IMtWassl
JEER.SONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, October 19. 184S.
lOtfe Ce.ngresele.nal District.
The vote M this District fur Congress stands
as follows': t , '
- ff ' ...
Dimmick. ." Wheeler. "
1006 ; "'; 743
- 598 " ' 101 V
. 1515, 372
34 10 2276
1235' 9351
CarborY
Pike
Monroe
Northampton;
Wayne
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WHIG NOMINATIONS.
.avr ' JOR PRESIDENT,
.. v fipnrrii Z4CHARY TAYLOR.
9Bscl, 2 . . OF LOUISIANA..
' f FOR VICE PRESIDENT,'
If rn. ITIIXLi ARD Ff LXMORE,
rv r" : of NE'w York!
SENATORIAL ELECTORS.
. Thomajb M. T. M'Kennan, of Washington,
JoHXPi,SANDER80N!,'of Lebanon.
fl DISTRICT ELECTORS.
1 Joseph G. Gla.rJison,1
2 John P. Weiherill,
' 3 'James M. Davis,
4 'Hiw's. W. T),urliel.dt
5 Daniel 0.' Hitner,
0 Joshua Dnngan,
7 John D. Steele,
8 John Landisjr
9 Joseph Schniucker,
10 Charles Snyder
11 William G. Hurley;
12 fctanci&l yler,
13 Henry Johnson,
14 William Colder, Sr.
15 William M'llyaine,
16 Charles W. Fisher,
17 Andrew G. Curtin,
18 Thqs. R. Davidson,
19 Joseph Markle,
20 Daniel Agnew,
2.1 Andrew W Loomis,
22 Richard Irwin,
23 Thomas H. Sill,
24 Sam!. A. Purviance
Pennsylvania Election.
There -is still some doubt as to who has been
elected Governor of this State, William P. John
ston or Morris Longslreth. The latest returnsare
iiot tjuite as good, for the Whig candidate, in the
average as the earlier. We have elected a major
ity of. the: members to the Senate and Hou3e of
Representatives, which secures a Whig U. States
Senator, and have -also elected a majority pf the
Congressmen. Below we gite the returns for
Governor from all the counties in' the State but
two Potter and McKean. If these reports may
be relied on, and if the two counties yet to he
heard from give the same majorities that they did
in 1844, Governor Johnston is undoubtedly elec
ted. It is certain, however, that the contest is
much closer than was at first supposed,- and, it is
equally certain that the ofljcial majorities. have va
ried so widelv from the reported, that it is impos-
aible.to rely upon the latter, especially where the
aggregates are likely so nearly to approximate.-
Allegheny, i,
Adams
Armstrong
Berk's-'
Beaver c
Bucks- '
Bedford-.-.
Blair
Butler, v'p .
Bradford :
Cambriav
Carb'on
Chester "
Centre,
Cumberland
Columbia; :
Crawford..
Clarion
Clinton
ejTfieid:-
Dauphin "'
Delaware;
Elk'
Governor; Canal. Conimis'er.
Johnston. Longs'th Middle'th. Painter
6856
2321 4207
394
5084
2G13
868
79
768
5895
1980
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Franklin
Green t
Huntingdon
Indiana
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Jefferson i
Lebanon'
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Monroe- ?f
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Montgomery
Northumberland
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Philadelphia" city
6161
1806
17
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5245
2739
480
270
996
5140
994
83
3157
300
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OFFICIAL "i
Kcrtiriisv
rfTOR THE JEFFERSON'IAN REPUBLICAN.
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Coremor
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Canal Com'or.
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Congress
Dimmick, 85-37 88 120- 28 64 134 52 598
Wheeler,.; - 20 6,;2. 2 12, 12 . 23, 6 101
Assembly
46 91 120 27 61 141 53 612
1122 - .4 15!rtllv 24 ;6 126
75 45 9 L 122 26'' '53 138 48 598
12 20' 3 11 11 26: 5 119
J W George1 42 41
Otis Avery,- 64 10
, Commissioner
J N Hunt, 77 49
J R Kern; 17 5
Prothonotary
Westbrdok 92 49
Auditor .
Westbrook 43 45
CWDewitf '55 5
26'
92
22
84 ! "30 5130 3 473
38 10 11' 29 54 293
49 1 8 ' 38 49 363"
k64'26- 54 112 B -SOtf
110 111 33.69 145 53 662
84
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83 29 58 133 ,3 478
26 6 8 10" 51 190
The Pennsylvania Delegation in
Conjiess.
We annex a complete "list of the Pennsylvania
Delegation elected to the 31st Congress. The
names of the Loco Focos are in Italics.
1 Southward &d L. C. Levin
2 Philadelphia city J. R. Ch'andler -
3 Northern Liberties H. D. Moore
4 Philadelphia county, 'J. Bobbins; Jr.
5 Delaware, .Montgomery J. i)reedley
6 Bucks and Lehigh
7 Chester
8 Lancaster.
9 Berks
10 Northampton, &c.
11 Luzerne, &c.
12 Susquehanna,&c.
13 Union, c
14 Schuylkill, &c.
15 York and Adams .
16 Perry, &c.
17 Centre, &c.
18 Somerset, &c.
19 Bedford, &c.
20 Feaver, Washington
21 Allegheny
22' Mercer, &c. .
23 Eriej Potter, -c
24 Butler, &c.
. Thomas Ross .
J. C. Dickey
Thadde.us Stevens
.,W. Strong
M. M. Dimmick
' Chester Builer
David Wilmot
J., Casey
"C.'W.' Pitman "
.Henry Nes,
. J. McLanahan
S. Calvin
Ar 3. Ogle s
Job' Mann ,
M. Hampton
J. W. Howe
J.Campbell"
G. W. .Smith.
There "appeared in the Monroe Democrat of
.thev5thJnt.. a communication over: the sign
ture:of Crilicus" to which w make the fol
lowing reply, X). s " ' -
The larger scholars of the Academy wish
this man " Crilicus" to make himself known
and they will return his shilling, provided he
paid oWe, and will also pay him for the compli
ments which he bo bountifully bestowed on us.
This may not be the onlybenefii which he may
derive. If we. consider him a proper Instruc
lor we willVngage liis'servicet to instruct us in
u Pronunciation " arid when we have another
Exhibition on theway we will call on him to
ihtfUct us frf Gesticulation;1 fc As for the or
atory being " too hibdh of one kind" can very
easily be explained. Olil Rough and Ready
carries the day .with: us, and we' choose " Old
Harry's speeches befor.e any praip of our couni
iry. There, lwe;e.,i that time in School 7-Whigs
aud.l Locoff'this answers for " too much, of
one, kind."
- Let us ?ee whtat kirrd of a critic this " Crili
cus" is. We will take but. a small portion of
his " Communication. For instance " T.here
was 'too great a scanty of dialogues and dra
matic pieces, which are always mo'st pleasing
to a general audience." According Vo the con
struction of the English Language ho is first
finding fault about theie being " lob great a
scarcity of dialogues atod dramatic piecetf' and
then, turns round and says " a scarcity are most
pleasing to to a general audience"; thu? show
ing gramatical inaccuracy and contradicti'on in
meaning.
" And if the Representative of Patrick Hen
ry had less tore a passion of rags to' very tat
ters and o'erstepped not the modesty of nature,
he would have the more resembled the great
original ; but we must to him nevertheless ac
cord the merit of the most finished and grace
ful gesticulation." In the first place he' 11 tore
a passion of rags to very taiters arid o'erstepped
the modesty of nature, and in ihe same sen
tence he is deserving more than 44 finished and
graceful gesticulation."
Olr nonuense ! 44 Crilicus" you should first
get a knowledge of the English language beforeJ
you undertake to cuticise, for such ignorance
of the common rules of grammar, shows you
to be totally unfit for the task you have under-
Severe and True.
The Louisville Journal some time ainfcej.pubV
lisheda little article enumerating; nine thi'ngs-'
which Gen. Taylor never did. Thef Louisville
Democrat tepliedi by alluding to Gen. TaylorV
refusing to pay postage, give political'pledges, &c
The Journal responds in the following paragraph,
the severity of which is attributable to its truth :
We .can, without thfeleast trouble, continue, the
catalogue of things that Gen. TayloTneveTidr
He never .Wore the black cockade. He never at
tached himself, first to the Federalists, theato the;
Jackson, men, then to the whlgs, and then to the
locofocos. He" never at a Tequ'i'sition to surrender
himself-and his sword to .an'cnemyr-bwke the. un
conscious, sword ovdr a stiirnp and quietly surren
dered his conscious self,. sle.fk and, unbroken. Hje
nejer sought to prbcure the disgrace and death 'of
an old xevolutionary veteran by making before a
court martial an. oath directly and expressly con
tradicted by his own written statements. He nev
er fled like a, base culprit-from the midst of a dis
tinguished circle at the sight of an' accomplished
lady, who lor the vindication of her deac? father,
:had addressed to him a' written interrogatory he
dared not anstyer. He never signed a law to whip ,
and sell poor white men arid poor white women.
a,t the discretion of a. justice of the peace, for the
exercise of their, natural rights. . He never estab
lished a distillery, andr whilst making quarterly
importations of French liquors, required a set of
pensioned presses to hold him up as the especial
champion of total abstinence. He never drew
$100,000, from the public Treasury for alledged
extra services. He never, while holding high of
fice under government, got up a company with a
capital of nearly half a million of dollars, with
himself at its head, for the, monopoly of the pub
lic lands. He never had two fraudulent lives of
himself published, the one. for circulation among
the advocates of slavery in the South. He never
stood with four faces, looking towards the sections
of the Union,.and addressed each section m lan
guage not meant to be heard by others.
taken.
STQDENtS.
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2841 1580
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r
Okiv Elegit. '
New ybxx, Oct. 16.
A" despatch received to day from Buffalo,
concedes the elects of Ford, the 'Whig can
didate for GovcrrfQhio,io be certain. The
legislature will fee Wfci but the Whigdiose
two Congretsnefc, and gain one. in the Bel
BHHtt District.
TsAffieesvjiteU- 6veror Jobastort ofPenn
jlraaia, i practftajaiien remarket! for Jr
g aaae f lawgaaga anil flcHv exprassitft t f
0Hr.fHh4ff tin 234 mt HoiiafaT'tk a
'rfaj Tfeaafcjff itfif lhrevghoui, the Siarr r
Strays. -
For the satisfaction of our country friends we
give below the substance of the different. Acts of
Assembly relative to-the course to be pursued with
strays of various kinds-.
It is necessary, after5 fairing op a stary," to give
notice to the Town Clerk within four days, under a
penalty of five dollars. Ifthe owner appear, arid
the parries cannot agree about the charges 'for
keeping the stray, the matter must be re'ferred to
a Justice of the Peace. Bufif the owner do not
appear -within the ten -days' ffotrr the 'time of
of taking up, and six dayrfrom the time of
giving notice to the Town Clerk; the same must be
advertised in at least one paper in the county.
Written advertisements-will not answer, when there
is- a paper printed in the county." After the stray
is-advertised, if the owner do not" appear within-
sixty days, application must be made to a Justice
of the Peace, who will issue a warrant to the Con-1
stable to- sell said stray. ' 1
A neglect to give the notice we have mentioned,
will prevent the person who takes tip the stray
from recovering anything from the same. The
law expressly says, that if notice is not given, the
stray or1 strays shall be delivered up tb the owner
thereof without any recompense, fee" or reward'
whatever;
We consider the law1 an important one; and
publish the- above in ordef that our country friends
may know .what to do; and thereby keep them
selves but of difficulty.
The CoKirictsia the State Priio as for
, -gt Cass..-
The National Intelligencer aaye, "'We learn
that the Convicts in the. Penitentiary are actual
ly employed' in preparing and painting democrat?
Transparencies; Sat use, forelectioneering purpo
ses, not only in tttis city but" in other quartefs;-r-WhetherftHisi
beSi propel employment for these
.Convictsbur readers are quite as conrptenV to
jiidge"as we are. ,We find further, in a paper called
the 44 The Battery," printed in, that (city, the. fol
lowing -statement which we are,assured is literal-
" And next we have, in iheelectlorreering field,
tnfl Ilniied1 States; Penitentiary ! Th iSupdfih
tendaNt of that institution not only signs docu
ments no'v 85 Chairmarr of arr Evecutive Commit
tee of i Cs "d Butler' Clob, but' absolutely
makes a huge pass amd Butler document room of
the U. S. Feni.terV,al7 - vrt.Joade ofdqcuments;
go there to be direcv d i whether the eonviets
are taken frepi their. Ilr herd labor, and mad
le d)iitS9 Caaaaad PrdtxamtMHia more
tlwn has yis( trane0d. $mboiy thin; diictj
The New York "Courier and Enquirer" de
nounces the absurdities of the Subtreasury, and
depicts, the mischief ii does. The money mar
ket arid the currency, it says, are put by it un:
der the. control, of Mr. Walker, and the power
he lias under it is too great for any dhe human
being. The 4,Courier" says : ?
.'The absurdity of the. Subtreasury system is
daily .witnessed in- the carting from the banks
to the custom-house and back again the iden
tical dollars and dimes which are paid out at
the banks to their customers The loss of time
and the labor and expense of this extraordinary
and unnecessary movement ofspecie fall's heav
ily upon our merchants. Frequently a clerk is
obliged to stand several hours in order to pay
his duties, and must, when his turn is come,
wait until the gold and silver is counted out
piece by piece, by the Subtreasurer or one of
his clerks. If perchance one or more, of these
pieces' should not be American coin, he is sent
back toT replace them, and must again wait his'
turn -ere ho can conclude his business. So, in"
the cateiof the payment of the semi-annual in
terest on the public debt, are the drafts on the
Treasury. We have known old gentlemen
who were obliged' to wait at the time of the
payment of iheaix months' interest several
hours ; and we know of a cawe where one who
was entitled to thirty-five dollars half yearly on
his stock, was obliged to stand three hours be
fore he could receive his money.
"Besides the individual injury it inflicts, it
is of more serious injury'lo the money market.
At this time the payments to the custom-house
for duties are large, but the payments by the
Government are slow, and the accumulation of
nearly three millions of dollars, most of it taken
from the banlcs, is a very serious and alarming
evidence of the power of the system to do evil.
4The money market is contracted in conse
quence, and the stocks of the United States
fall under the" pressure."
The "Courricr" then dwells upon this curious
mode of lockiftg up nearly three millions in
specie, in Subtreasury vaults, when the use of
it is needed for the business of the community.
Coming- out for Taylor. ,
We understand that the recent Locofoco candi
date for Prothonotary, 'the Clerk of the County
Commissioners, the Postmasters at .Schuylkill Ha
ven, and' Orwigsburg, with several other promi
nent men in the Locofoco ranks, have come out
openly for Gen. Taylor. Well, well. We ratty
as well all be on one side a3 not. But what is
to become of the glorious 44 Democracy'. there
won't be a baker's dozen left to write its epitaph.
Miners' Journal
"Hon. FlaVibs J. Littlejobn, formerly State Sen
ator in Michigan, and .one ofthe ablest Democrats
iH'the State, is about to take the -flump for Yarf
Buren. A short time ago,- a qunker Meeting was
called, and Mr. Littlejohtf announced as. one of the
Speakers.
" The meeting assembled,' says the Grand
River Eagle, and a lusty call was made for
a speech from Mr. Litllejohn. Mr. L. arose, and
said he had renounced the Michigan Doughfoce
could'nt go him did'nt wish to disturb the harmo
ny of the meeting, and desired to be excused.
This was a cooler. The little enthusiasm manu
factured for the occasion was wrapped in a wet
Blanket. The plan of the meeting failed. The
faithful labored with him nearly all night and part
of the next day, but to no avail.
Snake Bites.
The root of the yellow'poplar, or American tu
lip tree, made into a strong decoction, applied out
wardly and taken inwardly, is said to be a sure
cqre for the most venomous snake bite.
A Colored Legislator.
Rev. Samuel Ward, a colored man, has been
nominated for the New York Assembly, by the
colored- men of Cortland county.
Desperate Fraud. '
We learn that an individual has been arrested
at Harrisburg, for distributing among laborers em
ployed on the Central Railroad who had not been
iirthe Country the required" length of lime, forged
certificates" of haturalizatioir, intended to be used
at the polls on Tuesday neit. The fraud was de
tected in due season, and the perpetrator is now
lodged in the Harrisburg jail, to await the punish
ment'of his crime.
Cd n clu d Vn o yAssAo-d of Mr. ChoaTe's
SpcEdH. ,lT liave often' thought, iri looking
over the three alternatives, what a very differ
ent thing the gr,eat national hip of State Al
mighty, God' hies and prosper her will he.
if she should fall' into the command of one of
the three great Candidates. Urrder General
Cbb, fhe would be a buccaneer, roaming all1
over tHe sea' for sfllcji and silver, canWoiihdlng
ib'in fort, firing itio that flig, and mak'irife her"
elf the terror of thd ocean, Under' Maitiri
Van Bitten there would be a general' rby and
mutiny fore and aft, firing from tHe quartetdecfc
upon the officer, and Trojn the mairt dellc, through1
the hatches, down into the Kola ; arid, accor
ding as one or ihe other is irf command, crujs.
ing to watch for runaway slaven, or to prevent
slates from running' away, would he their' rK
cation. Give Ker'wu, with Old Zaclc an com-
.1 ...J ..... Ill I, t ml, ...
niaiiuci, siiu buu win bwoii away neiore every
. w, Diiaiiuiji iuiisninro
py, Humanity snd civilization every" propitions
ale ebaff waft her or her course, ariffsfie
c' JnnB,ilft4 W'(Nrn nr1r onvoy
the pim pjiplwis? of itia eonieiariai
Ex-Gov. Seward An Incident hr the
Way.
From NorristowrHo Phosnixvilie, we "rode in
the coach that runs between those places. Short
ly after starting, we overtook a poor Irishwoman,
trudging albrig with a little girl by her side, a
bandbox in Her hand, and an infant tied in a shawl,
upon her back". She looked worn arid weary.
Lhe lollowing dialogue ensuea :
Governor Coachman, stop the coach,' arid let
that poor woman in.
(?oy. Good woman get in and ride ; step in.-
. woman.- i cannot sir; I have no money..
Gov. Never mind'; come, get in.
( Wonan.SirVl have not a. cent in the world,
Icarinntjwy.
GouNvet mirid, I will pay fqr you.
The pdor woirian was helpod jn,' the . Governor
paid her fare, and by subsequent conversation, we
learned that she had just landed", and was in search
of her husband, who coVne to thja country
some months before.
The above fS Without wnlenand" whilst it
serves to show oti4fia oner haritT poverty arid- dis
tress, on tne other JkMhessH and' KUrriariityand
snpuja prove tyaur Irish poriple, that; our V?hi;
qvern.or as. ;y0li (ta th Whi .panjrtrt not
5j?inm.Y.vAprfaenteA
liliflal bppb fqr ,:poiiijctl ttifct,-
A False Charge Disproved.
It is Hot. always an easy matter to prore
negaiiVe., . But a false and absurd imputaua
on Genetal Taylor, renewed at this inomeJ
auer peing more than a year ago Jully exannnt
and reflllrtf" in till ninnr vam hivm It :..
... ..... .va, - u.u ,k til otjj
power, upon the testimony of the AdminijiJ
tion itself, by whose friends it is now reviej
utterly to demolish. We find the charge nr.
1 : .1 . fi b. V,(
,lcii ouu..ue.Aioany -Argus 01 lasLiSaturday j '
ma iiiiiuwiug terms :
"Nn ranrltrl man nf .illiar n . .L
i V e V v 1 Jf' wno
look at th-facts presented on the official J
coras oi tne country, can tail io 8ee that, if therj
uo aiijf muu issiiiig oujr wjb on me score ofl
ihm m'rli' nf nur irmtf Iri tim fi r .1 - 1
Tivino Knms in fnr a fill) a Vi - - f :i rt .
was who first advised and urged that morempm
and itwas not sanctioned by the National Aij'j
ministration until alter Mr. blidell, and the prod
fers of negotiation with which he had bA
. . . 4 . ...
charged, bad been spurned with contumely U
the ftlexican government, and war had bee-j
anfnulltr Atiarmi nn ii no r f m r 1 1. tn. ,tl
purpose of. recovering the territory said tohej
dispute, but the entire State of Texas. The!
it was that the movement suggested and iirgt;
by fjjenefal. Taylor was assented to at Wa,;
jngton -and that not as an act of aggression.
t... ' i jr .i. r. .
3U as a purely umeiisiva mcasuie uciensirJ
S imiifii Kolursiun tVkca I wn nnltnne hitt nnnn t 1
teritlory of one of the States of this Uiiiotj."
Otf the history of the movement of the armri
upon ihe Rio Grande,. proving it to hav taJ
peremptorily ord.ered by the resident alter Gca.
Taylor Jiad refused to assume the reitpdnsibij.j
ity of Hiich a .movement when merely atlvjidl
to ii, conclusive .proof will be found in atur.j
tide iti ihe preceding page of this paper, copjJ
from the National intelligencer ot June
!Ol tT7 t. I m 1-i fit., 'i rli fl a Ttut r .9
to convince our adversaries, who navo no de
sire to bo convinced, 3" to fotnfy those whnare
disposed to re8isUbe ou'tou imputaiioii wturli
is now attempted to be fixtd upon Gen. TayloJ
of having advised ihe Administration to imM
war upon Mexico.
Now, for the remainder of the statement o,'I
the Argus, by which it would ahift from
shoulders of the Administration the re.poni!
bilityofthe war, brought on by ihe march M
lhe Rio Grande. That movement. avs n
Argus, ,4was not sanctioned by the Nationjll
A flmintatr'iMnn tinitl afinr Mr QltAW tanrl V3
lUIIIIMOIU.UII Ull Ml Hbl 4VJ I AJ I mu IU,d
proffers of negotiation with which he had beetl
charged, had been spurned with contumely by tki
Mexican Government, and war had been actually
sertiori is so distinct and specific as to makenl
alike imnnmtihlf. in mimitif!frstnr1 it nr tr px.
n nin ii uurav i 11 m ijaiia ninranvar i nna ni .
fact ; and all that we have gut to. do to demul.
L.l.l .' .:. it V
i3ii iue cnare. is io couironi n wnn a com lie-
3 I
. . ' e. i r . , r .1 .t 1
iciu "ivucaa io us laimiy. otauu iuiiu, men
A - a . r o -. . . i
41.11, ufiumair ui isjaci . j
The Executive Document No 60 of the latl
session of Congress contains the corresnon-i
dence between Mr. Secretary Buchanan andii
Mr. Slidell, our Minister in Mexico, and, aig
pari oi u, ine.instruciions, oy order ot the frej.j
ident of the United States, (nrwarded by the
Secretary to that Minister. The order fur the 1
march to the Rio Grande, the reader must rec
ollect, was issued on the 13th of January, 1846. j
Un the the 20th day of January, one week pre
cisely after ihe date of that order, Mr. Buch
anan, transmitting, to Mr. Slidell his commu-1
sion, just then ratified by the. Senate, instruct!
him as follows :
" Should ihe Mexican Government, by final
ly refusing to recede you, consummate tho ad I
of folly and bad faith of which they have affor
ded such strong indications, nothing. will then w
main for this Government but to take the redress
of the wrongs of its citizens into its own hands"
,4In the mean ume.the President, in antici
pation of the final refused of the Mexican Gov
ernment to receive you, has ordered the army oj
Texas to advance and take position on the left
bank of the Rio Grande; and has directed that
a strong Seel shall be immediately assembled
in the gulf of Mexico."
It is thus proved, beyond. the possibility of
denial, mat tne march o! the army to the Kio
Grande was ordered by the President in antici
pation of the refusal of the Mexican Govern
ment to receive M. Slidell, and without any
pretence of Us being provoked by hostile dem
onstrations on the part of Mexfco.
It cannot, therefore, be true, but must be ad
mitted to be false, that that movement was not
sanctioned by the Administration until after
Mr. Slidell had been spurned by the Mexican
Government, and war had been actually de
clared on its part.
.Kit were necessary to cumulate evidence on!
this point, morr of it is to he found in the Doc
ement referred to. Mr. Buchanan, for exam
ple, in a letter of the 28th of January, to Mr.
Slidell, uses the following language, with
other expressions, showing doubt, at least, qh
the part of the Executive, at that date, whet'net
the Mexican Government would realy refine
to receive him :
"Should the Mexican Government, boweverJ
finally refuse to receive you, th cr p of jeti
b tax ante will then have been exhau'.ied. jfrtH
ing can rtmain bat to take the redress of ihe A
luries to our citizens, ana. me insults io out
Government, into our own hanfo"
Rational IntelligenUu
outrer,
liocdfejco Bnplicity.
, The Locofocos, who voied for Polk, one e.1
the largest slaveholders in the Union, and whaj
now support "Builar. another slaveholder, ft!
Vice -Pritidint, .make it a, grave objection w
Gn, Tayler that he owns slaves. 'The beam
sljcki pel, too far for then to see the tnnte Is
the eye of the Whigs. . Let them flrit tm
ijum own vision before .tiejrut tlteraselves m
.ceaiori of otner men.