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qoc'iion wcs moved and seeonded, nnd the
"nai n tptcslion ordcred to be put, viz: 'Shall
tok BlLLPAsa? !i wasdecidcd in the affir
mative yeas J15.mys 81 Again do ive
find Mesira.Collamer, Ftiol Jind Marshtrue
lo ihemselvea nnd Iheir conslituents, voling
in ihe negaiive iviih Wilmqt, Brinkerhoff,
Kink. Wcntworih and oiher unflincliing Wil
inui Proviso 'democrals' or the North and
But where on ihis 'wain quest.on do
wc discover thc vcteof-,auI Dillins.ham Jr..
of Vermont? Gonlle rcaJer,' NO-WHERE!
Siliingiri hisdishonored place in the House
ol Repreeciitalives,and hnving east his "vo:c
nol fce minules previously in manncr to
de'.cat ihe W ilmol Proviso, hc. permits his
natne to be called and clotceliis niouth in
igniominious siltsnce. For the first, and ivo
rrust thc last time. Vermont has c rcpreeen
tntlvc io iheNiiiinnal Couticils whoDARES
not face his rrsponsibilfries a tnan ho
shrinks, skclks, DOIJGES a tnan who
quailii bc.forc il.c arrog.nil de:ianda of the
Tiro'-itlavery faction of his party, nnd provrs
ilso to the principles and tlio senlimcnis of
his consiiluents and nis fctate.
Now itis the fashion nmong thc Locofoco
pnpcrs in ihis Sl;ite, to cry out ngainst what
they call thc 'abiuc.'. of Mr. Difiingham in
thc columns ol the Frcc Prcss. e have
never abuscd the gemlcmcn, nor have we
nny desire. purpnse.or occnsioii to. Wehavo
nolhing to do with him cxr.epting &o far as
lils pulilic course nsalicprcseututive in Unn
grce or otlier public bodies is concerncd.
We arc not cousrious of thc flijjhien conceiv-
n!)le ill towards him personally, liul fur his
pnlilicnl course for his mousing srlictnes
nnd stratagems for his party lactics and
manccitvres. ue have Ihe proloundcst con
temptand dclestation, nnd so long as be is
ii'ai'ru belore Hic pcriple m rrmont as a
cindidalc Iof the highcst Stne office in their
gili, we phail endcavor, fo lar ns wc can, to
niakc surh an cxpo.i:ion of hi claims upon
tlie'r sjfiorages as slinll cimble them to o'c
furfndcleethim.il lliey do voto lorande-
lect him. vn'lerstandwglii I he public tvtll
pmbably be informed in ihe ncxi Montpelier
Palriol ihat the Frcc Prcss has lu i'uioly nt-
tnr.kcd .Mr, U.. but llinl tltat gcntleman is in
thc enioynicnt, ncvcrlhrlcss, ol lna customa-
rv hralili nnd spirits. This is thc usual stylc
uf iirguincul u'ith whirh thal ndroit paper
inecia grjvc chargrs convrnienl, doubl!e3
nnd compcmlions, but in uur poor jndgcmcnt
no! rery willy nor very coniplimcntury to it
cnncicnir-s.
Cui we have nol donr uith Mr. Dillincham
?Ie votc-I lur ihc ndnusii.n of thc Slate of
Texas lo lhi Union. u iih a Cuns lilnlion nb-
s..!utely at:d forcvcr PI10HII3IT1NG. hcr
Leislatnre from abo.islitng Slarcry within
ber lintitr; l:c voled for cen5Diii.no Gcncral
Taylor lor the trrms ofthc rapiiiil.tlion of
lonierey. nc votcil tur and agatnsl the prop
ofiiion to superrerd hoih TAVl.on nnd Scott
in thc conminnd ofihc nrmy, he volcd roa
nn I aoai.xpt. nml doccd. llic rnnll ol -IS
46. whirh Locoforoisni f tvears i filling the
r.ountry iviilt prosprrni; lic voted aiianiat
priining the Mcniortnl of the Ycarly Mccting
ol tlic onciety ol h,ricml ol XSew t,ngland.
prayilig Coiijjrecf. in rnFprclful tcrm nnd
wiihoul thc slighlcst rcfercnre lo party divis
ion., to lake ttrps in bring ihia war lo n
c.'ceily nnd pcacefnl ronrlusion.1 In his
vnirs nn nll Ihosc muasnrcs xvc undertakc lo
siyhe lniled to nEpiitscNT nny pnrtion of
ine pcoplu ol vrriijont. and is tiicrelore, un
wo ihy. in cvrry reute ol thcwmd. to bc their
fh'ef Magisiratc. IS'o randidatc tvas cvcr
pri'Fcnted tn thc Frecmcn ol lliis Stale who
mnrc ihurnughly tlrsrrreil an ovcrwhelming
dulmt than Paul Dillinghnin. Jr. He pot h
tii 1SI0 nwing, an thc RoUon Post snid, to
'hii 'unpoptditTity.'' Iflicdoeenol get it a
g'lin. in IS47. we don't mcan it l:all be rur
i.mli. Wc will iry to prevrnt nny dodging
i'i I'trmonil Burlington Frcc Prttt.
Another letter from Jack
Do7ning.
Dnmmgrill, away dozrn Katt, in the Slate
ef Mnivt. Jvly G. 13-17.
Mr. (l.ii-r.R & Staton: Ny Denr Old
friends; My Idirrlo you on hoard the iteani
hmi on I.nu UIhiuI uunil wnacnt olTo short
by thc lii-HV rincing for us to get tcady to go
j.hoie. tliai I didn't ect half through tcl'ing
ym ihrinlL I had niihthc Presidrnt that dny:
aii'l ue have h.nl 5n tnuch talk sincc and
-rn sa tiuirh on thc jnurney. that 1 shant be
ii'df to trll in oue half nor a qurter on't in
a Intrr. It would take a whnlc book to give
Vtti n gond nulinn of thc wlinle story. Utii
t'nt; Prrsidcnt will he luck lo Wanhington be
fu.v jon can j;et tbi letter, for he started to
K luck l;it Siilnrdn;. tn you can g'-I ihe
wholo .iccouiii ofthr jonrncy finm him. Ile'll
I)' ileliclitrd to tf l dowiiand lellyoii all aliout
jt; for lie b-.is been amazingly pleased nith
Oif nhnle jnurney, from tnp to boltom. llc's
Ijreu nn hi-h-hi-ilJ IjooN the way. In---d
of sroni:i mnre slnopiu' hy bowing so
murli, it fleenn ns if he stood straichter than
crvr. Ile told the (Jovcriior. in his speech at
Augusta, .Sainrdjy, -It stlJum linjipciis tliat
i.ii niiirsc of auy onc tnan's lifa is marked br
sj dijiingiiblift! a rocepti'iu as hss been c-rird-d
lo me to-d.iy." WVII, sn it lins been
nll ihe way idmig; hnrraliiii;. and compli-in.-iiiiog.
and fiiiiigi nnd .speeche:, aiul din
Jiers, nd suppn, and bliakin hnidi. On
b'iird ihe stcainlio.it Irnm Porlland to Au
Riista nc got a blilo brelhiog time and had
n loig lalk.
S.iys thc Prbsideut lo mc : Norr. Major,
.iys hc, I nantyoti to hecaiidid. No oncis
a trus fiiuud to on iu a lii-h stnlion nnlcss he
wdMie candid and epeak ihe Iruth. And now
Major, I don't waut jou to flattcr me; I
want you to be candid, nnd tcll me jest what
jouthiok. You wcnt alon-; iviih Presidcnt
Jacksnn wben be raade his touerdowu East,
nnd had a cba.-ice to see the nhnle opcratiou;
and now 1 waut you to lell tne candidly, if
you think the pcople wcrc any more fond of
hmi tlian they are of ine.
tiotf, Coloncl, says I, not iribhmc to
Inut yonr fcelings at nll, but, iceiu" you've
aUed my candid npiuiou, I wout dc'ny but
what thc people are vcrv fond of you,aina
zmuly fouJ, pcrhaps as fond as thev can be.
I5ul, aficrall, these times aiut cxac'lly cqual
to old Hiekory'a tinics.
But vha: do you mean? saya he.
Well. tays I, thc pcoplo all 8ecm to be ama
zing fond, hut somebo- ii seems to have n
sort of mnthtr in law nhow about it ; it don't
secm to be so real hartv as they sliowcd to
o'd Hickory.
Well now, Major, s.iys he, nnd he redden'd
n little uhcn Hc said iIim; sa)i hcthatonly
nhnns how strongyour prejudiecs set in favor
ol the old Geoerai. But I Ibouht you waj
a man of stronger mind and dounder judg
meot. I canl agrce wiihyou agninst thecv
idenrcofmy own scuscs. Did you noiicc
nll the unyalonghnw thick Ihe crowds flock
rd around me to tliake hands uith mc 1
l'es, says I, but ihey didn't go iu with auch
a ruib as ihey did nhcn my old Iricnd tho
tineral come ihis way. They jammed a
round him so they had to rlimb ovcr eath olh
er's hcads to get al him. And I had to take
hold sometimcs by ihc hour togetber and
help bira shakc hands with 'ca, orhe never
Hnuld hare gotlhrough wilhone halfof'em.
Well, then.sayshe, did jou miudfiow loud
ihey cbocred and hunabcd wbenever we
cnme alon?
Yes, Colonal. ayg I, I heard all that; but
myjrcinus! whenBrefoId flicksry mde his
apprnMnro, the crowd roared nchi ont like
t!iu!id-r.-
Well. Maior. aavs he. they couldn't beat
them cbcers that the Demacrats and Capiain
Ryuders gaTe me at Tammany Hall, I koow;
thunder itlf couldn't beat that. It's no use,
Major, for you to argue that point ; no Pres
ideut evcr rectired auch uiarks of honor from
the people before, I am sura of that; Imean
the wholc people, Federalistsas wellas Dcm
ncrata ; that is, if there is any such peopleas
Federalists now days, and Mr. Bitcbie says
theie i. Only think, the old state of Mats
achusetts did the business up as bandsome &
seemed tn he as food of me as GovernorHill's
State ; I couldn't see any diflerence. You
must confcss, Mnjor, that evenyour old frieod
llickory didn,; receive so tnuch honor as I
hare.
Well now , says I, Colouel, T don't waut to
hurl your feelings, but you aro jest as much
mistaken as you was wben you scnt Old
Rough and Ready tnto Mexico. Have you
forgot hw they took the old Gineral into
Cambridge Cullego and tnade a Doctor of
him.
Who cares for tht? says ihe Colonel ; says
he, turniug up his nose. Didn't the Detno
crals atid Capt. Rynders take me into Tnm
many Hall nnd inake a ammany ofmej
No, no, Major DonniDg, it's no use for you
to argue thc point againstmy popularity; for
I have got cyes and J cansec ; ar.d I tellyou,
and I want you lo mark my wordi, I lell you,
I am more "popular with the wholepeoplc
ihau evcr old Hickory was iu all his life. He
was very popular with the Llemacratie party.
bui I am fully pcistiaded he badu't sncb a
hold upon the affections of the whole people
as I have.
Ilere the Presidcnt got up and walked a-
bout the floor, nnd seemed m a ueep stuay
for n nmch as five minules. At lastaays be:
I missed a ficccr in my specch ibere at Bal
timore 'tolher dy, I see it now, and I don't
know cxactly how to got over H.
How so ? says I.
Why, says he, I ought not to have said.
rij:ht up and down, pint blank, that 1 should
rrtire wben thii tcrm was up. 1 should only
talkcd aboui my desire to retire tn private lilo.
I was loo hasty and committed myself too
soon. There iiorer was a beltir cbaoce for
anybnuytobe elec'ed than there is for mc
uo-, if I hadn't made that unfortuoate rc
maik. Jackson stood tnice. nnd Jeffersou
stood tnice, and I supposeit isreallymyduty
toserve mycountry as long as they did- But
ifl should underlakc to runain, I sposcthey
would be throwiug that Ballimuro specch in
my lccth.
Well uow, says I, Colonel, can'l you sec
your way outof that? You wasn'born down
Kast so fur ns I was. It's no grcat of a job
to get ovcr that IroublR.
At that Ihc Presidcnt bnchtened up a good
dcal : and says he, well Major, if you'll get
me over that ililficulty handsomely, wheu wc
cnme lo have anollicr sbuflle for ofliccrs, you
niay chonsc any card in the pack, and you
shall have it
Well. says I, Coloncl, about that rccnark
of yourn at Baltimore, that you should gire
up whcn thii leim is out, all you've gol to
do is lo get Mr. R'rchie to lake il batk in
the Uuiou, let him dcclaro that it w as only a
sort of spcculalion, haslily ihrown out. ivith
out much considcration, and that, so far as he
undcrstaiids, ncilher the President nor auy
nfhis cabinet cntettain any such viens.
Theuyoucango nlong jest nssmoothand
Ehfe as if nolhing had happencd.
Fart, that's it, says the Color,cl, snnpping
his fingcrs; slrange I didn't tbing of that bc
ft.ro. Major, you do beat all for worMcg out
ofdilEcullies ! I believe 111 make up tny
mind to go ahcad another tetm; I don't sec
anytbing iu the way. l'll tell yehow I thluk
pf wurkirg it. I've been tcading ovcr ihis
letter of Taylor s to tbe Cincinnati &inal.
Hc'sanold hcad.but he ain'tagoiug locome
nuotber Buno Visto blunder over me. JIJ
don't take tho wind out of his sails before
long, l'll engage to raako him Kins of Mexi
co. And l'll try him on his ontitacktoo.
I'I! come out and declare that I won't bc ihe
randidatc of no party neither: and throw
myself upon the people. I'm convinced fiom
what I'vc scen on this journey,tkat the vliigs
will go for me almost to a man. Van Burru
nnd Wtiglit. who say I'm not ihe mau for ihe
Notthein DemucratH, may go to grnss. 1 go
for the people, the whole people. aud nothing
bui thr pcople.
Well, says I, Colonel, that's the road ; and
I wish you a pleasant nnd prospcions jour
ncy. We had snme talk abont the war bcforc
wo reachcd ugu;ta, but I haveu'l got time
to e.xplain to you the Prcsidcnt's iew about
it iu ihis letter. Hc saja hc mcansto keep
a tighl rcin oirr Taylor, aud not let him to
much, and when he dorsdo nnylhing, make
him report il lo the Govefnment Ihrough
Scolt. I nfked him if he wrsu't afraid ofma
kine too tnll a man outof Srott by plaring
him on Taylor' jhoulders, and hesaid uo. hc
should look out for that, and if hc sces any
dangerofit he should make Scott report to
tho uocriiment thruiigh Mr. Trist.
After wc viiitcd Auctfta. and Hnllowell.
and Gardincr, I Iricd to get ihc Prcsideut to
go ont lo Donniiigville, but hesaid he didn't
ibiuk it would do for him to slop any longer
ihii time, thntigh ihcre was no place in the
counlry he was more anxious to sce and he
promiscd, ihe tlrst leisurc time he could get.
to make a ftying visit ihclc. I askeil him if
he didn't think it uould do fo.' me to go out
and stnp a day or two, as I hadn't feen uncle
Joshua or aunt Kesiah or any of them there
lora long time. He raid certainly, by all
rneanj. and he would hurry back to Washing
ton and look round two or three days and sce
what was bcst to be done about this Mexicau
war businrss, whicb. accnrding to ihe letter
1 hrought on from General Scott, seemed lo
be ceiling into somcthinc of a snarl. He
said bo would have things all cut and dried
by tbe time J got back along to Washington,
so ihat wc could make up our minds at oocc
unai is ucsl to be done.
Your old friend.
MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
A SOLEMN FACT.
Sczxc, Prinling OfficecdiloT lusy writing.
Enitr an office seeker.
My dear sir, how do you do 1 1 hnpe you
are prospering as t sual, and as I am talked
of for- an important office, I just called
to see if you would advocate my election in
your very valuable aud idflueulial paper
You have the adrantage of ns, sir we re
ally cannol call io mind your name, though
we probalily write it erery weck in direclicg
our newspapersl
iiy nams is and though it is not on
your lisl, I asure vou I read your valuable
pnpcr every week with great ioterest ; it is
really one of tho best papers in the State.
My neisbbor takrs it. nml T Phila.
delpbia paper. he and 1 cxchanfre I could
uot get along at all without reading your pa
per, I asuie you !
Thaukyou, wc vcd all the ivpporitbe
paity can give us and we bone rrm, mnr, ;
our ranks will aid in sustaiuing the paper so
long as it sustaios the party. Here is an ar
ticle, Sir. we have just writlen. settioi? fonh
yout qualifications and claims to the ofTicn
jou meniion butasyou take aPhiladelphia
paper, we wui enciosc u io rnila'lelbia, and
when it is published. yau can exclianee icith
yonrneighbors. and you will undoubledly be
eiecieo io iuc oiuce you desire ! We are al
ways hsppy to adrocata th claims of our
friends! Good ninrninr!
Tbe above will apply to'more tban ine in
stance in the Stale of Vermont. Men come
up for office who expect the press lo adiocate
iheir claims, print aud circulate roles. labor
at the polls. secure their election aud all be
catise they patrouize a Philadelphia paper &
borrowtbe noMC news of their neighbor!
Such men deserve dejeat and Dfvcr need bsk
us to adrocale tbeir claims. l ne nrst ques
tion nethallhereatter put to theoffice-seek
pr itillhe. afierascertaininehisaualificatioos
rtnnmi natronize thc newsvavers prinedin
vouroicn lotcn, eovnty and Stale? Ifyes,
wel if no, let those who you do paironixe
set forth your claims for omce
An Editor away dowo east, who serred fonr
days on a Jurv. says Ihat ne is so mii oi law
ihat it's hard for bim to keep Irora cheating
soracbody.
THE AMERICANARMYIN
MEXICO,
The lollowinc deicription of tbe American
conqucroreof Mexico is the Iranslation of
a letter lroai a native oi rueDia:
London Timts.
Poebla, May 16, 1847)
Mr, Worth apparcntly did not with to
keen the nublic in sufpensc nfterhis ofEcial
communicaiion. nnd accordingly the hcad of
his column appeared at an cariy nour oppo
siie Ihe gnlo Amzop. The towna people
seemed undislurbed. The wbol&ciiy, with
the cxccpiion of the dry goods shops, which
remaincd closed, prcscnted ils ordinary as-
pcct, and no one would have supposcd that
a iiostile army was expecieu. auouiiibii
Dast 10 o'clock n party of 100 cavalry sepera
ted fiom the division nnd entered by the
Btrects ol Aluacil Mayor, San Cris'.obal,
jSic. lo ihn snuare. from which ihey wilh-
drevv by way ol Sanlo Domingo to ihe bar
rack o! San Jose. Curiosiiy lo sce Ihe Yan
kces ovcrcame thealarm sonalural nt the
moment, The pcople crowdcd ihe slrccls
rnd nearly all the balconics in the line were
hlleil wiih speciaiors. iou win cxcusc itus
curiositv whcn you reflecl that it was excitcd
bo the men of Vera Cruz and Cerro Gordo,
whoin thc mouihs of thcvulgar passed lor
diabolical prodigics, 1 myself yiclded lo the
impulsp, ni:d breaking a vow of eec!u?ion,
sallied forth (o become acqtiainled uilli our
fuiurc niariers. Imnirinc my Eurprisc and
Ihat ol nll ihc world, when insiead ollhc Ccn
taurs which we expccted, I eaw a hundrcd
gallows-faccd men, uniformed (if thc dress
which moEt of them wore could bc called
suchjwiih poveriy and bad taste, many of
ilicin in tlicirshiri-siecves, armed wnii swords
carbinc nnd pislols of a common kind, their
horecs larce indccd, but henvy, and dcvoid
of grnce, like all their race, and with nooth-
crornument ttinn a piain saddicand bndle
Thus for the acccssoriesf,
'With rcspcct to ihe mcn, I shall only say
ihat for tcn good fignres, there was as tnany
eick, ri-kctiy and eveu dcformed. Add lo
ihis the disgus ling want of clcanlincssof all
ihcse mcn, and you havcn piclure Ihc tnost
unmilitary possible, and whirh I Ehould call
rcvoliing, wcrc it nol mixed wiih some gro
tesqne figurcs nt which it was impossible to
nelp laughing. llusisno exnggerntion; l
slale sinccroly my first impressions and Ihat
olall prcEcnt. from some rools nisses were
heard, and. though not gcncral, which truly
cxpres?ed ihe contempt to which curiosiiy had
given plhce. Aller an mtcrval ofan hour
ihe main body entered. Oriheirappearance
I shall say somelhing thc numbcrs j-ou will
una in ine nnnexeu note. All. lliat wehavc
heard ofHrrculean frames. and clccatit fitr-
ures, hns been the cxaiictration of mahcc or
cownrd ice. Thcrc are all eotib amont? them
but at the firct glance il is apparcnt thal Ihe
majorily ofihe army is compnsed of Iriih em
igranls allenualcd by hunger. The uniform
of all ihat have entered consislsola jncket
and pantnloons of common lioht blue clolh.
prccisely thc same as the rocluscs' oSan
Roque, and wiih no othcr ornament but the
military incignia, All, evcn the dragooos,
wear (lat cloih caps. thongh several had
adoptcd the palm hatsof tbe coutrv and . we
savr eomc enter with iomptaicson their heads.
Ifl wcrc not in a hurry, 1 would substitule
thc pencil for the pen, in order to send you a
skcich of an officer ol Ihe line who prcscnted
himself on an cnormous cart-horse, wiih a
frock coat of most nbmrd cut, and an old
common straw hat turncd up as a threc cock
od onc
Altogciher the general aspcct of the army
is all ihat bad tasle and cconomy can pro-
ducc ofridiculous sordid. and filihy. Nor
does Iheir armament seem to me auything
extraordinary. In a word, exceplthe draught
hores. which are very good, I aseure you,
wiihoul cxaggerntion, ihat those men bring
nothing thal we have not seen a ihousands
limes. Evcn thc immcnse number ol iheir
wngonsis nn! n prool oflargo siores, The
wagons are alniost all empiy, nnd I under
siatid their principal use to be (or thetrans
port of ihe troops. How, thcn, have they
done what ihey huvc 7 How have they con
tinually beat our arrey, which not only sur
passes them ir appcarance ler that is un
qucstionablc but in my opinion has real
and potitivc advnniagcs over them? Every
one asks this quesiion, lo which there is but
onc reply. Their lcadcrs nnd pariicularly
ihc colouels of rcgtnienls, are old groy haired
men. This makcr ine still rcly on our sol
diers, and givcs mefnr the fuluresomc hopcs
which we requirc more Ihan evcr. Forto us
(above all ihe poets, or who aspirc to bc
such) tous. who cannot teparate iheidca
of progress iu civilizntion Irom a cerlain oor
dialiiy ol manncrs, poliiencss, and external
refinemcnt, these coarse and clownish men,
who in everything sacrifice elcgancc lo ccon
omy, cannot be recognized as the Messiahs
ol our rivilizalion. (The wriler estimales
the whole American force at 4,290 mcn and
13 piccesof artillcry.) As soon as Ihe di
vieion enlered, Ihe arlillery and inlanlry
formed in thc square, nnd ihe wogons esten
ded from the sireet Mcrcaderesto'the bridge
ofNoche Buena,
a "Their soldiers pilei! their nrms and the
Sreater pari lay down to sleepwith pcrlect
confidencc. being upparently balfdead wiih
fuiigue. Our guard in the palaco was put
under arms. A great number ol the people
came and went amongst the soldiers, and the
lircd division in the square, off their guatd,
and without their arms, were surrounded by
5,000 or 6000 men. They remained so lill
3 o'clock in the afkernoon, when the troops
occupied thebarracks and conventsof Santo
Uomingo and San Luis, and the waggon3
were placed here acd tbere, as they could
find thm, Thc troops remained in barrackn
all night. Generals Wortb and Q.uitman
orcupied the palace, the guard of which was
changed; and the ofliccrs were scatlered
through the taverns nnd coffee houses. At
the tavern in the lower part ofour house afew
ofthem, whose philharmonic disposition had
necn escited by wine, gave me the most jn-
harmonious concert that I have heard in my
lifb, Yesterday they look possession of the
hillsof Lorctoand Guadaloupe and today ol
tne convent ol LaMerced, and it seemes
that some troops and artillery have been
sent to the hill of San Juan. The population
meanwhile have mainlaioed their accustom
ed stoicism. They show no respect, nor
much dislike tothe invaderp, If afew are
excited al the pictnre which the city presenis
the rest scarcely allude lo it, as if nothing ex
traordinary had happencd. There have bccn
somesquabbles. and one or (wo Yankees
have been killcd by the ZrperwofAnalco. but
ihe mass of ihe pecnle ,,0w ntothrr inrllnn.
-rm oorsveroon towtrd them, ani
rt q rire,
some provoeation to rouee them Irora their
apaihy. Unluckily, these gentry are nware
of tbis. nnd not onlv behave with circumspec
tion. but do violenc'e to their nature, to the
extent of heing affable and deferenlial,
Anecdote of Gew. Taylor, Chables
F, HorrMAHin areview. in Ihe Li'erary
World, of Montgome-ry'sLire orGeri Taylor,
jut published by Derby &: Co relates the
lollowinganecdole which he heard omid Ihe
early scenes of tbe Black Hawk war on
Rocknver. and which eeemea raost charac
teristic ol the Rough and Ready of later
yeSome time after Siillman'sdefeatby Btack
Hawk's band. Taylor, marched with a Iarge
body of volunteera and a handlul ql rcgulars
oflhe hoslile Indian forcc, found lumseirap
proaching Rock River, then asserted by many
to be the true norihwcstcrn boundnry ol the
Siate of Ulinois. The volunleers, as Taylor
was informed ihey would reluse to cross the
strcam, They were tnililia, they said, called
outforthedefencaofthe -Sinte, ana iiwas
umsnstitutional to order Ihem-to raarcn oe
yond the Ironlier into the Indian counlry.
Taylor tucreupon naiiea nia coiiiuiuhu. ouu
encamped wiinin tne acKirowicujj- i.uuu
nf Illlnnin. He would BOt. QS the rC
lator oflhe story said, budge nn inch larlher
witliout orders. He nau aire.iuy urncu
Rlnck Hawlt ont ofthe Stale. but the ques
tion ofcrossing Rock River seemed hugely
to trouble his ideas of iniegnty to the consli
tuticm on one side, and miliiary expedicncy
on ihe oincr. During the night, however,
ordcrs came. either from Gen- Iseottor Gea
Aikinson, for him lo follow up Black Hawk to
the lasl. -J he quielness oi ine neguiar coio
nols meanwhile had rather encouraged thi
mulinous Miliiia to bring their proceedinga io
a head. A sort ol a toivn-meeting was caiieu
upon the prairic, and iaylor tnvitcd to at
lcnd. Aller hsleuing lor some time very
auictlv lo the procecdings, itbecame Rough
and R'eady's turn lo nddrcss thc chair. 'He
had heard,' he said, 'wiih much pleasure the
vicws which several speakers had cxpresscd
or the indipendence and digniiy ol cacli pri
vatc American ciuzen. rio lelt tba: au gen
tlemcu there present were his cuuals in re
ality, he was persuaded that many of them
would in a few ycars be his superiors, and
pcrhaps, in the capaciiy of Members o
Contzress, arbitcrs ofthe forlune and rcputn
tion of humble servanis of ihc Rcpublic like
himself. He expecled them to obey them as
interpreters of the will oi the people , and the
bcstptooi ne couiu givctnathc would ouey
Ihcn, was to ouscrve the orders
hosc whom the people had already put in
the places ol authoriiy, to which many gcn
ilemen around him tuslly nspired. In piain
Enlish, senilemen aud lellow citizenc. the
word has been passcd on to me from Wash
ington lo lollow lilack Hawk, and lo lake you
with iuo as Ebldiers. 1 mcan lo uo both
There are the flat-bonts drawn up on the
shore, nnd hcrcnrc Uncle Sam's mcn drawn
up belund you on Ihe prairic.'
'fctra-angcr,' addcd tne man wno told tne
story, 'ihe way ihosc milinan-men siopcd in
!o lliose llat-boats was a raulion, not anoth
cr word was said. Had Zach Taylor been
wiih Van Renselacr at Ningara River, in the
last war, I rather think lie'd a taught him how
to get roililia-men ove- a lerry.
FEMALE J7EACHERS FOR THE
WEST.
Board or Natio.nal Popular Eddcatios.
The Board of National Popular Educa
tion propose to collect a secood class of Teach
ers to bo sent out this Fall, It is iotended
that they shall eo through a course of prepa-
ration similar to that puriued by tbe Teach-
ers.sent out last Spricg-.
That course cocsistcd of lectures on tbe
details of teacbing the Piimary Branchcs,
on History on Phisiology, with special ref
erence to tbe prescrvation of beahh ; on tbe
modes oforgamzing and r.onducting dinerent
kinds of schoolr tn diuerent places, aud em
braced alio various otber topics ofadrice and
instruclion. Instruction was also given iu
Caliithenics and Compositiou. The whole
course occupied fbur weeks; atlbecloseof
nbich time, the TcacberstJoinnuinUeripro
ceeded from Albany to Buflalo, where tbey
dirided into separate companies, desliued to
Deiroi', Michigan Milwaukie, Wisconsin
Chicaro, lllinou lndianapolis, fodiana
Snrincffeld, Illinois, aid Burlington, Iowa.
At each of these places, Gotr. Slade had pre
viously organized Commiltecs, who rcceived
the Tcachcrs on their arrival and provided
them withscbools. Onc olthel cachers ha
one to Ihe Territorr of Minnisola.
In several of ihese Statcs ihe demand for
Teachers was much grcater than the supply
sent. Keiurns liavc been rcceived, giving
vciy favorable accounts ofthe kmdnrss man
ifcsted towards the Tcachers. snd llieirflat
lenng prospccts of usefuloess. The charac
ter and inQuence of these Teachers hare a
wakened new interest and exenions for their
cause, whereverthey havegnne. Thercsuli
will prohably be, that a much Iargcr ntimbei
will be demandcd thn fall. Tho friends of
Educalion at the West are makiog efforls to
tmprovc their school svslems, and feel thal
aid of immense and incalculable value will be
afforded hy sending them well qualified and
sell-dcnying Teachers. The foundations of
many ccnerations are now being Inid in these
great and teeming Stales, and a field ofusc-
fulnrss is here onereu to Chrisliau women,
suchas has never before been seen. Tbe
work involvcs sacrifices, but ihe rcward is
sure in the endlecs blessiogs of Ihousands of
childrcn nho are ready to pcrish.
lo Teachers tIio may be willint to enter
this field of labor, thc Board of National Pop
ular Educalion will furnish a gratuilous pre
paratoiy training, and ihe means of defrayine
their travelliDjr expenses to ihe places of iheir
destination ; and uill-ulso secure the neces
sary arrangements at thc West foi their re-
ception and cmployment, with oompensalion
which shall furnish -them a respectable sup-
port. Iu relurn, it is expected that the teach
ers will conlinue in the cmployment for ai
lcast two years, and that the travclling expen-
ses adranccd to them will be refuuded, to aid
others, in cases in which such income may
be secured as shall furnish theability todoit.
Apohcations are invited from ladies wish-
ing to be emploved. They will plcase ad
dress Miss C. E. BE:cnER,postpaid, at Brat
tleboro, Vt., atsome time- betwoen the lOlh
and 2oth of Angnst, statingin what brancbes
they are qualified to tcach, and their views
and motires inseekingthe eroployment, and
transmilting tcslimonials from their Clergy-
men or leachers, in refercnce to all the lol-
owing particulars : Namr. Residence, Age,
Relieious denominaticn. amount of School
Educalion, General Appearance and Mannerp,
and Moral and Rcligious cbaracter. It is
hoped tbat those who' are asked to furnish
testimonials, will bearin mino that good com
mon sense and discretion are indtrpensable.
All nho will prepare themselves for examina
tion in Cutter.s Physiology before coming,
will secure some important adrantages by
thos gaining time for other things.
The first class was made up of Teachers
fromjfce of ourlargest Evangelical denomi
nations, and tbe Committees employedin lo
cating them, are eonstitutediD th'esamo man
oer. It is hoped that the next class will con
tain repreientatires from all these denomina
tioos. Remavkable A psricn vriting from
Jay, Vt. gives the following descriptiort of
a very retuakable caTC.once the residenctf
of a tiotorious villain, well known in the
east by old eettlers. The writer says:
"We visited a cavc located in a spurof
thc Green Mounsains laroous tn this vicin
ity as the 'Cogniac Den' ('Cogniac' being
the term used here to designate coutertei
ters), and though I harcTisitcd most ofthe
retnarkable Fpots in iNew Jb.ngland, i am
fatn to confess that Ihis exceeds them all
Ii is composed of four compartmenl
the outer oue being in the form of an el
lipse,52 feet by 37. and 19 feet in height
tbe second compartment is somewhat
smallcr than the first, and so also is the
third ; the fourth is the grandest hall that
ever I beheld and is of a circular torm
the dtameter of which is leet, over
archen hy a magnificent dome. the ex
treme height of which apparently exceeds
the diamcter of the floor; the walls are
composed ofbrilliant iron ore, and the
light ofour birch bark torches was re-
llected in a tnousanc nues. iignitng tne
whole vith the brightness of a summer's
day. The regulanty ol the wall could
not have been improved by art. In this
carc the notorious Stephen Burroughi
carried on his illegal occupation for some
years. The villain had a taste for the
bcautiful there is no denying that."
Burroughs preached his father's old
sertnons of a Sunday, and engraved plates
for counterfettttig bank bills through th
week., He wrote a book detailing his
life, and made monev from tbe proceeds
His daughter is still in a nunnery inThree
Rtvers. Burroughs last days were spent
in coroparativie honesty. Ihecavedes
cribed above, wss long occupied by this
extraordinary perscnngc.
THE AUGUST ELECTIONS GOOD
NEWS.
Thc result ofthe eleclions in Kenlucky, so
Tar s we hnve received Ihcm byt telegraph,
are lavorable bcyond our most snnguine ex-
pcutations fur more so Ihan our friends there
authorizcd us to hopt Thus far we hare
rcport8 ofthe election of beven Whigs and
not a single Loco Foco!
Districts.
4th-Aylctt Buckner.'nTiign place of J. Bell, Whig
5th J. B. Thomson " u B. R. Yonng, Whig
6th GieenAdams, 'gain1' JohnP.Martm,Loco
"th uarret IJuncan, " " W.. lnomassoivw-
8th C. S. Morchead, " Garrett Davis, W.
9th L.M. Cox, " " AndrewTrumbo,W
10th J. P. Gaines, "gain" J. W. Tibbatts.Loco
From ihe 1st. 2d and 3d districts wc have
no relurns, cxccpt favorable rcports from the
id. 1 hcy were represented in the last on
cress by Linn Boyd, Loco, and John 11
McHcnry and Henry Gridcr, Whigs. If
they hnve done as well now, Kcntucky nap
e't c'ed nine Whigs, in place of seven, and
onc Loco, insiead of three. The Legislaiure
an largciy Whignpusual.
In Indiana, the latcst telegraphii: rerorts
announce tnc election ol
Districts.
Jstt Eliilia Embree,, W. gain over Owen.
2d T.J. Htnly, Loco, re-elecled.
3d John L, Robinson, Loco.
4th Cnlcb B- Smith, Whig, re-elecled
5th W. W. Wick, Loco, re-cleclcd.
6th D. M. Dubsop.Loco.
7th K. W. Thompson, Whig.
9th C. W. Caihcart, Loco, re-elected.
In ihe olhcr districts thc Tribune says thc
Wluircnin is larse, and ihcceneral impres
sion is ilrat the Whigs have carried thc low
er branrh ol the LcgialatUre,
b rom rVnrlh Carolina we have only a htlle
but that little is good. Iu tbe Olh district,
U. Oullaw, Whig, is elected by a larce ma
jorily. al (east 500, over A. Biggs, Loco. In
hve countics he is lUJU ahcad, a gnin since
1845 ol447 a WhiiTEnin. Jn the 8th dis
trict, wenlso gain a member,Donnell, Whig
who take thc place ol Henry i. Clarke. Lo
co. ln the Olh district there was no Whig
candidale. ReporK are in favor of thc re-
eiectton ol Daniel over Arrington, both Lo
coi. From the other districts, wc have no
returns. The prospect is. Ihat we have
rlccted six, if not scven, Whigs, in a dele-
gation of nine,
The ELECTiortrt. -Alabama. Aslipfrom
ihe Mobile Advcrtiser nives tbe result ofthe
election in thit riiy on thc 2d instnnt, Thr
Whi? tickct nrcvniled ancrallv bv n maiori-
ty of rising 200 votes. The majorily foi Gov,
Gayle, ihe Whig candidate for Represcnla-
tivc to iongress, was eslimalcd nt laU, a
gain of about 400 roniras'.ed with the lar-
election. Two Whigs nnd onc Democrnt
werechoscn to thc Assemblt, and the Whig
candidate for Slate Senator was alsochotcn.
Thc Dcmocratic Represenlative is a Calhoun
man, and was supporlcd by a portion of ihc
wings.
(jov Gnyle's election is confidentlv predic-
icd, which wnulil be a Whig gain. Mr.
Hilliard, the nnly Whig in the last Congrcss,
rom Albnny, is ngam chosen. wiihoul nppo
silmn, Five counties bcsides Mobilc, have
been ctiriied by thc Whigs. oul it would be
uselcss lo expect n.uch advantage tn Ala
mr.
ALABAMA.
The few returns from this Stale are quitc
favorable, Hon. Henry W. Hilliarp, the
only Whig Membcr ofthe lastDelegaiio, is
re-electcd milhout opposilion, from Ihe lld
uistnci, wbicn gave inm but JUU maioruy in
'45, Hon. John Gayle (Whig) nppenrs al
so io be elected from the 1st District, Helias
180 maioritv in Mohile Couniy, whi- h gave
Dargnn (Loco) 203 in '45; and as Dargan
had but 311 maioritv in the District, -his i
cntircly annihilaled in tbe first County heard
from.
North Carolina. It is nearly cerlain Ihat
three Loco-Focos JoiinR.J. Daniei-James
McKat, and Abam W, Venable have
been returned from North Carolina to the
next Congress, We do not consider Vena-
ble's election quitn cerlain, because scatter
ing Whig necounts from differcnt parts ofthe
Uistrict nearly or quue demolish ihe 233 ma
jorily claimed for him by The Union; and at
uli evcnts we imnK his majoriiy cannot ex
cced 100 m a District which gare Polk over
800, Oflhe remaining Districts we know
thal the Vlllth and IXth have chosen Ricn-
rd S. DoNitcLL and David Outlaw, white
we hope the first lourhave chesen Tnos. L
Clihgman for Jesse G, Bynutn,) Natu'i.
BovrDEtt, Gen. D. M. Basrinokr and A. H.
SuEPiiERnsllfStjJl.it would nol be itrange if
Loco-FcPRipTcd in from one of these
Whig Districts. Probably to-morrow will
determine. Tribane.
TnECocncco Railroad, from Porlsmoulh
to the Dake region, through Dover, ii avery
desirablc roule for that region of our State;
and we perccive prelimicnry masures have
already been adopled by ularge meetingat
Dover. Porlsmouth and Dover have noui
rect railroad communicaiion, This road wil
striko Ihe Lake, giving water communicaiion
lo Meredith, through which passea tbe Bos
ton and Montrcal road, destined to reacb
Haverhill and the Parampsic The road
will ullimately be extended on tbe borders of
the Lake, to Meredith. civing new impor-
tance and valus lo thsvtatvns on this great
Lale, ifecn Stntmcl.
nOW THE AEMY.
NEWS FROM
HlEXJ
:co.
A GREAT BATTLE ! THE CAPI
TAL TAKEN.M
The American Army ''Tcvcllxng in the Hall
of the Muntezuma .'300 Americans kil
led and wovnded Immense Mcxican
SlavgkterQuarrel bctvccn Santa Anna
and Canalizo.
We are in receipt of the not unexpected
intelligenceof the fall of tbe City of Mexi
co. Wben tho informaticn first reacbed
New Orleans, it was discredited, but a later
arrival seems to hare confirraed it.
Richmond, Monday, Aug 93 P. M.
The Sonthern mail has arrived, and brings
the New Orleans National of thc 2d, which
conlains the glotious intelligeuce thal Gen.
Scoit and his ficlorious army entered tbe
city of Mexico on the 17th July.
The news was brougbt by a courier from
the city to Vera Cruz.
After leaviug Pttebla, Gen Scott encoun
lered noopposition at Rio Frio, as was anli
cipated, but found the euemy eight miles this
side the capiial, drawn upin full forre to op
pose him, under Santa Anna.
Gen. Scott immediately gave battle, and
fora long time the field was stonlly contested.
Atlength the Mexicans gare way, anda to
lal rooie ensucu.
Our lois was three hundred killed and
wounbed. The slaughter ofthe Mexicans is
said to have been immense.
As soon as the battle was decided, the cir
il authoritics of the city came out to mect
Gen. Scott, and forlhwith capitulated. Our
troops then took possession of thc capital,
and nnd tke Stari and Stripes now fioal orer
the UaUs of tne Monlezumas !
Sania Anna and his ofhcers bad had scri-
ns quarrels.
The New Orleans papers at first discredit
ed these rcporls, but the steamcr Washing
ton had arrived with later dates. which con
firmed all. The news bad been read nt the
head ofour troops at Malamoras.
The yellow fercr is os the iucrease at New
Orleans.
SECOND DESPATCH.
Gen. Scott isquartered in the citj of Mex
ico. He was atiacked by the Mcxican army
at Rio Frio, where the cucmy was put to
flight with heavy loss. Gen. Scolt entered
the Cnpital City on the 17ih and took full
possossion. But mails from New Orleans
have come to hand.
From lYTexico.
Thrre appearcs to bo some doubt of tho
newa whicn was rcceived yeslerday, of the
nccupniion of the city of Mexico by Gen.
SroP, The New Orleans papers of the lt
and 2d, hold different opinions upon the tub-
ject, The Picayune nnd i imes doubi tne
report ; tne utiia creans u, inc ouiicuiin ei
presses no opinion upon it General scolt,
it would seem from previous advicca, could
not have Icfl Pucbla befor the 15th, in which
case he could not have entered Mexico, nnd
fought a battle on ihc wny, by thc 17th. Hnd
a battle been lought previous to the 17ih, the
ncws fhould have bccn in Vern Cruz on thc
23d. thc date ofour previons advicea. Slill
the error may bein the dnlea and not in the
lacla. The Sleamer Washhgton. nt New
Orleana. from Vera Cruz by way ol ihe Uio
Grinde. appearcs to bring n confirmation of
ihe rcnorL ntinoucn u is very vnguo. x uc
- , - ... TL.
Journal ol Commerce of Thuraday evening
has thefullowing poslscnpt:
A pentleman worlhvofall reliance,informs
us that he has seen a genilemun just airived
hr (ho Souiheiner. wbo in New Orleans saw
a gentleman who iro in Puebla on the 7th,
aud saw Scoll tntn tnere.
A FEMALE ARMY.
Mr.Ducan. an African travellcr, prescntcd
a paper m the last mceting oi tne noyai
ncnirmnhical Societv, contnining nn ac-
pnnni ofn incent lournev inio thc intenor oi
Africn. 460 miles, wlicre no ,uropcun nno
. T" I 1
ever been, Hc was kindly treated by the
King of Dchomey. who promoted nis views.
Among other things, Pr. Duncan gives novel
dctnils of the King'a military estnblishmcnt.
His body guard consists ol upvards ol C000
womcn: armed wiih moskela, short sabrcs.
and clubs. This guard is also otiicered by
wnmen. nnd ihe olticers are selcclcu pnnci
pally on account of iheir height and bodWy
dimension. corpuiency Derog dutuiuicijr t
scniial;lo that, in fact, they are all persons ol
coneiaernDic wcij;i"-
IMPROVED Ox-Yoke. TheMn s. Plongh-
thn Hcirrihet the immote d Ox Yoke
ihr onlv imnrcvemen'. m ihis article heard of
,lnrtnr ihe last hundred ycars. Il i :n use
in Scabrook and lounu to ne oi greai uavan
farmer.
Thp. hminhs uo ihrounh a slidc which is
fiiipil io a mortice m the Yoke which is marte
3or5 incheslonirer than thc Blide, making
; hnn(TenhIe 6 or S inchea. which makes Ihe
iffpranee a lonir nnd a short yoke. The
mortice is made an inch widerat Ihe boltom,
than the top, wiih a groove in the centcr.
hnlf nn inch each side to rest upon, nn iron
k.Ii n neh end oflhe morticcs and one in
Ihe cenfer. which goea through a mortice in
h. lilinnd nreserves the requisiie sirengin
Th.. Iiili. ia resulaied by an iron hasn at
lachcd to it and enters holes in the yoke half
an inch apart, which makes it easiiy niteu to
of catlle from a lone to a short, and
and to givc thc advantage to either ox from
half on inch lo u or a.
Tnn Adolitiom Pahtv. The party re-
cenily called Abolitionists, bui who now style
t m..!,M.-r.ilin,ru mn nrp tn irrcat troublo
itliriiiovi.M Miuwa.j -, - - - o
tnrfenrihere willbe n snlit amongst them
selves as to iheircandidaie for the Presidency
It seems that some half dozen persons got
loiether in the intenor of New xork. ana
nominalcd Garrit Smiih for ihe Ptcsidency ;
,t .tnrp ihpn n rnnvention nas oeen cauei
,n nnmir.tn him or another man, Jl is ol
course or very great tmportance to tne puu
I!p. hcther there shall be one or two eels of
political knaves slruggling lor office under a
nretence of beinir friends of the alave, afier
they have nrougni xexatinio me unroc, ex
tended slavery over almost a whole contin
ent, and then gloried in the accomplish
ment. . .m .t- TT"
It mutt not bc forgotlep, that all these wor-
thiea believe that the Conslilalion oi Ihe
Uniied Slntes is one which they cannot sup-
nort, as being contrary to the Inws of God,
and therefore not binding on man. X el iney
come Torward and atk the privilego of swear
ing fealty lo this instruraent. and ihereby ae
knowledge their willingness to commit moral
perjury lor the sake of office, -
rrS"The road from Manchester. N.H, to
the new city of Lawrence is going ahead.
formintra new route from Concord and Man
chester to Boston. It ia said there are now
but two lowcs in old fessex Uounty, Aianw
that will not be accommodaled wiih railroads1
passing through them when all.ihejtse ip
ojrcs ajp compieteo vcenjjewtnnej.
Ameeting of ihe grantees ofthe M,n.i
ter nnd Lawrence RBiroad ha. bSK;
nnd n board of D rectofs chosert J.
Parker, o! Merrimnc" CLB C
chosen President.. The'boarf pwfe'1!
that no one tndividual should be allo.jCte
take over filtyahares.-Jirfen SenthT t0
The Willon Railroad enternriao
to he destined to a a Im-'wn rA 1 1 : rvr.
able the direct line from Nashua to Ktl..
is now
will be adopled, with a branch to Amher ?
butstrong-efibrts are in action to makediwis!
gence through Amherst lo MiHord vL
Stntinel. ' Aln
The Dead Mm's Road. A Mnm.i
setts volunteer. wriijng to his friends ir. N. Z
uuij iuit, (jiicb iuc juuuwiug uiusirationj oi
thehorrorsof war:
"Ono of the Mosf horrible. sighls I ....
saw, was when wo nassed thmnr, ..
dead men's road, as it is called, whcrc i,!
Irnin was cut off fast spring-, a few days hl
roro the battle of Buena Visla. There wej,
men s bones rotiing carcasscs. ofmen, eatUs
andhorsetI.trewed thickly around. with her,
n nri)r?,hn arm'U". wiih naihinj
rrihen? m ' dCad'y ,,enCh ar"lnS
MaPinPHhV',TY LwTh LeglslMure f
Maine has passcd an act for the election of
meAbersand nlso proposed an amendmen
o the cnnstitution so as to electmember.
ne tocnaie and House in the same way. Th.
bill passcd the Senaie by a voie of l9ia o
and thc house 92 to 16. '
By the way, the rcsolution in favor or iu
Wilmot Proviso, and the bill to repeal th.
hcense law. both failed. TbeLocos mifc.
faenate and Houee found tt convcnient not to
agree. "
THE GrAIAIY.
MIDDLEBURY. VT.
TuesdayAug,17,1847.
For Gocernor,
HORACE EATON,
OF EXOSBURQ.
For Liextt. Governor.
LEO.VARD SARGEANT.
OP MANCUESTER.
For Treasurer,
GEORGE HOWES,
or JIONTPEUER.
WHIG TICKET,
Se.nators Adoison Coo.tTr,
WILLIAM NASH,
IRA STEWART.
THEFALS1TT OF THIRD PAKTYISM
Wo belicTo it will be gcncrallj conccded lj la
telligent men of all parties tbat had the whiji
come intopowcr in 184 and Mr. Clay clectM
President, Texas would have failed of adnuuioa
into the Union. On the final vote's boinjj talrn
In Congress npon the qucstion, but tliree nhtp
in both honsta, nnd those Soutiicncrs Tvrefotrad
voting for annexr.tion, and tbe bill was cvcntcallj
passed by a very small ninjority in either honn.
Mr. Claj wbom the abolitionuu rusert was in f
Torof annoxntion was bnta single membtrofs
party thus crrcfragibly pitted against sIsTerr, anJ
could have ctTectcd nothing in its favor eren hal
be chosen to attcmpt it. But the vcrj exprtjjroa
of Mr.CIay upon which Third party men foaadeJ
their asscrtion tbat he wonld hare permitteil Tex
as annexation shows clcarly tbat hc would nol
have conccded to thnt measure under any coalr
nation of ereuts tbat tben cxisted or wonliU
likelr to occur. This expression was coatiict
in one of Mr. Clay's Ictters in wbich when jjxii
ing of thc subjcct of annexation he says. "Isfoult
be ghd lo set it vrithout imr without dithonor, aiA
irrA the common conscnt ofthe Union." Thii con
sent of thc Union Mr. Clay had already qnnliStJ
as meaning the conscnt of each indmdual itu
as a state, and not by act of Congress. Ernj
other mcthod of annexation hc repcdiated u ia-
constitutional. He declnai tbat the Uuion ira
apartnership into which no one could beadm'ttcil
without the conscnt of each indiriilml menilitr.
What more frank snd explirit, and with tleM
qualifications wbat combination of circumstsncw
could bavc existcd from wbich any honcst ai
fair minded man could hare entcrtaincd the Imt
apprebcnsion that Mr. Clay would hare Un
found fiivoring annexation. Acd yet in face of tH
tbis wc find that most dctestibla of all bjpocritci
Bimey, proclaiming to the world that ho tfcoali
fecl safcr against annexation with Polk tbe itc
cd candidate of slavcholdcrs as President, llaa
Mr. Clay thc hcad of a party who uniforml o
poscd it from the moment the agitation of the inb-
ject commcnccd.
To show how empty wcro his profcJiions of
sympatby for tbe slare he at last so directed ti
votc of his party as to secure tlie election of tba
bitterest foe to frccdom and cntailed forenrapoa
three millions of hnman beings tho niaasclM
which ho clearly bad it in his power to strike
We have now seen what tbe Third rsrtrof
ganization has done towards abohshins sIiTerj-
Its whole political life has bccn a coastant rejxa
tion of trcason to tbe cause of slaTcry. IthJ-
dopted no pob'dcal racasnrcs for abolisling it, 1
as a political party, has no crccd whateTer.
to the one idea, tbe abolition of sUvcrs Tlinl
partyism has so constantly proTed false dnt'1
has ceased to have any practical inflnence apos
their course. Besides, thy one idea is not uo-
property. When tho pioneers ot iniraj";"
dcscrted thc whig ranks they stolc from the wt'j
crccd this one idea which tbey haveso raoci-
bused. Ncvcr since tho agitation of IMF1"
Missouri Question has there bccn a time 'a8
opposition to slavery has not been an impnrtsat
whig principle upon which both in & out of 0
gress they have actcd with zesl and firmness.--cspccially
in tbe state of Vermont in their Ieg
Iativecapadty the whfc party has gone tothe
.- ,M,irnr nboh'tion. The real trnth
is tbat hypocricy nd misreprescntauon are the
. .;.. tmnnrtpd life aDll
Tcrj TCIgC 1 o
only eiemeou r
strength to the 3d party organixabon. ittoat
the aliments. it would die and leave no sign.
Deprive the lcadcrs of the privilegc of alanderinj
Mr.CIay, ofmisrcprcsenU'ng the acts and mo
tives of the whig party, and we should add of th
delightful task of tmmpeting tho sublinuted pun-
ty of their incorrnptible party and, wubu -crced,
without any distinctly marked principle1 of
nauonal policy which are notuttcrly repugnant.to
the dearest intercsts of the country, 3d partjisffl
would soon shrink into its own native insigniS
cance. It would die of shccr inanity, As it .
itm.Y sustain a precarious existence for 'tir
Lm un Vermont, by overstraincd ec00"
IkeiictleJsaJfWy inarpenea, wuico. (
likeanweletd-.aay, Evea ths pr0
Txarit pae'5VlPCT7 ac:3;butltn u