Evansville Journal, Volume 10, Number 35, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 8 August 1844 — Page 2

THE JOURNAL.

1 V .55 7lir ? Not Cicsar's weal, but that f Rome.' Or?" Advertisers, vearlv and all others, are referred to our first pa ire tor terms, &c, fron which no deviatioa will be made in any case. TI1USDAY, AUGUST 1, 184-1. ' FOR PR F.SIDENT, HENRY CLAY. OF KENTUCKY. FOR VICE PRESIDENT THEODORE FRELINGIIUYSEN, OF FEW JERSEY. STATE ELECTORS. Henry S. I.ane, of Montgomery; Joseph G. Marshall, of Jefferson. v DISTRICT ELECTORS. 1. John A. Brackenridge, ol Warrick; 2. James Collins Jr., of Floyd: 3. John A. Matson, of Franklin ; 4. Samuel V. rarker, of Fayetie; . 5. Hugh OWeal, of Marion; 7. It. W. Thompson, or Vigo; 8. A. l Homes, of Carroll; 9. II, P. JJiddle, of Cass: 10. Iewis G. Thompson, of Allen. CLAY CLUB. Tiiers will be a meeting of the Club on Fri lav cvcninrr the t'th insL in the Court J - House. The citizens are rcspeclfulls invited to at tend, and take a part in the discussion. I. KEEN, Sec'y. fj7-We received a communication last week, signed "Decency," which wasjnislaid until too late for this number. It will be atteuded to next week. fjrWe call the attention of those citizens who are of foreign birth, to a speech of Governor Seward's, as true a Whig as ever breathed, which will be found on our first "page. . THE ELECTION. . . The election is over, and so far as we can "learn, the Whigs have lost four members !o the Legislature in this end of the State. In this county the Whigs defeated themselves. They had -a regular nominated ticket which would have succeeded but for the opposi tion of a few disaffected office seekers of ,thc party, who 'succeeded in carrying a suf ficient numberof their friends with them, to defeat not only themselves and the Whi UUkU)UV.j. I I I LJ V. II UIIIIIIIVII'IVU L -V J v. - the Convention -exciting the worst of feel , ings ngainstlt, and crying ''Town dictation,' succeeded also in defeating" the whole Whig ticket, with the exception of one or two county offices. This is known loour oppon v' cits thev admit it. We feel too feeble to say more on this subject at present. The following is the result: - For State Senator ' Wm: C. Felham, whig, Joseph Lane, loco, John W. Lilleslon, loco, 632 3 For Representative. 515 , COO 642 350 415 231 483 492 51 517 167 306 G23 553 142 82 297 3 amcs T. Walker, loco, For Associate Judge. Silas Slephens, whig, Geo. B. Wagnon, loco v - For Treasurer. Abraham B. Lockhart, whig, - Daniel S. Lane, whig, Robert W. Dunbar, loco, For County Commissioner. Wm. G. McDowell, whig, W. D. Hillyer, whig, Ezekiel Saunders, loco, . For County Assessor. , II. P. Vatighan, whig, Adrian Young, whig, James Newman, loco, . For Coroner. Lewis Howes, Seth Fairchild, John Spyker, Marliu Siinson, whig, whig, GIBSON. The entire locofoco ticket has succeeded in Gibson, by what majority we could not learn. Posey. Ludicof. loco, is elected over Lee, whig, in Posey by a majority of 271 Lane's maiori'.v over Pelham in the same a W .county for Senitor.ij 412. Warrick.---Ful ?crj locoj is elected in Warrick county. In Spencer county, S:nitb, whig, is elected. Davids ponntv has returned a locofoco to ih House, and a loco to" the Senate. In Tf ' Knox the whigs hive carried their ticket KENTUCKY Tbe vote at Henderson Kv.. nresmct at lie closing of the polls on the third .d ay, s'.ood for Governor, Owsley (whig,) 330, Buibr, (loco,) 210; Lieut, Gov ernor, Dixon, (whig,) 377, Pilcber, 168 gtate Senator, Ilolloway, (whig,) 3S0, Rob erfs (loco.) 168; Representative Stanley

(whig,) 371, llatchelt, (loco.) 16S,

TO FOREIGNERS. r The Locofoco papers are very anxions to

make you believe that the Whigs are oppos ed to you; that the native Americans iu the Eastern Cities are all whigs, and divers pther matters, to get yoti to vote the Locofoco ticket. Read the following and see who the native American leaders are. And in addition to ibis remember that Peter Hav. the editor and nublisher nftr.fi Amprican Snntr. ' el,a leading'Polk and Dallas paper iu Penn sylvania, was chosen President of the native American Party in Philadelpbia-in their 4lh of July Celebration, A FORMIDABLE JATJVE AMERICAN MOVEmest.. A mass meeting of the Native Amer ican's of boulhark, Philadelphia, was held on Tuesday last.. They adopted someresolutions of a mr.st exceptionable, prescriptive ana anii-repuolican character. A Mr.Grov er, a very prominent locofoco, was called to the chair njfdst loud cheers. He was too unwell to preside, and Col. Lemuel Pavnterlate Locofoco member of Congress, took the chair. A dozen Vice Presidents and the secretaries were appointed, nearly all of whom were Locofocos. The district in which the meeting was held is strongly locoioco. I hus it is seen with whom native Americanism takes its rise. Finding they Can make INM flf i' M nlua.iPA llmir nnrruian " " ...w.. J.U.f..,.,, 'the party" are almost falling in it enmasse We set our face as flint against this whole Native American movement, and call upou the whigs of Ohio to make theSr voices heard against its bigoted and iutoletiant rule. It must be put down, or the country will be convulsed to its foundations. Ma. Clataxd the Catholics. Some of the lowest and most debased of the Locoloco presses attempt to excite the prejudice of the Catholics against Henry Clay, one of the truest and most fervent friends of religious liberty that ever lived. Mr. Clay, as a slatesmau, knows no difference between Catholics and Protestants. In that glorious speech of his on the emancipation .of the South American " States from European ty ranny, (delivered in the House of Represen tatives, March 24, 1S18,) he says, in reply to an assertion made by an opponent in de bate, that those Stales were not capable of self-govemment 1 because of their relijjiou being Calholic and superstitious: With regard to the superstition, they wor hip the same God with us. lheir prayers are oueiedupui their temples to the same Re deemer, whose intercession we expect to save us. Nor is thwe anvlhingiuthe Cathoic religion unfavorable to freedom. All reigtons, united with Uoverument, are more or less inimical with liberty. All, separated horn Government, are compatible withliberAgain, in the House of Representatives, in his speech in support ol the American system, March 30 and 31, 1S24, Mr. Clay says in-reply to Mr. Barbour, a Locofoco eader: 1 thiuk the honorable gentleman from Virginia does great injustice to the Catholic religion,in specifying that as one of the leading causes oi'ihe decline of Spain. It is a reli gion entitled to great respect ;&, there is noth ing in its charucier incompatible with the highest degree of. national prosperity. Is not r ranee, the most polished, aud in many respects distinguished State of Christendom, Calholic? Is not Flanders, the most popuous part of Europe, also, Calholic? Are the Catholic parts of Switzeland and Germa ny less prosperous than those which are Protest! n:? Iroor.. P ih St. Louis Nnw F.ra states . that thirty bales of very fine wool had been received in that city from the farm of Mr. Moore in Illinois. Afier alluding to the in crease in the raising of wool in Illinois, and the expression of a hope that" Missouri will the business, the New Era judiciously remarks: So long as we depended on Great Britain for our woolen cloths and clothing, we had little use for wool; but since our IVhig tariff has afforded a protection to American wool and to our manufactures. new impulse has been given to ihe business, and a wide and profitable field is thus opened for the la bor and enterprise of our farmers and manu facturers. IVe can conceive of nothing more absurd than for the people of the Unit ed States to send millions of dollars to Eng land for cloth made of British wool and by Biitish laborers, when it can be raised aud manufactured so advantageously in our own country. It must be a British party that would advocate such a policy. THOMAS W. DORR. TVe learn that this person is. employed iu the Stale Prison at Rhode Island, wherein lor flagrant and manifold treason he has been sentenced to abide for life, iu the painting of fans. It is well known that he refuses to sign a petition for his release, or lo take the oath of allegiance to the established and rightlul Government of the State. He even caused the General Assembly to be informed that the petition presented by bis father a gen tleman whose unwavering integrity and manliness of deportment, through all the public troubles, have been the theme of praise from one end of the Republic to the other, and have concilliated the lespectful sympathy of every honest Rl.ode Islander w;s presence J without his knowledge aud in opposition to his desire. : Injustice to the State's magnauimity, the fact should be universally promul gated, that the government has been th ough out inclined to mercy, and tint this inclination has been thwarted by Dorr himself. He remains in'prtson, says the Providence Jour nal, not the victim of oppression, he is re nreseutcdto be. and scarcely the victim itistice, but ratherofhlS Own unyielding s'.inacy, which refuses the proffered mercy of the government, unless he can atctate teinjs upon which it shall be accepted.

The Texas Taso. The Louisiana election proves how little the Locofoco paiv

ty have gained by fighting for Texas and treason, against the Union and National hon or Jlr. JUcJJume, General Hamilton and their co-laborers, may as well abandon the fight, for in such a contest they cannot suc ceed even at the South. There is too much good sense in the land, to make such an ap peal or such an Issue as we have recently had presented to us, successful. We rejoice to see that this Texas bubble will, in all probability, be fought successfully at the South for the Union. We had rather that it should be fought there than here, because it would have a more moral and lasting effect upon the Union. In the meantime, however, the Texas zealots are bursting about the South, and seeking to excite discord in all the Union. To what new extent will be seen by the following late letter from Gen. Hamilton of South Carolina." The following is General Hamilton's reply to an invitation to attend a lexas meeting in Macon County Alabama: Oswichee Bend, June 28, 1844. My Dear Sir I most deeply regret, have made engagements lo morrow I can not violate, which preclude the possibility of my accepting the invitation to the public meeting, to be held at Macon county, to dis cuss, without distinction of party, the An nexaiion Question. I left in the Post Office in Columbus, on last Wednesday evening last, a letter to the -Committee of Arrange ments, communicating my regret to them of mv inability to accept the invitation, with which they likewise honored me. You will permit me, my dear sir, to say that the question ilself invovles one of those self evident propositions, which require no at least as far as the South is concerned, enforce. to elucidate or The proposition for the South is, shall we have an ally on the weakest point ot our whole froutier, is entire sympathy with our iuterests and institutions, who shall have sworn allegiance to our fl.ig; or shall there be built up there in effect a reign powerui hostility to them? A" consequence inevit able, from the rejection of the proposals of Texas to become a member of our confederacy. t The proposition for the whole nation is, shall the supply of the navigation, trade and manufactures of Texas belong to us, under our legislation, or belong to a foreign or foreign nations, under discriminations in favor of their tonnage and exports. The quesliun for both is, shall these ad vantages be perilled by delay? In other words, was not immediate annexation necessary to secure them? I believe it was. You will see I treat it as a question settled under the unfortunate rejection of the treaty by the Senate of the United Slates, that lexas is not to be annexed. The letters of Mr. Clay and Mr. Van Buren have so entirely fortified the pretensions of Mexico, (for they are mere pretensions,) and lo larjustihed the interference of for eign nations, that it is now probably imprac licaote, except tnrougu me immediate ac lion of the boulhern Slates, speaking in a language not to be misunderstood thtongh a convention of them all. But from the un happy divisions among ourselves, this, I presume, is just impossible, es any human event can well be, altho' through the oran of a public meeting in this county I felt it my duty to submit, such a' proposition. No, my good sir, these two,theti candidates for the Presidency", one of them still abiding in the field, have argued the question so thorough J ,.a . . . .. . I nal v m livnr f J ttift ennmv f mr iyiptkt is sucu essentially and irreversibly) that under the time-serving submission of a majority of the Senate of ihe United Slates, the South has probably lost forever an impregnable bouudary, and a staunch ally in the hour of danger and difficulty, aud the whole Union one ot the most productive aim copious theatres of our Commerce, Navigation and manufactures in the whole world. As to the Northern Senators who have gone agaiust us, we must leave them to the grateful garland with which they will be crowed by the Abolitionists ot tneir own country. They have certainly labored most successlully in the vocation ot our worst enemies. But what shall we say to the Senators of the South, who, from no other motive but tosustain Mr. Clay,and to prostrate Mr. Tvler and Mr.'Calhonn, have sacrificed the interests of their own Slates, by fixing for us forever in hopeless, degraded and co lonial minority? Such an obedient Senate has certainly not sat since the time of the Emperor Commodu3. 1 must confess 1 take a" very gloomy view of public affairs. The South is divided,prosthate aud uudone, and prostrate aud undone because she is divided. There is no invoca tion among us sufficiently powerful to recal the "buried war-lise and the wise," and the living seern to have no other fate but to drink deeply of the waters of bkterness aud bumil ialion. I remain, my dear sir,With esteem, very rcsectfully, Your obedieut servant, J. HAMILTON. John J. Harper, Esq.. Two persons father aud eon were arrested on Sunday week, in Marion county, charg with the murder of the old man's daughter, iu Adarr county. The daughter was a widow, and so afflicted as lo be a burden to the family. The lather tia a irequeniiy ueciared ins intention to solicit aid from the county court, for her sub sistence anu u he tailed, not to permit her to remain at his house. She, however, died suddenly, and was buried. Some time after tha of body was disinterred by the neigh bors,and marks ob - of violence, sufficient tocause death, discovered I The obi man and his son then fled, were pursued the 1 and overtaken and carried back to Adair coun I ty for examination. St. Louis Republican.

"TEXAS" A STOLEN HORSE.

Senator Miller of New Jersey made a capitai speecn to me vviugg Ql INew York city a tew aays since. i,ike most Whig speakers, in these glorious Whig times, and with such Whig prospects as now cheer us from every quarter ot the Union, he was in the finest imaginable spirits. He "took off" the nom ination of Mr. Polk to admiration Hear how he mounted him for "the race;" And what were the' Locofoco measures? When Mr Van Buren went out, what did be leave behind him? The Sub-Treasury! A boasted measure, that was to do so much dence, &c! He asked what the Locofocos proposed lo do?. He said the doings of the Baltimore Convention would hardly answer that question, for they bad been, the majority ot mem, intavor ot ivir. van uuren.wnowas opposed to the annexation of Texas, and were, before they got through, as loud for Mr, Polk, who was decidedly in favor of that measure. His description of the well known progress of affairs at that memorable convention, was very graphic. And here, he said, is a party to contend' with, with only two measures Free Trade and Texas; and this last a stolen one, for it was John Tyler's hobby, all saddled and bridled, and ready to be mounted, when Polk stepped in and jostled him from his sat,and sat off for Texas upon the hobby himseif; not the first man by a good many, who had gone to 1 exas on a sto len horse! Roars of laughter. fjWe are particularly anxious that our Loco loco iriends should see what the New Yoik Evening Post says of the Texas ques tion, llemember that the Post is not onlv the leading Locofoco paper in New York but is immeasurably ttie ablest and most respectable Locotoco pnper in the Union, aud its orthodoxy lias never been question ed: Texas. The Texas junto, which desiies to get the Democratic party into its keeping apply sundry phrases lo those who oppose tbis precious project, the truth ol which H may not be useless to examine. I hey are termed abstractionists, federalists, abolilionits and British emissaries. Now we propose to see who the gentlemen thus complimented are, and how far they deserve it. In the first place, it is worthwhile to no tice, that the whole movement on this sub ject is in the slnctest sense a partying gle and a very poor one. It would disgrace a lhimble:rigger of the most ordinary pretensions, We are informed by the Baltimore conven tion "that the annexation of lexas at the earliest practicable period," was a cardinal feature in modern Democracy. Now, we should be clad to know what the "earliest practicable period" means. Who objects to annexing Texas "at the earliest practicable period?" We see no reason why the moon should not be annexed "at the earliest prac ticable period7' that is to say, as soon as it can. As soon as the just claims of Mexi co can be disposed of as soon as the ques Hon of slavery can be got out of the way, we abandon our opposition to the annexation of Texas.Q,,l, ,o,r l,n tt,a miomr.t-.tinn nf jl,!, , it i i I i tJUlll IlltiJ uv tuu iinvniviuiivu iiiiwj (r,...., .... "; . '

thousands of Democrats will take it;butsuchJson followed by the nobleman, whose will Ji

is not the sense iu which the Texas hocus-po ptiet rs rnpin if mi mrt-(1 -u Iho a nnovaltnn r I I ptis tvitri t hPm mnnQ nothing more than the extension and per Jl 1 - unu'AUi ivn V a auaui ii iiti v. tm aa v. w petuation of slavery at the risk of war and with war if it cannot be got without. It is the pure Southern Upshur-Tyler scheme; it is the pill without the gilding tlie doae without the sugar. It is plain enough to see, that if this ques tion had been committed at the outset to men of mind large enough to take in all the interests of this great nation, Mexico would have been satisfied, the question of slavery avoided, and Texas annexed with honor and satisfaction lo the entire people. But for our shame and misfortune the matter fell into the hands of a few fanatics as crazy on the subject of -'domestic institutions''' as the maddest Abolitionits in the Union men who believe, or affect to believe, that the summum bonum of republican freedom lies in the possessing a few hundred slaves; and by these slave-holding fanatics was the question nf Texas, a'srreat Question of exteusion of empire, dwarfed into one of eularging the in fluence of that pernicious institution which defaces and disgraces our otherwise glorious country. This abortion, rejected with contempt and disgust by the whole country, a few Northern Democrats are swaddling'aud uursing and trying to coax into life. Now we say it with mere reference to the interests of the party, interests which no wise person can overlook, that any Northern Democrat who seeks to identify the party with the extension ofslave- ; . i. -i... ii..: -t: :a ry, aim to mane mat me tauyiny question, ia only fit for bedlam; no greater political insanty can be imagined. Slavery is an old, decrepit, worn out feud al institution. Shall the young Democracy, in its heroic youth, stifle its ardent nalure bv so unnatural an alliance? Where slave ry and slave representation exist under the Constitution, let mem exist, it is me Dar2ain it is the bond. But to extend these O.- . i tit . evils to another portion ot me ivestern hemisphere, and, above all, to make this the rallying cry of the party, is evidently suicidal. ; ' - Those sagacious gentlemen,! herefore,who undertake to denounce such Democrats as are content with the old issues ns abstractionists, &c, are acting perhaps with less sense than they may imagine. With some people names have weight. Mr. Van Buren, Mr. Wright, Mr. Benton, to say nothin"' of the many prominent Democrats in this Slate, have declared their irreconcila ble hostility to the Texas scheme,urged on the new ground of slavery and for the benefit of slavery. Is' it lo be supposed that these gentlemen are all to come lo the right-about face, be cause a few men in Baltimore see fit to pass a resolution in regard to which they received no mandate from the people? If the Demo cratic party has such ability to "jump about and turn about," as they would imply,not Mr. Polk .but Jim Crow should have been our candidate.

From the Nash vilte Whig of July 16.

THE TEXAS QUESTION IN TENNES SEE. The Hon. John W." Crockett, writing lo the editor of this piper from Paris,West Tennessee, upon business,' adds the following postscript, which, though not probably designed for publication, we take the liberty of transferrins to our columns. The apolcgy for lhis wil1 be found iu lIie heartfelt gratification which the perusal of the noble wll; Bemimem3 0fthe wortny and distin gu,shed wr,,er has afForded us' aud w,,ich we re sure will be participated in by our read eTS generally: It gises me great pleasure to assure you withnnt nartialitv or nreinHio.. that in nolitics all is right in this quarter. The spirit of " I J I J 7 I '40 is completely rekindled, and it is obvi ous to the most superficial observer that 'State pride' will be the ruin of Polk, so far as the Western District is concerned. I he Texas humbug is already exploded. ' The Locofoco leaders disgusted every body here, and killed themselves off by their hypocrisy in pretending that they did not wish to see the question of annexation have the slight est bearing on the President!! election. They have now thrown ofl'lhe mask, but not until ihev could wear it no longer; and 1 honestly believe it will be so perfectly dead in a month that' the most unscrupulous of them will be ashamed to mention it. We aeall for the acquisition of Texas UKn prop er principles and conditions; but not a sin gle whig, so far as 1 can learn, has been or can be gulled into the support of Polk on this issue "You know I am pacuiiarly situated. Texas is the grave of my father, and I am warmly and zealously in favor her annexation as soon as it can be done upou principles consistent with the honor and integrity of my own country: and I am satisfied t hat Texas has a clear and perfect right to cod her tern tories, and that the acquisition of that conn try upon proper conditions would prove high ly beneficial to every portion ot tnis union But still I am among those who regard the peace and harmony, the prosperity and glory of our country as piramount to every other consideration; and I am, therefore, opposec to any attempt to bring in Texas without consulting the nation, and the sanction of clear majority of the people of this Confed eracy I am for my Country and Henry Clay fir rt, and for Texas next, and for Polk never under any circumsiancet A MYSTERY DEVELOPED. A Paris correspondent of the Boston Atlas de tails a queer story. 11b slates' that the Counters Jeanne, one of the leaders ol" the aristocracy ot tlie faubourg S( . Germain, died last montli and the inspection of torn half burned papers, which she was destroying when the grim tyrant aur prised her, unraveled a strange mystery, that has always- enshrined Iter. Alter (he downfall it IN a poleon, oue of ihe proscribed e'nigran is brought with him Iroin England the Countess whom lie introduced into oue of the oldest families of Pa ris nil IaiIv nf fiioli rflnlt. A reftuetU was mad that her origin should be unknown, and this was strictly complied with, one n intro ouced into society, and soon became noted i 1 11 f" I i "I iter uiciVi vitality auu iuvc ui iciuciiiciii, 1 ime passed on the emigrant d.eu. and was reeled that the Countess should continue o oc cupy iue pa viiiou. a.tu r reeve me ncimiuu-winii o atempi was 10 oe ruaue 10 unravel iier eacicu 1 r ...... secret. She gradually mixed in society, gained all hearts, and at the time of her death was unsurpassed as a match maker, keeper of secrets and devotee. Well, the papers were not. entirely consumed, the physiciart fo und enough to awaken his suspicious, and on ttie shoulders ot his late patient he discovered indelible proofs thai this model of virtue and fashion, an invitation to whose saloon had been the passport of the first society in France, was no other than Jeanne de Suz, alias the Countess de la Motte, the authoress of the disgraceful Necklace Story,in the days of Marie Anioinete She was publicly whipped, branded on both shoulders, and sentenced to the Saltpelrie lor life from whence she unaccountably escaped, andlier alter lite h:is been unknown until the above develupinent.The affair has created quite a etir among the great folks, particularly those who ha-'e boasted of their iutamacy with Madame la Coinlesse Jean ne. ; FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE. It is a fact,. that Mr. Pokk. Mr. Dallas, and Mr. Benton, who are now lookiigjo the Locofoco party lor election to hiah olITces, have each maintained, and do uov entertain sentiments dirrtly anlaoniaticnl to each other. It is a fact that Mr. Polk w'ai the ardent sup porter, if not the father ol the Pet Bank System, by which millions ol dollars were lost to uie Treasury of the nation, and countless millions to ihe people. It is a fact, that he is now the advocate of the Sub-Treasury scheme for the safe-keeping of the public tuuds, although thai scheme, il no' hi rig else, was condemned by ihe people in 1840. and was, as it ought to have been, repealed in 1841 , and no serious attempt has been, made to enact it. It is a fact thai Ma. Polk is violently opposed to the tar'.ff of 1842, mid to any tariff for the protection of home industry as lound iu the factories, in the work-shops, at the shoe-maker's bench, on the tailor's boaid, or any where else, where honest toil is exerted to lay up something against a rainy day. "It is a fact, thai he vetoed, when a member of Congress, in lavorof a proposed law imposing a dutv of twenty per cent, on lea and coffee articles of indispensable necessity, but el which he is not willing that we should enjoy the lux ury, although the aristocratic Whigs, as their tariff shows, are ! 1 It is A fact, lhat when speaker of the House of Representatives, he was insulted and aseaited for cross partiality in the performance of his of ficial dutv: that, afterwards, this submissive conduct was charged upon him by the high spir ited Tenncsseeans, and that he then procured a letter from Gen. Jackson designed to relieve him from the taint of cowardice. It is a fact, ihat Mr. Polk was nominated by a llarlford Convention Federalist, and his nomination pressed and carried by disuuionists of the south, because he was in tavor of the Immediate annexation of Texm" a measure fraught wit'i evil to the whole south, aud opposition lo which, il has already been dec'ared, was to be made the pretext for a dissolution of the Union! It is a fact, that Mr. Dallas, the-- Locofoco candidate for the Vice Prrsidency, was, in 1832, the "willing" author and supporter of a bill to renew the charter of the Bank of the United States; that he voted for if, and agaiust Jackson's veto; thai three years thereafter, he declared his opinion in favor of the coiiMitutionalitv of a bank; and that, since then, he has not had the hardihood to change his opinion on this point, although prompted to do so by the Locofocos . - It is a fact, that Mr. Dallas waa in 1832, so etrouz a protective tariff man that he opposed ve hemently the adoption of the '-Compromise act" to which Mr. Polk says we ought now to turn

and voted asainst fc on that trronnd. Ha in

tariff man now although Mr. Polk is a free trade man, and would suffer the imposition of ulies only with a view to the production of re venue, and not to the encouragement of the in dustry of the country. it is a fact, that Mr. Dallas, when a mem.ber of the Senate, voted in favor of Mr. Clay's bill to distribute the proceeds of the publio lands among the several Statea although just such a law is placed under the ban by the Bulti- -! more Atocoioco resolutions, and is oppoeed br Mr. Polk, , . - It is a fact, that Mr. Dallas has declared himself in favor ofc the "immediate annexalio"tf of Texas to the United States;" and, with Mr. f OLE, was tnlavor of ihe treaty negotiated-bv John Tyler for that purpose. - ' 4 it is a fact, ma:, uniiKe Mr. Folk or Mr. -Dallas, who have both eucouraged banks, Mr.; ' Benton has drafted laws, and endeavored to se-' cure their passage by our Legislature, imposing nnes, and penalties, ana trst oaths, and forfeitures, upon all citizens who dared to pass or receive bank notes, and that he has pot abandoned these vile projects. It is a fact, that white Mr. Polk and Mr. Dallas are in favor of the "immediate annexation" of Texas, Mr. Benton is violently opposed to it that he has declared that it would afford just cruse of war with Mexico, and dishonor us in the eyes ot all civilized nations. It is a fact, that these candidates, entertain ing- opinions so varient and antagonistic!, yet look to the same persons fur support; that while Polk and Dallas are for"immedi8te annexation. ihe Baltimore Locofoco creed, promnlzated at the moment of sending their names to the country as candidates, only declares in favor of an nexatioii- "at the earliest practicable period,!? which has been further modified, by the. NewYork Locofocos, so as to read, -at ihe earliest p'aciicable period consistent with the national honor;11 and in the south, it is declared, that Texas shall be annexed "with or without the Union t It t a fact, that while a convention of Polk and Dallas men i proposed nt Nashville, to consult of measures leading, as is admitted, to a dissolution of the Union, Mr. Bextoi Aas declared that, he will standby the -Union; fjiat while charging the treasonable itesi'gn of a severance of the Union upon Mr. McDut fie, and other sup porters ol iulk and Dallas, he yet goes forward, with them to secure their election; and that while he admits their nomination waa brought about by a ''corrupt intrigue" and in defiance of the will of the people, lie will yet give them his support. . These being tacts, ought not one and all to be thrown overboard, as unworthy of the confidence of the people? - ' ' . . LIFE IN. WASHINGTONWe copy the following from the New York Express: ? ' . - "It is a great public calamity,' a maltercf profound regret and sorrow, that the Federal Capitol is in so small, and so Utile a Commercial city as Washington! Members of Congress there, without their wives, without the restraints, and the public opinion, of a home, without occupation for idle hours, or society sufficiently numerous and powerful, or fixed, to overawe them, often lose all the responsibilities,we will not S3y of gentlemen, but of Men. They roam about in Washing, ton like wild beasi in the wilderness, homeless and houselass, with a rapacious hunger for excitement, and a ferocious enjoyment of it when it comes " ' , r They fall into the clutches of the police; they violate the ordinances of the city with impunity; they gamble from sunset - to sunlight; tbey howl through the streets, reeking from the midnight revels of impure houses; and they do this with impunity, for they govern the District of Columbia, and Washington, in a political sense, is theirs. The press, which in other places, would drag forth those violators of all law, and all the decencies of life, cannot doit in Washington, first, because only" a political press can exist there, commerce not to any extent exists; and next, because tha bowie knife, or the p:stol, or the first, is the weapon of redress with uncivilised bullies I here. Now, were such things done in a cily like this were suclninmitigaled blackguardism to appear in public, or titled vice in private, the newspaper press would make the whole air ring, as the news boy cried it so that the ruffian would never again show his head in public; society would howl after him; a just public opinion would either terrify him into the decencies of life, or drive him out from all connexion with men. The misfortune is that in Washington for none of these things is a member of Congress responsible, lie cares for no law. No home feel' i.ig restrains him No press or public opinion comes to awe him."" Is this true? We trust nnt we thiuk not. But, if ttuS the press from Maine to Georgia should call aloud to reform, and if erroneous, so gross a. statement, and one so well calcula ed to discredit and dishonor the country, should be corrected with as little delay as possible. The picture posses the more interest and importance because the New York Express is a journal of character and influence, with a wide circulation, and because, moreover,one of its editors resides at Washington during the whole session of Congress, and therefore, enjoys ample opportunities of learning the truth. Biclcncirs Reporter.' Swallowino the kv iDENCE. Sailors are proverbially grumbler, and even when well treated are very apt to find fault. Their provisions, pood, or bad, and sometimes they are bad enough in all conscience, furnish an everlasting subject of complaint ; they are never so good 'as thejr were "last voyge." We lately met with an an ; ecdole of Judge Peters, of Philadelphia, hsving a bearing on this subject, which is too good to ; be lost. Complaint wrs made to thejude in behalf of the crew of a vessel who had made a voyage to some port in Russia that they had been furnished with bad provisions. While the counsellor the seamen was arguing the cause, one of them step ped lorward and,dia wing Iromhts pocket a piece of Ii read, the color of brown s iap, presented it to his honor as a specimen of their fare. To per sons accustomed to fine wheateu loaves it appeared disgusting indeed, and the bystanders on and all, eriRil shnme to fill men's itomtcllf with such unwholesome aliment. The Judga ap- . ti!id the bread to his note, and finding nothing in it offensive to his olfactory nerves, was temp-' ted to taste it: he nibbled a little piece, it tasted wU. and he took a large bite. The counsel proceeded at much length, though the dinner hour was fast approaching, and, as he rounded the periods, the Judge nibbled around the black buisctiit until no more remained . At this moment the sailor stepped up, and with a countenance in which was depicted real distress, said "why you have eaten my best witness." "Yea (said the lawyer,)! have been remarking that tha Judg has been swallowing the evidence as well as the law." "Never mind, (replied his honor, as if awakehed from a dream,)! am the better able to digest your causae." So saying he rose,, and ordering the libel to be dismissed went home to his d.nner.

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