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July 13, 1S42. Mr. Benton spoke ia favor off
ine vno, ann a vote was taken on I he pasjawa ol the bank charter in spite of the veto, and Mr Dalian voied far iit bill against the vch. " - . July 21, 1832. Town rncetiH? in Philadelphia, at which, Daniel Grve was 'p esidriit ; Chart? J. Jackson, Esq, offered the following resol ution : " ,, Resolved, Th atiin t!ie veto of President Jackson, he has shown an uiter content; of tiio unanimous voice of Pennsylvania, expressed iRrottli hsr Legis'alurt! and delegation in Coii2ress,"l.tli with regard to the auk, tlic tariff, and the judiciary. s , " Daniel W. Coxe offered the following resolution which was niia'iinroi.sl v ad ;ited : Resolved, That the tlidnkt f litis nmeunj are due, and are hereby tenUeied,to Georo !I.Dul las and William Wilkins,' lor having. .niter a full discussion and deliberation binsf had On the Executive veto to the hill recliartrritij the bank, continued to vote fot the- passsge of the bill. . . - - July 231332. rVeto meeting in Philadelphia; Henry Horn, psesident; Mr.. Dallas spoke. On motion of Thomas Earie . . Resolved, That this meeting fully sustain the veto and the reasons by which it is sustained in the President's excellent message. . - July 7, 1S36. Mr. Dallas wrote his memorable letter, in which he said: "Of the constitutional power of the National Government to create a
bank, I did not then, nor do I new, entertain a doubt. Of the .ability of Cousrress to create
such a bank as would be a safe machine, ol li
nance and a serviceable asent - rn preserving a
sound currency, I then was, as 1 aliil am, con vinced." The end p! Chapter 1 ! "...
THE JOURNAL
V
The JJlacjt. Flag. We are sorry to. tee that Captain Buchanan, of the U. S. ship Vincennes, disgraced himself by hoisting the Texan flag upon his arrival at Galveston. v The Vincennes is of course one of our vessels lent to the Texan service by Tyler. - .
'Sot Caesar's weal, but that of Home.'
, -Advertisers, "Yearly and all others, are referred to our first paje for tern6, &c, from which no deviation will be made in any case.
FRIDAY, .:
: JUNE 28, 1811,
Mr, Bejjtox has published the subjoined
card in the Globe. lie had referred irj his
speech oa the Texas treaty to the agency of
Mr. Ar V. Brows, of Tennessee, in getting
"the Gen. Jackson letlcr," as he calls it, as
follows: : ,
- "The war was expiring, (between Mexico and Texas.) The armistice, and the inter
position of great powers, was bringing ft to a cJosejand the d iy was at hand when tiie reunion of Texas 'would have come of itself, and with peace atid honor,when this insidnous scheme of . sudden and. secret annexation, and its miserable pretexts, was fallen upon by our hapless atliuitiiiiratiou. -Prom the moment that scheme, and its pretexts, first
revealed it.scif to the public, 'view, at a public dinner in-Virginia, in the autumn )f the lastvesr, I denounced it .as an intrigue, got tip for tho election; and to end in the disgrace of its authors, and in the defeat, delay,
and embarrassment ol the measure.' which il promised lo desire. I particularly made this deaucciaiiou to the' gentleman (Mr. A. V. Baowx,) who had got the 'letter .from Gen. Jackson in February," 1813, and who seemed to bo vicariously charged, "with some enterprise on my humble self. It was at the commencement of the present session of Congress; I answered" hitn on the spot : as I have
no concealments, he genllemau' teferred to is .At liberty to relate all that I said to him to the whole world." ' .... Mr. Bkowx, on the floor of Congress, read this paragraph, and taking exception to the word vicariously," denied that it could apJy to him. He admitted he had a conversa
tion with Mr. Benton, called it a "chance"
conversation, and said he had brought np 'the
Gen. Jackson letter' to influence Mr Bestos. The latter verv coollv puts Mr. A.V. Bkown
a . aside io this way:
A QARD. My attention has been called
to-Mr. A. v, Brown's statement on the Hoot
of the House of Representatives, in which
he disclaims the vicarious character attrib
uted to him in the affair of General Jack son's letter, and the conversation with my
self, and in which he says "the conversation
chanced to fall on annexation. 1 his is
preat mistake. There was no chance about
Mr. Brown accosted me coming down
." FOR PRESIDENT, HENRY CLAY, OF KENTUCKY. . , FOR .VICE PRESIDENT . : :.
THEODORE FUELING II UY.SEN,
.- - OF NEW JERSEY.
STATE
ELECTORS. of 'Montgomery ;
Joseph G. Marshal!, ol Jefferson,
. DISTRICT ELECTORS. . 1. John Am Brackenride, of. Warrick; 2. James Collins Jr., of Floyd: ' .-. 3. John A. Mntsoa, of Franklin; . 4. Samuel V. Parker, of Fayette; 5. II n git O'Neal, of .Marion; C. George G. Innn, Of Lawrence; 7, Ri WoThonipsou, of Vio; 8. A. Ji. Ho nes, ol Carroll; . . r ' . O. II. I. Biiidie, of Gnss: s " 10. Lewis G. Thompson) of Allen.
For State Senator, WILLIAM C. PELHA.I,.of Posey. For Rciiresen'ativi;, : WILLI AM OLMSTED For 'Treasurer, - - t A BM. H. LOCKIIART." " For Ass4ciate. Jndsrfi, " - - SILAS STEPii KISS. For Commissioner ' w.m. g. McDowell. For Assfssur, - II EN II Y P. VAUGHN. '
Cor.. Thompson, who waa recently gent by President Tyler as bearer of despatches to Mexico has not been succesfeful in his mission, the Mexican Government having repeated its former declaration that if Texas is annexed, Mexico declares war. ... What they think op it m "England. The agitation and excitement on the Texas question continue to increase in England. The Times and other journals are full of denunciations Jof the United States," characterizing the annexation as public robbery, and predictinir
that it would eventually unsettle the peace ot Europe. " , . - "
lt will be remarked," says the Times, "that whilst this treaty of annexation is silent on all the impoitant political points to which we have adverted, it deals .villi great precision and 'liberality. with the pecuniary part, of the arrangement. The debts and liabilities of Texas, to amount of $10,000,000, are to be assumed by the Federal Government; and thus, by way of exception to the general experience in such matters, if this treaty were ratified, the holders of Texan bonds would suddenly find their property converted into the best security which the continent of America a fiords. Such an operation in Texan finance cannot have escaped the discernment of the persons concerned in the nego
tiation, and we must take leave to conjecture that it mav have contributed in no slight deg ree
to the concoction of the whole scheme. It is
difficult to treat with gravity or patience the off
spring of such base " ana paltry passions as are
here disclosed on either side ; but, however mean mav be the motives of this treaty, and however
probable Its rejection, the questions which it
has raised for the first time are intimately con
nected with the, stability pf the American Uuion,
the commercial policy of the United States, and
the peace of the world." . - -"OUR HOWARD" NO LONGEi. r
The State" Sentinel thinks front the fj'.iowing
letter that it is cot the deslsni of General flow'
ard,.4o "return to this State as a citizen." WAsniNGT0N12June, 1844'. Gentlemen :-Your leiter of the 20ih nit., invi
tin? in-c tb thd Democratic Mass Meeting to be probation and hearty support
Rumors are now quile 'prevalent that Tyler is beginng to beat a letreat and thus to
give up at last his thirsting lor a re-election. Washington correspondent of the N. York
Tribune says ' '
I leel authorized by the best authority, to
say Mr. Tyler will withdiaw within tweuty. and probably ten days from the canvass. He
would have taken this step some days since
but for the solicitation of.Dr. Sutherland of
Philadelphia", who has no doubt some sinister
purpose to accomplish. 1 know the fact that
certain numbers which appeared some time
since in the Madisonian -were designed to
pave the way for the event I have mentionedYou will see some eight or ten papers
formerly in his interest have withdrawn. lie is represented as pale, emaciated, and looking woe-besrone enough. - Was everman so wedded to power, and did ever one surrender it
with such never dying grief?
WHIG MEETING. At a meeting of- the Whig3 of West Frank
lin, held on June the 17th .1814, for he
purpose cf organizing a Clay Club; Dr. Wilson was called to the chair pro tem, and
requested to explain the object of the meet
persuasive of the south, of the east aud of the west.
ing, which he did in a brief but
aud argumentative style. Calling on the Whigs of West Franklin, to unite and prepare for the coming contest. The. meeting then' proceeded to' business by electing Johnson Farris President, and Dr. Liltlepage Secretary. Resolved, That the nomination of Henry Clay, for President, and Theodore Frelinghuysen, for Vice President, receive our ap-
EXTRACT FROM THE SPEECH OF MR. GIDDINGS, AGAINST ANNEXATION. Mr. Giddings said, that his " principal object in addressing the commit tee,at this time, was to call the altention of gentlemen to the real question at issue before the people of this nation.
The realissue has bec-n made up; it has been placed upon the records of the Government, and will remain there in all coming time, subject to the inspection of those who shall come after us. It has been published in our newspapers, and is already before the people, who are constitutional titers io determine the issue. The President and his cabinei, and the southern Democrats, aver that this nation shall", take upon itself the support and perpetuation of slavery in Texas, and of the slave trade between, our slave breedingJStates and the people of that Gov
ernment. They urge that our army aud our
navy shall be employed, and our national en
ergies put forth; our . character disgraced be
fore the civilized world, in order . to . attain that object. They insist that we shall . vio
late our ttealy-stipnlations with Mexico,-that
we shall abandon our principles in favor of
human liberty ; acknowledge ourselves a nation of political .hypocrites; . bring dishonor
upon the memory of our revolutionary pa
triots; turn traitors to the sacred cause of
freedom; and wage an unceasing war upon
humanity itself. These are the matters urg
ed on one side, and objected to by the otb
er. This is the issue to be determined by
the people by the electors of the north and
The sickness of the editor, anil death in his family, will account for the delay in the publication of the Journal this week.
Graham N. Fitch, Esfj , of Cass, being . Gen
Howard's contiuoreiit, supplies (Tie place of the
letter on the locofoco electoral ticket. --
Polked out of the Party. Mr. David Brown,
of Spencer Coauty, in the last Rockport Herald,
withdraws his name naa candidate for Treasur
er, aud here is the reason he gives: It was at
the solicitation of the Democratic party that 1
became a candidate, and as I do not feel disposed under existing circumstance, to support the
nominee of the Democratic party for President,
t feel it to be my duty to decline immediately, so that they may bring forward their candidate
and be fairly reptesented."
Q-TIie reader will fiiidin another column an
extract from, the speech of Mr. Giddings ol Ohio,J
on the annexation scheme. It presents an argu
ment, which should have great wetght with every honest citizen of Indiana, in a very forcible
I in lit. We shall probably present other extracts
hereafter.
t-
the steps of the Capitol, and I returned his
salutation with entire civility; when he im
mediately began with glad to see me want
ed to see me and commenced to talk upon Texas, as a thing of premeditation, and the
evident cause of his wishing to see me
seeing the Texas movement then,as 1 see it
rtow a scheme, on the part of some of its movers, to dissolve the Union on the part
of some otiiers, as au iulngue for the presi
dency and on the part of others, (t only
speak of prime movers, not the millions who follow,) as a land speculation aud a job in
scrtp, -answered abruptly and warmly
may tell what. But I never attributed to Mr. Brown any other i.gency in the movement than the vicarious interpellation above referred to; and as to his and my Vau Burenism being the same thing, 1 must beg to be ex
cused. I knew that his would evaporate when
aud where it did, and said so to some
t friends; and I knew that mine would stand
any test. The General Jackson letter al
ways appeared to me to have been vicariously
obtained; and nothing that Mr. Brown has
now said impairs, in the slightest degree that
jjrst belief. . THOMAS II. BENTOX. Senate Chamber, J uue 13.
''BUYING A PIG IN A POKE." A correspondent of the Indiana Journal fur nishea the following good thing: . An old apoihegm, far too good for a joke, A-dvises to "ne'er buy a pig i n a poke
But "instances modern" such "wise saws" have
' roBi, And prudence in party dictation is lost. For instance the Loky Convention last week, . ReducM from a Hermitage roar to a squeak Now o'er apta ojily are driven to croak,
But must "go" to the death "the whole hog" in
Polk. From the Tennessee lion, to Kinderhook for, The fall wai qu'tfe ample as see ballot-box;
But from Kinderhook back to a Tennessee swine
I a stride too colossal for tss to divine. Evil spirit of old, to resort like this driven, Po8ffESs'D such a refuge, abandon'd of Heaven;
Ajid were only deiivere'd from this their entree
By quick "running down a steep place to the
ea.
To Counsel such siep in their present dismay, la gratuitous quite, aiul advice thrown away ;
The party are running down such a steep fast
Nor can ea. or Salt River, c'eti save them at
TIIE OPINION OF THE PRESS.
The New York Evening Post, the lead
ing Locofoco paper of the State if not of the
Union, speaking of the late Locofoco Na
tional Convention and the scheme by which
Mr. Vau Buren was defeated, says, "there
never has been a grosser or more manifest
piece of knavery .transacted1."'
True, every word. Trickster as he is; magician as lie is reported to be: skilled as
he is in all the subterfuses and fetches of
parly management all that Air. V an iu-
ren or his friends have herelofore been able to accomplish in the way of parly knavery, is
lost in this last act by which he isdeafeated.
He may say in the words of Manfred: "The spirits I have raised abandon me! The remedy I recked of tortures met 1 lean no more on superhuman aid!" The Post also" says:
"A nommatton maue oy sucti means
(Gross and manifest knavery'''
could command no moral,force or be regard
ed as having the feast authority. A nomina
tion made bv delegates in violation of the instructions of their constituenls, is clearly no nomination at all, no matter by what legerdemain it may have been, effected."
In relation to the annexation scheme the
Post has the following remarks:
"For our pari, we are vejy' sure that the
sooner Texas is lost lo the Union the bet
ter. Nothing but mischief has thus fiir proceeded from the- project of annexing it to this country. An infamous trealy, an official correspondence disgraceful to the nation,
the introduction of a new party, test, which sets aside as incompetent for public office the highest talent and most exalted virtue, if its possessor 1e not in favor of the project of annexation, these are the fruits of the Texas question, and the sooner the root of bitterness from which they springls plucked
up the better. For our part,we hope time will shortly arrive, when we shall hear as little
of Texas as we do of Venezuela ; or hear
of her only as a quiet neighbor, minding her own business without our interference, and occupied in thosa peaceful cares which best
suit the eenius of republics. Oiher tidings
we pray may never be brought to our ear
held on the 17th at India napol is, was not receiv
ed by me till this morning. I hasten toacknowl-
edjre'nnd briefly to answer it. . -
The business oh which I came to Washing
ton, namely, the Wabash and Erie Caiial "rant.
is not yet acted oa in the House of Representatives. I cannot leave until it be acted on or Congress adjourns. -After which I ehal 1 leave, but it will be seen that I could not, if I was to leave now, be at Indianapolis by Monday next. Before this reaches you, the public papers will have informed you that 1 have acepted an appointment of the mission to Texas. This will take me away from the .approaching presidential canvas, but it will not diminish my wishes for the success of the Democratic party and the triumph of its principle's.
la retiring from the State of Indiana, and sus
pending for a time (if not forever) the- relations which I have sustained personal, social, polit
ical and moral ton ards her citizens, I desire to
tender to my friends (anil they have been as numerous as I deserved) my warmest gratitude;
and I assure them that heaven has no blessing
which I would not, witn the warmest devotion of the heart, invoke rn their favor:
and to those to whom I have, politically orother-
wise, stood in a difleren t relation, I tender the
assurance, that our differences will cease to be
remembered by roe, and 1 shall endeavor to
cherish towards them, good will and an unqual
ified wish or their happiness. I remain, most respectful!). Your friend and servant, T. A. HOWARD
Messrs. Geo. A. Chapman, Charles Stephens,
Jos. 1 . Roberts.
TO TIIE WHIGS OF OF INDIANA.
Inasmuch as it is found impracticable to
comply with the resolution adopted by the
Whig Baltimore Convention requesting State
Conventions to be held throughout the Un
ion ou the third day of next July, we have
been requested, by Whigs from all parls of
the State to make this suggestion through our pnper and to request a response. THAT
MASS COUNTY CONVENTIONS
SHALL BE HELD AT SOME PERIOD
IN JULY IN EVERY COUNTY IN INDIANA. ROUSING GATHERINGS OF
THE PEOPLE IN TIIE GOOD OLD
WAY. " What say our friends? Will brother Editors give their views as to this suggestion ?
Too many meetings wo cannot well have.
. Ind. Jour,
Our Country umderPar. The -Mobile Advertiser states that at the conclusion of a "Polk and Texas" meeting, held in a cer
tain city not a thousand miles distant from Mobile, a few evenings since, three cheers were given for "Polk and Dallas" and juxe for Texas! When the noise had somewhat subsided, a gentleman rose and addressed
the chairman very gravely, as follows: 'Mr. President if in order, I beg most res
pectfully to propose One cheer for our own Country."
"A Whig?" "a Whi2'. "out of orrUr "
shouted the crowd. The chairman decided the motion out of order, and adds the Advertiser we left!
Western Harbor Bill. The following are some of the items of appropriation made by this bill. - . For the Ohio river between Pittsburgh 6c the lalls at Louisville - $100,000 . For the Ohio below Louisville,
and for the Mississippi, Missouri, "and Arkansas rivers On Lake Michigan; Harbour at St. Joseph " " at Michigan City " at Chicago " at Milwaukie
Together with sundiy harbours &c. on the
other Lakes.
180,000 20,000 25,000 30,000
20,000
Resolved, That the Whigs of the adjoin
ing counlys be invited to meet us on the 4th of July next; (when agejieral attendance is
expected; to aid in carrying out the great
fundamental Whig rinciples.
ResoUcd, That the proceedings of ibis
meeting be signed by the President and Se
cretary and published in the Evansville Jour
nal.
On motion the meeting adjourned to meet
on the 4th day of July.
-JOHNSON FA1UUS, Pres.W. LiTTLErEGE, Sec'y -.
West Franklin, June 17th, 18M.
MR. POLK: The nothingness of Mr
Polk, per se, and the mockery of putting
forth such a man for the office of President of the United Slates, are well exhibited in
the annexed remarks from the Charleston (S. C.) Courier: - - YThe feeling will grow and, and so grow,
that party discipline cannot check it,that the
first magistracy or a great aud tree people is not to be thrown away upon a mere political partisan. , What support will it receive? It will receive the support that party discipline can be brought to give, to a man of whom the people know nothing. The politicians of the Calhoun sect will follow the example of Mr. Ellmore, and give Mr. Polk the same hearty embrace, and grasp him as "the stick that broke Mr. Van Buren's head!" But there will not be a particle of generous enthusiasm -not one bosom in the State will kindle at his name not one heatt leaps at the thought of his elevation. The" prospect of his success brings no gladness tu patriotic pride. No one in the Slale or country could feel that in his election great services had met a nroner reward great talent a fitting theatre
of action. Mr. Polk has had no career of
his own and is distinguished by absolute sub-servitude to those portions .of the career
of Jackson and Van Buren, which brought down the hottest indignation of the country, aud South Carolina. It is not a ques'.ion, that he is the smallest spirit the, country has ever had presented to it for its suffrages.
If Van Buren's nomination for the presidency struck the country originally as adeelensiou from the great men who had preceded him, is there not a precipice between Mr. Polk and Mr. Van Buren? lie possesses none of those grand qualities like General Jackson which commanded the admiration of all men. None of those points of career and character like " Harrison and Johnson
half hero, half good fellow which cqm-
rnand the. hearts. of the people. None of (hat experience in aftairs, and quiet wisdom,which compels the respect of politicianss, and con-
hdence in sate aamiuisirduoii,iuut.uisuugui&ii ed Mr. Van Buren. Mr. Polk is a mere naked politician his name comes to us with none of the glorious vestments of the orator none of the
brilliant distinctions of the hero none of
the steady, lull splendors of the patriot statesman. A measureless partizan he is nothing out of parly and has achieved nothing which has commanded the homage or gratitude of the country. -His is not a natiotial name. Mr. Polk will consequently receive in South Carolina a mere party support
soothed by the defeat of Mr. Van Buren in the Union, a bare party support chilled by
the poverty of his . characler and career, and the displacement of Mr. Van Buren, and ail
the rrreat names of the Democratic, parly.
As it is certain that his merits would not
have won him the distinction ot being nom
minated as Vice President on any ticket, of
his party, which would embody the strength
of his party-just so certain is it that his nom
ination for the Presidency is an empiy ais
tinction, and Mr. Polk will fulfill his mission
and the hopes of his party, in proving the he
ro of an unnaraleled defeat.
The New York friends of Mr. Van Bu
ren and Mr. Butler in particular, must find
special cause for supporting Mr. Polk, in the suggestion of Mr. Ellmore, that Sir. Tolk is "the stick that broke Mr. Van Buren's head." .
On this issue the Whigs, the Democrats,and.
Liberty men ate to pass judgement. It is true that'the auneuxtiori of Texas to these United States is brought forward as the proposed means by which we may. extend and perpetuate ' slavery, and continue the slave trade but that object is merely collateral to ihe great and uAerior desigu of supporting slavery' and rhc slave ttade. The objee.1 and puipose for which it is now sought to tuinex Texas to the m United . Slates is cleat-ly and unequivocally set forth, in. the official correspondence between the Secretary of State oi Mr. Eveiett,our miuisleratthe court of St. James; between said Seerciaiy and our Charge do Affairs in Texas, and between him aud the British minister re
sident in this city. Jn every letter of,
that correspondence the objectis frankly avowed, without uny apparent deliicucy or attempt at concealment. The same object of maitijainiag the slave trad between the slave breeding States of this Union auS Texas,audthe perpetuating slavery iu Texas, is the avowed ohject of neatly every Democratic paper south of Mason tuid Dixou's line, by nearly every address upon that subject, aud by the proceedings ol nearly all the public meetings held in the slave Slates for the purpose of promoting the
cause of annexation. Ihe same motives
were fully aud fiankly avowed on this floor during the debate of yesterday by the gen
tleman from South- Carolina, (Mr. Holmes,)
and in the debate of to-day by the gentleman
from Virginia, (Mr. Atkinson,) and by the gentleman from Alabama, (Mr. Belser.) These gentlemen, with commendable sincerity and frankucss, met the issue fairly.. Not so. with the gentleman ftom Indiana, (Mr. Owen.) He is from a free State, and evidently felt somewhat embarrassed in advocating the inlerests of slave breeders and slave
dealers; he, therefore, as far as possible,
avoideded the main issue. He, however, spoke learnedlv of treaties, and boundaries,
and of early writers upon international law,
and of governments "de facto," and ot governments "dejure" while his allusions to the subjects of slavery and the slave tnde
were very slight, 'although they had, up to
the time of his speech, formed the prominent
theme of those who advocated with him the
annexation of 2'exas.
I regret that the honorable gentlemen has left the Hall. 1 was desirous ot addressing some remarks to him, as well as to his constituents. There are objections to the an
nexation of Texas which meet us at the very
threshold of the argument. When it is
V C7 proposed by the people of Texas to erase
the name of that republic from the lisfof na
tions; to surrender their existence as a separate independent people ;and to place themselves under the Government of the United
States; we- know their must be an object, an
actuation motive that induces them thus, to
mingle with the people cf these Stales.
These objects are all set forth in the treaty
under discussion in the other end of this
of this Capitol. The first of those objects
to which I will call the attention-ofthe commute,' is the payment of their debts by the people of this Union. This is one of the vital conditions of the treaty, without which the people of Texas would not for a moment listen lo any proposition for annexation. To this I think there are some strong obiections. A portion of the Representatives
.. ... .... r t r
in this Half are desirous war we people oi
our free Stales shall contribute of the.r earn
ings some ten or twenty millions of dollars,
to satisfy the debts of slave-holding, repudiating Texas.- To this proposition the Whigs,
both north and south, object. I he Presi
dent, the southern Democrats, and the gen
tleman from Indiana, urge its propriety, and
insist that it is the duty of our people to. pay
the debts of Texas, in order to have slavery
there, and to provide a market ior our slave
breeding btates. And now what say our Democrats of New England,-and New York, and Ohio? I call upon Them to come forth and" show their colors; play the man, meet the issue, and let us have no dodi'iii'". Wo. shall 8Qn return to our constituents' and must ineot this quesiiou before ihe people. Will the gentleman from Injuria then slanii fonh frankly and say to rlie Democrats of his district, "you ' must work hard, and live cheap, and be economical, for. we have agreed to pay the debts-of Texas, and every laboring man in the nation must contribute a portion ot his earnincs." And then suppose the honest farmer, in die true Yankee fashion, should inquire for the benefits which this nation are to derive from the payment of this twenty millions ol Texas debts; will that gentleman frankly and bodly declare to him.that, by paying that amount of money, we have establish! true Deuiocralfc elavejy in Texas, and have secured a first rate market for the Democratic slave dealers ol
Iheeouth. I cannot distrust that geiiueniu" sincerity, and yet I have a tort of ink!"1;; 'hat i.. .ni,t rnilir idtlc f smiir oilier points, and
leave these important considerations
view, as ho ftasdoue here lo day
wonder at the policy which he manifested ; particularly as his State is unable to par the inter-
est on her own debts, I had no. right to expect him to speak of his anxiety to tax his constituents to pay the debts ot Texas. How is it with the democrats of other stales which are' unable
to meet their engacementsl Will they insist
upon paying the debts of Texas, and leave their"1 own States to be dishonered by repudiation? lias Pennsylvania mure interest in maintaining
the slave trade than she has in maintaininr her own honor? Will the Democrats of that Slate torgel their own indebtedness, and spend
their money to perpetuate slavery' in ' i exasi
A ml those Democrats, whose indignation "19
kindled not S little" at the most remote allusion "
to the assumption of our State debts by the Fed
eral Government, are they ready to- assnme the debts of Tex is, and then shout huzza! for slave
ry and tho slave trade? Will those gentlemen, who deny all constitutional powers' of "the Fed-
c-ral Government to apply the proceeds -of tho
public lands to the payment ot our oivn State debis, turu round and urge to the people that there areull powers in the Constitution to pay the debts of Texas with lha people's money, in
wrder to encouraze the slave trade? Let them
meet us o:i this point, and let us make our appeal to the people who pay the money, aud let them say- whether 'they approve the policy.' Let the question be made, and let them say whether they are willing to furnish funds to put down the slave trade ou the. coast of Africa and to keep it .up on the coast of America. Let them know that we appropriate annually, more than a million ot dollars of their money to destroy the slave trade on the eastern shore of the Atlantic, and that e are now- about to . appropriate ten millions to maintain the sarnie commerce on the western shore ot that ocean. : Sir, I should like jo canvass the district of .the eloquent gentleman from Indiana at the ensuing' election.- I should like to hear hitn demonstrate to the honest Democrats there, the precise line of longi tude on which the slave tnde changes i s moral charncter;on the east side ot which il is the
most detestable of crimes, and on the west side of which it becomes a laudable commerce, worthy our fostering care. . After the line has'hjen drawn, it must Le interesting to h ear the getttlemen demonstrate. to the people, how in all good conscience, they are bound to pay their money to arrest and hang all who carry on the busiur ss of slave trading east of this line, and to shoot and kill all who oppose the slave trade west of it. Sir, 1' desire the advocates of the' nefarious commerce in slaves, be they wtio they may, to stand . forth boldly beiore this House, before the people, aud before the world, and,-like the Secretary .of Slate, maintain its propriety, and advocate its morality with franku'est. I hope we may see no evasions, bat. in western phrase, 'iel every ui"0 , toe the mark." ,
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'From the N. Y. Courier & Enqurier. The Republic, a decided and able Free . Trade, Texas, and generally "democratic", pnper sympathising with that party on all; the questions of leading interest, thus throws up its hand, for the corning contest. After, mentioning the nomination of Mr. Tolk, it says: ''The. question out of doors now is, whether the ratification f of this vote will be as unanimous among thrf rank and file of the Democracy? will the cry "follow our leaders11 be allowed to sway their impulses and decide their movements? We think not.
We do not believe that the tardy nomination
of a man so little known, and, therefore, so
little calculated to interest the sympathies: .of the Democratic party, will be either general
ly accepted or respected.'1 "Hie political campaign is now fairly commenced; but the contest will be botli feeble and un
steady, from the inequality of the forces that
will be engaged; and no impartial tpectalor; of the conflict can long entertain a doubt
upon which helm will wave the plume' of victory. The harmony, the decorous order which prevails among the Whigs, must lead them on to triumph, as surely as tho dissen-' siona and irreconcilable differences of the Decocrats must conduct them .to defeatBut let them be consoled .by the poetic assurnnce "that sweet ate the uses of adversity,'" and the tough counsels, they will necessarily take of their disappointment will enable them lo find on another trial that 'sure, safe way' which they have this time missed. We allow ourselves to speak of Mr. Clays election with that certainty which present appearances warrant, aud which nothing that we can imagine will prevent.1' ASSUMPTION OF TEXAS' DEBT Mil. JARNAGIN'S SPEECH A NEW MOVEMENT. In the cottisc of a speech against the Texas Treaty, Mr. Jarnagin, Senator from Tennessee, made the following .remarks on the clause providing for the assumption of Tex
'The next article assumesall the debts and liabilities of Texas, however created. 1 have already shown that, with or without assumption, we became liable for all her engagements, when we take her sovereignty, and that the faith she has violated binds us just as much as that she meant to keep. Not only her acknowledged, but her repudiated debts, then, are to be paiJ,and the very stock which she created, and 5 old at, perhaps, but a fifth or a tenth of the value expressed on its face is to bo redeemed at par, vif.h an interest of
8 or 10 per cent. "J f this provision of the treaty be ratified here, I think I. may then propose an appropriation to erect, in congenial brass, a great and an eternal pionuraent to the anti-as-sumptionists, Slate and party, that hold it, constitutional to assame the debts of a foreign State, and not of our own. High on its lofty sides shall shine many a lofty name of Southern strict construcliouists. The Secretary of State shali top the eminence, as the acknowledged chief of all interpreters.
At his feet snail he Seen tho titles of the Senators from South Carolina, and of tho fervid anti-assumntiouists of Mississippi, whose State her self will merit a peculiar distinction oi'being muclv readier to pay the debt ol Texas than her own. A little lower but some what emulous after honor, must be emblazoned the names of Illiuois and Pennsolrania, and their Senators. Alabama and Arkansas, if not quite so high, will be eminent. The New Hampshire Senators, now the sole remaining"Northern men with Southern feelings'shall take to herself that side of the political mausolenm which looks northward. Those votaries of strict construction, those apostlesof anti-assumption, John Jones, T. Ritchie, and he of the Charleston Mercury, .shall daily, at "early morn and dewy eve,11 load devout band of innocent youths of ptrty, and virgins of the press, to strew flowers about its base, and hang around it the garlands of their pratse.'rt