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LETTER .OR: ; BEN.. SHIELDS. Ino good reason why a man who flies from
We suspend a considerable portion of/ want and oppression in Europe, and seeks
the, editorial and, miscellaneous matter i this country in preference to itll"others as,
prepared for to•day"s paper, in order to the future home of himselfand family, and
pince promptly and conspicuously b e r or „who looks forward to the day w hen his
ourreuders the subjoined admirable letter ashes shall mingle peacellilly with the soil
of Senator Shields', addressed to n coma-it- of his adopted country, and his soul re-'
tee of his Constituents, and a copy of which :turn to the God
no
gave it—there seems,
a friend has obligingly furnished to us for I repeat, to ho no, earthly reason why such
publication— • a man should notpekousgood acitizen,and
‘ l !,,The just: sentiment and the- eloquent !ta ke as deep an interest in the welfare of
language 'of this letter will combine with' the government, as if ha decended in a li
the high reputation of General Shields as reel lino from one of the pilgrim fathers.
a chivalrous soldier and a patriotic states- I In this age all civilized nations are open
man to commend it to the public attention.'
'to 'immigration. The immigration to a
With, especial interest will the people note country is generally in proportion to its
the spontaneous testimony :borne by Gen.' prosperity, and often one of the chielcauses l
Shields to the distinguished gallantry of ; of that prosperity. The value of strong
General Pierce, when he and Gen.Shields i honest immigrant labor, in a struggle be-'
were coMpanions,itharms. on the battle.; tweet] man and savage nature, on a new
fields of Illexicri. — • Nor IS the testimony o f continent like this, where there arc such
General 'Slitelds-L-himsel f a true represon- temptin g inducements to trade and adven
wive.' of the best chriraceristies of ou r tore, is beyond the calculations of political
adopted citizens—less important or signifi.,eneonorny. The principle that would ex
cant in regard to the just and liberal spirit 'elude this . laborious class of men, during
in which General Pierce has always cher- ' the useful add active portion either() lives,
ished rind advocated all the great principles from any participation in the exercise of
of political and religious liberty and equal- political rights mid the enjoyment of pc).
ity. lineal priVilegeS, has always encountered
I the steady and united opposition of the
. • WAsrminTezr, August 5, 1852. democratic party.
GENTLEMEN: I have to regret that it , 11 is my good Ibrtune to be personally
haS been impossible for me,- owing to the 'acquainted with both the distinguished cit.
press of business which Gills upon us at izens whose names have b:!en presented
this-late period of the session, to reply by their respective parties as candidates
any Sooner to your interesting communi- ' for the highest oaice in the gift of the
cation of the• 12th ult. It nfibrds Me sin- , American people. General Winfield Scott
cere pleasure to accept vourcourteous invi- is the candidate of the whit; party. For
tation to visit Galena as soon as I can him I entertain the highest personal regard
make-it convenient after the adjournment. and esteem. I admire him as much as 1
And during my visit to your city I hope to do any man living for his groat military
be able, in cornplience with your request, talents, and I consider him entitled to the
to address my fellow-citizens, to the best , gratitude of his country for his glorious
of my feeble abilities, on some of the prin.: military services. But General Scott is no
ciple questions involved in the approaching I democrat. His political convictions are
presidential 'election, different from mine. lio is true to his
Fortunately for me, the principles of the convictions ; and for this he has my res
democratic party stand in but little need of, peel. I mean to be true to mine; and
advocacy amongst my constituents. They : such is my knowledge of his character
are deeply planted in the hearts of n large ; that I know this will nut lessen me in his
majority of our citizens. Illinois is essen- estimation. Ifthe principles of the d.emo
tially and unchangeably democratic. Fi-; craic party are those tint ought to prevail
delity to the free and generous principles in the conduct of this govcrmimrent, then
of democracy is one of the proudest char= General Scott himself would admit, with'
acteristics of our young Prairie State. In the frankness of a true soldier, that be is
the "hard-cider" revel of 1340, when not the man to represent these principles 1
coons and log-cabins, with their appropri- :as Chief Magistrate of this republic. Be,
ate minstrel accompaniments, frightened ; this as it may, however, I stand where I,
this wise nation from its accustomed pro- have always stood—in the ranks of the'
priety, Illinois was ono of the seven gallant democracy. I
States that held up.tbe banner of dome- I General Franklin Pierce is the candi
racy, and waved it proudly before the date of the democratic party. The ster
eyes of.-the world. And there that,glori- ling
. qualities of his character make him
ous banner still waves, and there - it will worthy of this distinction. He is upright,
wave triumphantly forever! and honorable in all the relations of life, l
For the last fifty years the' history of and peculiarly calculated to command the
the democratic party is the political his- respect and confidence of his fellc w-citi- '
tory of this country. There is not a zens. Like Andrew Jackson, he has been
prominent event in our national history, a lawyer, statesman, and soldier ; and if it
from the first day of Jefferson's adminis- should he the good fortune of this nation
tmtion to the last day of Polk's, that to have him for its next Chief Magistrate,
does not illustrate the genius of democra- he will, lilac Jackson, conduct the unirs of
cy. the government upon the principles of ri ,
. . _
. The democratic party has several dell
nate objects of policy, such as national
progress, territorial extension, the consti
tinlOnal independence of the States, and
the political liberty of the individual.--
Some of its fiercest conflicts have been
for the attainments of these objects. The
• great struggle against a national bank, a
high protective tariff, a vast national sys
tem of internal improVements, and the dis
tribution of the proceeds of he public land 3
among the States, was a struggle to re•
move impediments from national progress.
These ingenious contrivances to control
the fruits of national industry, for the
benefit of a few favored interests were frus
trated by the vigilance and energy of the
democratic party. In other countries so
ciety is.divided into two classes—die poor,
who do all the labor; and the rich, who
enjoy all the profits I That this country
has hitherto been preserved from this ru
inous reversal of the laws of natural justice
is mainly attributable to the democratic
party.
„Territorial extension is the work of the
same party. • Louisiana ga%e us the con
trol of the Mississippi river, Florida and
Tuxes itho control of the Mexican Gulf,
and Oregon and California the control of
the Pacific ocean ; and all together have
contributed•to make this country, in a go
ogniphic.al sense, the most compact, de-
feasible, and • desirable - \territorial abode
for human develonement,;,civilization, and
empire, '.which has -over existed on the
face of the globe.
•The constitutional Independence of
the States has been an object of constant
solicitude to the democratic party. Dem- 1
oeracy an instinctive dread of • cen
tralization; for Centralization is incompa. •
tibia withdemocratie liberty. The demo.'
cratic party has 'always ;watched and
checked. every political movement having,
the - slightest tendency to disturb the eon-
stitOional relations of this beautiful but'
complex system of government.
gut, the cardinal principle of thqt par
ty,r-the cherished principle of every living
heart His its sacred regard for the natural
and political rig is of individuals. The
natural , rights .of man—the rights with
which.ev.ery human being is endowed by .
Creator--freedom of thought, freedom !
Cif,wilkfreedem of conscience,and freedoni
.of,actiohin all cases where the act is not!
~ p,reludibial to others-,-this glorious, freedom
, r oMobles, Willett • nature,: has been
.s . ,r?gured to America by thei triumph of the!
,dqnckaiaoc priaciplel May that sacred
extend its-glorious triumph to all
the oppressed races and nations of this
T.llO . ,rights of the individual are
next in importance. :Democracy imposes
• no re ; ltOCtiensupon the exercise of these
rights but such'ashrenecessuryto preserve ,
them from abuse. Properly qualification's,
other.qOalifications depending upon
the . inero 'accidents of life, and opposed to'
the,spitit of democracy.. A mutt s qualifi-,
Cations for civil' liberty call never'be do.
terinined by the amount of his property or•
the place of his birth. There' Seern to be
did enconomy and popular liberty. His
course as a public man, in the councils al
his native State, was always democratic,
fearless, and independent. Ile showed
himself, on all questions and on allocca
sinus, an able and enlightened statesman.
One of the noblest efforts of his lit e was
in opposition to that odious feature' in the
constitution of New pimpslike—that re
proach upon the character•Of the Granite
State, which stigmatizes and disqualifies
American citizens on 'account of their reli
gious opinions. In the lice of unworthy
prejudices, Franklin Pierce battled, in 'a
true catholic spirit, for universal freedom
of conscience, and denounced the proscrip
tion of that ancient faith, which is still the
faith of three-fourths of the Christian
world. For this act „r justice and moral
courage, he is entitled to the sincere grati
tude of every American citizen who con
demns religious proscription and reveres
religions liberty.
His career in the councils of the nation
was in perfect harmony with his public
course in his native Slate. 13oth in the
House of Representatives and Senate of
the United States, he was a model of nn
enlightened democratic statesman. The
dignified sitnplieity of his character made
him averse to ostentation and display; but
his talents and energy mado him a power
ful advocate of all great measures for the
advancement of the public service and the
welfare of the country. He entered Con
gress in 1833, and resigned his seat in the
Senate in 1842. He declined an appoint
ment as Senator of the United States in
1845. He deelined a place „in President
Polk's cabinet in 1840,,and the nomina
tion for governor of his State in 1848.
And yet this modest, unambitious citizen
' who declined all these distinguished hon
ors, and who retired to priVate life in the
very flower of manhood, shoUldered the
revolutionary-musket of his father,' hilt!
, entered the 'military ranks as a private sol
dier on :the breaking out of war between
this country. , and 'Mexico: There is • a
moral grandeur in this portion of the life
of Franklin Pierce which reminds one of
the early and heroic age of this republic!
President Polk,. who was well acquaint
ed with his intrinsic worth, having served
with him in Congress, raised him from the
ranks by appointing him first colonel i nnd
then brigadier general in the army of the
UnifecfStates. He landed with his brio b .
ado at• Vera Cruz in June, 1847 ; marched
from there to Puebla, whore ho joined the
head 'quarters'or the army
,on the; oth of
August. On this march, Which was very
severe .on fresh: levies. his bri g ade" was
constantly harassed tind'attaelted b • by large
parties of guerillas: It was• the universal
opinion amongst military men •at Puebla
at that time that General Pierce conducted
the march with , uncommon ability, and
xhibited remarkable skill and courage in
'his'conflicts with,the enemy.
• . Sooa after his arrival he entered the
valley of Mexico': The battle of Contreras
opened .the campaign irt that - valley, OD
the . ; Oth of August. •PierceVbrigade took
an active' part in :that :ongagehnent, f•qlel
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himself commanded in person on that oc
tension, and behaved with acknowledged
gallantry; and though very severely in
jured by a lid] from his horse—or rather
by the fall of his horse—he . continued in
command in the midst.of the fire until late
in the night. whop that action terminted.
The battle of Ohurubusco, ono of the
bloodiest battles in the war, was fought the
next day. On this occasion, I was ordered
by General Scott to take command of
Pierce's brigade and the mountain howit
zer battery, in addition to, my own two
regiments, and with this force to fall on
the enemy's rear and cut ofi' his retreat.;
'Pierce and myself, with our united com
mends, proceeded as rapidly as the nature
of the ground would permit to carry this
order into faithful execution. Pierce was
suffering dreadfully at this time from the
injury of the preceeding day, and as Gen. I
Scott himself says in his report, was only
"just able to keep the saddle." As we ap
proached the enemy's position, directly!
under his fire, we encountered a deep ditch,
or rather a deep, narrow, slimy canal,
which had been previously used for the!
purpose of irrigation. It was no time to,
hesitate ; so wo both plunged In. The,
horse I happened to ride that day was a
light, active Mexican horse. This cir-I
lcumslance operated in my favor, and ena
bled me to extricate myself and horse after
considerable difficulty. Piercd, on the
contrary, was mounted on a lore, heavy
American horse ; and man and horse both
sank down and rolled over in the ditch.—
There I was compelled to leave him ; for,!
being in charge of the whole command,
had not a single moment to spare, and'
the irrinner in which n few moments are
employed on such an occasion may deter.,
mine the fortune of a field and the fate of
an army. Alter struggling there I cannot
say how long, ha extricated himself from
his horse, and hurried on foot to join his
command, then closely engaged in a des
parate contest with the enemy; and there
he remained till, overcome by suffering
and exhaustion, he sank on the ground,
and was carried all but lifeless from the
field. This is a true statement of facts in
relation to General Pierce at Churuhusco;
and this statement 1 would hale made at
San Augustine, four days after the battle,
when 1 made my official report; but the
brigade having rejoined its division imme
diately Mier the action, the officers, in
stead of reporting to me who commanded
them in battle, made their report to their
division commander ; -- and as his report of!
action, which he had no opportunity to
witness cannot be very. ,circumstantial,
think it duty() military justica to make
this statement at this tithe, when my si- 1
lenee might be liable to misconstruction.
'Whoever takes the trouble to read my re
port of this engagement dated at San Au
tine, Mexico, August 24th, 1847, will find
the following paragraph :
"Pierces brigade, under my coffin - rand
in this action, lost a considerable number
in killed and wounded ; amongst the latter
was the gallant Colonel Morgan, of thel
15th. This command having rejoined its
division, I have yet received no official re-,
port of its loss."
As I never received this report, of course
f could make no official report on the sub
ject.
As my only object in introducing this
report is to place the military conduct of
General Pierce, While under my command,
in its true light before the public, 1 do not
deem it necessary to follow him through
the rest of the campaign, where that con
duct has ever been the subject of injurious
criticism. Permit me to say ,in conclusion,
that in reference to General Pierce's cour
age and conduct in :11exice, I only do l'or
him what I would be ready to do for any
other gallant officer with whom I had the
honor to serve—that is, declare the truth
in vindication of his military reputation.
I regret the unexpected length of this
letter, but the importance of the subject
must constitute my apolo g y.
I have the honor to be, gentlemen, your
obedient servant, JAS. SHIELDS.
To Messrs. H. B. McGinnis, Matthew
Plumstead, John J. Craw Cord, and oth
ers, Galena, I llinois.
FREE SOIL. STATE CoNvENTION. This
body met in Pittsburgh on the 10th inst.
There was a respectable number of Dele
gates in attendance and a resolute deter
mination was evinced to adhere to their
organization. An Electoral Ticket was
formed, Taylor F. Randolph representing
this District. No nominations were made
ter Supreme Judge, or Canal Commission
er. Delegates were appointed to the Na
tion Convention ; John Nicholas, R. P.
Miller, and Joshua Douglass, Jr., were cho
sen for the XXVth District. The con
vention was in session two days.
arqteford Democrat.
Fant; SOIL NATIONAL CONVENTION.—",
The Delegates to the Free Soil National
Conventioh 'assembled in Pittsburg, on the
11th inst, The attendance Was larger
and more general than 'we anticipated.—
A platform was adopted, embracing the
Abolition of Slavery, Land' Reform, and
Intervention. Considerable debate' ensu
ed before this part of their business was
finished. Notwithstanding John P. Halo,
of Now Hampshire had sent in a letter
declining, in the most postivo manner, the
nomination, Ile was : selected, with greet
unanimityi.ao the Free Soil candidate'llir
the Presidency. -'Geotge W. Julien, of
Indiana, s' nominated' for. Vice Presl
dent. Several' Mass Meetings Were held
in the:eity,'which were addressed by Fred.
Douglasoillie colored orator; and by prom.
inent..:Free BOilers.—Crawford Dem.
Letter from . o en. Pierce.
• • Washington. August . - 1.4.. '
The Republic this morning contains
letter, making halls. column, from General
Pierce, in answer to Edwin de Leon,, the
fonder; editor of the "Sout&in - Press; de
nying the sentiments'' attributed to hip in
the New Boston: speeOh; •
IffiN4
SNAKE STORY.—Wc haire been told that
ono of the Mr. Hour's, Of either Union or
Brady township, some two weeks ago killed
two rattle shakes, one of: which was about
six feet in length, with '26., rattles ; and the
other over seven feet With 26 'Now
Mr. Horn, if this story is not true, it 're
mains for you to correct it., Wp shopjd
like to know all about it before blacikberry
time. •
SUNDAY-SCHOOL.,PI,C Nxe.—Thauach
ers and scholars, of the Episcopal Sunday
School of this place, together with a num
ber of other citizens, spent a very pleas
ant afternoon on Wednesday last, by go . -
Itieon a pic nit: excursion' about: a mile
from town•
o::7 7 About 509 :People, young end . old,
took dinner itt tl a Harvest Horne, on 'the
Ridge,'on ThurtAny of last r ivenk: '
~I~I~Y.
THE REPUBLIC N.
CLEAIIFIEI 4 II Pa., AlignSt 20. 1852.
FO PRESIDENT.
Gen. FRANKLIN PIERCE,
NVW HAmrsninE
ro'A ice rtcr,Fimsn r.
I , VILLIAM R. KING,
OP ALAnAmn.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
Thr the State at large—Senatorial.
GEORGE W. WOODWARD, of Luzerne.
WILSON M'CANDLESS, of Allegheny.
ROBERT PATTERSON, of Philadelphia.
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
1. Peter Logan, 13. H. C. Dyer,
2. U. H. Martin, 14. Jahn Clayton,
3. John Miller, 13. Isaile:BObinson
4. llockius, 16. lie2zrY Rtter,
5. R. McKay, fr., 17._ ilia.. Burnside,
6. A. Apple, 18. M. MeCaslin,
7. N. Strickland, 12. Jas.MCDonald,
8. A. Peters, . 20. W. S. Cokhan,
9. David Fister, 21. Andrew Burk,
JO. R. E. James, 22. Win. Dunn,
11. J. Mcßeynolds,
12. P. Damon,
COTNTY NO
FOR SHERIFF.
ISAAC L. BARRETT, of Boggs tp
FOli ( OUNTV COMMISSIONER.
SAMUEL SHOFF, of Beccaria tp
FOR PROSEctt I'ING ATTORNEY
L, JACKSON CRAM, of Curwensville
('Oll 'I Y A ULM FOR
CHRISTOPHER KRATZER of Clearfield
The 24th of August,
And Brookville, will suit the Democra
cy of this county, as the time and place
for holding the Congressional Conference.
DEATH OF Will. SEARIGHT.
Wm. Si :Anima, Esq., the Democratic
candidate for Canal Commissioner, died at
his residence in Lin iontown,Fayette county,
on the 12th inst., Mr. S. had been confin
ed to his bed by severe, though not con
sidered dangerous,illness for several weeks.
But a few days previous to his death his
disease assumed a pulmonary character
and speedily put an end to all his bright
prospects of the future.
What must now be the feelings of those
Whig editors who filled their columns with
inGtmotis calumni us against this good man?
We envy not their stings of remorse.
OJ Thu re-assembling of the Democrat•
is State Convention, at Harrisburg, on
Wednesday next, which was called for the
purpose of nominating a candidate for the
Supreme Bench, will afford a favorable
opportunity to nominate a candidate for
Canal Commissioner in the room of the
late Wm, St: ARIGHT. NVo hear of no name
mentioned as vet. But there-arc n multi
tude of good ones on hand. We have
Judge Strickland, of the %Vest-Chester Re
publican, Gordon F. Mason of the North,
J. B. Bratton of the Carlisle Volunteer,
who have heretofore been before our State
Conventions, beshks Sa m uel L. Carpenter,
of IVestmoreland, Wm. Hopkins, of Wash-
ington, &c.,
LOCAL AFFAIRS
Nna now EiCA PE.—An accident of rath
er a ludicrous character occurred on lust
Saturday, with one of our citizens, which
was serious enough as it was, but was well
nigh being much worse. Wm. FULLERTON,
residing about two miles from town, was
hauling a load of hay through a clearing,
himself and little boy on the load. As the
horses were passing a log-heap, or tree,
that was yet burning, they sheared to the
one side, running the wheel over a stump,
upsetting the wagon and hay on' the fire.
Of course Mr. F. and his boy went with, it,
and both were quite severely burnt. The
thther endeavored to save his wagon end
hay but failed, and was glad to get his hors
es released from their perilous situation.
ANOTHER ACCIDENT.—On Sunday Cy.
ening last, as Mr. Samuel Speedy, wife
and two or three children were returning
home in a buggy, (Mr. Speedy walking a.
few rods behind) and when descending the
hill near Henry Irwin's, the horse became
fractious, Liiiked and broke the lure part of
the vehiclo, ll run cattle road, throwing all
out and seriously injuring Mrs. S. The
children escaped without serious harm.
•.J.A'I~A~:r~
23. .I.B.lllcCalmont
24. G. R. Barrett.
MINATIONS
The counties forming the Representa
tive district, as will be seen, are all inclu
ded in the Senatorial district, and was al
so formed two years ago. Of these two
years, Clearfield has had the member one
year, and Elk the other. Wo cannot
now : claim the Representative. It would
be unfair as regards M'lC.ean.
If it is athiantageous to havo a repre
sentative in the Legislature at all, it is
certainly better to have one forthree years
than for one year ; and as our chance for
the Senator is much better than it is for the
RepresentStive we would be acting, ex
tremely simple to weaken our claim and
destroy our chance for the Senator by urg
ing a claim for that which we Cannot sus
tain without violating' many of the usages
of Four 'district organizations. Lot I us,
therefore, adopt 'and follow the. wise, the
piudentlind the safo course of our Con
vention, and make a fair and honorable
effort' for 'the Senator . ttYwhich our claim
is to say the least, jitily - equal to either of
the other counties. , Should we fail in. this
why then, that very failuze may - give us a
claim to the Representative. • •
We have
. thus,present6d The 'position of
our county, as her advocate-41ot as her
candidate. ,1 It is her claim, not ours; that
we urge. We have.stated the case truly,
and. without any = personal' consideration
either in . , regard to ourselves
,or, other's.
The same lapguage, word , for xvord, would
have been used; had any .other..citizen'of
bur coutitrbeen named 'fo.i'Sentttor:
OUR NEXT SENATOR.
I Our present Senatorial and Represen
tative districts wore formed at the session
of 1850. The counties of Clearfield, Elk,
Forest, Jefferson, McKean, Potter and
ogn, forming the Senatorial—and the
counties of Clearfield, Elk and McKean;
forming the representative district.
During these two years our county has
been, in point of fact, disfranchised, or
unrepresented in the State Senate—no
Senator having been voted for in this
county, and no member claiming us as his
"immediate_ constituents." Although our
county was thus male an exception, and
thrown out of the Senate, there has been
scarcely a word of complaint. Our cid.
zens have borne it with a degree of pa,
tierice that is certainly creditable. • ,
For one of these two: years, however,
our present district had two Senators—
! Messrs. GUERNSEY, of 'Doge, and IvEs, of
Potter—both elected under the old ripper
; •
fionment, and in separate districts. They
were faithful Senators, and attended to the
wants and interests of our county perhaps
as well as if they had been elected by our
votes. There is no complaint, therefore
on this score. Still, we hold, that a's our
county was thus disfranchised, her claim
is just that much stronger than either of
the other counties. It is due to her citi
zens. They believe their claim to be a
just one—and thus believing they earn
estly. but respectfully, urge it.
This they have done in the proper man
ner. By the proceedings of our County,
Convention, which we published last week,
it will be seen that the Democrats or this
county placed much confidence in the jus
tice of their claim to the Senator. Be
sides a Senator, we also elect a member
of Congress and an Assemblyman this
fall. But, as if to strengthen our claim to
the Senator, or rather, to show that our
county is not unreasonable in her demands,
the Convention presented no candidate for
either Congress or Representative. They
only asked for Senator. The subject was
fully and thirly discussed ; and in doing
as they did we think the Convention acted
wisely, and in accordance with the feel
ings of our people.
It was conceded that our claim` to the
Representative was not free from difficul
ties, and it was admitted that our claim to
the Congressman was just as good-as that
of either of the other counties in the district.
But still, as we said before, fimr the purpose
of strengthening our claim to the Senator,
and presenting that claim in its true light,
our County Convention impliedly conceded
both the Congressman and Representa
tative to other counties
It is not believed that either Tioga or
Potter will strenuously urge their claims.
Jellerson has presented the name of GEO.
W. ZIEGLER, Esq., of that county. Elk
has held her Convention, and appointed
Conferees without instructions. M'Kean,
it is understood, will urge her claim in fa
vor of a gentleman of that county. We
have heard nothing from Forest. Inde
pendent then of our special right, befor - e
mentioned, we are not willing to admit that
our common right is inferior to that of
either of the other counties. Our popula
tion is next 10 the largest—our county is
next to the oldest—and in a political point
of view, our 'Democratic majority is next
to the largest.
These are some of the reasons upon
which wo can rely for success before the
district. We shall now say n word on the
subject of Representative.
- -
OtrThe PIERCE and KING Club of this
'place; is now fully organized and in com.
1
plate operation. J. H. HiLnyarr, President,
and J. 0. LORAIN, Secretary.
:C* -- Gov. Reed, democrat, is re-elected,
in N. Carolina, by over 5,000 majority—
being a gain of over 2,000 since 1850,
The Legislature will be about a tie on joint
ballot.
In lowa, one Whig and ono Democrat
is elected to Congress—being a whig gain,
and brought about by a local question
concerning a rail road,..no says the Wasli.
ington Union. The Legislature is largely
democratic.
GEN. CASS "V.INDICIAN THE TRUTH OF
lIISTORY."-BIRTIFIIL EXTRACT.
In the United States 'Senate, onlhe stl
instant, whilst an item in the Indian appro.,
priation bill, for the payment of some six.;
ty-six thousand dollars to the Shawnee In-,
dians, being for the sale of their lands ly
ing in Ohio, wra under discussion, Gen. : I
Crass made a most beautiful speech in sup-
port of the claim, from which we take the
following extracts. It is seldom, indeed,
that so much, and"such highly interesting
information, is contained in such a brief
space.
From I ho Washington Union, Aug. 14
"Sir, I have had a good deal of official
intercourse with these Shawnee Indians,:
and I know them well. The tribe is a
' very remarkable one among the aborigines
in the United States. Contrary to the usual,
state of things, they arc emigrants from
the South, a kindred tribe to that of the
Cherokees, and came a century and a half
ago to the North, and established them
selves on the Ohio river.. ,They are . re
markable for their bravery as well as for
their intelligence, and have been so ever
since we have had an.y acquaintance with
them. Sir, Logan belonged to that tribe—
he who commenced or rather led the In-
diens at the battle at the mouth of the Kan
.awlia, and whose celebrated speech has
been so much commented upon and ad.
mired by the public for its eloquence, and ,
which has been so mach controverted in
consequence of its having been first given,
to the world by Mr. Jefferson.
"Tecumseh also belonged to that
a name well known to the Senate and to.
the country. He was a remarkable man;
land there have been two merlin our Indian .
history who stand prominently out upon
the historic canvass, who have been actua
ted by the same motives, and whu pursued
the same course of life—men who lived a
century apart. At the time the English.
conquered Canada the Ottowa chief Pea.
tiac exercised prodigious influence over his.
countrymen. Ile was one of Nature's,
great men. He saw that the white's Ivere
determined to drive the Indians before'
them, and that they must finally disap
pear ; he saw that the English were the
predominant civilized power; and his ob
ject was to unite the various tribes into•
one confederacy, and with the aid of the
French, to oppose their further progress.
It is a matter of history ,as we all know,
that his plans were deeply laid. He con
templated simultaneous attacks upon all
the British posts in the northwest. The
day was fixed, and the attack made.—
Michilimacinac and St. Joseph's were ta.
ken, and Detroit escaped by a mere aced
dent. He had to yeild to the superior
fortunes of the English. Tecumseh fol
lowed the same course with the same ob
ject. The English was, however, the pow
er to which he looked for aid ; fur a now
party had arisen in the United States,
equal to the English and the Indians.
"Tecumseh followed the same course.
, He was not at the battle of Tippecanoe in
1811. If he had been there the result
might have been different. Perhaps his,
presence might have turned the fate or
the day; such was tam extent of his in
fluence. He was at that time in the South,
I with the Creeks, with the view of bring
; ing them over to his measures. his ob.
ject, as I have said, was to unite the In=
dian tribes into a general eonfederacyi,
something like the Achman league
Greece, under the influence and power . of,
England, with ' the view of stopping fur
ther encroachrrientS, as he considered it on'
the part of the United States.
'His brother, the
.prophet—a fanatical
man, who had tho cointnand—exereised
wonderful influence over the Indians, who
believed not so much in his superior Intel
ligenee as in his holding communicatioa
with the Great Spirit. In the war that
followed, the party of Tecumseh and his
brother, the prophet, we ver to the,
British, while a large' portWof the tribe
remained attached to the United States.,
His brother was with the Southern Indiana',
inducing them to co-operate, and to second.
their efforts in cheelting our progress, and
preventing our further encroachment..iipon
them. Here is a Speech Made by Tecum
seh to' Proctor, and a Very eZtraordinary,
one' it is. fam not going to rend it to the.
Senate, however, it is to long fOr that; but
allow me to say that in it he reproacheii
Proctor for his cowardice, .and tells hint
that he is preparin,to flee away- . —that'ha
is fleeing before the Americans;While it is
his duty to fight his own battleS and those
of 'the Indian, and net to run.. HO'alse
Shows that the efforts to induce the Indiiins
to enter into liostiliaieS against 'the'linite4
States were' rit'ade,sh'Y . : Ore.Bfieti 'of the
British autheritieS.":',Oe'te . youth of this
there is *to' 'doubt': "
' brother, the prophet, is anicno
,
the Creeks. , They are doing what yoilu
directed when I visited therri. The war
is
.prope t rous. 'Our lives aro in the 14:
ing of the' Great "Spirit, . Yeti bev 6 :P/ero
of arms'' arid ammunition. Leave thew
with ,
6 if'you' must go, , W e aro resolved
to fight; and leave our boneS on i,l4land:s
that beleng to us, if sb 'the Weei Spirit
wills:'"'