J
H . BELL,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TERM3 oF NINTH VOLUME.
fillage ubjeribers, ....... 8200
Mil ubcriberi, . 2,00
lndmduali and CompanieJ who lake at the offiee
gl'75 or 1'50 cents il paid in llx moMh.
Tbote who Iak of Postridera . . .$2.00
II not paid at lietnd of the ycar 2. 25
No pap" diKoruimied until arrearagei are paid
rxctpt at tbe oplion ofthe proprietor. No pajroti t
la CrrieraIlowedcxceptordered bj thcpropne
far. ,
All eemmtinieatioiiimuitbe adilrened totlieeu-
for Povr Paid
MISCELLAKEOUS.
From the Philadelphia Sat. Post.
Jasper Forbes.
A REMINISCENCE.
CX URS. LADT JASE PIERSOX.
Yes, 1 rcracmber niany touching incidcnts
of life; many sorrowful, as well as joyous
pacsages in the historics of those wbo were
my scbool fellows, amlamongst tbem all not
one more tbrillingly interesteringthan thesto
ry of Jasper Forbes. He was about four years
tny senior, and altbough tall, and gracefully
tnade.had a geDtle and almost femiuine beau
ty of forra and featurc. His brown hair lay
-itb a smooth silkeo lustrejnst as he combed
jt over his fiue head. but Jclung nround his
neck and temples in rich bright curls, such as
I neversaw supassed; and his full, bluecyes
had a depth of sensibility aud affertiou, in
thcir liquid beauty, wbich, blent with a sor
rowful cxpression, fixed the gaze ofthe most
careless observer, and sunk into the heart as a
holy thing, coming up in after years in the
train of pure and pensive raemories. Ilewas
cbeerlul in his demeanor, and his pale oval
face wore the Iight ofa Iingeriug smile, yet
ovcr and through all Hved a sorrowful cx
presBion, softening to a meekness almost an
gelic. Jasper bad early drauk tbe cup of sorrow,
to tbe deep. bitter drees. His memory retain
ed nought of his father except the death-bed
scene; and that with its haggardness, ils
groans. its tears, and (rantic prayers, was ev
er prescnt with him.during the years of child
hood, which should be careless and fullofjoy.
Hc would sitforhoursgazing upon his strick
en inother with anexpressionof countenance
painiul for the heart to read, for it was plain
that the inourning child was dwelling with
dread and agony of spirit on the possibility of
bcing forced to stand by her death-bed. also.
At length he would startfrom his stool, throw
his little arms around her, aud biding his face
on her bosom, give way to passionate weep
ing. Then would she, who read his heart,
lean her cbcck on his silkeo hair, and iningle
her tears with his, while she sought by ev
cry means to divert and soothe his mind.
She felt that she was dying, and that the
child who loved her tenderly,kuew it instinct
ivcly. At lencth sbe was laid upon her bed. He
saw it, and for sume lime seemed to sbrink
from enterins herchambcr, allhough hispal-
lid face was scen fienuently at tbe door. At
lencth she was left alone, and then hc htirricd
to bcr bedsidc. Clasping one hand over htr
ncck, he nestlcd his lace on uer pillow, anil
asked in hurried and fearfulaccouts, '.Motbcr,
will you die?'
She put her arra arounu nim, anu nis imie
forni was shaking with agony. Not yet,'
she said. 'I sball notdie yet, my dear little
bov.'
You vvill get well, theu V be gasped, in
irembling hopefulnrsc.
'If it please God, 1 will," sheanswcred.
Oh, mother,' hc cried, 'you do not expect
to get well again, I know it by the way you
speak. Mother, I will be buried with you;
forhntv could Istay with no mother to lovc
me.''
The young mother claspedbim in agony
of love and grief. 'Sweet treasurc of my
heart,' slie murmurcd, do not cry so bitterly.
1 trust I sball yet live many weeks, and sit
with you again in tbe parlor.'
He raiscd his head and looked gratefully to
ward hcarcn. and tbenpressed hislip toher's,
as if he would seal his beart to her's foreTer.
From that hour he seldom left het side, and
vheuever it was posible she sat with bim in
the parlor, but he knew as well as she did,
that herlamp of life was fast going out.
Genily and tenderly did she seek to prepare
him for the parting, and be, child as he was,
controlted tbe agony which he knew was paiu
ful to her.
' I shall be well in Heaven, Jasper," she
said, the day before she died, 'I shall bcwell
and happy tberc, and you will come to me
in a few years, and then we shall ucver part
again.'
'I am glad that you are going to be well
and happy, dear mother,' he said, 'but when
I am aloue and sorrowful, and sick, oh! wbo
will love me, then?'
'God will lovo you, she said, 'and he will
cause good people to love you, and you must
alnays think that 1 am Cappy in lieaven,
waiting till you can be witb me in glory.
You see that I am weak and full ofpains,
now; you will not be sorry wben I am
Heaven.
If I could seeyou go'to Heaven as you are
now, mother, 1 would not be sorry, tnougn i
must stav here awhile; but to see you cold,
stiff, and white, and put into the eoffin.and
oh, mother! mother!' and he dropped ather
fcet in the agony of his spirit.
As soon as he recovered,be went drooping
Jy, restraining his sobs until he gained tbe
garden, when he gave way to wceping, and
broken sentences ofthe prayers which she had
laught him, and his voice of agony reached
her where she sat, wringiDg her withered
heart, and bringing forthearuestsupplications
to the orpban's Father that he would comfort
tbe child. During tbe niglit a great change
came over tbe invalid. All her pains were
lostinasenseefweakness, a dreamy, grate
ful calm of body and mind, She knew that
her time was come and yet she felt no dread,
no keenregrets, no painful yearnings for life,
or for living. She was willing to leave even
her darling boy to the care of the Lord, his
God.
The morning sun sbone gladly in at her
brier rose curtained window. and the sweet
birds sangamongst tbe green brancbes that
clustered just beyond. Tbelightand music
were grateful to her spirit, as things long lov
ed and lost, rcstored in all their loveliness
Jasper had wept until a late honr at nigbt.and
did not waken until tbe sun was higb, but as
soon as he was dressed hesougbt his mother.
He saw the change in her countenance, and
ithisnered.
' Dear mother, Isbculd think you well.you
Jook so happy, only you are so very white. I
know tbat you are going home to God, and I
am willing that you should go, for Gjd sent a
sweet aogei last night to cominrt me.. 1
dreamed'tbat you and I were wandering in a
dark and lonely place, groaning and weeping
for ourselves, and for each other, jqst as we
have been doing cver since I can remember.
At length we came to a gate dazzling and
beautiful, and while we stood before it. it o
pened. aud you, motbcr, went in. but I could
not raoTea step. But I cauzht a elimDse
fithin.aJirt oh' itwai n bright; sn full of
VOL. IX.
rare flowers, and sweet faces, and soft voices,
tU'.t T 1M Innrr tn .ntor Tttif tlii pate W33
ebut aud I was left alone. Long time I stood
. , , , , a.
Delore It, ana tnen wanaerea saaiy aaj. m
length I mct with a sweet girl, I shall never
foreet her face, and she went with me. She
had such smiling eyes and such a pleasant
voico that I was happy with her. and every-
she was besideme, and I loved her very much,
but when I would have hugged Her, sne put
me away and said, -she must take another
path.' "And theu 1 wept bitterly, but when I
raised my eyes, I saw the bright gate agaiu.
Weeping and wearily I went towards it, and
when 1 came itopened, and I saw you there,
you cried out, 'my child lias come home,' and
I answered. and my own voice awoke me.
And now I know that you are going toables-
face, it was still, and he knew that sbe
haJ
cntered the cclestial gate,
Ilewasadoptedbyanexcellentcouplewho
bein" childless, loved tbe orphan as n.uch as
hearts that never knew parental tendercess,
can love. But his little heart was sad and
dark at times, for i
tbrobbincs, and no
clouds. I
Hewasayouthofseventeenwbcnlenter-
ed tbe school which he attendcd, but as be
seemed no way particularly interested in my
laughing face there trew no intimacy be-
tweenus. Yet I observed his sensitiveness,
and a certain delicacv of demeanor strougly
contrasting with tbe'frolicksome spirit of his
companions; and child as I was I could see
:i .i,,,t.o r An
and hidden feelings. But I knew that he was
an orphan, and tleemed tbose shadows mem-
ories from his mother's grave. ,
Mycousin Rose came tospenda few wccks
with me that winter. She was at that time
fifteen, a bright, beautiful creature, half child,
haKwoman.withanindescribably eHchanting
withme that winter. She was at that time
sed place, and that 1 shall soon lollow. I he "u11 su-mciu"ri,uiwi:iuiiuu.ciiiw two-tbirdsol the Seuate, but in tne lorm ol a
mother srailed sweetly as he concluded; he more starthng question, whal shall the natum aw requiring a majority of only oue. Do
pressed his lips to her forehead, and started tcho shaU the nation be ! ickcre ihall the TOu say that such majority can be comnian-
m he felt her shudder; he looked upoa her nationbe! wbo, what. and where, is, and is to dej Do not be to sure of that. I pray
ao pulso answered to its -u, iis liead, agamst thcm; witli the Houthera
smile ofsympathychased be constructed ; a terntory, not appended Wbigs.under tbescasonable and important
smile. and eyes ofthe clearcst hazel, m wliicli . 1 .
all her tboughts were mirrored as tbcy sprang "fe action of nature, habit andbus.ness un
frora her guillless heart. Her feelings were , de" permanen law ; so appended, in short,
, , i ,i 1. 1, , onv ' as not racrely to raake asmall clooe into a
and sometimes even saVirical. Sbe was beau-
tiful of form and feature, and her mind was a I
gcm well wortliy ot iis supenor setung.
Rose accompanied me to scbool. Soon after
we were scated, Jasper came in, proccededto
his place, sat down, and raising liis eyes,
caught tbe face of my cousin. I waslooking
at bim and saw at first a deep flush like a
gleam ofrcd suuligbt covcr his face. I was
surprised and keptmy cye on bim. The flush
fadedasiftbc receding crimson had swept
every tiut of life away, and his cheeks and
even his lips were white aud ghastly. Pos
srssed by an indefinitc idca that he was ill, I
involuutarilv half rose from my seat, but
cbecking mysclf, I kept quict and concluded
to observe his moods closely. He bent his
face to the desk and trembled violently, but
soon betook himself to his books.and I did not
sce his eyes turned towardsheragain thatday.
WelUn a Tew daysbe liatlmaueneracquaini
ancc, and liad become familiar, and 1 thought
he experienced a perceptible pleasure in the
bare prouunciation of the sweet word, Rose.
in her presencehe seemed entirely happy.but
it was a deep still happiness, pcrvading aud
filling all his soul.
She was pleneed with his attcntions, and
smiled when he spoke, but 1 felt sorrowfully
that she did not understand or appreriate 1ns
dcvotion. She endcd her visit at my father's
and returncd home; and then the shadows
deepened in Jaspar's eyes, and his manner
wa3 more pensive than before. Hose came
again.and he eagerly sought hersociety. She
was a sweet and tasteful singcr, and he was
never wcary oflistening to hernch mclody.
She loved a pensive lay and suug with a thrill
ing patbos of voice and manner. It seemed
to me that his spirit blended with her tones.so
that while she sunsr, he was unconscious of
his own identity. I had beard of love; and
as Rose was singing some tendcr song, I
marked tbe rapt earnestncss of his manner,
and came to theconclusion thathe certaiuly
did love her heart and soul. But wben I
sought to analize her feelings I was perplex
ed; for althoueh she was kind, eentle, and
obliging to him; her eyes wandered carcless
ly from him to a wild rose, and from tbe wild
rose to his eyes again, without in thc least
cnanging their expression, crlingenng on tnc
spiritual bcaming that brightencd at her
glance. And yet, thought 1, sne must know
tbat be worships her, and certainly she en-
courages bii horaage. Rose spent much of
her time with me, and Jaspar Forbes wasfor-
everat ncrside, and she said tbat if a day
passed without the gift of his society, she
wrote it amongst tne blanks ol ner existence.
Concluded next vcck.
THE LOCOFOCO CANDIDATES-
"Thebesl and slronirest man tre're got
wnai oia you say nis name uxis i it. . l.o
t . t - tt T T
cotoco.
"If'ho lhe is PoOc?" Coon do.
"' 37s all a Whig lic ?" Kentucky do.
The Locos cried, "who is this Polk ?
AndDallas? wbatarhoice!
Will recreaut deputies thus joke
With a whole party's choice?
But, with thesemen of straw content,
They now have grown less nice
'Tis Texas runs for President,
And Oregon for Vice!
Wool. A Market has been opened at
Nashville forWnol. AFrenchhouse.of am
ple means, will, it is said, purchase all the
wool produced in that section ofTennessee,
to tho extent of million of pounds.
Does not the State I'nnter think it is very
hard that the foreign consumer of this article ( and there trample instructions under foot;jworld, I bappened well to know. Itwasbe
otdomcslic produce should be compelled, by . strone enough to force upon the body an, fore either Convention had assembled at Bal
theoperation of a Whig Tariff, and solely to andacious, not very dcmocratic rule of pro- itimore. Itwasas yet, to me at least uncer-
benebt tbe home producer the farmer to
pay a bigher pricc than he will have to pay
next year shonld Polk be elected President.
and the home market be do longer a compe
titor with the foreign market. Adv.
THE TARIFF REPUD1ATED BY
LOCOFOCOISM.
The N. Y. Plebeian in an article on the
Maine election says:
HAVE
FROM MAINE
No! what
and the lanHull.ruuiAlu.
Whis of New York and of New Eneland
rcmrmbf r tJjijj
i -a n tW no man of any party will deny, that in point universal Whig opinion upon this subject
-' Wld a JJemocrattoa Whig. r -rrnr-ni;.Iimnf. anil talcnt. and ner- m.tantlr andeverv where. It susnended tha
isit? Why, Texasis ANNEXED l:..-ri.i: t,.:. : m..m. r.i:.. r it,. sn.,., until
MIDDLEBURY,
SPEECH OF MR, CHOATE,
'
Dtlivered before the Boston Yeung Men's
Vhiir Club
Mr. Choate began by saying that he re-
garded ihe approacbing contest asone of
moie interest to the whole country, and to
gree. lhan any which had preceded it. Tbe
ui um m,bc coounueu, is,
tbat wbll: " involveg all the questions of
mere pohcy which are ever suspended on
lbe choice ofa President questions ofthe
currency, of the lands, of internal itnprove-
mcnts, of protection, offoreign policy, and
a eie; wmie u invoires iu its wiaesi exiem
tna question, how thall thtnationbc gorerntd?
-itmvolves the first rresidential electioo that
be, our country itsell .' 1s it to be any onger
ineumon wmcti we nave Known; wmcnwe
ua.c luvcu ; 10 wmcii we uaTe ueeo accus-
wuu ub cu .iiukuiwi
" ""T' ci.argcu Uj
nexation ot a territory, out ot wmcn lorty
2."dthe Saih-' "otappended equally to the
" s-
ricultural aud to the planting ; to tbe locali-
"esouree iraae ana me locamies 01 protec-
tion, not so appended as to work an equal
and imparual enlargement and I assistance to
each oue or those vanous and heterogeneous
elcinentsof interest, and sentiment, and po-
sition, out of whose struggle cotnes the
psace, butof whose dissonancecomes the har-
tnony of our system not so but appeudcd
m one vastaccession to one side. one region,
one interest, ofthe many which compose the
""c ' l'Ju '"""
'"si
cen,tr! tocounteract the natural tendencies
oftlungs; to substituteaKvolutionorvralent
"os u""c Pa"s: cuange uio seai oi iiie
?r6.er ,one. but to alter tbe whole figure ofj
" i l ,urJr. l! c, auu lue "USC
119 UIU1L, IU ltfUUI.ll 11 1UI 111 UU tl ucn IJlglinuj
ol thc heaven ; to change its day aud mglit,
its secd-time and barvest, its solar year, thc
great cyclc of its duration itself.
This it is that gives to this election an in
terest pcculiar aud transcendcnt. It is a
question, not uhat thc policy ofthe Nation
shall be butwhat, who, where.sWi the JS'a-
tun be! It is not a question ofNational poli-
tics, butof National identity. For even if
the Union shall survive tbe Annexation of
Texas. and the discussions of Annexatiou,
it will bea uew, a cbangcd, another Union
not this. It will be changed, not by time,
which changes all things man, monuments,
States, the great Globe itself; not by time,
but by power; not by imperceptible degrces.
but ina day; not bya successivc growth,
unfolded and urged forward by an org&nic
law, an impianteu lorce, a noiseless nnd in-
vistble nutrition !rom bencathand from with
out, of which every region, every State. takes
the risk: but by the dircct action of Gov-
crutnent, arbitraiy, violcnt and unjust, of
wnicu no part lias cver agrced to takc thc risk.
It is to this element in the prescnt election.
the Annexation of Texas, tbat I wisb to-
night, passing ovcr all the rcst, to directyour
attcntion.
I shall consumc but little ofthe time of
such an asscmbly as this in attemptiug to
prove tbat tbe succcss orfailure of this enter
terprise of Annexation is suspended, for the
prescnt, perhaps for our day, on the result of
the pending election. l ou, at Icast, have no
doubt on this point. Is there one man now
before me, in lhe first place, who does not
believe, ornho does not greatly and ration-
ally tear, tbat if Mr. rolk is the next 1'rcsi
dent, Texas will come in under the unos-
tcntatious and notso very terriblc form of
atemtory, ofcourse, in the first mstance,
in tivelve mouths unless some great and
extraordinary interposition of the people
sbould prevcntit? Does any one ifsuch
an pnc roay be snpposed among you to
nicht who, opposed to Texas, asyou are,
has yet a hankering for Mr. Polk, and means
to vote for him, if he can obtain the consent
of his conscience who wants to vote for
Mr. Polk, but shrieks from tbe idea of pto
moting Annexatiou does any such one say,
oh ! it dou't follo w that, if he is chosen, Tex
as will be annexed? Be itso, but does itnot
increase the chances of Annexation? Does
it not, at least, expose you to the terrible
hazard ofbeing compclled hereafter to en
counter, by memorial, by convention, by re
monstrance, by extreme and extraordinary
action, that which you can now pcaceably,
innocently, seasonably anticipate and prevent
atthepolls? Does not every stock-jobber,
and land-jobber, and flesh-jobber who clam
ors for Annexation, understand perfectly
tbat he aids his objecis by cboosingMr.
Polk? Are not those honest geutlemen all
on his side, and do they not well know what
they are about? Does not Mr. Polk come
in, if he comes plcdgedto annex if hc can,
and determincd to do it ifhe can? Does he
not come in pledged and determined to put
in requisition tbe whole vast power of tho
Executive the whole vast power oftbe
flushed party that elects him, and to effect
annexation? Is any man foolish enough to
deny thatMr.Van Buren was east overboard,
and Mr. Polk nominated, expressly and sole
ly that tbe candidate might be.as they exqui
sitely expressit, "Texas to the back bone?"
And bow can yousuppose that, nominated
for this very puipose, elected for this very
nnrnose. he will donothinrto arrnmnlishit?
nn iT CQUailV lO 1116 COSt, IU6 II eSl, WJB CUILT, nfl r Tit . , An
Why, if he should bedisposed to do notbing, letter, in my judgement makes bim a title to
do you think that a party, or afaction, strong'every anti-Texas ote in America. The cir
cnough to eo into a fsational Convention.! cumstances uuder wbich it was eiven to tbe
ceeamg, wnicnputitout ol tbe power ofa'tain what ground Mr. Van Buren would take.
majoniy iu iiumiuaie ine cnoice oi a majon- warm Inends ot air. uiay in congress
ty ; strong enough to laugh Col. Benton and 1 would have dissuaded him from immediate
Mr. Wright in the face; strong enongb, not publication. They feared its effect even on
merely to divide Butlers last crust with him, the Whig Convention itself; they feared its
but to snatch the whole of it; strong enough wider and more permanent effect. Wait a
to ejeculate Mr. Van Buren out ofthe win-' little, they said. Feel the pulse ofthe Dele
dnw under whom they had once triumph- gates as they come to Washington Attend
ed onwhom they rallied again insix mouths for a few days, the rising voices of thegener
after the defeat ofl840, and wbo had been al pressof the South. He rejccted tbose
- their candidate as notoriously and avowed-
ly as Mr Clav had been ours and of whom
U " .... ...
( Polk's superibr: strong enough to have dis -
solred that Convention in half an bnnr. had
it notconceded their utmostdemands ruin -
OttljiTU
VT. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25, 1844.
ine ifthe couId "ot ruIe : !f Mr-Polk
' ihnnlr hi fltannvnrl tn do nothinsr. do vou
believe such a party of such a faction asthis,
1 1 -. t - . .1 1 M
nouiu periiiu nim iu uu uuiuiug i n, nu.
Desperately, weakly, fatally, does he dcceive
himself, who will not see that every thing
which an Executive, elected expressly to do
this deed, caii do, will bo done, and done at
Message. He will put it forward as the one,
grand measureorius party anu 01 nisadminis-
tration. Nothing will be leffunstirred to eff-
ectit. The farewell words of Gen. Jackson
will be rung inadmiring and subservicnt ears.
Aye, that drura shall be bcaten, which might
call the dead ofall his battlestothe "midnight
review,"in shadowy files! 'Ihe measure
w;il not be attempted again, iu the first in-
stance, iu the form of a Treaty, requirin;
you give no vote, wilhhold no vote, on such a
speculation as that. Do not, because Presi-1
dentTylerhas not becn able to coramand a j
majonty l'residcnt Tyler, wilhout a party, ;
wim dne whole dmsion ofthe JJemocratic
party) with Coi. Benton and Mr. Wright at
not, because under thesc spccial and tempo-
rary circumstancies, he hasuot been able to
0btain a majority, therefore lay tbe flattcrin
unction to your soul, that when a President
who has a party, and that party a majority of
thc Pesple, flushed with areccnt victory, won
on this precise issue, shall try his haudat the
bnsiness; when Col.Btnton-thctemporary
andspecial circnmstances ofhis reccnt resis-
,, u,v; 0i;j,ict1,ii ,..,!,;.,..
ural and earlier p091tion: and ..L:l Salle..
and "Ameiicanus" shall be himself again;
hen Southern Whigs, no longerrallyingto
the lead ofMr. Clay, sball resume their nat-
ural position, or shall divideon the q
hen ,he whole Uc,;cs 0rpartv lhe ,
eu8ral 3lrcllglh of ,he South tlle
Ural position, or shall divideon tbe question:
uniteu or
e vastand
multiform inlluence ofa strong Executive
shall be combiued; nlien tlie measure cotnes
to be pressed, under every specious name, by
aid of every specious topic of patrotism aud
aggrandisement; when, if any one, or two,
or ten, or twcnty members of Congress, :
shonld manifest symptoms of recttsancy, or ,
should try the ciTect of a little "sweet, rcluc-1
tant, amorons uclay," the wened ststcrsof,
ambitious liearts shall play before their eyes
imagcs ot torcign mtssious, aud departments,
and benchcs of justice do notdeceivc your- ,
selres into thc bclief that tbe majority ofono (
will not be securcd. 1 spcak now orthe ad- t
mission of Texas asa mere territory. The I
ercction of that territory into States will be a
very difiercnt undertaking latcr, lessprom-
ising, a far more dreadful trial ofthe tiesofi
thc Union. Of that I have aomelhingto say
hereafter; but I have no doubt whatcver, and
I fccl it to bc an urpent duty to declare it'
that the territory as territory, will be admit
ted in tnelvc months after Mr. Polk's elec
tion, unlcss some extraordinary interposition
of tbe People, on which I darc not speculate,
shall prevonl it.
Mr. Choate then procecded to observe
upon a lettcr, which he had read in the Na
tional Intelligcnccr, signed by sevcn promin
eut members ofthe Loco Foco party in New
York, includiug the accomplishcd editorof
the Evcning Post, in which the writers de
clare their purpose of supporting Mr. Polk,
but recommend the election of members of
Congress "who will reject tbe umvarrantable
scheme now pressed on the country." He
remarked ou tbe couccssion of thc letter, to
wit: "tbat thc Baltimore Convention had
placcd tbe Dcmocratic party at thc North in
a possition of great diificulty" that it expos
ed the party to the constant taunt "that the
Convention rrjecUd Mr. Van Buren and nom
inated Mr. Polk for rcasons connected with
tbe immediate annexation of Texas." that
itwentstill farthcr and iutcrpolated into the
party creed a new ductnne, hithertounknown
among us, at war with some of ourcstablish
cd principles, and abhorrent to the opinions
and leelings ol a great majonty of Nortliern
frcemeu!" And be doubted whether a State
which should give its vote for a President
nominated solcly for the very purpose of an
nexing Texas, would or could, in thc same
bread th, elect members of Congress togo and
defeat this "schcme" "unifarrantaoe" e
nougb, no doubt, but yet thc precise and sin
gle "scheme" whicb Mr. Polk was brought
forth to accomplish and whether they, or
such asthey, who surrendered to the candi
date at Baltimore, would be very Hkely to
beard and baffle the incumbent at Washing
ton. He then resumed :
The election ofMr. Polk, tbcn, will, or
may probably annex Texas asaterritory. The
election of Clay defeaU or postpones it in
delinitely. Some persons pretendto doubt or at
least seem to deny this. Butdo tbey do him,
themselves.or the great subject justice? Read
his letter upon this subject ; observe thebroad
and permanent grounds ofexclusion which
be theresketches; adverttothewell-weighed
declaration, tbat so long as any considerable
opposition to the measure shall be manifes
ted, hc will resist it ; and you cannot fail to
see thatunlessyou yourselves, unlcss Mass
achusetts, and Vermont and Ohio, sbould
whitbdraw their opposition, for his tenu at
least, you are safe, and all are safe. That
counsels of indecision, and directed it to bc
eiventotbecountrv. It fixed and rallied tbe
'second thought coukl diseern, aa now it has
'hrMin to diseern. that fair and tcmDtinz as
1 this forbiddca fiuit shows to tbe scnse, it
brings with it death, and all wo, witb lossof
biden. lbe position which 1)1 r. day hcld
the inhabitant ofaSlave State his birth
place Virginia the part be transacted in tbe
Missouri controversy bis knownand intensc
Americanism of feeling. cager enough ea
gerin themau as in tbe boy, to lay hold of
every occasion to carry up his country to thc
Ioftiest summit ofadurable and just glory,
and therefore notdisinclined to mere enlarge
ment of territory, if the acquisition had becn
just, prudent, equitable, honorable; tbe fc
licity of position enabled bim to do what few
other menofeven equal capacity and patriot
ism could do; enabled him to qucnch
the spark. if now the people sustaiu him,
tbisstupcndous couception ofmadness and of
guilt.
If the election of Mr. Polk, then, may an
nex Texas, and that ofMr. Clay defeat or
indcfiuitely postpone it, what are thc moral
duties of the opponents of Annexation, of
allparties? You are a democrat, for cxam
ple, aud you would on every other account,
tban this of Texas, desire the succcss oftbe
Dcmocratic ticket. You are all abolitionists,
and wilhout suspecting the success of your
ticket, you would desire to give it the ulmost
practicablo appearance of growth &strcngth.
But can you in sensc and fairncss say that all
the other good wbich even on your princi
ples, the election of Mr. Polk, or the cxhibi
tion ofa growing vote for Mr. Birney would
accomplish, or all tbe othcrevils which eith
er of tbese results would prcveut, would coin
pcnsate for the various and the transcendent
cvil of Aunexation? Can you doubt when
you calmy weigh all the other good which
you achieve by effecting your object, against
the mischief you do by Annexation, can you
doubt that the least th'Hg which youowc
your conscience, your country, the utmost
which pridc and consistcncy have a right to
exact of you, is neutralily ? You will uot
say, for iustance, that you believe, a mere
postponment of Dcmocratic asccndaucy for
fivc years will pcrmancntly and irreparibly
impair tbe Constitulion and the prospcrity of
our Country, or bereave her ofa ray of her
glory? She cau endure so long, even you do
not doubt, the cvil oftbe politics which you
disapprovc. Shc can afford to wait so long,
even you will admit, for the politics nhich
you prcfer. But thc cvil of Auuexation is as
immediate as irretrievable, and as etctnal as it
iscnormous! Time terms of Prcsidcutial
olfice, ages instead of bealing, will but dis
play, will but exaspcratc, the immci'ical-'e
wonnd. Ycs, ycs. Hc who, some spacc
hereafter, how" long, how brief that spacc,
you may not all tastc ofdcath until you kuow,
he who, another Thucydidcs another Sis
mondi, sball observe anil sball paint a Union
dissolved; thcsilvcrcord looseucd tho goldcn
bovrl broken at the fountain; he who shall
observe and who sball paint theNation's ftag
foldctl mournfully, and laid aside in the si-
lcnt chambcr where the memorials of renown
and gracc, uow dead, are galhered togcthcr;
who shall rccord thc ferocious factions, the
proflgate ambition, the hot rivalry. thc wars
ol hate, the truces of treachery which sball
furnish the mattcr ofthe history ofalieuated
States, till one after another turns out aud
rolU from its place on higb he shall enti
tle thisstained and mournfuIchnpter,thecon
scquenccs of annexation.
But look at this busiuess a little more in its
details.
I will uot move the question of its effect
on American Slavcry. Whcthcrit willirans
plant thc strickcu race from old States to
new; whether it will conccntratc it on a difi
ercnt, largcr or smallcrarca than it uow cov
crs, whether tbe result of this again would
bc to increase or to diininisli its numbers, its
sufferings, and its chances ofultimatccman
cipatiou tbis is a speculation from which I
rctirc. I rcpeat what I had the honor to say
in the dcbate on tbe treaty, that the avowcd
and diiect object of annexation certainly is,
to prevent the abolition of slavery on a vast
region wbich would else become frec. The
immediate intended and securcd in the first
instance, therefore, certainly is the diffusiou
and iucreaseof slavcry. Sofarwesce. So
much we know. More than that, no man cau
be certain that he secs or knows. Whether
this is to work an amelioratiou ofthe staies
of slavery while it lasts, ortoshnrtcn its du
ration, is in His counsels, "who out ol evil
still educes good ia infinite progression."
Thc meaus wesee are cvil. Tbe first effect
is evil. Tbe cnd is tmccrtain. But, ifit
were certain and were good. we may not do
evil that good may come. While, therefore,
I feel itto be my duty distinctly lo say, that
I would leave to the masters of slaves every
guaranty ofthe Constitulion and tne Union
theConstitution as itis thc Union as it is
without which there is no security for you
orfortbem no, not foraddy; I still con
trovert thc power, I deny the morality, I
tremble for the conscqocnees, ofannexingan
acre of new territory, for the mere purpose of
diffusing tbis great evil, this great cause.over
a wider snrface of American earth. Still
les would I, for such a purpose merely, lay
hold ou such a territory as 1 exas, larger than
France, and almost as fair; least ofall now,
just when tho spirit ofliberty is liorcring
orer it, in act to descend.
Pcmaindcr next tceelc.
Beiiold tourProphet! So lateasSep
tember, 1840, only two mouibs before tbe
Preeidential election of that year, theproph
etofthe Richmond Enquirer, who b noioso
sanzuineof Mr. Polk's election, put down as
"certain" for Mr. Van Buren the votcs of
eleven States, giving 115votes; as "certain"
for General Harrisonseven States, giving 60
votes; and as "doubtful, for arguraent's
sake,"eight States, giving 119 votes. But
ofthe doubtful States he"confidentIycIaimed
New York. wbich gave General Ilarrison
some 12,000 majority, and Ohio, which gave
him some 25,000 majority, and declared that
Tennessee, which gave 12,00 majority, would
"most assuredly" go for Van Buren, His
finalconclusion was tbatHarrison "could not
get more tban 91" votes, while Van, he
thought, would get 234 and Van, instead of
203, obtained 60! Again wesay, behold your
vrophcl! And judge ye what is the worth of
his present vindications. Lynchburg Vtr
ginia. The Issbes, The Hudsoa N. Y. Loco
foco Gazette, in answcr to a question pro
pounded by the Republican, Whig, says
that it is in favor of rc-cstablishing
THE SUB-TREASURY
In favor of
REPEALING THE TARIFF.
And in favor ofthe
ANNEXATION OF TEXAS.
Tbe Whigs arc agiinst all ihtf e. Here
then are thc issucs.
NUMBER 21.
Mosse's Electf.o-Magnetic Tele-
ghapii. Since the atljournment of Coti'
eress Professor Morse has been engaged
? c .:,, !,;-, u,rP r
m asenes of expenments wnicn nave re-
sl.;;mnl;fv;nffthP s.ructure ofthe
Telegraph, id byVupendng with the
larpe batterv. at once cxpensivc anu
cumbrous, have adaptcd it both in cost
and form, to the convenience and means
of individuals and neighborhoods. In the
cxperiinent designed to exhibit thc prac
tical ntility ofthe apparatus to Congress,
the Professor used cighty cups, and his
original estimate ofthe numbcrnecessary
to effect a communication betwccn Wash
ington and Baltimore comprehcndcd at
least one lmndrad. But hc has now re
duccd the battery to ten cups, and by
this battery the two lndependent instru
tnents are operated at the same lime, with
out the slightest interferencc of one with
thc other.
The practicability of crossing rivers
without subjecting the conductors to dis
turbancc from anchor; tc , if laid at the
bottoin,and without incurring the cxpcnse
and inconrcniencc of carrying thcm on
spars abovc thc the tops of vessel's masts,
has been completcly Citablislicd by rcpcatcd
expcrimcnts, which prove that no tcirts
ncedpass through, abovc or bcneath the
icatcr, in crossing riccrs tcith the Tele
graph. The tcater itself is inade by Pro
fessor Morse's arrangcmcnt the cfiicienl
conductor of thc elcctrical fluid. W e
can do no more American, from which we
have ascertaincd thc foreBoinjjiiig facts.
, than to give a sujigestion which we Icaru
was inade by the Professor himself, that
' should there bc constructed alineof Telc
graphic conductors along the Connecti
cut shore ofthe Long Island Soutitl, and
also along thc Long Island Ilailroad,
cvcry town of the Long Island Shore and
also on the Connecticut Shorc would be
in certain and constant communication
with each other, without the ncicssity of
any other conncction but thewitcr of the
Sound. Jour.of Com.
I GRADUATES OFSEVERAL
j LEGES lSft.
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Union,
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' Dartmouth,
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Williams,
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llainilton,
Dickinson,
Weslcyan University,
Vcrinout University,
Newark,
Triuity. late Washington Ct.J
j Westcrn Rcservc,
I Geneva,
j Middlebury,
j Georgetown,
Marietta,
J Ohio University,
'By thc "Advcnt Herald," coulinned to ns,
tb'oiigb we have uot rcclprocalcd siucc lbe
J great failure, March 21, 1814, it appears
from letters publishcd to and ftom "Brotbcr
r Hitnes," that this brothcr and brotbcr Miller
j are itineraling at tbe West, last at Cleaveland
' and Cincinnali. Tbe ground now taken is,
1 tbat the failure (only man's time.) proves
nothing, and that the advent and dcstrcctioii
may bc daily cxpccled, itid must shortly
'come. It will, next, like acti-Vlavcry, take
' a political tiirn, and wc sball have "brotber
, Miller" up for President, and brother Himcs"
for Vicc President. aa soon as 1848. We
' may look out then for a Murmon and a Mil
, lcr candidate, then to bc added, at leist.
Never did a people love better to bc hum
bugged than in lhe nincteeuth century. aud
in a country boasting loudcst of its great
, light and advautagcs, cxcclling all ollicr
natious oi ihe eartlt.
CpThe Evcning Post assumes that Silas
Wright will now resign his seat in thc Seuate
j (as bc must toput agood f.iceon thc con'eit)
and presuuics that C. C. Cambrclcng and
I Samucl Young will be appoinied to the
I Senatc, in place of Messrs. Tallmadgc anj
riKtit. increare no two bitterer, more
thorough enemies ofthe Protective policy all
through than tbis saine Cambreleng and
Young not even in thc State of South Car
olina. A II.rrr Ome.v. During thc specch
of Gcn.Coombs at New-IIaven on the 4th,
a most plcasing incident occurcd, which
is thus alludcd tr in theeport of the Ncw
Ilaven Courier;
If we fail to elect Clay now continucd
Gen. C the experimentof FrccGovern
ment is a failure. Ifa man like Jamcs
K. Polk can bc elected over a man like
Henry Clay, there is no use in talking
I hereafter of rewarding public services.
L,ook at the pcdestals upon which all tlie
Presidantsrosc to power. George Wash
; ington,Thomas Jefferson.allof them down
callcd from Lindcnwald to New-York to
be pall bearer at his own funeral. Tyler
we will not mcntion. But oh, whcrc will
Polk's pedestal be found ? I tell you that
the Dcmocrals who raay vole for him now
will be ashamed to acknowledgeit to their
posterity, and they'II deny that they wore
al home orat all; rather than confess to
their indignant offspring that they voted
forJames K. Polk. Now look at the
pedestal of Henry Clay, rising higher and
higher for the last forty years. Aye. see
him like an eagle with untiring pinion,
soaring against the sun. (Here the au
dience were sta'tcled by the cry of "An
towards the Heavens, and there with
outspread wings, the proud bird of our
country seemed to pause as if delighted
with tbe scene beneath him. Gen.
Coombs looked up and exclaimed "Oh,
pround bird of my country's banner, I ac-
cepl theomen. long, long may you soar
in tnajesty abovc thois banners wavingj
IS PUBLISUED EVRT WED2VESDAT MOtIM
I STEWART'S BUILDiaoS,
BY J. COBB JR.
si wuoa ll obdxrs rcK rr.iisTiso
HAliDBlLLS,
atns,
Of every descriptiou will bc ncally
fashionably cxecuted. at short noiire'.
aud
over the land ot the frec anathe home of
, , .
e bravc ) Oentleinen, I have said
! t these p ,.d not
come acciden
come by acci-
tally. 1 hat bird did tiut
detit to takc the sentencc from mr mouth.
I hail it as happy omcn.
The effect of this occurrcncc, as may
well bc supposed, was clectrical, and the
nir rcsounded with tlie suddcn and simul
ianious shouts ofthe multitude.
AND STILL ANOTHER.
David Lee Child, thc former editor of
the Anti-Slavciy Standard, the best
"Liberty" paper in the country, was pre
sent at a whig Ratification Mceting iu
Northamption, Mass, hcld a short time
since. Hc delirercd an addrcss, says the
Gazettc, repletc with fervid rloquenco
and unanswerablc argumentation, against
the doctrines and conduct of the Loco-'
focos, and in favor of Whig principles.
He regarded the Whig party as the great'
est iiibtrutncntaJity now existing for iherc
moval of slavcry. He should therefore giv
into the political campaign for the Whig
caudidates with his whole soul. Wc hail
Mr. Child as a powcrfui coadjutor iu thc
Whig causc No liran' can rcndcr it bet
ter scrvicc.
the beg1nmng of loco foco
opposition to protection;
In 1-33 Gen Jackson was President;
his friemls wcrc the majority in Congress 1
a Protective Tariff was in forcc: acd
South -Caroliua had threatened dibunion
and civil war, unles3 that Tariff was rc
pealcd. Geu. Jackson, in his Message
had said
"That a Tariff dcsigncil for p.-rpctuul
protection had entercd into thc minds of
but few of our statesmen;. am that the'
most they had anticipated vas- a tcmpo
rary protection ;" and "that those whir
took au cnlargcd vicw oftbe ccudition nt'
our country, must be satisficd the policy
of protection must be ultimatcly limitcd to
those larticles as ilomestfc maWnfai furr,
ichich are intlcspcnsable to our safcty in
tiinc of tcar."
Since thc promulgation of ihe afnivc
sentiment by President Jackson a senli
ment at war with the policy of thc Rc
pnblican party and of the General Govcrn-'
mcnt np to that time thc Loco Focu
party has uuiformly opposed the Ameri
can System- a it was etablished by
Washington, and maiutained by Ad.iiiu,
Jefferson, Madibonyand cvcry true patrict
in tlie country.
Vcrpfancfe and Polk's rcport and bill
for thc ricstriiction of tlie Tariir bciii
under consideration in Congress, Mr.
Clay,- sceing the fearfol crisis, and know
ing the rcMstlexs power of Jackson's inllu
ence ovcr a Congress, a maj rily of br.tli
Houses bcing his dcvoled supportcrs, in
Iroduccd thc Comprotuisc Bill, in ordcr
to savc thc principle of Protectinn, from
thc instant and oTcrwhclmiug destritction
xvith which it was menaced. That (fii.i
was thc motive which govcriicd him is
raadc cvideut by thc following extract
from the specch which hc inade, in intro
ducing tbis bill, on tbe 12 of Fcbruary,
1S30:
"Jn prescnting thc modilication ofthe
tariff law s which I am about tosnbtnit, I
have two great objects in view. My first
object looks to the tariff I am compclled
to cxpress thc opinion, formcd after the
moit delihcratc reflccticu and on full sur
vcy of thc whole countrv, that whether
rightfullvor wron2ftilIv, THE TARIFF
STANDS INIMM1NENT DANGEU.
Ifit should even be prcserved during thi.i
session, it must fail at thc next sessicn
By what circumstancrs, and through whit
causcs, has ariscn thc nccessity for tfits
change in the policy of our country, I
will not iiowprctctid ti clucidatc." "Gu
ing to a variety of coticurreiit cause, thf
tariff, as it now cxisls, is in I.MMINF.NT
DANGEIt; and if thc system can bs pre
served bcyond thc next FesMon, it inujt bt
by some means not uilliin the reach of
human sagacily. TIIE FALL OF
THAT POLICY, Sllt. WOULD BK
PRODUCTIVE OF CONSEQUENCES
CALAJIITOUS 1NDEED. When I
look tothc varietyof intcrcsts which aro
involved, to the numbcr of individuals in
terested, the amount of capital invested,
the valuc of buildirigs erccted and the
whole arrangcment of the business for
theprosecution ofthe various brancbes of
mauutacturing arts which have sprung up
under the fostcring care of this govem -mcnt,
I cannot contcmplate any evil equal
to the suddcn overthrow of all those in
tcrcsts. History can produce uo parallcl
to the extent ofthe mischief which would
be produced by such a disaster. The ro
peal ol the edict of Nantes itself was noth
ing in comparison with it. That con
demned to exile and brought to ruin a
great number of persons. The most re
spectable pottioii of the poptilation of
France was condemned to exiie ana ruin
by that measure. But in my opinion, sir,
the snddcn repeal of lhe tariff policy
would brinr RUIN AND DESTRUC
TION ON THE PEOPLE OF THIS
COUNTRY. Tbere is no evil, tn my
opinion, equal to the consequenccs whicli.
would result from such a catastrophc."
Nilcs' RcgisUr,rolA3,p 111.
In the same ? peech he afierwards said
"To those who sav that thc bill aban-
Ldn the power of protection, I would
renlvthatit does not toueh that power."
The first Whig Congress there wa. af
ter Mr. Clay had thus saved tbe coont"y
all the benefitsof Protection itwasin ht
power to save, enacted the prescnt Tmi'J
law. Over tht Consress .Mr C was s-
cu:ed of actmr the part cfa D;c-