i y •ii,VaViVV v^rN THE VOLOMEKB. John B* Bratton,Eaitor and Proprietor* C ARLrSLB, THDUSDJy, XtiG., 31, 1848. AGENCY. ■. us-v. U. PALMER, Esn-is. qur authorised Agent for pro curing nJjierUsoinentfl/rucciviUg'Bubscripiions nml making collections for tlto American Volunteer, at lii olllceN/.W. corner ofTnlrd andOlU'atmlstrpats.-l'hlladelpliiu. FOR PRESIDENT, '■■ ; .GrEN, LEWIS CASS. Michigan, PRESIDENT, : TOETAM 0. BUTLER. Suiter OJ Kentucky. •DEMOCaA-TIC ELBOTOUIA.L TICKET. ''Senatorial Electors. . BIQLtR, of Clearfield. 1 ' David D. VVaoener, of Northampton, v. Representative Elector*,. Tv-41 Diet.' ’Dial. li’He|iry Lt-Bonner, . 13. JohnC.Klng, 2.'Horntll,'Knoass, 14. John Woidman; 3..lsaac-Shuok, 15. Robert- J. Fisher, 4i ’AI jL'. : Rpnmfort, 16. Fredrick Smith, Si'JacobS. Yost; 17. John Criswell, S.’ RoVertß. Wright, 18. Charles A. Black, 7,'Wmi W. Downing. 19. Geo. W. Bowman, 8< Honry Hnlderaan, 20., Jolui R.Shannon, • 9.:PeterKlino, .. . 21. Geo. P. Hamilton, . 10. B. S.-Schoonover, . 22. William H. Davis, 11. Wm.Svvelland, 23. Timothy Ives, 12. Jonah Browater, ; 24. Jas. G. Campbell. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, ISRAEL PAINTER, 'Of Westmoreland County. Democratic County Ticket. ” • iSssembly, m ABRAHAM LA.IIBEBTON, . ; • JACOB LEPEVER. • • .Prothonotary^ JAMES’f. LAMBEBTON. : Clerk of the Courts* JOHN lira. Register,. ■ *• WILLIAM GOULD. v f sr, r- Commissioner, : 1 " JAMESKEISO. «7-r.r i’.'i'i- • ; Director q/* Me Poor, --V ■•;: THOMAS’BRADLEY. "o** Auditor % . JOHN! B. TANDEHBELT. ■ co\purees. ■ '- .. f/jTl&fCongressional conferees from Cumberland, and Franklin counties, to nominate a. candi- wiU meet at the Depot House, in tfio borough ofNcwvillc, on Wednesday the Cth day of§cplcrober,next. , OVTho proceedings of a Democratic meeting in Sbepherdslown wilt bo found in another column.—- Our’frlends'ln the lower end arc wide awake, and will gVve’a good account of their doings at the coin* ing, election,. ' editor was absent when this paper was put lq press, and prepared Ibo editorial mailer in s groat hurry previous to leaving town yesterday.— Wo therefore hope that all errors and omissions may bo overlooked in to-day’s paper. THE CLUB nnSBTINQ* The meeting.of the Carlisle Democratic Club, at Deetom’s hotel, on Saturday evening last, was one of the largest.that has. yet taken place. Each.success* ive meeting of the Club increases in numbers, and if it continues to increase until the election as it has done, nearly every working man of our borough will bo enrolled under the banner of ,“Cass, Butler, and Democracy,” There is not a doubt* in oar mind but old. Cumberland will give a Democratic majority this ..fall of, tivo or six hundred. The meeting was ably addressed by S. Dunlap Adair, Esq., and Lieutenant Wm,H. Gray. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY MEETING. Oq Monday - evening lost wo participated in ono of Iho; largest and most spirited Democratic meetings over held in this borough. At ah '{fcVly hour in the eyeping a Hying stream of human beings were seen pouring into the Court House, until the whole room was literally crowded to snflc'cotion. It reminded ono of llio palmy days of Gen. Jackson, when each one vied with his neighbor, in demonstrating his ad miration of. the principles, patriotism, and purity of liitentlon of that great and good man. That such were iho feelings and impulses that animated our County Meeting, no one would dofo deny who beheld the cheerful and joydus countenances of those pre* 1 sent. : During the absence of the committee on roso* } lollops, ! ttio' meeting was addressed in a most able 1 miphot hy.Mr. J, V. E. Thorn, of this borough.— Mr, :TVremarks wore very happy, and "delighted and edified the audience, lie said that ho had here loforovotcd with tfio Whig'parly, and had supported . Ilchry Clay In 1844, but was now determined to give hit vote to Cabs and Butler! lie could not,'and woald not, support a man for Iho high office of Pro. , sldcnt who was afraid to ovow his principles. lie then spoke of,G°n. Cass—said that ho knew Mm welt, and'considcrcd him not only a groat and enlightened statesman, but a man whoso moral character was] spotless and abovo suspicion. His remarks were . frequently interrupted by loud cheers. „ Then .succeeded Iho ablo report of llio comitlcc ~ appointed toilrafl resolutions expressive of the sense of* the mealing, which wog adopted by acclamation. r Able and eloquent speeches wore then made by J. E. CoNiiAif, end James 11.. Graham, Esqrs., both breothing thoiomo nnconquoiablo zeal, burning elo quence, and unyielding devotion to Democratic pnn. ciplcs-•the principles of Equal and Exact Justice. The proceedings of. tho meeting will bo found in another column, to wfiicli wo Invjte tho attention of our raiders. oLd OUUBBnLitND-nifiKITI ...ThU,being court week, wo have hod an ojioi [unity ofcoliaer»'ing with prominent Domoorata from ovary townihip in title county, and we'aro happy to aiauro our.toadtra that all la well in old Mother Cumberland, and that the good cauao goca bravoly on. The County. Ticket give. very gonoral aatl.raellon, and will receive, a. It ahoald, the entire Democratic vole pftlioaoveral towaalilpa. Look out for SUO majority for Cat*, Duller, Pointer, the nominee for Governor and the whole Democratic County ticket In old Mather Cumberland. FHtNKUS COUNTY. Tho Comooroto of Franklin county met In County Convention, In Ch&mbereburg,' on ’Monday la.l, and _, T* YOtUC COUNTY. nominated tho following ticket: Tho ITomoorotlo County Convention met on tho S3d ,A.««mbl u -Cviui. O Fovnci- Saudil Holliday aVYork, .nJ nominate,l the following liokot i Con- tWl.Lner-GMM* Cm".' gr«o, Dr, 11. a. Biiuoy, (.abject to tho concurrence Audits OimoitE, Hoa n of ’MSS.*;' ■ syi||Um*, Thomae Grove,George F.Csrl. Sheriff, *o. W. Brower E.n. Col Jrn i . , HeHrfSldel. Prolhonolary, John R. Donnell. Reg. Hollar, wore appointed liter, DarldDondcr. Clerk of tho Court*, Benjamin Instruction* to tuppori James X. M'l.AtuiuNEh Bigler. Recorder, Edwin C. Reply. i o# lho , cal ?, < J idal ® fo t r Con B rcn * ThoConrQr ee .' a bova /.,..ny : ,1 . nnmed will niceltlioio front Cumberland end P„tr» ■ • (Ej'Tho ilovo who murdered yoting Mr. Corllelt, 01 l ' ll!l Depot Honee, In tho borough of Nowvlllo, on QfVn..hl» mneter, woo induced to lit. crime, it op. w „ _ I .?.■ ~ 1 i - Wilton Rotliy, E*q., and James NUI. E*a.; worn peftri, by the knowledge that Mr. p, had willed him- appointed Delegate* to the State Convention—ln. rec at hie, Mr. C’e,, death, and he could not wait. etructed to support Judge Buck for Governor. GENERAL TAYLOR—HIS POSITION# NjO man, who was ever, a prominent candidate for the high office of President of llic United Stales, ever held a 11)0(0 grotesquely^, than that assujhcd, by ihq 'npniineb'nfvlho late Wljlg Na tional Convention. ■ Willi disposition lb do.lho bid wo huvpVnouo but the kindest feelings lowards-him,) wo must ho permitted to any, that his correspondence with'his different friends in various parts of the country* manifestly shows that the poUticaffield is not his province, and that however great ho may be ns .a general, he, fulls infinitely below, the 'standard of even t middling statesman. A greater bundle of contradictions, not to say. absurdities, cannot bo.found .in a.smaller sface on any subject, than the letters of General Taylor contain in reference to his political views.. VVe lmvo nbl room for an extended review of these precious epidtios, for it really appears as iftho gene ral, had been seized with that most terrible of all diseases, cacoethes soribendi t judging from the num: bor of'ihoso,missiles and the frequency with which they strike (he gaze of an astonished public. 1 Now, he is a no party candidate, and will not be made the exponent of .party doctrines, and,anon, he is a Whigi a good t Whig, but not an “ultra” one, and receives with much complacency the nomination of the Whig parly for the Presidency. Now, ho is Iho candidate of the people, and although ho would have voted for Henry Clay in -1844,-he will'not decline in his favor even if Henry Clay should bo nominated by thb Whig National Convention—then, he authorizes his friends in. that convention, to pledge him to abide the result of its deliberations, and to say that ho will nbt .be a candidate if they .in their wisdom do not select him. Now, wo find him denying to.the independent Taylor men in New Orleans that ho had so-pledged himself —then wo find a card issued by his authority stating that General Saunders had acted with his advice, and what ho did mol with his approbation. . Now, he is in favor of administering the government in ac* oordanco with- the doctrines and measures of tho early Presidents of tho republic—(hen, he comes out I in his Allison letter and appears especially hostile to [ the veto power, which was freely used by those groat patriots in defence of the people’s rights. . At last he docs define hid position on 'lho slavery question, to the entire satisfaction of every body, as triumphantly staled by his especial friends. Well, how is that ? Why. ho thinks on tho subject of tho Wilmot; proviso exactly as his friends and supporters' Messrs. John M.. Clayton and Willie P. Mangum, the former a senator in Congress from the Stale of Delaware, and tho latter from tho Slalo of North Ca rolina. That cannot bo otherwise than entirely sat isfactory to all sections of the Union, for Mr.,Clay ton voted in favor of the proviso, and Mr. Mangum against it *- These are but a few of the faux-pas committed by 10 General in his great complacency with' every body, and the so styled Whig parly in-particular.— The independent Taylor men in Baltimore were In raptures, that they had found a man'after (heir own hearts, a second Washington, a-man above parly, and beyond its servile lies; who would act as the Pre sident oftho whole people. After tho nomination however, by the W*Kig National Convention, in which General Taylor was obliged to submit.loplcdgcs ho had before repudiated, they became restive, and wrote to their favorite to know tho truth on those The General deigned to anwer them, with that frank-. ness so. remarkable in the soldier—and although ho had stated in his Allison letter “/Aaoe.iu) conceal- ments. I Hold no opinion toAieA I would not readily proclaim to my assembled countrymen ," ho begged them as a particular favor, not to suffer tho sentiments of this letter to go forth to tho world-—that it was in tended for them and them only! In disgust at such truckling in a man whom they had placed on the pedestal of Washington, they abandoned their organ* ization at once, ond handed over their candidate to the tender mcrcicsof the Tom Corbin caste of Fed* eralisls, to do with him what they choose. They washed their hands clean of. tho sin of assisting to elevate General Taylor to the Presidential chair—and rightly. No man la worthy of support in this day, who does not boldly and clearly define his position, so that the people may know for what they arc vo ting, and what will bo thd result of their exertions should they bo crowned with success. Belter, far better, for the reputation of General Taylor, had ho never been a candidate for the office of President of the United Slates. It has been well remarked that the greatest kindness the people can now do him, is to vole against him.- 110 is in the hands of those who opposed the war, and its justice, and who appeared desirous for the defeat and destruc tion of our gallant armies in Mexico, one of which ho led with so much credit to himself, and from which ho has derived his chief honors. But by the position ho has assumed, ho must now rely for sup porl'tipon those who hoped our gallant troops would meet in the distant land of Mexico, with "BLOODY lIAN US AND INHOSPITABLE GRAVES.” IVo pass over tho minnlico of (ho discrepancies in Gencral.Taylor’s correspondence, which a rigid crit icism would render extremely glaring. There'are "bundles of contradictions” in his letters, which it would be well for our brethren of tho press to expose, by simply publishing these epistles themselves, with out even a word of comment.- Tho most careless reader could not fall id bo struck by them. •• lie wire* In ami wires out. And leave* thu people tilll In ilnnbt, ' Whether the snake that tntulo the track la going Atari* or coming iaek.‘' ■But with all Ihcao discrepancies of opinion as express. ied by General Taylor, elect him President, anil you will find him surrounded by a high toned Federal Cabinet, who will give form and consistency to these crude Ideas, apd like the Delphic oracle of old, make (hem speak to suit their own purposes, until they con. tolulatn the central power by the strongest Federal measures, which have been repudiated over and over] again by the people. GcncralTnylor is pledged not lb veto any measures, which’As docs not consider unconstitutional. Hero Is a platform, on which could bo roared a National Dunk of fifty millions of dollars •—a high protective tariff—a system of internal im* provempnt by the General Government, corrupting in Its nature, and which would overshadow the rig and powers and of (he States—a distribution of land fund, to exhaust the National Treasury, and I render high import duties necessary as a means ofl revenue—and all the rest of tho condemned Federal measures which have agitated tho country for half a century* Give tho Federalists ' tho power, and the ghosts of murdered Banquos would rise at their bid* ding. Elect tho patriots Cass and Cutler, and tho •hip of Siato would bo kepi on the old republican truck, freighted with tho choicest cargo, and bound [for the haven ofpoaoo and protection to the rights of ‘ho people. ' i. WHY IS ITI j - Why dohlt thp Herald pub li sha 11o.Hpy!or ’s letters? ■Whyisitlliat the not appeared in, any Whig journal ?“why WlUtjial thp answer of Gen.'Tuylor to a friend in Sodlh darolina is kept ifrom the readers of Whig papers? -|y hy is it that General-Taylor’s last letler-~accepiihg' tiio Charleston nomination—is not mado tfilbllo'by, Whig editors? Tho reason is this—they arq asliaroedpf their candidate, andl afraid to let the pooplo. kiiow his true sentiments. In the language of a cotemporary^ the writings of a candidulowhoaV political opinions are thus'unknown, ought to ; be. freely and ,fully pub lished, that lliepeople may know what measures they are voting for, when they,support him.. They know that by a longlife devoted : lo the service of hip coon* try and a constant udherfined to Democratic measures —by cordially responding and approving of the reso lutions adopted by -thd'Baltimore Convention, Gon. Cass is pledged to tho maintcnance of the roeasorcs apd principles of the great Democratic party. Not so, however, with.Gen.-Taylor! ■ Ho has never filled a- civil office—has not oven voted for forty years— and the convention that nominated him did not oven pass d resolution in regard to the groat and obsorbing question of the day. .Under these circamstanccsi then,the publiedtion oflua voluminous correspondence since the commencement of thd Mexican war could not tail to throw much-light upon thd policy he would pursue in the event ofhis elevation tq the Presidency. Why not publish thorn, then 7 1 Are theyashamed, or afraid? They say ho is atoftig*—thd Candidate of the whig party, and will carry oat.the viww and measures of that parly. But where is thd prrof? If joy.had it,-tho documents would certainly bo forth* coming. They would not bo driven. tVom corner to corner—from one .siiblerfugo'to nnolhoV— in.dofond ing their non-committal position. If they had any . thing moro tangibjelhan tho Allison letter—a tetter, I let it be remembered, which was unceremoniously rejected.by ■ the Philadelphia would I hove its sehtirpcnls emblazoned on.oll and reiterated by every' federal stump-orator and editor 'in the land. Such, however, is not their position— afraid to come again before the people wiCh'tAq mea sures which were so emphatically repudiated]in '44, 1 they have nominated Gen. Taylor only because he < was thought to be available; and available only be -1 cause his opinions arc unknown 1 ]' They knew ho had repudiated, lime and again, a party nomination, and whoa he would not “ surronder’Mo them, and pledge himself to their platform, they ■ to him, and look him oufrust. And what a humili ating" spectacle does such a “ gcncrojis exhibit. They-knew ho declared, In tho famous Signal letter, “ I cap and shall yield to -no call that does notvome from the spontaneous and free will, of the nation at . large % , and void of jhe slightest agency of my own." In no case will 1 permit uy. SELF TO BE THE CANDIDATE OF ANV PART*, OR YIELD TO party schemes." ‘ That to Mr. Delbncy, ho had written, V Should ever I occupy tho White House, it must baby the spontaneous move of the, people, and by no act of mine t so that I could not go into ttfo oifico untrammelled, and bo the Chief magistrate of the na lien, and not of a party," And to P. S, Smith—“ I do not desire the Presidency, and only yield thus far my assent to bo considered a candidate, in lAe same proportion which it is desired by the people, irrespec tive vf party". Ho had declared to Dr. Rirkey, '* I AM NOT WILLING TO, BE TUB CANDIDATE OF ANT PARTY." "Jf elected to.the Presidential office , it mast be with • out any agency of my own," Again, to Dr. Bronson — ( “If I were called to the Presidential chair by the general voice of tho people, without regard (o their political-differences, I should deem U'my duty (o ac cept the office. •*“ I cannot in any case permit .myself to he brought before the~piopU'exelusively by'pny of the political parties that now so uvfoi\unaUly ditide our country , as their candidatefor this office." Alas 1 poor whiggcry 2 Has it come to this? So low! so fallen 2 that not even tho man you honor with tho highest office in the world would listen to your piteous wail for “aid and comfort." On the con. trary, in writing to Col. Mitchell, of Oliio, he says: “If tho whig parly desire, at the next Presidential election, to cast their votes for mo, they must do it on their own responsibilUy t and without any pledges from me." And to the editor of tho Richmond Republican, "If nominated by tho Whig National Convention, I shall not refuse qcccplancc, provided lam left free of all and permitted to maintain the position of independence in which the people and ny own sense of duty have placed me ; otherwise I shall refuse the nomination of any convention or party." 11 It has nu( been my intention at any moment to changemy position, or withdraw my name from the canvass, vhoever may be the nominee of the National Convrntitn t either of the Whig or Democratic party." Such were tho em* phalio declarations of Gen. Taylor when tho Whig parly nominated him. Tho prophet wolild not go to lljo mountain,’and so tho mountain waq compclled to go to tho prophet. A pretty parly, (his,* to talk about tho “veto,’? the “ono man” power—a nice party to prnto about “ Southern dictation,” „“ northern dough ( faces,” dtc.—a beautiful .party to weep over thp ‘‘man worship" of Democracy I. Hero is Gen. Toy lor “vetoing" every measure contended for by tho Whigs, and the Whigs in obedience Co the “one man power" surrendering thorn without a murmur. Here is Gon. Taylor, tho owner of three hundred slaves , without avowing a principle In. common wills the Whigs, “dictating*.’ In-Iruo Southern style, to tho rcvilora of dough-raCßliin>*-nmkirig thorn, cal their 1 own words ond ittdUfy themselves before the 'people* What is.this but “man worship,” pray? ' What is such submission but the quintceccnso of “ dough, fuccdncts?’’ Is there one among the General's lArre hundred slaves that ever manifested half the disgust- Ing suhmistloiirfbhich a largo majority of tho , Whigs of tho North exhibit just now in his support? Wo doubt it 2 Slaves though they bo, and ignorant, their animal instinct teaches them more self-respect than is exhibited In Whig support ofa man who has limn contemptuously spurned their embrace, except upon his own terms! This, then, Is why they do not,and dare nol, publish his loiters, They dro afroid of the rank ond file of tho parly—they dat-o not give tho i people light, and would much rather give them “hard > older" ihan General Taylor's letters, ic ANDREW JACKSON TO LEWIS OASB* “To your talent.,energy, and (curies, ro.pon.lbil ily, wo nro Indebted Tor the ihicld thrown over u. from tho Impending danger wlilch the ratlflontlon of the quintuple treaty by Franco would liavo brought upon ua. For till, act, tiro lhanli. of every true American, and tho applaii.o of every true republican nro your., nnd for thin noble net I. tender you my thanks.**' . Insane Persons.—' There arc in tho United Stales, according to tho memorial of Miss Dix, prdsonfed 16 Congress, 32,000 insane persons.. She prays fey a grant of public lands, for the purpose of creeling and supporting hospitals. * 1 ■ Deplorable,— An bid man, 85 years of ogo| has been committed to jail in N, York, on a chargo of foigory. 1 >„ OC/*Tlio Whigs ore getting awfully alarmed in Philadelphia. Martin Van Duren will.cory off about two thousand Quaker votes. Every where the prop pool brightens.' .Wo begin to have strong hopes of N. York., Hurrah far Cass and Duller b “ A Little More Grape.—The Whigs hive been calling light lustily. North Corolinn,iidldnfl, Illln and,lowa havo.answcrcd tho, coll, and Ki. 1 * ra P e " hive adj?d no small qunn ll»y of Demoqrallo found shot, kl RETURN OP THE .VOLUNTEERS* .. “ From.tho tor plnlhs of Mexico, -Prom ; langlo;'cbappQral,. -- . Whore-Northern blood, tike raindid flow, At country’s jacrort chit. -They como-.-a hand of men— • -Back to their notlvc homes again I’ On the morning of last Friday every thing iVas put in order for giving a becoming reception to our bravo Volunteers, and extending to them a ,hearty and heart-felt wolcomd on their return fifom the bloody fields and pestilential climate of Mexico. In.accor dance with the arrangements that had been made at previous meetings in our borough, the citizens, ac companied by four companies of military,.left town about 9 o’clock, to meet and. escort them ito their homes. A dense throng was soon assembled at the place appointed for their-reception,jailing to cheer their hearts, with . one universal shout of welcome. In .the distance also, was observable (he battery of the United States Garrison planted,and ready to bcl. low-Its.greeting with some artificial thunder—the men standing, by their guns eagerly looking for the appointed signal, .. The shriU'wblslle.of tlio locomo tive coming up the valley soon announced their ap proach, and in a few minuterafter the train arrived, and stopped bmid the' prolonged cheering of the mol tilude, arid the roaring of artillery. In, spite of every arrangement, and every order to the contrary, all was now confus&n—procession, ranks, and every thing else were broke imorie simullaneousrush to greet and grasp the hands of long absent friends.. But the scone was one of mingled smiles and tears —of joy and sadness. The hoart-was, dated by the return of those who sixteen months sinco.lcft oqr town to encounter the dangers and vicissitudes of a foreign war. , But those whorft'wo remembered hav ing departed with, (he blessings of our citizens—with full ranks, and in the vigor of health, now; camo back and stood befoio us a broken M band of way-worn men.** Well might wo exclaim when looking at them, ,l That are not all, VVJjoro ofo tlio r«l WJ>o willi thoir brother* proudly prest I On to Iho field,— —— 7*’■ Alas I Clio thinned ranks, and tho altered looks, the Jiol/oW eyes and sunken checks of many of thorn, while, (hey appealed 10, Iho , heart, solved also, (he mystery that wo naked to bo explained. They spoke at. disease, privation, and hardship—of iho bloody fields of Mexico, Iftr Inhospitable climate, and iho horrors of. war, and. told us. that lonely graves in a distant land contained those for whom wo sought. But lo return abruptly to our subject. Allot the first impulse of joy had subsided, and the armsofllic brave fellows were nearly jerked from their shoulders by the repeated grasps of our citizens, something like order was restored, and the procession formed for moving into town. Col. Summer and Col. M*r, ofthc army, and the officers of -Iho Garrison marched' in front, accompanied by iho Chief Marshall (General Willis Foolk,) and his Aids. Then followed in succession Officers of (!io U. S. Army and Navy, not in im mediate command. „ The Orator of the day and Chief Burgess. • Town Council and oilier Town Authorities. Commiltecs of Reception, Arrangement, &c.,'&c. Aflor.thcso' came the,returning Volunteers, under the command ofLicut.. Gray, with an escort oh each side detached from Capt.Tonn’s company ofArtillo rifts. At their head Maj. Hunter rode on a grey char* gor, seated on a magnificent Mexican saddle. Ho also wore by his side the splendid Sword presented to him by tho non-commissioned officers of his regiment, in token ofrcspcclfor Ms character,ondadmiration ofliis kindness to his men and gallant conduct in tho field. The Callowipg companies of Volunteers then fob j lowed, under tho command of Gen. Armor : Copt. Todd’s Artillerists. , Capt. Crop’s Infantry, Capl. Henderson’s Cadets. Capt. Carey’s Shipponsburg Cadets. As tfio procession moved forward tho bells of tho different churches and public buildings pealed forth their congratulations, • Having marched through tho principal streets, which wore hung with flags bearing tho inscriptions ‘‘Welcome Homo”—‘‘Welcome to tho Bravo,” &c., they were drawn up in order, in front of-tho Court house, from tho steps of which J. Club Bonham, Esq.; with much feeling ogafn wet corned theta in tho following - .’•* ; ' . : Soldiers from Mexico / By tho authority of (he citizens of this ancient borough, without distinction of parly, 1 am deputed to extend to you in'their be* half a cordial welcome—a welcome the more hearty, because it greets yoii’coming from tho orena of war and bloodshed to the more congenial scenes of home, kindred, friends, and all tho endearing, relations of peaceful life. ’* ' ‘ < War is ever to be deprecated. It is an unnatural state for: human.beings'to bo imbuing their hands in the blood oflheir fellows,and can only bo justified by tho highest necessity—for tho purposes, of main taining liberty, redressing wrongs, resisting encroach ments. ond preserving unimpaired national honor— from motives, of (ho purest patriotism, a - deep sense of outrage, and an abiding conviction, thot tho last resort of sovereigns, an appeal to arms, has become imperative. With our difficulties : wilh a neighboring power— tho so-called Republic of Mexico—you . are all per fectly familiar, and it is needless for me to enter Into a detail of the grievances, which led to a declaration of war on tho part of the United States, against that scmi-barbatouspoople—a declaration mado from the highest national considerations,'and which was ro. sponded to by you, in taking up arms in (ho oauso of your-country, and resisting tho'encroachments of those, who had shown themselves—in pence, perfidi ous and false—ln war, relentless ond cruel. . When the first tidings from the Rio Grande of a conflict of-arms, and the wanton murder of Ameri can citizens upon American soil, reached tho Capital of tho Republic, the Congress then in session, with a promptitude ond unanimity in tho highest degree commendable, declared that " war existed by the act of Mexico,” colled for fifty thousand volunteers, and appropriated ten millions of dollars, for tho purpose cif repelling these wanton aggressions, and maintain, ing inviolable our national rights—for the purpose, in tho hackneyed phraseology of tho day, of obtain ing "indemnity lor tho past and security for (ho future.” How nobly that call was responded to, you aro hero this day fi-om tho hard fought battle fields, on unfriendly climate, ond tho numberless vicissitudes 1 and perils of a soldier’s life, tho living witnesses to attest. Never In the history of any people, in any ago', In any country, was a more sublime spectacle presented to tho gaze of the world, than (hat exhibited by the 1 citizen soldiery of this great* republic, flocking to! their country's standard, at the first alarm of their country's danger. No sooner had tho declaration of .war been spread over the land, than a fooling of pa • trlotlc fervour swelled the bosoms of our citizens, and armod men an from tho fabled dragon’s tooth of old, sprang forth'ln a night, panoplied from head to foot, prepared for (ho onset, ready to do battle, and if need be, to die for that country. Tho fircs of en thusiasm burned brightly on every mountain top, and tho din of preparation was heard in every valley, throughout our widely extended domain. Thodiffi. oully was not, who should hovo lho privilege of re maining at homo, but in their noble emulation, who should be permitted to go, )n the dangerous and eventful service required at their hands. In ourpwn beloved commonwealth this generous rivalry was beautiful to behold, and thousands rushed to tlio pa trlolio standard who oould not bo received, and returned with aching Hearts, that no opportunity was offered thorn to join their fellow citizens in tho (rials and dangers of the battle field. ' And was over a war more gloriously and trium phantly prosecuted, from its commencement to its final termination?—from tho time tho first blow was struck, tho first blood woo shod, until (he treaty of 1 honorable, and (o bo honed, lasting peace, between' the belligerent parties? Whore in history go wo wlt- ! ness more distinguished bravery, more fortitude under privation ond suffering, more humanity to a' 1 fallen foe, more magnanimity, limn woro exhibited by I the American troops In this war with Mexico? Never in tho nminis of warfare, were mnro brilliant and decisive victorias obtained, for (ho number of troops engaged, and (ho means employed, against apparently overwholrmng forces,than those achieved . by our gallant, army in this trial of strength with tho Mexicans. The bailies of Jena and Marengo, Aus-J torliiz -and Waterloo, which shook the'-continent of. Europe, were mightier-displays' of hostile powers, more sanguinary in their resurtsfand perhaps more Important ’in.their political bearings.’yet thqy will not ehlno with greater effulgence oh the pages of lustorVi , v -V ■■ '* ■At ,thb battle of THfalgar, Nelson hailed to the mast head, “'BNOLANb'.txpEcrs every maw to do his dott." Every division of the. American army In tills war did Us duty,and that hoblyu We met with hot* single reverse of fortune, if that fickle Goddess can be said to preside at all over scenes of carnage and blood. The column under General Taylor cbmmeho* cd with the victories of Palo Alto and Resaca do Id Palma—penetrated into the midst of the enemy’s country—assaulted the fortified city of Monterey— scaled Us embattled heights—and closed llio cam paign in a blaze of-glory at Buena Vision in boating ’ back the legions of Santa Anna in the rugged defiles of Aqgoslura.- Genera) Scott surpassed the prowess of Cortes him solfl ‘ His march, from the ’siege oTVefa Cruz, With occasional halts and breathing spells,at, Cerro Gordo, Coutrcrasj Churubusco, tepee, into tho very gates of the city pf Mexico—the capital of thb Aztecs.and.tho Halls of the Monlezu mas—was one continued , triumph, and will bo mem orable in all lime iq. come. While tho gallant Doni phan, rivalling 'the adventures of Xenophon and his Greeks, traversed an immense wl'dcrrtcfls, and veri fied tho valor of himself and his brave companions In opens, by.the victories of Brazllo ond Sacramento;; .In vain do.we look fur .os. great a succession of triumphs in tho wars between nations, where llio' disparity of forces : was so great,' and the invaders were the victors. At tho pass of Thermopylae a| Small band of .Spartans, It-is true, resisted success*, fully tlio progress of Xerxes and his Persian hosts.— At the battle of Marathon d few thousand Athenians and Flatmans led on by Milliadcs,' routed tho same 17 Persian hosts under tho. command of Datis nnd Ar taphcrncs. At Louclra, Epaminondas, tho Theban ' general, with u Tar inferior force, defeated king Cleombrotus, and destroyed tho.empire of Sparta in Greece. But these, are isojated examples in the history of different nation's, and ;not a succession of victories achieved by one people, in lhq'sanid t war t and within a short spneo of time. ( . t ~ Our Contest with Mexico has donomorb to elevate our : national .reputation throughout ibc. civilized world than even the war of 1812 with-Gfqal Britain, and the revolutionary struggle, if that bo possible.— Tho alacrity with which the ndljqn. rose arid Hew to arms to avenge her wrongs, shaking offsthc.leth argy which a peace of thirty years and upwards may have been presumed to settle down upon her, excited universal admiration. It demonstrated tho strength add resolution of a free people, lo the entire satisfac tion of Eurojpoan despots. It showed what is to them a singular anomaly, that a free government, with-comparatively no standing army, is yet the strongest government In the world,plthcr for mililary defence or military aggression. It pluccsthcstrcngth of a nation on its trhc basts—not in largo standing armies—not In high sounding proclamations ofmili* tdry preparation—but ih a mysterious and ulUpcrvo dlng moral power—in the hearts of a free and loyal people, whoso bold breasts and' stalwart limbs nro tho strong tower of defence in the midst of danger. Wo fire a nation of armed men, with bayonets brist ling, ready to do buttle, if occasion call fur. if, and yet immersed almost Constantly in tho pursuits of peace. .. This great fact shows the power and cfficncy of republican principles, in developing that spirit of manly independence sb necessary to constitute a good soldier. They teach him his rights, and Convince him that ho has an interest ot stake in th'o/welfnro of his country—that ho has something-far which to fight,Tor which to live, fqr which to die,.' They make the true glory and interest of his nation nnd his peo ple, identical with his own,.and point with unerring certainty to his true path of duly. - It was this that gave the power nnd energy to re publican France, which so astonishcd ihc p-orld, nt the close of the last century. Her republican armies swept like billows of* lira over The face of Europe, scorching, consuming, nnd;purityin£, whatever came in their path, subjugating hoary kingdoms, pulling drwn what for ages had been held sacred, and setting up what far ages hod been held in obhorcnco. It was tho terrible energy of a free people, who had drunk tho cup of oppression to its dregs, but Were at length roused to,‘,action' by national wrongs, arftJ borne forward by national pressure. - What a strange contrast did France then present, under tho influehec of liberal tendencies, to nil tho rest of Eurppe?—she all vigor and life, the other nations dull, sluggish, dccrcpld. , It furnishes as a lesson which wo should take to our own hearts, and convinces us that nny people to bo a groat and mighty people, must be a free people. It is this which makes our citizen soldiery so ef fective. Men.who never before shouldered a musket, can face tho cannon’s mouth, and dcatlj in every form, when inspired by the holy principle of liberty. It is this which rendered our small but gallant army in Mexico irresistible, and enabled thorn to.scatter in confusion their enemies.. . You, soldiers, animated by these par* took of the toils, and dangers encountered by our bravo troops, and having well performed your part in (hat great drama, have returned to receive' (he eon* gratulaliohs of your countrymen. I am authorized by the citizens of this place, your old friends and neighbors, hero and now, to extend you for them the hand of welcome, and to thank you in (heir name for the honorable service you hnvo performed in the gallant dofencoof their, and their country’s rights.— Out our congratulations ore not unminglod Uh sor*. row. Your are thinned—your, numbers di> minished. Where are many of your comrades who trod the earth,with as,firm a as you did when you loft this beautiful valley, who awoke to the clan* gor of the trumpet with the samcintcrcst, and whose nerves thrilled with the same patriotic fire? They aro not hero. Striokoh down by disease, ortho death dealing bullet, or the sharp lanco of the enemy, their mortal remains lio mouldering in a foreign hind.— Some may have returned with (ho seeds of death itn* planted within thorn, but (olingcr a while and die—and although your mjssing companions, whoso untimely deaths you and wo mourn, arc. forbidden in (his life Ip witness this (lay, when the hearts of this people lire poured out at your feet, they may bo looking down from a bolter and brighlcrjitQgo of existence upon this scene, and scattering their benedictions thickly among you. 3*hoy l lnve gene to that bournb from whence no traveller, returns, where wars and strifes shall bo no more, forever —where brother shall Ino longer raise his hand' against brother, bul/vyhero I yon and they may again bo united in close cofnmuh (on with one common Father, \ylioso goodness in over I all His works,and whocu lovecncirclelh all Hiscrca lures. - r But wo arc thankful that so many of you have es caped the vicissitudes so fatal to your brothers in arms, to return among us. You will each find your appropriate and useful sphere of action—and al though you arc about.exchanging the garb of the soldier for that of the citizen, suffer not the electric fires of patriotism to become.extinct. Ever cherish the same dovption to liberty, w.hioli.indnccd you to 1 toko up arms In defence of our common rights. The * principles of liberty are taking deep hold upon the . minds end hearts ol men, and the thrmos of kings I and emperors aro even now tottering to (heir fall. “Freedom's battle once begun nequeaUu'il from bleeding sire to son ■ •Tluuigh battled oft, is ever won." And should your country again ever need your scr< vices on the tented field, those services wo will not bo asked in vain. You aro now about to sena. role and engage in the varied pursuits of .a lift pf peace—but should the independence ofyour country be endangered, gird on your armor—should the principles which every American heart holds dear bo ottaokod, in wlmlevor form, under whatever ffulse. for whatever purpose, deftnd them, o. B {. r,k .°l l,,l,ho,a,tnrni *‘lf ( »o«plrof l . Sir kul for your altars ami your fires, Blrlkfll for tlio green grovoa ofyour sires. □ml and your fmtlvo land," With many wishes fur your prosperity, lioallh and happiness, wo greet your return among us. May dial return bo ua Joyous to you, as It Is to ourselves. Again wp say to you nil—wki.come I • To tills three long and hearty cheers wore given. Moj. lIuNTEn replied 'for himself and the soldiers under his command. t REPLY. Jlfr, Bonham —This demonstration of respect on the part of the cilluns of Carlisle, Is Indeed most gratifying to our feelings, and can bo but 100 feebly acknowledged by ony words of mine. Wo have on. doovorod to do our duty In (ho service of our country and have boon always cheered by kindly words and messages of encouragement (Vom you. A soldier’s life has few charms, except the con sciousness that ho Is'devoting his energies for the good of his country, and (lie hope, that when his lolls and dangers ore over, ho will have tlio respect and esteem of his follow citizens. Ilia honor is his all—and riot to have turned Ms back upon his enemy is.his highest praiscr Thai wo havj not acted the I part of cowards is su&clcntly; manifested by your tokens of regard tliirday upon us. Wo I have been soldiers— to have been considered 'bravo ones,‘is the highest eulogium that could bo spoken in om\praise.' Our honor is our hi). Wo rod nsßured that from this manifestation in our behalf it will be'protected. •' • i. In bohbif of (hd officers and soldiers who accom pany me.on this occasion, I may bo permitted to soy, that they feel deeply grateful to be thus cordially received by their .fellow citizens on their return home, after the many hardships and dangers to which they have been exposed in a far off clime—in hot only contending with the enemy, but with disease pEcii liar toa southern climate,.and which has. more fa In I to our troops than the ravages of war.— Of the number which marched with mo from this place about sixteen months since, it is mortifying for mo to snyj but few have returned—the remainder how lie beneath the sod of a distant land. .The officers om^soldiers,with me,-who have been -in the:, battles > in .Mexico havo performed their duty with credit to. themselves and honor'to iholr country. Of those who have not had the oppor tunity of being in battle, I must say, from what I have scon of them, while serving tinder my com* rhand, that ! have every confidence in them as gal* Jant and bravo men,/who obuld be depended on in I any emergency. For mysoifl must assure yon that I have no language to express my feelings in return for.your kindness on this occasion. In the very humble part I have acted in a distant war, I have aimed simply lo dischargo the duty of an American citizen, and us a representative of our common conn* try—and if 1 have succeeded in so doing to the sat isfaction of my over kind friends, I shall fee) proud in returning to tho paths of peace anrt»civil life. Permit me therefore to tender to you, and through you to tho citizens of this place, our grateful thanks for this* approval of onr well meant services in the iceyit war with Mexico. Moj. Hunter had concluded his, remarks, lie and his mon # were again greeted with.cheers from the multitude. But the most flattering dcmon»«ra« lion.of affection was'given to the gallant Major by his own men; ' They were how, after having been sixtoenmonthsiii Mexico.—after having long known him, first as their Captain, and afterwards as a Major, about .being finally dismissed. Of their own accord, after the other cheering had ceased; they gave “three cheers for Major Hunter;” that mode' the welkin ring. This had Hardly subsided before they' cried out again— 1 “ throe cheers for par old Captain Hot ter,” and at it they went*, The procession was now disbanded, and the fa* turned Volunteers, under the charge of the otbei* companies were taken to Orth's Hotel, whero sumptuous dinner was provided by the citizens for their entertainment. ’ Having refreshed, themselves with the good cheer set before them, they were al* lowed to return to the warm embraces of their famu. lies and friends. ’ , : ' , • : Wo cannot conclude without oppressing our admt' ration of the high public, spirit that brought Capt* Carey’s Company-froth Shipponsbnrg tA join with urf In honoring our weary and way-worn veterans, and also congratulating them on their fine military ap* - pcarancc, and high stale of discipline* ! Important I*ottei* tlrom Cfext* Taylors Gon. Taylor has written .the following letter (cf George Lippard, Esq., of Philadelphia who oddressed him on the subject of his position before the people* It is short bnt very explicit: Baton Rogue, La., Jn\y 24. Dear &ir : Your letter of the slh inst., asking of nio a lino or two, in regard to my position os a can* tlidalp, for the Presidency, hos been duly received. In reply, I have to sny, that"!am not a party'ean* didale % and if elected, shall not be tho'President of a pofty, but the President of the whole people. I am, dear sir, with high respect ind regard, your most obedient servant, A nottc* Letter—The Whlgi gtlU Without d Ca&dldiftfl : Wo Inkcrl' below an eilracl from amUher • letter from Obnetal Toylor,.which wo'copy frohi'lhiCbarlis lon Nows of tlio. Kjili instonl. Tlio countryhas boon ooluolly floodcil with theso loiters. It rooms that they arc interminable, and each letter which ap pears is a palpable contradiction of sonic one or other of those which hate pfcecderflC Wo had really sup* posed, after General Taylor f « * Cordial acceptance ” of the Philadelphia nomination, and after his sanction, and approval ofJudge Saundcr’s coarso in the Whfc' Convention, and his being entirely abandoned by his Maryland Independent friends, that he was the xeg ulnr candidate of the Whig party. Dot it seems that wo wore altogether mistaken. He still desires to ba considered' a no-parly candidate-writes, to' -hit Charleston friends that he has already accepted nom* {nations by primary assemblages, Irrespective of party, and that ho liad accepted .the Philadelphia nomination, and would havo accepted the Baltimore nomination if tendered to him sn Me same terms.