ma, showing thai they were intended to be of
the character of colonists and settlers of a con
quered territory, rather than soldiers to take
part in the strife of war. By this letter, the
volunteers were required, as far as practicable,
o be men "of various pursuits, and such as
would bo likely to remain at the end of the war
either in Oregon or any territory that may be
then a part of the United Slates;'" exhibiting a
remarkable coincidence of views between the
distinguished Naval Commander and the Chief
of the War Department. Though the gallant
Commodore sailed for the North-west Coast
about the 1st of November, J 845, it is evident
enough that he knew, before he embarked,
what was in the wind. Indeed, in his address
to his crew, on the deck of his ship, before
leaving the port of Norfolk, he seems to hare
hinted at his ultimate destination when he said :
41 We now sail for California and Oregon ; and,
then, what Heaven pleases."
These aro acts of sovereignty, such as no
one would suspect either Gen. Kearney or
Capt. Stockton of undertaking to exercise with
out other authority than their own, though they
had not expressly declared that in what they
have done they have acted by authority of the
President of the United States. Do not these
-acts of theirs, so sanctioned, constitute sufficient
proof that " the spirit of conquest" has had
something to Jo with this war? When we
look, too, ax contemporaneous indications of the
disposition of the Executive and his official ad
visers, as is supplied by the columns of the
Government paper the most ultra and most
odious doctrine of which against public liberty
the President has just endorsed in his Message
we cannot doubt but "the spirit of conquest"
entered into the motives of this war? We find
in that paper of the 18th of May last, immedi
ately after the receipts of the first news of the
ciHiflici of the arms on the Rio Graode, exhor
tations to " throw volunteers at once across the
Rio Grande, march into Mexico, and terminate
the war with Mexico, if necessary, in the halls
of Montezuma ?" Nor was this hankering after
the halls of Montezuma a new idea with the
Administration, thrown out in the heat of pur
suit of a retreating army. The same idea was
broached by the organ of the present adminis
tration in cold blood within three months after
its first establishment in office, and within one
week after the editor of the new Government
paper took his post. In the " Union" of the 8th
of Ma)r, 1845, referring to some speculations of
a London newspaper upon the supposed de
signs of the United States upon Mexico, our
Government editor look occasion to say that
not 25,000 men nor 20,000 would be necessa
ry, but that 10,000 men would be enough to
march upon Mexico, adding as follows:
Sound the bugle through the West and South
vest let the United Stales raise the standard to
morrow, and in this proclaimed crusade to the
Halls of Montezuma and the mines of Mexico,
twenty thousand volunteers would appear," &c.
And on the 22d of the same month, replying to
xhe Cincinnati Gazette's exception to the spirit
and temper of the above intimation, the "Union"
said
" Was it wrong in us to tell the London Times
that, though we might not have regular troops
enough, yet volunteers would start up, at the first
.sound of the bugle by the Government of the Uni
ted States, sufficient to overrun Mexico, occupy
the Halls of Montezuma, and conquer the valleys of
California!"
What thoughts were running in the head of this
Administration, on its very first accession to pow
er, is sufficiently shown by these indications.
.Nor, by the way, was the thought of bringing on
a. war by the advance of Gen. Taylor's forces to
the Rio Grande entirely out of the mind of the
Administration long before that march was actu
ally ordered; for, on the 11th September, 1845,
many of our readers must well remember, the
Union held the following language :
"If Arista dares to carry out his braggart
threats if he ventures to cross the Rio Grande
with reinforcements to any little armed post which
Mexico may occupy on the east side of that river,
General Taylor will attempt to prevent him Hood
must flow War must exsce."
Arista did not cross the Rio Grande ; and so,
after waiting four months in vain for such a god
send, the Administration ordered Gen. Taylor to
march his force to the Rio Grande. "With what
object! For what purpose ? These are questions
which the reader will answer for himself, if he be
not satisfied with the view which, in the preceding
columns, has been already taken of that matter.
As early as the 6th of June last, the Union in
advertently disclosed the fact that our squadron
was instructed, long before the breaking out of
this war. to be in the way to take possession ol
California, in the shape of a supposition that " an
American force may possibly at this moment be
in possession of the principal harbors of Califor
nia." A.nd before the news of our occupation of
those harbors or of the capital of New Mexico
reached this country, (that is to say, on the 20th
September,) the " Union-' discoursed as follows
" There is every reason to believe that General
Kearney is already in possession of Santa Fe ;
that Gen. Taylor is now-or will be in a few days
at Monterey, and perhaps at Saltillo ; and that
Gen. Wool will be at Chihuahua by the 10th or
15th of October. Shall we then fold our arms and
relinquish one of the advantages which we may
have obtained? On the contrary, shall we not
prosecute our victories and make additional con
quests toward California and toward the capital
of Mexico itself .'"
And a few days afterward, the news of the oc
cupation of Santa Fe having arrived, the "Union"
expressed the views of the Administration thus:
" The discretion which marked his (Gen. Kear
ney's) proceedings after he had reached Santa Fe,
and the subsequent steps which he is about to
take, will make this acquisition one of the most
remarkable and important events of the rear. He
has located our victorious eagl6s at this point, and
Mexico has to ask herself if we have thus acquired
one of her finest provinces, what is to stop us. in
our career, or why will she persevere in the war
amid so many difficulties!"
We have neither time nor space to multiply
proofs, which might be adduced, of the intention
of the Administration to consider New Mexico and
California at least, when overrun, as having been
acquired by conquest for the United States. The
President himself almost avows the design in his
.recommendation to provide for the security of these
important conquests, by making appropriations for
fortifications permanent, of course ; field fortifi
cations or other operations proper to a state of war
not requiring such specific appropriations and
for defraying the expenses of the civil government
which our officers have, by order of the President,
established in these " Territories of the United
States." This recommendation by the Executive
is a full recognition of what his officers have said
and done.
The President refers to the Law of Nations as
authorizing what he has done, and proposes to do
in California and New Mexico. Leaving him to
settle with Congress the question how far a state
of war erects an Executive authority supreme over
both Congress and the Constitution, we will con
tent ourselves with saying that, in what the Presi
dent asserts to be "the right and duty of the con
queror," he and his advisers have evidently suf
fered themselves to be misled by the antiquated
maxims of writers upon national law who flourish
ed at a time when such a thing as a written Con
stitution was as unknown as the Magnetic Tele
graph; at a time when all power was deemed the
prerogative of the ruler, and all rights of the peo
ple regarded as gracious concessions by him in
their favor. These maxims, therefore, so far as
they concern the relations between our Executive
and his constituents or their representatives in
Congiess, have, in many cases, no application at
all ; and certainly have none when they are re
sorted to for the purpose of deriving from them for
the President Dowers which are denied to him by
the Constitution. The President has of himself
no lawful authority to annex or acquire territory,
or to establish civil governments over territories
either within or without the United States. All
such acts are foreign to his office, and, in tho ab
sence of any authority derived from Congress,
cannot but be regarded as usurpations of power.
JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, January 7, 1847.
Terms, $2,00 in advance: $2,25 half yearly; and $2,50 if not
paid Deiore me end oi tne year.
FOR GOVERNOR,
PETER S. MICHLER,
OF NORTHAMPTON.
Subject to the decision of the 4th of March Convention.
Whig State Convention.
A State Convention, to be composed of Del
egates from the city of Philadelphia and the
several counties equal to their representation in
the General Assembly of this Commonwealth,
will be held at Harrisburg, on TUESDAY, the
9th day of MARCH next, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon, for the purpose of selecting candid
ales for Governor and Canal Commissioner to
be supported by the Whigs and the friends of
the Protective Policy at the next ensuing elec
tion, and to transact such other business as may
be deemed important to the success of the Whig
cause.
J. P. SANDERSON,
SAMUEL D.KARNS,
JOSEPH KON1GMACHER,
MORTON McMICHAEL,
GEORGE ERETY,
H. JONES BROOKE,
THEO. D. COCHRAN,
JAMES FOX,
JAMES MARTIN,
WILLIAM BUTLER,
J. J. SLOCUM,
JOHN R. EDIE,
EDGAR COWAN,
JOHN B. JOHNSON,
Wm. J. HOWARD,
Whis State Committee.
I. O. OF O. F.
FORT PENN JLOBCrE, No. 134.
At a meeting of the Committee of Arrange
ments for the purpose of preparing to celebrate
the anniversary of Fort Penn Lodge, No. 134,
on tho 13th day of January, 1847.
Resolved, That the Members of Fort Penn
Lodge, be respectfully invited to meet at the
Court-house in the Borough of Stroudsburg, on
the 13th inst., precisely at 1 o'clock p. m. ar
rayed in full and appropriate Regalia.
Resolved, That neighboring Lodges be re
spectfully invited to attend and form in proces
sion with us.
Resolved, That SAMUEL HAYDEN be
Marshal of the day; Doct. Abraham Lever
ing, C. G. Nebe, Doct. M. G. Grattan, and
J. J. Postens, assistant Marshals.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The procession will be formed at the Court
house, headed by a Brass Band, which will be
in attendance then proceed up Monroe street
to William down William to Elizabeth down
Elizabeth to Walnut down Walnut to the low
er part of the town, from thence return to the
Church, where an Oration will be delivered by
the Rev. J. J. Elsegood, of Pottsville, on Odd
Fellowship.
EXERCISES AT THE CHURCH.
Mubic by the Band.
Prayer.
An appropriate Hymn by the Order.
Oration.
Music by the Band.
Prayer.
Benediction.
The Citizens of the Borough and the public
generally, are respectfully invited to be present
Samuel Hayden, M. G. Grattan,
Charles G. Nebe, Silas L. Drake,
James N. Durling, Robert Huston,
J. J. Postens,
Committee of Arrangements.
N. B. R. E. Wright, Esq., of Allentown,
is also expected to deliver an address on the
occasion.
The Monthlies.
All the monthly Magazines commence the New
YeaT, with smiling faces, and otherwise improved
appearances. The ' Columbian Magazine," and
" Godcy's Ladxfs Book," particularly, are rich and
handsome. The embellishments are really splen
did, and the reading matter is equal to that of the
best European Monthly. Both reflect great credit
on their enterprising publishers, and should secure
for them a rich return for their untiring efforts to
cater for the public taste.
By the Magnetic Telegraph.
Correspondence of the Daily Chronicle.
Washington, Jan. 4th.
The Senate transacted no business of import
ance to-day. A message was received from the
President asking for an increase of field officers,
and the creation of a general officer to take com
mand of all the forces during the war with Mexico,
which was read and referred to the Committee on
Military Affairs.
House. Mr. Thompson, of Pa., who was absent
on Saturday, said he would have voted for Mr.
Wentworth's resolution, declaring it inexpedient
to lay a tax on tea and coffee.
Mr. King, of Georgia, offered a resolution to
furnish the President with thirty thousand dollars
for the purpose of sending a peace mission to Mex
ico, and two millions of dollars to effect the nego
tiation 'with the provision that slavery was to be
prohibited in the territory secured. The House
refused to suspend the rules, and the resolution
lies over one day.
Mr. Bailey, of Virginia, who was recently held
to bail in $5000, in consequence of the difficulty
between him and Mr. Davis, which it was suppo
ed would lead to a duel, made an explanation, and
said the correspondence with Mr. Davis was with
drawn, and the quarrel settled.
Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, explained, and ex
pressed himself as satisfied.
The President's message also asks for ten ad
ditional regiments of troops, to be added to the
regular army.
Bribery in Iowa.
It will be seen by the following statements,
which we copy from the St. Louis Republican,
that the Loco-Foco politicians of Iowa are re
sorting to bribery to secure the election of Uni
ted States Senators in that State :
"On. the 10th inst. immediately on the as
sembling of the House, Mr. King, a Whig mem
ber from Keokuk, a Loco-Foco County, in
formed the House that Mr. Marshall, a lawyer
from Lee county, had been negotiating with
him, from the second da' of the session up to
that time, to vote for Gen Dodge that his first
offer was a suit of clothes and $100 in cash,
which was increased, as he held off for higher
wages, to the promise of a d d fat office,' and
as 4 much money as he wished.' He stated,
also that Marshall told him 4 there was six
thousand dollars there to secure Dodge's elec-
ion,' and that on Tuesday Marshall gave him
fifteen dollars to 1 bind the bargain' which he
(King) by the advice of friends took. These
are leading facts. When King took his seat,
Clifton and Conlee, Loco-Foco 'possums,' rose
and stated that they too could 4 a tale unfold'
whenever interrogated. The House at once
raised a committee to investigate the facts, and
the Serseant-at-Arms took Marshall into cus
tody. During King's speech, it is said that
some of the 4 royal family' were present, and
that they looked black as a thunder-cloud. To
give Mr. King an excuse for voting for Dodge,
a set of instructions were procured directing
him to vote for Loco-Foco Senators. Mr. King
made allusion to these instructions in his speech
said that every man who signed them 4 voted
against him ;' that he 4 received his instructions
at the ballot box ;' that he was 'elected as a
Whig,' and should vote with his party."
More off the War ISailoou.
Mr. Wise, of Lancaster, has published ano
ther communication relative to the construction
of a war balloon, by which or rather from which
to batter down the walls of San Juan d'Ulloa
He says that a balloon one hundred feet in di
ameter, would sustain a weight of 32713 lbs.,
and after making due allowance for the weight
of the materials, the net-work, harness, ropes,
car, ten men in the car, and proportion of weight
of manoeuvering cable, he secures a net power
of 20842 pounds for missiles, bombs, etc. The
manoeuvering rope.to be supported by buoy bal
loons, 44 which would answer a good purpose for
sentry stations." The car is to be constructed
in the shape of a cone, so as to cause the shot
from the castle to glance off, and Mr. W. inge
niously endeavors to smooth over the objection
that some entertain to the project, that the bal
loon itself might be hit by a ball, and so tumble
the whole to the ground. Some, also, may be
templed to ask whether Mr. Wise's calculations
were made with reference to the atmosphere at
the altitude of one mile, or to . our denser me
dium close to the earth.
Counting House Almanac.
1847.
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Map of JTIexico.
We have received from the publisher, Mr. S.
Augustus Mitchell, N. E. corner of Market and
Seventh streets, Philadelphia, a splendid paper
Map of Mexico, &c., seventeen by twenty-five
inches in size, which he will furnish at the low
rate of six copies for one dollar. Every man who
eels an interest in the war that now exists be
tween Mexico and the United States, should be
possessed of a copy of this Map, of the scene of
that war. It is arranged from the latest survevs
and descriptions of that country ; and is pronounc
ed, by competent judges, to be very correct.
meeting; of the Legislature.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania convened at Hon. Alexander Barrow, U. S. Senator
thejCapitol, in Harrisburg, on Tuesday, at twelve from Louisiana, died at Barnum's Hotel, Balti
more, on the 29th uli. He had left Washing
Baltimore, Jan. 4, 10 P. M.
The Southern mail reports the arrival at New
Orleans of tho steamer Fashion, with a bearer o
despatches from Gen. Wool.
A passenger who came in her reports, that 7000
Mexican cavalry had attacked Tampico on the 16th
of December. The American troops opened a fire
upon them, when the Mexicans broke and fled.
No particulars of the affair are given.
An express had reached Gen. Patterson, at Mat
amoras, stating that Santa Anna was advancing on
Saltillo, for the purpose of cutting off Gen. Worth's
division. Generals Twiggs and Smith are at Vic
toria; and Gen. Taylor had started on the 15th
ult. for the same place.
Gen. Patterson was to leave for Tampico on the
20th December. Captain Stone had captured a
Mexican captain, who was engaged raising re
emits on the Rio Grande. He had with him a lot
of munitions of war, which were also secured.
o'clock, and, no doubt, most of the members were
present. The Governor's Message will probably
reach here on Friday, and will be given in our
next paper.
A Warning.
The Locofocos of Schuylkill county, at their
late county meeting, held for the purpose of ap
pointing delegates to the 4th of March Convention,
passed the following resolution :
Resolved, That we admonish our Democratic
brethren-in Congress, that unless justice is done
to Pennsylvania on the Tariff question, during the
present session, that there is great danger of a
much greater storm in Pennsylvania about elec
tion day next Fall, than the one that visited us so
sadly at the last election."
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The Luzerne Democrat indignantly denoun-
ces the conduct of Wm. J. Leiper, Commissa
ry of the Stale of Pennsylvania, for charging a
bill of $650, or $6,50 to each man, against the
Wyoming Artillerists, for "provisions furnished
transportation," &c. on (heir way from Wilkes
barre to Pittsburg when the Company had
paid all expenses on the route, except where
the hospitality of the citizens provided for them
It is certainly an outrageous attempt at extor
tion, and should hold up its author to public in
fanty, unless he can satisfactorily explain his
conduct.
Massachusetts.
The returns of the election in the second and
fourth Districts of Massachusetts, where no
choice was made at the regular election, exhib
it the gratifying result of a complete Whig tri
umph. Daniel P. King, and John G. Palfrey
are chosen, and the whole delegation from that
State is Whig.
Postages.
It will be borne in mind that after the firs
day of January, 1847, the Sub-Treasury law
requires all postages at the different offices
throughout tho country to be paid in gold and
silver and that the Postmasters are compelled
to demand and receive nothing else than gold
or silver for postage of letters, papers, &c.
ton as the friend of the Hon. G. Davis of Ken
tucky, with a view to the adjustment of the dif
ficulty with Mr. Bayly, of Va., was taken ill
very suddenly and so violently as to baffle the
skill of the best medical advisers.
Railway to ISaston.
Application is to be made to the New Jer
sey Legislature to incorporate a company to
made a railroad from the western terminus of
the Elizabeth and Somerville railroad to the
Borough of Easton, Pennsylvania, and from
thence to the Delaware Water Gap.
Among the latest rumors from Mexico, is one
that General Ampudta has been tried for hi
conduct at Monterey, and ordered to be shot.
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GOVERNMENT OF THE U. STATES.
Executive Salan
President James K. Polk, of Tennessee - - - 325.000
Vice President - - - George M. Dallas, of Penn.'a - - - 5,000
Sec. of State - - - James Buchanan, oi Perm 'u c,00i)
Sec. of Treasury - - Robert J. Walker, of Missisippi - - c.ooo
Sec. of War William L. Marcy, of N. Y. 0,000
Sec. of the Navy - - John Y Mason, of Virginia e.ono
Postmaster Gen. Cave Johnson, of Tennessee, 6.000
Attorney Gen - - - - Nathan Clifford, of Maine 4,000
Judiciary Supreme Cowit.
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, of Baltimoie. Marylant 35,000
Associate Justices Salary $4,500 eacl..
P. V. Daniel. Richmonl, Va.
John M'Lean.Cincinnati, Ohio
J. M. Wayne, Savannah, Ga.
J. McKinley, Florence. Ala.
J. Catron, Nashville, Tenn.
S. Nelson. Coopeistowi, N.Y.
L. Woodbdrv. Ports'li, V. II.
R. C. Grier, Pittsburg, 3a.
President of the Senate, (ex. off.) George M.Dallas, Pa.
Speaker of the House, - - John W. Davis. Ia.
Minister to England, George Bancroft, Masa.
Do. to France, v imam ti. King. Ala.
Do. to Russia, Ralph I. Ingersoll. CI.
Do. to Spain, - - R. M. Saunders. N. C.
Do. to Brazil, Henry A. Wise, Va.
End of the Tan IVess Case.
Mrs. Connor, was on Wednesday by a d3ci-
sion of the Court, ousted of her claim to be the
widow of Gen. Van Ness. A majority of the
jurors were in her favor, but the decision of the
Court compelled them to bring in a verdict con
trary to their judgments as to the testimony.
Since the establishment of the Magnetic Tel
egraph from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, a ccni-
munication sent from Philadelphia, arrives at
Pittsburg, twenty minutes earlier (according to
the clocks of the two cities) than it left Phih
delphia. It takes the sun 20 minutes to ro'l
from the meridian of Philadelphia to that (f
Pittsburg, but the passage of the magnetic fluid
is apparently instantaneous.
The Government of Canada has dierminrtl
to institute an inquiry into the cruelties prac
ticed in the penitentiaries of that Province.
No man was ever cast down by the injustice
of fortune, unless he had before suffered him
self to be deceived by her favors.
A mason tried, the other day, to purchase of
a farmer a hen that would lay brick.
MARRIED,
On the 31st ult., in Milford, at the house of J.
M. Heller, by the Rev. C. Miln, Mr. Abraham
West fall and Miss Hannah Winfield, both of West
fall township.
Our thanks for the large piece of delicious cake
accompanying the notice. May it be emblemati
cal of the larger slice of connubial happiness, ye:
to be theirs.
Women in Coal Mines.
The attention of the British House of Com
mons was some time Bince attracted to the em
ployment of women and girls under-ground, in
coal and other mines, and a law was enacted
prohibitory thereof. A recent explosion in a
coal pit near Manchester revealed the fact, how
ever, that women are still employed, and that
they disguise themselves in men's apparel in
order to procure tlfo employment.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
The undersigned auditor appointed by the
Orphan's Court of Monroe county, to examine,
resettle and make distribution in the matter of
tho account of Jonas Hanna, Administrator of
the estate of Elizabeth Michael, late of Middle
Smiihfield township, Monroe county, deceased,,
will attend to the duties of his appointment on
Monday the 8th day of February next, bsuyesn
the hours of 10 a. m. and 7 p. m. of said-day, .at
the house of Joseph J. Postens, ia. the Borough
of Stroudsburg, when and whoia- alii person in
terested may attend.
SAMUEL S. Q&EmK. Auditor,
January 7, 1847.
VALUABLE PROPERTY AT
PEIVATE SALE,
The subscriber offers at private sale, his
the Bojough of Stroudsburg, The lot is 50 feet
Dwelling House and Lot, situate on Susan st Jn
front and extends back about 17Q feet to a pri
vate alley, pn which is erected a good frame
stable, 16 by 18 feet. The dwelling is 3 stories
high with an excellent kitchen attached theie
to. There ia also on said lot a frame shop, and
other out buildings, all composed of good ma
terials handsomely situated, and well calcu
lated for the mechanic, speculator, or man of
leisure.
For terms, &c, apply to S. N. Thompson,
Stroudsburg, or of the subscriber,
Wit, A. LAMB, Easton Pa.
January 7, 1847,