THE VOLUNTEER.
John D* Brattonj Bettor ated propMoto^t
OmiStß, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 18*8.
AGENCY*
' Esq.ia our authorised Agent for pro
curing advertisements, receiving subscriptions and making
.collections for .the American hi olllco, N.W.
• irner ofTnini andClitisftuCslrftitfl, Philadelphia.
. FOR PRESIDENT,
‘ GEN., LEWIS'CASS.
* Of Michigan, ..
* . FOR VICeThESIDENT,
JILLLIM 0. BUTLER.
• : : .Of Kentucky. .
;IUBNOORATtO 'ELBOTQRUL TICKET.
• * "a ■ ‘Senatorial Electors,.
/ ’SyititAM Bigler, of Clearfield.,
, “David D. Waoenbr, of Northampton.
, ‘ : . Representative Electors.
Dist. : “' :; ' : . -" Dist;
■.lr 'Hoiliry.l*; Bonner, 13. John C. King 1 ,
1 2.‘ {io(n.RV>.Khe&sß, (4. John Wcidman,
. .1, Isaac Shank, , 15. Robert J; Fisher,
■ i.-A. t. Rpnrafort, 16. Fredrick - Smith,,.
fc. tfAodb.S.Yosl, 17» John Criswell,.
.. ;6i Robert B. Wrighl, 18. Charles A.Black,
. 7V J \Vni. Wi Downing. 19. Gop. W. Bowman, -
■B. Henry Haldomon, 2G.'John R* Shannon,
9.-Peter Kline, 21. Geo. P. Hamilton,
Ito B.'B. Schoonover, 22. William H. Davis,
il. Wm.Swelland, 23. Timothy Ives,
12T. Jonah Brewster, 24..J05. G. Campbell.
; POE CANAL COiIIMISSIONBR,
-ISRAEL PAINTER,
Of 'Westmoreland County.
Democratic Meeting.
THE"“Democrats' of the Borough of Carlisle,
are requested to meet aIBBBTEM'S HOTEL, on
• SATURDAY EVENING NEXT, of- early can
die light. Turn out Democrats, turn out!
4 “ . . . MANY DEMOCRATS.
June, 29, 1848.
* (J 3? By permission of Divine Providence, preaching
may bo expected at the Market house on Sunday eve
nVng'ncxt, nl 7 o'clock. ' •
THE FOURTH.
. The Democratic citizens , of Cumberland county
will’celebrate.the .day ul Holcomb's Groce, in \liisj
Borough. -Dinncr to be served at 13 o'clock precise
ly.- .Wo hope all our Democratic friends will unite]
in the'celebration. Ample arrangements have boon
madC'jfnd H is expected that there,vvill bo a sweep
ing: turn-out of the Democracy of Old Mother Cum
berland. ’ Gen.' Houston, and Hon. D. S. Kaufman,
ofTeias, Hoo/Jesse Miller, Secretary of Slate, Col.
Reiait Frazer, the ** war horse” of Lancaster, and
perhaps,tljcHon. George W. Barton, orPhilndel
phia, wil|;bo present to address the assemblage. We
once otord say to our friends—como ono, come all,'
COMMENCEMENT.
* .Dickinson,• College.— 'The examination of the
Classes will commence on Thursday, July 6.
; r 6a SulitUy, July 9, a funeral discourse on the
dos,tbof Professor Caldwell, will be.pronounced by
Um Revi B. H. Nadal, chaplain of the college.
•••The Sophomore exhibition will take place in the
college chapel on Tuesday evening, July 11* at 74
o'clock* P. M. *
- On Wednesday an address will be delivered before
the ‘Belles Bctlres Society; at 11 o'clock, A, M., by
the Hon. Charles Gibdcns j a eulogy on Dr. Emory,
at 5 o'clock P. M. t by Professor McClihtocii j and
at7JP. M., an address before the G. U. P. Society
by Rev.' S. M. Vail, and a. poem .by P. R. Love;oy,
The exercises of commencement will held on
Thursday July 13, at 10 o’clock A. M. The doors
will be opened atGJ A.M. Children will not be ad
mitted unless accompanied by their friends,
OEN. HOUSTON COMING 1
■ By the following letter from Gen. Honsropt, it will
be seen that he will certainly be with us on the 4lb*
Lot our democratic friends of the different townships
attend the celebration, and unite in giving a hearty
welcome to the great hero ofSan Jacinto, and totho
other.distinguished gentlemen who will be here on
that occasion.
Senate Chamber, )
2l)lli June, 1846. \
Gentlemen—l (hank you fur tho very flattering
invitation with winch you-have been pleased io com
pliment me to bo present at a National Celebration
on the 4lb of July proximo.
X ain roost happy to accept tho invitation f and will
Attend on the oocosion. . .
I am gentlemen, with grout reaped,
Vour friend ond fellow-cilizoo, '
SAM. HOUSTON.
- To J. H. Graham, Jno. Goodyear, jr. Wm. Gnuld,
Eaqra.i and others, Committee of Invitation.
Infamous Slandwi Exposed.— -Wo invito attention
(o the letter of Senator Cameron, to bo found on our
first page, which scatters to the winds the base charge
made against Gen. Cass, that he had introduced and
passed a bill through Congress reducing the pay of
the Volunteers in the otiny one dollar per month Tor
clothing, and that for this offence ho was burned in
effigy 44 by the indignant Volunteers'* When the'
' Carlisle Herald first published this infamous lie” wo
denied It* We knew nothing of the act that had
passed Congress in relation to the soldiers clothing,
bulTrom our knowledge of .Gen. Cuss, and knowing
him to Ijb .the fust friend of the soldier, wo did not
hesitate to pronounce the charge a wilful and dulibo.
rate falsehood. Now let our readers peruse the let
• tor of Senator Cameron, and they will find that the
bill iutroduccd by Gen. Cass, ami which passed Con
grass, instead, of taking one dollar off the soldier
actually added one dollar to hit pay! Such infamous
, falselipods need only to bo exposed to cover their ao*
thors with merited shame.
Celebration of tlio 41U at Cnrlli\ei
Our democratic friends of Cumberland uro Ukoly.
to have a splendid celebration of the great national
anniversary. Gen. Houston, Col. Frazier, and the
Hon. X>AVioS. Kaufman, all dlalingnialicd speakers,
wlll bo present* If wo are to have no publio cele
bration.of the day In Harrisburg, such of our demn.
oratiocitizens us find it convenient, would be well
repaid for a visit to Chrlislo on tlio occasion.
Jfarritburg ICeygione.
. . Come on, every one of you. You shall receive a
-cordial welcome, and witness a day of sentimental
' cheerfulness.
; CQT Who advised the use of bloodhounds against
'* ihe Indiana ,ln the Florida war? See Whig papers
qf IS4O. ;
• ’“Tmwmino thkTiikatiu.— Tho Broadway Theatre
'' : ha»’a r now ventilating apparatus In it, which by
~ mean* of steam power throws 3000 feet'of Irosh air
■ into the theatre per minute I. By putting, an ounce
■ of cologne water Into the apparatus, the whole thea*
lrd,(lf»ey say) |s made delightfully fra giant. This
U npvel* certainly.
; Suvesv in tub District.— ln the House of He*
on Friday, Mr. Hale, of Now Ilamp
•hire,.•presented, a resolution, instructing the Com.
'mlltee on Jhe District, (o report a bill taking prelim.
. inary steps for the abolition ofjlavory in tho Districl
of Columbia, by reportlng.a bill for that purpose,
Fatkßbl and Son. —lt is ono of tho oddities of (he
DUot Convention, that Marlin Van Huron and his
■eon John, were both candidates boforo the caucus nl
the tlllda Convention. The father received 00 voles,
the son 5. If (ho lather resigns, John can tulcc (ho
nomination.
THE WHIGS HAVE « SURRGIiDEREIDi’i’ | « A ffiroat man has fallen in lsroel.” .
: The Federal papers in the support of Gen. Taylor) More 5 in sorrow, ciarlamly, than in anger, aaya lit
are pursuing a yery strange ogmso. , CdwaVdly abuse Lancaster Intelligencer,do wo chronicle the polltioal
of is abouttho only, political feature in aelf-dcßlruolion of a man, who from the-heights ,o
their columns. .Whim Henrj CUy,tho ‘‘embqdi. fame has suddenly plunged into the. deepest abyss o
raent" of Federalism, was tho mndldalo ofthat par* shame.and humiliation. To the Infinite u f^ a *® nl n
ly, we hoard a groat doo! sai< übqill,the ‘‘glorious ofour entire,community, tho.Lastorn mai o
principles of the Whig parly.”] Wb wore then told ’ day brought us tho iiilt lligoncc, that thu f uCl, . ol,a
that the salvation of the country was identified with ' disorganizing “ Barnburner " ‘Convention of New
the success, of “Whig principles. 1 ’ But,.'how I York, had nominated for the Presidency no less a
changed I Tho Federal papers at present nro silent man than Martin Van Boren, ana'llml he had ac u*
as tho grave., Wo hoar .nothing about "Whig prim ally accepted the nomination. 1 Certain Ills, that le
ciples” now. By common consent they have aban- addressed ft letter to that noted body, taking grown
doned their principles; and although , they a fow adverse to tho regular nominations of the Democrat,
months since denounced the war with Mexico as io party made at Baltimore, and it is our custom in
« unholy and damnable,", they now can talk of noth- politics to regard those who are not for us as against
ing but the glories of the battle-field, and the adnii*
, ruble manner in whicli Gcn. TayJbr put the Mexicans
to death.. Gen. Taylor, their candidate for President,
is ashamed to acknowledge that ho will be governed
by Whig principles, in case of his election, and his
(Honda take the hint and remain mum on all political
subjects. Ask a Whig the question—" What Will bo
done with the Tariff;should Taylor bo elected?" the
answer will ho “a little more.grape, CapL Bragg 1”
Ask him to enlighten you as to Gen. Taylor’s view*
on the Bank, question, the Public Lands, the Sub
Treasury, &c., &c., and his answer wilt be, "Gen.
Taylor never surrenders I" . Ask him. why it is that
(ho Whigs have 'abandoned the principles to which
they professed attachment, and you "will receive a
“hurrah for Gen. Taylor", for the. answer. And
thus it is to the end of the chapter. You might as
well try to hold an cel by tho tail as to get a direct
reply froiti a Taylor Whig of the present day..
ThoWhig* Parly is. based solely upon principle,]
and mustliveordiewUh.lt. The Whig parly will
triumph with its principles, but would prefer defeat
lo the sacrifice of any truth or any duty. It lives
upon the favor, and in. the name, of no human being;
its principles are indestructible, and while the peopld
remain true to themselves, it can continue to triumph
without borrowing its victories from the prejudices
of any faction or the power of any individual.
Phila. North Ante. July IG, 1847.
The above extract appeared in the N. American,
Ibo great organ of Federalism In- Philadelphia, not
quite one year ago. Strange to say this same North
American now supports tho “no party candidate,”
Gen. Taylor, for tlio Presidency. Oho year ago tho
“Whig party was based solely upon principle,”-ac.
cording to this Whig journal, but now that paper is
I willing to sacrifice all principles to a single word—
availihihly." It supports a man for the Presidency
who has insulted tho Whig party, by declaring him
self a candidate independent of their Convention, and
that if they nominated him ol all they must take him
independent of all parly trammels and parly pledges,
and without any avowal of principles whatever!—‘
What an attitude is the “great Whig parly” placed
in 2 What dishonesty, what a base truckling to
military glory, is here exhibited! Wb hope never
to hear our opponents whisper a word about “ glorious
Whig principles” after this. They have no princi-
ples, except (bo principle common to office-seeking
demagogues, but until now they never made thp ac
knowledgment themselves. 'Tljat ; portion .of the
parly who now support the “ r.op.irly.candidale, n of
course will never again pretend to hold lo principles
of any kind. The editors of the North American are
of this number.
REMEMBER,
If there be any one Democrat who has the least
desire, under present circumstances, to. vote for Gen.
Taylor, let him boar in mind that in doing so he roust
vote for Millard Filmore, who, when in the Congress
of the United States, voted against refunding the fine
imposed upon, ihe palriot Jackson; by the notorious
Judge Hall, at New Orleans. Wo do not believe
that any domocfat. wishes to endorse that infamous
vole. -
HENRY OLAY AND THE WHIGS.
If the Taylor Whigs,aaya the Baltimore Argus,
ever heard of Henry Clay—the gentleman who was
onco buown as the " great embodiment" of their
principles—wo ask them to read the following from'
his petition for their nomination, issued on the lltli
of April, and then slop bragging about Gen. Taylor’s
prospects:
n Thoy,(my Whig friends) represented to roe that
the withdrawal of my nemo wonld bo FATAL TO
THE SUCCESS, and perhaps lead to the dissolution
of the party with which 1 have been associated
particularly in the free States; that at no former
period did there exist so groat a probability of my
election, if I would consent to the use of my name;
that the great Stales of New York and Ohio would
In all probability cast their votes for me; that Now
York would more certainly bestow her suffrages
upon me (him any other candidate; that Ohio wonld
give her vote to no candidate residing in (he slave
Stales iat to me } that there is a belter prospect than
had heretofore at any time existed, that Pennsylva
nia would unite with them; that no candidate con
bo elected without the concurrence of (woof these
three Stales, and none could bo defeated upon whom
oil of them should be united; (hat great.numbers of
our fcllow.cillxens, both of native and foreign birth,
whn were deceived, and therefore toted against me
ut the last electlon,aro now eager for an opportunity
of bestowing their suffrages upon me; that whilst
there is a strong and decided preference for mo enter*
tiiincd by the grout body of the Whig parly through,
out the United States, they—the friends to whom I
refer—arc convinced that lam raoro available than
any candidate that could bo presented for the Ame.
rioan people."
THR TROTH OOUIHOi
At a ’« Whig” meeting In WotcmUi, Ma*iachn-\;
Mitt, held on the 21»t li»t n the following scone took!
place.. We copy from the Boston Tiroes. Judge!
| Allen and linn. Henry Wilson, were both delegates!
| to tho Philadelphia Convention ;
Wmo Dissatisfaction in Worcester.—' There ill
nioro polilicul excitement in Worcester than there
litifi been since 18<10, says the Burro Gazelle. The
Whig parly is in a most feverish slate, portending,
If not proving the* ** dissolution ” which Judge Allen
declared at Philadelphia.
On Wednesday night & tremendous meeting was
held to hear Judgo Allen's report of the National
Convention, and to moke arrangements for the anti*
Taylor Convention which is to meet next Wodnos.'
day. Tho spacious town hall was crammed to suflb*
cation. ........
Judge Alien mode a speech oflwo hours,in which
lio exposed the management of tho Southern and tho
treachery of a portion of tho Northern delegates.—
So far from tho nomination of Gen. Taylor having
boon submitted to, merely because the north could
not ogreo, ho proved that nothorn doughfaces had
early arranged to brlrig about that nomination. Judge
A. sold ho should not mince matters, ond ho said
that Governor Davis and Governor Lincoln had been
very busy in defeating any oltompUo bring Mr. Web
ster forward and in securing the selection of Gen.
those men to deny it, and be fearlessly
and effectually exposed their treachery to tho North,
and their subserviency to tho South. The meeting
was addressed by Hon. Henry Wilton, of Natick,
and wore passed respecting tho course of
Judge Philadelphia.
There iWo attempt to deny in Worcester,that the
opposition to Gen. Taylor has taken a deep and wide
hold of tho measures of tho Whig party.
Matrimonial Felicity, — There are at least a dozen '
applications for divorce beforeJi£ J pry£nl#Oflßion ofi
(he Court of Quarter , *
CuNGßEamorui. Nomination* in Pennsylvania.—
The Whig* of Bullur county have nominated for Governor, Owalcy, of tills Stale, has, tendered the
Congress, George W. Smith. In Washington county appointment of U. S. Senator to Henry Clay, ofiil
.llio Democrats have nominated for Congress Colonel £V acan °y occasioned by the r cB^ natlo,, °
, i, . . * * .Crittenden. Mr. C ay. lio>voVcr, had declined the
W,n. Hopkins, (subject to the eoi.earr.ne. of Beaver °cl«d to be conferred upon him. , ,
oounl ) - ') 1 Kj-Governoi; Metcalf has since boon appointed
Tun DisstNTEns.—Tl.c Now York Tribune Rooster in tho piece of Mr. Crittenden,
iislios a list of thirty Wliijy. nowspapsta that have] (qr Gen. Pillow concluded Ills defenco before tbo
MioiUitod or finely refused to commit themselves to Court of inquiry at Frederick on Wednesday, It
| the support of Gon. Taylor. Nine of these sro in * erlnecs great ability, nod pieces Gen. Scott in an un.
1 Massachusetts and eleven in Ohio. . 1 enviable position.
us. • . , '•'
If our regrets over tho apostacy of those in whose
fidelity wo.had implicitly relied, bq graduated by the
measures.of their desconsiqn,then will tho Democra
ey dceplydeplorc the slop which forever separates front
them their ancient leader—the Sage of Llndenwald.
Sorry, spectacle I ' Here we behold,a man raised by
a great party from, obscurity to fame and fortune—
honored and carressed, because believed to be a faith
ful exponent of its principles—and who,stimulated
by unchastened ambition, morbid pride, selfish re*
vongo for fancied ill, or. some other grovelling pas.
sion—in the hour of need ungraiefully turns hid
back ap'qn tho very usages, by which he has so long
himself flourished and prospered. Truly a mourn
ful exhibition of human infirmity !■' Litllo did. the
Democi acy. anticipate »uch conduct from ittch a quar
ter Little did they- apprehend, when in -IB3U and
1840 they rallied by lens of thousands' under the
banner of this man; thnl .he,would thusisobn forget
the gratitude due lo the glorious past; and cover him*
self with shame os with a garment. What would
Andrew Jackson any, if he were yet la .our midst
to witness-this defection?. •-lo tones ofindigna
lloh that would , thrill throughout the length and
breadth of the land, he would rebuke and denounce
is a source of heartfelt satisfaction, however,
, that (lie principles oif tho groat Democratic party de*
pend hot upon name#* however- liqnored and iliustri
ous. Selfish nnd ungrateful men, the slaves of pas
sion and of-interest, may lifttheir parricidal hands
against the-party Hint has nourished them, but allex
perience attest that they accomplish only their own
ruin. However.potent in. tho season of their fidelity*
they extinguish us with a dripping'Sponge* their on-
lire Influence, who,a they prove unfaithful and un
true. We have not,the remotest, fear that Martin
! Van Buren will, provojan exception to this rule. On
! the contrary, he willadd but another to its many
land striking exemplifications, history, which
I yesterday would have assigned him o place with
lJefferson and Jackson, . enrols his name on
Iho page that records the opostscy of Wm. C. Riv£r
and NathanielP* TALHAO<w.*-’-Llke' a bright exha
lation in the evening, ho hath fallen - , and his name is
the synonmo of political infirmity and treachery:—
It affords us no pleasure, to Vrito-.tlius of a man,
whom, until now, wo have loved and venerated. But
we should be unfaithful and undeserving ourselves, it
we failed in our duty. -V
Meanwhile, the Democracy of tho Union, nothing
daunted' by this new phenomenon, will adhere on
fli
ochingly to their Principles and thcir Candidates.
Out of Now York, there is not a speck in the politi
cal horizon. - Our conviction that Cass and Butleh
will be triumphantly elected, remolds unshaken, the
defection of Martin Van Bureu and hie eon John to
[ the. contrary notwithstanding!
Fuels for the People*
LET THE
Thai Millard Fillmore,’ the Joderol candidate for
Vico President, Toted to Congress for. THE BANK*
RUPT LAW—lhafbiU or through
which thousands of honest laborers were defrauded,
and hundreds of families turned out to the world
houseless. And
LET THE PEOPLE REMEMBER,
That on the 17th of January, 1843, a bill repealing
this iniquitous law camo up on i(s final passage in
Congress, and Millard Fillmore, voted ogaintt re
pealing it. See Congressional Globe for 1843-3, p.
167.
N. B. His name is on the same side and jmtabove
that of General—not Taylor—bat James Irvine, of
Centro*county. And then
LET THE PEOPLE REMEMBER,
That General Win, O. Butler, the Democratic can
didate for Vico President, was then in Congress.and,
like an honest man voted to repeal the Oankrup.
Law. See Con. Gjobe, p. IG7. -
Cats and Butfot*
Wo should like to know Uio name of the clover
fellow and good Democrat who composed the verse
following}
From Main la Georgia hear (bo sound—
’Tie tolling—rushing on—'
From Azlcc’s lofty capita)
To distant Oregon !
The Ocean bound Republic joins
In loud and mighty cheers, '
They’ll mnko us glorious officers,
Tiiksk Dravk Old Volontcbrs ?
« That** Black Cocko^c*
The latest falsehood of the Federal press is, that
General Cass wore the “ Black Cockade.” The Dc*
lawaro Gazette thus settles that question:
i'Ho was born .In October; HSU.. • The emof th»
prevalence of the-black cookado.wasln 1708 and *OO,
and consequently General Cass was Uien only 16 or I
17 years of age. At tho. ago of. 17 ho emigrated to 1
the Northwestern territory, and settled ul Marietta.
Hopeful charge, for a wretched slander to Issue
against a boy of sixteen, who with Ills revolutionary
sire, was sojourning among us. With this simple
statement, the whole df this miserable Roorback
must voj orlzo and dissipate into thin »tr.
WHIG MOTTOES.
• Gen. Taylor and opposition it) (lie Mexican war*
“ Free Soil” ami Gon. Taylor’s' three hundred tfaves
to work ill Oh 1 what a pity Henry CUy could not
have been placed In some “little nook or corner”
where ho 11 might have slain a Mexican," then ho
would have been nominated as tho Federal onll war
candidate! I
Oh, poor Hurry Clay 1
Oh, poor Hurry Clay !
If yon hud slain a Mexican,
You could have gained (ho day.
Ohio Siatesman.
Changes In Ohio*
TJio Ohio Statesman says, that at u great Domocra.
lie meeting al Columbus, Mr. Shields, one of (ho loa
ding Whig mechanics of this city, came foilh and in
& speech that thrilled,the audience, denounced the
Whig leaders and managers, arid declared for Cass
and Iho Democratic party, lie said he believed the
war with Mexico right and just, and be Would sup
port the Democrats who said so from principle and)
during that war, and who had not become war men
like , the Whigs, to catch votes, and afterwards fool
the people, as In Iho ora of Tyloritm.
drcflhsilon of Mr. Clay M Senator from Ken
tucky*
r^i n[r nm/from the Foul Party— Anpthhv
dOSVBRV TO DEMOCRACY I ■*
By tho following leltoffrom 'Mr. Benjamin Kutz,
n prominent Whig, who keeps Sterrctl’s Gap Hotel, ,
bn, thd lop of the mountain, on the lino dividing
Cumberland and Perry counties, it will bo scon that ,
hb denounces the nomination of Gen. Taylor with in- j
dignalion, and declares himself for Cabs and Butler. ,
Mr. K, Ima always boon a moat zealous and active ,
Whig, and a man of much influence in North Mid- ,
dlolon township. But he, like scores of other Whigs
iq this county, cannot and will not recognize the ,
nomination of Gen. Taylor They will.not counle- ,
nance a nomination which was. effected by trickery,
deceit, cowardice and treachery | and they roftiso to j
give their support, lo o man who Is afraid or 100 ig- i
norant to avow, his principles. , Is it any wonder that j
there shoiildjbo. mutiny.in the Federal comp? ' The
nomination of Gen- Toy lor is in effect ah. abandon
ment of all Whig principles. Ha was nominated
beoauso of his .military reputation, mid because lib
was cohsldcrod.byb few hungry office-seeking dema
gogues “available.’! Henry Clay, a mauwhois not
afraid to declare his political opinions,'fell under, the
daggers of'pretended friends, andGom.ScoU and
Daniel Webster, also gods'ln the Federal parly, fared
a similar fate. Gen, Taylor, a man who has set the
Whig 1 parly at defiance, refused to. recognise their
principles, and says they mur.l take him independent
of party trammels or pledges, triumphed over all op
position in Convention; bat he will not fare so well
with the people. The friends of Clay, Webster and |
Scott—men Who are Whigs from principle, and hon
est In their professions—arc. disgusted with‘the base
conduct of those who governed lho,lale Philadelphia
National Convention, and who were willing to see
the principles, of the Whig parly trampled into the
dustby the iron heel of a military chieftain.' Mark
our words, the Whig parly will sorely regret the day
they nominated Gen. Toylor for the Presidency.—
. There will be mourning in the Whig parly for that
, very act.'. - The leaders of that comjpl parly are mis*
taken if they-expect lo deceive and humbug the peo
ple by a display and sounding of trumpets.. Gen.
Cass will bo clocked by a majority equal to Gen.
Jackson’s. Wo feel confident of it.
But, to the letter below. Lcl all into whose hands
j this paper may full read it's
,1 Stßrrktt’s Gap, June 23,1848.
Mr. Bralton-~1 -have hitherto bc'eh an tirdcnl and
enthusiastic Whig, supporting wUh/.oal its men and
measures, believing the success of both essential to
thpWelfare and sound prosperity of tho country.—
! But I have-had the mist cleared from my eyes by the
base add truckling course pursued by the |ato Whig-
Convention* in a scrVjlo• abandonment of all good
principle, in liio selection of Oon. .Tailor ns their
candidate for the Presidency— the one idea than.
whoso ignorance of all political subjects i$ only equal
cd by tho- unmitigated cftronlry of (hose who have
pul him in nomination, under tho idea that the free
and 'intelligent citizens of this glorious, country arc
so ighorant and debased ns to vote cheerfully for
"Old Zook” and "Old Whiley,” irrespective
ligence and principle. Bill, I for oho, wilf show
these tricksters that they are mistaken in (heir esti
mate of the people, undthat they do possess know
ledge and Intelligence epongh to repudiate them and
their candidates, and support CASS and BUTtiBR,
who are of the people and imbued with the clelcrmi
nution to maintain and secure the glorious tights and
liberties of every, man. You will therefore set me
down as a subscriber for your excellent paper, and as
a thorough going Cass and Butler man
Yours, &c.
Democratic Meeting.
Agreeably to public notice given, u largo and oh*
lliusiuslic meeting ofljio Democrats of the Borough
of Carlisle, wu held at GrkenVHotel, on Saturday
evening lust, fbr the pulposo of forming a Democra
tic Club. WILLIAM SPOTTSWOOD'whs chosen
President, and Joseph C. Thompson, Secretary.
On motion, Dr. J. Baughman, E. Cornman, Esq..
M. Holcomb, Esq., \V, Gould, Esq., and Jos. Stuart,
were appointed a committee to select officers for thr
permanent organization of a Democratic Club, who
after retiring for a few minutes, reported the follow
ing gentlemen os officers, who were unanimously
elected by the meeting, namely i
President—P. DAVIDSON, Esq. ' j
Vice Presidents—A. Kbr, jr. James Spottswood.
Corresponding Secretary—Philip QOioley.
Recording Secretary— lsaac Ri.scwalt.
* Treasurer — Geo. N. SciiircnuAN.
On motion, David Smith, Esq., George Sanderson,
E*q., and Cupl. J. Goodyear, were appointed u corn
millee to draft a Constitution and By*Laws for the
regulation of the Club. . < '
A motion was then mode that the chair appoint n
commiUoo.of three from each word whose duly it
shall be to procuresignalarosto the Club, whereupon
the chair oppointod the following gentlemen:
* South West Ward—Jefferson Worthington, Esq.,
John Mcll, Esq,, R, Moore, Esq.
North West Ward—W. M. Beelcm, Esq., Robert
Allison, Jacob Wolf.
North East Ward—Peter Spohr, John Brannon,
Joseph Stuart.
South East Ward—Dr. J. Baughman, Wm. Riley,
H. A. Doty.
Thu meeting was then ably and eloquently address
ed by S. Dunlap Adair, Wm. 11, Miller, and J. H.
Graham, Esqrs., after which it adjourned to meet at
Bkktem’s Hotel, on Saturday evening next.
WILLIAM SPOTTSWOOD, Pres’t,,
Joseph C. Thompson, Secretary.
Poutical Straws.— Tho Boston Journal saysol i
a Sabbath School in ono of tho neighboring cities (
on Sunday,tho xx chapter ofSt. Matthew,2G and
27th versos, were under considcrotion, when tho 1
Superintendent, among other questions, asked, “who I
aro considered the groat men of the ago?/' To the
astonishment of the teachers tho school with oho
response answered-" General Tati.or."
North American,
1 That tho touchers wore astonished at receiving
1 such a response, we have no doubt—U certainly was
I proof to them that their scholars were a set of black.
heads. Why, such ignorance, of (hoinnn of their
‘ own country is inexcusable—they should have been
‘ well spanked, and sent to bod without their suppers.
’ Wmo “ Barnburners."— I The New York Tribune
gives tho following as a list of tho Whig journals
that have hesitated or finally refused to commit
themselves to the support ofOcnorol Taylor:
■ Massachusetts.
•Whig, Spy Worcester{
Courier do J ctcgrn|>(j, do
•American, Iloxbury i 'J’ron«cr/|it, do
Courier, Norlhnmplim I Eiiglo, riUnfield;
Nowe-LeUer, Westfield, 8. .
New llAursiHßK.
American, ISilanchostor.
Tribune, OUy; Whig, Ponn-Yan t
Eagle, Poughkeepsie I Mirror, Warsaw i
Courier, Sermon Falls ; Sonlinol, Olisca, B.
Pknn«vlv*ni*— GaaeUe, Newcastle.
Ohio.
■True Com. Cleveland; Garotte, Massillon,
•Courier, Elyria i Whig, Medina Co,
•Sentinel, Ashtabula Co i . Times, Ml, Vernon ;
Intelligencer, Hamilton I * Wost'n Slar t Lebanon}
•Telegraph, Pnlriosvilloj Tiroes, Meigs Co. !
Whig, Lake Co.-U
. Indiana— Journal, Lafuyollo, .
•Wo understand (hose to ovinco
ity 4o (ho support of Gon. T. under any cirooffliton
cos
|Sinco recanted
. Beside the foregoing, tlio Editors of tho Cincinnati
(O)iio) Torch Wgljl. and Lowell, Maes.
Courier, have given ’up f^ir-positions rathor than
support Gon. T;
tovtavaut, Juno 90.
Gen. Cabs at the Democrats or Maine,
['Now Ilumpflhiro and Ma'mohußolts nro rallying for
Cusa and Dnllor with groat enthusiasm. The disnT
feotion In Now YSrh Booms to have niaclo no Inroads
upon their popularity down East. A groat rallf}oa»
lion mocllng WBB held at Ilo,aton on Monday.
B. KUTZ.
Vermont.
•{■Watchman* Montpolioi
New York.
Tbs D«ralmr»cr , i Convention,
Utica, N. Y., Juno 22.
The Barnburners’ Convention was temporarily
organized, at noon to day, by .the appointment of
Thomas Farrington, of Tioga county, os Chairman,
ond Gilbcrl Dean,.of Dutchess county, and W. .W.
Sohrugon,6f West Chester, as Secretaries, The roll
of delegates was called, and groat applause ensued
when the. names of John Van Buren, Preston King,
ami Samuel Young, wore announced. \
. The delegates from Ohio, Wisconsin, Connecticut,
and Massachusetts, wore permitted to participate in
the business of the Convention.
The Choir appointed two delegates from each
judicial district, as a committee lo report officers for
the .temporary organization of the Convention. Ho
Map. appointed a committee of one from each judicial
district, to prepare an address and resolutions.;
- . Adjourned, lo meet again ut 4 P, M.,
The Convention reassembled at 4 o’clock. "The
Committee on thopermanent'organization* reported
for President, tlib’ Hon; Samuel YooNay of
(tremendous applause.) Eight Vice Presidents were
chosen. The President .delivered an address 4 upon
taking his seat, which was received willigreat en
thusiasm. In the course of his speech -he said he
was proud of being a barnburner, for thundcf find.
ighlning, the purifier of the atmosphere, were some.
times.barnburners. .
Speeches .wore delivered by Messrs. Smith, GoW{
ernor, King, Van Buren, and Butler, which were;
received with great enthusiasm* During,Mr. Bullet’s
speech, ho read a letter addressed to Martin Van
Buren, and his,reply., ....
The substance of Mr. Van Buten’a letter is lo the
following.effect. ;He announces his -determination,
previously expressed in 1844, to retire from political
fife, to be unchanged. He declines a nog^bfitibn,-*l
- reviews the proceedings of Iho.Balliinbic&jppiWotL
tion. Ho declares that all the
perfectly right. Ho exhorts them lo persevere) and
to make a separate nomination. His Jungunge is
omphalic and filled with emotion—yet strong and
dignified. Ho recommends firmness. His fetter
throughout is decided and .emphatic; of
free territory principles* Hoquotes eleven !6clSof
Congress in support of hie the
administrations of Washington, Jefferson*, hfcohroe,
the'elder Adams,'Jackson, and hte.oWrt*, ‘He declares
that, he could not vote for Gen* Cass or Gori. Taylor
—that the extension of slavery is a moral curse. •
The Convention then adjourned till to-morrow
morning, at 8 o’clock,
THE NOMINATIONS.
IJ “ n ° 23,
Jn cantusi last night, II
was decided to moke a full notional nomination.—
An informal ballot was then gone into, with the foI.
WOK PRKSIDKHT^J.y’
Marlin Van Burcn, ~y ’’
Addison Gardiner,
John Von Buren, . *.
J. A. Dis, ■ ■
J. M.Niles,' - \.
C. C. Cambreleng I l<^^|y-1;:
Marcus' Morton, . -
/. . for vice nan^mr*
Henry Dodge* •
Benjamin Tappan, .
Marcus Morton,^,
John M..Nilcs*,f. - ‘
Scattering, : y <
Tho Convenllon’lpjSSf'tbW Wornldg at nine o'clock.
The attendance waa’-even larger than it was yestor
day—the utmost hftqtflhy and enthusiasm provailln g.
. Telegraphic .‘despatches to the President of the'
were received and read.
Che journal of; yesterday, the Con
vent i '.to- nominate candidates for -the
[ Presidency.
Tho Hon. Martin Van Byrtn teas unanimously
nominated for the Presidency." Tho announcement
called forth the most dcdfemngjcheers.
Hon. Henry Dodge, United States Senator from
the State of Wisconsin, nominated
for tho Vico Presidency. - '
After the nominations were made, an immense
mass meeting was held In the The meeting
was addressed by Ex-Gottfijor Morton, of Massa
ol.u.oU., James C. SmUli.aSniitfjre, Mr. Washburn,
Mr. Taylor, of Ohio, and by D’aiegelca from Indiana,
Wisconsin, and Illinois.
lowing result:—
Declination, of Govt Dodge* . A
We aro pleased to announce Swat as soon as tho
veteran Governor Dodge, (now inWasblnglort os on.o
of the now Senators from Wisconsin,) heard of 1)1)
nomination by tho Barnburners o prompt
ly declined tho honor, os wo predicted ho would. It
is left for Martin Von' Buren alono to boar up tho
standard of opposition to those principles which ho
has himself frequently declared essential lb the
perpetuity, os well as the prosperity of the Union!—
Shame, that the man who grow to distinction under
tho flag of Democracy, should nefflEalsa-his hand to
slfiko it down .
The “Free Soil” Convention in Ohio.'—This Con
vention (Whig) adjourned on (ho 22d Inst. There
were 400 delegates present, who «4g£ted a strong
address, and resolution in favor ofholdlng a Nation
al Convention at Buffalo on the 9th of August next,
for the purpose of nominating a tho
Presidency,.and to nominate Electoral TidfcfitsV &o.
They formed a determination to nominate no man
for Governor unless ho,was pledged to «Q^lp’their
their views, and lo support only WUmot
as candidates for Congress and for lUe l^gUlaturc.
How Mr;. Clay Ljkks It.— Mr. Clay.'has,, so far,
remained obstinately silent in relallonHo .the Whig
nomination of Geri. Taylor. Of course ho will ulti
mately yield with a decent grace—at least wo think
so—but his bitter mortification will still bo too;hoarU
foll to permit him lo feel interested in Taylor’s suc
cess whatever ho may say.
Compliment to the Democrats.- Tho editor of
tho Peteraburg Jnl«l%en«rpflys tho following com
pliment Co tho democratic party:
“Politically speaking, wo do not bcllcvo there-Is a
Lobofoco in tho land who would givb up his princi
pltSy oven if bv so doing he could sow yoaty nails,
and, reap doubloons.”
Sorry, wo can’t say as much for th^^Vhlgs.
Mbmoiubi.b Language.— Gen. Butler, In' & speech
in Congress in 1641 j ty|bfrlng'(6 Mr. Clay, made use
of the following language j 4, To (ho rcpitmoh of a
parly •upporlc4 > by bis name and talent alone, (hoy
jtayc abandoned him in (ho hour of need, and
left 4ftm ’to t iho morllficallon of being distanced by
oval7^oonlpBtlto^
r. ■ '• '
Massachusetts.-— The Boston Whig comos to us
filllcd wilMonuncialiona of GomToyloi, both cdito
rial and from correspondents. Tho editor, inconclu.
ding a long article, says :
11 Lot tho disclosures mado at and before tho Con.
vcnlion toll the Ujo. * Gen. Taylor woo imposed upon
tho Whigs of (ho ftco States mainly by tho collusion
of certain professed Boston Whigs. 'Weil did Mr.
Collier of New York soy; They have sown (ho wind,
lot thorn r«ap the whirlwind.”
Tllt N*TIV« AmKIU!.'AN Candidati. —The Phlledol
phlo organ of llio Natives, the Sun, has thofollowing
rcmarksjln substantiation of its claim that General
Taylor must bo considered as the “Native American'!
candidate 1
"THE NATIVE AMERICANS WERE THE
FIRST TO RESPOND, AS A PARTY, to the po
pular demonstration l in favor ofOoneral Taylor, and
formally recommend him as tliolr candidate for Pro.
sidcnl. This they did freely and ftanhly,"
■SjWR’
mmliwiMt of 6«t Zitk h«»ieon w»rmty recoiv».lit
. To tub Winas bp one or your Del
gates fit largo lo the Whlg Natibnol;ConVontion, I
did not glvo in my (or ybiir) odhesion’lo lhe nomina
tion of Oon. Taylor for tlio Presidency; and 1 should
have voted against its confirmation had not the cus
tomary resolution (of confirmation) been withdrawn '.
On my return, or sooner if prabllcnblo, I shall
address lo you the reasons for my course as your
Delegate, and for my uf>cotnpromißing hostility to
the election of Gen. Taylor,
1 request the Whig popers of Vermont to publish
this curd. Horace EvEAEtt.
- Washington, Juno 12,1848. ,
Tho same paper also says: /, ’ ;
, ?*By. many good VVhigs nomina
tion,has,boon received with sore and'bitter disap.
ppintment. ; General Taylor was not our ,choice. We
% wputd "have‘preferred any other one of the many
1 WJjig® whoso claims wqro discussed. before the as*
Iscmbling of (ho Convention. Wo have often declared
our preferences for. a northern m&n,a non*slavchol.
dor.”
. . Windsor is tho-strongest Whig county in Vermont;
it gave Harrison over 4000 majority!
The. NuUonal Edgtb, ipublisbcd at Claremont, N,
Ef.j.wilh ono half of its circulation in Vermont*
ft Warmly received”'lhp nomination.in this wise:*
. “In lho absence of the editor of this paper, w«
refrain from, making particular comments on the
nomination given above. Indeed, were it proper for
ns lo do so, the crowded state of onr columns would
forbid the occupation oflhe necessary space” J!
The Burlington Free Press, (Whig,) tells the Con.
vention that, in rejecting Clay, they ,
The Roxbury Gazelle, a violent Whig pQpfcr,
edited by a member of Gov. Briggs* Whig council.
says i ~v .
"Gon. T'oylor once said Chat if he could have his
way, there never should bo another President north
of Mason and Dixon’s line. He can, have hie way.
We, poor souls, like this plan.' It is our greatest
pride to bo allowed the privilege of voting for slave
holders. John Tyler was only a small Virginia
slaveholder. Taylor is. one of your big Louisiana
chaps, and Louisiana is the hell of slavery*"
“ Our' renders should not forgot that the Taylor
parly is on entirely now parly—a parly without prin
ciples and, without any apparent objects other than
to elect a man in favor of extending territory over tho
territories acquired from Mexico.- The Whig parly
had principles and measures to bo sustained and ad*
vocaird. They were all hustled out of the Philadcl*
pliia Convention.*’ ••,
I deem it proper, in reply lo yoUr letter, distinctly
to repeat that 1 am not before the people of the Vi
Slates as a 1 candidate for the next Presidency.
Gen. Taylor to Dr. Bronson.
• H has not been my Intention at any moment ta
change my position, or to withdraw my name from
the canvass, whoever, may bo the nominee of the Na
tional Convention, either of (he Whig or Democratic
party.— Gen. Taylor to the Richmond Republican.
Warm Greeting from Indiana. •
From tbs Mfayelte, Indiana,(Whig) Journal.,
“HnUg/bo the Heavens In Blaok.u
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Gen. Taylor is nominated for President—-and Millard
Fillmore for Vice President,
“■\Vo aro indcblcd,t'i Brother Bausmatt for a slip
from the office of the Whig Tomahawk, containing
the result.of the first, second and fourth bo Moling for
President,'by. £ho Whig National-Contention. .It
will l>a seen that the first ballot was a little different
from what It was reported in our extra ofycslctday*
"'The nomination of Gen. Taylor is u disgrace to
(ho. Convention, and on insult to (ho intelligence
and virtue of tho Ahiorican people.
."Mr, Fillmore.ls a'good man, and would.have
been a thousand times bettor selection fur President
than Genc.riil Toylor. ,: ~
"For ourself, taluk or swim, live, or die* we ars
against tho nomination, might ami main, heart and
(Soul." '
Mr. Lucius E, Smith hqp been employed as aft
editor of the Hartford Cournnl, for some Uino past—‘
neatly two years we belibvo. lie is evidently ait
honest Whig, and a Whig from principle. Consc.
quCntly ho Cannot support Zachary Toylof for the
Presidency., Tho following onnouncement in thtf
Cooranl of Juno 20th, lolls the story»
Tlio editorial connection of Mr. LncJtia E. Smith
with this paper has ceased) He cannot,- consistently
with hU'views'of dj)ty, anpport the nomination of
Genera) Taylor* and*should not )n nny degree bo
considered responsible for tho articles which have
appeared in our columns the past week favoring that
nomination. —Hartford Times,
Massachusetts Unanjjiitt.
1 The Trouble in the Whig'Camp, —Mr. Wilson, of
Naliok, one of Ihe delegates front lliis Stale to (ha
National Convention, who refused to consent (0 tho
nomination of General Taylor, has published an ad*
dress to tho Whigs of tho Bth District, giving un ac
count of his stewardship. in a plain,straightforward
unvarnished mahner, ho assigns the reasons why ho
could not support tho nomination of flic Convention
—that he could not do so without sacrificing Whig
principles and bartering away, for mere possesion
of office, the oft-ropcalcd pledges of Massachusetts
against tho extension of Slavery. lie slates that
Gen. Taylor was tho favorite.candidate of the slave,
holders, especially of slave oxtensionists; that every
attempt to enlist tho Convention in a declaration of
-JVhig principles, was received with scorn ond derision
rind .ruled out of order, ond that 'Mho friends of
Taylor—-confident, arrogant, and bold—spurned with
contempt, every effort at compromise or conciliation."'
The .Wihnol Proviso, ho says, met with the same
spirit of defiance and denunciation. "Its friends
were denounced us factionhts who crime (hero to dis.
tnrb tho harmony oftho Convention, Yes, the great
principles of free territory, which has received ha
Congress the support of the majority of tho-porty,
and been supported by nll'tlio Whig legislatures of
tho free Stoles, was denounced in the Rational Con*
vcnlion ond indignantly laid upon tho table, while Itr
suppporlcrs woro brow-bealen, Insulted, and denoun*
ced." On the whole, Mr. Wilson thinks,lhat "the
majority; of tho Convention, casting (o (ho winds oil
iho professions of year, and demolishing, at a single
blow, the old and long*triud platform on which they
had always stood; 1 surrendered’ at discretion to Ccru
Taylor, and became the willing serfs, under him, of
the contemptible oligarchy of the South.
Hostou Times.
Opposition to Taylor's' Nomination The cull for
a convention, to be hidden at Worcester on the 28th
Inst., appears In the Courier and Whig of yestordoy
morning, signed by Ct F. Adams, U. Summer ond 8.
G. Howe of this city, C. S. Phillips of Salem, Samuel
Ifonr of Concord,Charles Allen of Worcester, Henry
Wilson ofNatlok, Erastns Hopklno of Northampton,
D. W. Alvoid of Greenfield, and others. The coll
assorts that tho support ofGen. Taylor Is required by
I no obligations of parly fidelity,and thnt Acquiescence
In it would ha an abandonment of Whig principles,
treacherous to (ho okuso of Freedom, and-tlio utter
prostration of the interests of Free Labor and the
Rights of Freemen.—Boston Times. t
Almonte,— This distinguished Mexican is about
to visit the United Stales with his family, and will
probably lake up his permanent residence In tho city
of N. Orleans, where he spent mnoh of his youth,
and- acquired much of,tho.valuable information ho
possesses. Ho has lost all his popularity In Mexico,
and Is thoroughly disgusted with tho country. Al
monte Is considerably ahead of his counlryrnqu in
light and information, and will no doubted much
mpfo ot homo In N. Orloohs, at his old trade of sell
ing hardware, that in dealing with'the impracticable
races of Moxicoi, , . . •
PiTTsjJujian, Juno SK
The Doinooralio County Convention have nomlna
lod Ll. Co). SamuklW. Dlaox, for Congressman oppo
sition to tho present Incumbent, Moskb Hampton,
who has boon ro nominated. If Black gets homo
olivo, you -will iioar from 11 a , cross dog under tho
wagon” some laud barks. : Wo dll go for Col. Sam.
03* A marriage on tho open Prairie took place r°*
contly In lowa, bolwcon John Parris and Mlss.L'ma
Jolly. The parlies, belonged to separate’bonds uf
emigrants iotho For West, liked each other, hltchcd
toams, and departed for Oregon,
Uatiieu WatkhV.— A Cincinnati,paper says tha»
tho potatoes mrivo dally, and: fairly jftod lho market.
FBpBHAIi« VNAWmXTV.I*
CfFrottviha' Vermont Journal.
—hove thrown a pearl away,
Richer than all tboir tribe."
CfIEERINO FROM CONNECTICUT.