Free Soil Banner, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 September 1848 — Page 4

From the National Era. The Claims of Gen. Taylor. Mr. Editor : Having in my former article presented some of the considerations which justify Whigs in with holding their support from Gen. Taylor, on the score of his being merely a military chieftain, I now proceed to notice, in the order of my arrangement, the second main objection, which applies, of course, only to Northern Whigs. This objection is politically speaking, that Gen. Taylor is in the hands of the South, and the undoubted exponent of Southern, in opposition to Northern policy and interest. A glance at the evidence by which the truth of

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this proposition is tested, cannot fail to satisfy the mind of any intelligent and candid inquirer. In the first place, Gen. Taylor is both personally and politically identified with the “peculiar institution,” and has been for a long series of years. “By birth, education, and association,” he is entitled to be styled emphatically a Southern man. He has been reared, and has spent the greater part of his life, in the midst of those influences which make Southern politicians believe slavery is a political blessing, and Southern divines teach that Christianity does not regard it as a moral evil. He is associated by the strongest political and social ties with a community of people who hold, with great unanimity and without distinction of party, that Congress has no power over the subject of slavery, either in the States, or in interdicting its establishment in the Territories belonging to the Union; and that, if such power existed, it would be impolitic and unjust to exercise it. The obvious and natural inference to be drawn from these circumstances is, that Gen. Taylor is a Southern man in his feelings, opinions, prejudices, and principles. Any other supposition, though by possibility it might be true, is unnatural and unwarranted. Having about him the frailties of our nature, it is not to be expected that his mind has been proof against those influences which have distorted the intellects and perverted the moral principles of the greatest and best spi-

rits of the South.

In the next place, Gen. Taylor, in the Philadelphia Convention, on every balloting, received the vote of every Southern delegate, with perhaps one or two exceptions from the State of Delaware. Shoulder to shoulder did his Southern friends come up to his rescue; and their devotion to him could only find a parallel in their avowed and uncompromising hostility to the principles of the Wilmot Proviso. They went to the Convention just as any other Southern politicians would have done, with the love of their peculiar institutions burning warm in their hearts, determined, as their conduct showed, to secure the nomination of a man who was unquestionably sound on the subject dearer to them than all others.—

They doubtless carried with them to /make out their case by the most shamePhiliadelpbia the conviction cherished /less perversion of his “Signal Letter,” by them at home, that if Congress should /by like perversions of his opinions of pass a law prohibiting the extension of/ the veto power, and by assertions that slavery into territory now free, it would/third persons have the most positive be a measure so outrageously unjust / pledges from Gen. Taylor himself.— and unconstitutional, that they would /They know they are attempting to palm secede from the Union at once. Now, /a fraud upon the People, and they should is it to be supposed for a moment that/ be compelled to answer for it at the bar such men, met on such an occasion, en-/of an offended and indignant public tertaining such sentiments, and repre-/ opinion. Political profligacy and recksenting a constituency like themselves, /lessness in a public man are more dewould act in the dark on a question /testable than licentiousness and mean-

deemed by them so vital to their salva-/ ness in private life,

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Whigs of the North, we find even the/ and remote, direct and collateral, our special friends and admirers of John / Creator has wisely given us his moral C. Calhoun, whose sensitiveness on the / law for our government.; and he exacts subject of slavery, and exclusive if not /our obedience to it, not because we can fanatical devotion to it, are matters of/ in every case perceive the advantage:proverb throughout the nation. What/ of obedience, but because he has the does all this signify? When such men/ power to command us as his subjects, as Holmes, of South Carolina, make / and the wisdom to teach ns what is best, speeches in Congress in favor of Gen./ Unless, therefore, we are moral atheTaylor, will Northern Whigs be so cra- /ists, unbelievers in the omnipotence of zy as to believe he has any Northern / truth and virtue, we must suppose the

blood in his viens? Circumstance, we are told, cannot lie. Those which 1 have here presented for the reader’s consideration all point to one conclusion, harmonize with it, and are utterly

irreconcilable with any other. But we are told that General Taylor

has pledged himself not to veto the will of Congress “on questions of domestic policy,” and that therefore the North can have nothing to fear. Let us analyze this supposed crumb of comfort, and see what there is in it. 1 will suppose, (which is not so very improbable) that there will be sufficient number of “Doughfaces” in Congress to enable the South to carry a measure (say the extension of the Missouri Compromise line) protecting the rights of the slave holder in the territories we have acquired from Mexico. In this case, the act being clearly unconstitutional in the opinion of the Northern Whigs, we should want a President who would place his veto — his “high conservative power”—upon it. We should not de-

sire the will of Congress to prevail in such a contingency. If it be said that Gen. Taylor’s pledge must be under stood in connection with the reservation he makes as to unconstitutional and hasty legislation, 1 replv that, on the supposition I am now making, the South would hold that such a measure would be neither hasty or unconstitutional, but wise, salutary, and above all things to be desired; whilst the power of Congress to pass a law absolutely prohibiting the extension of slavery would for the same reason be denied. General Taylor, then, would unquestionably sanction such a measure as I have mentioned, and he would sanction it in accordance with those very principles which would compel him to veto the Wilmot Proviso, should Congress pass it. 1 see not what other conclusion men can come to, unless they suppose, gratuitously, and in the face of strong concurring presumptions to the contrary, that General Taylor is not a Southern man,and has, by some strange and mysterious process, hitherto unknown in our Government, completely emancipated himself from those influ-

principles that every right act wi its appropriate effect and power, just as every drop of water goes to swell the bulk of the ocean; that an unswerving compliance with the moral law can never go unrewarded or unattended, sooner or later, with the consequences of virtue created and diffused by its own example; in fine, that men, under the pretence of helping Providence avert particular evils, or of doing their country a great good, are never justilied in trampling his law under foot. These observations may help to meet an objection frequently urged by the friends of General Taylor against the course of those Whigs who cannot give him their support. It is said, “You cannot affect any thing by your separate action. What can you accomplish by uniting with little factions here and there against the regular nominee? Wait till the public mind in the North is prepared; wait four years longer and we will be with you.” My brothers, have you duly considered what you tell me? Have you taken a peep into the great future, so that you arc prepared to decide that a movement in behalf of the just rights of the North can effect nothing? I believe the movement is a right movement. I believe it ought to have been made long ago; which not. having been done, ought to be made now. And, as I believe in God, I believe it will effect something. it may not, it is true, elect a President who will be true to the rights of the North, but it will rouse the public mind, and the right kind of sentiments will germinate and take root in the heart, of the free States. “Opinion is stronger than Kings;” and he must be shortsighted, indeed, who imagines every thing a failure that may for the time be outvoted. Every reform must have a beginning; and the proper place of beginning is at the door of every man who sees that a reform is needed. Let it begin here: let men be true to their convictions; let the “little factions,” scattered here and there through the North, be united and uncompromising, and the triumph of the cause will be as certain as fate. “One strong thing,” says Carlyle, “1 find, here below, the just thing, the true thing.” This independent movement cuunot fail, unless it should voluntarily abandon its purpose. Ought it to do this?— Ought we to fall into our old party traces,

ences which operate so omnipotently/ and wait four years longer for an uprising?

upon all other Southern politicians.— Yet the Whig papers of the North, notwithstanding all this, are telling their readers that General Taylor is in favor of extending the Ordinance of 1787 over our National Territories, and is. of course, a Wilmot Proviso man of the very first order! And they attempt to

Bv so doing, we should, obviously postpone a Northern movement indefinitely. We should wait in vain for a spontaneous movement of the whole People. Reforms are not carried on after that fashion. Somebody must take the lead, and those who believe the movement called for, certainly cannot excuse themselves for keeping quiet, on the plea that the mass of the people of the North are not ready to co-ope-rate with them. Every man ought to act out the principles which he believes to be right, leaving every other man to act as he may think proper. By pursuing a contrary policy, we become the slaves of party, and perpetuate the necessity of choosing between evils continually, by permitting party leaders to bring them upon the country, and exact from us our support of men unworthy of our suffrage.— On such principles, four years hence, or forty years hence, would find us using the same cowardly excuses for going with our party “one time more,'’ and, in the mean-

having an eye single to their great in-

terest in so important a crisis, act with such zeal and unanimity in favor of a particular candidate, if there was even a doubt as to his principles ? 1 put these questions to honest men, and I demand an honest answer. 1 insist that but one explanation can be given of the action of these delegates—but one solution can be admitted. Gen. Tay-

ter would be the less evil of the two,/ should be the motto of Northern Whigs

and if we act it out, we cannot fail of accomplishing an ultimate good. We shall

a means, and every man’s allegiance to it ceases, whenever it ceases to subserve the public good. Certainly, the allegiance which a man owes to his country for its protection and care over him, is not destroyed by his joining a political organization. His obligation to his country is still in force, though his party should go to pieces. Nor can party fealty dissolve any man's moral allegiance, or that tie which hinds him to duty and to his Creator. As the citizen must not lose himself in the partizan, so neither must the Christian lose himself in the citizen. There is a moral in every political duty. l am willing to acknowledge the reasonable claims of party; but its claims must be reasonable. I repudiate the idea that my right to think and act for myself on political matters is utterly gone, the moment my party shall issue its decree. To concede this, would be to subscribe to a system of Popery in politics, which makes every votary of it a slave. The idea of infallibility in any man or body of men has been abandoned in the Protestant Christian world, and ought to be abandoned in the political world. Shall l allow a set of men, mortals like myself, to say to me : “ You are a Whig, and we have determined upon the course Whigs ought to pursue. We require you to vote for Gen. Taylor. You may think that in doing so you would be guilty of a moral wrong, and that your duly requires you to withhold your support from him. But we differ with you. Our party will be ruined unless Gen. Taylor is elected; and if you vote for him contrary to your own convictions of duty, we hereby absolve you from your allegiance to your country and your Creator, and will be answerable in your stead!” This is virtually the claim set up by the Whiggery of 1848. Ought men who claim to be free submit to it? Shall men who have their eyes fixed upon Duty, and who, in pursuit of it, have already abjured the tyranny of party, he driven back to its Devil worship by the cry of Abolitionism, or any other cry? If, through fear of public opinion, or dread of popular obloquy, we fail to do our duly, can we escape the responsibility by throwing it upon our party? Shall honest convictions be stifled, through lack of courage to stand by them and avow them, under whatever circumstances, in the good hope of ultimate triumph? I submit these questions to the judgments and consciences of the Whigs of the North. A Northern Whig.

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EDITORS William B. Greer and Lewis Wallace.

The first No. of the Banner will be issued on Fri-/ its candidates to the Presidency and Vice Presidency day, August 25th, 1848, and will be published regu-/ of the United Stales. In a word it is our object to larly everv week, until the 25th of November. It / make it a Free Soil paper, such ns the campaign dewill be printed on an Imperial sheet, and furnished / mands, and to make it such, we pledge ourselves to to subscribers at the following rates:— | spare no pains or exertions. One copy--------$0.50 /To make it what we wish, and to do the good we 10 copies to one address - - 4 00 | hope for, it must have a large list of subscribers. 20 copies “ “ - - - 7 00 /Every man in the State, who has the good ol the The object of the paper is to disseminate and ad- /Free Soil movement at heart, should send us a few vocate the doctrines set forth in the resolutions of /names. the Buffalo Convention, and to aid in doing all that / N. B. No paper will be sent without the money. can de done during the campaign towards electing / Address, post paid, W. B. Greer. Five thousand names should be sent in, and that many can, and will be obtained, if the friends of Free Soil make proper efforts.

NAMES.

RESIDENCES.

NO. COPIES.

COMBINATION AIR TIGHT COOKING STOVES.

The subscribers would inform their friends and / Chas Robinson, J Johnson, Andrew Wilson, Mr Holthe public, that they are now receiving a good /lingsworth. John Baily, Jas S Bell, Arthur Vance,

of the celebrated and much admired Combi-/ Joseph Cooper, Thomas E. Holbrook. Stove, and do most cordially return their / Putnam County.--Isaac Lawrence, J Smith, P

supply of the

nation Stove, and do most cordially

thanks to the public for their liberal patronage. During the time we have been selling the Combination Stove, we have witnessed, with unspeakable satisfaction the high estimation in which they are held by our good citizens in this and the adjoining couuiics who have them in use, to whom we would

most respectfully refer for further information.

Marion County.- Saml Hanna, Treas. of State; Benj Coates, Wm Quarles, Esq.. J H. Batty, Rev F

C Holliday, T Whitehill, Wm Koyl, Amos Miller,/ ouse, Curtis Barnet, Robt Downard, Henry Rogers,

Edward McGuyre, Danl Ray, A A Louden, Danl /Joseph Mendina..

Persel, Bazil Brown, Philip Mitzgar, Mrs E Golds / Boone County.—Henry M Marvin, J Rumly, H bury, A Bowen, J. F. Mayer, Lorenzo Vanseyac. Mrs/ Miller, J Spencer, .J Smith, Geo Shoemaker, Jacob

Hagerhouse, .loseph Carson, D S Ward, John Kise/ Johns, Jonathan Scott.

J S Dunlap, Jesse Jones, Jeremiah Day, John W /Howard County.---Joseph D Shorp Sheriffi. Hamilton, Auditor; .lames Rossier, Danl Ringer, /KELLOGG & DAVIDSON.

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Johnson County.—Jesse Hughes, Robert Lyons. Hancock County. J Delany. Shelby County.—Robt Hough, D. Smith. Hamilton County-- Azariah Dinning, S Howard, J Williams, J Davis, Barnaby Newey, James Tres-

ter.

Hendricks County.—Joseph Morris, Asa Ballard, Mr Hunt,.J S Matlock,Chas Reynolds, G C Water-

P. B. L.. SMITH.

V. C. HANNA.

SMITH & HANNA,

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, CONFECTIONARY, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, AND STRAW GOODS. ALSO- IRON, NAILS AND CASTINGS,

AND A GENERAL STOCK OF

Foreign and Domestic Liquors THEY purchase all sorts of Produce, and pay cash

and Goods therefor.

They offer their goods for sale at the lowest mar-

ket rates for ready pay.

Store opposite Branch Bank, Indianapolis.

DEPOT HOUSE.

INDIANAOLIS, INDIANA .

THE undersigned having taken the above house for a term of years, is now prepared to accommodate all who may favor him with their custom. The above house, which has been recently built by

Northern Whigs ought, on this ground, to give him their support. Granting

the truth ol these promises for the sake/ not lose our votes, even if our candidate of argument, I deny that, even the al-/is defeated; for, as has been well observed, leged conclusion would follow. I ad/ those votes only are lost which we cast mit, that, in a certain sense, and to a / for men who are not entitled to receive

certain extent, it is right to choose be / them.

lor's political orthodoxy was beyond / tween evils. In filling all the offices of / In reply to such reasoning, 1 frequently question or cavil, with his Southern /the country, for instance, we should en-/hear it said, “That is abolitionism.” “Let friends. It will not do to say that his/ deavor to select those who are least ob-/ him go, he has got to be a crazy abolitionbeing a general gave him his strength ; /jectionable, or, in other words, who are /ist.” Very convenient, I acknowledge, for it is well known that all other ques-/ best fitted for their several trusts.—/when better resources fail, to raise the old tions dwindle into insignificance, in the/There is this limitation, however -that /cry of ''mad dog'' and bolster up the weak '/ There is this limitation, howev opinion of Southern men, when what in doing this we should never compro-/ ness of a cause by the strength of a popuare called the rights of the South are at /mise a great and fundamental principle /canhdr extension of slavery? stake. And the view here taken, be/ or place ourselves m the attitude of do/ Has not this doctrine been uncompromiit remembered, corroborates the pre- ing evil that good may come. For ex-1 singly adopted by the Whigs, in all thc free sumption 1 have already insisted on,/ ample: If I should vote For Gen. Tay-/ States, in their primary meetings, through arising from Gen. Taylor's education, / lor, I should feel that I was helping to/ the press, and by legislative resolve? The position, and associations. /plant the curse of slavery in a vast re- / doctrine has been, that we would see the Again: General Taylor is endorsed / gion now free,and over unborn millions , Union itself dissolved before we would conby the Southern press as sound on the/of my fellow-beings, who might be de-/ sent to the extension of Slavery a single Wilmot Proviso. The newspapers of /prived (in part by my agency) of those | inch beyond its prese the South may be supposed to speak / natural and unalienable rights, without/ If this is Abolitionism, then the Whigs the views of the people of the South/ which existence itself is a calamity.—/ of the North generally are Abolitionists, on the question which with them ab-/ I cannot for a moment ihink of partic-/If it is not, then how can it he Abolitionism sorbs all others, and upon which they / ipating in an act so signally wicked, / to carry the principle into practice, by reare all agreed. They tell us that Gen./ infamous, and Heaven daring. Nor is/fusing to support men for office , who will

Our Prospects.

The present prospects of the Free Soil party are very far from being gloomy;— this may be proven in a very few words. The politicians of 1844 well remember that the present incumbent of the presi- ; dential chair was elected by a plurality vote. Clay and Birney’s majority over Polk exceeded 2500. The loss of this State, which gave Polk the small majority of 5000, would have elected the Whig candidate. In this State and Michigan, the Whig and Abolition vote overran the Democratic some 11,000; and in Indiana, 100 votes taken from the Democratic ranks, in addition to the Abolition, would have given the State to Mr. Clay. In Pennsylvania, a change of 1600 votes would have

produced a like result.

These facts, when taken in connection with the present Free Soil movement, renders it not at all improbable that the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, In-

diana, Wisconsin and Iowa, and perhaps, | sun by shade trees.

Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa, and perhaps/ BAGGAGE \WILL BE TAKEN TO AND FROM Massachusetts, Connecticut and Ohio, will /THE DEPOT WITHOUT TROUBLE OR support either the Van Buren or the Tay-/ CHARGE TO THE OWNER, lor tickets. The free states cast 169 elect-/ It is the intention of the undersigned to keep his oral votes — 146 constitute a majority in/ table as well furnished and his bedding in as good the Electoral College. Eleven Northern/ style and condition as that of any house in the city, / style and condition as that ot any house in the City, States could elect Mr. Van Buren. The /and he promises that every effort on his part will be Democratic States number 111, and the / exerted to for render his house as comfortable for travWhig States 58 electoral votes. The pop- /ellers and City boarders, as any in the City, and that / his prices will be reasonable. There is connected with this establishment

ular majority for the former, after deduct-/ LARGE AND COMMODIOUS STABLES, ing the Abolition votes on both sides,/ Where horses will be taken care of in the best pos-

scarely exceeded 9000.

From a glance at these statistics, will not the impartial reader be led to conclude that the election will be decided by the

DOUGLASS & ELDER, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS Indianapolis, Ind. Office in Blake's building, on Washington street, opposite Brownings Hotel. JUST received at GRAYDON’S, Sign of the Saw, an extensive assortment of articles in the housekeeping line, such as Shovel and Tongs, Andirons, (Brass and iron with brass tops,) Iron Ladles, in setts or separate ; Brass and Iron Candlesticks; Snuffers, Coffee Mills, Patent Waffle Irons, and Coffee Roasters; Brass Kettles, Patent Enamelled, do.; Castings, such as Ovens, Skillets, Sugar Kettles, Odd Lids, &.C.; Wooden Bowls, Barrel Churns of Cedar; Patent Lard Lamps, full assortment, Lamp Wicks, Globes, Chimney Glasses, Spittoons, Lanthorns, Window Shades, transparent, &c. &c. 3

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COMMISSION, FORWARDING AND

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Madison and Indianapolis Rail Road Company, upon one of the most beautiful and healthy sites in the

City; is a large and commodious

THREE STORY BRICK BUILDING,

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sible manner. Persons wishing to take passage in stages, will at all times he accommodated without

THE above House has the best arrangements for storing and shipping flour and produce, and having a connection with a flour house in Louisville, Ky., for selling, can always command the highest

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GREER & COBURN,

Attorneys & Counsellors at Law,

Indianapolis, Indiana.

WILL promptly attend to any professional business entrusted to them in this and the neigh-

boring counties ot the State.

Strict attention will be given to the collection and

securing of debts.

Ofiico on Meridian, two doors north of Washing-

ton Street.

NEW GOODS.

THE subscriber has just returned from the Eastern Cities, and is now opening at his Store, corner of Washington and Meridian Streets, Sign of the Saw, a very extensive assortment of articles in the Hardware line, which have been purchased at reduced prices, and will be disposed of at lower rates than ever before at this place. Call and examine be-

trouble.

Tiavellers by Railroad, can have one-half hour's /fore buying,

more rest in the morning at this house, than any in the city. Bills 25 per cent, cheaper than any house in the

city. BANNER LAWHEAD , JUST received at GRAYDON'S, Sign of the Saw, Indianapolis,Sept. 4,1848/ an extensive assortment of Cooking Stoves with

ALEXANDER GRAYDON.

STOVES.

Houso of Representatives, in which there is a decided anti-Cass majority, both of

members and States? Are not the pros-.

/Copper and Tin Furniture complete. Also, 7 plate pects of the Free Soil party most cheer - /J.H. M'KERNAN JESSE JONES,/Stoves, and 1 splendid Church Stove. All of these ing, when we relleet that a few short months / NEW ESTABLISHMENT./ Stoves being cast of superior metal, and being much the miniature cloud, not larger than a man's/ in the Dry Goods business, would respectfully / public. They will be sold low. Call and see. 3 hand, covers the entire political hea- /

vens, brooding darkly over the fortunes of /Queensware, Cotton Yarns, Boots, Shoes, Hats, the two decaying parties. THE subscriber continues to offer for sale at his

in addition to cash, they will take all kinds of / Store, one door West of the Post Office, a va-

country produce and marketing in exchange for their / riety of Free-Soil and other goods, viz: Loaf, Crushed,

Persons wishing to purchase are invited to / and N. O. Sugar, Sugar House and N. O. Molasses,

give them a call, as they will sell us low as any other / Rio and Java Coffee. Ground and unground Pepper, estahlishment in town. Spice, Cinnamon, Cloves and Ginger, Rice. Salera-

McKERNAN & JONES. tus, Starch, Bar and Shaving Soap,Fine cut, Pressed, Three doors west of Browning’s Hotel, /Cavendish, Ladies Twist, Missouri, Virginia chewing

and cut smoking tobacco; Spanish, Canona, Regalia,

the two decaying parties.

Let the rallying cry, then, be—Van Buren and Free Soil—Adams and Liberty.

—N. Y. Globe.

Dissolution of the Union. The Baltimore Clipper says, “rather

PLATFORM SCALES.

WE are now prepared to supply our friends, both in the city and country, with a superior and

Platform scales, suitable for

warranted article of

weighing wheat, merchandize, &c., at Cincinnati

than dissolve the Union, we would consent to preserve the soil acquired from

Mexico exempt forever from Slavery. In / prices, expense added, at the Sign of the Big Padfact, we would make almost any and eve-/ lock 4 KELLOGG &. DAVIDSON.

ry sacrifice, sooner than split our republic into separate governments. We should have rejoiced had either of thc compro-

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WHITE PINE SASH.

E are now receiving our Fall supply of Pine Window Sash, of all sizes, from 8 by 10 to 12

mises passed by the Senate, been accepted /by 16 , which we will sell from 5 to 6 cents a light, by the House and we yet hope, that at /at the sign of the Big Padlock.

the.next session,an expedient will be found

are all agreed. Thev tell us that Gen./ infamous, and Heaven-daring. Nor is /- - - r Taylor is the exponent of their pro- the question of duty in the smallest de- i/is a principle worth, if men will not labor slavery views. Have Northern men | gree changed by asserting that the/ ;to carry it out ? As to anti-Taylor men,

any right to dispute it? The presump-/ leaders of parties have placed the countion is, as I have stated, that Gen. Tay-/ try in a predicament out ol which the lor’s principles are Southern; and when / apprehended evil will necessarily prohis most intimate Southern friends as-/ ceed, in spite of my exertions. 1 did

to reconcile all parties; but if not, and

the Wilmot Proviso be extended over the/ ail) i (; ro w ri ('ul Lav.::, ul all sizes, warranted In Ik new territories, we shall still contend for/ good. Also, a few of Hoe’s Cast Steel Mill Saws,

the preservation of the Union. So long

Half Spanish and Common Cigars; Candies, Nuts, Matches, Blacking, Gun Caps, Powder, Shot, and bar lead; also a variety of Wooden ware, viz: Wash Tubs, Cedar and Common Buckets; Zinc and Common Wash Boards; Shaker and Common Brooms; Whisks, Mats, Childrens’Chairs, Rolling and clothes pins, Butter Moulds, Ladles, Dishes and Baskets, Glass, Queensware, Earthen and Stone Ware; also, Cast Iron Plows, Points, Landsides, Waggon Boxes, Skillets, Odd Lids, Kettles, Blacksmith Tools, and Fanning Mill Irons. He also deals extensively in Wheat, Flour, Meal, Corn, Oats, Flax Seed, Timothy, Clover Seed, Bacon, Lard, Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Chickens, Turkeys, Apples, Potatoes, fire wood, &c., Thankful for past favors, he humbly solicits a continuance of them, trusting that by strict attention

JUST received at GRAY DON 'S Sign of the Saw, /to business, he will continue to merit public pata Fall supply of Wm. Rowland's celebrated Mill / ronage. J. FOOTE.

Indianapolis, Sept. 4, 1848.

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sure us that they are so, must Northern Whigs then be appealed to? Would Northern Whigs go Soulh to learn the views of Judge McLean on the subject of slavery ? And, if they should do so, would not Southern men prefer to learn his views from the organs of public opinion in the North, having authority to speak in his behalf? Does not the South know what she is about ? — And, leaving the press out of the question, the leading politicians of the South, Democratic as well as Whig, entertain one and the same opinion as to Gen.

not assist in bringing upon the country so unhappy a state of things, and“touch not, taste not, handle not,” must be my motto. Neither could 1 plead, in justification of an act so high-handed, that I meant, in committing it, to avert some comparatively trifling evils, or even some unimportant political advantages to the country. 1 have no right to determine a question of duty by looking solely to the imagined consequences of an act; nor have I any right to look to the consequences at all, in a case where the question of duty is dear. As we

Taylor’s Southern partialities. Over- /possess not the gilt ot foreknowledge, leaping the lines of party, and battling /and cannot therefore determine all the

side by side with the Wilmot Proviso

this is the sum of their offending—that they wish to reduce their professions by practice, and thereby exibit their consistency and sincerity. Suppose, however, the Wilmot Proviso is Abolitionism? Suppose that, after so long a time, a portion of/ the Whigs have endorsed a principle which/ -

1 , . . ‘ lusim. /Wood Saws, a very superior article. as the North .shall refrain irom a direct / cular Saws, and all other kinds of small saws used

interference with slavery as it exists at / by mechanics.. 8 tile South, there can be no just cause for/ COACH TRIMMINGS.

destroying the Union. JUST received at GRAY DON’S, Sign of the Saw.

a very desirable assortment of Coach Laces,

Fringes, Patent Leather, Top Leather, Gum Cloth,

PRESIDENTS.—Everv vote / Curtain Stuff, Oil Carpeting,Tuffs, Moss, Hubbands,

&c. &c.

A PAIR OF

for Van Buren is a vote for Cass, say the

Whigs; every vote for Van Buren / JUST received at GR AYDON’S, Sign ol the Saw, for Taylor, say the Cass Demo- / a large assortment of Augurs, ol Slack’s, and

other best makers; also, Millwright Chisels, morticing and firmer chisels, turning chisels and gouges,

forms a part of the creed of Liberty men. / crats. Now if this is so, and if the friends of

Ought we for this reason to abandon it? /Free Soil maintain their integrity and stick Ought men to decline accepting a seat in /to their ticket, we see no way but that Caa the kingdom of Heaven, unless Abolition-/ I l ° V' " ' Ck< *’ T .. A ''‘ > . U , t 1 , Mam.V manufacture: Coopers’ tools, assorted; <

and Tavlor must both be elected, in which /rier's tools, assorted, &c.

the kingdom of Heaven, unless Abolition

ists are to be excluded? / case we shall have a “ride and tie” ad-, But we are told by the Whig papers, /ministration for the next four years---

from the least to the greatest, that '' the/ Springfield Sentinel.

Philadelphia Convention having nominated

General Taylor, submission, in silence, is

now the duty of all Whigs.” Let me ex-/ Mr. Stevenson. President of the amine this position for a moment. Indi-/ Baltimore Convention, has expressed his viduals attach themselves to a party or- / opinion that Martin Van Buren will be ganization, because they believe, in so do-/ elected President ot the United States,

ing, they can best promote the prosperity / either by the people or by Congress

or

cur-

W. C. THOMPSON, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, AT Indianapolis. Diseases of women and children, and all chronic cases of the spine and chest will receive his special attention. Office over Talbott’s Jewelry Store, opposite Browning’s Hotel. 3

E. H. HOOD.

D. W. NOBLE.

consequences of an action, immediate / of the country. Party is not an end, but / ” Why will Cass distract the party? ''

TO CARPENTERS.

JUST received at GRAYDON’S, Sign of the Saw, a beautiful article of finishing Mails, 5th and 6th

sizes. Call and see. 3

NOTICE TO MECHANICS. JUST received, a good assortment of Carpenters’ and Coopers’ Tools, Manufactured in this city by N. Kellogg, who warrants them to be equal if not superior to any made in England or America; all his tools are warranted good and to stand well. For sale at the Sign of the Big Padlock, by 4 KELLOGG & DAVIDSON.

HOOD & NOBLE,

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS, North side Washington Street, Indianapolis. JAMES HALL & CO. MERCHANT TAILORS, No 2, Palmer House, Washington St. Indianapolis. MANUFACTURERS, and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in ready made Clothing, Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings, Trimmings, and every description of Gentlemen’s Furnishing. 3 JUST received at GRAYDON’S, Sign of the Saw,' a large assortment of Glass and Mahogany Knobs, Mahogany Veneers, Hair Cloth, (plain and damask,) Table Hinges, Cabinet Files, Looking Glass Plates,

&c. &c. 3 SHEET ZINC.

JUST received at GRAYDON’S, Sign of the Saw, a quantity of sheet zinc; also cake zinc. 3