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1 11 E~ M A UTsu NIXN.
LETTERS FOR THE PACIFIC.
A mail will be tunde up at the Navy Department,
on Fiiday, the 15ih instant, to be forwarded
by a packet from Noifolk to Chagrc*.
Letters received on or before that day, can he
sent by this conveyance.
THE ANNUAL REPORT Ok THE POSTMAS
J % I tKR GfiNERAL,
Published on Friday, will be read with more
than usual attention, in consequence of the
clamor attempted to be raised against him for
I- u/?' orrtauymrfflsoetweentheNorth and South, J
L nppasinned bv foffs and storms ; and la3t, though J
1 not least, for the alleged exorbitant postage
charged by him on letters, newspapers, <tc.?
Because the Executive officer deemeJ it his
duty to obey the laws of Cougress, and submit
to those of Nature, a certain class of scribblers
have attempted to convince their readers that he
is a despot and a tyrant.
But it appears that the Postmaster General
has been too busy in the discharge ol his official
functions to adopt the many wise suggestions of
the disinterested censors of his public conduct.
It appears from the Report that in cousequcnce
of tire private Expresses, the rectipis of the Department,
during the last year, have declined
1^250,000?and yet by a rigid economy and extraordinary
exertion?, the Postmaster General
has succeeded in making the*Depar:ment pay its
own expenses.
The service of the special agents is spoken of
in commendable terms?and deservedly commendable,
for by their exertions the depiedato.s
have keen promptly brought to justice.
The recent suit against Adams & Co. for
transposing matter out of the mails, was decided
in favor of the defendants, it seems, be
cause the law in relation thereto was enacted before
railroads were used, and hence only steamboats,
coaches and horses were named. So
Messrs. Adams & Co. escaped by means of a
quibble. If Congress shall now fail to embrace
railroads in the act, the Treasury will, of course,
have to supply the deficiency in the revenue occasioned
by such neglect.
Some of the public journals denounce the
Post Office system as a monopoly, and say it
should be abolished. The Postmaster General
deems the present the proper time to settle that
m question. Of course he feels no greater interest
in the matter than any other good citizen should.
The receipts of the Department do not go into
his pocket, nor are the expenses paid out of his
private purse. Bui we fancy these abolitionists
are like other abolitionists?their views being all
on one side. We will quote a paragraph or so
from the Report,in relation to them, which they
will hardly answer:
Between New York and Boston, between Phil
adelphia and Baltimore, between New York and Buffalo,
individual enterprise might supply the wants of
the community in llic rapid and cheap transportation
of letters and packets. W ill the same enterprise penetrate
the savannahs and #wam|? of the South, or the
nil.is of the West, and daily or weekly convey to tindoor
of the planter and the husbandman the letter of
business or friendship, the intelligence of commerce
and politics?
Individual enterprise may be rewarded by the payment
of sis cents for carrying a letter between New
York and Bos ion, but can ihut same enterprise be invoked
to carry a letter for 25 cents daily between
Pliila lelphia and Si. Louis, or from Chicago to Savannah,
or Irom St. Augustine, Florida, to Burlington
in Iowa.
If the great thoroughfares between commercial
cities are left to the operations of private posh, I
the extreme points, whose connections in business
and commerce tend to swell the postage collected
at the cities, must sutler, or the means to tfach them
by the mails be furnished out of tlie general Treasury.
On the subject of a reduction of postage, the
PoitmnsU-r General's argument it conclusive.
He i? in favor of making f ostages conform to
our cur.ency, but no material reduction, unitsp
Congress will make appropiiaiioni from the
T r. n <11 r v in rrirrv on I lie Dei arlnicn i. Tin
I speculations of American writers on this subI
ject have been founded on false premises?their
I mguments in favor of reduction, based on palL
pahle Ijn r.in.c. 'Ilit v hare asseru-d that the
redurtion adopted in Great Britain iurrrum'l
the revenue, whereas the official documents ad
duced in the Report, prove the contrary. A loss
of two-thirds oi the revenue, by ibe reduction
exp riment, was sustained ? whib- the expense
was inert ased 30 per cent. I
We doubt not the experiment would be far
^ more disastrous in this country?for it must be
^ remembered that there la as much territory in
three of our large States as there is in the United
Kingdom.
If the present amount of mail service be kept
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up, me I'SUUiaie ui cA|?tii?inuirs tiuiiug uit* iicai
year, is put at $4,500,000; i.nd the Postmaster
General thinks the establishment should he made
to pay its own expenses, else in the absence ofn
rigid accountability great corruptions will spring
up. He is doobile?? c > rert. But if it is to pay
its own expenses, the Postmaster O'eneral
must be permitted to administer the Department
according to taw? and not the selfish
croakers to suit ihr-ir pi irate convenience.
The Ilep >rt is written in a statesmanlike style
?succinct yet comprehensive, and obvious to
all under-tandings.
tiie report of The secretary of
THE NAVY,
which we published on Thursday, is the sub1
ject ol general commendation lo day. The spirit
crinced by the head of the Department, in
his recomnu ndatiuns and observations, not only
affords evidence of hi? intimate acquaintance
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: intellect, but of #n honest pride and fc?my in|
terfcsf in the prosperity of this popular arm of the
' national defence. Without the latter uo man
would be fully qualified U> #ewh||gg^ tif functions
of the Sectetary of the thai it I
is possessed in an eminent degree by Mr. tleu:
feh tw, no one will doubt whose attention has
been enchained by the elegant and uervoua docindent
referred to.
w e re-copy a paragraph or so, which particularly
stiuck us as retriaikubie specimens of
shrewd observation, corrept judgment, and bold
and original conception:
The ships proposed to be employed ere built and
afloat; the officers necessary to eouwatod them are
mostly in commission and. ?ad?rfpt?the deterioration
of the ships is* f&tloijfeCe fWtffe in service than
When laid itoin ordhudfy^~me officers degenerate by
idlfnes^wthHf they pe improved by service. The
expense of manning and Mailing these ships, of course,
M greater than when laid up. But we can have com
patent and
event of a wur with a maritime power, would be in
effect but adding tj the force of the enemy at the nation's
cost and to the national disgrace. I have there- |
fore no hesitation in recommencing the employment 1
of a sufficient number of vessels to require the services J
of-every officer that can be spared from shore duty 1
and capable of sea service. I
Wf are sure I lie whole country will respond 1
approvingly to the above new suggestion.
Tlie following paragraph will likewise be acknowledged
lo contain a most valuable sugges J
tion:
I respectfully suggest a modification of the ration, j
so as to dispense with the spirit portion now allowed.
That the frequent and habitual use of ardent spirits (
injuriously affects the human system, is a truth he- t
lii-veil to be now generally understood and admi t'd
by all intelligent physiologists. Its evil influences are g
not less on ti e moral than on the physical conoition
of man. A large proport.on of the punishments in- r
Aided upon the seamen is for drunkenness, or the t
immediate effects of drinking ardent spirits?insubor- a
dination in its various forms. In abo.ishing the spirit
ration, punishments and disease will be bss frequent,
and th? whole moral and physical condition '
and character of the men will be improved. I there- t
fore cannot too strongly recommend that no spirits be
allowed in the rations of those who enlist in future,
and that the right i f commuting the spirit ration for
money be continued to those already enlisted./ f
But the whole of this interesting Report will v
be attentively read, and we think approved, by- '
every intelligent citizen. 1
THE ADDRESS"
Of the Baltimore City Convention, published t
in this day's paper, is written in lite spirit of j
truth and eloquence?but the purpose of its au- I
thors and approvers in the different wards, has I
already been forestalled by the Central Jacobin 1
Club, in perpetual session at Washington.
The "great Globe" has repeatedly said that 1
Mr. Tyler's name "shall not" be uttered in the
Baltimore Convention?and the friends of Vau
Buren have sustained it. It has a-saikd and
calumniated the President and the friends of
his Administration, even more than the Clay {
presses?and the friends of Mr. Van Buren in ,
Cimgrt ss hare made it their organ. There- i
fore, as far as the power and might of the Van l
Buren party can gu, the Globe is omnipotent. <
The Conven'ion to nteel at Baltimore in May '
may be a Van Buren, not a National Conven- 1
tion. It may tnc-rely meet to register the edicts I
of the Globe, and engage in the mockery of a
formal vote on matters already irrevocably decided.
One hundred and thirty-eight votes will
be a majority in Convention?ibe Globe has already
(it thinks) secured the appointment of one
hundred at,d ninety Van Buren delegates. Bui
the friends of Calhoun, Johnson, Buchanai^ai.d
Cass will be admitted, as they were in Caucus
last week, humbly (if they will) to lay their pretensions
at the feet of the Globe despots?
Their many off-nces?their eelfinh aspirations?
will be pardoned, provided they swell with tbeir
presence the triumphal procession of Mr. Van
Burcn in 1845, and of??, his nppointed succes- 1
sor, in '49 and '53.
If there be any of the Democratic friends of
President Tyler in Baltimore, or elsewhere, who
would prefer to render an abject and unconditional
submission to the despotic Jacobin Club
at Washington, than to take their dunces with
the ttndaui ted Constitutional Republican at the
head of the Government, it would be well for
them to a t at once?while the despot* are flush
$d with the spoils of victory, and inclined to mercy.
The least hesitation on the part of Democrats,
wil certainly bring down upon them
their terrible wrath; for all, all who have everdared
to pronounce the name of J< hn Tyler,
coupled with any expressions of approba'ion, are
mat ked?long since marked?and unless the
i present moment he *ei7cd to propitiate the Club,
they are doomed lo certain destruction. We,
who know John Tyler best, prefir lobe destroyed
with liitn, rather than undergo the humilialing
ceremony of craven submission lo the base
inquisitorial tribunal e*tabli?hed by the tools of
Mr. Van Buren .it Washington. And we want
none but true men to stand by us.
We doubt not the Baltimore city Democratic
Tyler Convention will cheerfully share the fate
' reserved foi the President.
History and Conquest or Mexico with a
Preliminary view of the Ancient Mexican
Civilization, anpthf. Like or the Conqueror
Hernando Cortez.?By W. H. Prescott. In
3 volumes. Harper & Brothers.
We have received from Mr. Kranck Taylor,
of ihit city the first volume (the two others
will follow iu quick succession) of this superb
woik. The citizens of the Un ted States know
I comparatively little of the history of Mexico, anil
hence, we doubt not, this excellent work will be
sought with avidity at this particular juncture.
This work is undoubtedly far superior to Solis'
or Robertson's history, being compiled from
authentic documents, to which tlifc others had
! not access.
The Mf.ssaoe meets with favor from all quarters,
! all give It the credit of being a well written and urn!
tibia document, which is more than can he taid of
i soma mesaagea.?lAdfrr.
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WASHINGTON : MONDA
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ANOTHER ilklN BGAlifc
(iwvircWMr Sfittfiitiuti, u( Oluu, in ttu elaborate ea?i?y
to u euawittoa ulTybj oca in Rial State, tn?* iuruiallj
!;;a H ai'j luUic Ar atonal \.iiniiu?tratu>n.
1'id has intruUfil^ ?itbuut rtfiti vatioo ani"?g
JwhaTyterN"Oorj>orai Utiad."?ffarridurg t/itiuH.
Thus the Globed . diets are enforced. Wheo
the read-out ;wiy Wcome* tin- $tfonge?jfy we
prwuBK the (jlobu suit altdii-ate.
Hocsfc: op lFlr.rii:? ? rivei,
December 7, 1643.
Sir : In I tut Mailinmiin of thii morning I am re*
port oil a* having advocated the ad ption of General
VloKuy'n resolution on the subject of the public print- ,
iog. I Muggeated merely an amendment by i nee rung
the word "hereafter," which, aal conceived, ww neceaiary
to give more eip'icitly to the House the power
to coot rol as to pricea, Ac., of the printing of Congress
provided for by the joint resolution if 1610. My
amendment ffu accepted, and the resolution, ai uio?b
ihi J, adopted.
Yours, Ac.
EDWARD CROSS.
Editor Madison an.
ADDRESS OF THE BAE1IMORE f
WWrl p. m(lr?fo^tEniTen STATCS.
FeUow Cilizriis :
In addressing you, at thia interesting epoch of our
lolitical affairs, we deem it proper to declare to you,
n the very ouset, that we profess to be disciples of
.he Jefforsonian school in the fullest and most em*
>halio sense ; and, that all our acta are based upon '
.he firm conviction that the course we have adopted
ivill best secure the success of the principles which J
|vere inculcated by that great apostle of Democracy, 1
ind which were so gloriously practised by the illus:rious
Jackson. To the accomplishment of this end
ill our efforts will be directed, and in order to give
orce to these efforts, we, in the name of those princilies
which all Democrats hold dear, invite your most
mrneit co-operation.
The time is at hand, when the Democratic party
hould frankly canvass the relative pretensions and
nerits of the various candidates whose names have
c
teen presented to the Democracy, for consideration .
it the Convention which is to be held ia May next.
Jur opponents who?if they present an example wor.hy
of imitation in any thing, it is in untiring Indusry,
and consummate party organization and discipline
?have already got the name of their favorite familiar
o every child in the land; while the Democratic f
>arty distracted by the bright galaxy of excellence, (
vbich belongs to it, are unQccided ma to who shall be j
be man of their choice. To delay longer, is to jeo- ^
>ardize our being as a party, and to place in imnii- ,
tent hazard the principles for which we, as a party, (
:ontend. Each of the gentlemen who are now con- ,
lidered in the field, have warm perspnal friends, and .
f discussion is delayed until the moment for aclec- (
don arrives, differences may arise, which will be
hard to conciliate; whereas, by timely discussion, tha
mind of the whole party may be prepared to abide | ^
the issue of the Convention, and to harmonize in energetic
action for the regular nominee.
These considerations have conduced to the | (
formation of the body which now addresses you, and '
without attempting to tarnish the fair fame or to detract
from the great excellence of any one of the <
gentlemen whose ndmes hare been presented to the
party; and yielding to each, the tribute due to well
tried worth. We yet think that wisdom and gratitude,
both point to the present distinguished incum- ' ^
bent of the Presidential Chair, as the man in whom
lur mnat tonvntna hnnac nM Ia Ka ."'ili - .? <1 .111.1 Ia i
country or commanded the attention of Congress;
bringing always to the contest an energy of purpose |
and a force of eloquence which was almost irresistible.
In the campaign which ended in the elevation of
General Harrison to the Presidency, Mr. Tyler next
appeared as a prominent actor; and throughout the
whole extent of that campaign, his conduct was in
perfect accordance with his former life ; for in every
stage of the canvass he declared, on all proper occasions,
or indeed whenever he was called on so to do,
that the opinions he had ever entertained on all the
great questions of Government, ho still entertained.
And that these opinions were the result of a settled
conviction that the perpetuity of the institutions of a
Republican Government, and the happiness of ou?
I
"U? ^UII^UIUV HUJ'VO HIV iV UV I VtiiUiVU | CUIU kU
whom our most devoted thanks are due: Called to the |
responsibilities of the high station he now occupies
under the most embarrassing circumstances, and sub- (
jected to the most harassing trials that could possibly
beset a public functionary, he met them all with '
a calmness and decision which plainly exhibited a
mind fit to encounter any emergency. He has, thus '
far, safely steered the ship of Slate through the 1
most troubled sea that ever.agitated our political '
ocean.
His whole life has been an illustration of the most '
genuiue devotion to the principles of the great '
fathers of Democracy. Born in the birth-place of 1
patriots, heroes, and sages, of a race whose history
is identical with the history of American freedom, '
and educated in the school of Democracy under the 1
immediate eye of its great masters ; we find that, as 1
soon as he reached his majority, he was called to take
part in the legislative counci s of his native State.?
Here, in the very beginning of hit career, he urged, '
with all the powers of a vigorous mind, an adherence 1
to the principles which had elevated Mi. Madison
to the Pre-s dency. Here, too, in the very incipiency
of his public life, he recognised, and insisted on, the <
right of instruction as a principle eminently charac- I
terislic of a Republican Government. And when, >
twenty-five years afterwards, he was called upon to I
perform an act which he could not censcientiously
do, he exhibited his devotion to that principle,
even (hough that devotion deprived him of the
dignities of the Henatorial chair.
Continued in the Legislature of Virginia until ma- |
turity of years rendered him fit to ent< r Congress, he 1
was chosen as a representative in that ho ly as soon
at he was eligible to a seat in it. No sooner was he
there, than, though with apparently unequal grasp, ,
he grappled with its mightiest rnin t in defence of i
that cherished m.ixim of Democracy, ".1 rig id construction
of the Constitution," and at the very n.xt
session of Congress he arrayed himself against (l1-./
" ikff.rnal machine"?a Bank of the United
?and all that has been said against that insti.
irt after years,was but a recapitulation and ari arnpTfi-"^
cation of his stupendous argument at that lime. AN i
though comparatively a boy, he exhibited the wisdom
of a sage, and, almost, the spirit of prophecy. Tru- I
lyhas Mr. Benton said of him, " There lives not a
man on earth so long and so deeply committed against i
a National Bank as Mr. Tyler." For no man has so i
long nnd so consistently exposed its iniquities. From <
that time until the moment in which he resigned his
seat in the Senate of the United Slates in 1836, ho
was identified with, and prominently concerned in,
every great Democratic measure which agitated the ,
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jivere expected to use % "generous conti- I'
... . fas to the result. The political gamesters who (j
nanagpd the movements of that uody, were actuated g
jy a dt^ire to break down the administration of Mr. ?
t' an I5?ren ; for this purpose they sought to bring be- ~
'ore the People men whose personal popularity w ould 'fl
jvcrcobie all obstacles to their success. Having in r<
r ew tie heartless determination to sacrifice, in the P1
si
;nd, these very men, if they did not yield an implicit ^
obedience to tlieir wishes; if they did not follow with
ilavish pliability the edict of the Dictator, who was tl
he chiif wire-worker of the whole machinery. S
With the.e schemes well elaborated, they placed ?
the names of Wm H. Harrison and John Tyler be- p
fore the People of the United States, as candidates tl
or the offices of President and Vice President. One p
if thoss violent reactions which at times come across ^
he political world, aud which frequently act as the tc
afeguards of Republican institutions, favored their qi
iperations by drawing Irom the Democratic ranks a 11
arge number of voters. In fact, the People ap- ^
>eared willing to trust to a change in the hands of w
uch men. The wave of popular feeling rolled in iu
heir fsror, and the nominees of this Convention were ol
ilected. All inscrutable Providence took the Presi- ai
tc
idi ot from the theatre of action before the hour of ai
lie trial arrived. Here was a result which, if it
tould have been anticipated by the anti-Democratic
eaders of the Convention, they would have sacri- ^
iced their right hands rather than have had John di
Tyler as Vice President. But having their minds in- b;
ensely bent upon the success of their schemes, this el
wo* a result lliat entered not into their calculations.
They now felt that they were powerless in the hands \
?f a strong man, and they writhed in agiuy. n
By this "impressive dispensation" of an All- ?
Wise Being, John Tyler became invested with the \
powers and reaponsibiiities of the Executive Chair.
Whether ha has performed the duties of it in such a '
manner as to entitle him to the support of the Deino- '
critic party?let the facts answer : 'u
in Ute earlier part of his sdmlnistration, Jie was sur- (
rounded by a Cabinet not only not of his own selection, I y
but some members of winch were in open enmity |
w^b?? i know n and firmly fixed principles, a
Vjw *" JUT' <,J* for the efiartor of 44
!^2m>nal\flPi the distribution of the proceeds of ^
lite sales of Ihe public lands, and other equally anth ih
Republican and iniquitous projects frustrated, the H
moment be rane into power. And who therefore l"
bent ail thei^ ingenuity at once to the purpose of bia ^
leslruction, politically or morally. Titus we see him th
Jcset, time after time, with plans for the charter of ll>
i Bank, to have acquiesced in any one of which
would hare rendered him wholly unworthy of confi- 0I
lence morally, for he had repeatedly declared them re
all to be at variance with the provisions of that Con- !*
ititution which he had sworn to "prtterre, jrolect and y
lefentisnd to refuse his assent to, they fondly *
lioped, would damn him politically, for they would li
dien raise the cry of 44perfidy," "treachery," fcc. w
lo the party which had elevated him to power.?
(low steadily, how earnestly they persisted in their ni
diabolical machinations, the history of the times will
abundantly prove; and how triumphantly he rose, j
inperior to their wiles, the sbouls of a redeemed Do- y
mocracy amply testify. bi
When the full force of the truth became known to jjj
his enemies, and they felt how ulU riy hopeless of an
meets* were all their projects for the creation of a ui
Bank to pamper stock jobbers and brokers at the expensc
of the honest yeomanry of the country?then Bj
did they pour out their vials of wrath on his devoted th
head?then did they assail him with the vilest abuse c|
and the most course vitupera Ion that the malignant jV
hearts of disappointed demagogues could suggest. c|
The sanctity of bis Cabinet councils was violated, T
and, with the most unblushing effrontery, his confi- 04
denlial conversations wore reported and miarepre- <;i
scntcd, while he, deserted and cakimuiated by the n
party who had elevated him to power, and unclaim- n
ed by the one whose cherished hopes he had saved ''
from destruction, and who should hare sustained liiaa l("
in the hour of his trial, stood alone, and, in the ma |(
jesty of virtus, maintained the right in despite of all ?1
opposition, and independent of all party support; ex- ^
hibitmg a picture of moral grandeur for the adraira- ?
lion ol the world in all after ages.
Si*ice thai time he lias ?leu<lfa?tlj pursued the
< Tour?e of action, and in hie Administration, a* *'
^wliolc former life, lie ha? shown the muet per* a
feci devotion to the doctrine* of Democracy, and a C
manly fearlessness in the support of them.
Has he not maintained the doctrine, that the only *
legitimate source of power ia the I'eople? tl
Has he not maintained the doctrine of a rigid con- r
(truclion of the Constitution, the only safe-guard *
i gainst a usurpation of power on the part of Gov- n
Brnment that was never conceded to it? tl
Has he not maintained the doctrine of an eco- ?
nominal administration of the Government?
Has he not maintained the doctrine of a moderate (
discriminating Tariff? r
Has he not maintained a consistent opposition to J
any plan for the charter of a Bank of the United c
Slates? I
Has he not maintained inviolate the public faith? f
H.ia he not maintained the honor of tho nounlry 5
againat foreign aggression ? J
If he has done these things, and that he has his (
past life will abundantly prove?and if he has the <
moral firmness to preserve the right, in despite of ail *
opposition?and that he has, the anathemas of the j
Whigs, now poured out against him, afford sufficient j
evidence?then should he not i*ceive the support of '
the genuine Democracy of the country ?
We ask you, fellow-citizens, in view of the present ,
c. '<*1 it ion of the political parliee>~of the great questions I
w etch now agitate the country?of hit long and brjl 1
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nss&ssion of Ii?e citadel. Ai.J lor what has all U.is fi
:en done? Because, sav the-Whigs, he has been a o
a'.tor to his prum 'uus ; because be has defeated the ;t
eat measures which the Whigs proposed to con- < ;
iiumate when they obtained the power. Very well il
-this might be very ,ju?t ground' for their opposition, di
id abuse, if you will, were it true that he had been d<
at traitor, which he has not; but it can be no good hi
lason for us, whose cause lie has sustained, whose ai
-inciples be has endeavored to advance, why we in
iould aid bis bitterest enemies in crushing him, that ai
icy may ride into power. di
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c iiitvc repcuieuiy repeiiea me cnarge made Dy Hi
le Whigs that Mr. Tyler deceived them with re- Ik
ai d to his opinions 011 the Bank of the United States, "i
r the Tariff, as we had sufficient proof, of our own es
nowh dge, having taken an active part in the cam- sb
aign of 1810, and frequently meet their speakers on at
le hustings in various parts of the country before the sa
eople, where we endeavored to fasten them to those pi
sues, but which they always denied and pronounced
stale slander; and in the South would always refer s;:
i the well known opinions of John Tyler, on these fa
uestious, to prove (he falsity of our charges as to y<
leir future intentions; but it is not our aim, at this ai
me, to travel over the ground, which has been so n.
rten beaten, and which is so well known to the p
hole country, and so well understood by every tyro T
i politics; neither do we wish to turn the columns h<
f bile which is levelled at the President by the Globe,
id the whole tribe of that genus, from their "d.r/y
orfc," but we intend to point the People to facts, p
ad let them judge between the parties.
When the Extra Session, of 1841 commenced,
le President, in his first message to Con-ess,took
occasion to say the United States Bank,
le State Bank Deposite System, and the lndepen- g,
snt Treasury System had been all three repudiated
yihe people; and if it was true of either, as prev.ous ca
ections had in. st assuredly shown it was in relation p
> the Bank, it was caUinly so regarding the lnde- pj
i ndent Treasury, as that was the only uaue the
Vdiigs met, und openly opposed as a contrivance "to &
ivc one currency for the people and another curieney v
jr tie Government," if we except the humbug of the g
handing Army, out of which two meaturea the t|
N higs made the most real capital. t|
It will be recollected here that Mr. Clay had taken ^
lis stand in the Senate as the leader of the Whig par- n
jr, having by finesse got Webster out of the way, by
lacing him in the Harrison Cabinet, where he could
c overruled by his own creatures, through Mr. e,
/rittenden, the only talented man in that Cabinet, p
larrisou himself was looked upon as a mere cypher, ?
nd if he had any good traits, they were neutralized j,
y the Bells, Grangers, and Ewings that were placed ol
round him. This same Clay-guard of Jannissaries C(
ere the <.*i>? 13 and Sf.ica upon Mr 1'v.ler lojt il. , te
it beginning, and it wiif the great error he ooiuintt- ,:r
d against himself, that he did not immediately cut ^
lem adrift, and surround himself with his friends.? ; tb
aving things so arranged, Mr. Clay's first move was ; ar
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it the control of Jan, and to commit the President ij,
some course of action ; consequently the repeal of hi
c Independent Treasury act was decided upon in (h
0 Senate, sent to the House, passed instanter there, fa
mded to the President, who signed it at once, know- ih
g that there were sufficient ciiecks land guards up- aJ
1 the public treasure, in the law of 1787, and the pj,
solution of July, 1816, under which, be it rcmem- br<
;red, the Treasury and the revenue is now be- s-iJ
g controlled. Although this first act of the j|t
V hig pwrly v\a< wiinested by the Democratic paity wi
it i regret, nnd by no individual with more sorrow ihi
ran > utsclf, y> t it was thn only real retrenchment ?-d
'orked out by the Whigs, as it saved to the Jo
lovernmeO' some f 23,000 a year?the amount of no
ic PrcaiJom's raury. Then came the grand
love of Mr. Cliy.?a charter f?r a National an
lorister Hank, that should over-ride every thing, and citl
ample the sovereignty of the States under foot? ha
tlkr VETOED it! The country WAS SAVED ! wi
aved by JOHN TYLElt! We well recollect the he
iillying and braggadocia of the W'bigs, and their con- ai,
lent declarations that he dare not reto it?wo know ch
r the constant visits of the leading Whigs to the Pre wa
dentiai mansion, night and day, while the bill was th<
ider consideration?we know of the grinding, bul- Je
ing, persevering efforts of that brutal Cfay Cabinet, pa
i drive the President from his propriety. Finding Bi
I these fail, the coaxing, promising, threatening, of to
leir's, to induce the President to violate his oatk, his th
>Kscience and his PRINCIPLES, by signing that d<.
ill; but ho was true to himself, true to the Conslitu- th
on, and true to his God. He reload it, and joy and a(
ladness was spread through the Democratic party, j*
he piers, led by the Globe, from one end of the th
Duntry to the other, hailed Mr. Tvler as the Mviowr w
f the Constitution.' ar
After this the Ctoy Cabinet br. ke up, and Mr. Clat fo
stired from the Senate, and in their separation they <//
lade no effort to annihilate the President; but their tii
itler and hostile missiles were rendered perfect- an
r harmless?pointless: their falsehoods reverted tit
ark upon themselves, and they retired from public ??
fe, aeorned and despised by every honest man of g.
rery parly. And why was this? Because Mr ta
t kbsteb remained in me tauinci, anu gave uir lii ta
all their statrmcnta. Out of thin fact grows the |
ibji-ct of this article. re
I lie editor of tlie Globe, who is at heart tlie friend m
f Mr. Clay, commenced his assnulU upon Mr. Web- m
er, and from him extended them to the President, t?
i order to drivo that individual from tlie Cabinet so 0)
i to gi*e the color of truth to the charges which ai
ley k Co had uttered against the President, and j |,
Inch gained no credence so long as he remained.?
'iiiding his attacks in vain, Blair became furious, and a,
argctftil of all prudence, he determined to sacrifice ?
he !>emncratic forty rather than John Tyler, should m
cap the reward which he had ao well earned?and
II he asked was the confidence and support of the w
)citinerary during his time of office. By the mac hi- p
utions of the GUtbt that denied liim, and through ,,
he same evil influences, the .Senate of the United ri
Hates it still in the hands of the Whiga. ?
Had the Globt acted as the. leading press of the par* |
y at the scat of Government should have done, in*
tend of grossly abusing the most distinguished men jj
if our psity, Messrs. Tyler, Calhonn, Buchanan, <
ohnson and Cast, and their friends, while he hypo- p
ritirally professed to be the friend of Mr. Van Bu* ^
en, than whom that gentleman has not a more dead- *
y or hostile foe, Tennessee ami Maryland would now f,
nice been represented in the Senate of the United >
Hates by Ikmnrrmlt, which would have given us a ma v
only in that body of fix. This is the Globe't work, and a
lot all its work. Through it, and that portion of ilie \
tress which it has misled, our power was shaken in \
irorgia, in MaasachuaetU, in Maine, in New York |
iijty, in Fcnusyltania, and in Ohio. I
Already have the pcopla aroused themselves, and ,
n various part* of the country, immense spontaneous )
gathering* of the People have been held, and the ,
President fully and ably sustained, la Philadelphia,
.he letter we published last Friday was signed by up {
wards of Ihrte thou.wnd men. In Jackson, La king t
ounty, Ohio, a tremendous vnase meeting has l?ecn j
held, reviewing the course and policy of this dlgnita j
ry, and tfcey bare published ? address to the world, ,
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roni th> fdJumnies and misrepresentation* and I
iiieliotxJn by which it hast been attempted to be I
?nce?led, like a rock amidst the fury of lli: yeasty J
ia Beautiful and compensatory tor a thousand
tlamities?a hundred thousand relentless foes ia I
ie know ledge that no truth, no good and noble I
:ed performed on earth, can ever be forgotten or f I
talrojad, or its influeuce obliterated from out the I
saris of men. After the storms have passed away, I
id the horizon has cleared up, and the logs and I
iats that obscured the day and blinded men's eyes, I
-e all dissipated, there stand the truth and the good I
:ed side by side with the man, and there gaUnr I
ie people to pay their gratitude and render up the I
image of their love?this is the gre.:t reward I
that makes ambition virtue," and lights up the datk- I
t and gloomiest hour with a radiance wbicli, Jike
ariight m the caves of LiJf streams downward, day I
id niglit. into the very heart of darkness?ever the
me, unchanging,cheering, guiding ray, which speaks I
sace and leads to virtuous and higti resolves. I
If a man have, after all, a great heart and a true I
lirit, it is not so ditiicult a thing to be honest arid I
ithful to his trusts, true to his destiny: and in after H
Mrs, when the memory of a thousand flouting and I
rrogant demagogues shall have passed away like the
oxious vapor belore the suri, will gray haired fathers H
oint to their children the name and deeds of Jouw H
ti.ch, th? Faithful to the People?and say, tie- H
old, the greatness of truth and public virtue ! H
FrotI the Old S heol Republican. I
ELAZON SMITH?JOHN BROUGH?THE
MEETING AT THE CITY HALL ON
LAST SATURDAY EVENING?THE DE
VELOPMENT?THE RESULT.
On Thursday evening, the ?Jd ultimo, Delazon H
auiih, Esq., nf Daylon, addnesstd a large meeting of .
e citizens of Columbus, in defence of the Renuhli- H
n and patriotic udminietialion of John Tyler. On
rtdny evening John Br ugh a| peared before the
[icltorj Club, iu the absence of Mr. Smith, in reply H
) to the facta, argument#, and appeals of Mr.
iuith. In his effirt at reply, Mr. B. denounced and
ilitied the Administration, and condemned Mr. H
inith, as a Democrat, for advocating and defending H
le President. Heafiug of this, Mr. S returned to H
lis city, and gave notice that he would reply to the
peeeh of B.?investigate the grounds of his insinuaotis?expose
(he barrenness of bis positions, and
url back hie pompous and base assertions. H
At an early hourfin the evening the Hall was fill- - .? ,
d. Air. South appeared, took the stand, aud for the
eriod of an hour and a half, held the attention of his
mttlMe in a uia?terly vindu-.-.tmn of the course and
i justification of the President, in reply to the eflort
f Brough, aud iu a vivid delineation ot the tutcrdal
induct of the uttreu?the demagogues and the itWtk H
m, who hntr arrogated to rhrrmutrm riiervf^rt?t
, aud wh? seeui to have sworn to "avua or EC IN I'' H
lathe coutse of Mr. Smith's address, be adit me J
at ilthe timt Sad <%mt" when men and parties ought
id must understand each other , he bad established H
e Rcpablicaniam of the President?bis drtejrmina- '
>n to stand by the great principles of Jefferson, and
sdisposition to secure the triumph of the cause of
e Republican party. It now remained lor the pio? H
sed leaders of the Democratic party t > answer she- H
erthey recognised, and were prepared to admit and H
voeate the Republtcanisni of the Preaident, and to I
ice him, by their admission# and acta, upon the H
oad platform of the Jetfersonian Democratic party?
le by side with the other admitted Republican canluteal
Mr. S. ad-led, that "the timehud aUo rome"
ien the people of Ouio would not longer submit to H
: anognnt dictation of men who had boldly declar- H
tlieir determination "to play the demagogue with
bo Tyler and his friend#, by using and then d?- H
utictng thein."
After Mr. Smith had concluded his address, Bmugh
Me a*d desired to know of Mr. S. whether to H
rreel in uuderaUtidmg him to say that he (Bough) H
d ever declared his intention to play the demagogue H
ih John Tyler and his friends? Mr. 8. replied that H
might to understand him, lor he had so charged, H
it so meant to be understood. Brough denied the H
arge, and demanded the authority upon which it H
is made. Mr. 8. said if the gentleman demanded
i facts he must have them ! Hrough repealed his H
mand. Mr. S. related that in the Tall ol the cam- H
ign of M'J he was travelling in company with
-ough from Dayton to Hamilton, that at Middle- H
wn they both add re seed the people ; that whiiat H
ere Hrouirh assured him of hi* intention in r>lau thr
magogw with Bebb, with whom le wa< to debate
i? succeeding day at Ifamilton; that should B?bh
.tempt to excuse the noc-fulfiJo>ent of Whig protnu,
made in the campaign of '40, by charging that
io Administration of Mr. Tyler was Republican, and
>t Whig; that ha had proved a traitor to that party,
id had been endorsed ami supported by tlie " Loco- *
cos ;" he (Brough) would play the drm gvyp*', by
nyiiig that Tyler was a Republican Presiifent; that
e Democratic party had not and would not havo
iy thing to do with him?acknowledge any conn corn,
or hold themselves in any degree responsible ft r
y act or portion of his AdminiMration Ami Mr.
added that Mr. Brough did, in reply to Mr. B?oh,
ke the positions which he had dociared he would W
ke.
When Mr. 8. had concluded, Brough at ewp'ed a
ply ! He belabored himself for a whole halt hour,
?e. a strong man in a mora?a! He denied?he did
?t remember?he could not recollect?he did not
slieve?he was'nt a demagogue ?he had b> en put
i his guard?Mr. Smith was a spy?I?John Brough
n'an honest man?not exclusive?no diclato.?out
?m full of patriotism, independence and honor!
Mr.Smith replied, re-affirming all that he had said, *
yd in support of the charge of dicta, ion alleged that
letter had been written here and sent to rertain
en in Dayton, prior to the nominstlnns in Montgolery
county last fall, di talii g to the Democracy
hom the; should nominate for th* legislature!?
rough asked who dictated the letter- 8mitb relied
that a political friend of Jnhn Jfomgk had wigvest1
that the Sia!t Auditor wus the man! Give ua the
imc of that "political friend," demanded Brough ?
do not know that I am authorized to give the name,
i d Smith, but if you demand it you shall have it!
;rough responded?"out with it." Smith replied,
So n Mr dory is thai political frit n 4 !" Medury beinx
resent, cried out and denied the statement of
inith, and attempted to repeat the conversation,
fbeh he was arrested by Smith, reminding him that
e had the floor. At the conclusionofSmith's remarks
dedary nrose and gave his rrcotl efio* of the eoncrsution,
which corroboiated Smith's statement,
dmitting that he had said that Brough might have
men the man who prompted the letter. No sooner
han these word* were pronounced by Medary, Smith
urned to him and excl-nmed, " why, Mr. Medary,
hal Is prrcuity what f said !" Which declaration was
mstained by many voieea?repeating " yea, that eon
irm- Smith's statement?Ihef't exactly what Smith
isid," he.
I nrw ?J? * ,,,, ,, ?.... ... rwtnrwm mm
ffctator*, inn the I erg* audience, giving e retry poem- H
>le indication of their confidence iq the ?t ate merit* of I
Mr. Smith , Mcdaiv and Brough?a i.ottU ? > <f H
' ions that lh?T wera ?ano?*d. cnuld I
'?l hair rhajrtn arH morlttlfMh