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.VOLUME. XI.
CADIZ, HARRISON COUNTY, OHIO, JULY 17, 1811.
NUMBER 17.
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POETRY.
The following is one of Willis1 early produc
tions, and like all his first writings, exceeds in
lieauty, in our estimation, the efforts of his riper
years. It was written, we believe, for a Boston
periodical, and obtained for the author a hand
some prize. It is a bright and sparkling gem.
MISANTHROPIC HOCKS."
BY K. P. WILLIS.
I sometimes feci as I could blot
All traces of mankind from Earth
As if 'twere wrong to Wast them not.
They so degrade, so shame their birth.
To think that Earth should be so fair,
So beautiful and bright a thing;
That nature should come forth and wear
Such glorious apparelling ;
That sky, sea, nir, should live and glow
With light, and love, and holiness,
And yet men never feel or know.
How much a Goil of Love can bless
How deep their debt of thankfulness. .
I've seen the Sun go down and light
Like floods of glory on the sky
When every tree and (lower was bright,
And every pulse was beating high
And the full soul was gushing iovo !
And longing for its home above
And then, when men .would soar, if ever,
To the high homes of thought and soul
When life's degrading tics should sever,
And tho free spirit spurn control
Then h;;ve I seen, Oh, how my cheek
Is burning with the shame I feel.
That truth is in the words I speak,
I've seen my fellow creatures steal
Away to their unhallowed mirth.
As ii the revelries of Earth
Were all that they could eel or share,
And glorious heavens were scarcely worth
Their passing notice or their caro.
I've said I was a worship,
At woman's shrine yet even there
I found unworthincss of thought.
And when I deemed I first had caught,
The radiance of that holy light
Which makes earth beautiful and bright
When eyes of five their flashes sent.
And rosy lips looked eloquent;
Oh, I have turned and went to find
Beneath it all a trifling mind.
I was in one of those high halls,
Where genius breathes in sculptured stone,
Where shaded light in softness falls
On pencill'd beauty. They were gone
Whose hearts of fire and liands of skill
Had wrought such power; but they spoke
To mo in every feature still,
And fresh lips breathed and dark eyes woke,
And crimson cheeks flushed glowingly
To life and motion. I had knelt
And wept with Mary at the tree
Where Jesus suffered I had felt
The warm blood rushing to my brow
At the stern buffet of the Jew,
Had seen the God of glory bow,
And bleed for sine lie never knew,
And I had wept. I thought that all
" Must feel like me and when there came
A stranger, bright and beautiful.
With step of grace and eye of flame.
And tone and look most sweetly bent
To make her presence eloquont,
Oh then I looked for tears. We stood
Before the scene of Calvary:
I saw the piercing spear the blood
The gall the writhe of agony
. I saw his quivering lips in prnyer,
" Father forgive them," all was there,
I turned in bitterness of soul,
And spoke of Jesus. I had thought
Her feelings would refuse control :
For woman's heart, I knew, was fraught
With gushing sympathies. She gazed
A moment on it carelessly,
And coldly curled her lip, and praised
The high Priest's garment! could it bo
That look was meant, dear Lord, for thee.
Oh, what is woman what her Bmile
Her lip of love her eyes of light ' .
What is she, if her lips revile
The lowly Jesus. Love may write
His name upon her marble brow,
And linger in her curls of jet
The light spring flower may scarcely bow
Beneath hor step, and yet and yet
Without that meeker grace she'll be
A lighter thing than vanity.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Washington'? Farewell to his Army,
DECEMBER 4, 1783.
Can tyrants but by tyrants conquer'd be,
And freedom find no champion and no child,
Such as Columbia saw arise, when she
Sprang forth a Pallas, arm'd and undcfiled !
Or must such minds be nourished in the wild;
Deep in the unpruncd forest 'midst the roar ,
Of cataracts, where nursing Nuture smiled
. On infant Washington? Has Earth no moro,
Such seed within her breast, or Europe no such shore?
Byuon.
The Revolution was over. Tho eight years1
conllict had now ceased, and the warriors were
now to separate forever, turning their weapons
into ploughshares, and the camps into workshops
Tho spectacle, though a sublime and glorious
one, was yet. attended with sorrowful feelings
for, alas! in the remains of that gallant army of
patriot soldiers, now about to disband without
pay without support, stalked poverty, want and
disease tho country had not the means to be
grateful.
The details of the condition of many of the
officers and soldiers at that period, according to
history and oral tradition, were melancholy in the
extreme. Possessing no means of patrimonial
inheritance to fallbackupon thrown out ot even
the perilous support of the soldier at the com'
piencement of wintor, and hardly fit for any oth
icr duty than (hat of the camp their situation
nn be ns well imagined as described.
A single instance, as a sample of the situation
'of many of the officers, as related to tho conduct
of Baron Steuben, may not be amiss. When tho
main body of the army was disbanded at New-
burg, and the veteran soldiers were bidding a
parting farewell to each other, Lioutcnant Colo
pel Cochran, an aged soldier of tho New Hamp
shire line, remarked with teara in his eyes, as he
shook hands with the Baron:
"For myself, I could stand it; but my wife and
daughters are in the garret ot that wretched tav
crn, and I have no means of removing them."
"Come, come," said tho Baron, "don't give
way thus. I will pay my respects to Mrs. voch
ran and her daughters."
When the good old soldier left them thoir
countenances were warm with gratitude tor he
gave them all lie had.
In one oi tho Rhode Island regiments were
several companies of black troops, who had ser
ved throughout the whole war, and their bravery
and discipline were unsurpassed.. The Baron
observed one of these poor wounded negroes on
the wharf, at Newbuig, apparently in great dis-j
tress.
"What's the matter, brother soldier?"
"Why, Master Baron, I want a dollar to get
home with, now the Congress has no further use
for mc."
Tho Baron was absent for a few moments and
returned with a silver dollar which he had bor
rowed. "There, it is all I could get take it."
The negro received it with ioy, hailed a sloop
which was passing down tho river to New York,
and, as he reached the deck, took off his hat, sfhd
said
"God bless Master Baron."
These are only single illustrations of the con
dition of the armv. at the close of tho war. In
deed. Washington had tins in view, at tlie close
of his farewell address to the army at Rocky Hill,
in November, 1783.
And being now to conclude these, his last
public orders, to take his ultimate leave in a short
time of the military character, and to bid a tinai
adieu to the armies he had so long had the honor
to command, he can only again otter, m their be-
half, his commendations to their country, and his
prayer to the God of armies.
"May ample justice be done them here, and
may the choicest of heaven's favors both here
and hereafter, attend those who, under Divine
auspices, have secured innumerable blessings
for others.
"With theso wishes, and this benediction, the
commander-in-chief is about to retire from ser
vice. Tho curtain of soparalion will soon be
drawn, and the military scene to him will be clo
sed forever!"
The closing of this "military scene," I am a-
bout to relate.
New York had been occupied by Washington
ou tho 25th of November. A few days after, he
notified the President of Congress, which body
was then in session, at Annapolis, in Maryland,
that a3 tho war was now closed, ho should con
sider it his duly to proceed thonce, and surren
der to that body tho commission which he had
received seven years before.
The morning of the 4lh of December, 1783,
was a sad and heavy one 10 the remnant ot the
American armv in the city of New York. The
noon of that day was to witness the fare veil of
Washington he was to bid adieu to his military
comrades forever. The officers who had been
with him in the solemn council, tho private who
had fought and charged in tho heavy tight, under
his orders, were to hear his commands no longer
the manly form and dignified countenance ol
the "great captain," was henceforth to live only
in their memories.
As the hour of noon approached, the whole
garrison at the request of Washington himself,
was put in motion and marched down Broad
street to Francis' tavern, his head quarters. He
wished to take leave of private soldiers alike with
the officers; and bid them all adieu. His favor
ite light infantry were drawn up in a lino facing
inwards, through Pearl street, to the foot of WThite
Hall, where a barge, v.-as in readiness to convey
him to Powlcs1 Hook.
Within the dining room of the tavern were as-
semblcd the general
aud held ollicers to take
their farewell.
Assembled there was Knox, Greene, Steuben,
Gates, Clinton and others, who had served with
hirn faithfully and truly in the "tented field;" but
alas! where were others who had entered the war
with him seven years before. Their bones
crumbled in the soil from Canada lo Georgia.
Montgomery had yielded up his lite at Quebec,
Wooster at Danbury; Woodhull was barbarously
murdered whilst a prisoner at the battlo on Long
Island; Mercer fell mortally wounded at f rince
ton, the brave and chivahic Laurens,aficr display
ing the most heroic courage in the trenches at
Yorktown, died in a trilling skirmish in South
Carolina; the brave but eccentric Leo was no
longer living, and Putnam, like a helpless child,
was stretched upon the bed of sickness. Indeed
the battle field and time had thinned the ranks
which entered with him into the conflict
Washington entered the room tho hour of
separation had come. As he raised his eye, and
glanced on tho faces ol those assembled, a tear
couised down his check, and his voice was trenv
ulous, as he saluted theui. Nor was ho alone
men,
"Albiet unused to the melting mood,"
stood around him, whose uplifted hands to cover
their brows, told that the tear, which they in vain
tttcmpted to conceal, bespoke the anguish they
could not hide.
"With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now
take my final leave of you. I most devoutly wisli
your latter days may bo as prosperous and happy
as your former ones have been glorious and hon-
orable. He then raised the glass to his lips,
drank, and added, "I cannot come to each of jou
to take my leave, but shall be obliged to" you, if
each of you will take me by the .land."
General Knox, who stood nearest, burst into
tears, and advanced incapable ot utterance
Washington grasped him by the hand and em
braced him. The officers came up successively
and took an affectionate leave. No words were
spoken, but all was the "silent eloquence of
tears. What were mere words at such a scene f
Nothing. It was the feeling of the heart thril
ling, though unspoken.
When the last of the ollicers had embraced
him, Washington left the room following by his
comrades, and passed through the lines ot inlan-
trv. His step was slow and measured his head
uncovered, and the tears flowing thick and fast
as ho looked from side to side at tho veterans to
whom he now bade adiou for ever. Shortly an
event occurred moro touching than all the rest
A gigantic soldier, who had stood by Ins side at
Trenton, stepped forth from the ranks, and took
him by the hand.
"Farewell, my beloved general, farewell."
Washington grasped his hand, in conclusive
emotion, in both of his. All disciplino was now
at an end, tho officers could not restrain the men
as they rushed forward to take Washington by
the hand, and the sobs and tears of the soldiers
told how deeply engraved upon their affections
was the love of their commander,
At longth, Washington reached the barge at
Whito Hall, and entorod it. At the first stroke
of the oar, he rose, and turning to the compan
ions of his glory, by waving his hat, bade them
a silent adieu, their answer was only in tears; of
ficers and men with glistening eyes watched the
receding boat till the form of their noble com
mander was lost in the distance.
Contrast the farewell of Washington to his ar
my at White Hall, in 1783, and the adieu of Na
poleon to hisarmyatFontainbleu,inl814! The
one had accomplished every wish of his heart
his noble exertions had achieved the indepen
dence of his country, and he longed to retire to
the bosom ot his home his ambition was satis
fied. He sought for no crown or sceptre, but for
equality and the mutual happiness of his fellow
being. No taint of tyranny, no breath of slander
no whisper of duplicity marred the fair propor
tions of his public or private life but
"He was a man, take him for all in all.
We ne'er shall look upon his like again."
Tho other great soldier was the discinlo of sel
fish ambition. Ho raised the iron weapon of war
to crush only that he might rule. What to him
were the cries of the widows and orphans? He
passed to a throne by making the dead bodies of
their protectors his stepping-stones. Ambition
self, were" the gods of his idolatry, and them
he sacrificed hecatombs of his fellow-men, for
the aggrandizement of personal glory. Enthu
siasm points with fearful wonder to the name of
Napoleon, whilst justice benevolence, freedom,
and all the concomitants which constitute the
true happiness of man, shed almost a divine hallo
round the name and character of Washington.
From the Writings of miss London
Impulse. We are rarely wrong when we act
from impulse. By that I do not mean very rash,
and wayward, and selfish fantasy; but by allow
ing its natural course so the first warm and gen
erous feeling that springs up in the heart. Sec
ond thoughts are more worldly, moro cold, and
nhtln nn flrtmn nrlvnninan. Thia ta wtint llo
qnfi'anld monnt lution fl,mr onul liif 4lm Iimni.lr-rt I
UJiL.VIlli? t.lM... II. II1IVU IUVJ DU1U 111UL IIJV I1U'U13Q I
came from the gods, but the motivo from men.
Our eager belief, our ready pity, our kindly sen-
sations these are the materials of good within
us. As one of our poets says, with equal truth
and beauty, "The heart is wise." We should be
not only happier, but better, if wo attended more
to its dictates. Half the misery in tho world ari-
ses from want of sympathy. We do not assist
each other as we might do, because we rarelv
pause to ask. do thev need our assistance? And
1
this works out the moral of suffering; we need
to sutler, that we may learn to pity.
Coquetry. There is a cruelty in femcninc
coquelery, which is one of nature's contradic
tions. Formed of the softest materials of the
gentle smile and the soothing word, yet nothing
can exceed its utier hard-heartedness. Its ele
ment is vanity, of the coldest, hearshest,and most
selfish order; it sacrifices all sense of right, all
indly feelings, all pity, for the sake of a transient
nurnph.
The Lonely Taier. There has always been
to mc something inexpressibly touching in the
single taper burning through the long and lonely
hours ol silence and sleep. It must main some
weary vigil; one, perhaps, by the sick couch,
where rests the pale face on which we dread ev
ery moment to look our last. How the very
heart suspends its beating in the hushed stillness
f the sick chamber ! what a history of hopes, fears
and cares, are in its nours: now does love then
feel its utter fondness and its helplessness. How
s the more active business of tho outward world
forgotten in the deep interest of tho hushed world
in those darkened walls a look, a tone, a breath
is there of vital importance. With what tender
care the cup is raised to the feverish lip; with
what intense anxioty the color is watched on the
wasted cheek. How are the pulses counted on
the thin hand, and sometimes in vain.
Again, that lonely taper, how often is it the
companion and sign of studies for which the day
is too short studies that steal the gloss from
the sunny hair, and the light from tho overtaxed
eye.
Poetry and Love. If there bo poetry in this
world, it is the depths of an unrequited and an
maginative passion pure, dreaming, sacred
from all meaner cares and lower wishes; asking
no return, but feeling that lite were little to lav-
sh on the loved one.
The Autumnal Landscape. Yet what
gorgoous spectacle is on the autumnal landscape
1 he horse-chesnut, with its rich mixture ot or
ango and brown the sycamore, with its warrior
scarlet the coral red of the small leaves of the
hawthorn, mixed together with an oriental point
as if the year died like the Assyrian monarch
on a pyre of all precious things. Winding its
way m broken silver, the sunshine dancing on
every ripple, the Thames lay at tho edge of the
grassy sweep. The blue sky, with the light
clouds on its surface was mirrored m the depth
of the river j but as if it lost somewhat of its high
tranquility, under tho muuence ot our sphere
the reflection was agitated and tremulous, while
tho reality was calm and still. It is but tho type
of our restless world, and the sereno one to which
we aspire; we look up, and the heavens are above
holy and tranquil; we look down on their mirror
below, and they are varying and troubled.
Pleasure and Enjoyment. Pleasure last
forever, but enjoyment does not ; the reason is.
that the one lies around, and perpetually renews
itself; but the other lies within, and exhausts it
self.
Beauty. Sterne says that beauty has so ma
ny charms ono knows not how to speak against
it and when it happens that a gracetul figure
the habitation of a virtuous soul, when the beau
ty of the face speaks out the modesty and hu
mility of the mind, and tho justness ot the pro
portion raises our thoughts up to tho heart an
wisdom of tho great Creator, something may bo
allowed it, and something to the embellishment
which sot it oil; and yet, when the apology
read, it will bo found at last that beauty, like
truth, never is so glorious as when it goes the
plainest.
Knowledge. There are in knowledge these
two excellencies; first, that it oilers to every man
the most selfish and tho most exalted, his pecu
liar inducement to do good. It says to the for
mer, " Serve mankind, and you servo yourself;"
to tho latter. " In choosing tho best moans to
secure your own happiness, you will have the
sublime inducement of promoting the happiness
of mankind." Tho second excellence of
knowledge is, that even tho selfish man; when
ho has once begun to love virtue from liltlo mo
tives, loses tho motive as he increases the love
and at last worships tho Deity, where before ho
only coveted gold upon its altar. E. L.Buheer.
THE SENTINEL.
Cadiz, July 13, 1811.
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT.
It is now established, beyond all controversy,
that James K. Polk will be our next President,
if Providence spares his life. We published in
the Sentinel of June 2Gth, a table, taken from
the New York Evening Post, showing the prob
able result of the coming Presidential election.
In that statement, it will bo seen, that the elec
toral votes of- Maine, New Hampshire, New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Indiana,
Georgia, Tennessee, Michigan, Illinois, South
Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri, Lou
isiana, and Arkansas, making in all 200, are giv
en to James K. Polk; and that Vermont, Massa
chusetts, .Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland,
North Carolina, New Jersey, Connecticut and
entucky, with 69 votes, were set down for
Henry Clay. Since tho publication of that pa-
ier, we have good reason lo believe, that many
f the States there set down for Clay, will prob-
ly cast their voles for the democratic candi-
ates. From the evidence now before us, and
the demonstrations of popular opinion
throughout the country, we are lead to the be
lief that Henry Clay will not receive more than
43 electoral votes. This seems to be a small
number, but it is more than he deserves, and the
whigs must content themselves with it. We
now publish the following corrected table of the
probable result :
A OR
Polk and Dallas.
Maine
9
G
30
20
17
9
10
13
23
11
Louisiana ... 6
New Hampshire
Indiana .... 12
Ucw v. oik
Mississippi . . , G
Pennsylvania
Illinois .... 9
Virginia
Alabama .... 9
South Carolina
Missouri .... 7
Georgia
Arkansas .... 3
Tennessee
Michigan ....
Maryland ....
New Jersey . . .
Ohio
North Carolina
Total for Polk and Dallas . .
For Clay and Frelinghuysen.
232
Massachusetts . . 12 I Delaware . . .
. 3
. 12
. 6
Rhode Island . . 4 Kentucky . .
Vermont
. . G Connecticut . .
Total for Clay and Frelinghuysen . 43
MR. POLK'S ACCEPTANCE.
We present below, from the manuscript copies
in our possession, says the Boston Post of the
29 th ult., the correspondence between the Com
mittee of tho Democratic National Convention
and it3 nominee for the Presidency, the Hon
James K. Polk. His reply is short and appro
priate. It will be seen that, if chosen, he is de
termined not to be a candidate for a second teim.
This, if we mistake not the popular feeling, will
bo received as a decisive proof of the unambi
tious honesty, thy purity and the patriotism of
the democratic candidate, and will increase his
wide and spreading popularity with the masses
of the people :
Baltimore, May 29, 1844.
Sir At a Democratic National Convention
of delegates from the several States of this Union
convened on the 27th inst., and now sitting in
the city of Baltimore, for the purpose of nomina
ting candidates to be supported for the Presiden
cy and Vice Presidency of the United States at
the ensuing election, the Hon. James IS., rolk o
Tennessee, having been designated, by tho whole
number of votes given, to be the candidate ol
the democratic paity for President of the United
States, was declared to be unanimously nomina
ted for thai office.
The undersigned were appointed by the Con
vention a committee to request your acceptance
of the nomination thus unanimously tendered to
you; and they cannot forbear lo express the high
gratification winch they experience in the pertor
manes ol this duty, and the hope which they con
fidently entertain, in common with theircoleagues
of the Convention, that the devotion to the cause
of democratic principles which has always char
acterized your conduct, will not sutler you to
turn a deaf ear to tho call of our country, when
in a manner so honorable to yourself, she de
m and i your distinguished services.
With the utmost respect and esteem, we havi
the honor to be your obedient servants,
HENRY HUBBARD, WM. II. RONE,
B. H. BREWSTER, 11. M. SANUDERS
ROBERT RANTOUL, Jr.
Committee of the Democratic National Con
vention at Baltimore.
Hon. J. K. Polk, Columbia, Tennessee.
Columbia, Tenn., June 12, 1844.
Gentlemen I have had the honor to receiv
your letter of tho 2'Jth ultimo, informing mo that
the democratic national convention, then assein
bled at Baltimore, had designated me to be the
candidate of the democratic party for President
of the United States, and that 1 had been unani
mously nominated for that office.
It has been well observed that the ollice ol
President of the United States should neither be
sought nor declined. I have nover sought it,
nor shall I feel at liberty to decline it, if confer
red upon me by the voluntary suffrages of my
fellow-citizens. In accepting the nomination 1
am deeply impressed with tho distinguished hon
or which has boon conferred upon me by my re
publican friends, and am duly sensiblo of the
great and mighty responsibilities which must ev
er devolve on any citizon who may bo called to
fill tho high station of President ot the United
States.
I deem the present to bo a proper occasion to
declare, that, if tho nomination made by tho con
vention shall be confirmed by the people and re
sult in my election, I shall enter upon tho dis
charge of tho high and solemn duties of the office
with tho settled purpose oi not being a candidate
for re-election. In tho event of my election it
shall be my constant aim, by a strict adherence
to the old republican landmarks, to maintain and
preserve the public prosperity, and at tho end of
four years I am resolved to retire to private lilo
In assuming this position I feel that I not only
impose on myself a salutary restraint, but that I
take tho most effective means in my power of en
abling the democratic party to make a free selec
tion of a successor who may be best calculated
to give effect to their will, and guard all the in
terests of oer beloved country.
With great respect,
I have the honor to be,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES K. POLK.
To Messrs Henry Hubbard, and others, com
mitteo of the democratic national convention at
Baltimore.
POLK AND THE TARIFF.
In the language of tho Pittsburgh Post, we
earnestly invite the attention of every voter in
the State, and especially of those honest whigs,
who, revolting at the manifold inperfcc.tions of
Henry Clay, would not support him at all, if they
had not been abused by stories of his devotion to
the Tariff, to the following expose of Mr. Polk's
iews on that question. We submit to auy un
prejudiced man to say whether the clear and
lefmito declaration of Mr. Polk, is not better
for the friends of home industry, than the con
stant repetition by Mr. Clay of his love for the
Compromise Act, in other words, we defy any
whig to show that Mr. Clay is disposed to do
as much for home industry as James K. Polk :
James K. Polk on the Tariff and Direct
Taxation Sound Sentiments.
" 5lh. Are you in favor of a tariff or direct
taxes for the support of the General Govern
ment.' "
" 6th, If a tariff, do you approve of such a
tariff as would give protection to home industry
against Jorcign industry?"
I answer that I am opposed to a system of di
rect taxation, and I am in favor of a moderate
scaU of duties, laid by a tariff on imported
goods, for the purpose of raising the revenue
which may be needed for the economical admin
istration ot the Government. In hxing the rates
of a tariff', my opinion is, that the object in view
should be to raise the revenue needed by Gov
ernment, leaving the interests engaged in manu
factures to enjoy the incidental advantage which
the levy of such duties will afford to them.
JAMES K. POLK.
Columbia, May 15th, 1843.
LETTER FROM GEN. JACKSON.
We find in the Nashville Union the following
reply of Gen. Jackson, to a committee on the
part cf the citizens of Murfreesboro' inviting the
General to the mass meeting to be held at that
place. 1 lie old Hero, it will be seen, entcis
with enthusiasm and zeal into the movement in
favor of the annexation of Texas, and the occu
pation of Oregon:
Hermitage, June 15, 1844
Gentlemen I have the honor to acknowl
edgo the receipt of vour letter of the 10th inst
inviting mo to a mass meeting proposed to be
icld at Murfreesboro , on Wednesday next, for
the purpose of confirming the nominations re
cently made at Baltimore by the delegates of the
democratic parly.
Although the state ofmy health will not allow
me to be one of your number on that occasion
I enter with all my heart, into the objects of the
meeting.
Never, gentlemen, had we more reason lo fe
icitate ourselves upon the auspicious prospect
which now summons the old republicans to the
field. Instead of disorder and confusion produ
ced by differences of opinion respecting the rel
ative claims ot the distinguished individuals w ho
were- bullotted for at the convention, what do
we witness? Unanimity without a parallel.
Rising above all selfish feeling, those individuals,
themselves, nobly withdrew their names from
the list of candidates, and united in the nomina
tion of Messrs. Polk and Dallas; two gentlemen
thoroughly known to them, as having the highest
qualifications ot character and talent, and pos
sessing in an eminent degree, the confidence of
their tullow-citizcns.
A parly that can give such practical proof of
is capacity to harmonize, and ot its ability, in the
pursuit of principle, to bury all differences about
men, cannot fail of success.
I agree with you, gentlemen, in characteri
zing, as you have done, the annexation of Texas
to our Union, and the occupation of Oregon, as
American questions. Our Uuion is not safe as
long as Great Britain can be encouraged in her
designs upon theso territories. Let us, there
fore, rally with patriotic and national zeal under
the flags upheld by Polk and Dallas. If they are
successful, Texas and Oregon will be ours; if
they aro defeated, British influence, under the
pretence of abolishing slavery, will be interfering
with our rights, and it will never cease, as long
as our glorious system of Government is a suc-
cesslul proof that monarchy is not necessary lo
secure the happiness ot man.
I am very respectfully,
ANDREW JACKSON
Messrs. W. G. Reeves and others, Committee?
TREMENDOUS WHIG ENTHUSIASM!
" Three wise men of Gotham,
Went to eoa in a bowl."
The Federal coons of the ciiy of New York
were to have a grand rally at Abington Square
on tho evoning of tho 2d instant. The Herald
speaks of it thus: " This meeting was announ
ced to take place at 7i o'clock, but at that hour
there were only present about twenty-five boys
playing at hide and seek, nine adults, and fire
females with infants in their arms, and some six
or eight reporters from the different papers in the
city, including our own corps of four, who were
scut iu full strength, thinking there would be
something worth reporting, but, "alas, what
falling oft was there, my countrymen. ' It was
near nine ere tho principals arrived, and then
there was some difficulty in getting the meeting
organized. We never saw a greater farce in our
lives than this. Really, if tho whigs can do no
better, let them give up at once it is useless
"to kick against such pricks" as the Democrat
present against them on such like occasions."
NATIVISM.
Suppose " that bastard spirit of Nat'wism
to use a term of Mr. Owen had prevailed in
the time of the Revolution, and when our Doc
laration of Independence was prepared and sign
ed, how would we iiave fared in our struggle
with the British Lionf Look on the chart and
you will notice two descriptions of men, as good
as ever trod the inheritance of God's creatures,
who would have been proscribed in the right for
which they fought, and driven from the country
whose liberties they helped to achieve. Here are
two lists of the signers of the Declaration of
Independence, the first of which embraces those
who were foreigners, and the second those who
were the sons of foreigners:
Burton Gwinnett of Georgia, native of England
James Wilson of Pennsylvania, do
George Taylor - da do
James Smith do do
Scotland.
Ireland.
Ireland.
England.
Scotland.
S. Wales.
Ireland.
Robert Morris , do do
John Witherspoon of New Jersey, do
Francis Lewis of New York, do
Math. Thornton of N. Hampshire, do
The Father of
Wm. Whipple of N. Hampshire, native of Ipswick
Francis Hopkins of New Jersey, do England.
Edward Rutledge ot b. Carolina, do Ireland.
William Hooper of N. Carolina, do Scotland.
Johuel Chase of Maryland, do England.
Thomas McKcan of Delaware, do Ireland.
George Clymcr of Pennsylvania, do England.
Elbridgo uerry ot Massachusetts, do England.
George Reid of Delaware, do Ireland.
JAMES K. POLK.
Every boy in the country, whose lot is cast iu
a station encompassed with difficulties, may well
take encouragement from tho example of Col.
Polk. His boyhood, says tho Nashville Union,
" was spent in tho humblest walks of life, and
was devoted to the severe drudgery of daily toil.
His father was a surveyor, and in his surveying
excursions, it was the business of his son to at
tend him for weeks together, in traversing the
rugged cancbrakes which (hen covered the coun
try, through all kiud3 of weather, to take care of
the pack horses and camp accoutrements, and to
prepare the scanty meals for the company. By
a strict adherence to virtue, and a close and
prompt performance of all his duties, he has ris
en, at the age of foi ty-nino years, to the high dis
tinction of being the standard bearer of the great
democratic party; and in November next will be
chosen to the highest office Ln the gift of free
men. Thus are virtue, honesty and perseve
rance rewarded."
UNITED STATES SENATE.
Tho terms of the following Senators expire on
tho 4th of March next:
Whigs.
Phelps, of Vermont,
Choate, Massachusetts,
Sprague, R, Island,
Huntington, Conn.,
Tallmadge, New York,
Democrats.
Fairfield, of Maine,
Sturgeon, Pennsylvania,
Tappan, Ohio,
Benton, Missouri, 4.
Dayton, New Jersey,
Bayard, Delaware,
Merrick, Maryland,
Henderson, Mississippi,
White, Indiana,
Porter, Michigan,
froster, lennessee,
Rives, Virginia, 13.
The present Senate is politically divided thus:
29 Whigs, 23 Democrats.
07" Pass it round! that the whigs are oppo
sed to the " One Day Election Laic," because
it would do away with the iniquitous system of
Pipe-laying, by which they are in hopes of suc
ceeding. . Pass it. round, also, that a Democratic
House of Representatives passed the bill, but
that a whig Senate defeated it.
Illinois. The Fourth Democratic District
Convention of Illinois met on the 6th inst., and
the Hon. John Wentworth, ol Chicago, was unan
imously nominated Representative to Congress,
having received every vote.
03- The Boston Atlas (a leading coon paper)
says with fear and trembling, " a severe and tre
mendous contest is before us one in which
defeat is certain, if we do not employ all tho
neans," &c. This looks like giving up the ship
n advance. We hope it is not in contemplation
to withdraw iilt. Clay. '
Gen. Cass. It is stated in the Michigan pa
pers, that Gen. Cass will probably succeed Sen
ator Porter iu the United States Senate, after
the 4th of March next.
Do you hear that, boys! Under this cap
tion, the editor of the Easton, (Pa.,) Argus says:
" At the election in 1840, Mr. Van Buren's
majority in the Borough of Easton was about
one hundred. At the approaching election Col.'
Polk's majority will not be less than two hun
dred and twenty-fve! Are there no changes,
hehf '
Col. Polk's Fidelity. During the whole
term of Col. Polk's service in Congress, from
1823 to 1S37, lie never missed a division- his
name being found upon every list of the yeas
and nays. ' '
03 The Whig Convention of Massachusetts
has re-nominated George N. Briggs and Joliu
Reed as candidates for Governor and Lieuten
ant Governor of that State.
07 Clay stands a poor chance in this game of
Polk. We shall have the four aces New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia, the first hand.
Hon. George M. Bibb, who has been made
lately Secretary of tho Treasury, Is an U. Statei
District Judge in Kentucky, and was a demo
cratic State Senator under Mr. Adam's Admin
istration. .