as the first week in October that FATE Of THE IKISAI x . up to that time, from our entrance into this city, I The New York True Sun" says: ' At a late k v.! waiting for the trials, I will here briefly state that re thought unforlunatey, j followed that General's own re- " n8 a great written and oral that my confidence, lent cano I had heen at the desk, shut out from pereonaH . .,j.r .-;-. , ,;-i hv t-Ucmnh . - - f a...l iivui uibuiuij vwv?uiuKf -t w vww.vw i r . a ... . J . I . -. 1 intercourse with my Drome r omcers anu mai u d ' tch from 00r Washington correspondent, ad was not till after that confinement that facts, .. r . r r Am Hkadquakte! Sallillo, Mexico, t ' by the Executive n . mi f . T : 1 ... A nril 2d 18-18. ) TOUrin I ne OJ ex ican war. i aiucernj ib- My dear friend : I have but a moment to say that joice at the prospect or peace, my ine nas oeen I have just received an express from Geu Price', devoted to arms, yet 1 loot upon war ai an nmes column, announciug the pleasing intelligence that and under all circumstances as a national calami- Geu. Treas, with all his forces, has surrrndered to ily, to be avoided if compatible with national our arms Gen Price entered Chihuahua ou lhe Sih honor. The principles ol our Government aswell a p f. !. I . . . it as mrA mniivpo K(Tn tn ttniir in 11 Don me. A word as to tho 5lh article of war. I can spatches from Gen. Butler, which. were reported to truly say that, in this aud other communications, couvey intelligence very unfavorable relative to the 1 have not designed the slightest aisrespeci to i ratification.of the treaty by the Mexican govern the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Wavy ment. The resources of our correspondent for in of the United States. No doubt he. like myself ormAtloa OQ 8ach 8ubjects are of the first class ; and tioTiltr mn and I rannot. having melf been P.redes, the monarchist, is under arrest, Va behind the curtain, admit the legal fiction thataH lencia dead, Bustamente powerless, Farias leans nat- acts of the Secretary arje the acta of the Presdent. urally to peace, and the present cabinet at Queretaro Yet, in my defensive statement, 1 have ottered depend for their Tery existence as a government up- of March, and jmmediataly gave pursuit to the ene my, whim he overtook at Santa Cruz de Rosalio, a ktrongly aituat d town some 60 miles south of Chi huahua, on the 16th. The place was invested, and after fighiing all day. the plaza aud church were nearly attained by borrowing through the houses, whn the enemy surreuaerru. vsur loss is one lieu tenant, two nou-comni'uiond officers, and 12 pri vates the enemy's loss is 300 and odd killed, and 72 wounded, his whole force, (800.) all his artillery, ( 12 pieces,. 2,000 stauds of arms, some eight hun dred thousand dollars worth of public property, many field officers, and Gen. Treas at their head. Col. Ralls's command on one tide.acd Col. Lane s ou the other, acted most heroically, and took the place. My letter from Col. Kalis is dated March 22d. I am, in haste, yours. Arc., JNO. F. HAMTR AMCK, Col. Coro'g fcc Rob. H. Gallaher. Esq. PxiiiTnco Pxsxsss, Pulpits ah WostiJi. These are the three great levers that govern the move ments or the world. Without them, the bottom would fall out society would become chaos again. The press eautrs people patriotic, the pulpit reli jious. hut n-omenansKereth all things. There would be no going to church, if there were.ro girls there ; neither would there be any going to war, were the soldiers to meet with no applause except from the ss its true policy, are opposed fo the subjugation of other nations and the dismemberment of oth er countries by conquest. 1 n't he language of the great Washington. Whyshoujd we quit our own to stand on foreign ground. In the Mexi can war our national honor has'been vindicated, amply vindicated, and in dictating terms of peace we may well a fiord to be forbearing and even magnanimous to our fallen foe. These are my opinions upon the u -jeets re ferred toby you; and tny reports or publications, written or verbal, from any source, differing in any essential particular from what is now written, are unauthorized and untrue. no wanton discourtesy to the head of the War Department, although that functionary is not in the remuneration of the above-mentioned article. Closing my correspondence with the Depart ment until after the approaching trial, I have the honor to remain, respectfully. Your most obedient servant, WIN FIELD SCOTT, To honorable-Secretary of War, Washington, D. C on the ratification of peace, still there is great reason to warrant the apprehension that the treaty negotia tion now rn progress will not be successful. In the specification against Gen. Worth, it is said that the outrage against Gen. Scott was committed under the pretext and form of an ap peal." Note added. r&- u The American Review" for May has been received. Besides a fine portrait or tion. u. u Barkaxd and a well-written sketch of his life, it contains interesting articles on the Life and Wri tings of Chief Justice Durfee, Charles Lamb, Rus sia, $-c. G. W. Peck contributes a paper on Ho garth's Musical History, and William Wallace some lines on the Street Flute player, which contain a lesson too rarely heeded.. The opening article on the President and his Administration, front the pen r . -.-. . . A ir-rTi ir iriimCI ! 18 the I, , !. . . I UfUHrAffWV9,b Jfcl . V" 1 . . do not know that I shall aram write upon I . . . Mmnhia ELae-le I ... tt n r. t . n ... . , .. . i exclamation 01 iuo jwiwr w i - 01 us iiuu. u. v. jAnv, w i siuwuua vac puu l,..u.J-.iu1,..ulii pjuu. 1 ft11 I on readlncr the following: . iMi a.mv.,a (v,Ri .M,1. ..M.i.M in no schemes, no combinations, no intrigues. u?h9 (irnt daughter of the Q,ueen of Portugal " " u tne American people have not commence in ja baptized Donna Mana Anna. reruitu i or- . l. . . . : au... I . ... - i i r -...!- ri.Knttlla Carlnte I ' uic, nicy uujui not io give uib ineir -uuig. ieopoiaina mionaeui If they do not, you know me well enough to be- Antonio Julia Victoria Praxedes Gn8 de Bn' Iieve me when I declare I shall be content. 1 ganzae Bourbon axe . i j i i: .. : . w u;k tr.n.Tvnmn.ncMMae and Michilimacainaea i ,... lw ,u a auiuier i uiuriuur ax""'" .!T T . j7" . w.n fW. it m,,ct have m r w m a if, r i if i ir.ii tnic fin-tir . jlxu iiwi w-pvj - - J.. 1 .A I X. LW. l . I authority. To Capt. J. S Aluson Mm m TT oovtr ;antiiA .oRitsionAi. itim i Writs of election have ben iMded for the election of awful constitution. CHARLOTTE AND S. C. RAILROAD. A meeting of the North Carolina Stockholders of tbis road was held at Charlotte on Tuesday, and a resolution passed authorizing the President and Directors to call upon the Stockholders in North , r ovKTtK AND nRfj. CASS. The St. Louis Republican says, "it ia absolutely Carolina for 50 per cent, upon their subscription niascalines.. Without the sunshine shed by women, a Representative l Congress to fill the vacancy c- certaiu" that Mr, Benton will not opport (equivalent to $100,000) provided tna inesame he rosebuds of affection would never blow, nor the caponed bv ibe deah of James A. Blark." to take (or the neat Presidency, even should he be the norn- J be appiie1 .paji,,, the road from ChestervUle to a . . . . . - . . , t. . . . . It t-I lal f rial Am It - I s O nowers or eloquence germinate, tnshcrt, she is the place on the 2ZU and X3tf l Msy. Uol r.vv .uavie lore of the Dammarc !'""" -ienm -engine ot ueiigbt, and the great motive power -, ti en. U Wallace, and Col. H. U. 1 homsour are (says the Liouis paper; roaa-o iu.viMi. r . i .i .r:i i ..n l lcu riff of 1S46, " and other measures of domestic policj advocated by the Democratic party, have been eminently successful," &c. These "others .. , . 1 it CJ A l -inn a nmA t.hp LlCC' urea ' aavocaiea, are u. v ui uuu-, tenant General bill, which were, of course, so t- nently successful 1 As a part of this same Resela-j tion. No. 4, and as intimately connected with tit Sub Treasury, Tariff and other measures of dom tic policy, and, therefore, appropriately belonging the same category is the following glorification: . Boldly pointing to a series of victories as wm elevated our National character aorosu, uu-- t,-,.T,vrl ixih-it hn Inner been stnotherea dj ,.u6 u..- v. ------ o - ..Kiuhinrf bitrarv power.) a tievoiuiion in r rsuv i . - . - . i j . ....Ati in Kuroue.1 on tne rums oi me prwuues. muuiv.; Republic intended as a counterpart or our . .a L. Exactlv " iust what was to be expected. " one Renublic swallows another, it is mighty apt anread Renublicanism. all over the globe. That t -.-f5t. ' winninc wavs to mate I0iK8'' u,c t All this is obvious enough. But for fear it nn? nnt ha as nlain as day-lizht, the Convention ed it all over aeain in the next Resolution, tj of clinching the nail : da.i.sA TK,t tr tb a. eminent success oi j t;- ,.. r-.lt nio-h lnced the cwn-1 of interested parttzans ana omce-sec.CI - . the wonderful and Drillianl ueeas oi our ;- of citiiens soldiers have had an importont agj in precipitating a comparatively peaceful Reyoiu li u 1 rk;-S Kirta fnip to Secure i-" 1U kUE V1U nwiu, nmvu " " - , i.,V,nriI blessingsf Constitutional liberty j .i millions or l-urope; ana we -.rhear people of gallant France our warm and mosi y.juj. By the way, it is not generauj aAnm f- ht Fran-e a Retmblic. Most pF bere suDoose. that there is at present only a r j ional Government, without any Constitution y and that the people are going to make oae p soon as they can. Our Steamers have broog only snch news as yet. But Progres.i fl . ... uher. and Pi racy" ean outrun steam or eiecxncnj Tr.i a simple operation of the imagination, enibooi Resolution, conduct the future into the prcse tnus ; tt What is to be w." . Resolution oin, ganops wn i .. --- .- -f it u ti" unfounded in fact." Whatl both?-and I stj the authors of that Preamble, and those - ue to defend it, ought to be made to smell least Strange, that a mere difference of op to the wnereao-um ui wuuj - - . . . . ,., u w . eeu"6 salts in was, ai ias,j wvm v is such it passion, .isn't this a free land? V not liberty at thought ye, ana oi r ; And if we disagree wun our -jem the deepest ana , est coBdemnation of the people of North Caro j Oat upon such freedom as this.: are 1 6f love, valor, and civiliaaticm. , named as candidates. patriots that say this? : vnistf Resolntion ? th, gives the Legislature a taru- j rute io ; autnorixing me viovemor w avv. - the East bank of the Catawba, including the bridg Volunteer Regiment, (tnougn unucr y over that river. I wwwea
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