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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.<r*
But hero is the extract! '
■ { Letter from General Taylort
Extract ofa letter from General Taylor la a friend
in the city 1 ~
" I'nqver. had any aspirations for the Presidency,
nor liaycl.now, farther than tho wlslicaofiny friends
oro concerned In the matter; nor would 1 hove it on
any other terms than I.slated when the subject was
first agitated, which is, that my acceptance must bo
without pledges or being trammelled in any way, so
that I'could bn tho President of Iho whole. JVaftofl
and hot of a Party.
** I havo accepted the nomination of tho Philsdeh
phis Convention, as well as tho nomination of pony
primary assemblies gotten up In various sections of
the Union, in some instances, irrespective of party,
and would have accepted-the nomination of tho Bat*
tininre Convention, hud it been tendered on Me same
terms. ' lorn now fully, If wot /airly, before the coun
try as a candidate for the Chlcf Mugistrooy; and if
It should bo.my good or bad fortune to be elected, I
trust my oourso will bo such for the most part, as
regards the management of our notional affairs, as
will meet tho approbation of my follow citizens.—*
Should they foil to do so, they will, I flatter myself,
havo tho charity to attribute my errors to tho head
and not the heart.
V6ry respectfully, your friend,
Z. TAYLOR.
AND STILL ANOTHER.
A little meeting, composed of Some twelve or fif
teen, was held in Charlestown, soma six weeks sinoo
nl which Gen. Taylor was nominated for Proaidont
and Gon. Duller for Vice President, The meeting
purported to bo Democratic, and they roaolvod toaup*
port Taylor became lie was “a slave holder ami
sound on the stive qutstiot}." Since that time, how
ever, tho ponona engaged-in. that meeting havo do*
dared themselves fbr Cass do Butler. Tho following
is Gon. Taylor’s reply, In answer to a letter sent him.
Baton Uouoi, La,, Angst. 9.
Sir—l hovo the honor to aohnolodgo Ilia receipt of
your nommnnloatlon of the SOlh nil., officially an.
noimeing to mo my nomination for tho Presidency by
a large mooting of tho Democratic citizens of Charles
ton, South Carolina, held at that olty on thoSGthull.,
nnd over which you wore theprosiding officer.
,t his deliberate ezprcsslon of tho friendly feeling
existing Inwards ma among n largo and respectable
portion of tho citizens of your distinguished Slate,
has been received by mo with omollono of profound
grnlMude;and (hough It be hut a poor return fbr such
a high imd unmerited honor, 1 beg them to accept my
heartfelt thanks.
Concluding Hint this nomination lilio all olliora
which I nave hod llio honor of receiving from ossein*
nlipce or my follow citizens in various parts of tho
Union, has booh generously offered to mo, wllhoiil
pledges or conditions, Uis thankfully accepted} snd
1 beg you to insure my friends, in whose behalf yon
are acting, that should it bo my lot to fill tho oflks
for which 1 havo boon thus nominated, it shall bo my
unceasing effort, In tho discharge of Its responsible
duties', to glvo satisfaction'to my countrymen. ■
With tho assurances of my hfgh esteem, I have tho
honor to bo, your obedient servant, Z. Tatlor*
Hats.— lt is not advisable to poison them! they
carry the poison into food and water to wbleh'thcy
onri hnvo any access, and in this w«y whole families
have been poisoned.
Z. TAYLOR*