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THE HERALD
3
AND
CORRESPONDENT
FRIDAY,
:OCTOBER 27, 184S.
FOR FBK8IDBNT OF THK V. STATES.
ZACHARY TAYLOR.
to
ly
FOB VICE PRESIDENT.
MILLARD FILLMORE,
OF NEW YORK.
Electoral Ticket.
FOB THE STATE AT LARGE.
A. K. McCLUNG, | WM. R. MILES
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
First District —ISAAC N. DAVIS.
Second District —W. L. HARRIS.
Third District —WILLIAM A. LAKE.
Fourth District —DAVID W. HURST.
REAR IN BUND.
That the Presidential Election is held on
the First Tuesday, the seventh day of
November next, and that it lasts but for
ONE DAY ONLY ! !
was
O'Elder Wm. Baxter, will preach in the
Christian Chapel in Port Gibson, on next Lord's |
ture
and
Gen.
day, 29th inst., at the usual hour.
ÏTThe attenlion of our readers is particular
ly called to the two communications which ap
pear in our columns to-day. They are written
bv the owners of large numbers of slaves, and
the subjects which they discuss, merit the serious
consideration of slaveholders at this important
crisis.
of
ICTOur present number is issued somewhat ! that
earlier than usual, to enable those in the office the
to attend the anniversary celebration of Grand
Gulf DivUion of the Sons of Temperance.
irrOn our first page will be found an interest* I
ing letter from Corpus Christi, from which much j bis
satisfactory infermation will be gained, relative
to the opening trade with Northern Mexico.
Also a table of political statistics, which at J
the present time will be found useful and Inte
resting, and well worth preserving for future | ora
reference.
vote
the
it in
The article on the prospects of the cotton
market has been carefully prepared by one of j bas
the editors of the Picayune, and will doubtless V0r,5
prove acceptable to planters, as conveying infor- }
niation upon a subject of vital importance.
with
which
Cass' Northern Face.
On our fourth page will be found copious ex
tracts from Cass papers of the North, which ful
ly show that his friends there assert that he is a
better free soil man .than Martin Van Buren I our .
himself! Read them, planters of the South, and believed
reded upon them, ere you suffer party prejudices honest
to compel you to cast your votes for the Michi- aIas
gan Abolitionist! |
Soil"
former
At
The Barbecue.
Those persons who have subscribed meat for f
the Barbecue on Wednesday, will please send it with
to the store of Mr. Moses Clark on Tuesday blind"
evening, or to the Barbecue ground early on sure
Wednesday morning. | will
Board of Police.
It will be seen by an advertisement in anoth
er column, that the Board of Police will on the
first Monday in December, make a distribution
of the general school fund.
The townships which have riot yet elected
trustees, should do so at on;e, and be in readi
ness to receive their portion of this fund.
An attempt was made on Wednesday night
last, to enter the store of Messrs. J. S. Mason.
& Co., by forcing the locks of the front door.
A boy belonging to Dr. Peck, heard the noise, j
and suspecting something wrong, came down to
see what was going on, and upon his approach
the robbers fled. He was unable in the dark to
perceive whether they were white or black.
The door was fastened by two locks,
which they had forced, and would soon have
unfastened the other, had they not been detected.
Attempted Burglary.
0 f j
one
Since writing the above, we learn that two I
were stolpn n
.1,0,, , ta . ber.,0 the discovery of ,ho .„ emp[
on Messrs. Mason, & Co. s store. Our citizens
should bo on the alert. I
By a late arrival at New Orleans, from Vera
C,.z, .1,0 Orleans papers ere in reeeip, „f
late intelligence from the Capital.
it is said that disaffection toward the present
Government is wide-spread, and it is generally
beliered ,ha, n reenin.k.n „ill neon uke pinee.
e Government is much alarmed at the
threats ofthe "Buffalo Hunters" and Gen. Bus
tamente has been ordered to the Northern States
„i,l, the choice troop, of Mexico, lo elieck any
.„enrp, eeieblhh Sierra Madre Repnblion
An express had arrived at Vera Cruz, on the
10th inst., announcing that a pronuncirmento
had been made at Tampico, where the inhabi
unce had proclaimed ,he independence of ,he
btate, and its annexation to the United States.
By a reference to the letter of "Chapparal" on
our first page, it will be seen that such a move- «
ment was predicted by him, and that he does
anticipate a favorable result.
One cause of the present disaffection of the
people toward the Government of Mexico, is said
to be the re-establishment of the tobacco
poly.
horses belonging to Dr. Peck,
From Mexico.
not
mono
California Gold Ore.
It appear« from examinations made in New
York, that the California gold ore is about to
prove a humbug alter all, notwithstanding the
protestations to the contrary of interested indi
viduals iu Washington city. Some of the ere
which was brought from California to New York
city, by Eugene J. Smith, Esq., was submitted
to Edward N. Kent, Esq., a celebrated chemist.
Mr. Kent reports that "it is arsenite of aopper,
containing a little nickel and zinc, and mixed
with iron pyrites, some of which is in well de
fined crystals." Mr. Kent says, however: "I
regret that i have none of the 'real dust' to ex
amine, and until I analyze a specimen, recoived
direct from tbe person who obtained it, l cannot
belmve but that some gold i. foim d in Celifor
nia!
. Bo tP AND Beautiful Metaphor _p r jc« one
eent for a single copy. The Boston Chroaotrë!
says: "The frost of Sunday night wakedtbe^
thousand groves of Massachusetts to their fnl!
harmony of colors, and they greeted the Morn
mug «unjtke an army o. rainbows,"
!
by
old
the
ject
be
Whig Opinions of Oass.
It will be remembered by a portion at least of
those who heard him say it, that Col. Jefferson
Davis at the barbecue, frankly admitted that the
Whigs were right when they told him in 1844
that Martin Van Buren was ready, at any con
venient moment, to betray the "Southern prin
ciples" which he had so loudly professed, and
that the larger portion of the Democratic party
of the North, ao far from being the "natural al
lies of the South," were in fact hostile to her
institutions. Time however, as Col. Davis ad
mitted, has verified these Whig predictions!
We would therefore remind our Democratic
3
184S.
friends that the Whig party have long distrusted
Lewis Cass; they have long since marked him
down as a two-faced hypocrite, ready at any
time to change his creed and abandon former
principles to obtain political preferment. In
proof of this we need only refer to one of the
Whig songs of 1844, in which the various Lo
cofoco aspirants to the Presidency are compared
to horses on a race course. The verse special
ly devoted to the present Locofoco candidate for
the Presidency, is as follows:
MILES
LAKE.
"And Lewis Cass, though not a dunce,
Will run both sides of the track at once;
To win the race will all things copy,
Be sometimes pig and sometimes puppy.'
on
of
for
Our readers must remember that this song
was written and sung long before Gen. Cass
announced to the world that "he was strongly
impressed with the opinion" that his mind was
"undergoing a change" upon the subject of the
the
Lord's | Wilmot proviso. In fact Davy Wilmot and his
proviso had not then been heard of, but the pre
vious conduct of Cass upon other subjects of
general interest had been of so vascillating a na
ture as to prompt the foregoing lines! Any im
partial man who will turn to our fourth page
and read the arguments used by the friends of
Gen. Cass at the North, to advance his interests
ap
written
and
serious
there, and will compare them with the assertions
of the Locofoco orators of the South, will find
! that Cass is now attempting to "run both sides of
office the track at once," and whilst he is making a
Grand
he
"puppy" of himself for the South, in the far
North he abandons himself to his piggish pro
I pensities, and roots and grunts approvingly in
much j bis native "Free Soil."
at J Southern advocates are ashamed to present to
Inte
| ora ble one of Butler being appended, to keep
utter
I^t Southern men hesitate ere they cast their
vote for this changeling, whose very name his
such
are
the people of the South, without the more hon
it in countenance.
The old song from which we copy the above
of j bas many truthful things in it. Following the
V0r,5 e which we have quoted, is one descriptive
} Martin Van Buren, the first "Northern
t°r;
tors
that
soon
pect
he
of
man
with Southern principles," the two first lines of
which are as follows:
"There's little Malty, never idle,
A tricky horse icho slips his bridle.'
ex
ful
a
I our . °PP onenta swore it was a slander. They
and believed Van Buren pure and immaculate—an
honest man, and the friend of the South, but
aIas for lheir confi dence, the "tricky horse" has
| his bridle" and is now ranging the "Free
Soil" pastures, and kicking up his heels at his
former dupes! Some of our Loco friends
At the time this song was sung by the Whigs
A
teers
which
his
an
the
wo
an
are so
for f stubborn, however, that it is useless to argue
it with them, and they are determined to "go it
blind" and trust to Lewis Cass, althougl
on sure them that ere two years elapse,] they
| will find to their sorrow that they have again
been duped.
1 we as
speech
Mr
The "Fillmore Rangera."
It is known to many of our readers that a large
portion of the young men of New Orleans, indig
nant at the vile slanders upon Millard Fillmore,
uttered for the purpose of alienating Southern
votes from the Taylor ticket, have banded toge
ther under the above name, to the number of
some fifteen hundred, for the purpose of meeting
I these aspersions upon the character of Mr. Fill
m °re, and of using all honorable means to se
cure bis election, together with that of Old
j Rou i?b and Ready. As may be seen by the
names signed to the address copied below, a
^ ar S 0 portion of this gallant band of young men,
I are cr<? oles of Louisiana, of French descent,
They have recently put forth an address to the
f j young men of the United States, which is as
follows:
ADDRESS OF THE FILLMOEE KAXGEES.
I T he Y ° un R Men of the city of New Orleans,
a . nx .'°j S t0 discharge faithfully and effectively
|î. OI î °* a President, and Vice President of the
I United States, have formed themselves into a
Club, for the purpose of securing proper organi
zalion * harmony of counsel, mutual confidence,
and 0ner gy a nd concert ol action.
S.areiilTpSrifnf pZi™, oUn!™ Ä
good will. They bid them all be of "ood cheer!
.. No doubt e * ists '*> the mind of any candid and
dls Pf sslonat0 citizen of tins Stale, that the elec
rrio^T™,' UZ ?' ITl Ä
»he United States. The Young Men of New
Grlean ® «sure their fellow-citizens throughout
j; he Union, that the electoral vote of Louisiana
"ns, Z SÂSït S "'"' be (
Ne. York! ¥îeîr S to no ftS Zn°I
the ^ oters o( this State. They will not be de^
!£•„ - by .. ruthles ® calumny and detraction, from
pa îiotism P t° b,iC SerV j Ce8> the exalted
». «ÂCîÎS
born North of Mason & Dixon's line. "The re
P utatl0D ,? f the great men of the country," it has
« * -" Said ' ° f the lre&8ure8 of the coun -
try.
The young men of New Orlean« know how
to appreciate this treasure. They honor virtue,
exalted talents, public service and patriotism
wherever they exist, whether in the East or
the West, the North or the South, in Louisiana
or in New York. Relying with entire confi
dence upon the character, the constitutional
principles and the love of the Union displayed
by Millard Fillmore, they have, in forming their
club, adopted the name of "Fillmore Rangers "
and pledged themselves to use all honorable
means to secure the election of Zachary Taylor
and Millard Fillmore to the offices of President
and \ ice President of the United States.
. ™d now, speaking in the name of their asso
ciation, the Fillmore Rangers of New Orleans,
call upon the young men of New York, and of
every other State in the Union, to come forward
regardless o. mean geographical abd sectional
dIr J Ï.ÎÜ' 10 Tl* wrth them and witb »be el
wdkfeÜrÜü ? tbe re P uWic ' in American
ÄaL v"! to l !i? Pr «idency and Vice
Presidency, Zachary Taylor and Millard Fill
more, who will be the President and Vice Pre
country, and will preserve our elorinna tui«,
one and entire. Wiluam H. Wn T Un '° n
Samuel Flower, '
Cyprien Dotook,
C -La^aason,
Victor 8bre,
Omsk DeBuys,
Gao. W. Christy,
L. F. Generally,
F. Moony,
F. SCHEEUCNJUDER,
Committee.
/
Harriaon Gray Otis, Esq., of Massachusetts,
in a recent address at a Taylor meeting in that
State, thus eloquently rebuked the argument
used by the Cass men in the North against Gen.
Taylor, that he is a slaveholder, and therefore
J . . . ... „r (r»a
unworthy the support of the citizens of the .ree
States. Mr. Otis said:
It is 'urther seriously objected, that Gen. Tay
lor is a slaveholder. This objection comes above
sixtv vears too late. It was disposed of in sub
* J" y . , I . I K ,*i ,;
stance by the original articles of confederation
and annulled inform by theconslitution of the
United States. The North*!® States were g ad
enough to avail themselves ofthe co-operation o.
the South in their struggle for independence,
and "no questions asked." No less thankful
were they to cement the incipient alliance by a
most solemn compact, expressly recognising
their right to property in their slaves, and enga- j
ging to protect it—treating with them as propri
etors of slaves, as our equal in all respects, and
eligible, of consequence, to all offices under the
constitution. What would have been the fate
of a motion in that glorious assembly which
formed the constitution, or of those who might
! T ____. 6 .
have made it-George Washington present-to
declare a slaveholder ineligible to any office tin
der it? I well remember the adoption of the |
constitution by my fellow-citizens of this State,
when Hancock, muffled in red baize, was brought
into the convention to sign the ratification. The
evening preceding, a demonstration in favor of
the measure was made in the streets of Boston
by an assemblage favorable to it, whose numbers,
Paul Revere assured Samuel Adams, were like
the sand on the aea shore, or like the stars in
beaven
The unbounded joy ofthe people on this oc- M
. h a J i . r r ai a »L I
cas.on was alloyed only by the fear that the
Southern States might not come into the league.
Never can I forget when, in the balcony of the
old City Hall in New York, Washington, the
slaveholder, as if an angel dropped from the
clouds, came forth and took the oath to support
the constitution. No one can describe the silent,
tearful ecstacy which pervaded the myriads who
witnessed this scene; succeeded only by shouts
which seemed to shake the canopy above them.
The man who on that occasion had dared to ob- I
ject to a slaveholding President would not have
been an object of envy. It would probably not
be too much to affirm, that such a sick man's
dreams had never entered my mind.
Hie North and the Sooth.
least of
Jefferson
the
1844
con
prin
and
party
al
her
ad
him
any
former
In
the
Lo
for
song
was
the
his
of
na
im
of
of
a
Such, fellow-citizens of Mississippi is theelo- I r
quent defence of the South uttered by a Taylor
elector at a Taylor meeting in Massachusetts, |
When the advocates of Lewis Cass tell you that
he is the safest man for the South, ask them to
in
to
which they are capable, to make it appear to
Northern voters that Cass is a more formidable
show you when, and where, North of Mason &
Dixon's line, a Cass elector has been heard to
utter such sentiments as those of Mr. Otis? No
such thing can be found, for his Northern friends
are laboring with all the zeal and energy of
opponent to the further extension of slave terri- a
t°r; T than Martin Van Buren. If the Cass ora
tors of the North would hold such language as all
that of Mr. Otis, the free soil agitation would
soon cease to exist. But it is too much to ex
pect of them when their master, in his famous
quintuple treaty letter so devoutly thanks Godthal
he never owned a slave, and prays for the abolition
of slavery EVERY WHERE! |
A Speech from Gen. Taylor.
the
be
ize
the
mot
A Speech from Gen. Taylor.
A barbecue was given to the returned volun
teers at Port Hudson, La., on the 18th inst.,
which Gen. Taylor attended by invitation. On
his appearance, the General was welcomed in
an eloquent address, by Mr. Muse, on behalf of
the citizens. His reply, which we give below,
wo commend to the special attention of those I
patriotic Locofocos who say that Gen. Taylor is
an illiterate old fellow, who can neither make a
}
so
it
speech or write his own letters.
GEN. TAILORS ADDRESS .
Mr Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen —It is
with a feeling of deep embarrassment that I at- !
tempt to reply to the eloquent address just de- I
livered, in which 1 feel my humble services have
been too vividly portrayed and too highly csti
mated. During the long period I have been in
the service of tho public I have endeavored to
keep in view, as the constant object of exer
tions, the honor, the integrity and the welfare ot I
my country; and if I have been placed in situa
tion in which I was able to promote those ob
jects, it is attributable rather to the zenlous aid
and energetic co operation of the gallant men,
both of the regular and volunteer service, whom
it has been my good fortune to command,
than to any superior skill or ability on my part,
To them, more than to myself, belongs the
glory of any results which may have been
achieved under my command.
But I cannot avoid the opportunity, whilst
referring to the achievements of our arms, of \be
expressing my deep conviction ofthe evils of
war, of w-hich, here as elsewhere, my mind re
daily and mournful proof. Throughout
my service, I assure you, the proudest moments j
of victory have been darkened and rendered sor
rowful by the reflection of the painful occur
renees which it produces—of the wives made |
widows, of parents made childless, of friends
bereft of those bound to them by the dearest .
ties; for the awful results of war are not confined
to the bloody scenes of the battle field, but dia
eare—slow consuming disease—more than any j
of the instruments ofw ar, scatters death among
those engaged in the trying fatigues and expo
sures of military duty. Of those who have died
in active 8eivice in Mexico, the proportion of
those cut down by disease to those who felt on
tho battle field is about five to one. For these
reasons, es a constant witness of the siern and
painful realities of war,I assure you that there is I te
one who rejoices more in the conclusion of j
the war with Mexico, now happily terminated,
than I do. It was not from any apprehension
of the dangers, or any dread of tlie fatigues and
sufferings to which I might be exposed, that I |
so warmly desired the conclusion of this war;
but it was because 1 looked upon wares a great
evil, as a last resort, which, when it can be
honorably concluded, it is the first duty of a
nation, especially a republic, to terminate.
I believed it not incompatible with th« honor
and interests of both Republics to terminate this
ar. And now, that Peace has once more
smiled upon our happy land, I assure you it is
a proud and delightful feeling to meet at the
hands of our fellaw-citizens the kind and friendly
reception which has been extended to me on this,
well as on many other occaaions, on which I
have had the pleasure of enjoying the hospitality
of my fellow-citizens of Louisiana. These de
monstrations
of
a
ceives
"
no
sue
w
are
say
be
as
fy me that it is a calumny to
call Republics ungrateful. Every where have
the soldiers of tbe Republic received the meed
of popular applaiiM and enjoyed the kindness
of their fellow-citizens; but in no State have they
been mere handsomely treated than in our own
State of Louisiana, to which my observation
has been confined since my return from the
war, not having been out of the State except
a flying vidt to my plantation in Mississippi.
Ine people of thia State will compare with any
in the world in patriotism and public spirit.
Their conduct in the late Mexican war, in rush
ing to the aid of the little army which I bad the
honor lo command on the Rio Grande, brings
to mind the patriotism of our falbere, when after
the battle of Lexington they rushed to their
country s standard, from the plough, the work
shop, the deik, and even the polpit, all eager to
share in the glory and peril of defending tbe na
tion « honor. Such was ibe conduct of the large
and gallant force of volunteers who rushed
our rescue on tbe Rio Grande. And, I assure
yon, that it wm to me the moat painful occur
rence of the war that I was compelled to part
with that gallant body of volunteer«; but it
inevitable, as the enemy had retired beyond eur
reach, into tbe interior of Mexico; and we had
not sufficient mean« of transportation to follow
|h«m. Not desiring toJteep them in inglorious
inactivity, subject to the diseases of camp duty,
I preferred that they should rejoin their families
and homes, from whieh they had torn them
•elvee trader the influence of high and patriotic
, T b»'-®®eM»on furnished an additional
to ha * * l *»ys been manifest
wmy mind, 'hat we ere a nation of soldiers,
w£ri!t rtJL' an J olber People in the
world, the virtues and resources of a grea
It»,..«».
on
of
own
Let
to
was
M
of
hrn
,L
he
tured
t mil
I reason to fear that our military spirit would
I carry us too far, sad impel u# to the invasion of
I our neighbor's territory, than that it would fall
that short of the defence of our own territory and
I h °j 0 ^ rt ever obaycight d the sentiment of the
father of bis Country, who cautioned us against
leaving our own soil and territory for
country—who inculcated as a cardinal principle
of ouf 7 republjoffl# incitations that we should
eschew all foreiga alliances and connections,
and confine ourselves to the improvement of our
proper soil, and to the adv
and happiness in our own proper boundaries.
But should wareven corn© upon us, I have seen
I no 0 ' f the scat and eagerness of the youth
of J T country> |0 beIiev /j n ,heir ability and
ad an j or to encounter any dangers and sacrifices to
o. defend the honor and avenge the wrongs of
lba na tion. This war has served to manifest
the existence of a deep, unconquerable heroism
a jn all classes of our people. It has not been by
any means confined to the sterner sex, for no
j where has it shone brighter than in the con
duct and sentiments of the softer sex of our
country, so many of whom have honored
with 'h« ir presence on this occasion. During
my public service, I have become familiar with
de . ed8 . wh !"b place the women of our country cn
a , ,eV8 ' w,t . h lhe S P ar an and R " man mothers,
«I whose heroism history records so many in
tercgti examples. I have known mo.bers to
Bend the * ir only F Mng t0 war , te ||i n g them to re
| turn with honor or notât all. I have known sis
ter« to part with only brothers, with words full
of pride and hope of their return with bright
laurels. I have known wives to tear themselves
from the arma of devoted husbands, and to for
get all their own cares and affections in a gen
era! and patriotic pride and devotion lo their
country's and thejr husband's honor. Where
f ucb feelings prêtait among those who are to
be the molhers of the Republic, from whom the
M d f c " Â'ïjJ? 1 ' .?! V** T*'
I of our country wJI depend, are to now, there
can be no re J on to { £ r th ' at our ,' e wj „
ever be glow or wcak in maintainin * lh F e righlH
0 f the Republic, and sustaining the national
honor.
With these desultory remarks, I beg, ladies
and gentlemen, to offer you my warmest thanks
for this splendid and gratifying reception, cx
tended to me by the patriotic citizens of East
and West Feliciana, of East and West Baton
R° l, g°» and other parts of this beautiful and
I intere *ting country,
us
From the Buena Vista.
Unholy Coalition.
Th« N. Y. Tribune, whatever may be the
I r °rs of its editors on various matters, does not
make announcements of facts except upon good
| and reasonable authority, and it is therefore
er
with some apprehension for th« fate of THE
SOUTH, that we observe its declaration that
THERE IS A SCHEME ON FOOT IN THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, TO WITHDRAW
THE CASS TICKET A FEW DAYS BE
FORE THE ELECTION, SO THAT, BY
THE UNION OF THE HUNKERS AND
BARNBURNERS, THE TAYLOR TICKET
may BS DEFEATED.
This h a State of things we have looked for—
for the
a coalition of all "the naturel allies
purpose of CHEATING T1IE SOUTH out of
all power in the government, and we have
hesitation in declaring our belief that, should
this scheme go into effect, the office holders of
the South will go for Van Buren! Wc have
shown up the truckling of the Washington
Unim, and its copyists in the States, and the r
evite nt preparation, prior to the Baltimore Con
veition, to go for any nominee, Wilmot provi
nun, or otherwise, who might receive the
cation.
no
the
law
of
lies
they
as
ISO
nomi
We now ask the reader—we ask every
Stulhern man—in view of this threatened coali
»w e feel more interested in seeing the choice
madn so as to direct to one point, the efforts of
fbe whole democracy of th« Union, than we d<>
■ n the selection of any given individual, as the
representative of our eauso."
titn of the Cassites and Van Burenites, to look
at the following extracts from the Mississippian.
the chief organ of Cass here in our midst, and
then to ponder before giving a vote for either of
those political trimmers, Cass or Van Buren:
We shall net undertake to decide which of
are
These were the opinions and declarations of
Again: we have received an intimalioh from
the North that, sooner Ulan Cass will submit to
be laid on the ihelf in this way, he will author
ize hi« frie|d« at *n the polls .t the North, on
the very day of the election, to promulgate a
pledge from him that he will
mot raoviso.
is
! the sections of the New York democracy
I factionists and which «ro the true democracy.
and we trust tbt National Convention will
ovoid any discriminations or invidious distinctions
in between them andtheir family jars."
to
ot I the following fron the Washington Union of the
4th inst. The ditermination manifested, and
sentiments proclaimed are precisely
Such sentiments as these controlled us in suggest
' n g Gen Divas a suitable candidate of the repub
dean party for the presidency.
" 'For ourselves, our part is chosen. In no
manner,-directly or indirectly,shall we inlerfere
m, or seek to inflaence, the nomination of the
convention. By that nomination, when it shall
he made, we shall firmly abide; and no efforts
shall be wanting to do our whole duty. If there
\be one or two collateral topics of recent origin, and
not belonging to the democratic creed', on which
all of us may not harmonize, let their discussion
in the contention bt avoided as much as possible.'
j On the purely abstract question of slavery in
California, New Mexico, or Oregon, we do not
intend, to permit or countenance a division in the
| democratic party."
. . , . „ , . . . , , .
he lead,n g Ca?8 papers of the nation and of this
State—the Washington Union and the Missis
j sippian, on tho fifth, twelfth and nineteenth o r
the Mississijtpian called the Wilmot proviso a
I te d his former position, crawfished, and voted
j against the proviso, and had wiitten his hum
| Now, it seems, there is a scheme on fooltowith
"Skntimknts wortut OF Record— VVetake
our own.
May, 1848. Moreover, on the 9lh June last,
"notable humbug," which it stated had been
" extinguished and such were the cries of the
office holders and their organs, until Cass deser
bugging letter to Nicholson. Then, the same
measure was denounced as treason to the South!
draw the Cass ticket in New York, and, presto!
change! and these Southern organs of 'the party'
have nothing to do but cry out lustily "we are
consistent— we told you it was a humbug in June
last, and we can go for Van Buren!"
Is any disinterested Southern planter or other
slaveholder such a fool —such an ass—as not to
sue that his only safe coarse, if this threatened
coalition against the South takes place, is to vote
> eeiw* W s trust there
are few, if any, so utterly stupid. Who can
say that it will not occur, and at so late an hour,
that (the election being held on the same day
throughout the Union) we of the South will not
be informed of it.
ed
so,
the
in
soil
it
SUSTAIN TUE WlL
Verily, tbe South, in tbe hands
of these Northern tricksters—these political
hucksters—these "Northern men with Southern
principle«"— stand« upon a volcano. Let her
beware—let her not turn her face against her
own cotton and sugar planter, Zachary Taylor.
Let every slaveholder cast bis vote for the man
who, while he will protect the rights of the
whole people, will
friends and neighbors.
never turn traitor to his
M Jf Gcu ; Scoit baa presented to Wert Poi.u
Military Academy, the flag staff* of the Castle
of San Juan d'L>e, Fort St. Jago and Fort
Conception, of Vera Cruz, also those of Cerro
^r e ' E'bepultepec and the National
hrn ' a . fMCJ ! ,C0 ' aH hand80me, y mounted With
brasb, by mechanics
to
the
Do
,L m , connected with the army,
he mountings being made of the bands of cap
tured muskets. Tho gallantry and .kill of her
graduates justly emit#* this institution
trophies. - -
to these
For the Herald and Correspondent.
Desertion of oar Northern Democratic I
Allies -Violation of their Contract
with the South-Gen. Foote's ttocla
as «V - .
ration ofthe Fact-Wo Oonadence to
be placed in Northern Democracy! |
Some of our Locofoco orators who lately I
addressed the ci'izens of this county, tried to
per.iuade us to vote for Gen. Cass, by telling us
that the Democrats of the North are the allies
of the South—that if we unite in electing Gen.
Cass President, their future support of Southern
men on the Wilmot proviso question may be
relied on—but that if we elect Gen. Taylor, and
withhold our confidence in a Northern man for
President, we at once draw a geographical line,
and our Northern allies will desert us and go to
the^enemy, leaving the South in the minority
and at the mercy of free soilism. Now if all
this oe true, it would seem that something might
be gained for the South by electing Gen. Cass, I
indeed it might be supposed that his election is
our only salvation. But before we take all this |
for granted, and fly to the embrace of those Nor
thern allies of the South, let us examine a little
would
of
fall
and
the
our
seen
and
to
of
by
no
con
our
with
cn
in
to
re
sis
full
for
gen
to
the
„
cx
Mr. Jacobs:
us
into their character, and their ronduct hereto
fore. Who constitute this host of our Northern
Democratic allies, good men and true, that will
stand, shoulder to shoulder with Southern men I
in the Senate, and fight our battles against the
Wilmot proviso party of the North? Gen. Foote
toid us they were Dickinson and Douglass,
Bright and Hannegan, Sturgeon, Cameron,
Bree-e and other's. What have they done to
entitle them to our confidence? they deserted us
once in the hour of our greatest need, and for
this, I suppose, we are to trust them again. Do
you ask me when and how, they did so? I will
tell you. You know that during the last session
of Congress, the House of Representatives pass
ed the Oregon bill containing the Wilmot Provi
so;.when it was sent to the Senate, that body
amended it by striking out the Wilmot proviso
and inserting the Missouri compromise; when
the bill was sent back to the House, they refu- P
sed to concur in the amendment of the Senate, P^
and adhered lo their own Bill—it was again |
sent to the Senate, and what think you that I
Dickinson, Douglass, Bright, Breese, Hannegan P
and company d d? You would guess probably,
that they voted again for the Missouri compro
mise and against the Wilmot proviso; such it
seems to me ought to have been the conduct of In
these allies of the South, but they did no such "
tliing, they all voted just the other way; every |
of
lie
er
of
of
r
man of them voted against the Missouri compro
mise and for the Wilmot proviso!!
who will act so, entitled to our confidence? I -
Are tnen
Every Southern man will or ought to say, NO.
But wt might be willing to forget and forgi
our allies for this one, if it was the only act of I
treachery and faithlessness of which they have |
ve
been guilty—the half has not yet been told.
I
After the Oregon bill, containing the Wilmot
proviso, had passed both Houses of Congress
the last day of the session, it could not become a
law unless the joint rule of both Houses, which
forbids the presentation of a bill on the last day
of the session to the President for his signature,
could be suspended; and as it required a vote of
two-thirds to suspend the rule, our Northern al
lies were at first a little perplexed to know how
their object could be accomplished, knowing, as
they did, that the South was hostile to the bill
as it passed; but they put on a bold front and
made a proposition to the South, to which the
of South finally acceded, and the contiact wa9 clo
are sed between our Northern allies and our South
ern delegates. Now for fear I may misrepresent
the terms of this contract, I will quote General
Foote's own language, in relation lo it, contain
ed in his letter of the 23d of August, addressed
"to the editors of the Union"—Gen. Foote says,
"They (Southern Democrats.) recollected that
explicit assurance had been given us by the Se
nator from Illinois (Mr. Douglass,) with his own
characteristic frankness, that he and bis friends
would again unite with Southern men next win
ter, as they had done already in the session of
Congress now closed (?) to bring about such a
compromise as to the teriitorities of New Mexi
co and California, as that for which we had been
contending. We knew that Dickinson and
Douglass and Hannegan and Bright and Stur
geon and Cameron and the other good and true
Democrats from the free States of the North, in
both Houses of Congress, would still be with
of us. We resolved to trust to the assurances of
our brethren who have already, in so many
fierce encounters, proved themselves worthy of
confidence, (?); and accordingly when on Mon
day morning the Senate again assembled at 9
o'clock, and a motion was made lo suspend the
27th joint rule, of the two Houses, which prohi
bits the presentation of a bill or joint resolution to
the President for his approbation on the last day
of the session, without the suspension of which
rule the Oregon bill could not have been a law;
when, as Mr. Calhoun emphatically observed,
the bill stood defeated according to Parlimenlary
rules; when all acknowledged that it was
pletely at the mercy of the South, we resolved
on full consultation, and on the assurances above
mentioned, to spare it, and, after an attempt
two to amend the resolution, I was authorized to
rise in my place and announce that all further
opposition would be relinquished; and thus the
Oregon bill did become, a law." From which we
learn that the contract entered into, was, that if
the South would vote to suspend the 17th rule,
and suffer the Oregon bill, containing the Wil
mot proviso, to become a law. our Northern De
mocratic allies would vote next winter for the
Missouri compromise as to New Mexico and
California—the Southern Democrats thus waiv
to
a
ISO
on
nomi
every
coali
choice
of
d<>
the
look
and
of
will
the
and
repub
no
the
shall
there
and
which
in
not
the
.
this
o r
a
own.
its
last,
the
him
tion
him.
and
mot
been
the
are
to
com
or
ed or yielded the Constitutional point, as to the
Wilmot proviso, and the flortli got all they
wanted, the Oregon bill with the Wilmot provi
so, and yielded nothing. Tbe South fulfilled,
instanter, her part of the contract, and if
Northern allies fulfill their part next winter, this
vexed questimi will be settled before either Gen.
Cass or Gen. Taylor can oome into office; but
the question is, will our Northern Democratic
allies perform their part of the contract? Gen
Foote told the assembled citizens of this county,
in substance, on the 2d lost., that unless
elect Gen. Cass President, our Northern Demo
cratic allies,Dickinson, Douglass, & Cq., would
desert us and go over to our enemies, the free
soil parly of the North ! !
Gen. Cass, was no part of the original contract
entered into with these, our Northern allies; but
it ia a new condition imposed upon us after the
performance on our part, of tbe conditions then
required of us
pendence to e
our
the
cies,
of
we
1
XU
etc.
Now the election of
them; and if we have the inde
t Gen. Taylor, they will not
consider their contract binding at ail, and desert
to oar enemies. Ja this the principle, and this
the patriotism of our Northern Democratic allies?
Do thoy hart to bo bought up by uul And u»
to pay them their price, and then suffer them
_
I to impose new conditions upon u» after the con
tract 1,88 been ratified a,,(J confirmed? Are we
" 'T***?
institutions of them at the.price of place and
to ^ And w||| lhe)t not >ufl , r „ „„ „
| we anc | enjoy the rights secured to us by
the Constitution, unless we put them into office,
I an( J acknowledge ourselves their vassals? Ilea*
ven preserve us from such allies, and protect us
f rom #uc h friends! Now I ask, are such men to
be trusted by the South? Are they entitled to
0 ur confidence? And what security have we»
j„ the event of our electing Gen. Cass, that these
Northern Democratic allies of ours, will not im
pose other new, and still more onerous condi
tions'upon us, before they will consent to perform
their part of the contract we have made with
them? That it would be better to throw
selves upon the generosity of men whom we be
lieve to be actuated by principle, although that
principle may be opposed to us, than seek pro
I tection and support from men who have acted
treacherously in one instance, and dishonorably
| j n another, is the sentiment of
we
our
A SLAVEHOLDER.
For the Herald and Correspondent.
To CoL Jefferson Davis.
In your address to the citizens of Claiborne
I county on the 19th iuat., you appealed tome to
know whether I would vote for Millard Fillmore.
^ hive objections to Mr. Fillmore, but as the man
a g ers of the two political parties have been gov
erned more by availability than their boasted
principles, in the selection of candidates for the
Presidency and Vice Presidency. I find each ticket
encumbered with an anti-slavery man. On the
01,0 ticket, it requires the interposition of God to
remove from the Presidency, (if elected.) the
man ,n whom I would trust, and on the other it
requires the interposition of God to elevate to the
Presidency the man in whom I could confide,
W my confidence in the aspirants lo the highest
trusts nnd er our Government is seemingly 6ec
tional, :t is because I belong to that geographical
P ortion of our country—that minority of our peo
P^ e whose rights are to be outraged—the Con
| stitution be violated, and the sovereignty of
I ^ a * es 1° be contemned. It is because I
P refer discord, disunion, resistance and the direst
civil war ' to a tame submission to the mandate
wl,ich P Iace * me and mine in the condition of
political in.eriority, and colonial dependence,
In your addre8s y° u politically passed over the
" nassailabie patriotism, fitness, and unques
| tioned fidelit * of Gen ' Ta y ior - l ° 1,10 bi g b trust
of his country in any and every position lo which
lie may be called; and you compared the head of
I - vour ticket with fl,e iail of lhat ticket for wIlich '
though a no-party man, I shall freely give my
suffrage. But I give this suffrage without con
fi,lence in Millard Fillmore, but with the trust
that God wiH not a ® ain remo?e from lhe hi B hest
post of usefulness, the best citizen of the con
T
federacy. When you appealed to me whether
I would vote for Fillmore, why bore you not in
mind that you were about to vote for Cass, and
that you were preaching proselytism to those
who distrnsted him? Miilard Fillmore has ever
been opposed to slavery, but since he has been
nominated to the Vice Presidency, he has
deavored to quality his principles and to recon
cile slave owners to his repugnance to their in
stitutions. Gen. Cass also, has always been op
posed to slavery, and like the other, is what I
essentially term an abolitionist, but since he has
aspired to the Presidency with Bachanan and
Woodbury his competitors, has professed to
change his principles, and like the "magician"
to be, "a Northern man with Southern princi
ples," but unlike the "magician" he still holds to
Northern prejudices with one hand, while he
extends the other for Southern suffrages. He
believes, (now.) that Congress has no power to
pass the Wilmot proviso; but, he believes the
of
al
how
as
bill
and
the
clo
says,
that
Se
own
win
of
a
been
and
true
in
of
of
9
the
to
day
to
if
en
people of the Territories have the power to
elude slavery therefrom! He evades the respon
sibility of vetoing the proviso, which he says is
unconstitutional, by giving Presidential sanction
to its adoption by the people of the Territories,
who are sure of the approbation of the majority
of Congress, and who are independent of the
President's veto.
ex
He is for the exercise of the
power by those who cannot impose on him the
responsibility of a veto, and whose exercise
thereof has, in advance, a majority of Congress
who will sanction it. And they have too, the
example of Oregon Territory, which not only
prohibited but actually abolished slavery within
its borders, and were, as we learn from Senator
Foote, especially aided by the friends of General
Cass, in consummating this violation of the Con
stitution! It was the friends of Cass who
pended the rules to enable the President to
sus
sanction the Oregon Territory bill, incorporating
the territorial enactment which excluded slavery
therefrom, and actually abolished slavery therein.
Is it because Gen. Cass has pointed out the
most effectual mode of giving efficiency to the
Wilmot Proviso, that Southern men should trust
him? Is it because his friends, with his sanc
tion have actually perpetrated the Wilmot pro
viso, and abolitionism, that Southern men should
truel him? Is it because he has seduced Sou
thern representatives to betray the most important
interests of their constituents, that the betrayed
constituents should trust him?
I shall vote for Gen. Taylor, because 1 believe
him eminently qualified by wisdom, integrity,
patriotism and firmness, for any and every sta
tion to which the service of his country may call
him. I shall vote for him with tho more confi
dence because he has not been schooled to the
selfishness and corruption of politics. I had
some distrust that this firm patriot might really
differ with me on the important interests of the
South, involved in the Wilmot proviso, but this
doubt has been removed by reliable information,
and I now believe that he ia opposed to the Wil
mot proviso, and Biinks the people of the Smith
should resist it.
or
With you and Gen. Taylor, I think we should
resist all encroachments on our rights. I love
the Union, but infinitely less than the equal
rights of the members of the Union. The great
example of our revered Revolutionary fathers
teaches us that political uhions and confedera
cies, the ties of country and of Government, are
of less value than the equal rights of FREE
MEN. Your Friend,
by
R. T. ARCHER.
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The Élections! == ^= !
them
con
we
and
„
by
Ilea*
us
to
to
we»
these
im
with
be
that
pro
The report of the success of th e tyhi
Ohio and Pennsylvania, which we publwL
our last number, is now confirmed, pï 111
been elected Governor of Ohio, and hZJ*
Pennsylvania, by small majorities, an/ 4
Whigs have a majority in the Legist,, J'*
each of those States, thereby securing t|, t e U
tion of a Whig U. S. Senator from each,! ***
ofthe present Democratic incumbents!
'Pi*
'«place
ÏTThe steamer Crescent City is
the Balize.
O'An immense Taylor meeting wasl^v
Canal street, New Orleans, on Monday „j 1
to rejoice over the great Whig victories i„ p'' S
sylvani* and Ohio. The meeting j, n '
have been by far the largest and most brPli
ever assembled in New Orleans. The r
teresting object in the procession was the
Taylor Club of citizens ot Spanish descent
turned out 500 strong, 200 of them
horseback, with lighted flambeaux, and the rr
on foot with banners and transparencies, j.
said to have been a most exciting
inrOne hundred guns were fired in~VV^ un ,
ton City, in honor of the glorious Whig V j et £
in Pennsylvania.
a ffronr.d H
our
I«
ill
tt0 *t i 0 .
o B
scene.
to
the
the
to
the
it
the
of
I
of
of
The N. 0. Cotton Market
We copy the following statement froraihejj
O. Picayune of Tuesday. It ia rather
vorabie than we had anticipated.
Cotton —The market opened yesterday with
out animation, but later in the'day the
became very general and the sales reached 7500
bales. Factors met the demand freely a iil
ces have undergone no change; the demand
tinues to be principally for Middling, the bu>k
which is sold at 5£c ; though occasional
are made at the extremes of 5 and 5jc.
Stock on hand 1st Sept., 1818.
Arrived since to date.
Arrived to-day.
mere ft.
oca.
of
saies
hales 38.038
126,007
'»,"15
171,760
Exported to date.
Exported to-day.
Stock on hand and on shipboard bales. 9-3
75.602
3.17(i 78,778
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TAYLOR BARBECUE.
T HE Rough and Ready Club of Claiborne
county will give a Barbecue, at Port
Gibson, on Wednesday, the 1st day of No.
vember. Able speakers have been invited,
and are expected to attend.
Oct 20, 1848.
'
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GRAND LODGE
'W#
Class No. 35—Draws 25th Nov., 1848.
T O be drawn as above, at the Mansion
House Bar-room, Natchez.
$5 00
D'holc Tickets,
Halves,
Quarters,
2 5Ü
1 25
SCHEME.
20.000 is
10.000 is
5.000 is
1.000 is
600 is
100 is
60 is
50 is
30 is
20 is
15 is
12 is
10 is
5 is
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10,000
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6.000
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10,000
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do.
63
1.260
do.
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126
1 613
3,780
23,436
do.
37,800
do.
117,1*0
27,814 Prizes amounting to
8235.737
to
the
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Packages of 25 'Pickets aro so nrraaged
as to contain all the numbers in the Lit
tery. 75 numbers are put into the Wheel
and 12 of them drawn out—and 25 Tickets
with three numbers on each make the 75
numbers from 1 to 75 inclusive. Conse
quently, when 12 of them are drawn from
the Wheel, the package so arranged must
have the twelve numbers on them: therefore
the least they can draw will be 12 prizes
of $5,00 each.
In tho above scheme a Pack ga of 25
whole tickets can be had for $125, and
guarantee them to draw half the purchase
money, less the usual deduction of 15 per
cent. Packages of Halves and Quarters ir.
the same proportion. To be had in a va
riety of combinations by applying at tl»
Managers' office. 0O"All orders by mail
or otherwise, enclosing the cash, will m? 1 .'
with prompt attention if directed to
W. R. KEYES, Agent
Grand Gulf, Oct. 27, 1849.
is
the
ex
the
the
the
to
8—2t
5000
LBS. White Lead Ground is
Oil;
5 bbls. Linseed Oil;
5 bbls. Sp'ts. Turpentine;
100 bbls. Chrom. Dry and Grouri
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October 27,1848.
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t
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leaving New Orleans every Wednet;
day, at 5 o'clock, P. M., arrive at Gra» 0
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to
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Oct 27, 1848.
Runaway in Jail
W AS committed to the J»"
in Claiborne count)', ty
the 25tl
N. McDougall, on
inst., a negro woman
calls her name
■ . LETTY.. w
Said negro woman is a hoc
30 years old, 5 feet 3} incité
high, ranaway Thursday 19th October, ^
says she belongs to Asa Gardner, w® |
had on when committed a white coW*
dress.
The owner of said negro woman is hc^'
by notified to come forward and comp*?,
with the law in such cases made and pf 1 |g
vided or she will be dealt witb according H
R. M. MOORE,
riff and Jailor C C*
Mr
vvb«'
October 27, lj}48.