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Uganda',Wednesday. Decem. LO, 1818.
The President's Message.
We gave to cur readers last wed; the Message
CrPresident 'Polk entire— (no hornoenpatic dose by
ttio iiayj:-.-and the public have by this time had
;it Opportimity of carefully reading and towing
their indgments upon it.. We hope every subscri
ber to the Reporter has already June so, and it thbre
be any who have not, u e commend the Message
Je-their weft?, perusal.
the message in the main, we ate greatly
pleased. It is an able state paper, and does credit
to its author. Thickets end cogent reasoning upon
the tariff and the veto power, is unanswerable, and
Twill convince every candid read,. The other
?points to be presented to Congress ready
the Nation,
are set forth in lucid and pointed. terms Altogeth
e(it is as able a message as has. emanated from the
Executive in some time.
We cannot, however, approve of the President's
recommendations in regard to the institution of Sla
very in California and New Mexico. We regret
that he should have seen fit to disfigure a paper
which otherwise would have served as a text book,
try the introduction of measures so narrow, section
al and uncalled for. Its strength is weakened and
its eaect diminished, by the puerile argument and
the thinly-veiled assertions which he uses to aid
the cause of Slavery Propagandism. A President
should not consent to lend the influence of the sta r
tion to which he was elevated by the suffrages of en
ery portion of the Union, to advance the interests of
a section at the expense of the remainder, and tat
too, in a cause which has no foundation in justice
Or morality.
.The lustre of an administration which
has brought to a glorious termination more impor
tant questions and measures than any preceding
one, is here greviously marred in its Exodus, by a
single act, uncalled for and ungenerous.
Dal President Polk when he signed the Oregon
bill, which contained the °refinance of 1787, be
lieve that the right of Congress to legislate upcn the
question of Slavery in our Territories, was justly
" questioned by many of the soundest expounders
of the Constitutiop P if so, his sworn duty was
veto, it. With the illustrious example he had for
that act, we are astonished that he should have
put forth in his annual message to the American
people, this paltry quibble.
This question is not an " abstract" one, and those
who put forth the plea, do it to deceive. Would
the south be so sensitive upon the re-affirmation of
a principle which has received the sanction of Con.
gress and the Executive for a dozen ditlerenttimes
and under nearly every administration firms Wash
ingtdn down, if they believed that "in much the
larger portion of the acquired territory, it is certain
Slavery could never exist, and in the remainder the
probabilities are it would not r' The question is
not a novel one, by any means. The South have
quietly submitted to its enactment where Slavery
would really be unprofitable, without this peculiar
and distressing sensitiveness in regard to the sa
credness of their "peculiar institutions," but 'ro
wanl the fertile plains of New Mexico the eyes of
the Mrsveholders are turned as another field upon
which to enhance the value of their property a hen
it shall grow unproductive where it is at present.—
All such subterfuge is particularly unworthy a Chief
Magistrate of this Republic.
The people of this country require that these
lands be protected from the introducticm of &mum-
Ars slavery. They are not will:ng it should be giv.
en up ,to a few slaveholders, with their property.—
Such a course - would debar them effectively from
any enjoyment in its privileges and possessien.—
They will demand, if necessary, of their relent, that
this be done, in a voice which cannot be disregard.
ed. It will ever be reproach to a Democratic Ad
niintstration, that it recommended a course so re.
Regnant to our institutions, and utterly at variance
with the spirit of the age.
Advert!.limp
It will be seen by our columns, that the value of
the Reporter, as an advertising medium, on account
of 416 circulation, is appreciated by our business
men, and others wishing to lay " before the peo
ple," a linowledgwof their own wants, or their abi
lity to Minister to the requirements of the public.—
To accommodate the Marring patronage bestow
ed as in this line, we a abort time since enlarged
the-Reporter, nearly one-froprth, and we now find
it too small to accommodate our advertising pa.
Irons, without abridging the space we should glad
ly.gire our readers.
We shall consequently he under the necessity of
nai l enlarging our boundaries, or of procuring
smaller type in which to "set" our adrettisements,
should the patronage which has so generously been
bestowed npon us,- continue to increase as u has
steadily during the few past years.
This species of patronage is the most profitable
of all ; without it, printing newspapers in the emir,
try would be a losing business. And while we
are thankful at the amount we enjoy, we shall see
that our suhecribers are not the losers by it.
PROTECTION TO PARIORANTR.—WO are ividebbal
in Rev. J. Porten. for the Report of the Executive
Committee to the Board of Directors of the Erni.
grant's Friend Society of Philadelphia, containing
an interesting account of the operations Of the So
ciety, and much'infarmation in regard to the ini
quitios anidlirboletals syttern of Plum* practised
apoti the Emigrant* who seek upon our 'Nome a
protection- from-the rapacity of Tytanny.
crety is feinted - for' the purpose of securing Emi.
grams against the swindlers who are DOW et every
seaport town, rea.ly to take advantage of the
jg
norant and unsuapicion.. An immense gamut of
poiciinzhas been caged daring the past year by
these scoundrels, and we are glad to see a Society
orvanfied like this. It cannot WI to be aim.
menie : benefit, and is worthy of the suppow o f
those interested in the protection of Emigrants.
The Secretary for 18411, is D. L Thcaumma of
Philadelphia, of !arhotri or the Rev. Mr. Foster any
inrorniatitni cos re pregame, he obtai
.IftlysiptigportuPosisage.
It it the the_of the pteotty Prue to exclaim
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Noway mime that aretprinieil. Lie ea not*
Int 4 exPrielisos titaiade f , eisthilikutina row
that sir alVtis - wgi thu s ai to
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twee steps este
Wishing a low Tate of postage, which would hermit
and reach- iU classes of coannuaity, by allowing
newspapers to go free of partage.tor $O miles—but
the very next session reirakillthie most bemerseiel
feature of the act. We ski' at an inter lois it, crab.'
prelnmd why this wee-dr- u--syllable had
been uttered again the *doe and popular de•
wand for such an enactment, bet 'Deafly, and with.
out cause, it was repealed. The only reason for
this, we could ever. imagine, it the hostility of the
inflated city, pegs to it, as abiding to their country
brethren a small pottion of the uinetectiao" they
so greatly need.
But we demand the re-enactment of this repeal:
ed section, or one more favorable, upon higher
ground than any individual benefit it might be to
the Country printers. The mass of suberribens to a
country paper is Made up of persons who take no
other paper. Besides this, there are hundreds of
others, who need and would be glad - to take their
County paper, but who am—or deem themselves—.
unable to pay the expense. These persons in the
aggnwee, pay more to their difiereat post Ares
upon their papers, than they did ender the old law
for letters. When Congress Mt reduced the rates
of poitage, and allowed them to receive their pa.
pars free, the law was equal in its operations to.
wards all classes. Their bitter pelage was a small
item, and they did sal feel its reduction. Their
newspaper postage, on the contrary, was conside.
ruble, and by being relieved from it, they reatied
some benefit from the law.
As the law no stands, it operates unequally, and
is a drograceto our American institutions. It has
reduced the Postage of business men, whose letters
are a harvest of wealth to them, more than 'one.
half, and relieved them proportionably from defray
ing the expenses of the port office department,
while after showing the poor man for a few brief
months, bow legislation might benefit him —. it edol.
ly reestablishes the lax upon his newsmen; while
it lessens the rich man's burdens, be must pay for
for the welcome newspaper that comes weekly to
his fire-side, and from which his family derive
most at their information, and half of their school.
ing !
Such things should not be—it is the duty of go
vernment as far as is consistent with its fonctioas,
to place within the leech of all, the rich and the
poor alike, the means of knowledge. ' " Upon the
intelligence of our people depend the prosperity of
our insulations, , ' said Is wise man, and if so how
contemptibly narrow is the policy which imposes a
tax upon newspapers, so large, as often to prove a
serious' obstacle, to the poor man who wishes his
cilium, paper. Let "the blessings of - government,
like the dews of heaven, fail alike upon the high
and the low"—reduce, if possible, the tax upon the
rich man's rviricepoodimeo still lower, but do not,
in common justice we mit, refuse the poor man,
the consolation and advantage of his newspaper.
The Country Press must keep the ball rolling.—
The injustice which re-enacted the odious feature
should be shown up. it war an act of Vandalism,
worthy of some member of Congress who could
boast of a District, without a newspaper within its .
borders.
The Buckeye State is experiencing great trouble
in the organization of the Legialature, with a fair
prospect for a Buckshot war. In fact there seems
no prospect that the Legislating will organize at all,
and consequently no appropriations can be made
to keep the wheels of government in motion.—
Vord, the new Governor, cannot be installed, but
by law, the present incumbent retains his office.
The whole- cause of the 'dispute between the
two parties and their 'emirate organizations is the
apportionment law passed last winter by the Leg
islature. This law divided Hamilton county, in
which is Cincinnati, into two representative dis
tricts, and apportioned to . the city duo i Settatcr and
two Representatives , leaving to the iminainder of
the 'county, including the two out wards of Cincin
nati, a Senator and three Representatives. The
Democrats protested against this law - as unconmita
finial, the constitution requiring that " the repre
sentatives shill be •chasen by the citizens of the
counties respectively." The Democratic argument
is that anterior to the constitution, by the ordinance
of 1787, representatives might be apportioned to
counties or townships, but the words 't or town
ships"- were left out of the constitution, and it nev
er has sine been considered that the Legislature
bad the righ to apportion representatives to any.
'thing less than counties; and in 1815-6, in *con
tested use, when the Whigs bad a majority, it-was
decided 11 the Legislature that a representative
district lees in extent than a county " was a consti
tutional impossibility " The Whig argomist is
that if a portion of the apportionment law is lava'
lid the whole of it is; bat the Democrats acknowl
edged its validity by electing five representatives
for Hamilton under it, when under the old law the
county was entitled to but four, and that whether
invalid or not is a question'for the Supreme Conn.
At the late election for representatives for the
whole. county—the Whigs voted according to the
apportionment law, in. districts. They had the
highest ntunber of votes in the dialog electing two
members, (eight wards c.f Cincinnati) the Demo
crats the highest in that electing three, and the
latter a majority in the whole county. The clerk
of the county, whose duty it is to open the poll
books and make an abstract of the votes, and fur
nish a certificate of election, gave certificates to
the five Democrats as having the highest number
of votes in the county, and certificates to two
Whip as having the highest number of votes, in
the one district, hiving the Leghtlature to decide
the gelation of validity. The five, Democratic
membeis appeared and took their scats; Messrs.
Spencer and Runyon, -Whip, appeared to chum
their iota floes Cincinnati. The Demeans or
(mina es a House, aid the Whip made a sopa
caw organization, each having a Speaket, and
neither acknowledging the validity of the other;
dies matters remained up to our Mee seesaws,
with the breach growing wider and wider. We
trust the difficulty will be speedily arranged, and
order once mote reign in the liaclurre Common.
wealth. -
All *idoss • of revoletiantuy - soldiers nianied
previous to 1800, age hereafter to draw pension?.
Tunable Ila Obis.
aget-flov -
One cut first ps isnit be Omod ashen* infer
iTatiniarom. - seirt r y din:oven:al %Ai Region at
the ementi Mid aegaßl
oessedthe jhmesdiss: of this minim& nose an
enigma:Would: (see.: highly hsprotaufde *in*
:tor r ost cause to as* Xreape# ,
wire tLeir indsiitioily and menceness: - Thiry
resent the Sememeino river sod its tributaries as I
abainiNng is the retinue arinUml which two=
thirds of the 'world are striving isgerly to hoard up,
—the mountain ravines and fmtnernos glitter with
untold and undisturbad wealth, and the dyers Uter.
: ally pin over golden mode. The inhabitants are
'spread near this regiosi, Washing the gold bona the
seed is Which leis sued, or picking it est of dm
crevices urf the rocks with bowie-knives. About
four thousand Demme, st the Imem aiscamits. were
burg' p;hering the golden harvest so unexpectedly
opened to mem and the crop matinees undimin
ished. amine; of• alt kinds war neglel
classes and all occupations, men, wawa and chil
dna, had left for the gold mines.
Towards this new El Dorado, the eager siontion
of the adveaturoes is now tamed. A tide of emi
grants will rash inwards the lied of promise, all
anxious far a share of golden pin. Scareely's city
or town, bet will send forth remain to join the in
wadies army. Should the mom* which have
been published prove true, Were will be enough
for all who seek that ocrenuy--end should the sap.
ply diminish, the emigrants will find in that rich
and productive country all-the elements of wealth
and prosperity.
Even this " sequweered region " isnot free from
the gold fever, aod inquiries are daily made as to
the bee, shortest sod cheapest - rental to California.
We append such information as weber. been able
to gather. There are at present three modes of
reaching California, the passage round Cape Horn,
the Panama passage and the Overland, Sento Fe
rove. A Texas route is being explored, but its
practicability it not yet known. The passage around
Cape Horn requires six months in sailing vomel.,
and a vessel most be a good sailor to make the
trip in that time. The expense of passage will av
erage 1200. The Panama passage by steamer,
provided there is no delay, will require three
mouths, and the price of passage will averagell23o.
This panne is made .by steamer to Chagres, by
canoe 40 miles up the Chagrin river,
and twenty
miles with males to Panama, and koco Panama to
San Francisco by steamer or sailing vowel, as the
chance may be. A steamer is being filed out in
New York beard for Chagres on the 16th inst., to
navigate the Chaves in connection with the mail
steamers, reducing the time of pavane acmes the
Isthmus to less than a day.
k is not uncommon to be obliged to wait a month
at Panama for a passage op the wee coast, so that
this delay may be looked for. The overland mote
via St. Louis, Independence and Santa Fe, may be
made by those who are able to bear the rough and
tumble of wild woods travel in three months, at an
expense ranging from 6100 to 1200. A stout hear
ty man with his rifle, ammunition, buckskin suit of
claims, and a mule, will require little else alter he
leaves Independence. Re can go without a mole
This route can only be . travelled in dre . spring and
summer with moles and wagons. A party leaving
Independence in March might reach the. gold re
gions some time in July. if families are going, the
best method is to organize a caravan, with wagons
and mules. From March to September the mules
can subsist on prairie grass. The individual ex
pense of a caravan of 100 or more persons, would
be from 30 to MOO. A person may take advantage
of a caravan, as.d these are constantly starting in
the right season from the froatien—and hire a seat
in an emigrant wagon, though persons able to bear
fatigue can La the whole mote more rapidly.
Those who intend going by the Panama or San
ta Fe route with baggage, should secure it in par
cels weighing not more than 130 pounds each, for
mole transponation. Large prkages, especially
in crowing the Isthmus in canoes and with mules,
cannot be transported to - advantage. The Panama
route- is the shortest ind pleasantest, thriugh the
overland route may be made Irmo Independence
in about the *awe time. Those who go with goods,
especially heavy merchandise, for the purpose of
trade, will probably find Cape Hom the cheapest, if
not the quickest passage to California.
audlileial /14iosistassnats.
From the American Law Journal, we learn, that
the commisitions of the billowing President Jortges
expire during the term of Governor Johnston, and
will have to be filled by him :
Hon. Grows W. WOODWARD, President 4th Dis
trict, appointed Bth April, 11141..
Hon. Btossunt Parton, President sth District,
appointed 20th of March, 1840.
Hon. SAM/1M Heeruse r President 9111 Diener,
ippoinied 311 Match, 1839.
Hon. Wat 1 MI JIMPIIP, Prominent 1 lth Diode,
axone:den 7th April, 1838.
Hon Jona N. Commons's, President 13th * Dia.
Wet, appointed 25th /lamb 1839.
Hon. AM:UM* L..HATE4, President District
Court of Lutear.er, appointed tat May, 1840
Tns
Waster.e.—The middle of December finds
min the enjoyment of Springlike weather. The`
memory of the a oldest inhabitant" goes not back
to the like. It seems as if the blustering and grim
December, had made way for the geoder and mil
;kw April, with the acoompenying showers. Plea
meter days of sunshine are seldom seen in fiprirsg
time than we have experienced during the first
winter month. We have not, as yet say snow,
sod the young people are anxiously making the
inquiry, if the Holidays we to be celebrated 'with
out the welcome and always expected sleighing.
• Tam Mama Gra r..—Miss Marietta Smithy whose
singular disappearance we published a week - or
two since has been recovered in Boston. She
was enga;red in that city learnbrg the mentoa mak.
et's trade, and since her arrival died she bad de
ported be correctly,
Ida. Faccure.--Tbe report, that ibis gestkanan
had suffered a paralytic /invite is unfounded. He
Was snacked bf dseumaiisra, bas is recovering, and
will be able tole in his seat at the meeting of the
Legislates*, to, matte Abe balance of pawn,
which. re so equally balanced.
Gomm* to ifeunow—John 8 Floyd, was
elected Governor of Vitt* on the 12th hut, by
the Legishente. • •
Otr The Lyislame - •or North Cornrow have
made levesel ms oreessid attempts to elect a U. P.
Senator, re phrse . of Mr. Badger. The hot ballot
gave Mr. Bate r, 82 rotes, necessary fOr a choice
85.
lire" 1141:
Pormiblig a&M•lb sot limy _ . wort. Now,
thittb•Auswoa* tie Peeridsm# mak we
wiry egad bet the Ihritir,* amerat - • will mend
is thelusinai of ' '
*Mir Yatlosu. Lmjirioded
rpisrbei br ibseirobi, .ost dew thiP
lisobsis_ in &skint bri l l% but - eke*
slammed. re abed's.
Chi the is list, it will be seen by a referenee
to our ion r imiced proceedinp, the question of
Free ?oniony achieved a glosious vietsy in both
Homes. It is a blessing that the will of the pep
pie is sometimes spoken, and that inembem have
en opporoseity of learaing that fidelity to their kite•
rests seldom goes mueennied x or sycophancy and
recomney uerebeked. la the Home, them-aims
a leafing and detesnission to preserve oar Free
Territories unpolluted, which the blandishments of
Power and Petrone.s cannot seduce. - It is the to.
snit of the popular demonstation which hes been
made in the North—vie speak of no penicidit
movemeut—but the general disclaiming of pay
connexion with Slavery Propagandism, made by
all parties. Of the Senate, too, we now have high
hopes. The gallant Beam hes thrown himself
into the breach, and will lend all the enemies of
his iron will and indomitable pereeveteeent to pre
vent the Wilier march of our Country's grew*
danger. The minims and kids of Sandstones*
awe or deter him-.be will fight the bade inch by
inch, and receive as he deserves, the encourage
moot and praise of /Women.
The same in the Senate shows how false and
hypocritical have been the rugeesents and probs.
sires used by those who seek to blast the territory
acquired by 4111 blood and Weans oldie Nation by
the foul stain of Slavery. The serest of the people
of New Meticothat a materiel government may be
ottani:ad, and that they be protected by Convent
from the institution of Slavery is met at - the three;
bold of presenstien by Walt ! In Mr. Calhoun's
estiniation it is not only unreasonable in all its as
but insolent in the highest degree, for Free
men to make such a request! This, then, is thst
policy which would leave the settlement of the kW
titian to the inhabitants of the Territories! It is
the instance of those who look upon labor as ne
cessarily degrading, and can perceive no dither:nos
between tbe Free White laborer, and the Negro
chattel. It is the unmasking of the purposes of the
Slaveholder—to find in the free Territory of this
Union a market for his human property. a Con
cession," " composition " and " non-interferenee,"
mean one and the dune thing,—that two hundred
thousand capitalists in the South shall exclude from
participation in the fertile regions just acquired, the
Freemen who shall go single-handed to hew for
themselves and their family a home. Whether
this territory shall be given up to the devastating
labor of the Slave, or be kept as a rich inheritance
for oar countrymen, and an asylum to which can
come the oppressed of Slavery ridden Europe!—
There are bat two sides to the question : Freedom
cx Revery—and it is fee narrowing to the Woe.—
The ihernative has been carefully and cunningly
concealed, by designing northern men, bat as its
settlement approaches the purposes of Slavery mind
in their naked deformity, and their northern ad
juncts most shrink hoot its pollution or, submit to
the seam and contempt which will inevitably
overwhelm diem.
Aryobatoseat by tam rest Master eelieraL
CoL Snore S. Benne, to be Post-Master at To
wanda, in the place of E. W. Bain!, resigned.
Coaaaais.—The Last session of the 30th Con
gress, promises to be of unusual interest. We
shall endeavor to keep the readers of the Reporter
well advised oT the principal movements, taking
the important part for their edification, and not
compelling them to wade through Golumna of local
and uninteresting matters.
Otr- Tbe "press of other matter," has prevent
ed our notkinx earlier the improvements made to
the la Owego Adewrirer," which now comes to us,
much enlarged, and greatly improved. We trust
Mr. Calhoun will receive from his party in Tioga,
he encouragement his new undertaking so mi. ,
nerdy deserves.
THE Cuomuts,—The Cholera MOMS to be illead.
ily increasing in Pie* York. Three or four eases
are reported daily.
LOW Telege** News.
New You Dec 15.
The Neal& office at quarantine repo;ts at new
caapa,o(Cliolera and three deaths since yeateniay.x
No (*kin the city.
Waseurcrros, Dec. 15.
•
Wilibuo L. Brent, Clerk of the District Court,
died bin night.
BALTINCIPat, Dec. 13, 9, P. M.
Iftwi - Nevr Orleans papers received here to-night,
anornmee the snivel oj the packet James Caner as
dud port, hringiug data horn Bsa FranMseo op to
Oet. 19th.
Alrpreviona accounts of the inexhaustible
plies of gold found m California are fully confirm.
ed. One Jump gamut weighed thirteen pounds,
(minces probably.) The captain of the Cutter says
be knows one who found eighteen hundred dollars
worth of the precious metal in a single day. This
is carrying the matter to extremes.
At the Cape seamen's wages are high as $lOO
per month. Reports sixteen vessels lying there
short of hands.
The most exorbitant prices are asked for all
kinds of provisions.
Gold in equal abandaneehas-been found at Los
Ang "
citizens had held a meeting and memorial.
ked commie for the establishment of a mink
Slept Leavenworth has been elected aticalde of
San. Francisco.
Ciorsonsik Dec. U.
The Legislature of Incliana have elected Mr.
WltiansmbUnited Statec.Senatcx. The Whigs vo•
ted for Caleb'Smith.
FATAL Ilmictorraz--NEws PROM Idraco.--The
New Orleans *arm of the 6th Ina, stales that
rencietre had ereurred between- Dc Gyro, of as
ton Regis, end Dr. Skillman, in which the latter
was killed, and the former da . ngeromily wounded.
The ship Lemuel Dyer, unwed at New Ginn,
from Vera Cruz, bnn' ga dales to the 18th ult., .fiom
the city of Mexico, and to the 22d alt. then Vera
Cms. Swig.ohrohad resigned his office as min.
Was of'
Foreign Relations, and had been succeeded
by Come. -
The Gavernuseut was distressed for want of
Fonda. The National Guards were almost
ganized, thewantoftheir pay giving cause for di a.
immanent. Wen had been despatched kir the
sweat of Parades. The report of a pronuntiasne n .
to by that wrathy is unfounded. . • •
Arita is accused of favoring the disunion of the
ravines% •
The French brmister had a grand reception on
4 ms
his arrival at Vera Cruz. - -
SantaAsna has not yet ' rned - to Maxim i r
Inninnergie robbenes repotted in the vicin
ity of Vera Cruz, and nu Indian depreda
tions ate coustandy occurrin in the interior.
be: bail 'Wirt
Roads nenstaket tit H 4 Deaserag
Tett lawit is Ibii Nation are tam! dairying
lemeithen intbie intrepid chaspiontxt *Wow
ow ass, at as ti lly . = ageilliave won"nis sides
aeon. :Mier sedan!, abet
ha* theirselvie by eielotlt ao
ase - Istriese as the ene himd,
nobly — riessl as the other. Tut &gbh
Withering, nee np single
le isibiresmay that giant 'Many wUth 'ilhipaced
his ,we imantry while it pladered Africa. His
early success was sot More cosipiesoas than Africa.
bees the Wiens of or young . natestmm t to shield
or Tagalong against the cans of a similar and
so has infernal aide. • The .11which Browned
the same of the poi it lanthropist, will
we trust; as nay be ' abated the American
Wilmot. His sisal 'and laborsohas far, broken a
tamer an glorious for humanity end beam rights.
We hot an nem** assurance that he will sutler
no dimness to oVersbadow the. linesmen of his
fame. Hie pest cohere is a pledge for the fame.
lie will go on.
Dot we effetely honor David Wilmot for what
he ban achieved, an pan of a glorious manhood.
By his uncompromising defiance of that iron Das
potismirhich has hitherto palsied alike the arm of
the mighty and the timid— that Doped= which
has sought not only to mush Isias, but the old spirit
of Liberty aidf—by his acts of rare intrepidity and
unswerving devotion to the Right be as achieved
a reputation which is already incorporated with the
Nation'sglory. Raimondo(' by men in Congress
whose vassal ege had been made perfect through
Executive bribery or dictation-4tanding whoa
duplicity wags ageing virtue ; and a criminal cra
ven surrender of all th e ennobling attributes of a
free split, marked each day's hi story—where 'be
uses of a desperate oligarchy was visible registered
in the passive faces and quivininglipsof politicians
who seemed proud to " hog their willing servitude"
—it was at such a time and amid such scenes.
when ppeermed - Representatives sat balancing be- -
ewe= iwtdror motives to trenchers and the noble
instincts at manhood, that Dime %um stood
erect in Roman integrity—unwed and unseduced,
feeling within himself "the sternest consciousness
of right," and an sternly determined to guard Lib
etty triansphainly, or fall in her defence. 'Such
was the lierikies position of this heroic man, and
his few brave comrades—ecoffed and attacked on
the one side, by men drunk with tyranny; and do
wned On the other by as cowardly and recreant
politietanses ever panned the courts of legisla
tion. Hut he goaded not. In the midst of dee
anie and desertion, he was immovable--like the
old orator of Athens, scorning the tyrant and
arousing his country-men.. To have stood thus
anainchingl) for the Right—unconque.ed and ea
eetropted—ernid deviate hoe and crouching
traitors, is an honor which many may covet, but
which few can claim. If he was to be sacrificed
sit the shrine of Patty or Power be was ready for
the trial. He seemed to feel with Ireland's
damnable hero, that whether politically or oth
erwise,
0 The noblest place kr man to die,
Is where be dies for mot."
..
That moment whom he rose above play and
placed himself upon his Manhood, in defence of
those inalienable and unchangeable rights which
are o'der than parties, and which belong to il all
men" of all dunes and complexions—that mo
ment was one of moral sublimity. The page that
records it, will shine gloriously in our history. It
was an era in the life of an iodividual man. So it
will•be read by the alteeirching light of the Fu
ture. To the eye of Prejudice or Party, it may
now seem insignificant or despicable but it will
live as a - landmark in our history more famous
than the battle-shrines of the Past. The vulgar
ambition of the present day, even points to the
fields of Mexico, as attesting the heroic fame of
our country and age. Bat there are nobler deeds
than those embalmed in blood. 4 louder Pmnn
will be nog over the peaceful yet glorious deed
which consecrates that soil to freedom, than over
the devastation and slaughter which laid it as tro
phy at our feet. The name of Wilmot will yet be
more honored oa earth, and bymned more sweet
ly in heaven than, that of a' Taylor or a .Scott;
however the latter may now be garnished by war
rior praise. And laurels of °aiding brightness
will glitter in the crown of thesimple - author of the
" PROVISO," when Surma Vista and Cerro Gordo
shall have grown dim in orir recollections.
So, we believe the future will estimate this
struggle to secure freedom in our Territories. So
we believe, will those men be honored who have;
stood in the pass and defended the Right. The
lee rwelemion of David Wilmot to Congress by
an unexampled, as -it was unexpected, majority—
even in the face of bitter opposition and the unre
lenting hatred of his kos—even _in spite of his
"traitor" position in regard to his aid Party's Pies
idential nom inees—speaks trumpet-tongued in his
favor. It is an earnest of a more triumphant vin
dication, when Party and Prejudice shalt have been
all } wdy
known. Nor should p . a.' nausaticed his later
Ohms for the success tnumpb of Free Democ
racy. In an "hour that men ' s souls"—when
obsequiousness and trate mark the course of
his old patty friends as ell as his old party
,oppo
nents—when expectant ifictors sought to turn him
from his course or beibe him into sileace—when
the galled Foe, wincing :under his Muriel Tear,
sought both openly and stealthily to strike bum to
the earth—he wavered not a, moment, nor coat
promised his poeition. Wigh up over Wiring of
the battle• fi elds his pond deg dew on, its
glorious and sipificaist motto—" Fars Sou. an
Fare Mrs." 'He was not the man to strike it.—
With that Free Deameraty who were rallying td res
cue the Nation from disgrace, and to assert the
nobility of Labor, be was determined to triumph
or fall. Up the last blow that be struck , in the, late
Presidential conflict, his maven adversaries sought
to associate his name with their tottering cause ,
and thus make him the natu ral • murderer of. hiti
g.irn offspring. No—tbe who defended his .
own." Proviso" in the depot its early peril, made:
no disgraceful retreat. e "change" that reolWi
into the hearts of others, tund him incorruptiblb . :
and inflexible. Thongh poor in the extreme,"
use his own language, nether gold, nor flitterYi
nor calumny . could move him from his course.-;
And well might his asmilents bare exclaimed, as
did the King of Epirus after an unsuccessful at
tempt to seduce and awe the incorruptible Fatiii
ciue-"Admirable man! it-would be as easy to
tom the sun from its course, as thee Imm the paths
of honor." No—rejecting all the applianceis of the
bow y tools - of Tyranny, the utterance of his noble
soul must have been in the . languageof an humor- I
ml poet,
—" and though the Main
Of bounty be on DM yet I win
More honor by it, than the blinded train
Who Avg their willin' servitude, and bow
Unto the weakest and the most profane-"
Honored, thrice honored be Davao Wincrr.—
We kit that this framing tribute was due to one
whose unshaken &mow* in the hour of trial, will
mate his name -honored wherever !wets a free
heart a name, to we the striking language of
another, 4 / a lready historiad in the life-time of its
owner; and aheady glorious in his youth.
M. A. C.
Tea POPULATION at San Feseasco, CalSornia,,
in-July list, was 5000' ands. The Government
hoop . " and pneeingers who hays since gone out and
megabit!, will swell the number by June next to
9000. - More thy goods have been shipped to that
region 'booths gold fever, than could be made up
m clotninn in a year if all the inhabitants were
tailors. Ready made slatting his been- sent in
the same proportion, and of broadcloths sufficient
hare gene to clothe elfin the country for five years
to some. The Journal of Coasnierce advises that
the emigrant to. Calibre* if he bas any money,
sbantil lake it with him in half &H an
ears, d when
there; pan:base what be may want (which will be
very little in the shape of clothing) to enable him
to dig gold in summer. •
The famous Carlist partisan, Cabrera. i• said to
have'been killed iu battle, somewhere iu Spain.
rtweedillgt - elbe Covirtss,
, rat.
some wisialled to onleh e
hip! boil' by ibe Vice President, who laij b e g en jO IRe
s eissmaniemior' Inme the fieeloary
*.ymmilliy, Miming to the estietoles for m e
Est of tiiiiWavy t end she his snooinipo t t 04 - t ir m
date orthirpoblas Emenetal •
Mr. Long, of Alabersonesented the endowi ds
ef the v ile
Site Dominated by Goeentor Chapman to . o i3O
the stiiesney otessioned. by the death of bu cli
Lewis who was sworn in and lock his seat.
Upon the quondam oilprintang the aanoal tom
of the fieerettuy of the Tommfr ! a long, ao rmo
and spry debate coned, in which poly p e w ee
were introdoook This was [anticipated in by.
Miens. Davis ; Foot,:Albsm;-Maie r HAIN Caos imi
and others.
Mr. Caramels &when! evoltitelivan, that Pee.
sylvania by her recent voles bad repudiated the
tariff polity of the pewit administration, & a n,
however, lityooo copies Wigs .a lad' to be pfgy:
Mr, Dickinson offered • neolvlion relative a
the establishment of a Sutler office for govern.
marl stork ha the Clef of New Work, which ir a , ;
ad r
lionighorr e ,es Uwe, intredtmedra billiort>r e )
admission of California.nto dis Usies es a Size,
which was read and laid= the fable:
-The Senate then took up Mr. CmnerOs's
prated-resolution to enter Upon the, electiaii of
Chaplain: The result of the first balkit mails k.
lows- =Rev. Mr. Slicer 28; Re's. '11 1 , ,, 8, 0 ; 11 , 9 .
Rev. .Mr.'Renshaw I Rev. • Mr. Dewy ,A
Whereupon Mr. Slicer was declared duly Aw ed.
After the transaction or some rither-utrimpoth u ,
business, the fewer adjourned.
Room or EZAIUMILSTATIVIDIkm.:IIIO House emu
12 o'clock ) withpayee by the Chaplain.
The Clerk then rea4 the journal of the la s , pee ,
Sion, in which were embodied the mimes of th e
Staning Committees:' There were but few eh ee .
gee from the organization of last session. Th e
Chairmen were all retained. -
Mr. Truman Smith, offered a Vesolarkin to adopt
the standing - rules of the last session.
Mr. Vinton moved as an amendmenylneprees
deuce be given in the order °thinking* to the gee .
eral appropriation bills, which was adapted.
Andrew Johnson offered, as an. nanendment, the
appointment of an addi_tial Committee on ti e
Smithsonian Inetitntel Mb% led to alt extended
debate, in which Messrs. - Johnson,Goggin,
Clelland and Hilliard took pint—Mesons. Hillis(
and McClelland defended the Institute and its man.
ailment under the present Board of Regents. Mr.
Johnston violently assailed nand its managemath,,
but his amendment was rejected.
The rules of thalast session were finally adop..
od e with Mr. Ymton s' amendment incorporated.
Mr. Nichol introdneed a hill amendatory to th e
Civil and Diplommirt act of the last session which
was read twice and referred to the 'Committee of 4
the Whole upon the Stine of the Union. I
Sundry resolutions of inquiry upon the ;
depahments were offered and pissed.
George N. &ken, of Pennsylvania, offered a
resolution instructing the Committee of ways and
Means to report a tariff bill to the-Hoise ferns enn
sideration, belied upon the principles-of the tariff of
1842. Upon' the final pasaageof this resolution the
yeas and nays were ordered, and it passed in the
affirmative—Yeas 96; Nays 93
Mr. Talmadge offered a bill from the filet of the
last session for the establishment of a branch mist
in the city of New York. He moved to suspend
the rules to enter upon its considers ion, bat the i•
House refused to assent
Mr. Goggins, Chairman of the Committee oe
Post Office and Poet Roods. snide a report aceom.
ponied by a bill providing kw the reduction of Por
tar and the correction of abuses of the frankirq
pnvikges, which was read twice _and refenel
the Committee of the Whole. .
Mr. Cobb, of Georgia, °flared a'. bill yore.enlig rz
&rah:racier of the ft:pet:Whores of the contine n t
rued, of the two Houses, requiring the aequieserel
both:. •
Mr. Rocket ell, of Connecticut Moved to lay the
bill on the table, nip= which the yeas.andnayste.
ing taken, it. was decided in the negative—tea
70 ; Nays 107.
Mr: Taylor, of Ohio, offered a resolution to the
effeetthat the' CoMmittee on Printing be inemined
to, inquire into the best means for publishing the
proceedings of the House. Objections being male
to its immediate reception .it lies over, as Mr.
Jones 'of Tennessee, wished to debate it.
The resolution, offered by Mr. Went.
worth last week, then came up in aria, and as
adopted.
Resolved, That the President of .the United Suits
be requested to inklm this House. whether he has
received any information of the imprisonment et
arms of citizens or the United States 111 the itemize
of lredand, by the British authorities, and if so, tite
cause thereof; and . also, if not deemed inecestemi
wi h the public intarests, to inform this Rom
what steps . have been taken for their releate,:auti to
furnish it with copies of all ornispaileuee that
has taken place in relation to the maner.
The House then adjourned.
Wisumaros i Dammam 12,184 a.
Smetrz...—The Vice President called the Senate
to order at the usual lobe.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Slicer.
Siindry petitions aid memorials were presented
and appropriately referred.
'Mr Cameron presented a memorial namerooely
signed by the citizens of Colombia county, praying
Congress to legislate in favor of a redoction of the
tariff.
Mr. Dickinson submitted a resolution which was
considered by unanimous consent, and agreed IN
instructing the Committee on Pest office and Post
Roads to enquire into the expediency of altering
the system of mail service.
On motion, the Senate proceeded to ballot forthe
Chairmen of the Regular &witting Committees:43J
the following were elected :
Mr. Rannegan, Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relations. Mr. Atherton 'Chaim:rare - of the
ommittee on • Finance. Mr. Dickinson, Chair
inan of the Committee on Manufac:ares. Ben•
ton, Chait*an of the Committee on Military Al
ain. lief Dix, Chairman of .the Committee as
Commerce.
On motion the 34th rule was suspended po' br
as relates
_to tho.appointrnent by ballot of the re
attaining Chairmen and members of the several
Standing Committees.
, A papetr was presented by Mr. sing containing
the remaining Chairmen and members citing sew
rat , other - Comminees,lll arranged, which v
adore.l. • •••
A meanly in writitix was received Awe the
President by the hands of his Private Secteary.
Mr. Bradbury gave noises of his intention to call
up on Tuesday a I)ill r i*nriding for retired- eddies :
Mr. Dix moved that the Senate go, into Execu
tire Session, which was agreed to. The Senate
shortly afier adjourned.
Hotraz.—Tne Speakerealled the Home to onler
at the, usual hour. , Prayerby the Chaplain.
Several Petitions and Memorials were presented
and referred. The debate in relatien to the pm•
priety of appointing a Committee' for the Sundae.
nien Institute wits renewed.. Aber considendie
di ' , casein° the resolution was defeated.
Mr. Henry presented a report directing the Cow
mittee of Ways and Means to inquire Ingo the es
pedieney of establishing a bviuteh mint -in Corder-
The tesoltnion inquiring into the propriety of
granting Texas land to Waal settlers, east of the
Rio Grante r Caine tip for ilebate, but was finally
laid overt
The proposition forrepmting and publishing thi
proceedings of Congress came up for discoing,
pending which the House adjourned.
' '
Wmannerron. Dec. 13, 11118.
ecessze—After the morni . rig prayer, .and the
readier; 61.thejoyittal, a petfuon was Fomented by
Mr. Benton praying for the establishment of a ter
ritorial government in New Mexico, the prtitioners
praying at the Berne limo. that •the institutio.a of
s'avery may not be established in their territetY,