Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 14, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 September 1847 — Page 2

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tri u ricmcr. 1 THE raicc OF HBrRTY. i i liiTÄAi'ous m i t. 10, Our Terms. The following w ill hereafter be tl.e permanent terms cf the W'r'J.u In llvm Slate Sentinel: 07"-Pay men's to be made always in advance. One copy, one year, -.00 Tiiree copies, one year. 5.00 Five copies-, one var. Ten copies, one year,Twenty copies, one vt'ar. rt.od 13.00 LUOO fcemi-AWoii!)-. (Published three times a wee!; during the session.) One copy, A I AH) Tiiree copies, 10.00 One copy during the ssgion,. 1.00 Three or more copies, each 73 Iu:iuty I.iin.is for Veliinlccr. The n.i Icrsijil Im received the forrtwsa'l specific instructions from Washington City, for procuring the Land Warrant! or scrip for Volunteer entitled to the name ; and having priuteJ form, he is t-naUed to attend to the same on short notier, and at a low fee. OEOKUE A. CHAPMAN, DcmocriOic Statu Convention. The democrats of the State cf Indiana are request ed to appoint delegates to represent them in a State Convention to he held ut Indianapolis on tl.e 8ih day of January, liiS, which convention will nominate tit-Iegate? to the .National Democratic Convention for p the nomination of Candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency. .Also, to lake into consideration tl.e appointment of Presidential elector?. Ey a vote .f the committee, each county is re quested to elect its delegates at the earliest practica b!e period, and not less, if possible, than its representation in the Genera! Assembly. It is desirable, how ever, to have as large a representation as possible. tf Iiy order of State Ventral Committee. To Ccrroj.omlents tii.tl !!:: dors. The "Old C ck" himself will be busy t"..r a few days, helping1 to "get up a fuss" about tl.e Rail Road celebration. If any apparent neglect is caused thereby, say we "owe you one ; and for a good stretch and 'kick-up, we il leel none the vursrr. öome things j can be done as well as others, and look out for whm ! A . B - 1 ts over. To Printers. We have for sale, one Iron Medium j S.nith Press, platten Jl--i7, in complete order, with iron c linder frame, 3cc. Alo, a good double pull .Medium Stanslerry Press, iron bed, and in good order. They will be sold low f it cash only; the former at 173, and the latter at We are happy to inform our ne.ghbor of ti e Madisi n Courier that we have at length stirred un the good people of this city with a long pole in reference to a Ra:l Road celebration, and a tall one it will be, or I ,!. ti n. tC i r. l i we are much mistaken. Ihe'Uld Lock has cone n. . . . , fr to Cincinnati to get therrxij, and we fancy we row hear him crmcing on the Ohio river, in anticipa- ' tion of our celebration on Friday. The city is to Le l ti .i :n . i .! brilliantly illuminated on the occasion. ' i When President Polk, in discharge of an impor- ' . tant duty, communicated the fact to Congress that American blooj liad been shed by Mexicans on Ainer icansViI, Congress, with great unanimity, declared that 4 'ir exists by the act tf .1exc." In that almost unanimous declaration of public sentiment, Thorrm Corwin, tlie then patriotic Senator of Olii", at least so fur as that act was concerned, joined in the vote, evincing to the world that public honor and national feeling were not then strangers to his bosom. Silently, for months, he let that vote pass, as his judgment as a grave Senator. But ambition to be President of the United States seized his bosom, and patriotism and love of country were discarded. Adopting the sentiment that the end justifies the means, he joined the Mexican forces in the United States, and became their leader. In the face of his own vote, solemnly given, under an appeal to an almighty power; ia tiie fare of the brave spirits who took their ens.ang;iiii;d flight on the battle fijldj of Mexico; in the fice of our plundered countrymen, he is now leading to the onslaught, whatever of the disjointed fragments of parlies, that are willing to fight under his Uai'k banner against their country. Geuersl Taylor, in his eyes, is a robber and a plunderer, although by Lis own vote he urg?d hiin on tj victory and glory. Strange infatuation that Americans should be f und to dj him rcvrence, when it is knwn that members of his ovv n party bur.ied him in effigy on the plains of Mexico. Lafayette ixn Indianapolis Railroad. We

are informed by a gentleman from Clinton county that .Mexican territory.' " If it do so, it isfookd and itthe prusuect of bavin" this road speedily made is ! Ira m J. A thousand times better disband. We no

quite flattering Great interest and activity prevail' tjnite i . . .i . . fi : . . e r 'i ....... ' in re.ution to u.e matter. nie ciiiaw w county have subscribed &o5,GJU of stock in a week's a - t ti .i imie, und a peuuon signed vy a majority 01 an Uieji voters in the county will be presented to the board of commissioners asking them to take VJ5. (K) addition-! , " i &1 stock provided Frankfort, the county scat, be made; a oint. With this understanding, Clinton county j will raise at least jk1('0,(J( 0 in a few days. We on- , . i ., . . "i r if , ; , , . n i tlerstand that to make Frankfort a point, it will only I increase the distance about six miles. It i gratifying to us lhat there ia a prospect of having this road j built, and if all the counties on the line would come tip like Clinton, n fears need be entertained T success. Can our county and our citizens not do soineVltig in the matter ! Ly the regular course of mail, Kew Orleans dates have been received to the 15th inst. The La Patria, the Spanish paper, has received a letter from Tumpico of the 5th inst. .which states that a treaty of peace has been concluded as follows : 1st. The United States slmll restore to Mexico the California": d. The Uiiitei Elates shall forever keep Texas whose boundaries shall be extend' d tu tl.e l-ft imrik of the Itio Grande, or Iii L'rao del Norte, including Malamoro, which shall be brou.-bt into the L'nitrd States territory, by means of a canal to be constructed forthwith. The Washington Union places no confdeuce in this news. It publishes it, with a view ti doubt, of discrediting it entirely. The New Orleans Bulletin of the 16;h inst. also discredits lhe news. Jsew- Vaft-R at Lafatette. We understand that cflnru arc Ifing" niade to establish a new paper at Lafayette, in this State, one that will g-o it blind. Whether Major S?mans's new otfice on the canal has made him independent ot the managers, or whether he is too consistent and honest for his party, we know not. But be i to be thrown aside, without a doubt. Nevpr mind, Mjor. A good somerset is always available, you know. pkt-M. The New York Tribune attributes the defeat c f vvhigjery in Maine, to Rum; and groans about 'Eine Moiuhy to the whigs." This, we sup;ose' means that t! cy took it too soon, and had not got over its effrts. We notice that other whig papers complain of the w higs "not going to the polls." Tl.e Telegraph is out of order between Cliarnberbnrghand PiiNtairgh, and we Invc b await the alow pfSjT Tfj ,f the mail's fr news. The Post Matr General is siid tj be seriously

Iailru:id Celebration.

f- as.;- j"1-' At a larjie and respectable meeting of the citizens of Indianapolis and vicinity, according to previous iiotiee, on notion, Douglas Maguike, Esq., called to the chair, and WiiUum Stticart appointed Secretary, i Tlift object of t lie meeting having bien explained by .Mr. .Merrill, the President of the 31. &. I. R. R. C. , Un motion, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted, to-wit: Resulted, That the completion of the Railroad from Madison to Indianapolis might to be celebrated on Friday, the 1st of October next. Ilcsi'lctd, That a committee of seven be appointed to make the necessary preparations. lles't-'ctd, Tiiat the Railroad company ought to permit passengers, for a week at least, to travel on t lie road at reduced prices. .Messrs. Saint. el Henderson, G. A. Chapman, John D. Defrees, S. W. Norris. John Carlisle, Julius Nicholai and David V. Cu'.ley were then appointed the Committee of arrangements. On motion, it was Rtstted, That the President of the Railroad Company be requested to furni-h the Secretary with the terms upon which the company will convey pt-wngers, for the time contemplated in a resolution of this meeting. Sir. .Merrill being waited on for that purpose, returned the following answer, towit: The id. and I. R. R. Co. will on the day the road is completed take passengers along the whole or any part of the rou;e lor one third the usual rate?, and they will continue to take families or parts of families at the esme rates for the ensuing week, with the understanding that ladies alone, if their number be sufficient fur the purpose, shall occupy the covered cars. If uny persons shall wish to take a ride on the afternoon of the day of the celebration, they may ride to Franklin and hack at 5 cts. each. S. .MERRILL, Prest. and Supdt. The Committee, &c. Sept. J."):h, IS 17. On motion, it was R-solcedy That the editors in this city be reqjested to publish these proceedings. DOUGLAS -MAGUIRE, Prest. W.v. Stewart, Secretary. MEETING- OF THE COMMITTEE. Monday, Se.t. 'SI, 0 o'clock. The committee on the subject of the celebration of the arrival of the .11 1 . . cars at Indianapolis, met pursuant to notice. iI,,n- S Hexdeksox. .Mayor, was called to preside, ami ifio. i. Kjiiapmtn appointed secretary. J. D. Dlfkef.s, Lsq., being absent, 0. V. Lady, Et-q., of he Board of Council, was chosen iu his fetcail. On motion, it was resolved to celebrate the event, and the folLvwng was adopted as the general PROGRAMME. The day (Friday, Oct. 1.) will be ushered in by the liring of cannon at sunrise. At U o'clock, those present will be formed at the Depot, by the .Marshals and their assistants. It is here suggested, that all persons who desire order and comfort, as far as attainable, and for the prevention of accidents liable on such occasions, will strictly comply with the instructions of Ihe .Marshals, and by lhe tlueiice f teir example, benefit themselves and their fellow citizens generally. . . . . P , 11 i . . , f , On the approach of the cars, a salute will be fired, Ul(ler tllC dirw:tiüU üf Capt. Chapman. On their arrival, an address will be delivered by H Excellency, Gov. Whitcomb, at a suitable point selected by the .Marshals, lie will be supported on .. .. , . f .. w r, ' Y , the right by the President of the R. K. Company, and " ,lie, ' by h'1. hoI,r! t!je J,laor- ... . At half past nine o clock, there will be an e.xhibijjl( 0f fireWorks On motion, a committee, consisting of Messrs. D. V. Cullf.v and Geo. A. Chapman, was appointed to wait on the Governor, and notify him of his selection to deliver the address. On motion, it was .f.WreJ, That the citizens of Indianapolis be respectfully requested lo illuminate their dwellings and places of business during the evening. James Ulakk, Est., was appointed chief Marshal, and Cols. A. V. .Morris and J. P. Drake assistant Marshals, with power to appoint their deputies. On motion, the committee then adjourned to Thursday afternoon, at 4 o'clock. S. HENDERSON, President. Geo. A. Chapman, Secy. Look out! Major Semans, the veteran whig editor of the Tip pecanoe Journal, is ditirniiiud not to eee himself again. lie is not to be chitsclcd out of his notions, 'without a why or wherefore." Not he. Eut the Major is consistent. He is also far more wide awake than those who constitute themselves dictators and conscience keepers of their party. He sees that the uhigs are in a wrl, and the mare tin y try to extricate thcmstlvit?, the worse tangled they get. Hence he prefers to be consistent a few months at least, and fish for a union with the political abolitionists rather than with the miserable facti jn of Aa'i're American, so called. Hear him : The Vh:g Paktv in D.vvjer. A writer in the Nationul Intelligencer, advises the Whig party to Mbauuoii uie liinui i ruviwi. anu LaKC Kit? isti or i.i i .1..- . r .i.i .. - a principle i f the Wilmot Proviso, or rather of to. ordinance of 's7, without curtailment or compromise; und ue not only sulenu.ly protest against the Mibstij tutiun of tbe "no erri:ory" issue in its stoud, but we i.l .a.... m . . I lira. - se a upi uv m warn me wmg puny, inai any s'1 üuancomneni oi principle or surrender ot right, w,!1 ,!ot 'f "'eits inor.al power, .but reduce its numerical ttengih in the XSortii and Northwest, by tlü l:ecccti,)I1 0f ltns ()f tiJ0Usa:idi of us lionost and patriotic Whigs as ever cast a ballot, Ft:i.i.ov Feeling. The feelings of the Democracy , 3 üf AaX U U "5" Jackson cannot be til . . . exceeded by those of a large portion of the whigsfor Santa Anna. If they are to be be believed, Santa Anna is truly, as he styles himself, the Napoleon of the West. On every occasion hir Lrattry ! is blazoned forth by tue whig papers; and his uonJerful efforts to raise and equip armies, are held up as models for admiration! There could not exist, in their imaginations, a more terrible man! What a wonder he always gets whipped! Gens. Scott and Taylor will jt'.tase not do so any more ! It will set these chaps into hyptcrics, notwithstanding a few of the "unenli:htened raise a 'hurra" for them. Extraordinary Cock auk. A Mr. Nicholson, of Pittsburgh, lately discovered a veritable skunk in his garden, to which he immediately gave chase. In its atieinjit to s' ek a cover through a hole in the fence, Mr. N. caught him bj the tail, in the face of a warm d.Siharge from his battery, and succeeded in "keeping the enemy in ciecV," till reinforcements arrived, when he was completely cut up. Total killed, 1; wounded 1. It is expected the enemy will receive the condolence of tbe Corwinites in tbe unnatural war. The Telegraph i in operation between New Albany in this State and Cincinnati, and a telegraphic communication was opened between the two cities on Friday last. Whether a battery will be permanently located at New Albany or not, has not, as yet, been decided, as the iiecessary stock fur that purpose lias not been taken. The whigs of Ohio particularly, and of other States generally, are billing and cooing with the abolitionists at a great rate. After the election, they will turn about and curse them as they did in 111 1, because they voted forEirney; especially if thy happen to get beaten; and the pronpeet looks fair for it. Pork. We have made some inquiries on tho subject of the prices w lucii pork is likely to bring during lhe coming wason, and learn that the market will open at about Äl 50. to rwr hundred m-t. We have heard of no contracts at len than the first men tioned figure, and hear that in some cases lhat (um i t ,1 r-r. t

Blooxixctus, Sept. 17th, 1847. Missii. CuirxiHi Gentlemen s At the request of many of your subscriber, and very many of your democratic friend in this, and in fact in some other of the adjoining court lie , a few of the citizens have prevailed

upon Professor Read lo furnish us with a copy of his mua. .txctlknt tlnJ patriotic speech .delivered upon the occasion of the return of our volunteers home, and their participa tion of a burbecue tendered them by tue citizens of Monroe county. We humbly conceive that the equal of Professor Read' apaech, fir sound reoninir, faithful record of historical fict- connected with the Mexican wark nd truly American sentiments, well ezpiessed, is not to be found in Indiana upon any similar occasion. You will Jj the friends in this region of country fjtor by iisertin tbe same in jour valuable and extensively circulated htet. Very respectfully, we tre tour friends. A.c., PARIS C. DUNNING, W. V. TAU KING TON, MILTON McPHETUIDGE, JAMES HUGHES, ELIAS ABEL, J. M. BE Kill. MfcsRs. G. A. and J P. CuifMu, Editors State Sentinel. Blooxisstox, August 16, 1817. Dahiil Read, E?q Sir : The undersigned cit zens of Monroe coun'y, haii g heard, with sentiments of sntisfaction and approval, your able and patriotic review of the relations of the United States with Mexico, contained in your address at tbe burl ecus recently given to the "Monroe Guards." and believing that tbe view you there put forth will be beneficial to the public interests, ad the cau.se of truth, if widely circulated, respectfully request lht you will favor us with a copy i.f that address for publication in the Indiana Slate Sentinel. Tbe und rsigned, in making this request, are influenced not only by their own wishes, but by the general expression of tbe citizens present on the occasion when the address was delivered. With sentiments of respect. We are, sir, your ob't servants, PARIS C. DUNNING, JAMES HUGHES, WM. C. r CHT ER. WM. C. TARKINGTON, SAMUEL H 11UKIUK, J. B LOWE. ELIAS ABEL. MILTON McPHETRIDGE, DANIEL ISEMINGEK, W. C. FOSTEK, jr, J. M BERRY. GEORGE s. UUsKIRK, Uli. BERRY. BENJAMIN ROGERS. GexT LF.r.:v I pray you receive my grateful acknowledgments for the sentiments which you are pleased to ex press in regard to my address. It is an irksome work to transcribe the notes of a delisered speech and xticli wis their condition, that this work must be done in order to comply with your request. This has occasioned some delay, which you will p'essu excuse, i The address is to the word a. spoken, with the exception of a short paragraph ; and in this, there is no change in j sentiment It has been to me a source of sincere regret, that I have ' failed to render the same . .tufaelin to some others, which you are so kind as lo express I did not seek the opportunity'of adlressing my fellow cm-ms, and if I have ! uttered any sentiment unworthy lhe American citizen, I 1 hu ;,! i :, 1 shall rejoice lo retract iu I am, very truly, yours, &c, D. READ. Messrs. Dcxhino, Tibkisgtojc, Fostiu, McPuetisge and others. AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE BARBECUE GIVEN BY THE CITIZENS OF MONROE COUNTY TO THE "MONROE GUARDS," liY D. RE4D. Gentlemen f the Monroe Guards : Many of your fellow citizens have already hastened forth to met you with the greetings of privat friendship and esteem. How heartfelt these have been I need not : say. The warm grasp, the tearful eye, the quivering lips. tne nan articulated words, have spoken the emotions ol 1 .1 ! . ma . 1 Dui, gentlemen, your ieiiow citirms ot Monroe county have felt lhat public expression nf their congratulation, their sympathies, and their gratitude, is due not less to their own feelings than your services. They have indeed sought to avoid breaking in, rudely and hastily, upon tbe sanctity of private aff-ction. There are feelmes of the ; I I - II!. ! . ! 11 - i numan neart too sacieu lor puonc intrusion, i nere are , j .ys, and alas! ihere are sorrows too. with which the 1 stranger imermejoietn not. i ney well knew inai me mosi sacieu anu lenuer emouons glow wnn rnosi. iervor in ine nooiest Dosomsj anl mat those who aro bravest in war are likewise truest in ad the best atLctiotis or the bear, A delicate regard to the claims of private and d nv stic ties has alone, thus fir. restrained a d kept back a public exnioition oi that entnu.iam wh.cri all nave leit. ue assured there ii not among us a mm with heart so cold. o wrappeu in priue anu semsnness, so aiieu 10 every patriotic impulse, lo whose bosom your return has seat no sympathetic throb. Yes. brave soldiers, heroes of Buena Vista, you who in lhat contest, on that wful mountain brow, a Spartan nanu, were me ursi w meet me onen luc usl, UlBl spread before, and thickened around you ; you who were among the last to charge upon tbe thinned and scattered ranks of the foe ; we. your fellow citizens, your frio..ds, your neighbors, your Kinsmen, nere guner arounu yon ; anu ir. uns puonc mamiei, wim cr.o.c y,j, o.o turn. We come t btd welcome t ) " the sortier in tri umpb re' urning." With open arms and overflowing hearts we receive vou. Daring your absence we have never ceaeJ to follow you with anxious wishes and prayers ; so now, upon your return, we bid you web-ome, and thrice welcome to our niiilsU In your tediou riicamnment on the Kii Grande, in mvche throujh cliapperats, and over roeky mountains, under burning suns am'rlsl hunger, thirst, toil, sutlering, sickness anj death, you hive faithfully arid unflinchingly dona the soldier's part. Finally, in a battle which henceforth tr, - the last syllable of recorJed time.' will be remembered immg the brightest achievements in the calendar of our naii mi's glory, you have won imperishable laure!s ; and now, you re urn an honored band, crowned with yur country's blessings, amidst the thanks and congratulations of a r juicing people. He ceforth your names are sealed to honor. At you pass among your fellow citizens it will be your proud Oiil'iicM h to be pointed out as the men who wer at Buena Vista. But ah! ah! "all come not buk. though field be won. As our eyes pass over your ranks we miss one and another, and still others of those brave men who a little more than a year ajo, when we assembl d around you tossy farewed. moved in jur midst with bu)ant steps and patriotic aspiialions. v hen you went forth to the chances of war, yoU'Sthes nor any mortal knew whose lot it would be to re'urn. I have in my mind's eye at this moment, fresh as reality, the minly fir n of Eller, your noble hearted Lieutenant, as ha grasped my hand just as I bad said to you at lhe parting moment. MG id bless you and speed you. liut that the book of Provi. dence is forever closed from the eye and ken of mortals, it might tbeu have been said of him, M Alas, Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behoIJ Nor friend, nor sacred home." At (be hour of hisdestb be had jut heard of tbe battle of Monterey, and be n; aroused by the glorious tiding, bis dying message to you wis, " push on, my brave boys." But ah, those children I that bereaved and widowed companiou ! what words of consolation can any of us speak to their stricken hearts? Could the tears and wails of affection; could the suffrage of fellow citizens just given, electing him to an important office, have ava led aught in staying tbe grim tyrant, Eller had out thus prematurely died. Brave spirit, mourned with fond regret, Lost in life's pride, in va'or's noon, Oh. who could deem thy star should set, So darkly and so soon. Ard where is another of your Lieutenant, the brave and genoroua Rogers, another name for patriot am and self-sacrifice 1 When litetally dying of d.sease, he resolutely refused to listen to your entreaties to stay behind, when you were ordered to the mountain, weak as he was, bardly able to bear his rifle, on those days of glorious strife, he was the companion of your toils, and dangers, and glory. But after suffering without food or blanket, tbe piercing cold of that awful night of the 23d, when you lay upon your arms, on the mountain side, wearied with the fatigue and excitement of hours of hard fighting ; his frame more rapidly sunk and the crisis of his disease was fearfully hastened. Still he hoped for the bleat privilege of djtng among his kindred; be ati I hoped lo have bis sged and widowed mother close his eyes in bis long, Lst sleep. 8uih was not the will of the great and righteous Dispenser of .ifi and death. He bre!y reached the limi s of his native tte ; and bis remains lie buried in its oi ; not even the friends who hastened to meet him, were in time to receive his dying word. Oh O -d ! il these be lhe trophies of war. bow awful the crisis, when nations are required to decide upon its dread alternative. And there tow is Buskir, who lost bis own life in lhe nol le r flirt to save that of bis fiiend. While attempting lo bear off bis wounded" companion, David fe'iout.fron the , f , V. r'.!.n I V f. 'I I- . ' f t 1 f- t i"11'.

No higher eulojium can be pronounced upon him than a simple statemeut of the manner of bis death. There still remains to be enumerated a long and melancholy hl of names, which death has blo'ted fr n that

roll of honor. With mournful feelings it is that I repeat in your heating, the names of the other volunteers of ibis company who have thus been cut diiwn whilu in the word of Ossian their valor was around ihera." Robert B. Givens, Inrael Winkler, Joseph Turner, Benjimin Adktns. John Service, John Moore, Philip Smith, R tndolph R. S.oan. Joseph Simmes, Robert Black, William L. Holland, and Uavk Mout. I hey answer not. nor

will they ever again ansnver to their names until the arch ' assume nJ receive reimbursement in land, which she angel calls, who shall summon the sleeping dead from cannot herself use, n r injeej continue to hold. Never their graves. j has a war been conducted with such extraordinary rnagB at, my I rave friends, God, in his infinite mercy, has nanimity. It progress has in fid been the progress of a spareJ you. He has delivered you from the terror by higher civilization. The arts of peace, eomovrcul enteri ight t from the arrow that flieth by !sy ; from the peati- ! prue. even the printing preis, have followed in the train loece that walketh in darkness; and from the destruction , of our arms. The very watch word of our sentinels has that wasteih at noon; and by his go. nine you are once been protection to life and property. Under our provtmore at borne, home, what a lleed word, now doubly sional government, in time of war, crime ami outrage precious to your hearts. j have been more effectively prevented than under their own While we rej ice with vou t while we rehire with vour ! regular government in time of neace. While ihe war on

wives, who have silently, and uncomp'ainingty borne the jour part has been conducted with a huma my and foibcarloneliness, and privations of your long absence ( with your ance heretofore unknown, even lo civilized warfare. O.i fjlh rs, your mothers, your brothers, and your sisters, we I their part it has been conducted wi'h a savage and brutal

cannot forget that there are lhoe who are at this moment mourning in ecret and whom this occasion of public ceremonial, more forcibly reminds of dear friends who went forth with you, but returned not and whose f ices they are no more to behold. Thiir sotrow is beyond the help of man. May God sustain and bear up those thus smitten to the tsrth by consolations which be alone can g.ve. These brave volunteers who haVe laid down their lives in their country's defence we will not forget. In our inmost souls we will acredly and forever ehen.h. green and fresh, the memory of their patriotism and virtues ' How aleep the brave who sink to rest. By all their country's wishes blest I When Spring with dewey tinkers cold Returns to deck their hallowed mould the there shall dnss a sweeter sod Than fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung, By fones unseen their dirge is sung. There Honor comes a pilgrim gray, TobVss the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shll awhile repair To dwell a wetuing hermit there." Gen'lemen, after your long absence, may the sweetest bleneinga of home be yours. May domestic bliss shed down upon your heads its gentlest and brightest influences ; and with wife, children and friends," may your cup of earthly happiness be full and complete. Long may you live to enjoy the respect, confidence, and kind offices of your fellow citizens; and may your future dys be as prosperous and happy as your past services have been honor itle and glorious. After the ceremony of the return of the Flag to the laJies of Bloomingtou, by whom il bad been presented to the company, and its reception in a besutiful address by Miss Bu'kirk ; and a most interesting history of the Flag V '. e l'e" ouresseu me citizens l. i .a a a a -1 vT',, fa L... ....... . . .ltW Cthiem.-l dislike to hear an apology, and n,or" V' ,,,ak,e ne- Bul lhl much 1 wl" l,e8 t',1,a7' lhat such bsve been my pecu iar circumstances and en- ?"". " an appointment to address my fellow aUien uP',n "binary occasion, I should have deemed P!M,rJ promptly to decline. The rail made upon me ,he P"1 case-1 hac Wl ' bö imperativ ; "d w 1'"". ,,a urHu' e " . ""."J luo 1 will at least have shown a disposition to contribute my disposition to contribute my humble part to its observance. Fellow Citizens. It is good for us to be here. We cannot be engaged in a better service than in honoring those who by their brave deeds have done honor to our common country. By observances like these the spirit of patriotism is pres. rvtd and kept alive. It is to us a proper subject of congratulation tint few counties in the whole United States have, in proportion lo their population, sent forth lo this war so large a number of its citizens as has our own. In lhe two volunteer companies from this county, and in our citizens joining companies from other C0Unties. and in enlistments into the r.sular armv. Mon roe ct)Bnly has furnished not less than than two hundred ,,. Lel it not l)e 0,,r fault lh(lt ,imlar zet inj Bacrjty ,h not ever prPii! m our C1,jien9f WDen an appeal ,hai be made by our country to their patriotism and pubi:c spirit, If patriotism, if public service, if self sacrifice, have no honor, or praise, or reward, they will soon cease to exist among men, and be accounted araonj the absolute virtues of a heroic age. Where is there a man among us who feels lhat h ha n r shara in th rrtnrv nf Plr Alto, nf Kessca de la Palma, of Monterey, of Buena Vista, ..f ' 1 . Sacramento, of Vera Cruz, and Cerro Gordo ! L-t that nam0 wilnhol d the meed of praise from our lion hearted ,0j,ery. We all shre in the glory, or the shame, as we o(- ouf cuunlryt ,80 0f our State( ,nj e.en 0f our partjchr section of Slate. Who of us did not fel the crimson gllw of ,hllrne uuring on h s cheek when he 'heard ihe false report that Indiana's sons had given wav ,nJ ingiüriou,v eaving others to win the field ! Who of us did not feel proud of the darmg spirit and the cool, se f possessed courage of our invincible Third; nj whei, we heirJ of lhe honorah!e post signej lo our Monroe boys, and the gallant style in which they justified ,hst ,e'ectioii for the post of honor and danger was there a heart among us that did not beat h gh with honest pri i and many was lhe eye lhat w.is filled with gu,hing tear.. Our all of earthly gooj is bound up in our country. Its honor is our honor. In good is our gotwi Iu wars are our wars. These battles are our battles. In weal ar)j ilg woe Bre ourg j, jf our eoaXtJt our com. tnon ,irjperty, our common inberitsnce. belonging not to i few prlnce,t or . beg, or ureal men ; but belonging to us . , a!lhe joml lentnU 0f ,f,e same noble estate. M Breathes there a man with soul so deaJ, Who never to himself hath said. This is my own, my native land 1" This Und of freedom, of laws, of morality ; this land : of brave spirits an I stout hearts; this land of humane feeling and chivalrous honor ; tus is my mwn, my native Und. " If such there breathe, go mark him well) High though his titles, power, or pelf, The wretch, cencentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown. And doubly dying shall go down To lhe vile dust, from whence he sprung Unwept, unhonored, and unsung." But I will not, I dare not say, my country right or wrong. I say my country right in her great ends, aims, and objects. Kiht and justice are omnipotent; they stand high above all individual, above all national inter ests. They bind all men very where, and in all limes; nor men, nor communities of men can throw off their allegiance to these eternal principles which bind the very throne of God. Yet, let not a frigid philosophy, or fal-e and sublimated iihilanlbronv renn ire ma la stand so j .t,.;,rl,t In .11 n.D .. . . lean against my country ; nor yet to be so very impartial ' ' i. . ... 11 ui j . -.iu u 1 1 i m uiiiMwuifi!. v " nj ... as always to find my own country in the vre. Wbi e we are not unjust to othr rs, let us be true and faithful to ourselves and our coumry. In all cases of doubt, patriotism will resolve honest doubts iu our country's favor. As for me, may my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth sooner than utter the reviling word of my country's cause. When required lo condemn, it shall be with candor and moderation; it shill be in sorrow and regret; never in bitterness and rancor. Of war, my fellow citizens, no man has a greater abhorrence lhan myself. " Peace is the bappy, natural state of man War bis corruption and disgrace." Except national dishonor, il is the greatest possible of national calamities. National honor must indeed b preserved at all bazirds. We must maintain our own self respect! when we lose that none ehe will be found so poor as lo do us reverence. There is not upon the Globs a nation so pacific in all its habits, interests, and feelings as our own Moderation beyond all example, in ancient or in modern limes, has uniformly characterized our foreign policy. Such haa been our lorbearance, our repeated concessions, in our controversies with foreig i powers, lhat soms have thought our very form of govern ment not well adapted to the energetic maintenance of our I rights among Ihe nations of the earth. But better, far better, yield too much than, by adhering to extreme right. to plunse lhe country in all the calamities anj horrors of war. Yet there is a pomt at which foibearance itself ceases to be a virtue, buch wis the case in the war of the American Revolution. Such was tbe case in the last war with Great Britain. The same spirit of forbearance end moderation has marked our conduct in our Mexican relations. Indeed, if more decided sad energetic measures of redress had been long ago adopted, the evils of this war bad probably been avoided. For a long series of years we suffered our commerce to be plundered, our citizens to be imprisoned, robbed, murdered; our embassadors, consuls and diplomatic agents to be insulted) solemn treaties to be disregarded and violated. All Ibis we bore, and still forbore, because Mexico was weak and distracted; in name a republic, though in reality a military and ecclesiastical dpolisin. Only, we did not so far carry our f irbearance that when copper grape and cannister hol was tired into one fl ink of our srmy, asjo turn tbe other and meekly receive the same salutationa there also. Tbe same moderation our government still pursues. The very tame terms of peace offered after the battle of Monterey, are repeated after the battles of Buena Visis, Vera Cruz, and Cerro Gordo, and when our ermie are at the very gates of her Capital. Our govern meat, wbiie in possession of more lhan half ths territory

cf Mexico, propisei to retain not an ace by right ef conquest, a right deemed sufficient in the eyes of the most civilized nations of the earth. Up lo Ibis period, though we command the en-at arteries of her commerce, and her

! principal means of raising revenue, we do not propose lo indemnify ourselves fur a war which, as-surning the causes assigned by Mexico herself, as the real, true, and only causes, is without eicuse, or even plausible pretext, i 'In the prngrea of this war we have levie-l no military ; contributions. Even debts liquidated and ackniwledged 1 by herself to be due, our citiz ns. our government doe , njt exact in money, which Mexico ha not: but will ! ferocity disgraceful to the ae. Our wounded soldiers, li-;., v.i... . .l . en .r i ..tr .w i i .... i jM'g uc-ir un run neiu ut usuie, lurj uü inuwiici and murdered. While to theirs in like condition, whom even their own officers bad abandoned to starve and die, our private soldiers with American humanity, ministered fo h! and water, and saved from perishi ig by a most miserable death. They have abused and perverted tbe fl ig of truce held sncred even by savages, and that, by äaula Anna himself, who was capable of the d isiardly meanness of despatching the very ens go of humanity as a mere military ruse. Ciptiin Slus n. firms me tha' in the battle of Buena Vista they even raised the white flig to protect them while erecting a b-tttery for cannonading our line. Whoevet heard of such barbarity and d sregard of the uages of civihud warfare am jng men professing to be civilized t "The more fully to appreHjie American moderation, let us contrast it with lhat of the two in st civilized nations of the globe in very recent cases. Great Britain, regarding the rights of her merchants as infringed by the attempts of the Chines to prevent th importation of opium, made war up n China. What were her terms of peac ! 1st. Full indemnity to the opium merchants for their opium. 21. Several millions of pounds sterling as expenses of the war. 3 1. The cession of such territory as she needed for commercial purposes. I ranee, for the alled purp s?s of preventirrg piracy and other barbarous practices, s -izes Algiers. She finds ten millions of dollars in the offers of the D -y t she appropriates ihe whole as indemnity, and is still making effirts to retain and colonize all Algeria." While I am prepared to admit thjl CJ.Tipari 12 ourselves with ourselves, or comparing ourselves with the best even of our race, is not lhe true standard of Christian morality, st II, it is bu' just to ou '-selves to consider how far the standard of American morality compares with lb. it of other nanons. But let us look at this suMect in another and if possible, in a sun more striking iigtit. we had sixty-one causes of war, a pirlion of these so plain as t be admitted by Mexico herself, causes of which a single one nf bks nature proclaimed on the part of France, France the first of civilized nations, according to Mexican estimate, and not behind the sec od in our own, instant war, which resulted in the bombard nenl f Vera Cruz and the capture of the celebra'ed castle of San Joan ds Uiloa. The cases not adiu tted by Mexico were submitted to lhe arbitration of B iron Roenne. lhe Prussian E nbsssidor at Washington, a man proverbial for bis fairness and sound judgment and their own chose 1 umpire 1 and by hi in de-j cided in our favor. But besides, there Were more than an hundred other cases, which the M.-lican Commissioners, finding by experience that our government presented no cases except those of clear right, and which any umpire would decide in our favor, could never be prevailed upon lo consider but upon one and another frivolous and vexatious pretext evaded, until the powers of the commission expired by limitation of time. let for alt these and for other insults and outrages almost without number, the United States adopted nd bel ligerent measures, made no declaration of war, until finally Mexican audacity reached lhe point of a'tacking the American army, which alone aroused our government to hostile action. When the celebrated Warren Hastings ws impeached fir h'gb. crimes alleged to have been committed by him in India, while upon examination before a committee of the British House of Commons, he raised his arm ab.fl and exclaimed, calling upon the name of his Maker, When I consider the opportunities which I have had, and the nnnner in which I have used them, that which most of all amazes me is my own m 'deration " I avow to you, my fellow citizens, when I Consider the prevailing standard of national morality, and that one civilized nation does not in its morality urd' iarily rise much above another, I do not cease to be amazed at American moderation and magnanimity. After all this, where, let me ask, is the man who says, withdraw your troops fron Mexico; retrace your steps; couless yourself in the wrong ; proclaim before posterity ; tief re your own citizens, betöre tbe eyes of all Europe ; proclaim by an act the most unequivocal, that you had no cause for this war. Proclaim to all the world that your soldiers are robtiers and murderers ; that your victories are the disgraceful triumphs of unrighteous power. Shame, oh sin me on the American who w uld thus drag down the proud fljg of bis country, and pollute, md dishonor, and trample it in the du.-t b..f re all the civil. zed world. If I have sp iken strongly on the subject of American moderation in our foreign relations, and that too, when tried and provoked by every indignity, I have been speak ing to an Ameiican audience with American feelings, where surely I need utter no spology ; nor have I spoken more strongly lhan truth itself warrants. Yes, Americans, we may be as prouJ of republican moderutiou and humanity, as of American valor and heroism. But is the qu.-stion asked, what do we want of Mexico! When Santa Anna, as a mere trick to gain time, sent the flig of truce enquiring of General Taylor what be wanted, the brave old Uenefil commissioned General Wool to reply that he wanleJ peace. That is exactly what we want. We want a stable, perpetual, real peace. Tbe war hiving been comiieticeJ, we will not again be content with that mockery of peace which shall invite ihither our commerce only to be rob cd. Henceforth Mexican robbery and pillage will no moie be tolerated on the borders of lhe Gu f. lhe great American Mediterranean, than Algerine piracy is now tolerated by European nations en their Mediterranean. But, if this war has proved a test of our national m (deration and humanity, ot which we may safely challenge an example in all the annals of waifare, It has also shown the capacities of our government and people for every emergency. With a war u lden'y sprung upon us, without any special pieparalin i, without any enormous expenditure, in the space of a few months, our arms have penetrated hundreds and even thousands of mi.es. Oo tha AUintic, on the PaciGc, on the Rio Grande, in the mountains of the interior, victory has every where followed our standards. Our Regulars and our Volunteers have alike triumphed. The truth is, the woj Id cannot present such materiel for an army. There can be elsewhere no such training for a citizen soldiery as our American backwoodsmen have. From the habits and practices universally prevailing among the inhabitants cf our Western 8 ales, there is among them a versatility of character, a quickness of percepiion, a daring courage, a cpacby for endurance, a skill in Pe use of the musket and ri lie, which plac. s them as soldiers above all comparison or competition. Look at this very battle of Ito'-na Vista, a battle fought almost exclusively by citizen ulJiery, men whose training is precisely the training of our whole wertem population, men who h id never before seen a battle, or ficed a fe. The '4000 volunteer soldiers of a few mo ahs standing, met tbe 20.000 veterans. Tbe very thought of such odds, makes the blood curdle. 1 hink of our on brave boys here before us With three other compin es for hours facing and keeping at bay an ei.e.ny of 30UU. Did you fear, my brave boys, as you saw them coining 1 It must have been a lern fie moment. " The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For thai were stupid and irratioui.1 ; But he whose noble soul bis fear subdues, And bravely dares the danger which he shrinks from. He holds no parley with unmanly fears. Where duty bids be confidently steers ; Faces a thousand dangers at her call. And trusting in his God surmounts them all." That waa the very conduct of our brave volunteer soldiers. They knew the danger; ibey met and overcame it. When lhe death denouncing, t rumpet sounded the fatal charge, and shouts proclaimed lhe ousel ; when destruction rushed dreadful to the field, and bathed itself i:i blood, they quailed not, nor faltered. Look at these stout hearted men under a fuiiou charge that threatens to sweep all before it. . There they come, the Mexican lancers in gallant array, ch lunting their songs and with lances gleaming lo lhe Sun. It aiakes our very blood frei z as we txhold in our mind's eye, their thousands advancing upon our gallant few. In our ranks there is the süence of death. Vou hear the very word of commandready. Then there is the sharp clicking of the goo locks all along the" line. Rigid, blique, aim. Down comes every musket in a twinkling. Sti.l, on comes the Mexican host. They now move more slowly still they advance to ihe very muzzTt-s of the guns. Vre not a gun his f-iled. They fall, thy waver, piey give way. t"-'.l p-s traver or-v are rushief fofwar.'fand rallying to

the charge. Botin a moment, another fire ; fater and faster. Il is loo oimh for bu nan nature. The devotrd column of lanrrrs can stand it no lunger. They lreak. snd rush from the fie'd. What need we of standing

armies with such citizen soldiers ready and Ving with each other, at any moment at their coun'ry's call, iu any required numbers to fly to her standard ! But we likewise need a body f men, such as we hive, trained in alt the science and art of war. Look now at Vera Craz. There is a fortrea aJmuteJ by all u be i" strength of position the second in the world, the i. fit thins to imitregnaUte abtolulelv ao it wou.d be in tbe hands of Americans. Many ssy it cannot be taken, and pronounce the attempt upou it quixotic. Now see what Americ-in military science can do. The whole enterprise is subject to scici.ltic investigation. It is made a in a the malical problem. Gung, mortars, and all the enginery of war are prepared and proved by science. Positions are tsken, distances are calculated; of ei plosive missiles tbe very mo nent of explosion is determined ; every thing is worked out before hand. It is all as cool as cyphering. Preparations proceed without hurry or confusion. Tber is even an apparent slowness of progress. There is no b aze of glory, no fl mrish of trumpets. The enemy rests in security amidst what he considers harmless demonstrations. Even foreign Consuls regarded the bombardment as so innocent an atTiir lhat ibey thought it not worth while to leave tbe city. Women and children, though warned to reibe, remained as if to witness a spectacle. But the moment, the decisive moment comes. The terrible engines of war are turned upon that devoted city ; and as upon the cities of the plain, in ancient times, fire and brimstone are literally bailed down upon it. Night and day the awful missiles of war fall thick and fast. The strongest walls are shattered, houses are wrapped in fire. But yet thicker and faster fall lhe bolts if war. The city is in rums 11 with its proud fortress falls befjre t ie prowess of Amern-an science; and i 1 this unparalleled achievement seventeen men only are lost. Lurup, the wh le world, ourselves, have been astonished at ihrf military progress and results of this war. Never has American character commanded such universal respect and admiraiion iu the ejes of all nations as at the present moment. If American science is bus the next thing to omnipotent in atlsck on a f ireign coast, what would it be in defence on our own ground ! We were told a year or two ago of Brills! steamers whi h would burn up all our cities, in the event of war. I would not fear British steamers, nor armaments of the whole combined world in attempts upon our cities w.ih d-fmces planned and worked by West Point science. Fellow citizens we must not give up West Point- Ttiere is no military school in the world its superior. It is equal to the Polytichnic in the best days of Bonaparte. In truth, we need just the soldiery we have our Indiana, Kentucky, and Mississippi rflemen, our Texan Rangers, our West Point Graduates. Let no rivalry ever spring up between them except that f brave deeds and high toned honor. One fault We must however concede, attaches to nor volunteer soldiery. Its existence is so .fully established that in regard to it we cannot defend or vindicate them. It may be thought bardly consistent with lhe proprieties of th a occasion to mention it. But, fellow citizens. I am plain spoken, aid I (rust that you gentlemen volunteers will pardon any apparent rudeness, which my candor forces me to us. It is true, the charge is of a very grave and serious character, and comes to us, if not ofiicially, at least iu a demi-otlicia' shape. Il is luis the volunteer soldiers d.m't know when they are whipped, and fight on, just ss though nothing bad happened. Now this is a kind of mistake and unmliitary blundering, which iiolhing but service will ever correct. A consequence this war may tie. and probtbly will be, lhe more speedy acquisition of a vast region of country, which had this war never occurred, must in the en d at any rate have become ours ; or else completely independent. The regions .f New Mexico and California our enemy can neither govern, colonize, nor retain. In deed his power there bis long been little else than nominal. Our government pro poses to add to the title by conquest, that of purchase by paying to Mexico a fair equivalent. If this territory should become independent, as ir inevitably most, if we do not purcia-e it, such is tbe influx of American population into those regions lhat a new question of annexation would soon be spiung upon us. What is American policy in this Stile of Illings! Is il lo decline all further acquisition of territory ; to r j -ct propositions for the annexation of contiguous Slates; to say lhat we have already enough, and loo much ; that We will have no morel Let us lok a ibis policy in its consequences. We then inevitably build up a series of independent border nations. Had we heretofore acted upon this policv.we should already have bad two such, nations, Louisiana and Texas; with Oregon, California, and Florida, following close upon their heels. The acquisition of Louisiana was strongly opposed by a g'eat, powerful, and I doubt not. honest party, which pointed out in glowing terms lhe disastrous consequences of tbe acquisition upon our Social, moral, and industrial character, and finally upon our national existence itself. The clearly demonstrated policy of Greal Britain, and more recently of France, in regard to us, has been to bind us round with a cordon of independent nations, or at least ! to break up the growing power of Noith America into i fragmentary States. As long ago as 1815, in the hegotiI ation of the Ghrnt treaty, tbe British commissioners pro- , posed to the American commissioners üaüatm, Adams, Uiyard, Kussell. and Clay that peace and permanent fixed boundaries should be guarantied to her allies tbe several Indian tribes; and this article in the protocol of terms proposed by them was laid down as a tint qua non, without which the negotiations could not proceed. Had this article been accepted, northern Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, ail Wisconsin and most of Michigan, would at this dy have been in possession of independent Indian nations, n longer dependent tribes. Never was a proposition met in a more masterly style. Our co nmissioners showed that a new principle was proposed for our acceptance, one never observed by Great Britain berseif, one not even hinted in the treaty closing lhe war of the revolution, one that America with her progressive population cou'd not even entertain. The negotiation was suspended until the correspondence could be submitted at London, and upon advice fmm tbe British ministry, the proposition was finally withdrawn. Like policy nu her part was also demonstrated upon the sobi jeel ef Texas annexation. Li lhe same spirit it was pro posed In the London I imes. that Oregon should tie bit to grow up an independent nation. This proposition, you v ill remember, was echoed in the United States as the very thing, as the sovereign lernedy to heal all differences. But what. I repeat, is the true American policy. What is best fir our interests, and the interests of humanity 1 That is the qu.stion for us. not bat is European policy in regard to us. I tear European opinions have far too much weight in our country. The policy, fallowcitizens, commenced by Jeff rson in lhe acquisition of Louisiana, and farther developed in the acquisition of Florida and Texas, is our own true American policy. Granted that am rngst the nations of North America, thir would be for all time to come, the great, the overpowering republic, who does riot know that small, independent s vereig'ilies are morejeilous, more fanh'es, less observant of treaties, than larger ones! Look at Mexico at this very lime. The thousand causes of war which exist among independent contiguous na ions I need not name. Read Alexander Hamilton's numbers in the " Federalist," on the necessity of union amoi g ihe States. Every one of his arguments applies with fud force to t!e case txfore us. But what, lei me ask. is our American system of States, but lh far fumed and much praited idea of a Congress of,Yations, applied and carried out in a feasib'e and practical form lo the several republics composing our confedelacy t If the system, in tne progress of time, is extended to all North America, tur Cun?ress mil! then tie n ii hing more nor less than a Congress cf thoe American nations, which whi'e they a'!, as they now do, regulate their internal policy according lo tin ir respective manners, pursuits and feelings, are no longer iu relation to earh other, foreign, je Ions, and belligerent. In the Itilted States Supreme Court, we have loo utntcr another name, the national court of "Eminent Jurists." tbe idea of which has been si much praheih Why d nen called philitoph'Tt forever praise lhe speculative which may be. and reject and sneer at the practical which is 1 Europe with her fifty years' wars, presents to us the one system. The Uni'ed States, compos-d of nations from thirteen to thirty, wi'h ilitir seei.ty-two years of existence, and as many of prnfmnj peace among themselves, presents us the other. Look Upon thit picture, an. I then upon thai. "But the argument of 1603, applied lo the present limes, is brought forward and urged. With Oregon, Texas, California, and other communities, our territory wou d be so extensive as to be incapable of ermanent union under ot e government. This argument would have gnat force were this o.e central government. But such a government we have nm, nor is such a goverament proposed. We are now, for all domestic and internal purposes, thirty distinct governments. Il is only for certain very limited purposes that we are sne government. But these purposes are sufficient to bind us in one strong indissolub'e lie of brotherhood. But irt looking at the extent of our territoty in lhe true and practical view, it is now less thai at the close of the American Revolution The paradox ia true, that the thirty are less than the thirteen. They are less even w ith Oregon, California, and NVw Mexico added. Then ibey hsd no steam applied to navigation ; ihey had no railroads they had no electro magiutic leb graphs. Then New York and Philadelphia were two week s apart now they nre two seconds. Any of our sleeping philosophers, who live with Rip Van Wnik'e, in Meepv Hollow, and, like that hor.tt lersowsge, bate leen tuning a nap tf turns