just claim to the name. There were men in
that day who took sides with the enemy against
-the Whigs of the Roltplutiein, just aS the lead:'
era of the opposiabn prose4t party take sides
• now against the constituent authOrities of their
country. •
The Whip of that day Were the advocates'
of the rights of their countiy, and were willing
to saerifiee,everything butihonor in resisting
the tyrany and oppression Of the King and'Par-
Bement of Great Britian, And for the estab
lishment of a ,free and isdependent govern.
ment.
Taking their sentiments and conduct as
the test by which to determine what consti
tutes a Whig, what just clim can the Feder
alists make to the name? May we not appeld
to the fathers of Democreity who are yet a
mongst us to prove that fromthe establish
anent df the 0,4-atitution the present day,
P e — e
the leading stalist4ins all the difficulties
we have had with forei • gn dowers, took sides
against the Depoerate an juggled the ene
.inkiessof their country, just:ns they are now jus
tifying the Mexicans,. condemning Mr. Polk
and the Democratic party ,
When Great Britain meillted our flag, bn
preadtK our seamen, istindised and native,
aed ineming and Ondenenink our ships and mer-
Chandis& under rions felts pretences prior to
tits declaration of the war; f 1812, Mr: Jeffer
son was anxious to bring tbem to a sense of
justice wDliout resorting In war by . the adop
of manful measures 4 It was for this pur
pose. the embargo and eion-intercourse laws
were attlpted. nese WO were denounced by
the Federalists from one fed of the Union to
the other as unconstitutional and - oppressive ;
and such was the feeling imong the New Eng
land portion of them, that the laws could not
be etecuted, and thus i 4 their object defeat-
-They then denounced Mr. Jefferson. and the
whole Deasocratic,party is pnsilanimous, and
- said they could not be tithed bit° a war..
At.length, when gr. gad' son, who succeed
,ed Mr. Jefferson, rec.omaPided war as the only
alternative to preserve the rights and honor of
the nation, the Federal time was changed..—
Democnits were then dtfnounced for making
war without preparation,,*nd by many the war
was declared as wicked end unjust, as the lead
ing Corwin Federalists nuw denounce the Mex
ican war.
Many of the New England orators. declared
it " unbeelibing a moral 'and religious people
to rejqice at our victorie and thus was the
opposition of the war continued, and the arm
of the nation in a degree
i pMalized- by the mach
inations of Federalism, until it ended in the
unparalleled victory of the Bth of January, 18-
3,5,i, at New Orleans, achieved under the auspi
oes'of general Jaiskson.,? The remit of this
war gave almost a deathOlow to Federalism,
and then it was that they. began to deny their
ancient-name, and to see* for others mere pop
ular, in order to deceive ;the people and screen
themselves from the odinin of their traitorous
conduct. - 67
But their-opposition to: Democratic men and
measures, with a few honitralle exceptions, con
tines the same, no matter what they may as
;
MOO.
During the administration. of General Jack
. arm, a treaty was concluded with France, by
which indemnity was sectir' ed to some extent,
to our citizen's, for spoliitions on our commerce
by that nation. For Opine cane, after the
treaty was concluded, the French Chamber of
Deputies refused to-make the necessary appro
priations to carry it intoffect and to pay what
the treaty stipulated thipuld be paid, and the
draft of our gcorernmentffor one of the instal
ments was dishonored. This. was an act of
had faith on the part of Prance, to which the
administration was detertained not to submit,
even at the risk of war ;4, and General Jackson
suggested that if the treaty was not carried in
to effect m good faith, we would have a right
to make reprisals. Hoig did the Federal par
ty behave on this occation ? Their - newspa
pers were filled with daimneiations from one
end 'of the Union to the iither, against the ad
ministration far its rash and uncalled for rec
matnesdations which winild, as they said, in
volve the country in a rier.
• Mr. Livingston, who *as then in France as
our Minister, urging upob the French govern
. meat the mpemity of the execution of the trea
ty to preserve the amicable relations of the
governments, said the 1 4( reatest obstacle be
;found in the way of cleating the object wie the
,Federal presa, partiedarly the National Intel
ligence?, at-Washington;:= which he requested
the Secretary of State tri strike from the paper
sent-to the Legation, 014=unt of the anti
- American character, whith was done. It will
also be rtieollected that wring this difficulty,
it. was anticipated, from 'thews just received at
the eine of the seam; of Congress in the
per 1635, that banes Weight take advantage
at the then unprepared emalition of the country
and make a laden &claret' ion of war. It was
therefore proposed to place an appropriation
of three millions of dollars at the disposal of
~ the President to meet the contingency. The
. proposition yeast once acceded to by the Dem- I
emetic Houssof Represintathes e and the ip
,propriation Was granted by an bverwhelming
vote of that body. B4how was it treated by
a Federal Senate ? Rejected instanter in the'
most imparliamentary'od indignant manner.
One of the leaders and most distinguished
members of that body, and the head and front
of Federalism,. declarintthat he would not vote
for it, "if the enemy wire at the walls of the
Capital battering it dottni."
°The appropriation wee , lost by a disagree
ment between the tiro Houses. Nothing
daunted, however, by the anti-American (lon
a* of.the Senate, Geri pal Jackpot adhered`
reeolittrdy to his purpoia until he compelled
Louis Philippe to =lois virtue of necessity
by min' g the indemnity! Now we know that
oar ,oppoomas, who caff;themselves Whigs, in
sist that they are not Oa old Federal party.—
, This, however, as we bdore said, is a mere e
mien to avoid the (Audi of their foriserdeedal
know there have &ten individual changes,
that some Federalists hive come ants the Dem
ocratic ranks, and somer i whO were Democrats
have gone bite the rardig of Federalism. Such
claws will no doubt b4constarttly occurring;
but the great body of the parties me emential
-11,04 saw, and their principles idebtical.—
Bas not Philadelphia been always a Federal
city--tindlairotot now* Whig city? Wins
not LiNitiAter and Adanas counties away*
Federalorn are theY eel new
oesatieel Xi* aotif; Massaelinsette • and
Rhode blood arla FA* &ates—and Ore'
whey ritikt* r,
- - Do Opt 14110,110 1 ilik.W4, o eausivelY that
=Odes% Again,- ,
itteh nt , lid Berke mail : a peen. tosaies,
ig.thisaisige:Were,* the i y . .iteeegly `Whig
• usitimintl76.---D050ft. 1 4 1 7, 99 , SoiJaf
fersOn, againet Ili esemstm , In the ararl
t. 1212-714 d ere thegiot,:'Dpaeerm4" still
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And , at tbe•Statae of P,Oessylvanil
1 and " - were the_ y Itot Democratic in,
the days - Of efferatm. Maul= and Jackson,
and ate. hoy not still Democratic? -iDo not
these few fac show clearly that *ties ere
essentially t e same at this time
,as they were
in the early ye of the Republic? Of this
fact, Lowe ,we hive further evidence, grow
ing out of tii relations of the parties to the
present war. The Democrats believe•that the
unjust cond tof the Mexicans towards, our
citizens, and their repeated aggressions upon
lour National rights; and especially their mass
, situation of our officers and soldiers upon our
own soil, prior to the battles of the Bth and 9th
of May, fully justify the course of the present
administration in the prosecution of the war
until an hen ruble peace shall be obtained, and
some
is, mil guaran given that it will be observed.
ealat
It s, a matter of history that we
had just of war with them long since,
but,,knewin our own strength and their weak -
near,
j ot.
nembore, and we have endured
moo wron at theirlands than would have
been tolerated by us' from Great Britain,
France or any other nation on the face of the'
globe. At .. eh emboldened by our forbear
ance, and . aoimity for weakness or cow- 1
ardiee, M : . declaretil and commenced • the
war herself.' Now the Federal party, especial-1
ly the leaders, labor in their papers and in
their speeches to prove that this unjust and
wicked wan for which the Democrats are &lentil
responsiblawinst as they did during the war
of 1812 L with Great Britain, and as they indi-1
cited their IcOurse in 1835, in our threated dif
ficulties with *Frahm. '
If thepreammt opposition to the Democratic
party is really a Whig. opposition, the word
must have some meaning very different from
whet it had in the daysl of the Revolution. In
those days 'Whigs took part with their country,
and the Tories with the enemy.. It seems,
however, that our opponents have found out
that if they cannot altei things they can
change lianas.
For a full history of the causes which led to
' the war, w respeetnlly refer to the annexed
extracts,from the last annual message of the
President, red from the preelamation of Gener
al Scott to the Mexicans, the latter Of which,
4
we presum , our opponents will at least admit
is good an hority. ,
We tithe existence of the war, and the
causes whi h brought It on ; and we deem it
the duty o every good 'citizen to sustain the
administra•ion in its vigorous prosecntien until
the enemy shall evince a disposition to make
flipeace on r and honorable terms. The Mexi
cans COM cad it, and they, and those in out
own court who take aides with them by de
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nonncing t e constituted authorities and pla
cing our own government in the wrong, are re
sponsible ler its continitenee.
' If the Federal press, end especially the Na
tional Intelligencer, cared so much difficulty,
to Mr. Livingston, in France, in adjusting our
differences with that goiernment, what most be
the effect Of the same press, and all others et" ,
like stamp,l now on the Mexicans, apeople
much less intelligent as a body than the French,
on theineation of peace, •
This is a question worthy of the attention of
the arithmeticians of our Federal opponents.
Here wed will drop the subject for the pres
ent, simpl rear ark th at we know there are
many and patriotie men in the ranks of
g i
our oppon ts, who do : not approve of the
course of t eir leaders, mid who ought not to
render theniselves subject to our remarks by
their adherence to a party that is habitually
wrong. I • •
To each we say, in all•kindness And sincerity
examine your position, and if you find Iyour
selves acting _ with those who are opposing their
country, ehne over to the Democratic party.
It is the party of the country, and whatever
may be its' errors, it will never be found taking
sides in tithe of war with the common enemy.
It was nur intention when we commenced
this add to call your attention particularly
to the aff' of our own State, and contrast
the presen con dition of the Commonwealth
with its lion a few years ago. We have,
however, tended our remarks in relation to
matters' nest ed with the genefal govern
ment, be nd what we intended, and will not
therefore your patience at this time, by
going
i at I ngth into the administration of of
:ears n o own State. We shall reserve this
for the su jest of another address.
The 8 , im provements are doing well, and
will, bout he most authentic informatioo we
have beef able obtain, clear at least one
rsted
million of; oilers to the treasury 'during the
present year, ifter the payment of all
expenses,;; unless some • unforseen casualty
should . We know of no waste or frauds
that are ' on the funds of the Com
monw .` We believe they are faithfully
collected •
.applied to their proper Imes.—
The a , tang department has been *aside- ,
lously m settling old accounts, and en
forcing ' payment of arrearages, from which
a very itirable suet has, within the last
year or to, been realised. The interest on
the plait debt, we believe, will be punctually
paid - August, and, if the same
mly is continued in the
iffairs that has prevailed
iiniatration it will eon
ptly for all time to come.
feel essured that in a very
able sinking fund can' be
ignish a portion of pub
ithout any increased taxi;
or Gov. Runk has fully
ms of his most sanguine
and Capable, sound in
in-their maintsinance.—
, greatly indebted for the
bad =ismer dui"; the,
1 Federalists - were in the
ire the prosperity' and well
being of the Comsmowealth demand his re-e
-lection, Pii, therefore urge you to be active,.
united and energetic in his support.
• Our cantbdste . for Canal Commissioner is ad
mitted oo all bands to bee most enezesption
se?
a bl e an d sum, well vistaed for the
situation; and will add strength to our party.
The ' ,we have of our prospeete,
from all of the Conuaonwadtb, are "high
ly , to our success. - We must not,
however, er this to make us toq eonlident.
We have ' Vigilant and never titles opposition
to eon lid, ever ready to ev i l itself of our
e a l m
indif' twors orsegligenee. lt therefore
behooves Dimmest to be *t his post,
I liad to , his linty to himself , to the well
tried ' el the party, to bis State, sad
his corn '.
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WO 110',1911r IP_ROM „MEXICO.
Great Confatitieo--No:Eledion for President
Santa Atria Slot Resigned-- The intercepted
Despatches--4temotal of the Sick, 4.c. 'cc.
FILIDWISICICSBURO, July 2, 1847.
The steamshii Palmetto bad arrived at New
Orleans bringing Vera Cris dates to the 18th,
Tampico to tbetOth, and Brazos to the 21st.
An into* iteived at Puebla by the Cor
dova-roote, announces that Gen. Scott had
commeacedlis Larch from thence to the capi
tal on the 16111.1 Nothing is said in regard to °
the overtures of pew. A thousand , troops
had left Vera din, son the 17th, Wider Gen. 1
Pillow, to join RGen. Scott. Nothing further
had been heardlrom Geri. Cadwalader. • €
All the sick rited on the 15th from Jalapa
for Perote. Gen. Shields was among the num- t
bey. '
'
The dates froin the city of Mexico were to t
the 9th.. Santd)Anna was then still.in power. '
His resignatiorV i vras withdrawn on ascertaining
that the majority , of Congress was anxious for '
its acceptance..`' The administration in conse
quence of this, - iintirely changed its policy, and
hat thrOwn itself into his arms. The public
opinion- there iSigreatly divided. A quorum i
of Congress ca4?ot be collected; such confu
sion
and anarchy , never before existed even in
the eity of Mexico. An important financial
measure of Aniya's administration had been
. summarily abreigated by Santa Anna, in defer
ence; be says, tO public opinion. This has led
to the resignatiOn of Basantod, and the nomi
nation of Lapatitia to the bead of the, State de
panment, causing dissatisfaction to the Puros;
but the result' i 3 not yet known. Almonte was
still in prison. , i 1 The State of Chihuahua bad
voted unanimously in favor of Santa Anna for
President. The-impression is that Genoese
will elect, and Herrera be chosen. No men
tion is made otineasures for the defence of the
capital in the cpapers. They deem General
Scott's irtentious to march on the city a mere
boast to keep tip the spirits of his men.
T_he government is urged to send tmnps "to
Puebla to fall "upon Scott and crush him.—
They say he his really but 5,000 men, though
he preter.ds toliave 7,000. It is dreaded that
he should be fOined by General Taylor. The
propositions Dir. Trist is authorised to make,
are said to be ';,,Ss follows, by the Al. xi( ans
Each Republii to name three eommissienersto
discuss the claims of the United States, and if
Mexico does lint consent, the war to be prose
cuted.
El Republi4no of the 7th, publishes the in
tercepted degpitch of Secretary Marcy to Gen.
Scott, dated the 30th April, in which he says
that the 'President supposes by the end of
June, that Go* Scott will have twenty thou
sand and General Taylor ten- thousand men.
The views of (ten.. Scott are asked on various
questions suoisted, and gives it:structions how'
to operate with the disaffected Mexican States.
Several other ihtereepted letters are given.—
Santa,Anna reviewed the troops under Iva
; re:, on the 64; ' They have not all arrived.
but expented to reach 8000 in a few
days.
The Vicc-GOvemor Oajaca had resigned.
False alanntk continued at Tampico. A par
ty of dragoonet had gone forty miles into the
interior, aithottt finding any armed Mexicans,
and the peoplefappeared to he friendly.
There was inching new at the Brazos.
NEws **o THE PLAINS!
Startling rumftro-- Capture of a Wagon train
—Marker if Teamsters, 6-c.
T.Eld St. Lou 4 Reveille of the 22d ult. ilringe
startling mmots tient the Plains, received at
Westport by a Indian, son of the Clief of the
Delawares, who says he witnessed the horrid
massacre which be mentions. His story is, that
near Walnut Creel, a ccmbined party of the
Arrappaboes, tlamanehes and "Pawness 'met &
&anti& a train of thirty wagons, drawn By
mules, and aeOmpanied only by the drivers &
Bor 10 harseMen. The' Indians surrounded
them,.and chapging suddenly, drove the team
eters from thefr saddles, and massacred every
Iman of the pity. The wagons were loaded
with governmenCstbres, which, with the mules,
the Indiana asropriated to their own use.
When our gtformant left Westport, Major J
Dougherty, who recently started, for Santa Fe
with 550 heat of cattle, was there for the pur
pose Of empl4ing more men. Near Council
;prove, his had made a stampede, and only 150
escaped. It leas to go in ninth of these that
the additionalWd would be required. Coun
cil Grove is 150 miles from Westport.
'We further learn that the Delawares are pre
paring to sentf a war party against the Osages.
A BOLD rDzont.T.—On thursday of last
week a youneman, not yet 20 years of age,
named Samuel Quick, Jr., from Manchester in
the northern of this county, presented a
note at the lloneidale Bank, purporting to
have been dra* n by Thomas Lerman, and en
dorsed by Messrs. Matthew Morgridge and
Simnel Priee4three well-known and respects- ,
ble citizens of Manchester. The note was
drawn for ;850 and made payable ninety days
after date. T he officers of the Bank, not sus
pecting any f*ud, discuuted the note. The
next day suspicions that all was not right, were
excited, by his exhibiting so large a sum of
moley, And the forgery was detected. He was
c
' a . sted, confined the crime, restored about
5 of the Loney ; and, after examination,
committed by Justice Patmor, in default
of ,to awil s. , t his trial at the September
Ism n of the!, Court.
P. 8. Sinop the above was in type we learn
that Quick hat been admitted to bail in the
Isum of $400.4 Wayne County Herald.
•
A Fun morn A Got') Itino.—We have in
our possessimt says the Charleston, S. C. Eve
ning News, a goM ring which. was found yes
terday in a laige black fish, while it was being
Clifor the table of one of our subseri-
Upon if cut two pretty-looking doves,
in the attitude or position that the poet has
1 -been pleased So denominate " billing and coo
ing,"and *lel the words " for ever constant."
How this " Olden bait" ease within the cor
porate limits.Of this voracious member of the
limy tribe, Or "Qaders must conjecture for
themselves. `lt may be that some one of them
reeognisetthe ring as his or her own. If
so, we will glidly restore it.
Art EL4P4DINT AND Resctra.—The Buffa
lo Express ants that the faithless wire of a mall
residing= %nada, left her house with a par
amour a few days since, taking_from her Ins
bend the nun ofOXl, with Which be had just
retained frcu England. The injured hub*,
followed tub Only pair to Niagara Fells, where
he aimed t h e ricer, and taking the cats, arri
ved is BolisIn: before the steamboat containin
the reeswetnet the interesting couple a ,
the docks; vend his ;500 and his wife
end after *fag the disappointed Lothario
few kieke, reftwned to her Majesty's domin
0".
Quills. Dontits.—A correspondent of the
' , bile Ledger, Writing from Jalapa, says:—
As the gubernatorial election in Penosylva
ni • is fast approaching, and you will probably 1
11 , ve a few surplus candidates for that office,
it not be so 4rranged that one or the other
o the defeated aspirants might be sent out
h :re, in order to !take charge of the little town
o Jalapa ? The present Governor, the Rev.
T omas Childs, We find, will not answer. He I
is decidedly too radical in his religious ideas, I
d he has issued strict injunctions that on the
) ssage of the " Host," the American soldiery,
), rticularly tbatlportion on guard at the time,
all instantly fall on their knees and doff their
ps, in token of Submission. Snipe of the men
v o have been rared under the liberal consti
don of the Untted States, (of which instru- '
a ..nt the sagaciqus Governor does not appear
have the. slightest knowledge,) made some
rious objections to this business, whereupon
e doughty Sir Thomas Childs seized a candle
the largest possjble size, took the head of
e procession, and marched off, to the infinite
light of a large crowd of gaping Mexicans.
Tam NAVAJOINDIANB.—CdoneI Doniphan,
his expedition came across several very sin
lar tribes of Indians. The Navajo Indians
e thus described :
The Navajo Indians are a warlike people,
ve no towns of houses, or lodges; they live
the open air ;or on horseback, and are re
arkably wealthy, having. immense herds of
rses, cattle and sheep. They are celebrated
r their intelligence and good order. They
eat their women with —great attention, con-
I der them equals, and relieve them from the
dgery of medial work. They are handsome,
ell made and 41 every respect a highly civil
! ed people, being as a nation of a higher order
I f beings than the mass of their neighbots, the
Mexicans. Abriut the time Colonel Doniphan
liade his treaty, a division of his command was
!ntirely out of prolisiOns : the Navajos Snppli
d its wants with liberalitY,
, SINGULAR FACT.-A black tv, man recently
, urned white at Cairo, Egypt. The woman is
..arrie3 to a black soldier belonging tEI Ibra
im Pasha's guard, and, according to the evi
, ence brought forward, it is during the last
wo'years that her black skin peeled ( ff "ay de
es and without any itvonvenience to her
elf, and has been replaced by a white al
' er features distinctly bel , ng to the Eth
aee, and her fiat nose, thick projectini
oolly hair, peculiar cheek bone, accet
he shape of her lea, all denote' her ori
ive Earopean medical men at Cairo hal
ified to the abnve faets.
What a singular effect it would, hay(
he Slavery question, if all the blacks
ountry. should follow the:example of tl
an above spoken of, and turn white.—
'ost.
LITERARY FAt LER Es.--The London
!. indent of the National Intelligencer, sa
t has been calculated, by those who ha
!eased correct materials for so doing. t
Linre duo onfl Nook in fifteen pays the
ies of printing, and not more than one in
tv pamphlets. nat only one out .o
,wo hundred books reaches a second
e in every five hundred a third, and
very thousand a. fourth. He also say
here are, probably, .not less t-an ten th,
,eraons who live by literary labors in'
nd more than double that number who
odo so. Poor encouragement. this for
uthors, but s very good lesson.
ANOTBER SUSPENSION BRIDOE.—W; learn
om the Pittsburg Post that Mr. Roetil i ng, of
' ittaburg, has the contract for constructing the
mense 'wire suspension. bridge acro# the
jagiOn River, below the Falls. It is. obe a
ingle span, 700 feet long, and 200 feetlabove
he river, and is intended to afford a ciptinn
as route for the Great- Western liailroad.
bleb is to be united with the Buffalo a d Al
•any Railway. The time ; at present oc spied
n reaching Buffalo from Detroit is fro o 36 to
hours. By': the prop, ised route, the same
istance can be Accomplished in ten hot s, and
•robably i eight. :
Tns BON AP Awn REBI.6EN CE.—The ewark
dvertiser states that the beautiful girounds
nd mansions belonging to the estate' 'of the
ate Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte, ex-I , ing of
at Bordentown, were on Friday week
at auction Ifor the sum of $35,500, Mr.
nmas pichards, of Philadelphia, was the pur
haser. It is said that . the building aloe cost
,rer $60,000. The paintings, sculptuoe, fur
, iture, sold at mach lower rates th'• n were
nticipated; s6ine articles sold for be f their
alne. The paintings brought from •10 to
1,050
NEW CLUSTER OF STARS.—The C'►n
: erald states. that Professor Mitchell b'
overd a new dustier of stars, to whic
'yen the name of Bucchinde. Their
ce is singular, They are of a blue ti
•mit an nnsteads light. They seem to ;
n a spiral orbit. They are sub-arran
•n distinct agglomerations, which are 0
her sub-divided. The number of star
luster is about one thousand, but the
ial situation is not described.
MlssioNArty Noivs.— A letter fro Dr.,
Eidson, dated Rangoon, March 2,184 i states
hat the house in Maulmain, in which ht. effecttt
ere left had been burnt to ashes. Hielelothe
nd his wffe's, all their American presents, an
very article of value, weft. consumed.l He
Ilowed tot main in Rangoon in the character
of a minister of to foreign religion, but 1,1 strict l ,
ly prohibited ftom mating proselyte. The,
succession of the -late King's son has ii•oduced,
no change for the better.
RAPID THAVELLINO..--The distan'./
Allyn's Point, (New London) to Worc. I
66 miles was tin on Tuesday last,
inst., in ONX noes and 52 minutes
three &tops. The engine which perfo
feat is called the Col. De Witt. built
era, Ketcham and Grosvenor of Patte
SUSPENSIOII br MOVNT Save)); W 1
We learn from the Cumberland Mo
that the extensile worksi of the Mount
Company. ire perfectly idle, work beir(
ly suspended. Thei mas t is said t o 4
tinned inability ;of the Oainpany to sat'
due the workmen:. ;1
Lowsu,.--Iliere are 13 nuinufactitl
porations in this city. embraeing a cap ,
of $11,490 ; 000, and numbering 45
'
i l
These mills employ. 7, 8 15, female I
male operatic* There , are other et I
rated manufsetpring establishments •
employing 1,00). —sci. Americ an , ',
J':
sir The 4ea Serpent has apps ..
hint. This in#mates that the Note
~
there are all T!aasi9 ffm their immix , ;
Letter Irmo Mr. Kendall.
The Picayune gives the following letter
from Mr. Kendall,, rhich, although; not its late,
perhaps as other advioes, covers some impor
tant information both ss regards the:prospect
of peace, and the strength of Gen. Seott's ar.
my, which has been greatly underrated by sev
eral fault-finding Federal papers :
Gen. Scott and staff, with the dragoons, a
train of about forty wagons, Mr. Kendall, your
humble servant and no particularquantity of
adventurers, reached Puebla on the 27th ult.,
and on the 28th Gen. Twiggs's division, with
the big train all of whom and which combined
with previous arrivals, gives us a foree4 about
6000 men, 600 . wagons, and near 5000 horses
and mules. Maj. Gen. Quitrian and MO r
Gen. Worth bad been in possession: of the
town thirteen days when we arrived. Two
days ago it was thought Geri. Scott would move
immediately on the capital, but I now think
he will remain here three or four weeks, st the
expiration of Aiich time he will not only have
slightly increased his army but ,will have all
his horses in good condition. Santa Anna has
resigned the presidency, and 'the act excites
much astonishment here. We have not been
advised what action the Congress has taken
upon the Subject. Many reasons are ;fledged
for the resignation, but.the most plausible I
can devise are his wish to attest his- popularity
with the Congress, or a desire to be behind the
scenes when the curtain rises for the first act
of negotiation.
I was much surprised to find the church'
party here so much opposed to Santa: Anna.
Among the San Augustine monks and ,
friars I
do not believe he has a friend. Herrera is tLe
favorite of the clergy. Yesterday a friend - of
mine who speaks Spanish passing well was in
CVnversatir n with two reverend gentlemen, and
when be told thi:m th - at we were in favor of
lierrera, they seemed delighted and'shook him
by the hand with great' good will. In this
place there is no less than 500 priests, and
they being owners of one half the town, exer
cise, independent of their hulv calling, great
influence over-the people. 'They are treated
with great respect, too, by our own people.—
Every officer, non-commissicned ,fficer and sol
dier is ordered to salute them ii tlrs streets,
and a day or two-ago when the bishop ; visited
Gen. Scott, the entire, guard was turned out
and remained at a present until his holiness
had passed in and out again. To Conquer a
peace the best method is evidently - to concili
ate the clergy. To the 29th we !lave papers
from the capitol. Nothing is,said whatever of
defending the place.
A Frenchman came in yesterday and reports
that Bravo and Canalizo have-resigned from
the army. It is possible- that'a train ,of wag
ons may leave here for Jalapa in a day or two,
l as I have heard that that post will be broken
pp. Plenty of every thing (or an army in Pu
ebla.; ;
n.—
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tips,
and
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;orres-
Is that
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' PROSPECT oi , PEACE.—The N. 0.. Delta
says : "Capt. Word, of the James L. Day, in
forms iis that information bad been received at
Vera Cruz before the Day left, that Generals
Scott and Worth, with the main body of be
.army, bad advanced as far as Rio Frio withiiut
opposition, and were met it that place by a
deputation from the Capita with proposals of
.'peace.
:, that.
usand
Ltion,
strire
► Gang
The exact tenor of the propositions was not
known. They Were, however, Dfsuch a-nature.
that - Gen. Scott refused to accept them, and
Visas determined to Vush on hiis forces to the
Capital, and frttm the deep anxiety felt by the
new Government (if the term -governinent can
be applied to any party m' power now ia Mat
eo) to stay the march of ouX forces on the Cap
ital, it was thought that - further concessions
,would be made to Gen. Scott before he took
up his line of march from Rio Frio."
Gen. Taylor and the federallitts.
While the Federal presses are straiii , -g them
selves, to find something to sustain their
charge that the Democrats in Congress voted
against paying honor and giving thanks to
General Taylor, they have stumbled over a
series of awkward proofs, that their party has
been his greatest assailants.
It is well known that it was the Federalists
in Congress who voted unanimously against the
proposition to give a gold medal and thanks of 1
!Congress to the hero of - Monterey. It was a
!Federal press at Boston which declared that it
i" would be a sad and woful joy—bsi joy,
nevertheless, to hear that the hordes under
ISc(tt and Taylor were, every man of them;
swept into the next world." It was the same
traitorous paper which pronounced General
Taylor and his Army to be " a band . of slaves,
murdering to extend slavery."
In, New Jersey, a Federal paper described
General Taylor as " a chief whose fame has
sprouted from the rich manure of huMan bod
ies, slaughtered kt derence of their wives and
their little ones, their God and their country ;"
and which aslcs—" What claims lots Genera'
Taylor to the
. eratitude of his country, nliore
than those growing out of dila murderous and
! thieving war ?"
I innati
s dis_
he has
ppear-:
ge and
• valve
d into,
ill far,
in thiti
celes-
In Ohio, a Federal paper _said of General
Taylor : " They know him to be the most ad
roit skull-breaker, throat-cutter, house-burnet
and woman-slayer." 1
Many similar tributes of Federal regard for
General Taylor might be culled out of the news
papers of that party—bitter and ihalignant
pl ilippies--decisive of his pretensions and re- 1
ecting Lim as unworthy of support- - 4hile not
a single Dein&tic press has employed any
such language ' approved its use. Yet, the
associates of th se men, their politicalco-work
ers, have the assurance- in the hope of some
small party gain,'to pour out , libellous ,attacks
upon the Democrats as ungrateful enemies of
the hero of Buena Vista and - Monterey, be
cause they . _are unwilling to vote in the dark
for unqualified ,approval of aets of Gen t Taylor,
which leading Federalists have alreidy bitter
ly condemned, on the party suppositiop, that
Mr. Polk's . cabinet directed them.--whiell, in
their eyes, is an act which cannot be i fergiven.
—Pennsylvanian. • \
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OFFICE fluariso.,--A good story , ii, going
the rounds, in which Mr. Marcy, -of the War
Department, figures. IC appears that news
was lately bright to New York by the steam
er, that Mr. •Beaslyi Consul for the United
States at Havre, -wail dead. The nut morn
ing, on coming- out of his house, Mr.( Marcy
saw before him a score of well.knoWn New
York faces, and enchained immedistellud„-
/o 0 f who's' dead ?" .
og cor l
I stock
3,340
neorpoi
the city
ger The liformen Temple, the . " amaw
Signal says, has boeb sold for $75;009 to the
Catholics, to be appropriated to ed4utional
purposes eon - fleeted with the Church intOwhose
hands it has passed. The Bishop has; yet to
ratify the act,
off Nai.
I keepers
,atom.
PUABLA, June 3, 1847
.. 1 Shiukk lipid Leagstire
: l'he people of PennsylVania aree
in Ilige ok
l
enterprinng and industriens, and not useepti.
ble o; tin se feverish excitements created b ysh e
speculations of stockjubliere and the timer, o f
a panic. Past experienee, has sufficiently es .
tablished this, and the i federal wireLworkers
mist resort to some other; jmovementstin orde r
to 9froduce. even a temporary impression.—
Their tricks are stale and no longer deceins
tha people. But confiding in the *app os ed
gullibility of . our citizens, they are Milking th e
seine denunciations as Itunial against o u r was.
Ind of regulating the currency and commerce:
Its true that all they of is only prating, false.,
hobd and sophistry an& needs, no refutation. -
fo4 every one engaged in , active life !must be
convinced of the unifoiMity of the
,eurreney
iand the general activity :of business. 841,
hew' ever, those discontented Federalists desi te
webange, for no other Tucson than fium' the
belief that any change ill do sthem-ig00d....; .
They are so hampered, by the folly ef, their met
culming, and so invoked by their 1 politicsi
treachery, that theyeagerly covet 814 chan ge
in the hope. that it - will:open an avenue for
thins to escape from the corner into wltich they
are driven. . : 1
But if we understand i the character-of the
penple of Pennsylvania,s, they will not suffer
thtir interests and hapPicess to be [bandied
about by politicians, in Oiler that such 'a was
may g et i nto power,,and this clever fellow, and
diet, broken nabob, and that otber'good for
nothing chap-of-all-weili he provided rith of
fichi and &Aviv!". The )aborer, the; farmer,
tile , - man of business„ end every other citizen
wee honestly - supports -him self and fetidly and
I
peg' a his debts in obedienge to the command of
Gild, have other employMent than wailing their
tithe in aiding pro easedd con fi rmed politici
ans in carrying out their t hemes of selfishness
argilcorrnptinn. Such v, cable eitix.;,os hav e
cep-2in fixed - political ; principles which• they
faithfully support, and' when the time arrives
for them to -vote, they discharge this bnportsa
dlity with .care and discretion. The iFederal
ists may strive, but their i effOrti will ibe fruit
kes to sedues the people from their attach
mhnts to Gov. •Shuak. ~.they are in favor of
republican principles, and' they have presented
for their suffrages one, elm, as the Executive
ofjthe State, has sternly 'edbered- to them and
inhasured his political eclipse by them! Under
talk administration, the evil consetftiences of an
inilimited banking systens have been averted
hi his unwavering fia Mopes' and demecracy,—
Efe was assailed on every side by the friends
of; privileged' corporations ? laid bills *hose real
design and object were concealed, were repeat
r edly presented for his ratification but be reds.
ted the idinence of the former and 'promptly
vetoed the latter. In acOng.tblis, Grim. Shed
cenfirrned the enmity of these men Who wen
.s.
disappointed, but tightened the bond! of affec
an connecting him and: the people. Bitter
add deep, lasting to and even beyond the gave,
were the animosities which Gen. Jatdison m
ated when be demblisbed the United 'States
,
Blink ; but, for one enemy he gained test real
i
-
frends among the people; and when he died,
lyeu could read thn,history of his liTe in, he
faces ot the living monj!ffients that I attended
bib funeral in every city in the Union. '
Under his administration, that nil:woad) of.
repudiation has been wiped away, and the end
it.lof the State his beentrestored. Disregard
ing the calumnfes on bar honesty which were
cant upon us fr m abronst we have reinstated
the old and established vepistation'ef Penesyl
vii'nis, brought our dehtlto its \ 17alue by the
punctual payment of the eemi-an nal interest,
add afforded the in, st ample aseurate of the
continued stability and Solvencrof our Treasn
rl: . .
,Under this administration the State has rip.
ento a high degree of prosperity, when. a tem.
Orary hesitatibn in out manufacturing opera
dims might have been 'anticipated in couse.
qiience of the modification tof the tate Our
fUnners'command the highest pricesi for, their
grein ; iron, and coal merchants are rgaping
satisfactory profits ; the bitterer is idequatery
Odd ; and every industrious Man is receiving
4e reward of his work. 1 Thisj happy condition
of affairs exists under a Democratiqq admini ,
tiation that has rigidly 'parried out. Democratic
penciples and measures; nainft whic):l the Fed- .
eta party have continued tai, protep t, andio
tie entire falsificatiOn . `of their pr phecies of
- Tn. The Federalists Predicted ruin; and tte
wish was father to the 6°144 when they poi.
trayed the detestation Which lan to!follow the
success of Democratic measurer. Where is the ,
1 eilin they predicted?' 'ls it in the; groaning
ff(ld and the'readybain? , IS it in the roaring
i on furnaces—the populated Coal relines—the
noisy machine shops and our crowded high.
ways and seaports? AU Chat pretended dep
recation of ruin was
.a scarecrow. , They sent
niesseng , rs to every feetkory tid knowhow many
fiends had been discharged fair the purpose of
anticipating and 'forcidg , difficultiels and em
liarrassments. In spite of e ll their efforts,
they failed, as they always ie
'II. l'a• Fail"
i 4.aiiiped on their foreheads , and the next elec.
tion will be a politiCal„Enena vista.
I f The Federalist§ have'been forced from every
positron which they,' have taken, •kbey bare
tahandoned their favorite men ur ea; end braes
through their principles, instMuch)lo," that it
Oas been• frequently seriouslyl-asked, what ere
ederal principles ? - This iiquiryi bas been
propounded to, many a Whig, and Ili has been.
linable to an swer. The fat is, ;they here
'hanged, so often, tbat'tliey . h ve nnrinciples,
i l
linelre now advocatinge ion le car dinal doe
trik, which is, opposition to everything repub. '
scan, right or wring. •
j.et, those Wbo`are dineasti' ed:trote for Gen.
'ruin, and we will be etinten d with, the W
ince. Honest Frank Munk I receive soh
i vote as but one mineyer f led iii this Rata .
i rn
Ile has conscientiously disc a ged his duties,
bind the people are'notiimnin fill of his ability
.ind worth . go kV coded fferstm and Soya
der, and the pimple want no War peniocrsey
exemplified than that widish thopdernonitnitei
ge tuts governed the' Ste welland the Mk
desire no change aridjirill hate none. ' It le
huires no spirit' aivinitiOn to fOresektirstlies.
Irvin will not be the 'pest' governor of the
state.—Dem 'Mani " ; 1 , ' - . ' i
.. -
gl OPVICIAL DiorArOlizo ox to Amor
The Washingt4lloilwi.itates tbittideePoobe i
true received on Sotordpky - ni,gbt, bar. the
I)ffica''from Gen ' BC4II,IIiP. &real of the'
oldies were *kit be *OOO of "
I tb
pus. Pueblo but brew he reinforeeoteotrAbet rt2o .
Vera Cruz, be - Woultkbi leireolo°,„"
hibe 22d, to naireli tote ~ope
44
P any serious opposi#on " ,_3_l."" --
411 our *Nip onnOi,te J hpa , Miff ' t°
llttreel/gthen
The :tenor Prmeeten
at rhasdelp*
io the Meditermete: 1
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