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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 _ .1 ?.?r ?j.. J.._: ,i 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 1'^ ff" ~~l""jyilLjJJI , V 4 i n m a v J - jjf -r f - .*:->* AL. ,, _ * * * " VII.?NO. ;j? j ? I glLUBl" .iiiwrfei...;. IIJJ.|BilLl!yul!IUBPili|!IWllliWMlll m -4 : ttjp Stiiort time wbMb H*? I ebpeei tittt fee ur?? called into tfc? *er**< ?*) | detail* of bis Depanmeut, hwfe aaswid : umy uavc been acquired by tne moM rtgwvw : 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. Ijt Jlta WASHINGTON : MONDA ,11.. .in,?Ml III ,JJh^ ? i 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 , J y,: MPn*rn^^jH u>?jMM^y'>i8SBl^^BHEH^MB|^Sf^BM vf'iflU^p^^lHH^HHraH^HHBS^BB^HH >u tf|pijlg|^ tic - Jira'ffijiim v??y the ^JBBpfa^BpMBBs?BSs^^H|H^B^^HB 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 . _ . ]y'i . ' - x\> ,*, -J&:- U..:'- J* :, y ; 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 L ~ 1 " ' ' ? * MB 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 . KUUIH. UIW11J. Wtl*. W.W. lU 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, , * I ' ^ 4 * l'MBIIWI|IIIIIB Mill 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