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He has astonished the good people of this Commonwealth with the earnest as surance that they have, for sixty odd years, been groaning ?nnder a most ruinous oppression, of which they, good 'easysouls! had not the least suspicion, ontil he, with the purest and most-patriotic, motives, was ikind enough to enlighten them upon the subject. - Poor simpletons ! tov have slept so long and so tamely under an oppression which has ground them to powder, or forced them to run awny to other and more hospitable climes. " When the people are oppressed; they sometimes hunoit themselves ; ordinarily, they are presumed to ; fie I tt But in these "progress! vc times," an i mprove roent has been made in these matters. The people . need not feel their wrongs they need not even know them: 1 The task of knowing, and jeeling, , and complaining is assumed by a cunning dema gogue, who mounts the stump, and labors, with ' might and main, to convince a happy and content ed people that the landed Aristocracy of North Carolina Heaven save the mark ! has been rid ing rough-shod over the poor devils for two-thirds of a century; that our noble fathers, who first formed our ' Constitution, were a parcel of nincom poops; and that the Legislature which restricted f the action of the Convention which amended the Constitution, to certain amendment?, itbt including "free suffrage' in the Senate, could not see before them the length of their nosca. Shades of our fa tliers f what a Solomon we have n our day ! to ... discover our wrongs ! what a tender-hearted Jere miah to weep over them pathetically, and spare usi poor sufferers, the trouble ! - . There are ttvo ways of producing resistance to , . government the one honest, the other despicable 1 and dangerous. The resistance of the colonies to the Insufferable oppressions of oitt mother country, ia an apt illustration of the one. The people of the Colonics felt their own wrongs,J and acted gloriously on their oict impulses. " They rose in their might and achieved liberty and independence. No- demagognical appeals to imaginary, nnfelt oppressions were needed to wake their noble and manly hearts. Their Jlame war "fill not fcigned. Their's were glorious impulses all felt and acted together. Jittle demagogues would have been tworned and scouted in those days of real oppres- -ion. . . , .! . But theTe have been instances, in our day, of producing- discontent and resistance to government, - .- of a diffcret t character. We remember well, that, soon after the disaffection of Mr. Calhoun towards Gen. Jackson came to a head, there were great ;.: f fforts made by the leading politicians in South ; ; ICtrolina to convince the jieople of that Stita that j they were taxed enormously to. support .the Gov erntornt. The Forty Bale theory was broached, and urged with a zeal and passion so seemingly j earnest, that that people soon waked ; and, after ; the first surprise was over, at the aptoundingj na- : ture of these enunciations of grievances suffered, a large majority of the people of South Carolina, aud infttrr-'tnivorui varonna ana irgiraa,actttaliy be- lieved that they paid the General Governoient Forty Bales rf their Cotton, oot rf every hundred rtlK'y ejorteJ. A grievance which tbry Md in v- er before dreamed of suddenly burst upon them, like a clap of thunder in a clear sky. " They vow ed resistance and rebellion; and nothing but. the indomitable resolution of the old Hero of New Or leans, and the kind effhesof Henry Clay, as me diator, saved us from a bloody intestine war, Der haps from disunion ! That is a day to be remem bered. The people were driven, by passionate ap peals concerning wrongs of which, till then, they had known nothing, to the verve of madness, and ruin. Soon after this storm was hushed, the restless spirits that had raised it concocted another. On the subject of Slavery there had been muttering among a few madmen at the North ; but there had been, up to that time, tio extensive, concerted action against our "peculiar institutions." But it was a fine theme for the discontented pplrits of the Palmetto State to harp on, to cover their in glorious defeat in the attempt at nullification. We remember our surprise and incredulity in read ing, in Duff Green's paper, the Telegraph, a most inflammatory editorial, announcing to the South, that there was, in the Northern States, an organ ized resistance to Slavery in the States, and call ing upon the South to act, and act vigorously. It was averred that they were in danger immi nent danger. The alarm was caught in South Carolina, and afterwards other States sounded the tocsin, and called their sleeping citizens to arms to protect their rights. The North was defied, and abused, and taunted who defied, and abused, and taunted in reply.;. The thing has progressed and where are we now ? This is the great question which disturbs the Union ; and if ever, which God forbid ! it shall bo shattered into fragments, the ag itation of this accursed question will have produc ed the disaster. On these two questions, the most exciting that have ever disturbed our repose, the storm was raised, we fear, designedly, to accomplish a politi-; cal object. The people were harrangued and be devilled about wrongs which they had never felt, and dangers which they had never feared, until they at la6t waked into real'wrath, and the conse quences were almost fatal. - Mr. Reid may think that he has got up a clever little breeze to waft him into power. Is he sure it will not prove a storm ? Is he sure he has the talent to control it ? Mr. Calhoun has most ez nally failed ; and Mr. Reid, in his own little way, may not be able to do better. He may be some what windy but he can scarcely yet be dubbed "Professor of Winds." . His name is not Espy. He may be tumbled - topsy-turvy in his own whirl wind, and come out somewhat bruised at the small end of the horn. But can ho answer for the con sequences ? Some demagogue, more unscrupu lous than himself, may hereafter desire to go far ther.; He only desires now to abolish the land qualification in voting for the Senate, because it i3 "a property distinction and odious." Well, this may do for this election. But, if that amendment could . be made, will demagoguism be satisfied ? Are there no other property qualifications equally odious! Will not somebody who wants- to be Governor, hereafter, put up a pitiful mouth to the people, and tell them, with tears in his eyes, that they have been outrageously sinned against from the foundation of oyr Government, because all are contitutionally disqualified from ! being Senators who do not own three hundred acres of land ? Will he not convince them, or try hard to do so, that this disqualification has driven into exile in foreign Jands thousands of good citizens of the Old North State, because they had not land enough to become Senators ?' And, when this amendment shall have been effected, will not some other wise Solomon rise up in the hind, who may want to be Governor, and preach another crusade against the Constitution, because nobody can be Governor without a freehold of the value of two thousand dollars ? And may he not tell a confiding and in dignant people, that thousands of excellent citizens have deserted their native land, and gone boo-oo-ing a dreary way to the Mississippi, because the Constitution would not -allow them to be made iOverr.ors oi wanting tne necessary property j qualification ? And will there not be kept so in reserve a beau 1-tiful fupplv for the biennial use of successive dem- a: . . win. i- . -i . j 'l and repeatedly urged. Col. Reid to state in what tmction hobbies-distributed out in long succes- j way bv what kmethod he and the pSkiteS - sien one a-piece ? Why not abolish all these ; pected to raise the money to pay off the immense odious distinctions at once ? Why not open Pan- debt which this useless war had brought on the dora's box, and give us now the full benefit ? Per- ' country ; but could get no answer. This was haps Mr. Reid isxonscientious, and does not think j ? ff M,r ' l"1. an, eo sudl: . .. .. , , t ensly avoided by Mr. Reid, who evinced so much it right to deprive his successors cf a moderate : embarrassment at this very perplexing and disa sture of the thunder. He may wish the benefit to I ?rreeable inquiry, that all sides showed svmnihv be like his own suffrage, "free and equal." But is it right? is it patriotic ? Is it safe to la- borto array the people against a constitution which j ReJd took grpal care to avoi(1 . but mention was the work of our Revolutionary sires, by alleg- ; cd in a low tone of voice, that he had seen it men ing and expatiating on grievances which the peo- t tun:d in sem? Mexican p.iK.rs, tliat the public pla have never felt ? If the grievances were real, ' lanis which we were to receive Under the Treaty tw i.,.:i f t j c? o i ... I were worth five hundred million of dollars. This would I tiey. have waited for David S. Rei J to tell ; r?rtmk. provpl:ed smi,Cs fiorn both sides. mem x w outo iaey not nave tound it oi:t before they were instructed therein by 'him ? Would they net have instructed him, and called on him to rr- drcs their injuries-insfead of being so kindly in- . " - formed c( their distresses just at the time when he J wanted their vntes ? i- rvo. Mr. Keid does but mock us. His tears are hypocritical. The wise and rood of hi own - o .. -. ... J . . .. ' - j r- Pvr.e-:.Mfs cf Warren an.! F.dg.-vn nb-, and Nash, Alkl fIIUV 11. iLLIU lLK'I!Iir KIT , VI. I Tin IifimiT raleigh, Saturday; july-i, 1848. do not conceal their disapprobation of Mr. Reid's i course. They say with us, "Woodman ! spare that tree Touch not a single bough ! In ymith it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now.'1 "The success of .Mr. Polk's administration is the best evidence of what sound principles, honest ly carried out, can accomplish." Standard. We will examine the success of one of the sound principles of Mr. Polk's administration, as the Standard says, honestly carried out. At the Balti more Convention, on the nomination of Mr. Polk, the following resolution was adopted : "Resolved, That our title to the whole of the ter ritory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable ; that no portion of the same ought to be ceded to Eng land, or any other power." This pledge is as broad and explicit as language can convey, made by a Convention of Delegates selected to give effect to the principles of the par- ty ; and ratified and accepted by Mr. Polk, as . "sou7?P and unalterable, in his letter of 23d April, 1844. Let us see now how "honestly," and with what "success,"' he carried this "sound principle" out, and what he actually accoinplislied. What are the facts ? Why, briefly, these : This iden tical James K. Polk gave up .54 40, and came down to 49; made a treaty and signed it with his own name, and sent .it to the United States Senate for ratification where a majority of his friends, all of whom were .pledged' to this Baltimore reso lution, voted for it ! Here's "success" for ynu, of one of these "sound principles !" From 49 to 54 40 i6 three hundred and sixty miles in a straight line, and nearly five hundred by the indentures of the coast, making in all 216,000 square miles of territory, or more than five limes as large as the Stale of Ohio. Mr. Polk forgot his pledges, forgot the edicts of the Baltimore Convention, forgot his American feelings, crouched down before the first roar of the British lion, and quietly gave up a ter ritory of vast .extent, more than fire times as large as the State of Ohio. How honestly, now, was this sound principle successfully carried out ? Why, it was'nt carried out at all the facts are as we have stated them and yet, just read the Stan dard's assertion at the head of this article so de- are plenty more. We understand all this, and can be no longer deceived by professions of principle, without any jtrincjple at all. The "whole or none" humbusr elected Mr. Polk it served its turn, in I j this "ago of bronze," and was speedily kicked to ! the receptacle of cast-off trumpery. The people ! should never forget the lesson of party duplicity, or the men who practised upon their patriotic feel ings only to betray and insult them. We may look at the success of some more of the sound principles, hereafter. The bloodless acqui sition of Texas, is another see Polk's pledge to the Baltimore Convention, and his first Message to Congress. The People will look closely at these things, and long remember them. From the Greensborongh Patriot. MANLY AND REID AT; GERMANTON. Germantox, June 14, 1848. On Tuesday Messrs. Maxly and Reid address ed the citizens of Stokes. The audience was a large one. The orators spoke under an agreement to speak at first two hours and a half each, and the replica not to exceed halt art hour. Mr. Manly's speech and reply were interesting and eloquent beyond description. His eift at pop- ular adtiresses is truly fortunate: whilst, talking his audience, Whigs and Democrats, evidently showed reluctance that he should stop. His expo sition of the causes, manner and purposes of the Mexican war was satisfactory to all unbiassed minds ; and many honest Democrats rave their as- sent to me conclusions oi nis convincing ana irre- .1 . -I rl . sistible arguments. He rendered ridiculous, and exposea wua master nana, ti e enort mat is being , yi- uuw- uhti. urc jwiguu aim uarn-n uiaiut ui .m'v jicxico ana California would afford indemnity to the people against twen ty millions of dollars more, with which the pockets of the people are to be taxed to pay off the expens es of the war. After mentioning the debt to be given up to Mexico, the amount to be paid, and the expenses of the war, he forcibly illustrated4 tho value to the Union of the indemnity received; by a ' humorous anecdote of an urgent creditor, who fi- i nally received payment in rattlesnakes. Ha urfnd. for hie confusion. Some of his friends afterwards W they would have answered by an increase of , When Mr. Manly came to remark the P. v came to remark the rataot- t ism of the Wij i? purtv in stif-talninar Cie war. as ' to lhe propriety ot wascn at tha tune under the cir- I cu'" they doubted, and which was begun, i as thev beneved, bv an infraction of tlie constitution 1 f,n th;, rart ef iW.W Poik.anJ PijUv J when he brought to vu w tne s.-rvioes harJs!ups, -cepr;vationa ana mJonutubie counge ot the brave 1 avIcr' n' 'nccrs an? men u.eir ur.paraiie.eu vie tories the lnstrc and glory with winch they have ! i. .1 I crowneu tw iiinonii c j cru'-l. whil.-t th aud laracter. it really seemed '.V -TC U!l ceittui, so unsustained, so oroau ana comprenen- as Lieutenant under Ueneral Stark, in the battle ot sive, but which is utterly refuted, by one single Bennington. He was born at Bennington Ver instancp. havfi found time to adduce, and thfirn mont. in 17"7L and early in life removed to what which his eloquence had so powerfully aroused to al lude to the cold-hearted and envious attempt of Col.! Reid, Jacob Thompson, and other locofoco members of Congress to disgrace the old veteran, whfn his friends asked the usual but simple vote of thanks. Col. Ra countenance " got hetter" when this part of the subject was dropped. - The power with which Mr. Manly struck Col. Reid's views on the new question he had raised, and his desire to alter the constitution of the old North State, was, figuratively speaking, equal to the " fair, hit " which Haskell's " 8and-hillcr'i gave hi9 antagonist, when he knocked him forty rods against a fence, breaking down by the force bf his fall fifty yards thereof, stakes and poles ! Il han dles every subject with a force and power whHch charms, accompanying his reasoning with srich il lustrations as cannot fail to convince, interspersing the whole with chaste and appropriate anecdote? that entertain and please. He takes the fancy and and excites the admiration of all who hear him. I hear many friends, of both parties, say theyJmust go and hear him again, although it will cause them a ride of over thirty miles. To give you any thing like a fair account ipf the confused, helter-skelter, incoherent argument of Co Reid wouu saij by hi3 friends (whq were not present to feel mortified and disappointed); to be an effort to do him injustice. The energy and force with which the eloquence of Mr. 'Manly presented the truth seemed to dismay and confuse him!. Both were gentlemanly and courteous in their bearing towards each other. Some of Col. Jteid's friends complained that the audience was hot so full and attentive when he was speaking, (or rath er when reading from tho President's message and other paper extracts that have been so ofteti pub lished ato excite no interest,)' but had iril their candftr to admit that the Whigs were much more attentive and careful to remain than those who j were looked upon as his " particular " fijiends. Should things go on as they soem to have begun, Mr. Manly will carry to Raleigh from the West in August next the largest vote that has evej- been given to any candidate for Governor in North Car olina. STOKES. MILLARD FILLMORE. The history, of Millard Fillmore, our candidate for Vice President, affords a useful lesson .asjshow ing what may be accomplished in the face -of the greatest obstacles, by intellect, aided and controlled by energy, perseverance, and strict integrity, in a public and private capacity. . His father, Nathaniel Fillmore, is the son :bf one of like name who served in the French war,, and was a true Whig of the Revolution, proving his de votion to his rountry's cause by gallantly fighting is now called Summer Hill, Cayujra county New York, where Millard was born, iJanuary 7,. 1800. He was a farmer and soon after lost all ' his pro perty by a bad title to one nf the military lots he had purchased. About the year 1802 he relnoved to the town of Sempronius, now Niles, and ; resid ed there till 1819, when he removed to Erie coun ty, where he still lives cultivating a. small 1 farm with his own hand.. He was a strong and uni form supporter of Jefferson, Madison and Tomp kins, and is now a true Whig. j The narrow means of his father deprive Mill ard of any advantages of education beyond ii what were afforded by the imperfect and ill tdugh com mon schools of the country. Books were scarce and dear, and atthe age of fifteen, when moVe fa vored youths are far advanced in their classical studies, or enjoying in colleges the benefit of well furnished libraries, young Fillmore had read but little except his common school books and the Bi ble. At that period he was sent into- the- then wilds of Livingston county, to learn the clothier's trade. . He remained about four months, and. was, then placed with another person to pursurthelsame business and wool carding in the. town where his father lived, i A small village library thati was formed there soon after, gave hirn the first means of acquiring general knowledge through books, lie improved the opportunity thus offered ; the an petite crew by what it ted upon. 1 he thirst tor i knowl.v!rr soon Impjmfl inriatiatf and nvarv lpis- .... nt snpnt in rdimr Four vmw ; .wrp r.ssn.i in this wav. ivorki at his fradp. and storing his mind, during such hours as he could command, with the contents of books bf his tory, biography and travels. Atthe age of 19 he fortunately made an acqaintance with th0 late WnltPr Word Fsn w horn many will remember a9 one Qf tfce mot estim ty.JudgC Wood was a man of. wealth and great j business capacity : he had an excellent law libra pacity ry, but little professional business. He soon saw that under the rude exterior of the clothier'f boy were powers that only' required proper develop ment to raise the possessor to high distinction and usefulness, and advLted him to quit his trala and study law. In reply to the objection of a lack of : education, means and friends to aidhim in a course i of professional study, Judge W. kindly offered to j give him a place in his office, to advance money to defray his expenses, and wait until success in busi ness should furnish the means of repayment. The offer was accepted. The apprentice boy bought his time; entered the office of Judge Wood, and for more than two years applied himself closely to business and study. He read law and general lit erature, aud studied and practised surveying. Fearing he should incur too large a debt to his benefactor, he taught school for thr?e months in the year, and acquired the means of partially sup porting himself. In the fall of 1821 ho removed to the county of Erie, and the next spring entered a law otBe in Buffalo. There he sustained him self by teaching school, and continued his legal studies until tha spring of 1323, -when ho ws ad- hiitted to the Common Pieas, ani commenced practice in the village of Aurora, where he remain- v 1 until 1330, when he again removed to Buflklo, rA has continued to reside there ever since! His first entrance into public 'ife was in Jar.m rv. IS20, when he Uxik his scat as a member from Erie county, to which o3i:e he e was re-eiectlu toe j " siduDn? devotion to two following year?. His talenu, "integrity and avriduons' devotion to public business "n won fjr iii n th j coniien:- of the House ia an un3;viusp!ed degree. Itlw 'as a co".imoa reunr.i among the iii.'mV-rj, -ifF41mjr sys u is nht, we wul vc'.e for it, rh-1 HMft iu;Kirt mt measure of a general krAvr" ' tint came ip.i!iirifiT hs service in the Sutl Ig- 'i!atJ-e W t'l. tu a.ia:i Iuiri-on-cit fur Debt. In behalf of that great and philanthropic measure, Mr. Fillmore took an active part, urging with unanswei able arguments its justice and ex pediency, a nd, as a member of a commi ttee on the subject, aiding to perfect its details. That portion of the bill 'relating to Justices' Courts was drafted by him, the remainder being the work of the Hon. John C. Spencer. The bill met with a fierce, uu relentinw oppositiop at every' stapofits progress, and to Millard Fillmore as much as to any other man" are 'we indebted, for expunging from the sta tute book that relic of a cruel, barbarous age, Im prisonment for Debt. He was elected to Congres i in the fall of IS 32. The session of 1833 4 will lung be remembered as the one in which that system of politics, known un der the comp ehea-ive nam? of Jackso i in, wa? fully developed. He took his seat in the stormy session of 1833-4, immediately succeeding the re moval of the Deposits. In those days the business of the House and debates were led by old experi enced members new ones, unless they enjoyed a widespread and almost national reputation, rarely taking. an active and, , conspicuous part. Little chance, therefore, was afforded him aa member of the opposition, young and un.issuming, of display ing those qualities that so eminently fit him for leg islative usefulness. But the school was one ad mirably qualified to more fully - develope and cul tivate those powers which, under more favorable circumstances, have enabled him to render such varied and important services to his country. As he has ever done in all the stations he has filled, he discharged his duty with scrupulous fidelity, never omitting on all proper occasions any effort to advance the interest of his constituents and the countrv, and winning the respect and confidence of all. . . , . At the close of his term of service he resumed the practice of his profession, which he pursued with distinguished reputation and success until, yielding to the pnblic voice, he consented to be come a candidate, and was re-elected to Congress in the fall of 1836 The remarks above made in relation to his service in the 23d Congress will measurably apply to his second term. Jacksonism und the Pet Bank system-had, in the march of 'progressive Democracy," given place to Van Bu- i rentsm ana tne buj-.treasury, it was out anotu- er step towards the practical repudiation of old re publican principles, and an advance to the Locofo- coism of the present day. In this Congress Mr. Fillmore took a more active part than ho did du ring his first term, and on the assembling of tho next Congress, to which he was re-elected by a largely increased majority, he was assigned a prominent place on what, next to that of Ways and Means, it was justly anticipated would become the most important committee of the House that on elections. It was in this Congress that the fa mous contested New Jersey case came up. It would swell this brief biographical sketch to too great a length to enter ujKn tha details of that case, and it is the less necessary to do so inas- t much as the circumstances of the gross outrage then perpetrated by a party calling itself republi can, and claiming to respect State .rights, must yet dwell in tlie recollection of every reader. The prominent part which Mr. Fillmore took in that case, his patient investigation of all its com plicated, minute details, the clear convincing man ner in which he set forth the facts, the lofty and in dignant eloquence with which he denounced the meditated wrong, all strongly directed public atten tion to him as on of the ablest men of that Con gress, distinguished as it was by the eminent abil uy and stateinanship of many of ks members. Pub lic indignation was awakened' by the enormity of the outrage, and in that long catalogue of abuses and wrongs which roused a long suffering people to action, and resulted in the signal overthrow of a corrupt and insolent dynasty in 1840, the New Jer sey case stood marked and conspicious. On the assembling of the next Congress, to which Mr. Fillmore was re-elected by a majority larger than was ever before given in his district, he was placed at the head bf trie committee on Ways and Means. The duties of that station, always ardu ous and responsible, were at that tiaie peculiarly so. A new Administration had come inlcnower. and found public affairs in a state of the greatest de- rangement Accounts had been wrongly kept, peculation ot every kind abounded in almost eve ry department of the Government, the revenue was in adequate to meet the ordinary expenses, the alrea dy large existing debt was rapidly swelling in mag nitude, commerce and manufactures were depress ed, the currency was deranged, banks were embar rassed and general distress pervaded the commu nity. To bring order out of disorder, to replenish the NationalTrcasury, to provide means that would enable the Government to mset the demands a gainst it, and to pay off the debt, to revive the in dustry ot the country, and to restore its wonted prosperity ; these were the tasks devolved upon the Committee of Ways and Mean?. To increase their difficulties, tfe minority, composed of that party that had brought tbe Country und Government into such a condition, instead of aiding to repair the evil they had done, uniformly opposed almost every m&ins bfoufrht forward fur. relief, and too often their unavailing effort? wer successfully aided by a treacherous Executive. But witi energy and de votion lu tiie public weal, worthy of all aumir.ttion, Mr. FiUuiore applied himself to the task, and sus Unied by a majori'y whose enlightened pitrionsrn his rarely b n equal. I, and nvcr surp i8jd, suc ceeded in its accomplishment The measures he brought lorward and sustained with matchless ability, spesdily relieved the Gov ernment from its embarrassment, and have fully justified the most sanguine expectations of their be nign iniluence upon tue, country at large. A new and more accurate, system of keeping accounts, rendering them clear and intelligible, was intro duced. The tavor.tsm and peculation wl.i'h had so long disgraced trie dopartnieirj and plundered j the 1 reaury, were checked by the requisition of ! contracts- i'he credit ol tlie (ioveinment was re swrcJ. ainpi-j fueaiu were provided tor tie exigeu- cit-s oi rHiunc service, ana uk oavrneni ri i.ie .National deui incurred by tie lorjur Aduiiuistra tion. Coinuierce andManulacturrs reviveJ, and i pfpr.ty aud hope once more .ai lei upon the land, i ! 1'be Country has tx recently emerged from Xh ' disrot iir. Van Buren A Jmuuira..oj .t ! ' 1 of Mr. Van Boreal A Jmuuira..oj .t ' 'Lt 1,0 ewnJ feel att5ring ;t then enJarvd, j aaa v jitoujc apprectate uie ovnencm iiu won- f Jt presiden -y aays : - It wiU, in U proint kr:ul ca-.nge to.t haa been wrought U ; h 'i r. result in rr.ving to ihe Cnion a i'reid-nl of ! ui rfc than aa a;:us on to t'tmr laaUers no?essary. i'ue Jatw .! ie. i3iiig,eAii.iii.agaiulde.eivJrig niea- SiS---' prudi.ctue A ucu iijpy" rrf iii wa lurown 11.- vVaa nou v eiU".u.'d rj '-f ou -Ur- f 1 -"re- NO. 32. by his patriotic fellow wh'gs ; but on him, never theless, the main resporoibility rested. After his long and severe labor In the Comml tee room labors sufficiently arduous to break down any but one of an iron constitution sustained by a spirit that nothitig conld conquer fcjwafTequircd to give his unremitting attention to the business of the House, to make anttSpUmEon that might bo asked, and b ready with a complete and triumph ant refutation of' every cavil or objection the in genious sophistry of a factious minority could de vise. All this,, too, was required to be done with promptness; clearness, dignity and good temper. For the performance of these varieJ duties, few men are more happily quallified than Mr. Ffllraore. At that fortunate age, when the physical and intel lectual powers are displayed in the highest perfec tion, and tha hasty impulses of youth, without any loss of its vigor, are brought under control of largo' experience in public affairs, with a mkid capable of dec?ndinff to minute details, tis well at conceivinir a grand system of national pblicVcalm and delib erate in judgment, self poeed and fluent in de bate, of dignified presence, never unmindful of the courtesies becoming social and public intercourse, and of political integrity unimpeachable, he was admirably fitted for the post of leader of the twen ty seventh Congress. Ih 1844 he was selected aifthe Whig candidate for Governor in New York, but in consequence of the Barnburners and Old Hunkers uniting their support upon the late Silas Wright, he failed to be elected. Confident, however, that he could com mand the strongest vote in New York, the Whigs again selected him as their candidate for Comp troller, in 1847, and succeeded in electing him by an unprecedented majority. Such was the boy, and such is the man whom the Whigs present as their candidate for Vice Pres ident. Jn every station in which he ha been placed he hus shown himself " honest, capable and faithful to the Constitution." He is emphatically one of the people. For all that he haR and is, he is indebted under God to his own exertions. Born to an inheritance of comparative oovertv. he ttruir- Hed bra Velv With dimVnltipa thnt would hava n- palled and crashed a less resolute heart. Nobly has he won hia laurels, and long may ho live to enjoy tneni. WHIG RATIFICATION MEETING AT BOSTON: : I 4 i ' Pursuant to a call, signed by a Iag2 number; of the citizens of Boston, a great Whig meeting was -, held in Fancuil Hall, on Friday evening. The crowd was immense and most enthusiastic : - Hon. Abbott Lawrence was selected to preside A series of resolutions were offered by Wow I Iayden, late of the Boston Atlas. i ? A letter was received from the Hon. Geo. Evans, of Maine, in reply to an invitation to be present. Mr E. expresed cordial assent to the Whig norn- -inations; but previous engagement to attend av similar meeting at Augasta, prevented his beinir at Fanueil Hall. b Hon. Rufus Chonte then., addressed the audi ence. He said he knew Gen: Taylor to be a good Whig and an honest man. He would be surround ed with a Whig cabinets he was the friend of in ternal improvements, and would be for improving the navigation of our Western rivers, rather than go 5,000 miles poking for the ruins of Sodom anl Gomon-ah, in the Dead Sea. 3f r. Choate's remarks . were received with immense cheering. He was followed by Hon. George Lunt, who was loudly cheered. Major "John P. Gaines, of Kentucky, then ad dressed the meeting. He knew Gen. Taylor loti nately, and related many interesting reminiscences of his life his decision, firmness, sagacity on the field of battle. 'Ono word,' says he, in conclu sion, as to Gen. Taylor; he being a Whig, h walks like a Whig, he looks like a Whig, and he talks mora like a Whig than a pig can pquenl like a pig. I am considered at home a high priest of v mg principles, aria ucn. Taylor u as 1 am i.after.three times three cheer had been given for . x ayiur anu r iinnorc, uie meeting aojourned. , , - - GEN. TAYLOR'S NOMINATION. ) ' The New Orleans Delta, contains the following paragraph, giving intelligence of the first an nouncement inad to General Taylor of kit Doma in ition for President : l ' By a happy and extraordinary coincidence, the ' news of Gen. Taylor's nominattou was brought down the river from .Memphis by tlie steam boat Gen. Taylor, Captain Morehead, (which, by the by, the reader will remember,- was the name of tbn President of the Convention.) JAs the boat ap proached the General's plantation near Rodney, she rounded to, and the passengers commence! hillowinir very IowUt for the old hero. After loodly for the old hero. j awhile the general emerged I rem a tog cabin and '. came aown u m lan nng. wnere ne wa mrt DV ! Captain Morehead, who handed him a letter nouncing his nomination. He read it without the alightert appearance of emotion,- after which h quietly folded it up, put it into the capacious pocket of thai famous old brown coat, and turning to tbe Captain, remarked It's a very fine day, Captain a : very firio ''day, indeed.' Yes, very fine re sponded the Captain. ' Did yon have a pleasent trip down? ' Quite so, was the Captain's re sponse. Good morning, gentlemen. And the i npcrturbable old gentleman waddled off, bowing , as ito went, tu the passengers and crew; who mdj the weikin ring with tixir kid barrai for OU Zack." U. S. SENATORS. i Tliomas Fitzgerald, Dem.; has been appointed V. S. Senator by tho Governor f of Michigan, in pi ice of Ixwis Cass, resigned. Tlie Ivgitlitare of New IIampbire has elected Mosen Morris, Jr., Dero., C S. i Seualcr .ibr six, yeir from th? 4h of Mrch msU n place of -Mr. AUicrtwi, wIk? term then expires. j fh Conrier dee Ettt Vttit pnb!ihd t Xnr : y,, remmrking upon Gen. TayW nmnfnatioa" a ry, result T'VU' in ,lje Var nvnioty at wmp!:city, of firgularty cornet '. yh'gment, an-i of triJ incrity. Surely, ' mM j hr? Coorier, the mtoti Vwigf.t U be sitihd; for SVv:.U.toTO?i5 d) nut s4riug up every iy."