Ira etiM IB 1 o luntffr. BYJTOHN B. BRATTON. VOL.. 34. THE AMERICAN VOLUNTPR, . nnbtlehed every Thursday, at Carlisle, Po., by JOHN B. -ty V i ; . v v* .*•••■ ' BBATTOH, upon tho following, conditions,.which wili.boj When Great Britain wdr insulting .our flag, im. rigidly adhere °^ R - -V- ■;, ; ; pressing . OU r .sooinen, n^lurniiwd, and native, and For ana year, .nnrfooncs, . ".. . -A*r r .. 'i ; SS oo ■ "'“‘"SL I condemn,„g ourchip, end merchandise ySr six motyii’i in.qtoanie, ... =. . i OQ•«**«£ various false pretences prior,lo tlie declaration K<> subscription taken for a less torm than six months, amT ’War of 1612, Mr. .Jefferson was anxious to no diicontlnuoncoermliiert until all arrearages am paid., , bring thorn to a-senso of justice without resorting lo 11 t,^ri!2? r sv. ar ■ «.*» will dc i , _' I tor stills .purpose the embargo and non-inturcourso . - ._ , j laws were adopted. Theso lawswere denounced by 0118 i qiiare; one insertion,' \ • • . 850 Federalists,from one end of the Union to the One square, two Insertions,- ••• . ... . other a* unconstitutional and oppressive; and such ttfij?KidS-’peraquarc,"../ V- S w f "“ tho^“"E, “f*k* «••’»«* England portion a fibcral discount wlllbeiuAilo to those who advertise by -*v U»at the latva.could not bo executed, and Vlic year, ur for three or monllis;-• . thus was llieir object defeated. .. . , •,. T~* % \" • r ,-,‘ ; , ... ' They then denounced Mr. Jefferson, and the whole Iwnovcr street,-a few doors from Burkholder's hotel, and dl- could not.be Kicked into a : war. - * rcttly oppdslte.the Post-office, where those having business , At length, when Mr. Madison, who had succeeded will please call. Mr. Jefferson, recommended war ns the only aljcrna tivo left lb preserve the rights and honor of the no. tion tlio Federal'tune .was changed. l The Demo, crqts were then denounced for making War without preparation, and by many, tho war was declared as wicked and unjust, ns. the loading .Corwin Federal, isls now denounce (ho Mexican war. Many of (ho New England orators' declared it “ unbecoming a moral and religious people to rejoice at our victories, 0 and th.us was the opposition to the frar continued, and llte arm of (ho nation in a de gree parallzcd by the machinations • of Federalism, until {t ended In the unpurrallcled victory of tho Blh of January, 1815, at Now -Orleans, achieved under the auspices of Andrew Jackson. . Tho result of this War gave,,almost a .death, blow to Federalism, .and then it was that they began to deny their ancient name, and to seek for others more popular, in order to deceive the people and screen themselves from the odium of their traitorous conduct..- ' . Cut their- opposition to Democratic men and measures, with u. fow honorable expectations, con tmues the same, no matter what name they may as sumo. During the administration of Gen. Jackson, a trea. ty was concluded with France, by 'which- indemnity .was secured lo some extent, to our citizens, for spoil iatibnaon our commerce by that nation. For some cause,'after the treaty'WbB.cbncludc(], the French Chambers of Deputies refused to make lhe nccccssa ry appropriations to, carry U inltf effect and to pay whnt the treaty stipulated should bo paid, and tho draft of our government for ono of tho instalments was dishonored;' This was an act of bad faith' on part of France, to which llto adniimstraliori was do- j termined not.to submit, oven at (ho risk of war; and Gen. Jackson.-suggested that if the. treaty was not curried into effect in good faith,.we would have.a right'to make reprisahr. How didllio Federal party behave on this occasion 7 Their newspapers were filled with denunciations from ono end of the-Uni on lho other against the administration for its rash and .uncalled .for recommendations which would, os they said, Involve the country in war. ■ >' Mr. Livingston, who \yhsthcn in France ns our Minister; urging upon tho bVcneh governmentthe ne cessity of the execution of the treaty.lo preserve the amicable relations of the two governments, said the greatest obstacle he found in lhc way of effecting tho object was- the Federal press, particularly the National Intelligencer, ot Washington, which he requested the Secretary of State io strike’from thb papers sent, to U\b legation,-oh-i‘«ccbunl of-its antj- American character,which' was done. * It' wllholsd bo rcocbllectcd that during this difficulty, it was am ticlputcd; from news received just at (ho close', of the session of Congress in (he, year 1835, that France might take odvantogo of the thon'Uripre pared condition of thd : country and make a sudden declaration of. war. >lt was therefore proposed to place nn appropriation of three millions of dollars at the disposal of the President to meet tho contingen cy. The proposition, was at once acceded to by a Democratic House of Representatives,and tho appro, ation was granted by an overwhelming vole of that body. But,how was it treated by a Federal Senate? Rejected instantcr in tho most unparliamentary and indignant manner. One of tlie leading and most distinguished members .of that body, and tho-head and front of Federalism, declaring that he would not vote, for it,V* if the enemy were at the t valle of the Capital battering it'down" . Tlie appropriation wot lost'by a, disagreement be. tween tho IWb Houses. , .Nothing- daunted -however by tho anti-American conduct of the Sanalc, Gene* ral Jackson adhered resolutely to hie purpose until he compelled Louis Philippa to moke a virtue of necos. sity by paying the.lndemnity. Now, wo know that our opponents, who call themselves Whigs, insist that they are not tile eld Federal parly. > Ibis however as wo have before said,is a more cVoslon to avoid the odium of their former deeds.. Wo know lliere have been individual changes; that some Federalists havo come into tbe Democratic ranks,and some who were Democrats have gone into tho ranks of Federalism. Such changes will np doubt bo constantly occurring; but the great body of (ho parties are essentially the same, and their principles identical. Has nut Phila delphia been always a Federal oily—and is It not now a “Whig city/' Word not Lancaster and Adams counties always Federal counties—and are they not now Wiiig counties? Were not Massachusetts and Rhoad Island always Federal Stales—and qra they not now Whig States? Do not these fuels show conclusively that modern Whiggory is, old Federnliem. Again, look at old Berks ohd old Norlhamplon*counUes, in this Stale.— Were they not strongly Whig couulics in 1776 Democratic in 1799, lor Jefferson against Adams— Democratic in tho war of lBl2—and'are they not Democratic still? And again,look at;the States of Pennsylvania and Virginia~-woro they not Dcmo. ; cratio in tho days of Jefferson, Modison and Jackson and ore they not still Democratic? Do not these few facts show clearly llialpartiea arc essentially the some at this time as they were in the early days of the Republic? Of this fact, however, wo havo fur thor evidence, growing out of tho relations' of the pm ties to tho present war. Tho Democrats believe that tho unjust conduct of the Mexicans towards our oilizens, and their repealed aggressions upon our na lional rights, and especially their assassinations of our officers end soldiers upon our own soil, prior to tho battles of the Blh and 9th of May, tolly justify (ha course oflhoproflontadminislrolion in tho prose culion of tho war until an honorable peace shall bo obtained, and some guaranty given that it will bo observed. It is Indeed, a mutter of bister/ that wo hod just cause of war with them long since, but, knowing our own strength and their weakness, w<? forbore, and have endured more wrongs at their hands than would havo been tolerated by us from Groat Britain. Franco, or any other notion on the globe. At length embolden by our forbearance, and rocking our magnanimity for weakness or cowardice, Moxlno do, dared and commenced the war herao f. Now tho Federal party, oapodolly ■ llio loader., labor in tlmir paper, and, in llieir apocohoa tu provo llmt lliiß ia nn unjust and wicked war, for wlilch the Poinooral. are alone roaponalldo, ju-l aa they did during the war of lSia, willi Groat Britain, and aa ll, oy '"J 10 " 101 ] their enurae in 1834, In-out Ijiroalencd dlflloullie. V 'lf the pru.ont opposition, to tiid Dcmoorntlo parly is really a Whig opposition, llio word mual hayo aoma meaning very diiri.enl Born whnt it had In the day. of lire Revolution. • In those doya tho Wlnga took part with their, country, and tho Tories with tiro on nmv. It sobms, however, that euro nponents liavo found'out that if tiipy cannot' oiler things, they can change names. For a toll history of the causes which led lo the war. wo rcapootlhlly rotor Ip tho annexed extracts from tho lost annual mo.aago of tho rroaidan , and S tile proclamation of Gan, Scott lo llio Mexican., tho latter of wlilch, wo presume, our opponents will Ua vfgoroua ptoseculion until tiro enemy aliall ovmoo Doimcal. MS STATE CENTRAL COM MITTEE. ADDUES! 7h thepeopU pf Pennsylvania: Fellow Citizens— The members of the State Cen iral Committee of Iho Democratic parly, appointed by tJic lato 4th of March Convention, deem it a duly, in the fulfilment of iho object <sf their appointment, (o address you in relation to the present condition of i the country, and call youf attention to the importance of the approaching election. | Never at any period .since Iho commencement of our history have the people at large, and especially the Democratic party had more cause fo congratulate each olhor.upon, the progress of free principles in improving tho condition.and extending the happiness of man. Tho United States aro all, without rcspocl sccl,in tho full and ponce, ful enjoyment of tho most enlarged civiVand bus rights, which ore noUonly secured by conslilu-' tional provisions, hut by that which is much strong er, tlio good sense and sound judgement of an on* lightened and,liberal community. It also giyes us unfeigned pleasure to Join in congratulations upon the general prosperity which pcrvudeß*all tho. busi ness and pecuniary relations of the people. Notwith standing tho predictions of our leading Federal op ponenls of the ruin and desolation which was'to follow (he election of tho Democratic candidates in 1844, our prosperity has. been onward cvcr since, and at no period of our existence as a people, have all iho departments of industry—agricultural, mcchani cal, commercial and manufact(iring,.hcen in a more prosperous and hcakjiy condition, and labor more in demand at fair rates of compensation than at the present lime.. It is when labor .cdmmaiids its just reword that on. honest and indusirious community is always tho moat happy. s , . a This condition .of things wo have reason to believe rests on a substdnciql basis, and'is iho result, in a groat degree, of a sdqnd and liberal policy founded upon just principles of. commercial inter ceruse arid reciprocity, iii connection, with d consti tutional isyslem of finance on. tho port of the general government, calculated. to prevent excessive issues uf paper money, and to maintain a sound curren cy. ■ '(.'■• 1 ' ': Our Federal friends, however, would have you be lievc that all our present prosperity results from the scarcity of'provisions'in Kurope<‘ond the consequent Aigh prices in this country. .That thoscarcUy Europc'of Breadstuff's has tended to raise prices in lids country, wo will not deny. 1 Every man of coni tnon sense Knows this lo bo a fact. But every person of intelligence and candor is. also bound to admit that tho reduction of tho duties on our flour and grain in the English ports, with tho .rnodifipation of nur own tariff on their productions, is calculated to enlarge tho trade between iho two countries, and in crease tho'export of our groin and flour .permanent, ly; and as (Hits will increase tho ability of our citizens to purchase end consume manufactures, it will add lo tho prosperity of every branch of industry in the country. •In regard to tho Iron and coal.interests, (hey will be especially benefited by tho demand fur iron to make railroads lo carry tho products of agri culture lo market and to auppfy the wanlsof an en larged internal aa well as externa) commerce. In fact, wo regard our domestic manufactures as so well established, that with moderate but certain, duties properly arranged they can withstand .the compel!- . lion of tho world ; and in this opinion we aro con firmed by iho judgement of practical, mpn ,who are engaged in enlarging old, and building now estab lishments under tho present tariff, without any rea sonable hope of an immediate change. Our opponents, however, having boon driven by the experience of.tho country from all their old posi tions in regard to a bank of tho United Stales, a high protective tariff, und their opposition to tho Indepen dent or Constitutional Treasury, now seek to find I'Quio of opposition to tho. Democratic party ; in tho war with Mexico. In regard lo the bank, they told (he people (lint it was Indispensable to their prosper ity and that the country could not exist without it. They even .excited their partisans to madness, and encouraged a revolutionary spirit anibngstfhp people by denouncing General Jackson as a tyrant and an usurper, for his opposition to a mobster bank which sought to placo itself above (lid constituted authori ties of tho nation, And to control (ha government.— A distinguished member of the Federal parly on tills occasion addressed tho populace of Baltimore, on Sunday, and-hy way of encouraging and justify tog their conduct, declared “that in revolutionary times there was no Sabbaths;” Now the pamo parti sans say that a Bank of tho United States ‘‘is an obsolete idea.” . , lioforo the modification of tho tariff of 1842, they declared that if tlio act of 1846 became,ft law t that nearly all tlio furnace, forges and manufactories of the country would have to atop; that men would have j * )0 burned out of employment to starve; and that me productions of the farmer would rot on his hands •or want of a homo market. How these predictions have been verified lot the jl re * t ®[] 1 condition of the country ahswer. They made •e like prediction* in regard to the operations of the oniUtutlonal Treasury; yet It has been In operation outa year, and the. country has npvcr enjoyed n Mior degree of prosperity. - - - ar.V° , u PI ? ,Blllon t° tho Democratic parly on account f«. c *‘ cnn wa r»is entirely eonsiatont with their ■nor conduct and practice. i, n ' B poaking of our opponents wo are compelled to : I . J* 1 hy their proper name of l ft j C . on or unklndnoss, but because it is lin possible rion # l^ nato l * hy tho names thoy have, at va. .. ls times, assumed to suitthoomongoncy.in which r.r,? Wero and to avoid tho guilt and odium qll eir Political ofibneos. Fuih'n 0 * B , n ° which goes further, to establish n.»i i n that of the accused changing his name so hav n ? nut ho known, This tho Federalists libv tiono QVcr ovcr again, “until inany of them •1, , y P° r ®uaded themselves that they nrd not Fedor. " »but good honest «Democroli<j Whigs." 1,,,.”• however, a fatal 'aclf-delusion. and a mere to it> ,n^,on °f the mind,. They have ndjnst claim MdpiV.VJu l0 ,* wore men in that day who took oliitiftß * cncm y "gainst the Whigs of the Rev. p„, ,’i UBt . , 08 the loaders of tho present opposition licAr .i . 08 now against tho constituted author. ¥», r fr counlr y- . • . ‘ rifr}ii«°«p ., B . B that doy wore tho advocates of (ho evorv ii.* i r co ‘>nlry, and wisro willing to sacrifice ODDii..!* •i u honor ln fpslsling the tyranny and nE ",°f lh# King „nd Vurlinmoiit Groat Pendent r the establishment of a IVco andJndo. TsV fi * ovcrnm °nl. lent ij!!s i^ 1 . 00 their sentiments and conduct as tho * wli a i{ Mo , , to determine what constitute#. Whig, iiimo? «, t‘n can the Federalists make Id the craav tui,! 1 ' ay Wo 1,01 appeal to tho fathers of Demo- Cl >tal)li(ii,!!l ur .° y®* amongst Ms to prove that IVom the (ho the conslllMlion to jho present,day, hnd wfu, V C( J cra tl«ls, In all tho dlfllcultios wo have ' n oro . ,^ n powers, took sides against tho a,,( l justified tho onomicu of their coup- “bun COUNTRY—MAY ; IT ALWAYS" BE RIGHT —BUT-RIGHT OR WRONG, btJR COUNTRY.’’ CARLISLE, PA-, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1847. a dispositloh to make peacc .on fair and liomfroblq terms. Tho'Mexicans commenced it, and thoso in our own country, who take sides with.-them nouncing tho constituted authorities of the coufltVy andjilacing our own government in the wrong, are ro-. sponsible for its’ continuance'.’ .* ' If tho Federal press, : and especially the National Intelligencer, caused.sp.much; difficulty . to Mr.Xny jngston, in Franco,.in adjusting our.differenceswith that government, wliat must bo (ho effect bfllio samo press, ahd 'nll others of like'slamp, now oh tho Mex icans; a*people much less intelligent as.a body than tho French, on the question of peace? • .., . . >Tbis iso, question worthy of the attention of.tho arithmeticians of our Fcdcrnl,opp9nenls.‘ .. Hcio wo will drop the subject.for tho present aim. ply remarking (hat we know that there are many good andpatriolic nien’Tnthc ranks of our opponents who do jiot approve- pf tlio coilrpo ,of : their leaders, and who ought not to render- themselves , subject to our remarks by their adherence to a party (hat is habitually wrong., * . , . . . To such we say, in oil klndilsss and sincerityyck. Ammo your position, uhd if you' find yourselves, oeD ing with those who are opposing iheircountry;come over to the Democratic party. It is the parly:nf the country, and whatever may be Its errors, it.will ncv cr bo found, taking sides in time of-war with the common enemy;•- It was onr inteniion when we commenced,this ad dress to cnllyour attention particularly to Iho affairs of our own State, and contrast tho present condition of the Commonwealth with its condition a few yeard ago. 'Wo have, however, extended our remarks in relation lo matters connected with th& general gov ernment, beyond what we intended, and will not therefore weary your patience nt this lime, by going at length into the (Administration 6f affairs in our own Stale, We shall rcsorvelhis for the subject of another address. • ■ ! - The State improvements tiro doing well, and will from the most authentic information wo have been able lo obtain, cloar at least one millioh-of dollars to the treasury during the present fiscal year, after-ifie pay mont ofall expenses, unlosssomo unforeseen casual-' ity should occur. Wo know of no| wbsl or frauds that are being pbrpurlralcd on the funds of the Com monwealth. We believe they are fuilhfully collected and applied to thcir propcr.nsc. The uccouuling department husbeen assiduously engaged,in settling old accounts, and enforcing the payment of.arrcro gfcb; from which a very considerable sum has, with in thb Inst year or two, be’cri realized, The interest on the 1 public debt, -we believe; will be punctually paid on (ho Ist oT Augnsl;.ohd, if. the -same sound policy and economy is continued in the administra tion of dur affairs' that has prevailed dufing (ho pres ent administration, it will.continue tu be paid prompt ly for ail : lime lo comb. Not only so, but wo feel assured .that in a very short time a respectable sinking fund can be established, to extinguish a por tion of (ho public doblannually, wlllioutany increased taxation, Tho administration of GpV. Shunk has. fully real ized the expectations of his most J sanguine friends. Me U lionest ond capable; sound f in his' principles and firm in their maintenance. To Ins firmness we are greatly indebted’for (ho prevention of moriy bad measures during tho'lust session; when the Federal ists were in the ascendant. Wo believe the prosper, ity and well being of the Commonwealth demand Ins reflection, and therefore urge you to bo active,'uni* led and energetic-in .bis_support. '; .> • .-v. Oorcandidate for Canal Commissioner is Admitted on all-hands to bo a most unexceptionable oiid excel lent man, well qualified Tor tbo: situation and will add strength to our’party.. > ’ The Accounts wo have of our prospects, from all parte of the Commonwealth, nrc highly flattering to our success. We must not, however, suffer tills to make ns to 'confident. ' We have a vigilcnt and nov. cr tiring opposition to contend with, ever rcady’lo a. vail itself of out indifference, errors or negjigened. It (horeforu behoves every Democrat to bo at his post, and to perform his duty to himself, (o the well tried candidates of tho parly, to his State and his 1 country Li REILV, Chairman. Isaac G. M’Kinlev, iSwre/ory... Extract from Preiitlent Folk's 'Annual Message of \ , • Dectmhetlask 1 J '• Tlib wrongs which wo havo suffered from Mexico almost ever, since sho became an independent Power, and the patient .endurance with which wo have borne them, are without a parallel in tho history of modern civilized nations. There is reason to believe that.if these wrongs had been resented end resisted in the first instance, the present war might have been avoid, ed. One outrage, however, permitted to pass with impunity! almost necessarily encouraged the porpe (ration of another, until at last Mexico seemed to attribute to weakness and Indecision on our part a forbearance which was (ho offspring of niagnamity, and ofa sincere dosiro to preserve friendly relations with a sister republic. . , . ‘ Scarcely had Mexico achieved her independence, which the United States were the first among tho nations to acknowledge! when she commenced tho system of insult and spoliation, which she has ovpr since pursued. Our citizens engaged in lawful com mcrce were imprisoned, their vessels seized, aml'our flag insulted in her ports. If money was wanted, tho lawless seizure and confiscation pf our merchant vessels and their cargoes was a ready resource; and 1 if to accomplish their purposes it became necessary 'to Imprison.tho owners, captains ..and crows, it was - done. Rulers superseded rulers In Mexico in rapid • succession,hulelill thorowne no change in the system ofdeprcdalion. Tho government of the United States ' made repeated reclamations on behalf of its citizens, : hut these were answered by tho perpetration qP .now of redress made by Moxicb in tho most solemn forms wore postponed or evaded.— Tho files and record of tho DepdrlmontofStatooon. tain conclusive proofs of numerous lawless acts per* pQtrutcd upon tho properly and persons of our cili. zons by Mexico, and of|Wunlon insults to our notion ol flog. Tho interposition of our government to obtain redress was again and again invoked, under circumstances which no nation ought to disregard. It was hoped that those outrogos would cease, and that Mexico would bo restrained by tho laws which, regulate tho conduct of.civilizod notions In their in tercourso with each other,ufler the treaty of amity, commerce and navigation of tho Stirof April, 1831. was concluded between the two republics; but this hope soon proved to be vain. Tho course of seizure and 'con/lfloation of the property of our citizens; tho violation of their persons and tho insults to bur flag pursued by Mexico proviouHtolhnltlmo were scores ly suspended for oven o brief period, although the treaty so cloorly defines the rights and duties of the respective parties that it is impossible to misunder stand or mistake thohi. In loss than seven years after the conclusion of that treaty our grievances had become so intolerable that, in tho opinion of President Jackson, they should no longer bo ciidur cd. * t. ; In his message to Congress, in February, 1837, ho. presented them to the oonsicloraion of that body, and declared that ‘.‘The length of lime since some of the' Injuries have been committed, tho repealed and un availing applications for redress, the Wanton charac ter of some of the outrages upon tho property and persons of our citizens, upon the officers and uag of tho .United States, Indppendept of rbooht Insults to , this'governmentand people by tho late extraordinary , ■ Mexican mlnislerwould justify in (he .eyes of all notions immediate war.” 1 ' In n spirit of kindness and forbearance; however, ho recommended reprisals as a,milder mode of redress. , Hu declared that war should not bo used os t rein ody “by just and'gcnerous nations confiding in their strength for Injurlos committed, if it can bo honors bly avoided, ’* and added, “it has bccurod to mo that, considering the present omharrasad condition of (hat, country, wo should act with both wUdoiu fffoo* 1 oration, by giving to Mexico one more opportunity I to lilnno .rorlho past, before we take rodrbss intoonrj own handii, ' To avoid all misconception onl( of Mexico, as well aa to protect our national charao- lerfrdm,reproach, this opportunity should' bo civorlJ with .the avowed design and full preparation to take immediate satisfaction, If U should not bo obtained on a" repetition of the demand for it. - i this end I recommend 'that an act be passed authorising reprisals, and the use of tho naval force of the .United Stales, by tho Executive, against Mex* ico, to enforce them, in the event of a refusal by the Mexican government, to come loan amicable adjust, mrntbf the matters in controversy between us, upon snotherdemand thereof, made from bn'board onu Of our JresSpls of war on tho coast of Mexico.?, . Committees of both Houses of Congress to' which ■ this message of this President, was referred, fully sustained Ins views of tho character of the wrongs which *wc had suffered from Mexico, andrccommcn* ded.that.anbthcr demand for redress should bo made beforo:nuthotizing war or reprisals. on Forc «& n Relations of the. Senate, 1*? sa^ a: “After such a. demand, should prompt justice bo refused by the Mexican government, Wb mayi.appeal to dll nations not only for the equity, and moderation with which wo shall have acted- to* yyards.a sister republic, for the necessity which will then compel us to seek redress for our,wrongs,either, by actual war or by reprisals. The subject will then •be presented before Congress, at the commencement of the next session, in a clear and distinct form; and the committee cannot doubt but that such measures will adopted as may be necessary to vindicate tho honor of the country, and insure ample reparation to onr Injured citizens.” * ' •' ■ The CommiUce on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives made a' similar recommendation. their .report,' they say that they “fully concur with the President that ample cause exists for takingro* dress.into hands, and believe that wc should bo justified iiijtho opinion. of-olhcr nations, for la. kin£ such a slop.‘But they arc willing, to try tho ox* penment of another demand, made in the most solemn form; upon tho justice of the Mexican government,' before any further proceedings arc adopted.! 1 ~ No. difference of opinion upon tho subject is believ ed to hdvb existed ih-Uongrcss al that time. The Executive and Legislative dcparlmcntaconcurred; and yet such has been our forbearance, and desire to preserve peace with Mexico, that tho wrongs of which \yo then complained, and which gnVo rise .to. these solemn proceedings, not only remain unredregs cd to this day, byiaddilional causes of complaint, of an aggravated character, have ever since bctnaccu mnlatlhg; ; .i. Shortly after these proceedings, a special messen gcr was. despatched to Mexico, to make a final de mand for redress; and on the Umitjelh of July 1837, the demand was mode. The reply of the Mexican government tears dale on the 29th .of the same month, and contained nssurenccs of the “anxious wish” of the jilcxlcnu governmentnot to delay the moment of tlujt final and equitable aiijustmcnt which is to terminate the existing difficulties between'the two governmentsthat “nothing should be loft/Un'* done .which may contribute to the most speedy and equitable determination of tbo subjects which have so seriously*chgagcd the attention of the American government)?*/(hut the “Mexican government would adopt,-'n's*the’qnly guides for its conduct, tho plain-, cst principWof public right, the*sacred obligations imposed by international law, and the religious faith of treaties ;“-)uid<lhat “whatever reason and justice may dictate respecting, each case will bo done.” The.essurdn&qwas further given, that the decision of the Mcxi<*W’govcrnment upon each oausc of compfiflht; redresirTiufl should bo coiiftmmicntcd to tho government of tho United States, by tho Mexican minister at Washing ton. “ - ; These solemn assurances, in answer to our de mand for redress, were disregarded. By making them, however, Mexico obltfthed further- delay. Pre sident Van BurenJn his annual message to Congress of fifth of December, 1837, stales, that “although the larger number” of nur demands for redress, and > “ myiy of them aggravated casus of personal wrongs, 1 have been now for yoors before tho Mexican govern ment, and some of the causes'of national complaint, and those.of lho ; inpst offensive character, admitted of immediate, simple, and satisfactory replies, it is only, within a few days past that any specific, com munication id answer to our last demand, mndo five months-sgo, has been received from (he Mcxicon minister; and that “for.not one of our public com plaints lias satisfaction been given or offered; that )Ut one of the cases of personal wrong has been fa. vorably considered, and that but four cases of both i descriptions, out of all those formally presented, and J earnestly pressed, have as yet been decided upon by I tho Mexican government.” 1 President Van Buren, believing that it would bo vain to make any further attempt to obtain redress by the ordinary means within tho power of the'Ex ecutive, communicated this opinion to Congress, in tho message referred, to, in which he soid, “On a careful and deliberate examination of the contents,” (of tho correspondence of tho Mexican government,) “and considering tho spirit manifested by the Mexi can government, it has become my painful duly to return tho subject as it now stands, to Congress, to whom it fo decide upon tho lime, the mode, and the measure of redress.” Had the United Stales at that time adopted compulsory measures, and token redress into their own hands, all our difficulties with Mexico would probably have been long since adjust ed, and tho existing war hove boon averted., Magnanimity uud moderation on our part only had tiio effect to complicate theso difficulties, and render an amicable settlement of them the more em barrassing. That such measures of redress under similar provocations, committed by any of the pow erful nations of Europe, would have been promptly resorted Jo by tho United bo doubled. The notionarhonor, and the preservation of tbo na tional character throughout the world; as well os our self respect, and the protection duo to our own citi zens, would, have rendered such a resort indispensa ble. The history of no civilized notion in modern limes has presented within so brief ft period,so many attacks upon the honor of its flag, and tfShyiropcrty and persons of.its citizens, as hud ot IhnßLmo been borne by the United States from the Mexioah authorities and people. [Did our columns should publish nil that portion of the message relative to tho Mexican war, as it is tho clearest and nlost comprehensive exposition which ha® over boon penned o a this sub joel.j ’ Extract from Oen. Scott'i Proclamation, dated, Jala* pa, Mexico, May 11,1847. , “ Whatever may have been the origin of this war, which hiy country new itself forced to undertake by Irremediable cause*, which Hoorn are unknown to Iho greater part of the Mexican,notion, wo regardil aa a necessity; suob is it always to both belligerents, and reason and justice,' if not forgotten on both sides, oro in dispute, each believing them its own. You have proof of this truth as well as ourselves, for In Mexico, as In tjio l United States, there have existed and do exist two opposite parties, dcslrlng—tho one pence, the other war, But Governments hove suared duties, from which they cannot depart; and often these duties impose, for national reasons, a silence afid n reserve sometimes displeasing to the of those who, from view* purely personal or Individ, util, Vnnko opposition* To this a Government osnn® l pay" any reß« rrf * cipooling the nation topluoo _ thu oonfidonto'inontod by a magistracy of th oAleh policy and;'ciri onn intercut precipitated ’ o " l | B ", f | n ' K too, which, oqm.pdotion of the it “ j,|pf rc nco> wl(h ardently during to 1 ° r ' T ' o ° „,po 1 1 Wow it), honor Mexico, .pared no ro.oorc , P' W(> „ n on ,l j und and dignity. I" '"['l™ „,„ s i (faltering hope, of whan it wee mdnliinff , , . M p| >n alion» and aocompli.liing lie “I™- ,L |„dgmont and prudonop r.a.onlng.. ofGon. t). of ll>. y ! r ‘ u » »loa.t-lookod for dl.pellcd J. Hcrforsy. . n^,-> nnd'at the same llmoblookpd u'p toMdlo.d loan hoiWatia not- SS&SSfS** (WO Italian"- • The ppw. Go,cm- tncnt discarded the nalional"intorcstst, 'as'well asj • ■ ALLBOORTI those of continental America; and elected in ' * . • ; . ~ ' r cnco foreign influences the most opposed to those in-! Night kissed thb young tbbo and it benl softly td tercsts ana the'most fatal to tho fulure of Mexican ®lec|i. Anil stahrdhihed, and pure drops hung upori liberty and of ropUbllban system which the United ■ *l* blushing bosomjahd tvatbhcd its pure slumbers; Stales hold it a duty to preserve and protect. Duly,) Morning fcamo'willrher dancing blbbics; and they honor, and dignity itself.imposo upon us the ncces- whispered to tho‘young rose;- and it awoke joyoni sity of not losing a seadoti bf which tho monarchial a *id smiling. Lightly It danced Id and fro In all the party was taking violent adVantoge, for not a loveliness of health and yoUthful jhnbcehbe, ment was to bp lost; unit wo'acted with the prompt- j Thdrixamolhc ordeh tsun-gqd iwfebping front the ness and decision necessary In a case so urgent, to Cttßt ° n tl he smote tho yoUng. rose with his golden avoid thereby a complication of interests, which B haft,a‘nd it fuintbd. Deserted and almost heart* might render our relations moto difficult and invol- broken; it drooped to the dust in its Jovlincss and desJ vetT." ... jpalK • ' ; ?•' Now the gentle breeze, who had '.been gamboling bvor the sea, pushed on thb light' bark, sweeping over hill and dale—by tho neat cotlagbtond the still brook,Tanning tlie fervered brotv bf dlseale; and tos sing the curl of innocent fchlldllbod—fcamo tripping' alohg/oh Ihb trrahds of mcrby.ahd loVcj and when she hastened to kiss it; and fondly battled its forehead, in cool refreshing showers; thb young rose revived, looked tip and bmiled, flung its ruddy artns as if in glalitudo to embrace Ihb kind breeze; but she hurraed, ■quickly away when hergencrouk task Was performed: yet not without reword, for she’soon perceived that a delicious frajyanco had been poured bn her wings by thb grateflil .rose; and thb kind breeze was glad in her heart' ond went away, singing through tho tress/ ‘ ? Thus true charity like.thfo breeze, which gathers a fragrance frofn humble flowers it refreshes, uncon. sciously reaps a reward in performance of its off ecs of kindness and love, which steals through the ‘icart like a rich perfume .to bless and to fcbfecr; UoetUal* From tho Chorleaton Mercury, “ TILE SPIUNORETUKNJ BUT NOT TO ME They call the. Spring time glad and say, but pad to me ia spring: I dread the tender memories, its flowers nud wild birds briiie! Of laughing hearts and lustrous forms, that in my childhood played A-.ncvor'tiring Jubilee, in home’s scqueslrcd glade. How many dead 1-and thoce who live to me are as the dead: The feeling, folding ns in one. wHh the springs of, old is fled: And thinking of that kindliness, which instinct seem’d to be I,wonder how this green world now’s a desert waste to me. MyTailicr's in bis honored grave. In the old time ’twas his m - To train his son to manliness, as I sported by his side. My mother, flow bow’d low w ith years, wo&tlien a matron fair, - . ‘ AntUften blessed her haughty boy, as she smoothed my truant Spring I—Twas a bright spring morning when my angel daugh* ter died; . - • ■ Her sister fell upon my neck, and In agony we sigh’d— Wlicn a flock of glluering birds lit down on the lawn before - tho door, ’ And wanton, wild mirth music to the smiling heavens did ponr. I would have hailed them gaily,iti hours of joy or case," But then they seemed to emne in spile, to mock our miseries; My crush'd heart.deem’d it cruel wrong that any thing was When our sorrow was so mighty—our darling torn away.' Her little lap, from morn to morn I’d heaped with April flow* ors, When will.they ever bloom again, unglodmcd by those dark hpura 1, Oh T when the spirit's blossoming Is withered on life’s way. Say not unto the desolate that'Epring is glad arid gay. The dew>drop on tho rose of May, to mn is memory's tear, - Dissolving fur a season from the night-frost of despair; And tho freshness which the -breathing earth as now I turned , It pavo— • , Was n whisper from tho early loved—from the. buried- from .the grave. J. A. 8. fßCtactUancoiifl. DEATH OF A WIFE. Tiio death of a true wife is beautifully drawn in the annexed portrait by .Chanuitig. Her reserve a ml shrinking delicacy threw a veil over her beautiful | character. She was little known beyond her home; ! but thero sho silently pproad around her that soft, pure light; the prccociousncss of which is ncvorJully understood till it is_qucnchcd. Her culm, gentle wisdom, her sweet humility, her sympathy, which, though lender, was doo serene to disturb her clear perception, fitted her to act instinctively, and with* out tho’consciousness Of either parly, on his more * sanguine, ardent mind. She was truly & ppirlt of , g®od, r -diflu»ing-* tr«iiquiUlng i|)fiUeneb‘tnd^mildly4st , bo thought, and therefore blpW . which look her from him, loft a wound which time could not heal. Had his strength been continued, . so that ho could.have gone from tho house of mour r ning to the haunts of poverty, ho would have escaped 1 for a good part of the day, the sense of his bereave i ment. But a few minutes 1 walk in the street now , sent him wearied home. There tho hovering eye ) which had so long brightened at his entrance was to t shed iU mild beam, on him no more. There tho . voice that had daily inquired into his labors,.and ( like another conscience had whispered a sweet np. [ prora), Was still. Thoro (ho sympathy which had i pressed with tender Jignd his aching head, and by its nursing care' had postponed the hourofoxhauslion and disease, had gone. - Ho was not indeed loft alone ; /br filial love and reverence j spared no' soothing-offices; but - these, though felt, and spoken.of ns most precious, could not take the place of what had boon removed... .The , groat loss produced no burst of grief. It was still, ( deep' sorrow, tho feeling of a mighty told, tho last burdcn'which the spirit can oast off 1 . His aUaoh merit to life from this moment sensibly declined. In * seasons of peculiar sensibility ho wished (p bo gone, j He kept nrfar him the likeness of his departed friend, ( and spoke to mo more then once of the solaoo which j he had found in it. He heard her voice from anolh. j or world,*and his anticipations of that world, always , very strong, became now more vivid and touching. , HARD BOILED EGOS. Many of our old friends at tho Buuth remember Mike Craft, some years ago a well known Cotton Broker at Mobile. Mike was a groat wag. and enjoyed fun rather more extensively than most folks. Thero started from Mobile once upon a lime, a parly of two or three dozen ladies nnd gentlemen on a piok-nick excursion. Among other edibles where with to rogolo themselves when they became hungry, they hud provided & few dozen fresh eggs. Mike was acting.os a sort of steward of the party*, and ho determined to have some sport by way of compensa- /on. . : •; Tho parly arrived at its.destination, enjoyed its fishing,and tho like, and about mid-day made prepa. rationsfor dinner. There was one individual in tho crowd, a choleric old fcl|pw, who was very fond of soil boiled eggs, and !t was more for his-accommo dation than any tiling else, that tho stock had been laid in- A tire was ina.de, tho utensils prepared, (ho water boiling, when ho directed hia "boy 11 —a favor ite stropping negro, about fifty years old—to boil the eggs.' ’ 1 Hnil them just as usual, Bill, bo sure that they are not done too much.” In a ininulo or two t)ie eggs, smoking hot, wore I produced. Tho fellow broke the shell—tho egg was as hard as a stone. “ What the d—l did you boil these so long for? go boll some more.” Bill shortly-brought half a dozen more, and tho egg eater again commenced operations. u — n |t, these, are harder than the others, you stupid jackass; yoft know exactly how 1, like C Tlio poor servant stammered out that ho hadn’t! boiled thorn longer than usual, but made another at tempt. Ho met with no better luck whatever. On : r wa •*- P B K n “-.. . ... j„, on Mg, Hero," Midllio old ««»• , " Ju? Sf»ld I'll “o"d flfo w.toli—wo'/l .od if wd tlBm »"v‘. dorlo right Ibl. time. D-n Sour b .“» „ii y™ •• ***' l «° l ~'.omo' , ,'. omo ' “ nd for , pioltfro, 111 ( , ■! j cln ’t R cI more." T,ty"or‘ billcll one mlnnio. "Now let. ' -'rif hi» Illlo’r n o’ionT.hftonl, Iho U.t tat wo. found herd -nd u .olid a. .11 tho ret. 11. tnod It Benin with the same result. • V I l MVhv Mlk6! Mike Cran,”— ealhrtg to tho%*g Who w.; busily one-god-I - little di.i.no. i ..rvlng u„ cold oy.lor pio to two or throe of the fair .ox, m whoro the d—l did you buy tbooo eggor ■■ Doudbl them frlwb to ftt.rhcl." , - ,■ ■ "They ato most extraordinary eggs~l Csn t ben them. tut any bow." . ** That’s no wondor, >a»d Mike," / hqa them td an Until U6p Mur, tat it nigh "■ . ”•' . Miko used to burgh odor tho ibkd upfto tho timo when finally bo wa. drc.iod in hi. woodm'.urlout l end cottlod to his long homo.—Cinclimalt Ntm. AT $2 00 PER ANNDM; LATEST PASjnbNSI Our lady readers will devour the following de scription of the latest London and Paris fashions; . which wo find among our foreign files received by thd j ICnmbria., . . Moire and shot tafilas, poults do sloe of plain col* [ ■' ors, lilac, ecru, and checks, arc fashionable fbr walk ing, drosses; and flounces or ruches, pinked in creto ! do coq, asc used for all silk materials; others are in deep Vandykes edged with gimp, and tor bareges; relieved by a heading ,of gimp.' For the pardesabs . fancy alone determines the color,—it can scarcely be said which prevails; for thd morning, green orange, and Violet glace, with black for tlio evening, 'white; pink, and mauve. Block lace in profusion, or rich gimps, ornament,morning dresses, and point lace with silk embroidery, for the evening. Sleeves, with a few exceptions remain unchanged; for silks, iri thinner materials, they arc wide and put into a risbsnd closing half-way up tho arm, Withiundcr one of muslin: the corsage full also to.a baud, with coin lure of ribbons and long ends. Printed tarlatanes are .worn over silk skirts; the corsage high Hid full on the shoulders, forming doporie. rlaids aha checks are mostly confined to morning dresses, but check satins are still used in dress In pale colors, with' single flounce and a very deep heading, giving the effect of a second skirt. Gimp buttons have quite replaced those imitating eloncsj &c. The broad Ca talan fringe is very pretty on silk to replace the flounce, and ribbon is very much used in every pos sible way that it can be introduced, deep flounces, or three, five, and even nine are .sometimes used on robes of tuflfctas glace, commencing at the.' waist, and give great rouhdncss to the skirt* Some plain bareges have bouillons tSL.thftibtite.— The mantelet Is become-a necessary parb of o'Ur toil • el, whether named mate', capo/orecharpe; 11-tmdfcr/ 1 goes various changes both in form and trimming; those of black lace arc termed Luisa. Tho Claris sa Harlowo recalls tho English mantelet of the last century ; it is a white mantelet of embroidered or plain muslin, linen cambric, or lawn. The French mantelet, Maria Antoinette, is rather pointed behind,- with end formed by tho fulnesa from the shoulders; 1 made of tho palest taffetas, trimmed with rich white ' lace. Numerous little' manteaux are made of taffo ! las in light colors, trimmed with two rows 6f bfoad black lace, one row at the edge, tho other above, and | a third forms pelerine at tho throat and ornaments the armhole. Fancy straws, mixed wUh mohair; 1 aro very much worn, and ornamented oliher with flowers, feathers, or lace—paille do rlx, crape falle; All tho lighter materials ure-now in demand, and I leghor ns ere also worn, ornamented wl|Jrphrmo or three feathers, or' bunch of flowers. Some very light straw bonnets are (rimmed'jnsido with colored’* tulle. For morning neglige, checked rlbbons,on very dark velvet, aro used.. " Blushing.— \Vhal a mysterious thing is a blush.* That a single word, a look, or a thought, should send that inimitable carnation over tho ch66k—l/ko (ha soft, tints of a summer sunset! Strange, too that it. is only tho face, tho human face that is capable of, blushing! Tho hand or foot does n6'l (urn red with modesty or shame; more than tho glove or the«aock which covers it. -It is tho face that.is the heaven!—' Them may bo traced ..(lie intellectual .phenomena; with a confidence amounting to a m'oral certainty.—, A single blush should pul the infidel'to shame, and prove him tho absurdity of the doctrine of chance.' (QUANTITY OF COUN TO AM ACHE* We have often beard it remarked that 100 bush els bf elicllcdcorn never were raised upon an acrs of land at a single crop; and If wo recollect right-'- dy, wo road, in the reported proceedings o( a Jitp kneeling held in Boston, of the Legislative Agricul tural Society, that there wore several'lndividual# present, who would bo willing to go a long di , s(4'ado B In sea an aero of corn containing a crop of 100 bush els. For the benefit of all who may be sceptical on. (his point, wo will give the result of a little expiri menl made by nia a few days ago, and has s|nc« been repealed by others with but £ trifling varia tion. From five ears of Drown corrt, nine or ton inehoi in length wo shelled a full quart, \MMhealer mesa, uroi which when counted, kernels/ or 64,000 grains to a bushels.—ln referring’ to Mr.' Drown’s article on tho cultivationof this corn, fn odi 1 March No., it will bo seen that he plants his corn in hills, throe feel apart oho way and two the other? and that at the first hoeing, ho reserves, three slalw to a hill, each of which we may reasonably conclude,’ will produce oho oar, and In many cases, two or more.' Admitting that an nera thus planted will contain 7,360 hills, and that each hill wII produce iJ* W; ; dent of three ear., ten inch.. M , according to the prcmlac. .IwVe, wlllgirc UfftptM cl* of shelled corn i I nUSIKBM EKOAOBMEarTS. •• Tlioy oro of f»r more importance I ban people geiu, larollv ouppooo. By mo» who are tbrlOftind M In piaffing money. lll.y aro olw.y. (landed 10: »nd when you know a man (o bo In ij conilanl alalo of eioilomcnl. and alwayo bard poahed'* for the “ dollar* needful* you Aiay bo auro Ihal’he'aoWoni keep*on engagement. rtoinplnooa in keeping Ihoip oud not eompeiillun, 10 the lift ,of , bnainoaa. Oden boro wo known a poor but honeat ' man •oolobliah hie credit, merely gqmg to fl jna wi(K 1111, friend nl llio oppblnied hour i and m h>«; known more than ono businem man loan hit credit by thinking more of bli oigtr thaii lh« ongagtmeni ho had roado. . Dkw Drot».~Why unclp DcuflUlle. how dfw you diiiil Vtw come hi And rctt a little while, dew; ho W dews aunt tfanna dew 7 and! what Is ehe dewing now; ami de.to tell ub about the hows’. Come, deto set up lo the table and Jew aa wo dew, deio help yourself; and dew talk some, and dew not make mo deto all the talking, for 1 shanl dtw ft. Now dtt'o eey edme thing, detb, ■ CCj'lf a -riiUs/ij, as gOofl, a* a w'/f ftow,* nin J r r «mng ladies.w(mld link* » j&t&Jn. Wjo (htn'k we couia n '‘M ‘ . ■■ fCj-An "P wW ofjiTte, .minjlry «<*j^iillTofwlil.ke/end .ever. r ° r udio ‘-’' " 1 * .V'
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