& --_.
pavement whar they struck-—when the
whole street was in a blaze of fire, and the
Wmenwas droppin’ round me like nine pins
after a ten strike, when the roarin’ of can-
non_s,and ratlin’ of the muskets,the squelin’
of horses, and the shoots and groans ofthe
menwas all mixed up so I couldn't tell
one from tother. I never thought of notli-
in’ but gettin"at the cusses what was hid
away behind the walls and piles of rubbish
in the houses, on the roofs, and in the cel-
lars, givin us partikelar gosh.’
‘You didn’t feel fraid none then, axed a
little fellar what hadu’t shut his mouth, or
tuk his eyes offthe speaker for ten min-
utes. _ ,
"Fraid, the mischief; how could I‘!
wasn’t old Zack thar on his old mill hoss,
prancing round 'iiiong the platoons and
columns, givin’ his orders like nothin was
the matter’! Ah, boys, game lil-e his is
catching, jest like the measles, and one
look from old Zack when he’s got his dan
der up would make a woman fight like an
old cat. He's the man to fight volunteers.
'I‘her’s no need of a standin‘ army when
lie"s- in command, for he’d make the green-
e'st volunteer that ever shouldered a mus-
ketstand agin the whole Mexican nation,
led on by all the ginerals they can master.
The boys know he don’t never surrender,
and they don’t never think of such a thing
themselves.’
‘Wasn’t ye mighty glad when yer time
tvasout, Bob, so you could cum home?’
‘Not by no means I wasn’t. l’d staid
till yet if it hadn’t been for old Scottl’
‘Why, don’t you like old Scott T.’
‘To be surel do—-he’s a fust rate old
feller, and knows how to lick the Mexicans
too. But’ I didn’t suit him.’
‘How was that 1’
Why, you see the gineral’s got pretty
well into the heart of the country now-—
rite .in among the wimmin, and he says he
don’t want to enlist any rriore good lookin’
men. He says he ain’t afraid of all the
Mexicans that can bar arms, because he
knows his men won’t surrender to them,
but he says he don't like to ri-k em to the
arms of the Mexican gals, who never fails
to lay siege to the heart of every good
looking volunteer they git that eyes on.
And, boys, Mexican bullets and lances is
hard things to dodge, but look out for the
black eyes of them Senoreters, as they
call em———you mought as well try to bid
defiance to a streak oflightriin, if you hap-
pen to be good lookin enuff to draw thar
attention 1’
‘So, then it was your good looks pre
vented you from stayin in Mexico 'I’
‘To be sure it was. The-p wouldn’t
give no bounty to good lookin men, so I
cum home.’
CORRESPONDENCE BET\VEEN GEN.
»-‘SCOTT AND SANTA ANNA.
.I;1EAEQUAl1TERS, Aaiinr or UNITED STATES, E
September 6, 1847.
To his Evcellciicy the President and General-
iiz-Chiq/‘ ofthe Rcpztblic of IlIc;i:ico.
The 7th and 15th articles of the armis-
rice or military convention which I had
the honor of ratifying and exchanging
with your Excellency on the Sllth ult. stip-
ulate that the armyr under my command
shall have the privilege of obtaining sup-
plies from the city of Mexico. 'I'here
were repeated violations of these articles
soon after the armistice was signed, and I
have now good reasons for believing that
within the last twenty-four hours, if not ’
before,‘ the 3d article of the same conven-
tion was also violated by the same parties.
these direct breaches of good faith give to
this army a full right to commence hostil-
ties against‘ Mexico without giving any
notice. However, I will give the necessary
time for an explanation, satisfaction, or-
reparation. If these are not given, I here-
by formally notify you that if I do not
receive the most complete satisfaction on
all these points before 12 o'clock to-mor-
irow, I shall consider the armistice as ter-
minated from that hour.
I have the honor to be your Excelleney’s
obedient servant.
WINFIELD SCOTT.
To this Santa Anna made the following
reply:
flasnquxarzas Artur or Mizxicts REPUPIJC, ?
Mizxico, Sept. 6. -1847. f
Tohis Excellency Gen. I/Vinfielcl Scott, Com-
mander-z'n—C'hi'e/’qf the'Arm_i; qf the United
States : _
Sm: By the note of your Excellency
under this datel learn with surprise, that
you consider that the civil and military
authorities of Mexico have violated arti-
cles 7, 12 and 3 of the armistice which I
concluded with your Excellency on the
24-th of last month.
The civil and military authorities of
Mexico have not obstructed the passage of
provisions for the American army; and
if at times their transmission has been re-
tarded,it has been owing to the imprudence
of the American agents, who, without hav-
ing a previous understanding with the
proper authorities, gave occasion for pop-
ular outbreaks, which it has cost the Mex:
can government much trouble to repress.
Last night and the night before the escorts
for the provision train were ready to start,
and were only detained because Mr. Har-
gons the‘ agent, desired it. The orders
given to suspend the intercourse between
the two armies were addressed to private
individuals, and not to the aigents of the
army of the United States, and were in-
tended purposely to expedite the trans-
mission of provisions to the army, and to
confine the intercourse to that object ex-
clusively. In return for this conduct your
Excellency has prevented the owners or
managers of the grain mills in the vicinity
of the city from furnishing any flour to
the city, which is a true breach of the good
faith your Excellency had pledged me.
It is false that any new work or fortifi-
cationhaa been undert_aken, because one
or tworepairs have only served to place
them in, the same condition they were in
on the day ‘the armistice was entered into,
accident or the convenience of the moment
having caused the destruction of the then
existing works. ' You Iiave had e.ar-ly'n'o-
rice of the. establishment of the battery
¢-’Q.V,ored. with the mud walls of the house
._;-.__._...._.._.__..-.._... -—-~.—--
of Garry, in this city, and did not reman-
strate, because the peace of two great
Republics could not be made to depend
upon things grave in themselves, but of lit-
tle value compared to the result in which
all the friends of humanity and of the pros-
perity of the American Continent take so
great an interest.
(There is some obscurity in this
sentence, which it is probable, is owing to
typographical erroi-.s.—-Eds. Pic.)
It is not without” great grief and even
indignation that I have received commu-
nications from the cities and villages oc-
cupied by the army of your Excellency, in
relation to the violation of the temples
consecrated to the worship of God; to the
plunder iof the sacred vases, and to the
profanation of the images venerated by
the Mexican people. Profoundly have I
been affected by the corrip‘aints of fathers-
and husbands of the violence offered to
their daughters and wives; and these
same cities and villages have been sacked
not only in violation of the armistice, but
of the sacred principles proclaimed andi
respected by civilized nations. I have ob-
serced silence to the present moment, in
order not to obstruct the progress of ne-
gotiations which held out the hope of ter-
minating a scandalous war, and one which
your Excellency has characterized so
justly as unnatural. But I shall desist
from offering apologies, because I cannot
be blind to the truth that the true cause
of the threats of renewing hostilities, con-
tained in the note of your Excellency, is
that l have not been willing to sign a treaty
States of Mexico, up to a sum which shall
not exceed three millions of dollars,,and
which shall have originated previous to
the 13th May 1846, and which also shall
have been acknowledged as just debts by
a tribunal of commissioners" appointed by
the Government of the United l_States,
whose decisions shall be definitive and
binding, provided that on deciding on said
demands, the said tribunal shall be gov-
erned by the principles and rules prescrib-
ed by Articles Nos. land 5 of the Conven-
tion, not ratified but concluded in the §city
of Mexico on the 20th of November, 18_4-3 ;
and in no case shall a decision be given
in favor of any claim unliess it is regula-
ted~by these principles and rule and the
United States by this, and forever after,
exonerate the United States of Mexico
from all responsibility to these claimants,
whether rejected or admitted by said com-
missioners. ' ,
Art. 7. Merely states that in case of
any difliculty in the settlement of the
claims, the archives of the Government
are to be at the service of the commission
to ascertain the validity of the claims.
Art. 8. The United States shall have in
perpetuity free of any claim or tax \vhat-
soever for the produce of their own coun-
try or the produce introduced under their
flag, the transportation of goods through
the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, for or from
the Pacific, by any means of conveyance
now in existence, or to be established here-
after, by -canals or railroads.
Art. 9. All the goodsintroduced during
the occupation of the country by the Uni-
q n
S,_
4
which would lessen considerably the ter-
ritory of the Republic, and not only the
territory of the Republic, but that dignity
and integrity which all nations defend to
the last extremity. And if these consid-
erations liave not the same weight in the
mind ofyour Excellency, the responsibility
before the world, who can easily distin-
guish on whose side moderation and justice
will fall upon you.
I flatter myself that your Excellency
will be convinced on calm reflection, of
the weight of my reasons. But if, by mis-
fortune, you should seek only a pretext to
deprive the first city of the American con-
tinent of an opportunity to free the
unarmed population of the horrors of war,
there will be ‘.left me no other means of
salvation, but to repel force by force, with
the decision and energy which my high
obligations impose upon me.
I have the honor to be your Excellen-
cy’s humble servant,
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA.
Propositions of III/-. Trz'st.—A rticle 1.
——There will be a firm and abiding peace
between the United States of America and
the United States of Mexico, without any
exception whatsoever. All hostilities by
sea or land shall cease immediately and
definitively as soon as the ratification shall
have been exchanged by both parties.
Art. 2. All prisoners of war made by
both arties, both on sea and land, shall be
liberaeted as soon as practicable after the
exchange of ratification of this treaty.--
Beside, it is agreed that if any Mexican
citizens should be prisoners of the Coman-
ches, or of any tribes of Indians within
the limits of the United States will endeav-
or to obtain their return to their homes,
according to the treaties existing with
those Indians.
Art. 3. As soon as the ‘present treaty
shall have been duly ratified by the United
States of Mexico, ordv--is will be issued
parties, both on sea and land, that hostili-
ties are suspended, and that such suspcn.
sion shall be strictly observed. Immedi-
ately after the exchange of ratifications of
the preseet treaty, all the ports, territories,
towns and possesssions of every kind,
which may have been captured by the U.
States from the United States of Mexico
during the war, except those co_mprised
within the limits of the United States, as
defined by Article No. 4- of this treaty,
will be given up without delay and \vithoi.it
occasioniiig any damage, or without any
exportation of artillery, or public property
captured originally in said ports or towns
or which may be therein at the ratification
of this treaty.
Art. 4-. The dividing line between the
two republics, will commence in the Gulf
of Mexico, three leagues offland fronting
the month of the Rio Grande, thence up-
ward by the middle of said river to a point
where it touches the meridian line of New
Mexico; thence toward the west to the
longitude of the southern limit of New
Mexico, at the angle southwest of the
same; thence toward the north to the
longitude of the northern line of New
Mexico, until it is intersected by the first
arm of the Rio Gila, or if it should not be
intersected by any arm of that river, thence
to the point of said line nearest to said
arm; thence in a direct line to the same
descending by said arm and by the said
river Gila, until its discharge into the
River Colorado, and thence downward by
the Colorado and the middle of the Gulf
of California tonthe Pacific Ocean.
.Art. 5. In consideration of the exten-
sion of territory, as defined by the pre-
ceeding article and by the stipulations
which will appear in Article No. 8, the
United States abandon, forever, all claims
against the United States of Mexico, on ac-
count of the expenses of the war; and be
sides this agree to pay to the United States
9f MEXICO, $ (The sum is not spec-
ified.
Art. 6. In consideration of ‘Article No.
4- the United States agree to guarantee
and pay to the claimants all the obliga-
tions which are now due and which may
fall due according to the Convention con.
cluded between the two Republics in the
City of Mexico on the 30th January, 1843,
and to provide for the payfmeiit of the de.
‘cisions given in favor of the claimants,
given under a Convention between the
United States and the Mexican Republic,
under date of the 11th April, 1839. And
the United States also agree to assume the
payment of the claims of citizens of the
United .- St_a_.tes not previously decided
without delay to the Commanders of both,
ted States shall be free from either impor-
'tation or internal duties, and free from
confiscation.
Art. 10. The article of amity, com-
merce and navigation, concluded in the
City of Mexico on the 5th of April, 1831,
between the two powers, shall be renew-
ed for the period of eight years after the
ratification of this treaty; each party hav-
ing the right after the expiration of that
period, to terminate the some by a notice
of one year.
Art. 11. This treaty will be approved
and ratified by the President ofthe United
States of America, with the approbation
and consent of the Senate, and by the
consent of the United States of Mexico
with the full approbation of the General
Congress; and the ratifications will be ex-
changed in the city of Washington within
the period of — irios.from the date on which
it may be signed, or as soon as possible.
fllerrican Pr0p0sitions.——Leaviiig aside for
the. present the first instructions from Santa An-
na to the Mexican Couimissiziiiers, we proceed
to give an outline of the ultimatum offered by
them under his renewed instruction, which dif-
fers slightly from the original proposition : ‘
Article 1. Is merely an expression of
a desire that there may be a firm and las-
ting peace between the two Republics.
Art. 2. Stipulates that all prisoners ta-
ken by land or sea shall be given up after
the treaty is signed, and that any Mexi-
cans who may be prisoners of the savage
tribes of Indians within the limits of the
United States, shall be given up by the
Government of the United States and re-
turned to their homes.
Art. 3. All the forts, towns or territory
and artillery taken by the forces of the
United States shall be returned to Mexico.
Art. 4-. The dividing line I)€l\Vl*€D the
two Republics shall commence in the Gulf
of Mexico, three leagues from land, in
the front from thesouthern mouth of the
Bay of Corpus Christi, to run in a straight
line through said Bay to the mouth of the
Rio de las Nueces, to follow thence the
course of that river to its source. From
the source of the River Nueces a straight
line will be traced until it meets the actual
frontier of New Mexico in the east south
east part. It will thence follow the actual
frontier of New Mexico by the east, north
and west of New Mexico until it meets
latitude 37, which will serve as the boun-
dary of the two rupublics, from the point
at which it touches the frontier of New
Mexico to the Pacific. The Government
of Mexico agrees not to found any new
establishment or colonies in the space of
land which lies between the Rio Grande
and the Nueces.
Art. 5. In consideration of this exten-
sion of the territorial limits of the United
States, the Government of the said States
agrees to pay to the Government of the
United States ofMexico $ , at t e city
of Mexico, on the day of the exchange of
ratifications of this treaty.
Arts. 6 and 7. By these articles the
United States agree to release the Mexican
Government from all claims of the Gov-
ernment or citizens of the United States.
Art. 8 Provides for the settlement of
claims in the same manner as is provided
in the propostion of Mr. Trist.
Art. 9. Stipiilates that the Catholic
religion and the property belonging to that
persuasion shall be respected in the terri-
tory ceded to the United States.-
Art. 10. Citizens of Mexico who may
happen to be in the United States to have
the privilege of returning to Mexico,with-
out any tax being exacted from them.
Art. 11. All grants of land made by the
Mexican Government previous to this
cession of territory are to be respected by
the Government of the United States.
Art. 12.. The Republic of the United
States binds itself, solemnly, not to admit
henceforth the_ annexation of any district
or territory comprised within the limits
assigned by the present treaty to the Mex-
ican Republic. This solemn compromise
is one of the conditions under which
Mexico makes a cession of territoy to the
Republic of North America.
Art. 13. All goods now in the ports oc-
cupied by the American troops will pay
the duties established by the Republic
unless they have been prepaid; otherwise
they will be confiscated. .
Art. 14-. The Governmentof the United
Sm"-:8. wil satisfy justiy the claims of
Mexican citizens for the damage the
American troops have done them.
Art. 15. Merely relates to’ the 7ratifica-
‘\
3g3ll.1_$.t the Government of the United.
tion ofithe treaty.
_ - .
From the U.'S_. Gazettic.
THE PRICE OF GLORY.-
A great deal is said, now a-days, about
the excellent prospect of an immediate
peace ; and as the people evidently desire
it, the extra newspaper folks are busy man-
ufacturing and selling rumurs to that effect.
We see at present no reasonable grounds
for such anticipations. The situation of
the Mexicans in regard to their ability to
maintain the contest, at Ithis ‘moment, is
analogous to that of the Americans after
General Howe had captured Philadelphia,
our capital and seat of government. Our
forefathers were not beai.en, nor had they
any thoughts of being beaten. They nio-
ved their Congress to Lancaster, rolled up
their sleeves, and went at work anew.—
The British spent the iviiiter dancing, frol-
icking, and performing plays and .MescIzt-
r.-nzus, till they had run their government
in debt to a most frightful ainount—an
amount which staggered even the money'-
spending British Parliament. The country
people about Philadelpliia,rnean\i-hile,\\'ere
paid in guineas for whatever they sold to
the enemy.
The parallel between this state of aflairs
and the present state of affairs in Mexico,
is not quite complete; but it bids fair to
become so. Already we hear that Con-
gress will assemble in some provincial
town. Gen. Scott wiil march gloriously
.No:nWALi: GAZEf'1"1‘.E.
\Vcdnesduy, Oct. 13. I847.
WHIG_ s'rA'rr; CONVENTION.
The Whigs of Connecticut are hereby notified
that a State Lonvention, for the nomination of can- ,
didiites for Governor, Lieut. Governor, Secretary.
Treasurer. and Controller, and forthe appointment
of two -Delegates’ from the State at large. and one
from each of the four Coiigressionzil Districts, to
the \Vhig National Convention, to be held for the
selection of candidates for l’iji‘sideiit and -Vice’ Pres-
ident ofthe United Stiites—will- he held in the city
of New Haveii. on \Vednet=day. the 3d day of No-
veinher, 1848, at 10 o’clock in the foreiioon. The
VVliigs of the several towns are ri-qiiested to appoint
delegatesns soon as practicable to said State _C'on-
veiiiion—tlie number to be equal to double the niiiii-
ber ofRepre.-‘eiitiitivcs to which each town i_s enti-
tled iii the General Assembly.
“'31. \Vooniv.uui,
be appointed at an early day, and that their names
Jain-:s F. lhiicocx,
II1-zsitv I’i~:cx. g
wm. N. MASON, I
‘cw Haven. Sept. 15. 1847.
be iniinediatcly after sent to some ,VVliig paper for
publication.
l
VVhi -v
Committee.
Jenn L. Boswi-:i.i.,
‘,,*It is particularly l'l‘qllt.'Sl.t:(l that the delegates
\Ve briefly alluded last week, to the stand
vvliich the South had taken, under the leader-
ship of Mr. Calhoun, in opposition to the princi-
ples of the Wilniot proviso.
into the capital and his army will revel
gloriously in the “Halls of the
mas.” They will My gloriously for all
they buy with Brother Jonathan’s golden
eagles and hard dollars; and the result
will be a glorious national debt of about
500,000,000 of dollars at the least.
Mr. Polk, no doubt, is sick of the war;
a great deal sicker than the Mexicans.
The fact is, when he least expected it, he
has caught a Tartar. We all remember
the story—“Captain 1 have caught a Tar-
tar.” “Fetch him along. then.” “He
“Come along yourselfand
won’t come.”
leave him.” “I can’t—he won’t let me.”
dent. to be in; and he has the compassion
of all Christian people.
say its advocates, has brought us so much
glory I !” True. Whig captains fight
well. There is no denying that. But
glory is an expensive article, and the peo-
ple are beginning to regret that their
President had not regarded the following
prudent piece of advice given us in the
Edinburgh Review some time ago:
“We can inform Jonathan what are the
inevitable consequences of being too fond
of glory-——'rAxr-:s upon every article which
enters into the mouth, or covers the back,
or is placed under the foot-—taxes upon
everything which it is pleasant to see,
hear, feel, smell or taste—t-axes on every
thing on earth and the waters under the
earth—on everything that comes from
abroad, or is grown athome——taxes on the
raw material—taxes on every fresh value
that is added to it by the industry of man
—-taxes on the sauce which painpers man’s
appetite, and the drug that restores him
to liealth——on the ermine which decorates
the judge, and the rope which hangs the
criminal—-on the poor man's salt, and the
rich man‘s spice——on the brass nails of the
coflin, and the ribbons of the bride-—-at
bed or board, conchant or levant, we must
pay. The school-boy whips his taxed top
——the beardless youth manages his taxed
horse, with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road:
and the dying Fnglishman, pouring his
medicine, which has paid 7 per cent. into
a spoon that has paid 15 per cent.-flings
himself back upon his chintz bed, which
has paid ‘.22 per cent.——and expiries in the
arms of an apothecary, who has paid a li-
cense ofaliuiidred pounds for the privilege
of putting him to death.
erty is then immediately taxed front 2 to
10 per cent.
Besides the probate, large fees are de-
manded for burying him in the. chancel;
his virtues are handed down to posterity
on taxed marble; and he is then gathered
to his fathers—to be taxed no more. In
addition to all this, the habit" of dealing
with large sums, will make the government
avaricious and ‘profuse; and the system
itself will infallibly generate the base ver-
min of spies and informers, and a still
more pestilent race of political tools and
retainers of the meanest and most odious
description; while the prodigious patron-
age, which the collecting of this splendid
revenue will throw into the hands of gov-
ernment, will invest it with so vast an
influence, and hold out such means and
temptations to corruption, as all the:virtues
and public spirit even of republicans will
be unable to resist.” “Every wise Jona
than should remember this.”
What England is America may yet be-
come if the lust of conquest is cultivated
by her rulers and sanctioned by her peo-
pie. This war has already cost over a
hundred millions ofdollars,and its expense
will go on increasing, as long as it contin-
ues in a quadrupled ratio. Standing arm-
ies are to be maintai d at an immense
cost, thousands of mi itary and naval offi-
cers inast subsist on the public purse, and
crowds of contractors will drain the pub-
lic treasury.
We ask the people of Pennsylvania—
the tax paying people—to think of this,
and to determine whether they will encour-
age_that state of things which the Review-
er so graphically describes. The approach-
ing election will be regarded as a test, and
should Mr. Shunk succeed his success will
be claimed as an evidence that the Na-
tional Administration, with its myriad
costing war, and all its outrages have the
confidence ofour farmers and working men.
A shocking accident occurred in Fair-
field, last week. A man named Luther
Gould, was engaged with others in blast-
ing. After putting in a very heavy charge
and (as reported) nearly filling a seam in
a ledge of rocks with powder, Gould, set
fire to the-match. In ‘doing this, fire was
in some way communicated to the. loose
powder, and the whole exploded—the un-
fortunate man being blown to the height
of4-0-or 50 feet-—over the tops of the trees
in the vicinity. ' His remains were -found
.Mnnle2i1- I
It is an awkward predicament for a Presi-
“But the war,”-
His whole prop-,
lbe understood as asserting, that all the citizens
;of the Slave States have embriiced the ultra
5views of Mr. Calhoun upon that subject, and
,much less that they would be willing to adopt
the extreme measures at which lie significantly
hints in his Cliarleston speech. Undoubtedly
there are many warm friends of freedom there,
who would gladly see the limits of slavery cur-
tailed instead of being extended. But they are
comparatively few in numbers, and except in two
or three of the more nortliern Slave States,
wholly without political influence. The mass
of the people and the. most prominent of the
Statesman of the South will stand fast by slave-
ry, and leave no means untried to scgure its ex-
tension over the territory which may hereafter
be acquired from Mexico. They have already
chosen their ground and declared their deter-
niinntion to maintain it to the last. They have
rejected compromise even before it was offered.
They are organized, united and ready for the
contest. The cause of freedom must not there-
fore look for champions and advocates in the
South. In the North, in the Free States only
can it receive efficient aid and support. Here
is its only hope.
How then do the Free States stand upon
this question of the extension of slavery? If
the naked question, stripped of its political bear-
ings and separated from all parry influences,
could be presented to the electors of the Free
States to-day, no one can for n moment doubt.
but that the proviso would be most triuinphnntly
sustained. But unfortunately the question can
not be thus presented.’ Unfortunately we are
not united as we ought to be in defence of free-
dom and our rights as Northern men. \Vliy is
this? VVheuce comes it that the people of the
Free States are divided, and seem hulfinclined
to Sll1'1'8I](lel‘ their rights, as they have so Ofléll
done before, to the unjust demands of Ilie South '!
Has slavery changed its cliariictei'? Has it
been stripped of any of its IlOl'l‘0l'S ? Is it less
,oppressive now than it was’! Has any fresh
‘discovery been made in the theory of human
‘rights? Have we become wiser than our
fntliers were, who proclaimed in the most
august assembly that any age ever beheld,
the great truth that all men are created free
mid equal I Is it indeed true that the extension
of slavery has become a fit cause to employ the
energies of the patriot and philanthropist? Or
have we been so long the pliant tools of the
slaveocracy, that we cannot summon up the
resolution to‘ resist their comma nds?
The time line been assurredly when the
; North would not have been divided upon ii sub-
lject which involves considerations of such mo-
liiientous importance as this proviso does. There
lwould have been entire unaiiiniity in "counsel
, and action. There would have been no need of
im‘gl1ll)el'll2 and entreaty to induce men to oppose
,the extension of slavery. But that time it
;seems has gone by.
Let us briefly glance at the position "of the
i two parties at the North upon the slavery ques-
-,tion. VVhen Mr. \Vilmot of Pennsylvania in
l,lIl6 summer of18-16 moved his celebrated pro-
viso as an amendment to the two-million loan
bill, then before the Hons? of Representatives,
every body was taken by surprise. This gen-
tleman was ri free-trade Locofoco. He had
united with the South in repealing the tariff
of ’42. He had voted for the admission of Tex
as into the Union with a Constitution that for
ever guarantied the existence of slavery. He
had sustained the Executive in all his acts of
usurpation. He had voted without a murmur
for the war bill, and the lie in the preamble of
the bill which declared that war existed by the
act of Mexico. It was therefore wholly unex-
pected that he would bring forward a proposi-
tion to exclude slavery from the 't.ei'ritoi'y which
should be obtained from Mexico.
But the almost unanimoussupport which this
proviso received from Northern Democrats
showed that Mr. VVilmot had not acted on his
sole responsibility. The chains of party were
for once thrown off arid even Locofocos stood up
in defence of Northern rights. The bill with
the proviso passed the lower House, but unfor-
tunately was not acted upon by the Senate. At
the last session of Congress the loan bill with
the proviso, again passed the House of Repre-
sentatives, but it was defeated in the Senate by
-Northern Locqfoco votes. The bill was amon-
dediin the Senate by striking out the proviso
and was sent back to the House. l\’orthern
Locgfocos again proved traitors to the cause of
freedom which they had so recently espoused,
and voted with their brother "traitors in the Sen-
State Cetlllftll
;fore the country the friends of slavery.
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to assert in thiit article, nor do we now wish to, _ ,
{game of sliuflle and sliirk—of dodge and compro-- - r
misc,” in order that the hiii-moiiy ofthe North- .~. '
Did Northern Democrats manifest any rindig - - .
nation at-this treachery ?
Loolr I'it'the._~.to"Ii'o1"-06‘;-‘L’
the Locofoco press, the character of tli,o-ir.esolu'-..
tions adopted by Locofoco Conventions, ‘&ll,d‘1l,lI-_.‘,;
principles avowed by the most: prorninen_t..sta_tefi- .
men of that party, and in these you will% read‘: .
the answer. They have not'dared. in .man?y'.¢':ir-
current of popular feeling at the Nor’th"'-'ttpon 9
this question. They liavegnoi in .ri:on‘y "cues : .
4'.
dared to denounce the principles of thozplffiviso;
but in no instance have they given the_ir_i_nhenr-,7
ty _and sincere support. _Siliis "\V1'.lgI_l_t §':9_'I)e-:3’
lieve, most sincerely desired to secure thqhlggsg , -
ings of liberty to the territory \i.'liic_Itsliri_u_lg_i,_ bo_, ‘I W _
obtained from Mexico. “It was l)ls).d_t.‘.N;!'_,l!),I‘l)I|-__
tion to force this issue upon the dcinocriitic par-
ses openly to set themselves against tlitjs-strong. n
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lty. But Siliis \Vright—3“tlie only -‘deiirioeratici-‘ 7
stiitosman of the North ‘who was w-illing“‘t‘o take" '* -
this stand, is dead, and the deiiiocmcyiof the
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’ Empire State in their late Conveiition‘ii*'t«-Syrii-~-
cuss refused by vote or resolutionto cndorsetho ‘ ‘ ‘
principles of the proviso‘! They thus stand zbo-.
There-
- ciiii be no neutrality upon this question. - The‘
party that is not; for it is against It.‘ - . "
Again we repeat the qucstion—--Hnvo North
ern Democrats any wlicre sliowii .a hourly and’
‘they not rather shown it dosire'to'-play “the
cm and Soutiiern sections of the party might ‘
not be disturbed T
wise’! \Viis not the author of the “gag rule" 3
Nortliei-ii Democi'at'! - \Viis not their favorite
President “ a Northern man with Southern
principle?" Did not Northern Democrats vote‘
for the admission of Texas into the Union with
a constitution that niiikcs slavery perpetual’!
over not as it became northern men to act? W'hon
did they ever give a vote which was distasteful to
their Southern allies? It was idlo therefore to_
hope that in the coming contest between freedom
and slavery, Nortlirn democriicts would be found
in the ranks of freedom. They have nlwny pre-
ferred party to country. They have always
been willing to sacrifice the riglitsizof the North I
for the spoils of office. Tlii_-yhave everibeon.
ready to sell their birthriglit fora mess ofpot-i
rage. The votes of prominent‘ democrats last
wiiiter, the tone of the democratic press, tholato
letter of James Buchiinan, one of the democrat-'
ic leaders, the action of democratic conventions,
especially in New York and Massachusetts,
that N ortliern democrats have returned to their
allegiance to the South, and that henceforth no
in times past, they will implicitly obey the com-’
mands of the slnveocriicy.
\Vliat a spectacle does this nation. the freest
nation on the globe, present I Millions ofslaves
in her very bosom, kept in a state of the most
abject servitude, and not a step taken to improve
their condition : not 1] step taken but that tends
to rivet their chains more firmly: to seal the"
doom of slavery to eternity ! Armies are raised
and uavies manned, a bloody war is waged, ter-
ritory is wrested from ii weak republic, and II
debt‘ of untold millions incurred, to pour slavery
into regions yet untainted by it, to polluton soil
and climate favored of Heaven, with it curso
whose affinities are with the world below !
to this work !
SUPERIOR. COURT, October 'l‘erm,18-47, at
Danbury——-first week.——Tho first case tried was
Browcr vs. Silliman.-—.-Action of Assunipsit
for work and labor done by plaintiff for defen-
dant. Verdict for plaintiff $1 13 and costs. I _
Hollistcr vs. Dibble.—-Piirtiel live in Dan-
bury. Verdict for defendant. i _
‘Lockwood vs. C'rawford.——Action on an in-
dorsed note. This case wns_ tried‘ at the last
October Term and a verdict there rendered for.
plaintiff. It was taken to the Court of Errors
by a notice for a new trial in July last and I
new trial granted. The trial at this term was
in accordance with the decision of the Court of
Errors. I Verdict for plaintiff between $400 and:
S500 and costs. For plaintiff", Booth and Butler.
For defendant, Hawley. ‘
ELECTIONS.
MAitn.a:vn.—'-The Locos have elected their
candidate for Governor bya majority of 1000
or less, and the \VI1igs havogained two mem-
bers of Congress. Just reversing the position
of parties in the last Congress. The delegation‘
now stands 4 whigs to 2 locos. The Legisla-
ture is whig as before. only a little nioro so.
Gr-zoxout-——But few returns have yet reached
us. It is, however thought that the Locos
have elected their Governor. ‘ The character 0
he Legislature is unknown. As two U.
Senators are to be chosen—one to supply the:
place of Mr. Berrien, and another that of Mr.
Colquit, the position of parties is ii. matter of im-.~
portance. A _‘
PENNS1'LVANlA.—EI8ctl0n took place yester-—;
day-—Tuesday.
result of the election in the Fourth Congres-
sional District of M aryland—comprising the ‘first.’
fifteen Wards of Baltimore, says: I I
' “Although the result makes no politicalchango
in the representation of the District, the major--
ity may be larger against the \Vhig candidate
than persons at it distance may have ‘anticipated :;
yet here, where the unexampled efforts of the-'
Government agents and partisans, and the ole? '
merits and influences which were brought to. *
bear on the election, are knwn, this majority
produces little sui'prise’’’ ‘. . J
It is stated that the affairs .of Prime, Worth
dc Co. as far as the-American creditors are con-'-
cerned, will turn out even worse than was four-
ed. , The amount of indebtedness is about $700,
000, of ‘which three ‘of th'o'\_Vall st. Banks loco
a large, amount,’ state’<I_",‘at.'f.$200,_000. . '1-‘ho
creditors I Ilat'é'&b§oybpd the assotp?
t_i_t,a, distance, blackened and disfigure_d.i'
ate in favor of the extension of slavery.
of the firm.
How could they iict otho'r- ‘
proclaim in a language not who misunderstood.‘ ‘
1'_"
Upon what subject, upon what question did they
And Northern freemeu are lending IIIBIIISOIVOI
-' - ' r‘ .-. - 1 ». - .
“,8 did not mean i siiicoio adoption of the VI iluiot Proi.so . Have
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The National Intelligencer speaking 'cf'tho':_
Norwalk Chronicler