Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 36, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 February 1848 — Page 3

TUE IVA It WITH 5ICX1CO. SPEECH OF Hon. John A. Mix, of IVcw York, IN THE SENATE OF THE VNITED STATES, JAN. 'J6, 1343, On the Bill reported from Ike Committee on Military Affairs to raise, for a limited time, an additional Military Force.

Concluded. I pass over the doctrines Dut forth in the sneech of Lord Ueurge Bentick, and sanctioned by Lord Talrl fipurtrp TWt A i v.. t L.A P.i merston, thoojrh I believe it not perfectly clear that they can be maintained to the full extent, by in appeal to any well established principles of international law You know, sir, that we have sometimes found British statesmen, even those holding places nearest to the throne, at fault, both in respect to matter of principle and matters of fact, though it is certainly but justice to concede to them the possession of more enlarged views of policy, combined with greater practical talent and tact, than is often to be found in the councils of European sovereigns. I pass over also an offensive allusion to the failure of two or three of the States of this Union to pay their debts, "as a stain upon the national character," (I use his own language.) when it is well known that the suspension of payment was temporary, and from overruling necessity ; that in most instances resumption has taken place; and that, in all, the most earnest efforts hare been made to resume the discharge of their obligations. This imputation was cast upon us at the moment when our people, with one heart, were sending abroad their agricultural surplus to feed the famished population of Ireland, not merely in the way of commercial exchange, but in the form of donations, in ahip-loada, public and private. And so far as the commercial portion is concerned, I believe our merchants have for months been draining our banks of specie, to send abroad to-meet their own pecuniary obligations, while for a time at least they were unable to draw on their debtors in England for the proceeds of the breadstuff by which her subjects had been fed. But I pas by all this, and come to the important fact that Mexico was among the indebted foreign States enumerated in a report, on which the motion of Lord George Bentick wad founded. What is the extent of her indebtedness I do not know, but I understand about seventy millions of dollars and I believe it was but recently that the public domain in California was mortgaged to the creditors for a portion of this amount, though the lien is now said to be discharged. I appeal to honorable Senators to say, with thee facts before them with this public and official assertion of a principle, which, according to Lord Pal-men-ton, the British Government has only abstained from practically enforcing through mere considerations of policy whether, if our forces were withdrawn from Mexico, aDd that country should become a prey to the anarchy and confusion which has reigned there so long, and which, if renewed, would in all probability become universal and hopeless whether, 1 say, there would not be a temptation too strong to be resisted to reduce the principle thus proclaimed to practice 1 whether some portion of the JUexica.i ter ritory might not be occupied as a guarantee for the payment of the debt due to British subjects, and thus another principle be violated, which we are committed to maintain ? I do not mean to Bay that this consid eration, if it stood alone, should absolutely control our conduct. But as auxÜary to the graver considerations to which I have referred, it appears to me that it may properly be allowed some weight enough, sir, perhaps, to turn the scale, if it were already balanced though, I think, there is sufficient without it to incline us decisively to the side of continued occupation. Besides, British subjects have other extensive pecuniary interests in Mexico; they have large com mercial establishments and heavy investments of capital in the mining districts. If the political affairs of that country should fall into inextricable confusion, it is not to be supposed that these great interests will be abandoned by Great Britain ; and yet it is extremely difficult to see by what interposition on her fiart they could be eccured without tbe danger of colision between her and us. Mr. President, in what I have said in respect to the danger of foreign interposition, I have not relied upon the ephemeral opinion of the day,, or on opinions expressed in public journals abroad, however inti mately those journals may be supposed to be connected ! with governments, aa the organs of the views which it is deemed advisable to throw out, from time to time, for the public consideration or guidance. I have resorted to no irresponsible sources. I have presented opinions and declarations proclaimed with more or less of official sanction, and for the most part, with the highest I mean the declarations of ministers, peaking; for their governments to the populir body, and as tbe responsible representatives of sovereigns, holding in their own hands the authority to enforce, or to attempt to enforce, what they proclaim. How far these declarations, taken in connection with the acts referred to, should influence our conduct, is a question on which we may not all agree. But it appears to me that it would be a great error in statesmanship to treat them es wholly unworthy of our consideration. Jealousy of our increasing power, commercial rivalry, political interests, all combine to give them importance. It is the province of a wise forecast to provide, as far as possible, that these adverse influences shall find no theatre for their exercise. To abandon Mexico would, it seems to me,, throw wide open all the avenues for their admittance one power for commercial monopoly, and the other for political control and perhaps impose on us the lifficult and dangerous task of removing evils which a proper vigilance might have prevented. It may be, Mr. President, that we shall have an early peace. I sincerely hope so. In this case, we must withdraw from Mexico;. and it may perhaps be said that the dangers I have referred to as likely to result from our absence at the present moment may possibly be realized- These dangers, whatever they may be, we must incur whenever she shall tender us a peace, which we ought to accept. But there is a wide difference between retiring as beligerents and enemies without a treaty, and as friends under an amicable arrangement, with solemn obligations on both sides to keep the peace. In the former case, probably one of the first acts of Mexico would be to reassemble her army, and her government might fall under the control of her military leaders. In the latter, amicable relations being restored, and military forces being unnecessary, at least to act against us, the peace party would have better hope of maintaining themselves, of preventing the army, which is now regarded as responsible for the national disasters, from gaining the ascendancy, and also of excluding influences from abroad, which would be hostile to her interests and fatal to the common tranquility of both countries. In the references I bate mads la France and Great Bri tain, I have been actuated by no feeling; of onkindness or hostility to either. Rapid and wide-spread as baa been tbe progress of the latter, we have never sought to interfere with it. ehe holds one-third of the North American con tinent. She has established her dominion in the Dermu das, the Test Indies, and in Guiana, on the South American continent She holds Belize, on the bay of Yucatan, in North America, with a district of about fourteen thousand square miles, if we may trust her own geographical delineations. We see ber in the occupation of territories in every quarter of the globe, vsstly, inordinately extended, and etil! ever extending herself. It is not easy to keep pace with her encroachments. A few years ago the Indus was the western boundary of her Indian empire. She haa passed it. She has overrun Afghanistan and Beeloochistsn, though I believe she has temporarily withdrawn from the former. She atanda at tbe gates of Persia, the has discussed the policy ci passing Persia, and making the Tigris ber western boundnry in Asia. One stride more would place her upon the shores of the Mediterranean; ud her armies would oo longer find tbei way to India by the circumnavigation of Africa. Indeed, sbe has now, for all government purposes of communication, except the transportation of troops and munitions of war, a direct intercourse with the esst. Her steamera of the largest clasa run from England to Alexandria; from Alexandria there ia water communication with Cairo some sixty miles ; from Cairo it is but eigm Hours overland to Sues, at tbe bead of tbe Red Met ; from fcSaex her steamers of the larr est class run to Aden, a military station of hers at tbe mouth of the Red 8ea, from Aden to Ceylon, and from Ceylon to China. She is not merely conquering her way back from Hindooetan. She baa raised her standard be yoiid it. She has entered on the coddim of the C testis Umpire. She bas gained a permanent foothold within it and who that knows her. csn believe that pretexts will long be wanting to extend her dominion there ? Though it is for commerce mainly tbat she is thus adding to the number and extent of her dependencies, it is not for com mere alone. The Io-e of power end ei tended empire is one of the efficient principles of her gigantie efforts snd movements. No island, however remote, no rock, bower r barren, oo which the cruse of Öl. George bis mnem been unfurled, is ever willingly relinquished, ni mailer bow

expensive or inconvenient it may be lo maintain it, She msy be aid literally to encircle the globe by an unbroken chain of dependencies. Nor ii it by peaceful mein that he is thus extending herself. She propoxate commerce, Mahammeda.usrri propagated religion, by fire ami sword. If she negotiates, it is with fleets and armies at the side of her ambassadors, in ordrr to use the language of her diplomacy, "to give force to their representations." She is es

sential'y and eminently a military power, unequalled on the sea and unsurpassed on the land. Happily, the civilixtl0D - wb,ch l'll"gu'hes ber at home, goes with her and obliterstea some of the bloody traces of her march to un limited empire Much less hss any unkind feeling dictated my reference to France. Our relations with ber have usually been of the most friendly character. From the fundVion of our Government there has existed, on our side, a strong feeling of sympathy in her prosperities and her misfortunes, which no temporary interruption of our friendship has been sble to eradicate. There is resson for this feeling; it would not have been creditable to os as a people if it hsd proved a transient sentiment. She stood forth at a critical period in our contest for independence, and rendered us the most essential service by her co-operation and aid. The swords of Washington and Lafayette were unsheathed on tbe same battle-fields. Our waters and our plains havu been crimsoned with the generous blood of France. The Dames of Rochambeiu, De Grass, and D'Estiing are identified with our struggles for freedom. They have become, in some degree, American, and we give them to our children as nsmes tobe remembered for the gallant deeds of those who bore them. It is not surprising, under such circumstances, thst in tbe survey of the European system, we should have been accustomed to regard France as the power most likely, in the progress of events, to become the rivsl of England on the ocean aa ahe haa been on tbe land ; and with a large portion of our people, if tbe wish bas not been "parent," it has, at least, been companion "to tbe thought." For this reason, tbe declaration of M. Gui'otwss considered, independently of all views of right, aa peculiarly ungracious, and as a demonstration of feeling totally inconsistent with the ancient friendship by which the two countries have been united. I have never believed it to be in accordance with the sentiments of tbe French people. And so strong has been my reliance on their right judgment and feeling, that I confess I have thought it not unlikely that an- interposition in our affiirs, so completely at variance with amicable relations, which ought to be held sacred, might be arrested by a more decisive interposition at home against its authors. I repeat, I have spoken in no spirit of unkindness either towards Great Britain or France. I desire nothing but friendship with them close, cordial, constant, mutislly beneficial friendship. I speak of them historically, as they exist and exhibit themselves to the eyes of the civilized world. Thus far, I have considered the probable consequences of retiring from Mexico, as they are likely to affect our political relations with her, and possibly with other States. I now turn, for a single moment only, to a different class of considerations I mean considerations arising out of our claims to indemnity for injuries. Although the war was not commenced to secure it, this is one of the avowed objects for which it has been prosecuted. Shall we abandon the position we have taken, and leave this object unaccomplished 1 Shall we not rather retain what we have acquired, until our just claims are satisfied ! To do otherwise would be to have incurred an enormous expenditure of treasure and blood to no purpose to have prosecuted the war till we had the means of indemnifying ourselves in our own hands, and then voluntarily to relinquish them. Such a course seems tu me utter irreconcilable either with justice to ourselves or with sound policy. If I am not mistaken in the views I have expressed, it would be an abandonment of indemnity without getting rid of the war, on which we must now rely to procure it. These considerations do not apply to the policy suggested by the honorable Senator from South Carolina. He proposes to take indemnity into our own hands by occupying a portion of northern or central Mexico, and holding it without a treat) . My remarks are only applicable to the policy of withdrawing from Mexico altogether and leaving the adjustment of differences to future negotiations. Having thus declared myself in favor of the occupation of Mexico until she shall consent to make peace, I deem it proper to say, in connection with this subject, that I have been uniformly opposed, and that I am still opposed, to all schemes of conquest for the acquisition of territory. In this respect, I concur in what the Senator from South Carolina has said, and for nearly the same reasons. I am opposed to all Buch schemes, because they would be inconsistent with the avowed objects of the war ; because they would be incompatible with justice and sound policy ; and because, if successful, they would be utterly subversive jf the fundamental principle of our political sys tem, resting as it does on a voluntary association of free and independent States. I have been uniformly in favor of the most energetic measures in the prosecution of the war, because I believed them most ikely to bring it to a close. In carrying our arms to the enemy's capital and occupying his territory, I can see nothing inconsistent with the principles of justice or the usages of civilized States. In the prosecution of a war undertaken to procure a redress of injuries, the territories or property of an enemy may be siezed II ! . 1 or uic express purpose oi compelling mm to flo jus tice. More may be taken than would constitute a fair indemnity for actual injuries, provided it be done with the intention of restoring ihn surplus when he shall consent to make peace on reasonable term. It is in this spirit, and with this intention, that my cooperation has been given to the vigorous prosecution of the war. We have a right to insist on a fair boundary ; we may exact indemnity for injuries ; we may demand indemnification for the expenses of the war. if we please. But here all right ceases; and if, when this is concrded, we have more on our hands, we are bound, on every principle of law aud good conscience, to make restitution. It is admitted on all hands that Mexico is incapable of indemnifying us in money. lut she may do so by ceding to us territory which is useless to her, which she hri not the ability to defend, and which may be useful to us. I have always been in favor of acquiring territoiy on just terms. The acquisition of California has always appeared to G me very desirable, on account of its ports on the Pa- 1 ' cific. I have uniformly voted for acquiring it, when the proposition has come before us. 1 believe, on the first occasion, I was in a minority of ten or eleven. My opinion is unchanged. Indeed, it is confirmed by the fact, that California has, by our military opera tions, become forever detached from Mexico. If it were to be abandoned by us, its forty thousand inhabitants would undoubtedly establish an independent government for thsniselves, and they would maintain it if undisturbed by foreign interference. I take the actual condition of things as I find it, and with an earnest desire to fulfil all the obligations it devolves on us in a spirit of justice towards Mexico and to wards the people of California. I concur also in what the honorable Senator from South Carolina haa said ia relation to the influence of war oo our litical institutions. No man can deplore it under any cireumstance, rooie than myself. Independently of the evils which it always brings in its train, there are considerations connected with our polit e! or an iz.it ion and ihe nature of our social progress, which lender it doubly pernicious io its tendencies. the final success of Ihe experiment we aie mating ia free government may depend, in some degiee, on steady maintenance of ibe spirit of peace, in which our political system bad its oiigin, and io which it has thus far been admiuisteted. Great aa is our capacity for war, our whole scheme of government is averse lo it. The gieatett possible economy in expenditures the least possible nationoge in tbe hand of the Executive t tbe smallest pecuniary exaction lioro tbe people, consistent with our absolute wautsj the absence of all demands ou the public treasury, which call for unusual contribution of revenue or Dromote excessive disbursements; the exemption of ihe country from all exigencies which devolve on tbe legislative and execu tive departments of the government Ihe exeicie of extraor dinary powers t these are the conditions under which the end of our political organization ate most likely lo b fulfilled. Sir, uone of these conditions belong to a state of war. Extravagant disbursement! extraordinary contributions of revenue, present or prospective present, in augmented burdens of taxation, prospective, in the shape of loans and anticipations of income, leading ultimately to taxation extra otdinary powers summarily, and sometimes aibitraiily exercised j these aie the inseparable companions of war and tbey are ini nical to the very genius of our social system. There are considerations, which, in my judgment, tender a war with Mexico peculiary unfoilonae, and which justify all Ihe efforts we have made to bring it to an amicable termination. We are mutually engaged ia carrying out on Ibis continent the experiment of fiee government, which in all other ages bas proved abortive. We are trying it under eminently aupicious ciicumsiaoces. We have no strong Governments around u, founded upon antagonist principle, and adverse in their example and influence to tbe success of ours. We aie sustained by Ihe faculty of popular representation, which was unknown, or at least impeifectly known, to the free slates of antiquity, and by force of which we have been eaabled to carry out, on geographical areaa of ind finite extent, an organization which bad pieviously been deemi d applicable only t Communities of limited population and lerntory. It i oaiuiil, under these circumstances, that Ihe friends of fcee government, wherever they are to be found, should turn to us as the last hope of liberal institution. They look io us for examples fmoderation snd forbearance in our intercourse with foreign nations especially tboe having forma of government analogous to our own snd for su exemption from Ibe evil pasiioos which bare embroiled

the countries of the Old WoilJ. and involved them, century after eentuiy, with biief ititcitnissions, in wars of ambttiou and menge. In asserting the supeiioiity of our own form of government, the strength of the argument will be weakened, if we shall be found oo muie exempt tban those, which ate less popular, ftom strife aud contention with neighboiinif State. Regarding the success of our institutions a affecting deeply the welfare of our race, and vindicating the comptency of mankind to self-government, I have always esteem- .

ed it peculiarly unfortunate that any cause of alienation should have existed of sufficient magnitude lo induce the two principal republics of the western hemisphere to turn their arms against each other. The causs of liberal government is ii juied, and lr mote deeply injured, than it has been by the dissension of the republics ia the southern portion of the Ameiicau continent. These aie conideiations which it wete well for us al ways to keep in view in peace, that we may not lush hast ily into war i in war, that we may spate no honorable effort for a restoration of peace. There is vet another consideration of a kindred character. While the monaichies of Europe are at peace with each oth er, and social improvement i advancing, ou tho continent al least, with unparalleled tanidity, almost the only wars now waging among ueibboiing States are between us and Mexi co, ad between some oi tne 2oulb American, republics. 1 desire, as much a any one can, lo see these disensiou cornpond, and to see these republican States lesume the fulfil ment of their great nus-iou among the nations the maintenance of the principles of political liberty, and Ibe cultiva tion of the an of civilization and peace. In these views I concur with the Senator from South Carolina. Bui here I am constiained to separate fmm him. When we come to practical measures, our patha lie wide apart. It is for the very reason I have just stated, that I cannot assent lo the policy he proposes. I believe It calculated to prolong the war, not to teiminate it to keep alive the spirit of animosity which divides os from Mexico, instead of restoring Ibe friendly relations which ought to exist between us. 1 am in favor, then, of standing as we are. And, sir, if she shall refuse to mike peace; if we must continue in the occupation of ber capital and three-fourths of her territory, it may be in the oider of Providence tb4t we shall, through this very necessity, become Ihe instruments of her political and social rt-geneiation. In the party conflict which distract her, the ineaos miv be found of consolidating: her gov ernment on a republican basis, of healing h r di -tensions, and of uniting ber tu us in bonds of friendship by an exeicie of magnanimity and foibearaDce in the final adjustment of our difficulties with her. I believe even now something of the lalutaiy influence of our presence in heropital and princi pal sea-pott, begins to be felt. The abolition of transit duties, the reduction of the impost on forrigu articles of necessity and convenience, and a freer commeice among tue Mexicans Slate, may, if continued, strike a fatal blow at the anti-commercial system by which her people have been op pressed, and tbe loteroal abuses by -vhich her rulers have grown rich a system of mal-ad-ninistiaiion not even equal led by that which exists in old Spain. Tbe higher improvement in government, io Ihe arts, and in civilization under alt is foims, which distinguishes our own people, may, by force of actual contact, be communicated to the Mexicans, and lay the foundation of an improved social order. Startling as Ihe reflection is, it is nevertheless tiue, that civilization, and even Christianity, have sometime been propagated by aim, where they would have otherwise been hopelessly excluded. Thus, the very passions which seemed fitted only to deobte human society, may, io the hands of Providence, become the agents of its advancement. Let us, then, hope and liu-t that the contest in which we are engaged with a neighboring power, deplorable a we all consider it, may be an instru ment of social and political amelioration to our adversary. f he Senator from touth Carolina, has said, in his emphatic language, that we are "tied loa corpse." It is a striking figuie, Mr. Piesideut, and partakea stiongly of the bolJnesi in which the illustration of that distinguished Senator are always conceived. Mexico is, indeed, prostrate almost politically inanimate, if you please under tbe oppressions which have been heaped upon her, year after year, by unscrupulous ruler. Bot I should be sorry to believe her beyond tbe power of ieucitation, even by human means. I do not txpect, as our contact with her becomes more inti mate, to see her, like the dead body touched by the bones of the prophet, spring, at a single bound, to life aad strength. But I h pe to see her p issibly through our instiumentality free from the despotic sway of ber military rulers, and riiug, by aure degiee, to tbe national importance I wi-h her to possess order and tranquility first, next social improvement and stable government, and at Utt an honorable rank among the nations of the earth. I contemplate no diiect interference with her government no permament system of protection to be exercised over it no alliance with her beyond what may be necessaty to secure to os the objects of peace. But I do contemplate a treaty, stipulating for commercial arrangements, for protection and security to our own citizens in their futute intercourse with ber, and no withdiawalofour forcea without it, at leat until all chance of obtaining one shall prove hopeles. If we were lo retire nuw, all commeice between her and us would cease and be transferred to our rivals, our frontier would be a line of war, not a boundary between peaceful neighbors ; and uoless Ihe tide of conquest should be pouted back upon her under the provocation such a condition of our relations would almost necessarily superinduce, no citizen of the United States could be expected, for years to come, to plant bis foot on Mexican soil. War dissolves tbe political and commercial iclations of independent States, so far as they rest upon voluntary agreement. It is only by a treaty of peace that they cau be revived, or new relation be substituted for the old. Mr. President, advocating as I do Ihe occupation of Mexico uotil sbe shall consent to make peace, it may be incumbent on me to state in what manner I think it can best be maintained. And bere I must say, I think the estimates of the eff.ctive foice in the field have been greatly overstated. I propo-e no specific plan for adoption. I leave all piactical meauies in the hand of those to whom they belong. 1 otily purpose to atate what suggests itself to my mind, as advisable. I think we should find it most advantageous to remain much as we aie, excepting to occupy such ports on the Pacific as our fleet may teduce and maintain as commercial avenues to the inteiior. It may, however, become necessary to occupy San Lui Potoi aod Zacaiecas for the protection of the mining operations jn those States, and tbe agricultural distiicts near Ihe city of Mexico, to command supplies for the army. I should consider an army of twenty-five thousand well-disciplined, effective meu, the smallest number adequate to the purpise of maintaining positions, keeping open communications fiom the coat lo the interior, and dispersing the enemy's troops if they shall be re-embodied ; but in oider to keep up such a force, we should require a nominal organization of at least forty thousand men, with full thirty thousand under pay. Without the general staff, Ihe twenty-five legiments of icgulars now in sei vice, aod the ten new regiments proposed by the bill, will constitute such a force t and when the latter shall bj raised aud brought into ihe held, a poition oi the volunteers may be discharged, if it thall be found urudeut to do so. Many of ihe reziment are greatly reduced in numbers, and. as I understand, are anx-

ious to return home. I doubt now whether there aie moiei"d no hing can pieveut the progiess of our population

than twentr-five thousand effective men in all Moxico. though the rolls show over forty thousand. Geueral Cass, chai-man of the Committee on Military Affairs, here said, the Adjutant Geneial was of opinion that they did not exceed twenty-four thousand. Some of Ibe letuins, on which the Adjutant General's report is founded, are of as early a date aa August last. It will be lecollected that last summer, when there was great anxiety in relation to Geneial

Scott, statements of the number or his troops were published ; extending to ine same oruaa minis me area oi our juiisuicheie. They were founded on the returns in the Adjutant ' It was the pn-giesa aud the tiiumph of gfeat pnuciGenrrat'a officeand in his official rpimn uflhit hsliU h. ! Dies of Political right, to Which bis philosophical mind M-

renort ore the city of Mexico, Genetal Scott complained that bis force had been greatly overstated. He said it had been "irebled" ia these letums, if I recollect tightly, and that the

army bad been "disgusted" by the exaggeiaiion. The re- Kr- 'W " lne exiensi a oi our v-onstituuon ana turns of ihe army now should, in like manner, be subjected 1 egious which weie formeily considered beyoud to great deductions in order to obtain Ihe real effective force. ' our reach as lutegial portions of the sauie system of goveruIf the ten regiments proposed by the bill aie auihoiized, ' nieut. Modern implements have given great rength lo months will be required tu raise them ; they will not prbi- ! this pie vailing sentiment. It is possible by steam power, if bly, as the chairman of the Committee on Military Affaiis j we can succeed iu making the pioper application of it, over has stated, give many more thau seven thousand men, and ia ! o bioad a suifaxe, to reach tbe Pacific oceau from Lake the mean I. me the irmv will become constantly itiminich.rf ! Michigan, or ibe Mississippi, in eight or bine days a peiiod

by the casualties of service. For ihese reasons, and for those given and so ably given some days since by my honorable friend 'rom Mississippi, Mr. Davis, I suppoit the bill. I support it for another reasou, wnich bas go veined me from tbe commencement of the wart to place at the control of the Executiue the men and ineaua deemed necessary to biing it to au honorable teiminatiun. As hostilities are nuw suspended, the chief province of the atmy will be to maintain internal tranquility, suppoit tbe civil authorities in the execution of Ihe laws, to free the couniiy from the robber and guerrilla bands by which it is infested, and subserve tbe great pui poses of government by affording security to liberty, propcity, and life a secuijiy the Mexicans have but often fully enjoyed. The vety exercise of these beneficent agencies will tend todisaun hostility towards us with tbe thinking portion of the population. It will place our armies in a most favoiable contrast with hei, which have been scourges rather than protectors to their own countrymen. I would, if possible, have no more bloodshed. I would make our aimics tbe piutectors, not the enemies of the Mexican people, and render them subset vienl to the eradication of abuses and lo the institution of a better civil administration, under Mexican magistrates, abstaining from all inteiferencc With the Irarae of ibe government, and changing ia its actiou only what, by universal consent, requires to be changed. If this course weie to be adopted and steadily puisued, 1 should earnestly hope its effect would be, al no distant time, to make the capital, under our piu ectioti, Ihe centre of an influence which would lead to the re-establishment of the federative system oo a durable basis, and give to that distracted couniiy Ihe settled order wbich is alone necessary to make her happy and prosperous. To abandou the city of Mexico would, I fear, put an end to all these prnsoecls and hopes. That city is the political as well as the bnsncial ceutre of the republic. Il is theie government bave been instituted and deposed, armies levied, revenue systems devised aud cairied into execution. So long as we hold it and contiol the adjoining districts, I believe nothing but impiudence or mismanagement can raise up a formidable oppositiou to us. If we abandon it, all the resources of Ihe country, which it commands; will again be at the control of its rulers, to be employed agaiusl us in the renewal of active hostilities. Before it was captuied, enetgetie movements seemed to me our hue policy. Now thst it is in our undisputed possession, our leading object should be to introduce belter commercial and financial systems, and let tbera woik out under our protection tbeir legitimate itsuits. Great qualities are necessary ia him who is charged with the execution of ire delica'e and responsible functions.. He should have prudence, self-conirol, a knowledge of civil affairs, of the couniiy, of the people, and Iheir character, and, if possible, their language. Established institutions, existing usages, sometimes piejudices, even, must be tespected. Some of ihe rnot disastrous reveises which have befallen armies of occupation, have hd iheir ongtu iu viola tions of the pievailing customs sod feelings of Ihe people. To avoid ibis fatal eirur, everything depends on the discretion aud wUdom of the dnectmg authority. It may be, that all reasonable expectations will be disap-

pointed ( that the hostility of Mexico will prove unappeasle that she will prefer the political disorganization, which now exbli, lo an a 'n if able rnegement with ui. If so, circumstances must dictate the course to be pursued when this conviction shall be forced on us. But sir, let us not adopt such a conclusion, hastily. Let us rely on tbe influence of more rational motives to gire m peace. And now, sir. 1 submit whether this course had not belter be puisued for a while, if I am right in supposing the temp-e-

rary occupation of Mexico, under discreet officer, may lead to a stable peace, tather thau to withdraw our lorces, and leave the adjustment of difficulties to tbe uncertain chance of a restoration ol a responsible government, to be terminated at Ust, perhaps, by ihe renewed aibitrament of aims. I have thu stated with frankness the view I eo'ertain ia respect to the future conduct of tbe war. Notwithstanding the anxious considetatioo I have given to the subject, they may be erroneous. It is a question of great difficulty, on which differences of opinion may well exist, and ua Vhich a mistaken course of policy may lead to the most unpleasant consequences, Whatever faith I may entertain in the soundness of the opinions I have advanced, I certainly should have mnie if tbey were not totally at variance with tho-e of gentlemen posses- ing, from longer experience, much higher clai-ns than mysolt to public confidence. Out I have not on this account thought proper lo withhold them, knowing, aa we do, that, from the very contrariety aud conflict of thought and conviction, valuable deductions may sometimes be diawu. Mr. President I feet that I hve alieady trespassed too long o the indulgence of the Senate i but I am unwilling to dose without asking its attention for a very few moments lo some considerations connected with our futuie giowth aud progiess, and with the ii flounce we must, in spite of our selves, exert over the destinies of Mexico. I bey are no new opinion t they have been expressed years ago, both in public and private. Sir, nu one who bas paid a moderate degree of attention to the laws and elements of our inciease, can doubt that our population is destined to spiead it-elf across the American continent, filling up, with moie or less completeness, accoitliog to attractions ol soil and c.imale, the space that mteiveues betwen the AiUutic and Pacific oceans. This eventual, and, perhaps, iu the order of time, this not very dUtanr ex tension of our settlements over a tract oi country, witn a diameter, as we go, westward, greatly disproputtioned to its length, becomes a subject of the highest interest to us. On the whole extent of our northern flank, from New Biuswick to Ihe point wheie the northern bouudaiy of Oiegoti touches the Pacific, we are in contact with Uiitisb colonists, having, for the most parr, the same common origin with ouist lvrs, but controlled and muldtd by political influences from the Eastern hernia hete, if not adverse, certainly not decidedly fiiendlv to us The strongest tie which cau be lelied on to bind us to mutiiaf offices ol friendship and gKd neighboihoot. i that of commerce t and this, as we know, is apt lorun in to livalty, and hometimes becomes a fruitful source of aliena tion. From our corirn boundary, we tuin to our southern What races are to botder on us beie, what is to be their so cial aod political character, aud what their means.ot annoy ance i Aie our two frontieia, only seven paiallels f latitude apart wben we pas Texas, to be flanked by settlements having no common bond of uniou with ours ? Our whole outhein line is conterminous, throughout its whole extent. with the territories of Mexico, a large portion of which is nearlr unoonulate.l. The eenzraohical area of Mexico is about 1,500,000 squaie miles, and ber population about 7,000,' 000 souls. The whole northern and central portion, taking the twenty-sixth parallel of lattitude as the dividing line containing more than 1,000,000 square miles, bas about 6Ü0,000 inhabitants about two inhabitants to thiee square miles The southern portion, with less thau 500,000 square mile has a population of nearly six and a half millions of souls or thirteen inhabitants to oue square mile. The abotiginal laces, which occupy and ovenun a portion of California and New Mexico, must there, as everywhere else, give way be foie tbe advancing wave of civilization, either to be over whelmed by it, or to be driven upn perpetually contracting aieas. wheie. from a diminution of iheir accustomed ources of ubitence, they must ultimately become extinct by f Jice of aa invincible law. We see ihe opeiatiou of this law iu evety poi lion of this continent. We have no power loconliol it, if we would. It is the behest ol - l'rovidence Wat idle ness, and ignorance, and barbarism, shall give place to indos try, and knowledge, and civilization. Tbe European and mixed races, which possess Mexico, are not likely, either from moral or physical energy, to become formidable rival or enemies. Tbe bold and Courageous enlei prize which over ran and conquered Mexico, appears not to have descended to the present possessors of the soil. Either fiom tbe iuflueoce ol climate or the admixtuie ot races the Iusiom ol castes to use the technical phrase the conquerors have, in turn become tbe conquered. The ancient t astilian energy I, iu a great degree, ubdueJ t and it has given place, with many other noble trails of the Spanish character, to a peculiarity which seems to have marked the race in that country, under whatever combinations it is fouud a prooeness lo civii dis coid, and a suicidal waste of its own strength. With such a territory and such a people ou our southern bor der, what is to be the inevitable course of empire? It needs no powers of prophecy to foretell. Sir, I desire to speak plainly t why should we not, when we are discussing the operation of moral aod physical laws, which aie beyond our control As our population moves westward on ou own tethtory, portions will cross our southern boundary Settlements will be lot med within the unoccupied and sparse ly-peopled territory of Mexico. Uncongenial habits aud tastes, differences of political opinion aud principle, and numbeiless other elements of diversity will lead to a separa tiou of these newly-foimed ocieties fiom tbe inefficient government of Mexico. 1 bey will not endure lo be held io subjection to a svstem, which neither yield them protection nor otleis any in&ntive to their propel development and growth. "iThey will form independent States cn tbe basis of constitutions identical id all their leading! features wnb ou own j and they will uatutally seek to unite their fortunes to ours. Tbe fate of California is already sealed t it can never be reunited to Mexico. Tbe operation of tbe great causes to which I have alluded, must, at no distant day, detach Ihe whole of not them Mexico fiom Ihe southern portion of tbat republic. It is fur the very reasou that she is incapable of detruding her possessions agaiusl the elements of disoider within aud the progie-s of belter influences from without thai I desiie to see the inevitable political change which is to be wrought in ihe condition of her northern departments biought about without any impioper interfeience ou our part. 1 do not spealcvf our mililaiy movements. 1 reler to the time when our difficulties with her shall be healed, and when ahe shall be lefi lo the opeiatioo of pacific influences : sileut, but more poweifal ttian tbe arm of force, for the leason tbat she is dete iceless, il lor no other, 1 nouiu oe opposed to all t-chemes of conquest. Acqoisiii -n by foice is Ihe vice of arbinary governments. 1 utsiie .never lo see it the lepioacb of ouis. For the sake of Ihe uatioual honor, as well as the peimaneiicy of our political institutions,! desire uot to see il. The extension of free government on I this comment can only be ariested, K arreted at all, by I substituting wai for the aits of peace. Leave it to iielf, across the coutiueul. Mr. Jeffeison. Witt bi prophenc fore ' foretold ibis result foriy years ago. He piopneied the i peaceful piogiess of our people lo the Pacific. He foiesaw j lnm forming new ettlemellls, and, when stiong enough io maintain themselves, oiganiziiig itidependeut societies and governing themselves by constitutions and laws aualog us to our own. It is true, ne believed tbe aiea of fieedom might ; enutgea, auvauiageousij r io ouiseives an omer, ii atiuciivcly turned as tu the legitimate aim aud boundary of ; our ambition and desi.es. Since bis day the public mind iu lh counirv has greatly outiuu his anticipatious of our prou "ue xaa 1011 wnicn was requiieu io iravei iiurn Bosluu to Philadelphia, when the Congress of ibe American colonies first assembled iu the latter city. Loder these circumstances, the extension of our political boundary so as to embiace all territory we may justly call our own, seems no longer to be cousideied a questionable policy. If other distucts, not Dow within the teiruoiies of tbe Union, shall found independent governments, and 'ball desire to uuite themselves to us ou terms mutually acceptable, it is a question which concerns ouly them and us, aud iu whicn no stunger cau be permitted lo intrude. When the time comes for the seillemmt of any such questions, they will doubtless be cousideied with all toe solemuity which belongs to piopositions involving the public welfare. To those with whom tbe decisiou belougs let us leave them, with ibe assurance that the wisdom wbich has governed and guided us so long, will still point out lo us tbe path of libeity, tranquility and afety. One position we have assumed, and I trust it will be maintained with intlexiblu firmness that no rower 0evund this continent can be permitted lo interfere with our ' . .. . i ... I progress, su long us there is on our part nu violation ol its own rights. I would resist, at me outset, as miiwr ui the gravest offence, all indications of auch interference. It iIim abstract rtsht could be asserted on grounds of in ternational law, there lias been nothing in the nature of our extension, or the menus by which it lias b.en accomplished, to warrant iu application tu us. From the formation of our Government, lor nearly three-quarters ol a century, military power brute force lias had no agency in the conquest we have achieved. We have overrun nu provinces or countries abounding in wen Ith. Our capital liaa witnessed nu triumphal entries ot returning ar mies, bearing with lliem Hie epulis and trophies ol continent. Our ship have not teen seen returning from subiugatod districts, freighted with the tributes of an extend--o . . . . t I : . ud commerce, in tue extension oi our commercial intercourse, we have nt, like our Anglo-Saxoft mother, been . . . . . s.' J seen hewing down Willi the sword, witli unrelenting ana remorseless determination, every obstacle which opposed itself tu her prugree. Our career thus lar lias been slam d by nu auch coinpanionsiiunip witn evil, our con aueiii have been the peaceable achievements ol enterum and iiiüusirv tue one leaoinz uio wit iiiiu ins .. . . " i J-..I i t. i derness, Ihe other following and completing the acquisi ti..n bv the formal symbols ol occupancy and possession Tliar have looked to no objects beyond the conversion of iiiiliiIiUDItea WIIOS llliuauoues oi civiincaiiuii rhu newu. . . . . ; ;:! .. ... A C Their only arms were the axe and the ploughshare. The arcumulaii-in ot wealth tbey have brought were all ex. traded fruit the bosom ol Hie earth by the unoffending hand of labor. II, in the pmgreas of our people west, ward, they shall occupy territories not our own, but tu be cum oure bv amicable arrangements with the govern trie nts to which tbey belong, which of the nations of the nrlli shall venture lu stand forth, in the lace of the civil ized world, and call on us tu paus in this great work o human improvement f It ia aa much the interest of u

rope as it ia of ours, that we should be permitted to follow undisturbed tbe path which, in Ihe allotment of national fortunes, we aeeui appointed to tread. 'ur coun

try has long been a refuge for those who desire a larger liberty than they enjoy under their own rulers. It is an outlet for the political disaffection of the Old World for social elements which might there have becomu sources of agitation, but which are here silently and tranquilly incorporated into our System, ceasing to be principle of disturbance as they attain the greater freedom, which was tho object of their separation from leas congenial combinations in other quarters of the globe. Nay, more ; it is into the vast reservoir of the western wilderness, teeming with fruitfulness and fertility, that Cuiope is constantly p wring, under our protection, her huiuiin surpluses, unable to draw from her own bosom the elements of thjir support and reproduction. Hie is literally going along with us in our march to prosperity and power, to share w ith us its triumphs and iu fruits. Happily, this continent is not a legitamate theatre for the political ar rangements of the sovereigns of the eastern hemisphere. Their armies may range, undisturbed by us, over the plains of Europe, Asia, and Africa, dethroning monarrhs, partitioning kingdoms, and subverting republics, as interest r caprice may dictate, liut political justice demands that in oue quarter of the globe self-government, freedom, the arts of peace, shall he permitted to work out, unmolested, the great purposes of human civilization. Mr. President, 1 trust there will be nothing in the final adjustment of our difficulties with Mexico to impair, in any degree, the moral of our example in the past. Our course, heretofore, has been one of perpetual exertion to bring about an amicable arrangement with her. I trust we shall persevere in the same course of conduct, whatever unwillingness she may exhibit to come to terms. Entertaining the opinions which I have expressed, I naturally feel a deep solicitude, as an American citizen. that our public conduct should comport with the dignity of the part we seem destined to perlorm in the great drama of in ernalional politics. 1 desire to sen our good name unsullied, and the character we have gained lor moderation, justice, and scrupulusries in the discharge of our national obligations, maintained unimpaired. In these, let us be assured, our great strength consists: for it is these which rnakea us strong in the opinion ol mankind. In what I have said concerning the '"grert of our people over the unpopulated regions west of us, and in repect to our responsibilities as a nation, 1 trust I shall have incurred no imputation of inconsistency. On the contrary, I trust I shall be considered consistent in all I have said. I regard our extension, as 1 have endeavored to lorrshadow it, to be the inevitable result ol causes, the operation ot which it is not in our power to arrest. At the same time, 1 hold it to be our sacred duly to see that it is not encouraged or promoted by improjver means. While 1 should consider it the part of weakness to shrink Irnm extension, under the apprehension that it might bring with it the elements of discord and disunion, as our political boundaries are enlarged, I should hold il to bn the part of folly aad dishonor to attempt to accelerate it by agencies incompatible with our obligations toother nations. It is the dictate of wisdom and of duty to submit ourselves to the operation of the great causes which are at work, and which will work on in spite of us, in carrying civilization and freedom across the American continent. In advocating a continued occupation of the cities and territory we have acquired in Mexico, until she shall assent to reasonable terms of peace, I trust also that 1 shall be deemed consistent with myself. Deprecating war as the greatest of calamities, especially for us, I desire to see this war brought to a close at the earliest practicable day. I am in favor of whatever measures are most likely to accomplish this desirable end. I am opposed to an abandonment of our position: , 1. Because I believe it would open a field of domestic dissension in Mexico, which might be fatal to her existence as an independent state, or make her take refuge in the arms of despotism ; 2d. Because it might lead to external interference in her afidirsof the most dangerous tendency both to her and us; and 3d. Because I fear that we should only gain a temporary suspension of hostilities, to be renewed under great disadvantages to us, and with every prospect of a longer and more sanguinary contest. Mr. President, it is this last consideration which weight most heavily upon my own mind. I hold it to be indispensable to ihe public welfare, under all its aspects, that we should have, at the termination of this contest, a solid and stable peace. Unpromising as the condition of things seem at the present moment, my hope Mill is, that firmness, tempered with prudence, will give us, not a mere outward pacification with secret irritation rankling within, bot substantial concord aud friendship, which shall leave no wound unhealed. And, sir, we should be satisfied with nothing short of an accommodation of differences which will enable the country with confidence to lay aside its armor, and to resume the peaceful pursuits io which, by tho inexorable law of our condition, we must look for prosperity and safety. My advice, then, (if I may presume to advise,) is, to stand nrm, holding ourselves ready at all times to make pence, and carrying into our negotiations for that purpose a determination to cement a future good understanding with our adversary, by an adjustment of our differences on terms or justice, ni deration, and magnanimity. A X 'oiTlIINAIVCC, To establishing a Board of Health, Jor Iks City of Indianapolis, and to prevent the spread of contagious or malignant diseases in said Citu. Section 1. Be it ordained by the City Council oj Inaianapous, 1 hat there shall be appointed al the first regular meeting; of the City Council in the month ol July annually, five persons, who shall constitute a Board of Health for said city; aud in case of removal, death, or sickness, resignation, inability, or refusal to serve, of any of said board, their places shall be immediately supplied. by other appointments to be made by the city council. A majority of the whole number of said board shall be necessary to constitute a quorum fur the transaction of business; they shall elect a President from their own body, and a Secretary ; and the President and Secretary so appointed, shall hold their office for such period of time, and perform their respective duties, as the board of health, may prescribe. Sec. 2. The Board of Health hereby established, shall have power, whenever they deem it necessary Tor the security of the city, to take the most prompt and efficient measures, to prevent the introduction of contagious, malignant, dangeritus, and inlectious diseases into said city; and for the immediate and safe removal of any person, or persons, who may be found therein, infected with any such disease; and it is hereby enjoined upon the Mayor, Marshal, and all other offirers of the city to be vigilant in assisting the board of health, in the execution oi iheir duties. Sec. 3. It shall be tho duty of the board of health, to recommend from time to time to the city council such measures as the said board may deem necssary to promote, and secure the health of the said city, and to prevent the introduction of contagions, mal'gnant, dangeious, and infectious diseases; and tu report to the city council all expenses which may be incurred in the discharge of the! duties aforesaid, and the said board of health, shall exercise such other powers, and discharge auch other duties as the city council may prescribe. Sec. 4. For the purposes of guarding against the clandestine introduction of any malignant or infectious diseases, it is hereby made the duty of all ohvisicians. keen ? j 4 a J ' ers of hotels and hoarding: houses, and all other persons, to report in writing to the President of the Board of Health, without delay, every case (including name and I resioence, milieu mnj cuius iu men nuumcugn ui " malignant or unusual disease, occurring, or existing within the limits or vicinity ol said city, and every person refusing or wilfully neglecting to give notice as aforesaid, of any such disease, within twelve hours after obtaining a knowledge t.iereof, shall on conviction thereof in an action ot debt before the Mayor, forfeit and pay for the use of the city, any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, nor less than five dollars, with costs of prosecution. Sec. 5. Any person or persons who may, at any time hereafter, knowingly introduce, or aid or assist in introducing the small pox or any other contagious disease into the city, on conviction thereof in action of debt before ihe Mayor shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay for the use of the city any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, nor less than fifty dollars, wilh costs of prosecution. Sec 6. As a means preventive of the spread of small pox or varioloid within the limits of the city, it is hereby mad the duty of the board of health lo requie all persons who have not availed themselves of the ptoces of vaccination, to submit thereto, without delay! under the supervision of a competent and fkillul physiciin. Sec 7. The expense of such pioceis of vaccination upon such pet sons as are able to rief i ay it, shall be discharged by thetnt nd in all other cases the expense thereof shall be chargeable to. snd payable out of the city tienury, upon tbe ptesrntstion of properly authenticated accounts. Sec. 3. Should any person refuse or neglect the performance of vaccination in his oi her family, or on hit or ber person, when thereunto requested by the board of health, or ny competent physician, it shall be the duty of said board of health or physician to enter complaint thereof before the Mayor, and tbe person or persons so refusing or neglecting such operation shall, on conviction Iheieof io an action of debt before Ihe Mayor forfeit and pay for the use of the city any sum not exceeding fifieeu dollars, nor lest than one dollar, with costs of prosecution. Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of all. persons whs may be infected with the small pox or varioloid, to remain in their respective dwellings or the city hospital, as be case may be, until permitted by the boaid of health, or the attending physician to mingle with the community, and any person or pei sons offending against Ihe provisions of this section shall, on conviction thereof in an action of debt befoie the Mayor, forfeit and pay for the ose of the city any sum not exceeding one huodied dollnrs, nor less than five dollars, with costs of prosecution. Sec. 10. It is hereby made the duty of the present board of health to organize as herein provided, and to take cogniI ance of, and perfoim the duties et j lined upon the boa id of health created by this oidinaoce, until their ncceisors ait appointed. . . Ordained and established this Uth day of Flbrvary A. D. 184S. M MORRIS. Attest t President City Council, pr tern. Jas. G. Job do is, Secretary Approved, Feb. Ift, IHiS. 8. HENDERSON, Mayer.

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CPHK ONLY llK.UEOH-HAKl'S Vi...blOi.ß EX - TRACT u an iMValuaole remedy lor Epileptic FiU Falling Sickness. Convulsions. Spasms. tc- It is well knoa that from time immemorial, physicwos bave pronounced Eileptt fits incurable. II nashatned all ibetr akili, and the ixmsiea power ol an snraicine, aad conarqiieniljr Uiousnnda have suffered llrroufil a wiaerabla exietence.and at last yielded up their lives on the aiur of Insanity, phy sicians of every age have pronounced tins disease InciirsMe. The pnameiimof the vrgrlaMe extract, bowrver, ferl no orlicacr in pre clanns, tin I it caa be cured. They would, tberetira. resiecthilly iavne physicians, and all others who are interested. In el amine the tes timony which is here otfrred. If it Ii deception, let ft be exposed ; I at If it Is true, then in the asms ol humanity, no longer lot It lie said Uiat Epilepsy Is incurnMe. iiarrs i'ircianie jjxirarr. For sixteen years, has been tested by many prt sons who have suffered with this dreadful disease, and in every case where it bas had a fair trial, bas erfieted a permanent cere. Col. Denslow.oT Yonkers, .vw Tors, states that his daughter has beea afflicted with flu for Miore than a trie years, and bas been cured by the vegetable extract. Mrs.i. Hraillev. lis, urr.nara sr reel, ew at, stales tnaisne nas been subjects In tits for many years, snd has been resnced lo per let t health, alter every other means had failed, by the use of the vejeiaWe extract. tlr. Charles A. Drown, of Dover, Russe tl county, Alnhnma. who is one ot the heat physician in toe says that he has beM much tienehUed by the use of the vegetable eitract, and mat ne unnesnaiIngiy prescribes it ia every ease of Epilepsy wnicD conies unoer uis now ledge. Cut us l. Havberrv. Esa fnrinertv onstiaaster at I Jm MiUa. CrawSurd en., fa., now living in Ena co , Pa., stales thxl fcc niany years past be hu teen sorely afflicted with fits, and be is now b.ipi'v to stile that bs a persevering use ol Dr. Hart's Vegetable EitiaU fa few tooths, Lm imtorrd bun to eotiud baaUb, being euUrely Ire traaa inai worst in all diseases. It will Cure! The child of William C. Aniern. North Fourth street. Willlamsborgh, aged iO annnths. had fits eonHUy fur eicht weeks A cuniii.hkm4 oi piiYsiciiM was caned, who decided thnt tne rase was a hnpelesa one, and that the child mast die. Wbit tlie child was ia this dan jeneis state, Mr. Anderson called st my office, which was ia he month nf l-etii:iry but. and obtained a bottle of the extract with be accosnpanyma medtcinea. and a.linini-tered K to the child, and the result was a perfect restoration of health, which has coulinued lo Um resent lime. The son of Roheit MeGe, corner of Sullivan and frince streets. New York, was severely sfflicted with rnilentie fits- I this cae al so, the physicians held a cnnsu t itkin, aud decided that ibey could do no more, and Ilm nature must effect its own cure, or the hoy must die. Tbe veceUble extract wms administered to hint whilst ia a lit, and I was lo d hy one nf the attending physicians, as well as by M r. MxlJee himself, that Us effects were almost instant- neons. The fit was bro ken and the boy restored to health. Kir. McGee says, "I stall never npna he without the medicine in my liouse if 1 can avoid it, for fear ihat some of ihe rest or my childiea may be attacked In tbe same way. I consider the medicine in valuable. I "siliinmy upon Tclimony. I n reference to the almost miraculous rlftcacy of ibis truly wonderful medicine, read trm follow letter fnwn llue.otr VV. I.. Monroe, of Guilford, Ohio, one of the most eminent physicians in that pi we. (.Ti.roao.UHio, August I. in, iP4t. Brother laborer in the cause of Humanity : Dear Hir It is wilh no small decree f plewvire that I am enabled lo announce to you the complete triumph of your invaluable medicine in cases of Eiiile py. I have prescribed it in four Instances in ln:s vi cinity, snd it has been successful in all. Three of the patients, I trut. have been radically cored 1 be Ksirth Is mnidty Improving, ana will, I think. witiMMit doubt lecover. I am n in Hie habimr prescribing or recotnniending p .lent medicines, hut when I see an article v. Iiich pro mises so much for the relier of sufft-nng humanity, I lee' H my iiu.r tnr-XMimiend it ; and I have no hesilatMA la saying. Ih.it as sooa as Ihe faculty are fully uconaiiitett wilh the real merit of your medicine. they will close iheir eyes against prejudice, awl lend you a helping hand. 1 subscriiiemysell, vonrs, sincerely, W. L,. MU.MlUb, jw. u. To Dr. S. Hart. New Voik. FITS OF 87 YF1RS Ayi S MO.YTHS CVRF.D FT THE USE OF THIS TRULY ITO.YDERFULMEDfCL.VE. Read the following leinrkaMe caee of the so of William Seen re. Esq. of Philadi-iphia, efflscted with eptleitic fits 77 years and 6 months After travelling throng! England. Scotland, fietnuny and Frar.ee, consulting th moat eminent physicians, and expending for mediCiiie, medieitl treatment and advice, three thousand dollars, returned wnn his ana to this country, in November last, without receiving any benefit whatever, and was cured by using Hart t Ftetable tetrad. Mr. Win. iseenre's letter to Urs. Ivan A. tl .rt. I have spent over three thousand dollars foe medicine a nd medical allendaiwr. I was advised in take a tout lo Europe, hieb 1 did. I first vkoted England. I consulted Ibe most eminent physicians there In respect in nis cane. They examined I im ami preset SM-d accordingly. I re'inned there three months without perceiving any change the beuer, which cost me about twohumlied anil fmy dollars, pocketed by Ihe ptiysiciana.ana Ihe most I received was thciropinion Hint my son's case wss hopeless and positively iiicunihle. I accorriinply b-tt England, and traveled through SaAland, Germany and France, and returned borne in tbe month of November last. I saw your advertisement in one or the . York papers, and concluded to try Hart's Vegetable Extract, seeing voui statements and certificate of an many cures, some of twenty and thirty years' standing, and I can assure you thai I am f4 sorry 1 did so, as by me use nr Hart's Veg-Karae Uxtract ainae, ne was nww io per led health. His reason, which was so far gone aa to nnfit bim lor husitiesi is entirely restored, with the prospect now before bim, of life, health and usefulness. He is no 34 years of age, and 37 years and 6 muntlM id this time, ha beea afflicted with this most dreadful of diseases ; but thank Oo I, be is now enjoying good henlihNow, gentlemen, faith without works I do til believe in. Tossy that I shall be ever grateful lo you is one thing, snd as I here enclose, you one bundred dslars, f have no doubt but you will thtak this a no. Hier, and quite a different thing. The debt of gratitude I slid owe . vou ; but please accept this amount as interest on toe neht in advance.. Vours, very respect fully, V I L I.I A M 8 ECUKE. Opinions of lite I're-.v. Frn-irsv This disease is considered hy all to he the skW dreadful that evel arfVcled the human race, aa its trndency is lo iasMiay, madness and death. With auch tearful results as liie-e, wuo, aiuohg its unhappy subjects does m shudder. Tlie most skilful phicaitM of Europe, as well as llxae of our own country, b-ive Hon.'iicrd Epilepsy (or falling skkuess as il may be termed) incurable. We a:e tappy however, to stale to our readers that Urs. Ivans it Hart of thu city, by long and tedious reseureh, have discovered Um primary cause of this dreadful disease, and also iu remedy a remedy winch iu nifrtC cases will in a very short tune effect a permanent cure. We speak thus positive, because we have within the laid few week seen quite a number of persons who have been cured by their remedy ; one of whtcB is a man oT anquestionabla veracity, who staled to us that be bad bee afflicted with epilepsy in iu worst lorm tor nearly 21 years, and had fnwa time to liine employed the best n ertral talent lo be tuend, and all lo Do purpose, until be placed himself under Ibe treatmmttof Drs. Ivans at Hart, which was but a few weeks since, and nw, sajs he, "1 thank Sod, t feel that I am a well man. I also feel it my duty to proclaim it to the ends of the earth, (Jut those similarly afflicted, nsay find, i relief." We quote the lancuaee used by some Ihat are now ander treatment, and others who have been aired. Une says. 'l b-tve mutrwea hrynad m powers of description, but now I rejoice in tlie ospect of soon being fully restored, as my health of Me has much improved." Another w ho is an eminent lawyer and well kajowa in Ibis cay,s.ys, My son bas been atrUcied fix years with epilepsy, ot t now enjoying good health from the Vegetable Extract, lu fame, says be, should and ought to be sounded in the ends ol the earth." Another says'Lsa(tinge is entirely inadequate I express my gratilade to steaer. Ivane at Hart for having bera the means under the Weaving; of God, of moving me to the enjoyment of gotd nellh alter having been afflxjed with eptieiy in it worst firms lor u ore than S3 ye.tr. and my morning and evening o unions of peaise and thanksgiving Stull continue to ascend to lint God who b in afflicted, but lo mae me wuoIa." We daailit not that the time is nor far distait ben tlmumads w ho are now trembling under Hie hand nf this dreadful disease, snd fearing tbat every attack may prove fatal, will find permanent relief and I restored to new life by using this celebrated medicine, IL1H CS VEQETJiALE FJCIR.1CT.Sew York True tun, N. Y. funday Tunes, M. Y. Noall's Weekly Messenger, N. Y-Sunday Despatch. Prepared by Hr. S. oart, late Ivan t Hart, New York. Over Frve Hundred Certificates iMVe been received during tbe past year in testimony of Ihe beneticuil resulu produced by Ihm use of Doctor Han's VegeuMn Extract, prewired by S. Hart, l. U. New York. THOMAS f MILES agenU, 147 Main, bet. Third and Fourth sis, 109 do do Fourth and Filth rtreeU, Cincinnati, t ihm. I his valuable niedK ne ran be 4taitKd of the following agentsG.Chantn, corner of Eigiitband Market sirrru, Usiisvn e, Ky. A. G. Hodges Jr. Co., Frankfial. Ir. L. Panders, Lexington. W. 8. Browne, M ayavide. Thomas St M lies, 1 17 iUia street, between Third and Fourth, lti9do do Fourth end Fifth, Ciacmnati, Ohm. Whole lie and retail aeenU, tr Ilm tkmltt and West, n Iba aale of lr. Hart's Vegetable Extract U Th Car cf F.fi ttj to vi Immii all CotnintiuieaHons in reference to Dr. Hart's Vegetable Extract must be addressed f4 paid. DAVID CRAIGHEAD, Agent, Indianapolis; HEXRY XATXARI), Agent. Madison. 7Jy NOTICE is hereby given lliat the undermined, guardian nf the person and estate of Joseph F. Beck, minor heir of George F. beck deceased, late of Marion county, will on the 26th day of Frbraury, A. D. lett, proceed lo sell at public sale, by the order of the I'ro iMte Court vt Marion county, the kabiwtng drucnbed tract ol land betongin ui the esbite of the said Joseph f . Beck, lo-vvK : pari of out -kit Buuilieied 142 of the donation lands a 'joining the original tow a plat of the town of Indianapolis, bounded as loOows: CuMimeucing on the north east corner ol" said lot, running wert Mxty-rifht loet four indies oo Washington street, ihenre south one hundred and ninetyIhre feet along a line fiwmeily called lioatngr line, thrnce west tlnrty-six feet to said lloatrtghl's line, tor nee south one bundled and Bine feet lo the same Ut-aUighl's line, thence east one hundred and live feet In an alley or streel, thence on said alley or street three hundred and nine feet lo the noint of eoiniiiencemenl oa WashinukMi aUaeU Haid sale will he held on said day between the bour of lu o'clock , A. M. aud four o'clock, P. 41., in I ndianapotis, oa the abuva describe premises, upon the follow ing terms : One-third of tbe purclvsse-moiiey lo be paid in band, and the remaining two t hints io twelve and eighteeu month from the daU of the sale, in equal payments; note win be required tor the two last paymeau. bearing iulerert iron dale, wan hiukkik iieenon security, wade payable without any relief whatever from va uatma or appraiser menllawa. ADAM WRIGHT, Guardian. January 18. 1848. ?0-4wia TUACIILIIC WASTED. rfHE Principal of tbe Franklin County Semuiary having received JL and accepted an ppointioenl as Frolesaor la Öl. John's College and CiiK.innaU Classical Academy, tbe Trustees are desmw of procuring the services of a gentleman comp lent to lake charge of tbe Institution. Tbe !eminaiy is located in Bronkville, Frunkltn Dainty, Indaina, and ia now ia a most projenm coadHkm. A tier Mrenotw efforts It tvss i es raised above aa ordinary district school ; and out of a Urge umher of scholars there are none under lea years of age, and all advanced beyond the mere elementary branches 4" an education ; and it is the determinant! 4 the Trustees lo preserve this lealurcot the lauiiuiion. Nu salary is given Ilm I eacber relying entirely oa Uw patronage of the school tor that. Tbe term of tuition are Irnm three lo five dollar per session of fourteen weeks, according to the studies pursued by Uw pupil, 't he building is ow m complete repair, having beea recently filled ap at considerable expense wnb single seats and desks, and other Improvement, and will be kept ia repair by the Trustees. The present seas loa will expire oa ihe tun of March, and ibe next will commence oa the loth day of April next. AplKalkMt for tlie situation, accompanied by ibe necessary testimonial, murt be lor. warded lo the subscriber (postpaid) on or teiore the Win of March nest. Address! 7l-4w E. II. BARKY, Steriarf (a Bri tf TnUtt tf Franklin Ssauaary. B rook v Hie, Jan. IMt). In the Oriilian's Court, Hiiller Con in f, leiiiiylvaiiiu. ITril tf PartUnm. Bcnga rocirTv.ss: la ti.e mstter of the estate of Daniel MeKisiock, deceased To David McKiock,an heir at law ol Daiel McKissock, decease I, and all others interested. YOU are hereby aotiliwl that in obedience to a writ of partition issued out of the Orphan's Court of Butler county, bearing test at llutlei tbe 17th day of January, A. Ü. If 16. and to me directed, that an inquisition will be held on tbe premises of the lte Daniel WcKissock, deceased, situs'e in North Built r Tuwmship, conaty alonaid,on Monday Ihe th dy of March next, at So clock A. M.of sanl day, for the purpose of making; partition of said estate among tbe heirs at law of the said Daniel McKittock, te..iwi and their leeal reurese itatives.il Me same can be divid ed without prejudice to, or ioiliiig the whole: ai d if tbe same cannot be so partitioned without prejudice aforesaid, then t value nd appiaisetbe whole of said real estate accoidinc le tba acts of Assembly ia such cases made and provided, hen and where you may attend if you think proper. J ' GF.O. W. REED, sheriff. Sheriff's Office, Batter, Pa., January 17, 1848. 7jwSJ AO.m.MSTKATsUrS KOTICU. WJOT1CE is hereby given, that the undersigned bas takea out iw letters of administration on the estate of John P. Ennis, 1st of Marion cSonty. and State of Indiana, deceased. AU peraocsi indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment) and thoae having claim against the same, are notilied to present them duly authenticated for settlement The etie is supposed ! be solvent. JACOB B. FITLER, Feb. 11,1849. M-3i Administrator, with wil! annexed. NOTICE. WHEREAS my wife, Nancy McCoonetl, has left any bed and. board with-ait any j'St cans' or provocation, tbw ia in fore wars all person from harboring ar credi tat hers oa my account, at 1 am determined to nay o d.bu of her contracting alter this date. Feb. 10, 188. 81-jw JoaU'a HUONNELU