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WHIG RATIFICATION MEETING, - - lit FRA3KLI ' Pursuant to previous notice,, a very large and thusiastic meeting of the Whigs of Franklin as mblcd at the Court House in Louisbursr, oh Tues day of June Coqrt week (the 13th instant,) to re- poud to tho nomination of the late Whig National of Gen. .Zachary Millard Fillmore ted States, and for Convention, at Philadelphia TatloiI for President, and for Vice President of the Un th organization of the Franklin Taylor Club. On motion, Dr. David Outlaw was called to the Chair, and Col. B. B. Lewis appointed Sec- retary. At the request of the Chairman, the object of tho meeting was explained by D. S. Hill, Esq. wk, at tho close of his remarks, reported, from a Comraittee appointed at a previous meeting, con istingof Messrs. Hill, Massenburg and Whitaker, the following Preamble and Resolutions, tb-wit. : ; Whereas, the Whig Convention assembled at ! Philadelphia, on the 7th of June, instant, having, -with gratifying unanimity, presented to the Coun try the names of Gen. Zachary Taylor, of Louis iana, and Millard Fillmore, of New York, for Pre sident and Vice President of the United States: Therefore resolved That we, the Whigs of Franklin, having undoubted confidence in his pat riotism and sound Republican Whig principles, hail with acclamation the nomination of the gal lant Old Hero, Gen. Zachary Taylor, as their standard bearer in the approaching Presidential contest, whose name U a prestige of victory, and Lwho never surrenders. And yvc call upoirhU fi tends throughout the Country to rally to his standard, and unito with us in' the hearty support of him who has devoted the whole of his eventful life to the service of his country. i -2. R'SoleeJ, That we heartily approve, of the nomination of Millard Fillmore, of New, York, .as . our candidate for Vice President of the United States, who, in the darkest hour of trial, stooJ up and battled manfully for our glorious Whig prin jciples, and who deserves and will receive the zeal Ous support of the Whigs of the Union. : -3. itssoti-i'J, That for the purpose of a thorough and more efficient organization, we form a Taylor Club, to bo governinl, by rules and regulations hereafter to bo agreed upon : and vo recommend to this meeting the names of the following gentlc : rush as officers of the Club, vix : I For President, "Clil. II. J. G. RUFFIN, c u v VAummiTrm Vice Presidents, NAT; TUNSTALI. B. B. LEWIS, T. K. T From the Register. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS OF VOL UNTEERS. VVe have heretofore bestowed a general notice on the fanfaronade of Resolutions adopted by the Locofoco Convention, which nominated Mr. Keid for'Governor, intending at our leisure, further to examine such of them, as presented any intelligi ble issue. One of these, of greatest length, and sound and fury, is devoted to the condemnation of the Legisla ture and'Governor, in respect to the appointment of Field officers of our Regiment of Volunteers, for the Mexican War. . The most obvious remark in this complaint, is, that it does not come from the Voluntecre themselves, the great majority ot whom were received into service after the Field Officers had been appointed, and announced to the public, but from a party caucus, whose press, and whose leaders, with many honorable exceptions, endeav ored to prevent the completion of this Regiment, and have omitted no opportunity to produce dis content, and encourage mutiny in it, from the time of its organization. We propose, however, to test its justice, by some reference to the history of the past in like cases and the facts in this. .Requisitions on the State4 for troops have been often made before the present war. It may be needful only to remind the reader of those occur ring in the quasi war with France, in 1798, on the occasion of the attack on the Chesapeake (Ship of War) in. 1807, and during the War with Great Britain in 1812-'15. It was stated in the Message of the Governor, to the Legislature, that before is suing his call for troops in 1846, the precedents in these former cases were examined, and the course adopted by him conformed to them. It was ascer tained from this examination, that in all cases of State troops required for Federal service, whether detached Militia, that is to say, Drafted men, or Volunteers, the Officers above the grade of Capr tain, (and in some instances, in that grade.) were designated by the Governor as Commander-in-Chief of the Militia the only difference, in this respect, between the two kinds of troops, bping, that in cases of detached Militia'or draft, from the nature of the requisition, the selection was to be made from the Officers then holding Commissions in the Militia, (allowing, however, an unlimited discretion among them in every part of the State ;) but in calls for Volunteers, the Governor was at liberty, to receive whosoever he deemed best quali fied, in any grade, from a private to the highest Officer called for. Thus, immediately after the declaration of War in 1812, two battalions were called for, to defend our own coast, and were sta tioned, the one at Fort Hampton, in Carteret, and" the other at Smithrille, Brunswick; the former under the command of Major Tisdale, tKo latter of Maj. Lillisgton both of these Officers being appointed by the Governor. In January, 1814, a Regiment was required to u : . .1. i. t i : : ai .i ' ma ri. ii ayaiusi iiiu ureui; juuiu.ua, in iiiu;iiua Territory, forming, with a Regiment from South Carolina, a Brigade, under the command of Gen. Joscrti Graham, of Lincoln, the then Gov. Haw- kiss selecting as well the General as the following Field Officers, viz: Col. Jesse A. Pearson, of Rowan, . Lieut.-Col. Richard Atkinson, of Person, 1st Major, Samuel Turrentiue, of Orange, 2d do. David Kerr, of Mecklenburg. A Cavalry company being attached to this Regiment, the Governor appointed Robert Iocke, (then a Colonel of Militia Cavalry) Captain of the same. A In the Fall of 1814, a Regiment-was- called out Colonel of the Regiment, who alone was authorized 1 to call for them, -. Owing to the dispersion of the Company of CapL Long, which that Officer report ed to be occasioned by the failure of the United Statesauthorities.tomake timely provision for them at the Charlotte rendezvous, but which public opin ion attributed to himself; and the withdrawal of an offer of service, by a company in Mecklenburg, be fore their obligation became complete, to take the better pay and accommodation of United States Dragoons, a considerable delay occurred in filling up the Regiment, and the last companies did not ar rive at the rendezvous until near three months af ter the first. Had the Legislature adopted the coun sels of the Democratic Convention, and provided for an election of Field Officers in this Regiment, the Governor would have been obliged the while to keep them all at Smithville, and muster them we suppose with corn-stalks, until the arrival of the last company, when a Colonel could be elected, arms drawn, and orders issued for sailing. We are not a little surprised at this rebuke to the Legislature and Governor, from a Convention which approved most heartily of every act of President Polk s administration. Had they never 6een the order of the President, through his Adjutant Gene ral, published in the newspapers last Summer, pro posing to recruit new Corps of Volunteers from the twelve months men, whose term of service had ex pired in Mexico, iri which he allows Companies of such troops to elect their' Officers, but reserves to himself the appointment of their Field Officers ? If the Legislature preferred appointment by the Go- venor to popular election, as the better mode of choosing these Officers, they are entitled to the benefit of his following their example in an anala gous case, Who, ia the opinion of the Convention, does nothing wrong. The Governor is censured in no measured terms, for the appointments actually made. Not because the persons selected are incompetent, unofficerlike, or unworthy of their trusts. Since the Report of the President s Court of Inquiry on Col. Paixe, we suppose that malignity itself will hereafter be silent on charges such as these. But our Executive is decried by the Convention, a ki bitter and determin .ed partisan" ; 1st, because he did not select the field Officers from the ranks of the Volunteers; and 2d, because he appointed Officers who had vo ted for a Preamble, declaring that the country was involved in war " by the action of the Executive and sobsequent sanction of Congress." The first is rather a novel objection, since we have seen, that in all former appointm3nts, the Governor was allow ed to make selections of Officers irorn the whole State. And if the responsibility of choosing them is thrown on him, we see no propriety in any re striction upon his choice. It is needless to remark that many men will do well in the ranks or subor dina.te offices, who have not the qualifications ne cessary for higher command. But if none but vol unteers in the ranks were fit to be taken for Field Officers, all were entitled to be considered, before the selections were made. And this brings us back to the objection formerly stated, in relation to an election by the men : that is, that the Governor could appoint no head of the Regiment, until the last man arrived at the rendezvous, that he might do injustice to no one,, and appoint the best Com mander. Thus all the troops would be detained from their appropriate field of service, and from any preparation even for it. We presume, he thought his duty required him to organize the Com panies as fast as they came in, and despatch them to Mexico with the utmost haste. The Resolution of the Convention in this particular, condenins as well the appointment of Major Stokes, as those of the Colonel and ! lieutenant Colonel. Thev who observe himself as a'partisan, by selecting two Whig Fic OffictTs out uf three, to command a Regiment frr Secretaries, Treasurer, Committee or Vuhlance Messrs. Joel King, N. HOMAS, RICHARD NOBLE. Con R ESPOJt PENCE. i T A J. .1. AND B.i Massenburg, AVhitakerL H. Davis, D. S IIill, J. E. Thomas, Dr. W. R. King, Benjamin! Foster, Dr. P. S-Fos-U:r, James Wilson, J. H. Brodie, Dr. A. Crudiin, Mumford Pi upon, Jacob II. Cooley, Dr. David Outlaw, A. H. IVarco, Jos. J. Thomas, W. H. Simons. I Tho .resolutions 'having been read, loud and re jatd calls were made for Henry W. Miller, Kq. who came forward and responded to the call in onoofhis happiest efforts, which was received with greit approbation and applause. The Preamble and Resolutions were then adopt ed bt acclamation. Onmotion.it was unanimously RcstJrcd, that for the defence of Nor folk of which our older rca- the terms of condemnation applied to "this, will rea ders will remember, a great number died ot dis ease. -To the command of this, the Governor ap noiuted. i Col. Richard Atkinson, of Porson, Lieut. Col. Samuel Hunter, of Guilford, 1st Major. Samuel Turcntine of Orange, 2d do. Joseph Winston of Stokes. Again, in tha winter of 1S15, before the receipt of news of peace, a Regiment was "ordered out for the defence of Wilmington and the coast, to be mustered into service at - Wadesborough, by Genl Alexander Cray, ot Kandolph. Uver tins, were Col. Andrew Erwin, of Buncombe, ' L Lt. Col. John McGimpscy, of Burko, 1st Major, JesserAlleu, of Wilkes, 2d do. Thomas Lenoir, of Haywood, all appointed by the Governor. We have thought proper to name the Officers of .these several Regiments, called into the service of the United States, because, many of the persona who served in them am yet living, and will bear witness that they heard nothing iu that day, of the election of Field Officers by the men, nor any ques tion of the power of the Governor to appoint them. Acting in conformity with these precedents, tho Governor's Proclamations, both in May and No- t vember 184(, announced distinctly, that the Field i Officers would-be appointed by himself, unless the ' legislature, -(.in .session at the last) should other-i-wise prescribe ; and all who volunteered, tendered ! their services, with a full knowledge of this reguki ' tion. The same view of the subject, was brought before the Legislature in the Executive Message, with an invitation to provide another mode of ap o'mtinent, if they were not satisfied with this. And hrro wo could not but marvel, th'at no one ventured toquestion the Governor's idea of his pow er anJ duty, in this regard, after the .invectives against it, iu the last canvass, from the 6tunip and the party press. The GeneraljAssembly, upon consideration, 'al tered this rogulation, and provided that in future re- s ' . dily conclude, with us, that Ijoco Focpism is better versed in the use of epithets, than tho meaning of them. 2d. The second ground of accusation is, that Of ficers were appointed, who had voted for the Pream ble above referred to. There i s no d i Acre nee be twee n voting and thinking. This Preamble expresses on a question of history, the hig opinion of the coun try, and a good portion of the Democratic also. For instances of the latter, we name Messrs. Cal houn, Benton, &c. The only true interpretation of this objection, therefore, is, that no Whig ought to have been appointed, an 1 Lie Governor degraded Id from a Whig State. And the issue made by it is, whether any Whig is qualified for an Officer. It is not denied that they -will do for the ranks, lor without them the ranks will be thin but only Dem ocrats are fit to be put on horseback. They are taunted as traitors if they do not volunteer," but if they do, they are not to have office. This is the doctrine now proclaimed to the Whig people of North Carolina, with their 5.000 to 10,000 majority, who have sent their full share and more than their full share of men to the field, in this war, brought on without their consent or approval. The quarrel . of the assembled Democracy, is not with Colonels j Paine and Fag, as Officers, but with the Govern- j or of the State, lor not excluding them from the j range of appointment on acconut of the free ex- pression of their opinions respecting the conduct ; of tho President, for riot applying to them political j tests, which would alike exclude cverv independent ! man among their political brethren Such is th j i rabidness of an entire Party Convention now, while at the time-these appointments were made, one of , these gentlemen (col. f xr.r.,) as we have hereto- j fore shown, was most handsomely recommended to j thj Governor, bv snch Democrats, in conjunction I with his hig Inends, as Messrs D thorities the appointment of all Staff Officers, as they are called, Paymasters, Qua rtennasters, Com- i missanes, burgeons, &c., and all General pincers, and conferred them on the President of the Uni ed States. Thus he has appointed the following Officers for the North Carolina Regiment of Vol unteers: ( pay of Major. Gaston II. Wilder, Asst. Paymaster, with rank & Exum L Whitaker, " Commissary, doJCaptaiu 3. Wm. F. Dancv. " Quartennaster.iCantain Gaston D. Cobbs, Surgeon, . 5. Jamej A. MacRae, " Surgeon. I No. 2 having died and 3 declined, the President appointed ' i; 6. Wm. P. Graves, Assistant Commissary, feolomon Pender, Quartermaster. f There was no voluuteer among the first five of these, except No. 2, who had never been attached to any Company. But the Democratic Convention does not condemn the President for not selecting the-appointees from the volunteers ; on the contra- ry,it approves every act of his administration, while it denounces our Governor for not appointing Officers of Volunteers. Neither has it any fault to find, but most cordially approves, that the Presi dent has made all seven of these appointments from tne democratic party, while it raves at the govern or for promoting two gentlemen of his own party, to one democrat, in three appointments. iWhich, if either, is to be characterised as a partisan, the unprejudiced public will determine. i; Again ; Congress having deprived the States of the appointment of all General Officers, as alrea dy mentioned, and conferred them on the President, he has, since the commencement of this var, ap pointed the following Major Generals, wit;i 1. Zachary Taylor, 5 Wm. Cumriiings, 2. Wm. O." Butler, 6. Gideon J. Pttlow, 3. Robert Patterson, 7. John A. Quitman. 4. Thomas H. Benton, i One Whig in seven. And he so pre-eminent in the display of every quality as a great Coinmand er, that he extorted the promotion, in spit of the aversion to his polities. 1 he President has also appointed m the 6ame period, the following Brigadiers : D. Twiggs, James Shields, f; Stephen Kearney, Caleb Gushing, i! 1 homas -Marshall, Sterling Price, m Franklin Pierce, G. J. Pillow, Joseph Lane, J. A. Quitman, Enos D. Hopping, Geo. Cadwallader. T. L Hamer, , ' Gen. Cadwallader, the only Whig in 130 and he not an active politician. We have not at band the information necessary, to examine the appoint ments of Colonels and inferior Officers, but have no doubt the same party discrimination was, observ ed. Offers of the services of gallant Whigs, with high Military qualifications, were, not wanting. Such as the lamented Barrow, a graduat of the Military Academy, backed by the unaniirjpus re commendation of the Senate of the U. S. Pierce M. Butler, Ex-Governor of South Carolina, a regu lar Officer of exjierience, who afterwards conmand ed the S. C. Regiment, in Mexico, and others ; but their pretensions were passed by. for men, some? of whom had "never set a squadron in thd- field." but had given the required test of party adhesion. Thus in this National War, which tho$ Whigs arc called on to sustain, and in which they have borne more than their full share of perilousyservice, their only hope of office and distinction is under the State authority. Proscription has been carri ed into the army, as it has been heretofore practised in regard to all civil employments. And yet a Lo cofoco Convention complains that a Wh$ Gov ernor of. a Whig State, appointed two Whig Offi cers to one Democratic in our Regiment of Volun teers. ' . ! We trust-we have shown by this time, that this issue of the Loco Foco Convention, is not it formid able one, but being the best they could a fiord, we have thought projcr to show it sufficient respect to uemonstrate its absurdity. THE SENTIMENTS OF TWO From the X. Y. Express.' Washington, June 12. MR. CASS AS INDIAN AGENT, will tike some time and some laborrto unbur then from the rubbish of the Public Documents.the facts connected with the administration and mal administration of Gen. Cass, as an officer of the General Government The Democratic nominee has grown rich upon the spoils of office, doing noth ing, we are willing enough to believe, personally, but yet holding most unscrupulously to the creed that " to the victors belong the spoil of office." Gen. Cass was Governor of tlie Michigan Terri tory, from 1813 to 1821, and received a liberal salary as compensation in the discharge of his Gubernatorial duties. His love of acquisition, and persevering application, however, secured for him an extra compensation, nominally for Indian ser vice, in Michigan, of fifteen hundred dollars a year additional, as a salary, and beyond all this, ten ra tions a day, equal to &730 a year, from the date of his appointment in 1813 to the end, in 1821. Here is an extra allowance of 2,230 per annum, for discharging duties incident to the office of Gov ernor, which he held, and for which he was most liberally paid. All this, ol course, was indepen dent of his salary as Governor. On the 30ih of April, 1831, General Cass, after begging steadily for ten years, received 10,500 as extra compensation, and on the 13th of November, 1839, $3,875 was allowed him as additional pay. The particulars of this case may be found in docu ment 112 251, Congress, 2d Session, II. of R. In document 244, same Congress, I find the fol lowing item9, under the head of '"'allowances made to Governors of Territories, to cover expenses in curred on accountf the Superintending of Indian Affairs, for office-rent, clerk hire, &c. : Lewis Cass, Michigan, from Oct. 9, 1 8 1 3, to May 29, 1822, 10 sktions per day, at 20 cents each -.- - SG,G10 Lewis Cass, from Oct. 9, 1813, to July 61, (extra salary at g 1,500 per annum) - - starry banner, and slept so long npon th groun-l, tint when he had reposed but a few div in tho nouse H3 cauguta violent cold. 11 had no ikniUs. none in the world, that Gen. Taylor would be elect ed to the Presidency. His remarks were well ro ceived and afforded much delight, v afterw'ds promoted DEMOCRACY AND ARISTOCRACY. The following article from tho Philadelphia North American afforded ua much amusement ? Gen. Cass in a Qcandarv. There was qnito a pretty little contest on Wednesday, between tho aristocracy and the democracy of loenfocoiem, re lative to the arrival and reception at Philadelphia, of candidate Cass. The former pa rty mostly the officialsof the Post Office and the Custom-house " chartered a boat to receive him at Wilmington, and fixed the price of passage at g3. This per, capita arrangement, which juited the pockets of those who are supported by the public treasury, . was not acceptable to the rank and rile, wlw charter another boat, and placed the passage at $1. Mr. Cass was placed somewhat in a dileinm ; but finally was over persuaded by tho office lwlders, and came with them. - This was a position which had not two sides; the candidate could not come in both boats: there was no such thing as rmii- rammitah'sm, and for once he was compelled to do fine himself. j -' "fjASS A FEDERALIST. The Zanesville (O.) Courier says that Gen. Cass 'studied law. in Marietta, Ohio, and whlLst there in 1803. delivered a 4th of July Oration, re plete with high-toned Federal sentiments. Indeed, so ultra was its character, that even old Col. Nyo. a hot Federalist, said he thought it a Hub ton sjii cy. Some time afterwards, he obtained a Ftwleml office, that of Marshal, and he gave over preaching Federalism. The Courier challenges contradic tion to this statement. 26,715 M ;n. r fof Wayne and Chicago, I8i2 to 1 vlor, in his Allien letter. ' Extra pay for services kt Pyma . h ., lor Wayne and Chicago, 1829, : whvl-: of M-jxKicah'tut and part of 1831, " The hrartft of the people in ust be prepared fur WAR." Lewis Cass, in the Senate of the United States. "I sincerely rejoice at the prospect of IEACE. My life has been devoted to arm, yet I lobk upon war at all times and under all circumstances, as a national calamity, to be avoided if compatible with national honor. Zachary Ta "HVmtgh fic't'hic th- bring hurl bu it." I Lewis Cass in the Senate of the United States. i. "The principles of our Government, asf well as its true ptAicy, are opposed to the subjugation of other nations, and the dismcmbenneut pf other countries by cawpiest. In the language of the i great Washington, "W hy should we quit pur own to stand on foreign ground 7"1 I Zachary Taylor, in his Allison letter. Compare these together, reader, and determine fr yourself which utters the most Christian-like, humane, and patriotic language. Rich. Rep. . S . 33,325 All received as extra compensation. In a more important document, No. 6, 2Gth Con gress, 1 find the following items under the head of "extra allowances" and where Gen. Cass appears to Have received, not as Governor of Michigan, .but as additional pay while holding the office of Governor. Lewis Cass, for a per diem of 88 for 55 days extra service aa Commissioner, at the treaties of Greenville in 1814, and St. Marys in 1818, and concluding ar rangements with tho Wyandottes in 1817 and 1818, - . $440 Travelling expenses, - - -260 Attendance and travelling at Fort Meigs, 1817,. - - 200 Attendance and travelling at St. Marie, in September and October 1818, GOO Travelling and other expenses incident to tho Saguonaw treaty, in 1819, 240 Do. do. to the treatv Sault St. Marv. 1820, - - - 33G Fifty days extra service before and after the) treaties, - - - 400 Cotijinissioner at Chicago, 52 days, at 88 5 pdr day, 1821, - - -416 Mikjage for do. 8 for every 20 miles, 2ia Attendance at the seat of Government, 182b', for settlement of his own ac counts, - - - 1,180 For treating with Indians at Wapagli- konetta in 1 825, and allowances, 256 Same kind of service, same year, at Prairie du Chien, and carrying tho treaty to Washington, - - 2,092 bimilar service, 1820, in Indiana, in Sept. and October, - - - 552 Similar service, 182G, at Fond dn Lac, three months, ! - - 1,3G0 Similar service, 1827, at Butte des Mortc, June, July and August, - 960 Similar service, 1828, at Green Bay, July, and August, - - 1,112 Similar service, 1827, at St. Joseph, for September, - - - 240 Services and expenses at seat of govern ment, 1 1 1 days, 1 329, - - 1,520 Extra pay for services at Piqua, Ohio, lor W ayne and Chicago, 1822 to 1828, 10,500 Jmo, 1830 APPOINTMENT. - We learn from the Union, that the President list nominated to the Senate the Hon. Isaac Toncfy, of Conn., to be Attorney General of tho U. States, in place of the Hon. Nathan Clifford, resigned. Also, the Hon. Arthur P. Bagby, Senator froro Alabama, to be Envoy Extraordin-iry and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Russia, In L place of the Hon. Ralph Ingersoll, recalled at bis own request. THE WILMOT PROVISO. When 'the Democrats talk about the Wihnot' Proviso,'Tct not the Whigs forget that Wilmot I a Loco Foco, and that his Proviso was pnMod.at the first session after Polk's inauguration by nfrw " votes majority, in a House in which the Loco Foco -had a majority of soino sixty or severity members. "SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION. The New York Globe, a IiCo Foco paper, mkmi the following prediction, and we take great pleas ure in fully concurring with our Democratic friend : General Taylor attempts to deceive no one. Hn has made no pledges to a win votes, and though wt cannot support him, unless we are more fully ac quainted with his views ; yet vc have no hesitation to declare our opinion to 4e, that if tho contest is between Taylor and Cass, the former will rocoirs nine-tenths of the electoral vote of the Union. - Tho election of Cass may be considered almost as an imjiossibility. 3,S75 A CHAPTER OF POLITICAL WONDERS. Under th J above caption, the Cincinnati Chroni cle publishes the following facts and cojn merits : 'Some one has quaintly remarked, tlUt: if peace be now made, this will be the lir.-t e.wantp'e nf a War begun without authority, and ended f without authority ! But this is only. a partothe ivondcrs. Clijapter of 827,087 This is triple pay for actual service, an 1 dupli cate extra pay to , the amount o! sixty thousand four hand ml and tirtlre dollars ! There were other benefits than tins rcce.vcl. j During the time that General Cass whs Governor j of the Michigan territory, he received his reguhr ; salary, always libera l--cven munificent for the 1 amount of service p erformed. Nor was this all, ! for the position of Governor Cass enabl'-d him to become rich, a a speculator in tne Public IJomain, and he located his lots almost iu tiie heart of-the present great citv of Detroit. The Govcfn;riant ! has made him rich, and in a in inner, it would j seem, not always in accord Mice a ith rm''?fu ? of ! strict equity, and many will doubt eteti if it really ' be strictly lust. E. B. PEACE WITH MEXICO. The Washington Union of Saturday last con tains the official news of tho ratification of ths i Treaty of Peace with Mexico, in the shnn of a i 1 ... e - l. m '. . . . leuer irom me -ommis?ioncra, Messrs'. Chiton) and Sevier, to Mr. Buchnun, Secretary of .StU: 'Citv oi Qltrf.taro, May 25, 1818. Sir : We have the s iti.-faction to- inform yon that we reached this city this afternoon at about 5 o'clock, and that the treaty as am n k'l by tho Senate of the United States passed the, Mexican Si -ii 1 to about the hour ofour arrival, by a votij of 33 to 5. It having previously passed tho Houvi of Deputies, nothing now remains but to exchange th ratifications, of the treaty. At about four IvMgu.'i fro:n this city we wen mot by a Mexican escort, under tlie command of Col. Il-.-rn ra, and wtrt escorted to a house pre pared by te government for our reception. - Th Minister of foreign Relations, and thj- Govern; of th.? city called upon ua, un 1 accompanied us to dinner, which they h id previously prJereJ. So far us the govcrnwiit i concerned, 'every facility and honor have ben off. Ted u, and Sr; Rosa, I'.u ' Minister of Foreign Relations, desires- us to statu that lie feels great s.itijfrf ion in meeting tho min ister of peace from the United States. We will write to you again alwrtly, ami more at length, as the courier fa on LV? point of k-prtur. The city appears to be in a great stile of exul tation, fire-works going off, anJ bands of trw sic priding in every direction. SeVe have the lionor to be, your oboJL'iit ivaiits, . ! A. II SEVIER. ! NATHAN' CLIFFORD. t Hon. Jaut, B'- :tiAt, Secretary of State SOTr dared to Georgt W. II iy wood, Esq. for the f; fnl manner -in which he represented onr wishes in .1 . - , . ' - ri- . I -. r W. Courts j which attend this most extraordinary ,'Coinmhus Alills, oainuel r teming. Ceo. W . Pe-1 History. Jak at tnese, tor example : I jrrani. Duncan Shaw, John W. Ellis. G.tston H. 1. The President makes War without; tlie nn it th thank ol this. meeting lie and are hereby ten- quisitious for volunteers, the men should elect the aitii- , r teld Officers : but the alteration could not be made Wilder, Andrew. Ferguson, E.'D. Hall, I). Murphy, ! to take effect in the present Regiment, without ma- '-Neill Regan. John McNeill, J. P. Davis. Arthur ! !tno late nation 1 vng ouvcnuon in uie - vy 01 teriat injury to tiie public service.aiui therefore the j'lirown, 1 . 11. v illiuns, C..11. Urogden, J. A. Da- , ty. or any authority. Iphiltdelpliu. old mode of appolutiucnt was directed in it. Be- vis. And Wm. W. Hol len, tlie "Editor of the j " 3. The Pre -idrnt of this i On ihotion, it was foZmf,thnt a copy of these sitles tlie assemblage of the. Volunteers at two pla- ! " Standard." gave the recommendation his good blest firncral of the enemy nroceodings be fonvarded to the. Raleigh Register, ces of rendezvous, which nrevented the nrrwnii.f- 1 will, and onlv failed to s'iltu it. that he mipht be free 1 flirht us as hard as ;o.vib!e. thority of law. 2. Ilia ArnVsador enl3 it without his anthori- ' I ' country pem:i$s tlie a- to 'tike co:mnd, a:i l y.to a proper election, it vvas of the to attack the appoinrtnfnt form illy in pri ancv, at that time, that the companies : At tiie hizird of being prolix, we are nit. provoi ed Rejrtmeu:, nor could a ennminr be sent off to the nid cf Grn. Tayfor, t!en threaten d by the force which subsequently attacked him at Buena Vist.. 1 : but upon a like written order. From the delay of . ' 7Xt "Wahinctos Imos"' is in an nnconcr.i!-' i final action, by fe Legislature.on the Bill conceni fd agciny a: tho nomfnation of (ich. Taylor, tuvU g the apointinci:t of officer?-, it did in fact solnp-rsiHW-ifoods ofcmcxililc tears at his "hiving yield- - p-'n, that the fir.t cornfranies wliieliarrivej :itSuuti vl t teinntation. aiul icrilicivl himself ttiou 'the . ville, vr for 7:jk ti:.c, witiK.iH ar;tv. oven to arm ditkm. Yet -not a musket could te drawli excent i as to liberality in Militiry appoimrnvnt-i. A ujwii tao requisition in wrung ot the Coloue! ol tlie Hunk it will ap(ear to tiie enlightened obserTatim. ln 1 n. f . IT . 1 ' . 1 J lines ana .ir, ror puuncauon, ana inn me oriivr ance ncct-ssory uig mvji j una muivi uc nuioim 10 -T.r uwHoa 4:uKna iicv, ai uiai nine, inai tne compa tha same. ' ; - ! of the Rcgiiueut should be armsL drilled and des- to a comparison of the course of the Governor of tliis ; without offence ai .t ' .f l . .t . t . ., . 1 .... . .. .. . 1.. r. . .. . ... . - ! . ... TW.uwnM 01 me meeuns were men leniicrea 1 patcnou ta l ie scat ot War. with all txwible exile- I State. with that oi the Freident ot the United Stites. . o. We rnviou Iu .ur. .Winer or nis auw ana patriotic auareana to tho Chairmau snd Scfeotary, and the meetiug adjourned. r DAVID OUTLAW, ClAn'n. B. B. Lewis, Sec y. Uiat liOCii r ocisin has been all the w.iue. s. nee tiie beginning of tlie war, acting ujiou tiie sordid prin 1 cipie. contained in the R -sol n tion in que.-tion, th.it . no .Whig shall hold :"u e in the army, as has been : lone since practise! bv it iji civil life. 4. I lie General ot our foreos. win conyiercd th? cnemv is arretted in tlie inidrt of victofie, and to 1J IrifJ as a critiiinti! to jy twenty in'lHoru of dollars f t territory weh i 3 u!r -M.lv; vjcupieJ. I ii. We have tin r ?t l ils in t!o world', ani wo are exredingSf sn.o-a Ij gi tiie worst J A seri of cantr.iJictio.-i-', of blunders: air I in crediblc incotisitvueies like these, cnsnot wc he lieve b? piralM.l by any A hntnAtrationi ir arry PcrhT'S. 0 we hunt up tuo uri"tv i ALL UNITED. 1 , A grand ratification meeting' his been lu ld in ! Washington in the sjuare near the City Hail. It ra3 estimated a crowd of tweiityiive. hurvire! p-r-' sons artendtld. ilnid and 'oentires were tlie a' . cornpanimentf of the occasion. 1 Nor were other eut-TtAininen's of a mop: int 1 ' 1 -ctnal character waiting, -eclirs of great , (tower and f u 1 of f ntlAuiasin fur the g'l c iiko i were d-'livefed. All r.M" htir:iny and dtermina . tinn. A-riong the ;K.ik-;r- v :r" Me-..". ( 'ritt-n- d-ii, U. W. Thrr.nj'son of Indiana, Win. Duer of j . V. an ! C A. IL--kr;ll of T-nn. The c-l.bration ' coirtfrruul ahna-t to the small horir-i. Mr. Crittenden s'ke i:i an rloq'i -at srrtin of 1 Gen. Tayl- r's' rn-rit as a sdiier, as a rsr. of V'r er.s.Tnni;, iw D-nrs Nf) DEBT, sr p :ujx juvx.- di was tlie rrmfoofth9 D.-.nvxTMcy in 1314 starlrrg joir in tlie fare,at the had ol the columru of all the HeiiKicrstiC' papri. ... .1 . . k. . ' W c (f.m rw that km1 01 thtTJ eontimit tns mdm 'apti in. with the imrxirtjtit omiasion of so Di;nT ! Th h i..lre.l imlRotw, winch Mr. Pi!k has ad-Ul to tlie n ttiou.il d"U, iki ilouM snggested tlw ydl'tcj . .lot ttliihiing to the mdy'Ct of d-rbtat all I Ainong t!i trhly f'tl'-raljile efWhiogrrr. -i .! ir g i ir u c; -ij !': .nt p other t.g t:u r v i:: t iu ) Ij.h ol jrt.-r3 of aj.TUH il:- Ex. can v :r. i-: it.?W country. i'orus oi Kii). it we John. t-iriii. V p 1 f I ; sense, a:aa3a v ;ng a ?o-j a iu:.V7.i. lie ri:i i Ij-en acquaint-''! vrith oi.l il.ugii arl Ready, t ! Old Zick, or w!ntrtv.r lie may !r ciIUhI for uanv ' vwm. Hi moral chir.ict r lih.r:h not nuri- IIuii-a;! f: Tii.ir.l O.-n hnn!rjl gMvs '.re fir! t :-J..y at I - 'Vio-k Iror.ii t'w CotnnM.a i 1 i'KHtor of tlie Wiilg tK!iiJ.it:r;i and il mtirica-li-Mi. Tifl i;npr..-3Miou mirniJ fJJ -krKIiig.fw'? :-, tfMt '! i-i.i.c!iii"-tl' will a 'or -K'aij-!! i l f I a r r.o:i. Huston , June 12. hunt up tuo "ur;i or .Henry t!ie ;i;:h I. !'i:t cert.i: tly ; it v c-1. M re- we t tallica 1 w.i irai-- Lt fir. t.'i.i 1 . 1! i, r o. il Jiiosii r' rincfi. t he bid m-ver i ver iirmk a ! . lie- h4i iiv . :,i :, : r ' 1 P It 'l!t h 1 i.J ,11 naziru 'i'.e o wikc r in V-iA fof til S .'- r. : : hirnJred guns vre br.J "f thw WIiIti !,r:f...!ty ti t (A u v .-';, c:i e: t.':e r-'tmiT u:4Hi titt rruni. j. - if. hrid Um tn.ri. i Tif? ft' f r th Po.-Ufc r-.-v. ft " i.'V 11: : i t f- - i
