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4 r 1 - r i . 1 . . 1 The! tori ks nro'j for ktkkntiirmng- the i:vfl-mvifntl (tjnernl Government; the witi(i ciiERiftii TitK 'ukpbksbntativi: brancli mid tho, rights reserved by the Slate as the bulwark against conf .ligation, which must im ! nieJi4tcly generate ;io.A3tW." "I- 4, page A specimen- of tie nomenclature of partes referred to by Mr. Kbcs as adopted by Mr. Jefferson, t.ke the following : In ft letter to Mr Uk', 31st. December, 17t)j, he says, " IN where the difference is nijsubstanti-il and as strongly pronounced as between the R:rt'BLit ans and Monocrats of ou? counirr, I hold iti as honorable to take a jirrti and decided part' etc. Vol. 3, pag- 319. Jn a letter to Mr. lonroe, 19th July, 179G, 1)0 :ays, They j see hat nothing can support 'tbcm but the cotoa of ihc;Prcidcnt's merits with the pcpplq, and die moment he retires that his successor, if a Monocrat, will be over corns by ho republican sense of his constitu ent!;, if a KkpuhmcVn, hcrwill of course give fiiriplay to that sense! and lead things into the channel of harmotry hHwe.-n the governors and governed." Vol. 3, page 33"). In a letter to Levi Lincoln, K(., 11th July, 166'1, he says, Thcjcousolidiition of our lei low citizens in general is the great object we . ...wikr t Ln in viiv.-:ind that beillir once ob- L.Lt who are treated with rritich respect by the t itizens. "they egress great anxiety for Cant. Veatch's company to remain West ol me UioiGrande." u. nc, aepi. i. From the New York Express of Sept. 8. A DINNER TO CAPTAIN BRAGG. I It! being known that the distinguished Captain now Colonel Bragg, was in town, kn impromptu dinner was given him last Evening by a few gentlemen at the Astor 1 louse, over which Philip Hone, Esq. pre sidejl. Among the other guests were Mr. Agua Nueva. but ascertaining by his en gineers that their position could be turned, he resolved to fall back to Buena Vista, as the enemy approached him. Buena Vista is a military position that any sol dier's eye would select for a defence. To no particular person is the credit of its selection due lor it has been said, that even a woman picked it out as a place to repulse an enemy. Various officers have had the credit of the selection, but what ever particular credit is due, is certainly due to the Commander in Chief, who fought the battle. The Mexicans themselves had fought a battle there. Santa Anna knew the ground so well, that he ordered Gen. Minon to cet into our rear. Minon r "MERE AVAILABILITY.' Meredith and Mr. Kennedy, of Baltimore, the Hon. Mr. (Col.) Haskell, of Tenn., and ; as ortiered ; but when he reached Buena Vista he found us in possession of it. The 22d February, with 4,500 men, mostly raw troops, opposed to 20,000 of the enemy, was certainly not a very en couraging day. We did not feel quite so happy or so well, as over this bountiful table to-night. We thought of home, and CAROLINA WATCHMAN. Hon! Mr. Donnell, of N. C At the din ner were several distinguished merchants, bankers, &c, who had assembled there to do hunor to the brave. Aii tbis dinner was in some degree pri vate we shalPgo no furner than to report In substance, and from memorv, the re- marks of Col. Bragg. Mr. Hone toasted him more than an v other name, "A little tained, while we associate with us in affairs to ! ; I C (ail. Bragg," and alluded at a certain degree the federal sect of Uepubli. f T . r.un..: v.at we must strip of ail the means of influ of families and friends, and our chance of death was much better, we thought, ks Capt. Bragg, better known by that than fver seeing thm again. For sev- stantly engaged in making his arrange ments, and in writing home. It is said, also, that h&made his will. But he never "THE AVAILABLE CANDIDATE." Such are the phrases with which the slang.whangers of all sides assail the Phil adelphia Convention and its nominee. "See what the Whigs have sacrificed to availability? shouts Mr. Foote, of Missis sippi, at the top of his voice, on the floor of the Senate of the United States. In minion and long primer italics, small cap itals and big capitals, Mr, 8277,468 Ritch ie keens it before the people, that the a al . Whigs have only been looKing alter an available candidate, and have sacrificed ; all their principles, and everything else, to availability. Old Hunkerism, through ; the mouth of Mr. Senator Dickinson, pro- j claims that these base and profligate Whigs have turned their attention this time merely to the selection of an availa- ble man ; and Mr. 30,000 per annum; Croswell republishes what Mr. Senator Dickinson says, though he thinks the word " available" may connect itself on the minds of some of his readers with the as- , sets of the Canal Bank. The Tribune Salisbury, If. C. THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21. 1848. FOR PRESIDENT, GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR, OF LOUISIANA. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, MILLARD FILLMORE, OF NEW YORK. WHIG EL.ECTOIIS. Dist. No. 1 KENNETH RAYNER. 2 EDWARD STANLY. 3 HENRY W. MILLER. . 4W. II. WASHINGTON. " 5 GEORGE DAVIS. 6 JOHN WINSLOW. " 7 JOHN KERR. " 8 " " 9 JAMES W. OSBORNE. " 10-TODD R. CALDWELL. " " 11 JOHN BAXTER. ence the Essex Junto uhd their associate Mono . ;ka, in every part f the Union." Vol.3, page 471. i v intk r tfsn n c; b i: v i; lo p.m e n ts. The l'reiilent. in rmovin from office 1$. F. llujlcr, ''nndomc othtff citizens of that division j gentl. of tjiC Democratic paty to which he belongs, -ever length to the brilliant service of the flying artillery at Buena Vista. Col Bragg modestly rising, and in some j hls thought, ' but I will perish in maintain that might tow lie rank. I lure not r. y I me, bat they are !l i ' with the W8 herein e Meinwbik I f f b7"strDjert, by Wl ' ; becotne a candiJate. I primary asrroblic s 1 y io aeparau ami miir J i and coniinued to do ntioo wii as?umin; t! " ' olar withe. I yielif It Fompiion to resin -:tz'-t, bTe done ao had not si c : me in a form nlikely to -the bittercertt of feel I aay ilia aineerity a&J t ment to my conwnt ' canTasa i: would Ut( kindness. It has Uen r patioo baJ prored a rz: r. c After I permitted rn re sidency, onrfer c cepted nomroatiotJ af;-r r tbey were tendercc. parties, and ao acknov !- ' thoae nominalioris cou d litical views. From t: - ' dared myself to be a V 1 With ihia distinct avow t ! ; not ihiok. that I bad a r political opponents any i the vote of Dcoiocrt r: abroad that I fboald r.oi r . any body of my fellow-1 .: wben io November laM I r long before eiibrr of v e embarrassment said, it was well known, that jjtie was only a soldier, and that there fore no fitting speech could he expected from! him in reply. For whatever merit gentlemen choose to award him, or what- reputaf ion, if any .he had undeserv- GEX. TAYLOR'S LETTEU. We give below a letter from General boldly repudiates the Convention, from its . Taylor, explaining his position belore tne , htd a national convrr.: disgust at the bare idea of availability. country. It is full, fair and explicit. Wilson and Allen bolt, for the cause. With that no man not completely blinded by I soman? tatrint-n: their associate turn-coats and renegades :mi:-- .v:i k nt n loss to know where ! vie wa upon questions f . hrunk frornhis duty i may perish,' was they go into the BufTalo Convention and the Gcnera, standSf on thc public ques. mT h thnncrht hnt I will npnch in momtom. i thrr mm in nrplKinf thft WnlBTS OI ftU- , . . - , , : . andoning their distinctive principles for , tiens of the day. It also puts to shame the - i mere availability" j false and contemptible assertions ol the proper nndersunJjn- cf ; A thi i ahnnt thn onlv charce that s Loroforo nress. with Old Kitcnie ol the ; y brought against th Whigs and Gen. Tay- ; Washington Union at their head, that the lor, it becomes a subject of importance to inquire into it. 1 hey are making so much ing the honor of my country ! I have to run a terrible risk in assuming the respon sibility of making this onward march, but it is the only course that will save my ar my. To stay in Monte re T was to be sa crificed by the overwhelming force of the .n .s-,h?.-1 d- im W,.Pt' ! llv.lth whole of it was due the callant , enemy, io save all, I must here risk , muiic oji this single string tnese lco . . ... i . 1 11. 1 . 1 1 flll V7 1 III II III V IMiS IWUSIU llllJ v-iiiiiv.ih 1 MILI U UliVII UVIU V -v y - whose hand he had received the corps,-in etl to me, could have inspired, by his pr n af "V - ? ,T ! . . ' . . 1 rri 1 ...I r i . 1 .1 indignation. Quo rtct of this proscription ! the soldiers in the service he commanded ; r ne oauie was iougrir, jou Know me -hatjbrcn lo unseal thojr lipns to certain things j niiv rnore, for the brilliantcy of that ser- result, but you never can know the in ; which have! hitherto Ifti considcied and .kept vice, he was itulebted to the training of i Auence that the presence of Gen. Taylor i ns family secrets, hut fchich, now that the farm- ,uc amente( Uinold and Ridgelv. from ' "aa upon the army, lie alone, so it seem- ; ly 1$ tiroHen up, aro no longer so. i hp sou ijoinrd extracts from an .article in the New York Kvilnin; l'ost " np the auhjoct throws some ' valuaMo liht on the domgs of the Baltimore I otiYCutiiu4 of lwll. f If the " Tost" had, in Addition, let us know ikho it was that " misled" Mr.i Iiutler,ft to Mr. lolk' character so as to induce hint lb pluck $t his "drowning honor hy the lok," wc daresay that wo should have 1 tbekey lo all that ti yet mystertous and inex i )icablc .in thc Oregon' question, the Texas an. 'nidation, and the Mexican War. Nat. Int. 1 j. 1, Froth the New York Etening Tott. The Washinfrton Ufion, we see, preserves a prudent 'siltince in regard to the removal of Mr. . Hutler, as it did in regard to the infamous trick hy.vvhich .)Ir. Polk cUained the votes of Mr. lldiilon and others for giving him discretionary lover in Ihc annexation of Texasi , The Un- ion' I "doubtless right. - When, nothing can be salt) it it policy lo'he talent. No pretence can bo'inado that 'Mr. Hutler was not admirably qualified for IhcdfTico fo held by extent of legal learning, accuracy ofb'gal judgment, conscien tious attention to puMic duty, and a strong sense both of justice and humanity, lie is displaced without the slightest pjetence that he has been In any ivay wanting to the responsibilities of bifipost. . j b Vhal makes this proceeding more gross on thelparf of Mr. Polk U theYact that Mr. Butler ma(Je h'ui President. We do not record the faci to Mr. Butler's honor, but it is a fact nev. ertlielesiJ ; it Mr; Butler who extricated i Polk from thc obscurity in vhich he teas xinllng in Tennessee, and, misled by an erro neous opinion of his character, brought him bc, foriji the. Nation as, a candidate for the highest f lace the. Nation' had to bestow. But for Mr. Biitler'a exertions in hjs favor at the Baltimore that full efficiency that. enabled it to im mortalize itself on the perilous and bloody field ai Buena Vista. I To the General in Chief his acknow ledgments were especially due. He in spired the whole army with valor and confidence by his presence, not only at Buctm Vista, but from the opening of the war n the Rio Grande. It is almost im possible for you, gentlemen, he said, to understand the character of that man as a commander of an army. There is a resolution, a firmness, a determination in manner, and in his purposes, that go a great! ways in leading men to victory. It was pever better illustrated than on the field of Palo Alto. He told Maj, Brown, ivhenj he left him with his small force op- Focos and Barnburners that it will be old Hero cannot write a sensible letter, as it is well written ; far surpassing ma ny articles in those would be standards for posita tion. Matamdros, " Maintain your posi sonce, every soldier in the army, as thc Volunteers were inspired. The confidence in him was complete. He had never sur rendered. He has never been whipped ; and the idea got abroad, that he never could be. When manoeuvring my pieces athwart the gullies, I cite this as an ex ample of that confidence, I saw clouds of j dust about two miles from me. I was painfully anxious. I thought that Gener al Minon had fallen upon our rear and attacked our depots, and to meet him was my first thought. A man came galloping up through the dust into sight, screaming, Old Zach is coming !' Every soldier gave involuntary utterance to his feelings. Old Zack came, and in fifteen minutes the tide of battle turned. .Four thousand five hundred men repulsed twenty thousand, well to listen to it awhile, and understand grammatical accuracy. We commend what it all means. it to the attention of the people, as wor- What means the word " available ?" ! th of a pcrusai. t ony asscrts what we Turning to Dr. Johnson for we are afraid , . . . . , . ,.t . 0 .. . 1 i- have always maintained and believed to write a line without grammar and die-, J tionary by us, lest our Mrs. Mallaprop '.from first to last that he was a Whig out in pantaloons of the Union should have and out, but that he did not intend, if eleva cause to censure our parts of speech ; ted to the Presidency to be the President turning to Dr. Johnson, we find that avail- of a par,y but of the whole Country. able means profitable, advantageous guch a man tQ fi lhRt office -s what lho as we now say, "'availability,') is defined Country wants badly. James K. Polk Convention of 18 M Up could not have become a candidate ; and, if report say true, he has not hesitated to acknowledge his obligations in the vafmet lernn. lie pressed upon Mr. Butler thdofljbr of a place in iis Cabinet -the Depart rncnt of Wnr ; ami, vvjlien ho found him firm in refusing it, appointed (tint to the post of United States Attorney for th Southern District of N. tYork. From' this ofco the grateful creature now suddenly ejects hjimj&c. ;!,.,... I. THE. ENPKDITIONAGAINST MEXICO i : ALL I)()UBPS REMOVED. j We warned our leaders a few days ago, that the ro Was a scheme oh foot to raise and orcan. I will, not I hope, be back; I shall ' a"d to the influence of that presence, un- try to he back, but I will be back on the der God, I think I am a live here to dine 0th. ! Expect me then, and "maintain with you on this day. your "position." Every body that knew a gentleman. now otten did you dis- him, knew he would be back, if alive to charge your pieces that day ! Col. Bragg. About 250 rounds to each gun. Another gentleman.- How near was the enemy to your pieces at any one time 1 Col. Bragg. Within fifty yards at one time, when we mowed them down. Another. Where was Gen. Taylor? Col. Bragg. Within forty yards. Col. Bragg, clossed his remarks with saying : U uderstand me, gentlemen, 1 am no politician. I know Gen. as a soldier and a man. I only as the Commander in and all his predecessors for the last fif teen years have been the mere instru ments of a party, but Gen. Taylor will be the President of the People should he be elected. What reasonable man can It Ue an armed force, in the United States, for the violent and forcible conquest of some of the northern provinces of Mexico. Since that time, wo have conversed with a gentleman of unim peachable character, who had command of one of lho Unitcd'St ates steamers for the transpor tation of soldier's, amis, munitions, kc, from Ntnv Orleans to Tamjico and Vera Cruz, dur Ing'tho w ar, and w ho says that to his own per aonal knowb-dge, there is no doubt of the ex Istence of such a ploj, lie was at Tampion frequently, where thc movement was openly canvassed ; knew of the meetings on the sub. jct, iiosays that' those who were engaged in 'if, 'would have made tliat city the place of rcn dezv.UJ, without corning back to their homes, but for thc fict that thj government, ordered our troops to bo marchcif back and disbanded at certain pointj within the United States. Cor pus Chtisti U how fixed jpon as the point rif meeting, and a large rjumber of wagons, mules, Vc., tiro being bought up and collected at that place, ibomej The army returned to Point Isabel, ks you know. On the 8tfi, they fought at Palo jlto, and when night came on, they bivouacked in the open field ; and amid the grass, with not a tent over them, the Denefal himself wrapped in his blanket, and nfiany,- l can assure you, in not a little lioubts and gloom. Our little army did not feel sure then, that they could whip three limes their number, and those, the best jroops in Mexico. We had not tried our ! a soldier, and mettle, or measured weapons with them, laylor only Many an eye did not close that night.- I speak of him Ringgold had been slain. A bloody day j Chief of our army in Mexico. 1 have no :was before them, and many, if the army i thing to do with his politics, or yours. It jwent on, were sure to bite the dust. But is the duty of a soldier cheerfully to obey noboc y knew or could find out what the whomsoever you put into power. I could Gene -al intended to do. There he lay, j not helpspeakingof fny Commander when wrapped in his .'blanket, and sleeping, ex- thus toasted, as I halve been by you, for kept when disturbed by officers asking for iscrvices under him. I have nothing to do (orders. Some were anxious to ascertain j with" politics.' :his intentions. His only answer was,! The remarks of Colonel Bragg, which !' Tells the men to sleep. Keep quiet. j were more extended than we have been (Sleep is the min thing necessary." Two ! able to give from memory (and of their for thrt'c officers were barticularlv anx- 1 entire aernrarv. n frnrvi mm-v wo mv ious tb know yhethcr he intended to go them, there must bekloubt) were receiv on, or hold his position. But the only sat- cd with great applaiise, and with the most isfacljon that cpuld be got was, to 4 sleep.' profound interest. His manner was mod- uc uiscioscu iq none oi mem nis inten- est in the extreme, hnd in no respect is Hons. 1 here Ivas a prevailing opinion th p.rt. anv Kimilnrilvilf ivuon tile? r.rhw n a w i U.1..II.1HIJ no vuai cv- by the Doctor to mean " the power of promoting the end for which it is used.11 The charge against the Whigs, then, is that, with an end to accomplish, they have sought what they esteemed the most 44 pro- (iti Kin QrlirantanoAMt! a inl rtntiro pfi 1 1 " means' of accomplishing that end. The I 'fuse to vote for him on lhal ground. charge against Gen. Taylor is in effect is the delight of the patriot to vote for that he possesses, beyond all other men, such a man, for he knows that the wel- " the power of promoting the end for which fare Gf the country w ill be safe in his he's; u.?e d' , hands. But how is it with Cass ? Is he not Well, now, what makes a man a pro- i . , , , . . ... ... Citable, advantageous, and powerful" can- pledgedtothe Baltimore resolutions which didate ? Why, popularity. And what prescribe his actions to the narrow sphere makes a man popular with an intelligent i of the Locofoco party ? And will not the and sensible People ? Merit, surely. ! course marked out lead to the destruction The people are capable of judging who , of lhe e of the Union ? guch we fear ought to be President. The most availa- !.,.,'. v . . , . m . :.ii . ...i . i will be the result, as it has very near done ble candidate is a man who recommends t J himself in h iiulfrmnt of ibn Irri.toS:t in Polk's case. Wc are as near the dis- solution of the Union noic as we were when the Missouri Question was agita ting the country. Gen. H arrison stood by the country then and Gen. Zacharv Tay number of his fellow-citizens, in looking round then, for such a candidate, the Whigs have merely indicated the respect in which they hold the wishes, feelings, and indfrmpnt nf thf mninrifv We admit, then, the Whigs do go for ' LOR' lhe VopWs friend, will stand by it availability. 1 hey went for the man now whose achievements and character, they suppose, will be most likely to commend him to the American People. Who have a right to be pleased in this matter the majority or the minority ? To select an Office of titf. Picayv.xe, ) New (hleana, Srpt. G. ) GENERAL TAYLOR. The following letter has been prepared by time. The Democratic Ccnw posed their ticket to puit f to do. Th National V i and selected me as il.f.r nomination with grathe.K of the confidence cf fJ.I. : such a constituency as :: States, a manifestation .' not cambered with exr.c: nity of the presidential ;T. its incumbent to the !; - I may add, that thoK- c:. ciating my name with t!. .t of New York, whce ak; consenratire opinions is... the first place on the tu k. :. The convention oiL ; ; decided but not ultra in : without excuse if I wer- t aubutteil at the time. Ti tion of princinlea 1 had would be without drA-nc- : to impair the force of that I have said that I wc .J. LVmocra'.- ; but in bo i! .. titue ui w.y opinions ai v: tion, as indicating c. . of those making it.riio :' J : by those who think wuh i to myself, it ahoulJ not them with insult. I s:,n them to my side ; I tin'.', r join my friends roluntin'v . I have said I was not a ; that straightened and t s vent my beinj the Tre. .' of my election. I did t the convention met. and roe different from lutt I v down to aeries of y-' -i rule of action in all, and i . cies that might arbe in term. I am not enja'-d i inately upon public ctT.c r in opinion with me. I w. i gress, by the coercioh eft" or pass none. This is 1. . ty candidate. And I u:. trine -I would not be a ; should not be a party tn: . make one. This is thr t ing, and this is the nor; r : ces attending my nuni i. .: connection with, and cV I refer all persons, w !,u : this statement for the prt , tion towards the Presidrr-- intelligible, I cannot make tempt it. In taking leave of t!,e ' my two letters to you en. speak of pending this cam do all that an honest z-ai t of our Union and esul!.-', men upon an enduring l.;,- To Capi J. S. Aluson. unavailable candidate whom you suppose Oen. Taylor to correct any misconception which not to be acceptable to a majority ? This might possibly be produced hy the recent pub- may be very good Baltimore Convention licution of extracts from his private correspond. Democracy, but it has about it no savor ence, ad the appearance over his signature of f rlj lS"!' ri , ,., ! replies lo single and detached questions relatire 1 lie selection of the man for a candidate , ,. ... , r .11,. , whom they consider the most likely to re- ! l h'8 PS,,:n M ,h! rub!,c 1 he ,e,lr s ceivc a majority of the votes of the American I a cn"PC,e narrat.ve of the series of circutn People, on account of his eminent services, stances which resulted in his becoming a can. his distinguished talents, and his unsullied didate. It presents, in a compact form, all the integrity this is the sum total of the , matters hearing upon theisuhject, and exhibits I lican US pure a Wi 1 xiri ..... . Jefferson ian J lc ; 1 more common than t boasting of their be! sonian political schc y,-. Thomas Jefferson v. that it was too perilous a march to go on. ter and his name But (Jen. Taylor toward morning, disturb- nian by birth, with ed by some person demanding orders, re- less keen eye, that pneu fallow the men to'rest. It is time Cate the best sort of! enougp at sunrise. I hen turning over in his blanket, he said to an officer near, My nind is made up, my mind is made up, jut nobqdy knew how his mind was made U-r-and yet they who knew him, lnew if his mind was made up, it was hp use to try to change it. In the morning a counsel of war was summoned and there were eleven officers t, three onlyof whom advised ad- Ie is a North Caroli ja bright, black, rest iyoijld seem to inui- a bright Artillery of- His figure isjslight, and one capa- ln the held. ficer. ble of great acti vity If we knew how go on such an occas far it was decorous to onf we might subjoin I "c , V " i . ! the right ol 1 charge against the Whigs of seeking thc most available candidate. This charge we admit in its full length and breadth. The Whigs not only meant to do this ve ry wicked thing, but they have done it, and " no mistake." Such a selection on sucli grounds, we deem to be true Democracy. We could hardly expect, however, that it would commend itself to that Democracy which sustains the veto of the President ajrainst Gen. Taylor in his proper character true to himself, to his friends, and to his country. hence, a good fame, I light, rests upon his crats are ever secki: themselves the glory as well that of e( whose memory for gf in the hearts of lhe j them to do so, since i' accomplishment of i!. the will of the People, and takes away some most interqstiitg remarks from Col. i U1U ,,-,!L Yl i.ivion notn me majority Haskell, who served under Gen. Scott, ! V? vcst !l m a" ol,gchy, composed of the and whom, whether as a teamster, or a 1 "uuve anu a iraci.on oi eimcr branch oi congress. asfunglon liauery. preset vance one. circurhstances, might h paymaster in the commissariat, or in any and every department,') pronounced the best sort of an officer, the very model of a m:...i i . .u,cr,ure upon any pprfiici anj accompiislieil soldier, and ! New Orleans Bulletin) which is most worthy A difference of opinion, under such what is remarkable,! a accomplished in K and one which we have received Li interesting remarks! were also made by most iVrtile.and volualde hinds, is the fact that lh Administration hnid been informed of it. Our informant says that Col. Do Russy of the Louisiana regiment, hho had been asked to Wom the leader of! the movement, told him that heknw Mr Buchanan was apprised of it more than three months since I If he was in. firmed of it, pf Which there is no doubt, he certainly cpmniunicatfd it to the President, as ha war-bound U do,? being a member of his cabinet. ' .In tho Austin Democrat of the 10th ult., wel .rind the following paragraph, which mav be in- .irresung to w. ! Ilinters. ed from a Mexican gentleman of great intelligence and liberality, that there does not exist in the whole of Mexico at this time a single unpaid debt contracted by any of the cktTicers of.our regular army. We doubt verv murh If thn Old ZackZ-for that is the name we call "J" , " j ' T .V: V.?"." i Mprighl conduct has ever Wore marked its x iu&Mitii inpnarcn nau seni out i ftf ,., t,.. . : : . officers to vt.wlvi tho Knf.l.. fi..l,l. n " ' " c,lcm 8 cotmiry. J - . p'a.vva a 1 V IUO iiA &JIULJ h t 1 A rt I I I o rA t n1 hnd ennn if nlotr (hnt u -in uiivi uiiu .aa ii at, a V LUHL 11 I. .1 i . tlm mo,, ttSiA,l,!,is ,hiR conn-nd fday, . rtad coniidence tlmt it coild clear i Z i-PT- " " A comP""?,s vi,h ,W, n,,,,, p!, to rob of her a w3 for the army back to Fort Itrown. t" tW?' "'l? ,be him m-a.IIOl nf ak f tnncn Ualmn v. A iituii a. t'iiv uiii i inn iuiuuiiat inn imu . i . . t r"a t ; . . . k.,.i,..J, .-.' r.r. lHat ine rrussian monarcti had sent out we had beaten the Mexicans. .,Wo learn hy :.a gentleman recently fim thc Uio (imnde, that therio is a general revolution- te.v-4and forward they marched fo Uesa- ca de la Palma, the result of which you all know. Old Zack kept his word to Maj. Brown, but alas, the brave and la mentell Major had received his death wound So At Buena Vista the personal charac ter of General Taylor had a like influence on thrt army. When the War Depart ment occmed it necessary, in order to form I swkliimfi ? n . I . . f .. ; . ! " T u -" .v iii imi. jui mlu tin v era l Cruz, a w nt.ki'ii itnini frniihrr An a a. . . . - n i Vi f V-' . portion , xvass ire, that Santa Anna would at- r Mexico. -In the several towns, pari es are rnni- Mm ! .r, tU i . V r forming umlr different pretexts, l.ut the h-al ? r?T ?ek?nl- ' of- .f t. A -EL:.. .ul 7,? .1 said. ' d I know he will attack me.' cuhllc .1 f . ... . I ' airengui oi tne opposition 10 the Uentral Gov. rrnmenl. The leudihg men are arouiin thc lower classes ngainst the existing government and citizens of tho V States are busily enza".! Vtl omong them. Tho, priest and alcalde of! ,Han Fernandtr, and most of the leading charac j It t of that district, riavc openly declared for ike Cnnstituljon of 1324. A public ball was rcceutly given to the jVincricans in that neigh. A letter from Greeny il e, S. C, dated Au- ft-ll 1 a p-i-u ii, sa3s two ot u Calhoun s negroes j favor of Taylor. He says he has been anxious were committed to tai in Pickens district, for , . i .u i i- r L n Oom. , . J , 1 1 , '.' not to share in the responsibility of those Sou. an attempt to poison Mr. Calhoun, by puttm" i . , ' . , , oxalic acid in her tea. ! j lhern men who are PP0'ng en. I aylor, and . j! ! he has never failed, when a proper opportuni- Cholera in France Th. Fr,M, C ! offreid' dimctly and decidedly to avow ment are taking all measures of prevention Uast Pascagocla, Sept. 4. Dear Sir On the 22J day pf May last, I addressed you a letter explaining my views in regard to various matters of public policy. U-t niy fellow-ciiiena might be misled by the many contradictory and conflictinr; statements in respect to thetn which appeared in the journals of the day and were circulated throughout the country. I now find myself misrepresented and misun derstood upon another point, of such importance to my self personally, if not to the eonntrv al lartr n tnr-lnim from me a candid and connected exposition of my rela- tllity of GoVCmnieii! lions to the public in regard lhe pending Presidential ernmental TCWarJs ; canvass. I ' ' . The utmost ingenuity has been expended upon peve- i them, ral letters and detached seniences of letters, which have j Tiit it mnv nfw.-il recently appeared over my signature, to show that I oc- ; ,l-.iai auo.u cunv an eauivocal attitude toward tho vnriMia ntr,; I cant nnrl nrn CI f 1 1 1 . . . to which the people ore divided, and especially towards 1 t ; t-.., Tlnnnmhln Cntnlurt Tt n f. the Whiff Dartv 88 renresenled hv th 'Btionl f I lu,s "lailCr a IllUC , ..w .... ut. iu i I ii i 3 HJL ' r J . nuu vuil nil" - . . i . .. ... . tmnuiKmkin eenm Vl .A TlL't.l I 1' T I a i.w.. nti.,. a0riiiU,ru in i uiiaucipma in June last, iiad these letters and scraps of letters been publislied or con si rued in connection with what I have heretofore said upon this subject, I should not now have to complain of the speed with which my answers to isolated queslions have been given op to the captious criticism of those who hive been made my enemies by a nomination which has been tendered to me without solicitation or arrangement of mine ; or of the manner in which select passages in some of mv letters, wriiten in the freedom and rarelMa. career of a victorious army in a campaign nessf a confidential correspondence, have been comma- , mcaicu iu me (luum; pirw. iui riven irom the contest, v., ri i ",,u "" wne oi explanatory tacts and - - .ir, in du iar as mis canvass is con cerned, historical, they are as deceptive as though they were positive fabrications. I address you this letter to correct the injustice that has been done roe, anJ the pub lic to the extent that I am an object of interest to them, by this illiberal process. I shall not weary you by an elaborate recital of every incident connected with the first presentation of my name as a candidate for the Presidency. I was then at the head of the American army in the valley of the Rio Grander I was surrounded by Whigs and Democrat wno nau stood by me in the trying hours of my life, and (5 en. J. II. Hammond, of S. C. This gen- tleman has come out warmly and zealously in 0 take his Regulars from him, he against 'he arrival of the cholera. All the in- a"V slvefll(Jr (says he,) can hesitate between format ion which the Government has received ' a,u? un- c"' to me not only a matter from the physicians which had been sent under i sPectal ndr, but I think tic worst omen jMt wn, uuuhi iiuu i nave seen in my lime. himself to he in favor of his election. "How whom ' was my destiny to conduct through scenes of learn the grounds . .t : crais assen lue r rirt to their Jejfersoniau , tide in another part 44 The One Man Powt be able to gather, vt tant fact that incur : at least, the Dense from the Jefferson! its orders to St. Petersburg to study the disease, But hb determined to defend his position . . mosl efficacious cures of it, are to be and id order the best wav to defend it. tn P"11. j , advadce. Gen. Scott has taken a hundred, said He; I shall save a thousand. Gen. Taylor kept well informed ol the ap proach pi tnc enemy by Genera! Wool s CnM f C mnnm.A mm a C?.. 1111 . I . ' . ovuuiaiuLU uil IU OatllilU. OH IO .1 . . ii "v t . f iufui iru nving anu diin we . AClia lllfV ir Vl'nst nrnnncoil al n .1 t - rT --o j - - - .. . . 1 time io meet Wayxe Township Schnlkill County a gainst lhe World. A Mrs. Dress, wife of Mi chael Dress, of this lownshin. was delivered f four children, two girls and two bo.vs three of them are lirintr anl A..; ...ii 01... It uas proposed at. one lhe molher of 24 childrei and is only 38 years the enemy m advance ofi0f age. Ueat this if you can.- PhUa. Ledger. still greater trial. My duty to that arm. -ml tn ,h. Republic whose battles we were waging, forbade my as suming a position of seeming hostility to any portion of the brave men under my command all of whom knew I was a Whig in principle, for I made no concealment , I 01 mX political sentiments or predilections. S"ch had been the violence of party struggles daring 1 he. Democratic Itatoen comes to us un. ; our ,t presidential elections, that the acceDt.nr f . der the auspices of a new Editor, Mr. Thomas nom,nalion nnder the various interpretations given to the U. liailey, f Hillsboro'. The name of the paper is to be changed to that of the North Carol ina Democrat' We trust our former friend and classmate may meet with lhal sue cess, which a long acquaintance with him jus tinea us in saying he amply merits. Ral. Register. obligations of a candidate oresented to ih nnKt; a formulary of political principles, was eoaivolent almost to a declaration of uncompromising enmity to all who did not subscribe to its tenets. I was unwilling to haz ard the effect of such relationship towards any of the soldiers under ray command wben in front of an enemT common to ns all. It would have been onjst in itself and it was repugnant lo my feelings aa i was to my do ' ty. I wanted unity in the army, and forbore any act in relation to its 'stati whole number of mr : volunteer Regiment ; are but u eight or tt t, Taylor for the Pre think it ought to fed stands thus exposed ! est people, who knar: It trys to persuade i: sue with it in relntir we did, incidentally ; we placed upon the otitic f as that paper of Gen. Taylor, mi: tho Jetlersonian wh: of oar attack. Does the Jeffcrscr.
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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