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' The following article, at the solicitation of
the writer, we hare concluded to publish. We can
we to impropriety in doing so, and the subject may
not be uninteresting to our readers ; it may be use
ful to them:
, A Sbort Sketch of JLlfe
In relation, to the subject of Going, Mail .
Amid the dia of political discussions the brilliant
displays of the arts and sciences, the loud plaudits
oa mechanical inventions, subjecting the very ele
. monts to- obedience, "using ty electricity to trans
mit intelligence with the rapidity of thought; all
conducing to ameliorate the hard condition of man,
in life's labyrinths of sin and misery, it may not be
unprofitable to consider our social and moral inter
course with our fellow men, and come to some conclusion-how
far we are bound to lend a helping
. band to those under pecuniary embarrassments, or
. to those who are aspiring to wealth, and soliciting
the means of others as a pledge, that they will per
: form their contracts with fidelity and strict honesty,
v -This inquiry, perhaps; will result in no benefit to
. the sagacious, prudent and experienced, but as the
-V rising generation will be surrounded by the same
bland allurments and temptations as their predi-
- C6SSorsthe7 experience of an old pioneer in this
metropolis of Sandusky county, on whose arrival,
.found it inhabited by fortune seekers without capi
tal, much like himself may be of some importance
to them in. fixing bounds to their patronage, and
generosity in assisting others. - -
At the early day of which I speak the surround
ing country was but a howling and almost track
less wilderness, so that my history since that time
. might in some respects be identified with that of
. the place, particularly that portion which relates to
the lending my same for supposed benefits to the
public, as well as individuals, till at length I be
came involved in very serious pecuniary difficulties,
while bending too, under the weight of years and
thetr attendant inhrmities.
It is not only the loss of property I have to suf
fer, but the eeering, scorn, and contempt of the
. more provident and wise, for my folly, simplicity,
and misplaced confidence in men. ' These the har
dest, most chagrining, and cruel blows of all, are
what elicit a detail of my career in going bail. The
first instance there was, when our little village was
. selected as the county seat, which had nothing to
render it memorable, but Croghan's glorious victo
ry, when, we all became elated with the hope of a
rapid growth of our place, and determined that
Court House should be speedily erected. The con
tract vm let to Mr. C. Hulburd; the Commission
ers required bail; I went it; he failed; they sued
on the bond and recovered a judgment of $1,500.
He appeared not the least disconcerted, said he
would yet bring them to amicable terms. I sug
gested the propriety of giving me an indemnifying
mortgage, which he honorably did.
' Mr. Hulburd soon after deceased. Mv only safe
ty was to foreclose the mortgage, bid off the pro
perty and settle with the Commissioners. Air. J!.
Smith proposed to build a house to the acceptance
of the Commissioners for the said Western house
property ; the bargain was made, but I had to stand
bail for his performance. He was successful, and I
became liberated; ah! had I but continued
Soon after the jurisdiction of our county was es
tablished, a certain Dorson Knapp and wife were
arrested and committed to jail for several pettit lar
cenies. They had been but little above the grade
- of pauperism, would not be able to pay a fine, the
children bavin? to be fed by the neighbors. It was
deemed best to bail them out I became bail with
two others who afterwards were entirely irresnon
sible. The consequence was Knapp and wife clear
ed ' out, and though the magistrates and many
others said it would be well to be rid of them, and
save the county farther expense, the bonds were
prosecuted and judgment obtaiued of $500, which
wholly devolved on me to settle or pay. Some
commiserated my - ill-lack. Mr. S. Treat advised
to petition the Commissioners to remit the judg
ment, I paying costs accrued, all the citizens of the
county signed it, but unfortunately the Commis
sioners had scruples, were fearful they would be
censured for not adding to the treasures of the
county. What was there to be done ? To pay
six hundred dollars at that time would have broken
me down. The phylanthropy of tLi R Uidiasan
then prosecuting attorney, would not allow me to
be sacrificed without farther trial He urged me to
petition the legislature to commute the judgment
on the condition of the other. Mr. Lockwood, our
Representative, presented it, an act was passed for
my relief, and I got clear by paying about a hun
dred dollars costs. . To the memories of those two
gentleman I owe a tribute of sincere gratitude.
Well that story is got along with, the discipline
ceased, yet it was always so- vivid in my recollec
tion that I have ever since refused to bail those
firuiltr of crime, but could not withhold my hand
when public officers or those engaged in public
business must have baiL ... Could not refuse a oer
- tain little Constable who collected money, than ran
war with it. which Mr. Hawkins and I had to
pay; but some years after, he ran back and refun
ded the greater part
We now arrive at a period when population dig
nity and wealth, rendered it expedient to have
more commodious Court - House. The Hon.
Knapp took the job, solicited my Signature, it was
readily granted. I had no fears, the house waai
built with that dispatch and elegance which gav
satisfaction to all parties. Had my wreck! ess course
of going bail stopped here, it would have saved me
much mortification ana many aonars.
Whether it had become notorious and prover
bial, that I would go bail on all occasions I know
not; but certain it is that one John Kestler could
rent a farm and mills of Dr. F. Williams, Ad'r of
Bank's estate if I would go bail ; the habit had be
come too familiar, my name was down.
r' In process of time, the said John left the country.-
I wassaed on the bond for a thousand dol
lars. With much persuasion I got John back to
settle with, the Doctor when was found his due
$330. Being on the boad I could da no less than
sira a sate with Kestler. which, he said bs could.
and would pay. The note when de, ws sued and
I have it to pay with" interests and costs, amount
ing to 1 100. This same Mr. Kestler I understand
is now preaching the blessed gospel of our eruci-
fied Savior. .Should he in my life-time have the
ability and honesty to remunerate me, I will not be
slow in announcing it to the world for his especial
- temporal, and spiritual benefit
' But the sad rehersal does not end here. The
' late Samuel Overmyer had been twice elected by
nearly the unanimous voice of an intelligent and
free people to the office of Justice of the Peace.
The law required bail of course, and my friend
John Christian and myself being solicited did not
refuse.". Meantime the said Esq. Sam, wished me
to stay a judgment of $100 on Mr. Letcher's dock
" et, which he suffered me to be sued for. When I
"'murmured and modestly expostulated, he gave me
Noble White's note for security, who soon after ran
off; and as all know, Sam enlisted, carried away
. money lie had collected, and brought Christian and
' me in for 1200 more, and ms individually over
$200, which added to the Kestler debt involves me
over $500, to pay which I am obliged to sell real
estate. . . ' : - . .- -. '
But in most all calamities there is something to
cheer the heart, I am so fortunate as to find a friend
willinf to purchase land . at private sale at two
thirdspf the appraised value. "A friend in need
is a friend indeed." I sincerely hope, what is quite
probable, that the plank road when in operation
will enhance its value to double the amount of the
appraisement As I am under some other individ
ual liabilities, I trust all who are indebted to me
will make -as prompt payment as possible; that
would be another great relief . 1 had almost , for
gotten to mention that in those latter days, I stood
my hand for Miles Williams for some hundred or
two dollars, property being turned out as security,
which was sold to discharge the debt, but tell tar
short, while he like an honest and honorable man
paid uo the balance, and cave me no trouble.
Were all like him who ask like lavors, wo surely
would have a better world.
Considering the risks I have run, the many hair
breadth escapes, lean congratulate myself that my
case is no worse. Were it not, th:it I am occasionly
dryly, and quisicly asked how I get along in signing
bail bonds, I should feel much consolation in hav
ing discharged these very unpleasant debts, and
being set at liberty, fiut here is the ruo : wen,
Doctor, have you signed any bail bonds or notes
. " .... . - Ml 1 .1 a T
lately T W ny ot course my answer win be, mat i
must form an unalterable resolution to desist, or
choose a guardian, and the man who would now
ask me to go bail, would kick ins antagonist wncu
down, and should ot least, be convicted of man
slaughter. Under all these chagrining circumstan
ces mv mind is solaced bv the fact that I do not
suffer in consequence of malice to my fellow men,
that my error is rather of the head than the heart,
and that never having occupid a high and conspicu
ous station, have not far to fall, and that I have been
prodigal in extending my credit, in this very singu
lar manner for the benefit of others. I was con
scious of no wrong, and that now, no misery is brot'
upon any but myseif and tamily, and though suo-
ject to ridicule and sarcasm, for doing some kind
and neighborly acts, L shall not, l win miorm my
friends. take to drink, or become a hardened misan
tbropist, still believing there are men, whose words
are equal to their bonds, casualties and mortality
always excepted, and being conscious I have had
manv triends. and trust still nave, wno wouiu not
take from me a dollar dishonorably.
I have thus treated the subject frankly, that if
there be any curiosity how I stand in bail business,
it may De graiinea, ana mat it m uu mc nc-
cessitv of rehersinar an unbleasant story, which has
become as irksome to me, as were the questions in
Yankee land Dut to Dr. Franklin, who usually on
putting up, requested the landlord to call all his
family, then told them his name, wnere ne was go
ing, and what he was going for, and beged they
would ask him no more questions upon tne suoject.
I will conclude by saying, though tne more wise
and nrovident can find no appology for my con
duct yet if my experience in filling out bail bonds,
will have a good tendency in guiuing tne young ur
imvttisiWte in matters which too often reduce
whole f imilies to penury and want, I shall be amp
ly rewarded for this brief and too imperfect deline
ation. uaiMnii Dtianiiiiw,
A perfect detestor of Bad Bands.
Anecdote ol a Member of Congress.
The Pittsburgh Journal relates the following an
ecdote of McConnell within a few years a member
of Congress from Alabama It is true, just as re
lated:
McConnell then a member of Congress stood at
the bar of one of the principal hotels in Washing
ton. Beside him, and drinking with him, was one
who without a virtuous or a generous feeling, had
enioved all the advantages which his inate and un
governable vices had to a great extent forfeited.
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tie was shunned by tne gooa; out iir. iuuuuuueu
had long since left the choice of his companions to
chance and then chance was greatly untoward.
The individual referred to, spoke of the Bible, sneer
ed at its authority, ridiculed its injunctions, repeat
ed the most sacred passages with ribald comments.
McConnell who had been all excitement and exhii
eration. stood 6ilent and sadly by, without a word
or remark The blasphemer continued in a lan
D-uaTe more and more offensive, and it was remark
ed that the eye of McConnell flashed even with a
deeper glow than that which dissipation had fixed
there. At lens-th he steDoed forward and said :
"Ston. my friend. From the moment I first looked
into your face, I feared you were a scoundrel, for
God has set the mark of Cain upon your forehead.
F know it I am a bad man a lost man a man
every moment of whose life upbraids him. But I
have one green spot still left in my heart I love my
wife: and mv wife loves the Bible. I believe in
what my wife believes, and her faith is in the Bible
It has made her an angel on earth, it must be true,
the man who derides it insults her and I will hold
that man accountable, unto death, for the wrong.
ETIQUETTE.
The Home Journal, always authority in such
cases, says if you meet a lady without an umbrella
in the rain, it'is not proper to lend her an umbrel
la, but you ought to escort her home. Suppose
vou are not sufficiently acquainted to make that of
fer, would pou allow a lady to stand the pelting of
the pittiless storm witiiout tne loan oi your uin
hrella? We have freauentlv loaned ou um
brella to an unknown lady in a shower, and alway
received it again ; whereas we have had many bor
rowed and stolen by gentlemen, witnout nope
recoverv. One stole our comfortable protector
the open court, and anotner exenangea a parasoi
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for a large and stout one. The Home Journal
says that if two ladies are caught in the storm, you
may lend them yonr paroplue. That arises from
the old saying that two spoils compeny.
SATURDAY AFTERA'OOX.
The Park presented a beautiful sight on Satur
day afternoon last Some hundreds of children,
of various ages and slses, free from the restraint
of schools and allowed by the mild wheather to
sport m the open air, were turned out loose within
its bounds, and such scampering and shouting and
confusion of gleeful voices, old City Hall has not
witnessed since last Indian summer. The fountain
sent its columns aloft, falling back in a waving veil
of spray, sometimes wrapping it in on all sides,
sometimes slanting away before the wind. Many
a pale-faced invalid, or laborer weary with his six
days toil, rested on the benches nround, and list
ened to its music. The trees of the Park were
budding in the warm air, and all sights and sounds
in the heavens above and the city beneath (the
streets excepted) were cheering and inspiring. It
was a time to make the old forget their weight of
years, and the young lose everything but the con
sciousness of existence. N. Y. Tribune.
JC"The Cleveland Plain Dealer says: The
Lexington and Champion have both come up from
Buffalo so we may say once more,
' NAVIGATION OFENED!"
Eh, oujcr San&nskg irttmon.
J. S. Feuke, Editor and Publisher.
LOWER SANDUSKY, APRIL 14, 1849.
Agknts V. B. Palmer, Esq., N. W. corner Third
d Chesnut street, and E. W. Carr, Eaq., Sun build
ings, Third and Dock atresia, Philadelphia, are authori
zed to act aa agents for the " Lowkr Sandusbt Fbeic-
PLANK ROAD.
The Stock-holders in the Lower Sandusky Plank
Road Company, met in this place on Tuesday last,
and proceeded to elect hve Directors. Messrs.
James Justice, L. Q. Rawson, John R. Pease, C:
W. Foster, and James Vallett, were nearly unani
mously elected by the company. The Directors
have chosen James Justice as their President, U
Q. Rawson Secretary and John R. Pease Treasur-
They have already made an assessment of 10
per cent on the capital stock, to be paid in by the
15th of June. They have also authorized the re
ceiving of proposals for furnishing the company
with lumber, &c. James Justice is authorized to
receive proposals.
From the above our readers will see that the
building of the road is a thing decided upon, that it
is a fixed fact Forty thousand dollars stock has
been taken, a sufficient amount to build the road
from here to Rome Ten thousand dollars more,
which will undoubtedly be taken, will enable the
tn build a branch to Fort Seneca. Far-
mers living along the route of this branch ot the
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contemplated road, would find it to their interest
to subscribe liberally, as the capital invested will
not only yield a handsome per centage, but it
would enhance the value of their farms. Let them
look at this matter in its true light, and they will
not be long in finding out what would be to their
interest
Elections.
The recent election in Connecticut has resulted
in the election of three Locofocos and one Whig to
Congress, a majority of Whigs to the Legislature.
There was no choice by the people for Governor,
consequently the Legislature will have to choose
one, and undoubtedly the Whig candidate will be
selected, as it is now pretty certain they have a
majority in that body.
On the vote for members of Congress, there was
a combination of the Locofocos and b ree aoiiers,
which brought about the unexpected result m
that delegation. There appears to be a general
understanding - on all sides, that there is to be a
general coalition between these two parties. A
most fit and proper finale. The Free Soil party
was conceived in Locofocoism, bom and lived
Locofocoism, and died in Locofocoism. It remains
to be seen, whether those who are really sincere in
their opposition to slavery, and feel desirous of rid
ing our country from this disgracetul, debasm
blio-hting and contaminating sin, are willing
seal the compact willing to be transferred over to
the Locofoco party, and renounce all their former
opinions and fond hopes of a speedy and happy
liberation from bondage of the untortunate Aurican-
Rhodk Island Election. This little State has
done nobly. Returns have been received trom all
the towns but one. The result stands thus:
For Governor, the vote is as follows:
Anthony, (Whig,) 5,005
Sackett (Loco,) 2,953
Harris, (Free Soil,) 468
Scattering, 126
For Congress, in the two Districts, the following
are the returns:
' JSastern District.
Western- District.
King, (Whig,) 3,005
Sherman, (Whig,) 1,922
Brown, (Loco,) 1,250
Thurston, (lioco,) 2,00
Boyden, (b. S.) V02
Scattering, 6
Hall, (F. S.) 161
Scattering. 25
The two
stand thus:
branches of the General Assembly
Senvte,
19
12
Souse.
43
21
1
3
1
Whigs,
Locofocos,
Free Soil,
No choice,
Not heard from, 1
The Cincinnati Charter election resultsd in the
choice of a Whig Mayor, by a majority of 2028;
over the Locofo candidate, and over the Loco and
Free Soil candidates, 1709.
Columbus has also elected a Whig Mayor, Mar
shall, two School Directors, and five out of the six
Councilmen, by an average majority of about two
or three hundred. The Journal says the vote was
unusually large, and that the most strenuous se
cret exertions had been made by the Locofocos, to
secure a victory. It b gratifying to know that the
capital of our State is thoroughly Whig, and this
victory, it i3 believed, was brought about by the
disgraceful and reckless course of the Locofoco
Rp.nrescntalives in the Legislature The citizens
r
of Columbus have been eye-witnesses to the do
! ings of parties there, and this result shows that Lo
cofocoism is heartily despised and repudiated.
Chillioothe, too, has elected a Whig Mayor,
together with the entire Whig ticket So they go.
Wew York. In this city the Whigs have made
nearly a clean sweep. Woodhull, Whig, is elect
ed rnavor bv a maioritv of near 4000 over both
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the Locofoco and Free Soil candidates. Common
Councilmen 13 Whig Aldermen, 14 Assistant
Aldermen, and 5 Locofoco Aldermen, and 4 As
sistant Aldermen. For Superior Court Judges,
the Whigs are elected, and 2 Judges for the Ma-
rine Courts.
Brooklyn. Copland, Whig, is. elected mayor
bv 123 maioritv. Also 12 of the 18 Aldermen
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Whig Judges elected.
Willi amsdurgh. The Whigs got a majont
Th Whio- President is elected, and a majority"!
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tle Trustees.
The election of Anapolis, held on Monday has
resulted in the choice of Dr. Abraham Bland, as
Mavor.
JOSHUA R. GIDDINGS.
This gentleman, it appears, is desirous of render
ing himself conspicuous, even if it has to be done
at the sacrifice of honor, truth, and every thing
else Giddings is a man we have always admired
and esteemed until lately ; and we are sorry that a
man possessing the ability and talent that he does,
and whose views and opinions in the main are right
should so far forget himself, his position to do good,
as to wilfully misrepresent and slander an honora
ble and good man, even if he should chance to be
a slave-holder. ..
It is well known to all, that during the last Pres
idential campaign, it was publicly charged by him,
at the Buffalo convention and in various parts of this
State, "that Gen. Taylor had denounced the Wil
mot Proviso in conversation with a committee of the
Mississippi Legislature, and had counciled resis
tence to it on the part of the South. He declared
at his authority was unimpeachable, and pledged
his personal veracity for the truth of the story.
As soon as this story got to the ears of the Com
mittee referred to, they denounced it over their
own signatures, as a base fabrication. Gen. Taylor
so wrote a letter, denouncing it as false, asserting
that he had no such conversation with a committee
from Mississippi -never alluded to the Wiloiot Pro
iso. Yet notwithstanding these facts, Mr. uid-
ins had not the magnanimity to give his author
ity, or retract the assertion.
Now he has again taken upon himself the re
sponsibility, of asserting that Gen. Taylor is oppos
pH to the Proviso, savs that the defeat of the bill
for establishine- a Territorial Government in Cali-
fornia with the Wilmot Proviso annexed, was caus
0
ed by the interference of the President, and that
the influence, personal and official, of Gen. laylor,
was brought to bear to produce the result"
Whpn this assertion first ceme to our notice, we
had some doubts as to its truth, and recent author
ty shows it to be false in every particular. We
last week published an article from the National
Intelligencer, a paper which is said to express the
views of the President, and which has a reputation
for candor and honesty not awarded to any other
paper in tne country, wnicn ueuuuuueu iuu. " .
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barges as unfounded. We are this week enabled
to present our readers with further proof, in the
shape of a letter from Senator Seward, of New
York, whose devotion to free sod measures are
known to all, and whose honesty can be questioned
hv none, which we think will put this matter to
rest Mr. Giddings has been repeatedly called
upon to substantiate his wholesale assertions by
proof, which he said he could give, but thus far he
has failed to do so, and until he does clear himself
of the charge of misrepresenting facts, no reliance
should be placed in his statements. For the pres
ent, we will leave him m the enjoyment of his un
enviable position. The following is the letter re
fered to:
Mr. Seward's IietterGen. Taylor and
Walker's Amemdment.
From the National Intelligencer.
Washington, March 29, 1849.
To the Editors Gentlemen: It has been stated
in some quarters that, "notwithstanding the Alli
son letter, and the pretended pledges of Gen. Tay-
r , -i .il 1..
lor to leave all questions oi legisiauuu euuieiy uu
Congress he was found personally urging members
of Congress to pass Mr. Walker's amendment
through, attached as. it was to tne apportionment,
bill. The first movement of the fast friend of the
Wilmot proviso, after he had arrived at our nation s
canital. was to give his personal influence to a meas
ure the effect of which was to extend slrvery."
1 do not pretend to Know tne grounasor tne au
thority on which this statement is made, but I think
it due to Gen. Taylor to give to the public the facts
which are within my knowledge relating to the sub
ject: -
In the morning of the 3d of March, (the last day
of the late session of Congress,) Gen. Taylor, Mr.
Clayton, the present secretary ot state, and Mr. Jiw-ino-,
now secretary of the interior, severally called
mv attention to the necessity of having some form
of civil government for California established before
Congress should adjourn, ss eitner oi loose gen
tlemen indicated anv Dlan whatever, or expressed
the ouestion of the extension of
slavery within the territory. What Gen. Taylor
did sav on the subject was, that he desired to sub
stitute the rule of law and order for the bowie
knife and revolvers. I repaired to the Capitol, in
nanv with Mr. Ewing, and I there procured a
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copy ot JVlr. vvaiuer s amenameni, wiucumauuvn
before read. 1 immediately prepareu wmu x wu-
t.emnlat.ed as an amendment of Mr. Walker s
amendment, or as a substitute for it Afterward I
found Mr. Webster's oroDOsed amendment, and I
discovered that it contained all the provisions I had
contemplated, very tersely expressed. 1 took Mr.
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Webster s amendment ana navingsnowu it iu jw-t.
Ewing, who left the whole subject to my own judg
ment, I visited many members of the House of
Representatives, and urged the adoption of it Mr.
Vinton, chairman oi tne committee oi ways aim
means, soon informed me that the committee would
report the amendment with some slight modifica
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tions, to which I aia not ooject. a speni, me icm
due of the day in urging the adoption of the amed
ment of the committee' of ways and means upon
members of the House When it had been adopt
ed there I returned to the Senate chamber and ex
erted myself to procure the assent of the Senate to
the amendment, and insisted that no different pro
vision ought to pass. I continued my efforts until
the Senate decided to disagree to the amendment
of the committee of ways and means of the House.
It is well known that the whole design of a govern
ment for California failed by reason of that disa-
greement
I am, very respectfully, vour humble servant
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
3T We understand that at the School meeting
in this place the other day, John L. Greene
and Daniel L. June, were elected Directors. C.
Edgerton is one of the Directors holding over from
hist year. A vote was taken for or against a tax to
raise some $250 for school purposes, which resul
ted in favor of a tax. This was right If there is
any thing for which we should pay a tax, it is to
educate the youth of our country.
Woman's "Empire State" is matrimony.
Here she is always in the majority, always reigns,
and sometimes storms.
SSS" During Polk's administration, there ..was
one single Whig paper subscribed for by the Cabi
net Departments. Taylor'B Cabinet have ordered
about half of the . Locofoco papers discontinued,
which was of no inconsiderable number, and have
subscribed for several Whig journals. And what,
dear reader, do you think these honest loco papers
call this. Whv 'proscription,' of course. That is
their whining cry now. No sooner is there a dis
honest office holder removed, or a locofoco paper
discontinued, than a general howl of 'proscription'
is raised by all the curs of the last administration.
For nearly forty years have these fellows gnawed
at the vitals of our country, and glutted themselves
with its treasurers, and now when one of them is
removed from office, they think they have been hor
ribly outraged. Out tipon such miserable dema
gogues and knaves. They should be held in utter
contempt and scorn by honest men of all parties.
Prosrription Public Offices.
Those most sctive in the city against the new ad
ministration of being prescriptive and intolerant,
boldly assert that the number of Whigs in office
bears a due proportion to the number ot locotocos.
This asssertion is made, either in utter ignoranoe
of the truth, or in direct disregard of it Every
one knows this who knows what .is the case in his
own neighborhood, where officers of the govern
ment are employed. . Take as an example, Wash
ington city, the seat of government? What is true
there, will be found equally so throughout the
country.- The National Wbig gives the following
statemen of the Whigs and Democrat in office
there :
1st Comptroller's office
2 Whigs 19 Democrats.
2d do do 2 do 11 . do
1st Aud. do 3 do 15 do
2d do do 4 do 42 do
3d do do 7 do 25 do
4th do do 3 do 15 do
5th do do 5 do 6 do .
6th do do 8 do 61 do
Treasurer's - do 5 do 12 do
Register's do 8 do 20 do
Solicitor's do 2 : do 8 do
Comm'rof G'lL'ddo
10 do 52 do
do .
59 do 286 do
About five Locofocos to one Whig!
Will any honest man say this division fairly rep
resents the relative strength oi tne two great par
ties? SuDDOseit be assumed that the public otn
ces ought to be eauallv enioyed, by honest, faithful
and capable men of all parties. In that case the
Whigs have much to receive, before they are pla
ced on a footing of equality for the future, and
more still, if reclamation be insisted noon for the
Dast The inequality which exists at Washington,
we say, will be found about the average throughout
the country. ' Those who groan loudest, and are
boldest in denunciation, are the very men who have
narticioated in the monopoly the longest, and most
fear that if simme iustice is done they will be
among the first discharged! . Many of these are
also conscious that on the score of honesty, capacity
and a faithful discharge of official duty, they have
no just right to be retained in tne puniic service.
Reform has been called for, by the people, and re
form is expected, whether the unjust cry of pro
scription be kept np, or suiter to subside. .
Gen. Taylor's Administration.
The whig administration is now fairly at sea, with
a o-ood offiiw and all its canvass spread. Ihere is
a canable officer "on the quarter deck," with expe
rienced and watchful men "on the look-out" Or,
in other words, Gen. Taylor is established in the
white house ; his cabinet is formed ; the called sen
ate stands adiourned ; the secretaries are overlook
ing their departments; and the machinery of gov
ernment is in heaithtui operation.
All Dromises well Gen. Taylor is, in two esson
tial particulars, just what his friends "went bail" that
he would prove himself an honest man and a whig.
These qualities, to which firmness, good sense, and
discrimination are added, are all that is necessary to
make a good President. -
Gen. Taylor, though not "ultra" in his politics, is
we are happy to see, avoiding the rock upon which
a former whig President, equally honest) firm and
patriotic, who was ripe in experience and full of
knowledge, struck on and foundered. The admin
istration of John Q. Adams, gave prosperity to the
country and happiness to the people His election
was the fruit of a fierce conflict with, and a hard
won victory over, a powerful party. But Mr. Ad
ams knew nothing of this. He set himself down to
his high duties, in the discharge of which all his
faculties were absorbed. The politieal friends by
whose efforts and sacrifices he had been elected,
were forgotten. And at the end of his first term,
though not a President without a party for those
who loved their country above party continued
faithful but with a party contending against fear
ful odds. He had left his opponents in possession
of the arms and amunition of political warfare. He
was opposed and assailed most actively by men hold
ing office under him. The patronage and power of
the administration was turned against its chief.
The country lost the blessings of good government,
because Mr. Adams acted, practically, tipon the
principle that a President cauld be re-elected with
out a party. Albany Jour.
'
Difficulty Coming.
Sometime in January last, the Governor of Vir
ginia made a requisition upon the Governor of Ohio
for the person of Joseph Venable, "a negro slave,
the DioDertv of Samuel S. Brown." The requisi
tion was refused in a way to gall the feelings of
Governor Floyd, of Virginia, very much, but being
a patient man, and desirous of avoiding an undig-
nitied quarrel with such a niue cnu oi a oiate as
Ohio is. when compared, in age and President-giv
ing, to Virginia, he abated his consequence so far
as to make a second requisition ior tne man
slave." which fared no better than the first one.
There are no armies in Virginia, though there is a
special guard for the Governor;' nor is there power
to raise one, and it is well there is not; for had it
been otherwise, we doubt not the doughty Lrovern
or, thus contemptuously treated, would have vin
dicated the chivaly and hot blood of Virginia, by
on instant. anH sweenmjr invasion. 1 here was no
heln for it but to turn to the legislature, and in
most dolorous document he directs the attention to
the mortifying insult which has been put upon
proud old Virginia, and suggests the direct conse
nuenc as being inevitable, unless " their wisdom
will devise some means of preventing similar oc-
currances in future. JNorth American.
3r3T A lie mav stagger through a brief exist-
hlacko-uard edges his way, by dint of
bullyinn-, through a crowd ; but the truth, however
absent for a time, will triumph.
Use no evasions when called upon to do a good
action, nor excuse when you are reproached for do
ing a bad one.
State Debt.
" One of the features of the reform announced by
CoL Medary in his prospectus for a periodical to
be entitled ; The New Constitution,' is "No b
crease of the State debt, except by a vote of the
people themselves." Accordingly the battle of
the Windmills has again begun to be re-enacted in
the columns of the Statesman in this wise:
A great point of differance between tbetwtn
political parties, and which was among the early
subjects of differance in the days of Alexander
Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson, was on the creation of
national debts; the Federal parly holding that
JSaiional debt was a National blessing, while the
Democracy held it to be a National curse. Fed-.---eralism,
it is true, is not now as open-mouthed.in fa-,
vorof a great debt as formerly, but if their actum
are to be taken as an index to their present opin
ions, they still hold to the doctrine of the early.
founder of their principles. '. When the Constitu
lion of Ohio was formed, no safeguards were inter- ')
posed to prevent the legislature from contracting a
heavy aeot, ior then the States had not ran wna
on that nor had they contracted liabilities to force .,
many of them, for a time, to partial repudiation,
by a failure to pay interest on their indebtedness."
Had CoL Medary been content with the simple -
announcement of his principles, as declared in the '
prospectus, who should have voted bim very right .
and consequently very Whiggish. But in his zeal 1
to make np a popular Democratic eode, and toK"
mase party capital out oi tne uonsuiuuoo move- ,;.
ment, he inserts among others, the above quoted
paragraph in the editorial columns of the States
man. ," - ,
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Wo have taken the "liberty to italicise some .
points in this paragraph -in the sentiments of all
which we need not say that we fully concur. The '
Statesman is bent on proving to its readers, what r
most men of common information knew before,
namely, that it's party .is the legitimate child and
heir of Hamiltonian Federalism. . " By their fruits"
shall ye know them. - - '.
In yiew of the distinction drawn at the begin
ning ot the paragraph, we would illustrate tne
Federalism of the Statesman and its coadjutor by a "...
brief catechism " f ".-- . v - .
Who created the bulk of Ohio's debt?
Who have squandered her millions for party pur-: -poses.
" : :-' . .. ",
Who, having accumulated -an immense debt, .
continued to increase it by borrowing money to
pay the interest? - .-. '
Who turned their backs iipon John Brough, and 4
rusticated him their best man because he dared
tell unpleasant truths. , - J
Who, fearing to meet the people with the truth," ;
proposed Repudiation 1 '
When the Whigs endeavored to put an end to .
this accumulation of debt, by taxing an Immense
capital which had previously escaped ; who strain- -ed
every nerve to defeat them and their whole- .
some measures, to keep in progress the ruinous -system
by which the leaders were growing rich, at
the expense of the farmers of Ohio ? . . . - V t
The Locofoco Pahtt of Ohio! ! - . ; : ; . -
Who, in the Statesman, defended the State
Debt, Repudiation, Party Spoils, in all these move
ments? ,:. .:
Who in the crisis, cf the battle between the j
Democrats and Demagogues (we call things by
their right names) brought to bear a terrible en-
gine upon the former, yclept " The Tax Killer,"
illustrated with hideous wood cuts and eloquent' '
with job type ? - . .y
Samuel Medary. " -: ; - '
There is no fear of controversy as to the correct
ness of these answers, and we leave the people to '
decide, by the Statesman's own exhibit, upon which
side of the line it and it's ceadjutors belong. Are
they Hamiltonian Feberalists or Jeffersonian Dem
ocrats. - . Springfield Republic
An Agitated Virginian. :, 7-'
A native Southron has found in the Tribune the
letter of " A Yankee in Fairfax," (by a printing-
offiice mistake dated " Halifax,") which he intro-"
duces to the astounded readers of the Richmond :
Enquirer as follows: . .'' . ' ; ' .
" People of Halifax! ! I am no alarmist If I-
know myself, I cannot entertain a wish to produce
unnecessary fear, solicitude or sensation npon any
matter.; But "the wolf" actually does appear,
surely it is high'time then to raise the cry "wolf!
wolf!" "The Abolitionist" is among us; yes, the
Abolitionists, who is less excusable than the wolf,
because be is without the pretext of -hunger . ?
worse, because he has been endowed with a rea- ,
son that would guide his honesty, if a relic of that
virtue was to be found in him at alL . A few days
since chance threw in my way a number of the
New York Semi-Weekly Tribune, dated Saturday. ".
March 17, 1849 a paper known to Be an Aboli
tion issue of an ultra spirit, one of whose editors ia -Hon.
Horace Greelt, the noted arch-enemy of -everything
Southern. To my utter astonishment
and deepmortification I found in the columns of
that number of the paper referred to the following
letter. ' ' ' ' V '
Here follows the Yankee's letter, thereupon a
column of comments like these : - - f
People of Halifax! Slave-owners of Haifax
and aH! do you, can you realize the fact that the
author of the above letter is. m your miast mat
he is living, moving, acting and settled among -.
you? If there is any trutlf in such a man a
supposition we fear almost' utisapposaMr then it
is all so-r-for he avows that he is one who has
emigrated from the northern portion of the Union,
and taken abode in this section of Virginia. I an-.
nounce to all of our people, vv hig and Democrat,
without distinction of party, that this enemy is in
our midst, and if we may judge from -his letter,
one continuous, unblushing falsehood as it is, then
we would do well to hunt him out and nx our -eyes
upon him. He cannot be too good to tamper .
with our negroes, and disseminate dangerous no
tions among them insidiously and clandestinely,
&C&C. . . .. ... ..
A Native Southron " calls loudly ior tne name ,
of "A .Yankee in Fairfax," which we shair be in .
no hurry to give. Suffice it that we know , him
very well, that he is an independent and capable
farmer, cultivating ana enncning nis own ianu vy
the help of free labor only, and looking with inter- -est
on the farms all around him which slave cult- ;
ure is steadily exhausting and impoverishing. .He ,
is no Jacobin, and purposes no resistance to slavery
(except to its extension) until the proper time
When that time shall come, he will be found one
of a great many Virginians, not confined to Fair
fax, who will stand forth for free labor and free soil
in their own States. N. Y. Tribune.
DisTiNGUisHEDARRivALS.--TwelveMexican gen
tlemen with their families, are in our city, stopping
at the Broadway Hotel R. A IngersoU, formerly
minister to Russia is stopping at the same house.
On Saturday the wife and, family of Gen. Worth,
arrived, on their way to join him at his post in
Texas. Cincinnati Gazette.
JST" I'm going the rounds,'
to the cask.
1 as the cooper said
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