,FSH HOLLINGER pH8.5 MILL RUN F3-1543 E 420 .F84 Copy 1 E.I [PUBLiSatD Bi' A CO.MWITTEE OF DEMOCKATS ^ LJai«3*£2J ^%^^s^i^. •i ^' I While AT THE South Uie Federal loaders .sti^nnatize General Cass as an Abolitionist, and proudly proclnim that Tmjlor ivonld promptly veto amjUthuj like Ihe Wihnot proviso; at the North they tixc boldly repreeenting that ii: the event ol' his elec- tion he will xot veto the Wihnot provho. This, too, notwithstanding Gen. Taylor has repudiated their version of the "Signal"' letter, and has made no mention a<" the AVilmot proviso in that tissue of duplicities— the Allison letter! Can iuinoslure and hypocrisy go farther ? Subjoined arc extracts from Southern Whig sources^, slsou'ing how General Taylor is understood at the South. We shall characterize them as GENERAL TAYLOR'S SOUTHERN FACE, "Keep it before the People — Tl'.at no man can vote for William O. Butler for Vice Picsident without voting lor Lewis Cass, the Northern Jiboliiionist, forthe higher oHice of President." — N. O. Bee, (W/iig.) " Gen. Taylor on the Proviso.— Gnc of the Tay- Jor Whig electors of Louisiana, "where candidates all take the stiunp, affirmed, in a speech at.Baton Bouge, Gen. Taylor's own residence, that the ohl General was 'all ris:hC upon the slavery qnestion; adding, 'I can assure my fellow-citizens here that Taylor will promptly veto anything like THE WiLMOT PiToviso. Ihc interests of the South are safe in his hand?.'" — iV". Q. Courier. An Alahania correspondent of the Albany Atlas writes : " The Taylor candidate for elector in this district declared tlie other day, in a public discus- sion in this county, (Greene^) 'that ihe. pcnjile of ike South liad THREE HUJN'DRED PLEDGES — alluding to Gen. Taylor'.s negroes— that he t WOULD VETO the WILMOT PKOVISO.'" \ " Jn eventful, thritlinf:, and highly dmigerovs crisis has been forced upon the country by loco Ifoco demagogttes, regardless of the sanciihj of ikat Union, which is so dear to every patriotic Jinie- iicfitn citizen. The Wilmot Pnoviso, as it is ^alled, has opkned a fearful mine be- 1*eath the foundations of the sacred con- STITUTION. That mine may explode at the HOOR OF MIDNIGHT, AND FOREVER DESTROY THE PROUDF-ST FABRIC OF HUMAN GENIUS AND VIRTUE. To avert this threatkned evil, to close the mighty chasm that begins to yawn be- tween the free and slave States, is a duly we owe to ourselves, to our posterity, to the memory of the illustrious dead. How shall this be c'one ? ' " We must elect a man for President of tite United Slates who Hues in our own sunny South; who is willing to jieril all for the Constitution ; who loves the South and HEK CHERISHED IN- STITUTIONS. ' « * . " Such a man is General Zacboj-y Taylor. He lives in thf. South, and makes twelve hun- dred bai.es OF cotton on the eanks of the Mfssifi.sipi'i. HIS INTERESTS, HIS FEEL- INGS ARE ALL WITH \]S."—Alab. Whig. The Matagorda (TexasJ Tribune, on the 22(1 ol May, has the followinq; emphatic paragraph with respect to General Tavior and the expected benefits of his election : "If elected, our institution— we speak out slavery, will be under the protection of his eagle eye and his giant arm. Who does not know that that institution is in some shape or other under daily discussion in Congress, and that at this mo- ment the Southern members are ill at ease in con- sequence of new and fearful movements bein^ made in relation to it.'" " " He know that, in this great paramount and LEADING QUESTION of the RIGHTS of the SOUTH, HE [General Taylor] is of ds, he is WITH US, and he is FOR US ["—Resolution of a Taylor meeting in Charleston, S. Q. The declaration of Col. Peyton, which follows, cannot be denied. He asserted it boldly and tri- umphantly, and vauntingly asked the people pro- sent if that looked like Wilmot provisoism .' He said that General Taylor did not approve, and did not countenance in the least, the idea of favoring such an anti-southern principle. But, let me ap- pend the declaration as I find it in the Louisiana Floridian, published at Clinton, Louisiana, under fg^ dale of Sentemljtif 2, &ni within #eVenty-live miles t)f Tajloi s residence. He stated : '^Geii. Taylor ha^ recently invested one hundred ihoueimd dollurs in rw.groes, and therefore cannot be in favor of the Wilmot proviso." — Corrcsjjon- dtnt of Uie IViishJngttm Union. " In regard to the conversation had with Gene- ral Taylor, I have to say, Ave did not talk on thc tarlff— W8 did on tho war. He expressed himsell IN FAVOR OF THE WAR; llE SAID HE WAS DF.CIDEDLY IN FAVOR OF PROSE- CUTING IT VIGOROUSLY, till they sliould yield an hoaorabls peace; HE AVAS FOR IN- DEMNITY CERTAIN, AND THAT TERRI TORIAL; wa« not wedded to any line particu- larly, but thought perhaps, as a kind of couipro- laiso with the XVilmot proviso men, we had bettei go up to Si degrees, makiuj^ the Rio Grande the wpstarn bound.'jrv up to that degrne ; and said, THE SOUTH SiKJULD INEVER AGREE TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE ^VILMOT PRO VISO; although he did not believe there evei would bo slavery there, yet if ti^ie country ua?: acquired, the citizen.^ should be lelt free on tli u subject. Ko says A EL MKXICO WILL EVEN- TUALLY COME INTO OUR (XJVERNMENl BY DEGREES, that IT CANNOT BE AVOID- ED. On the subject of politics, h-i said he was DO politician; had been three-fourthg of his lifr in the army ; devoted his time and mind to thai serTice, und paid but little attention (o anything else." — Slaleineii'fryni on^ of llie Committee of thi Mi'isifisifipi Legi'Slatiire appointed to invite General Ttrylor to visit that State. Iii a letterto tho editor of the Tuscalocjsa (Ala.) Monitor, General Taylor says : " In reply to your remarks concerning a lettei which I addressed sonje time .since to iho cilitoi of the Cincinnati SigUiil, I have no liesitation in stating that it was not my intention in that com- munication to express an opinion either in con- currence with, or in opposition to, any cf the ■views etabracfcil in the editorial article to which it refers." " Girwrai Taylor, a Sovthcm man, the destiny oj himself and his children identified with i a.'V'i OF THE SouTU, his immense 'wealth CON.'SIST- ING IN SLAVES, trnd land whicli has to be CUL- TIVATED BY SLAVES TO REiNDERIT VA LUABLE — he an enemy to the South I he infacor of prosh-ating Southern rights and interests .' The very qwintes^efice of absurdify ! TliEY MIGHT AS WELL SAY THAT GEN. TAYLOR IS A PSEE NEGROr— iJfor/o/i {Ala.) Review, a Tay- lor pqper. " lsi',-jrimis new3 — The Union preserved — Repudi- tttion of the IViimol proviso by the Whig Ccmven- tion. — The friends of the South, as well as of the Union, will learu with inexpressible satisfaction that Iha Whig Convention PROMPTLY MET THE QUESTION OF THE WILMOT PRO VISO, AND REPUDIATED A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THAT DOCTRINE, AT ONCE BY AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY — IT WOULD NOT TOUCH THE UNCLEAN THING. ''How different this generous and patriotic ac- tion from the dangerous sectional fanaticism of the Democratic Convention. It will be recollect- «d that a resolution was introduced there by Mr. Yancey to repudiate tlie proviso, which the Con- vention rcfuiml to do, by a vole of 216 to 86. — This vote aimed a death-blov/ to the rights of the South^ and its eti'ect has been to cast gloom and dismay in the hearts of those who struggle for the preservation of our glorious Union. Doubts and fears began t(j overwhelm the public mind, lest •i\'i:n the Whigs, the gieat conservative party of th« Union, ALSO AIIGFIT BE INFECTED WITH THIS HERESY, and have yielded to the 'progressive' notions of the Locofocoism of the age. Thanks to a kind Providence, which has al- ^yays watched over our belovt-d land, a party still e.vists determined to regard the ' compromiics of the Cori!!fitu4ion,' &,c., and those just and equal rights to ail sections, without which our glorious Union cannot exist one moment. THEY HAVE MET THIS INCENDIAIIY AND DESTRUCTIVE PR INCIPLE AS IVIIIGS-in the old Whig spirit of enlightened patriotism of the patriotic lathers, and on which the party is founded. THEY UAP.ED TO STAND UP AND MEET THIS FIREBRAND OF UNPRINCIPLED FAC- TIONISTS boldly (as the Democratic Conven- iion did not) — to meet it as men aware of their duties, like their great leader at Buena Vista, 'a.-lving no favors and shrinking from no respon- sibilities' — to cast it out of their Convention in the !eclh of these infvriated fanatics, ami to declare that 't was no part, and. should be no pari, of the Whig creed. This the Democratic Convention would not do. We congraluiate the Soulh — we congratu- late the Southern mon, who have never appealed to tlie fidelity, honor, patriotism, and generosity, of their Northern Whig brethren in vain. We congratulate the Union that there is still one great patriotic party which is determined to resist the mad and malign intluence, which, if unchecked, would soon leave of its sacred rights but the name." — Alabama Journal. "The subjects of a tariff, bank, and internal improvements, are dwaried into insigniiicant di- mensions when compared with the great and over- ^liadowing one which an unprincipled Northern anil Northwestern Democracy has dared to throw before the people, [alluding to the free territcry principle.] It is of vital consequence that the Soulh should march up to this question. By BIUrH, EDUCATION, SKNTIMENT, FEELING, AS- SOCIATION, AND INTEUESr, GEjNERAL TaYLOR IS ONE OF US. The SoutJi may well answer the North through him, and redeem the pledge it has mode to support no man who is not of us or with us." — Charleston (S. C.) Courier. " One reason why the South should sustain Tay- lor tor the Presidency with great unanimity is, because his nomination affords a final and unlook- ed for chance of electing a Southern man to that oifice. The importance of placing at the head of Govf.rnment one who, from birth, asso- ciation, and CONNECTION, is identified with the South, and vriil fearlessly uphold litjr rights and guard her from oppression, cannot fail to strike every mind. In tlds view, his election be- comes a question of vital moment to the SLAVE- 3 HOLDING PORTION of the ConfedfTicy."— New Orleans Bee. "Who is General Taylor? and vvheie dons he live? f'verybody kiiovx-s that he is a cilizei} of Louisiana; an extensive and successful farmer; and owns inoie slaves than the most of his slander- ers can ever hope honestly to obtain. Is there any fear of sucl-i a man on this subject? Born in a slave Stale, and still reiidin0 4(), viz : Fov 10 ratiuus per day at 20 cents per ration, fron; Oct. 9, IS 13, to May 29, 1822, allowed by Mr. CalhouQ, Sec'ry of War, on account of the great ■ expense attending his intercourse with the In- dians as superin"t of Indian affairs . ;3i'6,610 00 For office-rent, clerk-hire, fuel, sta- tionery, &.C., from Oct'r 9, 1S13, to July 31, 1S31, at S'l>500 per annum, allowed by Mr. Calhoun, Secretary of War, Nov. 2, 1821, and drawn af- terwards, pursuant to that decision - 2C,71j 00 For services in superintending the In- dian agencies of Piqua, in Ohio; Fort Wayne, in Indiana; and Ctiicago, in Illinois, at i3>'l,500 per annum, from Jan. 1, 1S22, to July 31. 1S31, allow- ed by Gen. P. B. Porter, Secretary of War, on an opinion of the Hon. Wm. Wilt, Attorney General of the U. States, in favor of the allowance — the said ctgtiicics not being within Gen. Cass's jurisdiction as superin- tendent of Indian attaiib for Michi- gan, and the services beiog therefore extra, and not required of him by law 14,875 00 For services and expenses as commis- sioner in t!ie negotiation of numerous Indian treaties, by which near one hundred miliionB of acrts of land was acquireii, worth at least Uiree hun- dred millions of dollars; for expen- ses in coming to, and while at Wash- ing;ton, in preparing a code for the reorganization of the Indian depart- ment, and, on one occasir-n. to aid in tiie settlptnent of his targe and com- p'icated accounts for disbursements as superintendent of Indian affairs — the services having been rendered and the expenses incurred at various periods between 1S14 and 1S29, and the allowances therefor having been made by the Sec'ry of War for the time being .... 12,71200 For pay and allowances as a captain, as compensation for his services, in the discharge of outstanding debts in Michigan Teiritory, (under an ap- pointment of the acting Secretary of War, Mav 12, 1S17,) from May 12, 1817, to June 28, 1821, allowed by the Secretary of War . . 2,576 63 For compensation for services paying claiuis of th.a late war; being the pay, &c. for one year, of an assistant dep- uty quartermaster general, allowed by the Secretary of' War , . 1,001 80 Total . . . ^-68,990 4f> Oi this amount, we clearly showed, in the arti- cles upon the subject published in our paper on the lOfh and i6th instant, that $4(;,9j4 50 was tlir dcluai expenses and expenditures incurred by Gen. Cass in the performance of the duties imposed r ■' . . by which he was not therefore benefited one cent; thus leaving only $17,035 96, as extra compensation for a large amount of extra services, extending through neatly nineteen years, and the value of which, both to the Government and to the Indians ia his charge, could scarcely be computed. We now turn to the otlier picture — the extra allowances to General Taylor — taken from reports made by the proper accounting otiicers, and laid before the House of Representatives during the last session, but which General Taylor's friends (the Whigs) would not suffer to be published. — We restate these allowances, as published in our paper of the 16th instant, with some additional information in regard to the present pay and extra allowances of the Whig candidate for the preei- dency. Ist. Allowances over and above pay, given sep- arutciy in the reports. SECOND AUDITOR'S REPORT. Ercvet pay and ecaoluuicnts . . *$8,564 04 Double rations .... 12,605 00 THIRD AUDITOR'S REPORT. Transportation of officers' baggage . 3,723 15 Commutation of quarters andlue! . ]58'i Oe) Per diem allowance on court-martial duty . . . . . 233 02 ;^25,703 30 2d. Allowances mixed up with his pay, under the head of " Pay and Eraolumeiits." 4 rations per day as lieutenant and cap- tain, from May 3, 1808, to Sept'r 5, i812~l,0S5 days^ and 6,340 rations at 20 cents .... 1 ration for 1 servant for same time . Allowance as pay for 1 servant, same time, at §7 per month Allowance, clothing for same, at $2 50 per month .... 4 rations ner day as major, from Sept. 5th, lBi2, to April 20, 1819—2,417 days, and 9, 60S rations at 20 cents . 2 rations for 2 sr:rvants for same time Allowance as pay for same, same time, at ^7 per month each . , Allowance for clothing .same, at §2 50 per month each Allowance for forage for 3 horses, same time, at #8 per month each 5 rations per day as lieutenant colonel, from A;>ril 20, 1S19, to to April 20, 1829— .S,650 days, and 13,250 rations at 20 cants .... 2 rations for 2 servants, for same time Allowance as pay for 2 servants, same time, at ^7 per month each . Allowance, clothing for same, at $2 50 per Djonth each Allowance for forage Ibr 3 horses, same time, at ^:S per month each . 6 rations per day as colonel, from April 20th, 1339, to Dec'r 23, 1837—3,169 days, and 19,014 ratious at 20 cts. . 2 rations for 2 servants, same time Allov.'dnce as pay for same, same timo, at $7 per month each Allowance for clothing for same, same time, at .'^■2 50 per month each Allowance for forage for 4 horses, same time, at ^S per iiionth e'ach . 12 rations per day as brigadier gener.il, from Dec'r 25tn, 1S37, to June 29th, ,•^•1,263 00 317 00 364 76 130 27 1,9.53 60 966 SO 1,112 48 397 31 i.sys 89 3,650 00 1,460 00 1,680 00 600 CO 2,8S0 00 3,802 80 1,267 60 1^453 60 520 92 3,333 96 * From this sum the amount of brevet emolu- ments should be deducted, as they are embraced in the next class, which are made up according to his brevet rank when lie was in comirj.aud, and re- ceived " pay and emoluments" in accordance with that rank. t The value of the '• quarters and fuel in kifid" I'uraishod to him, when he did not draw commu- t.ition therefor, vvc have been unable to ascertain. It v.'ould, however, amount to a coijsiderable wni. 1846—3,106 days, and 37,272 rations at 20 cents .... 7,454 40 8 rations for 3 servants, for same time 1,863 60 Allowance as pay for same, same time, at ^'7 per month each . . 2,144 41 Allowance, clothing for same, at $:2 50 per month each . . . 765 86 Allowance for forage for 5 horses, same time, at $H per month each . . 4,083 97 15 rations per day as maj. general, from June 29, 1846, to Dec'r 31, 1847 — 531 days, and 8,265 rations at 20 cts. 1,6.j3 00 4 rations for 4 servants, for same time 440 SO Allowance as pay for same, same time, at .5f7 per month each . . 507 20 Allowance, clothing for same, at $2 50 per month each . . . 181 15 Allowance for forage for 7 horses, for same time, at ^'8 per month each . "1,016 36 ;g-49,i55 74 Total of both classes . . §74,864 04 Thus VYc see that while the Whig presses and orators have been "ringing the chang'^s" all over the country, to the effect that Gen. Cass has re- ceived (he enormous sum of ^63,990 46 for extra allowances — more than two-thirds of which was for actual expenses and expenditures, and did not therefore benefit him a farthing — and indulging fheir relined taste by calling him "plunderer," " robber," " iliief," and other polite epithets com- mon in (heir political vocabulary, their own can- didate has received in extra allowances over and above his pay as an officer of the army, up to the (irst of January last, the very moderate sum of >J.74,S64 04, which does not include the value of the "quarters and fuel" furnished him during his long period of service, and which would amount to several thousand dollars additional. . The last accounts of the Whig military candi- date for the presidency show bin: to be now in re- ceipt of the following sums per month, as pay and ;xtra allowances : PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF MAJ. GENE- RAL TAYLOR PER MONTH. Pay .... . $(200 00 Allowance for quarters, 8, rooms, at $15 120 00 Allowasice for fuel, S cords of wood for self, and 2-3 of a cord for four servants, at $3 per cord . . . .69 33 Allowance for subdistence for self,. thir- ty R.\TioNs PER DAY, at 20 ccnts per ration . . . . . 180 00 Allowance for four servants, 4 ration's per day, at 20 cents . . . 24 00 Allowance for clothing for same, at|t2 50 each . . . . . 10 00 Allowance as pay for same, at $8 each . 32 00 Allowance for forage for 7 horses, at $8 each . . . . . 56 00 Making . . .691 33 Sis hundred and ninety-one dollars and rJllRXy-THUKE CENTS PER MONTH, WHICH IS SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED A.ND NINE- TY -FIVE DOLL AI!S AND NINETY-SIX CENTS A YEAR, \Yliich this military candidate for the presidency receives, and is determined to hold on fo, unles? the good people can be gulled, as the availabiPty- no-pnnciple Whig party hope, into eipcting him to that high office. The Democratic candidate, on being nominated, immediately relinquished every- thing—dignity of station and salary, and placed himseli in the hands of the people. ScnUtimita of Distinguished Patriots. " In contemplatins" the causes which may dis- turb our Union, it occurs, as a matter of serious concern, that any ground should have been fur- nished for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations— Northern and Southern, Atlantic and Western : whence designing men may endea- vor to excite the belief that there is a real dilier- ence of local interests and views. * * "You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heart-burnings which spring from these misrepresentations ; they tend to ren- der alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal aifection."— ir«s/i. ingtoii's Farewell Address. " We behold systematic eilbrts publicly made to sow the seeds of discord between diiierent paitiei ot the United Stales, and to place party divisions directly upon geographical distinctions; to excite the South against the Norlli, and the NorUi againsi the South, and to force into the controversy the most delicate and exciting topics; topics vpoti which it is impossible that a large portion of t/ii Unio'n can ever speak without strong emotion. ' ^"Mutual suspicions and reproaches may in time create mutual hostility; and artful and designing men will always be found who are ready to Ibmen' these fatal divisions, and to inflame the natural jealousies of diiierent sections of the country.— The history of the world is full of such examples, and especially the Jiistory of republics."— J«c/t-. son's harewell Address. "Let us cling to the Constitution and the Uniox. as the surest and most etacient mode of promo- ting the cause of liberty in our own country and throughout the world. "It there be those among us who, misled by a mistaken sympathy, or by sudden excitemeni upon any subject, are forgetlul of their obliga- tions to the whole country, to the Constitutioi, and the U/iion, let us use every effort of persua- sion and example to a\iaken them to a sense ol their dangerous error. If those who, lor the sak< of private interest, personal ambilion, or momen- tary poUlicul success, are willing to experiment upon the public passions, to treat lightly Iheii constitutional obligations, to foment sectional jeal- ousies, and raise up geographical distinctions within the Union, let the absence of our counte- nance and support convince such that the pefsonal gratification or public services of any living man are not objects of sufficient magnitude to be gaineii at the expense of the harmony of the country, the peace of the Union, or a single letter in the list of our constitutional duties."— 6W«s Wright. " If we are not struck with judicial blindness, we shall cling to this Constitution as the mariner clings to the last plank, when night and the tem- pest close around hhn."— Lewis Cass. DOCTRINE OF MARTIN VAN BUREN IN 1S44. " My name and pretensions, however subordinate, shall never be at the disposal of any person what- ever, for the purpose of creating distraction or divl- sion in the Democratic party, and every aUemjit to use them for such a purpose, WHENKvtR and WHtREVKR tmide, shall be arrested by an inter, ference on ?ny part, alike prompt and decisive. I regard the Presidency as liie highest and most hon- orable ofpoliiical distinctions, but it is only as the UXDOUBTED AND FREE-WILL OrFERIXG OF THK Democracy of the Nation that 1 would accept it." BRITISH PRESS HOSTILE TO GEN. CASS AND FAVORABLE TO TAYLOR. "The triumph of Gen. Cass would indicate a continuation of the aggressive policy of the two last Presidents, and might excite in our minds ^reat distrust of the future relations of the United .-states with this country. Mr. Van Buren. who has already hlled the olKce of President, would be far less objectionable, though his chance of suc- cess is probably a small one. Mr. Clay is merely put forward by the con.-tancy of his old friends; and upon the whole, unless some unknown candi- date should be started upon us before the election, we are inclined to look upon Gen. Taylor as the' fittest and best man to be President of the United States, and the one most likely (o be raised to that ■xalted post by the voice of the peogle."— Xo«(/o?i Tunes. "The Democratic party, with many statesmen ot ability in their ranks, fix u|)on a person who aas nothing to recommend him save a quarrelsome )ropensity, and a particular haired to Great Bri- tain and her colonics. Gen. Cass occupies about 'he same position among the peaceable and entei- prising portion of his countrymen, that O'Connor ind Mooney fill in the ranks of the Irish repealers. The latter are ardent ad'nirers of libei-ty, and un- lualiiied denouncers of tyranny and Saxonism— ^ylth the Atlantic between them and their enemies. So with General Cass. "A ' free soil, free labor, and free speech' party las boen organized, which embraces all races and ■olors, and every shade of political opinion. A con- vention of this body was held in Buffalo last week, it which the greatest unanimity prevailed. Ano- ther feature in this movement is, the reccgnition of 'he colored population as Jrcemen, in every sense cf 'he vvord, and an ejctension to them of the right fo lahberate and legislate upon questions affecting 'he welfare and government of the country. " Four parties may thus be said to be in the ueld, and although we do not anticipate the «uc- cess this year of the 'free soil' men, yet (our years will make a vast difference in their positior and probably en:ible them to place their candi- lale in the chair. Of course SUCH A KESUf T WOULD SOUND THE DEATH-KNELL OF ruE \JmON,"—Numilton {Canada) Sjpcctutor. SLAVERY IN CALIFORNIA. It will b9 s«en by the following extracts, that a prohibition of slavery in California can be attend- ed with no practical results. Under such circum- stances, uill not all good Democrats withhold their countenance and support from those who are ur- Sixis. this issue at the expense of the Union and success of the Democratic party ? " No one who has ever visited this country, and who is acquainted with the character and value of slave labor in the United States, would ever ihink of bringing his own slaves here, with any view to profit, nmcli less would he purchase slaves tor such a purpose. Their labor here, if they could be re- tained as slaves among peons nearly of their own color, would never repay the cost of transpoita- tion, much less the additional purchase money. "The profits of labor are too inadequate lor the existence of negro slavery. Slavery, as practised by the Mexicans, under the form of peonage, which enables their master to get the services of the adult while in the prime of life, without the obligation of rearing him in infancy, wipporting him in old age, or maintaining his family, atkrds no data for estimating the profits of slave labor as it exists in the U. SU{tis."—MaJ.Emonj, U. .s.^. "Every Bound-niindcd mi>.n in California will endorse the sentiments of Mr. Buchanan, i hey are sensible, and just, and will commend them- selves to universal approbation on this side ol the Rocky mountain.^. Nowhere could there be less pretext for tlie introduction of slavery than in California. The country is well known to be re- markably healthy. The natives of all portions ol the United States enjoy the same health here as on their own soil, and we are capable ot enduring the same hardships and fatigues. We have nothing to create sickness, and nothing to call for a cla=s of laborers forming an unfortunate caste in society, of a color unlike that of the proprietors ot the soil. At present, there is not a slave in Calilornia, and the power of the government is inadequate, it is believed, to their general introduction. Ihose who attempt the transler of their slaves Irom the East to the West of the Rocky mountains, unit meet with the intvilable loss of their property. They minht as well atiempl to remove them to Aftu Lu- glmid or to CasatZa."— California Star. HOSTILITY OF GEN. TAYLOR TO THE VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS. As G-'n. Cass's course in respect to the volun- teers has been made the theme of Federal calumny aud falsehood, something in relation to Gen. 1 ay- lor's treatment of them may not prove uninterest- ing to the public. Subjoined is an article from the Coshocton (Ohio) Democrat: " The St.\te of Ohio, Coshocton co., ss. " Personally came before me, the under- signed, an acting Justice of the Peace, in said county, William Jons and Jacob S. Hunt, and made solemn oath that they be- longed to the 3d regiment Ohio volunteers, and were present in the town of Marin, in Mexico, and heard Gen! Taylor swear in the most blasphemous manner, that all the volunteers were a G— d d—d set of thieves, and that such men would run, rather than tight, at the first sight of the enemy— for no other cause than that a boy had killed a chicken at a deserted ranch or c.ibin in said town. JACOB S. HUNT, [ WILLIAM JONS. " Sworn to and subscribed before me, this Istdayof July, A.D. 1S4S. G. F. CASSINGHAM, /. P. '• I hereby certify that I fully concur with VIessrs. Hunt and Jons in the aflidavits they have made in relation to the blasphemous md slanderous words used by Gen. Taylor towards the volunteers at Marin, in Mexi- co. F. W. O'HARA. '•Witness — James Dickson, G. F. Cassinghaih. "Coshocton, Ohio, July 3, 1848." A Statement of Facts. " Mr. Editor : Having been a member of com- pany B, 3d Ohio volunteers, who served in Mexico under the command of Gen. Z. Taylor, and haviiig ascertained that it is denied that Gen. Taylor ever used blasphemous or slanderous language towards ;he volunteers whilst in service— a:. d having learn- ed that the members of this company are charged, by some, with tlms slandering General Taylor, and that for political etfect -I would ask leave, through your paper, to make a plain slatement of facts, that ■ve may be set right in rcjiard to the charges pre- ferrcd against us, viz., Jbu^e of Gen. Taylor. " Hashing been relieved by Colonel Ilamtranick s Virt^inia legiment, we took up our line of inarch at i2 o'^'clock ;?t night, expecting to encount^-r Urrea iiid his force eveiy hour. Unadvised as to the re- mit of the battle of Buena Vista, we pursued our :orced march for four days, against hunger, thirst, md fatigue, fearing no danger. We had already >vercome the distance ot 100 miles, with nothing but hard crackers and salt pork— with but half ra- tions at that— when we relieved Major Giddings aid his small command, who were surrounded by Urtea's force in the plaza at Ceralvo. Urrea fled it cur approach, and we pursued him on. The lead and inangUd bodies of our countrymen were scattered on each side of the road for many miles— 1 sight suilicient to excite the keenest passion of revenge in the most callous heart. Many of those •Jius murdered were our companions of tlie 2d Ohio regiment, who had fought their way through a few lays previous ; and others were unarmed teamsters ai d travellers, whom the Mexican bandits had mur- dered and plundered in cold blood. Revenge rose spontaneous in every patriotic breast, and extermi- nation would have been too mild to have satisfied our feelings at that time. " The advanced guard of the command having reached the deserted town of Marin, instead ot meeting Gen. Urrea, as we anticipated, tliey met General Taylor, tvitli l,10(/'ofhis command, inclu- ding BragjDr's battery, who having defeated die hosts of Sanla Anna, liatl marched to open his commu • nication to the rear, which had been cut olf by Urrea, Geu. Taylor at this time stood high in our estimation, aiid we had hoped to meet a man as generous as he was brave. As he was entering the town of Marin, and before he was known to our men, one of the guard — as we were informed attWe time — seeing a chicken, secured it "for keeps." Starved as the men then were, we hardly doubt if any man in tlie army would fail to ha\e done the same thing, for the town was deserted, and its in- habitants had joiued Urrea and his force. General Taylor being near, and seeing the offender perpe- trate this awful crime, after ordering one of his- body guard to arrest him, strip him of his belts, &c., rode up to the guard and used the following lan- guage — an reported by all the mciabers ofllie L>;itard, some of whose veracity cannot be doubted, whos^ statements were immediately reported among the troops, and universally credited, viz: — '■^ Yoa are all a G — d d — d set of thieves and cowards ; you never come here to fight, but to )ob and plunder, and will rvn the first i^iglit of the enemy." Lan- guage in this strain was the lirst saluta'.ioii we re- ceived Irom General Taylor. It was addressed to about 60 men who formed the advance guard, n\u\ were detailed four or five from each company.— The language and conduct of Gen. Taylor went through the command like wildliro. "The excitement of this march, and the stirr- ing events which followed, served to allay tlie feel- ings of indigiation which pervaded the breast o' every soldier in th« cominan.i. We were also re minded by our olhcers that it was neces^Hry (or us to submit, to promote the discipline of the army : and, therelbre, nothing wa« done further tlian n private expression of our feelings uj)ou the sul)iect. It was always a tlieine of convers.ition ainoag thf troops, and since our return have freely talked o( the matter; but recognizing General Taylor as ai officer of tlie regular service, we ever deemed i: unnecessary to expose publicly his conduct tov.ard- lis as citizen soldiers. But since he now sland.- before the people as a cindidate for the highesi civil oliice from the citizens of this Republic, we deena it our duty, as well as our privilege, to ex- pose his character and conduct, keeping trulh anci juslice in view, that other citizens, v>ho are iioi soldiers, may never feel the iiijuries of his tyran- nical and I'ieadstrong disposition — and not only so but that we may remove the censura from oil' us. viz : of lying upon General Taylur." ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS. " Coshocton, Onio, July 1, 184S. "The undersigned, members of compa- ny " B," third regiment Ohio volunteers, who served under the command of Majoi General Taylor in ilexico, having learned that it has been disputed within the last few days, in Coshocton, that Gen. Taylor ever called the 3d Ohio regiment a set of G — d d d thieves and robbers, and that the) only came the^e to rob and plunder and not to fighl, hereby certify, that the above state- ment by one of our number is a true history of the facts as they occurred to us at the time. And, it having been denied that such statement was ever made public by any of the volunteers until after the nomination of General Taylor for the presidency, say — That those on guard that day published the fact immediately; that it became a universal talk among the volunteers ; that it was uni- versally credited ; and that it created univer- sal dissatisfaction. And further say, that without exception or reserve, the above facts were publicly talked of by us after our return. CiiAs. Co.\LEY, R. Banks, 2d Lt., B. F. Sells, Sa31uel Blrns, Jr. S.B. Crowley, 1st It. Jos. Sawyeis, Jas. DiCKSOiV, J. S. Hoover, R. J. Harrison, R. W- Burt, Sam'l Alexander, Edward More, J. H. Williams, Van O. Cresap, Edward Johnson, DIoses Aunspaugh, J. D. Workman, 2d It. J. B. Crowlev, Elisiia Morrow, Henry Simith. General Ta'jJer and the IVhiuteers in the Florida W^ar, On the part of officers of the regular army, tliere has ever exi.stcd a feeling of contempt tor the vol- unteer soldiers of the republic. Events, which give the character of the man and his fi!elin{js, show that Gen. Taylor is far from being free from this unjust jirejudice, and that it has showed itself being before the war with Mexico commenced by the act of that republic. The Lafayette (Indiana) Courier has the following : "Gen'. Taylor and tjie Voi.u.\tkkrs. — To -:how that Taylor's hostility to the volunteer sol- diery of our country is no new thing with that in- lividual, it is only necessary to refer to his 'Re 101 1' of the battle of Okeechoebee, in which h« •dhcially stated that ' the Missouri volunteers icted as well as volunteers ii^nalli/ do — they iired iiie round and then broke id run!' " Sppaking of tills matter, the Platte Argus asks "he attention of Missourians of all parties to the (bliowing resolutions passed by the State Legisla- iiVe of Missouri, in February, 1839, in rslation lo the conduct of Gen. (theu Col.) Zachary Taylor. It should be recollected that the m:st promincn Whig members of the I^egisiature took a mo'^' active part, and the St. Louis Republican ai i other \Vhig prints not only endorsed them, 1;;:,' leiiounced Colonel Taylor most bitterly. A man unworthy of commission' in the army is certainly not lit to be Piesident. Here are the resolutions: " ' Resolved by the Senate and House of Ixeprcsc7i- 'titifcs, That so much of Col. Z. Taylor's repoit )f the battle of Okeechoebee, which charges that the Missouri volunteers and spies mostly broke anil fell back (o the baj^gage, and that the repeat- ed efforts of his staff could not rally them, is proved to be unfounded, not to say uninienlionally false. '' ' Rcsotved, That Col. Z. Taylor in his report of the battle of Okeechoebee, has done manifest injustice to the Missouri volunteers and spies, and that said report roas not founded on facts as they occnrred. " ' Resolved, That a commanding officer who has wantonly misrepresented the conduct of men who have promptly done their duly and gallarUTy sustained him in battle, is unicortlty a coinmisswn in the army of the United States." A VILE FEDERAL. SLANDER NAILED. "General Cass is the hero of Hull's surrender. Ordered away by Ceneral Hull before the attack upon Detroit by the British, General Cass received no intelligence of the disaster till he was sum- moned by a single British officer, fourteen miles from Detroit, to yield, and he did yield : with two or three regiments of men, Gen-. Cass surrendered to a single British oflicer, Iburteen miles from any other enemy. If Gf?n. Hull committed treason, is not General Cass a traitor ? Yes, lie is an ass AND A VILLIAN. He SHOULD HAVK nEEN TRIED AND hung; he should HAVE BEEN TRIED AND SHOT, at that very time," &.c, — Report of T. Butler King's speth in A^etv Jersey. Extract of a letter from Gen. Jesvp to Hon. Jtob^t, Smith, refuting the above falsehood, "As the acting adjutant general of the army, I detailed that detachment, and, by the order of General Hull, placed Col. McArthur, (not Col. Cass) in command of it. The General directed that the dotachment should consist of one hundred and fifty men from Col. McArthur's, and the same number from Colonel Cass's regiment, and a few mounted men were directed to accompany it. Before the detachment marched, a numberof vol- unteers joined it from both regiments, so that the aggregate force when it left tlie camp was about four hundred men. Colonel Cass was not a part of the detail — he joined as a volunteer. When I understood that he desired to go, I objected to two colonels going with so small a detachment; but the service was considered by us all as extremely perilous. Colonel Cass claimed it as a right to share the dangers with his men, and he was per- mitted by the Gericral, ot ordered, to accompany them. On the 16th of August General Hull surren- dered the fort and army, by capitulation, to the British forces under the command of Major Gen- eral Brock, and included Col. McArthui's detach- ment in the capitulation. The colonel had been ordered by express to return to Detroit, and he was within three or four miles of the fort when he received intelligence of the surrender. He fell back about three miles to the river Huron, where he received the articles of capitulation, witii an order from General Hull to surrender. The colonel was, 1 believe, bound in ^ood faith to surrender; but whether he was or not, he was compelled to submit, for he had not a day's sub- sistence, nor a dozen rounds of ammunition for his command. He was as gallant a .«!oldier, and as patriotic a citizen, as the country could boast ; and he did all that was possible under the circum- stances ; but whether the surrender of the detach, ment was right or wrong, he alone was responsible for it. Colonel (now General) Cass had no more to do with it than the honorable gentleman who makes the charges against him. From the foregoing statement, you perceive that there was not even a single regiment to sur- render, nor was Col. Cass in command at the time and on the occasion referred to by Mr. Kin<^. That gentleman has been so unfortnnate in the ran- dom statement of his facts, as not to have slvmbled vpon a single truth. His charges I know to be ut- terly unfounded from beginning to end. There is nothing in the history of the country, written, or un- wriJien, to justify any one of them in the smallest degree, ./is to Gen. Cass, I served with him in two campaigns, a part of the time under his orders, and attached to his brigade. I have seen him in situations and under circumstances that would test the courage of any man, and he never faltered ; but uhcays acted in accordance with the dictates of high couru'^e and patriotism. Whatsoevtr may be the course of others, he is never the apologist of the enemy, bui is always found on the side of the coun- try. ■ I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant, - TH. S. JESUP. TIIF.VSIS TO BE KEPT /wV *T!r/.Vi;. 1. That MILLARD FILLMORE voted fbr the odious BANKRUPT LAW, while the gallant WM. O. BUTLER opposed it in all the stages of its progress. 2. That while WM. O.BUTLER spoke and voted for remitting the fine imposed on Gen. JACK- SON by a corrupt Federal Judge, MILLARD FILLMORE opposed so slight an act of justice to the nobie Hero of New Oilcans. 3. That Hie Philadelphia Whig " Slaughter-house" Convention, by an overwhelming vote, i