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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.
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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.
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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*.
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, -.4 k: r: I lit asnrcout, TO itth, MS.
tligAll. l o l/3$ iO5.0 1 -: Xell b74"?' stern
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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. •
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[Prom Use N. Y. Ilineautz Poiti.) 1
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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
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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.