Intelligencer & lonrnal. E. W. HUTTER," editor FOR PRESIDENT, a LEWIS CASS, OF MICHIGAN. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, WM. O. BUTLER, OF KENTUCKY. ISRAEL PAINTER, * OP WESTMORELAND COUNTY. Lancaster, June 13, 1848. proceedings of the Democratic Ratifi cation Meeting held at Elizabethtown—handed to us by William Matiiiot, Esq., the Chairman of the Democratic County Committee—have been unavoidably crowded out. They -will appear in Gen. Taylor IVominateo? our next The electric wires have already spread it to the ex tremesof the Union, that Gen. Zachary TATtonhas .been nominated as the-Whig candidate for the next Presidency. The general tendency of events had for some time past pre-shadowed this result, not withstanding the desperate efforts of the Ultra Whigs—to whom this nominee does not belong—to prevent it. The brilliant military services of Gen. Taylor have doubtless won largely on the admiration of the people of this State, who have ever displayed an enthusiastic to those who have per formed illustrious deeds in battle. Doubtless, for the meredian of Pennsylvania, he is their strong est candidate, and his nomination will make the conflict all the harder. But. with such a rare com bination of martial and civic greatness as is asso ciated with the names of Cass and ’'Butlf.ii. we have not the remotest apprehension of the issue. Our gallant Demqcracy, from the shores of the Delaware to Lake F.rie, will present an undivided front, and not all the splendors of Pah Jllto and Buena Vista can seduce them into the arms of Fed eralism. Much as they may hallow and cherish the memories that cluster around these consecrated fields,'they have a still prouder place ih their hearts for those sublime truths of Democracy, which are more precious to them than all the battles ever lost or won. .As to the effect of this experiment—for it is only this —upon the whig party itself, it can scarcely fail to terminate in its total dissolution. They have selected as their •standard-bearer a man, who lias perseveringly refused to avow hirriself friendly to any of their principles, and who, should he reach the presidential chair, would be at perfect liberty to adopt every opinion, which the whigs most ve* hemently denounce and oppose! At the shrine of . a supposed availability —which is often the veriest creature of the imagination—they have sacrificed every pride of doctrine and opinion, and they, there fore, stand self-confessed before the country, ivlthni! any principles whatever! Now, experience teaches, that the strength of a party consists in its-fidelity to its principles, and that the moment it surrenders these to the pressure of an apparent expediency, it virtually confesses its weakness and insincerity. Success, under such circumstances, is nearly as bad j as defeat—of which witness the iatal stab inflicted by the whig party on itself in KS-Uj, by the nom ination and election of John Tyler. Never was the folly of the “availability" argument more strikingly demonstrated. One silch lesson, it would seem, should have sufficed. That Gen. Taylor can command more Electoral iotes in the Union, than could Henry* Clay, we do not believe. We doubt, indeed, whether he can command as many. Not ten Democrats in lnno will vote for him, and he will lose hundreds of whig votes, who are justly incensed at this wilful abandonment of the old party lines. Known as an extensive Southern slave-holder, he cannot possi bly carry Ohio,, and we doubt whether even old Federal Massachusetts will any longer work in the traces. Nowhere, except perhaps in Louisiana, will he make inroads upon the Democratic party. Thousands, who have been conscientiously opposed’ to the war, cannot be reconciled to the gross incon- of his support—whilst the advocates of the war will be equally hostile, now that he has! lent himself to the party that has so bitterly denoun ced it. All men do justice to Gen. Taylor's bravery and patriotism,-but allure not content to confess to his fitness for the Presidency. That he has spent his whole life in the camp, and has never J even once exercised the Bight of Sttjfragr, is proof sufficient of his want of civil qualification. ° n the whole, then, if the Federal Whigs are satisfied with their nominee —so arc a r. Two strings have we to our bow—whilst their s has scarcely hulj an one. Elect Ta'ylok, and it is not a whig triumph. Defeat him, as he is sure to lie. overwhelm ingly, and the whig .party is totally ami forever mined. Since the foundation of our government' the Democratic party has not occupied a prouder position than now. Draughts of Patents VVe were shewn, a lew dayssince, several draughts of models with their specifications, drawn by .1 Franklin Rkigart, Esij.. of this city, for the ..Patent Office at Washington, which in point of neat ness and beauty of execution we have never seen excelled. We cordially recommend Mr. R. to the patronage of those, who have applications to make for patent-rights for new discoveries. As a skilful and ingenious artist he has no superior. ! ID" We learn from the Reading Gazelle that a daily line oi stages between that city and this commenced running on the Ist instant. They leave Lancaster.every morning_(except Sunday) in time for passengers to take the afternoon line of cars to Philadelphia and Pottsville. and leave Reading after the arrival of the morning line from Pottsville. Travellers may thus make the trip through in one day, from Pottsville and intermediate places, to Lancaster; and vice versa from Lancaster and in termediate places to Pottsville and Philadelphia. This arrangement will answer very well, until we -get the Lancaster and Reading Railroad in opera tion, which we hope will happen before either city is many years older. We join in the general regret occasioned by the removal of Col. Will,am English, from the office of Superintendent of the Columbia Rail Road . which he has filled with so much credit and effi-’ ciency. We are at a loss to conjecture a single plausible reason for the proceeding, and are grati fied to be able to state that Commissioner Loso sTHETHhadnopartor lot in it. It was effected y the votes of Messrs. Powzn and Burns 1 The successor „f Air. E!foi . ISH is Dr A w Holis.es, formerly a member of the State Leffisla' ture from Schuylkill county. The Doctor Is a bundanfly clever and capable, we admit, and under different circumstances would have gone i„ with our very best wishes. 07“ The Crawford Democrat savs •“ Wo 1 ... , , , . J ■ - e pledge our mends abroad to give a majority for Cass and Bcteeh of 800 in this county." That will do. RATHEn Premature.— The Troy Budget hoisted a day or two ago the name of Senator Dix at the head of its columns as the’eandidate of the Barn burners. The next day it lowered it again. ID-“In nominating Gen. CASS, it must be ad mitted,: that the Convention have settled for their candidate, a man of talents, of respectability, and of exemplary personal says , he Intdkgencer, the leading Whig journal in the United States. Alas! Poor Hem j Clay! Tile abandonment of Heiybt ’lar by the Whig National Convention recently hi Id in Philadelphia, beyond all question extinguisl es forever his last hope of ever reaching that summit, to which he has aspired so unremittingly d lring the greater portion of his eventful life. We are far removed from any political sympathies jivith this eminent man, except it he to share in the common regret that one so gifted and with a commencement so promising, has ever seen fit to becloud his Presi dential prospects by an alliance jvith that party, to which in earlier life he had sworn uncompromising hostility, and into whose ranks he was only seduced by temptations that should have wedded him the closer to his first love." Jlost|ungrateful and un worthy, however, has been thh treatment he has been made to experience from those he has served so long and so well. ! Hexar Clay had for many years, incontestibly been the very head of the Whig party. By his sanguine boldness and a certain 1 dashing reckless ness of spirit, joined to his graceful and vehement eloquence, he had attached to his person a degree of popularity bordering closely; on inan-worship. And well did he merit this ehthusaism—for of W iiiggery he was the champion, tiie leader, the idol. Beyond his will it had not|an emanation on earth, and durst not move hand for foot. Through all the excited discussions in the Senate Chamber, during the administrations of Jlcnsox and Va\ Bviiex, the voice of Clay ever thqndercd loud est, in the van hi the array of his party. He was tin'.master-spirit ol them all—and on him hail the hearts ol thousands been fixed, through long ami impatient years, as the destined recipient of the lust crowning tribute of public hpnori How were these reasonable expectations realised ? History furnishes the reply. In IS. 10. when, owing to the universal depression oj the industrial pursuits of the country, there was a sure prospect of accom plishing for once that almost mi acuious end—the election of an anti-Democraiic President—the Whig convention met at Harrisburg, and ungratefully abandoned their toil-worn Veteran, lor another can didate. who was then already lingering on the verge ol the eternal world, and who was avowedly se lected - exclusively on the grouqd of his superior availability. ihis was the first spectacle of wholesale desertion of a great aid able champion, oidy to he followed by this last, which is even more painful and humiliating than the former. The rejection of Mr. Clay at Philadelphia de. rives an additional aggravation fom the fact that he is perfectly well known to have desired, expect- Cd. claimed, nay virtually 4f g gerf r the nomination. Stripped ol all its Protean guises; and its lame ex cuses, such was the substantial import of the Ad dress which lie some months since sent out to the public, in which he took occasion to remove all doubts of his willingness to serve as a candidate, and according to regular formula placed his name at the disposal of his friends. He makes the solic itation-nothing weakened, rather strengthened, as it should have been, by bis defeat! in IS-1I and lie meets with a refusal! .Most suihmarily is he de posed from his pride of place, and he now no longer occupies a position at the head of the Whig line, which by an indefeasible title ol just desert he had a right to claim. | Proud of heart as we all know Mr. Ciay to be, | accustomed to rule and restless of control, how j must not his mortified spirit shrink from the dire necessity that has thus forever sealed his political doom! How will he not, in his meditations among the shades of Ashland, curse the fatal hour when a demoralised ambition led him to forsake the con secrated principles of his earlier life, to standard m no wise congenial to the lofty and fiery impulses of his nature? Fretfully and fruitlessly ! has he spent his toilsome noon in the political arena, ; Ins bosom the constant theatre of agitating and con vulsive passions, ever and anon bursting forth in explosions of rankling bitterness. ' Now vve behold him. in - the sere and yellow leaf—his sands ol hie last ebbing to exhaustion—liis once gigantic powers gradually yielding to the influences of Time the great aim of his politiral life, hopelessly extin guished—,abandoned by the party, jo whom, and for whom, lie lias sacrificed Ids all—disappointed and forsaken—with little else left than the memories of prostituted powers, betrayed principles, forfeited fame, and wasted life! Truly, the morning of Ids life contrasted with its evening conveys a moral. which should sink deeply into the public heart, and from winch every ambitious aspirant may glean a most salutary and useful lesson. But all this does not serve to palliate or ex cuse the dark ingratitude of the Whig party, which has thus, in the last hours of Air. Clay's political life, sacrificed him. his feelings, his rights, and his lame, to a cold calculation of party .expediency, which we verily believe to be as shallow anil im politic as it is heartless and false. It will have to be led to the Future to demonstrate, whether the generous and ardent friends of Air. Clay, of whom lie has so many scattered over every county and township in the Union', can complacently, under the influences of external pressure, consent to a pro ceeding so contrary to all the better leelings of their nature. Read this, Roys! Forty nine years ago, Gen. Lewis Cass, then a hoy of seventeen, thrown upon his own unaided resources, crossed the Allegheny mountains, mi foot, with but one dollar in bis pocket, and very lew ar ticles of value.in the knapsack which he bore pa tiently upon his shoulders! lie bore within him, however, a heart full of native energy and courage! and a (inn assurance that a kind Providence would not permit a life ol integrity and usefulness to go umewarded. He has not been disappointed. Step by step, Ims lie progressed through, the highest dis tinctions, civil and military, at home and abroad, and at this day be is going from city to city, greet ed ut every step by thousands, the candidate nt the dominant party tor the. Preside* y of the United Slides How encouraging to youth ! The same road, Young Alan, that lias been so successfully trodden by Gen. Cass, remains open also to You! I’rogi-ess of the Republic. When Gen. Lewis Cass, forty-nine years ago, first entered the North Western territory, it did not contain over twenty thousand people—it now num bers more than Five Alillions! But yesterday it was comparatively an unexplored wilderness now a blooming Eden, teeming with the hum of a prosperous and busy multitude. What a favored country! if our destiny be always linked as one it the same Flag, with its glorious stars and stripes, remaintorever the Flagof our Union— never defended but by Freemen— hSw shall even the spirit of Poetry and Prophesy, stretching to the utmost verge of imagination, pre-determiue the limit to our national greatness. In Gen. Cass we shall fortunately have a President, wedded by all the hal lowed associations of his eventful history to the onward march of the republic. He is at once the exemplification and the candidate of the party of Progress. Cass and Butler in Ohio.— The Columbus -Statesman says that, from the fact I that the name of Cass has been identified with that of Ohio for the greater part of half a century, we claim in the great fight the front rank, and never did we give a political pledge, with more firm, fixed belief that it will be fully redeemed than the onp we now make, and that is, that so sure as the dayj of election ar rives, and Lewis Cass lives, will the democracy of Ohio give him the 23 electoral voteji of the State. ? 7 m ‘ ° F MiHCH Comes » Sun- UAr.-The Presidential Inauguration will not take place on that day, we should suppose. I, cannot take place on Saturday, the 3d, format would be before the time appointed ;—and if it shall not take place until Monday, the Oth, the Unjted States will b e without a President for one day. j The Cross of Fire. When through the land this crosslet runs, The Keystone’s summons to her sons, Curst be the ear that fails to heed, Palsied the fool that shuns to speed. ’[Lady of the Lake , altered.] , When a Scottish Chieftain designed to summon his clan, he caused a cross to. be, made of light vi ood, hich was seared in fire and extinguished in the blood of an animal. This’was called the Fiery Cross, also the Cross of Shame, because disobedi ence to what the Symbol implied, inferred infamy. It was delivered to a swift and trusty messenger, who ran at his utmost speed to the next hamlet, where he presented it to the principal person with a single word, implying the place of rendevouz. He who received it was bound to forward it to the next village, and thus it passed with tremendous celerity throughout the whole country. At sight ol the Fiery Cross every man from sixteen to sixty, capable of bearing arms, was obliged to repair, in his best arms and accoutrements, to the place of rendevouz. .He who tailed to appear suffered the extremities ot fire and sword, which were emble matically announced to the disobedient, by -the bloody and burnt marks on this war-like signal. For this account of the Scotch custom of sending round the Fiery Cross, we refer the reader to Sir W alter Scott. Pennsylvanians may well follow the example which Olaus Magnus gives: “The messengers, therefore, or the footmen that are to give warning to the people to meet for the battail, run fiercely and swiftly; for no. snow or rain, nor heat can stop them, nor night hold them: but they ; will at all hazards run the race they undertake." And now, Fellow Democrats, we send the Cross oj i ire among you. We send among you the symbol of Democracy, and to him also who diso beys its warning, it will be truly the cross of shame. our opponents were never more active than at present, and will spare no possible device to lead the cautious and unwary from the right path. Let. therefore, die Cross of Fire speed. It will light >ou while it warns, and as it brings before you tiie glorious example of your ancestors, it will cast its withering glow upon the specious artifices of your opponents. Democrats of Pennsylvania! pass it troni hand to hand, and as it brightens your path, let it also invigorate your steps. And when, in November next, its last light gleams before you and" (lie swelling pagans of triumph are wafted upon every gale, then you may look to the Democratic symbol and say: “ Bright harbinger of glory and of jov, So first and. last with equal honor crowned, In solemn feast the Fire Cross circles round.” And as the discousolate Whig contemplates the ruins of his once proud party, and cries out in the fulness of his despair, “ Ilium Fuit," let us tell him that it is war to the knife" no.longer. Then we may forget and forgive, and the Cross of Fire, no longer the signal for war, shall be the emblem of peace and good will. ■> Anecdote of Gen. Cass The following anecdote of General Cass, while on his tour through Ohio, was related with much spirit by the late gallant and lamented Gen. Hamer. T lie 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. “ Well, sir, (said he,) I was the first man in your 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 onshore ahead of me.'- —Biography of Gen. Cass. If the signs of the times be not wholly' deceptive, the foregoing anecdote, so characteristic of the in domitable courage of Gen. Cass, will be re-enacted in the approaching canvass on a more extended thea tre. The Ship of State is no\y again committed for a season to the tempestuous sea of politics— destination, the White House. Desperate will he the struggle by both sides of her conflicting crew to reach the desired haven first, and it may even happen that, iri the extremity of his zeal, -the whig nominee may clear the bouudaries of the veksel and betake himself to the flood. But, rely upon it, the veteran Cass will again, if needs be, “ hold back" the ambitious aspirant, and, in spite of wind and weather, reach the port ahead of all competitors! What he has accomplished once, he can again. u iVo Declaration of Principles for the public eye.” The finale of. the Philadelphia Federal Conven turn seems to have been in perfect harmony with its entire proceedings. It adjourned precipitately, without adopting a single resolution of any kind or character, or in any shape declaring its opinions on the A\ ar, Slavery. Tariff Currency, and other ques tions of National policy. All these were tamely surrendered to the overshadowing influence of tiles and drums, swords and sabres, muskets and mortars, bayonets and bombs, and all the other parepharna lia of glorious war. In Jb-W» tlie Whigs nominated Tyler on the ground of expediency, taking him on tins!! Not i profiting 1)y experience, they have taken Tavlur on the same terms. Ominous coincidence of name ! Burnt children should be more careful of the fire. Is it within the range ol probability, however, that a majority ol the American people can again be betrayed into the support of a party, which lias not the moral courage to avow its opinions on any one of the great questions that are before the c-oun ’ti} J It cannot be. Liberty is Hesperian fruit, and can only be preserved by a watchful .public jealousy. Who Is Willitrd Fillmore! lluuilreds have askeil this question. .inn they fiave been told of his nomination for the Vice Pres deiicy. lie is a lawyer ol respectable standing ill some one of the towns in New York, and was the candidate for Governor against Silas Wuiuut in INI'! and defeated. He had previously served in Congress, ami was (’h'airman of the t'onimittee of li e ys and Means during the memorably session that followed the election of Hahhison. Among his public acts on that occasion, ids anient support of the Bankrupt Law, and his bitter opposition to the hill that refunded the fine imposed by Judge Hall on the Patriot Jackson, deserve to be re membered. These acts are of themselves sufficient to defeat the ticket in Pennsylvania by tens of thousands. Two Taylor Tickets. Here is alliteration, to he sure, but also truth. Not less than two distinct Electoral Tickets are in nomination in this State, each pledged to the sup port of latlur —viz: Whig and Independent, the latter adopted by the Natives. No matter. The Democracy could heat a dozen, as easily as one. We have read somewhere ol a celebrated French cook, who possessed the rare faculty ol boiling down a dozen huge hams to a consistency that could be contained in a pint mcasuie. Doubtless the vari ous opposition cooks will subject these super-abun dant materials to a similar process. With the aid of the Democratic fires, it will be a wonder if they do no not evaporate wholly. Alan s Friends. —Alan has three friends in this world—how do they conduct themselves in the hour of death, when God summons him before his tribunal 1 Alonoy, his best friend, leaves him first, and goes not with him. His relations and friends accompany him to the threshold of the grave, and then return to their homes. The third, which he often forgot during his life, are his good works.— They alone accompany bin to the throne of the Judge—they go before—speak, and obtain mercy and pardon for him. 07* The corner stone of a new German Luther an church was laid in Cumberland, (Md..) on last Thursday, with appropriate ceremonies. Omnibus Statistics. —Forty-one thousand pas sengers ride every day in the Broadway omnibusses; in the city of New York. POSTSCRIPT! important Movement lu Massa chusetts against Taylor! ft® Hew York Tribune of Saturday contains an address from the Whigs of Massachusetts, which was instantaneously got up in ; the city of Boston on the receipt of the nomination of Gen. Taylor, convening a State Convention, at Worcester, in Massachusetts, on Wednesday, ’June 2Sth, “to take such steps as the occasion shall demand in support of the Principles to which they are. pledged, and to co-operate with the other Freer States in a Conven tion for this purpose. •" # The address will be signed by thousands of the \V higs of -Massachusetts. ( The following are among the reasons assigned for their dissent from the nomination of General Taylor. The Whig National Convention have nominated Gen. Taylor for President of the United States. In so doing they have exceeded their just authority, and have proposed a candidate whom no Northern Whig is bound to support. He is not a Whig, when tried by the standard of our party organization. He has never voted for a whig candidate, has declared that the partv must not look to him as an exponent of its princi ples, that he would accept the nomination of the Democratic party, and that he would not submit his claims to the decisioji of the Whigs, acting through their regularly constituted Convention. He is not a Whig, if judged by the opinions he entertains upon questions of public policy. Upon the great questions of Currency and Finance, of Internal Improvements, of Protection to American Industry, so far from agreeing with the Whigs, he has distinctly avowed that he has formed no opinion at all. * . • He is not a Whig, if measured by the higher standard of principle, to which the Whigs of Mass-* itchusctta and the North have pledged themselves solemnly, deliberately, and often. He is npt op posed to the extension of Slavery over new territo rh.s, acquired, and to be acquired hv the ’United States. He is a Slave-holder, and has been select ed because he could command votes which no Whig from the Free States could receive. Boston Whig Puf.ss out against Taylor! ihe Boston Courier expresses the belief that “ the majority of the people of Massachusetts will not vote for Taylor under any circumstances." and adds, “ that he is a fit man for President no in telligent man will say." 1 he Boston Whig which claims to represent the conscience ot the AY big party, indicates its opinion by telling the following story. Doctor, afterward Dean Maxwell, silting in com pany with Dr. Johnson, they, talkingof the violence of party and to what unwarrantable lengths party men will sometimes run: “ Wliy, yes sir,” says Johnson, “ they’ll do anything, no matter hoiv odd or desperate, to gain their point ; they’ll catch hold of the Yed hot end of a poker, sooner than not get possession of it.” 1 Tatlor s Nomination Coliily! rf.cf.ivf.it by the New York Whigs! ' Ihe New ork Evening Post says of the..reeent Taylor ratification meeting in that city : J Grand Ratification row at Lafayette Hail. —Thjs affair which come off last night, broke up in a fight. The speakers, Daniel Lord and James W. Gerrard, were greeted with alternate’cheers and demonstra tions of disapprobation, while a mixture of applause for Clay and Taylor made the meeting seem like Pandemonium broke loose. ■ An adjournment was moved and carried, before the resolutions of ratification were offered. Tliev : were afterwards put informally, after a portion of | the assembly had left the hail ; the lights were then | extinguished, and amid cheers for Taylor, cheers • for Clay, .calls for Horace Greeley, wrangling, shouting, hoots and yells, the hall was cleared, I after half an hour’s energetic debate in darkness. : Some two hundred took their departure in a body for the Broadway House, where the Whig delegate Jrom the Seventh district made a short speech, sayuig he never would support Taylor, as he was forced upon the Whigs by Southern Slave-holders, <s-c. Changes! Changes! Gen. Willis Foulkk, of Carlisle, a brave and cliivalric officer in the War of ISI2, and the. com panion m arms of Cass and Butler, attended the ratification meeting recently held in that borough, and openly renounced all further connexion with the YVhig party. S. Dunlap Adair, Esq., attended the same meet ing, and avowed his intention to support Cass and Butler, let who will be their opponents. Air. Adair was the Whig candidate for Congress, a few years since, and ran far ahead of his party. - A Democratic meeting was held on the od 1 inst.. in Crawford county, at which the following inter esting proceedings took place. .Mr. Lowry was proceeding to speak of the. eminent military and civil services of Gen. Cass, when Lot Lewis, a veteran YVhig from Summit township, begged leave to make some remarks, which.was granted. He then declared that “he knew Gen. Cass in early life, and would vote for him next November." (Loud applause.) Pie was fol lowed bv Dr. G. A. Bardwell. another leading and influ ential Whig, who openly renounced all future asso ciation with that party. The Doctor was warmly welcomed into the Democratic ranks by all present. Major Knox remarked that he had been request ed to state to the meeting, by a veteran Whig of Conneaut township. Mr. Howk, that at the ap proaching Presidential election lie. would also vote for Cass and Butler. Mr. Lowry said that he. had been requested by Mr. DnusE, the proprietor of the “Mansion House." Coneautville. to proclaim that he took perpetual leave of his Mexican Whig friends, and would act no more with them forever. Mr. L. proceeded to state that honest and prominent men, who had al ways geted with that party publicly, hail expressed themselves in the same way. He could state a case, were it in order, of u man who stood as hmh in the whig ranks as any man in Vernon township, hut lie left that for him to do himself hereafter. Mr. Druse at this moment made his appearance, and Mr. Lowry repealed to him what he had stated to the meeting. .Mr. Druse replied that he -had stated the tndh and again went up the shouts'and cheers of the Democracy !! Letter from Uo\. Sliunk. Our fearless and popularjStatc Kxeeutive, Khs. R. Skunk, was invited to participate in the recep tion ol Gen. Cass at Philadelphia—but was com pelled to decline, owing .to continued ill health, He addressed the following admirable reply to the Chairman of the Commft[ec of Reception. The tribute to the distinguished nominees of the Demo cratic party is alike eloquent and correct, and will elicit a hearty response at the hands of uur noble hearted Democracy—whilst the pledge, contained at the conclusion of the letter, of a brilliant triumph iu this State, next November, will be faithfully re deemed : Harrisburg, June f>, LS-18. Dear Sir — I sincerely regret that the state of my health does nut enable me to accept vour polite invitation to join the Democracy of the city and county of Philadelphia, to-morrow afternoon in the reception of the Hon. Lewis Cass, “ the Dem ocratic standard-bearer of our country.” Sound in his political faith, firm in his morals and distinguished for attachment to the interests and honor of his country—from the day lie entered her service as a youthful volunteer, to the present moment —the Democratic Convention, in presenting the name of Lewis Cass to the American people, as a candidate for the highest office iu their gift, have inspired our friends with entire confidence in the success and complete triumph of the great Demo cratic principles of government, which have ad vanced our country to its present elevated rank and which, by their great influence, are guiding other nations to the establishment of free institu tions, and securing man in his inalienable right to self-government. Lewis Cass has filled many of the most distin guished places connected with the government with pre-eminent ability, and whether we view him in the second war of independence with ourancient enemy, Great Britain, contending for free trade and sailors’ rights—as our Minister at the Court of France, resisting the insidious schemes of the al lied powers to destroy our independence and na tionality on the high seas, or his -recent conduct as a ( Senator, we find him always sensitive to the rights and honor of his country, and ever prompt to maintain and defend them. With Cass, and the chivalric and patriotic Butler at the head of our ticket, the Democrats of Pennsyl vania feel the assurance of success at the next elec tion, by a triumphant majority, and confiding in the co-operation of the Democracy of other States they have entire confidence that their cherished principles will be maintained. I have the honor to be, yours, very respectfully FRS. R. SHUNK. R. M. Lee, Esq., Chairman of Committee of Reception, Wlifg National Convention. First Day of tiib Session. This body assembled in the Saloon of the Chinese Museum, corner of.-yth and George streets, in the city of Philadelphia, on the morning of Wednesday, June 9th. It was attended by a vast concourse of strangers, who 61Ied every part of the immense hall, whilst hundreds were unable to gain admit tance. John A. Collier of New'York was ap pointed temporary chairman, and James Harlan o! Kentucky, temporary Secretary. An appropri ate appeal to the Throne of Grace was pronounced by the Rev. Dr. Braixerd. The Secretary called the roll of delegates from the different States, when it appeared that the following delegations were present: From Maine, which was entitled to nine votes, six delegates were present. New Hampshire, six votes, six present. Massachusetts, twelve votes, twelve present. Vermont, six votes, six present. Rhode Island, four votes, three present. Connecticut, six votes, six present. New York, thirty-six votes, thirty-five present. New Jersey, seven votes, six present. Pennsylvania, twenty-six votes,twenty-six present. Delaware, three votes, three present. M ar Wn.nd, eight votes, seven present. \ irginia, seventeen votes, seventeen present. North Carolina, eleven votes, nine present. South Carolina, nine votes, two present. . Georgia, ten votes, ten present. Alabama, nine votes, fourteen present. Mississippi, six votes, three present. Louisiana, six .votes, five present. Tennessee, twelve votes, ten present. Kentucky, twelve votes, nine present. Ohio, twenty-three votes, twenty-three present. Indiana, twelve votes, icventeen present. ; Illinois, nine votes, nine present. Missouri, seven votes, over thirty present. Wisconsin, four votes, four present. lowa, lour votes, lour present. ‘Arkansas, three votes, two present. Michigan, five vqtes, four present. Florida, three votes, two present. 1 exas, four votes, no delegates present, but the Louisiana delegation was empowered to east the vole of the State of Texas. A committee of one' from each State was ap pointed to report officers for the permanent organ ization of the Convention, who agreed upon the following: President, GOV. JOHN M. Carolina. Vice Presidents, Luther Severance, of Maine. Gen. Anthony Colby, of New Hampshire. Horace Everett, of Vermont. Gov. Charles Jackson, of Rhode Island. Asahel Huntington, of Massachusetts. Chas. W. Rockwell, of Connecticut. Samuel Works, ofNew York. Judge J. Porter, of New Jersey. Townsend Haines, of Pennsylvania. John Ri McFee, of Delaware. Gov. Thomas G. Pratt, of Maryland. .John Janney, of Virginia. Edmund Deberry, of North Carolina. Edward Gamage, of South Carolina. Gov. George W. Crawford, of Georgia. Gov. John Gale, of Alabama. Dr. James Metcalf, of Mississippi. Walter Brashear, of Louisiana. William B. Resse,’of Tennessee. James Campbell, of Kentucky. Gov. Joseph Vance, of Ohio.* Col. Joseph Vawtcr, of Indiana. Ezra Baker, of Illinois. Col. D. Mitchell, oft'Missouri. K. D. Murray, of Wisconsin. Thomas W. Newton, of-Arkansas. Joseph R. Williams, of Michigan. Col. Jasper Strong, of Florida. Samuel J. Peters, of Texas. James W. Grimes, of lowa. Secretaries. John-Shearman, of Ohio. Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana. John J. Pierson, of Pennsylvania. N. Bowditch Blunt, of New York. Nelson L. White, of Connecticut. Edmund P. of Va. Portus Baxter, of Vermont. E. W. Peck, of Michigan. C, C. Langdon, of Alabama. Robert Mallery, of Kentucky. C. J. Hutchinson, of Wisconsin. John 11. Wakefield, of New Jersey The President returned thanks—and concluded by suggesting the appointment of a Sergeant at Arms to preserve order in the galleries ! Mr. Collier of Ohio, said it was impossible to transact business unless order was preserved, and in consequence of the disturbance which had con- tinned in the galleries, from the time of the meeting of the Convention until now, he moved that the galleries be cleared. [Deafening hisses from the galleries, and cries of “ No,” “No,” from many Delegates.] The President : I have already suggested the appointment of a Sergeant at Arms, with a view to meet the difficulty. If you will appoint a suitable officer, you can have the galleries cleared at any time, unless order is preserved ; and something should be done as soon as possible. Mr. Bell, of Pa., said it was impossible to trans act business while so much noise existed, and he would therefore suggest that the Convention should adjourn for an hour. Objections being made, he modified the' motion by submitting the following resolution : Resolved, That the Committtee of Arrangements be directed to admit no more strangers to the floor of this Convention,.and but a limited number here after to the galleries. Repeated hisses from the galleries! ! Mr. Gentry, of Tenn., I make a point of order. There are no strangers here. We are all friends and brothers. [Applause and cheers.] The resolution was laid on the table. Mr. Bell then offered the following: Resolved, That the Committee be requested to procure a more suitable room for the meeting.of this Convention. Resolved, That the Committee of Arrangements be directed to admit none except regular Delegates to the Convention, and a limited number of re porters. The question was taken on the first resolution, and it was agreed to. But finally, at the request of Mr. Johnston, of Pa., the vote was reconsidered. Mr. Johnston said that he heard no motion that had been put this afternoon, in the. end of the house where he sat, but he was nevertheless, opposed to the .resolution, for he believed this wus as suitable and convenient a room as could be procured for the sessions of the Convention. He believed if members would quietly take their seats, and cease the: constant talking which was kept up, there would be no serious cause of complaint. [Applause in the galleries.) Mr. Cole of Md., insisted that the Committee 61 Arrangements ought to furnish a more convenient room. Where the Maryland Delegation sat they could hear nothing, and 'scarcely knew any thing of what was going on. Mr. Mallory, of Ky., offered a resolution author izing the Committee of Arrangements to appoint a Sergeant at Arms and two Assistants! Mr. Fowler, of New York: Why, there are fxf . teen police officers in the gallories now ! The President: Police officers are not the offi- cers of this convention. Mr. Hays, of Ky., moved to lay the resolution on the table ; which was agreed to. ■? SECOND DAY, June 7. After spending almost the entire morning and af teroonin embittered wrangling about rules, creden tials. &c., the Convention finally came to the fol lowing more definite action. We adopt the graphic account of the Public Ledger. Mr. Lewis 11. Campbell, of Ohio, nominated, on behalf of the Whigs of his State, General Winfield Scott, who, he would say, was a thorough Whig and would stand by the principles of the Whig* party, (Cheers and confusion.) . Mr. Huntingdon of Mass.—l nominate as a can didate for President, Daniel Webster, of Massa chusetts. ! Gov. Kent, of Maine —On behalf of the people of the Union, I nominate General Zachary Taylob. Here the most enthusiastic applause broke out from the floor of the Convention and the galleries, which lasted many minutes. When it had some wJiat subsided, Mr. Blunt, of New York, said— Mr. President, on behalf of the WHIGS of the Union, I nominate Henry Clay. Here the applause again broke out from floors ( and galleries, which lasted as long as the previous Taylor demonstration, and was equally as loud. Mr. Wales, of Delaware, nominated John M. Clayton, of Delaware. Mr. Reese, of Ohio, said he had a letter from Judge McLean, authorizing him to withdraw his name if it was presented.' Mr. R. said, in accordance with that did so, reserving to himself the right to nominate him if he thought circumstances required it. Judge Sanders, of Louisiana, asked leave to make some explanation in relation to 1 the position of Gen. Taylor. [Confusion and excitement.] The orders were then suspended and Judge Sanders permitted to take the stand. He said that he knew that much misunderstanding existed in relation to the princi pies of General Taylor, and as he knew them thoroughly he would prove him to be a pure and thorough Whig. A delegate from New York rose to a question of order. The President said the gentleman was in order. [Cries of “go on”-“ CO me down.” and coufusion.] Judge Sanders said he would not make a speech, but read a letter. [Cries of read—read—“ hand it to the Secretary.”] It is written by the Whig dele gates fi-om Louisiana [Cries of oh ! oh ! and hiss es.] The letter was then read, stating that Gen. Taylor had intimated that his friends in the Conven tion would be bound by its decision, and should abide by its nomination. The letter also stated, that Gen. Taylor’s friends would withdraw his name from the contest, if not nominated by this Convention. A Delegate of Ohio asked leave to read a letter from Gen. Taylor. Leave .was granted and the gentleman proceeded to read a letter printed in a newspaper. The President declared this to be out of order. Leave was given to read a letter, not a newspaper paragraph. An appeal was made from the decision of the Chair but it was laid on the table. A letter from Gen; Scott to Truman Smith was then handed up to the Secretary and read. The General pledges himself to support the nominations of the Whig Convention, and hopes that every good whig will do the same. [Great applause.] FIRST UALLOT. ? 3 2 » 2 2 States. g- -S g 4? £, ” § r S 2 S ? 5 Maine, 3 3 I 0 0 0 N. Hampshire, 0 6 0 0 0 0 Massachusetts, 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vermont, 1 o 5 0 0 0 flhodc Island, 0 0 4 0 0 0 Connecticut, 0 0 U 0 0 0 New-York, 0 1 09 5 , u New Jersey, 3 0 0 4 0 0 Pennsylvania, 8 0 , 12 G 0 0 Delaware, 0 0 0 0 3 0 Maryland, 0 0 8' 0 0 0 Virginia, 1,0 0 2 0 0 0 N. Carolina, G 0 0 0 0 0 S. Carolina, 10 10 0 0 Georgia, 10 0 0 0 0 0 Alabama, G 0 1 0 0 0 Mississippi, 6 0 0 ' .0 0 0 Louisiana, 5 0 1 0 0 0 Texas, 4 0 0 0 0 0 Tennessee, 13 0 0 0 0 0 Kentucky, 8 0 .0 0 0 0 Ohio, 1 0 1 20 0 1 Indiana, 1 0 ‘ 2. 3 0 0 Illinois, 4 0 3' I 0 0 .Missouri, G 1 0 0 ' 0 0 Wisconsin, 1 0 3 0 0 0 l°wa, 2 0 1 0 0 1 Arkansas, 3 0 0 0 0 1) Michigan, 0 0 3 2 0 0 Florida, 3 0.0 0 0 0 111 22 97 43 4 2 SECOND BALLOT. O 71 £ States. ‘7L '% g 2. 4^ . o ■ . r Sf g • © 3 Maine .5 0 1 0 New Hampshire, 0 0 0 G 0 Massachusetts, 0 0 0 12 0 Vermont, 1 5 0 0 0 Rhode Island, 1 4 0 0 0 Connecticut, 0 G 0 0 0 New York, 1 28 5 1 j New Jersey, 3 J 0 0 0 Pennsylvania, 9 7 10 0 0 Delaware, . 0 0 0 0 3 Maryland, ' 0 8 0 0 0 Virginia, 15 2 0 0 0 North Carolina, 7 5 0 0 0 South Carolina, 1 1 0 0 0 Georgia, 10 G 0 0 0 Alabama, G 1 0 « 0 0 Mississippi, G 0 0 0 0 Louisiana, . 6 0 0 0 0 Texas, 1 4 0 0 0 0 Tennessee, 13 0 0 0 0 Kentucky, 7 5 0 0 0 Ohio, 1 1 21 0 0 Indiana, 3 1 g 0 0 Illinois, 4 3 10 0 Missouri., 6(one vacancy bv a tie vote ) Wisconsin, 1 3 0 ' 0 0 I“ w 4, . 3 10 0 0 Arkansas. 3 0 q (] () Michigan, 0 2 3 0 0 Florida, 3 0 0 0 0 118 86 McLean received no vote on this ballot. On the announcement of this vote the excitement was intense. Over fifty gentlemen sprung to their feet and moved to adjourn until nine o’clock next Cries of “No ! No ! Go on” —“ another ballot” “adjourn ! adjourn '“put the question”— “vote it down”—“ let’s go”—were heard from all parts of the room. The President—“ The motion to adjourn is in order I shall put it.” The vote was then put —a great number voted “aye;” the negative being called, a large number voted “ no !” The President, “ the ayes have it.” On this announcement, over a hundred delegates sprung to the floor, and demanded a division. Cries of “ it’s decided,” “ the Convention is adjourned,” “ it is not,” “ take the division,” “ Mr. President, the meeting is not adjourned,” “ the nays have the majority,” “question,” “question,” division,” “ division,” “ yeas and nays,” “ it has been deci ded.” The yeas and nays were called for— Mr. Sherman—“ The question has been taken. It is too late for the yeas and nays.” Another. delegate—“ The ayes and nays can be taken at any time.” The President—“ It is impossible to maintain any motion during the noise, and unless' members are seated." Notwithstanding this announcement, the confusion and noise lasted over five minutes, during which time the President sat down , not being able to make himself heard. At.the first lull in storm, he said, “owing to the confusion, I declare the meeting ad journed.’ Loud huzzas greeted this announce ment from a portion of the members, and each one putting on his Oiat, prepared to go off, and the premises wera soon evacuated. THIRD DAY, June 9th. The session of the Convention was fully attend ed, more than the usual exciteinont being evinced by delegates and spectators. The proceedings were opened with a short and highly appropriate prayer by the Rev. J. L. Bur rows, of the Baptist chu'ch. THIRD BALLOT. The various (changes were watched with great anxiety. It was soon evident that Clay's prospects were decreasing, and that the contest would prob ably be between TayLor and Scott. The whole number of votes was 279—necessary to a choice 140. The vote was for Taylor 133 • Clay 74; Scott 94; Webster 14; Clayton 1. FOURTH BALLOT. H O Maine, 0 3 "i Now Hampshire, 2 0 o Massachusetts, 10 2 9 Vermont, 2 2 2 0 Rhode Island, 4 0 0 o Connecticut, 3 3 o 0 New York, C 13 17 o New Jersey, 4 3 o 0 Pennsylvania, 12 4 10 o 2 0 l q Maryland, c 8 0 0 o Virginia, 16 1 o o North Carolina, 10 1 o o South Carolina, 1 1 o q Georgia, 10 0 o o Alabama, - 6 1 q n Mississippi, 6 0 o o Louisiana, 6 ' ' 0 0 q Texas, ; 4 ■ 0 o o Tennessee, ' 13 0 o 0 Kentucky, 11 1 On Ohio, 1 2 21 o Indiana, > 7 1 4 q Illinois, 8 0 0 0 Missouri, 7 0 0 0 Wisconsin, 4 o*o 0 lowa, 4 0 ‘ 0 0 Arkansas, 3 0 0 0 Michigan, 1.0 3 0 Florida, 3 0 0 0 Total, 171 32 63 14 General Zachaby Taylor was accordingly de clared duly nominated* Mr. Charles Allen, of Massachusetts, hoped the Convention would listen to his voice—he could not approve of the proceedings of the Convention—“ 1 express what I believe to be the voice of the wliigs of my State - »I cannot consent-that the vote shall, be considered unanimous. VVe have now a man nominated who will continue the rule of slavery for another four years. The rights of Free States are trampled upon in this Whig Convention. Of the many distinguished citizens of the free States, there was not one considered worth receiv ing a single vote south of Mason & Dixon’s line. The nomination of a whig from the “South is a vir tual surrender to the latter of the powers of the government, and, on behalf of the Whigs of the' free States, I say that the Whig party of the United States is here and henceforth dissolved. (Tremendous hie ses and confusion.) We’ve struggled to preserve it as long as wc could do it with honor. By the blessing of God the dissolution may result to the advantage of the coun try—it is time that we should separate. We spurn the nominee. or the Convention, and I tell you' that Massachusetts will spurn the bribe that is attempted to be otlered her, (alluding to the proposed nomina tion o! Abbott Lawrence for Vice President.) Great confusion and hissing, with some cheers, were here heard. The President— Order must be preserved. It is expected that every man who is n Whig will de menn himself as such. Mr. Campbell, of Ohro-I have a resdlutiori to offer, ,1, order, to ascertain - whether it is possible that the several persons composing the Convention can go away with a determination to support tire nominee as the President for the Whig party ! The gentleman then offered a resolution to this effect:— Resolved That the Whig party, by their repre sentatives here assembled, pledges itself to abide by the nomination just made, of General Zaeharv laylor, il he-shall agree and pledge himself that i M O6 ! 51 °* til<! nomination as the candidate of the \\ lug party, bound to adhere to its great prin ciple no extension of slavery over territory now tree, and the protection of American industry. Cries, “ No, no”—“withdraw it"—and great op position was here manifested! The President—l must decide the motion out of order. The order of the day is the nomination of Vice-President. The Speaker—Am Ito be gagged i Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, arose and said that the Convention had nominated a Candidate who had said to the whole Nation, that he would not withdraw his name, either for Henry Clay, or any other manjivet they had taken him in preference to all the other candidates noinnated. He, [Mr. W.,J denied that he had ever abandoned his party, as had been insinuated by a gentleman a few mo ments since. Now, what he wanted, was a man in' whom the whig party could place entire confidence as a true exponent of whig principles, and who would give the country a good .government in all respects. If such a man had been selected by this Convention, he would feel himself bound to give his support to the nomination ; but in his humble judgment, such an individual had not been nomina ted, and he should therefore, go home, and so help him God, do all he could to defeat the nomination. [Great excitement, and cries of “Order, order.*’ “ Well, go home, the sooner the better,” &c., with deafening hisses from the galleries.] After some further debate, the Convention pro ceeded to ballot for a candidate for the Vice Pres idency, which resulted as follows: Willard Fillmore Abbott Lawrence Andrew Stewart John Sergeant T. M. T. M’Kcnnan John M. Clayton George Evans Scattering Willard Fillmore of New York was declared duly nominated for the Vice Presidency. Mr. Campbell, ot Ohio—l rise under great em barrassment. I cannot agree to what my venerable colleague (Mr. Vance) has said. I was a Whig from principle. I was so when Harrison was the standard bearer of the party in 1840. I was so when that banner was trailed in the dust in 1844. I wished now to see the standard in the hands of a Whig one who was. pledged to whig principles. Tyler told us he was a Whig in 1840. (Confusion.) I know it is not proper to speak ill of the .dead, (A laugh.) II Gen. Taylor will pledge himself to support Whig principles I will support him, but never without it. After much wrangling and quarrelling the Con vention filially adjourned sini die. Extract of a Speech delivered in 1811 by HENRY CLAY of Kentucky. i; Regardless of all imputations, and proud of the opportunity of free and unrestrained intercourse tvith all my iellow citizens, if it were physically possible, and compatible with my official duties, I would visit every State, go to every town and ham let, address every man in the Union, and entreat them by their love of country, by their love of liberty, for the sake of themselves and their pc. terity—in the name of their venerated ancestors in the name ol the human family, deeply interested in the fulfilment ol the trust committed to their hands—by all the past glory we have won by all that awaits us as a nation if we are true and faithful in gratitude to Him who has hitherto so signally blessed us, to pause—solemnly pause—and contemplate the precipice which, yawns before Ua If. indeed, we have incurred the Divine displeasure ; and if it be necessary to chastise this people with a rod ol vengeance, I would humbly prostrate my sell before Him, and implore Him, in His mercy, to visit our favored land with WAR, with PESTI LENCE, with FAMINE, with any SCOURGE other than MILITARY RULE/ or a blhid and heedlct i enthusiasm fur mere MILITARY RENOWN!!” State Senate. —The following is a correct list ol the Senators whose term of office expired with the last session of the Legislature, which we copy Irom the Harrisburg Union: 1. Philadelphia city— Wm. A. Crabb. 2. Philadelphia county L. Benner, 4. Chester and Delawuro —William Williamson . 7. Lancaster and Lebanon —John P. Sanderson and A. Herr Smith. 14. Northumberland and Dauphin— lienja Jor dan. 19. Union, Mifflin and Juniata.— Ner Middles • worth. ni' Westmoreland and Somerset— Samuel Hili . oT {Vye“ e and Greene— Ciias. A. Black. 2.1. Washington— E. G. Creacraft. ,ni B^ ar [ en ’ de^prson > Clarion, Potter, McKean and Elk— Jas. L. Gillis. Democrats in small caps and Whigs in italic. Important Correction.— I 'The Hartford Times says that ” Connecticut, on the fourth ballot by the Baltimore convention, for the nomination of a can didate for .President, cast her vote for Lewis Cass. It was erroneously recorded for Mr. Woodbury." This makes the final ballot tftandthus % «- o For Cass Buchanan Woodbury Butler Worth Majority for Cass Cass more than two-thirds IG—making him clearly the two-thirds candidate of the convention, beyond all cavil about South Carolina. ID" Gen. William T.' Rogers has issued an able address to the Democratic citizens of the Gth Congressional district, composed of the counties of Bucks and Lehigh, detailing the events of the Bal timore Convention, in which he was for that district. ‘Gen. Rogers has filled mflHfeh trusts in our State; and in all of them he plified the qualities of the true Gentleman and con sistent Democrat. Not a Waio Deligatz.— The Philadelphia papers announce that Col. A. W. Dosiphas,' who was stated to be a delegate to the Whig Convention is on his route to West Point, at which place he 15 an official v ‘ s * ter ’ appointed by President Polk ' ID- “ Whenever I wanted any thing well done 1 got a BUTLER to do it."—General Lafayette. 189 33 32 3 1
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