Evansville Journal, Volume 10, Number 39, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 12 September 1844 — Page 2

THE JOURNAL.

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X ot Crrar'a weal, bat tUat fltome.

: Q-ApTic'fiscRS, yearly and all others, are relerred to our fut ia2e for terms. 3ie., from

which no deviation will be made id any case.

TIlUSDxiY.

AUGUST 29, 1844

FOR PRESIDENT, HENRY CLAY, OF KENTUCKY. ; FOR-VlSiiPRESIDENT I

THEODORE FR'Et IKGHUYSEN

: . It- - OF W'JERSEY. , ;- '' . S.TATE ELECTORS. ' ; Henry S. Lane, of .Montgomery Joseph C. Marshall, of Jefferson.. DISTRICT ELECTORS. I. John A. Erackenridge, of Verricft; 2. James Collins Jr.j ?f Floyd! ; t

John A. Matson, ofFretialm;

Samuel W. Parker, of Fayette;

Hugh b'Xeat, of Marion j W.

George G. Dnnn, of Lawrence ; R." W. Thompson, of Vigo;" A. l. Homes, of Carroll , : -

H. P. BiddIerof Cess:

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4.

6.

9.

10. Lewis C. Thompson, of Allen.

. CLAY CLTJB. ' ' There will be a meeting ot the Club on Friday evening. - . .. - The Club again respectfully extend an invitation to the friends of Mr. Polk, to meet with ibera OP eachFfiday evening and discus free "i v the Several political issues before the people. . I. KEEN,' Sec'y

. 05" We. were unable tu issue a paper last :' week, every soul in the oSicewas sicw. Such jbings will happen atllmes. '.-' -;V

OHIO AND WABASH CANALWe publish on oar first page theMercori

si which was presented at the last session of

Congress, praying or a grant, or lands to

complete ti:e fjcio and w abash Canal to this

place, The importance of the ' work to our

own State, and to the whole Union, b our only apology for occupying our columns a

second time with this document. - :

By the bye, the following article Horn the

Vincennes Gazette is one among a hundred

other reasons why those who have heretofore

acted with the Locofoco partr. but who are

favorable to the advancement of the prospers ty ci their country to its whole interests

should oppose the election of James K. Polk

to the Presidency and. we hope it will not be

lost on these friendly to the completion of

the canal. Should "the grant of lauds asked

for by the friends of the Canal fail to be

made at the approcbing session of Congress!

and James K.. Polk be our next President-

even with a W,big majority ia both branches

of Congress what hope have : we that. we

will receive any aid from Government. He has invariably epposed all appropriations fox

suiitlar objects, and should a bill granting

the lands pass, he would certainly veto it.

We ask those, at present so loud in his sup

port, who are anxious to have the vork go oa,

to give this matter a thought. We shall re fer to thissubject again. ' .

Friends of the Wabash, can you vote

for James K. Polk in November, when his

! recorded voles show that in every instance

wherein he has voted upon bills for Interna

Improvements.he has invariably voted against

any appropriating for that purpose! You

people' of the Wabash Valley, who have, a large and increasing interest at stake in the

improvement of ournoble riverjwbose hopes

1 of reward for years of toil in clearing otit

and opening farms , upon Us borders, have

been in the lull anticipation of the improve

ment oj it3 navigation, m order- that you

might reach a market with your produce; ca

you, vsill you .vote for a man "whose whole

public life shows he will not grant you one farthing for its improvement; but rather that he will act out the abominable locofoco doctrine that, 'the people ask too much of the

Government,' and so let you and your river take . care of yourselves end remain" for years yet to come, in its present condition?

We."lbink not. . Can- even our neighbor of

the Sun act consistently and do it himself?

the Government into a mere majority ma-deed, these be your opinions, then have I chine to make it the Government of a sin- most grieviously disappointed the hopes m gle nation, instead of what :t is, a political which you indulged in connection with my compact between free, sovereign and inde- election and my Administration. I must, pendent States, by which so much power, nevertheless, most solemnlyTver that had 1 and no more, has been oranted to a common been aware that such would have been ex-

ginal force. 'I had been not only most vio-iagent of all the States, as they esteemed to pected and required of me if I could have

lently assailed by the Ultraists of-both par be necessary for the promotion of their mutu- believed that you, whose candidate l waspe ties, but had been threatened with' imoeach- alhaDDiness. Nn.-m them I have nothing to culiarlv considered, and to conciliate whom

ment for having negotiated a Treaty propo- say. If I have received their support at any I was nominated for the Vice Presidency,

sing the annexation ot Texas to the Union, time, it has been, not from attachment to me would have required of rae in the contingerv-

ry, and ' for having or my political principles, but from some sup-icy which unhappily occurred,, tnai i snouia

LETTER FROM MR. TYLER. ; TO HT r&ltXm TKKOCGKOCT THE tTNIojii The reasons which inSueccdd me ia accepting the nomination for the Presidency made; by a Convention of my friends in Ma)

last, at BahuDere, have lost much of their on

OThe Rivek is at present in pretty rood boating' order.' We?have noticed in the last few days several large boats at our wharf, some of thera"eutirely new anJ on their first trip. ; - - "r - - " PRODUCE. Wheat, Flaxseed, and oth

er country produce has been coming in pretty freely for the last three weeks. All kinds of produce bears a good price and finds a

"itpidtyllrota "lueir embarrassments. v Whig

"measures is doing that for them. . . ..

Natckalization. The.August and Sep

ternber elections are are ovei and the locos are beginning to show- their hands on the

subjectjot Lb 3 naturalization laws. " Ihe de

ceived naturalized citizen "will soon learn who constitute the "Native American party

the locofocos or the Whigs. The follow' ing is copied from the Batavia Sun, a loco

foco paper published in Clermont county,

1Q iifiJULU

as a portion of its territory.

adopted precautionary measures, clearly fall-

ins wunin tne ranse oi executive tnscre-

tion to ward off any blow which might have been seriously aimed at the peace and safety of the country in the e vent of the ratification of the Treaty by the Senate. The opin

ion of a person, once ranked amongst the distinguished jurists of the country , found its

way into' the newspapers, apparently as the precursor of such proceedi ng. A report had

also been made, at a previous session of Con

gress, by a committee of the House ofRep:

resentatives, which proceeded from the pen of a man who filled no limilted space in the

eye of the world, in which because ot the

exercise of the Veto power in arrest of the

unconstitutional and pernicious measures of

the United States, Bank, and a donation to

the States ot so much of the public revenue

as was derived from the public lands, at

moment ot great embarrassment to the Treas

ury, and when loans were necessary to sus

tain the Government 1 .was charged, with

the commission of grave offences in the &

bove particulars, and with deserving all the

pains and. disgrace liowing trom the nign power of impeachment; a measure.-as it was

intimated, only not resorted to by the House because of a doubt entertained whether the

proceeding would ; be sustained by public

sentiment. 1 had, it is true, protested a

gainst that report as originating in wrong.

and dictated by party rancor and malevo

lence; but my protest was refused a place

on the journals of the House, and thus, in

future times, my name might have been tar nished by the fact of a solemn declaration

highly implicating my character, remaining

uncontradicted and unreversed on the pub

lie journals; The party majority which had

sanctioned a proceeding so unjust had1, it is true, been swept out of existence by the

electious which shortly alierwards followed

but,at the time of tny acceptance of the

nomination, although a large and overwhelm

ing majority of the opposite party ' had bee

brought into power by . the Teople, as it to

the express purpose of sustaining me in what

I bad (jone, yet that very party had made no

public movement indicative ol a : triend

feeling, and a portion'of its members," who

seemed to-control the rest, exhibited the bitterest hostility, and the most unrelenting spirit of opposition Under these - circumstances, there was but one course left to me consistent with honor, which was, to maintain my position unmoved by threats, and unintimidated by denunciations.; Those of my

posed influence which I might bring to bear commence my Administration with an act

ot perjury, and sanctionea measures b-uuui-rent to every" principle of my past life and at war with the prosperity of the country and the continuance of liberty, I would not

have suffered my name, humble as it was,

to have been breathed in" the canvass.

No, Iclaim the proud privilege of an A-

merican citizen to think tor . myselt on an

as a secondary agent, in advancing their pur

poses. All the obligations which 1 have received for such reasons, have been more than

counterbalanced by the untiring opposition

which I have encountered at their hands

ince I attained my present station, and the

constant and unmitigated abuse which their

eaders have poured out in a torrent upon

Getting Alarmed. The Locofoco leaders are becoming greatly" alarmed for Pennsylvania. The way the -friends of the Tar- ' iff in. that State are deserting the Locofoco - .'tankj and joining the. Whigs, certainly looks" ' a little squally" for .the Polkites. Senator Bu

chanan is oat stumping it through. the State, have found it necessary .to put his shoulder - to the wheel, to stay, if possiblej the tide of emigration from his own to the Whig party

but it wont do; all the locofoce speakers in the Union wont save their party from defeat. The Keystone State will go for Henry Clay as surely as will I Kentucky. - - Wabash asd Erie Casal. We learn that the repairs on the Canal are: completed, and that navigation is again- resumed from5 Lafayette along it.- ' Wji. S. Fclton, U. S. Senator from Arkansas, is dead. . ' ; f - '

J, CO"Mr. Tylerts letter withdrawing" from

the contest for the Presidency, will be found ia to-day's paper. It is rather lengthy, but as it is the closingscene in the farce which has amused th public for near four years,we thought our readers would like to see " it. '- The Captain, together with his sohBob,and John Jone3 of the Madisonian, have gone over to the Polk party; How the locos will like this move of the Captain we cannot tell. The Globe asserted some time ago that "the ;Tyler touch was death," and we shptiWnt , wonder if the Globe'a prophesy proved true . for once. - ? . . ' " .

mv head: designed, as I verily believe, in subjects, and to act in pursuance of my

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the first instance, to drive me trom the Gov- wn convictions ana it wouia require h iu-

ernment; and m thela3t to overwhelm, me tal change ot my nature in order to convert

with- obliquy and reproach. But 1 have a me into a mere instrument oi party, or ui par rifrht tn address mvself tn those, who. tike I iv dictation. .

myself, co-operated with them in the contest I would appeal not only to yourselves but nf 1ft40 whrv were, and nlwavs had been, to all mv couutrvmen to say, whether in the

iha nrienrntea nt th nnnoin pq nl t hp nld I mnltprq annGrtaminJT 10 OUT loreiil uuana.

Renublican Dartvwhose strenuous efforts thev anticipated more success in the adjust

have alwavs been directed to preserving the ment ot difficulties and in the formation ot

comoact of the Union, unbroken and invio-l hiahlv important Treaties .than it has been

late who have sustained at all times the my province to cause to ne negotiated i.oug principles of the Republican party of 1708-9 standing difficulties have been adjusted

who have participated, from, time to time, difficulties which threatened most senousiv

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in all Republican triumphs whose fathers! the peace ot the country, - wor nas any op-

were victorious over the elder Adams in the portunitv been lost for enlarging the com

election of Mr. Jefferson, as they themselves merce of the country ,and giving new markets

were over the younger in the election of Gen. to our agricultural and manufactured pro-

Jackson. To this portion of the Whig party ducts, if the country has not reaped lull

ot 1840, 1 feel that I have a full right to ad- fruition of benefit-from all the treaties thus

dress myself; and I now seriously put it to negociated, it surely has not been the, taint ot

them to say whether an v expectation of j?oodr the Administration, l tie loss or two oi tno.se

to the country which they had formed in the election of Gen. Harrison and myself to the

Presidency and Vice . Presidency has been disappointed? May of us had been thrown

into opposition to Gen. Jackson during his last term, having voted for him upon his first

and second election, because of certain doc-

Treaties through the aetiou of the Seuate, cannot but be deplored by me as gieat public calamities. By the Treaty with the German States, we had opened the way to a more extended commerce with twenty-seven

million of people in our cotton, tobacco,

rice aud lard generally" reduced, and with a

trines put forth in his Proclamation, and be- stipulation for the free admission ot cotton ;

cause of certain measures which followed

that celebrated State, paper.' Our opposi

tion proceeded trom no spirit of faction, but from what we esteemed it to be, a sacred regard to the high and essential principles ol the Republican party aud regarding ' his successsor as in a great degree identified with what we esteemed as errors iu General

while we had agreed to receive at somewhat

reduced duties articles from those States which entered into the "most limited compe-

titirm. if at all. with a few similar articles of

American product. T.The Treaty was partic

ulaiiv interesting from the fact . that for the

first time, after repeated struggles on the

part of my predecessors, to accomplish a re

Jackson's administration, our opposiljonlwas duction of duty on tobacco,the Government

continued to him. The the state condition ot had succeeded m doing so. it was iiegotiat

LTEHATIOW ..iTOTXiAWr.

-Jim ..o.m, -rjx.xxiziQ that this question will enter into our next Congressional elec

tions. As soon as it comes up, we are pre

pared to meet it, and ym arras ourselves

in favor of increasing - tub TERM TO TWENTY-ONE YEARS." , - There what do you think of that Germans, Irishmen, Englishmen? Take a good look at it and when you begin to abuse the edi

tor for his sentiments, just recollect that he is a locofoco of your own stripegoes it with all the power he is master of for ' Polk and Dallas and at the top of his lungs is shoutin"

against Protection and whig principles.

year

' MISSOURI. .J --.V;V - The returns of the. late election are not all in, but tfie Missouri Reporter contains a . table of members elect, giying Benton a majority of six in the Senate, and the anti-Ben-tori a majorrty of 14 in the House. Thus :

Senate House

Benton. , 19 : 43

Ahti-Benton. : . 13,

, . 62-.,.. . . Anti-Bentou maj. on joint ballot.

57 70 . 8

OrA manufacturer of. wooden combs at New Haven, it is stated, has now on hand

orders for no less than fourteen million four

hundred thousand of these articles.

"Frqji Egypt." This is the significant

caption put to the election news from Illinois,

by some of the Eastern papers. -

"GLORIOUS VICTORIES" IN 1844 J The Locofoco- press Very generally shout loud and long after the election In each and every State, "Glorious Victory!" - No mat

ter who wins, the Polk-ats glorify until one

can hardly tell the result. Let us recalfthese "Glorious vie tories",over which these men shout1, in the States where elections have been held," in the year 1844. 1 ?

Maryland Last year the Members of

Congress partly Locofoco, this year every

one Whig, a clean sweepa Glorious Vic-

tory ! r. . ' " . , -

ConnecticutLast year Loco, this Whig, Glorious Victory ! . r

. Virginia Last year Loco,this year Whig,

Glorious Victory!

Louisiana Last year Whig Legislature by 2 majority on, joint ballot: Congressmen

all Loco. 1 his year one Whig Congressman and 8 Whig majority, in the Legislature.

Glorious Victory ! . -

- . iiui jui-vnnu.ja.ai year iiOco, mis

year Whig. Glorious Victory ! " v '

. Indiana Last year Loco, this year Whig.

Glorious Victory!

Kentucky Last year Whig, this year the

same. Glorious Victory."

. Illinois Last year Loco, this year the

same. Glorious Victory!

Missouri Last year Loco, this year the

same. Glorious Victory ! - --. ' Alabama Last year Loco, this year the same. Glorious Victory ! The Whigs intend to have a succession of these Glorious Victories until Clay is elected. Clear the. way. ' ' '" , REMARKABLY CAUTIOUS.-Mr. Ri chie, of Richmond Enquirer, ventures to express his anticipations in the following manner: . ' "But for the miscalculations that were made in 1840 weourselves would not enter-

1 Polk and Dallas." . ".. ,.; . - v -

countrymen, who had come to my support,

had done so in a self sacrificing spirit, without the indulgence of any other expectation than that my character should be vindicated, and .that the policy of my Administration should t. gntninntt f nrt, H ff ,V, , 'faulXllH heieartTiirulolncur the disgrace of deprecating the action of a party, the chief object of whose leaders seemed to be to fasten upon me disgrace. I had also an indistinct hope

that the great question of the annexation of'

lexas might, in some degree, be controlled

by the position I occupied. These motives

uduced my acceptance of the nomination

made by tny friends. Before the close of the session of Congress, however, develop-

menis were so jcieariy and distinctly made as to the threatened impeachment, that no trace

of such a measure was left. Mr. J. Q. Ad.

ams' report, implicating my motives and con

duct in my v does ot liank and other Jjills

was deprived of all its force and furtive effect, by a Report made by a committee, of which Mr. Ellis, of New York, was Chair

man, .accompanied by resolutions, which passed the House of Representatives some few days befere the close of the session by a large and commanding majority, not only rescuing my motives from all imputation, hm

juaiiiymg ana upholding my policy. The

voice ot the Feople in the elections of 1842

was thus directly responded to by that of

meir representatives, and but little remained for me personally, either to expect or de-.

srre. oince ine adjournment nf Hnnnrco

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me language oi many ot the leading presses of the country, and resolutions adopted by

ia,Mouiiui..gc5 ui ujc reopie m their pn

mary meetings, nave still further endorsed

the country also seemed to require change

in the general Administration. Have you

been disappointed in the relortn which you

promised yourselves by going into that contest? You demand a rigid economy to be

observed in the public expenditures. Have:

you in this been disappointed? Xou requir

ed accountability on the part of all public

agents. Has it not been fulfilled? Let the

fact that a defaulter nas become almost un

known for the last three years answer the

duestion." You asked that a course of poli-

cv should be adopted wnicn snouiu punry

and reform the currency . Was the curren-j

ed under resolutions originating with the to

bacco States, and with the" presumed sane lion of Congress, who had raised, as it is be lieved, the' mission to Vienna, from a sec ond to first Tate mission, - with direct refer

ence to the tobacco interest, aud had also annrooriafed a sum of money, some years

ago, to enable the Executive to employ' an agent in Germany to acquire information as O . . i . i .1 U

to the tobacco trade,, me services oi wuicu agent had only ceased a short time prior to the negotiation of the Treaty. My hope still however is,that the benefits of the Trea-

iy and the 1 reaty itseii may uui uo luai iu " 1 I ... nflrl tlinl

the proceedings of the House in approbation of the acts of the Administration. - I could

not, however, look exclusively to 'my own

wi&uea, wuicji wouia nave led me immpdi

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ateiy to retire irom a contest which seemed

no longer to he possessed of an object worthy of mucbT further attention. But I was

not at liberty to do so without first consult-

ing wiin . such ot my most prominent and

steaaiast ineuds as 1 could most readily ton

jci niiu, ujcii wxio naci snarea witn me In

much of the abuse which I had encountered, and would partially have participated in all

me oDioquy, u any, which might, ia the fu

-.v.. iu ihv, uu lar 13 i nave heen

able to consult them, they have yielded their assent to the course which my own judgment suggests as proper; aud I how announce to

them and the country, my withdrawal from

.me rresiaennai canvass.

1 cannot omit to accompany this public annunciation with a few remarks, addressed

A P',0IICan P"" ot whal was call- the majority of that body in the full posses

vu7 S F'-J i maKe no ap-!sion ot all the powers of Government? Or peal to that ether portion which was former-i did you,or do you now still clin to the opiny known during the early period, of our po-iion'in which the qualified Veto originated,

m 7- " '',ai a later day as' that a Government without checks and bal

- j.vuii.aiiO) a u Li I

CY&e rate of the .Exchanges between all there was no design to deprive the House of

Representatives of any rightful and constitutional action over the subject, which it miht properly exercise. It was oiVthe contrary my intention to have submitted the Treaty, aud all papers calculated to elucidate it, to ili House of Representatives, it it had been ratified by the Senate, for such action as they might have deemed, it proper to adopt a course pursued in, all cases in which the action of the House is required to vote supplies of money, or fulfil any other object falling within the scope of their power. ' . . In .negotiating the Treaty for the annexation of Texas, which was rejected by the Senate, motives have been ascribed to the Administration which, had no place in "its mind or heart. One gentleman, occupying a prominent place in the Democratic parly, whether for good or evil it does not become mo to say, has assigned in ah address recently delivered in Missouri, two prominent motives for its negotiation: -1 si, Personal ambition, and 2dly, a purpose to tlisolve the Union. -Mr. Clay alsoia a recent letter to the editor of newspaper in Alabama, has

called the treaty Infamous, and ascribed " to

it, m its origin, "sinister objects." 1 repel

lotb their assaults upon the Treaty audits

negotiators. What object of mere personal ambition in any way connected wilb office could influence the Administration in negotiating the treaty? The "publii archives furnish the strongest reasons to believe that the Treaty would have met the unqualified aproval of both Mr. Clay and Mr. Van Buren. While the one was Secretary oTState to Mr. .Idams, and the other to Gen. Jackson, each in his turn attempted to obtain the annexation of Texas. Mr. Clay's negotiation was carried on with Mexico in the third year of her revolutionary struggle while Spain regarded her as a revolted province, and her armies were in possesson of many of the strongholds of the country. What"" reason,

parts of the country answer the inquiry. Has

the day ever been, when the currency was sounder or . the rates of Exchange lower? You sought once more to put the mechanic

al arts in active operation, and to relieve

commerce from the blight which had fallen upon it. Tho first has revived, and the last has unfurled its sails, which now whiten almost every sea. The paralysis which had fallen on public credit, loan extent so great that the poor sum of $3,000,000 of Government slock was offered to European and American capitalists witlTout our being able to find for it a purchaser, has passed away, and a welt supplied Exchequer gives evidence not only of the expansion of trade, but of the stable basis on which rests the public credit. The very stock for'which no bidjers could at one time be found, now readily commands in the market an advance of fifteen or twenly dollars in the hundred. In the mean time 1 submit it to you to say, whether the principles of the Republican party" have not been closely observed iu all that has been done. Did those principles require that we should recommence a new cycle of twenty years, the predecessor of which a Bank of the Unied States had fulfilled in 1838? Beginning by increasing the derangements of business for years, attended in its mid career with comparative prosperity, then resorting to efforts by all its large means to force a recharter, and ending its existence amid the curses and-denunciations of the many it had ruined. Most of you had, like myself, through all time, pronounced the Bank to" be unconsli tutional. Had your opinions on this subject undergone a change in 1840, and did you contemplate that General Harrison and myself who during the whole contest "avowed our opinions to be unchanged in that respect, in numerous addresses to the public, would be deserving of denunciation if either of us should refuse to perjure ourselves by sanctioning a Bank charter, which, believing it to be unconstitutional, our solemn oath of office required us to vote against or vetol

Tell me, moreover, brother Republicans of

1840, had you then brought yourselves to the conclusion that, even admitting a possible abuse of the Veto power, it was proper to erase from the Constitution that great barrier and check to unconstitutional and highly inexpedient legislation, thereby making the will of Congress supreme; and installing

now nau tiinlur

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me general appeiation ot Whig. Such an appeal would be wholly out of place, since their political principles are entirely at war with those I have advocated throgb life. I mean no imputation on their motives or patriotism. I doubt not that the old Federal party, in the lead of which stood the elder Adams, were as deeply and sincerely coni vincedof the necessity of the Alien and Sedition laws, as the present is of that of a Bank of the United States, with other measures equally latitudinous. along with the abolition of the Veto power, whereby to convert

ances is the worst form of Oligarch?.; and

that too; many guards, in order to" secure public liberty, cannot be thrown over its dif

ferent departments? If, indeed, you are ad

vocates of a change so vital as that proposed

men may not only the Uarrisons and Tap-

jans or our own country rejoice, but a shout ihould ascend from the Abolition Convenion"ofthe whole world,"at the fact that anr Federal system had given way before the

power of a consolidated government, whose II .... . . .. ..

vni, uuerea tortn by sectional majorities, vas absolute, admitting of no check of re-

astance from any quarter whatever. If,

in-

have pleaded guilty, without a moment of

hesitation. 1 confess 1 felt amditious to add another bright star to the American constel

lation.- It would have been a source of pride to me, if that measure had been carried, to have Witnessed from the reiirementtbalawats me, the annual expansion of our coastwise aud foreign trade, and the increased prosperity of our ogriculture and manufactures, through the rapid growth of Texas which

would have followed the ratification of the

Treaty. Yes, I freely confess that this would

have furnished me au unfailing source ci

gratification to the end of l;fe. -1; should

have seen also the Union ot ihe states Becoming stronger and stronger through their

reciprocal affection local jealousies - sup-.

pressed, and fanatical schemes and schemers

alike prostrate. 1 snouiu nave wnnessca tne

IVOUJLd V WW. - - -j it embraced the finest country in the world, and brought tinder its influence a people de

voted like ourselves to the maintenance and preservation of free government. . ... .... t't.

This was ,the kind ol ambition wnicn prompted the negotiation of the Tiealy. Its ratification was the sole honor which 1 coveted, aud all that I now desire. What sinister motives could have originated the negotiation at this time, that did not exist in 1827 ? What was there now to have if ndered a treaty infamous which did not exist then? If it be said that we had a Treaty of Limits with Mexico, I ask if, in 1827, we had not also a Treaty of Limits -with Spain? WVbad recognized the independence of Mexico, and therefore, virtually claimed that we had a

perfict right to treat with her fox the annexa

tion of Texas, and in tact, it we had. so pleased, for Mexico entire." Eight years ago we recognixed Texas as independent, and sure- . . i . . . .. . ...i. i : j

ly ourrigtil to negotiate wuu ner, nupueu no wnrse faith than in 1827 to- negotiate with

Mexico for her. The idea that because of (he existence of a Treaty of Limits with any

nation, we must forever thereafter - deny to all parts of the territory of such nation the

right ol revolution or change, cau only excite, with an American citizen, a smile. - Was it

deemed necessary in 1827, .to consult the States, to consult the Seuate, or to consult

the House .of Representatives, or the people r. Was it considered necessary to obtain the assent of every State, as it would seem now

to bs proposed, before-" forming a 1 reaty ot

Annexation? If the assent of every State is

necessary, , then may we bid adieu to the prospect of annexing now 'or hereafter. The Constitution devolves the treaty-making power of two-things of the States through their Senators, and it is altogether anew doctrine that a treaty should not be negotiated without the assent ol all.. Danger to the Union through the exercise of the power of a constitutional majority in Ihe . makiug of a Treaty, is a doctrine for the first time advanced, aud having no foundation in point of fact. I regard thepreservatio'n of the Uniou as the first great American interest..! equally disprove of all threats, of its dissolution;

whether they proceed from the North or the South. The glory of my country, its safe-, ty and its prosperity alike depend on Union, and he who would contemplate its .destruction, even for a moment, and form plans to accomplish it, deserves the deepest anthemas of the human race. 1 believed, aud still believe thatthe annexatiou'of Texas would add to its strength, and serve- to perpetuate it for ages yet to come: and my best efforts while 1 remain in office, will be lirectcd to securing its'acquisilion, either now or at a future day. "Whether- anv efforts will avail to secure this object, since the rejection of tho Treaty, remains still be seen. I abandon all hope upon the subject, if it shall be esteemed uecessa-y to obtain for it. the approval of every State. Tho case rarely occurse that any Treaty receives the unanimous approval of the Senate. ,. I have been called upon, in justice to myself, to make those remarks in withdrawing from the position in which my friendahad placed me. I might present other inquiries growing out ot the course of the Administration, both in regard to our domestic and foreign relations, as to which principles have been maintained, which may arrest the attention of future and even remote Administrations but let what I have said suffice. All that I ask of my Countrymen ia a candid tcviewofmy acts, and an impartial comparison of the condition of the county now with what it was three years ago. I appeal from the vituperation of the- present day to tho pen of impartial historjr, iii the full confidence that neither my motives nor in y acts will bear the interpretation which has for siuister purpose, beeu placed upon them. JOHN TYLER. Washington, Aug. 23, 1814.

then, could 1 have had for supposing for an instant that a Treaty with Texas, after eight

years of actual independence, with no Mex-

ican soiuicr witnin ner territory, and suDject only to occasional border lnterruptions,could or would have met with opposition from him or his friends? and meeting with no such opposition on tho parleitberolMryanBuren or Mr. Clay, and their friends, it would puzzle a sounder easuisttban I profess to be, to conceive in what possible way it could have interrupted the. relations of those two gentlemen, who stood at the moment at the head of their respective parties, and were looked upon by alias competitors for the Presidency. "It is well known that, when jibeuegotiation for the acquisition of Texas was commenced , and up to a period succeeding the signing of the Treaty, it was my confident conviction, expressed to many, that it would from the circumstances I have staled, receive the supprt both of Mr. Clay and Mr. Van Buren, so that neither would be effected by its negotiation. . It had been charged that. the Administration was prompted by the ambition of securing the greatest boon to the pountry, in the ! acquisition of a territory so important in it-'

self and so inseparably connected with the

Ssiir.ts. The ladies have many kinds. There is the smile ol recognition there is (lie smile ol coincidence in opinion (h smile of encourAfenient when w are attempting something dllUcult the smite of appobation when it 1j done the smile cf imnsed fancy at oar conversation the smile of hope, if we adventure to aspire.' But the great ainie, the smile imperial, is thai which says, plainer .than words, "voo BkVt' won me!" That emtio never leaves the memory, even after she who gave it Las mouldered in the tomb.

Despatches from Mexico-to the British Government. The New York Sun of the jfoih, says: "We learn from good authority that the British vessel of war Rose, which arrived at New Orleans ' .the other; day , brought confidential despatches from the British Minister in Mexico to his , Government. A special messenger goes ' out to England with them in the Royal Mail steam

er Acad-a, which leaves on Sunday next.--We have been permitted to "guess" that tho Mexican Army will not march upon Texas until an answer to these despathces has been received from Queen Vic's Cabinet." ,

At a great Whig meeting county, Pennsylvania, a few

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...wa ex-oovernor Krrsw pre.ided, among the rwuvt thousand pre.eot were rirTK, c-d STBiroax-oiiT., who have recu-Jy abandon, ed the causa onOCofocoi8m,p0ik ,n4 FreeTrad and go for CUy-.nd Frclingh,.e;. Prot,ctiT, l a n ft nnH .iv u . '

interests of cveryS tate of the Union, I would ' Kt,.xli9f- -Ms-