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" ... " .. - t ' ..I fij.1,,,.1 ...I,, 1 r.Tiri t -J'" r -----1 -II I m g Mill ll'JIILlil . . .1U t IfgMTT T" J",-U ' J-J"- r UTTER, AND TO ARGUE FREELY, ACCORDING TO CONSCIENCE, A DOVE ALL OTHER LIBERTIES." Milton. NEW SERIES. 1 GIVE ME THE LIBERTY TO KNOW, TO -I R. I. WYNNE, Publisher. VOL. V. NO- 25. RALEIGH, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1852. C. C. RABOTEAU, Editor. J , - TERMS. - The Times is issued every Thursday, and mailed to subscribers at Two Dollars per annum, in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if not paid insixmoiAhs: and Three Dollars if payment be delayed to the nd of the subscription year. O" To Clubs, we will send Six Copies for Ten Dollar?;, and Twelve copies for Eighteen Dollars, when the monev accompanies the order. " ADVERTISEMENTS, . Not exceedinj fifteen lines, will be published one time for One Dollar, and -Twenty-fire Cents for each subsequent insertion. Court orders and Judicial Ad vertisements will be. char-red 25 per ennt higher. -A reasonable doductim will be made to those who ad vertise by th year. letters to the Editor must be post paid. Money for the Office may be sent by mail at our risk, in pay ment for subscriptions, advertisements, jobs,' &c - rj3- Office on vayettevili.e st., one door, below POST OFFIC1C. . . ' ' " - - WHO IS GENERAL SCOTT. Thr miostion easihi answered. Scott's Early. Life' His Uollcgirte- uareer -Admission-to the I Virginia -tar xne War with Great Britain Political Excitement Scott in favor of Energ etic Measures Obtains . a Command Battle of Queenstown Heights Is " made a Prisojicr of War and carried to Quebec His Conduct while there Battles of Chippewa, Lunili,s Lane -The Black Hawk War His Conduct during tM Cholera His Course m : South Carolina His Career in the Mexican War, Etc: Etc. This is a question easier to answer, we rmprehend, than that which was so gener ally put, on the adjournment of the Loco foco Convention at Baltimore Who is Franklin Pierce? Every man, woman, and child in the country knows Gen. Scott well; but for all that the present is the Gt-nn-wtunitv to refresh general remem brance, with a brief recapitulation of some j of the more important events of a life so c- ventful as his. The subject of our memoir was born in Viro-inia near Petersburgh, on the 13th of June, 1786. Consequently he is now sixty-six vears of age. Completing his stud ies at William and Mary Collese, he was admitted lo the bar in 1S0G. He practic ed law in Virginia only for about the space of a year, and then removed to South Car olina. , . .""'. . Shortly afterwards our troubles with Great Britain assuming a serious character, Congress passed an act, (April 1S0S,) in creasing the military forces of the country. Scott thereupon applied for a commission in one of the regiments lobe raised in ac cordance with this authority, and early in Mav he was appointed Captain of Lto-ht' Artillery. . . The'interval between 1S0S and the ac tual declarations of hostilities, (1812,) was one of great political excitement through out the whole country. Scott warmly supported the election of Mrv Madison, at. the same, time heartily advocating war measures against the enemy. In July 1812, Scott, now Lieutenant Colonel in the Second 'Artillery, was ordered to the Niagara frbnrer. Some two months sub sequently, (m October,) he was applied to Lieut. Elliott for assistance to capture two British -ships-of-warthe "Adams' , and "Caledonia" then moored under the guns of Fort Erie, .: Both these vessels were taken, but Elli ott was compelled to abandon the Adams, in consequence of her getting .aground. The English essayed her recapture, but were galfantly repulsed, by the exertions w;r.l1 stent t " wi.a Anna nor rcmBHibcr the battle ot Queenstown Heights, only a few days af m thp nhnve exploit? The Americans thp-ft had to face a fearful odds of British troop3, some thirteen hundred strong, while fhnt nf ihp. .Americans was not more than ,uro ii.mdrp.rl. Scott's heroic band was was compelled to surrender, but it was on ly because the militia on the opposite shm-ps refused, or were unable to cross to their aid. Yet the deeds which that small bnnrl reformed on 'that occasion, -will ev er live in the grateful remembrance of their .-nnnfrvmen. Iiieut. OOI. oCOll was uu- r.Pil a nrisoner to the British fortress at Quebec, and while there, a little incident occurred, which, exercising an important bearing upon the subsequent management of the war, js worth while relating. At ill remembered . England Lino " - - : . ' . denied what is called "the right of expatri ation," that is to say, she did not recog niP ihp rio-ht of any of her subjects, to be come citizens of another country,: cm the' ground that "once a subject" (of England) "always a subject." According to tins doctrine a native of Ireland, Scotland, or England, who had become naturalized, in the'United Slates, remained, nevertheless, a subject of the British Government, and forleited his life, as a traitor, if found m arms against her. The United States, -meanwhile, denied this assumption its naturalization laws being predicated upon ' an exactly opposite and juster theory. While Scott then was a - prisoner at Que bec, the English endeavored to enforce this doctrine of perpetual allegiance, in regard to sundry Irish prisoners, captured in the American ranks at Queenstown. The following is a description of the scene: .-. "Scott being in the cabin of the trans port, heard a bustle upon deck and hast ened up. There he found a party of Briu ish officers in the act ol mustering the pris H senaratino; from the rest, such as by confession, or the accent of the voice werei'udo-ed to be Irishmen. - The object was to send them in a frigate, then aloug Hrp: tn F.no-land. to be tried and executed for the crime of high ' treason, X they being oirpn in nrma arrainst their native allegt- luuviA o . ance. ' Twenty-three liad been thus tet a part when Scott reached the deck. The moment Scott ascertained the object of the British officers, he commanded his men to answer no mote questions, in or der that no olher.selection should be made by the test of speech. He commanded them to remain silent, and they strictly o beyed. This was done in spite of the threats of the British officers, and not an other man was separated from his compan ions. Scott was repeatedly commanded to go below, and high altercations ensued. He addressed the party selected, and ex plained to them fully the reciprocal obhg- j ations of allegiance and protection assur ing them th.it the United States would not fail to avenge their gallant and faithful soldiers; ahcffinally pledged himself in the most solemn manner that retaliation and, if necessar a refusal to give quarter in battle, shonld follow the execution of any one of the party. In the midst of this an imated harangue, he was frequently inter rupted, by the British officers, and, though unarmed could not be silenced." The Irishmen thus selected were all sent to England , but as soon as Scott was exchanged he hastened to Washington, and reported the transaction to the Secre tary of War, who, in turn, laid it before Cono-ress. The result was the passage of an act (3d j)f March, 1S13,) empowering the Presidjof the United States to retal iate. Scott soon after, in subsequent en gagements, captured a number of prison ers"', and, true to the pledge he gave at Quebec, he selected 23 of the number to be confined in the interior of the country, to abide, there, the fate of the 23 Irishmen taken at Queenstown, and sent to England for trial. - . V The result of this firm resolution on the part of Scott, and of the legislation conse quent upon his efforts, was, not only to save the lives of the twenty-three Irish pris oners, but to impel England throughout the remainder of the war, to respect the rights of our naturalized citizens, by virtu ally abandoning her claim to perpetual al legiance. At the capture of Fort George, on the 27th of May, 1 813, Scott landed on the Canada Shore of Lake Ontario, formed his command on the beach, and scaled the banks behind which the British forces were drawn up fifteen hundred strong. The action was short and desperate, but ended in the total-route of the enemy. Scott was the first man to enter the fort and hauled down the British flag with his own hands. On the 10ih and 11th of November, 1812, Scott defeated the enemy in two ac- tions, one at Fort Matilda, the other at Iloophoie Orcelc. On the 9th of March, IS14, when only twenty-seven 3'ears of age, Scott was pro moted to the rank of Brigadier General. rr,hp. battle of Chippewa was fought on the oih of July, 1SL3. Scott, with 1900 Americans, met in an open plain and rou ted with the bayonet 2100 of the veteran troops of England the very flower of the army. As the two armies approached to close, quarters, "Scott called aloud to Mc Neil's battallion "the enemy say we are o-ood at long shot, but can't stand the cold uon! I call upon the EleTenth instantly to give the lie to the slander! Charge!" They did charge. Before Gen. Brown could come up with the rear division of the American army, Scott had already won the day, and was in hot pursuit of the fly ing enemy. - - ' The battle of Lundy's Lane (or Niaga ra as it is frequently called) was fought on the 26th of July, 1814, just three weeks after that of Chippewa. The battle com menced about forty minutes before sunset and continued until midnight. Here a gain American valor triumphed over the veteran regiments of Britain. Scott had two horses killed under him, was wound ed in the side, but still fought on until the close of the battle, when he w is prostrated by a wound in the shoulder. This was the hardest fought tattle of the war. For his gallantry m these actions, Scott was soon after promoted to the rank of Major General. On November 3d. 1813, Congress passed a resolution awarding him a gold Medal. . . . . . Soon after the treaty of peace, President Madison tendered to General Scott a place in his cabinet that of the Secretary of War. This complimentary office was de clined from motives highly creditable to General Scott, v : i " . - Being still feeble from his wounds , he soon after went to Europe for the restora tion of his health,, and for professional im provement. He was also entrusted by the Government with important diplomatic functions. lie executed his instructions in so satisfactory a manner that President Madison caused to be' written to him, by t rip. Secretary of State, a special letter of thanks. -- ' . . In 1S32, Scott was ordered to take com mand of the Black Hawk war. He sail ed from Buffalo for Chicago, with nearly one thousand troops in four steamboats. On the 8ih of July, while on, the voy age the cholera brokeo out among the troops witn fearful violence. On the boat in which General Scott sailed, with two hundred and twenty troops, there occurred in six days one hundred and thirty cases of cholera an fifty-one deaths . After Gen ; Scoti had proceeded from Chicago to the Mississippi river, the pestilence again broke out among his troops, y During the preva--lence of this terrible scourge his devoted at tention upon his suffering soldiers excited the admiration of all who were present. "After the terminaiion of the Black Hawk War, Gen. Scott and Gov. Rey nolds were appointed by the U. S; Gov ernment commissioners to treat with the North western-Indians in reference to all pending difficulties.. In the various con ferences held with the deputations from the several tribes, it. became the duty- of Gene ral Scott to conduct the discussions. This he did with great ability - and ingenuity, and the result f the commission was to procure a treaty just to the Indians, and highly advantageous to the United States ihe Indians ceding their title to more than ten millions of acres, being a great portion of the lands of Iowa and Michi- Directly after his return from the Black Hawk war ' General Scott was sent by President Jackson on a confidential -mis sion of great responsibility. South Caro lina nullification then threatened to em broil the nation in civil war. There was imminent danger that strife would at ence begin between the citizens of Charleston and me United States troops stationed there. : The object of the President, in sending Scott to South Carolina at this time was to prevent, if possible, any direct act of colli sion, and at the same time enforce the laws of the Federal Government. Scott's mod eration and discretion while at Charleston saved the country from the honors of civil war. ": On the 20th of January, 1836, General Scott was ordered to take command in the Florida w-ar. There he did all that the greatest military talent could accomplish. But the malice or envy ot a isrotner 0111- . .: I- 4 .U cer, by misrepresentations mauo tu ; .mc President, procured his recall for the pur pose of having his official conduct subject ed to the opinion of a Court of Enquiry. The Court, after full investigation, pro nounced the charge against Gen . Scott un- sustained. In 1S3S, Gen. Scott was sent by the President to the Canada frontierthen in a state of fearful excitement on account of the burning of the Caroline within the A merican territory. The whole population of Northern New York seemed about to march into Canada to avenge the wrong which had been done to the national honor. The object of ; the .Administration . wao to preserve peace between the two nations, until pending uiffictties should be settled by j negotiation. For this purpose Scott was sent to the frontier. There he labored night and day, passing rapidly from point to point, superintending; and direcUng the actions both of the military and civil au thorities and frequently, along a line of eight hundred miles, addressing immense gatherings of the excited cit zens. He succeeded in his missions beyond the ex pectations of the most sanguine . The peace of the country was preserved. During the same year he was ordered to the delicate service of removing the Cher okee nation beyond the Mississippi. Here he displayed at once tire nignesi oegt ee 01 energy, sagacitv and hurruHiity. In 1S33 arose the North Eastern Boun dary difficulty. The disputed territory was about to become the battle croima be tween the troops cf Maine and New Bruns wick. In this crisis. General Scott was a gain deputed by the Government lo quell the rising storm. Ill's able set vices on that occa sion Showed him to be possessed of the hio-hest talents as a statesman and a diplo- malist. A war considerect inevitanie was prevented the honor of the country pre servc(and Scott returned with fresh lau rels upon his brow. . ; The services of. General Scott in the Mexican War are of so recent date, and so fresh in the recollections of the American people and the whole civilized world, that it is useless to do more than make a pass ing allusion. On the 10th of March, 1S47, General Scott arrived before Vera Cruz. On the 14th of September, 1S47, he planted the stars and stripes Over the National Palace in the city Mexico. Within these six months San Juan D'Ulloa the Ameri can Gibralter was stormed and the battles of Cerro Gordo, Contreras, San Antonio, Chepultepec were fought and Won, With Jess than ten thousand fighting men he at tacked and routed, again and again, thirty thousand of the best troops of Mexico, posted behind the strongest fortifications, and figh ting with the courage of desperation. No thing of military achievement recorded, in ancient or modern history, can excel the glory of that march from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico. . - The Old Trap. Rev. Henry Ward Beachcr, who bids fair to become as fa mous for his wit as for his .eloquence, makes the following shrewd reply to those disinterested people who ask temperance men why they don't enforce the old laws against rum selling, instead of framing new oh . like that of Maine. The readers can judge whether he drives the nail home and clinches it. '- -' " ' " -' ' : ' "It is said why don't you execute the present laws? This puts me in mind of an old rat, who, sleek and fat, comes out of his hole, sees a new trap- He walks a round it; peeps into it; nibbles at it, and finds that it is not like the old one it is all wire and there is no getting out of it. So he goes to the keeper of the house and says: "Why are you not satisfied with the old trap with the wooden bottom, through which I have crawled forty times?" - So with them old liquor rats, they know how to evade them, they can crawl almost throt gh anything, but they don't like the Maine Law. These men can tell what it means. The outcry that they now make, leads me to think that they smell fire. I never was so much in favor of the law as when 1 found out how the; rumsellers op posed it. WHIG RATIFICATION MEETING. In pursuance of a call, a very large and enthusiastic meeting of the Whigs of Ra leigh assembled in the Court House, on Thursday night last, to receive our Dele gates to the National Convention, and to ratify the nominations of the Whig party. J. J. Litchford called the r. eeting to or der; and, on his motion, Ed. 13. Freeman, Esq., was appointed Chairman, and Seaton Gales and C. C Raboteait, Secretaries. The Chairman briefly explained the ob ject of the meeting; after which, Mr. Gales addressed the meeting briefly, and concluded by offering the following res olutions: ; Rp.soLVKD, That tho Whigs of Raleigh heart ilj ratify the'noinination, by the Na tional Whig Convention, of WINFIELD SCOTT, for the Presidency, and of WM. A. GRAHAM, for the Vice Presidency, of the United St?tes, and cordially pledge themselves to their support ; and that, in snch support, they ask , their Whig friends throughout the Union to unite and to co operate zealously and resolutely. Resolved, That in the nominee of the Convention for the first Office wi. bin the gift of the people, we have for our loader one whose brilliant exploits and splendid achievements hare added lustre to our Na tional character, snd whosc known and well tried patriotism has shone lorth on ninny trying occasions ; and that, under such a leader, we can go into the contest with the strongest assurance that our efforts will be crowned with triumphant success: Resolved, That the selection of William A. Graham as the Whig Candidate for the Vice Presidency was not only a just and highly honorable testimonial of the hold wliich he has acquired upon the confidence and affections of his countrymen, but is most gratifying to the people of North Cnr olina, as a compliment to one of the espe cial favorites "-of the Slate and to the Stats itself a complimont which they will show their annreciation of, in November next, by rolling up a IlAHRisoyiAN majority for Scott and Graham. Resolved, That (in the language of the Whi-r National Convention,) Millard Fill more, President of the United btates, de serves our hearty and enthusiastic gratitude for the truly constitutional and patriotic principles upon which he has administered the! .Government., "and the Whrgs of the U. States will ever look upon his Administra tion as one of the most ?aecessfui and pat riotic in our history. Resolved, That all who are friendly to the election of the nominees of the Whig Convention are requested to meet at the Court House in this City, on Saturday even inr, the 10th of July, to form a Scott and Graham Club for the Campaign. : Resoi.vkd, That we recommend to the friends of the Baltimore nominations thro' out the Old North State the formation of such Clubs, for the purpose of discussing and disseminating true -Republican- princi- nlfis and of makino- the election ot our glo rious Candidates, State and i ational, doub ly sure- - - While these resolutions were under con sideration, on motion, a Committee consis ting of Messrs. John H.Bryan, SeatonGales, and L. W. Peck, was appointed to wait up on Hon. N. Boyden, M. W. Rnnsom, and others, and request them to address their brother Whigs of Raleigh. . When the Committee 'cturned, loud cr.lls were made for the Hon. N. Boyden, who addressed the meeting for about an hour ; rr'uin 1 some account of the action of the National Whig Convention, and strongly 1 tlv nflvnratinT the claims . of Gen. Scott and Governor Graham upon the Whigs of the South. The speech was loudly applaudtxl throughout. - Mr. B's at tention was called to a Telegraphic des patch published in a Locofoco paper here, sratinor that Mr." Clav had endorsed the no n,"!ntirn of Pipvr.p. No such rumor was O . . " current in Washington: and from what Mr B. knew, he pronounced jt a base and in famous slander upon the dyin; patriot. ; M. W. Ransom, Esq., of Warren, was then culled out; who responded in a truly sAni-sitrlmr nhl sneecb of some half hour, eloquently invoking the Whigs to ral tr'nVniinii tboir noble nominees, and unite to rri ve them the vote of the State. f Hon. J." II. Bryan, was next brought to his feet by the prolonged calls of the meet- infr, .anu aauresseu me. metuuj . -, , J . 1 . n n ...rttl-i l-,c rtn. customed ability. ' His remarks, were recei ved throughout with the heartiest applause and the most lively . gratification. Mr. B. onr.li.dpr' l.v pynressinff his wish to hear from Gen. G. W. Haywood, if present. " The calls of the meeting seconded the wish, and Gen. Hay wood came forward, and gave satisfactory account of himself and col- collean-ues in the NationaVConyention, ?nd ihp mpp.tinor the ratification of U1V1 ujy-J-ii ... -- n fU nnmlnatinm. - Tn fact, it wasoneofhis very best soceches, and wes received by the audience with great enthusiasm. Cheers that made the welkin ring, were then heartily given for General Scott, three Wrn. A. Graham, and three more lor Millard Fillmore, then taken unon the Resolutions, which were unanimously ad onted. The Chairman then declared the ratifica tioti complete; and the meeting adjourned - E: B. FREEMAN, Ch'm'n . Seaton Gales, C. C. Raboteav, Sec-s. From the Newark ( N. J.) Advertiser. GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES. Oneof? the commonest artifices of politi- cians,Vsmationes geueuuiy, mui-cu, .o make a great ado about the expenditures of Government. This policy is founded on the well-known sensitiveness of the peo ple as to matters that concern the public purse. As in private life the promptings, and anxieties of individuals original e or end in a marked attachment to the purse and its concerns, which nobody affects to conceal, the same feelings arc naturally transferred to the treasury of the nation.-. Designing men may excite the jealousy of an unintelligent mass against the economy and pecuniary integrity of the most pru dent and ihe "purest; - Even that plainest of American republicans, and most honest men, John Quincy Adams, could not beat up against the ridiculous but base altacks of hi? encrnice, for the extravagance of the famous East Room. But his malignant" and unprincipled slanderers knew the com munity they meant to hoodwink, and so palmed on them the infamous shame of representing the economical and even par simonious patriot as lavishing the treasures of ihe Republic to gratify his Instfor luxu rious living and reckless ostentation.- When a set of men did not twenty-odd years ago despair of making the country believe that the ascetic statesman and schol ar, who all his life pinched his belly and his back from choice, was a sybarite and prodigal, a similar class of small but hun gry politicians now may hope to shun it, aVtheir predecessors did, and by the help of a clamor about the public expenditures, for which there are always itching cars, at tempt to cast suspicion upon the Adminis tration. Tl, nrrn.-ntmiii? have been proved as false now as they were in the days' of Mr. Adams; but with many they will possibly have the desired effect -a charge is enough with thousands; they will not wait, they. do not-want. to know whether it. has been proved or how it has been caused. 1 hey have heard it made, that is enough.. Let "those w ho have read the imputations of Hunter, Borland and Gwiri, take a little trouble lo look a little farther at the conclu-. sive answers of such men as Pearce, Vv el- ! ler and Dawson, and we witl ask no more. For the amount of the Governuiciu ex penses, the Democrats, who control them by their overwhelming majority in both Houses, arc exclusively responsible.-; Let lis hear no more, then, of the enormous extravagance of the Government , for they can snenu noiim.g but what Congress lias first 'appropriated. If -these are loo smail j or loo large, the fault is theirs; (he respon- j ibility rests on them; the sin lies at tne 1 doors of the two Houses. But what, argu- i ment can be held with inuividuais who are as ignorant as they are censorious," and seem really to believe that a Secretary of the Treasury, for example, can put his hand into the public collers, anu laive out uu.u he wants, as easily as a cashier of a bank; and that the President and heads of all the Departments help thcmjelves to tho eagles in the strong box of the nation on then- way to dinner, just as they do the wing of a- turlcey on tueir uiuie; ..i-.uim.--j, ..- n o-ood thing sometimes and on proper occa sions; but no man ' ho is honest himself will be everlastingly suspecting other peo ple, more particularly men selected lor their character as well as talent. Base peculations and designed and en- mmai exirav.igntice imvu uucu t-ncn.-u, believe, against, the heads of every admin istration which has existed, and naveraueu t)f being proved against one. If this does not beget modesty on tne part 01 mose woo act the dishonorable part of common ac cusers, the fact ought to teach the people to discredit them. . It would . De weu lo mark and remember the men who ttius abuse the freedom of the tongue, so that the fate of tlieir groundless accusations may in due time be visited upon their authors. There are few more utiamiable characters than self-appointed public prosecutors. Many men shun such an oincc, when sought to be iir.posed upon them by others; few can be found who are capauie 01 lat ino- the trade of accuser general from choice. Accoruingly, we find the business confined to a few equivocal hands.: There are un derlings no doubt in every government, Who wriggle themselves into contracts and employments, for the sole urpose of turn ing (hem to. the most profitable arcount, without a thought about serving an3body but themselves. There are also other per sons who busy themselves in making vague charges' of extravagance against an .ip rightadministration, not because they know of their mismanagement, but from a vio lent" desire to manage themselves. If these two classes could be reformed, we should be ridf of two troublesome sets of people; those who disgrace their country out of office, and those who disgrace their coun try in it; those who abuse official trusts; and those who are struggling to obtain them to do the same thing. THE LIBERTY" OF THE PRESS. It is a matter of question what consti tutes the liberty of the press; and how far it may be allowed to go in giving utterance to its sentiments, without transcending that liberty. We hold that the press is emphati cally the organ of the people. The means bv which the community are to be enlight ened on general matters, and by which knowledge is dispensed in the cheapest form to the masses and that which is a public act that which the people feel an interest ;n that which they have a right 10 know, is legitimate matter for the press. It has not The privilege cf invading the private rirr-lp if has no riorht to rentier itself a 1 masked battery, from behind which the humblest individual in society may be at tacked but it has the right to "shoot folly as it rli?V'- antl holds a charter as illimita ble as the vind, to blow on any and all who outrage society in any manner, shape or form, regardless of public opinion; for public opinion is only to be regarded when it is on the side of right and justice. We are free to confess that the .pre.? often as sumes loo much, and takes too much lati tude in its developments but there are measures to prevent it, and the press, like individual?, is amenable lo the laws of the land for any : breach upon the laws. As members of that class, professing to give a faithful record of passing events, we feel it not only a privilege, but we feel it a duty which we owe to our readers to publish such matter as we think they will beinter eS(Ccl in such subjects as they feel an an xiety to read. WTe cater for the public. It is the means by which w-c gain a Jiard earned livelihood; and as long as the public continue to support us, it is evident that they appreciate our motives and our efforts. When they fail to do so, it is our misfor tune, and we must abide by-it; but we will at least have the satisfaction that we go down "free and nntrammeled." Petersburg Express. THE NOMINATION. AVi n field Scott is the nominee of the Whirr National Convention for the Presi dency of the United States. He was not our first choice among the distinguished men who were the candidates for that po sition. But he is the first choice of a ma jority of the Whigs of the Union. To all who recognise the obligations of parly this fact is conclusive. He is nominated upon a platform adopted by the convention; he has accepted the nomination upon that platform;-we do not see upon what principle any Whig can withhold from him his ear nest, cordial, and hearty support. No one can doubt his 'patriotism. His eminent services in the field all' of us acknowledge. His capacity f-ifvic employment, wher ever it has bcentcsted, has been illustrated by uniform succc?s. That he will be hon est, true, and 'faithful' to the Constitution, every act of his - private and public life abundantly testifies. That he will be loy al to the Union no one can entertain a iloubt J " We have passed through an excited and warmly-contested canvass. In the colli sion of adverse interests much ill-feeling has been elicited. But all disappointment, is not necessarily permanent disaffection. Men who have been honestly opposed to the nomination of General Scott, may i cheerfully acquiesce in it, now that it is the j ascertained will of the party. ' Nothing is to be gained by regrets or criminations. The friends ol the other candidates have manifested an honorable fidelity to the ob jects of theiv preference. They yielded to "ihe paramount necessity of our republican condition obedience to the will of the majority; and they yielded only when they saw that the disintegration of the Whig party would be the consequence of further adherence to the preferences which they honestly entertained. In the nomination of General Taylor thc Southern wing of the Whig party tri umphed. r Their Northern allies were true to them,- accepted their candidate wunovi the platform they demanded, and elected . him. In the nomination of General Scott the Northern members of the Whig paily have triumphed. They have triumphed on the basis cf a platform entirely satisfac tory to their Southern friends and allies, and accepted by the candidate presented by the Whig Convention for the suffrages of the Whigs of the Union. Good faith party fidelity personal honor demand of the Southern Whigs the same measure of acquiescence and adherence that was ex tended by the Northern Whigs to the can didate of Southern selection. We have every hope of the election of General Scott to the Presidency of the U. States. In all ages and in all countries civilized oi barbarous services of the na ture which General Scott has rendered have alwav-s been held in the highest estimation mav not approve, but we cannot deny the fact. All history bears Witness to It. HIS tins seriumcm has secured the nomination of General Scott. The Whigs believe that his nomi nation would be most acceptable to the A merican pe ople, and the most likely to se cure their sufFrages. This is a republican principle of selection. However our own views or feelings may be effected by it, we are bound to acquiesce in the result to which this principle has led. ". By the same token, the VYIfig party of the country are bout, d I to accept the plat form of the convention, and to make it the test of political orthodoxy;. The platform received a larger vote than the candidate and they must stand or fall together. It is much if it is not every thing to have triumphed in the declaration of ourprinci- pies. As our candidate has adopted (hem, we can live up to them, insist upon them, and triumph with them. ' William A. Graham of North Carolina, has received the nomination for the Vice Presidency. A more safe and acceptable selection could not have been made. The nomination is due to the Irue and tried Whigs of the old North State, and will be cordially responded to by the Whigs of the Union. . ... One word as to the candidates whose friends have been disappointed by the re sults that we have above recorded. The Presidency could add nothing to the hon ors of Mr. Webster; and it is a most ern- pliatic tribute to the chr.racicr and posiriou of Mr. Fillmore, that,; in the adoption of thr-ir platform, the convention, that with held from him the nomination, have only epitomized the principles and the policy of hid Administration. Republic. WIIAT'S-iII$ NAME? The Free Prc?s, General Crifs's special onran at Detroit, runs tin the name of "Franklin L. 'ierce. r-s Us candidate lor the Presidency! But. it; will pro'-.ably find out, ere long, that that, is not tin; cogno men of the gentleman who so sadly put it? favorite candidalc's ne out of joint, the otiier day, at Baltimore. Apropos. It is related to uz, by or.c fo was jiresent at the time, that, on (ho even ing of the nomination, a pretty warm and enthusiastic "one of the b'hoys" in the 8th Ward, was vaporing (gashing, blow ing, some call it.,) in ti bar-room about the super excellence of the Corryeniion's selection, and offering any amount of bets that "Page would he elected!" (- "Yes, he will!" exclaimed (be excited parlizan. "'He will, and no niistakc! Page is the man! lie's bound tobe elect ed, and I'll bet fifty dolhirs on it!".. "Who's Page?" said a' bys!ander "Who's Page!" roared the blower. "That's just what you ss'.A, when tve minated Polk! W 10's, Polk?' said you j, and we showed yen who' Polk was, did'nt we: Say'. And we'll show 3-011 , 10 if Page is (00, by next November! See wedont!" i "But who i 1 ihe former equiter. I "Who is he? Who is Page? You ain't such a plaguy fool as lo a?k that in earn est, arc 3'c? Why' every body knows that Pago, is the ' greatest man i:i IPmipshlre" state, has held every ofiice in the state, and licked the Mexicans all to pieces. Page! Just as if every body didn't know Page'." "Perhaps its 2 'ierce, you're talking on, Bin"," said one of i!v; speaker's co-maics genthy ; " Pierce . Frank Piii cc was the chap that got the iior.'inatiou tcidav !" "P-i-e-r c-e?" drawled out (he astonished orator. "Pierre? Well, I believe it was. Of course, it was! Everybody knows Pierce!" N. Y. Express. PIERCE AND DOilu. The last visit of icrce to Dorr has caused considerabl porary of ihe Enq bly 'exercised' by ret 1 ia rkj. O u r c c ' c m -ircr who was considern Seward's &it i imr in the same new with bcott, cannot luit itliu;;e General Pierce for making his first visit in Rhode Island to the famous rebel and abo litionist. Dorr was formorly, (and we have never seen any notice of a charge of views) not only a member of the Anti Slavery Society cf RJiode Island, hut a member of its "Executive Committee," and one of the most zealous in all movements of that, body. lie was at one timoa candidate for Congress, and assured the Abolitionists if they would vote for him, he would pledge himself to introduce a bill pronipth", ami advocate it with all his miht, to abolish slavery -in the District of Columbia, and put a stop to the slave trade between the several slave holding States.) We are sorry to see General Pierce giv ing the honor of his first call in Rhode In land to this rank abolitionist!. Nor docs it speak well for the conservative spirit attri buted to him, that he should thus fiatcrnizo with a man who even nnbluihingly pro claimed that if it were necessary to over turn the government of Rhode Island, he would march over the dead body of his own father. Rich. Republican. AN HONEST LAWYER. A very old numbrr of a Tennessee pa per contain!.? a quaint advertisement, sign ed "Wm. Tatham," in ivhich we find (a mong many more) tho following rules of practice: i "I will turn a deaf car to no man be cause his purse is empty," Good, hut ra ther impracticable. "I will advise no man beyond the comprehension of h:- cause." Excellent, and favorable to brevity of ad vice. "1 will bring none into law who my conscience tells me should kci p out t f it ." Unexceptionable. "1 will advise the tur bulent with candor, and if they will go to law against myr advice, they must pardon me for volunteering against them." Fair and open, certain'. Servos 'em right, "twill never acknowledge -the omnipo tence of the Legislature, or consider their acts to be law beyond the spirit of the con stitution." Capital! Mr. Tatham wa doubtless a bold fellow of rare honesty for a lawyer, who, if he kept his own rules, was a peace-maker and a most useful citi zen a man greatly beloved by the poor, admired by the gctid, respected by all and - died insolvent! ; SENATOR BADGER. It is with deep regret that we have heard of the recent serious illness of the Hon. V"'fV nn George "E. Badger, at Ins .lodgings in He ha i been detained from his scat in the Senate for a fortnight or more by that cause; and, though now out of danger, feels it necessary to leave his post for a season, in the hope that the wa ters of the mineral springs at. Bi .ikcly, a., will restore him to his usual good health. Tire a 2:1 Loss of LUo. New York, Junp 1 ". The tavern known as Valiin2tc-n"i heud-qna ters was destroyed by fire tc-dny. f'upTised los twenty-five thousand dollars. Ms :ny of the b isrd- era jumped from the window?." One woman wis killed, and others are believed have been burnt to-deatli.
Raleigh Times [1847-1852] (Raleigh, N.C.)
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