11 E- r. 31,,v1.71.V114.1...i- % ••:. Vro)forto t ( ( pOVtM Tonga, Wednesday, - Feb) , 16, 1843. cite Plattormik. The Democracy are notified through the Wash ington Union and Pennsylvanian, that a platform has been aimed Urn by the Administration, embra cing particularly, its financial measures, and from these, there is to be no'departure. Upon this pl.m toms; the Democracy must stand, without question. ing, or inquiringinto those measures, to ascertain their motives. Start not, ;realer, we have the re cord for it; and what is more, the Democrat who will not stand upon this platform, who exercises freeman's itight, to judge for himself, must be de riOrinced. There is no fiction about this. We take the -truth, undisguised. The annenciation is 'solemnly made, and the fiuillotine is first put in operation on the Hon. D. Wilmot. lie cliffered, - as he had a right, to, with the 'Secretary of the. Trea es to the soundne6 of this-platform ; as usu al,hri boldly declared it; immediately he is de nounced. Groh a tirade( of malignant, mean and contemptible abuse as ho gets 'from the Washing ton 031 y sho - vs the wrath there is in store Tor those, Who will not stand upon this platform.— it is proclaimed by the Union, with an air of offi ciatsanction, that it is required of the Democracy ; yes, the-free Dertircracy of our hills and vales,— whom pliant tools cannot corrupt,—that they mivt, right or wrong, stand upon th's platform. Startling as this announcement is, we feel - a proud satisfac. lion in the example .Nlr. Wilmot has given the no. bib, the free democracy of this district, What— has it come to,pass that-a democrat must not think for himself; tleiehe,,must surrender all that makes him a man, and ware the yoke without-complaint A thrift of tiOrning shame and indignation mantles the cheek at the base thought. Mr. Ritchie . you !nest back out of this at least shield those whom you profess to represent, from all participation in this infringement on the rights of freemen ; do this if you would not have the ides of November hurt an indignant rebuke on the guilty. and with them vic timise the innocent. The right to demand an un conditional surrey der to whatever measure the ad ministration may propose, is a doctrine first avow ed a few days since, by the Pennsylvanian ; ' new kilos the sanction of the government organ, NVitli the,PeMtsylvanian, Democracy was defined to be, submission to every Measure emanating from this administration. The doctrine is monstrous; it may do for the precincts of the custom house and post office in Philadelphia, but the Democracy of the country, they who have not forgot tit' lessons taught diem by the Declaration of Independence, ill spurn the attempt to rivet chains on them.-- This surely is - a new' doctrine in the dm:nix-ea* creed. We may fled no fault with therneasines' of this ndintniitratiod, and accord to them the ft.'. Ailment of our highest Wishes: but we proteit apinst any prerogative, which asserts a right to fetter the mind, and dictate to it what it must ap wove, right or wrong. We see no necessity for these usurpations, no crisis however desperate, can ju , tify them ; and unless those, who profess to be the mouth pieces of the adminis4tion, take "a back track," they will shiver to fragments that Democracy, whose ban ners waved in triumph in 1944. As an indication the feeling already aroused on this subject, we have itirted this week the views of some of the most reliable Democratic papers of_the - -eountry. . • ilsonrth of March Convention. We sincerely hope, and trust, this Convention will meet and part in. good feeling. That no at .tempt will be made by the • majority to tyrannize over the minority. The rights of the latter, be they who they may, should be respected. tuleis this is done, we may not hope for unity in the ranks, in the important elections of next fall. We notice with • regret, that the Lancaster Intelligencer, the organ of Mr. Buihanan in Lancaster county, anticipating his friends will be in the majority in the convention, has published its views of the course, that the friends of Mr. Buchanan should adopt. The arbitrary me thod suggested by that paper, must be disastrous, let who will adopt it, We give caution, hoping it will be heeded. If the convention pay no regard to the wishes of the districts, and repudiate the de lareil preference of their delegates; disaster must befat us. The usages of the convention in select ing Alelegates to the National Convention, is clear and plain. Let it be"followed out. The desperate m which the friends of Mr. Buchanan are us , if carried into that Convention, will be regret none, more than they, e Washington Uunion still persists, that the people of this State at the last State election, decid ed against the Proviso by 18,000 majority, and thus repudiated Mt, Wilmot. Go on Mr. Ritchie: you may hare a verdict of the people on that question yet: The Union is determined to force the Provi so sue upon us, or compel us tosubmit to the election of last fall as the test. Mr. Buchanan knows better than this : why will he not beseech the old man Ritchie, to hold! up, Mr. Buchanan attempted by . his Berks letter, backed up by the Pennsylvanian and Union, to force this issue upon the Democracy at that election ; not a paper in Pennsylvania, except the Pennsylvanian, hay, even hinted, that such an issue was before -the people. Vke Presko. But if Mr. 8., because of his Berks Letter, will cowl -1 . tenance the • Union in its persisting in this false hood, he, nor his friend§ must no. complain, should • the be taken up. Then look out-for 18,000 majority. The County Convention. We have_ witnessed many Democratic Convert dons in' this county, but never obe that excelled the la: t, for the intelligence of its members. Not one of therrYtat thoroughly understood the merits of every question which came berme the convention, as much so, as if they had taken pains to discharge this special duty. The , enthusiasm which prevail. ad was clearly ominous otwhat might be expected, should the'Democmay of this county be required to at upon those.questions. The party was never more and strop„ than now. COLCDISIA COVNTY.--The ‘" Star of the North," has elected CoL btu% Lziatoio the 4111ofh Conicatton, (Dallas) ctelerfit, withott • '~•i'i~ Or~~li 6riat~i`a~'~"`s I~s'~y~i. ~ , Amongst the vagabonds who stroll around the cona,' iisitlorlioustrinntiralae de! IT* 111- nar4ls • the pen otsir der...:';‘4olnerall7 some wortidess eanp r -krie ktiy makes a mill of a 141 eipe'.mpan by .tekarcel*dogNiii deuikel.,:aMe h music of his iastrumeut, ainflicts his rete - H:e upon a neighborhood, grinding out his tunes, limit ed in utimbitriMakingll. de : " ing a crowd, almost es worthless as himself, with the wonderful achievements of his canine accone- paniments,. Occasionally, one more fortunatethiut the rest isable to Pecure Me seryicesof,a monkey,, and consequently offers great cansethms 10 Mem& stenos of that description of amusement , . These =ling.; are taught to commence their freaks at the tir.4 sound of the organ, and to desist or; its stops. Precisely similar is the organ grinder at Wash. ngton. His music is quite as horrid: and the vu riety of his tunes quite as limited. As to re quires, or caprice dictates, the organ is Invoked, and the required quantity of mnsie is ground ont, to order, and the instrument ready for a repetitious It is emphatically a wind instrument, and were it not that its music is extremely antiquated, would an swer the purpose very• well,—but being compered half a century since, and• constantly in use, it is FO well known; that before the operator's arm is in maion, or a note is elicited-oho sounds which fol. lout are anticipated, •and consequently have not even the charm of novelty. It too, has its °mom panimeriel, who dance to its mask. Amongst these, as being the most important . and prominent, the Pennsylvanian undoubtedly has the• best right to the distinction ofthe monkey upon the organ.— Now admirably itsenacts.its part ! How well tiain . • ed and obedientoo the look and nod .ot its master! How .varied and gro:esque its attitude and how extremely ridiculous its grimaces and chatterines. Never did monkey upon the organ' grindei ) s stand perform its duty with such precision and admirable exactness. It is a valuable appendage to the Or gan at Washington, and as long as it is well fed i and kept fat, will be of service. But arms cerrons. The Organ having read us out of the party, it certainly is not high treason in us to say to that respectable 'print, that it is becoming a laughing-stock to all, and a damage to the party We do not believe it has an itlea beyond the Yir giiiia resolutions ;-a single sympathy north of Ma son and Dixon's line; or a feeling in common with the whole country. We should perhaps spare the imbecility and garrulity of the Organ out of re spect to its venerable conductor, but its course Ti• eently deprives it of the benefit of that regard. An wquaintance of ours has a theory peculiarly his own, which he . sometimes inculcates, that alter time enough has elapsed, all things upon the earth shall become exactly a counterpart of what they were at some subsequent day. When that shall happen he does not pretend to Say. To the Union this theory is peculiarly applicable. Its editorial sere a constant repition of the same words, the same il lustrations, the same quotations,.and the same em bellishments.. The only, object appears to be the solution of the problem : Give a certain subject, to produce a quantity- of editorial. You are stire to have it with equal facility,:in the-same style, anti in the same manner, be the subject the " Wilmot Proviso,"` or " Lighting the Capital with Gas." - - When the editor left Richmond", he should have resigned the editorial tripod. He had won hiniself some credit, which he is now fast dissipating by his farcical and ridiculous conduct. , Has the editor of the Administration paper at Washington—sup posed to represent and foster em tally the interests of the North, the Southohe East and the West— no better business to be at than readin; men out of the party; of 'scolding and coaxing and flattering them into the support of certain measures? It should not be the exponent and champion of the peculiar institutions of any section, but take broad and comprehensive views for the whole 0001'34. Its course should not be narrowed and contracted, as the Union's has been ; .it should not seek to ad- Vance any man's cause, at the expense of the par ty, or be given up to cliques and factions. In short, it has a high_ and responsible, duty to perform, and hould look fur commendations' from the people, not from c.ustornhonse officers and government me nials. It stnkes us that this is an unpropitious period for excluding Members of Congress from the party, and firoscribina and denouncing them. This Ad ministration finds i self at present in a position most remarkable and unprecedented. It cannot—we say it with regret—command Icorporal's guard of friends in Congress, upon whom it can safely rely, and those mostly show their fealty only to obtain favor. Its recommendations are neglected--the supplies it demands for the prosecution of the War in which we are unhappily plunged, are denied or delayed,aral disgrace seems inviitable to our vie .torious arms. We know that the ravings and ful minations of the Union will have no effect upon our. Member of Congress. He will regard them as the idle whisperings of the wind. He will stand by the principles of the party, the Administratioa and the Country, with his usual firmness and zeal. But we may thank the Union for much of the trou ble there is in the Demecratic camp. It has made trivial and unimportant questions paramount to the getieral good; and brought discord into our ranks by its illiberal and proscriptive comae. Now York Tkaataleal Company. By 'urgent request 'this Company remain in this place during this week, and have been very suc• c.essful in drawing crowded houses. This (Wed nesday) evening is Mr. Powill's Benefit, on which occasion will be repeated for the third time "The Stranger,"' and by particular request the favorite vaudiviile of the "Hunch-backed Clerk. We an ticipate for Mr. 'Powell a full house, as added to his being a general favorite he presents, to night, a bill . of mussel attraction. Tim Resrows&—We have looked ansiataly for the response of the press of Pennsylvania, to the ostlers of the . Pennsylvanian toTspare Mr. Wilmot no longer, but we have looked in vain. With the excel bon of a Zby 9 sheet in 'Columbia county, printed on wrapping paper, with apple batter, they have not obeyed the request of Mr. Buchman and his organ. It is reserved for the Pennsplvaniaa to do his - dirty work. They are paid for is—and can afidni to. lrr Hoy. Lewis Cass, and Hon. D.15.-Dtatni snit of the Senate ; Don. D. Wer.nor and Hon. C 1. Isozasou., of the Boma, base placed vs and - obligations kir -valuable docinnenin ' -APPournto sir Toe Port Blum Gomm, &Realm W. BAIRD, Esq., to be Pest Meitai at To. weado. . . We have received, too late for insertion this I reekTifi. liiiiffanswer to the Oat! ip Opbu , . ' ; '_thir teshington Unionclubli4 . 8 • eff his remarks isfivtieiby del. i pso ~, i - e.: • Ali ' . ..A A' , .. 1 'il , C- 7 L 44 - occalitied needy an 4 ai i ii nta ar t ibm A , l ' anontin relation to ce '''' ' which have lately, appeared in the Union. He de isierlibesetbinutlinelee Ind iotteductid , bits- . , ' sition for the purpose of striking at slave _property; but be saw no reason why a' few thoeilid ciPitel ists at the South, bolding a peculiar species of " property,!' should be exbmpt from taxation. Mr., 'Ritchie seemed:alarm to have the Podgier fin& *mien before him. The editor of the Union said that isevrafivhirs oted against the ptoposinen of direct taxation. Se erafl -Seventy-tern - Whigs vo ted against it wets the allies of the Union f He read an extract rota the speech el Mr. Vinton, to show the 'high-tariff reasons, whiiir influenced these seventy-IWO Whigs in pursain4 the course so warmly sanctioned by Mr. Ritchie . The Whigs were trying to force back the country upon the ground of prptection, and the Union was co-opera. ting with them. He vindicated his consistency in regard to free trade, and then charged iociansisteu cies s ate most flagrant upon the editor of the Unman. With great indipationlie denounced the language of the (Titian, in anno*cing that the platform is laid down by the Administration, upon which the Democratic party must stand. Who gave Mr. Ritchie the right of dictation! the right to demand implicit obedience to the recommendations of the Secretary of the Treasury 1 He next showed the reasomibleness of his amendment, by several co gent remarks. . His proposition was designed to reach the capi talists of the country, and to fall as lightly as possi ble on the poor laborer. He then referred to the former course of the editor of the Union, and mad extracts from the Richmond Enquirer, containing the bitterest denunciations, from his pen, of Gener al Jac!ism, trod denouncing the doctrines of the General "as a curse upon our country." He had been guilty of denouncing without stint and dis crimination the best portion of the Democracy— those who favored judicious internal improvements, those who were opposed to free trade, -those who favored it. He also read extracts from his former editorials, denouncing the Sub . -Treasury, as wicked and wanton, and opposing the Adminirmtion of Mr. Van Buren. Mr. Wilmot then directed his attention to Mr. Buchanan. It was his (Mr. Wilmoes). opposition to this gentleman, that made all his sins unpardonb able.. There was no other Wan of the Democratic party, not excepting Mr. Calhoun, whom he vvould not prefer for the Presidency. He charged that he was consenting to, or aiding in these attacks upon his character.' He Brained the idea of such a man being the candidate of the Democratic party—he, the reviler of Madison, the opponent of the last war 1 Mr. Wilmot concluded that the two grounds of deadly opposition to him were, first, he was in fa , - vor of 'maintaining freedom in any territory that might be acquired from Mexico; secondly, he was opposed to Mr. Buchanan's pretensions to the Pre sidency. He was interrupted several times during this ex planation, and much excitement occasionally- pm railed. ME Thompson. of Pennsylvania, then rose, and, in a short speech, defended Mr. Buchanan against the assaults of bis colleague. Otr The Penniryivanian in asserting that we bare denounced the Administration in any manner, asserts a falsehood. We have not held President Polk responsible for any portion of his Cabinet.— We have got to learn that we cannot speak freely and ball) , of the acts of any one, in the pay ot the Administration, without rendering ourselves obnox ious to the charge of denouncing the President Rmwr.—Mr. Wilmot has defended himself on the floor of the House tt,sahist the attacks of the Union- and Pennsylvanian. From the quantity of bile, and foam, that appears in the Union, we sus. pact that Mr. Ritchie had justice done him. " MR. WILMOT ANTO• a s Paoviso."—The Thogn Eagle of this morning, . (Wednesday the 3d,) cop ies from the Penn:Amin:an as article under the above caption which was called forth by that which we give from the Bradford Reporter. A more un just, unfair article was never penned than that:from the Pemuyleansan. Without cause, itmoet shame fully abuses and misrepresents the Hon. D. WU,. MOT; and defends with a very brotherly zeal the cause of the rotten and treasonable Eagle. (We said "brotherly ;" our meaning will be understood when we say that the assistant Editor of the Penn sylorunan is a brother to the Editor of the Eagle ; HE can well afford to write in defence of the Colo nel, being used to it.) And why this personal attack on Mr. Wihnoi Simply because Mr. Witnot had the true hearted independence to tell Cave Johnson thin if he re wardedthe Tina Eagle he rewarded a Traitor. This, is true, sad no wonder that there should be writhing among the 4 ' brethren." The whole blunt of their abuse, too. is because Mr. Wilmot support ed the Proviso. Now, they have not awaited the word from bead-quarters in this matter. 11nfottu nate as the Proviso movement was, and is genet.- ally . regarded, we know that nut a single man ac quainted with Mr. Wilmot can sincerely accuse him of sinister motives. Even /suss Becuattur, the great idol of the suckers of the Treasury pap, in a conversation with the Editor of this paper sta ted repeatedly that he believed the intention and motive of Mr.Wilmot, in presenting the Proviso, was purely honest and disinterested -- that he could not believe that Mr. W. sought to distract our party or affect the next Presidential election. The only object which the article in the Pertn.syleanian can possibly have, is to open the entire Buchanan bat tery on Mr. Wilmot, for the purpose of breaking him down and the Tioga Eagle is a fit tool in-such a cave. But it . will be a hurtles" task. Mr. Wil mot is above the teach of their unholy machine tiong..—riega Banner. Comm/mos or Hdrnemssi.—The island of Pototoo,' near Chosen, in China. is remarkable. for the number of its Hindartemples, estimated at 1 108; thirty six are very spacing/4 where the. principal heathen deities are kept. There are only a few m• habitants but the prieste, sometimes to the number of 2,000, here celebrate their amiss. The island is but about twenty miles long, and has no females upon it. EDITCATION AT run Wesr.—lt appears from the census of 1840. that there were in the Great West 1.000,000 of children who attend no schools. In Kentucky out of 169,000-children, more than 100,. 000 are vim( ut schools; end•in Indians, the School Commissioner reports that two thirds of the chil dren in the State attend no schools. Ifaucirtion or Woms.—Tbe omanufactuters around Boston pare commenced the work of redu cing tbe operamrm' warni. The Lawrence, Suf. kith and - Tremont Mills at Lowell, alai the Stark Mills at 141441kedefr here Tatready adopted this course. Cause, low price e(!be 1)* - ofthe Pellet Wilhite*. " 1- 1 - i' ick .. V felig ? ,g`ir th t ,l6l ,_,_- , -.4 k: r: I lit asnrcout, TO itth, MS. tligAll. l o l/3$ iO5.0 1 -: Xell b74"?' stern ' vlita t ita l Tki:7 - ,' 16 + 18 0 1- 11 . 1 11 Y 2 411 ti, i t s a tted Or ad .their , icsiqiiiiteloiPirmt ` masterly speech, 'in which he exhibited a clear -10,CIVernigiVe flew Oldie c . :4 o mkkiluences and tea , euil yap frank ; and manly, and gives him a rank far more elented than the specious position which some of our leading men occupy. lie gave shield tfustolyof.tbe chstauterof the early pkmeers of the fiewionntry, and drew torcible lad lwittalcionclu glens of the risingdeatioref our oeuntry,ind thaw ed bete these deSlirdos Wei* *prover , of fulfil ment by our achievments in Mexico Capt. Small is an an able debater, and-will makes useful Sena- tor. The general Banking law, reported in the Howse has not yet been taken up, and when itaxnes be fore the body, will be met with a determined op. position. It is looked upon with great distrust as to its utility or practicability, and I have no doubt, it will be defeated whenever it comes to a final vote. The Bill provides fl a deposits with the State Treasurer, of any amount of state nooks- by any in dividual or association, and the right to issue notes in form of Bank notes, to be circulated as money to an amount equal to tour-fifths of the•stock de posited, based, of course upon the State Stocks as security. The constitution prohibits the state from issuing Bills of credit, but what is the great differ ence, in fact of the issues of bills of credit by the State, or by individuals or associations autho ' by the State, when based solely upon the credit o the State for ultimate payment or redemption. I can really see none, and aside from other insur mountable objections to the project, I deem this one of sufficient magnitude to put a quietus up- on it. The committee appointed to investigate the charges of incompetency against Judge Irvine, of the York and Adams District, hold a session every afternoon, and are using every effort to digest the evidence so as to reach the facts of the ct se at as early a period' s possible. They have already ex amined several witnesses, and a great many more are in attendance. Judge Irvin is held in univer sal esteem as a man and citizen, and the complaint only goes to his want of legal attainments adequate to his position. Ile has many and warm friends who contend that he is well qualified, and that the charge is made by enemies, some of whom are anxious to obtain his place. I can hardly predict the result, though I believe the Judge will- be sus tained. The recent news of the " flare up" at Washing mn treated no little excitement +here. The admi rers of Mr. Buchanan are Very indignant at Mr. Wilmot, that he should have made a' public expo sum of the opposition of Father Ritchie to General Jackson, the Sob Treasury, &c. But the unkindest cut of all was Mr. Wilmot's allusion to Mr. Buchan an's ancient Federalism, his opposition to the war of t 8 t 2, and to Mr. MadisSa. However unpleas ant may be such a state of things, it is quite true that Mr. Wilmot was driven to it by the concerted and continued assaults of the Union and Pennsyl vanian upon him, and by their repeated misrepre sentation of his motives and conduct. The Union, in its article of last Monday, reiterates the falsehood that Gov. Shrink's election turned upon the Provi so, and asserts that Mr. Wilmot was repudiated by 18,000 majority of the citizens of this state. If Fa ther Ritchie is determined to beho v e this after the repeated 'contradictions it has met from all parts of the commonwealth, and to continue in the 'misrep resentation of plain truths ) he, wilt force open the p eople the conviction that he is, indeed superannua ted, and altogether unfit to be the editor of a nation al Paper. You will perceive the Buchanan members ofthe Legislature have held a caucus and nominated their favorite for the Presidency. Well, if this is satin factory to the people it sapercedes the necessity of a convention of the delegates which have so re cently been. elected by the people, for, the purpose of settling upon a candidate for that exalted station. But it strikes me as a supemwatan of power on the part of Representatives, to thus undertake to forestal or manufacture public opinion, and especi. ally so, when done just on the eve of the assemb ling of a convention of Delegates, chosen for the purpose of reflecting , the opinions of the people on a subject not con fi ded to their representatives in the Legislature. It is altogether out of taste, un warrantable, and unknown hitherto to the Demo cratic party in Pertrylvania. It is not approved of even by a majority of the Democratic members. I have myself heard several who were in the cart ens, declare that they entirely disapproved of the project. I understand, also, hat a protest has been got up and,signed by some twenty-five Democrat , is members, declaring that they did not .participate in the proceedings. The protest will be published in a day or two. The Bill authorizing the Commissioners of Brad- ford county, to Levy an additional tax of $5OO per annum for the next ten years, on the citizens of the Borough of Towanda, making in the a.,,,erTegate the sum of $5OOO, to defray, in part, the expense of erecting the new Coon House, passed final read• ing in the House of Representatives yesterday. It had previously passed the Senate, so that it now only waits the Signature of the Governor to become a law. Judge Banks is still doing the duties of State Treasurer, as Mr, Planter has not arrived. 41 ' Yours, &c. G. A Tu!strre vo ova Avon= Crruitsx....-Colonel Wynkoop has addressed a letter to one of his friends itt PiXtsville, in which he pays the following just tribute to our adopted citizens. Before this gallant gentleman left for the wars,,he MO an ardent " Na tive," as he had 'through lutist of his former life been a ti Whig." The mite' of Federalists on the war has led him to repudiate them, and we see that his experience has taught him, that Nativism is no less unworthy. The following is a frank and beautiful acknowledgmlont of his errorp, and a no less appropriate tribute to our adopted fellow citi zens:-- The Irishinan and the German! I have seen many of them in tine rank—l have been with them in battle—have seen them wounded and dying— . have trodden over their dead bodies on the field— have witnessed by proof stronger than revelation, their affection for the land of their adoption; and trnsCm God that the time may come, wben I shall be enabled, in some degree -by future conduct tti repair the wrong honestly done towards • these people; by snyself,dunitg-the past. I say honestly, because as a politician I was honest in my opinions, and I believe, unhesitating in my expressions.— Tnue, however, has corrected the ,errov, and in a lariat too, not cat4ily tp be forgeitt:n. • • [Prom Use N. Y. Ilineautz Poiti.) 1 TiIIOiISF9,IMITICIFVZION43IO IDutrorortionnur . „ *re arilnirpros etWO the tone of th. so . .':, ed 11-. 1 ifcle of,'' e • Wasintist . on Union of Th . .4 nig* lOnsie 4,:tron# into that iorienal ' ~.. .1 the. Ofjosrli e riom superuttent e : n c iatimrt4 is . anis us so grass t c a nkot bimg_ If any sort of set; • tgi . . supposetbat it came from the pen or the mind of the =Mem and circumspect editor of the Union. ,7.o%,„witatt l i kt rii i i - -w it atictirywar tent with the notoriety he has gained by his Provi so. We must have the Wilmot Proviso No. 2. He has proposed a scheme of direct taxation—to fan, we presume, heavily Miele slaves ofthe south. Fornmately, this day it -was rejected in the House, Wend of duswhigs - voting against it. " The administration does not ask such idle Sehemei and sunitildeirhiiiifoui allies." K this re resentativd from Pennsylvania is not content with. consulting wiser counsellors, he hada:eater set up a schoot of hhi own, and call it the Wilmot school, If be means, hqwever to cooperate With thelw publiean party, we advise him to eonsult and act with them!. The administration has laid down its platform. Puma its measures of finance, let them be honestly carried out, and we shill require no direct tax ; but we will catkin what Money we re quire on moderate terms." " The administration," says the Washington )Union, "has laid down its platform," and prptibs. ed "its measure* of finance." On that &dem, according to the Union, wears all required to stand, whether we approve it or not. No man is to be reputed' orthodox who does not show his alacrity by trying to jump upon this platform. even if it be at the risk of breaking:both legs. All otherechemes of finance than those . proposed by the wisdom of the administration, even if they should not interfere with them in the least, are "idle" ; all allies who have ideas of their own, or who do not assist the government in the prescribed manner are "mis chievous.'" They are to be replied with scorn and contumely, as audacious heretics in political set 'etic,,l and voted down by votes borrowed from the wh4 The ommendations of the administration are to be ed with respect, we admit, and if they are beue than any thing else which can be devis ed they are to be adopted. If any improvement, however, can be made in them, is it to be rejeet ed I—if any auxiliary measure which the adminis tration neglected to recommend, be brought for wrack is it to be shown to the door because it was not ushered in by an official recommendation ? That the Secretary of the Treasury is an able man we allow, but all wisdom will not die with Robert J. Walker. What new doctrine is this that the de mocracy are under drill sergeants, and are to march and countermarch as they are bid,by *lie Cabinet and its agents? , We must go back to the good old times for , ex amples. It was not so under the administration of Andrew Jackson. When Mr. McLane was his Secretary of the Treasury, the administration laid down its platform of finance, which was fOrmally recommended in his Treasury Report.. A sorry platform it was, with all deference toGeneral Jack -504.d administration be it spoken—and very few could be found in Congress who were inclined to - stand upon it. The Committee of Ways and Means in the House of Representatives,in which thbre wes a large majority, disregarded it altogether, and framed a very respectable platform of their, own— while in the Satiate the platform of the rarefies com promise act was adopted, and Mr. Mcnarie was left standing upon his platform alone. Atlthat time there was a journal at Washington supperting the t administration, but it did not think - fi t t ' remind the members of Con,gress and the deco ie par ty generally that it was not proper for the to have any thoughts of their own on queations finance, and to denounce those who were bold nough to entertain them as idle schemers and mischievous allies. But stied is the objection to the scheme of 4irect taxation ? left pretended that it is an unjust mode of distributing the public burdens ; that .it presses unequally on the poorer classes; that the present is not a time in which the country can easily bear it ?. Nothing of all this is urged ; the sole objection made is that perhaps the tax may fall heavily on the slaves of the south. A good measure in itself, ajust mea sure, an effectual measure, a measure for which the people are prepared, is to be rejected because of the jealousy of a handful of slaveliolders, who fear that their interests may be affected. Here again we must complain that politicians are taking a retn ;Dade course. A few years since some of the most zealous champions of direct tax es were southern politicians. We are indebted to „geesk for able recommendations of that policy. We resmnbet publishing in this journal some years since, a speech of Mr. Rhett, of South Carolina, in vindication of the scheme of direct taxation, to which we gave oar hearty approval. At that time it was not political treason to say that direct taxation was the most just and honest method of raising a reve nue—the slaves of the south were not then in the way. Now you cannot stir a step in politics with out stumbling over them. Talk of an acquisition of territory, and you are met with a demand that it shall be open to the introduction of slavery, Pro pose a scheme of finance, and you find t opposed because it is feared that it may effect the interests of slavery., i But after an, the scheme of a direct tsx is voted ' down in a whig house by whig votes. When the question on the resolution referring part the Pre sident's message to the Committee o 'Ways and Means came up again on, Thursday, its the House of Representatives, Mr. Vinton laid do *n the doc trine of the whig party on this question i He said:, "There existed in the' country two thiPising par ties on the subject of , taxation and of' trade : the free-trade party and thiprotection. party. Theeloo trines of the ken-trade party ended necessarily iu direct taxation. Thither they tended. and there they' ended of necessity. the gentleman from Pennsylvania was a free-trade man, and ' so far his introduction, of an amendment in faior of direct taxation was all quite consistent. Mr. 'Vinton was not a free-trade man ; and he never world agree to impose a direct tax while a system of indirect taxation would answer the purposes et the Govern ment * * sr . so * " These were the two great systems that were submitted to the consideration of the people and of their representatives. The administration would be compelled to recommend the one or the other. The thing was inevitable; there was no escape from it. Mr. V. wns for no opiates, no anodynes. no small doses. He wna not for a tax on tea arid coffee.; he was for going much further and much deeper. He was for looking into the condition of our iron interest, our cotton and our woolen manu factures. These great interests of the country were in great danger' from the revulsion *hitch had ta ken place, especially the soon interest. He went for the whole protective system or for none. When the administration should have recomtneuded the one or the other alternative, Mr. V. would be pre pared to consider and to act upon it. if they gave up a twill; we neies nereass. wily \have direct taxa tion.. Congress would then have toehoose between protecting the people by a tariff of dutiesthat would supply the wants of Government, while it, covered the interests of oar own labor, and erinditie thorn by a system of direct taxation. This (said Mr. V.) is their system : the, other is ours." On these' grounds the whits voted against the proposition of direct taxation. We congr atulate the Union on having acquired such usefu l auxilia ries in of the mischievous allies of whom it `complains. t [From the 11 . . Y. Daly olohel Dmner T.txartox.—We have already (stated the failure of the amendment of Mr Wilmot, in the House of Representatives, offered by hun when the lineation of referring difierent. portions of the President's Message to appropriate committees came up. The Drnsinagton Union took occasion to ridicule the amendment of Mr. Wilmot, which was, as is 'ire!! known, a proposition to vaise by Direct Taxation *5,000.000 annually. on personal wiper ty, until the war debt is liquidated. ,We hare stat. ed hefure that we did not like the litgilation of the isalikiimmwor : irvaikkyveid ! or aii - ;yetlie ildrimiiinitibli •WV einftes it to ' pe property. • B.ut of n - , r of these obje t . iimpe t .e . “ wish to speak n.w. Our object is to 44 liffewtyironlit about the 'spirit and character of tlmitgastitton 'to Direct' Taxation on the part o f 1 qtem limbers, and mole . particularly on the of tholubtimignmon organ a Washington.:— iSoutlketas been considered to be the section of ediailia., which the doetrines of Free Trade ayirr better reeeived, and more popular than in any ' This has been the general opinion of our ~ aimanviewpwrafegritergaplt4 ern &noon lira Bi Veesentattves have generally ' been waning agahutt hgrt i derteleetireda:l ties. But we congsusai isiVol at teselilionghf ee saw, that tbooppoeitiert to Free Tratlein commerce would come frorn the Snug. We •said so many years ago. The reason of that opposition is, that slaves would be taxed.' e Constitution declar. ~ ing that mpreasstation mat • Tatarion are in. . rsepamble, a considerable "an of the burden of Geirenwent- Would 'lOll iti4ly fitll'en the Slave `States. The &Mills gro" v.. . , very sensitive on this que go nt and any miff will hereafter suit theirs Seger daft Fife Co " emeand Direct Taxa. Lion, • There is evidently a sl et insolence in the article wholly mabecom' the editor of the ultioll. We have ever- accorded o bite talent and great amiabili•y; yet manyof e articles which appe ar el in the Union gives evideri that thetimehas surly. ed When his reputation, aired during forty y ea , in the field of newspaper Immure, will be Inju re d by a much longer condo ce in that occupati on. He has an Undoubted rig toeondenm DirectTax _ ation; but it would be be er to attack the principle with some kind of dignity and not call lt ' Pron..° No. 2," or a " scheme 01 tax slaves." We intend to speak plain upon a er of this Minim. If a n honest measure, or any easine henieitli , proposed by one of people's repie ntatires, cannot be urged without the proposer and in eastre hoar being de nounced in langow like that of the 17iiion reterred to, then it is time the shotld speak Cot. We know that the Union edi or is apposed to Direct 1112 Taxation for the supeort,of Government, whether in war or peace. VV hen conducting the- Richmoud Enquirer. be often avowed opposition to Direct Tax. anon. We never saw any argument from Lis pen which would lead to the l supposition that he under. stood the subject ofTaxation. It is with him enouth that a portion of the burden would fall on the slav es , and, as a Southern mart he is ready to denounce every measure that indirectly or remotely touches the institution of slavery. Seven Days Later from Europe. State of the Illarkets—llfore Failures in Europe—Brit ilk Opinions upon tke Mexican thy—Commercial Disasters in Germany. The Sarah Sanda arrived at New York Thuraiar morning, with adviees from Liverpool to the 22 . d. ult. *Tbe news received is one week Iti.er than that brought by the Acadia. Money and Rucks remained about as before, Consols 971t0 9. Exchequer bills 24 27. Both the Corn and Cotton markets were flat, with &tendency downward. The steamship "Hibernia from New York had ar rived at Liverpool. The gold Was accumulating in the Bank of Eng land. The accounts from Ireland are somewhat better. Though part-of the food sent there last year consist ing of rice, In Eau corn, meal, dre., is now being returned to England, in many parts the people are represented to be in a state of destitution. There have been some seizures of fire arms, pikes and powder in Tipperary, and convictions of murder. • The =ay in Ireland is about being sugmented, The latest accounts from, Rome represent Lord >lint° and Mr. Abercromby to be actively engag ed in favoring and exciting- the Italian clubs Arms were being received at Malta with, it is insin ua'ed, the connivance of British consults, Additional failures have taken place at Frank fort. The decease of Pmfessor Fin Magnisen is an nouuced. Also of Isaac D'lsraeli, anther of the Cu riosities of Literature, aged, B2. The Earl of Yowls was accidentelly killed while hunting on his grounds at Powis castle in Montgo meryshire, on the 7th of January. Irra.—lt is said that in an affray which has ta ken place at Pavia between the students and the Austrian troops, several of the combatants were wounded, and an Austrian soldier was killed.— The university was closed forthwith. Letters froM Milan, of the 11th inst., mention , that six or seven persons had been killed in the col fission at'Pavia, and upwards of thirty wounded. _recounts from Turin of the 14th inst state that on that day a grand funeral.serviec celebrated in the church of La , Gran-Madre-de-dio, in corn memoration of the patriots murdered at Milan and Pavia by the Austrians. The most respectable in habitamkof The city, all dressed in deep mourning assisted at the ceremony. On the same day, the Hereditary Prince of Parma left Turin for Parrott. Fruircr..— , The imprisonment of Abd-el-Kader, in violation of the pledge that he should be sent to F4tYPt, given to him on his surrender, by General Lamoriciere, and confirmed by the Due d'Amule. has created a strmg sensation quit* the Govern ment. Gnizot, in answer to a question relative to Abd-el-Kader, said it was hot ht the power of any General. or any General-in-chief, eten of a Prince to enter into political engagements which should bind the Government of the King, without etaktd nation, and without the pos,ibility of escape." The accounts given in the 'Parts journals of the King's heath are rnot,t contradietory--gnme repre sent him to be dangerously ill, others as fast recov• ering from his recent illness; and yet again others as perfectly well. The reform dinner, which was to hare taken place in Paris this week has been Prohibited by the authoriries, iRELANP.—The Police in Ireland were searchinl, for arms, but success had fallen shoo of their ei pectations. The quantity of arms discovered hp been triflin. All the villiages in the preclaimoi counties are to be occupied by a large military force preparatory to a general search for fire-arm , The special commission proceeds usefully. - The juries do their duty fearlessly, and two midday as. main are left for execution at Ennis. Thus far the trials show there was no truth in the reports of the Police that assassins were brought from a distance Those convicted were all men resident in the In. cables of the mlniers. All the persons convicted and reatenced for transportation at Ennis, were sent to Dublin 'tinder a /strong, escort on the very nig't that sentence .was passed upon them. Several deaths from starvation have been ac• nounced in Ireland. Them has only been one outrage, in Limerick and Clam since the setting of the special commi , - ion. By a vigorous iultoinistration law, such as may be anticipated at the bands of Loy,'. Clacet 3 ou there is no reason to doubt that the mouruina of the peasants will be as complete as could be expected. By, Subjecting, some oOm.. parties already in coo dy to the full penaltf f two Years' impnsenmem by way of example i is believed the• w ooe mil soon :Inquire a diLktr at for the secret possession 0 . : fire-arms. - THY eAtTSIFLOr THE Wart.--Gen. Pierce, in 0 et retnarks at the 'r option given to him in Bcto ' Mated that while the city of Mexico he roncers 6l . daily and freely a ut the war, with -Mexicans 4": allprofmgion.s and did not find one who attnbuis i i s commencement on the part of Mexico to zo: question of boundary. The army. was raised : o ' l sent forth for the purpose of recompierina " whole of Texas. Intellisent Mexicans lambed ' ll the dismission in the, Whist papers about the boo' dart'. although they famished good material PI proclamations to be sent among the ignerant porU of the klexican people. . . ToU'A' VlCREPResextErt.—lowri is filmic to ~ern un' repre‘ented amain in the U. S. Semite..)ll rron quenve of the' violence of party feeling in the it=lanire. A letter from lowa city rmys altFivi to ..ao into an election had apiii *failed.
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