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I1 UI IV I HI! il A I r rv- Tho .rrnM ' abuse of the nardoninsr
JLXlIi J V L It 11 -CX. 11 . . ,
power by Governor Porter, oi Pennsylvania,
NotCeeiu'ivctiatthttafKsm.' may well raise doubts or me propriety oi
I leaving such power in the bands of a State
TliURSDBY A ARIL 3, 18-15. Executive. It appears by authentic records
of his administration, that daring the term
TERMS OF THE JOIRNAL: I e , t , k,.
Subscription price $2,00 per annum in ad- . .
Vance, 3,00 at the end ofthe year. , I inai; oiuauer conviction, aim remuieu m . ADVertisixq termsi - I fines and forfeitures. Of the offences for
One ; square, (1 line.) three insertions 31j00L.hich lheac pardons were granted, 3 were
x.acn aaaiuonai insertion : : 1 , . nn
A reduction of 20 per cent will bo made 'or murder in the hist degree; lor mur-
from the above terms when the amount ad- J der in the second degree; 25 for man-slaugh-
rertised exceeds ten squares. her; 29 for burglary; 16 for arson; 10 for
v v 7' . j Ij rape, and 5 for perjury. A precious list of Newspaper bubscriplion and Advertising 1 ' u r - 3
Agency Office- iscounureis certainly, to ue jet ioosb upon
Real Estate and CcalOifice, No. 59 Pine society, after fair trials by the established tri-
street, Philadelphia. I bunals of the country, or who were screened
The Coal Olhce, No. 160 Nassau street, r , . , ,. A , c .1 i j
o by the interposition of the Executive.
(Tribune Buildings,) New York.
S. E. corner of Baltimore and Calvert sis.,
Baltimore. ' No. 16 State street, Boston. Is our authorized Agent for receiving sub acriptions, Advertisements, &c.
(JO" ve are requested to announce
BRACKET MILLS, Esqr., as a candidate
for re-election to the office of Justice of the
Peace for Pigeon Township, at the approach
ng April Election.
, Ekie and Ohio Canal. The suggestion
of holding a Canal Convention, at an early
day, put forth by our Terre-Haute friends,
meets, as we believed it would, with a hearty
response from the entire population of this
county, and, so far as we can learn, the friends
of tho work in the Southern portion of the
State. Since our last number was issued
we have had an ' opportunity of r.onversiug
with several of our leading men, and they,
with one accord agree, that an early meet
Lng of delegates selected from the counties
"along the line of the Canal, will bo highly serviceable in bringing the matter propsriy
before the public. Our friends at Terre
Haute, in the spirit of liberality which should
actuate U3 all, have taken hold of the matter
and there is no fear but they will push it a
long. It is our duty to see that every aid is
afforded them. We areihemo3t interested, end whatever exertion is necessary to secure
INDIAN COUNTRY. The disturban
ces, says the Arkansas Intelligencer, of the
Suit., of which we last week and week before
spoke of as having taken place between the
ludi ans on our frontier, appear for the present
to be settled; but from the "talk" of one of
the Creek chiefs, we may again expect that
the Pawnee Mahas will attack the Creeks.
The Creeks, continues the Inteiligenccr,
upon hearing the news of the difficulty, immediately sounded the "war-whoop," which
our informant tells us was carried tothedis
tance of one hundred and twenty miles, in
the short space of IS hours; the runner who
sound the "whoop" travelling on loot the
v;hole lime; and, in that short space of time
1000 warriors were ready for the conflict.
This shows the necessity of a large force' o
troops upon our outposts; the Indians who in
that time, could raise such a force, could
easily commit.dreadful depridations upon any
hostile or opposing force.
Q$r The editor of the New York Plebian, j
who is perfectly insane in his rage for the spoils, earnestly exhorts the office-seekers to stand back and be quiet for the present. The editor of the Washington Constitution unites with great pathos in the exhortation. We find, in one of our exchange papers, an anecdote which, we think, will serve as an admirable illustration of tho virtue of these
fellows. Here it is:
It was on Sunday morning .and a rouwh
ooking, but full congregation h."d assembled
to listen to their pastor's eloquent disserta-
lon upon piety and "eqnal rights." In the
midst of the sermon, a denizen of the town
rushed breathlessly into their midst, with the intelligence that a vessel had stranded on.a
beach near by, and was fast going to pieces.
1 he audience (who were known to a man as
wieckers71) rushed to the door and the
spoils!
"Hold I my friends" shouted the parson as he quietly seized his hat "hold be
patient becalm, one moment, and listen to
the words of advice. Observe" (and, the
reverend gentleman still urged his way to
wards the door) "be quiet one moment lon
ger control your passions!" and having
reached tiie door, he bolted ahead with the
final exclamation "now leCs have a fair
Indian Uifficulties. We have, says
the New Orleans Tropic, of the 22d ult., al
ready mentioned the recent difficulty be
tween the Creeks and some other Indians
who had tineatened to attack them when
the grass is high enough to subsist their hor
ses. We now learn from the Frontier Whig that the Creek chief, Gen. M'intosh, hascal-
EPITAPH
start
. . ... ... led a general council ol all the Indians of the
uuuui mil un wueciiuuy given uy laosK
South of Terre-Haute.
As we have said, our conversations with
prairies, and of the whole West and South
west, to be held in May next, at the Creek
council ground. This council is evidently
others, mors experienced and influential thsn .,1 , ,- , , , .. . r called in relation to the expec ed attack,
ourself, and by whose advice we do so, prompts us to select Saturday next, the 5th
instant, as the most proper time for holding
a County Meeting for the purpose of select
ing delegates, &c. It is desirable that the meeting should be well attended, and we
and there can be little doubt that unless some efficient precautionary measures are ad opted by the United States military authorities, a bloody contest may ensue, the consequences of which would prove very disas
trous in the neare and security not onlv nf
.L l. T ir . -n i ' - . r -- ..j .. .
u uai, iijdv cauu lywusiiiu wui us represent-1 .f ? j- .l i i . r.r. " o. . - . r the Indians themselves, but of the white set
Art thqt Uta man ". i rt m-t n n .- I ... . - I
vu, tll T1W lUttl fkl.t IU LUUbCIU J-JCI US I .1 ! r ' J I llAta nn 1ht frnntmr
commence the work and there is no fearbut the other counties along the line of the Canal will follow suit. One o'clock Saturday
next, then, is the timo proposed for holding
this meeting.
We trust the proper
authorities will keep a watchful eye on these movements.
WHIG COLLECTOR NO STEALINGS
Curtis, the Whig Collector ot the Port of
New York, was no Swartwout or Price. He settled his accounts like an honest man, and a balance was found in his favor, without any
allowance for stealings, which has been paid
to him. The Courier and Enquirer thus
speaks on this subject:
"Fifty millions of dollars received and ac counted for and the accounts of the Collect
or closed with a balance in his favor of $3
ol-lUO without any lis, or ands,or buts
ivithout any reserved questions, any construe
live charges, any doubtful voucher but
clear nett account of millions upon millions
received and paid over, and the booksclosed forever this is a Whig Collector, and the party to which he belongs will feel just pride
in such an exemplification ol their honesty
"A good story is told at Washington on
tins subject, which should not be lost, to ou
readers.
When the fact became public al Washing
ton that Mr. Cchtis had settled his account
at the Treasury that all was regular, and
without defalcation of any sort, and that a balance was found due (o him it is said
that the Chairman of the Finance Commit
tee of the House of Representatives, Gener
al McKay, of N. C. was overheard soldo
quizing in his place somewhat after this fash
ton "Well, it is strange here we appoint our people to office, and we hear, first of this
one, and then of that one, cheating the country using the public funds entrusted to him, and then trumping up false pretences to cover up his stealings, while here is this Whig Curtis having millions passing through his hands without stealing a dollar, and promptly settling his accounts the moment he is turned out of office. It is too bad." "So indeed it is too bad but so it is very
likely to continue to be until locofocoism shall mend its morals, learn to value men for
their honesty, rather than their partizanship,
ELECTION OF U. S. SENATOR. t The National Intelligencer sais: A cir-f Senatorial Fun! In the debate on the
- a j i
When members of our Legislature present cumstance attending the close of the late Indian Appropriation Bill, upon an amend
the certificates of election for the pnrpose of session of the. Senate of United States deser- ment to give removed Indians funded an-
assumin their seats, ihe following oath is Yes notice, aa a departure from usage, the nuity in place ol the scrip for land, ana 10
administered to them, (to wit;) reason for which is apparent. " It has been vacate Ex-Secretary Spencer' contract for
- i - - i
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm as the case the custom for the Vice President of the U. their removal, Mr. Evans said, the question
may be) that 1 will support the Constitution s., when sitinras President of the Sente, to at issue arose under the iamous Dancing I .1.. It-!..J o.... . 1 -I ... . ' l
unitea oiates.aua me onstuuuon ot f,m lllo . Koro .u0 ,. nf RahhU -,.,. Troat which, as Mr. Buchan-
ids QlnlanF InCmn a. .A tUnt I ...III f-IiKf..! I I J'
m iwmuiis vt iiiuiuiiii) auu mat x win iaiiuiui-1 i t ci it 'it? 11 l t J ly discharge the duties of Senator for Reore- each session, in time to allow the Senate the au said, had danced through two or three ad
sentative) according to the best ot my abili- opportunity of making choice of a President ministrations, and he believed was destined
y- -evisea ioae oj law page tus. pro tempore, he holds over to the following to dance the Polka for the coming lour
Whatever is made the duty of a Senator, session, and resumes the chair at its com- years
by law, he is thus sworn to discharge. From mencement, should the Vice President be this conclusion there can be no escape. The absent on the day of meeting. The reason law makes it his duty to elect an U. S. Sen- of this custom undoubtedly is to add another
ator at tne session ot the Legislature imme- i;fe to tne gecurity against an interregnum
diately previous to the expiration of the term jn tne Executive Department, the act of Con
ot service ot an incumbent as will be seeti gress which relates to the subject declaring
oy me louowing extract irom tne fttatue or ,hat n cas0 0f removal, death, resignation,
1831 which was revived by a joint resolution or inability both of the President and Vice
at the recent Session: lPrpsiHonl nf llifi United Stntftq. tht. Pr"!
"That when the term ot any Senator in Lw ro tempore of the Senate, and. in case
n : ! a . j . 7 77 I . Tl
ongiess isauoui 10 expire, it sn.au oe mei.n . Vr;Aon, ri1, Rn..
dutn f ihft (iPnpral Acsffmhiv. nf their SpA
sion last preceding the term of service of tlien lhe Speaker ol the House of Repre-
such Senator, to elect by joint-ballot of both sentatives for the time being, shall act as
Houses a suitable persons to serve as a ben- president of the United Stales until the dis
aiui iium in kjiaic iu 111c vuiihiuss ui 111c , .... . j n -J . -y ji
it a c .i , i aotiiiv oe rcmovea or u irrtsiueni vj me llniled ritates. lor tin? npst sncopnninff si I J
united States eiectea. i ne otnee oi cpeaK
years."
The Hon. A. S. White's time expired the er of the House of Representatives ceases al
third of the present month. Twenty-five the termination ol each Congress. In the Senators, at the late session of our Legisla- contingency of the, ccc. ot both the Presi-
ture, tr hoJiad taken the aore oath, refused dent and Vice President, in the recess fol
to discharge their duty by indefinitely post lowing the expiration of a term of Congress,
ponina the election of a Senator, and now. the office of Ptesidenl of the United States
a people professing a regard for the solemni- must, therefore, unless there be a President
ties of an oath, and who do not look upon its pro tempore of the Senate, remain vacant
violation under other circumstances, as a until there can be a new election of Presi
light and trivial afiair,are called upon to sane- dent by the People. Hence the usage 10
tion this course by their votes. Will they which we refer
doit? Are they willing to say, that the This usage wa3 not regarded by the
fact of their servants bing sworn to perform Vice President of the United States at the
their duty is a mere mock ary of the sanctity late extra session of the Senate. Taking of an oath, which should have no binding the Chair, as it was proper he should do, at effect upon their consciences when the per- the opening of the session, he kept it to the formances of that duty might conflict with end, and in person adjourned the Senate
their allegiance to particular leaders? The bine die: There is therefore now no Prfcsi-
refusal to elect a Senator is justified by the dent rro tempore of the Senate upon whom
leaders of the modern democratic party, but h0 devolve the duties of President of the U
it finds no justification in the honest convic- States in the event an event which we sin-
TO THE TWENTY-EIGHTH
CONGRESS. The Washington correspondent of the N.
Y. Express proposes a monument to this defunct body, with this Epitaph:
ERECTED In commemoration of the
20tu Congress of the United States,
who departed this life March 4, 1845, as a just testimonial to that body, which assumed for itself powers not warrented by the Constitution;
which nullified the laws of another Congress,
by admitting members chosen , in defiance of law; - which sanctioned the rebellion of a mob was more proscriptive of persons, mlire negligent of business, more violent in measures and opinions, and mote vulgar in its manners, than any legislative body in the history of the Government. The historian ' who records its deeds will write, "Sad was the hour of its birth, and blessed the day of its death." Patriots will mourn over the years of its existence, as those when there was most violence among men and most danger of the downfall of the ' Temple of the national Liberty, which had been reared by the Fathers of the Republic.
OT- The Arkansas Intelligencer of the
22d ultimo; mentions a fight which occurred
between the Creek and Pawnee Indians, in
.(Kr-We copy the followiug from the Wa- which six Creek warriors were killed. The
bash Express of last week "We suggested, Pawnees have returned to their homes upon
last week, the propriety of holding a conven- the wild prairies for a reinforcement, with
tion to take into consideration tho best and which they have sworn to return and take re
most effective mode, of securing an early venge. The affray occurred in the country,
extension of tho Wabash & Erie Canal to which was apportioned to the Seminoles bv
the Ohio river. Subsequent reflection has the late treaty, and whither they aro daily
convinced us of the propriety of this step. It removing
appears to us to be the onlv mean nf hrlncr
. . j 0
JDg about that concert and harmony of action, 05" We have spent very little time at our
so essential to success. The friends of the desk this week as our readers will perceive.
canal should understand each other: they but we have, perhaps, offered quite as inter-
should unite upon some well digested and esting paper as we could have done had we
practicable mode of operations, and thus pre- worked for a fortnight, by appropriating the
pare, more successfully, lor whatever oppo- labor of others
sition they may meet. If this plan what
ever it may be shall be resolved nn in con- CCrOur friend of the Coaner has discov-
vention, after free and full consultation, the ered' afler two weeks labor aided by our
measure will go before the Legislature un- teresl,ng contemporary of the Vincennes
Gazette, that the "anticipations of hope ful
filled" is all nonesense. He acknowledges
the corn, and we let him off this time.
Halloo! what's this? "He who Acs done
this, is, iu the best sense of tho term, an ed
ucated man and no others can justly claim
der the most favorable circumstances. It
can be taken up at once, and we shall be
saved from the influence of log-rolling
which has done us little good in times past. We shall be pleased to hear from our friends at Lafayette, Evapsville and the intermediate points, upon this subject. Let U3 act together, as if one spirit moved us all in the prosecution of this great work; and we shall soon seethe waters of the Lake mingling with those which fertilize our own beautiful valley, throughout its whole extent."
Locofoco Retrenchjient. A Washington letter says that before the adjournment of the recenl extra session of the United States Senate, Vice-President Dallas decided that Senators were entitled to mileage C
for the extra-session, although not one of
them had left the precincts of Washington. The travelling is all constiuctive, and thus without paying out a cent, or moving from their places, the Senators will each pocket
for travelling a compensation of about $700 on n average, amounting in the aggregate to
some S35.000 or 40,000
Massachusetts United States Senator. The Hon. John Davis has been nominated by a Whig Legislative caucus, as a can
didate for United States Senator, in place of
ilia Hon. Isaac C. Bates, deceased. Hon.
Fred. Rcbinson is the Locofoco candidate
lobe so." Sakes
speak to him.
alive! Caddington do
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot
Washington, March 17, IS45. The Senate held an open session this
mnrnmfT. I iPM. MVnTI I livrunv iha . naur
f l . t 1 c.l I i oi 1 . . - - . I o"
lions oi tne great Doay oi me ran ana nte cerely trust there is no danger ot occurring Senator from Pentisy Ivania, iu place of Mr.
of that party. The leaders contend for the of the death of both President and Vice Buchanan, appealed, was sworn, and took
sDoils of office the rrreat majority for what President of the United States before Con- his seat
- 1 I nr .1 i
.u. i .i :t.. tpjl.. - Li iur. VYF.BSTER men arose ana
uiey ueiievo iy uo mciigm. rynac a gress again assemoies
reverance for and will demand an obedience to the law. TApw will not give their sanction
to an act, so revolutionary iu its tendency
merely to advance the personal aarandize- The Madisonian, after showing the evils
DEMOCRACY OF THE NORTH.
announced
the death of his colleague, the Hon Isaac
Chapman Bates, who expired last evening at twenty-minutes past six o'clock, and accompanied the announcement with an eulogy
upon the solid vutuesot the deceased, fraught
with fervent feeling, high-souled patriotism
I- ...... fl Willi I
f f I I . i I .-. I a-mm .. e m nnhltnal nn:n mni civile I
ment oi a iew-men wno assume to oe tne ' 'r""' ,.i ,iaDn r,:elv ur-u h..ahf i.,,. ;.
many a manly Senator's eyes, and command
ed the roost profound attention of a crowd-
ZOLL VEREIN TREATY.
This is a new', Treaty, Special gusses
may be made as to its purport and spirit.
Enough is it, however for the present to say
that tho Senate has deferred its further con
sideration until itsregularsession. We may
quote a paragraph fiom the Washington cor
respondent ofthe New York Courier, written
before this disposal of it was known:
There is involved in this treaty a great
principle, which not be settled, as it seems to me, in the hurried sitting of this extraordi
nary session of the Senate. That principle is, as to how far the revenue laws of the country and its settled policy as to protec
tion, can rightly be modified or changed by the treaty-making power. According to the Constitution, raising revenue is the act of Congress alone, and the imitative for such
bills is exclusively with the House of Rep
resentatives. After then both Houses, with
the concurrence of the executive, have es
tablished the law on the subject, it seems
anomalous and unsafe, that the portion of the
Government which is expressly precluded
by the Constitution from orignating any mea
sures of revenue, (the Senate and the Lxe
cutive,) should yet, under another, clause of
the Constitution vesting in them the treaty
making power, set at naught, or defeat, by
the exercise of that power, the settled lavy of Congress.
leaders of the parly. I to the prosenberas well as the prescribed !
It is no argument against the correctness has the following beautiful commentary up-
r.u.. i r .!, ..l- . ... Inn tho democracy o f the North. Certainlv ed gallery of spectators.
ui niu tuuic iv n vi nils :uuu;li. iu bu,i j - . , - . 1 k..u. u . i;i,. . ,i ,J Mr. Webster was followed by Mr. Huger,
'that a postponement was justifiable because 6 of Soulll Carolina, who paid a warm, genern 1812 certain Whig Senators voted against can assure him that na 13 wIling golden ous gi,)Win(T heart-felt tribute to the exalted
coin" into an election of U. S. Senator." At opinions oi me people Dy tne nueuty oi ins i social virtues, the tine talents, the uniinng
picture. - . industry, me nigii-souieu patriotism ana un-
"How different it is in the South and South "?' ".!ies.ly vl wr' mT.S3' Ior wnom C8
I had rhptished a warm attachment.
West. A Chief Magistrate is rarely annoy- Evang offired ,he customary resoIu.
ed by importunity for "patronage" by the tions of mourning, which were adopted unani-
nenn'e of those Slates. They so for princi- tnously.and then the Senate adjourned.
i. .1- i:,. r, t a The office-seekers are departing and ar-
" 1 I nvinrr rnnj lanilv It in nnl prnpp.led that
i ,. , , I ' 1 " ' " f-i " " ' " ..... - - i -
President may cast on me clique leauers any more nomilial;OU3 wiu be sent into lho
with impunity, witnout ine leasi aangcr ior Senate, so that body will adjourn line (lit
that time there existed no Statue requiring
the election to be made at that session, as the
act of 1831 had been repealed by the revis
ion, and of course there would have been no violation of duty had a postponement taken
place. In point of fact, however, there was
no effort made by the Whig Senators of 18
42 to indefinitely postpone the election. The
t i r r .t, o ,.f I their tlocka wi cease to ionow mem ine mo- aner ammici uai a acsaiuu.
iuu uai ui ine uiuLccuiujis ui hid ucuaic i i j ... e .L I J
r. ... . ,. tU l.n.nma nnmlir nel nnH Htirl ho llu lUuiiuriiiuuvi.iiBJ ; -
that session sustains tins assertion, as an j - - , r'lM ,.:,, rieener .nd iQudar
..... ... .i c. . i, .,u:.:i..i:n u (,;t, v e - -o i ' -
who may examine wilt find. J hey had the "riven nuui uic ouunuisuauwu u.v,j v.w..i...,- daiv 'r;iev say that the revolution they
power and could have effected it had they ute to place in power. But it is not so with i)aVe done so much to effect that is, to lay
1 1 . ! . ..rvi IV t M
-;l,Pd to in so .State Journal. the people of the South and South West. "Van isuremsm alias "Uid uunnensm,' on
m,, . .j. r. .!.-!.-. r tiie siielt nas turned oui io oe tno worst
liiey su puun men icauci iui uic laic ui . ... - . . J rr .nri rf a re veil 1 1 1 inn a rfistnratian. flf th
I . ... . .. o.yii . v. . ..... , . -. -J
We have already noticed the nentle-suck- ttieir pricipies ana wnenmeir leaucrsdre yM Burcnism theT ial)ore( so hard to
nr-dove-advice of the Richmond Enquirer cast aside they go with tfiem en masse, and pill down bv securing the election ot Messrs
to President Polk relative to the appointments, will fifht under their banners to the death. Polk and Dallas! And they point to the accompanied with his sobbing and crying cl . n . ;pf n;-.rfi 0r ,tlfl ,hai offers made to Wright and Bullet of New
.i" jr . -ri: . o n I t ir .1. ...t :.. .L L.r-. A . I
O V t r trie ueieiii vi ina uei uicveubuii. ic
York to tak; seals in the Cabinetand then
Over Uic ucicai ui ilia uci iicvciisliu. ici ' t-j rtt auiiv ll laIV 7 oono iu uio vawtuti quu tuwu now give the following gentle hint to the ma7 be apprehend from restoration of the tfae ointment of M,ltc y of ,hat State to
same high dignity from Slamm, Bang &. Co. "Hunker Clique," a set ot desperate men
of the New York Plebian, in which, by the wbo make politics a trade, and resemble in
The Bsrrisn Tasiff. The duties lev
ied on articles of American product which are designed to be repealed bjthe new British tariff, are as follows:
Ashes, pearl of pot, 6d. per cwt. Bark, for dying or tanning, 3d.: beeswax 2s.; cot
ton 2s. lid.; elephants teeth Is.; bides,
dry, bd.; do. wet 3d.; do. tanned or otherwise dressed, 2s. per lb.; fard 2s. per cwt.; do. oil 20 per cent; rosin 2s. per cwt.; staves, not over 72 inches in leugth, 28s. per 50 cubic feet; do. 7 in breadth, do.; do. 3i in thickness do.; tar 2d. 6d. per 12 bbls.; turpentine, new, Id. per cwt.; turtle shell Id. per lb.
Women in Office. The uew constitution of New Jersey gives to the people in the several townships the right to elect their
justices of the peace. In Woolwich town
ship, Gloucester county, the people, in town meeting, last week, it seems, came out uni tedly against the "Old Hunkers," and, to form a full ticket of candidates fresh from the people, took up two very respectable maiden ladies, Sally Brown and Betsy French, and voted them in by a triumphant majority
A letter from Washington to the New York Courier says: The application for these places filled daily in the State Department are beyond credibility. They come from the Whith House in full bushels, and required for filling the assiduous exertions of a half a doxen clerks. The slyie of the application is various: from the modest to the pom
pous, there is every shade of expression of
the absurd, one instance amused me. A gentleman from the West sends on a heap of papers, all urging his claims, which he endorses in his own hand writing in the following words To Jas. K.Polk, President of the United States: Honored Sir: I have been a democrat
ever since I was born that is more than 40
years; and in the last campaign I did all I
could for your election; I worked like a horse night and day; my friends, therefore, think 1 oueht to have something, and I should be
pleased to receive at your hands the office of
Minister to Russia. Respectfully, &c."
Now there is a patriot of you! a man absolutely willing to be a full Minister, and as
ignorant of diplomacy, the history or law of
nations and ot human nature, as a bhenan doah Democrat!
way, there is more truth than fiction:
"PARLOR POLITICIANS." Whoever will take the trouble to examine carefully into the secret manoeuvre of a class of men, who manage always to secure to themselves a good share ofthe spoils of victory, but who are little known or heard of during an election, will become astouished
at the d"ree rerfeciion to which the 'par-
Icr politician' has arrived in his vocation.He is never seen out mingling with the masses who do the work of the party, but is, during an important canvassj always to be found
in his private study, with a long list of uames
of prominent party men residing inuiiiereni sections of the country laying before him. His whole lime is employed in correspon
dence, lie chronicles every act of the par-
tr. and despatches his letters to the promt
nent party men, and particularly the candidates for the Presidency, Vice Presidency, members of Congress, &c. He thus, too often, obtains a reputation for being an
active party man, one whose time and talents
have been employed to advance the inter
ests and secure the success of the democrat
ic party. How many thousand letters have
been written to President Polk by the "par
lor politicians" throughout ,the country?
men who have never raised a hand to secure
the victory, and many of them did not even
take the trouble to vote for him. Yet we venture to assert that these very men are now the most clamorous for office. Will not
the President examine well the credentials
of these men when they apply for office?
Instead of considering the number ol letters
thev have written him as a qualification, it
would be better to enquire what zvices be hasredeted the triumphantparty; whether he
has done anything that should entitle him to the patronage he solicits. In short we advise the President to beware of this class of men
who come under the denomination ef "par
lor politicians."
cha-acter and tendency some of the worst
features of the Jacobin Clubs. Destitute of
principle often moral as well es political they manage to ride upon the popular current for the sake of success; and when the good cause for which alone the true Republicans
contended, is triumphant, they claim all the
credit, and demand all tte "spoils".
TIIE LATE P. M. GENERAL. Under date of March ISth,. the Washing
ton correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot says:
"Chas. A. Wickliffs still remains in the city, and is distressingly down-hearted. A
man in one ofthe best and most respectable
offices of the Government, and who is not yet displaced though lie is rather out of place in remaining longer in Washington was talking a day or two ago wilh Mr. Vickliffe about the tips and downs of matters and things, when the discarded Postmaster General remarked, in a most desponding tone (so I am informed) that the people were dissatisfied, Mr. Polk was getting unpopular, and the Country was going to ruin! The functionary to whom this ruinous declaration was made, in repeating it to a third person, exclaimed, no doubt from the bottom of his heart u Well, how natural it is to think the country is fast going to distruction, the moment we are turned out of office! When they discard me, I suppose I shall think the country is going to ruin too!" By the way, can't Mr. Wickliffe have something? How hard to tcen him adrift, to go, perhaps to Texas, when he tcbned, for Texas, after he had tubned, first against the "democracy," and then against the Whigs and then in favor of Texas in order that he might be turned out by Mr. Polk!
the War Department, and Butlertothe South
ern District Attorneyship, and Pbentiss to the Northern District Marshalship, and Purdy to the Surveyorsliip of the Port of New
Xork all. New York-van-Bureu-uia nunKers, though claiming, with the exception of M;ucy, to belong to the "Young Democracies they, the slighted and rejected, I say, point to these, tind to the appointments of Cave Johnson, Robert Armstrong, J. V. Bradford and Snmuel H. Laughlin, of Ten-
Albert G. Jewett, of Maine, John Davh, of Pennsylvania, and Benjamin G. Shields, of Alabama, all out and oui VanBuren men, as proof positive end incontrovertible, of what they assert. These mutterings of which I speak, come trom the State Rights men of ihe South, the friends of Calhoun and of Stevenson aNo, and the friends of Cassia
the great Northwest. Ihe avalanche of pub lie opinion must and will follow! The "Young Democracie" are dissatisfied, and the storm of their wrath will not only sweep down Mr. Polk's chances for a re-election, but will carry down with it Silas Wright and all his carefully and artfully built up popu iariiy! Mark the prediction. U.
Texas Debt. Mr. A. J. Donaldson, Charge to Texas, estimates, from data furnished by the Texas Government, that the outstanding debt of that counfy is between five and six millions.
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