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most within speaking distance, and in a mo- "Well, sir, you are about satisfied, I take
country, according to the best/rght afforded notthis silence tbe^oWcOuvictiott that the Of landMi%c;o3Bhem1ittleor nothing,^.tlifc
ment sank to rise no more.
it," said the sexton, coaxingly to hiis companyou, regarding the Past only to be guided by « not bgggjggr- £ but a trap for theuhiniormed eral prices. *• They eanwell.affOrdtd spend or
For many days his anguished mother lin- ion, after the latter had taken a long, minute
its
expewenceand warned by its errors.- W e j c r v ; ^ ^ ? A n d faow § a r e t h e y talk opthe promise millions, to influence this contest; But
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ask your co-operationj-notbecau^t^^
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''No! no I"
Aet^iseryj earnestly, -speedily,
ward to those who should succeed in bringing
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. qrdrthatnofadoHarOfthe four hundred miH- yourvfoi^'"
"Why, how long would you Wish, to remain "OturCmuol* J « l — O m r TTntowl* perfect." have voted w«hthem~~»»*ft*
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m
then.-Fr^ernen! .as becomes enlightened lovers
-niolty
principle
and,
her the perishing remains. So* many days heraf*
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to
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ipns deposited through-forty year* in two NsK o&uMfce, pfFreedom, and ofHumanity J
,
irt;
PKMOCBATIO W H I G IIOHISA.TIONS.
had elapsed in fruitless search,' that hope was
tlonal
Banffs
wasever
lost,|vhilescpres'of,in>
"
A
t
least
ait
hour."
-X)f;^he
rival
candidates
presented
for
your
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o
u
r
.benefat
with
that
of
the
Stat©
was fading into despair, when -one-morning a:
POR PRESIDENT,J,
"An hour! _I can't stay, sir, really I can't
eii measures are tight dividual depositors proved -defaulujja' tinder sOJffri^es, we have not spoken—need we speak?
adtriNation—because their
lady in deep mourning inquired for Mrs. RoL
their own rule, and all'tha bars and bolts of a. There is none among you, so ignorant as not
all
that
timet
"Ana
to
leave
the
church,
and,
essentially,
and
right
now.
IfestOn. On being admitted to her presence—
what's worse, the Vault open—it's a thing not
What i r e the principles and purposes which Well-manned and mostly Sub-Treasury could; to know something i-otJHENBX CJUHT—-there
" l a m the bearer," said she, of-welcome in- to be thought of! I canriot-^-aiad what's
" 0 » KKHTOCKY.
distinguish
the Whigs from their*opponents? not prevent their last Collector at NeW York can be hardly one so blinded by passion and
telligence ; I have this morning discovered on more, I will not."
TO*. VICE MUS8IDENT,
.
They
may
he-briefly
summed u>as follows: ;from absorbing over J200j000 of the Public prejudice as hot to regard him with something
the beach, at some distance, the body of your
Treasure in addition to the princely income al- of manly pride as a .fellow citizen. The
"Dotard! then lock me in, "I say! Do
The
Whigs
contend
for .
son, Gervaise Rolleston.'*
lowed him by law ?
what you will. But, leave me."
trumpet tones of his'impassioned eloquence,
I.
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T
A
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F
,
which
shall
of
itselfafiord
suf"Hiowknow you that it is he ?"
or a»w4*iuuai__
"Leave yon! Lock you in! And Here.1
Op tb,e old issues of 1840, then, Fellow pleading the cause of oppressed and suffering
ficient
ReTenue
to
support
the
Federal
Gov" I cannot be mistaken !'*
God bless you, sir 1 you can't be aware''-**-^
ernment, economically administered, and pay Citizens!' we are ready and anxious to meet humanity, have sWept across the Mile of
• ^Are his features then, familiar to you ?"
"Leave me—leave me t" said the stranger,
our opponents. Let them deny and misrep- Greece, in the hours of her deepest anguish"Familiar 1 I am the mother of Cyril Dor- impetuously; and he dr«w the door towards Whiff Demoeriicy. L Q M I ' M O Denao«r«cT. ofiitsttebt; the Duties so adjusted and dis< resent the Whig >TariffWlet them rail against: and desolation, ahdat their sound, the despair-criminated
as
to
protect
efficiently
the
PrOduc
meif!"
him as he spoke.
,
"A TAKrFF-Produtini an F o n t a g a i n s t the Tariff. tive Labor of our own people against.any de- the policy of securing to New York her -just ing widowjby tbe;torhh( of her martyred hus*
CHAPTER V I I .
"What! would you.be locked up and left adequate Rerenoe with Vto- ETTbo followls* extract pressing and ruinous foreign competition in the and equal share of the Public Land Proceeds, band, has diaed her .tears and dreamed of a
from a Speeea dellTered by
It is painful to observe, how soon the dead alone with,them dead,Som-r—•*'
A M E S K . POI.K. before supply of our own markets. Our opponents, which would largely aid her to complete her future, glad with; the".sunlight^ of Glory and
teclton to American Indui- JtUe
People ofMadlton county
. .are forgotten. This tide of fashion, or busi- "Go—ahdrejeage me in an bout 1"
on the 3d day of April, UI3, as a party, oppose this, and insist that discrimin- unfinished Works and dispense with her Direct freedom! His burning words | h behalf of'
ness or pleasure* rolls on,~rapidly obliterates
In amazement at the stranger's tlriien, air of try.
will allow ibut be if, ana al tions should be'made for Betiertueohly which Tax—let them distort and bewilder the Cur- South American independence fr/onii Colonial
way* n u been, an unconiDrothe memory of the departed,-rand sweeps a- commend, courage, and choice, Moulder devassalage, have been read at the head of the
• • -f opponent of a ¥*o- would require lower duties on such imported rency question as they may, we are confident
Way \vith it the attention of the mourner to . tied. «The Jolly Beggars' lay j n his way
armies c-f Boliyja, cheering the hearts and
T*mE jMOTMUErlCB BE- articlesaa come in competition with the pro- that a struggle like that of 1B40, would result
nerving the arms of those who fought to delivthe ruling folly of the hour.
home, and the door stood so invitingly open,
TWEEN THE COXIBBB OF ducts Otour own Industry, and higher oh such in a similar Whig triumph.
THE POIJTIOA1. PARTY
and the sounds of mirth and good fellowship
"There poesy and love" ioma not,
"*
But such a contest is not allowed us. Our er a Continent from its* long night of misrule
WTTH WHICH HE [Mr. Mre- as are only produced abroad,
litis a word Of stone;
which thence issued were so attractive, that h.e "An Equitable Distribution TOI« BUOWJIJ ACTS, AND M3T- II. A NATIOKAI. CDRKENOY, created by opponents, dreading defeat on the broad Na- and devaatatpin, <*nd~*estpre to it the gladdenSEtF I& WHILST THEY
Thegravfiis bought—is cloned.—forgot,
' ,t
could not resist the temptation of washing
AEE THE ADVOCATES OP the action of Congress, carefully guarded a- tional grounds on which they were so deci- ing airs of Liberty!
And then life hurries on."
AND AyEOaway the cares of the day in a,coo)l pint, werei ofthe Proceedi oftha Public niSTRTBOTION
dedly
beaten
before,
have
introduced
a
hew
gainst
revulsion
and
depreciation,
Wherein
evTECTrVE
TAHn?P-MEASBelieve
all
you
do
not
know to be false of
Engrossed in the all important duty of se- it only to drink to the stranger's health.
Lmiidt among the Slater.
UBES WHICH I CONSIDER ry man may remit or receive, transfer or ex- and exciting sectional question—they have the slanders now so profusely heaped upon his5
curing the property which had been bequeathed
RUIN0U8
TO
THBlNTEaThis indulgence Moulder repeated so fre- "A SOUNO NATIONAL E8TS OP THE COUNTEY, change, any number of dollars, without the disgraced and ostracised their late leader, Van head by those whom he has not stooped to
• to their; son j and which, as he had left no will, quently AS at length to lose alt recollection of
ANDESPECIAIAYTO THE
I N T E E E B T S . O P THE risk and heavy cost of a Mail transportation of Buren, and chosen One in his stead of more flatter, or aided to plunder and there will atitf
there was some probability of their losing, the the stranger, of the vault, and of his appoint CUBBENCY."
PI^ANTING S T A T E S — / Specie, and without depreciation, or discount. slender ability and humbler reputation, whose remain enough of the lofty'and the noble in
Rollestons had completely forgotten him by ment, and it was only late on the morning, of
HAVE STXADILT AND
ATAZ.X.TUUBSOPPOSED • U L A DISTRIBUTION o* T H E PROCEEDS chief recommendation.to his supporters is his his' character, to secure the admiration of
whose subservience it had been acquired. At the following dayi when hi3 wife asked him
BOTH."
or THE PonMO LAWDS equitably and statedly advocacy of the immediate Annexation, of every generous heart. That his life has
length it occurred to them that some monu- "if be had come honestly hy what was in his
Texas to this country, in palpable disregard been faultless, his judgment infallible, we do
"Oppomtim
to
the
Annex"I HAVE HO HESITA- among all the States ofthe Union, so that each
• merit was due; or, at all events, that a head? pocket?" that in an agony he remembered his
TION I N DECnOARINO, may enjoy and realize its rightful inheritance of the Federal Constitution—in open violation not pretench-let lujm who .has always been
ation of TE3CAS to t!ie TT-T H A T I A M I N PAYOR
stone should be raised over him who slept be- prisoner.
of our Treaties with a friendly Foreign Power without sin, condemn him., let him Who is
OF T H K I m m c d i a t a r o in the vast and! fertile Domain achieved by the —in utter contempt of the outraged sentiment
Trembling in every limb, and apprehend- nittd States."
neath the yew tree in Brading churchyard;
more beloved and esteemed by his neighbors
a u m e x m t i o n o f T S X A B valor and purchased by the treasure of our foreand directions were given accordingly. Their ing he knew not what, he huirried to the
TO T H E TERRITORY fathers, and all together may be encouraged to of the civilized world—and .under circumstan- and townsmen atterrp* 'a blacken the name of
intentions had been anticipated. A head church and unlocked'the vault.
A N P GOVERNMENT provide! for the Universal education of their ces which not we only, but Messrs. Van BuHENRY CtAV. 'OfTHEODOBE.F*REMJiGatrYSEN,
O F T H E V. STATES."—
stone had been erected—when or by whom The spectacle which there awaited him
Ten and Benton, the late chiefs of the adverse we need not speak; his praise is oh all truthJaimK. Potkto the cUixem youth, and for the prosecution of those benefi.
no one could or cared to divulge. But there haunted the old matt to hi* dying day. The
host,
declare
in
effect,
must-involve
us
in
the
ofCW&mllit April® 18i4 cent and tieedful Works of Internal Improvefrom,
• -it was. It-bore the, simple inscription of the remains of the stranger were before him, but
deep guilt of perfidy, rapacity and aggression, ful lips, and eyenslander's tongue recoilsThese
"The Sab-Treaaury and low ment which will prove a blessing to each and and in the horrors of an unjust and intermi- the hopeless task of defaming Mm!
so
marred—so
mutilated—so
disfigured—that
name of the departed—the day of birth and
waijer."
-~
are the men, Fellpw Citizens, whom We solithe day of death ; With this remarkable addi- no feature could be recognized, even by the: Democratic Whig Candi- Federal Democratic Candi- to all.
nable War.'
'
date fofFresMent,
IV. Last in order, but first in importance,
tion, in large and striking letters:
cit your aid.g electing as President and "Vrifea
nearest relative.
• date for;President. _
Fellow-Citizens! do not imagine that you President,—^opposed to them are James iT.
Goon J^AiTH in all National as well as indU
Rats in thousands and in myriads had as
"WITH THE SAME MEASURE THAT YE METE
JAMES K-POIiK.
H E N R Y C5I.AT.
sailed him, and by his broken sword and the EJTIie above is the Issue joined try ibe two great partiese— vidual transactions, and an utter loathing of all can evade the responsibility to God and your Folk, Of Tennessee and George M. Battas,6£
WITHAL IT SHALL BE MEASTOED TO AGAIN."
Country, of the course you shall pursue in Pennsylvania—choose ye between them!
multitudes which lay dead around him, it was UK toe people of ihuH-United Slaws choose for themselves Repudiation,'whether of public Debts and ob- relation
matter. Every man of you
CHAPTER VJU.
plain his resistance had been gallant and pro
ligations, or of our solemn treaty compacts with who votestoforthis
Polk'and Dallas.both, early and On behalf of the Clay Club Convention.
Some years after the circumstances detailed traded. But it availed not. Little of him
Foreign
Nations
and
with
the
Aborigines
of
unqualified champion's of Immediate AnnexaState Clay Club Convention. our own hroad domain.
in t h e last chapter, a g e n t l e m a n , in military remained, and that Httle-"was in u state which
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This Convention met at Utiea* on Wednes- These are the cardinal principles on Which tion, vote to precipitate the Union into an unundress, w a s descried r i d i n g s l o w l y into the ft was painful for humanity to gaize upon.
just,
perfidious,
nefarious
War
on
Mexico,
in
-'OB.
v
village of Beechbury. The size and archi- Among the many who- pressed forward to day last, June 5th. It was a gathering ofthe we find ourselves confronted atfd resisted by
LOST!" .
tecture of the village church had apparently view the appalling spectacle, was an elderly indomitable whigs of 1840—those who have the opposing party, which by nearly three to which the^sympathies of all nations from the « LOVE'S LABOR
arrested his attention, and drew his bridle female much beloved in the village for hot- neither quailed at defeat, or been dismayed at one in the House, and by eighteen to two in the outset, and very probably the arms Of some of Our Village has been thrown into a pleasant little f x them in the event, will be arrayed on the side
suddenly, to make inquiries of a peasant, who kindly and gentle and benevolent heart, and
Senate, does, its utmost to break down the prescitement, within the past week by tne explosion of a
to her, the sexton handed a small memoran- treachery. They came from the "North, ent Protective Tariff and substitute a bill thor- oft^e injured .Nation. But, even apart from
. was returning from his daily toil.
this, let us not vainly imagine that, because no WJHOLES&LE 4- RETAIL^establishment".*
South,
East
and
West.
It
was
purely
a.
busidum-book
which
had
somehow
or
other
esougbly and avowedly anti-Protectiye; and National calamity has as yet palpably connect- On Saturday the first of June instantas appears by the
«'Ay! it's a fine church, though I can't say
I troubles it very much myselft" was the re- caped complete destruction.
ies3 Convention, na such it met, and which has. just nominated a determined, un- ed itself with ourperfidious robbery and exile register of our host, there arrived in.this town, a young
Upon the paper* it contained, the old lady the business despatched, each one was anxious compromising enemy*of Protection for Presi of unresisting Indian tribes we may go on perply. ; '^There's a mort of fine muniments in it
!
man wb.o passed himself off, under thesromnntic soubrident—which every where avows its deadly petrating such wrongs to infinity.
"besides. Alt Lord Somseret's folks be buried looked long and anxiously, and when she to he at home and at work.
quet .of Frank Howland, ofthe firm of Howland £.iSon»
hostility to the Land Distribution, and its dethere; and'twas bat last Martimus that they spoke, it was in accents of unusual emotion,
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Count the probable cost, we entreat .you, of of Boston.
brought here, old parson Somerset and his
*'These," she said, "are this remains of The Convention was called to order, by termination that the Land Proceeds shall con.
Said
Frank
wore
upon
his
first
nppearanoe
here, a
daughter* all the way from a churchyard Colonel Vincent Desborougb. May ho meet Gen* King, ofAlbany, and an eloquent prayer tinue to pour into and be disbursed from the a War a thousand miles from our resources, straw hat nicely varnished, a black veNeHmnterYcoat,
and
do
not
forget
that
in
this
contest
the
God
t'other side of Dartmoor, because ye see they with that mercy on High which on earth he offered up, by the Rev. Mr. Porter of Utica. Federal Treasury, so as to induce constant os.
dilution and sensible depression in the rates of of Justice must be on the side of our adversa- with ordinary ind<spensab)os and common boots. He
belonged, to 'em : and these great folkschflos* refused to others!" The old lady paused and
to be alt together. It?s a grand vatflttfhey wept, and the villagers did homage to her The convention was then temporarily organ. duty imposed by the Tariff, and the vast patri- nes, And let none deceive ydu with the ly carried himself in a business way and appeared far more
have! But here's Moulderi the sexton.com- grief by observing; a respectful silence. They ized, by the appointment of Mr. Flagler, of mony bequeathed to us by our Revolutionory ing pretence that War migUl not ensue—the intent on reckoning money by the ten thousands than uping anent us, and he'll tell as much more; than all knew and loved her* "This spectacle,'" Niagara Chairman and James Brooks, of N. ancestors shall year by year be expended on War already exists between Mexico and Tex- on his personal appearance, l l o wa»s1n height, about
objects of a temporary interest, until the whole as, and our absorption of the. latter country five feet and nine inches, slight make, dork complexion
ye may care to hear."
she 'continued, "opens up fountains of grief Y. Sec.
shall have been melted away, leaving no token would inevitably and at once make us a party and of a small sunken hazel eye, and withal, had such a
The name of Somerset seemed to jar harsh. which 1 thought were long since dry; but
Several Committees were then appointed,
sang froid manner that he gave himself quite the air of a
ly on the stranger's ear; and dismounting chiefly and mainly, does it teach me that the and the convention adjourned for dinner. On Of its existence but the stigma.which our short- to that War. For proof of this, if any be Yankee.
sighted
improvidence
shall
have
lastingly
afneeded,
we
refer
you
to
the
bargain
of
Tyler
: hastily he demanded of the sexton, "whether measure we tneta out to others is measured the opening ofthe convention in the afternoon
fixed to the American name.
and Calhoun, to assume the defence of Texas Our introduction was by a gentleman of this Village
. he could show him the interior of the church unto us again."
even before the Treaty should be ratified, to who represented him, ns ho represented himself, a Wholethe committee on officers, reported the name
In
regard
to
the
Currency
we
do
not
say
at that hour £"
A Learned Judge*—They have a Judge of John A- King, for President, and also the what precise measure may be necessary to re- the Letter of Mr. Van Buren, and the speech sale dealer and importer of Dry Goods, and that he wish- "Certainlyy' was the reply. "Turn to the "Down-East" who always administers an oath
ed assistance in l i s business. Ho at once ordered from
Col. Benton.
names of eight Yice Presidents and four Sec- store to the People of this Union the advanta- of And
light, and f will overtake you with the keys in this wise:—
then the. debt of-Texas—does any one our printing establishment, a largo quantity of business
ges
of
a
currency
whicn
sb,allbe
of
uniform
before you reach the west door."
"You solemnly swear that tlliis ere you've retaries.
value In all parts of the Union and readily pretend to know its amount?) The Govern- cards, a part of which were executed, under his own
The church was one of considerable magni- put down here's true* so help j?ou," &c.
Committees on resolutions—Address-^-and transmissible from anyone to another—we do ment of tliat country does not, having issued name and that ofhls partner, /who by the way has been
tude and surpassing beauty. It was built in
the organization of the State, were appointed not say what agency can secure us against the stock without keeping any account of it, and more deeply imposed upon than all others.
.. the form of a. cross, and had formerly been the There is room for a new school district in
-taking no care beyond converting it into availhis
neighborhood.
—who severally made reports, which were dangers of. over issues of paper, which even able means atany conceivable discount, though Ho rented a cottage upon the bank, and a large store
chapelofa wealthy monastic order, suppressed
on tho corner of Ford and State streets, and prepared
now
appear
to
threaten
ns
in
defiance
of
our
at the period of the reformation. Near the
New Question in Algebra.—-la a late num- unanimously adopted. W e publish the Ad recent and terrible experience. W e do not bearing an interest of 10 per cent. All these- the latter for the reception of his goods. He engaged a
altar was a shrine, once the resort of pilgrims ber of Punch we find the following:
dress below. It is from the pen of Horace prescribe to Congress the means it shall em- stocks must be redeemed, the long unpaid sol- clerk and waited in greatuneasiness fprhis merchandise. '
from every clime, from its enclosing a fragGreely, and let every ono read it. It is an ploy to attain the great ends of National ben- diers and sailors of Texas must be satisfied— He showed his invoices amounting to some forty thouQues.
"What
are
imaginary
quantities
V
ment, of the true cross. You approached it
and paid from the fruits of your sweat and toil
Ans.
"
Pennsylvania
bonds,"
able, clear and convincing argument in favor eficence we seek. We do not doubt that, what- if Texa3 is annexed to this country. Silly is sand dollars, and made sales in advance of his arrivals to
by an aisle which waaliterally^ floor of tombever
may
be
the
instrumentality
employed,
evabout six or seven thousand dollars. He had a splendid
O^THalfthe new books advertised are not ofWhig principles. The convention was ably
stones, inlaid in brass with the forms of the
the finesse of pretending, by the Treaty of An- sign paipted, and labels for drawers to a large number,
ery
avenue
to
corruption
and
perversion
will
departed, Mitres, and crosiers, and spears, new books at all, W e see for example, "The and'eloquently addressed, by George Dawson, bo carefully guarded, and every- objection nexation to limit the Debt of Texas, which we
-in gilt, and all was moving on very much, no doubt to
. and shields, and helmets were all mingled to, Elements of Knowledge, with cute," a work
should pay, to Ten Millions of Dollars; we his liking, f h e merchants in town felt great uneasiness
which
experience
may
hate
indicated
or
a
Joshua
A,
Spencer,
Jaraee
Brooks
of
New
gether,—emblems of conquests, and honors, with which we are almost surp we made achostility may suggest will be fairly must pay to tho uttermost farthing if we take at such a formidable opposition and some aver that goods
and dignities, which had long since passed quaintance in very early years. At least a York, and sorao others, whose names we do reasonable
obviated,
and
very great improvements made her at all. The moment her National exist- felt for the day, though stocks remained in pace.
away. The .setting sun cast his mellow ra very vivid recollection of the '"cuts" still lin- not recollect.
on
any
agency
of former times; "But that, if ence is merged in that of this country, her
diance through the richly painted western gers on our mind. Had it been announced as
We wish that every voter in S t Lawrence, a paper currency is to be tolerated at all, it debts will be our debts, and we cannot tepudi- He was going heavily into the {purchase of wool »nd
as an earnest of his business intentions, made a special
window, and tipped with living Justro many of the "Elements of Knowledge" "without" cuts,, corfld travcrbcor* 4licraj»ndJxEardL flba.
Mwuld'tiu yiuiUcolly-on* curroocy-i"or tb« TJn- ate them. Her creditors will take the Ten deposits in bank of a package containing accordthe monuments of the line of Somerset. Some there might have been some little novelty.Millions
very
readily,
and
immediately
petition
tion of the Baltimore Loco Foco Convention, ion, and not twenty-six varying,fluctuating,in- Congress for the balance of their claims, and ing to bis tale about seventeen thousand dollars. Freriof the figures were of the size of life, and Punch
convertible Currencies, governed in volume
finely sculptured, And as the restless and
given by Mr; Brooks. I t was eloquent and and character by local interests and local ca- we cannot refuse to pay them. And all this ously to the deposits of this snug little sum, he said to
'New York Express.
agitated stranger gazed on them, they seemed
thrilling. H e remarked that the Loco Press prices—that it shall Decontrolled, watchedover time, of the Lands of Texas, almost every far- tho officers of the bank that ho had a draft upon the inAcceptance of JWr. X»^I,X»dLS.
to reply to his questioning glance, and slowly
tile acre which as not possessed and formida- stitution for thirteen hundred dollars by Wooster Shermurmur—"All on earth is but for a period; The Pennsylvanian of Saturday, says,— had accused the wbigs of rioting and debauch and guarded by Congres—and that the Presi- bly maintained by the warlike Indians of that man. The reply was, that it was quite singular that fi^r.
Early
yesterday"
morning,
Mr.
Dallas
was
ery, at their Convention. They accuse us, dent shall aid by his suggestions and co-operate region, has already been granted away in jjherman should draw upon them inasmuch as he had no
> joy> grief, triumph and desolation succeed
oach other like cloud and sunshine! • Care waited upon by Governor Fairfield, of Maine, said he, of such things, when in their conven. with the action of Congress in creating and se- principalities to speculators, whom Annexa- funds in bank, whereupon he carelessly replied,; that ho
and sorrow, change and. vicissitude, we haye Senator Walker, of Mississippi, and a number tion, I saw Mr. B. F . Butler, on the platform curing such a'Currency—not thwart, embar- tion will boundlessly enrich at the expense of was aware ofthe fact, but that the draft was not payable
rass and defeat such aciion-^we hold to be the your unpaid toil, *
proved likethee. Fighithe goodfightof faith of other delegates to the National Convention!
until the succeeding Monday, at which time he would
as we. Brave the combat, speed, race, and who announced to him through Governor endeavoring to be heard in favor of YaaBu dictate ofsound principles, of enlightened polipresent it and tbttt in the mean time, Mr. S. would proFairfield,
the
choice
which
had
been
made,
_
And
for
what
is
this
measure
of
Annexation
ren, while two members were endeavoring to cy and of patriotic duty.
stem the storm of life; and in God's own good
vide for his paper, Monday came and ths banfe was inand Mr. Dallas, though taken by surprise, pull him down, and others again, endeavoring
In opposition to the Whig policy in regard thrust upon us? Do we need more land?— formed that Mr. S._ had taken np ius. draft by other
time thou, like us, shall r e s t "
signified
his
willingness
to
aceept
the
nominaAre
we
likely
to
gain
in
wealth,
in
strength,
" I wish," said the stranger, when he had
to pull them down>—The Ohio members pro- to the Currency, what is proposed to you ?—
means. The special deposite was than made, 'with."tho
traversed the church, "to descen.d into the tion proffered him by his democratic friends, testing against the. two-third rule, and threat What advantages for the present! What se- in character, b y so dearly'purchasing Texas ? ordinary request, that it should be safely kepf, as it conthinking
it
due
to
the
party
to
allow
hia
name
Surely
not.
What
then
is
the
motive
?
The
Somerset vault; It's a sickly, foolish fancy of
curity for the future? Does the policy of our
sisted of the Suffolk Bank bills of Boston. .mine 5' but I choose to gratify it. Which is to be thus used when they considered it advan- ening to leave the Convention, while a member opponents even admit the usefulness of a Cur- answer of the advocates of Annexation is He then spent three or four days in attempting to netageous
to
the
cause,
Slavery.
Slavery
in
Texas,
they
say—(falsefrom
Louisiana
cried
out
that
Louisiana
would
the door?"
rency which shall be ofthe same value to the
gotiate with the Bank a draft of hit own, on the Suffolk
"Nay that's no part of our bargain,'' Said Another Loco Poco paper in Philadelphia, not go "Van Buren, and a member from N . Y. man who enclosed it at Portsmouth and him ly, We know, by indisputable evidence)—-is in Bank, Ho sent a letter to the latter TJankby a banker
the Timesi states,, that at S: o'clock in the exclaimed, then touch a match to the conven- who by mail receives it at Du Buque or Ga- danger from the machinations of England,
the sexton doggedly; «'you go.not there.?
of this village, stating (hat he should/drew on tfiittnsti?
" I ant not accustomed to refusals when I morning, many of the delegates to Baltimore,
lena?—to him who sends it from New York and wo must take that country to prevent the tution for two thousand dollars, at different times, and
tion
and
blow
the
party
all
up
together,
and
state pay wishes," said the soldier, fiercely who had just got into Philadelphia from Baltito Wisconsin to buy lands, and him who re. emancipation of its bondmen. But if this premore,, went to Mr. Daftas'ahoiuse, and wakened during all this time amid hisses, cries and mits it from Wisconsin to New York to buy text were real^ what right have Messrs. Ty- sent also the firm signature of his partner. He took
and haughtily. "Lead the Way, old man!''
took special pain* to let the contents of this letter be
. "Not for the Indies! It's as much as my him, Mr. Walker among thetu. The appear- groans, as though all Pandemonium had broke goods? Do they propose any safeguard a- ler, Polk & Co. to involve the Union in an known. The Bank refused to discount his paper, but
ance
of
Mr.
Walker
at
his
door
at
that
hour
of
unjust
contest
for
the
perpetuation
of
Slavery
place is Worth. Our present rector is one of
loose—tlwhammor of the President, went gainst excesses in paper issues or sudden conconsented to receive it and pay the. money On advice of
the most particular persons that eVer ^peered the morningt Iqd Mr. Dallas to fear that his rap—rap—rap—in the vain endeavor to pre- tractions in the Circulating Medium t If we in a Foreign Nation? Slavery in our own its
ctceKjbtcmce. This disconcerted his scheme and he
from a pulpit. He talks about the sanctity of daughter,-who was in* Washington, was ill, and
country
is
a
local
regulation
we
of
the
North
admit that the best efforts to secureor preserve
did
not offer the draft,
!,
*;•;
serve
order.
H
e
drew
a
vivid
picture-of
the
"the dead, in a way that makes one stare. Be- he hastened down stairs, half dressed and
a public good may sometimes fail, is it not cer- disclaim and reject j .why shall we be comsides it is the burial place of ail the family." barefooted, to hear from hiim, "when," (we whole affair, & the contemptible servility ofthe tain that an ntter absence of effort—a denial pelled to pour,out our blood ana"treasure to In the mean time, his goodshadnot arrived and excuse
..-.--.
"The very reason for which I wish to see i t " quote from the same paper, the Times,) "when, Northern members of that convention, who even ofthe duty to make any effort—must be sustain it in other iands? We appeal to the seemed necessaryv
"Not with my will," said Moulder firmly. to his Utter amazement, in walked sixty or finally quietly submitted to the Bouthernyoke. far more frequently and widely disastrous?— Constitution, and Will;not be dragged beyond He accordingly produced a letter on Thursday, morn"Besides, there's nothing to see, nothing but more gentlemen, two by two, with the tread But we must desist, for time would fall us, How can you expect that they will do any good i t ! All that our lathers covenanted with the ing, to a forwarding -merchant of this pi ce, stating that
lead coffins, on -my lifeI"
of soldiers passing bjm by, and entering his
who frankly tell you that they consider it South in relation to Slavery we will faithfully one boat load of them had been lunk h j aocidept in the
perform—nothing more.' W e disclaim all canal. He was noty Very busji-rhe sought some legal
"JierfeV* cried the stranger. And he placed front parlor as though to make him a captive." to give a full report of his speech—several ex- wrong to do any thing at all ?
We can readily imagine ithe •'utter amaze- cellent songs were sung by the tftjca Glee But the Sub Treasury is unburied by the right to interfere with the domestic polity of advice of ourselves and anxiously inquired who would be
a piece of gold on the: sexton's-trembling palm.
" I dare not, sir ; indeed I darenot," said ment"- of a polished and refined gentleman Club, and the convention adjourned at half late Polk Convention at Baltimore, and we are our sister States—-we will be faithful to our the best appraisers of damages; notified the consignee
the latter entreating ly, as if he* felt the tempta like Mr. Dallas, at such a scene. It grew, past 10 in the evening, with nine cheers ibr told by its resolutions that "the separation of bond—but to ask us to adopt a Foreign Na- not to accept the drenched bales and boxes; employed
lion was more than he could resist.
we presume, out of "the excitement" caused Clay and protection:
the moneys of the Government from Banking tion, a Foreign Debt, a Foreign War, to up- a neighboring legal brother to bring an action, on th»
"Another," said his companion, and a sec- by a night trip from. Baltimore to that city.—
institutions is indispensable for the safety of the hold Slavery in another country, lest its abo- case against the carriers and in order to dispense as maond piece of the same potent metal glittered in But to proceed ;
"
';
funds ofthe Government and the rights ofthe lition there should affect its security hej?e, is ny blessings as possible upon the profession, employed*
-theoid man's grasp.
"Mr. Dallas not having the slightest connother erudite lawyer, up town, to draw his partnership
people Now it is a very short answer to this asking-tod much. .
"Welfv" said Moulder, drawing a long and ception of their object, stoodl thunder-struck at Freemen of Nm York:
sophism thatits authors and advocates are care, This incessant clamor about Foreign inter- articles, these matters being despatched, ho called at
heavy sigji, if yotr must you mustt I would the scene. Mr. Walker lied hum HH>„ the
In behalf o( a portion of your fellow citi- ful noi to reduce U to practice where ikey have ference—this diseased sensitiveness, to the our office about one o'clock in the afternoon and wished
rather* you wouldn't—I'm sure no "good will ;baok parlor. 'My dear - Walker,' said he, in zens.associated in efloits to promote the election •ftiUjmser.. Most manifestly, if this 'separa- opinions of Europe—-this eternal outcry, that us to ride out with him. We excused ourself oh the
come of it—but if you insist .upon it, sir—if amazement, 'whatis the matter?' 'Wait one of H E N R Y C L A Y «s President, and tion' is so 'indispensable' with regard to the we are to be sacrificed to the wiles of Great ground of business. He thereupon gave us to underyou insist upoia it"—and slowly and reluctant- mpmehtj if ypa pleaae»^allieti—wait one • mo- T H E O D O R E PRELINGHTJYSEN a s funds and functionaries of the INatumal Govern- Britain, is an exhibition of cowardice that stand that the object of the ride was business, and w»»
. ty he unclosed the ponderous door which memyif you please/ The folding doors were Vice President ofthe Union, we appeal to you ment, it is equally, so with regard to those of every sensible American should contemn and but a few miles, on the roa.1 to Morristown. Wis at
opened into the vault. >
then thrown open, and the whole delegation, for ardent and energetic cooperation in the the State GovemmonU. .'Why, then, do not despise. If England should ever assail the once mounted an excellent horse Which he as of course,
The burial place of the Somersets was large stepping forward* gave three deafening peers great work-of National beneficence which has these politieitnsjput their principles in practice South, or any other section of our country, we had provided and rode off. On arriving at the boui« "
and imposing. It was evidently of antique for'POLK andDiXLAs!' Mr* D. stood para- calUd us together. We shall endeavor to in those seventeen or eighteen States in which are ready to meet her and defend our breth- designated by hiim, he concluded that he would not call
construction and of very considerable extent. lyzed. Mr. Walker enjoyed hia diapon)fiture. speak briefly and to the purpose.
they have been in power the past year T Time ren so assailed^ but to be eternally suspecting on going up, but as he had business at Morristown would
Escutcheons, shields, hatchments, and helmets, Gov. jPairfieldjof Maine, then stepped forward, •Wecome bsforeyoo with no hackneyed ap- after time has the .gross inconsistency of their and accusing her without evidence, of designs proceed thither,' and thither we went.' On arriving there
werei ranged around the wall?, all referring to and in the name of the delegation, announced peals to bygons distinctions—no unworthy at- practice, with their professions been* pressed sho utterly disclaims, and thereupon plunge we called upon our friends, leaving him busily engaged
those who were 4almly sleeping within its his nomination."
'
tempts to parpatsat* the prejudices and hatreds upon their notice-—again and again have they ourselves into acts of rapacity and aggression at tho public house writing to "persons and to parts unglflomy ?ec:e!sest while coffins, pile upon pile, jHere Washistriohis effect with a vengeance. engendered by the party strifes of mouldering been urged to give some reuonor atjeastsome —this we are utterly averse to.
T-\\
occupied Ibe centre* One single window or Here is a scene worthy off Barley's graphic generations. Let the dead bury their dead. We excuse for not merely depositing with and bor- But in truth thore is no thought of Foreign known," On our return, iie made some nominal business, ordered the homes, paid the bill and rod* furiously
spiracle, of fifteen inches in diameter, passed pencil. Mr. Dallas,half dreaied and bSirefoot, ask not whetbitfjour fctb*rt»ympathixtd and towing frpm, but largely lending to our State interference to'abolish Slavery in Texas, and
upwauda through the, thick masonry»to the ex* with Mr* Walker by his^sido in one room, im- struggled with WMhiagton, Msrshall and Jay, Banks, and in, every way complicating and. in- no danger of any crusade thence against the homeward*. But her* we shall introduce oar fair readternal air beyond.and one of those short mass- mediately' before sixty-twoi "grave* venerable or with Jefferson, Madison and George Clinton terweaving our state Ffnances with the fortunes Slavery of the South. "The whole plot is the ers to another scene.
ive pillars, which we gometimes see m the convehUonists," and Gov. f'airfield.addressing in the political contests of forty or fifty year* of those Banks while they, are so "vociferous contrivance of selfish,/designing politicians, Soon after starting for home, ho stated thai ha w i i to
be married the next morning at Morristown, u $ that he
v crypts: of very ancient cburchesj stood irt the him in their narao. The desired effect how. ago.
It suffices us to know that you e«rnwtly for? a 'divorce .of .Bank and State/ but not. a and of. graspin^heedy Speculators, anxious to
bad jflst called; upon the. lady. He felt flo 4oubt, the
• centre and supported the roof. , oyer,, was- produced*.
* ' { desire and strive for the well$eir% of your wordofieasoo or apology-do they offer! I« turn their Texas bonds, costing dimes into so
important necessity of taking a utand in our society by
FRONTIER SENTINEL.
It:'
HENRY CLAY,
TPWBB1 FBEL1N0IPISM,
THE GREAT ISSUE.
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