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-.r-f- A front tf Itkhmond Tunes. l)E.lOCl!UTlC MONARCHY. nl Sniiinl;v mornin". we COPICU f 4 m wt i'ivi - imcxccUemV comparison of an cxcciieni comparison m uiu piiui w ct" L(Aili Napoleon and Lewis Cass, from the Augusta (Ga.) Chionit le. jioptr,wp are indebted for the fullowin; iie reminiscence nu niiun..'i'i 1 To the same able tlua- IT I 111 lun the nomination by the President can any man through the &":; o can deny this, after Pillow s s cophrma- Ctffry !Wt tirfti? l"hd his recommendation can carry v ihrnufrh ihe two Houses of Congress: sTi.U memorable case of Brinkerhoff & Co., .t,o .Iiiven like sheeD into the slaughter ncn. was almost a verification o! even mis mac, , hut the rejection oi mo uicuiu...i Geneial bill' shows that Congress may yci ue All those desirous of joiningji" J r rr i i i m.l Tcinnot new plead my own wrong to exonerate the Buffalo hunt nvdJr ?" hall vol the nomination eimply upon pane- are rcques stcd with Mr. Van Huren and his princ . 1 M. II lTnd ..rc. and AUr...... -he .IiM, no. he.U., .o,of rtuiive patronage in the1 U. &. Senate, Col. , avowed, the President u Reriton thus prophetically fureiold the course of i j lr flll t.s vatronaie: I trill vote as he i;tbctitye encroachments on Congress and the ir " . pies, ami Dual. ---- .. r . , . . , A S.r;i1B f the O. O. O. Oik or belore the !. what I think, notwnnsw.iu.ujj . y first day of September next. They will ,ato j Baltimore Convenuon. p CLAIR, the number of persons in each party, their j - ; equipments, &c. Rifles, muskejts, or -revo.v-ha Airnished bv each hunter. As V -J i the party may expect occasionally an attack l-.iHinns roamiii in thai sec- .:. .i .... : rprnmmended that" each noil u cuuiiu j "-'- : . . party should be organized and CAROLINA THURSDAY EYHN1 madd indonendent. : I'J v- a. It ik exnected thai l l . :ii i . iiwtnT inrr o i i it r ir. ucziuui - - i i action wi.i . M.we - r - . . vajils my vote, rjght of the Americnn people in this Republic: ! . VTho wliole of this great power will centre in the President. The King f England is the fountain! of Jionot;' the President ot the United States i the stjurce of patronage. pre- ( des over the entire system of Federal ap pointments, jobs and cof.-iractfj. He has 'pow. er over the fsuriport' of the individual who ad- j ininiiter) the tu tn. He makes and unmakes j them, lie chooses from the rinr'.e of his i friends nd supporters, and may dismiss them, j l and upon the principles of human action tc ill ( dismiss ihem, as often as they disappoint his ! expectations. His spirit will animate them in ; , all fK6Trh?ctions to State and Federal offices. There may be exceptions; but the trn;h of a g;eiieral (rule is proved by the exception. -The intended check andcontrol ol the benale. with outinewj constitutirnal or statutory provisions, vill Cjeasc to operate. Patronage will pene. trate this body, fctibdiio its capacity of resist 'Knee, chain it to the car of power, and enable the President to rule as easily, and much more securely, with than iithout the nominal check tt the Senae. . If tne President was himself t ie officer oj" the pet pie, elected by them, and responsible to them, there would, be less dan- ger irom mis cyncentirauon oi an power in nis handsj but it is the btjisiness of statesmen to act upon things as they tjre, and not as they could Wish them to be. We must then look foi waid to the time when' the public reixnue will be tloublcdr when- the ck'il and militaryojicers of . the Federal Government will be quadrupled when its influence over individuals will be mid. ti plied To an indefinite extent; when the nomin ation by the President can carry any man through, the Senate, j and his recommendation can carry any measvke through the two Houses of Congress, when the principle of public ac tion will be open .a ad ..avowed, the President re ant $ my for, and I want his patronage; I tcill role ui he wishes, and he will give me the office , I ttiior.-MVhal will this by but the govern meut pi on man? and what is the government of one man ! but a monarchy? Names are no thingiTj.The nature of a thing is in its sub Mance, and the name soon accommodates itself to the substance. The first Roman Emperor Mas iIed Kmperor of the Republic, and the last Trench Emperor took the same title; and iheir rcfpcctive countries were just as essen. tially monarchical before as after the a?sump lion of these titles. It cannot be denied or dis ycmhled, but that the Federal (Joveriimerit ' gravitates to th same point, Are. 'Those who make the Piealdnt n.tt sunpoit him.' Their polilical fate becomes identified, and they must Hand or fall together. Right or wrong, they mut stippott him : and if he. is made contrary to the will offi people, ho must be supported, j not only by voes and speeches, but by arms." Yes, Mr. Polk's udminiatiaiion has exacted and received Support i.ot only by votes and i pecche, but by arvis, which have cost the people thousands of innocent lives, and un known millions of 'money! And yet, this Ex rctitivo dcpU was Co ced on his party at Balti more by office. holders and office-seekers, a- wUhk, and lie will give me the office I wish for: iPrtciselv the bargain which Caleb Cushing (aj pajssing'good Democrat) openly proposed to th'b House of Representatives, under the Tyler aJmifiistratioii, and which is now daily carried out kithout being positively acknowledged: Willies the appointment of Cushing himself to ii& ajBrigadier General, when he turned Dem ocjra the release of Worth from arrest for a sihiiftr consideration: and the thousand appoint menfcofmen who have no sort of recommend, atjotl except that they are partisans of the Pre sicierit. jve ask the people, if the time has not near ly! h ty, fully come, when, in the words of Mr. Bfnfon, we behold in our republic, " me gov many friendly Mexicans, skiliu and acquainted -with the habits II ioin the nartv. IUC U1U' ..... j i ... . the time of meeting, and the rendezvous will be given tnrougo me puunt y drilled beforol - EQUAL SUFFRAGE. -1 in tne snon, and haunts of j Due notice of GEN. TAYLOR'S FIRST LETTER. The following is among the earliest, if it is not the very first Letter which Gen. Taylor wrote in regard to tne i - everv man in the State, Without properly BRAZEN IMPUDENCE. livery body knows, that, if-Mr. Clay, or Mr- Webster, or Gen. Scott has been nominated by the Vhig Convention, the Wahintun Union would have profess ed to be shocked beyond measure at the convention's bnd treatment oi Oen. lay lnr hut. now that Gen. Taylor has been - . . i r..i In the speculations on the result oi tne : nominattd the Union atlects to ue gubernatorial election, we hear the free ; j . indignal)t at the bad treatment of Clay, suffrage" doctrine of Col. Ueid more fie ! vebstcr, and Scott. Ol Scott the official quently assigned than any other as iIkj j editor speaks thus : principal cause of his success. The Stan- j -And Scott the brave and gallant dard makes it one of the main grounds of i Scott who fought from Vera Cruz to its boasting. K we are to have Col. R. J TjPXico who entered in triumph the city for Governor, and a Democratic Legisla- 0r ,v.0 Montczumas. and through whose ture to carry out the recommendations i jrect energy the olive-branch is now en which he will make, the beginning will I twined with the late hostile banners of be made must be made, in all good faith j the United States and Mexico he, too, I fcw Counties. It of an introduction ot this principle into ias necn pushed from his stool, to make Jr Mnly!i our Constitution. Well if we must have ' room fora younger, not a better soldier." j ' j U oi,t nnrnnr nf nltprinrr the Tl. f iKo ITninn lb oftifinl nr. I or lUC Olale, 1.; l tic rA'v.iio c ""' . - -- nnntitiirinn. whv halcc the matter ? If FOR I K. GENERAL ZA . OF lo; . for vici; ; MILLARD i OF THE TA. We give to day ;. clovtion just over, v Thfi rditnr of the Union, the official or gan of the Administration, says this, and duced majority ; thU distinct and unequivocal aowai . i , ,Tn.: , u wx-A t t for a?rh!S:an?st"e?er-t?? i both branches of the ,al op.n.om lFP'1T - ! Assemblv-whv not so arrange the mat- tains am vidudl op in sk ernment of one man?" And "what," we as agiaii. with him, "is the government of one man bul d MONARCHY?' From I h e Nat. Intelligencer, A ug. 1. StiV SCHEMES OF CONQUEST AND ANNEXATION OF TERRlTORi ! says it without & blush. He says that the gallant Scott, who lought bis way to the citv of Montezumas, and-by whose .y . , . . 11 1 AccomMl' W'll V tint SO !lrrnn CTp the mat- f I, klaccinrre rf (UOKD n ra This declaration is not contradicted, but mny j '""v -v - - uuect cuc,6y .u, u...ubJ ,.v. ... confirmed in several of his subsequent episiles, ler that his vote may be worth its u eight 7 . sccurcd to our country, - has been pushed and by the concurrent testimony of an hundred n an me peopie are tu vuic uau) t.j jr0m us stool to mane room jor a younger, iivin" witnesses. General Tavlor is a Whig, not, in the name of common sense, let all not a Dct(cr soldier ."Well this is true the people be equally represeniea i v uai the gallant Scott has been 44 pushed trom is the use of granting a man a pri vilege his stool to make room for a younger, not that profits him not ? Why not give to ;i better soldier ; he has been pushed from one end of the State as many representa- ! his proud position at the head of the vic tives in proportion to the number of vot- j torious armies of his country to make ers as the other ? i room for Gen. William O. Butler ; ay, the If we are willing to trust voters who brave and war-scarred old veteran, after own no land in choosing representatives winning his way to the centre of 'the enc- f- ------ and devoted to the principles of that party Wm. E. Russell, to whom the letter is ad dressed, is the Editor of the New Lisbon (Ohio) Palladium, who publishes the letter in his own paper, as follows : -Headquarters Army of Occur. vtiox, Matamoros, July 21, 1846. Dear Sir; By yesterday's mail I received place my name in nomination for the Presiden c) ; but it becomes mo sincerely and frankly to acknowledge to you that for that office I have no aspirations whatever. Although no politi cian, having always held myself aloof from the clamors of party politics, 1 aji a Whig, and shall ever be devoted in individual opinion to the principles of that party; j Even if the subject which you have in your ; letter opened to me were acceptable at any time, I have not the leisure to altend to it now ; frhough every one must have foreseen the dabger to be apprehended from the idle swords arid evil examples which are the residuary con sequences of the Texan-Mexican War, the Pub lic? ij not, we believe, aware how near at hand is jibe moment when those swords are to find ernployment, and hc example of first seizing tejj-rrtories of Mexico by an armed force, and then " annexing" them to the United Slates, is to, be exactly followed out. fNpar at hand, did we say ? The moment has already arrived ! We give notice of it to Con gress, who are kept in ignorajice of it, and to the People of the United States, who are not drparriing of it, except the few, very few, we truili in nronortion to the whole, who are in the secret of this conspilraey against the peace, the j lhe vigorous prosecution of thcjwar with Mexi hondr, and the reputation of our country not co, so Important to the interests of my country, to'sjleak of possible consequences more appall- j demands every moment of my present time, and ing jhan the loss of all these, which have been t my great desire to bring it to a speedy and already sufficiently compromised by the wilful honorable termination. t arid I wanton National war, just brought to a ' Wiln my best wishes for your health and close, with results anv thins but ausnTcious to ! prosperity, I am sincerely youris, thfe public weal. ' iailuu. Wm. E. Russell, Esq. Major General U. S. A. On the 2d of January last the Editor of the Palladium wrote the General another letter, suggesting the propriety of his visiting the Noithand becoming better acquainted with the people in this part of the Union. This letter : the General answered through ajfi iend, and his answer is characteristic of the man." He said : M - - , , ' "lie could not consent, tor it would be seck- Si.ields h at Ihft head ol the movement, and i . u u i . . u. .u i ;L, i i ) . o f i m? what he had not yet sought, viz. the Presi- is iiow prohably at San Luis in genera conn- i r.u tt . a . fu . .u i u j , ' t i c i . , dencv of the L'nttcd States; that the people had qi to make the hnal arrangemerits. Manv , r., ,. . t i u utiuiin miiu uni otioui ma sihilh.iuuii, unu, it elected, it must be done by tfhei r free and un- mation of the polit i c bers elect to the 0 tends, We incline : Whig Party still rr: body. What has j it is needless for u a moment attempt to the returns will Lc every candid mnn c . is the result of a v. . ties known and neb by large majorities. nave siinncu in iui li i . . r- j , your letter ot the luth June, anq nave given me , tQ legislate over and tax the land, why mv's COuntrv through the fire and blood i iJ:' a... subject to which it refers much serious rettec- nQt tfUst the same VQters tQ Pgisiate ovcr i yera Cruz Cerro Gord0f Contreras, I .h ,i0n a i? 3lrmvDfellow cei i who" wi h nPSro PrPer,y ? lf wc y this innova Churubusco, and of Chapultaprc and rat- j tle. "treme. Lut r8"l i ufl tion upon the property basis is right-can sinff lhe stars and stripes of the Republic j plain'; the only rr i we sav an innovation upon the ieaerat basis is not right ? Wc are told, for in stance, that on the federal basis, as fixed by the present constitution, one man in Hertford is equal to four men in Guilford in the power of choosing representatives ; and we know that Western North Caro lina, with a preponderance of near ninety upon the loftiest spires of tho capital,, hereafter to bell, found himself suddenly degraded from sake of the princi; his command, called on to surrender up his authority to a comparatively inexpe rienced volunteer, and ordered for a trial before a court composed of his subordi nates, and upon charges preferred by his subordinates ; but, thank God, this gross I tV'ithout further preface, we place before our ! readers, in the precise language of our authori ! tyi information upon which wetplace entire re I lia-nle : i" The arrangements arc nearly completed j " foi the contemplated new Republic, to consist ; " 4f tho Mexican Provinces on the Rio Grande, " tvih San Luis as the capital, and Tampico V aiRJ 31alamoros- as the seanorts. Genernl thousand white population, has no more outrarre .this nushinir of a irlorious old vet power in the Assemoiy man tne Liasi. Is this right ? is it " equal V If we are to make this large innovation upon the old doctrine, that taxation and represen tation go together, why not " go the en tire figure," and give to the voter a chance to feel his power ? not mock him with a shadow and withhold from him the sub stance ! Greensboro Patriot- eran irom his stool to make room lor a younger, not a better soldier' was not perpetrated by a Whig convention or by the Whig party, but hy the infamous ad ministration which recognises and uses the Washington Union as its orgnn. That the editor of the Union, with all the facts of Gen. Scott's monstrous treat- parly, so highly pi. sential to good gov, Carolina is Whizr I in his senses will that in Novemlrr, '. man of the people, of the State, we! . have .the hardihoc ! these jcircumbtancc speculate on the c:. duced this result, L. fidence in the jtisti. gaitis-t t Iio wishes aiid belter judgment df a clear majority in the jConvention by which he ! " i'i independence of Mexico was nominated. 1 hat majority was largely in j 1 have a perfect horror" adds our infor ftfor of Mr. Van jlluren. The spoilsmen, ! mant, in whose sentiment wc entirely concur However, acting on the wtro-democratic priu- ; ofc this Annexation system. Texas and the cipie, tuai triei tnajot ty shall not rule, but the 1 rei minority, through tlile modern two-thtcd rul contrivance, secured a candidate, irrinliedlv STATISTICS OF THE WAR. The New Orleans Bulletin of the 21st has the following : The whole number of Americans that were killed in the recent war, including the line of the Rio Grande and that of Vera Cruz, is estimated at 2000 and the wounded at, 1000. It is impossible to say how many of the latter have died in consequence . of their wounds, but we should suppose not less than one-fourth, say 1000, making in all 3000 deaths from battle. - This, however, bears but a small pro portion to the number who have sunk un der disease. We state under the authority of sever- explaining the constitution as he ! al officers of rank, that on the left flank trier annexation is the object, after the new ,. , , . ' . -. -. .... , .. Kl'DUb C Of SKR4 Mnnp li.ia A.-irA ' ""T v..... exit IILUUW ui Ul3past' nn nlir vvbnlr !rrnc- ment by the Administration before him,! , ,. - r can have the audacity to taunt the Whis ! election for I result ; with Gen. Scott's having been " pushed ; vvc bave opparrji!,, from his stool to make room for a younger, ' Let us assure oi:r 1 : not a bdtter soldier' is to us -among the i that the failure to 1 1.1 f e i t mvsienes and me marvels of human na. i ture. Louisville Journal. ' 44 rjave already gone from New Orleans to meet , " liirt : the Amerivati force will not be less . 44 thhh five thousand men. Our Government 4 i ie Executive were consulted; but they I " trojd that they would neither aid nor oppose 4k itj They will aid it, notwithstanding their " ui claration. de claration. 1 hey can leave afrns, amtnuuui i . m. t ,y tf. c , 'r i t- , ? l)y Air. jeile tin, vvc, at 1 ampico, and on lhe Rio UrandCy President in and let the invading force take them. FuP1 .-V - biassed will. He said he was a man of peace; WAS EMPHATICALLY A WlIIC and WOllld have voted for Mr. Clay at the lastjeleciioa if h'- had had the opportunity. That 'he fully apjs-oved the principles and exposition jof the constitution rson, and did no agree with a late CQL. PAINE. The election of this gentleman, affords us just cause of exultation. Jt gives the lie direct, on the part of Chowan, to the slanderous aspersions that have been cast upon him by Loco Foco Editors and dem agogues. We have received a letter from Edenton communicating the gratify ing result, which we make the following extract - y - recent Treaty Territory have been and will e i be the greatest curse that ever befell the 1 nsiitut VV. U .. 1.. .1 L. wvum.i i oiiiv ictiveu is iirsi urauru their bosom: i i This is the man whom! the Whigs of the Union have placed in nomination. He is an j honest, uptight patriot, inqapablo of dishonor i and above reproach. If elected, he will prove j himself a true Whig, a friend of peace and jus tice. He will restore to Congress its legiti male functions; He will ''discard the 'odious committed to fcast ihem on the spoils-of their "of the bitter cup, to the extent of the los?of couutry ly tt Mexican war or other means, for 44 twenty thousand lives and the expenditure of one man power and permit ihe Peojde's Repre four years. If the Democrals alone stifTMrl 44 two hundred millinna fh-llnra vv...,i-i tn ' sentatives to legislate for the Peonle. Albanu ..-wv-v -ww w t mo.ih. .i, u ii iu iv - r- i - J Vy the gross violation of the republican nrinci ..pie, that a majority phall rule in pojitical con. vcnlions, we would jiot cmiiplain ol the doings f the deliberaim) bodies that nominated Messrs. Polk ind Cjiss. Hut when Democra tic office. h6ldiprs pack one-third -of -a National Cohvcntiorj with ihejr ftiends and tools, and by uo iwo-tniru ruie kcxo every candidate not pledged tu ;thcir interests, and thus force a cor- 44 God that that were all ihat the affair is to ! Evening Journal cost us : It is, however, only the berinnin". 44 this new Republic is to be the second act in 1 44 tlie drama : but which God in hi mnrev rl. : ?1. i" J FRANCIS P. BLAIR. )urown warnings and protestations against tb( combination of speculators and politicians to bring Texas into the Union, and against the I lupt, trading demsgoguc on the party and coun ! T J , aulhors ot ,he late lla. PrcJuohl, ff Whigs surUttX t:!l ?d sj ,",,i-cu iu me uvinii.eiKii oi ineir uesigns, the wrong lhau th mass of democrats them-" selves. tK Mr. Cass' nomination was a fraud oi If t S '""H ""cr. of the Constuution . . .j.i ii jiuuu hj men- way. iiay mis warning ded-by either Congress or the the republican principle that a majori.y shall ; J ," 1 , gnven,. The indefinite extension otMhe mon- Sde, ' nrchical veto power, set up by him and his no- ltV !' mc::" Though now in private life, the opinions and political affinities of a gentleman who, like Mr. Blair, enjoyed more, perhaps, of the confidence of Gen. Jacksoti and Mr. Van Buren, than any one living, cannot be regarded with indifference by the community. When, therefore, it was an nounced in the most authoritative manner, by a paper of the high standing of the .New York Evening Post, that Mr. Bair approved of the principles, objects and nomination of the Utica Convention, there was a general feeling of as A still larger number perished" at the Capital the deaths there for a cl ..sider able time were one thousand monthly, and we. learn, that at no time did they fall below from 3 to 400. t The First Mississippi Regiment that went out to the Rio Grande, buried 135 on the banks of that river before it ever went into battle, and finally brought back less than one third of their number. They suffered dreadful at Ruena Vista. The first and second Pennsylvania Reg iments, recently returned, went, out 1800 strong, (900 each.) brought home about GOO of their original number about 220 fell in battle, nearly 100 died, and about GOO were discharged as unfit for duty how many of the latter have since died is of course unknown. The third and fourth Tennessee Regi 44 In regard to the Candidates, I would only say, that the Whigs mny look to this as a glorious result in our County. Col. Paine, who has been.a representative from this County for so many years, the Whigs will have the pleasure of seeing once more in the councils of our State. The Democrats of our County, (as well as those of other parts of our State) have endeavored by the most slanderous re ports to injure his reputation in every manner possible, but sadly have, they fai led. The people have come out strong ly and supported not only him in the course he has taken, but shown themselves thankful to Gov. Graham, for having ap pointed a man, who was capable for any Liut what still more shows ! as large a majority . S no depressing effect i bui that wc icill car : j majority against C: I thing is necessary. ! resolve to be at the crtionslo secure a ! fame rts a State, a: of our Parly and : , fathers of the Re. alone in al! their 1 ' f fare of the Ccur.tr. scendants, and adv.. rious cause, betid same end. . I LOCOFC Just before the ( ! the 7th, instant,! tl. report that Mr. Cr.r didatc for Govern. to a man in Cinci abusing Henry Ci. resented as say i rig tl for years an incuL : Mr. Ciittenden's fil got wind of it der emergency their zeal for him, is this: w; have had i rication. Cincinnr another pseudo Whirr, running on his i the Anderson or At ii i v 1 - ' own nooK and Uol. p. has not yet re turned to his home, has not seen anv of his fellow-citizens, and docs not even ments, also recently returned, lost 300 by know, that he has been a candidate. In 'culjar partisans, is an ysfenr of elective despoti executive the beginning making power in thii 1 'His Secretaries klraft such bills as are a grccablo to the President, and hand them to the appropriate, committees to go through with the forms of legislation. The parlisanpresses, fo highly favored with Congressional adrerlising and other patrouagei, always maintain that a Democratic Executive can do no wrong. It . "Vyhuld be puni?hcd as high treason for one of them to umtnate ihat tho Mexican war cost one , American life W many, or a single dollar t -.i much. The jime iron despotism which de featcd Ihe nomination of Mr. Van Buren ini 181 1. and packed tlie convention that nomina-j led Mr. C.ss, will rule at 'Washington during; the next lour years, if he is elected." jiWo shall only make lhe following brief adJ dcud to th Chronicle' commentary: Mr. Beiiton said twenty years Wei ... , a a . . . - t . 1 ! . r I . o nuuiu ici uw relations oi l'eacn with pti. .......... . ... . . ...:n .u:. ... probable that that paper Would have made it' LUi Will I I1IS i'VIlIlfW) I i rl 't I n rd rk mrmr, -! un H...i .i.: : r :"y -rjits unadvisedly. i.neu im ii uoriis since 1 eace nas oeen sworn between us, connive at expeditions fron tht I ni'ed States to invade the remaining ter in doubt. Mr. Blair has not left the matter Phe following letter confirms, in our .1 s . . . . I V oninion. !1 the. maleroil n:irt nf th Pnat'a clf.ti death neither ol these regiments have been in action. Capt. Naylor, of Pennsylvania, took down a company of 101 men, he brought back seventeen ; he entered the battle of Contreras with 33 men, he brought 19 out of it. The most frightful instance of mortali ty, however, that we have heard of, was in that gallant corps, the Georgia Battalion, commanded by a gallant and conclusion, 1 can only-say, if the other parts of our State, are only as sound as old Chowan every thing is safe. riipries or .'.lexico, with arms StR!?s in iheir hands ? Forbid 1-4i bid it Honor ! of the United ' mcnt'fur' althouSh he 'utends to vote for Cass, accomplished officer. Col. Seymour it Justice ! he avo7,l.hat h " hea,? KilliML- Van ?u' They were considered acclimate j ren and his principles. f We doubt whether actually suffered much less whilst REVOLUTIONIZING MEXICO. iMr. Holmes, of South Carolina, in the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, asked lhe general consent of tho House to offer the fol lowing resolution : " fiesoired, That the President of the United Ptntes be requested to inform this IIou?e whether he ha acclimated and T Qll (Tlr-f1 milVl locc 'Kilft in !-..- the nice point of honor, the 44 puncti io, as he ,i. , , . styles it, by which he thinks he is constrained ! t 3: if. 1 ? w A to vote for its nominee, by his inveiglement in 1 hf. interior 0,,fhe bands. The Bat- ! the Baltimore Convention?' will be annreriated , ta,,on went Mexico 119 strong ; about by the people at Jarge. His mere vote, how- ! -20 actually died ; a large number wc ever, is a matter of trivial! importance his in fluence will be all given jto his old friend, Mr. Blair, a Kentuckian by bijrth, and a resident of Maryland, boldly avows that his heart is with ceiyed information ot the fitting out, by citizens of the the principles and candidate of a party, origi to have received tl They denied ir.di: ever written such or that they had e ter from Mr. Crittu the fabrication firr .1 r r- - GEN. CASS AND THE PROVISO. letter. He at one a nurtueipuia uuiieiui says " uen. ' "j HIo 1 nen;iL( Cass in a letter pledges himself, if elected, E. Anderson. It t to veto the Wilmot Proviso." Indeed ! was no such man He will veto the proviso, will he? and cornered, thev sent - v leave it to be adopted by the Territorial ! to Washington to Legislature, as he declares that " it is mo rally impossible" such Legislature 44 can ever re-establish" slavery. Very sound man, that Gen. Cass, in regard to the Proviso ! Congress, he says, has no pow er in the premises ; but the Territorial Locofoco member base scheme, and a letter should be ici. covered that it wa i s re- must look farward lo the time, when the publ revenue will l o doubled;" tc If Mr. Walk enuc is now twice as words wero written. Ubited States, of an armed expedition to revolutioni7e ceHain of the Me xican Stales, with the intention of es tablishing an Independent Government; and jf any, and what measures have been taken by the authorities of the United States to prevent such expedition ere dtschargeu with broken down, ruined , Lprrislntnre hn nnd r,m ; ...;n n r; ...... " - ii, nui, miuw 1 constitutions ; anu many ot them, no doubt slavery, but that it wotit. , nave since gone to their graves, and the I Battal ion was reduced to thirtifour men fit for duty!! On one parade, when a ! certain company was ca mustered unwards of 100 men. a .vmt. is indeed an annmnlv whih. unnn nvMnnxo lac: ' i . .1 n 1 .- . aiOl in . T, -r jJt it-(UC ntiswercu 10 me can, anu was its ujiiuuMvc loan nis own ajvowai, wc snomu not i sole Jiv derson nor J. L. A: Anderson, who ha nating in hostility lo the interests of the South, and based on geographical divisions ! ! This 'infT ronrncnnt-it i i.i 1 .... . . . . . I l.-l: I fPL 1 ! i. . . - . I IV MVOVUUHMC . ter estimates arc ist. the rev- ' , 1 e reception ot Hie res. .u-imt was objected ' V T 1 ? oi general . the .u Lieutenants, thn fnnr Sercrent " "When the civil and n.Pinrv nfT,.c r .1 ! We are glad that the attention of Congress ! u,,e nonnem ,na xvll southern principles w ' . , r Inderal Governm 0, i itw ! hls.thus hJen called to a subject which, with- ' -hen Mr Van Buren chores to drop the mask, XJ'T ' -p.... .. l""1 xV'tlrnlrd: 0i. snrK ' ll4,nl:rtn m,t. ' ' ! not only does not condemn? his conduct, but him- other regiments, details very similar to - . - ...... cv.. ...,v vji , - . .. I U 1 t , . , rv ew,;a i,nri..nM Va lv !,Qj.. ! sell turns traitor to the interests of the South. e nave gi en aoove, wnicll mav Comment is unnecessary We give the letter ; ne taUen as about the lair average losses of Mr. Blair : ! for all the vol unteer regiments. The ref- Now Southern Democrats, vou who' "e teas out of h have pledged yourselves that vou 44 will. again, so far as jL- inrade, when a under no political necessity, whatever, i and forgery were r alkd that had ; support for the Presidency" such a 44 per- I Anderson happen. iru, a. tnie sun. " Here isyour platform : Was there I . '. . and was its ever such triekfrv t .v,;. coumry. nc had 1 he Captain, shirking the Proviso, by way of the veto. merely that it may be adopted and enfor ced by the Territory. Rdcigh Register. ! Thnt point; ha nlo Leirn iiinm iLa n..:.. nh lor thi s. . i',L i. ... I rehsurv liWrrnio.l ! l..i ,r M civd ol.cer,. wu.U lh .Mt.xlc,:i waE ba increased iba'ofcr, of thj army tenfold, and vyhieh, when it was deemed certain liy the adi nnn.irnt,o;, hi rfar was secured, i, p,hed turmigh the Senale, which some live hundred Ihlm regiment bi!j AVouId have oren'.i military sinecures. .When its influence over i multiplied to an indefinite extent very serious importance. We have already published an article from the National Intelli. genccr sounding the alarmi and warning the country against this scheme of involving the country in a new war, for the sake of establish itjga South. Sea Republic in the North of Mex itio under the. ansnirUa f Rri ! f J'.hdd As throwing some light on this sub ! j.r:t, we may copy the following advertisement, ltfll.!jt!irl in ilia V.t.. r .. j. , , t-',"-m '"w vueans xeua, a paper IIKIM Khl ils will ..h :.t i c . . - ! .Lis ii i iut-iiu v anu a SiLvrif Spring, July 27, 184. . ulars did not suffer to the same extent I To the Editor of the Evening Po?t : j Such is war ! And such are the resi I. the results over which we are called upon to rejoice. New Orleans Bulletin 21st ult. new approvingly declared 1 I he mi!!M;leaiion of oflie nmhtplie in equal ratio iruciice. indl An nnr-ini7Al r!-,.. i:. I. .U!- ..in - ' .J " ri pan hf riaiiiiMi mis new c,.hode,s of course ; Republic was on foot, and was likely to be sue the President s mf , cbs'sful ; ! i ' 1 BerFALO Hint on the Rio Gk vnde. i Dear Sir : I find from an editorial article in your j paper, that a fiiend lias drawn inferences from a letter I of mine, which it context will not warrant. 1 . think ihat the wronj done New York by the chicane, which silenced the voice cfthe Democracy of that Stale in the i Baltimore Convention takes from the nomination of that Convention, all authority save with those individual : members of it who were present, and did ntt then re , notince it. It was my intention to have abandoned ;, i but the circumstances to which vou have advened in I your edliorial notice prevented. I became pnrtiLcps j regions where, sooner Or I criminis, hy participation in thi proceedings to the close ! hover." Mr. Gaillardet, in his last Paris letter, says : 44 Lamautixe has fallen from his pride of place and by his own fault, I think ; but tho eagle is 'only wounded, and some day with a sween of iia uiiun ii i.;il . ... .t . ' 6 itiiiuuni into tnose later, eagles must letter overlook Li: aw tiiiiiiuuiaifi v n m j rity for it was attf Distresses of lhe Relumed Volunteers. His ' him. lie knew i a melancholy fact that many of the Volunteers uutruth made Olit , who have just returned from the war in Mexico 1 n - , are already left penniless amongst u,, whWe , A e evidence their bodily infirmities render them unfit for the lue abrtcatioti ha ! 1 ii or by which they formerly earned iheir dailv ! taken from them I. .1 L." -.. - - ureu. ootnc oi tnem arc at a distance from ineir homes, having come from lhe interior of j the Mate to join the companies lo which they were attached, and ate without lhe means to enrry them to their fiiend-. The occasion de. mands some immedialo effort to be made in their behalf, for surely they are deserving of it. Phila. Ledger. Better raise one cabbage than be to tally idle. proven to be false, er with, infamy nil ting it up. So that the r.i. were completely f cd attempt to air against Mr. Cri:: foco meanness io cannot succctd 1
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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