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t , , j it r r t n 1 1 ; T?rm of tlio Witclimaii. For Sulcr.ptinnlrr ycnir, X.wo fc)oji-LRs payable in Jrnr. But if not paid in JVance, Two dollars anJ fifty Hi wiU b chargrd. j-'' Atmtiouxjs insrrtcJ it 81 fif the first, and 25 cts. for rath SuWqufnt tnnrrtion. JSourt orders chnrgrd 23 pr ct. hijhrr than thrw ratijs. A liberal deduc tion to thoj who adverise by the year. . - - v ' - . ., ,. , . !. I,ETTtM to the CiUiior inusi urpysi pam, THE CAROLINA 117 Aavni ii i vr W iLJLtrllJUAll. rr ' V : . 1 S.IUSJ1UAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1848. - ! t k, . '. - V1IIG PLATFORM. r ! - Batox Rovot, Aran. 22, 1848. . j j X. BKljJNER & JAMES, I Editors 4 Proprietors. Keep a check cpox all tock Rclees. Do this, and Liberty is safe.! Gen'l. Harriton. NEW SERIES, VOLUME V, NUMBER 20. SALISBURY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1848. DsiaStw My opinions have to often been miscon ceived antNnisreprwnied, that I drem it due to myself, if not to1 nif friernR o make britf exposition of them upon lb& topics to wmcn you pave jcaneu my onrnuon. ' I rmvei ronfrnteil to the atof nny name as a candi date (or he Preiidnry. I have frankly avowed my dis trust of my fftness for this high stltion ; but having, at the solicitation of many of my copntrymen. taken mv "p6illon in a candidate, I do not foel at liberty to sur render that position until my friend manifest a wish that r should retire from it. I will thea most gladly do so. I have no private purpose to acco(nplih, no party pro ject! to boil J op, no enemies to punish nothing to serve but my country. y I have been very often add reused by letter, and my opinions have been asked opon alinost every question that might occur to the writers, as faflV'cting the interests of their country or their party. I Have not always re sponded to these inquiries for variosis reasons. 1 conleaa, while 1 have great cardinal principles which iii regulate my political life, 1 am not sufficiently fa miliar With all the minute details of political legislation. o give, solemn pledges to cirry out this or defeat that measure. ) I hold no concealment. ; I hold no opinions which I would not readily proclaim to mv assembled coantrymen ;: but crude impressions upon matters of po licy, which may be right to-day and wrong to-morrow, are perhaps not the best testa of fit-ness for office. One who cannot bf trusted without pledges, cannot be confi ded in merely on account of them. I will jroced,f however, now tdjrespond to your in quiries ; '. ' ' j f I reiterate what I have so often said. I am a Whig1. If elected f would not be tilie mere President of a party. :i 'I would endeavor' to actjndependent of party domination. I should feel bound to administer the go vernment Mntrammelled by any pnty schemes. SeeMi-Th Vc4o power. The po'ver ?iven by the Constitution la the Executive to iriterpose hi veto, is a high eojveTvauve power ; but in rny opinion should ne ver be- exercised except in cases ofjclear violation of the Constitution! or monifest hnste andf wont of considera tion by Con gnits. Indeed I have thought that for ma ny years riant, hre known opinions and wishes of the Ex ecutive have exercised an undue nrid injurious influence upon the lgilative IJepnrtment )f the Government; and fot bis cnjis rtnive-t bought our system was in dan ger eC ond'ergoing a great chonge from its theory. The nrnonnl opinions of the individual' ivho has hnprK-nedto I oeropy ,lW Executive Chair, ought not to control the ric- lion f 'Congress upon questions of domestic policy : nor rnght bis" objections to be interposed where questions of const uutiorfti xwer have teen sctjled by the various Depaftnyms of Government, and acquiesced in by the heip!e. ; ' i TAird Upn the subject of the Tariff, the Currency, th, improvement of our great highways, rivers, lakes, and harbors, the. will of the eople as expressed through their representatives in Congress, ought o be respected and carried oat by the Executive. Fuurl A--The Mexican War. I sincerely rejoice at I tfie profte.tt of peace. My life fias been devoted to awn. yet I look upon war at air tithes and under all cir- leymstanct'S, is a national calamity to be avoided if com patible wy the national honor. The principles of our (Jovernmept, as well ns its true policy, are opposed to the sabiugation of other nations and the dismemberment of other eountries by conquest. Irt the language of the great Washington," Why should we.qiiit. our own to jrtand on foreign ground V In the;Mexican war our na tional honor has been vindicated ; arid in dictating terms t of peace, 'we may well afford to belforbcaring and mag nanimous to a fallen foe. r These are my opinions on the srbjeets referred to by you, and any reports or pubicntiors, written or verbal, trotq sny source, differing in any essential particular from what is here written, are unauthorized and untrue. I do hot know.' that I tthall again? write apon the sub- I jeci of national politics. I shall engage in no schemes, mo combinations, no intrigues. If the American people bnvp not epnfidenee in ne, they oujht not to give me their suffrages. If they do not, Jni know .rne well enough tleieve me, when I declare I shall be content. I am too (Jd awo!dicr to murmur against such high au thority. LK , Z. TAYLOR- To.Copli J.. Ai.li.non. A of Gen. Tfi sion, as we The One II an l From tit Eukm9md(V,riimtl) J. The boldest and mott unw ru? tion erer jet made hy the I) that by which ihej make ilt : descendants of the OIJ K"( . Virginia the parly cf 0S sisted the alien and sedition i . by Madison and the Cn:i: . s'.ature and cast their rvu . I. n il . luctus. nut monslrous j- . , I teen insisted on with to t have Hie more u.t.n ...... ehberation. .. . . . .... ' The remarks apply incur mind wilh ! rencjf mat tbe h, 1. n io conirauici memjrom ar.ee r 1 should not be so. The W: z -- i ylor had, on that trying occa- j the South, the friends of Gen; Taylor in ! as well organized, active, vigilant, and j the Whigs of Abany will V have now. greatly the ad- the free States ar infpssnt Iv h1H nn as ' pnprceti Our fpinft cVtnnUl nt nnPf efTprt nnrl nftor irrnv A vantage In the experience and deception ; fanatics, who are disposed to j trample make a thorough organization in every o i v.wMu,cu wii j uunii nn ine guaranties anu compromises i tate, connty. and district in me union, more immediate lorceto the Uto utter that occasion, with a mere handful of vol- ! of the Constitution ; while at the North ! It should be so complete and perfect as to ance of the sober judgment of the intelli unteers a;nd militia, so in the other, he is j his bouthern supporters are stigmatized j reach every individual member of the I gent and consistent Whigs ol the city of j occasions pin therndownt au.c iu iriuiu hj, bupporieu as ne is uy cue as Diiterly hostile to the interests of the i party. Albany, in their public proceeding on Mon- true renresentatiTes of the ( gopd will and confidence of a great ma- j free States, and are all the while! plotting I This being done, measures should at day last ; but they apply with hardly less corrupted by twenty vean lOritV of t&e. American npnnle Rnf. it U Co'. i ...i L!.i u " i. i .i .1: ' . ' wl . t i ' J ' i s i ------ r-r.v. ! owuic orvuuiiai ouvamaKf, Avnereas i unue uc taiu'n to supply an voters wiiii i uurtiurss iu iiruciu iiinuiiesiaiions l) me notrer mUSt bo rer.nllpntll thnf h harl ot Rnono ' L . . . n ! l . . . - r I U7L! .1 r- t- . J . pvci. at' . iU u j e M j nu.gs cvcgwiifrR occupy me piauorm i uocuments, contain ing lm port am l n lorm a- ! "mgs in ine city oi ro$ion and otner w . . , v ista a nbble band of olhcers tocarrvout ; nf ntrr nnnnit;nn i ..r .i: k: . ...u:-u ...:ti u i 1 nr.tc, n.:ki.t : make these rematk? , . 1 f 1 1 . J ''uiiivu iu 1 11 tii. spun,; ui rnui- 1 iiwu iiiuil SUUJCC15 vmv;il win nnuicu vjuiuuj iu mivi iiciuviiiuuu). ",slia"s:! T. f. uy llier. "nVr,nS energy, ; calism which has so long predominated in in the present canvass. Valuable c 0 X'- and heroic daring enabled him to bear on ward the stars and the stripes tb a glori ous victor corn- Just such officers are need ed on the present; occasion, not to subserve the ambiMn of General Taylor, (who, with marti est hesitation and reluctance consents tb be a candidate for the Presi- our public counsels, and whichj for the j pillions will be made, setting forth the last twenty years, has produced! nothing true issues of the contest, and others will, I dui evil to the country. It is believed that ' from time to time, be prepared as the can good men everywhere must deprecate an vass progresses, to refute the misrepre organization of parties in this country on ' sentations and sophistries of our opponents, mere sectional grounds, which must great-: and sustain the principles and policy of lv embarrass the wnrk i n o n f nnn cvclnm 1 llio n 3 m rr raft norf v dency,) butj to resist the trained bands of hf it does not endanger our glorious Union. ! These compilations will be printed and patronageplace, and power men who ' Let us then, reposing, as we safely may, furnished at prices sufficient to cover the are thoroughly versed in all the chicanery ! entire confidence in the moderation, the cost, (say at the rate of 50 cts. per 100 of politic, and who will stoop to almost- prudence, and the sense of justice, which copies, for any one of said tracts not ex any means to defeat the universal favor- i have ever characterised thf ite of the .people. Hence organization is j General Zachary Tavlor, as an amply and directedto 'any part of the Union. lnuispenscjvit? to ensure a iuu anu lair ae- ; guaranty that he will deal fairly, honestly, We would, therefore, respectfully sug velopment jof public opinion, and how can and impartially with all sections of the j gest the expediency of forming clubs, for this be effected unless those who are ac: Union, unite and overthrow the! factious ' the purpose of disseminating political in customed tb take an active part in such j men who involved us so recklessly in the ! telligence among the people. Money in matters shrill lend us a prompt and ener j recent war with Mexico-a wbr which ! tended for this object should be transmlt getic co-operation. The necessity of vi- j has cost us many thousands of precious ted, post-paid, to Mai. B. B. French, Trea- gilance and activity in this regard1, must j lives, and many millions of the hard earn- ! surer, of this city, which shall be faith- subjoined jremaiks of Mr. THE MARCH TO THE RIO GRANDE. 7 T V ""s -J ; j oi ibc couiorrocr. torsi:;:.! We understand Mr. Meade to assert in ! hate at this day, it appears i' his speech before the Democratic Asso- ' rrM,i i i , wt i j -itt couiu nna no name but mo;. . ciation on Wednesday night, that the or- 1P . . der to march the army from Corpus Chris- ' "P""8 A - one m ti to the Rio Grande, in the spring of 1S4G, i fin,,,on raorc 'n,"lT ! was given by thq Adminstration in con- j lr,,,esf " now - v.- forimity with Gen. Taylors otrn advice ! Democrats, could not have 1 c upon that point ! I A very great effort has 1 would almost bo.tempted iu i: been made and still making, by Mr. Polk's ; was a prophet. Rut the tru:L be apparent gentlemen the head b cond Assis irom the lact that one of th , ings of the American people. Now is the lull v applied according to directions. who our opponents have put at ! hour of retribution ! ! Recollect, that if a ! The Whigs having nominated their their organization, is the se- j foreign country has been acquired, and a candidates without tbe avowal of any ant Postmaster General, who Strange people brought under hnr itiris. I nrincinles. it heenmps imnnrtant to deter.t has chargejof the appointment office, at diction, the deed has been done contrary and expose false issues intended to oper whose will: (subject, of course, to the su- to the efforts and remonstrances of Whigs ate on diff?rentsections of the Union. pervisionof the Postmaster General) ev- j everywhere. We have stood side by side We should, therefore, be glad to be spe ery Postmaster in the United States holds i in resisting all of the mischievous schemes ; cially informed of the grounds on which his offiqe,jrtnd at whose beck the vast ar- iof this Administration, and let us now, by j our opponents wage the contest in every ray ui mat leparimeni can ue maue to me vigor oi our enorts and the harmony bear down with great force, on the cause of our counsels, hold them to that resnon- of the peoble, whose every interest will J sibility which they richly merit.and polit- i e promoieu oy ine elevation oi uenerai ; ical evu-uoers ever dread. Taylor to the Presidency. But we have! When the hour of final trial shall come, this consolation, that "General Taylor ne-j we will be prepared. Take the proper ver surren9ers, anu we nave nut to sianu measures to ensure a lull attendance at by him wjith firmness, and we shall be the polls. Be vigilant and untjring in ef certain of ja victory which will strike the forts to counteract the arts of the desper cohorts of radicalism with dismay, and ate and unprincipled. We have a food cheer and animate the hearts of all true ! cause, a noble leader, sound hearts, anil I Washington, one of the undArsismpd. who lovers of their country. With a view, j strong arms, and besides the sympathies is entitled to receive them free. Also, then, to secure an assertion of the great and the affections of the rrmsses. The ! names of persons to whom documents principle which lies at the foundation of Government is now obviously offered to' all free institutions, that the will of the i us if we will accept it. Let lis then try j people, pre perly ascertained, and fully and ; again the experiment so happily com-! fairly expossd, should govern, and in or- I menced under the auspices of the lament- ' der to sect re to our beloved country all ed Harrison, and,which was cijit short by ! the blessings of a just, wise, and patriotic j the perfidy of a Tyler, and let us see what ! administration of public affairs, we earn- ' an administration, based on sopnd repub- J re- lican principles, and fashioned after the ! ; example of the earlier Presidents, will do ! for the happiness and prosperity of the I American People. ! is loilowing TO THE WHIGS. Bt loW we, give the Circular of the Ex- rcutivtWhig Committee of both Houses of Congress, 'together with that of the Iocofoco Committee, which has been spread,' wc are inTormed, all over this sec tion of the -country, and; would recom mend the advice given tojevery one. The saggestlons which it Conthins are worthy of con!sidcrati1i)n. The Locofocos have gone tq'work in dead earnest, pressing in to their service office-holders of every de partment.' If the Whigsj desire success ! they must go to work too,- as they did eight years ago. It ought to be a suffi cicnt stimulus to the Whigs to know that their opponents arc at -Work night and 4ay and that if documents containing falsehoods of the basest kind, can do any good they will accomplish it, for the whole country! is literally floodco i i V. . i nippiTr at? tttp. i WHIG EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE j ' ! 1 OP THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS. ! f . I t k ..J. r. I. l c 1 c ' ( Y APUINGTON, ;VU1IU1 uill, Ioi J i i " I Sir:; The undersiene&J members of the I AVhig ,Executive Commtyee iof the two j Houses oi Congress, .respectfully invite j J our attention to the subjoined circulars I the first, dated on the.iUih of June, and estly invite attention to the commendation 1. Lct Rjough and Ready Clubs be form ed immediately within the delivery of ev ery Post Office of the United States. The Club at the seat of Government of every O. l ,'JllL l . 1.1" " . i r l. .1 It.. n I 1 . . . . n oiaie snouiu oe uenominaiea me enirai i nurive, anu iur. Assistant .vost master Club, to Nvjhich returns should be made of j General Brown, call for pecuniary assist all the Git bs of the same State, with a ; ance to enable them to prosecute their en list of officers and members, and of addi- ferprize. " Mone' is with thm the sin- tions as they shall be made from time to : ews of war, and ar horde of jsubservient time. ! ! office-holders and political dependents, 2. Immediately on the formation of any will doubtless be made to bleed freely in Club, forward to this Committee, to the that regard. Whether our posjtion should address of the Hon. Truman Smith, the I be forfeited by the liberality of jour friends, names of he officers and members, and j we shall leave it to their sense of justice of additions. as they shall ocgur, written ', to decide. Gen. Taylor has many times in a legible hand, and designating the conquered with very inadequate means ; Post Office, to the end that we may . sup- ; we believe he will do so now by the good ply them with documents so far as may will of a great People, thougH this Com be in our power. We invite our friends' mittee be left to struggle unaided, tosub throughout the country to furnish us names sist, and as his soldiers often have done, for the pia pose here indicated. on short rations. ! 3. It should be the duty of each Club) The Life of Gen. Taylor, in JSnglislrand to effect,! within its proper limits, a tho- j German ; also, speeches and iother politi rough organization of the friend of Tay- ! CH1 matter, can be obtained of this Com lor and Fillmore, to confirm.the doubtful mittee after the following rates: and win tjver by " irrefragable facts and Publications of 32 pages, at $j 30 pr. 100 iriends to lay upon ben. laylors should- nothing more than describe ers the whole burden of blame which the Whigs attach to the Administration on ac count of the Mexican war, originating, as they believe it did, chiefly from that move ' ment of the army. The records of the j country, which are the most reliable and ; legitimate authorities to determine a ques ; tion of this kind, indisputably and wholly acquit Gen. Taylor of this charge, which has been so repeatedly and strenuously made against him. A more flimsy and ! preposterous charge was never elabora- enlargement of Executive p ted. The onlv particle of evidence which ' maintaining tbe Constitut , the Democrats can adduce in support of i of lhe lffWatfe department, iif. is inn "v ni' Pttop tn thM Vf ticun. j uoso wno wciB iur c I j m w a avs wawvtvs i.w ia a w , partmenf, of the 4th October, 1815 and the passsage in that letter which is relied I1L V J l l V 0 1 in v i t f It nart. ttf thf, eonntrv. ShnnW tho Whir uf'u" 13 "1C ,ollUH,,1B at the North fraternize with the abolition- ' , " IF ,OUR GOVERNMENT," (mark ists,that fact should be exposed at fvmP South, to prevent them representing to 1 LING THE QUESTION 01 BOUN the people that they are the onlv safe- i J1?5 lhe RIO GRANDE an UL- crnnrl f hP ni.tiar int0r0c 1 of r0 I IMA I UM, I cannot doubt that the set- w. ,v...... .i....., , ...-ui i.. r i . it Tk.:. J . md papers showing the progress of the , v.i.uegreau) lacunaieu anu nas- ; "f '", anvavs a.ul evrwvjintr tho ,a.,p nf th I lncd Dy our taking possession Ol one Or , epuuucan aumori y i kot nistorr. is monocbats. and if v v n u w a tr uiv I'VIIJIO wis VI uumu Ui, 4 a iua i v" river." Now, there is nothing in this sentence which can be properlyjconstrued into ab solute advice from Gen. Taylor to the Sec retary of War, to order a march to the Rio Grande. That glorious old Chief on ly tells the Secretary that if the Govern- ! cordinc to the forms and nrinc; menu onjeci is 10 mane me Kio uranac stitution, on the one hand, ar. ; tbe boundary, then he does not doubt, &c. xoxocrats tricked out in the il: U there not a condition preceding the ex- 1 cracy, but by their doctrines nr. I pression of his opinion, in which the jeeting every thing to tie will ; strength of the opinion entirely lies ? He ' one max. The issue bctwprn t did notsay to the Administration, - I re- ; emphatically joined in the Prt commend a march to the Rio Grande" ' no ' 10 decided, and' let rr Knr V Miitinniili- lv;,0i.r caM if ! wishes to be considered a II 1 1 a m canvass, and exposing the course, of tlie Whigs in dilferent sections of the Union, should be directed to Henry S. Foote, at persons should be sent. Relying on your faithful co-operatjon in our common cause, We have the honor to be, very respectfully, your ob't servants, II. S. FOOTE. EDMUND BURKE, W. J. BROWN. 1 JacIksox Hall, Washington City, July 14, 1818. rn i t .1 Tv - 1 . . r Tn mmoliisinn ,,ro ,;n nm;A u.,f ' A ne j acKson iemocrauc Association 01 m conclusion, we will remind you that c XXT , . . c .. "if o , T7 . TVf r ! the City of Washington, cheerfully, co- iiAi. ucuaiui x uuic, iur. vyotuiiiissioner , .. vr . 1 r monocrat, as he dravrs hit Federalist of that day ; he the present. We invite earnest attention t From tie &jnt?'ri.' Mr. Rires said the original 1" j ties in this country was found ' question of Executive power, . to Tarious passages in Mr. Jr:. . to prove it. The party orr a "'OV. . lie:.- powers 01 lae oorernmeni r. bands of the President, Mr. Jt :. ed, as will be seen in varices ; lished correspondence, by the : significant name of monocrcts, the one man power. We have the aame parties : to tell those who call themsclu are the advocates of the cm: things lij their right namr; our party nomenclature, and I. name of Democrat must be r more appropriate and descrijsiv crat. Nov, as in the infancy institutions, the struggle is 1 .! cans, the true friend of populnr intend to do a certain thing, I do not doubt that your intention will be much more easily carried out by this movement of the operating with the National Democratic ' Committee, in the objects specified in the army. We are now prepared to make foregoing circular, invite every Democrat the movement should it be your pleasure in our broad Union, to co operate with , to order it. This is the fair interpretation ; them in every honorable exertion to in- to be put upon the portion of General Tay j sure the triumph of Democratic pfinci- lor's letter which we have quoted; it ad j pies in the next Presidential election. I miti no other that is reasonable. But, al j To enable this association the more ef- j though this is enough to'clear Gen. Tay fectually to meet all demands that may : lor's skirts of all inculpation like that be made upon it, a larger pecuniary fund which has been so industriously sought to than the Association can command, with- be fastened upon him by the Democrats, out aid from abroad, will be absolutely ne- yet the same letter of tho 4th October, ces.sary. w e hope our mends inthesev- 1W 15, contains stronger evidence in his la eral States, to whom this circular will be addressed, will make remittance from ; time to time, of such sums as they may deem proper. Maj. B. B. French, the Treasurer of the National Committee, is also a mem ; ber of the Executive Committee of the Jackson Democratic Association, and any t a 1 . a t vor lor he atterwards distinctly says in that letter : " I do not feci myself at liberty, under my instructions, particularly those of July 8, to make a FORWARD MOVE MENT to the RIO GRANDE. WITH ' OUT AUTHORITY FROM THE WAR ! DEPARTMENT." Let the people read ' and iudire for themselves. But this is not monocrat, make his choice. And here, Mr. It. said, he v, old friends of the so called D for the mass of whom he enter! aflfection and respect, lhatlhc tc r a party denomination, is of V( r suspicious introduction amnn s Dominion. He, would defy m . him a passage in the writings ; or Mr. Madison, in which either men applied to themiclrrs cr friends, the name of demoer:.. republicans, and so invariably c . " and their political associate f. democrat, to whatever extent it r vailed elsewhere, was never r.n party designation among us of V i till it was brought in as a part clap trap ol tan ljurrntsm, tn . renism, of which all Virgini.it. s are now heartily sick, let it fro us who are in heart and princi; may well be content to be kn ored name which our father wvi argumerit$" all who sincerely desire the ; true welfalre of the country, and who are j disposed o do right, when properly in-; formed asjto the path of duty. J 4. They! should be particular in attend- i ing to the circulation of" the documents," j sketches iof the life, character, and public services 6fj General Taylor, good speeches on important topics, and well written es says and! tracts should pass. rapidly from hand to hand, and thus one publication can be rh de to answer the purpose of many. " 5. 1 hey should keep a sharp look-out for the Postmasters, some of whom may intercept the light intended for the people, f .1 1 : so iar as iney can wun impunuy. inquire ' 1G " 05 ' 8 " ! 32 .V TRUMAN SMtTH T. BUTLER KING, C. B. SMITH, ! WM. B. PRESTON, HUGH WHITE, C. S. MOREIIE AD. D. S. GREGORY. money that our Democratic friends may all, Mr. Meade said, if we mistake not, be disposed to give, for the purpose of dif- that the Administration Jol lowed tho ad- doubtlessj now distributing all over the Pinion: The circular of the 21th of June U signed by the Hon. H.,5. Foote, a Sen ator of I the United States frdm the State Qf Mississippi, Hon. Edmund Burke, Com missioiUr of the Patent Office, and W. J. Ilrnvvn , T'.n . Oml A ijistftnt Postmaster Brown, Esq., 2nd Assistant Postmaster Generab In these signatures, the friends The following is the precious document ; with which the country has been flooded, and which has called forth the above ap peal of the Whig Executive1 Committee at Washington. Arc the people of the j United States willing to let these Office fusing political information from this po litical central point of the Union, in fur therance of the great cause iu which we are all engaged, may be enclosed to him. J. D. HOOVER, B. B. FRENCH, DANIEL RATCLIFFE, WM. GREER, L. S. ROBEY, DAVID HEDRICIv, LUND WASHINGTON, Jr. GEO. W. PHILLIPS, B. F. BROWN, JOHN E. NORRIS. Z. W. McKxew, Cor. Sec. We are enabled by Mr. Ki. following reference to Mr. Jf C in support of the statement inu ' In vol. 4th ol his writing?, r vice, and thereupon he built up an appa rently- verv nrettv arrument to show the rema'rkable inconsistency of the Whigs ! inS of ihr party division which r 1 c 1. the Constitution was nut into r: lor uenouncing me numimsiraiion iur uo ing what Gen. Taylor advised, and, at the same time, supporting Gen. Taylor. There is no small dilference between Mr. Meade and the Richmond Enquirer upon this point, for that journal, on the 28th Aug ust, said (strangely enough, considering that he is laboring to convict Gen, Taylor of havine advised the movement to the the Constitution was put into 44 Here then was the real position made to the course 'cf t' tion. Its object was lo prerr, lure pure and independent r f t: restrain the Administration to r and principles, and not permit 1! to be construed into a mnmr warped iu practice into all th - pollutions of their iavorite I; t a a ..a . T"i lhe other, on the 13th of July last, which I your.neigtinors at me respective Holders dictate to them who shall be their T . . - .fill -1. .1 Af. ' iL . l l m nt H iil-t the opponents of Taylor and Fillmore are, y11": xl" Ciire not concerted into waste paper. If any Postmaster is guilty of an abuse, instant ly inforrh this Committee, to the end that the proper representations may be made to the Pbsjtmastcr General. G. Let them not underrate the impor tance of the elections, whether State or ! a a a 11 . 1 r.f u i u i 1.,: .nnohnnt tK municipaik which shall intervene Detween J. countryi may recognize the fact that the j lhls and ?Sovember, as every result ad- existing Administration, in all tbe various departments of the Govejrnmerit have en tcred, actually, into; the present political campaign, and relying oil an immense ar ray of subservient otjkvais; they hope to bear down all oppos'ujjih, and to defeat 5 very1 hope indulged by the people of ob taining relief from the many evils which now embarrass the country. In further Mice of thesq ends, ihe'tfprofes to fel all the confidenceJn the success of their' ef forts which was displayed by the General J ho was permitted to )ass freely? . into exico. on tbe celebrated lield ol liuena , h must be admitted that the foes verse to the wishes ol our mends will be heralded as evidence of the weakness of General Taylor, and as boding the ulti miUe defeat df the Republican cause. 7. Counteract the thousand-and-one ru mors thai will be put in circulation by false ami unscrupulous men, casting im putation's on our worthy and truly excel lent candidates, or in some form importing disadvantage to our cause. 8. Too rulers? If so, let them do as they have advised, and close their eyes! to the cor ruption now carried on, and the innova tions which have been made upon the Constition by the party now in power : Washington City, June 21, 1S49. Sir : The undersigned were designated by the National Democratic Committee at the Baltimore Convention, to serve as an Executive Committee at Washington, to SKIES BRIGHT! COMING RIGHT! We trust that our venerable neighbor who presides over the Executive organ (says the National Itelligencer) will take no exceptions to our echoing one of the well-remembered exclamations, (now ad- Rio Grande, and of being, therefore, res- was this an opposition to Get. ponsible for its consequences.) that 44 the He was true to the republican c Government did sot follow out the bug- 'o him, etc." gestiox of Gen. Taylor, until they had re- 1 Again, under date of lit. O ceived THREE MONTHS AFTER- pressing his apprchensioni f t WARDS, in January, 1840. official infor- , Ceneral Hamilton policy, ! ? mation of the REJECTION of MR. SLI- 44 If the equilibrium of tie t! DELL. AND THE RUPTURE Or ALL Legislature. Liecutive and J EFFORTS AT NEGOTIATION P Even, then, admitting, for argument sake, that Tavlor did advise the march to the a J tr preserved, 11 ine L.egilati INDEPENDENT, I should never 1 such a government, but I co ! ! easy when I saw that tbe Y. SWALLOWED TP THE L.LUI L V Gen. Rio Grande, in his letter of the 4th Octo- opted by our Albany contemporary.) as hert isiG, yet his advice, according to tbe , VoJ 4 .470-1 being better fitted than any other that we Enquirer, was not followed until a new p 0 ' can think of to convey to our readers our CrtUse of war was found in the rejectton own impresssion of the present aspect of 0( the American Minister by the Mexican -the nolitical horizon. ( iovernment. This insult civen, three In a letter to Mr. A!an, June, 1813, be says 44 We 1 ties, each wishing to gie tl hft within their latelv obscured the prospect, light has niu uj ouv-ii iiii """ "- . j . - reach, the efforts of their friends in other a sudden burst forth from darkness, and parts of the Union, in . the pending Presi- spread all around its cheering rays, n he denttal canvass. ! casual excitement in the city ol Albany From the information already received a few days ago has brought out the W hig In the Empire State, where clouds but months after the date of Gen. Taylor s let of difterent direction : the en-; 1 THE MOST POPULAR BRANCH, . PERMANENT BRANCHES, an ! st m if permanence, uere you an 11 lime. first and as we had I much nains cannot be taken to , tion of the Union, which theyi wil render . .it.. . .T . . . . 1 rr . 1 ' 1 ,U. explain' tb our friends the character anu more euective ana miscnievous uy it uw conse-que.6ces ot the ettorts now raaKing, rougn organizaiion, ic both at tfin North and South. tc foment designs and movements sectional fiealousics and antipathies. At 1 upon the Democratic party to be equally m I1TI m. I ;n .1,;, ifUin tht the. leaders sentiment, roused the wnigs inemseives of the Federal or Whig party will resort from meir late apparent torpor, and inspi- ; 8 to an extensive system of raisrenresenta- red them with a new sense ot the duty j tipn, adapted in the details to every sec- which they owe to the country, to tnem- ; selves, anu 10 mo From other quarters! of the country we ter, was, by the Lnquirers version, me provocation which determined the Gov eminent to order the march to the Rio Grande and, therefore, according toeve- many others on the publictl ry rule of fair construction Gen. Taylor's were therefore more familiar advice, if it had been actually civen, as , men. the party which coniJ tated. had nothing to do with the matter. . mg wun inem piacea your r - i ct. Int. ino nert iur ine srao j Vol. 4 page 202. " I letter to General In L Harrison W. CWgion, senator elect from gpMnS of the then ex schievons by a Iho- All ' tfc. coun.i ofRichmona .nd Rote..n. died in 4 in Ae.ica.uni. r , party ib be equally I is corning right, and the unanimous voice nmS the 8th nut. anai oJ. W j IP