stitutions. The present general administration,
which came into power.on the 4th of March, 1845,
has lived, to see its policy and its principles fully
vindicated by the test of time j and the firm and
fearless Executive, who\didji&t hesitate to aypw
his great reforms, and to pUTMg'them finflinchingly.
• to completion, is greeted bv TO tributes of. the re|* -
luctant witnesses, who daily confess to the wisdom
and foresight ofMsmeasnres.^|Fennsylvaijaja,which 1
Was the first to be under toe-iron hand;
of free trade—according to 'the horoscope cast for
her by oor political Beers—still stands before her
sisters, with her fair fields nnblighted, her iron hills
alive with the ham of industry, and her teeming
valleyßjocund with the voice of well rewarded toil*.
It is under auspicious circumstances like these
that the delegates of the Democratic party of Penn
sylvania, assembled once more to express their un
alterable attachment to Democratic principles, and
to reassert their satisfaction at the. experience of
the past, and their confidence, in the prospects for
the mture.
The grave duty of expressing a preference be
tween the several distinguished names presented to
the country, in connexion with the high office of
President of the United States, has been committed
to thin Convention by the Democrats of Pennsyl
vania. We fulfil that' duty with a deep sense of
its importance and its Responsibility. We do not
conceal, what indeed it would be in vain to con
ceal, that tho country will require of the Execu
tive, who shall tako his soat on the 4th of March,
1840, peculiar abilities. Never before has it been
more essential, that a vigilant guardianship of our
blessed political Union, should be exercised. Ncvor
before has that unequalled political compact been
so insidiously threatened. Never before have the
theories of toe energies of our country, assumed a
more fascinating or a more dangerous aspect. He
that shall govern the helm of the ship of State, for ;
the next four years, must be a man.equal to this
.pressing and formidable emergency. He must bring i
to the performance of its duties, not only great ex- i
perience, wise discretion, and a well-poised intellect, i
but he must show to the country that his fealty to
her institutions Is not bounded by the horizon ol lo- ■
cal doctrines, but is broad and general as the spirit |
of freedom itself. 'He must respect the sacred and
inviolable compromises of the Constitution. He
must keep before him always the sacrifices which
all portions of the Union made, when that Consti
tution was launched into being under circumstances l ;
full of peril. He must remember that as our ter- '
ritory expands-and our civilization progresses—as !
the genius of Republicanism forces its way down (
to the very shores of the Pacific, and crushes be
neath the wheels of irresistible progress the feeble :
and bloody despotisms of another age—the experi- ■
ment of free government itself may depend upon
the fact, that our Chief Magistrate should be mind- :
, ful of the experience of the* past. However the
timid may hesitate and doubt, the mission of this
Republic is one which, under Providence, cannot be
hemmed in by geographical .divisions. However
- the cautious statesman may shrink from and deny
the probability of our example civilizing and con
trolling this entire continent, even while he dreams
the sublime experiment is vindicating
itself, and making still stronger the Jabric of reli
gious and political liberty in this hemisphere. To
the Democratic party the question is full of inter
est, for to that party The grave duties arising under
it. will be hereafter committed. Surely we have
seen nothing in the triumph of Democratic princi
ples, since the organization of our government, tc
make, us fearful for our country in time to come.
These principles, and the measures which have
been originated under and by them, have ever been
assailed and doubted by the Federalists, with equal
ability and ; malignity. From the moment when
the illustrious Jefferson proclaimed the great creed
upon 'which, our organization has since been found
ed, to the time when his example was imitated by
Jackson, Van Buren, and Polk, a busy and relent
less antagonism: has constantly been on the alert,
denying the practicability, the ben
efits, or anticipating the evil consequences of the !
Democratic policy. How often have we seen
whole communities swayed and misled by the omi
nous predictions of Federalism, while deploring
and depreciating the tendencies of Democratic prin
ciples! How olten hive we seen these predictions
alienate those who should have been first to de
nounce and deny them*! The eloquent and impres
sive commentary uponjthis long and consistent hos
tility to the Democratic creed, is to be found in
the fact, that at this day hardly a relic remains of
the Federalpolicy, while thousands who have been
aniong its leaders now bear unwilling testimony to
the complete and sweeping success of Democratic
principles. We have lived to see Webster bearing
witness against a Rank of the United States, as an
“obsolete idea" — Gallatin, admitting the wise pro
visions of the Independent Treasury —Johnson, con
fessing to the virtue and justice of a liberal tariff —
Poindexter, vindicating the cause of his country —and
Clav, himself, longing for the opportunity of draw
ing'his sword, “in some nook or corner," that he
too might “slay a Mexican ." The favorite mea
sures of Federalism are buried deeper'than “ plum
met ever sounded;” and when the entombed cities
of other days, now covered with the waters of the
earth and the accumulated deposites of centuries,
shall be again restored to life and light —then, and
not till then, will the trump of political resurrec
tion recall to being the condemned theories of the
r Federal opposition. They will be recollected in
the fact, that they were hung upon the wheels of
Democratic progress, only to be crushed by its ir
resistible revolutions! If, then, this be so of the
past, why may not our future destinies be confided
to the hands of that great party,which has so well
deserved its title to the confidence of the country ?
The Democracy of Pennsylvania, with toese
truths before them, proudly submit the name of
JAMES BUCHANAN lo the National Conven
tion,, as their favorite candidate for the Presidency.
For a long series of years this distinguished states
man has been connected with the councils of his
country; and we arc free to refer to his public
career, with the assurance that he is singularly well
qualified to discharge the duties of that exalted pos
ition, for the next four years. He comes from a
State, to use his own beautiful language,. the De
mocracy of which “holds the balance with steady
judgment and enlightened patriotism, between the
opposite extremes of consolidation and disunion.”
Ever since he has been in our legislative halls, this
has been the motto which has regulated his con
duct. He lias been indeed, on all occasions, the
vigilant and consistent representative of the Key
stone State. In regard to Pennsylvania, to use the
language of the address, adopted by the great Dem
ocratic State Convention which assembled in this
place in 1843, herself one of the very first to abol
ish slavery, and occupying a position, as it were,
•between this institution and its misguided enemies,
she has ever thrown her weight of character, and
counsel,.and position, with signal success on the
side of, the country. This position has been admi
rably represented in the national councils by Mr.
Buchanan. - His profound disquisitions on the
doctrines of State rights, and his consistent oppo
sition to the maddened excitement of’fanatical
zeal; while pursuing an imaginary evil, regardless
of the very existence of our country and our con
stitution, have become memorable in our political
history, and have given his name a warm place
(not only among his countrymen in that region
which he has befriended, but everywhere else,) in
the affections of all friends of the country. Penn
sylvania thus stands as a barrier between the North
and the South, and her gigantic interposition has
always been felt with effect, to the disgrace and
confusion of those, who plotted our common down
fall in the name of philanthropy!
Pennsylvania presents this distinguished citizen
lo the. Union, at the very moment when such quali
•ties and such experience as hi?, are most to be de
sired* in our candidate for the Presidency. By
withdrawing his name from the list of Presidential
candidates in 1844, Mr. Buchanan
title to the respect and consideration of the country,
and showed how far above all motives of self he
esteemed the union and the ascendency of the Demo
cratic party. If subsequent circumstances changed
the aspect of things, the patriotic spirit in which
that act was resolved upon, did not fail any the less
to commend it to the approval of the Democracy of
.the Union. That it was appreciated by the distin
guished Statesman who came into the Executive
chair three years ago, is shown by the fact, that one
■' of toe first acts of his administration was to offer
to Mr. Buchanan toe first place in his cabinet, —
a position formerly -filled by Jefferson, Adams, Clay,
Van Buren, Webster, Calhoun, and other of the
master intellects of the age. it is unnecessary to
allude to the manner in which he has met the ex
pectations of toe President and the country, in this
responsible and arduous position, filled during one
of toe most eventful administrations in our history,
and bearing intimately upon our relations with
foreign governments. The admiration which greet
ed his masterly argument on the Oregon question,
and which Jias since applauded the ability with
which he has asserted our country’s cause, in his
correspondence with -the Mexican Ministers, is a
proof that James K. Polk-knew where to find a
wise, a. profound, and an experienced statesman,
when he appointed James Buchanan Secretary of
State.
We deem it unnecessary to allude, at any length,
to t&e political history of James Bcciiaxan. Every
trofi Pennsylvanian knows it by heart. The ar
dent young American, who volunteered' to defend
hid-country,-during the late war,—the friend of
M&tboe, -who offered him a foreign mission during
his first session of Congress,—the friend of Jackson
who appointed him minister to one of the most poll
ished courts of Europe,—the able, intrepid, and
vigilant Senator in Congress, to which his native
State three timesjfiected him, and the sldlfhl diplo
matist' these are the titles which he has succes
sively earned, daring a long and an honorable
career. If he cannot boast of the recollection of a
wealthy and aristocratic ancestry, he will at lost
leave behind him a name that will live in toe
hearts pf his countrymen -white genius has .an
admirer, liberty a friend, of America* a patriot. ■
Thfcfeme of Jakes Buchakak is national. . It
: is not 'confined to our .good old Pennsylvania.—
-Amongthe hardy and dating settlers of toe West*
heis spoken of in terms of familiar gratitude, ‘as
the Nearly and eloquent advocate pf pre-emption
rights, against the power of Federal persecution.
On the New York frontier he is regarded as the
manly and fearless enemy of the humiliating ter
giversation of those who, with all the right on their
side, permitted the blood of outraged innocence to
go unavenged, and would have been rejoiced to in
struct our courts to pronounce a verdict lit favor
of British marauders. In Maine he is applauded
as the unflinching statesman who, even for peace
would not see his country dishonored by a tame
surrender of our'territory and inherent rights, to a
government whose towering ambition.and love of
dominion had just been rebuked by the opportune
interposition of our representative at the French
court. In Michigan the noble effort of Mr. Bccu
axan, in 1837, in favor of the admission of that
State into the confederacy, an effott distinguished
by the advocacy of the right of popular government
in its broadest, most universal sense—will long be
remembered to his honor. In Rhode Island the
friends of free suffrage regard him as one of their
most eloquent advocates, at a time too, whon the
tempest of persecution would have swept them
from existence, and when the dungeons of the
landholders and Royal cliartcrists were used to
frighten them into submission. In the South, the
dear and perspicuous, and profound expositions of
State rights, by James Bucharar, are recorded
among the productions of their ablest expounders.
Each of these separate acts is well known to every
section of the country, and each,-in rapid succes
sion, has won the applause of the Democracy of
the country.
The fame of JAMES BUCHANAN is indisso
lubly connected with that of Pennsylvania. He is
her favorite and cherished son. He represents
her peculiarly, in standing by the Union and the
compromises of the constitution. The vote of Penn
sylvania is important to our success at the polls, in
November. She presents, a candidate worthy of
the nation*and worthy of herself. She has claims
to the Presidency long proved and admitted; and
she lays before the National Convention her prefer
ence, in the full assurance that it will be respected.
Resolved , That in JAMES BUCHANAN, Penn
sylvania's candidate for the Presidency, we have a
statesman whom we present to the Democratic
National Convention, as worthy of the entire con
fidence of the Democratic party of the country, and
equal to the grave responsibilities and duties of toe
highest office upon earth.
r ßesolved, That JAMES' BUCHANAN is a pub
lic man worthy of the support of the whole coun
try, and especially with reference to those great
questions which have heretofore constituted the
cause of unhappy divisions between the two sections
of the Union.
Resolved, That we repose full confidence in the
administration of James K. Polk, President of the
United States; and that history will emblazon,
upon her brightest page, the triumphs and achieve
ments which have resulted from his wise policy.
Resolved, That'the . war in which we are now
engaged, is a just and righteous war; and that the
resolution of Congress, which declared that it was
commenced by the act of Mexico, was in strictac
cordnncc with the plain •and unanswerable Truth,
and cannot be altered or obliterated, no matter how
gross the inconsistency or the desperation of Fed
eralism.
Resolved. That if the President of the United
States had hesitated or failed to protect the frontier
of Texas, after the annexation of that State to this
Union—and especially in view of the fact, that we
were bound to maintain her boundary to the Rio
Grande, as declared by the act of the Texas Con
gress; dated December 19, 1830, and sustained bv
such distinguished authorities as Henry Clay and
John Quincy Adams, he would have been derelict
of his duty before God and his country, and would
have opened w ide the door, and extended the in
vitation to Mexican cruelty and rapacity, to do
its worst upon unoffending Americans, of all con
ditions. '
Resolved, That when the blow was first struck
by Mexico, war, thus precipitated, became inevita
ble ; and’ the swoid. once unsheathed, to defend,
became the potent and irresistible agent to avenge
: our numerous injuries, suffered at the hands of
■Mexico,and-to seetrie “indemnity for the past and
security for the future."
Resolved . That after our flag has been carried
forward to victor}-, with almost incredible valor and
Providential success, it would be an outrage upon
the dead, who repose beneath the. soil of Mexico,
and an insult to the living, wlio wear the honorable
scars won in deadly battle, if this war be not closed
with due regard to our great claims and to our re
peated injuries. 1
Resolved , That Pennsylvania has good reason
to be proud of her absent sons in Mexico, and that
she is not the less sensible of their gallant services
on the field of battle, and not the less assured of
their claims upon the nation's gratitude,'now that
faction would dishonor the cause of our country,
and degrade, in the national esteem, those who de
serve the national gratitude. t
Resolved,' That we approve thoroughly.of the
course of the National Administration on the war
w’ith Mexico; and that justice must pronounce the
verdict, trumpet-tongued, that, while the last dread
resort was postponed so long as it could be post
poned, when hostilities were finally precipitated by
the act of Mexico herself, the course of the Presi
dent was wise, magnanimous, and tolerant in the
extreme.
< Resolved , That we oppose and denounce the
course of the Federal opposition in Congress, in
protracting the war, misrepresenting the cause of
the country, £ and giving ‘-aid and comfort ' to the
common enemy; and that we are not surprised, that
our gallant soldiers in Mexico, are pouring out the
thunders of their indignation and scorn upon those
who are so forgetful of their reputation and their
peril.
Resolved. That-the gratitude of the country, is
due to-the brave men now in Mexico, and to all
who have shared in the dangers of the present war;'
and that one of the brighest pages in the annals ol
Pennsylvania, is that which records the gallantry
and the sufferings of her absent sons, from the
highest officer in the line, down to the humblest
private in the ranks, who left his home to defend
the Hag of the Union.
Resolved, That all the world bears'witness to
the bravery of our troops, and to the skill and intre
pidity of their leaders; and that the names of Tay
lor and i'cott. Twiggs and Worth, Quitman and
Shields. Smith and Pierce. Patterson and Pillow.-
and Cadwalader and Morgan, and our other heroes,
will always be remembered as conspicuous examples
of gallantry, and cherished as the peculiar objects
of the nation's gratitude. ;
Resolved , That we owe to Major General John
A. Quitman, of jMississippi, the accomplished mili
tary leader, and the able and intrepid Democrat—
warm thanks for the manner in which he defended
the fair fame ot the second Pennsylvania Regiment,
against the attacks that reflected upon its reputation
and questioned its honor.
Resolved, That we repose full confidence in the
political and personal integrity of Francis R.
bhunk, Governor of Pennsylvania, and we regard
his administration as one that truly represents De
mocratic principles, and efficiently supports the true
interests of the State, and the rights of the people;
and that good old Pennsylvania has never had an
Executive to whom her citizens could point with
more pride and pleasure.
Resolved, That this Convention entertain full ano
entire confidence in the honesty and stern and un
wavering Democracy of Israel Painter, the nomi
nee of this Convention for Canal Commissioner,
and unanimously recommend him to the sypport ef
the Democratic party of Pennsylvania.
Resolved, That we heartily approve of the Inde
pendent Treasury'—the wise and admirable institu
tion originated by Martin Van Buren—repealed
during the i; hundred days 5 ’ of proscription and ty
ranny that succeeded Harrison's inauguration, and
restored under the glorious administration of Jhs.
K. Polk ; and that the friends of this measure, hive
been nobly avenged upon its enemies, by its trium
phant salvation of the whole republic from the ef
fects of a spirit of speculation, that must have re
sulted from the use of the people’s money by the
banks.
Resolved, That we do most feivently hope, that
the national House of Representatives will take
the first fitting occasion to expunge from'its jour
nals all traces of the disgraceful Ashmun amend
ment to the thanks of Congressrto Gen. Taylor, by
which, after honoring the hero for his valor, his fair
fame is soiled by a falsehood, in regard to the war;
and that we trust that the Hon. James’ Thompson,
the author of the resolution to expunge it, will per
severe, until the foul wrong is buried in the same
grave where festers the insult upon Jackson, torn
from the journals of the United States Senate, by
an indignant Democracy?
t ßesolved , That the tariff act of 1846 has realized
the most sanguine .expectations of its advocates
and friends, and -as signally falsified all the woful
predictions of its enemies. The Democracy of
Pennsylvania cling to it as one of the crowning
measures that have rendered the present National
administration illustrious on the page of history,
and are proud to record it as a demonstration es
tablished, by the infallible tests of truth and time,
that a restrictive commercial policy, like an ex
panded National paper currency, has degenerated
into an “obsolete idea.”
Resolved, That we recognize in George M.j Dal
las a true Democrat—a distinguished statesman,
and a pure patriot; and, as a son of Pennsylvania,
we take pleasure in bearing testimony to his virtue,
his talents, and his integrity. -
Resolved, That toe Democracy of Pennsylvania
regard the.: administration of Martin Van Buren
with pride. We venerate his principles—they ate
our own, and have been sustained, bat the 'standard
bearer, far ike time being, was overwhelmed. |
• Resolved , That we look upon Gen. Lewis Cass as
a great and glorious man; and whilst we reiterate
that the Democracy of Pennsylvania infinitely] pre
fer their own great and pure Buchanan, to
any other, we proclaim to toe world, that toe choice
of the Baltimore Convention, wh& fairly made,
shall be ours. | -
Resolved, That in all questions respecting the or
ganization or proceedings of the Baltimore Con
vention, toe delegates sent from this State blfe in
structed to vote in such manner aB a majority of
them shall decide to be material for securing the
success of the Presidential candidate whomj we
have unanimously recommended. ■ * !
Resolved, That this Convention pledge the faith
of the Democratic party of Pennsylvania, now
more confident than- ever, in its giant strength, to
support the nominees of the National Convention,
fof President and Vice President of the U. States.
Resolved , That in the event of any of too dele
gates appointed to tho Democratic National Con
vention, finding it inconvenient to attend, ho is
hereby fully authorized to appoint a substitute.
On motion of Mr. Craft, the address and resolu
tions.were unaninfously adopted. j
Mr. Lowry moved that, tne thanks of this Con
vention be presented to the officers of . this Conven
tion, for the able, dignified, and gentlemanly man
ner in which they have discharged their duties;
which was unanimously adopted.
Mr. Kerr submitted the following resolution:
Resolved,/ That the Delegates to the National
Democratic Convention be and are hereby instruct
ed, to vote against and oppose the introduction of
the two-third rule; as we conceive that a majority
—being the usage of the party—is sufficiently
Democratic for all purposes.
This resolution was supported by Messrs. Kerr,
Wilmot, Snodgrass and Dawson, and opposed by
Mr. Frazer; when it was adopted—yeas 78, nays
33—as follows:
Yeas —Messrs. Aitkins, Anderson, Bacon, ;Ben
nett, Brewer, Brewster, Clover, Creswell, Curran,
Dawson, Dimmick, Alex. Dougherty, John Dough
erty, Eaches, Ely, Foster, Frost, Galloway, Gibson,
Goodrich, Gordon, Gorgas, Hays, Hazleton, Hick
man, Hutter,Krick, Laird, Laporte, Lesley, Lightner,
Love, Lowry, Lynch, M’Annall, M'Calmont; M’-
Farran,' MGlaughlin, M’Kiniey, Alex. M'Kinney,
A. S. M'Kinney, Magee, Manderfield, Martin,
Marx, Mertz, Mitchell, Morrison, Mott, Murray,
Orr, Oyster, Parker, Phillips, Pollock, Ralston,
Reilly, Schell, Schnabel, Schneider, Scott, Small,
Smith, Snodgrass, Souder, Stambaugh, Taggart,
Weiler, Williams, Wilmot, Woodward, and Ybung
—7B. ;
Nats— Messrs. Applebaugh, Bryan, Buckalew,
Canfield, Cox, Coyle, Craft, Crans, Diffenbach, Ev
ans, Felton, Frailey, Frazer, Gamble, Grennell, John
stone, Kelsh, Lamberton, Levers, Miller, Pattei son,
Purcill, Puterbaugh, Roddy, Ryall, Slabach, Smith,
Stallman, Sterrett, Tyson, Whallon, Wright, and
Zerbe—33.
The CHAIR then announced the following
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Edwin W. Hutter, Lancaster.
Marcus D. Holbrook, “
Francis A. Thomas, * c
Solomon Demeers, Philadelphia.
J. A. Phillips, V “
Lewis Pelouze,
John Robbins, Jr.,
John W. Ryan, “
George Plitt," “
William 13. Ranken, “
Hugh Clark, “
William J. Leiper, “
Owen Jones, Montgomery
Charles Kugler, “
John Hickman, Chester.
John'Johnson, Luzerne.
L. P. llichcock, Washington
Ar K. Wright, Clearfield.
George R. M Farland, Blair.
Robert M. Barr, Berks:
Wm. M. Heister, “
John C. Myers. - 4i
Fcter Bowman, Carbon.
J. R. M Clintock, Allegheny
John C. Dunn, u
John Coyle, 11
Rody Patterson, a
Henry S. Magraw, "
R. C. Hale, Mifflin.
George Rahn, Schuylkill.
James E. Buchanan, York:
Dr. Luther Riley, Dauphin.
Hamilton Alricks, “
Christian Seiler, jr., “
Henuy Buehler, “
Isaac G. M’Kinley, “
Jacob Baab,
E. A. Lesley, ‘*
Kintzing Pritchette,
Dr. A. Patterson, i;
D. W. C. Brooks, . “
R. A. Lambcrton, 11
A. D. Wilson, Lycoming.
—■ — Coray, M Kean.
B. T. bloan, Erie.
On motion the Convention adjourned with nine
cheers lor James Buchanan.
A Fearful Leap and Narrow Escape. —One
of the most extraordinary instances of preservation
undor circumstances of imminent peril, occurred a
few days since in this vicinity. On Friday morn
ing last, at the silk factory of the Northampton
Association, a building four stories in height, Geo.
Washington Sullivan, a young man, connected with
the Association, went put on the roof lor the pur
pose of picking up a mineral which he had acci
dentally dropped there while standing in the belfry.
To secure himself from falling, he took off his
shoes. Notwithstanding this precaution,, dfter de
scending the roof a few steps, finding himself slip
ping, he took off one of his stockings, but whilst
attempting to take off the other, his motion became
so much accelerated, that a fearful fall was una
voidable. He then, with remarkable presence of
mind, rolled himself over upon the roof whilst he
was sliding, .in order to prevent falling upon the
platform, and when he reached the eaves, having
first drawn in and held his breath, clenched his
teeth and hands, and contracted his muscles, he
leaped to the ground, a distance of 40 or 45 feet,
and come down on his feet! The concussion was
so great as temporarily deprive him of the power
of standing. He was Carried into the house, placed
in bed, and soon after examined by a surgeon, who
decided that no bones were^broken, and no joints
dislocated, although there was reason to apprehend
serious injury to the muscles about the spine, where
there appeared to be great soreness. The young
man's friends then wrapped him in sheets wet in
cold water, after th& manner prescribed by the
“ water-cure" system, which soon produced per
spiration. A cold bath was afterward administered.
In the afternoon of the same day, he walked out
without assistance; and the next day was running
about with his usual hilarity, complaining of no
unpleasant effects from his fall, except a slight
lameness in one of his feet! A remarkable fact
connected with this occurrence, is, that symptoms
of serious disease which he was previously sulier
ing, have since, in a great measure disappeared. It
seems as if the change of action which was pro
duced in so unusual a manner, has been salutary,
and that instead of so frightful an accident being
fatal in its effects, as might be expected, it has been
the means of restoring him to health.—Northamp
ton Democrat.
A Kind Act: —How sweet is the remembrance
of a kind act! As we rest on our pillows, or rise
at night, it gives us delight We have performed
a good deed to a poor' man; we have made the
widow’s heart to rejoice; we have dried the or
phan's tears. Sweet, 0 how sweet the thought!
There is a luxury in remembering the. kind act
A storm careers above, our heads; all is as black as
midnight; but the sunshine is in our bosom; the
warmth is felt there. The kind act rejoiceth the
heart, and giveth deliglit inexpressible. Who will
not be kind ? Who will not do good 1 Who will
not visit those who are afflicted in body of mind 1
To spend an hour among the poor and depressed,
“ Is wtfrth a thousand passed
Iff pomp or ease—’tis present to the last.”
Baltimore, March 10, 1848.
Defeat of the Susquehanna Bridge Bill — Adjourn •
ment of the Legislature of Maryland .—The bill to
permit the Philadelphia Rail Road Company to
construct a bridge over the Susquehanna, at Havre
de Grace, which had passed the Senate, was laid
upon the table in the House/ and in this way de
feated. The Legislature has adjourned sine die.
Mb. Clay AND the Pbesidency.— The Wash
ington Union says:
« We learn that the letter which was submitted
to the Kentucky Convention from a member of
Congress, does not represent correctly his views.
We have no hesitation in saying that Mr. Clay does
.not design to withdrawifrom the course; and that
such is virtually the puiport of a letter which was
received from him this;day in Washington.”
Intelligencer & Journal.
E. W. HUTTER, EDITOR
FOR PRESIDENT,
JAMES BUCHANAN
. OF PENNSYLVANIA, j
[Subject to the decision of a National Conversion.]
FOR CANAL COMMIR3IONER,
ISRAEL PAINTER, JR.,
OF WESTMORELAND COUNTT.
Democratic Electoral Ticket.
Senatorial Dxleqa ns.
'WILLIAM BIGLER, of Clearfield .
DAVID D, WAGNER, of Northampton.
Representative Electors.
Dist.
1. Henry L. Benner,
2. Horn R. Kneasm,
3. Isaac Shrenx,
4. A. L. Roumfort,
5. Jacob S. Yost,
6. Robert E. Wrioht,
7. Wh. W. Downiso,
8. Henry Haldemmt,
8. Petes Kline,
10. B. S. Schoonover,
11. We. Swetland,
12. Jonah Brewbter,
13. John C. Kino,
14. John Weidman,
15. Robert J. Fisher,
16. Frederick Smith,
17. John Creiwell,
18. Charles A. Black,
19. Geo. W. Bowman,
20. John R. Shannon,
21. Geo. P. Hamilton,
22. William S. Davis,
23. Timothy Ives,
24. Jos. 6* Campbell.
Lancaster, march 14, 1848.
PEWSII.VAMA & BUCHANAN!
Democratic County meeting.
The Democratic State Convention, held at Har
risburg, on the 4th instant, having nominated
JAMES BUCHANAN,
as the Democratic candidate preferred by Pennsyl
vania for the Presidency of the United States, the
Democratic citizens of the city and county of Lan
caster requested to assemble in General County
.Meeting, in the Court House, in said city, on
Wednesday, March 22d, 1848; at 2 o’clock, P. M.,
for the purpose of responding to the said nomina
tion, thus fairly and regularly made.
Christian Bachman, Michael Carpenter, i
,S. C. Stambaugh, George B. Kerfoot,
R. Modenvell, Bernard Keenan,
Washington Baker, Samuel Humes,
John A. Keller, J. Albright,
George M. Steinman, E. W- Hutter,
Michael Bundel, Abraham Peters,
F. A. Muhlenberg, Franklin G. May,
Michael M'Grann, John .M Gr^ann,
John Dougherty, John Mathiot.
As far as my name as Chairman of the County
Committee will give authority to the foregoing call
I fully concur in its propriety.
\V«M MATHIOT,
Chairman of the Democratic
County Com. of Corrcs,
March 14 , 184 S.
f£7" Both the majority and minority reports on
.the question, ha\e been crowded out by the
proceedings of the -'bUiLe CVi.ve .ion. We shall
endeavor hereafter to oblige both die parties to this
interesting controversy. Meanwhile, if we were
allowed to lusher a word of advice, we would
say, that in this, asjn all other disputes, it were
well if one party would make -up their minds to
let the other have the last word. Whereat the
printers, at least, wonld rejoice, most heartily.
Glorious Old Berks!
Not the least gratifying feature in the proceed
ings of the late State Convention, is the fact, that
on every question, from first to last, the votes of
the five intelligent and patriotic delegates from Old
Berks were cast in favor of James Buchanan.
Such is the unanimity of public sentiment in this
old Citadel of Democracv. that ditrinu the entire
canvass not a.voice was r.iiseu lor any other can
didate. We do not hesitate to say, that no other
Natesmnn in the land has the same hold upon the
aflections of the biuu Democratic voters, of the
glorious old Banner county of the Union—the home
of the lamented Muhlenberg and the veteran
Ritter. Well may the friends ol'James Buchanan
feel proud of this endorsement. .
The Reading Adler, which during the long period
of S:J years has been their true and or
gan. has now raised the Buchanan Flag to itsinast
heud. in obedience to the wish of the' Democracy
of the :;tate, declared by its lawful and chosen au
thority. This, is an example, worthy the general
imitation of the Democratic press ol’ Pennsylvania.
The Two Thirds Rule.
It will be seen that the Democratic State Con
vention, by a vote of 7s to 3d. has instructed the
delegates to the Baltimore Convention, to vote
against the adoption of the two thirds rule.
The New X’orfc Tnhu.tc, by the wav, reitentes
the charge that Mr. Buchanan favored the adop
tion of this rule in lb-14. We know that this is
not the case. Mr. Buchanan was then, as now,
opposed to this rule, holding it to be a vital prin
ciple of Democracy, that the will of the Majority
shall govern.
Judge Irvine.
The committee in the case of Judge Ijivine,
after the most full and searching investigation
which lasted for several weeks, reported, in his fa
vor, and the report of the committee has been
adopted by the House. This is the first case in
which charges have been made against a’Judge
since the adoption of the new Constitution, and we
are pleased to find that the Judge has sustained
himself, and parsed unscathed through the trying
ordeal to which he was subjected.
New Hampshire Election. ~
The annaal election for Governor and members
of Legislature takes place in New Hampshire to
day. Upon the latter will devolve the choice of a
United States’ Senator, tq succeed Mr. Atuebtox,
(Democrat.)
Changing Colors.
The Perry Standard, which has hitherto sported
the name of Taylor at its mast-head, under the
mistaken impression that he avow himself a
Democrat, has taken it down, and substituted that
of James Buchanan. Good!
Presidential Election.
By an act of Congress, passed in January, 1845,
the nexv Presidential Election will be held in every
State on the same day. This year the appointed
day is Tuesday, November 7th.
Lewis 5 Criminal Law in France.
The Hon. Richard Rush, our distinguished min
ister to France, in a letter of the 24th of January
last, written at Paris, pays the following compli
ment to “ Lewis’ Criminal Law of the United
States:”
s
“ 1 have no doubt but that I shall find it useful
to me in the mission I have on hand.here. I have
already looked through it sufficiently to see abun
dant proofs of the ability and research with which
it has been prepared. To the case of Metzgar, I
have not failed to:turn with interest, and read the
whole proceedings with care.”
The case of Metzgar is one arising under the
convention of extradition. The French govern
ment demanded his surrender as a fugitive from
justice; but difficulties have been thrown in the
way of the Federal Government, by the divisions
of the State authorities of New York, in conflict
with the divisions of the national authorities, which
have thus far prevented a surrender.
Nomination of Hon. Levi Woodbubt.— At a
meeting of the Democratic members of the Mas
sachusetts Legislature, held at the State House, ,on
Tuesday evening, Hon. Levi Woodbury, was unan
imously recommended as a candidate for the Pre
sidency in 1848, subject to the decision of the Na
tional Convention in May'next
Can Mr. Buchanan be nominated
at Baltimore t
Now. that the Democracy of Pennsylvania have
declared Jxs. Buchanan to be the man, whom above
all others they would prefer as their presidential'
candidate for the. next term, we frequently hear the
question propounded which heads this article. To
this question we invariably respond in the affirma
tive, and say: It is not only possible for Mr. Buch
anan to receive the endorsement of the National
Convention, but it is highly probable, nay almost
morally certain. We have many reasons for the
faith that is-within us. 0
First of all, Mr. Buchanan conies before that
Convention with the endorsement of the glorious
old Keystone—the disinterested arid eelf-sacrificing
state, that has never furnished a President herself,
but that has, in many a perilous and doubtful con
flict, rescued the Democratic Flagship from impend
ing disaster—the state that gave to ANnasw Jack*
***** the unprecedented majority of 50,804—that
saved the election of Jambs K. Polk, despite all
the money and power of the tariff lords—the state,
that was the first to send her brave sons to the bat
tle fields of Mexico, and that has, in all tho trying
and perilous conjunctures that havo ever threatened
our institutions, faithfully defended and preserved
them. Pennsylvania now demands tho next presi
dential candidate, not os a boon, but as an act of
the simplest 'justice. She presents herself to the
representatives of the American Democracy, not
in the attitude of a trembling raedieant, hat in
hand, asking for alms—but in the lofty attitude of
Commonwealth Sovereignty, demanding her rights,
already too long postponed and neglected.
The candidate, in whom Pennsylvania desires to
be thus respected, is worthy of herself,. and higher
praise than this we could not utter. As an Orator,*
Statesman, and Patriot, he has no superior in the
land, and few equals. He often vanquished Clay
•and Webster in the intellectual conflicts of the
Senate Chamber, and he vanquished proud England’s
chosen Ambassador in Diplomacy. All men of all
parties unite in according to him the necessary
fitness. His master intellect his worst enemy dares
not dispute. But we go further, and say, that a man
better qualified, not only to occupy, but to adorn,
the White House, does not live from the Arostook to
the Rio Grande. His personal character is pure
and unsullied, so that the moral tone of the nation
would be preserved by his elevation to the first
office. In his politics, he is the model of a true
and thorough Jackson Democrat. He is the fast
and firm friend of the American Union, and frowns
indignantly on all the insane attempts of Dema
gogues and Fanatics to “alienate one portion of our
country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties
that now rink together its various parts.” If the
awful hour shall ever come, when the bonds of our
glorious Union shall be severed, it will not be, whilst
there is heard in the council's of the country the
warning voice of James Bucua.van.
Mr. Buchanan is, however, not only the best
candidate in the public contemplation, but he is,
abo, the most available. He can command the
Electoral vote of Pennsylvania, by a majority of
30,000, let who will be his competitor. His name
would be the signal of such a Waterloo defeat to
the Whig forces in Pennsylvania, as they have not
sustained since the campaigns of 1824 and '2B.
In many of the counties of the State he would an
nihilate all opposition. We can, it is true, carry
Pennsylvania for the nominee of the Baltimore
Convention, be he whom he may—but with James
Buchanan as the standard-bearer, we can carry it
by a majority so magnificent, that it would send a!
thrill of rejoicing from the centre to the circum
ference of the Union, and prostrate whiggery. never
to rise again.
Mr. Buchanan, whatever interested politicians
nny affirm to the contrary, can more easily restore
Union and Harmony to the distracted Democracy
of the Empire state, thin any of the candidates
named. There are many reasons for this belief.
In 1844, with the Presidency almost in his grasp,
he magnanimously relinquished his pretensions,
because a majority of the States had declared in
tavor ol Martin \ an Buiien. - Noble self-sacrifice!
Surely it cannot be ibrgottetT He was also the
constant and bosom-friend of the lamented Silas
IV niouT, sat by his side in the Senate, and co-ope
rated with him in all the leading public measures
ol the day. His speech on the McLeod controversy,
which aroused such intense feeling on the New
York frontier, is a master-piece of logic and elo
quence, and was at the time greeted with a torrent
ol applause in that State. For these reasons, with
various others, wc have high hopes that better
counsels will prevail hereafter in New York, and
that both sections of her divided Democracy mav
unite on Buchanan. Pennsylvania stood by New
\ ork for her great and good son Van Buiien— now
let New York cancel the debt, by supporting the
lavorite son of Pennsylvania.
With Tin’ lion-hearted Democracy of the New
Lnghtul Nate,<, the name of Buchanan is a “tow
er. oi strength. They have long admired his
splendid talents, his reliable Democracy, and his
noble bearing in seasons of great public exigency.
The Boston Post , one of the ablest and most influen
tial Democratic journals in the Union, edited by the
accomplished Col. C. G. Greene, himself a delegate
to the National Convention, has teemed with the
praises of Mr. Buchanan, and with noble defences
of his.character. The miserable “ten centsaday"
slander of John Davis, and the withering castiga
tion so promptly administered by Mr. Buchanan,
have justly endeared the latter to the Massachusetts
Democracy—whilst in Maine, he is applauded as
the unflinching Statesman, who would not surrender
an inch of her territory, even to appease the threatened
wrath of Great Britain-r-and in Rhode Island, as the
eloquent defender of Free Suffrage, against the im
perious demands of the Royal Charterists, who had
doomed the patriotic Donn to an incarceration more
terrible than the prison-house&that secured Miltons
devils— u ;three of brass, three of iron, and three of
adamantine rock."
New Jersey is certain for our candidate. Her
leading Democrats, Wall, Vhoosi, Thompson,
Sykes, Edsall, and others, are his friends, and they
are sustained in their preference by the Democratic
masses. Mr. Buchanan .can carry New Jersey
whilst no other Democrat, perhaps, can. The
“Jersey Blues" are for him.
Maryland is equally certain. We have informa
tion from the most reliable sources, that her De
mocracy prefers Buchanan to any other man, for
the reason that with, him they believe they can
carry the State at a Presidential election, for the
first time.
If we turn to the South, I’irginia, the mother of
Presidents, as well as of States and of Statesmen,
is-certain for Buchan aw. Many of the influential
presses have declared in his favor, and in the She
nandoah and Rockingham district, the Old Berks
of Virginia, no other name is mentioned. We have
sufficient authority for stating, that a large majority
of the delegates chosen by the State Convention
recently held in Richmond, are friendly to Mr.
Buchanan. Virginia is safe for him in the National
Convention.
From North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia,Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana and Texas,
we have favorable news. In all these States there
is a disposition to honor Pennsylvania, now that
she is ready to honor herself, and in all of them
our Candidate is as potential as our State. They
hailed his Berks County Letter, in favor of the
Missouri Compromise, as. the rainbow that arched
a lowering and troubled sky, and they feel that in
such; hands the peace, safety, and perpetuity of our
blessed institutions could be unhesitatingly reposed.
They regard the Union of the States , like the Ark
of the Covenant, as too sacred to be touched by
daring and profane hands, and they will never -con
sent to deposit power, where there exists even a
remote chance that it will be abused. They haoe
no such misgivings as to Buchanan. He is too firm,
too honest, too pure, and his patriotism and fidelity
to the Union are too much above reproach and
suspicion, to leave room for even the shadow of a
shade of doubt' ’ 1
To sum up all the chances, pro and' con, we are
now. more firmly convinced than ever, that Jambs
Buchanan will as certainly be the nominee of the
Baltimore Convention as that such a tribunal is about
to be held. Mr. Dallas, the estimable Vice Presi
dent, is no longer in the way. His friends, backed
by many advantages, have made a gallant fight,
but could enlist barely 34 recruits to their standard,
in a body composed of 133—and of this number
18, more than one half were from the city and
county of Philadelphia. In the classics of the turf,
therefore, Mr. Dallas must be regarded as a dis
tanced nag, and withdrawn from the course. Gen.
Cass remains—an able and true man, a“a foeman
worthy of our steel,” but he cannot possibly recon"
cile the clashing interests of New York—is identi
fied with unpopular associations in Pennsylvania—
derives his chief- support from Ohio, the most in
corrigibly Federal State in the Union,-and is unac
ceptable even to the South. We utter this in no
unkind spirit, forj if nominated at Baltimore, from
no source in tho Union will ho receive a more em
phatic und effective support than from James
Buchanan and hiß friends.
On a review of tho whole ground, therefore, we
say to our friends hero and elsewhere: Be of good
cheer—all's welll Buchanan stock is up, and ris
ing, beyond the contingencyof change. Our great
leader has never yet been defeated, when the popu
lar voice has selected him for office, and he will net
be Hefepted now /
The Marietta Meeting*.
We have on our table two versions of the De
mocratic meeting held at Marietta, both differing
from the account given in another of the public
journals of this city. It would afford us pleasure
to oblige our intelligent correspondents by their
publication, but we must be. allowed to say, that
the accounts are of unusual length, and would in
terfere with the proceedings of the great State
which our readers are doubtless all de
sirous to. have entire.
We are anxious,-also, to deprive the originators
of said meeting of the slightest pretext for a con
tinuance of the controversy that has for some
months past agitated the Democracy of this coun
ty. The State Convention, by an overwhelming
majority, has declared James Buchanan to be its
first choice for the Presidency—and, unless this’ de
cision be over-ruled by the National Convention,
(we feel confident of its ratification,) it is the duty
of every Democrat in the State, no matter what
his previous course, to abide by and sustain it If
others fail to do so, and manifest a willingness to
prolong a dispute which has already emphatically
resulted against them, this furnishes no reason why
we should follow their example. Against every
species of opposition, fair and foul, has the Demo
cracy of Pennsylvania reiterated its adherence to
her great Patriot and Statesman, James Bucuanan,
and the prospect bids fair, that this preference will
be endorsed by the umpire of the last resort, the
National Convention. When we have accomplish
ed so much, in the face of such fearful odds,surely
we can afford to be liberal and forbearing.
The Taylor State Committee.
We published the names of the gentlemen com
posing this committee a few days ago, as a mat
ter of record, and to “preserve the record” of
Taylorism in. Pennsylvania, take great pleasure in
laying before the public the following manly and
sensible letters of Messrs. Muhlenberg and’Smith, of
Berks county. Mr. M. is a son of the late lament
ed H. A. Muhlenberg, and of course a consistent
republican, and Mr. G. Smith is one of the most
staunch and vigorous Democrats of gallant “ Old
Berks.” It is well remarked in these letters t 9 the
chairman of the State Committee, that so long as
Taylorism had « the semblance of a Democratic
movement, thejj felt disposed to- favor iL but like
good Democrats, when they found it mixed up with
chicken-hearted no-partyism, Federalism, and worse
than all fanaticism, in the shape of Nativism. they*
could have nothing more to do with it. All good
republicans will join with us in thanking Messrs.
M. and S. for this exposition of their position.—
Pennsylvanian.
Reading, March 2, 1848,
Sir: I perceive by the papers that the late Tay
lor Convention, assembled at Harrisburg, has ap
pointed me a member of the State Central Commit
tee. I respectfully beg leave to decline the ap
pointment, and request you to have my name with
drawn. *
As long as the Taylor “movement was a Demo
cratic one —as long as I believed Gen. Taylor to be
a Democrat—l was his candid and sincere suppor
ter. The course I advocated at all timesYvas, that
if he were a Democrat, it was the policy of the
Democratic party to make him its leader, as they
had done with General Jackson. The correctness
of his principles was, however, an indispensable
pre-requisite.
The letters which have appeared since-that time,
as well as the abandonment ot a Democratic or
ganization, are sufficient to convince all that Gen.
Taylor is not with us. However much, therefore,
I may admire the man, I cannot consent to aban
don my principles for his sake. A Democrat I ev
er have been and ever will be.
The use of my name in the recent Convention
was entirely unauthorized. For some time I had
seen with regret that the assurances I had receiv
ed, that at the proper time General Taylor would
announce his principles to be those of the Demo
cratic party, were not destined to be verified. I
therefore withdrew as much as possible from the
movement, and under no circumstances would I
have attended a no-party Convention. My absence
should have prevented this unexpected use of my
name. ‘.I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient
servant,; HENRY A. MUHLENBERG.
To J. Ji C. Cantine, Esq., Chairman Taylor State
Centrdl Committee.
Reading. March 3, 1848.
Sir: For the reasons assigned in the above letter
of Henry A. Muhlenberg, in which I concur, you
will please have my name withdrawn from the
Taylor State Central Committee. It was placed
there without my knowledge or consent. I am,
very respectfully, &c., GEO. SMITH.
To J. J. C. Cantine, Esq., Chairman Taylor State
Central Committee.
The Five Million Loan.
Washington, March 8, 7 o’clock, P. M.
The whole amount of $5,000,000 of Treasury
Notes has been taken. The bids averaged from a
fraction above par to 2 per cent, premium, and
there were in all forty bidders. The successful
bids were from $1,26 to $2 premium. All bids
below’ that were rejected. The successful bidders
were Messrs. N. M. Rothschild & Sons, of London,
who, through Messrs. Corcoran & Riggs, offered the
,-whole five million,but they only received $3,028,000.
Jno. S. Riddle obtained $500,000; Messrs. McCal
lister and Edward W. Clark $250 000; the latter
gentleman also obtained $250,000 at a higher rate
of interest.
The rest of the offers accepted w'ere small suras,
at the rate offered by the Messrs. Rothschild &
Sons, which was $1,26 premium. The amount
obtained by John S. Riddle was at $1,51, and those
by Messrs. M’Calliater &E. W. Clark, atsl,26 and
$1,38 premium.
The whole amount of the bids presents an ag
gregate but a fraction less than $17,000,000, and
the premiums offered fully sustained the market
prices. The result is considered as a Napoleon
victory, achieved by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Gen. Taylor’s Politics.
The Louisville Democrat says; “A gentleman
who came up the river yesterday, and who is a
good Whig, had a conversation with Gen. Taylor,
at his own home. - Taylor said it ma.de. no differ
ence whether a Democrat or a Whig was elected-
President—that a National Bank was out of the
question, and there was little difference on the
Tariff. He said emphatically that be would make
no pledges to carry out Whig measures.”
The Treaty Approved.
Washington, March 12.
The President has approved of the treaty as
amended by the Senate, and at the Cabinet council
held yesterday, it was ordered to be despatched to
Mexico forthwith.
State Medical Convention.
It is not as generally known, we believe, as it
deserves to be, that a State Convention of delegates
belonging to the Medical Profession is to be held
in this city, commencing its session on the llth of
April next As the highest temporal interests of
mankind are interwoven with the science, which
will claim the'deliberatioos of this body, we cannot
doubt .that it will attract a high degree oi public
interest, not only * but over the° entire State.
That it will be duvutguished, both as to numbers,,
and character, we have a sun guarantee in the ap
pointment of the following eminent gentlemen as
delegates:
University of Pennsylvania.— Professors 8. jack
son and William Gibson.
; Pennsylvania College.—Professors Grant and
Patterson.
Philadelphia College of Physicians.— Drs. 8. Jack
son, J. Hays, J. Carson, R. La Roche, J. T). Gris*
com, L. Rodman, J. F. Meigs, V. L.Godon, S. Lit*
tell and F. G. Smith.
Philadelphia Medical Society,—Ure. Emerson.
Bell, B. H. Coates, Norris,; H. H. Smith,: Rutter,
Shalcroas, Bond, R. Paul and T. P. Parish.
Nothern Medical Association cf Philadelphia.—
Drs. Stewart, Maybury, Rhein and Hobiou.
Medical Faculty qf Harrisburg.— Drs.' Reiley,
Henderson, Roberts, Woistling and Millor.
Montgomery County Medical Society.— Drs. Car
son, Nugent, Foulk, and Fronefiold.
Lancaster City and County Medical Society.
Drs. Humeß, DuffieUl, Kerfoot, Eshloman, Atloo
and Clarkson.
The Medical Faculties of Chester and other
counties, not yet heard from, will be represented.
Wc learn from our friend', Dr. Georoe. B. Ker
foo’t, ol this city, the Corresponding Secretary of
the Lancaster County Medical Society, that a nu
merously attended meeting of medical gentlemen
was held at their room, on the Bth instant, at which
arrangements were adopted for the suitable accom
odation of the Convention.
The Corresponding Secretary, we are also in:
formed, has corresponded in regard to the Convent
tion with those in various counties, whose' address
he has been ' able to procure. Lest any should be
overlooked, however, and to insure as general a re
presentation as possible, Editors would render the
cause a favor, by informing the Medical Faculties
in their respective vicinities of this movement, and
exciting an interest in the appointment of delegates.
The-Convention cannot fail to elevate to a still
higher point the medical character of the State,
and to result in an interchange of opinions and an
organization, from which the public will reap the
most important benefits.
A Scene in Congress.
The published report of the Congressional pro
ceedings ol Friday contains the following. This is a
new-fangled way of taking the eyes and nose, of
which a well disposed public will scarcely ap
prove. Gen. Harhalson is a Democrat, Jones a
Whig:
House of Representatives. —The House met
at noon, and after prayer by the'Rev. Mr. Gurley,; l
proceeded to business.
Mr Sawyer made an ineffectual attempt to re
consider a vote taken yesterday, but gave way to a
motion of Mr. Crowell, that the House resolve itself
into Commtnittee of the Whole.
This was adopted, and Mr. Brodhead, of Penn
sylvania, called to the chair.
The first question that was brought before the
committee proved that no quorum was present.
The committee therefore rose, and reported this
fact to the House.
A motion was then made to adjourn, upon which
a division of the House was called.
As the members were passing through the tellers,
a lamentable and unfortunate - personal difficulty
occurred between two of the members, Mr. Haral
son, of Georgia, and Mr. Jones, of Tennessee.
The cause of the rupture appears to be that Mr.
Jones charged Mr. Haralson with inconsistency;
some hasty words ensued, and Mr. Jones gave the
lie. Mr. Haralson then struck him, and both
clenched and closed. General confusion existed;
and some of the desks in the centre of the hall were
overturned. Other members, the friends of the
parties, soon Btepped in and separated thejn.
Both gentlemen resumed their seats, and order
was restored. After a momenta, reflection, they
apologized, through the Speaker, to the House, in
the amplest manner, for the indecorum into which
they had been hurried. They made the declaration
that up to the moment of passing through the tel
lers, the most marked friendship had existed be
tween them.
Mr. Jacob Thompson, of Miss., moved: for the
appointment of a Select Committee of five, to in
quire into the cause of the rencontre.
Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, opposed this, and
spoke of the fact that an amicable adjustment of
the difficulty had been made by the gentlemen, and
that they had apologised to the House. He could
not see the good to grow out of a committee to re
vive any unpleasant feelings. ■
Mr. Haralson and Mr. Jones again publicly ex
pressed their regrets, and in token of their amicable
feelings, shook hands.
Some members still contended that the dignity of
the House required a full investigation Into the"
whole matter, with a view to censure or expulsion.
After considerable debate, Mr. Stephens offered
a substitute for Mr. Thompson’s resolutions, to the
effect that the apologies of the two offending mem
bers should be placed upon the Journal.
Tbe Treaty Ratified!
Washington, March 10—10 o’clock, P. M;
The Senate adjourned at half-past 9 o’clock, after
having ratified the treaty by a vote of thirty-eight
to fifteen. The Senate adjourned over till Tuesday.
The injunction of secrecy has not been removed.
Several statements have been made of the extent
of the territory proposed to be ceded to the United
States by Mexico, but all of them have differed
materially. The area, as computed by Mexican
authority, is as follows; Texas proper, 100,000
square miles, New Mexico, 214,800 do., Upper
California, 576,344 do. To the above should be
added portions of Tamaulipas, Caohuila, and
huahua, estimated area 60,000 square miles, ma
king a total of 754,144 square miles. Prior to the
annexation of Texas, the United States was esti
mated to contain 2,000,000 square miles, and
Mexico 1,G90,304 square miles. If the above
treaty is finally consummated, the United States of
America according to the above estimates, will
then contain 2,751,144 square miles, and the re
public of Mexico 939,160 square miles.
Union and Harmony. ,
One of the most agreeable features of the late
Democratic State Convention, was the fact that
after the majority had been ascertained’ to be in
favor of Mr. Buchanan, all united upon the choice
.of that majority. The Harrisburg Democratic Union
says:
The address adopted by the Convention, is a no
ble document, and presents Mr. Buchanan to the
Democracy of the nation, in the most eloquent and
forcible manner. The resolutions are strong and
decided, and breathe a spirit which will find a res
ponse in every Democratic bosom in this broad land.
As a whole, the proceedings of this Convention were
of the most satisfactory character; and after the
nomination had been made, patriotic and eloquent
speeches were delivered by those in the minority,
as well as those in the majority, pledging the State
for Mr. Buchanan, in case he should be. the nomi
nee of the Baltimore Convention, by twenty-thou
sand majority. After the adoption of the address
and resolutions, the Convention adjourned wifh
-nine cheers for James Buchanan, the nominee of
the State of Pennsylvania, for the Presidency.
U y Mr. Clat and Albert Gallatin, who have
been estranged for many years, have become re
conciled to each other during the visit ot the for
mer to the city of New York. Mr. Clay called
upon Mr. Gallatin at his residence,'having previ
ously sent a friend to ascertain if such a visit
would be agreeable.
JET* The N. T. Courier ' opposes Mr. Clay for
President on account of his age, and cites his leav?
ing Washington before the funeral honors were
paid to Mr. Adams, as an evidence of his failing
faculties.