he position of those with whom Iusually
co-operate in this‘Hall, in regard to the
pending controversy. We wish it to be
distinctly understood, that we shall throw
no factions opposition in the way of the
Administration; we are disposed to co-
operate with the Executive in efforts‘ to
assert our rights, and to resist the policy
of Great Britain, promptly and eflecuvcly.
so far as it is aggressive. We are dispos-
gd go do entire justice to the President
and Cabinet, and- appreciate hi hly the
zeal and ability displayed by alate, and
the present, Secretary of State, in the cor
respondence laid before Congress. But, if
the Administration shall wantonly or un-
necessarily involve us ina war with Great
Britain, we believe -the American people
will hold them to high responsibilities.--
However imprudent the Executive may be,
we intendjto rally in support of the coun-
try-—and, whether in public or private life.
will do all in our power to repel aggres-
sion, and vindicate the honor of our flag.
But we intend to hold the Administration
to the performance of three rigid condi-
tions—first, that they prosecute the war
with vigor; secondly, with ability ; and
thirdly, with success; we shall allow them
no margin-—will not abate one hair-—-and
if they fail, we shall endeavor to place the
Government in the hands of better and
more competent men, who will concen-
trate upon the contest all the energies of
the American people, and conquer for the
Republic, at an early day, a glorious peace.
But, sir,I desire to approach a little
nearer to the great question before us. In
the first place, in connexion with the
ground taken by the Administration, I shall
recur to the late correspondence between
the two Governments, upon some of the
features of which it is important to fix the
attention of the country. It is now said,
that we not only have the best title to the
- whole of Oregon, but that it is" expedient
to push our claim to that extremity. But
this is a new view of the subject, to which
our Government has arrived since the 4th
of March, l8lo'——wliether in the light of
the celebrated Baltimore resolution, de-
claring “onr title to the whole of the ter-
ritory of Oregon to be clear and unques-
tionable,” I leave others to judge. But it
will be observed, that the negotiations have
ever been conducted between the two
Governments on the basis of compromise,
neither party indicating, until recently, a
wish to exclude the other wholly from the
territory. V Such was the fact in the nego-
tiations preliminary to the convention of
the 18th of October, ‘I818. The same
basis was acted on in the correspondence
intermediate and preliminary to the con-
vention of the 6th of August, 1827. The
negotiations were resumed and prosecuted
under the auspices of Mr. Calhoun upon
that idea. This distinctly appears from
the ptotocnl of the 23d of August, 1844-,
signed by Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Pakenham,
in which they recognised the authority of
each “to treat of the respective claims of
the two Governments to the Oregon ter-
ritory, with a view to establish a perma-
nent boundary between the two countries
westward of the Rocky Mountains, to the
Pacific Ocean,” the plenipotentiaries in-
terchanging assurances of a desire on both
sides “to approach the question with an
earnest desire, and in the spirit of compro-
mise, to effect an adjustment consistent
with the honor and just interests of either
party.” Thus the parties substantially
admitted that each had a better claim to
some part of the territory, and that there
should be an equitable division between
them. We had three times previously, in
attempting to adjust the controversy, that
is to say, in 1818, 1824, and 1825, offered
to Great Britain to divide the territory by
the parallel of 49°, and in 1818 and 189.6,
we offered, in addition, the navigation of
the Columbia river south of that parallel.
In July, 1824-, Great Britain offered to
the United States, to divide the territory
by extending the parallel of 49° to the
northeasternmost branch of the Columbia
river, and from thence down the middle
of that river to the Pacific Ocean. In ad-
dition to that, in Dec. 1826, she offered us
a detached territory of nbar one hundred
miles square, situated on the Straits of
Fuca, in which is a valuable harbor, called
Port Discovery. Under these circumstan-
cos the negotiation was opened by .Mr.
Calhoun and Mr. Pakenham, on the 23d of
August, 1844-, which, so far as the rmer
gentleman is concerned, terminated with
his retirement from the State Department
on the organization of the present admin-
istration in March last. VVhiIe the subject
was in the hands of Mr. C. the British
plenipogentiary made two propositions for
an’ adjustment of the dispute :
1. l'he British minister on the 26th of
August, 18I4«, reproposed the basis of
1826; that is say, the line of 49° and the
Coluinbia river, with the same detached
territory ; and, in addition, ofl'ered to make
free to_,the United States any port or ports
which the American Government might
desire, either on the main land or on Van-
couver’s Island, south of latitude 49‘’.—--
This seems to have been promptly reject-
ed by our Government.
2. On the 15th of January last. the
British Government offered to the United
States to refer the diflerences between
them to arbitration, suggesting that under
the circumstances, no more fair or honor-
ble mode of Settling the question could be
adopted.
This proposition Mr. C. waived, but did
not positively decline, expressing the hope
that the controversy might be settled by
the negotiations then pending between
the two countries. -
During the administration of the State
Department by Mr. C., no direct proposi-
tion was made on our part for an adjust-
ment of the question; but Mr. C., it is
;beli_e_vcd,_in the discussion, satisfactorily
‘ =prbved*- that‘ we were entitled to all that
-~§part_of' the territory which is drained by
the -waters ofthe Columbia river, and thus
indicated an opinion that the country
should be divided by the parallel of 4-9.
_Un'der these circumstances, the negoti-
ation fell into the hands of Mr. Buchanan,
who, onthe 12th of.-lttly lnst,.ad.drcssc~‘d to
- -v--r’
offered'a'divi'sion'on' the parallel of 49°,
withdraiving the navigation of the Colum-
bia river, comprised in our last offer, to
wit, that of 1826. -
This was promptly rejected by the
British minister, he using the tart expres-
sion that he “trusts the American pleni-
potentiary will be prepared to offer some
further proposal for the settlement. of the
Oregon question,more consistent with fair-
ness and equity, and with the reasonable
expectations of the British Government.”
Mr. Buchanan then withdraws the pro-
position of the 49th parallel, (an act that
would seem superfluous, as the British‘
minister had already rejected it,) totally‘
repudiates the basis of compromise, and’
goes peremptorily for the whole territory
of Oregon."‘
In this state of things, the subject is.
submitted for the consideration of Con-
gress, and these three features which mark 4
the case which I think should attract the‘
attention of the American people.
~ 1. ‘While Great Britain. in the late ne-
gotiation, has made a more favorable offer
to us than she ever did before, we have
made to her one less favorable than we did
before. She has added to her offer of the
1st of December, 1825, free ports either
on Vancouver's Island or the mainland
below the parallel of 49°; while we have
withdrawn the navigation of the Columbia
river. It is this circumstance which at-
tracted the aitention of the honorable
member from New York, (Mr. King,) early
in the session, who, in remarking on this
subject, said he believed that the Admin-
istration knew that this offer would be reject-
ed when lltey male 2'! ,- and afterwards, ex-
plaining, he added, all he meant was, that
any man of common sense must have known
that the Britislz Government irould reject’ it.
The first category made the Administra-
tion knaves, the second fools; but I shall
not be so indecorous as to call them either
the one or the other. But why did the
gentleman say, that any man of common
sense tnust have anticipated a rejection’!
It was simp'y because, while Great Britain
was advancing towards us, we were re-
treating from her——the title being precisely
the same now that it was in 189.6. It is
difiicult to see why the Administration, if
disposed to withdraw the navigation of the
Columbia, did not offer an equivalent to
the British Government. How can the
world think that we are seeking a solution
of this question in the spirit of peace, if
we persist in such conduct'l -
° It is an extraordinary fact, that the
not
offer made by Mr. Buchanan (in his letter
of the 151th of July last) was neither sub-
mitted to the British Government as an
ultimatum, nor was it returned as such;
or, in other words, Mr. B. did not give the
British plenipotentiary to understand that
the 49th parallel was the only proposition
he could or would make, or the only terms
on which we could adjust the controversy.
On the contrary, the British minister was
distinctly told, that “the President had
determined to pursue the negotiation to
its conclusion upon the prin_,ciple—o.f coin-
promise in which it c_omirienced.” No
doubt Mr. Pakenham supposed the propo-
sition of Mr. B. was a mere bid; and as it
was a retreating bid. he unfortunately re-
jected it. At this the President and Sec-
retary seem to have taken fire. They in-
stantly determined to break up the nego-
tiation. They snatched back the offer
they had made, and then pushed the
American claim up to 54° 40’. If the
Administration were resolved not to con-
cede to Great Britain any more favorable
terms than the parallel of 49°, why did
they not say so explicitly’! VVhy did
they not return that parallel as an ultima-
tum'l If this had been done, Mr. Paten-
ham would have been obliged to send the
proposition to his Government, and possi-
bly the controversy might have been ere
this adjusted.
3. But there is another circumstance,
equally remarkable, to which I wish to
direct the particular attention of the com-
mittee, which consists in the fact that the
argument, best adapted to convince the
British minister of the justice‘ of our pro-
position, was withheld till after he had re-
jected it. The President says, that he
caused the offer to compromise on the
49°, which had been rejected, to be subse-
quently withdrawn, and, “our title to the
whole Oregon territory to be asserted and
maiiitaiiied by irrefragible facts and argu-
ments." \Vliy were n-ot these irrefragible
facts and arguments put forward in the
first instance ? Surely an argument adap-
ted to prove that our title to the whole of
Oregon is “clear and unquestionable”
would operate powerfully to convince the"
British Government that they ought to
accept of 49°. Every one who looks over
the papers cannot fail to see that our case
is presented in Mr. Buchanan's last letter.
Whatever title we have to the whole ter-
ritory is contained in statement J. B. Q,
drawn tip with vigor and distinguished
ability. The reservation of the “irrefra-
gible facts and arguments” till after the
felei‘-_fl0n of our offer, is to me incompre-
hensible. Surely it could hot have been
the purpose of the Adniiiiistration, by,
crooked and disingenuous diplomacy, to!
break Offtlie negotiation, and thus involve:
the two countries in imminent danger of‘
war. I cannot suspecj, gem_.]em,_.n, for,
wjioin personally I clierish semi'me.~.tg, of,
high‘ t't3.spe(:'t,. of so base a purpose ;' and
yet is is difficult to see how they couldl
have adopted a course better adapted to;
I
’-‘Immediately after my remarks were model
in committee, the President communicated a
recent correspondence between the two Govern-
ments. from which it appears that Great Britain
has offered again to submit the matter in dispute
either to it neiitral power, or to competent
citizens of such power, or to a coininission of
eminent citizens of the two count.ri'es, and that
our G'c.~vcrnmcnt_; have rejected arbitrament in
any_ and every form. If our title to the whole
of Oregon is so very clear, it is strange that the
qttcstioti cannot be safely confided to such it man
as Chief Justice Tnney and some judicial func-
tionziry of Great: Britznn? Is there not some
danger, _under such circumstances, that the
world will think that we are not very honest or
sii.'.c-cro in our preten:-:i'ons-
And this would seem tome the proper
place to inquire into the cause ofall these
difficulties. How comes it about that our
relations with Great Britain were, imme-
diately after the accession of the present
administration to office and power, in-
volved in so much embarrassment! Why
has there gone forth, througout the coun-
try, so much agitation and alarm; and
why have our public councils and the
whole American people, been so entirely
engrossed, for many weeks, in anticipa-
ting all the revolting scenes of a direful
war? The germ of all the evils, ‘present
and anticipated, date from the 30th day of
May, A. D. 184-3, and had its origin in a po-
litical assemblage which was then in ses-
sion in the city of Baltimore, and engaged
in nominating, for one of the great
arties of the Union, a candidate for the
residency. This assemblage usurped
jurisdiction over the question of Oregon
-—they entered upon a new experiment in
diplomacy, and undertook to ma e polit-
ical capital out ofa question which had
been pending over a quarter of a century,
which had occupied the attention of sev-
eral administrations, and engrossed a large
share of the best talents in the country.
This presumptuous body, after [passing
through scenes of turbulence and violence,
such as was never before witnessed in the
country, plunged headlong into the midst
ofthis dispute, and undertook, by an in-
flamatory appeal, to establish a title in our
people to the whole of Oregon. What a
humiliating spectacle! \Ve have long seen
the malignancy of party pervading all
branches of our domestic relations, de-
baucliing public and private morals, and
overthrowing nearly all the great interests
of the country. At least this fell spirit
has invaded the sanctuary of our foreign
relations, and upon its footsteps will come,
ere long, should any miracle ‘enable us to
escape now, ruthless war, with our coast
ravaged, our commerce swept, our cities
burnt, myriads oftreasure squandered,and
oceans of blood poured forth. Such are
the legitimate fruits of permitting political
animosity lo dabble in foreign affairs. in
the meantime the Baltimore resolution has
fulfilled its mission, and James K. Polk,
in accordance with the forms of the Con-
stitution, is declared duly elected Pres-
ident of‘the United States. He leaves his
abode in the State of Tennessee, where he
has been in retirement. for several years,
to take his place at the head of Govern-
ment. We soon find him on the eastern
front of our capital, to assume fearful re
sponsibitities. He was about to oocupya
station which had been filled by in Wash-
ington. One would suppose he would feel
above responding to a caucus. If he had
no respect for his immediate predecessor,
he must at least be disposed to treat the
distinguished statesman who had just re-
tired from the Department of State, with
ordinary decency-—-he must have some
regard for the cause of peace, identified as
it is with the best interests of the country ;
but not so; political capital was to be made
and therefore he throws a fire brand by
re echoing the Baltimore sentiment, “that
our title to the whole of Oregon is clear
and unquestionable;” and then to make
the embroilment more certain, he added a
menance to Great Britain, that it would be
his duty to maintain, by all constz'tut2'onal
means, the right of the United States to
the. territory in dispute. This was under-
stood on thesother side of the Atlantic to
be a menace; it was palpably so. It will
be observed that at the time Mr. P. made
this summary disposition of the Oregon
question, he had not been duly constituted
President of the United StateI—|ie had
not taken the oath of oflice. However
well informed the President may have been
at that time about Oregon generally, it is
certain that he was not familiar with the
iiegociations on the subject; and, at any
rate, he could not have understood the ex-
istiug state of such negociations. In his
message he uses language which sufficient-
ly indicates that such was the fact. In
that document he says in effect, “my at-
tention was clearly directed to the sub-
ject;” and then after giving the details,
he adds, “when I came into office, I found
this to be the state of the negociation.”——
He finally informs Congress that he" had
offered to dividethe territory on the par-
allell of 49 degrees, “in deference to what
had been done by his predecessors.”-—
VVhy did he not feel that deference at the
time he delivered his inaugural addessl
Will it be said he did not then know what
they had done'l If so, how came he to
commit himself so rashly on a subject of
so much dclicacyl Why act in the dark I
Why not wait till he was surrounded by
his Cabinet, and had time tolook at the
subject in all its bearings’! '
Butthc words “clear and unquestiona-
ble” had gone out from Baltimore, and he
must respond to them; he must assume a
gallant hearing before the American peo-
ple, and therefore the pregnant allusion to
“all the constitutional means” with which
he was to be invested, to be used in as-
serting our right to the whole of Oregon.
This, notwitlistandiing my respect for the
President, I deem the height of. impru-
deuce; it was pre eminently adapted to
embroil us with Great Britain, and is be-
lieved to be the principal source of exis
ting difficulties. The President soon
found that treating with a great power
lilie‘ that of Great Britain was an affair
quite iinli_ e responding to the sentiments
of a party cauctis,or maltiug appeals with
a view to popular im‘pression. He found
it would not quite do to come up to the
scratch of 54-” 40. He began to feel allot
once aprofnmzrl deference’ for his prede-
cessors,and incontinently offered to surren-
der to the British Government nearly one
half of the territory. If we really own
the Whole territory, how came the Pres-
idvnt to offer to give away one half of it 'I'
How could mere “‘deferenc'e for’predeces-
sors ’ impose an obligation to marge such
a sac1'ificc'l Or was it liis.obj'ect to curry
favor with the British aristocracy’! No
doubt they would be hugely _deI'i’gl'ited with
a (i'(:‘ll10cl't't-llCPl'CSl(It.'l'il’., iv‘; o ghmild m,-,1“;
pecially when our title, is “clear and un-.
questionable.” But having offered this
magnificent boon, how game he to with-
draw it'l \Vliy was his generosity so"
evanescent’! If the interests of the Amer-l
ican people required the offer of the 4-9?,
no possible reason can be assigned -for;
withdrawing it. Those interests are the
same now as then—-the hazards of war,a
and the importance of maintaining amica-
ble relations with Great Britain, are the.
same now as then. Vllliy has the conduct
of the Administration been so unstable,
wavering, and inconstaritl It is, laffirm,
owing to the fact that they have till the
while been under the dominion ofdifferent
and wholly repugnant influences—-the one
a desire to maintain amicable relation with
Great Britain; and the other, a desire to
maintain the same relations with their own
party.
There has been a constant struggle be-
tween these antagouistical principles ever
since they came into power. When, the
former has the ascendancy, the negocia-
tion is carried forward on the only ground
which can bring the dispute to a peaceful
issue, to wit, a compromise; when the
last, that basis is totally abandoned, and
the Administration go for “the whole of
Oregon or none.”_ In short, we are trying
an entire new experiment in diplomacy.
The Administration, in their motives of
action, have been mixing up “foreign af-
fairs” with “domestic affairs.” We are
trying to see how diplomacy and jzarty pol-
itics will jump together. In the case of
such an iriibecile power as Mexico it may
do, but when you are dealing with such
a character as John Bull, it is quite anoth-
er affair. I shall watch the progress and
results of this novelty with deep interest.
Remainder next week.
CONGRESSIONAL.
l\IoNo.-tr, March ~.
The only matter of interest that took
place in the SENATE, was a resolution sub-
mitted by Mr. Dayton, calling on the Pres-
ident to inform the Senate whether the
state of affairs between the United States
and foreign powers require, in his opinion,
an increase of our army and navy--which
lies over till to-morrow.
The Oregon Resolutions were then
taken up.
Mr. Breese commenced a speech in fa-
vor of claitriing all Oregon up to 54° 4-0’.
The House was eiigagcd with the New
Jersey contested Election case, and
speeches were made by Mr. Harper of O.
in favor of the sitting member, and by Mr.
Hamlin, in favor of the contestant.
TUESDAY, March 3.
The SENATE to-day was occupied again
with the Oregon Question ; Mr. Dayton of
N. J., tnade .1 very able speech on the sub-
ject. He thought the best way to have
gained the Oregon Territory, nould have
becn to let the laws of population alone.
without giving any notice; but since the
subject had taken the aspect which it now
wears, he was willing to vote for the
Notice.
Among the business of the morning
hour, Mr. John M. Clayton introduced a
resolution calling upon the President for
copies of any corrimuii-icatioiis that may
have taken place between this and the
British Governments since those already
published--provided their communication
be not inconsistent with public safety.
Mr. Haywood, of N. C., has the floor
for to-morrow-
In the House the Contested Election
case of N. Jersey, between Messrs. Rank
and Tarlee, then come up in order.
Speeches were made by Messrs. Chip-
man, of Michigan, Jenkins and Culver, of
N. J., Toombs of Ga., and Sclienck, of O.
\Vi-znivrzsnar, March 4.
After some unimportant business the
SENATE proceeded to the special’ order of
the day, and the Oregon debate was re-
sumed.
Mr. Haywood, who was entitled the
floor, commenced his speech with an elu-
borate defence of the President’s course
in relation to the Oregon negotiation, in
the course of which he denounced in no
measured terms the littleness which had
been displayed by some of his own party
in assailing, in the manner they had done,
the Ashburton Treaty. -
Mr.-H. then presented a brief view of
the state of the Oregon question; and
contended that the President now stood
where he stood in August last-—viz: upon
the line of 49 deg.—and that no where in
his message could it be shown that he
stood upon 54 deg. 40 m. Although he
believed our title to be clear, he had offer-
ed to compromise on 49 deg., and although
he had withdrawn the offer, be still held
the door open for Great Britain to enter
upon that line.
Mr‘. H. was in favor of the notice, as a
great moral weaperi to place in the hands
of the Executive. He thought the ques-
tion must be settled within the year, or it
could not be settled at all peaceably--and
said lie would stand by the President upon
the line of 49 deg.; and below that line
.substa.ntially, he would not talk about
inches.
Mr. Haywood had some slight alterca-
tion with Mr. Allen, while commenting on
the remark of the Senator from Ohio, that
“England dare not go to war with the
United States,” and before he closed his
speech a motion was carried to adjourn.
Housr-:.-—Th_e New Jersey election case,
with the expulsion of the letter writer of
the Tribune, occupied the day. After‘
much maneuvering and debate,and several
votes had been taken, the House came to a
direct vote on the main question “that John
Rank was not elected a member of this
House"-—tlie vote was a tie 90 to 96. The
casting vote of the Spea'.er_ was given in
the negative.
A burst of applause followed this inde-
pendent, manly and conscientious act of
the Speaker. Mr. Runk was congratula-
tod upon his triumph, andvthe majority of
the dominant party seemed. mortified by
their attempt, first to disfranchise a portion
-_ ;.-2-..__-; E:-2+ '- #5 fl=__ - -i ‘:34? I -— , .
the British minister his first letter, and that end than the one in fact pursued. them a present of such vast territory, es-‘of_the citizens oflkew Jersey, and then to
drive a member from his seat.
Mr. Sawyer sent a letter to the Clerk’s
desk, taken from the New York Tribune,
giving some account of his personal habits
in the House and holding him up to rid-
icule. Mr. S. after making his complaint,
resumed his seat, when Mr. Brinkerhoff,of
Ohio, moved “the expulsion of the repor-
ters and letter-writers of the Tribune.”
The Previous question followed with a
rush. . -
Mr. Schenck said that when Mr. Heiss,
of the official organ, and one of the Prin-
ters of the House, charged an honorable
member of this House with being a coni-
mon liar, and every thing else that was
base, the House refused to act upon the
resolution of complaint and laid it upon the
table. But now the case was different.
He could not defend what the Reporter of
the Tribune had said but .lie was the
friend of consistent and fair action.
The House paid no heed to this, and a
Resolution was adopted expelling the Re-
porters and letter writers of the Tribune.
Tiiunsmn’, March 5.
The SENATE to day was occupied by an
interesting discussion on Oregon. Mr.
Haywood of North Carolina, finished his
long and interesting speech on the sub-
'ect. He was in favor of compromise,and
in favor of the 49th paralfel of North lat-
itude. “Then he had concluded, ' _
Mr. Calhoun explained some reference
made to one of his despatches in the Oregon
Correspondence.
Mr. Hannegan oflnd. characterized the
speech of Mr. Haywood as the most ex-
traordinary speech he had ever listened
to. He asked, “has the gentleman the
authority of the President for saying what
be does 1"
Mr. Haywood said that he had spoken
fully on that point and his speech would
be printed.
Mr. Allen demanded to know whether
the Senator frotn North Carolina meant to
be understood as speaking by the author-
ity of the President. If so he would de-
ny, &c.
Mr. Haywood said he was a private
Senator and he recognized the right of no
man to cross question him. Being called
to order by Mr. Westcott, Mr. Haywood
said that the Senator from Florida need
not be afraid. He was perfectly cool.
He‘ would do most any thing, but would
not answer any demands.
Then, said Mr. Allen, ive will , construe
the gentleman’s speech as we choose, if
he does not answer.
Mr. Haywood replied that he had shown
M r. Allen to be a poor constructionist.-—
The gentlemen said they would take this
speech. He was glad it did take.
Mr. Allen said, it takes with the British.
Mr. Mangum called to order.
About this time Mr. Pakenliam came in-
to the Senate Chamber.
Mr. Hannegan of Ind. then rose and
madea very excited speech. He was in
favor of 54° 4-0. The President stands
committed to 234-" -10 as clear as the doc-
trines of the Holy Book. If Mr. Polk de-
serted the Baltimore Standard and the ex-
pressed opinious of his Cincinnatii li tier.
he would hold him responsible. He de-
nied for the President that he approved of
GAZETTE.
Vvcdncsday, March 11, I846.
Whig Ticket for State ofllccrs.
For Goveruor—CIark Bissell, Norwalk. 1
LL Gov.-—CIiui*les J. M’Curdy, Lyme. -
Secretary—John B. Robertson, N. Haven.
'I‘erasurer—JostepI| B. Gilbert, Hartford.
Coniptrnller--Abijah Catlin, llarwiiiton, »
ELECTION. '
Vtfe cannot make a more urgentappoal to
our Whig friends to prepare for the struggle his I
the first 1\Ionday of April, than will be found in
the following extract from a circular put forth
by the loco foco State Central Committee. Ito
force and fitness are decidedly first rate. There
are some things about it, however, which are it
little unaccountable. These are, that a matter
of so ‘much moment, and about which the locus
are in such a sweat of anxiety, should have been__
withheld from the people from the 29th of J an-
uary, the time of its date, until this late day, and
then that it should make its first appearance in
a whig paper I Is it not passing strange ? In
solution of this difficulty we might conjecture
that the document in question was sent to some
generous hearted whig, under a misapprehen-
of his political predilections, and he‘ to confer
the greatest favor on its authors in giving it pub-
licity, handed it over to his uoighbortho Editor,"
who, under the conviction that that which in-
tcrcsted the few might also interest the ‘many,
gave it the benefit of his columns. The idea, in
both cases, it strikes us, was capital. We there-
fore adopt the language of the old song-—“shovo
on—-keep uiooving.” Let the \Vliigs road it
carefully, and act according to its suggestions.
Evoiy paragraph contains something which may
incite a wliig to duty. It shows the desperate
efforts which locofocoism is preparing to make
in the hope of regaining its nscondcncy in the
state. Shall the designs of the locofoco State
Central Committee as here disclosed, be coun-
tei-acted? Whigs of Connecticut, it is for you
to say. .
“The PRESENT appears to be a FA-
VORABLE time for us to RE-GAIN our
ASCENDANCY in THE STATE; and if
we let it pass without an effort, we ‘MAY
NO'l‘ have another opportunity, as favor-
able for a long time to come. It therefore
stands us in band, to LAY ASIDE all MI-
NOR DIFFERENCE; and mere personal
and local preferences, and to UNITE cor-
dially, in one harmonious struggle to RE-
DEEM the State from the M ISRULE of
ARROGANT and ANTI-REPUBLICAN
WHIGGERY.
In consequence of the ARBITRARY
adjournment of the Eleetur’s Meeting,
without day, many of the Democratic
towns, last year, were not represented.-
This will not be the case again; for by a
law of the last Legislature, where there is
no choice on the first day, the meeting
stands adjounrned until the Monday fol-
lowing. when the person or persons having
the higliest number of votes “ill be elect-
-.-d. Le.’ this be b..-me in min. '. I et no
pains be spared to give ti (3 ll GHEST
VOTE ON 'I HE FER-S'I DAY, and you-
will almost ct-i-tninl_v be an ct-(~s.~vful on the
the doctrines of the gentleman's speecli;
lftlie President did approve of them he
was an infamous man, and his fate would
be inevitable disgrace.
While the eye would linger on the page
of history he would be held as a traitor.
His damnation would be so deep that the
hand of Resurrection would never teach
him. There would be no mercy for him
from God and he dare not ask foigiveness
from man. _
He talked about men strutting in the
importance of ii moment, which brought a
call from Mr. Mangum for order.
Mr. Hannegan replied soinewliat tartly
and talked about back stair importance.
He was in favor of Free Trade but he
would never barter away his country for
Free Trade.- It would be moral treason
in a Western man. Though brought up
in the woods the Western men knew bet-
ter than to believe that the countries on
the Mediterranean could not flood the
British Market with wheat before the
Western wheat could reach them.
In conclusion he said, if Mr. Polk has
given an excuse to the Senator to use the
language to which we had listened, he
had spoken with the tongue of treason, and
with the deceit of the serpent.
The Senate, on motion of Mr. Evens,
of Maine, adjourned till Monday.
HoUst~:.—A long time was spent this
morning in an attempt to reconsider the
vote of yesterday on the contested case of
New Jersey. After a call of the House,
&c., it was finally abandoned.
Reports were then called from various
Committees. After which, the House went
into Committee of the Whole on the Har-
bor Bill.
Mr. Hudson of Mass. finished his speech
on the Tariff aspect of the bill.
He was followed by Mr. Pettit, of Ind.
After which the Committee rose, and the
House adjourned.
FRIDAY, March 6.
The House passed a resolution this
morning to pay Mr. Farlee, up to the 4th
of March for contesting the election of
Mr. Rank of New Jersey. This is giving
him as much as the whole pay of it short
session amounts to. The House refused,
in a similar case, to vote any pay to Mr.
Bolts, of Va., for contesting his seat in
the last Congress. It makes all the differ-
ence in the world whether a man is a
Loco-Foco or not. , ' .
The House then proceed to the consid-
eration of the Private Calender. But little
was done till about 2 o’clock, when they
adjourned over till Monday.
Should you happen to catch yourself
whistling in a printing office, and the com-
positor tells you to whistle louder-—doii’i
you do it. ,
The foreign Express was only nineteen
hours in running from Portland to Mont-,
SECOND 'l IHAL. ll “fr (fan ('.'9lr\‘ ii iii»-
{jnrity of fit l'iAi ." NLi D 'I0\‘ IS5, tmofi.
districts, and niake clmit't- of Di-rm,-crazier
rcpl"(‘seiiIntives in tow HS \\'lIlt'.ll \\ eie I‘{O'l"
represented LAST YEAR, the State is
ours! But let us not on that account, or
any other, relnx our efforts in the strong
Democratic towns; for, the greater the
victory, the greater the honor of achieving,
it. Let us also give our full vote in toxins
where we are known to be in the minori-
ty. This will aid, materially in the elec-
tion of our Senators, and in securing the
triumphant success of our State Ticket.
ishcs the right of Ce.-tvficute vat-'7:g,,except
in case, where the person. offering to vote
is an actual resident ofthe 10\\'ll,flIl.d even
then unless his name is on the Registry
list. You will therefore see the necessity
of procuring for those democrats "who have
recently taken up a residence in your town,
such evidence of their electorship, as shall
secure the registration of their names in
season to entitle them to vote-', and see
that no one is allowed to vote who is not
an actual resident at the time.__ A H
A PER CT LIST OF ALL THE LIE-
GAL V0’ ‘ RS in your town, both for and‘
against us, will be found very useful, as a
reference, to aid in facilitating the re,qi's-'
tration ofthe name of ever democrat, AND
IN PREVENTING the names of WHIGS
who are not legal voters, from being put
upon the registry list; and also in secur-
ing a general attendance of the democratic
voters at the Folls.
kindness to urge your Town Committee
to cause such a list to be taken as soon as"
practicable I
By a late amendment to the Constitu-
tion, any white male citizen, twenty-one
years of age, who has resided one year in
the State, and six months in the town
nhere he offers himself, can be admitted
an elector without any other qualification.
This will relieve us from much vexation
which we have heretofore been. obliged to
submit to. - _‘ *
I‘-3°At a meeting of the Locos of the 12th, at
the Connecticut Hotel, last week, Barlow F.
I/V/tile was nominated for Senator. Resolutions,
we understand,were submitted by a Son of Tom-
perance, and adopted, blowing the license" law
sky high. That’s right. A copy Of them 8l10}lId
be sent to the Register. and Times, as a speci-
men of what Norwalk Locofocoism dare do.—-
Those journals think it most prudent to stab the
law in the dark. A bold highwayinan is ‘cottr-_
paratively an honorable follow, to your stealthy;
sneaking, midnight assassin.
THE FAnMErt’s LII_3rt_.utv for March contains
a continuation of 'I‘haer’s Principles of Agricul-_
ture, a work of uncommon merit. A treatise‘:
on Milch Cows, also forms a prominent‘ sub-
ject of discussion, and should be read-by every,
real, a distance of 254- miles. -
Diary Man. Other, and, various subjectshialte
up the number. .
The law of the last Legislature also abol- ,
Will you have the_.. «
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