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f1 KiIe milharyladoptioa tLe conritutiw,, if not a nat:ve

tribunals, house, burning shootim?, torture,

ouu tvij muu pi uevasiauon were desolating and overwhelming the defenceless inhabitants some of the state prisouers, then in confine

ment, emerea uto a negotiation with , the Irish ministers for affecting a general amnesty;

and, as an inducement, offered amongst oilier things, not necessary to the examination of jour conduct, to emigrate to such a country as might be agreed upon between them aud the government. 'The offer was accepted; the bbody system was stopped for a time, "and was not re

newed until your interference, and after the British. Miuistry had resolved only to break

ils faith with us.

iu the commencement of our negotiation Lord Casllereagh declared, as a reason for

our acceding to Government possessing

nprrnfFvA en rmr rhmfA that W tiorl n - n-nroa

place in view for our emigration than the U

nited States of America. We had made our election to go there, and called upon him to

In that difficulty, you, sir, offered effectual assistance to the faithlessness of the British Cabinet.- - - . . -., 'On the 16th of September, Mr. Marsden, I J - 5 . - - .

men ueser secretary, came to intorm us that Mr. King bad remonstrated against oar being permitted to emigrate to America. Thisasteuisbed us all, and Dr. MacNevan very plainly said that he considered it as a trick between Mr. King and the British Gov

ernment. This Mt Morsden denied; and ori

being pressed to know what reason Mr. Kjnf bad fur preventing us, who were avowed rt : publicans, from emigrating to America,; he fiigu'Ulcantly answered 'peibaps Mr. King ;bes pot desire to have republicans in Ame ica;5 Yourinterfejrence was then, sir, made a pretext of detaining us for four years in custody, by which very extensive and uselul plaus of setleraent within these States were broken up. .. ; The misfortunes which yon brought upon the objects of vour persecution were incal

culable. Almost all of us wasted the fori r

., best years in prjsion. As to me, I should have brought a Ion? with me my father and

his family, including a brother, whose name,

Derlians. vou will even no rparf untlmdt em.

. otiyns ot sympathy and respect: Oihers iieatly connected with me would have, be

come, partners to my emigration. J3ut all of

them had been torn from me.' I have been

prevented seeiug a brother; from receiving

the dying blessings of a father, mother and

sister, and from soothing their last agonies by

my caresses; and this, sir, by your uuvsorrant able and unfeeling interference.'

WliDPO lira ncl- arraiti - lk. 1 ! ! 1 ! i - 1

1j1.11., y uja ujaui, ,3 me HUCIillliy Ul the Locofoco party, of which so much is dai

ly said and written, to he .found? We ask

not for mere professions; they cost nothing; por are we to be put off with the declaration

ot a party press and party leaders, which it

nas oeen necessary to smooth the path to

political preferment. They weigh not

- feather with us, and should not satisfy a

' jealous and reflecting people. We ask' for

something tangable, something real and sub

' stantial. Where is it? Is it to bo found in

. the constitution of Maine and New York, of Virtrima anfl Alahrimn. of MissfMiri Anit A r

kansas? The Locofoco party have nearly always Jiad full possession of the Government in all these States, and the constitu-

I their hands;- and yet, in every one of them the naturalized citizen,who9e peculiar friends

they claim to be is disqualified for the office of Governor. " , The 4th section of the first pirt of the 5th

nunc iuuiu:um,iuuui iuaiuc 1 s as IOIlows: . " "The Governor shall, at the commencement of bis term, be not less than thirty years of age a natural born citizen of the U. States: have been five years, or from the ad

option of this constitution a resident of thel

. State; and at the time of his election, and during the time for which he is elected,be a ' " resident of said State.'? ' - The 2d section of the 3d article " of the

constitution of New York is as follows: " '. - "No person except a native born citizen of the United States, shall be eligible to the office of Governor, nor shall any person be eligible, to that office who shall not be a free holder, and.sball not have attained the age oflhirty years, and have been for five years a resident within the State; unless he shall have been absent during thut time on business, of tht3 Stato." '

The 2d section of article 4th r of the

' constitution pf Virginia contains this provis ion: . . ' .

- "No persons shall be eligible to the office

of Governor unless he shall have attained tlie age of 35 years, shall be a native citizen of the United States," or shall have been a citizen of the United States at the adoption

ofthe'FederalXtonstirationjand shall have been a citizen of ibis Commonwealth for five years next preceding his election.'1 , The 4th section of article 4th iri the constitution of Alabama js also as follows: ,

; "The Governor shal hold his office for thel

term of two years from the time of his instal- ' " lalion and until his successor shall he duly rjualified, but shall not be eligible for more than four years in any six years; he shall be

at Jeast thirty years of age, shall be a native citizen of the United States, and shall have resided iir this State at least four years next preceding his election." ' The 2d section of article 4 pf the constitution of Missouri is'as follows: "The Governorshall be at least thirty-five

. veara of a?e. and a natural born citizen of

" the Untied States, or a citizen at the adoption of the Constitution of the United States,

or an inhabitant of that part of Louisiana,

"now included in the State of Missouri,' at

the time of the cession thereof from France totr.fIT. FT. and have boen a resident of the

same at least four years next before his elec

ot tue U. b.; and shall have been a resident of the same at least four years next before

nis ejection.',

Let,Mr. Kendall speak of these facta w hen

next he charges the Whigs with hostility towards naturalized citizens. They are undeniable,, and should by all means accompany

nis oracuiar statements.

To expose still further the cant of this

wretched Tract, and show how far the Loco

focos are the friends of religious liberty, it is only necessary to look iuto the constitution of N ew Hampshire, a State in which they have held unlimited control over every de

partment of the government for years, and

whoso devotion to their priciples has won for

her the name of the "Gibraltar of Democra-

cy.-' The Gib article of her Bill of Rights is

in inese worus:- ' "As morality and piety, lightly grounded on Evangelical (Protestant) principles will

give the best and greatest security to government, and will lay in the hearts of iiipTi

the strougest obligations to due subictioh and as the knowledge of these is :nost likely to be propagated through scxety by the institution of the public worship of the" Deity, and of public iuslrucon ; morality and re

ligion therefor to promote these important purposes, the people of the State have a right to :mpoWHr.'aud do herebv fallv imnow-

et the Legislature to authorize, from time to

ume, lie several towns, parishes, bodies cor-

porute, or religious societies within this

dtate, make adequate provision, at their own expenses, for the support and maintai nance

ofpublic Protestant teachers of piety, religion

and morality."

rhe same Bill of Rights which declares

religion to be "an inalienable right,1' creates

n eiiect an established religion. Morality

and piety, it is said, rightly grounded on e-

vangehcal principles wtil teach men due sub

jection, and .there lore public protestatit

teachers are to be provided for by the towns,

parishes, and religious societies, and that too by taxation of-all the people. A leautiful

commentary truly, on the declaration that

freedom of religion is, and of right ought to

Mr. Awos Kendall was borri and reared feutlty, we shall not be backward in defininw

under these Democratic institutions, and he lis position. We shall see what he thinks of

of all other men is most fit to intercede with lie Catholic religion, and whether in fact he

his political kinsmen of New Hampshire. tlinks that, or any other oUlward, visable

Indeed, it is strange that one of his zeal and church, should be tolerated by society, The philanthrophy, ever ready as he is to plead Boston Quarterly Review,a monthly periodi-

uie cause oi me persecineu ana oppressed, cat oi Aug; 104U, ol which he was:henand

has not before this.turned to his native State, is still the editor, contained an article ftom

and demanded ot her equal rights and equal his pen, which leaves us no longer in " the privileges fdr all citizens, for the Catholic dark, as to his opinions. We make the fol-

as well as tne rrotestant. Why .has be not Iowin extracts from its nacres:

- " - I in

tion.

And in the 4 th section of the 3th article of

" the constitution of Arkansas, we hud a simi

lar nrovision in these words: .

- "'Ih3 Governorshall hold his office for the

- fPrm nf Liir vears from the time of his in

stallation, and until his succcssr shall bodu

lv nn.Hfied- but shall not be' eligible for

tnrie than eight years in any term of twelve

vears. 'He shall be- at least 35 years of age,

- Iui.n rirlzen of the U. fe., or a res-,

- ideutof Arkansas sen years prerious to thelject?

be, uncirCumscribed. One principle is, a

positive and explicit contradiction of the other. This is Locoloco New Hampshire ! The

1 lii section of the constitution contains this

provision : ...

"Every member of the House of Repre

sentatives shall be chosen by ballot, and for

two years at least next preceding bis. elec-, tiou .shall have been an inhabitant of this

State, shall have an estate within the district which he may be chosen to represent of the

value of ouu hundred pounds, one-half of

which to be a freehold." . . , It. contains a further provision that the representative shall be oftheprotestani religion. The 29th section of the constitution contains the following provision: "Provided, nevertheless, That no person

shall be capable of being elected as a Sena

tor who is not of the rrotestant religion,and

seized of a freehold estate, in his own right,

and of the value of two hundred pounds, ly ing within this State.1'-

In the 4d section oi the constitution is

this provision: " - "

"And no person shall be eligible to this office, (Governor,) uuless, at the time of his

electioa, he shall have been an inhabitant of

this Slate for seven years next preceding,

and unlesj he shall be of the age of thirty

years, and unless he shall, at the the same

time, have an estate ot tne yaiue 91 arc

hundred pounds, one-half of which shall consist of a freehold in his own right, within this State; and unless he shall be of the Protestant jeligiou." Here, then, iu Locofoco New Hampshire, Catholics, whose religious liberty Amos Kendall is so anxious to protect from, the danger ihat threatens it, are excluded from all ofiice. Religious liberty is indeed in dan

ger; it has not only,been4nvaded,but is trod

den under foot in the 'Gibraltar of Democ-i racy.' This is not all.. There is auother provision in the constitution which renders it

improbable that this abridgment of freedom

will ever be removed. Here it is: '

"No alteration shall be made in this con

stitution before the same'. shall b&laid be

fore the towns and . incorporated places, and approved by two-thirds of the quali

fied voters present, and voting on the subn

iect.'7 ' -

1 wo-thirds of the qualified voters, then, must be present end vote for the alteration

before it can be made. The rights and now

erof majorities are repudiated in New Hampshire, and the two thirds rule is in full and

practicable effect. No doubr Col James K.

Pojk has the highest Tegard for the Democ

racy of New Hampshire, and why should be not? Their.. constitution only reflects the principle of Mr. Van; Buren's downfall and

his elevation.' And worst of all, is the fact

that this restraint upon conscience Jias ils

apologists and defenders. We have be

fore us the Lowell Patriot of Oct, 12, 1S42

under the captiou of 'the. Courier and New Hampshire' th it print uses the following lan

guage

"An honest man, in naming these defects

would have said further, that these are such

defects as the people of that State are.sel

dom called to. notice, there being comparav

tivcly few to whom these exceptions apply.

He might, too, say that the reason these de

fects have not been before remedied, while

the democracy had the power, is that lhe4

democracy are exceedingly averse to altering

a thing they deem so sacred as' the constitution; that they are not . easily " induced to

alter so .important .an instrument, and that it is only after maturely deliberating on the subject, that they can be led to do so."

What, is this the language of freedom

is th'sthe spirit of Democracy?- Is a religious test such a defect iu their written con

Slitulion as the people should not notice,be-

cause lew feel the oppression ? Is a con

stitution so sacred that it is not to be alter

ed no matter what .injustice it works- no

matter what wrong it inilids on

ed? Why, then, have the test acts of North Carolina and New Jersey, both' of them

Whig States, been repealed tes!s disabling

to the Same extent, Uie same class of peo

ple? Will the tiiodei'u Democracy, will Amos

Kendall, will those who cry out religious lib

erty is in danger, explain these things? Will

thev rpeak out fully and frank! v 011 this ub-

doneit? Wbv has he, and why have the in

corruptible Democracy slept so long, when

religion, enslaved and degraded, has implored their succor and assistance? Shall we

ever be answered? We fear not. f Mr.

Kendall wishes more evidence t& prove that

nengious iigeriy is in Giger he can easi

ly nnd. it m the . conduct of his political

menus, in fltaie,. wiiere the constitution is free from, all religious qualifications for office-'and to her honor be it said the late

Edward Kavanaugh was refused a nomina

tion for Governor, because it was his misfor

tune to be an Irishman and a Catholic. And even in -Catholic Maryland, religion has

been made to work incompetency. Yes! we proclaim it as a fact which cannot be

truthfully denied, that religious cousideri

tions were urged in the Locofoco Guberna

torial Convention, and that Mr. James Car

roll was nominated in preference to Mr. II

G. S. Key, of St. Mary's because the latter

gentleman is an alliance with Catholicity.

What are we to think, when we hear of such

doctrines being taught in the State which

first planted the banner of civil and religious liberty cn Amei'iran soil.- What! but "Re-

4 ligious liberty is iu danger!" , ..

But here is an extract from the columns

of the Troy Press,, written some years ago by William Yates, a Locofoco of the Amos

Kendall stamp, which we recommend to the

attention of all who have read his most ad

mirable tract, as we doubt not his party re

gard it. It is in these words:

"The children of bigoted Catholic Ireland,

like the frogs that were sent as a Plague a

gainst Pharoah have come into our homes,

bed chambers, ovens, and kneading troughs

Unlike the Sweeds, the Germans, the Scots,

and the English, the Irish, when they arrive

among us, too IDLE and VICIOUS to clear

and cultivate land, dump themselves down

in our large villages and towns, crowding the

meaner sort of tenements, and filling them

with wretchedness, filth and disease. In a po

litical point ot view, what are they but mere

markitable Cattle? '

Catholics and foreigners are mere market

able catile, with the Loeolocos. we suppose

or Amos Kendall and bis coadjutors would

not thus attempt to excite' therr prejudices,

and place them m opposition to Whrgprmci

pies and hig politicians.

'Still these men have the hardihood to as

sert that the Whigs as a parly are opposed to

tho Catholics, forsooth! How and when

has the opposition been manifested? Why

then, is it that so many of the most respect-

Mo nnn inf!iipnt!l Catholic arri Wliiirs?

Certainly they would not contribute their

time and exert all the powers of their intel

lect to advance. the cause of their enemies

Is any one so foolish as to say that they are

duped and ' blinded to the truth by the strength of their partv attachments? Such

trickery will not do. It is too shallow for

these days. But in reality how stands the

case. What has been the conduct ot the whigsinthis respect. . Go back to 1810,and

C find th? wjijgs of Mafjlaad denouncing

and dissolving by their authorized agents, an

connexion with Gen. DuQ urcen.(nov asupporter.of Col, Polk,) because of his attacks on the Catholic religion, through his paper, the Pilot, And they occupy the samo ground how as - then; on their banner "Religious Freedom" is inscribed as one of their cardinal principles. This is the language of the address put forth by the State Central Com

mittee; and among the proceedings ot tne whig mass meeting in the city of Baltimore

oa the evening of the 27th of June, is this

resolution:

'Resolved, That the privilege of worshipping

the Deity in the mode whicU each man's con

science prescribes, is one of those riglttg which

wre asserted and allowed in lUarytand jnore

than two years ago, which hare been secured to

us bv our Constitution and our Bill of Rights,

aud which the v lug party has ever maintained.

and will ever maintain as onu ot its cardinal

tad most cherished principles.' . .

- We are told, however, that the Whig can

didate for the Vice Presidency is hostile to

the Catholics, and Orestes A. BroumsonAhe

prototype of Amos Kendall, has voluuteered

liis services as & witness iu that behalf. Now

we are aWare, as Mr. Biownson states, that Mr. FeeliSGHUy'sen is a zealous religionest, and It reasonable to suppose that, so far as

religious dema "osues are concerned, there

is little communication between him . aud

the Catholics. That is a matter of no mo

ment; he is free to enjoy what religious opinions, he pleases, and whether he- is a

Presbyterian or an Episcopalian, a Methodist or a Baptist, neither Catholics nor any

one else have a tight to find fault with him He is not for abridging the rights of any re

ligious denomination, nor for giving Protestants greater privileges than Catholics.. His recent letter to Mr. P. C. Metzgnr is full and satisfactory on these points. It is as fol

lows: . ' -

-. ' New Yoke, July 3d, 18 14

Dear Sin : Your favor of 27th of Juue

is duTy lece'.ved.- I am happy to relieve your

mind by slating to you that am not of the

Jxatite American rarty, nor do 1 nor any considerate Whig, as I beleive, cherish any

feelings butthat of the strongest disapprobation of the sceues of violence and blood

that occurred at Philadelphia. These cliar

ges so -industriously circulated by some un

worthy members ot the adverse party, ought

not to disturb the Vis..

I can fearlessly challenge the proof that I ever countenanced the doctrines or persecution, or exclusion from office for opinion's sake. I hold in veueratiou the principles of our Constitution that leaves conscience free, that seperates Church and State, and

requires no religious denomination to their

favorable establishment. These are my views, and always have been. ' Yours, very respectfully. THEO. ITvELlNGHUYSEN. Mr. F. E. Melzgar, Hanover, Fa.

- Comment ou t 3, is unnecessary ; but, as Mr. Biownson . ,ncs forrnrd to accuse

otuer men of -u wh'.r! .hey are not

"For our part, we yield .'to none in our rever

ence for science and joliuion. but wo confess

that wo look not for the regeneration of the race

irorn meats and redagoguea. They have had a fair Ulal. Thev cannot construct the tem

ple of God. They cannot conceive its plan,

ana ihey know not bow to build, lney aauo

with untempered mortar, and the walls that they

erect tumble down' if so much as a fox attempt

to go up therein. In a word, they always league

witii tne reople's masters, and seek to relorm

without disturbing the social relations that ren

der reform necessary. They would change the

consequences without changing the antecedents,

secure to men the reward of holiness, while they

continue their allegiance to the devil. We have

nolaitn in fnasts and pedagogues, lney mere

ly cry peace, peace, A lien there is no peace

and ean be none,, 'For our part, we are disposed

to seek the cause ot inequality ot condition

of which we speak in relation, and to cbarg

it to the priest-hood. The germ of these sacre

dotal corporations is lound in the savage state

and exist their in that formidable personage

called a jngleur,jjuggler becomes a fnest and the member of a corporation. These sac

fedotal corporations are variously organize

lor tbe puruo8e. as that arch rebel, . 1 noma

Paine saysJof the monopolizing power and profi

The effort is unceasing to elevate them as fa

above tho people, and to derive the greatest pos

sibieprotu Irom the people.

Bul, haviug traced the inequalitj we com

plain ot to its origin, we proceed to aali again

1 1 m m 1 1 . 1. - .. i

what is 1 tie remeuy 1 1 lie remeuy is 10 u snug"

in toe aesiructtoii 01 ina rriesi. im inrst

universally tvranl, uiuver.ally tlie enslaver o

of his brethren, and.therefore, it is Christianiti

which condemns him. It may be supposed mat

we rrotesianis nave no rriesi; out tor uunenn

we know no fundamental difference between a

Catholic clergyman and a Protestant, as we

know no difference ot any magnitude in relation to the principles on which they are founded between a Protestant Church and the Catholic Church- - - ' -:

s -

Both ought, therefore, to go by the board.

'We insist upon if, thai the complete ana una)

destruction ol the word Priest, is the hrst step, to be taken towards elevating the laboring c!as-

er than any other. -" The writer of this has been a nerghbor of Governor Polk for thirty!

Now we should infer from this, , that Mr.

Hale is the friend of Jas. K.Polk, and pre

fers his election to the Presidency; and we

further infer, that the Globe coiucides with

the declaration of the Journal of Commerce,

that whether a candidate is a Catholic or

rotestant, may fairly and properly be taken

into account bv those who are cauea upon

to sive him their votes. - True it is that the

Globe aays nothing to warrant this belief, but

we cannot otherwise comDrehenQ wny me

article was transferred to its columns. Per

haps other better read iu the secrets of. the

human heart, may arrive at a more satisfac

tory conclusion. We leave every oue,thete-

fore, to his own way of thinking.

We here take occasion to say, that we

ses. '

'There must be no class of men set apart ana

authorized eilher by law or tavor, to speak to

us in the name of God, or to be interpreters ot

the word of God. 1 he word of God never drops from the Priest's lips

We obieiH not to reiiriuu instruction we

object uoi. to the gathering ot the people 0110

davin seven to sin? and pray, and to listen to

a discourse Irom a religious teaciier; out we

ohieel to every thing like an outward, visible

church: to every iiung inai u ineieasi uegree

Dartakes of the Priesi.

But none of your hirelingTriests, your'd'Jtnb doTsVithat will not bark. What are llie.Ftiesls

vt Christendom as they now arul Miserable pan

tiers to the nreiudices ot the age, loud .in con

demning sins nobody is guilty of, but sileut as

the crave when it concerns ill 8 times; boid ss

bold can be. ' when there 19 ho danger: but

miserable cowards when it is necessary to

speak out for God and outred humanity.-As a body, they nevt-r preach the truth, till there

is none whom it will iiiuici .' .

Soit seemesa min -who ehtertaines these

horrible and disorganizing principles, who

boldly proclaimed that the word of God nev

er drops from the Priest's lips, and that the

wiiuix-i. "o" o J

have spoken of Amos Kendall, and noticed

his wrethched tract, not because we consider

him of anv importance as a man, but be-

cnse.as in this as in every thins else, he is

the acknowledged expounder ot the pnnci-

nles and opinions of his party. . Had . be on

ly spoken out on this' question," we should

never. Derhaos. have written a line on the

subiect. Since, .however, his tract 13 circu-

lated throughout the country, under tne tranK of the Locofoco members of . Congress, to

be used as a text book of the party 111 - cer

tain sections, we have considered it proper

to bestow our attention on it

The writer of this is a Catholic, and whilst

he veilds to none in his love of Whig prin

ciples and his admiration for Henry Clay, he doe3 not hesitate to avow, that even a ' well

founded suspicion, that the Whig Party would

interfere with the rights ot Catholics, or any other people, would 6nd him in the ranks

of the opposition. . He disclairnes, however, in the most explicit manner, any wish or dis

position to prejudice his Catholic, brethren against the Democratic party, with whom

many, he knows, are acting, with the honest

conviction that tho party's principle are

(rood. To vindicate his political friends

from the foul aspersions of their foes, .15 all

he intended. All he asks of any mm is to be

mi'ided" in his opinions . by tho die a es of

o . . . . . - ,

conscience, and the light or reason, and not

to condinn and vilfy the wings upou the tes

timony of such men as" Amos Kendall, of

whom it is not too much to say, had. he lived

in the day of the primitive Jews, Juclsts Is cdriot wood have been anoihertnan.

For himself the writer is not satisfied with

m 1 "1- 1.1

msre clamor tor equal rignis anu loieranoii in matters of religion. Acts speaks louder

than words; and so long as those who would

seduce him from his priciples by "pandering

to his religious prejudices, maintain test acts in their State constitutions, so long as they

make religion a qualification for office, so long

as they treat Catholics as mere marketable

cattle ;tor one,tie shall never cense to uesp:se

all their professions of friendship.

WAR between . ESGLAXO and FRKTtCE

Cot. Webb, who has just relumed from

Europe, gives the following interesting piece

'of news: .

"The bombardm ent ofTangiers by the

Prince de Joinville, is of course, the subject

. - t . 1 mi ' - - . 1 t . . .

or luoe misiaues. ine goveiuiusm kuows c that a little time, the inadequacy "of the cause will be discovered, and they must sus

tain the disgrace of the misstep. t "But it is proper to say, that theie are causes in operation which seem io indicate belligerent effects; and the attacks which France has made, and continues to make, . upon the powers of the north of Africa,merely for conquest, has excited the jealousy of -great Britain who seems" to overlook the fact that her world-wide conquest mlndia,&

her nation's ransom i"u Chini, may be plead-, in justification of the other assaults, with all

the force of argument which one wrong is

supposed to give to another. England and France are both suffering a little from "lha

Cankers of a long peace," and, as yet, they

can better manage the the otler elements of evil, viz: the oppression of a long war. Per- .1

haps a few years reflection would serve- to" strengthen the peace principle. But if war is to be between two such - powers as Great Britain and France, what should be the positiou ofthe U. Stales?. Is Jas. K. Polk corn-., petent to direct thoalTiirs, and maintain a. prfitablc neutrality? Certainly no, llerorfClav, the veteran, the tried statesman, is the man for that and every emsrgency. - .

i3 iu wuio . , r..J,l.,J!,m

Tr Prplmrthiivsendrnvn fur host tv towards 01 iJ"-'-uu.wouln, -

her children and we are asked to confide in sorry to add, thaf the opinion: among the

histestimony. . Others may do as they please; but for our part we shall wait for something more reliable. Orestes A. Brownson can never be our giw'de in any matter, much less

in tins'. - .-. -'

In this connexion, let it be remembered

that Mr. Brownson is a supporter of James

K. Polk. His opinions in this respect are

fully expressed in the Boston Quarterly -lie-

view Ol JU1V 134.

' - v rTt

A few words more, and we are done. , 1 11?

ground work of Mr. Kendall's Tract is an ar

ticle from the EN. 1. Journal ot commerce,

which not only does great injustice to the Catholics, iri its account ofthe Philadelphia

most intelligent ' of her statesmen is. that

war with France is almost inevitable.-- The

war party in France "will not permit Guizot

to make any explanation "of the lahiti at-

fnir. even if he desired to do "-so: and he. is

, , known to have said very recently.tbat a com

pliance with the demands of British Ministry

would cost him his head and Louis Philippe hisJthrorie." In the meantime Sir Robert

Peel and his colleagues ate committed to

insist upon reparation ;and what,is still woTse

the Whigs of England constitute the war par

ILLNESS OF LOUIS PHILIPPE.- A Loiuloa pipar states 011 high authority, l,hat, the King oCJ'rance his hud several fits, and;

is in a most precarious state of health.;. A physician is with him day and night. It is hot..

probably, therefore, that he will vist England"

as was expected. . ..- i . , : -

TIIE MUM CANDIDATE 4 The Democrats of Cumbeilaud County,.

Pennsylvania, held a meeting on the 20th

of July last, at which they resolved that Mr.

Polk's letter to J. K. Kane, on the Tariff, was "not entirely satisfactory." . It was also

resolved that, a committee be appointed to

address a letter to Mr. Polk asking him to

'state explicitly whether if elected, he v. ill

sustain the Tariff of 1812, and if not, then .

state in plain unequivocal terms, what, kind

of a taiiffhe would sustainaud what extent.

of protection he would allow to native indus

try.' Although a sufficient time lias elaps

ed to receive the reply of Mr. Polk, the let

let ofthe Committee appointed under the

resolution remains unanswered. - The Gov

ernor is "Jum." These questions are so di-

rect as to place him in an awkward position. If he answer explicitly that be is opposed to the present tarilTand in favor of ils repeal,nll

his hopes of gaining the vole Pennsylvania

must vanish. Second and third rate politi

cians whose aspirations go beyond their abil

ities often place themselves in awkward at

titudes. Under present circumstances Mr.

Polk may deem it most prudent to coutinue

Mam," leaving it to his frietids to manags

the matter as they best can. -Xath. Whig.

riots, but endorses the violence jqf tlie mob ty tlierej so that a change of Ministry cannot

in every particular. 1 his circumstance was resorted to, to preserve peace : But

not overlooked by the meet ana cnamaoie m lron(,j, inclined to the opinion.tbat peace

, he passions and prejudices of the U not greatly desired by the governments of

riatholics. and to make assurance, if possi- either France or England

ble, doubly sute, he. resorts to falsehood . to effect his purpose. ' He first laments and

mnnms over the exhibition of such malevo

lence and injustice, and then exclairns,with

a mock heroic air, 'We thank God that the

Journal of Commerce is not a Democratic!

paper1.' If the Journal of Commerce is not

Democratic paper, what is it r its eauor utr

Hale, denounces the Tanfl law passed by a

WHIG Congress, and does not, so far as we

have seen, favor either Whig principles or Whig nominations. He is certainly no friend

to Henry Clay. We, say not that, he is a

Locofoco, lor we do not wish to misrepresent

him, nor to do violence to the feel'wgs of tny party. We are willing for all to' judge for themselves, but we should be-dissatisfied

with our own conduct did we not here insert

an extract from an article of the Journal of

Commerce, which was copied into the Wash

ington Globe of tire 28th of June. Here it is: , . .. JAMES K. POLK. 'Although the religious or irreligious character of a candidate creates no political disability uuderthe excellent Constitution, yet it may fairly and properly be taken into ac

count by those who are called upon to give

him their votes. Any citizen has a right to know, if he can find out, whether such a can

didate is aProtestaut or a Catholic; a Jew, Musselman, or idolater, an iufidel or blasphemerand to give to the-fact, thus ascertained, as much or as little importance as he

thinks proper, in determening his vote. The

opposite doctrine, solar Irom securing liber

ty of conscience, would bind the-conscience in fetters stronger than iroir. Tbe question propounded by a correspondent in a late number of this paper, whether it was true, as had been asserted that Gov. Polk is a Romau Catholic, was therefore a proper question to be asked aud answered. We could not answer it then, but can now, on the testimony of a respectable gentleman, residing in this city, who has left with us the following memorandum, signed with bis name;

'Gov. Polk is not a Romau Catholic. His'

"Thedeath of Louis Philippe has long been looked forward to, as a period when, a war betwen'tho'two countries will be inevitable and possibly the present Is as favorable a

juncture for the, tontesl as could be desired.

It is very evident that the crowned heads of

Europe have less to dread ftom a war with Louis Philippe on the throne, than for the s ime event after his demise ;his desire would

lie to achieve au honorblc-peace; and thus

the war spirit m Irancfi and tiie denouncia-

tions of England,. to which it "occasionally

oives rise,wouldhave an opportunity to cvap-

i- .i - i t ' ' '

orate betore-ine irouoies consequent upon

his death. If the outbreak be postponed un

til the death of Louis Philippe, there is too much reason to apprehend a war for the propagation of liberal principles ;and consequent

ly, a general war in Europe. Not so however

from a war between England and France -at

this time.".- ' Z . ' ' , Remarking upon the above, the U. S. Gazette says: " ' "We were struck with the remarks of the editor ofthe N. Y. Courier and Enquirer, on his recent return from England,- viz: that the suspicious of a war between Great Bri

tain and France,aris'nig out of the Tahiti trou

bles, had induced the London Piess.to be a little more decent in its tone towarjs Amer

icans. If such an effert has been wrought, then the cause is greater than" most of the

people in this country concei ve,?nd the dan ger of a war really imminent.

"We confess, however, that we do not see that a war is inevitable, or, indeed, very

probable. Kings and ministers cannot now,

as formally, drive a nation into the horrors of!

-...!...: i .t

fk.herwas a Presbyterian his wife and moth- a "a.,ualia "u.c U30..uv,o5 iuCrv6..

cr are now members of that denomination of true principles, a party canuotnow foree

and he attends the riesbytenan churcuoiten-, a govcrumsut into war, to sustain measures,

CHANGE OF CUSTOMS WITHIN FIF- - . ' TY YEARS, Tbe- following extracts are from an article , iu the New York Mirror; -They jtre disigned by. the writer lor .New York particularly, but are applicable to other portions' of our country, aud worthy of atteution, The writer says: - . ' ,' ' Wheti Washington was President, his wife knit his stockings iu Philadelphia, and the mother made doughnuts and cakes between Christmas and N. Year's ; now the - married ladies are loo proud to make doughnuts; besides they don't know, how ; so they send to Madame Pomadour, or some other French cake-baker and and buy sponge-cake for

three dollars a pound. :lu those days iew I

York was tull ot substantial comlorts, now it

is full of splended misery ;tben there were no

grey-headed spinsters, (unless they wereug-

ly indeed) tor a man could get marneu iora

dollar, and begin housekeeping for twenty,

and, in washing Jiis clothes and cooking his

vituals, the wife saved more thau it took tokeep her. Now, I have I known a. minister to get five hundred dollars ' for buckling a couple; then the wine, cake, and. &z.c five hundred moie; wedding clothes and jewels

a thousand more; six or seven hundred in driving to the springs or some deserted mountain, thena hous must be got for eight hundred dollars per annum, and furnished at an expense'of two ar three thousand: and'when

all this is done, his pretty wife can neitter make a cake nor put an apple in a dumpling" Then a cook must be got for twenty'dollars per month, a chambermaid, a laun dress,- a seamsterss, at seven dollars each, and, as the

fashionable folly ofthe day has banished the I mistress from the kitchen. . - : . - v f Those blessed -helps aforesaid - reign supreme; and whil? master and misttess aro--

playing cards in the parlor, the serveuts aro playing the devil m the thus lightning the j

candle at both ends it soon burns out. : Pov- j

erty comes in at the door aud drives love out . at the window It is this stupid and expen- s sive nonsense which deters so many old i

bachlors from entering the state of blessed- ;

ness; henco you fiud more deaths than mav

riages.

THE TEXAS BUZZARD.

Col. Benton, in bis speech at Boonville,

speaking of the lexas speculators who j

thronged the tJity ot Washington, says: , "The city was a buzzard roost, the Presi-

dential mansion and Department of State were buzzard roosts! defiled and polluted by

foul and voracious birds, in the shape, of I

land speculators and stock jobbers, who saw

their prey iu the treaty, and spared no effort to secure it. Their own work was to sup-' jort the treaty and its friends to assail its opponents to abuse the Senators who were j against i.'- to vilify them, and lie upon them in speech and in writing and to establish' Committee still-sitting ar Washington, to pro- ; mute and protect their interest.".

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