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BV ,MKS. L. H. SHIOl iatV.
Lost! lost! lost
A gem of countless price,
Cut from the living rock,
And graved in Paradise.
Set round with three times eight,
Large diamonds.clcar and bright
And each with sixty smaller ones,
And changeful as the light,
Lost! where the thoughtless throng
in fashion's mazes wind;
Where rilleth Folly's song,
Leaving a sting behind,
Yet to my hand twas given,
A golden harp to buv.
Such as the white robed choirs attune
To deathless minstrelsy.
Lost! lost! lost!
I feel all search is vain;
That gem of countless cost,
Can ne'er be mine again.
I offer no reward,
Till these heart strings sever.
I know that Heaven entrusted gift
Js reft away forever.
Eut when the sea and land,
Like burning scroll htve fled,
I'll see it in His hand
Who judgeth quick and dead;
And when of scathe and loss,
That man can ne'er repair.
The dreadful inquiry meets my soul,
What shall it answer there?
so grand s,,ale ;( rrcomill
aJ by J.y. Adams, but stillasvs-
inwiue, expense and iironsli
""iiniiii. cm h at least h mv
ion.
opiti
PILIT11ICAI,:
To William li. Harris, lqr
I charged you w ith being in favor
of a protective tariff, and this seems
I, . i -.i .
especially 10 nave excueu you and
prvnked your wrath. NowMr. Harris
1 spoke from wliat I had heard, and
from the record. In the canvass of
1831, you could not bo brought to
take n stand against the principle of
the tariff 011814. You thought it
too hisrh perhaps, and ou?ht to be
materially reduced, but you were for
retaining the specific and minimum
rates of duties, the great objectiona
ble features of the act. At the anti
tariff meeting held at this place on
tlio 3rd of Octcbcr, 1813, you oppo
sed the resolution of Mr. Whitfield
condemning the tariff of '42, and pre
vented its passage, thereby defeated
the great object of the meeting. You
say you hive always warred against
a protective tariff, if so, it has been a
strange sort of warfare. In 1832,you
were for nullifying the tariff of 1828;
in 18 13, you will not oppose the tariff
of 18-12, the latter of which was in the
opinion of Mr. Calhoun more objec
tionable in some of its features than
the former. I cant understand this.
If it was right to nullify the tariffof
1828, equally right, and even more
so, it strikes us, was it to nullify the
tariff of 1843 Perhas the inconsis
tency mnv be explained by the fact
fhnt in 1 vnn u-prp A Gfilhnlin
man, at least in favor of his views of
constitutional principles, and never
dreamed of supporting Henry Clay:
and in 1813 and ' It, you became the
warm advocate ol that gentleman s
election of the presidency. But let
the subject pass, with the single re
mark that I cannot sen how it is nos-
Bible that any man can support for
- I 1 . I 1 I
mo presiucncy, one wno is a iwgn pro
tective tariff man tha fatlinr of the
system, when the tariff question too
is me giuui una ai usuu in me con
test, without boing himself a protec
tive tariff man, unlets, as I have be
fore said, he goes for the man and
not for principle.
You say you are opposed to inter
nal improvements by the general gov
ernment. Well, if you are, I tell
you, you will be opposed to General
Taylor's administration, for just as
sure as the sun shine, Gen. Taylor
will recommend a system of inter
nal improvements, not perhaps upon
ou believe in the constitutionality
am. expediency of a national bank,
but would voteasainst one unless it
seemed the general wh r,r it, i.
that such an institution should be es-
lauusnea. and you think popular sen
timent is now airlinct it T !. :
dependent treasury you are and al-
uc aiu uetn opposed. This, 1
think you will admit. But vou sav
I understand (because under' tlm rl'r!
cumstances of the case vnn rr.w
hardly sav anv fhinrr ii,.,. ......
are willing that manor tiinM
. J ""U1U BlUIIU
as they are, and let tlm
have a fair trial. Still von hH IP VP il
wigm ue amended to the advantage
of the government and the country.
.So dors the administration, lis ori;an
the Republic, calls some of its Ma
tures barbarous. Now, Mr. Hrrris, I
will tell you what feature of the sub
treasury you and the administration
you defend (yes, as Mr. Clayton once
said of the Hon. Felix Grunday, vou
are still ensaeed in vonr nl,( n.i;
defending cries,) what f. ature I sav
you and they would amend- it U
special clause, that is the bdrbai oils
icaiure, mat you would annul, and
strike out of the law. Snrh n
amendment would emasculate c
subtreasurv it would nnitp 11
ernment and banks again and pave
iiiu way io me estauiislnncnt or a na
tional bank, iust as did the ill..! ro.
cepiion, by Alexander Hamilton, of
bank notes in the payment of public
dues. I may be wrong in saying that
you are in favor of repealing the spe
cie clause, but such is my belief,
founded upon the fact that you are a
natioi.al bank man. If I mistake not
every member of tl in nrespnf rn hinni
with the chair at its head, is in fvnr
of a national bank and would recom
mend such an institution to Congress
il they were not alraid of thepeople.
to be a high tariff, bank, internal im
provement man. You the (J, Sly
before any whig niidi, nco in the dis
trict that you would not. Ilw tl,-..,
can you expect any consistent demo-
liui id voic lor you:
1 must hasten to a close you must
see, sir, how the rnrrrni nf nni;t;.ni
I'UlllltUl
events is sweeping along and carrying
with it the last vestiges ofno parlyisin
ULCU" oi ODiivion. hook at
Hie results of the rlnrti nne l.n..A
, HUM-
been held since (Jen Tn,-in,
4ected on the nn-n.irti,
tan you point me to a single admin
istration triimmh? Tn .T-
, ,. I " uiiir. uiiu UIIC
onlv. in lilt l;i,r,) i.i,i ...i.-i.
.- v. J.'IUKU, WHICH
has been almost always a federal
owe me other hand, contem
plate for a moment, sir i.n ,i.
cratic victories, which hive struck
terror into the hearts of the admin
istration and
.... im-ill UCIIIUIC US
did Bel.shazzer of old, on behohlinr
the hand writinir on Hm unli
necticut the State of the wooden nut
meg Senator Truman .Smith, the man
of all work for tin. mlininjct,,,)- ..
nas returned lltrro rl.rr,or,,.- j i
- - - MHfl lJ I
tongress: in the inti
had four whig members and not a
.M..i;ie uemocrat. lreinia has i-l.-r.
'ii. Tntloro i:ioiM-ii f
A corrt-spondent of the organ ti kes
us to task tor what the writer calls
our misrepresentation of Gen. Tay
lor's speeches. He says he has re
ceived a letter from a friend at lled
ford, who was present at Gi n. Tay
lor's reception of the clergyman then
at that place, and that hi. response
was one of unsurpassed and touching
eloquence. Now is it possible that
the writer of the communication in
the organ is so impudent as to at
tempt to ininnsfi such Ktnir
community, who know General Tay-
ioi, nuu nave neard ruin attempt to
speak.'' Will he nrrsnnm tn.nj l,ot
n:nj of General Taylor's speeches at
receptions herp. t ( irnrr-ut,....
anywhere else in this vicinity, where
many sacrifices fr the whig party,
and now wanted a foreign mis
ion. Mr. Clayton informed him
shat two consulship were vacant
Lyons and liordeaux and a"ked
him which he would take. The
Frenchman, being a native of Borde
aux, said he would go there, but
this was engaged and he readily
jnmped at Lyons. This he got, and
is on the eve of departure.
Iluedy arrived at Jackson on Tues
day last with his Commission in hie
pocket, lie was in high spirit and
mi aooiii town snowing his commis
sion to all whom he met, white and
black. He immediately set about
disposition of the cooking utensils
tl: hit! !-!u I nio'i.
l'n'in I'i
Thfuh'sr, pres-iHs art eonf. -rrimj
extraordinary powers upon their
ol his estah ish
his Iveno table, preparatory to
evrn refpectablo ellurts? Will he departure to Lyons. What will he
imhecil lVendent They nre endow
ing him even with eloquence, and
making him spout speeches which
would do credit to a scholor, just a
his military despaUhe and his poli
tical letters were palmed ujion the
country as his own productions.
We hazard nothing in saying that
he neither made the speeches nor
wrote the ietlers. A clever aman
uensis wrote the one, and p.trua! re
porter fabricated the other, lint the.
correspondent of the Philadelphia
News is doing more for him. lie is
now imparting to him the vigor of
vrtittfi in1 tl.. ....:.. r j
:k"Ulltuu in" a.it;iiv u Alcona
nis n'.rhf 11- ... .1... . .. I
-.nv. in. iiiiiriiiis U3 l n fin mi
it (i jonrteen democrats and one whig'
A'orth Carolina and Alabama stand
firm, electiiic tlm
0 ....... u iniiiiuti (u
ucmocrats to Cnn nc Koim !...
each showing an immense democrat
ic gain in the popular vote. Tennes
see has been completely revolution-
ri. ' i.asi year sue gave Gen.
lavlor over six thnnsnnrl m-iinni,.
This year she elects a democrat Gov
ernor by more then fifteen hundred
majority, and the democrats gain one
member to Coneress. Indiana has
elected nine dcmni-tnts nn.t
. . , u.n. uiiu
whig m the last Congress she had
tour mg memoers. .Nich has been
the fate of no party Tavlorism in
other states and such will' be its fate
in this State. I point you to these
election results, Mr. Harris, merelv
to remind you of the current of pop
v ' e 1 "u "i me current 01 n0p-
i on are in avor of riistnhiiiin.i Knt in ,ir cni,t;,o.,i .. i - i. i .' '.
ti t i ..v..im. . v.....,,,, llt, nniuii nas ceriainiv
juu j.iv li mi. is ueau now, as mere is
nothing to distribute and the govern
ment is in debt: but the deht will
be paid in a few years, end when the
set in erresistablv aeainst this
ministration. In "this'clistrict, the re
suit will be as it 1ms been in others
hni-rmil n ,t,,l.l 1 : .
. i - uuuui, Mum inr ;l democrat
immrnse bodies ofnch nn.l mm-r tru'n i.
.: . . ft..... yii in l- iii.noruy oi l 17.
newly acquired territories are brougutjl rather suspect Mr. Harris, that von
into market, distribution will springlalready regret having yielded to the
unaeain. Trust us Mr. ILirris it ! sili.:o,t;,.no r ... ...i. , .
' Y il. , , , . ul uu' menus io ue-
not dead, but sleepeth. I would not come a candidate. This is the first
""I" mu is in iavoroiiime, i oelicvc. certam v tlm lirt
distributions. I look upon it as Han
gerous, corrupting and of doubtful
constitutionality. It makes the States
the stipendiaries of the federal
ment, which it links to old imperial
Rome, granting her favors and send
ing otit her laigcsscs to be her dis
tant provinces. Yet, you, Mr. Har
ris, who are seeking democratic votes
are in favor of distribution that
measure dear to w hiirs. but odious tn
democrats.
I have thus briefly summed tin
tune since you have been a citizen
ol this State that you ever came be
fore the people as'a candidate for a
political odicc, and I predict that it
will be fie last for you will be in
gloriously defeated.
Columbus Democrat
Other accounts of the speaking at
Carthace fullv confirm tlin
of our iriend, that Gray is attempting
the favorite whig game of professing
nc Tn. Ur ,:;.i ..... I..: I r
VOUr DOSltloil. as 1 lint erstanc vnn t'.i- ... .
, . . . .. - citxuuu, ui as iuiiiiimus did, that he
upon some of the leading questions, js a better democrat then McWille
iv urn flivirlns tni tu n nnrtinc I ,1 .1 1
which divide s the twonnrties 1 rln
not think Ihaveniisrpnrocpnti.il vr.,
certainly I have not designed to do
so. Aim the interence to me is clear
that no consistent democrat can or
will vote for you. Even if you had
become a bona fide democrat, vnnr
conversion has baen too recent too
much of the odor of whiggisin still
clines to permit us to yield vou our
confidence or support. Your associ
ations, your feelings your sympath
ies and prejudices are all with the
whig?, and I must hand you over to
them.
There is another point, and it is an
important one upon which I must ad
rlross vnn n few words- it is in rpimr.l
to the election of Speaker of the
House. I his is the incipient act in
the opening drama of anew Congress
and it is a most important one. Up
on the Speaker devolves the appoint
ment of the committees, and he can
so arrange them, and the uniform
custom is, he does so arrange them,
as to give his party the ascendency
on all leading question. That oficer
therefore has a powerful a control
ing influence in the House, and his
election you know is always consid
ered a most important one. Now
Mr. Harris how would you vote in
the Speaker's election? Would you
vnta frr n uliiffnr fl il.mnrrnt? T will
" - .....
.matvor fnr vnn vnn would vnfp fnr n
whig, even if that whig was known
or any body else. The whigs will
hud out that they have played this
game once too often. The people of
tiiis district are not to hr. ;..)
-w v.vnu
again by the shallow artifice. The
laiae pretences ot Uen. Taylor are
but just llOW bcin? develni'iprl n.i.l
Gray mu3t have a hard face indeed
1101 oiuy 10 jiisuiy nat whiggery has
done and isdoinsr. but (n nnrYinn.l ti,
trick and attempt its repetition! As
a specimen how McWille "putsit to
him," we copy a paragraph from the
correspondent of the Vazoo Demo
crat:
'Col McWille, in a most pointed
manner, exposed the true position of
General Taylor in regard to his pled ir
es, and satisfactorily proved, that if
Gen, Taylor had obtained property
in the same manner, and by the same
pretences, that he secured Democrat
ic votes, that .Mr. G rav ns ornsorittiim
attorney, with a whig jury, could
convict mm ol swindling and send
him to the penitentiary."
We acree with tli inrrocr,,l...,i
of the Democrat as til 'llO ilot,i,rtn,i.,A
of the election, and unite with him
m saying that "every man who calls
himself a Democrat ami il..r.rt i.
banner at this election, is not worthy
the name and should be spumed with
contempt." Tho politcal complex
ion of the district for years may de
pend on this election. iinrl if hi.lmn.
jour friends to be up and doing.
presume to Sav th.lf nun tlio r.n.V,.,
of his reply, prepared by M.ijor Bliss
it suinroouy else, to the lrginia
committee, on the occasion of the
presentation of the sword, was not
most mortifvinrr nnrl nainfnl tl.,.o
who heard it? It is the most hum-
buirgery and decention tn allirm tl.t
Gen. Taylor has any of the qualifi
cations of an orator. We are aware
that it is death to whir?rprv tn hv
the true calibre and qualifications of
.1. ... n.. . . 1 .
meir 1 resident made known to the
people; and hence the effort to palm
him off as a man of statesmanlike
capacity and qualifications'. How
is it to be expected that a man of
vety ordinary education, who has
spent his whole life in the camp and
on the frontier, and who has never
before filled a single civil station,
could, if be had the talents of a Na
poleon, become at once a pre-eminent
civilian? And how is it possible for
General Taylor to be one. whose
abilities, everybody knows who has
seen and conversed with him, are of
a. very common sort not above
those possessed by tens of thousands
of his coiintrvmen? Tim ih no. is
abused and incredible, and the whigs
assert to the contrary, in order to
keep up the system of hnmhnn-,rr.rv
and deception about General Tay
lor's qualifications. Hut it will not
avail them. 1'ainful and mortifying
as it is to US ns American oiiicn..
we feel bound to make know tn nnr
distant countrymen the true state of
the case. We intend to do it, that
no similar imposition may ever again
be practiced upon them. We imend
to impress them what everybody here
knows to be the truth, that C. nnnrnl
Taylor is not equal to the perform
ance of the high and momentous du
ties imposed upon him by his great
office; that he is an instrument in the
bands or the cabinet, who, like a
royal regency, carry on the govern
ment in his nama Thn
neve intended ihat such a stupendu-
ous imposition should be practiced
upon the American nennlp It- in.
tended that the President
United States ptinuM h
. 1 .
anu nor. merely m name. It is not
so now, under the nominal Presiden
cy of Genera! Taylor. On the con
trary, we might as well have Queen
ictoria, or, what we should much
better prefer, aresnpctahlp
woman, ai ine head ot the govern
ment, as General Taylar, so far as
the cival functions of his oflice are
concerned. She could sign her name
and General Taylor dues but little if
anything more. Union.
way to Greensburg, on the road to
Mini ii 1.1 vuiurru w e lift wi r. . . . rj .
not, we hope, be permitted to take ! ' , f h" corte8" rtorPf the
her to Lyons. Hut strange Ferna residence of Govenmr John
happen these days.-.,A,; fr "n. , wa,.,,hc. J1 of1ln7'r'
Trade. Ration: "the President jumped fiotn
J. j'he carriage with the alacrity of
t u " twenty-two, (wonderful indeed.) and
Tuk Rf.prf.smt.it.vj! of the S at nce recognised the governors
.. ..... . ... .... r. lnu litner, theugii he had never seen
.0 l owmg appears ,u the advcrtis, int Mrn befrei (mora wonderful .,.)
oolmnns of the last aoo Democrat: Though over eighty j ear, of aire, he
aulioii Io MlranilMialiiM'ii.JstUI walks with the elasticity of forty.
OMi; six weeks ago a chattering jThe moeting between the two was
babboou of a Frenchman, linm-; ''rdial. " The same correspondent
cd J.mi.s or J.uqi f.s llKrui:iiF.i.T, j follows him to Pittsburg, where ho
who has attained some not.sncty from : makes b in deliver a reply to Mr.
the circumstance of his appointment j Forward, in which he alludes "to the
to the responsible station of ConsuT war, the state of ihe country, 6cc,
of the United States to the city of u'tn a plainness of style and sinceri
Lvons, in France, eneacred nassae ' ty which produced a marked ed'ort
on the iS'teamer Jt ff Ihr'is, at Louis- ;upon every hearer." A version of
ville, for Yicksburg. He promised ,ris cpeech has been put forth, which
solemnly to pay the pric of passane ;l'lft Fresident was no more capable
upon being landed at the latter city, j f making than he was of displaying
saying that he would leave his bag-j a'l the vigor of twenty-two, or all the
gage untill tlie passage was paid. j keenness of second sight. Wespcak
The officers of the boat was not as, 0'' the compos t'on more than of the
cautious as tliev mrrht have hcen nun1 i sentiments of the address. Put thr.
he obtained his bagearrc. w ith profuse 's one passage in it w hich the General
promises of speedy payment. He could scarcely have uttered without
lirs since been 'flourishing" at fash-1" blush. He speaks in compliment
ionable watering places in Mississip-1 ar.v stains of the service of the reru-
)i, but has "utterly failed, neglected ,lai"s and of the volunteers in the
and refused" to pay the amount 0fi-eMCan war, and especially of the
his passage, giving no pretext what-vlun'ecrs of Pennsylvania. It is a
ever in extenuation; and the under- iP'1)' that he did not feel the value of
sirrned believes that he wilfully swin-j,!"'so services when be had the ops
died the boat out of its dues. Tliis ertunity of giving a solid evidence
notice is given to warn the officers ' n,s gfat.tude. It is pretty well
understood that he had no very ex
jalted opinion ot volunteers, and that
ihe was in the habit of expressing
j these opinions to the secretary of
j War. Put how has he shown his
! scn-e of these services? Was it in
ins proscrintion o thp. YY.nr nr.u
1 . - -- ......... I'I iiiu
1'rutn oi Pennsylvania?
of other steamboats, and the
generally, ajainst him
publii
SALSMF.X. Clerk.
Str. "Jctl Davis."
Aoii-liitcrtciitioii
Uvn. Ta lor's C'.-iliiH t.
The New York Express, an ultra , valiant
wing paper, cnarces the Cabinet ot
Gen. Taylor with b einsr the cause of
the reverses of the parly in there- The following from the Detroit
cent elections, whatever be their ex-1 Free Press, a Democratic paper in a
tent j nou-.lave!iuhlimr State is another ev-
"The cabinet has not had th At ! nli'lkC that the Dcinnrr'n!..
. . . 1 ""' ciuu, as
national reputation, er, to use anoth- j a part j wnl, m all probability, unite
er and better phrase, the 'odor of, upon the doctrine of non-intervention'
. . 1 .. -
11 is iiiu one oi many
Hurt- of llrudrbcrl.
A Washington letter writer tells
the following "good 'un"of the way
things are managed by the appoint
ing powers of the no-party" admin
istration. The "naturalized French
man" can be no other than Ileudc
bert. "A few weeks ago, a naturalized
Frenchman came to the city and ap-
p.ieu lor tlie situation of petty post-
: t:... 1 ...i ii ,
iinuuiirtniv, wincii nas made wings
willinrrto bow to it. and honce. thprp
has been, beginning with Connecticut
and now exhibiting itself in the West
and convulsion
an internal strursle
Wo wi-inM
uhc ui ?ee a armlet article from
a Northern Wing p.ipcr:
'The JhiiWLia'ic S'tdii icha
agitation has doiit. The Democrat-
which, in the elections, has paralysed 'ic party of the whole country arc
us, practically lost us the popular
urnncu in ine government.
The Cabinet seem not to be favor
ites with other friends of the Execu
tive. The New York Herald has
had several articles written to show
that the Cabinet does not come up to
the required standard for the station
which they fill, and calling for their
dismissal; and the New York Mirror
whose editor has just cot an olilee
not the less, speak out of school.
i. .- a .i .
now rejoicing over the election of a
wumocraiii: majority )n tjie ncxt
House of Representatives in Congress
a majority in which they look to ar
rest ihe bad measures of the Taylor
administration. Put who. let us'ask
constitute this boasted majority which
makes the Democratic party 'feel set
proud, and the whig party so'kuinblc?
The majority of it
of about three to two, in composed of
nit: ir iresc mat vps mm t m
. 1 1 ' C "U . i 11 I l
.o.,, .j.vQiv rai ui ffmuui. .n.. in'ii.-cm.unr.i irom me bim'heni
Treating of the election of members' .States the States which, as a vneral
of Coneress .he savs
"If we had a Tavlor cabinet Hint
is, a Cabinet composed of moderate
Conservatives rather than ultra whijrs
we might hope to keep the Tay
lor party together; but the attempt
losewthenew cloth nnon flip nl.l
garment, ami put tlie new wine in
master in one of our Southern town f,"T h V P I r'"0 "J
He called on th Pn. n t,,B 0 ld bott es arc both impolitic and
unsenptural. Gen Taylor is the
most popular man who has ever fill
ed the Presidential chair, and we
He called on the Postmaster Gpnpr
al, who plainly told him that hp
cnuhl not tin accommodatpil ll
cave Mr. Collamer a niccp rr t,;
mind, ami afterwards informed an
ex-member of Congress of his non-succe.-s.
Thcex meipber persuaded
him to strike high for a foreign
misssion, intendimr his advicp c .
jjoke. The Frenchman was in earn
est and said that he would, the next
dav. sen Mr. Cl.ivtnn Tl,;. 1, .1:1
j , - j a .. un UIU
and represented to him that he made
still look to se his excellent com
mon policy of politicians. The im
pulses of an honest heart are so
much wier than the schemes of the
mo-t cunning intellect, that the pco
Die loci tllft .TrpHtpt pnnfi.li.r.1. ii.
', . . . r ..v, ... . j .... jiacrv arr
t ioir Pioo.l..n. .t ll ...I ...J c WW . n - . . .
.... .. ...., ,, nu uim uit:u mr j iniiui. 1 lovisoism, w hie has accom-
hitu are only solicitous that he should plished nothing else th;n to elisor
keephimsclf 'Tree from the trammels sani.'x ami weaken the Democratic,
of rart-" party, and elect a Whig President.
rule, have always secnrnl nc nr ...
jorities in Congress, and in the elcc
tonl colleges. This majority of .Sou
thern nien, which will have the con
trol of the Democratic Congressional
caucus at Washington, ate" opposed
to the Wilmot Proviso, nod vull, of
course, nominate and elect t hoi r
Speaker, unless the Free Soilers bolt,
as the liansom men did last winter
in our Sute Legislalurc, ami unite
with the whigs to defeat the caucus
nomination.
And how h.is the Democracy of
the North had their strength reduced
so low, in comparison with that of
the South, in Congress? h has been
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