had to the cmmtry. westward to the Alle-
ghany Mountai‘ns;_*as against France—with
this"difference, that Spain had nothing to
oppose to the clz_1im of France at the time,
1
effect invest the President with the power
to bring the question in dispute, at any
moment he pleases after the treaty is an-
nulled, to the arbitrament of the sword.—-
but the right of'.discovery, and even thatll will not consent to part with the war
Englandgias sin:c‘e denied; while France
had oppwsed to the -right of England,.in
her case‘:“iE=.=.t-ha»t,oli discovery, exploration,
and settlemefiff. It is therefore, not at all
surprising that I{‘rainc'e should claim the
country west of the Rocky Mountains,
(as may be inferred from her maps,) on
thesame principle that. Great Britian had
claimed and dispossessed her of the re-
ions west of the Allegliz_rn*y; or that the
Ilnited States, as soon as flhey had acquir-
el the rights of France, should assert the
same claim, and take‘ measures- immediate-
after to‘ explore it, with a view to-
occupation and “settlement.”
. In this form Mr. Calhoun has, with suf-
ficient distinctness, expressed the opinion
that the cla-im‘b-y continuity is superior to
a‘ claim by mere discovery, especially
when the latter is not consummated in the
proper manner, and within a reasonable
time. I therefore arrive at the conclusion,
that upon this ground we can properly
claim all that part of the territory which
is situated south ofthe 4-9th deg. ; but the
same principle will give the British Gov-
ernment all north of the same parallel.-—
Indeed, the claims of both Governments-
that of the American Government to the
valley of the Columbia, by discovery, ex-
ploration, and settlement, and that of the
British Government, to the valley of Fra-
zer’s river by the same ingredients of title
—are greatly strengthened by this doc-
trine of continuity. I cannot discover any
plausible excuse for the extravagance of
this administration in pusli‘lng o'ur claim
up to 54- deg. 40 minutes. This they have
done in face of four distinct offers by
our Governmentto divide the territory by
the parallel of the 49th degree, conceding,
in two instances, priviliges important to
Great Britain in addition. How can we
under such circumstances, claim the whole
territory? Is it wise, is it just’! Does
power, if giving the notice is an exercise
of that power, as many insist, in the form
of a notice to quit to be served on Great
Britain. This power is a trust, involving
every thing dear and sacred to men, which
the Constitution has wisely put into the
hands of Congress, and which should be
guarded with ceaseless vigilance.
But suppose we look out of the record;
how does the matter then stand’! Can
any honorable member tell us what is the
real «policy of this Administration’! Is it
their purpose irrevocably to stand on the
parallel of54«° 4-0. I must confess, that
their conduct has been so inconsistent, I
find it impossible to form any satisfactory
opinion on the subject. Without dwelling
on the inconsistency of claiming at one
moment the whole territory, and at the
next offering to surrender one half of it to
Great Britain, what are we to think of the
fact of their recommending no measure to
strenglithen either the defences or the
finances of the country? The appropri-
ations suggested by the department are
all peace appropriations. Our army is a
skeleton—our fortifications are unarmed
and unmanne_d—and our navy (in corn-
parison with that of Great Britain) is in-
significant. Iknow it is said that a re-
public can never prepare for war till after
it breaks out. If by this it he meant that
we cannot in peace be prepared for an ag-
gressive war, I admit it; but ive can, and
should, in critical circumstances, prepare
in advance for a defensive war. lfI knew
that this Administration are resolved to
exclude Great Britain wholly from Oregon,
I would if I could, instantly put every
thing on the war estnblishirierit. The whole
energies of the American people, and re-
sources of our vast country, should be
consecrated to that object. I should deem
it to be an imperative duty to augment
greatly the resources of the treasury; for
this policy conform to our great maxim
of diplomacy, not to claim, in our inter-
course with foreign powers, anything ex-
eept what is clearly right 'l I am fully
convinced that the 49th parallel is allthat
the true interests of the- American people
require. Have gentlemen forgotten that
Northern California is open to us, and that
we can and shall acquire it without coin-
mitting another on the rights of Mexico’!
Having examined the question of title,
I am now prepared to assign the reasons
why I cannot vote for the unqualified pro-
position of notice now before the commit-
tee. The President in his message, takes
distinctly the ground that there is an end
of all‘ negotiation ; and that this Govern-
menl: should henceforth claim the whole
of Oiiegon. He characterizes the demands
of Great Britain as extraordinary, and
wholly inadmissible._ Adding that he sees
in the conduct of that power “satisfactory
evidence that no compromise which-the
United States ought to accept can be ef-
fected.” He then informs us that the
proposition which he had caused to be
made on our part, and which Great Britain
had} rejected, had, by his directions been
withdrawn. And, finally, he concludes in
the usual style of bellicose documents:
“At the end of the ycar’s notice, should
Congress think it proper to make provis-
ion for giving that notice, we shall have
reached a period when the national rights
in Oregon must either be abandoned or
firmly maintained. That they cannot’ be
abandoned without a sacrifice of national
honor‘ and interest is too clear to admit of
doubt."
So it is, in effect, proposed that we
should direct the notice to be given, to
enable the President to grasp the whole of
regon—-or, in other words,that we should
co operate with the Executive in involving
this R‘epu=blic', at the endof twelve months,
if no sooner, in a- desolating war with
Great Britain.
Mr. Chairman, I cannot so co operate.
I can have no agency in producing a col-
lision between the two powers in the ex-
isting posture. of the subject. If the Ad-
ministration wguld say to us, that we de-
sire to resume the negotiation on the basis
of compromise, and to pursue it in the
spirit of peace,I would vote the notice.
Bu.t on the record the President, in sub-
stance, stands committed to a war with
Great Britain. I purposely refer to the
record, asl shall directly insist that the
conduct of the Executive has been so ex-
traord-inai'y and so equivocal, that no one
can tell precisely what his policy is, or
will be. But I choose to talcehim, for the
present, as he presents himself to the
country and the world in his message—
The ideas there grouped are: ‘‘no corn-
promise which the United States ought to
accept can be effccted—I have withdrawn
the proposition whicbl made in deference
to my predecessors--l now go for the
whole territory, it is ours by clear and un-
q-iestionable right,which cannot be surren-
dered without di.sho.nor.” The President
desires us to invest him with the power of
notice, to the end that he may, at the ex-
piration of twelve months, take possession
of the whole country, or, in other words,
make war on Great Britain.
-1 am amazed to hear gentlemen aver
that even a forcible seizure of the whole
country will not involve the United States
In a war with thatpower. Iain as certain.
we shall have war, if we push our claim to
that e-xtremity, as if we were to send a-
fleet of steamers into the Thames to cap.
tore the palace of St. James, L admit
that givingthe notice is not per se a bel-
ligerent act-—it furnishes no casus belli,for
‘it is a right secured by treaty.—but I ob-
ject to voting the notice in connexion with
the declaretlpurpose of the Executive to
lay hold of the whole of Oregon. So I
insist the matter stands on the record. If
the President is right in.tbe assertion that
we in truth and in fa-ct own the whole ter-
ritory, then, the moment the-treaty .is ab-
rogated, it will become his sworn duty to
execute the laws ofthe United States over
the whole of Oregon ; and that I maintain
jg Wm’-1-—open, flagrant war. You will in
money, after all, is the sinew of war. \Ve
should place the credit of the republic on
high ground, and the Government beyond
the possibility of disgrace.
\Ve have men in abundance, brave, pat-
riotic and devoted; but we should be in a
condition to command the entire pecuni-
ary means of our own country,and, ifnced
be, of continential Europe. I should be
prepared, in such case, to come into this
Hall and here encamp till these objects are
accomplished. But this Administration,
so far from strengthening the finances, (as,
for example, by laying duties on the free
articles, such as tea and coffec,) propose
to give them a fatal blow by the over-
throw of the present tariff; and not only
that, but to rush us into a war with Great
Britain on a sub—treasury scheme! An
independent treasury! “That a glorious
engine of war! Why, your war would not
be declared three months before your Gov-
ernment would have to resolve itself into
a Bank of the United States. It would
immediately commence issuing treasury
notes. Most, if not all the State banks,
would stop specie payments, and shin-
plasters would cover the land. If we are
to have a war, I shall, myself, be in favor
of a nietalic currency, but it will consist
mainly of leadand iron; and you will
need a pretty good supply of paper, iffor
no other purpose,at any rate for wadding.
Besides, what are we to think of the im-
prudence of this Administration, of in-
volving the country in a conflict with
Great Britain, while our controversy with
Mexico is unsettled? The moment I as-
certained the position of this Oregon ques-
tion, I predicted that the difficulties with
Mexico would never be settled until we
effected an adjustment with Great Britain.
It seems to me that the policy of this
Administration is adapted to bring on us
three wars at one and the sametime. 1. A
war with G. Britain. 2 A war with Mexico.
And 3. A war with all the Indian tribes
on our western and northwestern frontier.
And if to these weadd a war on the in-
dustry of the country by a destruction of
the existing benificent tariff, a war on the
currency by the re-enactment of an op-
pressive sub-treasuiy scheme, and also a
servile war, (which some gentlemen seem
to anticipate,) we shall introduce into the
political caldron the elements of innumer-
able evils; and if it does not prove to be
a case of “toil and trouble” to the Amer-
ican people, I shall be greatly mistaken.
I am sensible that it is useles for me to
stop for a moment to calculate the cost of
such a contest. It is useless to speak of
the destruction of credit, national, state,
and private——of the interruption of our
works of internal improvement, the anni-
hilation of our commerce, the prostration
of our manufactures, (for it seems we are
to have war and free trade combined,) and
the overthrowof our agricultural interests
—ofthe multitude made poor and the few
rich——-of taxation in every foi-m—of a
crushing national debt, and of the thou-
sands, if not hundreds of thousands, who
will be sent to a premature grave, because
the answer to all this will be, in the lan-
guage of the honorable member from Mas-
sachusetts, (Mr. Adams,) “t/te war will be
a .9/‘zort and glorious war.” I believe in
the glory, but not in the item of brcziily.
In conclusion,l wish to notice for a
moment what has been said on the destiny
of thisgreat republic. The most gorgeous
pictures. have been drawn in this debate of
that destiny. It has been assumed as a
certain fact, that we are to remain a free
and united people-—that a vast population,
under the aegis of our institutions, is to
pour across this continent, and reaching
the Pacific, is to spread up and down the
coast, everywhere building up cities and
villages, and establishing the seats of com-
merce- and’ the arts, and spreading every-
where the. blessings ofrepublicanism, civ-
ilization, and christianity. But honorable
gentlemen must not forget that these glo-
rious results can be attained only on cer-
tain ‘conditions, the principle of which are
public and private virtue. If we rejoice
,in.t,he prospects before us,. let us rejoice
with fear and trembling. Let us under-,.
‘T. . i-—'_. ‘' ‘E— '‘
take at once ‘ the purification‘ of public
morals—let us crush at once the monster
party and the infamy of spoils-—let us iri-
trodiice more disinterestedness into our
public councils, spread eve_rywhere the
blessings of education and of sound chris-
tian principles, and especially let us keep
clear of that greatest of all curses to re-
publics, unnecessary war, and then the
brilliant anticipations adverted to may be
realized.
Having thus given a faithful exposition
of my views, I must commit the result to
the Executive, to‘ the judgment of Con-
gress, and to an overruling Providence; if
it shall be a pacific result, I shall rejoice
——but if. otherwise, we must stand by the
country, and every man, in his proper
place and station must do his duty.
Correspondence of the N. Y. Jour. of Com.’
\VAsIII:vo'roN, Moxiday March 9th.
It seems to be considered this morning,
that some movement was to be made in
the Senate to-day, towards final action on
the subject of the Notice. it is difficult to
conceive any adequate motive for delay-
ing the question on the various amend-
ments, so that it may be understood, what
form the notice is to take, should it be
passed at all. The business of the House
is sensibly affected by the uncertainty as
to the action of the Senate on this subject.
The House will not press any important
business during this state of things. The
Harbor bill and private bills will probably
occupy their attention during the whole
of the present week.
No indications were offered however, in
the Senate to (lay, of any design or wish
to arrest the general debate on the Oregon
question; and I learn, that a number of
Senators are yet to speak—each of whorri
will take two days, and the Senate sits
only four days in the week.
The House was engaged upon the River
and Harbor Bill.
I do not credit the story that the Presi-
dent has made another offer to Great
Britain, through Mr. McLane. Such a
procedure would be deemed superogatory,
at least—would deprive him of all the
prestige of his high assumptions--would
destroy his great influence with his own
party—would disgust the whole country,
even to nausea—would prevent the possi-
bility of an assent by the Senate to any
treaty thus initiated—and would, indeed,
render a war unavoidable.
TUESDAY, March 10.
In the SEz~'AI'i-:, Mr. Pearce presented a
Memorial from Citizens of Queen Anne’s
County, Md. on the subject of Oregon-
in favor of Peace and Honorable Coni-
promise.
Mr. Sempleintroduced a bill to make
alterations in the Consular system of the
United States. Read twice and referred.
Mr. R. Johnson then moved that the
Senate proceed to the special order of the
day. _
Mr. Evans then continued his speech.
He reviewed the course of his argument
yesterday, and then proceeded to argue
it farther. He was not opposed to the
giving of the Notice, provided he could
be told what course was to be taken by
the Administration and its friends after
that Notice is given. But while’ gentle-
men refused to say what is to follow, he
was unwilling to move farther.
Mr Evans-having concluded, Mr. Rev-
erdy Johnson rose and said he would ad-
dress the Senate on this subject to morrow.
In the meantime he moved that the Sen-
ate go into consideration of the Executive
business. This was carried.
In the House, Mr. Wentworth of lll. in-
troduced a resolution that all debate on
the Harbor and River appropriation bill
terminate on Tuesday of next week at 2
P. M.
Mr. Henly, from Committee on Patents,
introduced a resolution. that 35,000 copies
of the Report of the Commissioner of the
the Patent Office be printed. Carried.
127 to 55.
The House went into Committee of the
VI/hole on the state of the Union, and re-
surned the consideration of the Harbor
and River Bill. Mr. Faran of Ohio, ad-
dressed the Committee in favor ofit, after
which a motion was made to adjourn.
This was followed by a scene of co'nfu-
sion which no expelled norotlierReporter
could faithfully describe. An adjourn
ment was effected about 4 o’clock.
Cbrrcspondeizce of the Journal of Commerce.
' VVEDNESDAY, March 11.
There is no. doubt that Mr. Buchanan,as
Secretary ofState, has recently given the
President ti understand that he goes for
54° 40', and nothing short of it. That
matter is now settled, according to the
general belief here. *
Though no movements have been made
by this government towards the renewal
of the negotiation, yet it seems to be the
impression that the British government
will voluntarily come to our terms-49"
—-and that Mr. Buchanan will resign, and
the President will agree to the propdsitiong
and the Senate wi'l sanction it, with the
exception of six or eight Senators.
The dispatches from Mexico are to the
17th ult. and represent that the political
affairs of Mexicoare in a deplorable sit-
uation; that Mr. Slidell has not the slight-
est expectation that his mission will be
recognized, and wishes to return home as
soon as he is authorized to do so.
Mr. Reverdy Johnson of Md. spoke to
day, in the Senate, on the Oregon ques-
tion. He argued that we had not a clear
title up to 54° 40’, and insisted that Mr.
Polk was bound to enter into a comprom-
ise on 4-9,.ifthe British government should
offer it. Mr. Johnson was of the opinion
that a Treaty would be tnade, and the Sen-
ate would, by a Constitutional majority,
sanction it.
That the Senate, and the President also,
would gladly agree to a treaty on the 49th,
"there can be no doubt. \Vhether.the.y will
have the-chance to do it is another thing.
Mr. Johnson-is in favor of Mr. Critten
den-’s form of a- notice, but wishes that the
t»ime_fixed.should_be the 1st day; of‘ June,
,.‘_..._._-;‘ .. _.___,,_!-..
instead of the‘ end of the session.
Mr. Atchinson speaks to morrow. _
The House has'gone into a debate on
the internal linprovement question———thc
_River and Harbor Bill being still under
consideration. -
Tiruasmur, March 12.
‘The Si-:.vA'rit was occupied again to-day
with the Oregon question, but the morning
hour proceeding was of a still more inter-
esting nature.
Mr. Jarnagin rose to a question ofpriv-
ilege. He quoted some extracts from the
Titties of this city, attac ing the Senators;
fora supposed understanding with the Brit-'
ish Minister to sell out the Republic ml
England. He moved for the appointment;
of a Committee of five, to investigate the}
charges there made andreport to the Sen-‘l
ate. '
Mr. Mangum made some eloquent rc-~
marks on the subject. He denied any
knowledge of the assertions there made.
Mr. Spcight denied the truth of charges
as far as he was concerned.
Mr. Benton was in favorof the Commit-
tee.
Mr. Chalmers supposed he was included
in the charges, and therefore denied for
himself their truth. -
Mir. VVes‘cott and Mr. Bagby followed
in alike den‘al. Mi’. B. said he would go
for the investigation, as a distinguished
foreign fiinctionary was concerned, but he
thought it was :1 letting down ofthe dignity
of the Senate to notice such charges.
Mr. Berrien said it was not for the
Seate but for the constituencies of the
Senate that he would take any notice of
the article.
The motion was then put and: carried
without any dissent.
The President :ipp ointed Messrs. Jar-
nagin, Benton, Dickinson, J. M. Clayton
and Turney said committee. Two Whigs
three Locos.
The Senate then proceeded to consider
the Oregon question.
Mr. Atcliiuson spoke in favor of the
‘Notice and of our title to the whole of
Oregon. .
The galleries were not very full to day.
l‘he HoUsE was occupied with the
River and Harbor Bill. The session coni-
menced at l1o’clock and ended at 3.—
Speeches were made by Messrs. Consta
ble, Rockwell, of Ct. Hunt of N. Y. and
Winthrop.
FRIDAY, March 13.
The HOUSE was engaged to day, for the most
part on the River and Harbor bill. The repor-
ter of the N. Y. Tribune gives a detailed, and
somewhat. jolly report of the proceeding. It-
contains however little of real interest. The or-
cgon question was lugged in by Mr. Douglass of
Ill. and considerable sparring about the binding
power of the Baltimore resolutions upon the
Democracy, involving the right of private con-
struction—tl1e President’s views and positions
—-was the consequence. Messrs. \Voodbury,
Yancey, and Seddon, participated in this ramb-
ling debate. The course of Mr. Polk was thus
alluded to by M. Douglass at the close of this
running fire :
\Vhen Mr Polk came into office he
found a protocol signed, pledging his
government to the principle of coniproui-
ise pending that negotiation, but for that
fact, which committed him during that
one negotiation, Mr. D. would, before this.
have pronounced the proposition of 49 de-
grees a treasonable proposition, as he had
pronounced the same offer on the part of
Mr. Clay. He did understand Mr. Polk,in
‘his inaugural address,as standing up erect
tothe pledge of the Baltimore convention;
and he now said that, come what may, let
who may do it, whenever the proposition
of 49 degrees should again be offered, he
would never take back the declaration he
had made, that it was a treasonable prop-
osition. The negotiations which Mr.
Polk found in progress when he came in-
to oflice, and by which he was embarras-
sed, was now ended; and if it was com-
menced again upon that principle, in viola-
tion of the pledge given by the democratic
his tongue cleave to the roofof his mouth,
than he would defend that party which
should yield an inch of Oregon. Adj.
- SATURDAY. March 14,
IV as spent in a rambling debate on the inter-
nal improvement bill, sprinkled over with a little
of Oregon, the American system, and local re-
lations of the several sections of the Union, as
regarded bytlie sources of power and favor.
MCCONNELL AND GREELEY.
The disgraceful conduct of McConnell,
the member of Congress from Ala. \vas
once spo’ en of injust terms of reprelien
sinn, in the Tribune. Mac. was very in-
dignant, and swore he would whip Greeley‘
the first time he saw him. Soon after, Mr.
Greeley was in \Vashington,and was poin-
ted out to him; whereupon tlirowing liim-
self in his way, and facing him boldly, he
uslced ifliis name was Gr:-:e':ey! ‘Yes,’
was the reply. ‘The editor of the Tribune '2’
‘Yes.’ ‘Well, then, I'm going to have sat-
isfaction out of you. You said I was a
drunkard, a blackguard, and a disgrace to
the House.’
you know it is truc—you know you are
drunk now.’ ‘And you know, Mac.’ said
Greeley, ‘that you have talents enough to
make a respectable man, but that you dis-
grace the House and yourself by getting
drunkand playing the blackguard.’ ‘It ’s a
fact,’ said Mac. ‘I know it_’s all true. and
you'rea clever fellow, and ain’t afraid to
speak the truth. Come, let’s go liquor.’
DEATH OF DR. BRO\VNELL.‘
Doctor Pardon Brownell, died very sud-
denly on Tuesday evening. He was en
gaged in addressing a Democratic meet-
ing,and was suddenly seized with dizziness
in the head, which increased, with other
symptoms, so that he was taken from the
H3”. and conveyed to H. M. Phelps’ Ho-
tel, where he died, in an hour and twenty
minutes from the time he was seized with
illness. The cause of his sudden death is
supposed to have been the rupture ‘of a
,cla_7/ of April next, be ol)served throughout this
party to the American peop‘e, sooner let'
av ms ExcEI.I.I:rzcv
ROGER S..BALD\VIN.
covfaxon on THE S'1‘A'l‘E or coIvNEc'r‘icU-r,
A PROCLAMATION.
The appropriate observance, according to the
usage of our forefathers, of-stated seasons set
apart for the review of our social conduct, mid
for the serious and devout contemplation of
our relations, as a people. to the righteous
Governor of the Universe, is alike the privi-
lege and the duty of a clirist.ian community.
I have, tlierefore, though prof-er to reconicnd,
and do hereby recomcnd, lllt1t,lCI"l('.'1(ly, I/ic lC7?iilL
State, as a day of public IlU.\‘l ILIATION,
FASTING and PRAYER. And I invite the
rniuisters and people of all religious denomina-
tions to assemble on tlnit. day in their respective
houses of worship, and there, with appropriate
soleinnities, in the name, and in humble reliance
on the mediation of Him who was bruised for
our transgressions and wounded for our iniqui-
ties, and who ever liveth to make intercession
for His people, to present their sincere and
united snpplications to Almighty God, for the
pardon of our many violations, individual and
social, of His holy law, and for aid from on high,
to strengthen and sustain us in our resolutions
of aineudment.
Also, fervently to invoke divine blessings on
our country, and I-Ieavenly wisdom to enlighten
and direct. all who are ciitrustcd with the exer-
cise of authority in our State and National gov-
ernments ; especially entreating Him to bless
us with health in our habitatioiis ; with prosper-
ity in all our pursuits of useful industry and
enterprise ; with social order and tranquilit.y
within our borders; and with peace and untur-
nished honor in all our foreign relations; also,
that He. will continue under His protecting care
our institutions of piety, learning, and benevo-
lence ; prosper the cause of temperance, and
give success to every pliilatithropic effort to re-
form the vicious and elevate the depressed ; E that
NORWALK GAzE'rTE.'
VVc¢lnesday, March 18, 1846:
Ivlnig Ticket for state olllsccrsai
For Governor.-—Clark Bissell, NorwaI|‘:'.-
Lt. Gov.—Chm-les J. 1Vl’Curdy.r Lyme-
Secrciziry-—Joln| B. Isobel-lson,.i'\'. Haven.-
'I‘erasurer-—JosI‘pl| B. G’iIl)eI‘l,.Hurtf'ord.
Coniptroller-—Abi,ia.Il (‘:Il.Ii|I, Harwinton.
SE N .-S.’I‘OR.IAL CO N VENTION.
em on \Ve-dnesday last, and was calledto order’
by \Vm. T. Minor, Esq., Joseph Silliman, Esq;
of New Canaan was elected to the Chair, and
James Reed appointed Clerk. The convention’
being organized, a roll of the delegates present
was proposed, which showed a full attendance A
—-as follows: .
Theodore II. Mead.
Stamford——\Villiain T. Minor, Jeremiah N .«
Ayers, ClIa’s. A.’I-Iawley, San_i’l. Lockwood, Jr.
Darien—Edward Scofield, \Vm. Andreas.
l\"oTu*al/.'—A. E. Beard, E. \V. Stuart, Jas.
Reed. v
lVz'lton-—-Geo. H. Randle, Lockwood Ferris.
New Canaan—J. Silliman, Hermen Sclleck. .
The Convention now proceeded to ballot in-
formally for a candidate for Senator, and it ap-
peared on the first ballot, that Charles Martin,
Esq., of \Vilton had 13 out of the 16 ballots giv-
en, he was, by a ummirnous expression of the
Convention elected. It was then
the ‘utmost confidence in the integrity, talents,
He will subdue the spirit of inordinate ambition,
avarice, and party bitterness, \vlieI'eve1'it. exists
among the people, and instead thereof, inspire
them with sentiments of patriotisimjustice, and
mutual kindness and conciliation; that He will
cause the rod of the oppressor to be broken, and
all injustice and violence to cease from the land ;
and, above all, flint He will hasten the time
when the reign of rigliteousness, and conse-
quently of peace, prosperity, concord, and hap-
piness, shall become universal, and the world
be filled with the knowledge and glory of God.
Given under my hand and the seal the State,
at New Haven, this second day of March,
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and forty-six, and of the indepen-
dence of the United States the seventieth.
ROGER S. BALDVVIN.
By His Excellency’s cominaud,
DANIEL P. TYLER, Secretary of State.
A Lessonfor Yozzt/1.—The Saeo Union
tells of two boys, one 16 and the other 14-
years old, who were found frozen to death
in the town of Alfred, l\'le , I'ecently.—
They had been to Spring Vale, and on re-
turning home at night stopped at a House
where ardent spirits are sold, and remain-
ed some time. Tliey. attempted then to
walk home, but were too intoxicated to
reach it, and died within two hundred rods
of_tlie tavern, frozen stiff. The nightwas
intensely cold.
T/ze Salmon.—One of the most impor-
tant interests in Oregon has been wholly
overlooked by the diplomatists on both
sides. \Ve wish to, have it understood
that “them is our Salmon in the river.”—
(They say that at the foot of some of the
falls in that navigable river, the Salmon
are sometimes so thick that the natives
catch them with their hands.)
U. S. Senators from Te.zvzs.——VVe have
from Texas the interesting intelligence of
the election of General Sam Houston, and
Thomas J. Rusk, by the Legislature of
that new member of our confederacy, to
be U. S. Senators; the one for a full term
ofsix years, and the other for four years,
as may be determined by lot, on their tak-
ing seats in the Senate, after their arrival
at \Vashington.
A correspondent of the Boston Atlas
states that two young and enterprising men
have bought the Falls of the Potomac for
$110,000, with the view of making a ‘Low-
ell in Virginia.’ These falls are in Fair-
fax County, fifteen niiles from the city of
Washington, and are capable of furnishing
water power to an indefinite extent.
Henry F. Hawley and Eliza Smith gave
notice, on the 26th ult. to the community
of Skaneateles, that they were about to
“assume the duties, pleasures and respon-
sibilities of man and wife,” without the
ordinary forms, or the assistance, or per-
mission of priest or magistrate.
hold a National Convention, some time
n ext summer, in Cleveland, Ohio. The
object is to concentrate opinion among
themselves upon some plan ofcolonization.
Some of them think ofasking for a part of
Oregon.
The charter election in Cleveland, Ohio,
on Monday of last week, resulted in the
election ofthe Whig Mayor, Whig Treas-
urer, and one half the Council. The Bir-
ney candidate received only-85 votes out
of 1,300 polled.
A man in Troy is doing 21 smashing bus-
‘Yes, Mac, I did say so; and '
iness by letting post coaches run over
lhim, and then commencing suits for dama-
lges. He has cleared $1,720 in the last
‘nine months—$300 on one uncle alone.
I Boston Bee.
An Injunction, says the Boston -Post,
has been served on the l\'Ianufacturers and
Mecliauic.’s Bank at Nantucket. It can
now do no business. The liabilities ex-
ceed the capital about $134,000.
On the 1st ofApril the Stonington Rail
5Road goes into the hands of new Lessees
—\vhen competition re-commeiices be-
tween the various lines to',Boston. Eight
steamboats will be put on the route.
Mr. \Vm. Emerson, of North Maiden,
Mass, now in his 86th year, has made with
his own hands during the last three years,
two thousand six hundred and fifty pairs
of, men’s pumps. \
It is said that Gen. Scott, Commander-in
Chief, has issued an order to discontinue
the firing of morning and evening guns at
the several military posts in our country.
.Mrs. Valentine Mott, Jr.—'l'lie N. Y.
papers state that in consequence of young
Dr. Mott’s health and in-ai~d*of~ the musical
educaffon of his wife,”they-a‘r‘e to_ leaqe for
‘blood vessel in. the head..
Italy in expectation of a two year’s sojourn.
,of \Vilton, do earnestly recommend him. to the
lelectors of the XIIth Senatorial District, as a
candidate every way qualified to represent them 0
at the ensuing session of the Legislature of this
State, and bcspcak for him a vigorous and hearty
support. . ‘
It was also
RESOLVED, That in the opinion of this Con-
vention, the gentlemen composing the Ticket for
State Officcrs, recently nominated at the city of
New Haven, are worthy of our approbation and
confidence, and if elected, as it is firmly believed
they will be, will honor the positions which they
shall respectively occupy, and the State at large.
over whose interests they shall preside. They
are therefore earnestly recommended to the
support of the electors of this District.
RESOLVED, Thatthe proceedings of this Con-
vention be signed by the Chairman and Secre-
tary. and be published in the 'Whig papers of" ‘
the district. Adjourned.
JOSEPH SILLIMAN, Chairinan.
JAMES REED, Secretary.
For the Gazette.
I-IOIV SHALL I VOTE AT THE
COMING ELECTION.
NO. 2.
Mn. EDITOR :——I stated last week that I
should proceed to give the reasons for my judg- .
ment between the two great; political parties of"
day; in other words, to explain why 1 am a
\Vhig. In doing this, I shall begin by showing-'
why I am not a Democrat; and here perhaps
it may be well to premise that I do not consider
that party now calling itself Democratic, as
fairly entitled to that appellation ; it is not of the
school of Madison and Monroe ; it is of modern
origin and growth ; it came into being about the
time of the first accession of General Jackson to
lt is proposed by the colored people to;
,the Presidency ; and I can think of no name so-
,appropriate to its whole history, character, and:
tendency, as that of RADICAL. \Vith your per-
.mission, therefore, I shall, for the future, give it
‘that title, and shall denominate the individuals
‘composing it, generally—r.ADIcAI.s.
The Radical party, then, from its very com-
_ Inencement has carried with it two fundamental
and ruinous errors ; first, that there are in this
country great antagonist classes, of incompatible
interests, and the advancement of one of which
would be injurious to another ; and secondly,
that the popular will is at all times superior to
the Constitution and Laws, in whatever manner
that will be exercised.
,the first error has been inculcated. The Radi-
ical party has placed, or attempted to place comi-
merce, agriculture, and manufactures in hostile
array, and instead of teaching men what is true,
that these three great branches of industry are
inseparably connected together, that whatever
conduces to the best good of one, does the same
‘for all, and that the destruction of one is the
destruction of all, it has labored and striven to
give currency to diametrically opposite ideas.
false in theory, hurtful in tendency, and fatal in
practice.
Again, it has been the object of the Radical
party—an object still more ruinous than the
former— to create a partizan feeling between
the rich and the poor; to represent those ever-
present, ever-existent conditions of human life,
wealth and poverty, as incessantly at variance,
and incapable of harmonizing. Now, I havo
learned to believe, that while the world lasts,
there -must be both rich men, and poor man in
it; that they are united in interest, and cannot
are mutually dependent upon each other, mu-
tually necessary to each other, and that the one
cannot exist without the other; and that who-
ever endeavors to separate them, whoever
strives to engender bitter feelings between them,
whoever affirms that one can be exalted by the
depression of the other “is a liar and the truth-
is not him ;” is aiming to accomplish a» curse‘
rather than a blessing, and deserves the excret-
tion of every honest man in the land. Yet such
has been the course of the Radical party; ‘it’
has appealed to the worst passions of the human.
heart, and this is never done for the attainment
of a good object; in a republican country, iris.
forever raising the cry of Aristocracy; forever
holding itself up as the peculiar friend of the-
poor, and forever branding the rich_ with appro-
brium and invective. It has made the cry of”
‘(who rich against the poor,” 11 pnny»wau,h-w'o,d,
andshas thus been gathering together thogofilg-
ments of destruction, which 3113-1135303-Ty bf mu,
Wm i9f°l'm 119» have so often .boon-A fatal to»tI;g'.
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This Convention assembled at W’eed’s Tava ‘
Grcenu:z'ch—Silas Husted, Edward Mead,‘ "
RESOLVED, That; this Convention reposing. .,
and patriotism of CHARLES MARVIN, Esq. ,
I shall notice but two of the modes in which '
be divided without the ruin of both; that they ’
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