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niIDE MILDLY THE ERRING.
ur CAPT. G. w. PATTEJf, U. S. ARMY.
Chide mildly the erring!
Kind language endears;
Grief follows the sinful, —
Add not to their tears.
Avoid with reproaches
Fresit pain to bestow ;
The heart which is stricken
Needs never a blow.
Chide mildly the erring;
Jeer not at their fail!
If strength were but human
How weak ly were all!
What marvel their footsteps
Should wander astray,
When tempests so shadow
Life’s wearisome way !
Chide mildly the erring!
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We all are uawise.
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Must shine from the skies.
•WRITTKM FOR TUR TRIBUNK.]
NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.
No 3.
1 *m,l iti a former number that the In- ;
• - believe in the immortality of the soul, I
• ! in iufure rewards and punishments
1 iiu will appear in the sequel. That they
i • lieve in the resurrection of the body,
• ' mething equivalent thereto, is a matter
1 y plain inference, as will he manifest by
’ 'iiptam of their manner of burial, which
• "'ll notice in a future number.
’ is a universal opinion among them that
■'I 1 future there will ben good land, abouti
- with choice game, which will be easy
t * ess. Their children are thereforestim
'• dto a virtuous life here, with tiie nssu
-1 r that they will be rewarded by a place
•"that land, and abound in all that heart
On the contrary, mi immoral
in is threatened with something like an
t;‘ i. a: best, or with a place in a land of
*• where, with the greatest efforts, suffi
!o°d cannot be procured to satisfy hun
• h.at they will be doomed forever to
.v.ags ol an insatiate appetite.
bold that there is a place beyond
"' .< rc Ml must of necessity attempt to
t stream ot black, turbid water, verv
an.l rapid, the banks of which arc of
t atu: perpendicular, or leaning o
■t or’y means of crossing this
; and that none
"bo can look back on a life well
■ H: > approving conscience, can
-an the opposite shore. Conse
'*** "bo feel self-condemned, will
f ' V ’‘ ,he ori> of the good land, but be
> *'n.iul by tlie vibrations of the log
diem, are precipitated to the bosom
below, and carnet! on the
>bt.v,u forever; or if they by any
' out< 11 ,s lur from the land of the
-■ ll y lire doomed torever to starva
j '*.' a mded to the offering the
nnr deity. Hut there are
/ ’^ mfdb y them *•The feasl of the
’ * nen anv routh, who has
• regular lasts, and entered
‘ ttuioi •-
r v A 4 1 ~u;n - brings in his first
11 r - whether it be a bird or
[<!oa '.r* 1 >s a feast made on the
1 " - nds of the vouug hunter
u * tssjjej s „ i . . s
’ alter it is served up, and
_ ■ * . |>red out, thev all par
q & er congratulations to
t - ■* l -rasions many are thehear
j.4 * s?d that he may become re
.. . . c ;asp - aa d the success of his
. , s v v-te hundy before his time,
; w ' rs to be the deity held most
r** b * nd oi Fond du Lac, they
o: -control of ah. the ani
- 5" a ‘ a ’bat to displease him
•*. H ... ,
WISCONSIN TRIBUNE.
VOL I.
bears became scarce some years ago. being a
bout th- time the Presbyterian Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions estab
lished Missions along Lake Superior, it was
easy for the Indians under Catholic influence
to render them unpopular by asserting that
their presence was displeasing to the bears,
and that they had all gone under ground till
the Indians tavoring those Missionaries would
come to their senses. Nd more effectual
means ot retarding their usefulness could
have been devised by their opposers, for very
many of tile Indians shunned them as those
who would bring starvation upon themselves
and their families.
\\ hen a bear is taken a sufficient number
is usually invited to consume it at once, and ;
it is prepared by boding or roasting; but great ;
care is taken that co bone be broken. Alter 1
it is consumed, or at least the feet and head, 1
which are first eaten, the bones are carefully I
collected and carried to some secluded spot j
without the camp, and placed as near as may !
be in position. They are then left with the :
impression that they assume flesh in a short 1
time and supply the wants ol the hungry in *
that or some other location. It seems that ■
they look upon the bear us being so benevo- j
lent that his sole object in life is to feed the
hungry with his flesh, nd that he is immor
tal, and though consumed to the delight of
one or more families, is ready in a short time j
to prove equally kind to others. 1 could
not learn that this belief prevails in reference i
to any other animal, and presume it does not I
from the fact that though the bear is not the i
largest animal, it stands atthe head of their I
local gods. T. M. F.
WOMAN’S RIGHTS—A CON
VENT ION.
The Seneca County Courier contains the
proceedings of a Convention ol women held i
at Seneca Falls on the 19th and 20th iust. j
The object of the Convention was the declar- !
atiou and protection of Woman’s Rights, i
They state tiicir grievances very much in the j
spirit and stj'le of the American Declaration j
of I ndepeudence. Their Declaration of Sen- j
timeuts contains the following:
The history of mankind is a history of re
prated inju its and usurpations on the part
ol man towards woman, having in direct ob- 1
ject ill' 1 establishment ot an absolute tyrany 1
over her. To prove this, let facts be sub
mined to a candid world.
Hr has never permitted her to exereise her j
inalienable right to t ic elective franchise.
Hr has compelled her to submit to laws in
the formation of which she has had no voice, i
Having deprived hero/ this first right of |
a citizen, the elective franchise, thereby leav- ■
ing her w ithout representation in the halls
of legislation, he has oppressed her on all
sides.
He has made her, if married, in the eye
of the law, civilly dead.
He has taken from her all right in proper- |
tv*, even to tlie wages she earns.
Hr has made her, morally, an irresponsi- !
hie being, hs she can commit many crimes
with impunity, provided they be done in the
presence of her husband. In the covenant
ol marriage she is compelled to promise obe
; dii me lo her husband, he becoming to all in
tents and purposes her mast* r— the law giv
ing him pow. r lo deprive her of her liberty
and to administer chastisement.
After depriving her of all rights ns a mar
ried woman, if single and the owner of prop
erty, he has taxed her to support a govern
ment winch recognizes her only when her
property can be made profitable to it.
He Ins denied her the facilities for obtain
ing a thorough education—all colleges being
i closed against her.
He has endeavored, in every way that he
could, to destroy her confidence in her own
powers, to lesson her self-respect. and to
mak.* her willing to lead a dependent and ab
ject life.
The signers to this document, who num
ber some hundred, are decidedly of the opin
ion that ‘all men’ and women -are created
equal’ that ‘Governments derive their just
powers from the consent of the governed’
vVc.
The members of the Convention “antici
pate no small amount of micouception, mis
representation and ridicule” as they “enter
upon the great work” btfore them. They
intend, however, to employ agents, circulate
tracts, petition the Slate and National Legis
latures. and endeavor to enlist ihe Pulpitand
the Press.
TORTOISE SHELL.
Ihe following singularly barbarous pro
cess lor obtaining the tortoise shell,is abstrac
ted ironi an Indian newspaper, called the
Singapore Chronicle, This highly prise I
aquatic production, when caught by the
Eastern Blunders. is suspended ovei a lire,
kindled immediately after its capture, until
such time as the effect of the heat loosens
the shell to such a degree that it can be re
moved with the gr-aiesl ease. The animal,
now stripp-d and defenceless, is set at liberty,
to re-enter its native element. If caught in
the ensuing season, or at any subsequent pe
riod. i! is asst rti and that lie ■ B| •;) IlfaMl
.s subjected to a second ordeal of lire, re
warding his captors tins time, however, with
a v ry thin shell. Tins, if true, shows more
policy and skill than teoderaen in the meth
od ti ns ad >pted by the islanders; it is ques
tionless proof, too. of the tenacity ot life in
the animal, and must further be accounted a
rer\ s.ngular fact in natural history.
Question. —Who is the man best cal
culated as President, to restore the Gen
eral Government to its former purity ?
Anstrrr. — lie, of all others, who has
. u ses to a v • ;—;
party projects to bu.id up—no enemies to
punish—nothing to serve but his country
Ibat m>a isGenkbvl Zaou vuv Tav
lok. — I.ou.sri'U Courier.
MINERAL POINT, WIS., FRIDAY, AUG. 25, 18-18.
REMINISCENCE OF J. Q. ADAMS.
The Hon. John Quincy Adams concluded
his argument before the United States Su
| preme Court in the Amistad case, with the
iollo\ving touching reminiscence:
May it please your honors: On the 7th
j of February, 1804, now more than thirty
seven years past, my name was entered,
and yet stands recorded on both rolls, as one
ot the attorneys and counsellors of this
Court. Jive years later, in February and
March, 1309, 1 appeared for the last time be
fore this Court in defense of the cause of
justice, and of important rights, in which
many of my fellow citizens had property to
a large amount at stake. Very shortly after
wards I was called to the discharge of other
duties, lirst in foreign lands, and in later
years, within our own country, but in differ
ent departments ot her own Government.
Little did I imagine that 1 should ever be
required to claim the right of appearing in
the capacity of an officer of this Court. Yet
sucii has been the dictate of my destiny;
and 1 appear again to plead the cause ol jus
tice, and now of liberty and life in behalf of
many of my fellow men, before that same
Court, in a former age, I had addressed in
support of the rights of property. I stand
again. I trust for the last time, before the
same Court, '• hie cnes/us artemque reponu."
1 stand belore the same Court, but not before
the same Judges, nor aided by the same as
sociates. nor resisted by the same opponents.
As I cast my eyes along those seats of honor
and of public trust, now occupied by you,
they seek in vain for one of those honored
and honorable persons whose indulgence lis
tened then to my voice, Marshall, Cushing,
Case, Washington, Johnson, Livingston,
Todd, where are they ? Where is that elo
quent statesman and learned lawyer who
was my associate counsel in the management
of that cause—Robert Goodloe Harper?
W here is that brilliant luminary so long the
pride of Maryland and of the American bar,
then my opposing counsel—Luther Martin ?
\V here is the excellent clerk of that day,
whose name has been inscribed on the shores
of Africa, ns a monument of his abhoirence
to the African slave trade—Elias B. Cald
well? Where is the marshal? Where are
the criers ot that Court? Alas! where is
one of the very judges of the Court, arbit
ers of life and death, before whom I com
menced this anxious argument? Gone!
gone from a world of sin and sorrow, I trust
—to that blest abode, “ where the wicked
cease from troubling, and the weary aro at
rest.” And it is my ardent wish and fervent
prayer, that each and every one of you may
go to his final account with as little ofearthly
frailty toanswer for, as those illustrious dead ;
and that you may every one, at the close of
a long and virtuous career m this world, be
received at the portals of the next with the
approving sentence : “ Well done, good and
faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of
thy Lord.’’
FROM THE MOUNTAINS.
The Bertrand, Capt. Morrison, arrived
last night from filly miles above the
mouth of the AgUow Stone, a higher point
than had been achieved by any former
boat. The Bertrand left St. Louis on
the Ist of June; has made the trip, con
sequently in fifty-three days—the shortest
vet accomplished. Our friend, Mr. A.K.
McLean, who came down clerk of the
Bertrand, has obligingly furnished us
with the items of interest from the wil
derness.
The Yancion Sioux continue in a stale
threatening discontent. In consequence
of their attack on the steamboat Martha,
(in which they killed one man, then be
came alarmed, and breaking up their lod
ges t>> the number of five or six hundred
fled,) the Indian Agent, Major Matlock,
has forbidden the traders to send goods or
have any dealings with them ; and an
outbreak of evil passion is apprehended
unless some United Stales troops be sent
into the country this winter.
The traders going to the diff< rent out
posts are most likely to be waylaid cud
attacked. It has been staled that the
cause of the late attempt upon the Mar
tha was the non-payment of the annui
ties. This is not the case. The traders
themselves, in their spirit of rivalry, have
been to b arne tampering and holding
out delusive prospects to the Indians.
It has been ascertained that the Assiu
aboines, last Winter, suffered horribly
from starvation Thev devoured* their
horses and dogs, and in a great many in
stances devoured one another! At pres
ent toe country is quiet ; the goods have
been <rct up safely; the river is falling,
all tie way down to Yellow Stone. Ma
jor Cl- C. Matlock, U S- Agent, came
down passenger, wita other gentlemen
from the posts.
Cass AND THE WILM IT Proviso.— The
Uuion ol Tuesday says :
•• At all events, we are happy to understand
by private letters that Geo. firmly
stands the ground he has taken. Being ap
plied to formally by a unn or two of the
Wdmot stamp,he ih dared unhesitatingly that
he adhered to his Nicholson letter and to
the Baltimore platform ; and that if elected
President, he would veto the Wilmot Pro
viso. Dare Gen. Taylor make such a dec
laration V*
What say the Free States to this ?
LATE FROM OREGON.
New-? from Oregon city to the 8!h o:
March has been received. A letter from
Gov. Palmer, dated from the army, at
camp 25 miles west ot Umatilla, speak*
of meeting a party of thirty Indians, who
had been engaged in the battles with M ij
Lee, at the Dallas; they say that they
were forced into it by Cay uses ; that all
their property had been taken and their
lives threatened if they did not join them. !
The Cayuses have forted and had expec- '
led to fortifiy near the foot of the Blue
Mountains on the Saw mill stream.
Furtherfrom the Indian Country. The I
i following letter written by Bishop Blan
chet, addressed to the commander of the
Oregon army, brought, here hv Quarter
master Jennings, contains some items of
intelligence, which we lay before our rea- I
dors.
Sir:—l have had some intelligence
from Walla Walla, which I got from
two Indians yesterday. I communica
ted it to mv Indians, the Yakamons, an and
they have requested me to write you a-
I gain. They are more than ever resolved
■ not to join the Cayuses, especially since
! they have been informe 1 that the Cayu
j ses were angry with them, because they
i had refused to make war on the Ameri
cans.
The two Indians whom they sent to you
are to learn what is going on, and bring
the intelligence to the camp. Whatev
er may happen, I think that they will not
i change their present intention. I have
I told them that the Americans were very
j numerous, and that the Cayuses cou! i
! not kill them all ; and that Yakamons
! had no reason to fear that the Cayuses
could kill them on their lands.
The Indians report that only the Pell
onches have joined the Cayuses, and that
Yellow Serpent had not joined them.
The first chief of the Yakamons, Ci
dies, requested me particularly* to inform
Mi. M Cay, that he has been Ids friend
lor many years, and that he will remain
so—lds brother Aourhale, whom Mr. Mc-
Cay knows well, is detained by the Cay
uses, who have threatened to "kill him if
he attempted to return to his lodge—he
is a good Indian, and 1 wish he could re
turn home. *
Up to (he present, I had hoped that
peace could be made with the Americans
and Cayuses, but after what has been
written to me it appears to me improba
ble.
It is unquestionably true, that all the
property lelt by the emigrants at Barlow’s
gate, has be en taken away by the Indians.
Before Col. Gilman lelt Fort Wascopam,
in accordance with the instructions, be
d*!putch,-d ci p;:r y to bring in and so.
cure this property, but it was all found to
be gone.
It will be seen by a communication
from Captain Scott, published in this pa
per, that Jesse Appleton, Esq. hearer ol
depatches to ihe United Slate* authorities
in California for assistance in the pres
cut difficulties with the Indians, has re
turned, being unable to cross the moun
tains at this season. Whether Mr. Meek
i who was sent by the Legislature with
I despatches to Washington, will succeed
j in crossing the mountains, remains to be
! heard.
The Brig Henry, Capt. Kilborn, will
i leave bore in a few days, direct for Cali
! foruia, and it is possible that he may c ir
jry to the home Government the first li
| dings of Indian hostilities in Oregon.—
j The people of Oregon feel sore and sick
i in heart at the hands of Congress and the
| people of the United States.
Several of the Dalles Indians have ar
i rived in this city for protection, as they
sav. It is said that they have been strip
ped of their property by the hostile In
| dians, because they were friendly with the
w h if es.
The Spectator of February 24th, con
tains reports from Col. Gilliam, dated
Fort Wascopan. February 7th, and des
! cribtng two skirmishes with bodies of In
dians, in which the latter routed with a
loss of some 20 or 30 killed and wounded,
j and property to the value of 81,400,which
i had been sold and the proceeds paid into
the military chest of the expedition. The
whites had three killed, one by accident,
, the other two by the Indians.
GEN. TAYLOR—SLANDER RE
FUTED.
Some time ago a story was fabricated
ands t afloat, that Gen. Taylor was the
owner of a large tract of land in the dis
puted territory between Nieces anti the
Rio Grande, and that an age it of his had
i been recently in Washington City p ir
l chasing negroes to stock it. This faUe
allegation has been industriously' circula
ted, and we think has bet n repeatedly
[ published or alluded to in the Enquirer
—and in that paper of y esterday, it is al
luded as fo’lows.
Gen. Tiiylor nn 1 the Proviso. —O r
neighbors of the W tug press, and prob i
b!v other neighbors nut connected with
the press, have labored punf.lly hard to
delude themselves it.to the belief that
G--n. Taylor is opposed to the c.\t'nsion
•f slavery, and w <Kid not interpose hi
veto to a prohibition of it in the new ter
nlones. We do not suppose they have
succeeded in tins etTorl—Gen. Taylors
’..cation —a is *2' i o <1 iv -s—ins recent pur
chase of more laud and more negroes to
stock it—’he very atmosph re of slavery
with which he is surrounded—all are
ponderous facts standing obstinately ar
■ aved against this attempt at self delu
sion.”
Col M tchell. of this city, wrote to
Gen. Taylor several weeks since, refer-
ring to the allegation, and enquiring as
to its truth. We annex the reply. It
puts this vile slander at rest, as an unmit
igated falsehood. Read and judge ;
Byton Rogue, La. July 14, IS4S.
Mv Dear Colonel: Your kind letter
of the 13th ultimo has been duly receiv
ed. In reply to your inquiries, I have
to inform you that I have no land on the
Rio Grande, nor have I sent SIO,OOO or
any other sum to the District of Colum
bia to purchase slaves; and I trust that
if I had such a sum in my possession, I
could put it to a better use than buying
lands on the Rio Grande, or slaves in
ashing ton. Among the many accusa
tions brought against me by my oppo
nents, I should he much gratified to learn
that they had succeeded in substantiating
the charge that I have in my possession
so large a sum for any purpose as the one
above mentioned.
1 beg that you will not put yourself
to any trouble to meet the objections ur
i ged against me, by those opposed to me
if they are as groundless as the one in
question, they see fit thus to dis
regard the obligations of truth, it is use
less to contend with them.
V\ itli my best wishes for your health
and success, I remain, sir,
Very respectfully,
Yonr oh’t servant,
Z. TAYLOR.
Cot. A. M. Mitchell, Cincinnati,
Ohio.
GENER A L TA YLOR—I )E HOC R AT
1C TESTIMONY IN HIS FAVOR.
Circular of the Democratic Taylor Cen
tral Corresponding Committee,
At a large and enthusiastic meeting of
I Democratic citizens, held at Harrisburg
ion the 2tkh of June, 1848, the following
I among other resolutions were uuanimous
i ly adopted;
Resolved, That this meeting of Dcmo
' cratic citizens, recognizing the omnipo
tence of the wi>l of the people upon sifch
| a subject, and deeply impressed with the
, peculiar qualifications of Gen. Zachary
; Taylor lor the Presidency, do hereby
! p.esent him to the democracy of the peo
! pie of this State and the Union, as the
| Democratic candidate, and the real can
didate of THE people, for the office of
President of the United States at the en
suing Presidential election.
Resolved, That in (he attachment of
j Gen. Taylor to Thomas Jeffek-on
! in his warm friendship for Andrew Jack
son, and in his determined opposition to
a Bank of the United States, his known
patriotism, and the whole course of his
life, we have the best warrant for our firm
belief that he will administer the Gov
ernment upon those principles which have
formed tiio policy of every Democratic
Administration, and whose object is the
I greatest good of tiie greatest number.”
Resolved, That a Comrnitte of Cor
respondence be and are hereby appointed,
i for tlie purpose of interchanging senti
ment with their fellow-citizens through
out the State, with a view and for the
high purpose of promoting the nomina
j tion ami election of General Zachary
i Taylor for the Presidency: and that
; the Committee are clothed with full pow
er, and are instructed to use all proper
exertions to effect such political organi
zation in Pennsylvania as may be calcu
lated to vindicate and carry out the pub
; he will in regard to the next Presidency ;
and that the officers of the meeting ap
point said Committee.”
Thirty-six persons were then appointed
said Committee, who have issued the fol
low ing address :
Instructed bv the foregoing resolutions,
the Commute beg leave to address you,
and ask your co-operation in carrying out
the objects therein set forth.
Satisfactory information from all parts
! of our Union leaves no room to doubt
that Gen. Zachary Taylor, the hero
; of Okechobee, Palo Alto, Keseca de la
Palma, Monteray, and Buena Vista* is
the spontaneous favorite of the “toiling
millions” of America, for the office of
President of these United States; audit
is a just cause of congratulation that the
People, they wdio pay our taxes, fight our
battles, and make our Presidents by their
votes, nave taken the matter of the selec
tion of a candidate into their ouh hands ,
and are calmly, but resolutely, moving
forward m tbe exercise of one of their
dearest ngiiis, guaranteed to them by tbe
blnod of tlieir revolutionary fathers. This
right should never be delegated airay or cn
ti usted to the management of others, ex
cept when necessary to procure a con
centrated action in sustaining great and
; ess ntial principles, by the selection ot
one from a number of talented and equal
ly worthy an 4 patriotic men, presented
and urged from different sections of our
common country, as an appropriate stan
dard barer—thus avoiding division and
consequent defeat.
No such necessity exists at the present
time. Achievements trie mo-t brilliant,
talent the most undeniable and exalted,
and patriotism the most devoted, super
added toa life and character entirely s >o*-
less. have marked out one of our citizens,
raising him from above tiie level of even
the great men of our country, producing
a concentration of tiie public gaze, and
an unanimity of the public voice, wluch
places the matter beyond all reasonable
doubt, and tnus dispenses witn tiie orJiii i
ry machinery of yar;y g -i icians.
No man holding the principles which
i pervade our Declaration of Ind< pendence,
which sustained our fatheis in the con
flict which terminated in the adoption of
| our inimitable Constitution, but must re
cognize in the events of our history since
that epoch, the same guiding Hand and
overruling Power upon which they relied,
leading us onward and upward, as we are
i rapidly advancing towards destinies far
beyond the reach of mortal eve. Twice,
at least, in our political history, when
1 dangers, at the time both seen and unseen,
threatened our domestic peace and wel
fare, have the affections of the people at
large been drawn towards an individual
as to give unerring indications of his be
ing the mm for the exigency of the time.
A \V ashingtox, in whom all confided to
settle and arrange our federal govern
ment ; and Jackson, with instinctive
toresight, to apprehend danger, and more
titan Roman firmness to meet and dispel
it. Who, but Grn. Washington, who
had led our feeble armies to victor}- over
the proudest of earth’s nations, could
have reconciled the conflicting interests
ot the States, build up from a general
bankruptcy a national credit, and cement
such seemingly discordant elements into
a perfect union ? And who but General
Jackson, who had closed a second war of
independence in a blaze of glorv, could
have, without a war, compelled Franco
to do us long delayed justice, or with a
purpose as unbending as late, have deliv
ered our country from that most powerful,
dangerous and corrupting institution, the
United States’ Bank?
The price of liberty is unceasintg- vig
iience, and we fear the day is yet far dis
tant when the friends of freedom can lay
aside their armor and fold their arms io
security. Are there not some clouds
hanging al>nut our political horizon,
which, although yet small, betoken to Ulo
observing patriot a storm which require
not only wisdom and strength, but cour
age and unshrinking firmness in him who
issafely to hold the helm ofStatc? States
men in every section of our country are
looking with intense interest upon the
setilement of the questions which must
grow out ot the war in which we are now
engaged. Who is the man for t!ve occa
sion, is no. sooner asked than the public
voice, from the St Croix to the Rio
Grande answers. General ZACHARY
TAYLOR!
The people believe that (he man who
lean lead armies, advise cabinets, and win
'the whole affections of our citizen sol
diers, by his energy, moral courage, wis
dom and humantty, is best fitted to fill
the offie which the Father of his country
and the hero of New Orleans have shown
by their successful and glorious civil ad
ministrations, can be most safely entrust
ed to those who, in their own time and
| age, are “first in war, first in peace, and
first in the hearts of his countrymen ”
We shall not in this circular write tho
eulogy of Gen. Taylor, nor attempt to
enumerate his brilliant services. They
are written in letters of living light, not
only in the pages of our country’s histo
ry, hut in the hearts of our fellow-citi
zens. They are s ien and read by all
men, except by those whose jaundiced
eyes cannot bear the sight.
Gen. Taylor is not a professed politi
cian. He is descended from a Demo
cratic stock, and his associations, sympa
thies and sentiments, as well as his acts,
show that he is a Democrat at heart.
! His father was a warm and unflinching
supporter of Jefferson, the father of de
mocracy ; and he as unwaveringly sup
ported Gen. Jackson, who more than any
other of his age, walked in tiie paths
which Jefferson had marked out. The
affection and confidence between them
was so strong, that a short time before
his death, Gen. Jackson (minted out Gen.
Taylor, then, like Cmcinnatus on his
farm, as a man for the times, whom ho
. would endorse to the country.
Gen. Taylor is not merely a warrior, a
j“ military chieftain,” (an objection which
I Mr. Clay urged against Gen. Jackson,
And holds against Gen. Taylor.) but (ho
j acts of his life, the records of the War
i Department at Washington, as well as
I his kite model despatches, show him to he
i ripe scholar and an accomplished wri-
I tor. Ilis well known views in opposition
j to a Bank of the United States, and in
1 favor of a strict construction of the Con-
Istitution, with the whole course of his
i life, are sufficient to satisfy any honest
and reasonable mind as to the principles
that will guide him in the administration
lof the government. The people, tho
! honest yeomanry of the country, who ask
,no office, but desire the greatest good
of tiie greatest number,” arc satisfied,
and ici/h singular unanimity are present
; ing him as their candidate for the high
test and most responsible office in tho
world ; and at tho electron in 18 IS, they
will as one man rally to his support.
After a consultation among ourselves,
we have concluded to invite our fellow,
feitizens to assemble in Suite meeting, at
Harrisburg, on the glorious 24th of Sep.
j temher next, the. anniversary of the hatil •
inti victory of Monterap, for the purpose
of adopting such measures as may be
ieem and expedient and proper to promote
the election of General Taylor to the
{’residency of these United States.
Come, tlrnn, fellow-citizens, and let us
consult together as to the proper means
to curry out the undoubted will ot a large
majority of the people of tho Union, in
the mean ti ne, let us from you, and
have your views upon the common object
we have in view, an 1 the best m rt ans to
be adopted We would also suggest tho
holding of public meetings in your towns
tnd districts, for the purpose of carrying
out the public will in regard to the Prcai
denev.
SETH SALISBURY, Ch n,
J ixns Peacock. > B
„ n i J>2crctanes.
| BenJ. P.ItSKE, \
Harrisburg, August 8, IBiS.
ISO. 51.