The Northern Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 6, Ed. 1, Saturday, June 3, 1848 Page: 2 of 4
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God the people of evurv portion of-this wide- Ktical dissolution and ultimate rum in tlii
spread Confederacy are brave and" totally Republic' are the sons of those who cntaile
above all influence from fear. J. he north-
ern mind" could be reached not by an ap
peal to their fears but to ttieir pauioiic icci-
9 rTQ
Snwo nnil to" those historic events which made
tnd I humbiy trust in the providence of God
notwithstanding the clouds that sometimes
over-shadow our path will for uges pre-
serve u aunitel people. I have made them
for the purpose of awakening the perhaps
slumbering patriot everywhere in order that
his voice may come up trumpet-toiigucd to
stimulate his Representative to the discharge
of his duty to the whole country and to give
bis "aid and comfort" to the friends of that
Wacv beoueatheo us by our fathers.
Our constitution 1 Union Mr-.Chariman.was
based upon compromise and by compiomise
alone can it be preserved. But when you
j.t vm tWs nrincinle: when jflBBMake
I.. i:o olio nf the common vH and
nnnrnoriate it to one portion of thcTunion
and leave-nothing for the other you at once
-.. fjn pmialitv which is the basis
f nil Inslins- unions. And what is the pro
position of the honorable gentlemen from
Pnnsvlvania? Where is that "neutrality"
or the subject of slavery so warmly conten-
ded for by that gentlemen? What "ncu-
fmlitv" is there in a scheme that provides
that all the spoils of victory though won by
the common blood and common treasure 01
both North and South should be open to the
enjoyment of the North alone? Was there
not real neutrality in what is contended for
by the South that the territory won by the
joint exertions of all should be left open to all
under the guarantees and compromises of the
Constitution? . .
But this amendment is not the offspring of
equality. It says to the soutu mus lar
shall thou go and no further." It substan-
tially says to the South that her citizens
shall not remove into any portion of the terri-
tory their blood or flesh may assist in acqui-
ring but they must remain within their pres-
ent limits; or if they go there they must
not take with them properly guarantied to
them bv the Constitution. Yes sir property
guarantied lo the South by the great compro
mises of Ike Federal Constitution. 1 trust
sir I shall not shock the neives of any sensi-
tive gentleman in applying the word properly
lo slaves. In 1763 the British Government
(however differently they might talk now) ex-
pressly recognized slates as properly In
the treaty of peace of 1733 between Great
Britain and the United States signed by D.
Hartly on the part of the British Govern-
ment and John Adams Benjamin Franklin
and John Jay on the part of the United
States (all Northern men) will be found this
language. "His Britannic Majesty shall
with all convenient speed and without caus-
' ing'any destruction or carrying aicay any
4 negroes or other properly of the American
' inhabitants withdravvall his armies garri-
'sons and fleets fronTlhe said U. Slates."
This treaty recognizing slaves as property
was ratified by the British Government and
was voted for by every Northern representa-
tive in Congress consisting of the following
members: Mr. Foster of New Hampshire;
Messrs. Gerrv Fatridge and Osgood of
Massachusetts; Messrs. tilery and Howell
of Rhode Island; Messrs Sherman and
Wadsworth of Connecticut; Mr. Bealty ofi
New Jersey; and Messrs. .Mitum Hand and
Morris of Pennsylvania. Here then we
"have John Jay designating slaves as proper-
ty whose character and sentiments were re-
ferred to with so much approbation and com-
placency by tho gentleman from Massachu-
setts. fMr. Wi.vrnuor1 upon another ques
tion (the war of IS 12.) and Mr. Morris of
Pennsylvania wtiose opinions cxprcsscu m
the Federal Convention formed a text for
the gentleman from New York Mr. Rath-
bun from which he yesterday lectured nor-
thern Representatives who dared to do their
duty.
It has been well said by the able and dis-
tinguished chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relations Mr. C. J. Incersoll
that ' the ultra opposition to slavery was not
tin American sentiment." It is an croicand
if it flourish in the new soil to which it has
been transplanted its influence will be as
disastrous as that of the deadly upas. It was
not even a British scntiment.as I have shown
in 1783. In the Convention which framed
our Constitution the North looked upon
slaves as so entirely possessing the character
of property that they were for a long time
unwilling that they should be considered in
-any respect in the light of persons in fixing
the basis ot Congressional representation
until at last the difficulty was settled by the
three-fifths basis as it now stood giving
slaves tho mixed character of persons and
property. This senlivmnl had arisen since
. the earlv and better days of our Republic
and'was-Jooked to as the last resort of the
-advocates of .monarchy to overthrow the uo-
blest Government ever erected by man.
We had shown iu our revolutionary war and
the war of 1812 " the" might that slumbers
in a freeman's arm;" and unless this last ef-
foit of foreign abolitionism didvthe work
nvhich British slccl could not do our llcpub
lie would be perpetual. And hcre.Mr.Chqir
man. permit me to read an extract clipped.
from a respectable newspaper showing very
clearly the foreign origin of this mischievous
movement'
" Objects or Abolitionists. Henry C.
Wright a leading abolitionist from Boston
"has recently writteu a letter dated at London
rA -which has been published in the 'National
'Anti-Slavery Standard' in which he says:
" 'Last Sunday we all spent with William
Ashhurst at his lovely seat at Murwell Hill.
Mr. Fox the anti-corn-law orator and Jas.
Hauchton were with us. The dissolution
-eflhe American Union as the gigantic foe of
'liberty the right of the British people lo pro-
mole this object and the duly of all friends ofi
1 freedom to organize a league against slave
'holding Governments were prominent topics of 'i
' our conversation.
And-so sir the right of tlic British people
to effect a dissolution of the American JJnion is
boldly aseerled by jm American Abolitionist
slavery up'on the colonics. And the plao
where these foreign incendiaries -receive me
greatest suppoit the city of Boston (I by no
means intend to' implicate anything like a
majority of her citizens) furnished the first
individual James Smith a Boston merchant
who in HM5 imported slaves into the Ameri-
can colonies. I make this assertion on the
authority of George Bancroft a Massachu-
setts historian.
( Concluded nest ireeA-.)
THE STANDARD
THE DEMOCRATS OF TUB RED RIVER
DISTRICT.
Friends and Brethercn:
The period is approaching when the maintenance
of principles which we hold 10 be great and valuable
for the general good principles which ire believe to
be at tho foundation of all true Republicanism de
mands of us unity of action in support of unity of pur
pose. We cannot longer delay effective organiza-
tion without seeing all that we ho'd to be political
ly dcsirableoyer-borne by the action of a fbc labori-
ous in all the tricks and stratagems of political war-
fare and laboring even now as is believed by many
to overreach us in this locality by skill and manage-
ment and deprive us of the gift of all those little
benefices which it is usual for all men to prefer be-
stowing upon their friends and which in political
warfare it is decidedly impolitic to allow to be pos-
sessed by our enemies; for civil offices are so
many outposts from which a skilful adversary can
advantageously assail and weaken the opposing
force.
In direct terms we wish to call the attention of
all Democrats in all the Red River district to the
factthat on the first Monday iu August comes on
the election for County Officers Sheriffs Clerks
cannot define his.position in' his choice of alliance No Place Like-Home. From the North-
is an idiotr he who will not is something less wor-j era Standard of April 8th received by
thy of esteem. iWtimes call ftr decided positions. Thursdav morning's mail only thirly-three
It requires no great acutcneSs for a man to determine f?m .9atkTe' in thi9 f atC' le?
. ..-- . .... r.i. -. r .1. that the editor of that paper has returned to
m hts dtfn mind; whether he is of the party of the j dutiea from & trjp Austm Hc
pcople.ortnatofprmlcge. Hc who has no fealty of hat durhlg h;g absencC) . jie ia3 neithcr
association is no trne man and should be marked! sccn nor heard of any portion of the State
as a whifflcr whom any breeze may act upon and more desirable titan the North." Right
A DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN JOURNAL Coult' Jad-i;cs' ad Assessors.
Atltocaiiiig
EQUAL EIGHTS
PRINCIPLES BEFORE MEN
AND OPPOSED TO Ail. CHAHTERSD MONOPOLIES.
g vTH L E :
SATURDAY JUNE 3 1818.
These arc all offices of some profit and much in-
! fluence. As a matter of sheer justice we should
I endeavor to gie the possession of them lo our
friends rather than to our enemies; and as a matter
I of policy we shall be blind and stupid indeed it we
j entruM power and influence to those would use them
to our undoing.
We know that we shall be mot at the threshold
of this argument by those who will tell us that
these offices arc not political offices but offices of
FOIL CHIEF JUSTICE.
TTT We are authorized to announce that HUGH
F. YOUNG at the special instance and request of business and that no man ought to be proscribed for
opinion's sake. This is specious anil at the first
his friends lias withdrawn from the convass for
Sheriff and is a candidate for Chief Justice of the
Couutv Court of Red River Countv.
who will be sure to bend lowest before the strongest
blast.
We call upon the Democrats of the Red River dis-
trict.to be sure and have one worthy honorableand
capable representative of their principlesas a candi-
date for every office in the gift of the people and we
call upon them after obtaining Such representation
to support it. Let there be no struggling of two
Democrats for one office for in such casd a Whig
may step between and reap the fruits of the ebntcst.
Whenever two Democrats want one office let the
claim be submitted to arbitration and one lie drbp-
ped and all concentrate in good faith upon the pre-
ferred candidate. Above all let there be no Sujf-
port of unworthy men the odium of whose char
acter may be made to reflect discredit upon our par
ty and retard the success of our principles. . The
field is before us let us march upon it united and
organized and commence the contest which we
may not evade (whatever cunning pretences may
be made now) without internal dissension or confu-
sion. Re assured that the party of the people have a
contest before them which is inevitable and will be
most successfully met if provided for without del ly
The Craft if the opposition is ahcays more effective
than its numbers Craft and sleepless activity are
the means bv which it sirstains vigorous life.
Lay bare the deformity of its proportions to the per
ception of all men and it could hare no existence
formidable in numbers but the speciousness of its
i blush makes a stout attack upon the magnanimity I . - i . i i i . v. i i i
. r j pretensions always deludes enough when added
FOR ASSESSOR.
and neighborly feeling of any man who has not ana-
K-wd ltin KrniliiRlrv nf llin nasiimnhnn? 1ml if Fit rinn-
nrpWe arc authorized to announce JOHN M. ' ... r
I5IVINS as a candidate for Assessor and Collector ' ll WU bc found to be 0' a cnlft-v Pea' h-v
of Red Rier countv. I w-hicb the cunning assail the simple wherever tho
cunninp happen to be in the minority but which it
FOR SHERIFF. ! . b. ... '
. . . . i cunc n ' will be found upon inquiry they never use where
IE? We arc authorized to announce LKWIS D. ' l J J
BARRY as a candidate for Sheriff of Red River hcy are in the ascendancy.
county at the next election. Let us examine the argument: it is true that the
IE? We are authorized to announce Col. HUGH Sheriffalty the Clerkships the County Judgeship
F. YOUNG as a candidate for Sheriff of Red Riv- End u Assessorship are all offices of business.-
er county at the next election. ...
-.C- .i i . -. i ti-.t So far so "ood; hut w c must consider that they are
IE? e arc authorized to announce Col. ROB- ' r J
ERT S. HAMILTON as a candidate for Sheriff also offices of influence and not a little influence at
of Red River county at the next election. that. Then comes in the considerationthat all men
except a few of weak intellect haic decided politi-
O Journeymen Primer. mne.I nt thh ca opin;)nSi an( all Incn ho have such opinions
i have a decided never failing disposition to propa-
TV
Offlcc.
Sccch of 3tr. Kxiufimin on tlicSInrer7
n- i ..i.i;; r.i;. a .. rrc fully aware that there is much difference in this
it U tsUilllllh.tli.l' bills iuuuvuuuu ui mii uui.uiih.iii ut .
this time at the request of the Hon. gentleman him- respect between individuals some of quiet cau-
Sclf. who conceives that the Clarksville resolutions "us temperament saying not much of a decided
which declare that "our delegaucn in Congress when i but acl'ff behind he scrcc of an e2S-v nwwer
they voted for the exclusion of slavery from the most effectively dropping remarks interjections
Territory of Oregon violated the Constitution and sly inuendoes and repeating reports of others for
acted contrary to the will of their constituents" do which they do not vouch precisely where they will
him an injustice and wishes all his constituents to best tell; and carrying along with them for the cause
.o the aristocracy themselves and the satellites of
wealth to make it an enemv worthy of bcinjr
watched never to be safely despised.
Wealth always has talents in its service no man
ever saw it otherwise it always has those m its
train who are allured by show and who sympathise
with pretension of demeanor. Those once allied
never desert each other. There is a mystic tie of
brotherhood which holds them together like a
charm and combined they have strength and if the
party of the people adhering only by the bond of
" Equal Rights" and their respect for that holy
principle do not jealously preserve their associa
tion upon all occasions; they do injustice to them
selves and violate a mutual obligation.
Jjot no man say to liimsclt tri-i sucn a one w a
. eate them and puuhrni inthe a.ccndancx3Vj5'clcvcrlel!ow a neighbor an honest man ami
' - - - - i ... .... i ...
worthy citizen; and that lie does not like to vote
against him for the Teasou that he is a Whig be-
know the grounds upon which he gave his vote.
YUCATAX.
they prefer all the satellites which official sta-
tion always has rcvolv ing around it mollis which
1 the light of even a farthing candle never fails lo allure.
Then as to the proscription vv e acknow ledge the
Wc have given considerable space this week to
the documents relative to the present condition of
Tlnlr:n nml tlio i-nll s.1in ItlL'PC llnnn mr flivpnl.
r ' . r 7i i i . - .- -i justness of the sentiment but let us sec if it fits the
menl for relief. AH the documents m connection with J ' .
. . . i case. .Law to have lorcc must lirst have appttca-
this matter are interesting. ' '
As for the message of the President relative to wlit-- Is Jt rcript.on to dechnc voting for a man
the course advisable for our Government to take in for ofilcc T any ground of difference ordisincliu-
the case our readers know that the positions it alion' Have all men an inherent right to office or
takes are such as we always endeavor to maintain: I doei the riSht ox extold 0 lhe candidatcslup? All
the main one being to afford no pretext for a foot- j men h:ivc 3n undoubted right to seek office and all
hold by Foreign monarchies upon any of the free ' their fellows hlve au undoubted right to vote against
soil of America. them for any reason whim or inclination? It is
Aside from this every impulse of common liu- ( ul a ft!aXl proportion of the community who ever
manity would dictate immediate energetic and full ' can hold office from the small numeral proportion
provision for the relief of the Whites of Yucatan t which the offices bear to the community. If then
wc reject a man's pretensions to office from what-
Sincc writing the above we find ourselves olilig- J cvcr causCj ve do but exercise a natural and Con
ed to deter the correspondence upon which the titutional right and wc do not iu anywise proscribe
President's message is based until next week for; him; because if rejected he is only where he started
lack of room in our columns.
"THE DEMOCRATIC XOJHXEE."
We have received the first number of a new pa-
and has not been affected by the vote cf lib fellows
in cither life limb reputation or property ho is
free to exercise all the rifrlns common to his fellow
citizens and therefore it cannot be that lie is liro
per commenced at Minden Louisiana called the j 8enTied-'nc electors may have declined to give
xytriiiociriiiuiumiu'ji:. 11 is aspimca succi; strong-
ly Democratic and merits and wc presume will re"
ceive lhe support of the Democrats in that region.
him the preferment which lie has asked but that is
not proscription the difference should be palpable
to the most ordinary intellect. So much for this
sophistical declaration the most common of all tiie
traps by w hich the generous and. unreflecting are
millnil mitt fJmtirr tlintr (ViornTc. i n-rniuv tlioip nin-
the Galveston News and "The Prospect" from the I b. . n-
tt ... r. iii i- ' ciples an niiury and suirennc in themselves an un"
iiumswue uanncr mai me uomesue conumon oil . ;
The Aricu!t3r:sl Condition or lhe Stale
Our readers will see b- the article !Ciops" from
Texas is goodand impioving. It is most gratifying
to see such reports of progress at home; progress in
improvement wealth comfort and the happiness of
the People.
In our own region Crops are not so forward as
below. The Corn is doing well enough but cotton
is rather backward and there has been so much
rain of late that it has been difficult to keep it
clean. Wheat shows a good full grain but lhe
Crop will be not more than a half one. Wc regTet
this inasmuch as facilities are now providing for I
making the first quality of Merchantable flour and
we t.-ould have been glad to see an abundant crop
poured cut upon the sandy land counties south of us
supplying Ibem with the best quality of fresh sweet
Flour of bomb production and helping to enrich
us without cat-lying any pan of the wealth of die
state without its borders.
j posture which is all the more onerous that they
have helped to establish it themselves.
We are not of lliose who believe in bitterness cf
party spirit acrimonious discussion about the streets j
application of harsh terms to
cause of these meritorious characteristics. Every
Democrat should recollect that some brother Demo-
crat has all these meritorious qualities and in addi-
tion that of similarity of principles. And above
all let no easy-natured Democrat inrcginc that if
he votes for a Whig some Whig will reciprocate
by voting for a Democrat for this is what the
Whigs never do to any considerable extent; and it is
right that they 6hould not. They honestly sustain
their own men; wc should do the same.
If there arc any who think wc are unchariuMe
i.i our estimate of onr opponents we tell them that
we hold that tli-y do exactly right in sustaining al-
ways their own men; and wcwish to sec our friends
do likewise.
Recollect that the Whigs who for eight years
uttered anatlienas against General Jackson fiv re-
moving post masters and oU'ier functionaries of tho
General Government for opinion's sake signalizrd
their own adicut to power by a course precisely the
same with that which they had denounced and taun-
tingly announced e.-h reaioval of a batch of Dem-
ocratic office holders by articles in their Journals
headed
' The working of the guillotine "'
and Mr. Granger the Postmaster General under
General Harrison boasted that "he had decapitated
three thousand" alluding to their removal from of-
fice and that nothing but the death of the President
prevented the decapitation of all who differed from
the administration.
In further evidence we fortunately have a lale act
of our opponents. At the late election in the city
of New York the Whigs in consequence of divis
ions in some of the Democratic wards pushed in
their own men and got a small majority in the
Common Council and here we have the result.
New Yokk April 18 1813.
"The whiff maioritv in lhe Common Council
achieved last evening a very disreputable piece of!
partisan legislation. J. hey appointed m one b.itch
under the gag of the previous question after riding
over all the standing rules and denying to the mi
nority the cheap luxury ot inquiry or discussion
ISO commissioners ol deeds. Always luthcrio
friend De Morse! always stand up for local
interests. By the way the Standard a shoit
time ago complained bitterly of the annoy-
ance" of hogs and fleas in Clarksville.
There must be redeeming qualities about
"them discxins" or else "a charm from the
skies" operates on our brother editor con-
vincing him that there is "no place like
home."
The above is from the Galveston News of the
13th fortunately not so long upon the passage as
the Snndard to which our editorial brother re-
fer?. Our declaration mentioned of the desirableness
of the No'rtH of Texas we still adhere to. but do
not wish by it to dc'tract in the least front the at-
tractiveness of Galveston. Our editorial of the 8th
April explained our whole meaning that we believe
the North of Texas agriculturally the test portion
cf Texas; but our brother of the News" can under-stand-us
as not merely conceding but always de-
claring in our conversational intercourse and al-
ways willing to certify to it upon paper that we be-
lieve Galveston to be the most desirable rcsiJtncc in
the South of the United States; having far more
attractioas than New Orleans iu a more delightful
locality immediately upon the gulf with greater
purity of atmosphere superior cleanliness in fact
as near entire cleanliness as wc have ever seen in
any thing of a city.
We spoke of Northern Texas a3 an agricultural
country; we speak of Galveston now purely as a
pleasant place of residence having health pure
air good society haadsome residences with tasteful l
grounds attached with tho luxuries of i-ea bathing
fish and oysters.
In rclatioa to the "hogs and fleas" about Clarks-
ville of which editorial complaint was made during
our absence we can only say that neither of them
RED RIVER RAIIAVAV.
Wessa by the News" that the coatemplated
meeting at Galveston in relation to this enterprise
was held at the Tremont House on the 5th April
tho Mayor of the City in the chair. The meeting
was addressed by Ebenezer Allen Esq. who: intro-
duced some resolutions which were adopted and a
committee appointed to draft an address to all inter-
ested in the project which has accordingly been
done.
We will publish the proceedings and address next
week.
We are pleased to see the spirit inmifesteJ but
must acknowledge our disappointment in the want
of forwardness of the scheme. We certainly under
stood at Austin and we know that it was the un
derstanding of the Legislature that persons who
would invest the necessary capital were seeking tho
Charter; not that the Charter was to be granted
and then the capital sought for by holding out in
ducements which may or may not effect the object.
A Friend writing to us on the 20th ult. from Buf-
falo Henderson county says.
"Our District Court is in session Hon. B. II.
Martin presiding a good Judge and will be very
popular."
GALVESTby WHIGS.
We notice that the leading Whigs of Galveston!
hava come out manfully overtheirpropersignatures;
called a Coavention of their political friends' to m'cei
at Galveston on the 13th ult. to appointed delegated
to the Whig National Convention to be held ar
Philadelphia on the 7th inst.
The K.iccn oirr Ibc Clarliaiille ConrM-.'
The races open on Tuesday. A number of horse
are here from a distance and some fine running is
anticipated.
Y
COXVICTED.
The re-trial of the Slave Nelson for the murder
of Uuekey took place at the court house on Thurs-
day a special term being held for the purpose.
He was found guilty as before and on Friday mor-'
ning was sentenced to hanged on Friday next.
This negro was first tried at the Fall term 1810.
An nnnpnt wns tnVon ni liti.AiiT'ol ti. i?i Q.tmimn
annoys us although truth to speak the swine are n . . -' . F . . '
. Court and upon examination of therecord iC was
somewhat numerous hereabout. L. . - e . .l. l - . . ...
found to bc imperfect there being no statement that
hat peculiar attractiveness our tiro tern repre-1 . . . .
. ..... .the Jurv had Keen sworn tltough they really were
sentativc may have for the viiitation of the afore- .. . . t . .
. . sworn lhe case was sent back for a new tnal
said wc arc not able to state. Our pro tern is natu- . .
. ...... i which has resulted as wc have stated. There is no
mllir fi VorV unm-il nVYnniirii nmln fmn n I.. 4 .. !
.-..j .. -. -... i-i.... h .1U... ....v. ... ... - ..i .. ..:i... ..-. - .-
tated murder.- .
'j .V 3-r.iwA" of Vne law abiding ihafaeief of our
population is the case of this ncero. Upon a mere
quibble he has been kept for a year and a half at
terchanges" and for aught we know the aforesaid
residents may have cultivated his acquaintance with
Yccalvax ajaid'jity.
In tfinto!" tlmf mtp (Vio.irl .C llin AT..- .-.... I.
""J . rmiMili lir tmc limm
able to judge of the probable grounds upon which
a serious expense lo the county and lias had the
the lament of the pro lem was grounded we will . r. .. .. ' .
.. . " benefit ot all the legal courtesy and formality which
.ifitir.. !.. 41.1 ...... .Minimi -v..n.n..n.:.... .I.. v fc -
notify him that our especial -representative at that
time was the facetious gentleman whom he once
termed "the eloquent S .'
Editorial converse bjtween us aid our frionds at
Galveston 13 not magnetic in its speed but rather
lo'ig between times: we trust however that within
" thirty-three days" our friend of the News may-
hear from u. i
would have been extended to any one and this too-
by a county seriously embarrassed in it.s county finai.-
ces and not a doubt upon any one's mind of his
guilt h is to be presumed that at the appointed
time he will expiate his guilt upon the scaffold a
wamingto all offcndersof the correctness and certain-
ty of tho administration of t!u liws in this coiniuuni-
ty.
RED RIVER.
On Tuesday the river commenced filling and haT
continued to tall ever since.
The Gilmer ai rived on Tuesday.
Tho Duck-river Monterey .TcxusirimI A B Shaw
CIjVV vk. clav.
Cassiu. M. Clay has published in the New York
Courier and ILiqmier. a long bitter and abusive let-
ter agaiiit Henry Cby.
Tho(tort is thaj of a bad man clearly a man
with a liul heart? or eLc an'jmmf-ciTuicrucj&iyrfi -bale gone below during the week curving offcot-
which renders him an incredible witness before the trim
The Fulton arrived at orr I.indiwrjui Thursday
Un
left-lutS'o
Democratic press thoughout has as ageneral thing evening with a fall load of cotton
condemned it without qualification. The Exii was expected hourly.
tribun-il of the people. It is sufficient to say of it '
that it has excited the disgust of the political cue- morning and passed on to Tivrun I'fog-
mies of Henry Clav throughout tlea Union ami tiie Friday morning the Amelia arrived -r-A left-li;
It will do the Wliisr statesman no Irami anywhere.
It is universally conceded throughout theUnion.that CORRESPONDENCE OF THE UNION.
the serious objections to Mr. Clay are unsound po-Itti'-a!
views. As a man. it is well krnwn he is not
a bad one and Cassius M. Cir.y who lias no char-
and concurred in bu his British confederates!
i" - - .- .i - .-. i-
jwiiocan read sucn language wttuoui'ieeiing
ihe blush of shame mantling down his cheek
'that America should Have ever given birth to
sucn a bastard and traitorous son.'
rJt is not HiTjalcntion to discuss the ques-
'. -- -".i- -t. i i re...- :.
ioa MjWaverr in me iiustriiui. n muug u
-'i P??i -I'.'L V- .V Unallnl Iia non-
Kf WtlgK lor e w-"w mi jjwv-
iiafiitlie South 'arc in no way answerable
"' jKt'roBg.Thejr; found it existing a-
OBgstItfiem..wUh6ut.aByiiLageneJ7:oHsheir i'i in I iinTir Af -f :-" :-r--"im-----'-- it
itcouW 'n.oLiW'done cxcmiKiii6e.ofj
wi. -...s.'r?.jcsir riL.:JE2f.n
ws mil uunuMiUiii
lytia'e aeency'onwslmt-
even against the mwdc-
colonies iii6fc wiHToear
ioairr Those Very foreiffrtprswho
!a4.xa!;alled-to 60W the seeds of po-
vVii"
.Mr'
char.
fairl
SOW I
General Taylor's Laid.
- Iii our paper to-day will be found two more of the
innumerable letters of the old soldier. One of these
is said to be the very latest and both differ in style
from any of the preceding. We are anxious that
the Whig Convention should meet and put an end
to the old General's misery by showing him how lit
tle strength he really has in the ranks of the only
party in which he has any at all. Though even
this he says will not induce him to withdraw. But
we think that when lit finds that he is not only de
ficient in the necessary strength to secure the nomi-
nation but that he really has none at all worth.
counting he will change his determination in this
respect.
The old veleraaVprctensions are getting to bc
pitiable and it would be an act of charity to relievo
his distressful courticrship to all parties by summa
ry political extinction such as the Whig Conven-
tion will apply to him.
It is a pity that one who is entitled to so much
honor for his sturdy valor and patriotic service to
his country should so lessen the loftiness of his po
sition by a craving obsequiousness' to mere pdUti-J
cans jvho are sporting wiui nis gooa name for their
i-r . .... -. ".
own prout regardless ot tus Dencnt. .
- -.
At the" 1110616011011 in Virginia as" far as heard?
the Democrats have gainedsWmembersJ ofthe
Legislature the Whigs 5 Nett Democratic aih 8. the otherthe party of the Aristocracy
unfriendly feeling towards political opponents: as
regards either moral propriety or policy we believe
all this to be bad. But we do believe in the adop-
tion of decided political views; not hastily from
passion sympathy or association but deliberately
after examination and conviction: and if any man
has not had information enough to warrant his com
ing to a deliberate sound and satisfactory conclu-
sion wc advise him to read inquire reason; and
then after he has from information and reflection
adopted his political sentiments we advise bun to
ally himself to lhe party which maintains views
similar to his own and do his best fairly and hon-
orably to maintain the ascendancy of that party.
We contend that it is not merely defensible but that
it is his duty to do this.
There are some who preach indefinite patriotism
and decry party; but all true patriotism has defini-
livcness and is known by its shape and colors.
That which is indescribable is of not much value
it is too loose of character and too uncertain of vis-
age to be worthy the support of sensible men. No-
partyism wears a veil like the fabled Prophet of
Khorassan and like him it will turn-out upon ex-
amination to bc worthless trustless and hideous to
view if indeed it ever discloses lineaments sufficient-
ly distinct to concentrate the rays of sight or percep-
tion. He who has belief; should define it and maintain
it ho who has none is nobody.
The times are not such as to permit men to live
isolated from their fellows. All citizens form con-
stituent parts of the community and as such have
duties to that community to perform. He who re
jects these or evades them shirks in unmanly
manner his part of Uie responsibilities hc was bom
to and shuffles off upon others a portion of the la-
bor of life properly incumbent upon him.
In this country at this time there arc two great
parties- and from' the force of circumstances there
can be no more the one'lhe'party-o'f the Peopte
lie who
1 !..... n171nnA l...Tn l1.n. l.m.1 ...i 1 .i..tt...nl in lli.mii
.aversancs o. ; . . ... .i:..:.i...i i. .:....
..I.tll.tUlUl liaiC UUi.ll UH IULU .11111.111 UllUl 'Julius
but m their characteristic spirit of petty proscrip-
tion the wh'gs have not appointed more than five
or six democrats out of the 130. The whitr provi
dent of the board Morris l-raulihn lumsslt a Iiv-
New York April 27 ISJe'.
Tuylorioin must he at a very low ebb here.
ltlnt llflU' I .flsMIK A! I.Ih l:i..t nt.!. ..I
actor of his own to stand .ip.J.iw!uM ha assails others lMinta7 ;IuII could not draw enough people
will fail utterly in propagating such a belief. t .aij0 Q dCCCI1t wanJ 1L.etilgt to hear him
The letter itself being rather lengthy wc subjoin t3H; u. Taylor. At the close three cheers
the summary of its contents made by the Charleston were given for Clay. Quuntum mulalus ab
News. j illo! from that Cassius that tilled the Taber-
As a commeiitaty upon Mr. Cassius M. Clay's ' uaclc and half the street in 1S44. Then hc
letter read the letter from Senator Borland which J wai for Clay noir he u tor Tavlor Via
we published last week. mi.'
Cassius M.
own name
n. lv:-!. u i.t: it..: if t f ..
s M. Clay has published above his 1 ' . . .
.u vr . v .1. r .. : c. i 'Very crowded and enthusiastic incetniK at
ii... . a i lalmos Opera-hoUiC last
last evening. Many
........... u.. i. .it..- :.. nMH n n.i i...
I ' o I ' J norv :iifini-no u-rtpp innI-? sttnl il -Lima -.-.
lit i-niiininnf unnn !iia IHnfi IIfvrv -J .1 . . '
way
J - . '- - O . ' J J
13" examine ot democratic uoeraiiiy m iiu-5 resncci iroui earnest ymr.a a nau ureu oumc
having made his living for years as a notary in Wall uiors than a cold admirer of yourself so
street wasas urgent as anv lor tiie mil sviuig-oi
the ofiicbl zri.iJJ0ij.10. Jt is a small-matter any way
baf proves tho whig character as well as though it
were greater.
Here now is as fine an exemplification as we
could have of the result of divisions among our
selves and miscalled liberality. Having the tem-
porary power although they know they misrepresnt
tho Demjcratic majority of their constituents they
exercise it as remorselessly as though they were
executing felons; and the presiding executioner is
one who has for years fed upon the misplace 1 kind-
ness of his Democratic opponents now his vic
tims.
The fact is
gaiiization (political
TO BE TSUE TO THEMSELVES.
Them is uo better compendium of wisdom in this
respect than the advice of Polonius to his son
" To thine owu self be true;
And it must follow as the night the day
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Itemember Democrats' that the editor of this
journal who now addresses you wants nothing for
Clay's laic manifesto lo tho nul.lic. This "' l";"""" vi.jj.i. .... a .-m.-u 01
letter displays the strongest reelings of am-"c . a7 l Mt t" Jan"V J' " -
mosity both political a J l personal. hich tl.eAPn 18 sect. 1. entitled -On crumna
.it. i t i relations with and iiguuist loreisn tiowcrs.
author docs not sccrn by any means disposed . ... . J. ' .
- Tiii 1 1 . i -.1 Once in a while the course of politics
to di"ttise. Indeed he could not have writ-' . . . . ' . . . f""."-"
r .. iii i- ii- uoals out somctliiti" better than noetical nis-
tcn with more bitterness had he dipped his .- . . . ' . . J
ii ti . -vi -i. ... ittcc. I o accommodate the present wine re-
pen iu gall. lie says to Mr. Clay: - e. o -.u .
1 . ..-' . . coivnpiil lavns Smith Dmininfr nn iinnriniii.
ere I to claim to bc vour personal. . - : . ' ' ;
... iiifii in"r ii'iTiwiniiii.- vinimi'ii n i:iiv .ir t.ii.
O'.tb'
Witmuo
S-2000
another
accessart to tho
fiicud I might better perhaps-
niv purposes; but as 1 have no.
one class of sentiments whilst iu
ing another I tell you frankly f
aVBVUBJ'
lii..n iRBEnHHB3.
also
when you started on the 1-ith of August
1315 to the Virginia Springs leaving your
friends and family to murder me in my sick
bed for vindicating those principles which
yen had taught me in your speeches at least
I ceaaCtl to bo your friend and became by
the necessity of my nature your enemy. I
What I sh.ii. say to you now men -vui nave
the more weight because you will sec that
it comes from an honest if not an iinprejuai-
ced man; whilst I shall attempt to divest my-
self of the individual aad speak as the mem-
ber of a great party.
He further says to Mr. Clay that it U the
almost universal opinion in which he (Cas-
the only reliable principle for any or- si cs) concurs that Mr. Clay's name will
ilitical or otherwise) to act upon is bring detent on the party; Uiat all the tnea-
surcs vviiiuii lie mis cvur uigeu upuu iim peo-
ple except the Missouri Compromise have
been erased from statute book: and that Mr.
Clay deserted him upon the abolition ques-
tion but kept him at work with the encour-
aging words "Goon good Cassius!" He
talks further about "political assnsination"
and deep ingratitude to Gen. Taylor;" and
asks with a bitter sneer "When did
Henry Clay spare an enemy or a friend:"
Be trne to Turwlrnl!
himself and only asks of you for the good of your rfinr..-fie .:.. h derlarntion that
country and your party to bear always in.mind-thei .Hcrjr caj can ncvcr bo President of
great principles upon which you have associated and (nese States."
to 1'hers are passages mucli bitterer than
those to which we have referred. Cassius
has done several eccentric things lately. Our
health OF CiiARKSVlLLE. I readers will recollect hts curious memorial to
To . inc...; of ruro at a distance who Congress asking indemnity for certain pcr-
mTy have childreahere at School wc state that our somI apparel taken from him while inMexi-
m u . u . .u- . j . ni..;. co. Whether this be in his proper vein or
Town healthy at .this tune and our Physician wheher t(J0 much fonaticism'hath made h.m
idling abonttheartreetsfor want of employment not- ma(w0 kn0wnot hut certain it is; tKemanis
withstandine we have- had a great deal of wet AZiioemna. "We are no sdoiKsaverbnt
.dangerous. "We are no' sootKsayerbut
weather wliich usually'causes most of the sickness " Csesar will have need to beware of this Cas-
we ever have in thi vicinage. t sius. Charleston .Yctr.
well-known whig was
passsagc of this law in its small way one
of the most barefaced things ever perpetrated
by any legislature. Behold the result Mr.
Dunning the father of the law was tot even
nominated by the whig caucus ind Mr
Childs who was could not bj.' appointed. -.
Enough of the whigs bolted tie caucus to an-i
point (with the help of the democrats) Mr.
Harvey liart a conspicuous ana uncompro-
mising Clay whig
During its financial ycarj? just endedtho
American Tract Society l5s issued seven
and a half millions of bools and tracts or
more than 27600 a day. pwards of 787-
800 vverc goodly bound jolumes. Beyond
40000000 of pages valuer at $27000 have
been circulated gratuitous' during the past
year. '
Spring hn3 mended hr ways and shows
her best face to-day smy fresh and smi-
ling. Broadway is likei floral pomp with
its endless array of silks'md scarls and bon-
nets and feathers of ev-ry shade and hue
to say nothing- of glowj'S cheeks and spark-
ling eyes. ZEX.-
Death from the Bie of a Cat. The-
New York Morning ?ar says: "A boy
named Keeler whose jarcnts reside in Lau-
rens st. died wednesd-y morning "alter par-
oxysms of raving malness.- Tho- boy. .was
bitten some months ti by a cat supposed at
the time to be rabid. ut uo evil. effects were
observed at the tin or since until a lew
hours before his det". when the symptoms
of hydrophobia became apparent and assum-
j . . j:..-.: r m
eu a most rioieni ai vi.oi.coo.ujj turiu.i
The GetTtiemanlo succeeded- ia leading
but the affrighted duchess of Orleaaifaid
her son "the Ihtleount.oraris.'froBautke
turbulent and danrous scene in UieFreach
Assembly was D'. -Powers an American.
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