Vincennes Gazette, Volume 14, Number 9, Vincennes, Knox County, 1 August 1844 — Page 2

nn ksday, auc;i;.dT i, imi. Whi Principles . )i.iu Sin.- I receive I yrui tavor. oriirnuniratH.e the patriotic ;.urVM nnil mows 1 the vommc fiion of Faila ij'laa. and I lake pleasure m co:n'!iiiift' with your re.jur-t, in .-tatiiii homo cf tho priiivip i! objects which I supp...t ongngc slit c-'mmon .io.-iro ami the to-ruum .xortivi of the WJ.ij p.uty t. hrih? u! out, i-t the )von,.nont cf thcTihtcd Stiles. Tlio.-e are 1. A so'inJ .YVW Ctirnnn r ijir.atcl I.y the will and authority ut the Nati Vi. An Ilirinn-, with Ian V)0tnti'.n to Aircriia'l I'l'us'i'- :!. Ju.-t rc.-traint-; in the rjau'ie power, ornl,iutinT a furuVr rt&ttktiou ou ihe exert io ul the veto. . Afmhfo! a laum-tr-mon ot the puhhc dom ini, with an p. inhabit' Ihshilutiol of the proceed.of the sales of it anion? all the t-tatrs. f. An honest mu t iliioiiuohI administration ol he (iem tal (Government, loat ii.iz public oliktrs jnite.t trerJom of thought ami ft" the tiht of suihac-, hut suit. ihle restrains a;iiu-t improper luTeitVtnte in elect i.M... (. An .iiniiHiii n nt of t!ie t'o:is!,tt;t. tn.i-Hn-the iiuuta'icc.t of the I V ; v' -hn.'iul ollice to Thtiie objects atiamej, I think that c should" ,, aso to l-e al'lietea with ha I a-J i ni i. i-1 1 1 f he (iovernni' nt. I am i( .Mi Vour f:k'iJ an I . ' 't servant. nnxr.v ch.w. ;.Tn. J a- .n m b vi 1 iv. Xuui iuUu.us of liu "X.-.ltontl ?J i3 fu:t ll .lllllii. (Tor President, HENRY GLAY, OF KT..M t' .'Iv v l ov Vice President, f HE000BE FBELiHGHUYSENj op new j::rey. Senatorial Electors. HENRY S. LANE, f Moni-mnrry Co. JOSEPH G. MARSHALL, ot JolV'jison. District Electors. Dtt. lulitt A. Breckinridge, 0t Warrick ; .1 dines Collins ol' Floyd ; " lohn A. Matson, ol Frankim ; Samntl W. Park r, of Fiy Ue ; Hugh O'Neal, of Marion ; " George G. Dunn, of Lawrence ; " Richard W. Thompn, of Vigo; " A. L. Holmes, of Carioll. " Horace I'. Biddie, of Cass , : ;th titll 7th th '.':h lOih L G. Thompson, of .Mien ; WiiuPK.vv. Ai.. Wo are reouested by Mr. John 1 Fsher, to say tliat lie deelitiea running for Prosecutor of this Judicial Circuit. Whiffs of Old Knox. The time is now nesr at hnnd, when an opportunity will be afforded you, ol exercising that invaluable right of Freemen the ngbt ofsulTrage iho right of choosing your own county officer?, and a Keprcscntf.tivo to the Htate Legislature, for the dillerent lernn as regulated by law n riglit which we call upon every Whig voter, that day to exercise. Let no one lav away from the polls, under the solfconfident feeling, that 'there will be enough without me.' How do you know th.it? The result can only bo correctly known when ihc olec'i-n has terminated; and any inference drawn leforo that time, is done in the face of an active, disciplined, and wary opponent, ever on the alert to take advantage of every disunion among ourselves. Knowing this, fellow Whigs, lay aside every prejudice, every sectional feeiing, r.nd by securing your Representative, secure also a United States Senator. The last time we were 'Kelsoe T oat of uur right, let it not be said, that Old Knox aided a second time in such vile treachery! Letoverv Whig go to the polls tV-lingas if the result of the matter depended upon his single vote; and although one vote will elect your ticket, yet hundreds will look better, and sound better too, than unit?. Notice to WZii& The Committee of Arrangements from the different townships for the Whig Farbecue, will please meet at the Town Hall, cn Friday at 11 o'clock, A. M., on business cf importance.. ,, $ry The Whigs had n glorious rally in old rmnsm last week, , a: Grccncastle. About 3.0 'XI were there."' ' ' Wc will have somot- t( ' week about sorat J-: ' . n tbllowint, is tH'' result of the Section .1 magistrare. held in this place on Saturday, the 27:1., inst. I he gentle man electeu . a Vorthy citizen and a Whig. .' n. m. nio. s loo, II. P. BUOKAxVt 19, E. THORN . ' r, 25. -.- r-rM Louisiana.- Anef:i(V' or Congress i.nl.- nlire in this St: Y last, the result of whic' " ros:ion in the general .alt electi.'-'1- ' " Globe. Weil the result is known. The Whig hive gained one member of congress and rariiLi; ur 1. . . 1 , 1 -; i 1 1 1 1. t

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Hobcrt Dale Owen. This great gun of the modern do.nocracy or in the language of the 4,Vincennes loo loco einpie of Managers," r.g appears in t'ficir llarbecue haudluli, Jiobert Dale Ow en the el -q iunt advocate of Texas and the Rights f .M an," this greit gun is to uddrit-i- ihe d.-.-inocrac y" of Old Knox l'. day, an 1 iu order that our citizens may kiiow what kind of man tie is, and what weight bhook! bo aUached to his opinions, we ive place to t!io f.lh'wing extract of .1 letter ol !a to Mr. Dachehar, wiitten

1:1 kb.'Jl. Read it. Retlect upon it ."r'ui li ?:ro many ot the leading sutiporters of .Lu:t :x A'. I'lkf Such opposo Henry (-lit j as an immoral man! Is this a specimen of Moii:K." Fko jiu.ssivc De:eocKACV.' "1 know not what the private opinions of ihese sturdy patriots were who in the old Philadelphia Stale House appended their signanatures to the immortal document, Hut this I do know, that when they did so it was in defiance of the Rible it was in diieet violation of the law of the New Testament. This I know, that if the Daity bo the author of the Christian Scripturcd. tii signer., of tho Declaration rosistcd the law not of thr? King of 1'tigland only, but of tho God of Heaven. If a bung who cannot lie penned the Bible, then George Washington and every revolutionary soldier who drew the sword in the republic's armie-j for libertv, expiate at this; moment in hell fire the punishments of their ungodly strife! Then, too, John Hancock, and every patriot whose name stands to America's tilh deed, have taken thmr place with the devil an! his angels! All resisted the tower all, unless God lie, have received to themselves damnation! "Tho text is plant as language can iiia!;e it the conclusion irresistible. For .MY V.KUT, MP I KLtKVt: IN' T!H Fi:,.:.o, ANO HOFhP TO RF. V II IIctVEV I .SHOlr.P I-EEL CERT.UV .NOT TO 1 T Ml ONE Rl.V0I.Ui ioNAUY s r.! ilr tii::r!:, 1 should know that the poor Poles, who are now pouring their life's bloed like water on tho a'tar of their country's independence, shr.ll never see the face of their clfeiided Maker, but .diall t-ink from tho dark bittle field to the darker era of everlasting rniserv, there to expiate by an cu rtiity of torture, their reckless impiety in resisting tho ordinance of God embodied in the manifesto of tho Kmpcror Nicholas! R. D. OWEN.-' Attention Whig's. Read the following editorial which appears in the last 'Western Stm." "Demcchats and Federalists. We have always been plain men, and do Iiko to call things by their right names; in doing so, we intend no disrespect to any one, we call our opponents 'Federalists' not in derision, but because that is their proper cognomen. The two great partics in our country are, the one Democrats, tho other Federalists. The candidate for the Vice-Presidency, on our opponents ticket, was an original Federalist, and is one now this no one can with truth deny. "Whig," is a name they now wish to assume, and was given them by the notorious Webb, an editor in New York city, some few years since we believe they should in justice renounce the name, as all hone?: men have the originator of it." Comment on the foregoing is perhaps unnecessary. We feel assured that tho Whigs will on Monday next, at tho polls, reply as becomes them, to the charge that they are Federalists. The assertion that our candidate fer the Vice Presidency, Mr. Frelinghuysen " was an original Federalist, and is one now," wc pronounce to bo utterly untrue, and we call on tho Sun to establish this charge, or be set dow n as having made an ignorant or wilful misrepresentation. lie can take choico of the horns of tho dilem ma, "We intend no disrespect to any one; we have always been plain men, and do like to call things by iheir right names." Xed Ilannegan wh-o tongue drops manna, will be thre. Loco lland'Ul. We hope this samo "Manna" dropping tongue will bo able to explain to its hearers to day why it was that although its owuer was in tho Senate chamber when the vote, was taken on tho ratification of the Texas treaty why it was that he dodged and did not vote. He was the only Senator who did not vote on it, and as the annexation of Texas appoars to bo the sum total of "democratic" principles, why did he dodge? Explain that Master Ned. Why did you not answer to your name and vote one way or the other, like a man, and not sneak behind the benches and refuse to reply when your name was called. Tell tho people of old Knox the rea?on the reason we say. .Impropriate. Wo arc told the locos have nrenared a Texas banner under which to march to day at their Parbecue That's right. "Polk, Dallas and Texas" being their motto, it is peculiarly proper for them to rally under a Texas Hag. As for the Whigs, they tire content to marshall under tho bioad folds of the Hag of our own countrv. The "Star-spangled banner" of these United States is good enoueh for uj. I J t i ,r: v louv Clw am the

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We give below tho certificate of another Whig, whom the loco3 have placed in such bal company as ono of their committeemen, to arrange their glorious barbecue, which comes off near this place to-day. As they have, in their kindness, seen fit to advise us to discard the false n3inij of Whig, which was worn by the iinrnortal Washington, and gloried in by all the patriots of the Re volution, whilst battling under the same flag and for tiic same good causo which we now are, and adopt the appellation of ' Federalists, ' under which they have so coldly and insultingly invited us to attend their Di.mcratic barbecue, we hope they will permit us, in future, to enjoy either the name of Whig

or Federalist, without disgracing us by an association with their Lococo, Anti'Farijf, Anti-Hank, Patent, Progressive Democrats, as they have been guilty of doing in too many instances. Wo sus pect this is the way they get most of t'u names (which are not fictitious ones,) they are publishing, about onco a month, in all their papers, as Whigs who have turned Pollutes in tho nineteeth century. Vinceancs, Ju'i2, lH. I hereby certify that I am now, as I have ever been, a true and genuine Whij, and intend to vote the Whig ticket. HIS JOSEPH KIMMONS. MAKK. Witness, F. Graeteu. We find tho following copied in the last Sun: "Tho Hon J. V. L. Mc.Mahon of Raitimore, and one of Maryland's most eloquent sons, n:id who was president of tho Whig National Ratification Convention, held at Haltimore in 1 S 10, is out for Young Hickory. Tho Rahimoro Correspondent of the Hartford, (Con.) Times says that the thrill of his eloquence will in a short time be exerted in behalf of Polk, Dallas, and victory." The above went the rounds of the loco presses some two months ago, at which time Mr. McMahon came out publicly in a letter contradicting it, and stating that so far from having changed his politics, he should lend his aid to tho cause of Whig principles as heretofore, ami give his hearty support to Clay and Frelinghuysen. The Sun must be hard pushed to start this old story, so long since dead and buried,., again on its travels. Try again neighbor. 'Coiinsislcntj, thou art a jewel.' The Sun prates to hs about consistency. 'Consistency quotha'! That is a good joke. Phe Sun talk about consistency! We knock under. When mote at liscuro we shall, how ever, show with what grace a lecture on consistency comes from our esteemed con temporary. Fy tho way, en passant, how happens it that our neighbor is so strongly in favor of Rarbecues. Banners, Poko stalks, &c., now, seeing that in 1810, he denounced all such things as the gwll traps of Feder alists, to catch the ignorant and unsuspect-J inc ? Whv this change in the spirit of h 1 3 Iream? Wc merolv ask for information. Disgraceful. Such conduct a3 has this week been told us, should meet with cen sure & indignation by every one who holds that truth and honesty are the handmaids of purity and virtue. We mean the report which has been industriously circulated that Isaac Mass, tho regularly nominated candidate, had withdrawn from the con test, and was no longer a candidate for Sheriff. This is not tho only slander re ported calculated to injure tho election of1 Mr. Mass, but of the balance we say no thing, knowing that the people are too well acquainted with him to give them credence. When known, all such miserable fasehoods and their authors, should be frown ed down by an insulted people. So far from Mr. Mass backing out, we think his election almost certain indeed, we know that if the whigs of Old Knox will but do their duty and adhere to tho nominations, our entire ticket will bo elected otherwise, defeat is certain. Mark our words Williams will get nearly' the en tire democratic vote. Tea Party-. We see bv the Louisville Journal that the Whig Ladies of that pdace were to have a Tea party at tho Apollc rooms, on Thursday evening, the 23th inst. the proceeds of which are to be applied to the purchase of a splendid flag for the Banner Ward, at the August election. The ladies are tho very best of politicians; and by their zeal, should excite an emulation, in the Whigs, not unworthy of their smiles and approbation. Principles Which is the party without principles? Wc say the locofocos have no principles. If they havo any wo should like to know what they are. Will the "Sun" illuminate us on this subject? Come neighbor you say your party his principles what are they? Don't dodge, but come out in plain and straight forward language and tell ua what they are. Don't tell us what you are against, bat ': . v --re 77.,?, 'rm

I Wanted. One hundred copies of iho !l f lll l. 1 Kill I ,N.,t i.n

locjioeo uaruecutj uanu um, u pu. up throughout the county. We trust a se cond edition will be issued for general cir culation. Let everv whiff read one, if j 0 ho can get a chance, which we think doubtful as the Poikites are suppressing them as far as possible let every whig who gets one snow it to his neighbor and on Monday next let him resent the taunt put upon him by calling him a 'Federalist' bv casting his vote for men of his own party who are tho real democrats and the true friends of his country. 8 a Changes I good joke. A week or two since the locos were bo .sMngof divers changes in the county, of Whigs who had come out boldly for Polk. It seems some wags in the countrv, did say that they int-nded to vote for Polk, which was eager!- seized on by tho poor locos, who never ceased crow ing over their fancied acquisitions, till they discovered that it was Charles Polk, one of the W hig candidates for Associate judge whom these jokers meant to vote for. Since then they havo kept dark about their new converts. These conversions we take it, were about of a piece with all those of which they boast, if the facts were only enquired into. 3 mi 1 It should not ba forgotten that every Whig i:i expected to raise a I'anncr on nex Saturday, tho day of our Barbecue. Lei us bhow our colors. July 29th, 1811. A statement of the vota taken on board the steamboat Lehigh, on her trip from St. Louis to Louisville. Clay 85, Polk 21, three Democratic votes supposed not to have been taken. The Difference. Tho Whigs are for our own country against every other in the world. The pseudo-democracy prefer supporting English manufacturing interests to our own there lies iho difference. Now judge ye, which is the true British party ? Indefatigable Letter writer. Gen. Jackson has written another letter, of which Prentice says, that he claims 20 or 22 states for Polk. II is old age, is about the greenest old age, we ever heard II Ot. Wilis JIa Convention. 7,000 WHIGS IN COUNCIL ! The whigs of ' Old Gibson ' made a demonstration on the 20th ultimo, and she awoke, like a lion who shakes from his mane the dews of the morning. The evening preceding a liberty polo had been erec:ed 132 feet high, and from its loftiest point streamed tho stars and stripes, the earliest object to welcome tho light of the coming dawn: The morning arrived auspicious clear the herald of a bright and beautiful day. Amid the discharge of cannon, and to the revielle of music, the citizens awoke to more than realize ihe expectations they had formed of this wished -for event. At an early hour the thoroughfares in every direction were crowded with the eager multitude. Bands of music which had reached a point near the village, now commenced arriving. That from Mt. Carmel, Illinois, came first. Tho vehicle containing the musi cians, surmounted by banners, and in the midst a small tree, on which was ported that same old coon, ' not a pictorial savage, but in nature's just proportions. 1 lie Lvansville band was the next to ar rive, escorted by a cavalcade of citizens, who had proceeded a mile from town to receive them. From an opposite quarter came the Band from Yincennes, followed by a train of four or five hundred in carriages and on horse back. When the head of this procession arrived in town, its lengthened line was still lost behind the hills that rose in the distance. The torrent now swelled amain. Carriages 'of every description, filled with gay and happy faces, horsemen and pedestrians, added to the general concourse, that crowded and overfilled the public square. Tho ladies wore their brightest smiles, and an imated as they were by the interest of the occasion, seemed the guardian genii of the whig cause. At 10 o clock a procession was formed under the superintendence of Col. Cockram, as Chief Marshal, assisted by Capt. J. C. Warrick, Gen. W, Einbrec, A. C. Mills, Esq., and Gen. W. Daniel. Assistant Marshals. Tho ladies and music were placed in front, bear.i i i r ii l l. mg tneir own oanneis, ar.u louuweu uy all others over whom the whig spirit or gallantry held sway. The procession marched to a grove contiguous to the town, where seats had been erected for the au dience. It would be impossible to con vey an adequate idea of the spectacle to any ono who did not witness it. Every delegation marched under its own banner. The most gorgeous was one displayed by the delegation of Dubois county it presented a likeness of Clay, surrounded by objects and inscriptions expressive of the principles and measures of the whigs. Protection to home industry and a scroll on which was emblazoned Behold the Constitution Whigs do your duty. ' The banner from Vanderburgh also presented a likeness of Clay, with the inscrption " Don't you see the people risin' Tor Henry Clay and Frelinghuysen ? " The banner from Cvnthiana gave to the light 4 Clay and Frelinghuysen, Home Protection and a Whig Legislature. ' The banner from Owensville displayed a sentiment deep seated in tho heart of every whig, II. Clay, the nation's hope we know in whom wo trust. ' The ban net borne by the delegates from Mt. Carmel i was remarkable tor itjneat cv tasteful beau

ty, the national stars and stripes, with the inscription Clay and Frelinghuysen, ' on one side, on the reverse, Commerce, Agriculture and the Manufactures. ' Oid Gibson on that day displayed her banner in the field, on one side was represented

the mill bov s home, the birth place of Clay on the other, the great Whig Ball, with a whig lever and a whig multitude to give it a start ; from before it were seen dying fat office holders, and lean expectants, whilst a solitary abolitionist was treed ; on thejball wa3 inscribed the whig creed, Tariff, Bank and Distribution' Other banners glanced brightly in the sun. all appropriate and neat, and beneath their folds marched irom o to citizens. j The ladies were estimated at betwecr. ! 1,50") and 2,000. After their arrival at the point ot uestination, John A. Breck- , r tt i ennuge oi w srric;:, was appointed 'resident, John Brazelton, Sr., John I. Neelv. John Milburn, John Ilinneman, W. Revis, lobert McConnei, James Skehon, and A. P. Harper, Vice Presidents, Dr. W. Wal !in, secretary. On motion of Col. Ames, an additional Vice President was appointed from each of the counties renresented in convention. From Posey county, Ilarmin Jones, from Knox, James S. Ed wards, Vanderburgh, W. Brown Butler, Pike, Col. Shanhan, Du bois, v . t. i.raham, 1 'aviess, t. b. I erry, Wabash, Col. Jaques, Warrick, Col. Phnr, Spencer, A. Patridgs. Tho President of the day, Mr. Breckenridge, in a short and happy speech, returnod his acknowledgement for tho honor conferred upon him, felicitated the whigs on the number present, and concluded by introducing Mr. Jcnn Ewing of Knox, a veteran in the whiff arrnv. This trentleman came forward amid the applause of the multitude, and addressed them for two lours in a speech characterized by energy, arm ueep enthusiasm, i nouga time las whitened his head, it has left unquenched the fire of his eye, and the ferver of his feelings, and he now battles in the whig cause with all tho ardor of a young conscript. His thorough acquaintance with the political histor) of the past, his fearless denunciation of error, h.s bold defence of right, render him a clumpion most serviceable to his friends and most formidable to his foes. j At tho conclusion of his aidrsss, the assemblage adjourned to partak of the hospitalities which the citizens of Gibson had provided. Though the nunber w'i9 great, the preparation was equal to the emergency. There was plent even to profusion. All seemed to enjoy themselves, and the greatest cordiality and good feeling prevailed. Patriotic music and whig songs enhanced the interest of tho occasion. After the termination of the repast, all returned to listen to a speech from Mr. Pitcher of Mt. Vernon. This gentleman entered at length upon the subject of a tariff, and all who listened must have felt the force of his arguments and facts. He Jwelt with ed effect upon tho policy of protecting our own industry, upon the reciprocal advantages to be derived from such a system, and the mutual dependance of one branch of national industry upon the other. The sarcasm with which he denounced the opposite and delusive course, was scathing and blasting, and there was none who paid attention that did not ariso wiser than when they came. After Mr. Pitcher 3 speech, the follow ing preamble and resolutions were intro duced and adopted : Whereas the thousanda of patriotic cit izens who havo met here, in convention this day, to commingle sentiments, and inspirit becoming effort on tho part of all, at the approaching election to redeem our general assembly and our glorious Union, from the control of the spoilsmen who as sume the name of 1 Democracy, to urge feigned pretences and craftily devised schemes, to cover their ruinous course, and thus to deceive if not divide the United Stated ; and whereas this convention is thoroughly convinced that a return to whig measures and whig principles has become essential to the happiness, prosperity and general welfare of the Union, Resolved, That we exult in the certain prospect of electing the patriots and statesmen, Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen, to the Presidency and Vice Presidencv of the Union : and that to secure the election of a Senator to tho Congress of tho United States, for this state, friendly to the sound policy of the whigs, under which alone our state can meet her en gagements, retrieve her honor, and be come hsppy very good citizen deoiroa, we shah vigilantly endeavor to secure the election of whigs to our next general as sembly. Resolved, That the thanks of thi3 con vention be tendered to the President of the day, also to the several Vice Presidents, Marshals, and Musicians, w ho have favor ed us with their presence and services. Resolved, That the proceedings of this convention be furnished by the Secretary for publication to the Evansville Journal, Whig Rifle and Vincerines Gazette: Resolved, That the convention do now adjourn. In the evening tho Clay Club met, many from tho country yet lingered, unwilling to lose the echo of the voice of this day. The Club was addressed by Mr. Peck of Tennessee, in a humorous and facetious speech, which seemed highly entertaining to the audience. Ho was followed by Mr Terry of Daviess, who sustained tho interest of the occasion, though the hour was late and the audience wearied with the prolonged excitement of the day. All regretted that this speech had not been made under more favorable circumstances, to which ua merit so well entitled it. J he whole celebration exhibited the deep, thorough interest the whigs feel in the result of the elections their hi:

i;ul: id i tO ' :r the a. lci;?gs irv iuut pe i . and Novetn- - our rlag which eirtbl "d. ht in A a:. -urt 1 overtops ail tl . C 5 .tllli uonies in the hp r.lipp 1q nnli' no mil rf Ion f hrmQ.M n ,.- JVIVV, 1 - Will I l lil V l.J .WV-'V.,! whose waving folds, fanned by the breezes of heaven, announce that the whig army is in the field and ready for the day of battle. J. A. BRECKEN RIDGE, PresV W. Walling, Secretary. Princeton, July 21, 1814. For the Vincennes Gazette. Intercepted Correspondence. Vincennes, Ia., Julv 10, 1811. Dear Frank ; 1 promised to continue in thi letter, tho subject of the aboriginals of this continent ; and, in accordance with that promise, I proceed as follows : The most remarkable race of people found upon this continent by the Spaniards was the To!, zans, oi Toltecans, as they were some times called, who, in point of intellectualattainment might well compare with many of more modern limes. Of this fact wo may be able to judge from their own records, that, at least a century beforo the christian era they discovered a difference between the civil and solar year of six hours; which led to the introduction of in-ter-callary days ; which fact goes to prove that they excelled the ancient Egyptians, so renowned for astronomical knowledge. From the same records we are informed further that they calculated with precision eclipses, both of the sun and moem. It would take up too mu- 'o enter minutely into this part ! the so I will proceed to give f j ae it i . tionsupon their probable or u, a. of emigrations. All the tribes inhabiting 0. ; . portion of this continent tn cc v. . ; to a northern country, the na . r. ; , ;i is now lost, and can will i o !;vr -e certainty be defined ; su'iic? it, "'' comparing the tumuli tiir.t these northern regions U the z ;:itj south, they bear tho same r'i-'UPC-V ef a and thus establish tho tart J .. ' i . origin. li men, we aumi. '. tions of these people wer: southward, we at once h. the authors cf the vario which I havo alluded, . from re ; which 1 now sit. If I mistake not vo i re1 rv -, I .4 . Bailly's work "on the sc:: i . ui d;1j of Asia;" and a more highly intellectual work it has seldom been my good fortune to read upon the same subject. The commonly received opinion is, that those people, of whom I am writing, came from Asia, and crossed the Ocean in the neighborhood of Behring's Straits, to this continent ; but Baily shows in his valuable work, that these people could not have been the descendants of the present race of people in Asia because there is not to be found any certian evidence of such n fact, but quite the contrary ; but to his words : " If you see the house of a peasant composed of tho rudest materials, but here and thero interspersed with fragments of sculptured stones, or pieces of elegant columns, you must of necessity conclude that theso fragments are the remains of a palace, or elegant edifice constructed by an architect of much greater skill and abilities than the builder of that cottnge," This leads to a beautiful theory which he goes on to establish, but tho whole of which it is impossible for me to give. I will only glance at it, and leavo you to his work, for a full exposition of liis hypothesis, which I believe will stand the test of any scrutinizing ; and recent discoveries, and any others which may be made do, and will only establish it still moro clearly, in my opinion. The Chinese.are now evidently far in ferior to what theygrere once. They possess astronomical instruments they know not the use of, and have no disposition to be taught their uses; as it is a fact remarked by every intelligent writer on China, that science is stationary among them and ever has been so.' This astronomical knowledge must then, of course, havo been jjerjved from some other source. The question is, from whom, and whence was that source ? The conquerors of Babylon, the Chaldeans, were more than probably tho remains of a most ancient and enlightened nation, as they were a refined andscientific people. One fact proves this, that they ascertained the revolutions of the Comets, which was unknown to us modems, until re-discovered by Braho a Dane, a couple of centuries or so a-'o. The idolatiuos pagans of India held some ol the truths of revealed re ieion which you will find minutely related by Ramsey, in his Missionary Journal. But still tho question is unanswered, " from whence came this knowledge ? " But to M. Bailly's theory : Among the sciences as ascertained among ancient na tions we find the most similarity. For in stance, the Chaldeans, Egyptians, Persians, Chinese, and some others place their ten. pies, all tronting west; a fact which you will find noted by every antiquarian traveller. 1 hey all divide their timo into cycles of sixty years; which is another strange coincidence. Baily proves in his work that their measures are tho same, and had a common origin. He shews that the cicumferciice of the earth as given by Ptolemy at 1S0.000 stadia, by Passidonius at 210,003, by Cleomedes at ISOO.OOO.by Aristotle at 100,000 etadia.and by a Persian author at 8,000 parasang? , is precisely the same measurement; the unit of measure only differing in its length as given by these different authors. He has also shown that the long moasure of tho Greeks, Romans, Persians, Egyptians aud Indiana have all a determined relatioi;

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