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i: :T . IIS. DALLAS, v . -The
Penes) lvania papers, without re-
- gard to party. are lashing thi. bidder lof
the next Prejideoey with a mhip' ef scot
pions ' As a specimen ef die temper- pro
voked by kit recent easting Vote, wa select
three paregraphs. The fit fa fro" thr
Philadelphia, Noitb Americin a Whig pa
per:
been kMwaHWMhinflon.ihat.iha charter
of tba Hudson Bay Company wu perpet
ual; Ilenca ' the torms of the proposed
treaty, bow ratified, confirmed the perma
nent right of the free navigation of the
Columbia the very point which he did
not wiah to yield, and which he bettered
the British Government would not abso
lutely insist UDon. "If the only question,'
esays, "upon which the adjustment of
ur. - t.....k.nia hS fa!
""'" i l n i r....i .'..!: her the Oregon aitestion deoended should be
ten. anu we nnni ssini wnuu - i .,". 1 , , . ..
in the Senate was inflicted bf the hand of j whether the navigation of the . Oo umbia
George M. Dallas. Soh.n, the Athenian, neei should be granted for a pewtnd Imffi.
eicloded oamcide iom n " . VT. r .r--
.Mima Inn nnnBlunl in be DOSsfille. Either
UIIBS
. brnnan Hlnm has ehsnced. Or Mr.
ia a moraf lunu maivrv. Jhe bosom
'. which bore W. mriurti him m chM'
. hood to a, foatred him as mothers foster
I their feebler children for the past bears
; aa sinire memorial of a service done to
Km that Imiimi ii bleedinz tinder the
r wound which he has inflie'eil.
'rr "rom -childhood (Wr-Jiia parent too
. wa her debtor the bread he has eaten
- baa been bers; ever in office, be has
known no honor that she ha not conferred;
always her dependent she has given to his
w helplessness more than she hss framed l
jhe allies' of her ehildraiv. And bera is
her reward. The political history of the
wotld has" go prallet 'tot such an et of
infratitode and i-ru Ity. Dut the turpitude
of litis parricide is eq tailed by its folly
Il has sold and betriyed ber; but what
, baa ha won by the gmt y contract!"
This ia severe enmiehj but the fohrtw
ing, from the, : Pliiladelphia "Times," a
Demnciatie piper, rwftl be more acutely
: felt, anleas indeed the epiilerrnU a wall
aa the heart ia made callous by ambition;
--TasASOH to PruNSTtvsxu! Ttie in
famy has been eonsuminatrd ! and by the
vote of George Miffi.i Dallas of Pennsyl
vania! The Old Keystone has been Mas
. . ted by ih m( hand f trear.ierwis
on, Like -that of him who fired heKJie
iandome, the fame ef Gen. M. Dallas -ahall
be immortal to execration, immortal
to infamy. The commonwealth that had
given him birth, life, favor, wealth, atation
and power, called npon him to stretch
forth hit am and aave her he has answer
ed the call as the assassin responds to the
m?rcy f ry of the helpleu. Alas! poor
Pennsylvania I An empire wKhio herself,
possessing more af the real elements of
wealth and greatosss than the entire laion I
besides, ahe ha teea sacriftfed h the Aog
mas of the South - prostrated and trodden
down to earth by those who were pledged,
,pri41y;a
The fraud must be wiped cut HaraAL is
the ward! and We act the bail to motion,
- aven though we atand "solitary arid alone."
.But we ahall not be alone. The rough
stout arms f sixteen thousand iron-workers
and miners, will roll on the boll, .nor will
it stop till jus live has been done la Penn
ey I vania." , . . . .
7 The third bj :front lh "Cltronicre
which takea no part in pnlitiew ,
'Since the above waa ia type, we have
learned by the Alsgnelio -Telegraph, that
. the last ray of hope for the Tariff of 43
has been extiogaishedl The fraud npon
Pennsylvania and ihu country at large, has
been, consummated! and the hypocrisy and
trickery o the Demosratic leaden in the
campaign of '44, are now fully- exposed-
Out upon such , hypocrisy vengenee fur
such treachery such are the eealiinenis,
and such will be the action of an insulted,
deceived, and outraged people.",
Erom the Uichtasod Tims.
THE OREGON TREATY.
There haa evidently been a great mis
take the part ol our Government aa lo
the extent ol the privilege of the free navt
ration of the Columbia secured to England
by the Oregon Treaty. There is no dsobt
that the right ol the free ovigatio of that
river haa been granted in perpetuity t the
Hudson Bay Company, while the impres
sion haa nrevai'ed t'.at such right waa to
- be limited t a pciiod of rests. The mis.
take arose from a belief that iheComjuny 's
charter would expire in 1838; but it is per
peluttl: certain special privileges of trade
and fishing were indeed granted to the
Company by the Uritish Government for a
period of years ending in 1858; bat . these
aae apart fon the charter and not ne
cessarily connected with if .
It ia clear froov Mr. McLsne's letter
published Dofhing VMt when, he submit-
Z led to the Preileul jhe propoaiibn - wliicb
haa since become treaty, that he regar
ded the proposal aa securing to the British
. Government the right of navigating the
Columbia without restriction of time. Re
therefore did not advise the acceptance of
the offer, but eurgeeted that it should be
awdified on Ihie aid of the water in this
very paiticulasv and then aent back to the
British Goverpmoat , Of thr final 'aceep
'lance of the modification by that Govern
. aaent he did not doubt - Mr. McLaoe's
hwgvage oa thts point is too clear for mis.
pprelieniion. . lie asja:
Feeling very acre, however, that tbe
pteaent wet it not made or intended aa an
ttlliinatutok I think it only reasonable to
infor aa expectation, on the part of those
who are offering il, not ouly that asodifiea
tiona may. ba auggeated, but that they may
- be ffMOnabrj iequiied. Aad therefore, I
ahall entertain the opinio that although
from a f ariety of causes in part, perhaps,
from M expectation that ia the United
States this point may not he absolutely ia-
sisiru upon, aou m panirom aiereareto
. tntereets and iroprrasiona at- kome thev
eeald Dot be Mtdsiced in the iret matauca to
make an oiK wkli auxh a,qiuiica ien,yH
if.tho ljii8tmet of the oueatkMi should
M luonu to depend upon tliw pwoi
only, Uiey would yield the demand to the
' pet ma neat navigation of tbe rier. and be
content to accept it for aoeh a aambcr ef
vears aa would afloid all the subs t ant mI
awvaotagee efthooe interests they have per-
.jjcatany m view taat couu tn reasoaably
.- de-tired. ' '-, . ,
Alx. McL. knew what sceuw not to hart
subjects within the disputed temtory, or
whether the light should be extended in
definitely to a particular class of British
sahjects; I most believe that no English
statesman, in the face ol his denial of a
similar privilege to American citixens in
regard to the St. Lawrence, would take the
hazard upon this point alone of disturbing
the peace of the world." A letter on this
tuhjpct from a well informed source will be
found below:
Washington, Anjtist T, 1816.
There can be no doubt that the charter
of the Hudson Bay Company is unlimited
il point iT time, whatever restriction or
limitat on may have been put upon other
rights to trade, fitc , West of the Rocky
Mountains, which are. confined to the year
1858. Accordingly when Mr McLane
first Informed our Government that he
thought ilte Oregon question could be set
tled and compromised upon' the 49th par
allel, he at the same time informed them
that .England deired the free navigation
and joint occupation of the Columbia river,
lor all B i it Lull subjects, and tit perpetuity.
This extensive privilege he-could not ad
vise or recomwend, but he waa willing to
concede this right if conHed to the Hudson
Bay Company and Uritish subjects trading
with that Company, for a term of seven or
elirhl yearxw , And be endeovorcd to confine
the British Ministry.. to-.-tlieatL. restricted
term. But, finally, when they anbmittrd
their formtil proposition, they did not feel
at liberty lo limit, in point of time, the priv
ilege of freo navigation of the Columbia,
and Mr. McLane, as appears from his des
patch already published, rather advisud that
we ahould ourselves mod if r it. No doubt,
when the Oregon norpeis are all published,
we will ere other despatches, showing the
propriety of limiting this free navigation to
a term of years. Some of the Philadelphi ,
New York ami Boston journals supposed
from expressions m fr. McLane'e des
patch, extracts of which have been aires-
djrjiublished, that Jjie had changed rji views,
of a peaceful andhonoraye comproinise of
the Orojon question. 1 he laci seem to
be simply that early in his- negotiations he
tniormrd til Government that he thought
the question could be settled upon the basis
of the 4'Jili parallel, and that the question
at issue was the navigation of the Colum
bis. Th s right the British Government
desire! at large for all Brkish subjects;
they Consented, hit the course of the nego
tiatton, to confine it to tba Hudson Bsy
Company. Air.. McLane, knowing.doubt
less, that the charter of the Hudson Bay
Company was unlimited in regard to time,
waa anxious to fix in the Treaty the term
of years for which it should be enjoyed,
ana if the modification was not recommen
ded by tbe Senate, it must be because they
Viewed the ehartar of the Hudson Bay
Company limited aa to all rights West of
Rocky Mountains. Mr. McLane -as on
the safe side at least, and in hie published
cfevrrttoh assured the Government that the
modification would not be rejected by the
British Ministry. Bait. American.
MINIMUMS,
' The Richmond r Whig aaya We have
heard a great deal abont "the odious min
imums" in the larifT ol 1812, as if they
were for the first time incorpo
rated iff that bill. We are astonished that
Mr. Calhoun did not defend his own
progeney against the violent attacks; for
wether m was the author of this feature
in the bill of 1818, or not , he waa certain
ly one of he warmest defenders, and rest's
ted, in a powrrM argument, the motion
made py Mr. Randolph to strike it from
the bill of 1818!
visit in manner comporting .-to JBen
Taylor'a habits, arjf consequently equip
ped himself in plain white- drilling, and
unattended, came ashore ''
The moment old "Koagh and Ready"
heard that commodore Conner had landed.
he aboodoucJ some heavy n ork he was
personally attending to about the camp,
and precipitatelv rushed into his tent,
delved at tne bottom of an old chest, and
pulled out a uniform coat, that had peace
fully sium6red for y enrs in utidii I irbed qui
etede, slipped himself into it, in his hane.
fastening it -o that one siJe of tle stsnd
ing collar was thfee button holes above
tbe other, and sat himself down at uncom
fortable as can well be lrtiaffined. Will
quiet step and unattended, coin mod ore
Conner presented himself at Gen. Taylor's
tent; Ute two soldiels shook hnnds. both
in exceeding astoimkment at each other's
appearance. N. O. J fopic.
j FURTHER EVIDENCE OP FRAUD.
The gross and unexampled fraud prac
ticed by the Democratic leaders qpon the
people of Pennsylrsniat in the last Presi
detrtial election, by which the vote of that
State waa secured to James K. Polk, the
least worthy of all win ever filled the Ex
ecutive Chair of the Union, pas been re
cently, (in and put of Congress) so plainly
et forth and exposed, thn no one now can
have the hardihood to ony it. Nor Was
this corrupt mode of midetding .the people,
and effecting the base purposes of party,
confined to the Spate cf Pennsyl vania -aloite.
It was practiced whoever it was thought
votes could be gained by it for the Demo
cratie candidate. How do the honest dc
mocrats of North Carolina relish auch
conduct? ,.IJow can (bey remaia longer ia
aesociation with auh men? How enn
they mrrpott an Administration that was
oailt up by such foul brans? For the fur
ther evidence of their general fraud and
deception read the following from the
Cumberland Civilian;
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
"We will refer to one oihef of the frauds
of the day, because it is, jf any thing, of
the grossest, which cam under our obser
vation. We have alreaf said in a former
number of our paper, taat there were two
different Prospectuses issued from the
Globe office, , for the .x ,';J?plar G lobe. .
riewspapeVfbnhec
Prospect is ws circulated under the frank
of members of Congress,' whh 'a view to
obtain a large number of subscribers. We,
have one of eachthe Anti'-Tariff sent on
with a circular of David 9. Reid. of N. C.
and the non committal Prospectus, which
went to Pennsylvania under the auspices
of Benj. A. Btdlack. To make thia dou
He dealing more opparest, we put extracts
from those precious documents in juxtapv
aitioo. ... - --' .-' - -
Kxtbict from IaMrte
res, ftanJuy fry D S
GEN. TAYLOR HEADED.
The singular simplicity that marks
General Taylor's personal appearance and
habits have become a subject of universal
fame.-. It k cuiioua, that a sold ier, so emi
neat in all the qualities of discipline, sbculd
be so citizen-looking in his ownapperance.
A carious scene occurred at Point Isabel,
at the time Commodore Conner appeared
off that place with hia fleet, to give succor
to tua "Array ol Uecupation. Com.
Conner ie a naval officer that ia not only
stiict in bis dress, but haa n Philadelphia
eicrty about it. He appeara in full and
tptendid;uniform on all occasions, being
the exact counterpart in this particular of
Uen. 1 ay lor. ...
At tbe prop' tune, commodore Conner
sent word to general Taylor, that he would
come ashore to pay him a visit of ceremo
ny. I hie put old "Hough and Ready"
into a tremendous excitement. If com
modore. Conner had quietly come up to
hia tent, and given him a sailor'a gripe,
end sat down; oo a camp. chest, and talked
over matters loan old fashioned way, gen
eral Taylor- would have beets prepared;
but, to nave tne most carefuuy dressed
officer in oar Navy, commanding the finest
Beet, to come tu full nnuosm, surrounded
by all tbe pomp of splendid equipments,
to pay via of ceremony, waa more
man general Taylor neM, without some
effort, nerve to go through with; bulr eooal
evetto-ailemergenciea, ne deleimtnea to
eomplrmenr 1 commodore Conner, and
through hint-the Nary, by apearing ia
full vnifoim, a mine his orficera associated
with him for yeais, had never- witnessed.
: In he meanwhile commodore Conner
was coettatiog over the moat proper way
o compliment general Taylor. . Having
heard of h' peculiar disregard of saQiUry
dress, be concluded he would Tnake rthe
Htid, N. c,
"Is a national debt to
bolttsr up audi a bank,
ad support lha govern
ment bars in defiaoos of
th popular will, aa it
doas ia England already
originated by Mi. Clay
during hit short ivign
ia tua coon-sain Coo
giMi, cileulaUd to give
bin tiu suffrages or tlx
nation fof the praaiden.
eyt la tho dUhttm,
fraudulent and txhof
Maul taHT . M -:M
Clay' CoHgrttl I my.
in taxa uooa M'c or-
lift, 100 per tfU M
ytnd tke revenue duly.
fir th htnefil the
vergrum eaplauttt,
liktli to on mote Ait
further pelilical ad-
van cement! la Dm dis
tribution law, wasting
tba praoMtUof ih pub
lie domain provldod by
our ravolutionary (ath-
art as a aacrad fund for
tba dafoocs of our Ro
pablis and gradually to
DO tltOtHMU, sc.
ErrT from Paos-rac-rea.
franked by
B, A. Bidtmck, ef
if a.
Me a national debt, to
boliter up.aurh a bank
aid rapport tba govern
nent ban in defianco of
fa popular will, aa it
toes i England, alrea
dy originated bv Mr;
Clay during his Short
rotia in lbs cooo-skia
CbngnM, oaleulatod to
gi'S him the anflragoa
et lha nation for ma
rroridsnert. Is the dis
eibetion law. waiting
ti proooada of tba pub
Ucdoiaaio, providodby
ear ravolutionary
(Wl m Mcred fund
fx tba (ilea co of out
Rapablie, and gradually
to bssxtaaded aa hones
for actual aetuVra, as
our population eipands,
after bribe; condemned
bf UN paaplo, auddan
ly to ioereaia tho popu
larity of tho author of
tba nefarious arhento,
which bo kintMlt da-aoune-d
in tbo sarliot
and bfttar daya of hia
pohtiail career, etc. tic".
Both of these are siirned Blair & Rives
and bear date, Washingtoj city, 9th May,
1844. It is only necessary to ear, that for
hia ageucy in thw Mdishoiest and and frau
dulent" electioneering" scheme. Benj. A.
Bidlack now represents Ut Mi a Foreign
Court as Charge des Affairs at ft salary of
100 per annum. Mors money by far,
than such a man would bring, were
there none but honest biddets. '
Ad Valorem and Specifu Duliet. -In
bis great speech en tli tariff, Mr
Webster quoted Report sf We. H.
Crawford a rentlemao. who was the-favorite
candidate ol Virginia fur tie Presidency
in 1824 the Republican emulidatt, as he
was then call in which tkat genllemaa
declared that, "it was pracenl to diminish
as far as practicable tbe list af articles pay
in ao valorem duiieei and be retresentc 4
to Utmjrrse a ttst ot 71 artnirs Iheir pSTInfC
advalorfm dunes wtiu-h h, rece.amended
should be aibjecled lo etee'fie duties.
This waaia 1917. Two years afterward,
(in 1819,) he rgio urged Gangrree to cur
tail tbe sdvalorem liet affirming' that th
mwt important change whkk eould be
made ia tlx rr arid I syvtsm will be the
ubtiiati-.in ef sperific fur ad vaSbrrm da
tics upon an armies euMfMiwe . el mar
Changed 9a amd Wa. H Crawford
whose urlburtUkx as pohician, and
whose skitk and . saeacit as
noaaci-r, wf preen in e may be safeff com
pared vir wit thoar af -Sit" ' Robert
Walker!! Who. then . will dear that
"Demecnsrv" kit beeaprovrvMrvv? Pro
gressive! by m is mamlestly- thr veiy
reverse of wkat it was aadersteed tv ' W
lbv the Fataceaaf the Chareht - f
PRpVJS10N Of THS SUB-TREASe
' tttYf. 5
are indebted to the Baltimore Amer
ican for the sabjnincd provisions of the
Sujj-Treanury act, as signed and approved
by the President. Notwithstanding their
severity. It is ssid that the Secretary of the
Treesory has taket. the fesponsibnhy of
issuing a Urge number of Tressory Drafts.
They form a Cunyncy for circulation, as
much so aa any iJank uuirency in mo
etfunfry; and, with the loarts and tfeasury
ndtes, milke the Sub Treasury nothing
less than a raamtnotn Government Banki
The Sab TfensurCrs, or Assistant Treat
nrera as they are called, were all appoint
ed by the President and confirmed by the
Senate. They are
tot New York, Ex. Governor Buuck.
For Char lesten. Major Laval.
For Boston, llsnfy Hubbard.
For St. Louis, name not remembered.
For Charleston, Keeper of the Mint
For New Orleans, " " "
ntovisioKS or the sob treasky.
Section 1st- Defines what is the Treas
ury of the United State.
!i. Makes Mints at Philadelphia and
New Orleans depositories, .
3. Rooms jn NeW York end Boston,
prepared under former act, to be used
under this act. , ; .
i.. Rooms, eco, at Charleston and St,
lVouisi same. ' "
5. Assistant Treasorers to be appointed.
9v Money to be kept by all persons re
celvlng same, without loaning', using, de
positing in Banks, nr exchanging lor other
funds, except as allowed by the act.
7. Treasnrers,c. to give bonds.
8. New Bonds' to be given anil retjuired.
9. Collectors and receivers to pay over
money by direction of the Secretary of the
Treasury, or Post Master General, once
in each week
10. Secretary of the Treasure may
transfer money from one depository to fit-
other, OCX.
1 1. Agents ta examine books and ac
counts of Depositories, to be appointed try
Secretary of tbe Treasury, and to be al
lowed $0 per day and travelling etpett
st-s.
12. Nafal officers, surveyors, die. also
to examine books &e. of assistant Treasur
ers. Ate.-each Quarter or oftener if tho
13. Depositories to have Clerks, dzc
14. Balance of present depositee . may
be transferred, &c
lft. Marshals. . District Attorneys, Sec
make payment tu the Treasurer of the
United States Mints or Assistant Treasur.
ers.
16. AH persons charged vtith keeping,
transferring or disbursing public moneys,
to keep an accurate entry of sums received
end of each payment or transfer not to
be converted to their own use, invested,
loaned, deneeited trt anv Bank, or exchan-f
ged for other fundi penalties and proof.
17. Rooms to be procured where there
are none.
18. On the 1st of January 1847 and
thereafter, gold and silver only to be re
ceived.
1. On the 1st of April, 1847, irold and
silvet and Treasury notes only to be paid
out.
20. No funds to be efchantfed except
for gold and silver when pold and silver
is iurnished, it shall be paid out when
m drafts they must be presented at place
of payment and properly paid,-and pay
ments to he mv.de hi money received lor
such drafts- unless in either case an ex
change can be made for gold and silver at
par. l'enalty.
91 1 he secretary of the Treasury td
enforce speedy presentation and payment
of drafts at the place when payable, and to
prevent them from being a circulating me,
diurn. If officcers self for n premidm-
they must account to Treasury.
23. Kegulaees salaries of Assistant Treas
urers, Ac. and providev they shall not
charge feea.
23. Appropriates 500(7 for repairs of
Sub Treasuries, &e.
t. Repeals all Laws repugnartt to this.
Liberia et ml ale tolum.
RlLElOHi AUGUST 28, 1816.
SENATOR MANGUM
We cordially unite with the Philadelphia
North American in the following tribute to
the able and distinguished Senator from
North Carolina, whose re-election to the
office he now so ably fills will be hailed
aith delight by the Whigs throughout
the Cnioni
' ft may be doubted whelfirf our' Coun
cils boast a more faithful, fearless and effi-'
xient-champion-of the righf than' Mr.
Mangum of the Senate. His course has
won the heart of tbe country. Through
out tbe session, one of tho most momentous
in-eur annate, ne una been among the
foremost in the assertion of sound princi
ples and tbe advocacy of joet measures;
and w hile he haa maiuteined.' with chivaK
ric fidelity, the interests of the 'Sootb, ' fie
haa done justice to all sections of our com
mon country. Our national councils can
boast no purerpatriov, no sounder s ates
man, and no bettor roan- Wr trust that
Nonh Carolina, hortorfag ove w bo is an
honor to her, will ton snake the nation
her debtor by firing to the Fedrkf Senate
so clear n head and so pore a heart -
that of a Mangum. .Poowsylvaniar would
rejoice-to beetoif higher ' honor npon
'great britainI
On half of the Whole revenue ol Great
Driuht is devoted to peyinj the interest of
the cost of former war, mm! neatly eoe
half of the remainder is spent ia prepariag
tor fattire, wafs. viat. in natalainiaf tba
i . . - ,
anny anu uovj, , .tf)Uil. f ,
MR. POLK AND THE TWO MILL
IONS. It is known that just on (he eve of the
adjournment of Congress Mr. Folk trans
mitted to the House of Representatives a
Message, ask iris tte appropriation of
2.000,000, to be placed at hi disposal,
and ' to he tisrd in settling out diffculties
With Mexico. In accordance with this
message, a bill was introduced by the
friends of the Adrhihlstrnlion. Now, we
wish not to be censidertd ss countenancing
in the' least opposition from sny quarter,
to a fair and honorable termioaliou of hos
tilities between our country and Mexico,
We desire peace and a speedy peace. We
like not thia warl&e clangour of arme, and
the flowing bf hurtan Wood, when we bee
tteve honorable peace could be brought
about, were tlirte in power desirous and
ready to do jistice to (teak and distraeted
Mexico,
In the first place, we deprecate these has
ty appropriations which are sometimes
made and placed ei '.the disposal of' the
Executive Without a full and clear deftgna-i
tion of thil object and end. Especially
are we opposed to trusting the' discretion
of Mr. Port in matters which concern
he national honor and prosperity, any
farther than the constitution require. He
has lost tho corafidddce of all parties and, of
the whole ccantfy. ;. :
But there ie another feature about this
demand of the President for 2,090,000
"to make peice" as he pretends, which we
earfnot underttand. It will be remember
ed thafbmweetfW!
ions of Dollars have been appropriated to
carry eti.thfa wart And can! Mr. Poik re-f
afty need two trtilhon ,motsT Thirty
mtllione in hand to make war snd two
millions4wanted to make peace! And how
is this pejce to be obtained? Ie it to be
boughlt Are we to be brought to the hu
miliating condition- of buying peace from
Mexico? Mr. Polk has already about
3,000,000 of the claims of our Citiene,
to pegotiato upon, and the two millions
added, will place at his disposal his un
limited and undefined discretion, viva mill
ion, to obtain peace from Mexico! But
by the exercise of a little attention' to pass
ing events, "be wto runs msy read" the
object, the design, the" covert purpose, of
Mt. Polk and Me cabinet in askiffg thre
approprlaticn, pf Congress,,,, It is territorial
iiggraridixementl The seeref purpose is
to despoil Mexico of the (west portion of
her soil! And , what a picture would we
present to the civilised world! With tbe
sword in une handy we threaten- all the liur
rors bf war to tke People of Mexico, and
with the purse in the other we hold out
a bribe to the corrupt and debased ruler $
of that unfortunate Country! We aay to
them accept the fatter, and" surrender Cali
fornia and Monterey, or we wilf devsslate
jour fields, and reduce your cities to ash
es! It is evident that ths object of Mr
Polk is the acqitsttion of Teiritoiy, and
are (lie People disposed to countenance
the manner in which lie seeks to accomplish
ill Who is to pay for this natrotlttf aggran-
dixement! Are we in situation now to
be burdened with the expense of the pur
chase! Will it be any satisfaction to our
People, when ground to the dust by Tax
es, to be told that th) Nation hat ad im
mense body of rich anti-slavery Temtory
beyond the Rocky Mountains! ( And what
contemptible figure we exhibit to the
world" oy incurring ft jsatumat debt- oi
millfens uperr millions, to acquire land fbf
the abolitionisuf And tiere weVund,at
the very time we are ' koasting of our gen
erosity1 and magnanimity, our grvatnese and
t'isiglory , of out Qevernment, cowardly
liking advantage of the devtraeted and proe-
trate eoaditiow of tk weak and ignorant
neighbour to 'despoil her, either by. the
bribery of heir" rulers, or we threatoiug bf
her People, of tlto beat (mrt of her ternto-
rial pwsessionsf Bat it will become a
matter of grave indniry for the South at
least,' under' recent devetopements, , what
advantage this increase, of Territory ts to
btingSM? That it will tend to strengtbeaj
the alave-holdiSg niterest'all must admit,.
from" what - occurred in Congres , when j
the tnefaagevJ tl Pwsklenl ,wss. under
consideration, i Already - art the intoreato'
of the Slave hekler irthe mercy ef the'
North and North Wesr. ahd the hslVe) l
elated their uetcrsainatioa to support no
mesautel which will tend "to increase) the
(Area of Slavery. .We, am farced thesi to-
look ahead at thooa Ara;n. l-
UIIt fc
r"" anae ociween the uiuretit si,
tione ofwrCejiiBtiy, if that poyVv
iuvk iu uk mojuguioa of V l; r
unentwys out nefai, ie oarju.l
That they will aha e our ihlirt""
their very base,if they do not a,"
them, no man oj ordinary sagatitj tn gj
cessrully controvert! We should b -u
if the United States could get pose,ii,Jj
vBiuruiB juaiiy, nonoriwy and peaetaVV
and on favorabla terms, provided tbe
ciples of abolitionism were excluded L.
its acqutstuon and settlement as s poniotiof
me union; out il that horrible fanaticism ,
lo prevail in any territory to be lienjifte,
acquired, 1ST it alonb let rr aloii.
We Shall resume this oubieei when ',
objects and ends of this hesdstrong sdmi.
ististion become more palpable, The ftnj
miVion bill was lost, which affords "sddj.
lional pioofibat the supporters of Mr A
are dwindling down, and mat rapidly , ,
--vwrP..ri a urard - I he next Conffc
wh, uu tne vroiK tor tne t'nrty!
THE PRAIRIES ON FIRK-THB ri
TY.OF GASTON IN A POLlTICAl
UPROAR! v '
Whatever else may be said of the polkl
ei wuuicis wuuiu arise in our caumryn
are compelled td admit, that diey ocelli,
y gire birth to some very rare productions
of genius. They stir up. and nut in frU..
ful agnation at times, the moral and intel.
lectual energies of the c6unt?va,l ik
- v oaav rv
steps forth heie and there, front obscu'iifv
- it.i. r i. -ir-
round, and gives almost without effort i
new direction lo events. Ther are amy
in all political parties who in the eour tt
Ume become tired of their old principles.
They fall on the ear likr a thrice told M.
Every public speaker, and every Tillage
newspaper have been dincine at uW
long atfd with ai much earnestness, that
they have lost their novelty. Thus it k
that this marorrtv eve. rv-pnnnit tA
Tor new doctrines, and new leaders, and
then it is that Demaeorues flourish. .nt
are suddenfy Converted great net-t
vw maUCCS g
rn our own Sta e during the last campaign.
It is not necessary to go abroad fcr exftK.
pies. The recent political contest broyght
them in full prominence before the public;
and we say confidently "there cannot, be
found record a mote alriking examp
than one whtch waa aflbrded oy the Dem
ocracy of Gallon and its vicinity on the dy
of the recent election. An account of it
made Hs appearance in the" ht Standard, .
and the actors being very prominent men;
in their own estimation at least, we hays''
a right to speak of their doings without".'
serve.
Now, in old times, in the days of Wash'' j
tngton and Madison, and other fbimiW f
our Government, it was regarded as UieX I
oest test ef Honestv m a politician, that hs
was governed' 6y hia "coicifee." U9a
thought in those days that a politician Hottlit
and ooght to hare auch a thinly "ant
eeience," and - that at times it was ee
useful, in deterring him from evil, and froVt
yielding a blind obedience to the dictates'
of a eerrupf faction, to which he tnjght 'hi
the time be attached. So hifftrfyr hieei, ,
was this arficfe, called conscience, prixetf
by our fore-fathers that when they framed
the constitution, they prescribed that' stf
oath Should be taken- by public officer!
Senators and Representatives, which okllr
requirej them to tvpport the constitution
and rerce the Country; and not to" rendeV
lation of the one, and detrimental to ths Oth
Cut if appears, that or late vsarf, sa-
entirely, new system- ei political sthicS If .
beginning to recerve' Countenance among
at least, one wing of a cerfain! party which'
has assumedr-tlie name ot Democracy, sri
which, under the aha law rtit nrnteetioo
of that name, is exerting itself to- entice the
People from the paths which Wet elnarked
out smf trodden by their tore-fathers, see
lead them into lb devious and dangefJOS'
walks-of modern innovation aoj exriioeiuV
They are beginning at tost ,to diepi' r
tber that tlicre is bo auch .thing- as tort
science, or, if there he, that" itia such t
ephemeral unubttantiM creature, that ft
is not worthy the least regard from grtil'
men, in great' and moving trials;' anS
mat whoever is disposed to pa v even4 the
eoldeat respecl, wben;'ita' teachings
art in conflict with jhe edicto of hie Patty t
deserves nought but scorn sud oontenipl
''amtlahoiitd,' ferthwMb' ha'- expelled fiodt'
association with tho sensible ndhoneslf
The Democracy Ceaoaj'Northaaip
ton county, North Carolina) and Its viciaK
tv SM Mlill ItmvhH tn tti riejflt'mt
being the jfrsf to embody lliese principle!
in the form' ef "Jottrinat retoHttionf
after the fashion no doubt, of the Hklilinbrf.
Convention;' and we presume it will hers
afier he releired to as the test look p.'thaf
sect which enlertanis sack. t horror of- thai
troublesome' little sreator,'' called'
etencew Oa the 6th of Aag XS40. (l
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a.