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EDITED DY DUFF GREEN.
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, "MO
PROSPECTUS
THE PILOT, Extra.—™ is paper will be pub
lished once a week, in pamphlet form, and double
royal size, from the Ural of Ma> until the 15th of
November, and be devoted exclusively to the Pre
sidential election. vv'll furnish a chenp and effi
cient means of distributing documents, facts and
arguments bearing oil the contest, and at the price
•f one dollar.
Tippecanoe Clubs—Whig associations, and es
pecially the Whig Young Men are requested to act
a9 our agents in obtaining subscribers.—The papeis,
friendly to the cause are requested to send us theirs
in exchange and to insert this Prospectus.
desiring to obtain subscribers can
cut this prospectus from the paper and attach it to
a sheet of blank paper- DUFF GREEN-
Baltimore, 2nd April, IS4O.
The dress ofthe present number of the PILOT, is
not what it will be, if the expectations of the Editor
be realized. Arrangements have been made for the
printing, but it was not deemed expedient to incur
the expence of a new fount of types until we had
first ascertained how the paper will be received.
Should the subscription justify its continuance the
second number will appear next week, and a new
fount will enable us to improve the appearance.—
The friends of the paper are therefore requested to
make an earnest effort to obtain subscribers, and to
hand in their lists at the earliest possible day.
The first number ol'the PILOT is notv before
the public, and the second will follow as soon as
a sufficient subscription is obtained to warrant
its continuance. To the Central Committee, to
the Convention, —to the members of the Legis
lature, and the you tip men, who have given us
kind assurances of support, we would return
our acknowledgments, and respectfully ask
them and all those who desire the success o'
the paper, to aid in filling our list at as early a
d.iy as possible.
It will be seen that our first number contains
but few advertisements. If the assurances
which we have received of an extensive circti- t
lation in this city and the District of Columbia,
as well as in the South and West, be realised,
the PILOT will equal any other medium lor ad
vertisements. We hope to issue our next I
on Tuesday, „ud would respectfully request ad- j
verti3ements to be banded in early on Monday, i
Members of Congress who may desire to
take trie PILOT for distribution, are informed
that the first number will be kept standing, and
new editions published to meet any orders that
may reach us by Saturday morning. The pa
per will be delivered to them in Washington
at two dollars per hundred copies.
We owe an tip >logy lor the dress in which
the PILOT makes its first appearance. Time
and a liberal patronage, will enable us to im
prove it.
In getting- out a first number, we labor un
der much disadvantage The details ofthe of
fice are tube arranged, and our Correspondence
and Exchanges to be organised. —This howe
ver will 3oon be accomplished, and in this res
lied we may anticipate facilities which others
having less acquaintance and experience could
not command.
It will beseen bv the Resolutions recommen
datory that the PILOT has received in advance
the confidence of the party. The Editor is
aware that for this generous expression in its
favor, he is indebted to a kind and indulgeni
estimate of the services expected of Jiitri—to
enable him to meet these expectations it is in
dispensable that his labors shall be seconded by
tsomething more substantial than good will. If at
he present moment when the organization of
the party throughout the country is in progress
there should be a concerted effort to p ace the
Pdot in a condition to render ihe most iffieiem
service to the cause in which it is embaiktd. Ii
could be most easily accomplished through the
corresdonding and other Whig committees, and
the Tippecanoe and other Harrison associa
tions. To the Whig Young Men especially, the
Editor looks with confidence, and he invites
them to take the matter in hand, it is desira
ble that the subscription lo the Extra should
be immediately filled up, and that lists of sub
scribers should be returned at the earliest day
possible. The Extra will be twice the size ol
the daily,or nearly so, and devoted exclusively
to the Presidential Election. DQ-Subscription
but one dollar!
The daily will, for a short time, be forwarded
to country subscribers. The sheet will then be
enlarged, so as lo contain the reading matter of
the daily paper.
Advertisements will appear in the countiy
as well as daily paper.
The following Resolutions unanimously i
adopted by the Central Committee have been i
handed to us lor insertion in the Pilot: i
WHEREAS General Duff Green having it in t
contemplation to establish a paper in the City
of Baltimore, to be called the PILCT, has
issued a prospectus, by which he has made
known his determination to advocate the elec
tion of Gen. Harrison In the Presidency.of the
United States, and of John Tyler of Virginia,
to the Vice Presidency, and whereas, he lias
further in said Prospectus, declared his hostility
to the measures of the present administration
■ ifthe General Government, and avowed his
purpose to maintain Ihrouuh the Piiot, his op
position to the same : and whereas many lend
ing members of Congress, friendly to the elec
tion of Harrison and Tyler, have expressed their
approbation of the design of Gen. Green, to
establish the pa|ter above mentioned ; as have,
also, the Whig members of the present Gene
ral Assembly of Maryland, and many other
staunch friends to the whig cause; And where
as this Central Committee, concurring in the
opinion that the Pilot may be rendered, a use
ful auxilliarv to the friends ol Gen. Harrison
and of John Tyler, in this state, have reported
to the Harrison Convention their approbation
' of the establishment of the said paper, and have
recommended it to the support and patronage
of all the friends of Harrison and Tvler in this
city, so long as its course shall conform to the
sentiments attd wishes of the party ; And
whereas, the Convention have considered and
adopted the said report of this Central Com
mittee :
Therefore be it Resolved, That the PILOT, a
paper to be very soon issued under thedeitor
>hip of Gen. Durf Green, be, and it is hereby
recommended to tiie patronage and support of
the friends of Gen. Harrison and John Tyler
throughout the City of Baltimore and State of
Maryland.
And be it further Resolved , That the Central
Committee will continue to recommend the said
paper to the patronage and support of the
friends of Harrison and Tyler as long as the
course pursued by its editor shall conform to
the sentiments and wishes of the parly on whose
behalf the Central Committee are empowered
to act. Signed, Bv order
GEO W. KREBS, Sec.
After the absence of some years I find myself
again seated at the desk. The crisis in our public
affairs demands of every citizen that he should con
tribute what he can, towards Good Government.
That there is wrong somewhere, none will deny,—
to ascertain where that wrong is and to apply the
proper remedy is a public duty.—To do this we
must calmly consider the conduct of our public ser
vants, and approve or condemn as our judgments,
enlightened by exp rience and reason, may decide.
For some years I have been a careful and deeply
interested observer of events, and being convinced
that there is no hope of restoring prosperity to the
country but in defeating the reelection of Mr. Van
Buren, I would contribute what I may towards do
ing so. No one can be more sensible how much
I am deficient in many of the varied qualifications,
indispensable to an efficient and acceptable discharge
of the duties, assumed, but 1 am emboldened by
the reflection, that I embark in a good cause, and
that much will be excused in the advocate, for the
sake of the cause.
The Pilot will be courteous and respectful to po
litical opponents. It will rely on truth and reason and
address these to the understanding and good sense
of the peoplo. It is time that industrious, honest
and laboring men should pause in their blind devo
tion to party leaders, and thinking for themselves,
take the Government into their own hands.
MARYLAND. —This siate is under the
eye of the federal executive and every engine
of patronage will be exerted to carry it against
the peoples' candidate. The price of liberty
is eternal vigilance, and well may the patriot
tremble, if with such candidates and under
such circumstances the power of patronage
shall subdue the voice of freedom.
Among the many expedients for acting on
the public mind is the selection of Marshalls
and Deputies to take the next census. The
government agents will go into every house
and distribute every where the hundreds of
thousands of federal pamphlets. How is this
to be counteracted? Is there any other hope
but in the people themselves?
We are gratified to find that the people are
awakened, and that an energetic and efficient
organization is going on, especially in Mary
land. We publish to-day the proceedings of
the young men of Montgomery, and will be
obliged to friends in other counties who will
forward to us similar proceedings, that they
may lie put on record, and that the young
Whigs may thus stimulate each other in the
good work.
PARTY NAMES.—No man understands the
value of a name better than Mr. Van Buren. Feel
ing a deep and abiding mortification at his own ori
gin, he has at all times courted the society of the
wealthy aristocracy—and yet he claims to be a
democrat, and at the head of the Democratic party.
We would ask the deluded people who have been
tbe dupes of his intrignes, whether there ever was,
in any country a more absolute Despotiaml We
ask tbem to designate a single principle on which
the party, now in power, are identified with De-
mocracyf So far from respecting popular will, —
so far from making the public good the-r rule of
action, the people are leil without any other wiil
than that which cminatea from authority. What
member of Congress dares offend the Globe? W hat
aspirant to executive or even popular favor can sus
tain himself under the Globe's official denunciation?
The mandates, of the Globe, then constitute the
creed of the party. It will be our purpose to show
that under this potent influence, the Demoorncy of
yesterday is made the Federelisin of to-day, while
the Federalism is to-day becomes whitewashed De
mocracy for to-morrow
And who is it that thus sports with the reputa
tions of men, the liberties of the people, and the
prosperity of the country? Are they not the hired
and pensioned instruments of a corrupt and remorse
less faction, having no claims to tho confidence, bnt
on the contrary deserving the scorn of an abused
and injured peeple?
11 IF he n wicked men rule lite people suffer
There is nothing more striking in the histo
ry of nations than the truth we have quoted
It has been true of all people, but peculiarly so
of those who have enjoyed the special favors
of the Almighty. Next to his chosen people
the Jews, has his goodness been manifested
unto us—our land has been the refuge of the
oppre.-sed—the stranger has made his home
among us, and we have been called blessed
among all nations. How is it now? Are we
a bve-word and a reproach? Has the patriot
in other countries hushed his praises? Have
those who are persecuted (or the sake of Li
berty ceased to look here for an asylum? Does
the monarchist point to our present unexampled
condition as a prool that the people arc unfit
to govern theiiselve-? Ami whv is it. so?—
Hear what tl>e Prophet Isaiah said:
4 How is the faithful city become a harlot 1 j
it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged
in fit; but now MURDERERS.
"Thv princes are rebellious, and companions
of THIEVES; entry one loveth g'fls, and fol
loireth REWARDS; they judge not the FA
THERLESS, ueillii r dotu the cause of the
WIDOW come unto then-.
"Therefore saith Lord, the Lord of Hosts the
the mighty one of l-rael, Ah, I will ease nie ol
mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine en
mies."
Such was the language of the inspired wri
ter, —such his lament over the sins of Israel.
How is it with us? Do we not see the THIEF
sitting in high places and giving law to the
people? Do we not see him, tie companion of
our princes? Do we not see hint whose hand
are red with bis brothers blood—who, in the
eyesol'God and man, is a murderer, usurping
the place of righteousness and of judgment?
And if for such offences the Jews were carried
away into captivity—their city destroyed and
their habitations made desolate, how can we
who, next to the Jews hive b.eu the most fa
vored people, expect to escape punishment?
Indeed, we of all people are most responsible
Ibr the conduct arid character of our public
servants. In other countries men are born to
place, and the people must achieve relbrmation
by blood. With us the people select their own
servants. If then nations who inherit their
rulers, are punished Ibr their sins, how can we
escape, if we voluntarily place thieves and
murderers in authority?
CHESAPEAKE &. OHIO CANAL.
We find in the Post, the Ibllowing artile on
the subject of this canal.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL. —The bill to
aid in the completion of this work to Cumber
land, and which was reported in a spiritofcom
promise by the joint committee of conference
of ttie two houses, was taken up on Friday
night by the House ui Delegates, and aliei
much discussion was passed. On Saturday
morning it was sent to the Senate. Upon its
reception by that body it was referred to the
committee on finance. Shortly afterwards, Mr.
Purnell, chairman, from the majority of the
committee reported unfavorably thereon. Col.
Ely dissenting. On the final passage of the
bill, the following was the vote:
Affirmative—Messrs. Potts, president pro
tern , Evans, Ely, Martin, Matthews, of A.,
Maulsbv, Scott and Wason—B.
Negative—Messrs. Beckett, Donoho, Golds
borough, oI'D; Magruder, Pratt, Purnell, Pratt,
Purnell, Stewart, Turner—B.
From which it will be seen, that all the whigs
voted against the hill except the president pro.
tern. Mr. Potts, whilst all the democrats voted
lor it.
In order to place this subject in a clear and
proper light before the people of Maryland, we
deem it necessary and important to recur to its
history in the senate- A message was sent by
the House proposing a joint committee of con
ference. Immediately upon the receipt of this
message the President named a committee, con
sisting of Messrs. Magruder, Purnell, Mat
thews, of Alleghany, Maulsby and Turner.
They were no sooner announced than Mr. Ma
gruder rose and asked to be excused, upon the
ground that the proceeding was unconstitu
tional. Then Messrs. Purnell and Turner,
(Whigs) begged also to be excused, which was
granted. Leaving hut Messrs. Matthews, of
Alleghany, and Maulsby (Democrats) on the
committee. * The chair then named Messrs.
Wason, Goldsborough of D. ano Goldsborough
of Queen Anne's. The two latter gentlemen
declined serving. Mr. Goldsborough of Queen
Anne's upon the ground that he was conqielted
to leave the seat of government in the steam
boat which was then upon the eve of depart
ing—Messrs. Martin and Scott were then
I named and consented to serve. The commit
' tee then consisted of Messrs. Matthews, of A.,
Ma dishy, Wason, Martin aim Scott. From
this it will he seen that the party having a ma
jority refused to on operate with the hous<
After the rejection of the hill be lore alluded to,
Mr. Matthewsof Alleghany, proposed the All
owing message:
'•The Senate having rejected the bill passed
by your house, which originated ita the
c imiiiittee of conference appointed hy the two
houses, proposing relief to the Chesapeake and
Ohio Cunsil Company, and deeming the pas
sage of some hill Ibr the prosecution of that
great woik to the town of Cumherland to be
of the most vital importance to sustain the cre
dit of the Stale and to promote the public in
terest, we propose with the concurrence of your
honorable body to raise another joint commit
tee on this subject, hoping that some measure
nay he devised which wi>l be acceptable to the
Senate. We do most respectlullv ask your
favorable attention of the same. We have tip
pointed Messrs,
to join such gentlemen as you may name, to
compose that committee.
Winch was voted down bv the same vote,
showing conclusively that the whigs opposed
and intended to oppose, no matter how reason
able, any measure which had Ibr its object the
completion of this work to a profitable termin
us. " This rejection, we are informed, will lend
materially to injure, if it do not entirely stop
ih s work. But its ill effects do not stop here,
it will have a powerful tendency in depressing
in value the bonds of the Siate now in the
market, and injure if not entirely annihilate its
credit at home and abrond For such a catas
trophe in the affairs of Maryland, its citizens
must and will hold this Senate responsible.—
Annap. Herald.
Comment.
It is greatly to he regretted that a question
so deeply affecting the interests of the state
should he treated on party grounds. That it
was not strictly a parly measure will appear by
the vote in both houses, although Mr. Thomas
the President, did succeed in bringing to his aid
a strong party vote. While we make this ad
mission in candor und fairness to Mr. Thomas,
it is equally due to those who opposed the ap
propriation that the grounds of their opposi
tion flhnulu be fairly stated; that the responsibil-
Iv may rest, as it should do, on those by whom
the appropriation was defeated. And while
Mr. Thomas' [tolilical opponents admit that he
made an extraordinary party rally lor the bill,
they nevertheless hold him. an him alone, re
sponsible lor the deleat of the appropriation.
In the first place they charge that there was
culpable delay in bringing lorward the bill for
the appropriation, that when it was repoted it
made no provision lor the payment of the in
terest due to the state, and that it placed the
whole fund in the hands of Mr. Thomas to be
disposed oi as he might deem expedient.
It was argued that there had been a great
sacrifice ol the state bonds by die company,
and that Mr.Thomas's friends by a striet patty
vote, had refustd to require him to submit to
the House of Delegates his correspondence
with the states' agent in London, showing riie
manner in which the stock had been n.sposed
of; and that in addition to these objections tie
had, in his letter in reply to the Treasurer, re
fused to paythe interest on the canal debt. Un
der these circumstances it was ins-sited that the
bonds of the state .appropriated in aid of the ca
na',should be sold by the commissioner ofLoans,
and so much as was required for the prosecu
tion of the work paid over to the company, and
the balance retained until the company had
pud up the interest due ( n the canal debt.
Tii tnis Mr. Thomas objected thai the ap
propriation would not be available; that unless
the bonds were placed under his control, lie
would be compelled to disband the force on the
line of the canal, lor he would not make a con
tract unless he had the means of payment, it
was proposed by Mr. Bowie and Mr. Tuck
that the company should issue scrip redeema
able in the slate honds. To this Mr. Thomas
objected that his party friends were committed
against the issue of scrip as a currency.
In this stage of the question the conference
referred to, in the article before us, was moved
by Mr. England. The speaker, in violation
of parliamentary usage, appointed a majority
opposed to the appropriation; and in confer
ence, the bill, as reported, was carried by Mr.
Thomas' political friends, appointed on the part
of the senate. Mr. England told them that he
was for the appropriation, that he preferred the
proposition submitted by Mr. Tuck, of which
we will presently speak, but that he would re
port and advocate the bill of the majority il it
was the bill which could pass both houses, and
he did'his duty ably and faithfully. No friend
of Mr. Thomas gave a more decided or effi
cient advocacy to the measure. The bill thus
reported passed the House and was lost in the
Senate as slated.
At the same time that Mr. England report-.!
Ed the bill from the majority of the committee I
of conference, Mr. Tuck reported, a bill, similar
in all rtspects, except that it placed the bonds
of tin? state in the hands of the states' commis
sioner of loans, to be sold by him, and the pro
ceeds paid over to the company—and to pro
vide for all contingencies, the commission was
authorised to fud the scrip of the company, in
case he could not sue lor money at par. It was
in vain that Mr. Tuck, Mr. Bowie, Mr. Gal- j
iher, anil other friends of the canal, urged the
I friends of Mr. I Romas to take this bill, lvl
vns in vain that they declared their desire to*>
vote for an appropriation. It was in vain that •
tlicv "xpressed their apprehension that the ap
prno' alion could not |>ass the senate in the
sha|>e it passed tlie House. '1 he bill passed,
and was rejected in the senate.
When the hill passed the House, Mr. I uck s
bill was, with ttie other bills on the table, re
ferred to the next General Assembly. As soon
as the House was notified of the rejection ot
the bill bv the senate, Mr. Tuck moved lore
consider the vote referring his bill to the next
General Assembly; this motion was defeated
by insisting on rules of order, nod confused de
bate; none taking so acti- e a pnrl as twool'Mr
Thomas' political friends. Mr. Bowie then
moved a resolution, pledging the slate to com
plete she canal, whenever Congress should pass
a law authorising a transfer to the slate of the
slock held by the federal government. This
was resisted on strict party grounds, because
it contained an alternative proposition pledging
the state in like manner, if Congress should au
thorise a subscription to (lie canal. 11 wa . i
gued that the parly was pledged against Inter
nal Improvements by the federal government.
It was in vain that Mr. Bowie and Mr.
Tuck urged that they would amend the reso
lution • so as to strike out the alternative, ob
jected to. The party would permit nothing to
he done, and it was ruled that the Resolution
must lie upon the table one day, and it was
therefore defeated. M ■. Tumors' p iri v friends
taking the most decided stand against it. Mr.
England then moved a second committee of
conference, Mr. Thomas having, in the mean
time, consented to accept of Mr. Tuck's bill
modified so as to authorise the commissioner to
x liauge Uir slate bonds for "evidences of the
debt of the company" instead of scrip of the
company. A modification suggested by the
opposition of his jiarty to an issue of scrip—a
distinction without a difference, and which the
Whigs of the House and of the Senate, (those
at least who were for the appropriation) would
have accepted at any time, and which, if it
had been conceded the day before would have
secured the appropriation.
But Hiis proposition too was defeated. It
was in vain that Mr. Bowie,Mr, Tuck and Mr
England urged the party to flaiise and reflect
011 the disnsier and roin that must follow an
adjournment without an appropriation. It was
iu vain that Mr. Bowie ap| ta'ed to Mr. Tho
mas's political friends, urging them to rise
above considerations of party and to act and
vote as citizens ol Maryland. It was in vain
that Mr. Thomas himself urged some of his
friends to accept of' Mr. Tuck's bill as proposed
to be modified. The party bad as they sup
posed thrown the responsibility on the Whig
Senate, a id they ca red nothing for the interest
of the stale so that they could profit their
party.
We ask for this plain statement of facts a
careful consideration. We know that by an
extraordinary effort, Thomas rallied a
st ong interest fr his bill. We say /its. bill,
because it was the bill wl ich his political
friends adopted as his measure, hut at the same
time that his political friends rallied for him, it
was apparent that as soon as they had placed
the question in a position where they supposed
they could make political capital out 11 it,
they were content. Yea, many of them were
resolved to defeat any appropriation—regard
less of any sacrifice of the credit or interests of
the state so that they could derive a party pro
fit out of the states' disasters.
With what Cane then can the party MOW
come? forward and charge upon the Whigs the
deleat of the appropriation? If the measure
had been brought forward at an earlier day,
the appropriation would have passed. II Mr
Thomas had given explanations, and conced
ed what he afterwards did concede, the appro
priation would have been carried. But no, his
friend, Mr, Mason, acting for him, would take
no appropriation but in the shape that he sup
posed would be acceptable to Mr. Thomas; and
the appropriation was defeated, because the
party supposed it had been so managed, as
that they could make political capital out of it.
Since the above was written out, we have
read the remarks of the Republican and the
article quoted from the Frederick Citizen.—
To our neighbor we will have a word to say,
and the article in the Citizen will receive the
notice due to the nigh source from whence it
eminated. To much that is there said wenios
hearlly respond and especially to the senti
ment that this great work shall terminate with
in our slate. If Mr. Thomas anil his friends
will meet us in that spirit, there will be no diffi
culty in saving the honor and credit of tin' state.
We only regret that they did not so act when
their action would have given all that they now
ask.
RICHARD J. MATCHETT,
BOOKANDJOB PRINTER,