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T HE B AsN JVER. E. C fc g. r. MPItKATt Editors. LOUISIANA. MISSOURI. MONDAY, - JUNE 26th FOR PRESIDENT, Gen. Lewis Cass, OF MICHIGAN. - FOR VICE PRESIDENT, GeisvWm. 0. Butler, . OF KENTUCKY. Electorg for President and Vice President 1st District JOHN C. WELBORN, of Pike. 2nd 3rd ' A. M'KINNEY, of Randolph. E.B. EWING,of Ray. G. D. HALL, of Lafayette. : B. F. MASSEY, of Lawrence. J. H.RELFE, of Washington. TRTJSTEN POLK, of SL' Louis. 4th 5th' 6th 7th tt ' For Governor: ' AfSTIN A. KING, of Ray. ' -- . - - . . For Lt. Governor, THOMAS L. PRICE, of Cole. For Conjrets, WILLIAM V. N. BAY, of Franklin. ; , County Nominations. ' For Representative, JOHN B. HENDERSON. V ; i' For Sheriff, MATHEW G1VENS. For Assessor, MASTEN H. ARTHUR. - ALL'S WELL. We are happy to inform our friends in other parts of the State, that the canvass here is opened most beautifully most glo riously and most auspiciously for the de mocracy: The b'hoys are wide awake, and were the election to come off to-morrow, we believe every one would he at his post, and ready to discharge bis duty. We firm ly believe that old democratic Cape Girar deau will toll up a heavier majority for "the ticket, the whole ticket and nothing but the ticket" than she has for years. With her, so far at Cass and Butler, King and Price, and Bowlin are concerned, we say most emphatically Jill's Weill Jack- ton Review. . . . : We congratulate our worthy friend of the Review, upon the healthy condition of poli tics in "old Cap Girardeau," and with the greatest satisfaction can assure hkn and all or friends at a distant, that old Pike will be erect at the approaching election. : Nev er has a better spirit pervaded the democ racy in this county, and never have they been mire firmly united on all measures of national or state policy. Ibe same may be said of he adjoining counties of St. Charles, Lincoln and Ralls yea, of the entire "North East." : But one spirit animates the democratic ranks that will in solid column vote for Cass and Butler, King and Price, Bay and Hendenon (in Pike,) to the utter consternation of the whigs. We respond in the name of the democracy here, an em phatic Weill : The Wat to Make Candidates. The Seventy-Sir, after announcing Wm. Penix, Esq.. as candidate for a seat in the next General Assembly of Missouri, says : " Mr. Penix has been induced to take this course by the'earnest solicitation of many of his friends and communication has been handed us, signed by a number of the voters of the county, requesting him to suf fer bis name to be. used as a candidate, with his reply thereto, ponsenting to run, t.S-1- Til t I' I T . wuicn wo wiupuDiwn next ween. - ,t This is the first time we ever knew a re ply to be written to a cal! upon an individual to become a candidate for a public office, before that call was given to the public J If this does not savour of caucusing, fixing and managing, hen we do not know by! what name to call it . If it is only necessa rj la. consult those individuals who msde the call, previous ,to becoming a' candidate, then where is the necessity of going through the ceremony of publishing .that call with the reply thereto annexed? , We do not wish to be understood as objecting to the right of an individual to become a candid ata upo his own authority, but this effort, at a show of authority will hardly serve to blind the people of Pike county. . A Mr. Hilliard, of . Alabama, offered in the Whig National Convention, a resolution "that the Convention cordially approve of fimn Tavlor'a latter in.C.mnt. Allium, ho. lieviag it to contain sound and conservative principle." Oa the appeal of Mr.Sher mas, of Ohio, Mr. HQlrard -wfthdrew his z .1 j il.i ii j i rsrom two tates were absent. There; was noexprefiioahad.,;V .. A FEDERAL SLANDER. Old "Fuss and Feathers" of the Mis souri Statesman, with bold effrontery reit erates the long exploded calumny that Gen. Cass in early life was a Federalist. He says: "While General Cass was engaged in Wilmington, Delaware, in the highly hon orable business of "teaching the young idea how to shoot," he was so enamored ot old Federalism that he appeared on all occa sions with a black cockade in his hat." We call upon the Statesman for his evi dence of the fact, or to hide his head in shame for the slander. We have published the biography of Gen. Cass, written before he was spoken-of for the Presidency, in which it is stated he emigrated to the then North-western territory, and settled at Ma rietta, in the county of Washington, Ohio, at the age of seventeen. The first political office he ever filled was a seat in the Legis lature of Ohio, to which he was elected by the democratic party of Muskingun county persons yet living to bear testimony to IiU democracy. The first office heever receiv- d by appointment was from President Jef ferson, whom he is invideously said to have opposed. We aver that Gen. Cass never taught a school of any kind in Delaware, having emigrated from New Hampshire at the age of 17 to Ohio. A Whig Quakdakt. The whigs have two great objects in view, and a task it will be to perform them both. A failure to do either would be certain defeat. Their first object is to get democratic votes for General Taylor, upon the ground that he is a "no party man. Twas this that secur ed his nomination over Henry Clay. Their next object is to satisfy all true whigs that General Taylor is one of them good and true. In pressing his "no parly" claims they dampen the feelings of the "simonl pures. In reconciling them to the sacri- rifice, they drive off the democrats they had hoped to gull with his no party notions. We clip the following from the proceedings of the Whig National Convention. It will serve to show the straits that Whiggery is in: Mr. Conrad, of Louisiana, pledged Gen Taylor to be a true and devoted Whig; he was well known and appreciated for many high and noble qualities. Me was a Virgin ian by birth, but he belonged, as does his glory, to the entire country, although his temporary residence is Louisiana. Over zealous Whigs have doubted the Whiggery of Gen. Taylor, but with all candor and sincerity he declared his belief that he was as good a Whig as any man in the country. A member from Maine asked to be in formed whether Gen. Taylor was not op posed to the doctrine of Protection. I Mr. Conrad replied that he could not speak on particular subjects, but that he be lieved he was in favor of Protection; at all events, if he (Mr. C.) did not think that Gen. Taylor wai in favor of Protection, he should have considered himself recreant as a Whip and to his State, to have come up! to this convention to support his nomination Me believed, too, that as Gen. Taylor had never surrendered to his enemies he would never betray his friends ! If men without principles advocate hir election, he will not betray them ; if men opposed to a National Bank and the Pro tective Tariff policy advocate his election, he will not betray them; if men in favor of these measures advocate his election, be will, not betray them "he will never betray his friends." O, Whiggery ! Whig gery ! where is thy consisten cy ? An address "To the People oj 'Massachu setts" was immediately issued by the whigs of Boston, Upon the reception of the nom inations of the Philadelphia Convention. calling upon their fellow-citizens through out the Commonwealth, who are opposed to the Rational nominations, to meet in Con' vention at Woreesfr.' on Wednesdav. the fe8th day of June.Toteke such steps as the wvwasiuu tuajr ucuiiau, til aujjjwri ui uicu j j ... . -r iu.: principles. The Convention, in nominating Genr Taylor, they say, "have exceeded their just authority, and have jTtJposed a candid ate whom no northerna-hig is bound sup Port.", -J. .:Vv'V 7 - What will those cdjnciencious (rhigs, who Have opposed the acarsti$w'of Teritoy, do with regard to CfnVTalor'a recommen ding the acquisition of fiveniore Mexican provinces than the .treaty secures? The line of Siena jMadre, recoramndd by Taylor, is far. bcyfttf the line fixld upon by the Treaty.;:.. ;-f,V .1 ! V ,I3nt9 of Vr. letter, fro i iprjinuin. niiM i w t r. mm m. .. ' . f'TiM President tor two or tenKij days p"ast, hat been quite ilL ; On Tussday, I lam informed, he was confined to. hU fcedv'ning Sure Enough'. Some thing that must be the -John Donkey of Pike county has seen our advertisement for a candidate to be run on the "Federal Republican Demo cratic Whig Taylor ticket," in this county, and ascording to directions has brayed away through the Seventv-Six for a seat in the next Legislature. We suppose this is done by the advice and consent of the Clique. The editor, however, doesn't much like the views of this Donkey, and hopes we will continue our advertisement until others come ouTrWe have no desire to contrib ute further to the selfish ends of any one in this matter, and leave the Editor and Don key to settle their own difficulties we're got the candidate for. him, he may' now choke him off at his pleasure, pookey'jou should have been more cautious in yourj first debut before the public, than to have blundered so rudely upon the toes of the Editor. We think, however, he may yet forgive you and come up to the scratch, "as he 9tA accommodate himself to almost any circumstances," if you will only promise to work well in the traces hereafter. RUST IN WHEAT. We learn from some of our farmer friends that within a few davs oast the rust has t 9 taken considerable hold ujron tlie wheat in this vicinity. Owing to the advanced stage of the crop but little 'damage, however, is apprehended. Wheat struck by the rust should be cut as soon as the straw will hear to be shocked. Harvest has already com menced with a few who have early wheat. Gen. Tavlor 77ie Convention. We are gratified to learn that Gen. Taylor au tharizd his name to be presented to the Whig National Convention, with a pledge to abide its decision, and to withdraw any other candidate was nominated if seventy Six. We drive a peg there, and call upon our neighbor for the language in which Gen Taylor agreed to abide the decision of the Convention, "and to withdraw if any other candidate was nominated." Need we re peat to the editor the contents of his letter to the editors of the Richmond Republican We think he uses some such language as this: "It has not been my intention at any moment, to change my position, or to with draw my name from the canvass, whoever may be the nomioee of the National Con vention; either of the whig or democratic party." Now, the whigs claim that he never surrenders; he or they one have surrender ed dead sure ' The Seventy-Six says it is Taylor. We ask for the language in which the surrender is made. If the editor can succeed he will rob his friends of the big gest thunder they have with which to elec tioneer. At a mass meeting of the democrats of Sangamon county, at Springfield, Ills., on the 12th inst. the following resolutions amongst others were passed: Resolved, That we cordially approve the nomination of General Lewis Cass, and General William O. Butler, for the offices of President and Vice; President of the United States. We know them to be in corruptible and tried patriots distinguish ed iu the field eminent statesmen of spotless integrity in public and private life, and true to their country and to the party of progress, whose motto is "equal rights," and wnose cause is me cause oi uoeny throughout the world. Ihe following resolutions express our sentiments exactly on the subject of our foreign relations, particularly in reference to our difficulties with Mexico : Resolved, That our intercourse with for eign nations should be governed by a set tled . dejterraipatiqn to "ask nothing Jmt what is right, and submit to nothing that is wrong." , And, believing that, iu our late difficulties with -Mexico, our government has acted strictly in obedience to this just rule, we do most' cordially approve the measuies adopted by the present adminis tration, for the vigorous prosecution and honorable termination of the war a war unsought on our part, and reluctantly en tered upon in self-defence after submit ting to numberless aggressions, which were consumated and rendered too atrocious for further endurance, by open war and "the shedding of -American blood upon , Ameri can soil." . 7 " Nebbaska. The boundaries of the new territory of Nebraska, as proposed in the bill now before Congress, are as follows: Commencing at a point in the . Missouri river, where the fortieth parallel of north, latitude crosses said river; thence following up the main channel of said river, to the forty-third parallel of north latitude; thence west on said parallel to the summit of. the Rocky Mountains; thence due south to, the fortieth parallel of north latitude: thence east on said parallel to the place of begin- MEXICAN NEWS. The New Oileans Picayune and Delta, of the 14th inst, contain the following items: . i ; - Herrera is elected President of Mexico The exchange of the ratified Treaty be tween our Commissioners and the Mexican Government, has taken place. The troops are moving toward the seaboard. The pro jected expedition to Yucatan has received . . r w .. r J -II ik. .u:.. Its quieiUS. 1 am wiornieu an tuc puuiib property in the city of Mexico will be sold mere. To the Soldiers of the rfrmy.Tbe gen eral-in-chief informed us yesterday, that he had received positive orders from the War Department to discharge no men irom we . .... .. . ...... TT service until alter their arrival in me uni ted States. As I had been otherwise in formed, and so published it, I now make this contradiction with sanction. - ' ' John H. PEortrs,; The American Commissioners were re ceived and entertained .with much hospitali ty. Mr. Sevier, however, being ill, Mr. Clifford took charge of the negotiations The writer does not look at the presept po sition of Santa Anna, believing that he is in secret correspondence with his friends in the republic. ' . Departure. 'Lieut. Col. Hitchcock and Mai. Buchanan, Acting Inspector' Gener al, left here yesterday for New Orleans, where they will proceed at once to make arrangements for the mustering out of the troops. Off this Morning. General Patterson with his division, will leave this morning for Vera Cruz. City or Mexico, May 30, 184S. Eds. Delta To-day, the division of Gen Patterson left for the coast. Day after to morrow the division of Gen. Aaishall will leave. , .Our Commissioners were at Queretaro on the 28th. Gen. Butler will start from here about Monday next, in company with Mr. Sevier. Where are all the harpers and croakers in your city, and the 'intelligent officers' and 'sagacious editors,' who have been con tinually crying out that there would be no peace? Was not 'the wish father to the thought?' Or was it because interest de pended upon it? I have something to say on this subject, but am too unwell to-day to write more than a line. Mcstang. Cuernavaca. The sick of the command afCuernavaca arrived yesterday, 350 in number, escorted by two companies of in fantry under command of 3aj. Blanchard, 12th Infantry tour men died on the road. The sickness is great at Cuernavaca. The 12th and 15th Infantry, under command of Col. Bonham, 12th Infantry will arrive here to-day. f Vera Cruz Free American, June 4th. Congress. On the 12th instant, a joint resolution, introduced by Mr. Ashsiun, providing that the two Houses would ad journ on the 17th of July, was passed in the House of Kepresentatives, by ayes 117. nays 40, and sent to the Senate for concur rence. A motion to make the river and harbor appropriation bill the special order of the WI . A? nuuse was negatives oy a large, vote. n. f. f. ...... .a i he jkv mikaf: do intent was the Whig Convention on stultifying itself so determined on availability that a resolu Uon requiring all candidates before it to be "the exponent of IWiig principles" was decided to be "out of order!" It was offered by Mr. Fuller, of New York, and read as follows : "Resolved, That, as the first duty of the Representatives of the Whig party of the United States is to preserve tho principles and integrity of that party, the claims of no candidate can be considered by this Con vention unlesj such candidate stands pledg ed to support in good faith its nominee, and to be the exponent ot Whig principles. , "Out of Order" to require of a Whig candidate that Ae should be a IPhixll If this is not the cap sheaf, the crowning bum- bug of the day, then we give it up. The chairman of the Louisiana delegation, in fact, stated to the Convention that they urged Taylor's nomination on "no other than broad national groundV and "buy ing a pig in a poke," they exacted no pro fessions of faith in their principles, and . 'Go for Taylor therefore, Without a why or wherefore." Now come up to work, ye whigs of Con necticut! put on the collar of 'availability' make a bonfire of your party documents and remember that your "principles" are "out of order" as well as out of fashion The New York Day Rook, edited by Dr. Bacon, a strenuous whig, says it would be difficult to say wrich party predominated in the Convention "fools or knaves." JViw Haven Reg. " . Almonte. This distinguished Mexican is about to visit the United States with his family, and will probably take up his per manent residence in the city of New Or leans, where be spent much of his youth and acquired much of the valuable in formation he . possesses. He has lost all his popularity in Mexico, and is thoroughly disgusted with the country. Almonte is considerably ahead of his countrymen in ugiii ana uuormtmun ana win, no UOUDl, fe?l much more at home in New Orleans, at light and information and will,' no doubt, his old trade of selling, hardware, Ihan in dealing with the impracticable races of Mexico (N. O. Delta. . t ; Gems from the Whig JSTational Conven tion. After the nomination of pen.- Tay- - lor had been effected, van ; abortive effort . was made to declare the naminaUonv unani-; . mous. The Massachusetts and QhiajnDelV egations protested, and among other dc- larations, equally explicit, we find-iha'fol-.'' lowing: 5 l. " '! Mr. Allen, of Massachusetts, would not assent. He believed that the Whig party was this day dissolved. He warn Whig, and always had been. And he wanted as a' -candidate some oae who would stand by Whig principles, and not accept a nesaina Uon from any party that chose to give it to him. He had never yet failed to vote. for. the Whig ticket, but as things new stand. he should ground arms. He would go home and so help him uod ! he would do air he could to defeat the nomination! "l3' '' Calls to order cries of shame;'' hisses and tur.noit for some minutrs.J " V.J- .,rr,' Mr. Galloway, of Ohio, was a Whig and an tftroAYbig. He had felt tha( the inter ests of the country were identified with the success of the party. lie felt in a strange position here. He had come here with specified instructions and he had given pledges to his constituents. Aud though. he would not now say what he would do, he should go back among his constituents and consult them, and abide by their decision. He spoke at some length, reiterating this intention. Mr Wilson, of Massachusetts, said he could not concur, and would do all he could todefeat the nominee. Mr. Hunt, of Massachusetts, the - only delegate from the State who voted for the nbminee, said he should give him a cordial support, such as he would have extended to any other nominee. He believed that Dir. Wilson did not express the sentiments of Massachusetts, which had always supported the Whig banner. , , : Mr. Galloway, of Ohio, had come pledged to vote for a candidate opposed to th ex tension of slavery, and would go. home to his constituents and abide whatever they may propose in their free counsels. Gen. Taylor's Whig principles were doubted in Uhio, but if he was shown to be favorable to Whig measures, all would be right. Mr. Bingham of Uhio, offered a resolu tion providing the assent of the entire con vention to the nomination, if Gen. Taylor would pledge himself to accei t of it as the nominee of the Whig party, and carry out its principles no extension of slavery over free territory, protection, &c. Ihe chair here interfered and said that all discussion was out of order, and he next business in order was the ballots fur tire President. Opinions if the ff'hig Press tpon. Gen. Taylor's .Yuminaliun General Taylor's nomination has been received with various degrees of favor by the Whig press. In New i ork city the whig press generally support it. In Albany the news appears to have caused great excitement, and the friends of Mr. Clay are indignant and an gry. There is at great a ferment there in the Whig ranks as the Barnburner movement has produced in the same city among the democrats. 1 he rioston Whigs acted up on he premature announcement. The Daily Advertiser and the Atlas yield a re luctant acquiescence in the nomination of General Taylor, but promise him alt their support. J he Daily Advertiser qualifies its adhesion by stating, distinctly, that "the. news of the nomination will be far from gratifying to a great majority of the Whigs oi Massachusetts. . i he Courier is still un shaken. : i:' .The Newburyport Herald; takea down the nomination as if it liked it, but the Wor cester Spy declares the ".Whig .party has. been most j;reaUy compromised." The disaffected Whigs of Massachusetts' rail, upon all their fellow citizens who are oppo-1 sed to the nomination of Cass ( !! ) and Tay lor, to meet in convention on Wednesday, the. 28th of this month, to take such steps, as the occasion shall demand. Philadelphia Leader. - - J 2I-The "New York Tribune," on the day before the nomination of- Gen. Taylor, gave expression to its "earnest belief ", thus: . . .". "There are at this moment half a million, Whig voters who have resolved not to sup port him if nominated. Instead of there being one million and a half of us to begin with, all intent on winning -otheis .to oar standard and making victory secuie,-one half of the Whigs, wilt he hard at work for weeks and months convincing the other half that they ought to support the TVhig candidate." . - ., ... ,. .. ;;. On the day after, it saya the managers of the Convention have. dealt "themselves good hands," but as to giving in its, adhe-. sion to the nomination, futnra timejaVast be allowed to consider. On Thunda'v, iht a large number of Whigs weattolirTfib- una office, and called for Mr. Greelyi rat he refused to say anything about tk . -mwm Wr-W, XW AlWPVj ? t t drmm gave nine cneers icr ciay and at maay groans for Taylor., - .r4.Tca Gen. Wilson, of New Hampshire declares ',v.. ...4.. ! . ... . Tl "XSZ ft"? -