Ci-ary to our main route, but it was reached
in a short time. I held the reins while
Jacob rang the bell, which was immediate-
ly answered.
‘Miss Ariel‘ Flake and Mr. O’Brien.’
said the stable porter, ‘desire me to say was clearly vestedl Had that course been
to the ladies and gentlemen as in the
sleigh, if they should call for them, that
they had gone to meet, them, ’cnuse she
waited so long thought something must be
the matter.
Here was matter enough; nothing could
be done, however, but to retrsceour way,
and Jacob wheeled round. The s-y was
clear, but from the air one would have
thought the‘ sun had never shone upon
earth. I pulled down my nose case and
dragged in my head and feet like a terra-
pin..' At Mr. Norway’s door we expected
to find the sleigh, but another disappoint-
ment uwailed us. It had come and gone
back so a massage was despatched to
inform Mr. O'Brien that we would wait.
The movement occupied snne thirty or
forty minutes, a d at last the sturdy corin-
sellor‘ and his fairy companion made their
appearance, and we all set out together.
MR. CALHOUN AND THE VVAR.
tis well known that Mr. Calhoun has from
the outset regarded the war with Mexico as
unnecessary, and as in fact, the work of the
present Adininistration. In replying to Mr.
Benton on the 24th ult., he took occasion to ex-
press his views at corisiilerabledeagth. His
remarks are received in sullen silence by the
Loco press--if,rnade by a prominent ‘Wliig, we
ghould have heard u greatgupronr about_.“aiding
and comfor-ting the Mexicans.” “treason.” "IlIca:-
ican \Vhigger_v,” écc. \Vhat is to be done with
Mr. C., when. in reference to the origin of the
contest, he uses language like the following-
tukiug the same position which the Whig party
have held from the beginning!
Every measure towards the accomp'ish'
meat of annexation had been consuniated
before the present :!('.ll'l'llIll.\i!‘atlUn came into
power. No war followed although the
act of annexation had been completed
more than £1 year before the rupture be-
tween us and hlexico took place, N "R
WOULD WAR HA \'E FOLLOWED AT
ALL. HAD WE .A(‘.'l‘ED VVITH OUR
ORD:NARY PRUl)ENl.'E ‘ Tlrnt Mexico
was chafe-d, chiigrined: she threatened
much and blustered much; talked about
war, and even the existence of hostilities
—-are all true. It was, however, but talk
The strong should always permit the weak
and aggrieved to talk, to lJlll.\l.’:‘l‘ and scold,
without. taking offence ; and, if we had so
acted, and exercised proper skill in the
management of our nfiiiirs, Mexico and
ourselves would, by this time, have quietly
and peacably settled all difficirlties, an.r
been good friends. We have chosen to
pursue the opposite course, and are in war.
* O I! G If U W
lf the policy which the administration
first adopted after annexation, had been
pursued, to occupy the frontier of Texas
with our miltery forces to the extent of
country which she held at the time of
annex:-.tiorr, and no furlher—-there is every
reason to believe that on the settlement
of the Oregon question the peace of the
two countries would have 'een preserved.
It is true Mexico claimed the whole of
Texas, but it is equally true that she rec-
ognized the difference, and showed a dis-
position to act upon ii, between the coun-
try known as Texas proper and the country
between it and the Del Norte. It is also
true that we and 'l‘cx:s recognized the
same difference, and that both regarded
the boundary as unsettled-—as the resolu-
tion of annexation. which provides tl'at
the boundary between Texas and Mexico
shall be determined by the United States,
clearly shows. It is worthy of remark in
this connexion, that this provision in the
joint resolution is understood to have been
inserted in consequence of the ground
taken at the preceding session by the Sen
ntor from Missouri, on the discussion of
the treaty, that the Neuces was the West.
era boundary of Texas, and that to extend
that boundary to the Rio Del Norte would,
take in part of Tarrrulipas, Coahuila and}
‘-ielv Mexico. \Vhat, then ought to have
been the course of the Fixecutire, afrer
annexation under this resolution’! The
very one wlrich he at first pursue-d-—-to
restrict the position of our troops to the
country actually occupied by Texas at the
period of annexation. All beyond, as fat‘
as the Executive was conrerned, ought to
have been regarded as subject to the pro
vision of the resolution. which authorized
the government to settle the boundary.
There are but two modes of settliiig a;
disputed borintl:iry—-one by tliejoint con-l
sent of both parties, that is by treaty, of}
which the Pr. sident and the Senate are the
organs-—the other, by the determination of
one of the parties for itself after failing to
obtain the consent of the other, and that,
under our government, can only be done,
by Congress. lnrleed, when we speak of,
our ,r__rovernrnent, it is understood to mean
Congress and lb - Executive, acting jointly I
——the one by pas.-'in2' an act or res3lnlion,i
and the other by its approval. And in:
Congress, taken'in this sense, all discre-
tionary power under our system of Gov-,
ernment is invested. It is only bv tliigf
power that a disputed boundary can I
determined by’the government for I'F€lf',l
and without the consent of the other party,’
‘l he Presiderrt had no more right to deter-
mine on his own will what the boundary
was than I had, or any other Senator.
Sufi). indeed, appeared to be the conviction
of the President himself. It is only on
such a supposition that we can explain his
course in attempting to open a ne_r_rolia-
tion with Mexico, with ii view of settling
all differences between the two countries
1
l
among which the settlement of the——
boundary was considered a paramount
question. Why negotiate. if it were not
an unsettled question 'l Why n gotiale, if
the Rio Del Norte—-us it was afterwards
assumed--was the clear and unquestiona-
ble boizrrdary? And if not, upon what
authority after the attempt to open nego-
tiation had failed, could he determine
this trunk stolen from lhe_,(:ars at Philadel-
>~‘O
what was the boundary, viewing it as an
open question? Was it not his plain duty,
on such an occurence, to submit the ques-
tion to Congress, whom the right of cs-
tablishing the boundary and declaring war
adopted, I greatly mistake if the sense of
this body would not have been decidedly
opposed to taking any step which‘ would
have involved the two countries In war.
indeed, l feel a strong corrvlclimr t.l:at, if
the Senate had been left free to decide on
the question, not one third of the body
would have been found in favor of war.
As it was, a large majority felt tlrem.-selves
compelled, as they believed, to vote for
the bill re(,',OEnlSlIlg the existence of war,
in order to raise the supplies of men and
money necessary . to rescue the army
under Gen. Taylor, on the Del Norte,
from the dangers to which it was exposed
SYNOPSIS
OF THE NEVV POSTAGE
LAVV.
1 Poslmasters can frank let'ers relating
to post oflice business; and those whose
compensation, for the year ending .Inne
30, 18-16, did not exceed $9.00, can frank
private letters not weighing over one half
an ounce.
2 illi-mbersofCongress can frank letters
and public documents.
3 The Secretary of the Senate and the
Clerk of the House can frank the some as
Coir_t_rres;=ir'ieir. ‘
4- The Vice President can frank, during
his official term.
5 Franlaed letters and documents should
have the name and office of the person
fran lug and Frie plainly on them
6 Lett.-rs to and from the beards of de-
partments will be delivered free of_oostage.
7 Newspapers wzll be liere?"afler rated
with po.-‘ta_2‘e, except exchange papers be-
tween the publishers of newspapers, and
those frauked by persons enjoying the
privilege.
8 Transient newspapers, or those not
sent from the office of publication to sub-
scribers, llandbills, or circular letters, not
exceed rig one sheet in size, will pay three
cents, upon delivery at the office, and be-
fore t:.ey are put in the mails.
9 Tririisieiit ueuspapi-rs, handbills, o-
circulars, cannot be re-ceivcil free b_. post
1n‘.’.Sl8l'S, under their privili-;e.
10 Letters aildresseu to different per-
sons cannot be enc.lo~ed in the some on-
velope, under a penalty of $10, unless ad.
dresseil to foreign countries.
11 Letters, riewspupers, and par-lriiges,
not exceeding one ouuc -, addressed to any
oflicer, musician or private in ti‘-e army of
the United States in illcxico or any port
or place on the frontier of th-- United
States bordering on Mexico, will pass free
in the mail-.
JV'arrow Escape.-—Tbe family of Mr. Me
Kinney, in Harrison co. Ohio, had a nar-
row escape from the effects of lightning
on the night of the ‘28th alt. A beadsteuil
on which two girls were sleeping was torn
to pieces, tb-= girls uninjured. A clock
within one foot of where Mr. McKinney
was lying, was shivered to pier.-es——evcry
title of glass in the house was broken,
and yet none of the family were seriously
injured.
New Humps/2’re—-T/re Loc0foco.9.—-—Tl1e
vociferous exnltatiosi of some of the loco
foco prints over the late New Hampshire
election, reminds one somewrat forcibly,
of the well known story of King George
the 'l'hii'd, and thehouest and blunt scotch
parson, on the occasion of the King’s or-
dering a day of General Tllfllll{S,£_3'lVlTl,QY, at
the close ofthe Revolutionary \var——wlren
the honest Scorchman askctl his majesty
for w/tat he and his congr'egation were to
give thanks; was it that his ninjesty had
sacrificed the lives of fifty thousand of
his subjects, one hundred millions of his
money, and finally, lost irretriveably, thir-
teen of the finest colonies that the sun ev-
er shone uponl I-1'0! replies the good
natured and humorous old '.ing,giue ./zim/cs
because it 2'; 12') w.rse !
By the ./Viauzzoo C/t7'a.'e*r, we learn" that
Mrs. Emma Smith, uidow of the late Mor-
mon Prophet, .loe Smith. has reluri ed to
the city of Nauvoo, and has taken the ho-
tel 1- nown as the Mansion House.
Hon. Ii. Hamlin, of Maine, membe of
congress, on his passage lmitretvaril, lmd
pliia, conlailrirrg $510.
\Villiam ll. Powell has obtained the
contract for filliii: the vacant panrrcll of
the rotunda of the Capital with it hislori al
paintin_;r. The sum of $2.000 was appro-
priated for the purpose.
It is said that the India rubber rnills in
Newark N. Jersey are running day and
ni9_;l'il en contracts with the Goverilinenr
to supply the requisitions of the army in
lllexiizo, for India rullber equipmenfg _
Brid_t_ve.~', uagorr floats, knnp.-acks, havi~r-
szri.-lcs, (tanteens, provision lugs and tents
are some of the articles made of it. hlr.
Goodyear is said to have contracts \Vllll
the government for full $500,000 womb of
traps for the army.
Sfivere fi’er.‘ort.—.-’\ man who marries a
rich wife, must expect occasionally to have
'tfiirng in his teeth. VVe have heard a
report lroucver, which we think most
have silenced such threats. A gentleman
who bird the misfortune to ma_rry a fnrtune
was once exhibiting the fine points of his
horse to a friend.
“My horse, if you please" said the wife,
my money bnuglrl that horse."
“V99. m«1¢ltHTl.’ replied ,ths husband,‘
bowing, “and your money boo,-_.ht me_"
Th9 f0llO\ iV0n at 5) jufg
festival in St. Louis:
07/r .flrmy—t'e Vol mf.~.cr.9 and Rw,q1/Ia;-,\
-—-With Sh e/(ls for defence ; n 12'?/t/er ro.
supplies; a I ill. w for repose, and o Jl/rrr
s/ta/l fo parade», may they not life Woo
for comfort, I/l'o/t/1 in brittle, or a Hnrlaml
for victory; never crying Qu.'t-man to the
foe, b-.r' laying their 'lwz'g¢.r.r on th enemy's
l3ߢl<. day promptly their Sc (I, or charge
Original.
TO MY DEPARTED MARY.
Thou art with me st.ill—thou art with me still,
‘When the beams ofmoruing break
W'lien the noonday light is bright on the hill,
VVheu the stars of evening wake.
Thou art with me still, and thy lovely form
Seems present to my view,
As it was when thy frame with life was warm,
And thy cheek had its roseate hue.
VVhen.I seek my home with the closing day,
I r'emeinbcr thy gentle smile,
Thy endearing kiss, thy engaging play,
And my heart is sad the while.
Thou art with me still ; for in dreams by night,
Thou comest to my mind;
And a thousand things in the day’n broad light
Are with thy loved image twined.
Thou art with me still; for thy gentle voice
Ioften seem to hear:
And thy cradle, thy robes, and thy.various toys,
Recall thy memory dear.
Thou art with me still; for so dearto my heart
Is thy memory, lovely one,
That its impress may notlierzce depart,
Till the hours oflife are done.
Thou art with me still, though the Savieur’s coll
Has summoned thee hence away,
And then dwcll'st in a world of glory. all
Unoncunrbered by mortal clay.
For I still can félelrlhftt thou art mine,
\Vlrile ltlrinlc oftlree as in heaven :
And hope in thy songs of ;'r.‘.ise to join,
“Then the cords oflife are riven. n.
A‘. C.
Impor-tmint Ent.cl:ig¢-:iricc' from
N1.-Viv Mexico!
l72.currectr'on and Zllurilcr at Ti.-0.9.
PROBABLE CAPTURE OF SANTA FE-
Prrrsnuse, Illarch 16.
By river we have St. Louis papers four
days in advance of mail, wits. dares from
Santa Fe covering inipoi taut news. '1 here
lms been an Gxl.El:.~‘l\'1: .llcxicaii lnsurvec-
lion at 'ia0s. All the .':3pnrriarils who
evinced airy .-yioputhy \\'i'.ll the Airrericun
cause hail been compelled to escape.
Gov. Bent, Stephen Lee, Acting tilieriff,
Lien. Elliot Lt-;e, Henry tieul, and tuelity
Airrcriczlzrs, were lcilleii, and their families
tlespoiled. The chief Alcadc was also
killed. llris all occi:i'red or: tllc_l7tli of
January. 'llieiusui‘rci:t.iou had made for
miiliuhle head, and the dii.~sirtrsfat-tioii vi as
ruprill_, S,.l‘Glltllllg. "l he iii.-iii'r'i<rtri.rri.-ts
were seiriliiigexj.-resses out all over the
cmlrilry to raise zlssistziiice. "l be number
engaged in the oulhreal. at 'l‘z=.os uas about
600 They were using every urguiiri-rrt
to incite the rrisliniis to liosiliric.-, and
were makirrg prcparutiozrs to tulle posses-
sion of tiuula Fe.
The AnIeI‘l('iHl-' at Sarita», Fe lzatl only
about 500 €f'feC1i\*o men there, the l'€‘L-t-
were on the sick li.-i or had lelt in join
Col. Dani;-l‘mn. Sn ll being their situa-
tion they cannot send srrccor out, as they
are hardly able to defend them. elvc.-. ll.
is thought Santa Fe must be cup*.ured, as
n.--itlrer the Fort nor Blocl-.' liiairs-es are
completed. _
It is announced as the i:'rtcnI.ion of the;
insurreclioiiists who cupti.-red 'l‘aos,to take;
posses.-ion of the C.iover'nnieul. wagon:
trains, wlrlch are carrying for'war(l our gap.
plies, and thus cut otfall curmriunication.
The represerrtatioirs irrzrde to Col. L’orii-
phan, that Chihuahua would be an easy
coiiq-rest, were evidently intended as a
lure IO eflll‘.-"!fl him, begs’-t a spirit of secu-
rity, and lead him for offinto the interior,
where he rnigllt be easily cut off.
is the universal opinion in Sarita Fe
that if Gen. lVool had gone direct to Chi-
huahua there would have been no trouble
iu'l\'evl' Mexico. Col. Donipbnn had pos-
session ofEl lasso dcl None on the 28th
December. Letters have been received
frorri the Uoveriror of Cl.ihu:rhua, stating
that Gen. Wool was within three ilnys’
(xll}i‘('l1 of the Capital. This, too, “T...
doubtless another rose to lure Col. lloni.
phan on in confidence, and cut him off
from all chances of (scope, or of (‘ailing
back upon Santa Fe, to relieve it in ifs
emergency,
The Mexicans are bold in their tone
'«-Ml Cfilllldent of('npl.uriug Col. Doniphnn
and l1iS‘(:onmmird, which consists of n1-moi
-'-‘loll, Oi‘ l.i'lQll'I I) lllg’ Of lllfi n\\'n
!1‘UUp~',lbe first regirrri-nl. ofillonulcd [\'l.g.
O
I.
‘third of the way thence to Saltillo.
At the latest accounts from Santa Anna
he was at Mutehuala, where he arrived on
the 7th of February. Matebuala is a town
nearly north of San Luis and about one
Hie
army was in the utmost distress-—thc Gov-
ernment hnving provided no means for
undertaking such a march. We have a
frightful picture of the state of the troops
before leaving San Luis. One of Santa
Anua’s last acts before marching was to
distribute twelve day’: pay for the month
of.l:inuary. This could not sustain them
morethnu a week, and the question was
asked, “What shall we do when in front of
the enemy ’l” The troops are represented
as patient and loyal, but in pitiable state
of distress. In derision, they speak of
going forth to solve the problem of “fig7z.~‘-
fag -wit/rout eating.”
The same paper which announces Santa
Anna‘s arrival at llfatelruala, mentions that
.:eueral Taylor is fortifying Snltillo, and
has with him 6000 troops and sixteen
pieces of artillery. This shows again the
accuracy of the information possessed by
the Mexicans of our movements.
1
From me Picayune, of 4057:.
It appears that Senor Atocha, whose
arrival at Vera Cruz, with despatcbes, we
announced yesterday, went over there on
ilie l‘-‘orward from this city direct. He
reached there on the 9th ult. and proceed-
ed immediately to Mexico. He returned
from the capital on the ‘26th u1t., and re-
paired again immediritely on board the
I"orward, and is now, we presume, on his
way to Washington. It is not supposed
that he has accomplished much by his
Irrission.
N 0 aw.-r LIL Griz n’r"rr3.
tll'.:,-clirzis;-=si!.'..=.§-', Ii}.-arcia 5%, E8 5?.
STATE OFFICER
S
For the Etasuiarg ‘fear.
F011. c-ovr-zrixon,
CLARK BISSEL-L, of Norwall-:.
son LZEUT. oov;:m\'on,
CHARLES J. M"CUF'.DY, of Lyme.
:-‘on ’5ECRE‘l.‘AE1', ‘
JOHN B. ROBERTSON, of New Haven
roa 'r2zE_visU'_-tx«::-:,
JOSEPH B. G17-BERT, of Hartford.
ron corv'r2=.oLz.r-:n..
ABIJAI-I C.-LTLIN, of Barwintcn.
FOR CONGR.
TRUMAN SEvIITV~7
FQ”
-.JK.. I.
of L-itchfield.
-...i.,
FOR SENATORS.
D131‘.
THOM.-ts
C. Psazzzrzr of Hartford.
Psnrcss Loor.:zs,of uiiield.
Ti-20:‘-13.3 G. Honcomn, ofsuffield.
M.-mcvs Mr.nr-izriz.-'.:x. Jr. of New Haven.
Jason W’. BZ‘~..=:DL?.':'. f.-Eethany.
Ea.-.s'rUs C. Scri.u:ro>r. of Madison.
A.\'nan'w Ill. Ftttruz. of New London...
I3.-l.VID B.=.Lnv.'rrr, of_?resten.
Or..=:.A.:ur~:r. VV=.:rT':t.t-tsrzv. of Salem.
Jo}-::r Genius, of Fairfield..
H.«.rtvr.r Sszrrzi, of Ridgefield.
Cii.an1.i-:3 ilI;.a'.'r:v, of \Vilton.
lsA.:.c CLARE-Z, off-Iirrnptou.
Fiixozr NICHOLS, of Thompson.
Gm:-zox HALL, Jr. of ‘Winchester.
Jo:-zrz C. Ar.mLr.r.. of Bcthlem.
Jone? I-I. HUBBARD, of Salisbury.
CHAS. R. Anson, of Middletoxvn.
SAMUEL C. SILLIMAN, of Chester.
AUGUSTUS Mounts, of Union.
SAMUEL F. VVr.sr, of‘Columbia.
('3?-‘|-‘I-It-ll»-It-dl-4)-r‘)-‘V-I
<D0J\JC)Ui».'-(rotor-4O<.C(I)‘~1G)0xut:CatO|-‘
(0
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WI/z.27g jlfeeifz‘/zg 072. T/zz1.rsdzzg/ Eve-
ning at the ."l"orzcizZ/.' Hotel.
There is a newspaper published in this town
emilled the “ Fair;/‘icld County Democrat."
It is now somewhat more than a year since its
first number appeared, and during the short pe-
riod ofits existence, it has gained for itself and
all connected with it, a character by no means
enviable. The mere tool ofa few political man-
agers, it has known no higheraitn than to yield
a blind subservEe.ncy to party purposes; its party
has been its God, and to this Divinity, it has
cheerfully sacrificed all truth, integrity and corn-
moa honesty. To gain a vote, it has shown it-
souri Volunteers, and a dclttrlrmesit. of 100
men from Santa Fe, unrler command of‘,
Lient .\litr-liell, of the ‘Zd rec_rimenl_c0n.l
sisting of 30 men from Clnrk’s l')‘Ilff'!ll(ln of"
light iufrnutrv, rmilor crtmmarrd of Capt,
I-llti‘l~-nn nnfl Lieul. Krillben and '70 from
Col. Price's regiment and Col_ V,7i]ln¢I.’g
battalion. Tl‘i.<~y then assert ll1'-llI.l‘lf-‘V will!
massacre every Anrericnn in New Mexico
and confiscate all their goods.
A letter from Iiient. Abert. United States
Topnr_rrapl‘ric:il Engineer, of later date,
confirms all the above intelligence. The
(lr‘l.:lllS Of the battles (if Igrnoito are nlgo
confirmed. 'l he massacre hm-onrl rlonhr,
has been a horrible one, of u~lii,v-h “-9 have
as yet heard but the beginning; and the
insurrection has been‘ kept so quiet until
all was ready for the outbreak, that our
handful of troops rh-~re rnnst lw (lpn1()li_el1.
ed llefme any effort can he made to re
ll‘-‘"9’ llmm f*“‘m the most advanced of our
Western mililnrv posts. '
LIPIII, Al'*E.‘l‘l'-' men Sit "Prod verv gpvprg.
l\' ¢‘0mln‘_" U‘ Jul-‘-‘0'lI'i. The calls upon
Government for prompt nssistnnoe and
large reinforcements are strenuous; and
the situation of our gallant men, far away
from soccer, in the bean ,-,f ,,,, ,,n,,mV’;
country, shows the rnslrncss which has
"l""’""9"lSed the u hole advance into New
Mexii-cl.
Eight of the leading men engaged in
the (‘.0n.~pirm'_v lmve arrived, (om (liepnh-lg
does not say ll‘/70‘-‘P) who have made it full
confession of the whole plot.
FROM MEXICO.——-A FOKTNIGHT
LATER.
Gen Santa Anna took his departure fron-
San Luis on the '.'d of Fcbrv-nry. Hi.-
dcstin lion is:-aid to be Vontercy, toward»
which point the main body of his fl"I'Y)_\’ bar’
ulr ady moved. 'l he troops under hi.-
commnnd amount to 121.340.
In the above enumeration are not incl"-
ded the force stationed‘ at Tulu,’nor lht
as the Taylor always know how.
E‘
brigades of Generals Minon and Juvera.
selfwilling to pander to the passions and court the
prejrrilices of the most. abandoned and worthless
portion of our community. Fairness is a Word
not to be. found in its vocabulary; its weapons
of political v.'ai'firre are falsehood, vulgargity and
profanity. It has attacked the most estimable
of our citizens, libellod the most spotless char-
acters among us, and has even dared, and pro-
fessecllyfor man, to assail the very ministers of
God. It has shown that its conductors are ut-
terly incapable o‘fappreciating the lofty purpos-
es for which THE PRESS was designed; its fa-
cilities and advantages have been prostituted to
further the ends ofprivate malice, and to dissem-
inate the grossest slanders. In this place. there
is not a man,woman orchild who would venture
to make an assertion upon the authority of a.
statement in its columns, and its fables are fast
becoming as proverbial as the wonders of Gulli-
ver or the achievements of Munchausen. But
a straynumber of this precious sheet may some-
times find its way into other towns, where its
cliuracter is unknown, and for this reason, and
this reason only, do we now bestow upon it a
passing notice.
There appeared last week in the paper we
have described, an article professing to give an
acccouut of the life of Judge Bissell. If the
writer‘ of that article. whether the irnbeoile ed-
itor of the Democrat or some equally imbecile
coadjutor, was acquainted with the merest. out-
line of the subject upon which he professed to
tr'eat,—if he knew anything of Judge Bissoll’e
c:ireer,—tl1en, when that article \V{lS conceived
and written, its writer Luizn,-—-wilfully, premed-
riucdly and loully LIED. If he did not‘ know
what; he claims to know,-—then he is too reck-
e.-s a knave, or too consumately ignorant ever
:0 be trusted with pen and ink again.
His statements require but very brief an-
swers. Judge Bissell never was a studontwith
“ one J onathan Trumbull” nor with any Trum
bull whatever.——uiough had he received his
early lessons from a R.evolutiouary"patriot such
as Governor Trumbull -was, it would be no dis-
paragement to him, in the eyes of Amer-icang ;
and further than this, the GoveruorTrumbull to
whom the writer in “the Democrat” alludes
was not a lawyer, and of course never had a stu-
dentin his life. ‘We say this, not because it is
of any importance to deny such an assertion but
to show the character of the whole article upon
which we are commenting. \Vns it i gnora ace or
linnvery. or both that led ihe writer of that ar-
ticle to make this statement‘!
Again. at the time of the first election of Mr.”
J efferson. Judge Bissell was a school boy, pre-l
paring for College ; at the second election of the ’
same President, Judge B. was a student in Yale i
Collage. Vfhere did the “ Democratic" writer:
find the unhlushing efirontcry that enabled him:
to assert the extravagant fa‘
1
tratioa of J efi'erson.
of 1812? ‘.Vas he declaring like James Bu-
“ if he had a drop of Democratic blood in his
in the language of the satne James Buchanan-—
“ the wild and wicked projects of a Democratic
Administration had plunged us unto a war with
it nation more able to do us injury tht-.n any oth-
erin the world, a war disgraceful in the extreme
to that Administration”? Or was be saying
with Charles J. Ingersoll the bee foco nominee
for Minister to France, that “if he had lived in
the days of the Revolution he would have been
9. tovy” ? Was he found with \Villiams. a loco
foco Senator from Maine. Iuhbard a loco foco
Governor of New Ha mpshire. Levi '\Voocibury,
scihoods in that por-
tion of his article which relates to the adruinis-l
And where was Judge Bissell during the war"
cbnnan our loco foco Secretary of State, that‘
veins, he would open them and let it out"? Or"
Loeotoco Theory and Practice.
A tree is known by its fruit. A man's prin-
ciples can only be known by his conduct. Let
us apply this rule of judgment—the correctness
l of which few will deny-—-to the Locofoco party,
and see whether its professions of Democracy
are sustained by its acts.
It claims to be the genuine Democratic party
of the country and holds Federalism -and the
Federalist in perfect abhorrence. Now for its
practice. James Buchanan, the present ‘Sec-
retary of State, was one of the rankest Feder-
alists ofliis day-—~a reviler of Madison and a bit-
ter opponent of the war of 1812. Geo. Banc-
roft was first rewarded for his Federalism by is
place in Mr. Polk's Cabinet, and next by an em-
bassy to England. His immediate predecessor.
Louis McLean was equally guilty of the
sin of Federalism. Gov. Hubbard now sub-
treasurer in Boston was an antiwar Federalist.
Charles J. Ingersoll one ofthe raukest of mod-
ern Democrats was once thoroughly saturated
with “ Ancient Federalism.” Nay more, be
- has been an open reviler of the Whig Fathers
of the Revolution. Yet this man was placed
at the head of the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs by a Democratic Speaker, and but It few
days ago was nominated as Minister to France
by n Demacrati'.c President. Levi \Voodbury,
auold Federalist, has been lately made one of
the Associate Justices of the U. S. Supreme
Court. The ChiefJustico of that same Court,
Roger B. Tauey was a leading Federalist in
Maryland, so long as that party maintained its
organization. Thcnthere are \V_nll and Vroom
of New Jersey; Bryant, Vanderpool, Oakley,
Cushman and a host of others in New York,
who “ sailed under the flu g of Federalism, so long
as that flag continued to float,” but who now
staud forth as the leaders of " modern.Democra'-
Ralph I. Ingersoll, Isaac Toucey. Martin Chit-
tenden, George Bancroft, \Vilkins, Rush. Louis
McLane, Roger B. Torrey and a. host of others,
all now thorough-bred loco focus, but then the
most virulent of Federalists,—was he found
with these men in opposition to his country ?—
No, he was not. Here, in Norwalk, at that
very time, he was serving as a soldier qfthe coast
guard, defendingour shores from foreign inva-
sion. This is not an unfounded assertion ;—it
is attested to by both Whigs and loco focus of
this town who themselves remember the fact.
The statements in the “ De‘-.noc1'at" upon this
point are as false as they are maiignautjand are
only to be explained by the supposition that the
person who makes them, either lauows net, or
cares not for the truth.
Equally malignant, false. and ur:.cunded are
the assertions in the remainder of the article,
with two or three exceptions that wewill notice
l';erex=.fl:er'.- VVe have stated that the sheet con-
taining this vile slander is callod the “ Fnirfield
County Democrat." By this title it arrogates
to itself the position of an index of the democrat-
ic feeling and principles of this County. Is it
such an index? Citizens of Fairfield County, ye
who still cling with attachment to the name of
Democrat—do you endorse the statements of
that article, or the sentiments of that paper ?—
Darc you do it? Are there none of you who
have known Judge Bissell as a citizen, :1 friend,
a M.-*.N-—Wl‘i0 have known him as he is. in all the
walks of life, pure, high-minded, honorable,
scorning whatever is mean, low or base——are
there none such among you, who will hurl back
the slander in its author's face, and tell that an-
thor by your votes, that he lies .7
Vfe spoke above of two or three exceptions to
the general falsity of the article in the "Dem-
ocrat.” It is true that Judge Bissell opposed
the veuality and corruption of the Van Buren
administration, and the People in 1840 declared
that Judge Bissell was right. It is true that he
now opposes the imbecility and vickedncss of
the present national executive, and the People
in 1848 will again declare that Judge Bissell is
right. But we have said enough; We_ as-
sure the freemen of Connecticut that in what
we have stated we have spoken but the simple
truth ;—vvo warn them against trusting any of
the thousand rumors that loco foco ingenuity
may devise, and to remember, especially, that
the name ofthe “ Fairfield County Democrat”
appended to a statementcanccruing Judge Bissell
or any other ‘Whig candidate, is a very sure guar-
anty that such statetneut is every way false.
The authorship of those venernous,malignant.
and infnmously false attacks upon Judge Bissell,
which have from week to week, appeared in the
loco foco organ of this town, is no longer rt nint-
tor of doubt. The community have very ration-
ally arrived at the conclusion, that such eviden-
ces ofa diseased, and hopelessly depraved mind,
could have but one paternity. They therefore,
need no index to fix theirattention to the proper
object, notwithstanding the precaution which
that object has taken to cover his tracks A
life spent in nursing misanthropy, in poisoning
the springs of social intercourse, and fanning the
embers of neighborhood strife, in plotting mis-
chief and gloating over the success of schemes
ofrevenge, and implacable maliguity—in a word
—a man who has arrived at such a state of per-
faction in everything that is malignant, treach-
erous, selfish and mean, is too conspicuous an
object to make much headway, even in the
dark, after his character becomes known. He
isjust the chap to malign such a man as Judge
Bissell.
BEDDING, March 22d, 1847.
Mr. Rced—An accident occurred in this
town, on Monday, 15th inst. by which Mr.
Samuel G. Persons was deprived of his eye sight.
Mr. Persons was engaged in blasting logs, and
had one partially charged, when by some cause
fire was communicated to the powder. and it
exploded filling one of his eyes with slivers and
powder, and as he was before blind of one eye,
he is by this misfortune made totally blind "
The Iowa Legislature has adjourned without
a settlement of the difficulties between the rival
wings of Loco focoism.- They failed to elect
Judges of the Supreme Court or United States
Senators, and -consequently the young State
will be unrepresented in the upper branch of
Congress for the next two years.
cy." Even Gen. Case in his younger days
were a “ black cockade" in his hat to Show the
ardor ofhis affection for ancient Federalism.
The Democracy of Connecticut were anxious
to exhibit their regard for this much abused
Federal party, and they therefore nominated
one ofits members as a candidate for Governor.
The plea of infancy interposed by this gentle-
man as an answer to the charge of Federalism,
cannot avail him. The plea of a want of recol-
lectien as it was put in, in good faith and is
probably true. is entitled to more consideration.
Still the fact is not denied by either of these
pleas. but it stands admitted on the Record.
There are many other old Federalists who
now shine as stars of the first magnitude in the
Democratic constellation, but we have neither
time or space to speak of them at length. Let
usinstitutea comparison of the professions of
this Locofoco party with its nets, on other sub-
jects. ,
It came into power the advocate of a hard
money currency and the avowed enemy of Bank
rags. yet in the short space of seven years it
chartered two hundred and twenty five paper
making establishments and flooded the country
with shin plasters and irrcdeemahle Bank notes.
It came into power pledged to reform, and it
multiplied abuses in every department of admin-
istration. Retrenchment and Economy were
its wntcliwords, and in u fewyerirs the number
of Federal offices was doubled, and the ordina-
ryexpenses ofthe Government ran up from 13
to 37 millions of dollars per auuum. It is now
waging a warol conquest and accumulating a debt
of untold millions for the present and the next
generation to pay off. ’
Itis the professed advocate ofliberty ofspcech
and of the press, yet it attempts to stifle,-all in-
quiries into the origin of the war whicliiwe are
new waging in Mexico. Those who doubtitsjus-
tice are stigmatized as traitors.; The Message
ofthe President was made the vehicle of this
vile eirlumny against the people, and the Loco-
foco organs have endorsed it and given it cut-
rency. \Ve ask to be delivered from such advo-
cates of the liberty of speech and the press.
VVl1et‘e did this party stand in that. great strug-
gle for the right ofpetitiou, when John Quince)‘
Adams led on the hosts of freedom ? Side by
side with Southern slavelrolders, supporting the
“ gag” law.
This party makes a great parade ofits friend-
ship and love for the laborer, and yet it refuses
to protect him against the pauper labor of Eu-
rope. It would reduce him to the level of the
oppressed and down trodden masses of the old
World. Some ofits prominent leaders-among
whom was Mr. _Buchanan—-it few years ago
declared that labor was too well rewarded, that
the laborer ought not to receive more than fifty
cents a day for his work. and to bring about this
happy result, urged the passage of the sub-treas-
ury law. Doubtless their hopes will C8000 110
realized under the financial operations at the ad-
injuistration. ' g ’ _
But why increase the catalogue of the incog-
sistencios of this miscalled Democratic party.
Its whole history is but a. series of professions,
which its acts belie. Its practice has ever been
to “ keep the word of promise to the card: break
it to the hope.” It tramples the Constitution‘ un-
der foot; it supports the Executive in every act of
usurpation; it is the willing instrument in _the
hands of the slaveocracy in extending stillwider
the curse of slavery ; it laughs to scorngt-he pop-
ular will, obstinately persistiugin measures time
after time repudiated by the people; it shakes
the public credit by advocating in some sections
of the Union the delectable doctrine of _“repudia,-
tion”; it provides one currency fortbe Govern-
ment and another for the people:._ it 0003.0"
upon men rejected and cast off by tho P°°Pl°-
high offices of public trust as a reward for their
treachery, and their vile subserviency;.to:-Exocu-
tive dictation ; and yet this party advocating
such principles and guilty of such note calls it-
self the Democracy of the country !
Away, then, with this cry of Democracy. I;
is but an empty name. -It has lost its power «to
charm. The veil has been lifted, and_thp_peo-
ple now see the _ loathsomeness of the; object'-
which they have been wbrshipping. '
Norwalk Chronicler