freedom of the seas, and the rights of American
citizens. At New York he was upon
political subjects, to which he furnished a brief
reply, stating liis unshaken attachment to the prin
ciple of the damocratic party, and his hostility to
a national bank. On his route to the west, he was
received, at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Colum
bus, Ohio, by the Governors and Legislatures of
those "States, who came out to meet him. and es
corted him to their towns. At Detroit, the Gover
nor, Legislature, City Authorities, and the people
came out to welcome him home, as children wel
come the return of a long absent father. On the
Bth of January he was addressed by a committee
of the Democratic State Convention of Indiana,
upon political questions; to which he replied at
length, declaring himself against a national bank,
opposed to the distribution of the proceeds of the
public lands, opposed to a tariff for protection, "that
the revenue should he kept at the lowest point com
patible with the performance of its constitutional
functions," and opposed to altering the constitution
by abolishing the Executive veto: that he should
not be a candidate for the Presidency, unless nomi
nated at the Baltimore Convention; and that he
Would support the nominee of that convention.
Oration at Fort Wayne.
On the 4th of July, 1843, Gen. Cass delivered an
oration atj’ort Wayne, Indiana, on .the completion
of the Wabash and Erie canal. In this oration,
while contrasting the condition and prospects of
this country with the nations of the Old' World,
he says:
“ I have:stood upon the plain of Marathon, the
battle-field: of liberty. It is silent and desolate.
Neither Greek nor Persian is there to give l.le and
animation to the It is bounded by steril
hills, on one side, and hfshed by the eternal wave!:
<sf the Egean sea J on the other. But Greek and
Persian were once there, and that decayed spot was
alive with hostile armies, who fought the great fight
which rescued Greece from the yoke of Persia.
And I have ttood upon the hill of Zion, the city of
Jerusalem, the scene of our Redeemer'ssufferings,
and crucifixion and .ascension. But the sceptre
has departed from Judah, and its glory from the
capital of Solomon. The Assyrian, the Egyptian,
the Greek, the Roman, the Arab, the Turk, ami the
Crusaders have passed over this chief place of Is
rael, and have reft it of its power and beauty. In
those regions of the East where society passed its
infancy, it seems to have reached decrepitude, if
the associations which the memory ol their past
history excites are powerful, they are melancholy.
They are without gratification for the present, and
withouthope for the future. But here we are in the
freshness of youth, and-can look forward with ra
tional confidence to ages of progress in all that
'gives power and pride to’.man, and dignity to human
nature. It is better to look forward to prosperity,
than back to glory.”
Letter from Andrew Jackson.
In the summer of 1843, Gen. Cass received the
following letter from General Jackson:
Hermitage, July, 1543.
My Dear Sin:—l have the. pleasure to acknow
ledge your very friendly letter'of the 25th of May
last. It reached me in due course of mail: but
such were my debility and afflictions, that I have
been prevented from replying to it until now ; and
even now it is with great difficulty that, I write. In
returnfor your kind expressions in regard to myself,
1 have to remark, that 1 shall ever rec.ojlect. mv
dear'General, .with great satisfaction, the relations,
both private and official, which subsisted between
us, during the greater part of mv administration.
Having full confidence in your abilities and repub
lican principles, 1 invited you to my Cabinet, and I
can never forget with wjiat discretion and talents
vou met those great and' delicate questions which
were brought before you wjiilst you presided over
the Department of War, which entitled you to mv
thanks, and wiilibe ever recollected with the most
lively feelings oj" friendship by me.
But what has endeared you -to eyefy true Ameri
can was the noble stand w.hicli you took as our
minister at Paris, against the quintuple treaty, and
which, by vour talents, energy, and fearless respon
sibility, defeated its ratification by French—a treaty
intended by Great Britain to change our international
laws, make her mistress of the seas and destroy the
national independence, not only of ourcountrv, hut
of all Europe, and enable her to become the tyrant
on every ocean. Had Great Britain obtained the
sanction of France to this treaty, with the late dis
graceful treaty of —so disreputable to
our national honor and injurious to our national
safety,) then, indeed, we might have hung our harps
upon the willows, and resigned our national inde
pendence to Great Britain. But, I rcpeatl to your
talents, energy, and fearless responsibility, we are
indebted lor the shield thrown over us from tl;e im
pending danger which the ratification of the quintuple,
treaty by France* would have brought upon us.—
For this act; the thanks of ever): true American and
the applause of every true republican are yours;
and for this 1 noble act I tender vou mv thanks.
I admired the course of Dr. Linn in the Senate,
in urging his Oregon hill; and 1 .hope his energy
will carry it into a law at the next session of Con
gress. They will speak to England a language
which she will understand —that we will not submit
to be negotiated outof ourterritorial rights hereafter.
Receive assurances of niv friendship and esteem.
ANDREW. J ACKSON.
To the Hon. Lewis Cass.
Declares himself in favor oj the Annex
ation of Texas.
In the spring of 184 I, General Cass, in reply lo
interrogatories upon that subject, wrote a letter de
claring himself to be in fdvor of the annexation of
Noble Conduct after the Presidential
Nomination in 18-14
In the month of May following, the Democratic
National Convention met at Baltimore, to noftiinate
candidates for President and Vice-President. On
the first ballot General Cass received eighty-three
votes, and continued to rise till, on the seventh, lie
received one hundred aud twenty-three votes. Had
another ballot been taken that day,’General Cass
would, without doubt, have been nominated. Be
fore the -assembling of the convention on the 161-
lovving day. JVIr. Polk was brought forward as a
compromise candidate, and. after two ballotings,
received the nomination.
On the day that the news of the nomination of'
-Mr. Polk reached Detroit, a meeting of the Democ
racy was held, at which Gen. Cass, in an able and
eloquent speech, gave his to the
nomination, and declared his readiness®! o enter the
contest to secure its success. In pursuance of this,
he accepted the invitation.of the Nashville commit
tee. and was present at the great Nashville conven
tion in August. His arrival tvas*announced by
the firing of cannon, and he was received with
every demonstration of popular enthusiasm. Of
this speech there, a leading paper says:
“We did not attempt a sketch of tlic eloquent
and powerful speech that was made bv Gen. Cuss;
tor we felt that nothing short of its-puhlication en
tire, word for word, and sentence for sentence, as
he uttered it to the admiring thousands, would do
him a full measure of Justice. It was the master
effort of a great statesman ; and the popular thun
ders of applause with which it was received bv the
fifty acres of freemen in attendance rung through
valleys, and reverberated from hill to hill, exceed
ing anything that we ever heard before.”
Visit lo the Hermitage.
Gen. Cass spent -some time with Gen. Jackson
at the Hermitage. When they parted, the scene
was most impressive and affecting. An eye-witness
remarks, “ The tears of the veterans were mingled
together as they bade each other a last farewell."
Speeches for Polk and Dallas .
In compliance with the popular demand, Gen.
Cass took the tour of the States of Ohio. Indiana,
and Michigan. He everywhere met with the most
enthusiastic reception from * the people. »JHe was
hailed as the father of the West. But a great
change had been effected since first he came among
them. The lofty forests which he then traversed
were now fruitful fields ; the lonely cabins which
he protected from the firebrand of the savage were
transformed into populous cities; the Indian war
path was'converted into the rail-road : the harbors
upon the lakes and rivers which he first surveyed
were now the seats of commefce'and wealth ; and
the scattered population which he governed were
now a great people. The crowds which attended
his progress through those States seemed rather
the triumphal procession of a conqueror, than the
peaceful attendants of a private citizen.
The following incidents at the public meeting at
Norwalk, Ohio, on the 17th of September, are taken
from the demo, newspaper published at that place:
Interesting Anecdotes. .
“'While a number of revolutionary soldiers
were being introduced to General Cass, one of our
citizens approached the General, and asked if he
remembered him. Upon replying that he did not
he gave the following account oJ* their first meeting :
* In the spring of 1813, Fort Meigs was besieged
by the British and Indians, and the militia of Ohio
were called out to march to the relief of the fort.
Gen. Cass was appointed to the command. Six
thousand' assembled at Upper Sandusky, of whom
two thousand were selected to proceed on to the
fort. The- marshes and woods were filled with
water,, making the roads almost impassable. The
commanding general had not yet arrived, but was
daily expected. On the second day of the march, a
young soldier, from exposure to the weather, was
taken sick. Unable to march in the ranks, he fol
lowed along m the rear. When at a distance be
hind, attempting with-difficulty to keep pace with
his comrades, two officers rode along, a Strang,
er, and the other the colonel of his regiment On
passing him, the colonel remarked, ‘General’ that
poor fellow there is sick ; he is a good fellow though
lor he refuses to go back; but I tear that the'ln’
dtans will scalp him, or the crows pick him before
we get to Fort Meigs.’ The officer-halted, and
dismounted from his horse. When the young sol-
Oier came up, he addressed him: < My brave boy
you are sick and tired, lam well and strong; mount
my horse and ride. The soldier hesitated. ‘Do
not wait,’ said the officer; and, lifting him upon
liis horse, with directions to ride at night to the gen
eral’s tent, he proceeded on foot to join the army.
At night, the young soldier rode to the tent, where
he was met by the general with a cheerful welcome,
'Which he-repaid with tears of gratitude. That offi
cer was General Cass, and the young soldier was
the person addressing him, our worthy fellow citi
zen, John Laylin.’ The General, remembering the
circumstances, immediately recognised him. Mr.
Laylin remarked, ‘General, that act was not done
for the world to look upon; it was done in the
woods, with but three to witness it.’
“Another : Our old friend Major Parks, on being
introduced to Gen. Cass, exclaimed, with much an
imation, ‘General, I thank God that I am able to
sec you ! I fought by the side of .your father; Jon
athan Cass, and your uncle, Daniel Cass, at the
battle of Bunker’s Hill. Your father was sergeant
of the company, and I was a corporal. We were
brothers together during the war. God bless you,
General, for his sake.’ The .General was deeply
affected in meeting the friend and companion of his
father; while the old veteran,, with eyes sparkling,
recounted the scenes through which they passed
together in the days of danger and strife —-the
times that ‘ tried men’s souls.’
Another anecdote of General Cass, while on his
tour through Ohio, was related with much spirit
by the late gallant and lamented Gen. Hamer. The
carriage containing Gen. Cass was one day stopped
by a man who, addressing the General, said: "I
can’t let you pass without speaking to you. You
don’t know me, General. ’’ Gen. C. replied that he
did not. ;i Well, sir, (said he,)<J was the first man
in yog£ regiment to jump out of the boat on
the Canadian shore." No, you were not, (said
Gen. Cass;) I was the first man myself on shore."
“True (said the other :) I jumped out first into the
river, to get ahead of you ; but you held me back,
and got on shore ahead of me."
Elected to the U . S. Senate.
The result of the contest of IS-M is well known.
The vote of every western State, save one, and that
by a meagre majority, was given for Mr. Polk. To
the efforts of General Cass, and-his great personal
popularity exerted in favor of Mr. Polk, much of
this is to be attributed, in the following winter,
General Cass 'was elected to the Senate of the
United States, and took his seat on the 4th of
March. 18-I.'). In the formatioirof the committees
of the Senate, General Cass was unanimously ten
dered the post of Chairman of the Committee on
which, however, he declined. On
two subsequent occasions, the same position has
been offered him, but he has uniformly declined it.
Defends our Title to Oregon.
In December, IS 15. General Cass introduced res
olutions in the Senate relative to the national defen
ces. with particular reference to the condition of
our affairs with (ireat Britain, growing out of the
Oregon question. These‘resolutions he supported
in a-speech, of which the following is an extract,
relerriug to the, course which should be pursued in
maintaining our rights to the territory in question :
“As to receding, it is neither to be discussed nor
thought of. . 1 refer to it but to denouuce -it—a de
nunciation which will find a response in everv
American-bosoin. Nothing is ever gained l>y na
tional pusillanimity. And the country which seeks
to purchase temporary security by yielding to unjust
pretensions, buys present ease at the expense of
permanent honor and safety. It sows the wind, to
reap the whirlwind. 1 have said elsewhere, what
1 will repeat here, that it is better to fight for the
first inch of national territory than for the last. ’lt
is better to defend the doorsill than the hearth-stone
—the porch than the’ altar. National character is
a richer treasure than gold or silver, and exercises
a moral influence in the Hour of danger, which, if
not power itself, is its surest ally. Tims far, ours
is untarnished ; and Jet us all join, however sepa
rated by party - or by space, so as to preserve it.”
In the month of March following, General Cass
deli\ ered his celebrated speech on the Oregon ques
tion. As this speech has been circulated and read
verv generally, a mere allusion to it here is all that
would appear necessary; but the following extract
expresses so fully the sentiments of every patriotic
American, that it is worthy of record:
“ It pains me, sir, to hear allusions to the des
truction of this government, and to the dissolution
of this Confederacy. It pains me, not because thev
inspire me with any'fear, but because \vc ought to
have one unpronounceable word, as the Jews had
of old, and that word ‘dissolution.' We should
eject the feeling from our hearts, and its name from
our tongues. This cry of ‘ IVo, wo, to Jerusalem,’
grates harshly upon*£iny ears. Our Jerusalem is
neither beleaguered nor in danger. It is vet the
city upon a hill, glorious in what it is—stiH more
glorious, by the blessing of God, in what it is to be
—a .landmark, inviting the nations of the world,
struggling upon the stormy ocean of political op
pression. to follow us to a haven of safety and of
rational liberty. No English Titus will enter our
temple of freedom-through a breach in the battle
ments, to hear thence the ark of our constitution,
and the book of our law, to take their stations in
a triumphal procession in the streets of a modern
Rome, as trophies of conquest and proofs of sub
mission.
“Many a raven has croaked in my dav, but the
augury lias failed, aiid the republic lias marched on
ward. Many a crisis has presented itself to the
imagination of our political Cassandras, but we have
still increased, in political prosperity, as we have
increased in years, and that, too, with an accelera
ted progress unknown to the history of the world.
We have a class of men whose eyes are always
upon the future, overlooking the blessings around
us, and forever apprehensive of some great political
evil, which is to arrest our course somewhere or
other on this side of the millenium. To them we
are the image of gold, and silver, and brass, and
clay, contrariety in.unity, which the first rude blow
of misfortune is to strike from its pedestal.
“ For my own part, I consider this the strongest
government on the face of the earth for good, and
the weakest for evil. Strong, because supported
by-the public opinion of a people inferior to none of
the communities of the earth in all that constitutes
moral wortli and useful knowledge, and who have
breathed into their political system the breath of
life ; and who would destroy it, as they created it,
if it were unworthy o.f them, or failed to fulfil their
just expectations.
“And weak fur evil, from this very consideration,
which would make its follies and its faults the sig
nal of its overthrow. ' It is the only government in
existence which no revolution can subvert. It mav
be changed ; but it provides for its own change,
when the public’ will requires. Plots and insurrec
tions. and the various struggles by which an op
pressed population manifests its sufferings and seeks
the recovery of its rights, have no place here. We
have nothing to fear but ourselves/’
'l'he part taken by General Cass in the subsequent
exciting controversy on this question, and his vote
in opposition to the treaty, are too well known to
require further notice. Having been trained in the
school which taught hihi. in our intercourse with
foreign nations, to ask for nothing bufwhat 'is right,
and submit to nothing that is wrong, he had the
moral courage to stand up for the light, whatever
might be the consequences.
Breaking out of the Mexican JFar
During this session of Congress, hostilities com
menced between the United States and the republic
of Mexico. Gen. Cass advocated the most ener
getic measures lor a vigorous prosecution of the
war, and for carrying it into theheart of the enemy's
country.
Vole s- against the TVilmol Proviso.
In the winter of 18-47, the “Wilmot Proviso"
was introduced into the Senate, as an amendment
to the three-million bill, by a federal senator from
New Ungland. The design of the mover was evi
dently to defeat the passage of the bill to which it
was to be attached, and to embarrass the adminis
tration in'the prosecution of the war. Gen. Cass
voted against me proviso, for reasons given in his
speech on the occasion.
Votes for the Tariff of 1846 and the
Independent Treasury.
It was during the sessions of this Congress that
the tariff'of IS4<>, and the independent treasury
were established. It is not alone to the exclusive
champion of free trade, and the ultra advocate of
a hard-money currency, that the opponents of pro
tection, and the enemies of a paper currency, are
to look for the defeat of those measures. Such men
are usually in the pursuit of some theoretical ab
straction, which give them but little influence with
practical men. But it is to men of enlarged and
liberal views, whose strength of character and in
fluence carry conviction with their action, that the
country is indebted for radical and beneficial re
forms. General Cass gave to these great measures
the weight of his influence, and his zealous, and
unflinching support. At the close of that Congress,
General Cass was invited, by the Democratic mem
bers of the Legislature of New York, to partake of
a public dinner at Albany, as a mark of their ap
preciation of his brilliant public services, and their
estimation of his character as a man. This honor,
however, he declined.
Present from Dartmouth College.
In August, following, he delivered an address
before the literary societies of Dartmouth College.
New Hampshire, at the annual commencement of
that institution. The societies afterwards prepared
an elegant gold-headed-cane, with appropriate de
vices, which was presented to him in Washington,
on the -4th of March, 1848.
Supports, the Mexican War,
On the meeting of the present Congress, General
Cass was elected Chairman of the Committee on
Military Affairs—a post for which he was most
eminently qualified, and which, as he had been
unanimously selected, he considered it his duty to
. accept His course as chairmaffof that committee.
and his views upon the war question, have been "
seen in the daily proceedings of the Senate. The
following brief reply, to Mr. Mangum, is probably
as good a summary of his opinions as cau be given:
“ Now, with respect to the progress of the war,
it is said that General Scott is going on from town
to town, and from city to city, conquering all before
him. lam very glad to hear it. I hope that the
commanding general will continue to go on in this
way. If he does so, I have no doubt he will con
quer Mexican obstinacy, and thus conquer a peace.
I have already expressed my opinions with regard
to the war in Mexico, and have nothing to say on
the subject now, except to tell the Senator from
North Carolina, what I had the honor to say to the
Senator from South Carolina, that the adoption of
any resolutions in this Senate with regard to any
danger—if danger there be—in the progress of this
war, would be but as the idle wind. You might as
well stand by the cataract of Niagara, and say to its
waters “ flow not,” as to the American people “an
nex not territory,” if they choose to annex it. It is
the refusal of the Mexican people to do us justice
that prolongs this war. It is that which operates
on the public mind, and leads the Senator from
North Carolina to apprehend a state of things which
he fears, but which, for myself, I do not anticipate.
Let me say, Mr. President, that it takes a great
deal to kill this country. We have had an alarm
ing crisis almost every year as long, as I can recol
lect. I came on the public stage as a spectator
before Mr. Jefferson was electejl. This was a cri
sis. Then came the embargo crisis—the crisis of
the non-intercourse—-of the war—of the bank—of
the tariff—of the removal of the .deposits— a score
of others. But we have outlived them all, and ad
vanced in all the elements of power and prosperity
with a rapidity heretofore unknown in the history
of nations. If we should swallow Mexico to-mor
row, Ido not believe it would kill us. The Sena
tor from North Carolina and inyselfmay not live to
. see it, but I am by no means satisfied that the day.
will not come in which the whole of the vast coun
try around us will form one of the most magnificent
empires that the world has yet seen—glorious in
its prosperity, and still more glorious in the estab
lishment and perpetuation of the principles of free
government and the blessings which they bring
with them.”
His Views on the Wilmol Proviso.
In December, IS-17, Gen. Cass gave his views at
lengih upon the “ Wilmot Proviso." in a letter toj
Mr. Nicholson, of Tennessee. In that he avowed]
himself opposed to the measure, and to the exercise!
of any Legislation by Congress, over any of thel
United States, respecting the domestic relations oil . , , LARGE LOTS—
their inhabitants. He believed all questions of that? land 1and beila V ,ul 1,00113 J uBt ?P en ‘ n B •’ ,or
nature should be settled by the people themselvesg o™l 0 ™ 1^ 6 now-a-days are remarkable for the.r
who ought to be allowed to regulate their internalf s lendid Lawns> fast co lors. 12 , cts .
concerns in their own way,' and that Congress has 38 inch Musljns , hea vv and fine, for 6} cts.
no more power to abolish or to establish slavery iiii Mus d'e Laines:
such territories than it has to regulate any otheijA good article of Plain Modes and Blk.only 12* cts.
of the relative duties of social life—that of husbandjA good article, Highly Cameleon.
and wife, of parent and child, or of master and serf Mourning Dress Goods: °
vant. He said, in conclusion: Ladies can be supplied with every article for;
The Wilinot Proviso" seeks to take from its,, m j Ur . n ‘. n^‘ n
legitimate tribunal a question of domestic oljcv Good plain Blk. Chintzes, only 121 eta. :
having no relation to the Union, as suA, and in? 0011 , ‘ La "' ns ’ .... „. 12 *’ 18 a,,d 2o cta -:
transfer it to another, created the people for P lalatlan9 > Freges and Silk Tissues. _
special purpose, and foreign to the subject matter • Ladies Gloves :
iuyolved in the issue. By going back to our true Lisle thread, Silk and Kid ; Misses Gloves in variety, t
principles, we go back to the road of peace and At Me R ee Hive.
safety. Leave to the people, who will be affected __ CTIAS. E. WENTZ fit BRO.
by this question, to adjust it upon their own respond • Ginghams:
sihility and in their own manner, and we shall ren-*|ust opened, 4 cases of splendid French, Scotch
der another tribute to the original principles ol'otnB|id English Dress Ginghams, New patterns and
Government, and furnish another guarantee lor itsTCry cheap —at THE BEE HIVE, North Queen st. ;
permanence and prosperity." I Ladies Summer Dresses. !
■ , *!phe greatest variety of the most splendid styles
lht 3'lctll JOT the limes. jpst received, among the newest styles are
.. ... . . . Mazatlans, . . . - Magnificent.
Ihe Democratic State Convention ot Ohio, ot^ e pj ir j npSj Beautiful
the Mh of .lanuary, li>4B, declared in favor of Tissues, . . . . Lovely.
Gass for the Presidency, witli a unanimity unequal-Pompadours, .... Fascinating.
led in the previous history of the State. Although&r. &e., perfectly exhaustless, at the
there was much ditterence of opinion in the selec- BKE*HIVE, North Queen street,
lion of a candidate for Governor, yet the populan CHAS. E. WENTZ & BRO.
sentiment in favor of Gen. Cass, and the conviction' Bonnet Ribbons:
that with him as their candidate their State couldl ust °P c,li "B. llle I,e "' est st J' les for Spring and Kum
be placed amongst the foremost of the Democratic?"’ the e r « !,te « var . ,c , l f ever Men in Lancaster - ;
c,. *; ~i tt- i i , » • Great care has been taken m the selection of styles
States ol the Union, induced an almost unanimous* * a. nw hivv
expression in his favor. (At the last election in Pledges Of tlie Electors*
the State of Ohio the popular vote was Democratic _
by a majority of l,oi*b.) The State Convention of Chairman ot the Democratic State Central
Michigan has also unanimously placed him in Committee has forwarded to the Electors, appoint
nomination for the Presidency. In the Democratic ed on the 4th of March last, a circular, requiring
State Convention of Pennsylvania, held at Harris- „ i •„ r “
i i-l ,• at i kmc i >• a written pledge, incase of their election, to cast
burg, on the 4th ot March. 1848, a resolution, m , . .
the highest degree complimentary to Gen. Cass, •* r vo * es f°r Cass and Butler. Iheir replies
was unanimously reported by the committee, and "'ill be published, as soon as received,
adopted with acclamation by the Convention.
It is not necessary to refer to the numerous pub- 4<
lie demonstrations and the leading journals which
have given expressions in his favor in New Eng
land. the Middle States, the West, and the South.
Public opinion, looking to his brilliant services, ster
ling integrity, and uullinching fidelity, has pointed
to him as the man for the times, and the proper
exponent of the American Democracy. Plain and
unassuming in his manners, kind and generous to
a fault, frank and social in his intercourse with his
fellow men, he is. in every sense of the word, a
DEMOCRAT.
- Victoria and Loris Piiium:.—Kendall of the
Pirnyum. in a letter to the paper from London,
gives the following anecdote:
- Speaking of royalty, reminds me of a story
told in private circles here: —a story 1 will relate,
although the present may not be altogether a fitting
time. It is well known that Louis Philippe, before
Queen Victoria's recent confinement, visited her
privately on several occasions, and on each occa
sion he commenced relating to his royal listener
the different plans he resorted to in order to effect
his escape, as well as the manifold disguises he
assumed. At different .points of the royal runa
way's story her Majesty laughed heartily enough ;
but when he came to shaving off' his whiskers, she
broke out in such inordinate peals that her safety
was positively endangered. The seri-comic expres
sion of the ex-King's whiskerless face, so lugubri
ously funny, almost threw the Queen into hysterics.
Again and again he attempted to finish his narra
tive : but every time he come to the whiskers, so
immoderate was the laughter it produced, that those
present were compelled to admonish him that her
Majesty was not in a situation to listen with safety
to a detail so humorous: and even up to this time
it is said she has never been able to - accompany
Louis Philippe farther on his winding journey of
escape from France than to the time he was com
pelled to shave off his whiskers. The liveliest mirth
is frequently extracted from the recital of the mis
fortune, and the above may be put down as an
amusing case h. point."
DU* The General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church is now in session at Baltimore. Its powers
and duties are thus set forth by'the Baltimore Sun :
The General Assembly is the highest judiciary
of the Presbyterian Church. It represents, in one
body, all the particular churches of this denomina
tion in the United States. This Church Court re
ceives and issues all appeals and references which
may be regularly brought before it from the infe
ferior indicatories. It reviews the records of every
synod, and approves them; it gives its
advice and instruction in all cases submitted to it
in conformity with the constitution of the Church.
To the General Assembly also belongs the power
of deciding in all controversies respecting doctrine
and discipline; of reproving, warm ig or bearing
testimony against error in doctrine, or immorality
in practice, in any Church. Presbytery, or Synod:
of erecting new synods when it may be judged
necessary : of superintending the concerns of the
whole Church. The General Assembly consists of
an equal delegation of ministers and ruling elders
from each Presbytery, in the following proportion,
viz: Each Presbyter)*, consisting of not more than
nine ministers, shall send one; for every additional
nine ministers in any Presbytery, shall one delegate
be sent.
The Ruling Passion. —Matthews' attendant in
his last illness, intended to give his patient some
medicine, but a few moments after, it was discov
ered that the medicine was nothing but ink, which
had been taken from the phial by mistake, and his
friend exclaimed:
‘ Good heavens! Matthews, I have given you
ink!"
-Never mind —my boy—never mind, said Mat
thews, faintly, “ I'll swallow a bit of blotting paper.’
This was the last joke Matthews ever made.
Preserving Currants.- —lt is not. perhaps,
generally known that" currants and gooseberries
may be preserved, the year round, as fresh and
sweet as when taken from the bush. The fruit
should be plucked while green, or before the berries
assume the red color which precedes and heralds
maturity, and put into dry glass bottles, which
should be corked and sealed tight, and placed in
the cellar, or some other cool place, as most con
venient.
ON* PAPER MONEY.
“ Of paper money how-vast .the power 7
It makes or breaks us in an hour;
And thus, perhaps, a beggar’s shirt,
When finely ground and clear’d of dirt;
Then recompress’d, with hand and hopper,
And printed on by sheet of copper,
May raise ten noodles to renown,
And knock as many nobles down.”
[William Collett, 1819.]
A New Rat Trap. —Take a tub or kettle, fill
it to within six inches of the top with water, cover
it with chaff or bran, and place it at night where
the. rats resort. By this method thirty-six rats
have been taken in one night.
Intelligencer & lournal.
E. VV, HUTTER, EDITOR
FOR PRESIDENT,
LEWIS CASS,
OF MICHIGAN.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
WM. 0. BUTLER,
OF KENTUCKY.
Democratic Electoral Ticket.
Senatorial Delegates.
WILLIAM BIGLER, of Clearfield.
DAVID D. WAGENER, of Northampton,
Representative Electors.
Dist. Dj B t.
1. Henry L. Benner, 13. John C. King,
2. Horn R. Kneasb, , 14.'John Weidwan,
3. Isaac Shunk, j 15. Robert J. Fisher,
4. A. L. Roumfort, ; 16* Frederick Smith,
5. Jacob S. Yost, | 17. John Creswell,
6. Robert E. Wright, i 18. Charles A. Black
7. Wm. W. Downing, | 19- Geo. W. Bowman,
8. Henry Haldf.man, ' 20. John R. Shannon,
9. Peter Kline, j 21. Ggo.P. Hamilton,
10. B. S. Schoonover, ! 22. WilliamH.Davis,
11. Wm. Swetland, j 23. Timothy Ives,
12. Jonah Brewster, { 24. Jas. G. Campbell.
for canal commissioner,
ISRAEL PAINTER,
OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY.
Lancaster, June 6, 1848.
3u Queen street, and see ; here they can buy as
'fnuch for SI.O0 —as they a short time ago would
lime to pay $2.00 for. This then is a radical change
;jor the express benefit of the people.. Let them
-ji all earlv and see the
I*
Appointments by the P. 91. Gen’l.
Henry E. Leman. Esq., Postmaster at Oregon,
Lancaster county, in place of Jacob F. Young, re-
K. F. Holtshou.s, Esq.,-Postmaster at Manor,
Lancaster county, in place of George VV. Gibbs,
DU" \Ve trust not one of our readers will fail to
read the Biography of Lewis Cass —which, for
the sake of convenience, we have supplied with ap
propriate heads. To the young man, just entering
into public life, the eventful career of this distin
guished Patriot is fraught with the most wholesome
instruction. It proves, that any obstacle, however
formidable, can be overcome, by an honest, perse
vering and straightforward course of conduct.
117* The Columbia Spy has passed into the hands
of George W. ScunoxEn, Esq., by whom it will be
conducted, as heretofore, on neutral principles. Mr.
S. is a practical printer, and-.possesses every need
ful qualification to make the Spy a “useful and inter
esting fireside journal. We wish him success.
DU" How very gratilying it must be to the New
York “Barnburners,” to see their course so warm
ly applajuled by the Federal newspapers!
DU* We are indebted to the Hon. S. A. Bridges
of the House of Representatives, for a pamphlet
copy of the Biography of Gen. Lewis Cass, and
other favors.
DU* General CASS is a Temperance man, and
has never, we are assured, tasted strong liquors of
any kind during his life. He was the first head of
the National Temperance movement in this coun
try. He is also admitted, even by his bitterest
enemies, to be a gentleman of unimpeachable moral
character, and his worst foe cannot charge him
with any of those lapses which are too common
among distinguished men, and which form too often
the chief staple of abuse on the part of political op
ponents.
How Very True!
Menzel, the eminent German author, in his
Deutsche Literatur , says: “In old times the people
were laid under contribution—the* Jews were put
to death, or their account books were destroyed to
extort money. Money was taken wherever, it was
found] but it was only taken where it was found.
In modern times, however, the great art has been
discovered of taking money where there is none, and
of creating debts among people, who do not even exist.
The present, being completely fleeced, no longer
suffices, and therefore the)* tax the future; and as
the future is endless, they have a perfectly free ca
reer—and paper-mills supply the everlasting paper,
which unrolls itself incessantly, as a monstrous
bond of national debt, with the speed of wind, with
out limit, without end!”
The True Course.
The Bradford Reporter , the organ of Hon. David
Wilmot of this State, author of the fardamed Pro
viso. raises the names of Cass and Butler to its
mast-head, and says ittakes this course “cheerfully."
This displays on the. part of that journal a proper
spirit. We have no doubt, also, that Mr. Wilmot
himself wiil exert all his influence in his district
to promote the success of the Democratic ticket.
If he can reclaim his erring friends, the Barnburn
ers, he will be doing the cause of Democracy good
Great Time in Philadelphia.
The Whig National Convention meets in the Chi
nese Museum, Philadelphia, on to-morrow morning.
The city is already crowded with strangers, anx
iously interested in the result. The contest between
the Clat and Taylor forces is waxing hotter and
hotter.
Gen. Lewis Cass, the Democratic candidate, is
expected to arrive this afternoon, to remain over
Wednesday, proceeding to New York on Thursday.
Extensive arrangements have been made by the
Democrats to give him a suitable, reception. He
is on his way to Detroit, where he will remain
during the campaign.
DU* Hannibal Hamlin, Democrat, has been
elected United States Senator from Maine. He is
a man of ability and experience.
Acceptance'Of Gen. Cass.
We discharge an agreeable duty in commending
to the notice of our readers .the interesting corres
pondence between Gen. Cass and the officers of the
late Democratic National Convention. The letter
of the distinguished nominee for the Presidency
reflects on him the highest credit and will be greet
ed by the Democracy, of the whole Union as a doc
ument of more than ordinary merit. It is replete
with the unaffected dignity, sterling sense, and sound
patriotism that have ever distinguished the writer,
and is a faithful index to the excellent moral senti
ment that has ever presided over his entire public
conduct.
Not the least among the praises of Gen. Cass is
this, that throughout his eventful public life he has
on all occasions exemplified the qualities of a noble
' and high-minded Gejitleman, who, whilst maintain
ing his own opinions with fidelity and firmness, has
ever kept in scrupulous remembrance the rlspect
due to -the opinions of others. To the contempla
tive mind there can be no more imposing spectacle
presented on earth than that of twenty millions of
freemen, by a simultaneous movement, designating
their Chief Magistrate foran appointed term! How
frequently. however,.is this spectacle marred by the
violence of contending partisanship, and by the
prevalence of an acrimonious bitterness that poi
sons all the fountains of social existence. Most
eloquently does the patriotic and accomplished
Cass deprecate this spirit, by inculcating an cr-.
ample of -mutual respect for the motives of the contend
ing parties, so that the contest may be earned on with
that frmness and energy which accompany deep con
viction. ami icith as little personal asperity'as political
divisiims permit." We trust that this precept of our
gallant leader will not pass unheeded.
F*“ It wilhbe seen that Gen. Cass, in imitation of
. jr the patriotic example set by President Polk, re
stricts himself in advance to One Term, and declares
« thatnocircumstances can possibly arisewhich would
• £ induce him again to permit the use of his name in
connexion with the Presidency. This will* doubt
less soon become, if indeed it be not already, the
% settled policy of the country, only to be departed
Ik trom in extraordinary public emergencies, and in
& obedience to the united demands of the American
people.
:q Another gratifying feature in the letter of Gen.
; Cass is this, that he takes occasion to forestall the
“ flood of catechetical communications to which he
would otherwise be certainly doomed. “ This letter,"
j he says, •• closes my profession of political faith" —
and he gives a good and satisfactory reason for this
p-foreclosure. His Past Life! If that be not a
in sufficient guarantee that hf will prove faithful to
the country, and to the principles of Democracy,
any further avowals would be ■ mere delusions." un
;flt<worthy of himself and l -justly offensive to the great
party whose candidate he is. Most heartily do
wlwe commend this sage conclusion. The caccpthes
—scribcnda has proved the rock upon which more
than one Presidential aspirant has split and gone
r|to the bottom. By the multitude of his letteTS.
Jpoor Clat was wrecked in 1844, and to the same
cause is to be attributed the wonderful
depreciation of the prospects of the brave Taylor.
to Gen. Scott, it is a lamentable truth, ac
knowledged and regretted by his best friends, that
by the'misuse of his pen he has dashed more lau
rels from hi§ brow in a day, than by his sword he
could replace in an entire campaign. We rejoice,
therefore, that the sound sense of Gen. Cass leads
him to a different course. The custom of address
ing interrogatory epistles to candidates whose polit
ical opinions are. already part of the recorded his-,
tory of the country, is at best ‘-more honored in the
breach than in the observance," and right glad are
we that Gen. Cass will not permit himself to be
thus unproiitably exercised.
Baltimore, May 2S, 184 S.
Dear Sir: You are doubtless apprized of the
fact that a National Convention of Republican del
egates: from the various portions of the Union, as
sembled in this city on the 22d inst., for the purpose
of selecting candidates for the two highest execu
tive offices of the United States. We are gratified
in having it in our power to inform you that'the
convention, with great unanimity, agreed to pre
sent your name iu ihe cuuniry lor’ilie omcc of pres-
and requested us to communicate to you this
nomination, and solicit your acceptance. In per
forming this duty, which we do with great pleasure,
'it is proper that the resolutions adopted by the
convention, and containing the principles upon
which they believe the government ought to be ad
ministered, should be laid before you. These con
stitute a platform broad enough for all true Demo
crats to stand upon, and narrow enough to exclude
all those who may be opposed to the great princi
ples of the Democratic party. That these princi
ples will meet with your cordial assent and support,
and be illustrated in your administration, if called
to this high office by your country, we do not for a
moment doubt, but feel assured, that whilst you
exercise forbearance with firmness, you will not
fail to exert your faculties to maintain the princi
ples and just compromises of the constitution, in a
spirit of moderation and brotherly love, so vitally
essential to the perpetuity of the Union, and the
prosperity and happiness of our common country.
We offer you our sincere congratulations upon this
distinguished mark ol the public confidence, and
are, with sentiments of high esteem and regard,
dear sir,
Your friends and obedient servants,
- A. STEVENSON,
President of the National Convention
Robt. P. Dunlap, Me., C. E. English, la.,
J. H. Steele, N. H., J. Larwell, Ohio, -
C. \V : . Chapman, Mass., Thos. J. Rusk, Texas,
Ira Davis, Vt., Austin E. Wing, Mich.,
B. B. Thurston, R. 1., Solo. W. Downs, La.,
Isaac Toucey, Conn., Thomas Martin, Tenn.
G. D. Wall. N. J., L. Sanders, Ky.,
J. G. Jones, Penn., James Clarke, lowa,
A. J. Rainey, Ark., J. B. Helfenstein, Wis.
G. M. Bowers, Mo., S. B. Davis, Del.,
C. J. McDonald, Ga., B. B. Howard, Md.,
J. A. Winston, Ala., Ed. P. Scott, Va.,
J. C. McGehee, Fla., W. N. Edwards, N. C,,
Powhatan Ellis, Miss., J.M. Commander, S. C.,
R. W. English, 111.
To General Lewis Cass,
Washington City y D. C.
Washington; May 30,- 1848.
Gentlemen : I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 28th instant, an
nouncing to ine that I have been nominated by the
Convention of the Democratic party, its candidate
for the office of President of the United States, ny
the approaching election.
While I accept, with deep gratitude, this distin
guished honor —and distinguished indeed it is—l
do so with a fearful apprehension of the responsi
bility it may eventually bring with it, and with a
profound conviction that it is the kind confidence
of my fellow-citizens, far more than any merit of
my own, which has placed me thus prominently
before the American people. Aiid fortunate shall
I be, if this find, in the events of
the future, a better justification than is furnished
by those of the past.
1 have carefully read the resolutions of the Dem
ocratic National Convention, laying down the plat
form of our political faith, and I adhere to them as
firmly as I approve them cordially. And while
thus adhering to them, I shall do so with a sacred
regard to “ the principles and compromises of the
constitution,*’ and with an earnest desire for their
maintenance “ in a spirit of moderation and broth
erly love, so vitally essential to the perpetuity of
the Union, and the prosperity and happiness of our
common countrya feeling which has made us
what we are, and which, in humble reliance upon
Providence, we may hope is but the beginning of
what we are to be. If called upon hereafter to
render an account of my stewardship, in the great
trust you desire to commit to me, should I be able
to show that I had truly redeemed the pledge thus
publjcly given, and had adhered to the principles
of the Democratic party with as much fidelity and
success as have generally marked the adrainistra
ion of the eminent men to whom that party has
hitherto confided the chief executive authority of
the government, I could prefer no higher claim
to the favorable consideration of the country, nor
to the impartial commendation of history.
This letter, gentlemen, closes my profession of
political faith. Receiving my first appointment
from that pure patriot and great expounder of
American Democracy, Mr. Jefferson, more than
forty years ago, the intervening period of my life
has been almost wholly passed in the service of my
country, and has been marked by many vicissitudes,
and attended with many trying circumstances, both
in peace and in war. If my conduct in these situa
tions, and the opinions I have been called upon to
form and express, from time to time, in relation to
all the great party topics of the day, do not furnish
a clear exposition of my views respecting them, and
at the same time a sufficient pledge of my faithful
adherence to their practical application, wherever
and whenever I may be required to act, anything
further I may now say, would be mere delusion,
unworthy of myself, and justly offensive to the
great party in whose name you are now acting.
My immediate predecessor in the nomination by
the Democratic party, who has since established so
many claims to the regard and confidence of his
country, when announcing, four years ago, his ac-
ceptance of a similar honor, announced also his
determination not to be a candidate for re-election.
Coinciding with him inhis views, so well expressed,
and so faithfully carried but, I beg leave to say.
that no circumstances can possibly arise, which
induce me.again to permit my name to be
brought forward in connexion with the Chief Mag
istracy of our country. My inclination and my
sense of duty equally dictate this course.
No party, gentlemen,had ever higher motives for
exertion, than has the great Democratic 'party of
the United States. • With an abiding confidence iii
the rectitude of our principles, with an unshaken
reliance upon the - energy and wisdom of public
opinion, and with the success which has crowned
-the administration of the government, when com
, m'itted to its keeping, (and it has been so commit
ted during more than three-fourths of its exis
tence,) what has been done, is at once the reward
of past exertion and the motive fbr future, and, at
the same time, a guarantee for the accomplishment
of what we have to do. We cannot conceal from
ourselves that there is a powerful party in the coun
try differing from us in regard to many of the funda
mental principles of our government, and opposed
to ua in their practical application, which will strive
as zealously as we shall, to secure the ascendancy
of th.eir principles, by securing the election of their
candidate in the coming contest. That party is
composed of our fellow-citizens, as deeply interes
ted in the prosperity of our common country as we
can be, and seeking as earnestly as we are to pro
mote and perpetuate it. Wc shall soon present to
the world the sublime spectacle of the election of
a Chief Magistrate by twenty millions of people,
without a serious resistance to the laws-, or
the sacrifice of the life of* one human being—-and
this, too, in the absence of all force but the moral
force of our institutions; and i f ' we should add to
all this, an example of mutual respect for the mo
tives of the contending parties, so that the contest
might be carried on with that firmness and energy
which accompany deep conviction, and with as lit
tle personal asperity as political divisions permit,
we should do more for the great cause of human free
dom throughout the world, than bv anv other tribute
we could render to its value.
• We have a government founded bv the will of
all, responsible to the power of all, and adminis
tered for the good of all. The very first article in
the Democratic creed teaches that the people are
competent to govern themselves ; it is, indeed,
rather an axiom than an article of political faith.—
From the days of General Hamilton to our days,
the party opposed to us—of whose principles he
was the great exponent, if not the founder—while
it has changed its name, has preserved essential)v
its identity of character; and the doubt he enter
tained and taught of the capacity of man for sell
government, has exerted a marked influence upon
its action and opinions. Here is the very starting
point of the difference between the two great par
ties which divide our country. All other differen
ces .are but subordinate and auxiliary to this, and
may, in fact,, be resolved into it. Looking with,
doubt upon the issue of self-government, one parh
is prone to think the public authority should be
strengthened, and to fear any change, lest that
change might weaken the necessary force of tin*
government; while the'other, strong in its convic
tions of the intelligence and virtue of the people, be
lieves that original power is safer than delegated,
and that the solution of the great problem of good
government consists in governing with the least
force, and leaving individual action as free from res
traint as is compatible with the preservation of the
social system, thereby securing to each all the free
dom which is not essential to the well-being of the
whole.
As a party, we ought not to mistake the signs of
the times; but should bear in mind, that this is an
age of progress—of advancement in all the ele
ments of intellectual power, and in the opinions of
the world. The general government should assume
no powers. It should exercise none which have not
been clearly granted by the parties of' the federal
compact. We ought to construe the constitution
strictly, according to the received and sound princi
ples of the Jefferson school. But while rash ex
periments should be deprecated, if the government
is stationary in its principles of action, and refuses
to accommodate its measures, within its constitu
tional sphere—cautiously indeed, but wisely and
cheerfully—to the advancing sentiments and neces
sities of the age, it will hnd its moral force impaired,
and the public will determined to do what the pub
lic authority itself should readily do, when the in
dications of popular sentiment are clear and clearly
expressed.
With great respect, gentlemen, 1 have the honor,
to be your obedient servant,
Hon. A. Stevenson,
President of the Democratic Convention,
and the Vice Presidents of the same.
Something for the “Barnburners.”
The Barnburners" of New York threaten seces
sion lrom the Democratic ranks, in the coming
Presidential canvass, and have issued a call for a
separate Convention, to nominate a candidate
for the Presidency, to meet at Utica on the 22d
instant. It is to be hoped that this movement is
the mere effervescence of temporary disappoint
ment, and that those engaged in it will themselves
acknowledge its impropriety in time tv fall illlo
the support of the regular Democratic candidates.
We hope they may be wise in time, for their own
sakes, for we feel such an abiding confidence in the
fidelity of the American Democracy to their prin
ciples and their candidates, that not the defection of
even the great State of New York is sufficient to
make us doubt the election of Cass and Butler.
We can tell the “Barnburners" a piece of history
that may prove of benefit to them, if they will heed
it. In the year 1832 our own great State—the old
Keystone—took it into her head to play precisely
such a prank in the face of the Nation as is now
being attempted in the Empire State. The De
mocracy of the whole Union had selected Martin
Van Buren as their candidate for the Vice Presi
dency, along with Old Hickory for the Presidency.
The Pennsylvania politicians of that day were,
however, without any just cause, hostile to Mr.
Van Kurex, and refused to give him their support.
A State Convention was held at Harrisburg which
nominated William Wilkins for the Vice Presi
i
dency—only three delegates of the entire body
voting for Mr. Van Buren, among whom was the
patriotic Gf.orgk Kremer of Union county. Well,
the Democracy of Pennsylvania adhered to this
State nomination to the end—but with what result ?
Why, Pennsylvania stood solitary and alone in her
work of disorganization, and Mr. Van Burf.n was
elected to the Vice Presidency without her rote—
and no thanks to her! The sequel of it all was.
that our Democracy felt a little more humiliated
than they had ever felt before, or since, or wish to
feel again in a hurry.
History is said to be “ philosophy teaching by
example." We hope the “ Barnburners" of our
sister State will take warning by our experience.
If Cass and Butler are elected, without their votes
—of which there is scarcely a shadow of doubt—
how very flat they will feel!
The Doubtful States.
The probable defection of New York in the pres
idential canvass this year, will impose upon the
states that are usually regarded as doubtful an im
mense responsibility. To them will the Democracy
of the Union look to make up the loss of the Em
pire State to an extent sufficient to elect Cass and
Butler. From the great state of Ohio, with her
21 electors, we expect the most gratifying results.
The popularity of General Cass among the Buck
eyes is unbounded, and joined to'the enthusiasm in
favor of Col. Weller, the Democratic candidate
lor Governor, will insure us a brilliant victor)'.
We conversed with a number of Ohio delegates in
attendance at Baltimore, and found them all en
thusiastic and confident of a Democratic victory in
that State. As against Taylor, they entertain not
a shadow of doubt that they shall carry the State
by a handsome majority. If these expectations be
realised, the work is finished, and Cass and Butler
are elected with sufficient to spare. But! then, we
are far from despairing of Tennessee and North
Carolina, and shall make a bold push also lor Con
necticut, New Jersey, Maryland, and little Delaware.
Every one of these States is debateable ground,
and as likely to go for Cass and Butler as for any
one else. It is, therefore, no idle boast, the possi
bility of electing the nominees of the Baltimore
Convention without the aid of Ncic York. Greater
achievements than this have taken place in the pol
itical world within the present century, and will
hot unlikely take place again. We are armed in
the panopoly of a just cause and unexceptionable
candidates, and this is already more than half the
battle.
General Scott’s Opinion.
• When General Scott left his command of the
army in Mexico, he said he felt extremely glad that
he ;; could leave the army in such excellent hands.
General Wm. O. Butler,” says he, “ is not only an
able Statesman, but an exalted patriot and a brave
hero.” Will the'whigs doubt such authority?
Tha Treaty of Peace with Mexico Ratified.
The Washington Union announces officially, that
a hearer of despatches from Messrs. Clifford and
SEvrau has arrived in that city, confirming the rati -•
fcation of the Treaty of Peace triih Mexico. It was
ratified by the Chamber of Deputies, on the 17th
ultimo, at o’clock P. M., by a vote of s', :o 3b,
and in the other branch of Congress by a large \ ut«\
Participating in the general joy, which this im
portant intelligence is eliciting from all classes of
our countrymen* we congratulate, with emotions of
delight, our readers and the public on the restora
tion of Peace, the greatest and choicest of sublu
nary blessings. It affords, in our estimation, just
cause for public thanksgivings to Him, the Omnip
otent Giver of all good, who has so often and so
signally interposed in behalf of our chosen land
and who, throughout this eventful conflict with our
unfortunate sister republic, has still condescended,
as in the days of our fathers, to be the Gon of our
Country.
A review of the events of the War cannot fail
to fill every heart with exultation. We had shewn
to the world our love of peace, and exhausted to
wards Mexico the cup of forbearance. As the sword
has not been sheathed without honor, so was it not
drawn without causy. Mexico, was herself the ag
gressor, and bitter has been her penalty.- We were
reluctant to enter into the War, but. being in. a suc
cession of deeds has been accomplished, that would
have graced the lairest pages of Grecian or Roman
history.- On an hundred hills has the eagle-banner
been planted by the hand of Courage. Hail, holy
-flag of ! What, though assailed by foes
within and foes‘without, they have retired before
the strong arm of thy sons ami left thy stars un
sullied! A succession of brilliant triumphs has
attested thy invincibility in battle, whilst an honor
able peace, signed in the very lap of victor}’, re
fhvts upon thee renewed and resplendeut lustre!
Wo mourn the, loss of many valuable lives and
the expenditure of much money. The first is ir
retrievable. and forever will the tear of sorrow
moisten the graves of those who have sealed their
patriotism by thffir blood. The second is of no
consequence, for nr mu pay all our debts in a few
years with ease. The resources of our country are
immense.'and bold and steady hands are bringing
them forth. But. whatever the sufferings of the
war. we have.a sufficient countervailing advantage
in the fact, that it has placed Jhnerica in the front
rank of nations —a rank sometimes granted to her
heretofore by courtesy, but which now she claims
ami receives as a matter of right. Who would not
be an American f Long live the Republic—the
last Asylum of suffering and oppressed Humanity!
CASS AND BUTI.ER.
Immense Ratification Meeting*.
The nominations of Cass and Butler meet with
a hearty arid enthusiastic response from the De
mocracy of Pennsylvania. .. Every where they are
greeted with joy and exultation, the sure auguries
of a brilliant triumph next November. All the
Democratic presses in the State have simultane
ously hoisted the Baltimore nominations to their
mast- head, and promise to do valiant battle in their
behalf. Among the multitude of Democratic meet
ings held at various places, we have only room to
LEWIS CASS. | notice a few -
Harrisburg. —A large and enthusiastic meeting
of the Democracy was held on Tuesday evening,
30th lilt. Hamilton Alricks, Esq., presided., assist
ed by a number ofVice Presidents and
comprising nearly all the leading Democrats at the
Scat of Government. A series of excellent resolu
tions were introduced by the Hon. Jesse Miller,
responding in the warmest terms to the nominations
of Cass and Butler. A committee was also appoint
ed, to invite lien. Cass to Harrisburg on his way
back to Michigan. The meeting was ably addressed
by K. Pritchette, Esq.
Easton. —An immense ratification meeting was
hold on Tuesday evening, 30th ult. Major Joseph
Hillman, High Sheriff of thecdunty, presided. Able
addresses were delivered by-Andrew H. Reeder,
Esq., and Col. William H. Hutter, ana a series of
admirable resolutions adopted* pledging Old Nor
thampton as good for 1200 majority. The pledge
will be redeemed ! 1
Huntingdon. —-The moment the news had reach
ed this place, a meeting was held spontaneously,
to ratify the nominations made at Baltimore. Hon.*
James Gwin presided, and-eloquent addresses were
delivered by John Scott, Esq., Maj. T- P. Camp
bell, and Gen. A. P. Wilson. ’The utmost enthu
siasm prevailed.
Philadelphia.— The Democratic citizens of the
city and county of Philadelphia, assembled in Mass
Meeting in Independence Square, on the evening
of instant. The Pennsylvanian says: “We
have seldom seen a larger, and never,.certainly, a
more enthusiastic political meeting in this city.”
Large ratification meetings have also been held in
Southwark, Kensington, Spring Garden, and the
Northern Liberties, at all of which there was a
loud response for Cass and Butler.
PiTTsnuno.—At a large hieeting of the Democra
cy of Allegheny county, at Pittsburg, on the 30th
ult., at which James S. Craft, Esq., presided; a
committee of twenty, including the chairman, was
appointed, to call a general meeting in ratification
of the Presidential nominations of Cass and Butler.
The g.eatest enthusiasm in their favor animated
the thronged assemblage thus informally convened:
Old Berks. —One of the largest and most en
thusiastic meetings of the Democracy of Old Berks,
since 1844, assembled in Reading on Wednesday
evening last, 31st May, on a few hours.notice ; the
Hon. John Ritter presided, assisted by a number
of Vice Presidents. The meeting was addressed
by J. Glancey Jones, Esq., A. M. Sallade, Esq.,
Col. John C. Myers, Wm. H. Heister, John Har
gerinan, and M.D. Strong, Esqrs.
'l*he resolutions approving of the candidates and
adopting the resolutions of the National Convention,
were adopted in the most cordial uhanimity. Old
Berks is a perfect unit and ready for action ; this
year her majority will exceed 5,000, and may reach
6,UUU. . .
Gen. William O. Duller.
Onr next paper will contain an interesting bio
graphical sketch of Gen. William O. Butler, the
Democratic nominee for the Vice Presidency, from
the gifted pen of Francis P. Blair, former editor
of the Washington Globe. There lives not within
the broad limits of the United States a more illus
trious family than the Butlers. Every page of our
national history teems with prools of their bravery
and merit. Unless Henry Clay shall be the
Whig candidate for the Presidency, we are not
without hope, that the unbounded personal popu
larity of Gen. BcTLEn may redeem even old Ken
tucky.
Gallant Old Westmoreland!
1 he Greensburg Republican is in extacies with
the nominations made at Baltimore, and says they
are “hailed with enthusiasm by the Democracy of
old Westmoreland,’who will roll up her thousands
of majority for these distinguished citizens. West
moreland at the coming Presidential election will
do her duty,—she will do better than in 1844, when
she gave Polk and Dallas only 2300 majority.”
South Carolina. —The returns which have come
in from the vacant district in South Carolinffiately
represented by Mr. Black, seem to indicate tn«9nc
cess of Gen. David Wallace, of Union, known as a
South Carolina Democrat.”
JET" “ The Dry Goods Merchants Bank y in the city
of New York;” is the title of a new Bank about to
be established in New York by the class of citizens
indicated by the name of the institution. 1
ST* The New York Tribune says Gen. Butler: is
“ honest, brave and manly, and made capital run
for Governor in 1844 ”
GILORIOITS NEWS!