illllli^ iiiiiii illtjiiiiiiiisiiiilw!'' iiiiiii ^liiiliiiliir? iiltl! illiiiiiili ''11 I mi 'I Ili^iliiifiiiiiiiPi iiii •^./ .xN^^ ^\\'' ^V "^ '• ij^ ^ \^ ^. V% -^, ^, .'v^C^^ ,^ _^x? s__.-' . r ,oc' "■^ tha: la to ^nv. the question of ov^-:. I,;,- .11. ri i . : . i:i (,,.'.; the credentials a!.^. ; I, . . 1 , . .. i not now be made l_; . :',i ;, i;i n m .y .: .- . i liy" upon the table, and tliere it ^ImuUl li- till n us ;is- certaiiied who are the meintiera of the conven- tion After that it can be taken up, and we can proceed to action. At all events, I 'shall now prO' ceed to riiicharga the duty incumb.-int upon me, Smd make tho report by the unanimous order of ve meet here as Whigs; we me rs. [Applause.] We meet he un r.!.iert-\\ ill) l.ut one nui pose m proud to call my pcrsjnal friend and pout ither. [Apphuse.] ientlenr:n, I fei 1 that I possess but sume H -liamentary experience, and that I bring to charge of the duties of the position but few ed by Air. Heei.,. -.vas adopted; i "Re^vlvcd, Tiial on every vote on which a div sionsh-Ube ordered, each State •'-" ' "'' THE SIGNAL. rulca of the Hiiii-ifj of Repre»entalivcs be ad^pl as the rules of thia conveation, eo far;aa the sa: mayl»e applicable." Mr. Dmicau, of I^ouialaca, inoveil the folio "Resolocd, That a ooininittce, to consist of one ineml'er from each .State in the Union represented in this Convention, be appointed, whose duly it shall he to draft a series of re3oIutions exprrasivc of ihs senti.nenU of the VVhiffs of the Union on the g-re:it doctrines cherished bj Iheni— or otherwise, a platform of principles to bo maintained by the Wbiffsinthe That (Be members be s< le.i-ted by the delegates from each Siate, each State represented appointing its own ineiii- ber, and the committee to appoint its own chair- "Resoliied, That this convention will not pro- ceetl to ballot for, or otherwise nominate a candi- date for Preeiilont or Vice President, until said coinmitlco ehall h.ive reported, and this conven- tion shjU have tsken fi.ial action on said report." The coneideration of these reeolutions at this stage was opposed by Mr. Van Trii.mp (Ohio) and others, and urged by Mr. Duncan and olhcre. Finally, under the operation of the previous quee tion, t'c first resolution was adopted, by yeas 199. n.tji97. ■' A deletrate from Ohio said the dciegalion was divid.d, thrre being- ten yeas and tiiirtecn rays; but subsequently the full vote was given in the ne- gative Mr. Healy, of Ohio, said he ebould lilie to enter his Vote the oUiar way. Messrs. Campbell, Ouke, and Vail, of New York, wishtd lo be, entered in the affirmative; the first named g-enlleinan saying there were four or five more in a similar position. Mr. Hermann, of Virginia, wished to have his name entered no. The President thought (hat any gentleman might have his name recorded (he way he voted, but this could not affect the vote one way or thi; -"-'■ "■ '■>- = — '--ing been adopted. the vote be reconsidered and that that motion bo laid upon the tabic; which The question then recurred on the adoption of the sucond resolution, naoacly: "I'hat the m.cmbors of said commiitee bo select- ed by the delegates from each Slate, each State appointing ila own member, and the committee to appoint its own chairman." Mr. Jfssup, of Pennsylvania, said that as the business is to be transacted by the commiitee it was an act of justice lo Ihclarge States that Ih'ev should hav Mr. Holts moved lb proper represen that Ihey itiilKe. He therefore moved an amendment, as "And that in said committee each member be authorized to cast the number of votes to which such State is entitled in the electoral college." The vole was taken on the adoption of the amendment of Mr. Jessup, and it was declared adopted, by yeas 149, nays H4. Mr. Ewing, of Kentucky, proposed to amend the resolution under consideration, as follows: ■Iie$oh,d, That the , , , . Ji constituted of one delegate from each State, selected by the dele- gates Iroin each State." He said it differed f.om the original resolution In this-il made no reference to ihe chairman t. be appointed. He liwkcd upon this as the most im- portant vote to be (aken. If we could vote through our representatives in committee, as we V!;te Ev districts, the vast and ovcrwiielinin"- strength of Pennsylvania, New York, and Ohio,niight in some measure be counteracted. But it is a species of tyranny to allow a bare mi»jorily to cast the 35 votes ot New York, and the -27 of Pennsylvania on th.; one side or the other; thus overwhelming a haltduEcn of other Stales unanimous in their sen- timents. Mr. Dickinson, of New Yorlt, said that the amendment of Mr. Jessup involved an impor tant qucsiion, and by adopting it every delegate has weight. He trusted the amendment of Mr. Eiviag would be voted down. Mr. Morion, of Florida, said there could bo no harmonious aclion unlil the Committee on Credeu shall make the eport and Ihe act upon it. For the purpose of giving to the commitlee time for delihernlion, he moved that the conveniion adjourn u^itil tomorrow at eleven o'clock. The motion was negatived; ar.d then, at two o'clock, an adjournment until si.\ o'clock look place. Eocrdng Srssion, The session was occupied with debate on the eubstitule offered by Mr. Ewing for Ihe second re solution of Mr. Duncan, as irivcn in iIm' finn-^r proceedings, and which i.L./ni;,'.i !,..: i , i ,i amended by Mr. Jos.iup. M . J ,' ■ i r jcsticc of his proposition, v.!; i , Mr. R. Slanard (Va.) and i: : . W . r I).; ., r„ (Ga.) as oppressive and unfair to (he c^outh. In the continued absence of the leport, on creden- tial?, an adjournment look place until the lollow- THIRD DAY.-FuiDAY, June IS. Morning Sfssion. The convention was called loorder at ten o'clock, and opened with prayer by the Rsv.JHr. Hanuicr, of this city. Ttic President staled that tiio qu'-stion bef-i Ihe body, as p.»nding when Ihe convention :. ! journed last night, was the following ?ubstitu:r to the second resolution of Mr. Duncan, (hereto fore published,) which hud been amended on mo- tion of Mr. Jessup, and which substitute of Mr. Ewing is as follows: "/ic.. Clayton. Maryland Wm. JB Clarke. Virginia Robert E .Scott. North Carolina: iNath'l Boyd..n. South Carolina Giorj^e S Bryan. Georgia VV. C. Dawson. Alabama C. <;. Langdon. Mississippi A. D. B. -ad lord. Louisiana P. B. Duncan. Ohio J. A Uirris. Kentucky Orlando Brown. Tennessee F. K Zollic,,ff.;r. Iniliana JohnS. Newman. Illinois D H.Baker. Missouri A. B. Chambers. Arkansas Thomas S. Janies. Michigan George E. Pomiroy. Florida William G. M. Davis Texas J. B. Ashe. Iowa S. M. Ballard. Wisconein Alex. Spaulding. California W. Frank Stewart. Beverly S. Allen, of Tennessee, Paid he was in struotcd to present Ihe resolutions adopted by the Boulhcrn delegates, and moved they be rctcncd tj iltuo on Resolutions. They were not any particular form of resolutions, and ni ilmt Ihny should go to the committee. I..-' orilini'lv referred. ' 1 ATcfftrcd by Mr. E. Ward, i . ..Ill ,) Mr. Morton. (Fla.,) Mr. Babcock, (N. Y.,) Mr. .) 1 :< Ml rk, (Ky.,> and General iun offered by Mr. Davis (Fla ) was was a substitute offered by Mr. (Va.) . Walls, cf V 1 Credentn: ■ Ihc co'nvcniion that" the be allowed to lake seats in ndation I hops I copy of the cominiiteo Tiio iollow port: The Committee on Credentials, lo whom the ques- tion was submitted to hoar proof, examine and report as lo wh) arc the duly accredited del^'gates from the several States of the American Union to the National Whig Convention, beg leave to make the following report; TiJit the following gentlemen compose the del- rgaii JO from the State of MAINE. For Vie State a! La,-ge. George Evans, Win P. Fessenden. Districts. 1. Nathan. D. Appletoii 4. D.ivid U Mai'oun •i. Willinm Singer 6. William H. Mills .3. JjiinTrask, jr. JamesS. Pike. NKW HAMPSHIRE. For Ihe State at Large. Hon. Thos.M. Edwards, Hon. I.;habod Good-'.nii. Districts. 1. George Wasleigh 3. Aaron F. Stevens 2. George W. Iscimilh 4. John S. Walker. ViCRMONT. For the Slate at I.-.rge. Henry Bradley, Juilin S. Morrill. Districts. 1. Isaac T. Wright 3. William N,.sh ,2. Carlos Coolidge 4. Hczei;iah H Reed. MASSACHUSETTS. For ihe State at Large. George Ashmun, S Ih Spra-'ue. i Franklin Haven. Districts. 1. R.ufus Choale C. Edward Di.-kenson 2. Otis P. Lord 7. Henry L. Dawes 3. Linus Child 7. Wm. D.Swan 4; Lolhcr V. Bell 9. Wm. A Crocker ! 5. Ira M. Barton 10. Daniel Fisher, RHODE ISLAND. For the Stale at Large. i P.obcrt H. Ives, esq. George D. Cross Dixiriels. I. Hon. Byrori Diinon 2. Ho;i. R. B. Cranalon I CONNECTICUT. I For the State at Large. j Col. A. G. Hazard, Daniel P. Tyler. Disti ids. j 1. Geo M. Ivps 3. N. Shaw Perkins [2. Samuel D. Hubbard 4 E. Grove Lawrence. NEW YORK. i For the State at Large. , Simeon Draper, John L. Tallcot. Districts. \- J!";!7 V'} ^^- ^Vm. McCami.s 2. K. W. Fiske 19. Win. Coinstock ' 3- James W. Beekman 20. P. V. Kelloo-^ 4. James B. Taylor 21. George J. J Barber ' ?■ \v cJ ,?*,'''^ ^"- ^""'y ^ Rayi'iond 6. W^S.^Duko Jacob Richardson : 7. R.G.Campbell 23. Wm. L- Eiton 8. M^sesH.Grinnell 24 Amos P. Granger 9. T. H Benedict 25. A. U. Williams ; 10. Charles B. Roosa 26. Wm. Knox II. Jjcob Hardenbiirg 27. Charles R, liarslow J-..s.pli S. Smith as. A. B. Dickinson ■ !?■ •? f,- S;"'", '^^ Freeman Clarke U. J U. Whipple 30. A ij. Thompson I 14 Lewis Benedict 31. Albert L Bennett 15 Edward Dodd 32 George !t. Babcock '16. AmasaO. Moore 33 D. E Sill. 17. Harvey Doi/littla THE SIGN A NEW JERSEY. For the Slate at Large. Hon. Wm. L. Dayton, Jimca G. King. Districts 1. Thos. H. Whitney 4. Wiliiam N. Wood 2. Peter Vredenburgh 5. F. T Frelingliujscn. 3. Jamce Stewart DELAWARE. For Uie Stale at Large. Hon. Jolin M. Clayton, George 1*. I'iahcr, esq , Hon. C. S. Layton. PENNSYLVANIA. For the State at Large. William P. Johnston, John C. Kui.kel, aiorton McMichiicl. " Districts. 1. Jacob Lancaster 14. James Fox ■2. laaacHazlehurst 15 Bunj. U iMasscr 3 Benjamin F. Uiown 16. Jii=i ph D. Simpson 4. John H. Bringhurat 17 A. P. Jacobs 5 Joaliua D. Eyre 18. John K. Edie 6. Geo. H. Michemer 19. Samuel L. Ruaaell 7. Wash. Townsend 20. John H. Ewing 5. John Sliohm '21. C. O. Looniia 9. David E Stout R. M. McKnight 10. F. U. Penuunan 22. John S King 11. Joshua W. Cowley 23. Ehjah Babbitt 12. Willinm Jcssup 24. John Patlon. 13. D. A. Mackie MARYLAND. For the State at Large. James A. Pearcc, John G. Chapman. Districts. 1. George C. Morgan 4. J. Hanson Thomas 2. William B. Claike 5. George Vickera 3. A. C. Patterbon 6. F. Z Phelpa. VIRGINIA. Districts. 1 Samuel Walts, Jno. 9. John Janney, Wm Petty, Dr. AS. H. 11 Fowle, Robert Burgees E. Scott •2 Jno.vV.Syme.Wm. 10. John F. Wall, Wil- S. Archer, E. G. liam C. Worihing- Booth ton, David Gibson 3. V. Wicther, Thos. 11. John D. Iinboden, S. Flouriioy, Peicr William Seymour Sanders, jr. Samuel McDowell 4. Charles L. Mosby, Moore John Hill, George 12. A. T. Caperton, W. Stillraan U- Preston, Ever- 5. William T Early, inont Ward Hon Wm. L.Gog- 13. Thomas L. Preston, <^in. Dr. U. Terrill John F. McEihen- 6. John M. Uotts, Hoi- ny, Juhn A. Camp den Rhodes, Uo- bill bert C. Sianard 14. Win. P. Rathbone, 7. Geo. T. Yerby, Hill bpicer Patrick. Da Carter, R. Sauii- nd S. Pinncll dcra 15. S ileermans.C. VV. 8. Richard F. Darra- Ui^eslII, Edgar C. cutt.G. W. Lewis, Wilson. W. D. Grcshara NURTH CAROLINA. For the Slate at Laige. Augustine H. Shepperd, Henry \V. Miller. Diitiicls. 1. Burgess S. Gaither, 7. William B. Wright, Balua M. Edney, Jas. CharUs A.Harrison, W. Patton, George Daniel li. Baker. Asa Logan A. Biovvh, James 2. Natl,anielBoyden,C. Banks, Andrew J. A Parks Joues 3. Charles Chalmers, J. 8. Churchwell Perkins, A. Young B.G.Albritton.Fred- 4. Charles E Shober.Al- erick Griat, Richard fredG Foster Williuma. W. Dunn, 6. John R Hcrndon. T. jr., F. B. Salter- McGhee, Mun'.ford iliwaite, Jamea V.'. McGhee, Thoinaa A. Bryan, Junius B. Donoho, Joseph J. Whitaker, J. Wright. Davis, James T. Lit- tlejohn 9. RufusK Speed,Wm. 6. George W.Haywood, J. Baker, Samuel B. John D. Hyman, Na- Spruill, L. Thomp- thaniel T. Green, Jo- son. Bcp W. Evans SOUTH CAROLINA. For tlu State at Large. Hon. WaddyTboirrpion. DrSam'lIIenry Dickson. William Gregg, Tristaoi Tupper. Districts. 1. Thomas J. Kerr Wiliam Whaley 2 OcO'geS Bryan 6 R. K. Piyne 3. William Patton 7. H. H. Williams. 4. George W. Brown GEORGIA. For the State at Large. SeatonGrantland, William C. Da Districts. W. K. Fleming A. H. Stokca Joseph S. Fay R. Reneau R. Bradley John H Brown W. H. Uubinson M. J. Kenan H.G Cole Miller Grieve. P. B. Connelly ALVB.iMA. Large Gol< ilh. J. DoniKf Districts. 1. J. M. Strannard, Pollard, B. W.Walk- J. Darington, C. C. er. Benjamin Gard- Langdon.C. C. Hall. iicr Charles Le Baron. B. 3. 'J'homas J. Frow U. Brcdin 4. J. Litlle Smith 2. Abncr McGchcc, El- 5. J. M. Swope, R. E. bertA. Holt, William Bell ;.G. Farley, Willbim 6. Samuel Pcato. ;_H. Lucas, liaac W. MISSISSIPPI. For the State at Large. Gen. Alex. B. Bradford, Gen. P. B. Starke. Districts. 1 Col. Thos. Frceland 10. Col. Joseph B. Cobb 2. J. S. Verger 11 B. G. Kiger 3. Giles li. Hillycr 12. Edward ivl. Verger 4. Alex. H. Arthur 13. 11. E. Williamson 5. Charles Clarke U. Jamea Archer 6. D. W. Adams 15. Joseph Block 7 J. B. Ashe It). Btnj. Johnson 8. John Murdock 17. J G. Morey 9. Gen. William Vick 18. J. D. Ware. LOUISIANA. DistricU. 1. Hon. J. G Sevier 13. R F. McGuire 2. Hon. John Moore 14. J. M. Burrows 3. Hon. J. A. Landry 15. G. W. Jonts 4. Col. F A. Luilisden 16. G B. Duncan 5. Col. 1'. G. Hunt 17. J. E. Calwell 6. Major H. J Ranney IS. D. A. Watteistan- 7. J L. Sheale 19. J. L. Salterfield 8. D S. Bryan 20. General liarnard y. J S. Holden 21. W. M. Gooduch 10. D. D. Richardson 22. Alex. C. Bullett 11. R. A. Upton 23. Judge Th.'s Curry. 12. J. C. Vanwinckle OHIO. For the State at Large. Samuel F. Vinton, John Sherman. Districts. 1. Charles Anderson 12. John Welch 2. W.H. P. Denney 13. Will. E. Finck 3. M. B. Chadwick 14. D. li. Lyman 4. Rodney Mason 15. D. D. T. t.'owin 5. George B. Way 16. Levi Sargcant 6. William H. Gibson 17. A. L. Brewer 7. J.H. Thompson IS. Cyi us Spink 8. S.W.Ely 19. Cyrus Pienlls 9. P. VanTiomp 20. J. A. Harris lu. Samuel Galloway 21. W. F. Lockwcud. II. A. B Norton KENTUCKY. For the State at Large. Gen. Leslie Combs, John S. VVilliauia, Joshua F. Bell, N E. Grey. Districts. 1. L. M. Flournoy, Ira 5. John B. Thompson. Ellis J.hn Koult, Saiiiu. ulfa. 1. C. J Battcll 2. N. McDonald 3. Milton Stapp 4. S. P Tuncy 5. J S. Newman C. J. D. Defreea INDIANA. For the State at Lar s, Schuyle Districts. 7. R N. Hudson b W. K. Rochester 9. James W. Dunn 10. William G. Ewii 11. George K. Steele ILLINOIS. For the Stale at Large. B. S. Edwards, E. B. VVushhurn, David J. Baker, George W. Meeker. Districts. 1. B. F. Wingatc 5. George C. Bester 2. Williamson Ploul 6. Nathaniel Belcher 3. Wm T. Smith 7. William Jayne. 4. John C. Champlin MISSOURI. Districts. 1. James O. Brodhead 6. S. H. Kimmcl 2. James T. Rollins 7. John R Brown 3. Abnl Leonard 8 Geo. C. Bingham 4. John E. Barr 9. Col. Filton. 5. A. B. Chambers ARKANSAS. For the State at Large. W. II Gaines, Gen. Thos. S. James. Districts. 1. S. II. Tucker 2. Gen. Thos. S. Jamea. MICHIGAN. For the Stale at Large. David Smart, Uezekiah G. Welis. Districts. 1. Geo. Pomeroy 3. Wm. M. Thompson 2. James M. Edmonds 4. Henry R. Williams. FLORIDA. For the Stale at Large. Hon. J. Morton. Hon. E. C. Cabell. Districts. J. M. Hernandez, G, W. Call, John Scott, B. F. Allen, James M. Baker, VV. G. M Davis, D. W. Whitehurst, James Baker, D. J. Day, Joseph Foray th. G. T. Ward, TEXAS. For the Stale at Large. Hon. J. B. .\she. Col. James Riley. Delegates. 1. J. A. N. Murray 2. S. S. Nichols. IOWA. For the Slate at Large. D. W. Kilbourn Archibald McKinncy. Districts. 1. S. M. Ballard 2. Geo. L. Nightingale. WISCONSIN. For the State at Large. J. E. Arnold A. P. Collins. Districts. 1. W. W. Brown 3 Alexander Spalding. 2. W. A. Lawrence CALIFORNIA. For the State at Large. Wm. Frank Stewart, Jesse O. Goodwin, Districts. 1. J. I!. C. Mudd 2. R. W. Heath. 'llu- rciiortuf I 2. John P. Campbell, F. Carpenter - :,,..ni. and from the 3d dia- E. Walker li. G-.-org.; VV. DunK. ...I]. L. Shardlow; from the 3. David King, F. L. Davio Irwine ,. , ; liMoi the lUli. Jos. S.Smith: Bransiord, Presly 7. J. M. Bullock, E. D. lr„;ii the 2iih,i_has. took; and Irom the 31at dia- Ewing llobba, G. Spratt, tnct of thai Siate, A. Hyde Cole, are entitled to the Gibson Mallouy, J. contested seats. 4. A. S. McGrorly R. Hamilion A vote was taken on Mr. Cabell's demand for TENNESSEE. the previous question on a motion to adopt the re- For the State at Large. port— ayes 164. nays 117: So the demand for the previous question was se. Hon. James C. Jun.ia, CI. John N. thcrland, conded. Hon. William Collum., Gen. F. K. Z..I;icoirer, ilun. A. G. Watkins. Col. W. H Sn.ed, The q'li .-(inn was (!ilii put on the adoption of the clfred."" ' "■il!''';mnnl"n-c"°' ''"'' '^^' Hon C.H. Williams, Col J. H. Scuddtr. l,en. P. Anderson, Mr. ' ,.r,„„uUr the vote, and to DistriiUs. lay m. ,., i, . ;. ,, ,.,lil. ; which wa..i agreed to. 1. Orville Rice b. Gen J L. fllcKoin The i>n.>.nnuu .uon ttlierwarda adjourned till 2. A G. Watkins 7 G. W. Lincnli, live o'clock. 3. Horace Maynard «. K- F. Looney 4. Wm. A. Caruthers 9. Hun. C. H. Williams Fmi.ing Session. 5. Edm'd Cooppr, Rolle lu. Col. BeverlyS Allen Tho.onvcnti'jii liaving been called to order at S. Sanders. R.E.Gil- 11. C^l. J. W. Crockcit. 5 o'clock- leland Mr. Ashmuu arose and said: 1 have been in- TIJE SIGNAL. e, whc lothii eiit a repo y thai after much deliberation, con ducted with the Idndest and most concilialory fccling-s, the report , has been adopted with very greai, though not entire, unanimity. [Applause.] And, sir, by leave of the chair, 1 will, ciwing to ths hasty manner in which the resolutions have been drawn up, take a position in front of the chair, and read the resolutions which I have been instructed to present. Mi-. Ashmun then took a position near the Presi- dent's chair, and read the f-eBolution- law, because be the Whig The resu fally recei pccially th IS, as they wer ith demonetrat lating-tolheCoi ud died of •'( read, were seve- insofapplause.es- promise measure* There were loud ciicd of 'Thoaie," "Choate;" hen, amid the almost general tail- Mr. Rufus Clioate rose and said thSt he did not :arly apprehend the exact terms of the last feso ••■' - ■ '■ i'' '■"' 1.' i:ii'!' p-n. .1 111 general that it :-;iiu;h had 1„ , ito mak- ae-bool< ed to v.y the Jijder sure and pla pitious in F opened— if h isi«(orise and tluink God that Che hich he had contended in his mea- !, though circumstances were unpro- leuil H.1II, when Faneuil Hall was might judge by the cheering indica- to be sustained by the highest au- le Coni'ention cf Union Whigs of the L' K -'.. c.lil not this ofgan of Ihe , ' ' ' /., one of the great na- " 1 - Ihe people but unites W! clhcac uld 3f Un this nd f 1 make haste, in a xplicit, and une- le opinion of the onven'.ion that the agitation of slavery hence- jrward shall be excluded and forbidden in the dtional politics of America.' [Long continued pplause i Why should we not here and now, i-ith all alacrity, as a party ot Whigs, declare the nality of the Compromise measures.' [Demon- Irations of applause ] Was there a human being 'ho did not now begin to agree, whatever he mj a II I t b f the 7tl ( M h !8 tl t at In ty d nd d th y h Id ha beyond other laws. 'i'i>. at the North are mc, . , , , , paasiononthesubject,!, , , „,^. , „_ Whigs of the free Static lnv. .■, , ' ■' - 'iniiT go off by scores, on account of III,' I, , mise uponlhem. Theold Nalii-n . : : : . .,( Ihe Union never were opposed i., 1 1, , , ,,, ,,r this l.».*?— they regarded it as all other coiiBiiiuli-.n al laws. They bad been cnlled dough-laces. Ho had never hung his head at that name, thooch at home he was called the original White Charley. The South had been deceived bv desio-ninn- irien into tlio belief that their rights would no"t be secure Irj IS way an unkind and fearful feeling nad grown ). The South and North, like bofa, were now inng each other to knorfc chips off each other'a .ts; or, alter a roll in the mud, the South was iw rubbing It in. He was for the passage of the Omnibua and all i passengers. He regarded this platform aa a ip to catch a man who was always known Irt ve been in lavoroitbe Compromise. [Applause 1 lat great soldier, sl.teBman and patriot, he hoped )u!d not be thus entrapped. He hoped, if it were rsented to him, he would reject it. If he (An- rson) was in his place, and the ten cnmmand- led to him as a test, he would under the jmsia ad kr ingi object and design of the test, accept thein, beea denied the authority of the body to present I, Mr A. was repeatedly r , ■* f ' 1 e th p pi k 1 t 1 th Go nt th y 1-ould bey t ( onst tut n I h 1 n u'' lav nd t eat s they uld ta th 11 1 1 p a d th sp t wl 1 tl y 1 n a d 11 y d 1 a nl f f npo e b p tt d to 3 y 5 G e nm nt 1 uld b onduct 1 up n p n to 1 1 1 f tl Wl Jilt n By and e nue if n f G J i tl t— but t tfe p n stl ( ntneofpa ou 1 I to b 11 J u d up and te d by manly d ed f om a d ty n p ts and no ' d t tax s and n 1 y I dut Wla a ul tule^ e u d p 1 y qu B J St 1 a 1 al 11 p 1 y n tl P le t 1 nf a ibysp hit wt np a t aol 1 e by u t ble en u a t y b In 11° assucdtoA e an ndu t y equally to all I ss a dt allpo t oftlec u t y ' b TleC t tut on vet C n„ e s II p w ' * r n dp ha b B and e M ot Bla 1 o I t y V an ajfo tl te t on d la 1 ty t nat ns a on 1 e be e y ta th lat ate 1 1 a d Sta e G e nn ents a be 1 1 e e sa yf tl e om n h a t n 1 nd e u ty a d ou ht to be a d al lab tual a d n 11 utl a y R pe t f tie au 1 y e andth g en n tf St tut nal out of tie utl ^ dut qu d lytic pi e y T n sb at al fStat a d 1 la ] N ne 1 that he tsofth th ty fi tC ss L ad u ot to 1 tl C 1 Adj t tl t 1 H n It 3 1 om 1 at tl fl gb a i qu e c 1 n of J L b y a llnal sot tl s b t on a d n ep 1 1 i L uri of a r pi a d bl « n M J n b tal t [i]plau eand P 1 During his plauded. The dfbale was co her gent'cmen, and many stirring scenes, platform resolutions, vole of yeas 226 n.iys inued by Mr. Butts an fter points of order, an le vote was taken on tl: Inch were adopted by 1 11 lollowB- 1 JV 11 nan :« } t^esy P yl 1 1 t M yl i \ g a . N h t uth C J . ( . Alala ul tule f fuse (Jl u ge that d awn f m K tuly f b th tl Ilia etl III s y' a" n' \ 1 s no an of n 1 F 1 PP ' f II J c a mon t ub" to^n n o dl( affa I ( gl U tla IshuuH m^adf THE SIGNAL. my connexion v.iiii it 1 hoped when the report South Carolina — S — — caino in it would be received with one universal Geurgia — 1^ — — aye. I have labored aa hard as any one Sy day , Alabama — 9 — «nd ni^ht, with the East, West, anil North, to pro- Mississippi — " — — mote that end. It Las been intimated ihai i in- Louisiana 7^ 'i ^ iT) tended to prove false to the South, thnt I would , Ohio. -!■- 1 — ^'- provEa trnitor to the land where rest my faliitrs, Kentucky — *2 — — und the little children of ray love. Tbij would Tennessee — H — — roi. be believed by those who know me. Indiana IJ — — 1-i I am an American citizen, and I will never be , Illinois 11 — — " satisfied with less than the welfare of my whole i Missouri — 9 — — eountry. [Vpplau.'f.] If my association and in- Arkiiisas — 4 — — tercoursc with northern men is to cut ms off from Michigan b — — o the South, then let the accursed blow bo struck at Florida - 3 — once. fApplau?e.] All the candidates are honor- ! Texas — -j — — able men ; and I say here that 1 will support with J Iowa. -- ■» — all my power and ability whoever shall be ncmi- Wisconsin 11^ i nated by the convention. [Applauso.] California '..11 i A Voice : Will you vole for Scott if he refuse , --- -- -- -- - to accord to the platform .' Total 131133 -9 133 1 Mr. Jones. I do not consider that a supposable 3,; Ballot. -KA c.iec, for 1 know he will. [Applause.] Nrniinat.: , . , , Mr. Webster, and I will support him. [Applause ] Nominate ycur present distinguished -President. j; J and I will labor fur hia election. [Applause.] I Slatis. „• § 2 never had but one political idol, (pointinir to a o = ■§ "S portrait of Mr. Clay,) and I never expect Ih^it my w £ IS (« political feelings willeverag-ainbeso wfini n^hrv s-.j^^g S _ _ 8 have been for that dying- pairiot. [L;i.i:i; : i ■ x H-itiipVliVrc. ...... . 1 — ■! 1 I never saw General Scott till tlij fcc' II '■ i , .',,,„. 113 2 nry last. He did mc the honor to r;' ,.. m ,' 'Lhufctts '' — H 2 We entered into a lull and free com > Vi-id'e Island "!!'.!'. i ! 112 1 told him that my State would vol;; l-i 'uncrticut. .."...'.'..'.'. . 2 1 S 2 more, on account cf the firmness and I. ' '■ -■York 25 7 1 25 which he had discharged his constiti'i: : ■ ■ i «'■ JcrseV. '.'..'...'.'..". .' 7 — — 1 and tiiat if I were sent here as n ,' .,,,..„|vania' '.' 2G 1 — 26 would vote to carry out the views of i:' . ' ', ■ r 3 — — 3 told hiin Ihst Tennessee would vote i ' .'.'.... _ 8 — — wbo was not for eupporlin;^ and mail. , ... 1 12 1 2 Compromise in all its parts,. He ^i-. , . - i i.liiia '. — 10 — — ardent supporter and friend of tbi <. i::, ■ • ,Contli tkn.iiuia! ..!.!!! ! — S — — measures from the day they were firtt f'"^-'"*'''' ; 'fj,.ur'cia — 10 — to Congress bv Henry Clay, and that he was op- . i' i^.^„„ _ g _ ._ posed to touciiingr tUom in any manner, shape or jufgjjjgjnp'i _ 7 _ _ fjrm. [Loud applause.] iloui-iana — ti — ~ I told him he was much calumniated and misun- ^.j' ,., j _ 22 dcrstood, and that he had bettor write a letter and I"- ••••• " ,.-, _ _ forever silence the calumnies repeated against ?;="'"'^''y- _ ,., _ _ hi.n. Hs answered no— that he w uld write no ,' ."ana 13 - - 13 •letter, nor do any thing which looked like seeking '"3.^ [l , the nomination. To thatdctcrmination he has ad- Missouri ! .■;.■■.■.■.".■. "l '.'.■' - 9 - - hercd up to ihe present time, and he has stcadi- i_i,,-,aTa 4 ly reluaed to write a letter till aftp.r the nomina j™r|^-; ■■;■;;;; -y g 5 and he holds to the same grounds of action. At | ,* '^"^^ ' '. ~ 4 _ _ all th«ecoavcr.=atioiie Ihi-ro were others pns-nt, j , ' _ ^ _ _ for 1 hiv: had no clandestine conversations or 1 •^^..^^"^■^■.;^ 113 1 ^:s^^^:.::^^n':^:- - c . ..he.. wi,i-=....ca,! i'^=^'''---'-'----- ■••■••_! - ^ j united in support .-! I - : .. . ..p.p. ,^^^_^^ 133 131 29 134 pealed to tlie rJor! I I : : . .....in and forever put .i... :vcry. Wi Ballot. Uh He appealed to tl|. Ill ; 1 ■ ,. U 1: i.-.;loc- , ■ , , — tions o! the past and the i.rig-lit hopes ol (hi.; fitlure. He pledged himself as a soldier, enlisted for the: t t war in l^chalf of whoever should be the nominee of i States. ^ g J J the convention. j " :^ [^ o Mr. Jessup then, by consent, modified his rC50-"i t^ £ > ^1 lotion so as lo require a m-ijorily of the electoral j -^jijug 8 _ _ s college, or 149 votes, to nominate a candidate. New liampshirc! — — 1 The resolution was then adopted. , Vvrmont . . 112 1 The convention proceeded to vole. There was jj^^ja^ghuVelts 2—11 2 much consequent excitement and anxiety ni-^ni I Rijjje Island. ] 112 I fesrcd. The galleries, as well as the floor c( the I (^^,„„g(.ticut 2 13 2 I1...II, were densely trjwded; among those in th" jj^^ y.jri; 24 7 2 25 first named were' many ladies There was a fl.xid , jj^^ jjrgi^y'. '/.'.' -, — — 7 of light from the gas jets; and now was to come ; p,,, _,,-yiv„,:ja.. 21) 1 — 26 thoirialof ihestringihoftiierespeciivecandidatiS. j),;i'^„..;.jrc 3 — — 3 Six votes weic taKcn, v.'iih lbs following result: M-irvland" " — S — — Vir^iuia..' ;.'.'; 2 12 - 1 THK BALLOTS. I Konh Ca.'olina - 10 - - 1st Ballot. 2rfBof?o.'. Sauth Carolina — « — — ^ ^ 4; i" i Alabama — 9 — — States. ^ ~ 'i -I S I Uiuisiana — 6 — = >; g = <:: ,Obio 22 1 — 22 !C £ S t/.. E P j Kentucky — 12 — — Maine 8 — — d — — 1 Tennessee — 12 — — New Hampshire 1 _ 4 — _ 5 Indiana 13 — — IJ Vermont 113 11 3 Illinois 11 — — 9 Massachusetts 2—11 2 — 11 Missouri KhodeJsland 112 11 2 Arkansas .213 21 sUUchigan 4 2 24 7 2 2-i 7 I ; Florida - 3 . 7 — — 7 — —! Texas — 4 . 2C 1 — 26 1 — ; lown — 4 . 3 — — 3 — — jWisconsin 1 ' ,_ S — — 8 — ICalilornia 3 — . 1 13 — 2 1-2 — ■ . _ 10 _ _ 10 — i Total .130 133 Connecticut.. . New York New Jersey... Pennsylvania. Delaware iMaryland Vn-Kii.ia North CaroUna Adopted Tl; the following For Fillmore— Vermont, 1; Rhode Island, 1; mnecticut, 1; New York, 7; Pennsylvania, 1; Maryland, 8; Virginia, 12; North Carolina, 10; Souih Carolina, 8, Ucorffia. 10; Alabama, 9; Mis- pi, 7; J^juibiana 6; Ohio, 1; Kentucky 12; icfsie, 12; Illinois 2; Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 3; Texas, 4; Iowa, 4; Wicon6in,3. Total, 133 Viririnia, on each of the six ballots, cast one ank vote. Between the votrs, a? above, several motions adj. -urn were made and voted down, tind there ere erics for another, and yet another vote, until quarter past nine o'clock an adjournment took ace -ntil 10 o'clock to morrow morning, FOURTH DAY.— Satubd.av, Jusk 19. IMornitig Sasion. The c-jnvi ntion v.-as opened by prayer by Ihc iv Dr. J G. Morris, of the Lutheran Church. Thcj.iutu..l of yc.tirriay was read. Mr. Pike, of .Maine, said the vote of Maine yes- •rd.iy w.i!< 3 in fj.or of the Compromise and o i;aii.Jt ii; (h,-. ..oit stood recorded as 4 to 4. But as desire exisiid to let the record stand, he would nufcucut, offered a resolution t tmbirs of the convention be pr: :-olBco address of each meml than resumed the voting, v lilt: For Mrssa 3, Ncv YoiU, 1; Wisconsin, For Bates- 1 . EIOllTH BALLOT. ForScoU— Maine, 8; New Hampshire, I; Vcr- mont, 1; Massachusetts, 2; Rhode Island, 2; Con- necticut, 2; New York, 24; New Jersey, 7; Penn- sylvania, 2G; Delaware, 3; Virginia, 2; Ohio, 2-2; Indiana, 13; Illinois, 10; Michigan, 6; Wisconsin, 1; C,d:fori.!a,3. Total, 133. For Fillmore-Vermont, 1; Conm-rlicut. 1; New ; Kr Mii ToU 131 For Webster— New Hampshire, 4; Vermont, 3; Mas=acbtisciis, 11; Rhode Island, 2; Connecticut, 3; New York, I; Wisconsin, 3; Califc-rnia, 1. To- tal, 28. For Bates- 1-. NINTH BALLOT. For Scott- Maine, 8; Vermont. 1; Massachu setts, ,2; Rhode Island, 2; Connecticut, 2; New York, 25; New Jersey. 7; Pennsjlvania, 26; Del-a- ware, 3; Virginia, 2; Ohio, 22; Indiana, 13; Illi- nois ■ 10; Michigan, 6; Wisconsin, :; Calilornta, 3 Total, 133. For Fili.nore-V ,,>,,:.(. 1; ■ ,,;ineclicul, I; New York,7; Peni!= , ! ;. .t;d, S; Virginia, 12; North Cafij;: . - „r,,lina, 8; lieor- gia, 10; Ahbaiin, (; > ;^ : 1, 7; L-uisiana, 6; Mis'^oun, 9; Ailc.ansosi 4; Florida, 3; Te-tas,' 3; ,4; Ui r We 131. -Nc« rjnt, 3; 4 — — %,, :icut, 1; New York, 7; .,„„ i,d, 8; Virginia, 12; North '„r,Au ...lina. 8;Georsia, 10; Ala- ami 'J. ,\:,;.i^ii.i, 7; Louisiana, 6; Ohio, I; Ken. I'-ky, 12; 'iV-nnrssee, 12; Illinois, 1; Missouri, 9; irknii'sas, 4; Florida, 3; Tcxa.s, 4; Iowa, 4; Wiscon- in, 1. Total 130. For Webster— New Hampshire, 4; Vermont, 3; Massachusetts, 11; Rhode Island 2; Connecticut. 3; New York,!; Wisconsin, 3; Califorma, I. I'otal.'iS THE SIGNAL, ELKVBSTH BALLOT. For Scott— Maine, S; New Hampshire, 1; Ver nioiit, 1; Massachusct'e, 2; Rhode Island, 2; Con- necticut, 2; New York 2o; New Jersey, 7; Penn- sylvania, 26; Delaware, 3; Virfrinia, 2; Ohio. •"; ■ ■■ a, 13; IillncM?, 10; Michigan, 6; Wiaconsin, New a, 6; Ohi. 1, 1; Mi! :, 4; Wii l; California, 3. Total, For Fillmore— Vermont, 1; Cjnnec York,?; Pennsylvania, 1; M ryland, 12; North Carolina, 10; South Cnrolina 10; Alabama, 9; Mississippi, 7; Louisi 1; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 12; Illin sourl, 9; Arkansa'!, 4; Florida, 3; Tei consin, 1. Total, 131. For Webster— New Hampshire, 4; Vermont, 3; Massachusetts, 11; Rhode Island, 2; Con:irctirul,3; N-w-York, 1; Wisconsin, 3: r-ilif-ir, i- , I T •(-■!. -f The ballotings were r ;,■ ■ ■ ' ,! i :;, intermission, until the 3i! fortwo h->ur3.' The haAluV:,^, -.: ^n aiiji- i., j, . tail will afford tlvi reatler a generally corrt ct i-Jt-j of -the cha ! affecting /ing been ^ ny result '_| tion. He wasthcn in favor of changins his district, but was overruled by hi len,?ue3. [Applans-.] Mr. said that he and h:3 colleague from the Richinrnd district were perfectly willing to take all the responsibiliiy of voting for Mr. Fill- more, and (hey woulil continue to assume and bear that respo-isibiiity to the last. lApplause.] VVh n the vote of Kentucky announced that " " " ' ' ■ ■- ' delegate rose and said VIr. Fillmore, but i i l.c could not be nominated , ' -■• when that Slate was ■ - ii. say a feiv w^>rd3, and I.', oiiid he desired to slate the I'.ueiiced the vote of Florida, it 10 the last. r inOuencing any one in the lere wasa slampcde, the little desired to be right on the re- as on the extreme southern ired that the Whigs of that of and when New H.\ ' 'given to Mr. Kdwi majority of the dth :id diftri-.H t of cor.li.i rds, of ihnt St; Evening Session. j On reassembling at four, the convention resumed the balloting. | THlllTV SECOND BALLOT. | ForScott- Ma;i,i , -. \'. r.,;- .,■.;, M ,..;,.--,;- -■ 2; Rhode Island, i , : , i. , j. ... -. - :. _ New Jersey, 7: I' ; ji Virginia, 3; 01,i... .: ' i., !..■ ■, I : i i:. , ;<-; m Bouri, 1; Michigan,!); Wi.^cunsm, 1; C i:i|.jri.in, 3. Total, 134. For Fillmore-Rhode i-land, 1; Connecticut. I; New York. 7; Penn.ylvania, I; Maryland, .S; V;.-- pinia, 10; North Carolina, 10; houtb Carolii-,a, f-'; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 9; iMississippf, 7; Louisian;., 6; Ohio, l;Kentucky, 12; Tcancssoe, 1-J; Illinois, 1: Missouri, 8; Arkansas, 4; Florida, 3; Texas, 4. Iowa, 4; Wisconsin, 1.' Total, 123 For Wcbst-r— New Hampshire, 5; Vermont, 4; Massachusetts, 11; Rhode Island, 2; Connecticut. 3; New York, 1; Wi.*; Texao, 4; iowa, 3; 4; New York, 2; Wiscons!! Total, 31. The convcr.tion, at 8 o'cio 10 o'clock on .Monday motuin ire, 4; Vermont, 4; nd, 2; Connecticut, I, 3; California, 1. ■k, adjourned until .ued .'•or a considcrab iress-.ng the convention; but such was liusion, cries of order, sit down, &c., i.siblc to Ik:u- l.im eonnt-cledly. In conclusion annoure ■: ;:, ..;:-. ■. ..to of Florida was givci snimo;:;; )■ ' . : IMIinore. ruinouiiccd, and the in .33 w^ received witl TUci'Jiii . crease of b. cheers an,! I, Tiie returi, with gicai d, me in noise. ing bu,l,, a„.| 1 as Ion:; a.^ ih. e,, chance of h:s be nee, whoever he be the nominee t claimed no end •eil that the i vilh all the b and oth-:r Suut f..r Fillmore, they phrcnzieil applause. When the c ,!|- v known all ov. e i standing on i:. nounced the j:. . The ballot stoo,-, as did also the lo.'3 of '■-"• ■^-'■■-'•'l''"0'"« oncv,.,i 1 ' .V a division in Kentucky. •"'■'">■ ^'■^'"'V^" Nomcr., 1^ 1., , - ■. 1 thrown to various dele- ^■""■^'J'' ^'> l'-^'" gallon.^ iron, the g.jl, cries. | was iii f.vor ol ev The tony-ninth vote was then commenced. [Great applause. i.liange in the vote oi Rhode Island was re- D-aring the cal jiinesseo was called. When Virginia was called — Mr. lS-..iissaid that he desired to relievo himself of a responsibiliiy for that portion of the delay which might attach to him He had voted for Jlr. Fill:noru for four balioti. H--. did .so to show that "ich.idthe utmost eoneJencc in liis Admioislra- l':,ia, and the eLiraiion, by -iratWhig C institution >.i v.-as mo-.lcl. ihe South thai livtalihof Pennsylvania has been iJay of its adop- I since the .n liinccd t' at WiNFjJiLO Scott 1 i-.d e r.,l„l..to of the Whig , '. 1 .' : . !:,e Presidency. The , . .!--'., were renewed , e-t :-.■,, jL-i-£cy, got upon a the llj.r. HeyieMed it, h.jA-- Smiih, of A-a'-.auia, wh-. said ecir.-d to oiler Vi'ow,i',:opi- iliun of .Scott troubled the r.moJS. aimed the floor Now .lersev !:, se. He had Pennsyb. at, was for a ry principle of the Coinp, the fifty second jority of the delcg. ral political hisH.ry , spots al.s-.J on the = clear off aft ckmdsn, v;as ol Eicw J,Tsey feelings were Virgi Dominion woul • :,ut ler Uciieiai j ircmity. [Great af ndidate who i however, an Ainrrie, though the Unit lingthe . giv boi: Plause a quar loud.] The Sou righ cept 1 ] .Mexico, with her ler, with a di.%.^,'in f.r WinfielJ gc ■• Whigs of all .= r , long and •;virtMin. THE SIGNAL. vor of interfering' with the rights of the [Applause] He hoped his countrymei tJona would rally and support the man who had literally carried the Hag of his country all over the continent. He appealed to the Whigs not lj be haprgling over words in resolutions or platlorms, but come up and support their candidate TI.ey could now go home and tell the people that there were no differences between the parties, except the old party issues, represented by General Scott on the one hand, and General Pierce on the other. He had too much self-respect to say any thiiisr dis- rcepictlul of the private worth of the opposition candidate; but in all the elements of man, eoldier, etatcsman.and in all the relations o( private !ifC) General Scott would not suffer by a comparison between the two. [Applause.] He gave a sketch of General Scott's public acts and eulogised them. He was a good international and constitutional lawyer; and in all the relations unl;er Hill. [Applause] He ri i! ' : ■ ;:,,.i •■ ■■.net; and though he had voted hity-iwo miies lor their own distinguished states- man, and great defender of the t;onstitution, he would now pledge that district for the other great man who had just been nominated [Applause ] Mr. Edney made a spirited speech, in which he said the delegation of North Carolina had been overslaughed; but as a Whig he gave in his cord iidhcsiun to the success ol the Whig party, under the lead of General Scott. [Applause, long con- tinued.] .Mr. Habcock, of New York, said it had been hia fortune to represent the district in which -Mr. Fill- n]0:e resides. He had, throughout all the ballot- itigi, wi^h six of his colleagues, cast his vutrs for that g.titloman as hia first choice. He would say, 111 jubliii: to Mr. Fillmore and his friends, that Mr. Filiinuri! tli.oi here not by his own procurcmen', l.ut by the partiality of friends. This nomination following as it did a platform, willform the high est culogiutn on the Administration, while it will bring no regret to hie b)£cm. The adoption of the nlatlorni will bring more joy to Mr. Fillmore's heart than a nomination itself. He most cheerfully gave in his adhesion to the nomination of Gen- erul Scott. [Applause, tremendous and start Mr. Granlland, of Georgia, promised to do all he could for the nominee, alth another. Mr. Hazzard, of Connecticut, gave in his adhe- He was follov/ed by Messrs Coombs, of Ken- tucky; Scott, of Virginia; Bryan, of South Caroli- ne; Stewart, of California; Gardner, of Alabama; Thomas, of Maryland; Danels, of Mississippi; Fos ter, of Delaware; Brodhead, of Missouri; Gardner of Tennessee; Bradley, of Vernionl; Ward, of Flo- rida; Dawson, of Georgia; Mills, of Maine; John Btoii, of Pennsylvania; Sherra3.n, of Ohio; Draper of New York; and delegates from Mississippi, Wis cousin, Arkansas, IMichijj-an, Iowa, Illinois, Indi ana, and other States, who severally addressed the couventioo, caving in tc the nominee, lauding Gen eral Scott, and promising, some oflhi-m, to roll up tremendous majorities for Old Chippewa in the coming campaign. The remarks were received with wild expressions of applause, in which both delegates and persons in the galleries participated. South Carolina was honored with three cheers; and during this ratification bouquets were plentifully distributed inside and cannon fired without. Mr. Botts begged leave to say to the convention that this is the last great convocation of Whigs which will probably take place during the lifetime of the illustrious founder of the Whig party; and he did not believe there was a Whig in the con- ntion or in the Union who would desire this con- ntion should adjourn without expressing its sen- timents in relation to that 'ill between j the different quarters of our broad country is essen tial to the present and future intert-jlaof the Repub- 1 lie, and with a duvtion lo those interests that can j know no South and no North, I should neither! countenance nor tolerate any sedition, disorder, (action, or resistance to the law, or the Union, on any pretext in any part of tlie land; and I should catry into the civil administration this one princi- ple of military conduct— obedience to the legiala live and judicial departments of Government, each in its constitutional sphere— saving only, in respect to the Legislature, the possible resort to the veto power— always to bcinost cautiously exercised, and under the strictest restraints and necessities. Finally, for my strict adherence lo the principles of tlie Whig party as cxpresaed in the resolutions ol the convention, r.nd horei^i s uggested with a sin- cere and earnest p^upcsc lo advance the greatness and happiness of Ih^ Ilcpublic, and thus to cherish and encourage the cause of constitutional liberty throughout the world, avoii'ing every art and thought that might involve our country in an un just or unnecissary war, or impair the faith of Irea tics, and discountenancing all poliiicKl agitation injiirious to the interests of suciety and dangerous to the Union, 1 can ofTer no other plidge or ffua rantco than the known incidents ol a long public I fo, now undergoing the severest examination. Feeling myeclf liijjiily fortunate in iny asso- ciate on the ticket, and with a lively sense of my obligations to Uie conven ion, and to your personal ! have the honor !o remain, sir, wilii great ca teem, your ujost obedient servant. To the Hon. J G. Cn Whig National Coiivc General Chapman to Mr. Graham. Baltibiohe, June 22, 1S52. Sib: I am Instructed by the Whig N.Alional Con vention to inform you of yuur unanimous noinina- tion as the Whig candiilate tor the office of Vice President of the United Slates. I enclose a copy of the resolutions passed by the convention, expressing Iheir opinions upon eoino oi the inutt prominent questions of national policy, and with sincere wishes that you may be elected, uiul for the permanent settlement ol the principles ol the Whig party. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient setTant, J. G. CKAFMAH, President of the Whig National Convention. Hon. William A. Gcaham, of North Ciirolina. Ilejdij of M-. Graham. Waeiii.ngton, June 21, 1852. Sir: I am gratified to acknowledge th= receipt ol the communicatioa which you did n;c the honor to deliver in person on yesterday, announcing my unanimous nomination, as the Whig ct^nelidate for the omceof Vice President of the United States by the National Convention which recently ossorn- l)!ed in Uallimorc, accompanied by a copy of (he resolutions of the convention upon quesliuna of na- tional principle and policy. I cordially approve the eleclarations made by practical interest they do but portray the conduct hich will to all nation.=, and entangling alliances om- ^^''^ none ; these are the principles that jblic compose the Whig platform, which has ij^^.^ been promulgated by the Whig ConVen- n,8o tion, and accepted by the Whig candidate. True it is that the Democratic party Id the people of the United Stattes give I sanction to the nominations of your conventior far as 1 shall be invested with authority, a fail adherence to these doctrines may be expected. j • ii • /-. t- ^ 1 therefore accept the distinction, so honorably have passed in their Convention resolu- tendercd, with a grateful heart, but with unaf- (ions in favor of the Compromise, which fected diflidencc. It is a satisfaction, however, to t ,, , > i i ■ ii • ,-^ • i know that the place to which I have been „„™. | they had denounced in their Congressional nated is but secondary, and that for the first otSce jcaUCUS, and repudiated by the lips of their the convention has proposed a citizen of tried pa-l^^^^ prominent speakeis in the House of triotism and virtue, long and familiarly acquainted i t ' with public offairo and public men, A safe and Representatives. But those resolutions sagacious couu«iior, who has well fulfilled every _g^g g^^j^^.jgj upon the Convention after trust heretofore committed lo his hands, and who I ... . . . has illustrated our history by eminent public ser jthe nomination, in the noise and confusion "Kfs. lof a closing session, and under circum- With my thanks for the courtesy with which you I il ■ ,i -n ■ -n j have honored me, in the execution of your office, j stances which authorize the Evening Post, and with the highest personal respect, 1 am your jthe JlHas, and other Democratic journals obedient servant, ^^^^ ^ GRAHAM, jof the North, to deny that they had ever The Hon. J. G Chapman, President National received the sanction of a majority of that Whig C onvention. ' u j tr i u i j THE WHIG PLATFORM. l"."'^" "^ "''"^ T r f71 , ,. , , ,. ^ since Mr. Preston King repuiiiated the We publish, among the proceedings of _, . . ' . ir , t«t-i. i. , ^ -^ . , ,,, I Compromise in the House t Who has the Convention, the Whig platform, asL ,. ,, ■ c ■■ j c r^ ., . ^ , r, -1 I forgotten the infamous tirade of Governor authenticated by the votes of the President I ^ ° , ,„, ,, , , , ^, ,. . ,. , „ ■ T ■ I Cleveland? Who that has read the cold- and Secretaries ol the Convention. It is , , , , . r nr c r -i * ,.,,,„ , blooded speech of Mr. Floyd fails to re- everv thing that the Whig party can de-i , ., , „„ . _ , ,,,, ^ ° , , . .'^ •'. ,. I member it? Where is Rantoul ? Where sire, setting forth an administrative policy L. , ^^l tt , Tin ,' ,. . ° ... ,. , -^ i Moloney ? Where Venable ? Where and political principles which must com- 1 ^ , ,„, ,, n- r^ , \ . , , ,. , , , I Campbell? Where the Fire Eaters gen- raend it, and the candidate who stands i „ , ,„, , t^ c^ ■■, ,.11 . ' . . ^ , . erally ? Where the Free Sellers? All upon it, to the great maionty of the Amer-i , ,, „ ,. , ,c i- 1 '^ ° ■> •' 'crowded together upon the platform which ican people. The voters are heartily tired their leading presses repudiate, and their of the common places and platitudes of I, ,. ,, , ,, , , ,, .^ ^ ,, ' ,, . : leading men, north and south, have never the \iRGiNi A Democracy: the do-nothing I °, . , ^ •,, .mo n , , , ,.,. . , ,. „ , "laccepted in good faith. The Southern school of politicians, who abjure all fhel ^ . ° , ,., . ,, . , ' _, •* P/-MS remains as hostile as ever to the essential powers ol the Constitution, i . o-i m v i n i j ,,.,,, , , . ICompromise. The New York Post de- and build themselves up on abstractions 1 .-,,•.., . ^ , /„ . . jnouncingit as bitterly as ever, and protests and negations. General Pierce rejoices , ., . , , , ,• . ,. t^ . , ° r, ■ , , r J 'that rts pretended adoption by the De.mo- in the honor of having been put forward, I ,. ^ ,■■/,.> 1 . , ^ . , , ^r ,^, . icraticConventionisafrauduponthepeople. in the first instance, by Virginia. This , , , .. • , r .. • ' •' ,, . I Indeed, if we can judge from their ante- he regards as the most acceptable circum- stance attending his nomination, and so announces it. It is this fact which renders him so much of a favorite with the South 'cedents, it is clearly impossible that the men who, for six months in Congress, have been denouncing the Compromise „ ,. , , ,- , T^ ,iand all concerned in it — who waged a Carolina branch of the Democracy, and , . , ■ .■ • * ,i rr • ,, , , ,^ _ , . ,. , , ,iwar of extermination against the L/mo:i calls forth Mr. Orr as his first and most , , , ^ •. ■ ^, a .newspaper solely on account 01 its inain- thorough-goiiig champion on the floor of . . ^ ^ . ^, "^ r ■,■ . . ° ° ." . I tenance of the measures of adjustment — the House ol Representatives. 1 , , .1 • j ■ 1 -n . , , . who have sympathized on one side with The economical conduct of government; , .^^ • i t^ i ^ ii -u , , ." , . 'the National -Bra, and on the other with 'a lust discrimination in levying duties, so , n .i_ n -i ■ • -n ti, 1 , ■' •' ° the Southern P/-M5 — it is impossible that as to prevent fraud, and to encourage! . i, 1 1 1 • tu ■ r „^ I ^ . f such men should have given their free aa- Awerican labor: the exercise of thei , , ... , . , ■ a- , sent to a resolution which was in direct constitutional power to open and repair 1 , ,1 ■ 1 „ii < •^ '■ ^ ■ repugnance to their votes as well as to (harbors, and remove obstructions from I / . , rn ' r + i,,,, ,. , ' their speeches. Therefore we cannot but navigable rivers ; a due reverence for the 1 . ,., , ,, .■ <■ ,1 m , ° ^' , . , TT ■ -.kive credit to the assertion of the New rights, of the States, and of the United jy^^,^ p^^^^ ,[^^j ^^^ resolution to which States"; the maintenance of the laws andj^^^ j.^j-^^ ^^^^ ^^^ sanctioned by a majority the Constitution; fidelity to the series of Lf j^g Demockatic Convention, acts known as the compromise; fidelity! With regard to the Whig platform tiu»re to the ancient policy of peace and good ican be no doubt that it embodies the creed II !: SIGN A L II and the principles of the Whig organiza- tion. It was adopted in the light of day, on a fidl vote, by a large majority, with a mi- nority whose strength was ascertained and counted, and who cannot abjure the plat- form of the Convention without t,eparating themselves from the organization to which they claim to belong. Whatever may have been the binding force of the Com- promise as a party test, while it enjoyed merely the sanction of a Whig administra- tion, or a Whig Congressional caucus; when it was once adopted by a convention of Whig delegates fresh from the people, promulgated as a vital part of the Whig creed, and accepted by their candidate as tlie ground on which he was ready to stand or fall before the American people, it is conclusive as to the obligations of a Whig — pure and simple — however it may be received by the crazy professors of all the isms under heaven. And to us it is a matter of slight gratifi- cation, that the platform adopted by the Whigs in council is based on the policy and principles which have been set forth in the messages of President Fillmore, and eininently exemplified in his Admin- istration. A more marked and signal com- pliment could not have been paid to the Administration than this recognition by tlie convention of the wisdom and patriot i^m of its course. We enter the canvass ill the maintenance of all the measures and all the principles which wc have deemed it our duty hitherto to support — cheered and encouraged by the full endorsement of the Whig National Convention. With tills platform, and in the illustrious name of WiNFiELn Scott, we consider our t uniphant success as certain as that the day of election dawns upon the American people. WINFIELD SCOTT. Thirteen j'ears ago, when the Whigs i)f the Union were canvassing the merits of their favorites, previously to going into Convention for the selection of a Presi- dential candidate, wc had occasion to ypeak of General Scott. The Whigs of Oneida county, in the State of New York, through one of their organzations, had adopted resolutions suggesting his name for tiie Presidency, coupled with the ex- pression of a determination to abide by the decision of the Convention. In com- menting on this movement, we expressed the opinion that public sentiment had set- tled upon Mr. Clay as the next Whig candidate, and we added, what may not be improperly reproduced in this connex- " But notwithstanding our conviction ■ that Mr. Clav is the first choice of a • large majority of the Whigs, we are well ■ aware that other candidates have numer- ■ous friends and sujiporters. Of this '■ number is General Harrison. Nor has ' any one more ardent and attached friends • than General Scott ; and we have no ' doubt that he wdl one day be elevated to 'the Presidency, and discharge its duties ' with infinite honor to himself and satis- ' faction to the country. This belief we ' do not now express for the first time ; ' and we shall hail with joy the day that ' witnesses its accomplishment. We are 'gratified, therefore, with every indication ' of public favor towards this distinguished ' man ; and if there should appear in the ' Convention an unexpected change in ' what now seems a settled public opinion ' and General Scott should go into the ' Convention with a majority of the Whig ' members from the Whig States, we have 'no doubt that the party without a solitary ' exception would yield him a most hearty ' and cordial support. Such also will be ' the case, we have as little doubt, in the 'event of the selection of I\Ir. Clay; a ' selection that now seems almost beyond ' the reach of contingency, and that seems ' better calculated than any other to de- ' velopc the full strength of the Whig ' party. "As long as the friends of the re;-pec- ' tive candidates exprcsi a determination ' to abide by the decision of the Conven- ' tion, we care not what resolutions they ' adopt, or how early they prepare for the ' content. Give all the candidates a fair 'field and a fair chance — let no Whig en- ' list his sympathies too warmly for any ' man ; but let every one hold himself in ' a position to give a cordial support to that ' candidate who shall be the choice of a ma- 'jority of the Whig party as represented 'in the Coavention. We may liave pre- ' dilections and partialities, but we must ' renounce them. We may prejudices ' and antipathies, but we must lay them ' aside. There is a disposition among the ' Whigs, a growing disposition, to act upon 'these principles. Wherever there are 'Whig votes to be given, the feeling is ' universal ; and the only dissent from it ' is in some quarters where the Whigs are ' in a hopeless and helpless minority. Dis- ' affection or perverseness in such quarters ' can neither governor the course of the ' Whig paity, nor impair the prospects of ' the VVhig candidate." The sentiments thus expressed were believed to be good Whig doctrine in 1839, and will be held, we doubt not, ■equally good Whig doctrine in 1852. WiNFiELD Scott is now before the Amer- ican people as the crndidate of the Whig National Convention for the Presidency of the Unitc'd States. He has been nomi- nated upon a declaration of principles made by the Convention and accepted by the candidate. In his person he repre- sents the opinions and the policy of the great Whig party, and we doubt not that he will ultimately unite all the members of that party in his cordial support. Some expressions of disappointment and disaffec- tion we have expected and have heard. Such expressions we should have expect- ed and have heard, whoever had been the successful candidate. Time heala and reconciles the difi^erences which gave rise to them. The first ebullition of feel- ing gone — and the sparks struck out by the collision of conflicting opinions and interests are soon buried in the ashes of the past. It is not our present purpose to compare the personal merits, services, and claims of WiNFiELD Scott with those of the oppos- ing candidate. It is sufficient in this con- nexion to say, that General Scott is a Whig of the school of Henry Clay ; and that General Pif.rce is a Democrat of the school of John C. Calhoun. General Scott is the friend of a discriminating tariff of protection ; of the improvement of our harbors and rivers ; and the distri- bution of the public lands or their pro- ceeds for the common benefit of all the States. General Pierce is opposed to all national improvements ; to all protection of domestic labor against foreign competi- tion ; and to any other use of the i)ublic domain than the appropriation of its reve- nue to the ordinary expenditures of Government. General Scott is the fiiend of the time-honored policy of Washing- ton, with regard to foreign nations ; Gen- eral Pierce, as his policy is unfolded by his great champion, Mr. Douglass, casts a longing eye upon all the islands on both sides of the continent, to the " middle channel" of the Atlantic and ths Pacific ; and desires that the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean sea shall be regarded as close waters, designed solely for Ameri- can occupation, and excluding all the rest of the world. To all true Whigs, therefore, we deem it Eufiicient to say, that General Scott is one of their own faith; and that General Pierce is of an opposite political peisua- sion. But this is not the only title of tho 12 THE SIGN A Whig candidate to the sufTrages of Whigs. Through more than forty years of public ,-ervice, he has never been found wanting. He has never withdrawn from any field of labor to which he has been called by his country. Whether his duties have been civil or military, he has always been abun- dantly able to cope with them, and has always discharged them in a manner that has added to his own fame, and has min- istered to the glory and prosperity of the Republic. His peaceful negociatioas have uniformly been attended with success. His military operations have made his name familiar throughout the world, and have covered the arms of his country with undying glory. Therefore it is, we be- lieve that his countrymen will be rejoiced to recognize and reward his toils, his perils, his services, by the highest mark of their grateful approbation. Therefore it is, we believe that he is destined to be elevated to the highest place in their power to be- stow. Rally, then, Whigs of the Union, south and west, north and east! You have a leader whose career is alike radiant with victories of the field, and blazoned by the bloodless triumphs of peace. You have a CAUSE, which, if you falter not nor fail, will be vindicated in the light of your de- clared principles, and established by the voices and in the hearts of the people. (GENERAL PIERCE'S ''NEGATIVE STREXGTH." We have been somewhat amused by the l>arade making in the Locofoco journals, in regard to what they call very humor- ously the "negative strength" of their Presidential candidate. This seems to us very much as if we should praise a woman for her '-negative beauty" — or a trades- man for his "negative honesty." And yet there is a curious felicity in this phrase as applied to General Pikrce. His whole career, civil and political, is made up of negatives of the most extraordinary char- acter ; and its strength, therefore, if it is not negative, is nothing. Mr. Pierce is a very clever gentleman, but what he has done in this world to oc- riipy eight mortal columns of the news- papers, with broad columns and small type, his best friends will be the most puzzled to answer. We have read the whole ght columns, as they appeared originally onPoit, and have been copied in the read them with amazement. His worst enemies could not have wished for a more opportune or fatal publication. Three columns of the eight are devoted to the connexion of General Pierce with the Mexican war. This is simply ludic- rous. We had hoped for the sake of an amiable man that his friends would not seek to make a hero or a soldier of him. General Pierce knows as well as any one how little he deserves such a reputation. From the first moment he landed in Mex- ico, General Pierce relied entirely on the advice and directions of the young officers of the regular army, who were in his staff, or within his reach. He never hesitated to avow his entire ignorance of military affairs, and his absolute unfitness for his new employment, and in this he showed much more good sense than bis friends do in claiming a military character for him. We have no doubt that he is a brave man, but he possesses no military aptitude; and he resigned his commission the first mo- ment he could do it with propriety, avow- ing that he had mistaken his vocation. It may well be that he wouW have distin- guished himself by his gallantry, if he had been favored with an occasion; but a succession of accidents and misfortunes withdrew him from the field on several critical moments, just as the time arrived for winning laurels. But the difficulty in General Pierce's case is more deeply seated than this. It is not merely that his military character is one of exclusively "negative strength," but his civil career is equally remarkable in this regard. He was some years in the New Hampshire legislature, and it is not pretended that he accomplished anything worthy of mention in that interesting as- sembly. As a member of the House of Repre- sentatives of the United States in June, 1836, he voted against the bill " making additional appropriations for the Delaware breakwater, and for certain harbors, and removing obstructions in and at the mouths of certain rivers, and for other purposes, for the year 1836." It cannot be claimed that he rendered any particular service by this vote, for the bill was passed, and a few days afterwards received the signa- ture of General Jackson. At the same session Mr. Pierce voted against the bill "making appropriations nto the Washington Union. We have I for the improvement of certain harbors therein mentioned." This was a " nega- tive," but not a very effective one; for this bill, in spite of Mr. Pilrce's nega- tion, passed both Houses of Congress; and was signed by General Jackson. At the same session he voted against "the bill to continue the Cumberland road in the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.'''' This vote, too, was of as little consequence as any thing that ever hap- pened to Mr. Toots. The bill received a majority of votes in both branches of the legislature, and received the signa- ture of General jAckso^. These are the prominent points of his career in the House. , As far as the coun- try is concerned, it was certainly of no "consequence." We do not think that these votes call very loudly on the Amer- ican people to make him President. We next find him in the Senate : In the session of I837-'38, he voted against a Harbor and River bill that was voted for by Mr. Wright and Mr. Buchanan. But in this case, also, his vote was of no sort of "consequence." At the same session he voted, in a minority of six, against a bill for the benefit of the Ala- bama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Com- pany ; which was a measure of such a character that even Mr. Calhoun and iMr. Grundy voted for it ; In such a mi- nority, of course, his vote was of as little consequence as usual. At the same session a bill was before the Senate for the " benefit of the Mount Caf- mel and New Albany Railroad Company, in the State of Indiana," providing for a grant of alternate sections along the road, the company contracting to carry ike mail for twenty years loithout charge to the Govern ■ ment; which would pay the Government at the rate of one dollar and six cents for each acre granted. Mr. Clay and Mr. Webster voted for this bill. Mr. Pierce, true to his anti-improvement interests, voted with the minority against it. Whilst in the Senate, he voted and made a speech against the bill for the re- lief of the widow of the lamented General Harrison. But here, too, the vote ol Mr. Pierce was entirely inconsequential. The bill became a law; and the widow received the poor pittance which Mr. Pierce would have withheld, and which was but a slight token of a nation's grat- itude for the services of one of hrr most Uustrious sons. THE SIGNAL. 13 Here it was, too, that he took part against the bill for the relief of the heirs of Robert Fulton; a bill that was af- terwards passed by a Democratic Congress, and was approved without hesitation by President Polk. Here it was, too, that he voted in a minority of four Senators against the Fortification bill. Nor should we omit to mention, that during his Congressional career he made a speech against the West Point Acade- my, though it is true that after the Mexi- can war he retracted his opinions, and testified to the great importance of that institution in enabling us to achieve our Mexican victories. Subsequently to all this he resigned his seat in the Senate. We do not seek to deprive him of all the "negative strength" he can derive from this circumstance. Still subsequently, he declined to serve his country again in the capacity of Sena- tor, on the invitation of Governor Steele. Still subsequently, he added to his "ne- gative strength" by declining to serve his country in the capacity of Attorney Gen- eral, on his appointment to that office by President Polk. Afterwards, as a member of the New Hampshire convention for the amendment of the State constitution, he took an active part in favor of abolishing the religious test which had so long disgraced his State. Singularly enough, his friends claim great distinction for him because he was in favor of religious toleration. As if every one were not in favor of religious toleration in these days, except a few bigots in a benighted State like New Hampshire. We should as soon think of claiming merit for a man because he was not an habitual violator of the decalogue. But here, again, the generally inconsequential character of Mr. Pierce's votes and speeches is singularly illustrated. The constitution by which religious tests were abolished, was not adopted by the People. It is indeed odd to see how uniformly unavailing all Mr. Pierce's efforts have been in the way of legislative, military, and constitutional improvement. We doubt if there is a DubUc man of any note in the country, who has spoken, voted, and fought, to so little practical purpose. In thus reviewing the career of General Pierce, we do him no intentional inj ustice. We are merely developing and illustrat- ing the idea of his "negative strength" — the philosophy of which is that the man who has done the least for his country is the most eminently entitled to her honors and rewards. We are not of this opinion. We think that a little affirmative strength will be useful, if not absolutely necessary, in commending a general or a statesman to the confidence and consideration of his country. Therefore, it is, that in another paragraph we have given a brief record of the affirmative claims of General Scott. To our mind it is a record of more interest than can be made up of the most emphatic negations ; and as it carries its own story with it, we have not thought it worth while to embarrass the plain statement with any commentary. The best com- mentary upon it is written on the hearts of the American people — and will be pub- lished some time the next fall. WINFIELD SCO IT'S AFFIRMATIVE STilENGTH. Captain of light, arliliery, May, 18U8. Lieutenant Colonel of 2d artillery, Iziiid's regi- ment, July, 1813. Volunteers in the battle of Queeiuloicn, commands on the heights, and is captured, October 13,1812. Interferes in behalf of the captured Irishmen, October, 1812. Assists in getting the Act of Retaliation passed, January, 1813. Adjutant General of the army under Gen. Dear- born, at iNiagara, May, 1B13. Commands the advance guard iji the capture ol Fort George, May 27, 1813. Colonel of a double regiment, July, 1813. Commands the advance guard in the dcscejit of the St. Lawrence, November, 1813. Is made Brigadier General, iMarch 'J, 1814. Drills the troops in the camp of Bulialo, April, May, June, 1814. Commands the advance brigade, lighting the Bat- tle of Chippewa, July 5, 1814. Commands the advance brigade in the Battle of A'iagara (Lundy's Lane), July 25, 1814. Is badly wounded, July 25, 1814. Is brevetted Major General, July 25, 1814. Receives the honorary degree of Master of Arts, at Princeton, September, 1814. Dechnes the appointment of Secretary at War, February, 1815. Travels in Europe, March, 1S15-'1C. Is married, March, 1817. Writes the Military Institutes, 1621. Again travels in Europe, 1827-'28. Embarks on the Lakes, commanding troops for Black Hawk war, July 8, I83'i. Nurses the sick, August, 183J. Is cOinniissioned to treat with Indians, September, 1832. Concludes tr< Commands ii Commands ii Sjpeech bcfon ities, September, 1832. Charleston, November, 1833. Florida, February, May, 1836. a Court of Inquiry, October, IS Favorable opinion of the court, October, 1836. Commands on the Canada frontier, Dec'r, 1837- Harangues the people, January, 1838. Maintains peace, January, 1838. Removes the Cherokees, May,' 1838. Addresses the Indians, May, 1838. Commands in l\\e Disputed Tfrnlori/, March, 1839. Corresponds with Gov. Harvey, March, 1839. Receives votes in the Whig Convention for the Presidency, December, 1839. Supports General Harrison, 1840. Nominated for the Presidency by the State Con- vention of Pennsylvania, 1842. Ordered to Mexico, November 23, 18 IG. Lands at Vera Cruz, March 10, 1847. Captures San Juan dt Ulloa, March 27, 1847. ninstlie Battle of Cerro Gordo, April 18, 1847. Enters the city of Puebta, May 15, 1847. Commands the army of Mexico in the battle cf Conlreras, August 19, 1847. In the battle of Churubusco, August 20, 1847. In the battle of Molino del Rey, Sept. 8, 1847. In the storm of Chapultepec, Sept. 13, 1847. Captures the City of Mexico, September 14, 1847. Levies contributions for the comfort of the army, September 18, 1847. Devises a system of revenue, November, 1847. Appears before a Court of Inquiry, April, 1848. Returns home, May, 1848. Is received by the corporation of New York with military and civic honors, May, 1848. Nominated by the National Whig Convention for the Presidency, June 21, 1852. On Monday evening, the 2Sth, the rati- fication took place in front of the City Hall. Thousands of persons were pre- sent. A salute of thirty-one guns was fired. A ntimber of beautiful transparen- cies were added to those of the previous occasion. The Whigs of the various wards marshalled under their respective banners, and repaired at an early hour to the scene of the grand demonstration. Walter Lenox, esq., the President of the meeting, delivered a brief but eloquent address, and olTered a series of resolutions which express unqualified approval of the action of the Baltimore Convention and a determination to yield to the nominees a cordial and energetic support. The meeting was subsequently address- ed by the Hon. J. W. Miller, of New Jer- sey ; J. R. Chandler, of Pennsylvania ; James T. Morehead, of North Carolina ; William Cullum, of Tennessee; Solomon Foot, of Vermont ; Col. Williams, of Ken- tucky ; Samuel W. Parker, of Indiana ; and Richard Yates, of Illinois. The meeting was then closed by th«5 14 THE SIGNAL. Binglng of a fine song by Mr. Spencer, of Florida, in the chorus of which the whole assemblage joined. FIRST RESPONSES TO THE NOMINA- TIONS. On the reception in this citv of the news ! ti.at t , „ " , . , , which of the nominations for the rresidency and | myself, Vice Presidency made by the Whig Na- *"^"'' ocratic party, my hopea for the prosperity of this country, the stability of its institutions, and the perpetuity of the Union, depend upon the aecen dency ofWhi? nieaeures. [Prolonged cheering.] A Voice. 'Three cheers for the old North Stale! , . . [In response, three hearty and cutLu3iastic cheers were given.] , ,,. , Mr. Graham. Thank you, g-entlemcn, for that. I look uDon this nomination as a compliment to :d3t, that noble old Whig State, ol i prou.1 to be a citizen, rather than to llow-citiz°i I did not expect this visit. It lom.'^nta since 1 heard of this nomi. tional Convention at Baltimore, tlie Whigs ,"„^'j-x"a!nStxpVeL°\o'';^t"m''rthl,lk°for"'.hT3 here immediately assembled, and proceed- ;X?'rVesuR of'l^IXit^frirn,"^^ coT- ed with a band of music to the residence vcntionat Baltimore him of the Mr. G. then withdrew amidst deafening of General Scott, to app: fact. On their arrival, the band played j cheers, " Hail to the Chief," when General Scott, having been informed of the object of the procession, appeared at the balcony, and addressed the assemblage, as follows : Gentlemen ; Thii ndness touches my heart es: from my near neighbors ar ity of Waehingto first political greeting manifestation of your ply, cjuiing, a* i! valed to that he Baltimore Q has been ' rigreeable to nriyaell. This city was laid out ui the eye and direction of ihe immortal Wash ton, ■in-! I trust the prosperity of the city will • liiiue to advance with the growth of the- Un i:n I of him \v:;ucie name it bears. 1 trust, ('enilemen, that so long ."b 1 shall lir.ue amo'iigat you the same friendly relal will br ruitivated, whether lent tl.c. position of a .soldier or shall be oi Chief JUgiEtratc. Ge.illcnicn, the high honor whic Couvenvion has con/erred upon me, over my illus- trious an.;l friendly rivala-the Chief M.iginrate of Ihe country and the Secretary of Si;iic, already known to fame— was wholly unmeriled, and will be a causi for my making still gre.iler efforts to nitrit the approbation of my country and of that 1 know tin', much anxiety and many trials are u, 1„ ;, , , li. , ,_;:i before the ratification of the p., , ' .1 I,, 1 i', I, Whether it shall confirm ;.,.„ ,,.:ntionor not, Icliall besatis. lie, I, : ,. i ,.::■ ,^ 1 .1 it Will be coolcrred upon a Ml. II' u- 1. 1 , .1 J >vj ic confidence and support. In whatever poiUion I may be placed, it sh.ill con tiiiUL- to bt the great aim of my life to discharge my duty to my country. it 1 should be elevated to that di^iut tl.mfor which I have been n.;.;;, \ to conduct mysellaa to merit I !), , you have so kindly bestowed u,- , Gentlemen, you find me greatly i; :. hauited, and for the prfsent 1 cm •.•m; for this kind congratulation— the fir=l which I have ever leccivcd-and bid y The procession ne.xt visited the White House ; and, in response to enthusiastic and protracted cheering, President Fill- more appeared at one of the windows, and said : Fellow-Citizsns: Permit m.-- to return you iny hearty thanks for this most unexpected visit. You have, indeed, taken me by surprise, for I was fast asleep when your drum aroused me. [Great laugh !cr and cheers.] Nevertheless, fellow-citizens, this compliment is not the less welcome to my heart because it was unexpected. 1 return you a thou- sand thousand thanks. But, gentlemen, these honors are due to the lijtng not the scUing sun. Whether rising or setting, however, my heart is always with you, no matter who may be your standard- bearer. [Loud cheers.] Again, fellow citizens, permit mo to return you my most cordial thanks lor this attention, add re- quest you to bestow your hongra upon Gciieral Scott. [Great cheering.] Robert Farnham, Stanislaus Murray, Georgo Watlerston, Thomas Donoho, Thoma.-i Miller, James E. iMorgan, John F. Tucker, James P.TMc- Kean, A. B. Claxton, Daniel Campbell, Alexantler iMcIntire, Augustus E. Perry, Robert M. Coombs, Jackson Pumphrcy, R. Finley Hunt, George U. Dove, John Espey, Bushrod W. Reed, \V. P. Ferguson, Wm. T. Dove, John W. Martin. The following gentlemen were then appointed n.sned pos RATIFICATION MEETINGS. Since the nominations, ratification meetings have been held throughout the country, all of which were attcndeti with the greatest enthusiasm. In this city, a mass meeting was called for the evening of the 23d June, when thousands of per- sons assembled, including a large number of ladies. A stand for the ofKcera and speakers hati been erected on the southern portico. This was covered with American Hags, one of which had streamed from a United States vessel at the time the military ',. *"iaiid naval forces approached Vera Cruz with a \\[\''' j view to the capture of that city and its defences. ,,', ',,i^ ' On the west of the platform was a frame work, on I; y',u ' a side of which was the inscription, "The Union e kind I of the States;" underneath this was the represen- a good I tation of a bowl of smoking soup, and the words, ! " The liero of Lundy's Lane." In front, the fol- lowing words were painted in large letters: "When the cry is that the Union is in danger, and a rally is made to suppoit it, I would have been a coward and a recreant it;. 1 had not also rallied— Winfield ScoTT." On the east, ihe words, " Fidelity to tl Constitution. Concession and harmony the ha binger of success." On the east of the platform was another set of transpatenciea, the three sides of which were observable from ditterent points of compliment of this visit, ■ view, with the inscriptions, "The Flag of the to the couniry upon Ihe ; Union is our Banner; Scott, Graham, and Victory i of the coiivi-niiun of the ' ^^^ balllc-cry. The Whigs of Washington, with intes assembled at Haiti- ; („.de„t and united hearts, rally round the Flag of , ^ , , , ... the Union." (Between these two sentences was a representation of a bowl of soup.; ocott, ura- ham, and Victory, Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Con- ireras, Molino del Key, Chapultepec, and Churu- busco, Mexico." Extending across the main pil- iais of the City Hall were the words, painted in large letters, " Scott, Graham, and the Compro- mise;" and at each end of the canvass was a pen- dent United States flag. Whigs of the couniry would WiLTtR Lenox, esq., was unanimously called 11 satisfied. [Great cheering.] i ^^ preside, and on motion, the tollowiiig vice presi- peot to that largp > ' The procession then proceeded to the residence of the Hon. Willi.\m A. Gra- H.\M ; and, after beautiful and appropriate music by the band, Mr. Grahai.i appear- ed, and spoke nearly as follows : 1 you to tender t the hands ■^Sl' lited States, the cuun'ry, couniry, had reason to rx wouli fall upon him [Ch kirs in that convention ' ba.l the nomination fallen! ,,,v oi-n part, with all respect to that large i ' I of ?ur fellow-citizens coDBtituliiig the DcRl- 1 "ents wer? chosen : Charles MeNamee, R. H. Laskey, George W. Cochran, John Tretler, and George Jilhud. Owing to a fall of rain, the meeting was adjourn- ed over till Monday evening, the 23ih. The Whigs of Philadelphia asgombied in large numbers on the 22d instant, to ratify the nomina- tions of Scott and Graham. Ihe Jiiquirer de- scribes the gathering as "a mighty one." John B. Myers ])rcsided, with a large array of vice presidents and seftetaries ; and addresses were de- livered by Judge Conrad, Governor Jones, (Tenn.) Colonel Netherland, Hon. W. Ballard Pres- ton, (Va.,) Hon. G. B. Ddncan, (La.,) Mr. Cobb, (Miss.,) and others. Resolutions in support of the nominations were enthusiastically adopted. A se- cond meeting was held in another part of Independ- ence Square, and passed oif with not less eclal. The president was James Traquair; and Hon. Mr. Norton, (Ohio,) Judge Jessup, Mr. Morris, and ex-Governor Johnston, were the speakers. The Ratification meeting held in the city of New York on the 24ih, was the largest, we are informed, that has been held there for years. The Journal of Commerce says : " It was a demonstration eminently worthy of ihe cause and of the Whig nominees. The arrange- ments were good, the speeches were spirited, [,a- triotic, and eloquent, and the enthusiasm was earnest and vehement."' The Commercial Advertiser says of it : "Whatever doubts some may have previously- entertained respecting the acceptance of the nomi- nation of ScoTT and Graham by the Whigs of New York cily must have been dispelled by the immense gathering of Whigs last evening for the purpose of ratifying the choice of the Convention. The numbers and the enthusiasm were evidence of something more than acquiescence. They gave promise of an earnest zeal, which may well be an augury of success. The Clubs camo up in strong force and high spirits, with torches, banners, and music, evincing a strength and per- fectncss ol organization for which we certainly were not prepared, and every thing wore a cheer- ing aspect." At Wilmington, Delaware, there was an immense gathering on the 23d instant, on the occasion of ratifying the Whig nominations for President and Vice President. Speeches were delivered by the Hon. John M. Clayton and the Hon. J. W. Hous- ton, and resolutions endorsing the nominations and platform were adopted. The Whigs of New Haven (Conn.) held a rati- fication meeting on Tuesday evening, which the Patladitim says " was one of the largest and most enthusiastic political gatherings ever held in the city. All the speakers were greeted with the most hearty demonstrations of applause; and it is con- ceded among the Whigs present that the spirit prevailing on the occasion was more like that which prevailed just previous to the Presidential election of 1840." The New Jersey Gazette says that the Whig meeting held at Trenton on Thursday to ratify the Whig nominations was the largest political gathering of its citizens ever known, and that the meeting was as enthusiastic in spirit as it was large mber. The greatest unanimity of feeling, ; confidence in our success in the campaign, and an earnest determination to make great exer- tions to achieve that success, pervaded the assem- bled multitude. The Whigs of Salem, Massachusetts, also held their ratification meeting on Thursday evening, at which the Hon. Oris P. Lord, the delegate liorn the Essex dhstrict to the National Convention, gave a full account of the doings of the Convention, and, after expressing his disappointment and regret that the man of his choice was not selected, fully THE SIGNA 15 endorsed ilie nomination, and declared to the Con- vention which elected him (hat it was the duty of all true Whigs to yield their per.ional feelings to the good of the parly. His speech is described as a manly and patriotic one, and appears by the fol- lowing resolution to have been nobly responded to by the meeting : " Resolved,' That differences of opinion and per- sonal preferences thrown aside, acknowledging ihe obligations of honor that bind all who were parties to the Convention that nominated him, and of duly to the great interests of our common country, we will, from this hour, be a united band of brothers, participating in the noble struggle, and sharers Ihe glory of promoling and securing the welfa of the Republic by the permanent ascendency of WniQ Prin-ciples." From the Louisville Courier, June 23. On Monday evening, when the ift;ws of General Scott's nomination was announced, the people at Cincinnati assembled spontaneously in mass meet- ing, and by firing of cannon and loud and long cheers, testified their high satisfaction with the choice of the convention. At Aurora and Rising Sun, in Indiana, bonfires were blazing, guns firing, and the Whigs were making the welkin ring with loud shouts for the hero of an hundred battUs— General Winfield Scott. Last night the Whigs of New Albany met in mass meeting to ratify the nomination of Scott and Graham, and the reports of their guns made glad Whighcarts; whilst the Locofocos, assembled at the court-house, were disheartened and sad un- der such evidence of zeal and energy in the Whig The nominations and the platform of the con- vention has given very general satisfaction to the Whigs of Louisville; and we doubt not that Sat- urday night will show that the gallant Whigs of the Banner City of Kentucky are united as one man, and ready to do zealous and active service under the old Whig flag, bearing the names of Scott und Graham. We learn from paisengers that arrived from Lexington yesterday on the cars, that the utmost enthusiasm was displayed at Georgetown, Lfixing- ton, and Frankfort, at the nomination of Sc-tt. Hurrah for Kentucky. The Whig ratification meeting at Louisville, Kentucky, on the 26th, w.is most enthusiastic, sur- passing Ihe campaign of 1840. Speeches oili sing ine campaign ol 1S4U. Speeches were ie by the Hon. Sherrod Williams and several From all quarters we have accounts of those old-fashioned Whig gatherings, giving assurance that the masses of the great Whig party will not falter in their support of the nominations of their National Convention. Dr Cha Cha ap- e's Opinion of Gen. Scott.— Dr- ining in the pieface to his Lectures on War pays the following tribute to the man whom the Whigs have selected for their candidate at the proaching contest — ' * * • Much, also, is due to the beneficent influence of Gen. Scott. To this dis- tinguished man belongs the rare honor of uniting with military energy and daring the spirit of a philanthropist, //is ixploits in the field, which placed him in the first rank of ioldiers, have been obscured by Ihe purer and more Listing glory of a pacificator and a /riend cf mankind. In the whole history of the nitercourse of civilized communities, we doubt whether a brighter page can be found than that which records his agency in the removal of the Cherokees. As far as the wiongs done to this race can be atoned for, Gen. Scott has made the ex- piation. In his recent mission to the disturbed borders of our country he has succeeded, not so much by policy as by the nobleness and generosity I of character, by moral influence, by the earnest conviction with which he has enforced on all with whom he had to do Ihe obligation! justice, humanity and religion.- U easy to find among us a man who has won a purer fame; and 1 would do something, no mafcr how little, to hasten the time when the spirit of Christian humanity shall be accounted an aesential attribute and the brightcs; ornament in a public man. THE SOLDIERS IN THE FIELD. We notice that among the speakers at the Wh Ratification Meeting at Pittsburgh, on Monday evening last, there were no less than three of th who served in the war with Mexico under command of Gen. Scott, and two of whom hi heretofore been Democrats, and acted with that party. They were Captains Charles Naylor and Robert Porter, and a Mr. Crawford. Capt. Nay lor said that those who followed the commander of the American army abroad, would follow hir home, and thous.'inds who were with him on the field, would not turn their backs to his standard but would rally round the same eagle in the com ing campaign. Capt. Porter expressed the highest satisfaction at the nomination. IMr. Crawford' said he was a private soldier under Gen. Scott, and could not forbear saying a word on this occasion. He had always been a democrat and was one still; and had not the present nomination been made, he would have gone heart and hand for Pierce. But he could not forget the brave and gallant com- mander he followed so long, and he should use all his influence for the election of Gen. Scott. At Ihe meeting in New York, Lieut. Brown (New York Volunteers) said, he spoke of General Scott as one who had followed him on the field of battle, and he looked upon him as the chief who was to lead them to a greater victory. It was the blackest lie to say that Winfield Scott was unpop- ular in Ihe army. A man would have been torn to pieces if such a stigma had been uttered among the ranks. He told his men that they had been bap- tized in blood, and every man would have died to serve him. One of his first acts after conquering the Mexican cities, was to establish pubkc schools. The democratic part of the army declared, when Franklin Pierce was nominated, that they would leave his banner and go to that of Winfield Scott. Let him be borne into the Presidential chair over tiie waves of an overwhelming majority. Phila. Ji/iics. The Boston Post announces that General Pierce once spent a Sabbath in a country village of his native State, and insisted on going to church not- withstanding he was informed that the preacher was very dull ! There is, says the Boston Journal, we confess, substantial merit in this act, especially if Ihe weather was warm. It requires considerable self-denial to hear a "very dull preacher" under FOR SCOTT, BOYS, HURRAH ! ET ONE OF THE BOTS. The Old men all remember — As't were but yesterday — When Britain sought, on Freedum's so Again to plant her sway ; The Old men all remember WhohurI'd her back again — 'T was Winfield Scott at Chippewa, 'T was Scott at Lundy's Lane! So fling for Scott the banner out. And sing for Scott hurrah ; With him we can the Locos rout. And win for Chippewa. The Young men all remember — 'T was not five year ago — Who led our ictory, • And conquer'd Mexico . The Young men all remember How Churubusco's field. And Vera Cruz, and Contreras, Were made by Scott to yield ! So fling for Scott the banner out. And sing for Scott hurrah ; With him we can the Locos rout, And win for Chippewa. The Old men and the Young men— With Scott to lead Ihe fight— From hill and dale, from shore and wa Will rally and unite : The Old men and the Young men— With Scott to lead them on— Will make the hero of two wars, Their Chief at Washiiision! So fling for Scott the banner out. And sing for Scott hurrah, With him we can the Locos rout, And win for Chippewa, SCOTT AND GRAHAM. TUNE "dearest MiE. In Baltimore the Whigs agreed Upon their candidate. And mean that he shall he the man To guide the Ship of State; He bears a name that is without A bleu ■ a spot- A Patriot, Hero, Statesman, Saee— Who else but WINFIED SCOTT Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! For Scott, the brave and true. Whoi yet 1 Nor will he lose it now ! Two generals arc in the field, Frank Pierce and Winfield Scott- Some think that Frank's a fighting man. And some think he is not — 'Tis said that when in Mexico, While leading on his force. He took a sudden fainting fit. And tumbled off his horse. Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! For Winfield the undaunted. Who never on the battle field Surrendered, fled, or fainted ! But gallant Scott has made his mark On many a bloody plain. And patriot heart beat high to greet The Chief of Lundy's Lane; And Chippewa is cla.ssic ground Our British neighbors know. And if you'd.,hear of later deeds, Go, ask in Mexico ! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! For Scolt and Graham true. They are the boys to lead the fight. The boys to win it loo I Now, boys, we'll go ihe.nominoes, And whip out Pierce and King ; From Maine to California, We'll make the welkin ring. We'll give the Lokies good Scott " soup. Of which so much we've read, And if they should n't like our soup. We'll give them Graham bread ! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! When e'er the chance permits, Willi warm Scolt soup and Graham br We'll give the Lokies fits. Then let us enter on the fight. Our cause is just and high ; Let's show our foes the " fu.s3" we raise Will make the "feathers" fly. The gallant Scott, who- leads the van, Is honest, faithful, true; And he has got the people's heart- So we say — what say you ? Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! For Scott, the brave and true ; He's got the honest people's heart, So we say- Our noble Scott has never failed. Wherever he might be ; On Cerro Gordo's blood stained heights, Or in diplomacy. He calmed the angry border fends Upon our northern line. And caused where war's black clouds arose. The Siarot Peace to shine. Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! For Scott the brave and true. The man who never lost a field fVill win his field for you ! The Locofocos brag and boast. And show themselves quite fierce. Though all the capital they have Is Generoi Frank Pierce: A man dug np when all was lost, Buchanan, Douglass, Cass, A sort of " Conipiomise" between A race-horse and an ass. Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! For Scolt, the brave and true. Who never faints on battle fields, But fights his battles through, ir. THE SIGNAL Then, boys, hurrah for Winfield Scott, Who leads the great Whig troop, And only lakes when duty calls, Jt HASxr })(n(e of soup ! Who never counts his enemies. And never knows a fear, But gives his foes a raking fire, In front and " in the rear." Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! For Scott, the brave and true. Who never faints on battle fields, Who fights his battles through ! Now, if you'll work, you gallant Whigs, For Scott and Willie Graham, We'll only let the Locos tell The place where we shall iaj/'rai. And when the " fainting" Pierce boys talk or " feathers" day and nigl.t. Just let them know in Scott's war-hat There is not a feather while. Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! For Scott and Graham true. They are the boys to lead the fight, Tlie boys to win it too ! Webster dpon Scott.. — In a speech in the U S. Senate, March 93 1848, Daniel Webster spokf us follows, relative to the character and General Scott, I understand, sir, that there is a report from Gen Scott; from Gen. Scott, a man who has pe: formed the most brilliant campaign on recent mil ry record; a man who has warred against the en( my, warred against the climate, warred against thousand unpropitious circumstances, and has ca ried the flag of his country to the capital of tl enemy, honorably, proudly, Iminanehi, to his ow permanent honor, ami the great military credit ( his country. Anecdote of Scott.— The Tecumseh, (Mich.,) Herald, relates the following anecdote "A citizen of our town gives a remark made by Gen. Scott at Fort George, in 1813. A British flag was sent to tlie American army, and the carrier was sent to General Scott's tent, and sayi Our General has sent me with this flag to request that you surrender to him, for if you do not, h( shall be compelled to storm the fort, and he will no be responsible for the Indians.' The reply of Gen Scott was this: 'Tell your Gen. to come on anc storm the fort, and I will be responsible for the Indians.'" The most ambitious oratorical eff"ort made by Gen. Pierce, while a member of Congress, was in opposition to an appropriation to the venerable widow of Gen. Harrison. That lady hnd just lo.st the partner of her bosom — she and he had been at great expense and loss in breaking up housekeep- ing and removing to Washington. It was propos- ed after the death of her husband, to allow her the year's salary. The proposition met the warm and zealous support of the liberal men of all parties. — But Gen. Pierce opposed it — and on that occasion he made his greatest speech. Surely that display of Yankee generosity should endear him to all the women of this vast Republic! WtslchtsUr, Pa., Record. PROSPECTUS OF THE SIGNAL: A WHIG CAMPAIGN PAPER, PUBLISHED AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. The untlersigned is now publishing, at the city of Washington, a Whig Campaign Paper under the above title, devoted to the support of WINFIELD SCOTT, lor Pre- sident, and WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, for Vice President. 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Those Wkig jnembers will be able to inform their fellow citizens thai jnospects of success for their party and principles, were never as gieat in Illinois as at this momeTit. Generally the Whigs feel this to be the truth, and will put forth their whole strength in the cor contest. We want all should feel it, that there may be "a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all together." Prom the Rockville {J\ld.) Journal. The Whigs of Maryland, though unsuccessfu in getting the man of their choice, Millaro Fill- more, will have no difficulty in rallying under the banner of Scott and Graham. SUBSCRIBERS' NAMES. NO. OF COPIES. POST OrPICE. ; the name of the town, county, and State, plain. THE SIGNAL PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, BY G. S. GIDEON. No. 'i.j WASHINGTON: JULY 10, 1852. 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C. iL^ We send this number to many of our Whig friends throughout the Country, whose Itind ser- vices ill aiding our circulation we respectfully so- licit. Attention is called to the terms. LIFE AND SERVICES OF GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT. In our tirst number we presented our readers with the foxnts in General Scott's life, furnishing an index to his illustrious deeds and his titles to the esteem and gratitude of his countrymen. It is our purpose now to give a somewhat more detailed sketch of the events to which we there merely alluded. BtRTH AND EDUCATION. WiNFiELD Scott was born near Peiersburg,^n Virginia, on the 13th of June, 1786. He is the grandson of a Scotch immigrant, who was compel- led to fly his country in consequence of having en- gaged in the Jacobite rebellion of 1745, and who afterwards settled in Virginia in the practice of the law. His father, William Scott, was a farmer, and his mother, Ann Mason, was a woman of great excellence, and of a family noted in the his- tory of the Slate for its liigh character. She was left a widow at an early age, with five children and very limited property. Winfield was the young. of two sons. He was educated at the academy of Dr. Ogilvie, a celebrated teacher of his day, ami studied law at William and Mary's College, and in the office of Mr. David Robertson. At the age of tweiil^ he was admitted to the liar. SCOTT ENTERS THE ARMV. His first military service was perlormed in 1807, as a private in a volunteer corps raised in Peters- burg, and marched to Lynnhaven bay in expecta- tion of a British descent upon the coast. War with England being then deemed inevitable, Con- gress passed a bill to increase the army, when young Scott ofi'ered his services to President Jef- ferson, and received from him, in May, 1808, a commission as captain of light artillery. In 1809, Captain Scott was ordered to New Or- leans, where it was supposed the British would commence their invasion. Here differences arose between him and Cieneral Wilkinson, which re- sulted in a court martial, and the suspension of Scott from the army for a twelvcmonlh. His sentence was accomplished. "The citizens of Washington, near Natchez, where the court mar- tial was held," says the Iklla, a Democralicjour- nal of New Orleans, " did not approve the sen- tence of the court, and tendered him the compli- ment of a public dinner. During his suspension, Scott devoted himself with great ardor to the stu- dy of the military art, and uciiuired that intimate knowledge of hi.s profession which has since made him the pride of the Americau army." ORDERED TO THE NORTHERN FRONTIER. Immediately after the declaration of war with Great Britain, Scott received the commission of lieutenant colonel from President Madison, and was sent to the Northern frontier, he being sta- tioned at Black Rock. In October he undertook, in conjunction with Lieutenant Elliott of the navy, the capture of two British armed brigs, named the "Adams" and "Caledonia," then lying moored under the guns of the British fort, Erie, nearly op- posite. The attempt v/as gallant and successful : the vessels were captured. But in carrying them off, one of them, the "Adams," drifted on shore under the guns of the battery at Fort Eric, and watr deserted by the captors. The enemy at once un dertook her recovery. Scott drove back the!, boats by a well directed fire. The contest soon became sharp to see who could win the prize. Our men fintilly bore off the brig in triumph. STORiMING or QUEENSTOWN HEIGHTS. The memorable storming of dueenslown Heights followed soon on this successful exploit. General Van Rensellaer had yi.lded to the importunate appeals of his troops, who lay at Lewiston to the number of about 2,500 militia, and 450 regulars, to undertake the invasion of Canada. They were moved in two divisions, one under the command of Colonel Solomon Van Rensellaer, and the other under Colonel Chryslic; a portion only of these troops were landed. The leaders of both divisions were wounded. Van Rensellaer's column advanced under a murderous cannonade to the heights, and being reinforced by a fresh detachment stormed the batteries which protected them, and repulsed the snemy. At this moment. General Brock, the Governor of Upper Canada, arrived with reinforce- ments, and arrested the flying British only to be again repulsed and himself to fall mortally wound- ed. Scott had now arrived on the ground, and took command of the American troops, about .six hundred in number. He immediately drew up his forces in a commanding position, and awaited the arrival of reinforcements. Meanwhile the garrison of Fort George, with 500 Indians, advanced on the American line. A series of severe and sanguinary conflicts ensued, in which Scott displayed heroic courage, leading his troops in person, and inspiring them with confidence by his daring and gallant example. The little band failed to leceive ilie anticipated succor. Meanwhile the British forci; was augmented by the regulars and their Indian allies until it reached thirteen hundred men, against less than three hundred under Scott. Then it was that Scott made a last apfical to his brave band in these thrilling words: "The eneiny'.s Ijalls have thinned ranks. Ills numbers are overw lielning. Di,- 18 TITE SIGNAL ctly ihe \Vc r. Hull'i 1 Lei u. le beyinniii'; of a nal ignominious sarrendcr must be die, then, arms in hand! Oui'counrry demands the sacrifice. Tl)e example will not l>e lost. The blond of the slain will make heroes of the living! Who is rfady for the earrifice:" An enihitsiastic cry answered this eloquent appeal. ''We are all ready!" was the reply. And in this spirit they maintoincd ihcir ground till ihey were over- whelmed by numbers and compelled to surrender. Scott 1I1U.S became a prisoner of war, but not till lie had established his character as an intrepid sol- dier, and most skilful leader. SCOTT A PRISONER. After the capitulation, Scott, with the rest of the prisoners, was taken to the village of Niagara. Scott him.self was lodged at an inn, under guard. Soon after his arrival he received a message that some one wished to speak to the tall American, and immediately proceeded to the hall of the house to ascertain who wished to see him. His visitors proved to be two of the party of Indians who had attacked hiin while bearing a flag of truce at the battle of dueenslown. One of them Scott recog- nised at once, by his tall stature, as a chief known as Captain Jacobs; the other, though a son of the celebrated Brant, had less fame, but was a power- ful and muscular man. In a jargon, in which might be traced a confusion of Indian and the two Euro- pean ln)iguages spoken in Canada, ihey questioned Col. Scott as to v/heiher he was wounded or not, and informed him they had frequently fired at him. The chief at length became angry, and seized the Colonel to turn him around in order that he might examine his back. Any one who has ever looked into the wild fiery eye of the General, inay readily conceive how he felt at this familiarity. With one effort of his muscular arm he threw the Indian to the other side of the hall, and at the same time said, "Go, villain; you shot like a squaw !" The taunt, and what had previously occurred, lashed the chief into a fury, and he rushecl upon Scott with his knife drawn. His companion followed his exam- ple. The idea of asking for assistance did not enter the mind of Colonel Scott; and had retreat been possible, he woulil have died before he would have moved one step. Fortune always favors the brave; and Scott saw within his grasp the swords of his cnplive companions. With a soldier's eye he se- lected the longest, which chanced to be a heavy dragoon sabre, which pnibalily had been worn by one of the volunteer officers. The hcuvy steel scab- bard ft II from it immediately, and with one step to the side, Scott | laced himself in such a position that he was enabled to keep the point at Jacob's breast, at the same time that he was in guard to- wards his companion; Jacobs' life was in the power of Scott, who seemed nothing loath to take it. At the same time it seemed not improbable that Scott would FC<.rcely be able to foil the other, in spite o*" his occupying a po.-ilion which rendered it impossi- ble fur them to attack him in the rear. At this mo- ment Captain Coffin, a nephew of the well-known Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, and an aid of General SheaftV, entiled on a visit of courtesy to the pris- oners, and, amazed at what he saw, callled loudly for the guard. At the same moment he placed a pistol at Jacobs' head and seized Brant by the arm. The sentinels came in immediately on being called for. In the whole affair there had been no n'oisc; and they dragged off the two Indians, who most cordially cursed all while men and all the laws of war. AFFAIR OF THE IRISH PRISONERS. The prisoners taken at dueenslown were sent to Quebec, thence in a cartel to Boston, where soon after Scott was exchanged. When the prisoners were about to sail from Quebec, Scott, being in the cabin of the transport, heard a noise upon deck and hastened up. There he found a party of British officers in the act of mustering the prisoners, and separating from the rest such as by their confession or Iheir brogue were judged to be Irishmen, whom they intended to send home to be tried and executed for high treason. Twenty-three had then been set apart when Scott reached the deck, and there were at least forty more of the same birth in the detach- ment. Many of these inen were adopted citizens, and had left their families in the land of their adop- tion. The humane Scott ascertained the object of the British officers ; he commanded his men to answer no more questions, that they might not be betrayed by thtir accent. Tliey obeyed. Not aftither man was separated from his companions. In the midst of the British officers, and in defiance of their fierce remonstrances, Scoit pledged the protection of tlic United Slates to his gallant sol- diers, and promised Ihatsummary retaliation should follow the execution of any one of the party. The Irishmen were put in irons on board the frigate, and sent to England. When Scott landed in Boston, he proceeded to Washington, and was duly exchanged. He immediately related to the President the scene which had occurred at Quebec, and made a full report of the whole transaction, in writing, to the Secretary of War. This was done on the 13th January, 1813. As this letter is an important and authentic por- tion of the history of the discussion which subse- quently ensued, in regard to the rights of namraliz- ed citizens under llie code of International law, we insirt it in this place. Limienant Colonel Scolt to the Secretary of War. Sir: I think it my duty to lay before the De partmenl that, on the arrival at Quebec of the Ame- rican prisoners of war surrendered alQueenstown, they were mustered and examined by British offi- cers appointed to that duty, and every native-born of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ire- land sequestered, and sent on board a ship of war ihen in the harbor. The vessel in a few days thereafter sailed for England, wiih these persons on board. Between fit"ieen and twenty* persons were thus taken from us, natives of Ireland, several of whom were known by their platoon officers to be naturalized citizens of the United States, and •There were, in fact, twenty-three, as staled in e text. Their names aregiven on the 632il page, il. 3, of AmeriCMU State Pajiers. They were as llnw.s.viz: Henry Kelley, Henry Blaney. GeorL'e 'Common, John Dnlion, Michael Condin, John lark, Peter Burr, Andrew Doyle, John Me- owan, James G.ll, John Fulsum, Patrick Mc- ■:.harty, Matthew Moonev, Putriek Kariis, lohn izi;eraid, John Wiley, John Donelley, John irrey, Nathan Shaley, Edward VI 'Gariigan, John innue, John Williams, George Johnson. others to have been long residents within the same. One in particular, whose name has esca])ed me, besides having complied with all the conditions of our naturalization laws, was represented by his officers to have left a wife and five children, all of them born within the State of New York. I distinctly understood, as well from the officers who came on board the prison-ship for the above purposes, as from others with whom I remonstrat- ed on this subject, that it was the determination of the British Government, as expressed through Sir George Provost, to punish every man whom it might subject to its power, found in arms against the British King contrary to his native allegiance. I have the honor to be, sir, your most obedient servant, W. SCOTT, Lieut. Col. U. S. 'id artillery. At the instance of Scott, this report was sent to both Houses of Congress, and by him pressed on the attention of many members in each House. The result was the early pas.sage of the " Act vesting the President of the United States with the power of retaliation ," ordered to a third reading February 27;h, and passed March 3d, 1813. Two months after this, (May 27th, 1813,) in the battle and capture of Fort George, Scott made a great number of prisoners. True to his pledge given at Quebec, he, as adjutant general, (chief of the staff,) immediately selected twenty-three of the number to be confined in the interior of the United States, there to abide the fate of the twenty-three imprisoned and sent to England by the British officers. In making the selection, he was careful not to include a single Irishman, in order that Irish- men might not bo sacrificed for Irishmen. This step led, on both sides, to the confinement as host- ages of many other men and officers, all' of whom were, of course, dependent for their lives on the fate 6f the original twenty-three. In July, 1815, when peace had been some months concluded, and Scott (then a major-general) was passing along on the East River side of the city of New York, he was attracted by loud cheers and bustle on one of the piers. He approached iha scene, and great was his delight to find that it was the cheers of his old Irish friends, in whose behalf he had interfered at Quebec, and who had that moment landed in triumph, after a confinement of more than two years in Ejiglish prisons! He was quickly recognised by them, hailed as their de- liverer, and nearly crushed by their warm-hearlcd embraces! Twenty-one were present, two having died natural deaths. Scott had not then recovered from the wounds he had received in ihe bloody b.ilile of the Niagarni and was about to einbark on a voyage to Europe. Yet, in conformity with the promises of friendship he had made these men, he found time to write to the departments at Washington, and solicit for them their patents for land bounties, and their long arrearages of pay. He was succes.^ful, and they were at length restored both to their adopted coun- try and their promised rewards. Several of these brave sons of Ireland are yet alive, and can testify to the truth of this narrative They, in common with hundreds of their countrymen taken prisoners in the same war, fighting the battles of liberty, have good reason to believe that they owe their THE SIGNAL. 19 1 the solicitauons,spii liberties, if not tlieirln-es and zeal, of Winfieia Scott!' SCOTT REJOINS THE ARMY AT NIAGARA. Colonel Scott having been exchanged in Jann- nry, 1813, after a short visit to Washington, for the objccis which we have already mentioned, he joined the army at Fort Niagara. Here on the 20th of May, he led the advanced guard in the mem- orable atiack on Fort George, the key of the penin- sula lying between Lakes Erie and Ontario, which General Dearborn had determined to carry. Cap- tain Perry superintended the debarkation of the troops, which was covered by the little fleet of Commodore Chauncet. Colonel Scott effected his landing on the British shore at 9 o'clock in the morning in good order. The enemy was fifteen hundred strong, and posted on a bank above, that was from seven to twelve feet in height. Scott formed his line on th^^beach preparatory to scaling the height. In his first attempt to ascend the se- vere fire of the enemy repulsed our troops. Scott himself was forced backward on to the beach. Dear- born, who was in the Commodore's vessel anx- iously watching the movements of the troops, see- ing with his glass his fiivorite leader fall, burst into tears, exclaiming, "he is lost! he is killed !" But Scott recovered himself, and rallying his men, again eagerly pushed forward, sword in hand, upon the enemy. A furious fight ensued, but at the end of twenty minutes the foe gave ground, and fled in dismay before the resistless valor of our young leader. He pursued the flying columns as far as the village, where he was joined by Miller's regiment. In the midst of his pursuit, he assaulted the fort, forced the gates, and was himself the first to enter. Pressing impetueusly forward at the head of his triumphant followers, with his own hand he seized and tore down the British flag that was waving above its walls. The garrison, seeing that resistance was vain, beat a re- treat, but not till they had fired their magazines. One of them exploded, scattering its fragments in every direction. A piece of burning timber struck Scott and threw him upon the ground much hi The matches were snatched away from the two maining magazines, and the capture was compli The British were now in full retreat. Scott immc' diately remounted and made hot pursuit of the ene- my at the head of his detachment. The pursuit was continued for five miles, and the action would have ended in the capture of the entire British foi but for the peremptory orders of the commanding general to Scoit to return, just as he had got the enemy in his power. In this brilliant exploit the American loss was IT killed and 45 wounded; that . of the British was 90 killed, IGO wounded, and 100 prisoners. ANECDOTE OF SCOTT AND COL. SHEAFFE. Among the prisoners taken in the atiack on Fort George, was an oflicer, who, when Scott was a prisoner in the hand.s of the British, had remarked, in refeftnce to Col. Scon's admiision tijat he had only scon the Niagara Falls from the American side; ' Oh, colonel, before you can see it from the other side, you must win a battle." Scott turned sharply to him and said, '"If you sought to insult me, sir, courtesy dictated that you •Mansfield's Life of Scott. lid first have returned me my sword." Gen. Sheaffe immediately rebuked the Englishman, and the matter dropped. Among the first prisoners taken at Fort George was this colonel, also badly wounded. Scott, being unable to get his own horse from the boats, borrowed ihatof his prisoner, and gave orders that the officer should be treated with all respect. Th^ horse was returned to him, and he was carefully treated and permitted to return to England on parole, at a time when there were no exchanges effected. When he pi rted with Scott the English officer said : "I owe you an a|iology, sir; you can now view the Falls wherever you piea.se." PROGRESS OF THE WAR. In 18)3, after many disasters to the Aniericar arms. Colonel ScuTT was promoted to the com raand of the second artillery, which, consi.'sting of twenty companies, was, in fact, a brigade. Scott had previously held, for a short time, the Adjutant Generalship. A rapid succession of brilliant ex- ploits followed. Leaving Fort George in charge of a small force, Scott advanced to take part in the expedition of General Wilkinson into Canada. Detached from Wilkinson's command, he was everywhere successful, whilst the latter failed in the principal object of his expedition. Scott offered to march into Montreal with a regiment of dragoons and a flying battery, but was prevented by the disagreements among the Generals. Th effect of Wilkinson's campaign was greatly t depress the pride and humiliate the spirit of the people. Scott set himself to work, with the aid of Governor Tompkins, of New York, to revive the discipline and spirit of the army. He established camps and normal schools, and when the campaign of 1814 opened, he astoni.?hed General Brown, the Commander-in-chief, by exhibiting his raw levies drilled into experienced soldiers. CAPTURE OF FORT ERIE. The first operation of the campaign was the capture of Fort Erie. Early in the morning of the 3d July, Scott's brigade, with the artillery corps of Major Hindman, crossed the river and landed below the fort, while Ripley's brigade crossed over and landed above. Scott led the van. The fort surrendered, and 170 men were taken prison- ers. BATTLE OF CHIPPEWA. On the morning of the 4ih July, Scott's brigade marched towards Chippewa. For sixteen miles he had a running fight with the Marquis of Twecdale, who commanded the British lOOlh regiment, till at dusk the latter was driven across Chippewa river, and joined the main body of the British army under General Riall. The Marquis has since said, that he could not account for the ardor of the pursuit until he recollected the fact that it was thi American great anniversary.* At night Scott took up his quarters at Street': creek, about two miles from the enemy's encamp ment. Between the two armies lay the long level plain of Chippewa, the battle-field of the succeeding day.- Face to face the two armies encamped foi the night. The morning of the 5lh broke cleai and glorious. The sun mounted high in the heav- ens, pouring his fierce beams upon the plain below 'Mansfield. On one side of it ran the river, and on the other stood a dense forest. The force of the Americans under Scott was 1,900 strong. The enemy, com" manded by General Riall, numbered 2,100 men. Of Riall's force, at least 1,600 were the veteran troops of the Peninsula war, the flower of the British army. The remaining 500 were dragoons and well trained militia. Scott's men had never seen service. The day was pa.sscd in skirmishes. About 4 o'clock a firing was heard towards the bridge of Chippewa, which announced the approach of the British army. At this time, Scott was moving his brigade towards the plain for the purpose of drill. Near the bridge over Street's creek he met General Brown, who said : " The enemy is ad- vancing, you will have a fight." This was his only order for the day. In his official report Brown says : " The General did not expect to be gratified so soon with a field engagement. He advanced in a most prompt and oflicer-like style, and in a few minutes was in close action upon the plain with a superior force.'' As the two armies approached to close quarters, Scott called aloud to McNeil's battalion " the en- emy say we are good at long shot, but cannot stand the cold iron ! I call upon the eleventh in.stantly to give the lie to that slander! Charge!" They did charge. Before General Brown could come up with the rear division of the American army, Scott had already won the day and was in hot pursuit of the flying enemy. The British hod been beaten with their own boasted weapon — the bayonet. Scott, with 1900 Americans, had met and routed, on the open plain, 2,100 of the best troops of Eng- land, including the Royal Scots, the 100th, and the aueen's Own. In his official report of this inemorahle battle, General Brown did not hesitate to award the credit of the achievement to Scott. " Brigadier General Scott," he says, "is entitled to the highest praise our country can bestow, to him, more than any other man, I am indebted for the victory of the 5th of July. His brigade covered itself wiih glory," BATTLE OF NIAGARA. The second day after the victory of the 5lh, the American troops forced their way over Chippewa river, and on the 25th was fought the battle of Ni- agara. In the afternoon of that day, Scott's com- mand, consisting of foursmall battalions, had been put in motion to threaten the forts at the mouth of the river. While on a rapid march to this point, Scott came unexpectedly upon a larger force than he had encountered at Chippewa, drawn up in order of battle at Lundy's Lane. The American force numbered about 1,300 men, the British upwards of 3,000. ScoTT immediately commenced the attack, about forty minutes before sunset. By 9 o'clock the right wing of the British army had been beaten back, and the left turned and cut off. The centre alone" stood firm. At this moment General Brown ar- rived on the ground with reinforcements. The enemy's artillery occupied a hill which commanded the whole position. It was supported by a line of infantry. " Sir," said General Brown to the brave Miller, "can you take that battery? " "I will try," was the modest response that has since be- come 60 famous. Scott, in the darkness, acted as 1 a guide to Miller till he had the right direction, 20 THE SIGNAL and then i etunied lo cover his movement by renew- ing the nttack in front. Miller advanced gallantly to liis object, and carried the height and the cannon. The enemy made several aesaults to dislodge our raops, but without success; and the contest left ilic Americans in possession of the field with i youth. Thus he thought Scott was too young when it was proposed to make him lieutenant colo- nel; too young when he was again advanced to the post of adjutant general; too young when he was made colonel of a double regiment; and, finally, too young when iie was promoted to the place of bri- Dpll, Throughout the fight Scott had been j gadier general. But at the last, when, after his rc- t:xpo.>jed lo all its perils, and displayed the most inipetuons courage. Two horses were killed under hini. In the midst of the action he was severely wounded, and ju.st at its close he was disabled by receiving a musket ball through the left shoulder, and was borne from the field. Tlie loss was severe iM) both side.s in this desperate battle; that of the Americans in killed and wounded 743: that of the SCOTT S SUFFERINGS AND HI.S TRIUMPHS. Scott's wounds proved dangerous, and the musket ball in -his shoulder even now frequently causes him uneasinefs.- IJis recovery was I'or a monih very doubtful. He lay in great agony at ButTalo, whence he was borne on a litter to Wil- Imrasville, and afterwards to Geneva, on his way lo Philadelphia, in pursuit of t'urther surgical aid. He wa.s every where along his route greeted as the hero of the war, and received with signal marks of popular admiration. On one occasion, when pale and meagre, his left shoulder swollen and band- aged, his arm iir a sling, he was taken to a church 10 witness the commencement ceremonies o! Prince- ion college. The valedictory adilress was delivered on this occasion by a gentleman of liigh talent, and its subject was, " the public duties of a good citizen in peace and war." At the end of this address, Ihe speaker, catching enthusiasm from the moment and occasion, turned to the wounded soldier and made him the personification of his ideal. The audience was enchanted, and the soldier and the scholar l-oth shared in the applause evoked. He received here tlie diploma of Master of Arts. At Philadelphia, Governor Snyder and the citi- zens welcomed him with military and civic parades After a short stay at Ihaleity, he recovered suffi. ciently to be able to proceed to Baltimore, whither he went at the request of the Government, and ll particular solicitation.'? of the members of Congressi from Maryland and Pennsylvania, to direct mea- sures for the defence of that city and Philadelphia Finishing this duty, he at length proceeded to Washington, where he arrived in October, and was invested with the command of that military district, and charged with the responsible duty of planning the next year's campaign. Happily a treaty of peace was concluded at Ghent on the 24th of De- cember following, and ratified by our Government on the 15ih of February, 1315. After this event, there being no further need for Scott's services in the field, President Madison oftered him, at the yearly age of 23, the post of Secretary of War. This he declined, flc had been previously raised major general by brevet, as a te. equally distinguished. As a testimonial of the high sense entertained by Congress of your merit in those actions, I have the plea.sure to present you this medal." MAJOR GENERAL SCOTX's REPLY. •' With a deep sense of the additional obligation now contracted, I accept, at the hands of the ven- erable chief magistrate of Ihe Union, this classic token of the highest reward that a freeman can re- ceive THE RECORDED APPROBATION OF HIS CODN- TRY. " If, in the resolve of Congress, or in your ad- dress, sir, my individual services have been over- estimated, not so the achievements of that gallaiil body of officers and men, whom in battle it was my good fortune to command, and of whom I am, on this interesting occasion, the honored represenia- " Very many of those generous spirits breathed their last on the fields which their valor assisted lo win ; and of the number that happily survive, there is not one, I dare affirm, who will not be ready, in peace as in war, to devote himself to the libertii-» and the glory of the country. ■' And you, sir, whom I have the honor officially to address for the last time ; you who bled in the first, and powerfully contributed to the second War of Independence; you who have toiled fifty years to rear and to establish the liberties of this great re- public — permit an humble actor in a much shorter period of its history, to mingle his prayers with those of millions, for the happy but distant termina- tion of a life, of which, as yet, others have enjoyed the distinguished benefits, whilst the cares have been all your own." SCOTT AND GENERAL JACKSON. In 1819 Scott was involved in a personal contro- versy with General Jackson, in which the latter suggested the necessity of a resort to the duello. Scott, in a handsome letter, replied that neither stood in need of such a test of their courage. The misunderstanding," says the authorof a bio- graphical sketch in the New Orleans (Democratic) Delia, " was finally settled in a satisfactory manner, and the two distinguished soldiers ever afterward.-* maintained relations of a friendly and courteous characler." General Scott was at West Point when the news reached there of General Jackson's deaili. He was president of the board of examiners which was in session at the time. He immediately ro.se and adrressed the board of visiters, the academic staff", and the cadets, as follows : GENERAL SCOTt's ADDRESS. " Ex-President Jackson did at Ihe Hermitage on the 8th inst. The information is not official, but sufficiently authentic to prompt the step I am about to take. An event of much moment to the nation has occurred. A great man has fallen. General Jackson is dead — a great general and great patriot— who had filled the highest political stations in the gift of his countrymen. He is dead. This is not the place, nor am I the individual, to pronounce a fit eulogy on the illustrious deceased. National honors will doubllcss be prescribed by the Presi- dent of the United Stale.-; ; but, in the menu time, and in harmony wiili ihe feelings of all who hear me and particularly with those of the aulliorities of this institution, I deem it proper to suspend the examination of the cadets for the day, and lo wait Ihe orders of the Executive of the United States on the subject." HIS JIILITARY WORKS. In 1821, Scoll, by authority of the Governmsnl, produced lii.'< edition of the general regulations of TJIE SKJNA ■ since heeii tlie ;■;! licoK ^hicli the llie. army, which lias ever of the counlry and the army. In 1826 hepubhshed "Scott's Tactics," has been admired in Europe, as well as in this country, for its completeness and admirable ar- rangement. In 1835, under a resolution of Congress, he pub- . lished a new edition, in three small volumes, of the Infantry Tactics, with all the improvements made thereon since the general peace of 1815. THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE. Scott was among the earliest pioneers caiK^e of temperance. As early as December, 1821 Jie published i]i the National Gazette of Pliila ilelphia, edited by the distinguished Mr. Walsh, an article occupying some twelve columns of that journal, under the title of a "scheme for restricting the use of ardent spirits m the United States.', Thi.-! was some year."! antecedent to the organized eflbrts for accomplishing the object to which it is de- voted. Thispaper was commended byMr. WaLsh in the following terms : " We think tlje country lies under an obligation to the intelligent and pub- lic spirited author, for the attention he has bestowed on the .subject, and for the in.-itructive and impres- sive facts and opinions which he has brought to- gether and skilfully exhibited in furtherance of his great purpose." • THE BLACK HAWK WAR. In 1832 Scott was ordered to take command in I he Black Hawk war. He sailed from Buflain for Chicago with nearly one thousand troops, in four steamboats. On the Slhof .luly, while on the voyage, the cholera broke out among the troop.s violence. On the boat in which G sailed with two hundred and occurred in six days one hundred and thirty cases of cholera, and fifty-oiTe deaths. After General Scott had proceeded from Chicago to the Missis- sippi river, the pestilence again broke out among hi.s troops. During the prevalence of this terrible ni-ourge, his devoted ger that the strife would at once begin between the citizens of Charleston and the United Stales troops stationed there. The object of the President sending Scott to South Carolina at this time was prevent if possible, any direct act of collision, and at the same time enforce the laws of the Federal Government. As to the part which Scott bore in this pacili' cation, we shall merely cite the testimony of the Hon. B. Watkins Leigh, the commissioner fr Virginia, to bear certain legislative resolutions of that Slate to South Carolina, and to induce her to listen to nieasui-es of conciliation. " 1 was at Charleston," says IVft. Leigh, " when Scott arrived and assumed the command, which he did without any parade or fuss. No one who had an opportunity of observing on the spot the excitement that existed, can have an adequate con- ception of the delicacy of the trust. General Scott liad a large acquaintance wiih the people of Charles- ton; he was their friend; but his situation was such that many, the great majority of them, looked up- on him as a public enemy. What his orders were I cannot undertake to tell you, nor have I any means of knowing but from his conduct, which, 1 take it for granted, conformed with them. He thought as I thought, that the first drop of blood shed in civil war, in civil war between the United h fear ral Sc y troops, ihere|;;;;;;,j States and one of the States, would prove an im- medicable wound, which would end in a change of our institutions. He was resolved, if it was possible, to prevent a resort to arms; and nothing could have been more judicious than his conduct. Far from being prone to take offence, he kept his I temper under the strictest guard, and was most careful to avoid giving occasion for offence; yet he held himself ready to act, if it should become ne- cessary, and he let ilmt be distinctly understood. He sought the society of the leading nnllifiers, and : was m their society as much as they would let him be. Ijut he took care never to say a word to them on j the subject of political differences; he treated them I as a friend. From the beginning to the end, his I conduct was as conciliatory as it was firm and sin- I cere, evincing that he knew his duty, and was re- perform it, and yet that his principal ob- sct and purpose was peace. He was perfectly uccessful, when the least imprudence might have esulted in a serious collision." FLORIDA AND CREEK 1835 Indian hostilities had .ARS. been excited in ition to his suffering sol-| Florida by Osceola, one of the head chiefs of the of all who were pre- 1 Seminole.", and a warrior of consummate boldness .•^ciit. Ill ihe language of a letter written at the U"J skill. On the 20th of January, 1836, Scott was iinic by .111 officer of the army: "The General's <"'''^i'ed to Ihe command of the army of Florida, • ourse of cindiict on that occasion should establish , '"""^ '"^ arrived at Picolata and issued his genera, lor him a reputaiion not inferior to that which he '"''''^''s on the 22d of Ihe following month. Distur_ has earned on the battlefield; and should exliil)it! '^""ce.'? soon broke out among the Creek Indians in liiin nol only as a warrior but as a man — not only nsthe hero of bailies, but as the hero of humanity." Ill this expedition Scott negotiated treaties wiih ilie Sacs, and Foxes, and the Winnebagoes, com- lier inhabitants of the United States to an extent that threatened to involve us in hostilities with Great Britain. On thisfroniier thecitizensenrolled themselves as Canadian "patriots," and organized Ml connexion with the refugees and rebels. The dent had issued, without effect, a proclamation .ymp.ilhi posed the difficulties on thatfrontier, and discharged all the duties of his mission in a manner that extort- ed from General Cass, then Secretary of War, the following tribute: "Allow me to congratulate you, sir, u|ioii this ■' rtunaic consummation of your arduous duties I express my entire approbation of the whole ; of your proceedings, during a series of diffi- ! requiring higher moral courage than the op- ctive campaign, under ordinary cir- nnd I 1 prosecuting the Creek war, and the failure of tli Florida campaign. General Scott proceeded immediately to Washing- ton, and demanded a court of inquiry- The court sat at Frederick, in iVbirylTiid. I( wa.-; uomposed of Major General Mac..n,;i. ,:jk| Br^-.i.btr Generals .Atkinson and Brady. .So.itt defuidnl liim,=!clf in a speech of masterly ability. The couil unanimously approved his course. They pronounced the plan of the Seminole campaign well "devised, and prosecut- ed with energy, steadiness, and ability." In regard to the Creek war they said, "the plan of Ihe cam- paign, as adopted by Major General Scott, was well calculated to lead to successful results; and it was r,;„„,i„ r, I . <■ , n, , X, ! prosecuted by him, as far as practicable, with zeal Directly alter his return from the Black Hawk Lid ability, untd he was recalled from the com- war. Gen. Scott was sent by President Jack.son on mand." ft confidential mi.ssion of great responsibility. South! SCOTT ON THE FRONTIER. Carolina nulhficnimn then threatened to embroil i i, ,■ ,„„ ,o.,-. .■ , i , . . . >....uiu., Ill iiie year 183i an insurrection broke out in the nation in civil war. There was imminent dan- 1 Canada, which excited the sympathies of the fron- of neutrality. At length a band of under the command of a Mr. V. possession of Navy island, a ,^ :. I::;iish line. They employed the .• ,,,- ,,m a ferry-boat between that poiiita: :- I'r .^,,1 inunt on the American shore, just uppDsUc. The first night she commenced her trips a British force crossed over in the night to Schlosscr, cut loose the boat, set her on fire, and sent her over the falls. This outrage was committed on the 29lh of Decem- ber. On the 4th of .lanuary following. General Scott was despatched from Washington to the fron- tier. He found the people all along the line in a slate of high exasperation, from Michigan to Ver- mont. It was due to the unwearied efforts of Scott, to the grateful recollection of his services along ibe sam2 frontier in the war of 1812; his powers of persuasion; his manly remonstrance; his eloquent exhortations; his determined bearing, that the spirit of insurrection was quelled, and our citizens re- turned 10 their ftimilies and homes. Too great praise cannot be awarded to General Scott for the patriotism, the prudence, and the ability which he displayed on this occasion. REMOVAL OF THE CHEROKEES. During the same year General Scott was ordered upon the delicate and difficult duty of removing the Cherokee nation beyond the Mississippi. This ace amounted to 15,000 souls, and they had rcfu.i- d to move. General Scott accomplished this mis- lion with complete success, conquering obstacles hat seemed insurmountable. It was the energy ind the humanity which he exhibited on this occa- lion that called forth from the lamented Channing the following beaulifid and well deserved tribute: s distinguished man belongs ihe rare honor of uniting w-ith military energy and daring pint of a philanthropist. His exploits in the field, which placed him in the first rank of our .sol- liers, have been obscured by the purer and more lasting glory of a pacificator, and of a friend of kind. In the whole history of the intercouriie of civilized with barbarous or half-civilized com- :s, we doubt whether a brighter page can bo found than that which records his agency in Ihe re- moval of the Cherokees. As far as the wrongs done to this race can be atoned for, General Scott has made the expiation. •'In his recent mission to the distuibed bordeia our country, he has succeeded, not so much by policy as by the nobleness and generosity of his , by moral influences, by the earntst con- ^ith which he has enforced on all with whom he has had to do, the obligations of patriol- , justice, humanity, and religion. It would not easy to find among us a man who has won a er fame; and lam happy to ofler this tribute, I iiecause I would do something, no matter how lii- . I lie, to hasten the time, when the spirit of Christian Georgia and Alabama, and in May General Scott humanity shall be accounted an essential attributt,- left St. .\ugU3ti.ne for Georgia. Differences howev- and the brightest ornament of a public man." er had occurred between him -and General Jesup, ' « Inch terminated in the recall of General Scott, "in i NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY DIFFICULT! f;s. Older that an inquiry" might be had into the delay'' From tli( riy performance of THE NULLIFICATION E.XCITEM E.NT. Scott returned to the Northern frontii passed along the Canadian border-line, tlirougl most its whole extent. Serious ditficuliieK had t duly betv thei Brunswick, growing out of oui iv: ' ! 't L,, v question. Gen. Scottarrivcdat Al. :ilMf Maine, on the 6th March, J,v:t;i. . n, ,,:,,,„,.■ was at that time in session, ami In; ivai>ici,d\cd by its members, and the citizens gencially, with every mark of respect and admiration. The Governor of New Brunswick, Sir John Harvey, ivas an old acquaintance of Scott, having fought against him in the war of 1812. In that war, on a rcconnoilring expedition, Scott had contrived to cut ofl'hi.s oppo- nent from all hope of escape. In an instant an American ritle was levelled at him; Scott struck up ihc weapon wiih his sword, crying out "hold, he is our prisoner." But Harvey putting spurs to his horse, by an intrepid leap, escaped under a shower of balls, to reappear in the following cam- paign a formidable opponent of his magnanimous 12 THE SIGNAL li Sir John a sen )W opened liy Ge ho fields of Chippewa and Lundy's i-official correspondence eral Scoll, which led to I fortunate results. The troops already in the field were withdrawn on both Sides, and an un- derslandjng established which paved the way for the treaty afterwards negotiated by Mr. WtEsTKR With Loid AsHEURTON, which settled the question forevei-. Scott was every where again hailed as SCOTT COMMANDER IN CHIEF. On the death of Major General Macomb, in 1841, General Scott was raised to the commund ot the entire army. This put an end to the long snd un- pleasant controvei-Dy between him end General Gaines about those rights of seniority, the details of which would fill a volume. WAR WITH MEXICO. No event called General Scott again into activity until, in 1846, he was put into the command of the Army of Invasion, and proceeded to the conquest of Mexico. SIEGE OF VERA CRUZ. It was on the 9th of March, 1847, that, with an army of 12,000 men, he effected the memorable landing at Vei-a Cruz without the loss of a single man. In three days ihe army and fleet had taken their positions. On the night of the 18th of March the trenches were opened, and the army gradually closed around the city. On the 2ad, Gen. Scott, having now completed his preparations for his at- taclt, and having offered a free conduct out of the city to all non-combatants, sent his summons to the Governor of Vera Cruz to surrender. The Governor refused, and the batteries opened their destructive fire upon the devoted city ; while the ships com- Taenced iheir fearful broadsides upon the castle. On the S9ih, the official despatch of General Sc'ott announced that the flag of the United States floated over the walls of Vera Cruz and the castle of San Juan d'Ulloa. During the fifteen days which the siege had continued, our army had thrown 3,0U0 ten-inch shells, 200 howitzer shells, 1,0U0 Paixhan shot, and 2,500 round shot, weighing in the aggre- gate about half a million of pounds. It IS narrated of General Scott during this siege that, on one occasion, when he was walkin.o- alons- the trenches, the soldiers would frequ nd look rn:tde i tly rise up parapet. The General cried, ! don't expose yourselves " General," said one, " you are exposed ■■■■d Scott, "generals now-a-days can 1 " y body ; but jiien cannot be had.'' down • of! MARCH TO MEXICO. The surrender of jAL.\pi and Perote followed, and PoKBLA was evacuated. On the arrival ot the advance corps of the army at this place. General Scott was overtaken by Mr, N. P. Trist, who had aiTived Irom Washington with power to negotiate with the Mexicans for peace The mission was unsuccessful, and General Scott, whose operations had been meanwhile suspended, determined to bieak up his camp at Puebia, and advance upon the city of Mexico, distant about ninety miles. His little army hud been reinforced, and numbered at the time of commenning his march 10,700 men. This maiwellous enterprise was afterwards described with great felicity bv General Cass, in a speech delivered in the Senate of the United States, a body which we hope this distinguished statesman may long continue to adorn. " The movement of our army from Puebia," says General Cass, "wat one of the most romantic and remarkable events which has ever occurred in the military annals of our country. Our troops, voluntarily cut off" from all communication with iheir own country, advanced with stout hearts, but feeble numbers, into the midst of a hostile people. The eyes of twenty mil- lions of our countrymen were fi.xed upon this de- ed band. They were lost to us for fifty days. •'•■■• hid them from our view at length • glorious flag waving the valley of the city But the cloud i broke, and disclosed t in the breezes that drifted of Mexico." CITV OF MEXICO. On the 18lh of August, the head quarters of ScOTT were at San Augustine, in the valley of Mexico. He iiad turned Lake Chaico, and the Mexican defences on the National road. Two lines of delences, manned by equipped army under SANTa Ann/ practicable road to the city of Mex, San Antonio, and Churubusco : be taken, before the army CERRO GORDO. ScoTT now prepared to advance on the ritv of Mexico with an army of onlv 8,000 men His first achievement on the road Was the storming the heights of Cerro Gordo, where Santa Anna just returned from the field of Buena Vista, had posted himself with 15,000 troops. ^ On the nth of April, Scott issued his celebrated order, dated Plan del Rio, and detailing .he move- ments and results of the following day. Cerro Gordo was stormed ; Scott shared with the hum- West soldier m the dangers of that memorable day. Me met Colonel Harney on the height just after his brave and brilliant assault, and told hitn that he wanted words adequately to express his admiration of his gallant achievement. He rode by, as Can- tain P.YTKN expressed it, "under a canopy of cannon balls." Every where during the day his calm and cliivalrou.s bearing warmed the courage and aroused the enthusiasm of his troops. Three thousand prisoners, forty-three pieces of bronze a rtillery manu.'actu red at Seville, five thousand 'i^vf " ""P^"^':?. ff" baggage, on some occasion, m ISU, a splendid coat of a British staff-officer w.ns seen in the hands of an American. On in- quiry. It was learned that it had been taken from a pnrtmant.au marked "Lieut. Col. Harvey" to- gether with the miniature of a beautiful yount-'ladv the bride of that gallant officer, left ,n Ensland! Scott purchased both, and sent them to him, to whom the likeness, at that distance, wa., invalua- ble. — Mansfield. and well covered every o. Contreras, icrvened, a Id storm Cf pultepec, or capture the capital. They were take,,, after bloody battles. On the 20th of August, Scott was at Churubusco. On the 21st he was met on his way to Coyohacan with propositions for ai mistice. True to the spirit of humanity which has been so marked a trait in his character, General Scott acceded to the armistice, with the vie\ expressed in his report of the 28ih August ; "Alter so many victories, we might, with h little additional loss, have occupied the capital the same evening. But Mr. Trist, commissioner &c as well as myself, had been admonished by the best mends of peace—intelligent neutrals and some American residents— against prtcipitation ; lest, by wantonly driving away the Government and others, dislionored, we might scatter the elements of peace, excil* a spirit of national desperation, and thus indefinitely postpone the hope of accommoda- tion. Deeply impressed with this danger, and re- membering our mission— to conquer a peace— the army very cheerfully sacrificed to patriotism, to the great wish and want of our country, the eclat that would have followed an entrance, sword in hand into a great capital. Willing to leave something to this Republic— of no immediate value to us— on which to rest her pride, and to recover temper, 1 halted our victorious corps at the gates of the city, (at least for a time,) and have them now cantoned in the neighboring villages, where they are well sheltered and supplied with all necessaries." Disappointed in this humane effort, General Scott terminated the armistice on the 7lh of Sep- tember at noon, by a previous announcement to IS effect to Santa Anna. The head quarters of Scott were then at Taca- yuba, two and a half miles from the city of Mexico, and about 1,2U(I yards from the hid of Chapultepec. This hill commanded the city. On its summit was I strong and immense fortress. At its foot was he King's Mill, (Molino del Rey,) and the Casa de Mota, both fortified stone buildings of great g'h. They were both carried by our troops under the command of General Worth, after the ost sanguinary conflict of the war. Our loss was 787 men. That of the iMexicans was equally great. Ihe fortress on the summit of Chapultepec was now the only reniaininij defence of the c>ni:al. After it had been baltcird for a duy with hewy ordnance, it was stormed by our soldiers with re- SCOTT ENTERS THE CITF. The shouts that rent the aircarried consternation to the enemy, and announced the impending fall of the city below. General Scott had arrived on the tie just as it had been carried, and ■ the position of things, determined '• ce by two routes into the city. »fter a glaii The columns of auitman and Worth were ordered to move forward in separate detachments. Worth's division became engaged in a street fight in the sub- urbs, but forced its way and look up its quarters close upon the city, duitman advanced still further on another road, and afier some hard fighting, en- camped within the gates. On the whole of this" eventful and glorious day Scott liad displayed wonderful activity, and had been at all points where he could best give directions, animate the troops, or share in the conflicts of his brave com- rades. In every place he exhibited the coolest self-command, united with the greatest vigilance and ardor. And now, as heretofore, in all the movements by which Mexico had at length fallen into his griisp, he manifested a prudential care, a sagacious .foresight, an unconquerable heroism, as well as the highest military genius. During the night, Santa A°nna, finding all further resistance vain, withdrew the remnant of his army from the city, and on the morning of the 14ih our troops entered the Grand Plaza. The American flag was hoisted from the top of the National Palace, and at the same moinent, General Scott, at the head of his staff, rode thrcnigh the column to the Plaza. The enemy were still firing from the housetops, and as the General passed the voltigeurs, who were yelling and cheering, he waved his cap, while the tears rnn down his cheeks, and exclaimed, "Jtfi/ heart is with you." The heartfelt welcome, writes an eye witness, that came from our little band, was such as Mon- ima's halls had never heard, and must have deeply affected the General. Well they might, for of the ten thousand gallant spirits that welcomed him at Puebia, scarcely seven thousand were left. The bloody fields of Contreras, Churubusco, San Antonio, El Molino del Rey, Chapultepec, and the Garita had laid low three thousand of our gallant army, and filled with grief and sorrow the hearts of all the rest." For five months Scott discharged the duties of a military governor of Mexico. During this pe- riod the rights and feelings of a conquered people were strictly respected. In the heart of an ene- my's population of eight millions, and in a city of 200,000. inhabitants, by his prudence, moderation, humanity, courage, energy, and consummate wis- .iom, he wielded afi'airs with the skill and facility of a magistrate elected to such a command by a friendly constituency. On the 2d of February, 1848, a treaty of peace was signed at Guadaloupe Hidalgo. A few days afterwards. General Scott was superceded in his command by Major General Botler. "My poor services with this aallant army," wrote the General in February, 1848, "are at length requited as I have long been led to expect they would be !" THE PRESIDENCY. Veteran, yes, gallant and wise, your services have been thus ungratefully requited by your Government, but an appeal has been taken to American People, and their award will be a just and generous recognition of your conspicuous immanding merits! A convention of your ymen, confiding in the resistless fone of popular gratitude, have presented your name for highest office in the world. In that position, may again illustrate your history by the ex- lion of the qualities for which Madison con- fided in you, and winch you made so signally manifest on theCanaiii ,11 !i,,i)i,.i ,i Charleston — e Creeks— II , : ; m the north- thei hesc qualities which l,;nr v. ,i): ind respect of the people, as h (•alor and world-renowned militi have excited their wonder and adi I vou the love your matchless •y prowess you TriE SIGNAL. 23 FromllieMw York Journal of Commerce. HON. WILLIAM A. GRAHAM. The honnrahle William A. G.nlnm, ilir pvr ^ Whig nominee for Vice Presul.m ■ I Slales, is a nativeo*Lincolnt..n, m ! , is descended from a highly respeci^ rysK 16^4 . VI r Gr ham did noi ■CKigr .lid, bu I wa .«ni .hp.l wild h he s. rved IVilS com leted uhou ihes nine Hi;e. recall m id lu' (1 Irn l.bva Ereal ni.li when nariceii first ',''',' 1 II iliecu. '"■'" he graduaie.l wiih disiinction at the university ol his native Siale, located at Chapel Hill, in Orange county. The late James K. Folk was educated nt the same insiituiion Mr. Graham compleied his collegiate term when scarcely more than in hi.>= eighteenth summer, and at that early period gave decided presages of a brilliant future. He very soon embarked in political life, but turned his ailention chiefly to the study of the law. In both pursuils lie was successful, winnins his way to public consideration, not by any covert or skilful arts of management or inirigue, but by dil- igence, faithfulness, close a pplication to business, an honest ambition, and ir'eproachable steadiness of character. He has never sought preferment, but has uniformly shown himself endowed with those qualities and capabilities which are almost always sure to acquire it. On several occasions he represented one nr another county in the legis- lature of Norlh Carolina, and was elected to the speakership. Suhsequenlly he filled the office of Governor of the Slate, with credit to himself and satisfaction to his consutuenis. Upon the comple- tion of this duly, he was appointed to a vacancy in the Senate of the United States. At present he fills wiih ability the post of Secretary of the Navy. Gen. Taylor tendered him the unsolicited offer of ministerial rerreeentative of ihe Court of Madrid, which he prudmtly declined. He is not easily seduced by the illusions of titled honors, and no one discerns more readily the distinction between phantoms and realities. He follows no dazzling lights. In independent, if not uffluent, circumstan- ces, he persuaded himself Ihat the interests of a rising family did not require that they should be brotight in contact with the seductive allurements and expensive formalities of a foreign court. He was apprehensive of the malign tendencies of such strange associations, and his conclusions were sound and rational. Such esoteric influences, in- deed, have often proved detrimental to other than youthful minds, by exciting in them a prejudicial taste of foreign customs and pleasures, and im|iair- ing thereby the Roman vigor and Spartan simplicity of republican life. Such were the apprehensions entertained by Mr. Graham, and he was unwilling, from motives of personal aggrandizement, to haz- ard the interesis of tho.se who were committed to his charge. Consideraiions like these are not often respected by men whose ambition haj^nc.e felt tlie stimulus ot public promotion. ^w In person Mr, Graham is tall and slender, hav- ing a dignified presence, an intellectual countenance, aquiline features, a bright, penelmting hazel eye, and manners prepossessing andaraceful, but slighily reserved. He is distinguished for uprightness o' character, solidity of judgment, and cool sagacity is eminently conservative in his views and princi pies ; and enjoys in a striking degree that sincerity of purpose, freedom from ostentation, hearty pa Irioiism, and uimfTected sobriety, which usually characterize the public men of the Old North Ste His past career rkarly prognosticates his fut celebrity and success, and afTords ample assurance that the highest trusts may be confided to him with safely and propriety. It is somewhit remaikable that Mr. Graham claims for his North Carolina home the quiet and secluded little town of Hillsborough, and that in another town of the identical name'in New Hamp- shire, the Democratic Presidential nominee is saiil and brawling demagogues, tu m ; - , usiom of meritorious ni.-n, in the di.Mr, I. Ill i ■.. .-..nils :,,iu r.v .1.1. I.I I. Hire. But if party lOiivi ■ . I... . 1. ' . . ... 1 ..iich me>n of palrioii- ni r ' - . .^ ii \ ■ ..irnily preferred, they \^ ' i .■ -i '\ last adherents and supporters of the federal compact. -The hero of a hundred battles, who is now whel- Ing his aspirations for the »i!,iiiimeiit of ihe I're.s- dential prize, could not be ;i.^ ■'''' \. i h .i i^ore vorthy, discre«'t,and acce|i';ii • Mv iraham. Strategy may, jn!. i liully employed in a political, as m i m mi.ii\ . iiii|,,iigii; on this occasion it will hardly lie called into isition. The unbin.ssed instincts of the people will guide them in the choice of their rulers, into hose custody are to be placed, not only the mighty teresis of American liberty and progress, but. illaterally, the universal alliance of freedom and of equal rights throughout the world. In a nation hke this, its permanent progressive ilfare and prosperity must depend, to a consider- able extent, upon a wise and consi.'-tent course of egislation. And, in the event of a Whig triumph, f any "hasty plates of soup" shall he served up at he White House, Mr. Graham will be sure to let his allowance cool before he dip3«into it. He lishes nothing hasty,' hot, or strong. ACTON. That stick of candy, — Ex-Governor Steele, of New Hampshire, seems to have retired to ])rivatc life immediately after delivering his high-wrought eulogium upon Frank Pierce on account of his hav- ing once given a boy a whole cent to buy a stick of candy, "although the_boy was an utter stranger at the time." Since the'date of this speech, the ex- Governor l^g||not been heard of, and it is supposed he has be" privately advised not to take the sfUmp. The candy story, however, travels far and wide — with no appearance of melting under the summer sol.-^tice. At a Whig raiificaiion meeting in Newark, N. J.,' a day or two since, the Hon. Benjamin Gardner, of Alabama, in the course of his speech, gave quite a ludicrous account of the candy adventure, with histrionic imitations, which produced convulsions of laughter, " Why," said he, "almost any one else would have given. the boy five cents — but Pierce gave him only one. Any body else would have given him a fip, so that he might have bought candy enough to treat the other boys, no as to heap coals of fire on their heads, as they were too stingy to give him any, but Pierce only gave him a cent to buy enough to immortalized himsell', certainly, if not the subject of his eulogy. — LewelL [Mass ) Jownul. Fiom the Acmi Orlims I THE SCOTT RAN' During ihe proceedings of the evening, the fnl OLD "LUNDY'S LANE.' AIR — " Carry mr. back," etc. Fling outl Fling out! . song and slinii Ou b.iii ers from he watt 1 The Old t OfiVI GXICO R. eivps his count ■y-scall' A ih. In mn ny r 1 times. H.n mry grnced his brow Shall we (> 11 back. In th have clared the intention of withholding their support from the nominee of the Vv^hig National Convention for the Presidency of the United States. V/e cannot perceive that this movement i.- likely to exercise any great influence on and to all fn le- party, and they have now been completely "■ ''"''" t-'onsiiint; bagged by Howell C9BB. Georgia has al- li' ways been an eccentric State, though with ' .'',! thousands of sound reliable Whigs in the ranks, among whom Messrs. Toombs and Stephens may lose their influence by this demonstration ai{"''isl the Whig, and of J. Tnc Feder: jsncriiy, peac Hi orniii.jiig the Statc.=; such iin- , in every instance, national and laracter. and State Governments are parts ike nerets'iry for the conlrnon and security, and ought to be THE SIGNAL 25 regarded alike with a cordial, habitual, and im- movable attacbment. Respect for the authority of each, and arquiiscciice in the constitutional mea- 6ures of each, are dutica required by the plainest 1, of State, and individual S. Thi-, series of acts of the Slat Congrress, com- monly known as the Compromise or Adjustment, (the act for the recovery of fugitives from labor included,) arc received and acquiesced in by the Wlnga ol the United States as a final settlement, in principle and substance, of the subjects to which they relate, and so far as these acts are concerned, we will maintain them, and insist on their strict enforcement, until lime and experience shall de- mpnstrate the necessity of further legislation to g-uard against the evasion of the laws on the one hand, and the abuse of their powers on the other, not impairing their present efficiency to carry out the rrquireraenla of the Constitution, and we de precate all further agitation of the questions thus settled, as dangerous to our peace, and will dis- countenance all efforts to contmuc or renew such agitation, whenever, wherever, or however made; and we will maintain this settlement as essential to the naiionaljty of the Whig party and the in- tegrity of the Union. y'ice Presidents — Nathan D. Appleton, of Maine; George W. Nesmith, of New Hampshire; Carlos Uoolidge, of Vermont; Seth Sprague, of Massarhu • eetts; R W. B. Cranston, of Rhode Island; Samuel R. Hubbard, of Connecticut; Edward P. Cowlcs, of New York; James Stewart, of New Jersey; John Strohm, of Pennsylvania; Caleb S. Layton of Del- aware; Francis P. Phelps, of Maryland; Wm. L. Goggin. of Virginia; A. H. Sheppard, of North Car- olina; Wm. Whaley, of South Carolina; Sealon Grantland, of Georgia; Thomas J. Frow, of Alaba- ma; Joseph B. Cobb, of IVIississippi; J. C. Van Winkle, of Louisiana; Samuel F. Vinton, of Ohio; Johns. Williams, of Kentucky; Wm. H^ Snced, of Tennessee; Milton Stapp, of Indiana; Benjamin S. Edward, ol Illinois; Hon. J. G. Miller, of Missouri; Wm. H. Gaines, of Arkansas; Jones M. Edwards, of Michigan; General Joseph M. Hernandez, of Flori.la; J. U.N. Murray, of Texas; N. McKinney, of Iowa; J. E. Arnold, of Wisconsin; and R. W. Heath, of California. R. A. Upton, of Louisiana, Secretary of Whig National Convention. James W. Bryan, of North Caroiina; S. M. Bal lard, of Iowa; W. F. Stewart, of California; S.Col lax, of Indiana; John C. Kunkle, of Pennsylvania; Wm. C. Worthington, of Virginia; N. S. Perkins, of Connecticut; G. W. Meeker, of Illinois; William Thompson, of Michigan; G. W. Dunlap, of Ken- lucky; J. Murrcll, of Vermont, Assistant Secrcta- These are the resolulions which General Scott enclosed in his reply to General Chapman, and made a part of it. We submit that no ingenuity could devise a more full, ample, and satisfactory mode of committing a candidate to a platform than this very mode adopted by General StOTT. But he goe.s farther than merely to ac- cept the platform — much farther. In ad- dition to this .special acceptance, in no spirit of ostentation, but with the conscious rectitude of a man whose honor has never been impeached, he presents his whole public life as a TLEDGE and GUARyVN- TEE of his^" STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE WhIG PARTY AS EXPRESSED IN THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE Convention." Hg offers the same pledge and guaran- tee that he will " discountena.nce all POLITICAL AGITATION INJURIOUS TO THE INTERESTS OF SOCIETY AND DANGEROUS TO THE Union." He gives us, in short, his word that he will STRICTLY ADHERE to the princi- ples and doctrines of the platform, and appeals to " more than forty years of pub- lic service " as the only pledge and guar- antee in his power that his word will BE KEPT. What more can we ask > What more can any man give ? Tho.«e who are looking for an excuse to shift their positions with the view of bet- tering them ; those who have never ac- knowledged party allegiance, but cling loosely to such connexions as they deem most likely to benefit them for the time, and disavow them with weathercock fa- cility ; those who play capriciously with politics, and derive importance from the claim to hold a fancied balance of power, which is most generally nothing but the power of doing mischief, and preventing all beneficial co-operation ; all these clas- ses of men may seek, and to their own satisfaction find, in the letter of General Scott an apology for renouncing the Whig nominee and abandoning the Whig cau^. But we contend that for all true Whigs ; for all who hold to those party associations through which alone men can give practical effect to their opinions and principles by measures which they deem beneficial to the country ; for all who are willing to confide in the truth and honor of an old Whig soldier, the letter of Gen- eral Scott, in its fair interpretation, ought to be entirely satisfactory. nFEOrt before the American people the declarations of principles avowed by them when, on former oc- casions, in general convention, they have presented their candidates for the popular eulfragos . •'!. That the Federal Government is one of lim- ited powers, derived solely from the Constiiulion, and the grants of power therein ought to lie strictly construed by all the departments and agents ol the Government; and that it is inexpedient and dangerous to exercise doubtful constitutional powers. That the Constitution does not confer upon ..na.-.,! r::.,...,.- . .j^^ power to < the Gc and THE DEiMOCRATlC RESOLUTIONS. In pursuance of our plan of furnishing our readers with all the documentary mat- ter relating to the Campaign, we now re- print from their official proceedings the resolutions adopted by the recent Demo- cratic Convention at Baltimore : I. "Resolred, That the American Democracy place their trust in the intelligence, the patriotism, and the discriminating justice of the American people. II. "Resolved, That we regard this as a distinc- tive feature of our political creed, which we are proud to maintain before the world as the great moral element in a form of government springing from and upheld by the popular will; and we con- trast it with the creed and practice of federalism, under whatever name or form, which seeks to palsy the will of the constituent, arnl which con- ceives no iinpostiire loo monstrous lor the public credulity. III. "Kc!iolved,tliirefore, That, entertaining these jViews, the Democratic party of this Union, through "heir delegates asferiiblcd in a general convention, coming together in a spirit of concord, of devotion to the docirincs and faith of a free representative Government, and appealing to their fellow-citizens for the rectiludc of their intention;', renew and re- ry on a general system ol internal im- "3. That the Constitution does not confer au- thority upon the Federal Government, directly or indirectly, to assume the debts of the several States, contracted for local and internal improve- ments or other State purposes; nor would such as- sumption be just or expedient. "4. That justice and sound policy forbid the Federal Government to foster one branch of indus- try to the detriment of any other, or to cherish the interests of one portion to the injury of anether portion of our common country; that every citizen, and every section of the country, has a right to de- mand and insist upon an equality of rights and privilege.^, and to complete and ample protection of persona and property from domestic violence or foreign aggression. "5. That it is the duty of every branch of the Government to enforce and practise the most rigid economy in conducting our public affairs, and that no more revenue ought to be raised than is rcquir- ed to defray the necessary expenseaof the Govern- ment, and for the gradual but certam extinction of the public debt. " 6. That Congress has no power to charter a National Bank; that we believe such an institution one of deadly hostility to the best intereata of the country, dangerous to our republican institutions and the liberties of the people, and calculated to place the business of the country within the con- trol of a concentrated money power, and above the laws and the will of the people; and that the ro- sulls of Democralic legislation, in Ihia and all other financial measurea upon which issues have been made between the two political parties of the country, have demonstrated, to candid and prac- licnl men of all parties, their aoundnesa, aafety, and utility in all business pursuits. "7. That the separation of the moneys of the government from banking inatitutiona is mdiapen- sable for the safely of the funds of the governmeni and the righta of the people. "S. That the liberal principles embodied by Jef- ferson in the Declaration of Independence, and sanctioned in the Constitution, which makes ours the land of liberty and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation, have ever been cardinal principles in the Democratic laith; and every attempt to abridge the privilege of becoming citizens and the owners of soil among us ought to be resisted with the same spirit which swept the alien and sedition laws from our statute books. "9. That Congress has no power under the Con- stitution to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States, and that such States are the sole and proper judges of every thing appertaining to their own afiairs, not prohibited by the Constitution; that all efforts of the Aboli- tionists or others made to induce Congress to in- terfere with queetions of slavery, or to take incipi- ent sieps in relation thereto, are calcula'ted to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences; and that all such efforts have an inevitable ten- dency to diminish the happiness of the people and endanger the stability and permanency of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend of our political institutions. iV. "Resolved, That the foregoing proposition co- vers and was intended to embrace the whole subject ol slavery agitation in Congress; and therefore the Democratic party of the Union, standing on this national platform, will abide by and adhere to a faithful execution of the acts known as the Com- promise measures settled by the last Congress, 'the act for reclaiming fugitives from service or labur' included; which act, being designed to carry out an express provision of the Constitution, cannot with fidelity thereto be repealed or so changed as to destroy or impair its efficiency. V. "Resolved, Thatthe Democratic parly will re- sist all attempts at renewing, in Congress or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question, under what- ever shape or color the attempt may be made. VI. "Resolved, That the proceeds of the public lands ought to be sacredly applied to the national ob- jects apecified in the Conatitulion; and that we arc opposed to any law for the distribution of such pro- 26 THE SIGNAL inexpedient in crods nmonET ihe Statps, p,.li.yanH rept.^nant to Ih ouns.uui,..r VII 'Hesolved. That we are - 1 u ■ 1 . r ,|troopswho had not yet taken part in the engage- An order for " Pierce s brigade to pass forward i ' . , . , . . .-, , m ■ „ ,• „ J Itnent. Upon opening his c othmg I found the to the support of General Twiggs," was followed 1 , "; ,,,,., ,". , 1.1 .1 ic u 1 o I AT General's breast badly bruised and his ankle frac- by an order to leave the 15th, under Col. Morgan, ' ' behind as a reserve, and with the 9ih, (or New Eng- land,) under Col. Ransom, (who afterwards fell at Chepultepec,,) and three or four hundred of the tured. He fainted several times, and having a pre- paration in the pocket of my saddle, I poured some over his face, and bathed his breast. I then left jhim to seek a doctor, and found that the principal " Observer," the Washington corres- pondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, refer- ling to the speech of Mr. Toombs, in the House of Representatives on the ,3d instant, says : •'Some of tlie Whigs, after he had ve Mr. Toombs elected to til United'States Senate, in ihe place of Sen; ipart of the brigade had avoided this field and kept After a while I met Dr. Ritchie, of Vir- ,10, soldierlike, had gone into the fight. jOther doctors I could name, doctor-like, preferred ' " stopping at n respectful distance — " upon a hill re- tired to view the scene." 12th, under Col. Bonham, wc got to Pedrigal, Or broken ground, as directed. This ground was foriiierly a volcano, and so was almost every sur- 1 rounding hill, but this pedrigal was the site of a i crater, and the present surface spoke of nature's convulsions, now about to witness convulsions another nature. The field of Contreras has the e-xtremc of the ' General Pierce was all anxiety lo be wilh hia Mexican heights-their lines of defence extending | command, ami the doctor told him lie must rema^ to San Antoine, where General Worth had been en- i^'"'- "^ '«= '^''' "<" ''""^^ "'« «^'«"l '^'' '"" '"J^'-V ■ gaged since the evening ofthe 18th, with very little i'^^^"'««' "'"' ^is command was in good hands, advantage. It was well chosen-very little raised i (Col. Ransom's,) and he could be of no immediate above the broken surface, and completely com- j'^'^"^''' '" '^'** ''"=^''^- manding it. Over this broken surface, without | As the General recovered strength road, or path, or track, had this brigade scramblii ; upon hands and feet s helher my horse was sale, and receiving an affirm- mes and at i^"^'^ ^"^wer, said, "Then I will try him." I said, no time able to keep any proper formation.' In the ;" I <■<=«!■ Y"" ^iH not be able to keep the saddle;" to middle of this rocky ground was a corn patch, or ; which he replied, " If I am not, then you must Vu field, which the Mexicans had already cut down '«« "«" •'"' Then with authority that put fur- for the purpose of more effectually shooting down 'her remonstrance out of the question, he demand- our troops, as they took most particular care to «<1 'o be assisted, and he mounted the rocks again, have their cannon already accurately elevated. As Having got to McGruder's battery, lie took we drew close to this field, partially sheltered by a ;the horse of Lieut. Johnson, who had but Just been ledge of rocks. General Franklin Pierce made a wounded, (he died that evening,) while I was or- short address to his favorite 9lh, showing the ne-|dered to the rear to get ammunition for the how- cessity of quickly getting across and closing with itzer battery, commanded by Lieutenant Callender, the "yellow rascals," that we might teach them who, I think, owes his life to General Pierce, how to fight fair- 1 can pledge myself to the clos- 1 found General P's injured horse and conveyed ing sentence of that memorable address. It was: — him to the rear, and although I had him in the city " EememJer, the glonj of^'tK England depends njion of Mexico, he never did any good. He was lura- , uoit this day /" ed loose in the wagon yard, in the rear of the quar- rica, sollo voce, 'good-by Toombs,' taking leave of ,, . , ■ > , , , ■ i , ., i ,. , ^ , • <• . i, r r. r> . „ im on his entering the Democratic ranks. This | ««vmg finished thus, he plunged both rowels ters of the fi.h infantry, near La Cosma Gate," pisode showed that Governor Howell Cobb knew \ into his honse'e sides, and Jumping from rock to where he dieil from thecfreclsoftheinjuriesreceived was about, when he used every exertion j ^0^)^^ |,g ^.^s about to reach llie corn field, when on the I9th. He had broken the stifle joint, and torn his horse slipped his near hind leg in a chasm and his foot nearly otT. When I returned wilh hi.'s fell, and falling upon Ihe General, crushing him black horse, presented to General Pierce by the 30 THE S IGNAL ladies of Concord, it was evening, and tlie firing C'.\'ising, General P. had dismounled, and was suf- fering much. He lay thai night upon the field, on an old wagon cover ; and as the first shot brought all hands to their feel upon the memorable morning of the 20th— the morning that stamped General Persifcr Smith as a laclician, and Shields as noble as brave, General Pierce was again in the saddle, and his brigade entered the field of Contreras, now being won by the gallantry of those who worked themselves to the rear of that position, in anight of darkness, danger, and anxiety. A YORK DRAGOON. The letter of General Pierce, to which we allude above, bears the date Mexoque, Mexico, August 27, 1847, and was pub- lished soon after in the Poit. It was ad- dressed to a relative. We quote .all of it that relates to the battles of Contreras and Churubusco. It will be seen that he makes no allusion to his having fainted at Contreras, and we incline to think that the correspondent of the Times has rather overdone that part of the affair. We think that the two accounts taken together furnish all that is material in regard to the services rendered by General Pierce in the two battles to which they relate ; " The official reports of the great battle of .Mexi- co will probably reach you as soon as this letter, and I shall, therefore, not attempt to give you minute details. It was fierce and bloody beyond any thing that has occurred in this war. The bat- lie differed in many respects from that at Buena Vista. There General Taylor received the enemy m a strong position selected by himself. Our force on the aOth consisted of less than 9000 men ; the Mexican force, within supporting distance and en- *ged, undoubtedly exceeded 30,000. We attack- ed him in posuion, upon ground of his own selec- tion, admirably fortified. You will distinguish, so far as numbers are concerned, between the battle of the morning and that of the afternoon— although spoken of in official reports as one engagement, under the designation of 'the battle of iVIexico.' " One of the regiments of my brigade (the 13th) lost, in killed and wounded, one-third of its entire force. In killed and wounded we number not less than one 1,000 ; and among them, I lament to say, an unusual proportion of officers. My horse at t'ull speed,on the evening of the 19ih, when leading my brigade through a perfect shower of round shot and shells, fell under mo upon a ledge of rocks, by which I sustained a severe injury by the shock and bruises ; but especially by a severe sprain in my left knee which came under him. During the afternoon of the 19lh, we had gained no advantages over the enemy, who remained firmly entrenched with 7,000 men opposed to about 4,000 on our side, without the pn.<;sil)ility of bringing our artillery to bear. You will readily conceive that our situation was not the most agreeable. The morning of the 20ih was, however, as brilliant as the night of the 19ih was dark and gloomy. Soon after day light the enemy's works were carried with the bayonet ; and of their 7,000 men, regular troops, under the command of General Valencia, probably 4,000 can- not be found tn-dny. • « • • We continued our pursuit until one o'clock, when our front came up with the enemy's strong works at Churubusco and San Antonio, where the great conflict in the iifiernoon commenced. At San Angel, disposil having been made to attack in reverse the encr works on the San Augustine road. General Scolt ordered me to march my brigade, in concert with that of the intrepid General Shields, across the open country between Santa Catarina and the above named road, in order to cut off the enemy's retreat. We gained the position sought, and although the enemy's line wasjierfectly formed, and extended so far as the eye could reach in either direction, they were attacked vigorously and successfully. Ar- riving at a dilch, which it was impossible for my horse to leap, I dismounted, and hurried forward, without thinking of my injury, at the head of my brigade, for 200 or 300 yards, when turning sud- denly upon my knee, the cartilage of which had been seriously injured, 1 fainted and fell upon the bank in the direct range, and within perfect reach of the enepiy's fire. That I escaped seems to me now piovidential." From the Rcjmblic. THE LETTERS. It has been objected to General Scott, and is still objected to him, that he declined to write any letter in regard to the Compro mise prior to the nomination ; claiming that his sentiments were perfectly well known, that he expressed them openly on all occasions, and that he would not repeal them iti writing until he received the nomination of the Con- vention. And where is Mr. Pierce's letter to Mr. Scott, of Richmond? Did he too refuse to an- swer when specifically interrogated, or is his reply withheld? This silence of Mr. Pierce is nut accidental. The New York Post an- nounced as one of the reasons for its ready ac- quiescence in the nomination that Mr. Piekce HAP WRITTEN NO SUCH LETTER. WaS It to please the Freesoilers that the letter is suppressed, or, what is quite as likely, IS it to gratify Mr. Soui.E, Mr. John Forsyth, Mr. Orr, and the Fire eaters and Secessionists "whose CREATION and CHOiCk.," on Mr. Forsyth's showing, Mr. Pierce is claimed to be? If Mr. Pierce declined to rite the letter in question, he stands in the same position in this regard as General ScoTt. [f he wrote it, and has since found it prudent or necessary to supress it, he stands in a much worse position. As far as any topic of com- plaint or suspicion arises from the omission of General Scott to write before the Convention It is equally involved in the refusal of Mr. Pierce to reply to Mr. Scott, or in the sup pre.ssion of his actual answer. As to the letters in reply to ihe communica- tion of their respective nominations, the letter of General Scott does not abound so much in nice phrases and preltinesses as that of Mr. Pierce, but in a plain, blunt way it says not only all that could could be demanded, but all that could be expressed. Thai our readers may have the opportunity of a present compari son, we annex the letter of Mr. Pierce with that ot Mr. King: Concord, (N. H.) June 17, 1852. Gentueme."!: I li.ive Ihe honor to acltnowlerig-e y.Hir persunal kindness in presemiiig to me this day your leitcr ufBrially inforiniug- me of my nomination, by Ihe Democratic National Convcn- adidale for the Presidency of the Uni- all tlie wariiilli of pergonal i ■ ive submilled my name to the. -nld they have cost a vole for mi', i, lu cs other than those which occur M I shall always cherieh with prirle anil n-i ititude the recollection of the fact that the voice which first pronounced for me— and pronounced alone— came from the mother of Slates; a pride and grati lude rising: far above any consequences that can belide me personally. lVI=iy I not regard it as a fact pointing to (he overthrow of sectional jealousies, and lonking- to Ihe perennial life and vigo- of a Union cemented by the blnod of those who have passed to their re- warii; a Union wonderful in its formaiion, bound- less in its hopes, amazing in its destiny! 1 accept the nomination, relying upon an abid- ing devotion to the inlereels, the honor, and the glory of our whole country; but beyond and above all, upon a Power superior to all human might— a Power which, from the first gun of the revolotion, in every crisis through wh'ch we have passed, in every hour of our acknowledged peril, when the dark clouds have shut down ground us, has inter- posed, as if to baffle human wisdom, outmarch hu- man forecast, and bring out of darkness the rain- bow of promise. Weak myself, faith and hope repose there in se- curity. 1 accept the nomination upon the platform adopted by the convention, not because this is ex- pected of mc as a candidate, but because the prin- ciples it embraces command the approbation of my judgment; and with them I believe I can safely say there has been no word nor act of my life in nflict. I have only to tender my grateful acknowledg- enls to you, gentlemen, to the convention of which you were members, and to the people of our inon country. m, with the highest respect, your most obedi- servant, FRANK. PIERCE. To Hon. J. S. Babbouk, J. Thompson, Alpheus Felch, Pierre Soule. Senate Chamber, June 22,*'1852. Gentlemen: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, notifying me that 1 have heen noiuinaled by the Democratic Convention as Vice President of the United Slates. This distinguished manifestation of the respect and confidence of my Demorraiic brethren com- ds my most grateful acknowledgments, and I cheerfully accept the nomination with which I have been honored. Throughout a long public life lam notconscious at I have ever sw. rvrri frnm those principles Irrh [ia\r!v-rn rhf-i-'v-H ni;ii n^'aincd by the II, ■: r ,! ■ 1 : ,,,,i ': '.' I, It- 1 ', 'Mualion ! may r ., , ,1, ,,,■■ , ,- . ,•- I assured ihat -:',|| ,,:.,,,, ,;, :^,-Mlous!y,per- i.nlry aitil the pcrnininnr.y ol our tree institu- ins can be promoted and preserved only by ad- inisicring the Government in strict accordance The platform, as l,"i '.'nly ihr- cnnvenfion, rels with my corli it I, J Iih !i is national in all its parts; and '■ ,, ,, ,.: , i mily tostand upon it, but on all o, , ,,,,,- , , ,' ;t been pleased, gentlemen, in i : ' < ■ [.vpnb- il regard which I am pi i , i in- dually entcriainrd form- .n. ..:■-.,.. lly rale thein. The only merit I can lay claim an honest discha gc of the duties of the vari- positions wiih which I have been honored. This I claim— nothing more. ilh the highest respect and esteem, I am, gen- en, your fellow-citizen, WILU.i^M R. KING. To Messrs. J. S. Babboub. J. Thompson, Alpheus Felch, and P. S.jule MIn ippl. The Jackson Flag if the Union, the Vicks- burg IFhig, the Naichfz Cviiiicr. llie Bian- don iie/)«WJca)l, and a niiin i i .i.il-ir |., ir- is which lately siippoiuil i,, ! , ;, n i-arly d Graham at the head ui tiieir euuonal cokiraiis. THE SIGNAL. 31 From Ihe Frankfort ( Ky ) Commomoenllk. GENERAL PIERCE— THE CATHOLIC EX- CLUSION, &c. We find publish, d in ihe Louisville Times of the I8ih insiant, wiih a greai deal of panicle, the speech whi h Gen Pierce is said 10 have delivered upon the subject of a Catholic test, and a Property quilificHtion for office, in the recent convemion to revise ihe constitution of New Hampshire. The present constitution of New Hampshire is said to contain a religions test, which excludes all Catholics from office. It a'so requires that the Governor shall possess an estate of five hundred pounds; a Counsellor, five hundred pounds; a Senator, two hundred pounds ; and a meiSber of the H 'Use of Representatives, one hundred pounds. Now ihat a people who boast so much of their attachment lo Democracy, and to whom we are so often referred as affording an instance of an unde- viating adherence to the Democratic party, should retain in their constitution such principles as l^ese, presents certainly a strange anomaly. Yet, strange as it may seem, these principles are not only re- tained, but have very recently been re-affirmed by the Democracy of that State. In proof of which we refer lo our number of the J8ih instant, in which we published a statement of the vote recently taken in that State, upon the pro- position to abolish the Religious test and Property qualification, by which it will be seen that fifteen Democratic towns cast only 360 votes in favor of the proposition to abolish ihe test, and 3,186 voles against it; while firiee.i Whis; towns cast 2,512 voles for the proposition and but 574 votes against it. Concord, ilie town in which General Pierce re- sid/s. gave 122 votes in favor of the proposition and 51)9 against it. Fully aware, as it would seem, of the necessity of separating General Pierce from his Demo.cratic brethren of New Hampshire in the matter of "Ci tholic exclusion" and " PrO[ierty qualification" tor office, we were told that the General had made a famous speech in the convention of New Hamp- shiie, which, alihou.;h insii/ficient to convince his neighbors of Concord of the gross injustice of the? e ami-American and ami Republican restrictions, yet fully naiiifested his own position on these qoes- tions, and gave cnnvincina; evidences of his know- ledge of the«orrect principles of free government, anil of his ability us a staiesman. This great speech is now before us, for an early copy of which we are indebted Vo the enurprise and industry of the Louisville Times. In introduc- ing this speech to the public, Ihe Times particiUnr- ly exhorts its Catholic readers " lo read ihese noble sentiments of General Pierce embodied in iliul speech, and his unmeasured denunciation of the dis- graceful disability against the Catholics in the old (and he mis;ht h ive said the present) conslitulion of New Hampshire, and ihen a.sk themselves if the man who thus boldly and eloquently stood up for their lUhis should be made the victim of their just hatreil of the odious provision he was so manfully laboring to remove." With this high sounding flourish of trumpets slill echoing in our ears, we sal down to read these " noble sentiments," ihis '-unmeasured denunciation" of Catholic disability, and found it as follows : "M r. PiKKCE, of Concord, said that he couhi con- cur heartily in all that the Keiitleman from Ports mouth had ulteied, excepl his last remark. It was quite obvious thai, so far from having laxed the pa- tience of the committee, his speeches upon both the great subjects embraced m the resolutions un- der consideration had been lisiened to with unqua- lified gratification. Not because he threw the ■weight of his high character and the pnWer of iiis arguments into the scale on the si.le of right in a cause where ihire was hesitancy — where the judg- ment of members w.s not definitely formed — where there was a shade of doubt as to the result, but he- cause it was desirable that ihe grounds on which we proceed in matters of such jJiave import should be slated, as ihey h.id been wiiii singular force of reasoning and beauiy of illusiralioii. It was also a service well rendered, ni.t less in vindication of the past than of the present. The moiivps of the fathers of the present consliiulion and of the people in 1792, had been placed in their true light. So much was due lo them. It was also due to this on and to the people whom they represent, and due to ihe reputation of the Slate abroad, thai it will be well understood that both of the provi sions — the Religious test and ihe Properly qiialifi cation— had been a dead letter, as long as the chair- man (Mr- Sawyer) had participated to any extern m ihe councils of the Stale. They had been prac- tically inoperative from Mr. P's e.irliest recollec- tion. The chairman would remember that many years ago, at a time of high party excitement, it was suggested that a member of the House of Re- presentatives occupied his seat without the requi site Properly qualifications. But two objictions occurred at once to any action upon the subject — the first was, that investigation and action, instead of rejecting one member, might probably vacate twen.y seats; the second was, that no member could probably be found to move in a matter so utterly repugnant to'public sentiment. " The Rthgioustest m the constitution had un- deniably been a stigma upon the Stale, at home and abroad. It had been repe.itediy named to him, and once at least in a foreign laud, as unworthy of the intelligent anil liberal spirit of our countrymen. Aiihough he had at times felt keenly Ihe reproach, he had unilormly referred, as he hatf no doubi other gentlemen haff none, lo other parts of the consiiiuuon iilusiratiug the true and free spirit ol our fathers, and to these as, at least for many years, a blank. The great question of religious toleration was practically settled, and settled in a manne never to be reversed uhile we retain our presen form of government, more than iliiriy years ago The provisions now claiming the aiiemioii of thi committee could hardly be said lo involve an opei question. They had been the subject of discussioi 111 every lyceuin, every academy, every debating club, every town; and there was, perhaps, n.j ject upon which public opinion and puljlic. feeling was so uniform and decisive. The substance — if substance they ever hud — having long since passed away, he rejoiced that the proper occasion had at length arrived to dispense with the form." This is the whole of it. We began — we read on, and on — anticipating at every comma, the sudden outburst of some "7io6(e sentiment " or the crushing weight of some "un- measured denunciation;" but, alas! how little did the result answer to our high expectations. The •'noble senlimenl" the •'immeasuiet/ denunciation" came not Yet, thought we, it must be here somewhere, and we read it again carefully; and not until we had read the whole production carefully a second time were we fully satisfied that the "noble senti- ments," the "tmrneiKtireii i/eTiiijicialion " so elo- quently attributed by the Tunes to the speech, had no existence save in the over-excited iniagiiialion of the editor himself. It may truly be said of this speecli, what has been often said of other productions, that the body of the work by no means anawer.s to the high promise of the preface and introiluciion. In fact, we would recommend, for the reputation of Gen. Pierce, that the introduction of ihe Times be slightly amended in its formal parts only, so as to begin wiih "Mr. President," and close with the usual peroration, and in this shape that it be fur- nished to the numerous biographers of the General as the veritable speech delivered by him in the New Hampshire convention. But in all candor we ask, if this speech ia the best evidence that can be furnished of General Pierce's appreciation of the right of conscience, or of his ability as a slaiesuiani^ He had before him a theme which mighl have inspired the dullest intellect. He had to d^'iscu.-.s that great principle of the Ireedom of conscience in matters of religion which has. agitated the world for centuries— the great principle of free government, th.it no man should be excluded from office or public trust for the manner in which he shall worship his Creator. He had open befoie him ihe history of the struggles by which at last the friends of the rights of con- science carried Catholic emancipation through a Brilish Parliament. The history of the gradual but steady prniiress of ihe principle of religious freedom from the days af the Reforinefl of Germany, the Huguenots of h'raiicc, tlu; Covenaniers of Scotland, down in 11 II instance of ihe Calholics of En^lm:.; , e h.m He could have proudly i . I i i i , i jlmd Democratic brethren of New II Mii| liii' t" [III lundamenlal principle of a free goveininciii, as iiirurnorated into the Consli- tulion of the United States, which declares "that no religious test shall ever be required as a qualifi- caiion to any office or public trust under the United States." But how far short of the inherent importance and dignity of the subject is this speech of Gen. Pierce's.' Upon the subject of a properly qualification for office, could any man opposed lo it possibly have said less than Gen. Pierce is leporied lo have said? In fact, although it may bo inferred from his speech that he was in favor of n'l ii- ' ; ; . ,1,, ^„.q. perty qualification, yet it ca !■. '■ i, ■ \,|J while he i/6es nol/(ii( lo .^/mi/, /,. , , . ;■,„„, icho, in 1792, introduced Hit C.:ih. ,, ,v, „ , ; ,.,,„■,/» gua/i/icalion, the chief reason he a.,.,.-ii.., i,,,- „eiri^ willing now to abolish them is the fact, "iliat iliey had been practically inoperative from his (Mr. Pierce's) earliest recollection." Are we 10 infe;- that he would have opposed the repeal of the res- triction if it had only been operative.' We are compelled 10 believe either that the ed- itors of the Times never themselves read the speech they publish as Gen. Pierce's, or if they did read it, that tl.ey hoped their readers, particularly their Catholic readers, would not, but would, take for granted that it contained all that they attributed In this we think the Times will find itself mis- taken. Catholics, as well as others, will be apt to examine for themselves the grounds upon which their support is so confidently challenged. But there is a greater difficulty in this matter than Gen. Pierce's lukewarm opposition to this abominable lesiriciion; the very low ground on which he places that opposition, or the" contempt- ible milk-and-water logic wiih which he discusses so momentous a question. In the first place, our Catholic fellow-ciuzens have a right to ask how it happens that Gen. Pierce's own town and county, which is very strongly Democratic, gave such ari overwhelming vote against the abolishing of that bigoted test.' How came it that Gen. Pierce's party friends, every where in that State, went the same way, five to one? Had Gen. Pierce no in- fluence, or did ho not try to exert it on the right side? In the second place, they will ask what right have the New Hampshire Democracy, who have disgraced themselves and outraged the rights of conscience by re-affirming that odious restric- tion, what right have they to have their own par- ticular rcprescniation in the Presidential office' What claim have they to the large share of the offices which they would be sure 10 receive with one of their own set at the head of the Government? In contrast with this speech of Gen. Pierce, which we publish, we present to-day an extract from an address of Mr. WEB.iiTER, delivered in New York, December 23, 185U, mainly for the purpose of showing that, while Gen Pierce seems utterly i.icapable of comprehendinj the great prin- ciple involved in this subject, the mind of Mr. Webster not only grasps the principle, but so elucidates and illustrales it, as to make the ground- work upon which the principle of religious freedom is based plain to the most common understanding ; " It is true, I think, in the general advancement of human intelligence, lhat we find what the Pil- grims do not seem lo have found, that a greater toleration of religious opinion, a more friendly feeling towards all who profess reverence for God, and obedience to his commands, is not inconsistent with the great and fundamental principles of re- ligion ; I might rather say, it is itself one of those fundamental principles. So we see in our day, I think, without any departure from the essential principles of our fathers, a more enlarged and com- prehensive christian philanthropy. It seems to be the American destiny, the mission which God has entrusted to us here on this shore of the Atlantic, the great conception and the great duty to which we aie born, to show that all sects, and all denom- inations, professing reverence for the authority of the Author of our beinK, and belief in His revela- tions, may be .safely tolerated, without prejudice either to our religion or our liberties." [Cheers] " We are Prniestanis, generally speaking ; but you all know that there presides at the head of the Supreme Judicature of the United States a Roman Catholic, and no man, I suppose, through the whole United States, imagines that the judicature of the 32 THE SIGNAL rouiitry is less safe, that the administration of pub- lic justice is less respectable or less secure, because the Chief Justice of the United Slates has been, and is, an ardent adherent of that religion. And so it is in every department of society amongst us. In both Houses of Congress, in all public offices, and all public affairs, we proceed on the idea that u man's religious belief is a matter above human law; that it is a question to be settled between him and his Maker, because he is responsible to none hut his Maker for adopting or rejecting revealed truth. And here is the great distrnction which is sometimes overlooked, and which 1 am afraid is now too often overlooked, in this land, the glorious inheritance of the son^of the Pilgrimiscc Men, for llieir religious sentiments are accountable to God, and to God only. Religion is both a communica- tion and a tie between man and his Maker; and to his own master every man standeth or falleth." F)-mn the Boston Daily Aduerliaer, June 30. \Vltig Ratilicatiou Meeting in Boston. Faneuil Hall was filled at an early hour last evening, in answer tu the call fur a meeting of those desirous to support the Presidential no- minations of the Whin; Convention at Balti- more. Hon. Robert C. VVinthrop presided, assisted by a number of vice presidents and secretaries. Mr. Wintlirop opened the pro- ceedings by an able and appropriate address, and then the following resolutions were offered by Mr. C. T. Russell : "Resolved, That the Whigs of Boston and of the county ot Sufrulk,in Faneuil Hall assembled, avow and declare their adherence to, and their inten- tion, in common with their brethren throughout the Union, to maintain those great principles which have been affirmed and promulgated by the recent Whig' iSational Convention at Baltimore; and, ijs the only means of eo doing, they equally avow and declare their intention to abide by and sustairi all the doings of that convention, as the pro- perly-constituted organ of the whole Whig party of the United Stales. "Ktso/tied, That we reaffirm, aseinbracinga prin- ciple fundamental to party existence, a resolution adopted by the Whigs of Boston, in Faneuil Hall assembled, in 1848, and declare that by Hhc appoiniment of delegates to represent the Com- monwealih at large, and delegates to represent the respective districts of the State in the Whig Na- tional Convention, recently assembled, all of which delegates were present and acting in that conven- tion, the Whigs of Massachuselts bound them- selves, solemnly and in good faith, to abide by and support the decision of Ihat convention; and it is the purpose ol the Whigs here assembled to keep that plighlid failli inviolate, and to go with their ivhotf heart and strength into the support of the candidates nominated by ftiat convention.' •'Resolved, That the Whigs of Boston have al- ready shown, by their longand earnest attachment atid unwavering devotion to Daniel Webster, that in him they recognise one to whose transcendent public life the highest honors of his country would have been but a lilting and deserved consumma- tion, however little such honors would have added to the enduring fame of the greatest of living statesmen. "Resolved, That wc express our profound grali lude to and respect for ftlillard Fillmore, lor the ahilily, wisdom and success with which he has discharged the duties of the Chief iMagistracy of the Union, and that we believe the common senti- ment of bis country will enrol his name high on the list of her patriot Presidents. "Resolvfd, That in General Winfield Scott, the generous and successful competitor before the convention of the eminent men we have named, we recognise one whose great worth, unsullied in- tegrity, enlarged patriotism, and irrepcoachaljle private iile, illustrated and ennobled by more than lorty years of public service, entitle him to our confidence and support; one not more distiu guished in the earlier than later fields of his coun- try's glory; one who, in the language of Massa- ohusells' pre-eminent elatCBinoQ, 'has prrfornied the most brilliant campaign on recent military re- cord—a man who has warred against the enemy, warred against tne climate, warred against a thousand unpropitious circumstances, and has carried the Hag of his country lo the capital of the enemy, honorably, proudly, humanely, to his own permanent honor, and the great military credit of his country;' and yet one who, in language «■■- ■ . ;■!- r.'.-..^ •.:, 1, i.:l. 1 .tent in iliis mitriiuK', I'V >i tl:!S: of trace, my :in- swcrs iicrewiih, to ihc consuls of Spain and Fiance, residing v/iihin Vera Cruz, accompanied with primed safe^'uards *)r both, as well as for the con- suls of Great Britain and Prussia, although 1 had not heanl from either of the last Iwo. I do not know whether there be any other consul in tiiat city. if any Ihing else of interest should occur, before nendinK olf ilie despatcli. I will add a poslcript. Witii high respect, 1 have the honor to remain your most obedient servant, VVLVFIELD .SCOTT. Hon. \Vh. L Mai-.cv, Secritanj of IVnr. HEAreC.lRTKRS OF THF. U. S. ARMT, Cnmp Jfashingtnn , before f'era Cnit, Mareh 13, 1847. The undersigned, iWaj^r General Scnti, genera'- in-chief of the armies ot the United States, has had the honor to receive the note, dated the lOtli insJ . of SeCor D. Afclass G. de Eecalanle, consu; oi Sniiin, residing in the city of Vera Crii?,, ask' tliat ths said army, in ii's operations^ against in «iiii.l ciiv, n-ay respect the persons of Spanish miL- jccts and their property within the same. The undersigned has great pleasure in rcnognis- irg the inlirail-e relations of amity which ha[ipily subsist between his Government and that of .Si.ain, and the consequent obligations imposed on the pub- lic f;jrces of the former in their operation.-i against the said citv, to respec!, as far as may be practica- ble, Spanish subjects and their property within the same; but he begs to say to the consul of Spain, that in carrying the city, whether by bombardment and cannonade, or assault, or all — and particular in the Q'glit time — ii will be exceedingly didicult for the forces of the United Slates to perceive the con- sular flags or to discriminate between the persons and properly of friends and the persons and proper- ly of the enemy. The undersigned can therefore only promise to do all thut circumstances may possibly permit to cause such discrimination to be observed; and in the mean time, to show his anxiety to carry out i\\:i\ frii-nilly purpose, he sends to her Spanish ma- Vera Cruz, a printed ie:;ly, the Uaeen of Sp.iin, the assurance of the high iihe open beach of the sea. Commodore Conner » respect and consideration of the undersigned. " [squadron is indefatigable in assisting us. WINFIICLD SCOTT. ' The garrison of Vera Cruz, independent of that To the f'oNSDL OF SpAix, of the easile, is ascertained to be about 5,U0U men. Jit Vera Cruz, Sehor D. Jljelms dt Escalanle. j 1 have had no report of a later date than the 31st NoTE.-A similar letter was addressed to Mons. '""""""'-y' '""^ C^«P.''-"" ^imond, assiKtant com- A. Gloux, French consul, with a request that be ["""^^'T. «>"i. ."^t "» '""«■« ^rd of infor.na. on would del ver to the Prussian consul the safeguard l^'""" ^"V "Vl "'r .''• ' ", '" "i ! — 'have joined mee;i!- v : .■ i :li'- Ciazo-^. "Who.soever belonging to the armies of the Uni- ! I have the ii ■ ^ li m ;i .i ic., ted States, employed in foreign parts, shall force vVlMUliLD SCOTT, a -safeguard shall'suffer death." (;')5iii article of lion. Wh. L. iVLvncT, War.) Semlary of War. SAFEGUARD. ' — Head-quarters of the armt of the U. S. Vergara, before Vm, Cruz, March 15, 1847. iGiiKERAi, Orders, ( No. 54. i [ The General-in-chief of the army has received • authentic information of a great and glorious vicio- Bxi authnrily of iMajor General Scott, gencral-in- cliief of the armies of the United States, the persons, the family, and the property of the French consul, residing in Vera Cruz, his house and its contents, are placed under the safeguard of the army of the United Slates. To offer any violence oi«injury to them is expressly forbidden; on the contrary, it is , . , , , , ordcnd that safety and protection be given lo him ' 'Y oblamed by the arms of our country undc and them in case'of need. i successful Major Crencral Taylor at Buena Visia, Done at the head-quarters of the arMy of thc:i>f«r fealtillo, on the 22d and 23d uhimo. The United Slates, ihis ISiIi day of March, 1847. igeneral results were four thousand of ihe enemy WINFIELD SCOTT. < ';med. approach to the castle; but the engineers, (Colonel ! Vlarch is more than half out, and the return of the Totten and his ussislanls, who are exceedingly ac- ' black vomit in ihis region cannoi be far distant, live and daring in their rcconnoissniicc,) doubt as: Oor fc". ■■I'l!' ■•■-' ^'i-l hi'svy guns, however, not- yet whether the walls of the city will be of much ; withstanO: : -i^aVe, at Icnglh, ashore; benefit in the battering and shelling the castle. jsome di;i..:i ■■ ' :iirived,and ihe troops I enclose a copy of a general order, (No. 54,) [are now lo.; -i i,ri- uiu) in forming trenches, which I issued the day before yesterday, while ai ■ In thiny-s:\ h.ji.i.^ lujix baiicries will be ready, the hamlet Vergara, on the beach north of the [rtnd the city sununonod, before opening a fire upon city — the^eft ofourline — where the news of Major ; it. The troops, though at work near the walls, (within 900 yards,) have not yet been discovered, I for the enemy has not fired a gun since dusk. The ship that was stranded on a reef near Ainion ' Lizardo, (some 14 miles south.) a few days ago, J was Ihe transport, the Yazoo, with Colonel Hnrney liind one troop (l^aptain KerV'^ nfth'- o.i ^b-T^nons, .he cnn.snl; it being welt understood that the said ] the news may, through the neutrals, reach the city from the Drazos, on boar.l. ' ' ";"' ! men fe:;u'ird is solely inlended to protect Spanish land castle. " jwere all saved, but less ;: ^rses. ibiTcts and their ru'operiy. 1 Great activity is about to be renewed in l>ringing i Lieutenant Colonel Duncan .■ i; 'i ■'■■■■■• i > ifnn tho ashore, from the fleet, necessaries of every kind; [same place, has als.. arrivsd, out wnii liie loss, but wc have no port and no pcssibihiy of erecting [ from the same bid wratlitr, of many horses. The a wharf that would last a day, of any kind. Every! remainder of the 2J ilragoonsand Lieutenant Kear- thing of course must be landed in surf-boals, and ny's troops of the Isi, though equally long at sea, from an average distance of more than a mile, on are not known lo have arrived. They were all ije- The undeisigned, who has not had the honor to hear directly from ihe British consul, begs that a tike safeguard, herew.th for him, may be delivered by the Spanish consul. Xho undeisigned offcre to the Bonsgl of her ma- THE SIGNAL. 35 lained many weeks wailing for transports; and itie Tennessee cnvalry, at Tampico, nre yet behind from the Enme cause. Part of the 3d IHinuis vul- unceers, and of the 4(h also, ata here in line. Tlie remainder of each regiment is Siipposed to be near at hand. I write at thia hour to he re.idy, at sunrise, for a discharg;ed transport that is to sail for New Oilean.!patch, No. 16, was put on board a discharged transport bound to New Orleans, the day before yesterday. Nothing material has occurred in our operations since. Our trenches, with platform.s, for all the heavy metal up, are advancing towards completion, notwithstanding a brisk cannonade upon them from heavy guns of the city, and the yet more annoying drift sand, put in raotion.by an almost uninterrupted series of northers. The one now blowing com- menced early last night. By to-morrov/ forenoon, we shall, however, be ready to summon the city, and, if the reply be not favorable, to return its long measured fire from 10-inch mortars and six 8-inch cohorns without cessation until the city be silenced. A battery of four 23 guns will be ready to join in fire the follnwingday,and I have made arrangements with the United Slates squadron to land six or eight of its heavy guns, with acom|ietent number of ofli- ccrs and sailors for another battery that may be ready by the 24th instant, should the city hold out as long. The squadron will also be ready to unite the fire of all its smaller vessels in the attack upon the city. In an interval of good weather yesterday, Com- modore Conner and Perry made me a short visit. The latter expected to relieve the former in the command of the blockading squadron to-day. Though entertaining a very high respect for Com- modore Perry, the whole army with me will regret the absence of Commodore Conner. It is under- stood that he will sail to-day or to-morrow in the steamship of war the Princeton, and I am writing ihi. show that I had fully considi-red the impending hardships and dis1re.s3e.5i of the place, including those of women and children, before one gun had been fired in that direciion. The inter- course between the neutral ships of war and the city was stopped at the last mentioned date by Commodore Perry, with my concurrence, which I placed on the ground that that intercourse could not fail to give 10 the enemy moral aid and comfort. It will be seen from the memorial that our batte- ries have already had a terrible effect on the city, (also known through other .sources,) and hence the inference that a surrender must soon be proposed. In haste, I have the honor to remain, sir, with liigh respect, your most obedient Servant, WINFIELD SCOTT. Hon. Wm. M. Marct, Seci-etanj of War. HiiAD-ftUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF THE U. S. OF A., Camp Washington, before Veia Cruz, March 22, 1847. The undersigned. Major General Scott, general- in-chief of the armies of' the United Slates of Ame- rica, in addition to the close blockade of the coast and port of Vera Cruz, previously established by the squadron under Commodore Conner, of the navy of the said Slates, having now fully Invested M THE SIGNAL the said i y with un overwhelming army, so us !o render il impossible Uiat its i{arrison should receive from without succor or reinforcement of any Uind, and hovingcaiised tobeesiaulished batteries, compe- tent to the speedy reduction of the said city, he, the iindi i-si^ncd, deems il due to tha couitisies of wiir, in UUi- cases, as well as to the rights of liu- ninniiy, to Ruminon hi.? excellency, the Governor and conmiander-in-chief of the city of Vera Cruz, to suricnilor the same to the arms of the Uniteti Siaic!; of Airierica present before the place. The nnder.$igned, anxious to spare the beautiful city of Vera Cruz from the imminent hazard of dc- moiitiiin, its gallant defetulers from a useless ellu- Bion of blood, and its peaceful inhabitants — women and children inclusive — from the inevitable horrors of a trinmphantassault, addresses this sumtnons to the intelligence, the gailanlry, and patriotism, no less than to the humanity of iiis es.elletirv theGov- ernor and cominander in-cliif I' ^ ! '\ ,, i i ,, , The undeisigncd is not ;,, u i . : mied whether both the city of Vir.. ' ,i : ,«i|e of .San Juan d'Ulloa be under ih. -.liM., ;i ; f his excellency, or whether each place has its own in- dependent commander; but the undersigned, moved by tlie considerations adverted to above, iTjay be willing to stipulate that, tf the city should, by ca- pitul.iiions, be garrisoned by a part of his troops, j no missile shall he fired from within the city, or froin its bastions or walls upon the castle, unless the^castle should previously fire upon the city. Tiie H.idersigncd lias the honor to tender to his d:.<:[ini,'iiislied opponent, his excellency theGovcrnor and commander-in-chief of Vera Cruz, the assur- tince of the high respect and consideration of the undersigned. WINFIELD SCOTT. B.— [Translation.] The undersigned, commanding general of the free Rnd eovereiin Stale of Vera Cruz, has informed liiii'iir ..r th . ,ii,'.,.|i(.-- ,,r the uote which Major ill ' ■ ■' , - ■ - 1,:^ f of the forces of the U. St.ites steamer Mississippi, Off Sacrificios island, March 22, 1 « ) 7 . Sir; Theciiyand castleof Vera Cruz being now closely besieged and blockaded by the military and naval forces of th« United Slate.', it hag become ne cessary to prevent all communication from outside of u flag of truce. incd to inform you th t ; vessels and boats undci part of the American coasi ing before, had L?ndeio Comn I n coir IT d r paitofll.- ; those appointed by Gen. ri y sent ashore his second included i ei\Je Ian myspeci- nmander, did 1 I er courtesy, to desire I itCijia 1 ^1 Le duly introduced and Unwed lu futi j te m the discussions and acts 1 tl e con ini'ssio lis who hed been reciprocally ciediled Hence the pierable to his signature. nited States forces, must, foi Tl c o iginnl American commissioners were Bre- IvetBii^adiei General Worth, Brigadier General I have the honor to be, youi p,i| „ md Colot el lotlcn Pour more able or J dinojs oftceic co ild not have been desired. I hue time to add but little more. The remain- no; details ol the s,iege, the able co-operation of the Un d States squadion, "successively under the u mnnnd of Commodores Conner and Perry; the admiiable conduct of the whole army, regulars and volunteers, I should be happy to dwell upon as they deserve, but the steamer Princeton, with Com- modore Conner on board, is under way, and I have commenced organizing an advance into the interior. This may be delayed a few days, waiting the arrival of .idditional mcans^of transportation. In the mean' time, a joint operation, by land and water, will be made upon Ah'arado. No lateral expedition, however, shall interfere with the grand movement towards the capital. In consideration of the great services of Colonel To"r-ri in the siege that has just terminated most ' I'uliy, and^the importance of his presence at , iiiiiL'ion, as the head of the engineer bureau, I . 1 iMi.-.i ihis despatch to his personal care, and beg iM t uend him to the very favorable considera- of the Department. yonrr. . ■, encon,| .i. .■ • d I'y ijn' I' the present, cea.ie. With great respect, most obedient servant, M. C. PERRY, Commanding Home squadn7i. Cominander H. S. Matson, H. B. M. sloop Daring. Capt. Manuel de la Puentk, ComV //. c. M. na^forces, Gulf of Mexico. Captain G. Dubut, ^^ Coiii'^ French naval forces, Gulf of .Mexico. Correspondence between Major General Scott and the foreign consuls at Vera Cruz, and their letters to the late Governor of Vera Cruz, and the consequent letter to Major General Scott. [Translation.] The undersigned, consul.'! of different foreign powers near the republi< ■ :' ?,!, :.: ., , , - ' ' v ..p feeling of humanity ex-; frightful results of the I, > : ,, Vera Cruz during yestruM-, ,.;ri in,- i!,.; ;, '.ir have the honor of addre.'^sinL;, colleriiveiy, Geneial n-ehief of the army of the U I ha the He IKl, I .States of the north, to pray him to suspend his hos tilities, and to grant a reasonable truce, sulKcient toj^P^°'' 5" enable their respective comp.atriots to Icavi place with their women and children, as well a Mexican women and children. ■cquest of the undersigned appears to them, i — ' '' ng ideas of civiliza-j HEAD-QHARTEits of the armv of the U, 1 opinion of iheprin eral Scott not to bi ith high re- lor to remain, 5 )ur most obedient servan WINFIELD SCOTT. W. L. Marct, Secretary of IVnr. too, conformable to the e: tion, and they have too high ciples and sentiments of G Camp IVashington, before Vera Cruz, Marches, 1847. amed Ibrtress, as well as this place, depend on his authority; and it being his principal duty, in order to prove worthy of the confidence placed in him by the government of the nation, to defend | both points at all cost, to effect which he counts , upon the necessary elements, and will make il good j 10 the last; therefore his excellency can commence ' his operations of war in the manner which he may '' consider most advantageous. ' I The undersigned has the honor to return to the ' general-in-chief of the forces of the United Stales the demonstrations of esteem he may be pleased to I honor him with. I God «iid liberty ! Vera Cruz, March 22, 1847. JUAN. MORALES. Ta Major General Scott, Gmeral-in-chief of the forces of the United States, situated in sight ofthii place. der of this place and ^^" of confidence in the success of th r, has to say, that tl '"' - request. Theunde ned. Major General Scott, &c., iSrc., They pray him to have tlie goodness to send 'back i '""^ . 'I»= '""lor to receive (late last night) the me- his answer to the ;)or/eme)i/aire, who is the bearer | "'O'"'"'^ signed by the consuls of Great Britain, of this, and to accept the assurances of their re- 1 Pi"a"*=e, Spain, and Prussia, in the city of Vera Secretary of W Cruz, requesting that the undersigned would grant a truce sufficient to enable the consuls and the sub- jects of those powers, together willi Mexican wo- men and children, to leave that city, now under a close siege and blokcade. The undersigned deeply regrets the lateness of this application, for up to the 23d instant the com- munication between the neutrals in Vera Cruz ani the neutral ships-of-war lying off Sacrificios, was left open mainly to allow those neutrals an oppor- I tunity to escape from the horrors of the impending translation of the original paper for the siege, of which the undersigned gave to the consuls spcciful considi Vera Cruz, 24t/» Jl/arc/t, 1847. T. GIFFORD, Consul de sa Majeste Brilnnwue. A. GLOUX, U consul de sa Majeste le Roi des I'rnncr.is. FELIPE G. DE ESCALANTE, El consul de Esaaiia. HENRI D'OLERIE, Cvnsitl de S. M. le Roi de Prusse. E. P. SCAMMON, ./). .1. n. C. I(ead-«da very aamonition in his power. In respect to a truce, it must, on reflection, be vident to the consuls that the undersigned cannot e, except on the application of the Governor mander-in-chitf of Vera Cruz, accompanied by a distinct proposition of surrender. In the grant c distinct proposil Heau-qijarters of the ar\ Camp Washington, before Vera March 1 have this moment received your i dale, inquiring whether, in my opinion, it may not bo a necessary measure of expediency to stop for the present the intercourse heretofore allowed be- tween the neutral •ves.sels i>f war off this coast and the city and castle of Vera Cruz. X promptly answer in the affirmative, considering that both places are now blockaded by our squad- ron under your command, and the city not only in- vested by the army, but actually under the fire of our land batteries. The intercourse — the subject of yo not, it seems to me, however neutral i character on the part of the foreign present, fail to give the places in question, uni our fire, much moral aid and com-fbi'l. With high respect, &c., &c., WINFIELD SCOTT Com. M. C. Perry, U. S. Jf., Commnndins: Horne si/uadron, !fe- '0 on with increased i IS47. 1 of thii note— can- l.'^ intended ips of war OF THE ABMV, Vera Ciuz, March, 23, 1847 Sir: The flag of the United States of America! mean time the siege floats triumphantly over the walls of this city and and vigor, the castle of San Juan d'Ulloa. I That the unavoidable distresses of the women Our troops have garrisoned both since 10 o'clock, land children, in the besieged place, had deeply en- It is now noon.. Brigadier General Worth is in i gaged the sympathies of the undersigned before one command of the two places. shot or shell had been fired by him in that direc- Articles of capiltilation were signed and ex- tion, he begs to refer to the accompanying copy of changed at a late hour night before last. I enclose' his summons, addressed the 22d instant lo his ex- a copy of the document. ! cellency the Governor and commander-in chief of I have heretofore reported the principal incidents! Vera Cruz. His excellency chose to consider the of the siege up to the 25th instant. Nothing of castle of San Juan d'Ulloa, as well as Vera Cruz, striking interest occurred till early in the morning to be included in that summons, and expressed his of the next day, when I received overtures from) confidence in his ability to make a successful de- General Landero, on whom General Morales had I fence of both. devolved the principal command. A terrible storm! The undersigned has the honor^Btender to the of wind and sund made it difficult to communirale' consuls of Great Britain, Fiance, .Spain, and Pros- with the city, and impossible to refer to Commo-[sia, the assurance of his high respect and consider- dore Perry. 1 was obliged to entertain the propo- ation. sition alone, or to continue the fiie upon a place! that had ."(hown a disposition to surrender, for thej t„ loss of a day, or perhaps several, could not be per- mitted The accompanying papers will show the I proceedings and results. ' : Yesterday, after the norther had abated, and the! commisaioncrs, appointed by me early in the morn- WINFIELD SCOT' D, Gloux, Escalakte, s, &c., &c., &c. Vera C the hon 3 expo.'^ii ion which has Hub THE SIGNAL made to^me by llie Sehores consuls of England, 1. The whole gan-ison or garrisons to be I' ranee, Spam, nnd Prussia, in which thev solicit | rendered to the arms of the Uniteil Stales ns nr that hostilities may be suspentied while the inno- ers of war. cent families m this place, who ore suffering the 2. The garrisons to be |icrinitted to ninrcl be enabled to leave the city, which with the honors of war, and to ground nrn Gi day r the heroic city of Vera Cruz, this 2Glh ch, ie47. JOSE FRANCISCO LANDERO. upon ellency ravages of solicitude rlainn my support; and, considering it in accordance with the rights of afflicted humanltj, 1 have not hesitated to invite your excellency to enter into an honorable accommodation with the garrison; in wliich case you will please name three commissioners, who may meet at some diate point to treat with those of this pi the terms of the accommodation. With this motive, I renew to your e: my attentive consideration. God guard your excellency, &c. On O' the »ickness of the commanding general. JOSE JUAN DE LANDERO. Major General Scott. I Copy for the Hon. Secretary of War. E. P. SCA.MiVION, J]. A. U. C. [Translation.] The undersigned, consuls of several foreign pow- ers near the Mexican Government, have the honor to address to the commanding general of the State of Vera Cruz, a copy of the answer which they have received from General Scott, commander-in- chief of the army of the United Slates of the north, to the request they have made for a truce, which permits their respective countrymen, as well as the iMexican women and children, to go out of the place of Vera Cruz. More and more afflicted by the dis- asters which this place has siillered during the three days that it has been bombarded, and desiring fully to perfcffm the duties of humanity v/hich the mis- sions that they have received from their govern- ments and their own personal feelings impos', they beseech the Commanding General Morales to pre- sent to the General Scott a demand so reasonable as theirs. They have the honor to renew to the Command- ing General Mojales the assurances of their respect- ful con.sideration. ; T. GIFFORD, Comul de stt Mitjeste Biituanique. A. GLOUX, Lt consul de rrancuiie. FELIPE G. DE ESCALANTE, El consul de Esnana. FIENRI D'OLlERf, Lctonsxd de S. M. de Rio dc Prusse. such force as may be appointed by the undersigned, and at a point to be agreed upon by the commis- sioners. 3. '1 he surrendered places to be immediately garrisoned by American troops. 4. Mexican officers to preserve their side arms and private effects, including horses and horse fur- niture, and to be allowed, (regular and irregular officers,) at the end of days, to retire tolheir respective homes on the usual parole, with the ex- of J ception of such officers as the two parties may deem composed, the allowance of field p ry to accompany the rank and file to the 'inglo its force, baggage, and niuni Six i,ny,,.„,:.„ ..■■■•• 1 a time to b.- ,ij, .1 ,,, regular day ni,,. i, ,, ,; r-l,: United States. 5. The rank and file of reguli or companies, to remain n.<; prisoners of war, sub- ject to be sent to the United Slates, (with such Mexican officers as may be needed with the men.) and to be clothed and subsisted by the.U. Stales. ad. The aforesaid garrison shall march out with the honors of war, colors displayed, drums beat- - belonging to the corps of which it \» i)rre.go out of the piac lildren belonging ho»- Tran«lati( for the Hon. Secretary of War, E. P. SCAMMON, A. J}. O. e Mexican families. PEDRO M. HERRERA, , I , , ■ - ,, -;„ .sur-! JOSK GUTIERREZ DE VILLANEUVA. - V. — -, ', \,iier-! MANUEL R0BLE3. " ■ ' ■■■ ■ ■ "' '' =■ ■ '■ ' ' ■' 1> iorj Translated from the : :i;it any iip.rssai y delay to that orablc Secretary of W;.. . vcr be not asked for, or be not, | lined, the American commis- 1 ~~ liatingly, consent to refer the ' '^'^*^' 'i'-*"'''^'" '"■" '"k ar.my ot the indcrsigned for further instruc-j Unitkd St.\tes of AMEnic.4, «e n'''h;ng?,- Camp IffeAington, before Vera Cmz,J[Iarch2T, 1S47. WIN FIELD SCOTT. 1 The undersigned. Major General Scott, general- Mi-chicf of the armic.i of the United States of A mcri- ca, has received the report of llio cummiEsioncrs appointed by him yesleidav, to meet the commia- .'loners appninicd hy his rxccllcDcy, Gcntrai J.sin- dero, the comin:iniin.n-.'!i;r:-nf Vera Cruz and th- t, of Course, given to the I A true copy from the original paper. E. P. SCAMMON, .<}..?. O. ilStlfi t Credentials of Commiisioncrs r.n the jiHrt of Ike United Stales. Ill consideration of the proposition the under- signed has received from Meijor General Landero, the actunl cunimander of the city of Vera Cruz and lis dependencies, that three commissioners hs ap- pointed on the part of each belligerent to treat of the surrender of the said city, v,-ith its dependen- cies, to the besieging army before the fiame, (he Gen.-nii /,,, of the .•; appoint( Worth : chiefofc^;..,,,,...,,,,;:,,; , ,„.,.,, ..v,.i\„„ .^.id^tai commi.ssioners on the pait ol' t'lic uiiiicr.siiiofcd, meet an equul number of commissioners who tn be duly appointed OHtlie pan of the .Seilor Gene Landero, to ireal, of tlie surrende Vera Cruz and its dependencies to the arms of ih, said States. Done ot camp Washington, the head-quartens of the army of the United States of America, this ily-sixlh d ly of March, in the yeae of our Lord lero's letter Jlexican commissioner In virtue of your excellency's liav the proposition of accommodation v/iiir to yuu in my de.spatcii of to-day, and i .ply! have ju.ilrcccived,lbii you ihat I have named, on '°'!^}?J'". "^'/'»«n'«<"'i 0/ informally"'! with a, has W.J. ily of S<.ri'ir.i Colonel. Pedro Miguel i gineers, 1). M; trusted til ' . ,i commod,:!. copy oft;.' D. Jc ig accepted commif 1 1 [iroposed out repi accordance dersigm e the honor j spcciiic ly pari, t' those limply N, icrsigned received, i.iiicrs, the putjerl of .a lu iIkui by the Mexicnn iiig of six ariicli-a. With- Gutierrez Vdlaneuva, O. ;ind the Lieut. Col. of En- } l.li.', to whom I have en. it\. . r to celebrate said ac- ! 'I'.iior to enclose you a j ling tor I Is wholly inadn ■es in (juc-^tion i • men the in the 184 7. WINFIELD SCOTT. Hkao-qu.mitkus ok Tin Camp Washinglon, before F, Ma, Outlines of instructions to ilie c ,.i pointed on the part of tlie 1 missioned by the undeui persons as may be duly ,:' the city of Vera Cruz nui! subject of the surrender of l.'ie vj.i.i-- IRMlf, » C)«2, .2(1, 1847.' tDupl,c„u The undersigned, comman Cruz, in attention to tiic prop* the Scnor .Major Genorai Sent of the forces of the United Sia that have been accepted by been nle.ised to name, end ' lations beiwren both belliaorents, Se- fi-.ia Colonels D. Jose Gutierrez de ViUancuva, D. Pedro MiL'uel Henera, and the Lieut. Col. of En- gineers, D. Manuel Robles, all of this garrison, with ample powers to ari-.ingo with the commissioners i:.;ir.cd on tlic j'art of Sefior General Scott, the term.i United Slates of A me duly exchanticd. Aur. 2. The garri.«ons m.-.y be allowed .11 the hoiiois of war usually granted to gall..nt troops; '' " every sort, save the ;urrende :if the officers. tar fjy the commis- armies, Ihis moy be arranged Ifi of the galliini defenders ol • .d may s;iicd I iiorablc upoiR.S. lark I Art. 0. Not admissib Taking the foregoing tions oflhe undcisignni ed to the Mexicnn comir ihrtborablecapii emarks and the instruc. lo his commissionors— ■ ihstantially conimtfr at- ■ssioncrs— ;is the ba3i.^ of i!i« undersigned;, to sj ars 33 T HE Si G N A L ihe further effusion ot" blood, is willing to refer back the whole subject In tlie same coramissioners of the two |ianies — provided, that the said commission- ers meet again to-dtiy at 10 o'clock a. m., at the Mime ploce as yesterday, and proceed without dc- iay to a definite conclusion of the whole subject The undersigned will wait the answer of his ex- cellency, General Landero, up to 9 o'clocl; tliis day; and, in the mean lime, renews the assurances of his high respect and consideration. WINFIELD SCOTT. Copy of the original paper for the honorable Secrclarv of War. E. P. SCAMiMON, W. .0. D. C. [Translation.] Offick of the co.mmand:ng geni^kal IN Vera Cr.iz. "Most excellent sir: As long as the Sefior Gen- eral Don Juan Morales lemained at the head of these troops. Ulna was subordinate to him; but this Seiior General liaving separated himself, he delegated to me the command of this place, only reserving to himself. Ulna independent, in which ,';srri3on I hare no military jurisdittion; therefore, v;s long as the articles which compose the capitii-' lation arc not known to me, I cannot address that SeiTor Governor in order that he may say whether ' he accepts them or not. This much I have to say to your excellency in answer to the verbal mess.ige brought to me by the adjutant who accompanies the Senors cominis- .■siorier'a, in order that.this tjifficulty should place no i obstacle to our arrangements; and (again protest j to you the leatimonies of mv consideration. God and liberty I Vera Cruz, March 97, 1847. ' JOSE JUAN LANDERO. To the Senor General Of Ike forces of the U. S. before this place. Articles of ''cnpitiilation of the city of Vera Cru: and Ike castle of San Jmm (V Vlloa. PuENTE DE HORNOS, Without the walls of Vera Cruz, Saturday, March -21, 1^47. Terms of capitulation agreed upon by the commis- sioners, viz : . Geiieials Vf. J. Worth and G. J. Pillow, and Colonel J. G. Totten, chief engineer, on the part of Major General Scott, general-iii-chief of the armies of the United States; and Colonel Jose Gutierrez de Villaneuva, and the Lieut. Col. of Engineers, Manuel Robles, and Cuionel Pedro de Herrcra, commissioncra apr.olnip.l liy General of Brigade, Don JosOJu. n [,'-.;,. vr.n.manding in chief Vera Cruz, the .:,, . ,ii d'Ulloa, and their de- pendcnciLs, : ; ,; - . ; r to the arms. of the U. States ofth- -.iid-i ii.., ailIi their armaments, mu- '. 1. The whole garrison or garrisons to be sunen- dereJ to the arms of the United States as prisoners of war, the 2Dih inst., at 10 o'clock, a. m.; the gar- risons to be permitted to nioich out with all the honors of war, and to lay down their arms to such j officers as may be appointed by the gcneral-iii-chief of the United States armies, and at a point to be agreed upon by the commissioners. 2. Mexican officers shall preserve their arms and private effects, including horses and hirse furniture, and to be allowed, regular and irregular officers, as also the rank and file, five days to retire to their respective Iiomes, on ])arole, as hereinafter pre- scribed. 3. Coincident wiih ill.' MurenHfr, as stipulated in article 1, the Mr.-ii n ,: , •. ,.i :':.■ various forts and stations shall I >. i l.y their own batteries: and imiiiLii i I'.irts Santiago and Conception, una i:. j l... l., u. .'...ji Juan d'UllMii. nc'-upird by the forces of the United Slates. 4. Tiu: rank and file of the regular portion ui < .< piisoiiMs to be dispn.sed of after surrender ami i ,. rol,-, aslhtir ..pnf i il-ii.-fhi. f nmy .Ipsiro, n...l i ,- The^otiiccr , V' ' '.. ' i':'" ,',! -, , , V offoiTr.t;,M.,, 1... . u ,.,,.,,: , I: : ' ;.., ..,:;,- L and iilf. a.^ v.-.l ..^ u,i.ias.ivi:.., ;,1.„1, ... '. ^.no ,i„.,i,. until duly exchanged. ^ " 5. All ihe materiel of war, and all pttblicfiBperty of every description found in tho city, the castle of; San Juan d'Ulloa, and their dependencies, to be- long to the Uniteil States; but the armament of the same (not injured or destroyed in the ftirthcr pro- secution of the actual war) may be considered as liable to be restored lo Me5£ico by a dcSnite trea- ty of peace. 6. The sick and wounded Mexicans to be al- lowed tn remain in the city, with such inedical offi- cers and attendants, and officers of the army, as may be necessary to their care and treatment. 7. Absolute protection is solemnly guarantied to persons in the city, and property, and it is cleaily understood that no private building or property is to be taken or used by the forces of the U. States witliotil jirev! >uoar^angement with the owners, and fir n lair equivalent. 8. Absolute freedom of religious worship and ce- remonies is s.olcmnly guarantied. (Signed in duplicate.) W. J. WORTH, Brigndier General. GID. J. PILLOW, Brigadier General. ,IOS. G TOTTEN. Col. and Chief Eng'r. JOSE GUTIERREZ DE VILLANEUVA. PEDRO MANUEL HERRERA. MANUEL ROBLES. Captain Aulick, appointed a commissioner by Commodore Perry on behalf of the navy, (the gen- cral-in-chief not being able, in consequence of the roughness of the sea, to communicate with the n,i- vy-until after commissions had been exchanged,! and being present by General Scott's invitation, atnl concurring in the result, and approving thereof, hereto affixes his name and signature. J. H. AULICK, Capt. ^ S. JV; Head-quarters of the army of the United Status of America, camp Washington, before Vera Cruz, March 27, 1847. Approved and accepted: WINHELD SCOTT, M. C. PERRY, Cotnmanrff r-in-c/iiff V. S. J^" forces, Gulf of Mexico. Veua Cruz, JU«rzo 27, 1847. Approbad y acceptado: JOSE JUAN DE LANDERO. A true copy of the original articles of capitulation. E. P. SCAMMON, lU Lieut. Top. £«g's, aci'g" aid-dc'Catnp. No. 20.— [Exlraet.] ETead-quakters or the armt. Vera Cuts, .J/iri/ 5, 184V. "Sir: My hasty report of the 29th ultiino made you acquainted with the capture of this city and the castle of San Juan d'Ulloa. "1 bfg to offer a copy of general orders No. 80, herewith, as niy detailed report on the same sub- ject. In the enumeration of the active and efficient, I might have given the names of ninny juiiiur field officers of artillery who assisted i:j ; i, i v i ^ ■ i ,- sides field officers of infantry, b:.i. . ■ ' :- untrcrs, who commanded the w i: i n, and the guard.'; of, the trenches. I , \' -, ' ; , iirily those omissions, and others, at a lunne time, if 1 should find leisure. Both officers and men acquired much distinction on those arduous and exposed The Ger hasihf hi-" lianto; . part 01 r — i-eg.i'..- s the army he , upon thiabril- icnders on the toall the corps '. ' rnipd the :ih the highest "I have the honor to re respect, your obedient servant, "WINFIELD SCOTT. "Hon. W. L. Marcy, "Secretary of Wiir." HEAD-dUAllTEns OF TilK AR.UV, rrra Cruz, March 30, 1847. General Orders, ) No 80. I The capture of this well fortified cjty, the empo- liii'-.i r.f Mpvi.-tii mnimerce, with the castle of San '■! ' (IT •',,■■ ■ H lily's principal fortress, with ,., I! . I .!< many stand of arms, 400 ■ . i ;' large quantity of ordnance , , , ,; li iM (he .-inry of the American : ; I . . I liis war. and cannot :- ■■ ' .. I" Jia early peace, .S" 'll,t„u u.iji&r..iiit .Tcii.cv, :;!i Ills have^establishod a new base, an.! ojieiied a sliorler and a better line of operations upon the ctKiiiy's capital and centre of rcsource.9. line of itiveslnieiit, and | .. • - ' - - ■!- to its happy conclusion. The i. i me the heaviest labors in cainii m. i i:, wuhout failure or murnnir, amidst si.Lu »iulMl..^ o. distress- ing frequency and violence, skirmishes by day and night, and under the incessant fife of the enemy's heavy batteries of ihc city and castle. The steadi- ness anil v]:ri i ^n'lu ■•; f;f officers and men, under the circuni.= '.' - i -a 'ly of all praise. I The G. .. I. : I ' : ' -iiicerely regrets that he ■cannott'U' u if liuiidreds, or rather thnu- • sands, to \^.\<~'u |i.iii;,ul:ir thanks are due on the ', occasion. He can only enumerate Ihe few who are ■ isolated by rank or position as well as by noble i services. Of thi.s cla.-is he is happy to name Brevet iBrig'r General Worih (now Brevet Major Gene- ral) and Biijadicr General Twiggs, commanding the regular brigades, Maj. General Patterson fsec- ! ond in command) and his three Brigadier Generals, I Pillow, duitman, and Shields, of the volunteer di- I vision; Colonel Harney, commander of the regular cavalry; Colonel Toilen, chief of eiigineers; Col. Cankhcnil, chief of artillery and commander of the ',.::.:;-, ,'.'. assisted in succession by other field . :; , ' ry; Captain Hugcr, acting chief of ' ' , I: 'i .it Ihe batteries, and assisted ably :,, ii 1 ;\ 1 liiiiii by Captains Cross and Irwin, iimii of me quartermaster's department; Lieut, Col. j Hitchcock, acting inspector general; M^rTurn- i Inill, acting chief of topographical engineers; Major I McRee, acting chief of the quarlerniasier's depart- ment; Captain Grayson, acting ehief of the com- 'missariat; Surgeon Ge:ieral Lawson; and the per- I sonal staff of the General-in^chief, Lieuis. H. L. I Scott, Wiiliama, Scammon, ai.d Lay, with the oc- casional aid of Captains Lee and Johnson, of ihe engineers and topographical engineers, and Captain Munroe, acting inspector general. To the commissioners — Brevet Major General Worth, Brigadier General Pillow, and Col. Totten, ir.cludiiig Captain Aulick of the novy— who so ably I negotiated and arranged the terms of capitulation with the enemy's commissioners, great credit is I also severally due in that distinct capacity. ' Thanks higher than those of the Gencral-in-chicf have also been earned by the er>tire Home squad- ron, under the successive orders of Commodores Conner and Perry, for prompt, cheerful, and able .afsistance from the arrival of the army off this coast Besides landing troopsand supplies, and the strict blockade of this port, the smaller vessels, de- tached by Commodore Perry, under the immetliiite command of Captain Tainall, joined for a time in the attack upon the city, at the imminent risk of being sunk by the fire of the castle; and tl e land battery No. 5, (called the naval,) which followed Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, (served by the army,) at the end of two days was exclusively, after being pre- pared by the engineers and troops of the army, armed, manned, and commanded out of the squad- ron. This battery, in the successive tours of the gallant Captains Aulick and LVlayo, proved itself highly effective. By coinmand of Major General Scott. H. L. SCOTT, A. Jl. Jl. G. "I'lss AM, i-'riTtiniM."— Thus epithet is used in (Jfrisioii : Whence came it? Itf , line a mailer of grave i: , i' ihlical philolo- "ists. It .., , 1 1 MHKible, however, tl.an they have siijipotcd, Tl,c Covington (ICy.) Journal says: "The epithet, 'Fuss and Feathers,' was first ap- plied to Scott at Lundy's Lane by the British. The tall hero went into ihe fight with a very large ■ plume, and was so active and earnest in hurrying on and (iicourn^inif his men — fiisi at one point, ' iliPii ."It Hiiiiilii r — tliat liiQ enemy thought he was a !; ', ,1-1 lall form, large plume, .a conspicuous mark for :, He had two horses i.i,:.il i: _ _. .. ;;i, ^lllt in the side, aftcrwarda I in the shoulJtr, and finally bad his feathers shot ofl'. After that the British aiiled him 'Fuss and I Feathers.' " THE SIGNAL 39 From MavsfiildS Life i« of those crimes, even when committed by in'liiiriuals of the army I upon the persons or properly of other irdividu.its ! ol the same, exoent in the very restricted case in Ihe 9th of those articles; nor for like outrages, I committed by Ihc same class of individusls, upon 1 the persons or propertyof a hostile country, except j very partially in the 8I3I, 52 1, and 55ih articles;: and the same code i.i ahaolutely silent as to all in- I juries which may bs inflicted upon individuals of) the army, or their property, against the laws of; war, by individuala of a hostile country. ' 6. It is evident that the 99lh article, indepemleiit of any restriction in- the S7th, is wholly nugatory ! in re:u )iino-n„v one oftho^^e hish crimes. j 6. r^.r :l 11/ :'■: i,;, therefore, enumerated in thes..:.- I 1 r i - jlsjve, which may be com I plem. !;i . .' ; - ;r,iely needed. j 7. That unwrit^iii c-i:de is mariral law, as an ad- j dition to the virtllen military code, prescribed by j Consross in the Kules and Articles of War, and ' which unwritten code, all armies, in hostile coun- j tries, are forced to adopt— not only ior their own j safety, but for the piolcction of the onotTendiug inhsbitants and their pr.iperty about the theatres j of military operations, .against injuries on the part ; of the army, contrary to Ihe laws of war. : 8. From the same supreme necessity, martial ; law is hereby declared as a supplemental code in ! and about all cities, towns, camps, posts, hospi ' la s, and other places which may be orcupied by , any part of the forces of the Uidted States in ftiex ico, and in and about all columns, escorts, con- voys, guards, and detuchmcnts of the said for.es, while cogaced in prosecuting the existing war in ! and against the said republic and while reiiiaining j within the same. 1 9. AccordingTV, every crime enumerated in I paragraph No. 2. aboi'e. whether cominitted~l, ! Ijy any iohabi;ant of Mexiio, scjourner or travel ler therein, upon the person or property of any iiiriividuai ol the Uuitetl SlBtcs forces, retainer ori fd!o« oft e same; 2, by iny indiv: siii forcea, retainer or lollower of the same, upon the person or property of any inhabit.itit of Mex- ico, 8oj..urner or traveller theriin; or, 3, by any indivi'ju il of the siid forces, retainer or follower of the same, upon the person or properly of any other individual of the said force?, re'ainer or f.il lowerof the s:imc, shall be duly Jried and pun- ished under the said supplemental rode. 10 For this purpose it is ordered, th it all offend- ers, in the m.'itieriy aliiresaid, shall be proinFtly seized, confined, and reportetl for trial, bciorc Aidiiary Cummissions, to be duly appointed as fol- lows : II. livery military commission, under this order, will be appointed, governed.and limile.l.n; nearly as practicable, as prescribed by the firiih. i.i;!h.67ih and 97ihofibe said Rulcsand Articles.! 1 ■■•• 1 the pioreedings of such rommissicn-: • rccordei!, iu writing, revicweilj rcTir": - , ed or approved, and the leniences ex- .. as near as may be, as in the cases ol the f r.^ctcii'.s;. and sentences of courts martial; Provided, That no military commission shall try any case clearly cogniz.ible by any court martial: Ami providnt, also. That no sentence of a military coitimissiou shi.ll be put in execution against any individual beluugini'' to this army, which may not be, accord ing to the nature and degree of the offence, as eiiablished by evidence, ' tn conformity* with the Slates of the United States of America. 12 The snle. waste, or los3 of ammunition, horses. arms, cloihing. or tccoutrtments. by s.,M:l,.^. i^ punishable under the 37ih and ;i>n, ..i!. \ ■ : War. Any Mexican, or resident .1 i: .!. :i Mexico, who shall purchase of .i:.y •.u. 1 .-oldier eithtr horse, i quipment?, m m^ :iii:tic:j'. lion, accoutrements, or clothing, shall oc ii jc.i on.i El vcrely punished, by a inilitasy Cc-mmission, as above. 13 The Admii.i.Mir.iion of justice, loth iu civil and criminal matters, through the ordinary courts of tbo country, sh.ill nowh.re, and in no degree, be inlerrupied by any officer or soldier oilhe fact epi- i-hich officer, acldier, ligent, servant, or follower of the .■American army may be a party; and 2, iu pulU- ical cascs-lhai ia. piosccu'i ii.s against other indi vjduals on the allegations that they havo given friendly inlormalion, aid, or assistance to Ihe American forces. 14. For the ease and safely of both parties, in ail cities and towns occupied by the American army, a Mexican police shall Lc established and duly harmonized with the military police ol the said forces. 15. This splendid capital— its churches and reli- gious worship, ita convents and monasteries, its rohabitama and properly— are, moreover, placed under the special saleguurd of the laiih and honor of the American army. 1(> In cousideratiun of the foiegoiiig protection, a ctntribution of SloO.liOO is imposed on this lapi- tal,to be paid in fur weekly instalments of thirty eeveu IhoUiind five hundred doll.irs ($-37,500) each, beginning on Monday next, the -iOih instant, and tcrminaliug on Ilonday, the 11th of October 17. The Ayuo'.amienl.), or corporate aulla.niy of the city. j= - . I . -.ly .;..:!•.:. i ■■ ■.: 1 ;l .i.hec!:oii IS. l3l <..:.■ .<: ■" ... ii..i..-i . I . !'■■ , i: ■t to , pio- wouiuie-j and sa;!i ill hospual.-uiueiy thousand j dollars (JJ9y,O0O) to the purchase of blankets and ' shoes for gratuitous distribution among the rank ; and tile ol the army — and lorty thousand dollars (glll.OOi)) reserv.d for other ntcis:ary military war of DjIU. VVc do not recollect 1 case, if any »uch oicurrcd, and do not regard thfiu OS worthy of notice for the purpose of vindicatins Oeii. Scott from the charge of cinearlici! Nor do ns -.he i;.;;!>da"tion of Gen. ijcoH'i di fence; lor those who now conu'el.-ju him for this imputed refusal, would have been cqufilly H^-er,>e upon his acceot- 3nce. .Material lor partisan slander is all that ihiu seek. But while disdaining to discuss the question whether duelling be right or wrong generally, we will offer a few words upon duelling in c*peciat connexion with Ocn. Scott, and upo^rihe proof of coicardice which is iurnished by thi.'i imputed refu ; sal. Gen. Scott entered the eriny from eh.iiccaufl fiughthia way in numerous blo.aly bittbe to the ■■ouinrii.!3ion and command of a Krigadier General, 1,..! In fore the v/arof 1812 waj enii-.ti. And rot : ..a.-r Wilkinson, and Hull, and Hampton, and I. r.iorn. and other "ol-t fogies" whicl; ihe Revo- i.iM.m had left, had heencleared oiriromlheRriny, uid theii places in commnud supplied by Browne, .-icon, Gaine." Hipley, and oiher sprigs of "Young America," cid said ar„,y begin t-o meet with any succtts. .\nd alter it dit! butrin, il went forth liue him who sat on the white horse with a bow in his hand, "conquering and to con- quer." And Colone-I Scolt and General Scoti, " the Hero of Lundy's Lane," and of many other lanea wheir Briiish bullets and bayonct>i were no joke, had a very ccUfiderahle share in ihe very hard Hghting that achieved al ibis •\x.iv quering " We wonder if anybody in the army la these days eve." dreamed of cowardice in Captain >ci.it.ur Colonel Scolt, or General Scott.' Guess : :. Kven the "original ScotI mcil" of ihe presml v.- who have stuck io him most conetJnily and : . I. hilly from the bcgluning of his c.iresr— no. iiia.-e enthusiastic in praise of hij gallaniy ihaii were all men of whatever parly, in those fighting days. The "Federalists," who opijoscd Ihe war, were 0011111111103 m praising Ihcchivalroua gailan. try of this t'len ■ u - . : ":;.l uid seneial; while the "Republ' ■.' ■ -. : ,,nd suctaiiied said war, regai.lr 1 u , ■ ii.'ceatcr. Genira! Scotl a '00 AM r ■ ' 1:. --.;.: 11 wouUl no( have. been quite iai.- ii, l-ci, i j.o, ISU, and I315, when something harder Ihan words was a very fr.queus penally for slano'ering .\i!ierir.;n officers, milllary or »i.val. And i/ General Scolt were a cov.-ard in the war of ^12, he must have outgrown the in- firmity aftcrwarde, for he certainly did pot run away in Florida, and gave himself numerous op- porlu'iiiies for smelling powder in Mexico. And General Scott did r.oi dare to "louk. Genera! .1 uik- .00 in Ihe eye!" lie looked the bilterie.iot Vera Cruz, and Conlreras. and Churubosco. an.l Oei ro Gcrdo, and .Mdinu del Key, and. su-.dry other places, not only in the eye, but iu the mouth; and as "fuss and feathers" make him a ccnspicooUs mai k, he inuat have looked lit e-jiiie liik. .\ cij«- ard! Pshaw! The paor things -.vho make U:U charge aiihis time oi day are'mcrcly talking ol Ihoiuselves A g.iod 'story ia told, in history, of iMar hHi Turii.ne. In 1674 he marched into iii..t pan of Wesi.rii Germany then called the faUlin'i'e: the was fxa>pcratcd inlo u;-miiTig a challenge to ' rennc. The French l'^ niral replied that he nc (oughl at .ho head oi kss than !<.v. nty ilnvi^ I. This order wii be rrad at the head of every pany of the United Slates lorces serving in iiai, and Icnslated ieto Spanisli lor Ihe iofur- ion of Mexicans » The Uniled States, as 'uch. have no ccinman law, and hence Ihe aimy could not ta!;,- along w.lh it abroad a comnion law as it took the Constitution, the itoles and .\rticles of War, Stc. rrom the PUiUdelpUia f.vsp ,,. : instuicis I. Inch, during a i' caui'i'iioiaiin- ihe q.n.lid.m : , Geri.'gnott-iB aifPica.ii; "b ciu.e letigo froin Gen Jackson s^iit e nbi/-d t liiue gu iujf lUe Oi'iitrai i3i;o. 40 T H 1 ; SIGNAL THE HGNAL, CITY OF WASHINGTON, JULY 17, 165-3. WHIG NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDENT, WINFIELD SCOTT, Of New Jersey. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, Of North Carolina. GENERAL SCOTT'S DESPATCHES, j As our Democralic brethren are criticis- j ing General Scott's style with great se- j verity, and seem disposed to make an is- sue on the relative merits of General I ScoTr and General Pierce as writers, we propose to re-publish, from time to time, some of the most important of General I Scott's despatches from Mexico. Wei shall also re-print the despatches of Gen- 1 cral Pierce, as we find room for them, ! that our readers may have the means of j making a comparison between the twol^'^'''' publish candidates in this regard. Without de- Imr. pierce and harbor and river improvements. We are glad that the friends of Gen. Pierce have come to his rescue in the matter of river and harbor improvements. •Mr. Stuart, of Michigan, (Democrat,) ' made a speech in the House of Represent- jativcs on the 14th instant, which was very I able, and entirely satisfactory to one point, to wit, that General Pierce never, under any circumstances, voted for any billcon- ; templating Western improvements while i he was a member of Congress. i Mr. Stuart denied, in effect, that Gen. I Pierce was opposed to Harbor and River I improvements, and said, that if such a be- lief got abroad, it would ruin him in the j Northwestern States. We think so too — I and the impression will not only go ahead, but the fact will be proved by the most conclusive testimony. In our next number we shall give a full review of the whole course of Gen. Pierce in regard to Harbor and River bills. We full synopsis of all such bills which General Pierce voted against, tractLng from the merits of Gen. Pierce h^'i^h extracts from the journals of Con- as a writer, we apprehend that when these S^ess and from the Congressional Globe, documents are studied, taking in view the j g'^'^^g '^''^ ^""^ ^^^^- ^^^ ^^'='^' ^'^^" ^^°^' achievements described, and the manner ^^'l^*^" "'°^« ^'"^^y '''"^ ^^''^ ^PP'^"^^'^ ^^ in which they are narrated, the people will incline to the opinion that Gen. Scott is entitled to the palm of composition. We publish in our number of this week the military, despatches of General Scott i describing the siege and capture of Vera ^^^q NOMINATED GEN. PIERCE Cruz. We also publish the order issued ^Ve publish, in another part of thi by General Scott immediately after the ^^,^^y's impression, two letters fron-. Mr. capture of Mexico, providing a code for | j^jj_,^. Fosstth, of Georgia,' a leader in tha administration of the conquered coun- 1, i,g,.,^,jl,g of n^g secessionists and fire try. It is frequently said by his enemies General Jackso.v and Mr. Van Buren. The public will then be able to judge how far Mr. Stijart is sustained in his asser- tion, that General Pierce is not opposed to Harbor and River improvements. that General Scott is a mere military man, and that he has never had any experi- ence or exhibited any capacity for civil ^administration. We shall take an early ^occasion to review this subject at length. Meanwhile we submit to our readers in the preceding page a document which is well said to give the highest evidence of legal as well as administrative abilities. of the Pierce ticket, as they should, tor they are the authors or it. "As for us — and I speak for Southern Rights Democrats — we shall not be easily ' driven from the svpport of the ticket of ' our CREATION and choice. Nothing can drive us off short of the discovery thcii the imane policy of Gen.. Cass is to b'e triumphant in its councils, and that Franklin Pierce is that sort of a 'Union man,' that bases the hopes of the perpe- tuity of the Union upon the ruins of the rights, independence, and sovereignty of the States." In his second, which was written to ex- plain the first, Mr. Forsyth merely re- iterates the averment in his first letter. "I presume it will not be denied," says Mr. Forsyth, "as a historical fact, that ' after the friends of the prominent can- ' didates had found it was not possible to ' nominate either of these distinguished ' gentlemen, the Virginia delegation led ' off in the nomination of General Pierce, ' which resulted so happily in the restora- ' tion of harmony and unanimity in the ' Convention. / was therefore justified, ' by the strict facts of the case, when I Je- ' dared that the 7iominee of the convention ' was the 'creation and choice^ of the South- ' ern Democrats." Such is the entertainment to which the Union men of the South are invited — the support of a ticket the "creation and CHOICE of Mr. Soule, Mr. Forsyth, and those who act with them I ks of the secessionists caters. They will be read with no little inteiest, as illustrative of the existing har- monies in the Democratic party, and as throwing light on the circumstances of General Pierce's nomination. Our readers will learn from Mr. For- syth that the Democratic ticket is the "creation and choice" of the sec_es;-io:; wing of the Democracy. We are incline l. to think this statement is literally correct. This fact explains the enthusiasm of Mr. Okr, of South Carolina, in behalf of Gen. Pierce, and the seeming coolness of the GENERAL PIERCE ON THE SLAVE L.'-W. FUGITIVE O.-.r tVieiidsiii the Suulh ^rn St itps at? called npun to rcp-jiii-t • (;-... r jfround that hp ii. rwehisnoinin:);;- C..«pr;.:,;.e:. . r.TT. nn ih,e ■ ' :: ' U-Vbe- .V .,„nUie ■■ ■ -, lit the :iTd, with 111. : aii:Jhinj.ir.:;e V. . involved in t!,i^ :i lions UHlh lirll Is ill he '■ ?P- : that Scott. tleman But Fu^iii- We understand that General Scott has declined the invitation to be present at the great Whig meeting to be held at the Ni- agara Falls, commemorative of the battle | conservative branch of the Democracy. of Lundy's Lane, on the 25th instant, and, j In his first letter Mr. Forsyth says : indeed, that he does not expect to attend' "Mr. Soule, and those who act with any public meeting durincj the P-f-iden- 1 ' him, do not wish to 'rule,' much less to , tial canvass. [' fruin.' They earne.stlyde.sire the success [wliiuh G* itains araorvg his THE SIGNAL 41 own people on this interesting subject. We apprehend that they are not ealeulaled to sus- tain the high culogiums which are passed upon General Pierce at the Souih, fur giving the Fugitive Slave law the '"approval of his judg- ment." We hardly think that our southern friends will find any thinj in General Pierce's local opinions on the subject of slavery, to justify the contrast which they draw between him and the Whig candidate. General Scott is a southern man, a native of Virginia; his early associations were among slaves and slavehold- ers; his early opinions were formed in the midst of kindred and friends who were born under the influences of southern institutions. He feels on the subject, necessarily, as a southern man. General Pierce, on the contrary, was born in the extreme North, in a State where widespread antipathies exist toward slavery, and removed from all those eircumslances and influences which mitigate those antipathies. It is absurd, therefore, to preieiid that General Scott is all wrong on the matter of slavery, and that General Pierce is all right; and that the Souih must take the latter because the Fugitive Slave law has the "approval of his judgment" — whereas General Scott has mere- ly acceplcd the Whig resolutions, and appeal- ed to forty years of public service as the pledge and guarantee for his "strict adherence" to them. But we will not detain our readers longer from a perusal of the sentimenis which General Pierce is in the habit of e.xpressing among his friends and neighbors in New Hampshire on this subject. W^e have two reports of what he said on the 2d of January last at a meeting of his Democratic fri^ids in the town of Nev, Uoston, New Hampshire. The first report wt copy from the Indcpeiuhiit Democrat, a journa published in Concord, New Hampshire, the residence of General Pierce. lis coriectness has never been questioned. The second report is in a letter from one of his audience, writtet the day after the speec'i was made, and pub lished in the Manchester (.N. H.) Demncral of the 8ih of .January, a nojiy of which is befori us. It will be seen that the two reports sub stantially correspuno'. We desire the immediate attention of on contemporaries of the Unioa to this matter. As they are advocating General Pierce's election by representing hmi as thoroughly sound on the Compron\ise question — the Fugitive Slave law included, as a matter not only of judgment, but of feeling — we should like to hear them discourse on the le.xts that tiiey will find in the e.xtracts which follow : From the Indcpeiulevt Jicwocrgit pitblisUid al Vo7i- cord, A^ w Hampshire. At the meeting appointed at New Boston Centre on Friday afurnouu of January 2d, by General Franklin Pierce, to additss the ciiizms of- lliai town in regard lo thn difficullies b-iiwucn himseLf and a portion of tlieDemociata of that section, be cccupitd the hour of liie in defending his miiilaiy ^character. He exptsintd the r.ircumstauce of his fainting; and declared tliat, "wilh (he ese.tpiiou of a single occasion, he had led hia ccmnjano in the ijiazc of every batt;c." After this he commccced f peakiiicr upon the Fu mlive r,!:ar. I,.,.-, li, a.id ill.i!. it dlllerrd in noim- uo:ta I , ■ i. 7; (be law of 1793. Acler -gy,„,, ■ :i sr.id.that a.? theitiviia li.in i wouid like to make an in- QUI- • •■ tl)< f. -ituiea of tlio Fiif;!. The above is the substance of General Pierce's remarks upon the Fugitive Slave law. The quo- tatinii marks include the very languag-e used by the General, as taken down at the time it was ut- tered. From the Manchester (N. H ) Vemoual of Juntturi/ 8, 1852 GESH. PIERCE IN NEW BOSTON New Boston, January 3, 1352 Mr. Editor : Some weeks ago General Pierce cct word to certain of the friends of Mr. Atwuod n New Boston that he was about to addrcsa the people of this town, in order that he mightset Iiim- ;lf right in the case of Letiiia Blaisdell. Tirs, jwever, was considered to be a mere pretext, hile the real object of his iiji==iun wuuld 1 e to procure the passage otaomr 1 fr'!!^:: t ,.. M.-oine y getu] " ■ •■ • ■ " Goodale ,,,-,,,„, inainuations upon his poi lion, he "liad led us com mai'.l ry battle!" This i itnrn -• .iv what was needed. Vo offic .1 a. , riMl '' I'i .■! rendered of these deeds u brav cry. \: ,. „|j ■ hi rci lain in ignorance of them ,:f U Pie ce hat^ not imparled the needed 11 lorn at ion There cer ninly are two facts mtheG 's history ■.at ha e not often occur- red to he (Treat cnpiai 03, of cilhcr ancient or modern times "He m^l t and /ill But live. to Idl. his i lb all jalvoice^f New Boston. leeting, handbills were i ortbern part of the county- east to Hlllshoro' on the ' Gen. Franklin Pierce wool New Boston on Friday, tl It was manifestly the intention to have enough I "outsiders" present to aid our citizens in making- the discovery, which snacquaintanccof twenty-five years had lailed to do, that John Atwood was a very base, intriguing, and dishonest man! | Before noon on yesterday the deputy shcrilTs and party fuglcra in general began to arrive in town, and the bar-room of the tavern was thronged v/ith those who were cvidcaiiy preparing themselv.-s for a demonstration. Little attention, however, v. p%id to the meeting by the friends of Mr. Al\v and but comparatively few of them were pn ■; i.i Of the whole number assembled in the mtit)i:_- house, less llian one third were citizens of New Boston. In fact, iriany of ourpeoplesay, Ural more than Ihree-.fouiths of those present were from other The meeting was called 'o order by Caplriiii P, Fletcher, who, on taking the chair, said II. 5 Gtn. Pierce was unwell, air. B F Ayer v, occupy a portion of the time, and inlroduct-l 1..;.. to the audience. Mr. Ayer spoke fur threc-quar- of an hour, lie had evidently prepared him-i ,) i the occasion, ard considered the part he wh.s .. ' ing as a very important one As his arguuj. ..; and to a considerahle extent his language, arc 1. be lound in the Patriot and other Hunker papers ol the past year, it is needless to repeat them. In Slate matters he was very anxious to have it un- dcrilood that the Hunker party were not responsi- ble for the corporation acts of the last Legislature, and tbcindividual liability law; but for some cause be forgot to mention that the party had a majority 111 the Legislatorcond he gave the liability law an aiiiiquity far bi (ore its actoal oii^ni m '.^I'i. General Pierce commeni-< - .'k ... :.r, l.y. wi phmentinghia "young Ir:. 1 that there was no other ;!■ . . 1 , i been induced to niakea po!!'.'< ,1.; I . i ij: : ■ sent time. He went through toe an rcutyped ui iroduc.tory of all biS speeches in tl;;a ngioii, allud I ing in very feeling tones lo ihc important fact that he was b.jrn in HillsLoro' county— 5|ioke of tc- ' ing among the friends of his father— said that D. | Bcnnttt, of this I iwn, built the firit stack of chim- nies in his father's house that was e. er buill in the ' town of HiUsboro'— called by name tevcral in- dividuals present as bis especial actjuaiutances — and inquired if there was any rcvoluiionary soldier present. Someone in the audience announced that Mr. Abner Hogg, a revuiutionaty soidier, (and in 18<5 and '46 a member of the L'-gislature from New Boston,) wasct-U living, but nol present; and.a sec ond voice announced tliat be v/aj a thoroo^jh -At- wood m.ui. Gen. P.- "And none the worse for that." Foice.— "So I think." The GfnernI then proceeded to speak of bis fa- ther and mother as riding luirseback over rough ruarls, and of iha great iinprov. mcrita thtit h-dve i.. . .; ::,..;. -..::. in aiew years. IJe rtftrnd to iht. ' ■ <• ,'> coun'tnj. imd i'i a piout Iruin of ■ • ■ ., ' l',.(.,,„ci \stitulion ia some rispich—amoKil b'otitpun lUcchar- ,,,' \acter of the nation. Btttit can't he lulped." He re- - Iht. I fi^rrcd to the gri;at peril in which the Union had ■; ''',,' ","; 1 been placed. S..iiie. ai.d among them Rhetl ot fro-,VLilc\Vfir'ld'on he l^""'" Carolu ... : - ..■ ' -'■:.: disunion addns, the citizens of j 2d day of January. find John the t at Mcr I, iic .- . .;, ..'r ,.( .ii.slress wheaheheard uii.pr.Miis.: im-atiiica had failed. He erlilh, and loltl the people he wanted to nion was to be dissolve ! — and dissolve f the Compromise measures did not cr;.l then introduced Mr. Webster to the f his audience. He had been charged .'or Mr Webster. The fact was he had n .-,.poicd lo th = t man, and his father at i .. I; . . . 1 l;i= iifficeof sheriff hy I v.-Ul lull -A-h.-it I did say," said G'.ne- iaid to Mr. Webster, -we never have re, aod we never may again. We !l.e. Ciiiipioinisc question, and let us ..; K.- He declared that there bal : , .- about this matter; but omil- Doston Post, or its corre- . ...1- ;.i,-sentat the dinner, was re- it. He declared that Mr. Webster y w-tre sincere in their efT-^rts lu s^^ve iVIr. Ciay was dying, ami il he had ere in every act of his life as in Ihc part .-It in the Comproinisie mcaaures, he -c from the. great Jodge what we all so — the approval, "Well done, good and would rccei much desir fiiihful scr' Afler a f.-.w. inore exclamations in regard lo siving the UiiiSn.and announcing the fici that in the late war "iny own command an-l the Pal- metto rcginic.-it sto^.d together on the tijld of bat- tle," the General again took up the Coiiiiiromide T.K r? -r =, ?-jying that the Nonb got Ihe kernel and • ■■'!;■ shell. He repeated what Mr ibepr ; Fugii .vliioh so much ,,:....:, ilijherd from the law of I7U3, under which wR hail lived nearly sixty years." Here Mr. F.jS3 sdd, that without interrupting the speaker, l.s wished to make an inquiry: "If in no p:i. ;i -in -1 .' fT ;- lit, why was it necessary to about the law of 1793, U R, the liigh ons." Ih Rlr. sposii-onlii Fo^s.fonn id "1/1(1 ! go into a disquisition upon madi, "Do you regard tlis Gcii Ptercf.—"li'tU. if I must answer. No. I do not. I hast b. en. ask-d if I Wed this Fugitive Stave law. I answered, » printer. friends of iierce and Ki ever prisoned in the ch-.^ supposed the Baltimore but mar Uko about iny ; harmless >,:■ ( v and Mr. A . ■•Whsr, v, , , beiCig eiii?.- i 1 m | 1, ,■. and B3ys w/tal/u knows tu lie J idae." He ail ; 'I A twood's unsrratetul course, and dni., took very little interest in the malt.i ,, : wood being- sent fjr t) come toConcni. !.:.!;.;. when consulted, merely ai after him. He said that he wrote a pa-t and Mr. Atwood a part of the second letter— that he advised Mr. Atwood to write just what his judg- ment and conscience approved of, !.i I'l- i:.~ queoccs be what they mifrht. (K: talking aboat conscifnre! ) He th''.) , > violent denunciati- n of the editor mi ,1 -i,,!,- Chester Dtmocral, Mr. Atwood, and lii» .,,.i,,.ii, hio in general, which, from his rxcile«l slate cf mind, was entitled to about as much consideration ae the frantic declarations of one in a passion; and final iy closed with a puthet'c appeal to our people to sustain the glorious Union This meeting, though great efTorls had keen made, and a large number of persons collected from other towns, utterly failed to acroniplish the object aimed at by Ihe leader of the Co . •;! I!' - gency. Only three or four attempts \v, ,1! get up an applause for the. speaker, .-u. - I. tempt failed of reaching any Ihinti i;: . .,,( 1 , a,,,,, I, i,.r 'I;,- nfod be added that t!i..,,, ,u,.k.i 11. iM . V, . ,. r. .i • iiiffly by person^-frora Manches- t,n I'fess lias. He woi to sustain a treasonable ahington is, Jor the southern se- .■ < check on General Pierce. .•J- to obey the behests of half .1.-, and to renew the disgrac'- , ...jiitution and the Union (rom u b;iliii"oi - .■ . ir,,i , , ., ;■, ja.lt merged. ; next aoio 00. ol the ii y';c>», il- lelt to Itself, will soon ..iipcj-sedtdi- Hu prt^c th-asall papers will which are 1 ,f ^e is not aiming at i to particular prejudices and pas- ' encounter a iiiighcy ri» "i,-y die Hiler ihry have glutted i ,l,„„,i,i,!rv. for lh,:s;,k, fearleisly ai M-ui'lty '/' have lr> i .:' .1 l:ands sped the abaft th,.; • i.^l fate, and, at 1' :, ■ ■ 1 -•-> , 1 1 " Oemo- craticp-i lo^.ullr; but how 1..: -.1,1,- ,.o-ditbe 3 Sou raiffn G son that 1 am amazed a wh'j has himself but rec and ought to have a ca ".\nother plan is to i eit ScccBsionist ol lo' editor on the Wasliin indeed, be an invaluaM .1 .d lor this lea- ,,,ord ha I lias proposition, s-nt. i irncd ta the fold, i^fiich, it ivoid suspicion, of {Ji,,,, ■ party I ad ere f re; iha the .e,.-il, . ii , hard for this, and went through hii u'oal rouiine of nnking grimaces, pointing with his finger, shaking his fisia, addressing flat- tering compliments to individuals present, together with occasional spells of de.-ply pious fecliii-, and. Btrong regard for r^lir in: "n I ':;-^ ir,;::-,;, .1 were prompt to reepoiifl, V,;- 'i, ; , 'i-nce irk he ent froi thai :l,b.)thl the !lunk- t an ctTort iiuld be i:n i- i,.i,.ii: I , ;ii an exprisiion froiri is meeting to the pcoiilo oi the Stale. There is 1 doubt that resolutions were prepared and put the hands oi some one of the leading Hunkers this town, to be presented to the meeting if the ;rstanda the tact and policy of the i,- ■ • n. passed Congress, 1 lie»e aoiececieiii= uo uoi 1 ify Mr. Forsyth for the editorship of Ihe Union, j and aiid if the Democratic party in Congress were to j (he cry o! ■ aid such an arrangement, it would render itself ful, the irio guilty of an umidfigatcd piece of folly. who have "The f/n.lly aeciediied mouth- charital ' ' piece of General Cass. Whether this be the case or not, if ho has correctly reported General C.iss's course in the Senatorial caucu.? to which he rclors, I have a right to assume that the writer does not ,','.', (it proscriftit/n, . :.,.-,' of th: dtfial ., .,c. :- ,.■,,;'- 3 the Democratic Iparty of t.v .L-o-o'.. .i,..: .•, 1.,,. loll my Demo- jciatic friciids, when it becomes a cr me against Democracy to be a State Rights men— when every Democrat who stands upon the Jelfersonian plat- I form of Statu iiidependenceand sovereignty, i:i to be i hunted down and lied down under the mad-dog cry of "Disonionidt." "Secessionist." and d.-iven from the party— th;U south of the Potomac, the de- mocratic party will d-.viiclle ;i.;o a cor. ,i.„r..,n.„ard. I The Democratic pa: ,,- ,t:l ' ■' •:■ ■ r.,'/(«s — it was opposed to 'li "•'=" ugh by that it wa should go forth from this meeting ajr.ii . , • ,-, 1 and unmistakable tones in favor of hiuiieil and h parly, and in opposition to Mr. Atwood; and ye in view of all inese fads, hie friends dared 11. hazard an expression o! opinion, Uai the ciiizci of New Uoston should (as they >spe x Oeaiocratic i of trdSiscon- limoue choice have in voting. crB'Mie.xclj The whole gist 1 Notwithstanding US to the cooira Vv'lii|jf Ratification Meeting.^ have lately hceii held ill New Orleans, Natpiie'z, Metiiiiliis, Raluigli, Warrenton, JVBwbern, Eiienton, and oth(;r cities end towns in the, South, all at- lentleti with much enthusiasm, some account of which we shall shortly inaite room for. 1 seats m the ci i:\ ■ appointed Ucm, jlrue^'oVfaUc? ' ' Democracy 1 p: I honest agreeiue, up Ui . - j party, however diife iclcgai; Icjlof IfJ: party, however differing on former questions, in a j Washington Vnim with a view hearty support Ol the truly republican ticket^bf Uectioaal tone, Mr. boule sod Til SIGN A wilh him do not wish to " rule" niucn less to " ruin." Tluy enrnrslly desire the Buccesii of the Pierci' ticket, se they should, for they arc the xsntho>-5 i>f it; nnd all they ask ia a voioe in the paper that i» to he made the orgar; Orel they ask this, if for no. other reason, to ttst the sincerity of that truce aiid treaty « hich was made at Haiti more, and is now so riiihlefsly assailed by General Cass in a cau-us of fricmie. This reasonable de tnand thpy will have, or have an or^an of their o*n. The rharjrc against Mr. Soi.il« and hie Mends ifi only true agraitist those who counte- nance ths course of Ge:ncral Ciies. It is they 'iho are playiii'r the (fame of "rule or ruin." It re- maiiis to he seen whether tlje Deuiocritic party will aeain submit to have the party torn by these difentuiiibed disssnsiGns, for the purpose of grati- fying the vengeance of certain disappointed gen As" for us— and I speak for Southern Rights De- mocrats— we SHAt-L NOT BE EASILY DRIVEN FEOM THESDPPOBT OF THE TICKET Or. OUR CREATION * ND CHOICE. Nothing ran drive U8 oflT short of ihe discovery that the insane policy of General Caas is lo be triumphant in its councils, and that Frank lin Pierce is that sort of a "Union man" that bases the hopfs of the perpetuity of the Union upon thi: 1 uins of the rights, independence, and sovereignty of the States. We happen to know thai General Pierce tii.ei not belong to this cl.^s3 <'i i '■'■ • ■ my miiid that, had he been a South' rn n; v.'ould not; by the eelf same act, have de, . : causeof his country and the principles lit i moeratic Ssatc Rights creed. iVo; the H '■ ■ parly musi go on to conquer, malgre the ;;;i ■< ' i llie "0111 Fog-.as.'' wlu> h:ive been ,r there is no difTerencc between true I)cinocrats, whether they dwell in the granite hills ot New Hampshire or under the fervid son of the South. To all surh General Pierce is acceptable, and all such will unite in an honest nnd patriotic eifort to keep the sfmy, navy, the treasury, and the moral and political power of the Government of this great country out of the hands of an administration the "creulion and cAoicc" of Wm. H. Seward For myself, come what may, nothing, if my life is spared, will withhold my vote and aid to elect the Democratic ticket, ex.cept the discovery that Gen. Pierce is not the sound Democrat and true patriot I now sincerely believe him to bo. The Republic need not lay the ilaltering unction to its soul, that because I repel the assaults of hire- ling scribblers upon my friends and myself, the .Seward ticket for the Presidency will derive the least benefit from it. Democrats may oi.agree among them.*elvcs on various points, but we are all of one mind on one point; and that is, that the Seward and gcott ticket must be beaten. Patriot- ism and the pub!ie s;ifety demand it. John Forsyth. I Lets • from Hou. Geo. C. Wusliiiigtoii Fiom the Nalioiuit Iidelligencir. »1 .Scott lu ollowitig CO \V.> liiKl lh« lollowitigcoiimuiiuoiition in the Savannah licj'nUkun ul' the lUth instant, thp. editor of which journal, however, it is but just to say, does not cojicur in the observations of the writer.' Tl'e wimmunicaliiin oannut be without ('fleet in thfi conventions shortly to be held in the Stair- of Georgia : ISlfsBHS. KoiTOKs: Will you pennii me to notice very brieliy the piece in your paper of Thursday morning headed •• .Important Card from JMessrs. Toomb?, Stephens, antf ollicrs.'" Th;a card pro- fesses to give the reasons why the Buhscribers "can- not and will not support General Hcottfor the Pre- sidency." i. "Gen. Scott up to the tiincof hisnoinmation refused to give any puTjlic opinion in laV.T of the Compromise." In other words, he refused to "trite any letter, tboirgh urged to do so. This, 1 pre- sume, is the refusal to give any public opinion re- ferred tci. Now, although General Scott may have erred in this matter, yet it is really no ol.jection to hioi, unless he refused for the purpose of coficfaiiMg his position on this subject. That it was not his ob- ject to cot.ceal any thing, appears from the fact ihat he haj given the reason that governcif bis con- duct . Tiirtt reason, whatever else we may tbink o? it..- -1 rri'-onthat must command the respect of ail rged upon this subject, l.e he' rite I ■do£ [ikc seeki7ig Ike nomination.' ecr for the candidacy. This of the mailer; and even upoi le erred, it is a view that cioc ■al Scott. On the cont y.it Ame,ica." .\ . : : .. ■ , . ., ,-. t ..uvention has pr palhies draw; . . - Irccdom, and ol .1 Umun (oo.iided on th-j c•..I^;t..o• Thtsc noiiunatiiins n.ciivad my cordial as tional princiolcs ot justice and equality. iVo other Union can last; and the politician bears a false I have been on termsoi friendly intercou naino who calls himself a "Union man" on any (.Jen ral -c. t lor Iw-i r.ty years, nnd esteem other principles. lie is a Federalist in riisguiic. JOHN FOR-SVTn. specche bis moi wilh 1 bitter oppo mise. The whole testiin- ciscly the other way. II subject, though not put i that he "uas an ardent s Compromise measures, ::rst presented to Congi am yet to learn that 1 i.r can ch.-.rge him endly to the Compro ■n declaration on this ! shi-.pc of a letter, -is, liter and friend of the 1 the ilay tiiey were by He From the IVashington Union of July U The Nomination of General Pierce. - publish with pleasure the i.. letter, in reply he Uepulihc, from Mr Fortyth. of the Coium i{Ga.) Trme» Our ueighl ors of the KejniU- a riled vill do expressions of Mr. K , , tijc matter right in their coliiiiins by copying IV'ir. Forsyth's ielier: To Vie Editor of the Union: Yuur vivacious neighbor of the Kipublic has dis covered a veritaMe mare's nest iu a paragraph i(^r.i my pen, which was, and was mtended to be, no more tiian a strong expression of the entire eat- islacticn of the Soothe rn Dcmecracy with the nom ination of General Pierce. I presume it wi;l not be denie'd as ;i historical fact, that after the friends of the promiio-.i! rn- 'i.o.i- r- h id i -nod it v-:o= not [ he was opposed to touching Ihim in. , uliace, or form." This surely is not on of a man who wished lo conceal h the sul ject of the Compromise. . "Nor has he, since his nomination, lara;i-,:i> of his 07>/!roca; of those a adjustment ot the issues in cuntr ■card admits that the re=olution3 of I'.eral Scott, in his letter of acccplam 1,°." In mvo°wniudgm»nt, he could n any n the dc gentlemen, i nominal happily n i: ;. ii III .11 h" .-3. the. , JOS by ih:' R net acts ol when I dec ared that ul the < unvcuti ■n was the 'crcaliot and choi .f IheS lUIhern Democrats. But a; a loss \:R ly wbal rul.iB log phi lulogy U ■mhlic c in thei ,.-c •* '.r"^ GliOItGK t County, iMo and being fully rime ihe noir.i- W.-iSHlNGTON. , July 13, lSo-2. 1 laboring ai, ihat llu neminalion vj.is V.ei-efo isulisfactory to any other section of the ri p.iriy Virginia br..u-h! Gen. Pierce foi id (he dcicgaies from every oilier Slate ii, fcly embraced him as the man lor tie i i is was theprelodetuasceneolenthusiii^iii A Recent Case iji Point, In reference to the loss ot" ihe steamer Cas- pian, wh ch has just been announced in the newspapers, the Clevelaml Herald iaa!;e,-> ihf fullowing pertinent and imi^i;.: .liioi m ..-n: ••HARBOa AND KlVKR I i : ' dagueireoljpe, a ' < i ' " strongn- expression of approval than ho has done. By appcniiing the resolutions to hii letter, he muk. J ti.em .1 pit.-l if his Mler. In doing this be A^ipi^ till ver-, i vnguage ol the resolutiors as his ow,i ('. - : ■ 1- ; ■ itiving expression to his senti- i,j, ,, ii a forced conairuction — it is the „,(,,. ;, one. General Scott annexes (lie 1. . i,,i .. 1 1 Ills letter, and then proceeds: "Tlic p liiiu ul itiinciples and measures laid down in tinse lesoluiions are so broad, that but liitle is left for me to udd." What else he says then is in addition to what he has already said in t!ie resolu- tions, lie does not say I approve the resoluti ns; but he dors more— he adopis the terms and lan- guage of the resolutions as his own language ,'br the expression of his sentiments. Having said all itii.t ii .- 1! i in ih". rcsiiluiioii.--., he proceeds to say ., .-.(.ii. i ii.j card admits that the , ., .. 71^ t' clear and ed'p:icit — lashed , Soott, thi ly the private enterprise 's of hundreds of passen 'craft, be voiced by the er Caspian— ,ick of harbor he West, say iect of appro- DeinoGiat from the Federal Whi^j. In this respect 1 itself for hi n o> do sorely it i y the ide-i princi- history of )f' t!ie Com pal he jromise THE SIGNAL. whilst that measure was pending before Congress? If he did not, ihcn has General Scott and some of his frli-ndi stated that which is wilfully untrue. It it not true tijat, nftcr the passage of the Compro- mise, Oen^ral Scott attended a meeting of its friends at Castle Garden? Did he not make a speech on that occasion? And is not this an inci- [. . ■. I .i-. V, l,j;e.? What right has General^'. '^ ',. ' '.laii, You must not an to the teachings of Henry Clay— uiui rthcnd, Wil be apt to suppurt irmir otu.i iMel No Democrat will or ought to refuse to suppoiTlhc Democratic ticket because some Frieei>i:ers vote fiirit. No Whig ought— I wish I could say no Whig Vv-ill— refuse to support the Wh g ticket because Eome Freesoilers vote for it. 'I'he idea thit GenerafScott will shape hio administration to suit the views of Frecsoiler.'=, i"! a mere opin- ion of the gentlerv.en dzning thi.3 c;.rd. They are, I think, but a email portion of the Southern Whig Keprescntativcsin Congress. Arelhe rcstol a dilf;ifi,topininr.? Ifthov ar", I wouid rufr^est issuing edicts from the cilyo! W.-..=tdn.T_tcn, Demu- j cratidc the Whig party ol G'*oig;a We are glad | to follow their lead so |..!,gDs they lei.l h. tli- su;.- port of Whig principles, but nu ljn!|f.;. lU:p.\. their authority — at least the nu'.ltoiily i;t Toimbs — is no longer Whig unihuniii F^oi-i ;. account of his late epeech, Itliink we may tii!.. , for granted that he has given in [ji- a-aierence to :! , Democratic party. Will the Whigs of Gro.-gii sh:ipe their course to suit EUggi.s'.ii.n;; from su; li a ijuarcer? Mr. Toombs, I take it, is no looser enli- t ed to obtru'lc bis advirc upon the Whi^' putty. It he has advice to give, let hiin give it lo his own party. W. B. F. I Ob onuy the fair fame c f a Hardin, a Webster, and a Ciay, who puurtd ou t their blood upon the lielda of Mexico ! n order, therefore that there r.ay be a tho- ro jgh reunion of the brotherhood and a ncrfct UcrslandinET. we m stWspectfullv and earncst- ly invite the VVhigs of the Stale to elect delegates in their respective cou ities to a St itc Convention, to be held in the city o i1/uco» on IVeilnesdtt'j, tin fi'j, /ij<«ii(/i day of jlvgv St next, for the purpose of ■•a ifying the nominati ins ot tlic Whig National Co nventton to nomin ii.-.l ticket, and to organiie the party 1 .r ti.e CnUiyi i_u. Wiiigs of Georgia ! ivcrv t:-.ic;.. ty incn been accustom d tochLf;rr itfsi. Let us remei Iter the a- ol 4t), the Hesby Clay of '-S-t, ■. . an d resolve to consecrate to a tt. 1 i!iore gr;;lelul '" mory the struggle of 'o2 I Let . =...,:,u,M „r.i.v,.«H «r„A,„,i. .,., us rear on high r,itT ."<...< ti/i.," Tlie First Grand Rally at Viclisbnrg. The ratification meeting of Whigs « hirh a?se i.^^ippi, been f that city. Thomas A. Mabbhai. ckoaen President ; and the meeting was further organized by appointing fourteen vice presidents and three secretaries. The Vicksburg Whig says : "The notice given was not sutlicient for the time of meeting to be generally know-n through out the county, but notwithstanding we were pleased to pec a representation from various quar ters, and all joined in manifesting the highest satisfaction with the result of the convention and the candidates presented." Mr. Marshall ittated the objects of the meetin? in a brief address, showing the causes whic should move the entire Whig vote in favor 'o Scott and Graham. After the conclusion of Mr. Marshall's short b-jt eloquent address, Hon. William A. Lake was called to the stand, who introduced the following resolution; '•Resolved, That thi^ mreting do ratify and con- firm the nomination of General Winficld Scott as the Whig candidate for President, snd William A. Graham, of North C.irolina, as the Whig can- didate for Vice President, and do jdedge to them a cordial and hearty support." The Whig further remarks that the speech ol Mr. Lake in 'support of his resolution was able, comprehensive, and courteous: "He alluded in the most eu, -i,.ncd tnanncr to the gloom wlii^lj i mtry at tlie period when admiie -' ^ ■ Ived upon Mr. Fillmore— to hifl pe- riod of exciicment — to bis ■ . . Ii(» to the Soulii in time of y, ■ j-ral course of his admiuistrati.., i his Fillmore liad sanctioned. Of Wr spoke in terms of just and glowing < viewed his public career and lii.: ;,u.i that the office of Presidoni link his nai.ne and fame w; vices, the character, the h: i thecb.im>of Gen. WiMi appears upon tne stand." W. C. Smedes, esq., and Mr J. S. Byrne, also addressed the meeting, at a late hour of the night, in glowing and eloquent tertris. During the ad- ndard of "&'co«, Grabc and bear it alolt in triumph ! Then "Awake ! .•Vrise! Shake off the dew-drops that glitter on your g-arments, and inarch forth lo battle and to victory ! ' ' . Abda .lohnson, Cassville; Jason Uurr, cf GriiSn; R P,. Mills, of Marietta; i!os:-e;i Reneau, Wm. 11. v.<:'=,■•^.i• R. H-.nleiter,.I. T. Donne, O. V7. Cox, I • , , -, .J. R. IJort,M. It. M. Clarke, H. . ,.>^Wm. U. Ch,.pman.R. A. Wiiliam- ., r. 1 . ,..;,, by, A. P. Prince, J. Norcross, E ■..V :e,:i,i...l.'ih;j3 N. Cox, J. F. Alexander, T. S- J Sb! W. H. A. C. Pullii rge of Cook, Oglethorpe. THE S I G N A 1^ in attendance upon the meeting' goea far to | tnat heai (a unbiaoeed of poliiical rancor, or in malignity, ore always ready to iionor the t hero who has grown gray in the eervice of untry." Geiiei-al Soott nnd the Natnralized Clilxsus. Many artifices are resorted to with a vihw ot'^ making it appear that General Scott is iniini- . cal to our t'ureign-born citizens. For the pur- j pose of sliowinw how groundless is any accusa- tion or opinion of that kind, we ask attention to the period when General Scott returned to i this country, after his brilliant services in j JVIexico. On his arrival at the city of New York, he was greeted by the acclamations of many thousands in the Kmpire City, and was j officially addressed in terms of warm compli- ment and welcome by Morris Franklin, esq., | the President of the Board of Aldermen, to whom the Genera! made the following reply: | Mr. PnF.3iDKNT, Gentlemen of thb Commos : CouhXiL OF New Yobk, anu FfiLLOW-CiTizENa I ge."JSrally: Designing- to spend quietly a few i days in tliia neighborhood, I have, on your kind demand, come forth from retirement, to sur- 1 render myself a prisoner into the hand3 of my | friends. The grand city of New York, already the emporium of our hemisphere, and destined to become the emporium of both, having determin- ed, through he- authorities, to do honor to a pub- lie servant of our country — true to her own great- ness, witliout measuring his little merit, performs that generous ofiioeiu a manner worthy of herself and of the Uniied States. • If I had looked to considerations merely p.-r.=on- al, I should have declined the high distinction ten- dered me; but I knew 1 was to be received by you as the representative of that victorious army it was BO lately my good fortune to commaad— an army that has carried the glory of American arms to a height that has won universal admiration, and the gratitude of all hearts at home. A very large portion of llie rank and file n! that arniy, regulars and volunteers, went lorlh from the city of New York, to conquer or to die. It was my happy lot to witness their invincible valor and prowess. All dangers, difficulties, and bardchips, were met and conquered. • You have been pleased, sir, to allude to our adopted citizens. I can say that the Irish, the Ger- mans, the Swiss, the French, the Briions, and other adopted citizens, fought in the same ranks, under the same colors, side by side with native- | born Americans — exhibiting like courage and etii- cicncy, and uniting at every victory in the same entbusiislic shouts in honor ol our Hag and country. From Vera Cruz to thr. capital of Mexico, i;i-. was one generous rivalry in heroic dariii;: i brilliant achievement. Let thuse who v.ii:.. that career of valor and patriotism say, ii il- . can, what race, according to nUMibers, conti iuvjic*.! most lo the general success and glory of the cam- paign. On the many hard-fioght batiie lields there was no room for invidious distinction — all proved themselves the faithiul sons of our beloved country; and no spectator could fail to dismiss any lingering prejudice he might have entertained as 10 the com- parative merits of Americans by birth and Amcri cans by adoption. As the honored representative of all, I return among you, to bear testimony in favor of my fellow-soldiers in the field— the army of IMexico; and I congratulate you and them that the common object ot their efforts, and of your hopes, the restoration of peace, is in all probability Shortly afl?r, when the General was in this city, the following correspondence took place, which shows very conclu.sively what are his opinions on this subject : Washington, May S, 1848. ' My Deak Gen'ebal: Your distinguishtd s!-rvi- ces in two wars, and your no less distinguished services during the long intervening period of pros- perous peace, have deservedly won for y u the love and admiration of your countrymen. A large portion of yi'Ur fellow-c-.fizens, who yioM to none m their admiraiion of your bravery and humanity in war, as well as of your patriotism and prudence In peace, have becnjilld that you favor the priiu i pies of ihe so-cnlledWtative" party. From an ex- tensive correspondence and acquaintance with cit- izens of this class, I learn Ihat many feel gri. ved that such principles should be attributed to you. Did they know you, as I do, they would see that great injustice is done you. I know your kind and liberal views toward . the naturalized citizens. ^remcnibor the grateful emotions of my .hear! when 1 first read the account of your rescuing from Kruish pow. raiiJ British prisons twenty two of my .;ovn I ' i'l .liv '( prisonersof war while fighting u^ ■- ..r. llsg. You, sir, was the first (.• ,' i lolain the perfect equality of :>,j.., .. , ,i. , ;- ,. 1 itizeuj. In your recent cam- paign lo jk.M^i. i hope you have found additional motives lor recognising that equality, and that all the adopted ciiizens vied with each other in brav- ing danger wherever you commanded. Not for myself, therefore, but for the satisfaction of others, do I respectfully ask you lo say whether, after witnessing such fidelity to the flag of their adopted country by soldiers of foreign birth, you are for adding new restrictions to the present sys- tem of naturalization; or whether you are in favor of having the privileges now enjoyed under the Constitution and laws ot the country, fairly ex- pounded and faiih/ully executed, secured to such persons of foreign birth as may wish to become ciiizens of the United States.' I have the honor to be, sincerely, yours, VV. E. ROBINSON. Major General VVinfield Scott. REPLY. W De.'(r Sia: In reply 8th instant, I take pleasure in saving that, grateful for the too partial estimate you place on iny public services, you dome no more than justice in assum- ing that 1 eatertain "kind and liberal views to- wards our naturalized citizens." V't'-t';- ii would be impossible for me to recomiiv i ' port any mtaeure intended to exclu-l i: . . . . ... ajust and full participation in all ci'.ii ■ i ; cal ritihls now secured to them by oui nj.Jii n laws and institutions. It is true that, in a sea.-'on of unusual excitement some years ago, when both parties complained of fraudulent practices in the naturalization of for- eigners, and when there seemed to be danger that native and adopted citizens would be permanently arrayed against each other in hostile factions, I was inclined to concur in the opinion, then avowed by many leading statesmen, that some modifiea tion of the naturalization laws might be necessary in order to prevent abases, allay strile, and restoic harmony Detween the different classes of our peo pie. Hot later experience and reflection have en lirely removed this impression, and dissipated my :uE WHIG CANDIDATE FOR THE VICE-PRESIDENCY. The following, which we take from the Philadel- phia North American, was written by a genlleman now in the House of Representative!, who was Mr. Graham's classmate in college, and formerly served with him m the State Lcgislulure. It may be relied upon its perfectly nulhenlic, and both in style and sentiment is a worthy tribute to one of the worthiest Whigs in the Union.— JV. Y. Courier. The Secretary of the Navy and the nnmiiiee of the Whig party for the Vice Presidency, is u native of Lincoln county in North Carolina, and was born in the year 1804. Hia father, the late General Joseph Urnham, was born in the county of Chester, in the State of Pennsylvania, in the year n.5U, of parents who had emigrated from the North of ire- land, though of Scottisli origin ; thence, by the re- moval of a widowed mother, lie was transferred in early childhood to the vicinity of Cliarlotte, in the county of Mecklenburg, North Carolina. Here he grow to man's estate, and received such educa- tion as the country could then afford, atan academy in Charlotte, called (lueen's College. He was there the associate of Jackson, Adair, and many others, who subsequently became distinguished in the his- tory of the country. When a youth about fifteen years of age, he was present at the famous '-Declaralion of Indepen- dence," on the 20th of May, 1775, by the people of Mecklenburg; and late in life furnished his tes- i!i, ill, ly in relation to that eveist, when its authen- i iiy was called in question; and this certificate V. ii| he found appended to the published accounts remarkable occurrence, so honorable to the "^n W. honsions. . campaign in Mexico, i . ■.■:■ " ,'..... -J. ism, -;:;;. i ■■■•as hsppy to call .la I shall always be to ■. it home. ■n grsat esteem, vnura, WINFIELO SCO'lT. K.-RoniNSON, Esq From the Memphis {'Venn.) Eagle. Gcitt-val Pierce and "WestcvM Interests. We bespeak the attention of both Whigs and Democrat.-! loan article in to-day's paper, taken from the Washington Jiiptibiic, showing General Pierce's opinions and position on the subject of the ch objr improvement! that Gene-al f muted to an ui propriations fo on the subject, we do not < integrity of these convict found an insuperable obje President by those who bi and the duty of the Uover to the improvement of th( highways of our domestic impeacu Gei hly and ■ icully ( hin Southv elf again: iinent to extend its aid 36 **inland seas" — these uestic commerce. Wc do not lerce's motives in thus setting interests of the West and the bmit to Whigs and Democrats e West and Southwest, whether the h General Fierce is conscientiously poliei wedded is such an one as b just rights aiid Ih -ir importai I Under the Uile of The Signal there is issued from the otEce of t'.e Republic, m this i iiy, a weekly Whig campaign paper, which ought to have a wide circulaiion. It is publislied m quarto form, I and is furnished to subscribers for filly cents for the I campaign.— iVadonai JnMli^encer. patriotism and valor of the people of that county. With two elder brothers, he entered the revolution- ary army at an early age, and served several cam- paigns in the Carolinas and Georgia, in which he rose to the rank of a major of cavalry. In a sharp action on the occasion, of the entrance of the Uri ti»h army under Lord Cornwallis into Charlotte, in September, 1780, Major Graham, commanding a corps of ca^'«lry under Col. Davis was cut down, wounded, and left for dead, a short distance from that village. Recovering from his wounds, he par- licipated actively in the campaign of 1781, and con- tinued in the service until the end of the war. After Its close he filled many important public trusts, and was for many years a member of the State legislature, and of both of the conventions which deliberated in the adoption of the Federal Constitution by North Carolina. In the war of 18iy, holding the appointment of brigadier gen- eral of railiua, he volunteered hia services, and commanded a brigade called out from North and .South Carolina against the Creek Indiana, and joined the army ot General Jackson, soon after the battle of I ne Horse Shoe, in time to roceive the subniissi ,n of Ihat powerful tribe. He dieJ, in 18;i6,ii: ilie f.dvaiicfd age of seventy-seven years, ! beloved, honorctl, and respected by the people of I the good old Whig State of North (Jarolina. William Alexander Graham, his young«st son, was educated in his native state. After the usual course of preparalory instructions, he entered the University of North Carolina, anil was graduated with the highest distinctien in a class of unusual merit. His professional studies in preparation for the bar were pursued in the office of the Hon Thunin.s Ri.illn, the present Chief Justice of the '-■■^i'n iir ■:'.>:ii : .r il,,., 11.', .-iiid one of the ablest .. ■. .t ''':,,■ • ^, . :i;ienced the practice "' ' !'■■•■' ■ ■ '■ . !" ' ■ ' il, and fixing his res- iM-'iir-' ..t IJ 1 ..,'; ,., .1 Ii. II, ( iMpne couoty, soon at- tained the hii;lie;ii disliiiciioii in his profession, and w;, his pure .ind spotless life, li'l ability, are made familiar liscerniag countrymen. j Chan 1 the 1 :of;' ard, the president, (then in his last illne.": a considerable part of the se.ssion of l' great acceptability lo that body. Occupying the laborious post of Clininv Committee on Claims in the 27lh Congres ticipaled but little in t)ie general debate; had the entire confidence and respect of t in the bu.siness committed to his charge; ernor Wright, of N. York, and Judge Woodbury, of New Hampshire, who servfd under him on thai South- I,) during ■41, with an of the I, he ; but he le Senate ,nd Gov- From the Hartford (Omn.) Couranl. General goott in Bleslco. We have been called upon to mention any event the life of Wi.nfield Soott which would indi- te the posjessiou of talents for the civil govern- snt ol the United States. We cheerfully and confidently respond to this call, and, from among- (he numerous exainples of this fitness, we select tlie civil adminntralim of General HcoU in Mexico. We pas3 over the great battles which were gained, extending f>oiTi Vera Cruz to *he capital, and wc find him at the h.>ad of a coiiquerin°-ariny in the city of Mexico The enemy, ingfigaTed by the most intense hatred, were around him. He was far r-m-.v. H f, r.j-, supplies or reinforcemenls. I "3 V.-; ■ ; . . , ■ .1 victorious army, ready at I enues of the Federal Government ■.vhircver in Jid be found, more particularly the ordii.-ary i "' '' " metals. In the aar jbject of the entire a the country with statesrnanliite view 1 that it is his duty only to eff-r ru -- ■--- local knowledge would furni precK despatch he treats of th nexationof the c but remarks I suggestions as hii him. In the general orders alluded to in fhn above de- spatch ol December 25, we find th^t I'lc internal taxes or dues referred to are direct lases; cbuies on the production of gold and silver; meltin"- .ind as- saying due.-i; the tobacco rent; ibe rent ol^stamped paper; the rent on the manufacture of playing cards; and the rent of poet offices. These revenues He then prohibits lotteries, and es- gulations and rules lor levying of comui' . affairp. ;,. i; for the cxhit Ills, fur a tr VVek what com pletely called oii(. dence, Iirmne.> magnanimity, nibitedall these . The conquerui ^i lembcr 14, 1847. ace— an hoi his Country. To ay, ^1. i:..! i... ,■■ ,..: these dilfi. ■i:: = tration of the Mexican .',n-.ior. Herr,i,ow,i3 a field of ciml as well as military i.a\- h as great as tiiat of the field, ituation where ail ihcele.ments of 1. real ?reat man rru'.J tc so coin- and the Senate, t.. i attest their r i i ity. The IXii; ity of memb na in 1842, Graham was iust ume III many years, Mr. ;-eIected, and retired from ihe .Senate of the U. States on the 4th of March, 1843. Resuming the practice of the law with his usual energy and eminent success, he had but renewed his relations with his old friends and clients, when, to redeem the State from Democratic rule and as- cendency, and to aid in securing her vote for Mr. Clay, he was prevailed upon to accept the nomina- tion for the office of Governor of the State. In 1844 he was elected the Chief Magistrate of North Caro- lina by a very large majority of the votes of the peopip, and was re-elected to the same oflice in 1846, from which he retired on the Ut of January, 1849, being no longer constitutionally eligible. Jleturning again to his profession, he was, in a few apply I spcral: , .; •, r, . , . K > ,. OuU,. i: , . • . , .' : , fining- r, ,:,..... , ,...-.; i... ..,.„ wore t^i l.u puiiitb-u — ilrus puMis lung- code of laws wlikii weiB equally m conquerors and ihe defeated. In this code, the ad ministration uf justice, both in civil and criminal matters, was left to the courts of the country, and A-as not (o be interrupted by any ofCrer or soldier ot the American /orec, except in cerlain cases of importan.e to our own citizens. liotli Ihc rule and ihe exf-eption fhow the judgment of the General. Wherever a military police was kept op in any city, a Mexican police was likewise to be establish- ed to act in harmony. The capital— the churchoe- the religious worship— the prosperity and the peace jf its inhabitants «ere all placed under the special safeguard of the honor and faith ol the American army. As a compensation for this proteciion, a contribution of .$150,0110 was crdercd to be levied on the capital, to be collected by the Mexican's ihemselvcs, which contribution was lo be employed" in the purchase of extra comforts for the wounded and sick, and for the purchase of blankets and ihoes for the rank and file of the army. We need no better proof of ihe civil virtues ot our hero than the above general order. Its moderaiion, forbear- ance, and magnanimity are apparent on every line. His attention to the preaervationof order and law manifests a character beyond that of the mere miliiary commander, riia thoughtfulnees of the coniforis of his own soldiers will be remembered by them with gratitude. As soon ..6 his troops were settled in their quar- rs, and the internal police regulations 61 iMexico dem; tablishes por import and export duties, makin' si in favor of the United States as wer The arrangements for the levying of tl the ditoriminalions to be made— the iri lecting the Mexican revenues— all indu„,. „ of sound financial capacity and of the o-rasp of the statesman. On this same subject we might allude to the skill manifested in laying (he assessiiiente on the dif ferent cities of the Republic for the maintenance of the American troops. Much judgment w.as needed here to equahze these usscesments; to invent the best means of their collection, so as not lo exasper- ate the conquered people or to rouse them into re- bellion. The whole of this subject in all its details shows the great and comprehensive mind of the commander in chief. Such is one of the prnols that .i., ■ e ■ iv. n ,n fa vor of thestatesmanhMii , i ■. , . ,, -jha difficulties of sueli , ,i > :,\y appreciated at the p, . . , ,,j iinarmyto oonir>!, ; ^f civil affairs, ih.t, wlKn he left the couniry, they offered him ihe Presidency of the republic with a salary of a million and a quarter of dollars, /s there no proof of ihe slatrsmanship of Scott ? In contrast to this exalted picture, we have the fact that Franklin Pieice has been a piariisin-' at- torney for twenty years; that he h.n been in b^th Houses of Congrefs; that he voted ag-ainsi Internal Iinpruvements ; that he made a speech a-'ainst fTranting a pittance to the widow of Harrisan; and that he made anoiher against the removal of his own party from the emoluments of office ! Candid reader ! Look at these two pictures, and decide for y ourself where the statesm anship lies. Illinois can be Cirbikd fok Scott. — We feel sure of it. It will not be done by tioasting and loud talking, but by close and hard work. There is no other way. We need not knik in other Slates to fight the battle f)r us. The M. x^ .u, v. ,r,h.,wfd that Illinois troops could do their f!i,rr ,,t (hat c themselves. They now hav.- ,, ehance to gain a peaceable viclnry. I^ every Whig feel that he has Aimsel/ something TO do; let him work from this day to ihe close of theelection, promptly, patiently, unremittingly, and all will achievcsuch a victory as will make their hearts glad. [Galena Advertiser. THE SIGNAL. 47 Mr. p. «ro«'» Votes on Public Ijupi-ovements.i sooth, his "rigid riglitcousness" taught him Tho campaign orators of the Deraucratic [I'lat grants to savo life or to facilitate trade party are in an embarrassing predicament. Mr.; were political sins, fraught with peril to tho piiiucE's volfis on appropriations for river, orlhodoxy of his party. iVIr. Pieuce did not harbor, and other public improvements, meet condescend to jfivo even these poor reasons for them al every step, and call for judgment with liis policy. Ho never deigned to propound his a force .ind constancy that admit neither of! views, and to justify them on any ground of evasion nor denial. The record is everywhere, I equity or expediency. All he did was to take inviting evaminalion, and challenging the pre- ieare that no opportunity passed neglected tensions urged in Mr. Pierce's behalf. Kdi I which enabled him to wage war on all im- torG discreetly evade the whole subject. It is Iprovernents, coasting or internal. The De- tabooed from their columns as too priclily to be j mucrscy of Georgia may therefore call upon handled with safety, and with the vain hope Judge Johnson for an amended version of his that the growing e.xcitement of the canvass will apology. His present one is bold, and withal throw u'p chances for concentrating attention ingenious; but unfortunately it Ib not exactly upon less troublesome considerations. But the 1 true. public speaker has another course to pursue, j "^ ] He cannot pass over the subject in silence, forit i Letter of a True iviiig. looms up everywhere in its full proportions; be.j About the time of the meeting of the Whig must not slur It over with stale jokes, for the National Conveniiou in 1848, (says the ..Vir- people feel that it concerns their interests i (ionn! /'lieiiig-eiictr,) the Hon. Truman .Smith deeply; he dare not deny that the charges as | wrote to Gen. Scott slating that either Henry they stand have truth in them, for the official Clay, Mr. Webster, Jndge McLean, Gen. chronicle of Congress is open to the country, Taylor, ov Gen. Scott would probably he iiomi- and has already been closely scanned. In nated for the Presidency; and inquiring, among these circumstances another plan must be re- other things, whether, in case Gen. Taylor sorted to, and that is to represent Mr. Pierce should be nominated, he (Gen. Scott) would as having pursued a discriminating career in jSupporl him. Here is the reply: reference to improvements — giving his support j • Waehingtos, June 3, 1S4S. to national expenditures, when they were pro- [ Deak Sir.: 1 h.i3ten to ack posed, and resistiiior only those that were local !"f 7"'- " ■ ■ ■ II Fr: (veil. Soott null Aaopted Citizens. Th« fffort to array Gonural Scott aiyainst adopt- ed oitiz:iici is rrctiviiif: a prompt rebuke. ]!c!ow will be found a letter from Cnpt. Robert Hu^unio, of this c:iiy, ntie of Genernl Scott's vete- rans u[ 18li, in reaartl to hU treatment of adopted citizono. w hen his aid was of some service. Wo might add, in this connexion, that Capt. H. has always been ii Democrat, but has now enlisted for another campaign under the heuo of Queens- town: JSditors Chicago Journal. Gektlemen: In your paper of yesterday I no- tice a statcmiiit concerning- General— then Lieu, tcnani Colonel— Scott's conduct toward Ibe pris -u- ers of foreign birth captured by the British al the battle of Queenetown in 1813, and his heroic con- duct on the occasion. ng been lo'sc'f in Mic frontier war under ' ' *' '".I : I ."T^onally acquaint- ■ n^rit.andcanlully I Srott Wl! ■ p'ayi; ught to 1 hasten to acknowledge the bont>r of this date. 1 admit and feel all ..."their-cliaracler" "We have an" instance of il^):'''""-'' "^ '"« P"''''<^ "^'^'^ >■"" ^'^"^ '^''^ '■<='''^''>^ this in a speech of Judge H. V. Johnson Until ' the Macon (Ga.) ratification meeting, where — 'my name v referring to Mr. Pikrce — he is reported to havejWhii? JS'm . ^aiJ. ° jPhiladelpbK. ^^"^- ,. . ■ • , u r thePresiden Kesjapding- it as onconstitutiona!, he never fa Whether I ot : party foi nd harbr shal 1 appropriations lor roads. WhiUl be sanctioned judiriLsus expcnditurts for such works as were of a nntiymal charafter, he al- ways voted against tlioae that were .local or sec tiuiial. The uniformity of his course on qmations of this ei>rt (and indeed upon all others) sIjowb ; that he was governed by fixed and well defined principles of constitutional interpretation. lean ■ " ■ ■ jffice as spe- I ^„j 13 a member ' - of the House of ll.-pr, ,»-:,taiivea. a bill was iulro iinuation of the- r : ■) On the fina vote bis name elan : - . j n; the noys. rotes or not in that cnlight. b'jiJy for the high distinction in question,! , as a Whig, feel myself under every obliga- nn that C!>n bind a citizen to his country, and ive to t.ho nominee— whether be be one or the her of the four distinguished names with which ine is astociated by you— all the moral influence id support it may be in my power righlf. lly to irrl; and 1 ought not to doubt that all Wbiga ill bo equally patriotic and earnest in the sarne bemadc, GeiKi. i :,. .. ■, -ofchcfswiih oiy bri.:hcr i guuin. Ilo^rin.cr the noise on deck. General Scott ■ j rushed up, .-itui, learning the cause, forbade, in the ; most peremptory manner, another man frotn say- j ing a wont, lest their accent should betray the place of their birth, and assured those selected that if the British government dared to execute a man of thi-in, their death should be avenged. When Scott arrived nt Quebec, he was offered I his paiole, but refused unless it v;as given trf his officers also. It was refused, and he was confined with them in the prison-ship. He was likewise I invited to dine with the commander of the citadel, I and accepted only on the above condition. The prisoners retained as hostages for those sent to England of f.-.reign birth to be shot for treason, I were taken at Fort George, where I was under , GeneraiSC'itt's command, and was an eye-witness to bis lieroiern, and the kind attention to his sol- lESTIMOSV CF AN (J cr Dcinoriatic pap w Yoi It livening I'l :al.oflhoelrr>i.jM r lS3fi, whil Reeij jyou h( the personal friendship with w-hich i remain, my dear i^ir, faithfully WINFIELD SCUTT. Judco n A. Upton, of Louisiana, who was n the'ljto\'eVlSla^es,^,eg.^vca.tou!ar\"o^e;gainst'ai''<'l«■^^''= ">. ">« Baltimore Convention and one .,f bill for nreciselv (he Pame nurnoe- " , its secretaries, passed here last Tucsoav evening Ur -1 . V I I I ■ ■ I ''■» O'"- ^If'-'"? ^'"^'■- The boat was detained We will not charge Judg(!_ Johnson with [(jcre several hours loading tobacco, and the Jud?e, misrepresenting this feature of Mr. PiEP.t i-.'s at tlie miinat oi a number of Whiss, conscnted'to history, hut certainly ho has niisundors! : ii- ' i :,- i..- p.-ople at night in the court house. Mr. Pierce never recognised the dism - ;; ^- ' '■■"" '""" '^",* "" hour's notice a very ..''.... ' .e.-iii aasembUid. and the Juilge'e speech 1 of hi. was but i assembled, e itoa rtame the fire id been kindled in imputed to hiin. He voted uniformly a...; . , , . , ,,,. appropriations for carrying on public w v. ika. ,„,urs Mi;;re had been kindled in our ratification Ni-itiier in Ihe House of Representatives nor meeting. He gave a most eloquent and grophic in the Spua'e did he ever vote for an improve- !'^«^';''.'PV'f" "f','"' action of the convention, and the ment bill of any sort. He did all he could io\'^;::::'^:iJ^tol^^::t-^^^'^^'^^^^^>^ defeat every grant for the improvement of bar- j,)f the CDOvcniion We have rarely ever witnessed bors in the northern lakes — he resisted every ;such enthusiasm ns prevailed during his speech, appropriation for improving the navigation of^'vhich was truly a powerfolonr;aaidif hecontinues the Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri rivers- |'" ''"f lonh such voUi.s j,f fire a, he goes South, , . ' ^ ..rr ' r.i ri theglorious vv higs ol old LouHiiHia witl cfttcn the he voted to arrest tho construction of the Cum- flaofe, and bum still stronger than ever in their berland road, and to withhold auxiliary grants 'devotion to Winfield Scott and the Union from other roads of high importance to large ! • [Owtnsbcro' (Ky.) Gaxdte. sections of the country — and he even went so tar | • as to vote against the regular appropriations fori Messes. Gentry and Williams.— There is a Ihecon.'itrnclion and maintenance of light-houses I S-^oeral regret expressed among all the Whig ,, 4.1 .: . ivT .u t; .u LI . presses we have seen, (the Tiinei: excepted,) and upon the Atlantic coast. North, feouth, Kast, M ^„„ ^1, ,,,„ ^-higs we meet with, at the opposi- and West, all had in him a dogged, unreasoning! tion of these two Whigs to the nomination ol Gen- adversary. His narrow faith would have sac Icral S(-olt, and all exp.cas the hope that it may be rificed the commerce of the Union. He uould | withdravcn The Pruvidcncc JuurnoZ says it would have had our coasts strewn with wrecks, or de -||J",'l°e^'icmi'lK^l serted by the mariner in whose breast any carp:,",'.fi 4ish^ol the partv. Neither of ili for pi^rsonal safety remained. He would have uvcr to Pierce ;.nd King, and both of them can subjected our Western farmers to a perpetual never be any thing else than true-hearted Whiga. blockade, lest by opening avenues to trade a ^'''f trust they will y" come into the support ol . ■ , , .■ , r f - J 1. ij -. not only the platfirm, but tUe noinmationB. The cherished article of his creed should receive ^'^ f^i^.^^f^aed men of the partya.e gen.rally every death blow. He would have had our lake nav- \ where willing to take one with the other, igation more perilous limn it is, because, for ; [ifew York Rtpreu. try. Urliire be was thirty yc earned imperislmble honors c frontier. Throuj-h ihe ineridi steadily addin;^ tn tb.-i.- nn;,.hf..-, and within the [last decade h..;: .-,,j-Ar ,1 ,: r,-,i:;i ., . ;i!,ic, wiiha I series of then. - -. ■ ■ ordcd in history. Aclo. ::„;.-, on pla-o j minds; neither are tlicy rt-jrardcd c.e such by the American people. There is r,o true American who is not proud of thrni; no one who would not, if ne- cessary, become the personal champion of their autiior'a greatnfss, wherever and whenever such championship should be needed." This is just and true. Some of the Democratic editors wiuld do well to read it and ponder upon it. Why should they assail with vile and scurrilous abuse the man who has done more than any other living man (or the promotion of our country's glory, merely because a portion of our country, men have sem fit lo nominate him for the first office of the Republic he has so devotedly and so successfully served.— f,ot(tsijii/c Journal, bors taKo the Like, a; this po since, wil to whom ABD OF Him! — Our Canadian neigh- interest in politics on this side, of aptaiuof a Canadian vessel trading juired of a gentleman a few days im he was doing s-ime business, as I for Prtai. nated Pierce, The next question was— f FAo it Ac? The gentleman gave him as good an account of Young "Circumstances" as circumstances would permit. Well, said our Canadian neighborjpVho have the other party nominated.' General Win- field Scott was the reply. "Oh!" said he, ''IVehaWi /iwrd 0/ him.— Omego Daily JVmej. 48 THE SIGNAL. A Delusive IIofo. From the Alba.nv (N. Y.) Rfgisler. Tho Winliiug-I -n •'" ■ ■ -■ ' 'her kiii(ire( prints, declare lir ' r.'.enil to vol lor Pierce and K i- :. Scott am Grahairi. If the 1 ..Iculale thei auccess upon any ; ii. thcv ar^ pari .the of ' great capl man, pure and unsuli:ea lu all h!3 ii!iaii(ji!3 ut life, j and thecandidateoi our opponents — without ^uing- 1 into any such inquiry, disregarding it, where is | the Whig, we ask, who can adopt' the platform | Bubmitted by the Democratic party, in preference to that of hia own? On the one side, we find the advocates of free trade and the competition of the pauper labor of Europe broug-lvt t" bear against the liibor of Anicricm citizens; wc find a etcrn op- position l.j I;..' 1.. .;.!.>■. .., :.'. i'l • . h:u : ..rr and rivers, aivj •■ ■. . ! i ..■ . : . • - Wesi'. we Bud an i . , . . • i ,. , . ; ,.rr, a wildan.l rc. . . . ;.i I i i ■.-!..- ^,ri': -: Such is the Dtiiio. r^iic pi.^ilor mj. i.,e WiMj^ ,,iaiiurm advocates a fatrict iiiuit to llieextrcisouf the powers cxpreeely granted by the Constitution; leaving to the several States all powers not pfranted to the General Government. It adheres to the doctrine of Washington against "entangling alliances" with foreign countries, and against intervention. It inculcates a love for the Constitution and the lav.r.. Jl a . I.::.,-. 1,. iL ujiinlains the doctrine that the C'ui,^i..u..„.ii ,;:ilcia on Congress the power to open andiepair harbors, and improve and remove ob- structions from rivers, upon national grounds. And it inculcatts a mutual attachment among the several Stales. These points show the difference between the Dtmocratic platform and the"Whig. It is a diflercnce of privcipteit, marked as the nonn- tiay sun fiom the dark and deep gloom of mid- night. Upon the fight of principU-s every Whig will do his duty, and cast his vote for Winpielo SooTT, William A. Gkaham, and (he nationality and true glory of bis party and his coontry. The Tnie Wiiig ppiitt. i From the Albany (iV. V.) Keguttr. ! .■\ true Whi^- alv.ays s.v;.lli,u s iir.Jodiceo and' t.''::' ■^'v ' .■:''•, ^ ., ..,.„. a steady 1 : beai-tycon- ; r own part, :. ,.;d,atid, we II, . .■ ., ; >.,;,...■; • .' ■ iNir. 1 liliiioic. i'.: ■ ■ ^ . ■ ■ , -dt greatly dis,-.pno;ntcd us.ai -.1 i ; i i 1 ill- ['resident's true and ardent f. 1,1.!- 1, 1 ilie Fillmore men or which of tR.- I .. i. . -hive bolted the nomination, 01- .1 1 :i -,i i, ;: i.stsnt, bon- est, and hearty sujiport.' W. t our c-.u be named nark, ii.it only with ;akable cheerfulness and hi-h r. ctitudc of purpo e. Thiy recognised inn;,,-'r„g Whig- „ 1-. ; - - ii -;, ■■ ..,,'• ■ ''.'■■" I^:iple3 0f the c..!i\ ■.:..:, .- . . ,, .. . .J they in- • I iii'.y - 1 '■ .■', j , - ■■.■! pi ;'- ■r.,r.iAm\ disap- pou.tinenta bey.md a r.Burr, ■ti,.ndu,ingthepre- sent canvass. Goikg it Blisd.— Jones's Vince£.r.c3 i'enfiiicihas the foUowina-. It is rather rich: "General John A. Pierce, of New Hampshire, is the unanimous nominee of the convention. A bet- ter nomination it is not possible to have made." This shows the ineial of some of (he Locofoco leaders. When the telegraph announceel that Pierce, of New Knmpsbire', was the nominee, the &n(incZ ought to have known enough ol him not to have put him down "John A.;" and when Jont-a complimented said "John A," as no such man exists, it shows how much reganl h^: h.3s for his word. We do not think maoy other editors will bet I sTTc k to bis Jokn A., and lei his own way towards the vvhite House, without any aid from tho Vincennes Senlinel. ferre Hauie {Ind ) Exfress. RATIFICATION SONG. Hark! it thunders from the mountains, And pours down through all their fount Yea! it reaches the tall Ibuntains Of for oft' Mexico. CHORUS. We're a hand of solilicra, We're a hand of soldiers, We're a band of soldiers, And our leader's name is Scott. With his banner streaming, And our weapons gleaming, And fresh glory beaming, We arc fighting as he Ibiiglu. He is mighty in the battle, And, 'mid war's iron rattle. Drives the foe like frightened cattle, Before his conquering march. CHORUS. With his band of soldiers, With his band of soldiers. With his band of soldiers. He has won his mighty fame. Hurra! huira!! hurra!!! Hurra! hurra!! hurra!!! Then, 'mid banners streaming, And old weapons gleaming, We see glory beaming Round our Hero's honored name. III. With the gallant Graham near him, Tlie Locos all will fear him, And the nation soon will hear him Shout aloud our victory. CHORUS. V>^nri his brave Whig soldiers, With his brave Whig soldiers, With his brave Whig soldiers, Naught can stay his proud career. Then, with his banner streaming. And our bucklers proudly gleaming, We hail the bright day beaming, ■yVith a heartfelt shout and clieer. IV. Lo ! the hosts e'en now are rallying, From every hill-top sallying ; They no longer can be tiallying, With a foemaii such as Fierce. For these brave Whig soldiers. For these brave Whig soldiers, For these brave Whig soldiers Will sweep him from the field. Then three cheers for Scott and Graham, For the Locos must obey them, And true Whig hearts will never fail them, While our conqueror's in the field. And with his brave Vv/liiij soldiers. And v.'i'!, 'v i-.iv:. ■.■;!.,• ,■ ,!,l;cr^^, And V. . ■ V: ^ ■ ' M-rs, Naught.;.:; H:;;.-.>' 1;;.....' i - "■ Hurra! liuria!' hurra!!! Like our good old sires befoi-e us, We will shout aloud the chorus, Till the heaven's o'er us Shall rebound the loud hurra. They'll point the As far beyond al And each to each Tl The Slen of Cherubji BY C. F. HOFFMAN. will name with tears ;i quenched at nisrht, ;;r'!crWlNFlKL0 fought, deeds he wrought. Fromofftlat I a y bro v A shr d but 1 tl e scatte ed I air Wl h a es r hly now And 1 t er ty t nn s de hearll W 11 pau ea 1 the ti ern irirtl And hll n" I b e he hao pas e i Tl ey 11 i k t t r bu-co s la t TleyUpa t t it The de ds And or th s all W II IP 1 I W I o fou I t i s V They 11 legends! II u h ots tl en Far, far beyond all modern men. And still in sonar will grow more bright The deeds of Cirerubusco fight. THE BALLAD OF THE "STICK OF CANDY." "He beheld three boys eating candy — lie beheld another boy sitting alone — not eating but crying, because he had no money to buy candy. With that noble generosity which has ever distinguished Pierce, he put his liand, in his pocket, drew forth a cent, bought a stick of candy, and give it to tha boy."— [Got;. SUde. It was a poor unhappy boy, All sad he wept alone, His liead was resting on his han.l, He sat upon a stone. Not (\tr removed, three other boys With sweetest mouths and smiles, Were sucking each a stick a piece Of candy all the while. It was a stranger-man who passed: He saw the mourning lad. And kindly turning to him said, "What makes you feel so bad.=" "I'm poor, indee.l, I'm very poor. No candy cau I buy. My comrades taste the pleasant suecis, • While I sit here and cry'^ 'Twas then a noble inpul.se seized Upon that striiiijer-man. And thus he spake, "cheer up my lad, I'll help you if I can." Then quickly down his pocket's depths His generous hand he thrust, And forth he drew a shining cent From out a pile of dust. Then to a candy shop he sped With grave and reverend iiasle, For he, like every prudent man. Nor peace nor time could waste. The deed was done, tlie candy bought, The money down was paid, The boy's bright eye and watery mouth. Were eloquence unsaid. Cut eagerly he grasped the stick And placed it in his lips. Not half so sweet the flower from wlii.li The bee the nectar sips. Ah, noble act! ah, noble man! How bles.sed 'twas to give: This story like the widow's mile. To thy renown shall live. More glorious than conquests great. In camp and forum won: Far louder this shall speak il.v praise Than all else thou hast done. Now learn a lesson from this tale, Who gives a boy a cent To buy a stick of candy with, Shall be a President. THE SIGNAL PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, BY G. S. GIDEON. No. 4.] WASHINGTON: JULY M. 1852. [Vol. 1. THE SIGNAL: .t 1%'ltig caiupaign paper, pubiiilied al the riti/ of i^'iishington. The undersigned is now publishing, at the city of Washington, a Whig Campaign Paper under the above title, devoted to the support of WINFIELD SCOTT, for Pre- sident, and WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, for Vice President. The Signal will be emphatically a Na- tional Press, designed for circulation in every section of the country. 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No. Ill, lierewith, was finely execulcd by this gallant army before two o'clock, p. m., yester- day. We are quite embarrassed with the results of victory— prisoners of war, heavy ordnance, field batteries, small arms, and accouirements. About 3,000 men laid down tlieir arms, with the usual proportion of field and company officers, besides five generals, several of them of great distinction. Pinson, Jarrero, La Vega, Noriega, and Obando. A sixth general, Vasqucz, was kdled in defending the battery (lower) in the rear of the whole Mexi- can (irmy, the cnpture of which gave u.s those glo- rious rcsulis. Our loss, (hough comparatively small i: ;i i - , has been serious. Brigadier Gencr.ii ■ commander of activity, zeal, and tiili ni i - if not dead, mortally wounded. He is , .;!: i;.' miles from me at ihe moment. The fii.-ld of opera- tions covered many miles, broken by mountains- and deep chasms, and I have not a report as yet from any division or brigade. Twijj's division, followed by Shiclds's (no\v<'i H : !!, -I. i is) bri- gade, are now at or near Xa! > '.^'i i 'Ts di- vision is in route thither; all ; . ; i, L;..od results, as I learn, that part I I ; ,. M : i ,i:i ainiy, perhaps six or seven thousand men, who fled be- fore our right had carried the tower, and gained the Xalapa road. Pillow's brigade alone is near me at this depot of wounded, sick, and prisoners, and 1 have time only to give from him the names of 1st Lieutenant F. B. Nelson and ad C. G. Gdl, both of the 2d Tennessee foot, (tjaskell's regiment,) among the killed; and in the biieade, 106 of ail ranks killed or wouiai il. \ ,. ir latter, the gal- lant Brigadier Ucnri,; ,,, ismartwound in the arm, but nut ui ■: I I Major R. Far- queson, ad Tennessi •. (_' ija 11 I''. Murray, 2d Lieutenant G. T. Sutherland, 1st Lieutenant W. P. Hale, (adjutant,) all of the same regiment, se- verely, and 1st Lieutenant W. Yearwood mortally wounded. And I know, from personal observa- tion on the ground, that 1st Lieutenant Ewell, of the rifles, if not now dead, was mortally wounded in entering, sword in hand, the entrenchments around the captured tower. Second Lieutenant Derby, topographical engineers, I also saw, at the same place, severely wounded, and Captain Patten, 2d United Stales infantry, lost his right hand. Ma- jor Sumner, 2d United Slates dragoons, was slightly wounded the day before, and Captain Johnston, to- pographical engineers, (now lieutenant colonel of in- fantry,) was very severely wounded, some days ear- lier, while reconnoitring. 1 must not omit to add that Captain Mason and 2d Lieutenant Davis, both of the rifles, were among the very severely wound- ed in storming the same tower. I estimate our to- tal loss in killed and wounded may be about 250, and that of the enemy 350. In the pursuit towards Xalapa, (25 miles hence,) 1 learn we have added much to the enemy's loss in prisoners, killed, and wounded. In fact, I suppose his retreating army to be nearly disorganized; and hence my liaste to follow, in an hour or two, to profit by events. In this hurried and imperfect report I must not omit to say that Brigadier General Twir^L-, in pn :i: ' :lie mountain range beyond CerroGopli ; ., a : . lii the tower, detached from his divia . i ed the day before, a strong ton- ;,, . i i. iliat height, which commanded the Xalapa luad at the foO't, and could not fail, if carried, to cut oil' the whole or any part of the enemy's forces from a retreat in any direction. A portion of the Isl artil- lery, iipdrr th" nf"ff n distinguished Brevet Colonel Chill- , ■! .1 ■ • : ■! V, under Captain Alexander, ihe 7i!, I ■:,- , , ! i-Licuienant Colonel Plymp- ton,ai I ;' ,- r . ;;:-lMr Major Lnrin?, al! under decisive. The brigade ascended the long and dirti- cult slope of Cerro Gordo, without shelter, and un- der the tremendous fire of artillery and musketry, with the uU-nost steadiness, reached the breast- works, drove the enemy from them, planleil the colors of the 1st artillery, 3d and 7th infantry, the enemy's flag still flying, and, after some minuics of ^\t!tyn (ii-in.i;, (ini--hpd the conquest vvilh the bayonet. I' I a M i I ,,i: .Mia^iluty to say that the hii.'he.st :i aLy,Childs,Plympton,Lo,-iMg, \ i! ..'.'■■■ . .1 aui ofllcers and men, for this ji.Jiaiii .-jLiucL, uiilependent of the great results which soon followed. Worth's division of regulars coming up at ilus time, he detached Brevet Lieutenant Colonel P. F. Smith, with his light battalion, to support ihe ««- saull, but not in time. The General, reaching the lower a few minutes before me, and observing; a white flag displayed from the nearest portion of the enemy towards the batteries below, sent out Colo- nels Harney and Childs to hold a parley. The sur- render followed in an hour or two. Major General Patterson left a sick bed (o share in the dangers and fatigues of the day; and after the surrender went forward to command the advancid forces towards Xalapa. Brigadier General Pillow and his brigade twice assaulted with great daring the enemy's line of bat- teries on our left; and, though without success, they contributed much to distract and dismay their im- mediate opponents. President Santa Anna, with Generals Canalizo and Almonte, and some six or eight thousand nun, escaped towards Xalapa just before Cerro Goi- val'je i" ■ ur army hire nr n! home, 1 have r r- d< red ihcoi in b« deeiroyed; fiT we h.ive nm ihe meat.! i.f tMi «pTii"2 iherfi. I am bIso soniewhni fii,lvirra.«-d with the pif>-e« of Brullory, all brnnz', whirh we have capiurf d. Ii would lake a br Kaa|Kage trains of the several corpus For ihi'a purpose, the feebler ofScers nnd men o each corps will be left to iuaril iis cnn.pnnd i (Ticis, , iVIexu« and to load'iip the latter in the wncoiisof the corps. : >oi ti.e A A conmi'ider of the prefcni encumpmsnt will bc/VeraCnu « not resily to defend her— 10 ihnse who traito . ly piir.iued their private turmoils to trample n the nation.Hl ban thnfiitenf ihe i.willd.cideheri ce — follow me,ai: rniy i Hon. W. L. Mnarr, Str.retary of Wat. nEAD-IJtJARTERS or THE .\BMT, - Plan del Bio, Jlfril 17, 1847. Gesep.at. Osders, ) No. HI. \ The enemy's whole line of cntrenehment and bat- teries will lit; attacked in front, and iit thn sAiiie liois lurned, ear-y irt the Jay to-morrow — probably Lcf.M-e lU. .■clock, a. m. The second (Twiggs's) division of regakfs m •Ire idy advanced within easy turning distance to- wards the enemy's left. That division has instruc- tions to move forviartl before (Isylishi to-nlnrrow, Bud lake up position across the National road in the enemy's rear, so as to cut offa retreat towards Ja- laps. It may be reinforced to-day, if unexpectedly aiiacked in lor.'C, by regimr.ats, one or two, taken from ShieMs'a brigade of voluniccia. If not, the two voluniier regiments will march for that pui- piiKS at daylight to-morrow morning, under Briga- dier Central Shields, who will report to Urigadier Ucneral Twiggs on getting up with liim, or lo the Gcneral-in-chicf, if he be in advance. The remaining regiment of that volunteer bri- fade will receive instiuciione in the course of this day. The 6r8t division of regulars, (Worth's,) will follow the movement against the eiiemy'a left at sunrise t.i-morrow morning. As alrejidy arranged. Brigadier General Pillow's briiade will march at 6 o'clock to-morrow morning aloiiii the route he has carefully reconnoitred, and ■iHiiil ready, as soon as he hears the report of arms on our light, or sooner, if circumstances should favor him, to pierce the enemy's line of batteries at ■iich point— the nearer to the river the better — as he may. s- led. Once in the rear of that lino, he will ■urn 10 the right or left, or both, and attaek the baiieriei in reverie, or, if abandoned, he will pur- (ur ihi: enemy with vi.or until further onlers. Wall's field battery and the cavalry will be held In reserve on the national road, n little ont of view . anANI^. July 27, 1814.— .Jniericaii Jlrmy crosst) llu Clt'ij)- pewa. — Demonstration tmoards Burlinglon lUii^Uti. Buttle of JViuffnra.— ScoH ieoiinJed and disublid. The army of the north had scarcely rested from its labors at Chippewa, when it was called lo the still more sanguinary field of Niagara. The second day after the battle of the 5th, the American troops farced their way over Chippewa river. In this, Scott's brigade led, and the enemy retreated before distinguished at the siege of Vera Cruz, was again ndefatigable, during theeo operations, in recon- loissances ."(e daring as laborious, and of the utmnsi value. Nor was he less conspicuous in plantin- Uaiteries, and in conducting c.ilumns to their stii- 'ions under tlic hc-.-ivy fire of the enemy. My personal staff, Lieutenants Scott, Williams, ind Lay, and Mrtjor Van Burcn, who volunteered er the occasion, gave nie zealous and efficient lus- ■iistance. Our whole force present, in action and in ro.-de commanders. ' | E. Copy of report of Brigadier General Worth, announcing the occupation by his division of ihi I castle and town of Perote, with an inventory nt """' ordnance there found. After the campaign of 1813, Fort Mess.i^nuga I have the honor to remain, sir, with high respect, ] was erected near the mouth of Niairara rivr r and your most obedient servant, I,,, ,,, .„ idded to the defences of Fort George. These forts General Riall, the British. commander, reinforced, and then retired to Burlington Heights, near the head of Lske Ontario. It was the object of Gen- eral Brown to capture these defences before com- mencing any ulterior operations. To accoinpiish ihis, he sent to Sackett's Harbor for heavy can- ffice to subscribe for the'VVeekly Mirror. In the I'lon. v'hich were to have been transported by course of conversation he stated that he was a "re- ihe American vessels. At this time, however, Com- lurned volunteer from the Mexican war," and, in-; j . /-i, i - i i .i , , stead of loafing about New Yotk and beeging alms 1'"°''°^'= Chauncey lay sicK, and the enemy had a ..f the corporation of the city and the legislaiure ol ; iiio'"<=n'-'>i'y superiority on the lake. The inien- he State, he had been off to Wisconsin, bought a jtions of the commander, therefore, in regard to ofZ'e ZT,i ' H l^trX ^;:, t^g^r m~ ! "- '^^'^ «' "- -°-> "f "- Niagara, were disap- and manly determination to fight his own way|po'"'«d. through the world, interested us at once, and on \ General Brown determined then to attack Bur- bidding him good-byd, as he left the office, we re-j,; heights; but. to induce the enemy to dc- marked, "we shall next hear Irom you as a mem- , / - ber of the legislature." scend, and at the same time draw a small supply of This morning we had a visit from Ihe young inan, provisions from Schlosser, he masked his Inlcn- whose first words were: ' 'Your prediction has bee., ,;„„ ^ feigning a retreat up the Niagara, recros.- fulfilled. I have been a member of the legislature , , „, . ° , ' , " a clerk of the house." "How are your poll- ed the Chippawa, and encamped, "we asked. His reply was, '■lam a Demo- Had this movetvitnt failed to , but, out of gratitude for one who saved my Lish troops from the Heights, life, (shall vote for Scott." . ' . , ,, .' , „^ , "How is thai?'' "®^ ^ ^^ " ^^ ^ 5' °' '''^''' ""'' -°" '''* ^"''^ '" "Why, sir, when I was lying on the stone Hour 'send Scott forward by the road from Giucenslown, the hospital at Jalapa, parched with fever and land force Riall to action, no matter how strongly covered with sores, with no one to look after me, | he might be posted. Events determined otherwise, Gen. Scott came in and went around amongoll the land what was meant to be a day of rest was con- sick and wounded. He came to ine and asked i!" verted into the most active and bloody day of the I was wounded. I told him I was not, but I was|campaign. very sick, and could not live many days. "Don'il In the afternoon of the 25th, amidst general talk so," said the General. He then asked mo if I relaxation. General Brown received a note "from a ■was well tended- I told him I had no attention at all 'colonel of militia, who.ie regiment occupie" <'|f' P''fr;'^:^^^^ „. Jvor of Ihe iranwt promio. lers have been turnislied to us for publication by -5. Rcmlvfd, That our Senalors in Congress be : Sen; ioMructed, and our Repreaeniatives requested, by | Pea. all ixpedicnt and conttilulional means and inea- ; Mc Hibbard principles herein ab.ive set !h." In view of the sentiments in these resolu- tions with regard to the moral, social, and po- litical evils of slavery, M)tom"?/io!i.si(/ expressed Norris and Hon. of New Hampshire: v.'ASHiNGTON, July 19,1852. To Ihe Edilor of the Union : DsAalSia: Here'^'iih we transmit a teller from B. F Ayer, esq , of Mancheetcr, New Hampshire, and an extract of one from J. M Campbell, esq , of the same place, in reUstion to aspeer.h made by General Pierce at Now B iston, New Hampshire, in December last ; pif tended reporis of which, co- pied from twoaholiiion prinis in New Hampshire, ppeared in the Republic, and been repu ; both pn endorsemen Ayer was one of the nw, and, as we arc advised. the Democrats of the New "Hampsliire Le- gislature, we confess that we are not a little surprised at the "scathing indignation" wiih ^ ;,; ,.,h„r tvhi.rn3np,» whfch the lf,ao« assails 'lis because we lad j -J^' din ',ther_W^^^^^ ^^^^ copied a couple of articles setting forth thai I „, ,1,^ ^^.eti,,^ in ,jues(ion. They are gcnilemen General Pierce enlertain:>d similar opinions. I of intelligence and of the highest respectability In the list of the yeas on the adoption of these i whose siaiemenu r qu resolutions, we find the i.ames of Aveii and j'^;;^tl;^7^/;,« ,_k;,'»^^"^^^^ Were these giiiillemen ("^ •^■^''er i ,j^„^ notes of General Pierce's remarks at the tiu'iis needed no propping. Bui the t/«io», |, if ihem) the correspondenls-of the New Hamp- 1 You are at liberty to make such use ol these let- which is fitrhiing the present battle exclusively shire delegation? We only ask for information, ters as you think pr.>pcr. It will bo seen that they on southern and sect'ional ground, forgetting j "^ l^f G^eneKeV^e^srn'kf r/numberoS " that there is a North, denies the soundness oil Protn the Union. !,|.,j. certificaies, from the most reliable persons General Scott, a Virginian, on the question of [xiie WhJguud Abolition Conspiracy against ' present on tl'at occasion, as we are infonntd, can slavery, and on this issue alone, as it seems to ] General IPicrce Fnlly Exposed. at.ci will be fornished, if necessary us, presses General Pierce upim the country. . To the end that the /?eo«6iic may see the discred i i'hcpapci The t/'iion alleges that General PiEltcE ri-pre- ■ liable prctlicament in which it has pf seats, and embodies in his person the sentiment ;''« Pl^y- ^JJTl'^L'!^ri!^ci^l\a.\^\Mo«TZ7n7\B\^nii tol.,,^ ' ...wcdly and bitterly of the slave institutions. We admit that if he ; ^/^y '^^f^^'.^^'i';^ agaif.s. S'ral pleTe^ wecall | posed to tu ; . . ,. uA orj;an:zation of the De- loses this jirMiiVe he loses every thing. Ilisjus attention" to the. following corr.spondence. | mocraU^c p^^iny^p. o^l^^ ii^de ! before aid since his nomination at *a!tiniorfe. .„ authority of most respecTableTflenTho oer- I Their character is such as to ren.ler any coniradic- lly Aneto ol the matter, -rested" il know if the Republic will d itsclfand ding forth with lis endorsement nders of the two principal abolition j' of New Hampshire against General Pie-ce, its attention" to the following corr.spoi ded that he is no general. It is conceded j Three days ago the Reptiblic, satisfied with its wit | Ihai his Congressional career is dislinguished j "C'S^'^s, and in defiance of ''■-■ --"- only by its negative merits; and if he ' ' ' stripped of tho only strong recommendation j that IS claimed for him by the Union, il is ob- longei vious thai his case is a very hopeless one. | .Meantime lion of ibei lalKir wlierever their r Very respectfully, y founded etateii 1 necessary i ask the ind : Hence the nervousand phrenzied irritation which o^'h*' ""q** , , '' his friends display when it is alleged that he ' gO^IJ'^^g^^'^^'^' lias made a very unnecessary and very offensive i manifestly iii'i cxprcsshin of his personal views in regard to in mind thai the institution of slavery. i That such personal opinions are not consid ' „„,|^,„ ,„,ou w.-l ... = ^u^.^^^., ...^ ...>„ ered inconsistent with fidelity to the Ct)mpri>- , whig a'rg'ans"irut'lc'r'iy wiUiout'lus'tTficittioa'arui raise in the State of New Hampshire, and that i excuse. Ihey are to some extent entertained by the De- j Unless, in changing its candidate so suddenly ' roocracy of that State, we infer Irom the follow- 1"!"' taking _up_ Gen. ral Scott, the Repx.bl->c ha r ob< dient servants, M. NORlllS. HARRY HIBBARD. C. H. PEASLEE. chesteh, July 15, 1S5-2. noticed In a late number iiiiunicaf.ons, taken from ;, published here, and the -lilished at Concord, pur- , a speech made by (ieti^ ' „iN.>w Boston. Nothing no re<>.dutiuns which (wo leam from the New ii*!,*! joui igcd all i i must rejoice to kno vi.ji jw«i,,«, .4.«=. ..j«.v.. .., .V....--' of the bro^d Hampshire Patriot, published at Concord) Uional ground which, from the tirst. General Pii were adopted by the Legislature of that Slate has maintained on tho sectional issues and on on the -a^d June, 1847, "every nutn elected as I Compromise in all its parts, a ;jemoc™< voting in favor of tlum, and nearly j J:^l:;SlZ day'lo /iTp-isU a/n/ic 7" C(ici-H/w«3/;me»(4iioJiHs-flsrnj/ls/«/(em." I and exploded calumny on this point agaii The italics are the Patriot^: j Democratic candidate, which was incredible ..,,,.,„ , ,, ... self, which was at oiico and authoritatively HtMolcetl by ihe Senale and House of Represer ' ■ lit there given of Gc I present i ' ' ifrom this city, driit and subst first popu md rcme. 3f his 6;, ,y the as tho ing . ; puign, and was niio at me norae ui joo :ulaling, endors- j then the abolition candidate for governe g in, a detected Pierce's speech was mainly devoted to a lint against the I tioa of the course pursued by hiinse incredible in it- ! Democratic parly the year belorc, in he lr;8t political cam nd was hi Id at the home of John Alwood, candidate for gov _ iself and Democratic parly the year belorc, Atwood's nomination lor governor in co.ise- iid which I quenceof his opposition to the Compromise mea- ■ ■■ Bures la the course of his fpe.ch General Pierce alluded to the Fugitive Slave law, and made a lending them- ; strong argument in support of it. it is wholly on , ,._ .„ Binicu to cheat the people | tru'c that he pronounced it contrary to "moral measures that iroiy tend towards j „^^^ ^,[ ,|,^jr true judgment and suffrage on the mo- ' i ight;" but, on the contrary, in reply to a question mentoua sectional question, by sending forth docu- 1 proposed by an abolitionist present, he said the nicnts to bott) eeciiousof the country designed to i present law was the same, in principle and sub- Icoufuso and mislead the public, judgment as to | stance, as that which had received the approval of I General Pierce's position on that qoestion. Un- j Washington, and many others of the wisest and to iay any thing for their own candidate on purest among the founders of the Republic. He point— unable to deny that he refused to com I thought that these men wel-e to be consi.ercd as himself to the maintenance of tbu Compro- | moral, as coasoientioos, and as patriotic as those "1 . lUeolcea by the &™a(e and House of Repreten- \ ^^^^^a, which in lact contradicted its. If, and which »aJ of it appeared shortly after in the. l/»i«n De)noc(a| HtetM. I attack upon General Pieroo will not be questiomxi. ! of thia city. T II R SIGNAL lir) I recnember «eeiner the reports copied by the Re- jtit'ilio when ihey t^ret appeare<1. and convetiinar III rcjijard to iheiji with atveral peraore who hoard G' neral Pierce's epeoch. All agreed in prononnc- irtg them a groaa perversion and almost entire Jabriration from beginning to end. Both rfpurtD tvidemly wriiten t^y the same individual, l.tS fo, tli.-ir ity. B th of ibe papera Iroin which these c< CHiiona oretakiii are aa you wrll know abolition journals, and have been unap joun their hnaiiliiy to Gcnpral (he prominent mcuibrrsi iiiheSute OneofthcDi li'ionists some years since H. e. and. indeed, all Democratic parly Btdried by the abo 1 the org-iyi of John P. ot abolitioniam which the Republir, or any of ila abolition allies, can maiiudiuture or brinjr agninjtt him. ery ri-spuctfolly, yowr cbedlont »ci Hoc. II. lilBE DliAIi Sll .MAHCHKeTI .•le copied fro , purp.rt ns AYEK. ily 15, 13-3. esociiitea, and the other was repu- diated t>y the Democratic party and turned over to the aholitionisia, on account uf its opposition to the Cjinpromisc. When it is known how hitler and iiow Inquent have been the attacks mude by these two Journals upon General Pierce, on account o! his open national course on the slavery question, every one will bm, it seems to me, how little confidence cen be placed iu any such reports as the Republic has seen fit to extract Irom their co luinns. It is well known to you that on account ot his course upon this queeiion he has for a long- time been a constant inaik (or the' ami abuse. I semi you a few extracts to show the spirit they have boch manifepled towards htn. The hrai IS Iroiii the Indiptudcnt Democrat of February 20, 1851 : ••Ii isotivious to every lniellid, d elected he shall be, which is very doubt- lissuc of lalsehooda Iroin beiiiuung to ei.d; but as oihi rs, les.^, lamllior than yourself with New Hainp shire poliiici and politicians, cannot be presumed to have the eaiiio assurance, I tnclusc two or three copies of the laic emissions from tbeabolilion press here, lo show the estimation in which Geuiial Pierce is heid by that faction at homo. You will hear from us again, and speedily. In reieience to the N^' u« l>-l lowit of the Dcinocriitic purl}— lh>' Uuukora, aa it la plea»(xl to siylelti ineiiibir«: ••As we Kaid luft week, we dtein it of lll'ln crn- s^qtnnce who Ihey nominile 'Prlnrliili*, not in.n,' arc to be the issora In the n'xl i l.rii.o.. The pie are, nil k and dictiualcd with th>- Honker nrt Hunker policy in New H«ini«hi'r. They arc bo' lid to nbukc and r.lormloih. Uo the etanduro-bearer 1 f ihat jariy who It iiuT, i« will not make the differ, ncc of a hondnd vote«. Neman in their ranks can coine within miny ihousand-i of .m election. No nrnn's pir-oio' pop- ularity or unpopularity can even sensibly nfl.vi ihn result lyili-tvtr tl-pitunit //.« jiat'ilh prinrifil-l nf A"eio Hampuhirt Hunkerimn viUi mitt irillt ulUr rr- pmliulion at «oth.— The advent fui.y, he character of f,g.j, ,, ^.^^^j^ scarcely creaied ino-o itwoabolituinj urnaisitiNewHampshirewhich °_,„^,^,„^ji^,„^„, ,,^ ^^„„„, ^ho .signed in ve eiand.red Gen, fierce, *« a"'U ■'■> the loL .^.^^ j, jj^^^, ,, „^^ ,^|, t, .^e eiaveholderP, In .iingepecimens ol the abuse and viiuperaiion , p^^^.^^^ ,,„^ gy,_ ^^ ,[,^ p„^„j„j, ^f the great lluo- th widen IheT columns are -hlled: gariiin aposila of liberty to tbi^ couLtry l.iko From the Indipendini Vt-moarat, Apt il 15, 1852. those f uuouj -lesions' of Jewish hisiory. the si iv« ■ tselfr.bukcd by ihe very presence of :ti n thit he is Hon. M. Noaais. J. M. CAMPBELL. That our reade miiay i -By an . light in making bonorabl rt it to day; agai mo.tifying po:,it!ou i nthiiig to do work *ni. ould be found tod. ipsbin-. The Seiiatoi op our pRper laot liuruil Eta. Ii> whii calling attention t ■ ' ■ dly croui v. Iiulder places the St. le of New H Iiulll South Ciiolina anil vnginia aiii:ouoi;t-o u year or two iiu. e ibat ih ir op, option lo the (rec exercise of ibe right of piti ion was forever at an rod. I7ieuhavek.ptiii.ir word. It has been re- served lo New H .mpsbire to renew, through one ot her d. spicable doughfaces, an oatrajje on a right as old as Iree government itsell, and held sc sacred that very few of the mos! arbitrary despot; ofihe world havee\er dared aitempttosuppress it "What man, what Democrat, what Christiar doi 9 not blush for his State -aye. for his race- that SUCH a crouch ng slave-spaniel as Moses T^'or- ris belongs eiihi r lo the one or iheorther.'" • f the slave repr.seniativefl, wiih the (. II purpose of pushing them on M premature dcsiruciion. "We are n it sorry for ihe demonatration, s-nce, aooner or lat. r, it was inevitable. The int' r. sa of slavery everywhere are the same. Slavery iia- If is everywhere the a.me. The aympaihi.« of the op. pressor are everywhere one. The woman ahio- pera of Ameiica cannot but eyinpalh z« with the Haynaua and Gorgeysof Hungary. Thay cannot hu. fear the Kossuibs of al! luid» Tl. it '.he slave holders in Congress, tberelore, should feel aa thi'y do tiuas lo be" ex;;ecled. For thus early sbowing their ha'da we thank them. The exhibition now making by ihciii will open eyes thateiiu would not uary -23, 1852, 1 have open, d lor years. ir the one Irom i "Let the slave power do tta worst. Let It it-lka diiorinl article! iia poiB.jn fangs into the heart ol H'jngarj's ^lori. oos leader. Ln it disgust the wo. Id with its dls- l.-.""iEinffl"anali.Jsm. Let it rant and rag-. But I thcf.: thin!?». let it know that G'jd and rnao- "o'rki itind will bring it inloj.olgment" idissolu the Un 'panic on ibc Jbjeci \ expiration off ,...,^ ,=, Webster waa brotisht out to make; his celebrated 7th of-Maroh epeech, in which he sacrificed all the vjords and sentiments of tiia life i to save the Union, whicii, he said, could be saved by noUiing else. From this spe OUS dOJgbIa ceol the moat dtvo Bhle and an a relieve th( numerous ballo.ii lation of the SoutI otedanduo . tr iiur,>,..« ^rlf^'^f^i^' .f'^^l^..^ lav^' afa d."na„d Bo 'ex- i teeth o. the oppos.t State towards General Pierce, and !"'"\ !"^"..,9*=* j^,"*^ ir.sollitis to tba people »f ibo !rc9 '. up ai I behail , ^ . his entire devotion to the CompromiBe, but who, in the absence of any nl»b a complete refutittisn i hw.s ill 'heve.:rmiddleo. tms-pun.., .mo|-_.;^.^"^^;ijr^^^ t.ve bc.n placed by uie i-utional Conv.ntion. That oiaiform is ad- bereiice to the Conipromi=e Ihe slavery question. Whs it, if I bear eurh elect' they are actually demoraliied ho Uinker -leaders, with FnA.K, would 1^. lUer^ly^^^^^^^^^ i:ithed.nanlofV?:^,?.?^:;therHou..rn^^^^^ |«adiu(r»iJvo«ftt'-«- tbeabsurilgtmrgealtra.irdjiiary: ' '"■ "..■.-■■"..".".«•.• .— • - 56 THE SIGNAL THE SIGNAL CITY OF WASHINGTON, JULY 24, 1852. WHIG NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDENT, WINFIELD SCOTT, Of New Jersey. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, Of Norlh Carolina. MR. PIERCE'S VOTES IN THE HOUSE ON HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS. On one question, and on one only, is Mr. Pierce's position beyond dispute. His opinions and conduct on many questions, and on several occasions, are, and will probably remain, open to widely different interpretations. Whether we look at his proceedings in New Hampshire from the commencement of his political appren- ticeship, to the delivery of his famous an- ti-fugitive slave law declaration in Janua- ry last — at his military experiences and exploits in Mexico— or at the causes and appliances to which he is indebted for his nomination to the Presidency, we must coirfess that there is ample scope for varied representation. On all these points he | may remain a perfect Janus, with one j face for the Freesoilers, and one for the I Secessionists — one smiling complacently ' on Filibustiers, and one nodding approval of the cautious tactics of old Fogyism. And so far, and for these reasons, he may i he as available as he was supposed to be | by those who nominated him. j But there is one record that admits of no misconstruction, and to it we appeal i for the means of ascertaining how Mr. Pierce stood when he had the opportuni- ty of placing himself right before the | country. There can be no mistake about his Congressional career. The law and t the testimony exist, and both speak trum- pet-tongued in reference to his preten- } sions. Both show that his only claim to i legislative distinction rests upon his unde-l viating, unreasoning opposition to harbor j and river improvements, to the construe- i tion of light-houses, and to the opening of I great public roads. He never failed, while in Congress, to vote against every appropriation for these purposes. Less violent partisan.? believed it to be a duty to concur with the Whigs in promoting foreign commerce, by rendering mpre se- cure the navigation of cur extended Atlan- tic coast, and in developing our domestic resources by lake and river improvements; but Mr. Pierce permitted no demand iiowever urgent, to lead him from the path marked out by his version of party tenets He was in this regard more Democratic than Andrew Jackson, the then Presi- dent, who gave his official sanction to the very measures which called forth Mr. Pierce's opposition. We will begin with the bill introduced in the session of 1836, making appropria- tions for the improvement of harbors. On the 2Sth of June, in-that year, Mr. Pierce voted in the House of Representatives against the measure, which one week af- terwards received the approval of General Jackson. Little & Brown's edition of the Public Statutes, (vol. 5, pages 128 to 13],) enables us to compile the following state- ment of grants provided by this act — against Mr. Pierce's will: niaUe Breakwater in Porlland harbor $10,000 " Survey near Owl's-head harbor 400 Survey at Cobscook bay . . 300 N.Hampihire . .Deepening- Piscatoqua river 6,000 Massacliustils.. .Improveoient of Bass river harbor 10,000 Kemoving wreck at New Bedford 10,000 Breakwater at Sandy bay. 10,000 Improvement at Duxbury. 5,000 " Improvement in Boston liarbor 15.000 fi/iorfc/s/ffurf.... Break waier at Church's Covehnrbor 10,000 ComicchciU Improve mcnt of Say brook harbor 20,000 " Improvement of Weetport Impr I.npn cnt of Fairwc " Soutliport 1 at Cedar »^"int 1,000 Dcepemngr Bridgeport channel 10,000 Deepening channel ofttor- wich harbor 10,000 .Breakwater at Burlington 10,000 Deepeningehunnelin Lake Chimplain 15,000 . Impr. .vinij Portland harbor 10,000 iig- Salmon river rbor >,000 Improving Oak Orchard creek harbor 5,000 ImprovingBlack river har- bor 5,000 Breakwater at Platlsburg. 10,000 Improving Cattaraugus creek harbor 15,000 " Improving Whitehall har- bor ^^^ s,000 Ice-breaker, Sl-rin Island 19,500 New Jersey ImprovingNew Brunswick harbor 7,000 • -'ng Little Egg har- bor Survey of Crow Shoal 1,000 Pemuylvania .Repairs at Chester harbor. 3,000 " Improvement of Delaware river 15,000 Delaware Improvementof Wilming- ton harbor 15,000 Maryland Deepening Baltimore har- , bor 20,000 " ' Survey of Chesapeake bay 40O Virgil ..Survey of James river 500 Channelsof Dismal Swamp Canal 15,000 North Caro.'ina. Shoal in Pamlico river 5,000 Shoal in New river 5,000 Beauforl harbor 5,000 South Carolina. .Survey of Georgetown harbor 1,000 Georgia Improving Brunswick har- bor 10,000 0/i!0 Improving Vermilion river 10,000 Indiana IMichigan City harbor 20,000 I^ouisiana Deepening Mississippi mouth 75,000 Missouri Pier near St. Louie 15,000 Arkansas 'Survey of rivers 1,1100 Florida Bulk Head Shoal ; 10,000 Michignn St Joseph river pier 20,000 IViscomin Survey ol Milwaukie river. 400 On the same day, Mr. Pierce voted in a minority against the passage of an "additional Harbor bill," which also re- ceived the signature of Pretident Jackson on the 2d of the following month. Of the proceedings in the House in connexion with the bill, we have the subjoined re- cord in the Congressional Globe: A bill making atlditional appropriation for the Delaware breakwater, and for certain harbors, and removing obstructions in and at the mouths of certain rivers, and for oilier purposes, for the year The bill liad been reported to the House, from the Committee of the Whole, with sunfiry amendments ; the iletails of which were given at length when the bill was under consideration in committee. The first amendment of the committee w.as con- curred in without amendment. The second amendment of the Committee of the Whole was to strike out the clause " for continuing the improvement of the navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, from Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- .■ania, to New Orleans, Louisiana, and from the nouth of the Ohio to the mouth of the iVlissouri ■iver, one hundred and ten thousand dollars ;" and nsert "for the improvement of the Ohio and Mis- iissippi, from Louisville to New Orleans, seventy housand dollars; for the improvement of the Mis- sissippi river, above the mouth of the Ohio and the Missouri river, to Independence, $50,000, in such manner, and for the removal of such obstructions, as the Secretary of War shall direct." Mr. Smith moved to strike out " j>50,U00, " and insert "§30,000;" lost. Mr. Hawes opposed the whole appropriation, on the ground that its effect would be to increase the number of officers of the Governrnent. CON said that he wished to say a very fe w words before the question was taken. Mr. B. said hat he had been honored with a seat in the House )f Representatives during a period of nine years, ind had" uniformly voted for appropriations of money for the "common defence and general wel- fare of the United States," whether the money to be expended on the Atlantic seaboard or in the South, and he would now vole against the mo- tion of the gentleman from Kentucky. Dm, said Mr. B., I will take this occasion to advise gentle- men, that unless a more liberal policy should here fterbe extended towards ihenewStatesof the West, e would, if his life should be spared him, return, at he commencement ofthe next session of Congress, repared to organize a western influence that would e felt against all appropriations of money cast of the mountains, until justice should be done to the pie of the new States in the West. Sir, said . B., I will not longer consent to have tlie peo- of the new States taxed, in the purchase of the public lands, for the benefit of other portions of Mr. B. said that pledges had been given him, for some two or three months past, that a direct vote should be had on the bill to reduce the price of the public lands before the adjournment of the present session of Congress. Yet this promise had not been fulfilled, nor was there any reasonable pros- pect that it would be. Mr. B. concluded by say- ing thftt he had become tired of living upon fromifes THE SIGNAL. :)7 er, bclwccn Pittsburgh .ii.a Fniis •■iii.mo " improvemcntof Ohio and Mississippi rivers, from Louisville 10 N.Orleans CO.OOO " improvemenl of Missis- sippi river, above mouth ofOhio— Missouri river 40,0011 " lemovnl of obstructions in Red river, Louisiana and Arkansas 40,.SI)0 " improvemenl of Cumber- land river, Kcntucl\.il > , . ■ III Ksr.nn .:,, ..:.,, I !;. 5, .WO river, OIlic) 4,:)00 dredging machine on Lake Eric 8,000 boat to prevent obstructions in Red river, Louisiana and Arkansas, and for working and supporting the same .■!0,0()0 compietini; channel between St. Mary's and St John's, Florida fifiW completing pier at La Plaisance, Michigan 32.-) erecting light-house at Buft'alo, N. York 4!M erecting bcacoii-light at Erie, Penn. C.) improvement of Ohio and Mississip- pi river.s, under act of 183i2 17,800 expenses of surveys and e.\amina- tioi'is on public lands in the territories and in the Indian country 30,000 We presume that none of tlie States concerned iti these appropriations will now admit that they were not needed to carry on works of vital interest to the respective localities. Yet none would have been granted if Mr. Pierce's vote could have determined the result. Con- gress — more liberal and just — sanction'e'd them, and the model Democratic Presi- dent ratified them. Andrew Jackson was upon this question lesS' pharisaical in his Democracy than Franklin Pierce. Coming to tite second session of the '24th Congress, we have Mr. Pierce'.? vote recorded against the passage of a bill covering appropiations for erecting light- houses and other similar works. The bill was carried b}' 108 yeas, to 60 nays; Mr. Pierce figuring in the minority. The published act. enables us to present a cat- alogue of the points at which the improve- ments were carried out, together with tlie sums voted to the several States : Maine.— '-' i\ ' ! i !, Mi. ont Desert island, Ram island, Siqi. I. , ^^ I Quaddy bay. Spoon islc.SadilM I ' .' V'!, Island point. Plea- sant river, i ' .Adams's and Buck's |r,l..,. = . H.il. . wn of Sullivnn, York „u' ih t . .: I I : . . Total, §61,600. .\ ■ M , , 'i .1 k ligbt-house,Suuk- , ., , i., 1 , i. ■ : . , -..•),90lJ. M.,-s.:rU'i ., !■ .. I, ..-ii liarbor, Ned's point, Nanset beach, harliori o! Lynn, .Salem, Beverley, Marblehead and Manchester, AMrid?e ledpe, &c.. Wing's Neck, Bay rock, &c. Total, .$39,800. Conneclirut..- Lynde point. Black Bay reef, &c. Total, .$12,200 Rhode Island.— Papoose Squaw point. Block islanil. Field's point, &c. Total. Sll, 100. N'ew York. — Cumberland head. Split rock. Exe- cution rocks, Big Sandy creek, Stony point, Ged' alone, and called upon eentlemen from the Western Slates to prepare to go 'with him in future in oppos- ing appropriations for the seaboard until something should be done direct for t'-e ;.-.-.i.- of il,e West. iMr. Ret.wlds, of l:i: : ■ i ' -t he was sorry to detain the Hous' -i in. id of the session; but the subject \\.,- imi n^ i.> the peo- ple he represented in lUuit.i.^, v.hi.Ji ^,. hi.s excuse for addressings single word to the House. The gentleman from Kentucky said he was op- posed to the amendment, as it created inore officers to superintend the work on the western waters than were necessary. It is not possible for any one offi- cer, no matter how efficient and competent he may be, to superintend all the works of improvement that ought to be made on th.-i n.m, Mi«,.«ip,„, mid Mi.s.^ioun rivers. The ]{'■•<■ -■■"■ '-i'-'-^ 'I'" i ;'■-'-■ iiu-rs stretch over a v;v I '-' 'i i, It* tlie work is to be dmii i ii, It will require more ot^ct i.. :'...'.)i i .ju Ui ..i:i)' .1 liii with thai em.;iency that the Guvernincnt ought to observe in llic improvement of these rivers. The ■;enilemaii from K.'nruekv (Mr. Hawes) Page, Patterson, D. J. Pcarce, Phelps, Phillips, Potts, John Reynolds, Joseph Reynolds, Russell, Seymour. Shinn, Sickles, Slade, Smith, Spangler, Sprague, Storer, Sutherland, Taylor, Thomas, J. Thomson, Toueey, Turnll, Vanderpoel, Vinton, Wagener, Ward, Wardwell, Washington, E. Whittlesey, and T. T. Whittlesey— 12fi. Nays.— Mcssrj^. (.;. .'\lU,n, Heale. I'.eaumnnl, Bouldin, Boyd, P.ii. Ii n m, rumli, i:\ 1- Cal- houn, Campbell, I I I I :i, < I . M.Clai- borne, J. P. II 1 I ! 1 iilVee, Coles, Connor, 1 1. I ', i ii r, J. Garland,Graves,i. ; ll.wes, Hawkins, HayiK, ! i i , , i i . i imifer, C.Johnson, J,' \V I : , . I, I , I.ewi.s, Loynll, Lucas, Ly-iii, Mum.,, Mh ,y, 'l C,ii„as, McKay, McLene, Moiiigomery, I'arks, Pallon, F. Pierce, Pinekney, Rencher, Roane, Robertson, Ro.'er.s, Speight, Standefer, Taliaferro, Towns, Underwood, White, L. Williams, S. Williams, d Wise— 64. lered to be engrossed fur a and Ill Mr. U .,.iu, appropriated llL Ll !ig at all for these nnble and Lisefur rivers, it ought not to be less than that sum. It would be a ridiculous improvement that a less sum would effect on the Mississippi, between the mouth of the Ohio and the Falls of St. Anthony and the Missouri, as high up as Liberty. The sum is not too much. If any thing be given at all, let it be that sum, or more. Mr. Hawes then asked for the yeas and nays on concurring with the Committee of the Whole in this amendment, which were ordered, and were, yens 104, nays 81. So the amendment was concurred in. Mr. Wise then moved lo strike out the enacting clause of the l)ill. He v.-islied to test the sense of the House on 'he -uhjeri <>i internal improvements by the Genei:! ' . ■.• r i ■. nd repeated what he had said in 1 ■ . ■ Whole, that now the Deposit bill v.. I , ,1 - ,, ' nil under considera- lion was nothii.^ II. il t.i.,, n ramble for unequal shares of the public money before the day of dis- tribution came. Mr. W. asked for the yeas and nays on liis mo- tion, which were ordered, and were, yeas 32, nays ]:«; so the motion was' di.sngreed to. iMr. Smith moved an additional item of §15,000 for building a steamboat to aid in ihe removal of the Red river rafi, which was agreed to.^ Mr, Hawes renewed his motion to strike out the appropriation of J,200,000 for the improvement of the Hudson river, and spoke at some length in sup- port of his motion. Mr. SuTiiEP.L.iND then moved the previous qucs- lion, which was seconded— yeas 84, nays 48. Mr, IIakdin called for the yeas and nay.s on or- dering the main question to be piU, which were or- dered, and were, yeas 106, nays 78. So the House determined tliat the main question should be now put. Mr. Lewis then moved a call of the House. Lost. On the call of Mr. Patton, the yeas and nays were ordered on the main question, being on the engrossment of the bill, and the question being ta- ken, was decided in the affirmative, yeas 126, nays ()4— as follows: Yeas— Messis. Adams, H, Allen, Anthony, Ash, Ashley, \)..l'-v. R,.r:-in, !; ^i-^tr". Bond, Boon, Rorden, Bo'', I . i' , ' ■:■: , W. B. Cal- houn, Camln,; ,. I . - v.Chapm, Childs, Cor.w I.I. : aan, Dar- lington, Dav, ,) I i I - . I'r-nb'.Hiay, Evans, Fairtii 'ii, 1'. •■, : i . ■ ■ ■ "iV '■ '''"1" ler.Galbraith, i: '. ni 1, .. .d :, ■ ■ . -v, J, Hall, Haini :, Ii I li, 'i,.i . : i( I , 1,1 ;i )1- derson, Heisicr, liu.ii Ii ' '.\' ' . I' v, Hunt, Huntington, I- : ■' ' i- son, J. Jackson, Jane; 1 I ' Im- son, B. Jones, Judsoii, i - I III, I i '.',:. d, Lane, Lansing, Lawien, . , L..> , U. Ue, J . U a, I'. Lea, Leonard, Lincoln, Love, A. Mann, J. Mann, W.Mason, M. Mason, S. Mason, May, McKennan, McKeon, McKim, Mercer, Miller, Milligan, Moore, Morgan, Morris, Muhlenberg, Owens, the bill iid not \ delay thi: Mr. Hawes ! bill, but he wanted a direct vote of the House upon le appropriation of j200,000 for the Hudson riv- -. He moved to recommit the bill to the Com- ittee of the Whole, with instructions to strike oul lat clause, and asked for the yeas and nays, which ere ordered. After some remarks from Mr. Boo.m the question as taken, and decided in the negative, yeas 60, ays 101. The bill thus against by M Pierce embraced provisions for important mprovetnents in various States, as will appear from the following table, which we again derive from the public statutes. It will be seen that in this instance Mr. Pierce opposed specifically the interests of Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Delaware, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Florida: For conti luing Delaware breakwater.. . ' improvemcntof Chicago $100,000 32,000 ' improvement of Big So- dus bay 12,600 ' works at Provincetown 4,400 worksat Plymouth Beach 500 " works at harbor near Riv- er Rasin, Michigan... 15,000 removal of olistructions at Black river, Ohio... 6,660 improvement of Cleve- 15,000 a( 1,1,1 I 1 Uhlo... 6,000 Cuan,.,_;,.,.uC,.ek,0. 1,275 '• removal of obstructions at Conneaut creek, Ohio 2,500 " improvement of Presque Isle harbor. Peon 15,000 " improvement of Dunkirk harbor. New York.... 11,000 works at Genesee river. New York 20,000 " pier and mole at Oswego, New York 20,000 pur at iveiineuunK, rae. improvement of naviga- tion of Hudson river. New York improvement of New Castle harbor, Del removal of obstructions at Ocracoke inlet, N- C. improvement of Cape Fear river, N.C,,.,,. 100,000 25,000 20,0 53 THE SIGNAL npy'e rhannel, &c., Romcr'a ehoa!, Esopug mead- ows, Tappan bay, Cedar islanfl. Sna harbor, Ron- dout cretk, Dur)klik harbor. Van Buren harbor, Middle p-round, Robbin*ircef,Saiiiion river harbor. Toial, !j3«-20». New Jeri^ey.—CohntmcY rrcck, Ejrff island, Ab- •ermnitii.t Toial, $15,001). jPfnii*yo'<7iia— Erie baibor. Total, §674. Vttawan; —Reetiy island, Bra ndywineshoal, Del- awar.- briakwater. Total, $27,010. ^laryland —Sharp's island, Nanticoke and other rivers. Hooper's and Cajev'a straits, Tangrier and Poroiiii.ke sounds. Love point. Total, S'B.oOO Virginia— Hog ielund, York river. Old Point, Chesapeake, Day's point, &«., Potomac creek. Tol'il, #61 000. North Cnroiina.— Powell's point, Peaisland, Long Shi.al. Total, 325,0 '0. South Curodr.a.— St. Helena 3nd Port Koyal, Chnrleeton harbor. Tola!, 826,000. Giorgio.— Litlle Cumberland island, B harbor, Doboy and Sapael's bars, &r. Tola 841.000. Aliibamu.—VlobWe harbor, Sand point Total, §■10,600. Oh 0.— Turtle island,. Sandusky harbor, Rlanhat- t;iu, Miami and Mauinee, Cunningham island. Total, 816,700. Indiana —City West harbor, Michigan city. To- tal, ®S 000. /.ouisiana.— Vermillion bay. Lake Pontchar- irain, &c.. Bayou St. John, Port Pontchartrain. Total, 879,500. il/is.'.t.«i;);)t.— Pearl river lighthouse. Total, Sa.ooo. Mirhi^an —Grand and Detroit river lighthouses. Wind Mill island, Saginaw river, Fox point, Kal- amazoo river. Total, $30,000. /■/orida.- ApalachicoU bay, St. Joseph's bay, St John's river, Key West, Amelia island, Mos quiio inlet. Sand Key, Cape Florida, Caryslbrt rerf. Total, $79,920. n'scoiisiii. —Milwaukie river, Manitowae river, Chipewagan, Green bay, Root river. Total, $■25,000. Under the operation of this measure, then, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Michigan, Florida, and Wiscon- sin — seven States that are at this moment claimed by the Pierce party as sure — re- ceived $273,520 for purposes essential to the prosecution of coast or lake navigation. We are not aware that any of- them re- fused to receive the money, although granted without Mr. Pierce's consent; all regarded it as a moiety of what was due from the country as a whole to particular portions of it; and some of them are now applicants to Congress for yet larger ap- propriations. With what propriety can they, or any of them, now support a Pre- sidential candidate who struggled inces- santly to put out "the eyes of commerce," and whose pledges would compel him to veto any bill of the kind, were it present- ed for his oflicial sanction .> In the same session, (1837,) Mr. Pierce voted against a bill "to provide for certain harbors, and for the removarof obstruc- tions in and at the mouths of certain riv- ers," which passed the House of Repre- sentatives with 107 yeas to 51 nays. Here are the amounts embraced in this bill: niinuU Chicago harbor 1^40.000 Indiana IVlicHsan City harbor. . . . 30,000 Mithi^an St. Jospph river pier 15.000 River Raisin harbor .W.OOO X. Samptkim.. Cocheco river 6,000 wirk ! Petmgylvania York Black river harbor 10.000 Whitehall harbor 10,000 Genesee river mouth 10,000 Dunkirk harbor 15 fldO Porrland harbor 10,000 " Cattarauguecrcek haibor. 10,000 Salmon river harbir lii OtIO •' Platifburg breakwater. . . 10 000 Oik Orchard creek 6 000 BigSoduabay ]2,0ii0 •• Oswcg-o harbor IS.OOn Hudson river 100 000 ma Mobile harbor 60,000 Black river 6,410 " Huron river 2 665 " Vermillion river 20 000 Cleveland harbor 10 000 Cunningham creek 6 000 Ashtabula creek 8 0110 Conneaut creek S.HOO Preaque Isle harbor 1 5 000 Chester harbor 2,000 North and South Hero Islands 6,0(10 Bu.lingtonbreakw Maine Steele's lod(?e Stanford's ledgcbn ■S66 Masiachusetts. ..Sandy Bay breakwater.. . 20,000 Hyannie harbor 5,000 Connecticut River Thames 20 00(1 I " Soulhport barber 1.000 } " Weetport harbor 3,734 tDelaware Wilmington harbor 8 000 I •• Newcaeile harbor 10,000 I " Delasi are breakwater 141.000 Maryland Baliimore harbor 16,000 North Carolina. . Ocracofce in let 1 2 500 I " Cape Fear river 10,000 " Beaufort h.arbor, New riv- ; er, &c 20,000 \ Florida Channel between St. Ma- ! ry'aand St. John's S.OOC 'New Jersey New Brunswick h.irbor.. . 6,903 I The same bill provided other sums for jobjects which would seem to commend i themselves to the favor of every unpre- judiced mind. These objects included I undertaking."! u hich the country was bound to sanction on grounds of humanity, as well as others that were sustained by the most obvious considerations of policy. jThe annexed abstract justifies this remark: 'Erection of a marine hospital at New Ur- I leans $70,000 Purchase of sites for marine hospitals on I western waters 15.000 Marine hospiial at Mobile 10,000 I Cumberland river improvement, Kentucky and Tennessee oS.OOO I Red river improvement, Arkansas 65,000 Ohio river improvement between the Falls 1 .inu Pittsburgh 60,000 Improvement of Ohio and Miatiesippi riv. I ers from Louisville to Ne^* Orleans 60,000 • Mississippi river— continuing removal of I obstructions at mouth 210,000 ! Arkansas river improvement 25,000 [ Improvement of Mississippi above mouth I of Ohio and of Missouri river 40,000 I Erection of pier at St. Louis 50,000 [Other improvements in Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri rivers 23,000 I Survey of rivers in Arkansas and Miusouri 1,000 Survey from' the Chesapeake bay to ■ Charleston, South Carolina 10,000 Nearly the last memento that exists of jMr. Pierce's presence in the House of ! Representatives is his vote to defeat these I appropriations. He labored against them j to the last. Whether the item related to jthe erection of a light-house or a break- 1 water to lessen the perils of lake Erie or I Michigan — to the construction of a harbor [on the Atlantic coast — to the removal of I snags, and rocks, and bar* from the Ohio, Mississippi, or Missouri river,s — or to the establishment of marine hospitals in the South and West, Mr. Pierce always ap- peared in opposition. The zeal of his anti-improvement partisanship recognised no exceptions. Blot his voles on these questions from the record, and the name of Franklin Pierce will scarcely be known in Congressional history. It is not uncharitable to believe that, before the canvass now begun be ended, the orators and writers engaged in sustaining Mr. Pierce's nomination will arrive at the conclusion that they could have worked more effectually with a perfect blank as the record of his past, than with a record so blurred and blotted with proofs of his partisan hostility to every State in the Union. Adherence to the worn-out tenets of a party is as a feather in the balance in comparison with his resistance to practical improvements. We know that the super- stition of Democracy is not without power; but an unreasoning reverence for abstrac- tions is not likely to control the present campaign. And the practical is all against Mr. Pierce. We anticipate infinite amusement from the homely interrogatories to which Mr. Pierce's stump orators will be exposed throughout the campaign. They will ex- patiate on the purity of their candidate's Democracy — his rigid adherence to the "strict construction" — his antipathy to a National Bank; he will be represented as an incarnation of Democratic excellence, worthy in all respects of the sobriqnel con- ferred upon him by our contemporary of the Union. "Young Hickory," according to this showing, will be entitled to the support of the "unterrified" everywhere. Imagine an orator of this order in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Louisiana, or. in any part of the North, South, or West; picture, if you can, his graceful gesticulations, his flowing periods, his well chosen epithets, his endless tributes to Mr. Pierce's states- manship as shown in the halls of Congress; and then try to realize the chilling effect of some honest farmer's appeal to the law and to the record. The rhetoric of the orator will vanish bel'ore the plain truth- telling of the Congressional votes. Mr. Pierce's orthodoxy on some points will not save him from the condemnation that awaits his opposition to improvements deemed vital by the citizens of the States immediately concerned, Vi'hat jcgard THE SIGNAL 59 can the people of Obio cherish for a can- didate who made his Democracy a stalk- ing-hor.«e to block up the harbors and ob- struct the river on which their prosperity still largely depends? Are the people of Illinois likely to hold themselves commit- ted by the promise of Judge Douglas in behalf of the man who planted himself in an attitude of hostility to the commercial emporium of that State? Will Kentucky, Tennessee, A rkan field, to be applied to that purpose: ,^nd provided, That not more than twenty thousand dollars of the amount thus appro|niated for the continuation of the road in Indiana, shall be applied in the collec- tion of materials for the bridge over the Wabash.'' After a few words from Messrs. A. Mann, T Webster, and Boon — Mr. Vanderpoel moved the previous question but the House refused to second it — ayes 64, nott mont, Rond, Bouldin, Bunch, J. Calhoon, W. B. Calhoun, Campbell, Carter, G.Chambers, J. Cham- bers, Chapman, N. H. Claiborne, J. F. rl. Clai- borne, Coles, Connor, Crai?, Cushman, Deberry, Dromgoole, Dunlnp, Ercrclt, Fairfield, Forester, French, .1. Garland, Grantland, Graves, Grayson, Griffin, J. Hall, Hardin, Harlan, Hawcs, Hawkins, Hayncs, Hopkins, Huntsman, Wm. Jackson, Jar- vis. Jenifer, C. Johnson, J. W. Johnson, Lawler, Lewis, Loyall, I-y.^i, Al.ijMi M.ini,, Martin, Moses Mason, Ml r, ,.;,,, M K,,,\]..:..- ■,,, , . ^^ln■l^^, Owens, P.'ii, :, i' : :■ ' ■ '■• ' .1 A. Pearce, P. -t ■ i' . ' .','■' ■' ; '"■'■' Roane,Rolirn.. ■!■. 1, .-. , ■,, \ ii ■^•"i'i'!i I .-mi l.ls, Smith, Spnght, ,-^i.iii.kier, luliatrrid, lir.vii.s, Un- derwood, Wagener, While, Lewis Williams, tjiicr- rod Williams, and Wise— 82. I So the bill was p,i.ssed. This bill also received the .signature ol President Jackson. It provided for the A600,000 appropriation of not les After some remarks by Mr T. Webster— I Mr. Hannegan moved an additional instruction to strike from the bill every thing in relatien to a bridge across the Wabasli river. Mr. Lane said it was not his object to detain the House by a speech, and m»re especially; not to Florida, or Missouri, 1 make a speech against the bill, or to si ' , . , , ,^ ,. , I lion, by which, if adopted, vpould of display any zeal m betialt ot one wnose i ^^j^ ;„ j^g ^^Cgg,. o,, , he contrary, to insure us pas- tille to legislative glorv consist.s mainly of i sage by asking tl^ previous q'-esiion ; which was = " - . . ' seconded by the House — ayes 7o, noes 46. the fact that he was constant in his antagon- Mr. IMcGartt called for the yeas and nays on . ... , 1 • u 5 orderini;: the main question; which were ordered, ism to their wants and wishes? and were-yeas 101, nays 74-as follows: for the continuation of the Cumberland Mr. Pierce will discover that his friends Yeas -Messrs. Ash, Ashley. Barton Beale,i ^^^j ._^^ ^ _,^j.^^^l ^.^,.,._ Qfthis sun., sadly overrated his availability when they | B-n.^,Boo.J,^B™^^^^^^^ ^^.^_.^ appropriated for expendi- recommended htm as a "^^eet of paper,'' tCorw,n,^Cr^a^ Cr^^^^^^^^^^ .^ ^^.^^ ^,.^^^,^ ,^^ expenditure in unmarked and unsullied. He will fand | p^^|i„ ^y,,,;^,,, ^ p,,,,,,^ Galbraith, James Gar-I j^^ji^^g^ ^^^ >% 150,000 for expenditure in that the remembrance of a politician's acts ! land, ^^^"^^^f^^^^^l^^^l minois. Mr.' Pierce's friends in those perishes not with his withdrawal from ^ Hubley, Huntingdon Ht,ntsman,lngersoll, Jarm,| ^^^^^^ ^,j,, ^^.^^^.g^,^ ,,^3^^ Washington; and that neither private ex-j J-P^Joh^"-.„^-hard M. J^''--.^^«-,J;^n-, ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^.^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^_^_ cellence nor public whitewashing -" j [--j^;';!,-^^^^^^^^^ They must feel avert the penalties which a people visit Logan, Lucas, Abijah Mann, Job Mann, William j yjjder special obligations to one who never nnnn those airaved ao-ainst them. Mr. Mason, Moses Mason, Sampson Mason. May, Mc- ,. „ j i • ji upon those airayea a„ain«i "'«'"• ^"'^- Comas! McICennan, McKeon, McKim, McLane, fought more valiantly or determinedly Pierce labored hard in Congress to "sow! Mdler, Morgan, Owens Page, Parks Patterson striving to place the great West the storm;" now that he is a candidate for ! ^1;:^^^)^^,^^^;;^^!^^^^] ;„ „Hct blockade by water and by land. Presidential honors, he must not repine if, ^^^^f-^^^^l^^'-^;^:!^^ S^; That the Cumberland road is now to a compelled to "reap the whirlwind. , Towns, Turner, Vmiderpoel, Washington, Elisha ] ^ g^jg^.j superseded by railroads and . Whittlesey, and Thomas T. Whittlesey— 101. ]& , . ■ ,i , , MR. PIERCE'S VOTES ON THE NAYs.--Mes8rs. John a Adams, Chilton Allan, ! other routes ot travel is a point that does CUMBERLAND ROAD. , "-- ^llen, B.ley.^Bcau.^^^^ „^j ^, ^11 ^ff^gt tl^g q„g,ti,„. When Mr. As a fittinn- sequel to the preceding re- j ■'<>"" Campbell, Carter, George Chambers, John! pjEucE voted against its continuation the view of Mi^ Pierce's course in the House {EteJ^HrFurisll"^^ wa« regarded as an undertaking of nf Renresentatives in reference to rivers i *^'^""'="' Griffin, Hannegan, Harlan, Harper,, ^^t'onal importance, and was so sustained ol l^epresenidtues, in leieiejice lu u\ei»Uj^^,j.gjj^^yl^li,5_j4(.ig,g,. Hoar, Hopkins, How-' ' that )ppon of a bill to "continue the Cumberland road I gomoi >■ in the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illi-j bens! ; nois." The Congressional Globe furnishes j fJ'^j''^^; the bill through its last stage on the 29th of June, 1S36: Hunt, William Ja-kson,Jsnes, Jeni- for year.s subsequently, to the manliest and harbors, we proceed to show tliat hejard.H. . . appeared in the same body as an opponent ij^'jf' ^*^''' ''^"'^"'^^' ^^' ' Ml, Patton, James A. Pearce, j passed. As a national work Mr. PiERCE kney. Potts, Rencher, Ro- , ., . , , j ,• ,i.une H. Shepperd,Slade, opposed it, precisely as he opposed nation - ..lulefer, Storer, Taliai'erro, Lj „f ^uts f^,. the construction of harbors, I, Webster, Lewis Williams, ° . r u i. the following history of the progress of ! Shmod Williams, and Wise— 74. or for the improvement ot what were in So the House determined that ihc main question 1936 almost the sole highways of our in e now put. Mr. McCabtv called for the yeas and nays on (he passage of the bill; which were ordered, and ■ere — yeas 105, nays 82 — as follows : Yeas.— Messrs. John Ql. Adams, Ash, Ashley, ;arton, Bockee, Boon, Borden, _Briggs,_Brown Buchanan, Cambreleng, Ca Chapin, Clark, Curwm, Cramer, Darlington, Da- vis, Denny, Dickerson, Doubleday,Efrner, Fowler, Fry, W " " '■ ■- " -^-'^ ^:"- The House then proceeded to the consideration the "bill 10 conlinue the Cumberland road in the uies of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois;" the question ing on its passage — Mr. McCartt entered at some length into a re- ew of the provisions of the bill, and urged his ijeciions against it in its present shape. He then ■ h the folli iioved to recommit " Strike out from thi .■ing instruc- McCa.iv, Mercer, M.lligan!"Mo'iu'Uavantage of the States through which it ternal commerce. first rom me provisional clause i ic end of the section ; and insert the foUowii iv. Fuller, Galbraith, Gillet. Granger, Grennell, Hamer, Hannegan, S. S. Harrison, A. G Harrison, Hazeltine, H.nderson, Heister, Hoar, 1 the j Howell, Hubley, Hunt, Huntington, Ingersoll, itrike Janes, Richard M. Johnson, Henr^ Johnson, B n, and insert the following : Jones, Judson, Kennon, Kilsore, Kinnard, Lane, •' Section 2. ^iiid be it further enacted, That the I Lansing, Lawrence, Lay.G. Lee, T.Lee, Leonard, money hereby appropriated for the continuation ofl Lincoln, Logan, Love, Lucas, Job Man, William said road in Indiana and Ohio shall be applied to | Mason, Sampson Mason, May, McCarty, M. : •.!■ the sraduation and bridging; the same to be let j nan, McKiin, McLane, Miller. Milligan, -». out in contracts and sections, upon public notice, Muhlenberg, Page, Patterson, Dutce J. i to the lowest bidders, by such superintendent or! Phelps, rhillips. Potts, John Reynolds, ,' ■ ■ superintendents, engineer or engineers, as may ! Reynolds, Ripley, Schenck, Seymour, Shinn, have charge of said road, under tiie direction of the ! Sickles, Sloane, Spangler, Storer, Sutherland, Tay- S.'cretary of War; ProtiiJtd, The said .Secretary of lor, U homas, John Thomson, Toucey, Turner, War •■ ' "■' •.:,.-- • ■ ■ the continual cessary for the compl Tlie Kensoii Explained. The Richmond fVhig having published en- tirp the statement which appeared in the iie- Casey, Chanc^y, j^yj/jV of Tuesday in regard to Mr. Pierce's opinions, as reported in the two New Hamp- shire papers, observes : "We expressed the opinion eome lime ngo that the Frecsoilcrs, with Iheir chief, M.irtiu Van Bu ren, Ihoroughljr understood General Pierre. The revelations which w<- pnW<--li to .-f-v ilinm- n fl,j,,d of liffht upon the ,= '.1' ■ '^ ■ - ' • '■ i-tand why^Van Buren, >ii /- ■. '' i>=se. antVHallell, .d ihc thai he •LOAXHtD' U were all-sufficient i nd, being: nn y which I y direct so much of the appropriation for 1 Vanderpoel, Ward, Wardwell. Washington, Web- i the nr.yst'i nuation of the road in Ohio as may be ne- sier, E. Whittlesey, and T. T. Whiitiesey— 1U5. j -The Fi thereof east of Spring- 1 Nav«.— Meeira. C. Allan, Betde, Bean, Beau - --"■--■ , : i . T/ny knew r i:c enteitained , ,.i , '.' ., I .yiattcal fosat- nji.aii tii.,f,-..i bondage'— nnd Fo,ijitjve iSlave la-.v. The«e asons to command tbeir sup- known to the world, dispel iveloped Ihe euhject. 1 supporting Pierce, support 60 THE SIGNAL andge Doitglaa on General Scott's Sxlgg^s- llou for tlie Bcuelit of Aliens wlio have served cho United Slates in time of ^Var. In his recent speech at Riclimoiid, Judge Doucj.is favored his hearers with an elaboraie criticism on so much of General Scott's letter of acceptance as embraces his promise to re- commend or approve of a "single alteration in ■ our naturaliaation laws-, suggested hy my • [his] military experience, viz: giving to all ■ foreigners the right of citizenship who shall " /iiilhfully serve, in time of war, one year on ' board of our public ships, or in our land forces, ' regular or volunteer, on their receiving an ' honorable discharge from the service." On this clause of the General's letter the honor- able Judge makes the following comments: "But i( is a subject, of doubt whether Gcneri • Scolt proposes this '610516 alteration' as a subsl • tute for our cxisring naturalization law, or wh( ' ther he proposes it as an additional law, so that " we shall have two distinct laws of naturalizal • I am compelled lo believe that he intends the ' former proposition-for I need not tell this aud 'encethat the Constitution of the United StaU ' gives Congress the power to pass 'a uniform rul ' If, therefore, General Scott means that we shall ■ have two modes of naturalization— one being th. ' existing form, and the other a year's service ii ' the army— his proposition is unconstitutional and ' impossible, and an absolute absurdity. Is it pos ' sible that this candidate for t le Presidency neve ' read the Constitution " And again: "Now, it this clause in the letter means Iha ' General Scolt desires an addition to our natural • iration laws which would destroy their onifor • mity by giving unequal advantages, and offi-rinj ' different modes of naturalization to different per ' sons, he proposes an 'alteration' which is impos ' sible under the Constitution." Now we are aware thai this opiii'on of tin honorable Judge is extrajudicial; and that h( might not consider himself bound by it in ; court of justice. But assuming this to be the honorable Judge's deliberate opinion, we think it only shows that he is not so good a lawyer, nor so well read in the Constitution, as General Scott. The clause of the Constitution touching the subject is in the following words : Congress " shall have power to establish an ' viii/onnnik of natvi-alizatioii, and unil'urm • laws on the subjects of bankruptcies, through- ' out the United States." The meaning of this is simply that the rules of naturalization, whatever ihey may be, shall be the same throughout the whole United Stales. It was deemed to be inconvenient that iNIaine should establish one rule of natu- ralization, and South Carolina another; because as the free inhabitants of each Stale were en- titled to all the immunities of citizens in all the olher States, the Stale of Maine, if the law was not uniform throughout all the States, might force on the State of South Carolina, as citizens, any foreigners that it might choose to viake citizens by its local lawn. Now the horkorable Judge leaves out the controlling words of the constitutional clause, "uniform throughout the United Stales," and argues that "offering different modes of nalu- ralization to different persons" is "impossible under the Constitution." If this is impossible under the Constitution, General Scott has certainly made an unwise suggestion; though it is not likely to damage any one, in view of this very "impossibility." But let us see how far the Judge is right. The very first Congress, March 26, 1790, passed an "act to establish s.n uniform rule of naturalization." (1 U. S. S., 103.) This act provided that any alien, being a free white person, should be admitted a citizen o-i two years' residence, on certain proceedings had, on satisfactory proof of good character, and on taking an oath to support the Constitution. This offered one mode of naturalization to one class of persons. To "different persons" it of- fered another mode of naturalization, to wit: the children of sucli persons so naturalized, un- der twenty-one years at ihe lime of the natu- ralization of their parents, were lo be considered as citizens of the United States, vyithotit any proceedings had, or wi'hout any proof of good character, or taking any oath to support the Constitution. Still a third mode was "offer- ed" by this same law, which provided that no person theretofore proscribed by any State should be "admitted a citizen as aforesaid," except "by an act of the Legislature of the State in which such person was proscribed." That is lo say, in the case of these particular persons, not only the two years' residence and other proceedings were necessary, but a special ac» of a State Legislature. Now we submit to the judicial consideration of Judge DouGL.\s — not Mr. Douglas, the stump orator — but lo the judge — ^whether or not "different modes" of naturalization are not here distinctly "offered" lo "different per- sons;" and if so, whether Congress has not actually done that which he pnniounces to be so clearly "impossible." On the 29th of January, 1795, the act above referred lo was repealed, and another act was passed " for carrying into complete effect the ' power given by the Constitution to establish ' an uniform rule of naturalization throughout ' the United States." The first section of this act provided that any free white alien may be admitted a citizen who had declared an oath or affirmation before some one of the courts therein enumerated, at least three years before his admission, that it was his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce his allegiance to all for- eign powers. The same section provided that at the time of his application for admis- sion, he must swear, before one ol the courts named, that he has resided five years within the United States, and one year within the State or Territory where the court was held; that he will support the Constitution of the United States, and that he doth absolutely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sov- ereignty. The same section provides that , the court must be satisfied thai such applicant has resided _/i«e years within the jurisdiction of the United Stales, and that during that time he has behaved as a man of good moral character and attached to the Coustitulioii. Any titled, erson was also obliged to renounce his title or order of nobility. Such was the mode offered lo one class of persons. Now let us look at the mode offered to different persons. The second section of the ; act provided that any alien at the time of the passage of the law residing within the juris- diction of the United Stales, might be admit ted a citizen on declaring on oath in one of the Is enumerated that he had resided two years within the limits and under the jurisdic- tion of the United Slates, one of which had been spent within the State or Territory in hich such court was held; with similar oaths of fealty to Ihi; United States, and abjuration all foreign- allegiance, as provided in the fifth section. The third section of the same act provides for the naturalization of children, and then closes with the following proviso, which is en- tirely conclusive to the point that on the co/i- 1 slitutional question General Scott is right and Judge Douglas is wrong: "Provided, also, ' that no person heretofore proscribed by any ' State, or who has been legally convicted of ' having joined the army of Qreut Britain dur ' ing Ihe late tear, shall be admitled a citizen ' as aforesaid without the consent of the Le ' gislature of the Stale in which such person ' was proscribed." The next naturalization act was signed April 14, 1802. The first section of this act corre- sponds substantially with the first section of the previous act, except that it waives the declaration of intention in the case of any alien who was residing within the limits of the United Stales at any time between the 29th of January, 1795, and the 18lh of June, 1798, and admits such alien wilhin two years after the passage of the act, "without a compliance with the first condition above specified." On the 26th March. 1804, an additional act was passed providing that any free white alien residing wilhin the United States at any time between the 18th June, 1708. and the 14th April, 1802, may be -ilnuih ,i ,. , ,m7,. :: ■■ ,,■,,'/,- 'out a compliance uiii< " . , - ; f.ed in the first seen i i '■ > ; ' '. The act of May ',!, i::... i.i,.v..l.a il,at any free while alien who wasresiding vviihin the limits, &.C., of the United Slates, between April 14, 1802, and June 18, 1812, and who has continued to reside wilhin the same, may be admitted without having made any previous declaration of his intention. Now, if our legislators have not been acting under a false view of the Conslilution for si.v- ty years and upwards, the proposed recommen- dation of Geneial Scott is clearly constitu- tional. It is, at all events, consistent with the clear legislative exposition of this clause of the Constitution. We have not discussed the policy of General Scott's suggestion. Our attention lias been confined exclusively to its fonsii7j(iion«/i'/j/, the objection raised by Judge Douglas. When it is assailed on other grounds, we may inquire into the propriety and wisdom of the proposed reward and inducements for meritorious ser- vices in u the Fuglti^ We published in our last some extracts from two New Hampshire papers, setting forth the views expressed by General Pierce at a certain meeting in New Boston, New Hamp- shire — the Manchester Democrat and the Con- Demncnil. We relied on the authority, notwithstanding it is purely Democratic. We presume that the two Demooals in question are now sustaining General Pierce for the Presi' dency with that •'perfect gush nf evtlijisiasm" which is said to have marked the Democratic proceedings at the Baltimore Convention. We presume that the Manchester I>cmoci-a« and the Concord Democrat aie now working in the same ranks with the Democratic Evening Post of New York and the Democratic villas of Albany. Our assumption rests on the repeated assevera- tions of the Ujiion that there is perfect harmony in the Democratic party in favor of Mr. Pierce. If this is the case, it does not intend to exclude the New Hampshire Democrats from the en- joyment of this unparalleled harmony and uni- versal " gush of enthusiasm." But the Union assails its Democratic friends of Concord and Manchester in language which we should never think of applying to our most bitter political opponents. The Union knows more about its own brethren than we can pre- tend to know. We have never mixed in such company. The Union denounces its brother Democrats as the editors of "shameless sheets;" as "Abolitionists of the vilest stamp;" as in the last degree "unworthy and vile;" as "the worst jackalls even of the party of jackalls;" tiawed knaves." It avers, on the au- thority of "the most respectable men in New Hampshire," that the "character for truth and veracity" of these twin Democrals cited by the Republic is "infamous." Il denounces its allies in the cause of Pierce as "dishonored and treasonable." We know nothing of all this. These men may be as bad as their ally of the Union de- scribes them to be, notwithstanding they claim to be Democrats, and are expected to go the whole figure for the Democratic ticket at the coming election. ^ ,So much for the Concord Democrat and the Manchester Democrat. Now one word as to the statement of these journals. The Union says: '■ That it it falae— false in the general— false in ' the detail— false in every a5pi>ct in which it can * be discussed — false from the beginning to the ' ending— we have the authority of those who ' know General Pierce personally for saying; who ' knew of the speech here alluded to, and who de- ■ clare that no such language as that attributed to ' him ever fell from his lips at any time, on any ' occaaiou, from his first entrance into public life ' down to this hour." The Thdnder-clap -The revel ation of General Pierce'a "horn vitws" on the insli ution of slavery and the Fugiti ve Slave law h as Ih rown the Wash- iogton Union nto fits We r saw any thing ao frantic. In itabu ses ei erybody. Never waa there any thing SL oua £ 3 the Whigacx- posing the pr ivwe ar d cor fider ial ODiniona ol General Pierce— opini na uttered ix montha ago, away down in New Hampah re, and only intendec for home cons amp.ion ! Oh it wa a loo bad! And then the Union t De ot believe a word of it ! It is were made in two different iocratic papers long before General Pierce was bought of for the Preaidency. and the accounts gree exactly. But it exposes Democratic impos The 1 Iherefii lithful it; this ton . to be credited ! not less erday than the Union by the start 1 ! All si^ns seem to portend the ' of the world! Certafn it is that Yanks are near their last gasp '.—Richmotid Wlii, Now this is pretty .strong language for one Democrat to apply to a statement of two other Democrats — and New Hampshire Democrats at that. In the teeth of this contradiction, we believe that these "outlawed knaves" — these "unworthy and vile" Democrats — have spoken the truth, and hard words will not disturb our belief in their averments. They may be as bad as their political brethren represent; but we believe them, because at the time in question they had no motive to misrepresent Mr. Pierce, as far as we can learn. At all events, they have no motive to misrepresent him now, when all the Democrats, including the Van Burens, DixES, Butlers, Flovds, Preston Kings, Molonvs, Campbells, Rantouls, and Atvvoods, have been received into full Democratic communion, and are claimed to be working together to elect Pierce with a per- fect "gush of enthusiasm." Now what will the New Hampshire Demo crats say I Will they confess themselves to be the lying knaves ihey are described by the Union? Did they in January last do Mr. Pierce the injustice which is attributed to them by the Union? Let them answer and settle the account with their friends of the Union. This is a family quarrel, and «an only be settled in the fainily. The Cantlor of tlie lluloii. The Union of the 14th inst. alleges that the "Freesoil Whigs of the House of Represent- atives are now flooding the Mrrlh willi the aholi ' tion attack upon Pierce made vf by the aboli ' tian organ here, the JS'alional Era, showing thai ' his whole public life is in accordance with his ' early and energetic support of the measures ' of adjustment, and especially the Fugitive ' Slave law." The italics arc the Union's. They are in- tended as a sort of typographical demonstration of the horror with which that candid and sin- cere journal, regards the circulation of a-certain article from the JVational Era. We do not know whether there is any truth in the state- ment that the Whigs are flanking off any such document. We know that such an arti- cle as is described appeared in the JYationat Era, because we happened to see it copied in the third number of the Campaign, a journal issued from the Union office, being the number of the 2()th of June; and also in the Union newspaper of about the same period. Thus the Union has given all the circulation in its power to this very article. Now if it were right in the (7nioH to circulate this paper, how can il be wrung in the Whigs? The Union republished the article to help Mr. Pierce, because it gave "date, and page, and names, to show that Pierce is with the South, body and soul." We use the Union's own language. 'Phis was a legitimate use of the article, if the Union believed in its allega- tions, and relied upon the dates, pages, and names cited. If noi, any use of the article by the Union was improper and dishonest. Has Ihe Union the exclusive privilege of using the articles of the Era to lay statements of fact before the country ? But the Union will say that its object was to benefit Mr. Pierce; that it desired to lay the article»be- fore the South ; whereas the Whigs, dishonest knaves as they are, are seeking to publish it at the North. Then the propriety of publishing the article depends on the direction to which it is mailed, does it? We apprehend that the mo- rality of this distinction is not entirely obvious. We do not know whether or not the Whigs are circulating the document in question. If they are, it does not lie in the mouth of the Union to upbraid them for it, unless the Union possesses some exclusive privilege in the mat- ter, of which we are not aware. In counting over the friends of Gen. Pierce, why does not the Union remember the Lond(Jii Times! Why does it not inform its readers that the Times hailed ihe nomination of Pierce with a perfect "gush of enthusiasm," on account of his well-known hostility to the protection of .American labor '? The Union expresses a very strong desire to have Mr. Webster run for the Presidency. Will the Union back this desire by supporting Mr. Webster? If it will, then we can be- lieve that its advice to Mr. Webster to run is given in good faith. The call for a mass convention of the Whigs at Columbus on the 22d July has been withdrawn, in consequence of the exaggerated reports of the pre- valence of cholera at that place. 62 THE SIGNAL. from the lirpublic. TUe Ueiuocratto Caudtdate Kiidorsed by tbc iSugll-lk Press as Descouded from Nubility Their Confidence in Kim— Their liaU'cd of WllUield scott. 3b the Editor of Hit RipuUic: Sir: A friend in London haa -arnt mo a copy of the London Lfoder, dated 26lb June, and from an editorial article which it contains 1 make the fol- lowing- significam extracie: *'Frtitiktin Pierce is a lineal descendant ofo\irow\ faimlij of Percys; the Petcys of JVoithicinbnlatid, whose place in (Ac State is now occupied by the House of Umitltson. "From the incidenta and traits which we have no rapidly sketched, the character of the Demo- cratic canc|[|>iate can readily be collected. We should have been well pleased to see Judge Doug las chosen, altliough he is siiid to have a bias against our country; for lie is too hearty and intelligent a njan to tuUe any course detrimental to bis own. We are without information as to the wws of General Pierce on the suhjrct of en operation with Engiu'id; but we cai.not say Hi it we fiel any iip prelmsions on the point, and we shall await the final election not without share in Hie eonfidince vf many American friends that it will result well.^' Toihe casual observer these '•fir=t-rate notices" from the London Times, the monster organ of the English moneyed aristocracy, and the lees pretcnd- iD ^ . . . I Norih Carolina ai-a perfectly happy and content Thank God, WiNFiELD Scott 18 an American— |,o f^Uu^ ,[,« lead ol Thomas H. Benton, Ma, tin every inch of his scar-covered body, every throb yan Buren, Francis P. Blair, &c.,and as by them- and emotion of his heart and soul. His grand Uelves, even under such leaders, they are too weak father was killed in a battle against the Englub, I ,„ ^g-tct any thing, Ihey are perfectly willing to arid his father forced to flee Irom that kingdom : (-o^g ^^ck into the folds of the old Democratic with his lilc. „ .. . ' party, provided the latter, in return Jor such inag- The ancestors of Franklin Pierce were English . [lanimity, is willing to follow their lead. nobles, and they have "no apprehensions" that he ! -^^^ jj has been ascertained that William O. will not serve Iheir cause ! fhere is a choice be. i u„n^.r jg sufficient of a northern man to be put for- tween them. C. B. A. j ^^^d by Colonel Benton and hi8 friends; while the — ; extremists of IheSouih, of the school of Jefferson The article which follows we copy from the j Davis and others, declare themselves satisfied wiih Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle and Smtinel, of De- Butler being a slaveholder. If the Freesoilers and cember 2-1. 185!. It will be read with great pi'""'""'^'' can, in that way, sandwich the old ,.',,,,.,. f ,. „^, • I liners, they will give to the Uovornment what di- interest just at this time, from the manner m i section they pleafe, both as regards internal and which the spirit of Its predictions has been re- ! external affairs. alized; not exactly in the person of General, What the Freesoilers now want, is loappropri- BuTLER, but in that of General Pierce. The ja'e <" 'hemselves the name of the "p.og^e^6ives," prophesy, that the "fra.ernal embrace" of '{-« i^^elr'/^r.^^^'mTntron'theL fifing;. Cfrtb'a Congressional caucus would be repeated in the l yj^w to second the Intetligincer, in iis daily cries of Democratic Convention, and that the Nashville languish about armed iniervention; but merely to Secessionists and the Buffalo Freesoilers would 'show what the real motives of some of thephilan- without reference to the ex- i ""opists are who are now for:emost in preaching , . „ J I popular dottrince, with a view of making thim- d influenced ij;.'^., „„„„,,, "y. come together, treine principles of each other, and alone by their love of spoils," has been fulfilled to the letter. Not only did they come together but it was in a "perfect gush of enthusiasm." 1 selves popula The Germans ou the 'Whts; Nominations. The subjoined resulutionSj agreed to at a It was no heartless embrace, no matter of judg- 1 Whig meeting of German citizens in New ment merely— but their whole souls became li- ! York, merit aiT extended circulation. Consid- quid and were poured out like water. It must ' ered in connexion with expressions of opinion have been affecting to see Preston King and Mr. j by German citizens of Wisconsin on the eve of SoULE joining in this fraternal embrace, and ; the last election in that Slato, and with subse- Governor Brown from the inside of the con- iquent declarations in other parts of the Unioii, vention melting in a mutual gush of enlhusi- Uhpy indicate the progrtss of a change that is asm with Mr. Rantoul on the outside of the destined to tell severely on the fortunes of the window. But we will not detain our readers | Democracy. The magic of a name must be of from the article of the Chroniek and Sentinel: i brief duration in the presence of a policy which En; ThbNj and Ihat'ihe money of Englii urds and manu- 1 iCnt over here to j elp the Democracy in fostering English interests by deprehsing American ones, and helping a parly irilo power which will "co-opebate" with Eng- land in a Kossuih war.' It looks very like it. The late emphatic endorsement of the Democratic par- ty by Kossuth, and his arrogant attempt at dra- gooning ihe German population into voiing as a body lor Pierce, taken in connexion with that part of the Democratic platform which endorsee intervention, may well shake ihe faith and invite the scrutiny of Americans. Will the South rush madly into Ibis scheme o! foreign war, when Ihe very men who are to be liberated avow in advance their determination to assist the slave population of this country in an armed and bloody insurreciion against their peace- ful and lawful maslers? Will the Irish population of this country— the brave conntryincn of fllont- goniery and Sullivan— countenance a party aodea titute of principle, and reckless of consequences, as to employ such means to obtain the paltry spoils of ofljct? In the name of Heaven, hive they not suffered wrong and oppression enough at the hands of Ihe Englieb nobility, the bnd ownersandabaen- Jees, the Percys, Smiihsona, Ruasella, and Palmer- fitOBE.' That the English press abuse General Scott is not in the least surprising. On Ihe 5th of J.ly, )S13, with only 1,900 raw Americans, and him- self liltle past boyhood, he met on an open plain at Chippewa 2,100 British regulars, most of whom stere the flower of the British army, and defeated and utlerly routed, and in part captured them at the point of the bayonet. This humbled their pride, and they have not forgotten it Alter rout, 'ng Iht British army repeatedly on their own soil, he was finally taken prisoner by an immensely- superior lorcc, and conveyed lo Quebec on a trana port wilh hia men. While on their way, the Irish soldiers who had Ibught with him were singled out by the British olBcer, and were to be sent to Eng i land lo be hung. Scolt, though unarmed, imme- 1 diately appeared on deck and slopped the pro-j ceedings, in spite of the British otticer and his threftU. He warned them that for every Irish sol- 1 , everlastingly belli Democbacv. — As it may not be southern men lo watch the pro- gress of events connected with the efforts now mak- ing by the Freesoil Democrats of Ihe North and the Secesiion Democrats of the South, to unite and refornjjthe National Democratic party, we com- mend Tb their consideration the following exiract from the Washington corcspondence of the Balti- more Sun, a neutral paper, although the writer of the letter is a Democrat. To those familiar with the history of the sauth- ern wing ■ f tbia new coalition, their twistings and turnings for the last few years, it will excite no Burpriae to see them now following in the lead of, and playing second fiddle, to Thomas H. Benton and Francis P. Blair; the latter of whom acquired so much notoriety during the last Presidential canvass by his support of Mr. Van Buren, the FrecGoil candidate, for which he was denounced by them in no measured terms. Nor have they been less severe, since that period, on Mr. Benton, who they have assured the country was coalescing wilh the Freesoilers, and would willingly sacrifice the South to secure himself a place. These facts are matters of history, as well as the movements of thc-iouthern wing.lo send delegates to the National Convention. If, therefore, the correspondent of the Sun, who is an intelHgent, , . , . . bserving Democrat, does not err in his judgment ?-"]^r"tf"t„ ' ' ■ - a nf 11,,^ +,.,r. t'CSOi workingiii '•Resolved, That we hail Ihe nomination of Wi.s FiELo Scott and William A. Gbaham, by the Baltimore Whig Convention, as a happy one; thai we give it our hearty approval, and will support it in the ensuing election. ''Resolved, That we endorse the cardinal princi- ples of the Whig- party, and will do our best to sustain and realize them. "Resolved, That we, as American citizens of German birth, aim at realizing those elements of progress which are contained in the principles of the National Whig party. "Resolved, That we will use our efforts for spread- ing, wilh all possible means, at proper time and in proper places, the principles of Liberty and Inde- pendence upon which our Union is based, and for I which our heroic leader, M.ijor General Winfielu Scott, haa risked his lile in nomeroua battles. "Risolvid, That we will strive for the advance- ment of our home industry, not only by a wise pro- tective tariff, but also by Ihe protection of work- ingmen's associations by the Slate. "Resolved, That we recognise Ihe principles of advancing measures of internal improvements by the Federal Governmentas just and right, and that n ought to be [jaid to eocie- oftheprSsent purposes and intrigues of Ihe two I"""' «o' -'•;£'—"'■■ eucfi instances, wings, the alliance of these two extreme factions! "Resolved, That the public domain, at the pre- will be coosummated-fAi's /crmng a CBaiific., I ""i' s<--»'« of o""" P"bl'c treasury, ought not longer toithout reference to the extreme ■principles of each i to be used pa a revenue, but given up to actual sci- other, and influenced aloneby their love of spoils. So ""b under favorable lerrae. potent are ihey, that they bring together in fralcr- "Resolved, That we, as German speaking Ameri- nal embrace in the Congressional caucus, and will j cans, do in no wise intend to separate ourselves doubtless in the convention. Chase of Ohio, and | from our English speaking fellow citizens, or aim Daviaof Mississippi, Rantoul and Meade, Preston : at separate enda, but wish to be cordially united King and Brown, Hale and Soulfe, Cleveland and ! wilh them in good harmony for a common cause- Jackson , Seward and Mason, and a host of others | the prosperity of the people, the advancement of occupying equally extreme positions. And to j our country's well-being, and the principles of accomplish such a union, southern men are invoked Liberty and Independence upon v-bich thia Union to unite in sending delegates to the National De. is founded." mocralic Convention; and that, too, by men who, I but a few weeks since, were most vehement in I Life or Scott.— Messrs. Biirnes & Co. have their denunciations of all parties at the North, as i printed six thousa-.d ol Mansfield's Life of Scott unsound, and not to be trusted. Indeed, so averse j since ihe nomination. Thia is the only authentic were they to any political alliance with the North, I Life, and lain great demand. THE SIGNAL 63 S^emocraliu 'ic»iliuo>s>* for ^eott* We have heard a great deal about ihe dis- =aijsfac;i(in exprpssed by two or lliree Union %Vhi!; journals in Georgia in referenoe to ihn numi'iation of General Sooit; and ihe Union Bill! labors indffaiigably lo produce an impres- siiin ihat ibn whole Compnjiuise prees of that Slaie — ^Vhig and Democratic — is united in favor of Mr. Piekce. We have proved, on the Contrary, that reliable VV'hig papers have given in iheir hearly adhesion to Scott in Georgia as well as in every other Southern Stale; and wo n(iw append evidence that at least one Union Democrat is prepared lo follow their ex ample. We quote from the Macon (Ga.) Cit- izen, an able and influential Democratic au- thority : "First, then, on the acore of pergonal smnce to thfi <;ounlry, who takes Ihe palm? AiiBwer, Gen. WinfieldScoU, nem con. '•2'). On the ground of ability, honesty, and other qualificaiionf, to whi,m shall the rewii'd be ren- dire.? A^ain, we say, to Gen Scott. Gen. Pierce has never flown any extraordinary capacity (or civil or military government. ••3<). On Ihe score of principle, to whom shall we give Ihe prelererct? We fancy Ihat this point ie a mat'er o1 taste or opinion. As a Democrat of the J.icksnn and J. ff rton erhool, our preference indi- vidually would he given (o Gen. Pierce, decided- ly, beraufe on all the past issues wliii h have divi- ded the people, our affinities and fetlinge have been with Ihe Democracy of the country. But the qorption arifea, are not all these old issues obsolete, drfuncl.or settled? If they are^ then we would give up our pn judicea in favor bt Gen. Pierce, so lar ne ihey are concerned. "4ih. As lo sounane«»on the great question in which Ibc !^o"lh ie deeply interesieo, whi< h of these cnndidatea is the most ncciptable lo Georgians? General Pi. rce ia a Khrthm man— Scott a South irner and slaveholder. General Pierce voted in Congresn lo receive aboliiion peiiiions. General Scott has no auch sin to answer for. General Pierce has accepted the Deinocratic nomination, and placed himself up.,n the pl-.ifrm which baa l.ecn put forth as the platform of the Demoorac-y. General Scott has accepted the nomination of the Whig Convention, and placed himself on its plal- fo-m. Both ptnttorma are good enoueh — one adopted by the Whies. as a conditi.in fricedmt to the nomination, and that adopted by Pierce and the Deniocrate, as a condiiionsu/ufqiiitit. wl en the c<"nvtuiion was in a disorgnnizeo and confuaed elate, and more than half ot the meinbera had lelt. On this head, therefore, we opine there is but little lo choose lit tween the nominationt; but the ten- dency of things is in favor of Scott. "5ih, and bslly. What has been the assoeia ti n of ilie5egenil?men? -A man ie known by the company he beepa ' -Birda of a feather fl..ck to geiher,' &c.^ General Scoci is said to be under the inffuerice ol Seward, Hale. Greeley and Company. Perhapa he ie— General Pierce, by p patilv of rea- ."onine, may be said lo be under Ihe influence of Van Huren, Rantoul.Gi.ldinga.and Ihe New York (Freesoil) Post, who are loud in his praise. But, luriher, who support General Pierce, and oppose Gen.ral .-^cat, in the South? Why, all the Filli- busicre. Fire eaters, Secessionists, Nulliliers. Dis- u!iionista,u(fraLocnf .ros,&c. Every man of them, from Pedee to the Rio Grande. "What then should Union Democrats and Whigs, Killnaore men. Webster men, and Critten- den men, do in puih an emergency? Shall Ihev surrender to lhi.iif, shall be capa- ble of holding an} u::„. I, o, ,,;.t,.i; ol trust or profit, in (he civil government within this State.' "Now, it has occurred to us to ask if IVIr. GuA- HAM made equally strong exerlions to have the foregoing test expunged from the constitution of North Carolina." The Chicago Journal nails the counter, and clinches it thus : "North Carolina originally hadsacb a clause i her constitulion, te((Ac tFldg party, ul which M Gbaham is a leader, being in power thtre, struck it out. "New Hampshire also had such a clause in h( constitution, and (Ac Locofoca parfj, of which M Pierce is a leader, being in power there, still r, Kjuiry tot For the Signal. CAMPAIGN SONG. BT D. BETHDNE DUFFIELD. Air — "La petite Tambour;'" or ".'} wet slieet i flowing sea." Our good flag, with its star? and stripes, And a hand that holds it fast; That waves it proudly to the breeze, The battle, and the blast — The battle and the blast, my boys, Down thro' two score of years, Our leader Scott has borne it high, And quench'd the nation's fears.' CHORDS. Oh! give me our flag, its stars and stritjes. And Scott to hold it fast, To wave it proudly in the breeze. The battle and the blast. as Scott, ;cry; strong r nd, "SOUP." Their cannon out-roar'd Niagara : And, wreathed with her rising s-pray, Rose the war-smoke of Chippewa's battle. And floated in light away ; And the Cataract's rainbow shining Gleamed bright in the setting sun. When It was onr lot to stand for Scott, By the side of the heated gun. Good soldiers stood there in scarlet, Brave men fell in bulTand blue ; And thirty long years rolled over, But, when there waswoi-A to do, We bethought us of Chippewa's battle. And dueenstown and Lundy's Lane, And straightway they sought Old Hasly, To go to the wars again. His soldiers faced death in each battle, Though some were too sick to go. He was ill enough when he got home again, Hut never in Mexico ; For fighting was physic and food for him, Meat, drink, boarding, washing, and all, And he swallowed his soup right hastily While he listened the bugle call. He bore the brunt of the foes in front, More brave than the foes behind him, And the foes in front and the foes in rear Might ever know where to find him; The fight was tough, and the way was rough. And the smoke made his old eyes dim, But he rode with a light true bridle-hand'. And his horse never fell with him. His country's truest soldier, The old soldiers' firmest friend. He fought his way from the first set-out Clean through to the bitter end ; From the sea-beach lines at Vera Cruz To Mexico's towers and dome. And when the long campaign was ended They arrested and sent him home. Oh! foraleade We hear the His brave old heart, his strong right And his white plume waving high- And his white plume waving high, my boys Amid our banner's folds, As by the magic of his name The People's trust he holds. Oh! give ine our flag, &c. With Scott and Graham at the helm, All storms we may defy, We'll safely reach our port at last, Tho' the wild waves heave us high Tho' the wild waves heave us high, my boys The rocks are on our lee, And soon our gallant ship will ride Triumphant o'er the sea. Oh ! give nic our flag, &c. There's promise in yon mighty shout, Like tones from thunder-cloud. And hark ! the music, gallant Whigs, The People cry aloud — The People cry aloud, my boys, For Scott, the brave and free, And now they only wait the hour To hail his victory. Oh! ; our fla ^, Its stars and stripes. And Scott to hold it fast. Who always waves it high low'rds Heave The victor's flag at last. Detroit, July 12, 1852. Louisiana.— On Satu most distinguished citizf had just arrived here assured us that Louisian was Mr. Filln tizens of New Orlenr re dircrt from that cil liana, although he ill, beyond all question, givi Gen. Scott a larger majority in November than sh. bas ever yet given for any candidate for the Presi- (Jency. —Aouisui/le Journal. ■ 3f the .S3 Come , made by the Fr o be addressed ng the week, ) ;ral. He left this ngton. Old birdi vith chaff. ND Gone —Alter all the flourish e Press in regard to the meetinir by General Cass in this city dur- ■ spiech is to be made by the Gen- city this morning for Wnsli- like him are not to be caught He has been sacrificed oy his party to make room for a candidate never before heard of, and he is not disposed to identify himself with the fortunes of so desperate a political adventurer So the Pierce mass meeting will have to be post- poned, or held without any countenance from General Cass. He positively refused to address the meeting. This is most significant. [Delr„U Tribune. A tremendous ash pole was to have been raised, but, unfortunately, as it was slowly being lifted to Its place, the supports gave way and it came to the ground with a crash. -Cin. Atlus. "Came to the ground with a crash." So will their tall chieftain in November next!-£'7i9i«V«r. Our tail chieftain never did come to the ground with a crash, though riddled by the bullets of the enemy, but your short chieftain did come to the ground with a crash several times in Mexico with- out even being touched by bullet, pike, sword, or any other dangerous iinplement. [ Louisville Journal. From the Detroit Advertiser. CAMPAIGN SONG. OLD CHIPPEWA. Am— "Rosi)i(/iei?oic." We are up! Don't you hear the Whig tlui We come with a hearty huzza ! What foe ever heard v/ithout terror The war-cry of Old Chippewa? Chorus — The war-cry, • From Queenstown, where nobly he battled, Niag'ra, where gory he lay. The people re-echo the thunder, And gather for Old Chippewa. From Mexico's snowy sierras. Her vales where they bask in the dav. Comes the voice of his valor and virtue'. The glory of Old Chippewa. North, South, East, and West, it aribes No faction that thunder can stay ; It hails, with the blessings of freemen, Their champion and choice — Chippewa. His breast has been plough'd by tho British, And forty campaigns make him gray ; But we'll wreath his high brow wifli the lauj And glory in Old Chippewa. When Mexico's millions were ofl'ered. From his country to win him a.5tray — " Though poor, I II love, live, and die by her So answered our Old Chippewa. The hero that can't lose a battle, Win-field wins the field in each fray ; We'll be, while Scott fights for our freedom, Hcott free, with our Old Chippewa. A Lundy's Lane/ttss with the British, A fiiss on Chepultepec's day ; Thus the feathers will fly from the Locos, When they come across Old Chippewa. 'Tis strange, though in stratagem able, He can't make a feint in a fray ; A fall, save when riddled with bullets. Ne'er happens to Old Chippewa. With the high soul of honor to nerve him, And good soup his stomach to slay, Come Mexicans, British, or Locos, They're nothing to Old Chippewa"! The Locos selected a leader. But their managing masters .said nay ; So they straw-stufled the coat of a hero. And set it 'gainst Old Chippewa. Poor fellows ! they're tired of their fetters. And shrink from the trick with dii All true-hearted Democrats spurn i And rally round Old Chippewa. Home-toil, with the iron of England, Free-trade Pierce would pierce and w But Scott hkes the ore of the Keystone- He used it at Old Chippewa. No despot will dare to insult us, No traitor our Union betray. With him who has bled to defend us, Our President— Old Chippewa. The pure, and the wise, and the noble. His country's best guardian and stay ; In camp or in cabinet peerless ; Oh, who is like Old Chippewa.* Make way ! for a torrent is coming — The millions in battle array; Their glad shouts will soon cleave the welkii For Victory and Old Chippewa. ismay ; aid slay; Scott is a dead Likeother "d to Washington. - letter in this county. [Coshocton (Ohio) Democrat. Id letters," he will besentstraig Raleigh Register. Mr. Websteh's position (says the New York Exprrss) is defined in his speeches In Mr. Ev- erett's revised edition there are several declarations hke the following: (Vol. U. p. 126.) "I am a Whig. I have always been a Whig, snd I always will be one; and if there arc any who would turn me out of the pale of that communion, 'lei them see who will get out first.' &c. "lam ready to submit to all decisions of IVhig conventions or subjects on which they are authorized to make deci- sions," 4-c. ^-c. E SIGNA PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, BY G. S. GIDEON. No. 5.] WASHINGTON: JULY 31, 1852. [Vol. THE SIGNAL: The undersigned i.s now publishing, at . the city of Washington^ a Whig Campaign ' Paper under the abov« title, devoted to thej support of WINFIELD SCOTT, for Pre-! sident, and WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, for! Vice Pre.«ident. j The Signal will be emphatically a Na-l tional Press, designed for circulation in j every section of the country. The object j of the paper will be to harmonize the ac-i tion, and promote the efficient organization ; of the Whig Party, as well as to diffuse its{ principles and arouse its spirit and enthu- siasm, j It will also furnish a convenient com- pendium of all the facts and documents bearing upon the case made by the respec- tive parties and candidates, and preserve in a form for future reference a complete history of the canvass. A full index will be given in the last number, which will add materially to the permanent interest and value of the work. 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RF.POBT OF MA.tOR GF.NERAL SCOTT. Aor.iis Jd^Wesend this nun- friends throughout the C vices in aiding our circu licit. Attention is called ■r 10 many of our Whig [ion we respectfully so» the terms. No 1. FlEAD-IJtJARTERS OF TflE Al TIN, AciPULCO ROAD, V J^^ine miles from Mexico, .Oii». 19, 1847. ) Sir ; Leaving a competent garri-son in Puebla, this army ads meed upon the capital, as follows: Twiggs's divifiion, preceded by Harney's brigade of cavalry, the Tth; duilman's division of volun- teers, wiih a small deiachment of United Stales marines, the 8th; Worth's division, the 9th, and Pillow's division, the lOih; all in this month. On the.8th, I overtook, and then contniucd with, the leading division. The corps were at no time be- yond five hours, or supporting distance, apart; and on descending into tiie basin of the capital (15 iniles from Puebia,) they became more closely ap- proximated about the head of lake Chaico, with lake Tescuco a little in front and to the right. On the 12ib and 13ih we pu^Jied reconnaissances upon thePciion,an isolated mound (eight miles from Mexico,) ofgreat height, strongly fortified to the top, (three tiers of works,) and flooded around the base by the season of rains and sluices from the lakes. This mound, close to the national road, commands the principal approach to the city from the east. No doubt it might have been carried, but at a great and disprcjponion.ite loss, and I was anx- ious 10 spare the lives of this gallant army for a general battle, which 1 knew we had to win before capturing the city, or obtaining the great object ol the campaign — a just and honorable peace. Another rfCon»otssoncc was direcied the (13th) upon Mexicalcingo, to the left of the Peiion, a vil- lage at a fortified bridge across the outlet or canal, leading from lake Jochimilco to the capiial — five miles from the latter. It might have been easy, (masking the Pefion,) to force the passage; but, on the oiher side of the bridge, we should have found ourselves four miles from this road, on a narrow causeway, flanked to the right and left by water, or boggy gi'ounds. These difficulties, closely viewed, threw me back upon the project long enterlaineil, of turning the strong eastern defences of ihe city, the foot of the hills and as to reach this point, and hence to manteuvre, on hard ground, though much broken, to the south and southwest of the capital, which has been more or les.'i under our view since the 10th instant. Accordingly, by a sudden inversion — Worth's division, with Harney's cavalry brigade, leading — we marched on the 15th instani, Pillow's and Q,uit. man's divisions followed closely, and then Twiggs's division, which was left till the next day at Ayot- la. 111 order to threaten the Peuon and Mexicalcin- go, and to deceive the enemy as long as practi- cable. Twiggj, on the 16ih, marching from Ayotla towards Chaico, (six miles,) met a corps of more than double his nuntbers — cavalry and infantry — under General Valencia. Twigirs halted, deplnyed into line, and by a few rounds from Cai'iain Tiiy- lor's field battery, dispersed the enemy, killing or wounding many men and horses. No oihcr ino- le.siation iias been experienced except n frwraiidmn shots from guerrilleros on the heighls; and the march of twenty-seven miles over a route dfemed impracticable by the enemy, is now accomplished by all the corps — thanks to their indomitable zeal and physical prowess. Arriving here the 18th, Worth's division and Harney's cavalry were pushed forward a league to reconnoitre and to carry, or to mask ijan Anionio, on the direct road lo the capital. This village was found strongly defended by field works, he.ivy guns, and a numerous garrison. It could only be turned by infantry to the left, over a field of vol- canic rocks and lava; for, to our right, the gr ninJ was too boggy. It was soon ascertained by the daring engineers, Captain Mason and Lifutcnann Stevens and Tower, that the point could only be approached by the front over a narrow causeway, flanked with wet ditches of great depth. Worth was ordered not to attack, but to threaten and to mask the place. j The first shot fired from San Antonio, (the 18th,) ! killed Captain S. Thornton, 2d drngoojw, a gallant I ofiicer, who was covering the operations with his j company. I The same day n rfconnoissimcc was commenced to the left of San Augustin, first over diflicult mounds, and further on over the same fi' Id of vol- canic rocks and lava which extends to the moun- tains some five miles from Snn Anionio towards Magdalena. This recoimoissanre was continued to- day by Captain Lee, assisted by Lieutenants Beau- regard «nd Tower, all of the engineers; who were joined in the afternoon hy .Major Smith of thesama corps. Other divisions coming up. Pillow's was advanced to make a practicable road for heavy ar- lillery, and Twiggs's thrown farther in front to cover that operation; for, by the partial rfctmiioti- sance of yesterday, Captain Lee discovered a large corps of observation in that direction, with a de- tachment of which his supports of cavalry and foot under Captain Kearney and Lieutenant Colonel Graham, respectively, had a successful skirmish. By three o'clock, this afternoon, the advanced divisions came to a point where the nev/ road could only be continued under the direct fire of 22 pieces of the enemy's artillery, (most of them of large alibre,) placed in a ! ; entrenched i ip to op- pose our operations, and surrounded by every ad- vantage of ground, besides immense bodies ol cav- alry and infantry, hourly reinforced from the city, over an excellent road beyond the volcauic field, and consequently entirely beyond the reach of our cavalry and artillery. Arriving on the ground an hour later, I found that Pillow's and Twiegs's division had advanced to dislodge the enemy, picking their way (all offi- cers on foot) along his front, and exiendint: them- selves towards the road from the city ond the ene- my's left. Captain Magruder's field battery of 12 and 6-pounder8, and Lieutenant Caliender's battery of mountain howitzers and rockets, had aliso with great difficulty been advanced within range of the entrenched camp. These batteries most callnntly served, suffisred much in thecourse of the afternoon from the enemy's superior metal. The battle, though mostly stationary, continued to rage with great violence until nightfall. Brevet Brigadier General P. F. Smith's and Brevet Colo, nel Riley's brigades, (Twiggs's division,) support- 60 THE SIGNAL rJ bv Eri'mdiLT Generals Pierce and Cadsvalo , - , , cu uy or- ^.^ — ..j:.,;.;«.i.)w,erc-morKihiiii] series ot unsurpassed aclii ilh The luornin? of llie 2Ulh opened ^.r'. {.r .^.Its ( Pil ow's division.) werc-more ihsn I series of unsurpassed achii-venients, ?h«e ho!?s under a heuvy fire ofirlillory and mu6-lhe capital, and to wluch I shall give the genera kttry along the almost impassable - ■"<•,„.„ „..,,„_R, left of the entrenched ,^ ,„ „„ „ of jVexico. . BesidesI In the nisht of the 19th. Brigadier Generals f~if :uo 'red\y^rudso?^J 1 ;^a Im^^^ and undeV Colonel Morgan detached from I r.gad.cr ^verin"^ n view Consequently no decided in.- General Pierce, found themselves „. and ahoui the n^" m CO Id be made by day4l'' °" "'« ene- important position, the village, hamlet or hacient^a, "" " Sost tm'rtabT poLon'. b'eeause. ind.pcn-| called, indifferently, Contreras Ansada San Ge- I . .rir.o. our infantry, I ronnno — half a mile nearer to ihe city th.uuhe ene- dent of the difficulty of the , our infantry, y's entrenched camp, on the 3ame'ro;id, towards the factory of Magdulena. That camp had iieen, unexpectedly, our formi- dable point of attack the afternoon before, and we had now to take it, without thp aid of cavalry or artillery, or to throw back our advanced corps upon the road from San Augustin to the city, and thence force a passage through San Antonio. Accordingly, to meet contingencies, Major Gen- eral Worth was ordered to leave, early in tlie morn- ing of the 20th, one of his brigades to mask S.in Antonio, and to march with the other six miles, t>to San Augustin, upon Conlreras. A like desti- nation was' given to Major General auitman and his remaining brigade in San Augustin — replacing, for the moment, the garrison of that important de- pot with Harney's brigade of cavalry, as horse could not pass over the intervening rocks, i&c, to reach the field of battle, A diversion for an earlier hour (daylight) had -been arranged the night before, according to the suggestion of Brigadier General Smith, received through the engineer. Captain Lee, wlio conveyed my orders to our troops remaining on the ground opposite to the enemy's centre — the point for the diversion or a real attack, as circumstances might allow. Guided by Captain Lee, it proved the latter, under the command of Colonel Ransom of the 9th having with him that regiment and some companies of three ollins— the 3d, 12th, and rifles. Slu' Id: , ii.i ,..'11 officer at the hamlet, having am. - , ..run- Smith had arranged with 0.' .' ' , , i::'i y the plan of attack for the ni(jiii;r _. I.' ':,■ r.,'; waived interference; but re- served to himself the double task of holding the hamlet with his two regiments (South Carolina and New York volunteers) against ten times his 1 charge, against a valry and unaKompamcd by (iivalry and artillery could not adiance in column wiihout being mowed down l-;' the "rape and canister of the batteries, nor advance in line without being ridden over by the enemy's numerous cavalry. All our corps, however, in- rlodin» Ma^ruder's and Cullender's last batteries, not onTy maintained the exposed positions early eained, but all attempted charges upon them, respectively-particularly oil Riley, twice closely engaged with cavalry in grcaUy superiornumbers— were'repulsed and punished. From an eminence, soon after arriving near the scene, 1 observed the church and hamlet ofContre- „,.,, (or Ansalda,) on the road eading up Iron, the capital, through the entrenched camp, to Ma^dale- nn- aiid seeing at the same time the stream ol rein- forecments advanting by tliat road from the city, ordered (through Major General Pillow,) Colone Mor-an, with his regiment, the 15th, till then held in reserve by Pillow, to move forward, and to oc- rupy Contrcraa, (or Ansalda;— being persuaded, if occupied, it would arrest the enemy's reinlorce- nienis and ultimately dcciile the battle. Riley was already on the enemy s left, in ad- vance of the hamlet. A few minutes later, briga- dier General Shields, with his volunteer briga.lc, I New York and South Carolina regiments— UuU- rann-3 division,) coming up under my orders from .San Au'ustin, I directed Shields to follow and to sustain Morgan. These corps, over the extreme difficulties of ground-partially covered with a low. forest— before described, reached Conlreras, and found Codwalader's brigade in position, observing the formidable movement from the capital, and much needing the timifly rcinforremcnl. It was already dark, and the cold rain had begun to fall iH torrents upon our unshcllered troop.?; for the hamlet, though a stiong defensive position, can hold only the wounded men, and, unfortunately, ihe new regiments have little or nothing to eat in their haversacks. Wet, hungry, and witliout the possibility of sleep, all our gallant corps, I learn, are full of confidence, and only wait f.ir the 1, hour of darkness to gain the posiii.ms whence •term and carry the enemy's works. I'^"'' Of the seven officers despatched, sinceaboulsun-!5i., down from my position, opposite to the enemy's] »nl.i,,i ..wj centre aiid on this side of the field of rocks undj whole lorce bui lava-to communicate instructions to the hamlet- in the general ,, , , not one has succeeded in eettiiig through those dit- skill, and gallantry always challenge the highest ficultiea increased by darkliess. They have all re- admiration. , , , ,• , „ , , umed. But the gallant and mdelatigablc Captain The raarch was rendered tedious by the dark- ' - ' ness, rain, and mud; but about sunrise, Riley, conducted by Lieutenant Tower, engineer, had reached an elevation behind the enemy, whence he precipitated his columns, stormed the entrench- ments, planted his several colors upon them, and carried the work — all in seventeen minutes. Conducted by Lieutenant Beauregard, engineer, and Lieutenant Brooks of Twigg's stutt' — both of whom, like Lieutenant Tower, had, in the night twice reconnoitred the ground, Cadwalader brought up to the general assault two of his regiment voltigeurs and the 11th, and at the appointed Colonel Ransom, with his temporary brigade, coiv numbers on the slopes to his left, a should be carried, flying enemy. of the city, including the id in case the camp in his rear to face about and cut off the ; .omnwrnled by Smilh, the senioi illack, and whose arrangements. Lee, of the engineers, who has been constantly with the operating forces, is just in from Shields, Smith, Cndwalader, &.e., to report as above, and to ask that a powerful diversion be made against the renire of the entrenched camp towards morning. Brigadier General Twiggs, cut off as above from the part of his division beyond the impracticable ground, and Captain Lee, arc gone, under my or- d.;i>-, to collect the forces remniiiiiig on this side, v/iih which to make that diversion about 5 o'clock in the morning. And here I will end this report, commenced at its date, aud in another continue the iiarralive of the great events which then impended. 1 have the honor to be, sir, with high respect, your most obediem servant, WINFiELD SCOTT, Hon. Wm. L. Makct, Stcrelary of If'm: No. 32. Hkad-huahteus of tke armv, Tacvbayn, o( Hit gatu nf Mexico, .Oxig. 28, 1B47. Sir: .My report. No. Slicommenced in Ihe night of the IDiii inst., closed the operations of the army with that day. ducted by Capta Lee, engineer. nly made the movement to divert and but after crossing the deep ravine in vanced, and poured into the works r fugitives many volleys from his dest ketry. Ill the mean time Smith's (IV. :i ,! i:,,,;. , n. ,i - temporary command of Mnj": i ■! , : , Ihe movements of Riley ami ' i ., ered, opposite to, and outside ■■', 'lie v,,ii!. ;i . .^^ line of Mexican cavalry, drawn upas a su|j|Hiri. Dimick, having at the head of the brigade the company of sappers and miners, under Lieulenanl Smith, engineer, who had conducted the mu-rh, was ordered by Brigadier General Smith to form line faced to the enemy, and nk, routed the cavalry. Shields, too, by the wise dispnsitioi de and gallant activity, contributed general results. He held masses of infantry, supported by artillery, in check belov/ him, and captured hundreds, with one General (.Mendoza) of those who fled from above. ^ I doubt whether a more brilliant and decisive j victory— taking into view ground, artificial defences, 1 batteries, and the extreme disparity of numbers — | without cavalry or artillery on our aide— is to be found on record. Including all our corps direcied against the entrenched camp, with Shield's brigade at the hamlet, we positively did not number over 4,.')C0 rank and file; and we knew by sight, and since more certainly, by many captured documents and letters, that the enemy had actually engaged on the spot 7,0U0 men, with at least 12,0U0 more hov- ering^ within sight and striking di.'tance- both on the 19th and 20th. All, not killed or captured, now fled with precipitation. Thus was the great victory of Coiifreras achieved; one road to the capital opened; 700 of the enemy killed; 813 prisoners, including, among 88 oflicers, 4 generals; besides many colors and standards; 22 pieces of brass ordnance, half of large calibre; thou- sands of small arms and accoutrements; an im- mense quantity of shot, shells, powder, and cart- ridges ; 700 pack mules, many horses, &c., &c.— all in our hands. It is highly gratifying to find that, by skilful ar- rangement and rapidity of execution, our loss, in killed and wounded, did not exceed, on the spot, 60— among the former the brave Captain Charles Hanson, of the 4th infantry — not more distin- guished for gallantry than for modesty, morals, and piety. Lieutenant J. P. Johnstone, 1st artil- lery, serving with Magruder's battery, a young oflicer of the highest promise, was killed the evenii.g before. One of the most pleasing incidents of the victory is the recapture, in the works, by Captain Drum, 4th artillery, under Major Gardner, of the two brass six-pounders, taken from anoUier company of the same regiment, though wiihout the loss of honor, at the glorious battle of Dueiia Vista — about which guns the whole regiment had mourned tor so many long months! Coming up a little later I had the happiness to join in the protracted cheers of the gallant 4th on the joyous event; and indeed, the whole army sympathizes in its just pride and exultation. The battle being won before the advancing bri- gades of Worth's and CLuitman's divisions were in sight, both were ordered back to their late posi- tions. Worth, to attack San Antonio in front, with his whole force, as soon as approached in the rear by Pillow's and Twiggs's divisions, moving from Contreras, through San Angel and Coyoacan. By carryini; San Antonio, we knew that we should open another, a shorter, and better road to the capital, for our sitge and other trains. Accordingly, the two advanced divisions and Shields's brigade marched from Contreras, under the immediate orders of Major General Pillow, who was now joined by the gallant Brigadier Gen- eral Pierce of his division, personally thrown out of activity, late the evening before, by a severe hurt received from the fall of his horse. After giving necessiary orders on the fieW, in the midst of prisoners and trophies, and sending in- structions to Harney's brigade of cavalry, left at San Augustin, to join me, 1 personally followed Pillow's command. Arriving at Coyoacan, two miles by a cross road, from the rear of San Antonio, I first detached Captain Lee, engineer, with Captain Kearney's troop, 1st dragoons, supported by iho rifle regi- ment under Major Lonuj, : • i ,',1:: une that strong point; and next il 1 ■ ; 1 General Pillow, with one of hi;; to iiKike i!ie allack upon on the opposite s time, by aiiothe w' Smith'.-i'ifii I, Major the left, orted by sappers s) and Captain TaylJr'.s field battery, THE SIGNAL, 67 were oi-dcred to follow and lo aUack the convent. Major Smith, senior engineer, wss despatched to concert with Twie^s the mode and means of at- tack, and Tivigsjs'a other brigade (Riley's) I soon ordered up to pnpport him. Next (but all in ten minutes) I sent Pierce (just able to keep the saddle) with his brigade (Pillow's ^ivision) conducted by Captain Lee", engineer, by a third road, a little farther to our left, to attack the enemy's right and rear, in order to favor the moveinent upon the convent, and cut off the retreat towards the capital. And, finally. Shields, senior brigadier to Pierce, with the New York and South Carolina volunteers, (duitnian's division,) was ordered to follow Pierce closely, and to take the command of our left wing. All these movements were made with the utmost alacrity by our gallant troops and commanders. Finding myself at Coyoacan, from which so many roads conveniently branched, without escort or reserve, I had to advance, for safety, close upon Twiggs's rear. The battle now raged from the right to the left of our whole line. Learning, on the return of Captain Lee, that Shields, in the rearof Churubusco, was hard press- ed, and in danger of being outflanked, if not over- whelmed, by greatly superior numbers, I imme- diately sent, under Major Sumner, 2d dragoons, the rifles, (Twiggs's reserve,) and Captain Sibley's troop, 2d dragoons, then at hand, to support our left, guided by the same engineer. Aboutan hour earlier, Worth had, by skilful and daring movements upon the front and right, turned and forced San Antonio — its garrison, "no doubt, much shaken by our decisive victory at Contreras. His second brigade (Colonel Clarke's) conducted by Captain Mason, engineer, assisted by Lieuten- ant Hardcastle, topographical engineer, turned the right, and by a wide sweep came out upon the high road lo the capital. At this point the heavy garrison (3,000 men) in retreat was, by Clarke, cut in (he centre ; one portion, the rear, driven upon Dolores, off to the right; and the other upon Churubusco, in tli- i!;:--' Ii-f M' r.-r n- ,;■,,. The first brig.ulc, ■ ' ■ ' ' ' i , ■. ion, consisting ■ : J 1 . i m ,. , >: Gall, the 3d"aiiil.. ,, !,..,■ ; 1 i,_r.:un i\. .,.',., Belton, and the -llh i.uanUy, tniiiMUJided by Mn- jor F. Lee, with Lieutenant Colonel Duncan's field battery (temporarily) followed in pursuit through the town, taking one general prisoner, the abandoned guns, (five pieces,) much ammunilion, and other public property. The forcing of San Antonio was the second bril- liant event of the day. Worth's division being soon reunited in hot pursuit, he was joined by Major General Pillow, who, marching frorri Coyoacan and discovering that San Antonio had been carried, immediately turned to the left according lo my instructions, and, though much impeded by ditches and swamps, hastened to the attack of Churubusco. The hamlet or scattered houses bearing this name presented, besides the fortified convent, a strong field-work {tele de ponl) with regular bas- tions and curtains, at the head of a bridge over which the road passes from San Antonio to the capital. The whole remaining forces of Mexico— some 27,000 men — cavalry, artillery, and infantry, col- lected from every quarter — were now in, on the flanks, or within supporiing distance of those works, and seemed resolved to make a last and desperate stand ; for if beaten here, the feebler de- fences at the gales of the city — four miles off — partii ,de- could not, as was well known to both lay the victors an hour. The capital of cient empire, now of a great republic, or an early peace, the assailants were resolved to win. Not an American — and we were less ihan a third of the enemy's numbers — had a doubt as lo the result. The fortified church or convent, hotly pressed by Twiggs, had already held out about an hour, when Worth and Pillow— the latter having with him Cadwalader's brigade — began to mameuvrc closely upon the tele de pont, with the convent at half-gunshot to their left. Garland's brigade, (Worlh's division,) to which had been added ihe light battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Smith, continued to advance in I'roiit and under ihe fire of a long line of infantry, off on the left of the bridge ; and Clarke, of the same division, directed his bri- gade along the road or close by its side. Two of Pillow's and Cadwalader's regimenls, the 11th and 14th, supported and participated in this di'r. -i reserve. Mo,st of liiesecorp;- m , ' brigade — advaneini^; perfieiuli' i , . , , i . suffer much by ihe" fire of ihe l, : ,'■ /i- ,,,', m'..\ ;,i. \ would have suffered greatly more by dank nil icii.s from the convent, but for the pressure of Twiggs on the other side of that work. This well combined and daring movement at length reached the principal point of attack, and the formidable Ir'-le de ponl wo-s at once assaulted and carried by the bayonet. Its deep wet ditch *as fir.-d gallantly crossed by the 8th anc! 5lh infantry, commanded, respectively, by Major Waite and Lieutenant Colonel Scott — followed closely by the 6th infantry (same brigade) which had been so much exposed on the road — the Illh regiment, un- der Lieutenant Colonel Graham, and the 14th, com- manded by Colonel Trousdale, bo^th of Cad walder's brigade, Pillow's division. About the same time, the enemy in front of Garland, afler a hot conflict of an hour and a half, gave way in a retreat to- wards the capital. The immediate results of this third signal tri- umph of the day were, three field-pirces, one hun- dred and ninety-two prisoners, much ammunition, and two colors taken at the tele de ponl. Lieutenant.!. F. Irons, 1st artillery, aid-de-camp to Brigadier General Cadwalader, a young officer of great merit and conspicuous in battle on" several previous occasions, r-ceived, in front of the work, a mortal wound. (Since dead.) As the concurrent attack upron the convent favor- ed, physically and morally, the assault upon the tete rfepo7i(, so, reciprocally, no doubt, the fall of the latter contributed to the capture of the former. The two works were only some four hundred and fifty yards apart; and as soon as we were in pos- sesion of the ^e/e ^ieponf, a captured four-pounder was turned and fired — first by Captain Larkin Smith, and next by Lieutenant Snelling, bntii of ■'■" "•'':■ '.,'■' .:i', --N', ■' liii'.es upon the conve!,', :. , :'. i.Hulenant Colonel I ! . ' V,',,,,:, , .ision) gallanlly briHi ■: ('.'.'MM ii; ■ iji.s t ' n r, :ii a short range, (Voin fi'- .San Anlonin road, upon ihe principal face of t lie work, and on the tower of the church, which in the obstinate contest, kad been often refilled with some of the best sharp-shoolers of the enemy. Finally, twenly minutes after the lete de pent had been carried by Worth and Pillow, and at the end of a desperate conflict of two hours and a half, the church or convent — the citadel of the strong line of defence along the rivulet of Churubusco— yielded to Twiggs's division, and threw out on all sides, signals of surrender. The white flags, how- ever, were not exhibited until .the moment when the 3d infinlry, under Captain Alexander, had cleared the way by fire and bayonet, and had en- tered the work. Captain J. M. Smith and Lieu- tenant O. L. Shepherd, both of that regiment, with their companies, had the glory of lead inj the as- sault. The former received the surrender, and Captain Alexander instantly hung out from the bal- cony the colors of the gallant 3d. Major Dimick, wiih a part of the 1st artillery, serving as infantry, entered nearly abreast with the leading troops. Captain Taylor's field battery, attached to Twiggs's division, opened its effective fire at an early moment upon Ihe outworks of the convent and the tower of its church. Exposed to the severest fire of the enemy, the captain, his officers, and men, won universal admiration; but at length much disabled, in men and horses, the battery was, by superior orders, withdrawn from the action, thirty minutes before the surrender of ihe convent. Those corps, cxoeptiii^ Taylor's battery, belung- ed to the br:-'^'l<. mj" ll,-, _-,.!, i l.i.-ni i! .'-iilli:. wir.i closely dir habitual ... ■ . .. • , ■ ade— the :J 1 . :■'.; ,,;'n,-.e, ,,:. ;. , : ■, ,,; ,,,, I. M ,-. ' ' I • ■ iiantCulonei Plvniptoii, respe.- I! engaged the right of the work ., : At the moment the rifles, be- ll/ ; :,, were detached in support of I'l i! .Shields's on our extreme left; :i:, ! ! . : I y, acting as infantry, under Ai.. '. ■: .'nging to Riley's brigade, had been ill ,; r ! ; , , .;e of the camp, trophies, &c., at Contreras. Twiggs's division, at Cluirubusco, had thus been deprived of the services of two of its most gallant and effective regimente. The iinie.ediiiie n iilta of (his victory were, the ' : " • ' '■ '' I'M-piccea, some ammunition, ■ iil.s, and 1,261 prisoners, iii- ' 'I'' ' \ ''..innn and M. J. Burke, and Lieutenant S. llotlman, all of the 1st artillery, and Captain J. W. Anderson and Lieutenant Thomas Easley, both of the 2d infantry— five officers of great merit— fell gallantly before this work. The oapture of the enemy's citadel was the fourth great achievement of our arms in the same day. It has been stated that, some two hours and a half before, Pierce's followed closely by the volun- teer brigade — both under the command of Briga- dier General Shields — had been detached to our left to turn the enemy's works; — to prevent the es- cape of the garrisons and to oppo.se the extension of the enemy's numerous corps, from the rear upon and around our left. Considering the inferior numbers of the two brigades, the objects of the movement were difficult to accomplish. Hence the reinforcement (the rifles, &c.,) sent forward a little later. In a winding march of a mile around lo the right, this temporary division fieni-l ii- > I^'n, I'l'eJgeof an open wet meadow, nep.r ih- , . I : . ■- i i Antonio to the capital, and in thf ; i i^.OOOof the enemy's infantry, a In;, ,i ..i > ;,::rubusco, on that road. Establishing the right at a strong building. Shields extended his lelt, parallel to the road, to outflank the enemy towards the capital. But the enemy extending his right, supported by 3,000 cavalry, more rapidly, (being favored by bet- ter ground,) in the same direction. Shields concen- trated the division about a hamlet, and determined to attack in froiiL The battle was long, hot and vaiied: lin ii!-i:ii / ly, success crowned the zeal andgi" .< : i imops, a,bly directed by their distill. I iniler; Brigadier General Shi. 1 ' ; ..'h, and 15th regiments, under <'■■•'■■-■ «un Wood, and Colonel Mor- .1 ' '. i'lc.rce's brigade, (Pillow's di- ' . A- "t'ork and South Carolina i'>":iiH . i •, II I nil 1 I Lionels Burnett and Butler, re- spectively, 01 ciiueiils's own bri.gade, ((iuitman'a division,) together with the mountain howilzei- battery, now under Lieutenant Reno, of the ord- nance corps, all shared in the glory of this action — ovlt fifth victory in the same day. Brigadier General Pierce, from the hurt of the evening before, under pain and exhaustion, fainted in the action. Several other changes in command occurred on this field. Thus, Colonel Morgan be- ing severely wounded, the command of the ISth in- fantry devolved on Lieutenant Colonel Howard; Colonel Burnett receiving a like wound, the com- mand of the New York volunteers fell to Lieuten- ant Colonel Baxter; and, on ihe fall of the lament- ed Colonel P. M. Butler, earlier badly wounded, but continuing to lead nobly in the hottest part of the battle, the command of the South Carolina vol- unteers devolved — first, on Lieut. Col. Dickinson, who being severely wounded, (as before in the siege of Vera Cruz,) the regiment ultimately fell under the orders of Major Gladden. Lieuts. David Adams and W. R. Vvilliims, of the same corps; Capt. Augustus Quarlesand Lieut. J. B. Goodman, of the 15th, and Lieut. E. Chand- ler, New York volunteers, all gallant ofliccrs, nobly fell in the same action. Shields took 380 prisoners, including ofHcerg; and it cannot be doubted that the rage of the con- flict between him and the enemy, just in the rear of the tele de pont and the convent, had some influence on the surrender of those formidable defences. As soon as the tele de pont was carried, the great- II part of Worth's and Pillow's foi-oes passed that I i-e in rapid pursuit of the fiying enemy. These inguished generals c'jniing up with 'Brisadier i; neral Shields, now also victorious, the"three continued to press upon the fugitives to within a mile and a half of the capital, 'Here Colonel Har- ney, with a sm-..oM- and L.eul. Lorimer Graham Her" (.mh aev.rely wounded. and Lieui. R S- Ew ell who Biifcepdcd lo the command of the escoii, l„.d two horsca killed under him. Major 1-. U. Mil'K. of the 15th iiifiintry, a volunteer in this ehnrs'e.wus killed at the gate. i v,.„. So irn..i..aied ihe aerieii of events which I have lui feebly orrscnied. Mv thanks were freely roure.1 out on the different fields to iheabiliiieaand ,ri»nrcoracner..lsand oiher officers, 10 the ga - f . 'ry and prowe.-. of all, .he rank and file included But „ reward n.fin.fily hither, the applause of a pr..ieuil c.un.ry -.nd government, will, I cannot d.ul.i, be nccordfd in due time to 80 much merit oi ev.rv >...rr d.sninved by this glorious army, which bus now o.crcoine nil difficulties— disiance, climate, sr.nind, f.'it fiiailooB, numbers. h has in a single dny, m many ballle.i, as often rt.fcoed 3-2,001) men, made about 3,0U0 prisoners, i, rlud.n" ei-ht aentralB, (two of them ex-presi- t'c'.N ) a"».l iUS other olficersj killed or woundei^ 4UOo'olnll ninks, besides entire corps dispersed nnd .li sulved;' captured 37 pieces ol ordnance, more . hnn 1 reblin- our siege train and field batteries, wnh « lars* number of small arms, n full supply ol ainmunitwn of every kind, (fee, &c. Theje great results have overwhelmed the enemy THE SIGNAL foreeoinir operations, to which I must refer, my hearty concurrence in the just appl^iuso he ^owed on corps and individuals by their resp.ct.v, cmnmander.. 1 have been able, this report be."; necesMrily a summary, to brins out, comparatue ly, but lull* of individual merit iii'ihe way of ihe narrative I have, in express terms, giver and applause to the commanders independent brigades, but left t h^in- lieen obliged, on the 20th, to | y^ le ve M"i. Gen. auMman, an able commandi-r, i *ith H part of his .*«U4on, the fine -id Penn.ylvn. nil. volu„l..-raai,-#«Te.erHn .lelachmeniot United \ Siatco marinis, «• .^ important de,.oi, ban Aii- : that I had placed our sick and obligations for services in the bureaux. I add their , ,, . Hitchcock, actin? inspector general; Major Smith, Captain R. E. Lee, (as di.stmguished licitouB execuiion as for science and daring.) <-ap- tain Mason, Lieutenant Stevens, Beauregard, and Tower, all of the engineers; Major Turnbull, Cap- tain McClelland, nnd Lieut. Hardcatlle, tnpo graphical engineers; Captain Huger and L.euten- int Hasner, of the ordnance; Captains Irwm and Wayne" of ihe quartermaster's departineni; Cap- lain Grayson, ofihe commissariat; Surgeon Gene- ral Lawson, in his particular department; Captaiy H. L. Scott, acting assistant adjutant general; Lieut. Williams, aid-de-camp, and Lieut. L:iy. military secretary. Lieut. Schuyler Hamilton, another aid-de-camp, had a week before been thrown out of activity by a severe wound receiveu in asuccessf.il charge of cavalry °S«i"«' ^^ '"y; and four times his numbers; but on the 20ih 1 h.id the valuable services, as volunteer aids, of MaJnr^ Kirby and Van Burcn, of the pay dipartment, al- ways eager for aciiviiy and distmctmn, aiid of a thiiil, the gallant Major J. P. Gaines, of the Ken- tucky valunieers. . , , • , ■ I have the honor lo be, sir, with high respect W8=. discovered hovering about the Mohnos del Rey, with.r.amile and a third of this village, where I , ,m quartered with the general staff and Worth'. "irmight have been suppnssd that an attack upon lis was intended ; but knowing the great vaue to he enemy of ihose mills, {Molinos del Rey,) con- mining a cannon foundry, with a large deposite^f powuer in t'osn Maia near them ; and having heiiW, wo days before, that many church bells had been ^cnt out to be cast into guns, ihe enemy s move- ment was easily understo..d,and I resolved at on^e to drive him early the next morning, to seize the powder.and to destroy the foundry. Another motive for this decision— leaving the -eneral plan of attack upon the city for full recon- noisssnces— was, ihat we knew our recent captures had left the enemy not a fourth of the guns neces- 10 arm, all at the same time, the strong w.orks W. L. Marct, Siattiiry of IPur. 1 1 was thi w^iiniled, the siege. iippiy. nd bBg:£age If these had been lost Ihe army would have been driven nlmost to despair; and considering the ene- my's very great excess of numbers, and the many ap|iroachc» lo the depot, it might well have be- c..in<- emphatically (Ae post o/koKor. After so many victories we might, with but liltle oddiiioiml lo«, have occupied the capital ihe same CTcning. But .Mr. Trisl, CMmmi^■sloner, Ac, as well B«~mvaeif, had been admonished by the Ijesl finnda of pence, intelligent neutrals nnd some Amtricin r.^»idcnts, against precipitation; lest, by waiiton'y driving away the government and others, dnhnnorcd, we might scatter the elemuntsof pe.ice, f xri e a spiiit of national despcMlion, and thus in- defiiiii. ly poiipnne Ihe hope of accommodation. Deeply impre.sad wiih this danger, and remember- inronr mission, lo conquer a peace, the army very thetrlully »acri6c»d lo patriotism, to the gredt wish and want of our country, the letai that would have f.illoweil an entrance, sword in hand, into a great capiul. Willing lo leave something lo this repiib- lio, of on immedl:i!e value to us, on which to rest her pride, and 10 recover temper, I halted our vi* tnrious corps nt ihe galea of the city, (ut least fur time.) and have them now cantoned in the' neigh- boring vdlng'S. where they are well sheltered and ■upplied with all necessaries. On the morning of Ihe 2l8t, being about lo lake up biiiiering or bsbsuI ing positions, to authorize njj 10 Kummon the city lo surrender, or to sign an armis:ice with a pled:;e to enter at once into nego- liniions for peace, a mission came out to propose s iriicB. Rejcciing its terms 1 dcspairheri my con- templated noic to '('resident Santa Anna, omitting Ihe summons. The 22<1 comniissinner!> were ap poiiued by ilie cinimiindeis of ihe twj armies, the armi«tice was signed on lh<. 93,1. and rmifica- tinns exchanged the 24lh. Al' matters in dispute between the two govern- tnants have been thus happily lumed over to their ilrnipolenliaries, who have now had sevsral confer- eii.ui , and wiih, I think, some hope of pigning a trtsiy Dl peace. Ti'eiB will bt irammitted to the AdJuantOene. jtt'lJtpitH from divisions, Mgai^sa, #t<^, «« ih« BATTLE OF MOLINO DEL REY. REPORT OF MAJOR GENERAL SCOTT. N0T33. Head-qoarteks or the armt, Tacubaya, near Mexico, Sept. 11, 1847. Sir: I have heretofore reported that 1 had, A gust 24, concluded an armisiice with Pieside Santa Anna, which was promptly followed by meetings between Mr. Trist and .Mexican commis- 8inners''8ppninlpd to treat of pe.ice. Neg< " one were actively continued with, as nderatood, some prospect of a successful re- result up to Ihe 2d instant, when our commissioner handed m his u/limo(um, (on boundaries,) and the ncotiatora adjourned to meet again on the 6ih. Some infractions of the truce, in respect to onr supplies from the city, were earlier commuted, fnl- lowed by apologies on the pan of ths enemy These vexations I was willing to put down to the imbecility of ihe government, and waived pointed demands'of reparation while nny hope remained of )t saiisfuctory lermination of the war. But on the 5th, and more fully on the Gth, 1 learned that as as the ultimatum had been considered in a council of ministers and others. President Santa Anna, on the 4ih or 5ih, without giving me slightest notice, actively recommenced alrenglh- ening the military defences of the cily, in gross violation of the 3d article of the armistice. On that information, which has since received the fullest verification, 1 addressed to him my note the 6!h. His rvply, dnio.d the same day, received the next morning, was absolutely nnd iiotoriou.^ly false, both in reciiminaiion and e.xpinnaiion. 1 en- close copies of both papers, and have had no sub- sequent correspondence with the enemy. Being delayed bv the terms of the armistice more than two weeks, we had now, late on the 7th, to begin to reconnoitre the different approaches to the city, within our reach, before I could lay down any definitive plan of attack. Ths ssnns sfiernoon a loirg? body of th* enemy each of the eight city gites; and we could no cut the communication between the b'undry an i the capital without first taking the formidable casile the heights of Chepuliepec, which overlooked boih and stood between. For this difficult operation we were not entirely ready, and moreover we might altogether neglect iheciisllc, if, as we then hoped, our leconnoissances should prove that ih^ distant southern approaches 10 the ciiy were more eligible than this southwest- ern approach. Hence the decision promptly taken, Ihe executior^ of which was assigned 10 Brevet -Miijor Genera! Worth, whose division was reinforcel wiih Cad- walader'sbrigadeof Pillow's division, ihree squad- rons of dragoons under Major Sumner, and some heavy guns of the siege train under Capt. Huger, of llie ordnance, and Captain Drum, of the 4th -o-tillery; iwo officers of the highest merit. For the deci.-five and brilliant results, I beg to refer to the report of the immediate commander, Vlajor General Worth, in whose commendaiions -if the gallant offi.era and men— dead and living— I heartily concur; having witnessed, but wilh little interference, their noble devotion to fame and to country. The enemy having several times reinforced his line, and ihe action soon becoming much more general than I had expected, I called up, from the lislance of tjiree miles, first, MajorGeneral Pillow, with his remaining brigade, (Pierce's,) and next, Riley's brigade of Twigg's division— leaving his other brigade ^Smith's) in observation at San An- gel. Those corps approached wiih ze.nl and rapid- iiy; but the battle was won just as Brig,idier Gen- eral Pierce reached the ground, and had interposed his corps between Garland's brigade (Worth's di- vision) and the iclreating enemy. The accompanying report mentions, wilh j'lst commendntion, two of my volunteer aids — ^.Vlajor Kirby, paymaster, and Major Gaines, of the Ken- ky volunteers. 1 also had the valuiihle services, the same field, of several other ofiicer3 of my staff, general and personal : Lieutenant Colonel Hitchcock, acting inspector general ; Cajiuun R E. Lee, engineer; Captain Irwin, chief quartermas- ler; Captain Gravsnn, chief commissary ; Captain H. L. Scott, acting assistant ndjnlant geneidl j LieutenfliU Williams, aid-Je-camp; and Lieutenant Lay, miliiarv secretary. 1 have the honor to be, sir, with high respect, your I The He n. Wm. L. Marct, Secretary of War. [Enclosed in the above.] Head-qoartkr. or the army. Tacuhoya, .iu^uM 24, 1847. Genkral Orders, } No. 262. 1) The fo owing militsrv convention is published for ih" i fonnalion and slrict government of the Americai army, it-s retainers and followers. Anv infrnctinn o!' one or more of the articles of the said coiiventio n eli'Ul be followed by rigorous punish- The undftrKigncd appointed respectively, the three first bv jM.'J.t General Winfield S.-,oti, com- mander-in-chief of 111.- .irmies of the United State*, and the two last by his excellency D. Antonio Lo> pf« de Santa Anns, Presided of ih* Mexinsn M. THE SIGNAL. C9 public nnd coinmandfir-in-chief of its armies, niel' with full powers, which were duly Tcrified, in the! vill.iee of Tocubaya, on th« 32d day of Auijmt 3t!47, to •nifr into an armisiice, for the purpots of givinffthe Mexican goTcrnment an opportunity of receiving propositions for pesre from the comiiiii Finner appointed l>y the Preiidoiit of the United Slates, and now with the Americr.n armv, when the following articles were agreed npun :• Art. 1. Hostilities sh»ll inst.intlv find ahsolutcly cense between the armies of the tJnited States of America and the United Mexican States, within thnty leagues of the capital of the latter States, to allnw time to the commissioner appointed by the United States, and the commissioners to be ap- pnintfd by the Mexican Republic, to negotiate. 2. This armisiice shall continue as lonj ,ss the commiseioners of the two Governments may be cn- gaeed in negotiations, or until the coinmander of either of the said armies shall give formal notice to the other of the cessation of the armistice, and for foriy-eight hours after such notice. 3. In the meantime, neither army shall, within thirty leagues of the city of Mexico, commence any new fortifiouion, or military work of (jfience or defence, or do anythin:; to enluree or sirengihen any exi^ting work or fortification of that character wiihin the said limiis. .4. Neither army shall be reinforced wiihin Ihc enme. Any reinforcements in troops or muiiitious of war, other than subsistence now approachiiu' either army, shall be stopped at the distance of a' lea«t twenty-eight leagues from the city of Mexico 5. Neither army, nor any detachment from it almll advance beyond the line it at present occupies 6. Neither army, nor any det.iohment or indivi- dual of either, shall pass the neutral limits tstab- lished by the last article, except under Hans of huce bearing the oirrc spondence between the two arinies or on the business authoriz' d by the next ariicle and individuals of either army who may chance I' eiragele wiihin the neutral limits shall, by the op- posiie party, be kindly warned off, or sent back their own army under flags of truce. 7. The American army shall not, by violence, obslrnct the passage from the open country into the city of Mexico, of the ordinary supplies of food ne^ cpssary to the consumption of its inhabitants, or th< Mexican army within the city ; nor shall the Mex ican auihoritirs, civil or mihiarv, do any act to oh. struct the passage of supplies from the city or the countrv needed by the American army. 8. All Arnericiin prisoners of war remainin"- in 16. This convention shall liav« no force or cffeci unless approved by their excellcnci«B, (he com- mandei-i, r««|.tclively, of the two «rmias. within twenty-four limirg, reckoning from C vi'clock, a. m. of th« ->3d d«y of August, 1S47. J. A. QUlTMAiV. MnjoT General V. 6. Jt. PERSIFOR F. S.VIITH, Bifvtl Bii^ndicr Gen. V. 3. sH. (•'HANKLIN PlIiRCK, Brigmlier Gniiral U. S. .1. IGNACIO DE MOllA Y VILLAMIL. BENITO aUlJANO. HEAD-WAr.TF.RS, Army U. S. A.. Tucuhmja, .Ougust 23, 1847. Considered, approved, and ratified, with the ex- [ire.-is undeiBianding that the word "supplits," as used the second time, and without qualification, in the seventh article of this military convention, (American copy,) sh.-^lJ be taken t. mean— as iii both the British and American armies— «rms, am- lion, clothing, equipments, sulmisience, (for ) forage, money and in general all the wants of my. 'I'hat word miiplies in the Mex can copy roiieously translnied "viveres" instead of re- s. wiNFiELD scorr, Cenernl-m-chi'f, U. S. J,my. your cxc4i:i r.f .Mc To I the hands of the Mexican army, and not heretofore exchanged, shall immediately, or as soon as prac- ticable, be restored lo the American army against a Ike ni'mber (having regard to rank) of IVlexican prisoners captured by the American army. 9. * * * * [Omitted.] (.See Mexiciin rati- fication.) 10. The better to enable the belligerent armies to execute these nnicles, and to favor the great object of peace, it is further agreed between the parties, thatany courier with despatches that either army shall desire to send along the line from the city of Mexico, or its vicinity, to and from Vera Cruz, shall receive a safe conduct from the commander of the opposing army. 11. The administraiinn of justice between Mex- icans, according to ihe general and Slate constitu- tions and laws, bytheloc.il aulhoriiies of the towns and places occupied by the American fl-irces, shall not be obstructed in any manner. 12. Persona and pn-perty shall be respected iiij. , . Ihe towrs anil places occupied by the American • 's'^^'o" forces. No person shall be molested in the exei ' ' Rntitic csplicacic poral de esle armisiic y veinle ocho leguas al Paliiio NicioNiL DE Mexico, .Jugust 24 de 1847 >, supriniic'idose el ariiculo y° y f del 4°. en el ecntido de que la paz'te i-e observara en la capital dedor; convenido en cisc of his profession; nor shall the service.5 of any j'^""''"^'^'' '^'^ ^^'"^ armisiics at one be required without his consent. In all cases 1 ''"*'■ ''^'" '^°"''- where services arc voluntarily rendered, a just price ^ .'."^^'^ ""^ '""'™ '" '"=' >""' shall be paid, and trade remain unmolested. obedient servant, 13. Those wounded prisoners who may desire! 10 remove to some more convenient place for thel — purpose of being cured of their wounds, shall be^ iTranslatioi Rllowed to do so without molestation, they still re- violui«d ariichn stxrn, twelve, armimice which I concludtd vtiil -on Ihe 24ih of Inst nionih. Th» ciTil nnd mdiiary authoriir hate not obsiruclad the pnii>iii;u of iirnvininna for the American army ; nnd if nt liim n llitir liniiii- mission has bran rctnnlrd, it Iihh barn own.* (o ihe imprudence without liiivingK previous undcr,i..ndmB w.ili ihj proper nulhoritin, gave occHsi..n for piipiilor niii- breaks, W.'iich it has cost ihe .\1i xiiun t.'"i'riiUMP,t much trouble to repress. Lust iiiithi, nnd tlm m.hl before, the escortu lor the pruviximi ir.on uirc ready to 8lnri,Hnd were only 'Ictaimd bccnuae Mr. Hargous, the ngeni, desired it. The orduiM Eiven to suspend ihe inlercourto between iho two iirimea were addressed to private indiviilunls, tuid not m ihc agents of the army of the United S inc«. nnd wereiniendcd purposely lo cx[r?.liiic ihcirannmn- sion of provisions lo ihe arrny by cvunninr ihu inieicourso to that object exclus vely. ^Ii) rrtarn lor this conduct, your excellency has prcveni.r' iho owners or mnnagrra of thcgniiii niirs in ihe viriil- iiy ol the ciiy from furniahini; any llmir to iho city, which ia a inie breach of the good faith your excellency had pledged lo me. It is false that any new work or roilificniinn ha* been undertaken, because one ni iwo icjiairB hnvo only served to place them in ilie saiiie cundjiion ihey were in on the d.y ihe armistice wa- oi,l. rcj into; .tccidetii, or the cunveiucii. t of ijie m, having caused the destruction of the then exi-imj' work.-). I had very early nonce of the e-tabiiniH- men of the baticiy behind the mud v/ni| of the house called GarayV, in the town occupied by you, nnd did not remonstrate, because ihe f«-acc of iwo great republics couid not be made i.i depeii.! upon ihings grave in themselves, but of liit'e vuhio compared to tlie result in which • II the frieoilii of humanity .ind of tnc prospariiy of the American continent lake so greiil an interest. It is not without great grief, and even ipdlann- tion, that I have received comniunicuiioosfroni the cities and vil ages occupied by the army of your excellency, in relation to the vudiition of ihe tem- ples consecrated lo ihe worship of God, lo (he filunder of the sacred vases, and to the profaiiarinn of the images venerated by the Mexi&in pe.q.h. Profoundy have I been afflicted by the compiaiuW of fathers and husbands, of the vndeiice olTcred to iheir daughters and wives; and these Raino ciiica and villages have been sacked, not only in vioia- of ihe armistice, but of ihcsucred principlrn proclaimed and respecled liy civiliZ'-d niiii scaoda- us war, and one which your cxoelleiicy has cliur- :lerizeU so justly as unnatural. But 1 shall desist offering apohgieii, becau.'C £ cannot be blind to ihe truth, that the Hue ciuise nf the threats of renewing hosiiiities, coniamed in 'ha note of your excellency, is, that I have not been Willing to si ;n a treaty which would lessen consid- erably not only the territ 'ry of the r<>publ,c. but ihat dignity and integriiy wliicli all nulious d. fend to the iastexiremity. .\nd if these con.-^ideraiions have not the s;ime weight in tiic himd i.f your ei- celiency, the re---pi>nsibi;iiy bef-ne li.e world, who can easily dis-nguish oii svijo.^e aide is tnoderatton and juaik-e, will fail upon you. 1 ilatter myself ih it your c.xceiieucy will be con- vinced, on cdnl reflection, of the weight of tny reasons. But if, by misfortune, you slinuld seek only a preterit to deprive the first city of the Ameri- can continent of an opportunity lo free the urwrm- , It.tion of the horrors of war, ihere will be I left me no other means of saving them bui to repel most j force by force, with tiie decision and energy which I my high obligations impose upon me WINFIELD .SCOTT. . ; 1 have ihe honor to Ue, your excellency's very _ I obedient servant, ANTON 10 LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA. la palabra suitpiies se traduzca ella se compreiida lo que pueda hnber meneiter ejercito, escepto ormas y muoiciones. ANTONIO LOPLZ UE SANTA ANNA Head-ander- in-chief of the army of the United Stales. Sir: Dy ihe note of your excellency, under this case of riisagieefiient shall i date, 1 learn with surprise that you consider that | I the civil and rniiiuiry authorities of Mexico have ■ wish to attend the wounded shall ha of doing so if their services be required. 15. For the more perfect execution of this agree- ment iwo commissioners shall be appointed— one ihc rigijtui — .Mexico, Scpicni'wr JO.SE I). UO.MERO. REPORT OF GENERAL WORTH. HEAD-QCAIirF.BS, l!=T DIVISION, Ti'cubaui, Sepltmber H), IS 17. Sir: Under the inconvenient ^rcuinslanccs iuci. THE SIGNAL dent to rrccnt batile, and derangement from loss of commandcn — staff, commiisioned, and non-com- missioned — and amid tlie active scenes resulting therefrom, I proceed to make a report, in obedience to the orders of the eencr«!-iii-chief, of the battle of El Moliiiodel Rey.'fought and won on the eighth of SciHembcr, 18-17,' by the first division, reinforced M follows: Isi. Tliree rquadrons of dragoons, and one com- pany of mounted riflemen — 270 men, under Major Sumner, 24 dragoons. 2d. Three pieces of field nrlillcrj', under Captain Drum. 3d. Two battering guns, (twenty-four pounders,) under Copi.nin Huger. 4ih. Cudwaladcr's hridage, 784 strong, consisting of the voltigcur rcgimf^nt, the 11th and 14lh regi- ments of inlnntry. Having, in the course of the 7th, accompanied the gcneral-iii-chicf on a reconnoissancc of the formi- dttlie di>positions of the enemy near and around the caft'e of Chepultepec, they were found to ex- hibit an extended line of cavalry and infantry^ sus- toined by a field battery of four gun. > • ' ' .. ishod to fall, fighting bravely at ' '1" ' ■. ' : I ii^>i>ns — leaving a bright example '"■' ' ' "potlesa names to the cherished I - I /.aicful duty to present to the! ■i' ' , , I :iiMse ever faithful and accom- l'!i"ii''i 111' : ; 'liii-ers, Satterlce, Wright, Simp- son, De Lf.;n, Simons, Deyerle, and Roberts; the last mentioned, when the men of his regiment were almost deprived of commanding otficers, assumed From the LoutMi'ttU Journal. Conutfrfctt Kntliii Th« Oemnrrnl«, It ii niilurni ci will, nj a (Jencrnl rule, •upp.jri ticket, l>ut when Ihcy inti i. I lilce fnttm$i'itm fiir ihti* ' (he nthu! lot lit Pi^n vho protends to fee he n.imc uf Gene vUU fraud. Let ua h>'d: fi»r n moincnt at Iht nan. Gennr.il Piercn w«« onco i mill hif) nnminaliun liy the Dcin the duties of his j)erately, probably I have to ackn gentlemen of the s with accuiJt.imcd i badly wcm:'; ' I lery, divisi close of IL' ." 'h :: jutant general; C fallf and was dcs- iiums to the I their duties very. Cap- niieers, were ■ ng, 2d artil- ishfd at the ,,...sis:.uit ad- , I .|K:nt Semmes, (navy,) and Licuii i ' \.: 'He- camp; and Lieutenant Hanli i.al engineei-s. And I desire to !■ \,i i i.lar obligations to Major Borhs'.l, i Nm- teers, lately a prisoner of v.,i, ' . i. :> ,,ll, esq., ot Louisiana; Captain \'. , I ..i 1 1 u- gous, army agent, who came ii; n : !.- :, i, \ .kmi- teered then- acceptable services, anil conducted themselves, in the transmission of orders, with i;onspicuous gallantry. Accompanying is a tabular slalement of casual- ties, with lists, by name, of rank and file killed, viz : nine officers killed, and forty-nine wounded ; seven hundred and twenty-nine rank and file killed and wounded. Reference is respectfully made to the annexed topographical sketch, executed by Lieut. Hard- castle, as illustrative of the tactical part of this re- port. honor be, ry respectfully, your W. J. WORTH, cvet Major Getieral Commandhtg. To Captain Scott, .1. .fl. MjvM Genernl, heiul-quciHei Ge.n-ek,\l Scott's Humanity.- The following anecdote i3 related by the New Yutk Timfs: VVfjen General Scot was preparing" to tike pas sage homeward from Vera Cruz, in order to show their high apprcciaiiou of his labors, the persons in authority there, as well as the rest of the popula- tion, urged him to lake tnc largest anil best ship in the harbir, fi,r the passage of himself and staff. He positively relosec ill not take one of those ves uraiJcs, who have shared ' e battle, will be here, and -els at ieJL.i one or two r I heir homes must brave iv be comfortably aex:om couunoda ireps I.I b'y the licred the rbor, named mysell and stal e lack in comfort we will have in I welfare of our comrades." There wa.s a Email brig i Petersburg, Captain Wilson, master, of one hun- dred and sixty Uns. He sa!l.- l.r . ing in Congress had forp-ntti.ii it utieily. iti> ilnl nothing in that hudy to make hiieipell rcin'-iiil'.'rc.t ivrn lor .1 day. Alter hie recent noniiiiBii. n, ili> fact that he was once in Con«7;'rtt)i bifj^.in (i> If i ir- colateil anion? our citizens, and It wu« m wn ii. all of Ihcni, Wings and Deiiiocrots. A ffenllenmn nl (liJtinguisheil lalont.^, who wan in C)hffr.-*j viih him, says that he cannot rrmcinbL-r niiy iliin^- about hini— ihal he cannot even recall him lu mind. Well, some lime afier iho krcoklnir out of the war, General Pierce jolnciMiencrBl S ..if-n.iuy in .Mcxiio. He was an uneliatinruithi'd in the (iild as he hael been in Uougrcse. TIr; nnn«inci.i. tion after the Baltimore noininalionit llnl hr hail iviexiean war wa« jum lu iniii:h ncw» ilhe of hii been in Congris.-<. In Ihe whole dn tory of the nur there is no report ports may be found fioin Gcncrali Shields, l-illow. Wool, L.n.;, Twi; Smith, Quitman, Harney nearly u score of coLuncls ana rnsjura, nut r from General Pierre. In none of tlie Deiiioc papera published during- the war was there mention whatever of General Pierce as one i heroes. Th'jse papers ignorcei hi iinif Uiry biK 111). Itc Ichcrals Scoll, Worth le, Twiggs, Pttliereuii and oiherfl, and (rmt nd rnsjura, hut olhc lied l.y Ihe bravery to ejistinciion, they often mentioned the other generals, but nut once die! ihey wrilc I'lc name of Pierce. And now, when they tind il ne- cessary to hunt up and tell what their nominee did in Mexico, the sum total ol all Ihe show they arj able to make in his behalf is, that he lumbted from his horse just as he was gelling into one fight, thai he fainted and fell in the opening of a second, tliat he got sick and had to go to bed on tlie eve of ri third, and that he came pretty near gelling inter the fourth, missing it only by about an hour. II these were not a!i of his achievements during th.? war, lei his organs give us the rest. Nolxiily thought of this Gcu. Pierce, the .'orgut ten member if Congress ond the firgo'ten war rior, unul the B.iltimejp- Convention raiscrt him uji for lolks to gaze at. Nobo.iy even in that con vcntion thought of his nomination until it was found impossible lo nominateany man o) ihe. least prominence. On the last day of- the c nveniion there was a very general •iisiiusition among llie members to break up and go home wiihoui any nomination at all, leaving me Dcmccrala through- out ilie Union to vote lerr whomscevrr ihevple.i.^.i;. ■f he only choice was between taking this coursi- and nominating some specimen of cbscurity. In su. h :i slate of rcclmg, Ifce name of I'ierce was brouelit Ibrward; and ihcconveniion, «.-cing ih^i the only, alternative was to break up without do- he noininnta taikab.i.l nown than any other ofTl. war. anei wtmm Ihc pen;:. : possible candidate f 'r the 1 Iraud, a cheat, and i The Lettck.— A very a»iili.^ c.l uiafiguc limle discussed, whcihcr in the hit r ' ' ■ Scott received, or should Jiuve <■■ i eral Pierce, any thing wa» -> i' the Fugiiive Slave lav. We i. question can be srtih-d wirhnul lii the letter; we therefore join ih- !r.r..i-.i . i.. j Lettes! Lettish' ),KTti.s I— /.'ii/i/ii tbe late war "my own command and the Palmetto iHENS, Pkeston Kings, Rantouls, Gleve- _.^^._^^^^ ^^^^^ f^^_^,j,^^ „„ ^,,^ fi,,^ ^f t,,„ie," j lands, and Halletts, are all wishing to abol ,ije General again took up the Compromise mea- ish slavery wherever it exists in God's heri- surea, eaying that the North pot the kernel and , „ .- ■ J r D the South the shell. He repeated what Mr. Ayer tage.and all are earnest '"ends of Pierce. |^h^^^'--;^-;';y^^^. ..^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I Let us first see what the Democratic papers [3j^.„(,(,ut „hich so much noise ie made, was in I referred to said of Pierce in January last : ,,0 particular diffcrei I'hich we bad lived : Here Mr. Fogg- .=a fcle i "^' ""' '""""^ appointed at New Boston Centre 1 the epeaker. he GENERAL PIERCE AND HIS FREE SOIL ALLIES. Washington city, . July llth, 1S5-2, Our attention was called to an arti... . _^ ^^.^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^ j^^^^^y in Ihe Republic of this date, relating to j tVanklin Piene, to address (he " Franklin Pierce From the Indpmdeni Dtmocral, published at Concord, New JJampthire. New Boston Centre it from Ihe law of 1783, under icarly sixty years." id that, without interrupting lishrd to make an inquiry: "If by General in no pifrlicular different, why was it necessary to _ ^ ^ , _ _ _ zens of thai I pass the present law .'" anrl hk Vrppsnil -illips " ' 'o*" '» regard to Ihe difficulties between himself General Pierce replied that the old kw could not anuuibrieeauu dlIle^. ; ,„j ^ p^^,;,,^ „f i,,„ Pj„,o„„,b cf that section, he be executed because its execution depended on In order to enable us to answer numer- occupied the hour of hia in defending- his military ' the Stale courts. He also said something which 0U3 inquiries from our constituents and 1 character. He explained .he circumstances of his waa not fully understood about the law of 1793, as ^ u r 1 I, [fainting, and declared that, "with the exception of I based partly on the common law. Others, as to the truth Ol the charges , ^ ^j^^j^ occasion, he had led his command in ihe 1 He was then asked: "Was either the law of '93, against General Pierce, we have taken i blaze of every battle." lor the present law, founded in any degree upon ,° . . . ,, 1 „u After this he commenced speaking upon the Fu- jibe common law?" the pains to examine the several numbew !^.,.^^ g,^^^ 1^^ Hesaid tlmtit d fferedin noim-; General Pierc..-"lcan't go into a disquisition of the N. H. Patriot, quoted from in the I portant particular from the law of 1793 A clergy- i upon the common law." following article, relating to the course of j ■"^" ^'^'^ ""^^ P™'"' ™f,'"*' ^' '»■"> '"^*'^'.'"" I ^ ^''"^ '""ifZ T "r" "if '^ 7" ^°" '■^S"^' '''1 o ' " [had hern given, he would like to make an inquiry: ; features of the Fugitive Slave law as consistent Geneial Pierce, Messrs. Norris, Hibbard, , ..do you regard the featurfs of the Fugitive Slave i with common law. >" and Peaslee, Members of Congress from New Hampshire, at home. We have found the extracts correct on careful ex- amination. We have also examined the laws and resolutions of the State of New Hamp- .ihire, and find them correct as quoted. WM. CULLOM, Of- Tainessce. EDWARD STANLY, • Of J\rort/i Carolina. We annex the article from the Republic referred to in the foregoing certificate. law as consistent with common law?" i GiruralPierce.—"fVM,{flmustamioer,No I General Pierce immrdiaiely replied: "If I muatlilo not. I answer, no; 1 have a nwst revolting feet- amtcer the question, I aoy no, I do not. J Itavebeen'livgat the giving up of a ilavc; the Fugitive Slate askid if I liked this Fugitive S:ave law. I answered' law is opfiosed to humanity. [Here some one tn- \no, J loathed it. I hove a most revoltin^feeling at quired, 'Is it not opposed to WgA/.''] Yes, it it op- I the giving up of a slave; the law is opposed to hu- \ iiosed to moral right. Bot our falhers made the imanity,*^ ! compact, and we must fulfil it I say nothing ol Here Mr. Fogg inquired; '■Jf it was not opposed j ihe humanity ofit, nothing o! the right of it." to right as well as humanity.'" General Pierce re- ; j^j_ Pierce was willing to approve the I niietl: "Yes, it ia opposed to 7nora/ right." . , l xt .1 1 j ; The above is the substance of General pie-ce's i '^"'"P''""'®® '"^"^"'^^ °®'=*"^^ *"^ ^'^'' " " j re marks upon the Fugitive Slave law. The quota- 'got the "kernel and the South the shell?" He I lion marks include the very lantuage used by the • ij^d '-revolting feelings at the giving uji of a I General, as taken down at the time it was uttered. 1 ,, ^ , ^l ^ l l *u ^, . , , Ulave." Can we wonder that he has the cur- The next piece uf evidence which it is ne- ,. , ... 1- u d . ,. . ,,.,.. , dial support of Martin Van Buren, Ran- Icessary in this connexion to republish is irom the, ' --, j t. ,. u . /».' II \ 7. , ri 01 TouL, Hai.lett, Clevela.nd, and Pr j Manchester (N. H.) i/eiiiocrai of January b. It 1 j is in iho form of a letter, dated Now Buslon, .Ian uary 3, 1852. General Pierce made a speech, | Of ^'>»'^' ^''^ Publication of these facts, with From the Rejpuhti,. \ ^„j i„,j„i^^d j,- „,^,^ „.,, ^^y .evolutionary sul- i "'«'' «»»='"'^^' '•■^idences, greatly disturbed the In our issue of the 13th instant we copied ^^^ p,g,,„, -j-he letter from the Manchester | Secessionists who had nominated Pierce, and wo articles from Ihe Independent Democrat, *" " "^' "sZVoI/in7h7 audience 'aLiounc"ed"yaVMr \ '" >'"« f"™ °' ^""'^er. How was this donel Albert Hogg, a revolutionary soldier, (and in 1815] By a publication in a late number of the Union, and '46 a member of the Legislature from New! ^jg. ^^^ names of Mr. NoRRis, Harry Hib- Boston,) was still living, but not present: and a ! ■ /-. n n m King? of Concord, New Hampshire, and the Man- chester (N. 11.) Demf ihese publications, Their denial shows V, Mr. NoRRis second voice announced that he wast ^„ Atwood man. ' is a Senator from New Hampshire, and Messr General Pierce.— "Aad none the worse for that." 1 Hibbard and Peaslee are members (if the Voice. . I think. The General then proceeded loepeekcf hisfat; House of Representatives. These gentlemen mother as riding horseback over rough roads, [ did ""t ''ear General PlERCE'sspeech; they con- and of the great improvements that have been i tent themselves with saying that the New m de within a few years. He referred to the Con.- j Hampshire papers that publish the speech are «/i(H(ion of the country, and in a pious train of] ,, ,. . . ,, , ,. , ., ■ thought rscognis.d the higher law, and " that power ; -'Abolition prints." In reality, however, this above ail con^litiilions." Hit pottion here was 10 [m^hea the testimony stronger, for surely untqnivocal.lhatlheR.o.Mr.Fog^.forr^crlyacler•.^^ "Abolition print" would not, to injure Pierce, publish that he denounced the Fu- 0/ this town, could Imt 'fanatical" to .nli^fy the !gitive law, and said he " loathed'' It, THE SIGNAL 73 what the members of Con- | the Wilmot proviso were adopted? This was calculated to benefit him among the Abolition Democrat* In New Hampshire. Then these three volunteer defenders of General Pierce give alio two letters— one from a Mr. B. F. AvER.dated Manchester, July 15, 1852, and the other from Mr. J. M. Camp- bell, also dated Manchester, July 15, 1852. The subslanc gress, with Mr. Aver and Mr. Campbell, state is, A&l the report of General Pibuce's speech in the Democrat and Independent De- mocrat is untrue, and that these papers are "Abolition journals." Now let us try General Pierce's friends by the same rule that they would apply to others. In 1848 it was expedient, for such politicians as Messrs. Pierce, Norris, Hibbard, and Peaslee, to secure Abolition votes in New Hampshire. From a file of the New Hamp- shire Patriot — not called an "Abolition jour- nal" by these gentlemen— it appears that in other opposing all "unaulliorized interference," Among the nays are C. F. Cleveland, J. 11. as endangering the Union, &c. Now, if aboli- Giddinge, Charles H. Peaslee of New lion journals are not worthy of belief, uhat shall .Hampshire, J. M. Root, and David VVilmot. be said of xMeesrs. Norris and Hibbard, mem- • In justicB to Mr. Pieroe we quote a pas- bers of Congress, who supported the above re- age from one of his Congressional speeches solutions at a time when some of the Southirn 'upon this question as it is reported in the Ap- Slates threatened to secede from the Union if jpendix to the ConffTCuional Globe, 25th Cong., 2d Sess., page rA: : 910 hesitation tayin^ that I coniitler In the New Hampshire Pd^rio*, the organ "' . . -„ Vi rr J D„ 'slavery a social and political eml, and md"^ f^"<""'y of Pierce, Norr.s, Hibbard, and Peaslee- |^.^,^ ^,^^^ .^ ^^^ J ^^^,^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ „j. ,^, the organ of the Wilmot Proviso Democratic ,.arth; but it is pcrfoctly immaterial how it may friends of ihe South— the names of those be regarded cither by you or myself; it is not for T-v . i_ . 1 r .u „ .„,„i.,,;„„„ U8 lo sit in judgment, and determine whether the Democrats who voted for these resolutions, ' •*.?,, .-cr . o. . . .u r- nghls secured to the different States by the Coneti- are published. The New Hampshire i'rt- ,„,;„„ arc blessings or otherwise: it is sufficient for iriot says, " every man elected as a Demo- the argument that they are rights which Ihe in- crat voted in favor of them;" and among 'habitants do not choose to relinquish." It will bo seen that, like others ot his party the names of those who thus voted are Aver and Campbell. Will the Wilmot Proviso fr'"" New Hanipshire, Mr. P.i -E has g^j itiANTOUL said of Hallett, •' two systems." ,,^g^i_ ,In New Hampshire he is "loathing" slavery ; iin Washington city his views are more modo- 'rale. We to the home action of Mr. Democrats, Messrs. Norris, Hibeari Peaslee — the men who advocate all tutional means which may tend towards 847 the Legislature of New Hampshire [removal of slavery — inform us if these are the lassed a series of resolutions on the subject of i same Mr. Aver and Campbell who deny the i ,■ ■ . f • j j • ii .- Pi^^^^jgiPiERCE's political friends, and especially ot ; those who have voluntarily assumed the re- I "Letuse-xamine the course pursued by the iSP«"sibility of sponsors of Mr. Pierce's po- defenders of General Pierce in the House of l"i"^=il '"^i^''- ^e think it can be made evident „ . ■ -. • .u I 1 1 that the gentlemen who have gallantly rushed Representatives, as it appears in the Journals ''"'^ f' a j of that body. We begin with the 1st Session 31st Congress, page 21(.t: December 31, 1849.— Mr. Roor ofl>;red ilit - ,. \na,ipg resolution: charges of the " intamous" Abolition and De- slavery. These were presented to the Senate | correctness of the report of Gei of the United States, and included the fol j speech? Let us e.icamine the course pursued liy SENATE-3Uth Congress, 1st Session. AlisosUa- ' " ' ' '^ ueous. No. 17. Resolutions of the Legislature of New tlampslure in relation to Slavcrj/. December 20, 1847. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. to Mr. Pierce's rescue themselves stand in argent need of defence — that some of tho most ! valiant railers in his behalf, as against the of slavery as su< ■illingto rf House of Representa- \ "Resolved, That the Committee on tened. That we regard j be instructed to report to the House, w al, and I delay as practicable. •^slmocratic prints, may be supposed to be most at home in Freesoil company — and t'lat the whole :able, a bill or bills providinsra ^ ,,/-,. c. / political evil; and, as such, we deeply regret its , territorial government or governments for all that i Demucralic party of the Granite Stafe are very I that may tend tO' territory ceded to the United States by t unfit subjects for southern embraces. the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo lying j The Democratic Slate Convention was held hly opposed Lagtv^.ard of the Sierra Nevada mountains. jat Concord on the 11th of Ji: , 1846. Gene- ble and conatitutioial i wards its removal; but to all movements having for their avowed object, ! prohibiting slavery therein or probable effect, the dissolution of our National | Mr. ALE.'CASDEn H. Stephens moved thattheUal Pierce was one of the committee on reso- Union, or the violation of our N.ilional Constitu- | resolution be laid upon the table. ilutions, and that body reported the following, tlon-a Constitution u,d Union which must be pre \ pecided in the negative-yeas 83, nays 101. '^^„^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^.,,i^l, „,„g unanimously adopt- Among the nays are C. F. Cleveland, J. jgj^ J,gj ^ speech in their favor by General R. Giddings, Harry H sirved, and which ca» be preserved only by a sir: adherence to the aoleilin compromises which lie its foundation. Resolvfd, That in all territory which shall here- afler be added to or acqjired by the United States, where slavery does not exist at the time of such addition or acquiremen , neither slavery nor in- voluntary servitude, Exce->t for the punishment of criine, whereof the party iss been duly convicted, ou^ht ever to exist, but tie same should ever re- main free; and we are oppised to the extension of slavery over any such ttrritry ; and that we also approve the vute of our Seniors and Representa- tives in Congress in favor of lie Wilmot proviso. Resolved, That our Senates in Congress be in- structed , and our Representatves requested, by all expedient and constitutional nrjans and measures, to sustain the principles herein\bove set forth. MOSES NOiRIS, Jr., Speaker of the House rf Representatives. HARRY HIBURD, Priiiden qf tlie Senate. Approved June 30, 1847. JARED W. WILLlAiIS, Governor. A true copy. Attest: THOMAS P. IREA'^WELL, Scret.ry '. 0, . 1: ■ Edmund Brooke, of Gcm; ■■ , . ' I. r Columbia, be au- ih.i:. ..,|., , ,i, ! rcliy granted him, to brill- i : I 1 i'l- Si ' ..: \ I' ^iMin into the said Dis- trict of Columbia two riryio slaves, namely, John and Alfred, the property of the said Brooke, and 10 have and to exercise the same i-ights of property and of ownership over the said slaves as if they had been brought by the said Brooke into the said District at the time of his removal to the said Dis- trict of Columbia, any law, custom, or usrjge to the contrary notwithstanding. This act shall be in force from its p.-issage." Approved June .30, 1834. (Vide Littleit Brown's private acts, p. 600.) This bill came up in the House of Represci.ta- tives June 12ili, 1834, when Mr. Wardwcll moved to lay it on the table, winch tailed, yeas C9, nays 95, Franklin Pierce re/iiii; in Hit uffinimtive, an^l thereupon the bill pa.^-.-cJ, y ar; II Franklin Pierce vulivg in Ihc nqj, H. Jour., 1st sess., 23d Cong., p. 74^ nay.s 47, (Vide ^L^.^■SlON, June 30, 1852. til unfeigned re. , tendering youi gnation as Secretary of the Navy. Our official urse has been so intimate and so e that it seems like parting with n family to lose you from the Council Board, E.XECUTI Washington cv \ Sir: I received last evening, \et, your letter of the 28th quit evcrv member of Cabineyiii share with me in this feeling. I oweVu many thanks for the able, faithful, and partial\anner in which you have administered your Depi\n,ent; and I take this occasion U iple lidable rival, he (Fillmore) has iijiiit niililary filiie whicUplncet , //■'. . . ' t rinoimied hirots of the icbhor, when you say '■,, ' inj^ the most renowned .And n.iw.liaving given to ibe ot unsurpassed {renf.raUbip, lie is countrymen that he un.ier- , too, by undertaking- the ad- ntends to sliow lands civil alTaii ninist ration of th rnment for them after the 4th of March next. \_HoHy Springs (Miss.) Gazette Sixth District of North C'ABOLiNA.— n c are plfased to announce that M. W. Ransom, eeq , has been chosen as the Whig candidate for ilccior in this district. He is a gentleman of high ssanding and ciiaracter, poseeesed of fine talents Rod skill as a debater, and we are certain he will reflect high honor upon the district and the Stat.i. The pro- cecdino-s of the convention may be found in an- oth olu W al th 1 I hole* ma : tl e cou of It o oua ga THAT LETTER The trulh is out at last. General Pierce did not answer Mr. R. G. Scott's letter reference to the Fugitive Slave law; and therefore exempted from the pjedo-a lo vetn any bill repealing or weakening the law, v.hich was exacted from General Cass and all oth«r candidates. There has been an unlimited amount of U re, ations wilh our; Ives are concerned, Gin. Pierce has our bist wishes fur his success. The primary quesiion for the United Stales in election is itie natinnal sanction and inviolable esUibUslmunl of tite principles of frie trade For though 1,0 ceuutry IS more iiitirested in the adcp' tiou and extension of those principles than the American Union, the h^ht has hilheriobeencarried onagrainst Ihe avowed opinions of the Exocsjiive Mr messages and I\!r. protec- • p.nhy'. Corwiii'a reports have co tiunist ooctriues worthy to r^uk -A-ith Lord G political economy, and Mr. G. F. Vool-.^' tics; and the country has only eecaii.. , il~-,, ,7 lion of more restrictive dutu-s by lU - , " . ' present American Governmenthaf .1. . , , a majority on these questions in th. m '- . ■ p presentalivoe. The triumph of ihecord.Jaieol sV,^ Democratic party, brought forward by the men of the South, will secure, probably forever, the ascen- dency of liberal commercial principles; and if Lord Derby should next year be disposed lo takj Ihe AmerK-an tariff for his model, v/e have little doubt that it will serve to remove the last illusions o( the protective system from his mind. In this pect, and on this point, we lake General Pierce be a fair representative of the opinions of Mr. h, a valuable practical ally to ranlc and file are not disposed to join M-. Soule in singing the praises of one who has securrd the hearty advocacy of the Van Burens, who numbers Rantoul in his list of friends, and who is profiting by the services of Axwooo, the Gubernatorial candidate of the New Hamp- shire Freesuilers. This is apparent from ihe statement of the Columbus (Gs.) Enquirer, hich thus shows the working jf the S«ce»^ onist leaven in that region: •■It »eems that in this i^ood old ftate a portion ol the Disunioniat.'? are not exucily satisfied with th» feast to which the Baltimore c.oks have in>itd them. A public meeiing- in Ihecouniy of Pulk in the very heart and strongholdof old Deo:.,.,ra'c -/ has openly nomiualed ColoiielJifft-reon Davi': of Mississippi, as a canoidate lor the Prtfidenrv.ond the Hon. T. L. Clinsman, .f Nonh Carolina as his associate o. the ticket. : fi.it nieclmffalso no. minated Dr. Thomas Hamlton, one ol the jn..=t popular members of the pnfty, as a candidate f.^r eleclor for Ihe fifth Cong-essioiial riislrict. Thus Ihe spark, that the 'coheres' so indminoiisly .nt .t.avored to smother, is oe^innin^ to show iiseif, ind we predict that Ion; before the election it will hit will make the friends „f ' Uamoshire htrsc-ridcr . ipen their eyes." Tile ProsiBcl In Wisconsin. The statement rt' leading Freesoil papers in Wiscon-in that th?y and their readers will sup- port PiEKCE asthe most effectual meUi.ni of warring upon He Fugitive Slave law, is inei- denlallyconfirMed by the following item, which we find in ihrpoliiical intelligence of the New York EBtnhtc Post : negotiating with all the other candidates. BRITISH SYMPATHY WITH PIERCE. The pending Presidential contest excites more than ordinary interest on the other side of the Atlantic, not because our transatlantic contemporaries pay particular allenlion to the affairs of the United States, or manifest even a decent acquaintance with them, but becausej the triumph of Whig or Democratic policy will I largely aiid directly affect the cmmerce and ^-Vmerican temper if their effect be'not evIciT don.estic industry of Britain. No attempt is| the opposite of that designed. We do not fc- made to conceal the motive of iliis interest, orj lieve that our people will clothe with pu-er candidate who comes specially endfSed Calhoun, and, the comnitrcial policy of this country^' The sentiment is echoed by the Manchester " ^"'""y '"""ch, a leading citizen ...f Kenosl u PiERCK is not' sfior ,11 ;„ ; " -f""a] Exumiuer, ihe oTgun u{ ihe. leading spirits of , """"'?■ '""'"'^ '" ^ '^''''*'^"''''= <^°""n'"^e that the brthrnM.o which u^'L'^^^^^^ '''='""''' Anti-Corn-Law LeagV whid "°"'"'='""' °^ ^'""'' '"" '''"- '^ ""animously by the pledge w hich u as deemed indispensable says: " ' I responder to in that county, which went for Van ! "The election ol General Pierce will at anv ... ' ^'"'"' '" '*^^' ■,"' """ ' '^^ '""" ^°''y "^ "■« prove th.t the Democratic majority, wha,evc^ °*'" ''''"^^^''''™'''' ''"'' "°'"'"''''°''-' ^ may be their other differences, are unanimous in I O" ^^''^^so'l Democratic paper there is in thur testimony on behalf of a hberal commercial ! Wisonsin— the Kenosha 'i'cfc.'-n(u/»— which polK-y.andany Government Ac may form will he i r-lins to H.r r -.nJ -, „:„ .<'^ ", .. one on which this country may rely /'m- ./;>l,„;l *tl i-^ % = ^^ l"IS Information co-op.ralion in reducing-" whSreve^r pracVicahie h* pulUlcal prospect m that quarter, existing impediments to international inte/j '"■«■« ""'licet right, ihe vote for Cass in this """'f- j.ty was a trifle over a hundred. Of this Dumber, 1 liese explicit avowals will not be without '™'' ""'"'''i''^ ^ere natur.-ilizsd citizen^ ond now ,.co ,„ ,i„„ country, but we misapprehend thr ""= ="« infoi-mcd, on reliable authority, that this whole phalanx, almost to , to disguise the grounds on which British s' pathy is so strongly expressed in behalf of Mr Pierce. It is seen that the eleclion involves amongst other things, the question of encour- agement to iVmerican or British labor; and, in- asmuch as General Scott represents the prin- by British journalists as most favorab- British interests. We want an America -Pfe siilent to protect American interests—"' one who is known beforehand as the fr'"d and ally of foreign capitalists and manufai" ciple of protection to American skill, enter- The prais^es bestowed on Mr. Pie'i^^S by the "Ifthe state of afld respond wilh their condition here, the position of the two great parties in •ASioill be just about revers.d at this election.** The naturalized citizens everywhere ars turning from the devices of a sham Democracy and Will cast a large vote fir Scott as ihe representative of principles most favorable u. their interests. THE SIGNAL 77 SPEECH OF THE HON. JOHN C. SPENCER. On taking the chair of the Whig Ratifieaiion Mining at Albany, N. y.,on the 16ih instant, the Hon. JuKN C. Spencer made the fuUuw iiig powerful and eluquent speech on the civil quahficauuiis of Gen. Scott and his eminent tiiness and ability to discharge the duties per- taining to the office of Presidant of the United Slates. Mr. Spencer said: ;iti- your uleody v'-ars, , ihia ineeiin?, hid not a sense of duty | General S' oi I do I occupy the post zrns, has assigned dislinguished honor you Retired active scenes appeal to the distinguished man whose Pnsidei.c? you have met lo ratily, constrained me to accept the opportunely, thus presented, ol doins jusiice lo his chHrartT in a particular that has not or his onsurpasaed military exploits I have no thins; Ij say. The world is full ot his renown; his only competitur in ihat tield.tbe Duke of VV'elliBg lun, has tut anticipated Ihc judguieni of hisiory. falue to theroun- m, and I wish to another subject miliary men are nplojments, and ■ institutions in elevating : Ife has heen ...ployed in gfving- command, eulorcing- disci p me, and nniolaining obedieoce. Although it foiaht be an ntoppel, as it is termed, to these who make this ol.jetiion.io remind thoni of their sup- poit ot General .\n>irew .lackson— the success wuh whu h, as ihey irmniain, he administered theGov- meni for eight yevre, and Ute candidate, (leueral Bent candidaie, tVneral Pierce, both of whom Were distincvly priecnted as having g-reat null tviry reputation — ye\ as closing the mouth of ai adversary is not nccoisarily conclusive to others o lo ourselves, I prtposi to exannne this point mor at large. , . ., , The fitness of a militiry man for civil employ mcnts depends upon wo circumstances The ( land his nderraie i >thtr6 will iptafc of the J snare of your time to meet the olj.ction ihat i niicd \or the hifihest civ" - t there iadanger he. Chief Magistracy f 1 remind thi i n thought, but of a fact of the greatest the, CBlimatiou of his civil character: iLDiEa who has ever made the law of tho uprein". rule of action, and who, while ways lulfilled its utmost requirements, hos never, in a single instance, transcended its limits." Fellowcillzena, can loftier praise he bestowed on a military chielt^in, who, with hosts at his command ready to obey his slightest order, never, no never, transcended the limits of the law > Of whom else can this be said with truth .' Ctn the military habits of such a man alarm y.iu with ap- prehensions that he will forget that which he al. ways reverenced.-* it»ry life in this country, which has been blessed But I may not dwell on this. In the midst of ith peace for at least sixty five of the nearly sev- these extraordinary labors, he was summoned nty years (hat have passed since oui independ- again by Mr. Van Buren to the Cheiiokee coun- hieved, is not like that of the Euio- try U> effect the removal of that unfortunate peo- who has spent his life in long and ole across the Mississippi. This, probably, was or secloded in garrisons and forts, tho severest trial of his hie. But he was bound to probably more than any other of obey the order of his Government, and he doubt- our great generals, has, from the nature of his em- [less felt that he could do it. in mercy. A great and ploy inent, maintained for the greater part life, an extended and various intercourse w f.-lIow citizens in every part ol our Republic; anc trades, buainessi and professions the s'ufSsrings of hie fellow-men, and a readiness i we a and ability to relieve them, equalled only by the j weig affection ol a brother. No, fellow-citizens, the hardships and habits of military life, instead ol indurating his heart, have but touched him wiih a feeling ol the infirmities ot our race, and have taught him the great duty man in imitating the exaii'pleollr" ' •- "■ a man will bring into the administration ot tho Government neither reserve, pride, arrogance, or stubbornness. The second circumstance which determines the qualifications of a military man for civil einplo/- inent, is whether he has already acquired the learii- ing, experience, anr with men of al he has been in ness and republica with men is the re ance with their ha him of his unifor pinge, and a slranger iplii the I his 1 p;oy.nenti first, od and Icclings ; .ry habits have pered by, social id various ioter- id by public em- , learning, and have obliterated features of the mingled with, ^d U duiies, by exteidcd .th his fellow-citiz^s, liring Ibe tJci all the stern and repugni,: soldier. As lo the first, is there a man^ho his ever seen Genei-al Scott who has not rfi.kcd the legible handwriting of a beneficent Ci^tor in his i.oble person and countenance, boamn.gjj-nh philanthro- py and inOivKlual kindness!' WhCever heaidfrom Lim a rude remark ol personal off>\ce, or even in bis anger, an epithet uobecuming\ gentleman? His way and maiiue » are so gnule Via kind as to be almost leuiinine; and 1 have heai( (ureigners "^n'rof blood and i arnage, sbtiuld bi^g simple, BBnaturaUnndasaff.-ctiunateasachilo Blueher and tiaynau would probably disown hitTyg a sol dier of their mould. A And \vho dots not know how this genlhVssand .vmpathv with his race have been cxtnbiU con- stantly, daily, h'.urly by General Scolt ^^ ;„ the held, in the camp, on the o.arch, or tu,ar- racks.' The sick, ibe uio.ibled, the wountieCj,,, dying, amongthe i" ;' ',-■!-■= r-n-rf.nr-.-^- . ,. ever the peculiar ■; , ' ■' ' There is not a han.i . ■' ' living witnesses oi ... r,;., i : ,,... .„ ,, neises who have rc^-L;vi'-i ■»:•-■'';"'''',"" '"'I of their dead falherf. and h.-ntheis. '»!■ "'i i"- I alluding to a pereonal mstsnce^, wheri Y'',',"^ brother in 18U, who had been shot in the ba'tle 'Magara, an nn- jostifiible expofureol his own life amongthe troops when ihB chohra swept them off thereby hundreds in Ihe Black H.wk war? Ask those who served nnder biro in the pestilential chmate of Mexico, wbetbsr he ha* a, he»rt open at raeltinjr chanty tq ily ne cnsburg. ecolle ejsary to recall you rsal applause bestowed, without distinctior ty, upon the successful pacificator. Day anc he traversed lb rough the most intense cold ipathy and the j ift |-,y^,y regiona of the North, from Detroit tt that, and on onolher] O^nsburc. and harangued tha misguided pei they abandoned their project es he visited our own city, and at a sup- n him by members of the Legislature and ,inost distinguished citizens, the following toast wy^jyj,, n,i;j rapturously drank. As he was nottbeiTj.an^itlnte (or any office, it may he sup- posed thiijje truth was spoken and acknowledged by the mtvjf all parties thsre assembled, and 1 beg leave t^uote it, not pnly aa evidenee of what ivariably attended all his tronger testimony to bis it looks like hoUling up farthing candle to illuminate a subject all glori- ous with light, to add any individual evidence. But trivial as is the authority, it may be satisfao- tory to some who know me to hear the results of my own personal observations during a period of great official intimacy. I am ashamed to put my endorsement on General Scott's paper, but I cer- tainly will not dishonor it. A more scrupulously honest, honorable, and just man, never came in contact with me. The instances and proofs were constant, of daily and hourly occurrence- Per- sonal enemies he had, although few; yet never in his administration of the affairs of the army could the slightest indication of the influence ot enmity or of favoritism be discovered in his official con- duct. To the contrary, instances have lallen un- der my own observation where prelerence waa of the 1 given loan officer known to be inimical over one equally known as his most devoted friend. iMatters of the gravest importance, necessarily, became often the subjects ol consideration and dis- cussion. On eucn occasions I have been struck by the ournpreheneiveneBB and justness of his views; with what fidelity he planted himself as it were on an eminence and calmly surveyed the whole hori- zon before him, discerning the least indication of a cloud, and watching the counter-currents and eatimatiug their direction and force with a sagaci- ty which could be acquired only by a long expe- rience in public affairs and a knowledge of our own aa well as Eurooean oolltios, derived from profound study Dui 18 THE SIGNAL. , fcilou ake it , !3 my lur what iti3 worin. i rejoice in tne opportunity ot offering: it, as the diecbarge of a duty. It is u\ least disi.itcreatcd. My political life is ended. I niillierwiah or expect cv;r to hold any office to wliich any pecuniary rompengalion is attached. Still, my friends, however qualified, patriotic, and deserving our candidates may be — whatever the debt of gratitude we owe them — it is impossi- ble for national parties to be organized and main- tained merely for the support of individuals They must be based on principles common (o all who belong to Ihe parly, and must have in view the good of the whole country. Otherwise, they bo- cume lactions of the most dangerous character. Aware of this truth, the two great political parlies ol Ibi^ country have recently, by their respective riinvcntions, promulgated the sentiments of each. On two points of great interest they have directly taken issue. One of them is thus prcsenleil by the Democratic Convention: ••Resolved, That the Constitution does not confer upon the General Governmeiit the power to com- mence and carry on a general system of internal improvements.*' Mark the vagueness if not the duplicity of this rcfoli.tijn. The convention did not dare, in the fi' Ml] 1 : ; , y of the Govcriiinent under aH ad 1 I llcrson'e, Madisun^s, and Jack- ,i,„-.;,|...- :,,.,i p,.|i,^v will, I. Lave been-'"^ «»'«:- '. ' '- < ■ ■ :'f -'^.li. I --■-.? of ou-""""'? as I'. ■ ■ i : ; , I , , , ii.nen *"" 'hat in .,: I ben '••«'? recog- 1.:- w , ,, |,: .- , 1,1 1, - ,,1 ,hofP"".Clplf9. ■ •1. That w.j coi,lially approve tt- rumination of General Winticld Scott as the Wt' candidate for President of the United States; r"ffn'8ingin him many of our Whig friends may have = r ,. eeting on Monday evening with some feelin of disappointment as to the result of the deli I- rations ot the convention at Baltimore, yet we 'ink we cannot be mistaken in the opinion tha none of them, no not one, but felt within him- se before he left the meeting the old Whig spirit oce more aroused, animating him again to battle jd to victory. The same results will follow elsewhere in Ken- itucky, whenever and wherever the issues present- ed by the platform of principles of Ihe two parties are discussed before the people. And when the claims of the tu-o candidates for the highest office in their gift shall have been deliberately consid- ered by the American people, can it be a matter of doubt as to the decision they shall render in No- vember next.' General Scott, Ihe candidate of the Whigs, has been in the continued servi, ,i h: ,,,i .i,vlrom his youth to his present uM . : ,' ., [y his brilliant achievements in 111 i. , • ,iu,' to the military deeds of our ,,, , ,i . i I live through future ages. The I, > ilunt deeds of our people, fn)in i , J n, the close of the recent Mexican \. . , , , ly of peace of Guadalupe Hidalgo ; We will not undertake tu I,, i. ',.:,, -a ,,f the candidate of our opponents. Geiur:,! Picrcr, m either the civil or military departments of ihc Gov- ernment. We cheerfully leave that task to them. THE SIGNAL From the Nashville Banner, July 17. WUig Ratification at Dover, Tciiile! Al a meeting ot the Whiga of Sicwart c ippoi I of this district. GENTRY, Cliairmaii. Caldwell, Secretary. 1 Whereas, T. A. R. Nelson, who g^_ ; an elector for the Slate at large by the State (Jon- ' ' veiition having declined the station; -ind v/hereas, -■"'y' I the Central Gommiltee at Nashville, which is vested held in the town of Dover, on Monday, the I2th of with the power to fill the vacancy, request the July, 1S52, organized by placing Col. J. F. Ges- suggestions of the various counties aa to a suitable .avin the Chair, a.d appointing «■ C.lowell perso^njor^th^e^a^p^ secretary, the following resolutions were read, Bub- l, Caruthers, of Lebanon, be appointed to fill the mitted, and unanjfnously adopted, viz: vacancy, or the Hon. Milton Brown or John Neth- Jlesolved, That the series of resolutions adopted erland , r u- by the National Whig Convention which recently iJcsoiutd, That the proceedings ot Ih" ""—"•"- assembled at Baltimore, embracing, as that series tion be published in the papei does, the great cardinal principles of the Whig . ^ ^^ party of the Unitcd^tates, meets with our hearty and entire approbation; and that we will, to the I utmost of our ability, aid and assist in their propa- ! The United Democracy. gation and success, believing them to be such prin- We would call the attention of the Union r.iples asare °f «^.^»'y '» P™'?Jf = 'hf/^^^'"'"""^^ to what its triend and associate, and advance the interest of the whole country, i , _r r . „ • o * ,c M„,„ v„,l- especially the emphatic and unresistable endorse- the Democratic Evening I'ost ot iNew York, ment of the Compromise measures of the 31st Con- says of the paragraphs we published a day gress, by means of which endorsement an end has uj (wo since from two New Hampshire been put, so far as the Whig party both North and ri„,i,„.,.„(,. South is concerned, to the agitation of the slavery -""="" '-'""'• question, which has so imminently threatened the exisience of the Union Resolved, That General Wikfield Scott, the mighty warrior and the distinguished civilian, and William A. Gbaham, the ex-Secretary of the .Navy, both of whom have rendered distinguished services to their country, especially the former, and who have been nominated by said convention, having accepted the nomination and placed them- selves on said national platform in a manner which admits of no doubt of their cheerful and united support of the entire series of measures therein i.., "The Washington Republic thinks to create an unfavorable impression against General Pierce, in the Southern States, by publishing the following extract from a New Hampshire paper— the Inde- pendent Democrat. If be has uttered any auch lan- guage as is here ascribed to him, we have only to remark that it does him great honor. K furthe testimony of the same kind, in regard to the opin- ions of General Pierce, is in posaes.sion of the Washington Republic, we invjle that journal to produce it without delay." We are glad that the Post is pleased with Genera' " Prom the Louisville Journal. A Weak, Vain Man."— These are the terms which the more malignant and unscrupulous of the Democratic presses apply to General Scott. There is not a man living to whom the word "weak" would be less applicable. He has been in a greater number of important, critical and des- perate situations than any other man of the age, and in not one of those situations has he ever ex- hibited any thing like weakness or indecision. On the contrary, the most romarkablo prompti- tude, decision, and energy h:ive been his charac- teristics in every crisis, and they have been among the great secrets of his extraordinary and uniform the last war wit those of any othc irnpared with whn Great Brit officer, thn he himsell I the sentiments ( Pierce. We have entatives of the Whig party of the Union, are entitled to, and shall have, our cordial and enthusiastic support for the respective offices for which they are the nominees, and that , , , . , • ■ .• u .i i k„„ under their banner we feel no fear of the result, ! done him, we hope, no injustice by the publica- but confidently expect a glorious and overwhelm- tion ; and we promise the Post to give Us can- ing victory at the ballot-box in November, despite Ljidate the benefit of all such testimony in his of the sla.^ders heaped upon General Scott by the l^,^^^^^ ^^ j^jg friends will send us. "XX!rTlff.tZ':dT.\L'o"lTirPresident! We presume that the sentiments which of ii„> I :.i'.ernment ! i,j Mr. SoULE, Mr, FoRSYTH, and those who ith them ; and who claim that 1 PiERCii IS "their creation and choice. (jreneral wcllarcoiiOe uhulc penplu ui ili^a Confederacy, deserves our gratitude and esteem for the masterly manner in which he has guided the ship of State through the perils of the great commotion through which we have passed; and that wc regard the ,)^U of his admmislration as the full guarantee ol ' ^ur banner, with the names of Scott and G itie promises of the Whigs of 1848, and an irre- j ^^jj inscribed thereon as candidales f >r the P Iragable demonstration of the falsity of the charge jjcncy and Vice Presidency of the United State of abolitionism so pertinaciously and extensively i ]„ (joing so, it is useless to say that '~'-- The following article irom the Eufaula (Ala.) Shield is in the right spirit: Ooa Flag.— We unfurl to the breeze this and thoroughly appreciated not only his une- qualled military skill and judgment but his va.st general information and his thorough statesman- ship, tendered to. him, soon after the treaty of peace, a place in his Cabinet — that of Secrctnry of War. General Scott.we presume, was tne youngest wan to whom a Cabinet appointment was ever tm- dered in this country, being less Hum thtrly years of age. Mr. Madison was one of the purest ol Presi- dents and an excellent judge of men, and his proffer of the Secretaryship of War to young Scott, to the omission of General Brown, General Ma- comb, General Jackson, General Gaines, and others, who were many years his seniors in age in service, was an honor more to be prized that of winning a great battle. General Scott declined the proffered Secretaryship from considerations of deference to his superiors; and surely here was no manifestation of the vanity with which he is charged. The offer of a place in Mr. Madison's Cabinet to Gen. Scott when he was only twenty-odd years of age is matter of history. And now let the Demo- crats, who profess such unbounded admiration and reverence for Blr. Madison, claiming him as one ot the apostles of their political creed, assert, if they will, that he pressed a Cabinet appointment opon "a weak, vain man." Gen Scott, during the nearly forty years that have elapsed since that time, has improved and strengthend his mind by observation, experience, study, and reflection, and he bas rendered numberless illustrious services to his country, in comparison with which all his pre vious services, brilliant as the nation deemed them ot the time, were but trifling; and will the people of the United States now submit to see and hear him branded as "a weak, vain man," by a set of desperate politicians, without efToctually vindicat- in.g him before the world? against him by our Democratic opponei and with pride and exultation wepoint the Ameri- can people to his ad minisi ration as the brightest and most illustrious since the days of Washington, [Adopted sanding.] Resolved, That the wail of the nation at tbi annunciation of the death of Henry Clay strikes t sympathetic chord in our hearts which vibrates tc each note of sorrow in responsive unison as tht dirgoof the great statesman, the unrivalled orator the skilful debater, and the nation's hope and sa viour in times th.it stretched to their tension the i ligaments that hind this Union— whose career, | onparollelcd in history, shines out upon the annals of the past a belt of light vivifyinsr and illuminat- ing by its brilliant rays the remotest regions of our continent, shooting f.ir out into the darkness and -^Inoro '>t d >itoii,= ni iitid iiiunarchy wherever found, u„.:i..: ,: ,.'- : l,,vin^- troth as their (,;i,i ,-, and happiness and pr,.,, , ; I ,■ I- knew no North, no SiH;t'i., ji-J, .;. IK '.V' . -ijihing buthiswhole coontry, so bis name btlooES to no age or nation, "One of the few, the immortal np.nies That were not born to die " i;, .,,'i //, 1 h.ii KuBscU Houston, esq., the selected (aiiii : on the Whig ticket for this i: :, , -t, having declined the post tni . r :< t; Mlure being no constituted au- thority lo iiii liiu v.»ca..cy.this convention suggests the nitetiiig i.f another convention of the counties of Ibis district at Clarksvillc, on Monday, the 2d day of August, to elect some other standard-bearer for this co,itest, and urires th- oilu r cjooii.i to do likewise, and the foliiiv. ;;• [- nii nr •. ■ , i^i ind Wai. C. Jones. Scott was not our preference tor that disting and honorable position. Every one who our sentiments is aware that we have from the first advocated strenuously the claims of our worthy and piitriotic Chief Magistrate, Millard Fillmore The convention which has just closed its labors in its wisdom'and discretion, has deemed it impoli- tic to nominate him, and we have determined to abide in good faith the nomination of General Scott. We will support him— 1st. Because we believe him to be more of astates- man than General Pierce; equally sound on ques- tions of vital interest to the South, with more ex- perience and capacity for the station. 2d. Because he has planted himse'f upon a plat- form manufactured by the hands of southern men— a platform guaranteeing every thing claim- ed by the South— and a platform of such sound timbers, and conslructcd in such an elegant style of workinanehip, as to be ample and capacious enough for the North, South, East, and West, as common brotherhood. 3d. We will support .him because he is a man of unquestionable ability, unblemished character, unflinching patriotism, of high and noble impulses— and a man who, when convincid that he is right, goes ahead. Lastly. We will support him because we are convinced that the reorganization of old parties at the South is inevitable. He is a Whig, has always been onf. and ux!'(<.l3 always to b.'; one; therelore we w, uM ; ; 'M :■.■ • wilh our friends than tri- 'lli ■ ' ■ iiasons why we will sup- poll K .11 -I, lii iu, and patriot- fully confi- ' :, ;: WlHira will unite as they should nce ol'such a man and such princi- , .. most brilliant victories will be ours ;;,.: 1 lecordedin the history of our coun- i.v. UttoiKct the language of him who said, '['■UnUed we siand— Divided we /all." A Democrat's Desckiption of Gen. Scott's Pecoliarities —We learn from the New Orleans Bulletin that at a recent mass meeting of the Dem- ocrats at Baton Rouge, La , among orhcr speeches against General Scott, a Democratic orator com- nced a criticism upon General Scott, and final- ly descended to an examination of his habits, bear- ■ g and tastes. He represented the heroicold Gen- eral as a man ofgreat vanity, who was remarkably proud o( his personal appearance, and who was never satisfied, either on parade ground or on the battle-field, unless the golden epauletteJ glittered on his shoulders, and a towering plume waved from his cbapeau. "But I must say, lellowciti- zens, (said the speaker, evidently ashamed of him- self,) Ihatthose epaulettes and that plume were always found glittering and waving where the battle raged fiercest . whire the bullets rained thickest, and where the carnage was deadliest, directing the American arms on to glorious victory I" The loudest ap- plause of the day followed the utterance of thtse truthful words. Have the American people (the Bul/cdn inquires) any belter use for epaulettes and plumes.' The gal- lant colonel who slated the foregoing has seen service, and is capable of judging. Will he be in- genuous enough to say the same thing wherever he speaks during the canvass .' Whig Nominations California, assembled ceeded in making nominal judges of the sopreme cou George B. Tingley, of San The Whig Conventii 3 for Congressnifii, clsrk, and electors. !|ara county, and P. rds, of Sacramento, were nominated for Congress; J. M. Huntington, of Tuolumne, and Staunton Ruckncr, of Nevada, for justices of the supreme court; David H. Haskell, Jphn C. Fall, T. D. Johns, and J, A. Hale lor Presidential electors. Mr. William D. Hawks was nominated for clerlj of the supreme court. 80 THE SIGNAL From the .Vaoark Jldvnlisfr. ODE, TO MAJOR GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT, I. Hero of many battle-fields, New wreathed with laurels from afar, Whose arm the sword and olive wields As champion both of peace and war: Thou art a haughty nation's pride — To thee lier truest hearts belong. And o'er the slaves that do thee wrong — Who have thy noble soul decried, Jn honor's strength thou lowerest strong. IK When freedom's eagle from her crag Was siartled by the din of arms, And to Britannia's lion flag The war-whoop joined us wild alarms; Though then no veteran in wars, '1 hy stalely form arose lilie Mars ! And at the valor of thy brow Cowered the wily Indians bow ; While Britain in the might of mind, More than her monarch's glory saw, When waved our banner to the wind Above the plains of Cuippkwa ! III. Thy name is graven on the rocks 'I'luit brave i\iugara's thunder shocks ; Thy louder fame is evermore Associate of the torrent's roar Grand and resistless as the flood By which thy gallant arniv stood, When thro' the terrors of llie night The guiding star Tlmt led the war Was their true chieftain's might ! IV. But tho' Achilles on the field, In council thou our Nestok art, And for thy deeds of peace we yield Not plaudits only, but the heart; For these have wars the nation saved— Her name more lasting honor done, Than all the battles thou jiast braved. Than all the victories won. Beyond the Mississippi's flood Thy name a household word shall be, Joined with the noble and the good Wliile lives a grateful Cherokee. The lion of the forest grows But fiercer when pursued by foes, And, wounded, turns in savage wrath, To slain the bold pursuer.^ pdth ; Yet kindly eyes and voicrs mild. The royal beast of prey am tams, So that the timid gentle child May guide it by a fondling name. V. Thus when the crue! mandate went To quench the wigwam's peaceful fires— When a bold savage race was sent From homes and ashes of its sires ; The Indian felt his nnble blood Curdle with wrath, as firm he stood. Resolved for fight to string the bow. And turn upon his pale faced foe; When, listening for the tyrant's tread. Behold a silvery voice instead Fell on his ear like music's dream. Or like his own wild forest-siream ! His weapon falls— his eye is wet The talisnianic touch of lo\e Hath made him all his threats for-ret- Hath changed the lion to t :e dove' Aye, Nature to her chieftain gave True valor in a feeling heart- That could a race subdue to sare, And act the Christian Conqueror's part. VI. Bui hark ! the booming gun calls back Thine arm again the sword to wield ; War's comet shows its lurid track. And armies throng the tented field, >Tia night— and on San Juan's walla ii«d lightnings burst with dismal glare- Thro' darkness whiz death-freighted balls, And streams of fire illume the air! 'Tis morn ! A thick ascending cloud A conquered city doth enshroud ; The bulwark, long a nation's strength. Yields up its battlements at length. And fie — the soul of Freedom's wars Plants there our glorious stripes and stars ! VII. Without the great Ulysses mind. Whose skiFl the wily plot designed — Th' Achaian hosts, tho' trained in wars, Tho' countless as the watcliing stars. Might long in vain have conquest hoped, 'I'he gates of Troy had never oped. And, but for that self moving skill Which to the need the plan creates, Against us might be fastened still The imperial city gates. Hero of Mexico ! to thee All gates, all fortresses give way, And in triumphant pageantry, Through an innumerous conquered foe. Proud in their chief, thine armies go- Hail to the glorious day .' VIII. But sweeter sounds await thine ear Than from victorious bugles come, Bearing famdiar words and dear To the worn warrior. Peace and Home ! Great conqueror, tho' no epic lyre May, kindling with Homeric fire, Thy bold achievements, first and late. In mighty song perpetuate ; Thou hast the germ of deathless fame Secure in that unsullied name Which shall descend from age to age. Adorning ever History's page. Even now on truth's sublimest height Thou standest firm in conscious right. And still, like some old oak, wilt stand Where storms thy dauntless soul can brave. Nor ask from fickle Fortune's hand The proudest boon she ever gave. Yet, honored Hero! from afar I see thy glory like a star Rising with pure and steadfast glow, Upon a tranquil nation's brow ; There may it rest— not that to thee The place would added lustre give ; But, that our country blest may be In honor's trpe Executive. Newark, N. J. e. c. k. Go, ask Niagara's cla.ice vatsy.'^ Judge J. did not think military fame was any disqualification for the chief executive of the United States, when it was remembered his business was to execute laws insiead of making them, and some- times to execute them with sword in hand. He didn't recollect of but one instance of a military man not being a law and order man, and referred to the well known instance of disobedience to the laws of the country evinced by Jackson. He referred to the charges made by a corrupt administration against the people's hero, and de- clared that the country was now prepared to try him over again. They had brought the cause before the great, glorious, and unpacked jury of the whole people, who would place the stamp of their approbation upon the veteran's brow, giving him a glorious verdict. Judge J. ended with nn eloquent appeal to the Whigs to pull true to the cause. To see eye to eye, to fight shoulder to shoulder, and to march in solid phalanx on to vic- tory. But even should they be overcome, they would fall with their backs on the field and ihcir feet to the foe, and look proudly to heaven in their hour of defeat. Mr. Smith, of Illinois, next addressed the meet- ing, after which HoraceGreeley, in answer to loud calM, appeared and presented Sergeant Thompson, of Ohio, an old soldier, who had fought with Scott at Lundy's Lane, and been left for dead on the field. He had been a Democrat all his life, and as- sured the meeting there were scores of his friends immediately near him in Ohio, who would do as he was going to do — vote for Gen. Scott, the first Whig vote they had ever put in the ballot-box. Lieut. Hawkins, an old soldier at Fort Meigs, also a Democrat, who went for Scott, was then intro- duced. Thty were loudly cheered, and caused much enihunisem. Horace Greeley then in an- swer to renowsd and dtafening calls, appeared and addressed the meeting briefly in a sound and prac- tical speech. He reminded the Whigs, that they had other duties to perform than attend these gatherings. They were to go if they wish for success, and hunt up the lukewarm at home, to find those who know nothing of the candidates, and let them know who Gen. Scott was. For this purpose he had caused to be brought on some pamphlets containing the life of Scott, which would be found for sale at the back of the platform for only twenty-Jive cents a dozen. These books were eagerly purchased, and a large number of them will thus be scattered abroad to do good for the Whig cause. Messrs. Troutman, of Ashland district, Ky., Marlindale, of Rochester, Stanley, of N. J., A. B. Dickinson, of N. Y., Woodruff, of N. J.. Crocker, of Iowa, and Chatwell, ad- dressed the meeting. Mr. G. W. Holly, of Nia- gara, then declared the meeting finally adjourned, and long and loud rang the cheers of the multitude, as this great assembly, the vastest, the most re- spectable, the most enthusiastic, held for many years in this country, formally broke up. Al- though the meeting is thus formally at an end, im- mense crowds of people still remain in the village, and display a feeling of enthusiasm in the cause which tells of the effect which, the gathering has had. Crowds of eager politicians gather on every corner, and the talk Is that Scott is to be the next President, and the fate of the Democracy is sealed. A large number of arrests were made for picking pockets and fighting, but the meeting has been wonderfully orderly for so large a gathering. It is now confidently estimsted that not less than forty thousand were in town to-day. There must have been near that number. AsOTHEB Soldier's Response.— Our readers will remember we some days ago published a letter from Captain Hugunin, in regard to General Scott's treatment of foreigner^, accompanied by the statement that, though a Democrat, he was going to support tb» old hero. The captain received a letter from one of his old comrades yesterday, also a Democrat, from which we are permitted to make the following extract: Cantos, .Staek County, Ohio, July 17, 185-2. Captain Robbbt Hcounin: Deae Sir: I bear thoughts of you very often since we parted years ago, and wondered if you were still in the Innd of the living. Upon taking up the Piltsburgh Gazette this morning, I saw a letter of yours to the Chicago Jcurnat, on the sub- ject of General Scott's interference for the protec- tion of American prisoners. I was rejoiced to read it, and hasten to congrat- ulate you as a Scott man. I too am a Scott man, and feel it in my bones that Scott must be elected. Please lake to yourself my best wishes, and with fl Ion E and loud hurrah for Scott. ,\dieu, S. C. Fbey. [Chicago Journal. The Democbatic Platfobm.— Who supported it— who opposed it? Where is the record of the votes.' Why has it not been given.' Why can it not be given.' Let the people call for the record. Let the people itjquire why the record has not been pre- sented to them. Why there should be any mystery about this all important matter.' Let all (hose who are not wilfully blind, or have not become the mere pUant tools of party, continue to call for the record. The history of the Platform of Principles isa thousand times more important than the his- tory of Pierce and King. [A^. O. Campaign Republic. "Give ue toor Hand— So do L"— Everybody hereabouts knows George Witherel, who for years his been a workingman in the Democratic ranks, and who lias done that party good service. On Monday George met a Deiiiooraiic friend who had just returned Irom Indiana, and whose firet inquiry was, "Well, Giorge, how's politice.'" George answered. " I'm afraid we'll have to part this timfi, h.r 1 go in for Winfield Scott." "Do you?" shouted his friend; "give us your hand on tluit, oM fellow- ao do I." [ Cleueland ( Ohio) rierald. GEN. PIERCE'S VIEWS ON SLAVERY AND THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW. From the Manchester {N. H ) Dtmoerat, January GENERAL PIERCE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. New Boston, January 3, iSai. Mr. Editor: Some weeks ago General Pierca sent word to certain of the friends of Mr. Atwood. in New Boston, that he was about to address tha people of this town, in order that he might see him- self right in the case of Letitia BlaisdcU. This, however, was considered to be a mere pretext, while the real object of his mission would bo to procure the passage of some resolutions, or in soma way get up a "manifesto" against Mr. Atwood, which might go forth all over the Slate as the actual voice ofNew Boston. A week previous to the meeting, handbills were scattered all over the northern partof the county — from Litchfield on the east to Hillsboro' on the west— announcing that General Franklin Pierce would address the citizens of New Boston on Friday, the 2d day of January. It was manifestly the intention to have enough "outsiders" present to aid our citizens in making the discovery, which an acquaintance of twenty five years had failed to do, that John Atwood was a very base, intriguing, and dishonest man. Before noon on yesterday the deputy sheriffs and party fuglcrs in general began to arrive in town, and the bar-room of the tavern was thronged with those who were evidently preparing themselves for a demonstration. Liltle attention, however, was paid to the meeting by the friends of Mr. Atwood, and but comparatively few of them were present. Of the whole num'. er assembled in the meeting- house, less than one third were citizens of New Boston. In fact, many of our people say that more than three-fourths of those present were from other The meeting was called to order by Captain B. Fletcher, who, on taking the chair, said that as General Pierce was unwell, Mr. B F. Ayer would occupy a portion of th« time, and introduced him to the audience. Mr. Ayer spoke for three-quarters of an hour. He had evidently prepared himself for the occasion, and considered the part he was act- ing as a very important one. As his arguments, and to a ceneiderable extent his language, are to be found in the Patriot and other Hunker papers of the past year, it is needless to repeat them. In Slate matters he was very anxious to have it un- derstood that the Honker party were not responsi- ble for the corporation acts of the last Legislature, and the individual liability law; but for some cause he forgot to mention that the party had a majority in the Legislature, and he gave the liability law an antiquity far before its actual origin in 1842. General Pierce commenced his remarks by com- plimenting his "young friend," and announcing that there was no other place where he could hav« been induced to make a political speech at the pre- sent time. He went through the stereotyped in- troductory of all his apeecbes'in^this region, allud ing in very feeling tones to the important fact that he was born in Hillsboro' rouniy— spoke of being among the friends of his father— .^aid that D. Ben- nett, of this tovi-n, built the first stark of chimnies in his father's house that was ever built in the town of Hillsboro'- called by name several individuals present as his especial acquai.itances- and inquir- ed if iherc was any revolutionary soldier present Some one in the audience announced that Mr. Abner Hogg, a revolutionary soldier, (and in 1845 and '46 a member of the Legislature from New Boston,) was still living, but not preset! need f second voic Atwood 1 onounce he was a thorough I for that." Gen. P.— "And none Voice— "So I think " The General then proceeded to =ppak of his father and mother as riding hoi oebaek over rough roads, and. of the great improvements that have been made within a few years He rifin d to the Con- ' stitulion of the counliy, and in a /inn tiatn of thought recognisid the hi^l et li- ab-ine aU coiutUulion-, " Hit , , . unequivocal, that lh( Riv Mi i ' gyman of this town, could n;f / citntiy "fanatical" to satify Ih i iu i i la u^ i tionist. General P. now proceeded to speak upon another topic which he is very apt to dv.cl] upon on all occasions, not even excepting his cffurts at the bar — viz., his own ya/jrin the iVlexican v.ar. Moit of those who had returned frem that v,-.ir h ul (arcil better than he had. There fad been m;'.:iy (uolish lies in regard to his brav.?ry, and Go .dale's ji ^.el- was full of false insinuations upon this point. WiiH 84 THE SIGNAL. oner at Philadclph a, ao the North theirs at occupied the hour of his in deluding his military character. He explained the circumstance of his eth the Gouera) cc mmenced upon his I'lry- laiiHin?; and declared that, "wiih ihe exception of Btated that ho hail IitI a sing-ie occasion, h^ had Jed his command in the his /tea volt at it. I contrary to tite Co muunmi in sornerts/iecfs — amoral blot vptm the char ac.er of the nation. But it can't be hfl,.td " He re- ferred to the great peril in which the Union had been placed. Some, and among- them Rhett of South Carolma, openly avowed dieunion; and John P, Hale had ao far joined in the movement as to crack his jokes with Rhett and other Eecessionisls Vor himself, he was in great distress when he heard that the Compromise measures had failed He was at Meredith, and told the people he wanted to die if the Union was to he dissolvcd—nn.l dis- solve it must, if the Compromise measures did not The General then introduced Mr. Webster to the attention of his audience. He had been charged with going for Mr. Webster. The fact was, he bad always been opposed to that man. and his fa ther at one time like to have lost his office cf sheriff by him. In company with others ho received an invitoiion to dine with Mr. Wclwter at Fmnklin- His father often usfd to entertiiin Whigsat dinner Much h.ici heen written as to what he said on that occasion, "i will tell what I did say," said Gene ralP,: "1 said to Mr. Webster, we never have agreed before, and we never may again. We agree upon the Compromise question, and let us make the most of it." He declared that there had been much silly lying about this matter; but omit- ted to state that the Boston Post, or its correspon- dent, who was present at the dinner, was responsi- ble lor it. He declared that Mr. Webster and Mr. Clay were sincere in their efTnrts to save the Union. Mr. Clay was dyin^ ; and if he had been as sin cere in every act ol his life as in the part he had taken in the Compromise measures, he would re- ceive Irom the great Judge, what we all so much approval, "VVell done, good and faith- fuls iriffi rlatnalions in regard to iKiuncing the faci that in command and the Pal :ether on the field of bat- omproinisc man. "When Mr. Atwood,"said be, "talks about my being engaged in politics, and connected with the clique, and managing and planning for them ys what he knows to be false." H.; alluded tc Mr. Atwood's i he took very wood being c^ when consul go after him Mr. Atwood ■ advised Mr. , dared that ■olMr.At rd, havmg, Qt and be what approved of. ilki. judg- Piercc (Fi - of the Manch g aboui violent denunciation ol the ed ter Democrat, Mr. Atwood, and his opponents in general, which, from his excited state of mind, was entitled to about as much consideration as the frantic declarations of one in a passion; and finally closed with a nalheiic appeal to our people to sus- tain the glorious Union. This meeling, though great efforts had been made, and a large number of persons collected from other towns, utterly failed to accomplish the object aimed at by the leader of the Concord Re gency. Only three or four attempts were made to get up an applause for the speaker, and each at- tempt failed of reaching any thing like enthusi- asm. It hardly need be added that these indica- tions were made chiefly by persons from Manches- ter, Nashua, and the parly leaders from one or two Ya» it was speaker labored hard for his usual routine of niak with his finger, shakiii? U- teringcorapliiii' :i - "i., , vide cgarti ould b? made to that the and went through grimaces, pointing ts, addressing flat- > l<= present, together pious feeling, and I the initiated were ir:s3 of the audience the 1 mett^. rrg-iment stood tic,'' the Gcrer.".! again took up the measures, saying toat the North got the Kernel .in< the South the shell. Ho repeated what Mr. Aye had stated before, "that the present Fugitive Slav law, about which so much noise is made, kos tn n jiartic-aluT different from the law of 179:i, v,ul. Here Mr. Foes said, that without interruptin Ihespe-iker, he wished to make an inquiry: "U i no particular different, why was it necessary t pass the present law.'" General P. replied that the old law could not be i ^T"".'," "",:"'",„ ,,,„ „„„„,„ „, ,. c, . t^ executed because its execution depended on the l,'.'.'",,;:!!^,",",? '° '"^.P"=.°P''' of toe State. The Stale courts. He also said something which was I nut fully understood about the law of 1793, as based ' partly on the cummon law. j He was then asked, "Wag either the law of '9.3, | law, founded in any degree upon i manliest dissatisfaction was gated faces of those who had .get it up. iderstood, both by the Hunk- f Mr. Atwood, that an effort nd forth an ear^rfssiOTi from Gm Pierce. — " I can't go into a d upon the common law." The inquiry was then made, " Do y the features of the Fugitive Slave law ae Gen. Pierce —••IVell, if I must answer. No, I do not. 1 have been asked if I liked this Fugitive Slave law. I answered no. I have a most revolting feeling at tlie Hiving up of a sliive; the f\igilive Slave laia is opposed to humanity. [Ntrt someone inquired, *fsit not oppoaid to righlT] Yes, it i.s cppased to moral right. But our latheis made the compact, and we niuil fulfil it. I say nothiog of the humanity of it, nothing of the right of it " Gen. P. then gave a vivid description of the eoenes that would occur if the law was disregard ed First, a party i.f twenty armed men would cross the Pennsylvania line to recover fugitive slaves ; twenty would meet them to defend the Elives. Then live hundred would come, to be met that resolutioci ill. the hands of some one ot'the leading Hunkers in this town, to be presented to the meeting il the inilications were favorable. Every one who un- derstands the tact and policy of tfc leading spirit on this occasion, knows that he, of all others, felt that it was important that the voice of New Boston should go forth from this meeling speaking in loud and unmistakable tones in favor of himself and his party, and in opposition to Mr. Atwood; and yet, in view of all these facts, his fiiends dared not hazard an expression of opinion, lest the citizens of New Boston should (as they would have done) have insisted thatthe "outsiders'" hi- excluded from voting. The whole gist of the nuelins- therefore failed. Notwithstanding the Hunker newspaper assertions to the contrary. New Boston isjust where she was last ftlarch — strong in her support of John Atwood, and utterly opposed to the dictation and intrigue of the Concord Regency. An Old Fashioned Dbmocbat. blaze of every battle," After this he commenced speakinj upon the Fo- giiivo Slave law. He said Ihit it diflVred in r.o important particular from the la>v ol 1793. A clergyman who was present said, thai is ihe invi. tation had been given, he would like tn make an ~ 1 regard the .'i ,.uin a single exception, he "had led his command In the blaze of every battle!" This information was precisely what was needed. No olSrial account having been rendered of thtse deeds of bravery, we might remain in ignorance little to do v.ith polilic.'f, and his f of theui, if General Pierce had not iqnparted the blamed him at Concord because he took so litth needed information There certainly are two facts interest in them. He omitted, however, to slat, in the General's history that have not often occur- ih.-it he wrote to the Rev. D. F. Richard-on on ;«> red to the great captains, of either ancient or mod- iifical matters last winter— that he was in the habi em times: of appearing before the legislative committees ai he agent of the Concord and other railroad corpo alions.and even went before the House at the last Tl^ speake,- now took up the subject of slavery. He 1 l'''^"" '" \tfLt Z%'^U^l\Zl^fJ}T'^^°"'' a it was the greatest treble of the country, and was P^,?.^""!'^/' „," '? "01.^",!. "f fl f™™^?"^, e„,r .....human b,rng m bondage without. f»hng ; .^^^ j^ ^„ ,,^„„^ friendship for M?. Atwood which drew him into the affair of last winter. He had been active in getting Mr. Atwood appointed Slate Treasurer, (!) signed his bonds and procured oth- ers to do the same. He went at some length into an explanation of his relations to Mr. Atwood, in which he represented himself to have been the most harmless and Christian-like man in the Id — and Mr. Atwood any thing but an honest J Slav ! consist! Kugl- General Pierce i answer the question, J say n., ,■.■ been asked if I liked this Fugitn, ^,ew;rtd no, I loathed it. I have a mo-l ■ ^ i.....ui^.f, j..lingut the giving up of a slave; the law is op/iuud to hu inanity." Here Mr. Foss inquired, "If it was not opposed to right as well as humanity.'" General Pierce replied, "Yes, it is opposed to moral right " The above is the substance of General Pierce's remarks upon the Fugitive Slave law. The quo- tation marks include the very lanirua.-je used by the General, as taken down at the "lime i! was ut- tered. From the Manchester (iV. H) Union Democrat, January 7, l^-.'2. DEiviocRATic meetIn!; I W -<■'.■. i--srON At the earnest request <>1 ;i I 1' ,,; itje people of New Boston, Gn.. : ' !-. red a political address in that i-.-. ! ■ 1 last week. Notwithstanding tli. ■ - been entirely dest.-oyed by toe 11 ■ ■ > , .ding days found : in the village, whicf ig was called to orde was very ably ai-dter :iB of an hour by li He spoke of the ori . ;poli tly- of this 1 pur- alluded to and prosperity of ou of national greatneei At the meeting appointed at New Boston Cent of January 2d, by General 1 number* and before three motiths FranUliu P.erce, to address the citizens of that rmy of 500,000 would be in the town in regard to the dilfioulties between himself £eldj gnd Vti« ^om^ v/oulcl be m likely to plant | and a portion of tbe Democrats of that section, be I by I the Abolii cated the National and Sia cratic part}'. Hewasfollov who spoke with great power and eloquenet. for two hours and a half It gave him great satisfaction, he siid, to ad dress so large an audience in his native county. He saw around him many of the friends of his lather, and the familiar laces of those who were his own more intimate friends in the earlier portion of his life. He spoke of tbe changes which time had produced, even the short period which had nee the adoption of the American Consli- ' ■ ' progress the ad- mirable 8y.^ie:ii of government adopted by tbo fatbers'ol i;.- i-! 1 . M , He s^-oke of the difficul , lies ati..i; . .Moll of the Constitution. With no ; ■! uU-, and with some. diBS", cordant t '-^ ::i^ i* ::'riuonize, the labor and anxiety ot the coiivrr.iiiii was intense and painful. Slavery had been inlroduced inlo a portion of the States, in their coloniid condition, against the moral sense of lite whole world. Its immediate extiipation was manifestly impracticable; and the final adjust- ment of the question was not accomplished with- out many days and weeks of painlul apprehen- sions that the blood of a seven years' war might have been shed to no purpose, as lar as a Constitu- tional Union cf Ihe several States was concerned. The hopes of the convention centred upon the illustrious Franklin. He arose in his place, and said : " My friends, wc shall perhaps lose all. We have exhausted the wisdom of earth. Let us seek the aid of Heaven in prayer." A better feeling pervaded the convention, and our present adipirsi- ble form of Government woa the result. General Pierce paid a glowing and elcqueni tribute to the American Constitution. It has made us all we are as a nation, and he believed our only hope of continued prosperity, safety, strength, and glory depended upon a faithful adherence to its provisions and cheerful acquiescence in its re- quirements. He thought the Union had been in imminent peril, and believed that nothing but the Compromise measures could have saved it, at the time they were passed, under the then existing feeling in the two great geographical sections of the country. He alluded to the calumnies which have been circulated among small-fry politi- cians in relation to the Franklin dinner. Lan- guage had been ascribed to him which ho never uttered. He remembers no political expression made by him to Mr. Webster, except one to Ihe ef- fect that they had never agreed upon a political question before, and probably might never again. He then spoke of his personal agency in the At- wpod controversy, He had always been a friend THE SIGNAL, 85 lo Mr. Atn-ood, and nobody knows it bctler than hive avoided the that gentleman He used his influence, at the paying' a beaulifi: eug-gcslion of Colonel Monroe, to secure to Mr. character of Iht- Atwood the office of Stale Treasurer, »nd was on Ihroughout (heir I his bond, with several other prominent Democrats that, town, who si. of Concord, for .$200,000, for the whole time he own father in the held that office. He was Mr. Atwood'e friend at renmant of the r the time of his nomination for Governor; and it nnin among- the I was a« such that be advised him, through Colonel esq.. and Mr. Bern Gale, to stand clear of the angry controversy which was likely to arise in reference to the Com- promise questions— never doubting for a moment that, if he spoke at all, it would be to sustain them, in accordance with the resolutions of the conven lion from which he held his nomination Mr. At nip-h in which he now is. After tribute ef respect to thohi-jh! rrtpie of New BostJn as shown I ■ Icrj; lo ihe noble patriots of; li shoulilrr to sho-jldei- beside bia liie lint tried men's souls; to the j '.tlolionary patriots who yet rc- ing-, the venerable Abner Ho^?. tt.hepassedonanddweltbri' II , upon the importance of the Compromise me! of the last Congress. He believed the Union not have survived Ihe overthrow of those mca When he heard of the defeat of what was called From lite Union, July 20, 1852. Manchester, July 15, 1862. Dbar Sib: I have just noticed in a late number of the Ripublic two communications taken from Ihe Manctieetcr Democrat, published here, and the 'ndepenJint Dimocral, published at Concord, pur- p .--i I.,- In <-::— :, r~--':r\ (,f a speech mado by Gen- ■ ■ ''■■ i . . ;i . Ml'.- I at New Boston. Nothing I ! 1 ii,l calumnious than the ac- !. ■ '..Mioral Pierce's remarks. 1 --,". ■'- It.' iiK ding, with several others jty, and remember very distinctly the nerved, 1 '''■'" ""'' substance of his speech. This w.is the party with which he had Hut wh J crises the impending the people, the country long shortly afterwards, .-iruae thronghou and demanded that these measures should De en- A few days suhscquent a Uliig member of the , acted, and when their agents in Congress reversed convention informed General Pierce ol the White their former votes and passed the same m~-i-nr-r- C'trrcspondence and its character. He was totally seriafirn,^ fcelingof joy spread throopli ''' . ■.: incredulous, but his douhts were speedily removed try, and almost all fill that the Unitn by its appearance in the Independent D*fnocrai. One of those measures, the Fugitive .-^ ... I Many of the Democratic members of the conven- General P. declared, embraces no sinf;li j.rvirir:,- tii.n were in favor of shaking off Mr. Atwood at more obnoxious to the North Hum llie Fugilivc .Slai'C once. General Pierce threw his influence against luio if 1793, under which we have lived for more such a movement. The relations of friendliness than half a century. and confidence he had always sustained towards General Pierce then reviewed the course of Mr. Mr. Atwood not only justified but required his Atwood in relation lo the events of last year, giving friendly ofBces to avert ihe mischief which threat- a minute history of all the transactions with which ened alike the Democratic party and its nominee, he himself and Mr. Atwood vv-cre connected. There He sought an interview with Mr. Atwood. The never was a day, said he, when I was not a friend rtsull is known- No unfriendly word was uttered, of Mr. Atwood He was in favor of his appoint The second letter was prepared in a rough draft, inent as SiatnTreasurer.signed his bond for )j-200, partly by him and partly by Mr. Atwood. Gene 1100, and got others to sign it. He was his friend ral Pierce then left him to finish it as he pleased, throughout, while involved in the difficulties of with these parting words: "Mr. Atwood, write last winter. Heaided him all he could to cxtri- what commends itself to your judgment and your cate himself from the unfortunate position into conscience, and then stand by it." Mr. Atwood , which he had b(en misled. He did this, because followed him lo the door, shook him cordially by | he believed Mr Atwcd had been deceived and the hand, and rctn -.rked that he "should never ! misled- The second Mler of Mr. Aiwood, in iorget the kindness he (General P.) hod shown /A-hich he Ftit. -I iv,' h- rm-Irlrrrd ii ••W- ■ '^I'j'na him" They have r*l met since; but, as Mr. At- a patriot a';' . )- -;.:-l ' ■- • * ■' mpro- wood was traversing the State with an entirely inise mcafi.r , . i , i i iry different version "f "the affair. General Pierce felt act. Tli;-.i 1 .the bound, in justice to himself, to make this explana- ticn-^ ii -v ; i -. i. uid We are satisfied that no candid and fair-minded -.vili .. i ; man in Ihe State could have listened lo Ihe ad'iress ;,'.':- i- .; . of General Pierce without coming to the conclusion »v , , ,. ,,l. that his statements were all irwe; and that he has ,ot tier, l-'ie-cc. Hi i-een and still i.^ most foully wronged by the repro ' lished at iuil length scntalions of ih>; Abolition press. Mr. Alwood before our readers, knows that well ; and it is asad commentary upon He was interrnpli adily he lends him- who propounded v.) • , AlwoudsJiook hands , d, " I shall never foT- '' ■/) towards me. " M,ii afewof the remarks ■ri will probably be pub ^n it is, we shall lay it ■if to the - purpose r:ldi From the Nashua (N. U ) Gazette, Jan. S, 1S52. ^^'j.",, ,„"' i:NTnus!A,-;Tic mketing of the demo- h,'.i',' ",' " aCRACV a i' NEW BOSTOIV. GE.NERVL ,,i ■ I^VlEUCE'S SPEECH. ,.,:; On Fri.l IV Ih-I there waea large and enthusiastic --'.ii' i." g«ther-ri - 'i 1 - 1) rnicracy at New Boston, to ni. . i t.eu. i listen t.. ., . , I- . , ,. It is well known that M-Boluiions Ur. i\t - i!i ill- a speech at New Bos- tin- meetme Inn, in . . asion lo assail General tory to G-^i; heing a ,.rt n. dM-i.dnr and general wire-culler, kind, no •• Being ihos attu. kcd in a town for whose Democ- No "Bill G racy General Pierce had always entertained the strongesi tV-cliiigs of regard, and attacked, too. by a man lor w^ioui he had Hitherto cherished trifnd- ^,„„ ,,,j jsinnchesler (N. several limes by Elder Poss, various questions lo liiin, which >tly answered lo _^he satisfaction certainly, however it may have r. This Mr. Foss is one of the IV Uoston.that is, in his own cs- i nil days previous to Ihe meet- 1 :.':rcat splurge about what won- ^ going to do at the meeting. . -re, had hfrn invited down lo appeared. . Genera Unii Democrat, upon I H.) January 14, 1852. pel j "He repealed what Mr. Ayer had statedJicfore— ts. ' I 'that the present Fugitive Slave law, about which , of New Boston, presided over so much noise is made, was in no particular dif- F. Ayer, esq., of Manchester, firtnt from the law of 1793, under which we hjid preceded Mr. Pierce in some appropriate remarks lived nearly sixty years." " upon the Compromise and the corporation legisla The above is an extra. I. Irjiu tlie New Boston " took up the speech of correspondence of tin- \!. . . Ii, ,.r\c.r,!t, ii'v epel Ihe- Fle The above i rrespondcnce of t! account of the sn 1850 CO 1 bod led and he r of the last session. Amos Tuck at ihe late Abolition Convention, which that g'eotleman openly advocated the aban- I own, on the 3d insi.u. ■ . '. donmerflof the individual liability principleas ap- ;3urh thing. He did .si. i: I . .. ■> pliiri to corporations. He showed, too, most con-Itained no provisions wuku v.d.. u.^t ci .diiaivr-ly, that a large proportion of the Atwood the law of '93 and in the coniiiiun law; reneuad'e representatives in the last House voted 1 pealed it two or three times in the same word;, EO for the passage ol nearly all the corporation bills ! that he was "tully understood" by everybody ex- of Ibalsessi&n. Among them were Manning of cept this corresporvdent. Elder Foss, alias "A l.yndeboro', Baxter and others. ; Voice," did inquire why it was necessary to pass General Pierce then occupied the attention of the present law. General Pierce replied : For the the audience for two hours and a half in one of the very good reason that the old law had been declar- most powerful and effective speeches we ever heard ed unconstitutional, inasmuch as it required a scr- hiin make. It was a most triumphant vindication vice of State officers which Ihey were not bound to of himself from the charges and attacks made by i perform. "^ Foicc" was heard very frequently Mr. Atwood, and th.- Abolition and Federal press, [during the meeting, but we apprehend it wjil nol Instead of being the enemy of Mr. Atwood, he | very soon tiouble Gt-neral Pierce again, proved to Ihe satisfaction of every candid mind [ It is equally untrue that Ihe Genera! used any itiHt he had been throughout the bestfriend hehad, Isuch language as is ascribed to him in Ihe Jnde- and that if he had listened to his advice he would ipendent Democrat. lar meeting of the last politic paign, and was held at the home of John Atwood, then the abolition candidate for governor General Pierce's speech was mainly devoted to a justifica- tion of the course pursued by himself and the Dr^mocratic party the year before, in rescinding 7.1r. Atv.-o d'.-^ nomination for governor in conse- ,' :■ '■ ..; li- , p" .-Rin to the Compromise mea- ;.i : -I . .! his speech General Pierce . ■ ;i. I ;.; ;ivc Slave law, and made a •: i .,' ;,ii: f' I ! 11 o pport of it. It Is whoUv un- t- oe that h'-^ pronounced it contrary to "moral right;" but, on the contrary, in reply to a ques- tion proposed by an abolitionist present, he said Ihe present law was the same, in principle and substance, as that which had received the approval of Washington, and many others of the wi.-^estand purest among the founders of the Republic. He thought that fliese men were to be considered as moral, as conscientious, and as patriotic as those of the present day, who were, for political eff-ct, constantly storming about slavery, without being able to suggest any practicable plan lor its abo- The speech was throughout a thoroughly national speech, and produced a powerful effect. No full report of it was published, though a brief abstract of it appeared shortly after in the Uni'>n Democrat of this city. I remember seeing the reports copied by Ihe Re- public when they first appeared, and conversing in regard to them with several persons who heard General Pierce's speech. All agreed in pronounc- ing them a gross perversio-a and almost entire faLirication from beginning to enrl. Both reports were evidently written by the same individual, which accounts for their close similarity B.ith of the papers from which these coimmuni- cations are taken, are, as you well know, violent abolition journals, and have been unsparing in their hostility to General Pierce, and, indeed, all the promioeut mep-bers of the Democratic party i n t he Slate. One of Ihcm was started by the Abo- litionists some years since, as Ihe organ of John P. Hale and hii associates, and the other -R'as repu- diated by the Democratic party and turned ov< r lo the Abolilionists, on account of its opposition to the Compromise. When it is known how bitter and how frequent have, been the attacks made by these two journals upon General Pierce, on account of his open national course on the slavery question, every one will see, it ercma to me, how little confidence can be place the Hepitblic has seen fit liis course upu:. '.: ■< ' -.. ''■•■■ r« "rt^h'e-y^Ifl-^^S $7,600 00 :: :: ]^\\:v:::::::::.v.:: IIV^ " " 133-2 S.OOOOO .. " 1833 2,40000 .. .. 1834 6.000 00 " 1S35 4.400 00 " 1836 6.660 00 .. 1837 6,410 00 " 1838 5,000 00 $■63,204 77 For removing obstructions at the mouth of Grand river— no( -crfek"— Ohio — In the year 1825 *'2S1^2^ << .. 1826 6 620 00 .. ■. 1,828 9 135 11 .. " 1830 6,663 18 .. 1831 6.68000 ,. .. 1832 2,600 00 " 1834 10.01.0 00 " " 1836 600000 <■ 1838 10 000 00 " 1844'.".'.'. 10000 00 $65,698 29 improving the navigation of Cunningham ,$12,600 ,...4,400 ..,15.000 General Pierce's Bicgbaphy.— Gen. Piei eastern triends have got up a life of him, and, the materials being exceedingly ecanty, they have added to the volume the lives of several of hia re- lations, the Democratic platform, and various othe matters of voat importunce. Probably the mos intereaticg matter related in the volume, which courists ol about a hundred pages, is the follow ing. The reader will please bear in mind that the " Old General Pierce" spoken of was Frank's fa iher: " Old General Pierce was no Echolar. He had devoted his life to deeds, and not to hooka; and it is Sitid that while he was sitting by the kitchen fire one night, writmg his annual message to the L^-- ^gislature, he came to a full stop on one word Ik *^cuuld not possibly spell. After rallying all hie own literary forces, and mar.oiuvring them as " skilfully as he could, he was obliged to draw off and a|SK lor quariora. 'Frank,' said he to his son. sitting n.ar- l.y, • how the devil do you spell tnU?' Frank had been through college, and he insignificantohjects, Sodus Bay River Rnisin..!... Black Greek, Ohio » »"" Grand Creek, Ohio 6.™0 Cunningham Creek -^.^Tb Conncaut Creek 3,oOO That the people may determine the importanc of the appropriations for the identical objecf lected by the /)ei(o as insig; " justifying G ' ■"" '= the appropria of y byGi 1826.. 1828.. 1,829.. 1832.. 1833.. 1836.. 1837.. 1838.. ft 2, 000 00 1.517 76 2,956 00 1,600 00 600 00 1.307 S6 5 Oi'O 00 5,000 00 g; 19 781 12 For improving the navigation of Conneaut creek, Ohio In the year 1S29 " 1830 " 1831 " 1832 very suon ■ipwi the General nut ol his dilemii ■ said Fi wurds,' rcplic.l H fully; but wli. >. I that without looU little So IC Dt lege, coul He evideii profilalily lor tlie ma boy who . his pocket who c naay • Be hanged to the an, 'they" bother me dread- 1 .1, 1 c.uri.- to Constitution, I can spell looUmg into a book.' " intrciatic nominee, when he left col- ■ pcll •■ t>ot" for his poor old father spent his lour years in college very tVh.Lt p4,litic.il honors can be too lofty a total stranger to him, who emptied ■ twenty five cents for the purchase of hoi.l library in hia native town, and d did spell •'but" when he was only of college '.—Louisville Journal. , and as fully Pierce's vote, 1 would refer to lade by Congress for a series those identical objects, and approved acks'in repeatedly, and at different es by Mr. Van Buren. I will give you the ap- propriaiions in the orilcr mentioned in the ijf((a, and as furnished by J. J. Abcrt, Colonel Corps of Topographical Engineers, in his report made in conformity with a resolution ol the Senate passed in Dicenibir, 1846, showing 'the appropriations, J r , < I h-ii , :;>-'n and repair of roads, and for the ,1, I ,, , , , .irbora and rivers in the United .,, ,' ,. !; i.orts of Committees, lat seseion, ■iOii, 1 ,,,.,: 1 -, > .'1. 4, Report No. 741. l-'u. iiiiuru. 11. g Uic entrance into Big Sodus Bay, iNew York- In the year 1829 $12,500 00 .. .' 1830 15,280 00 « 1831 17,450 00 " l.s3i 17.000 00 .. 1833..- 15,00000 " 1834 15.000 .< is-jo 11 790 on 1837. 1838. 1844. #7,600 00 6.135 65 6 370 00 7,800 00 2,500 00 , capecially of Ohic 847.805 00 ill the people of the United • and other Western Stites, itbe dicaled by the Delia for his oppos Iliv-er and Harbor bill ol 1S36? Let the records he searched, and hia hoalilityto the improvement of our rivers and harborewUlbe fully exposed, and none can i AMERICUS. Washingtos, July 22, 1862 .e^.c. General Scott.— The Lynchburg Kepublicai lakes us to i;- The Democratic Convention in Senatorial Dis- trict No. 1 adopted the following ; ''Resolved, That we view slavery to be an evd, and could wish that not a 'bondman' inhabited the earth— that all were free. But over the institu- of neighboring States we have only the con- trol and influence that they have over us, and the compromises of the Constitution must be held sacred— slrictly construed." . ^. . ^,. "„ Democratic Convention m District No. 2 adopted the following : , , , "Resolved, That we approve of the principles of the Wilmot proviso, and regard slavery as a great moral evil. As such, we will use all honorable means consistent with the Constitution and its compro- mises to forward its extinction, &c." The Democratic Convention in District No. 3 adopted the resolution of the Slate Convention, given above. . ,^. . The Democratic Convention in District No. 8 adopted the following : , • , " Resolved, That slavery is a great moral, social, and political evil, and that the Democratic doctrine is to resist, by all proper and constitutional mea- sures, its further extension.''' The Democratic Convention in District No. 9 adopted the following : " Resolved, That the institution of slavery is re- pugnant to Democratic principles; that we most sincerely and deeply lament the existence of thi nslilulion in our republic ; and while we ;o muc Carroll County Democratic Convention adopted the following resolution : " Resnhed, That we approve of the vote passe* at the Slate Convention relative to the Wilmot pro- viso, thereby to stop the further increase of that accursed institution, Negro Slavery." The Hillsborough County Convention adoptett the following: " Resolved, That we regret the existence of sla- very in our land. It is a moral evil entailed upon- us by our forefathers ; and we approve of the prin- ciples set forth in what is commonly denominated the Wilmot proviso." The Cheshire County Convention adopted the foUowine: : " 15. Resolved, That we approve the action of recent Democratic State Convention, wherein they declare it as 'the solemn convicUon of the Democratic party, that neither slavery nor involun- tary servitude should hereafter exist in any terri- tory which may be acquired by, or annexed to, the United States ; and that we approve of the votes of delegates in Congress in favor of the Wil- mot proviso.' Slavery is abhorrent to the first principles of Democracy, and we will oppose its further extension upon every proper occasion and in every legal manner. We will oppose it in no other way." , ^ , The Sullivan County Convention adopted the re- solution of Senatorial District No. 10, given above. The Merrimack County Convention adopted a resolution in favor of the acquisition of territory as indemnity, and then the following : " Resolved, That neither slavery nor irivohmtary servitude, except for the punishment of crime, ought ever to exist in any such territory.'" Comment on the above is wholly unnecessary. Here affe the declarations of sixteen conventions, includin" the State Convenlions, three Councilor Conventions, sewen Senatorial Convenlions, and live County Conventions ; the others passed no re- solution on this subject. And these resolutions stamp the whole course of the federal abolition parly, upon the point in question, as a base, delib- erate, unmitigated fraud. ' ' ,.f lh( District No. deplore its existence, we Abolitionists as impolilir, ■ , i i. .•', an calculated bolh to perppm, :. ■: ' :. ;*'i° " increase the misery of thivi- II I ' !i^ \voals regard the pretensior.s of the Win- party upon th subject as a mere political manojuvre, &c." The Democratic Convi adopted the following : " Resolved, That we regard slavery as a great moral, social, and political evil, and we look for- ward with a patriot's hope to the day when the dark blotshall be wiped from our national escutch- eon, and in ihe mean lime we will use all consti- tutional and expedient means to promote the great ol,ject." The Democratic Convention in District No. 12 adopted the following: " Resolred, That in the opinion of this conven lion, territory that may hereafter be annexed to this counlry ought to be free ; and that toe approve of the Wilmot provi',0, and of the support heretofore o-iven to it by our Senators and Rep Congress, and by our State Legislature, and the late Democratic Stale Convention. MiDDLETOWN, Ct., .fuly 26, IS.Va. To the Ed'itor of the Signal. Mr. Editor: The enclosed anecdote was shown to me to-day by my daughter. It was not got up for any political purpose, but was published some years since in a work which I purchased for our family library, entitled "Sabbath Day Miscellany." The youth, with such feelings of kindness and hu- manity as is therein pourtrayed, must make a good man, and accounts, in some measure, for the nu- merous acts of kindness and humanity related of him in after life. . , , ■ No one acquainted with his history can doubt his capacity and fitness for the first office m the gift ot his countrymen; and who, I would ask, can for a moment doubt his goodness of heart? I am fully satisfied, Mr. Editor, that he is the man, and be- lieve, if his life is spared, Winfield Scott will be our next President. A Subscriber to the Signal. A NOBLE YOUTH. The followiiK anecdote was related to a gentle- man during a night he spent in a farm house in Virginia, some f-w years ago ; In December, 17— , towards the close of a dreary day, a woman with an infant child v/ere discovered half buried in the snow, by a little Virginian seven years old. The lad was returning from school, and hearing the moans of some one in distress, threw dov/n his satchel of books, and repaired to the spot whence the sound proceeded, with a firm- ness becoming one of riper years. Raking the snow from the benumbed body of the mother, and using means to awaken her to asense of her de- plorable condition, the noble youth succeeded in getting her upon her feet; the infant, neslhng on its mother's breml, turned its eyes towards their youthful preserver, and smiled, as it seemed, in gratitude for its preservacioi ■filled with hope^thegallnn " rcr c on tlie""sho'ulder"of her little conductor. "'My home is hard by," would he exclaim, as oft as her 90 THE SIGNAL spirits failed ; and thus for three miles did he cheer onward to a happy haven the mother and child, both of whom otherwise must have perished, had it not been for the humane feeling and persevarance of this noble youth. A warm fire and kind attention soon relieved the sufferer, who it appeared was in search of her husband, an emigrant from New Hampsliire, a recent purchaser of a farm in the neighborhood of , near this place. Diligent inquiry for several days found him; and, in five months after, the identical house in which we are now sitting was erected, and received the happy family. The child grew up to manhood — entered the army — lost a limb at New Orleans, but returned to end his days, a solace to the declining years of his aged parents. " Where arc they now?" I asked the narrator. "Here," exclaimed the son, "1 am the rescued one ; there is my mother, and here, imprinted on my naked arm, is the name of the noble youth, our preserver." I looked, and read " Winfield Scott." NEW HAMPSHIRE "YANKEE TRICKS." To the Editor of the Signal: Having been amused by the number of contra- dictory certificates respecting the pranks played among the Simon Pures, the "unterrified Democ- racy," I can come to no other conclusion, accord- ing to their own showing up of each other, than that a New Hampshire Democratic politician, as such, is a trickster, acting upon the adage "all is fair in politics." This seems to have been understood by "one who knows," if he did not see with his own eyes, in the description given by him, in an allegory, of the selection of their candidate by "the Democratic Convention" at Baltimore. In the Richmond Whig, of June ITth, is given, in turf parlance, a description of the "Trial Stakes won by Grani- cus," the "nom de guerre," as we take it, of the redoubtable General Pierce. From that account we make extracts as follows: "There was a mo- rass at the starting post, over which it was found necessary to erect 'a platform' — one at which the field snorted with disgust. It was supposed they would be obliged to run over it, or not start. It v;as constructed to incline to either side for the ben- efit of each nag as he should go over it. Those loho ran vpon it were knocked up. Granicus alone did not run upon it, it being known to his rider that he was apt to full down when in a tight place or ]na lip; and, by most of the field, he was so little regarded that it had not been observed by his op- ponents that Granicus avoided the platform alto- gether. Thus he was enabled to run 'home' (we will suppose among the Abolitionists and Free- soilers) 'with his strength unimpaired. Since the race some have thought the platform was a snare for the opponents of Granicus." (Dues not the Scott letters, and no answer to the one addressed to General Pierce, look very much like it ?) In the account of the race, it would seem that Granicus won because "the tired nags had rnn each other com- pletely (ioton— all his competitors, that had been pushed forward, dead beat by their own rfforts,^' (those naughty Scott letters.; "Granicus first, the rest no where. All were amazed at the result, as if the whole field had lost. Not a shout could be raised. The poor beaten jades looked so weak all pitied them. Not one dared raise his crest alongside of Granicus. They might ad go to grass." "Granicus, by being kept out of sight," (shaded by his own obscurity,) "stole a march on the whole field, winning by a 'Yankee trick,' contrary to the intentions of the gallant Virginians — leaving the .shell to them on ihe Jonathan's getting the oyster," (or as General Pierce says, in his speech on the Compromise, "the kernel.") Some supposed it was merely the inleniion of his Virginia bai;kers to break down the favorites with GrniiicuB an a "con- federate" to "the Cavalier," (Hon. R. M.T. Hun- ter,) "and then to bring him forward to win the purse," (by beating Pierce.) On the 17th of June, the very day of the assem- bling of the Whig Convention, when this article was published, it could not be known at Richmond who was to be nominated as the Whig candidate, or whether he was to run upon the Whig platform; nor was it generally known there that there had been no visible platform in the Democratic Con vention until after the nomination of Gen. Pierce To this day it is not understood among the Free soilers and Wilmot proviso men that Gen. Pierce stands upon any platform of principles ; having it would seem, one set of opinions for the North and another for the South, like his prototype, larger theatre, the other " Northern man with Southern principles.'* We are inclined to believe tliat our Democratic friends have been surfeited with " Scott letters, and would gladly be refreshed with another "hasty plate of soup." All honest men would prefer their candidate to be, like Ctesar's wife, "above suspicion;" one whose character needs no prop by certificates. What do these New Hampshire certificatei amount'to ? (By the way, do not New Hampshire men, or other Yankees, write in tlie defence of General Pierce in Ihe Union ? A friend of General Pierce goes from New York to Concord, New Hampshire, to get certificates that General Pierce has been calumniated by the charges made against his character ; and obtains tv>o to that effect from persons represented to be of the " first respectability in New Hampshire, which we may the more readily believe, if, as stated, they " are Whigs,'— the one a tavern keeper, and the other a carriage-maker. They.state their be- lief that General Pierce is a gentleman. This is the substance and the extent of the certificates on this point. Then as to General Pierce's military services and valor many certificates have been published ; but not one, that we have seen, by an eye-witness of his deeds of noble daring. His martial fame rests upon General Scott's official report of his be- ing taken from the field of Cheruhu.sco on having fainted. But in justice to General Pierce, it may be added, we have not seen nor heard of any charge reflecting upon his courage, only that he was never under fire, and rendered no military ser- As to the credibility of the New Hampshire cer- tificates in respect to the charges made against General Pierce of espousing certain tenets of the Abolitionists, when attempting to bring them over to his .support, they are all made by gentlemen of the Democratic party — some, if not all " honorable men," and one n minister of the gospel; yet, by their own statements of each other, they are not to be believed on their oaths ; and, according to the " Union," no Democrat in New Hamp- shire is to be believed who does not certify exactly according to the political faith of the "Union." That paper would make Southern men believe that every Democratic certificate from New Hampshire that does not come up to its standard of.faith is " a Whig lie." Please explain this, Mr. Editor. Are the Dem- ocrats of New Hampshire wholly regardless of truth — when touching political matters.' AN INQUIRER AFTER TRUTH. AN ADDITIONAL REASON. The Hon. R. B. Cr.^nston, who voted for Mr. Weesetr in the Baltimore Cuiivenlion from first to last, says the convention was fair- ly conducted, and that, in his opinion, the friends of Mr. Webster and Mr. Fili^more are politically and morally bound by its nomi- nation; and he states the following additional reason for his choice between the two candi- dates: " I shall support General Scott, not merely be- cause he i3 the nominee of the Whig party, and because be is and always has been a Whig', but, independent of all party considerations, the ques- lion is between Winfield Scott and Franklin Pierce. I know both of the candidates personally, and have nothing to eay against General Pierce; but, on the contrary, I believe him to be an honorable man ; still I must say, and without derogating- from the character of General Pierce, that in my judgment General Scott is infinitely better quali- fied to administer the high and reeponaibie duties devolving on the President of the United States than his competitor. I therefore go for General Scott, not grudgingly, but most heartily." FURTHER TESTIMONY FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE. To show that the Concord and Manchester Democrats ara sustained in their version of General Pierce's speech at New Bo.«ton, W9 append the comiBents of their local contempo- raries, as issued within the last few days. The papers we now quote from are opponents of General Pierce, but they are not, therefore, to be excluded from the witness-box on a ques- tion that must be settled by facts, not by gen- eral assertions or vulgar abuse. The Concord (N. H.) Statesman says: "The speech of General Pierce, at New Boston, in the month of January last, has recently been published at Washington, and seems to have created some stir there. B. F. Ayer, esq., of Man- chester, and Messrs. Norris, Peaslee.ahd Hibbard, members of Congress^ have severally, in certifi- cates which appear in the Washington i?ep«6Kc, endeavored to refute the presumption that the re- port of General Pierce's speech is correct. Mr. Ayer was the only one of the above gentlemen who was present in the meeting at New Boston, and he denies that such language was uttered. The speech was reported for the Manchester Democrat by a reporter specially engaged for the purpose; and there could at that time have been no sufficient motive for giving any other than a faith- ful transcript of the words uttered. Mr. Ayer was present to speak himself, and could not therefore be supposed to be in so favorable frame of mind for fixing his attention upon what may have been said by General Pierce, as one who went there for the sole purpose of reporting for a newspaper. There is noio a motive to allege that the speech was not correctly reported, but there was none then to in- duce a reporter to give any other than a faithful version of it." The Manchester (N. H.) Aiuriean and Messenger enters somewhat -more into detail, but with a result equally adverse to General Pierce and his apologists. It remarks : "We all recollect freshly and vividly the Atwood split, and all its details-how that reverend- turn- coat wrote three letters which agreed in no par- ticular—how he danced the polka from New Bos- ton to Concord, and from Concord to Manchcsler— how he fell into the den of lions (or asses) at the Manchester House, and came out rolling his eyes in holy horror at their wickedness— how he was reported to have intimated to Frank Pierce that he had a conscience, and how Frank, with a very lartarean expletive, informed him that Ihe intima- tion was absurd, since he had belonged to the Democratic party forty years— how Mr Atwood stumped the Slate, and gratified an infinite num- ber of elderly ladies by the sunvilas in mode of his address— how the election left him 'nowhere,' and how lie retired at last, like Cinrinnatus, to his plough. "We remember, also, how Frank Pierce, in Ihe dead of last winter, with a patrol of sheriffs, edi- tors, runners, and echoes, went over to New Bos- ton to bid for Freesoil votes. It was a touch-and- go meeting, and Frank performed with his usual button-hole tact. He patted Ihe New Bostonera on their backs, and told them that the man who built his father's chimney lived at one time in New Boston, and that ibcrefore he had a paternal re- gard for them. Among the other incidents of Ihe meeting, a clergyman arose and addressed to him some interrogatories. In Ihe course of his an- ■3, the General leaned marvellously towards the Frcesoilers. The speech was carefully noted a at the time by a most estimable and correct /idual present, and published in the Manches- ter Democrat in full, and in the Independent Demo- ij in part. It is worthy of notice that not a gle Democratic paper in the State at the time denied Ihe correctness of the Freesoil portion of the speech, and that some of them published re- i in close agreement with it. It should also be remembered that the speech was successful, and gained about two hundred Freesoil votes! as can be shown by the returns of the votes. Well, five months elapsed, and Prank Pierce was nominated for the Presidency, as par excellence pro-slavery candidate ; and all the South, from the Potomac southward, sent up a shout. He was nended to them as all right, and the cam- paign was commenced furiously in all the South by the Democrats, they representiiig Pierce as by far safer than Scott on the Compromise. But sud- denly some of the southern papers discovered Ihe THE SIGNAL. 91 New Boston epeccb, and forthwith published i The I fell fro Ihci- eyes. the pap nply It is declared that the report of the speech si false. We obeerve that E.F. Aycr, €sq., (the gentleman to whom ward five, of this cily, has two or three times ^ivrn indi cations that he had better remnin in private life,) and our friend Campbell, the defender of the Tnmmcrcia! policy of England,' and the oppoaer of the system by which a large portion of his pa- trons obtain their bread, have addressed letters to Messrs. Ncrris, Hibbard, and Peaslee, denying- the report i"?i tola; and Messrs. Norris & Co. gave their preface, and enclosed them to the Washing- ton Union. The Union thinks the matter thereby settled. r>nd is in ecBtacies. "We have tvro questions to submit in connexion with the matter. First, if the report was false, why was it not denied at the time.' Second, can it for a moment be supposed that, after this lapse of time, the memory of men can be trusted before a rf^jort made at the lime >" From the Portsmouth {N . H..') Messenger — a Freesoil print — we derive the following, which tallies exactly with the explanation offered by every New Hampshire paper not committed to the Pierce interest: "General Pierce, in a speech inade at New Boa- ton, was reported to have said he loathed the Fu gitive Slave law. The remark was by no means an extraordinary one; for the speaker was attempt ing to draw votes from John Atwuod. and to giv* the impression that it was not on account ot his opposition to that odious law that Atwood was be- heided. The Hunker presses of Pierce's party did not then deny that be made use of such an expres- sion, as the elfect of it they believed would be sal- utary." Haviog mislaid the last number of the Con- cord (N. II.) Independent Democrat, we avail ourselves of the following paragraph, which we find attributed to that journal by the Boston Alias: **As we have received a large number of letters from southern men during the last fortnight, ask- ing inforinalion in regard to this matter, me take this occasion to say to one and all, that the lan- guage uitributed to General Pierce above was spnkcn b-j liim precisely as reported. This language was not only used at A^cu) £i)S(on, but also a.x, Brad- ford and other places in this State. Of this the proof is abundant, and will b« fr.rthcomiug, in a shape to defy cavil or denial. We have had no. agency in getting up the issue. And but for the charge ef misrepresentation made against us, we history vn I be set rislU." The history is tolerably " right" at present, but it will wear a new aspect when p'roof be adduced that tlie obnoxious language used by General Pierce at New Boston was also used by him at Bradford and other places in New Hampshire. That is the assertion now made by the Independent Democrat, with a promise that abundant evidence ghall be produced " in a shape to defy cavil or denial," ly forgetting lit endorsere for Gcne.al Pierce 3ses Norrla) areas rank Free- of the journals they volunteer hope to happen to be Frcee that two <.f the prcse f H. Hibbard and M ilers as Ihe editors discredit. "Apart from these coneiderations, there is ano ther fact that goes far to convince us of the truth of the charges. There is no language charged to have been used by General Pierce, m the New Boston sDccch, at all incompatible with language mployed and used by him in his place in the Senate of the United Statrs. Nor is it incompati- ble with.thc language admitted by liis friends to have been used by him on the occasion, and re- ad at the time by one of his own organs, which gave a sketch of the speech. That report quotes language quite as strong against slavery as Freesoil organs have given him credit for, and shows that be advocated the carrying out of the Compromise in good faith— a fact th; never controverted or doubted. have the It h to be remembered that when the Gazetit and the ChronicU expressed these opinions they were not in possession of the affidavit ol Mr. Foss and the collateral evidence subse- quently elicited. They were unacquainted, Iso, with the inconlestihie proofs that have been collated during the last few days of the Free- soil proclivities of General Piiorce's neighbors and immediate allies. When the whole case obtains circulation in the South, the excite- ment which we are told already exists will be vastly strengthened. The .\ugusta (Ga.) Chronicle and Sentinel. whose course on the Whig nomination elicitecl frequent encomiums from the Democratic press, tnaUes the following remarks on General Pierce's New Boston speech: "Heretofore we have abstained from the publi- cation of the reports '> from Ohio (Mr.'campbelf)' says IS inng doctrine, I have to say that such is no/, nor never has been. Democratic doctrine; nor was It the doctrine or practice of Washington; and even M»; rK-'*"''.","' ■' ''"' ^« '^'=1' remembered, pledged h.mselfto veto any act of Congress abol! Pd^fri'?™'^ '!"■,""' °'?'™'' '"""ff" hi acknow. flfi „ ^L ^»n«'''""°",''lP''«'" *° 'i" so- So, also, nlTi n.^.T^"'^ n P'"^"^?* ^"y nominee of the tn^ V ^ , i'^j'^"""'"'""' f" "le Presidency nffhlvl r P >^^^ ^^'° " '■^P^'*' °'"- mo-dification tfnn r„„^^""',^m' T^'^'^' ''"'^^'^' ^"<=h modifica- tion (not at all likely to happen) should prove necessary to lis more effectual execution, and be generally demanded by the Sooth itself. In short, any Democratic nominee will unhesitatingly pledge himself to discountenance, and if necessa- •y veto, any attempt to modify the TugiMve Steve aw, in accordance with the views and demands of hose who are aiming to effect that end." Mr Polk was then "authorized to pledge ny tiommeenf the next Democratic Conven san zeal has led them to deny lahal Ihei, knoie to be r»e. If IS too lale in the day to defr„ud the pub- lic by false statements about this mat'cr Of the entire accuracy of the report published in the Man- chester /)mocro( on the 8th of January, we can fully satisfy any candid man. North or South." In another paragraph the Democrat no- tices the manoeuvres that are on foot to bolster up the very lame apology presented by Gen - 'riends: al PjERCE'f " The publication in some pers of the speech of General ton last January, has caused in that f---- Ihc letter, the s-endi Soot old have ^' '^ ■'■■»'<' 'hat a shrewd Freesoiler remarked ■ Mr ivi„.„„ T ■ I, . • , r° "''"^'^' "'^KCE, "Frank, don't vou be such to this etfect : that when the letter of M?' ■,, ^"^""^ '" ^^""^ """ ""he Genera! was not '""Willing to profit by the hint. tt arrived at Concord, New Hampshire, Ger r^:'^LT^!t^'ll[•J'l''''li''"S in some of I .absence nis partner undertook that reply, I understand, he sa ce was from home, and thcrefoi letter personally, and (hat . and to reply ; and i that General Pi could not answer th fae were at homo. General Pi f H-^'.IhT ""^ P'-"ldency, would' hardly' feeFhTm' self under any obligation to answer questions of that sort That was just before the convention met. The convention, when it did meet, nomT ary to_ his expectation. naied General Pierce, and ill his letter of acceptance euUicienlly commit- ted I'lmeelf to all the questions which had been propounded to the other candidates for the Presi- dency Here is a piece of part of General Piercb's friends as we have e^ver seen in a public man. Mr. Polk evaded the question by saying that Mr. Pierce's let- ter aeeepiing the nomination was an answer' But in that letter Mr. Pierce says nothino- of the veto, or the pledge to use it, if necessary to sustain the^Fugitive Slave law. Mr. Polk's embarrassment led Mr. Meade to advance to the rescue, with what success the reader can judge. General Pierce— Mr. Meade avers— wasabsent, and his partner undertook to ply! Well, where is the reply of the "und laker?" If it cannot be produced, perhaps Mr. Meade will inform us of the contents. Ii IS evident, however, that General Pierce is not always from home "practisinir in some of the courts;" and we want to know why, on coming home, he did not answer a question which must certainly be regarded as of more than gossiping value. But, forsooth Mr Pierce was not a candidate! Was he not as much a candidate as some of the whom Captain Scott catechised? Wei all candidates, all assuming men, and was Pierce, the modest general, ihc only man catechised that was not presumpto:-3? At any rate, it was the duty of General Pierce to answer his friends after he was nominated. He has, however, deemed it more prudent to dodge the question, nnd in so doino- he has doubtless acted on the advice of his Wends of the Byenin- PnsL together with Rantoul, Cleveland, Norris, Hibbard Peaslee, Flovd, and Preston King. On the 8th of April, more than si\ weeks before the meeting of the Democratic Conven- tion, Mr. Polk made the THE PIERCE DENIAL. We have already published a letter froi ed itor of the Manchester (N. H.) Democrat tradicting the main point raised by the Union's defence of General Pierce, and e.x-plaioino- the circumstances under v/hich the General uttered his memorable anti-slavery and anti-Fugitive Slave law declaration. The last number of the Democrat, since received, refers to the sub- ject in the following remarks, which reaffirm the entire accuracy of the original report. Th( artful dodging on the M^^Wence we have already published leaves lit '^'"' ' tie room for doubt upon that head : "Moaes Norris, Harry Hibbard, and C H Pes nf the southern pa- Pierce at New Bos- „ .,^ 10 little excitement Southern men, of all others, have profound contempt (or hypocritical politicians " "■ immediately sent on by ihe • faith- hmgton, that something must be got :ract the eff-^cts of this fatal develop- --_... at the South. Accordingly runners were last week searching every nook and corner of New soTo^a^m X™"i'y'o drum up signers to some sort ot a manifesto which they hope will hush up the affair. They will find it a usele.-s task to at- tempt to conceal well-aulhenticated truths and which^for months were admitted to be such bv themselves." -' Orde up toe thers they ee are out in a letter, published in the Washing- on l/mon last week, declaring the report pub - ished in the Manchester Democrat ot General lerco's speech 'made at New Boston. New Hamp- hire, in December last,' to be utterly false. As these k-orthies made a statement about which Ihey know .oth.ng, and therefore had no right to express any pinion, we shall so far enligh.en ^/,™ as to say hat Genera; Pierce made no speech at A^ew Boston isl December, and that we arc not in the habit ot .cporting speeches which were never made. "But to show how polilioal gamesters of a smaller fry, in their an.xiety to get a chance at the pap, stand readv to give utterance to anv lalschood that will subserve their purposes, we in- form our readers that B. F. Ayer and J. M. Camp- bell have each wriKcn a letter, which anpears in the Washington Union of the same date, and in which they state that the 'repirt in the Man- chester /^mocrai of a speech made by General Pierce /a»«i)ecem6er at New Boston,' is a -tissue of falsehoods from beginning to end.' Now we ao-ain ay thai we have uul, and shall not, waste any ■■""'"■' ■' ' l><.ii.:i.T speech But we do FACING THE DIFFICULTY. The Louisville Democrat escapes the tribu- lation which the Pierce developments inflict upon less courageous and straightforward jour nals of the same faith. Wisely considenno that the people are too shrewd to receive ge- neral denials from tainted quarters as answers to specific charges, and that a paper only in- jures its own character when it tries to cover facts with a huge load of abuse, the Demo- cra< faces the difficulty to learn its real charac- ter,;.and then falls prostrate that it may pass move ons course. Thus, while the Union is exhausting the dictionary in its search after epithets, to be bestowed upoa the alleged de- famers of General Pierce, the Democrat quietly admits the whole case against him, and then philosophically argues that good De' mocrats are bound to cast Pierce vot'es, whe- ther Pierce be sound or not. The Lotiisville Journal epitomizes its neighbor's views as fol- lows: "The editors of the Democrat, belt remembered, saythatitmakesno difference at all if the reporta of General Pierce's anti slavery epeecif by (he two Democratic papers in New Hamfislnro is true fhey say that it is none of Ihe Si.uth's business what he thinks about slaverv and the Fu-itive Slave law. Theysay that iheSou.h has no mSimer ol right to object to voting for him on -o-count of his proclaiming Ih.U slavery is a moral blot upon Uie character _ol the nation, .hat he abhor, it, that It, that the Fugitive Slave law --ityami moral right, that he say 1 giving up ol "Yes, let il ately-uttererl crat, that, cv. beyond all doubt, to em. the Fugitive ; the slightest c long as Genei thore platforn Th- .'hocked I id the . the ulhern appear danation of the duplicity of General Pierce in ingjin^his letter of acceptance that he believed by any one oo( ton paper led planation of the sayi Id 'safety say that there had been rio'"toord orpctofhislife' in conflict with the Compromise platform. At the time of the publication of our report last January, neither the New Hamnshire Patriot. Union, nor any other paper qoesirn'ed ils entire n-habdily, but in»n of all parties who were present spoke ol it as a most faithful and accurate report, il iho two above-named persons were both present during General Pierce's speech, they must ,,, ^ , „ iieiit will not be satislV.frlory ex- t''n in'T/mnr V""; ' "''^'^ '" '''"'^'' "^'^^ '^-''"^ ^"^'l^ '" 'action as the • i'los"- par.amount Item in the range of dutie.«i; but it avoids infinite trouble, and is quite as conciu- ■ was d^''"'' a Wa.shing'- A Democrat yesterday offered to be a speech in the Housp tt;Vtre^^Vere''n'd\t iTg^^t o "fhifr ^art I dred dollars that there w'as'notVuth" in"the'rrttc"lea copied froni the New Hampshire papers respect! ?? *!?,'? '^J,- ^^"<°"^0 who shall decide.!"' ?hJ^Z, 'I I '•'"'!' ,"■'"' ^"•■""d-" "Well, (said the Whig,) I will leave it to the officers of the meeting whoever they be." "No, (rejoined Ihe Democrat ) I wouldn't believe anybody in the world! Ihat 8 a specimen of a saving faiih. [Kw/imonrf fVlitg. THE SIGNAL 93 WHIG CONVENTION IN FLORIDA. The Whig Conveiilion of the State of Florida, we learn from the Sentinel, met at Tallahassee on the Hlh ult„ and org^anized hy (he appointment of the Hon. R. K. Call as President; Major L. C. Gaines, of Marion, and Hon. Thomas M. White, of Jackson, 03 Vice Presidents; and L. I. Fleming, esq., of Jofferson, and Columbus Dkew, esq., of Duval, as Secretaries. Delegates and proxies were in attendance from Santa Rosa, Jackson, Gadsden, T.eon, Wakulla, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Columbia, Duval, Alachua, Marion, and St. John's counties. Two of the delegates to tho Baltimore Conven- tion being present— Col. George T. Ward and Col. James W. Baker — an invitation was extended to them to address the convention. Colonel Ward accordingly addressed the con- vention, giving a statement of the.course of action of the southern delegates to Baltimore, and the adoption of the platlorm of resolutions by the Na- the great thesuppo, by these v t of the to Bal of resolul Convention almost in the ident; recommelidvd by them. Also the result of the onvenlion, in the nomina- LD Scott, and the accept- by that distinguished citi the platform as expressed .illulii thee at Baltimore, be being called, the ratified by the State Convention Upon this motion, the counti( following w»i the result: For Ratification— Sania Roea, 2; Jackson, 4; Leon, 6; Wakulla, 2; Jefferson, 4; Madison, 3. Hamilton, 2; Cjlumbia, 3; Alachua, 2; Duval, 3; St John's, 2; Marion, 2—34. jlgainst Ratification— Ga.dBdcn—&. Colonel Gkobok T. Ward was then by acjlaraa- tion nominated lor the olEce of G"overnor, and the Hon. E C Cabbll unanimously for tha,'4 of Repre- The convention having adj&urn'^d, reassentjbled on the 15fh, when Colonel J. P. '>Sasdekson, Hon. Thomas Randall, and Hon. j. J. Finlev were chosen as Presidential electo.fs. The following rceoluliovia were adopted : Resolved, That in ro,,ifying the nominations of the National VVhig Cr-,nvention, which convened at Baltimore on the 16'>, ot June laet, it does so with lull -assurance of an unqualified conTiction that the candidates no /ninalcd by that convention stand pledged toadhr,,e to all of the cardinal principles that dislingu' .,(, the VVhig party, but above all, to support and enforce in all their parts the measures known as '^nc Compromise ineaeuies, and the Fu- gitive Slr^ve law. Riso'Mcd, That the platform of the National Whig Convention was conceived in a spirit of fidelity to ttie Whig party, and to the integrity of the Union and the Constitution, and this conven- tion accepts and adopts that platform as a iiiauiy and eloquent declaration of essential principles,, upon which all of its candidates must stand. Subsequently the Ho^n. G. T. Ward arose, and ulated to the convention that he had but moment received information of bis i as candidate for the office of Governor oi noon of yesterday; and from facts ' come to his knowledge this morning, reluctant as was the course he was about to take, he felt com- pelled to decline the nomination. The desire of the convention being strongly expressed that Major Ward should not decline the nomination tendered him, that gentleman, upon a further con- sideration of the subject, declared his acceptance of the nomination for Governor, and his intention to engage manfully in the contest the VVhig party were about to carry The following resolution was then presented by the Hon. Thomas Randall, and unanimously adopted: Resolved, That, in the nominations made by this convention, it was governed by great national and State Whig principles, rcgardlecs of individual preferences, with a knowledge that temporary dif- parly would ultimately receive 13 nominees; that. still inllucncod s convention perceives with plea imioce lor Governor Major Geokqe T. Ward, on reconsideration, has withdrawn his tendered resignation. Major Ward took occasion to mention the cir- cumstance to the convention, that during his late visit to Baltimore he bad the privilege of an inter- view with the patriot Heney Clay, who was then slowly sinking into the sleep of dcaU), and that this distinguished man, whom the country now mourns, gave among his last expressions his testi- mony to the integrity, patriotism, and virtue ol Winpield Scott. At the close of Major Ward's remarks,' Mr. C. Drew offered the following resolutions; to which the unanimous consent of the convention was sig- nified by the members all rising. Resolved, That this convention 'cannot adjourn without uttering its voice of lamentation for the death of Henry Clay. Resolved, That while in the death of tho great u, patriot and oiator, we mourn the de- parture of genius ai.t. % The untruth is to be found in tiie Democratic version of Whig report, nut in the repurl^as circulated through Whig cliannels. It has not bee'n asserted by any Whig jour- nal that General Quitman supports General Scott, in the sense which the Penmylcaman chooses to adopt. But it is asserted without contradiction that General Quitman, while supporting Pierce, has done justice to the ability and character of General Scott, and to his fidelity to the Constitution and the country on the exciting question which has "of late agitated it. We repeal the opinion e.xpressed by the Southern Rights Democrat in relation to the Whig candidate. Let the Pennsijlvaidan deny the accuracy of this report if it can : •' I know the man, and he will be controlled by no one contrary to his own convictions of what is right. And as to his being true to the South, I consider him the most unexceptionable man, on that score, among all the Whigs who have been named in connexion with the Presidency. I am a Democrat, and consequently differing widely, as I do, from General Scolt, on every political question, can never give him my support ; but if there is a Whig in the Union for whom, under any circum- stances, I would cast my vote for President, that Whig is Winfield Scott ! " From the Snndtisky (Ohio) Rrgiiter. IRISHIMEN AND THE RELIGIOUS TEST, The following letter epcaks for itself in relation to the The fact th:. Ily pursued I :o array one class ag.ninst another, political onpon»nI6 have habitu- afford no subject which it treats. It was written by\ZZnZTf,^'T 1' I"'"' "m ''^ "'^""^ elligint Irish Catholic of Rochester, who, it jhe rX n ., 1 .^^ ,' ' f "'7''' '''•"" , i3 no longer to be "duped by the blarney" "^Jf|P°"'''tf , ' a political c«nipaj«n n„/ n<„v, ;„ C.„./ tt.,i„„. .i,„ '» we" known that our predilections favor the F )ke seems, of the so-called Democratic "party. Unless the | ,„_,.,„, c,:,,, r ,, „„ ' r, , ■ , ■ signs of the limes are mistaken much, there are I '^^'^"' "^t"''-,,! fnever .eeL"' '"" ^'■^'^r'• '" "' mnrp of the onmp «,rt • I '''^°'^' ^^ '^''"'-' "^^^ ^^® ^"^ wttrraM for its pro- moreot the same sort. pagation in any other way than by appeals to the To the Editors of the Rochester Daily American: [judgment and conscience. And the appeal is marie, Gents: I perceive that strenuous efforts are j not to Irishmen or to Catholics, alone, but to all making to secure the Irish vote for the next Presi- i lovers of true religious liberty, of whatever name dential election. or class, to put their seal of condemnation upon I can assure you that the great body of the Irish | any man who is put forw.ird for their suffrages as adopted citizens will be no longer duped by ihe ihe especial candidate of those who favor ils cur- blarney of the Democratic party. The Deniocraiic ' tailment in such an essential particular, as to estab- faction is the faction of lawless unconstilulional ■ lish or maintain a reli_i;ious te.-t of fitness for office, movements— its objects are to destroy, if pos.-iible, We would tatte every suitable opuorUinity to de- Ihe internal improvements of the country; it is un- nounce it and all who favor it, as a measure in di- reasonable, revolutionary; it holds thai government reel conliict with the fundamenlnl principles of the Declai-i iniqui- best which governs the least; from which it fol- lows that the best governmeul would be no govern- ment; and it aims at securing to every man the right to do wrong, whenever, wherever, and how- ever he may choose. Franklin Pierce is now the candidate put for- j The present political campaign affords a good ward by the Democracy for the Presidency of the opportunity to strike a blow for the vindication of on of Independence ; unjust and toua in itself, and as an engine which may some day — the principle being once admitted — be turned upon the Protestants themselves. Union. He is a native of New Hampsh the Constitution of which Stale Catholics are not eligible for Stale officers. In Pierce's State, ob- that a Catholic is not ijualijied to be a Gov- ernor, Lieutenant Governor, Jadge of the State Courts, or to hold any office under the control of the Stale, nor, I believe, in the Legislature. Eng- land is no more on enemy to the Cadiolic popula- tion of Ireland, than the Slate of New Hampshire is to the Catholic citizens of ihe United Stales. That State has a religious test on her statute book, excluding me and every oUier Catholic from the exercise of our rights as American citizens ; and England, with her Bequest, Titles, Maynooth, and other bills, intended to check the growth of our religion, with all her moral depravity and per- secuting propensity, has none worse against us. But I am determined, as a Catholic and as a citi- zen of these United Stales, not to sustain, either by my vole or influence, any man jiut forward by that Slate for public favors, as long as she holds Hiat infamous act on her statute book, and thus attempts to degrade four mUlions of American citizens below all other classes because of their religion, I remain your.?, very truly, WILLIAM DUNN. Rochester, July 19, 1859. A few reflections are suggesled by the perusal of [ weak, the above. It is true that the Irish Catholics have ] lignity, for a long time been ardently attached to the party professing exclusive Democracy. And thi surpris'ing. Compelled to leave their naii to escape the oppression of the Engli.sh la evil effects of which appear in the neighborhoods, and once fertile but in thbhj Statr edon af Ihc Union, by repodiatins f the oJifj; Slale which continu trample it under foot by a Constitutional test. ! sacred ing the From.lhe Troy {M Y.) Daily Whig. GENERAL SCOTT'S GOODNESS OF HEART. The reader of Mansfield's life of Scott finds in that work abundant evidence of the Old Hero's no- ble, self-sacrificing disposition. Take, fortxample, Ihe record of his conduct when, on his passage from Buffalo to Chicago, in July, 183i2, with a force of nearly one thou.sand troops, destined for the scene of the Black Hawk war, the Asiatic cholera sud- denly broke out in their midst, and spread terror, suffering, and death around. The disease itself was then strange and unmanageable — it baffled the best skill of medical art and experience — it was the most frightful scourge in its manifeslalions and the rapid- ity of its course that Ihe world had ever seen; and to increase the panic that seized all minds at its ap- proach, the belief prevailed that it was propagated by contagion, or infected the air of its locality like ""he bravest fled before it. Rich and ■ong man and the lid dread a pestilence. I poor — old and young :re alike the Vic Men shunned c! ihe plague thrived in their comact — brother I abandoned brother — the parent his child, the wife land her husband; and the fell spirit of disease raged and , Ihc ! iidvanccd with a violence that overcame ihe strong- depopulated jest instincts of allection, and even the tenderestand ■ -' ' ■' ' of nature. Who could fields which they leave behind of every kind, — the tendency the very extreme of liberty. This they are pro- mised in the ranks of (fte Democracy. It is palmed off upon the emigrant as the party of the " largest liberty." As men form their party attachment, so they are likely to retain them, until some glaring reason is shown for a disruption of the party tic. All experience demonstrates that when once that tie IS broken, the breach is not likely to be healed. So we apprehend it will be found m the cnsr. of many warm-hearled and impulsive Irishinpii, v. !■■. have hilherto follovved the fortunes of ihr- \'- , - racy. Some have been amused with the ■ forgetting that in politics names are noiln,, , ■ ,; principles every thing. Now that they arc o„;i. d on to vote for the avowed and influentii the party which, in New Hampshire, h lo ! these many years, refused to abrog: gious test,", intended to e.Kcludc themselves and their brethern of the Catholic faith from a partici- pation in those rights and privileges vouchsafed to other men, the scales begin to fall from their eyes. Some have already, like William Dhnn, deter- mined to support no man who hails from a State guilty of such intolerance, and especially from the party which perpetrates it. Others are inqu' into the facts, and will coim ■ing t g oppression , face ils fearful, becau :n to rush to | theitfore, not lo be bold, so intrepid, us whose touch was de whose pestiferous bi upathi ts enseen, unknown, and, ;onibalted power? Who so sland ' defiant of a monster .th, and within the reach of sath.none, it was thought, when the facts fire fully ascertained, There was a proud, a heroic instance of self de- votion exhibited by Winfield Scott, who, when the deck and cabin of his own boat were occupied with the de,:.d and the dying — when others were para- lyzed wiih fuar, and the medical science had failed lo nrr.'.'t the direful havoc, forgot his official rank, tl'irt, his safety, his life; took upon himself , I J. -Hied ollhcsof physician, nurse, and"friend; ,. .,,iii undismayed amid the terrific scene; minis- liiinl uilh his own hand to the sick; encouraged the disconsolate, and cnntribuled, as far as he could, to alleviate the final sufferings of those who had pas- sed beyond the reach of human aid. An eye-wit- ness, whose siiualion made him in all respects disin- terested, says "ihat General Scott's conduct on the occasion should establish for him a reputation not inferior to that which he has earned in the battle- field; and should exhibit him not only as a warrior, but as a man — not only as the hero of battles, but as the hero of humanity." He adds, "that it was the commander's duty lo give the best general di- Ihe sameconclusioii I rections he could for proper attendance upon the leader of i steadily. sick, and for preventing the spread of the disease. THE SIGNAL. 95 W lien ho had done this, his duty wets perfoime:! , and ha might have left tlie rest to his medical oflicers. But such was not hits course. He thought he had other obligations to discharge; that his personal safety must be disregarded to visit the sick, to cheer tlie well, to encourage the attendants, to set an ex- ample to all, and to prevent a panic; in a word, to save the lives of others at the risk of his own. All this he did faithfully, and when he could have had no other motive ihan that of doing good. Here was no glory to be acquired; here were none of the excitements of the battle-field; here was no shame to be avoided, or disgrace to be feared, because his general arrangements and directions to those whose part it was to "battle with sickness had satisfied duty. His conduct then exhibited a trait in his character which made a strong impression on me, and which, in my opinion, justice required should not be over- looked." An Idea of the fierceness and fatality of the disease maybe formed when it is stated that in a few days it reduced a force of nine hundred and fifty men to four hundred. To General Scott's humane efforts authentic report attributes the fac that all who were with him were not destroyed; and the iiiagnanimily of liis conduct is greatly increased by the circumstance that he was himself ill at th time, feeble in body, and always, when near the sick, laboring under some of the symptoms of the disease, [t was to this noble exhibition of charac- ter that General Cass, then Secretary of War, re- ferred when he thus expressed himself in an official letter to Winfield Scott, after his return from the Black Hawk war: "Allow me to congratulate you, sir, upon the fortunate consummation of your ardu- ous duties, and to express my entire approbation of the whole course of your proceedings during a .series of difficulties requiring higher moral courage than the operations of an active campaign under ordinary circumstances." But this i.s not the only manifestation of General Scotfs self-denying philanthropy. It was conspicu- ously displayed in the pestilential climate of Mexi- co, where he mitigated, by his personal attendance and kindness, the sufierings of his men, and show- ed a readiness and ability to relieve them equadled only by the affection of a brother. In a recent speech of the honorable John C. Spencer, at Alba- ny, that gentleman makes the following eloquent allusion to an earlier example of the same generous spirit: " And who does not know how this gentleness and sympathy with his race have been exhibited, constaiitlv, daily, hourly, by General Scott, when in the field, in the camp, on the march, or in bar- racks ! The sick, the disabled, the wounded, the dying, among the troops he has commanded, were ever the peculiar objects of his most assiduous care. There is not a hamlet in our country but contains living witnesses who have received and repeat the testimony of their dead fathers and brothers. Par- don me for alluding to a personal instance, when, visiting a brother in 1814, who had been shot ir the battle of Niagara, and who was dying withir the British lines. The recollection of'the sympa- thy and the assistance of General Scott on that, and on another occasion still more trying, swells heart with emotions that would break it, if they could not find utterance, when ipeaking of th stitution of that man's nature. No, fellow-cilizens, the hardships and habits of military life, instead of indurating his heart, have but touched him with feeling of the infirmilies of our race, and have taught him the great duty of man in imitating the example of his Saviour. Such a man will bring into the administration of the Government neither reserve, pride, arrogance, nor stubborness." So much then for General Scott's goodness of heart. These instances of it are matters of history. e-iv with General Scott. [ Corropondeiic! of the Baltimore Palriot.'\ Old Point Comfort, July 29, 1852. 1 arrived here safely, after a pleasant trip down the Cheaapeake in one of your excellent Baltimore steamers, and took up my temporary abode at the popular Hygeia Hotel. I found a large and bril- liant company assembled, and also observed at a glance that Itie hotel and iia whole neighborhood had undergone the most extensive improvements durioff the three years that have passed since my last visit-to Old Point. One of toy first inquiries, after reachingf my quarters, was for General Scott, who I learned hod -Iready been a guest here for several duya. J was nlurined that he was in hi# room, but that I would find no difficulty in gaining access to him il 1 dc- ired an interview. Although almost an entire trangcr, and in doubt whether I would be recog nised by (he General, 1 was still determined to and I accordingly sent my card, re- questing an interview at any hour convenient to him during the day. Answer was inslanlly re- turned by bis servant — a sprightly yellow boy of sixteen years of age — who at once ushered myeell and my friend into the presence of the distin- guished man. The General's reception hall was a small and plain bed-room, furnished with a common table, a single bed, washstand, rocking-chair and two other chairs, and a large travelling trunk. The great man was alone, and was seated at the table with a book in his hand, while the table itself was covered with books, papers and letters. Upon our entrance he immediately arose and shook hands with us in the most cordial manner, and resigning to me the old rocking-chair from which he bad arisen, was about to seat himself on the trunk; but this time I outgeneraled the old chief, and took position upon the trunk myself. I had frequently seen the General before, at in- tervals duritig the last ten years, but my friend yself both thought we had never seen him look so well as upon this occasion. His complexion looks more healthy, and his whole appearance freshness, and a vivacity, 1 may say, that never observed before. He was dressed in plain clothes, and wore crape upon his left arm in double mourning for the late distinguished dead — his friends— Henry Clay and General Roger Jones. My companion remarking to him that he had never seen him look so well, he told us that his general health had never been better than at this ne. Although he had been lately threatened th dysentery in an aggravated form, the inspi J sea-breezes and invigorating salt-water baths of Old Point had already nearly restored him He had been obliged to come here, instead of go ing to Niagara, as he had been urged to do, and had expected to enjoy (he restoring comforts of th place in quiet repose; but his friends had followed him, and their visits to him bad been almost as frequent as al the seat of Government. He re- marked that it was fortunate for him that his sick- ness had not so far prostrated him as to render him unable to see them, or to give some attention to their communications. By inquiry, we learned that he has lately received upon soine days as many as from eighty to above one hundred writ- ten communications, and a still greater number of newspapers and other printed matler, from all paTts of the country. He rises very early, and retires late, having accustomed himself (o do with but little sleep, and, being of the most industrious turn, accomplishes a vast deal in reading and writing, besides the wear and tear of reception and conversation. Although sixty six years of age, he is as active as most mcu of fiily, and takes his swimming bath while here daily in the broad Chesapeake. We were surprised, too, to sec him read, with apparent ease, and without spectacles, the contents of an enammelled card, written in lead pencil. His step seems as elaslic, and hi» form as erect, as when 1 first saw him, ten years ago. Neither my companion nor myself being a poli- tician, the conversation was but little directed to the incidents of the presidential canvass. The General seems to take the many hard things said by the politicians in the most admirable temper, and was quite tickled when J told him of a state- ment I liad observed in one of the papers, to the effect that the battle of Lundy's Lano had been fought end won before he had reached the ground. He spoke of the manner in which the partisans on both sides were now fighting the political battle and deprf rated the report to personalities that had been made by liicm, at the same time alluding the most respectful terms to General Pierce. In the course of our conversation, the difficulties growing out of the eastern fisheries were mcn- lioned. He explained to us briefly but satisfac- torily the true position of the question, and ex- pressed himself strongly in favor of affording the entire fishing interest the amplest protection that soimportanta trade demanded, and our own rights in the premise.? fully justified. He seems to have the fullest confidence that the present Administra- tion will settle the matter to the satisfaction of the country, without any danger of our being obliged to resort to a war to obtain a settlement. I donotknowwlietherthiscr minunication would be of interest to your readers or not, just as you think; but in my own mind I felt anxious to know how Gene platform. received then jld present himself to n the oceupant of a politic ould be his bearing ai 1 my impretsions just as A Marylandee. LETTER FROM A MASSACHUSETTS WHIG. The withdrawal of Mr. S. Hooper, a well- known Boston Whig, from the Central Com- mittee of Massachusetts, has been dwell upon as proof of his unwillingness to sustain the no- minee of the National Convention, and as the forerunner of extensive defection from the Whig ranks in New England. Mr. Hooper corrects this misapprehension in the subjoined letter, which, while expressing his personal preferences for Mr. Webster, sets forth his intention to render support to General Scott: To the Editor of the Boston Courier: Sir: On returning home a few days since, after an absence of some weeks, for the first time since the Whig Convention at Baltimore, my attentinn 16th instant, respecting my resignation as a mem- ber of the Whig State Central Committee. I am aware that my resignation, or the reasons for it, are unimportant; and I should have noinclination to refer to them so far as I alone am conci rned, but I feel it to be a duty to my associates on tliat committee, towards all of whom I entertain no sentiment but of respect and friendship, to correct the statement that the cause of my resignation was dissatisfaction with the committee or it's action. Towards the close of the session of the Legisla- ture of 1851, when the Whig State Central Com- mittee for the year was to be appointed, it was deemed expedient, in order to promote among the Whigs throughout the Commonwealth the har- mony which had existed among the Whigs of the Legislature during that exciting eessiuii, to ap- point four new members who were known to be friendly to the nomination of Mr. Webster for President, in addition to the five members at large e on the committee the previous year. I of the four additional members, and since 1 have been on the committee its action has been uniformly, so far as it had any reference to il, fa- bje to the nomination of Mr. Webster by the onal Convention;* as evidence of it I would refer to the unanimous recommendation by the committee of Messrs. Everett, Asbmun, and Sprague, as the candidates for delegates at large to atlend the National Convention, who were known to be strong-ly in favor of the nomination of Mr. Webster; also, to the fact that the three delegates at large, and eight out of the ten district delegates, making eleven of the thirteen ballots from Massachusetts at the late convention in Bal- timore, voted through every ballot for Mr. Web- ster. If Mr. Webster had been nominated by the con- vention, I should have considered myself obliged to remain on the State Central Committee, and at considerable personal inconvenieitre to have de- voted much time and attention until November to promote his election, in which I know that all my colleagues on the committee would have heartily co-operated. When the nomination was decided against Mr. Webster, I considered that my mission on the committee was at an end, as my active ser- vice in ihe season of a Presidential campaign would beof great inconvenience to I'y private business without a compensating benefit to the Whig cause, and my resignation would give to my associates on ilie committee an opportunity, if they wished to avail of it, to put in my place a more efBcicnt and ardent supporter of General Scott. As I should not return home for some weeks, I sent my resig- nation to the secretary of the committee— with the same reasons for which I have now stated. But had I supposed it would have been taken in any degree as an indication of a diminished attachment to the Whig party, its principles or its usages, I should most certainly have withheld my resigna- tion. I attended the Whig Convention at Baltimore, and was one of the alternate delegates at large, and an attentive observer of all the proceedings there. I was disappointed by the failure to nomi- nate Mr. Webster. It was understood by the friends of Mr. Webster to be tlie wish of a large majority of the southern delegates in the conven- tion that either Mr. I'lllmore or Mr. Webster should receive the nomination; that their first choice was for Mr. Fillmore; but that more than one hundred southern votes could be relied oji fu^ d6 THE SIGNAL. From llie Springfield Republic Webster, whenever that number, added to the ^ in wi^c^h'tt'sfaferwe?: Ja"/,:! 'ZX «! | HERO OF LUNDY'S LANE.-SCOTT SONG. hi3 norainalion. The friends ot Mr. Fill- I TvsE.--''h's my del^ht, fyc. I. July the twenty-fifth it was, near forty yeavs ago, he ty- morc and Mr Websti being a majority of the convention, tno cret receiving- at each ball 130 to 13o voles, and the other never ujo than Ihiriy-two votea, under these circuu stances, might have united to nominate Mr. Fil more, unless enough of the friends of General Scott, to prevent it, should signily their prefer- encefor the nomination of Mr. Webster by throw- ing for him a sufficient number of votes to secure the one hundred or more of southern votes, which would haverecjuiied less than twenty of General Scott's votes in addition to the votes Mr. Webster bad received on each ballot. I strongly urged, as far aa was in my power, upon the friends of Mr. Webster to adopt that course, believing it would result in the nomination ol Mr. Webster, and that it was the only mode by which, as the convention was constituted, the vote (or Mr. Webster could be increased. When the resolutions were adopted by the con- vention, it appeared to me thateither Mr. Webster or Mr. Fillmore were entitled to the nomination. I was in favor of the nomination ol Mr. Wctister, considering it due to him for his long and taithful services to his country and his party, and particu- larly at this time, when his age rendered it proba- ble that it was the last opportunity for a National Convention of the Whig party to express, by nomi- nating him to the Presidency, their appreciation of his great public services, and more particularly of the services which be had rendered to the coun- try by his great speech of the 7th March, 1850— the sentiments ot which the conventions of both the great political parties, in the resolutions adopted by them, had recognised and sanctioned and ren- dered prominent as an article of their party creeds. The convention represented the Whigs of every State of the Union. Their object was to make such a nomination as would best promote the interests of the National Whig party of the Union; and al- though I was disappointed that the nomination v.'as not in conformity with my personal preference or my personal opinions, I did not for one moment con- sider myself absolved by it from my allegiance to the Whig party, I considered it my duty before the convention as a good Whig, to abide by their nomination, and equally so after the nomination was made, it having been, in my opinion, fairly and honestly made by a majority of the conven- tion. If lever change from the Whig party, in which I was born and educated, it will not be be- cause a majority of a convention of the party fairly and honestly differ from me in opinion with regard to the nomination of a candidate for President of the United States; and I shall therefore adhere to and support the nomination of General Scott. S HOOPER. They faltered not, nor fainted, nor e'er looked bade again. They knew their leader was young Scott, Hero of Lundy's Lane ! Now, then, Hun-ah for our young leader, Scott, Hero of Lun- dy's Lane I II. in numbers Bold Drummond led the Brit; two to one, In serried ranks and glistening, beneath the noon day sun ; But soon their pride was humbled, and half thei number slain, By the 'tarnal Yankee boy.^, and Scott, Hero o Lundy's Lane ! Now, then, Hurrah for Yankee Boys, and Scott, Hero of Lun dy's Lane ! III. 'Twas when the fight was hard&t, to Miller stand ^ ing Ijy, . Our noble Chief said, "take that fort" — brave Mil- ler said, "I'll try"— He charged the blazing cannon, and over heaps of slain, Unfurled the Stars and Stripes, at bloody Lundy's Lane. Now, then. Hurrah for the Stars and Stripes, at bloody Lun- dy's Lane! IV. And now that dove-eyed Peace her gentle wings has .spread. And Columbia's happy millions shed blessing.s on his head ; With eagle-eyc undinimed and name without a AuotUer Georgian Taking Position. From the Savannafi Rfpubtican, Jidy 28. The following letter has been handed tousfor publication: Letter from the Hon. George IF. lVallhour,of Lib- erty cemnty. Walthouhville, July 22, 1852. Dear Sik: i'ou wish to know what course I mean to pursue in the present Presidential cam- paign, 1 have never given an opinion until within a few days past. 1 have been silent, expecting the parly to which I belonged (Constitutional Union party) would, at the late convention held at Mil- ledgevillc, have brough' out their own candidates; but in this 1 have been disappointed; the conse- quence is, I must choose from the present nominees. Pierce and Scott. The first I cannot vote for. I consider him the nominee of the Southern Rights party— a party which last fall opposed the Conati futional Union party on the ground of the Com- promise. Is it nut strange that they will now run Pierce and King, who are Compromise men.' Is there any consistency in euch a course.' Again, I am no longer bound by party lines, for the mem- bers of the late convention have acted with the Southern Rights party in supporting Pierce and King, and 1 am Ictt to choose for myself, and I choose General Scolt. He has always fulfilled his promises, and he has accepted the nomination with the resolutions annexed, which makes him a Com- promise man, and he will carry out its provisions to their full extent. Notwithstanding the defection of some of our leading men, Whigs cannot be led. With this view of the subject, you may put me down a Scott man. That he will be elected I have but little doubt, although he may ndt get the vote of Georgia. I am, dear sir, your friend and obe- dient servant, Geo. W.-WaLthour. yp Judge W. B. Flemino. We'll make him Lundy's Lane! Hurrah for our t dy's Lane ! next President, th' Flero of just now, to watch our We want him at the licin ancient foe, And keep an eye on old John Bull, the same ai long ago ; And if he grabs our Fishermen, who make, ii Fundy, gain. To give him a slight touch of what he got at Lun dy's Lane. Now then. Three cheers for our brave Scott, th' Hero of Lun- dy's Lane! Indiana.— We notice tl abroad speak in glowing of Scott's prospects in th: right. Scott's prospects ing — more, glowing thai who has heretofore run; sincerity when we assert From the Campaign Times. WINFIELD SCOTT. A flag is floating free and clear, A star i.=i rising high ; And shoutsof heart-felt joy we hear. Re-echoed to the sky. Columbia's bird up-soars afar, And finds a loftier spot — For on that flag, and in that star Is hailed the^name of Scott! A name that far and near is known. From hall to humble cot; No name has e'er more brightly ehone Than that of Wintield Scott. To vict'ry he has led his hosts — Britain to him has bowed ; Of him his country proudly boasts, Full well might she feel proud. We love the man who sheds his blood. His country's rights to save. And such is he, our gallant Scott, Victor in every fight! A patriot true, he's bravely fought 'Gainst lorong — protecting right! Though fully laurel'd is his brow. And tow'ring now his fame ; Our " highest gift" we ofi'er now, In th' glorious old Whig name. Like him, we'll never be defied By low, base party plot. For he shall be our country's guid», Our own loved Winfield Scott! ifield, July 15,1852. It some of our exchangi ;erms of the brightne I State. In this they ai in this Stale are glov those of any candidate and we speak in perfect that we believe that he will get a majority in this Stale of at least three ikoitsand votes. The indications of this glurious result arc every day becoming more and more ap- parent. We almost daily bear of good Democrats who assert that they tuilt not vote for Pierce and Kinc; and so it is in every part of the Siate; but the Whig press do not think it necessary to herald abroad each conversion to our glorious ticket. Indiana in November next will come up "all right;" and we would merely say to our friends that this result "will do to bet on." ■ [iVtic Albany (/,id.) Tribune, 23./ TAR AND FEATHERS. The Locos call Gen. Scott old 'Fuss and Feathers; very well. Mr. Graham is the representative of the Tar of the old North State, and in November — the weather will begetting cold then — it is the inten- tion of the Whigs to give Pierce and King a coat of Tar and Feathers.— If'. If. Review. From the Albany Evening Journal. WHO OPPOSE GEN. SCOTT .= It is a common remark, that you may know a man by his friends. You can tell something about him by noticing who are his enemies. Gen. Scott has various opponents. The Rev. Mr. Brownlow opposes him because he caused the churches and religious services of the Catholics in Mexico to be respected by- his ildiers. And all supporters of the Religious Test New Hampshire, and sectarian bigots every- here, follow the lead of the Rev. Mr. Brownlow. The London Times opposes him becau.se "Gen. ierce will be a valuable practical ally to the com- mercial policy of England," by which Irel.and has ned and America seriously injurei). And the capitalists and landholders in England follow the lead of the London Times. Messrs. Toomts and Stephens oppose him be- cause "he gives no other guarantee for the policy of his administration than the known incidents of long life," and they have looked through them, id can find nothing that indicates any leaning to- wards their views. And the Southern Seccs- ionists follow the lead of Messrs. Toombs and Stephens. The Philadelphia Sun opposes him, because "he is disposed to grant too many privileges to foreign- ers." And Nativists everywhere follow the lead of the Philadelphia Sun. The Mexicms and Canadians oppose him, be- cause they think "he is too much of a military The South Carolina and Frontier malcontents oppose him, because they think he is too much of a Peace man. The Ssags and Sawyers and Shoals and Break- ers in the Rivers and Harbors oppose him, because they know that if he is elected they will have to move. Loco Foco crffice-holders, here and there, oppose . him for the same reason. And the greater part of the Loco Foco party follow their lead, -giinply because they CO party re Loco 'itho 11 y or vherel'o John K. Wilson rly sheriff of Both the vice presidents at a late Scott demonstration in Hamilton county. He declares his determination pport the Scott ticket, and says that a large ber of Democrats in old Butler will go lor No. 7.] WASHINGTON: AUGUST 14, 1852. [Vol. 1. THE SIGNAL: .* ti'/iig canijtais^n paper, published at llie cilij of ii'ashiKSfOH. 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THE CONTRAST Now thi.s is a matter that reaches much beyond the interests of a mere party, for the nomination, by one or llie other of the conventions, has hither- to proved, and probably will prove for some time to come, an election to the Presidency. It is bad enough to have the Presidency fixed by an irre- sponsible body wholly unknown to^ tho Conntitu- CONTRAST IN THE SELECTION OF THE tion, b CANDIDATES FOR THE PRESIDENCY, AND THE METHOD OF SELECTION. Public sentiment had indicated to the Whig Convention three distinguished names, Fillmbre, Webster, Scott, from which the selection of a Whig candidate for the Presidency was to be made; and the same sentiment had indicated to the Democratic Convention no less than five names, little, if any, less distinguished; Cass, BDCHiN.\N, Marcy, Botler, Dodglass, from which the Dem- ocratic candidate for the same high office was to be taken. The Whig Convention, in obedience to the will of the people, selected one of the great names before them, the illustrious Winfield Scott, whose life and actions are inscribed in leUera of living light on the pages of his country's history. It is well known that there v/ere serious differences of opinion in the convention, but not a member for a moment entertained the idea of departing from the names before them. But how was it with the Democratic Convention? Having a more ample list than the Whig Conven- tion, and having the lights which an animated canvass of many months had thrown on the sub- ject, they set aside, and entirely discarded whatever there is of ripe experience and high statesmanship to be found in their ranks, and astonished the whole nation by a resort to mediocrity, inexperi d comparative obscurity. We wish to say nothing lieve him to be main a patriotic atory i Franklin Pierce. We amiable, upright, and in the (1, though in some respects a but who can pretend to com- pare his qualifications for the Presidency with those of Cass, Marcy, or Buchanan, to say nothing of Butler and Douglas.' Why have veteran states- men, who have been almost incessantly present in the public councils for the last half century, been set iiside in favor of a man who has no higher pre- tensions than that he is a respectable New England lawyer, has spent a few jTars in Congress only to j oppose h;irbor and river bills, and other measures of likech.iracler,and went to Mexico "to march up A hill, and then march down again?" This must be absolutely inscrutable to any one who has nut aUended to the proceedings ofthe Democratic Convention, but fortunately, it is in our power to explain the mystery. It is owing lo the fact that the Democracy have, at several of their late conventions, as they did at the last, repudiated the good old repubircan rule that the mnjontij shall gmtm, or in other words, they made a vote of two- thirds indispensable to the nomination of any can- didate. - , „ ■, It is certain that so long ns this rule shall prevail, all the leading competent men of the parly and will be rejected, particularly "■ -- are competing for a nomination, and the conven- tion will be driven o(T, ns in ihe late instance, to some unknown and incompetej^man. But what is worse, it puts it in the power of any miserable faction representing, as it will in most cases, extreme opinions, to control not only the ns, but also the policy of a creat party, ihus to nlTect injuriously, and in a high degree, prosperitv of iho whole conntrv. everal of them the whole power thrown into the of an irresponsible minority of a body which is itself irresponsible, is darming. Consider for a momoiit the sly and underhanded drrani;ri:i' .1 wlii ii ■■.••> i f'liinn may enter into with t I ; ' ' By banding them- aelvc- ■ ' : ..-iiing all just prc- lensiii- : , I -,1 ' ;i ::' . .uii. . i:,iiv, they will be sure lo carry their point it iliey will only keep dark long enough. After a convention is completely fagged out, and most of the members reduced to despair, the name of "the intended" can be cautiously in- sinuated, and thus in a moment, "in the twinkling of an eye," to the astonishment of every body, flashed upon the country. Exactly in this manner Franklin Pierce was nom- inated at the recent Democratic convention. We have proof conclusive that this v/as effected by one of the most dangerous and unprincipled factions that ever infested a free people. There appeared in "the Southern Press," (the secession organ at the metropolis of the Union,) July 3d, a very re- markable letter, signed "John Forsyth," a dele- fate to the late convention, from Georgia, which should arrest public attention. Mr. Forsyth is the son ofthe late distinguished John Forsyth, former- ly Secretary of State, and seems to inherit much of the talent of his gifted father. He calls himself "a States-Right Deiiiocrat," which means "fire eaier," secessionist, and all that. He appears lo Iiava taken great ofi'ence at a remark reported to have been made by Gen. Cass in caucus, tliat he would as soon confer the patronage ofthe Government on "the National Era" (abolition) as on "the Southern- Press." He says (vide letter above referred to) "that he (Cass) should feel sore from his late drjeul, is natural — that he-should know what hand sped THE SHAFTVTHAT AT ONCE CUT THE THREAD OF HIS poLiTicai. FATE, and at the same tljiie, by that act, sni-fil the Democratic party from coming overthrow, ia »nt sivnilnr; but how far docs this disappointment go?" Here i.« a distinct allegation that it was "the FIREE.ATERS" who "SPED THE SHAFT THAT COT THE THREAD OF GeN. CaSS's POLITICAL FATE," and he might, perhaps, soy the same thing of all the other candidates, not excepting even Mr. Dou- glas! But Ihe fire eaters not only, according to Mr Forsyth, (and we believe every word of it,) pui down Cassj but they put up Franklin Pierce. In a sohspquent part of the same letter he says, "they" (the fire eaters) "earnestly dtsiic the suc- cess of the Pierce ticket, as they should, for tuey ARE THE AUTHORS OF IT." And ihcn he adds, 'as FOR U' \ND I SPE4K FOR THE SOUTHERN KlOHTS DfmocbIts, WE SHALL NOP BE EASILY DRIVEN FROM THE TICKET OF OUR ■ REATION AND CHOICE." It ihusappear.s that the liomination o( Pierce lor President, and Eving for Vice President, is the work of the south- ern "fire eaters"— the men who have been [ilotting disunion for the last half dozen years. It is "the TICKET OF THEIR CREATroN AND CHOICE;" and all this has been brought about by the agency of that ;,nli-ref\blican two-thirds rule, which must ruin the Democratic party if it does not the country. Has it come to this, that disunionists and traitors are to nominate our candidates for the Presidency? Arc they to have the supreme control of affaira by means so base and so unconstitutionnP 98 But behold the contrast. The great republican Whig piirty pursue J b widely difl'ereiit course; they gave no control to a faction, but retaining the power in the haiida of a majority, enabled a lofty patriotism, and a generous devouon to the true in- terests of the country, to rule the day. If the result had been the nomination of the great Daniel Webster, or the upright and good Fillmore, It would have been all the same. But the choice of the convention fell on Winfield Scolt, whose sword never failed to flash from its scabbard when- ever it has been necessary to uphold the rights or to vindicate the honor of the country. No one need be surprised if he is elected by a two-thirds vote or rule voluntarily prescribed to themselves by the American people. Then disunionista, eeces- sionisle, abolitionist.'!, and nil cxtremi-ita will sland abashed. THE SIGNAL CONTRAST AS TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE TWO PLATFORMS BY THE WHIG & DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES. General Pierce, in his letter of acceptance, uses •he following language: "I accept the nomination upon the plalforni adopted by the convention, not because this is expected of me as a candidate, but because the principles it embraces command the ap- probation of my judgment; and with them I believe 1 can safely say there has been no word nor act of my life in conflict.'' Here he tells us that he accepts "the nomination the platform of the convention,' "because the piinciples it embraces command the approbation ot his judgment." What principles.' Can any one tell.' Can any one, in view of the equivocating character of this platform, say what he is for or what he is against? Is he for or against harbor and river improvements.' Will he admit improvemente in any case; if so, in what he tolerate an appropriation for the Mississippi or Ohio river? May the obstructions be removed from '.he Savannah river; or may the pier at Bufl'alo or Chicago be repairetl ; or is he merely opposed "to a general system of internal improvements?" Where does that begin, where end? Will he favor some modification of the tariff" of 1846, to prevent fraud and to resuscitate our languishing industry Ig he willing to admit specific duties, so far as may be practicable? What does he think of the publ lands ; what of that homestead bill, and what of ow- cBsional aid to railroads by grants of lands? Is he for or against intervention, and what does he think of Kossuth and his schemes? Is he for the resolu- tions of 1798, '99, in the sense of Mr. Madison, or m the sense of the secessionists; and how can we manage Kentucky resolution No. 2, so as not to blowup the fugitive slave bill? Will he involve the country in another war, and thus illustrate "the 1 igid economy" doctrines of the Democratic party? \Vhat does he think of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, and do Democratic principles ta,ke their origin any where this side of "original sin ?" The idea of any man's giving a full and faithful exposi- tion of his opinions on great public questions, in connexion with such a mass of stuffs as this so- called platform, is ridiculous. We maintain, there- fore, that General Pierce has done nothing but ac- cept the nomination, and we know no more of his real views or opinions than if he had remained silent to this day. But we can turn to the case of JVinfield Scott with unalloyed satisfaction, for there we have not only plain, short, and explicit resolutions consti- tuting a platform, speaking to points of import- ance alike vital to the peace and to the prosperity of the country, but we have an unequivocal accept- ance of that platform by the brave old soldier who now stands upon it. We are sensible that there are a few caviling politicians who have been tryin" 'o pick flaws in his letter of acceptance, but they will labor in vain. We undertake to show that his position on this subject is impregnable, and that he has embraced tlie doctrines laid down by the Whig convention with his whole soul, and will country; and being convinced that Mr. Clay's scheme was the best attainable, he gave in hiw ad- hesion to it, and promoted its adoption by all the influence he could exert; and this alone ought to have exonerated him from the senseless abuse to which he has been subjected. On this point we produce the following items of proof: GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT THE TRUE FRIEND OF THE UNION! At a meeting at Castle Garden, New York, Feb- ruary 25, 1850, to considt upon measures for the preservation of the Union, the following resolu- tions were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That the people of New York, without distinction of sect or party, are ardently devoted to the Union ef these States, as, next to our liber- ties, the most precious of their political institu- tions; and, having never yet begun to calculate the value of this Union, can contemplate no contin- gency in which its dissolution would be otherwise than a gigantic crime against the peace, prosperity, and freedom of our country and of mankind. fffsoitierf. That in the resolutions lately submitted to the Senate of the United States by Mr. Clay, looking to a complete and final settlement of all questions relating to slavery, on which the feelings of the northern and southern sections of our coun- try have been excited against each other, we joy- fully recogtiise the basis of an harmonious and brotherly adjustinent of a most distracting and perilous controversy ; and entreat our fellow-citi- zens of all parties and sections to study those reso- j lutions carefully, and in a spirit of devotion to the Union and perpetuity of this noble confederacy. Resolved, That, in view of the above considera- tions, we accept, as the basis of a compromise, the preamble and resolutions as introduced by Mr. Clay into the Senate of the United Slates, OU' the WillU9th of January, 1850. General Scott, being present at this meeting, was called on, and, rising amid long-continued cheers, addressed the meeting as follows : " Fellow-citizens: Your kind greeting fills me with the deepest emotions. I came here not ex- pecting to take more than a stand in some corner of the great hall, to witness the proceedings. Some kind friend discovered me below, or 1 should have stood in this con.^picuous place. I did expect to address one word to this meeting. I see before me much of the intelligence, respectability, and sterling worth of this great city, assembled here for the purpose of supporting our great Union of which I am an humble friend and servant. 1 do not call myself a citizen of the North, of the South, of the East, or of the West; but I have SERVED THE Union for forty-odd years, and feel myself a citizen of every p.vrt of it; and what ever life and strength I may have shall be de- voted TO ITS PRESERVATION. Feeling that it was in jeopardy, and that this meeting had assembled TO PROMOTE HARMONY AND PRESERVE THE UnION, I came here, and return you many thanks for the kindness with which you have welcomed me. "i am not an .flbolitionist, nor an admcate of slavery. I come not here as a Democrat or a Whig. I have attended no party meeting in forty-two yeai's. But when the cry iS that the Union is in danger, and a rally is made to support it, Itoould have been a coicard and a recreant, if I had not also rallied! "Of whatever value may be the remainder of my life, (and none sets more value on it than I do,) I WOULD GIVE IT IN SUPPORT OF THE UxiON. I hopC I may not live to see its dissolution ; but if unable 'avert its fate, I would be buried beneath its during the last Congress, the opinions he enter- tained on these questions. Whilst acting Secretary of War, subsequent to the death of General Taylor, and previous to the formation of Mr. Fillmore's Cabinet, he exerted his personal influence to the utmost to eflect the passage of the Compromise measures." Good! 3. Hon. Mr. Cleaveland, of Connecticut, (Free- soil Democrat,) in the House of Representatives April 1, 1852, said : "General Scott was, by Mr. Fillmore, placed temporardy at the head of the War Department; and in that position, coupled with his great military fame, v/as able to, and did, exert a powerful influ- ence in favor of these Compromise measures. "I desire to do justice to the man who has been arraigned here, and charged with hostility to these measures, or at least that he did not, or does not. commit himself in favor of them. Justice to that distinguished Whig requires of me that I should say he could not have done more. Ha was as active a man as could be found in getting these Compromise measures passed. I was here, and heard from every quarter that General Scott was as active and energetic in his eflbrts as any man in Washington ; and never did a man labor harder than Gene fiber: Scott prevail upon the Fri soil of the Whig party to abandon their posi- to adopt the Compromise as a measure of the new Administration. 'These measures were passed mainly through influence of Clay, Fillmore, Webster, Scott, , and Cobb. These were the men who ear- to the On this subject we submit the following remarks: I. General Scott was decidedly in favor of such n adjustment of all the topics of controversy rising out of slavery, and pending before Congress at the session of '49-'50, as would be .satisfactory en throughout the moderate and reasonable I am charmed with the good feeling and univer- patriotism which this meeting has exhibited ; and God grant that you may devise some plan to save that Union to which we all, in heart and soul, much attached." The meeting then adjourned with three cheers for the Union and Compromise. If any one of those who have been decrying General Scott for some time past, misrepresenting his conduct, traduqi^ his motives, and deriding his character, can nioke a better Union speech than this, we should like to have him undertake it. 2. In the House of Representatives, February 3, 1852, Hon. Mr. Cabell, of Florida, said: "General Scott, individually, is entitled to the support of all Compromise men. I happen to know, Foote ried them through, and every man who was in the last Congress knows it." True! 4. Hon. Mr. Stanly, of North Carolina, in the House of Representatives, June 14, 1852, said : "Sir, General Scott was the advocate of those Compromise measures. I know the fact. I hap- p'ened to be here in September, 1850, at the close of that awful session, when the minds of the best and wisest in the land were filled with gloom and apprehension at the expected loss of those mea- sures. You remember how long we hung here divided, and how full of gloom and apprehension we were. "Well, sir. General Scott had been all along urginfr upon everybody to go for those measures— sometimes, as I thought, to an indecorous extent- laying aside the proprieties of his station, and going as far as any man did to advocate those measures. With that same full heart that animated all our Southern friends, I went th'.-.t night to pay my re- spects to Mr. Webster, and congratulate' him on the passage of those measures. I found there the hero of Churubusco, Chepultepec, and Lundy's Lane — names that do not seem to give much plea- sure to the ears of the gentleman from Tennessee. I found that hero there, I thought with the big drops of joy filling his eyes, congratulating Web- ■ on the service he had rendered i the country aiding the passage of those measures. Sir, it s n picture which I hope we shall have hereafter placed among our national paintings — painted by such an artist as the one who did that noble picture of "Washington crossing the Delaware" — a picture of the conqueror of Mexico congratulating the great defender of the Constitution upon his successful 'ffbrts in passing those measures." 5. Hon. ?>ir. Hii.liard, of Alabama, in a recent etter said : "He, (Scott,) is well known to me personally. His patriotic desire for the success of the Compro- mise measures was well understood while they yet hung in doubtful scales; and it so happened that I "ned in company with him on the day of their tri- umphant passage, and heard from his own tips the ar- dmtt expression of his unbounded satttfaction at that most happy catisummation." 6. The New York Evening Post, (Democratic Freesoil organ,) June 8, 1852, says. "His declaration to this effect, as taken down from his own mouth, has been published in the Tribune itself, and nobody has denied the authen- ticity of the statement. There is not a colored man carried ofl"from his family under this infamous law, not a free man or woman enslaved by what are de- nominated its summary processes, who may not, if THE SlGPvAL. we lake General Scott's o%vn word, thank him for all that they are made to endure. There is not a marshal or his deputy, employed to seize tlie pre- tended fugitive, or a commissioner who sits to ad- minister the law, who ia not indebted to General Scott for the odious and ungrateful dut^ imposed (ipon him. Yet this is the man whom those zealous advocates of liberty select as their favorite candidate for the Presidency, at the very moment he is making his boasts that, but for his personal influ- ence, the detestable bill of which we are speaking might never have become a law." 7. A correspondent of the Nashville Banner had an interview with General Scott, ni tlnis city, seve- ral weeks before the meeting of the Convention at Baltimore; on which occasion, according to the writer. General S. held the following language : "How can any one doubt my past or present support of the Compromise measures? Did I not, at the first meeting of the friends of the Union, held m Castle Garden, New York, publicly proclaim my approval of them — at a period, too, when but a few in that city advocated the propriety of their adoption ? And immediately after my periioal of Mr. Clay's first great speech in their defence, made m the Senate of the United States, did 1 not sit down at my residence, in the city of New York, and write to him in substance as follows? "I have, in my day and generation, fought bat- tles which Ifave g.iined for our common country some little renown and glory. These, however, might have been won by other men, or, if lost, would have been repaired by the indomitable chi- valry of our brave soldiery. But Iho great battle which you are fighting involves all that is glorious or immortal of the present and the past — all that is dear and hopeful of the future. It is the battle of the preservation of the Union and the Constitution — the perpetuity of our republican institutions. I trust in God that you may be successful in your patriotic undertaking ; for I most heartily approve of all the measures of your bill, and will give to them a cordial and energetic support." The writer also added, that General S. stated he wrote a similar letter to Mr. Web.stcr, and then he reports General S. as follows : "Did I not, during their discussion in Congress, personally exert my influence for their passage through both Houses? Besides, there is extant the most incontestable proof that, had it not been for my humble aid and influence, the Compromise measures could not, by a vote of from five to ten, have passed the House of Representatives." The reader cannot fail to be struck with the re- markable coincidence between the statements of the Evening Post and this correspondent of the Banner, touching the support which General Scott alleges he gave the Compromise measures. S. Hon. John M. Botts on the same subject, be- mg an extract from his letter published in the Rich- mond Whig some time in April or May last: "Gen. Scott occupies no doubtful or equivocal position on the Compromise, nor does he desire to do so; and if he did, I would not support him even if nominated. His views arc freely expressed to every man who approaches him, no matter to what party or section he may belong. He is accessible to eveiy respectable man in the country who chooses to approach him, and HE HAS NEVER HESITATED tO S.\Y THAT HE IS IN FAVOR OF THE COMPROMISE MEASURES IN ALL THEIR PARTS, AND OPPOSED TO ANY DISTURBANCE, AGITATION, OR AL- 'rER.A.TION OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW; AND HE ENJOINS CONFIDENCE AND SECRECY ON NO MAN TO WHOM HE MAKES THIS COMMUNICATION." This is exactly true, and those respectable pro- testanls, (against the nomination of Scott,) Toombs & Co., knew it, or might have known it had they called on General S. as Mr. Bolls did. 9. The Herald, atXSeorgetown, Kentucky, pub- lished several months since the follov/ing extract from a letter addressed, as the editor says, to one of the leading Whig politicians of that county, as follows : "* * -• I have no opinions to conceal. I have but one set of opinions on these subjects for the people of the North, South, East, or West ; and tkesc opinions I am prepared to submit to general con- sideration au self, either vention. u soon nj « suitable oppcirtunilij presents it by the action of a State or National CoU' 'If the Whig National Convention cull for my !ws on the leading questions of theday.lhey will PROHfTLV J.VD MOST EXPLICITLY OIVEN IN WRIT- "V/INFIELD SCOTT." Will not that do? General Scott was appointed by Mr. Fillmore Secretary of War ad interim, and held that otfice several weeks. He boarded at Wiljord's Hotel, and v/as in the habits of daily intercourse with membtrs of Congress, and if any one desires to know what part he took in the adjustment, they can write to or inquire of the Hon. Charles S. Morehead, of Frankfort, Kentucky, who can tell him all about it. This reference to IVIr. Morehead is made without his knov/ledgc, but as he is a lover of truth he will doubtless pardon it. The same in- formation may be obtained of any other inejiiber who boarded at Willard's in July, August, and September, 1850. What more proof can the candid mind need that General Scott was an original friend of the adjust- ment' But it IS asked, why did he not say so be- fore the convention was held? To this it is suf- ficient to say that he has not sought to conceal his opinions, (vide his Kentucky letter.) Nor has he concealed ihem in fact, but he thought it undigni- fied and improper to enter into an auctioneering scramble for the Presidency, as did certain pro- minent Democrals who exhibited themselves not long since in the -shameful attitude of bidding for that high ofiice by thre-tcning a veto in advance, for which and oliier misdeeds they have been de- servedly laid on the shelf. II. Having adduced proofs to show what the original position of General Scott was in respect to these measures, we now proceed to consider how he stood before the convention, and in advance of his letter of acceptance. We say unhesitatingly that his attitude was thai of an unflinching friend of the adjustment, and here is the evidence. 1. General Scott to Mr. Archer: "I have decided to write nothing to the conven- tion, or to any individual member before nomina- tion, but, should that honor fall to my lot, I shall, in my acceptance, give my views on the Com|iro- mise measures in terms at least as strong in their favor as those I read to you two days since." This was obviously a mere private note, and in- tended for the satisfaction of a friend, and therefore was,ho\vrvM. V'r-! ..,,• t :!, c :". r.iiion by mem- bers unfa-, r, ■ ■ , • iMiirneral Scott, and, beiiiL- : ■. - - " ' ' "-l improper to takeadvaiiMv - i .'. i^'— i.- - ' ^ -v here that in his acceptance h« sliali n^i^-v. In.-; mnvs on the Com- promise" measures, and that too in their favor? 2. General Scotthaving been nominated, allcon- siderations of delicacy were removed, and he spoke out instantly as became a frank and honest old soldier in a note, which was laid before the conven- tion by Gov. Jones, of Tennessee, as follow.s ; " Having the honor of being the nominee for President by the Whig National Convention, ! shall accept the same, with the |)latform of princi- ples which the convention has laid down." • This was understood to be an unctjuivocal ador.- tion and approbation of the platform m all its p.wi (as it was,) and delegate after delegale, some r; uncompromising friends of Fillmore, and soni ' ' Webster, rose and gave in their adhesion to t:' nomination, which was soon made unanimous. The record reads as follows : " A resolution was then introduced making the Presidenlial nominations unanimous, which was adopted by acclamation, and was succeeded by re- iterated cheering." And yet there are those wWo, in f.ice of sucji facts, pretend that although General Scott has ac- cepted the nomination, they can find no where any evidence of hi? concurrence in or approbation of the platform ! " The truth is, the evidence is full and complete wi.hout a letter. III. But, fortunately, we find in his letter of ac- ceptance the means of pulling down the whole tribs of linir-spliiting politicians who arB trying to bring dishonor on iho head of ii gray-haired old solilicr, by representing him as capable of" keep- j ing the word of promise to car" " to break it to the hope." They would have ua believe ho ia one of those tricksters who can gel up n letter of slippery sentences for the purpose of seeming to ihe pubim to occupy one position, when he intended, after the election, to skulk into another. The mere sug- gestion of such nil idea is uu indisnity, not only to General Scott I i ; :" in i:K]iry, which he has served so louL' I ' ! ■, :i. But the worth- les.^ness of iIm . ,i i mIh will appear on reference to h n !'"■ I I'l^ ,i !■ attcnrl lotliefollow- ing facts : 1. tie says in his letter : " I accept the nomi- nalion with the resolutions annexed." And he did in fact attach ilio i':i;ohitions to his letter, and thus 111, (• <'■' i: I I Ml of his response. But, saya the 1 1 ! 1 .1^1 i, when he^ccepts the nonii- naiii-;. ■ lii'iniis annexed, heonly means that i;. . ■ I i.ioiiiiialirn notwithstanding the i-esolutiims; or, (t>i use the phrase of the honora- ble member,) he accepts the nomination "cum OTitiT," which, translated, means he accepts it with the resolutions as an incumbrance.- We should not like to bear the onus of sucii a slander as this on General Scott. The Conven- tion found no difficulty in understanding him, and did understand him;'they made the nomination, with great enthusiasm, unanimou.i. Why cannot Mr. Toombs sec this mailer as others do ? Hor«) is the reason : " I did not intend to support General Scott in any event." (Vide his speech in the House, July 3d, 1852.) 2. He sayi;, also in the same letter : " Tke polilical principles and measures laid down in those resolutioiis are so broad that bxU I'ltle is left for me to add." What does this mean ? Can any candid man doubt but thai it is of itself a complete sanction of the whole platform ? What is it but .saying, you have expressed my opinions and views so fully in those resolutions •' but little is left for me to add" 3. " Finally," (he says) "for my strict adherence to the principles of the Whigparty.as expressed in the resolutioncS of the Convention, and herein sug- gested," » * • "I can ofter no other pledgo or guarantee than the known incidents of a long public life." What is iheobvinn.- mrTiin; 'f ;'■:.; what the just interprelation? H • ; ■ '.- cepis " the nomination with tlic i ■ , ■ v - ed"— having said " tlint the polm. , , i >. ;i. . .1 measures laid down In those re .■iIuiiuhh .^lu. ;o broad that but little is left for liiui to odd"— he then says, "for my strict adherence" to what? not to tlie principles of the Whig parly, but " (u the principles of the IVhig party as expressed in tht resolutions of the Convention" ' " " I can cfler no other pledge than the known incidents of a long public life." There is to be a " sirict adherence'" to something, and for that " sirict adherence" he suggests " a pledge or guarantee," and he tells us it is the only one he can give. He is willing to do Ihe best he can fur Mr. Toombs and other gentlenien who are resolved not to support him " in any event j" but he happens not to have much confidence in assurances given by candidates on the eve nf an election. Mr. Toombs! I do not know whether you consider me an honest man; but there is the book of my past life, read it page by page, from Liindy's Lane to the gates of Mexico, and then ii; i_'. A III ilier the pawn of my honor, of all tliat I I,' li :i,,Mn,or expect to be, now or hereafUr, ii-a.^surance for "my sirict adherence ;i. ii ■ ; !■: iples of the Whig party as expressed ill llio resolutions of the Convention." But he did not choose to make a display of his great services as some members of Congress do of their conse- quence ; he therefore used the word " incidenis'- — a word of modesty or difiidcnce. Out upon it' cries Mr. Toombs, " his civil history is to be found chiefly in a do-/.cn letters, and they oiTer ma no satisfactory pledge of his future." But the Ainerican People will look beyond this, Mr. Toombs! They v.-ill feel and deem that he has pledged liis life — a long life, and the glorious inci- dents of that life — for his fidelity and integrity, and for " a strict adherence" to his word ; that he has pledged an honor which the breath of suspi- cion never touched, and a character and a rcputa- lUU THE SIGNAL Imd, to poslerily, while ihe incmoi-y of those who nie now reviling him will perish with their bones. IV. The case of General Scott is truly a hard one; he is opposed by the extremes of both sec- tions for opposite reasoxs, and on inconsistent grounds. Hear iTie Hon. Joshua R. Giddings in the House of Representatives, June 23d, 1852: "With the gentleman nominated (Scott) 1 liave loni; been acquainted. To him nou to the Dem- ocratic nominee have I any persona! objection, but if elected, he is pledged to maintain the outrages, the revolting crimes pertaining to the Compromise measures and Fugitive Slave law, to which I have c&Ued attention; to render them perpetual, so far as he may be able; to prevent discussion relating to them. To vote for nim is to vote for this policy; to identify ourselves in favor of the avowed doc- trines which he is pledged to support; to give proof by our votes that we approve the platform on which lie stands." Hear, also, Hon. Mr. Keyes, of Dedham, who recently addressed an Abolition convention at Worcester, Massachusetts, as follows: "It was pretended that the platform was not binding; but General Scott had acccepted it, and it was to be presumed he was a man of honor, and of still higher principles than others. He had ac- • epted the platform without qualification, and on condition of receiving the nomination. Now, cither he would carry out the principles of this platform, or he could not. If he did, he would be no better than John C. Calhoun or any Southern man. If he failed to carry out ihose principles, he would be a scoundrel." [Applause.] Reader is Winjield ScoU a scoundrel? Hear Toombs, Stephens, Faulkner, Brooke, While, (of Alabama,) Abbercrombie, John- son. (Vide their letter of protestation and renun- ciation, July 3d, 1852.) "He accepts the nomination 'with the resolutions annexed.' That is, he takes the nomination cum onere, as an individual takes an estate, with what- ever incumbrances it may be loaded with. And (he only guaranty he offers for his 'adherence to the l-rinciples of the resolutions' are 'the known inci- dents of along public life,'" &c. It will probably be safe to leave this matter in the hands of these amiable combatants — Toombs Sf Co. vs. Giildings S( Co. The people will hear the patties patiently, and will be prepared to render a verdict on the Isi Tuesday of November next. No doubt it will be a righteous verdict! Extract from the letter Of Geo. C. Washington, esq., (July 13th, 1852,) declining the Native Amer- ican nomination for the Vice-Presidency : 1 have been on terms of friendly intercourse with General Scott for twenty years, and esteem him for his spotless character, and his frank, man- ly, and courteous bearing. I respect him for tal- ents often severely tested, but which never failed him under the most trying circumstances; and 1 .".(Imire him for his military services, by which the character of his country has been elevated at home and abioad,and has been equalled by those of no man living or dead since the days of the Revo- He has freely shed his blood in maintaining the honor of his country and her rights. His patri- otic devotion to the Union, conservative'^irinciples, and firm support of the Compromise measures, rannot, in my belief, be questioned without doing liim great wrong and injustice. Letter of acceptance by Hon. Wm. A. Gra- ham, Whig nominee for the Vice Presidency, in which he bears testimony to the high character and qualifications of General Scott. "Washington, June 24, 1852. "Sip.: I am gratified to aiJknowledge the receipt of the communication which you did me the honor to deliver in person on yesterday, announcing my unanimous nomination as the Whig candidate for the office of Vice President of the United States, by the National Convention which recently assembled ill Baltimore, accompanied by a copy of the reso- lutions of the convention upon questions pf na- tional principle and policy. "1 ci">rdially approve the declarations made l->y these resolutions. On mailers of the most recent practical interest they do but portray the conduct of an administration of the Government of which for near two years 1 have been a member. On all others they but reiterate the doctrines and recom- mendations held by its chief in important public Should the people of the United States give their to the nominations of your convention, so fttr as I shall be invested with authority, a faithful adherence to these doctrines may be expected. "I therefore accept the disiinction, so honorably tendered, with a greatful heart, but with unaffcicted diffidence. It is astdi^factionjioioeverfio know that the place to which I have been nomiiuiled is but second- ary, and that for the first office the convention has pro- posed a citizen of triedpatnotism and virtuct long and familiarly acquainted with public affairs and public men. Ji safe and sagacious counsellor, who has toell fulfilUd every trust heretofore committed to his hands, and who has illustrated our history by eminent public "With my thanks for the courtesy with which you have honored i»e in ihe execution of your office, and with the highest personal respect, I am, your obedient servant, "WILL. A GRAHAM. "The Hon. J. G. Chapman, President National Whig Convention." General Scott in his letter of acceptance express- es particular satisfaction with being associated with Mr. Graham on the ticket. He says he is "highly fortunate" in that regard; and well may he say it, for there is not a purer, a better, or more patriotic man in the country. Will not the South heed William A. Graham? Cannot thejieople of that and every other section confide in his opinions and believe his statements? Would such a man for a be associated with one not true to duty, not faithful to the Constitution, no matter how bril- liant and even gloricus his career may have been? The subjoined extracts from a letter addresised by President Fillmore lo a friend in Philadelphia has been recently published by the North Ameri- if that city. It was obviou.sIy a strictly pri- letter, and has perhaps been somewhat impro- perly thrown before the public. We would not use it if it could justly expose Mr. P. to the impu- of interfering with the question of his suc- "Wasiiinoton, July 19, 1852. 1 was not disappointed, nor had I anything to ■egret, in the result of the Baltimore Convention, riie approbation which that Convention expressed nf the policy which I had pursued, in the resolu- ! which it adopted, was more gratifying to me than to have received the I cannot doubt that General Scott intends to carry t the principles of the Whig party in good faith, and it seems to me that he is justly entitled to the support of every true Whig:, i am, therefore, gratified to learn from your letter that you intend to give him a cordial and hearty support." The dying declarations of Henry Clay in favor nf Winfield Scott. At the recent Whig convention in Florida, at which Major Ward was nominated for governor, that gentleman took occasion to mention the cir- cumstance to the convention that, during his late visit to Baltimore, he had the privilege of an inter- view with the patriot Henry Clay, who was then slowly sinking into the sleep of death, and that this distinguished man, whom the country now mourns, gave, among his last expressions, his teslhnony to the integrity, patriotism, and virtue of Winfield Scott. And who is Winfield Scott, that the South cannot trust him? Born, reared, and educated in Virginia — brought into the army from that State, and receiv- ing his first commission at the hands of Jefferson, with hardly the name of a residence in the free States — dwelling every where, and having his home- in the affections of the people ; ever at the post of duty, and ever sinking, when necessary, for the honor of his country ; wise, prudent, saga- cious, and firm in counsel ; prompt, energetic, far- seeing, and heroic on the field of battle; averse to all turbulence, lawlessness, bloodshed and w;ir, and the steady friend of law, order, subordination and well-regulated liberty, and with a devotion to the Constitution and Union which few men have exhibited — that such a man has made up his mind to sacrifice his exalted reputation, his peace of mind, and the peace of his country, to reach the Presidency by the unhallowed co-operation and assistance of fraud, fanaticism, and folly, no man can believe — it is a base calu y to suggest it. CONTRAST OF THE CIVIL aUALIFI- CATIONS AND EXPERIENCE OF WIN- FIELD SCOTT AND FRANKLIN PIERCE. We begin with the latter. He was elected to Congress, and look his sent in ihe House of Rep- resentatives the first Monday of December, 1833; he was re-elected and resumed his seat in that bo- dy the first Monday of December, 1835. He was elected to the Senate, and took his seat in thatbody (at Mr. Van Buren's called session) Sept. 4, 1837; served through that and the succeeding Congress, and the first (called) and second session of the 27th Congress, up to February 28, 1842, when he ab- ruptly resigned, and returned to New Hampshire lo resume the practice of the law. It will be perceived, from the above, that General Pierce was a little over eight years in Congress ;-a very considerable period'^ and ample enough to enable him to devise and present measures adapted to advance the welfare of the country. Did he pre- sent any? Notone. We have carefully examined the records, and speak advisedly ; we challenge his friends to turn to the journals of the House for the 23d and 24th Congresses, and of the Senate for the 95th, 26th, and 27th, and produce evidence to the contrary of his ability. "Where are his measures? Ye who sustain his pretensions must produce the proofs and maintain the issue ! He made iik MARK NO WHERE. HIS SPEECHES. These were few and flir between, but none the worse for that if they had been of the right sort. We have too much speaking in Congress, and we would by no means con.sider a man unfit for the Presidency because he made feio speeches. But it is an old adage, that " it is better to sit still than to rise up and fall," and it is a pity General Pierce did not attend to it. His speeches reflect no credit on him; they are narrow, illiberal, and jejune — they are almost all of a negative character. He spoke, February 24, 1834, against "a bill to provide for the settlement of certain revolutionary claims," though according to its very terms they were to be adjusted on principles of law and equity ; June 30, 1836, against the "bill niaking appropriations for that the Military Academy of the United Slates, for year 1836," and thus endeavored to break up invaluable institution; and June 25, 1841, agaiuBi the "billfortherelief of the widow of General Har- rison," and th^s did all he could to return her pen- niless to a desolate home, tie appears on one oc- casion (April 28, 1836) as the especial friend and vindicator of the late Judge Woodbury, then Sec- retary of the Treasury, in the matter of the depositc banks; and on another (July 1st and 2d, 1841) as the assailant of the then Whig administration, for removals from office; setting up the old cry, ''breach of faith!" "violated pledgesP' and acting on the idea that the Democrats, whether in or out of power, are to have all the oflices in the one case, and in the other to keep ihem all. He would occasionally make some remarks on the presentation of a peti- tion, which were respectable. At several sessions he said nothing but Yea! yea! Nay! nay! Witness the record of the 2d session of the 23d Congress ; 2d session of the 24th ; and 1st session of the 25th. But sometimes a little talking will characterise a man as thoroughly as a good deal, and this happens to be the case with Representative Pierce, Senator Pierce— !iow. General Pierce. Let any one look over hir, speeches against the West Point academy and against the appropriation for Mrs. Harrison, and he cannot fail to form a just estimate of the man. On these speeches we propose to submit a few remarks. About the commencement of General Jackson's Administration, or soon after, there sprang up in the House of Representatives a violent opposition to the acaden-iy at West Point. What the motive could have been we cannot conceive, unless it was a tlesire to make personal or party capital. This THE SIGNAL. 101 opposition got no foot-hold in the Senate, and was discountenanced by a large inaiority of tlie House At the first session of the 23d Congress vnrioiii propositions were submitted to abolish the instilii tion, but failed. Col. Richard M. Johnson, chair- man of the Committee on Military Affairs, made o strong report in its favor. The usual appropriations were resisted, but they prevailed by 117 yeas u 55 nays. At the 2d session of the same Congresi a select committee of one from each State was ap pointed to inquire, among other things, " whethei it would not comport with the public interests tc abolish said institution; "—of which, Mr. Pierce was a member. This committee made a report in favor of modifying the system, which the House refused even to print. At the first session of the 24 th Congress an attempt was made to get a com- mittee hostile to the institution, but it failed ; Mr. Pierce voted, however, to suspend the rules for that purpose. At the second session of the 24th Con- gress the House — good naturedly — granted a select committee, of which Mr. Pierce was a member. They reported a bill; but the House took no notice of it, and it fell through. We are now prepared for Mr. Pierce's speech in opposition to the institution. It was delivered in the House of Representatives (.June 30, 1836) on consideration of the usual Appropriation act, and, after contrasting the expenses of the institution with its benefits, it concludes as follows : " Here are the expenses you h;ive incurred and the products you have received. 1 leave them to be balanced by the people. But for myself— believing as 1 do that the academy stands forth as an anomaly among the institutions of this coun- try ; that it is at variance with the spirit if not the letter of the Constitution under which we live ; so long as thi. Hill., above the fulls, but in vain, was su.suuncd— yeas 110, nays 86— Mr. ported in the Congressional Globe, 1st session, 27th nai, 2d session, 23d Cmigress p 443) °Tlu;n'^ro!i- Congress.p. 116. He protested against " follow- lowed a motion; to strike out the enacting clause ing that ignus fatuus— that false light of prece- which failed— yeas .56, nays, 128— Mr Pierce vot- dents" — as thus "gentlemen," as he insisted. " might mai'ch to any extent in any direction." He added " it made a vast difterence whether we paid the money from our own pockets, or drew it from the pockets of our constituents." How mu»li relief poor Mrs. Harrison would have been likely to obtain from the pocket of the honorable Senator efibrts of M a current anecdote may perhaps show. Neverihe- bill passed w- ^ .,,,.,^,.^^ „y less the bill passed by a vote of 28 yeas to 16 nays. General Jackson, who had no high opinion of Buchanan and Walker, (R.J.) voting in the affirm- leither Polk stalks or Pierce stalks, iTiid therc- „„„» „„,! .... i„.i _: ' "■sfaclion ■'■ ng in the affirmative, vide House Jo_ ,_ „ ion, 23d Congress, p. 444; after a while a motio^ lay the bill on the tabic, whirli al.so fniltd l.v ■ oteofSOyeasi.-. ':)! ; ,.•,■ . M, p,,,.. ,, , l,.r.'.. otinginthe.iii'M. .- , i;, , . i, , , .., n, 23d r ,: ; ■, , . ative, and we believe it gave univer.-^al a IS VOTES. When a man is brought forward for the hiyhc office in the gift of some twenty-five millions people, who has been several years in Congres and we can discove ght on this subject. The ar-t of July 2(1, 1836, also on the same sub- '■':', u.is- orilei-ed in the House (June 28th) to a ,inl iciding— yeas 125, nays 63— Mr. Pierce vot- 1^ III tlie iici;ative, and passed without a division. -.-.., , ... ^.^„„, (Vide House Journal, 1st session, 24th Congress, enaUeus to form a perfectly reliable estimate of 'S-ve^sMnavVnY^Cf-r' ' "" his character. We have put ourselves to the trou- 1 ;„ j ;' i^, the afll -mative Vviri; n Zi T ' ble of looking over the journals of the House of'^ gfss'on 24^ "^^^^^^^^^^ Representatives for the 23d and 24th Congresses, (i's made bv Mr pfp f^ 'h'1',1 ,^ ? f"'' we are constrained to say, that if there was any [ ,p]i^\er) approved it. ^ narrow, contracted, prejudiced , or illiberal view te AnniherBci I„l„/IH, i«-!r „,.„,.m- c „ be taken of any subjeci?, tliere 'we have uniformly iJCslTrWe^s b mfn'e'w'' v" k f in V :. found Franklin Pierce. He ^^^^^^'l^^^n'^, Virginia, Norlh cfrolina, South^ Careh.'ii;, -^:Ki:t«:lvS SS:|rrt^ I'lirLTe^'ar ""' ^ ^-^ " '"'■• "' ''''" ''''"" °f ^ ' •'-" ^ y- rnd^ysT thoulrii-elgredln'a l\ rs beloved that there has not been in Congress Ptriketfth°/e'na'cf i' '^ '°'"V ""J f T"°" '" ring the last five and twenty years, any mjn as ' ^oveVr le'l i "a^n f 1^:,^^'^' ''"''"'" "•" SuSlL'^^ltrof'hrc'on^^^^^^^^^^^^ resisted the sy.«em in the ieneral and m ih. de- ^Zu^ITJLaZT tads. He not^only voted alainst every bill which reV;urpl:s,trrgteye".T^^^^^ Pierce, nay! Andrew Jjickson, tea! {or an- passed Congress during 1 he nee, but 1 cash bill, he would adjou le would vote against taking them up, Congre..„ le to lay them down; he would vote to ^ould-be delay, or defeat the measure; ond in (,5,,.ee -j^jfij ], V.l?l' 'P™^ed.) (Vide House Journal, 2d session, 24lh 546 ) What a pity it is that the of "Old Hickory'' could not sl.'ort, made himself a party to much of the artifice i"^'r,"f "T","",°",l'i=T^-'''" ''''*' "'"'"" ' which has been employed of late, too often in our ,- '^" "'. ^Y^ '' ^^^°' ''""^ "a" act to provide leeislative bodies, I ■- ■'■■-- m,- ,..«»,n i,.„-i,™ .„,i <■ ■ ■ - "The act of June defeat the will of the people. '"'' "pertain harbors and for the removal of obstruc- 18, 1834, making sundry im- ^"""^ '" ""'' *" "','' """"' *'' '^"'^"'"^ "''"^' "'"^ '«'■ portant appropriations for the purnbse indicated, 'd'""" P"''P°^''^'i'"'""'e ''^'^ V'^'"' 1833." Franklin passed the House of Representatives, June 23; i ^'^'"=^,''*^^?^^'"'"' ^^^ Buren, tea, (or ap- yeas 107, to 54 naya. Franklin Pierce volingin the^X^""^^-' <-'''°'' *'<="*"' Journal, 2d .session, S.'ith negative. (Vide House journal, 1st September, '-""S'^ess, p. 5o9.) 23d Congress, p. 819.) This act contains appro- 1 Then followed a long interval when nothing waa priations for the improvement of the Ohio, Missis- 1 Jo"^ for the cause of river and harbor iniprove- sippi, and Missouri rivers; Ocracoke inlet, N. C; i™ent, but on the 3d of iMarch, 1843, John Ttler Cape Fear river, below Wilmington, N. C; St. i (who now goes for Pierce) approved a small ail, Mark's river and harbor, Florida; Red river; harbor Pn'i'led " an act for the protection of commerce mm' of Mobile, and Savannah river, below the city; be- ^.a^e Michigan;" June 11th, 1844, he approved sides other im|iortant harbors and rivers in various '■'■^ act of considerable breadth, including the Mis- ' parts of the Union. We can not find a single ob- '''^sippi river and other important objects; also, jectionable article in it. During the progress of the June 15th, 1844, two small bills for a sincle object ' "* get the bill on the table, and, each; also, March 3d, 1845, another of the same 2 could to help him, butfail- character, and here all harbor and river impruve- P. had to come uri to the niton's have been arrested. biS, Mr. Wise tried I Mr. Pierce did what 1 Kd — but, finally, Mr scratch (on the final pas.-5age,) and voted NAY But "old Hickory" paid little heed to his opt ■ h pipe in mouth, and pen in hand, he The act of March 3d, 1835, for the same object. pasted the House February 27ih— yeas lOD, to 65 — Franklin Pierce voting in the negative. nays 65- (Vide Hou., (above the falls,) to blame. They can in no event cast the responsibiU 102 THE SIGNA'L, ity on the friends of Winfield Scott. Verily ! Mr. Pierce would seem to belong to the class who think tjiia Government is constituted to take money out of the pockets of the people to provide for office Itolders, and not to guard the lives and advance the welfare of the toiling millions. Act June 30th, 1834, "making appropriations for building light-houses, light-boats, beacons, and monuments for the year 1834." This act contains appropriations for Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Flnrida, and for other Atlantic States north, as well BS States on the Lakes. It was a very im- rtant bill, and by referring to rd (Jo House Reps., let session, 23rt Congress, p. 859,) we find it paesed the House June 27ih, yeas 106, nays 59, Franklin Pierce voib^g in the negative, but on its being presented at the White House " Old Hickory" had no difficulty in adding the appro- priate TEA. We regard thi.s as a very remarkable vote, and as indicating a species of desperation on the part of JNJr. Pierce, in his oppcsition to any provision whatever to protect the lives of his fellow men ! Act March 3d, 1837, "making appropriations for building lighthouses, light-boats, beacon lights, buoys, and dolphins, for the year 1837" — Fb.4n'klin Pierce, nay; Andrew Jackson, tea, (or approved.) For the vote of Mr. Pierce see House Journal, 2d sess., 24th Congress, p. 599, and for the appro- val of Jackson see tlie same Journal, p. 609. Verily, Mr. Pierce will need some other beacon tiian these votes to guide him in his " winding way'' to the While House ! Act July 2d, 1836, " to extend the charters of certain bauks in the District of Columbia." There were seven of these banks; their charters either; had expired or were about to expire, and the bill accorded to them only the small favor of extension to July 4th, 1838. It passed the House June the 30ih, without a division, but o» the question of ordering it to a third reading the vote stood, yeas 126, nays 55, Mr. Pierce voting in the negative. (Vide House Journal, 1st session, 24th Congress, p. 1150.) This vote would seem to prove that Mr. P. belongs to that class of the Democracy which at the Northwest are called "The Haisbs." Comment is unnecessary. Act March 19ih, 1836, " for the relief of the sufferers by fire in the city of New York." This was one of the most desolating fires which has ever o.'.curred in this or any other country, and the sole object of the bill was to extend to the mer- chants some indulgence in respect to the time of payment of their bonds which they had given to the Government for duties on the goods destroyed. it appears from House Jour., 1st sess., 24th Con- gress, p. 490, that this bill passed the House March Sth, yeas 113, nays 95, Frnni/in Pierce voting in the negative. Mr. P. would seem to have very little compassion for his fellow men, whether they suffer by fire or loater ! Act March 3d, 1835, " to establish branches of the United States Mint, passed the House of Rep- resentatives March 3d, yeas 115, nays 60, Franklin Fierce voting in the negative. (Vide House Jour- nal, 2d session, 23d Congress, p. 512-'13.) We wonder what the friends of the New Orleans, Dahlonega, and Charlotte branch mints will think of this vote? A liberal minded gentleman truly ! Resolution introduced January 7ih, 1835, by Mr. Hamer, directing the Committee on the Judi- ciary to " incjuirc into the expediency of amending the Constitution of the United States so as to limit the services of the Judges of the Supreme and ferior courts to a term of years." On motion (J 26) that the House proceed to the consideration of this resolution, passed yeas 97, nays 92, Mr. Pierci voting in the affirmative. (Vide Hou.se Journal 2d session, 23d Congress, p. 185.) Mr. Pierce v/ouid seem to be an universal reformer ! Motion made by Hon. Mr. Vance, of Ohio, January 22, 1835, to amend the Civil and Diplo- maiic Appropriation bill so as to reduce and hmit the compensation of revenue officers and to re- trench the expenses of the Government, passed yeas 98, nays 83, Franklin Pierce voting in the negative! (Vide Houss Journal, 2d session Congress; p. 260.) Motion made by Hon. Mr. Robertson, of Vir- ginia, April ]8lh, 1836, to suspend the rules to enable him to introduce a series of resolutions to raise a select committee for a comprehensive in- quiry inio the expenses of the Government, with a view to retrenchment; motion lost, yeas 81, nays 83, Franklin Pierce voting in the negative. (Vide House Journal, 1st sess., 24th Cong, p. 651-'2-'3.) More proof that he goes for the office holders only! Act June 30lh, 1834, " to carry into full effect ■ the 4th article of the treaty of the 8th of January, 1891, with the Creek nation of Indians, so far as relates to the claims of citizens of Georgia against Siiid Indians prior to 1802." It appears that cer- ' lain citizens of Georgia had large claims against the Creek Indians for depredations prior to thi. Intercourse act of 1802, and that by the trealy with the Creek Indians of .January 8th, 1821, the. United States, in consideration of a cession of lands, agreed to assume and pay these claims, to be ascertained and determined by,the President of the United States, to the amount of a quarter of a million of dollars. To perform this agreement was the purpose and object of the act of June 30th. It seems to have been a clear case of liability by the United States. The bill passed the House of Representatives June 27th, yeas 99, nays 60, Franklin Pierce rating in t/ie negative. ( Viile House Journal, 1st sess., 23d Congress, p. 858- '9.) Perhaps Mr. Toombs can satisfy the people of Georgia that Franklin Pierce is a very proper man to be President of the United States! Resolution, introduced by Mr. Chilton, propos- ing to raise a select committee " to inquire into the expediency of so extending the provisions of the act of Congress passed 7th June, 1832, granting pensions to certain classes of troops therein named, as to embrace in its provisions those who were en- gaged in the wars against the Indians subsequent to the close of the Revclulionary war and doicn to the treaty of Greenville, with" leave to report by bill or otherwise." This resolution came up for consi- deration in the House, February Uth, 1834, and passed, yeas 136, nays 66, Franklin Pierce voting in the neg-afine!! (Vide House Journal, 1st ses- sion, 23d Congress, p. 316-'17.) So that it'appears that Mr. Pierce was not willing to have even an inquiry in favor of the old soldiers ! Much less was he dis[)osed to do them justice! "The House" February 13, 1834, "resumed the consideration of the bill (No. 732) granting a boun- ty in land to the organized militia men, mounted militia men and rangers, wlso defended the frontier during the late war with Great Britaiir," when, on motion, the bill was laid on the table, or in other words stifled ; yeas 130, nays 87 ; Franklin Pierce voting in the affirmative. (Vide House Jour- nal, 2d session, 23d Congress, p. 378.) What did Mr. Pierce care for "the organized militia men, mounted militia men, and rangers, who defended the frontier during the late war with Great HERE IS A SHORT ACT WHICH MAY BE WORTHY OF THE NOTICE OF THE SOUTH. "An act authorizing Edmund Brooke to remove to the District of Columbia two slaves, owned by him prior to his removal from Virginia : "Be it enacted, S{C., That Edmund Brooke, of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, be au- thorized, and permission is hereby granted him, to bring from the State of Virginia into the said Dis- trict of Columbia two negro slaves, namely, John and Alfred, the property of the said Brooke, and to have and to exercise the same rights of property ;m,i ,"..,.,,; ip over -.he said slaves as if they ' I 1 - , i i.! by the said Brooke into the said I lime of his removal to the said Dis- ii: I ^"^ '''"3. ^V i'"= defeat of General Pierce, LAS, of Philadelphia, and ChaS. O'Con- '^''"S '>'3 bigo'^d party to their senses, the Catho- V/-.D ,^f Mc, v„ 1 T ii • 'i'=s i" 'lia' State Stand no chance of being emanci- .NOR, ot JNew iork. To expose their .,.,,. .^ patcd -for half a century, sweeping assertions, Mr. W. E. Robin- oa^- .« ,!.,<•, d ° ' " ' 8. And m a word, in fine, that the father, Ben- SON, of New York, has visited New jjamin Pierce, was a red hot enemy of the Catbo- and a supporter of the Alien and Sedition acts; GEN. PIERCE'S HOSTILITY TO CATHOLICS. The obstinacy and manreuvring which mark the history of the New Hampshire Democracy in dealing with the anti-Catho- iic test of that State, and the failure of (jen. Pierce to make any vigorous effort to secure its abrogation, are set forth in a lengthy article copied from the Washint'- lon Repvhlic of the 4th inst. The bad temper manifested by the Democratic press in discussing this subject exhibits a consciousness of the importance of the accusation; while their studied avoidance of every thing like documentary evi- dence, and their constant repetition of as- oertions that are without a shadow of proof, indicate their inability fairly to meet the issues raised by the Wiiigs. The statement we print to-day admits of no evasion. It gives figures derived from State documents, showing that the Whigs have voted to abolish the test, while the Democrats have voted to uphold it; and incidentally it portrays the determination of the Democracy to carry out their pur- pose, though at the cost of republican principle. Gen. Pierce's speech, which is appended to the ailicle, is a nice com- jiientary on the praises that have been Hampshire, to examine on the spot the records of the proceedings of the Con- vention called to amend the constitution of that State, He. has given the result of his investigations in a speech at the North American Hotel in New York to the Scott and Graham Clubs of the fourth, tenth, sixth, and fourteenth wards. Among the assertions made by Mr. Robinson are the following, for the truth of which he pledged himself, challenged the most thorough investigation, and an nounced that he would deposit in the hands of Simeon Draper one hundred dollars, to be forfeited and given up to any one who will prove that in one of the propositions he misstated the facts; the decision to be left to Robert Emmet: 1. Frakklin Pierce didnot speak at all in fa- vor of Catholic Emancipation during the whole time the Catholic test was before the ConTention. 2. He had notliing to do with " bringing for- ward " the subject. The resolution abolishing the test was drawn up by Mr. Parker, of Nashua, a WMg, and was " brought forward " by Mr. Par- ker, Nov. 14, when it was discussed in Couven- lion. 3. It was known throughout New Hampshire ;hat Catholic Emancipation wns finnllij defeated by an overwhehiimg vote some eight or ten weeks be- fore Mr. O'Connor spoke in Tammany Hall. When religious liberty needed a champion General Pierce was found— wanting. Thougli, i/leT Catholic Emancipation had been carried in Convention, he found time, while making a .speech on the property qualification, to excuse and apolo- giije for the lest bigotry, by saying it was a dead letter and blank, which was simply staling that Catholics would perjure themselves to get into office, by swearing to support a constitution which e.xpres.sly shut them o\it from office. 5. That so far from all his " antecedents " being right, his father, Benjamin Pierce, voted to put the anti-Catholic clause into Ihe constitution, and voted for the Alien and Sedition laws of old John Adam.s ! « 6. That so far from Catholic Emancipation fail- g only for want of a iwo-third.s vole, ii had not one-fiftb of the votes cast throughout the State at ihe same election for Governor, and did not come near a simple mnjority of the small vole cast on this question. and that Franklin Pierce, the young chicki learned to crow so glibly from the old one, that raised not a voice in favor of abolishing his father': bigotry during the whole time the subject was un der discussion in a Convention of which he was i leading member and president. he FORGOTTEN FACTS. In the House of Representatives, on the 27th December, 1833, Franklin Pierce voted against a resolution for the benefit of the old fighters in the Indian wars. On the 11th of the following February, Mr. Pierce voted against a bill extending the operation of an act giving pecuniary relief to "surviving officers, non-commis- sioned officers, musicians, soldiers, and Indian spies of the old Continental line or State troops, volunteers or militia," who had served two years during the war of the revolution, and had not been provided for by the act of 182S. In 1836 Mr. Pierce repeated his vote against an act "for the relief of certain officers and soldiers of the revolution." In the Senate, in 1841, Mr. Pierce opposed a bill giving five years' half-pay to widows or orphans of officers, non-com- missioned officers, soldiers, &c., who had died in the service of the United States after the 20th of April, 1818. These votes of Mr. Pierce illustrate the magnanimity of his political career. They show his friendship for the few remaining patriots who had purchased our liberties with, their blood, and the strength of his regard for women and children whose protectors had sacrificed their lives in the service of their country. Mr. Pierce's principles of governmental economy recognised no claim on their part to consideration at the hands of Con- gress. Tl^ idea of relieving soldiers disabled in war, and of succoring sol- diers' widows and orphans, had no place in the creed of the present Democrafi6' candidate for the Presidency. . :.■- THE SIGNAL. JUDGMENT IN THE CASE. Our Democratic contemporaries are un- able to restrain the anger and alarm with which they witness the effect produced upon the South by the Pierce develop- ments. The abuse that is heaped upon the heads of those who have been instru- mental in producing the explosion, is mingled with an amusing affectation of outraged innocence and indignant honesty. But in these displays of ill temper, and of reckless assertion without a particle of proof, the body oi the people, of both parties, will recognise nothing more than the attempt of conscious weakness to evade a dilemma which it cannot meet. The people will not suffer abusive epithets to distract their attention from the features of llie case as it stands. They will con tinue to remember that General Pierce's anti-Fugitive law declarations were re ported at the time of their delivery with (lilt (•.(jntradiction by General Pierce o his friends — that those declarations were in strict accordance witli views previously expressed by General Pierce, and with the principles and policy of the New Hampsliire Democracy — that the denials written since General Pierce's nomination are inconclusive and unreliable— that the Democratic "cloud of witnesses" are themselves committed to Free- soilism hy all their antecedents — that the hun- dred witnesses of the Boston Fosl do not ven- ture upon a specific denial of tiie words at- tributed to General Pierce — and that the lite- ral accuracy of those words, as words of General Pierce, is vouched for on oath by the gentleman who originally reported them. This is the case in a nutshell; and abuse will not pre vent its universal diffusion. Ii is rather unfortunate for our Dtniucratii prints, that a journal which has throughout been a strong supporter of Pierce, and which ■dt the outset denounced the report (jf the New Boston speech as a slander, has been compelled to abandon its position, and to admit that this particular charge against General Pierce is (irovcd. We refer to the New York Herald, which never neglects an opportunity of de- crying General Scott and exalting his op- ponent. The Herald of Thursday, review- ing the affair as it now appears, comes to this conclusion, without, however, abating one jot in its zeal for the Democratic nominee: "It is charged against general Pierce that last January, at a place in New Hampshire called New Boston, in the course of a public speecli, on being interrogated directly to the point, he replied that be 'loathed the Fujntive Slave law,' hod 'a revolt- ing feeling' .it the giving up of a slave;' and that the law was 'opposed to humanity' and 'opposed to This charge wc find sustained by the affiilavil ut Mr. Fobs, a reporter who reported the speech ou the spot; and, fro I observation, a disputed have learned, in the matt ech, to trust the reporter, if honest, as me most, able witness that can be produced. It is a re- porter's duty, and it soon becomes his habit, unless he is a deliberate knave, to report the speech as he hears it, and to hear it all. Mere spectators sel- dom hear correctly a tenth part of a stump speech, and their testimony, or even the testimony of the speaker himself, in frequent cases, ii iiot ,strictly as reliable for accuracy as the evidence of the re- porter." The controversy is examined with more mi- nuteness hy the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle and Sentinel, which, if our memory be reliable, was not long since cited by the Union as a highly respectable authority. We transfer portions of the Chroniclers article, that the reader may see how the case is viewed by a dispassionate southern observer. The Chron- icle says: "The developments in reference to the New Bos- ton speech of General Pierce are rapidly thicken- ing, and the evidence pro and con increasing. On the one side it is pointed and definite, proving di- rectly and positively the declarations ascribed to General Pierce, all of which are sworn to by a Bap- tist clergyman; while on the other hand the friends of General Pierce seek to discredit the report by loose, vague, and indefinite denials of its truth, ithout pretending to assert wliat he did say. In any court of justice, or with any imparlial man, such testimony as the latter amounts to nothing; it establishes nothing, affirms nothing. The testi- mony of the Rev. Mr. Foss is swor7i to, and based upon a memorandum made at the time— it is positive, di- rect, and affirmative, and it charges the use of par- ticular language. The testimony of the hundred certifiers is a mere certificate, based upon recollec- tion six months after the event, and is only a gen- eral denial of the truth of the other statement. It is, therefore, insufficient to set aside the testimony of the clergyman before any impartial tribunal." In reference to the certificate with a hun- dred signatures, published by the Boston Post, our Augusta contemporary remarks : "Who the signers are to tliis certificate we know not ; Ihcy are, however, endorsed by the friends of General Pierce to be respectable men, and upon its faith the Union virtually charges a Baptist clergy- man, Mr. Foss, with swearing to a lie. That the Union is growing desperate under the develo ments in this case is very apparent from its fr quent and continued violations ol all pro|iriely discussion. At first it sought to discredit the report of the speech, merely on the ground that lli« authors were Freesoilers; and yet, strange to say, introduced Norris and Hibbard, two as rank Freesoilers as W. U, Seward or the Van Burens, to disprove the statements. If Freesoil- ism rendered one witness unworthy ol belief, how would Norris and Hibbard fare under the rule.' There are no men in the United States more tho- roughly committed to Freesoil sentiments, yet they are the intimate friends, warm partisans, and zealous supporters of General Pierce." Democrat" in the Legislature. That he belongs tothe Van Buren school of "Northern mou with Southern principles," as long as the advocacy of those principles will enure to his or his party's fit, wo have no doubt. The cllbrt on the part of his friends to make him out an advocate of slavery, possessing 'strong pro-slavery fettinga, is simply ridiculous." It adds: "Although wo believe that General Pierce advo- cated the Compromise, and was opposed to political abolition in New Hampshire, becauseof his greater devotion to party, yet we feel satisfied, from the testimony before us, that the report of his New- Boston speech, as sworn to by the Rev. Mr. Fobs, is correct. Because it accords with liis previous sen- timents as embodied in his speech in 1850, and in the resolutions of the New Hampshire Legislature, which are as decidi-dly Freesoil as any document ever was, and which was supported by ''every IRISHMEN FOR SCOTT. Alluding to the friendliness of large numbers of oiu- Irish citizens towards General Scott, and their deterinlnation to abandon locofoco alliances tliat they may render to him substantial support, the editor of the Ohio State Journal, who was amongst the visitors to the Niagara gathering, says: "We saw several striking instances of this feel- ing during our recent trip. On Tuesday morning, as the J'Tvrlhern Indiana was approaching Buffalo, with at least I,50U people on board — there was much enthusiasm and several speeches. One of the speakers said that a large number of Demo- crats had come out boldly, and declared they hould vote for Gen. Scott. Near the outside of the crowd was a disconsolate looking locofoco, mptcd to keep his spirits up by getting into a controversy. He declared that this asser- tion was false, that they could not point out a Democrat who would vote for Scott. This was bringing mattei-H to a test. Instantly, an Irishman from Cleveland, a heavy contractor, and one who wields a very large influence, mounted the chair and informed the gentleman that he was one of that class — that he had always been a Dem- ocrat, and that he should vote for General Scott. He wanted to know what Mr. Pierce had ever done that any body should vote for /i?»i.' He gave the locofoco challenger a regular broadside of el- oquent talk. No sooner had he closed, than another Irishman mounted the stand, and declared that he was a Democrat and should vote for Gen. Scott. The huzzas that followed this announce- ment, had scarcely subsided when a third Irishman mounted the chair, and shaking his fist in an ex- cited manner at the locofoco Pierce man, said, "I too, shall vote for Gen. Scott. I have always been a Democrat, and I am as good looking a man as you are, any day." This was a clincher. The steamer resounded with shouts, and the poor discomfited loco left, not desiring any other or further demonstration that he was in the wrong pew." WANTED. The letter in which General Pierce denies, "■over his own signature," the report of his Free soil speech at New Boston. An explanation of the admitted fact that Gen. Pierce evaded the question requiring him to pledge himself to veto any bill weakening or repealing the Fugi- tive Slave law. A statement of the dates and circutir- stances of their abandonment of Free- soilism by Mr. Norris, Senator from New Hampshire, and Mr. Hibbard, Represen- tative from that State; the said Messrs." Norris and Hibbard being the gentlemen who vouch for Gen. Pierce's orthodoxy. The plain reason why Gen. Pierce vot- ed against a bill autjiorizing a citizen of 106 THE SIGNAL. Georgetown to bring his two slaves from Virginia into the District of Columbia The reason why the New Hampshire Democracy, who supported unanimously the Wilmot proviso, ar,e now to be vegard- ed as friends of the South. Tiie principle that allows the Democra- cy, while denouncing as " infamous " the Free-soil papers wliich reported Gen Pierce's Free-soil speech, to receive into their embrace the Free-soil presses of Ohio and Wisconsin. The Democrat who has courage to de- nounce the avowal of the Free-soil Dem- ocrats that they will recommence their agitation against the Fugitive Slave law so soon as the Presidential campaign .'■hall be ended The Democratic paper that lias had fairness enough to print Gen. Quitman's letter eulogizing Gen. Scot r. An argument showing why Catholics "hould vote for the leader of the New Hampshire Democracy, who brahd Cath- olics with a stigma of political and civil inferiority. An argument showing why an Irishman should vote for the leading Demociat of a State whose Democracy played falsely with non-naturalized Irishmen. A single vote or declaration by Gen. Fierce in favor of appropriations for the rivers and harbors of the West. The missing Democratic "plank " on internal improvements. The course of reasoning by which the true friends of Western interests can re- concile themselves to the idea of .support- ing Pierce and King. The motives that can induce Southern men to vote for one who, like Gen. Pierce, denounces slavery and " loathes " the Fugitive Slave law. The consistency of Col. King, who ac- cepts a nomination for the Vice-Presidency from a combination which he denounced a year ago as too unprincipled to receive the support of any Southern man. The Washington Union calls attentiun to a paragraph which it says appeared in the Concord (N. H.) Independent Democrat in Dec, 1846. The paragraph in question applied very offen- sive terms to General Taylor as a .slaveown- et, and the Union cites it to show that the Jnde- j^tndent Democrat having long been an Abolition- ist, is not now a credible witness against Gen- eral Pierce. Fn reality, the paragraph onlj ]>roves that the Independent Democrat opposed General Tavlok as strongly as it opposes General Scott ; and, therefore, that it cannot be suspected of being a Whig witnsss. I THE RELIGIOUS TEST IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. We have been unwilling to add to the bitter- ness of the present contest by the introduction of any thing like sectarian considerations. It is certain that long before the close of the struggle there will be warmth enough on both sides in connexion with the ordinary political and per- sonal consjdeptions- that are involved; and so far as our practice has been concerned, we have desired to exclude the irritating issues that may "be evoked from religious differences, or from the relationship subsisting between native and adopted citizens. The Democratic press has resolved, however, that both classes of ques- tions shall be made subservient to factious pur- poses; and both are now being worked with the utmost pertinacity, and with the usual disre gard of historic verities. The madness with which the gods are said to afflict their victims as a preliminary to de^ struction has full scope in the action taken by Democratic journals upon this sectarian ques iion. It is one they cannot touch without in jariug themselves. It is one in which the whole record is against them, and which, when well understood by the people, will con- tribute largely to the defeat that awaits Gene- ral Pierce. That the Democratic State of New Hamp- shire is the only State that now preserves ir its statute-book laws imposing political dis aljilities upon its citizens of the Catholic faith, and that Franklin Pierce, theDemocratic no- ee for the Presidency, is and has long been an influential leader of the dominant party in the State, are facts that admit of no explanation or ial. They carry their full meaning on their face, and give the lie direct to the pretensions set up by. the Democracy as the advocates of religious equality. They are facts that prove that the majority of a State which is still lauded as occupying the frontrank in the De- mocratic party, are hostile to a fundamenta;! principle of republican liberty — that the only Stale which recognised General Pierce's fit- ness lor the Presidency, and pressed his claims pon the notice of the Baltimore Convention, is the Stale which to this day brands with a tigma of inferiority the four millions of our people who hold the Catholic faith — that the losest allies and most strenuous supporters of General Pierce are solely responsible for the maintenance of that stigma — and that General Pierce has failed to exert his influence to se- the destruction of this local fanaticism. And yet with these facts upon the record. Demo- cratic editors have the hardihood to assert that the Whigs of New Plampshire merit all the m that belongs to the upholders of the test, and that General Pierce is speoially entitled Catholic votes in consideration of his devo- 3n to tiie Catholic cause! The constancy and apparent confidence with hich this perverted construction is thrust upon the country, is a sufiicient reason for re- urning to the subject, with the view of present- ng it in all its details. The votes of the vari- )us sections of New Hampshire have already been circulated, as evidence of the truth of the Whig version of the matter; but we now avail ourselves of a more minute review than we have seen elsewhere, prepared with all the ad- vantages of familiarity with the local politics, in the form of a letter from Concord, New Hampshire, and the following are the material portions: Our preiieut constitution [i. e.,tliecoEiotitution of New Hampebire] was adopted in 1792, and the lato Governor Pierce, father of General F. Pierce, 1 member of the convention which framed that instrument, and he seems to have favor«d the aati-ioleration test in the constitution, at be did I also the^iien and Sedilion law of the elder Adania. as is proved by his vole in our State Legislature in 1799, approvingof that measure. " Our constitution requires tlie sense of the free- men to be taken once in seven years upon the propriety of a revision of the constitution ; and yet, from 1792 down, we could never obtain a vote in any way favorable to a revision until March, 1850, when we secured a majority for a conven- tion, the Whiga having gone almost in a body for it, as well as the Freesoil men, and a portion of the Democratic party. The convention was held in the latter part of ISoO and the first part of 1851. the Democrats having a majority of 294 delegates of which it was composed. The Whigs, Freesoil men, and a portion of the Democrats secured sev- eral liberal amendments in the convention to the constitution— the operation of which, if adopt- ed by the people, could not fail of cramp- ing the power of the dominant party ; and the leaders seeing this, put themselves to tiie task of drilling up their party friends to the adop- tion of some very strong: party features to be sub- mitted to the people, and in the end succeeded so far as to secure their incorporation into the list of amendments to be submitted to the people, and so obnoxious were these measures that they induced many Whigs to v.'ithhold their votes, or to vote adverse to the doings of the convention, when they were submitted to tTie people for their approval or rejection; and as the Democrats very generally voted against the liberal amendments, the wholii were rejected by the people by a large majority, when a two-thirds vote in their favor was neces- sary to their adoption. The vote on the amend- ments was lalten on the day of the annual election, in JMarch, 1851. The vote on the 'test' question was— yeas 13,-575, nays 24,971; when, with the negative vote given, it required 49,943 affirmative votes for its approval. "The Whigs gave most of Ihi votes favoring the expulsion of the test from the Constitution, while the negative votes came mainly from the Demo- crats. I will give the vote of twenty towns as an indication of this: STRONG Whig towns. decided dkm. towns. Yeas. Nays. Yeaa. Nay). Nashua 647 le Farmington .11 -201 Nashville 155 95 N.Durham.. 4 177 Kccnc 265 (j Strafford 12 385 Winchester... 203 6 ElBngham...! 136 Fitzwilliam... S4 1 Ossipee 12 281 Troy 61 13 Wafjefield . . . 1 212 Dublin 91 14 Wolfborough 1 1 363 Merrimack... 139 69 Gilrnanton, . .61 494 Marlborough.. 119 39 Chatham 7 46 Wilton 119 39 Chichester. . .15 172 1,883 298 135 2,466 " The yeas were in favor of emancipating the Catholics and others prescribed from holding of- fice in this State on account of their religious opinions, and the nays were for retaining the excluding test. The friends of General Pierce are very anxious to obtain the votes of nalu- ralized citizens, and especially of the Catholics; and while they keep from the people at a dis lance the fact that he took an active part in the convention— and his party are almost twice as strong as the Whigs in the State— they give the people to understand that the reason the test was not stricken out was, that the Democratic party was unable to obtain a two-thirds vote for its ex- clusion, and they falsely say that the Whiga very generally voted in the negative. This they dare not utter la their papers here, but cause it to be published v.;herever Catholics are numerous. "The vote for Governor, given the same day on which the vote was taken on amendments to the constitution, was— Democratic plurality . Against abolishing the teat 24,97 1 For abolishing the test ... v... 12,675 Majority against 12,396 "The measure was largely in the minority, in stead of coming near a two-thirds vote. "The convention reassembled April 16, 1S51, to receive, sort, and count the votes given on the pro- positions submitted to the people for their decision^ and to do and transact such other business as might be deemed proper. It remained in session but two days, and submitted three of the rejected propositions to I be people again, to be acted upon at ihe annual Stuto election in March, 1852. Among the number was the 'test' again. THE SIGNAL. 10^ "The vote was taken on the 9tii of March last, and regulted as follows: Yeas, 9,566; nays, 12,032. Here waa a decided majority again against the test bein? stricken from the constitution, and again the Whigs gave most of the votes in the afDrma- live, and the Democrats the negative votes. I will give nineteen Whig towns as a sample: Yeas. Naijs. Yens. Nays. Eoping 95 25 Charlestown. 66 '3 EJteter 39 12 Claremont. .167 C7 Portsmouth. .533 237 Cornish 126 45 Dover 472 220 Corydon. . . .104 1? Soraeraworth.123 36 Langdon . . . 32 1 Wilton 100 1 Haverhill... lOii 48 Filzwil!iam..l45 27 Littleton.... 94 32 Keene 217 00 Marlborough. 62 4 2,6.S1 791 Rojtbury 24 7 791 Troy .M H Winchester. .122 00 Majority . .1,890 "The above towns are represented by thirty- four Wbigs, two Democrats, and one town, strong- ly Whig, entitled to three representatives, failed to elect last March. Portsmouth elects by wards, and one ward elected two Democrats, the other members being Whigs. The above towns gave precisely eighteen hundred and eighty-nine ma- jority against Martin, Democrat, for Governor, one vote less than the majority for striking out the Yrr,.i. Nay Yeas. "iii^ Auburn 17 Wolfborough J Newmarket. . ,20 100 Chichester:. . 3 174 Newlon Warner 157 Northwood. . .. 1 S6 Killsborough .15 101 Nottingham ..13 .75 Pelham..... .13 73 ..35 67 Goshen 7 lis N. Durham. .. X 65 Bethlehem . . . 2 73 Alton ..24 125 Ellsworth... 4H Barnstsad... ..45 175 Franconia . . .11 64 C-ilmanton.. ,,?0 209 Hill 114 Albany Brooktield . . fiO Landaff .. 5 60 Woodstock. . . 2 63 Conway .... ..21 110 Berlin . 3 36 Loudon .. 4 ISO Slark . 1 40 Effiingham . ..10 S3 Jackson .14 63 Epsom .. 6 lOS 340 2^ "The above towns gave 2,62G majority against abolishing the 'religious test,' elected thirty-seven Democratic representatives to the Legislature, and not one Whig; and gave Martin, Dcraoftrat, for Governor, 2,202 majority over the Whig and Free- soil candid.Ue; and yet the base falsehood is v.idcly circulated that the Whigs prevented the Democrats from abolishing the test, as it required a two-thirds vote, and the Democrats could not quite obtain a two-thirds vote. It is said 'figures do not lie,* and with the facts before them on cord, it is strange that men can be so reckless a send abroad such falsehoods as are abroad u] this very matter." The insincerity of the New Hampshire Democrats upon the ()ueslion, and their desire to perpetuate the Jisgraceful test,;^are further indicated by the manner in which it was sented to the people, and by the impediment that was constructed to defeat the vote of a bare majority. The hvo-thirds nde, though sanctioned by the practice of the Democratic National Convention, is essentially incompati- ble with the republican right of the majority to rule; and it was by a resort to this anti- vepublican contrivance that the New Hamp- «hire followers of General Pierce managed to defeat the demand for religious equality. This is forcibly presented in the following; remarks from the Cleveland (Ohio) Forest City: "A convention, called for the purpose of amend ing a constitution, has varied and conceded pow- ers. Among these may be enumerated — 1. The right to frame a constitution. 2. The right to decide the qualifications of voters on its adoption. 3. The vote it shall require to adopt it. "Now, keeping these conceded rights of Consti tutional Conventions in full view, and remember ing that the first count in the republican faith is that tke mttjorily shall rule, let us test the action of the late convention in New Hampthiro, of which Franklin Pierce was president. That canven ' was called to amend the State constitution powers wera precisely the same as other con' tious called for a like purpose. Its business was rescribed, its duty was to cleanse the body poli- ic; toextract the ulcers from it; to model it after be republican fashion. In that convention the Democratic party, or tlie party calling itself De- mocratic, had a decided majority. It had the power to adopt or reject anjr principle which could have been oHered. It exercised that power, either ;clly or indirectly, to the fullest extent. Among the subjects which engrossed the atten. tion of the convention was the question of a reli- gious test— the eligibility of Catholics to olTice. This had been the prominent idfa in calling the ention. It was a question that should have been met. But how did Mr. Pierce and his coad- jutors meet ii.' By evasion. Hy a parhamentary ick. By polilical jugglery. By denying the competency of the majority to rule. They pro. posed to remedy one evil by inflicting another; well knowing that, while the wheels of progress were thus clogged, the evil could not be reached. They professed to concede to the spirit of the age, yet accompanied the concession with a condition which effectually crushed that spirit. If Mr. Pierce, and the party with whom he acted, had sincerely desired the abolition of the religious test, they would have engrafted a clause to that eflTect in the constitution, submitted the question to a ma- jority of the people, and, from the day the conven- tion adjourned till the close of the election, made every stump and rock in New Hampshire eloquent with their appeals in favor of religious equality. But instead of pursuing: such a straightforward course— instead of submitting the question to the people and leaving it with the majority— they de liberately resolved that the religious test shoxUd not be abolished unless two thirds of the people decided against it. That was their ultimatum; that the sum total of their toleration; that the length and breadth of their republicanism. They were too cowardly to openly repudiate religious equality; too sycophantic to directly deny the prayers of the people; and, like anful. demagogues, as they are they, with the professions of republicanism on tbeii lips, defeated one axiom of liberty by adoptmg another of its antagonistic principles; they pre served the religious test by denying the right of i majority of the people to adopt their fundamental law. "Again: The abolition of the religious test was not engrafted in the constitution. It was sub- mitted to the people as an isolated question, not as a part of the convention, and a two-thirds vote required by Mr. Pierce and his friends (o insure its adoption. " Why was this i" It could not have been accidental. Mr. Pierce was tactician enough know that a principle engrafted in the body of constitution can be carried much easier than wh< submitted as a separate section. He knew that, by making the abolition of the religious test dis tinct from the body of theconstitution, the chance of its repeal was immeasurably lessened. Yet, with this knowledge, he determined that the q' tion should be thus submitted, and that, even with that disadvantage, it should require a two-thirds vote to repeal it. Hero was the root of the evil. It was the convention, not the people of New Hamp shire, that retained the religious test. It was th< legerdemain of Mr. Pierce and his friends that relaincd that relic of tyranny. The great prin ciple of religious equality, like several eminent statesmen in another convention, fell under two-thirds rule. "Here we rest the question. We charge Pierce with manceuvring, in the convention, to re,ain the religious teat. We charge him with de- nying the right of the majority to adopt the funda- mental law which should govern them, for the purpose of retaining that arbitrary and unjust, as well as anti. republican, feature in the New Hamp- shire constitution. We charge that, in so acting, he virtually repudiated and set at naught two great principles sanctioned by the blood of the Re- volution." But. replies ihe Union, it cannot be denied "that General Pierce labored to expunge the religious test." How earnestly he labored in this behalf may be seen from the above expla nation of the mode in which the New Hamp shire Democracy managod to prolong their dis ability clause; and it may also be inferred from the absence of all proof of any out-door eflorls favorably to influence the Democratic voto. The only evidence we possess of th: zeal with which General Pierce "labored to expunge" the test is the speech delivered by him in the convention; and ws now insert that speech, in the fullest form in which it is ex- tant, in order that there may be no mistake as to the character of his labors, or the order of his eloquence: "Mr. Pierce, of Concord, said that he could con- cur heartily in all that the gentleman from Ports- mouth had uttered, except his last remark. It waa quite obvious that, so far from h.iving taxed the patience of the committee, hia speeches upon both the great subjects embraced in the resolutions un- der consideration had hnn listened to with un- qualilied gralifi' m> m \ ■; 'i..!u^e he threw the weight of his I:' : •■. i : the power of his arguments iniM' > idc of right in a case where thii, . i ■ ... :. . i.. y — whcrcthejudg- ment of meuiL".,! v,.i r.. • >i.:iinitely formed— where there was a shade of doubt as to the result; but because it was desirable that the grounds on which we proceed in matters of such grave import should be stated, as they had been, with singular force of reasoning and beauty of illustration. It was also a service well ren- dred, not less in vindication of the past than the present. The motives of the fathers of the present constitution and of the people in 1792 had been placed in their true light. So much waa due to them. It was also due to this convention, and the people whom they represent, and due to the repu- tation of the State abroad, that it be well under- stood that both of the provisions— the religious teat and the property qualificaliona— had been a dead letter, at least as long as the chairman (Mr. Saw- yer) had participated to any extent in thecooncila of the Slate. They had been practically inoperative from Mr. P. 's earliest recollection. The chairman would remember that many years ago, at a time of high party excitement, it was suggested that a mem- ber ot the House ofRepresentatives occupied hi.'? seal without the requisite property qualificatious. But two objections at once occurred to any action upon the subject; the first was that investigation and ac- tion, instead of rejecting one member, might pro- bably vacate twenty seats; the second was, that no member could probably be found to move in a matter so utterly repugnant to public sentiment. "The religious lest in the constitution had unde- niably been a stigma upon the Stale, at home and abroad. It had been repeatedly named to him, and once at least in a foreign land, as unworthy the intelligent and liberal spirit of our country- men. . Although he had at times felt keenly the reproach, he had uniformly referred, as he had no doubt other gentlemen had done, to other parts of the constitution as illustrating the true and free spirit of our fathers, and to these as, at least for many years, a blank. The great question of reli- gious toleration was practically pelUcd, and settled m a manner never to be reversed while we retain our present form of government, more than thirty years ago. The provisions now claiming the at- tention of the committee could hardly be said to in- volve an open question. They had been the subject of discussion in every lyceum, every academy, de bating club, every town; and there waa perhaps no subject on which public opinion and public feeling was so uniform and decisive. The substance, if substance they ever had, having long since passed away, he rejoiced that the proper occasion had at length arrived to dispense with the form." It is necessary to a fair underslanding of this specimen of General Pierce's eloquence, to say that it had reference to the question of property qualification as well as to that of the religious test. This was all he had to say upon both subjects. This is the full e.xlent of his earnest labors " to expunge the religions test." This was the only protest he could afford to utter against the intolerant law which dis- graces the statute-book of the State that is to give to the country a Democratic President. Feeble as the speech is— discreditable as it ia to a man who now seeks the popular suffrage as a friend of republican equality — we are as- sured that it was not delivered until after the vote on the religious lest had been taken. Gen- eral Pierce had none but namby-pamby sen- tences to utter on this vital question, and ha did not utter them nntil the voting had been completed ! The Democratic papers are giving promi- nence to an extract from a letter of Mr. Ed- mund BuREE, of New Hampshire, alleging that "since the Dsmooralie party hava gained 108 THE SIGNAL llie ascendancy" in the Stale they have made "repealed effurls" tii call a convention to "al- ter and reform" the anti-CalhoIic test; and charging upon the VVhigs the responsibility of having "in every instance defeated" llio liberal movement. The Richmond Enquirer and the Washington Union are amongst the journals tliat have editorially endorsed the statement. Mr. Buree's first assertion is a contradiction in terms, for while it admits that the Demo- cratic parly of New Hampshire " have gained 1 he ascendancy," it avers that they have been unable to carry out their must cherished politi- cal purposes. In other words, Mr. BuuiiE de- clares that the stronger party to which he be- longs is controlled by the Whigs, who happen to be in a minority in the Legislature, as they were in the last State Convention! If the Democrats " have the ascendancy," why were their reforms " voted down ?" When they called the last convention, why did they not convene it in a manner that should please themselves? Why did they suffer themselves to be controlled by a minority in opposition? Neither Mr. Bukke, nor the editors who |Hit him forward to apologize for Gen. Pierce in this matter, can gainsay the record as it has appeared in the columns of the Republic, and other Whig journals. The genuineness of the record has never been disputed ; and yet, with its results before them, the Pierce advocates go on reiterating assertions with a full know- ledge that they are opposed to all the facts of the case. We beg the Union to demonstrate its confidence in Mr. Burke's statement by publishing the official vote of the State on the last attempt to abolish this disgraceful test. Meanwhile, that there may be no mistake as to the position of parties in the premises, we repeat the various issues as they have been as- sumed, and are maintained by the Whigs: 1st. That the Democratic party of New Hampshire, being largely in the ascendant, are responsible for the maintenance of the anti- Catholic test. 2d. That the Whig towns of New Hamp- shire have given large majorities for the repeal of the test; while the Demucratic towns gave large majorities to uphold it. 3d. That the town in which Franklin Pierce resides, being essentially Democratic, was amongst the towns that elected majorities in favor of the maintenance of the lest. 4th. That the Democracy of the State, with the view of rendering the repeal of the test more difficult, provided that a two-thirds ma- jority should be required to repeal it. fith. That by this stepthe Democracy of New Hampshire added trickery to intursued at other nmes by the Democracy of New Hampshire in relation to foreigners, especially to Irishmen. 7th. That Franklin Pierce made no exer- tions to induce his party to repeal the test ; that his only speech upon the subject was feeble, indecisive, and was not delivered until loo late. It may not be amiss to refer in this connexion 10 the votes of the New Hampshire Senators now in Congress on a question pertaining to the Catholic religion. On the 26lh of March last the Senate, when in Committee of the Whole, had under con- sideration a bill for the relief of the Carmelite nunnery of Baltimore. The bill was of a character similar to many that have at different periods been adopted by Congress, and merely provided for the remission of a small amount of duties upon a box of church vestments im- ported into the port of New York in .January lasl, being a donation from foreign Catholics to the Carmelite nunnery of Baltimore fur the use of its clergy. The amount of duties to be re- mitted in favor of this religious insliuition was 'orlij'jivp ihlUtrs, but trifling as it was it suf- ficed to call foith the anti-Catholic instincts of the Democratic Senators from New Hamp- shire. The bill was finally rejected by twenty-two Voles against twenty-one. In the majority by whom the measure was defeated we find the Votes of Senators Norris and Hale, both of New Hampshire; one of them — Mr. Norris — being particularly relied upon as a witness in Mr. Pierce's favor in another case. We must add, parenthetically, that the Carmelite nun- nery had another opponent in the person of Sen- ator King, the Democratic nominee for the Vice Presidency. GRAND WHIG RALLY AT WASHING- TON. The Whig Club of the Navy Yard, (Sixth ward) Washing-ton, having planted a fine pole, and erect- ed around it an admirable stand, held a dedication meeting on Tuesday evening, the 3d iu3t.,in which they were joined -by the largest concourse of per- eons from the other wards of the city, Alesandria, Georgetown, and adjacent portions of Maryland and Virginia, ever assembled in that section of Washington. There was a large concourse of ladies in attendance. The stand was decorated with great taste and beauty. The various batiies that immortalize the name of Scott, and form briglit pages in the history of America, won by our gallant standard-bearer in the wars with England and IMexico, were forcibly and prominently pictured upon transparenciei lorms, were beautifully rayed about the stand, and entwined around the lofty pole. The meeting was called to order, and was under the immediate direction of the officers of the "Scott and Graham Club" oftheNavy Yard. The Hon. Nelson Bahbebe, of Ohio, was first introduced, and made a felicitous speech, review- ing the political contest, and pledging the State of Ohio to the Whig nominees oy an overwhelming majority. Hon. Richard I. Bowie, of Maryland, followed next. He reviev/ed the lile of General Scott, and defied the power of hie opponents to gainsay his tminent capacity to fill any station, civil or mili- tary, to which he might be called. His associate had been equally well tried and proven faithful. He scouted the idea ol sectional or selfish feeling or action; and challenged the North, the South, the East, and the West, to a contest with the peo- ple of Maryland in securing the election ol the Whig nominees. Mr. Tyler, of Connecticut, was introduced. He contrasted the military career of the opposing candidates lor the Presidency, and dealt in some lacetious remarks in regard to General Pierce. His ' ■ pubhc favor, in the case of bestowing a branceofhis friends in (he erection of huge ot candy commemorative of that im- portant event ; and if they should adopt that spe- cies of sweet substance as emblems in the cam- paign, there would be "a mighiy licking" fore- shadowing the fate of their candidate when the result of the voting should be announced in No- vember next. In regard to the falling and fainting of General Pierce whilst in Mexico, Mr. T. dceignaled the animal used as a "learned horse;" the time and incidents indicated that he knew exactly when to fall, and as to the ulterior effect it would have upon his rider— resulting in two distini. t cases in allowing General Pierccto retire jutt as the fights were about commencing— first by falling and then by fainting. Mr. T. had heard much about sectional dissatis- faction, but he bad yet to learn that such was the fact. He knew there were some few individuals who grumbled, and would have done so under al- most any other state of affairs ; but he denied that there was any such feeling between any portion of the masses ot the people, for with them General Scott is not known as a northern or a south ern man, but regarded as a man of the Union and for the Union, and he believed would be triumph.antly sustained by the people of every State, irrespcclive of the trammels of party, loca- tion, or faction. Hon. James T. MoREHEAD, of N.'rth, Carolina, was presented. He spoke of the sterling virtue, patriotism, and tried fidelity of (.;i-iieral .Scott. The gentleman who had preceded him (Mr. Tyler) he designated as a relative of the famed General Putnam, and declared that "wolves' holes canH protect the enemies of Scott and Graham from his prowess." Mr. M. regarded Gen Scott as eescotially a na tional man; "his whole life gives proof of the fact. Born in the South, interested in the North, and re- siding in the centre of these geographical divi sions— having fought for the whole country, and given his best efforts in sustaining the Union as it is — he is claimed, honored, beloved alike by the people of the whole Union; the universe his resi- dence— his fame eternal. A voice from the crowd said: "Faith, and 1 fooght under him; and know, and love him." Mr. MOHEHEAD replied, and if you follow him still, my friend, he will lead you to victory. Mr. M-. thought the exclamation of Mark An- tony, when Cajsar fell, might well be applied to the fate of the opposing party in the result of the election. Mr. M. had heard of the effect of music upon men, beasts, and birds. A person said to have had a horror of fighting, upon coming into a battle, was so excited by the stirring music that his horse began to dance and he became quite mirthful. It is also reported of Jenny Lind, that in passing some trees she saw a bird sitting on a limb merri- and fall. As like causes are said to produce simi lar effects, he thought General Pierce had proven the Iruthfolness ot the rule. Mr. M. thought the nominees of the parly deserving of the entire support of every Whig. No man can shrink from it because of some selfish feeling, and he who fails should wear a collar with the name of his master engraven upon it. The towering pole to commemoralc the planting of which they were assembled, uprising towards Heaven, and entwined with evergreens, he re- garded as emblematical of the principles and cause of the great Whig party— the triumph of which he regarded as beyond doubt Mr. Tyler asked to explain. He had been told that General Pierce " did not faint away." Well, said Mr. T., be that as it may, he did fall, and fainted because he was not away. Samuel Chilton, esq., of this city, followed in defence of the nominees and the Whig principles, and made an earnest appeal to the party to stand by and sustain them. He could not believe other- wise than that the people of th^ Old Dominion would take a pride in doing hon^ir to a son who had won so much glory for the country. Hon. John Z. Goodkich, of Massachusetts, con- cluded theaddrcFses. He said for the first time he how appeared to make a political speech in a south- ern portion of the Union. Although General Scott was of southern origin, he was a favorite with the North, and his history could not otherwise than place him warmly in the hearts of the people of the whole Union. He believed Massachusetls would give the Whig nominees the largest plu- rahty vote, according to her population, of any State in the Union. The ceremonies upon the stand having been con eluded, two very large bouquets, whi'-h had lIcco- rated thestand ncQrwhere the speakers stood, were presented, by the Club to the Hon. Mr. Morehead, as from the ladies, wlm came forward and said: "Gentlemen, 1 thank you fjr thi.? handsome present. Ladies, May you flourish when ihe beau- tiful flowers that compose this bouquet are faded; and the remembrance of your sweet' faces heie to- night shall linger about my heart when its fra- grance shall have passed away." At this stage of the proceedings a match was applied to a pyrotechnic arrangement in the rear of the speaker's stand, with most bcautilul effect, portraying a painting of the battle at Fort George, the words "Scott and Graham" below: a revolving light beneath; and a large star on either side. The. speakers were frequently interrupled by enthusiastic applause; two tine bands of music al ternately discoursed sweet music; ami fire rockets ever and anon emblazoned the sky. Nothing hap- pened to mar the harmony and interest of the oc- The HoLLANoEBS.— I>er Nederlandtn-, the Dutch paper published at Kalamazoo, Michi;^an, and ex- tensively circulated among the Hulln.nders in that vicinity, has €Gj>ou3ed the election of Scott and Graham. This paper is strongly in favor ot river and harbor improvements and land reiorin. There are very few papers published in America in the Dutch language. r II E SIGNAL. 100 GENERAL aUlTMAN'S ESTIMATE OF GENERAL SCOTT. The Whigs have been charged with mis- representing the position of General Quitman in the Presidential contest, by attributing to him sentiments highly favorable to the princi- ples and character of General Scott. The ex- leader of the Democratic f?ecessionists is not the man lo whom we should ordinarily appeal for a certificate of the soundness of a Whig candidate ; bnt we are not therefore to reject the testimony he voluntarily offers against the views and assertions of the party of which he is a member. The subjoined letter, communicating Gene- eral Quitman's version of the conversation which has been relied upon for an exposition of liis view^s, deserves a circulation coextensive with tliat of Democratic slanders of General Scott. It is the spontaneous expression of the opinions of an able and we believe honest — thoutrh mistalien — Democrat, and should silence the pop-gun halleries of Democrats that are without a tithe o! btis tikafincliiin or integrity. It will be seen Ihart General Quitman's state- ment agrees substantially with that of the iVIemphis Eagle; and that he declares une- quivocally his conviction that General Scott has not been appreciated by Southern Whigs, that he is trustworthy on the slavery question, that he was an early and lias been a constant friend of the Compromise measures, and that his whole character repels the supposition that he will be unduly swayed by others in !he event of his elevation to the Presidency. We sliall see whether the Democratic presses that liave been in the habit of prmting and applaud- ing General Quitman's letters and speeches will make room for the following: •'A CARD. "Monmouth, July i'i, 1S52, "To Major Elward, Editor of the Free Trader: "DearSib: Some friends who appear to attribute more consequence to newspaper reports of mj opinions than I do, have specially called my at- tention to the following article from the Memphis Easle and Enquirer ol the 4lh instant: ' " TESTIMONV OF A DEMOCRAT AND SOUTH- ERNER. "•We presume that amongour Democratic fellow- cilizena, at least, the opinion of ex Governor John A. Quilman, of Mississippi, is enlillcil to some weight. The genuineness of his 'Democracy' and his honest b~ut somewhat misdirected devotion 10 the South have, we believe, never been ques lioned even by the bitterest o^ his political oppo- nents. A gentleman of New Orleans, who was a fellow-pasienger of Governor Quitman a few flays since on a steamer bound up the river, asked his opinion of General Scotl .' •'•Sir,' said the Guveriior, in reply, 'the Amer- ican people have never done General Scott justice! The more that man's character and claims of dis- tinction are canvassed, the higher will be the stand be will take in the admiration and gratitude of his countrymen.' ' "i have been surprised and astonished (continued Governor Quitman) that among the Whig party there should be fuund a single man unwilling to give him a cordisil and hearty support. As to hia being 'controlled by Seward,' that is all stuff. I know the man, and he will be controlled by no one, contrary to his own convictions of what is right. And, as to bis being true to the South, I consider him the most untuceptionable man, on that score, among all the Whigs who have been named in connexion with the Presidency. 1 am a Democrat; and, consenuently, diftering widely as I do from General Srdtt on every political ques- tion, can never give him my support; but if there is a Whig in the Union for whom, under any i cuinstances, I could cast mv vote for Preside that Whig is Winfield Scott.' '"Such, in substance, we understand, was reply of a brave and gallant old soldier, when opinion of a noble and much-abused roinpanion- arins was asked. We have bqlore btarii that these were the sentiments of Governor QoilMian. If w( mistake not there is agentleiimn in this city, (i Democrat,) ami aoothir nl HoUy Springs, Mis aiasippi, who served with Governor Quilman in the Mexican war, to whom, some months since, be made declarations almost identical with the fore going. This tesliraony, from one of the higheH Democratic sources, taken in connexion with Gen- eral Scott's hearty, unqualilied, and enthusiastic approval of the Whig platform — (which it is now PLAIN AND PALPABLE TO THE WORLD IS SOUNDER, STRONGER, and iioRE JUST TO THESouTH.on Sec- tional questions, than the Democratic platform) — esc facts, we say, ought to be, and, we doubt not, ILL be, satisfactory not only to all Whigs, but to ery man in the country.' " The zealous friend of General Scott who re- ported to the editors of the Eagle and Enquirer the lludcd to, has, no doubt, unin- lly placed in my mouth language stronger 6ed,and thus attributed to me sentiments which I do not entertain , and could not utter. "The conversation alluded to occurred on the deck of a steamer, in the prescnoe of several gen- emen of both parties. In reply to various opin- )ns expressed by others, / said in substance that the Soutlurn IVhigs, in tneir opposition to Gemral Scott, had done him injustice; that liis opinions on the slavery question were less obnoxious than those lurelojore publicly expressed by Fillmore and tVib- ster, atid I would sooner trust him on that subji ct Hum cither of those gintlemcn; that if there was any mirit in the ' Compromise,' which I did not ad- mit, Scott should be preferred by them, bfcause he openly declared for it before Fillmore's opinion was known. For these reasons it appeared to me f[,nv?-i- that nipn who were willing to supptTt FiCriv rr .,r \'-. .;,tcr should make objections to ^. \ 1 , . [.ctions to Scott applied equally i.i.. i.ien; they were founded on Ta- lii li ,; 111 . . I , . - .,! opinion in regard to the struc- ture ariri chararter of our political system; that General Scott was an advocate of a strong na- tional government, while I was a States Rights man of the strictest school; that for this rrason I shooid not vote fur him, but woold always do him justice, although I had reason to complain of some of his official acts in regard to myself as of the army. ••A Whig gentleman present, having Ihat the apprehension was that Scott would be controlled by Seward and politicians of his stripe I smiled and said: You mittaT{e the character of Hi man. The dangir lies in the o/posite extreme. Al ways accustomed to command, General Scott prided himself specially upon the infallibility of his own judgment. He rarely asks He will be controlled by no man, not llie whole H'hig parly, against his owyt convictions. "Some allusion having been inadi tary reputation, and rny opinion asked, I said it, would be unwise in us (the Democratic party) to deny to him the highest military distinction. ""— ' his Mexican campaign, from the first gun a Cruz to the fall of the capital, was one of th( brilliant on military record. lis lustre wa med by some blemishes— about which I woi- now speak— but that when the history r,f h- '■ ru^ riuus march, from the sea-board tt> i' • - - r ' palace, shall be faithfully detailed :i: : i ' ized, it will greatly add to the high i:i;. : he at present enjoys, not only in '■-:■•■. ,i 1 -;> abroad. "The conversation was casual and desultory. I have merely endeavored to present my share in it tion, I am in the habit of expressing my opinions frankly, without looking lo political consei,uences. "Very respectfully, yours, "J. A. QUITMAN." This letter exhibits General (Quitman's attitude towards General Scott. Another epistle, written six days before the dale of the above, gives his views of the policy of the De mocracy and the nature of the support which General Pierce may expect from consistent politicians of the Southern Rights seiioid. In fVojii the Cleveland {O.) Forest City. WHAT OUR CtWNTRY OWES TO GEN- ERAL SCOTT. To WiNFiEi) Scott, more than to any other living man, this country is indebted for her present exalted position among the nations of the earth. Iluence is felt and acknowledged by every people with whom we have intercourse, and our national greatness is the wonder and admiration of the world. The proudest European despots are filled with serious apprehensions while contem- lating ihc va.'st and increasing power of the "Great Republic," and render an unwilling homage to the genius and military prowess of the invincible Con- queror of Mexico. Among the powerful nations of Enrope, the wandering descendants of Ishmael, the tribes of sunny Africa, the haughty and incor- igible Celestials, and the savages of the Islands of he Pacific, the American name is known and re- pected. For the accomplishment of this darling object, Winfield Scott has, during nearly half a ceiitury, devoted all the energies of his great in- tellect. The estimation in which a nation is held by the St of the world is proportionate to her ability to protect the rights of her citizens. Some may object to the application of this criterion; but there is something in the human breast which causes every man when abroad to measure his own dignity and importance by the power and extent of hi.s country. While the American citizen feels a conscious pride and exhibits a dignified bearing among strangers, and receives a respect approaching veneration, the representative of a weak, imbecile State is regarded with contempt, and manifests the same conscious inferiority which an unbidden guest does at a feast. In the formation of commercial treaties, the in- terests of an inferior State are rarely consulted ; while a powerful nation is treated with courteous respect, and every privilege and security guarantied to her citizens. Independent of these considera- tions, the people of a great nation feel a conscious security in their vast power and reputation, and an assurance that no conquering enemy will ever de- prive them of their national liberty, or rob them of the fruits of their industry. At the close of the Revolutionary struggle, we had gained our independence and established our national existence ; but, because France had ren- dered us aid, and Spain and Holland had partially diverted Britain's attention, our form of government was regarded as a dangerous experiment, and our nationality dependent upon the mutual jealousies of the powers of Europe. During the progiess of our last war with England, the attention of Europe was riveted upon the terrible contest within her own borders. The mighty Napoleon was struggling like an expiring giant in the iron grasp of the despots of Europe, while the rest of the world with !c .rful anxiety awaited the termination of the tre- And England, although nior- at the result of Chippewa and Tl the fata! stab her supremacy e hard-fought fields while ex- communication — addressed lo the Pierce committee of Jackson, Mississippi — General Quitman declares his determination "not to ' take a prominent or active part in the pend- ' ing Presidential canvass." "The ill-judged ' act of the convention,'^ in endorsing the Com- promise and declaring it a finality, have, he says, created objections which lo him are in- superable, and as with him the matter "in- • volves not only political consistency, but fidel- ' iiy to principle," he is uiianle to fender any thintr like cordial support to General Pierce. ullr.: -■ ' ■ ■' O'lversary. At ' ' rifiii of our war with Mexico we h .! :-'■ 1 "',.'. i'/putation in the East. The United States v.as l;:!own favorably, but vaguely, among the lower classes of some of the Stales of Europe,*as a far-distant country, where land was extremely cheap, and labor well rewarded. We were the subjects of mirth and sarcasm for Eritif-b tourists, newspapers, and quarterly journals; and not only our manners but our national consequence was made a theme of ridicule. We were much belter known in Europe for the repudiation of the Pennsylvania debt than for our universal extension of the right of suffrage, and the coinplett freedom which we accord to all religions. We had abso- lutely no military reputation; while our abihty to prosecute an ofiensive war was considered equal to our standing army. We had nine thousand regu- lars, while each of ilic ic.nding powers of the Old Worid had Im :!(( ! -i il,> u ,'inds. Among even the intelligeni i i i ■, we were regarded as a people i:i:: : !\ 'Imibtful political ex- periment; n.li ,.i : 1' , :'iM than in money, pos- sessing the re.stlts.sncss niu\ energy of youth, but unformed in manners and immature in every re- spect. The news of the battle of Buena Vista fell upon the courts of Europe like a thunder clap from a 10 THE SIGNAL. doutllsss sky. It was the theme of astoiiiEhmenl and military criticism in every capital of tlie Old World. But one battle wae not auilicient to estab- .'ish our military reputation among nations accus- tomed to war. It was reserved for Winfield Scott to dispel the prejudice of foreigners, and place our country in the proud position which she must for- ever occupy : head and shoulders above any on the globe in the power to prosecute, on short notice, and without a standing army, a vast and destructive Bystem of scientific warfare. We may search the annals of nations for a parallel to Scott's Mexican Campaign, but our search is fruitless. There is nothing in the fables of Greece or Rome, nothing m the stupendous conquests of the Tartars, nothing m the history of France or England, that will at all compare with it in audacity of undertaking, genius of conception, or brilliancy of execution. To conquer a people numbering ten millions, dwellers of a country traversed by vast mountain ranges, and ridged by almost impregnable natural defences — a people descended from a race of war- riors, and proud of their ancestors, Winfield Scott landed upon the sandy beach of Vera Cruz with only fifteen thousand men. The Mexicans, secure in their fortress, looked down from the frowning battlements of Ulloa, and proudly refused to capitu- late. Any other man would have yielded to de- 'jpair,. relinquished the enterprise, and returned home in disgrace ; but the great heart and mighty mtellect of Scott surmounted every obstacle, and in the incredibly short space of five days the stars and stripes waved proudly over the fortress of San .Tuon d'Ulloa. The news of the fall of this castle filled the courts of Europe with doubt and astonishment; and, a few weeks afterwards, when the result of the battle of Cerro Gordo was announced, their surprise was only equalled by their consternation. From that day the United States may date her present exalted reputation ; from that day our name has been re- spected and feared by all the despots of Europe; from that day General Winfield Scott has been known throughout the world as "the Great Captain of the age." The remainder of the campaign was H series of triumphs. Everything yielded to the prowess of our troops, guided by the genius of Scott; and ere the chilly blasts of autumn swept over the high table lands, the heavy tread of the victorious American legions resounded through the streets of the city of Montezuma. Since then we have been known as the "Great Republic;" Amer- ican valor has been considered invincible, and the word "impossible" has been expunged from our national vocabulary. But our country owes another debt to the Great Captain. The imbecile Administration which en- gaged this country in the Mexican war, called upon Gen. Scott in the hour of need ; but no sooner had he prostrated the enemy, than it determined to rob him of his hard-earned laurels. A systematic series of annoyances and petty indignities were offered him whenever an opportunity presented itself, in order to drive him into the commission of some rusli act which would lower him in the estimation of his admiring countrymen. Failing in this wicked artifice, an order was issued ftir his arrest ; and the -peclacle was presented to the world of a victorious General being taken prisoner in the countr^e had conquered, and sent home to be tried by a court martial composed of lawyers. Although General Scott had been offered the Presidency of Mexico, with unlimited powers; although he could have re- tained the services of the great body of his troops, and bid defiance to the world ; although he resented ihe indignities to which he had been subjected, he loved his country so well that he chose rather to be one of her private citizens than Dictator of the Re- public of Mexico. In the annals of the world we find but one other instance of similar patriotism and love of country ; that instance occurs in the case of Ep.^minondas, the Theban. To Winfield Scott we are indebted for demon- strating that British troops are not invincible ; for saving our country from the horrors of a civil war; for averting a bloody contest with Great Britain ; for bringing tlie Mexican war to a glorious termi- nation, "and exalting our military reputation to a point never attained by any other people ; for sub- mitting to an unjust persecution rather than set a dangerous example; and for loving his country better than the allurements of power. Placed in the most trying situations, he has always proved himself superior to any emergency. His great ob- ject has always been to promote the welfare of his country ; and his chief ambition to render her pros- perous at home and respected abroad. To sum up ail in one word — as a warrior, as a statesman, as a pacificator, as a citizen, he has always been Win- field Scott. xnd tlie The Albany Alias, which has been raised by the Freesuil Democracy of New York to the position of "State Paper," has an article with this head, explanatory of the reasons thai induce the Barnburners to sustain the Demo- cratic ticket. The Jltltis- speaks ex cathedra upon this subject, and in a manner that goes far to elucidate the secret of Democratic "unity" in the North. Replying to the accusation of inconsistency preferred against its friends, the Mlas reviews the circumstances under which the divided or- ganization in the Democracy of New York arose, and proceeds to contend that the action of the Buffalo Convention resulted in triumph to the Van Buren section of tlie party. It points to the introduction of the clause prohib- iting slavery into the constitution of Oregon and California, respectively, as one of the re- sults achieved by Freesoil Democrats, and then remarks : "That the other clause of the proviso, which re- cognizes the duty of the rendition of fugitives .from service, is also affirmed in the provisions of Ihe late Fugitive bill, is no drawback upon the satisfaction which all Jeffersunian Dimocrats of the North feel in having checked the aggresnive agitation which threatened to extend slavery to the Pacific; belting the continent, and easting its overhanging shadow upon the trembling provinces of Mexico. When history is written it will duly estimate the grcat- ncBS of the good achieved and of the evil averted; but we doubt whether it will devote many words to the fact that the law of '93 was, after being nearly sixty years on the statute-book unquestioned, made more suminary and stringent. For ourselves, we be- lieve the jurisdiction of this subject is with the States. We do not see how any Democrat who construes the Constitution of the Un'ited States, in itslimited sense, can come to any other conclusion ; nor can we see how he who recognises the rule of constitutional interpretation laid down in the Kentucky and Vir- ginia resolutions can regard the decision of the Uni- ted States courts, claiming the exclusive jurisdiction of Congress over the matter, as any thing else than a more dangerous aggravation of a dang'erous as- sumption of powers. These, however, are but in- dividual opinions, shared by many States Rights Democrats, but put forth by no political organiza- tion. On the contrary, the Democratic Baltimore Convention, which re-enacted as of binding force the celebrated resolutions of '9S, which nullify such acts as the Fugitive act, approved the act ilselt, and protested against its repeal, or any alteration that would render it less efficient. Tt is not for us to reconcile such conflicts if meaning. "Did we elevate the doings and sayings of po- litical conventions to the point of idolatry which some men reach, the diecrcpancy would grieve us. As it is, we know that parties are hisiorical in character, and are tg be judged by their tradi- tional principles, and by their identification with present measures, an'd not by 'platforms;' and that conventions, which require the concurrence of two-thirds and other safeguards, and assent to their nominations, and shvjjle off their rcsohUions with a barren majority at the close, recognise this fact." . The four sentences which we have italicized show that the New York Evening Post fairly represents the feeling cherished by the active, controlling Democracy of the North. They affirm distinctly — 1st. That the Northern Democracy claim credit fur having enacted the Wilraot proviso, so far as it has been adopted. 2dly. That in the view of the Northern De- mocracy the resolutions of '98, "re-enacted as of binding .force" by tlie Baltimore Conven- tion after nominating Pierce, "nullify such acts" as the Fugitive Slave law. Sdly. That a "conflict of meaning" exists in the Democratic platform, which may be settled as the local exigencies of Northern and South- ern Democracy may require. 4thly. That the Democratic platform was adopted, as the Evening Post declares, "with a barren majority at the' close" of the conven- tion; that it was "shuffled off;" and that it does not form the standard by which the prin- ciples of Northern Democracy are to bo judged. In confirmation of the first of these proposi tions, the Mlus adds to its article the Free- soil resolutions of the New Hampshire Legis lature, signed by Moses Norris, jr., and Har- ry Hibbard; and to clench the affair the Alias remarks: "Democratic JVcto Hampshire was '■ vnanimously for the Wihnot proviso when ' JVkw York teas divided." We do not fly to papers of doubtful charac- ter, of an old date, and devoid of extensive in- fluence, fur these avowals. The Albany Mlas occupies the same relative position to the De- mocracy of the Empire State that the Wash- ington Union does to the central or conservative Democracy; and the paper we quote from bears no older date than that of Saturday last. Tak- ing the averments of the Atlas in conjunction with the declarations of the Evening Post, and the course pursued by nearly the entire Freesoil press of the country, and we are at a loss to imagine what decent pretence can be found for representing the Democratic party as either "compact" or national. The Richmond Enquirer points triumphant- ly to General Pierce's vote in 1841 against the bill providing for the distribution of the public lands. The Enquirer ought to add that in 1852 Mr. Bennett's bill fur a similar purpose was carried through a Deuiucratic House of Representatives. Its readers would then be able to decide whether the Democracy of the present day can with propriety support a candidate whoso policy they repudiate. All the Enquirer gains in the mean time is the satisfaction of proving that General Pierce is politically an antediluvian, quite at home in a region of religious tests, and quite as unfitted to direct the councils of a progressive people. The letter written by a resident of Concord, N. H., from which we have elsewhere derived a detailed statement of the trickery and intolerance of the Democracy of that State on the religious test question, establishes specifically another charge against the same party in a matter of deep interest to our adopted citizens. We e.v tract the following, in reference to the treat- ment experienced by Irishmen at the hands of General Pierce's friends. It is an instructive commentary upon Democratic pretensions : "At the March meeting in Concord, N. H., in 1838, a great struggle occurred to see which of the parties could obtain the votes of the unnaturalized foreigners to aid in electing a moderator and town officers, as it was understood such coUld vote for such officers. Owing to the illiberality of the Lo- cofoco party in that place— the residence now of the Democratic nominee for the Presidency— sev- enteen Irishmen, not naturahzed, voted the Whig ticket, and but six the Democratic ticket ; and this was about a fair sample of Ihe votes of this class of foreigners in other parts of the State ; and, as they could not be induced to vote as the party in power in the State endeavored to make them vote, the. very next session of the Legislature a law was passed denying them the right to vote at all, aa thev previously had a right to vote ; and this law was approved July 4, 1838, by Isaac Hill, then Governor of Ihc State. "Now, here is a practical illustration of the treatmentof aliens by New Hamp.9hire Democra- cy, and that as late as 1S3S a law was passed de- priving them of rights, aye, of the important right of suffrage, which until that time they had enjoyed under the constitution of tlie State." THE SIGNAL. 11 From the Gl&ucester {.Mass.) Tdegruph. GENERAL SCOTT'S POPULARITY. Many of the Democratic journals, at the present time, are laboring, with a great deal of zeal, to prove that General Scott is not popular with the people. Now, gentlemen, don't waste so much paper and ink in endeavoring to prove the silly as- sertion that WINFIELD SCOTT, who has so many times freshly endeared himself to his coun- trymen— a man who has led our brave armies to victory on the hard-fought and bloody fields of Lundy's Lane and Chippew.i — the old huro who has epilt hia blood freely upon the battle field — car- ried the stars and stripes in triumph to the plains of Mexico, and even to the " Halls of the Monte- zumas," Contreras and ChepuUepec being the clos- mg scenes of his brilliant career — we say, don't libel American patriotism so much as to say thai !)uch a defender of his country's liberties does not " live in the hearts of his countrymen." /( wonH go down '. And rchj do these Democratic gentlemen write column after column, and deluge their journals with a flow of words, to prove this .' If he was not popular, would they put themselves to all this trouble? No, no! They know that he is popu- lar, and they know, also, from present indications, that such an enthusiasm is arousing in the great West, spreading throughout the length and breadth of the land — as will, before November, show them a Harrison campaign, to be succeeded by a Harri- son VICTORT ! Unfortunately for our Democr.ntic friends, the battle ground of the present contest is in the three great Slates of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York, the very States, before all others, for enthusiasm, especially for a military hero, and wheie General Scott is more popular than any other man in the country. These three States will all give their electoral votes for the Whig candidate, without a doubt. Pennsylvania, the keystone of the lor.ofoco .'irch; will fall, and roll up her vote for him in such a manner as will astonish the editors who think that "General Scott isn't popular." Ohio, too, may be set down as sure for Scott. The Western Res«rve, which gave Van Buren a large majority in 184S, is all alive with enthusiasm for Scott and Graham ; and, notwithstanding Mr. Gidding's ojj- position, the Reserve will give a large majority for the Whig ticket. And New York, who doubts that she will give her vote for the old hero .> The.sc Democratic papers themselves give us this State. The whole matter may be summed up in a few words ; thfcy have mislaken the man, wlien they have said "he is not popular with the people:" they should have said General Pierce and not WIN- FIELD SCOTT ! They know that it is a despe- rate case for them ; " drowning men will seize a ntraw," and these poor fellows, as a sort of last resort, liave set up n hue and cry that General Scott isn't popular ! They will have to drop this cry, however, soon, and what can they take next? All kinds of meanness and uonsense will be re- sorted to in the attempt to defeat the old war-worn veteran, till they find that they all fail, and then the cry will be, " don't fire. Captain Scolt, ' come down !" Yes, gentlemen, xjou will have to come down, for you will find, soon, that you are to receive a Wa. terloo defeat. There is not a single flaw in al General Scott's public life which you can find tc make political capital of. You needn't troubh yourselves about his popularity, for "thepeople'" wil take care of that themselves. Not even the " hasty plate of soup," or even " fuss and feathers," can save you! We shall give you "fuss'" enough, and make the '^feathers'" fly from just such birds as you, before we get through with you. " For, boys, v/e'll go the nominees, And whip out Pierce and King, From Maine to California, We'll make the welkin ring, We'll give the Lokies good Scott ' soup,' Of which so much we've read, And if they shouldn't like our soup. We'll give them Graham bread ! Hurrah ! Hurrah ! Hurrah ! Whene'er the chance permits. With warm Scott soup and Graham bread We'll give the Lokies fils. Then let us enter on the fight. Our cause is just and high, Let's show our foes the ' fuss' we raiae Will make the ' feathers' fly; The gallant Scott who leads the van, Is honest, faithful, true, And he has got the people's heart- So we say — what say i/oit ? Hurrah ! Hurrah ! Hurrah ! For Scott, the bravo and true, He's got the honest ' i'eople's hlart,' ■So say we — what sat tod ?" Scott In Mississippi. Nothing has been more encouraging to those VVhig3 whose attachment to their party over- rules all merely personal predilections than the cheerful and even enthusiastic manner in hich the Whigs of Mississippi have entered ito the support of the nominees of the Whig Convention at Baltimore. The Holly Spring.? Gitzelte of the 2.3d ult. remarks: "We know that any idea, evet. the most distant, that the Whigs can carry Mississippi, is ridiculed by the Democrats, and looked upon by many Whigs as a hopeless thing; yet things morestrange have happened. Last year it was thought prepos- 18 to talk of the Union men carrying Marihall county, or the State, yet it was done, and that 'uniphantly. True it is, the Whigs have been disappointed in not having Mr. Fillmore for their andidale, and are a little slow in taking up Gen- ral Soott. And besides this, the Democrats have dreaded Scott, and consequently have taken pains beforehand to prejudice the minds of the people against him by many aasumptions which on inves- tigation prove to be baseless; these have had their influence. "The Democrats have taken pains to m&ke the impression as far as they could that the Whigs would make but little effort in Mississippi. Many of them honestly believed this, we think. But they will find this a mietake. The Whiga love their country too well to sit quietly and let the State Rights Democracy triumph over the land. And if General Pierce be the man that Barton, Jo. Mathews, and Jeff. Davis would have ua believe, be assured the full Whig strength will be against him— at least every man that is worthy to be called a Whig. # "Our ratification meeting on Monday indicated any thing else than that the party was dead or quiescent; and our friends at a distance may assured that the Whigs of Marshall will do their duty. Triumph in IVIis3i6.=iippi is not a thing im possible." OBEYING ORDERS. A correspondent of the Boston Mas gives the following in relation to Gen. Pierce on the fiel Mexico: At the battle of , General Scott ordered Gen. Pierce to proceed to a certain place, and make a feint to attract the attention of the Mexicans, while a charge was to be made in another quartei Now, although General Pierce had progressed far enough in the spelling book to be able to tell his dlustrioua father how to spell b-u-t, yet he hud been over two " words alike in pronunciation, but different in signification," and consequently had no idea of the dillerence between feint and faint Accordingly he proceeded to the spot pointed ou by his superior, tumbled from his liorse, and com menced to faint, A soldier, seeing the manteuvre and not understanding military tactics, asked him what he was doing? " Obeying orders,'^ promptly replied the General. The Whig Platform.— Tbedeclaration of f ciples adopted by the Whig National Convention is such as we have anticipated it would be, such as will receive the approval of every North or South, East or West, Whig or Democrat, who desires to see the Union perpetuated, and the affairs of the Union conducted in harmony. It is the platform of the Constitution of the country. Most ably and eloquently was it sustained in the convention by speeches from gentlemen of differ- ent sections; and it must have the effect of silenc- ing those noisy clamorers for disunion who occa- sionally indulge in treasonable declarations at abo- lition meetings.- iJnJWmorc Clipper. Reliction. The New V'urk Commercial Mvertiser con- cludes a calm article on the subject of the re- cent political reaction in both parties as follows: "Considerable attention to the couie« of cvenfs has convinced us that the reaction has most deci- dedly commenced on both sides. The qualifica- tions of Mr. Pierce are beginning to be unceremo- niously canvassed by journalists professing tho same political faith, while Whigs who originally stood aloof Irom General Scott's nomination are yielding to the dictates of calmer judgment, and giving tiiin a cordial support. Nor is this all. At the gathering at Lundy's Lane there were repre- sentatives from sections of the country where op- position to the Whig nomination was expected to be severe and permanent. These felt the force of the enthusiasm that prevailed, and went home to diffuse it in their own localities. And more than this Democrats were there— men who probably were at first beguiled into throwing up their hats for 'Frank Pierce'- who openly declared their purpose of voting for General Scott as incompara- bly the best man for President. These, and many other signs of reaction — of sober second thought^ are good omens for the success of the Whig nomi- nee; and we trust that every Whig- will be of good courage, since, in the ordinary course of events, and reflection upon them. General Scott must gain and Mr. Pierce must lose popular confidence and support." ELOquENcg.— Says the New "If eloquence be not mere rhetorical flourish, but efficient speech, at tlie right time and at the right place let us see how General Scott stands the test. At Chippewa, at a critical momentof great hazard, Scott delivers this speech to the brave Eleventh: 'The enemy say that we are good at long shot, but cannot stand the cold iron! t call upon the Elev- enth instintly to ^ivc the lie to that slander! Charge!' The British army broke and fled, and tho reputation of American troops, not only for un- erring aim, but for valor in the terrific b.->.yonet charge, was settled forever. If this was not true eloquence, on what page of oratory can it be found? "Take another instance. At Qucenstown Heights, when 300 Americans were contending with 1,300 British and Indians and complete annihilation seemed inevitable, Scott mounted a log, and de- livered to his troops the following oration: 'The enemy's balls begin to thin our ranks. His num- bers are overwhelming. In a moment the shock must come and there is no retreat. We are in the beginning of a national war. Hull's surrender is to be redeemed. Let ua then die arms in hand. Our country demands the sacrifice. The example wil! not bo lost. .The blood of the slain will make heroes of the living. Those who follow will avenge our fall and their country's wrongs. Who dare to stand." And the gallant audience shout, unani- mously, 'AH!' Search the speeches of Pericles, Demosthenes, Cicero, Pitt, Fox, and all the heroes of the tongue, for a speech of equal compression and power. We know of no speech of the same length 60 freighted with meaning. Every sen tence is a battery. The whole subject is ccvered, and all appropriate considerations presented to en- courage and animate the little band that stood be- fore him. If this is not eloquence, strike the word from our vocabulary." GENEHAt Scott and the Italians.— i'£co d'llalia, the only Italian paper published in the Union and a faithful organ of the Whig party, ad- vocates in strong language the nomination of Ge- neral Scott as President of the United States. The Italia a citizens are very numerous in our city, and we hope that they will follow thestandard of Gene- ral Scott, as they supported the election of General Taylor. L'Eco d'Jtalia's preference was for Fill- more, but preferring piincipleg to jnen, it sustains the Whig nominee.— iVcto York Express. " Can we ask a stronger proof of General Pierce's soundness and fidelity to the constitutional rights of the South then his letter to Col. Lally?" IBnquirer. You did ask something stronger before the nomi- nation. You then required a '* pledge to prostrate with the 'Presidential veto" any bill repealing the Fugitive Slave law.- We suppose, now that Gene- ral Pierce loathes that law, you will be forced to be content with the Lally letter, which gives no pledge and makes no allusion to that act. [Richmond niiif^. 112 THE SIGNAL From the ^'ew Orleans Campaign Republic. "A FEW MOKE" NE^V \VOR0!!I. To thai sniuc old tnne of " Vankcc Doodle" , Tliiee cheers brave hearts for noble Scott, W' ho won immortal fame, And taught the foeman how to yield ' At dear fought "Lundy's Lane." Twas there that vict'ry crowned his arms, j And there the boys so handy, ' Made all who thought to whip llicm run, To Yankee Doodle daudy. ! So Yankee doodle, doodle, do Elect our fighting "dandy," j And Yankee doodle, doodle, "don't" 1 Elect that "stick of candy." I For years we've known the warrior bold, The statesman firm and true; Then fight for him in this campaign. As he has fought for you. i here war raged wild and fierce, Our Scott was there amid the fight, And so was General Pierce. So Yankee Doodle, &c. And prodigies of valor, ho Would have performed of course; That is, if he had had the luck To keep upon his horse. He'd better now retreat in time To the "place" he calls his "natal," Or he'll surely get anoUier fall— And the third we know is fatal. So Yankee Doodle, &c. For though the "Greasers" missed his hco He'd better far remember — No hat will e'er protect his "poll" On the second of J^ovember. Three cheers, then, boys, /or General Scott, And faithful Graham, too, We know full well what they have done. And (nisi in what they'll do. So Yankee Doodle, &c. Yuzoo Cilxj, (Miss.,) July 10, 1852. From the Campaign Republic. 'Tis only forty years go — Who has not read the story? When youthful Scott began to show His innate thirst for glory. And first upon Niagara's shore. Where death-shots round did rattle And cannon drowned the torrent's roar. He bared his breast to battle. Years passed — and hushed were war's alarnii Our country's soil defended; Peace stood arrayed in all her charms.— The hero's task was ended. But yet again another foe, Our sacred rights assailing; Scott took his soup in haste to go And give the scamps a whaling. Advancing onward from the strand, His cities all surrendered; And soon throughout the haughty land. Was dastard fear engendered . The craven wretches strove to buy The hero from his duly; But in the huur of victory, What cared he for the booty.= Covered with glory, he retired. But first a peace dictated; Acquiring all his heart desired. His thirst for fame was sated. But now his country calls once more, To place him in a station Our country's Father filled before — As chieftain of the Nation. Then let us join the loud acclaim That seeks to elevate him, And show, by honoring his name, That we appreciate him. from the Delaware State Jotanal. | YOU'RE A PATRIOT, AND WE WILL VOTE FOR YOU, OLD SCOTT. Tune — " 0, whistle, and I'll come to you my lad. 1 You're a patriot, and we'll vote for you, old Scott, 1 You're a patriot, and we'll vote for you, old Scott, I Though lokies and traitors and all should say not,! spend You're a patriot, and we'll vole for you, old Scott. Igigf, [, Then let us raise our voice once i What patriot wd(ld not? And, echoing to his cannon's roe Hurrah for gallant Scott. Mw Orleans, July 24, 1852. When Britons invaded our glorious land, IPiei'CC Whiskey. An old gentleman, a staunch Whig, who is the summer over the lake, having occa- n to visit the city a few days ago, was detained Madisonville a short time, waiting for a boat. — Before them you stood with your sword in your [ \\r[,iie there aken very ill. bo^ie pro- nd. Determined to strike should the home of the West, By other than footsteps of Ireemen be pressed. You're a patriot, &c. , &c. In the South, when disunion spread wildly its frown, Old Jackson sent you there to quiet it down; And so nicely indeed, did you order restore. That the South was more l.^yal than ever before. You're a patriot, &i-., &c ,,., r, 11 , , ,v4 ■ ■ 1 , 1 I Scott Carries too much Weight. When Polk with his Mexican neighbors made war, I „ „ • .■.„■, There too you were found, on that far-distumj "^en. Scott carries too much weight," said a gligfgT . jyoungsprout of a Democrat to an old Whig soldier Though your locks were as snowy as lime could "' ^°/'^'.. ,. , , ,, %eI4 paint, ' ,, "Ye^'-'' ^Pl'^d H-e old You conquered a peace, but vou never did fain '"" ''" '^""^ ""'•"' """''"' You're a patriot, &c.,&c. I nounced it a cholera case; and others something else But the old gentleman says that he does not think it was cholera. j "For," said he, "I fell in with a crowd of Loco- focos, who made me drink their whiskey. Pierce i whiskey they called it, and it was that I am con- I vinced that made mo sick — for I have fell faint ever 'since." — JVeto Orleans Republic. i vays prov'^ phatically, yes, he does carry considerable weight — he car- ries MORE BRITISH LEAD IN HIS CODY THAN ANY OTHER LIVING MAN." JCi= The Richmond Whig, speaking of the With pen or with sword you true, And now we will show you that we are so too; I ^ , ; , f„^ ,1,^ presidency, says: Let spoilsmen and demagogues scold il they will, i ^.'^ ^ , , , , . „, . We'll trust to your prudence, your courage and "The Democrats have a holy horror of Chip- glj^ll pewa's luck. He aireai/s (faiis. The British know ir, the Indians know it.the Mexicans know il, and You're a patriot, and we'll vote for you, old Scott, ! the Locos know it. The knowing ones never bet You're a patriot, and we'll vote for you, old Scott,] against a winning horse, and on a stumbling one Though lokies and traitors and all should say not, they will never stake a dime. His success is certain You're a patriot, and we'll vote for you, old Scott. | as death or taxes." From the Cincinnali Gazdte. Scott Soup for the lUiilion. BOILED ON LONG ISLAND. Tune— 0/d Dan Tuclier. Wc are going to make a pot of soup. To satisfy a big Scott troupe Of men who fight and never fly, But stand their ground until they die. Out o' the way Old Dan Tucker, Out o' the way Old Dan Tucker, Out o' the way Old Dan Tucker, We'll take Scott Soup for our supper. We'll fill our pot with goodly thing.'!, To ward ofi' Democratic slings; And first of all we will not feign To give the battle of Lundy's Lane Out o' the way Old Dan Tucker, c' The next ingredient for our pot. As good as any we have got, Is old Fort George, of which we brag. Where Scott tore down the British flag. Out o' the way Old Dan Tucker, &■,. And now we come to take for use, A corner piece of Vera Cruz; And for our use we'll have a speck. Away from old Chapultepec. Out o' the way Old Dan Tucker, &c. The next good chance ,that we have got, To put a mixture in our pot, Is just to take up Mexico, And give it wholesale as we go. Out o' the way Old Dan Tucker, &c. There's other things that we have got. To make a bowl of soup for Scott: For forty years the Hero stood And fought to do his country good. Out o' the way Old Dan Tucker, &c. Whoever wants a bowl of soup W"ill not be treated like a dupe. If he will call on General Scott, President of the Public Pot. Out o' the way Old Dan Tucker, Out o' the way Old Dan Tucker, Out o' the way Old Dan Tucker, We'll take Scolt soup for our supper. Cool Impudence. — The most striking' case ol cool impudence of moder.-i times i3 to bear the Se- ceEslonistB and their organe, who swore 30 ear- nestly a few months ago that the whole North was unsound on the slavery question, now assert most roundly, and endeavor to make the southern peo- ple believe it, that General Pierce posaeases "strong pro-slavery feelings." Closely allied to this is their support of Wm. R. King for Vice President, one of the few men now living who voted in 1S16 for a United States Bank; while at the same lime they denounce it as one of the most ultra Federal mea=urcE. Mr. King voted with a large majority of the Republican party in Congress at that day; while nearly every Federal- ist voted against the bank. It was (Acna Republican measure; what has since wrought so wonderful a change as to make it now Federaii' lAtigusta(Ga.) Cliron and Sentinel. — We hands I they The Hush Boys going it with a bad the pleasure on last IVIuudiij- of st with some of our old fricuH ': eay; -'Since the nomina.i the ball has commenced ; i. inthecounty is wide aw;. ;.. to make old Rush come up lu ujo \w-.-- arc forming Scoit clubs in every tow county, anil will 'buckie on the whole armo, battle for the glorious cause.' " [ Connersville (Jiid ) Times, Ju ship whisr 3ound J. P. Benjamin, Whig United SSatca elect iroin Louisiana, has written a letter Ibat Scott cannot carry that State INew York IJotning The letter waa written previous to the tion. Since the nomination, Mr. Benjai speech at the great ratification meeting New Orleans, slated that lie entertained ) that Oeneral Scolt would carry Louisiana Post. nomioi PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, BY G. S. GIDEON. No. 8.] WASHINGTON: AUGUST 21, 1852. [Vol. I. THE SIGNAL: ^ [SV(#~ caiiipnSfsn paper, piibliiltrJ al llic rilij of ii'iutiiiis'oa. The undersigned is now publishing, at the city of Washington, a VVhig Camjiaign PulHT under the above title, devoted to the support of WINFiELD SCOTT, for Pre- sident, and WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, foi Vice Pre.-ident. The SicNit, will be emphatically a Na tionp.l Pres>, designed for circula'tion in every section of the country. The object of the paper will be to harmonize the ac- tion, and promote the efficient organizatioji of the Whig Party, as well as to difFu^e it. principles and arouse its >pirit and enthu- sia.-im. ft will also, furnkh a convenient com- pendium of all t!ie facts and document.- bearing upon the case made by the respec- tive parlies and candidates, and preserve in a form for future reference a complett history of the canvass. A full index wil! be giveti in the last number, which wili add materiidly to the pennanent interest and value of the work. The great popularity' and success whicl attended the Battery, published by th< under.-igm-d during the last Presidentia. canvass, induces him to retain the sami form and sizo in the Signal-. The publication will be continued each v.^eek uiilil the election, the lesults of whicl will be given in full in the last number. THE SIGNAL. WRONGS INFLICTED ON WINFIELD &COTT, BY THE SUPl'OaTERS OF FRANKLIN PIERCE. The nnmin .tiori of WikfifldSctt for the Pre- invinrihle canrliil,,!, they ploti.'il and en bility iif njtiiie luu Sleps llii-y liu' lit J Little iln .=pirc'• ui upon the Ml' Wm. V <" .Mr. .M. P. on the 2G;h of he w.ns one of <'f Si'OU to tlie s' Register, vol. nsirai.c..^ of po. tlway, ineasiiiTd of piiity, wfre .k after •»•'•> : ■ .as.of Churu- .ir,.ec, andthr I.Kstory. We d bcauuf.il eiiifid hisi. d tnVnsier ■or.Hi.enily ry/ri.dl'asa'is be onKS lo iIk ly. Our ; in- to public Mt■^^ TERMS. The Sic^kal will be published weekly, until alter the Presidential election in November, at the following rales, viz: Single subscription $0 50 Five copies 2 00 (Being at the raieof 40tts. for each subscriber.) Fourteen co|iies - - .5 00 (Being at the rale of 3fi cts. for each subsciiber.) Thirty copies ------ 10 00 ( Being al the i.i!e of .33^ cts. for each subscriber.) I 'erwards by tlie President I no orders, but was verbally rcatliness for the scrvi ngiments f..r which, va.-ii jt^p^No paper will be sent unless the lf,^";;''''T\',e'^;;;ef^^ order is accompanied by the money. i be ame public, however, ^11 letters must be post-paid, and ad- its fuifiinient. The rume dressed to j""J !">'' '•<;«" f'"' "'^"V y C'VCi Q r'TriTriM l Presidency, ami Ihty f^ari (,1',.U. ,S. (jIULOJN, ilhewarof 1312we.e fre^ Washington, 0. C. 1 on Mexican buiUe fields, t III Pierce— these m>ilsign to Gi ncral .•Scon the chief ooiVi- mand of ihe army 'Ho lie emphiyed in ihe prosecu- caied first thronj^h iIih Secroiary of War, and af- 1. He received to ho'd himseli ijitfly in cominaiui of the army ;j'>. li're, that General Scott did niiiiiMnd; that it was voluntarily md ihat he had no desire to su- ady l.i-eii iii.iile. He thus ;Uerof >hei>lstof May, at 1 intelligence of his victories " It was [said Genei larifr army that I unUi lie .■• ndmj;, wiih ''he : rtinloiccm.-uis, I Plmuld e,~ Ill THE SIGNAL Again, in his letter of May 2.7tli, alluding to the 1846— to "repnir to Mexico to take comniaml of fnv,lt-fiiiding and denunciation of those who wished tlie forces there assembled, and particuinrly to or- )iim, "on an intimation, not an order, to fly to the | ganizc and set on foot an expedition to operate on Rio Grande, without waiting for theinvadnig army j the Gulf coast, if, on arriving at the theatre of ac- yet to be raised," he saya, they expected him to do 1 tion he should deem it to be practicable." (Exec, this "without the least regard to the honorable I docs., 1st session, 3Uth Congress, No. GO, p 837. ) pride and distinction oi the gallant General already ; What led to this sudden preferment of liini o; whom in command on that river, who we know had done,! not many months before it was nf i- . i , . ■ , iv that "(Ac President would be uvri,' nspiritcd and was doing well, and wlio, I was quite sure, anil his little army, would, if the occasion olTercd, cover themselves with glory. My prediction, in this res- pect, has been fully accomplished." [Same docu- ment, p. 13] This expose of General Scott's wishes with re- spect to Genjeral Taylor is rendered appropriate, if not necessary, in view of the declaration of Mr. Tredway, whose speech we have already quoted. country if he were to persist inhhil. . posi-ng upon him the command of (III ii./.i_;i;i /,.;•..., against Mexico,^'* it were difficult perli.ip.s for those unitiated in ihesecrets of the administration of Mr. Polk precisely to determine. There is, however, in the stirring events of the period a key wliirh will partially unlock this otherwise unmitii! i -> mystery. The star of Zachary Taylor v, , ; his opposition to General Scott, as coinman-l in the ascendency. Victory had follo' der of the army, was after Taylor had won thi victories of Palo Alto and Resaca," when he was "unwilling that the command should be taken from one who had displayed such conduct and courage." (Niles' Register, vol 72, p. 14.) This Mr. Tredway, it will be recollected, was the only one of his party in the House of Repre- sentatives who dared to notice the charge of Mr. Gentry, that "certoin gentlemen had gone to the President and the Secretary of War, and directly protested against the appointment of General Scott to the command of the army." (Niles' Register, vol. 79, p. 13.) His explanation, artful as it is, docs not meet the issue, much less remove the obloquy and disgrace which must ever cling to the participators in that despicable transaction. The joyful tidings of victory from Palo Alto and Resaca dela Palma were not received in Wash- ington until the evening of Saturday, May 93, 1846, and were published for the first time in the "l/nion,' Mr. Polk's official organ, of that d.ile. The coinmand of the army to be employed against Mexico was tendered to General Scott on the 13th of that month, and on the 91st, by the letter herein before referred to, he complained to the Secretary i of War of these very assaults for which Mr. Tred- way attempted an apology. And in reply to that letter, Sunday only having intervened since the re- ceipt of the intelligence of General Taylor's victo- ries, Mr. Marcy wrote in cold and supercilious, not to say insolent, terms, that the President direct- ed him to say that he, General Scott, would be "continued in his posilion here," [at Washington,] and should "devote his efforts to making arrange- ments and preparations for the early and vigorous prosecution of hostilities." (Marcy 's Letter, doc. 378, p. 9, of Exec. Docs., lstsess.,29th Cong.) These dates entirely destroy Mr. Tredway's after-thought of an apology for the atrocious con- duct of himself and his compeers, and establish be- yond dispute that the remonstrance against Gene- ral Scott's appointment was made before, and not nfter, the President and Secretary of War had heard of Taylor's victories. Thus matters stood until the 19th of September, 1846, when General Scott, in a letter from West Point to the Secretary of War, "respectfully asked 'lo remind the President of the standing request" contained in his letter of the 27th of May previous, that he might be "sent to take the immediate com- mand of /Ac principal army against Mexico," either "to-day, or at any better time he [the President] inai; he pleased to designate." He did so, he said, with- out any hesitation in respect to Major General Taylor, having reason to believe, [by letters from officers with, and having the confidence of. Gene- ral Tajlor,] that his "presence at the head of the army in the field, in accordance with'Ais rank, was neither unexpected nor undesired by tliat gallant and distinguished commander." Mr. Marcy 's re- ply to this letter, in behalf of the President, was at once curt and repulsive. The President "requests me to inform you [wrote the Secretary of War,] that it ie not within the arrangements for conduct- ing the campaign in Mexico to supercede General Taylor in his present command by assigning you to it." [Exec, doc's, 1st session, 30th Congress, doc. No. 60, pp. 372-'73. Thirty day.'? or so subsequently to the date of this correspondence, "the arrangements for con- ducting the campaign" were changed, and General Scott received his orders from the President in per- son—his written orders bear date November 93, until popular enthusiasm beat high his gallant deeds, so high as to render probable, what subsequently oceurred, liis nomin;ition and election to the presidency. The capitulation at Monterey, dictated alike by humanity and wisdom, and honorable in the highest detjiee to the charac- ter of the nation, was ncverthelej-s disapproved by the Administration, and from that hour, as it.s glo- rious author grew stronger and stronger in public favor, their confidence was withdrawn, and the hearts of the men in power were chillctl towards him. Herein, perhaps, lies, such at least will be the popular belief, the secret of this seeming regard, for It was nothing else, for General Scott, for Gen- eral Scott whilom upbraided as the utterer of "f/- ftnsive imputalions against the Executive Govern- ment."^ We come now to the gist of the shame- ful attempt to degrade General Scott, and to break the spirit of our noble little army, by lifting over his head, and over the head of General Taylor, a civilian into the chief command, and to deprive the country of eminent services and enlarged experi- ence so necessary to its honor aHd success in the THE LIEUTENANT GEJJERAL. Upon assigning him to the command of the army in Mexico the President gave General Scott the most solemn assurances of his confidence and sup- port. His orders read : " The work is before you, and the means provided, or to be provided, lor ac- complishing it, are committed to you in the. full con- fidence that you will u* them to the best advan- tage." Thus assured he immediately made all the arrangements for the execution of the plan, the pre- liminaries of which were speedily completed, and on the 24th of November General Scott left Wash- ington, impressed with the conviction that he had the " full confidence" of the Executive, and that the conduct of the war, under these general in.=;tnir- tions, was entrusted, in good faith, to his jutlTr.irn*. I A few short weeks and the veil was remoV I v. '; ,i ! concealed the real object of the Admirn-'i . which was first to put General Scott in oij::imi, hu, secure through his skill, energy, and foresigln, liie means for a successful termination of the war, and then create an officer of higher grade to reap its glories. It was a hazardous undertaking ; still they resolved to brave it, for well they knew, that so long as Scott held to his commission, that, even with a bungling superior to rank him, with a gallant soldiery to back him, there could be "no such toord as fail." Congress met in December, 1846, and on the 99th ot'that month the President, in a special mes- sage, asked for the appointment of a ^'General Offi- cer to lake command of all our military forces in the field," which he alleged to be necessary to "an effi- cient organization of the army," while prosecuting the war in Mexico. (Cong. Globe, 2d session, 29th Congress, pp. 104-'5.) On the 5th of January, 1847, Mr. Haralson, from the Committee on Military Aftairs in the House of Representatives, moved that the com- mittee be discharged from so much of the Presi- dent's message as " relates to the appointment of a General Officer," and that it be laid on the table. So little disposed was the House to yield to the President's wishes at that time, that the motion of *Marcy '3 letter of May 25, 1846. Senate Docs., 1st session, 99th Congress, doc. No. 378, p. 9. jMarcy's letter, Senate documents, 1st session, 29th Congress, Doc. No. 378, p. 9. (.Mr. Haralson, such is the record, "waa agreed to imthout any expressed opposittcn" (Cong. Globe, 2d session, 29th Congress, p. 114 ) The partisans of tlie Aciminisiralio and made wiser by sleep, or whipped i of Executive- displeasure, rallied the next day to itg u-stu?, aiid gave to the President's recommendation, •'. Ill' Ir ' I'-M i-jfused twenty-four hours before, a ' ; ion. The vote by which the sub- 1 1 on the table was reconsidered on ' : •'"■ i ftir. Hamlin, of Maine, and the re- niiit of the Committee on Military Affairs finally referred, together with the message, to the Coni- ; mittee of the Whole on the state of ibe Union. ( Coiisressional Globe, 9d session, 29th Congress, ..,.. i:i^'22.) ,.'■ i)th of January, two a'nortive efforts were !;i Committee of the Whole on the state of lii' I nion, first by Mr. Jacob Thompson, of Mis- ^■■^issippi, and second by Mr. Martin Grover, of I New York, to engraft an amendment in accordance with the views of the president on a bill to "raiso ifor a limited time an additional military force." jThe effort was renewed when the bill was reported j to the House by Mr. Thompson in the following amendment: I "Jlnd be it further enacted. That the President be authorized, by and with the advice a;id consent of the Senate, to appoint n LiiiUTEN4NT General, wki j shall take command of our armies, and whose term of I service shall continue during the war with the R«- I public of Mexico." (Cong. Globe, 2d session, !29th Congress, p. 160 ) i This amendment was lost by a vote of 90 yeas ; to 120 nays, a majority of thirty against it. Tho I plan, however, wa.s not abandoned. These dis- jcomfitures only fixed the blood of the conspirators ] against the fame and integrity of the army. They I next started their game in the Senate, hoping to ' press through that body what they hud failed to i wring from a stubborn, reluctant House. Two j days subsequent to these proceedings Mr. Dix, of I New York, reported a bill from the Committee on Military Affairs " to appoint a Lieutenant General to command the military forces of the United States during the war with Mexico." The Executive mandate was so far obeyed; but, alihough Mr. Polk could count a score of .supple tools in the Senate, there was yet remnant enough of its inde- pendence of by-gone days for steady and stern re- sistance. On the 15!h, Mr. Mangum, of i^Jorth Carolina, moved to lay the bill on the table, and, to j test the sense of the Senate, demanded the yeas ! and nays on his motion.- The result was as fol- ! lows : '. "Yeas. — Messrs. Archer, Badger, Berrien, JJttf- 'ler, Calhoun, Cilley, Thomas Clayton, John M. ' Chiyioii, Crittenden, Corwin, Davis, Dayton, Evans, n,.'. lit, Huntington, Jarnngin, Johnson, of Lou- , Johnson, of Maryland, Mangum, Miller, \' . ':t:Hl, Pearce, (James Alfred, of Maryland, .1 ' i i.oiklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, who was not liien in the Senate,) Phelps, Simmons, Uphum, Webster, Woodbridge, r«(fc— 23. I " Nivs. — Messrs. Allen, Ashley, Atchison, i Atherton, Bagby, Breese, Bright, Cass, Chalmers, Dickinson, Dix, Fairfield, Hannegan, Houston, Niles, Rusk, Sevier, Speight, Sturgeon, Turney, and Westcott— 21." (Cong. Globe, 2d sess., 29th Cong., p. 187.) The character of this vote needs little comment. Every Democratic Senator present, except the la- mented Calhoun, his colleague, .Mr. Butler, and Mr. Yulee, of Florida, voted in the negative, and voted for insult to the army, and degiadation to Scott. On the 24th of February, 1847, notwithstanding the previous rejection of the measure, both in the House of Representatives and tiie Senate, the Lieu- tenant General was revived in llie House by an amendment, reported from the Commitiee on Mili- tary Affairs, to the bill (Senate, No. IfiO,) "making provision for an additional humber of general offi- cers," &c., authorizing the President '-to appoint any general officer of the rank of Major General, ' whether of the line or by brevet, and whether of i the regular army or of voiuntecrs, who may bB in j the .'.■ervice of the United Slates, ic.i.'/cn' regard lo I date of commission, to the chief command." The I thumb-screws of party did their work this time. \ TJ.M.C.O /\f Rflr,ria i ■ ■■. . !i v.ere not -'dead plans," fiiiled to i- - il in that body of the decision ad .> i: r. .:.' '. .■ ■ iiant General; but the President, cull unv, i •/■•■r render, strove to do what CungresM li;.'l ' ' .:■'.'. refused — to appoint Thomas H. B.'i.M , ' • .. - mand the army in the field. The act l , ... . _i. :;, 1847, "making provision for an addiiiuii..l ii^u.il'! i of general officers," authorized theap the President of two Major Genera which he selected Tiiotiis Hart Benton, of Mis- souri, so the official announcement runs, with the preconcerted design to make him the "Head of the Army." The appointment of General Benton W.1S confirmed by the Senate on the night of the 3d of March, and, on the Cth, he addressed a letter to :lic Prcsidtut, uiihout wailing for the formality of I in;; pictentfd with the commission," stating the conditions on which his acceptance depended. This leiier, and the President's reply thereto, ext: which we annex, show that the plan of a Li General failed only because in the absence of special law accomplishment. Here are t Gf)itrG( Bmton to Mr. Polk, March C, 1847. "The only stipulation, (wrote Gen. Benton,) would be for the powers which I deem necessary to success, and these would be both military and diplomatic — tlie command of the army and authority to sign preliminmics of peace, passed upon terms pre- viously approved by you. "I beg you to believe, sir, that nothing selfish or personal dictates this proposed stipulation. Thero IS no such thing in it. It proceeds from athorough conviction that, with a subordinate command I could donogoodin tlie army; on the contrary, that my pre- sence there wmtld be mischievous and improper; for 1 am known from my public speeches to disitpprore of the plans both of the late and of the present commander — ihe sive policy of one, the San Juan d'OUoa at- tack of the other — and this being known my presence would operate as an implied censure on the two Generals, and might make me, in spile of myself, the nucleus of discontent and insubordination. The com- mand of the army is therefore Ihe ONLY MILITARY POSITION which 1 could hold init.'' (Vol. 72, Niles' Register, p. 18.) Mr. Polk to General Benton, March 9, 1847. Immediately after your nomination as Ma eral [answered Mr. confirmed by the Senate, I carefully examined the question whtlher I possessed the poxcer to designate you, a junior Major General, to the chief command of the army in the field. The result of the examination is, / am constrained to say, a settled conviction on my mind that siicft power has not been conferred on me by existing laws. " I am fully sensible of the exalted patriotism which alone could have induced you to make the personal sacrifices to which you would be subjected in assuming even Ihe chief command of the army in Mexico; and 1 duly appreciate the reasons whicls you have assigned, and which may, I fear, prevent you from accepting your appointment as Rlojor General." (Vol. 72, Niks' Register, p. 18.) Mr. Benton — we must drop his military title now — as the President feared, was thereby pre- vented from accepting "his appointment as Major General," for which, without powers, " both mili- tary and diplomatic, Ihe command of the army and authority to sign preliminaries of peace," his high ambition could not stoop. How this determination of the great war chief smote with grief the heart of Mr. Polk, and how he and his partisans mourn- ed the defeat of their darling project, we shall learn from the columns of the " Official Organ." We subjoin an extract of the editorial which introduced the foregoing correspondence to its readers : From Ihe iVashington "Union" of March lllh, 1847. " It is a subject of much regret that circumstan- ces have prevented the employment of his (Gen- eral Benton's) talents in this branch of the public seivice. The Presidexit regrets it because he has the highest confidence in the military talents, the great skill, and the great energy of General Benton. He had hoped to have it in his power TO PLACE HhM AT THE HEAD OP THE ARMY. The House of Representatives had expressed, by a very large majority, their desire to have a general- in-chief selected by the President himself; but the whole Federal party of the Senate, in coalition with that " balance of power " party, to whoso gracious dispensation we are indebted for our ex- . jir ' flision from the honor of lollingon their priviletcd , :. •• ', I lis, defeated the proposition, and placed the Pre- , ' i i. - 'nt in an embarrassing relation to the whole subject. ... 1 _i: :;, I IMS iMPoaTANT MEASURE having been thus rejectid 1 uunt'.n t ill tlic coidilion in the Senate, he found, on a critical unient by j L.\iminaiion of the existing laws of Congress, that for one of ' he had no power to designate " General Benton, a junior M.njor General, to the chief command of the army in the field " without superseding four other Generals who held senior commissions, and who are at this time employed actively in the field ; to have done it at this critical conjuncture would havo been to jeopard the success of our arms, and to embarrass the military operations now in proce: a of execution. Under these circumstances, mi(c/»n.« he rep-els the loss of General Benton''} servicis in the f field, Lhe President felt himself compelled to pursue 1 1 the course which his reply of the 9th points out. "' 116 THE SIGNAL THE CONQUEROR OF MEXICO STRIPPED OF HIS COMMAND. The osrcerof Gen. Scolt in Mexico was ai^naliied by sn unbroken lineof brilliant victories. Hiscam- paiajn waaa triumphal march, devised, planned, and executed, withouta single failure, vjhh no act ol' vio- lence or inhumanity to detract from its mefBs, and 110 blot or stain unon his high renown. On the lOili of March, 1847, he landed his troops at Vera Cruz, and on the 14ih of September the flag of our Union, floating from the top of tlie National Palace, proclaimed him "the Conqueror of Mexico." y/itliin that brief time eight battles, each sufficient to make a hero of a soldier, were won ; two cities besieged and captured, and two castles, with nu- merous strongholds, thousands of pnso|iei.«, and vast supplies of the munitions of war, held a.i tro- phies of success. The result of all the.se iriun^phs was » Peace conquered, and a vast empire added to our dominions, in the acqu.sition ol Culii'ornia, Utah, and New Mexico. And what wa.-; the re- ward of the Conqueror' He was suspended from his command, and summoned to answer before a Court of Inquiry to the tr.vial complaints of cap- tious subordinates, which should have never, even for an instant, been eniertaiiied. This was the ac- knowledgment by the Powers at Washington, by PiesideiK Polk and his cabinet, of the noble paiiiot- ism, lofty spirit, and eminent success, which dis- tinguish the life of Winfield Scott! Whit, .i,, ..,.!, he had won imperishable fame atQu^r. > . . i i Fort George, and Chippewa! Wha', ! fell wounded and almost lifeless at Lm ■ ;, i. What, lhou£;h he took .San Juan d L..tMi, in.ii stormed Ccrro Gordo's heights ! What though the sun of his glory, resplendent and hopeful at Con- trerai, Churubusco, and Moiino, gathered nesv lus- tre and mounted higher at Chepuliepec, San Cokmo, and Belen! All these counted as nothing, and his enemies triumphed in hi,3 displacement. On the 13ih of .Taiiuary, UM8, the SecreMry of War, Mr^Marcy, ordered Gf—er^i '^cmt \n "uirn over the command of the a-.i- ' ' ■ '■! ; '• ;itr>'\l Builer, or, in hisabsence, M !' '■ '!i;;iieat in rank v/ith the column" him. . ;. i •„ ^fo. 60, Ex. Docs., 1st se.,s., 30ui C.it;., ,.. 1W4^, > This order, by which the Conqueror of Mexico was suspsiiiied from his command, was issued be- fore the treaty of pence had been signed, and before it was rendered certain that the war would not be continued, it filled the army with grief and amaxe- ment, and awakened popular irdignation every where throughout the land. The Court of Inquiry met in the ciiy of Mexico, and General Scolt ap- peared before it to meet the accusations of his •'factiou.-^ juniors '• The Court adjourned in April, Wa.h ny conclii had in the i 51), to meet again is adjourned meet- then over, and the Hisiory (urnishoi e grown the country, that its proceedings iicd to drop. And thus he, who war with a series of victories I lift nation and asionishcd the es," was brought home in di.s- displeasiirc of "his Government, no surh parallel of ingraiitudc Virginia, of February 12, 1816; and of New York, operate against then of the same period — all of them, resoluiions of; helm of the Union. W( memorials — and undisputed history for ihirty-eight years, accord to General Scoti ihe title of the "Hero of Lundy's Lane"— a title nobly gained and nobly borne. Anil yet the Washine- tcm "Union," in its issue of the 99th of July, 1852 — and of course such authoriiy is not to be gain- .^ayed — pronounces it " a deliberate antl most un- just effort to falsify the history of a glorious mili- tary day, by representing General Scott to have been what he was not, and cannot pretend to be." And the Philadelphia 'l_Pennsyhanian," another partisan journal in the interest of Franklin Pierce, eclipses the "Union" in the work of defamation and libels. Here are a few specimens of its choicest literature, garnished with the coarsest and the hugest falsehoods: From the Pemisutvanian, July 10, 18,50. '•The following statements show how General Scott was court martialled for using insulting lan- guage to his superiors, embezzling funds belonging to poor soldiers, and how he challenged sick men to meet him in mortal combat, and dodged his ad- versary's ball after having the first fire." From ihe Pemmjlvanian, July 11, 1852. "We charged General Scott with cowardice, in refusing the challenge of General Jackson, from feigned religious motives, and aften.vardi challeng- ■ J De Witt Clinton, knowing that he was prc- I itf d by his oath ofoiTice from accepting that chal- I !;••:•. vVc cluirged General Scott with cowardice, ■ rause he challenged a brother sold when he was prostrated by sickm him with cowardice, because, i;, honorable man, he escaped daiiLr: bail of his adversary. These '•.■■■ !^ records of history, and they are but a the disgrace which attaches to the ni field Scott." From llm Pennitjltavian, July 14 incri in Florida imagii author w howeve In the event of General Scott's election, America would have more to dread from his deficiency of intellectual power than from his want of principle. The General's parts are confessedly any thing but brilliant. Among the foremost men of the United States, he is the only one whose published declara- tions strike us as uniformly meriting the ephiihet •muddle-headed.' .4nd, alter all, the disgrace and danger of preferring such a person to Webster and Fillmore have probably been encountered for no- thing, for General Scott does not seem a whit surer of his election than either of his competitors." The British allies of the Union and the Pennsyl- vaniun consider, it. seems, the Whig choice of a candidate "infinitely less felicitous than that of the Democrats," and lament that General Scott is by no means as "respectable" or as "unsullied" as Mr. Pierce. Nob'e, generous, efficient allies; how the American Democracy, how Benton and Dix, and Houston and Douglass, how Cass, and Bu- chanan, and Butler must exult in the "aid and comfort" you bring! How Marcy mu.'*t warm wiih delight when he reads that you, British al- lies — you, galled with the recollection of Scott's triumphs in battle over the flower of your British soldiery — have discovered that he has little repu- tation beyond what was gathered in some of the most dashing, but "not most arduous, of the Mex- ican victories!" How gallantly you come to the rescue of the American defamers of the greaiest military captain of the age, and how admirably I you adopt the style and pander to the tastes of 1 : Franklin Pierce's supporters when you denounce I Winfield Scoit, Hero, Scholar, and Statesman as ■ he ig, for a "stolid soldier" and a "muddle head!" ■ 'Goon; we wish you joy in your vocaiion,and con- fjgratulate, heartily congratulate, his American de- - famers, that they have found British allies so much I to their liking. We leave this disagreeable picture to present Mr Webster's estimate of Gen. .Scott, just to the States From (/« Pennsytcvian, July 14, 1852. 1 ,./^ « '^ave tnis oisagrceaoie picture to present Mr "General Scott never performed warlike .service | ^^«,^"ff^ "''"""« ",* ^'■"- S™"- .wh.ch ,s a Florida. If he did, it was after the worst of ihe "^'''»^''^;° "he great stateman as it is just to th, no-o-u wnQ nvor Ifhe.li.l II wfisns u-iih Mev great General. In a speech in the United State , ftTr\rmenh^drewrrprhL''victy; «--^^ oT Ge^neTal 's '^tT" °d 't!^' ihich he safely trod to glory." ''\ * ^.«.™ " ""A.ll' !.''.f ..°fu^f."!?i _^^?/'' ^"^ "l' hich he safely trod to glory." These and similar essays belong to the American defarners of General Scolt, who have, by no means strangely, some fast allies" in the British newspaper [iress. I'he London Times cvrdially supports Frank- ■ General Scott, ; the hands of the Polk ad- , and the Clironiclt, i whit behind it in \MERICA.\ DEF.\iIEKS OF GEiN. -■iCOrr, THEIR BRITISH ALLIES. , thus diisposcs of General Scolt: From Ihe London Chronicle, July 8, 18J2 "Although the terms of the contest for the Amer- ican Presidency have not been settled precisely as i we anticipated, the choice of the rival conventions [ has not discredited the accuracy of our recent ob- j servalions on the general drift of transatlantic poll- : tics. i * ~ » e I "The vast importance of this decision ..i' ilie Democrats, seems to have been at one. ledged in the Whig Convention, which . days after its opponents had dispersed. 1 that they woulij have imitated the Demue , i;. cedent, if a representative, equally respcciaUIi, and ! equally unsullied with Mr. Pierce, had been dis- 1 jcoverable. Failing this expedient, they have at- 1 ! teniiTeil i.> n...,:.-.'".- h li " '"ie ninble chcck by nom- { I iiii'i' . • candidates who ap- ' : pi .. 't the populace. It «■:, i:>an.Mion that the! and services he received ministration From Daniel Webster's speech , March 23, I84S. " I understand, sir, that there is a report from General Scoti— from Gen. Scoit, A MAN WHO HAS PERFORMEDTHE. MOST BRILLIANT CAMPAIGN ON UECI::.M' MiMI'lllY RE- CORD ; a man why ha^ i lie ene- my, warred against ihe , '. . . . ' ..^-aiiista thousiind unpropilions ciljim ried the flag of his country enemy, honorably, pmudly, ft; OWN PERMANENT HONOR AND THE GP.E.IT MILITARY CREDIT OF THE i :, 1 ;. . ' Seott — and where is he.- i.dergoing an inquiry be- ■''■:. and oihcr persons wilh- i. e ihe high powers he ha.^ to another, I do not say unworthy of them, but to one inferior in rank, station, and experience, to himself." THE ATONEMEMT .^T HAND. Pueh, Freemen of the Repuhhc, is the history ,-,i„, ..,,,; v"^ vhieh Wiefiei.l Scott has suifored apilal of thi humanely, TO HIS Pierce. Fii against his ; Mexico; ne Nil g.i- » fro.) iei N nv he ti, aes ■'t !> ■ in pai tv. Gent ra v.'hen he had beaie and umru..i;y— le enemy upon c riumph the cil iju-.r:,,.i ['ii r.e , . ^quei-^iioii ai a '.uiii.il i^/cricc; but, according to tl; The Resolution ofCoriuress, ofNov. 3, l,Si4i of move rigid canons of the Whigs, it surely ought t ,...;.,,, ,, , .;- -:i.-.-;-..^ e.nirage ;rotitudi; of l;u cjuiiLryincn, he has lived s calumniei) and survived the persseutions THE SIGNAL 117 of his enemies. He elands before you now a can- didiiie for the Presidency, at worihy of the office as the oiEce will bs a fit reward for his brilhani eervices, and a just atonement for the wrongs he has borne. Freemen of the Republic, the wronged and the wrong-doers are before you ; and it is for yob to make this Atonement — it is for you to strike n8tus—rcprcsenting:the former Resolved, That we hail the nomination of Win- field Scott and William A. Graham, by the Baltimore Whig Convenliun, as a happy one ; that we give it our hearty approval, and will support it in the ensuing election. despise the invectives uttered a!;ain6t our candidates and being hostile took place:" toward naturalized ciiizens— as base calumnies, Mr° Wise. " Were vou in New Hampshire two and as a mere parly trick. years ao-.., and did you not hear Hale speak, and Resolved, 1 hat we, as German Bpe.-.kmg Amen- say in his speech that -he would head an army to "ans, do in nowise intend to separate ourselves march upon the Soulh and put down slavery." " from our English-speaking fellow-cilizers.norain^ Mr. Map. "I was there; heard Mr. Hale speak, at separate ends, but wish to be cordially united and say what you state." wuh them in good harmony for a common cause : Mr. Wise. "Did you rnt hear Franklin Pierce the prosperity of the people, the advancement of reply to this, and say: 'If Hale should head an ! our adopted country's well-being, and the princi- army to march on the South, be had erst to march , ples of liberty and independence upon which this over his (Pierce's) dead body; for be would head ' l^mon " lour.dcd ; and that we will prove th.s our an army to oppose. him."" ; intention by supporting with .ill our means the Mr. Map. "I did." ; nominees of the Whig party, Wisfield Scott and The account then proceeds: " You can imagine William A. GnAHAM, botn being men ol gcuume the feeling which this reply elicited. The court- American c haracter. house rang with shouts of applause, repeated again „ ., ,, ,.,-,, ,^ and airain Mr. Wise, then requested his ocponent I -F^^"'" "* ^^l^'nphs Eagle and Euqxurer. to state the facts again, which he did to an almost; 'Wfej' Joha Vau Bm-eii Is going for Pierce. breiithless auditory: 'Gen. Pierce did say, (slap ) After the last Presidential canvass was over, at Einj his hand upon his breast.) that Hale would : the State Convention held at Utica in 1SI9, avo (o pass over his dead body before he marched i resolutioi upon the South. ' " I falo platfor •~ " ' ■ ■ 'John V ' he |. Scott III ALibama— Jiiilgc lloiikliis' Oiiiiuoii. is- I The Sclma (Ala.) Reporter publishes a strong ^^ j and eloquent letter, from Judge A. F. Hopkins, in favor of the Whig nominations, in the course of h he holds the following language in reference to General Scott: "Of all our generals since the Revolution, he baa the largest stock of in elligence. He has evinced greater tact and ability in negotiation and the management of ad'aira merely civil. In proof of this statement I need refer only to his conduct in preserving the peace of his country when it was threatened both hv the Maine boundary queslion and the desire of many of our northern citizens to act the part of Canadian patriots. His conduct in the removal of the Cherokces was distin- guished by great prudence as well as kindness 10 that tribe of Indians. He has long been a leader, and from the force of habit as well as uny jn a Virginia court house, there is not a syllable of truth In the whole of it. No such remark was ever made by ine, nnd. of course, no such answer by General Pierce, nor was there a meeting holden in New Hampshire or elsewhere in which such a dia loguo coulil have occurred. General Pierce and myself have not spoken at the same public meet !ng since 1540— when wc both spoke on the same | not contemplate this result will do well to get tide— but once, and that was at the North Church. I of the way; for there is no doubt that, when our In Concord, New Hampshire, in June, 1S43; and I! principles gtt fairly before the people, so that they from the strength of his will must be one theatre where he may be called to act. There is, I think, no reasonable ground to apprehend that any supporters of the nomination would have any improper influence over him as Presi- dent of the United States. His patriotism and integrity are unimpeachable. I think he would be a safer depositary of the Executive power than any Democrat in the land. Under his adminis- tration we would have no wars caused by the Kos- suth doctrine of intervention, and none for the pur- pose of closing the Gulf of Mexico and the Carib- . . , , , „ -v bean sea against European nations. He is, and has ;raiing the principles of the But- \ invariably been, a Whig since our party has cxist- cre introduced and psssed, and ed. He stands nov/ upon the unexceptionable have the security of Ma all he can to maintain and carry our principles into effect. AH Whigs, it aeems to me, must prefer him to Gene, ral Pierce, whose merit is a mystery. The nomi- nation of Mr. Graham ought to give our party per- fect satisfaction. He is an able man, a patriot, and a statesman." 1 Van Buren, "who has been regarded as the Whig platform, and wc ha r de Leon ol the Free Democracy," made the untarnished honor that he following explicit declaration of tlieir purposes: "Iwillstatc (he remarked) fairly, lieeiy, and fully, what we expect, l^e expect to make the De- mocratic party of this State the great Anti Slavery party of the fitule, and through it to make the De- party of the United States the great Anti- ry party of the United States. ■ly oj Ihc ( plate this i am sure that of the thousands who attended that! can hear them, and know what they .are — and we meeting not one can be found who will pretend . have made arrangements for that now— that the that any thins of the kind took place at that time, whole people will go with us. And our southern That, however, has nothing to do with the state- 1 friends having had things all their own way for the mcnt, as the remarks related by Mr. Map wore | last twenty-five or thirty years, must make up made at a meeting holden two years since. i their minds to let us have our ovm way for a while. Respectfully, yours, JOHN P. HALE. we being fair men, and icaaonahle in our de- p. S. Any one who doubts the correctness of my j mands " etatement can be satisfied by applying to Mr. Pierce himself. J. P. H. The Gcrmau Vwlilgs. At a recent meeving of the German Whigs of 'the Nineteenth Ward of New York the following preamble and resolutions were adopted: Whereas the Whig party, by proposing wise measures, represent the interests of the people of our adopted country, and the Democratic party is acting ngainst the object which its name pretends to indicate; whereas the idea of a mere negative policy which the so-called Democratic party re present, must necessarily become an absolute one, : and has nearly become so; whereas, furthermore, the Democratic party, in spite of its shining de- vice, proves iiaelf hostile toward the measures of genuine progress: Therefore Posh on the Column!— A friend from one of the Reserve counties, in a private letter, saye: "Many of our old Locofoco friends repudiate Pierce and King, and a few of them will vote for Scott." Another letter from the southeast part of the State says: "Our Whigs here are in fine spirits. There is no division among us. Every day we • hear of Democrats coming out for Scott. , esq , is out for Scott, and taking a good many with him." At Syracuse, soon' after, Mr. Van Buren again ] , *'"'•' More- General Caving in.— Since writing aaid: j the above we have conversed with a respectable, "i have bad occasion to say heretofore (/ia< / i intelligent man, heretofore voting the Democratic loonld not support any man for Ihf Presidency who ' '"cket, who will vote for Scott, and says he knows does not beli'eve slavery to be an unmitigated evil, and of ^^ 'i^aa' ''"o hundred men in his county— a coun- who wilt iiot use all Vie power tchich the Constitution and laws may place in his hands for its overthrow. I would give notice now that the general judgment of the people of this State is, that they cannot and will not swerve from this position ; and, as for me, I shall live and die by it." Be it remembered by the people of the South that this incendiary, John Van Buren, is now sup- porting General Pierce for the Presidency, might Can any man living doubt longer that General i Pierce entertains the sentiments reported of him ' at New E'JSton.' Would John Van Buren support i him if he did not /;,'iO!o that he entertained them ? Resolved, That we recognise the cardinal prin- j ciple^of the Whig party, the party of intelligence] an.i republican virtue, as being those p.nnciples wljich are must adapted to secure the common j welfare "«^"f'J^'-'«= '°°;i'»\='"'l ^f '^'^ " """^ fltiT ,. , , ^ , ». „ u an element ot Bi-ctional appeal in party conflicts, published reports of his ^ew Boston speech, 1^^ ^^^.^^ and my language in New Hampshire and giving his own version of his position fore the country on the slavery ([uestion : n tite Editor of the Republic : Dear Sia: On the appearance in your pa per of a charjfe intended, if not calculated, scri ously to impair and perchance to destroy the confidence of General Pierce's southern support- ers in his soundness on the slavery question, I addresped him a letter, which, tog-ether with his reply, I now ask you, as an act of justice, to publish. I mike this request, presuming your object, like m-.UK. lo have been the discovery of the truth. Very respectfully, EDWIN DE LEON. Washington. August 13, 18.52. Washington, July 17, 1852. Dbah Sm : Enclosed you will find an article, " whi~h, as one of the editors of the Southern Pre. of this city, I took no my language touching Ihis mutter, have been at all times and under all circumstances in entire accordance with my action and language at Washington. My votes in the Senate and House of Representatives were not republished in (he Era for the first time. They have been again and again paraded to arouse the passions and prejudices of our people against mt individually, and against the party with which it has been my pride and pleasure to act. There h.is been no attempt to evade the force of the record. It has been at all times freely admitted, and my position sustained upon grounds satisfa-jtory to my own niind. I am not surprised to know that the attempt to prove rae an abolitionist provokes much merriment among men of all parties here; and this weak and untruthful sketch of what purports ' to be my speech, is really too ridiculous to be con ...idcrcd in any serious light. I I am in the daily receipt of letters, propounding J" I the greatest variety of cuiious qocstions. upon all ■ able subjects. Letters of this character No idividi! cannot be answered, of could command either the time or strength thi herculean task would require. I may add, tha such a correspondence would by no means com port with my views of duty. The Democralii party sent its delegates to Baltimore not alone I nominate candidates, but to reaffirm principles present the leading issuis upon v. be conducted. c issue with my colleague in ad- vocacy of your claims to southern support for the Presidency. That action was predicated upon my belief of your entire soundness upon the slavery question. Within the last week a speech, pur- porting to have been delivered by you in January last, has been republished from two Democratic papers in your own State, (which are said now to support you.) On the truth or falsity of eanvasssho this, much depends. Neither those with whom I j If I could deem myself capable ol improvii act, nor myself, can consent that any doubt should; platform there adopted, it is quite certain that I rest on a matter of such importance ; but, placing jstould decline, ci.hcratthe call of individuals or full reliance on the fearless frankness of your ; associations, to incur the charge of arrogance to character, on their behalf and my own, I respect- which any attenipt to alter, amend, or enlarge it, fully ask of you whether that report, which your | „ould inevitably subject me. touthern supporters believe to be without founda 1 Your letter is of an entirely diifercnt character, tion as opposed to your previous course, is correct? I It s, r^. u pu6/ic. The pretended report is, and I presume ! speaker, and Mr. F oss, the reporter, the latter was designed to be, an entire misrepresentation. ! supported by Mr. GooD.ii,E, editor of the Man- It is not merely untruthful, hut is so grossly and gbester Democrat, and by the gtaJeinents of absurdly false as to render, in this vicinity, any '^j^^^ j^^^^, journals. Whether Mr. Pierce denial of its aulhcnticity entirely unnecessary. , „ , ■ . .i .- , The two papers auoted-the/nrfe;,enrfen«/)emorr.t,l has t"'g""en words used in the course of de published in this place, and the Dimocrat published i bate, or whether the reporter wilfully misrep- in Manchester— are thoroughly abolition journals; I resented him and now swears falsely to sup- and have been and are ze.ilously opposed to the i p^,rt the misrepresentation, is a question in Democratic party. For a long time prior to the ^^j^j^.,^ ^^.^ y^^^^ ^^ jj^^^j ^^^^^ meeting at New Boston, and ever since, they havej^^^^j^^ .^ ^^^ Hampshire Iti lie saw "the reports copied by the Republic when they first appeared," and conversed "iu regard to them with several persons" who heard the speech. The anomaly rnmains un- explained, that reports which are alleged to be candalous fabrications were allowed to circu- late in the town in which the sneaker lives without any attempt to correct their misrepre- sentations. Passing from these particular reports, Gen- eral Pierce proceeds to strengthen his denial by a reference to his general ]iublic conduct. "My opinions and the avowal of them," he says, "have been everywhere the same." "My action and my language in New Hamp- ' shire touching this matter have been at all ' times and under all circumstances in entire • accordance with my action and language at • Washington." Mr. Pierce is willing lo stand by the record ; and let us recapitulate certain facts connected vvjlh his "action and language" in New Jlatnpshiie, that we may test the value of his present declaration. It is on record that Mr. Pierce ws.s a mem- ber of the State Convention in June, 1816, and that in that capacity he was one of a committee who reported a resolution re- affirming the sentiments and opinions of the Northern Democracy in relation to slavery, and setting forth that they deplored its existence, and regarded it " as a great moral and social evil." It is on record, again, that on the 20th November, 1850, General Pierce attended a meeting at Manchester, New Hampshire, and delivered a speech in which he asked, " Ulw didnot deplore slavery?" and in which, replying to his own interroga- tory, he said, "The men who wovld dissolv§ ' the Union did not hate or deplore slavery ' inore than he did." And yet again it is on record that the State Convention vrhich sat late in 1850 had General Pierce as one of its members, and that the convention unanimously adopted a resolution declaring "that the hnld- ' ing of human heings in bondage is a curse ' lo any country; that we are opposed to 'slavery, black or while, in all its forms, ' and tinder whatever circiimslanees." Now here are three instances selected not from journals personally hostile to General Pierce, but from quarters known to be person- ally friendly to hira. And each instance affords strong collateral testimony in favor of the accuracy of Mr. Fo.ss's report of the New Boston speech, and against General Pierce's averment that his "opinions and the avowal of them" have uniformly agreed with his opin- ions as expressed at Washington. The pre- sumption is that the General Pierce who "de- plored" slavery in 1846, and "hated" it in 1850, may also have "loathed" it in 1852. The probabilities are against General Pierce on another ground. The Manchester Union Democrat, a friendly print, in its out- line of his New Boston speech, reports that he been unsparing in theirattacksupon mcpersonally, , , -l . and in tfieir bitter denunciation of what they have ! The "pretended report" passed without ( been pleased to term my pro slavery sentiments. ' tradiction at the time, apparently because it | spoke of slavery as having been introduced into But it would be something new for either of these j escaped General Pierce's observation. That i this country "against the moral sense of the papers to deny the consistency of ray opinions upon I jjj^jjjj^j.jg(j ngjjgg ^t the time, and on the spot, LoWd,-" and the Nashua Gaicac. which is the subject of (he constitutional rights of the South jj^n^'tVom the letter of Mr. B. F. Aver, also friendly, reports his vindication tif the Fu- in relation lo slavery. My opinions and the avowal . ,. , ,, it , , - <■ , of them have been everywhere the same. Ever | who states in his letter to Mr. Hibb.^rd that|gittve law as resting upon the tact that it "mn- 122 THE SIGNAL. ' Lniccs no siiiy;ls principle nwre obnoxious to ' the J\'ortk than the FasUive Slave law of • 1793." To give full weight to his present letter, it 13 necessary, then, that General Pierce should show that the records of the State Conventions have been falsified to his prejudice— that his own organ, the New Hampshire Patriot, pub- lished at Concord, has wilfully misrepresented hin) and that two other friendly journals en- tered into a conspiracy with two abolition jour- iiuls for the purpose of placing him in a f^lse poBiion before the country. Even ihis is not all that is necessary. The records of Now Hampshire prove that for a series of years the Democracy of that State took advantage of every opportunity to reaf- firm their hostility to slavery, and ih ' what General Pilp.ce said ansJ how he voted : GEN. SHlELDyS "MODEL STATESMAN." at Washington, hut what hs said and what hel In a letter addressed to a Demucralio com- did in New Hampshire; and on that question, mittee at Galena, (111.,) General Shields we still contend that the balance of testimony j makes this reference to General Pierce's Con- is against him. It is against him alike on Ihei gressional career: specific issue raised by the New Boston speech, j «j5„th in the House of Representatives and Scu- and on the general issue touching his " action l ate of (he United States, he was the model of an and lanctuao-e" in the North. ! enlightened Deinocralic stateeman. The dignincd In saying this we have no intention to im-i "'"Pli^'yo'. h'^^.b"^?'" ™='■^,^''""^^«'■^« '°°^- tentation and display; but his talenta and energy made liim a powerful advocate of all prreat mea- sures for the advancennent of the public 3ervic« and the welfare of the country." Let us look in detail at the lirahs and linea- ments of this "model of an enlightened Demo- cratic statesman." "" General Pierce had one merit for which he pugn the honor and sincerity of General Pierce. The apparent frankness of his letter is something in his favor, and we are willing to believe that his personal character as a man — apart from the politician — is not less so. But private e.xcellence is not a reason for stilling inquiry into public conduct, nor is a letter that is apparently frank sufficient to over- [ ,^^^" ^^^.^^ received sufficient praise. He was throw a chain of reasoning based upon admit-; ^ ^-^-^^^^ ^^ opposed to a talkative member, abated dete7.^nation"t7enfoVce the Wilmotjted facts and strengthened by the every-day p^^,,^p^ g^,,^^^, g,^,^^^, ^^^i^^, ^^ .^bnke the nroviso They did this at their public meet- probabilities of lite. It is more easy, more ra- 1 i^q„,,iiy ^f ^i^ fellow-laborers in legislation by Cs in" their State Conventions, in their Legis-tional, and not necessarily unjust to assume, ^^,^5^^ ^,p „,^ example of General P.erce. afur'e pud through their delegations in Con- ! that the incidents on which we dwell as parts q^ ^,^^^ g^^^^^, 5^,^^^,^ ^^^^^3 ^^^„^^ .rZ So far as we know, it is not alleged that i of the case have escaped the recollection of one ■ ^^ ^j^^ ^^^^^^ eloquence; and in that opinion he f any portion of this period General Pierce who daily suffers from the -herculean tasks , ^^j„ „„,^.,.j^y3 j,ave many supporters, waaal variance with his party in the State. | of a Presidential candidate. The memory may p. p^j g,„«,,, P,ep.ce, though non-talkative. On -he contrary it is known that he acted with | fail, but the records live ; and the records m : ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^_ jj^ gp^l,e sometimes, and may- Ihem; and ihougli we admit that lor the heresies | this matter are at variance with the letter. i ^^p j^^^ ^j^^^j^ „„ ^[,^,33 occasions are the real of individual nTemhers of the party he is in no! m^PMAM rTTT7F\T«! j foundation of his reputation as "a powerful ad- lespsct responsible, we are yet constrained to | OUK Gi.KMAJM l..lll/,l.i\». ; vocate." It is rather unfortunate, however, feel that he shares the responsibility of the ac-j There are valid grounds for believing that j ^^^^^ ^is fame as an orator can- add to his tionof the party in its aggregate capacity, sol General Scott will receive a much larger pro- ' popularity as a man. He was "a powerful ad- far as he is known to havTparticipated in it. I portion of the German vote than has been ob-| yog^tgu against the widow and the orphan. One point that has not been dwelt upon de-i tained by any former Whig candidate. A| ^^j against old soldiers who had shed blood in serves attention. It is, that the damaging! strong feeling in his favor runs through this | their country's cause. He was eloquent, but reports of 'sentiments embraced in the New i portion of our adopted citizens in every part of ; j. ^^g ,„ denouncing measures intended to re- Boston soeech are consistent with General | the country ; and the manife.stations that have | [jg^g the necessities of revolutionary heroes, piERCE'sprofesseddesiretocarryout the law. I been made both in the cities and on the prairies !a„d t„ give sustenance to their widows and Mr Foss's report makes General Pieuce to' warrant the expectation that the feelmg will fatherless children. He was most eloquent in I-i^'ihat the FuTitive law must be adhered to, become yet stronger before November. In [tj^n ,(, ^„ appropriation to the widow of si P it is°the fuUilment of the com- ' tn=^"y ^ard^ °' ^ew York, German Whig, ^^^ H.uirison. although the proposition because it is me luiiumrui ui t.io w . clubs have been organized, for the first time in , 1 „!„ „f ,11 „,rt;,.Q pact made by our fathers; and so lar n' J^^/^istory of Presfdential campaigns; and the ; had the support of liberal men of allj.artR-3. makes him the antagonist of the ultra Aboli- ; example is being extensively followed else- tionisls. The important addition is, that in ; vvhere. There are now ; ' ''. '^ , connexion with this declaration he avowed his j Whig papers, the Mgcmeine Zeitung in New ; njatory : •'abstract" hostility to the South, and, im- 'powerful advocate." The votes of General Pierce tell the story We think too highly of General Shields to daily German ' believe that these examples of "powerful" " "" , _^ his approbation. His sympa- York" and the Deutsche Rcpublikaner in Cin- tj,|gg ^g ^ soldier must be all on the side of r ^1 V,l« dPtermination to insist upon re- !<='""="' 5 weekly papers of the same character' encountered the opposition of thi» pliedly. his determination 10 insist upon re [^j^^e been started in other States ; and we have, "'"°'' '' straining the institution of slavery within its! ^^j j^^gt ^^g ij,g,an(.g_the Cleveland (O.) Ger-; present limits. : wi«»ia— in which the Pierce flag has been ■ General Pierce appeals to his votes in the | pulled down, and that of Scott and Graham of his legislative deeds at Washington, and we Senate and House of Representatives to dis substituted. < are at a loss to conceive how they can be sup- ~~~ ' posed to render him "an advocate of all 'great measures for the advancement of the ■ public service and the welfare of the coun- try." General Shields is familiar with the varied phases of western liie, and his ursc in the Senate evinces some attention to prove the charge of uttering Freesoil senti- ments. We cannot be suspected of having done him injustice in reference to these por- tions of his public life. In our notice of his public character, written on the day after his nomination at Baltimore, we expressed an opinion thit he was sound upon the slavery question. We funned the opinion upon Con- gressional documents, and at once gave him the full benefit of it. It has since transpired that, in our hurried search, we omitted his vote against the act "authorizing Edmund Brooke <» remove to the District of Columbia two • slaves, owned by him prior to his remova! • from Virginia." " Votes in the Senate and House of Repre Bentatives" are good as far as they go, '- ihey ifficient to rebut evidence of contrary votes and speeches in another section of th» eouatry. Th» qu«8tion jutt now is, PARSON BROWNLOW ON PIERCE. The eccentric editor of the Knoxville (Tenn.) iVhig, Parson Bkownlow, has been one of the great guns of the Democratic press since the nomination of General Scott. He has been cited from v,'eek to week as authority for the statement that 10,000 Tennessee Whigs will follow his example and vote for Pier'ce. The Whig of the 7th instant, how- ever, shows that the Parson is not to be relied upon in this particular, for, after reciting cer- tain of Pierce's votes in Congress, he re marks: " IVe cannot vote for, or svpporl, such •' an. uifeeUng and cold-blooded Yankee as • this." "Cold blooded Yankee!" That, be it re- membered, is Parson Browni.ow's epithet as applied to General Piercs. The Union has of late replenished its columns frequently with phrases coined by our reverend contemporary. Willit remember ihii'J western wants and interests. He knows that his own State has derived benefit from grams of land to aid in the construction of its rail- roads—he knows that the prosperity of il3 great commercial emjiorium has been and is largely dependent upon lake and harbor im- provements — and he knows that the western portion of liu- S'i-'p i-: i-if-judiced by the failure to obtaii; ■ ■ .ii;'. jiants for the improve- ment oil- . ,i -ssippi. Heisaware that oppdMi: i-' ' ' I.. ■ M these plans would be on his part poiiiical suicide; and we believe that he has liberality enough to feel that what is es- sential to the growth of Illinois is not unlikely to be of some importance to other Western Slates. In that section of the Union he and every other 1 publio man mu»t reoogni«» internal improve- THE SIGNAL. lie to vtto every bill like tUs. He will do it, if ANOTHE ,rmote '-theSfi-y^^n^^l^yV'." '"'"' J-t .0 aurely as there Examiner has too much hatred of cant It nlered i The menis as fireninst cmoiig the "great meci sures" which are necessary 10 pr .weltUre ui" the country." It happened tl these '"crreat nneasures" uniforuily - - 1 , . ., , i- General Pierce's opposition. As a statesman ,to dress its candmate in borrowed livery he is unknown, except in connexion with his | appreciates his character exactly, and adopts our view of his irlevitahle hostility to plans which now receive the sup pdrt of "enlightened" men of both parties. Measures which he resisted were afterwards sanctioned by General Jackson, who has gen- erally been supposed to belong to the class of Uemucrats, if not of "enlightened statesmen." An explanation of General Shields's mean- ing in this matter is due to himself, to the State he represents, and to the "dignified sim- plicity" (ifihe subject of his eulogy. If Gene- ral Pierce's policy in Congress entitled him to praise as "an enlightened Democratic states- man," we must conclude either that General Shields does not fairly indicate western pre if invested with power. The reader must not forget that we have a Democratic endorsement for the conviction that General Pierce "is bound by ' every idea of consistency, and .by every fact ' of his past career, to veto every bill like ' this." The Savannah Georgian, another Demo- crat, propounds the same opinion, founded, not only upon General Pierce's antecedents, but upon the votes just given by those who are known most accurately to reflect his views, ferences. or ihat the Democracy of his ' con- i ^^^^^ Georgian, after publishing the votes of ~ ""'" ' " "" "" '"■ """ - ihe House on the Eiver and Harbor bill, ex- General Pierce's principles and conduct while Et Washington v.-ere diametrically opposed 10 the must iherished principle and the imist ob- vious wants of the Wesl; and itjs for Genera! Shields 10 explain how the differences can be harmunized. "Look at that list ! On one side, ir meaeure, you will see all tlie nortlie the exception jmuch NEW HAMPSHIIIE SPEECH. Senator Norris has acipiired distinction as e of the authors of a document certifying that General Pierce never uttered the obnoxious entimcnts that are imputed to him. The value f the certificate was reduced below par by tha discovery that two of those who signed it — Messrs. NoRRis and Hibbaru, one represent- g New Hampshire in the Senate, and the other in the House — wore themselves identified with Freesuil agitation, and appear in the State and national records in connexion with the well-known series of resolutions in support of the Wilmot proviso. We called lor an ex- planation upon the subject, but have received none. The organs have not a word to say in vindication of either of the gentlemen, who are still cited, "however, as General Pierce's re- liable sponsors. We now have another fact to chronicle In reference to Mr. Norris. It is no less than an extract from a speech delivered by this firm friend of General Pierce on the occasion of the discussion of the Wilmot proviso resolu- tions in the New Hampshire Legislature. Norris was then Speaker of one branch ■ — " " __ upon the t mVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS, shire, and the friend of Kbanklin Fierce, ana, ,, we believe, the Representative of his district. A The Democracy have two faces upon the | ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^lo^n is that cf Peaslee, another ouos'ion of harbor and river improvements as [Granite State Democrat. With Hibbard, Peaslee, quus.ioi. ui I a r _ ,._^ and Jackson stand nearly every Democratic mem well 8S upon the slavery (pieslion; ana me ^ Congress from tbe South." ivor of the votes, with er faithful and never- bc honored Norlhern Democrats. Among i ,he.e last our eye [{^'^^^I'lJ', *^^*/„7„f ^'|,P^^^^^^ 1 of th'at'body, and he left the chair to deliver iha country should mark both. Northern Democrats in Congress and through the press endeavor to stave off the effects of General Pierce's votes against coast and in- ternal improvements by afiirming that his views upon the subject have undergone a change, and that if elected President he will favor the wants of the Wesl in that regard. Several of the speeches and published manifes- toes of this section of the party present the Statement, aiihnugh at variance with every fact and probability of the case. The Republic has been especially honored with abuse for ar- guing that General Pierce, to be consistent, must veto any bill providing for these improve- ments; and the Western States are still confi- remarks from which we qnole. The passages are taken from the report published at the time in the Concord (N. H.) Iiukpcndenl Democrat, and we understand that their accuracy has never been impugned by Mr. Norris: "I should be willing to go farther than the retolu- tions themsdues. I should be willing to aay this, and have said it, and to soulhern men, nllhoug-h a 'doughface,' (hat no more terrilory should be admit- ted into the Union where slavery exists, and that I Kould vote for an organic law prohibiling il. ••Sir, I am in lavor of these resolutions. I think they speak the sentiments of truth, justic-e, and freedom; and / shoitld like to know if there is a man in this House— I hope the yeas and nays will be called— I should like to see the fihst mas) dently told that his election will be followed by vigorous measures for their advancement. The passage of the Improvement bill of the present session, by the House of Representa- tives, is adduced as proof of the truthfulness l^^ ^^ ,^3^^, ^^at a two-faced party fares better of these representations. The Democrats who | ^^^^^ ^ two-faced man. employ the argument make no attempt to re- 1 — — — ronoile the adoption ot the bill with the adop- 1 The Washington Union of jMel I ih inst. lion cf the Baltimore platform. They speak \ nounces the fact ih for effect in remote localilies, and the abandon raent of a formally-declared principle gives lit Messrs. Hibbard and Peaslee are not likely at ihis moment to vote wantonly and thout reason. They have proclaimed them- selves sponsors of General Pierce's political character, and their votes are a fair index to his wishes. What he did teii and twelve years ago they do to-day. New Hampshire Democ- racy—with General Pierce included — is as coireistent in its hostility to internal improve- ments as to every other manifestation of politi- cal intelligence. Vague praises of General Pierce's "model statesmanship" will not blind the West to the many evidences of his past and present aiTlagonism to its mo.st vital interests. I the requirements of' the New Hampshire De^ Will some candid Democrat tell us ^""^ l^^cTacy , and is well entitled to the honor of these conflicts between the sectional elements ! ^gftifying that General Pierce is sound on of his party are to end ? Can they have any j the slavery question. other tefmination than defeat, and that defeat We have one question, aiid^ only one, to tik not free from merited ignominy? We have ms-J OF New Hampshibe and vote agaisst THEM. I should like to see Ihe first who will go home to his constiluenU and say, I voted against these resolutions because they are all wrong. They avow the principles upon lohich our Government must rest. They avow principles for humanity and for God himself and His laus. And I hope ihey '11 be adopted as they are." Mr. Norris, then, was in no respect bsh uble to iheir consciences. This is th Northern and Western Democratic "face" ibis question. Now for the Southern. The Richmond (Va.) £.coTOiner, "represent- ing the " inflexible" Democracy of the Old Dominion, uses the following language in refer- ence to the bill that has just passed through the House:, "Thiahillisthofirslof the sort that has been passed for a lornr time, and it will be the last for four irars ut least. Franklin Pierce will come into po»-er on tbe 4lh of next Marrh. A slrirt conslfuciion and rrspect f,>r (he Constitution is the Medean law of the Democratic party, and Mr. Pierce, besirie.i (hat general rcsisoa, is bound by every idea of tonsisUnoi, and by tvcry fact of hit past Mr.B. F. Butler, of N. Y.— Senator Chase's honored correspondent — "declareshis purpose to join with the Democracy ' of the country in electing Pierce and King." The Union ought to have added that in the letter in which he promulgates this determina- tion, Mr. Butler takes pains to repudiate the Compromise portions of the Democratic plat- form. He accepts Pierce and King as the other Freesoilers do — that is, without acknow- ledging any obligation to respect the platform in its relations to the Sonth. The Albany (N Y.) Mlns, in noticing ap- provingly the Butler epistle, renews its de claration of adherence to its past anti-slavery course. Our city contemporary, however, ii> i.iuite unaware of these avowals by its northeri. allies. It knows them only as parts of the "united Democracy." regard to this matter. If Mr. Foss, the re- porter of General Pierce's New Boston speech, is not to be credited on oath because — and only because — he is a Freesoiler, and if Mr. Good- ale, the editor of the Manchester Democrat, is to be disbelieved for the same reason, on what ground is the country asked to place im- plicit confidence in the certificate of Mr. Nor- ris, who is as deeply committed to abolitionisra as either of them? We desire a specific reply. A WORD FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE. The remarks of nearly all the New Hamp- shire papers that have reached us have beoa published in reference to General Pierce's condemnation of slavery and the Fugitiva law at New Boston, and pnr readers cannot have failed to notice the unanimity with which the journals we have quoted assert the re- liableness of the reports of the Manchester and Concord Detnocrats, and their adaptation to the exigencies of the Democratic patty at that period. W« now prsstnt anotli»r wimsss. 124 THE SIGNAL. having all llie advantages of local knuwledge — iha JS'asliua (N. H.) Telegraph — whose eipla- saiion uf the case aocurds exactly with that of a majority of its con temporaries. The Tdo- graph says; ■■ During- the canvass of tlis last election in this •State, it ia well known ttiat the I^cofoco party were Ireineudously alarmed at the prospect of a defeat. In cousequeuce of the defection of a very large nuuiber of tlie rank and file of the party upon the morality of the Compromise measures, led off by John Atwcod, their ranks were becoming: reduced beyond what was regarded as a point ol ealely, and eiimething must be done to stay the tide which was sweeping- away their slrenerth. In this contingen- cy Frarjk Pierce, who had been the chief inquisi- tor in the ostracization of Mr, Atwood, felt called upon to c is declared to have said that the Fugitive Slave law is opposed to moral rij-ht, and this declaration is declared to be false. Mr. Aycr and Mr. Camp- bell declare it to be so, and a long certificate, got up and signed by a number of gentlemen— E, B. Whittemore, editor of the Gazette, a^id Mr. Camp- bell, the editor of the J/nion Democrat, among the rest, and published in the Boston Post— s^ys these reports are 'a tissue of falsehoods from beginning to end ' It is a iiiatter perfectly capable oi proof that the reports are substantially correct; but let that pass for the pr. sent, and see what the Man- chester Union Democrat, edited by this very J. M Campbell, said at the time. In its account of the meeting at New Boston, the week after, it stated the heads of Pierce's speech, and in it we find the following: *' 'He spoke of the difficulties attending the for- mntion of theConstitution. With no model for a guide, and with some di»cordant elements to har- monize, the labor and anxiety of the convention was intense. Slavery had been introduced into por- tions of the Slates in their colonial condition, against THE MOttAL SENSE OF THE WHOLE WOKLD. "Now, if this is not saying, in pretty strong terms, too, that slavery exists and is sustained in opposi- tion to moral right, we confess our inability to un derstand very plain English. Does the 'mi rnl sense of the whole world' condemn slavery, noc: Frank Pierce approve.-- There cannot be a shailo-A of doubt that in his speech he expressed hiio- self strongly against slavery and the Fugitive Slave law. There was every motive to induce him to do so. He was addressing a community in which the ((nti-elftvery element had been strongly developed, and endeavoring to win back to the fold of his par- ty those who had strayed awr.y from it. Ii was no tune or plaoe to sing halklojahs to slavery, or any of its appendages, and ho didn't do it. What he wanted to do was, to convince them that he wag just as good an Abolitionist as the best of! 'hem, and thai the tone of .Ms remarks had that tendency is perfectly apparci^ from the report of the Union Democrat above quoted; and the other reports only carry out more fully the ar- ^ gument to which the -admitted statement would inevitably leai4, and that they are substantially 1 what he did say upon the subject, is a matter, as we have said, susceptible of the strongest proof. Besides, what conceivable motive could the Man- cbister Democrat, or the Independent D' nuu: „! . havcfor misrepreeenting him in the matter.' 1: were opposed to Pierce and his party, and;' ; had any inclination to misrepresent "facts, i' -. i not be in that direction." MR. F.IULKNER'S CENSOPJAL CON- SISTENCY. Mr. C. J. Faulk.ner, of Virginia, a few days ago favored the House of Representatives with an exposition of the unsoundness of the Whig party, and particularly of General Scott, with a counter-exposition of the conservatism of the Democrats, particularly of General Pierce. The performance was a supplement to Mr. Faui^kner's proceeding as a signer of the address issued by the half dozen refractor)' Whigs, and embraced reminiscences of the growth of his own convictions, and the nature of his services as an upholder of southern in- stitutions. "As early as the year i84tj," Mr. Faulk- ner remarked, "my attention was in an espe- ' cial inanner drawn to that extraordinary con- ' dition of things existing in this Confederacy, ' exhibiting the virtual and practical nuilifica- ' lion of one of the* most important provisions * secured by the Constitution to the South." But, alas! Mr. Faulkner's career dates a little further back than the year which he cites as the birth-time of his conser- vative zeal; and it is said that the his- tory of the period which seems to have faded from his meraorj' scarcely harmonizes with the character he has ijow assumed. His Virginia friends remind him that, before the '•especial" aviJakening of 184G, he had done as much as most men to further the worst ob- jects of Abolition warfa:,Te; and the hint is sus- tained by references to his public acts ajid speeches in connexion with the early move- ments of the friends of emancipation in thiit Stale. As iNir. Faulkner's speech will no doubt be seized upon by tlue Pierce coinmittee as a timely auxiliary, Vf^ nsay usefully supply them with memorials of his "early" efforts, which in his judgment constdtute his title to censorial privileges. They will form an e.xcellent in- troduction to the canjipaign edition. Our first extract 'is selected by the Virginia Free Press from a, speech delivered by Mr. Faulkner, whea the subject of the right of an ordinary legislatuj.e to vote away slave property was under distwtssion. -Two plans were in view — one for paying the slaveholders for their property, the other providing for the freedom of children of slaves born after a specified pe riod. In regard to the former scheme Mr. Faulkner said: i ."Sir, it wants practicability. You might as well attempt, one by one, to gather into a mass the sands now scattered on the endless margin oftheoceitn, as seek to remove the slave population by the means which that gentleman contemplates. Two hundred thousand dollars to be annually appro priated by the State! Why, sir, it would scarcely, alone, pay the cost§ of transportation. How, then, is the annual quota to bo made up.> By gift, or by purchase.' If by gift, his views are visionary; if by purchase, hia means are inadequate. Sir. loe con accomplish nothing by scholastic diepulalions about rights. The gordian knot must bevntiid—if '. it ie by the sword; Ana must be vanquished — Ihe coun- ts y must be samd." The Alexandria (Va.) Telegraph gives us further insight into his views on this proposi- tion, in another e.vtract from the same speech: "Why, sir, it is even a role of municiiial law, and 1 use this merely aa an illustration of the great jjimciples of sr-cicty— .Si'c vlira Ixio.ut alnnam nan a ios6 — but H is wliai oui- biack-lcHerod gontry . damnum obsgue injatia — a loss for which the aflbrds no remedy. !jt. iir, it is 6.ud that society having conferred I.! adequate coiopciisa- , , , ; :l value. Imay besiu- , :i. li, .-,-,:: i,:, :. .1 I >itfy the lt-6-:al i-search I by the lo.-ij, where tlu , ^: :> , , s lor erty which is removed fi ' :, > "iso a nuisance and loan.! i-M-i. i--iy. your right - : - ■ - ■■ : - to the best .o -- ; - ; ! ' ■■ ' ' ' : ' '" you for the i--- ■-- --■ ' '■- .'■ ^i i' ,•.;..:;—•■ '-^^o !S demanded by the saiety ol 11, b Slate, and in wok h general benefit you participate as members of the community. Sir, there is to my mind a mauile.st distinction between condcmniHg private property, to be applied to su.me beneficial public purpose, and condemning or removing private proptrty which is ascertained to be a posiuve wrong to so- ciety." Upon the other plan Mr. Faulkner com- mented in a strain which fairly exemplifies the temper in which he approached the subject. These are his reported words: "That proposition operates alone upon the post- tiaii— those who may be born after thc4th of July, lSi40. Sir, Ido not mean to inflict upon this learn- ed and patient audience a dry and melaphyBieal le^al argument, elaborated trom the materials wKich a law library so readily furnishes, nor do 1 mean here to jeopardize my professional reputation by even pronou ' ' ^" ° iiion upon a point happily located inter alpes le'gis. I will content my self with addl-e^sinff a single inquiry lo my Intm from Campbell, (Sir. Daniel,) wbo preceded me taken this part of the eub- guardionphip. To what pi ice a right to that ichich is not, and which may j Under what head vhich the veholder could ho define the rigl I has to that which may or may not come into po- itential existence ten years hence? ! "I must confess it is too attenuated for my legal i apprehension to grasp- and I think it would puzzle the learned doctors of St. Omers to give us a satis- I factory solution. Is ii a right executed or a right 'excritoiy? Is it an interest accidental, an interest .incidental, or an interest substantial? Or is it a right inpresenti.habinduminfuturo? Sir.saysthe 'gentleman from Brunswick, it is a right visted. 1 No, says his able coadjutor of Dinwiddle, it is a ' riL-ht /-mitin^n-.t. I miiiitain, says the gentleman f,-, ;- '' ; -!- ;» >- 1 ■■ --ht independent and su- .•irard it, says the gen- ; a right incidental to , .\nd, in due time, wo .[,.[.. ■ , ir.l gentleman, 'down Souili,' lise HI his pl;u .-, and with quite as much 'plausibility contend that it is neither the one nor Uhe other— but a lerliuin ijuid— having many of the i qualities of both, but none ol the essentials of cdhcr Sir, I apprehend these learned gentlemen will find . as the famous, doctors of Sirasburg did to ascertain the reality of poor Slawkerbergius's nose. "T!3 a fal?c nose.' cricsthe anti Nosarian; ■ 'Tis a true nose,' exclaims the Nosari.-.n; ' 'Ti? faith,' rejoins the one; ' "fid FiDi.LE»TicKs,' crjoB the Other " The most generous supposition is that Mr. Faulkner's memory proved treacherous to re- gard to these ugly antecedents, which detract T H K SIGNAL 1-25 from the weijht of any judgment he may pro- nounce on the relative soundness of the two parlies. One of our correspondents recently showed that Mr. Faulkner forirot the inci- dents of Ins last election when he put hitnself before the country as a Whig seceder. If our informant were correct in that matter, Mr. Faclkker's right to style himself Whig is on a level with his right to rebuke the foraentors of anti .slavery strife. We have this anomaly, then — that while active Freesuilers are the v/itnesses in General Pierce'.-* favor on a question involving Freesoil sentiments, the laiest assailant of General Scott's soundness isa gentleman who appears in Virginian history as the advocate of immedi- ate aholition — if necessary, by the sword — v.ithout any recognition of the slaveholder's right to compensation. >The VVltme. Bgaiii Oeiieral A friend has called our attention to the fact that, as late as the 27th of June last, the Wash- ington Union published a report of a speech delivered by General Pjerce at Manchester, New Hampshire, in the course of which he asked: "IVho didnotdiplore slavery? But what eound- tbinkinff mind rcg^arded that aa the only evil which could rent upon the land.' The men who would dis solve the Union did 7Wt hate or dt-plore slavery more titan he did." The speech in which this declaration was made was embodied in an elaborate biography of General Pikrce prepared by the Boston Post immediately after his nomination, and re published in the Union of June 27, with this editorial accompaniment: •* We a93is;n to-day a large epace incur colomnd to a very able and wcll-wrilten notice of Guncral ricrce, which we copy from tbe Boston Post, where it appears as editorial, and which we commend to the attention of our readers." i'ha Boston Post prefaces the speecli with the ri'm:irk that the Manchester meeting at whicii It was delivered — held on November 20, 1850 — "was one of the most interesting ' aiidiicporlant political meetings ever held in •New Hampshire." Now this "most interest ing and important meeting," which called forth General Pierce's anti-slavery avowals, unan- imously passed the following resolution: "Tliit, in common with (he people of the entire North, v.-o cannot look upon the institution of sla- very uiiti-olher feelings lh:in those of regret." The resolution and the avowal of General Pierce have previously appeared in our col- umns iii coimexion with the controversy on the New Boston speech. We reproduce them now for the purpose of showing that the Dem- craiic organs of Boston and Washington, which are i'erocious against the Whigs for hav ing exposed General Pierce's Frejsoilism, have themselves chronicled sentiments in per- fect harmony with ihn New Boston speech. The Uiiivn carmot dispute the accuracy of a report which it printed less than .-rour.d on which the Freesoilers of New York render support to Pierce and King. Its po- sition is Identical with that of the Jiltas and the Evening Post, and fairly exemplifies the spirit in which the Freesoilers enter ihe can- vass, and the nature of the treatment which the South may expect at their hands. We quole from the editorial of our Buflalo name- sake of the 10th instant: "We aifirm that we and l!ie Republic cling to our Freisoil princijiUs, and cherish Ihnii as the apple of our eye And we not uirly cling lo tlieia and che iah them, but delend (hem as manfully as wo cai whenever an enemy wor'liy of notice presumes to lift his pen or wc.ir his luiig-ue ag'uinsi the What more con we do? Would lluse grumbli and sneercrs v.-ish us lo keep < and light as one who healcth the so belligerent as to i'lt.ick those provocHliun, nor do we see any i jssoning .'>i.fl reafstrting that v We are no olier us n. ronlinualb -Hurrah fur Scotland Graham!" said a yoona- VVlii'' tlm oihcr .'=>y to a half inehriate Locofoc). The re-.dywa!.. "Hurrah (hie) for King r.nd (hie) Uiat Gtkcr fellow."— Ohio Journal. \ l"ean The New York Freesoilers "cling lo", and ! ;^^; ;iiprish" their "Fn-esoi! principle's," and I ,'|,;, liHend them "whenever an enemy I in i ' worthy of notice pieeuraes to lift his pen or ' wag his tongue against them." Yet in the face of this and a dozen other plain spoken de- clarations of Pierce and King prints. South- ern Democratic editors have the hardihood to write of the reliableness and integrity of their party ! The Buffalo journal has another equally ex- plicit paragraph on the platform. It reads as follows : "But, say some of the grumblers, by supporting Pierce and King, you are supporting the pintform which was made when they were nominated, and whii-h you repudiated. We deny that we ever re- pudiated tbe platform. Wi repudiated the rotten planks that were foolishly put in lo xoiden it; and we repudiate Ihim still. Wc say the old Demo- cratic platform was wide enough ^.nd good cncugh, and *^- !F;'^lii-^r'r' '■ HPows who put in those rot- tg'„ J,;,.. ,' 1 :: V. , M'jut aulhoiily; and deserve lo h„ u 1 ■ -"I rmployea Ihcm for med- d5^i„ : -, ,. . : , :. -A-as none of their busineEs. We-ii- -• ii-' ■ •'■"■'' King, and recognise as ourj i!ic "Id I)cniocr,T.tic platform— not the rotten planks " "The rotten planks" are the resolutions in favor of the Compromise measures, and the summary manner in which they are disposed is a good lesson on the elasticity of Demo- cratic consciences. The platform is paraded in this latitude as of binding efficacy in Us entire- ty. It is "the National Democratic platform," which is to quiet all imputations against the conservatism of the party. We begin to think, however, that when the task of picking out ' the rotten planks" ?hall be completed, little will be left beyond a bare ard worthless skele- ton. We are content that the rottenness shall be adjudicated upon solely by Democrats, in full fellowship with Pierce and Kino. Two planks are known to have been cast adrift by Democratic members of Congress, and the great mainstays are being thrown off with equal nonchalance by the leaders of the northern «'ing. Tfce Freesoilers and the Democracy. The managers of the Pierce campaign be- long lo the Hudibrastio school of moralists, who "Compound for sins they are inclined to. By damning those tbcy have no mind to." Lion that the Whigs are deriv- ihe Freesoil reports of General riEKCE's Freesoil \-iews, fills them with holy indignation: and yet their consciences permit them to as.sociatB bodily with Freesoilers, and to place the Nurlhern Democracy in full working alliance with the Freesoil organiza- tion. The virtue whicli condemns the lle- piiiiic for transferring to its columns the un- contradicted reports of the Concord and Man- cliester (N. H.) Democrats, has not a word to say ao-ainst Democratic fellowship with the New Vork Evening; Post, Albany Alios, and their co-workers in' Ihe Freesoil cause in New York, Ohio, Wisconsin, and other North- ern aiid NorlhweBtern States. The Whigs cannot accept Freesoil testimony without sin- ning grievously; while or''-" .^ ^ ,'",;■"' --ats claim the privilege of complete .u^.'' ation with Freesoiltjrs everywhere. Men wno ac- cording to the Union are too "infamous" to he believed or, their oaths, are still itermitted to enter ths councils and to control the northern wing of the "National Democracy." G"- •. ~<^-^-^-p=l:iVii. QcAtiFicA-.-o-NS.— The uZ'r'- '■ '-" '. r-'i'shcd'^iT-emb'"-~"of' MrTpill- m ., , "-.ho e::pres9ed no preference .r„r(;. ,„.::,!,'"!.,rU.e Presidency. ;, .. ,'.:(] ef exact .' , : ■' r -nation than .,■.,. ;.-,-.TScd. We. ,,, , .. I r. ., rj,'., authority, ic l.rst ;iiierii..nunal lawyer 126 THE SIGNAL, for ihe Signal. ' to Ills country. I, therefore, cheerfully I presume that this campaign will not S'^'e my suppor'- be unlike all others of a similar character; Your obedient servant, A SOLDIER. Western Virginia, .iug. 10, 1852. pierce on Inter ry, deception, fraud, and li gain the'victory, thereby sasrificins many will be the misrepresentations, many -.vill "be the unfair tricks and means re- sorted to by memb.ers of the two great par- ties of the Union, that they may carry the , .,.,,„ . .■ r , ; .V. -.1 .- T„ i ;„;^r, ' A reliab e German corresponaent iiitorms us day at the next election. _ In my opinion , ^,^^^ ^,^^ Democratic journals published in the fairness should characterize, and honesty q^^^^^^ language in this country lay great era- mantle the movements of the two great po- pj^^^js ^n the alleged fact that General Pierce litical armies now moving, as it were, in iias addressed a letter to a committee in Phila- mio'hty combat. Can this be, or will each delphia favoring the doctrine of intervention in party descend to the use of all dirty means, European affairs, as propounded by Kossuth. dirtv intrigue, dirty scurrility, humbugge- i The statement acc.irds with the line of argument '^ ■ -■ " in order to ^<'"P''^<^ ^y '''^ Democratic Review, which nfr 1ir.no.. 'ni!ii"'a'"s that the election of Pierce vpHI be , , , ■ .u . ■ the triumph of -Young America" as opposed and truth, that they may in the end gain a , ^^ <.q, ^ ^^^^„ Democracy, foothold in the Government? As ior my ; 'p,,g ,natter involved is too important to be part, sir, let others do as they may, I! blinked for electioneering purposes. Let us shall (although a warm supporter of Old see the letter, that the country may judge of Chippewa) advance no argument, suggest ] General Pierce's Kt.ssuthism. no opinion, resort to no means, that would i ^^^^^^^ tue wnig^ Do-Democratio Tes« not bear a rigid scrutiny if exposed to, mouy. public gaze. "Old Chippy" needs iio; <.x," ihe able Democratic corresponden unfair means, no unfair tricks, to insure his Lf the Baltimore Su7i, in his last letter to that success: every person is bound to re cog- ! paper, says: nise in him the spirit of a true patriot,' "The present Adminietration, however men and the character of a true soldier: a ! different political persuasions may look upon it, ri 1 J J „i„j 1 f; has the immeasurable merit of having restored do- successful general, and a devoted lover of ; ^^^j^ p^^^^^ and maintained public conBdeice." his country; a hero,r statesman, and a , He also says '-it has been an eminently warrior; these noble traits mark imper- j prosperous Administration," and that "these fectly the outline of this great man. \ well-established historical facts will alwayi The old hero has entwined around his redound to the lasting reputation of Mr. Fill brow, in wreathy splendor, the laurels of iMo^f.^'"^ reflect great credit on him person- " ' , ,,. i, \y . ' ., „ „„|a y." This testimony deserves the calm con- many a battle; all all know it; all can see L-g^^^.^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ J^^ ^^ -^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^ it; he lives first in the hearts of the Amen-j^j^;^^ ^Cj^^ ^^^^j political parties will, in the can people; every effort made to traduce igygnt of success at the approaching contest, bis character only polishes it the brighter; i best promote the interests of our country, but you are ready to inquire "Well, have j you nothing to say about General Pierce?" < From the Savannah (Ga.-) Republican, Aug. 13. Yes, do him justice; speak and say all , I''^«'«^«»nS I-^tter from President FJUmore. you can for him; tell the people that one \ The Hon. A. H. Chappell, the President of day he was fighting in Mexico, and it was ['he late Union Convention at Milledgeville, thought that he would have conquered ''^^ »""?'"'"«.'' »° "^*'''^P"''''''f '"" ^''•' .^"''- .i- r I. . u- u f II „J 41,, „? !,■„ joined highly interesung letter from President the foe, but h.s horse fell and threw h m -^.^^^.o^^/ ^ ^m ^ remembered that the to the ground; that on another day he i ^^^,^.^^,^1^^ ^Ao^tcA resolutions approbatory of was leading his men on to victory, and j jyj^. Fillmore's course in reference to the great would have done so, but he fainted, and ! questions on which the Union party was or- could do nothing more; had it not been for 'ganized, and inviting him to visit Georgia, these accidents Mr. Pierce would have i Mr. Chappell av.ails himself of the earliest op- been victorious; tell them that he is now portunity, as the organ of the convention, to the Democratic candidate for the Chief i'^y 'he letter before the people through the Macristracy of the Union, and would be '^^''y P'^^^= „, ... ,«-, V "^ , , •'^ . .1 11. n- i i Washisgtoh, August .n, ISo2. elected, but the people are not willing to vote for him, and that they would vote for him, but Scott is in his way. If, but, and Scott, were just out of the way. Pierce would be our nest President, but he can't be'?/ Scott beats him, which he is pretty certain to do. The many misrepresentations made by the friends of General Pierce against Win- field Scott are pretty generally laughed at i emotions of my heart; and in the western part of Virginia; the fact !-;'-*» J-.t^^^^^^^^ is, Gea. Scott is so well known through- j That the Union party of your Slate renticrcl out the Union that all misstatements are I ™?f.' i'nporiant service to the c^ooniry ■.■j .. ,,. ..,.,_ critical lunciure ju our uuuhl. un tire, i. : soon detected, and recoil with fury upon jjugdy jc-Iny. i can neve- forff^it the anxi . ♦ho-e who have started them. I have Micitude with winch I wnuhej ud proc-ree. m i. ', been in 1he army; was in the Virginia j-d|he^;f.f,,tffWc^^ rei-iment sent out in the war With Mexico. Isonable doctrine ol secession, and had reared an I feel that having been a soldier, I can in ; insurmountable barrier to the spread of that dan- 1 icci Ilia, ..5 „'■,„„/• ffe-ous heresy. But the necessity for such a party some degree appreciate the merits of so f^ ^^^pjy ,0 ■'be regretted, and I shall be happy to valuable a man as General Scott has been learn that it no longer exists. A. H. Chappell, Ksa., Macon. Ga.: Sm: I have the honor to apknowledge the receipt ofyour favor of the ."ilet ull., enclosing a copy of resolutions adopted by the Constitutional Union party of Georgia in their recfnt convcniion, ex pressing ttseir approbation of my course in refer- ence to the great questions on which the Union party of Georgia was o-ganizcd, and inviting me to visit that State. I am happy of the opportunity to assure you, sir, that this unexpected expression of approbation Irom so distinguished and disinter ested a source, could not fail to elicit tho grateful eniberi elicit tho gr 1 myself ol the oc- of that convention L,onJ»i.iDa Wills State Barbecu* oud Eatl« asatioii 9!«ctlug. [Corresponilence of the R'public ] On Monday, the 2d of August, the Whigs of Louisiana assembled in mass cuiivcntion at Baton Rouge. Ten thousand persons were supposed to be present, and the greatest enihusiasm prevailed, The scene was enlivened by the banners cf tha party floating in the breeze, by the enlivening strains of martial music, by the pealing cbf ers of the thousands assembled, by the waving handker- chiefs of the fair sex, and by the unbounded good feeling which p-evailed on every side. The as- aembiag-e was addressed by the Hon. Harry Hay, of New'Orleang; Hon. Duncan F. Kenncr, of A«. cension; Randa! Hunt, esq , of New O.-lsanej Hon. John E. Kmg, of St Landry; Mr. Abbott, of Li- fayettc; and Colonel K. A. Upton, of Iberville, tha late secretary of Ihe National Convention. All tha speakers were gentlemen distinguished for their ability, and gentlemen who stand high as old leaders in the Whig ranks. Erery -pansh in the Stale was pledged for its eld and aecustomid mnjo- rUy for Scott and Graham! Not a single dis- sentient teas anywhere to be found— not one ! When Colonel Upton was called upon, ho re. turned thanks to the conveniion in behall of every member of the late National Conveniion then pre- sent, for the hearty, full, cordial, and uiianlmoui approval and ralijicaiion cf the nominations end ac- tion of the t-Vhig National Conveniion; thst he waa authorized by his late co-delegates to say that they returned to the Whigs of Louisiana their thanks for their full confirnrjation of the pledgee that they had made for Louisiana, in and out of ih? late con- vention; and that they were novi satieSed, if beforo they had for a moment permitted therasolvea io doubt, that Louisiana would in November give an overwhelming majority to Scoit and Graha-m. Colonel Upton continued bis remarks to soma length ; gave a graphic and full account of ths proceedings of the late convention; and repealed the substance of a conversation between himself and General Scoti, in the course of which General S. stated to him his position upon the Compromise, and his constant attachment to the Constitution, and continued affection for the Union, the repeti- tion of whicli was received with thundering plau- dits by the assembled masses. .At a late hour, amid strains of music and th« einffing of enlivening Scott songs— "At 'em agiin, Old Lundy's Lane," and mmy others — ihe great Mass State Ratification Meeting of Louisiana ad- journed, giving nine cheers fur Scott and Graham, and pledging old Louisiana to the nominees by four thousand majority. Yours, truly, CHIPPEWA. Baton Rocge, La., August 9, 1S52. The Vote of Maryland.— The lull which for a, time rested on the political waters in Slarylaad is passing away, and from every part of (he S^ato wo receive intelligence that the people are moving and rallying around the old Wh'g flag, determined to bear it, and the candidates who hold ii up, to vio- lory. The vote of Maryland has never been cast against tho Whig candidate for Presidoni, and now more than ever it io important that it should not be found wanting. And it will not be. The meeting held in the western part of this city on Friday night last, and of which wo i.i'.Mri- ,>;i>i(t on Saturday, evinced. a spirit, ' nihusiasm, which br.iughi up tha ;. : ' ;j, and even cncuuragts the hops :,:-■ ISalliir.or.. the -.Ihigflaff will a.ut • ■■■ city, I .. ■ 1 when ' ,,i,,.i',i •:,,,:;-■.: ■< 1- ■ ;. :i3 are now ab- Uiered, not Ires ihan eight thousand, viere enough to surprise every one, as it did surprise those la- miliar with the political meetings in times past, and showed that the Whigs were folly awake to the importance of the election contest before them, and that the victory would be theirs.— i?o/i. Paliiot. THE SIGNAL The Whig KusuSuee aiid tJio Webster Mcu. The New York Courier and Enquirer, a journal which has been warm in its aiivocacj of the claims of Mr. Webster to the.Presi- dencj', m dissenting to the positions of a corre- spondent, also a friend of the distinguished statesman, says: "Mr. Webster has an undoubted right to eustaiti or reject the ncminee of the Whig Conveniioc, as bia judgment may di< tat.-; and no man will dare tc charge inat he is, or can be, any Ihingr but a Whig. But we are very BUre that Rlr. Webster woult repudiate the idea put forth by our correspondent that the Whig party has ceased to be JVaiional Thenatiuuaiiiy of a party must necessarily be de teru,ltied by the principles which itavows and th( I character of the men selected to carry out thos< j piinciplee; and judged by this, the only true stand ard, our Currespondcnt is not warranted in in sinuaiing that the Whig party has ceaoed to be a ' national party. "It is quite unacresaary for us to go into anj ; argunieni to prove that \vc preferred trie noininu- j tiiin of Danic! Webi'tr lor the Presidency to al. ' olbere; and it is equaiiy unnecessary to as^en . thai all Gen. Scott's .uiio-edents are of a charactei \ which prove hnri to be National in ail hia foelingf j and pu.'posea. That he permitted a doubt to cxisi | on this subject ia most unlortunate for himself ano i the Whig parly; but, moat assuredly, his having very cheerfully and promptly endorsed the Whig ■ plaiform of principles, and accepted the nomina lion for the Presidency in connexion with thai ; platform, EhoulJ place his iVa(io;ioK^»( beyondall I cavil— little aa v/e believe in the. nationality ol most of those who procured his nomination. " We cannot and do not expect of the friends ol I Mr. Webster, who have been so grievously cisap pointed by the rejection ot his cluims to a nomina. j lion, the same cordial support of General Soot! I that they would have extended to their favorite. ; I'o entertain any such expectation WDuld be idle; : but at the same time, aa Whigs, we do cxj^ect ol i them to go to the polls and vote lor General SLOtt | because he at least is national, and because, il i electtd, he will devote his adminiatralion to the 1 support anH establishment of Whig principles.] Nul. to do 6.> :.^ li)a!.i ill till- i-:ecli;.ii c.l ihfLuco-l foco n.. III'. .;.! . . .a ',Vb.{; ; gives , ; nr by Chabacterand Actions or Scott.— We care not how much our opponents are disnosed to inves tigate the character and past life of General Scott. The more they, are examined, the brighter they fhine. The deeper the scrutiny, the more is elicit- ed of the admirable private cliaracler of the man, and the brilliancy of his deeds. Ail th.-xt ho has (lone for his country has been well dune, whether in war or in peace. His i-hole life has been tilled up with actions that have redounded to the honor and glory of the nation. There has been always with him a wisdom capable of foreseeing the precise means necessary to accomplish the ob- jects he had in view, and of adapting them to their end. His intellect, prudence, judgment, and power of combination, have always been fqual to any emergency. Does any one deny Ibis.' It is proved from every page of the history of the man. It ia that ready and happy power of adapting the means to the end, and tiiat prompt and decisive mode of employing them, which has marked tbe man, and been the father of his great deeds. In whatever situation he has been tried, he has come off successful. Does not this fur- .nish, then, the best proof that he is capable of filling the ofince to which he has been nominated.? Does it not show the folly and short-sightediieet of those who claim that he is uiifitltd for the station.' He has been tried through life and has done well, wherever placed, and under v.'h:itevpr exigencies; is it not a fair inference that the same prudence, jodgment, promptitude, adapta- tion of m-cans to the end, and quickness of accu- rate decision, will equally follow him into the Presidential chair and give him the power of ably administering the Government.' Let the candid rejiect uponit. — Harlford ( Co7in.) Ccuranl. what hlij piroO!i;il .'. duif; oi di.-jpijoailiiient at the action ot the Haltimure Convention, is bouno to put to himself the question, between this and November, what his duty lo the country and h't own principles require of hiin in the coming election. "We are quite content to leave this subject to the consciences and t!ie principles of Mr. Web- ster's friends; ami if so left, wiihout any (oolieh at- tempts to bully them into a support of the Whig nominee, we do notcnierlnin aooubt but they will faithlully diccbarge th< ir duly at ihe noils in No- vember. They earnestly desired to ?ee Mr. Web Bier elected to" the Presidency, and the triumph of Whig principles in hisel. clioo; butii by no means follows that, beca'use -jf Ihi-ir disappointment, ihey will directly or indirectly aid in the election of General Pierce, and the tiiuniph ofthe destructive principhs of Loco'uc.-ii. m. ha Whigs, tlipy desire above all thi:ig3 the irimnph c>; Whif: principles; and it will be exceediiig'y dilUcuit to make them believe that they woold be ser\ing themselves. their principles, er their counlry, by aiding in the election of a Locofoco President. **Irre6pective of all other considerations, no Whig can possibly forget that, if General Pierce should be elected, the Government, for the next four years at least, will stand pledged to sustain the destructive free-lrade doctrines of tbe day, and at the same time Ij oppiist the dcvcli'pir.unt of our great i. .:."i,: I . -■ i :; . : ,.: '. inicriial impi-u-.'i . , ; i : i:i| Scott willaai.. i. nMf the present -!,.--tr.: -. i- ui' i,'i,..-.;i i:-i:i,,:i.d render itry by the al irnpri ■which the best interests of the whole country so imperatively demand. "We said, very recently, that the Whiga are accuftomed lo think and act according to their conviction of right; and so thinking, we feel as- sured that, at the proper time, they will all be found sustaining by their voices and their votes the Whig nominee for the Presidency." law at New Boston was "doubtless a humbug," yet seems pleased with the idea that it ia injuring him at the South. We think not. The South ia not quite so green as General Scott's abolition committee at VVashingtou imagine. Filz Warren and Truman Smith can't play off their "humbug" again. — Boston Post. Yes, we do think that it v;asa humbug, and we think that it ia hurting him, and it ought to hurt him. That General Pierce declared in his speech at New Boston that he loathed ttie Fugitive Slave law is proved beyond a doubt; that he did not mt-an any thing by it we frankly admit. He was talking- to Frecaoilcrs, and his purpose v/as to re- cot, cile tlicm to the rejection of Atwood. 'I'he de- claration is hurting liim at the South, because it shows his want of sincerity. It shows that he can profess one thing and act another, and this shakes ihe faith of those who have placed confidence in his slavery sentiments. The southern people like a frank, open, manly course. They want a slave- ry man, but they have a great contempt for a Iricketer. 'ihey are naturally suspicious, also, at the denials of General Pierce's friends That he made Ihe declarations charged upon him is un- doubted, is proved. The fact that his friends come out and deny them shakes confidence in any of their statetnents; and especially since some of them undertake to say what it is impossible for them to know, that General Pierce has never, un- der any circumstances, at any time, made any declarations which would not be acceptable to the South. They prove too much. \_Providence Journal. "Hoson Bbight," Gentlemen!— The Union Democrats of Mississippi, who are going for Pierca and King, says the Memphis i'r'ff/f, are by no means satisfied with Iho f in. H ,» -;■,-,■. -r-nco i,i Iha Compromise of their Si-'i- - <: - iVmorratio 'r\\:is Democrat, (strouir ' ; i-erditor is represented asa "vi n : ' :i : ', ..:i,-" ifen- lleman, has just addre.=s -d a c:\r.l Id ihe Demo- cratic Stato electors, all of whom ( with one excep- tion) were a short time since bitterly and uncom- promisingly opposed to the Compromise, in which it says: "You know that the Compromise measures was the turning point in the elections last fall, and al- though general acquiescence is now the word, the waves of Ihe late contest have not yet become alto- gether calm— a little allercntion, Iheeligbirst hint of crimination, may agiin loeh them into fury. Wa hope, therefore, it will not be considered iinorrii- ncnt in us to put to you a single question: Wi.l you abide by and adhere to the Compromise mea- sures as a final settlement of the slavery questions?" This is a fair question, and it is to be hoped that the electors will come out and answer it like meo. "Honor bright," gentlemen.— iVasAi-i/Zc Banmr. A Political Demonetkation at Cambbidge The Whigs of the Eastern Shore have gotten up a r.atification meeting on a large scale, which is bo held on next Monday at Cambridge, in Dorchester county. Besides Messrs. Goldshorcugb, Ricaud, and other speakers from that part of the Stato, Messrs. H. Winter Davis, T. F. Bowie, and A. K. distinguished Senator, Hon. William C. Oawsi. ^, of Georgia, General CuUom, of Tennessee, and Messrs- Morehead and Slanlv, of North Carolina, will be present. An excurs'ion from Baltimoro will aSfijrd the Whigs of our city an opporlHinity to participate on the occasion. [Baltimore Clipper of Saturday. Fighting -We i "Whatahrth j came across the i I easy to satisfy the querist, that wr rauiii.t rerrain i from doing £o. Perhaps it wil! i i is much truth in Ihe line, " V.'i ] out to burn," ,S:c. Well, sir. ; ] ing- for the man r<-h-,i !i,t; b-;-pri '- [ try more ihn-i ' ■-' -■■•—. .. for harbor in - I ments; for I ment of the - Ivation of CI. I . , . , ,.: :1 religiously; f.ir ihr p., rs ii:.,ii._-in ,jf ihe Inii'ii aiT< 1 the liberties of our happy land; for sU Ihe vast and ! varied interests of the country, which wo desire j shall he placed on a stable and prosperous founda jtion; for true men and tried palriut?; in lino, for Scott, Graham, ot'a CocNxay, and Victoby! JTbat is what we are fighting for. Are not the 1 prizes valuable beyond comparison, and worth any I struggle to secure them ? They are, and they shall I be secured. — New Orleans Bulletin- lident OSB -The fol- I, in this OoB Duty as Whigs. — The Raleigh (N. C.) Register is in nowise dismayed by the recent con- Hict. It saye: "Although it is impossible to say with absolute certainty what will bo the final result of the returns which are coming in, yet we would appeal to our friends, whatever it may be, not to take off their armor. The campaign is not yet over. But a single battle has been fought. Tbe smoke has not yet cleared away, and we do not know the exact relative position ofthe two contending forces. But it behooves alt tr^ieirhigs lo stand to their arms, for, whatever may be the result of this battle, a yet greater and more important conflict ia approach- ing — one in which we shall have for our leader a glorious old chieftain, who never knew defeat, but who, on many a well-fought field, has carried for- ward bis country's standard to victory. '*£c not dismayed, IVhigs. But once more to your arms, at the eall of yotf country." The vessels on the lakes are hoisting the flags at the mast-head, on which is inscribed, ''Scott and Graham — Harbor and River Improvements." Men engaged in navigating our great inland seas know their friends. —7*ranc/i County Journal. took place at Dearbor j county, on the day ofthe Whig Convent I Two plain and sensible appearing farmers, who I were acquaintancfs. met and shook hands near Halpin'fl tavern. "Well," said one of them lo ths other, "what brought yo-j to a tVhig Conveniicn? j You are not a Whig, I believe.'" "No," replied I the other— "I am not a Whig; but I have heard of I General Scott, who is the Whig candidate for I Preeideni; but I give you my word, tboujhl pro- ifesstotio a rf-aJiii^' ii.r.o, f.,r a plain farmer, I n.ittii: i .= tjr.ll vui.j 1-jr General Scott, because he hassho-vvn niinscU a iru-jNirian end a oalriot" •"Well," replied the other, "I have deterinined (o j do the same thing, for the same reason. Had a well-known, patriotic. Democratic statesman been nominated, I should have supported him against General ScotI; but I am not politician enough to vote for a mere man of straw, solely because wc, the politiciiiis, have seen fit to nominate him." [Di trail Advertiser. Wlio ia Pierce?— A'.ccAange. • He was Brigadier in the Mexican war, and fought at and at we don't know where, but he A-i/.'ed Cass, and Douglas, and Buchanan, i and Marcy, and a dozen or so olher "fosics." I IRahigh 'Btgister. I J?f killed them .' No; he was only the club they j used to kill each other. Let not the "axe boaet it- I self against the hewer." — Cincinnati GazUte. 1-28 THE SIGNAL. Northern Wijconsin— TAe Prospect. -H is un- deretood (hat S. Lisle Smith, of Chlcag-o, the most eloquent speaker in the West, has consented to sluiopNorlhern VVis»on?in. Thenorthcrn portion of the State is right; the people, IJenllficd an tbcy are with the interest of the improvement nnd con nexion oftheFoxand VViscqaaiH rivers, cu'irioi vote for Frank Pierce, bccnus? he has mmriably voted against rivir and httrif.ir improvimctils. The Loco tocos attempt tQ denytliifi; but lio«? Not by re- ferring- to th'c record of his votes in Cono, . ilcu Ktes th t Pierce will fret AWl Georjia, lllmo.s M ,n', M | Wissou.i, New H^ini^hii. '- and Virginia, sure— i i i California, Floiidii 1 loi! Uiio P-n,i^ \l ill cppo-ition try more \h,n part}, are laborii =r thesu^cr-of ■ ofLu The cess.— Green JJjij ( H is ) S,(€tatu From the Delaware Journal. WAIT 'TILL NOVEMBER. TvKE— ''Wait for the Wagm.''' The Locofoco party, boys, Are cL-owing mighty fierce, Since lliey have n(miinated Tlieir "la.si man" — General Pierc*. They suy he'll be elected, In eiglilccii iilty-two. And march inio the White House, But that he will not do. Chorus — VVuii 'till November, Wait 'till Novenibert Wait 'till November, And they'll all turn blu The Whigs have settled on a choice The people will approve — Old ticoTT and Graham are the boys To make this nation move; The Locus say they'll floor them, In eiiilileen lilVy-two, And march ii,io the VViiitc House, Iha ■do. Chorus — VVa Wait 'till JMovemijer, Wait 'till November, And they'll all turn blu Oh, come along, my gallant boy.'s. We'll shout a loud hurrah, As we introduce our Cliainpion, The brave old Chipp'^wa. The Locos think they'll beat him, In eightctn fil'iv-two, And march into The While House, But that lliey cannot do. Chorus— Wait 'iili November, Wait 'till November, Wait 'till November, And they'll all turn bin Old SC0T'1".S the boy, mv heartiei?. To bringdown Loco ^a'me. He's sure to beat both Pierce and Kin For WIN-FlliLD is his name They know they cannot criisli liim, In eighteen nlty-tvvo, Then he'll march into ilir White Huu For thnt he's bound lu do. r„„R,;.v_WRit -nil Nuvcmluir. Wa.t 'nil Nuvemncr, Written SONG. • the Scott Club, Dubnque, Iowa. Come, Whigs, we'll sing a song to night, A song renowned in story, 'Twus heard on Churubusco's height, And Chippewa's field of glory. For Scott, tlie victor chief was there, Calm 'midst the iron rattle. What cared he, since he knew no fear. He faints not in a battle. Yankee Doodle, keep it up, ■ Yankee Doodle, dandy. With Scott we'll beat the man who gave The boy a stick of candy. We know onr ma n, he's boi nd to icin, On every field i li^lii. sir. SoFrankI,,: I'... [ come in," Ahil u-hc.i 11,- I- ,s nigh, Wl'II in.'..-i ihr ...• :ii:ii -',1 And this shall be lur baitle c y. Hurrah, for So tt and Gra Yankee Doodle, &c. Trouble in Illino s,— Phillip B. Fouke, ofSt. Clair, has been nomin ■lied hy a c now represented by Col.Bissell, vvho -v e since announc- ed for re election. .S . Clnir, ^\, B...-..1.R. inglon app|>arcd3ir.i n'uvMii' r. 'nT,o-.p,\'m.m"nt'. A meeiinijol Locofori ^r.i r " - :.. !. .^..urday. determine,', n. it (omu butacomnaltoe -."-r-s 1 oneinent ..1 the c.mv >PI .;::r::^ [St. jienera d, whi the .^c gues. 1 Joseph M.^ ethc^:r^^ old to KVy.- lead ,r, ,:■ -the foot the first Ecd a stri-njr *ish to place h "[ Hullida'j.ibnrg (Pu.) Wliig. The r..f . hoii.jr.if givinpr Ihc first yssaid tiiat the Whigsof nnd now they prove it. ipart as big as a moun- TiiE Pierce i (Ala) Gazette— i' tlie case againei Gen Hie rjualifiration for ncv'that. evcybody knows General ocialtcpiiper. icratic papers hold it as the qualifica- Presidency that nobody ' ' '^ ght thou-^aiu) ma (Ala ) Monitor, m. : ral Pierce.-iV. O. Campaign Republic PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, BY G. S. GIDEON. «o. 9.] WASHINGTON: AUGUST 28, 1852. [Vol. THE SIGNAL: ^ VWisg canipaign paper, pnbiished at the city of lt*ttnhiH^toit, The undersigned is now publishing, at the city of Washington, a Whig Campaign Paper under the above title, devoted to the support of WINFIELD SCOTT, for Pre- sident, and WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, for Vice President. The Signal will be emphatically a Na- tional Press, designed for circulation in every section of the country. The object of the paper will be to harmonize the ac- tion, and promote the etficient organization of the Whig Party, as well as to diffuse its principles and arouse its spirit and enthu- siasm. It will also furivjsh a convenient com- pendium of all the facts and documents bearing upon the case made by the respec- tive parties and candidates, and preserve in a form for future reference a complete history of the canvass. A full index will be given in the last number, which will add materially to the permanent interest and value of the work. The great popularity and success which attended the Battery, published b^ the undersigned during the last Presidential canvass, induces him to retain the same form and size in the Signal. The publication will be continued each '.vcek until the election, the results of which will be given in full in the last number TERMS. The Signal will be published weekly until after the Presidential election n November, at the following rates, mz Single subscription $0 50 Five copies ------- ^00 ( Being ai (hi; rale of 40 c s. for each subscribe ) Fourteen copies ^00 (Being at (he rule of 36 cts. for each subscribei.) Thirty copies - 10 00 (Being at the rale of 383 cts. for each subscriber.) Fifty copies - - 15 00 (Being at the rate of 30 cts. for each subscriber.) jj^ No paper will be sent unless the order is accompanied by the money. ^fll letters must be post-paid, and ad- dressed to GEO. S. GIDEON, Washington, D. C. THE SIGNAL. GEN. SCOTT AND THE COMPROMISE. [The. following speech ot Hon. D. W. Ad- ams, of Mississippi, was made before a Whig meeting at .Jackson, Mississippi, on the 16ih of July. It i» especially interesting from the detailed account it gives of the visit of the Mis- sissippi delegation to General Scott, at his residence, after the nomination was made, on which occasion Mr. A. was the spol;esman for his colleagues. Mr. Adams's repori of Gene- ral Scott's remarks upon the Compromise shows that Henry Clay himself did not take stronger ground while the Compromi was pending, than General Scott :J Mr. Adams said, that having- been appointed a delegate to atleiul the National Whip Convenliu wl.ich assembled at Baltimore on the 16lh of Jun and being perhaps the only delegate appuinte Irom the county of Hinds, he had deemed it his duty to attend, and du all in his power to advanci and promote the inlercsl of the great and gloriou: old Whig party; that, in attending that biidy, hi had-not only disehargi a duty, but had found g eat pleasu e n what 1 e sa and h a 1 n tl I He had eaehed Bait b fo e tl e as I 1 ge 11 d the of that pla Mr. Adams said that tlie adopli^ form, soamply guaranteeing tl..- i of tlrie South by the great Natiui.ol Whig party, and the manner in which it was done, brouglit joy to his heart and to that of every southern man in the convention. He had, he said, visited that con- vention, not eo much in the character of a mere politician, but from an earnest desire to satisfy himself as to the many charges that had been brought against the great Whig party North by southern party hacks. He had desired to see, hear, and inform hiriiscK H.- had made it liis business Hehereciiiii •■! the two that of the \v'l m i- n . >'- iibcrately and calmly in .M.i.ui,c. ... ..i. i n», with no lant an occasion, but each State being called by name, and the delegates singly in their place and responding to the call, whilst the secretary re- tordcd the vote— wilh no dodging or sneaking, and leaving no room for evasion. Whilst on the other hand we tee the so-called Democratic Con- vention first in search of men — and a long and tedious search Ihey had of it, wilh a small finding lor the result — and then, alter all the numinations was hurry, fatigue and ronlusion, presenting a platform, and without calling for Stales or dele- gates, wilh a sort ot general hurrah of jwc and no, in which tho^c voted, -.vho wanted, and^^thuse who preferred let it alone, so that they might in after- t n s dc y tl e pi d Afte tl e a lopl of ll e pla f hy the g eat Wh N t nal C nt 1 a I f f 1 d w th t e e y t Wl g oul I b sat f d w tl a ty and t d ly ani o d ally pp t ts t f that pi f nha g b n do| led u d an ent tl at & ne IS oil sh uld be the nom ^ rhs h s 1 s al a e y b of I t onve t ul 1 t St ly d s tl e n m Id stated o tl e floo of the con , V nt d 1 I I W Ada tl « t t V a 1 pt n of 1 1 I 1 the ndele I h tly 1 teto tl 1 11 tl tl ady 1 t of e a J oft fifty Ih e L d 1 1 d a 1 p 1 il h Id It le us ap n al on 1 y 1 1 s tl a bleS I 1 t d 1 al 8 t na u n g the h 1 f that b 11 t g th d 1 g t ( n M pp hal a 8 u 1 d t d lo M lla d 1 1 ^ 1 a d u d all 1 no able 3 t p o 1 on n f 1 n 1 Ih t of ) eat pat t an 1 tat a D 1 \/ b le 1 1 1 w t! y 1 1 t I 1 tl 1 or fee gam. vilhout any hut haste, bar r agreement on the subject — lliat platform was submitted to a vote— niit by a hurrah, but calmly, each Slate of the Union being fi-parately, clearly, and distinctly called. In counting the votes it was found and announced that the plat- form was r.diipied b}' a vote of two hundred and twenty-seven io sixty six; and i-i Ih.sc who hid voted against it, a Mr. Andcis>.n. of Ohio, hid dot larcd openly in Ihe conveniion that he w-iis nui o,>po;cd to its principles, and that he wanted that under- stood; but that he iieemed it inexpedipiit and un- necessary to pass it, for reasons wliich he gave; and this he was assured was the case wilh many others of that small minority who voted against the platform, opinion on thai .i.i-i...;, ,. . . .,. i.-i.,!.! ,. :.,t stated on the floor of ;he convcnlion, by Govtluor Jones and other gentlemen in the confiitenee of General Scott, that his opinions were and always had been in lavor of the Compp'tiirseand the guar- antees contained in the ^Coiistiiuiion ; xvr on the other hand, was Iht-re. he s.iid, on the part of the noithern men, any bitterness or ill feeling inani- fested tovuards Mr. Fillmore personally, or on ac- promiee measures. He had not heard an unkind word uttered against Mr. Fillmore by a single delegate in or out of that convention On the cun- trary, he was assured by delegates from the Northern States who were supporiing General 130 THE SIGNAL. S'-ott, lliat they came prepared to give Mr. Fill- more, or Mr. Wehslcr cither, a cordial and hearty eiirport if nominaicd hy theconvenliou; that they ca'iiic there to wage no aectional war with the South in regard to ihe Comproniiae measures; that they had voted cheerfully for tho platform ae adopled ; that they knew at the time they did so, and whilst they were thus ansioua and insisting, and voting fljr the noinmation of General Scot;, that he was tqually and oa decidedly in favor ot the Compromise measures as Mr. Fillmore or vVebster; that they came there to sacrifice and put down no man living; that they admired and rc.'pccted Mr. Fillmore and Mr. Webster, and that there were but few in that convention who had any feelings of personal hostility to either of them. Kut that Ihey came there as delegates to the great National Whig Convention lo promote the interest ofthegreat Whig party— to advanc- principles and not men ; that owing to his long and glorious mil itary career and distinguished services rendered to his country, they believed that General Win field Seott was the man for the times-the man whom the people v.anted-the man who could and would triumph, and in whose triumph there would be a triumph of the great Whig principles. Hence it was that they earniBily and warmly in favor of General Seott. . Mr. Adams resumed. After the nomination, he said, the delegates from the State of Mississippi, in common with all tho other southern delegates, voted to make the nomination unanimous, and pro- mised to do all in our power to promote and advance the election of General Soott; and he wanted hi. Whig friends here to-night, and elsewhere in the Slate of Mississippi, to remember that pledge, anc come up manfully to the support of Scott and Gra- m-inij I lliink us an ttverage of fvM times a f/aj/, I (o you, to your own delcgaUon. Can and will any huve I Off nit/ and publicly declared my senlimmis I sensible man. Whig or Democrat, believe suoh a to «ian, woman, and child, who has apf'toacked \\.h\no'i I feel sure, fellow citizens, they cannot and mean the subject. I have not sought, nor have] will not; but if they do, all I have to say is, that 1 desired any concealment of my views and opin- (hey are more deeply steeped in ignorance and iona in reference to them; and it is a matter of ] prejudice than I bad thought it possible for men profound asionishment and regret to me that my nomination Mr. Adams continued. The convention having adjourned, a majority of the delegates vi Washincion ciiy, and shortly after their arri' was proposed and agreed that they should call and pay their respects to Mr. President Fillmore, Gi eral Scolt, Mr. Webster, and Mr. Graham. They did 80, and had the pleasure ol seeing andconvi ing with these distinguiEhed men, any one of whom JB well entitled to.and would well fill, as oneof them now does, the highest office in the gift of iho people. They were much gratified and pleased in all of their interviews. They fDund General Scott private residence near the War Department- idence marked neither externally nor internally by any oetentatious display, but as plain, unpre- tending, arid unassuming aa any private residence "in this city. There, in a plain citizen's dress, they were received and introduced to the w veteran, when, in behalf of the delegation, he Blated 10 General Scolt that "before him majority of the delegates to the National Whig Convention from the State of Mississippi, culled to pay their respects; that in the tion the delegation from Missifsippi had, a perhaps aware, voted for fifty -three ballots for Millard Fillmore— a man to whom they felt that they owed a debt of gratitude for the firm and con- sistent manner in which he had administered the Government, and main«lained in trying times the right, interest, and ho'norof the South— but that whilst wc felt impelled for these reasons to vote (or Millard Fillmore in the convention, yet wc could and did assure him that we had no unkind feelings towards him, and could not doubt that our inter- esls would be safe in bis hands, and that at the polls we would give him our hearty and cheerful To Ibis General Scott replied in the following language; "1 feel gratified, gentlemen, at this unexpected call, and .Tin glad to see before me the accredited men of Mississippi. The nomination which has been conferred upon me by the convention of which ymi were members is an honor greater than I deserve; and, whether defeated or elected, I shall always regard it aa the highest compliment which could be bestowed upon me, and as more than re-' paying me lor the little service I have rendered my country. I am well pleased, too, gentlemen, with the platform you have adopted— it meets my hearty and cordial approval; and let ino assure you, gentlemen, that thia is no new born faith with me. Years ago I entertained the sentiments expressed in (hat platform on the subject of south- ern rights. Jam assure you thai I was one of the fifst to gioe in mp hearty and cordial approval and endorsement nf those measurts, when they were before ConRrrss. There were but two otiiers ahead of me in point of time in their advocacy and approval of those measures. I mean Mr. Clay, and Smalor Foole, of your Slate. As early as 1850, when first brought before Congress, I openly avowed mysdf the friend of those measures, and then, and si sentiments have been so grossly misrepresented, and that I have been m.ade the subject of luch un- jueland mahcious slander. My name has been coupled with that of Mr. Wm. H. Seward, and 1 have been charged with entertaining oentiments in common with him in reference to southern in- tJtiona. Nothing can be more unjust and false. U true, 1 am personally acquainted with Mr. Seward, and that he is personally my friend; but I am not responsible for his peculiar sentiments, nor those of any other man who may see proper 10 support me; and no man living knows belter thai, he what my opinions are and always have bcci.. I made his acquaintance some time in the year '36 or '7. I had not met with him, or corre- sponded wlthor interchanged communications with him, 'lowever, during the interval from the year '42 to '50. In the latttr year, during the pending of the Compromise measures before Congress, I met with him in travelling through New Jersey. He approached me upon the subject of those mea- sures, and asked my opinion in relation Iheret >. I replied lo him in these words: 'Sir, I am dead for the Conntitution -dead for the Union— dead for the Lompromise — and dead against any inanwho is op posed to them or either of them.' The language used by myself on that occasion was so positive and emphatic that, in alluding to it since— for b well remembers the conversation — he has evei charged me with rudeness.'* General Scott proceeded: "I have seen some service in (he cause of ou cominoncountry, and am now advanced in lite I have endeavored to gain at least a name for up- rightnessand candor; and I challenge the world to produce a single witness, who woidd be believed in a court of justice, who will suy thai I have ever, by thought, word, or deed, said or done any thing to justify the miirepresentaliojis tliat have been made as to ?!!!/ sentimmts and opinions, or that they have been otherwise than as expressed to you here this day. 11 any such man can be found, let him be brought forward, and 1 am willing that my past life and services shall be forgotten, and that the word in- famous shall be written before and alter my Immediately after General Scott had concluded these remarks, an old war-worn veteran from Vir- ginia, who had served wiih Scott in the war of itfl2, and whose name I have now forgotten, stepped forward and said: '•If any thing else were necessary than your word. General S:ott, I can state that, immediate- ly after the adoption of these measures, J saw you and Mr. Clay meet and embrace in the Senate Chamber, evincing your mutual joy upon that re- sult/ These words, fellow citizens, were spoken by General Winfield Scott— not in cold and measured phrase, but with a warmth, zeal, and energy, and a lighting up-of ihe old Eagle's eyes that showed the depth of his emotion and the sin- cerity of his sentiments. There was nothing of the mere politician about it; he bad no time for preparation or study; our visit was, as he truly remarked, unexpected. We had given no notice lo him of our intention. It was spoken in the language of a plain, blunt, gallant old soldier as he is. Had he been a mere politician, and had Mr. Seward been that wonderful man in his ei teem, and possessed of that magio influence ov( General Scott which is attributed to him by ol Democratic cpponenisand Whig traitors, he wou] scarcely have used Mr. Seward's name without reverential bow. No; thefacti3,fcllow-citizena, M Sev.ard is to bemade theraui luadand-bloody-bam of this canvivss in the South, and any man wiih half an eye can see it. It is a mere political game of the lowestsort. Mr. Seward's name may be used by mo- thers to their children to frighten them to sleep; but no grownup man who is worthy of the name of Whig can be driven from thesupporl of Gen. Scott by euch a petty and contemptible trick as tnis. The idea is preposterous that such a man as Winfield Scult-he who has on many a bloody field led thousands of brave hearts and true men on to vic- tory and deathless fame, should become the mere mouthpiece of William H. Seward, and to be warped and twisted by him into a deadly enemy of the South, and that too in the face of General Scott's written declarations, his acceptance of the Whig nomination, with the decided and emphatic resolutions and guarantees itcontains to theSouth, and, more than all, in the face of the open and manly declarations he has made, as I have stated And now let us ask how is it with the Demucra- ; party i Have they not a John Van Buren, a Martin Van Buren— another one of those northern with southern principles— who wc are now called on to support ? And have they not a Ran- toul, a Giddings, and a host of others, all of whom are zealously and warmly supporting this Pierce and King tick'-t .' VVhy is there no conlamina* tion there? What assurances have we equal to those I have given you this night of General Scolt, from Mr. Pierce- this newly-found great man, who has been exhumed from the granite hills of New Hampshire ? Why. if vre were disposed to deal in slang and detraction, might we not Insist that if Pierce were elected, Rantoul, tho Van Bu- rens, and other bitter abolitionists of that sect, will take charge of and control the administration ? They have openly avowed that their object is tho spoils of office; they expect, then, to "have a hand" in the administration if successful We have no euch danger to fear from our Southern Whig bugbear, Seward ; for under his own signa- ture he has assured the nervous that he will accept no office whatever under the administration of General Scott. Mr. Adams continued. On my return from the convention, I passed through a portion of the great States of New York, Pennsylvania, and Onio; and there again 1 met Whigs— sound, conservative. Union Whigs— men true to the Constitution, the Union, and the laws of the land— men who de- nounced Frceeoilism and Abolitionism aa bitter as it was denounced by southern men; and these were and had always been warmly for Gen- Scott, and gave the lie to the charge that they had sought him ae a sectional candidate, antl to the nany and oft-repeated charges and stale slanderi^ hat ihe Northern Whig party were untrue to you and your institutions. And jnark my prediction; pite of factious opposition. General Scott will carry all three of those great States at the ballot- box. The people there know him and love him. They remember his past history — the many deeds ol noble daring that he performed in defence of their own frontier. They are there close by (he battle fields of Fort George, Queenslown, Chippe- wa, and Lundy's Lane; and it is for his glorious deeds on those ever-memorable batlle-fieids that they love and admire him. Mr Adams eaid, whilst journeying home, it v/aa his good fortune to visit the battle-field of Lundy's Lane. Nearly forty years had elapsed since that memorable battle, in which Winfield Scott and his compatri- ots in arms had taught the British regulars that American freemen were more than equal to the trained bands of despotism, even when the issue was made with the bnyonet. He aaid he had found (here a large enclosure of stone, in which rested the mortal remnins of the gallant dead who had fallen in battle. He had seen there a large enclosure lor the slain of Britain. He could truly say, then, (hat he had found where Genera! Soott 'had buried his dead;' but he had not yet found— and he would thank any of his Democratic friends to show him— where General Pierce, (properly, he said, pronounced "Purse,") had buried his dead. Mr. Adams then concluded by contrasling the two candidates. He said General Scott was a south- ern man by birth, havingbeen born in Petersburg, Virginia; that he waa a southern rnan by mar- riage; that be was a southern mrtn by education, having been educated excluaivcly in Virginia, and had read law under that distinguished lawyer, Benjamin VVatkins Leigh; that ISis every tie waa southern. Beneath the sod of Virginia reposed, he said, the bones of General Scott's father and mo- ther. Could any man believe that one of his high and chivalrous soul would ever prove recreant to ties such as these? Gensral Scolt was not a man of yesterday; he bad made his mark upon the pages of history; his past life shewed no blot or stain upon his honor. On the contrary, be had of en been placed in the moat diiBcult eitoatisna, and he had always proven himself equal to every emergency; had lived to a good old age. and bad never yet vio- lated a pledge or betr.->yed a frieud. With such a man, hi= word and honor were far above all price. His whole life and hi.-Jtory was known and would bear the severest scrutiny. No»' how, he asked, was it with thia newly-discovered Mr. Pierce, or General Pierce? What had he done, where was he from, and what assurances had he given? Certainly, be said, no man woula contend for him aa a military chieftain; but ono.s or twice in THE SIGNAL. 131 the field, and then found f:\Iling" and fainting from Ilia horse before he got into action. This wa, ' " whole mililary life. As a civilian or etalearaa had scarcely ever been heard of. Perhaps by cloee search amongst (he musty records of the proceed- ings of Congress it had been found that he bad made a speech about the rules of the House of Re- presentatives on the subjectof the right of petition. Surely this does not entitle him to the appellation nf a statesman. Then what good deeds of benevo Icnce or charity has he done to his fellow-men; Why, his biographer tells us that he actually did give one cent to a boy to buy a stick of candy. His whole reputation for charity and benevolence then rests upon t'at stick of candy. Born and bred in s northern clime — as cold in his feelings, impulses and charities, as thegr.initc hills of his own Stale— what had we to expect from him? Surely, he said no Whig or southern man could doubt which of the two to choose. No, he said, our course was clear; let us then redeem the pledge which your de legation have given. Let us r.iily and be true ti ourselves, true (o our party, and true to the glori ous old hero, and repay the debt of gratitude w( owe, by giving him and Willi.un A. Gra.'iara : hearty and cheerful support. SENATOR DOUGLAS'S Exposition of the Foreign Policy of the Democratic Party— being liis Upcech at the Vemncratic Ralifi- ration Meeting in the City of fp^asfiington, June 9, 1852. Hon. Stephen A. Douolas, of Illinois, being next introduced to the meeting, was greeted with deafening applause, and pruooeded to speak as follows : Fellow-Citizens: We have assembled here this night for the purpose of congratulating each other and 'he country upon the cordial and perfect re union of the Democratic party. The National Convention which recently assembled at Baltimore has presented a platform upon which oil Demo- crats can stand with honor and with safety— a platform worthy of the best days of the party un- der a JcflTerson and Jackson. [Cries of "Good, good."] They have also presented the names of two emment stateamcn for our support for the Presidency and Vice Presidency 6t the United Slates— men whose principles are in perfect har- mony with that platform, and whose lives and character illustrate and adorn that system of gov- ernment which it is the aim and mission of us as a party to maintain and perpetuate. With such a pUlform, and with such a ticket, a glorious victory awaits us. [Great applause.] IVly fel- low-citizens, it is unnecessary on the present oocadon for me to detain you with a dis- cussion of the v.irious measures and principles which divide Ihe Democratic from the Whig parly. 1 shall be ready to enter into that contest wilh a good will and energy aa soon as our opponents shall present to the country their platlorm and Iheir candidates. [Great cheering ] 1 do not wish to make the charge unlil we have the enemy directly before us, so that we may have a fair fight, and then let the weakest sink beneath the blows. [Laughter.] I will premise, however, that all ex- jjerience has proven that the Whig party is utter- ly unable to administer this Government. [Groat applause.] Without questioning their integrity, tfteir patriotism, or their talents, yet they lack that sympathy with the masses of our population, that confidence in tlie virtue of the people, which should pervade every branch and department of a free government. [Cries of "That's it, that's it."] Failing in having been able to form the Constitu- tion as they desired it, and (ailing in the.r efforts to incorporate into that instrument those provi sions and features which would have rendered it acceptable to them, they now altempt to accom- plish, by a loose and unauthorized construction, that which they would have done by direct consti- The Whig party of this nation have never been permitted, in the whole period of our history, to hold the reins of power for tv/o successive ad- ministrations. [Laughter and cries of *'Never will, never will "J 'I'liey have never been able to obtain power except when the Democratic parly was rent asunder by unfortunate divisions. No Whig administration has ever constituted a fair and perfect representation of the popular senti- ment of this country; and tor that very reason, and for the further reasuii that their principles, and their practices, and their instincts are at war with tlfe genius of this Government, they have never been able to ret.iin the confidence of the peo pic long enough, to secure a re-election. [Laugh- ter and cheers.] The question is now presented whether there i anything in their ailministration of the Govern ment for the last four years which conlra.nts favor ably with the conduct of the Whig psrty durin; the previous fifty years, and gives assurance Iha their principles or practices are more in harmony ople tnd the apir ious fifl J yea he Federal a 08 being of n •main ilie sni with t inatitutio I draw no Whig pa sequence repeat the cj ;c ,... .py ihir.?- in il.n his- tory and the condu' < : ■ ..;i.>ii iil,i'la.=t four years which c.iiiii , i , ,vor and the confidence . : ■, - . . '.Vas it the NV big party 11, , m ... :, i , , ■ tn- , :, !■ .md exerted its power to suppress or.d allay the fearful sectional agitation which has arrayed Stale against State, section against section, and even father pgainst son, and brother against brother, unlil they have made the very pillars of the Republic tremble? Upon the other hand, are not all the usurpations of power by the p^cderal (jovernment— all the inlringcments upon the reserved rights of the States and of the pople— Ihe necessary and le- gitimate consequence of that loose oonstruction of the Federal Constitution which forms Ihe basis of Ihe Whig creed? . Looking to the administration of the (iovcrn- ment wilh reference to lur intern.at anil.!.; affairs, what do we find in tho ncliun u! ■ party to enlillc them to e.-p-ci.-l co:ii;i Where is that system ol ceonmiy iji > m;- ; ' penditures in the various branches ol Vm: uov.irn- ment, which we had a right to expect if we placed confidence in their professions before the election ? You find Iho expenditures nearly doubled, running up to about sixty millions of doUarfeayearin times of profound peace; and when you cast your eye over the long list of this enormous expondiUire, you will find Galphini=m, and Gardinerism, and every other sort of ixm peculiar to Whiggery, marring and defacing every page of the account. [Vociferous cheers.] 1 submit lo you whether this very system of peculation and extravagance, in Ihe free use of Ihe public money, which has pre- vailed under this administration in all of its brauches, even extending to its high functionaries, is not evidence that they themselves have utterly despaired of being able to retain tbe public confi- dence, and hence are determined to provide liber- ally for themselves while yet they have the power? [Laughter and cheers J My fellow-citizens, I speak these things not in the way of abuse, not with the view of wounding any man's feelings, but 1 call your attention to them as a necessary result of a Whig administra- tion of the Government. This is the practical re- sult of the loose and unauthorized construction of constitutional provisions and legal enactments which lie at the foundation of their political creed. You can never bring this Government back to that honest system of economy which has distinguished Democratic administrations, until you return to that rigid system of accountability, holding every public olBcer responsible for the performance of his duties according to the letter and spirit of the law, and confining the expenditures of the Gov- ernment within the limits of appropriations previ- ously made by Congress. And, fellow-citizens, let not this Whig administration of the Govern- ment escape under the plea that the Democra- tic Congress has furnished them with the means of this unjustifiable extravagance and wholesale peculation. Under the Constitution, the Presi- dent of the United Stales makes his communica- tions to Congress, and the heads of the D.'part- ments make their eitimates of the no,. . m- penditures. They tell us they can ailiii. Government wilh so much money, n'-. ; - out that sum, and il wc do not give u i.-- - ney the wheels ot Government stop, :uKi li.i .id- i ministration ceases to perform its functions. But. , sir, the history of this administration shows that they have been so utterly incompetent to the per- 1 formance of their duties that tlit--,- iiav • bicii una ble to tell, even within the liii, 11 : -i: ■ : - lors, how much money they \. lain them during the current :: ;i " ter.] You find now Ihe pubin . : 1 ,i i, many portions of tbe public service iiuicdve; lii,,- troops upon the frontiers refusing to march across the plains to protect the emigrants; and the admin- istration furnishes the ex,-nscthal Congress has not passed the DePcierc- l„i|. fLnusrbtcr.] And wherein coifsisted tl,- , • Deficiency bill? Simply in i\. mnistration woui I , i!iein in their irough tl.t- ., lii-l.: y,:a[-. [Laughter.] izens, 1 repeat, there is no remedy for these grave abuscia but in a change of the ad- minislralion. 1 spt-ak not simply of the adminis- tration of President Fillinorc-1 speak of all Whig adminisliationi.; br-causo it matters not who the Exfculivcis.if be l.o a Whig he must follow Whig inslincts. Whig practices, and come to llic same result. fCr,atM,.-c,in:r] If y, '11 1 -■. ;i:' . :; 1 . •-..! ;-. .::.i,: , r -iiir foreigfii henri ,.■!-' I , * . :i,j protect Ainti-i :; liumeslic concfiur. \-' :; ': - ['-:■-■ ,>.i„-'. .la :1.,- trailed lower ill the ilust, in the f.n- t.i furciRn powers, than it has under Whig rule? You find that when American citizens arc shot and butchered upon the Island of Cuba, in violation of solemn treaty slipii. lations, instead of this American Republic insist- ing upon that salisfaction v/hich such indigniliea and outrages demand, they content themselveo wiih making humbt'^ ap-ilnT^ir? f;-,r the conduct of our own citizen' iilr.w ..h,^..,-...] lepeaknotoi ii, i- i' i -.r the impropriety of Ihe cxpedii.i ; , ( ' 1 do say that an American citi?. 11 i .:- i :•: protection of hix Govcninicnl, i". - .- 'vith treaty stipula- tions, ii I I'll- ■ I.e.'and whatever his con- riui^f ,], , ^I'rolonged cheering.] And 1 a^-- , ■ - . liiat the butcheries which tv!. ;i i: - : ,fCuba were in direct and . ', '. rr- Teaty stipulations, I 1 , : ' \ Miprican, whether r ' . ■ ; dial according to ... :.: . ..: I. (Cries of "That's Ger.i;, in.'ii', 1 cojKl dcl.:»in you longer, and show that the system of ncutrality'prolcssed to be prac- ticed by this Government was a system of alliance with European crowned heads against patriots struggling fur liberty in their native land. [Cries of "Good," and great cheering.] They lake the liberty of ordering all provisions and supplies to be excluded from the Island cf Cuba which were sent to aid tbe patriot cause; yet we hear of no allcmpts to cut off supplies ricstincJ to the royal standards. Nov.-, 1 submit the qu.-.-li-in, whether the exclusion by our Government of all reinforce- ments, ammunition, and supplies, fr.-ini the patiiot camp, while their oppressors vjerc allowed to be fed, clolhcd, and armed, was not aiding the royal cause as directly and effeclually as if they had en- tered the field and fought the battles of the Qaeen' [Applause.] If the doctrine of neutrality is to prevail, I wish from both, which either permits recruits lo go to each or excludes them from each, and Ihus to put the two parties upon an equality in all things, ant) leave the spirit ot freedom to strug'gle against the power of despolisiii. [Long-continued applause.] Gentlemen, I-.will not dttain you by making a speech on these AVIii- enormities. The cata-logue is long, and should 1 attempt logo through it. I should occupy so much time that iny honorable friends who are lo follow inc v^ould not have an opportunity lo be heard to-night. ■ A Voice : Go on all night. [Applause ] Mr. Douglas. Follow the foreign policy of this Wh:g Administration !o C,-nir:i\ .•\:,,.-rira. to Nil ragua, Ihe rou i.tlantic and Pacific pos-^essio unpardonable ac.^ot acts of nommis:. « , • honor of this i even in the !.-i .. seem to have an . . nrtncrship Willi d t„ -3 which may ex; i.n:? the two great ■ 1 mors -. :'.igranl :.,i,i,-,is and the ', •; been witnessed i Applause.] They . . .loiple of -liavinga . m all of the iatii- the continent con- They make a treaty eat Britain in relation to Nicaragua and ; ■ :il,.,squi!o coast, -.vritien lu such Icrms that \ho imercan peopl,- m. I- : "■■'• i: -■ ' > :.i!- ,,.lt-ii to ex- ,el the Hritisb ! - - .., instead f insisting up,' 1 1 . - .■ treaty. .,d expflliLri; "■ - . V -, . .-i ll.is Ad- .,: :■,,-'; - ' - V. ! : ..= to pay Th. You [In response, thr^e cheers were given with a hcarly good will by the assembled masses arouml the stand.] Mr. Do'iglas. The time has arrived v.hca America shoubl take her position among the na- tions of Ihe earth, and assert those principles which her destiny and her mission demand she should maintain. [\pplRU3c.] The time is at hand when li-e dcclt-ri-'ion of Pi csident Monroe, that there 132 THE SIGNAL should be no more European colonizalion upon the | \incrUan continent, should be rigidly and eacred- i iv enforced. 1 will go further : The tiu:e ha3 ar- I rived when we should say to Great Brilain, While I wcdo not Interfere with any of your vested rights 30 long 33 you respect ours, you must not and siiftil not extend your posaeesions in America one inch. (Cheers.] I hold that the Caribbean sea and | the Gi.if of Mexico are American watbr3, and : slu.uld be treated as closed seas lotlie exclusion of all European powers. The commanding position of this irreat Republic, which extends Iroui ocean to ocoon with piculiar interests in the various isth- muses of Panama, Nicaragua, Tehuanlepec, and every other thoroughfare across the coudnent, re- ouires that we should not only assert but main- lain this declaration. 1 will say, further, these ffreat principles of national policy can never be carried out under a Whig administration. [Laugh- ter and applause,] , . ■ r I have not deemed it necessary to inquire of General Pierce what his opinions are upon these various subjects, nor shall I deem it proper to do • o for the simple reason that we know him to be a Democrat [Applause] His life attests the pu^ ritv of his prinriplea and the firmness with which he mainiains them; and no Democrat can be in- sensible to the rights, interests, and honor of Ame- rica on questions so vital as these. Hence, if you wish to accomplish a great and thorough rclurm in the policy and practice of this Gov/"-"- From the Charlcslown ( Va.) Free Press HON. C. J. FAULKNER. I'he following is the reply of hanic to Mr. Faulkne Hr. Toombs's speech: BoLivAB, ne telligeiit me- , for the favor of a copy of ciples laid down ii that but little is neither countenat order, faction, oi those resolutions are so fjroad pft for me to add" — "I should ce nor tolerate any sedition, dia- resibtance domestic affairs or foreign rcraVions',' in the purity of its political principles, the strictness with which the Constitution is to be construed, maintained, and executed, and the fid.lity with which State rights are to be pro Iccled the only chance you have is to restore the Democracy to power. [Cheers.] But it is urged by the Whigs that it is unnecessary for us to elect a Uemocralic President, for the reason that we now h"ve a Democratic Congress, and (hey have no hope that their people will ever elect a Whig Congress, and therefore Democratic principles must continue to prevail. [Cries of "^ever ! and great cheering.] Why should a minority of the people be permitted to wield the Executive power of a great nation? Of what use is it to eltct a Democratic Congress to enact laws for us unless we can have a President to execute them in the sense and spirit with which they were enacted.' You never can accomplish any great work of re- forin unless there is entire harmony and sympathy between all of the branches of tbe Government. A thoroligh victory is essential to this great work of reformation, and, my. fellow-citizens, 1 feel that that victory awaits us. I know that the popular heart beats high for the time of action 1 know that the Democracy are stimulated by those no- ble and patriotic emotions which will make them irresistible when they come up to the polls. I know that you feel as I do-that you are eager for the contest, and only await for the hght to come on — until you shall have an enemy m the held who dares to stand before you. [Prolonged cheering ] , . There is one point of danger, or one mode m which our ticke.t can be defeated. We most not be too confident of success, without using the means necessary to render our triumph certain. If we enter the contest tvith a zeal and energy commensurate with the high and noble objects to be attained, a glorious triumph awaits us as sure as the day of election arrives. A Voice: What will be the majority in Illinois for Pierce and King ! , , . iVlr Douglas. A (riend behind me osks what maiority wc are going to give General Pierce and Colonel King in Illinois.' Well, I am not prepared the Democrats ol Illinois are a modest people, and liicv are un\villing to moriily our Iricnds in the other Slates t>y too great a contrast between our maiority and ihtira. [Liughter and cheers.] the ffentleman will tell us how la Harper's Ferry, Va , July 23, 1Sd-2. Sib: 1 am one of those who, before the present constilutioE of Virginia went into operation, were subjects of the Government without being citizens Consequently I had no vote to give you last No vember; bui my gratitude for your efficient labors in the State Reform Convention, my confidence in the soundness of your opinions upon all the great questions which divide the two great political par- ties, and my admiration of' your character and abilities as a public man, enlisted me warmly in your support: and, on my part, nothing within the small compais of my abilities was left undone that could contribute to your election. I therefore ask of your courtesy (what perhaps a constituent might claim Irom his Representative as a right) permission to address you a few words in relation to the extraordinary political course you have thought prope- to pursue, and in answer to the coinmunicatio.i I have just received froin you, in the shape of a speech delivered by Mr. Toombs, of Georgia, "toucliing the approaching Presidential lection," to which is appended the "pronuncia- lento" which has made you and your associate secedcrs famous. The legitimate inference from thefact of your having circulated this speech is, endorse the sentiments and opinions it contains, as well ps those contained in the address to which you have affixed your signature. I have these documents (or rather this do ment) now before me. It purports to give reasons, or some of them, why you refuse to s port General Scott for the Presidency, and advise Southern Union Whigs to prefer General Pierce. I have read them carefully, and I cannot discover a single one that will bear investigation. All are based upon false premises. Says Mr. Toombs: "I dj not know of a single sentiment ever uttered by General Scott, in rela- tion to the principles settled by the Compromise, If tieman will tell us how large a majority tccive in New York, Pennsylvania, y other Dejnocatic Slate, add live thousand to that, and yoo will have in lUinoia. [Great applause prolonged ] Here Jod^c D. took his seat amid longed cheers and applauec. Graham, the father of William A. Gra- Whig candidate (or the Vice Presidency ed States, is Field Book of the RevoL men of North Carolina w the aruiy which was iigh' 4MB3 THOn lee ted to Hy, fowa. object of slavery in gei that is in unison with my own, or the convictions of the slaveholding States of this Union." The "pronunciamento" says: "He obstinately refused, op to the time of his nomination, to give any pub- lic opinion in favor of the Compromise." Mr. Toombs says of General Pierce: "From my small knowledge of his history, I take him to be an early, consistent, and energetic opponent of anti-slavery fanaticism in all its forms; and a firm and decided friend of the Compromise." Now Mr. Toombs's knowledge of the history of Scott, as well as Pierce, must be very small in- deed, it he does not know IhatGeneral Scott most unqualifiedly declared himself in favor of those I measures, in the presence of thousands of his ' fellow citizens at Castle Garden, in the city of Nev; Yurk. Was not that giving a "public opinion in favor of those acls.>" 1 cannot imagine whatcon- titutes a public expression of opinion, it that peech was not one. You cannot be ignorant of his fact, nor of the other conclusive (act, that General Scott, in Washington, while those mea- rcB were pending, supported Clay with all his ability and influence in his efforts to procure their passage Thus the objection falls to the ground. May I ask you, in this connexion, if General Pierce did not refuse to "give any public expres- sion of opinion in favor of the Compromise," when interrogated by R. G. Scott, of Richmond.; and has he ever replied to Mr. Scott's letter up to this date.' Moreover, sir, does your knowledge of General Pierce's history comprise any cognizance of the fact that, in a speech at New Boston, in New Hampshire, he declared that "he loathed the Fugitive Slave law;" that "he had a horror of giv- ing up a slave;" that "the leatures of the Fugi- tive Slave law were opposed to the common law, to moral right, and to humanity.'" Permit me to express my astonishment that .any man, with those ,k any one IS not since oi his ap- iistmont of in Whigs, IS, quibbling made to u as that contained Union on any pretext, in any part of the land"— can be construed into any other meaning than un- qualified approval of the platform, the fompromise included. Nor can I see how the last paragraph but one of his letter can be made to mean any thing but that he gives "the known incidents of his long public life," his character and his fame, as security for his "strict adherence to the princi- ples of the Whig party, as expressed in the reso- lutions of the convention." You allege, as another reason why Southern Whigs should prefer Pierce to Scott, the fact that the latter is supported by "the open and avowed enemies of those measures," (the Compromise,) and is therefore unsound upon that question. The absurdity of this allegation is only equalled by the effrontery of presenting such argument to an intel- ligent people. If General Scott is a Freesoiler be- cause Seward supports him, and is tfierefore not en • titled to the support of the South, pray what con- stitutes Pierce's claim to that support, who num- bers among his partisans the two Van Burens, John P. Hafe, Robert Rantoul, B, F. Hallett,.&c. .> In answer to the position, which is ratherimplied than asserted by Mr. Toombs, (and consequently by you,) that the Democratic platform is equally explicit with that of the Whigs on the subject of the Compromise, it is only necessary to point to the facts— that while the latter considers those acts a "final adjustment, in principle and substance, of the subjects to which they relate," the former care- fully avoids the word "final," and, by a much fairer rule of construction than the one you apply to General Scott's letter, will mean that the Demo- cratic narlyare only pledged to execute them while e laws, reserving tbe right to repeal them. that while the Whig party are pledged to pport and maintain them, and insist on their rict enforcement, until further legislation shall be necessary- whichlegislation,whileit will guard gainst evasion of the laws on the one hand, and buse of their powers on the other, shall not impair heir present efficiency to carry out the require- nents of the Constitution— the Democratic party •adopted the principles of the Virginia and Ken- ucky resolutions ot '9S as constituting one of the creed, and is they 1 main foundations ol their pom resolved to carry them out in their obvious mean- ing and import;" the second of which resolutions lays down principles of construction which, if ad- mitted to be true, and applied to the Fugitive SUve law, render that law "void and of no force " It defines and provides means to ; unish crimes which cannot be reckoned among those enumerated in the resolutions of '9S, and all such laws are de- clared by those resolutions of 1798, and the Deino^ cratic resolutions of 1852, to be "altogether void and of no force." Think you that the southern Union Whigs will prefer this platform to tlieir "These reasons, sir, thus set forth in the document you have sent me, are not sufficient to shake my allegiance to the Whig party, to impair my confi- dence in its great principles, or in the great man who has been selected to bear its standard in this campaign. And I am confide:it that 1 express the sentiment of the entire Whiff portion ol your con- stituency in this district, when I say that you h '"<■ utterly tailed to justify your ,=- trict; at no time has better order, better speaking, or better spirits enlivened a political meeting. The rally of the Whigs is but just commencing. The eflorts of our working men are yet to be felt. Our future demonstrations will show that a tri- John Van Buken, his father in IS-IS, is e. will be elected in 1S52 The accounts from Harrisburg represent that the Whig mass meeting at that place on Friday was one of the largest political gatherings ever held in that section of Pennsylvania. Great enthusiasm prevailed, and every indication was given that the vole of the Keystone State would be cast for the hero of two wars, the anniversary of one of whose battles (that of Churubusco) was chosen as an ap- propriate occasion for the holding of the meeting. A telegraphic despatch to the Philadelphia Sulle. tin gives the following account of the gathering: Habbisbdrq, August 2t). At an early hour this morning our streets were enlivened with bands of music, and hundreds of Whigs were parading the streets in .-.11 directions. This Deing the anniversary of the battle of Churu- busco, seema to have infused a martial air in all the proceedings. There has not been such a pour- ing into this place since the days of General Har- rison. Every road to the city is filled with vehi- cles of all descriptions — some bearing mottoes suitable to the occasion. The cars from the Cum- berland Valley were crowded to aulTocation. Every public house is doubly filled. The best feeling pervades everywhere. The delegation from Philadelphia arrived thia morning at 5 o'clock, accompanied by Gaul's Brass Band and the Scott Glee Club. They have given us 8 .nie excellent music, both vocal and instru- mental. A delegation is here aUo from Lancaster county in large numbers, with flaunting bannera and excellent music. The delegations from Lancaster city, Columbia, and Bainbridge would have been much larger haci it not been for a difficulty between the Canal Com- missioners and the Pennsylvania Iliilroad Com- pany. .Among the delegations making handsome, dis- plays. I particularly notice those from Cumberland, Franklin, Perry, York, Dauphin, Lebanon, Union, MilHin, Huntingdon, and Blair. They all have ap. propriatc and unique banners, and an abundance .\mong the speakers present are Hon. Robert T. Conrad and John E. Latta, of Philadelphia; Hon. M. Sevier, of Louisiana; J.' Henry Clay Mudd, of California; General William H. Irwin, of Lewis- tov.-n; Thomas E. Crjchran, esq , of York; Captain R. T. Merrick, of Baltimore; A. R. Sollera, esq., of Maryland: Colonel A. G. Curtin, of Centre; Hon. James Pollock, of Northumberland. A later account in the same paper slates thai the speakers generally were distinguished men, able and eloquent, and that a tine spirit was aroused in the friends of General Scott. The same correspondent says: "The meeting was organised at half-past two o'clock in the court-house lot, where a platform was erected with flags and banners. "General William H. Irwin, of Mifliin couuty, presided, assisted by a large number of vice presi- dents and secretaries. "Hon. Robert T. Conrad, of your city, was then introduced to the meeting, and delivered one of the most chaalp, eloquent, and impressive speeches I have ever listened to. I regret that 1 am unable to give you a full report of it. "He was followed by Hon. Mr. Sevier, of Lou- isiana, General Leslie Coombs, of Kentucky, and Hon. Mr. Johnson, of Ohio, all of whom made very able speeches "The speaking was interspersed with music by the bands and the Philadelphia Glee Club, which tended to enliven the meeting. The glee club es- pecially attracted much attention, and their per- formances were luijidly applauded. "The meeting adjourned about « o'clock to meet again in the court-house at hail-past 7 in the eve- nine:. "They assembled agreeable to adjournment, when iMr. Merrick, of Baltimore, was introduced, ,..,:,.,;,, -t d the meeting at considerable length I i i: 'Illy. The court-bouse was perfectly i.iji I, 1, i one-half the people who desired to ! ;i( iti. .-.leaking were unable to get in; so another iiiceu:.g WHS organized in Market Square, where a large crowd assembled, and were adilrcsscd from the steps of the Washington Hotel bv Hon. Mr. Campbell, of Ohio. John Williamson, Major Ray- mond, and Major Cresswell, of Blair county. " Whilst the speaking was going on at this point, a number of rockets were thrown frum the square, v.'hich tent-ed to enliven the occasion and add to the effect. "The nieetingin the court housewas kept up till a late hour. 134 THE SIGNAL. ^] " Aficr Mr. Wcrrick, it was addressed by tloii. Sol. Fuot. of Vt., and Mr Coffee, of Blair county, wiih music in tbc intervals by the glee club." In the course of the evening, Jainea Fox, ceq., from a coininittec on the subject, introduced a se- ries of resolutions, which were unanimously adopt- ed, and from which we extract the following ; "iiMo/prd, That Gen. WisriKiD Scott deserves the support, not only of every true Whig, because he is thf nominee of the Whig party, but of every true American, because for more than forty years bis life has been devoted to his whole country— North, South, East and West— because he has fought her battles amid the snows of Canada and under the burning sun of Mexico; because he has in- creased her territory, always carried her (lag to victory, and filled the world with her martial re nown. "Resolred, That General Winfied Scott IB not only the first captain of the age, but a sound, wise, and practical statesman. He studied law, was ad' mitted to the bar, and is one of the best interna lional lawyers in the United States. He was sent as a diplomatic agent to Europe by President Madison ; he was sint to negotiate, treaties with the Indiana, and enforce the laws in South Caroli OS, by General Jjckeon ; and he was invested with civil power and aulhorily, and sent by Mar- tin Van Burcn to Eetlle the diflicultiea on the north- eastern boundary between this country and Great Britain. His services, and his claims upon tlj tudc of the people are the same as those of ashington, Jackson, Harrison, and Taylor. '•Resolvid, That in William A. Graham, oI North Carolina, the Whig candidate for the Vice Presidency, we have a patriot, a statesman, and an honest man. His eminent talents command our admiration, and his sound principles and excellent character will secure our warm and undivided sup- port. •' yjeso/ufd, That we cordially, fully and em phitically endorse the resolutions paesed by the Whig National Convention at Baltimore ; that the resolutions on the question of Internal Improve- our decided approbation ; that union, compromise and harmony, should be our watchwords ; and (hat, in the language of Daniel Webster—" hi the dark and troubled night around us, there is no hope or safety save in the action of the united and harmo- nious Whig party." •'Resolved, That the so-called Democratic party is a party entirely destitute of any real principles, and that i!a only consistent and cardinal one ia "the cohesive power of public plunder." It adopts principles and abandons them without any regard to right or wrong, but only from motives of expe- diency and power. It was once a bank parly, then an anti-bank party, and is now a .bank pary again. It was once a tariff party, and then a free trade party. It has repeatedly declared its hos- tility to the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and made opposition to this measure a plank in the Baltimore platform. Democr.-itic members of Congress have abandoned their plat- form, and recently voted for distribution of the public lands. It has repeatedly opposed internal improvements, and made opposition tc them a plank in Ibe Baltimore platform. Democratic members of Congress have abandoned their plat- form, and voted for internal improvements. The whole history of the party proves that it is a party of selfish interests and expediency, and not of principle. ••R-tolved, That the Democratic parly has re- peatedly violated the most solemn pledges. It vio- lated its pledge to maintain the tariff of 1842. It violated ita pledge to maintain the clear and indis putablc rights of American citizens to £4 deg. 40 rain., and surrendered the whole north of Oregon to Great Britain, with hardly a struggle. It vio- lated iirt pledge in favor of economy, retrenchment, and reform in the expenditures of public money; and it violated the Jcfferaonian rule for public ser vanis— 'honesty, capacity, and fidelity to the Con- Bt-tution'- and proscribed every political opponent in the most unsparing and ruthless manner. "Resolved, That it is the duly of every true .\merican and good citizen to attend the polls in October and November, and vote lor Huffman and Buffington, Graham and the great and glorious hero ol Chippewa— General Winficid ^ott." The meeting adjourned at a late hour with tre mendous cheering, and n degree of enthusiasm rarely surpassed ou similar occasions. He Never Knew It.— In a recent speech the Hon. Thomas F. Marshall remarked: "They tell ino that Mr. Pierce was a member of Congrcs when I was; it may be, but if he was I never knev il."—Pliilttdelj>hia IS'iws. F,om the Eutaic (Am.) Whig. WHIG MEETING IN ALABAMA. A meeting of the Whigs of Greene county was held in the court-house, in Eutaw, on the 7th in- stant, when, on motion. Dr. Zach Meriwethee I was<:alled to the chair, and Wm. H. Fowlek re ! quested to act as secretary. Joseph W. Taylor, esq., offered the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: The Whigs of Greene county here assembled, approving of the nomination of Winfield Scott and William A. Graham as the Whig candidates foi- President and Vice President of the United States, and also of the call of a Stale Convention at Montgomery on the first day of September next to appoint a Whig electoral ticket lor the State of Alabama, do hereby resolve — 1. That surrendering all personal preferences, we approve tlie nominations of the National Whig Convention 2nd will yield them a cordial and 2. That in the platform adopted by the Whig National Convention we recognise the embodi- ment of our principles as a party, and in Winfieid Scott and Wm. A. Graham the fit men to carry them into effect. 3. That we spprove the call of a State Whig Conventional Montgomery on the 1st of Septem- ber, and respond to the same by authorizing and requesting the chairman of this meeting to ap- point delegates from different sections of the county to reprcfent the Whigs of Greene in the said convention. On motion of Colonel Jo. Pickens, it was resolved that the blank in the third resolution be filled by the number "one hundred and fifty." And the chairman having selected that number of delegates, the meeting adjourned. We observe, by the Potter Union, that Hon. David Wilmot addressed the Young Men's Demo- cratic Club of Coudersport, on which occasion he expressed himself well satisfied with the nomina- tions of Pierce and King, and declared his deter- mination to give them his hearty at:d cordial sup- port. — Derncci-atic Union. To show the beautiful consistency of the Union, it is only necessary to remark that in the same number of the paper which contains the above an- nouncement, two or three columns are taken up in a labored effort to prove that General Scott is the candidate of the Abolitionists. Thus while Locofocoism vilifies General Scott, by attempting to fasten upon him the stigma of Abolitionism, it hugs to its bosom such "woolly headed" ad- vocates of "higher law" as the notorious David Wilmot — the master-spirit of Abolitionism in Pennsylvania— and a man whose fanatical Aboli- tion sentiments have rendered him odious to the peace-loving, Union-loving, law-abiding people everywhere. Wilmot, says the Union, "is well satisfied with the nomination of Pearce and King," and will give it his "hearty and cordial sup- port." Of course he will. For Pierce has always sustained PVilmot and his proviso, and been one of the most active supporters of Abolitionism in New Hampshire. Why shouldn't Wilmot be "well sat- isfied" with the nomination of a man who, like himself, •■loathes the Fugitive Slave law," who "hates and deplores" the institution of slavery, and regards it as "repugnant to Democratic prin- ciples " With an Abolition candidate for President, sup- characteristic impudence charges General Scott with being the candidate of the Abolitionists. Wby Governor Bigler's deputy secretary of the Com- monwealth, Mr. Goodrich, an out and out "woolly head," and said to be the principal editor of that cb:isle sheet, the Investigator, was recently on a mission to the North, lor the purpose of aiding Wilmot in "regulating" matters in that strong- hold of Abolitionism, and securing the **woolly head" vote for the man who ••loathes tite Fugitive Slave lato." And yet the {/,ito7t— theadvocate and apologist of David Wilmot — charges Abolitionism upon General Scoltand the Whig party! "Shame, where is thy blush!" Such is the consistency of these Locofocos. Claiming to be, par excellence, the' friends of the Compromise measures, they basely pander to the Abolitionists, and support for the Presidency a man whose nomination receives {he. ••hearty and eorrfjui" sanction of th« master-flptrits of the Abo- liiiun party ! Thus we find the Locofocos, the Abiiliiionists, and the Southern Disuniuuista all dancing upon one platform— all supporting a can- didate who, like theiDseives, •• loathes the Fugitive Slbve law," and preparing for a vigor oua move- ment in favor of its repeal, and the re-agitation of the exciting questions which so long disturbed the peace and harmony of the Union, and at one time threatened its dismemberment. The Whigs, on the other hand, present the peo- ple a candidate who ia known to be the fast friend ol the Union, the Constitution, and the laws— a candidate who is free from every taint of section- alism— who is liberal and national in his views— who knows no East, no West, no North, no South, nothing but the whole Union— who will "indig- nantly frown upon the first dawning of an attempt" to disturb the peace and endanger the safety of the Union by the re-agitation of questions which, hap- pily, have been finally aiiJUsted by the adoption of the peace measures of 1850. The explicit declara- tions of the Whig National Convention in favor of the Adjustment measures, and the promise of Gen- eral Scott to uphold and enforce them, have created a perfectly national basis, on which the united Whig party will sland and triumph in the coming From the Richmond ( Fa.) Republican. A Fertluent Q,nesUou. The Democratic papers are constantly asking, " Why does not General Scott resign r" And the Whigs answer, " Because nobody is more compe- tent than he to fill the place he holds, and because neither necessity nor propriety requires it. He haa nothing to do with the civil admiuiatration of the Government, and has no patronage to bestow, and therefore ought not to resign." Everybody acknowledges his competency as a commander of the American army— and the peo- ple are merely considering whether they will pro- mote him, and make him commander-in-chief of the army and navy. This, we think it probable, they mean to do, and therefore they don't want him to resign. They don't want him to play the part of Beliearius. 'They think he has nobly earn- ed a aopport, the balance of bis-iife, from his coun- try—and they mean to raise his wages, and increase his honors and responsibilities. No man who has a soul above that of the smallest animalcule would desire to deprive General Scott of hia well-earned reward. But we have a question to ask in return: "Wby does not Senator King resign.'' Why didn't he lol- low the example of Graham.'"* He has a hand iu the direction of civil affairs. He ia Vice President pro tern ; a very worthy gentleman personally, (though he did vote for the United States Bank,) and has a potential voice in shaping the laws of the nation. We venture to say he won't vote against a settla's bill noto, if any such should come up for consideration. Why don't the Democrats — the unadulterated, office-haling gentlemen — why don't they insist upon Senator King's resignation.^' We are not very intimate with political history as early as Mr. King's first service; we don't know whether there has been any example of a Demo- cratic candidate resigning one office before he got another; but we are not aware of a single instance of delicacy equal to that evinced by Secretary Graham in retiring from official station because he was nominated for a higher post. Messrs. Adams, Clay, Calhoun, and Crawford, all held on to their official positions whilst they were Presidential can- didates — and they were all Republicans— and no- body found fault with them for doing so. Mr. King ia right in holding on— and so is Gen- eral Scott. The great body of the people do not give in to the demagogue cant of the day. They are not ungrateful, and the first week of Novem- ber will demonstrate this most conclusively. They will say to General Scott, "You have been faithlul over a few — we'll make you ruler over many." Hon. Thomas F. MARSiiALL.-The Whig Cen- tral Committee of Kentucky have appointed the Hon. Thomas F. Marshall the Whig candidate for elector in the Lexington district in the place of Mr. Garrett Davis, resigned. Mr. Marahall haa accepted the appointment, and was to meet Mr. Johnson, his Democratic competitor, at the Owen county court yesterday. Mr. M., we are told, made a splendid speech at Frankfort on Saturday evening, and with the finest effect. A distinguished citizen who heard it writes to us that, if such a speech were made in every neighborhood in Kentucky, General Scott's ma- jority would reach thirty thousand. We hope that, after Mr. Marshall shall have canvassed hia own district, he may be prevailed on to go into other districts and administer on General Pierce. ILouisville Journal, nth. THE SIGNAL 135 Fro,a tke Louisville. Jo.rnaL ,, ^ • , , ^^"'fV' ""f Z'Tif 're _ TT J .1 ■ I Mr. Crittenden moved to take up lue bill re- The Irish a.vd their Friends.— Under this .^^^.^^j by him yesterday for tbe reUef of the suf head Uie Clevelaiiil Forest Cily brings up some j-gj.i^g po,,,. of Inland and Scotland. reminiscences that may be deemed exceedingly] Mr. Sevier (Dem.) opposed the motion, and i^^^ .^.„ •, ,■ , .1,1= timp ThP I,-:,h n'i™ for his pre-| Jeas_^(we omiMh^^^^^^^^^ tendedlossesby a contract voluntarily entered into pj^^.^ ^g have it^in black and white, and no by himself. The Democracy of our National Leg- ' dodging. Only ekctn Locofocos out of lUU voted i3lature never find an obstacle in 'ho Constitution j to --jhcWsh^from^^^^^^^^^^^^^ when they wish to bestow largesses upon '"eir I ^^opriation, so nobly fought for by Gov. Crit- favorites; but, if an appeal is made to them to givejtenden, passed, it would have saved nearly a mil- something to save an unfortunate nation from '^l^l^^a^^^^ Z:'^-:::::^;:^:^'^ miserable death by famine, the Constitution rises , ^|^^ brawling leaders of the Locofoco party to show up at once like a mountain in their path. We don't ] their love and regard for the (fear Irishmen whom think that such a Democracy will at all answer the { they so fondly treat and hug just before each elec- purposes either of the Irish or of the Ameiicans. The following is given by the Forest City from the official records of Congress: RISH RELIEF EILL. Senate, Feb. 25, 1847. (Whia) introduced a bill appro- to be expended in provisions, an of the President, and to the famishing poo -nd, I'HoiiAS H, Clay. Colonel John Pickeli.. Old Berks Waking Up— A largeand enthusias- tic meeting of the Whigs of Berks county was held in Reading on the 2J instant. Horatio Trex- ler, of Reading, presided, assisted by a number of vice presidents and secretaries. The meeting was addressed by George W. Adams, Charles K. Rub. ertson, William P. Seibert.csq , and Colonel Hugh Lindsay. A series of spirited resolutions •adopted, warmly-applauding the nominatio of Ireland; Scott and Graham, Hoffman and Bufhngton, and ■and Scotland in a national vessel." ' ' calling a coutjty convention to nominate a county Mr. Crittenden supported the bill with great j ticket on the 11th Septem^her^^^^^^_ THE Mr. Crittend priating $500,( WUig Fidelity not ReUaJied. .From the I^onisvitle Journal. Nearly all of the Democratic organs aro boast- ing that the defections in the Whig ranks on ac- count of General Scotfs nomination were nume- rous at first and are constantly increasing; but the Madison (La ) Joimial is pathetically bewailing the readiness with which the V/higa fail into line. ''^When we heard the Whigs, in (he intensity of their wrath and disappointment, denouncing the noininati in of Snolt, we really bthcvo.d them in ., ., ; ' I !;l;eacrowd of runaway schoolboys, 1 ,. ■, slipping back, one at a time, uutil -ly all at their accustomed places, y I , - ,.,,ir that the nomination suits them ex- ao,,' W .:c:i another nominalion is made for Prusidcnl wc shall wait thirty days before we put pen to paper in expression of public sentiment." There appears to be a very material dilforcnce between the experience of one parly and that of the other. When Scott was first nominated, a. very few Whigs, who had a wrong impresjion m re"-ard to him, stood aloof, but, since becoming ac- quainted with hia noble and sterling qualities, thsy are coming cordially into his support. As for the Democracy, they, acting in oonipliance with tho well-known and rigorous discipline of their party , seemed at first to go with one accord into the sup- port of Pierce, presuming, on the autoority of the convention, that he was worthy of their support, but finding from numerous developments ihat ha is not entitled to their suffrages, many of them are abandoning him and declaring for his glorious old competitor. India? in Indian portin __., : News eloquence and force. Messrs. J. M. Clayton (Whig) and Cass (Dem.) followed on the same .'iide. Mr. Niies (Dem.) opposed the till as setting a danserous precedent ; when, on motion of Mr. r^ . , r , Bagby (Dem.,) it was postponed until to-morrow. ibody-.ofGonsral Pierce,»-Proi.i,(tnc<> Journal. Election.— The electii beginning to excite a proper degree of interest anlong ttie Whigs. The election lor Governor and other State olBcers, members of Congress, &c.. takes place in the early partof October. The pre. 7fl sent Governor is a candidate for reelection, and "a as he is a first-rate demaerogue— making speeches I to the people eix days in The week, and hypocriti- I cally addressing Sabbath schools on the sevenih-- it is supposed may be elected. If. however, hia 1 majority does not exceed four thousand in October, . ! tht, »3t«*p rmv bp rpiifd UDon for Scott in Novem- The Commonwealtk says that John Ml^^^ State may be^rel.rd^up.^n^^ members of Con- of the Free- \ g'ss has been made, and it is hardly possible that )vcr tho dead Uhc Whi^ecan do worse than they have done. ' " [S«. iffiiw BepubHcan. ; Mr. H ' P. Halo will accept the nomin Boilers. Does he intend to "v 136 THE SIGNAL. THE SIGNAL. CITY OF WASHINGTON, AUG. 28, 1853. WHIG NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDENT, V\[NFIELD SCOT'P, Of New Jeifsey. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, Of Norlh Carolina. THE PRESIDENTIAL CANVASS OF 1840 AND OP 1852. We publish this week the speech of the Hon. Daotel Weisiger Ad.\ms, of Missis- sippi, made before a Whig meeting at Jackson, in that Slate, on the 16th of July, and invite to it the particular attention of our readers. •'Mr. .Apams," says the Kentucky Comm'nn- tnealth of the 13th instant, "is a native of Frankfurt — he is known here— his word will carry conviction in this community. There cannot be the least question of the truthfulness of his report of what General Scott said" on the occasion to which he refers — the interview between the Mississippi delegation and Gene ral Scott at Washington. A portion of this speech we have already published, but the whole of it deserves universal circulation and nn attentive perusal by all good Whigs. The game which the Democratic party are playing in the present canvass is but a repeti- tion of that of 1840. Martin Van Buren was then held up to the country as "the Northern man with Southern principles." Gen- eral Harrison was denounced as the nominei and associate of Abolitionists. In the debate ir the House of Representatives in March, 1840, on the proper mode of disposing of abol tion petitions, every Locofoco speaker charged General Harrison with being an Abolii ist or with strongly favoring the views of the Abolitionists; and eulogized Mart Van Buren as the great friend and champii « had about here. RODNEY McCOLLOM. Sworn, July 27, 1SS2, before JOSEPH COCHRAN, Jr., Justice of the Peace. I, E. W. Griffin, of Pepperill, in the county of Middlesex, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, cer- tify and say, that I was at New Boston, in the county of Hillsborough, and State of New Hamp- shire, on the second of January last, and that I heard the speeches of B. F. Ayer, esq , and Gene- ral Franklin Pierce, and that I heard A. T. Foss ask him several questions, ABRAHAM COCHRAN, SOLOMON M. McCURDY, JAMES McCURDY. and heard General replii I distinctly recollect of hearing General Frank- lin Pierce say that he had the most revolting feel- ing at the giving up of a slave; that he loathed the Fugitive Slave law; and other expressions ot similar import concerning slavery and the Fugi- tive .Slave law. E. W. GRIFFIN. Sworn, August 10, 1862, before ROBERT MOORE, Justice of the Peace. I, Nathan Hall, of New Baston, county of Hills- borough, and State of New Hampshire, depose and say, that I attended a political meeting holden in this town on the second day of January, 1852, at which meeting General Franklin Pierce made a political speech, and 1 distinctly recollect that he gpokc of slavery and the Fugitive Slave law as a moral wrong and revolting to his feelings. N.\THAN HALL THE SIGNAL 139 We, Kobert Warren and William P. Warren, cf the townsLip of Goffstown, county of Hillsborough, and State of New Hampshire, depose and say, that we were present at a political meeting holden in New BoEton, in said county of Hillsborough, and State of New Hampshire, on the 2d day of January, 1852, which meeting was addressed by General Franklin Pierce, and we distinctly recollect that he eaid, in -answer to questions proposed to him, that the Fugitive Slarc law was opposed to moral right and to humanity, and that his feelings rc- vollcd at the idea of giving up a fugitive slave. Rl>BERT WARRKN, WM. P. WARREN. Sworn, July 27, 1852, before JOSEPH COCHRAN, Ja., Justice of the Peace. I, Sandy Smith, of New Boston, county of Hills- borough, and State of New Hampshire, depose and say, that on the second day of January, 1852, I attended a political meeting in this town, which was addressed by General Franklin Pierce, and 1 dietinclly recollect that heepokeof slavery and the Fugitive Slave law as morally wrong, and odious to his feelings, but which he thought should be submitted to for the present to preserve our National Union. I distinctly recollect that he said no man abhor- red slavery more than he; that he never saw a hu- man being in bondage without feeling his heart revolt at it. SANDY SMITH. .Sworn, July -iS, 1352, before JOSEPH COCHRAN, Ja., Justice of the Peace. I, David Kelso, of New Boston, in the county of Hillsborough, and Slateof New Hampshire, depose and say, that on the second day of January, A. D. 1852, I attended a pohtical meeting holden at said New Boston, at which General Franklin Pierce made a political speech, and I distinctly recollect that he spoke of slavery and the Fugitive Slave law as a great moral wrong, and as repulsive to hie feelings, and he used the expression, I never saw a human being in bondage without feeling my heart revolt at il; but be said we must submit to it as an evil for the sakeof preserving the Union. DAVID KELSO. Sworn, July 28, lh52, before JOSEPH COCHRAN, Ja. Justice of the Peace. I, Charles M. Fisher, of New Boston, in thecoun ty of Hillsborough, and State of New Hampshire, depose and say, that on the second day of Janua- ry, 1S62, 1 was present at a political meeting hold en at said New Boston, at which meeting General Franklin Pierce made a political speech, and I dis- tinctly recollect that he. General Pierce, spoke of slavery as morally wrong, and as repulsive to his feelings. He said that he never saw a human be- ing in slavery but he felt his heart revolt at it. lie further said that we ought to submit to the Com promise measures for the sake of quiet, and that our National Union might be preserved. CHARLES M. FISHER. Swum, July 29, )S52, before GEORGE A. FRENCH, Justice of the Peace. I, George W. Clark, of New Boston, county of Hillsborough, and State of New Hampshire, de- pose and say, that on the second day of January, 1852, 1 attended a political meeting in this town, which was addressed by General Franklin Pierce, and I recollect that he spoke of slavery and the Fu- gitive Slave law as a great moral wrong, and as odi- ous to tia feelings. He said that no man abhorred slavery more than liim.self, and that no man would do more than himself to abolish slavery if it could be done consistent witli th« Constitution; that be thought we ought to adhere to the Compromise for the sake of the National Union. GEORGE W. CLARK. Sworn, July 2S, lSo2, before JOSEPH COCHRAN, Ja., Justice of the Peace. I, Phinehas Dodge, in the town of New Boston, county of Hillsborough, and State of New Hamp- shire, depose and say, that 1 attended a political meeting in this town, on the second day of Janu- ary last, which was addressed by General Pierce, and I distinctly recollect that General Pierce spoke of slavery and the Fugitive Slave law as a great moral wrong and revolting to his feelings, but to which we must submit for the sake of preserving the Union. PHINEHAS DODGE. Sworn, July 27, 1S52, before JOSEPH COCHR-AN, Jk., Justice of the Peace. I, Jacob Baily,of the town of New Boston, coun- ty of Hillsborough, and State of New Hampshire, depose and say, that I attended a political meeting in this town, on the second day of January, 1S52, at which General Franklin Pierce made a political speech, and I distinctly recollect that be spoke of slavery and the Fugitive Slave law as a moral wrong; and, according to the best of my recollec- tion, he said that he loathed the Fugitive Slave law, but that we roust submit to it for the sake of preserving the Union. JACOB BAILY. Sworn, July 27, 1S52, before JOSEPH COCHRAN, Jr., Justice of the Peace. j I, Samuel Dane, of the town of New Boston, in the county of Hillsborough, and State ot New Hampshire, depose and say, that I attended a po- litical meeting, holden in this tO'Jvn on the second day of January, 1S32, which was addressed by General Franklin Pierce, and, while I cannot re- member the precise words which he used, I do recollect that he spoke of slavery and the Fug^Jive Slave law as a moral wrong, and as repulsive to his feelings; but he thought we must submit to it for the present to preserve the National Union. SAMUEL DANE. Sworn, July 28, 1S52, before JOSEPH COCHRAN, Jn., Justice of tile Peace. I, Stephen' Whipple, ol the town of New Boston, county of Hillsborough, and Slate of New Hamp- shire, depose and say, that I was present at a po- litical meeting holden in New Boston on the second day of January, 1S52, at which General Franklin Pierce made a political speech, and I distinctly recollect that he spoke of slavery and the Fugitive Slave law aa a great moral wrong, and as repul- sive to his feelings, but to which in the present circumstances we must submit for the sake of pre- serving the Union. STEPHEN WHIPPLE. Sworn, July2S, 1S52, before JOSEPH COCHRAN, Ja., Justice of the Peace. Let us see if Mr. Nurris and Mr. Hibbard will undertaiie to impeach the veracity of these witnesses. We take it for granted that the depo- nents entertain precisely the same feelings with regard to slavery that have been so repeatedly exhibited, in a marked public and official manner, by both Mr. Hibbakd and Mr. Nokris; but we do not think that on this account they are not to be believed upon oath. Of what value are general certificates, vague and sweep- ing disclaimers, against the positive and spe- cific AVERMENTS ON OATH OF MEN OP UNIM- PEACHED truth'? General Pierob'* own repiulialion Of Mr. Fuss's report amounts to nothing. It is in General Pierce's power, if he can do so con sistently with truth, to deny specifically the language on the slavery question attributed to him at New Boston, and to state as well as he can recollect the precise words which he really employed on tliat occasion. He owed it to himself and his party — if he took (my notice of the report — to disclaim il in such a manner that his disclaimer would "stick." He contents himself with saying that the " pretended re port" is an "entire misrepresentation." Now we knoxo from a dozen quarters, indeed il is admitted, that a large part of the report is not a misrepresentation. Oti some points all the loitncsses on both sides agree. But General Pierce says it isan "eniircmisrepresentation." This state of the case makes it necessary tor General Pierce to write a letter in which he shall correct his testimony in such a mnnner that it shall not conflict with that of n// the other witnesses. General Pierce has undertaken to impeach the correctness of a report made at the time, and now sworn to, by a Baptist clergyman in good standing; and that report now con- firmed by several other witnesses. We have still other affidavits, which we shall publish at our convenience. Meanwhile, will the Union furnish us with one of the several let ters which it has se'en from General Piercf. denying the "calumny" under his own signa- ture? It may be more specific and distinct to the points in controversy. The Repuilic admits the "frankness" of General Pierce's disclaimer of the words imputed to him by Foss, and also admits that his "personal character" gives credit to his disclaimer. But, in the face ot these admissions, and of the published testimony of the meetitig ilself, the Republic persists in its charge, upon no other authority than the pretend- ed report of an abolitionist, who is admitted to know nothing about reporting! Plainly, this is the conduct of a conspirator who no longer expects to be able to deny his conspiracy! Of a piece with this, and tending in the same manner to a confession of the conspiracy, is the pettifogging effort of the Hepiiblic to shift the issues in the case, to rely upon the resolutions heretofore adopted by New Hampshire Democrats, with which General Pierce's name is no way connected, and to make capital out of the circumstances under which General Pierce's letter comes before the pub- lic. All this has nothing to do with the question, and we do not propose to discuss it. lUnion. The above are the material paragraphs of the only article which the Union has ventured to indite in regard to General Pierce's defen- sive letter. They amount to a begging of one portion of the question and a surrender of an- other; and are altogether founded upon a piti- ful perversion of the articles already in the hands of our readers. Our "admissions" did not bear the con- struction put upon them by the Union. We said that the letter had the semblance of frankness, and that the character of its author as a man — not as a politician — might be as ex- cellentashis friends allege it is; but we said that, in the case now undergoing trial before the country, "personal character" could have little or no weight when balanced against th« Mas* of enminating l«stimony. We 140 THE SIGNAL. showed thai the charge, though primarily rest- ing oil the slatemems of Mr. Foss, is fully -sustained by other witnesses, and by the entire liome character of General Pierce and his friends. In existing circumstances, we attach as much credence to Mr. Pierce's "disclaim- er" as we siiould to Mr. Van Bdren's, and no more. The "shifting of the issues" has no reality out of the brain of our contemporary. We re- iterated the first issue arising out of the New Boston speech, and we reiterate it again, with Iho full conviction not only that General Pierce has not met it, but that his smooth evasion, under the guise of "frankness," adds immensely to the force of llie case against him. He has not dared to meet it. He has not touched one of the points involved. He has not at tempted to give a specific denial to any one of the Abolitionist expressions that are imputed to him. The whole force of the letter lies in its evasion of distinct allegations, and its de- vices to effect an escape under cover of high- sounding but vague and worthless generalities. Hut the other "issues" are not to be set aside because the Union, iias not the fairness or the courage to encounter them. They are relevant to the first issue, and not less imiHjrt- ant. They show that General Pierce's New Hampshire character is bad. They prove that his N.ew Boston denunciations of slavery and the Fugitive law are the echo of equally offensive sentiments uttered by the same speaker at numerous limes and places. The charge has tlierefore assumed much larger and more serious proportions than it had at first; and, however unpalatable to the Democracy, it will be pressed until the South is made tho- roughly familiar with the Freesoilisni of the Democratic nominee. The ill-affected lumclialancc with which the Union acknowledges these poitions of the question is very amusing. It has not a word to say in defence of Messrs. Norris, Hibbard, Peas- lee, and the other political sponsors of General Pierce. It tacitly concedes that they are as darkly dyed in Freesoilism as any Freesoilers in the country. It concedes that the New Hampshire Democracy are as hostile to the .South as we have alleged them to be. It con- cedes that General Pierce has, at other places than New Boston, delivered himself of all the Freesoil avowals which stand on the record against him. The Union virtually concedes all this, and tries to escape further trouble by remarking "it has nothing to do with the (jues- tion, and we do not propose to discuss it." We are content to lei it stand as it does. All our points are gained. The South will have the satisfaction of knowing that the Union ad- mits the whole of them. We have seen it stated (says the Boston Mlas) thai the Pierce Club at Concord, New Hampshire, the home of the General, have made .John \'an Buren, of New York, N. P. Banks, and Whiting Ghiswoi.d, of this State, honorary members. Messrs. Banks and Gris- woLD were members of the Massachusetts Le- gislature last year and this, and were among the most active of the Coalitionists to elect Mr. Sumner to the United States Senate. The junior editor of the Post voted for Hon. Henry VV'ilson, the President of the late Pittsburgh Freesoil Convention, for Slate Sena- tor last fall, and the I'ost and both editors ad- vocated his election. This information we submit to the judgment of those Whigs who are unwilling to accept General Scott, on the Whio platform, because he is supported by Governor Seward. GEN. PIERCE'S POSITION ON RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS IN 185J. We have found difficulty heretofore in as- signing to the candidate of the Democracy a definite position,ybr tke present year, upon some of the questions of general interest to (he Ame- rican people in the canvass now going on in this country. This difficulty has arisen partly from the fact that General Pierce's services in the cabinet, as well as in the field, have been of that moderate character which failed to attract the attention of the country at the time they were performed, and he thus passed through the period of action without making hi? "mark;" partly from the fact that, belong- ing to the "progressive" Democracy, and not having of late years been in Congress, it has been impossible for us to aver, with absolute ce:tainty, what vagaries and errors of his party he had outgrown within the last ten years, and what he still adhered to, in spite of the light eveiy year shed upon our path Bit'we are able thismorning to lay before our readers conclusive proof of Gen. Pierce's views in 1852 upon one of the great (juestions involved in the_approaching election. We con- gratulate the country upon being able to ,' fix" this wary politician upon the subject of river tnd harbor improvements. g.We now know JLSt what to expect fur river and harbor improvements if the Democratic nomiinee is elevated to the Presidency. If these improve ments shall be arrested by the election ot Gen. era! PiEtcE, the deed will be done with the eyes nj the people wide open, and the inhabitants of the lake shores and of the bordars of our great rivers sliould never afterwards send any peti- tions tu Congress for opening or iinprovin.g their waters. People of the Northwest and ol the Southwest, understand the issue before you, and in November next promulgate your decision whether to receive or to reject the im- provements you have been asking of the Gen- eral Government. If you vote for General Pierce, you condemn the policy of the peti- tions you have yourselves presented to Con- gress, and, to the extent of your ability, you voluntarily render all your hopes impossible of fulfilment. But to the proof. We present below the views of the Democratic nominee, as promul- gated by him in .lanuary last on the subject -under consideration. On account of the facili- ty of repudiation of imputed opinions, exhibitod by General Pierce and his friends, we have been careful to ascertain the exact reliable truth on the subject, before laying the follow- ing statement of his views before the public. We now challenge contradiction of any part of the statement hereai'ter set; forth. Mr. Har- vey, whose name appears below, stands above all reach of impeachment. He is a repu- table magistrate of New Hampshire, and has once or more been a member of the Legisla- ture. We also understand that Messrs. LrT TLB and Richards are highly estimable citi zens, whom no one will deny to be fully enti- tled to belief. It is worthy of remark that Gisneral Pierce in his attempt (which was sucreessfu!) to win back the anti-slavery Atwood Democrats into his party at the then approaching election, did not criticise the votes of Messrs. Hale and Tuck in favor of the Wilmot proviso, or their votes against any one of the Comipromise mea- sures. No; he was " as much op posed to sla- very as anybody," no doubt. But he must hold up before the Atwood men the gulph of " Federalism," into which fihUE and Tuck as he said, were plunging. Thej " Federal,' aburainable, anti-Deraucratic acts which Gen Pierce lays at the door of these men, and alleges against them as crimes, consist only in their votes for the River and Harhm- bill of the last Congress. Here follows the accountof General Pierce's views at Bradford, N. H., January^ 1852 : The undersigned, having- been requested lo make pubhc the views of General Franklin Pierce on the subject of river and harbor improvements, as exDressed by himself at a. political ineetinif in Bradford on the 23d of January, 1852, respectfully state that I was present at said meeting, which was addressed by Hon. George W. Morrison and General Franklin Pierce, and took full notes for he purpose of reporting the speakers. A pre?e of iusine=8 at the time prevented my complcUng the eport in season for its appearance in the journals of the succeeding week, and therefore was not published. The speakers, among other things, spoke of the improvement of rivers and harbors by the General Government, and denounced it as being Federal policy; and that Meisrs. Hale and Tock were justly chargeable wilhFederal sympathies for sup. porting such measures in Congress. Mr. Morri- son, who preceded General Pierce in bis remarks, after asserting the unalloyed Federahsm of the measure in question, and of Messrs. Haleand Tuck for supporting them, stated that Democratic dele- gations in Congress from this State had uniformly votcJ against these measures. Healluded to a l)ill recently before Congress, and said that the propor- tion for this State to pay under its provisions would be about filty thousand dollars; and then asked what New Hampshire expected in reiurn for this outlay. General Pierce followed Mr- Morrison, giving great prominence to this question. He endorsed the remarks of Mr. M. respecting it, and said, in substance, that appropriations by the Federal Government fur the improvement of rivers and harbors was of a purely Federal character, and re- pugnant to the principles and practices of the De- mocracy of this State ; and that Messrs. Hale and Tuck were justly obnoxious lo the charge of Fede- ral sympathies for having supported such mea- sures. He pointedly affirmed that no person elected to Congress as a Democrat from this State had ever supported measures for these purposes. He put the question to the audience if this were not so, and paused for a reply, which was given in the atfirmative by some person near the speaker's s1aad. He then reaffirmed the position he had takeD, and proceeded with his address. The entire remarks of General Pierce on this subject were characterized by utter hostility to the improvement of river and harbors, and other works of internal improvements by the Federal Govern- I shall be ready to verify the foregoing on oath if called upon to do so. JACOB S. HARVEY. Sutton, Ahj;us16, 1852. The undersigned Avere present at a political meeting in Bradford, January 23, 1852, which was addressed by Hon. George W. Morrison and Gen- eral Franklin Pierce, and will statethatour recollec- tions of the remarks of the speakers respecting the improvementof rivers an I harbors by the Federal Government, agree with the foregoing slaienient as above set forth by Mr. Harvey. We distinctly recollect that General Pierce took ground in de- cided opposition to the prosecution of such objects on the part of the General Government. He treat- ed it as being Federal policy, which the Democracy of the State had constantly opposed; said that no person elected to Congress from this State as a Democrat bad ever supported soch measures, and tiiat Messrs. Hale and Tuck were justly obnoxious to the charge of Federal sympathies for doing so. He apparently attached great importance to this subject of river and harbor improvements, and his remarks throughout were characterized by un- compromising opposition to the same. To the truth of the above statement we hold our- selves in readiness to make oath whenever called upon to do so. PHILIP N. LITTLE, GEORGE W. RICHARDS. SoTTON, August 6, 1852. ScoTT AT THE West.— A merchant formerly re- siding in this city, and well k»own as being inde- pendent of parly ties, has just returned Irom the West, and tells us the feeling in favor of General Scott in Ohio is almost unanimous. He assures us there is no doubt that Ohio will give her vote for him, and that Indiana will throw a large vote in his favor, and that it is not impossible that her elsotoral vote Will be Whig.— /'rou. Daily Timts. THE SIGNAL. 141 PAY ACCOUNTS OF SCOTT AND PIERCE. U man^ J^jd'^l^^" ol^thc lk':d*'o? tattle 'who Inger- Iliad rendered illustrious and noble services to his jntry at the battle of Ohippewa, of Bridpfewater, and of Lundy'3 Lane; who had led our armies on According lo the Hon. Ch 30LL, ex member of Congress, (in a letter to Tammany Hall,) the administration .o{ Presi dent Pole was mainly distinguished by the "recall of General Scott from the head of the army which conquered Mexico;" and it seems that the Hon. Mr. Merriwethek, who re- § ntly took a six weeks' appointment to the United States Senate from the Governor of Ken- tucky, is ambitious of a like distinction by an attack on the same commander. Mr. Polk's act of injustice probably contri- buted much to the nomination of General Scott for the Presidency, and Mr. MEKRiwErnER's may, by another recoil, secure his election. T/ie short-term member has, through the Senate, called for an exact account of all the moneys received from the United States by the two candidates for the Presidency, while serving in the army; with the view, of course, to exhibit the immense difterence between the receipts of the two officers — Scott having served more than forty-four years, and Pierce but little more than a single year Is it the object of the short-term Senator to insinuate that the one year's service of Pierce ought to be as well coinpensated as the forty foiTr years' services of Scott? On the .sami^ principle, Mr. Merriwether, who has the honor of succeeding Mr. Clay, might claim the same compensation drawn by the illustrious deceased for his forty-odd years of ghj- rious services rendered to the Republic, (principally in the Senate.) Or, if this be not the meaning of Mr. Merrivv^ether, perhaps he may mean that no man ought to be allowed to hold an employment for more than General Pierce's military term; or, if longer, then his services should be without pay — that is, after the first year, the laborer being no longer wor- thy of his hire! Mr. M., however, is one of those who seem to think that General Pierce's military pay having been small, compared with his great services, he ought now, by way of supplemental compensation, to receive $2.'),000 a year, for one or two terms, as President of the United States. But it is idle lo dwell on the difference of pay received by any two public functionaries without a discrimination between the duration and the scute of their services. GeneralJiCKSoN, for e.xample, who served as a major general in the army about six years, received some $40,000 — much mure than the compensation of the gal- lant General Pike (killed in 1813) for the twenty years immediately preceding; and the same General Jackson, as President^ received in eight years more than the entire compensa- tion of General Scott in forty-four years, in- cluding the wars with Great Britain and Mexico. All this was right and proper enough. Gen- eral Jackson was paid according to the larger scale of his services. But this is not the first time that the pay of General Scott has been under consideration ' Congress. March 29, 1^44. in tlio House of Representatives, two prni,;,.,'! ,n ~ in it ted by the Hon. J. W. Dav.-. )' ill... k. f pers, who mount cruard irrsuccessioii.and with no other the ' ndeed th ho had s frle th rough w jeen p was ob vious tha cither office nor ottioer was in the slightest dange lietter of Colonel Strotlicr. We have received the following from Colonel Strothcr, in reply lo the inquiry of our last week's correspondent.— fKuneiiion Flas- Washington, D. C, Augusts, 1852. MvOeabSie: I observe in your paper a com- municalion from Rappahannock, inquiring my pusilion in the Preridcnlial election, and your edi- iori.U in reply.. Do me the favor to slate, for the inlorination of your correspondent, and of any others who doubt and desire to know my position, &c , if any there that, lis a Whig, I approve witiiout re.^ervatvon tl.eprmcip; ; was General So I of the Bah md i iill adv the ■ solace than a good conscience, and a mug of ' hard cider; no other person is permitted to ' come near him but an old servant waiter, who • brings his meals, and performs the necessary ' duties of the cage, and to whom the General • talki inreufsiiiillii of the a:reat constiliitionnl ' riLl' ' '' ^1: ■is'sion and J'rec expressiniL of < i,,,i.: ! I ' iiiiore, we have good autho- ' ritv I' ' 11-. nmu tliat Mr. JoHN C.Wright, 'and the other krcjiers of the General's con- ' science, seriously contemplate putting an '■'iron mask' on the poor gentleman, in order ' to prevent intruding visitors from detecting ' any of his opinions through the medium uf ' his expressive countenance. None of the do- • mestic animals are allowed to come near the ' rd^e; and a favorite old dog, who ran away ■ ,'-i7/i him in his battles, having been observed lo bark very significantly after an inter- • view with his masier, was forthwith knocked ' in the head, and thrown into the Ohio." Libels equally monsinuis with these, but expre.ssedin language of less obvious caricature, are daily circulated by the Opposition presses against General Scott. Substituting for Mr. Wright the name of Governor Seivakd, and omitting the "iron cage," we have the same weakness and imbecility ascribed by the Uniou and its allied presses, to the Whig candidate of 18r>-2, that were attributed to the Whig can- didate of 1840. So it is with Mr. Merriwether's resolu- tion. We have seen the attempt made in Congress to ascertain the atnount of money that has been paid to General Scott during his service of forty years. The Democrats are seekiniT to bring out an account current by whfch they shall be enabled to show that General Scott has been paid in dollars and U'i T:HE SIGNAL that lie has ; ^ _ ._dered the active electioneering against him of the iuniry.' i'liVse 'fe"ntienie'n "intend no i Times, the Leader, and tlie Examiner, that he sliow the pecuniani value of the bat- j is the favorite candidate of the British rapUal- ists. That position is assigned, without dis- pute, in the present canvass to General Pierce. cents for t to the count iloubt to show the })ecuntury lies of Lundy's Lane, Cerro Gordo, and Churu- Imsco; and to prove that the pay and rations of the General furnish a sufficient offset of remuneration for the glorious achievements of the hero of Mexico. Mr. Van Buken ;(nd his scandalous organ, the Globe, tried the same game with General Ha FURTHER DEBATE IN THE SENATE ON THE FRAUDULENT WHIG CIRCULAR. Wc learn tliat an animated debate took place in the Senate yesterday upon this subject. A letter h what effect the result of the clec- 1 from Hon. Mr. Stanly, of North Carolina, whose 1 of 1810 amply demonstrates. The name appears signed to Ibe card, was addressed Globe, in obedience to Mr. Van Buren's | to Senator Douglas, and at hia instance read to the behests, undertook to show that General Har iiisos had been an officeholder the greater part of his life, and had "probably received more ' money from the public purse than any other ' citizen of the Republic, and hid certainly ' leatted ten times as much, if his mismanage- ' ment in the northwestern campaign be taken ' into account." It was true that Harrison, at the age of nineteen, had been appointed by General Washington an ensign in the army of the United .States, that he had passed by regu- lar though rapid promotions to the "office" of cjptain,'and that through various military and civil appointments he nad at length reached the position of Governor of the Territory of In- diana. Thus it had happened with Har- rison as with Scott, that he had passed through numerous gradations in the public servic", in which he had received the usual emoluments, and that like Scott he had reached a mature period of life without a dollar of the public money in his purse — de- pendent upon the emoluments of his daily ser- vice for his daily support. We apprehend that the attempt upon General Scott in 1852 by Mr. Senator Merruvether, will be equally effective with that made upon General Har- msoN by the Blairs, Kendalls, Riveses, and Van Burens of 1840. It is hardly possi- ble to set a money vahie upon the glory that General Scott has won for himself and his country upon the field in which he has borne I he star-spangled banner to world-renowned victories. But there was one ground of attack upon General Harrison which his enemies have waived in the case of General Scott. It was alleged by the Globe and its affiliated journals that General Harhison was the candidite of the British capitalists. The Van Bdren newspapers were filled with articles designed to demonstrate that General Harrison was the favorite candidate of the British states- men and newspapers. It was contended at the lime, with great truth and effect, by the W'hio journals, that if any British gold was e.xpended in the election of 1840, it was in traducing the gallant soldier who had won his brightest laurels in his victories over the British arms. If there was any Bri- tish feeling enlisted in the contest, it was ex- hibited in the British Canadian press, which ridiculed and defamed the gallant commander of our Is'orthwestern army, the defender of Fort Meigs, and the hero of the Thames. In the case of General Scott, our Locofoco contemporaries do not dare to renew the calumnies in this regard that were showered opon General Harrison. When the Lon- don Times, the London Leader, and the Manchester Examiner, have taken the field in long and elaborate articles in favor of Gen- eral Pierce, his worst enemies dare not pre- tend that the British capitalists are in favor of General Scott. They may denounce Gen- eral Scott falsely as an Abolitionist — they may allege that he has received as much "pay" as he is entitled to for winning his glo liouB victories over the British and the Mex- icans; but they dare not aver, in the face of Senate. We understand that in the letter Mr. Stanly disclaimed all participation in or knowledge of the card or its circulation. Senator Mangum also denounced the circular, wo learn, as an infa- mous fraud, and especially denounced in the strongest terms the person or persons who had dared to forge his signature to such a document. To-day we can only publish a brief synopsis of the debate; and we therefore suspend further com- ment until we can see (he whole of it in print, .-hen we shall endeavor to notice the main points mbraced in the several speeches. U appears quite evidint that the matter cannot est as it is. tVe deem it highly probable that it will be soon discussed in the other branch of Con- gress. It should be borne in mind that the signatures f members of both Houses are affixed to the card, a their official character, designating the States which they respectively represent. In so far, therefore, as the card is a fraud, it is plainly in the turc of a breach of privilege; and as such, since has been denounced as a iraud, would seem to irrant, if not to require, a parliamentary investi- gation.— Union of the '2-2d. " A parliamentary investigation! " Our con- temporary of the "sole organ" of the Democracy osing his wits. The "parliamentary inves- tigation" of a Jew d'esprit at the close of a ses- with most of its important business un- finished! Perhaps the Union would recom- mend a cimmittee to sit in the recess, with power to send for persons and papers. Did our contemporary ever hear of a "parlia- mentary investigation" into the authorship of rnlerce'ptcd Letters, or the Two Penny Post Bag? We do not recollect that any such investigation was ever attempted of the productions of Peter Pindar or of Punch — and yet Tom Moore, Dr. WoLcoT, and Ppnch have taken much greater liberties with the names ot members oi Parliament, and indeed of the royal family, than have been taken by the authors of the very harmless effort at humor which has caused such a stir in high ijiiarters that it is deemed a proper subject of Senatorial discussion, and of "parliamentary investigation." We have heard from time to time a good deal of the "privileges" of the two Houses of Congress, and have sometimes thought that the vague and indefinite doctrine of "privi- leges" was carried so far as to invade the con- stitutional rights of the citizen. If this ques- tion should ever come up in a serious shape, we shall endeavor to meet it in a manner in which all usurpations of power — whether leg- islative or executive — ought to be discussed by a free press. Meanwhile, we hope our Demo- cratic friends will not render the whole mat- ter odious and ridiculous, by talking of a libel that has hurt nobody and deceived nobody as a "breach of privilege." If there were only a Star Chamber at the present day. Senator Douglas and Senator Walker might call upon the Attorney General to join them in exhib- iting a bill against the offender; and ir good old times they might have pro ceedcd by an acticm dc Scandalo Magna- (»m— under the statute of Richard theSeoond. This statute hits the case exactly, and we think Congress had much better re-enact it than occupy the public time in discussing such matters as a "breach of privilege." The pro- vision to which we desire the attention of Sen- ators Douglas and Walker and the Union newspaper is in the following words: "None ' shall devise or speak false news, lies, or other ' such false things of the prelates, dukes, earls, ' barons, and other nobles and great men of the ' realm; and of the chancellor, treasurer, clerk ' of the privy seal, steward of the king's ' house, justices of the one bench or the other, ' and other great officers of the realm" — under the penalty of being "taken and kept in prison ' until he hath brought into court him which ' was the first author of the tale." We think the honorable gentlemen who have introduced this subject into the Senate, and the Democratic journalists who seek to have it "investigated" as a "breach of privilege," have quite overshot the mark. The charge of an attempt to pass off Mr. Truman Smith, in the State of Connecticut, as a "seceding Demo- crat," is too ridiculous to deceive anybody; and Mr. Smith was perfectly right in treating the charge and its authors as they well de- served. The L^)i!'o?i should not have withheld the fact that Mr. Smith, for himself and the other alleged signers of the quiz in question, dis claimed all knowledge of it, and all authority for the use of his name. That any members of the Senate should have so far trifled with their own position, the dignity of their body, and the character of a brother Senator, as to make such a disclaimer necessary, is a matter that men of sense all over the country will marvel at. Hon.PiEHttE SouLE, the distinguished Senator from Louisiana, in a private letter to his partner, thus speaks of General Piebce: "I have seen the man, and a man he is— of lofty mien, of winning- manners, and easy and elegaiit speech, of great directness of purpose, of facile access, and yet dignified and imposing— a man, I tell you, who will grace the Presidential chair, add to the credit of our parly, and do honor to the nation. In liim ii>e may repose the most absolute and unrestrved confidence. His mind is of the highest order. What strikes in him most is the bold con- fidence wilh which he addresses himself to any subject — an unerring revelation of conscious recti- tude, and of moral and mental strength." We copy the above from the Pcnnsylvanian. Mr. SouLE seems to think as well of General Pierce as the London Times does, or the London Leader, or the Manchester Examiner. From what we have read and heard of Mr. Soule's speeches, and from what all the world knows of his violent ami Compromise, Seces- sion, and Disunion tendencies, we should hard- ly imagine that his "most absolute and un- reserved confidence" in General Pierce would be a very high recommendation to the American people. It is not very strange that Mr. SouiE should enterlain this confidence in a candidate (as Mr. Forsyth says) "of his own creation and choice." But it is suffi- ciently odd that both Preston King and Pierre Soule should be equally enthusiastic in the support of the same individual. The Democratic papers are furious against Gen. Scott for adopting the Whig platform, which pro- nounces the compromise a final settlement of the slavery question. They had been swearing for months tluit he was the tool of Seward, and never would express his approval of the Compromise. The old General has spiked their guns just as he d id the British cannon on the Canadian frontier in 1813, and his own, charged to the muzzle, are turned point blank upon them. They never will forgive h\m.— Lancaster (^Pa.) Examiner. THE SIGNAL. !l43 For the Signal, i;io Grand City, Texas, uJiigitsl 8th. Partnriuni monies, nrtscitur ridkulus mus. — The grand and glorious Locofoco convention labored and brought fortk General Franklin Pierce. I.s this the great representative of the unterrified De- mocracy 9 Truly they must be ashamed of their own principles, or they would not desert their great men — the known exponents of tlieir creed — and select an obscure and ordinary man for their candidate. Think of Franklin Pierce occupying the seat which was filled by the immortal Wash- ington ! It reminds me of Yorxc's bold antithesis: " a worm, a God!" While the Whigs have presented to the people, aa a candidate for the Presidency, a man whose civil and military fame is co-extensive with Chris- tendom, whose great name glows upon some of the most thrilling pages of his country's history, the Locofocos have selected as their candidate an ob- scure individual who is unknown to millions of his fellow-countrymen ; a man who, from the high station he aspires to, would reflect little credit upon this fair land of liberty. While General Scott is the warm advocate of the country's advance to wealth and prosperity in all respects, Franklin Pierce opposes our domes- tic manufactures, the arts, the improvements of our great rivers and roads, and fully entitles himself to the appellation of the do-nothing candidate. Which will the people support? LUNDY'S LANE. We have a great many Germans who ar< coming- to the rescue of our leader. They hnvoaii able and well-cone! uctcd daily newepapcr, and are about forming- clubs to disseminate the truth among their friends. Richey, our candidate for CongresB, has entered into the canvass with much spirit, and is g"Ood on a German or English speech. Thomas M. Marshall, esq., heretofore a no-party man, has entered into the canvass, and is render- ing important services to the Whigs. He is de- servedly popul.ir with the masses. Yours, HEGULUS. ; devoted Whig-B.13 1( lotliine-, 3 to be g'l :1 the certainty From the ReptiMic. PITT3BUEGH, AugUSt 19, 1862. Having just returned from a tour through some of the eastern counties of Ohio, 1 came to the con- clusion to poat you upon the political feeling of that re:;ion and Western Pennsylvania. Monroe, Belmont, Harrison, and Jefferson, will give a glorious account of themselves. The old war- cry of 1840, "Strike my name from the Notting- ham list," has been revived, and the Independent Democrats are coming out like men from amongst the foul parly. Old Caluinbiana county is in one blaze of excitement. Pole after pole goes up with the Scott and Graham Hag thrown to the breeze; the excitement far exceeds that of 1840, and the friends of Scutt are doing their duty, and will re- port handsomely in November next. The western part of Pennsylvania will do its duty. Old Allegheny, the "star of the West," will astound both Whigs and Locos. There is a feeling existing here which is growing deeper and deeper aa the Locofoco sheet, the. Morning Post, of this city, traduces that old veteran. General Scott, which will buret in November next, and show the rcvilers of that good old man that the people of this county are not yet so far sunk beneath the feeling of men as the editors of the /"os/. Alle- gheny is good for 4,500 mojority fur Scott and Graham. The news from the surrounding coun- ties is good; and, if the couulics in the eastern part of the State hold their own on the Governor's vote, we will give the State to Scott by 10,000 majority. General William Larimer, jr., one of the most popular men we have in the we'stern part of Penn- sylvania, has put on his armor, and is now doing his duty nobly lor our gallant leaders. Kia name has been mcnuoncd in connexion with the oflics of Governor of our glorious old Commonwealth, and would be a tov.'cr of strength to the Whigs, and with him could beat any man the Opposition would nominate. General Larimer intends visit- ing every county in the State during the present campaign, and he will push on the column with some effect. lOVM. We have not received any intelligence from this State of later date than that received by telegraph and published in our paper of Sat- urday. But authentic returns since received, together with statements made by our contem. puraries, founded upon other and perhaps later telejrraphic accounts, lead to a surmise that the election may not have been so favorable to the Whigs as h.is been reported. Th? Galena Mvcrtiser of the ISth instant says : " It is probable that Montgomery and Garber, Whigs, are elected Representatives in Clayton county; and it is reported that Harrison, Whig, has about 600 majority for (he Senate. Alamakee, likewise, gave a large Whig majority, considering "It is probable (hat the Whigs have not carried either branch of the Iowa Legislature, though they have taken a strong step towards it. At the last accounts, twenty-nine of the new members elected were ascertained to be Whigs." In the last Legislature the Whigs had only five members in each House. A telegraphic despatch of the following tenor appears in the New York papers, dated at Cleveland, Ohio, the 17th instant: "Further returns from Iowa leeve no doubt of the election to Congress, from the first district, of Bernhardt Henn, Democrat. The Democrats have also carried their Slate ticket by about 1,200 ma- jority. It is thought that the Legislature will like- wise be strongly Democratic." In a few days the smoke of this election will have cleared away, when we shall be able to give positive results instead of speculations. Since the foregoing was in type, we find the result thns summed up in the St. Louis Re- piiblictin <>{ Ibe 16th instant: "Full returns have not yet reached us as to the late election in Iowa. The Locofoco State ticket is believed to be elected by a small majority— such a majority as can readily be overcome in Novem- ber. For Congress, John P. Cook (Whig) is elected in the Burlington district by from 700 to cd, beating Viele, (Whig,) and running ahead of his ticket. His majority is not yet known. "The lowaSenate is composed of 31 raembers,and the House of 63. In the last Legislature the Whigs had four Senators and five Representatives. So far as heard fiom, at the recent election, our advices arc, that the Whigs have elected fourteen Senators, and feel quite sure of two more. The Locofocoa have elected fifteen. This would give ihe Whigs a majority in the Senate. "We have heard of the election of 23 Whigs to the House of Representaiivea, and of 27 Locofocos; but the further returns will give.tbe Locolocos, proba. biy, a majority of ten or twelve on joint ballot. Had it not been for the Freesoil voles in the Whig counties of Henry, Jefferson, and Waahington— where the great folly wiis committed of running Union or Independent tickets, operating eolely to the advantage of the Locofocos — the Legislature would have been Whig, and the election of a Whig United Slates Senator secured. In several coun- tiea, also, the Whigs lost mambers by from two to thirteen votes. "Notwithstanding these defections, the Whigs have done well — nobly— and another election will show that Iowa is a VVhig State. In this result there is every thing to encourage our political friends; and we are cheered by the accounts which they give of the prospect in the Presidential race. They intend to carry the State for Scott, and this election has satisfied them of their ability to do it. Scott's name is a tower of strength; and with such ^ ..^.^..,Li*.j.,o ... uu givt;i, lu her railroads, we feci an abiding confidence that Scott and Gra- ham will receive Ihe vote of this young, thrifiy and prosperous State. The Gcorgiu Coiivciitlous. A convention was to assemble at Macon on the 17th instant for the purpose of nominating a candidate for the Presidency suitable to the Whigs of the Union parly of Georgia, who were unwilling to accept Mr. Pierck as their candidate, and supposed generally to be favora- ble to Mr. Webster; and another convention was to meet at the same place on the Itith, composed of delegates favorable to the election of General Scott. The first-mentioned body, we learn by telegraph, met at the appointed time, 1-16 delegates being in ailendanco from forty-one counties. Edward H. VV^orrell, of Talbot, was chosen President, and General B. H. Rdtherford and Colonel H. V. Ccm- MiNO, Vice Presidents. A committee of twenty-four, being three from each Con- gressional district, was appointed to report business for the convention, and also to confer with the Scott Convention to be held on the following day, in order, if practicable, to har- monize their action; after which an adjourn- ment took place. The following- despatches, since received, will show the result of the conferences: The Georgia Scoit Convention. Macos, August IS.— The friends of Scott and Graham assembled here in convention to day, William B. Fleming, esq-, of Savannah, being elected President. A committee was appointed to confer with the Webster Convention Committee, which reported thatno joint nomination could be agreed to. The convention then appointed an electoral ticket for Scott and Graham, and adjourned sine die. Abomination by the Terlium Quids. Macon, August IS.— The Third-candidate Con- vention reassembled here to-day according to ad- The committee appointed yesterday reported that there was no way through which a union with the Scott Convention could be effected. They re- commended Ihe nomination of two new candidates and the adoption of the Whig platform. The com mittee also reported an elecloral ticket to support Webster for Preeideu!, and Charles S. Jenkins for Vice President. The report was unanimously adopted; and after the appointment of an executive committee, and the adoption of unimportant resolutions, the con- vention adjourned sine die. It would be amusing, were it not humiliating, to cull the opinions of the leading Locofoco press now and five years since. We subjoin a eingls sample: From the Hartford Times—Now. General Scott has been in the military service of the country for forly-four years, during which period he has received, as a compensation for his services, the sum of $247,000. From the Hartford Times— Then. General Scott, who, above all olbcrs, indiepul- ably stands out as Ihe great man nf ihe late glorioui war; whoae name throughout Europe and Ameri. ca is identified with ail its glory— with its great victories and greater peace— vthoae tnasterly suc- cesses have DOUDLEn at a single stroke the oai- GINAL area of THE REPUBLIC, &C. A man "whose masterly successes have doubled the original area of the Republic" should not be censured for receiving a salary about equal to that paid the Clerk of the House of Represeniativea. Lieut. A. Marsh, a decided Democrat, address- ed the Scott club at Whitestown, Oneida county. New. York, last week, and gave in his adhesion to General Scott. He said he had loved him ever since he served under him, and that Scott raised 144 THE SIGNAL. Gti.rral Sco«t iiud Gcuernl WasUlngton. Our cunieinporary of the LJiiori is in a very dlsairreeable state of mind. He is very mucli worni'd because General Scott will not resign, particularly when all the Lucofoco officers in the Army are opposed to his election tu the Presi- dency. Me iliinks that General \V.\.shi.ngto.n would have resigned if he had been nominated at a time wheikhe was Commander-in-Chief of iho Army. What nonsense is all this! Pray was not General Washington Commander-in- Chief of the Army when he was a candidate for re-eleclion ? General Scott holds the rank of Major Gen- eral. The people propose to promote him to the office of Commander-in-Chief^and they will do it as surely as the day of election arrives. He has been crradually rising in his profession till he has reached pretty nearly the highest point, and the people are going to give him one more lift next Novenibtr. The best soldier in the world is no doubt the best man for the high- est military post in the gift of the American people. Bllaalng. A correspondent desires to know what has become of the Democratic members of the House of Representatives from the State of Maine. They are not in their seats. It is rumored that they have become anxious about the condition of aflairs, politically, in their State. The tendencies of the people to the support of General Scott have alarmed them, and called them from the House during the week into which all the important business of Congress is necessarily crowded. New Hampshire. The Uttion is in ecstacies because there are strong indications, from the demonstrations of popular feeling in the Stale, that the Demo- ciiATs will carry New Hampshire at the next election. V'ery like — very like. This will be a victory the parallel of which has never been heard since the last time the Dutch took Holland. Ga3 asu BoLLVtNG.— The betting, blustering game (eays the New York Tribune) is nut carritd uearly eu I ig'h now in support of General Pierce as it waa in 1843 in favor of General Cass. The following is one specimen of a class of articles thai ran the rounds of the C i^s papers (roni (lay today: From the DonUstown Democrat, September 5, 184S. Tftason in High Places. — How can tbe Whigs expect to suect c Henry Clay, Columbus Delano, Djniil Webster, Jos. »1. Rout, John McLean, D. II Tilden, J. M. Bolls, Joseph L. While, J. R. Giddings, H. H. Slanton, Horace Everett, E. S. Hjinlin, J> ah. LeaviK, J. A. liriggs, Horace Greeley, And 500,000 others. Of the above, eleven have been prominent Whig memliersof Cunercfa. In addition to the names above given, nine delegates to the Philadelphia Convciilion arc doing all Ihcy can to defeat him, and hundreds of Whig papers refuse tu raise Gen- eral Taylor's name. The iruih is, Citneral Taylor will not receive but TWO Slul't touth of Maten and Dixon's line, and nut to exceed roua north of tliat line. From the Ohio State Journal. Alliance Between tiu Locofoco Pa ty in the United Stales and England, to break down American Manufactures, and thu3 secure the Market for England ! From the London T\tnes. The triumph of the candidate of the Democratic party, brought forward by the men of the South, will stcure, vrvbably fur ever, the atcendancy of liberal commercial principles ; and if Lord Derby should year be disposed to lake the American tarifi for his model, wc have little doubt that it will '. to remove the last illusions of the protective system from his mind. In this respect, and on this point, wc lake General Pierce to be a fair re presentative of tbe opinions of Mr. Calhoun, and, as such, a valuable practical ally to the commercial policy of thix country. Prom the London Leader. e are without information aa to the views of General Pierce on the subject of co operation with England; but we cannot say that we feet any appre- ■ ttsion oji the point . and we ihall await the final elec- n not without share in the confAence of many Amer in friends that it will result well. From the Manchester Examiner. The election of General Pierce will at any rale prove that the Democratic majority, whatever may be their other differences, are unanimous in their testimony behalf of a liberal commercial policy, and any I'ernment Ac may form will be one on which this country may rely for efftclual co-operation in re- ducing, wherever practicable, existing impedi- ments to international intercourse. '*Thc spirit oi Jaeksonism seems tu be infused in- to the ranks ol the Democratic parly throughout the whole Union, and every Democrat appears to feel a desire to perform noble service in the cause." — Ripley Advertiser. 1'bis of course iiicludea Ihc secession wing of the Democracy in M'fsissippi. We are glad to hear they arc improving in their party laitb.. They covertly reviled Jackson lust suiiinicr, by d nouncmg the Bupport<-ra of his doctrine respecting secession as Federalists. We do not wondcrat thei abuse of the old veteran Scott. [Holly Springs (^Miss ) Gazette. The Death of John Van Buken is announced a Wisconsm paper before us. Of course it is a ielakc, and yet the editor proffers a plausible reason for his announcement. He had just been reading John's speech at Newburgh, going (he w.hole hog for Pierce and King unqualifiedly, and hapoened to cast his eye Irom thai on the follow. extract from one ot that same favorite grand- s speeches some little time ago. in which he said: "I wish to be understood aa speaking lor myself alone— that, let what will come, / shall, under ni necessity whatever, support a man who does not be line slavery to be an unmixed curse, and who will not, by virtue of his office, ««c all constitutional power to abolish it. * * I shall live and by it." Living so far off, the editor imagines that John must have meant Ibis, and could not be indoced to swerve from it; whence be infers that the Prince gone dead, and that the Newburgh speech w rapped out by his ghost through the Rcchestcr some other "mediums," which so abound in this age of light and progress. But we apprehend thi ghost which rapped out that speech is not so utter ly exalted above the temptations of canvass- baeks and champagne as his Wisconsin admirer sup poses. — IVesicliester Record. Flobida.— We believe it has been generallyun derstood that Hon. E. C. Cabell would refuse to sup port General Scott. The Tallahassee Sentinel givti an extract Irom a letter recently written by him which says: "The Whig party of my State havi decided to sustain hiin, (General Sfcott,) and I will acquiesce in that decision. I certainly cannot port General Pierce, and agree with you as to the probable consequences ot his election. ' IMobile Advertiser. Whistling to keep up Coueaqe.— The Penn- sylvanian congratulates itself upon the bright pros pects of electing Pierce, and gives as reasons for the faith that is in it, that he will carry Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Eight States every one of which may be set down as certain for Scott. Joy be with it on such prospects. [Philadelphia News. "Adhesions." ', T.-.c .-.i piprr . f I,, niti.-in: From the IVashville Banner, August 13. Colonel Gentry. The eagerness which the Democratic wire- work- ers in Tennessee evince to make a prominent breach between Colonel Gentry and his Whig friends, is about equal to the eagerness which they evinced in assai." year and years I months. They will now certainly fail in their ma- nauvres. They do not know the man il tbey suppose they can induce him to vote fur Pierce; they do not know him if they suppose he will not feel a lively emotion of acorn on observing their efforts at open dalliance. Colonel Henry speaks, in our opinion, the general sentiment, when he says, as reported— "That his friend Colonel Gentry was as good a Whig as he ever was; that he wished he had his burning eloquence to portray the virtues of Whig principles; ihat Colonel Gentry had furnished no evidence of Seward's agency in Scolt'a nomina- tion, but that bis was simply an opinion, in which he (Colonel Gentry) was honestly mistaken." The {Alton finds a solitary paragraph in a Whig paper calculated to engender animosity; and see the use which is yesterday made of il. We think this is a case in which we should "let by-gones be by gones." General Pierce's Letter.— We publish in full the letter of General Pierce upon the New Boston speech. The cautious indistinctness and vague generalities with which the charge is met will prove little acceptable to those whose support be hopes to gain by the denial. There is a difference ol nearly a week between the date of the lelier and that to which it is in reply, and of nearly three weeks between the date ol the letter and the time of its publicalion. General Pierce declares that the report made on the spot, by men not unfriendly to him, published at the time, and never denied lill after his nominaiiou, is ontrutbful; but he does not tell us what he (i»d say. We think the letter will do him no good —Providence Journal. Free Trade in Pennsylvania.- The Ciarion County /iegts4er advertises seven columns of shc- riir '8 sales again. Among the properties to be sold under tbe hammer will be nine imu furnaces, with furnace property, making in all about twen- ty-three furnaces sold in that c->unty by the sheriff within a year. The whole industry of Clarion county is affected by these disasters, as is shown by the fact that nearly all the rest of the property to be sold at this sheriff's sale which is adverlifed in ihe Register consists of grist-mills, saw-niills, and fulling and other mills. P. T. Scruggs, Esij., of Holly Springs, Mis- sissippi. — The last Jackson Flag of the Union an- nounces the appointment ,of this gentleman aa elector for the isiate at large, in place of Colonel Alexander K. McClung. Mr. Scrugss ia unques- tionably one cf the ablest speakers in the Scjuth, and, if he consents to serve, will make the motley hued followers of the "Loalherof Slavery" feel the weight of his stalwart arm and pondcious battle- axe, in the present campaign, throughout all the borders of ttje Mississippi.— ;ViempAis Eagle, \ltli. ,he, ploys this pal. , . ; . ■ • .- 1 i ;hc- latest refinement in language. However, there is a certain propriety in this finical expression, for he who MOW deserts the starry folds of the Whig banner "to batten on that moor, ' was never oih crwise than insufferably ••Jisliy" in his principles or sentiments, and ap little a Whig as as to ren der his open desertion a blessing to the party, and, critically, an a He is a higher-law man. Is Martin Van Buren > He was the candidate of the higher- law party in 184S. Are Rantoul, H die It, Bryant, Cleveland, John Van Buren, Dix, Sumner, Chase, Preston King, Town?hend ? They are all eminent and active Freesoilers. If they constitute the "Co.," they are much more numerous and inllu- ential than the solitary principal-^and they all go for Pierce.— Richmond Whig. n THE SIGNA PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, BY G. S. GIDEON. No. 10.] WASHINGTON: SEPTEMBER, 4, 1852. [Vol. THE SIGNAL: •« tfhisr campaign paper, publisltcd at the city of 'n*aittiiiigton. 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SCOTT'S IVIILITARY AND CIVIL ACTS. Terrific battle of Lmndifs Lane, and ScotVs victory. The American army rested but two days after ihe battle of Chippewa, and then advanced over the stream, Scott's brigade leading. The British retreated to Burlington heights, near the head of Lake Ontario. Thither Brown resolved to follow them. But on the 35th, while the army was rest- ing, preparatory to the next day's battle, word was brought that a thousand troops had crossed the river to Lewiston, for the purpose, evidently, of seizing our magazines at Fort Schlosser, and the supplies on the way from Buffalo. In order to force them to return. Brown resolved immediately to threaten the British forts at the mouth of the Niagara river, and in twenty minutes Scott, with twelve hundred men, was on the march.. The lat- ter had proceeded but two miles when he came in sight of some British officers, evidently reconnoi- tering. The force to which they belonged was concealed by a distant piece of woods. Scott, ho' ever, supposing them to be the fragments of the army he had so terribly shattered at Chippc ordered the march to be resumed. But, as the h of his column debouched from the wood he s. to his astonishment, an army nearly double his own drawn up in order of battle, ready to receive him. To retreat would endanger the reserve marching to his relief, and destroy the confidence of his troops. Besides, Scott never had, and never has since, learned practicaKi/ what the word "refrcaC meant. Despatching officers to General Brown, with orders to ride as for life, he gave the command to advi The sun at this time was but a half an hour high, and, unobscured by a cloud, was going to his low- ly repose behind the forest that stood bathed in his departing splendor. Near by, in full view, rolled the cataract, sending up its incense towards heaven, and filling that summer evening with its voice of thunder. The spray, as it floated inland; covered the American ar;r.y, and, as the departing s beams struck it, a rainbpw was formed, which circled the liead of Scott's column like a halo- symbol of the wreath of glory that should encircle it forever. The British, two thousand strong, were posted just below the Falls, on a ridge at the head of Lun- dy'sLane. Their left wa." ui the highway, anc separated from the main i, ,dy by an interval o: two hundred yards, covered with brush wood. A powerful battery on the height swept the plain, tc which, and to thearmy, reinforcements were rapid- ly marching up under Gen. Drummond. Scott, however, would not torn his back on the enemy, and in person led his little army gallantly into the fire. His bearing and words inspired confid( and officers and men forgot the odds that against them. Jeaup charged through the inte and, wheeling, charged back again, breaking the enemy's line, and captun.ig General Riall and his whole stafl'. McNeill stopped with one terrible blow the flank movement, though his battalion was dreadfully shattered in turn. Scott no sooner heard of Riall's capture than he announced it to thearmy, and called for three cheers, which were given with will, and replied to by a crashing fire from the enemy's battery. It was now dark, and though there was a moon, feeble light struggled in vain to pierce the smoke that curtained in the combatants. The flashes from he deadly baltery that crowned the height, and from the infantry below, alone revealed where they were struggling. All of Scott's regiments were soon reduced to skeletons — afaurth of his whole brigade had fallen in the unequal conflict. He, however, refused to yield a foot of ground, and, heading al- every charge in person, moved with such gay spirits and reckless courage through the deadliest that the troops caught the infection. But the ity-four pounders and howitzers of that bat- tery were loo terrible to withstand long, and he knew it. Towson's few pieces being compelled to occupy so much lower a position, were rendered Imost useless. Tha eleventh and twenty second egiments, deprived of their leaders, destitute of ammunition, and cut to pieces, were at length with- rawn, and Leavenworth, with the gallant ninth, was compelled to withstand the whole shock of bat- tle. This single regiment appeared, amid the dark- ness, to be enveloped in fire — with such energy and superior numbers did the British press upon it. Its destruction seemed inevitable, and soon one-half f its members lay stretched on the field. Leaven- worth then sent to Scott, informing him of his des- perate condition. The latier immediately came up in a full gallop, when Le;iv.ii',v,.; Ii, , .miiirj; to the bleedingfragmentsof hi,' : I: i ,1 ; ,, ilt.said, your rule for retreating' ; ; : I'lrmg to Scott's maxim, that a n -i .;■ i,i ,,, ,; i/ii,/( jpAcn every tliird man was killed, 't'lie luiter could not make up his mind to obey his own maxim thi« time, and answering buoyantly, cheered up his men and officers by promising victory. He pointed to the flag that still waved in the dim moonlight, and spurring where the balls fell thickest, animated them by his daring courage and chivalric beaiing to still greater efforts. His case was getting des- perate ; he knew that only five or six hundred out of the twelve hundred he at sunset led into battle remained to him, and he anxiously turned his ear to catch the sound of approaching reinforcements which he knew must be at hand. General Brown, who had paused and listened at the first sound of the distant firing, was soon con- vinced, by the incessant and heavy cannonading, that Scott must be in a perilous position, and, with- out waiting the arrival of a messenger, ordered Ripley to move forward with the second brigade. • Soon after he received Scott's despatch, and learnr nig how desperate the battle was, he ordered Porter with the volunteers to hurry on after Ripley, while he, in advance of all, hastened to the field of action. The constant and heavy explosions of artillery, rising over the roar of the cataract, announced to the exiled soldiers the danger of their comrades, and no sooner where tljey wheeled into marching order, than with trailed arms they started on a trot along the road. At length the head of Ripley's column emerged through the gloom, sending joy into those gallant regiments. Seeing that Scott's brigade was exhausted, Brown ordered Ripley to form in advance of it. In the mean time Drum- mond had arrived on the field with reinforcements, swelling the English army to four thousand men. At this moment there was a lull in the battle, and both armies prepared for a decisive blow. It was evident the deadly battery on the heights must be carried, or the field be lost; and General Brown, turning to Colonel Miller, asked him if he could take it' "Iwill try, sir," was the brief reply of the fearless soldier, as he coolly scanned the frowning 146 THE S IGN AL. hei^hls. Turning to his regiment, (the 21sl,) he poinied lu the hill and said, "soldiers that liaitcry musube taken." Major McFarland, with 20lh and 23il, was lo support him. Not having arrived on tile 'field till alter dark, Col. Miller was ignorant of the formiUion of the ground, or the best point from which to commence the ascent. Scott, who hud fought over almost every foot of it since sunset, of- fered to pilot him ; passing by an old church and graveyard that showed dimly in the moonlight, he took the column to the proper place, and then re- turned to his post. In close order the two regi- ments then niovcd straight for the battery. Not a drum or bugle note cheered their steady courage. In dead silence they pressed forward, and not till ihiir muffled tread revealed their presence, did ^rummond perceive the coming blow. In one in- stant that battery of nine guns opened with terrific effict. The 23d staggered under the discharge, but soon rallied and pressed forward. Smitten again, it reeled backward in the gloom, but the 2Ist never faltered. " Close vp, steady, men," rung from the lips of their leader, and taking the loads of grape unthinkingly in their bosoms, they marched stern- ly on, thci> bayonets gleaming red in the fire that rolled in streams down the slope. Every explosion revealed the whole hill, and that dark column wind- ing up its sides through flame and smoke. At length, come within range of the musketry, when the carnage became frightful; buton, still (in, through the sheets of flame over their dead and dying com- rades, this invincible regiment held its stubborn course towards the vortex of the battle. The Eng- lish gazed with amazement on its steady advance. No hesitation marked its movement— closing up its ranks alter every discharge, it kept on its terrible way, till at last it stood face to face with the mur- derous battery, and within a few feet of the gun- ners. A sudden flash, a deafening explosion, and tefl" vith regi- whitc smoke that rolled ment, and the next instant it swept ling shout over guns, gunners, and all. The struggle became at once close and deadly- bayonet crossed bayonet— weapon clashed against weanon, but nothing could resist that determined onset. The British gave way, and the remnant of Miller's regiment, which had been joined by Mc- Farland, formed between those guns and the foe. Ripley then moved his brigade to the top of the hill, in order to keep what had been so heroically won. Stung with rage and mortification, and this unexpected defeat, Drummond resolved to retake his guns, cost what it might, and soon the head of his advancing column was heard advancing th slope. Shrouded in darkness thcyiame on at th charge .-step, and in dead silence, until within twenty yards of the American line, when they halted and fired. "Charge" was then shouted aloTig- throi their ranks, but the order had scarcely peeled the night air, before they were shattered and ti into fragments by the sudden and destructive volley of the Americans. Rallying, however, they turned to the attack, and for twenty minutes conflict around those guns was indescribably awful and murderous. No sounds of music drowned the death cry— the struggle was There were only the fierce tramp— the clash of etcel — the stifled cry, and wavering to and fro of men in a death grapple. At length the British broke and ifisappeared in the darkness. General Ripley again formed his line, while Scott, who had suc- ceeded in getting a single battalion out of his whole brigade, was ordered to the top of the hill. In about half an hour the sound of the returning enemy was again heard. Smote by the same scourging fire, iJrummond, with a desperate effort, threw his en- tire strength on the centre of the American line. But there stood the gallant 21st, whose resistless charge had first swept the hill; and where they had conquered they could not yield. Scott, in the raban lime, led his column so as to take the enemy in the flank and rear, and but from a sudden volley from a concealed body of the enemy, cutting his command in two, would have finished the battle with a single blow. As it was, he charged again and again with resistless valor, and the disordered ranks''of the foe, for the third time, rolled back, were lost in the gloom. Here Scott's last horse sunk under him, and wounded, lie strode on foot around his butlali jeeup was also severely wounded; yet there he stood, amid the darkness and carnage, diecring on his men. The soldiers vied with the officers in he- roic daring and patient suffering. Many would call out for muskets, as they had none, and for car- tridges, as theirs were all gone. On every side, from pallid lips, and prostrate, bleeding forms, came the reply, "Take mine;" "arid mine;' 'rny "un is in good order, and my cartridge box is lull. Jesup's flag was riddled with balls; and as " °»-- geant waved it amid a storm of bullets, tin severed in three places in his hand; turn commander, he exclaimed, as he held i fragments, "Look, Colonel, how they have ci The next moment a ball passed through his body ; but he still kept his feet, and still waved his muti- lated standard, until faint with the loss of blood he sunk on the field. Driven for the third time down the enemy for a while ceased their efforts, and sudden silence fell on the two armies, broken ly by the groans of the wounded and dying. The scene, the hour, and the strife, had combined render that hill top a strange and fearful object n the darkness. On one side lay a wilderness— m the other rolled the cataract, whose solemn an- hera could again be heard pealing on through the ;loom. , ,, , , Leaning on their heated guns, that gallant band s cod bleeding amid the wreck it had made. It was near midnight; the stars looked quietly down from their homes in the sky; the summer wind swept ftly by, and nature breathed long and peacefully But all over that hill lay the dead, and adown its sides, in every direction, the blood of man was rippling. Still, not a heart beat faint. Nothing but skeletons of regiments remained, yet calm and re the few words spoken there in the dark ness. "Close up the ranks," was the heroic order fell upon the shattered battalions, and they closed with the same firm presence and dauntir-- hearts as before. It was thought that the Brit 1 abandoned the effort, and would make no fur- r attempts to recover their guns ; but reinforce- nts having arrived from Fort George, they, after hour's repose and refreshment, prepared for - final assault. Our troops had all this time stood to their arms, and faint with hunger, thirst, and fatigue, seemed nequal to a third conflict against a fresh force, lut as they heard the enemy advancing, they forgot their weariness, and met the onset firmly as before. But this time the ranks did not yield under the fire of the Americans— they passed steadily forward, and delivering their volleys as they advanced, at length stood on the summit of the hill, and breast to breast with the American line. The conflict now became frightful, and more like the murderers' hand to hand fights of old, than a modern battle. Bat- talions on both sides were forced back till the ranks became mingled. Bayonet crossed bayonet, and men lay transfixed side by side. Hindman, whose artillery had done much service from the first, found the enemy amid his guns, across which he was compelled to fight them. The firing gave way to the clash of steel; the blazing hill top subsided into gloom, out of which the sounds of this noc- turnal combat arose in strange and wild confusion. Scott, again and again charging like fire at the head of his exhausted battalion, received another wound which prostrated him. He was borne sadly away, but the bleeding hero turned to Leavenworth and exclaimed, "charge again Leavenworth." "Charge again," were his last words on that fierce foughi field. General Brown, supported on his horse, cannon were left behind. Ripley was much blamed for not making more strenuous efforts to bring olt these trophies. '. A bloodier battle, in proportion to the number engaged, was never fought, than this. Sixieen hundred men had fallen on and around that single hill It was literally loaded with the slam. Not a General on either side remained unwounded. The was neariy equal, growing out of the dcstruc- ..... of Scott's brigade by the British battery, before tiiearrival of suflicient troops to attack it. Scott had now in two battles shown to the coun- try what a single youth, fired with patriotism, con- fident in his own resources, and darirg in spirit. Id accomplish. His brigade, it is true, had been almost annihilated, and he well nigh slain, and no- thing apparently been gained ; but they err much, who graduate the importance of a battle by the numbers taken prisoners, or the territory gained. Moral power is always more valuable than physical , and this we acquired. A national position is more valuable than a captured army. Those two actions of Scott, by showing what stuff Americans are made of, were more important in their consequences than the taking by stratagem, or overwhelming numbers, the whole of the Canadas would have been. From the Philadelphia News, Axigust 23, A Sliallow Deception. Reward.— Fifty doll ill be slowly led to the rear. Jesup was bleeding from several wounds— every regimental officer in Scott'r brigade was killed or wounded— onfi/ one out cfeve ryfour that composed it stood up unhurt. The annal of war rarely reveal such a slaughter in a sing! brigade, but it is rarer still that a brigade had such leader. The ghosts of regiments alone remained, yet be- fore them the veterans of England were, for the last lime, compelled to flee, and betake themselves again to the darkness for safety. Sullen, mortified, and wounded, Drummond was carried from the field, and all further attempts to take the hill were aban- doned. The Americans, however, kept watch and ward around the cannon that had cost them so great a sacrifice, till near day-break, when orders were received to retire to camp. No water could be ob- tained on the heights, and they needed repose. Through the want of drag-ropes and horses, the Fifty DoLLA - - - . ,. . ., j-, sriven to any person who will prove that the editor of the Pennsylvanian, or any of his predecessors, ever wrote the following sentence, or that it ever appeared in the columns of this paper editorially. "Glory to VVinfield Scott! and for ever silent be the ribald tongue that would slander his name with aught that is not glorious iti action, invinci- ble in courage, and unfailing in resources and wisdom." Our files are open to examination.— fcnii»!/'i'"" nian of Saturday. The above is a shallow attempt at deception. We never charged any editor of the Pennsylvanian with having written the article quoted, or publish- ed it editorioily ; but we did, and still do, charge the Pennsylvanian with having published the arti- cle referred to, and endorsed it in such a manner, by introductory remarks, as to make it its own by adoption. Let those who doubt obtain a file of that paper, and they will find the article in the paper dated May 10, 1847. For the benefit of those who have no file we annex the acticle : Prom the Pennsylvanian, May 10, 1S47. General Scott.— Tliose who read the general orders of General Scott, disposing his forces before the fearful battle of Cerro Gordo, will be struck with the powerful truth of the sulijoined reiiiarka from the New Orleans Delta. We question whe- Iher history records an instance m whicti similar confidence, coolness and attention to details, prior to conflict, have been followed by equal success, and a more rigid and literal fulfilment of all the minutite of the commander's design: ■• General Scotfs Orders The spirit of Lun- dy'8 Lane, of Bridgewater, and of Queens- town, pervaded the general order of the gallant Scott, issued the day before the baitleof 'Cerro Gordo.' The calm determination, heroic resolve, firm purpose, and judicious foresight displayed : this document, must excite the warmest applause and highest admiration of every American, in Scott's vocabulary there is no such word as -fail. He never permits a doubt to pass the high purpose he has in view. There is no looking back -no re- turn. -The enemy's whole line of entrenchments and batteries will be attacked in front, and at the same time turned.' And then he is not satis- fied with the bare victory. He will not stop his on- ward course and quietly repose on his laurels until he is reinforced; but pushes on, not even res ing from the fatigues and wounds of battle, nor awaiting the slow approach of baggage wagons; but with he determination to reap the benefit as well as the honors of a victory, he pushes forward his columns upon the heels of the fugitive enemies, and stays not the pursuit until there is not one left to follow. Glory, then, to Winfield Scott; and forever silent be Ike ribald tongue or pen that would link his name With aught that is not glorious in action, inyincMe ill couroge, and unfailing in re$vurcet and wisdom. THE SIGNAL. 14-7 From the Savannah Republican. OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE SCOTT CONVENTION IN GEORGIA. Macon, Auffusl 18, ISS2. Thia body met tliia morning- at half-past niiw o'clock, at Concert Hall, when on motion ot J. H R. Washington, esq , of Bibb, the Hon. Lott VVae BKS, of Baker, was called to the chair temporarily and L. F. W. Andrews, of Bibb; D. L. Roath, of Richmond; and Robert W. Simmh, of Coweta, ap- pointed secretaries pro tern. On motion of Gen- eral Eli Warren, of Houston, the counties were called alphabetically, and names of delej^ates en- rolled; also an invitation extended to Scott men present Irom counties not duly represented (o take Wats in the convention; whereupon the following counties answered to the call; £aker— Lott Warren, Dr Henry A. Scott. Bibb-J H. R Washington, Thomas P. Smith, L. N. Whittle, L. F. W. Andrews, P. D. Wool hopter, Wm. Shivers, jr., Robert Carver, Thomas Knight, sen. , Charles H. Rogers, James S. Gray- bill, W . S. Lighlfoot, S. S. Virgin, Keeland Tyner, Arthur Foster, Roland Bivins, Gabriel Harrison, W. B. Watts, Wm. Monds, T. J. Moulton, J. R Boon, W. O. Hurt, James Williams, Wm. Kibbee, Lewis Beddingfield, Anderson Comer, Geo. Patten, R. H. Hardaway, J. W. Benson, A. H. Wyche, N. H. Eddy, Caleb Maiden. Baldwin-A. H. Kenan, P. J. Williams, W. H. Scott, I. L. Harris, P. Lindsay, W. T. W. Napier. Chatham— W. B. Fleming, E H. Bacon, Asa Holt, W. F. Holland, H. K. Preston. Carroll-L. Fuller. Campbell— K. W. Wheat. Cos*— Abda Johnson, G. W. Upham, W. A. Higgs. Co46-C. C. Wynn, W. T. Winn, W. B. Pil- grim, Dix Fletcher, J. M. Skinner, A. Stewart, A. Winters. Crawford— S. Rutherford, E. Webb, James C. Loyd, R. Matthews, E. Harris, W. C. Watson. Coweta— R. W. Simms, J. E. Robinson, J. G. Morgan. Decatur— John Lyon. DeKai.b-C. R. Hanleiter, S. T. Downs, R. Re- neau, T. B. Daniel. Elbert-3. T. Smith. F/oi/d— Gabriel Jones. B. F. Hawkins. Gordon — Alexander Stroup. Hancocks K. Butts, G. W. Bulls. Heard— A. H Stokea. Houston— Jir. R. C. Bryan, J. J. Wimberley, C. J. Staley, Eli Warren, Jas. J. Scarborough, E B. Gilbert, W. H. Calhoun. Jones— T. Haskell, D. E. Blount, C. L. Ridley, Win. George, B. Stallsworlh, T. O. Bowen, B. (;atchings, O. H. Moreton. Lte-Vf. A. Maxwell. Liberty— By proxy, Chatham delegalion. Macon— W. J. Patterson, Samuel Dawson, W. C. Godwin, B. F Fleming, Thomas Fleming. Marion— G. O. Davis. Monroe— Dr. T. K. Slaughter, J. T. Crowder, D. Sanford. Merriwether—F. Kendall. Mc/>i(o»A— Chas. H. Hopkins. Morgan-T. D. Hollingsworih, A. Atkin.TOU. Muscogee-M. W. Ferry, P A. Clayton, J. A. L. Lee, F. G. Wilkins, A. G. Foster, R. L. Mott, W. Daniel. Putnam— E. Calloway, S. Black, D. Moore, J. Favor, B. White, W. P. Rol.y. Richmond— G. W. Evans, J. Hill, D. L. Roath, J. D. Dye. Spalding-l . h. Alexander, H. B. Holliday, J. Burr, J. T. Thweatt, A. G. Murray. Talbot-i. H. Walton, W. Bacon, G, E. Bush, J. C. Douglass, A. Brown, L. R. Russell. Troup-T. Leslie, T. C. Miller, J. S. Herring, R. B. Trailer, J. Truit, N. G. Swanson, A. A. Roberts, P. Bogart, W. A. Hardy, W. Bradfield. Twiggs— D. G. Hughes, Haywood Hughes, J. K. Long. Upson— J. W. Townscnd. IVashinglcn—W . B. Harman. On motion of Colonel Iveraon L. Harris, of Bald- win, a committee of seven were appointed by the chair to report names of officers for a permanent organization of the convention. Messrs. I. L. Harris of Baldwin, C H. Hopkins of Mcintosh, Patterson of Macon, J. A. L. Lee of Muscogee, Abda Johnson of Cass, Samuel Rutherford of Crawford, were appointed that committee. The committee retired, and, after consultation, nported the names of the following gentlemen as permanent officers of the convention: Hon. W.B. Fleming, ot Chatham county, presi- dent; Major M. W. Perry, of Muscogee, Erst vice president; Gene.-al George W. Evans, of Rich- mond, second vice president; L. F. W. Andrews, of Bibb, D. L. Roath of Richmond, and Robert W. Simms of Coweta, secretaries. On motion of Colonel Harris, the same com The president on taking the chair delivered an able address, thanking the convention for the honor conferred, and explaining the object of the convention, and the reasons why it has met to ratify the nominations of the National VVhig Con- The following communication from the Third- Candidate Convention of yesterday was received from the hands of Mr. Mobley, one of the score taries, and, on motion, read to the convention: Macon. August IS, 1852. To Hon. W. B. Fleming, President Scott Con- vention: We have been instructed by the Third-Candidate Convention to communicate to the body ovef which you preside the enclosed resolutions, together with the names of the committee appointed in accordance with them. Respectfully, your obedient servants, James T. Nisbet, James M. Mobley, Secretaries Third Candidate Convention. Resolved, That a committee of three from each Congressional district be appointed by the presi- dent to report matter proper for the action of this Resolred, That said committee be authorized to hold a conference with such committee as may be appointed by a convention of a portion of our polit- ical friends to meet in this- place on tj-morrow, to ascertain if there be any means whereby the ha mony of the party may be secured in the ensuing Presidential election. COMMITTEE : Ist District— P. W. Alexander, E. M. Blount, E. H. Blackshear. 2d District— Richard Sims, W. C. Perkins, T. C. Sullivan. 3d District— R. P. Trippe, T. F. Bethel, George Osborne. 4th District Elam. f>th District— E. H. Richardson, H. G. Cole, F. Morgan. (ilh District-W. L. Mitchell, S. Bell, T. Y. A 8th District— H. H. Gumming, T. H. Polhill, W. W. Anderson. Onmotionof Colonel A. K. Kennan, of Baldwin, a committee of three from each Congressional dis- trict be appointed by this convention to confer with the committee appointed by the Third Party Convention. COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE. Ist District-Asa Holt, CV H. Hopkins, U. K. Preston. 2d District— Lott Warren, W. J. Patterson, G. O. Davis. 3d District-John H. Walton, J. H R. Wash- ington, S. Rutherford. 4th District— William Markham, John E. Rob- inson, F. Kendall. 5ih District- A. Stroup, Abda Johns, n, B. F. after I to be Ferrell, W. D. Luckie, S. C Joseph A. L. Lee, T. D. Hawkins. 6th District— Eli W Russell Reneaa 7th District— A. H. Kennan, 1. L. Ha Hollingsworth. Sth District- J. T. Smith, George W. Evans, John Hill. On motion, the convention took a recess till 12 m , to give time for the Committee of Conference to make a report. 12 o'clock. Convention convened. The Hon. Lott Warren, of Baker, from the Committee on Conference, re- ported verbally that they had met a sub committee of lour of the Third-Convention Committee in con- ference, but that, after consultation, found that nothing could be done towards the object of their ipointment. The report of the committee was, on motion of Colonel Abha Johnson of Cass, received, and the committee discharged. Mr. U. K. Preston, ol Chatham, offered the fol- lowing resolutions, which on mot being read, laid on the table : Resolved, That the committees of conference ap- pointed by the two conventions now in session re- spectively believe that each of said conventions is under obligations to its constituency to carry out the objects for which they are convened. Resolved, "That the two conventions now in ses- sion recognise each other and our constituents ae political friends, maintaining an identity of prin- ciple, and though differing in our opinions aa to the policy to be pursued, as to the supported in the ensuing President do not regard this as constituting a radical dilTcr- n the present can- vass as friends, engaged against a common ene- my, and will hold ourselves ready, after the pres- ent difference should have passed by, to act togeth- er as brethren in the support of the same princi- pies, and having as a common purpose the success of principles so essential to the peace and prosperi- ty of the country, and the integrity of the Union. A patriotic letter from several Scott Whigs of Carroll county was read to the convention, and re- ceived with applause. On motion of Colonel Lee, of Muscogee, a com- mittee of three from each Congressional district was appointed to select an electoral ticket, pledged to the support of Scott and Griham, for the State of Georgia: Committee to Choose Electors.— C. H Hopkins E. H. Bacon, W. F. Holland, J. A L. Lee, P. A. t;iayton, John Lyon, John Hill, James M. Dye, J. T. Smith, D. B Bush, James J. Scarborough, D. W. Townsend, Wm. Markham, John G. Morgan, T. B. Daniel. A. Stroup, G. L. Upham, L. Fuller, Wm. J. Patterson, Eli Warren, T. Kendall, R. Butts, E. Colloway, T. D. Hullingaworth: On motion of Major Bacon, of Chatham, a com- mittee of seven was appointed lo draw up resolu- tions ratifying the nominations of Scott and Gra- ham, and the platform of principles adopted by the National Whig Convention, and report the same to the convention for their action this after- noon: Committee on Resolutions. — E. H. Bacon, Iverson L. Harris, P. D. Woolhopter, Lott Warren, F. G. Wilkins, P. A. Clayton. Convention adjourned till 3 o'clock p. m. Three o'clock, p. m. The convention met agreeably to adjournment. The convention appointed lo frame an electoral ticket reported the following, which, on motion, was unanimously adopted: Electors for the State at Large.— Hon. Joel Craw- ford, of Early; Hon. William Law, of Chatham. For the Districts.— Hnn. George W. Walthour, of Liberty; Hon. Lott Warren, of Baker; Colonel Robert V. Hardeman, of Jones; Colonel Robert W. Simms. of Coweta; Hon. Turner H. Trippe, of Cass; Dr. Ira E. Dupree, of Twiggs; Col. N. G. Foster, of Morgan; General George W. Evans, of Richmond. The Committee on Resolutions made the follow- ing report, through their chairman, Mr. E H. Bacon, of Chatham: Resolved, That this convention do heartily ap prove and ratify the platform of principles adopted by the National Whig Convention lately assembled at Baltimore. We believe that the administration of the Government upon the principles mentioned in that platform would be promotive of the beet in- terests of the whole country; and, thus believing, we feel it to be our duty— a duty we mean faith- fully to discharge— to contribute all the aid in our power to their propagation and success. Risolved, That General Winfield Scott, of New Jersey, and the Hon. Wm. A. Graham, of North Carohna, occupy no dubious position in refcrenn; to the principles of the Whig platform, whether we regard their position before or since their nom- ination. Their letters of acceptance leave no room to doubt their cheerful and united support of the entire series of measures known as the Cornpro miae, the Fugitive Slave law included. We there- fore cordially approve and ratify the nomination of General Winfield Scott, the warrior, slateaman, and patriot, for the Presidency, and the nomina- tion of the Hon. W. A. Graham, the distinguished civilian, for the Vice Presidency of the L'nited States. «eso/»ed, That Millard Fillmore, the President of the United States, for the honeat, fearleae, and ble administration of the Government, under cir- umatances of great difficulty and embarrasameni, ! entitled to the lasting gratitude of his country- Resolved, That the memory of Henry Clay, the christian, statesman, and patriot, will ever be cherished in our hearts and affections. Hia fame 148 THE SIGNAL. is the roiiinion property of every nation where liberiy bas a worsliiijper or free luslilulious aii ad- vocate. On motion, the same were adopted. On motion of U K. Preeiou. ol Chatham, the following rieolulion was unnnimuusty and entLu eiasti. ally adopted, in lieuof thercaoluiiooBoflcred by the came gentleman in the forenoon ; JitMo.d.Tiial we f. el deep refrrct that a por- tion ol uiir Whig brelb'-eu have felt tbuni^eivre dudera necea^iiy to reiu^e a cooperation with u; at tnis tunc; but we indulge the ardent hope that they will perceive tlie propriety of abiodoning separatcorcaniziUon, and thai they will l>e foun- , . • >, , ', ,, ■/ < . m ra/ ■ ' r,ly united with u»on the National Whiff plat- jn.iJoTity, as we believe, ol thefiiendsol Mr. Web From the Jiuston Daily Advirfiser. THE WEBSTER MOVEMENT. Frequent allueiun U inude iu enme of the papers 10 wbui i3cailfd "the Webuter niovemuiit." We haveaeen ample proofs, not ouly among our own citizens, but in various parts of the cjuutry, '.f the exiutt-nceofaslrong-and widely-prevailiug *'Wrb- riter tceling," which would have exhibiied itaelt in action, or "movement," had the opportunity hecn prteentcd ol doin^ so with any proB^iect of n co-op- eratiL*n 60 exionaive as couM render that action Qvaibble to any useful purpose But no assurance 1,^ |of rtuch co-operation has yet fippef red. The irreat nniiiy unui*a wiin us on inc ;^aiiuuai >» uik i^uv •- j --^ ' — .. i i, t -t. j . t f.rm.'and in the cordial support of the National ^stkb, here aa well as elsewhere from tb^ date of Whig noinineea-a. our dirfereucc=i arc only aa to i'^B decision against him by the convention m Uienfand not aa to piinciplea. I*'"'^^ ''"=? *ero represented, althuugb their desire Mr R. Reneau ol D. Kaib, offered the following rco.luiion. which wae adopted; Rttolvtd, That n cominiilce of five be appointed to prepare and publish an address to the people ol jg loil the ii:it he sbouM be the c;indida(n remained changed, dicmed it uselesa to make any further pfljrt to obtain bis nom'Batmn. They were per- suaded that any such effort could be productive of no other result, so far ne the public would be con support led Whig Convention lor the Presidency and iPO'ty- Such ire Presidency. |uuceatanyt Ooniotionol Colonel A. H. Kennan, of Baldwin, cution was added to the Ih.- pr.-fi.i.-ui ol Cuuuiii . . ' ■- Tl, Hun. v« !. : . riaull.. ..,;,.,! ,1.. J. na.-bur.iu^h of Houston, Adam G. i'.-u. ol .^lu cogec, Jo.-,e(ih W. Benson of Kibb, Wiliiam J. Patterson of Macon. On motion of the Hon. Lott Warren, of Bater, tbt- rollowin:? resolution was adopted; Rrsolved, That this convention i.-f-omnieud 'o thefriPiKisof Scott and Graham !hi li - • n olih- Scod press of Georgia, to u . ',.■ . Ctiizen, Ailania Republican and WAig, of Savannah, aa^ American i r.,.,„ . .■! m. ■■ - fin. and such others as may soon bn,u.ii.> c, .in.. that the Central Executive Commiilcc be zealous jn the circut'tion of docum-nta, exhibiting ihe merits and claims of our candidates to the support ol the people Judge Warren toofe the fl.Kir in supporl i'! n,. resolution, and delivered an atle and conMn odctrcss to the convention on the iiiiponair ■ > ciiculating (K.cuuitiits auu spreading inloiuia, before the people. Ou motion ol Judge Jason Burr, of Spalding— Rtaulved, That this convcn-.ion recommend the bUoin^ 1 f a JVlass iMeeting iit A'lai.ta, on the 14t!i day (d Se| ttmber next, the anuiveisary of the d ly that G. uerai Scott entered in tnumib ihc H-ills of the Monttzumas; and that the stcrttarits of this coiiven'iou be a Couirnittee of Correspondence anl Inviiutiuulur Ihc same. Oil motion of Mr Hill, of Richmond— Resolved, That a C. iitral Exec uiive Stale Com- mittee ul seven bo appointed by the chair, wtiose duty it eliall be to noiiiy the gentlemen named aa electors of their nomination, and to 611 any va gest •/ the IVhig jsult ii was iu ttieir power to pro- , but they were ni t only indis rumental in promoting it, but lOiivea impelled them to guard There was undoubtedly at one time an impressiiin on the minds of many persons that, so strong was the conviction of the m.»8s of the people in many parte ot the country of the peculiar fitness of iMr. Wrbstcr for Ihe office of President of the United States, that to ensure his election 11 that it would be iiecespary to do was tj plsce btfoie the people lials of electors in the several Siatea pledged to vote lur him, and that he would be chosen by a epon. .1:1 ous movement of the people, even iu opposi- .11 to (he party candidates previously nominated. 1 .na was an opinion formed without a due conside- , n,.,n ,., .ho nr,'..n'^ry and almost universal course if; ■ '^ ' • •■ 111 in this country. People do niu . ': ■ : 1 : I. iw3 to a course o> action of this s ri li- concert, and in ihe case sup- (I r - );. ;b:>; to obtain thiscoccertwiih- 1 , :>. uirtiicc of persons who imagined that .11 interest in a different course, or who '■'.'/., li, oirectly or indirectly, to the support .1 the olher candidates previously nomi- nated. To set up another candidate, after tho two great and long established parties had already madi the ir r.'spectivo nominations, was to attempt to LStablisb a third pariy. The futility and folly of such an attempt naa been too often demonxtrated to admit the po.-sibility of its euccecs, at least un der ciicumstancef like thos" mw existing The supposition was. that the movement might lake place withjut any regularly organized party, and notouly 'AiU.uui tlie aid of parly organization, but in op|iu-:i[inii to the iulluence of acomplete organi- z.ition for the support of the existing parlies, throughout every part of the country, cancy which may occur in the electoral tukei; Although these considerations Oo not at once alB ., to penorin all other business which apper- occur t" the minds of every one, they are so ob- tains to such cuininitiees. jvious on reflictiun that they account full7 for the The committee coiisisls of J H. K. Washington, 1 fact that tiiere has been no " movement" in any of Bibl.; hli Warren, of Houston; A. H. Konnai^lpart of the country ol any of the masses of the ol Kd.Uwin; Samuel Rutherlord, f Crawford; D. (people in favor of the electi.m of Mr. Welister to E. Biouni, of Jones; L N. Whittle, of Bibb; L. F. iilie Presidency. It ia because those who would W. Andrew^, ol bibb ihave bo n disposed to move hav^ convinced them OnmoiiunolMr WiiBhington, of Bibb, Coin' . I ■•.^..-w.:' mat movement would nut only be use- ivuus, unless they could sec som>' to acldr stylo of 6 I. L. U.irri» was call tiuu, Willi b ho uid quence and power, t to the highest offic witiun 11 - :;ii . ; <:.<■ p. ( ;,ie On motion ul Co.oiiel K.t: ' It ,,_ iifjolctd. That the thai ! ntun be tendeicil to the presioini, ■ ji lu,, and secretaries of this body, 1 .. . y man- ner in which ihey have (liochargcu ti:c duties of their r< spi > five stations. Colonel Keunan being called on for aepcech, de- clined making one. bui begged leave to lelate the incident between Pri»ideui Wailisonar.d his Cabi- net ns to the rapid promoion ol General Scott to the highest m.lilary rank, while the latter was in his youth. On motion, the convention then adjourned, tine die. WW B. FLE.MING, President. 1\I. W. PLUkY, ) v _ . , . G- W. EVANS, r'"^'"'""""- L. F. W. ANDnews, 1 U. L. KoATH, S- Secretaries. ROBT. W. SIMMS, J Iluisois amcB Knox ia the Whig candidate n the -lih district. In me 7th dis- Charles H. Constable is the Whig candi- Opi>oaition. [New York Tribune. dale, and J. C. Alien ;uiy .,1 lis succets in an actual strong I /. ' iif Jit ; 11 some other quarter No such ii*uvc- iiuiji uas yci been exhiuited, and it is becoming ■jvt-ry day less probable. Mr. G. T. Curtis, in hie lately-published letter, expresses what h is been a very prevalent opinion when he says : " It has been my opm'on all along that the trienda of Mr Webster iu iMassncbuJetts ought to wait for some oilier action ot a decided character out ol the State oelore they made any movement for his nomina- lion aa an independint candidate " He was con fluent that such action would come here as well as sewhere; but the fact that it has not come, alter has been so long expected, seems to havedemoc- strated the wisdom of not moving alone. It is understood that a paper is in circulation, which has received a large number of signatures, expressing an opioii n in fivor of measures for the nomination of electors by the friends of Mr. Web- ster in this Comiiiuiiwealih. These signatures doubtless afford satisfactory proof of the wide pre- valence of the feeling to which we have alluded, and they are expressive of a desire that Mr. Web- ster may be brought before the public as a candi- date. But we cannot suppose that it was the in- tention ol most of the signers to cnnimit themselves to such a proceeding, until tbcy shall see some further demoustratiun than lias yet been made of other Statfs as ia alluded to by Mr. Curtis, and aa is obviously ueccsstry to pive any efficiency to a movement in this State. The proposed meeting may take place, but at thq meeting (should one be held) the question must come up for consideration whether any good re- sult can come from proceeding to a nomination of electors. In this statB of things, we hope it will be decided by the committee to whom, it we mistake not, this question has been referred, that ihe wisest course will be to dispense with the meeting altogLther. It surely cannot lie the desire of those friends of Mr. VVebster, who have signed the paper recom- mending a public meeting, to advocate the nomi- nation of an electoral ticket in this State, unless there should appear to be a fair prospect of eleciing that ticket, and also of choosing electors pledged to the same object in other Stales. In the present state of information, we cannot suppose that tho greater pari of those signers can believe eittier tJt these events in any degree probable; or that the nomination, if made, will receive the support of hall the friends of iVir. Webster in this Slate, or in any other State. Is it not apparent that an at- tempt under such circumstances to choose a Web- thereby reducing the apparent number of his porlers tososmall a body as will give thoir for such a ticket ? PfOtn the Providence (fi /.) Journal, Tho Scott and Marcy foirespondcuce. This correspondence, which made considerable stir in Its day, has been republished in a pamphlet by Ihe New York Evening Post. Wc lemember it well. Governor Marcy is one of the m jst acute and vigorous political writers in the country. General Scott is no match for him in special plead- ing, in the skilful glossing over ot fads, and malt- ing the worse appear the belter reason. With all bis abilities, conspicuous alike in civil and iu mili- tary life. General Scott possesses, in a remirkable decree, the frank and geuerou* qualiiies v/hich are apt to distinguisi! a soldier. He despises taking an unfair advantage even of an em my, and al- ways goessiraigbiiurward to say what he means, and do what he says. T^ds correspondence is revived in the same spirit which has rak^d up the affair ol the New Vork Battery, which happened over thirty yers ago. Admitting Ihe superiority if Governor Marcy m the line 10 which we have relerred, we are still quite content that this correspond, nee should go again before the public. Lt-t the pe-ople read it; let them recall the cireuinstanct-s under wbn h it was written, and the poeition ol Ihe two men. General Scott, wish insuflioicut means, with forces vastly inferior iu point ol numbers, under eveiy diaud- vanlage of p'sition, had taken the Castle ol San Juan d'Ulloa, and had driven the loe bciore bint to the gales ot the capital. Fighting at every point wh."re the enemy, in superior numbers, with a knowledge of the country, and in his own chosen positions, offered battle, his march had been one career of victory. The admiration of thecivibz.d world was challenged by his great deeds; and the great (Captains of tlie a^e hastened to test* fy their homage to the man whom tlity acknowleuged had but one living lival. All this tiiut General Scott was feebly supported by un ailminiduation jetalousof the reuoven which he was winning, and setking lor some opportunity 10 disgrace, uim. Having disposed of ihe enemy m front, the old hero turned his atiention to the ene- my in the roar. He wrote to the Uepartment, com- plaining bitterly, as he had a right to complain, and not in that cautious tone which doubtleso Gov- ernor Marcy would have employed under similar circumstances. It will hardly be believed by posterity that Gen- eral Scolt, after having b.^rne the American dag in triumph from Vera C.uz to Mexico, having maiched from victory to victory, adding each day new lusire to the American arms, was recalled, displaced from his command, the troops whom he had led handed over to a pasteboard general, and ho ordered before a court of his inle'riors 10 give an account of himself, and to show why he had not conducted tlie war to the better satisfaction of Mr. Polk and Mr. Marcy. It was the case of Beliza- rius and of Cslumbus over again. General Scott came home, taking the smallest vessel at Vera Cruz, bee (Use it he took the larger the sick sol- diers might suffer fur want of accommodations. He declined the public honors tendered to him at New Orleans, because he was under the displea- suie of the Executive, and bis Birict obedience to l»w and distipliue would not suffer him li»do any THE SIGNAL. 149 thing- which mipht bring the authont-es into dio- resp. ct. Tb« fi'St newa that his fellow-ci'izens hart of his arrival was whfn they saw him on Sun- day morning walkinj^ into the churrh to taUe hia accustomeo plarc of worship. The court uf in- quiry had the decency to adjourn withoot carry iiig- out the views of the President and hia Si'cre tarv. It did not even make up an opinion Now, all the capital th.it the eneuiiea of General Scott can make hy recalling these things to the public mind they are welcome to. From the Savannnh (Ga.) Rejmblican, August 27. THE FEDERAL UNION AND GENERAL Sr-OTT. The Milledgeville Federal Union has discovered a " mare's nf-st" in a declaration of the RtpubUcan in regard to Gen. Scott. It remarks: "The Republican speaks the sentiments of the Wcbit- r or third party in Georsria, when be pro mUes ' not to oppose Scott and Graham ' This is the ambush fi»ht that the Democracy have to en- counter in thi- present contest. Let the Democracy beware of th.se Webster enemies; they fight 'un- der the wag-ors' they thank their God they are not as other men are; they arc tou pood to mingle in the common herd; and by virtue of their arrogant claim to Comcivalism they presume to dictate to the people their duty— at tlie same lime, under pre- tence of enmity to Scott, they aid and abet his cause. They are wolves in sheep's clothing. Let the people who arc determined Scott shall not have thciraidavoid Webster- let Whigs whoarepleaged asainst Scott vote f r I'ierce; that is the way, and the only way, the friends of Mr. Fillmore can re- venge their outraged feelings " Without stopping to remark upon the sublime Impudence which could induce a late scccssio print to obtrude its advice upon the frir-.nds of M Fillmore, we propose to relieve the Federal Union of some of its doubis ao to our position In the first place, then, we are dead against Mr. Pierce— dead against the lesselated platloriu of thd Democratic party— and licad against every thing which the Federal Union advocetes. In the next place, ae b<'tween Scott and Pit rce, we are dead for Scott and dead against Pierce. Recent developnientB demonstrate conclusively that, in many respects, Mr. Pierce ia a second edition of Martin Van Bu ren— "a Nnrihern man with Southern principles." So little was known of him at the time of his nom- ination, that hie position, so far as he had any, could he ascertained only by searching the records. Thus far the investigation has not resulted to hia credit. He has avowed sentiinenta on the subject of slavery eclipsing any thing we now remember ever said by even Mr. tieward. He considers the institution a soctai, moral, and political ivil. While he has opposed the ultra Abolitionists in hia own St ite, he has not failed to act and coincide with such arrant Freesuilera as Hibbard, Norris, and Peaslee. at home, and with men equ Uy hostile to us abroad. Nny, more; his name is recorded on the journals of Congress in opposition to a bill to authorize a citizen of the Dielrict of Columbia to remove two of his slaves to his home in the Dis- trict He has done all this, and more, as we shall take ooceaion to show in the courae of a few dnys. On the subject of internal improvements hia po aition is equally objectionable. His votes on al such bills, so far as we have seen, whether for inn proving harbors or rivers or opening roads, hav been invariably in the negative. He carried hi opposition so far as even to vote against a bill for the erection of lighthouses on the Atlantic coast ! Lighthoueca have been most aptly called the "eyes of commerce," in the absence of which the hardy mariner, struggling with tempest and dark uesi, is ever liable to be dashed to pieces. Without Buch indispensable helps, it ia not too much to say that the shipping and commercial interests of this ,innc County, rhrillmg Dialogue," which de.i.anda a short notice from me, in cnsequen. e ol its incor- rectness on the one part, and wh.Tt seems to oe a designed omission ou the other, Foi the iaise po sition I am here made to occupy, personally, I should have no concern; but it is a duty which I owe to the public not lo become a passive instru- ment in the hands of wily politicians whereby they may humbug the people by represeoticg Franklin Pi lie to them in fa. ge colors I have no dei-ire to iiifiict such cross injustice upon the Democratic cmdidate, aal shouid do were I to recommend him such a pro slavery man aa the language contained in that arti< ie. purporting to emanate li-om me, would necessarily imply If this hao b. en true, what it states, and thia had been all, it would very materially alter the fa'-ts in this case. It io the most easy thingin the world, however, to diaw lalae inferences from a partial statement ot lac a. And whoever attempts to qu-jte words fr. m a speech or book without giving what waa immedi- ately connecied ihrrew be had, does upon the aotl making that v,-l ploitiing aiiO quali- iig and import may , by conveying, so weight, a meauing -apprehension, and ' for good piodu" ; belt. nitely ground. We that the peopb with us, and Huzza for Soott and Gbaha are there t igaii b. ast, but we rejoice jf noble, pKl no ic Tennes ell help say ng «o ot evil. "Remember, Bassinio, the devil may quote Scripture for his purposes." Inevidmceof this, the Atheist essays to preoicale bis faith upon the Scriptures, by detaching (ri.in its pages a cer- tain portion, the only important part of which he then expunges in order that he may make it read "There "is no God." And thus "For doubtless the pleasure is ae great Of being cheated as to cheat." By the folly of hia prejudicea or inycnioua wick- ed.iefs not only Ib^ language is maugbd, but the , , ,.,,;-. I ■„• ;uj. I import thei-eol perverted. It :: , ■ tlicn,- i thia "ihiilling dia- ^ , . rya took place betw.-en Mr. ,i..,, .1,,., ,,,;, .M,i.ii,ave stated all that I eaid in my aiiswci l-j iijc -.^ueotion, if it was his ol ject to eulighttn the coumry, and not to deceive it. But aa he has used only so much as will anawer the ends of party intrigue, I will elate what I did say ind what I elapse of some six or ae memory, for the informal the people, in 1844 .r '45 I much as will anawt [will state what I die Pierce aay, as well a dcc'p 1 iik,Iv P Hale, in the State of n"w Hnm'psbire.' It was not two years 4go, as the Snow Hill rtporter has it, A short tune prior lo this. Mr. Hale had diesolved his connexion with the Democratic party, upon the Texas question, upon tb« plea that the parly did not go far enough for the abolition of slavery. He desired to see slavery abolished, whether by "peace or blood," 150 THE SIGNAL, I (he of allu flir. Pier Thai Kent; rks mads some forward 10 defend bimeeli. -^"Xiinhis iPierce's) rmark, ht dislinclly ..voiced ,^^1 he was a, mvch Offosed to the iTUhtulton. ff slavery as any mau in ^noHampslivre, (f'^made use of languageverywtich Me, ./ not,Umo,; ja^ .^^.^ „, ,4^, i,hich I haie seen tmputed 10 Ai'.. ,„ (4j ^Vno Boston speech by the Inde- pendent o;,d Manchester Democrat. I heard nolhiiig Iroin r^im, and, on the ronirary, all thai I did hear niir. say convinces mct.iat whether he made those "■.cmarfcs quoted as his by the above papers or not, THEYCONTAIS HIS SKNTltfRSTS UPON SLAVBEV, AND AKK VBHV SIMILAR IN WUBDS AND THE SAME IN WBASISQ WHICH 1 HEARD HIM DECLABE. I do Hut mean to say that he said any thing- upon the Compromise, because it was not in agitation at «hat day. The reporter of that article misrepresents ine when he says that I cliarffcd Franltlin Pierce with «nd gave the Concord and Manchester Democrat «o prove that he was identified with Freesoilism ■auii Abolilionifm. I distinctly avowed that I did Out believe bim an Abolitioniai. And when 1 Bpeak of Abolitionism, I tiieau the creed of John P. Hale, whether by "blood or peace." And why 1 did not believe him an Abolitionist was, that he said in his speech UDon the occasion which i have relerred to, ihat he did not tliink Hale's parly could mean what they said; that is, to efi'ect the abolition 01 slavery by force of arms, and if they did, he was sure that every good citizen would be willip.^, at least he would, to lay down bis dead body to protect the Constitution. But that he is a Free^oiler, a nomenclature which is ueed in distinction to Abolitionists, 1 have never doubted. And what I have heard him sai/ confiims mc in Uu conviction that liis stntiments vpon (he slave question are trulu embodied m ttie resohitcnn. aii, ri- ed and instructions givento their reprcs,,:-: , / Congress by the Democratic Legislulu, , -i \;,. JUampMreinim. I did refer to the rxti ;,■ , !,mi: the New Boston speech, which I had eetn, Iml I «aid 1 Jid not know whether Mr. Pierce made those remarks or not, then and there, for I bad not (hen seen any effort to deny them ; and I desired to do the Democratic candidate the justice to see both Bides before I made up an oDinion as to the fact of that speech But sofar frcrm doubting Uteir authen- ticity because of what I had heard him say; on the contrary, what he had said in my hearing induced me to believe tluit he did make that speech, for I re- cognised sentiments which 1 had heard from the same source, and I was about to state what that was, when, in consequence of many interruptions by the other gentleman, I remarked that I would forbear, for h?, perhaps, would not take my au- thority. 1 had frequently quoted the remarks which I beard i\Ir. Pierce make, to prove what I believed his position, as declared by hiineclf. And, niore- over, I did him the justice to tell the whole and not the half. And as soon as Mr. Wise asked me a question, upon the occasion referred to, which did virtually accept of my authority as to what 1 lind seen and heard, 1 readily declared, as wi II .) i "i remember, what that was; and it is cc. 11' I < . dcnce to me that the answer was nut ' 1 to the friends of Mr. Pierce, from the jmh ,1 :. :, false-colored statement-in the article lo u lut h 1 h ui replying. Tlie greatest difference belwtm An. Pierce and Mr. Hale, as J understand them, was about the means which should be employed to effect llie same end desired by both. The reporter of that "thrilling diabgue" is cul- pable, in my estimation, to the extent that he quotes so much of my answer as suits his party purposes, and omits what, if told, he knew would eel Mr. Pierce in his true liffht before the country, and by which omission he is endeavoring to hum- bug on my authority. Perhaps he goes upon the adage that "all is fair in politics;" but, according to the code of ethics which I have studied, I am disposed to believe that a "suppressed vow" is a moral if not a political sin. This article says, fur- ther, that Mr. Wise made Mr. Mapp acknowlcd-^e that Franklin Pierce was not what those Abolition Whig papers (although called Democrat) repre- sented him to be. Here I beg leave to say that I did not then nor 'io I now acknowledge any such thing. I only charged Mr. Pierce of being a Free- Boiler, and that charge 1 sustained to my own sat isfaction. I believe him to entertain the sentiments set forth in the resolutions with the Wilmot pro- viso adopted by the Democ.'alic Legislature of his own State in 1847. I have i.evcr attempted to charge Mr. Pierce with what I diti not believe him to be. I hope I do not ask too much whei,' I request an insertion of this in your paper Very respectfully, yours, &c.. From the Boston Daily Advertiser, August '27. THE WEBSTER MOVEMENT. Since the publication of our remarks on Wed- nesday, u.-i the subject of what has been, by a vio lent figure of speech, called the "movement" of the friends ot Mr. Webster, in this city, for bringing him forward as a regular candidate, by the nomi- nation of electors, we have been confirmed in the view which we then stated. There are additional proofs that, among the great number of the Whigs of Massachusetts who have deeply regretted that .Mr. Webster has not been brought forward in a way which should make him a candidate for their suffrages, a very large portion are still of opinion that it would be idle to proceed to the nomination of a ticket of electors in this State, until there shall be further proof Ihun has been yet exhibited that other States will etficiently co- operate in such a movement. We liiid it very generally admitted, by those who express an opinion on this subject, that the anticipated proof of such a disposition in other States has not yet been developed, and filled. In the Boston Courier of yesterday, a journal which no one will hesitate to number among the fast friends of Mr. Webster, we find the following opinion expressed : •' We arc very glad to find that the gentlemen engaged in collecting the evidence of public feel- iuf; on the subject ol a Webster electoral ticket, '-V0 decided not lo call a public meeting until ' V i.ave obtained a further expression of opinion I. other parts of the State. In our judgment, movement ought to be made to depend upon :. |ir«bability of the friends of Mr. Webster, ihioughout the Union, being able to carry the elec- tion of President into the House of Representatives. It'a fair prospect of this result is found to exist, we think Mr. Webster will have the electoral vote of this Slate, on its being asked for him by his friends. Upon their best judgmcnias to this result, weaic satisfied the friends of Mr. Webstec in this quarter will act, or refrain from acting. They are not men to be deterred or driven, by any amount of denunciation, from any quarter." This is precisely the course which we have been persuaded the great body of Mr. Webster's friends in this State would pursue. From ourconv; ' n of the improbability of any such co-opera(i 1: other Slates, as could justily the expeci.i: n success, even so far as to carry theircandii-iai !i ihe House of Representatives, we have btLu ,..;- suaded that the purpose of bringing forwanl a ticket of electors here would be abandoned. We do nut believe that even the prospect of obtaining such a number of votes for Mr. Webster, as might < ,< it .1 choice by the people, and carry the eltc- 11 into the House of Keprcsenliitivcs, woulil have • . tiled any induce M ihe greater part i who, had there been a hope of ultimate suc- would have been ready to make every exer- in support of a ticket in his favor. 'I'liey that of placing thi day's Cow to see- Mr. him, if the 2 of I! desired or expected, bee Ml ,■ it -.':>■. ,:a , toi;!!!! v an express provision ol the Con^^ututioo, wluLh points out in a certain contingency this mode of effecting a choice of President. For these reasons the article of the Courier, while it advises delay in framing a Webster electoral ticUel, encourages the collection of signature-sin favor ol the measure, in order to a full expression ot opinion on the part of Mr. Webster's friends. Having always been proud to be accounted as one of them, and concurring but in a small portion of the suggestions of the Couritr, 1 venture to offer you the lollowing views on the subject: In the first place, instead of looking upon the choice of a President 'jy the House of Representa- tives as a provision of the Constitution designed for ordinary use, I regard it only as an arrange- ment to meet the case of a failure in the regular mode of effecting a Presidential election. Who- ever is chosen by the House of Representatives as the Constitution now stands must be a minority candidrite; and the election of such a candidate by Congress, voting not per capita, but by States, is certainly to be regarded as a great evil. The ope- ration has ben performed twice in our political history. It 1801 it was accompanied by the most disgraceful intrigues on both sides It resulted in sustaining the popular choice. Had the result been different the most serious consequences would have taken place In 1825 Mr. Adams was chosen by the House of Representatives. His electoral vote was considerably smaller than General Jack- son's, and the cry of " minority candidate" and "bargain and corruption" was strong enough to paralyze his administration. As far as we can learn any thing froiri experience, we have reason to look upon Presidential elections by the House of Representatives with decided aversion, ncv^r lobe volontarily resorted lo. But waiving this point, is there the least possi- bility — we do not say probability — that the House of Representatives would choose Mr. Webster in preference to the other candidates.? How many Whig votes can be calculated upon in the present House of Representatives, voting by States.' We arc not sure that, including Massachusetts, there are five States that could be relied on; hut that a dozen States could be found to abandon the Demu- cratic candidate and vote for Mr. Webster cannot surely be the opinion of any sane man. Then comes up the question. Are the friends of Mr. Webster, as an iniegral portion of the Whig party, free to pursue the course recommended by the Courier? The writer, in arguing the question of the propriety ot giving Mr. Webster's friends a chance to bring the election before the House of Representative.?, overlooks that point entirely. Have they not as members of the Whig parly committed themselves on this point.' They took part in the preliminary arrangements for the con- vention; they chose delegates in whom they placed reliance; and the three delegates at large were given to them by the Springfield Convention. I know it is said that the business of the convention was not fairly conducted, and that therefore its doings are not binding. It is quite likely that in this assemblage, as at all others ol the kind, things were done and said which no person of sound judgment and high principle would;approve. This is only saying, in olher words, that the members of the convention were men. But was there any such unfairness in essentials as to release its mem- ht •■- !rum the obligation which binds them as men ■' rtuid their constituents as consistent mem- :' '.'reat party.' Was not this convention as • 1 :. jiression of the opinions and wishes of the Whi, , iriy as that by which General Taylor was noiiituated in 184S and General Harrison in 1840.' We have seen no proof to the contrary. Finally, is there the least reason to anticipate ah electoral vote for Mr. Webster out of Massa- chusetts, should he be brought forward as a can- didate? From whence 13 it to come.' It would be ridiculous to look to any of the Democratic Slates make a majority. It is only in States cuntrolled by conservative Whigs that a vote for Mr. Web- ster could be expected, were they all united. At present, is there a State in the Union where a uni- ted vote could be expecteil on a nomination now a iniijoriiy of the Whig votersof Massieliusetts are in favor of repudiating the Baltimore nomination.' Is not the "Webster movement" confined, lor the most part, to Boston; and even in Boston is it deemed a prudentand advisable tnovemcnt by Mr. Webster's leading friends.' Ill 1 word, Mr. Editor, it appears to me that the " !i: iiieiit," if persevered in, will have no other ' 1:1 slightly to diminish the Whig vote out : , .rhusetts, and to produce a dangerous . ::i 111 111 the State. In Slates almost equally di- vi.iid, (as Pennsylvania lor instance was in 1840, wlicii Genera! Harrison received her vote by lour or five huiidnd plurality,) such a diminution will give elet torai votes to the Democratic candidate which would otherwise have gone for the Whig candidate. In Missachusette, the nomination of a Webster electoral ticket will infallibly produce the disruption of the Whig party, and fix the iron yoke of the Coalition upon the Commonwealth for an indefinite period. Can any friend to Mr. Webster's good name desire that the last incident of his illustrious political life should be the over- throw, in his own State, of that noble Whig party which he has so long adorned, and which has su THE SIGNAL. 1.^1 A VOICE FROM OLD KENTUCKY! The Richmond (Ky.) Messenger contains the fol- lowing " talk with Democrats" about Gen. Scott: Since the nominations for the two highest offices of Government were made at Baltimore, by the two great political parlies into which the people of the United States are divided, we have dispassion- ately and deliberately surveyed the field of action- scrutinized the plan of the Presidential campaign, so far as it has been developed, and industriously examined, all that has been urged, from quarters most entitled to respect, against the Whig candi- dates. The result of our examination is, that not a particle of ground can be reputably occupied by the adversaries of Scott and Graham, founded upon their own personal or official demerits ; al- though they have, in their respective and widely dilTerent spheres, done the nation long service, and the people are familiarly acquainted with their pub- lic and private history. This is certainly a noble commendation— that throughout a public career lengthened and notorious as ever falls to the lot of the'most illustrious public servant, there h been a thing said or done by Winfield Scott — no act or failnre — nothing either of commission or omission, upon which" his partisan enemies can raise a reasonable show of opposition to the man or officer. By unanimous consent his personal character stands without spot or blemish— exhibit ing a combination of virtues so harmoniously blended, and so unmingled with vices, as, unfortu nately, is seldom found among the favorites of fame and of fortune. An enlightened Christian the highest style of man ; and no one has given his conduct more striking illustration^! of tl truth, than he whose military genius and glorious achievements have placed him in the vei y highest r.ink among the heroes of the nineteenth century His moderation after victory, his mercy to the conquered foe, his humanity to the wounded and other sufferers, his forbearance towards his perso- nal adversaries, his magnanimity towards all who shared in the remotest degree his arduous toils and sacrifices, are gratefully attested by numbers of disinterested witnesses, who will never cease to pronounce his name with benediction and gratitude. As a public man, he has not only never been found wanting, but in every emergency where he has been called to duty he has far exceeded the sanguine expectations of his friends by the vigor and success of his performances. A brave and impetuous soldier, he showed, when raised to high and responsible rank, those natural gifts and bril- liant endowments, and that sedulous training of mind and body, which seemed to point h a leader among men. In his earliest appointment he displayed equal talents to conduct, to persuade, and to command. Firm and constant, yet gentle and conciliating, he was governed uniformly by the principles of a man who knew and felt demanded of him by his country. He went into the field of war, into the councils of foreign dipl macy, into negotiations with barbarous Indian tribes, into his bureau in the Dep.irtment at Wash- ington, wKh a single and undivided purpose, i. e. to do the business of his country, and he alway: did it ! Never did an occasion occur, however unexpectedly, to which he was not equal ; nevei has there been a subject presented to him, ever casually, in which his ability has not been con spicuous. He treats sucli emergencies and such topics as if they had been matteia of his longest preparation and continued meditation. The praise which was bestowed upon Tuemistocles by the most philosophic of historians, Thuckdides, is justly und deservedly his : "Gifted by nature with "intuitive skill and sagacity, he had, moreover, such promliiude of counsel as gave him a decided supe- riority in saying and doing whatever was necessary on the spur of the occasion." How contemptible, then, is the species of soph- istry which would turn the resplendent glories of Scott's military life as proof presumptive of his deficiency-as a civilian; as if it must necessarily follow that, because a man has been great in the .nrt of war, he must be little in the arts of pea Now, with all our admiration of men of thought and words, we still more profoundly vei who, besides thinking and speaking well, have DONE GREAT DEEDS. "Such a man is WiNFIEI.D Scott. He is a scholar — a ripe and good one the bloom anr! vigor of his faculties, in the prime of life, when everything can charm, that which can charm the moat, military glory, was offered him ; and it has been ever since continued, md is now confirmed and established by the voice \f the world, as well as his own countrymen. He night be pardoned if, as many have done before lim, he had turned from the studious labors of his youth; but his various publications on the science of his profes.sion show the activity of his giant intellect, and the well directed vigor of his appli- cation. He has, furthermore, displayed the highest il abilities on innumerable occasions, when a full and adequate exertion of them was impera- tively demanded. Called now, by the voice of a great and powerfiU portion of his countrymen, to be a candidate for the Chief IMagistracy of the Union, he will, if elected, (which is inevitable,) manifest the same deliberate and undaunted firm- ness, the same manly dignity, by which he has been heretofore distinguished ; and by vigorous and promptitude of decision, and com- nding powers of language and argument, he II, in the discharge of his Executive duties, pre- ..ve the principles and stability of the American Government and Constitution. The voice of American people, we firmly believe, will go with us in this opinion at the ensuing N election. THE LITTLE GIANT ON FAINTING FITS. The Democrats have manifested a great deal of ingenuity in their eft'orts to account for General Pierce'3 fainting fits on the field of battle. We have already published several Democratic versions of those fits. Each one of them presupposes the falsity of all previous versions. The Whigs con- tent themselves with a mere statement of the fact that General Pierce had great facility in fainting on the field of battle, and do not give themselves any unnecessary trouble in trying to find why it was that he always happened to faint just at the time when a General should be wide awake with all nsea about him. Judge Douglas, the little giant, the smallest of giants, the most mendacious of pickaninny giants, has come to the rescue of his party , and gives a veritable and most eificient reason why Pierce fainted. He made a speech in Richmond, Virginia, few days ago, in which he said that Pierce did not faint from fear, but that he sunk from exhaus- having marched to the battle field over an ex- tensive tract of " red hot stones of burning lava.'" We advise all other Democrats to adopt the .ant's version. They can't hope to improve on it. It is very satisfactory. But one, if he happens to be a Whig, can't help asking two or three ques- tions in relation. Where did the " red hot stones of burning lava" come from.' What volcano is there at Churubusco and Contreras which was in operation at the time those battles were Ibught, to eject red hot stones in the valiant Pierces way? Why should General Pierce be the only one of the American army who fainted from exhaustion after having inarched over an extensive track of red hot stones of burning lava.' When Pillow was flesh- ed in the arm by a Mexican bullet he carried the bullet about him as an evidence of the fact. Can his friend Pierce produce a few of those " red hot stones of burning lava" that caused him to faint? If that French doctor who was h— 1 on fits, hap- pens to be alive, he will speedily expire m a fit ot jealousy. Douglas has beaten him in his own pe- culiar vocation, and henceforth the sinful will cer- tainly assert that Douglas is " h— I on fits"— faint- fits. — Louisville MULTUM IN PARVO. The following dialogue is taken from the Lou' isiana Spectator. The scene is laid in Baltimore; time— day after the nomination of Pierce tflid King. It is emphatically muUum in parvo. Dialogue between a Southern Deinocrat and a Free soiter— both members of the talc Ji^lersanian Demo- cratic Convention in Baltimore: Prce Soiler.— The first thing that I would do, if I were a member of Congress, would be to move the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Bill. Southern Democral— (looking wild.) Why! what in the h— 1 do you mean? F. S. — I felt bound to do it ns soon as the Con- vention adopted thuir platform. I w:is, you know, opposed to committing ourselves l>y any declara- tion of principles; but you Soutlic.ni iiici nisisted upon it, and I shall adhere to tiic [ilatform strict- ly, although it leans rather too much tow.ird.s Free trade for mo. You now recollect we cndor.sed the Kentucky Resolutions of '98. S. D— -To be sure we did. F. S.— Well, the 2d resolution declares that Congress can impose no penalties except for crimes declared to be such by the Constitution. Of couree that part of the law inflicting a penalty is unconsti- tutional, according to our own doctrines. S. D.— Well, in that case the law for the ren- dition of fugitive slaves can never be executed. F. S.— And never ought to be — S. D.— But the Constitution — F. S.— I know what you're going to say. The Constitution requires us to deliver up "persona _h( Id to service or labor" who shall escape, etc. Now, this evidently alludes to indented apprentices. If it meant staves, why didn't it say so? The fact is, you can't find slaves mentioned in the whole in- strument. Il never meant to recog-)i!,« slavery. How could the Government do so in 1787, whereas, only eleven years before, on the 4lh of July, 1776, it had declared that "all men are created equal?" The thing is pert'eolly absurd — and as we have always contended, in direct opposition to the Declaration of Independence. S. D.— (excited.) What the d— I do I care for the Declaration of Independence! It was very good in its time, but it has nothing to do with things ""W-a-days. p. S.— Why, yes, it has. I guess we have made a part of our platform. I put it in on pu_r|.K)se Hon. Rufus Choate.— The Boston Atlas denies the assertion made by Rev. Mr. Winalow, at a mef ting of the friends of Mr. Webster in tliat city on Tuesday evening, to the effect that the Hnn. Rufus Choate had eaid that "ne would net go for S ott, but would go for Webster." The Atlas save: "Mr. Choate stands now precisely where he stood at the time of the grreat Whig ratification meetingin Faneuil Hall, when hedeciared himself in favor of sustaining' the nominations of the Whiff National Convention. We are assured that he now wholly disapproves of this or any other at tempt to get up any electoral ticket, excepting only that to carry out the Whig national nomina tions. We have no doubt he will lose no time ir causing- the gross misrepresentation of Mr. Win slow to" be as publicly contradicted aa it has beei circulated." Do you think we Yankees are such cussed fools as to abandon our long-cherished principles? S. D.— (after a pause.) Do you say, Hallet, that you put in all that stuff about the Kentucky Resolutions and the Declaration of Independence, ly to justify you hereafter in overthrowing the Compromise? "" ~ Certainly. We couldn't have consist- ently done otherwise, after we had nominated Pierce. He would have been obliged to decline, nd we didn't want him to. S. D.— You are a d-d wooden-nutmeg, horn- un flint, bass-wood, pumpkin-seed, mriking race; ind I wish I'd stayed at home and minded- my ness, before I'd taken a .-sect in yiuu- Conven- tion. ]xit S. D., whiln F. S. applied his thumb to nose. Anothe 'Fact" Unsettled.— Some of the more unscrupulous of the Pierce and King- jour- nals of the South have been circulating tbo "fact" that the venerable Jacques Toutant, elector for the first district, Louisiana, and a sterling Whig ol long standing, had avowed hia determination not tosupport General Scott; but the Bccoftbelbth publishes a letter from Mr. Toutant, denying over his own name the allegation. He says, moreover, he is now perfectly satisfied with the nalionality of General Scott; and that, if elected, he will adinin- Ihe good of the ■ II r.ilumbia county. ...ling to promote :y twenty-six re- u the chimney "f ..-ccmbled took firt! •YtiP Vork Bxp,-es». li)2 THE SIGNAL. THE SIGNAL. CITY OF WASHINGTON, SEPT. 4, 185! WHIG NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDENT, • WENFIELD SCOTT, Of New Jersey. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, Of North Carolina. GEN. SCOTT AND THE COMPROMISE. In a recent letter to the editor of the Boston Daily Mverliser, Mr. G. T. Curtis observes that, as a National Union Whig, he cannot sup- port any nomination, made under such circum- stances, in reference to the Compromise mea- sures, as have marked the conduct of General .Scott and his immediate advisers, from the beginning, and, as a citizen, he will not vote for any man as President of the United States whom he does not believe to be, in the highest and best sense of an able and accomplished statesmanship, fitted for the oiBee. We cannot but think that Mr. Curtis is im- perfectly possessed of the circumstances of General Scott's relation to the Compromise; or he is more ultra than even southern gentlemen in his demands. We published the other day General Scott's own account of those rela- tions, as given to the Mississippi dele- gation to the Baltimore Convention, and re- ported by Mr. Daniel Weiseger Adams, one of those delegates, in a speech made before a Whig meeting at Jackson on the 16th of .July. Mr. Adams is a native of Frankfort, Kentucky, and the Commonwealth of that place says that where he is known his word will carry conviction, and that there cannot be the least question of the truthfulness of his re- port. He thus reports General Scott on the oqcasion to which we have referred : "I feel gratified, gentlemen, at this unexpected ' call, and am glad to see before me the accredited ' men of Mississippi. The nomination which has ' been conferred upon me by the convention of ' which you were members is an honor greater than ' I deserve; and, whether defeated or elected, I shall • always regard it as the highestcompliment which ■ could be bestowed upon me, and as more than re- ' paying me for the little service I have rendered ' my country. 1 am well pleased, too, gentlemen, ' with the platform you haveadopled— it meets my ' hearty and cordial approval; and let me assure < you. gentlemen, that this is no new-born faith • with me. Years ago I entertained the sentiments ' expressed in that platform on the subject of south- ' era rights. / can assure you thai I xcas one of the 'first to give irt my hearty and cordial approval and • endorsement of those measures, when they werebtfore ' Congress. There were but two others ahead if me • in point of time in their advocacy and approval of ' those measures. I mean Mr. Clay, and Senator • Foole, of your Slate. A» early as ISoO, whm first • brought b'/ ore Congress, I openly avowed mysef ' the friend of those ?iicasures, and then, and since, ' as many I think as an average of five times a day, 'have I openly and publicly declared my sentt'itents ' to man, voman, and chdd, who has approarhed me ' on tiie subject. I have not sought, nor have 1 de- • sired any concealment of my views and opinions ' in reference to them; and it is a matter ol pro ' found astonishment and regret to me thatmysen- ' timents have been so grossly misrepresented, and ' that I have been made the subject of such unjost ' and malicious slander, flly name has been coupled ' with that of Mr. William H, Seward, and I have ' been charged with entertaining sentiments in ' common with him in reference to souihcrn insti- ' tutijUE. Nothing can be more unjust and false. • It is true, I am personally acquainted with Mr. ' Seward, and that he is personally my friend; but ' I am not responsible for his peculiar sentiments, ' nor tbose of any other man who may see proper ' to support me ; and no man living knows better ' than he what my opinions are and always have ' been. I made his acqoaintancesome time in the ' year '36 or '7. 1 had not met with him, or corre ' sponded with or interchanged communications ' with him, however, during the interval from the ' year '42 to '60. In the latter year, during the ' pending of the Compromise measures before Con. ' gress, I met with him in travelling through New ' Jersey. He approached me upon the subject of • those measures, and asked my opinion in relation ' thereto. 1 replied to him in these words: 'Sir I, ' am dead for the Constitution— dead for the Union— ' dead for the Compromise— and dead against any ' man tvho is opposed to them or eilhci- of thejn.' ' The language used by myself on that occasion ' was so positive and emphatic, that in alluding to • it since — for he well remembers the conversa- ' tion— he has even charged me with rudeness." General Scott proceeded : "Ihave seen some service in the cause of our ' common coontry, and am now advanced in life. ' I have endeavored to gain at least a name for up- rightness and candor ; and I challenge the world to ' produce a single witness, who would be believed in a • court of justice, who will say that I have ever, by ' thought, wotd, or deed, said or done any thing to ' justify the misrepresentations that have been made as ' to my sentiments and opinions, or that they have been • otherwise than as expressed to you here this day. If ' any such man can be found, let him be brooght ' forward, and I am willing that my past life and ' services shall be forgotten, and that the word in- ' famous shall be written before and after my ' name." As to the "immediate advisers" of General Scott, we do not know who are thus specially intended. He ought not certainly to be held responsible for the peculiar opinions of all who see fit to support him, even if they may have manifested an earlier zeal and activity in his behalf than other sections or wings of the Whig party. He is not responsible for their preferences, and we presume few will insist that he should decline to receive their votes. Hut how is it with Mr. Pierce? We know that Mr. Curtis does not propose to vote for Mr. Pierce, but it is the tendency of such letters and acts as have been recently writ- ten and performed by Mr. Curtis, as far as they have any tendency or significance, to bring about Mr, Pierce's election. Every vote withheld from General Scott, by men who act on the principles of Mr. Curtis, is a vote given to Mr. Pierce. But as a friend of the Compromise, does not Mr. Curtis sec more danger in the "relations" of Mr. Pierce to the Compromise than in those of General Scott? Does Mr. Curtis forget that the Democratic candidate is the "creation and choice" Of Mr. Forsvth of Georgia, and of Pierre Soule of Louisiana, the two men who represent as distinctly as any other the Disunion sentiments of the Nashville Convention — that he is equally acceptable to the Butlers, Van Bu RENs, and Stantons, who were the head and front of the Buffalo Convention? GEORGIA. We publish in another column the proceed- ings of the convention held at Macon on the 18th ultimo, ratifying the nominations of Scott and Graham.. We intimated a day or two since that the Scott cause was far from being desperate in the Empire State of the South. In corroboration of this opinion, the Savannah Reptiblicaii of the 24th ultimo, contains the following telegraphic despatch, announcing the withdrawal of the Union electoral ticket. "Macon, August 23—8 p. m.— A circular liaa been published in this city this evening, signed by the Executive Committee of the Union party of Georgia, withdrawing their electoral ticket- A meeting of Union Whigs and Democrats la called at Atlanta on the ISth of September, to determine what course this party will pursue in future." We are assured that the Scott Whigs of Georgia are now in high spirits, and that the conviction is becoming stronger and stronger that the State can and will be carried for the regular Whig nominees. THE SCOTT CONVENTION IN GEORGIA. This convention, which met at Macon on the ISth instant, having failed to harmonize with the Independent Whig Convention, which was in session in the same city, proceeded to ratify the Baltimore nominations, and then adopted the following electoral ticket: For the Slate at Large.— Vannam Law, of Chat- ham ; Joel Crawford, of Early. For the Districts.— First district— G. W. Wal- thour, of Liberty ; Second district— Lott Warren, of Baker; Third district- R. V. Hardeman, of Jones ; Fourth district— R. W. Simons, of Cowe- ta ; Fifth district- Turner H. Trippe, of Cass; Sixth district- 1. E. Dupre, of Twiggs ; Seventh district— N. G. Foster, of Morgan ; Eighth dis- trict—George W. Evans, of Richmond. The Independent Whigs also put forth an electeral ticket pledged to vote for Daniel Webster and Charles J. Jenkins. The Savannah Republican thinks this divi- sion of the Whig party should not be consid- ered as permanent. Though that journal will render its support to Webster and Jenkins, it says it will not oppose Scott and Graham; and it frankly admits that recent developments show that General Scott " is at least as relia- ' ble as General Pierce, while as to ability ' and services every sensible man must ac- ' knowledge he is far his superior." Froia such symptoms, we are not disposed to admit that the Scott cause is desperate yet in the State of Georgia. The Republican and other Whig papers in Georgia will open their co- lumns to discussion, and the effect of that dis- cussion must be to yet rally the Whig party, and induce them to cast their almost unani- mous vote for the nominees of the Baltimore Convention. THE SIGNAL. From the Republic. THE PRESIDENCY. We have been favored with the following extracts from letters addressed by gentlemen in Virginia to their friend in this city, touch- ing the Presidential election and candidates. It is remarkable, as one of the writers sug- gests, that General Pierce alone, of all the prominent Democratic candidates, omitted to reply to Mr. Scott; and it has been said that this omission was the result of premeditation; that it was the result of a scheme, and not of an accident. This we believe. We duubt if it was intended that this correspondence should enure to General Pierce's benefit; but the General had the sagacity to be silent, and thus avoid all manner of positive committal against Freesoil or Secession. We think that gentlemen concerned in the plot intended and expected an answer from General Pierce; and were disappointed. In the Republic of the first of June we suggested that the letter of Mr. Scott was designed as a regular "dead- fall," to kill off at one blow all the candidates then before the country, with a view of bring- ing a new Richmond into the field, and we said that success was likely to attend the en- terprise. We supposed and intimated that it was a trick which the Richmond Junto sought to play upon the Albany Regency, and that the benefit of it would probably enure to Mr. Mason or Mr. Hunter. The rationale of the movement we thus ex- plained. It was obvious that a large proportion of the Northern Democrats would not vote for an advocate of the Fugitive Slave law. Tl Richmond Junto, having an eye to a man of their own, had determined, by a new cate- chism, to commit not only "Old Fogyism" but "Young America" also to this measure, and thus to kill them off by alienating the northern wing of the party from them. By this process it was rendered almost certain that no one of the responding candidates could command thi vote of two-thirds necessary to insure the no mination. "The coast," we continued, "will ' thus be left clear for a new and uncommitted ' candidate; and after the old stagers shall ' have exhausted themselves by worrying ' each other, he will be introduced, and ' under such circumstances that there idUI ' not be time to catechise him. But, as ' he will be a Southern man of the Polk ' school, it will be taken for granted that he is • sound on the Compromise question ; as he is ' of the State Rights class, he will be orthodox • in regard to the resolutions of '98-9 ; and as • he has enjoyed the favorable regard of J'lui ' Buren, he will not be obnoxious to the disci- ' pics of the northern man with southern prin- ' ciples! He will thus, in the opinion of the Richmond Junto, unite many elements of ' success, and amidst the 'noise and confusion ' of a turbulent convention, he may be nomi- nated without questioning as a Compromise can'didate, or as a candidate on whom the con- vention can compromise. This is certainly an ingeniously-contrived plan, and by it the party may yet be able to 'dodge' all com- mittals, and the candidate of the Richmond Junto bear of the prize !" The result, we think, demonstrates that we wore right in our general idea, but that by General Pierce's silence it was rendered a drawn game between the Junto and the Re- gency. The candidate loas noniiiiated at the time and under the circumstances we anticipated. He was a Democrat of the Polk school — orthodox on the resolutions of '98— perfectly acceptable to the Van Burens — but was not a Souihern man, being only a Northern man with Southern principles. But we have detained our readers longer than we intended from the letters of our Vir- ginia correspondents : GENERAL SCOTT— THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN VIRGINIA. Extracls of Letters from GenlUmen of Virginia to a friend in Washinslon, dated Virginia, Au- gust2l. "As Mister PiERCz would never have been nomi- nated as President had he not been a general in Mexico, we have considered an investigation into his military exploits a fair subject of inrjuiry. We uf the South, who have scarcely ever heard his name mentioned before his nomination, and may be regarded as having known notliing of his bis tory, look with suspicion at the certificates pub lis.hed about him by strangers to us, under the im presaion that the despatches of his commanding officers, and ouch ccrtiticatca as do not come fro rehable witnesses, or those that contradict each other on important points, have not yet go the extent (as far aa I can discover) that any one creditable witness has ever seen General Pieb exposed to the fire of the enemy. "I see no cause, however, .0 question General Pierce's courage; b. 1 1 see no evidence of his hav- ing rendered ani( service to his country by his share in any battle in Mexico, or by any civil service. "How ditTerent is the case with General Scott! He is a national man, and his lame belongs to the whole country. It cannot be assailed without wounding the honor of the nation. We know him to be a man of the highest honor, of uniinpeached integrity, of the purest morals, of a high order of talents, and one who has done the State more ser- vice than any man now living. These facts are established by history. Neither letters nor certi- ficates are required in behalf of General Scott. He may spurn all the abuse heaped upon him that malice can invent. To the insult put upon him by the Democracy of the Senate, General Scott might reply somewhat like the great Scipio on a kindred occasion: 'This is ihe month of the anniversary of Churubusco.' "SupposeaWhigSenatorhnd suggested an inquiry about the payments made to General Jackson. Has he not been paid much more out of the National Treasury than General Scott has been? Has any man ever made any thing like such large additions to the national domain by his military prowess and diplomatic ability? Did not General Scott conquer peace in Mexico; and conclude the treaty, too, with the Democratic Government at home in opposition to him? Was as much, and by Mablbokouoh or by Wsllisgton? They have been paid in millions by a muniiicent nation, ti the bare hundreds paid to Scott. Napoleon's rshais, Soult and others, have left princely fortunes to their lamilies; but, without cxlrava- e, Gcnrral Scott can leave to his no gold but bis medals, and no legacy besides bis got*d name — of that Ihe Democracy would now rob him! Is ue, as slated, that it was arranged in Wash- on that General Piekcb should be nominated at Baltimore; and that he should bo. out of the way not to answer Mr. Scott's letter— a trap for his competitore?" "The Democrats, with their accustomed dishon- esty and violence, arc assailing the great General with every weapon of abuse ingenuity can invent, [lis true they can't find much of importance to say against him. But we retaliate with great power and eff'ect General Piebce's military fiats and his New Boston speech. The Democrats wince severe- ly underthese thrusts, and manifest a soreness and irritability that betrays guilt and t/idr own con- scious wtakness. The warfare is chiefly waged through the press. Some orators on both sides dis- cuss the merits of the questions; and, to do General ScoTT justice, repudiate him, and take to her (Vir- ginia's) 'bosom and aff.jctions a northern man with (supposed) southern principles.' A great delusion, to which she will awake, as in the case of Van Buren." "Wcai engaged i From the Boston Couritr. "The Wtljstcr Ticket- very glad to find that the gentlemen collecting the evidence of public feel- ing on the subject of a Webster electoral ticket, have decided not to call a public meeting until they have obtained a furiher expression of opinion from other parts of the State. In our judgment, this movement ought to be made to depend Ufon (he probability of the friends of Mr. Webster, throughout the Union, being able to carry Ihe elec- tion of President int-) the House of R" preaentatives. If a fair prospect of this result is found to exist, we think Mr. Webster will have the electoral vote of thiaStito, on its being asked for him by his friends. Upon their best judgment aa to this result, we are satisfied the friends of Mr. Webster in this quarter will act, or refrain from acting. They are not men to be deterred or driven, by any amount of denunciation, from any quarter. They will, we doubt not, make their course depend upon the prospect of their being able to place Mr. Webster's name before the House of Representatives, leaving it to that body to say, upon iheir responsibilily to the country, wlielhcr Daniel Webster, Winfield Scott, or Fr.-inklin Pierce shall be the next Presi- dent of the United States." The Union newspaper is co-operating with the Boston Coiiricr, and seeking to deceive the friends of Mr. Webster by over-stating the disaffection in the Whig ranks towards Gene- ral Scott, and the manifestations in favor of running Mr. Webster as an independent can- didate. The paragraph we cite above from the Ccmrier, however, indicates returning sanity. There is no probability of giving Mr. Web- ster, in the present state of the canvass, a single electoral vote. Of this the Courier must soon be convinced. The Whigs of Massachusetts will never repudiate a nomina- tion fairly made by a Whig Convention. If the electoral vote of Massachusetts then can- not be given to Mr. Webster, what hope can be indulged of carrying tlie vote of any other State? And can the Courier imagine that any thing is to he gained by carrying the election to the IM THE SIGNAL. House of Representatives? The manner in which that House, with its overwhelming De- mocratic majority, would "take the responsi- bility" of electing Pierce and King, if it had the opportunity, must be well understood even by our friend of the Courier. In this connexion we may as well add that the attempt which has been made to use the name of Mr. Choate in connexion with the attempted Whib disorganization, is altogether unauthorized. The views of Mr. Choate on this subject were expressed with distinctness and precision in his speech before the Whio ratifica- tion meetingatFaneuil Hall, when he said that, "lehiU he intetuely desired thai another name • shmdd have been presented to the Jlmerkun ' people as a candidate for the Presidency, yet ' he IS IN KAVOR OF SUSTAINING THE NOMINA- ' TION WHICH HAS BEEN MADE BY THE VVhIG ' Convention." With regard to the Webster movements in Massachusetts, the Springfield (Mass.) Re- publican makes the following observations : "We are, as we always have been, ardent friends and admirers of the great MaBsacbueetts states- man. Our paper, before the meeting of the BaUi- more Convention, acquiescing in whatever the re- sult might be, gave a strong, a decided preference for him over all other candidates. But we can never depart from the ground of honor as well a9 of usage, to which we hold ourselves obliged by the result of the Whig balloting at Baltimore. We repeat it, we cannot depart from the obligation of honor which is upon us. "The fact is universally conceded that the no- mination at Baltimore was arrived at fairly and honorably. It is impossible to break away from this fact. Whilst these individuals arc left free to do as they please at the polls, any organized oppo- sition to a nomination obtained fairly, honorably, and according (o usage, is a departure from the line of sa.fe precedents, and tends only to mischief and party anarchy. " We are free to say thai our only feeling in re- gard to this movement is that which arises from its disparaging and belittling effect u;on Mr. Webster. We conncientiously and fully believe that, so far as the country is concern'jd, the inllu- encc of it must be greatly to enhance the strength of General Scott, and to increase the popular vote in his favor. Of this we see and hear enough ol ready to be perfectly assured." THE BURLESaUE CIRCULAR. Our contemporary of the Union gives place to two columns of letters and editorials in rela lion to a burlesque parody on the card of cer tain members of Congress. It seems to us that he has the faculty of being amused or excited by trifles; but, in our humble judgment, life is too short to be wasted in the discussion of such puerilities. It would be well if he would settle fur the satist'action of the nursery "who killed Cock Robin;" and then, for the edification of children of a larger growth, we will aid him in his profound researches into the authorship of the burlesque. But as the first is altogether the more important question, he must excuse us if we insist (m its being disposed of before we turn our attention to the latter. We only deem it necessary to annex the sen- sible letter of Colonel Gorman, with the re- mark that we cannot well imagine that there is any corner of this Union so covered with intel- lectual darkness as to furnish an individual sufficiently benighted to be deceived to any ex- tent by such a burlesque. At all events, we are quite sure that Mr. Ikgersoll does great in justice to the State he represents if he supposes there is a man in Connecticut who could be deceived into the belief that Truman Smith is a seceding Democrat. We apprehend that Mr. Smith has lived to little purpose if such a slander on his fair fame could find an individual in Connecticut who would give it a moment's credence- House of REPnESENTATiVES, Augustas, 1852. SiB : I have received your note asking for my recollection in regard to Colonel Ward having franked a certain circular touching the Presiden tial question. I was present in the post office of the House of Representatives when you presented the paper to Colonel Ward, and asked if that was his frank. To which he replied that it was, but that he knew nothing about the getting it up oi signing it. I treated the circular as a burlesquf upon one put forth over the signature ol Hon. Rob ert Toombs and others, giving their reosons foi not supporting General Scott. I afterwards called on Colonel Ward to see whe ther it was his frank. He said that he supposed i was, but that he did not know when or how h: came to sign it. That he frequently (as did othe members) franked papers that he did not know the contents. I understand him to-day as saying that he docs not now recollect of having franked it. I know 1 has always treated it as a hoax when he has nami it in my presence. After my first interview wi Colonel Ward, I spoke of it to General Lane and yourself. I then stated to General Lane that Colo nel Ward denied signing the paper, but did not deny franking it. i have treated this whole affa asahoax from the beginning, yet calculated, to some extent, to deceive some parts of the country I must say that I cannot believe that Colonel Ward ever gave his consent knowingly to its circulation as a genuine document. I am, with high regard, your obedient servant W. A. GOEiMAN Hon. C. iM. iNOEHSOLL, House of Representatives As to the interrojjaturies of the Union, we need only say tliat we never saw the "copy that we have no knowledge who furnished i that we do not know whether the card was printed at the Republic office — whether th was a large or small edition of it — or whether the Whig Committee, or any member thereof, had any thing to do wiih it. But we will add, that if the Union will send a polite note to the gentleman who has charge of our printing of fice, we have no doubt that it will obtain all the information that it desires. For our part, we have no time to waste in seeking to inform ourself on subjects merely for the pur pose of answering impertinent questions, just at the close of the session. Alabama. Whig meetings have been recently held at McKinley, Linden, Demopolis, and Eutaw, in Alabama; and resolutions warmly approving the platform and candidates of the Whig party have been adopted with unanimity. GEN. SCOTT AND THE BRITISH PRE.SS. If there is any American spirit left in the country, it cannot fail to resent the active in- terference of the British press in behalf of Gen- eral Pierce, and its bitter opposition to Gen- eral Scott. When we see the London Times, the London Leader, and the Manchester Ex- aminer thundering anainst the hero of the war of 1812, it leaves us no reason to doubt where every patriotic American ought to be found in the approaching -political contest. We have outlived British pupilage. We ought to have outlived British influence— the influence of British gold and ot British opinions. We con- gratulate the Democratic press of the coun- try upon the zeal and interest manifested by their British co-operators; butwe apprehend that this unholy alliance will not be much relished by the American people. From a letter of the British correspondent of the Times newspaper of the 13th instant writ- ing from New York, we copy the following paragraph, which is in the same tone and spirit with the editorials of the London journals: "The great 'mass meeting' at Lundy's Lane ' was a failure. It was a failure in numbers, in ' the character of the public men who attended it, ' in the enthusiasm which it was supposed it must ' awalten, and the extent of its results. The Brit- ' ish provincial journals very properly indulged in ' some remarks on the indelicacy, if not theimpro- ' priety, of the Americans crossing the frontier to • celebrate an American victory wilhout permission 'fromihe local authorities; and we have been re- ' minded that it was hardly the scene for the ccle- ' bration of a victory by General Scott, since only ' a short time after the battle of Lundy's Lane, and ' not far from the same ground, 'this Napoleon of ■ America' was himself takon prisoner, and wider < circumstances whicli.in Ehirope, would liave sliorn > liim of inost of tiis laurels. The fact is no longer ' denied in any quarter that the Wbigs find it very ' hard indeed to get up much of a. furore about ' their military candidate. They had already tried « it twice before, and even with so honest, modest, ' and patriotic a man as General Taylor, bad ' scarcely won the election; and now, with dis- ' membermentand disafieotion in their party, with ' principles that are odious to the most enlightened ' portion of the community, which are proposed ' for adoption by the people, and a candidate who, ' it is universally conceded, has been nominated 'only because of the excitement it was supposed ' his name would give rise to, the prospects of the ' Whigs are not very encouraging." The Secessionists' Candidate. In his letter to the Hillsboru' Convention, Mr. Pierre Soule compliments the good peo- ple of New Hampshire for their necessary ap- preciation of the "wisdom and sagacity" of the Baltimore Convention in nominating General Pierce. Considering that General Pierce is claimed by Mr. Forsyth and the Fire-eaters as the "creation and choice" of Mr. Soule and his friends, is not there a little seeming self- complacency in this allusion to the "wisdom and sagacity" of the convention? In the same letter Mr. Soule confirms the statement of Mr. Forsyth, to which we have alluded. "The southern delegates in that convention," he s,iys, "whose choice Gen- eral Pierce ^VAS, knew his history well, and were familiar with his political career." Who were those southern delegates?" Pierre Soule, Mr. Venable, Governor Brown, and their associates! THE SIGNAL 155 SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL CONGRESS. "The Southern Central Ag-ricullural Society of Georgia has issued an a(ldrc?a, inviting the culti- vators ol the soil, in every section and district of the State, to semi delegates to Macon, on the 20th day of October next, for the purpose of adopting measures preliminary to the assembling of an Agricultural Congress of the slavehclding States. at such time and place as may be deemed most ac- ceptable to the States to be represented in it. The chief objects of the Congress will be to adopt mea- sures 10 improve the present system of agriculture; i to develop the resources and combine the energies of the slavehclding States, so as to increase their ! wealth, power, and dignity as members of the [ Confederacy; to fortify a public opinion within the t borders of the slaveholding States in antagonism I to that without; to enforce the growing sentiment ! that the children of the South shall be reared and i educated at home instead of abroad; to foster sci- entific pursuits, promote the mechanic arts, and aid in establishing a system of common schools; to assist in bringing the South in direct commer- cial intercourse with distant countries; and to ' cultivate the aptitudes o; the negro race for civ- ilization, and consequently Christianity— so that by the time that slavery shall have fulfilled its be- neficent mission in these States, a system may be authorized by the social condition of that race here, to relieve it from its present servitude, with out sinking it to the condition of the free negroes of the North and West Indies.' " We caniiut but rejoice to see that our suuth ern friends are disposed to come together and confer with each other in relation to the im portanl questions enumerated in the above par agraph, which we take from one of our e.v changes. The result of such a conference will be, as we think, to establish — First. That if they would "improve their agriculture," they make a home inarke: that will enable Iheni to return to ihe land the manure yielded by its products, and that this can be accomplished in no other way than by taking for themselves the protection that is re- quired for enabling themselves to open mines, erect furnaces, and build mills; thereby bring- ing the consumer to take his place by the side of the producer. Second. That if they would "develop the resources of the South," they can do so only by the adoption of a system that will enable thetii to retain their population, now flying by thousands and tens of thousands to new lands, because of tlie entire exhaustion of the old ones. VVe have now before us an article from the London Daily JVews, urging the necessity for looking to other countries for a supply of cotton, and on the grouufi that the Southern States are being gradually exhausted, because ot sending from the land all its products, in accordance with the doctrine taught by itself, that the true mode fur agriculturists to become rich is to have but one market in which to sell corn, to- bacco, and cotton, and that market England — and but one in which to buy cloth and iron and that market also England. Believing that it may interest some of our readers to see the manner in which they are spoken of in the RIi Chester free trade journals, we give them the following extract: " Virginia is wellnigh exhausted, as everybody knows, in her whole extent, except in that western table land, where cotton culture gives place to that of corn. For many years past Virginia has been sustained chiefly by the breeding of negroes and mulattocs for sale to the South. North Carolina is equally exhausted, and appears to have nothing to sell to anybody. The cotton growth is most c. siderable on the virgin soils of the southernm States; and it is because thei/, loo, must become t povc-islied that the A Texas and Mexico, in of cotton to the Euro that our dependence would be a very precarious nder the liest circumstances, if we relied solely on the supply of cotton by slave labor. It is not the production of cotton, but Ihe use lave labor, which wears out the soil of the ; States; and the only thing wo could sure of, if we had no other resource, is tract after tract, district after district, wmdd follow the fate of the impoverished and deserted lands, which every traveller observes thiotigh the whole length vf Virginia and North Carolina; so that the safety of our cotton manufacturemust, in fact, depend on the success of American aggression, in annexing the United States foreign soil hitherto free from e curse of slavery. It is melancholy to the traveller mark the wasted fields, the ruined fences, the broken bridges, the impassable roads, the deserted mansions of wliole Slates, whence Britain once derivrd her annual iip/i/i/ of cotton; and to remember that the latest nnexed virgin soils must come to the same pass, nder the same curse, whether slavery be called by ;s own name, or by the ingenious title of 'ap- renticeship for nincty-nine years.' " It certainly is melancholy to think that the once powerful Virginia should be in a situation to be so described. Once she stood at the head of the Union, and there she would still re- main, but that unhappily she was in love with British free trade, and thought that the way to become rich and powerful was to exhaust her land by constant cropping tor the supply of distant markets; the consequence of which found in the fact that she now obtains but about eight bushels of wheat to the whereas England places on her soil the manure yielded by her own crops and those ot other lands, and obtains thirty or forty bushels. So, too, with North Carolina, whose exhausted condition is here so well described. Like Vir- ginia, she has iron ore and coal; but unlike Vir- ginia, that noble Whig State would, if she could , protect herself in the "development of her resources." Denied the power so to do, her people are compelled to exhaust their lands and then to fly to other lands to be again ex- hausted. Third. That if they would "augment the wealth, power, and dignity" of the South, they can do so in no other mode than by ena- bling themselves to retain their population, hich they never can do until they shall make a market on the laud for its products, by bring- ng the man who drives the shuttle to the lide of him who follows the jilough. Fourth. That if they would fortify a domes- tic public opinion "in antagonism to that wilh- imt," that object can never be attained by pursuing a nulicy that renders them from day to day more'dependent on the public opinion of Britain, the most deterttiined enemy to all their institutions; and that the first step towards the creation of a sound public opinion at home is to be found in the increase of their self-depend- ence by placing themselves in a position to build mills and furnaces, and open mines, which they never can do under the tariff" o 1846. Fifth. That if they would educate their chil- dren at home, they must first provide good schools — a thing not to be accomplished in a country whose scattered population tends con- stantly to become more .scattered by reason ol the constant exhaustion ot the land, consequent upon the perpetual dependence ot markets for the sale of all its products. Sixth. That if they would foster the me- chanic arts, they must protect themselves in their eftorts to bring the loom to the side of the plough, and the hammer to the side of the harrow. i have seized upon Seventh. That if they would have direct in- continue the supply tercourse with the world, they must finish rket. It is obvious their products so as to enable them to deal di- rectly with the people who require to consume them; and, that until they shall do so, they can have no trade with the world but through the medium of Manchester and Glasgow, Lowell and Providence. Eighth. That if they would "cultivate the aptiliTdesof the slaves for civili-/.ation," they must have diversification of employment, by aid of which they themselves will be enriched, the lands doubled in value, and the faculties of their people brought into activity. Ninth. That if they would do all these things, they must commence by repudiating British free trade and adopting the great Whig principle of protection to the American farmer and planter in their eflbrts lo draw around them consumers of their products, and thus to make a market on the land hir all the commodities yielded by the land. Harbor and River Bills. Judge Douglas has been making a speech in the Senate to distinguish between Internal Improvement bills and Harbor and River bills. He says that the Democracy are united in op- position to the first, and that they are divided on the last. The honorable judge might have added— ought to have added— that Franklin Fierce belongs to that wing of the Democracy which is OPPOSED TO Harbor and River Improve- ments— and VOTED AGAINST THEM IN EVERY INSTANCE while he was a member of the House and of the Senate. ! John Van Buren anil General Pierce. In a speech delivered at Cleveland, in 1848, Mr. John Van Buren gave the annexed vol- untary pledge lo the Free Democracy of Ohio: "/ am, however, the unmitigated enemy nf slavery, ' and loould have it abolished without delay. 1 say, ' therefore, for myself— and I wish to be under- ' stood as speaking for myself alone— that, let ' what will come, / shall, under no necessity what- • ever, support a man w/io docs not believe slavery to • be an unmixed curse, and who will not, by virtue of ' his office, useall constitutional power to abolish it." With such declarations from so prominent a supporter of General Pierce as Mr. John Van Buren, how can any man of sense decline to vote for General Scott on the ground that he IS supported by Mr. Sevvakd? Soutliern 'Wilis Support. The Huntsville (Alabama) Mvocale very sensibly remarks: "We have never been able to undcrstanil that course of reasoning which could induce any one calling himself a IVhig from principle to refuse lo vote for Scott, and either indirectly or directly vote for Pierce, whose civil life has been chiefly memorable (if memorable at all) for his bitter op- position to Whig principles, and who cannot and docs not show a cleaner bill of health for the South than Scott— sot/t/.fi-ii by birth, education, feelings, and interest, and national by pouring out his blood for the nation in every region of it! With such a candidate, distinguished and successful in every station; with such a platform of principles, and with all together, how can Scott fail to gel the sup- port of all Whigs, and also of being elected?" Three Dilsslng Letters. General Pierce's letter to Robert G.Scott prior to the Baltimore Convention. General Pierce's letter to the Executive Committee of the State Rights Convention of Alabama. Wm. R. King's letter to the same. When will these documents be forthcoming? 156 THE SIGNAL APPEAL TO FREESOiLERS. Wp have before us the Gazette nf Tuesday, the' 2lih instant, published in, Portsmnuih. New Hampshire, and devuted to the support of Pierce and King. This paper contains a full account of the recent proceedings at ilillsbo- Toiisrh, where General Dix, John Van Blrek, and Captain RvNDERS figured among i he ora- tors, and Hoii. Samuel H. AvERand Richard H. Ayer, of Manchester, among the Vice Presidents of the day. Itconiainsalso areport of the speech of the Hon. Win. A. Gorman, of Indiana, delivered before the Granite Club of Portsmouth, and heralded as "Colonel Gor- man's Great Speech." From this report we copy a passage which we commend to the attentive consideraium of our readers. It is important as showing the character of the audience which Colonel Gorman was addressing, and fur the important ad mission that the "Freesoilers have nothing to hope from the Whig parly." The argument is that ihey have nothing to hope from the elec- tion of Scott — the implication that they have something to hope from the election of Pierce. This was a sensible mode of argument before the friends of John Van Buren, General Dix, Henry B. Stanton, and the gentlemen who have been passing Freesoil resolutions in every County and State Convention for a series of years, bnt we apprehend that it is not so well adapted for a southern meridian. We v/ill not detain our readers longer from the adroit appeal of Colonel Gc^iMAN to the Freesi.ilers of New Hampshire; " There is nmo no reason why any intcllisenl ' man, who has herelofme acted wiih the Freesoil ' party, nhould conlinut loilHn its ranks, as its ' tendency is plainly a revival of titose ngUaliiig * questions which at one lime threatened the txisUncc ' of thi3 glorious Union. IVIiat tan Fi eesoilers Iwpc 'from tlu Whig parly ? What has that parly ever ' done to comtrund it to their support, either directly ' by voting for Scoit, or indirectly for Hale ? Come * buck to the Democratic fold, and you shall be re- * ceived icith welcome hands and hospitable hearts.''^ ble, Conservative a Chief Magistrate as Win- field ScuTT? How can men who have ral- lied under the disunion banners of Nashville and Buffalo insult the common sense of the American people by claiming to be better friends of their country than the gallant old soldier who has perilled his life an hundred times in her defence? We annex Mr. Gorman's letter: >f Ho \V. A. Go res, Aug. 28, 18.y2. Hocsg OF Repb To the Editor of tin Republic: Sin: In your piper of this morning you pleased i 1 dedicate i , Portsmouth, New f a synopsia of Letter In publishing the explanations by Mr. Gor- man of his recent speech at Portsmouth, we cannot permit them to pass without a very few words of comment. The platform of the Whig Convention was adopted before their nomination; it was put to the vote, and carried by a large majority. Th Democratic platform was introduced ufler the nomination, and nobody knows whether or noi it was adopted by a majority of the convention Our own belief is that the Freesoilers and Se cessiunists, if they could have come to a fair vole in the convention, as they did in the Con- gressional caucus, would have laid the resolu- tions on the table. They certainly would have done so, had it not been that the endorsement of the Nullificaiion and Secession resuUiliiins of '98 parliaHy reconciled the Disunionists to the Baltimbii; Platform. We dare say that Mr. Gorman made very good Union speeches in New England, and will make good Union speeches everywhere during the canvass. He is a good Union man. We regret that we cannot say as much for the men with whom he is acting, of whom General Pierce is the "creation and cliuice." How can Mr. Gorman, as a friend of the Union, ally himself with Forsyth, Soule, Governor Pkown, Quitman, V nable, Rhett, on one side; and with Preston KiNfi, Cleveland, Sdmner, Molony, Camtbell, the Van BuRNEs, Henr» B. Stanton, Dix, Butler, and the like, on the other side; and pre tend that he believes General Pierce with sucb surroundings will make as safe, rolia- short editorial to my speech Hampshire. The Gazette, In my remarks, does not pretend Vou sty, "the argument is that they (the Freesoilers) have nothing to hope from the election of Scoti, the implicalion that Ihey liave somi thing to hope from tite election of Pierce." made no such impression, nor can any one bo construe it. The words quoted are as follows ; " Thire is noui no reason why any intellig-cnl ' mnn, who baa heretofore acted with the Freesoil 'party, should c ■nlinue wUhin t'.s rants, as its • tendency is plainly a revival of fhone asita'ing • nueBiions which at one time threatened the ixint ' ence of ihis glorious Union. What can Fsee- ' SOILEBS HOPE FROM THE WhIG PASTY? WhAT ' HAS THAT PARTY EVER DONE TO COMMEND IT TO ' THEIR SUPPORT, either directly by voting tor Scott, • or indirectly lor Hole? Come b ck to the Demo- • cratic fold and you shall be received with welcome • hands and hospiiubte hearts " I said the Freesoilers had nothing to hope fron, the Democratic party but a faithful adherence tool our comtdutional obligations; we had nothing mor to promise thun; we had nut nor would not deceiv ihem. The VYhigsof the North had been loud ii professions and promises to them, and in every instance they bad deceived one of th of the Union. They promised much to the South and much to the Norlh during the Taylor cam paign, and had deceived both by adopting the non-action, do-noihing, mum-policy on the terri- torial and slavery questions. I then said the Whig Convention had nominally adopted the Compro- mise, but the northern leaders of that party "re- pudiated and spit upon it." Following these remarks, I made the appeal in substance as stated in the New Hampshire Ga- zette, with this addition: When ! asked "what can Freesoilers expect from the Whig party?" I ad- ded, "unlfss they deceive the South." When 1 said : "What has that party done to commend it to their support ?" J added, "unless the act be- trayed the other section and departed from consti- tutional obligations." I said expressly that the Fugitive Slave law must be faithfully executed, il we expected to preserve the Union of the States That it was a queetion of bond or anti bond, cove- anti-covenant, Constitution or anti-Con Dear Sib: The i mocratic candidate ititulion. 1 also repeated these sentiments in p'aneuil Hall, Boston, and in every speech I made at the great meetings in New England. Respectfully, your obedient servant, W. A. GORMAN. Whig Rally in Richmond, Va. — An im mense crowd attended the African Church, or Thursday night, to hear Governor Jones and Mr Cullom, of Tennessee. It was a glorious meet ing; and the hearts of all good Whigs were glad dened by the able vindication of Whig principles The wit and humor of Cullom kept the house in i roar for upwards of an hour; and Jones instruct ed, thrilled, and delighted the vast audience by his close logic and impassioned appeals Th< was not a Whie present who was not made feel prouder of his glorious party, and of the noble old chief who is leading it, as he has so often led, the armies of his country to victory. Mrssrs. Jones and Cullom went last evening allended by a large number of Richmond Whigs, on a visit to the Whigs of Petersburg. [Richmond IVhig SOUTHERN Ol'INION. We subjoin the following extracts from busi- ness letters recently received at this office. They indicate a proper spirit on the part of our friends in the South; Flosesce, Ala., August 19, 1852. dieclosurts upon the De- rving to bring in the dis- affected Whigs of this section of country, and producing some trepidation opon the hiiherto "un- tmified" Whether the remarks ascribed to him at New Bo-lon are true or not, it is sufficient for southern men to see that Freesoilers sympathize with his cause, so far as to disclaim assertions said to have been uttered in support of their cher- ished doclrmes. This is disinterestedoesa and magnanimity to a fault, and "o'erlraps ilscll." Alabama Whigs will work, and if they are perhaps destined to strugele without the hope of succeed- ing, the moral ■ff'rct of their labors shall be to strengthen confidence in the oerpetuiiy and union of the great conservative Whig party. Mostol us preferred the claims of Fillmore for the Presidency; but failing to secure bis nomination, we do not con- sider that it will avail us any thing to stand off and suffer the Locofoco party to cUim a triumph over Scott as a defeat to the great priNefp/cs advocated and cherished for many years past by the Whigs, still less to vole for a free-trade, anti internal im- provement. Old Hunker De.iiocBAT. This we conceive would be political sacrilege in the highest degree. Our candidate iacmphdtically national in his services, character, and polilcal sentiinciits, and withal, true to the Whig cause as fire to the flint. 1 opine that the Whigs of the United States will in November next give him "a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether," and proclaim the gratitude of our Republic at least by rewarding his services of half a century with the Chief Magia- racy of the nation. BLooMEnv Iron Work.s, on Cacapon River, Hampshire Co , Va , Au^ 18, 185-2. Dear Sir: I take a great interest in the result of he present contest, greater than I have ever hc- ore felt at any Prteidential election, although I have been a "Clay Whig" since ls2-l-5, when I was only about six years old. I was born a Whig, was raised a Whig, and believing, as I firmly do, that the perpctuiij of our glorious Union depcndo upon the succtss of Wliig principles, and more rticularly at this time the election of our prc- it ticket for President and Vice President, who 11 uphold the Compromise, I am sorry to find many proofs against the Democratic candi- date, Franklin Pierce, which identifies him with "Free3oiliiim,"andI am afraid our country would not be safu if he should succeed. 1 think, there- fore, it behooves and is the imperative duly of every lover of his country to do all in his power to defeat Pierce and elect General Winfield Scott, in whose hands we are sure of the Constitution and Compromise being earned out, as far as it ie in his power to do it. Meeting of the Whig Delegates to the State Convention from Boston.— A meeting of ; delegates from this city to the Whig C mven- holdcn last evening purpose ot filling vacancies, and attending to other preliminary business. A number of declina- tions, nineteen in all, from persons unable on ac- count of other engagements lo attend the conven- tion, were rereived. Seven of these were from del.gates at large, viz: Edward Everett, Rufus Choaip, Benjamin Seaver, Jacob Sleeper, Henry Hall, J. P Marsh, Solomon Piper. These vacan- cies were filled by the appointment of ihe fullow- ing gentlemen : George B. Upton, Chas. E Pike, J B Glover, Alberl Fearing, Albert Bowker, Sid- ney A. Stetton. Wm S. Thatcher, S. J M. Ho- mer. A committee from each ward delegation was appointed to see each member of the delega- tion and ascertain if he was going lo attend, and if not to fill the vacancy. The meeting then ad- journed to Monday evening next. IBoston Journal, Aug 08, THE SIGNAL 157 INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE. It is boasted by the Democratic press that there is considerable hostility towards General Scott manifested in Wall street. The an- nexed correspondence shows that there was a kind leelini^ towards the General in Wall street thirteen years ago, and we do not know what he has since done to forfeit the considera- tion and respect of his fellow-citizens: New Vobk, April 1,1839. Sir: Your frienrfs and fellow-citizens of New York have learned with unfeigned gratification the result ol your glorious efforts to avert, in a manner equally honorable to Loth parties, occur- rences which menaced a collisiou that would hare been deprecated by the whole civilized world, be tween two great nations connected by every tie that can bind toeelher kindred people. What you have accomplished in the recent paci- fication, on our eastern frontier is, however, sir, onWwhat a knowledge of your previous career could not have failed lo induce ua to anticipate As the hero of Chippewa, yonr name has been, for more tlian a quarter of a centnry, familiar to the whole American people, and is, in the minds of the rising generation, associated with the most memora ble events of tlieir country's history; while in the va. rioua contests which it has been your duty to carry OQ against savage loes, we have ever found the taltntand energy to applaud, which were so con- spicuous when employed against the veterans ol Europe. But if a general, who wins laurels on the field ol batile in the vindication of a nation's honor, be en titled loour grail fol recollections, liow much inorf deserving of them must he be by whose prudenc< and wisdom the necessity of a recourse to arms it averted? Wilhout again adverting to transaclionf now present to the minds ol all, in you we recog nise the republican commundir. toho. ihongh an ardent suppo'terof the institutions of his own country; whu entiustid Willi the neutrit lily of the Canadian fron tier, not only knew how to preserve and maintain thi majesty o) oar own laws but too well understoo. the duties whu b one nation owes to another to fo ment, for the proi,asalion of }o!itival pinciples, o civiX war among the subjecia of a neigbbormg am friendly power As a tesiintiony of our respect and esteem, am with Ihe view of e.tchanging congratulations oi the most important event to which you have re- cently so happily contributed, we would invite yo. to partake of a public dinner in this city on such . day as it may comport with your convenience ti appoint. Junes Tfillmadge, W A Du-r, Aaro;. C ark, G'O'ge Gnswold, fcainuel B Kugglos, Pamoel Wiod, Dudley Selden, ,lame3 ,1, .lones, Thomas W, Ludlow, Ruheri R.y, Jonathan P. Hall, .li.hn Raihboue jr,, Thomas ^uffern, B. R binson, P, Pent, Benjamin L, Swan. triumph to another, when, in addition lo the prescrva tion of our neutral obligations on Ihe Canada fron- tier, and the bloodless removal of the Cherokees from eir ancient homes, you have, under circumstan- s of peculiar difficulty and excitement, suc- ceeded in preventing any violation of the peace of the country, and in preserving the due dination of Ihc State to the Federal authori- n the territory in dispute between the United s and Great Britain, on the frontiers of the Slate of IMaine, we claim the fulfilment of your pledge, to meet your fellow-citizens of New York public dinner ; and our present purpose is to le you to name a day when the debt we re- joice in owing to you may in part be paid. PhiUp Hone, Thaddi us Phelps, AugusiuB Fleming, Charles King, Charles B. Davis, Charles Aug. Davis, Jaspar Hoyt, Ogden Hoffman, Archibald Gracie, J, Watfon Webb, Joseph Monroe, Wm. Douglass, Hiram Ketcbum, H. Maxwell, John A. Stevens, George S Doughty, M. C. Palesien, S. Bibby, George W Brown, Joseph Blunt, Win. Whilton, Cornelius Low, New Yobk, April2,lS39. Dear Siii: !t is now two years since that, in spired by the meritorious services you had rcndef cd to our common country in Florida and Alab. ma, and rejoicing in the then recent approbalio pronounced by the President of the United SiaU-t upon Ihe finding of a court-martial of inqoiry, ii which these services had been brought into qoes tion, your Ullow citizens in New York had Ih honor of inviting you to meet them at a public din ner, and of receiving your acceptance of the invi Untoward circumstances now no longer exist ing, but which then weighed heavily upon th> community, induced you to ask an indefinite poei ponement of the dinner, and influenced ue, the oi gans of olbers, to acquiesce in that request, B. now that the commercial difiicultiea then exisliii have passed away, and that you, from that peno to the present, have been going on from one civh Jacob R Le Roy, Edward Curli-, C W, Lawrence, Jacob P. Giroud, J.imea B. IMurray W. M. Price, Charles G, Ferris, Russell H Nevins Wi I Ha Samuel Glenn, Joseph Hoxie, Will L. Slone, John Devine Graham A. R WycUoff, Wm H. Aspinwall, Samuel L Gouveneur Charles Graham, Daniel UUman, R R Ward, Wm, W. Greenway, Morgan L Smith, John A King. Fi-om the Richmond Enquires In conclusion, Messrs, Editors, let me aek why he Biiecch ot Judge Douglas, delivered in youi ily some time ago, has not been more widely dis nbuted.' It is the spi ech of the canvoss— so plan 3 it, that anybody may understand :ctly conclusi' Where can they he had? King and Queen County, Aug 19, 1S52. [Copies of J.idge Douglas's speech may be had .1 the Democrdiic National Committee, at Wash ngton ciiy - Editors Enquirer ^ We have some recollection of" the above peech. It was the speech, if we mistake nut, 11 which Judge Douglas run against General ■•coTT on a constitutional question, and come ff second best. We wish the National Ue- iiocralic Committee would be so kind as to end us a copy or two of that speech, and of he fillibusteriiig speeches in which the Judge ays down the Piekce policy on our Foreign ,ielations, and the Pierce policy on Harbor irtd River bills. "I learn from Mr Cabell, of Florida, with whom had a conversation this morning, that the ver- lon of his recent letter, concerning his position pon the Presidential question, going around the Vhig press, is entirely incorrect. He entertains ,0 idea of voting or otherwise aiding to elect ■oott; nor will he vole for or aid to elect Pierce, n other words, he is determined to take no part n the Presidential election." [Wash. Cor. of lite Southern (Dem.) Standard. If Mr. Cabell declines to take part in he Presidential election, we presume that, if Ir. Cabell continues a candidate, the Whigs vill lake no part in the Congressional election, I'hey may not vote for hisaniagonist, but they vill he very apt indeed to stay at home. It is I poor rule that will not work both ways. Mr. Jabell cannot expect Whig support and re- ipport the Wh From Ihe SMontgommj (Ala.) Journal, Augusl'iii. To tUc Southern Rights Pai-ty of AlaliannR. The Southern llighia Convention which asaem- b!ed in this city in July last appointed the sub- scribers a committee, with instructions lo addrese the gentlemen nominees of the Whig and Demo- cratic Conventions hitcly assembled in Baltimore, for President and Vice President of the United The committee, in pui^ii&nce of this in- , forwarded forthwilh to General Scott, General Pierce, Mr King and .Mr Graham, IcttcrB of which the following are copies : MoNTGOMEBV, Ala , July 13, IBM, Sir: The Southern Rights r'lriy of the Slate of Alabama, composed of both Wbigs and Demoerata, assembled by their deleeates in convention at thiB place on Monday, the 12th instant, for the purpose of considering its course in the coming Presiden- tial election. Tide convention were of opinion that neither of the platfmms adopted by the Whig and Democratic Conveiitioiu at Balti'i'Ote embrace distinctly the sub- ject maitir and principUs on which the separate or- naniz'tion of the Southern Rights party of this State is based. In consideration tliirtqf, this con- veiiiion appointed ihc undersigned u committee to addicss Ihe gentlemen nominated by both ibo great political parties of the Union for the offices of President and Vice President, and requi at from them answers to the following interrogatories: Ist Has the Federal Government, or any de partinent thereof, the right to interfere wiih the Instilution of slavery in Ihe States, the District of Columbia, or Territories belonging to the United Stales, in such.a manner as lo impair the relation of master ai-d slavei' 2d. Has a citizen of the United Statea the right lo carry slaves into the territory belonging to the United States, and hold them there as property; and is it not Ihe duty of Congress to pass such laws as may be necessary to protect such properly, as well as any other? 3d Would you, if called to exercise the office of President, veto any law prohibiting or "regu- lating the commerce of slaves among the several Stales?" 4ih. Are the States composing this Union sover- 5th If the people of a Slate of this Uninn should dissolve their connexion with the other Slates for any inlraction of the sovereignty of such State, or f,ir any violation ol theconsiituiional compact, has the Federal Government, or any department ihere- of, the right, under the Consiitution, to use force for ihe purpose of hrinsingeuehSlate back Into the Union, or rendering null and void such act of sep- aration? 6'h, In case yoo are called to the Presidential office, and any Terriiory should take steps for ad- African slavery in its constitution, and an objec- tion should be made to its admission on that gn.und, what would be your course in reference 7th, Would you veto any and every law of Con- gress repealing or so modifying the Fugitive Slave act as lo impair its efficiency ? In accordance wilh our appointment for that purpose, we request that you will answer the fore- going questions at your earliest convenience. Very respectiully, Thomas Williams, J A, Klmooe, As a member of le convention, Mr, Cabell is bound in honor lid good faith to support the candidate oi the vention. jdiana. John D. Ferguson, esq , of Clark nty, is the Whig candidate for Congress, in :e of Hon. John S. Davis, who declined run- s',— iV, Y. Tribune, E. R FLt LEN, T J, De Yampert, S. D. J, Moore The committee have received from General Scott the following letter : Washington, July 20, 1S52, Gentlemen: I have the honor to acknowledge your letter oi the 14ib instant, in which you desire my answers to a number of political iulerrogato- I beg leave to reply that, in my answer to the President of the late Whig National Convention, I made the only declaration of political opinions that I expect to make doring the present canvais for the Presidency of the United Slates, With great respect, I am, gentlemen, your obs dieut servant, WINFIELD SCOTT, Messrs, Thomas Williams, J, A. Elmore, C, R, Flewellen, T. J. De Yampert, and S. D, J, Moure, committee, &c. Neither of the other gentlemen have been heard fromby ihecomiiiitlee. Under these circumstances, it is made the duty of the committee to convene 158 THE SIGNAL. the convention. Notice is therefore hereby g Ibat the Southern Rights party of Alabama meet by thfir delegates in tliia place on th Monday in September next, when the coram will present their report The committee deem it of vital importance that the sentiments of this State be known and fully expressed on the subject-mattera which will be considered by the convention on their assemblage. They are therefore respectfully requested to give this matter their immediate and careful attention; and that all who are State Rights men, and advo- cates for their own firesides, are invited to send their delegates to the convention to assemble here in September next. Meet then, fellow-citizens, in your neighborbooda and counties— let your senti- ments be proclaimed, and your rights will be both respected and secured. •I-HOMAS VVlLUAMS, J. A. Elmore, E. R. Flewellen, T. J. De Fyampebt, S. D. J. MOOBK. Montgomery, 23d August, IS52. aX'r From the LouUville Journal, Aii;^ust 25. A Discrepancy. We think we must be cruel enough, though not naturally hard-hearted, to compare Gen. Pierce's own account of his mishap at Churubusco with that given in his behalf by his Hibernian friend. Senator Shields. Pierce says : "Arriving at a dilch, which it was impossible for my horse to leap, / dismounted and forward, without thinking of my injury, at the bead of my brigade, for 200 or 300 yards, ' ing suddenly on my knee, the cartilage of which had been seriously mjured, I fainted and fell upo the bank, in the direct range and within perfec reach of the enemy's fire. That I escaped seem to me now providential." >'ow, keeping this account in mind, just rea the following from the pen of Senator Shields "As we (he and Pierce) approached the en< position, we encountered a deep ditch, or r a deep, narrow, slimy canal, which had been viously used for the purpose of irrigation. It no time to hesitate; so we both plunged in. The horse I happened to ride that day was a light, ac- tive Mexican horse. This circumstance operated in my favor, and enabled me to extricate myscll and horse after considerable difficulty. Pierce, on the contrary, was mounted on a large, heavy Ame- rican horse, and man and horse both sank down and rolled over in the ditch. There I v.as compelled to leave him. * * * After struggiing there, I cannot say how long, he extricated himself from his horse, and hurried on foot to join his commaiid, titen closely engaged in a desperate conflict with the enemy; there he remained till, overcome with suffering and exhaustion, he sank on the ground, and was carried all but lifeless from the field." We don't want to get Pierce and Shields into a fi^hl, and we presume there is no danger, for, in all probability, Pierce has no more ided°of getting into a fight with his friend Shields than he had of getting into one with the Mexicans; But there are certainly some direct issues of veracity between the Yankee General and the Irish GencrHl. Pierce says that, coming to Ihodikh and tindinp- that his horse couldn't leap it. he (/is»ioiin(erf and hurried forward on foot. Shield.s, oa the contrary, Bays that Pierce and his horse both sank down and rolled over in the ditch; and that Pierce, after struggling and Houndering there for some time, extricated himself from his horse. Now, if Shields 's account is true, what business had Pi,-rce to say that be dismounted, instead of saying that he and bis horse rolled over in the mud until by dint of hard floundering be extricated himself from the beast? What sort of dismounting was that? Again, Pierce says tliat, on dismounting, he hur ricd forward at the head of his brigade. He con- veys the idea that he wasn't delayed at all by the ditch; that, on coining to it and seeing that his horse couldn't leap it, he leaped from bis horse and hurried right on, leading his brigade as before. General Shields, on the contrary, says that he roiled and floundered in the dilch, and, after struggling there indefinitely, extricated himself ai.d hurried on, not ''at the liead of his brigade," t)Ut "to join his command, then closely engaged in a desperate conflict with the enemy." Pierce says that he went at the head of his brigade, and Shields says that he followed it. U Pierce telle the truth, Shields doesn't, and if Shields does, Pierce doesn't. We have no doubt that the kind hearted Shields will cheerfully take the whole falsehood upon himself for the present, in consideration that his friend Pierce can't afford to take any thing of the kind until after the election. From the Springfield (III.) Unionist and Statesman. Compare the T'lvo. The present Presidential canvass is peculiarly a contest between merit and demerit. For the first time in the history of the country a trial is to be made between the opposing forces of obscurity and renown— a trial whether do-nothing is strong- er than do- everything — whether passive existence is more worthy of reward than active effort. Then is something worthy of consideration in the prin ciple involved. The Democratic party now stands antagonistii to tlio established economy of Democratic Repub Mean governments— presents itself as hostile t( such governments, because by its acts it is over, turning the foundations upon which the structure of Republicanism is built; and thus, whether in tentional or not, declares its enmity to Irec insti- tutions. Admit the position the Democratic party •■ "-""""ngupon, and ■-'-•-'• - -• '-'-' —-!--- with establii hich is at total ed usage of acknowledged binding obligation, that distinguished services and emi- nent abilities have no more claim to considera- tion than obscurity and imbecility, and repub- lics become nearly as silly a farce as monar- chies. In the one c:ise the head is crowned, not because its possessor is qualified to govern by natu- ral or acquired abilities, but simply because he happened to be born with a divinerightio the scep- tre; in the other case power is entrusted and favor shown, not because of ability to execute that trust wisely, or for eminent services rendered to the State, but simply because he happened to receive a nomination. Admit the propriety of the one, and the other can be justified on the same grounds. What the one doctrine has done and is doing in Europe to destroy freedom of thought and to pro- duce subserviency to privilege, the other will do in this country by taking away every incentive to honorable exertion. The paths of honor should be free to all, and every inducement held out to en- courage all in a noble emulation. And it will be sad commentary, indeed, upon our free institutions, when honors shall be dispensed regardless of merit and desert. Let our people, and especially the young men, consider this, and decide which of the two candidates deserves support. Wo place them n comparison. and theii GENERAL SCOTT. Captain of light artillery, IS08. Lieutenant Colonel of 2d artillery, Izard's re»i ment, July, 1812. Volunteers in the battle of Queecstown, com- mands on the heights, and is captured, October Interferes in behalf of the captured Irishmen. October, IS12. Assists in getting the act of Retaliation passed, January, 1813. "^ Adjutant General of the army under General Dearborn, at Niagara, May, 1813. Commands the advance guard in the capture of Fort George, May 27, 1813. Colonel of a double regiment, July, 1813. Commands the advance guard in the descent of the St. Lawrence, November, 1813. Is made Brigadier General, March 9, 1814 Drills the troops in the camp of Buffalo, Ani May, June, 1814. ' Commands the advance brigade, fighting the baltleofChippewa, Julys, 1814. Commands the advance brigade in the battle o Niagara, (Lundy's Lane,) July 25, 1814. Is badly wounded, July 25, 1814, but did'n "faint." Is breveted Major General, July 26, 1814 Receives the honorary degree of Master of Arts at Princeton, September, 1814. Is offered the appointment of Secretary of War February, 1815. ■' ' Writes the Military Institutes, 1821. EnibarUs on the lakes, commanding troops for Black Hawk war, July 8, 1832. Nurses the sick, August, 1832. be'" j""™'^™"^'^ '0 ''■<='»'• *''h Indians, Septem- Concludes treaties, September, 1832. Commands in Charleston, November 1S3-'' Commands in Florida, February, 1836. ■ '■ quiry, October, 1836. October oft Speech belore a Favorable opin Commands on 1837. Harangues the people, January, 1838. Removes the Cherokees, May, 1838. Canada frontier, December Addresses the Indians, May, 1838. Commands in the disputed territory, March, 1839. Corresponds with Governor Harvey, March, 1839. Receives votes in the Whig Convention for the Presidency, December, 1839. Supports General Harrison, 1840. Nominated for the Presidency by the State Con- vention of Pennsylvania, 1842. Ordered to Mexico, November 23, 1S46. Landed at Vera Cruz, March 10, 1847. Captures San Juan de Ulloa, March 27, 1847. Wins the battle of Cerro Gordo, April 18, 1847. Enters the city of Puebla, May 15, 1847. Commands the army of Mexico at the battle of Contreras, August 19, 1847. In the battle of Churubusco, August 20, 1847. In the battle of Molino del Rey, September, 2, 1847. In the storming of Chapultcpec, September 13, 1847. Captures the city of Mexico, September 14, 1847. Levies contributions for the comfort of the army September 18, 1847. Devises a system of revenue, November, 1847. Appears before a court of inquiry, April, 1848. Returns home, May, 1848. Is received by the Corporation of New York with military and civic honors. May, 1848. Nominated by the Whig National Convention for the Presidency, June 21, 1852. FRANKLIN PIERCE. Born at Concord, New Hampshire, 1798. December, 1817, he spelled "but." 1828, elected deputy sheriff of the town of Con- cord. ' December, 1833, went to Congress. 1836 voted against a bill to continue the Cum- berland road through the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. January, 1837, voted against the right of peti- tion. February, 1837, voted against appropriations for improvement of rivers and harbors, and roads. December 1837, went to the Senate. Voted and spoke against a bill for the relief of the widow of President Harrison. Voted against a bill for the relief of the heirs of Robert Fulton. Voted against the Fortification bill, in a minor- ity of four. The same session voted against a bill granting Iternate sections of the public lands for the benefit of the Mount Carmel and New Albany railroad. March, 1842, came back again. 1842, gavea bny, who was an entire btbangeb I HIM, a cent to buy a stick of candy. March, 1847, appointed a Brigadier General by President Polk. , 1847, ordered Colonel Ransom to charge a chapparal on the Vera Cruz road "where the ene- my were supposed to be," which was gallantly ted, although the enemy turned out not to be there. August 19, 1847, fell from his horse on the hard . fought and bloody field of Contreras. August 20, 1847, fainted at Churubusco. September 15, 1847, did not take the city of Mexico. ' May, 1848, came home safe. During 1849 lived in a "white house, surrounded by a yard of green trees and little flower-beds, irifyingand refreshing the air, and loading it with fragrance." March, 1851, the religious test was voted u ion in New Hampshire, and, through the efforts of the "Democracy," retained. General Pierce's coun- ty gave a larger majority in favor of it than any other in the State. June 5, 1852, was "astonished" by the intelli- gence that be was nominated for President. June 6, 1852, so was everybody else ! July, 1852, in company with two gentlemen from the South, met a "fellow" "out at the el- bows," and "shook hands with him, just as if he was equal in station to himself." More Help.— The Monmouth Atlas, hitherto published as a neutral paper, at Monmouth, War- ren county, Illinois, has come out for Scott and Graham. Wo expect, from the zeal which it al- ready manilests, that it will give effective aid to the cause in which it has embarked. All over the State we are glad to sec the Whigs making ready regular Scott campaign— none of your faint- ing fights, but such a campaign as the old hero piade from Vera Cruz to Mexico — a series of great battles and glorious victories. We have never seen the Whigs of Illinois animated by so enthusiastic a spirit.— S(. Louis Republican. |THE SIGNAL 159 Georgia. The following letter from a Whig gentle- man of Sumter county, Georgia, is published in the Savannah Republican. It merits the attention of wavering Whigs: "Amkkicos, August 10, 185-2. "My Deae Sib: I received yours of a rccentdate before I left home, and noticed what you said on the subject of the Whig parly. I deplore its condition; there is no necessity lor it which can be substantiated by the facts. We desired Mr. Fdl- more'3 nomination by the late convention; but should we break up or abandon the Whig party, or go over to the Democratic party, simply because our favorite was not nominated, when the convention gave us a plalform of prmci pies satisfactory to us all, and a candidate of high character and distinction, and of great pubhc ser- vices, and who approves of the political principles laid down in that platform.' I think not. I am sure we should not thus act. The Whig papers haveactcd mostshamefully and ridiculously. They have withheld from the people iiDpc"»nt truths, and communicated most infamous falsehoods, to prejuilice the minds of the people against General Scott, who is the regularly and fairly nominated candidate of the great National Conservative Whig party of the Union-not because General Scott is individual choice; or, rather, because he was not the choice of Toombs and Stephens. lam well satisfied that they are all wrong, but I fear it is too late to rectify or avoid the effects of that wrong. 1 fear, in other words, that we cannot give the vote of the State to General Scott, but we must try to " if we had the newspapers to set forth the pro- per facts to the people, we could carry Georgia for him yet, but this we have not, nor cannot have, without the friends of Scott being at great expense in establishing papers, circulating documents, &c. Some of our friends seem to be determined to run a third candidate. It is bad policy to do so. No good, in my opinion, can result from it, but much harm. Such a ticket, while it cannot, in niy opinion, carry Georgia nor any other State in the Union, may give Georgia to Pierce ; but my opin- ion is. that if a third candidate is run in Georgia, that it will make a poor run. I may be mistaken, but 1 do not think it will hold out to the end ot the " track." I believe, too, that the second Pierce ticket will come down. That was a most unneces- sary ticket. One Pierce ticket was quite enough for Georgia, indeed it was one too many. Ihe second one, in my opinion, will receive but little countenance— it gels none from me. I he truth is, we should all give up our partialities for Fillmore and Webster, and give to General Scott our cor- dial support. It is the only consistent, national, safe course, and I for one shall pursue that course. I hone to be in Macon next week at the Scott Con- vention—can't you be there ? The truth is. we should rally, and rally at once. It is a shame that any Whig should support Pierce and the infamous platform adopted by the party who nominated him. I am as ardently a Whig as I ever was—in- deed more so if possible. 1 am less disposed i.-:.i ' i ' , . 1 1 wior^T is a blank, : ■ !..■ , ; ;, ,.■•,, .i; !..-•■ Xothing .■.,-,., 1,1, . i . . , ... '.■ , , . . .i !u; iiomi- hai owed by the geniu , and patriotism of our cou itrv's nob est whei 1 can forge principles he viial al whi h hbenv breathes. thati spo i.y l.s llip 1) ill.idii moftheUi TERMS. The Signal will be published weekly, until alit-i the Presidential election in November, at ihe following rales, viz: Single subscription ----- .$0 50 Five copies - - 2 00 ( Being at the rate of 4U cts. for each subscriber. ) Fourteen copies .5 00 (Being at the rate of 36 cts. for each subscriber.) Thirty copies .-..-- 10 00 ( Being at the rate of 31! j cts. for each subscriber.) Fifty copies - - 1.5 00 (Being ai the rate of 30 cts. for each subscriber.) (jt^No paper will be sent unless the order is accompanied by the money. ^11/, letters mud be post-paid, and ad- dres.sed to GEO. S. GIDEON, Washingtow, D. C. iirelesa nous alike in victory or deleat. In good report or evil report. 1 have given it my youth and man- hood; my health, hope and fortune; and having thus long lived in it and for it, 1 will, if Providencu vouchsales me an unclouded reason, die by (t. tiut I am also a Democrat, for a Democratic Whig is the best of Democrats; and, respecting thi sincerity of the masses that constitute the party to which I am opposed, 1 willingly comply with the prejudice, and decide, not for laciion, but for the right, for public justice, and public gratitude. 1 first ask your votes for Wiiincld Scott, because you are compelled to choose between him and t'ranklin Pierce. Thire is no other choice. To vole for a third candidate is ihe suicide of sufirage. It IS to nullify a privilege and to skulk a duty ; ii is neutrahty, and the neutrality of a freeman is the crime of a slave. 1 hold that Franklin Pierce is not only inferior — how inferior.' — to Gen. dcott, but that he is, jier se and positively, unlit for the Presidency. Hear my reasons ; . One of the most vital of the liberties of the peo- ple—one bought with blood, sanctified by tunc, and secured by charier— is llie Righl of Pclifiim— a nglil inesiimable to us and "fonu.J.iblf to lyr.uil.^ only." No freeman would bnn'k ii.s a'lii.i.-iin.ni in Ihe weight of a hair. It was clu.iply l.uu-lii, and would b^cheaply preserved, Willi an "cean .ublood. Yet Franklin Pierce, by his vote in Congrfss. denied and sought to destroy that right. T/itrf/wfr he is unfit. Equal in sacredness lo that liberty— superior to all else— is Kd'isiom Freedom; the right to worship God without kneeling in fetters. Franklin Pieice duty of fire from ab To degrade th. human trusts, i RepT.lf V the Tm, ,■ !'. . gifted a:,, ,. ■. debat.i i!:r n:,-l - Willi so sacred ar Government aw and torrents t self-conte.mpt. ■,:,,g the . , and to ,..as, by id obscure of the po- lol of taction — some insidious iK-al pra-iorian band. Wo to the land where icli a profanation can, with impunity, be attemnt- J Cut I have no fear. The orb that rose in 77C, and has riuoded the world with its radiance, Ul never decline into ihat inky ocean of shame, 'ho dignity that was occupied by Washington is ill hallowed In the eyes and hearts of the people; hen it ceases to be, freedom will cense to be. The triumphs of Scoit have evtr arisen, not from le weakness of his enemy, for he has always had foemen worthy of his steel,'' but from his own iperior genius and valor. So be it now; for I 162 T II E SIGNAL wuuld rather dwell on his claims than his rivnl'slpatrioi— he is elill and ever all his country's. Glo- deActencie^. Why should we vote for Gen. Sv;otl: rious deeds had been done on the Rio Grande and Swdl answer. _ |iii Northern Mexico; but llie nation hjd s liiiiced Some r.ir v-five years since, a youthful studentino! a step towards the achievem ii ^ i •■ fat in the office if .< s.ia:e of 'he Old Domniion, B. Hcneral Scott prtiposed a reiieu:; i- . Wuiki.is Leigh, nnU pondwed on the coml:tion of|iurnu.>! marchofCcirtcz; liutihrs : i, hi» country and the dut'/aiat he ovfed her. The |.ind where the SpMni«h vessels !:;.. I in n d (... im- out of joint. The nations seemed biy, the ciistle of San .luan now frowiieil dfti.iiii-e; loosened from their moorings, and were driven and cl .shin? on the waves of an almost uiiverfal war, like icebergs in a polar t.nnpesl. Our own bright and did not escape the storm. Her fla^ had been outraged on every sea; her sons dragged into sla- very, and even forced o raise a paricidal arm ag.iiiist their country. \Var was inevitable, and at fearful odda— a war not only for honor and free- dom, but for tixisience itself. Was it well mat he, that gifted student, every pulse of whose heart beat lor bi4 tountry, should nur.ie her schemes of tran- quil umbition, when such a peril and such a duty iil'.oked him? No; and his high brow glowed, and lii^ quick eye flashed, as he vowed himself, for life or death, to the cause of his country. By thai rcoolve was Witifield Scott — every faculty .>; i bigli nature, every drop of his noble heart— u.i: cuted to the duties of patriotism. Never w purer ..flering laid upon a holier altar; and for iliai- thil noble resolve and its nobler fulfilment, do I now claim your admiration and gratitude. ' The gathering clouds soon burst upon our coun- try. Slie striigi;led, but her he^-rt seenieil, for a tifiie, faint, and her arm nerveless. C^i.imity fol- lowed calainily, until, in the base surrender ol Hull, treason and reproach were added to her afflictions. Hei heart .swelled, her frame quivered with rage, and she shed hot tears of shame and sorrow. One patriot .here was wlio determined thai (he gulf of shame, like that of Ourtius, should j Euclid. Bill ' be closed, though it entombed him ; and he offeied j tliglit from the himself a sacnncs. la the desperate struggle on oI'VeraGiuz, and, instead of friendly TIaacalans and feeble Az- tecs, the Americiii' General must encounter an armed and powerful empire — a country impregna- ble by nuture. skilfully fortified, and ably and ob- stinately defended. The difficulties seemed insu- perable, and his project was denounced as romantic madness. N.ipoleon once disrlosed a niilitiiry |ilan to one of his stafi". "I' ~ imum-o! !i , ' ■ -.ni !iis friend, **1 see no mean> i i i. ^ . polcon led him to a wir ' ,1 i.i i_ > ■ ',m glowinginiddaysky, ..:-;■; i i , ,i ' •'iNo," was the reply. "Ido," mi, and It was his only answer, b' ' u .saw the star, hidden from feeU . ii pej.SL ott alone CO lid save er SI owlingly a< ceeded. and wisdom, now V nml the wonder of the ihor, Winficld Sc It, do 1 uppott that campaign— 1 cannot; Id has It by heart Never the heights of Ci.ueen.s shrink from his darir every rifle — cover yi anid Kearney to Scot: 'l will die in my robc Geneial Kearney hii , death ii.self seem "You are the target olloverco nnilbrm with this coat," sands, 1 "Never!" was the reply ; inembe ' 1 derive this f jnded by ihe glui7 of our hi: world, and for its soli ask your gratitude an I will not cliaractei but you have it — the' was the prescient and comprehensive weight of hu- man genius more wonderfully displayed, than by Scott in its preparation and fxe(?iition. Every dif ficulty was foreseen, e.. i, ; i »• provided for. This plan was m , , i.rubiem in luri ul 't'.i- ;: I : :i ■' -wed lowers nd the tui. thd clil'is of Cerro Gordo, ) miracle, from victory to victory, impossibiliiies, and crushed thou- rcd But her , ihus addressed his men. Can Gieek or Roman story nlljid a parallel? "Hull's ignominious surrender-," he .said, "must be re- trieved. Let us, then, die arms in hand. Our country demands iho sacrifice. The example wi:l not Oe lost. The blood of ihe slain wiil mukei heroes of the living. Who is ready I'or [l,e sa'-ri-; fice?" Hull's surrender was retrieved— ilKm- i;al-> laiitry did wipe out thai .slam, tlie rir.-t .r n I si ni our country; but Scoli bee. n. foe; and, amid the perils ;,i (aplivity.surronndedby li assassins, he fi.led the first .n ^ ■. i fi.r hi3 country. For this, 1 a k your vote:; lUr tin: patriot, and inquire, in his own words at I3,ucens- ,own, "Akk von bkadt?" Again Scott was Iree; again at the head of a gal- lant b.iiid of freemen; and again before a superior force of the enemy; fur his lave been no holiday nchievenicnis; every laurel leaf upon hi: Inow l::'s cost a death struggle. Lundy's Lanr : best fought bailies in history. Tin - , upnn the conflict, and the nigln ., harvest moon struggling thropgh il vena, and fitfully liL'lwiiig up the h'.-:.: was the only reaper; and yet volley ,■ .- ' ley, deafening .\iut'ara,;.nd the clash -, and the shrieks ami snouts of the r,nu,' ■mode night hideous. Scott was the \. , ■, > , the haitle-storm. His tall form was p. -i. . , n,, ,i:, with btood.in every desperate eddy " 'f >: ii' and hisclarion voice was heard al.^vr i,, , ,,;, i dm of the conflict. He throttled vn: querert against fate. And when, wounds supiiosed to be moit-il, i : words were orders to charge, anil In murmured shout of victory. For this, I ask vom vo es. Let the peop'c give hut one suffrage foi each red drop that then gosheil from his i^ored bosom — poured out for theui and theirs — and thi debt of gratitude will, at least in part, be paid ; pos- terity will do the rest, I have no time to follow Scott up to the period of the Mexican war. Forty years ef service in camp and counril have passed over him; but the .-ow ol ths youthful onlhuaiast is still the rule of the hoary when he dc:nn 1 ' ■ valley of Mexico, when his conin n. .: . , nesiroyed, his army disappeared m til save couiv' ' . Weeks and weeks elapsed, and in i V ■>r:n-d of them. The suspense gie v.- _ •.. . v,atched.,-asfrienas wa'ich Ihe da: u 1 .'.n.cli a daring diver has (.limited, but ! uin winch he does not emerge.— White lips wh spertd, -IS he lost? Has he per- isiied?" "And he, re.spnnse was, "how can it be nli,-:Aii«,- \vi: 1 u.iv. -.1 .i.a.leq.mie, against .1 foe ' when overwrought 1 '1^3 liiii-slupon us— a ... ..Ciiurubusco, Mnhno ....; i.,., ....in • nl oa.. ilultered our flags. boil and how uprose our shouts, again and again, when we learned that our noble army bivouacked in the plaza of the capital, and beneath the stars and stripes, as they waved above the triumphs of Cortez, stood Winfield Scott, Ihe laurelled conqueror of Mexico, island beneath ihat banner now — a brighter glory has ever since •i-'amed from its stars; and pointing to those fields lame, 1 ask, in the name, and by the authority iiiose achievements, unequalled m grandeur and ry, 1 ask your votes fur Lreneral Scoll. il IS impossible briefly to sketch that campaign. , Laities are so many and glorious, that they mln- I ilieir light as the .stars which form the galaxy .a,;; together and cast a stream of glory across the hiMvens. But this is Ghurubusco's day; and the vlien this day is named." , in all I rVill stand a tip-tc ustead iif one bat; distinct b.-inles, c itself looks bain V was Inil 8,500 si liplined, :ne.ny. Anya...n;-„ : 1>,. u.. .;..., l^dlunts ;loriuusly strung mgctln.r, and radiantly bound up- >n the f.ir I.Taw oi our country, any one would lave struck the world with wonder; together they iiag:;er credulity, and raise a monument of Ameri- :.in heroism that will stand till our mountains melt into the plain. We meet to celebrate that viclqj-y of victories, and we cannot forget the patriot hero to whom we owe it, who never doubted and never erred, who never stumbled and never fainted, "the noble nature," (I quote the poet litcialiy,) "Whom passion could not shake; whose solid The shot of accident, nor dart of chance, Could neither grace nor Pieice." Had the life of Scott known but that one day of glory, for that alone 1 would ask, and you could not, injustice and gratitude, deny your sufim" ■■ And how were these services, countless am ' estimable, rewarded? Who does not blusli the page of that history? The veterar snv , v.a^ .^tripped of the command of that army n^ I •' ' ■'[ 111 triumph, was, accused and treated as a ni ' innir, n.ni\ was dragged in a shameful trial ml me lii^li office — it was only one — of liaving cove.ed his country with glory. And what did ihe hero, at the head of a victorious and devoted army, under this unprecedented outrage and wrong? Lion-like to the foe, he was meek and lowly to the laws and authorities of his country. The magnan- imity of Agesilaus; of Hannibal, and of Belis.i- rins, in bowing to a harsh authority and resigning a career of glory, has been applauded to the echo ; but even more illustrious was the noble submission of our own great-hearted patriot, for his was a deeper and a darker wrong. His example of de- ference to the law is more glorious and of more .sub- stantial value than even his victories — and it is for you to reward it. The cruelly of thai deliberate wrong to proud and lofty innocence, it is yours to redress; the reproach of that base ingratitude to a national benefactor, it is yours to wipe away ; and therefore do I ask your votes for Winfield S;:olt. Pending thai persecution, Scott was visited by a temptation which who but Scott would have re- fused? The people of Mexico, appreciating the virtues even of a foe, offered him a million and a quarter of dollars in cash, and the chief magistracy of the country. They asked no wrong to his own government. Com. Portrr had rstabii.^hed a pre- cedent of acceptance. General Seoii was perse- cuted; his life-long devotion rewarded with dis- grace — this would redress him. Like .\ristideK, his probity in office had kept him poor — this would enrich him. His foes had stripped him of his station — this would confer a loftier one, a place among princes. Of course he accepted an offer so brilliant. Why should he not? Far from it. He at least hesitated? Not a moment. "My life," such was his sublime answer, " belongs to my country. I would rather be her humblest servant than the monarch of earth's richest empire. Dis- carded, I will stick to her; persecuted, wronged, requited with contumely and disgrace, it will yet be my glory to love and cherish her ; to serve and suflTer, to live and die for her." Is not this man worthy of your votes? Would you be worthy of him if you denied them ? For this 1 ask your suf- fraje. Glorious as has been his military career, the civil life and services of Scott equally claim your admiration and gratitude. He is, and ever has been, the friend and advocate of peace. His letter to the Peace Convention avows his opposition to un- necessary war, and his life approves that profes- sion. You remember the Canada rebellion. Our neighbors struck for independence — a cause to which American hearts must give a throb and thrill of sympathy. That sympathy was met by British arrogance, and an American boat was fired by an invading soldiery, in an American port, and sent, while the flames rose above the bodies of the slaughtered Americans, down the Niagara, and over the cataract. The war spirit on the frontier shot up like a bale fire. Collision seemed inevita- ble. VVhal politician, wliul diplomatist, was then loiind adequate to the crisis? Scott alone was lomndertd, by a Democr ly, wiihoul aid, si .. , an and eloquence, h a ....I v^hich, had it come, every nerve to cracking, sweat blood. Which of can point to such a tri umph your voles. Again, on the northeastern frontier, in 183G, the troops of England and of this country were aclu-* all-, administration, capa- He did avert il. Wiih- nglv, by dint of his own c saved ihe country Irnm , would have strained her and made her every pore f your bonsied civilians mph ? I ask lor thai tri- THE SIGNAL in: al'y in ihe field against each other. One (iro[) ol bliiod then »hi d would have sluiced eeaa or' uluod A^ain a DeiMOcraiicadmiiiiMiralion had recnuise to the, civil aliilities of Scott — for who then d.iieil to doubi them' And ng.iin he averli-d the conflict, extorting, by his tuk-nts and his triumph, the a|i- [ilauae of ali parties, ai.d confirmini,' in buth coun- tiles his title as tub GRKAr Pacificator. In lliia character, as tl>c Apo-lle ol Peace, nnil for Llieae services, do I ask your votes for Gen. Scott The time-honored putriot claims your reverence us the champion of the Union, its earliest, stejidiesi and eiaiinchest. No spot of the nation — no Morih, no Soutli, no East, no West — can claim it as his own- His patriotic life has been spread, like sun- lisht, all over the lanil he has loved and served lona; and well. In his youth, when the North plotted tre.ison at Hartford, he shamed the malcon- tent spirit br.ck to its den, by the j:lory of his vic- tories on tile line. In After years, when the South renewed the dark examine, at Charleston, with nullification, he was again interposed to save the Union. The patriot Jackson was then .it th.i head of the Governmeni; and in 'liatduk ii . ;' was as dark as another night piled n where did he look for one wIiom mi'iiary qualities and devoted patn..i; ,;, ,, trust, to avert fraternal wars? Our lanU has ;: - gri-at men; but his sagacity directed liim to .S - He sent htm to the scene of excitement am! >. gei-; and with Ins iriant, hand u:ii.M ihp hi-lr.. ■ was sale. The lii-^r '■: ,,;■ ,-. „,:, ,,,,,i,:d in applauding li;- • ■■ . .J the magnanimous Ja i i. r.. ~ ..< y of War, Gen. Ca;-., .'■.,. -i .^ ■ ;.■•-■ ,: liv„alion, and acknowlialgfd Ihh |irolountl i;iatiuidf, and ihui of the coui.iry. Will any Demociat deny tin- merit which Jackson applauded, or witlihold the I gratitude lie ijestowed .' tinder the sanction, then, i of the great name of Andrew Jackson, 1 ask your votes for Gen Scott. And in the latest peril of the Union, where was| Scoit? Earliest by the side of its nolil>-.-i il«fi.n(i''i-. ; the illustrious Henry Clay — Clay, ul.i- ,.;,; mighty spirit, when it had achiev ' loltiesi triumph, bore on hish to VV.i _ proud triumph iJiat iiis country wa.-i :ia\. I i.> aide of day, Scott labored earnestly and tii' i i n- ■ ly, day ami night, for the Compromise; and, v, i it had passed, he received, for his early, aio, and constunt clmmpionohip, the grateful inahk-: . ! ^ the departing jiatriot. Kor that devotion to tji Ui'ion winch nierilcd and won Clay's admiratioi and gratitude, I ask yours. Such has been the entire career of Scott — evi on to aliv 1 his h4ii it is the next President of the United Stalest— Win. field Scott. I His entire life is filled wi h evidence of thfe noble humanity. Witness hi.i inter|W,-.ition Iri.-h f llovi- captives in Canada, and claration, backed afterwards by an acto'f Coii;res^, "Hartn a hair of the he.id of these poor Iriaimcii, and our gibbets shall groan with English |lrison- ers." And so he savt'd thim. Witness his kind- ness to the unhappy, exiled Cheroktes, and, to the wretched fugitives in the cruel Black Hawll war. Wiiness his elforts to spare blood at Vera Cruz, and before Mexico; and his noide declaration, " 1 would be unhappy, if t won victory and fame by the unnecessary sacrifice of a single holy human life." Wiines- his paternal care of the wounded and sick, amid the iron hower of the battlefield, or me pestilent horrors of the hospital. Such dpeds, loftier than glory, win the applause of angels. For such deeds do 1 ask your votes — your votes for earth's noblest of heroes, the hero of humanity — Winfield Scott. Of his riml's claim, on this score, we only know ' .'■ crust. Yet one of his ino-i aisin.- I ; , luis urged his claims to the Vscsi inoy -I 1' L,...iiid that lie gave a r.igged boy a suck ol r:;niiy. Lolly philanthropist! No wonder tliat the eventt'ul day and its benevolent hero both became candy-dates. Not less conclusive than Scott's claims as a pa- triot, are those \vliich lie represents as contrasted with those of hi.< ■ pponents. His supporters are ilie friends of tVeediMii; our own ctti rished, Amer- ican freedom, as receiveil fiom our fatliers, in trust lor posttriiy. Our opponents would stake that iieedoni u|)on a rash ami gu.hy Citst of ilie die in ilie European game of hazard, 'thaw j\lUI>ii^lcii!.ni would-be President of the United Stales iheinptrw- inenl and ally of her rival and oppressor! W.it you sanction this outrage and infamy ? O ire y'ai sanction u. and Inik yoiir free-born rhildien in the face? Winfield Scoit is the friend M Ameii.an in« dustry, of its protection, iie indei endence, ai.d (irosperiiy. He has hcreiofore nioiT'eu iiB ag nnst English insolence and wrong; we can iru.n Una with the task again. Upon such grnnnils do I ask your votes for Gen, Scott. Are they not sufficient? Whose tinvati; life is nif re stainless; whoi-e public life is mnr'- <;'.->• rums? All his amis in life have been large and h-.iiy — all his deeds are pure and noble. True, he re- fused to murder General Jackson liv liie duel, and It is initiuted to him r; :: .oavoaH Ian I ; but 1 hae yet to learn that ilu ■ ., .''■ h ,i' in:.- i^ e"|ii.a. a in your statutes, o: i; ! ...r cole ol mo- rals. If not, perm. !■ , , i i' the n.an who doubts the cour..;;i m: ili >•.:.:! i.. ro of Liiinly's Lane is simply a pitiable idioi; and that he wiio laments that the Piiht hand of Winfield Scott is not crimsoned with ihe blood of .Andrew Jackson, is a wr tch, whom it were gross flattery to ca.l a mis- ereai t True it is also, ilia!, hiie Washimzton, he is a military chieftain, and ihnt he lias been guilty of pouring forth his lilood like water m d. f.-nce of his coiiniiy. Heh.as loved his naiivc Ian'!, and iiitt lird 1V„ n-r.-itlfis not guiltless fir, m l!ic tune that 's souls, her nolde brr.ist w/.s one v:-.-t When this is regarded as a crime, wl,at cherish as a viititc? IJut Wii.fiuiU Scott apologist. I p:ead not for the hero and His election is due, not so much to hiin iselves; it is not necessary for Ins ii.t-r- ■lever rar.d ;'or them — '5"' for those of the I people ; nor for his fdtiie— it liflon^'' to hiyiory. Bed lis Male — but tor our coin.iry'.^. VVlnlc >■ z-'t-'" I ihini'ler hymn is raised to liriv-n, iu.^ L'oiy ^ii) .^y vaiiia tried nil wound. patr Khile iVl. Popo, pro,.> ;- even ili- . ■_ nity. th fled appall, d s|.niis ol our lorefaniers will ask us lehm siaiiding in shackles upon tne grave oi ii lust hope, how shall we answei ? Yel li.' counsels contetnplate the ub.soiption of C m . •VJexico, Jamaica and Cub i. South Ainerii he Sandwich Islands. And this, renieniber the inoutlieil madness of lirawUng baccnunalt ly; It IS the proclaimed ilocirine of tin ir elm proclaimed iii high places. Aizih.^j mi ! • partyistliecounlry'ssolepr.a, . ; .1 iio we a. Dnion. We need not be too curious lo c-oui.i us tiinbi-rs of oak or its timbers of pine, if it oidy be so like the good old ship Constitution that we can stand on it with the citizc-ns of every State, and unfurl the stars and stripes of our common coun- try. It is the creed of a naiional party. In its clear definition ot republican principles— in its ac- curate balancing of the powers of the State and General Governments— in its adherence to the peaceful neutrality of the venerated Washington — in its pledge of sympathy and support to Ameri- can labor and to internal improvements — in its re- cognition of the Constitution in all its parts and in ill its appropriations — and finally, in its consecra- ion of all Whigs, from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, to the nationality bequeathed to cs by our fathers— it is uuK plat/orm, and upon it we form our column, to march forth for battle and victory. Genilcmen, if we have a Union to save, we have a State to redeem. What have we witnessed at our Capitol.' Such avowals from official person- ages, such practices in every department of the Government, such bargain and sale of the public patrotian-p witirh tnd hitherto been kept free from corrui , .in ,-ri.! it .ion, such dependency of One ell. I . , . , election, such mairiageof ui... ; : ;. J- party, such bad manners, II- ' iM .' ii.i I als as never had a parallel .. constitution iiself has been . trifle. And if the present ii her like it, be continued in . .i.,;dium of our liberties will ;.:iLi guiirr.iity against desecration and is now for us any such question. If there any meaning in our past usages; if we i meant anything by sending on deleg;itcs to !}-:ii more; if we be Massachusetts W!".--- -•■ ■ ■. •;. Maesachuictts honor ami g.jod l.i' desire to elect a Whig Presic -nt r.-i. cralic President, we ore here nots ■ i * about our duty ua to perlori.j it. A. have assembled to- day in oehalf. large plurality, i£ not an actual n people of the State, to select thu agents and theirs, shall cast the tl.ii i voles of Massachusetts lor Winfiell. .■•i..t.-, th.' nominee of the Baltimore Convention. He isivor. thy to receive those votes, and beyonil any reason- able doubt he is bound to have them. Fortunately we ore not under the neccsaity of apologising for our candidate, or of informing the world who he IB If there be at this inomt^ni a Presidential can- didate whose praise miaht fitly be spoken in the langu.igeol_an epigram ooce applied to an Eng our duties this morning to place in . candidate for chief magistrate who ihall restore the Commonwealth to the character of its better days, and place the name of Massachu- setts once more belore the world in its original been dignity and honor- elves vernuient :n the spii Jrlli ^rovcrnora, without ct '■■ • ■' ■: t faltering betweei ; to both. And ' o shall administer the go- of its former and honored nessand without timidity— wo opinions, while pander- ople with that nom lishi said a foolish thi:ig be n not undertake to say wh Scott. His lile has been .ten that if t; did! ■■•, but it ia not General cf historic action. The anuivorparieo of his achievements enc y'eai-. He who woubl succted ii iniporlance or their celer/rity conncxioDs of the English nat of a fit person for the office of nor. It is not to be doubted that 11 present such a ticket as will ive the approval of the people at the polls in ...mber. ;.■ t us then address ourselves to the duties before I ai a temper of harmony and conciliation. Wc ■ume here not to revive, but to bury our differences. We are here to unite in sending out to our fellow- Whigs, everywhere, from Maine to Califori rywher if frater We have met to pulses as shall bri chusetts. And we to the Union and i impi ipbal i i, the ofanother year have strengthened the conviction of the Whigs of Massachusetts, that the principles tney profess are those upon which alone the honor and prosperity of our beloved country can securely l^s Gov- 2. Resolved, That in the firmness and fidelity with which the Presii Cabinet have administered the alfair, ernment, in maintaining the honor of the nation ontaruished abroad, and preserving peace and harmony at home, in promptly arresting every at- tempt to embroil us in a foreign war, in repelling, in terms of just indignation, the very approach towards interference by a despotic power, with our right of independent judgmentin matters of policy and political action, and in adding strength to the bondsof our glorious Union, we recognise an .•id- ministration whose wisdom and patriotism cannot fail tocominaud the lasting respect and admira- tion of their country. 3. Resolved, That whatever inight otherwise be the grounds for apprehension on the part of our hardy fishermen, they may rely with confidence that with a Whig administration their interests will be cared for and their rights protected, and that, come what may, the fisheries— an interest which has always been dear to New England from the first settlement on her shores — will never be compromised norabandoned. 4. Resolved, That National Conventions have long bi en the recognised and aoproved organs through which the Whig party have made their nominations of candidates fur the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States— that the Whigs of Masauchusetls expressly appealed to such a convention when they appointed delegates to represent thein in its deliberations— that at their late convention at Baltimore a candidate for the Presidency was fairly nominated, who, it was well understood, was one of the three imm whom a selection would probably be made, and with refer- ence to whom the respective delegates to that con- vention had been appointed — that under these cir- cumstances we hold the friends of all three of these candidates alike bound in good faith to abide by the decision of that body; and whatever might have been the personal preferences of any of us, we hereby declare our determination to abide by the nomination, and to discountenance every attempt to break up theWhig party, from whatever qoar- ter it may come. 0. Resolved, That in the Whig National Conven- tion the country witnessed an assembly of patriotic citizens, called and conducted accorcling to well- recognised rules and usages, and fully represent- ing the views and feelingsof the great Whig party of the United States; that their opinions upon the great questions submitted to them were fairly as- certained and fully expressed, ^nd as such, appeal to the honor of every Whig to sustain them with good faith, if he would be true to himself and true to the best interests of his country. 6. Resolved, That in General Winfield Scott we recognise a sound and steadfast Whig, who baa never failed to support the great constitutional principles of the Whig party, whether in a major- ity or a minority; an honest, virtuous, and irre- proachable citizen, upon whose life and character not a stain or suspicion has ever rested; a gallant and veteran soldier, who has led the armies of his cjuntry to victory over savage and over civilized foes, whenever there was a ioe to be encountered, and who has feft no field unmarked by evideme of his prowess and patriotism; and one who, at the same time, has never failed to exert himself to pre- vent rather than provoke the great evil of war, and who has again and again exhibited, in the manage- ment of the most critical negotiations, a familiar- ity with the principles of international law, and a spirit of justice, of moderation, and of civil wisdom which give ample assurance that under his admin- istration the peace, honor, and all the best interests of the country will be eminently secured and pro moted 7. Resolved, That in William 4. Gbaham as their candidate for the second place in the Gov- •, the Whigs have a man whose patriotism nship mark him as worthy of the peo- fTrages in whatever sphere he may be iolved. That the Wliige of Massachusetts, ,:' of the Union, reiterate what has so often l.tred hy them: ibat they stand by the pi.'. the shall be awakened such .inclionsand purposes as shall make sure the redomplloa of the other. The following resolutions, prepared and pre- ir.Tshio=^thc'iri *^"'^'' ''J' ^ coinmiliee appointed for the pur- st unsettle the pose, were adopted by a unanimous aye: of.lorty yarsj 1. Jicsoiwd, That the experience and obsorvation uiion and the Union with true tnd devoted that, though a Government of limited , Congress not only has the pow er, but it is u!y, to take care of the great inl erestsofla- d:.i = iry,a,, 1 th'- ! iLsincss of thee juntry, and es of trade K'u the shores of either ^ys of her lakes and riv iiuuld never be extended THE SIGNAL. iC)r> beyond the obvious purpoaes for which it waa first delegated ; and tliat the right of petition to Con- gress for the redress of wrongs and the correction of evils over which that body has a legitimate con- trol, ought to be held inviolate and never to be surrendered. 9. Resolved, That in a penpln like ours where success in life is earned by individual talent, skill, and enterprise, the due encouragement of labor, whether in the field, the workshop, or upon the ocean, ought to be a leading interest in the policy of their Government; and in view of this, the good old Whig doctrine of protecting home industry, cre- ating home markets, and cherishing with parental watchfulness and care the interests of every class and calling in the community, has lost none of its lorce by repetition, and can never be unworthy of a paramount place in any declaration which the Whigs of Massachusetts shall make of the senti- ments they entertain. 10. Resohed, That the present political condi- tion of our Commonwealth cannot fail to awaken feelings in every generous and patriotic breast of humiliation and mortified pride"; that to see men placed in office for no higher merit than because they are willing to sacrifice the principles they profess, for pay— to see the honors which were once regarded as rewards of desert prostituted to the base purposes of political bargaining— to see her name, once so btight among her sister republics, made a mark of scorn by the reckless profligacy of trading politicians, ought to raise a blush ot shame upon the cheek of every true son of Maasa- chuaetts, and nerve him for a struggle which shall only cease when her redemption shall have been accomplished. 1 1 . Resolved, That the leadcraof.the coalition in this Commonwealth have shown themselves unworthy of the public confidence by their want of capacity, their want of consistency, and their disregard for the public will. Under the guise of promoting re- form, they have been doing what they could to weaken and debase the tone of political morals in the community. Pretending to economy, they have been wasting the public money. Professing a horror of banks and corporations, they have opened the door lor their multiplication in every village and neighborhood in the Slate. Claiming to go beyond all other men in their new-fledged zeal in the cauae of human liberty, they have not left a word or an act upon record to sustain their profession, or to prove their sincerity; and profess- ing to confide in the honesty and intelligence of the people, they have treated them as if one-half were knaves and the other cowards, in denying to the citizen the right of coming openly to the ballot- box in the conscious integrity and independence of a free man. 12. Resolved, Tliat, in the war which these lead- ers are waging upon the Constitution of this Com- monwealth, they have falsified the record of her history; they have utterly disregarded the known will of the people; and have shown that, in their eagerness to retain ill-gotten power, they are ready to prostr.^te the bulwarks which our tathera reared to preserve the people's rights, and secure the peace and prosperity of the whole body politic. 13 Resolved, That wc present, unanimously, the name of the Hon. John H. Clifford, of New Bed- ford, to the people of Massachusetts, as our candi- date for governor; that we commend him to their support aa one who has shown himself equal to every station in which he has been placed — an able representative of New Bedford -a sagacioua and faithful senator of Bristol— a vigilant and de- voted attorney of the southern district— an accom- plished, learned, and eloquent attorney general of the Commonwealth; and that we commend him above all as a true and tried Whig and a pure and spotless citizen. 14. Resolved, That in Hon. Elisha Hcstington, of Lowell this convention have selected one who by bis private worth and public service has prov himself eminently qualified for the second place the gilt of the people, in honcriug whom they w reflect honor upon the Commonwealth. 15. Resolved, That "in the dark and troub night that is upon us, we see no star above the ! rizon promising light to guide us, but the inlc gent, patriotic, UNITED Whig party;" and we the fore pledge ourselves to spare no honorable elTort to rid the Cumnionwealtb of an administi wiiich forgets the people in its hungry zeal lor office. 16. Resolved, That Massachusetts has reached a crisis in her affairs which demands the serious at. tenlion of every one of her citizens. Upon the coming election may depend the determination of the momentous question whether she shallcontiaue to be the prey of selfiahpoliticiana, or by restoring Whig counsels and Whig measures, she shall where she so long stood—" the model ilth"— rich in wealth, rich n honor, he priceless memorials of ai| illuatri- again stand Commonweal and rich in 0U3 history WHIGS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE lljr CON- VENTION. I Response of llie lUiigs of llie Granite StuU to the nominations of i^cott and Graliain- The Utligious Test iJenounctd. Statesman Office, CoscOBD, N. a. Sept. 1, 1852. The Whig State Convention for the nomination of Preaidental electors. Governor, and Railroad Commissioner, met at Concord to- day, and was lied to order by Mr. Gilman, of Exeter. Ex- Gov. Colby was appointed temporary chairman, of ten were chosen, one from each county, to nominate permanentofficcrs. The com- mittee' reported, for President, Thos. M. Edwards, of Keene. Vice Presidents— Messrs. Boardman, of Newmarket; Brewster, of Portsmouth; Adams, of Keene; Walker, of Claremont; Thompson, of Hoi- ernesa; Tilton, of Gilford; Currier, of Auburn Fuller, of Francestown; Smart, of Concord; and Peavey,of StraflTord. Secretaries — John B. Kelley, of Manchester; Abel Hutchins, of Concord. The Committee on Resoluliona were J. C. Abbott, o; Manchester; John Prentiss, of Keene; Thomas E Sawyer, of Dover; W. H. Bartlett, of Concord; Na- thaniel G. Gilman, of Exeter; Thomas Wadleigh; of Somersworth; MilonC. McClure, of Claremont: E. P.Lipscomb, of Lebanon; S. W. Lougee,of Al ; Geo. S. Towle, of Lebanon. Adjourned until afternoon. Afteenoon Session. — The following persons were nominated for electors of President and Vice President: For Rockingham, (councillor districts,) W. H. Y. Hackett, ofPortsmoulh; Hillsboro', Aus- tin F. Pike, of Franklin; Merrimack, A. H. Cra- gin, of Lebanon; StralTord, Daniel S. Christie, of Dover; Cheshire, Thomas M. Edwards, of Keene. By vote of the convention, the candidates were instructed to meet the Pierce and King candidates upon the stump, and discuss the respective candi- dates and their principles. The ballot for candidate for Governor resulted as follows: Whole vote, 239; James Bell, of Mil- ford, had 213, and was declared nominated. For Railroad Commissioner, Joseph Sawyer, of Piermoat, was unanimously nominated by accla- J. C. Abbott, chairman of the Committee on Re- solutions, reported the following resolutions, which were unanimuuslyadopted: I. Resolved, That believing a general and har- I. Resolved, That the nomination of Scott and AHAM will carry with them a moral power, ich ought to be irr.idistible in a young nation, not yet d ■: f !■• ^ T.' -..^iKitrd with the corruption andabn;. -r u ,„!,!. 6. y;..-.. . i . '. ih, true interests of the United M, all , of he material wc;ilil,, (1. , 1 .o the elements of i i^ we believe it posaihio for thosr , ,1 only by en- couragement to .\i;. .y. Ill the levying of specific duties; ai^l a.^ wt- can never consent to buiUf up English manulacturers, to the destruction of our own, and to support the aristocracy of Eng- land at the expense of our own free and intelligent laborers, therefore we can only regard the support of General Pierce by the free-trade journals ol England as a conclusive argument for the election of the Whig nominees. 7. Resolved, That the Locofoco doctrine of indi- vidual liability, as set forth in a law of this State, which makes stockholders of manufacturing and railroad corporations individually liable lor all the debts of such corporations, has been found, in its operation, highly injurious to the best interest of the State, public good demands ita speedy abro- gation, and a return to the true Whig policy relating to corporations. 8 Resolved. Ihat we believe it to have been the d^aignof the founders of the Government to make America the asylum ol the oppressed, but neverto the subversion of its distinctive character— that it be the rcluge alike from religious and political oppression, and that within its boundaries civil privileges should be unabridged by religious opin- ions; therefore we, the Whigs of New Hampshire, arc, as we always have been, decidedly in favor ol blotting the religious teat from our State consiitu- 9. Resolved, That we cordially approve the nomi- nation of Hon. James Bell for Governor, and Hon. Joseph Sawyer for Railroad Commissioner, and pledge them our hearty support. After several animated speechca, the convention adjourned. on necessary to the existence of tional party and the ultimate success of ita prin- ciplea, we endorse cordially and lully the action of the last National Whig Convention at Baltimore. 2. Resolved, That in General Winfikld Scott we recognise a man who, while he is faithful to Whig principles, has also added fame to the coun- try and himaell'bya life of unprecedented ser- vice, and deeds of unparalleled glory. That rely- ing upon the exemplification given by a long life of fidelity to Whig principlea and the Whig cause, in both Houses ot Congress, and as the executive of hia own State, the Whigs of New Hampshire hail with entire satialoclion the nomination of Hon. William A. Graham. 3. Resolved, That Millard Fillmore, the pre- sent able Chief Magistrate of the Union, and his patriotic Cabinet, are entitled to the confidence of the Whig party, for the firmness with which they have supported the Conatitution and laws of their 4. Resolved, That while t Millard Fillmore has thus ca respected abroad, promoted ( id the people ni listration of fore act in hiav-: > :- , i i le aubatan- liallythe;.. ,s no ele- ment in ii: . rcndfr hia name moi . • i . . ■. ilampshire, than hisfraiil., upen, aii" uiii.icrvcd acquiescence m the nommution ol VVintield Scott for the Presi- dency. From the Ellicottville {X. V.) JVliii; and Uiuon. "General Scott'8 Quarrels." The Locofoco papers are publishing a list of twelve or more quarrels which, they say. General Scott has had during the last half century he has been fighting the battles of hia country. We Sug- gest that they add three or four more just fdr fhc variety of the thin;.-. Here they are: He quarrelled with ic British government in 1812 or '14, and taught -lom the respect they were glad, at that early day, ;o exercise towards .Ame- rican arii-s and Amcrr.an commandera, himself included. He quarrelled with the wild roving savages of the Southwest, and brought them to a state of meek- ness and quiet they have not yet forgotten. He adjusted a quarrel which the adminiatration ol Geneiul Jackson had forced upon it by the nul- lifiers of South Carolina, and really made them believe the supremacy of the law above their petty g" He had reveral serious quarrela with Santa Anna and other Mexican generais; so serious, indeed, that ht was compelled to pepper them and their whole command with nld lead. The Mexican tratioii t ■■ ' I ■'■■..■•■ : - . ris with them. '■' to use, .1, or the dilhruhies ahead, and cnnqu' ri:d an honora- ble peace. Hia war equipage was securely lain away while he and hia brave companions "revelled ;;:.^H^ Be.i'^i . . ri -'Polk and Dallas" ad- ministiaiiun in I'illijiind taught it to respect the "hero of three war!." Polk and ftlarcy had an idea that the laurels Scott had won in Mexico should be equally divided between the " President and his wriiing-master." He at present had a n-markable misunderstand- ing and dispute with the Locofoco party. They question the propriety ot electing " mere military men" to the bisheti honur.^ of the Republic. Thid quarrel the people will settle in November. Loeofoco papers pitjee copy. 1*65 THE Signal. LKTTi:.it l\.0\I A.N OLD SOLOIER. : hoW of y.ur weary, toil- ' ' from victory h.ivc beh.-ve'', (siysf" " '-'- ""■ — I S.i'H f Hunt:*viile Soiiikfrn Jdvieilt ) e nee llie canvass opened activi ly, il.ai 6c ,ii would cony T. rneaaee. There wiis some d »alT.clijn HI tirst— 8Jme few sourtii poluiiiana fl w off— hut the bine and sinew sto-." --ve ee-;. •.>•• ecpy tbu- ijilowing Iplier from Lieut Sliiel.'s, of S. vier counly, Eist Tcnniisee. The Ki.oxviiie /Jtgut r sajs l.e " is one of those who vi.luntccrtd iroui Scvitr county to 8<'rvi'iBtiie !Vie»'can wai; was afterwards a lieu tenai.t, commissioned hy P.-lk ; foui^hl in rreiy bailie in liie v,.llcy of Mf»ico, was several times wouiii'ed in taWe.as the ncaisou his body testify." He now is riiihusiastic for Srolt. Listen how be Ittlta about his old coiuinan.icr— his words conic tui.>tiiig fri inthc heart and cinimunicatcaau elec- tric Ihi .1; to i be hear l3 o 1 otners : Seviebville. August 6, 1852. To THB Editib: I l-ain by the new.«papf^.l.hal : bv: .■-uck' . I. a D.-niuc r, GcLcrul ha* be. -al.shot! d. The I had arMCi. e.,ya.hit I am a coov. rt In thi • conect; I 'va=, a l)cm,K-.at,H..d at 6ri: it liltiome march Vera C, ol .Mex cut • 1! Irom "1. suppli-?, as wi 11 as from all com niuincation with uui own country and Irirnds, Pur r. at.did by guerillas on every sidi; and when yoi heard of ua agam wi- had planted the star span pied b^r.ULrupnD the llallsof (be iVIont'ZUuias, ant ii was still floating riu nphan lly in the brer zi- over anc as no ble a commander ae ever went f.irth lo bat le; ai abused 1 could stand it no longer. Well do 1 -emeinber with what kindness Jl,,i.i,edlhe9;-L:- .. 1 J d i !M ihai rampaipu. ^frJu^:.:- . .1 lo -...■ •.■aoiBdayalor . ilfircrs and sol- . ' inm You, my iTo.hcr soldi. tH, 1 .. i..M=iled the t™ pilale in th- city ,• Ired to .he wunis iM xiio, od bow he adminis- of the eick— lurnishinff each .•nan with a shirt, a b! ^nket. a pair ol thoes, and <,ned..ilar's worth ol t ilocco and I for one drew all.h-srconif'l-. .=aici..ry issur.. ;■ ■ - ^ Ik about Sevier mun'y liK '^ ■ )t..8. and aim. at kind of ftutl, hot as our leader, she will roll U|> th.- otethe ever gave. The '•pne kimt" him are here, and ibcy e, iifsj^ivCa long puil. JUST AND DIGNIFIED REBUKE. Fiom the Morristmcn Jimfyman. We bCff pardon for again introducing the name of Coimnodore Stocktnn to our readers, and in so doiBgwe must not be supposed ae leaning towards our opponents, but, on the contrary, when they leui towards us, and adhere to the Whig stamlard as lh;ir guide, reariers know it A few ,^-lye s by a Loco':,.-j i in duly hound to let out I made in the Senate, Scott and Pierce whil I th. IMr President, upon another ( ot'icr place, 1 enid that my par -:. .^o ::iy shouldrrs wbeutver ■ ml ihe vvelf ire. ol my louniry wereai siaae; I. sir, here b fire mis Senate and b. fore the , , 1 cay that iny party robes will harigloos-ly [Illy, and the Uieloln. 6.1 ol thisaugust body, in my jiirifTiiient, 111 ly drprnd upon any'voii ol tiiiiio. of paity politics, or to indulge in p. uoiial n.m- mcndation, or vindictive aspersion? I say no. Party politic? is a business that our constituent.^ ni ver expected or detirtd us to W35IC their time ui.io.1 here. Itisasmall business, which the De iiiocratic party do not expect or wirh us tu meddle with; and if I have not wronsly ■stiinated their virtue, and wi dom, and patiioiisin, they would prefer that we should lay tbe resolutions and the amrndment upon tbe table rather thari that we should do any thing to impair public confidence in ih« I xalted repuiatioH and dignity of this body But it id said that there is a Whig pi e. edent lor this icisolulion. Then let us put the liiaurt of Demo- cratic disapprobation upon it 1 mov.* that the whole suljeci be laid on ih-^tabl"." Fri.m the New York Commm-iul Admrtiser. Uemocratio State Convention. This body is in ses . Bristol. Nniniiig too, by ainiiiwl eniurs the man that has written against me, A-li ) is trying 10 tear down Scot , never slept wft blanket; never stood sentry at night lor his toooiry; was never pu call was n.: ■i'romn, as General Scott has b . .. ... -.:. ■: ;:• ihe army lor foriy years, and G.nerol I'l.ice was in IVIeiico about four weeks; coi.s.quenlly the ol-ject wjs not for any good that coulrl be acqiircd, but the mover presumed be could make capital by the compari- son wiihout specifying the time each was employ- ed. A'ter some words on each side, Commodore Stockton rose and gave these grumbling Demo- cra'.B a dose which they will never forget. Not hsving the lear of party before his eyes, but desir- ous of doing justice to a brave and efficient officer, he poured out the following bitter but gentleman- ly language, which may be sought lor in vain in tbe Democratic paperi.; "This is not the first occasion, Mr. President, that I have had ihe misfortune 10 differ from views I xpressed by my political Iriends. It has always oten a source of some regret to do eo— it is espe- cia ly grievous to me to-day. I find myself com pflb'd 10 dissent from the c.'mrse which my dislin- guiRbcd friend from L.iuisiana (Mr. >ioul^J has lu.iicated that hie doty constrains hitn ti. take. I inent in the pertuaaion that his own sentiments ol personal honor aod patriotism, as far as they are lounected with Ihissul.j.ct.do not differ materially from mine. It they dio, I should cerfainly mistrust frum behind a masked 1 iny own instincts and judgment- so far at least as ni remain silent. But supposing that my honora- ble friend, in tollowing the example of others, has mistaken his true p.isiiion, and placed tbe deb nee ol ids voteon politii aland party grounds alone, and Hunker, of Tioaa was done at either the morning or nficriioun b s stop beyond appointing the following committee o- nominate permanent officers : Fifth dipirict— Vlr. Grant, ol O.Hwego ; First district— Mr. C mp- to:i, of New York; Sfcnnd district — Mr. Adiiiis, of Suffolk; Third .listrict-Mr. Steele, of Ulster ; ;.\.urth district-Mr. Whalon, ol Ess^x ; Fifth district— Mr. Sands, of Chenango; Seventh dis- trict-Mr. Ingham, of Cayuga; Eighth district- Mr. Lorkwood, of Erie. U the telegraph reports correctly, Ihe convention is a very disorderly assemblage — a decided sampb of harmonious Democracy. We give a few ea tracts from the report: ".lohn Van Buren called for the yeas and nays; which were seconded by oihe.s. "Voice- You shan't get the yeas aurl nayp. There is no way to get at it. "There was a great deal of noi^c— a hundred hard ciaik.-ts, warm wa'cr, 1 ph>«ic. But 1 compelled to drink ork off a doseof ] jtCt. hall lived hii you a h:i=-v p. I', o: that ?ou will find warn. • ! . . -o : r . jind the watiT ol it thill L . •. Hut 1 said the soldlerB ., . ; r ■• loTOv^ bim. You, brother , I.;)- i . ■ , .■ be wa.^arr,ste.l; you rcio-ni .:r ili.^ 1 lelt ihi?«irtny lor the liniicd states, ar doLe thMtlay; yes, every rcgimrnt ma bis quartcre, dad with a badge of ir order to show how they honored and Vou know we had orders not to cheer; But one 01 till- volunteer companies was obliged to cheer and break the sohmn silence, and cheer they did Tr.is wBsa rmnpany of sharpshooKis who look a pnriatVetaCiuzand Cerro Gordo, and who did so much of the gnerilla tiu'bttng 011 the road to Ihe val < y of .Mexico. They were a noble set ol fcll'iws, and did thHr duty to a man. Vou all run merhow sliW and rlugeishly we iiiarchert up tbe hill Ihil liroughi us in vie* of ihe capital, b. lore tbe battle ol Conirera*. and, on arriving at the top ol It, thrre was our old commander 1 .okiug inroogb his spy glaao and crying out to o- «.- we pasjid hiin; '-B-iys, the capr-' " ui, ihecH;.iial!" it^i IB that hum I them ;e looked upon it only in one aspect, 1 ■c, even though I have already heard . general expression of opinion 111 lavor ' - -' ■• '" nidei. i)y fellow soldo r.., bow Old y.iu ! wuh my do;y to ih Didn't you feci new tile take ' tlii« uiatWr 1 care o make an appeal to both .1 this Chamber to uphold the dignity of the Sen- ile, and lo lay both the reso.ution and tbe amend- iiieiit upon tbe table. ' '-Sir, gcnth men have discoursed upon this sub- I jert as if I bey had no olberoblierationo in the world i except those which are due as party men lo Gen I eral Scott and Mr. Pierce, or to their respective I political parlies. I "Now sir, permit ine lo say, that I stand here { this morning as a Senator ol the United States, and I not inertly as a politician, and thtit while 1 bear in reitiemtirance the long lins of gia* e, rlignitied, and distinguishtd men and pairio'S who have served their'couniry in this S" iiate before me, I cannot consent to act or vote upon any measure arising in this body solely on party grounds— or upon any such ptincipUs as those aSbUiiied by some ol my di tinauishcd Iriends upon this occasion. I have, as a Senator, nothing to do with tiie party iiiieiesisor affinities ol General Scoit or General Pierce in the discussion of ibis question. I care but ; or the other in compcrisoii S nate and the coumry. In loibiiig about party pulitica. read talkiuE' at once, as was the case half the I "Mr. MrKeon proposed that the seen alisi, and annouure how each member bad voted. ".As he road, cries of 'No, no,' from all siiles ol ihe house. Some half a doj. n were addresfing 'Mr. Secretary,' some were talking, some hissing, some accusing each other of lyin^ on Ihe floor half Ihe time; a scene which went on harmoniously lor Ihe space of five or ttn minutes, tbe secretary as patient as Job." Here, too, is a specmen of the way in which Democratic inspectors serve their friends Isaiab Rynders lad contetted Mr. Ban's seat, affirming in very strong language that he "had evidence to show that he was choB. n by a majority of the le gal vo ere of bis ward." He discovers, what he •juaht lo have known some time ago, that every Democrat is not the pink of political honor: 'As soon as tbe committee were annourceri. Captain Rynders said that, with unanimous con- sent, be would make a statement. Since the ad- journment be had met Alderman Barr, and found that Ihe alderman's certificate too" /10m the sooM wh'i had furniihedhimV!ithhiii affidaDits He could hold a seal from no such source. He should never lor a moment have contested Ibe seat if he had known what the facts were. But here were the documents, and ifanylwdy wanted them they could have them as a specimen o/Ntw Yoilc (Democraltc) polilics. [Roars of laughter, which comiuoed lor "He concluded by moving that the committee on his case be discharged, and that Alderman B^rr take Ihe ee t. "Tne motion was unanimously adopted." .d ,1]. eral Cass decl.red in the Senate that li ays had been, "in favor of any reaa River and Harbor bill— the Chicago Convention letter and 'noise and confusion' to Ihe contrary notwithstanding." The Hardy County (Virginia) IFhig aaks what he thinks of General Piebox's position on the same subject. THE SIGNAL 167 From the Boston Jcuimi l_ I Cnrt Bpistlesl. CoMMENTAEV OF THE Indep^ndest Democbat j We pubHsh below the le.ters of (wo Demncmti. ON Genseal PiKBCB-The Indepmaint (Con- candidates fur the Prfssdency-Mr. Buchanai cord) i)mccr«t, .he paper which originally pob and Commodore Spockton-.o the rrcxnt mePtini ed General Pierce's New Boston speech, in its of the Piebce Demorraey in the clyof Now \crk 1 to have been written In i upon It tleman with Ed» e paper ce's New Boston sp?fch, in il£ correspondence of that gen 1 De Leon.ono of the editors id Commodore SrocKTON- !of the PiEBCE Dcmorr, JReally they donot see "perfect gush of i From Hon. Janes Buchanan. Wheatland, near Lancaster, Aug:usf25, 1352, Gentlemen: 1 bave been honoreo by your kin of the Southern Press, deems the position taken by the Democratic nominee an evidence of mental aherratiou, and suys cmong other things equally pointed: " Ke (General Pierce) certainly would not, un- Ipi-oposed to be held on the 2 I of September by the lees laboring under some latal hallucination, ven jY„ung Men's Democratic Union Club of the city ture to make an issue of veracity against as many jofpjew York, for tlie porpoae of promoting- tin- unimp-achable citizen? as have already sworn to [..i^^, ion „f pierce and Kitig, and the trionH.h ol the accuracy of the re|iorlB of his New Boston i p^unifratic principles, anil 1 reerct thnt u ) :mi speech. He mu»( be insane, Ijn my power to accept the invitation. Tn, i ■ n "Before God and the hundreds who heard that .(.^acy of Pennsylvania will hold a tna = !, i; -hi speech he knows that he uttered the s^-ntiinents i^r the same purpose at Reading, on llif ■! ii - > attributed to him, in all their length and breadth Jtember, and it would he impofsilile for me to al- He knuu-s that be uttered similar sentiments at ! j^ggg bj„j, meetinaa wilii -u brief an interval be- BradfordanA in this town. And yet he dishonestly ;,„prn them. Under diir-rent circumstances I or in.-aneiy denies thi in, and claion the Presi Uhould gladly embrace the opporiunity which you dency on the ground that he never uttered a trord j^ave preseoted, of meeting my Democratic lellow- in disapproba(ion of slavery, nor performed any jciiijeng of New York. ■ • ivith the office of a bloodhound! I Yours, very ri=pectfully. Opiuion of General Scott. Black Iln 7'o the Editor of the BepjihUe. Sib: I beg leave to transcribe from the life of Black Hawk, iliciated by hirn«clf, and pub- lished at BjBton in 1834, his opiuion ol General Scott. He says: ••1 havr a :-..Md .M.inum of the Am-r ,-nn war rhiela ;.■! V :•.'•:, .„;,,„ | ,.„, ,, ; ; ,,,.j|. chief, (G :l 1 last triiity with great chief ol 11' tell me that he is ' ois, (Govtinu ; greatest b-uvt e whi> tiilfilsi. itruth reld Nay, he utters a downrigt Iht Independent Democrat , when be says it has been | Thomas A. Glover, est •uusparing in us attacks upon him personally.' " I Carb, secretary, SiC. There is one great satisfaction to the party hav- ] — - ing the troth upon its side in this issue that the ; From ^— -«-*;-■, ,,^ ,,3., witnesses in the cause are their own neighbors and ^ g^^, j have to acknowledge the receipt of your fellow citizens. The witnesses to disprove 'he 1 i^j^j invitation to attend a mass meeting ol the charges are like those en which the Dutch justice : Deimcrary of New York on the 2d of September, acquitted a thief, to wit: "Here come Utree men ll regret that neeilful atientii.n to private afT.us Who swear thev .,«. the prisoner steal the ^^^^g-^{^:^J^^^::}^,^:::^^:Z:"c::;. igress, whirhwill place it out of my power to be ttu.L^^hl thr.l.a., our Gr.ai F..tVri3 y lew years, tliat his chil 'ren woul.l his great war chief in his pla' c, as better chief lor a Groat Father ttiiui anywhere." These arc the sentiments of a warrior and a patriot, a chief of distingui.ihed rank, of keen sa- gacity, if not of prophetic \iBion. And we trust that the wish he expressrj twenty years ago will find a response in every American heart. W. -One rreepond they did not ; prisoner steal the hoe; therefore the balance of tes- timony in the prisoner's lavor is six to three, and he must be discharged" with yc Thom a I !it the time fixed for yo Yourobedicn R. F. A. Gloveb, esq. meeting. STOCKTON. Ohio L reply: The Passage of the River and Habbob 1m- 1 p^„.„ ^^ Ciminnati Ga paovEMENT Bill constituteeaneventwhich marks, , _ , _ ,„ „,..„, i„„, wc"may presume, a decided epoch in the history \ Congressional ^ominatlo„, of our domestic policy. The pressure of great in- | The Whigs ol the twentytirst di.=,„r.ct (com- ternal interests which bave long struggled under | posed of Columbiana, Carroll, Harrison, and Jeffer- the stifling influence of party control and of ab- j^u^j 1,3^^ nominated Wilson Maddox as their sira.t dogmas /"'^°'-P°;"^'^<*^ in the Echedu^^^^ Congress. Mr. Maddox is a Whig poUtical principles, haBatlengih overcome the Ob- I . " , atacles which swod so long i- its way; and as the farmer of Harrison county. .„ „ . triumph thus eained has been achieve,! in spue of; Edwabd Ball, editur of the ZamesviUe to«r,er, party domination, we may hope that it will stand '^a^ been nominated to Congress by the Whigs of permanently as an act of inauguration to denote I ^^^^ ^jj^j^j,!^,,^ jjatrict.. which ia composed of Mus- tbe fi«d establishment of a national policy. .1"^!^; Morgan, and Washington counties, now acknowledged by the deliberate recognition ,«>"?"■"• '""/B"'. , ^„„„"„„ ,i^,,,„.„.„rc _ of Congress that the Government of the United ; J. Scott HAnnisON's Letter of Acceptanck.- StittB does possesss the power to facilitate the for- Mr. Harrison having received (be letter of toe sec- eign commerce of the country, and also the com- ,.gjary of the late Whig Convention, informing nierce between the Slates, by judicious improve- ; nomination for Congiess, writes the folj menta of the means and appliances necessary to the I "" . "' prosperity of commerce in both regards. .lowing Fortunately this important measure has been j adopted before any contingency of circumstances] John D. C. could have perilled its lull consuminolion by any Convcntii danger of an Executive veto. If the New Hainp- ; Dbab Sib: Your favor informing me of my Bhire candidate lor the Presidency were now occu- nomination as the Whig candidate for Cong pyin" the seat in which his supporters with to ,t|,e second district has been reci place" him, but to which, we hope, the general (absence from home has delayed my voice of the people will never call hiin, the passagel „cll known m tn.>si nf niv ne of this improvement bill through both Houses of : ,)„) „o; A'ff :ii- i,,,, ,,.,., Congress would afl'ird no a.ssurance whatever of g.-ateful i',i , : .- its being coBfirined as a law. An improvement jj „ould li ■• ' ' bill, similar in its features to the one just passed, lohuice of t >: , ■ li ', '1 was carried through Congress during Mr. Polk's ^friends bad placed my uair.e .r administration; yet the veto of that President, tbejandl would have preterre.i residuary noiniiiee ol a desperate convention, de- (bat position through the can feated the measur ■, and set at defiance the wishes, ; iheless, yield my ovvn wislic: the wants, and ihc: general interests of the country, true Scott soldier, i:heerlully do battle at the po=t| The elevation cf Mr. Pierce to the Presidency assigned me. would present a parallel case of lortuilous promo , Your friend and obedient servant tion to power, at the risk and the probable sacrifice : ■ -he public good, and with the likelihood of en- ficent measures sanctioned by the; Ieei sensible writer, speaking oi the Freeeoil Conven- tion, then in eessionat Pittsburgh, holds the follow- ing language: '•In looking over the list of delegates to the con- vention, I wus very much surprised to find so large a representation from the Btateof Pennsylvania. If that representation is any indication of tne state of popular sentiment in Pennsylvania, then it is I very idle to suppose ihatGeneral Pierce can obain the electoral vole of that Slate under any circum- stances. The representation from Ohio is indeed I very ominous for the fina; result in that State , To me, it rov,? really looks aeil'it werei.-^Uetuhoiieof rar- rving for General Pierce cither of the three great States of New York, Penniylvania, and Ohio " It is evident that the correspondi nt of the Delta thinks the Pitlsburgh Convention composed chully of LoGofoco materials. Hence his app-eheueiuiii. that the Whigs will carry New York, Pennsylva- nia, ond Ohio, in consequence of t,je dram trom he Democracy caused by the Freesdl nominatioa.. We thinit so, too. at Mo The Point, August 27, 1852. L, Secretary of the late Whig Pleasant. A few da onal friends that I sed had the other. Our toral ticket remained ic GenebalPebsipob F, paper iiad the pleasure 1 with this favorite of L The General looked in ail he did on the banks thr' Indians wanted to kill terviev/ the subject of po ui cidenlally, when One ,, , made it mcessary i^.>r t , ; which be ,!id m a very .^ do aii- ;. :i ■ i-o' MiTH.— The editor of Ihie uieeting and conversin* iiiana a few days ajo. le ht^alth, almost as well the Witblacoochee when A Whk >oi)k place at ana, on the ,st ( the town was parish, who g. appnjbation of Congress and the country. [Baltimore American. Scott HabrisON. -On Fr I at Tamm day night, or rather on Saturday morning, a scene „f violence took place at Tammai-y Ha 1 that casts 'into the shade all the previous towdyism of the last n- four years. The General Committee were not only a ' overawed and dispersed by a gang of rovi-dies, who is:, broke into the room at half- past 2 o'clock in the X. hut some of the members barely efcaped ,ouinr...« .u^u 3^^ =.,= ....^ *ith with tht-K lives. One gentleman, Mr .I,,lni Q,Jinn .„, „.., henceforth we go for Winfield Scott, of the nineteenth ward, wa- : , ■ '"•'''"' We want you to go to Corncisville and make a I Mr. Daniel Sickles had to r;^ ' !. , e speech to-night, for there are ten or fifteen morel himself" »-""-<"»' 1 >,■ ' ■" ' ■ just like usthere." It is needlesatosay °'"' " " '" " '[jiiew York Sundaij Herald Mars: ■•Sir, I am that party. ty, Tennessee, at the co) '(leech by Colonel Henry, j^wd, and addressed biin the I; 1 have always acted with I good account t of the Barnl: 1 majority ol thet ri-jof the naiion of Cohmel for the Presi, Thon.as J. Welis was president of the meciing. and O. iN. Ogden. ceq., was the principal ,pak- c Appropriate rpsolutions were adoptfd; and nJteo hearing good scund Whig speeches, and pariiak- ingof the good things provided, the large a=sim- bl.ige dispersed, well pleased with the pmceedingft of the day, which were maifceii by the atuiost bar- inony, and such a display ol the tr-..p, ondaur.ted Whig spirit, as affords an earnest of a good fi'ht in Rapides in November for tbe ascendency of Whig principles. The Boston Fast, of Friday, anuouncta thae "the Presidential candidate of the 'true Democra- cy' [i. e. of the Abolitionists] was in lown on ih.i day previous, looking hulc, hearty and happj." IG8 THE SIGNAL. THE SIG.NAL. CITY OP WASHINGTON, SEPT. 11,1852. WHIG NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDENT, WrNFlELD SCOTT, Of New Jersey. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, Of Norih Carolina. GENERAL SCOTT AND THE COM PROMISE. We published the other d,iy the report of General .Scott's speech to the Mississippi del- Hga'.ijn, in regard to the Compromi.se measures, after his nomination at the Baltimore Conven- tion. To this we now add a letter of Hon. VVm. a. Graham, the Whig candidate for the Vice Pre.sidency, showing Ge.-ieral Scott's po- sition while tho Compromise measures were under discussion. Is it vossibk that any Whig in the Southern Stales can r;se from the peru.sal of these docu- ments without the conviction that he should do hiniSftIf and his country irreparable wrontr if he should remain indifferent to the success of VV'iNriELD ScoTT, and thereby contribute to the election of a man who, whatever may be his own political attachments, is the "crka TIOK AND choice" of Pjf.RRE Soule, Ve.VABLE, FoRSVTH, Brown, Rhett, and the Nashville Convcntionists on one hand; and of Preston King, Clevelanu, Dis, the Van Burens. Bctler, Molonv, Campbell, H. B. Stanton, and the Buffalo Convenlionists on the other? Is General Scott— brave, patriotic, national, conservative, as we all know him— to be set aside by Whiu inaction, indifference, or in- fidelity, for a man who will come into office backed and surrounded by the politicians who have been doing what they might for the last four years to bring about a dissolution of the Union? We address this to the conscience of the generous and high-minded Whigs of the South. In the struggle against Secession and Abolition we have contended side by side with you, Eealously, consistently, successfully. Are we to part here? Are you to lend your aid to bring inistraiion in which Aboli- islands on both sides of us to the mid-channel of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and declan the Caribbean sea and the Gulf of Mexio closed waters to all the rest of the world? These are questions which, indeed, com^ home to the business and bosoms of all tru' Whigs of the South. You kiww that Scott loves the country for which he has shed his blood, and whose arms he has covered with glory . Wiu Avioic that his soul is too large and liberal to be wrought upon by any mean, narrow, sectional considerations. You know that he was born among you — that he has passed a large portion of his life among you— that Virginia, the mother of Presidents, claims him as her most distinguished son— that the world points to him as the most marked man of the age— and will you— CAN you abandon such a man, and thereby insure the triumph of a man undistin guished in military or civil life, and known as the "creation and choice" of men whose only hope and aspiration for the future dwell in the fond contemplation of consummating at some future day the nascent treasons of iht Nashville and Buffalo Conventions? We annex the letter of Mr. Graham and commend it to the especial consideration of all true Whkjs and patriots in all sections. 11 Nashville and Buffalo conspirators are to o-ov- ern this glorious land, let it not be because the Whigs of the country do not understand the position of General Scott: into power an admin TIOK and Secession will occujiy all the places of trust and power? Will you leave any thing undone lo prevent a catastrophe which would bring Mr. Soule into one Department, .loHK Van Buren into another, Mr. Vena- ble into a third, and Freesoilers and Fire- eaters into all the rest? Will you leave a:,y thing undone to prevent a result which, in addition to all this, would commit this country to .Judge Douglas's p„licy of annexing all the iRAt AM'S LETTER. Tuesday, Aug-. 24, 1852. Editor of the Wilmingto HlLLSBOROUGI Thomas Lori.vg, esq Commercial: Sib: I have not sreu a recent number of your paper, but learn, ttirousfh the Raleigh Registe,- and H.''ii>borough Recorder, that you have placed at the head of your cuiuains the name of Hon. Daniel Webster lor President, with mine for Vice President. Whilst I am gratefully -cnsibie of the compliment you design to myself by this course, and do not doubt your disposition to deal with the entire subject ina sp-ritofcandor. I deem it proper to declare, publicly, thai it does not meet my approbation. To this I am impelled by two considerations: First. General Scolt was regularly and unani- mously nominated as the Whig candidate for the Presidency, by the convention which assembled at Baltimore, after a declaration of principles which, approbation of the country' veeks; and happening to take lotlgings at the ame hotel, I waa in daily and intimate intercourse "ith him from that lime until the eoneummation >f the Compromise by the passage of its various : rovisions, in separate bills. No one, in viy sphere f neqxtaintance, fill, more deeply the impo'tnice of %e crisis, none exhibdid more zeal in behalf of these aeasuris, by arguments, and persuasion among Ins friends, and none rejoiced more liiartily when it was ■iupposed all danger was averted by Ihcir final pas- .'ige than did he. Such was his conduct while the contest raged, and it was doubtful on which side victory would incline, in Congress ir in the country. If others, who, seeing the 'Object in a different light, at that time opposed this adjustment, or looked upon it with dielavor >!■ indifference, have since broo?hi iheir minds lo janction or acquiesce in it, it is cause for con- rralulation; but history will not perform her olBce if she fails to enumerate General Scott among thr FIRMEST FRIENDS OK THIS NATIONAL PACII'ICATION ly my silence, to seemingly approve the discrimi- nation made by you to hisprrjudicp, on a notional ijuestion where he was equally Z'-alous with oiy- wlf, and more influential; and 1 krn.w nu Baler criterion for the future observanc" lise than the decisive and m-i 3 enadmenl. To .ivoid all cavil or misconstruciion.Iadd, that fully appreciating the great tab nls end services of iMr. Webster, no one would have accorded to him » more zealous support ihin myself, bad he been :the< Thanking you for thi manifested towards me, your obedient servant. kindi: conhdence spectfully, WM. A. GRAHAM CAMPAIGN DOCUMENTS. The Uniim has been very much distressed at the fact that a document which appeared in its own columns, and in that of the Campaign newspaper issued from its oflice, is said to have been franked by Whigs into the North- ern States. It has had a good deal to say from time to time of other Whig documents, and has made characteristic misrepresenta- tions in regard to a certain jeu d'espril, with which no member of Congress, and no mem- ber of the Whig Committee, had any manner or lorm of connexion. We have permitted these things to pass for I believe, meets the By the same body I nated for the Vice Presidency. Both ot these can didates have accepted the nominations, with the principles declared ,by the convention as the rule of their action on the subjects embraced in them. Good faith and honor, therefore, require that, after ch acceptance on my part, I shall not sanction euseofmy name on any other ticket. , ^ , xt -.r , „ But, secondly, I understand that your objection T"''^ "" Evening Post of Sa. to General Scott consists mainly in an apprehen- i ^''''''^'y evening, September 4 : lo justice to the South, by a' "Ve shall publish Mr. Sumner's speech in a the Compromise of 1S50. On ,' ' '^heap pamphlet,' and we shall esteem it ' by nc 1 ar- 1 means the least important of our documents foi ^ . ident I 'be campaign.' what they are worth. And now we wish our contemporary of the Union to enlighten its readers as to the campaign documents issued by its Democratic friends in the Northern Slates. Why will it not publish the annexed paragraph from \he Evening Post of New York, which is by all odds the most able and influential Demo- cratic paper of the North '? Let its Southern subscribers understand the nature of the elec- tioneering material employed by the Democra- cy in the States north of the Potomac. We that he will h< fiithful adherence that point I have this statement lo Washington, upon inviialic „f I .1 ;«-o'"^r^^*.? '^"P""™'''" °" 'he last day | " It will be ready early next week, and if the of Ju y ISoO. On that day the "Omnibus" bill, | Times AocB not republish the speech, we will en- so called, reported by Mr. Clay from the Commit- : deavor to accommodate its Whi- readers with co- on hirteen, was rejected, and the whole sub- I pies, of which we will thank the Times to give no- jectol dispute was thrown open foragitation anew. I lice." ^ Id General Scottt acting as Secretary at, Sd- Southern Democratic in which situation he continued for several | copy. papers will pie THE SIGNAL. 169 PARTIES AND PARTISANS. We publish the annexed communication because it comes from a Whig, and a gentle- man who can never be any thing else; and inas- much as the writer is determined to publish the article somewhere, his argument may as well appear in the first instance in a Whig journal. '4' With regard to the long and distinguished services of Mr. Webster, freely rendered to the Whig party and to the country, we can- not differ from our correspondent; but that the Whig jiarty has been demoralized, or that it has sacrificed the principle of party fidelit3', by failing to nominate Mr. Webster for the Presidency, is more than we can admit. The Whig party have done, not certainly as we desired, but as all parties have done and will continue to do through all time, xvhen playing for such a stake as the Presi- dency. They thought General Scott strong- er than the party — that he would get all the Whig votes in the country, and many votes besides among men with whom the pa- triotic sentiment would be stronger than that of party. His deeds in war have been of that kind which dazzle men, and carry their heart and reason captive; while his early studies, his large experience among civilians, and the talents which he has exhibited in diplomacy and negotiation, demonstrate his fitness for civil administnition. They thought that witli such a leader victory would be certain ; while with any other Whig, in the present state of parties and the country, the contest would be at best a doubtful one. We believe that a majority of the late Whig Convention were honestly of thi.'i opinion. It was their interest and duty to select that man whom of all others they believed would be most acceptable to the greatest number of the American people, having regard to no other condition than that of his being qualified for the office, and having ever been a faithful member of the Whig party. In our judgment, partyjidelity made this demand upon them. A large number of active, earnest, loyal, devoted Whigs would be before the people for a riety of offices, whose success was likely to depend very materially on the selection of the Presidential candidate. We submit that the case of these Whigs merited the consideration of the convention; and it was ihe'n duty to take that qualified Whig who in their conviction would carry the most votes, aid the largest number of Whig candidates, and thereby pop- ularize, cement, and strengthen the great Na tional Whig Party. Our correspondent must see that the Demo CEATic party have proceeded on the same principle. The Whigs selected Scott be- cause by his military achievements he had won a fame that made him stronger than his party. In so doing, they passed by Mr. P^llmore, Mr. Webster, and muny other eminent states- men. The Democrats selected Pierce be- cause they believed that by his comparative in- significance he would be stronger than his party. In so doing, they passed by Mr. Bu- chanan and Mr. Cass. Now, we would not assume that the Democrats were guilly of a demoralizing ingratitude, even in postponing the claims of General Cass to^lhose of Gene ral Pierce. They thought that circum- stances, entirely independent of talents or services, rendered General Pierce the strong- candidate. He was the " creation and choice" of Mr. Soule, Mr. Forsyth, and the Secessionists and Fire-eaters; and this sat- isfied that portion of the Southern Democracy — by far the largest. Then he was a Northern man, and had not written a letter to Mr. Scott; this was satisfactory to the Freesoil- ers. Hence the Democratic Convention did not know but that General Pierce might prove their strongest man, and they took him on this expectation. Thinking so, it was their duty to nominate General Pierce, just as much as now the duty of the Whigs to beat him. Now, our correspondent will perceive that if we entertain this view of the duty of the Democrats, still less can we doubt as to the duty of the Whigs, when instead of a man who has rendered literally no service to his country either in the cabinet or the field, the convention were able lo present for the suf- frages of the American people a man not only of unspotted life and elevated character, but one of the largest experience in affairs — of ( nent talents — extensive and various attain- ments — and the fame of whose virtues no less than his victories has reached every Ion -house beyond the mountains. We throw out these views very hastily they have occurred to us in perusing the elabo- rate and well-considered essay of our corre- spondent. He may see that he has failed to ' Whig principles and Whig policy than upon ' those of any other political party or associa- convince us that the Whig party is either un- grateful or unwise because it has declined to nominate Mr. Webster for the Presidency ; and if he had so persuaded us, we should still say with Mr. Webster himself: " The Whig ' party may encounter misfortunes ; it may ' commit mistakes; but for one I shall fol- ' i.ow ITS FORTUNES, because I am more willing ' to trust myself and trust the country upon ' tion." PARTIES AND PARTISANS. To the editor of the Republic: I read, witfi pleasure, your article publialied a few days ago, under the above heading. It sug-- geated a train of thoughts which I should be pleased to lay before your rtadere, it you will so far in- dulge a distant subscriber and an old Whig. It is true that a party is "a body of men united for promoting, by their joint endeavors, the na tional interest, upon aome particular principle in which they arc all agreed." The duty imposed upon such a party in order to insure eucceea ie constant vigilance. It is in a position of perpetual hostility to its opposing parly or parties. Severe and arduous contest is essential to its success, nay to the continuance of its own e.xislence. Now, wo all know that the active men of every political party are comparatively few in number. On these few devolves the duty of managing its affairs; they have to maintain the contests in which the party is engaged; they have to bear the burden and heat of every day. Of them, arduou? labors and great personal sacrifices arc unceasingly de- manded. The vast numerical majority of every political party are engaged in their own personal af- fairs, attending to their private business, fromwhich except on special occasions— say election days and occasional public convocations — they will never consent to be drawn. Now, what I maintain is, that those men who do the work, and submit to the sacrifices, and give and receive the hard blows in party conflicts, have claims upon the party for whatever emoluments and honors it has to bestow. I do not mean that any party claim can compen- sate for the want of proper qualifications faithfully and intelligently to discharge the duties of the of- fice to which a citizen may aspire; but what I mean is, that where there are such qualifications, the men who have mingled in the party contests are to be preferred in the distribution of official statians. Fidelity to its own members is an in- gredient in party organization indispensable to its existence. Let any party strike out this principle, and declare that individual services and sacrifices give no claims upon a parly for preferment, and it will soon see that none will perform services and make sacrifices for it. The avowal of such a de- termination by any party would be an annuncia- tion of its dissolution. Thus far, Mr. Editor, we do not, 1 am sure, dis- agree. But now I propose to make a personal ap- plication of these remarks. The Whig party dis- regarded the principle to which I referred in no- minating General Hakrison and rejecting IVIr. Clay. We succeeded in electing our candidates, but the Whig party was weakened; its power for accomplishing great objects by force of its organi- zation was diminished. Careful observers saw the result, and deplored it. In 18-14 the pristine vigor of the party was restored by the nomination of Mr. Clay; the exertions to elect him were powerful— they were healthful— they were invigorating; but the party was defeated in the State of New York owing to causes not necessary to enumerate. But after that election the party was united, and never better able to do good service to the country. Then came the nomination of 18-18 of General Tayloe. In making this nomination, the princi. pie of party fidelity was sacrificed; General Tay- lor had no claims whatever on the Whig party. With deep reluctance the nomination was accept* ed by the party; and again, owing to divisions in the Democratic ranks in the State of New York, the Whig nominee was elected. This nomination relaxed and weakened party ties, and produced heart-burnings and distrust. • Now we come to th'i nomination of June, 1852, by which General Soott's name was put before the country. Three names were before the convention. Gen- eral Scott was always nominally a Whig, but ex- cluded by position from taking any part in party conflicts. Mr. Fillmobe was the actual President. Mr. Wkssteb and Mr. Clay, for the last twenty years, have been confessedly the leaders of the Whig party— doing the most service— giving and receiving the hardest blows in that service. Mr. Clay was not in a condition to be acandidate; and Mr. Webster, therefore, was the man entitled upon party principles to receive the nomination. tie had earned the claim ; more than thirty years of public service had rendered him the greatest American statesman, and the old- est and must conspicuous Whig then on tb« »w THE SIGNAL stage c Neither uf his coiiipclitors could oouiparo wiiii oiin in the amouut and vilue of aervices he had icadered hia cuaauy and the parly. It was not doubted that Mr. Webstee deserved the nomination ; he had worked long, assiduously, and faithfully to deserve the honors of hia party, aiid to qualify himself for the higheet distinction that party could confer upon biiu. He has gone wiih unsurpassed ability through the various pre- liminary olBcial grades. In the natural course of things it was the last time his country could re- ward him. Under these circumstances his claim was rejected ; be was thrown out and laid on the shelf. Now what 1 affirm, with great respect, is that this act, proving that infidelity to party obli- gations is not temporary, but ibe settled rule, vir- tually dissolves the Whig p:irty. No man fit to counsel, to guide, and lead that party .will ever more connect bis fortunes with that party. It is ended. If (ieneral Scott is elected, its existence maybe prolonged in a dying state, but it is nevertheless sure todie. If GeneralSooTTisnot clecle'', the party isuotouly ended but disgraced; it can never more hold up its bead under the name which it has long borne with honor and with pride. tVliat will follow? Precisely what was intended by iiioae who have deliberately placed the party in this position. ; appreciate him. It is an insult to say— you ■ too unpopular; fjr the answer is ready— how can you know that? You never gave me a trial; and as to indications of unpopularity abort of an actual popular canvass, you ran hardly expect inc to see thtm, when thousands crowd around mc wherever I go. There are considerations which T should be most happy to discuss, if this communication had not already been unreasonably extended, which prove conclusively to my mind that the real intention of the ruling spirits in that convention was, by iht nomination of GeneralScoTT and the rejection of Mr. Webstee and Mr. Fjllmobe, to destroy the National Whig party. AN OLD WHIG. party established as tne great party of the free Slates, and another parly in favor of Southern Rights. This is a certain consequence of the pre- sent state of things. 1 leave it to others to suggest the remedy, if indeed there be any remedy. To me it seems that the case ts irremediable. The Whig party decides that no party services and sacrifices, however great and distinguished, can he rewarded by the highest honor in the gift of the people; the eervice entitled lo that honor musi be performed in the camp. The Ciavs and the WEBsTERsof our party, if any such there shall be, must be content to have the highest aspirations of their ambition gratified by an appointment un- der a military chieftain. But there will be no CiAVS and Websters in future time; there is no- thing to excite and gratify high ambition in the paih o! the statesman. What iirumptsthe soldier on the field of battle to the highest deeds of daring for his country.' Pri- marily, of course, the love of that country; but the desire of official promotion is, we all know, not without a powerful intlnence in producing the re- aulls. The army is an organized buoy lor the protection and defence of the country; but let it be understood that deeds of valorous and high emprise are not to be rewarded by official proi.iotion, and liow efficient will your army be? What conquests will it will? We must deal with men as they arc. General Scott has done great military services for l.ts country; he deserves, richly deserves, the position, OS the head of that army, which he holds; I was in favor of creating a higher position — the office of Liculeiiaut General— that he might be promoted to it. Suppose a provision had been made by law for (hat office, once filled by Wabhingtoji; and then suppose that the President and Senate bad, upon coneultation, come to the conclusion that Damisl Weesteb, as a reward for his civil ser. vices, be made Lieutenant General. How would the Conqueror of Mexico have relished that nomi- nation? Very much, I imagine, as the greatest statesman of tbe country would relish his nomina- tion to the Presidency. I am very much afraid that my friend General Scott, in the eventsupposed, would ask— "Where shnll I gu?" And if he could answer this queeton satisfactorily to himself, would decide that he had served the country as long as patriotism required, and was nt liberty to resign As lo Mr. Webstee himself, nothing becomes him, in my judgment, but profound silem cjin I lie is UM) elevated for tbe office; that tbe people THE DISUNlOiNlSTS' CANDIDATE. Our readers have r.ol forgotten the letter of Mr. John Forsyth, of Georgia, which claimed General Pierce as the " creation and choice" of the Secessionists and Mr. Pierre SotJLE. They have not forgotten the promt nence which was given to Mr. Soule by the convention, by sending him at the head of the There will bea Freesoilor Aboliiiou committee to wait upon General PIebce New Hampshire; nor Mr. Soule's private letter to his partner eulogistic of the Demo cratic candidate ; nor his letter to the Hills boro' meeting, in which he reaffirmed the statement of Mr. Soule with regard to General Pierce's " creation." They have not forgotten that the first gentleman to eulogize General Pierce on the floor of the House of RepresentativeB was Mr. Orr, of South Carolina, who claimed him as a states man after South Carolina's own heart. We wish theiu to keep these facts in view, and we intend to show up from time to time the prin ciples and opinions of the gentlemen who were principally concerned in General Pierce's creation and choice." And first for a touch of Mr. Forsvth's quality. On the I2th Of September, 1851, he wrote a letter to a i ing of the citizens of South Carolina who were opposed to "submission to the past wrongs and aggressions of the General Government," and in favor of secession or rebellion or forcible re aistance. In this letter Mr. Forsvth says: "Gentlemen, it is not we ivho have lost our 'loyalty to the Union of onr fathers; BUT ' THAT UNION IS NO MORE. •'Your loyalty was unimpeached and u • peachable, until LOYALTY TO THE ' UNION BECAME TREASON TO THE • INDEPENDENCE, FREEDOM, AND ' SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES." At this meeting a letter was read from tlie Hon. J. S. Palmer to Major Manegault, in which he says, "For mure than twenty years I luivc been a disunionist." The same gentle- man winds up his letter with the following declaration : " If elected a delegate to the ' Southern Congress, I shall feel myself bound ' to vote for no measure proposed before that ' body that does not tend directly to the dissolu- iTiTpoor consolation to tell him that ' '""^ "/ "'« Union, and the formaiinn of a Our contempoiaries of the Democratic press make a shocking to-do every day because Gen- eral ScoTT is supported by Governor Seward. Some of our Union friends are parliculaily scandalized by this tact, and apprehend that General Scott, with all his palriolic and nation- al attachments and conservative temper, will be so affected by this support that hselectioii will lit''' dangerous to the country. But if tbe support of Governor Seward is to be so detri mental to General Scott, and is to work such a change in his character, what will they say to the surroundings of General Pierce? The man who boasts of having created him is a professed Disnnionist. He has solemnly avowed within a year under his own hand, in a published letter, that South Caroli-' na was right in her doctrines of resistance to the Federal Government, and that, in the case of her citizens, ••loyalty to the Union'" was ••treason to the State .'" The men who will be about General Pierce, if he should be elected, will be of the Forsyth, Soule, and Palmer fashion — politicians who, like the latter gen- tleman, were in favor of a SoutUern Congress, and who pledged themselves to propose no measure before that body not tending '•directly to the dissolution of the Unioaand the forrna lion of a Southern Confederacy." We wish our Southern friends to reflect upon the character of the men they are bring- ing into power with General Pierce, if by inaction or indifference they contribute to his election. A pretty set, to be sure, for a Conservative to aid in elevating ! One wing pledged to work for the dissolution of ihe Union; and another, under the lead of Judge Douglas and the Democratic Review, bound to the an- nexation of all the islands to the raid-channel of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and to make the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean sea CLOSED WATERS toall the rest of the world ! Southern Confederacy.' The Great Whig MEETL%i3 at Phila DELPHiA, on the od instant, is described by the papers of that city lo have been a mag iiificenl affair. Thousands upon thousands were present, and made the welkin ring with their joyous acclamations. Frederick F«a- LEV, esq., presided, and was assisted by a large number of vice presidents and secretaries. J\Jr. Fraley, the Hon. J. R. Chandler, Hon. Hen- ry D. Moore, Hon. S. W. Parker of Indiana, Colonel Taylor of Ohio, Hun. Edward Stanly of Nurlh Carolina, Hon. L. D. Camp- bell, Hon. R. W. Thompson of Indiana, Ma- jor Ward of Kentucky, Charles Gibbons, esq., and other gentlemen addressed the meet- ing. The city and counly of Philadelphia are evidently disposed to give Scott and Graham at the approaching November cleciion a still larger majority than that which they uBually give fur the Whig ticket. A private letter from Dubuque informs us as follows: '•Thei'e is to be a Scott and Graham gathering at Rock Island on the 2tst of Sep leniber. They are getting up the sft'ani here quite fast in the political way. The soup is beginning to boil." THE SIGNAL. 171 PROGRESS OF THE CAMPAIGN— JUDGE In poking his fun al ihii General in a very DOUGLAS ON GENERAL SCOTT. ] Douglasy slyle, ihe .ludge says that VVashinq- \Ve learn fnjm the papers that General Gass|ton was no military man by profession, "ful- has been making .1 very dignified and becom- 1 lowing the army for a liviTg" — that he was ing speech at Baltiinure; in which he took oc- |a civilian — reared for civil pursuits — a member casion to bear testimony to the high character !of the Continental Congress, and of the coii- and distinguished deserts of General Scott, vention which tramed our Constitution. The but objected to his ele"?|(ilion to the Presidency j Judge then adds with a had better quit abusing General Scott, and fol- ow the example that has been set to him by General Cass, whose gentlemanly and decorotis conduct in the campaign not only merits praise but imitation. r: "He knew whe- ht tn be uniform or of his being a Whig. We learn i iher natura also that Judge Dougi-as followed General j not." Cass, and was as abusive as the most reckless | We daresay he diil. Some persons profit adherent ot Young America conld desire. In- | by civil experience. Other persons go through stead of wasting his energies on General Scott, jail the civil offices, in rapid routine, pass years we advise the juvenile giant to post home forth- jin State Legislatures, on the judicial bench, in with to Illikois and explain to his people how 1 the House of Representatives, and the Senate of he can reconcile General Pierce's decided hos tilitv to River and Harbor Improvements with the interests of the great West; and how he can reconcile with the same interests his own the United States, and with all this are quite incapable of correctly construing the clearest clause in the Constitution. All their civil e.\- perience does not prevent them from blundering plan furdefraying the expensesofthese improve- 1 in the statement of the simplest legal proposi- menis by means of tonnage duties levied on the I lion. And yet such persons not only consider Western farmers. Let him try to rouse the | themselves abundantly qualified to be Presi- enthusiasra of the people of Ohio for the man | dents, but are considerably disappointed that who spoke pnd voted against granting to the j other people are not of the same opinion; and widow of William Henry Harrison the {laugh heartily at the Old Fogies who have been balance of his year's salary! If he will confine {fighting battles all their lives, and have not his attention to these two points and iheeellearned any laic! two States, Judge Douglas will have full asi h is true enough that General Scot* has not much as he can attend to Without breaking j been engaged in trying actions of assault and lances on constitutional questions with General ] battery, and ejectment, and replevin, and deti- Scott. But if he should desire more occupa- 1 nue. in justices' courts in Illinois. But he has tion, then let him go into Kr.NTncKY and en lighten her ciiiieiis as to the mode in which he proposes, in behalf of General Pierce, to annex all the islands this side of the mid-channel of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and to declare the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean seas closed waters to the rest ot the world. But we should especially like to hear Judge Douglas once more on the main subject of his Richmond speech ; and we would here again been trying actions on a much larger scale, and before tribunals where he might well learn in a year more law likely to be useful to the Chief Magistrate of the United States than he would learn in the Illinois sessions in a lile- tirae. There was an action of assault and battery he tried at Cerro Gordo, from the study of which he learned more jurisprudence than is involved in al! the cases of broken heads and bloody noses that ever came within the beg of the National Democratic Committee to jjurisdiction of Judge Douglas during hi send us a copy of that extraordinary prodnc- 1 whole career, judicial or extra judicial. Soil tion. We all remember how funny and how severe the judge was upon the suggestion of General Scott, in favor of the naturalization of foreigners who have served a year in time of war in the army or navy. By his disqui- sition on that point, the Judge no doubt left the impression upon his Richmond audi- ence that ho was a first-rate constitutional lawyer, and that the General was as ignorant the city of Mexico he served the tenant with ejectment, and had judgment, and possession delivered, after the severest kind of litigation; and does Judge Douglas suppose the legal ex- perience General Scott obtained in that great suit of commonwealth against commonwealth, less valuable than he might have picked up in trying the case Doe ex d. Smith v. Jones, being an action in which Doe seeks to of ibe law as the Judge is of the art of war. eject Jones from Smith's second story back It turns out, however, as we long sir ce demon- chamber, which the rogue occupies without stiated, that Scott, the General, was right in | paying rent, and after repeated notices to ([uit his view of the Constitution, and that Doug LAS the Judge, was wrong. Will Judge Douglas take back the hard words that he applied to General Scott, now that he is obliged to lake back his law? Will the Judge do the General the justice to say that on this account at least the General is not the simpleton that the Judge represented him to the good people of Richmond? No, no. General Scott has been schooled in the negotiations and the litigations of empires; and his mind has been disciplined in the stu- dies which men pursue who are fit to have the direction of empires. H« has forgotten more law than Judge Douglas ever knew; and on ihe only constitutional question that ever came in issue between them, the Judge has come off decidedly second best. We think the Judge THE MEETING .AT TAMMANY HALL. At the recent Democratic mass meeting at Tammany Hall General Cass appeared to great advantage, and showed thai he had more ptitude for a rough and tumble fight than we had imagined. His old friend Louis Philippi would have laughed heartily at the idea of ihe ex minister's stripping to the huft', and dealing oul his broad witticisms among the Tammany boys, in the way he did last Thursday evening. After he had been speaking a while, he proceed- ed deliberately to take off his coat; in some minutes afterwards his cravat; and. as the ex- citement increased , his waistcoat — when hegave his "breeches a hitch," and amid yells ol'laugh- ter fanned himself, and remarked, that be- thought he "was doing pretty well for sitch an Old Fogy!" We copy an instructive portion of his speech from a report in the Courier and Enquirer : "Now, Isllow-citizena, I liave told you wlint I am in favor of, I will tell you what I am opposed 10. 1 am opposed to Whi^gcry first of all. [Cheers.] I am opposed next to all eurts oiisms, [laughter] — Communism, Socialism, Mormonism, Concubin- ism, and all other isms. [Laughter.] Why, what do our American citizens want with Communism ;* They v.-aut us to b've in masses, having all ihingi in commou. [Laughter.] Why, it is our duty to live in our own families, support our wives and chililren, and make Presidents of our sons. [Laughter.] Why, there ia isot a mau amongst you whose eon has not as good a cha.nce to be President as 1 bad at his age. [Laughter] I was offered the Presidency myself once, boi have met with as many misfortunes aa some other of my friends. [Laughter.] Why CommuniEm? It used to be said that it was a wise child that knew its own father. [Laughter] If the present state of Ihinga goes on, it will be a wise woman who will know the father of her own child! [Yells of laugh- ter ] Gen. Case then defined his position, the po- sition of the Democratic party on the great subjects of acquisition and intervention. He averred that the greater part of our terri. tory had been acquired under Democratic rule. As to intervention, he said tiiat it wa-q a great priuciplo of the American Democrat. [Clieers.] It was aympaiby that was asked fur by foreign struggling nations, and it wau sympalhy which the American Democrat w'ould accord them. General Washington held these views. He said; 'Whenever a struggling nation unfolds thi banner of liberty, lam withthem.' [Cheers.] GencralCasa was in favor of giving sympathy— if not eooiel bin g more- to fillibusteros all over the world; and hia sentiments on this point were warmly applauded. He was not in favor of immediate war in any cose; but he was of opinion that this country exercised a moral influence in the world which almost ren- dered war unnecessary [Cheers.] On the doc-- trine tf Progress, General Cass was very entliusias- tic. He said that one might as well imitate the old Jewish leader, and tell the sun to stand still, ex- pecting to beob yed, as to try and stop the onward progress of this great country. [Cheers.] And if there was either a Wing or a Democrat present who held a contrary opinion. General Cass invited him to leave the room. General Cass concluded a. highly eloquent address by reftsauring' the Demo- 4% THE SIGNAL crat8 of the prospect of success which was before them, and rcauined his seat amid the most wild and enthueiaslic clieering." Senator Douglas knew that he could not go ahead of the General in the denuding process without taking off his pantaloons, so he ad- dressed the audience with his clothes on. We do not see, however, that he was much less entertaining than the General, and was as abu- sive of Scott as usual. It is a pity that the Democracy have not something to .say in favor of their own candidate, for they might then diversify their speeches a little, which are now mainly occupied with vituperation of the Whig candidate. The most pointed part of Mr. Douglas's speech is the portion which develops the policy of the prospective Pierce administration in regard to Cuba. It is Mr. Douglas's old story — all the islands to the raid-channel of the two great oceans, and treating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean seas as closed wa- ters to the rest of the world! We annex Mr. Douglas's peroration: "Voice. What about Cuba.' "Mr. Douglas. Yes, there was Cuba. He was in favor of the Cuban revolution. [Cheers.] He had declared in 1845, while a candidate for Con- gress, that whenever the Cubans should make a declaration of independence, he teas in favor of sustaining them, if need he, by force nf arms! [Great cheeriug-.] He went further . He declared then that he was in favor of appropriating any amount of money from the JS'ational Treasury for the purpose of purchasing Cuba from Spain, and annexing her to the United States. [Renewed and prolonged cheering] He went further yet; de- clared that if there was any danger of England, France, or any other power but Spain, ever com- ing into possession of Cuba, he considered it the DUTY of the United Sjatea to seize the-island and hold it by all the force of our army and navy, if needs be, against the world! [Immense cheering, and great excitement, which continued sometime.] Yes, these had been his opinions; they were his opinions still— they were a fundamental prin- ciple of the Democracy, and always would be. [Cheers.] The Whigs could not give freedom to Cuba without outraging every principle of con- Bervatism they avowed ; but the Democracy could, and the Democracy would— and that before many months. [Great cheering.] The Whigs were for standing still ; they could not favor the relief of any country from its chains ; they could advocate no progress, no reform, unless they abandoned all their principles and all their instincts. [Loud cheers.] The IVhigs claimed the opinions of ll^ash- inglon were good enough for than, and what he did not advocate they would not advocate; because he did not advocate railroads, steamships, he; they were opposed to them. Such was not the case with the Democrats. They rejoiced over every tri- umph of America; they rejoiced when Collins'. Bteamers beat the English steamers; they rejoiced when the yacht America sailed around the whole British squadron. The speaker here diverged a long string of characteristic exhortations; alter which he retired amidst much cheering." Important. It is announced that the Life of Pit rce, by Hawthorne, will contain the General's i tary journal as written on the field I Nov shall know all about his exploits "in the blaze of every battle." How happens it, if Genera Pierce found time to write a journal on the field, that he never found time to write any military despatches'? MR. SUMNER'S SPEECH. It must be admitted^that Governor Se\ nil probably vote for General Scott. The odium of this fact must rest upon the Whig candidate. But there are men in the North p(iually objectionable with Governor Seward, who are warm supporters of General Pierce. It is not necessary for us to recapitulate them. The names of Dix, the Van Burens, Pres- KiNG, Governor Cleveland, Molonv, Campbell, Floyd, H. B. Stanton, and of an hundred others will readily occur to our read- Add to these the leading Democratic journal of the Northern States— the journal which for its circulation, ability, and zeal in the cause of General Pierce, stands without a rival in the country. We refer of course to the EBening Post, published in the city New York, and edited by Mr. Bryant and Mr. BiGELOvv, distinguished leaders in the ranks of tlie New York Democracy. No one acquainted with the journals of the day will deny to the Post the character we have as- signed to it, as altogether the most prominent d able Democratic journal devoted to the election of General Pierce. We desire that our Southern friends should fully comprehend the position of the Demo- cratic candidate; and we know not that we can give them a better insight into the tone and temper of their Northern allies than by quot- ing from the Evening Post the anne-xed para- graphs from an editorial article in its columns extravagantly lauding the recent speech of Mr. Sumner upon the Fugitive Slave law: It is no wonder that the slaveholders of the Senate should have pounced upon the Massachu setts Senator, at the close of his discourse, with such unanimous and determined zeal— some, like Cle mens, sputtering in impotent rage, and others like Douglas, hiding behind shallow sophietries- for they must have felt that the solid blows of thi orator had completely shattered their edifice. Hi left them not an inch of ground to stand upon, no a rag to cover their nakedness, not so uiuch evei as a decent pretence for their tlimsy position. "The Abolitionists have wasted two thirds of the ammunition of assault upon slavery, by taking grounds outside of the Constitution, and so involv- ing an unpopular and unsupported question with the general discussion. "They have weakened a position in itself strong by trying to support it with arguments which untenable, and worse than untenable— mischi ouo. But Mr. Sunmer has shown them huw they may relieve themselves of this false ground if of them should be seized with a disposition t better. For, granting his first conclusion, w no straight reasoner can avoid, that slave wholly sectional, and not at all n 11-1,.: ,ti,.i ,;...■ Federal Constitution, against w ii. . i m. becomes a powerful agency two of the most her counlry has .-iparagcmcnt to istinguished has iiion was a mat- c III friends gei>- Genernl Piern- o. , . d, been hia pubfr Ir ter of as murli mu erallyaH(oh.,p.,r,. ,1 ,, all honesty, with oor respected correspondent in another column, that hud it been left to the unbi- ased vote of the Democracy of Georgia, General Pierce would not have received a hundred votes ja the State. On the score of distinguished public services then, as well as on the ground of eminent mental quali- fications, we presume there can be but one opinion among the people of Georgia, whether of one party or the other. The Whig candidates are in both ways eminently distinguished, honorably alike to themselves and to our common country. General Pierce, we have no douht, is a clever man and a gentleman; hnt,i-^ '.■■<■ ttMrl- most he admitted by his warme t ..'. ■ 1 ti.n yet to show his capacity to 10:1!.- ; ■ n 1: .1 .10 illus- If f ifor c, be- the Chief Magistracy ol iin -n ii i:. iml. yond those of thousands and tins of Ihousi this fellow-citizens, he has yet to furnish Ihe evi- dence of the tact. At all events, there can, we think, be but one opinion in regard to the relative personal merits of the candidates, or in regard to the public services rendered by them. On these points there is but one side; and that is the side on which rests the Whig nominees. So much for the candidates. How stands the case aa regards the political platforms which these candidates are pledged to carry out.' Of this we shall have occasion chieHy to speak in the present campaign; and we shall endeavor in this behalf to perform, to the utmost of our ability, our whole duty. From the New York Evening Post. When Scott and Graham were nominated, there were ninety-two members of the popular branch of Congress who supported IVIr. Clay in 1844. Of these, twenty-four, more than onc.quarter of the whole number, have been publicly proclaimed as hostile to the success of that nomination. Not one of the twenty-four is known to have "put pen to paper" to deny this imputation of hostility; while the mostof them have taken pains to let it be known that they mean to make their hostility effective. As Ibis defection is a striking point in the present canvass, we subjoin a list of the twenty-four mem- bers above referred to; .lames Abercrombie, of Alabama; Charles Allen, of Massachosetts; Edward C. Cabell, of Florida; Joseph P. Caldwell, of North Carolina; Thomas L. Clingman, of North Carolina; Charles J, Faulkner, ot Virgina: IVIeredith P. Gentry, of Tennessee; Joshua R. Giddings, of Ohio; John W. Howe, of Pennsylvania; James Johnson, of Georgia; Aristide Landry, of Louisiana; Horace Mann, of Massachu- setts; Humphrey Marshall, of Kentucky; Frederick P.Martin, ot New York; John Moore, of Louifiana; Eben Newton, of Ohio; David Outlaw, of North Carolina; Abraham M. Schermcrhorn, of New York; Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia; James F. Strother, ol Virginia; Robert Toombs, ol Georgia; Amos Tuck, of New Hampshire; Christopher H. Williams, of Tennessee; Alexander White, of Alabama. Let us look. Mr. Allen has not been a Whig these four years. .Mr. Faulkner has never been more than half a Whig. Mr. Gid- dings and Horace Mann abandoned the Whigs years ago. Mr. Martin, Mr. .Scher- MEKiK)RN, Mr. Stkother, Mr. Outlaw, Mr. Mooke, Mr. Landry, Mr. Ti;ck, are all out warmly in the Scott cause; and all the rest of the gentlemen named in the above list, who are Whigs, are opposed to Pierce and King. The Whigs will profit by the demonstra- tions of haimnnizing- and unionizino; that are going on among the Democrats. The way in which Fire eaters and Freesoilers are ly- ing together beats all that was ever known of such a conjunction among the lions and lambs. The Empire s^iys General Pierce is "a finished gentleman." He's finished now, and in November he'll be "laid on IheahcM."— Dayton {Ohio)Gazette. w* THE SIGNAL. GKAMU WHIG RALLY. A mass mrftiny of the Wliig^ of the city of WaEbiiiglon, D. C, together with their /rienris of Georgetown anJ the adjac.?iit neighborhood, took place Ust niifht in front of the City Hall, n pUilbrm having been erected for the Bpeakcr«, and the preraiaea tastefully adorned with various transpareaciea. The crowd waa ininien^e, and rouch enthusiasm prevailed. The Washington Light Infantry Band was on the stand early in the evening, and was afterwards joined by the Marine Band, which accompanied the Navy Yard Whigs to the scene. W/LTUB LtNoi, coq., called the nictting to or- der, and aaid: I congrntulate myself and yoi vast assemblage. Some few weeks took to Bay, in th.; presence even of a larger cun- ■cocott, , but the mere name of .kno We are here lo-night, where we have ever been, true to our party, true to the principles which we believe to be identified with the Constitution of the country and its proBperity. I take pleasure in in troducing to you a gentleman from adisiant State, which is believed to be the battleground, but which, I underuke to say, a few such warm and devoted friends would turn in the right hed, with music playing, during the delivery of t.iis gentle man's speech, and were welcomed v;ith three hearty cheers, which they as enthusiaftically re- turned. Mr. Lesox then introduced Ex-Governor Call, of Florida, "an aid de camp of General .lacltson— a name for all Democrats, at least, to swiar by." Governor Call, on advancing to the front of the platform, was greeted wiih three cheers, and then addressed the multitude, saying, among other things, that, although General Scoit was not the first choice of the Whige of Florida, they will use every honorable effort to carry him triumphantly through the canvass. 1 have, he remarked, this day visited thi: tomb of Washington. I have walked the sacred shades of Mount Vernon, and, with a heart full of patriotism, I stand before you and say, I believe Winfield Scott, though not a George Washington, will be as true and faithful in the administration of the Government aa ever Washington was. I do not doubt his capacity. He bos the wisdom to conceive, the will to act, and the hand to execute whatever the honor and the glory of liis country may demand. When Governor Call concluded his remarks, music followed, to the tunc of "Rally Whigs;" and a song was sung by a gentlnnan present, the words of which, however, did not rhyme The name of JustPH H. Bkadlby, e?q., was then aunuuiu. ! aa a household name, a familiar sound, whi x il pinll.man delivered a speech in his ueual fun iar anil eloquent style, and was orcasionnlly gn . i. with hearty applause. He was succeeded by (>;;,< i gentlemen; and the proceedings were coiitinoed tiDti) a late hour. President Po aiiii in favor of Piekce and Kmu. We have abnndani proof, however, that the suldiers, VVhi^ and Democrat, who have .served under the General in lii9 niuneroua campaigns, are going for the gallant veteran, and there are coiLsiderahly many more of these soldiers than there are of President Polk's officers. We published the other day an admirable letter from Lieutenant Shields — a real soldier — who teas in the hla^e ot every battle from Vera Cruz lo Mexico. And we now reprint from the correspondence of the New York Times the remarks of another Democratic soldier, which we commend as a sign lo our brethren of Ilie Democratic press. They were made at the Fifth Ward Whig Club Room in Balti- more: "As soon as General Coombs liad taken his seat, a plain, but intelligcnl-looking man, who had lis- forward BALTIMORE CORRESPONDENCE. Tlie Campaign Crnnmenctd — Maryland all Right- Baltimose, September 3. 1852. The adjournmentof Congress, and return of the Whig members to their homee, has already iin- fueed new spirit among the Whigs of the Atlantic slightest doubt or fear as to the certainty of suc- cess in the approaching campaign. Ti;ere is a conviction abroad that every day must add new strength to the Whig nominees, as we have good capital to work upon; whilst the Pierce men have nothing but the hickory pole to stand by, and must continue to '•send under bvre poUn '* The Whig Central Committee continue in daily receipt of the strongest assurances from the various counties of an unprecedented Whig vote, whilst the Whigs of this city have perfected an organiza- tion more thorough than has ever been effected before. Ward, block committees, and glee clubs, arc forming in every ward, and an enthusiasm is ! abroad that will reduce the majority for Pierre in tcueil to him attentively throughout, and took the stand. "Re gave his name as J. W. Walker, and da- clareci himself frankly lo have been, and to be yet, a decided Democrat, but that he was now deter- mined to vole for Winfield Scott for the Presidmcy of the United Statct. He had brought himself to this determination because he knew the man. He had followed him from Vera Cruz to the National Palace of Mexico, and had fully observed him in all hia actions, and carefully studied his noble character. It has been meniioned, said Mr. Walk er, to injure General Soctt, that the offiart of the be as it may, the mm, the plain and humble soldiers like himself, are for him. They will not see him abcaed without defending him. Thiy know how to appreciate his true gallantry, his patriotism, his humaniry, and his open-hearted kindness to them in tiineof need. Mr. Walker here j^ane a very in teresting account of his experience in the great Mexican campaign, and spoke in high terms of his associates in the. voltiguer regimen!. I "Among the incidents he related were the fol- 1 lowing; When the great works of the enemy had been carried at Chapultcpec, General Scott came in at the moment ol victory, an y little about Pierce, and had see-i .i ,. ,- of him while in .Mexico. Bui , ,,,', ,-, / ,, '.i about Utneral Scott, and felt i'n. •■/' .■..(,; ).;,';( (alihiiughhe wsa a Democrat, and ihcUiucral ■> .is a /KAig) in going for him. out and cut He felt that Scott was competent to make a splendid President, not merely in a military point of view, but in all respects. Alter other remarks delivered in the same fervent strain, that engaged every- body's attention and admiration, he concluded by reciting some verses he had composed in Mt-x' about the volligoersand General '«cott. Walk^ speech was a thrilhng one, and made a sensati Ho was cordially welcomeil into the Scott ran and ia now fully enlisted once more under his ev ronquiring leader, under whom he fays he fi this city to a moiety of that received by General Cass. The opposition continue loud in their pro. ffSsions, but hesitate when called upon to back their opinions with their money I yesterday wit- nessed a trio of the boasters back out of a banter of $U^ on each of the four States of New York, Penn- sylvania, Ohio, and Maryland. Th^Germans and Irish especially ore rallying under the Scott ban- ner in scores. Change of Opiulon In Western Virginia. In one of the precincts of the Kanawha district of Virginia the Democrats recently placed the names of a number of their old party adherents wiihoot consultation upon a vigilance committee. Four of the number, being apprized of the fact, forthwith bad their nainrs stricken from the list, because their feelings "incline another way." We append their cards: For the ICtinawha Kepublicun. Hansfoud District, August 20, 1852. JMr. Newton; In the IVestei-n Virginian of the •.Vigilan find bmmittee'forlhisdistrict. Per- mit us through your paper to request the Central Committee to w'iihdruw our names fiom that li-t. Beingconstrained to act in the present campaign were appointed, we wish most rcspcclfully to de- cline acting on their committee. Uespertlully, Tho.mae Hddnall. Jose For the Kanawha Republican. Hans roiiD DisTEicT, August 14, 1852. To tlie Kanawha D mocra'ic antral Com: itlee: On asking over the ir.stern Virgini m of the I2th instant, we find that you haveappoii ted uson yourv igilancc cominiiiee lor this distnc l; and as oor fe bogs in the present campaign i. rl.ncan- other ay we reauest that our ames be withd awii. Very tespecilully, dnall, fePENCBS PaocToa. Pla .s- Talk EVA DaiMocaAT.-A cert ain mac, living not a h undred miles Ironi Evans ville, .ind who h 13 invar ably since he has heen a n lan voted the Democratic ticket, lately declareo to a friend i.ide this sketch too long, havin? in lu give you an idea of the spirit that is ,11 :.. r.eartsof the Whig party in this city M..ii — :i spirrt that is hound to gi e the tlectnral oj Maryland to Winfield Scott in November of uurs that he. was not coing lor Pierce. When asked his reasons, be r^pliea: "Simply because I consider it an insult by any party to my independence and reason as a m!»n, and to the intellierence of every Democrat, to be asked to vote lor a man who has no earthly rtcuin- inendation of ability or pnst services, and who is lol utterly unknown, when the party cont.iips in Ui '-' body such men as Cass Buchanan, &c., &c I in- tend for one to resent this. I voted lor Polk he- cause a party feeling took away my reason, and when the great Clay was his opponent. If Hean n ever forgive ine that, I will never be guilty of a similiar thing again. Scott was figluing the ene niios of his country when we were ihiWren, if not before we were born. Pierce i=; nobody, and he can't get my vote." That's pretly plain talk, and there's some truth in it. He ia the representative of a preity large cl^q of- Democrats.— £'t>an>i)t uppuiuted c.tic hundred delegates ic attend a Wlii? Convention to be hi-id nt Wont »otatur:iccluiaUicket. Htretoloro v.e I few of I ry tn. Lr:> :of 1840, 1841, the {rood :uid brave Old Tippecanoe. 1 teel san- guine \vc can do more now with the Rrcat and j>-!oriou:j Iraders we now have put fortb. I tcil proud 1.1' such a leader aa Scott. My heart b.as been with him lor year.5, and I feci proud to think tw I slight po , in ba A. L. Dated, •iir men Whig Convention of New Jersey. The Whig Convention of the Slate of New Jersey, which was lieltl at Trenton on the 2d nstatit, was numerously attended, and its pro ;eediiij;s were inarlied with the greatest enthii- iiasm. The Hun. .Iosrph C. Hornblower A-as appointed president, together with a large luimhfr or vice presidents and secretaries; in ;he li.st of whom are sotiie of the first names in the fState. Aftt^r passing; a series of resolutions warmly ratifying the National Whig nomina- tions, the foiluvvinir electoral ticket was ap- poinled : At Large— V>uA\ey S. Gregory, of Hudson ; Au drew K. Hay, of Oarndcn. FirU JJUtrict —John T. Nixon, of Ciimherlind. Second D^slricl.—^ameB S. Lawrence, of Mon- mouth. Third District.— Jame.K H Ncvius, of ?.IiddleBex Fourth District —Cornelius G. Garrison, of Pas- Fiflli /;isi;ic(.— JamcB M. Quinby, of Essex. Kecommcndation of Ucnerul Pieror. In the speech of Colonel Kiudeu, before the West Randolph Granite CUfo, we find the annexed statement of the whereabouts of the Freesoilers in the prebent canvass, which we advise our Democratic contemporaries of th« S'.nthern press to copy. Colonel Kidder thus speaks of General Pierce, witha perfect "gush of enthusiasm:" "He iaour neig-hbor-ou,' friend— our own New Eiifrlaiui man. The Van liurena, Preston King, anil a gnat mujnrily of the leading •Frecsoii' men of '48 (lie for him. None nebd fbab him. I have not yet rnct wilh the first Democrat who will not support him. He writes no ailly letters." A H. Stephens said at Crawford recent speech, ihafliifi Ds'inocraticCci which Gey. Pierce i of frecjoiler., al,o!i:ioiii5ts,stre5sii and ii.vt ; t>;l ;,!. n, iia.ri,;.! iinprovrmcnt met and f.r. n..: i..,;.-' , i^Minn, the advocalci of iiii<. I I:' ■•:■■•■■ .,!• .'■■I'.ii.n— politiciani ofeveij :.i . iu.i . i,!,., 1 x;-.i loond a welcome 10 this Mjuiigrei asiucMtiou. Thoir object power and oUiCc, and Ihoy carrd nothins lor [ ciple. W'lh a body thus composed, it cannot matter of much surprise that all tbcablest and best statesmen of the parly should be sacrificed and Eel aside, wl:ilc some unkr.own, unexpected, bui thought to be avnil.i'i'r; !..i''.v.ilui:l, should be taken up es toe iriati . ,. The result ia known A c i < !ii:ated,and was now a prom,;, r, .!;c first otiice in the world, wiio v..u^ i.niviiD^-. n .1, i.me-teuthsof the American pioolt, ana whose public services did not cnliile him to the pooilion. Mr. Slephcns would say nothing in disparagemi^nt of Genorul Pierce. As far as he knew, he was a man of fair ability, a lawyer of sortie eminence in his own Stale, and that was all that coi:i(i be said of him. He had never given the country any evidence of the p'vsdttsion of those high qualities, or that long cxp?:rience in public afif ira whi<'h eliould entitle a uian to be placed in the high and responsible ofSco of Chief .Magistrale of this great Republic. He had nothing to expect Irom ibe election of General Pierre, except the bringing into power of a class of min whose principles wou.d be hostile to the true i.Uircsis of the people. He feared Ihat the advocalta of Kossuth, intervention and Young .■\mcrica progress, would lead the country to w and diatruction, under tlie-bnnner of that party Flre-eatlug Certificate. Ill a recent speech the Hon. William L. Yancky, of Alabiima, eulogized General PiERCfi tor entertaining the Slate Rights doc- trines, and "pronounced him as pure a State Rights man as is to be found out of South Carolina." What do our Northwestern De- mocrats think of this reconimendalioii? It is true, General Pierce deserves the eulogy. But will it recoiumend General Pierce very particularly to Ibe friends of Harbor and River Improvements in Illinois, and IMichioan, and Iowa? The Whigs of the city of New York, learn from the Timts, gave an enthusiastic reception to their members of Congress on the 3d iiisl., on their return from this city. The large room in Constitution Hall was filled, and a spirited meeting was held outside, liluqueni speeches were made by the Hon. Edward Stanly of North Carolina, Hon. Mr. Ghol SON of Tennessee, H(U). James Brooks o New York, and other distincriushed gentlemen The Maryland .Central Committee has made rangcmeiiit, with the Suequefianna Railroad Coin puny fir the coBveyanci: of a large delegation from ihecitylo the Whig mass meeting to be held at Cockeyavilie, in Bjiiiinore county, to-morrow. The: nxira train will leave the Calvert station at h iif p:ist 8 o'clock in the mornina, and return nt 6 o'clock in tt»e evening. There will be a good ailendance, and a number of eloquent oratorB. Harvelious. During tlie Me.\ican war President Polk made sundry score of Democratic partisans colonels and generals. They were appointed because they were Locot'ocos, and nothing else. Now the Democratic papers are publishing long li.sls of these gentlemen, with the astound- ing comment that they are all opposed to Scott! What should they be? Who ever e,\pected that a parcel of rank, dyed-in-the-wool Demo- ATS would vote for a VV'hig candidate? A Sign from Iowa. We rejoice to see that the Iowa Slaals-Zei- lung, which has been published for the last four years at Dubuque as a Democratic paper, has withdrawn the names of Pierce and King from iis columns, and raised the flag of Scott and Graham. The large gains of the Whiu party at the recent election in that Slate, predicated upon the then late nomination of Scott, and the ardor with which the Whigs are entering into the canvass, wiih many en - couraging.-signs from the numerous and inlelli- gent GerinAn population in the State, leave us little rooni lo doubl that we shall carry Iowa triumphantly for the Whig ticket. We warirJy welcome the Staals-ZeiiuHg as a co- laborer in the good cause. Mr. Venable. The Union contains a paragraph very com- plimentary to Mr. Venable of North Caro- hna. This is a novelty. How long has the Union been enamored of the political doctrines and opinions of Mr. Venable? is it not aware that this gentleman is as bitter an oppo- nent of the Compromise measures, and as thorough going an enemy of ihe Union, as is to be found within its limits? We pity our con temporary, when the exigencies of his position compel him to co-operate with Mr. Venaole one hand, and Preston King on the other! ''.'hb Democratic Convention at Syracuse, New Yt>rk, has made the following noinioations: For Goj^ernor— Horatio Seymour, Oneida county; for Lieutenant Governor— Sandford E. Church, Or- leans county; lor Canal Commissioner- Frederick Follett, Genf see county; for State Prison Inspic- lor— Darius Clark, St. Lawrence. They have also sekcied an electoral ticket for thfi Presidency It aceins to be the principle of the Drmocratic organa never to correct any /alsehood thiy have put forth. Are they positively deicricined Ihat they will not correct tbeir statement in relati.m (o Ibe alleged conversations between Mr. Clay upon his death-bed and his eon.' Arc they determined ihat they will not correct their statement tn regard to the prelcnded pledge of General Scott to Mr. Wade to cut off his right arm rather than support slavery.' Are they determined that they will not correct their atateinent in regard to that ••thrilling dialogue" alleged to have taken place between General Pierce and Mr. Hale.'— /.oujsutifc Journal The iSatchez Courier, Wilkinson iVhig, Liberty Advocate, Port Gibson Herald, Holmesviile Banner, Flag of the Union, at .larkaon; Ain.riran Citizen, liabeo in this Suic, i.nd with wiiom w.-'exehange- are all doing battle lor Scott and Graham, and they make sad havoc wilh thcconieinptiblechargea ol trie LoGotoco papers against General Scott. [ yicksburg IVliig. [coHasspos t OF THE EEPOBLIC] Point Pleasant, Mason Countv, Va., August 30, 1852. There is a good deal ol political excitement in this neighborhood. The Whigs are doing tbeir utmost. Some weeks affo we rai.^cd a beautiful Scott and Graham flag-staff. Many who have heretofore voted with the Loco; will vote lor It c old hero. An intelligent old gentleman ninety-three years of ngp, v;ho has until now been a most violent Dem- ocrat, is o.-ing all his influence with his numerous i sons and grandsons for Scoit and Graham. He soys he fought under Scott, and a better and great- er man he never knew. "God forbid," says he, "that I should vote against one who has shed his blood so freely and nobly for his country in a con- tent with a man to whom the parly and country owe nothing." 6BEE,-"Glad ig heart pour the North, lidinga of great joy" to evtry V\ m upon us from every quarter— iro the South, the East, and tne West— aa our columns for the past week abundaully show. The following extract from a letter, dated "Kiioxville, East Ten- ntt-see, August 9th," lolly coulirms what we stated a few days ago in reference lo the prospects of Scoit and Graham m that part of ihe State; " 'I'he canvass is progressing finely You may c.onfidenily rely upon East Tennessee giving Scott a larger majority than she gave Campbell last year. We will gut five Democratic votes to where we loa.^ one Whig; and noi a single Whig, (mind you. Whig) will vote for Pierce!" [Memphis Fjigtt and Enq , Aug. 24. In a Nutshell. — The Buftalo Commercial Mverlistr tells the whole story in the follow- ing brief paragraph : "The only practical question before the people, in r.-gard to the Presidency, ia— shall Scott and Whig principles prevail, or Pierce and modern Democracy. And the man who pretenda to the coniriiry, is either an enemy lo the Whigcauee.or a dunce of the moBt.unmiti|rated doacripiion." 176 THE SIGNAL. aUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Frotn the Richland Jv'tios. When England in her pride of might, Impreascd our hardy tars, And shijiped them off, to make them fight In her unholy wars, Who was it then that left his home, 'Twas Winfield Scott, my boys, •Twas Winfield Scott, Twas Winfield Scott, 'Twas Winfield Scott, my boys, That met the foe in battle fierce, 'Twas Winfield Scott, my boys. And when on (iueenstown's hard fought plain A band of heroes stood, 'Gainst countless numbers to maintain That field, red with their blood. Who cried aloud, in accents heard Above the battle's noi.No paper will be sent unless the order is accompanied by the money. Ml letters must be post-paid, and ad- dressed to I GEO. S. GIDEON, Washington, D. C. THE SIGNAL. ADDRESS eiled as tn permit denial if dirccllv charged, or uthoriie its assertion if denied. We allude, of ourac, to thi ducirine of •'Mervmtian,' "f, in lain lanjruaf^e, the iutermcddlinj of the United tales in ine oflfaira of other nations. Of the Siott Co on to tlie People of Qtecoraing a great party like the Demo Georgia From the Macon (Ga.) Citixen. Charged, as a committee of the Whig party jvliich assembled in IVlacon on the ISth of Angus', ;o ratify tbe nominations o( the National Whig party, with tbe presentation of the electoral ticket [tien agreed upoD ununimoasiy liiled, by individual incr! pies, to your support— w. submitting the nanipsnf ' Major JokI Crnwfoni, .-> as eminently en- and republican princi- have great pleasure in le followin? gentlemen: ,ri,.. i,„i,.„ Wm. Law, ■rge; Go. Judge n of Iv I - rt V. Harde- lus; Coluii! 1 ,\ L..tr-ii roBler, of Mor- .1 E. Uuiuc.-, ui Tx^iggs; Judge Tur- p. ,, f(:,,^>: G.n.ral George W. Evans, d, an,; C.Jo., 1 Hubert W. Sim.ns, of r the ycvtral Vistricis of the .State, as the National Whig Electoral Ticket ol r-f Riohn Cj*eta, Georgia. We congratuidte you, fellow -citizens, that ano- ther Presii^entiil campaign has opened undencir- cumstances which we would fondly believe prom ises to divest the ccnflicts of opinion between the I'A'o great national parties which eeel; respectively your'suffragies, of much of that asperity wl^h is the usual accompannnent of popular election's. 'I'hc gre.it and i-larming questions whicii have fnr the few last years excited your apprehensions ;ind embittered your fraternal relations with oiinT srciions iif ihe Union, have, by the consent of the ■I uly -authorized rt-pre^cntativesnf ih.°iwo national parties, t:'eeii witfitliair>i from the political artna, 'ind explicit e vniaitts of honor entered into, that the scries of uieasurea coinmonly called the Coinpro mise shall be consi . , ,y, jio living man <-an b, ■ , ■ - : The brightest intellLi I', .1 ,,111 .,,.;, , .. .i.tsbe- fore the effulgenieu. .i., tu... If indeed you feel, as you should, a patriotic pride for the rank and position of tbe United St:ite8 as a great power among the nations, you should mal^e known your grateful estimation of it by the cheerful support of Ann to whom we are so largpjy indebted lor its consideration In the admiration which you have so honorably indulged for the high- toned diplomacy which has signahzed tbe recent history of tbe National Government, let us invit'3 ITS THE SIGNAL. you to l"ok bPhmd the mind of the siateeinaii which has dppicfd in firm and Imrning lar <;u:i?. Aiiieriran 8cmimeiit-irtloii3 <.l truth. if we did not assert that that tone mil seniimtnioicr thtir partntage clii Jiy to Ihi- victoriuus siiccwj ofoui ■ arm' und -i n^li respective organizations, li"k , •' in otir mi Ist would revive ti) : b» expressing aistrvst of (n- / ■ ./ f i limiulitominersto.he Whigptal/oim,j i who feel ihat the eubsidiuie oi the Ir tion will be to them, if not a Bcntencr i i atle-iEt a very largp oiiiiinutiou of ih. - ; conpcquejce. As lliese men areinoi!;' : :.. uiii dominion "bver the popular mind to the vury I'ls orders wh.cb all patriots are seeking to reprrss, T\' Hios, can you wonder that these heartless denia gogues in turn should, v.ilh a sort of sinister pii'y. loineut and foster the (ear% and :?ppr. h- ;i .k ^ .1 the people, the parents of thtir pasi in:| •■ ■■' It is with you to determine wheihit : power lor iiiischief shall be coniinned. >•!!,; , ■ .• promptly and fully your confidence iruii. .^. I. men, and your reintegration as a national purtj cannot lail in a short tune to become complete. May »e not beseech you by principles maintain- ed in common to compose jour stritee— to let your the hope that all the conservative men of Georgia will be found on the first Mi uday in November nexi harmoniously voting the tUcioral ticket which it has oem made our pleaEii:- O'.'y m ii -: :it as worthy of your confidence .• , ' ' • we not add, without offence, 'ii ' " the MR. ST.\iNLY'S SPEECH AT NEW YORIC. At a spiriied Whig meeting held in New York on llie 3d instant, the Hoii. Edward STAiti-Y was called uii to address-lhe company. We take the following sketch of his remarks I'roir the New York Courier and Enquirtr: ■The chairman came forward and said he took -rreat pleasure in introducing Hon. Mr. Stanly, .!f North Carolina. Mr. Stanly was receive.l with (he most enthusiastic cheering. He spoke subslan- iia:iy as follows: "1 thank you for this kind and cordial greeting. I am not in the habit of speaking to such an au- licnce as this is I am accustomed todo my speiik- iiig in my own old North State, in the swamp and I e bushes. lam not accustomed to speak luau. .fences which may be abll to instruct inc. lain ii3t accustomed to speak either to reporters; for, il 1 say any t,hjng in Congress which ;»et out, 1 have a chance into print. But here we eilo*s, eager and ready jerhapssumeihing ■»'" send it off on the winj ore it is out of my o' ;vi9e it before it gets ive half a dozen smart take down what I say, hich 1 ought not to say; and >6 of the lighining, alm-jst be- *rn mouth. [Che.rs] But I ol which 1 am ashamed. I shall speak Js I wnuld in North Carolina; and so. reiioriers, goahtad! [Cheers] "Fellow -citizens, I have been confined in Wash ingtoncvereincelasi Decimher.and have been very much occupied and fatigued by my duties to my ..niiilryand my ci.nstiluents. But! heard ot your n. ing here to night, and could not resist coming Mko counsel with you. Now, gentlemen, we ,1. two great candiaates presented to the coun- I r the tuffrages of th.' people— one is Winfield - •■ r-irrr?.] and the other is Frankhn P 1 ! ' ! '^ ■-■ ! .viah to speak to you cf the em II' 1;. neral Scoit. who is undoubtedly the ,. 1 I iig- soldier, [cheers,] and of the won liniMii! I irv lion achitvementa of Mr. Franklit Picrco [Laughter] The nomination ot Genera Scott has cau.ied some little disappointment anr opposition in our party— but this U all wrong. VVi wLiit to convention to nominate the most availabli ,,, ,11— eUe what is the use ol going to convention a [Chiers.] So when the most available candi I r Id nominutfd, it is the duly of the minority to iiuimi anil support the man who has been chosen iriiyofiiur Iriends. (Chi ers ] I went ?ss m IS37, during the = -'- I ihe firing. -No,' said Mr. Clay, -No, let ihem fire on; the sound of those guns brings nothing but j ,y to „ y heart ■ [Greal checphg ] •'Now, aa to G. neral I'lerce— tiiat remarkable man [Laughter ] I never heard any thing ab ut him belore he was Dominate.i : did you .> [No, no] 1 was in Congress live years with Mr Pieice, and I tell you upon the honor of a North Cirolina Whig, and 1 can give you no higher guarantee of my truih, [cheers,] that 1 nevtr knew he was there. FLaughter] I never saw him there— I never heard turn there. [Laughter ] In lact I never heard of him. [ l,aug titer ] Wuen we come to sie what Mr. Pierce did do ihf re, we find that he inly sat siiil.and voted against every measure that could "be of any service tu the country or the coumry's servants. [Great laughter ) Now, I never heard ol Franklin Puree out of New Hampshire: did you? [No.] Did anybody else? [No, no] But what Democrat in the Union can say that he has never heard of Q.neral Siott and hi« great deeds all over the Union? [Cheers.] 1 have at htjine a little pamphlet about six incites taming ti; life 01 Frs ry pr of hi= [Laughter] Now, 1 have in my hand what is colled the 'Biff Life of General Pierce;' u is a pamphlet ol thirty-five paires, and pub.isbed by the Democratic National Coiumiitee, which in. uns, I suppose, Hallett, of Boston, that man of innu- merable faces. [Laughter] I would not wish any other guarantee of the election of Scott ihan 10 distribute this pamphlet broadcast Ihrooghout the Union. But I would bead it with a text from a new campaign paper, started to promote the el.ction of Franklin Pierce, and cal.ed the Lou- don Times [Laughter.] [Mr. Stanly read a part of the article in the Times claiming Pierce as a powerful ally of the British ] Here we see, fellow citizens, the London Tiin's claim- in^ Frank Pierce as a powerlul ally ol England. [Hi3=e3 ] Now General Scott is the exponent, the defender of the Whig doctrine of protection. This was the duty ot Washington, Jefferson, and Jack- eon. Does General Pierce advocate this doctrine? [No no] Thereiore the London Times a ' Pierce, who, if us to Engl md for every t eamshii ' ""' cted, would soon 1 stives, and at the cordial and enthusiafctic ruppurt 01 General WisFiELD Scott for the Presidency, and Wm. A Gbaham lor the Vice Presidency of the United Staled of Ametica. WM. B. FLEMING, IVERfeON L H.aRRIS, J.^MES J -CARBOHOUGH, ADAM G. FOSIER, JO-.EPH W KE.NSON, WiVl J. PATTERSON, Committee. KiKO Up. — The Richmond the m.iji toCunar Van Old Vina n'hi% of ihe.Tth instant tays: "Good A'nc! —We have most encouraging news froiaihe Whigs in the western part of the Slate. will go for Scott. At the election K.m k. : third of the vote was given to tli n 'Jhat,weareaeBured,is an indiciiti.; eral result- and the Whigs over ihcr. I'.i.k .1 n. thing else than corryirg the Slate tiy - niajoriiy. All they But has already < skofus shall do itmenced. Th •St, are becomi telling with the ignorant racy— v.b. in the Uaders nave bo nose. Some don't want him— ar have him. The more that is knt worse it is with him. Day is break know that nobody Could be in Consicas lour years during little Mat'r administration withuul knowing 6;,mething about public affairs [Laughter.] There v.a8 some, thing about the atmosphere of his administration, iind Uie members had enough to do, il in nothing else, in watching hiin. [Cheers ] Well, fellow- . itizena, in 1S37, during Mr. Van Buren's admin istration, you had troubles upon your frontier ibout the C'oro/ine, and Mr. Van Buien sent Gen- eral Scott to settle the difficulty,' and he did settle It, at d saved US from w r with England. [Cheers] In 1839 there was trouble about the Maine Boun dary; and the citizens ot that State threatened ^0 to war with England about that, Tturen sent Scott tttete He settled that, too. 1 Cheers ] Then, whin the nullification excitemeni iirevaileo in South Crrolina, General Jackson with that far-sighted sagacity for which be was si celebrated, sent General Scott to settle that diffl. culty; and he did settle 11, and preserved us Iron: civil war And, gentlemen, we were very near i civil war much nearer than you of the N"i th sup po.-ed. Fattier was arrayed against sun, and oroiher against brothei; out Scott went among the people, though he was yet euffering fiom nis wounds and scarcely able to dress with out assistance; and, when they heard him !■ fiivaiidMr Van Burcn spoke aside a few ino- jigs, who' w, r. 11.1 lit ,a'nd then Mr. Clay returned to me and said, arm, and ei..'. r ' ^V.- have bad news from the l.ontier. We may livcranceol the I 'lavc war with Kngland; bull have the utmostcon- iccounie tell ue tidence in Gen. Scott, and have no doubt be will II business will settle the difficulty,' [Cheers] It has been said icure V.iukie 1 'm tl.c p.ipi rs that Mr. Clay %»as opposed to judicrd D. n, ..'11 n of Gi n. Scolt. it is not so. [Cheers.] long led Iv M (.. iMda great love li.r Mr. Fillini.re, as 1 nd Boin.> V .. ..iK-n Ml. Clity heard the guns boottj own of liiin III .111. -.|Uire in Washinifton for the noiiitua Scott, some persona in attendance which, ihank God, v ;ofMr have made [Cheers.] ' , . ^ "Now,gent'cmen, we have here in th. Pierce— of whom, mind you, I have not said a hard word, hut only of bis principles— a nuijiber of very cing assertions. [Laughter ] The editors have not quoted any of nls speeches in Congiess, though they say they could do so. He was there amongst a number of distinguished men, and highly disiineuished himself Yes, certainly. He was with Woodbury and other distinguished New Englanders; but, as the fly on the wheel said, •what a dust we are making,' so Mr. Pierce said in Congress, 'what a distinguished delegation we are!" [Great laughter ] Here again tins 'big life' says that Mr. Pierce highly distinguished himselt— did not hesitate to engage in dib .le even with the great Webster! [Uproarioias luuehter.] V\ hat a preposterous idea! If he did engage in .debate with Mr. Webster, the Jeb.ite wns all on Webster's side, for certainly nobody in Congress with Mr Pierce ever heard hi, aide of the a. gu- ment [Laoghter ] [Mr. Stanly here took op the 'big life' and dissected it at some length, •showing up' General Pierce's military ".liort- comings" in Mexico; proving, Irom the book b.-fore him, that General Pierce was not in asingle 1 the dying statesman proposed to gooutandstop I Graham and his lather, and urging the ( General P during the war-that his brigade always demeaned itself with great gallantry, but Pierco never at their bead; that his only service on 19ihof August was to tall from his hor=e, and sprain his knee, and faint. 'And,' said Mr. Stanly, •! assert that from the landing of the Pil- present day, through all our wars. General Pierce was the only American general who tainted from a sprain in the knee.' Mr. Stanly illustrated hia remarks by a large number ol wiity anecdotes, which kept the audience in a roar ol laughter. He said that in the Old T. siament, from the days of Mo>es, who was a pattern of meekness, to the days of Joshua, we do not find a single great captain who had capacity to head great armi'S but he was called to be a judge in Israel [Cheers] Washington and Jackson were Union, and well did they discharge their trust, [cheers;] and now let us resolve to call on our greatest General -Scott— that he also may be a ruler of his piople. [Cheers.] Mr Stanlv concluded his long and eloquent speech by giving a biography ol Hon. Wm A. ■ -I-- ' ^ -- of THE SIGNAL. 179 the Whig candidate for the Vice Preairfenny. His rcinsrkB were rfceived wi(h much warmth, nnd uii retiring- he waa honored with nine trt^niendonp cheers. Cheera w»re aleo piven fur "Scoitatui Graham," and " H.nry Clay'a Candidate." On.- of the g-ice clubs appeared and sang '•Scot/, (Ae Bold Sogn- Boy " which waa received with the most en- thuaiustic cheera. From the Hartford Dnily ( Conn ) Couranl. WHICH DO YOU CHOOSE? This question is vrry soon to be prarticallr nn- eweted by ihe people tf the Unit rd S'-.t.B 'ri"v are, very soon, to decide upon wIim" - i i i ■ '! !' ■ powerof exercising the Go'vernn,- ; for the coming four years. Th.y i- the measures and dictate the poll y ! .: t ., try n;n=t pursue, and by which it' will ciih. riitt- or fall. The queation becomes, then, one of im nil use importance. Tne present well-being ol twenty-Bve millions of human beings, and the fu ture deeiiny of other millions yet unborn, mny hang upon it. It becomes every one to whom th'- qu'B'ion is asked to give it a seiiuus, calm, and thoughtful cousideratiun. Tne arrangementa of party nominations and thr exiatmg cuatonis of our country have narrowed down mis choice to two men— Wisfikld Scott and Fkanklin Pieeck. Oneofvhesetwj men will be ch..Beu President 01 the United Stales Who- ever, therefore, casta a vote fcr any third candidaie, flmgs away that vote, and shows an uiter mdiffer- ence to the actual profperity and well being of his country. Were there any hope, even the alight est, of electing any other candidate, the duly wiiuld be different; but vhere it is a matter of cer- tainty that the choice must be made between two— rouai w.esay,60 for as the real, practical results are concerned— duty requires a dtcision. Here then we have two great raudidates of the parties presented to us. Something beyond the mere support ol our party or the gratification of our sclfiih or parti.'an feelings should guide us in this decision. In order thtn to a right, correct, di-pnssionate judgment on this subject, let us in quire H'hicti of the two candidates has displaytd lite grtattst abilities? In answering this question, we ouglit to rertect upon the importance ot the trust to be committed to the two men. A man of ordi- nary abilities, of inferior intellectual powers, or of limited capabilities of judging, is not the man for 8uch an exalted and responsude post. Lt^t us look then at the two men in contrast. In what ever situation Winfield Scott has been placed, he baa exhibited precisely the abilities necessary Jor for the exigencies ofthatpituation. He has been in the most dangerous and difficult positions and has always done precisely the thing necessary to pro- duce success. Whether it has been on the baule- field, in the acquisitiona of conquest, or in the de (ence ot our Bull, in the management of intricate and perplexing negotiations, in the preservation of peace, General Scot baa been uniformly suc- cessful. His talents and abilities have thus been plishcd any thing fur the good of the nation, or manifested his aldiitiee by the results of his ac tions, his adherents will be able to ahow it. Has HK MADE HIS MABK ANYWHKBg.' fVliieh of the candidatrs lias hud the largest expert Dianagement of men. It gives us the knowledge of human nature, without which the most tran- scendent genius but strikes in the dark. Winfield Scott ha the ifffct on his mind, which the experi- ence if lorty years' service in the various duties which his country has called upon him to perform, has given him, to assist him in in the management of our national affairs. Where is Franklin Pierce's experience of all that the country requires and toe condition of the world demands.' IVIiich of the candidates has been placed in the most trying sinialtons? Here la another question to as- 61S1 Ml gaming ihe tloubtful. Look at ihe diffi.ull eituationa in which Scott has been placed, and view the prudence, moderation, and diecretion be has exhibittd amid their difficultiea, and the ekill and encrpy with which he hasaurmounted them. Wit- ness him in restraining the exaaperationa of our citizens on the Canadian frontier, in cooling the passions of the Maine L»eialature, in preveming, by hie moderation and forbearance, the outbreak of the Charleston nullifiers. But decidedly the must difficult situation in which Scott was ever placed was in entering the Mexican nation with but a small force, with enemies on every side fight ing for their humea.icAticAisoion Government, wish- ing to ruin the individual, neglicted or refused to sup- ply tarn with Vie necessary retnjorcemenis. Here waa » 'i!:ip 111; V iii>ii r.!; but did Scott Succumb to it, or ./■'■ ■ i-Miri? Ky no means. He per- - ' ! ' 'iiiered a peace, Can Ihe same o; ; . . .s -M jirrseveringly l^ad to such rc- cj.,_ ,.:.>:i.: u.uitultica be found in Franklin Pier.c' Which of the candidates has exiiibiled resources equal to every emirgency in which he has been plac 0.1 Un this lopic there cmi he lui .omniui-iuii b.twceii .- :i' , '• . i>alc lor him ii .i, ■,,-■'; 1 ■!, ; / . ..-■ l.unt. the most tnt'irgn! undl'.bend vines of mitiamd palici? Scott 19 in lavor of river and harbor improvement Pierce is opposed to it. Scott is willing Ihat the United States shoul.'i assist in building roads to connect the extremities of our nation together Pierce is oppusea to it. Scott is in lavor of ihe en- couragement of American industry and ingenuity by the protection of home luanufaclurea. Pierce ia'cppcsed to it. Scott ia in favor of giving our own Work to our own citizens. Pierce prefers to assist British labor, and ia recommended by the English papers as being the best candidate of the Can there he. then, any hesitation in making the selection? FautMEN of- Connecticut! to you la the question asked, Which do you choose? Tesfiniouy o;' a Ocu&ocraCic Soldier. The Wheeling Intelligencer has the following apontaneus testimonial from a Democrat who serv- ed in the Mexican war under General Scott. It is the unsolicited declaration of an honest man, and " The statements of some of the opponents of General Seott, respecting his arrogance, aristocra- cy, and exclusiveness, are so utterly unfounded and unjust to his noble character, Ihat I cannot, though a Democrat, rclrain from detailing a slight incident to which I waa a party in the campaign in Mexico. I was ill the entire campaign, trom the bombardment of Vera Cruz to the taking of the capital, and have had every opportunity, which a soldier could have to know his character, and the estimati -n in which he waa held by the whole body of the soldiery, and I heaitate not to say that in the whole army who could or would say a word derogatory lo the military and generous character of Scott. He was admired by all, be- loved by all; and the soldier who, in that cam- paign, would haveuttrreda word derogatory to our general, would have lieen scouted at by his com- pany . I was a member of Light Company G, Fly- ing Artillery, Captain Duncan, Twiggs's division, and was engaged in every conflict, except Chu- rubusco, to the taking of the city. At the battle of Cintreraa it was my fortune to be in the column which retook the two a x-poundera which had been taken from Captain Washington's battery at the battle of Buena Vista. While engaged in turning these guns upon their late masters, I re- ceived a shot in my thiirh, which entirely disabled me fur the time, and niy company were forced to leave me on their onward attacka. After the bat- tie had been concluded, and the victory had been best I could to regain my column, which had press- ed forward to the field of Churubusco— the haste of the conseculiv battles of the '20th August not hav- ing allowed of their providing fur the dead and wounded. Alter the most pa"inful efforts on my part to reach some portion ol the advancing col- umn, prompted as I v.-qs to almost superhuman eHorts from the danger of being exposed to the guerillas, who infested the rear of our army, 1 made my way to a field of corn, bordering on the field of battle, and finally sank, almost exbausted, neara stone wall, which waa raked by Riley'a (the deserter) battery. "In this trying situation I was about giving up all lurther ellort and resigning myself to fate, when my at ention waa attracted by the approach of a lone horseman, on the opposite aide of the fence, who imniediatelv, upon .qrcinfr my helpless situation, came to my relief »li- ''■ iv •ntf-d from h'B horse nnd assiated iif cv. < i ■ ' i; ■ :iimI res- cued me from the very j 11 i I ; ;i short time 1 was relieved and |)1 i : : ; indthus waa I indebted formySilf V. n,:'. - nti, the officer who came alone to tl,. pu-i ol d;iii[rir and •escued a helplepa aol'lier of the line. This ia but >ne of the many incidents which the generous sol - liers of the army ol jMis'im ran n-latc ol their ::i:il. li'iii; 111 umI t'r r-- I. ' r I'.vcry moment ; ■ • ■ I' ■'■■•. I lay he was ex- ■'■•"■ I : .'.'. '.■.!:■■ i-.,s.- deserter, yet . . : , , i! ' I , . : M then, as ever, I ;■.:;.., :|1h :.,Miui n,d gallant leader ! I am a Democrat; 1 have never given a '. I, I- vole; butil I can get to the piilla 1 will give 1 ■ vote fur him whom I have tried in the hour of leod nnd found my friend. He was ever ready lo lo his duty in the hour of battle in Mexico, and he aoloiers •f the army of occupation will in their urn do their duty in November, and rally ajroin mder the banner of their leader, who has eo often led them to glorioua victory In the army we heard of Pierce, but never knew him. He waa lever with ue on the battle-field. He may have rreat qualiiiee, and he may not. Fur myee.f, I hall support the man whom I know to be great, vho waa with us and of us, and with whom and for whom I shall be at the polls in November. "Daniel Kseedler. "Bridgepobt. Ohio." From the Franklin (Ten-^.) Keview. TUe Way a Soldier Talka. General Alextmder B. Bradford, of Holly Springe, Mississippi, recently delivered a speech belore the Scott Club of Memphis, by apecial invitation, in which he reviewed at some length a speech lately made in the same city by Colonel J fferson Davis, ol his State; in which Davis assailed the military vres in Mexico. Davis spoke of General Scott as being proud, {jetulant, vain, and presumptuous. General Bradford, who knowsScott will, both per- sonally and aa a commander, and ia himself as brave and daring an officer aa ever met the ene- mies ol his country upon a battle-field, thus re- viewed Jefferson Davis's speech. He knows Scott well, and dots not look at his glorious acts and achievements through the jaundiced eye of a per- sonal and political opponent, aa Colonel Davis doea. He speaks what he knows, and testifies to what he has ^een; and we commend the following short and eloquent review to the especial consideration of all who, like Colonel Davis, are disposed to criticise with undue severity the actions of the glorious old thunderer who has borne his country's banner to the breeze of a hundred dangerous and death deal- ing battles: "Colonel Divie told you, fellcw-citizens, Ihat in all of those qualities which command the affections and confidence of those around him. General Scott ia singularly wanting — ^being proud, petulant, vain, and presutiipiuuus. If it be proud to pay strict attention to the wants of the poor soldier— to visit the dreary and pestilential hospital and wipe the moiaiurefrom the levered brow of the sick— to wait upon the cholera patients of the army— to raise the dying soldier from his gory bed on the battle-field and staunch his bleeding wounds— if it be proud to do these things, then General Scott ia a very proud, a very haughty man! If it be petu^ lant to curb the restless and unruly ofiicera ol the army— to hold them down with a hand of iron, and make them behave themselves like good soldiers and gentlemen— if it be petulant to be 'tight on the officers but good to the men'~if thia be petu- lant, then General Scott ia something of a petulant and peevish man. Ifitiai'ain to apparel himself on the eve of a battle according to the rules and regulations of the service, with his gulden e pauleits on his shoulders and his tall plume towering above him, so that Iriend and foe may know his grade, and then to plunge into the battle wh» re the con- flict is fiercest, where the bullets rain thirkeat, and where the carnage ragea deadliest— if thia be vain, I am afraid General Scott ia a very vain-glorious man! [Tremendo-is applause.] II to know that posacascsaa much skill, promptitude, and judg- nt as any man of the age in planning a cam- paign, reducing a fortress, or in drawing up the programme of a pitchfd battle, so clear in its de- "" , BO auspicious of success that it would seera f the victory waa won bcfire the battle ia (ought — if this be p'e:tnwptuous, then we must con- ;, with Colonel Davis, that General Scotli« also a very presuming man." [Cheera.] 180 THE SIGNAL AVAILABILITY OF CANDIDATES. The usual.class^of aspirants to the Presidency, and their partisans, affect extreme contempt for what is called the availabililji of " military chief- tains." Now, whence that despised quality, availability, or popularity, in a successful commander? h" we look behind the (act, we shall find availa- bility to represent — as in the cases of Washington, Jackson, &c., &c. — mighty deeds of valor and pairioiism, performed in periods of deep gloom and peril, when only the great in soul and the great in.Uie ability to command, can " Ride the whirlwind and direct the storm; " men who, "in.ihe iron harvest of the field," know how to "conquer a peace," and through the resto- ration of iha. blessing, " To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes." Such 13 the mission of a patriotic leader of ar- mies; a mission requiring a combination of rare virtues, gifts, and talents. A recent British historian, (Roebuck,) in refer- ence to Wellington, has said ; "No man can be a great soldier unless he pos- sesses great administrative talent ; and this talent is more'likely to be brought forth and ibsicred by the business of w-r than by the management of ■ cases at niii prius; yet, because of the habit i.t speaking, the lawyer is deemed capable of govern- in"-; while the soldier, whose life is spent in aciiuii and not in talk, is considered unversed in what are called the aifaira of State." The same thought is developed and powerfully enforced in a speech (on the floor of the Irlousc of Representatives) by the late JoHS Randolph, in the session of lo27-'28, in support of Gen. Jack- son, then a candidate for the Presidency : " 1 deny, sir, (said Mr. R.) that there is any in- stance in history of a man not having niil;u.. , capacity being at the head of any Governing, with advantage to that Government and with en ui> to himself. There is a great mistake on this .^i ; - ject. It is not those talents which enable a m..ii i< write books and make speeches that qualify hn.i i- preside over a Government." And then, after referring to "the HildebranJs," &c.,he continued: " These men (said the orator) were brought up in the cloister, perhaps, but they v/cre endowed with that highest of all gifts of Heaven, llie cupacily to lead men, whether in the Senate or the field, bir, It is one and the same faculty, and its successtul displ.iy has always received, and al','. ly v,"'. re- ceive, the highest honors tl.v ' i>i r ^ r But the talent wl.ich enables a man to write a book or make a speech has no more relation to the lead- ing of an army or a Senate, than it has to the dres- sing of a dinner. The talent which fits a man for ither office is llie talent for the gorernmenl of men, Mr. Randolph's lending ideas, in that cff'ective peech,fall within the views of Plutarch in his Demostkmes and Cicero compared: "DEMOSTHtNES, (says the great biographer.) hon he touctes upon his own praise, does it with 1 inoffensive delicacy. He never, in fact, does it all, but when he has some great point in view, and upon all other occasions he is extremely mode.?t. But Cicero, in hia orations, speaks in such high terms of himself that it is plain he had a most inlen-perale vanity. Thus he cries out : " 'Let arns revere the robe, the wreathed brow Yield to the tongue.' " At length he came to commend not only his own action! and operations in the Commonwealth, but likev/ise his orations, as well those which h( had only pronounced as those which he had com- mitted to writing, as if, in juvenile vanity, he wen vying wit'i therhetorician Isocrates and Anaxi nienes, instead of being inspired with the lofty am bition of ;uiding the Roman people, " 'Fierce in'the field and dreadful to the foe.' ' After remarking that "it is mean and illiberal t( rely on iuch a qualification, or to hunt after praise in that cuarter," Plutarch proceeds : "In il.is respect Demosthenes behaved with more i!i:;nity. with a superior elevation of .<;jionent3, in their , , , : ,:a;o him, have re- ibec McriwtU.er i(jay take ind find himself none count of it. Was it supposed by naryjudgm i more respectable t Ibe • all that t I give. =^^il: you may, aoout military domination. So long us i defender of his country will that country's suftVage Government allowed h menotlongsince,'Why,Gcn.jACKou.N lan l^,lla Adrhitted, • • « Sir, the Duke ot ivJaklboroucm, the greatest captain and negotiator of his age, (which was the age of Louis the Fourteenth,) and who may rank with the greatest men of any age; whose irresistible manners and address triumphed over every obstacle in the council, as his military prowess and conduct did in the field ; this great man could not spell. ' " * i'o judge ineu by their books or speeches is deceptive. 1 not only consider the want of what is called learning not to be a disqualification for the CuinmanUcr-in-Chief in civil or military life, but I do consider the pos- session of too much learning to be of most mis- chievous consequence to such a character, who is to draw from the cabinet of his own sagacious mind, and to make the learning of others, or qualities they may posaess, subject to his owi larged and vigorous views. Such a man was CaoMwtLL; such a man was VVashinoton; not learned, but wise • " • A man may be capable of making an able or ingenious argument on any i ,,j,r,ty jj^j f^„^„„_ ,,„,! „;,[ ,akc care to protect subject Within lh» nph«r« of hi« knowledge. • « j their chosen ones against the aaaaulta of traducers y one possessed of ordi- otism that the account of one of the first military men of the ag-e, hose achievements had shed lustre upon the na- onal fame and prowess, and were so illuctrious - to be beyond the recompense of money— was it , ijjsed by any one that the exhibition of the Ills of his pay and allowances for a service of I - y.;:ir3 couid be made the means of degrading : .,11 ...,.„ vi,,r,. 1,,. i,.-i,,j,j,.,„ it into a business I ■ i : ■ mi i ;■ When England re- .: : II ■..,■.' : lavishes immenee ess the magnificence of Blenheim Castle and tlit sums voted by Parliament to the Duke of iMarlbo ■ ; witneos the honors and the endowments ■red upon the Duke of Wellington. Such acknowledgments are suited to the genius an form i)f the British government. We. do not di eirc to SCO them imitated here; but what shall \i say of that loisorable spirit of detraction which seeks to squabble about items of pay allowed by law to a commander worthy to rank with Marl- horou^h and VVcllington, and which would deligh honor and admiration which the hcarlsof his cuun trynicn are instinctively prompt to render.' We (-an discover — at least we think bo — in thi spirit and style of this sort of warlare the ayinp toms of that species of desperation which marks i ainking cause. Let the insane crusade go on. Fo e»cry calumny uttcrcil Dgainat Winfield Scott thee will be a retribution forthcoming. The Ame- rican people can judge uf the services and charac I tcr of those who iiave advanced the national p.-os Fiom the Ballbnore American. TACTICS OP THE ADVERSARY. The journals in the interest of Mr. Pierce arc carrying on a concerted system of boasting, as though success could be obtained by pretending to be euro of it. They discourse with great compla- cency of the reunion of the Democracy— meaning by that phrase the return of the Van Burcns and their followers to the ranks of the party; they af tot to exult over the divisions among the Whigs, although every disaffected man in th'! Whig array may be counted and estimated individually. But this mode of enjoying a victory before it is o-ained, and of celebrating a triumph in advance Sf the battle, may do very well for those who fear that no other opportunity will be allowed them for self-felicit».tion; yet one v/ould think that ti^e ex- periences of 1840 and of 1S48 misfht sometimes come up in remembrance to ilis.iipate the illusion of prospective success ending in utter defeat. The Richmond Whig has reproduced from the columns ufthe Richmond,£nguircr in 1839 and 1840, after the nomination of General Harrison, some speci- mens of confident predictions and premature exul- tation, which with slight variation might appear now in the leading Pierce journals. Here is a quo- tation from the Enquirer ot December 17,1839, soon after the adjournment of the Harrisburg Conven- "The Whigs are aitcmpting to rally their scat- tered and disgusted forces by reunion suppers and popular meetings. The first news of the Harris- burg nomination came upon many of them like the shock of a cold bath; but, although their spirits are cowed, and their countenances chap-iallen, they aretrying to make the most of a very hard bargain. Their watchword is "Union, union." But it is union upon a candidate who has been tried once and found wanting— union upon a can didate who, by Ibe most ailroit management at Harrisburg, has shoved aside their ablest and most papular man— union upon a candidate who did not obtain the vote of a single slavcholding State, and will not receive one in 1840-union upon a can- didate whom Theddeue Stevens and the Anti- Masons and the Abolitionists have forced down upon the most magnificent humbug assembly that was ever convened— union upon one who is un- qualified by hia political attainments, disqualified by his political principles from Ailing the first of- fice in the world, and the union of a party made up of the most discordant elements that were ever mingled in chaoo itself." Is not this very like the rhapsodies of the Union newspaper and other journals of this day.' VVe hear the same species of denunciation against Ge- neral Scott, with the difference thnt Mr. Seward is the bugbear instead of Tnaddeus Stevens. General Harrison was not to receive the vote of a single Southern State, we were told soon after his nomi- nation, and similar predictions are now pronounced with equal presumption in reference to General Scott. Yet in 1840 the votes of Tennersee, Ken tucky, Louisiana, JMisaissippi, Georgia, North Ca- rolina, and Maryland were cast for the Whig can- didate, whose opponent received the votes of some six States only in the whole Union. We shall see if November next docs not disclose some such similar result But we find another quotation from the Enquirir two days later than the previous extract: "We understand, from the highest authority, (let a distinguished aspirant lately in this city say or insinuate what he may,) that all is right-all is safe in the old Keystone State. "Two of the most distinguished members in the Ohio delegation declare that they will beat General Harrison easily in Ohio— one of them thinks by 10,000 votes. Our friends everywhere are in high spirits, but they know the importance of united and incessant efforts to obtain an overwhelming victory. "We go I'or 10,000 majority in Virginia; but •forewarned forearmed.' We will not fold our arms, but go boldly to work. This piebald coali- tion must catch none of us napping." It turned out that the Keystone State, which was all right, all safe for Van Buren, gave its vote to Harrison; that Ohio went Whig- by a majority of some twenty-five thousand, and that Virginia was fjiven to Van Bnrcn by a majority of about thirteen hundred instead of tlie ten thousand claimed be- fore the election. The Enquirer continued its vein of atiaurd arrogance throughout the canvass, as its kindred journals are striving to do now. It is an easy game so long as the delusion lasts: "Never was the Republican- party," said the En- quirer, referrinef to the Van Burcn party, '-more united in the South, nor mare confident of success. They could not have made a selection qf Wins candi- THE SIGNAL. 181 dates more agreeable to litem limn the IVhigs have made for tkem. Their landmarks are only planted deeper. Their party lines are only drawn more distinct. The only disorganization is in the Whig cainp itself. Here the party lines are indeed broken up; several of the Wbig-3 have already left them, _ and especially the State Rights Whiga, who generally scout the whole nomination." Such wer:-- rest for his objections to Gil. , :r,., was any thing real in thciii . li .. * " ■ .P' as therefore lent to abolitionism. If this be true, every President we |iave ever had, from George Washington to Millard Fillmore, lent his influence to abolitionism; for all have been sup- ported by abolitionists. His next objection to General Scott was that, if elected, his administration could not be sustained. He said that he would either have to make his offi- cers out of Freesoilers or out of their opponents; or he would have to take some from both, either of which would create dissatisfaction and destroy his administration. How this could amount to an ob- jection we did not think he clearly made out. He said it would be the same with Mr. Pierce, if elect- ed; but would not say that there waa any hope of electing Mr. Webster. We therefore thought that this objection amounted to none at all, inasmuch as all the support which Mr Webster could receive in Georgia would not prevent the coming adminis- tration from being unpopular. We shall ever applaud the zeal of Mr. Stephens in his efforts to sustain the rights of the South, and join him most heartily in his dislike of Abolition- ists, Freesoilers, and Disunionists; and wecan only regret that circumstances have placed him in a position where we are compelled to believe him wrong, and to go against his advice in political matters. Whatever may be the course of this gentleman in future, and whether we shall ever be brought to act and think with him, or he with us, upon any question in time to come, we shall ever cherish the highest regard for him personally, and entertain the highest respect for his political That Mr. Stephens is still a good Whig and a true friend of bis country we are proud to believe; and we cocfidently look to the time when all petty differences will be laid aside, and the Whig parly iu all its purity— purified as it is by the adoption of the Compromise— shall stand forth, :n renewed vigor, the champion of human rights, the strong- hold of American liberty. We are not behind Mr. Stephens in our admi- ration of BIr. Webster, and only regret that cir- forbid the hope of his electii ■idency in the present canvass. 1 to the Me From the Memphis Eagle and Fiiquirt A Very Small Business. We publish to-day the resolution of Mi wether, the new Senator from Kentucky, appoint- ed by Governor Powell, and the action of the Sen- ate thereon. The object, it will be seen, is to fig- ure up the gross amount of money which General Scott has received in the shape of pay. This is about the smallest piece of pitiably small dema- goguism that we have yet seen. But it has its uses. It shows the desperate straits to which the enemies of the war-worn old soldier are reduced in the present canvass. Hopeless, indeed, must a cause be which requires the Democratic majority of t/te Senate to descend from their high duties to engage in the paltry business of manufacturing party materials for the use of cross-road dema- gogues and pot-house politicians, in order to bol- ster it up! There is not, we venture to affirm, a decent Democrat in the land who is not, in his se- cret heart, ashamed of the entire movement. Hon. Mr. Clemens, the Democratic Senator from Alabama, uttered the sentiment of every high- minded American citizen when he repudiated the paltry electioneering device, by declaring that "He cared but little about the whole matter. He thought General Scott never received any more than he was entitled to, nor indeed half so tnnch as he deserved." We counsel our Whig friends to keep the sketch of the debate, v.'hich will be found in another column. They will find iu it, in the testi- mony of Mr Clemens and Com. Stockton, ample material with which to spike this Looofoco pop- gun of the Kentucky pro tern. Senator. The Louis- ville Journal, referring to this matter, s lys : "We do not know whether Mr. IVIeriwtther's career in public life will be long or short, but, be- luga personal friend of his, we can express for him no kinder hope than that he will be able to reflect at his retirement that he has rendered as much service to the c paid him, as < From the Baltimore American. Pay and Allowances. The occupant of Henry Clay's scat in the Spnate of the United States is the person who moved a call for information as to the sums of money received froiu the trf :iRury !iy General Scott and General ■'" " ' • , '^ ■ ''liog the periods of their mil- ' -I' Mwethcr," says the Wash- ' ' . ''• r.prcsentative of a sovereign -' ' . ii ' , ; I ' 1 1 ii'lit to make such a call." No di.ul.t «■! iv. iliu ijoiiurablc Senator has a perfect right to stand upon his head if he chooses to do so. Bat everybody knows that the call was moved for electioneering purposes, and that the answer now furnished from the Treasury Department will be garbled, misrepresented, and paraded before the country with every variety of exaggeration to Bho%v the amount of dollars and cents the blood of a hero is worth. This game is worthy of the actors. Go on, gen- tlemen, and B(iake the most of it. Estimate patri- otism by the standard of value mcst familiar to you, and find out its exact worth in coin. Weigh glory and gold together and see which kicks tho beam. Let honor, and duty, and the noble quali- ties that make a soldier illustrious— let battles and victories and campaigns distinguished by general- ship and heroism, be made subject to your process of discount, and then, with what countenance you may, look your countrymen in the face and tell them the per centageat which the national renown and the glory of our flag may be advanced in the estimation of the world. Admirable occupation for Henry Clay's successor in the Senate! When was Kentucky bo disgraced before.' We find in the Union newspaper nearly three columns devoted to the subject of General Scott's accounts with the treasury. We must do that journal the justice to say that it goes blushingly into the business, and seems to feel that it is en- gaged in an unworthy task. In the long career of Geueral Scott, including some forty years of mili- tary service, there never was any question, so far as we have ever heard, concerning his pecuniary relations with the Government. He has rcceieed such compensation as the law allowed, and there the matter ended. It was reserved for a Kentucky S'-nator to move a special inquiry into things which called for no investigation, and thus to a^ tempt to throw suspicion upon a high-minded man and a faithful servant of the Republic, for the simplefault of boinjr required by his friends and countrymen to stand as a candidate for the Presi. dency. Tile maxim thatall is fair in politics must be a convenient salvo to some who hold the rem- nants of a conscience, and who yet venture upon> doings which, in any other line of life, would be counted by themselves discreditable and dishonest. IRE— Tho The Religious Test IN New Ha Democrats have had enough of lue controversy upon this subject. It has been proved that the Democratic party is responsible for this odious feature in the constitution of that State— that the 6tronge5t Democratic towns have given the strong- est majorities in favor of it— and that in some in- stances the majority for the teat has singularly corresponded with the majority for tlie Demo- cratic candidates. It has been provr-d, also, that the town in which General Pierre lives has been one of the most bitter and bigoted upon the sub. ject, and there has been no proof that General Pierce has ever exerted himself with any zeal or ef- fect on either side. The question being reduced to this uncomforta- ble and unsatisfactory point, the Democrats turn about and complain of the introduction of denomi. national subjects into politics. Pray, who intro- duced this subjpct? Who lirst dragged this reli- gious question into the contest .' George M. Dal- las ! hi his ratification speech at Philadelphia, he not only introduced the religious test, but, witli a shameless disregard of the facts, charged the fault upon the Whigs ; accused them of the wrong which they had strueged to repeul, and which the Democratic party hart perpetuyfcd. The VVhi»s commenced on the defensive iutbis nntter. They took up the controversy where Mr. Dailns left it and they proceeded to put it right. In doing this' they found that the case waa ns'ich worse for tho Domocrats than they had supposed. Every step in the investigation showed, more and more, liow thoroughly the responsibility of this big'itry rested upon the Democrats, and that General Pier«e him- self, if he had half the influent? that "Pri attriiiuled to him, was by no means free from responsibility. It is too late now to stop the development — quite too late for the Democratic party to cBcapc the difficulty which they have so blindly i-ourled {Providence Joiunal^ 182 THE SIGNAL. From the Richmond ll'liig. S-pUmber 10. More OecIluatl6iiii. Tbe unfortunate essay of the Locofocos iu Kana wha in publishing vigilaiice couimitlces continurf to provoke painful disclosures. The last Charles ton RepubUcnn brings ua more "signin* off " Thr masBca can't go Pierce— they can't put their fingert on his public services— Ibej don't know him— they liavn't got confidence in him— they look upon him aea tricky Yankee lawyer. Hear these hones: Democrats, who go for the man who has perillet! bis lile fur hie country, and whose body ia loaded with British lead: From the Kanawha Republican. Mr. Newtos: I feel it my duty to myself to stat' puMicly my political position, because I am noi lairiy represented to the public. J\Iy past conduct, it is true, has been ?uch as to cause some of my per eonal friends (with whom I differ in politics) ti place my name on thtir vigilance committee. ) have thoroughly examined the great principles m the two panics in our country, and am cniinh convinced that those of the Baltimore Naiiii .1 Whig Convention, as laid down in their plaili r m are correct. I therefore subscribe to those i rinri pies, and will also sustain tbe nominees of tnat con - Ka. Salines, August 21, 1852 J. S. Thater. Malden Distbict. August 27, 1852. Mr. Newton: Please notify the Central Demo- cratic Committee through the Republican thnt 1 0)iltee for this district, and request them to with draw my name from that list I cannot omsiet ently oppose one whoso justly merits the Presiden lial chair as General Scott. Enclosed please find the Eubscription to the Re pu'iliean lor the campaign. Address Maiden post Very respectfully, youn sE Belches, Gesebal Scott's HoaiA.viTV.-The following is one of a thousand anecdotes illustrating the hu- manity of General Scutt. It was tnld by H^nr) E. Davies, esq , at a .Scott meetmg in New York It is much better worth telling than the stick ol candy aue-riote : ••Henry E D-ivies, esq., delivered a vc-ry pin. queiit 3|ieech. He commenced by ni i;i:_ i i . , .1 ot the most prominent incidents in ■.,( life of the hero ol Chippewa, and an . release of the twenty three Irish |.ii : t- • !,, at the Iwttleof Queenstovvn, effected through Gen- eml Scolt's del' rmincd bearing. He would also relate another, which was not generally known, and which he had Irom a gentleman well known in this city. He was informed by him that then were two men at present residing on his place on North river who were engaged in Florida, and subsequently in the Black Hawk war. They were on board a steamboat on the western lakes, in which the cholera had broken out. They all re- membered the devastation which that disease then made. They rem-mbered the horror which it in spired in the breasts of all. It mowed down its tens of th .usands* The disease was new, and few knew the proper treatment. The boat in question landed at a place whtre General Scott was re siding. Both the brothers were on board, and one of them was lying shivering on dn k, -nrT ri: ~ with all the agony of the disease <. • ■', ^ .." came on board, and, havingsecn him 1: asked the captain, 'Why do you no; ]' i around that poor fellow.'' The ciijjiiij, .i;. ,1, 'There was not a blanket to be had.' 'No blai'ilut,' eaid Scott; -but he shall not be left here to die,' and, so saying, he took his own broad cloth cloak from' his shoulders, and wrapped it around him, and thus saved his lile. air. Wells was bis (Mr. D.'s) informant. That was Scott" Gkkebal Scott and his Irish Fbiends.— The Indiana Slate Journal Of the 4lh instant contains the following letter: "VEaNOs, September 3. "Dear Sib: The Irish patriots of our town are go ing to raise a Scott pole on Tuead.iy next; and the Irish champion, Mr. Giblxms, ol Cincinnati, Ohio, is going to make them a speech. They (the Irish) say there will be one thousand Iricb pres. nt to hear the speech, and many of them are enthusiastic fur hcoU and Graham." Mr. Gibbons was to speak in Indianapolis on Tbuisday last. Massaelmsetts Democratic Cuuvcntion. The resolution of Mr. Bradford, sketrhed in our ■elegraphic despatch yesterday, waa iu the follow " Resolved, That believing the coalition of tbe Democratic (iiirty with the Freesoil party to havi- een fruitful inly in evil to the best interests of the oriner, the Democrats of Massachu etls repudiate ill such unnatural connexions, and will never co- ilesco with tny party maintaining principles de- -tructive of or antagonistic to their own." This, as previously mentioned, was summarily lisposed of by a reference to the Conimitice on Resolutions, but with instructions to report it to he convention immediately after dinner. A seem if great contusion appears to have ensued, the ob lect of the anti coalition men being to post pone tbi transaction of further business until the committee eported on their resolution. Their opponents, lowevcr, were loo strong lor them, out-voting them ipon every point raised. Letters wore read from Governor Boutwell and Lieutenant Governor Cushinan, declining to bi uKljilai-s lor re-election, and from Mr. Banks. • lu-iii;; It be considered as a candidate lor the rti.- canention then proceeded to nominate a •andidale for Governor Henry W. Bishop re ieived So4 of the 1,132 votes; the remainder being lor the laost part divided between David Hcnshaw md Pliny Merrick. We arc unable 10 decide with ■ertainty whether the anti coalitionists participat i;d in tbe nomination, but from the number ol fotfs we presume that they did This accomplished, the d-mmittec on Resolu- I lav t and ;incd!::tely made esciiLabie eunlusion ensued; some rying "Mr. President," others calling "order," nd moving the previous question. After a vain tlempt of the friends of the resolution to be heard, ; was laid on the table by a decisive vote; and tbe nti-coalitiouis'.s in a body, to the number of two r three bundrf d, leil ti.t convention. James B. TIhj:)i(..^,.',i, u, i\. v Br.ik.rd, aa a candi atB for U.:" •,,: : 1 .,; -1 L'liarles G reeiie, oil'"-' I ' ■ •■ ' ; 1 y, ofCon ■ot'hfr busir,..., , .. ;..'.; .■ .» ,-,. The F.-.rl;nK ii.c.o. ,., p,o, ec.lcd to another :i: .1 ..;gauizeJ by the appointment ol S. D . I 1. lie mover of the contested resolution, as :. , -V provisional State Committee was ap. ,i IT I, '.iih power to call a convention of the "I rue Der-iocracy," if thattliall be deemed expo dient. After appointing a committee to adopt a State address, and adopting resolutions adverse to a coa litii.n with a party whose lundamental and only principle is opposition to the Fugitive Slave law, the meeting waa adjourned. [New iork Commercial Advertiser. General Scott at Cerro Gordo.— The general order issued to the American army on the day be lore the battle of C-rro G.irdo was fought (says the Baltimore American) is known to milit iry men as one of the most remarkable biilletins ever publish ed on the eve of a conflict. Not only were direc- tions given for the movements of the various regi- ments and columns, but the fact i-f a viciory was ■ lUiily taken for granted, and ur^' : ' . ■ , i- u 1) I r improving tbe advantages v.'l.: I: !i ivi- to our troops. Veteran in, ,. :, I 'iiui read that general order wM ; -: i in: 1 .vas so cool, so comprehensive, on {jiM.uny , ...lii dent. It challenged victory in advance und laid hold of triumph as a lawlul prize. A contemporary journal, the New Orleans X)/;li3hing the I ins Jiee. fixed lac(; and that i 1 the 21st of Septe I regarded as "The lifrie designated the anniversary ol General Scott's treaty wirh ihe Sacs and Foxca, by vnhich the Indian lite to the lands in No.thern Illinois, Southern Wisronsin. and Ii.wa, the fairest portion of the West, was ex tinguished to give place to its present po ulation. "We have the assurance of friends at KucB Island, Davenport, and the immediate region round about thii beautiful and romantic locaiitj', that iiple pr ade for the i le Whigs of Iliinoi,, and es, counties, will be there to mt [owa in cordial welcome— all ' , and not more netdtd at home^ e e expect also to meet a nu lort of theirs fo 'Remember the da nveotion at Rock Is jmmer attendance lould be there iberof our St ion, from the Gea N. Y - crnl Plr II ; tiun of our citizens, and hundreds were on. obtain admittance. When it is consider- i i.i.i | ° and the abse'iicu ol all "'^ 1="^ political ga j proof " proud of th :- confidence. When\ sawlhif,:. ... Wade and Gener Scott goin;: In I - 1 I, 1 - 1 ihe Locofoco papers, \ looked upcii It as a vile invention, but in Ihe a sence oi the evidence necessary to brand it aa snc retrained from all comment. Oerealter we sh: twenty-lour hours ostentatious display usually made a therings, the Whiirs-uiay well feel assembl'Xge last night. The meeting was organized at 7 j o'clock by the election of the following officers: President— Ed- ward Anthony. Vice Presidents— Peter G. Tay- lor, John A Cross, Win. S Dillingham. Secte tance— C.inklin Smith, Smith J Eastman. The President then introduced the speaker of the evening. General Leslie Coonnba, who electrified the auitience by one of his masterly speeches ed by AT XENt Meeti ad an excellent meeting on Saturday From one thousand to twelve hundred of the ^olid men" ot that etaonch Whig cuun'y assem- bled at Xenia; and, after raising a most beautiful )ole, one hundred and eighty feet hiirh.wcread Iressed by Aaron Harlan, Whig candidate lor Jongress in that district, before dinner; and by Caleb B. Smith and A. M. Scott in the alteinonn. peeches were listened to most attentively by leeiing, especially .Mr. Smith's, who made At the conclusion the "Owl Club," accou by the Brooklyn Brass Hand and a large i of Cllize 113, escorted Gent ral CoomI e to the resi Mr. silliman, in '. nn,.n ,:,: , 1, where b' few remarks « , . 1 inns three" were gi ven, andthecn. \.n- \\^r'.r,mes,ntk. The MAVORALTYOFBALTiMoaB —Captain Rich ABO Fa ANCE, lorineriy ot tins ciiy, but a native o: Haltim, re, and for some y cars past resident in tin latier |, aee, h.is just been nominate.l as the Whig caiidi.la ■ e for the M-yor hy ol Baltimore. Th, foUowii g remarks of the Biltimore Clipper in re- gard to Ilia nuraination meet with a general con- e in our city; •The Whig Convention could not have made a II elected Mti prospc able curpiising ihat he is excee.lingly popuUir. "We have heard but one opinion of , Captain F.'. nomin.itioo; it is conceded by all to be the very bca- that could liave been inade. Bl.iineless in his pri vate iile, public spirited, and wiih a hand ever ope i to relieve ibc wains of ihe distressed, he comes be fore the public with recommendations which disarn- opposiiion and eoiiimaiid public suffrage. "Captain France possesses in a high degree th. busiuessqualilicatiousnecessarytoa right diocharg. ol the duties of the post for which be is put in nom ination. Careful, vigilant, and industrious in thi transaction of hia own business, we 'have every as Boraoce that he will proveequally so in theconduc ol city atlairs. He has also all the talent necessaij properly to represent the city under any circuiii stances, and the firmness to meet any exigenc that may arise incur municipal afTiira. Snuuli he be eUcted, we have not a doobt that he woulc conduct the business of the city with dignity, abil- ity, and zeal, and with a watchful eye to the con Btantly recurring warns of our community." H Irom his horse, and between wl • four thousand men lis can be vcrilied by affidavit, if a .■ral's friends desire it. in not inlorined whether or not " Pit shot through at Ihe same time. PTEMBER I, IS52, Wherever his , up hosts of "!*' follow hi.= advn , else, is out for M- .1 The last Portage C. able letter from I ly of the •cc's hat" G. Z. I'l'ftart no and rybody 1 IS a lino sample ■neofl iloquen horl ti tetfe rts. which so 3 th the speske 1 the tariff', sh ildom fail rry thi poke i lid force.— (,'iiic Scol ,ts op. ntry with clea fLAND.— The RockviUe Jounmi of Ihe 4th "It is time that mc Reasnjiy not of theii be governed in their Sense, and not by I'l the ebctir.ii ef Ce. land ui Horr Reaerv election would promote 'be 15 of the country, and would cause ofcivil liberty in thU le world." on the ;cg,.ry! [Scioto Gazette. BIT OF '76.— The Whigs of Cambridee, Indi- held a meeting on Thursday evening last, h breathed of the spirit of '76. The assem- ; waa large and enthusiastic. It hud been an- oed publicly Ihat Patrick (...i y, i-n, .,i n'a Green isle," would a ! ' : : trymen on the occasion, ami - \ Incident. -.\ lame of the gallant ines, the old man luggy, and uncover; •ousitig cheers for th i Ihe reply, "1 iiiii .1 n'^e^Viating in honour a my old blood Unifd Slates. The Whig skies .M' Ineuii ". The Whig cause is 11,'luv. will Sucre, d " -.\b mil si>: o'clock on the morn I'oce' ni'ihl" ciiy!ati"old man was vci, J.tr.rsoo avenue on Ins ».ay soon, nrofihe tw-. r the 80. Cali.J In. in .1 , , n r , . . . ,., ,1, onllc. "General, vour Cider is good, but dabn your Pickles!"— When Jack Uowiimg called upon General Andrev-- Jackson at the White H-tise for I upon ihe seat of liu grey bead, gave three r'l3'>'r, and quietly ro- il e ti.st lime, he un I i.ampagne and olii 1 11 d both; the first he liked, the second he did not tinny, and laying the fruit back upon the plaie, ei areely tasted, snid, "General, your cider is good, but darn your pickles." Just so thou^jht an o!d- lashioned Democrat in the interior of Wayne (ounly the other .-ay, when his Locofoco brethren ind when I see bis stand, b>caiiS' I vote jor HcoU!" 'Ine pole-ralsing r U[ioii mv country's flag, it flisconiiiiued to be about Ihose diggings precipi- Detroit Advertiser. ' ia.iely.—£)etroU Advaliser. 184 THE SIGNAL. THE SIGNAL. CITY OP WASHINGTON, SEPT. 18, 1852. WHIG NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDENT, WINFIELD SCOTT, Of New Jersey. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, WILLIAM A. GKAHAM, Of Norlh Carolina. PAY ACCOUNTS OF SCOTT AND PIERCE. According to the Hon. Chas. J. Inger- 80LL, (Democrat,) ex-member of Con- gre.ss, (in a recent letter to Tammany Hall,) the administration of President Polk was mainly distinguished by the "recall of General Scott from the head of the army which conquered Mexico;" and it seems that the Hon. Mr. Merri- WETHER, who recently took a six weeks' appointment to the United States Senate from the Governor of Kentucky, is ambi- tious of a like distinction, by an attack on the same commander. Mr. Polk's act of injustice probably contributed much to the nomination of General Scott for the Presidency, and Mr. Merriwether's may, by another recoil, secure his election. The short-term member has, through the Senate, called for an exact account of all the moneys received from the U. States by the two candidates for the Presidency, while serving in the army; with the view, of course, to exhibit the immense differ- ence between the receipts of the two offi- cers — Scott having served more than forty-four years, and Pierce but little more than a single year. Is it the object of the short-term Sena tor to insinuate that the one year's servi- ces of Pierce ought to be as well compen- sated as the forty-four years' services of Scott? On the same principle Mr. Mer- RiwETHER, who has the honor of succeed- ing Mr. Clav, might claim the same com- pensation drawn by the illustrious de- ceased for his forty odd years of glorious services rendered to the Republic, (prin- cipaUy in the Senate.) Or, if this be not the meaning of Mr. Merriwether, per- haps he may mean that no man ou'iht to be allowed to hold an employmie,.t for more than Genera! Pierce's military term; or, if longer, then his services should be without pay — that is, aft'-rthe first year— the labt^ref being no longer worthy of his hire ! Mr. M., however, i.i one of those who ieem to think that General Pierce's military p.iy having been small, compared with his great services, he ought now, by way of supplemental compensation, to re- ceive $2.5,000 a year, for one or two terms, as President of the United States. But it is idle to dwell on the difference of pay received by any two public func- tionaries, without a discriminationbetween the duration and the scale of their servi- ces. General Jackson, for example, who served as a major general in the army about sixyears, received some $40,000 — much more than the compensation of the gallant General Pike (killed in 1813) for the twenty years immediately preceding, and the same General Jackson, as Presi- dent, received in eight_;years more than the entire compensation of Gen. Scott in forty-four years, including the wars with Great Britain and Mexico. All this was right and prope^ enough. GeneraFjACKSON was paid according to the larger scale of his services. But this is not the first time that the pay of General Scott has been under consid- eration in Congress. March 29, 1844, in the House of RepresentatiTes, two propo- sitions, submitted by the Hon. J. W, Da- vis, (Democrat, of Indiana,) came under discussion, and were both rejected. 1, to abolish the office of Scott, (general-in- chief,) on the score of eco7iomy; and that having failed — 2, to cut his pay down one- half. The Hon. Mr. Dean, (Democrat, of Ohio,) who had served as lieutenant under Scott in the great battles he mentions, spoke as follows: "If there was a man in this country who had added glory to its history, it was General Scott — a man distinguished aGove all others for his brave- ry and gallantry on the field of battle; who had rendered illustrious and noble services to hi« coun- try at the battle of Chippewa, of Bridgewater, and of Lundy's Lane; who had led our armies on to victory. And was it for an American Congress, now that he was advanced in years and stood high in the confidence of the American people, to dis- miss him from office as a token of disapproba- tion?"— JVhi. Int., March m, 1844. Ex-President Adams followed in these words ; "As to the effect of the proposed amendment for the abolition of this office in the person who now occupied the place, 1 e felt bound (and the more since he had voted for an inquiry as to the exercise of authority by General Scott in a particular case) , to declare that he did think it a very ill reward for the great and eminent tt"arvices of that officer dur- ing a period of twenty-five or thirty years, among which were some as gallant exploits as any our history could show, and in which he had not spared to shed his blood, as well as for more recent servi- ces, of great importance in time of peace — servi- ces of great difficulty and great delicacy— to turn him out, and declare that his office in this Govern- ment was utterly useless. "As •-> the question of the reduction of officers' pay, it was very possible Mr. A. would be found going with gentlemen, at least to some extent. But even in relation to this, so far as General Scott was concerned, he should act on views of public expediency alone, and by no means from personal feeling. Very far from it. He could not for a mo- ment harbor in his heart the thought that Genecal Scott, if he had received from This Government ihousands of dollars more than he ever yet had, would have received one dollar which he did not richly deserve at the hands of his country." Ibid. The next speaker must be more partic- ularly introduced. He had been elected to Congress (in 1812) as a Federalist, from Philadelphia; but soon after taking his seat honorably signalized himself in the support of the war and Mr. Madison's adininistration. Being reproached as a traitor to his party, he nobly replied: "Mr. Speaker: Traitors, I thotignt, were those who turned against their countiy; whereas I have only escaped from the en- emy's camp to fight under the banner of my native land." It was at this time that he made the acquaintance of the young and enthusiastic Colonel Win field Scott. But hear the orator: "Mr. C.J. Ingersoll wished to add but a single word. Perhaps he was the only member present v/ho could recollect the day when this same Gene- ral Scott had been the first man to show that the disciplined soldiery of our own country were fully able to cope v.ith the trained troops of a foreign na- tion. When gentlemen were about to legislate Gen- eral Scott out of office, he must be permitted to add one consideration to those which had so properly been staled by the venerable gentleman from Mas- sachusetts, (Mr. Adams,) and it was this, thai while we were sitting here very coolly giving votes to legislate Gen. Scott out of office, we ought not quite to forget that it was by virtue of his brave achievements we possessed the opporiiinity of vot- ing here at all. It was easy for gentlemen to call those "caterpillars" who, in the hour of peril, had been the "pillars" of the public trust. He should be sorry indeed that this blow should fall upon the man who had struck the first blow in that strug- gle through which alone this Government had been preserved in being down to this hour. But it was obvious that neither office nor officer was in the slightest danger." Ibid. Mr. AdamF, in the foregoing debate, spoke of Scott's eminent exploits in the war of 1S12-'15, and of his delicate and important services in time of peace — allud- ing to the prevention of civil war in the time of South Carolina nullification — worth hundreds of millions; to the removal of the Cherokees, without spilling a drop of blood, an immense saving of national hon- or; and to the pacification of our frontiers, from Lake Huron to the eastern extremi- ty of Maine, in 1S38 and 1839, whereby a useless war with Great Britain was avoid- ed, and 300,000,000 of dollars saved to the United States. Now, without alluding to subsequent events— *"the conquest of peace with Mexico" — cannot Mr. Meriwether bring the foregoing round little items, as a ."et off, into his account of moneys received from the Treasury by General Scott? But, perhaps, the Senator will say that had General Pierce been in the same high places he might, in them, have done as well as Gen. Scott, and therefore General P. ought now to be made President. To THE SIGNAL 185 this kind of argument Dr. Johnson, in Rasselas, makes Imlac repl}': "He who will determine against that which he knows, because there may be something that he knows not; he that can set hy- pothetical possibility against acknowledged certainty, is not to be admitted among reasonable beings." ACCOUNTS AND SERVICES OF SCOTT AND PIERCE. We find in the central organ of the Demo- t'RATrc party, in its impression of the 8th inst., an articieof some llireecolunms, under the head- ing of "General Scott's Pay and Allowances." It is a compend made up from the documents that have been furnished by the Departments response to the call of Mr. Meriwether, the short-term .Senator from Kentucky. The ob- ject is to prove that General Scott is an extiava- gant or a dishonest man; and that for one or both of these reasons he is not a safe man to trust with executive relations to the public money ; or to express the deductions of the Unioii, from the allegations of its article, in its own Ian guage: "Without allerapiing' to forestall public opinion 'and without wishing to produce erroneous im ' preesions, we may allude to the ' follow th. Extra allowances to Gtneral Scott. Through Registcr'a office. $2,539 79 Through 2d Auditor'a of- fice 14,737 93 Through 3d Auditor's 1,20-1 54 Amount mithlield h Regular pay and allowances Through the Register's office $17,190 78 Through 2d .\udiior'B of- fice 3,182 62 Iktra allowances to General Fie Through Register's office Nothing. 2d .Auditor's office.. Amount legally witlihtld " •' unaccounted for " ,i«29U,577 IS General Pierce. s'hicb must follow the elevation ' Presidency of one who has, like General Scott, • shown a disposition to make demands upon the ' treasury on the slightest pretexts. The expenses • of the Government already exceed fifty millions ' of dollars a year in a lime of profound peace. ' The election of General Scott would increase the ' evil under which the country suflfere from extra- « vagant expenditures, which must of necessity be « met by taxes in one form or another. The reign • of loose construction would be confirmed, and the ' treasury would be surrounded by men sreedy for ' extra allowances, poi.i/ing to the example and ap • pealing to the precedents set by General Scott him ' self. The laborer is worthy of his hire; but it is a ' great wrong to the people to increase taxation ' without stringent necessity. Itcorrupts the pub- er. The statement of the Second Auditor contain* the following items of extra allowance: 1819. 1. For per diem allowance of six dol- lars, made General Scott by the Sec- retary of War, from the 22d Septem- ber, ISIS, to the 17th May, 1S19, 239 days, for extra services in the compi- lation of a military work for the army, under orders of the War De- partment 8I,42S U» 1825. 2. For six dollars a day, allowed by the Secretary of War, as the estimated difference between his pay and emo- lumenls as major general and briga- dier general, from the let July, 1S24, to the 31at January, 1S25, while et- paged in revising and publishing the book of Infantry Tactics and the Re- gulations of the Army, and preparing an abstract of those works for the usa of the niiUtia of the United States.. . For same allowance for same ser- vices from 1st February to 3ist March, 1825, allowed by the Secre- tary of War IS3a. , For eight dollars a day as commia- sioner for conferring with the Potta- watomies, Winnebago, and Sac and Fox Indians at Chicago, Prairie du Chien, and Rock Island, from 22d June to 17th October, 183-2, inclu- sive, and mileage from New .York to those places and back, together with his expenses during the jconference, allowed by the Acting ll»cretary of War Now let us look at General Scott's extra compensation. His first allowance of this na ture was $2,164 79, paid him for personal ex penses and loss of exchange while in Europe. The administration desired his services special agent for certain negotiations when he was about to go abroad in 1815; and agreed to allow him the full pay and emolument of his brevet ra/ifc— that of major general— as if on duty, out of the contingent fund for foreign in tercourse. On his return from Europe, after an absence of eleven months. General Sc<)tt charged the Government with the following items: Loss by difference of exchange - $1,105 82 Allowance for servants and horses 1,058 97 ,280 00 854 00 2,48S 12 5. For his compensation ; and uthor and 1,776 99 $2,1(>1 79 The latter item was allowed to a major gene- ral at the time General Scott undertook the mi.ssion. Meanwhile there had been some change in the law, which made a different reg- ulation in regard to the allowance for servants and horses, and the whole amount in the hon- est and just interpretation of the contract with the Government was paid to General Scott from the contingent fund for foreign intercourse. It is not denied that General Scott per- formed the services in question to the full sat- isfaction of the Government. Indeed, a letter of thanks was addressed to him by the Secre- tary of State by direction of President Madi- son, complimenting him for the manner in which he had discharged the duties which his tending the printing of the New Sys- tem of Discipline and Tactics, for the use of the army, as authorized per act of 3d March, 1835, chapter 30, section I - i.OOO 00 J839. For extra compensation incuried while acting as commissioner unter the Cherokee treaty, from April to December, 1838, 214 days, allowd by Commissioner of Indian Affai-s under the 10th and 13lh sections .f theactofSOth June, 1834 36S 71 1841. 7. For eight dollars per diem as com- missioner to treat and make arrange- ments with the Cherokee Indians, from the nth April to the 10th De- cember, 1838, inclusive, allowed by the Acting Secretary of War. .-.„-. 1,952 00 $2,867 9? It is not pretended that these paym^ts were made otherwise than in strict accordace with law. They were ordinary charges,always made and allowed, under similar ;ircum. stances, not only to officers but to Chilians, as General Cass will be able and happ lo in- form the Democracy on all proper ocjsions. The largest item, that of $5,000, was epress- ly voted to Winfield Scott by naman the Civil and Diplomatic bill passed at theecond session of the twenty-third Ci?n^-ess. Ye re- fer Mr. Meriwether, the ,aon, an th» Buffalo and Nashville Conveniionisls gejiral- ly, to the clauie of the bill making th« apro- 186 THE SIGNAL, priatiun, which ihry will find on ihe 77Uth pageulihe I'ourlh vulumeuf Little &. Bkown's ediiiun uf ihe laws, and which is in ihe luUuw- iuwing wurds: " For the . uhlication of the New SyBtcm of Dis- • ciplioe Hiid Taclica fur the use of the army of llie ' United Siatrs, two thousand six hundred doll .re; • and fur cunipensalion to Winfield Scott, the • author and compiler, and for super intenriing the • printing of the eamc, five thousand duliara." This sum he received and held by precisely the same tenure by which he held the gold medal voted him hy Congress in 1814; and the thanks and cr,,ld medal voted him by Congress in 1S4S for msgood conduct in certain battles in Mex- ico. It was a service capable of being estima- ted and paid fjr in money, and was paid ac- cordingly — by the vote ot" both Houses of Con- gress on ihe direct proposition. So much for the Second Auditor's account. Now fur two other counts of the indict- ment brought by the allied Secession and Abolition forces of the Opposition against Gene- ral Scott. First, for the amount of $7,885 19, "wiiliheld without warrant of law." This was retained by General Scott as a compensa- tion fur hislusses, trouble, and responsibilities in- curred in collecting and disbursing $225,291 45, which came to his hands from contributions sales of captured tobaccu, taxes from gamblers' licenses, &,c., during his occupation ot Mexico. General Scott retained this sum fur reasons which will appear in the letter of the Secre- tary OF War, which we annex to this ariicle. Rut we will give the Union the benefit of its own statement of this matter: "During the war duties were levied on goods ■ imported into Mexico, and officers of the army ' Th»y retained in their hands payment for such • servicre; and Congress by the act approved < March 3, 1S49, allowed tliem compcnsalion for • the custom house services performed by them, ' in tile settlement of their accounts. Contribu ' tions, sales of tobacco, proceeds of gamblers' ' licenses. &c , did not coine under the law, and ■ the services rendered by General Sccilt witb re- • g;ird to iheii were not such as Ihe Governcnent • has consented to pay fur. Consequently, Gene ' ral Scott retains tiie sum mentioned above ' (3''.*'** 13' without authority ot law " Let it be borne in mind that there is no pre- tence here ihat General Scott had not render ed the Sftvices for which he charged and retained hs commissions; there is no pretence thatthosecommissions were immoderate or unu- sual, llis pretended, however, that General ScoTT isin default; or has omitted to pay mo ney that he has been called upon to pay. This isnot true. General Scott has made ihe charoe in question, and it has been, witli simi- lar accmnts of other oiRcers in the Mexican ■war, amatter under the consideration of' the Deparment. Ou'he 3d of March, 1849, an act was ap- prove by President Polk, which was entitled •' Jliiact to provide for the settlement of the accomts of ■public officers, and others who viay haverectived mnneys arising from militury con- tribtions, or otherwise, in Mexico." The second section of this act provides fur thfC'impensation of officers who had collected mitarij contributions at any of the jjorts of Mxieu. It then goes on to provide that "all ' ificers of the army, and other persons in pub- ' e employment who have received payment « ir their services in collecting, keeping, orac- 'ounting/or said moneys, and for other neces 'lary services, are authorized to retain so much ^)( the amounts received as, in the opinion of the President of the United States, may be a lair coinpensaticm for such services." It is obvious that General Scott's case comes iB'lihin the spirit and the equity of this law. The title of the act shows that it was intended to provide lur all persons who had received moneys arising from mdilary coniribulions, or otherwise. It would be no violation of the rules of construction to apply the words "said moneys" in the second section to the moneys contemplated by the title of the aci; for the title may well be resorted to in explanation of the statute. It is in this sense that the words "said nioneys" are used in thejirst section-of the act. but it was held by tlie Attorney Ge.neral that the words ''said moneys" did not relate to the "moneys" spoken of ;n the ti- tle, or in the first section, but to "military con tributions" collected in "any port of Mexi- co," spoken of in the commencement of the second section, if this limitation had been designed by the fraraers of the law, the phrase employed would have been the "said contribu tions" — the only "moneys" previously spoken of in the act (to which alone the word uf re- ference "said" could with propriety be ap plied) being the moneys spoken of in the title and in the first section, to wit — "uU moneys raised in Mexico by contributions or otherwise." This argument, however, cannot be entered upon saiisraclorily without the republication ot the entire act and the opinion of the Attorney General, fur which we have no space to spare this morning. The matter, moreover, has be come quite unimportant, from the fact that the last Congress saw the justice and propriety of providing for all the officers serving in IVIexico, who had incurred "Jusses, trouble and respon- sibilities" in the collection of military contri- butions, in the interior as well as on the sea board. The seventh section of the Army Ap- propriation bill, approved ihe 31st ultimo, may be regarded as a legislative exposition of the second section of the act of 1849, and reads as follows: "Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That the sec- ' end seciion of an a. t entitled 'An act to provide ' lur the settlement of the accounts ol public offi * ccrs and others who may have received moneys ' arising from military contributions or otherwise, ' in Mexico,' approved Mjrch third, eighteen hun- ' dred and forty nine, shall be so construed as * to extend to olhcers and other persons who were ' engaged in ihe collection of military contribu- ' tions as colle. tors in any part of iM>-xico or Cali- ' fornia during the w.ir with Mexico." The only remaining item is the sum of $12,873 03 "unaccounted fur." This, it is said. General Scott "claims" to have ex pended for "secret services" during the Mesi can war. It is also slated that vouchers were presented hy General Scott, but that they had not been received at the Third Auditor's office. Vouchers! Vouchers for secret sei-vice money expended in Mexico! Do men em ployed in the "secret service" of a cunquerino- general in a foreign army usually give re- ceipts'? Does Mr. Meriwether intend to in- timate that General Scott has pocketed this money, instead of expending It? Further comment this morning is unneces- sary. We will only say that this attempt of Mr. Meriwether and his Locufocq associates to impair public confidence in General Scott's integrity will injure no one but iis authors and the cause they support. We annex the letter of the Secretary of War, and will publish all the documents bearing on this subject as soon as we can obtain them. Intimations have been thrown out, and allegations made, design- ed to affect General Scott's personal honor and pecuniary integrity. We shall not leave this subject till we show whose honor and whose integrity are impedched by this attack upon General Scott: Wae Department, Washingtosj, August 24. 1852 Sia: I have the honor to acknowledge Ihe re- ceipt of Jour letter of the 16th instant, transmit- ting a copy of the resolution adopted by theSn- ateontheUth instant, requesting the Pre»id. nt to furnish a statement of the moneys paid to or retained by Generals Scott and Piesck on vari- ous accounts therein enumeritcd, and making sundry inquiries in regard to the same. In reply to your request to be furnished with such informa- tion as this Department may possess on the sub- ject, 1 have the honor to state that all accounts containing such inlormaiion, with tlje exception staled below, have been, so far as this Department is advised, settled and filed in the proper accoont- ing offices of your Di-partmeni, from wbieli the inlormation can best be obtained. The only account, that I am aware of, contain- ing an item coming within the scope of the resolu- tion, whii:h remains unsettled and on fi e in lliia Department, is one rendered bv Major General Scott, under date of July 15 1843, of his disliurse- raenle of a sum of gSOOUO advanced fr.mi the Treasury, and various other sums captured from Ihe enemy and levied as contribution". &c., in the interiorof Mexico, amounting to $231 691 31. In this occuunt is iound an item whicti is thus "Total amount expended $255,291 45 Total amount expended. $255,231 45 Deduct the amount re- ciived from the Trea- sury 300(10 00 $225,291 45 Three and a half per cent, couiinia- Bionon $225,29145 7,885 19 S2b3,nG 64 Whole sum for which I am account- able 261 691 31 Balance in my favor §;l,4'j5 33" "I bought in New York, November 2S, 1S46, Treasury notes, and paid the intenst then due on them, and lost the interest on nearly the whole amount. Treasury notes, even with the interest due on them, were below par till we had been a little while in the city of Mexico. Thus, I bad to deposit the notes and pay interest to my banker on my drafts till they could sell ihe notes (nearly the whole) at par, including interest. Besides, I paid my bankers in Vera C. uz and Mexico a com- mission of half per cent. I do not, however, propose to bring those items and other heavy losses into this account, considerine- them cov- ered by the commission of three and a half per cent. I have charged on account of losses, trouble, and responsibilities." In answer to the inquiry whether the above sum of .$7,835 19 was retained by General Scott with- out authority of law, I beg leave to state, that to- wards the close of the last war with Mexico ii was found thit many oificers had collected and dis- bursed large sums of money arising Irom contri. botions levied by military auihoruy on th-^ ene- my, and bad retained in their hands various sums as coiiipensition for their services in connexion with these contributions. As there was no law then in existence which provided for the settle- ment ol these accounis, they r. miined onaeltled. In his annual report of December, 1347, Mr. Secretary Mabcy brought the subject of these ac- counts b''fore Congress, and recommended Ihe passage of a law providing for their adjostment, and allowing a suitable compensation to the otfi- cers by whom the collections had been made. No soch law was passed at the sisaion ol that year, but at the ensuing session, the act oi 3d o( March, 1849, entitled " An act to provide for the setlleinent ol the accounts of public officers and others who may have received moneys arising from military contributions, or otherwise, in Mexico," was pass- ed. Under this act the accounts of various officers have been settled, and a compensation allowed them; bui until the settlement has actually taken place and a balance found to be due to the Govern- ment, it has not been the practice to charee the ofhcer with the sums retained by him as a ci-tn- pensatiun for his services in making the collcc- applied to contributions levied elsewhere than at seaports, and in the form of duties on imports. The opinion of ihe Attorney General was solicited on this question, and, on the 12th day of Me-rch last, that officer gave an opinion in the negative. According to this interpretation of the act of 3d March, 1819, General Scott was not authorized by thit act to retain the above sum of $7,835 19, as the collections or contributions on which the THE SIGNAL. 187 The loth aware of >vliich auihorizea this retention It may be proper, however, to add. that to the account are appended eomc explanaloiy remarks of General Scott, in which the following passage occurs, which bears upon this suliject: " With the moneys which, on account of the ar my. came into my tiands in iMexico. viz : special contribution nioriey (in lieu ot pillage) levied upon ihe rapiial of that country, captured tubacco money, a dtbidue the Mexican government col lecied by my order, a tax on gamble and a small sum saved at the hoBpiial the T> Kot of Perote, ; nothing lo I fall under Bion i.f law. Those items were collected under the laws of war, and are to be accounted for accord ingly." On the 5th day of May last a resolution was adopted by the Senate calling upon me to report " what further provision, if any, beyond what is contained in the act of March 3, 1849. for the set- tlement of accounts connected with the Mexican contribution money, is necessary to authorize pro- per and just compensation to be made to persons not included in Ibe above act for services con- ale keeping, and ac- In compliance with Ibis resolution, I reported to the Senate that no provision was made by the act for compensating those who had collected and ac counted for contributions levied elsewhere than at seaporis, or for those officers or other persons at seaports who acted in subordinate capacities, and Buguisted a mode of eupplying this omission. On the-2~)ihof June lust a bill ;or this purpose was rr-porled by the Committee on Military Af- fairs, bu I has not. I believe, been yet acted upon. In the meantime, the accounts of General Scott, in which this item occurs, remain unadjusted. Very respectfully, your obedient si rvant, C. M. CONRAD. Secretary of War. Hon. Thomas CoawtN, Secretary of the Treasury. PROGRESS OV THE CANVASS. The signs of the times in all directions indi- cate the tritimphant election of Scott and Gr.\ham. We give below a few specimens uf the letters that we are daily receiving. The cause of the allied Fire-eaters and Freesoilers is losing ground in all quarters — and we shall no doubt be spared the creation of a Cabinet with SouLii, John Van Buren, Preston King, Venable, Governor Brown, and Gov- ernor Cleveland, for its members. A gentleman now in this city, of the high- est authority on the politics of Tennessee, informs us that he entertains no doubt what- ever, from the information he daily receives from all parts of the State, that it will go fur General Scott by an overwhelming majority. General Scott will carry every New Eng- land State except New Hampshire — and per- haps Maine. We learn, however, that the Deraocralic difficulties in the Slate last men tioned are numerous and troublesome, and that there is every reason to hope that the Slate will tor Scott. MR. FILLMORE. The Union has repeatedly intimated and even averred that Mr. Fillmore is indifferent to the success of the Whig candidates at the approaching Presidential election. These sug- gestions are made in the hope of alienating the friends of the President from the support of General Scott. By continual and uncontradicted repetition this story may begin to be believed even by those who invent and circulate it. We take this occasion, therefore, to say that no man in the country is more earnestly and ardently desirous of the triumph of the Whigs and the Whig candidates at the approaching elecliim than Mr. Fillmore. His ambition has been abundantly saiisfied by the success of his policy of peace, and lis approval by the conventions of both political parlies. Beyond this, no new honors could add to the pleasant recollection uf oppurluniiies conscientiously em- ployed to preserve the peace and augment the prosperity of his country. Tlle Harbor and RlTer Dodge. At Detroit the other day (a friend writes us) I heard a loquacious Democrat boast of the adroitness with which General Cass and the Democratic friends of the Sanlt Sle. Marie Ca- nal had managed to "steal Whig thunder." •'Those voles of General Pierce against In- ternal Improvement would have killed him in the West," he said; "hut now we can point to the action of a Democratic Congress in favor of this canal and ot Harbor and River Im provement." The speaker forgot (if he ever knew) that General Pierce voted against this very canal, and that the final grant in its favor could not have been obtained without Whig voles as well as Whig principles. W^e learn from our correspondents in all di- rections that General Scott is gaining every day, and General Pierce losing ground. This will continue to be the ease. The more Gen- eral Scott's character is examined, the better it is for himself and the Whig cause. The more General Pierce's public course is scru- tinized, the worse it is for him and his party. We have done cur best to be just, and even generous, to the Democratic candidate. We were determined to give him full credit for his military and civil services. Soon nfter his nomination we published from an official doeu ment issued in the city of Mexico a list of the battles in which he had been engaged. It turned out that General Pierce was not pre- sent in those engagements, but his brigade on- ly. This was not our fault. Our slaieineni was copied by all the Democratic papers. When It was correoied, we were compelled to publish ihe truth. We have never written a line reflecting upon General Pierce's personal o-allantry ; but we cannot falsify history from an excess uf complaisance. In our judgmeni, hisinilitary services, ona thoruugh examination, amount to just nothing at all. His civil services from the same exalnination we are compell tu set down at less than nothing; for we ca not find a single substantive measure that he has ever urged to a successful terminalicm We consider his votes against Harbor and River bills, against all manner of Internal Impruvements. against ihe .•Vriny bills, awains' West Point, against the grant to the widow ot William Henrv Harrison, and againsi every thing that savored of liberality and progress, iiot in the light of f^ej-wices, but just the reverse. " Sir with regard to the religions test of ^ew Hampshire. We slated that General Pierce bad been liberal on this subject, and that he had uniformly voted in favor of perfect reli gious toleration and freedom. We say so still. But on exaininiitig General Pierce's opporlu nities, and the^otes of his party in New Hamp shire, we cannot cunscientiuusly say that v/t think he has exercised his great influence it. his State in this regard with any energy or ti any beneficial purpose. On the slavery question, we said that Gene ral Pierce's position in Congress was always owed friendly tu the Sou lit and iho lavery. Subscquenl developii hat among his own people he had pursued a alfway, inconclusive policy, which was adopted with the view of keeping right wi'h the anli slavery sei.timent of his Slate, by al- leging on all occasions that he haled ami de- loreti slavery as much as those who would dissolve the Union on accuunt of it. That this has been the tenor of his f|M , .•( , ,ii il,i, sub- ject is inconicslably prnv.! .. i, , .ny so imulated and sist or deny ire mm in mose quarters supposed lo ba friendly to him, we certainly shall not conceal ihe fact on that account. He must abide by the results of his own positive and public course. Once more. We have stated that General Pierce was friendly l» the Compromise. Cir- cumstances have since shown that his sur- roundings are not so conservative in this re- gard as we might desire. It turns out that General Pierce was the "creation and choice" f Mr. SoDLE, Mr. Forsvth, and other fire- eating gentlemen of the South who had been forward in the ranks of the Nashville Cun- ventionisls. We saw Mr. Suulk put forward cunspieuuusly by the Baltimure Cunveniion lu wait upim General Pierce with the news of bis nomination. We next saw Mr. Henry B. Stanton, and Mr. John Van Buren, and the Buffalo Conventionisis, rallying to his support with a "perfect gush of enthusiasm." General Pierce by himself is one thing; but General Pierce, with a Cabinet cuiiipuscd of fiouLE, Van Buren, Venable, P. King, Governor Cleveland, and Governor Brown, Would be another and a very different Ihincr. General Pierce, with such organs as ihe Charleston Mercury at the Souih, ant" ihe Evening Post at the North, is by no means the safe, conservative, reliable candidate that ha may have appeared at the fiist blush tu tlio more ultra Union men of both sections. This view of the case we cannot avoid taking. It strikes us as a very important view— very con- clusive to our mind, when ihe o;i/)/ objecliou that is urged against General Scott in this re- gard is that he is supported and will be voted tor by Governor Seward. To offset this, we find the men who hatched treason at Nash- ville, and those who fomented the spirit of d s- union at Buffalo, are now going tigelher in a "perfect gush of enthusiasm" for General Pierce. The truth i? that General Pierce's prima facie case was a good one; but it does not Dear examination. \Ve confess that we thought ihe Democracy had nominated their strongest iii.in. It never occurred to us that any person could have filled the numerous offices that have been filled by Gereral Pierce without making his mark somewhere. We cannot perceive, however, that he has made a single available or eflective point, either in peace or war. He did not make it in the House of Rep- resentatives. He did not make it in the Sen- ile. He did nut make it in Mexico. Where did he make it? We annex extracts from our correspondence: INDIANA. A correspondent writes from Madison: "I believe the Whigs of Indiana will do their lutv without flinching We have found several' n this end of the State who are recent converts lo Another writes from Indianapolis: •'1 am satisfied, fromeverv thingl have seen and heard, ihnt the Whigs of Indiana will now fight CO Ihe eleclion harder than ihey ever foushl be- lore, and if prudent counsels prevail, it does ap- pear lo me the Siate will give Scott a handsome majority in November." 188 THE SIGNAL. •atic by 8 five tho Another, writing from Kuehvilie, eaye: "The prospect U very llaiterlng- in this county for ut at thia time. If there is nothing new to turn tho scale between now and the election, Rush will turn up three hundred for Scott and Graham. Our State eleetiun, couiing off in October lor S officers, will probably go Democrat majority; and, if it donH exceed we will pull the State up for Scott in November easy. Wbioht, the Democratjp candidate for Governor, is a very popular mafi; and is our can- didate; but the Slate has gone so Ikrgely Demo- cratic for the last ten years, that we can't calcu- late for certain on this election. We are sanguine though of our candidate for Congress in J. L. Rob- inson's district." A letter from Jasper county, Indiana, says: "There is no mitlake but that a large number of the Germans in this county will vote for Scott. There is a clear mojority of Democrats in this cocnty of 450; but mark my prediction, that the majority for Fierce will not bo aOU in this county. Indeed. 1 bar* heard intelligent Germans s.iy boldly that Scott will get a majority. This how- ever, I think, is too much." Another from Indianapolis says: '•I hear of a great mnny changes In favor of Scott and Gbaham daily. Some of them are within my own personal knowledge. A farmer from Boone county, being in my office the other day, remarked that he was a Democrat, hut that he couldn't help (eeliag Scott would be elected. 'And indeed,' said he, 'I am so confident of it that I made a bet on his election with a Deino- cratic neighbor of mine. But a few days alter tny neighbor came to me and offered me ten dollars to cancel the debt; which I did.' Ano ther who was prest-nt remarked; 'I am a Dem- ocrat, and always have been, and always in- tend to be; but somehow I feel as if I was bound to help give Old Chippewa a hoist this time.' We shall not probably carry the State in October, but look out for a etorm in November." A correepondent writes from Angola: "Our Presidential prospects are brightening, and It is confidently believed that Indiana is safe for Scott. True, we have for a few years past been shrouded from the bright galaxy of Whig Stales by the dark curtain of Locofoccism; but at our last election wo sent you a Whig Congressman from the tenth district. We shall and can do the same again." Another, from Goihen; "With proper means being exercised, I have no doubt that General Scott will carry the State; and in this region there i> much enthusiasm in his favor." Another, from Lawrenciburgh: "Ten Germans will vote for Scott this year where there was ever one voted for a Whig before. I have not included them as Whigs in the above number of Whigs." Another, from Monticello: "You may look for a good account from Indiana in November. I verily believe Scott will carry the giate, for there is not a day passes without sonio Qf the old Democrats declaring to me they will yote for Scott. You must not be discouraged il the Slate goes Democratic at the October election, for Jo. Wright is unjustly popular, and is rurming on the Methodist question, and many Democrats ^ill vote for him that will vote for Scott." A letter from Richland county says: "Scott will get a much better vote than Tayloe did in this State. He is gaining all the time here." PENNSYLVANIA. A eorrcepondent writing from Reading says : " Our prospccis throughout Pennsylvania are of the most cheering character. Even in this Lo cofoco stronghold we are not without hope of ef feeling a material change for the better. I do not think'lhere are a dozen voted for Tatvob -vho will not uphold Scott, while the converts from the r«iek^^f the D»mocra cy in favor of the old hero are quite numerous." Another, writing from Pittsburgh, says : "Our GermansQe nearly all Europmos; hereto fore we have not IVcen able to. poll more than one- fourth or fifth of their vole, but it is said, by our best-informed Germans, that we will poll full one- half. The number of German voters in this county is estimated to be about three thouiand." Another, writing from Edensburg, says: " Thia county last October gave Governor I!ig- LBE §36 majority over Governor Johnston — a very strong man ; and lor canal commissioner gave a Democratic majority of 694. This majority will be reduced below 200. We feel confident Penb- SYLVANiA is safe for Scott, let oar October elec- t as it may. This certainty, however, only acts as a stimulant to the friends of Scott. Me deserves an overwhelming majority, and must hare it." Another, writing from Chester, says : " We have a great many Irishmen here, and they will nearly to a man vote for Scott and Gba- '"' are twenty within our bo ^ ill heretofore Locolocos— who will \ fith 1 :out£ ight. peels ; ever giv ny other Whigcan- Another, writing from AUentown, says : The good work goes on bravely. Scott's pros- ire much brighter here now than ever Tay- were before the election. And if the rest of the State do as well as we in Lehigh, (of which we have the moat positive assurance,) Scott's majori- ty in the State will iar exceed General Tayloe's." Another, writing from Bedford, says ; "Our prospects in this county are very flatter- ing; and we have no doubt of doing better for Scott than we did for Tavloe." Another, writing from Williamsport, says : '■ From accounts we liave just received from Il- linois and Michigan, our prospects arc flattering; and we have every assurance from those who for- merly resided in this vicinity that each State will fall into the ranks of the Whigs in November." Another, writing from Pittsburgh, says : "Prospects good in Western Pennsylvania. From all I can see and hear. I have no doubt that Tay- lor's majoritv will be largely increased in the western counties." A gentleman writing from Gvttysburg says: "We hope to make our county tell for Scott It iciiltell for him unless weare much deceived. Our advices from the townships are concurrent as to the fact of numbers of voters heretofore arranged with the Opposition having announced themselves for Scott. IVe hope to beat our vote for TavlO[ haridsomtly. Every thing indicates it, and all or dinary data lead us to expect such a result. Lo cal influences will confine our majority at the Oc tober election to some five or six hundred. In No vember we will do some three or four hundred better." Another writing from Huntingdon says: "Our old county of Huntingdon will give a glo- rioui account of herself in November. Our county is all right— very right " Another writing from IVilmington says: "Our party is wch organized in this county, and we think we can give a better vote for General ScoTT than we did lor General Tayloe. I have no doubt that Western Pennsylvania will do better now than they did four years ago- I think there is not much doubt but we can carry Pennsylva- nia." A letter from Bedford says: "The Whig fires are burning brightly here. The ScoTT men are active and sanguine. Every day or two I hear of Locos who will vote lor the old hero." A gentleman writing from the interior of this State says: "1 have generally voted the Democratic ticket, although 1 have never been a party man. In order to serve, to the utmost, the parly which I hiive es- poused from the most honest and correct motives, I have contemplated a plan which, I believe, will not be fruitless in the result. It is this: I have thought of addressing the voters of my own State, in a brief, succinct, but comprehensive pamphlet of some four to five pages, to be printed both in German and English, adapted to the farmer, the mechanic, the native and adopted citizen, the Catholic and Protestant." Another, from HoUidaysburg : "The Whigs of this county are all alive, and working day r Lid night." Another, from HoUidaysburg: "There isa good feeling prevailing in this county , and the prospect for an increased vote for Scott very good. We know a large number of Demo- crats who will break their ties and join us." Another, from Bellefonte, says: "Indie lions at our court were encouraging; our meeting was enthusiastic, while that of our onpo- nents was cold and lifeless. We now have a club organized and the work is going forth enthusiasti- cally." Another, from Pi'ellsborough: "Our party have been gradually increasing in tbi« county, and General Scott will receive more WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A friend writing from Unionlown, September 9, says : All's well. Scott is gaining strength daily. I have met a dozen and more Democrats in I he street day who voted for Cass, and are now tor Scott. Twenty-two came out at a little country poll-rais- ing the o«her day. The Scott Convention yester- day at Wiashington, Pennsylvania, is said lo have exceeded those of Haerison and Tayloe. An im- mense " soup bowl" on wheels containing a baud, glee club with flags, banners, and three or four live coons, left here, drawn by six gray horses, for Washington, Pennsylvania, followed by a wa- gon sixty feet long contaiaing some one hundred delegates,drawn by thirty-one elegant horses, each bearing a flag with the name of one of the States. When our delegation reached Washington it was more than two miles long. On Ihel4lhwe have a convention here, which it is believed will exceed that at Washington. " The West is rousing up for Scott, and will give him such a vote as no other man ever receiv- ed for the Presidency. The people, the militia, the rank and file are lor him ; they care nothing about party." IOWA. A letter from Keosauqua, Iowa, says: "I think I could name thirty Democrats in this county who will vote for Scott, and I do not know but iiiore. I have reports that the same is true in other countie.i. Things are very favorable in Iowa just at this time for such a result. The people are sick and tired of the Locofocoism of this State, and many, very many Democrats, will not go with their parly. Olberg again revolt at the idea of be- ing required to vote for Pierce— a man without a name— a man whose whole life has been without any act to indicate intellectual strength or great- ness — and who, with abundant opportunity to dis ■ linguish himself, has never been able to make his mark in any position in which he has been placed. I say the people revolt at the idea of voting for such a candidate against such a man as Winfield Scott, who stands as pre-eminent over Pierce in capacilyand in achievements as he does in physical stature. This is the state of the public pulse." A letter dated Cobley Farm says: "Scott stock is rising in this region. Scarcely a day passes that accessions are not made to our party by withdrawals from the enemy's camp. We are to have a general mass meeting at Fair- field on the Uth; and, if 1 do not greatly mistake the feelings of the sovereigns of old .Jefferson, it will be the largest and most enthusiastic meeting ever held here. From Pella we have the most cheering news. Well-informed Whigs there say that the election will be a one-sided matter en- tirely." LOUISIANA. A gentleman writes from New Orleans— a most experienced and reliable Whig; "The prospects in this State are of the most en- couraging character. We only await the return of our absent friends to light up an old-fashioned enthusiasm." Another, writing from New River, says : "I am but just returned from GrosseTete, Naran- gouin, Forroche, and Latauche and parishes, where all looks well politically. This is the niostimporl- t pai " State. » * * * I think Louisiana safe for Scott, but we shall leave no stone un- turned to render it certain." KENTUCKY. Columbia, Ky.— " We intend to give Old Lun- DY a real old-lashioned Kentucky majority of thou- sands. Not a county but will come up to the Whig vote, with a large addition from the ranks of the old Democratic party, to swell the grateful tribute of Kentucky to our hero and statesman." T. E. B. Georgetown, Ky.--" The Banner State will never disgrace herself in a contest like that now ffoino-on. Whiffs every where may rest assured ofi this." D. H. S. ' HoPKiNsviLiE, Ky.— " The proper spirit is, aroused, and I feel confident you will hear a good report from Kentucky in November." A letter from Mount Vernon says: "All is right. Scott's majority in this district! will be larger than that of Clay over Polk; and I honestly think it will be the same through the THE SIGNAL. 189 TENNESSEE, A gentleman writing from Williamsport, Maury county, Tennessee, says: "We are moving- on about right. The Whiga are determined to carry this State; and when this is the fact the victory is already oure." Another writes from Shelbyville, Tennessee: "All is right in Tennessee. The canvass is progressing finely. We are certain to carry the State by a handsome majority. Everywhere our speakers go votes are made lor Scott and Gha- HAM." Anothing, writing from Nashville, says: "The news from all sections of our State con- tinues to come in cheering. In your calcula- tions you may put down Tennessee a.' certain. The canvafs is much warmer, and in a much bet- ter and more forward slate than it was in 1S4S, in September. The late returns from North Carolina cheered the Opposition, but did not dispirit the Wbigs. We feel that the Old North State will come out right in November. 1 have just seen a gentleman trom Florence, Alabama, who says that the Whigs of North Alabama were never more united or in better spirits. This is a good symp- tom in a dark place.** A correspondent writing from Sholbyville says: "Allthinrsare work-in? exactly right in politics in this .''I 'I'- \< iviii :>! ,i,, your soul good to attend oneofii'. .; acoTT meetings." Aku. , .;e: "Vou ., r,.ine6see as one of the most t>., _ .... ,.. ..ic Union for Scott and GcAHAJi, ^lid ili^rc le uo mistake about it. We can count changes by scores in every county. We are to have a grand mass meeting at this place on the 13ili and faih of October, which, we hope and believe, wM exceed any thing ever held in the Southwest.'* NORTH CAROLINA. A correspondent writing from Raleigh says: "J think the skies arc brightening in our State. There are large moss meetings coming off at En- field, Slatersville, Hillsboro' and several other places, and our electors are beginnin;.r an acti' canvass. All we want is to arouse the Whigs." A gentleman writing from PMsboro' says: "I feel very confident of Scott's carrying this State, but to ensure it we must work— work till the victory is ours." FLORIDA. A letter from West Florida says : "Great enthusiasm prevails amongst the Wbige in this portion ol the State. Scott v.ill get the en- tire Whig vote.and a considerable acquisition from the rank'and file of the Democracy. The boys who were with Scott in the valley of Mexico are going for him with a rush, and are rallying all their friends to his standard. If the East does its duty, which I doubt not, the Whig ticket will triumph signally in this State." MARYLAND. A highly intelligent and well-informed citisen of Baltimore writes: "Our |.ru6|!rLi.^ in ul;i .MKrylaml in most flat- terin- . ■ ' > - coun. obly in the good cause. 1 have i Scott will get General Tayloh's ■ is county, and some think he' l^^^v ■ ,ae. 1 i.nreds of h€M ,, ,, , . vy Olid county tii:! a ( 1 p. :, y MiMiuj iiiei.ijii),ir-i oi Scott and Gkaham. This U extensively the case with our Irish and German population." Another wri es us fr oiri the interior of the State: "Ifeel very confid nt the vote of Maryland will be given Ic Gener al Scott." Another, from Bali mon: "I am much gratifie 1 at the glorious prospect be- n old Maryland, and espe- fore us. Our cause i ciallyin this Sodom of Locofocoism, the city of Baltimore, is d ally in. rcasing in interest and m numbers. If I am not greatly deceived by the elements that surround us, in November next shall be able to gi-.-e a most satisfactory account of our statesmaiii hsp, and roll up a powerful majority in this Slate fur Scott ami Gbaham." A correspondent writes from Bdair, Harford county : "The caus.^ is doing very well here- Nearly al the disafifecied Whigs have come back to the par ty, and are v,orking with zeal ; and many Loco fooos will vote our ticket. I take great pleasure in assuring you that these are facts." A letter from the interior of Maryland says: "Our German population are generally with and many of them are active politicians, and w doubt General lajority at least 11 go above it." ILLINOIS. A correspondent writes us from Quincy: "We have bolters from Scott here, but a fair ospect of large returns for him from the Ucmo- aticparty." Another, from CIticago: "There is a fair prospect that we will succeed in -awing to our support a large portion of the Gor- ans, which will enable us lc> i;irry i';r- SrrMr- tiir General Scott, and elect the W h ,,,,,, i ■ State officers, and four if not lis . v, tatives. The inost effectual .,r, i- i party is going on throughout tij' > .i,, ,: I \i ■ confidently believed that succaa v.ill i ru'.vn our efforts." Another, from Olney: "There arc a number of Democrats in this coun- ty who will vote for Scott and Gbaham on ac count of the treatment the general received at the hands of the Polk administration." A letter from Wabash county says: "Old Chip is gaining fast. Why, some think this dark State will go for him— which is not likely. But this 1 can say, it will come closer than ever it has done." OHIO. A correspondent writes from Somerset .- "The Democratic majority in this county is usu- ally 750 to 800. We believe we can reduce it down to 500 at the coming election. Glad to hear from you at every turn." Another, from Xenia: "I think I can give you a good report from Greene county next November. I feel certain that we will give at least 1,000 majority for Scott in this county." Another, writing from Norwalk, says : "Since I last wrote to you, the changes in favor of Scott have been very numerous— in tact, lar be- yond any thing I knew in 1340." Another, from North Georgetown : "My opinion is, that General Scott will be elect- ed President. I have put up $2G0 as hope I will gain it." Another, from Norwalk : "In conclusion, I am happy to inform you that the prospects of Scott in Ohio have materially ini proved within the last two weeks. There is not c day passes but what we hear of more or less Loco focos declaring tbcir intention of voting Such is the case in every township in the St We were fcarlul that the nomination of H would operate against us ; but such is not thei in this region. Hale will draw fis the Loco ranks. It is so everywhere." Another, from New Philadelphia ; "General Scott is gaining ground. Many Dei ocrats will support him in spite of all the gad they can give them." Another, from Lima: "Tne signs of the times appear to be right. Al- though we live in the dark and benighted corner of Locofocoism of ti:je , northwest part of Ohio, we have some whole soul VVhigs who are determined to stand up manfully to the work until the Old Hero is placed in command of these United States." WISCONSIN. A gentleman writes from Madison; "If we may with safety draw any conclusion of the result in this State from present indications, it would seem to be decidedly favorable to Scott. Our Irish and a large portion of our German vo- ters are coming out for our noble candidate." We have a letter from the interior of this State, which says : "You would be astonished to see the progress Scott is making in this county. I must say it don't seem possible that so many should -r' -mo out for him. We have fifty-seven names of Vmioirals already enrolled who are pledged to Scott. A large inaj'jrity ol them are Irish, and we have not yet had time to go into the Irish selllement bark of J R , a well informed Iriei- man, and apparently the Democrattc leader in that settlement, was here on Thursday, and says they will cast thirty Democratic votes (Irish) sure for Scott in that neighborhood. I have been through a portion of Howard, and find every one of the old soldiers for Scott, and some thirteen or fourteen of the French Democrats. Every Irishman in this NEW JERSEY. A correspondent writes from Mount lluUy: "I arrived home on Saturday last, found all our Whig tricnds in good spirila, and I can say. from what they all tell me. that last Thursday wa« a happy day for New Jersey. I rongrululalc Gene- ral Scott, yourself, and the Whigo of the Union, upon the glorious prospects of our candidate* in Now Jersey. There were upwards of one thou- aiiiicl Iri.m my own native county, old Burlington. S:m> i ; ( r :\ ' -i iiurne I have heard of quite a num- ' I ' i , '^ti v/ho intend to go for General - - I iliureia no doubt about the vole of -- , I lur friends are all united and will , .11, ..A I rush." CONNECTICUT. Bdondent writes from New Haven; the slate of things here all I could de- i prevails, audi r Scott, ! from nfiden rry r nostcnlhue is felt in the abiiity of the Whiga t ate. Much work, however, remains and you may rest assured it will bo be do done." A letter from New Haven says: "We had arousing meeting of the Scott and RAHAM Club the other evening, on which occa- >n the 'Temple' was filled to ovcrfiowing. The address was by Hon. Mr. Deming, of Hartford. We have a public meeting every Thureday.nigbt." GEORGIA. A correspondent, writing from Colmtibus, says: "This county will give Scott a larger majority than she ever has any man before. The £n^uir«r has this week hoisted the names of Scott and Gba- ham, and it having a very large circulation in thia section of Georgia, will do us immense good. My letters from all parts of the State are encouraging." The Union is very much incensed because sume VVhiu paper has said that under our in- stitutions "many men who are utterly desti- tute of the leqmsite qualifications aspire, and are often elevated, to political office." " The insolence of such doctrine" — the Union aids — "applied to our free institutions might be excusable in a European, but it dis- graces any man who pretends to be an Ameri- can." This is capital. All the Democratic jour- nals in the country protested a thousand times that General Harrison was "utterly destitute of the requisite qualifications" for the Presi- dency. The people thought difi'crently, and elevated him to that high staiiun. The De- mocracy still insisted that General Harrisok was "utterly destitute" as aforesaid, and con- tinue to say so to the present day. All the Democratic journals in like manner protested that General Taylor was "utterly destitute of the requisite qualifications for the Presidency." They continue to maintain this dogma. There is not a Democratic journal that will not maintain stoutly that General Taylor was "utterly destitute of all the re- quisite qualifications lor the Presidency." So they all insist that General Scott is "utterly destitute" in the same manner and form as they insist in regard to General Har- rison and General T.^ylou. So when Gen- eral Scott is elected President, as he certainly will be, they will continue to aver that he is utterly destitute of all the requisite qualifica- tions for the post. We have entire confidence in the good sense and gratitude of the American People to secure the election of General Scott, and we confide in his prudence, judgment, e.xperience, and liberal information, as the guaranty of his wise and successful administration of affairs when he is placed at the head of the Government. It cannot be that our people will forget his illustrious services of half a century, or fail to testify their continued confidence in his unsuN lied honor and elevated integrity. 190 THE SIGNAL. GEN. SCOTT AND THE TREASURY. Mr. Meriwether, the short term Senator from Kentucky, and the Democratic jimrnals, are making a parade of General lScott's pay and emoluments, with the view ofdemonstrat ing that the General has availed himself of every " pretext" for taking money from the Trea-suiy ; and that, if he should be elected President, "the Treasury would be sur- rounded BY MEN GREEDY FOft EXTRA ALLOW ANCES, POINTING TO THE EXAMPLE AND AP- PEALING TO THE PRECEDENTS SET BY GENERAL Scott HIMSELF." General Scott has received extra allowances legally granted to him as to all other officers of the army in similar situations, and when ex- pressly authorized by Congress, and none «//ipr. All that he lias rereived — pay, emolumenls, and extras — he has disbursed, we appnlicM!. in the necessarily large expenses of an nli' . life; and we should not be surprised if s. the very men who are now writing- him dou n rri his extravagance and greedmess of money li.-id shared the veteran's hospiialily, and aided him in the ciinsumptiun of the very income which they now think so disproportionate to his ser- vices. This is not the first time that General Scott's income has been a matter of Congres- sional invesiigalion; and his enemies took as little by their previous motion as they are likely to take now. On the 29ih of ^larch, 1844, Mr. John VV. Davis, then a member of the House of RepresenUitives from Indiana, intro- duced in the House an amendment to the Army A ppropriatiors bill, by which he proposed to abolish the office of major general. Mr J. A. Black, a Calhoun Democrat from South Carolina, opposed ihisatnendmeni. of Mr. Davis, because in fact there were "fttoerjidd ' (fficers than a regular organization of the peace ' eslahlishment would require. A regular or- ' ganization of our present force would require ' two major generals and four brigadier gene- ' rals, whereas there was now but one major 'general and two brigadier generals." To this Mr. Davis replied that he had no "personal objections" to the Major General. I^one in the world — of course! His objects ■were purely public and political. "He snw Jio ' earthly vse for Ihc office as it vas nnw ran- ' ducleii, and lie coxild not coiixi nl In jnniiiii^- • this ^eidltnwn $8,U00 a ijciir J,.r lii-:,r{ l„rr ' in U'aahiiiglon, fur what jnirjuws he enuld ' not imagine. If the Major General was doing ' duty with the army, or commanding some ' military division, he should nut object; but • he must express his disapprobation of his ' being placed here as the military adviser of ' the Secretary of War, as some gentlemen ' BUggeSttd." Here was an imputation sufficiently explicit upon General Scott. Mr. Dean, Democrat, of Ohio rose at once to repel it. He said he was opposed to any act of legislation which would reflect personally on General Scott. "If any MAN HAD ADDED GLORY TO HIS COUNTKV IT wasGbneralScott." He would t;ot "strike," he said with emphasis, at "the war worn VETERANS OP THE COUNTRY." This Sentiment is more deep and more general than the de famers of General Scott imagine. The day of election will shovif that there are thollsands on thousands of the Democracy who like Mr. Dean will refuse to "strike at the war WOUN VETERANS OF THE COUNTRY." Mr. J. W. Davis then proceeded to bring out his idea more distinctly and explicitly. He did not like this residence of General Scott 9t Washington, which was making him fami- liar with the legislation and the public men of the eonnlry. He proceeded to say, with some bitterness, "that he wished to relieve the ' Treasury from the payment of a Major Gen ' eral for sitting in his parlor here, and dictal- ' ing to Congress what it should do. His ob • ject was to get rid of the office; and he had ' said nothing in disparagement of the officer. ' He did not wish to see an officer quartered ' here on the country, FILCHl^G from the ' Treasury some eight thousand dollars per ■ annum, when he was worse than use- ' less!" These and similar remarks roused the indig- nation of Mr. Dromgoole, Democrat, of Vir- ginia, a very able and elo(|uent man, with a Siiul somewhat above the candle-end and cheese paring economy that is so much afiecled by gentlemen from Virginia, in all cases ex cept when V'lrginia is concerned. Mr. Drom- c.ipijle burst into the debate wilh one of those Nrla il,,' In ,,i ..f eveiv liM.'ner— " whal liul the ' .reriileman iMP:AN when he lalked of money ' iJEING P^ILCHED FROM THE TREA • SURY, as applied to that officer 7 Did the ' gentleman MEAN to say that General Scott ' had received money to which he was not ' lawfully entitled'?" Mr. J. W. Davis cowered beneath this houie-tlirust. He wilted under the rebuke of the generous and noble minded speaker. Mr. J. VV. Dwis explained. Mr. J. W. Davis said he had "spoken with reference to the of ' fice only, and not wilh reference to the gen- ' tleman who at present filled the office." Mr. Dromgoole received the apology. "There was no imputation, then, upon Gene- ' ral Scott. The gentleman admitted that he ' received only what the law gave him; ' and because, in the estimation of that gentle- ' man, the law gave him too r.iuch pay , HE ' CALLED IT FILCHING FROM THE ' TREASURY. HOW was it filching from ' the Treasury '? It was paid in obedience to ' a law of Congress. It was Congress, then, ' which filched from the Treasury. He would ' not detain the committee, for he would not ' believe for a moment that the amendment ' would be adopted." Mr. J. Q. Adams followed with a few re- marks, in the course of which he took occa- sion to say that the passage of such an amend- ment would be "an ill return" to General Scott "for his GREAT SERVICES both in time of war and in TIME OF PEACE." Let those who seek to underrate the civil ser- vices of General Scott refer to the testimony of a man who had every opportunity of un derstanding what those services were, and who never paid an insincere or an unmerited compliment. Mr. Adams spoke with empha- sis of the great services of General Scott in "time of peace." He added that the Gene- ral "received not one dollar more than he de- ' served from his country." Mr. Haralson, Democrat, opposed the amendment of Mr. J. W. Davis, because he thought Washington was the most suitable place for the residence of the officer command- ing in chief, and the office iiself was necessary. Mr. C. J. Ingersoll, Democrat, gbserved that it was "owing to the gallantry and ' achievements of General Scott that they ' xeere now enabled to sit there in safety to le- ' gislate him out of office. He flattered him ' self that there was no danger of the proposi- ' tion being adopted ; hut he would entreat ' those gentlemen who were disposed to favor ' it to bear in mind what the country owed ' to this distinguished officer." j The question was then taken on Mr. J. W. D.^vis's amendment, and it was reji-cled. Mr. J. W. Davis then ofl'ered an aniendmenT; to [reduce the pay of the ni.ijor general to $i.50 a ■month; but this amendment was oho rejected. Thus terminated the memorable Congres- sional attack of 1844 on General Scott. We doubt if the Senatorial attack of 1852 will be fruitful of more important advantages to the Democratic party. ASTONISHING CONDESCENSION! We have numerous touching little stories circulated by his friends of General Pierce's generosiiy. Governor Steele's reminiscence of his reckless liberality to the little boy who was a perfect stranger to him; and the equally well auihenticated anecdote oi his emptying his pockets one Sunday into the poor-box (of twenty five cents) have been narrated vv'ilh a "perfect gush of enihusiasm." In the recent Life of Pierce by Hawthorne, we find an- other trait of his character exhibiled — his roar vellous condescension. Read the anecdote in the language of Hawthorne as we find it copied into the great Democratic organ of the North, the New York Evening Post': "A little while ag.), after his return from Mexico, • he darted across Ihe street to exc.banffe a hearty * pripe of the band with a rough countryman upon ' hie cart— a man who used 'to live wilti his ' father,' as the general explained the matter to ' his companions." "Goodness gracious! — gracious goodness!" — as the man exclaims in the farce. Only 'hink of it! Only a little while ago — ev^n after his return from Mexico — he — General Pierce — bronzed with Mexican suns and graced wiil\ Mexican laurels — absolutely darted across the street to shake hands with a "rough country- manj" and then apologized to his companions for his familiarly with this rude acquaintance by explaining "that he used to live with his father!" How wonderfully condescending in so great a man! Now, is not it worth while to press your great romance writers into the service of Democratic candidates! The author avers that his "biography" is sanctioned by General Pierce. We infer therefore that this anecdote was furnished, or at least authenticated, by the General himself. It is published wilh a flourish, as a marvellous circumstance in his career, that he actually gave a hearty gripe to one of the old hands of his faiher— and this in a biography sanctioned by General Pierce. A pretty set of Democrats are these gentle- men, who are so nice in their "explanations," when they perform an ordinary act of civility and courtesy to a man of rough exterior! Let us have the picture — "General Pierce explain- ing to his companions how he happened to dart across the street to shake hands with a rough countryman upon his can!" This will do. Hawthorne has beaten Governor Steele. The stick of candy, and General Pierce emptying his pockets into the poor-box, sink into insignificance. General Pierce griping the rou^h countryman, and then rising to a "personal explanation" of the matter to his companions, is the last, richest, best joke of the campaign. A correspondent, who is entirely reliable, sends us the Loco Galphin pamjihlei from Port Byron, Illinois, and says they are being circu- lated through that section done up in pack- ages of a dozen, with the two outside ones franked by R. H. Stanton, and all the balance franked by J. R. GiDDiNGS, and left blank for posimasiers to direct. We mention this as proof that GiDDlNGS is one of Pierce's "Abolition allies." THE SIGNAL. 191 GEN. SCOTl' AND THE COMPROMISE In his recent letter U> a friend, defining his poliiieal pusjtion, JNIr. Jenifer, nf Maryland, lakes ihe ground that if General Scott, before the meetintr of Ihe cmiventioii. had "cimie out with thefiankness of a soUlier and made loiown his opinions, he would have thrown off the in- cubus iMch oppresses him." This is not an accurate statement of the case. Mr. Jenip£k means, if General Scott had come out ih a particular manner and furm, it would have been more salistaclory to the Union Whigs. If he had vritlen a letter, for instance, that fnrm of coniiiuinicalion would have covered the ground and removed all cause • m my heart, but with rather a heavy one, lor I knew well whom our people wanted. The 2d Congressional district had six delegates, and was entitled to one vote. One of these delcgales objected to General Scott's nomi nation, ol which, I am told, the public is inlormed. jVy fpreat love for die Whig party, and my admiration for Gentral Scott's ehnructer, and my decided oppo sition to D'moerucy cause me to take up warmly the H'hig nomineet of the Ballimore Convention, and go heartily for JScott and Graham, thougli 1 was ori- mnallyfor Mr. Fillmore. Yours, very respectfully, E. A. HOLT. Glorious News: House of Representatives, August 28, 1852. Dear Sir : Our River and Harbor l)ill has just passed Congrees, appropriating IgSO.OO' for the Illinois river, |Ji!20,ljUU for Chicago, and $15,000 for Waukegan. Yours, truly, &c., R S. MOLONY Hon. J. Wentworth. We copy the above from one of our Western exchanges. It is interesiing to our Western friends to know that they will have no more such bills if General Pierce should bo elected to the Presidency. On this point we would call their attention to the announcement of Mr. Venable : " We learn that Mr. Venable, (a distinguished Democratic Representative in Congress from North Carolina,) in his late speech at the Universalist Church in Richmond, cooaratulated the Democ- racy that after the ihclion of General Pierce no River and H'irbor bills louvld'bicome laws. Do the Western D. m^cracy hear thai.? Would they ra- ther have a Democratic President than safe harbors and navigable rivers.?" — Richmond Republican, IfGeneral Scott's military achievements we not 80 dazzling, his civil qualifications would more conspicuously apparent. As a soldier he h arqoired glory enoogh for a whole battalion generals, and his civil services would furnish su plus capilHl enoogh for a doz n such etatesraen General Pls&ce.— Albany Journal. " 'Tit Ihslance lends Enchantment to the t'iew. To llie Editor ./ Ihe Republic. Sib: I sec that the papers "far off" from the scene of action think that a "great Wcbatcr move- ment is on fool in North Carolina." This is a total error. Mr. Loring, the editor of the Commercial, though a gentleman of known moral character, hns no poliii,- d intluenrc. Ho has changed his iNiliu. . n 1. . .;h jily that the peo- ple have little c.m, i< ,, . ,, ! I (.■ment, though they may think l.nr . . Mr. Loring edited the /cfirfii/,- /'.,.-,,..(/, | i|.rr in North Car- he edii( it :.ii i' I" iid< nt" paper ; then an in- dependini ■• W 111, ' | 1 1 .r— sonieiimes Bupporiing regular imoh ii ■. s, :i!hI „i.ini-liiii(jH ci|i)i(iHing lb. ill. There is no •■ VV.I, t,r i, i: . ..." in .\.,rth Carolioa that will alhct Ihr • ' I i , ! Scott fifty votes ; and I can :i licne- ral Scott and William .\ .... j;. t a larger vole in this seen, n ul il.. M.nu U.-ui any Noilh (^ar.dina is ns c.rtain f.r Scotland Gra- ham by 10 1100 majority as the election comes on/' Free bcffuage wid not affect this ehciion a» it did in August last. VIATOR. Cape Fear, N. C , Sept. 7, 1852. ipalgii Ten We copy the following interesting items from the Knoxville (Tenn.) l{ef>,ister. All the signs indicate that East Tennessee intends to do her whole duty in Nnvenibor: "A gentleman writes us from Hancock county, under dale ot the 21st inst.int: 'Last evening, Scott, a noted Democrat came up and asked ine what I had. I told him the life o» my old com- mander in Mexico, and he asked for a copy, re- marking that he was for Scott against the world. 'No man livi-s that can get my vote againsi Scott," said he. The other day I hcird an old English- man, who is a Deiriocral, say he lought woh the British in 1812; that he was taken i^rifoner by Gen- eral Scott; that he was never better 1 1 e iied in all his lile. as were all Ihe prisoners; that he loved General Scott as he did his father, and, if he was able to get to the polls, he woulii cast his vote for Scott. We will do our duly in Hancock you may rest assured. There are ninety votes in my dis- trict, of which twelve are Whiga. I will insure thirty votes for Scott in November. Mark that.' "A letter from a gentleman in Monroe, unrler date of Ihe 21st instant, says: 'Scott will get Ihe Whig vote in Monroe and some Democrats. I was in the lower counties a few days ago, and heard of a large number of good and reliable men who have hitherto acted with the Democratic parly, that will sopport General Scott. They say they don't know Pierce, but Scott's name and his deeds have bteii familiar to the country for forty years, and he is the man lor ihem.' " Scott on the Frontier. A friend writing on board the steamer from Niagara to Toronto, informs us that in Northern New York and Eastern Michigan, and along the lake lines of travel, he has met an abun- dance of active electioneering Whigs, all in good heart in regard to the prospects of the campaign. The only dark spots, he adds, re- sult from an apprehension of ihe course which the Webster men may pursue — the dread being not of Democratic strength but of Whig de- fection. He says: "In the district around Buf- falo, where Mr. Fillmore has troops of friends, / fovud everywhere a hearty acquiescence in the nomination of General Scott." Whio Liberty Pole —The Whigs of the North- ern Libertits, on the 10th iust., raided a handsome polcon the open space formed by the junction of N. York and Massachusetts avenuis and K street, a hlile lo the east side of Seventh street. The siar- spangled banner waved gallantly from its top., while the pole itself, straight and tall, loomed as far above its atioted and crooked rival as the me- rits of the Whig candidate elevate him above hia not very illuBlrious competitor. 192 THE SIGNAL eluded MR. CLAY AND THE TAYLOR CANVASS. Some reference has been made to a letter ad- dressed by the venerated Clay tn the Whig Executive Committee of New Yorlt. declining to render active support to General Taylor as a candidate for the Presidency. But the Bos- ton Mvtrliscr reproduces the following letter written tei days days earlier than the one spoken of. '"In this letter," says the Advcr- tistr, "Mr. Clay, in entire consistency with ' his unwillingness to be regarded as a supporter ' of General Taylor, refuses his consent to ' being himself brought forward as a candidate. ' as there was not the remotest prospect of his • election, and he should never cease to re ' proach himself if, by any act of his. his name ' should be at all instrumental in devolving • the choice upon the House of Representa- ' tives:" Ashland, September 10, 1848. Ge.n-tlemen: I received your favors of the 5th instant, and aa they both relate to the same ject, and are of the same tenor, to address you jointly. I was apprized by letters from J. L. White and Mr. James Brooks of the purpose of some of my friends in New York again to present my name in connexion with the Presidency before I received your letters, and J instantly answered them, stat- ing- that I could give no encouragement to the movement, and that I coold not accept a nomina- tionifit were tendered to me. You have, there fore, rightly interpreted my sentiments and feel- ings. My honor, my peace, and my sense of pub- lic duly and of Eelf-respect, forbid my consenting to any further use of my name in connexion with that office. I arn at the same time profoundly grateful to those'friends for the confidence, attach- ment, and zeal which they continue to manifest in my behalf, and which prompts them to this new movement. * * » » » « As it regards myself, it was sullicient that I was not nominated. I have aequiesced in that deci- sion. 1 have 'done nothing in opposition to that nomination. » • » • * The tendency at this late day of presenting me as a candidate would be, if it li ' ' any effect, to throw the election into the Hou3 if iiepresenlaj tivea. There is not the remotest i lability of my election. I should never cease ti if, by any act of mine, my nam'.; instrumental in devolving on the ated aa its members will be with i subject— a question of so much ex of a choice of a President. Beinf^ greatly averse to seeing a tion from ci.e in the newspapers, ' intended (or publication; but I ai say that "we are authorized to Mr. Clay feds ihc most grateful "^ kind and warm-hearted friend) which Ihey entertain of using bii didateforlhc Presidency, he cann with bis sense of propriety to con" use of It, and thai lie would beoblif decline accepting a nomination if it to him." With a cordial approval of the i ooi e you have Iwth pursued, and an assurance "1 my grateful acknowledgment, I am, ever faiiliiiily, your friend, ii CLAY. MesarB. J. L Lawbence and N. De.an. IN ScOTT.— The Hon. ■ proach myself appy - ■/ romraunica- reconcile it o any such promptly (o ro tendered Me. CLAv'sCoNriDENCE IN Scott, Edward Stanly related the following incident in his recent speech to the Whigs of New York : "In 1339, when we were threatened wiih a war with England, I was with Mr. Clay on the 22d of February, when he met Mr. Van Bun-n, who was his private friend, though hie public cxymy, while it wa« reported that the ner/e ol hostilities woold be heard of by the very next mail. Mr. Van Bu- rcn himself was somewhat shaken ; but Henry Clay said : 'Sir, I have great confidence in Win- field Scott. His prudence, his valor, his mililary judgment, cause me to entertain great hopes of his mission, und I have no doubt whatever of his SCOTT AND OUR FLAG. Our Fl.Tg is there ! our Flag is there ! We'll hail it with three loud huzzas! Our Flag is there ! our Flag is there ! Behold its glorious stripes and stars ! Brave Scott has borne that Flag aloft. On many a field, on many a shore; And fought for freedom well and oft, Amid the battle's deafening roar. "Our Flag," &c. On Chip'wa's plains lie dared to meet Proud Britain's arms with dauntless eye; The Lion cowered beneath his feet, The Eagle shriek'd and soar'd on hi" h. "Our Flag," &c. At Lundy's Lane, with gallant few, He welcomed hosts to bloody graves ; The thunder hushed, the smoke withdrew, And there ! Our glorious banner waves. "Our Flag,"&c. Niagara shall lift her voice, And tell the triumphs of that day; And Freedom shall with Fame rejoice, To see Our Flag its folds display. "Our Flag," &c. San Juan's castle strongly stood, Our Fleet and Army's power to dare ; He shook her strength on field and flood. And placed Our Flag in triumph there. "Our Flag," &c. On Cerro Gordo's lofty height, Whence death shots flew in tempest hurled, He stormed the hills, put hosts to flight, And to the breeze Our Flag unfurled. "Our Flag," &c. Upon Chepultepec's proud walls He struck the last decisive blow ; And from the Montezurnas' Halls Dictated peace to Mexico. "Our Flag," Ac. To Washington he'll lead the van. In bloodless triumph, nobly won; A hero, statesman, and a man, To crown in age what youth begun. "Our Flag," &c. That Flag shall o'er the Union wave. Nor from its folds one badge be torn ; An ensign of the Free and Brave, Its stripes shall glow, its stars shall burn. "Our Flag," &c. Did it I .that i ur Democratic neighbors as 1 Scott entertains the Native American scniiments they attribute to him, the Native Americans s.iould, ae a body, nominate another disiinguisbed man for Prwident against him, as I hoy have recently done? How will they account far this.' How will they account for their only organ supporting Pierce? Any answer for these questione?— JV. O. Bee. The Locofocos of the Knox, &c., district have held a Congressional Convention, and, after fight- ing all day, broke up without making any numi- nation. We presume that another iifort will be made to unite. If not, the Whigs will settle the matter for them by electing a man of their own. There is a terrible state of disorganization and ran- cor amorig the Locofocos of that district. [Ohio State Journal. The Locofoco paperucharge G.nieral Scott with "cowardice," "dishonor," "naiivism," and "in- competency," and we now see that over in Indiana he has been burnl in effigy! They ought to have wrapped the effigy in the American flag, which he w»ved on ten battle- fields, and burned them both together, while the hand in attendance struck up "God save the Queen."— C/iicogo Journal. The Locofocos have asserted as a fact that Mr. Douglas, formerly of the Toscarawas district, Ohio, Whig candidate for Congress, had bolted Scotland come out for Pierce, doing good service in his favor. Now the Wheeling Gazette de- nounces this story false in every particular. Doug- las is an out and out Whig and Scott man. [ Cinctnnafi Gazette. HURRAH SONG! fVritlen expressly for ihc Dubuque Scott Club. The Whigs are coming in their might- Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! To honor Scott is their delight- Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! The brave old hero leads the van. So look out Locos for your man; Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! On Queenstown Height he first appears— Hurrah, &c. Next on Fort George our flag he rears- Hurrah. &c. .\t Chippewa and Lundy's Lane Bright laurels crown his brow again. Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! Upon a far off burning strand— ' Hurrah, &c. We see him now successful land- Hurrah, &c. Ulloa'scaslle, famed, dolh yield To him who never lost a field. Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! On Cerro Gordo's bloody ground- Hurrah, &c. The victor ev'rywhere is found- Hurrah, &c. Contre.-as, too, is fought and won, When sank proud Churubusco's sun Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! Scarce enters he the Aztec's hall — Hurrah, &c. Ere foes at home desire his fall — For shame, for shame, for shame! Insulted by the Locos now. They'd strip the laurels from his brow. O shame, O shame, &c. The Whigs must hurl these charges back— IVe will, we will, we will! And give his enemies the sack — IVe will, we will, we uill! So fall in Whigs, and falter not. We're sure to win, when led by Scott. Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! DoBOdUE, September 1. The editor of the Indiana Journal recently called upon the editor of the Sentinel, the Hon. W. J. Brown, former member of Congress, to say what evidence of grcalnees General Pierce ever gave in that body. The Hon. Mr. Brown, by way of reply, refers to General Pierce's votes. Oh yea, General Pierce was great enough to say yes and no on cer- tain occasions. The Hon. Mr. Brown evidently thinks that it requires gn at courage or great abil- beli ity to say yes and no. * well-known occasion, in tives. Brown himself wa having the necessary mo he compromised wiih ^mnaslf, or rr. niised tiimsell,by s/i«A;mg/n'sAca(Z. V stand his unboonded admiration of th able to say no right oat— Louiaville Journal, that upon ( le of Represen say no, but, : nmoral heroii ir riither compr that A Real AcauismoN.- At a Scott pole-raising at West Dayton, on Wednesday afternoon, Pat- rick Kelly, esq., being called out by the people, made an address, in which he avowed his inten- tion to support Scott and Graham. Mr. Kelly, in 1849, was the Democratic candidate in this district for representative. He is a fluent and efficient speaker, and will do good service for Scott, if I We hope Mr. Kelly will, long, address the people here. There are many ) would be glad to hear him.— Dayton Journal, Caved in.— John Wentworth, of the Chicago Democrat, has at lastconcloded to publish the Deui- , on the last page . , Chicago Journal thinks this a case similar to that of the good old lady, who, from a change of cir- cumstances, was compelled to resort to baking for a livelihood, and standing on the corner of the streets offering her cakes for sale, exclaiming: " Muffins and crumpets!— Muffins and crumpets— I hope to gracious nobody hears me!" GNAL. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, BY G. S. GIDEON. No. 13. WASHINGTON. SEPTEMBEli 25, 1852. [Vol. THE SIGNAL: %9'liiff campaign paper^ publiihfii at the city of \%*a%hiusBon, The undersigaed is now publishing, at , ol'eacli p.irly. iif;emmKii who e su<:ce98 of the W illy !tcp>i'>lioan cr THE SIGNA L. _J From Ike Xalional laUlligenceT, September 18. .„, , .„-. ^ -. , TfiE ISiUliS BEFORE THE PEOPLE, the city of Washineton, a Whig Campaign ^, ,^ „ • i . , • i Paper under the above title dev;oted to the ; ,^^ ^,,^^1, ^^°,,„^., h,jher?o been unable to support of WIaFIELD SCOTT, tor Pre- ■ command, we propose ui review (be material is- sident, and WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, for j sues involved in the present canvass for the Prcsi- Vice President dency. The peraonul ([ualnies and claims of the candiilatea who have been presented to the people The SlGNA.1. will be emphatically a Na- | by the National ComeminnM of the two mam par- tional Press, designed for circulation iniii^ every section of the country. The object ' '■''' of the paper will be to harmonize the ac- \ [! tion, and promote the efficient organization ! ly of the Whig Party, as well as to dilFuse itsU^' principles and arouse its spirit and entbu- j [|J[ siasm. [ Pr( It will also fufnish a cotivenient com-''* pendiura of all the facts and documents!' ' bearing upon the case made bj' the respec- 1 =,!■ tive parties and candidates, and preserve in a term for future reference a complete history of the canvass. A full index will be given in the last number, which will add materially to the permanent interest and value of the work. The great popularity and .success which attended the Battery, published by the | iinden-iigned during the last Presidential! ciinvass, induces him to retain the same j form and size in the Signal. I The publication will be continued each [ week until the election, the results of which will be given in full in the last number. TERMS. j '"^' Tnii SiGW.^L will be published weekly.;' '-. ,,s until after the Presidential election in,' ' ' ' ^' ^y^'^'^; November, at the following rates, viz: I , i .nich Single subscription ----- $0 50 •^' , ' ,' -'iiasbeen re- Five copies ------- 2 00 1;,'. -I ■■ ; :-i M, the columns ( Ueing at the rate of 40 cts. for each subscriber.) ;.';.-';-■ ■ i '">';'"'[{. '^^^" P''°""' Fourteen copies 5 00 ■ ',.'.'_ : , ,c unjiist. Nor, were iBcingut ilie rateof 36 cls.foreachsubscriber.) 'n^^n .. '.^ ••• .' > ■ aid such a charge come Thirty copies 10 00 | w,u, « w.r,. su,c.-;,o„. any other quarter than (Be,n/att.L.ateof33ict3..,reachsubscr,W,) Uta^«.iejKe..^^^^^ Fifty copies 10 OU Lj,g ^,^£,^8 strain of the following, which we e.\tract (■i'.emgat the rateof 30ctB. for each subscriber.) jfrom t/nion newspaper. .,, , 1 au i -'The friends and apologists of the Administra- (i5-» .\'o paper will be sent unless ttie j ^j^,, pjj„„„i j^^y (hat t,,^ p^tfUc expe^tdilure has been ortier is accompanied by the mouey . I enormous Uurmg the lust 'f " f^'.'"' >;"' '''fy;^";|«f- ' ■' "^ \ vor to remove Irom the Admrnistraimn all respon- Jll letters must be post-paid, and ad- Isibility for that expenditure, by affirming it to be the legitimate result of the Mexican war. It would, ilipssed Ic) indeed, be a singular fact if the war should cost us GEO. S. GIDEON, more, now that it is over, and the army and navy Wasbinotom, D. C. ! are recalled and reduced to a peace standard, than .■;e.nly well understood by MM. no pljice in ihis re- i.,lesofihe Whigand .. . • r before been so plam- thcy now are, in the iriliariy termed the Plat- iwien iheee plalforms few tifitiled opinions upon the s of government can long or can they be much at a ch of the tickets, the Whig will cast their votes at the ontious.and even con- i see in the same light ivolved in the conflict convinced, that upon V, i-tanding upon the ich w included in its rni," depend the healihful progre.ss, the proa- iJ Ihu tiue Lhu/ uf the country, we ex- ,,,. •:.■... (1. I. luiions i>f the opposite ■ ■ ■; arc expounded and il- it did when our ship.i blochaded both coasts of Mo.\ico, nnJ two armies v/crc oupported on her soil. This excuse will not answer;^ for the true reason of the e-ttravagance of the C5nvernnicnt ia to be found in the character aHcee.:«ofTOllection3into the Treasury. The jlrm of exppiije of collections (unknown in the 'J'rrii-iiry accouniRdiirmi; ihe Polk adniinistraiion) omoiinirt) to - . ~ . . - «ii,051,00U Dunog the same year (1851) wns paid the founh iiisiafmem of the MexiMn indeiunily, nmouiiiiiig to 3,94i,000 Also, for indemniliea to American citi- zens, under tlic treaty with Mexico, the sum of 9,51t>,594 A!s", viteresl of the Mexican lo«n, and other delits 3,69fi,"Sl Also, arrearages of debt to Tolunieera. . 635,380 Also, for increase of pensioners by the Mexican war 550,000 Also, increase of annual army expciidi- lur?s, in consequence of the war ac- ijuisitionsof new territory 4,566,709 Also, expenses of Mexiciin Boundary Commission 204,377 Also, repaymetii of public duties un- lawfully exacted from merchants un- der ilie Polk administration a,409,874 Also, for debentures 867,000 Also, f„r oc,an mail steamers, n new item ],309,365 Also, fi-.r redemption of public debt. . . . 521,9o'4 Also, expense of the Census, which oceurs only once in ten years 672,000 Also, new custnm-houtes, uuthoriKed bv preceding administrations '. 416,699 Also, amouni paid to the Cherokee In- dians, iiiul other tribes, under treaty Ptipulatioiis made yeais ago 1,587,319 Also, exu-a expenditure on public build- ings >^ Wa.vhinKton 221,133 Also, for trust funds 257,396 Deducting from Ihe total expenditure of the year ending January 31), 1861, amounting to loity- eight "millions— the heaviest expenditure in any year of this administration — the amounts of ex- penditure consequent upon the Mexican war, and o:h(r objects not included in the expenditures of the firsi year of Mr. Polk's adminislraiioii, it will bi- found thai the expenditure of the Government for that year, for all ordinary purposes, was .|ui'r within the bounds of the lowest annual expends ,. duriiiif the administration preceding the prt ^ ; . and far within ihe average annual expenditure i ,- der 'hat administration. So much for the general charge of prodigality of expenditure, which lias been cast in the'teetli of the Whig udniiiiistraiion. Uut were this otherwise; had the expenditures under this odininisiraiion iti riality exceeded the due limits of n wise economy, by wlint rule of law or logic is the Executive deparlnieniof the Govcrn- inenl lo be held responsible lor it.' Is it the Piesi- dciil who iletcnnines the objects of public expend- iture, or appropriates the money to be expended If, hy the ]ireccding statement, the charges Bgamst the Whig administration by Ihe oigaiis ol the Democratic party, on the score of its alleged imiTovidencc and prodigality in the expenditure ot the pubiif money, be not considered as disproved, we will establish, by a difi'.rent process, that they are not merely wiUiout foundation, but wsntou We have quoted above the language of the jour- iial in this city, which is recognised as the Demo- cratic organ. We shall now ii.nroduce to our r. ad- duties of this Government, irequently described, with more truth than poetry, as -the embodiment of the prineiplts of Young America." Thus dis- tirijin.iluii, uii:it /if says cannot be passed wiihout li'i:". vii' '.r. .s sucU sayings as we are about !•: . W .. 1, at he says, therefore, out of iij ! I . M .\ MK.vards him — of whieli not a P^uiii-JL i:i!,auiis I'.u- breast — but because of those who use, as a class, the same vituperations as he does towards the Whigs, he is the most *orlh an- swering. Regretting, then, that this task had not ftillen into other hands, we quote from the speech of Mr. Douglas the following passage: '•Looking to the administration of tlie Goverii- ment with rel'erence to our internal and domestic nlldirs, what do we find in the actton of the \Vhig parly lo entitle them to especial commendation? \\ here is ihat sy.siem of economy in our public ex- penditures, 1.1 the various branches of the Govern- ment, which we had a risht to expect, if we nl.ieed confidence in their professions before thr- ' ■■■'■ ■ You find the expenditur(!S nearly doubled, . i up to nl.out sixty millions of dollars a year ], endii the nereasary admini.sier the and mil wiihout iha According to the speech of Mr. Docolas, "the President of the United SiKfes makes his commu- nications to Congress, and the Heads of the Ue- prtiimerits make their estimates o' expenditures; they tell us they cnn Government with to much money, and i that sum; and, if we do not give then money, the wheels of Government ste administration ceases to perform iis lonctions," &c— his hearers and readers being thus given to understand, as though it were true fact, instead of false inference, tliat Congress always grants the- appropriations which are recommended by the Pre- sideut, and that the estimates by the Heads of Department are the result of their judgments as to the objects upon which Ihe public money ought to be expended. How low an estima'e must not the honorable Senator have placed upon the intelligence of the Democracy of Washington and their visit- in- fiend:, to v/hom he nddressed this lucid expla- li ' I I iim |< I own lo every man of ordinary - 1. : !■ ■ u, i:i , I o ,• net at least, if not t loft LdKalj lid il.„.ci, IV. system of peculation .1' ' - ,. : ' u.se of the public nioiu y. .. ..r .. i . ; i. ^ ■: ■'■<■■ ■' r ihis administration in all o. us bi.:ntht.;, eieu ix- tendingto its high functionaries, is not evidence that they themselves have utterly despaired ol be- ing able to retain the iiublic 'confidence, and hence are determined to provide liberally for themselves while yet they have the power?' [Laughter and "IVJy fellow-citizens, I speak these things, m ' of abuse; vith ihe view ot inding any man's feelings; but 1 c.tll your attention to ihem as a necessary resuli of a Whig administra- lion of Ihe Government. This is the piactieal re- sult of the loose and unauthorized construction of constitutional provisions and legal enaetmenis which lie at the foundaiion of their political creed. Y.>ii can nevi r brin- this Government Ixick •'. that 1,., ,.; .., ,,,.,. ^r,,,,.„ ,,,> V ;,„:,li.r, ,l;^;ln■-^^'l^dl ;. : ,,; ■. .' , .. .-, .. , '',•■■. V .1. ,. ..^ 1,-1 and confining; . . . ■.. ^ of the Government within Ihe . ,; I .h. IIS previously made ,y Congress. \ Whig administraii 111 ot il'.e Government escape inderthe plea iha the Democratic Congress has the means of this unjustifiable H.iesalepecula.ion. Under the exl.-avtr-,.ne.and V. ^o,:. :,i . :■ T:: Tnited Slates n -ki r ■ 1' - • - ' - , and the ■lr;,d' • \ .'.I. ...... ...imates of orator's ingenuity, is unfair, ungenerous, and unjust to his own public reputation? We will endeavor to state the case as tee understand it; and our statement shall be such that no honest tnan v/ill undertake to controvert any part of it. The duties of Congress and of the President of Ihe United Stales are ),lainly defined by the Con- stitution. To CoNc.HKss is given, in that great eliarter, Ihe power t.i hiy and cillect taxes, duties, &c., to |iriy the debis ai.i! oi ovide lor tlie comition defence and general wi;ir..if : lo regulate commeice with Foreign Nations and among the several Stale.';' to borrow money; to declare and make War; to raise and support Armies; to provide and maiiitiiin a Navy; and lo make all laws which shall be ne- cessary and proper to carry into effect these pow- ers — in a word, the whole legislative power of this Government. To the Pbksident the Consti- tution has denied any share in this legislative action, beside the formal a|iproval of Bil's presented to him, except the qualified power of the Veto. The President cannot, and much less. can liia sub- ordinates, the Heads of Departments, origmafeany law. He is, as much as any other citize'n, subject 10 the laws, and bound to obey them ; and hi'a highest function, in regard to the acts of Congress, IS to lake care that they ^'be faithfully executed." , The President is indeed required by the Coiisti- tulion to communicate to Congress (rom lime to lime the stale of pnblic affairs, and to "recommend 10 their judge lit- lid the rrela- ik.s ag.., I y iind the adrniai ;i ^lo .-. !- . shows Ihat they have been so i.' > to the performance of their dui;. been unable to tell, even with;]; i lions of dollars, how much money tr quire to sustain thcin during the cm:.- [Laughter] You find now the pn'l perilled; many portions of the puhlir. , i|.s upon the frontiers ret'u ' !ains to protect the emi , • ino plain to be disputed. fill. ,: , n a : ii-lu paid by Congress to iimcndaiioiis oilier of President Tati.or successor President Fillmork? Is it not he contrary, that it has noi? During m of Coiiiiress, even, which lasted -,lii„n,,i ff II ijear,ihe annual nies- ai,'. ii:i(le in pursuance of this ;i I . jiiaion, was suffered to lie, !, li as Ml ntiicli waste paper, on the ^cu.-.e id' llepreseiitatives, the body L'real money-power of the Govern- Ic recommendtt- d upon directly Nor wa lolei teiiriiy. Mr. Douglas was a conspicuous candi- istraiir dale Cor the Presidi ncy at the late Democratic ad mini convention, and v. ill be so at the next; he is, in I Kxecu reference to his inteliectual abiliiy, no doubt, as j Whig »'' notions of the ' well a« to hie highly "progreasiv* iw citizens, I repeat, there is no rem- sejjrave abti.ses but in a change of the ition. I sppt.lt not simply ofthe Admin- fPresident Fillmore— I speak of ail Whig liions; because it mailers not who the : is, if he be a Whig he must follow liiicis, Whig practices, and cBfne to the resuhf." [Great cheering.] lor Ihe impri'vement, lo a partial extent, of the lake and coast harbors and navigable river.i. Foi this gro.ss abandonment'of duly,* it will "That we are not alone in considering it in this light, among other evidence,' we adduce ilie follow- ing, because of the position of entire neuiralily in paViy warfare which is occupied by the able jour- nal from v/hich we make the extract: Ficm the Charleston Evening JVfics. " It is a remarkable cireuiosiance, without paral- lel in the annals o:'i in :■ :-. i.ai ih- an mal ines- sage of'lhe PaiMai ■, > ' . .o ■ • >o of the House orRepia- . ■ ■ i i iVrrid, as is the invariab!' I ■ ^ - . d of be- ing received until the aijournineni. 'I'liis fact speaki volumei «B to tb« waste of lime that eha. H K « f a N A L , 195 not be pretended ihat the Whigs in Congress can nator himself. Bui ihn rerinds of the country [mc ilie Whigs be held in any way responsible, whenit is con- teach us in wbai ranks, and under wliat adminis- 1 vcBp..iisiliIn. [ sidered that in the House of Representatives ihe!trations, the race of "peculators" has thriven i ': I'rrBi.l- VVhi^s npimbered only pii;lity-eii;ht ineinbers, and j most. IK . I^ . 1 ;. their opponents one hundred and I'orty-five. The! Whilst we defy the honorable tienalnr t.i poini i • ' n- wl- I Democrats could, at any time during the sessivin, ^]iit a sniglc c ,xc ui' " jnc nl.iii'>n " fonniviMJ at liy ,' . ' Im r, ., have commanded a niaionty of fcl'ty «otPK ;. .:.^ nr i^r rr< \ .., ■, 'h \\ 'n. ; ;i\ i .■■<< . ; any thing they chose. Neglect message, therefore, was wilful, and would -. t, , ; , , to have been persevered in to the end of ih' i , 1 sion, in order to up.set the theory of Mr. D..: ' : . , , : that, because the President of the United .M .• -i i : >. .i:i I . makes recommendations to Congress, the !>...■. ■ ■ i' : , ,, ,, i, . cratic party in Congiess is under no responMini', i",. ,,, ,. , ; ,,u for the prodigality in the public expenJiiun a. mini :, r j, ; , And yet, to whitever extent it exist, it is all ihfir .; i ;: - , ' own work, as without their co-operation mi a|i- sicu. , ,,,,,. ,i. ~ .,.,■. ■, propriati'in of rtKuiey oouki lie made. AiidwlHu '.i '''.'. \ . ltis(;irl-.. ■-■ m.M. ■,■;,,, , .,;, .:., . r.„. •■r.l , V,,. '.I . .' ■ from !!;'■ ''• • M ■.,'•,' ' ,. ',■-.■ ,,-..,. officer ■:: : ■ . ■,:,, ' ; ,• ,•• , .,,' , , ,,'-';o' .',,•,,:, n»o(/e fii; ;,.)■■ v.:,.i' .;[,■■, .\ in 'A':. , ■.:,., .'.ui ti /. ■■ :. ^ ,• ■ . . . ',,.,- for Mi^. Duii-la;(-s.;asung upon the 'iVlngadinHii3-;ilit^ f'irM:d.-iiry , .„kI :i i. v. yrai.« mc ' tration the gross imputation of " unjustifiable ex- (Some of the actors of that day are yet n travHgance," which, if it attach any where, attaches | of the living, and we summon them to bi a to the body of which he is himself a member, as to the truth of what we are about to say. to' the oth^er House of Congress.' _ What| During the term immediately preceding on of Gfn. Jackson a committee on retre apology I ofler Wha vhat atonement make, for this '• wholesile" libel upon the Whigs To this chiu-f of " unjustifiable extr 'ainst the W: 13 awarded and paid, without llie inlor- i)f any other than the accounting officers ovcrnmcnt. respect to the Gardiner clnim. the mailer w under inrcSfigation by the judicial au- we have no opilliOn to express. But, ( uivii out that there is any vice in that 1 nil. in a Deinorratic Cohjircss, and not ■ Ailniiniatration, that the" re-sponsibility i!' any pon.iilile ecln-nii: nt baud in the prosecution >f claims before the Board of Commissioners un- ler the Mexican treaty. To refresh the memory if liiii'ie v^h.i hevn forgotten or overlooked the , I. M I, iVorn the message the terms of his was given, in Brodhead, the Pennsylvania. and . " We have h™id a !;reiudeal," said Mr h^ad, *'alioul econoniy and reform dun ges?inn, and inamj charged have berv- .u ;.'i the Whig ailinii.i.strution /»r«'na/. nil, Ihf jitthlic mmiiy I slalt ftarlrssbi /.. i Senaic of r;„. (nilip.i States is the mvU ,.,u the fx/tiii'' ' ' III- ;nihlic monen if any ihe Whigp iiy.v.hich.ue .■scattered bioa those who linpe in proiit by their produce Ml the alleg.i'ionw in the lullov/ing passafi speech of Mr. Diiuai..\s (abnvt ne.ss as well i tion : " You find Ll !)W. XP(H of the! ■ f>,nn. s ol the prest (H>pocnt€d to t s (above quoted) a picc....- iiniii.-.ii.unni .1, ■■ iiir pnni iiiiij parncai 1 itniocracy ' leas which require exposi- ul this day, as was displayed in that ot the Jackson and VANBnRENdvnasty. diiur- in.Mi-!v uonlileil, run- With regard ti !li.: cliarite «^,'aiii.« the Whig ad- ■ .1 vear. ministiatiiiti !■■ , ., n ■ .. [in'e.srJe peculation,' ■ 11 cast asthehonnin > ■ ■■, , ■ n, onestanesamazci: ,you at the unnb.^K'M t , - , , ,t those who dare to sugge.st fill ii ! . : ;i . I v.liich ihiic I.I not a e ot the account. I submit y system of peculation and ■e use of the public ino,.,i.. ! i ■ i;ii-tnu-ni nf the claim."; of American , I •■ ■:■, n ., .,:-iviili-1 ■'.ir !i\- I'm !'■•■' treaty, ' • ■■■,■. ■■;■ ' ;',, ,. ■ , • !/:r Go«- ,: ,. . I ;, ■• ' ■:,■ .:■:<>,: of 1. ■ ■ .,; il ' I . Ill ,. ■ '".'■".; !■■• iideresl . I '■ - ...<:. i If. .iiiMiiciiil linn !,Mbject tn , ■ . , I niable consideration of Congress." 1 Diendation, as to all others con- iiiL'ssage, Congress turned a deaf . in, ii.-ihaps, the lead of ths " Union "" i; . V ■,.'h bolted out the following merely I Ml to that part of the inrssage: '■\ n ■.. ry well see," said the l/'iuon, "how ■ ■ ,: '.(Hild be interested in having cntin. iHinropcr claims ; but we cannot see .' .. ' ; .f <.'oi'frnmc)i( has itt it, except to ere- , ..;. I. ,;..^;:t ,/.;■ i.jHle/nforife." j We shall not stop here to repeat what we said lin reply to this unmannerly cavil at a recommen- j dation which nothing but a praiseworthy rcg.ird lo the public interest had prompted. It requires no ghost from the grave to give assurance to our read- ers ihat, if the wilfulness of the Democracy in Congress had not defeated this wise recommenda- tion, no fraudulent claim would ever have been attempted (if it has been) tn be imposed upon the Commissioners. Men may be culpable, in every .stun,. I, in lif,-, I, Ml iitily r,i,- what ihey do that i» I '■ ,;■ f> do that their ■ !■ lore, and not ■ rcspons^biliiy ■ I ^iirn out to be a ii-,,iiiiii!i-iii nil- fli.i l'.\./i-utivf o/fioers of the Goveinmoiit had no option but, on the face of the awards by the Commission, to pay the claims which Congress had by law ordered them to pay. Wc have occupied so much space in what we have already said, as to leave us no fit room for the exposilion which we intended to make of "that lin^irst sytoiL (;,r fi;o/iti/»i/," and lli;ti '^ rigid system Whigs. I. bcinii^^i lu a Jilicrent cians ; not to the Democrats withou and not per.«imally, we willingly adi ■istic of the I ace of politi- 1 racicriznd the proceedings of a session which the longest .iinco ilie establishment of the Go ment. Poliiical lecling and wordy deba'e wt ,-lieln that svs The first Uep in that diviu i ■-! , ■ ■ that assign.-: to dilTereut i-)i. in ■ ; , ,, „ ;,, ,^ is to nfer the dill'erent pdiiu.iu. ul li.e i'ie>iun.('., message to those c.inifnittees. 'I'hii indiapeiisabV preliminary step was unattended to. The Consti-\ tution loiu, in its spirit and intention, nullified." I ■ ■,lilofCon- : i "' luiinienis of ■ I of all iherespon- htainst the present deny the fact of he Democratic ad- ilie Adn Galphin 1 I i; t that Mr. Dougl.\.s makes at .: n .1 peculations, in making up .._.„,i, ■-lunination <'f "Whiggery" and i,;.ii,iiiun, con.i^ists of his allusion to the aim and the award of the Mexican Com- lavor of Gardiner, for neither of which .1.. ■ ■ ■ ■■: ■ .1- n I !•■■ imcralic adiuin nil tlie satire :i,'.i,nst the Demo I !^ by these claims of peculi ■! I will strike most reflect^ ingmcn, 1. ■V. but we may yet find it necessaiy tn deviiii? aiioiher article to show that the features of evin the must landed of the Demo- cratic administrations could not be recognised in the portrait which the Honorable Senator h.as drawn of them. SCJTT Califobnia.— A gentlemen in Sau Francisco writes to his father by the last steamer; "The State of California will give General Scott a majority of at leaet 10,000 The Whigs hers are in high glee, and are sanguine of success." ■ [AVifl York Time*. THE SIGNAL. GEN. SCOI'T'S ORDEUS IN FLORIDA. I No. 13S. I lOrders No. 15.J St. Auqustins, Majr 17, ISSO I TUe panir.« NvhicU liavo r«ceuily poiactsed Ihei good p.opla oi several large dislricia of this Terri ; uiry arc ii,tii,itcly liuiiiilmiing'. | Wiihi„alew days, just five Indians penetrated; a nci^'.iborhooil in ibc heart uf Middle Florida, and coip.inittpd a murder. Instead of {giving- pursuit, | Ihe inliabitanis aliandoiied their plantaiiooe, ajia J tied toTalUhaeaee and MonticcUo. ; A similar party had but a fe»- d.aj^ t,eforo I thrown the Micanopy setlltment intg 'Vie utmost' coofusioii. A ganff of cow-etealer" adroitly a'^aen [ a repor^ that an i.nmens* Ir-.^l, indj^ii trail had ■■""■""" ■""8' tha Tallahass.c road, >. established at Wal- ls authorized to re- arcli ol a belter po. ) the left bank of the Capui Ft> ■".py to I logei and he will communicate freely of the Terriiury. Should Ihe post ordered to soti's or Dabiicy'a planbuior iby, the coiniiianding- otiQce move hiplitf tip tbe r'lver in suien, giving the prelcrence Dlreain. (Signed) WlNFiELD SCott. ??rTi3. BK..^i,iiOARTSR3 AHMy uf IfMB SoiTTM, CoLi'M4^,.3, Geobgia, June21, IS3G. [EXTEACT.] via! Tn juEtice lo inys'-if, I I.<-t \o^v,- {., nay word ill defence ol hi; I',:. ; - . ; m I i ,. ,. ., : numbered 48, on llie' , m . i - large districts of thfi: : th" fr.lIJiil .Tnd able discharge of offices which be has heretofore fil hi3 filnrsa lor Ihe high staiion to * clevale hiip. "Rcioived, That we look with pi lion .upon the course of policy w dm rs of th (•< , dn onstra hi h w e.eek the Ms to his celleii Ihu of Pfop'jgators; but the inhabitants could see nothing f " i an Indian in every bus*!, and therefore con tinued to fly. On this Bide of thnSI. John's a Irf r =•• --i !■ hillty of the same kind prevails. .A i *iie enemy lately ventund within liir . ; > .A coiBpaiiy of regular loot Was pr.jii:;. , ... r., , Bent in pursuii, beat the enemy, anil .',:';■. i i.,'-i of the property the marauders had Inkin. NuiV, although It >E known to all cool people that the greater tinmber of the parly were killed outright, and t*ial a like fate awaits atiy body ot the enemy that lanaylollow, a panic is life throughout the coun- try. The inhabitants arv still flying to St. Augus- tine, and from St. Aoguatino to Georgia and feoUlh Carolina. It IS evident that no gei^eral, evc!\ With extensive means, can cure a diiease in the public mind so general and so dr jj>.ad.og, without so., e little cf (on on the pari ,Jf (he people themselves. Thus the planters, U 'lIic recent case near Tallabaseee, who tied w^Jt-.out knowing whether they ran trom squaws or "warriors, ought first to have ascertained thdt irialerial fact. It they had turned upon the encm-;^ they wnuld have found the case wiKim il,,- e*s^ compass of any three or four rr fi. : ij I c ft'.id half as many overseers. This \.- i, and manly courss. That adopted v < ■ ;. spread the panic, and to throw exK r i, i,;. n the general who has the misfortune lu ci.ininami a handful of brave troops in the midst of such a 'n r.i ■, i liavo just received Bin .-.(t. Aus;o.itine, dated ihe2Gth lie says: "•■A panic highly dis- vhole country has spread oVcr Ihe ne manly efiOit the enemy might .1, .-.iiri Uinr homes and properly ,i .11; ..;i confirmation of my . .1 icil. B'^sides, I was . ,c< uf Florida to come .. il. I ;: I ;i ;iii likely to rally the kno tha done for the defe ''ion Ter tory ijgree with ine as I tia generally. (.Signed) ood. It further stated what had beer iK settlements, and wba' Its to do lor Ihemaelvcr to complete the defeiic. compauies of mountcc ijt I ever offered the slightesi vil or political authorities ol .nndid and intelligent ufiicers iih whom I have conversed the inefficiency of their mill ansfCli..,-„vC r l,c.:l,u.,t tion of the pi.wcrs ol the Kxecutive Department of the Government, have cemented still morr; closely the bond of our glorious Union. During Ihe pe- riod that he has filled the Presidential office our I,,.. ..-ress and prosperity us a people have been ■ 1 ■ 1 i.'il. and the national honor steadily and pro- : , ;y maintained. As an epoch in the existence I ir Lountry it, will lone be remembered, and its i.i I.. y studied with delight by all true patriots thrunyhout the length and breiidth of the land. "Ruolvt'd, That fof the purpose of bringing about a mol-e thorough and efficient oi-ganizaiionj State the f.jrmation of Scott clubs, corresponding committees, and the appointment of sub-electors for each county. " all Ihi WINFIELD SCOTT. >f the Fort I 1 Not a regular company has been sent oul i Territory, except, possibly, three from T Way. Besidee- a strong garrison there, two ci tiies were directed thence to occupy a post ( Suwunne*5 two are posted at Fort King; five a Drain; one (mounted United Status dragooi Oaktatids, SIX miles ofl"; one at Micanopy, t»ei»th at Garey's lerry. I'liese Ibrces ought, In the opinion of the Alacbun :n, ' ;•':■■-;,!.., frontiers, parlicoi;i mooihol ihc Suwannee up that river asf.iras prac licablc. One of the cump.inies, supposed to be al ready on the river, will be instructed to embark and lemain on board the boat. On this side of Ihe St. John's the means of dc- fei.ce, though much more limited, are deetncd luliy ad. quale, if nidod by a single company oi inounitd volunteers; anu one, it U hoped, will toon pres.nt itscll for the service. Of the five reg ular companicj, one has already been mounied on horses belonging to Ihe wagon tram, ond in a lew days another will be put on hurecbaclt by the same means, 'ihe commanding general lia« no power to purclmsc hurscs exprestly fur this put puse The ed will be kept constantly in movement; a;i i i may be addeu ihat the little armed steam, r . . Ihe Eisaynns, b.loneing to ihe Unite i ■: ' i . .tnd also in Daniel IVeb- slcr'i, ul I I .iiiancc than even amend- ments to . . ' ,;i.iot« tariff,' or 'a (i5trai siisle-.i: ij .:/ ,inin„i;mint8,' ailect vitally the i.rr, .luihf'i^ our glorious Union. 'I'heee >\ lug ductrines lo which jou abude ,1' J . ■ .,. U'!7(6e, cherished principles of my ; , i.iit of such paramount importance J.J i ■. ( i: ; , ,it ' .)v biippreasion of ihe growing spiriici. : .:, ■'iiiinnisin, which, if notchcck- ed.will. crr.duco much more fatal fruit.s 111 i . , ■( i! and the most niggardly ad mi 111--', .1 i' : i;-.r,i^l affairs— ot such vast im- portance, I say, seinij to me tlie duty of frowning down, in every possible way, not only agitation m the ahslracl, but the demagogues also who product U, tliatl do not hesiiate to rank it pibst— even above the sincere and dieply-cherished piincipliB which I entertain in common wiih Iho VVhig parly. In short, 1 think there is a duty of higher and more eulemu obligation than that which I owe to my party— (/ic;f !J ri duty to my country, with which , which ' efore us. Ions of the Nation J 1 call fuithe r agit.-i •y the Com J uur peace, and viU dis J COl linue or ren .'.v such reve , or howcvc ■ made; s set ssenlial Wh g party and the in- eopi nion of this conven- Whig party mad - by the tlsoiiiL-c!' i.e. I , .utiiiionlly set forth in t. e ad- ircss ol the F.u.eui! H.ill Convention yesterday, ;omes nearer than any other, in our sober judg- iieut, to a good justification of the refusal, upon he part of some of JHr. Webster's friends, to i--!ri.. lliP p.liimore VVhig nomination. And feelings iiy cqi the .1 ^. !,cil.'Ct. It is undeniably true that ' 'ir 'ii.; j; ; I, lo our country is immeasurably greater than that to our parly, and that when the two become incompatible the latter must yield. In truth, t..c latier is nothing without the fo. mer; for the very difiiiition of ,a party, in distinction from that ot a faciioa, is a. body of men united for promoiing what they believe lo be the national in- terests. Whig principles are valunbb; but if they '".nnet be .=f cured v;ithout sacrificing national cj ''.■;'■ .,;.'!', J "",. j': .1 ■-.", ' "..'the WhigPre- ■. ; :. > i.osen and" duly ......... . (", and privileges ailed or difficult, '.vhn^h be h..a lieen callci upon to perform. Horn in the South, brought uj on the soil cf the 'Old .Dominion,' in ihe midst o iis stirring legends and inspiring associations- connected by ties of blood and marriage will southern citizens, and nuinberingamong bis earii est, most tried and intitnate friends many tlis'in „.°(;. ;, lithe .1, .. j-l. 1 .■' • - tl.c ■ .■ ,■ ji:'. Jill, if he cannot 1'.- 4ust;'inid mthout iiiju b. the highest interista of the country, he mus b deserted In all this we agree perlectly wiih ur friends. Their auty. in the contingency they su pose, is manifest and imperative. Hut the que in between us is, whe- iher this contingency no w aciually exists. Tuey apprehend that it does; iiiaiutain that it doe> ""Ti-at Whig ,.',;:.c;7'^. lit variance with na- tia.ial principle-' .,.'.i,'!s. They a.e mojl complclclj, . IV ,"1 forth in the the ry gua I will tandidalfs, liplall.t. dispute relates solely to lhe»e candidates to General It is declared that he is not to laii'i-.. 1 bo ini.-ted u; on iho Comprumite quertioii-a -lUsotved, That we recognise in Wm. A. Gea- I r]uesiioii which, it is justly maintained, is piiia- HAM an eiiiiiient aiatesmau, embodying the solid I iiiuunt lo all party qutaiions of the day. li w« virtues of bis native State— North Carolina— audi tielieved this, we would »tty, let him at once 6r.4 HE SIGNAL 19: be red ; rdcti But we du ; posi! Ifiat Gcnf nee to sustain 8113- faclioii, or ■e againsi il. i puiidciux- an.i i non^ ihe firnt ^ terize every gr not believe it. Tlu • uch a belief, but abundant evil It is certiiin that General Scott wi to give his encourapemeni and h ^ great CompruiniBC t;ai,lle Garden meeting in this » city It is certain that both befure and allcr liie ■> pae^Eag-e of tbe CoiTjpromise measures l>y Coi'-n - he habitually expre.ecd, in most uiiain! ";. - language, llie deepest interest in their sue. , : i is certain that be has declared hiitiself ir>lL'i-rM! li and pledfjed himself, if made President, to tlie H support of the following resolution adopted by Ibc V Whig National Convention: |li ren. The simple laet is, that both par- tain Abolitionists, but for their words "8. That the series of acts of the Thirty-second 'PJ", "''''""° "'iiiier c.ui.li.iaie is responsible. Congress, the act known as the Fugitive Slave ' f"'''''' '^ ''" --■';^t n' '- .MV. i.v I.i;lwccn the law included, are received and acquiesced in bv '' '" ' '■ ' '' ' ■" regard to the Whig party of the United States as a settle' '' i liwcreCom- ment, in principle andsubetance, of the dangerous I' ■ ' :. i.. ..; 11, ;iiid yet both and exciting questions which they embrace; and, '■> ■ ; i ' '; '- i" i ^ - 'i -A-ii^::.j„ to that effect BO far as they are concerned, we will maintain , *'"'^" w,i« enliciied of ihejii; bi>lli at their notni- them, and insist upon their strict cnlnrcenient, "^''"" pic'lg'^d themselves to sustain the Compro- nntil time and experience shall demonstrate the '"''^'^' '"""^ "'^^ e'''«''t majority of the supporters of esity of further legislation to guard against , '^°'!' *'''''"'" '^'""iP"'""!''"' nien "' ' '•■--■ ■ nd Ihe i ^ Ji''"'^ ^^'j*'.'S "PP-'n'^D's of General Scott not only pairing ■>■■='-- '■■- ■■— -Scott friends to oppose jg Red.souneqiiivorii.nnd f the evasion of the laws abuse of their powers on the other- their present efficiency; and wn tlrprecaU all f\ thtr agilaUon of the qiteitions thus eHUed as di Rcroiis 10 ovrpeoce, and vill dwcounknat.ce all if /urts lo continue or renew stich agttfition, v/hkne\kr WHEBKVEB, or HOWEVgK tltp allnnpl maij he made and tee will maintain thia aijitim as viUionality of the Whig parly and tlie integrity Union" Now what have to this evidence si , BO uninipeachahit' f" Noilnn-r wlmr^'v/r hni vn-rii suspicions and tir 1 :i \r ,; ,1 ;, ,, t,, ( ^. ■ ' r can they find r. v. . , ■ ; live, on'his pai 1 , ! , , of sympathy Willi ;^' -;:r..i I-:]., .,r ,:;,■. .r- 1 ■, •ectional agitation, or of want of h any c :,■ .m rcnce in any single national sentiment or priori pie. The prejudice against him in tins rcfp. r arises from two causes, both, in our oidnioii. irsul ficicnt to fatally condemn him. The first ia hi constant refusal, for months before hisnominaliuii to answer the written inquiries addresfed to hiii lu reference to his views upon the Compromisr We admit that in this he was in fault. It was 1 subject which a man in his position ought not ti have been silent upon. Yet the mistake was no in Ihe principle, but in the policy— not in Iheopin ion entertained, but in the expression wiibheld General Scott conformed to the course whi. b ■, v been of late years too commonly pursued 1 v candidates for popular preferment, and dio 1 questionably in order to get his nomination- ' 1 the cited i I'h The Whig opp-j mistake his posiiion towards slavery agitation, but wc think greatly magnify the formidubleness Itself. There is no such agitation now, 3 no probability that it will again be ex- ;courseof the next Presidential term ajority of the northern people are now ble of its folly, and regard it with disgust. Their acquiescence in the nd durable, and the coun- try is now to know a period of repose upon the ot slavery which il has been a stranger to ■a. At no time during the last lourPreai- I'lois has public opinion been so sound in o. the mutual obligations of the differ, 11 ^grituoflhei^,^^'^'^ »"■.' '^'^g"' ,Coinp-omi6e is sii Frum the Manctietier (IV. Il ) jline.ican. THE CLINCHEll-INDUBITABLE PROOF OF THE NEW BOSTON SPEECH. The evidence accumulales. The more the pub- lio. pondiir and rx.imui''. the etrutiger is the con* '"'''' ' ' '' I'" rci! mode the New Boston ' I'v Mr. Fobs. Every effort ' iHTcomen has lieeii aimed pouneo us a w< a liorfe thief : done in thchoi er should be d port would fall show, : in any icr of tha tti It. ll is noAf our purpose lo ague mainnr, who and what speech is and has been. We shall m.ikc no halt-way work of it. Before we ■■lose the nnttcr shall be ae plain as the noon -day sun "to tho lowest and darkest and meanest un- derstanding." A woni of introduction. It is our belief that Frank Pierce has carried two fares on this Buhject ol slavery, as it is evident he bason some others. He has been the foremost, the head and front of a party who have constantly burled at the Whigs the charge of "obulitionisin." Nomilter what ground they take, no matter for whom they voced, no mat- ter on what platform they have slood, unce.ieingly, from the loudc6t bellowcr down to the faintest ei ho of the Lorofoco parly in New Hampshire, the Whigs have been taunted with "abolKiouism." And now, while they are in the fraternal embrice of John Van Buren, while General Pierce makes public spin : Uni( ;pre lit. We , ' u .,,. ; , judge of the futu -..-iy, ior in times like these there is no such iliiog as an unerring prediction. But with the sirongest assura«cc we do say, that Ihe probability ofthc return of Iho danger is itrclf too remote to justify the sacrifice of great national inleresls in ccndu t in rele rence to such a mat •T we ways 6 aid and still 8.iy, was cons jra ble b;i cannot be repeatec , for lb has b« en secu tho made. General Scott has al.v.-..,.sl n !' mise ir an ; her cetorwar.ll: ■ The li ofdistrofi - and th erefore e bouldcca,. The Bccon 1 c posed affinity in feeliiio .1 Frecso 1 portlo 1 of the '■^ Il iihcr dii >f his intimacy with IMassacbuseti •.vliilo every indication shows an attempt !■ • . H -iiers to bis support — at such a time, ■ : .New Hampshire are met wiih the ':-. I Scott is an "abolitionist " Gen- !' ' piLtended to support the Compromise, n of the Whigs did support it with sincer- consisiency But the echoes of his Corn- speeches had hardly died away, when he ll at New Boston aitenipting to catch ihe •nisi" Atwood men. More than one Free- 1 testify that he has told him that between ere was no difference of opinion un the uestion, hut that be "didn't want to break n..,r.oo,-,ij.- par'y." Wc have now the lo ' ii.o , ,,,, 1 1. -lively that he has uttered .' ^, I Ins organs had denounced, .liiied. r .1: ol ,:., N, ,v BOSIO re directly against the parly wiih which ler was acting; consequently, it is proba- -lisreprestiit.iiion would have been in speech 1 I made pose 01 securing a repon . I an error occurred from nr^: j if the speech is wrongly i-.^i., jtentional raisrepreseniaiion. " Ti turns then on the character of iVl : who dent luppo opponents of Ihe Compromioe. and yet llicee oppo nents did not form half of the number of hisaciua supnorterj. Sixty-six voles only were regiaterei against the Compromise resolutions, ,i>id y.i G. n eral Scott, on ibo very first balloi, r, , .< ,, , hundred and tliirlyone votes, and , hundred and fifty light. Ho was bo believed that he shared their sertimcr i; on ihi question, but because he, occupying, aa ho h u done, a position out of the political woild.h.j. taken a lees direct part against them, and tbonlo incurred less of their ill-will than cither of hi- . ,:' pclitors. Political annals abound with jut ' instances ot a prostrated party, by way ot ^ geance, dragging with them to the eurlh - who were most instrumental in causing th< i : General Scott was upheld by these men not lo. o love they bore him, but lor tbehatelhey bor, h , iri Webster and IVlillard Fillmore. Itianoti,,, that since the nomination General Soolt has . in concert with, or in any way be. n uiidtr . n- fluenceof this class of Abolition Whim's. (<■ 1 contrary, we have the fullest assurance ihai , .1 of these very persons who were once mo£ia,;i.. in his support now regard his election wiih inoil They are finding that it does not at all bid fail for lh»ir iulerests. It is an utter wiatake lo sup question Foss and oth- 6 is one reason lor entering into the vin- *eare about to make. There is another we alluded last week. Ho has at the .'o openly^ and explicitly charged with General Sam. H.^uoion h.aa repeated Ihe oin Ihe stump, stating ihil Mr. Foss had lined in Ihe New Hampshire penitentiary Who,, then, is Rev A. T eporter of Frank Pierce's New Boston img Foss, th apecch.^ In 1827 he entered the Baptist ministry, preached ane year at Dover, one year at Grfal Falls, three years and a lialf at Parsonfield, M,iine, the same length of time at Hopkiniou in this State, ei»/,J yeais at -Vow Boston, an.l two at the Second Bap- jotherwell-|'-''"r';'' "' Hopkiul. ch was car- ^e was elected as on to the utter "ame also appears ^York tially CO Christi followi, etuig ior s./ifie time, they ga-vc it up in despair I adjourned, with three rou-ingcbeers lor Scott! [ Cincinnati Gazette, Sept. 4 -This church hasl ^k THE SIGNAL rlyi lingiiisheJ the debt on t ing house. Sunday school flouriuhw; oaTiee of benevolence U patronized. j -.. unit'd iu dcKtrine and disriplinf; and in many re epei IB in a flourishing condition." We find by Ihe minutes that he was in the same year a delegnte to the "iMilford Baptist Assicia- tion,"3nd acted prominently in its proceedings. In Ihe report of the -naptist Convention" of New Hampshire for 1SJ6, it is stated that •Rev Ju Foes, Ne iety. Rev r,l'.i-'iv ly rp.1.1 Uu.idr. litre's Kia ■ .-aid Progivs uf 'eternal madness, and the Whig parly be dainnr.d P ha' ti in t!iV "^'ju'* iJ.HxVT'e Saint's li:ver[.t3tin^ to rvrrlaoting" infamy. '"•^■"c"" . ,. :.'\. ;• .,' rT ■ J. ..I,., T.i... We leave this subject not again intendinp to sl- ide to it. We have put the matter beyond the ighteat shadow of a doubt. We have eho>vn, by toniiiini.^. ^^^ _^ FOSS, Chairman." jaii impregnable array of fae.s, the character ot , , ,,.,,. , . ... f ,^„„ I the reporter (if the New Boston apeecli; from these In the report of the IVItllord Association for lb33 , ^^^^^ t'^^ ^,^^5^ must judg-e of ih. nn „rai v of the may beloundthcfoUowmgnote: .,>, ,u i report. With Mr. Foss w.- h 1 v i.aUym- •■Voted that our m-xt session be held with the I ij, „. sentim-nts dilli • vl the ,|churchin Millord That Bro. A. T. Foes preach 1 1^,^' , - „, ^, , , ^, j,^. Worth, Concord, , „,„^ „,e circular letter." j <_.o„p.,,,. ,„ y,as once adkd by lU, n moiraliof " opm a conventioK with prayei ' ' " , ihe Vucu Progress. ; of the " Baptist Conve Treasurer." 1 1 Aaain: i jtal "The President nominated the followin.-M C-.rpenter, K, Worth , u^^f,j,.,t v^.^s referred to Brethren J. N. K™*"' 1 j" '.^.y ^^f D D Pratt, J. N. Brown, I- Trjcy. and A. 1 . i.'^„a and Person, to report tomorrow morning." ;j.,*ii^ot t Fobs." I Wr. Foss was etill one of the trostees of New | _..,„ „,.„, Al 0: ' Hampton and correeponding secretary of the con "Cnosc Brethren Higbee and Fosi a committee j „gjnn,„ J'lie miautesofthe'-iWiiford Association" to report on the Sabbath " j for 1S41 state that Also: "The association convened at 10 o'clock, a. m , "Heard a report from the Committee on the , 3,, j organized by choosing Brother A T. Foss Sabbaih, which was adopted; and Brethren Foes. | ^]^jg,a,„,.j. g. Richardson, Clerk; William Wal Carpenter, and Pratt were appointed a committee | ^^^^ Treasurer " to lake this subjer-t into further consideration— to I ]„ ti,e report of the " Baptist General Conven- j j^j^ YYest in discha confer with other religious bodies, &c " _ !,[(,„ (or Foreign Missions," held at Baltimore in , _l^ j^^^p^g^j ^ j^i^ ^^ jl,. ■ I has latterly, so far as he has min; . i opposed some of the prominent e.i ."^ I Administration. But while we lity of\ i ly to sui ' and a Ci ts 01 Ihe present hold a pen, in- ever party, and ho.vevrr humble, mpled upon withoni (lie opportu- ndioation, nor character hlacKt ned inere- the purposes of an insi.leni, a hiui.ted, rrupt majority. Arrival of General Scott i» Uulllniarii It having b^^en understood that General Sc' would leave Washingti repor , of Ihe " Milford Baptist Asaocia- vhich John Aiwood was moderator, Mr. Fobs was appointed by the Chair at the head of the Committee of Arrangements Ho was also at the same meeting appointed the chairman of a com- | yYniih." "■" ^"" ! Mr. Fi j the repo , lS-11, fjUowir delegates from New Han " K. E. CummincB, Sa A. T. Foss, G WiUia appear ipshi 1 Board, imposed upon 1 ue of an head oi 1 fficial being ■ Central Commit- I tee, with other Whig gentlemen, asseuibl. d at the depot in the eveniag for the purpose ol n ceunng I him. On the ar^val of the cirs he was met by jDr J. H Thomas, Captain France, iMersri.Luok- . . „ ., „ . fr „, » a.-i.,-. ,-n,„miri«« . i„r. roos oc.i.g o..>. of the seven selected. By gn Xravers, and others ot the Centra! Coniiiiiticc, Institution." Mr. Foss, from a seUct committee, ^^ ^^^^,, ^ Convention" lor 1843, L„^ by thein introduced to ;hc prople who had ea- introduced the following resolution |^ ^.^ P^,^ ^^^^ ,^^, „^' j,,.,,, delivered the annual gerly gathered around, with niany of whom he "ijfsoiced. That the profanation ot the Holy Sab- I ^^^1^^,^ It was at that time reararded as an able "^changed cordial personal greetings. O.-. leav- bath now so alarmingly prevalent m every part of I _,jgj.^jj^_g .j.[,g christian IValclman, prinlfd at jno- ihe depot for the City H..t.l. the crowd united our country is a practice which we S^eaily la- | p^^^^^j^^ ^^^ ,he leading- Baptist paper in New ! i„°,,^arty cheers for the hero of L'u.dy's Line mem, and which we deem our duly, as the trienct= g^^l^^jggj y„ j, ^ very high compliment. 1 On his arrival at the hotel becoming known, *• -ligion and our beloved <=°"'"';y^,;J° Jff ^^''y ! U may be lound in one of the June numbers of that ] ^^ny of our citizens emlracf d ;he opportunity of prayer, example, and by every suitable niste'S in going to irpose of exchange, lid travelling on the rrect. ••Resolved, That we, as neighboring towns for the will, as far as practicable. Lord's day. Carried." By the minutes of the "Milford Baptist Associa- tion" lor 1837, it appears that the following gen- tlemen were appointed trustees of the"Han. ock Literary and Scientific Institution." "Mark Carpenter, John Atwood, John Stei-ens, Joseph Davis, William Wallace, George Ray- mond, .ind A. T. Foss. Aa honorary members of Ihe board, Hon. Israel Hunt, Nashua; and General Solomon McNeil, Hiilsboroagh." General McNeil was a brother-in-law of General Pierce. By the report of the "Baptist Conven- tion" of New Hampshire for 1S3S, it appears that "Rev. A. T. Foas" was chosen corresponding sec retary, which office he held five years. We find also the following record: " Triateet of New Hampton Institution— Brolh- era P..ineaa Richardson, E. E. Cummings, Ed- mund Worth, D. 1). Pratt, John Richardson, An drew T. Foss. Philip Brown." This responsible office he held for seven or eight years. It will bo remembered that New Hampton is the only theological Baptists in New Hampshire, and is of high respec lability and excellence. As secretary of the "Bap- list General Tract Society" he made an able re port. By the minutes of the " Baptist State Con- vention" for 1S39, it appears that the "Convention was opened by prayer by Rev. A T. Foss." On the 7th page inav !'<• footid the following report of U,bC.ii.i..h'-i .n y .Miration: .."I'lii ! !: Ill ligious Publications would „,„ -I i'i'.nt religions nublicaiioiis 3,.,,- '• -'-0 wkhina'^few years, and whili-'iii '■''^ ''''^'^ '"■'®" '"*"y Bood works, sound in doctrine *"'* healthlul in influence, pre .ented before the uiTbUcvery much the iargest being presented one of the June numbers of that bf the may bo found the following U'hroSgh the parlor, all of note. I with a gentlemanly urbanity an. I kindn.js, which "Listened to some very touching and appro Iseeined to be, ond no doubt wis, highly apprcci priate remarks from Brother Fos.^ on the solemn jated. A pleasant incident was Ihc presentation of and deeply affecting circumstances under which la large number of gentlcm.n from North Carolina, we ate assembled. Our beloved Brother A. L. guests at the hotel who gla'Uy availed il:einselvc« Mason, the pastor of the church with which we j of the opportunity of calling upon Gtuiral Scon , meet, instead ol being present, was suffering at his land assuring him of the dcvotjo.i ot Oiai staunch residence in the village from a severe and pro- Whig Slate. traded sickness, and it was expected before the j In the evening the Central Scott Club tissemblcd session should close that he would lall asleep in -at their ouarters, and, to the number of ai^vcnil Jesus. And the remarks of Brother Foss were ; hundred,'proceeded to the hotel, where they were rendered peculiarly impressive, because they em- I presented to General Scott, who received them bodied what Brother Mason would have regarded i cordially, and expressed bis gratification in ex- aa his dyin"- and farewell message to the br. Ihren , changing greetings with them. Before leaving, • •■ :-.---.. ■ j Ihe club joined in three hearty cheers (or General 'lessary, to 1 Scott. During the whole evening and up to a late he last re- hour, v,'hcn the General retired from exhausiion, iii6rr of the: the throng of those anxious to be presented con- n good and | linued unabated, and the most gratitying enthosi- I I'lj i.i'irt asm aiid'good feeling was inanilestcd. Among ■oinpofiing I lort (1851) leaves : •New Hampshire B.i Bgular standing- dear I present 1 rtiblc many gentlemen from South- city. >ew ' clergyman: ti of the I only accorde Ih, aodiiy, and i-u-ly; that to-day he .stands unimpeached and ui peachable within the pale of that church. Yet is the man against whom an honorable (?) Sot on the stump retails the charge of Ihtlt! Th the man who must be crushed to elevate Gci Franklin Pierce to the Presidency! This is the reporter of the New Boston speech, between him and Frank Pierce comes uj question of veracity! Tiiis is the man » be lied dow be blackened in the sacri Hampshire Democracy ! Lot here or at Ihe South, misunderslan say that we challenge and defy ai: iir'ary msn, to draw a true compa and whoso cliu M ral of those who had served in the Maryland . L!!i;ent under General Scott in Mexico were in- luuuce.l, and the evident pleasure with which hey hailed (heir old general, and the interest vhich he inanifL-slcd in the inquiries he made of hem, formed pleasant episodes, which were highly ijoyed by all who witnessed them. All were 1 ceived by General Scott with a dignified y dial kindness, which wasdeeply felt and produced the happiest impression upon Ihe many who, f< the first time, had the 0| respects to the distingui hour in tin Ihe Slate Central Coin", icrenadcd by Volandt's y of paying their of nobn age,ll.i.y Ic^l ;; ..,in.:^ i.'il.i i, j i,.;::l.i ..... '■'.'_- .^ K,ciirvpiial virtue-- Im.v in- caUoifs^^ But they L'nnotUu.n'erate''w!os"e works |',-i"lhe Sabbath; how'ho ricligh which they disapprove ; their name is legion- trona/"^ '" religious ii.attiution "The commitr.e would urge the conilnued and at sundr," """■•* """""V;' -"P" increased patronage of the N. H. Baptist Register, the highest . «S'^"^/ \ and the A. B. Missionary Magazine or to morrow, 0.' •'"^ ' ' ' "Among Btaqdard works they would present the of General Pierce'^ ■ ' Encyclopedia of- ReJigioua Knowledge. Its merits investigation into tin need only to be known to be appreciated. They ! And if, by that comiuf.ou '. ' ' would also recommend Malcom's Trnvelsand the i up the loser, may i very tun;.''" Christian Review. But they would earnestly re- I the New Boston speech be ..especially to young chrialians, that they I which has bolitved it rave .... ,, , niral Scott goes West as far as Cincinnati .1 -■.:,. I'.ir ■ .. . i itic Blue Liik Springs, Kentuufcj, the object 1 the ordinaiici .' ' ot his journey being the selection of a site for the ais heart in pa- j proposed Western Milit"ary Hospital, provision for lid how his faith which was made by Congress du 1 eagle.- We to day, II : I. f-abls to any 1 1 . hcillcnge an ; I.' two men. , 111 . r. Foss comes 11- which has retailed -jijsied; every brain iino'.°-r ll)9 tortures of |sion. General Wool and Surgeon Ge son are associated with him in the < a?, will hargc ol this duty. Hs will leave here in the train this morning, by way ot the Baltimore and Susque- hanna Raiiroad, .or Pittsburgh, where he will ar- rive on Friday and from lh.>nce proceed to Cleve- land anri Columbus. He will probably be absent from Washington ten or twelve days, returning by way of the Lakes and stopping: at West Point. THE SIGNAL 190 OGDEN HOFFMAN'S REMARKS. Tue New York Timet furnishes the foUowiner skftch of a speech made by Ogdkn HOFrjiAN.oeq. before a meeiiag of the Whig-sof the Niuth WarJ, in the city of New York, on llie eveningof the 16lh inatant : Mr. Oguen Hoffman wbb introduced to (he meeting auiirf continued and hearty greetings. He delivered au elo()uent address, of which wc re- gret our space adniiia but a brief notice He eaid if his face had been for eome time a strang-er to thein, it was not from any lukcwarmness in the gfreat cause before (be country— [cries of" No"] — but l)y reason of an affection of the throat, which prevented bis speaking-. But seeino- that tbe Fil- i-night, he dptc ; the risk of teen I h W.t in^ned toct>me before them, hia voice failing, to pjur out his for WiNFiELD Scott. [.Applause ^ gallant VVinfield Scolt was inriard bearer. [Cheers.] When following him Mexico, none had stopped to ask if another general were in the field ; and now, let the Whigs lead, wlifii taking- hv. United States. [Ap;.b President of th< From the Vieksburg iJMist.) Ultig, Septenbcr 1 Mr. Webster and ills FWenda. pursued tiy i Tbe< Mr. WKH=iTER'in Boston lo the regularly extraordinary, and thecuure self is very equivocal, to say one word of objection from ster f offered bin i.ame to go his friends used every eff irt tion, and good f;iitb it-quires ever was made Webster's frit 1 every one kno Whig ^nd bis friends nomination as sides this, Mr. ut power, and ■.■>-- prevented . 1 ut any one. n .New Ham p and .:.: :_. -:.:„. ■; ' ..^ ■ ■ follow, he would obtain for the standard of General .-Sc;- ; .i hers, who bad beer principles a noble victory. [Applause.] voting for .Mr li,,, , - .a^igcand thussetlled What were iheir principles.' They believed that the nomma: .,;,,■■, , , - ..ii; and n.iw oppoa: American industry should be protected; tha "" "■ ' American labor should be sustained against thi pauper two and sixpenny remuneration of Eng lish labor. [Cheers] When they looked upon | brought this |trcat city— now tbe geiu of the ocean— and h'"'*'-'' G considered that it was raised to its present mag- "'^i" "i'*"'- a"" tiius pcri nificence through enterprise and energy, they "'^ party, and defeat Ueii looked with scorn on the man who cast his veio undoubtedly is, the natiie i upon every attempt at internal improvement. | *^'='^'"'''"='' by every Whig [Applause.] ! \yebHei's friends, and n Why was the war of ISI'2 declared.' It was tc fricnds-aa has been falsely said— who are respon- declare tbe independence of the citizens of thid ( "'''^ f'"' 'he nominalion of General Scott. country, over whom England claimed a right, and ' ■ — would seize from under the American flag.'^to bang ' f^""' "'« jVeto Orleans Bte, Seplember 9. as iraiors. [Cheers.] How indignant had they | 'ilie Canvass in Louisiana. felt at tbe surrender 01 Hull, and at the thought I Wo h.. -.i ■ ,i. i . j thiit American courage wa^. not proof agailist I ^' ^'^'"' *"""" "^^ '^=' ''"y '"' '"" '^^'^ '^''^rs B.itish discipline! But then appeared a youngj f''°'" P^bably two-thirds of the parishes of Louisi- Virginian, who taught them that Americans were] ana— most of them written by observant and intel- 5 almost uniformly siana as exceedingly In the northwestern pa't of the Slate— takeiMhat ! '" Sabine, Nachitoches, DeSoto, Bossier, Claiborne, "?:.T^?i A CliEAP PllEt,lDEiN r. From the Providence Journal. The corruption ainun? tlie Demuctalicleaders has become such lljatihey look upon alnjoat every (hmg in the light of Uullars r.nd cents Their hrsi idea ot an office is, how much will it pay? And their idea of the services wh ch a man has rendered to hia country arc measured by the enm.-: standard. In looking back over the glorious career of General Scott, the early deeds 'o{ lUa young hero on the Canadian frontier, which sent a ihriil ot exultation through the whole country, the set- tiemcnt of the Nortueastcru Houndary quneiion. the pac.ti.aiion of the Patriot trotil.l.H on the! norlbe,., .. .,,. ,,J, l;,.- ,M ,, , 11,1 , >„1 „f Ihfi ,'."' - '■'•■'' ■-'■■ '■- ■■■ ■ '■ ■■ ■■ -wry Blep trmmpi., nnd «,,„.«i.%.,y ,i„y a M.-lory. th.-se 'Using demagogues ask what did it cn.st? How uch pay did he gei.' And then 'bey ask. did he >t receive more lor lighting ihe batiU-s ol Couru- husco and Contreras than General Pierce di.i for falling from hia horse.' II Seott is the better fighter, is not Pierce, after all, the cheaper? Diil nol Scoit receive more for his servi.es on the frontier than Pierce did for his vote against the Riverand Hirhor bills, that obtained Ihe a.^enteven of a Dem..craiic President.' Did not Scolt receive more fir his ser- vices in Soulh Carolina than Pierce did for his vote against allowing to the widow of General Harrison the pittance of her husliand'a salary.' Upon the Id not Pierce make a cheaper President Air- Sev to ue respected and feared. Winfield Scott, when I ligent gentlemen. These Ictle himself a captive, boldly "bearded the lion in bis ' a,^„=L- .Tr ii.» „n„=„o.,, ; i „ - den," and told Ihe English, as they were selecting ! "P"^*^ "' "'^ P™'P^<=' '" ^°"'^ from their prisoners some Irish to be hung as subjects, that for every life of a British officer \ Thus he was true to tbe principles of the war; ; had afterwards the happiness of receiving on tl qutys the gallant comrades whose lives he I saved. [Applause.] hold verd^ of De tei— in the Ouachita district along ne— mtheold county of Opelousas int Attakapas- in theKed River, a; Louisiana, the Whigs are uiiiied ved th. that Arko whole, woi than Scott; The result of Mr. Meriweth resolution is a report showing t in Ihe course <)f forty years' ser visit to Europe on public husint contrmplible cludi. Jk of his many victories. The I The dissatislaclion whic blaienfthe cannon best illuminated the virtues oil "' General Scott has given w,-i tbeman. [Cheers.] They loved him because he | '"^'«;<^. and a determination t-. haoadded tu the qualities of ihe soldier Ihe life of ! "^ff^ct ot the dissemination .; a ctizen and the character of a Christian; they j views on slavery, and of the ] lovei him because humanity prersed on his victor- 1 of General Scott'ssuundness ->: ries-because, though a Piotestant himself, he in- i heen must salutary, by satisfy terfeed not with but protected the religion of oth-| Generrl s,-,,it m i„o.-e n liable ere. ;Cheers ] Why was it th.-.t every soldier who! ''"J I' had erved in Mexico— were he Whig or Demo- which ilir VVhiir iiomin-.iiun miy ha crat-waa the friend of General Siott.' Because be " was he soldier's friend, and never slept a night unti the humblest man in bia camp was provided for. If he saw a poor s-jidier shivering for the want of ablanket, and the Guverninent at home had one to be given by ilu ■■ ■ ■ ,:■ , , ,i:.irne, Ho crip-led him in this and other rcspecia, he said: "TtB man must not suffer; take this cloak; I can pasabe night without it." [AppUuse.] He re- turnd from Mexiro poor; and he now stood forth anddaimed a counlry's gratitude- H did cot ask the Whigs tf they would support] 5th Obiober; asevenlh at Nat< if ■ r]\ him but he called on the Democrats to lay aside i P^ft o* °ext month; and an eiL'in -. li:,', the prty prejudice which bound ihcm, and sup- 'o come off shortly. These are t:,: ut porlhemanwho shed bis blood for the country. I and hopelul Whig spirit — of a ■.. n '■. ■' . li.ili.'-- He v>uld ask 01 any Democrat, had he been pres- I mayed by the brag and blusicr .ind ilie reckless ent 'hen, wounded by British bullets, that noble : pobcy of tbe opposition. 'I'his is the temper and genral was carried off the field of baitle—wbilei the feeling that leads to vietory. his lind was yet kindled with admiration of his " darig— one had addressed him and said, "That .\ Psoposition.— \Vr ■ .\ i iurueted the bravmanwill one day be a candidate for the publication in our ruin. . .'.lingbio Preslency of Ibis conutry, and because you are a I graphic sketch of G.---1 I I -i --.u. Now, " ' Whig, you will I as theWfgi's^H- profe;5. candidate : much superior to Gtn. - -liiiot fairly To show 1 at the Whi ■s .■: ejlly at wor k in Hi. !■ nay state ll uid barbecu ;3 i-.O'.v in - ne to be giv lerand Bie Vllle.ontii ■ -i'ti ome off at Alexandria on i'ranklin on •be 25ih; a Ion he same time; a filth at (J.)e ixth at Gre enshurg, in Die Dem::rat, and he wil. .._ _ oppo; him"— would he not indignan'Ty in It language of S.ripture, "Is thy servant a' odjpci to triving us rei, dog, lat bo would do this Ibingr" [Applause] ; inu for themselves t'l ;, 'Hough hia generalship Cjlir.rnia was added , candidn'ee- IVe are ; W lb Cnioo; and she had stood forth with the' Oi(r renders the oppuM ,. . . golde mantle on her, and said she would vijie fori therefore propose lo our tKi)J; Wintid Seott. The great captain of the age j ^ducrtiser u«.v life ol Gpfit!*' ' was le captain of the Whig: pariy. li they wcre| m-.y rhv.o*e lo furnisii •• . .. , but tie to him. aa be had been true to his country, I the liegialtf tuo "■' ""',.' thcirictoi-y would bo certain; and great as was] S-iytt, l» wbi--" ^"'^raphic the slut with which bis soldiers received \\\(^ c-i.n j propOjjl'' '' *■* ^"^ ''''* quercon entering- Mexico, fstr jfitfaier would be' - fjodg- ol the ravelling _... .„. |,o..ool this country, has received $-29d,- 577 IS; and General Pi, rce, for voting against River and Harbor bills, opposinglhc grunt to Mrs. Harrison, and falling from his horse in Mexico) has received .g-20.373 40. General Pierce has re- ceived no extra allowaiicf-s, for Ihe very good rea- son that he has performed no extra siro.-cis. He ne- ver was selected by any administration lor any spe- cial business. We have no doubt that General Pierce would make, in all respects, one of Ihe cheapest Presidents that we ever had. He would be the worthy President of such Senators as Mr Meriwether. The whole amount received by General .«colt for for forty years' service— sm h services as no otber i . ii'^ man has rendered or could rtndi r — services ii lidve not only rendered us victorious in bat- j! have twice averted war- are not greater I I- v.-ill be received hy Ihe Democratic public ;j.- 1.1 UTS for one year's protii on their contract; are nol so great as the donation which the less scrupu- lous ol his friends proposed to make lo Ihelatecon- tracior, in reward fir an aittnipt lo cheat the Gov- ernment, which had not been wholly successful. And men who can sit in Congress and vote away millions of dollars of the public money upon worth- lees objects and partisan favorites, think it a great efljrl of statesmanship to parade before the coun- try the aggregate pay and emoluinenis which General Seott has received ourina- his whole life ut active service. Tbe New York Express siys; " Tue account current General Scott has with ihe country, if Mr. Meriwether had been properly answered, w,^uld stand pretty iniich in this wise: "T.^e Uniled Siatts in account vnth General H'infitld Scott: Db. Cb. A series of brilliant strokes on > , , . , the frorlier in 1812, Lundy's V\ ^*P,'*"' * or Lane included, ^colonel's p,-^_ Services among the Gherokees, ^ A gene- ., Services in the Black Hawk war, !■ A >- ''^l « P*y- ' "^^ ^cneral's pay. ... ...» . .u..u« «a., J Bloodless licaliui: Services I Services i Vcro war.^A-, in the Florida war, 3 services in ihe Ni- 11 limes, (1S32,) >, "" '^. ^''''-oa frontier, }■ \ general's pay. .."'.ne.intbe-Aroos a gener.-.l's pay . A general': ■ A general's pay. at say you Tiiere'safa I. n.-iabbnr.' [Mobile Adocrtiser. \>n.z, Cerro Gordo, Con- i . .^,,, reras, Chapultepec, Churu- ' * f "7,"' ' P"?" Hisco, Molino del Rey. L" f 7 court marlial Jariia, Ciiy of Mexico, J '^ ''''"" '"arliai. 'For these great services in Mexico, beyond >n what Curtez rendered Spain, bis rewaid was, was the leward ol Corttz, tne ingr;.tiiud»* of (he iiiinistraiion of tne Government of bi-i country. B General's pay, it should be reinei»bcred-, too^, irU has.of evenlessi than some tirstratecLrfei,'' mo THE SIGNAL. appear that Scott has ever earned the ealt to his bread in any day of his forty-fuur years' Thn services. The reports of the Executive Departments to the Senate, under Mr. Meriwether's re solution, are not yet printed; but to show th^it the call for those reports was a mere party trick, to give the means of misrepresenting General Scott, the editor of the Union, who is the printer to Congress, instead of hastening the document through the press, that the dif- ferent official reports might speak for them- ij. y notes, and paid tne ii selves, has only been in haste to give, in his j ^tjej^j^an^^.'o^'^^^the ^JJ^'^^^^'^.^^ ^.^^ newspaper, a garbled and uncandid abstract -'"' ■ • many items of those reports. of 3i per cent, on contribution money, &.c.;) Die) at par has been retained by | eion of half pe THE SIGNAL. CITY OF WASHINGTON, SE PT. S5, 1 852. ~ ^^HIG NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDENT, W INFIELD SCOTT. Of New Jersey. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, Of North Carolina. "^^SCOTT AND THE TREASURY. Mr. Meriwether, the short-term Senator from Kentucky, and his coadjutors of the Democratic press, have arraigned General Scott for having received a certain allowance from the Government in aid^f his expenses during a trip to Europe in 1816, when he was charged with important public negotiations. On looking into this matter, we find, as we find in all directions when we examine General Scott's ckaracter and transactions, new testi- mony to his deserts. Had it not been for the attack of these Democratic worthies on Gen- eral Scott, it is probable that the following letter from .Iames Monrof. would not have fallen under our eye. Let those who say that General Scott has rendered no " civil services," read the docu- ment, and circulate it among their neighbors : James Monroe to Major General Scott. Washinoton, June 13, 1S16. Deae Sie • U ia decided to aettlc your claim on the Government on the principle established by hiax." If any such desire had existed, why •■•Tolfil amount expended §250,291 4.=. Total amount expended. $255,291 45 Deduct the amount re- ceived from the Trea- sury 30,000 00 S;225,291 45 .■iti63,176 64 Whole sum for which I am account- able 2Ct,691 31 Balance in ray favor .it' 1 ,4S5 33' bought in New York, November 2S. 1846, the ' , were below par till vrc: h-ad been a little while in the city of Mexico. Thus, I had to , deposit tbe notes and pay interest in my bnnker on Take the item of |7,885 19, (a commission jmy drafts till they could sell the notes (nearly Ihe the Union says this General Scott "without authority of law;" ibi but it is added, "to avoid suspicion of undue 8, we submit the following extract from the sibilities.' luding interest. Besides, I paii raCruz and Mexico a commis- nl. I do not, however, propose brins those items and oihcr heavy losees into s account, contidering them covered by tbe commission of three and a half prr nnl. I have charged on account of losses, trouble, mid -cfpou- letter of the Secretary of War:" " 'In applying this act [the act of March 3, 1849] 10 particular cases, doubts arose whether toe claase allowing rompensaiion applied to contributions levied elsewhere than at ports and in the form of duties on imports. The opinion of the Attorney j General was solicited on this question, and on the 12ih day of March last that officer gave an opin- ] ion in the negative. According to this interpreta- [ tionof the act of March 3,1849, General Scott J was not authorized by that act to retain the above ' sum of !g;7,S85 19, as the collection of conlribu tions on which the charge was based were not made at a seaport, but in tbe interior." And here the extract terminates in the c«ii- did Union, dideT prefacing it by a flourish about its desire "to avoid the smpicion of undue tbe Department of War, before your departure for Europe, In such manner that you may sustain ... 1083 by depreciation of paper or unfavorable ex- change. As soon as you designate a person to act fur you, the account will be settled. Your communications while abroad were very interesting. The opportunit.e.. which you bad of deriving information from military men of high ally iu the Prussian army, of the view? \the most important rank, espi of the several po* and extraordinary that has occurred rcere prculiarly favoraldr: and it gtucs me pleasure to slate that the /.eal ano jcdgmest with wh.ch you improved them for the advantage of Yoca country, oavk great satisfaction. I am, with grest respect and esteem, very sin- cerely yours, (Signed) JAMES MONROE .M3Jor General Scott. THE UNION ON "GEN. SCOTT'S PAY AND ALLOW-^NCES." It is mentioned by Plltarch that Scipio, who rid his own country of invasion by con. the Union's indiclraent, it does not jdid not the t7;iio7i quote the very next two paragraphs of the same report, daled August 24, 18.5-2? The Secretary says: Itmay be proper, however, to add, that to the: |j J 'j^j„. gi,j,y ^jj thousand dollars account are appended some explanatory remarks ' of General Scott, in which the following passage which bears upon this subject: Mr. Secretary Conrad speaks above of an account current rendered by General Scott tii the War Department in July, 1848. That ac- eonnt embraced every cent of money that came into the hands of General Scott, viz., the $2til,()91 31, and also every item expended by him, viz., $2.55,291 4.5. Among these expen res the account will show $118,797 19 re milted to the Treasury or paid into the military chest, on account of a Military Asylum tor worn out or disabled soldiers, (regulars and volunteers,) and which sum has since lieen specially appropriated by Congress to that use; sixty odd thousand dollars for blankets and shoes gratuitously distributed among the sol diers at Mexico; some fifteen or twenty tlou^ sand dollars for extra comforts in hospiials, including ten dollars paid to each crippled dis secret service money, including the payof a native spy company for nine months; ihrteen •With the moneys which, on account of the Ljmugj,„() ddlars turned over to General BuT- army came into my hands in Mexico viz: special succeeded General ScoTT, &c., &c. contribution money (in lieu of pillage) levied 1 ''"• ... upon the capital ofthat country, captured tobacco j See the account current. If not in pnit, it debt due the Mexican government col- lected by my order, a tax on gamblers' licenses, small sum 8avc rioua to (he American arms than this seriea of ope- rations, marked from beginning to end by paiient courage, bold darios, and consummate skill - graced aa they were, too, by the milder virtues of gcnerou.') forbearance and compassionate mail- nanimily. The leader of tliia gallant ariny has earned a historic name which can never fide from the annals of American glory. In his long- public career of forly years no spot can be found upon his fair escutcheon. To his unsurpassed military sliillheadds the merit of a pure and admirable private chnracler Thoroughly read in his- tory, well acquainted with natural and con- stitutional law, un industrious student in all that relates to his country's welfare, devoted to our Constitutional Union, and faithful to the rights of each of its oieniber-3, marked by the vhoi I haul. tlie 13th of this munih. •; ip , , , , ,, |,,jltli will not, Rl present, allow 1, ,. ;^ ,, ];,a£,y puhli« celebration where 1 ,,,1 i, rxpi.i^d to Hpeak. Itiswilhonteipned u » ret, ihertlore, that I am compelled to forego the pleasure of unilin" wiih you on an occnsion so full of etirrin? recoU leriinusand so grateful to the pridcof an American citizen. .No Marylander can look back to the battle of North Point without emotions of exultation. The gallantry with which our citizen soldiers repulsed the veterans of England not onlv saved our noble city Iroin pillage, but earned un'fadiug honor for iit patriotic defenders. The memory of their ser vices cannot be loo warmly cherished. The 13ih of September, memorable for the bombardment of Fort McHenry,is again illustrious as the day when the uobL- Scotland biagallantarmy crowned JiapperJid to /ue to Uutiw ai r^' "■'■'(/ f^uy I'u.Ly eral Scott u-(iv h cUciiUd udtucaie n/ Ihe mtii commonly called the Compromise acits which pu»std Cotigriss in 1S6U. 1 had an interview with him or. the evening of the day when the Texas Bouaoary bill passed the Senate, and J can never forget the exultation with which he hailed the passageof that bill, which he declared to be the necessary lore- runner of all the other measures of the scries. 'Ihe passage of Ihe one bill he considered as the guar- anlce'ol Ihe success of all the real; and he expresa ed to me the liveliest gratilicalion at the prot;pect of satisfying the jost demands ol every section of Ihe Union, and restoring that harmonj among all which was so essential lo the peace and prosperity of the whole country. These opinions he hits re- peaiedly expressed with the frankness which b'longs to his nature, and he has aecejjtid fully and wire servtdty Ute resolutions adopted by ttie Convtiitwn which nominated him for Ihe Presidency ■ Now any candid and unprejudiced man can distrust hisfdeliiy, it is difficult for me ta conceive. Ul IU\6 I am sure, that if the people should honor him and themselves by calling him to the Chief Magistracy, Iboy will find him faithful to every guarantee of the Constilution, earnest anri hontBt in the endeavor lo execute all the laws of the land, ever mindful of the honor of the country, and true to its 'best interests, just to his friends, forbiariug and generous to his opponents, scorningall impro- per influences, and yielding to the counsels ol bis personal and political friends just such weight as a sound, honest, impartial judgment should allow to them. Believing this, I shall feel it my duty to unite in all proper tff rts to secureGeneral Scott's election lo the Presidency. I beg leave, sir, to repeat my regret that my health will not allow me to be pre- sent at your celcbratijn of the 13ih, lo bear my testimony publicly in favor of the patriot and hero Very respectfully, sir, your friend and fellow citizen, JAS. ALFRED PEAKCE. Dr. Vkatbe, President Whig City Convention. Van Bnteu and Soule. We noticed the other day that David Wil- MOT, JoH.v Van Buren, and Mr. Grow, M. C, were figuring largely among the Demo CRATs of Pennsylvania. We now iearn that John Van Buren and Pierre Socle were to address the "Buffalo Democracy" on Saturday evening It . John Van BcREN, the great instigator and manager of the Buffalo Convention, and Pierre Socle, the embodiment of the treasonable sentiments ol the Nashville Convention, are most active electioneerers in the iield fur General Pierce. How can any Whig living pretend for one moment to believe that a man so recommended and sustained can be a belter lover of (he Union and the Constitution iktn General Sc-OTT? No Whig believes such an aspersion of the gallant old general who has «er,ved fa/th fully for nearly half a ceiiiury the Union tha the Nashville and Bnlialo Ci Would dissolve. ! "THE BRITISH WHIGS." i Any one, familiar with the Presidential ■■, i j paigns of the last twenty •years, well n ii., i:. Ibers that the great argument of the Democracy, I in all these contests, until the present, was [found in the epithet of "British Whigs." VVe were lold on every Democratic stump, jand in every Democratic journal, that the j Whigs were all "British Whigs." I One would suppose that the Democracv {might be reluclant to lose this thunder — but we never hear it now-a days. The words are blotted out of the Locofoeo vocabulary. It would be a little too impudent lor the Pierce organs to charge us with favoring the Brili^!l. or being favored by the British, when the leading Tory journals in England are all out in favor of the Democratic candidates. They all go for Pierce and KI^G. The more Harbor and River bills that ara vetoed, the better it is for the Canadians, who, by their roads and canals, can compete for the transportation of the products of the North- west. The more furnaces go out of blast in Penn- sylvania, the better it is for the iron-masters of Great Britain. Pierce and Kino, from their hoslility to Harbor and River improvements, and their op- position to a discriminating protective Tariff, naturally suit the sulijecis of Queen Victoria much better than Scott and Graham. The Democracy, therefore, are the British pariy in 1852. The interest manifested in the success of Pierce and King by such journals as the London Times, the London Leader, ihe Man- chester Examiner, and the Liverpool Times. is easily accounted for. They stand up for British interests, and they know that the com- mercial and improvement policy of the Demo- crats cripples the United States, and augments the prosperity of Great Britain. They are right in doing so. But their doing so makes it incumbent on the jhnerican press to stand up with eijual zeal for American interests and Jlmerican policy. Let the British rally around Pierce with the same "gush of enthusiasm" which has united Soule, Forsyth, Venable, Browk, Jefferson Davis, and the Fire-eaters and Secessionists generally, with ihe Van Bcrens, H. B. Stanton, Giddingseb, But- ler, Clevi-.land.s. Di.xes, Sumners, and the Freesoilers generally in his support. Nash- ville and Buffalo Conventiotiists, co-oper- ating with London and Manchester capital- ists, present a pretty strong combination; but American Whigs under the lead of Scojt have beaten Great Britain and her allies too often to permit us to doubt of the result. We think, sincerely, that such a combina- tion of anti-patriotic and hostile elements would be collected around General Pierce, in llie event of his election, that no true-hearted American and Whig can contemplate his suc- cess without alarm for the best interests of ihe country. It isall a matler of "laste" in ihe judg- ment of some of our contemporaries, but as a matter of taste weconfess that we cannot under- stand how any conservative and American ad- ministration can be erected un this alliance of British manufacturers with Secessionist* and Disunionisis. Another Ddmocs.-vtic Demonstbatio.s'.— Mount Gilead Senlinii, published in Worrow co ty, Oliio, says that at a Deiiiocratir primary elec cratic (.'uijienii,,;! and itti ii;rc nothing but hardship and Bufleringcan be expected, unrelievid by the liope of buttle, and the glory consequent upon victory. The latter ia the only incentive that can cheer and animate voluntcera in a war not imme- diately connected with the defence of their homes and liberties. In ccnclusiun, allow me to rem NV, Jkknigan, Hall, and Finbllan, with Ihcir companies, won fur Iheinaelvcs much distinction on these occasions; whilsi (;,i[)t:iina Dav.-jon and Pearson, cruisinar witliilni, . ,i,,, ,, ,, ■ (u, board steamboats, rendered hn ' i, . ' .1 .-cvircs. Captain Dawson on an , u|,layed ionejt'ie greatest judgment ao.i !..ii . i' ' i- n, ,„ irching ^g' I to the relief of the fixed posts, and landing in the presence of the enem^, in order to destroy his means of passing the river. what! have substantially said to the War Oopart.|hav,- 1, . ment: No man can have lor the volunteers from i """''" ' South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, |'''-'(T,'"|;,^'Jl',. been produced by your official commu- j whom I have lately had the honor to command, a'lanteer aid.dc- ■ '" prc8-|™ore cordial oteem than 1 entertain. There arc spr Sia : Every officer must be with which a soldier regards 1 have no doubt been informi ndly Indians acting as Voc.uwABuand others. 'ices. Tu them a great the voluntary surren- li used Lit that you uioaiion of the 30lh ullimO; 1 have never thought foi tended to cast, by that t imputatiim of a want of patriotism 1 From what repeatedly occurred in our ; 1 ftel aatisliod that you will lie pleased i forded an opportunity to correct an) s.'.ntation which may have gone abroad I have thought it due to myself, and the batt». l lion which I hud the honor to command during the [ "^"i^"?'' campaign, 10 piece the subject before you I have (he honor to remain your obedient str vant, F. M. KOBEllTSON, Captain ;commanding Augusta Bittalioii Volun leers in the late Seminole campaign. Majjr General Scott, V. S. A. more cordial oteem than 1 entertain. There hundieds and hundreds of them whom I should 61 j Betts, most happy to call friends; for 1 know them to b: I medica the slightest | generally men of high lionor, putriotism, intelligence^ anipaign iiniidua/coar«f,'e. Such are my honest scntim pleasure in commuuicating conduct in the field, and wt me on the present occasion, high respect and esteem. With which I am, sir, your obedient scrvan WINFIELD SCOT ntaff-Colonel Kenan, vol- Major Ansaht, acting in- eral, and Lieutenants T. J. Lek and decamp, also Surgeon Dr. Lawson, ■ector of the army under General Scott— he cannot take leave without expressing his hearty thanks lor the zeal, ability, and courlo- Isy which each has displayed in the performances of have great \ his particular duties. one whose 1 WINFIELD SCOTT. alike coinmond Gmrral Scott to Captain Kobtrlson. HEADqrAnTERs Army of the South, AuoDSTA, May 26, IS36. Dear Sik; I am greatly obliged to you for your kind and manly letter of this date, tt gives a diiect opportunity of doing justice to the brave men generally whom I have recently hsd the honor to command as well as myself. The letter to the Government, which by an easy mistake has given so much offence, was written at Picolata, under the sound of the bell that hastened the fine battalion of Augusta volun - •eers, under your command, on board the steamer which was to take them to their homcE; writing by that opportunity, and in the midst uf other oc- country cupations, I had not even time to rend what I bad or forced wrute. Hence the very carek^' '' remain oCdti-red in rir.all partitn, and to ;n ■ : I ,1 " general liMtli— till rehy prulracling the war :dn,.^i ^„ indefinilely--th,it .1 would b.; extremely diUicuit, 1 il even with three itioutaiKl veti ran truopt-, in u f ci.untryahounoingio lasliicsbes, toputan end totho I f^ before Congress raising a large b.'ly I \ i.nt.ir-, , (I know not for what time,) snd I ■ : 1 •'.:... n' ■- men, or even men engaged for tw.;ivt m 1 m , ," would not suffice, I was in haste to give niy 1 1 ■ tions to theSecretary of War, in order that, r ^.\ proved, the necessary bills might be ask.?d I- r 1 ', ' Ctingress at once. Following ou troops, or troops with a long ter Indispensable, i added, in next p; giments of rccruilfl, although r< do ; but that if rec were mixed with old soldiers, in June or July they would become efficient by the following De. cember. 1 can tiuly say that it was strongly on my Nashville and Buffalo Couvrnllonlsla. ! Proiuinenl among the friends of Piekce are i the members uf the Nashville Convention of 1 18.50 and the Buffalo Convention of 1848. in F. M. Robertson, late commander of gusta Battalion Volunteers. ! In this connexion we also reprint General I Scott's farewell order on surrendering the icommand of the Creek war to General Jesup: [ORDsa No. 39.] j HEADaUARTERS AkMV OF THE SOOTH. ] Columbus, July 7, 1836. j ,. 1 ,,■ , ^ .,• , ' ; Major General Scott has been called to Wash ^'^^'^'"f "' -^"e^' h'"' '<> the Presidency by run- ington, and the command of this army devolves, ""f. ^l'''\ ^hese men too. know perfectly ! from the publication of this order, on Major Gen-l "'''" ^}}'\^ ^ '«y '"''"""^ '^f'^'j' "^P"^^ t^e execu- i eral jEsur, to whom in future all rcporU and ap- ' l!"" "( ''"'. 'f T '^'"'" ^'*'""''' ^^"''^ '« '" '^e I plications will be made. The Ceck war, though ; P'"^?"'''""^' '"ha"'- j yet to be wound up, may bo considered asviriually i I>uw, is there not marKPd toroe snd empha- jover. Two parties of the hostile Indians, which jsis in these facts? escaped to this mde of the Chattahoochie, are , \( General Scott were not a perfectly soum! and reliable friend of the Union, should we On recurring to a list of the members of the Nashville Convention, we cannot find a single man in favor of General Scott. They know too well Ihe veteran's devotion to the Union and Constitution to believe that they conid hatch treason in safely under his administration. The Buffalo Conveniionists are either out blast for General Piercis, or they are not hotly pursued. The larger of shut, up in a swamp, and, Imm the strength of Cul onel Beall's detachment, that under Captain Jee- NIGAN, and the reinlorcement sent hence under Major UoxiK, a capture ol the whole body of the tugiitves seems to be inevitable. The otner hos- tile party will, probably, Irom the measures in operation, share the same fate. In the laie Creek number of the enemy to be cjptiired surrender is cons'dered quite incon- siderable. Major General Scott regrets that from suddenness of his erparatioo fioiii the army opportunity is I 1-* ■ l.i ■.. c I ,1 -1, ■ ili .; I.,;] find all the forces of Freesoil and Secession — all the primary and secondary Disunionists — • opposed to his election? We think mil. the idea that old "'''""'^'^ oiiiirai i?A^u^oKu, i..i.„u .hhu > i.h.i. „ . [ the beat disposition — a readiness Co obey un\(rs,to 1 01 service, were , ^^^f.|^ against the tnemy, and to lom hnnor for •agraph, that re- U(,ri/, /or Georgia and the Union. The great- regulars, would not [ er part ot It, lor a long time, was held inac sulficient numbers I tive for the want of arms, which, by a series of combats with the enemy. In these, il 1 detachments were not al ways success- least were ready tu oppose obstinate and e they 'c Camden, Alabama, September 11, 1852. To the Editor of the Ripublic: Sia: I notice in your paper a republication of some articles from the New Hampshire Pa/rio« ex- tra, issued in February, I84S. giving the senti- ' " ' ,' ' " '"" '"•'• ,, , n!s anil opinions of the Democracy of New , , , , II i.ipshireon the subject of Ihe Wilmot proviso 1,1 . slavery. This paper to which I allude coo- :i the proceedings of various Democratic meet. ' '■ ■', and the action of the Leaislature on this eob- '. It is headed " The .Slavery (iuestion"—" ttt ■[.'' '' ,. i , !,/,,',' • " ^e of the two parties in relation to il ;" SluA is I inif could bo ciinded into chapters. 1 have seen three chapters i -s:jtP8, his ex- las republished in Ihe Whig papers. The Demo- ' armed troops, gratic party here are denying the (ruth of the arti. ^icMleLnumo'l'FlcHda!!'"''''' *'"''''' 7°" attribute to the />u(rio^ and it is u bo goarded against; j ''"P0''''°' '" ''"' ^'"'''-s "I "or party b.re that we : ould effect on hie part, should have tbii.ie iimnbir.-ol Wv. 1- at riot of 1848 ..I accomplished. It i-i cn::tainin< the articles above alluded 10. Can you ocvledgKicni, inn.b- 0. ,„, „„,e them and sen./ «im to me immprfiofe/j ? I rimpe"!!""' I .'!■'",',"" i" =". hecau=e it we can get the paper ileelf I ictionary 1 . '■ .' ' '■ 'iefiod it will beat Pierce in the South. Do erved. o 1 '. . ■'.-v"« or who If ca of (Congress. That sum is, in small part, the have been honorably di.-^chareed Ihercfro'in not price of the American blood so gUlanlly shed in .withstanding the ei msJ /acfoe this vicinity; and, considering that f'" "•-.»^•" ".i i «*...,.,^ ivi„-.:i. oj .o.^ ' ceives no prtze Tnotuy, I rep^t the proposed destination may be approved' and ; chapter 126. a; WINFIELD SCOTT. effec Wilmot and John Van Bureii. Some people pretend to believe that the world will come to an end if General Scott should be elected President, because he will be oted for by Mr. Seward. would call the panicular attention of easily frightened to the aniiex- mocracy meeting t, which "Number one of the same set of bills U thia day transmuted direct to Ihe Bank of America. "The remainder of the money in my hands, as well as that expended, I shall be ready to account for at the proper tiine, and in the oroper manner, ' [thia was done in 184S,] merely offering this im- I VV perfect report to explain in themcaatime the char- I acter of the ^lOU.OOO draft." (See Executiv Sf'S'lemen thi _.^,._, ...^...„,.^ .„,.,„., dociimcnt No 60 page I.0S6, printed under a ed paragraph f.tim the New York Evmw resolution of the House of Representatives of April |Po5<, the leading Democratic journal in t ' , ' ! Northern Stales. Following that letter will be found, printed, the! r,„„ ,i. tv- t , „ - memorandum and draft alluded to The draft ^"^ "" ^"^ ><»■* Evening Post of the ml. was made payable to me; and. in order to place ' ,'' ■'°'-"'<^s in Pe i.vsvlvania— The Dei the deposit beyond the control of any individual ^"'S,''^''''*'']' «f"n'y. Pennsylvania, held a functionary whatever, I endorsed it— "The Bank '* *o™anda on Salurdav, the 11th inelan of America will place the within amount to the L"'°*a"""?''''°"^'y attended The meeti credit of Ahmy AsvLDM, stiycct /of/ic ordiro/ Con- j'"' 7*°, ***'^'' ^y '^'*^''° Wilmot, who intro- gress " -^ I Indeed to the assembly John Van Bi;sen, who fol- Advised as above, the Secretary of War, on the I .'°"^° ''' ^ "?"'"■'> of an hour and a half's length, pretenlatiou lor payment, caused the draft to be ^ nomination of Piekce and Kino was unani- protested; whereby the sum of $100,000 turned' , J' *"" enthusiastically respoudcd to; and, over by me, in cash, to the military chest of the i 1^-" f^ °"''?'^'^«°""'?.'""""''™°™'''' ^^'^'y I''*'""<^''a- army, for the corrent pay of the troops, and paid ! Vf ^^^^°'' >" Mr. Wiljiot's di6tri.;t who voted for out accordingly, was sequestered to the beni-fit ol I e i' - Buben in l!;4S will now support ihe the United Slates Treasury. Of course an enual I j ™'"''^"°'""'^"""''- The meeting was also ad- sum was saved to the Treasury out of the appro- p''"ff''j^ "''^'^ ^'^' ' B^fee''. district attorney of priation made by Congress for the current pay ol I ^''^^f'^d couiity, and others, the troops- ^' j Mr. Van Boken was also at Scranton, Susque- That money never had belonged to the Treasury I'^^IIT!' *■"""'?' "^ Monday evening, the 13th. and the Treasury had no legal claim toit whalcvt-r I ^''^^ meeting of the Democrats of the north- Look at Ihe memorandum that shows the items ' !fTj'*''"r^P'""' d^ Pennsylvania is appointed to be out of which the sum was made up— Isl «9 oiiO i? , '^''"*'''"'' *"^1"*''>^"''ah county, on ihe received for licenses granted by my order m the i tvP^"^"""-,. '^''" ^ilmot, ftlr. Van Buke.n-, and cityof Mexico; 2d, $49,560 44 received for tobacco ..S"";?-' ^- ^^ have promised toatlepd. belonging to the Mexican government found in ' ■ ^ ' 'i!<='^<=''3 and Mr. Buchanan are also in- Ihe capital; 3d, $3-8,780 16 taken from the cuntri j""'^?- "« cannot doubt the success of the Demo- bution levied upon the capital; and 4th, ft2 650 40 '"'"? f - '^'°''"' "<''^'i'"> Pennsylvania, although it saved at one of the principal army hospitals ^|f ""t fair to apprize our friends in thaf State .bat What claim bad the United States uiJon either of , '^^'ff^. daim Prnnsylvania lor Scott, and those sums.' They were all, except the fourth or ' '^^' "P"" " smallest item, raised according to the laws of war '< Pretty well, this. What do Mr .Jenifer fn'U'nlh^H''""'',.'^"'' -"""i ^"^ iaudable ;,ind Mr. LvoKs say to the idea of aWmu bv accordingly.' ""''"'' "' """"^""^ '" "« ^PP"^"' ''i^ d^t?ct.on or indifference, aiding VVrMOT, The only tittleoflegislation by Congress bearing "'"'If ^ -^^ I^f-'K'^N, and Grow, in the election I the subject that then existed, will be found in "^ Pierce and King? the 58th Article of War, act April 10, 1806, rooied i ——^ and re-^enacted from the resolves of the old 1,'on- 1 Maiue. ,«7Bii i.,r iho Whigs puu towns, fjrtsor munition, clothing, forage secured for Ihe service of the This is the law which when res taken in the enemy's camp gazines, whether of artillery. hand. for— I have, on the oihe 746 50 in blankets and shoes, gratuitously distri- butfd to enlisted men; .#10,000 extra on accouni of hospitals, allowing $10 to every crippled man discharged or furloughed; some $60,000, 1 think, for Bf crct eervicea, including a natives, ny, whoae pay, commencing io July, ■ iinpa ith the reasury, and 1 $100,000, made ,, . , - . Maine look* well lor the Whigs. We will not speculate, ^.___„_ """'sver, on the returns till we receive them ■ provi6ions,"'8halTbe('" ^ """'''^ reliable shape. We have no douht . United States." ! that five of the New England St:ites will he tothe present time, has deprived our army i .- ^'^'"'" '" State street amonnis 01 prize money* always allowed, on sea and lana, '" ""'hing. The Whigs ot New England are abroad, and to ourown navy The law was strictly ""t t" be seduced into throwinir away their complied with by me, while commanding in Mexi^ i votes to gralify the spleen of disaDDointment ^^r^oT'^z^^;^^. ?ag'i'nt^::rsr:n'^^';i;''^y f, '•^•^-/-''hoicerno'arrong pack animals; "clothing;" "forage;" and "provi- 1 ,''® !=a"a'aates, but they will not sacrifice party sions," (or subsistence;) but license money, cap- juiseipline and fidelity because they have failed tured tobacco, (previously bought ty the Mexicui '0 secure that choice government for resale to its own people,) and con- ! cy are not .-numerated in the law.! The Hon. John MacPherson BerriekV I held i button milita^yXst'tt'crrr"' lord'o" The Q^ua^rTc'rioL' i ff T "" l^'' P^'-sidential question is clearly ler and Commissary departments being, however i,,""^'' °J' "''^ Atlanta (Ga.) Reveille of the without funds, 1 immediately turned over the ""''"*''">'> as follows- gu^ "'iisitsernT'^r =^' 'or^^^'^^,:i.7d !co2" :: r"v"T' " '" ^"^^'^'^ - States Treasury. "^''^eu .communicate to our leaders that our distinguished Jt is thus shown that the Treasury became pos i""'""?'''^ <^^'''^™='' Wenil, theHon- J. MacPheb- sessed of $111,791 19t wi'houtany claim whatever i™" Bebbien, will support the regular Whi'. '« tbe Whigs of the 'Old the m.htary chest, or Treasury of the United Slal'es j '^'orth Slate,' whosj favorite slalesman is on lh» ■•■'■■• — ke $118,797 19 now'same ticket with General Scott, and whose raitb- lulneas to the South we all personally know." iIhGr m (1812-15) would have been $70,000, and in the Mexicm war $250 000 i His gallant land companions, like himself, could - receive not a cent in cither war. | s; JGeneral S. here, from forgetfulness. omitte.ll.i The diflereot s claimed for an Army Asylu THE SIGNAL. •20& proper Wbi^ canduialo him, General Habbisos. no leas than five letters the convention, (all to b. ;here appeared any pr. -i people, Mr. Clay iu:,m ..e.-ieral' Habbison. 11 ( d hy all ' mtt on the 4th of December, rg, Pennsylvania, and mnst be of the intcd with its racm- ablest and moat iiri- :r assembled in this SCOTT AND SEWARD. From the statt^ments appearing in the De- mocratic journals which represent General Scott as the nominee of Governor Sewakd, one would imagine that the name ol' Scott \va« now for the first lime presented to the , country in connexion will: the Presidency. ] His name has been repeatedly before the ! Whig National Conventions in connexion with • this elevated office, and though General Scott j has been repeatedly disappointed in receiving j the nomination, he has uniformly conducted ! himself as a true Whig, and cordially sup- j ported the nominee of the convention. From Mansfield's Li/eo/ Scott we extract IClav were among the foremost and ablest of ihooe an account of the circumstances attending the j «bo y^ield.^^ .o^tbau,^oj^^^^ oresenlation of his name to the convention in | ^al services. In an eleciioo which called torih '. 5 ^ I nearly every voter in ihe Union, General Habeison O'oJ: I ^.^g chosen by a oopular majority as unprecedent- THE canvass of 1839. I cd as it was remarkable in me strength and fervor life devoted to the poblic service, and made j ofthe ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^-^ Generul Scott in the convention gave their en- vole, by great majuiities, to General HAaEi- unri after | officer, I should nly be th»' midst of you J the inleresting occasion. ..With one candidate for tne Pre>'><'« I the beet interests of the country at hek " not to be doubted that the VVhigs, appei ' virtue and intelli(rcnce of ihc people. .^ successful in 1814 as they wore in 1S40 that iil be as JVhether 11 indications »\'«'"' ' portant political bod country.* . Tlic result of the nomination, and the political events which immediately followed, are well knov/n to all the people of the United Slates. General Habeisos received the nomination. The friends of General Scott as well as those of Mr. among the accider. bule it to the favo that it 13 overrated hcthercivillnicd jn the pub- Envy may place i'a results . of f irtunc, or jealousy attri of friends, or calumny assert ind Ihe reslity does not sustain the appearance But it is not so that the common | on tne «u sense of mankind makes up its judgment. It be . queror ot lieves that services rendered to ihe public deserve ] ot action coneideralion; that when well performed tli^y r-ro -^Iw ,u,y. meritorious ; and that when to these conr'in. ■ - "• "■ Ihcreisedded an unusual success and a s' " career, there is sometLing in all this worthy .. . ' ccivethea plauseof men and the highest lew.ii : of public life. Whatever envy, or jealousy, cr ■ ' calumny, mny affirm, the mnseos of men will ever ^'^ believe that there arc no effects without causes, : r ' ■' and few appearances not sustained by the re- j ' — ;' '■' ality. Had they not so believed. Washing- I "•"> '"" ton iri"-ht have remained forever a survey- i the year or Fraliklin a printer, and Roger Sherman j never have been numbered among the most sa- eaeiou= statesmen ot the Revolution. The mil- I ! lionav^bo make up the body of the people never seek for defects in a public character with the eye Pf ^ PrMir nor cilumniate their acts with the ma liceof'- '-u-.i p. .1.1.- men arc the property of ,l,gi,., .!3 of their achievements jatl,, , yy. The glory they have ^yuii . jc. It is not, therefore, I 2gns, cm gijuri' • ''•^d added to the f^me of , ijee. and awnrri.ir ili. ..|,.-y ot d peacemaker; thatwheuhf had sought by acts of charily and kindness towardi theCherokeesto efface some little ot that hard f..t< by wh:ch Ihev had been d.iven from their homes that when hehad exhibited his abilitica as a writ er; wheu.in fact, repeated success h.'.d crownec repeated labors; it is not strange that the peopl should have looked upon him as one of those Iron whom they might select a Presi-lcnt in cabinet not lesi than a general among soldiers, ^or wa this leeliosrdimmishcd by the fact ihalthevener aied Conjritution of our country had made thc.jefere PrcBident the commander of tbo army, not less was u- oear the sTord not l.si man the mace. Acctr.iiniriy.in 1S39, Scott was 1 .oiiedupon determine, Kentucky's illustrious son, or o^Vj^,"' hundred., of his followers, my prayers for a V% Dig triumph shall be ardent and unceasing. ••I have the honor to remain, gentlemen, wiu ' high consideration, your f"^"';,-^,,':^'''^-',,;,'.;;^,:"' "Messrs. J. H. Cbane, S. Korrer, H. G. Phillips. R. Gr Corrci So in 1S48 General Scott received sixty- three votes in the Philadelphia Whig Conven- tion; on which occasion the following letter, addressed to a member of «Uat body, was read A. HayncB, and Charles Anderson, ig Committee, Dayton, Ohio." the convention: ■•Washington, June 3.1S4S. ib: I hasten to acknowledge the honor pr of this dale, and feel all the force of the public riewn The President elect was inaugurated, but had scarcely more than chcseu his Cabinet and entered ' f bis of&ce, when death, the con- querors, lt;neral Scott was called to !h „„',, , , , ... ...iirearmy. This duty, in ord) ofiry .lilies, itq-i, Its his presence three fourths c tbo year ai the seat ot Government. THE CANVASS OF 1844. IFiom Mamfitld-s Life "^"'JJ«,':'''L:P "f <^"'",";<'.''« "IJ*^^^^ I o «» T. 11- c t I or among the States, Bald iinprovemontB being- na ; tween .S. M. Bai.lard, esq., the editor of that j ii„nal and general in their character. ! under- ; paper, and the Hon. Robert Lt;cAS. former I sJ'*""! "■"- P'«i-<^c to superadd to ilie abovp doctrin< j Governor ot Ohio, and subsequently of Iowa: | ,1 againft Ueneral Scott— ones, not the memiacioo Abolitioni-i, ,,.„i .. i--,- meanm'.-r 1 1 - that hei? ►. ; , 1 I i. ■ s possible v,u.o.,.^a. \.-i eafely of lue two candid; the way the case stands: For ScoU. Wm. H Seward, Horace Greelj, Gov. Jolinston. 1 sheets -which call him an ino ol all sorts ol personal inination was urged and 1. (In-rn Freesoilers. The ' ill! this through every ,• -A-ell. Let us test the tcs by this rule. Here ic For Fierce. M. Van Buren, J. Van Borcn. Iowa City, September 2, 1862 HoKonED Sib: I have, within the last few wee seen it staled in a number of the Whig- paperi Iowa and elsewhere, that you have expressed vo_. ^ ^ ^ self in favor of the election to the ne.xt Presidency : (.oU^.cted from' hii of Gen. WiNFiELD Scott, and that you would sup- I port him with your vote and influence I assure you. sir, that I wasmuch pleased to learn j (hat this was the position you occupied. But wilh- ; in the last few days this report has been contra- i dieted in some of ihe Democratic papsrs of this I State. I My object, therefore, in addresning you at this I time is, to learn from you over your own signature ; what are your feelings and views in relation to the I fitnei"3 and qualifications of the two prominent men i nov/ before ihe American people as candidates for I (he hiffh and preeminently responsible position of I President of tbet-e United States, and whether or i not you design supporting Gtnenil VVinfield Scott ii-o to the effect th-^t the waters on which nprovements are proposed to be made shall I be salt, and that I hey shall be moved by tides. He j h:iB, in effect, declared that the depth of waters to I be improved, nor their capacity for trade among jibe Stales, fu.-ms no criterion for a just demand federil protection. His political history, as ' !i Congress, no less than from his letter to the committee of the convention accepting his nomination to the Presidency in the terms set forth in the platform, furnish evi- dence of bis hostility (o all the prominent mea- sures which tend, to western prosperity, of which internal improvements and domestic industry are Ihe most important. As a wesicrn man, tbrrefbre, and as an original Jackson Deoi.i -rat.aB a friend to internal improve- ments, and t.. ilu; piot.rtion and encouragement of American indusir-i', 1 cannot and I will not sup- port such a man as Franklin Pierce for Ihe Presi- dency . And as there is now but two prominent can- didates before the American people, namely, Gen. Winfield Scott and Franklin Pierce, one of whom will necessarily be elected Ihenrxt PreMdenl,! shall lor that office. An answer from you n ynur ea.i.esi conveo,- cheerfully and freely give m ence will very much obbge your friend and oljedi- „^^^^^ ^^ g^> 3,^,^ i^^elieve I ent servant, ». M. BALLAKD. best Democrat of the two, and on: To Ex-Governor Lucas, near Iowa City, Iowa I friend to the West particularly, and •nient; B F Botlcr, David VVilmo'., ■J homas W. Dorr, W. J. Brown. H. Hamlin, John Atwood, Moses Norris, C. F. Cleveland, A^. Y. Evmini; Post, Plaindealer. In Ihe first column are the three terrible fellows ■whiiec demoniac influence has formed Ihe staple of every anti-Scott speech which has been made in the South since the canvass opened. They are the gorgon beads with which party polilici.inB have hoped to Irighten the southern people Jroni the support of the brave old man who fought their bat- tles when half of them v/ere too young to fight for themselves. These //irceconisliiute the mighty in- fluence which is to control General Scott— ail old soldier who has for forty years and upwards been contri.llinr.i-hrn ,.,„> ^.-.-astatc the fifteen South- ern StaU' ":'•■. -I '■ .'■,(■' But 1- ..;. ■ ' : . I iinn, if vou winh to find tho real ■'■ . - iM'S sinisi.-r inttucnce. Fiistoo I.. '.i .:: ;: ijiiKuren- ih, beti:ivet oftheSouih-lhecandid?.:. o! (Iv .'.li ,i', Freesoilersinl84H— lh_ema-iM :■< ,_ . -1 bodiment of all that is ciom- . ■_- 1 pulous. d to the protection and promotion of II Gbove, September 3, 1852. j American industry, ought to prefer and to cordial- letter ol yesterday in relation ly support. . . , , i number of Whig papers of i Belore I conclude, X wish to oil your attention ' to a short article, which is (afccn trom the Iowa ...^ .....J CajriJai iJeporta- of the 1st inst. It is as follows: towards Generals WiN-FiELD ..Kx-Govbrnor Lucas and General Scott.— I Scott and Franklin Pikrcs as candidales for the | We see the Whig papers are glorying over what next Presidency, is now liefore me. j t^cy suppose tn b.: one in-itanrcd a f)e:Tiociat who i And, in my answer to it, permit rne to soy to L^jn euppurt Gem-ral Scott. U"c thioi; Ih.ir glory you, that it is with no ordinary interest! view the I ^ill be ! Dear Sir: ' to statements Iowa and elsewhere," concerning the ' position i which 1 now occupy. ' going c 1 betv .the friends of Gen- ,hat eral Winfield Scott and General Pierce— the two prominent men now candidates for the Presiden- tial chair of the Union— the one nominated by a Whig National ronvention: the other Oy a con- vention of the Democratic party. I have, sir, as you know, always been a Oemocrat; 1 was born a Democrat, and I expect to live the balance of my days as soch, and then die a Democrat. 1 supported Thomas Jefferson for the Presidency. I supported Mr. .Madison two terms, Mr. Monroe twice, and was one of the electors in Ohio that voted for Monroe at the time of his second election. In 1824 I was placed at the head of the Jackson electoral ticket in Ohio; in 1828 was chosen an elector in that State, and gave my vote as such for General Andrew Jackson 1 was president of the Democratic National Con- Luc 11 vote for Scott. lU preferred Mr. Fillnio have voted for him cheerfully. That he dislikes Scott personally and politically, and it will bo with reluctance if he votes lor bimatal!. Ex Governor Lucas's sympathies are with the Whig party, in- ' ducedbywhat he considers injustice (o himself personally by the leaders of the Deino-raiic party of this State, so that the Whigs need not flatter themselves that the personal popularity ol Gene- ral Scott has any influence on Governor Lucas's i-ary I hav er and his ol (h skill and .for tht Jllh : him— a regular ' . li; .- . ;. ■ of abolition and .i.i;, .-.„.. j y :.-.i.. 1 South with a cordial hatred lor having; revered father overboard in 1844, shrt and runnine as Lucifer himself— Ac, tr Pierce, and is desd .an a^Minsi .-cnit. Then there's D ■ , ' \> m.h 1. r hand first lightest '■ , - ,: 1 .,:i,Ml anti slave- ry in Congress; a., i •. : : 1 ], . .,,,:i;| a whole lot of others wAo.M '' . ' :■ :!,> a conflagra- tion tctiich Ihreatf"' i' - : !u in- they all go for /'tcrceanfi nj , 1 '.V)>\^ liecau^e — 113 their brother Ki • : 1 , i. II lyne, said at the Pittsburgh tJon ■ ; MAN." Because th- ■; . 1 ,,.■ -r - and has a most "reviiUing I. eliog ofaelave." Because they know that.bom^anc raised in the bigoted atmosphere of New Hamp shire, his prejodicts and sympathies are sectiona and in liarmony with their own hostile feelings to wards the South; and that General ftcetl, a Virgi nian by birth and— by profession. Ions h.-ibit, am patriotic reflection— a citizen of the Union, has m such narrow, sectional feelings. Look at the two lists— examine and Ecrotinizi the narnfs and the history of the men— compan the weightof influence on one side and the other and then say if, weighed in their own scales, Gen era! Picrno is not found wanting. for whose slavery. Pier e by word r d< fd fo tlit- Pres ■ dent, consis enl Willi ever as a Democrat, enter unta ry pledges ha 1 ide ! patriot, as we! been engaged, from the roin- •ar of 181-2 down to the close of Ho is a brave and true .soldier. attitude that it h-is 'all»n to I as an efficient, c.iipahle, ^nd "The advocates of tted upon -.11 t;H-adinio- Madison, and a Jackson, with pure and uprigl tionof men and th strive for such as n, rry their prinnpiea and of the people. Hon- . ins- iniegt-ity, as wd ::.. -11 considered j The po:-itloi. IMr. 1 I Congress or any other ;•" ': ■ - . j to questions vital to v.0: i. . , -, , I antagonistical to those V. I,, o >• , , , ..om. ,(,.1 .[;,; I dearly cherished by those 1 0,11., m tiau-Mneii m Ir.-i- t election to Ihe Presidency I most licartily and cor- idially advocated. They taughi, and I have, al- j ways believed, that the Contlilution vests in Con- gress the power to open and repair harbors and I remove obstructions from navigable rivers, and .My ••xfimpaihies" have always been with honest ,"■:" find with genuine old -fashioneo Democracy. I r. I a procressive Locofoco; and Iheidiiorol . ,- . (" ,'cr ought to know the difference that I be I IS between the doctrines of Deiniicracy and i I.ncofocoism; for sometime since I repcat- I to him, in substance, the following: : of 'ly support such an .' 1 itose rro.iiii nions. Ontbecontr:,, ■ !,.,,, 01--,, se- leiiSBUi-h men and advocates .sn ii rm- isures as will insure to the leaders the stveo priiioiples re- icrred to by John C. Calhoun, to wit: -The five loaves and two fishes. ' " The tried and faithful Democrats they discard unices tbey will, at the dictation of kiogcaticus, J Jll*. SlljJ J> ALi 207 imke party spirit and pariy discipline. th<> ne plus \ ultra of thpir prinriplea, standing ready at thR word of pp.rty roinrnand to advoratcany and evrry ttiinET toscrorctljp spoils i.f ofTit-i., ncit hcedinp (hel claims or firnesB of" tried and laiihful public, ter- I vants They B.ibsiitute parly plulforms f..r the consMlulions, lawe and ostiblished usages of their oouniry, and all who will not sustain these plat- forms arc considered as unfit to be the recipients of | the so--.'. M . , , ,. -I, ■,.. oicnt to .^ineric.^n imluairv, I remain, truly, your obedientservant, ROBT. I^UCAS. ToS M. BAi.i.AaD,Iowa City, Iowa. •WfT PUBLIC SENTIMENT. PEN.N'SYLVANIA. ui from Western Pennsylvania ■infr up the fires here I poso, as you will see if you live til! the election" Another correspondent from the same quarter says: •ni.r ;i.irly in this part of Pennsylvania is ' ■' .1 : liirtnoniously and efiicieully, and our li I I '■ I "iihiy remind onecfthcexritinpsccnes : l~i'i ".^ •(■i. "FelSow-Uemocraisof the Union. v.>hat do you think noieol old Norili Carolina.^ Wu knew that your beans were wuli us, and that you hoped we would iiold oor o.vii; but you could not anticipate as we did that we should send such dismay and consternation uiiioug the 'J'aylor men in (hi- slronglwld .jf Fi:deralism. i'ut us down at once for Ca,.- and Ih.tUr." ••As a l-'einocrat speaking to Democrats, and r^s a friend to Inends, we. cay to you jfig/if un,and fight boldly! iJiy is breakingon tbcolo Noiib; thb sun know you cu'i. and we bvpe ynu wUl." "The New Vorlt J-Jxpress is sadly in the cark about lbs- •eight or t.o lliousand majority' in this State lor T.^ylor and Fillmore. 'J be people of this State are hard to irovi ; but whtn they or.ce start they •■!" ahead' until tbcir wishes arn accomplish ed. NoaTH Carolina will vote for Cass and liorLEtt i'ut thai m your pipe and smoke it, Mr. iicprfts " '•lienc forth the IViiigs are doomed Cass and Hullor wiJl sweep the State in November, and , lor good and all. lociatic press and suredly as Novem- ott and GnjftlAU. A corrcs;ioiident from Lebanon says : " We had a very fine gathering of Whio-s on b.at .•ii.turday in East Hanover townsbio. The ;... .: ii ui the meeting was a Scott H. i i ., . ■ c.f Ihe vice presidents Tb i! : I :.Li5 present, who, however, .i, - Ill ■■. (hey having seen him in ilainni i> c in .■, n : I If, writing from Chnmberslmrg, says : ' ! 1 .1111 ijf changes every day in fivor of Scott, ,;i,.i v.iiijM not jie surprised if Old Franklin, the ffrern rpi.f, would roll up a vole of one thou sand majority for Scott and Graham." Another, writing from BulUr, says : " Uesi assured, we will give a good account of ourselves in Buller c.nunty. Old Chip's majority cannot fnli short of f,(IO— doubling any previous majority." Another writes from Luncnstrr : "Our own county will l';.c n larger majority for General Scott than v. i _ 1 1 < r ;rr. i u l-.r any other giving larf;€ majoridi^?/' Another writes from Heading: "We arc getting along hern very well poiiii- that Scott wi:i carry Pennsylvania than that the Locos u il! carry Berlts county." Aootbi r irnin Meadville: '■We ar.^ doing ail we can in old Vemoisratic turned till wc revolutionize the county in Novem- ber. We have a flourishing Scott club here, also attached toil is a siiiffinff glee cinb; and we in- tend canvassing Ihe county and give them some talking and some singing." NEW YORK. A correspondent from the interior of New V'ork "I heard u Barnburner say lo-day their ticket was ^onc to the d 1, and Scott and Gra- ham would carry the State. I think he thought and fell what lie said." A correspondent from the interior of iVeio York says: ■•! am perfectly satisfied we shall carry this State by a large majority. Things never looked as well in this section of the State as now, not even in IblO. 1 attended a fine meeting last night. The Loco game of brag is about out, and the reaction ia tremendous." :..il;i 1, 1 -.IlilLlNA. A corre5;ji':: ■ , ; i jWte&ern say s; | "I rejoice m , , m you that a most fa- vorable n mi ■ II rapid progress ir ,-,,, , ,. . , \ . 11, her. We believe it I ^n i Ill 1 .11 li ibe nc-lit spirit is no>>' actuating :.. V 1,1 ;..rc deicrnimed that it shall be done, ,1,1 I I li it. The electors take the field this >.,.■!. Ill iiiii»ui-trict,. Arrangements ere made for i„ii.,ois 10.0.= mcetinffs in the distiict, and they will be IliO order of the day all over the State. We led confid.iit that all that is nrc.-ssary to carry the Slate by a larije majority for Scott and Gba- UAH, is that the real point ttt issue, iociuding tbe II , 'oihosiastic, and full of hope. There is or- 1 111. .n and great activity on the part of Ihe I iif the Opposition, but no enthusiasm for IOWA. A correspondent writing from Keokuk says: "I have not heretofore been sanguine with re iTirdiulbf vole iif lliw Sl.,te. but lam now con- viirkinir its way .^ily be turned .ly learned that will not . li- .says be is as much a ' ' " ■■ when hie party passes 1 . I'l prominent and dislin- - ii.m as Fbank Pierce, be WISCONSIN. A leite r from Fond du l.uc says "From Scott m presen thoulf indications Ibis l7 Every thing State will t-o for ooks right.'' The New Boston Speech. The attempts of Pierce journalists to re- lieve their Presidential candidate from the odi- um attached to the New Boston speech, by im- peachin;; the venteity ol'Mr. Foss the reporter, have led ilir ^I;llK■'l^,,i^r I'N. I!.) ..■Imericnn lo eeilpnti>. The result will be found in another column, and is, as the Jimmcan styles it, a "clincher.'' It meets the charge that Mr. Foss is nut a reliable witness by specific refer- ences lo his public acts in conne.xion with the "Calvinist Baptist Church" of New Hamp- shire; and shows Vjiat, in point of moral and re- ligious standing, he is far ahead of his senato- rial and editorial detractors. The case against General Pierck is com- plete. Of his Freesoil declarations we have had ample proof; and now we have testimony to the character of the principal witness against hiin. VViiat else i.« needed? The Kanawha Democrats. We clip Ihe following noie from the Kanawha (Va.) «tyu6l»can of Ihe 8th instant. This makes the fifth that we have seen of the Democratic Vigi- lance Committee of Ihat district who prefer "to go for the Hero of Lundy's Lane " If the active Democrats, who have lieen relied on for iheir zial as members of the Vigilance Commiitce, thus fall oil, what may we not expect of lukewarm individ- uals of that party.' jAttHETT's Foao. JIanawha, Va.. Aogust.31, 165-2. Mr. Newton: In looking over the printed cir- cular of the Democratic party, I see my name on tbe Democratic (."oininittee. As I intend lo gro for the hero of Lundy's Lane, and lake as many with me as I can, you will please give notice throueb your paper that they ha4 better drop me, as 1 drooped Pierce. Yours respectfully, Isaao N. Tobo, 10? THE SIGNAL. CROSS-EXAMINATION, Mr. J. O. Walker has taken charge of the | Holly Springs (Miss.) Gazette, one of the i iouodest and ablest political journals of the ; South, and promises to pursue the war with i vigor for the ne.\t two months against the Oom- 1 bined forces of Abolition and Secession, which are seekinij to take possession of the Govern- ment. From the first number under Mr. | W.*lker's auspices we extract the aniie.xed cle- 1 ver jeu tVesptif. Lest our contemporary of the I Union should be as dull about this aft'air as he j was about the card represenlin-- Truman ! fJ.viTU as a seceder from the Democrats, we | beg to have it distinctly understood that the cross-eiLamination of Pierce given below is an imaginary examination altogether, and never took place in manner and form as described. Now don't represent us after this as giving cir- culation to a forged cross-examination: TviAT New Boston Speech— Gekebai, Piebge's DEsiAt.— The Pierce papers all ovfr the country prelcnd to be in ecaiacies over a letter from ihe fainting- General to Mr. De Leon, denying that New Bo9!on speech. And first, by the way, who is this Mr. De Leon ? He is the former co-editor of the Southern Press—n South Carolina secessioniat of the Rhett and Davis school, Who holda that the General Government Ibaa no rig-ht to execute the Fugitive Slave law by 1o<«e in an objecting Slate. And knowing Gene r'al Pierce's secession construciion of the resolu- tions of '9S, and that in his nomination ihe seces- bion "State Rights" stripe, both North and South, would have a champion suited to their purpose, he quit *ditin>r to ramble ever the country, write let- t'jrs, and electioneer for his favorite. But what. Jitter all, is this denial.' The report of this speech was circumstantial and specitic. It wao beforeihe New Hampshire public, and printed in the very town where General Pierce rosidea, anconlradict •ed and unquestioned from January last until alter General Pierce was nominated for the Presidency; and until it found its way into the eoot^ern pa- pers, when General Pierce was apprised it was likely to do him some damaire. Now, forsooth. General Pierce com" 3 forward and doea what.> Make a specific and circumstan- tial denial.' No such thing-; but a mere genei-al and vague denial of the truth of the n port. We should like to sec General Pierce placed upon the witness stand, with our estimable frit^nd. Major Barton, to cross-examine him, and then comment upon his testimony as it is. We imagme the ex- amination would run somewhat alter tliia fashion: Babtos. General Pierce, you say jou made a speech at New Boston laft Janumy, some two hours' long? WiTKEBS. No, air; I did not say 1 ma.ie a speech I did not say what Foas says I did. Well, but what did you say ? Mum slavery and the fugitive Slave law > Witness. I did not say what Foas has reported, and I can prove it by Ayer. Barton General, what did you make that speech for ? W'lTKEfS. To oppose Atwood, the Abolitioniet- Baeton. Well, did you oppose or denounce his abolition and anii-olavery views.' WiTHEse. I tell you, again, "Foes's report is grossly false." Barton. Did you say slavery was morally and politically right ^ Wi Mum. Did you say slavery and the Sla ong, and that you loathed the Fugiti WiTNEe.s. [Somewhat nettled.] I say again, sir, the whole report is false, and 1 have proven it by Mr. Campbell, who was not present. Barton. Well, now. General, you eay you made a speech against Atwood, the Abolition can. didate for Governor. Now, which side ot the ques- tions of slavery and the Slave law did you take.' Witness I tell you, once for all, sir, Fos^ is a violent abolition enemy of mine, and his whole re- port is gi iny thing for slavery I man my thing againtt slavery ETON. Did yo and the Fogitive law WiTNEsa. .^lom Baeton. Did you and the Slave law? Witness. Once again, and for the last time, sir, 1 tell you Foss's report is grostly and absuedlt false. BAaToN. General, are you not a candidate for President? ' Witness. I am, sir. Baeton. General, are you not very much afraid that this speech of yours, reported by Mr. Foes, if not stopped, will damage you very much at the South? Witness. I know it will, sir; but I never Mr. Jenifer speaks of Gen. Scott in a preceding part of his letter as a frank and gallant soldier! be admit!) in this paragraph he ia a high-minded and honorable man. ' We woold appeal to .Vlr. Jenifer to know to which of the two pledges is Gen. Scott most strongly bound, (conceding he has made tb» pledge to which he refers,) the Whia- platform which he solemnly accepted, or the principles of the Freesoilere and Aboiitioniata, which he has never directly or indirectly recognised. Is there any man with intelligence and candor who will not eay that Gen. Scott, as "a high-minded and hon- orable man" ubouDtl to carry out the Whig plat form? The reasoning of Mr. Jenifer is realty ■ oerile. Because sixty-six members of the Whig* Conven- tion voted against the platform, erfjo General Scott must maintain Frcesoil and Abolition princi- ples; because the South voted for Mr. Fillmore, and the North for General Scott, believing him the most available, ergo General Scott ia bound, "as an honorable, high-minded" man, to falsify hia positive pledges tj the convention and the country, and carry out the wishes of Freesoilera and Abi-li- tionists. "A second Daniil come to judgment." Is there a man in Maryland, or in the world, who can be deceived by such absurdities? Mr. Jenifer, we pn'sume, intends voting for Gen- eral Pierce. By his mode of reasoning does he not vote for a man equally bound to carry out Freesoil and Abolition principles? John Van Buren de- clared four years ago he would never sustain any cited, leavinc [Witness exit very mu( court and jury in a roar, t ing ecstacies at tiie jury.] We would delight, then, to ait down and listen to our friend criticise this testimony in the argu mcnt of the case Wouldn't it be rich ! Falslaff and Prince Hal at Mrs. Quiekley'a inn woul babies to it. In associating the name of our estimable fr Major Barton, in this connexion, we mea respect towards him; on the contrary, selected him lor our illustrations because ol Ijis known acutenese and superior abilities in such matters, and because we know the figure that will present itself to the public mind hereabout, where the major's skill has so often been seen and fell. tain these pies. He says now Pierce is the man lor him. He has made a pilgrimage to hie home, brokeu bread with him, communed wilh him in private, and yet declares his confidence in him. B. F. But- ler (the author of the Buffalo Abolition platform) ' strong in hia support. So are old Matty, , Hallett, and almost every leading Abolitionist at the North. But does i ble man, therefore, suppose that General Pier bound to carry out their principle ^ Infamy ia : lally i f.e Ma rinild to apply to General Scott, should he desert the principles of the Whig Dlalform in administering the (jovernment. He "would prove himself worse than a recreant were he to do it. More than four hundred delegates at- tended the Whig Convention at Baltimore, sixty- six of whom only voted against its adoption. More than three fourths declared it as containing the established, fixed, and unalterable principles of the party. They so presented it to General Scott. He accepted it with the nomination, and he is a villain if ho violates it. And how does Mr. Jenifer get over his pledges to support the nominee of the Baltimore Conven- tion? Mr. J , we presume, went to Baltimore, no dis I pledged, as other mem'oers of the convention, to have sustain the nomination. Can he now consistently reject it? We can see no use for a convention if members, consulting the Witnfss. I did, air. Barton. What did you speak ab..oi.' Witness. Against the election of iS!r. .\twood, the Abolition candidate for Governor. Barton. [Handing witness two piipcrs ] Look at these two papers, the Independent Dtmocral and the Manchester Demncrat, and tell ihe jury it you made the speech there reported. Witness. [Coloring a good deal.] "The pre- tend ctl report la so grossly and absurdly false, as to render In this vicinity any denial of it.-' authenti- city entirely unnecessary." Baeton. W^ell, General, you say you spoke againtt .'Vlr. Atwood, the Abohtion candidate for Governor. You were trying, then, to iliasuade the Abolitionists from voting lor him. To .lo that, did you condemn his abolition views? Witness. "Foss's report of my ape< .-.h ia gross- ly false." Barton. General, did you tell these .abolition- ists that you and your fru-nds hated slavery and loathed the Fugitive Slave law as niucii as Mr. At- wood and his frienAi did; and that, iherclore, it was unnecessary for them to quit the party to vute •for .\twoodr Witness. "The whole report ia growly and ab- surdly false.*' Ba«ton. Well, General, if you did not eay what Fobs imputed to you, ttll the jurjj what you did say. Witness. "Foss's report is false." Baeton. Your frieade say yoa made a two flours' speech on slavery. What did you say aboutit? From the Fredericksburg {fa.) A'etos, .*p(. 16. I The Hon. Daniel Jenifer. "More Renunciations y'* " Conc/usi'ue Views," are I flaunting capitals that head the comments of the I £r.ijuirer, which preface the letter of the Hon. DanieiJeniler, assigning his teasons for declining ; to vote lor General Scotf. From the high position I wdiich Mr. J. occupied, and his reputation aa a j gentleman of intelligence, wc were prepared to expect something. Never were expi^i'talions so I sadly dashed. The flimsiest, flabbiest, flattest cx- I cusesthat this canvass baa eructated is the letter of Mr. Jenifer. The gist of the whole consists in the following extract: j " His (General Scott's) nomination ha* given encouragement to the Frecsoilcrs and Abolition- ', ists, and his selection would compleic their tti- '. umph. The proceedings of the convention show this state of things. The platform was adopted i with sixty-six members recording their votes against it, whilst oihers who voted for it did not consider themselves bound by it. During fifty ballots for a Presidential candidate, not one South em State voted for General Scott, and he was ul- timately nominated by New Hampshire, Vermont, and lUinois — all non-slaveholding States— casting their votes for him. With these facta, should General S'-olt be elected Preaident, with a know- ledge that he will he ind'jbted exclusively for hia nomination and election to those frienda, can any man doubt that General Scutt, as a highmindeu, honorable man, will feel bound, as far as in hia power, to administer to tne views and wishes of thoae who will have placed him in that exalted station?" who 1 whims, refuse to abide And, least of all, is there an excuse for Mr. Jeni- fer. Kvery objection urged by Mr. J. was known before he went int.) that body. He knew G>neral Scott would probably be the'nominee, and that he waa sustained by Frersoiiers. He knows there were stronger objections to him ticfore than after the nomination. Additional to all this is the pro- clamation of principles made by Mr. Jenifer and accepted by General Scott. We can readily imaeine objection to a candidate who refuses to support the principles of the party lad General Scott declined .iny member might have dcclini.i ' I , -vriety to accept him. But takiiin-i. Abe nomination, thereis meiiibir.1 ' 1. ,-ijpport the nominee. Mor..'. ■ ■; .i.oneofihatnumberwho iinanim.)" ',:!.cral Scott alter be had secure.! . n ; ..i - ! in- convention? It will be recoUecieii loai .i iiiuuuii was made that the nom- ination be uuiniiiiously accepted, v;hich motion was passed without a dissenting voice. Where waa Mr. Jenifer? Did he vote? If he did not, did he protest at the time? But Mr. Jenifer thinks be ought to write because fifteen persons have written to know hia opinions. That he does it wilh '■ deep regret," inasmuch as he has received so many "evidences of confidence from his political friends." But justice t« himself forced him. Mr. Jenifer speaks justly when ho says he has been honored by his party, and grati- tude should at leaat have prompted t-ilence. Wii have Been no communication this canvass, we think, DO uncalled for. There was no obligation to say any thing, certainly at this peculiar crisis, when ninety. nine hundredths of his friends (from whom he had received favors> would be injured by his disclosures. In silence there was wiodoui, as every friend of Mr. J. would have advised him. THE SIGNAL. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, BY G. S. GIDEON. No. 14.] WASHINGTON. OCTOBER 2, 1852. [Vol. THE SIGNAL: .* It'liiB campaign paper, publiihrd al the cily of JI'atliiHgtoH. The undersigned is now publishing, at the city of Washington, a Whig Campaign Paper under the above title, devoted to the support of WIXFIELD SCOTT, for Pre- sident, and WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, for Vice Pre^ndent. The Signal will be emphatically a Na- tional Press, designed for circulation in every section of the country. The object of the paper will be to harmonize the ac- tion, and promote the etficient organization of the Whii,' Party, as well as to diffuse its principles and arouse its spirit and enthu- siasm. It will also furnish a convenient com- pendium of all the facts and documents bearing upon the case made by the respec- tive parties and candidates, and preserve in a form for future reference a complete history of the canvass. A full index will be given in the last number, which will add materially to the permanent interest and value of tiie work. The great popularitj^ and success which attended the Battery, published by the llnder^igned during the last Presidential canva^s, induces him to retain the same form and aize.in the Signal. The pubhcation will be continued each week until the election, the results of which will be given in full in the last number. TERMS. 'I'he SiGiNAL Will be published weekly, until after the Presidential election in Novfiober, at the following rates, viz: Single !?ubscription - - - - - $0 50 Five copii^-. 2 00 ( Being at ihe raic of 40 els. lor mich subscriber.) Fourteen copies ------ g 00 (Being at the, rate of 3G cts. for each subscriber.) Thirty copies - 10 00 (Being aUhe rale of 33i cts. for each subsciibtr.) Fifty copies ---.-.. 15 QO (being alihuiuteof 30ct3. for each subscrilje.'.) Oi^No paper will be sent unless the order is accompanied by the money. ^111 letters must be post-paid, and ad- dressed to GEO. S. GIDEON, Wabhington, D. C. THE SIGNAL. LETTER FROM SENATOR BADGER. The following htter from the Hon. Geiirge E. Badger, a Senaior of the United Status from North Carolina, is In reply to an invita- tion to address the Whig Club of Raleigh, It merits the particular attention ot Whigs who may have preferred another candidate fof the Presidency to the one who received the niimi- nation of Ihe National Convention. We copy the letter from the Raleigh (N. C.) Regislei-: Ralbigh, September 21, 18S2. Seaton Galeb, Eau —Sir; It was my purpose, when I returned fiom Washing-ton, to at'end and address the club of our city upon the pending- Prc3 idential election. Having been prevented, by a cause b-yond my control, from dolnpr what 1 had thus purposed, I deem it proper, in order to pre- vent ur correct mistake or niiestateinent respecting my position nud views, to eulimit this communica- tion to yuu, and to aslt that it may be read to the club. ^ I am a dicidsd and very lamesl supporter nl th« Whiir national noniiuaiions fur the Presidency and Vice Presidency. It is known to you, sir, as K-el! as to many others of my friends, that Gene- ral ScHit was not my Rfst choice for the Presi- dency—that I preferred Mr. Fillmore and greatly desired liis nomination by the c iivention. I wil' all frankness, that probably no man in th, •States was more disappointed, not to say fied, than I was when that gentleman United diesalie passed and by not be but be vhat have these preferences, disappoint and dissatisfactions to do with the import le i;ow submitted lo the American peoplf ween .Millard Fillm ween Winfield Scot lumin^ the superio , of Mr. Fillmore o eslion re and Winfield Scott, and Frankl.n Pierce ity. in p-jiiit of qualiti 1- 1 / iitt immeasu upon l-pUH - the c ilie pitiable absurdity of supporlinfj Deniot-rat men and measures, out of an extrtme and excl sive zeal for Whig- measures and for a decided Whig supporter o( Whig measures. la not this so.' Let us sec: Winfield Scott was nominated by a general convention of Whigs fr all the States. That convention, previous to his nomination, had adopted a set of reeoluliona em bodying ihe principles of the Whig party. Gene ral Scott has aocepied both the nomination and the rc-olu!:. ;i3 To these resolutions no Whig— a i' : ; ^ ;,i'.i, '^Vhig — s,) far as I know, takci ;) .ibandon the nomination, then - . - I hU6t IS concerned, is clearly ti i:- M i: r. li ( -ii.cipl.s themselves. It is lo prefer De.n.i. r,.t,. u.easuresto be carried oui ' - i H :;i ucratic President, to Whig measures I out by a VVhis named Scott, when i measures are admitted lo he altogetl.i . , . , and lo he greatly dcsired.if carried out ^;■ - Wt.in bearing the name of Fillmore. Now, il any man prefers the principles oi the Democratic party, then it is his duly to support the nominees of that party; but how in the name of reason and patriot- can a Whig support for President one who in the administration of the Government, oppos-- what the tVhJg believes right, and Kopport what he believes wrong, mefcly because a different Whig has been chosen by tfii reprc^e'ita""*' »' his parly from the one he preferred, to support the right and oppose the wrong? Again: The Southern Whigs were repreecntcd in the convention. A platlorm of principle *a» propoaed and adopted which met their entire ap proval. General Scott wn^ nominated, and lllat nomination was then ratified and confirmed by those Southern Whig representalivcs. How ihen ill Honor can we. Southern Whigs, refoae to sup- port this nomination? It was known to all before the convention that General Scott's name would be presented to that body. No Whig State Con- vention entered any car«o(, interposed any objtr- tion against his nomination, or instructed, or inti- mated to their delegates that his rejection should be insisted on. All that Siinthern Wbi^s deemed indispensable was that their candidate should be a true Whig and pledged to eopport the Compro- mise. These conditions fulfilled, they everywhere pledged the nominee their support. 'I'hese condi- tions are found in the nominee; and how then can we, with good faith, refuse to sustain liim, any more than his friends could have refused support to Mr. Fillmore, had he been selected by the con- vention? Such a refusal on their part we should have regarded and denounced as an act of treach- ery and baseness; and from this we may learn to esiimate the true character of such a refusal on our It has been said that General Scott has not hearti- ly adopted— does not approve the platform laid ilown by the convention. How is this ^certained? Nut from any thing he has written or spoken. In his letter lo the President of the convention he ac- cepts ihe nomination and Ihe declaration of princi- ples annexed. What he says of the nominaiion he says of the declaration, and no more. If, there- fore, what he says amounts to an approval of one, why does it not also of ihe other? But, in fact, no man was more decided in favor of the measures of Compromise, one and all, than Winfield Scott; and when he pledged bimselt lo that series of re-olulions, one of which asaerts the final character of the Compromise, the Fugitive Slave law included, he only pledged himself to what he had always approved and had exerted himself to havepassed. Uf this, the proof before the public is full and ample— so full and ample, that no ground is left for denial or doubt. it has been made an objection lo General Scott that he wrote nothing on the Compromise beloro his nomination. If this bean objection, does it not apply with at least equal force to General Pierce? He was specially interrogated by Mr. Scoll, of Richmond, and made no reply, or, if he replied,^ that reply has been withheld from Ihe public. But the question for us is not vihen General Scott wrotu but what be wrote; and the oosilion he now "ccu- pies, and which he has all along occupied, is de- cided and hearty support of the whole Compromise in all its parts as a final settlement. What more can be required ? It has been objected to Scott that Seward, Gree ley, and Weed support him. Well, do not both Ihe Van Borens, Preston King, Hallel, B. F. But- ler, David Wilmot.lhe father of the odious proviso, and many others of like abolition opinions, sup- port Pierce? If the support of Ihe latter candidate by Abolitionists is entirely consistent with his ndness on thealavery question, how, in fairness, II ,t be alleged that the sopport given to the ■ -'.uer, by persons of like opinions, argues any , -> iondness in him upon that question? Is ilsup- j.^iOd mat Seward will influence Scott? And shall Pierce not be influenced by such men as the Van Burens and King, and Hallel, and Butler, and Wilmot? But, sir, could we have nominated anj candi- 210 THE SIGNAL. date to whom our opponents would not have al Ie«td a lifceobjfctioii? Had Fillmore or Wfbaler been n.ininattil— for the injuelica done I.) whom «l|p L irofoco prcfs hive expreased auch in.!iiinant coni|)laiiil»- would he not have bren charged by thai press in tbeSduth with abolitionism, or, ai any rate, wiib being anreliable for the South, while at Ihc North he would have been cvervwhen nm llic Cotvmtius (O.) Stale Journul, Sept. 23, ,'ile Slander Repelled— Brillinllt Speech of General Scott to the Gerinnna. Ijdge Heyl waited upon General Scott, and ehalf of some of our German citizens referred 1 pirag-rnph from the (Fcslftife, a German pa- j pel publislied Dtainingt .there, ind pickpocket6 :ay, 1 not only it not for cau3t? Par one uiAo. for fijty yea s, hat Kcarcdy ever walked, rose, slept, or eaten, or even taken a cap of c III wat'r, in the field, the town, or the camo, but that hit thougliii were of Ai« coantiy— sailed— It is monstbouu— it is intolkrablk! Gi n- lleinen, I did, with a high hand, euatain the U*-, which, with upiighlnsse in my heart, \ determined toeuBtain. 1 did hang for murder! 1 did hau^ . did hang tor treason! and 1 flogged tin- For, gentlemen, I't me u.- rried with me, but I rea'.iv with every resource I could command, to 9u»(uri. fearlessly and effectually, in us virtue and iif. choicest blessings, not only my own command, but tJ delencelesa and peaceable Mexicans, that civili. zjtion— yes, that Christian civilization of which 1 II confide In hi.S. Bdrn and reared in a South L,,^rse "Lofty in stature and stand.n^ at least *a8 proud to believe that army might appear a ravi'nrr;i."TatiriirttTfeiro!'*hi'r;o"Sfh:f°'^i-h 7^,;=^rrwasnorespec,erof persons, here, what Is there in the antecedents of his early i hostood, his form seemed gigantic, as with height- | ^m-r.can or Mexican-nahve-borri or f„retS"-born; life 10 Justify distrust? Honorable in his princi- eiud color and flashing eye, and a wava of his whoever knew Ute law and obeyed it not-wHoever, pics, truo to his enffagemenls. and shown in his j„^d , hat expressed a calm defiance of all such C'^^"°\!'''"*l'ZTf^^^^^^^^^ r;;:c r'^n'c^e";, ^lull-^rJu'^li ;?;" rVr'.':: e^ol'di^r" !-">'-". "ru.tered his emphatic protect against tr^^t.:;'*':,^ rr'e-J^rrlf^t'L'.t '1 dld^f^ t MVue patriot, with hi. name renowned through >"-""»»""• " that paragraph presented. , thccrim.sstatcd.and I would havehungan hundred out the world for what is noble and lolly and aencr \ "New, and before unknown to me, are such seekers of innocent blood, and violators of female ou», hecanuolbut be found faithlul in every fu ihings as have now been tuld me. They surprise chastity, il so many bad been t_he offenders! Andfor ture OB he has been in every past emergency. Ho iid they pain me. Tbcy at once concern all that this, pi rverted and misshaped, J am made answer. ia a Whig, a well-known, long.triedVVbig; he I ;aluo personally, and aim a blow at all that, able to a charge against which my every feeling re- holds our opinions and will maintain our measures wherein, if I know myself, I have the highest pride, volts, and which my whole nature and my whole In the administration of public affjirs. Let us then They attack my own identity ! The principles lite repel. No, gentlemen either trive him our support, or else acknowledge l«r which, I had believed, I need never search my .ib made, or that any were that there le nothing valuable in Whig principles. I own bosom in vain, are here undermined or denied a/a^se and orousdlebs lie. andaissoKeourparlyorganizalionatonceandfor-'.De! I am met with chargrs of injjstice and cru- my good Iriend who haa told me of these Ihmge, ever. ety while leading- an American army through It was right. But, genlkinen, I stand here, belo' I have made no reference to Mr. Graham, not | Mexico, and while participating alike in its trials , yo arrayed as a pro-aiftvcry man unfit to be tru'sted by 1^='^"""-'"=""" ■'"''''?'* . ^ northern freeir.ei.' Surely he would. Why no'r mait that General Scott tied to one t Scott has been charged with cowardice; and surely florged fifteen Germans while in Mexico. ^i^^y^ho n\>.kc this charge would not have been Qiher chargCB of his having hanged orFiliiorre with'ab dutduiim'" charging Webster 1,^,,^ ^^^ unjustly, were also referred to. It a^jpearsTheif, B,'r,"to''m™'a» Mr. Fillmore has I "^^^er have wo wilnesEed a scene more irnposing »»>d , that General Scott is "entitled to the support i thm when the old chieftain, with quick and indig- ^if every true Whig," Surely we of the South may 1 nant response, rcpellcJ Iho lalse and malignant land reared in a South jrhirffe. Lofty in stature, and standing at least whom a lie, (the charge nglully punished,) n not unthankful to rlare as I ha because I do not share with y every North Carolina Whig in i tbai geutb'mai),and the hearty d lion, but because to him no ej taken or can be taken the honest pride ot i and its triumphs ! the nomination ol i "Gentlefnen, it toas my lot to lead an American res lor his elec aimy upon a foreign held. I went, resolved to ption has been |..,u8laln, in the fore-lront of my progress, the AigA- ntly qualified as he (We water-mark of our oion American civilizalion, ■■"'■■■ • ■ Ivirtut:. The standard ol is for discharging the duties of the second office, in all its moral and lolly equal to all the demands of the first, lour oicn. and noHlie procrfces of that foi-eign col ehould he be called to fill it, every North Carolina j try, was the standard which I sought for the g( VVhig should leel that a just and honorable Slate ; eminent ot men's passions and the control of i pride adds force to the general considerations o( i license and exccBEes of war. Alike to Ame duly whicl oil and energetic support rh-s, fur one, 1 shall osbt, Kespccifully, your obedi GEORGE ) tie Whig r ULY do. of foreign birth. Mexi- hibited my "Coiitirtnadon Strong. *- From the Hichmond tVhig, Sipten. i'e observe that many papers ;m. i:mentd going to show that tijc il man of good repute I'or truth, aiiii ' in the rburcli <.i which he is a m, :, otthe.N.w li taioed by .m. ClKt CMS- ANCE, 1 Kit pendtn sironirer than any pers nal tea iin •»y « pofc.ible to add Llneaaofcha trong t< racKT on — oo Biro overcome by a ny u.i_-- .jf ■•! ; . whic siilant* may 1 • circu '.that the New Boston tpe»ch m ,. (. -(i. . isinnnths before General Pierce w.is ;.,,.j^i.. u. :•,[ the Presidency, when its circuuaion biiyoud the limits of New Hampr-bire was never dreamed of, and when there »-xitted no conceivable motive to inoke the iniarep risi-ntaiion now alleged. 1' is this circumstance, more powerful than a crowd of c.>nrurrin;j wft ntsscs, V'hich is quietly but steadily working the conviction on thousands of reluctant minds lb. t General Pierce, in denying that speech, was want mg in einccnty and truihtulness. You may argue about II ano around it — you may abuse Abolition istf, and rant and rave by the hour— but there stands that fart, ung'ioveranle and ungelrounda Massachdbkttb.— The Boston AUa», referring to lb.- rxafncrnted Elal«nieiii3 ».hich have bieu put.lished of Whig defections in the Hay State, makes the following remarks: "We once more caution our Whig friends ahrnari to give tbeiiiBelvca no concrru ab.mt Ihc aopareni divisiun in the Whi^' ranks in this State.' All i, well in Massachui'dta The men sending from us ( an do the party no harm, except they change ihtir lieicMnination vnd come bici^ to it. We shall give the vo^; of Miie^achuiettfl to .Scolt and Graham by at Uast twenty thousand plurality. The StAie is soautf to Ibe (sore." 1 I whether i . [cans, I declared iny 1 principlea of aciion. ! "1 promulgcd the martini code. Doubllens ; jo!l hp.v" reari I' t drerncd it »fC'and flogged oihtrs. Gentlemen, some persons were bang(d in Mexico. The names of t.11 of them 1 do not now recollect. Whether any were Germans or not, I know not. But for icAai— yes, for what were tl-iey hanged? I hanged one for murder, genii, n.-i : "; . .;. ,! ..i..; lorrapoupon an innocent yiu.n.' , , ,. ; : r profane and wicked church r..' ' . i ' . . Ilie already declared, iniiplea that gover: c those of my li'e. gain declare, that the my command in Mexici that life in my country's service I need nol apprai in vain for an answer now. With equal Iretdom and confidence do 1 throw inysell upon the honest verdict ol every man who with me served his country in the fields of Mexico." Depahtuhb of General Scott.— At about 9 o'clock yesterday the illustrious conquf ror of iMex- ico left this city lor Circleville, Chillicothe, &c., &c., on his way to Maysville, Kentucky. The ci- citetnent and joy caused by his presence continued unabated till the la9t, and when the coach in which hi was seated drove ofi". the welkin rang with shouts at;d cheers of "Huzza for Scott." Thou- sands of our citizens called upon him, and for each one, without regard to nation or posiiion, he had a word in season. Every man, woman, and child Ittt Ilia pr. sence pie .sed and deli^jhted with theur- ■.11 ,- .i .:. li; !: ,' ' -■.;.!--. F,..:.br;r of German , ,11 ^1. .1 - ... . ... i II, ....,.■, I :, -111.1 were treated i, ., ; .. ,;.,;, I' -,■:.,'. ..'.li. -i.il manner. The i; .' fiji..!, r ;!. :i li.' .-'■■.11.1, i.i..;nl. haughty, and :^n.^,lccrallc. Hint he wiii ni.t n- o^nise or speak to ceived its death-blow in this community. Gur la- borers know the story is false. They have had a demonstration of what bis whole liie has taught— that he ia a true gentleman, that he respects all classes, that be has a hearty sympathy for the masses everywhere. Such is General Scott. Such have our people of all classes found him to be. law that 1 Ev Id be held as answerable lo. i,ic i.ii-.l. ids against the laws of God and niau, as if iie wore then upon American soil! "For sucli crimes Ihey suffered— (or socli crimes as here, in yuurown Oh:.)-a land of law — would have brought down Ujion them severe penalties, and with (ijiio(j»5(tce. Some did sufffr dsaJA.' But their tri..*i was i.iir, impartial, and upon the same principles of solid l;iw upon whic.'i they would tiuve been adjudgid guiliy here among you. - Do some say I hanged fiitecn Germans, and thatothere were arraigned and floirKi-'l'withoot cause or trial. Gintlomen, I know noiliin? of it. II is lalse- it is a lie—HD invention, gentlonicn— a lie. I see aged citizena b-jfore me. I sec eminent lawyers here. And, gfcllemeo, you see me much excited. But in MOVEMENTS OF GEN. SCOTT. Mavsville, Ky., Sept. '25.— We started yester- day wiih about two hundred and fifty passengers, on the Scioto, from Portsmouth, including dele- gations Irom Lancaster, Louis, and Scioto. Coy's gun-squad, with artillery, and two bands of mu-ic accompanied us. The pro^resB along the river was marked with demonatrationsatevery landing. At Concord a large number of persons assem- bled, lining thcbanksof the river. When the boat reached the landing, citizens of Kentucky crowded on board, and the boat was compelled to stoo half ;in hour. Many sjidiers came on board; and one old soldier who had fought with Scott tlirougb the wars was much affected when he shook hands wiih his old commander. At Manchester, Ohio, the greatest demonstra- tions took place. The boat reached this place at half an hour before dusk. The banks were crowd- ed with people, and cannons sent back the roar of artillery on board Across the landing was spread a broad banner, bearing ilie inscription "One hun- dred guns lor Old Chippewa." Delegations came on board inviting General §cott to land, which he did. General Scott said: "Citizi-ns of Manchester, 1 am not travelling about making speeches, nor for political purp.js-s, but as a citizen of our common country, employed as I have ever been activ.;iy in her service. But w lipa refuse to remain en my heart ia touched, my i eileut. The banner spread I THE SIGNAL 211 before my eyes calia up mem affer.t me; and scenes wliich I you have borne honorat-lo part '•My lime is brief; but fror you io' the kind welcine you cller, and an old poIrii.T v yeais in the service oicd on him by ihc Govern- 'menl, and which the public service makes it im- ''!!;,;''.'!■'''('.""*• r • lie should execute at once. Tbccircuin ;, ;,M I, ; i-r h-,fl very little in it to excite general re- ; ,,, ,, 1, ., ! . ;uid at any other time than the present I ,,',, ^,, 1,1, , . , lit have been observed, except as on ordl- j..iu.';> ui.i lu " iv'V.Tit. But' Scotl and his companions had Buffdlo. Iharilly reached Baltimore on their errand to tha ' West, before the Locofoco newspapers — with the General Scott's Address ot Pittsburgh. Washington ^nion at their head-s-t up a furious hrv, denouncing the movement as an electioneer- Captain Naylor having welcomed General Scott V„„ tour, and stigmatizing the chiel member of a in a highly eulogistic speech, the la'.ter replied in Limple military commission as nn unprincipled anaddreB.", of which the Pittsburgh GozeHe fur- travelling politician. The Unim, comnientinif nishos iho following outline: "P™ 'he subject, .ays: •• The General commenced by thanking his fel- 1 "While General Scott travels about, osteiisibly low countrymen for the high honor they paid to p" t''" '"'charge of him l^y this public demonstration, which, however meet his jiartlsane unworihy of it he might feel, was exceedingly pf-neral Pierc grateful to his heart. He disclaimed all right of «linin.g; ■■"" '" appropriating to himself ono-lentli of the glow' eulogy of his old and intimate friend Capiat,, ,■ - . u u- ir i."-' Naylor; but it was a proud recollection to him that pondi'lale; hut to be consistent with himself, he he had, under the Providence of God, been able paa already voluntarily and eagerly sought the oc- ) br.;ak his pledge." public duties, but really I nd to advertise for votes, 18 at home, reeolulclv He- invitations of his friends, and avoiding all public displays. General Scott has repeatedly proclaimed that he would not b'-coms a Iravelllrg lid till the appr Miye-.,! , ■ i; . ■■. • . .-■ • ■,■. _ "Our ;.pi ' '■■■■ i vu nt lb« IbrfiiioUi ol ll"" ratiu State to open the uoor of ell Kentuckians, and bid j |, ,^„ you a cordial weln-me '1 he people of our little L^j,^^ city generally -in especially gratified and honored I ^j^^,' by this viili.aiid welcjine youwilhall tbeirhe.irls. \g\„,y We must nol, bowover, e:i.dl ourselves too bighiy | ^^ j„ by riiason of tliie une jpecttd honor, General, since ; ^^^^ ... ....__. ._.,.^.. ._.... ..,,|^_^^ his ivaniage to it. i lof his'countryii Th. , he hnfl b^-eo in eon someting so low and base about the and Btyleof this paragr.iph,ae well as iis wil- of facts, that we are sure it must refined, gcceroui mind. It may cal purpose of the Union to miscon- i and mtertioo of thid visit of Gen- enliicky; but lew will believe it to ■. .iny oiber object than an honeet •', official obligation. True, popu- I liiid greetings liavc met, and will . , wiy; but these things arein- ing ol a d lurb; 'd. But nothing .f beholding amongst us, . f.o long- tried, so well public reivanl and bene- H,.crificed too freely to permit id i,f .,or defenders with gold. V "' as a stranaer, General. You gras you I and theyouni,' find ynn; bl.t ,„ testify endshipfor ilie bumble soldier who had fretjuently honored in leading her gai- lens to battle. He reverted to the gal- lant soldiers of Pennsylvania, both regulars and voliiiiiceri,, who had stood by him with unfalter. ing li'.olityand bravery on the fields of Canada and (lie heights of Mexico, iind pointed the as- S'-ii.bk>) throng to some of those who stood niouiid him, who had thared with him in the fa- lig-uia and perils of campaigns of former years. Tfiid glorious old Commonwealth was the Key- stone of the Federal Arch. ar.J she b.vl alv.ayB been (rue to the Union, and w bill- and be felt assured stiealwa.-. w.is ?k/c in the midst of all tin - ever b-j trca=.. lira, iy hurled r.- Pcnnsylviir :^ ; "■ f,;-, ;-,v^'; . , cidciit, and noi l!( i . i . --. i, ^ . xi:ur- eiun. Aa to the ' Pierce by contrasting In- o . i v 'i '■'-.'• • '■■ Ins op- ponent, it is niu I nr.ili.ir.i.: tn.ii lie and his friends are governed in the nmltt r by a desire to be consistent with the principle of his nomination, which was to select a man of wb jm the people were totally ignorant, and. it is posBible, thought that the lesa Pierce makes himself known to them the better. gre;i vliole diviaible. His ubli„'»tu.nfl were i-U.' g-r ■ i ajrlvania for the uuaoiicUed honor a | .' ' '"''■•*'<' i pcopLi tiad conferred upon him by so n< i heartily promoting his noiniuatton to ;b ,' T -.erring yf his lellow citizens for the august office ijrwi,; guifj upon |i,p ^^a3 ouu: a candidate, and if he ever leacu [ .-.talteii position ii must be by the vote of i pic of this gallant Slate. , 1 -In conclusion, he announced bi3 intention ned his srntpful 1 ,.„,^, ,„,,,., ;„ thia city until Monday, and expre: -inklu ness that the discharge of his ol nr.de » elcoine to the heart ntion of welcome Kprc6«.-d \ H. simbe'riid oian, eetkiog ;j. soldier, eng:ig,.-il .icul pr but Jiscbarg* imposed up..n liim liy the councils ol tne n Wbatevir sirviceshe had rendered hisc--^ n.n. , ,,,, wore rendered f'T ihe lovo he bore her. The ln'o- r ^ and gliu-.- 0! lb ■ Union had ever been dear to him, . „ and h:s hiabcit ..mbilion was to attain a place in '-" ';'*' the hearts ol his countrymen. At the cotu lusion "« w • "' of hi.-, b.'i, t nut iipii-.'priaie address, be was arected 1 Tli(Jiup < wiih Ihs inoet f nihu,-ia"-i c applause, and cscoriid 1 yj C'ouki to hie bo'el, where he was called out and obliged to .„,_ _„,",; make anMlher short aiidre=is. He then returned to | <^"'"P^'" his apartnientfi; b-Jl a boat arriving from Ripley, ; ''•i«-- Ohio, with two hundred and filty passengers, hoi was again called out, and made a brief speech, in j !. vnhich'be paid an eloquent tribule to the memory of Major General Brov.. ty, it) which Riplej is • , had given bim the pleasure ol meeiuig •arteo countrymen of Pittsburgh on this if his otflciiil duty had not required it, not have taken a journey during the li contest; but it had been made to him ;.. i!par:!aneou« action of the people, a :> .1 gratification, and svould for- :.i Mig hitideareat recolieciiona. ~ lOgs of lieaven upon the peo ii i\ 3 of them amidst lh lation larger than any one of the old Stales. Th; repreaenlalion of »!ie Whig States have been either Glationary or increased, as illustrated in Georgij, ^orth Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Massachu Belts, &c ; whilst the States we have namei, wbiol-. have never given a Whig vote, have been ebtjrn of one or more of her representativea in Congress. _ Why IB Ibis!' It is a fact that no one can que) tion. Virginia has been reduced from seveulein ' ominous The accounts from the West tell us of changes vote would give us the ginia will be for Scull, fflll do her part There that with the usual Slate, if this be true, Vi, We arc confident the Eatit are defections, as there ever'w lions, but they are not altogeih. few aspiring gentlemen, who noses after the fleahpols, and v h»vc been seeking a suitable with the Dcmocra tic party, .ire il.. . , lings who are proclaiming lo ti.e um i, crude and conceited cxiuteo. Tin—, ., , .i " them.buL not of those silent, reliectin^.- ju. n whc havi- become alarmed at the P'^st'ect of tin- sudden elevation ol a man who (Ijating his poiili, al prin riplcs) has exhibited „o quahlicaiions lor the of- fice fney cun.rasi ih,- claims vf the two candi- dates In one 19 a gallant, noble Virginian, who has inscribed his name high up in the niche of that From the Baltimore American, September 25. Progress of tUe Campaign. The friends of Sc;ott and Gbaham have reason to congratulate themselves and the country upon the bright prospects of success whicli open beiore them in everjr quarter. General Scott's journey in the West is like a triumphant progress. The crowds that gather to greet him as he passes along are as enthusiastic in feeling as they are vast in numbers. ■ 'I'here are three causes now operative, anv one of which would be sufficient to give to the Whigs a »res(igc of success The first may be found in the reckless and ungenerous denunciation iind abuse which the Pierce journals iicop upon Gene- '■■■'::' I' :'''' -i .- ■i-u'^ the ppopic and make them " ■' I 11. igly, and bear In mind more ' '■ -' ■ ::"us services ol their veteran '^ ...i.a.ly and shamefully assailed career ui service h;is clii-d imperishable honor on his country's name, is everywhere felt to be abora inable. A strong fceiint,' of rcsentmL-nt naturally arises in every true American boaom to see politi- cal traders estimating in current coin the value of the blood which was shed at Chippewa— discount- a soldier's lile may be per- ing the rate at wh iiled.and calculating the per centago of national renown and the glories of victory. Another cause which works powerfully in favor of the Whigs is the ob.-iCurity and political insig- nificance of General Pierce. It is impossible to make anythinir out of him. His civil career and his military career alike stamp him with the mark of mediocrity. He cannot rise above the dead level of political stagnation. The idea that he has done anything to entitle him to the votes of the people for the Presidency is so absurd that wo do not find it ollen brought forward. No efl'orts, how- to the this; hid name has no ith any thing great in action, or noblo in spirit, or useful in service. He was scarcely known in Congress or in the army; he baa made no figure in the forum or in the field. Hence it follows that his partisans have dull work in try- ing to arouse the people to do something for Pierce. They are apt to inquire what has he done for hie country? General Scott they know, and they know something ol his doings; but Pierce they do not know, and do not seem very anxious lor an introduction to bis acquaintance. The third cause of encouragement to the Whigs, and of embarrassment to their opponents, may be found in the fact that the Pierce party have fO tied ihtir hands that, in view of their avowed prin- ciples, they cannot act in behalf of any of the great interests of the country. Their political principles are a series of negations. If the people of the great West and Northwest desire to have the means of internal commerce facilitated, they are told that Congress bas no power to carry on any general system of internal improvements; the votes of Pierre in Congress against every river and harbor bill that came before him stand forth in the public view along with the vetoes of Mr. Polk. If Pennsylvania desires to have her great iron inter- ests fostered and protected, she is told ttiat the present tariff is a Democratic measure, and that Democratic principles must be sustained, though the prosperity of the country may have to go down. There is not a single point upon which the Pierce party can go before the people and maintain them- selves consistently with their professed principlea. For them the canvass is barren, the hustings dumb — so far as any words of sound policy arc concerned. They may denounce General Scott, and that is nearly the only topic that is left to them, and in their use or abuse of that they do the Whigs good service. From the Jacksonville (Fla.) Republican, Si-pl. 16 We had the pleasure of meeting, a few days ago, B. F. Allen, esq,, a returning Florida delegate to the Baltimore Whig Convention, who was one of the representatives of the middle district in that body Mr. Allen, as he has himself informed us, is another southern delegate who, having been (ully cognizant of the whole proceedings at' Balti- more, gave in his concurrence with bis colleagues from Florida, with the nomination ol General Scott, although not his first choice. Mr. Allen also verifies the information before related, that the original dralt of the platlorm resolutions was the (leviseuicnt of southern men, who bad assembled for consultation in Washington previous to pro- ceeding to Baltimore. Similar acquiescence is expressed by J. W. Bry- ant, esq., a delegjate to Baltimore appointed at the respectable meeting of Whigs of this place, in the final result of the action at Baltimore, as will be seen by a letter from his pen which wc place in our columns to-day. It has been already stated that Colonel Ward, who was Ihe chairman of the Florida delegation in the Whig Convention at Baltimore, reported to the Tallahassee State Convention his eatislaction at the fairness and regularity with which the nomi- nation of Scott was accomplished, and conse- quently his adhesion, on behalf of the delegation, to the distinguished Can- dida M l!.i Weill ' ., ';aiu?h not requested, to stale that!...: . 1-1 of ott, of Marion county, another ea-U-i . ilt It-;:,.. .', became strengthened in his confidence in General Scutt by his visit to Bal- timore, and thereijpon y elded him his cordial suppirtas soon as he became the choice of th« convention. General Keriuandez, we are assured, did the same. George W. Call,,cEq., another delegate from the THE SIGNAL. 213 middle, is now eamcatly eo^agcJ in the cauvaso of Ihe State lor Scott and Graham. We think we are »afe iu raying that the whole- returning deiejintion nre prep;tred heartily lo sup port the Scott nnd Graham ticket. Contraat this stnte of thinga with lliat of 1848, when two out of three of the delegates tn the Balii more Democratic C.mventioH came home with written proteate in their bands againat the support of General Casa, and that by the high-handed usur- pation of certain committeea and managera of the Democratic picas of the Slate, an attempt was made to overslaugh and gag theee delegates, and to drill the people into the support of Caes, objectionable aa be was shown to be on the question ot the rights of the South. Theae delegatea were actually denipd a hearing through the Democratic press; but that the people might not be unwarned of the manner of man the political profligacy of certain home leaders urged them into supporting, they were compelled to aak a hearing through other papers in the State. The E'stern Committee, with all these facts ataring them in the face, deecribed Case as a "picture of 'moral sublimity;" and a promi ncnt member of ihat committee, who waa thus ful Borne towarda the doughface candidate, now prataes Pierce in equally aa honeyed words, and ainuet Scott! Verily, he ought to be believed. of the From the Cecil (Md.) IVhig, Siptember 18. Tlic Signs of the Times. We are never so sanguine of euccesa as to rela any elfort necessary to bring it about, and in th uncertain world we expect nothing but what earned by diligence and labtir. So, in looking abroad now over the country and i picioua signs going to show thi Whig candidate in this contest, we are not led to sit idly down and leave the work to others. Aud in saying to our readers that the signs of the limea are propitious, we say to them, also, withhold not your hands, but push on the work and have the greater share in the honor of the victory. Truly, friends, the signs arc encouraging. For a time after Scott's nomination, many, particu- larly in the South, listened to the suggestions of the enemy, and were cold and rebellious. Happi ly the light has broken furth, a powerful reaction has there taken place, and IVIaryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Louisiana, are sure to roll up large majorities for the Whig tick- et; and there are good hopes of Georgia, Mississip- pi, and even Virginia, doing the same. In Alabama a State Rights ticket, in opposition to Pierce, with Governor Troup for President and General Quitman for Vice President, ha.- been no- minated, and there is greater promise of southern defection in the Locofoco ranks than in ours. In all the great Northwest thousands of German and others who have heretofore voted with the o| position, are now out for Scott, because Pierce the enemy of all appropriations to rivers and h < bora, an object in whicli their deepeat interests li The old iron-hearted Keystone, whoae hopes a; in a tariff, turns to Scott, because she sees all the Uritiah papers strongly advocating Pierce, a knows that he is for Irce trade — for British inti est^, rather than hers. The noble natives of Old Erin, whose brothi and friends have so often hem led on to victory by ■the unconquered Scott, are mirtialing to hia 8U| port by thousands; and everywhere, from Maine Iowa, the cause is upward— onward. True, be and there we lose an •'Old Fogy," who has been soured by some disappointment or supposed slight; but "Young America," and the masses of ihe pc pie, ai-e for the man who has prevented more wa aud, when wars have come, gained more battl Take courage, friends; the old warrior, though faroutshiningevery other visible light, is still a "ris- ing sun." The cause gains — the army grows put forth fresh efforts, and let the victory be com- plete— the victory cf greatness over mediocrity- of American interests over British interests— of true Democracy over sham Democracy; such will be the victory of the old warrior, statesman, and pacificator, Scott, over Franklin Pierce. Time Flies Rapidly.— We are already past thi middle of the first fall month. The Ides of October will aoon be upon us Arc the Whisre ready (or the struggles of that eventful mouth? Have the townships been thoroughly organized.' Is every Whig fully aroused to the importance of the cam- paign? Our opponents are industrious and indefa- tigable. They work night and day. Let every Whig first stir up himself, aud then look after his neighbor.— Philadelpkia News. From the Nashville Banner, Siplember 14 Complete Kxpoture of a Bale Fa1irlcatlo|> npou General Scott. Two wecta ago there appeared in the Nash' "aristocratic conduct of General Scott," in the fall of 1S47, "durinff his sojourn of one night with Mil Taylor, then an innkeeper on the stage-road froil Knoxvilleto Raleigh." This account was in tW shape of a letter signed York Mayfield, and date) Ncwburgh, August 'Jo, lSo2, professing to cor has taken two weeks the start of truth," in]; th« da of the newapapcr press! The old hero and patriot, who lor forty odd years hai bared hit bo- som to lh!,iyfi.-lu i.,. And now what will ba the .ei'l. ■', surprise when we tell him, up.iii 1I113 n-9|.- ,'i,ilii._' authority, that York Mayfield it ;i 11 :;• ; \y..:.iciiL-r . known aa a thorough Democrat 111 let-ling, ijikI possessing a decidedly bad charact.'r in hia neighborhood. Such is the origin ol a publication furnishing proof that General Scott is an "aristocrat," which NEW YORK W^HIG RESOLUTIONS. The following are among the Tesohuiuiu adopted on the U,2d instant by the Whig Cori- ention of the State of New York, as repurleil by telegraph : — national party, Itare and pro- of all the varied interests of this great Re. anil uniformity of action and concert of purpose being attainable only through Ihe agency the decision and action of the late National Con- vention of the Whig pirty, upon all subjects legit- imately before them, is the duty of every Whig. 7. That honor and gratitude are due to Win- field Scott, who lor more than forty years has served our country with valor and devotcdness un- surpassed, and with success and glory unequalled by those of any other man living; who has honored the calling of a soldier, of unilorm humility, and the strictest subordination to the civil power; who never did anything towards involving the country in hoatiliiies, but has been powerfully instrumental in preaerving as well aa in restoring to it the blessings of peace; whose deeda have won for our nation renown through the whole civilized world, and whoae guileleas nature, heroic spirit, and stainless integrity have commended him to the hearts of his countrymen; and that we cherish a high admiration for the civic virtues and states- manship of WiLLiASi A. Gbaham, who, in all the been honored in his native State and the councils of the Federal Government, haa proved himself worthy of the support of every Whig for the distin- guished oflice to which he has been nominated. ResoU-ed, That in the firmnesswith which the Pre- sident and hia Cabinet administered the affaira of the Government, iu maintaining the honor of thu nation untarnished abroad, and preserving peace and harmony at home, in promptly arresting every alttu pt toei. Iro lu= 11 a lore gu wir, iu repcll 1 „ in t rm» I jut o ^i a on tl very ap- withoutifelt li I 1 tj i^ I n II alters of p li y a 1 1 u adding strength to tl I i we re- cognise &a \ u and pa- From the Richmond Hliig, September 21. New Boston Speech. A correspondent from North Carolina informs us that we are represented in that State as having renounced our belief in the correctness of the New Boston speech. This is an entire mistake, and w» so stated atthe timewe withdrew the extracts from the head of our columns. We had not space for every thing, and withdrew those extracts tempo- rarily, to give place to the recorda in the Brooke We do not believe there is a jury of honest men in this country who, under all the circumstances, would not render a verdict against Pierce on that New Boston speech. The fact of its publication six months before Pierce was thought of for the Presidency is conclusive, without any additional testimony from any quarter. Parson Foss might be the greatest knave e.xtant— instead of being, as he is represented lo be, a Baptist preacher of goad standing in his church — and the badness of hia character could not affect that fact But 1 here ia additional, corroborative teaiimony. Mr. Mapp, a witness brought forward by the Demccratu, tesiifies that he heard Pierce utter sentiments al- most identical with those . ocitained i.i the New Boston speech. And th.- I. r. I Ti . -, (|. 28.) published by the Demo . . : m: u, VVa^h slavery as any in the N. .. . 1 1. -; .11 He is there repo'ted to hive ^.u! L.;ai .'.',." i.i.*-a. wh.. would diss'.lv.- the Union (the A'-jUtiuui^ia) ,lni not luite or deplore slavery more than he did," S14 THE SIGNAL. om the Indi ow will ] Whi omb X napolis Journal. 'OQO of the main foundations of their political I ,.Hi.„. i,-«..» creed.' declared the Fusriiive Slave laa- to be 'vcid j uaiona voiei and cf no force.' To thi3 arpument ilv Democratic !rnor VVhitcomb waa elected over orators had nothing' to reply. We imaeine that er. Mr. Polk beat Mr. Clay over FrppBoilcrs and AbolitionistB will have but little | ■ otesin 1S44, and in 1S46 Governoi-rfiffijuliy in finding ! re-elected, and aince then Governor^ ^nouft'h' to stand upon < these reasons, in all the calculalioof; .Mr. Merrick would not say any thing Wright Fc as lo the result of the PresideDti.»l election, this, paragement of General Pierce's care State is put down as certain for Pierce and Kin?. ; but be -hit him one' that hurt worse Whatever may have been our own opinion or ; jgvotcd two hours to showing up h this subject a few m •ntfas ago, we now believe tlia 1 claim lo military feme. Said Mr. the electoral vote of this Siato will be given lo i«,ent to Mexico. He returned. 1 kn General Scott. This opinion has been deliber.itdj i And there be dropped the subject formed on information derived fi-om every portioi cruel?" of the State. Take the vote between General Tay ] lor and General Case, and the difference bctweei i Malue Election. Mexico, I han if he bad j is lack of all Merrick, 'He ow the fart.' i them was not so grjat as not to oe overcome, vv i, i j^ j^ ^^^^ 5,^ certain that all the prejudice created against General Toylo , j^.^ (^^ ^^,,,,,1 , by a mi on account of the Second Indiana R-;aiment, an. |,rai,zethe Whig majority thous.-ind voles, two thirds of whom wer Whigs Mr. Hale, should ho remain a candidaK will not receive ivcr three thousand voice. Tti remaining five thousand will go back to ihepir lies with which they acted previous to 134S. because of the fact tlmt he was a slaveholder, G.;u j i^^i,^, Whichever party has qral Casa only beat him by between l;ur and Uv , f,^,!,,,^ g, (be meeting of the Legislature, will in- thousand voies. ftir. Vau Buren received ove j^^|,^^|, j^ (,y guf^^ ,1,^ ^j^^j^^^jg^ ^^ ,[jp gg„j,,g The Congressional election, as the Boston Altai remarks, is the only true index of Iho real party strength, and this shows conclusively a Whig victiiry, holding out promise that Maine will vole ,. . „ , I for Scott and Graham in November. The follow We know the leaders of the Democratic part; i^^^ ^^^1^ exhibits the Congressional vote in near count largely on the increase of the loreign vot., : . ,^^gg hundred towns. They show a Whisr ma brought in under the new constitution. I" ths -^ j f a thousand, andanet Whig gain ol they will be greatly mistaken It is not so large. l.J^^^ thousand: as they pretend, nor will it all go for them. The ro-.TttEssioNAL vote increased vote occasioned by the attainment .f co>gressional vote. _^^^^ twenty one years of age on the part of our voun? I looi. fair ill be vided. DUtricU. 3d, 4th. Whig. .... 6,655 .... 4.608 6.910 .... 6 640 .... 3,222 Loco. 6,240 3,214 Whig. 3,391) 4,917 5,613 4,S34 2,636 5,796 7,156 4,312 6,911 2,625 27,085 Whig majority in 1 Loco majority in 1 Net Whig gain.... 21,51 26,800 6,305 to cast the vote for General Scof, be will receive the support of thousands of ind(- pendent Democrats who cannot be transferred at the will of party leaders, and compelled to vote for a man of whom they never heard until his nomi nation for the Presidency. This assertion is not founded on our hopes alone, but from absolute facts from reliable sources— there scarcely being a county in the Stale where there are not more or less Democrats of this description. They will vote for General Scott because they know that he has: served his country in the tented field, and as 3.\From the ColumbH$ (Miss.) Argus, Seplembrr 16 civilian in the negotiations of peace, with great 1 „_ ,„ _.„ . ,,,„,„,, , fidelity and ability fand because they know that in ^ «"' Prospects In Mississippi. ■ ■ ■ • • ■ • ■ ' '^ ^ jnlry Probably our W hig friends abroad would like to know something of the political feeling in this elect ■'Slate. We can tell them that our prospects hcrej ny be are briehler ihan they have ever been before, and | J \„. ,(hat if General Scott does not carry the Siate thatj I^,;l four party need never hope to dj eo at any futu [New York Expn nds I he will be safe. We believe, too, that we shall be able ti our State ticket in October; but whatever n its fate, ol this fact we feel assured, the vote, i vember will be in favor of Scott and Graham abroad remember thie ' "lie- There is probably no Slate in the Uniot 1 which there ia more disaffection among the Do ' cratic party than this, and the party has PoiiTicAi. Discussion at Chablestown, Vib- I "^at extent this disaffection prevails. o,..A.-The Charlestown ( Va ) .-ree 7>re. has the i ^ We^h-,^'^-^ followingaccount of a discussion in taat town, in joQc thousand subscribers. Within the month which two of the Maryland Whigs took part: ;about seventy-fiveor one hundred Democrats have "On Monday last a political discussion took place isubscribed, at least one-third of whom have told at the court-house io Charleetown. Charles J. ! ua Ihal they intended to vote for Scott; another Faulkner, representative from this district, led off I third that they do not intend to vote for either can- in a speech ol two hours. His remarks were simi- ' didate, and some among the remaining third were lar to his Congressional and Reading speeches, undecided. This is the feeling th«t exists in this except where he laftored to vindicate his abolition i section of Mississippi. They may deny it who speech in the Legislature of Virginia in 1832. He 1 ""'L hut it is si>, and the second d.iy of November roinplaincd of the Whig press making extracts "'H '"ake an exhibit to substantiate what wc say. from said speech, whieh exhibits him as using ex- i'f'e Whigs have only to go lo work earnestly, presiions far more -inimical' to the interests of the j zealously, and prudently, and Mississippi is ours. South than any thing which hasemanaied from the 1 rankest Abolitionists, yet he acknowledged they j From lite Alexandria Gazette. were true extracts ' 1 The Webstbb "Pbcoliahs" in Massachusetts "He endeavored lo make it appear that his course I are at a " Yankee «ricft"— equal to the manufacture upon the tariff was identical in view with Mr. 'of wooden nutmegs. Aller going into a National Clay's notions. {Convention for the nominatian of Whig candi. "iMr. F. was replied to by Mr. Merrick, of Balti- dates, and drumming up Webster or qoasi Web- uiore-a young gcnUeman who proved himself a Ister delegates all over the country— afler taking host in discussion. He pcrl.'Ctly riddled the posi- | their chances with the other candidates, and asccr lions advanced by Mr. Faulkner, and by ihe lime laining that Mr. Websler was, by general consent, he finished his speech the way the L".'i i j,., ■ .1 .,,,■ ,.-, ,|r •,,„ ,, ,iiit of popular strength, of any long faces waa a caution. Mr. IVl. i ■ , ■ . :.:, ,,,:,, .i i iiiion— they go home,and, re- tiemunofdcciiied ability; and 'trrr-M i . ,1 ,, , • >:, ,,f the convention which ihey Whigs of the county upon the aud[M. ; i- I .-,,,, t i, ,v-i. , ,>ii' < m . I , , ''Ming np, set up Mr. Webster the debate ' .■■,,., uiuK>ir|, pre- sent Yankee candidateof the Dem.K r;.ey. In fact, sir, we are tired of " Northern men \i>ith Southern feelings.*^ Geokgk H Cam?, William L Hindman, William rlAVEs, Wji. K. Gh/.ham, For the Republican. Kanawha County, Srpieo.b-i 17, 1852. Mr. Newton -/Jeor Sir: I I. am irom .1 leiend tbatl have been appointed on ihc Dcnjociutii t'oin- mitlee of Vigilance for this cm-nty. I must decline the appointment' fir two rcafotis: First, because there are no Pierce men in my le- gion tube vigilant over; atid, second, be-eau^e 1 expect, on this occasion, lo go 11 oil over lor S^oit mysell. Yours truly, Ike Co!«ly Kanawha Co., Va., Given's Dutbict, September 19, 18,52. Mr. Newton- Z)ear Sir: Permit us 10 inforn. the "Central Democealic Vigil..iice Coininitnc," through the columns of the HepuOltean, that from the very best of reasons we cannot *'H\ no' aid in the election of Messrs. Pierce and King; ^nd. in- stead of bringing Democratic vcues 101 h pulls, WE noio declare that for ourselves we eanno' lend our own votes or influence, against the champions of our " whole country." Yes, sir; we 71010 intend to support Scott, Graham, and the Union The whole Union, we are folly persuadeel, will be per- fectly safe under the control of him who has so gallantly defended our common country at the North and at the South, and who has ever proved himself ready 1 idca7o;"^'''^^ff""ff 'I' 10 1 riouggtare and Waehinoton a I spill s life's blood at the f otof udly hears aloft the glo- the land of ihc immortal or>hy ancestors. ConbauCabt, ChawfohoCabt AiamCabt, Richard D. Car t. •wucbly replied to by Mr. Causin, of Maryland After cunsuming the time allolted them, toe ois- rufsi-n was closed by Messrs. Tuker and Bufeler. We did not hear these gentlemen, but from intor- maiion learn that the VVhig cause received nn detriment on the occasion. ■•'Messrs. Merrick and Causin proved, on .Mon- day, beyond the possibility of successful contra- diolion, that the Denrmcratic platform, by adopting ibe Virginia and Kentucky resolutions of '98 as -^ihlc, and 1 These eeni hostility of such politician Pith them, when 1 of General Pin " State street, may I' I "• ■ i t;ie extent, we verily hope and anticipate They crations of the honest men of onfidence can be placed in the cting as they do.' The open than Iheii From the Aibanij State Register. There Is AVorlc to be Doue. The Whig fires burn brightly all over the Em. pire State. The prospect of triumph, complete and glorious, brightens with every way. A good eeling prevails everywhere. The party is united, harmonious, and determined. The State noniina- ticns just made at Syracuse are giving our friends fresh courage and new vigor, and from this time forward they will battle earnestly and incessantly, disputing every inch with their old enemy. The nominations are received wilh enthusinem, and without a murmur of discontent. All feel that the ticket is a strong one— one worthy to be asso- ciated in the great contest with the names of Scott and Graham. In every part ol the Slate the no- minations will be promptly and heartily respond- ed to. This i' the time to enter earnestly and thorough- ly upon the a: 1-iinportont work of organization. Without this the parly, numerically the strongest bv all odds, may be beaten, and most shamefully. (00. Indeed, success depends entirely upon com- plete, systematic, painstaking organization, not only in every town, ward, and county, but in every school district throughout the State. The Whigs must now enter earnestly and generally upon' this essential work. The enemy is alert, watchful, and strong in organization as well as in numerical force. It is always a hard job to beat him, but wilh a perfect organization and entire unanimity we can do it. THE SIGNAL. 215 From the Fitdmck (yid.) Herald. Who should the South Trust. The great avidity willi which the Southern De m'T-iatic press ariz d upuu every ttuiig wliich couid, by distortiun ur misrepreeentaliun, tenil lo show that Geueral S promise measures a their flitnay and false ret tion, and their utter fail rr wae hostile to the Com the Fugitive Slave law reasoning' upon to fasten him any hoelilily to these measures, are slill familiar tp all. They first asserted that General Scott was hostile to these measures. This comported well enough with their reckless assertions, and answered their purposes until the facta of the ruse were known. Then it was proved from the record, and by indisputable authority, that General Scott was nut only favorable to these measures, but that he used every exertion to secure their passage by CongrresB, and that his exert on in their behalf ma terially furthered their adoption. When it was thus established beyond contro- Torsy that General Scott bad, both by word and the D'ii, , 'I :.-- stiueht. in the lace of his own :i ' ' : ' iiiint him with Freesoil and a;- . II,, . uHo he is supported by Wil- liam 11. ^r...„ I i,.->irnor Johnston. Wc will first pive ilie^e supiiHiiciil reaponers the benefit of this assertion, and their reasoning upon it. Wha., then, does it establish? Why. if the support of these men condemn General Scott, must not lb' same rcasouinjr apply to Mr. Pierce, and brand him with Abolitionism.' Count over the Freesoil era anri Aboliiiunisl.H of the country, and which cf upported by the majority ot I by I lilt all toidol : Locofocoa t<: at the other have a whole host of agitators, Abolilioc ting the eleolion < he list comes Marti The Ne The Augusta (Georgia) Clironide and Scii- tintl. s. papt-r which supiioiis Mr. VVebstii-. as an indfpemlent ean.lidut« for the PresidMey, n Us issiiM of thi> '2'.id inslaiu, thus nulioeJ thu orriiburulive losliiiiuny lately published iijour :ciluiiins III regard lu the Ne^v Ijost "We have delayed lor eom.iur ■ if a press of oihi-r matter. (!.■ .ffidavits and certificates, aMil. i ' surrlh: ubiic. art ot General Pierce •y will be found in this think, fail to carry coi judiced mind oflh'- l;ulhli hject, ndcaijiot, ary ui; eport. dcice. Wo Iby them.' In addil as being for General Scott, w of Horace Greeley, and we h; these great bugbears held u frighten Sjulhern Whigs. 1 side of this picture, and we these northern lonatics and idta and Frecsoilera, advocating the el Franklin Pierce. First on the list come V.in Buren, then Ins eon John, then with manj others is the name of David Wiimot, '• the mar whose hand first li%hlid Ihis torch of politieut anti- slavery in t'ungre.,s." For a completion ol the list, luinn ol our paper, headed "Mr. Lyons and the Stward- Scott parly.** Bui let ue examine into the motives and the rea- sons why these men support the candidates .s above indicated. As to Governor Seward, Gov- ernor Johnston, and Horace Greeley, they have ever been Whigs, and have supported the nomi- nees of their pirty. They supported Henry Clay i in 1844, and General Taylor in 1848, neither of whom could be suspected of the least taintof Free- 1 soil or Abolitionism, or to favor in the least Ih anti slavery views of the North. So, as abov stated, Uiey have .ver soiiporied the nominees c the 111 ' . I ... a lull and »atis thei.... ,.,...., the :.-r. .t lu.jl<.|na;i i.l Ih.il piny, t'lal- - '•/ am. hommr, the unmiligattd inemy if slavery. , and woidd hunt it abolished without delay l\ pay, therefore, for niyeell — .ind 1 v;iBh to be ontler- 610 il as speokinir for myself alone— that, let what V.1II come, I ihall under no necessity whutever sup port a man who doks not bklikve slavery to an AN UNMIXED cuBSE, and who will not, by virtue of hif office, use all constitutional power to abolii W nu-h, then, should the South trufct, two candidates by their supporiera— Gi the nominee ol a Whig Convention, who is sup- ported by Wliigs who have ever supported the noiMioeesof ibeir party; or Franklin Pierce, the nominee of the Democratic party, and now sup- port, d by a body ol men who, four years ago, re- fused 10 support the nominee of. that party, and effected a separate organization, based upon prin- ciples hostile to the South and their institutions— a body of men who have never repudiated the polit- ical creed then proclaimed by them, but who, on the contrary, slill adhere to il, and assert thaflAei/ We shall pursue this question further hereafter. ,1 : - 11 .' .ih ihosdnd- previous occasions, both inand out f opinion to separate Ihem. But of this Ihe people must judge on carefully inveaiigaling the testimony adduced to establish the truth of the The New York 'I'ribwie., in an article "Oar Candidate," (General ScuTT,) sayi: "Aside froiri every other dia'inction, Gen( Scott i.1 n tn."l- I .■•1.', ,, N-. , (i.ir,;.- ol vice, of aims, or in '. '. .1 , ... r . , ,■ l,r . .U^ht ag«i 01 the millions that have passed throogh liia 8, and of the millions he minht have clutched ne stooped to it, not a dollar has stuck to his palm." A Change.— A few days have produced a great hauge in Maryland. It is but a thort time since e ajrproachiDg Presidential election was ecurcely iientioned in this Stale, excepting in the poiiiical papers, and by stump orators. Now the people ore ing themselves to action ou the subject, re- solved to exert themselves to the utmost lor the candidates of their preference. In fact, nothing will engage public attention between this time and November but the political contest; and we may look for as large a vote lor Prcsidtnt cast in the Slate. Both parlies arc bccomii ceedingly animated. A littl Whigs seemed in a desponding condition, whilst (he Democrats were certain that they w.uld carry becoming ex- ago and Ihe the State by such was our ) appeal ,rge majority, we conlcas that ir impression from what we saw; but as changed, and the Whigs are now r success, not only in this State, but the Union. Such are the fluctuati. na rfare. There have been the VVbig ranks, but this sanguin through of feeling in political some few defections fi will hardly affect the gr neral result, as the party appears to be united and resolved. There are de- fections also from the Democratic party, but to [Biltimore Clippir, Sept. 15. charges." From the inore Anirican, Septetnber 32 The Cauvass. is every indication of a growing enth General Scott which bids fair lo sweep try and to carry him triumphantly it idency. The people are coming to and are cordially recognising his clai onfidencc and gratitude". "■ ty ye al BUCi econsidera that the ser rendered bj d glory, and rn has seen exalted ntry advanced— that ed to a full acknow General Scott, with sign by which the n^.tional r and the interests of the such services are justly c ledgment on the part of the people, and are wor- thy ol the honorable recompense which it la now in their power to bestow. With regard to Maryland we may venture tt peak with some confidence It is not to the pur ii-jse to boast in advance, but we can, without hesi .itir.n, e.-cpre^sthe belief that this State will givi veiled a great d. the I of Ge ION.— A friend who ough Indiana and lllii thei aging f those States. He tells an amus- fng incideiTt which occurred in a slage-coach in Illinois. A Whig and Democrat had been dia- cussinglhefree trade question until both got pretty warm, when the Whig became ea-.isfied that hia opponent was an obstinate fellow, who would not be convicted of his error, and put an end to tbte dispute by proposing a vote on the Presidency. "Gentlemen," said the Whig, "you who are Whigs will say 'aye,' and you who are Di mncrats will "say 'no. Stop." says the Democrat, " that's not the way 10 put it. Vou must lake the vote as between Scoit and Pierce, for I'm a Demo- crat, but I'm going for Scott; my neighbor hero is a Democrat, and he's going lor Scoti, too; and the fact is, we've conclude.l in our section no( io make it a party nutsfion.'" It is hardly necessary to say that the vote of that staee load wa? unanimously lor Scott.— CiJicinnali GazetU, 2'c(. Wash ILLIS ! COSGBBSSIONAL F.LECTION. — E. E burne, of Galena, 18 tne VVh-.g nominee grcss in the first Congressional district, already on thesiump, and we hope to he ) judge 1 from the Ham - ,i. h went from '.Vhig meeting "Irish Boys , ""' "''^ >' •ebadse, and The RieH n Scoit Club tor of the Gc rv Whig id time il Stale w edi- lized to take in thu Locofooo party rCniciimafi Gazette tend -St. Louts Ripublican. ■ SriaiT— A Whig writing lescc migeiye: "We me in the town of Atlns at i is year." Now, if all the ■re as efficiently attended to aa ih : polls i lias, Mil iigan ill presint such mojoriiy : as will astQnish her 216 THE SIGNAL, THE SIGNAL. CITY OF WASHINGTON, OCT. 2, 185;>. WHIG NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDENT, WrNFIELD SCOTT, Of New Jersey. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, WILLIAM A. GKAHAM, Of North Carolina. "THE GAME OF BRAG. ultadi If our adverearies call the spontaneous e of the Democrats boasting, thpy would call it mode ration if they could see the intelligence received in this city from all parts of the Union, ;e;iving' the assurance of a complete and commanding majority for Pierce and King in November. [ Union of Saturday, The Democrats are not novices in the art of swaggering. They have great faith in bragga- docio as an effective instrument in political warfare, anti are not restrained from using it by superfluous modesty. If they have a chance of victory in any direction, it is magnified until it assumes colossal proportions; and where they have no chance, they console themselves for the deficiency by a few touches of wholesale exultation. There never has been an election in which this "spontaneous" enthusiasm has not been manifested by the managers of the party. The manufacture of it is a part of their vocation, and we may calculate upon its pre sentalion from time to time with as much pre- cision as an astronomer can predict the occur renceof an eclipse. The passage we have taken from the Union of Saturday is one of a thousand that might be selected from current comments in the Pierce journals. They are all of the same stripe ex- actly. They leave no doubt — according to the Democratic view — of the election of Pierce and King. There is no uncertainty as to the result, they say ; and from now until Novem- ber the game will be altogether in their hands! If these oracles now prophesied for the first time we might suspect that they meant all they said. But they have been tried many limes, and have been pronounced false pro- phets. They have shown themselves unable to read the horoscope aright, when the horizon has been not a whit more murky than it is at this moment ; and we must therefore be permitted to set down their present boast- ings at a point considerably below par. They are the tricks of desperate gamesters, and are designed to impart an idea of confidence which has no real existence. As the Union just now plays the part of prophet, we may without impropriety examine the value of its pretensions to that character. We will turn, with this view, to the prognosti- cations of the same journal during the pro- grass of the campaign of 1848, and we shall thus ascertain to what extent it is entitled to jeepect and credence when it assumes the pro- vinc! of the seer. Here are a few scraps from its aticles on the Cass and Taylor contest: From the Union, October 20, 1S48. Vi;lory ia certain, for the Democracy are now aroiBed. Each man i« buckling on his armor for the (csperate conflict. From the Union, October 21, 1S48. Tie Old Keystone is roused. She is animated by p-ide and patriotism. * » « She ia perfect ly s.fe. From the Union, October 24, 1848. We put down the vote of Pennsylvania, there- fore as unquestionable. A thousand circumstances conirm it. * ♦ * Who can despair ? * * * Ourprospecis, indeed, are brightening every day in lennessee. From the Union, October 23, 184S. FDImore will kill Taylor stone dead in Florida. » ' Tbe State ia safe for Cass and Butler by eev- eralhundreds majority. We speak by the card. From the Union, October 29, 1848. In North Carolina all looks well. From the Union, November 1, I84S. Re dismiss all doubts and fears to the winds. * * We fear not the result. From tlie Union, November 2, 1848. At all times and at all hours, morning and even- ing, early and late, our little sanctum in the Union buildings has been our citadel and our camping grojnd. * * We take all the consequences of deftat, if it shall come upon us. It cannot be an- ticipated. We have no fears. This was the style in which the Union wro'.e in those days. Let us turn to the popu- lar vote, and ascertain how far its specific boast- ings were justified by the result: Taylor. Cast. Van Buren. Pennsylvania.... 185,730 172,186 11,177 North Carolina... 43,519 34,,869 86 Tennessee 64,705 58,419 — Florida 4,539 3,238 — Perhaps the best commentary on the Unio)i's success as a prophet, and the best recommenda- tion of the declaration that stands at the head of this article, is to be found in our contempo- rary's file. We pick it out and set it as a jewel: From the Union, November U, 1S48. General Zaciiary Taylor has been elected Presi- dent of the United States. In announcing this coocluaion, we cannot, of course, conceal our dis appointment and our regret. Our friends in va- rious States have been mistaken in their calculations They have deceived us, and we have deceived others, A journal "deceived" egregiously in 1843 can scarcely claim infallibility in 1852. "All the Morality." Early in the campaign we cited from a Wis consin Freesoil paper a paragraph urging lh( Freesoilers to rally to the support of Genera! Pierce, as the candidate most favorable to their views. It ran thus: "There is no way to escape the pending' curse of slavery extension save by the defeat of Scott andGEAHAM, and they can only be defeated by the election of General Pierce, whose life is a gua rantce that his influence will not be on the side of And so it has gone till now, in perfect keep jing with the declarations of the whole of the j Freesoil press of Wisconsin and Ohio. I In the Portsmouth (Va.) Democrat of thi jlSth instant, we find the paragraph altered to suit Democratic purposes in that region. It is 'quoted as from an Ohio Freesoil paper, which lis made to commend General Scott and to [disparage Pierce. In that shape the para graph is a forgery, and we ask the Portsmouth Democrat to name the author. GEN. PIERCE AND HIS PARTY JUDGED BY CATHOLICS AND IRISHMEN. It it not surprising that the Democratic lead- ers decry the introduction of the Catholic test luegtionasan issue bearing upon the Presidential ^ontpst. They are conscious that tbe record is [gainst them as it affects the Deinni-ratic party n New Hampshire, and against them as it re- gards the claims of Mr. Pierce; and they de- sire as far as possible to evade a question which rils their influence amongst chissfs on whuss pport they have hitherto implicitly relied. The first movement of the Democrats was to misrepresent the record which exhibited the action of the party in New Hampshire in rela- tion to the test. To that the answer was easy. The record itself — published in the Whig jour- ils — demonstrated that the Whiirs of the State the main voted for the abrogation of the test, hich has been perpetuated sidely by Demo- cratic votes. The next plea was that Mr. Pierce is ahead of his local friends upon this question; but this proved equally ineffectual. The truth wa^ shown to be that General Pierce made no ef- forts out of doors to relieve his Cath(]lic fellow- citizens, and that his vaunted eff.ijc of ;w England. Before going into the subject any farther, we assure the (.'atholics of the Union th*t there are a plenty of our religion in New England who haveaboutasmuch regard for Gen. Pierce and the politics he advocates as they have for the old 'Blue Laws' of Connecticut. But we are willing to give to Mr. Pierce whatever credit he is entitled to for the part he took in trying to have the test re- moved. The /)at(j/ Patriot of Concord gave a full report of the proceedings alter the convention, and upon it we chiefly depend for information ; and where in the report is the proof to be found that he made anything like a 'powerful effort' to have the odious teat expunged from the constitution, we are unable to say— in fact, we can see nothing what ever that Mr. Pierce did, while the test was under eonsideralion, to have it removed. "After Judge Woodbury had spoken upon the subject, the property qualification came up, and then General Pierce spoke, and in his remarks mentioned the religious lest as a bl, the peace of the country, and who have uni- formly denounced it in turn as a faulty embo- diment of Democratic sentiment. In such cir- cumstances it has large claims upon publi«- forbearance. 318 THE SIGNAL. THE PIERCE PARADOX. We are reminded that on one day we pre gfnt General Pierce as the pet of the Free- goilers, and on another as the "creation and choice" of the Secessionists; and it is argued Ihit the positions are loo paradoxical to be re- coRcileable with truth or with each other. We deal only with established facts, and exhibit them as they are patent to the country. It they involve a contradiction or an absurdity, we are not to be called upon to harmonize them or to mitigate their folly. The points as we have put them, however paradoxical, are liler- allv true. General Pierce has the hearty support of a large proportion of the Freesoilers in a majority of the States where the Freesoil faction occu pies a prominent position. In Pennsylvania, Mr. WiLMOT is earnestly engaged in his behalf, and those who, under ]Mr. Wilmot's leader- ship, voted for Martin Van Bl'ren in 1848, are doing their utmost to elect Pierce in IS5;i. In New York, the Van Bcrens "ccupy posts of honor and influence in the list of Pierce campaigners; B. F. Uutler, their old ally of the Buffalo organization, is out for Pierce, while deriding the platform on which he pro fesses to stand; the New York Eveiiins: Post, the ablest and most influential paper in the Pierce interest, ridicules the platform as worse than farcical in its origin, and repudiates it as of no binding obligation whatever; and the Albany M!as, the mouthpiece of the Barnbarn ere, follows the example of the Post, with an explicit declaration that the agitation against the South will be renewed so soon as the Presi- dential campaign shall' be ended. In Ohioand Wisconsin, the noticeable Freesoil journals are working with the Democratic parly as that most likely to serve their ulterior pur poses; regarding Pierce as committed by his local associations and home declarations to views that are inseparable from the Free- soil agitation. So it is in a greater or less de- gree in the other Northern States. Pierce is the Freesoil favorite as a leading Democrat of a State whose Democracy have been always hostile to the South, and as the candidate of a party ready at all times to coalesce with the most fanatical enemies of constitutional obliga- tions, when such a coalition tends, as in Massa chusetts, to the advancement of cherished in- terests and objects. The nomination of Hali; is no proof to the contrary. It was made against the expressed wishes of P'reesoilers now openly fighting under the banner of Pierce, and it is regarded at this moment as pregnant with peril to ihe Pierce prospect in Freesoil districts. This is one-half of the paradox. Now for the other. General Pierce was barely nominated when Mr. Forsyth proclaimed him the " creation and choice" of the extreme Southern Right parly. The task of formally conveying am tice of the nomination lo Concord was coi; fided to Mr. Soule, who subsequently rat fied the Forsyth avowal by declaring thj the Secessionists voted for Mr. Pierce with a full knowledge of the man. In Alabama, .Judge Ci.AV, a Pierce elector, recommends the nominee as a Secessionist ; Colonel Sei- bi.es, another elector in the same Stale, does the same; and Mr. Yancey and Colonel Terry endorse the recoimnendalion as ihe (rround of their preference for Pierce, in South Carcilina the Secessionists are for Pierce. Ue has Jefferson Davis for an advocate in Mississippi, and Davis's friends control the State ticket. In Georgia, the same faction di- rect the movements of the party, and are the active workers on that side in the canvass. The press throughout the far South demon strate the prevalence of this state of things. The journals most actively enlisted in the Pierce cause, and most extravagant in their eulogies of Pierce's merits, are the journals which, until recently, devoted themselves to the treasonable service of the Secessionists— which signalized themselves by their attacks on the Compromise at every stage of its pro- gress — and which systematically and with Fanguage of fierce hate denounced every Uiuon Democrat as unworthy of political fel- lowship. The Pierce organs of today in the South were the Secessionist organs of yester- day; just as the active out of-door workers for PiERce were the active out-of door workers for disunion. The pens that plead for help from Union Demucrats are the pens that were em- ployed in ostracizing every man suspected of being friendly to the Union. The nomination of a separate Secessionist ticket in no respect weakens the force of these fasts. It is con- demned as folly by ninety-nine out of every hundred of the .Secessionists, who manifesi their anxiety for the success of General Pierce a way that must stagger every thinking lover of the Union. It is known, moreover, that Troup and Quitman, the nominees of the separate Secessionist organizatios — men chosen by extremists as incarnations of extreme South- 1 Rights opinions — are themselves favorable the election of Pierce. W^e repeat that these are established facts, and the recapitulation of them proves the exist ence of the apparent anomaly which Compro- se Democrats ridicule as impossible. Ttiere no doubt, so far as we know, about any one of the points. Their precise accuracy admits of demonstration by a reference to the passinr records of the locaiities particularly concerned; and the grouping of them adds to their force Looked at as they stand, they show thai Pierce is essentially a sectional candidate. H> is the candidate of the fanatics and mischief makers North and South, and could never havt obtained the nomination if the Union members of the Baltimore Convention had constituted :i majority. The known, tried, Compromise can- didates were rejected again and again; and when at length the prospect of complele disor ganization presented itself, the Freesoilers an< Secessionists were enabled to unite their forces and to effect the nomination of a man until ihei unheard of, and with no stronger recommenda lion than his availability for the purposes o the factions. General Pierce, then, is indebt ed for his nominatiim lo the opponents of thi Compromise and the Union, and to nobud} else; and there is propriety in assigning V them the leadership in the canvass. The} constructed the machinery, and it is fit thai they should watch its working. In this alliance of ultra-Northerners and ultra-Southerners there is the semblance of an anomaly, but it is only a semblance. In re ality, the whole aflTair is consistent and natu ral — in strict accordance with the antecedenl^ of the parties concerned, with their presem exigencies, and with the history of extremt factions everywhere. The Freesoilers and the Secessionists, though widely apart in their abstract principles, si tar as they have any, and though differing ii. regard to the ultimate results for which thej contend, are agreed in reference to one essen tial consideration. They have a coiiimoi. antagonist to contend against. They an planted on a common issue, with a full knowledge that success in relation to it will lenefit reciprocally their respective purposes. They have a common interest adverse to he Union, as such. They know that their chances of succtss depend upon circmi:siaiices that are at variance with the peace oi' the coun- try. They are aware 'hat their capacity is limited by their opportunities of aglt;itioii. and that their power will be stricken down if the Whig candidate be elected. One demands the abrogation of a clear provision of the Constitution, and the adoption of restric- tions that are incompatible with the integ- rity of the existif?g Union of Slates. The other demands a severance of the Union, as preliminary to the formation of a Soutbern Confederacy. One denounces the Constitution as a compact with the devil, and wages war upon its laws as covenants with iniquity. The other denounces it as a failure, fraught with ruin and oppression. It is not difiicult to perceive that two such factions are linked together in innumerable ways, and are able, without any palpable departure from con- sistency, to unite their strength as against the friends of the Union. That they man aged when at Baltimore to defeat every successive candidate of the Union Dem- ocrats is proof positive of the thoroughly sec- lionalized character of the Democratic party. That they nominated General Pierce, and strive energetically to secure his election, is in the same manner proof of his adaptation to their ends. His nomination was the conse- quence of a compromise by factions. His tri- umph would be the triumph of factions, from their nature inimical to the peace and prosper- ity of the country. How Union Democrats can be deceived as to the nature of the alliance, the motives that prompt it, or the results which it involves, is indeed a paradox, and one that we are unable to explain. Beyond that, every thing relating to Pierce, his nominators and supporters, is perfectly intelligible. The Pierce organ in this city is too profound to be practical. It is in the seventh heaven of politics, and moralixss at a rate quite beyond our comprehension. It lately it treated us to an essay proving ihat General Scott is not "sacred from scru- tiny;" a proposition that has about as inucrh bearing upon the Presidential canvass as upon the politics of Morocco. We have not heard of a Whig who does not invite scrutiny into Gen- eral Scott's career. The party desire it to be examined, with a strong conviction that the more close the scrutiny the more overwhelm- mg will be General Scott's majority in No- vember. He has always stood fire bravely, and will not faint before all the guns that the Union can mount. In the same issue, the Union demonstrates that the Whig Convention acted shamefully in not nominating Mr. Fillmore or Mr. Webster. That, again, is a superfluous piece of labor, seeing that our neighbor has never condescended to explain why its own party were not bound to prefer one of its own tried statesmen to General Pierce. Will not our moralist reserve some tears for future lamentations on the fate of Mr. Buchanan and General Cass? To-morrow, we expect, the Union will un- dertake to show that General Scott is hu- man. When that is established, we may an- iJcipHte an essay on the divinity of General Piekce. THE SIGNAL. 919 JUDGE DOUGLAS IN THE PENITEN- istrugglc, not of argi.nu'iit, nol of .lis-uasinn, not i only ;i s TiAT inr,r.r, I of r.'aeoii. but of physical torcr and numbers, who Sii|l lli TIAL MOOD. ijl,oulH ,it, ,,ut tliolonjcM dthnr to PM8 or defeat ^'"' Judge D0DGLA9 is familiar to oar readers • '''^"''V » ^Z'''' ^.^f"/"^"^;'"'^^^^^ ° _ I posiliiJii to tneea bilta Inumph; and our weetern n:ider several aspects of his character. In the j people livings aruund tue borders of ibnse lak^s course of his political career he has played j-d o^nJh^^^banUs_^oMhe^^^^ many parts — figuring at remote intervals ao a been looking- anxiously to you to do something to friend of his country's weal, oftener manifest- put a cl.trk to thi» coarsc-BomethlnR- to protect ing his skill in the arts of demagogism, and at i (q1, other times sinking both Senator and dema- gogue in characters that admit of no specific description. We have seen him active in the Senate Chamber as the representative of parti- san D-^moeracy — valiant at the dinner-table as the champion of universal intervention — un- scnipnlouB at the hustings as the assailant of good men's services and fame — and ready eve- rywhere to outrun all competitors in the re- gions of nonsense and filibusterism. In all these respects .Judge Dodglas is known tho- roughly; so thoroughly, indeed, that he can do nothing in any one of these directions for which the country is not perfectly prepared. We mean merely to compliment his versatility v-hen we express a belief that he is equal to | be inexplicable anywhere but at confession. I is worth examining closely, for it relates to a question of paramount importance to the par- ties and to the country. any thing that appears likely to advance the cause with which he is identified. His iden- tification with it is complete. It is Judge DouGL.^s, and nothing and nobody else. There is one portion of the Judge's efforts at self portraiture which is not so vifidely known as it ought to be. We know him as he stands in positive, negative, and equivocal moods; it is proper that we should for once look at him in the penitential mood. A reference to his speech on the River and Harbor bill in the Senate, a low days before the close of the ses- sion, enables us lo do this with ease and fair iiess. The official report attrihute.s to him the following: "I am eppakina- plain and bold truths. 1 have stood upon the deck of a eteainboal, in the act of sinking by a snag, at a place called the Grave Yard, where I could see the wrecks of nine other boats, where three hundred people hid dird, and millions of property had beeu lost. I snag boat in that vicinity. pended in the vicinity of the t wish your money appropriated purpose, you must pu iroportioii lo the aintuitit expended. p)iisilMlity rests altogether on the shoulders of the PiEitcE parly, who have de- feated Whig efforts to systematize and give full effect to internal improvements as embraced within the legitimate functions of the General Government. Judge Douglas says truly that appropriations voted one year for particular improvements have been rendered of no avail by subsequent re- isals to complete them. He suggests that the $1,500,000 voted during the last session will be wasted in consequence of the defeat that probably awaits the necessary supplemen- tary grants of the next session. It is, in truth, needless to build snag-boats this year, if we afterwards refuse to pay men to work them; to launch a dredgingboat with- out providing the hands to set it in motion; to lay the foundation of a light-house, and then leave it to the mercy of the floods. Such , procedure is not only a mockery of public wants hut a scandalous waste of public money. It drains the exchequer n at issue among our friends in this iy question is, was it necessary, pro- per or important, as a matter either of policy or principle, that tho State Convention should take action upon the subject? We answer this question in the negative 'The convention was composed both of men, and the representatives ofinon. who have favored and who have opposed the coalition. It was held to nominate candidates on whom no coalition was ever proposed to be formed, and to act opon subjects with which the coalition has noth- ing to do. No action in regard to the coalition had ever before been had in a'State Convention, and those who are supposed to favor a coalition did not propose or deeire any action in favor of it, but on the contrary pledged themselves to oppose any ao tion in favor of it. Such being the caae, the con- vention proceeded to nominate its candidates and to proclaim the principles upon which they desire to stand. •"When thii cieiou organize , those opposed I was don( a separate convention, and, after ite Committee, adjourned with the avowed intention of calling a new convention to nominate other candidates. "'We think this was a hasty and ill judged movement. The adoption of the Baltimore plat- form was in itself a sufficient condemnation of the coalition, as it seems (o us; certainly it would have been so considered anywhere else. At any rate, when that was done, all was done that could be reasonably eip.rctcd or at^ked of those who have heretofore iavored a coalition. And why should any one ask action in condemnation of what had thus been condemned by strong implication, and what no one there proposed.' When men calling them- selves Democrats voted to adopt the National De- mocratic platform and to support the Democratic candidates, why should they be required to dis- avow an intention to do acta in violation of that .do. the sinceri raises no presumpiion ty of their pledge; a refusal to )n, under the circumstances de- agaii condemn a coaliti scribed, implies no disposition to favor it. If a man refuses to pledge his word that he will not commit a crime, thataffords no ground to suppose he will commit the crime. And since, therefore, there was no necessity or good reason for adopting the resolution in question, it seems to us that tho refusal to adopt it was entirely correct and proper. It will be time enough to meet the question of a coalition when it is proposed to form one; and !h» proper place to meet it is whore it is proposed to be formed, and before the men who propose to form it.' 'Now to read this tier^ ca did article, one at a lance would verily suppose that two hundred of the old, best tried Democrats of Massachusetts, bad abandoned a regular annual meeting of their party, and organized a new meeting, from a quca- ionof the most insignificant character, and having o practical importance; that some mere matter of :>rm had been introduced, in regard to which the minority had been rudely tenacious. The Patriot [links that the subject ol a coalition would have ein more proper at tho time and place when it ma to be practiced! Innocent aimplicity! cour- eous candor! No Demoi^rat in New England ! or was ignorant that the vote of Mr. Bradford's resolution, denouncing the coalition of his parly with the Abolitionists, was a test vote, by toAicA the policy of those twoparties was to be regulated during the coming caiivass. Everybody knows that the re- sult ol the action of that convention, unless de- feated by the ovfcVpowcring strength of the Whigs, 11 be to repeat the scenes of the previous coali- n, and that these can result but in tho same ent— the election of Mr. Bishop, who was a Freesoiler in 1848, whatever he inay be now. as Governor of Maseachusetls, and John G Palfrey Senator in Congress in Mr. John Davis's place, ready 'to second Mr. Charles Sumner's mo- repeal the Fugitive Slave law ." Ve wish our Virginia and Maryland Dcmo- 3 friends to look this matter directly in the face. If General Pierce sanctions by his approval ic Massachusetts coalition, (and such facts as e have given indicate a virtual approval of it,) e wish our southern brethern to know it. The IVhigs of Mansachuselts intend to keep the failh they have pledged, and, as far as we know, there is no Whig press or citizen who now is dis- posed to agitate the subject of abolition. With them, tho madness, lanaticisin, and treasonable designs of those men now ready to enter into a coalition with the Democratic leadcra, hav* forever obliged any former disposition to uek THE SIGNAL, 221 mociificationa and chanpre to render it loss ob- jectionable fo their frars and fefilinge to be swnl- lowed up in the certainty of bloodshed, civil war, ani disruption of the Union under ita agitation. At the «ime time, they cannot sit by and see laUo pretences of approving and abidirif? by the Com- promise to be set forth in words, aiir! x-nt to the South to indues them (o think that all is peace if the Democracy prevail, when all men ot all parties at home know; perfectly well that a qoaliiion is in progress which, if successful, is to throw into the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States a set of men who will have haen half elected by avowed Ab !ry iMlelligeiit i statement is ei Kmber of the "Lo 3tion,"and as a t J organization, he : addr I it, and Demon ted under I, reported h we only each le outline of a pRtn- ■ :. : . i , , i i upils, as worthy ol i !i s their beau idea; ;. irh, or the beggarly a-sUitu: . /laiud n',-,,., , The opinions of this Vemucralicdiclor, in regard n the "Alien law," were thus expressed on page •Tlv ufTer nd independ ngs here is somelhi pre ence of anxiety en ; in ill! |rd,l dat pol ill! aN iitcriaiii'.: ' I' ■ m .station, and the obloquy whic'T liar I I ' : .: i.i bis pame by al sveryfunii:. ;, and which has almost 3ucceed,xi iii iii.. :: . ;;,'iu. upon his memory is not only a pnmi oi the piunotism which dictated his opinions, and induced hiui to devote himself to his country's safety, but is a striking commentary un the foreign i'eehng and foreign influence which pervades the United States. "All his revolutionary perils, privations and suf- ferings in behalf of American liberty, have almost been neutralized, and his good name cast out as I evil, because he sought to protect his country from '■.■„-:...,./ ru. ,,K,itn influence. i -l.e American citizen who would r.- , ,1 voice to join a foreign clamor a'-'i :• I ■ ,: .f the fathers of our beloved Re- puiiiie." We will now come down three years later, and give a letter from this same Beniocralic elector while a member of the Seraaie of Louisiana. Th,j letter and the preface is sufficiently explanatory : "LoirisiANA Native American Association, "Thursday, January 6, 1842. " Extract from the Mimifcs.— Captain Stickney, -liniri'iuint ih* rooiiiiittee appointed at the pre- , ,:,- ,, , , I,,, . •>■ toe following letter, re ;. '■ trnas Green Davidson, ' .1. . ..-ml to be entered 0)i the SAKE, La., Sesatb Chambkb, "January 3, 1S42. ; I found on my table, yesterday esteemed favor of the Ist instant, ply thereto. I have made up my thing more to do with the Native "Gentlemen morning, your and hasten to r< mind to have nc an Association until the association makes mind lo form a party, separate and dia- im all other parties, having for its object iUe QUESTION or REPEAL. I AM A NATIVE AN, bi cause I believe the perpetuity of our institutions depends upon o?ir banishing inlluen - Tn.- fro7n onr coimcils This made ica.i, and far this I shatl ahoays 1 have seen and deeply deplore ^ holy and sacred question has ituled by men of all parties. determined not to interfere until cans shall act as such, making I question in all elections and onr question ahin be understood : ,,1,1 i|.d to decline your kind , ,;i would, under other r.mplted'.'.-iih. [■'. areat respect and es- in i' .' I, -ii;:iates for one of r i esi 1-; ; !i-i;iii vjiw gained w Ii- noiur;.-'iy in j..;'jscs by the force an,! .■ stancy of hisetlona to impose political disabili ties on iiireigners who come to this land as to their home. And we learn from the New- Orleans Bulletin that the same party in Loui- siana have singled out for favor a man with 1 liOS. GREEN DAVIDSON. i->.BY, DAMEttosand Wabfield, Th.' .■-iii" iiilinent of such a man as elector be- trays the loll amount of respect and regard enter- taiaod by the Demjcr.:»tic leaders tor adopted citi- zens. TlK latter will, no doubt, fully appreci-?t< tiie compliment paid them in the selection of Mr Thomas Green Davidson. CONSOLATION FOR THE WEST. A favorite mantsuvre of the enemy in th« West i« to point to the action of CongreM dur- ing its late session for proof of the favor with hich the interests of that portion of lh« Union are rt^garded by the Democratic major- ity. The past of the party in regard lo river ,ind harbor improvements, as exemplified in the Congressional career ot Mr. Pierce, is con- veniently kept out of view; and the speeches of Mr. Cass and other Democratic advocates uf the appropriation bill are lauded as indications of the fclsily of Whig averments upon the sub- ject. Other points of nut less significance are carefully avoided. It is not stated, for ex- ample, that the River and Harbor bill, and the bills for aiding in the construction of Western railways, derived their chief support from Whig votes— that the arguments adduced in their behalf were in the main Whig argnments— and that their endorsement in any shape in- volved the abandonment of cardinal doctrines in the Democratic platform. This is not exactly honest as between the Western Democratic leaders and their follow- ers; but it is at any rate consolatory. It is predicated on the known pleasure of "being cheated," and on the Union's estimate of De- mocratic ignorance and credulity. Unfortunately, the Democratic party is con- trolled by sectional issues, and its pleas in dif- ferent localities are therefore necessarily more or less contradictory. It is necessary to con- sole the West, and land grants and river and harbor improvements are admitted to be essen- tial to consolation on any thing like an extensive scale. But that which is nutrition to the Pierce party in the West, is as deadly as strychnine to the Pierce party in the East. The very measures named as recommendations in one quarter, are decried as disgraces in the other; that, while a Chicago oracle is dilating on he excellence of certain votes of the last ses- sion, the oracles at Richmond and New York are busily engaged in showing that those votes were strictly accidental, and that they can never occur again if Pierce be elevated to the Presidency. The organs of the Virginia Democracy have told us specifically that with Pierce as Presi- dent any bill granting aid to carry on internal improvements will be vetoed by him; and, with a candor which deserves imitation, they have declared that all the antecedents of his public life will compel him to such a course. This may be taken as the Southern antidote to the Western poison. The New York Evming Post has followed with the verdict of the Northern Democracy on the same question, in a tone equally hostile to the Western version of the faith. In its issue of Monday the Post characterizes the railway grants and the river and harbor appropriations as amongst " the most fatal heresies" of the Whigs, and such as cannot be approved by a Democratic Congress with a Democratic President. The Post re- marks : "The Democratic party, with Frank Pierce as President, have not been in power in Congress; if they had, we have not one particle of doubt that a very considerable proportion of the expen- ditures referred to would not have been made. It IS true there has been a Democratic majority in Congress, but the honest and faithful members of both Houses have been obliged to struggle against an Executive patronage amounting annually to over $oO.OJO,000, wicloed by a President who has been brought up from his youth to war upon the economical and strict-constructive policy of the Demociatic party. It is not surprising, in the great confusion of parties to which the recent sectional controversies have given rise, and which have brought into public life multitudes of men ^21 THE SIGNAL who had no available merit but their obscuri- ty or their political flexibility lo recommetiH thcin, that enoujfh proicsping' Democrats should h«va beeif found lo give the Whiga the con- trol of the national treasury. Had the patronage ot the Gent-ral Government, however, been in tit hands, had the Executive possessed sufficient prin- ciple and lirmueas to enter upon and overturn the tables of the money changers, and drive them from the Capitul, we have no doubt that be would hive been sustained by every Democrat in Congrees. Had General Pierce tilled the Executive chair du r ing the last session, we are justified by all his an- tecedents m saying that lie would have frowned cflictually upon the unexampled corruption which tainted its legislation, and especially ihat part of it to which we have more particularly r'^ferred." We will in charity regard the Post's fiing&t the present Executive as the last reaort of a writer \\i\u feels that he is in a desperate strait. Ihe IS>(t has too much character to peril it un- der «i,y other circumstanoeB, by an imputation "(lOn the head of an administration wh ' "PREPARING FOR WAR." The Union is appalled by the consideration war without delay. Judge DocoLAS is doing his utmost both to "prepare the minds of the people for war," and to render war inevitable. He is "preparing for war" with Spain in regard lo Cuba, with England for a portion of her West India pos- sessions, with Mexico for a slice off her terri- tory, with Russia in behalfofHungary, and with the rest of inankind on any ground that may „, , . , <• w naSj present itself. He is by far the most proi «vu.ded even the appearance of using Executive I war-in his talk_ot any public man in tho !.':^K-!""!„""1".'?^' "1'^- !?!'_ 1"'/.":." -'!"_r,'' i Republic. Whether he would be as consplcu n more perilous battle is an undetermined their most prominent members; and has no iwledge of the extent to which Secessionista that the Whigs are "preparing the minds (if the j"''""™ Mr. Pierce as their especial choice. • people for war— bloody, remorseless, and de- '" '*"' ''u'lfss of its enthusiasm, Ihe LMon • solating war." How, when, nr where, Iher"""''^ neither Abolitionists nor Secessionists, Union does not tell us. j but only Democrats. They are all in one fold Our impression has been, and is, thatall pre- under Pierce, and the Union is their organ, paratinn of that kind is monopolized by the Thirdly, it is wonderfully inspirited by ihe Democrats. They are committed to a policy Progress of what it calls "the Websier tnuve- which, with Pierce as President, must lead to ™Pnt," which, according to our neighbor, is to his Democratic predecessors. It is possible l/iat the Post is right in the view it takes of the readiness of Democratic members to succumb to influences the reverse of pure. We do not say that the Post is correct in placing a very value I ipon the moral principle of its party; but certainly the Post has been Democratic long enough to speak in the premises with an air of authority. If its estimate be just, the worth of the Democratic majority that are to hold the reins in Congress for three yeais to come is as low as it can be; but the Post is mit juHified in applying the rule which governs its own party to the motives which actuate a Whig Presi- deat. On this head we will not enlarge. Our ob- ject is to show that Eastern Democracy, Aorth and South, is bitterly oppo.^ed lo measures with which Western prosperity is idcniified; and this the Post and its Richmond friends have enabled us to accomplish. If ihe West permit itself to be duped, after this, it will merit whatever treatment it may receive at Ihe hands of Eastern Democrats. They tell it beforehand what it may expect if bv any ohance Pierce become the Presideni. The Hon. Samuel H. Waller, of Rox- bury, Massachusetts, whose nominal ion as a Whig candidate for Congress has already been communicated by telegraph, delivered a short speech on the occasion, of which the Boston Journal furnishes the following sketch : "He assured the convimtion that he tc.ulere" k,,( if,,,' was lor Ihcm to consider, nnd net .- i .' -' "He, for hie pan. desired ih, i:,,,,,,r,;,,, ,,, an other man for Ihe Preeideiii - ,. ,,} the convention bad fallen o:i I ;. ,. - , !.',., the duly of all good \\ hig.i :o nvf ' <. '.-,ie|' support. Hecitcrl very happily Ui.: fa!.;,- .'j'lhe 'old man and the bundle of sticks' to illunrate the strength of union and iha v.caknfss ol disunion If Daniel Webster could now be electc:! I„. would most cheerfully dr.:linn thij noriiiaation and eivc bis cDcrffica and efforts to insure such a result- but as it was, ho did not deem it his duty lo throw' away his vole by supporting any other than the nominee of the pnrty. Ke closed by (ririoff- the following sentimenl: 6 "» "T/ie fVhig Parly— On Were not quite so vituperative Id be very amusing. Its assumption ot innocence gives an agreeable diversity It W( verd; to its columns, and adds immensely to the strength of the Pierce c-aus^-. Yesterday's sheet affords three brilliant ex- ainples of our contemporary's expertness in this order of performances. Firstly, it feigns a belief that the Freesoil press IS all on the side of the Whigs, and, consequently, iigainst General Pierce. The Union has never heard that ihe Nev,' Vork Evening Post derides the Democratic pi.itform. while it supports the Democratic candidaie; or that the Albany (N. Y.) Atkis. which does the same, promises a speedy renevfai of anti- slavery agitation. It has yet to find out that throughout Ohio and Wisconsin the Freesoil press is nearly unanimous in the support of Pierce. It has been dozing comfortablv amidst the flourish of trumpets by Northern Democrats over Mr. Sumner's Abolftionist speech. It is at a loss io comprehend the lonir array of Freesoil names now prominent in the Democratic canvass, and is mightily inclined to swear that they are all repentant sinners, cleansed by its endorsement of their soundness. Secondly, the Union rejoices over the na- tionality of •jB Democracy in Georgia and other Southern States. It is ignorant of the that the Democratic tickels in Georgia Mississippi, and Alabama, have Secessionists The Democratic Candidate for the Vice Pre- siclency. The Mississippiaa, until the other d.ay a ra- bid Secessionist, but now a supporter of Pierce and Kino, assailed Mr. Foote during ihe de- bates on Ihe District of Columbia bill, for con- mting to what it called "an Abolition tri- umph" by his vole on that question. The Mississippian denounced all who voted as Mr. Foote voted on that occasion as traitors to the South, and meriting all the ignominy which the South could heap upon them. In the list of Senators named by the Missis- sippi journal as embraced in this category stands W. R. King, of Alabama. All the de- nunciations hurled against Foote apply to Kino, who is now lauded in the same print as eminently worthy of Southern support. According to the N.ttchez Covrirr. the in- terrogatory "Who is Wm. R. King, of Alaba- ma?" is a common interrogatory in Mississippi. A speaker at a meeting of the Pierce and King association in Natchez paid him a doubt- ful compliment, by declaring that he "has been on every side of every question that came up" in the Senate during" Ins time of service there; but this seems imly lo have whetted curiosity, not to satisfy it. Whatever Mr. King's friends may do ;o explain their inconsistencies in relatinn'to him, Mr. Kino himself should explain to the public hovy It happens that he has acccepted a nomi- nation bnught about by an alliance with the politicians whom he stigmatized twelve months ago as unfitted for fellowship with honest men. The letter in which Mr. King uttered thatde- laration is of recent date, and has been repub- lished since he accepted the Baltimore nomi- nation. Will he enlighten us on the mode of justifying so glaring a discrepancy between his preaching and his practiie? THE SIGNAL W3 THE EMPIRE STATE. We apppnd an extract from a letter received trom a gentl^nian ot'rharacter and intelligence, 'I'" A Candid Adversary. A candid Den ocrat is a rare bird, tlicmgh nut rharacter and intelligence, [ wholly unknown. The Lcjuisville editor, who has had e.xcellent opiiortunities of ascer- admitted the irresislihle torce of the testimony taiiiiiig truth on the subject of which he writes. We conversed on Saturday with a Southern merchant, who has spent the last three months in the State of New York, and whose report coincided literally with that furnished by against General Pierce in relation to the N Boston speech, was one of the rarities. Anoihe is Mr. Nicholson, the chosen champion of ih Memphis (Tenn.) Democrats, put forward t sustain their cause in a discussion that has just correspondent. The Southern gentlemen to I '^ken place in that city. The Memphis £og«e, whom we allude remarked that on first going ! '" "s outline of the debate, has the following: into the Slate the chances struck him as favor- I "The portion of Mr. Nicholson's speech which ie ing PiBncr bot that the period whtch has -- -'--"^^y^- ,,^^^^^^^^^^^ since elapsed has sufficed to effect a mighty ! ,/,e ;a„gu„gf o/(Ae SIanchebtsrSpkbch, as gi' change; and he returns to Alabama with a con \ expreeaion to the abstract sentiments of liostili Viction that the Empire State of the North will j slavery universally entertained by men born (five a large majority for General Scott. Here i? the extract; Nbw YoBK, Stiptembor 19, 186S, ... I httvo recently returned to this city from a lour ofMr Nicholson's spcnch-frank, candid and ope through this Sinle. 1 have vieited every county ! and by that very ■ borders, and snti happy to assure you i etrength to the a ■ ■ —■■' n munt hove at present in what iheir organs have been them about tlic A'eio Bojton sp ech. Mr. uici not, and did_not, stultify himself their gU found the Whig's i f reel- j D' write letters sometimes The misfortune in that when ho should write he does not, and that what he does write is rarely permitted to creep into print. His liglit shines too seldom to he always under a bushel. General Scott In the 'VVest. General Scott, in passing through some of the Western cities on public duly, and with the desire to hasten as rapidly, and to go as quietly as possible, has been continually arrested by the eager throngs who have gathered at every point where rumor has announced his coming, and arrested his steps at every town and cityi Wherever the tall form of the old hero wan seen, there were the people around him. His great deeds, covering a space of forty years in ! reliable for the history of the country, the shameful abuse the protection of southern institutions, so f»r as' of which he has been the subject, and the pro- they are guaranteed by the Constitution This part ,ninent political position which he holds, all at- "' ^" "'"*■"''" Vrr«rUn;f"and'=cand<,r"'lenXr. I "act the masses to him.-P,ovidcncc Journal gth to the argument in behalf of General j ■ d the faith of every Pierce i nominees for Preei- firmly unii: dent and Vice President. General Scott will carry the State. There is ap- parently not moch exritemcntin either parly at present, but I am salielied that there is silently at wrrk amonff the masses a spirit which cannot but prove au.spicious to the Whig cause and its candi - ad from opposition newepa- nion in the Whig ranks of (pirtirularly in this city,) which, i! t leoder the result fioublful. But these are utterly without foundai Nichlilac by attempting t frequently ! of Pierce and Kin? for ef- fort abrnad. When the numination of the con- qui-ror of Mexico was first announced there were some who, as liiey did whi-n Gener.al Taylor was no;ninated, hesitated lor a time as to what course they should pursue. But as between Scott and Pierce it did not not take them long to decide; and from all that 1 have seen and heard, I leel confi William A. Gbaham, and they will rally to their sopport with an energy and ze>l which will most assoredly secure to them the vote of New York. Let our Whig breihrcn in the South, East, and West, stiiid by their pons Posh on the column. Heed not, and be not ii ttuenced liy, the falsehoods to wliirh ilie enemy will reiorttocarry their points, and we shall be tr;u!n;)haut. It may ha added that the Democracy of New York sulier from internal troubles, as well tis from other causes. The nomina- tion of Seymour for Governor is obnox ious to the Dickinson section, and that, with oilier circumstances, is producing an ef- fect widely different from that described in the "imaginary conversations" of the Union. The t'rospect. The New Yiirk Day-Book — a journal devoted to the cause of Mr. Wicbster as an independ- ent candidate fur the Prtj.^idency, and one occa- sionally r|uoted by the Union of late — in its issue of the 20th instant, coniinences an article eiiliiled "The Election" with the following remarks; "There is no denying that General Scott's prcapeclsarc growing brighter, and his friends more confident of his success. The apathy that [ would haye_ prevented ths^ug'y everywhere prevailed, duringthc summer ' - . « . ,, „ Our v-i • ; ■" , ■• ■ I 1.. k', ;;■■,' ;;y, T Thet difference hetwi buted to General Pierce, and hose which he admitted him to hold, and to liave xpressed at Manchester— although be referred to t 'incidentally' as a 'calumny.' Mr. Nicbol- on's argument on this point was a virtual admis ion of all that the Whigs have charged, to wit. that General Pierce held aentiinents on the subject of slavery far more objectionable than any ever at- tributed to General Scott," There is more wisdom as well as more honesty in this recognition of an established fact, than in the tactics of the metropolitan organ in its treat, ment of this question. General Pierce's refusal to write letters is a prime point in his character, according to the Union's estimate. With the etTect of his letter to Mr. De Leon before him, we do not wonder that General Pierce shrinks from the more frequent use of his pen. That letter, intended to exculpate him from the difficulty into which his tongue had led him at New Boston, only added to its force, and furnished new material for an assault upon his political consistency. The letter should have contradicted the report that he had denounced the Fugitive Slave law, but it tailed to tcmch the point, and only showed that whatever be General Pierce's merits a-s a diet or a lawyer, he has no particular claims upon our admiration as a correspondent. It is a pity that an over nice sense of pro- priety leads General Pierce to abstain from letter-writing on occasions when a letter would be accepUible. A reply to Mr. R. G. Scott's inquiry would have been courteous to a gentle- man who is honored with the correspondence of General Cass, Judge Douglas, General Hous- ton, and all otiier Presidential aspirants, and would, besides, satisfy a strong public curiosity It is mortifying, too, that the same inconve- nient delicacy has induced General Pierce to remain silent under the interrogatories of the Alabama Secessionists. A less modest man .__ __ . _ ,. ugly controversy hs, j between Judge Clay and Mr. Clemens as to way ti. exciteiiK^ii', and enthuiiasni. j his views on the secession question. But Gen- 'i ■ ' i-k ;:■■,' :;>■ I 'I' ' ■■ ' i.ral Pierce, it seems, prefers to be misappre- .; bended in reference to Secession, the Fugitive ,, ,, - , ;, : ; , I Slave law, and all other important topics, ,„ ,,. ....,,„ ,>,, ^.,,1., ...:, ,,', .1. i rather than forfeit his reputation as an enemy ! S.au;, it 10 b.iieved by uicjn, wii; .uf letter writing. nVmCt'FreesoTrtr;Siga",;' IB it exactly true, however, >l-t General : the Whig ticket, and with thei.- 1 PlE'tCE "writes no letters?" Possibly the date for Governor there is great I Union remembers that when we brought to I light the evidences of his Free.soil avowals, it ,'"^. [avowed that it had seen letters on the subject "over the General's own signature." So that .according to the Union. General Pierce does probability thi-.t the Stale will go for Scott. •'It is usi'lesB to shut our eyes to the truth that there b*i3 been a great change in the aspect things, wiliiin the Isct few wetfcs, no one a Thfl latest "mass meeting" heard from in (he Pierce interest had John \"an Buren, Pierre Soul* and John A. Dix as its princi pal orators. A loving and consistent trio, and one that forms an apt illustration of the "com promise" most in vogue with the Democratic party at the present season. Ii is stated on Hunker authority that Mr. Seymour, the Democratic candidate for Gover- nor of New York, refused to speak at Roches- ter unless John Van Buren "would stay away." Mr. Clemens, we hope, will feel the rebuke. The Cntbollc CcrtlQcate. We stated on Monday that nearly all of the thirty. six Catholics who signed the certificate in General Pierce's favor are laborers in the employ of a company managed by one of Pierce's most active friends. The Jnderend- eiit Democrat, published at Concord, (New Hampshire,) where the signers of the certifi- cate reside, throws a little more light upon its origin and value. That journal says: "The 'certificate' is a bumboir, and no more the statement of the 'Catholic citizens of Concord,' whose names are appended hereto, than it is the statement of 'the holy spoon.' As wc said last week, most of them never read it nor signed it; and tor the best reason in the world— their inability to r.-ad or write. We will add, fortber, that the cer- tificate is nnt true. General Pierce never made any 'powerful efrjrls,' either -in the convention' or 'befure the people,' to expunge that 'odioua tjst.' During the whole time between the ad- journment of the Constitutional Convention in January ,1S51, to the firiaf action of the people upon Its doings in March, 1S5'2, General Pierce, al- though be nddr.vvird \ho ^..r^pir. of the State on other qoesti'iii^ ii: i,,, ^ 'mI in different places, never once a uf!'f- i ,' , , , ;.i,i>- rif aboliahvig the ValhoUi- '/f,»',' riel speech which he made in ih: ' i..' 11 I ',' ri'on day, o/(cr mors than fice-sixfiis of the voles had hten cast! "And yet these thirty-six •Catholic citizens' iremadeto say, 'wc have been present in several 1 Pier I be 1 Pierce ever ei- all to abolish Ibo i, lurthcr, that lat annual meeting, a/ttr the voting was j ■mcA over, was not heard by three of the vhose names are appended to the certificate.' rk Herald, on* Justice to Scott —The Nc )f the bitterest of all the Eastern papers at-aina jcnerai Scott, honestly and openly actinowiedgt hat the inquiry resolutions concerning the A-hieh 'he r;,.v.rm/,Fn( hr.^ nll.iwed him forardu )u::, y ■ ■ ' . ■ II mptible; yet tber ey ; ,-is 1 justice that ■ iibie iiadeagain.t ■i^ta for their dc- u,r,sby inatinct, in a Ho wehamelfss! If men rn. their vi ws would bo nan nature would bo al- [CiRCiunatt Republit 224 THE SIGNAL F(jT the Signal. A WHIG WAR-CRY. Si{giesttd by the glorious celebration, at Baltimore, of tit battles of M'orth Point and Chapullepee. »T w. H. covLE, or Whigs of Ihe steadfast, granite North ! First to denounce, and firmest stand. When red rebellion dares breathe lortii jDistinion over our loTed land ; Song of a stern, un3%verving race ! Hark to your brother's trumpet-call! Forget your feuds — let not disgrace Upon our conquering colors fall ! Remember Concord's hallowed plain— And let it be your motto-word — Nor discord's clamors e'er again On Whig New England's hills be heard ! By your ancestral, spotless fame ! By all the struggles it has cost ! By all your fears of future shame- Let not our common cause be lost — Battle for the faith ! Whigs of the wave-washed, empire East! Whose valor and past victory Proclaim thy power and pride— oh! iee'st Thou not the breakers on our lee ? Shall our Whig ship be drifted fast On faction's rocks, while o'er her deck Floats Scott's brave name, nailed to the mast ! Left to the storm, a stranded wreck > Man every yard ! Stand by the helm ! Niagara's great voice commands ! Let not base calumnies o'erwhelm. And dash her, shivering, on the sands ! By all your history, so proud ! By Lundy's Lane's blood-bought renown I By him who sought a soldier's shroud, Then spurned a Kingdom and a Crown ! * Save the good old ship! Whigs of the gsnerous, Spartan South! Warm friendship's clime, pure honor's home Be faithful still, though, with foul mouth, Fanatics curse and bigots foam ; Who, fearless, your plumed phalanx led, When rung war's knightly clarion ! Desert him now ! Shall it be said r .Vo .' by the bones of Marion ! The land of chivalry shall send, From burning hearts, the battle-cry, "On ! to the rescue of a friend. Who never/otnlj when bullets fly !" By all the splendors of thy past— By Cerro Gordo's field of flame ! The blaze Chapultepec hath cast Of glory on our flag and name ! Southrons, lead the van ! Whigs of the free-born, giant West ! Broad realm of forests, and blue lakes— Who to the bayonet bared his breast, On your wild frontiers? For your sakes, Who, sword in hand, stormed Clu From the Mw Orleans Campaign Repuhlie. CAMPAIGN SONG. Air—" Royal Charlie. " At Baltimore ihc Whigs agreed. And made this proclamation, That Winfield Scotl, of Chippewa, Li* Captain of the Nation. And hushed the war-whoop's peal at night (Where, then, was Mr. Mushroom Pierce.') And ye, bold wanderers on the waves. Who seek in vain some harbor nigh. When tempests howl — will ye be slaves To those who heed not though ye die.' By the drum-beat of Chippewa ! Men of the mighty West, awake ! And let awhirlwind of " huzza !" Shout loud, from prairie, woods, and lake — Scott and victory ! •After the conquest of Mexico, General Scott was offered its sovereignty and a million and half of dollars, which the incorruptible patriot indignantly rejected. An Ijipoetant Elbction Dat— On one and the same day— the 12th of October— elections taki place in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. Ii Pennsylvania and Indiana members of Congrcs ns well as of the Legislature are t.i be elected. Ii Indiana there are also to be chosen a Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and many other publ: cers. — New York Journal of Commerce. Around him gather, with fuss and feathers. And keep the ball in motion. Then down we'll fling both Pierce and King, The Locofoco notion. Old Jackson, too, thought Scott would do To put down Nullification ; So sent him oflT, in thirty-two, 'Tia Winfield Scott, of Lundy's Lane, Our country's brave defender; Then to the polls, ye noble souls. At the election in November. Around him gather, &c. On the quarterdeck of an Engli.^h ship. Though captive, still so proud and brave. He hurled it in the Britons' teeth, " Hibernia's" boys you're bound to save. Around him gather, &.c. Said he, for every Irishman Thy murderous hands will dare to slay, A Briton's blood shall surely flow. Though it should cost my life to pay. Around him gather, &c. So true it is, and all may read, In history's brightest'story. The " twenty-three " returned to see Their adopted Country's glory. Around him gather, &c. Come all ye " Coons," and bring your spoons. On the fourteenth of September, To take Scotl soup and sing Scott tunes. For ihe election's m November. Around him gather, with fuss and feathers. And keep the ball in motion. And from you fling both Pierce and King, That Locofoco notion. Sept. 9th 1852. From the New Orleans Campaign Republic. Old '■Hasty" Winfleld Scott. Aia— "/.UC.V Long." Ye (rollant Whiga come listen While I sing you a new Scott song; We play it on the fife and drum, To the tune of Lucy Long. CHOBoe-Then take your time. Old Winfield Old "Hasty" Winfield Scott, Oor enemies, where'er they be, Will find your soup too hot. When British troops upon our soil Fought hard to make a stand, 'Twas Scott who did the minions foil, And drove them from the land. Then take your time, &c. At Chippewa and Lundy's Lane He gave our haughty foe Some lessons on the "bayonet," And laid the Britons low. Then take your time, &c. On many a bloody battle-field Brave Scott has borne our flajr; He always fon-ed the foe to yield. And ne'er "fell off his nag!" Then take your time, &c. Now, then, hurrah for Winfield Scott, The hero brave and true, Who never ''fainted" on the field. While fighting hard for you. Then take your time, &c. And next November we will send Frank Pierce way up Salt River, And there and then he'll meet his end. As we shall soon diskiver. Then take your time, &c. Now, then, my boys, come ra ly out. From mountain and from plain; Come vote for Scott, and loudly shout Hurrah ! for Lundy's Lane! Then take your time, Old Winfield, Bravo "Hasty" Winfield Scott I For Pierce and King will surely find Your "xoup" for them toe hot! From the LoKisiana Chronicle. CAMPAIGN SONG. AiR— " I'm very fond of a social glass." 1 mean to vote for General Scott, So do I, I think there is but little doubt Of his triumphant election ; The name of Scott, the brave, the free. The harbinger of victory. Strikes terror to the hearts of those Who would his onward march oppose. Then hip— hurrah for General Scotl, Banish far all trepidation. We'll saarcely leave a greasy spot Of the LoiM nomination. Scott shall be our President, So say I, So say I, The people all with one consent Are bent on his promotion — The brightness of hia great renown. Where'er the stara and stripes are known, Adds living lustre to our nation. And qualifies him for the station. Then hip— hurrah, &c. I very much like our nominees. So do I, So dol. The news has spread on every breeze, With universal pleasure — No geographic lines they draw. Bold vindicators of the law. And in snite of all the Loco's lies. They're "dead "for Union and Compromise. Then hip— hurrah, itc. They say that Pierce is fond of wool, So think I, So think I, His speeches all are very full Of Abolition notions— The Compromise he loathes, he hates, As well as all the Southern States ; And he would /aiiK, as sure's you're born, To see a nigger a hoeing corn. Then hip— hurrah, &c. Do tell us what! That Pierce's heart does overflow With the milk of human kindness ; His disposition, how sweet! how nice! To make the alarming sacrifice, To deny himself a drink of brandy. To give a boy a stick of candy. Then hip— hurrah, &c. nd King ill do, I don't think Pierce f Nor do I, Nor do I, They're too much like the Kangaroo To run in this election — The Kangaroo, by its very nature, la a slow and creeping creature ; The coon will be out, and in his hole, Before he sees the distance pole. Then hip — hurrah, itc. Then, Whigs, hurrah for our nomineei 1 say So say I, Unfurl the banner to the breeze. And shout for Scott and Graham— The tutelar saint of victory, Presiding o'er our destiny. Holds now the shining diadem To deck the brow of Scott and Graham. Then hip— hurrah, &c. THE SIGNAL. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, BY G. S. GIDEON. No. J 5.] WASHINGTON : OCTOBER 9, 1852. THE SIGNAL: .t B»*6t> campaign paper, ptiblishnl al Ihe ritij of n'ailiinglou. THE SIGNAL. SPEECH ( HON. TRtJMAN SMITH, The undersigned is now publishing, at tlie city of Washington, a Whig Campaign Paper under the above title, devoted to the support of WINFIELD SCOTT, for Pre- sident, and WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, for Vice President. The SiGNA.r. will be emphatically a Na- tional Press, designed for circulation in every section of the country. The object of the pap^r will be to harmonize the ac- tion, and promote the eiiicient organization of the Whig Party, as well as to diffuse its principles and arouse its spirit and enthu siasm. It will also furnish a convenient com- pendium of all the facta and docainents bearing upon the case made by the respec- tive parties and candidates, and preserve in a form for future reference a coiipiete ;, , , , , , . history of the canvass. A full indfx vvill ; ; i be given in the last number, whicn will j' add materially to the permanent interest ; and value of the work. :h The great popularity and success which .cnaon; aiM i aii.. umk attended the Battery, published by ^e\ ■^!:::'itl^;:i^l:Jl^Z undersigned during trie last Presidential ■ -^ — ■ canvass, induces him to retain the same form and size in tlie Signal. The publication will be continued each week until the election, the results of which will be givtiii in full in the last number. or CONNECTlCnT, On Ihe prnpotilion of Hon. Mr. Douglab. of Illinois, to authorize a levy of Timna^e Duties by the Stiitcn for the improvement of Rimrx and Harborr. De- livered in the Senate of the United Slates, August •23, 1«52. Mr. SMITH. I rep.ird the proposition wliii-h we have before us as a most extraordinary one. 1 re- gard, also, the speech which ha3 been delivered by the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Douglas) as iiiually extraordinary, and 1 also regard the suggestion made by the'Seaat.r from Michigan, (Mr. Case,) that a subject of such vast importance should be permitted to go to Hit; country with a speech only on one side, as one in which the members of this body should by no means acquiesce. Mr. Cass. Will the Senator from Connecticut permit me to say one word ? Mr. Smith. Certainly, sir. Mr. Caps It ic il-i-, -h- Ai;m',;. ii people un- the slightest < for indulging suhjc. 5ity to say i Mr. S.M.T 'I' E RMS. The Signal will be published weekly, until after the Presidential election in November, at the following rates, \iz Single subscription ----- §0 50 Five copies ------- 2 00 (Being at ihc rate of 4U Fourteen copies - (Being at the rate of 36 Thirty copies (Being a. for each subscribti ) ----- 5 00 ;s. for each subsciiber ) 10 00 'ofSSicta. foreachsubscr|jii ) Fifty copies ------- il5 00 Being at the rate of 30 cts. for each subacriter ) : nua arighl, p.-.ys a .S;.i>i»tor from Illinois, , 1 i.jd the Senator from n^itor from Illinois had \\ ry able speech, and at many important !5 a very important 1 to compliment the ' :s efforts on this oc- •rstood htm to say that he ghout the Country might f considering Ihc subject Well, I intend that the people isidcr it; J intend that the people of the :st and Southwest shall consider it; ) intend people of Illinois, and in short of the whole country, shall consider it. I intsnd to bring dis- tinctly before the people of the Northwest and SouiUwest the qucsti'.n whether such an extraor- dinaiy scheme as this shall be brought into the Senate Chamber with impunity.or whether itshould be recei\ed here with any degree of favor \nd I must now expnss some i egr»e of suririse II It 1 p'of osilion so novel in its character and so s\\ .(ingui Its effects should be submitted at this lal pernd of the session and more = irpn- that th '■en 1 I should attempt 1 "" h 'i th Ruer aid Harto bill a mea-t .. I " t 9uch a train • the abuse hich he has poured out on Ihe oDacers ol the arifiy or on the two Houses of Congress. I believe thern is still some rectitude left here. I believe there is some honor anc some sense of right and duly to be foiird this aideof the State of Illinois. M . Doi'oLAi. Does the Senator from Connec- ticut intend ttat I should charge this to the «c count of the River and Harbor bill, or to the lec- ture that I read him the olh. r day? Mr Smith. The Senator from Illinois had bet- ter remain quiet in his scat. He has undertaken to make speeches during the present canvass in twenty eight States of this Union. I will under- take to find employment enough for him in the .State of Illinois.* Mr. Douglas. I am very much obligcn to you, Mr. Smith. I have said all that I intend to say on Ihe present occasion with regard to the extra- ordinary manner in which this question has beep brought before us, and the extraordinary attempt to engraft it on the bill before the Senate, when every member of this body must know, as the Sen- ator from Illinois does, that the moment it is en- grafted the bill is annihilated. But, sir, let us attend to the line of argument wnich'the Senator has pursued, and to the charac ter of his proposition in a constitutional point of view. I believe that the amendment which the Senator has submitted is unconstitutional through- out. By the third clause, section 9, article Ist of the Constitution of the United States, it is provided that "no State shall, without the consent of Con- gress, .liay ani/ duty of tonnagi; keep troops or ships of war in time of peace; enter into any agreement or compact with another Stale or with a loreign power; or engage in war unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay." Now, the amendment proposed by Ihe honorable Senator can find no warrant in the Constitution, that I th ( oil. see- the ited. vhata the propositlc.ns which he puts forward in amendment? They are— (1.) That Congress aents that each State may empower the author of cities and towns within its limits to levy di age not exceeding hat boats and harbor or water lunds derived th to the improvem llKI onoiderati n -tan e ol th 1 the details the Senator prtpo^i But, ir gi«F>No paper will be sent unltjii order is accompanied by the mone^. Ml letters must be post-paid, a dressed to GEO. S. GIDEON, Washington, the ,f ro:iipact provide for 'Ijt i i, • ..,: : u( the navigation ihcnofby Ibe 1. v . ui , : nnage »>..l!o«cecdlhca.„oun|..i:^, ,„ . .undto be applied cK.luaively tip ill. i J, i f, , i, i. ku-1i U ii;e sutetauceof theBiucudiui-iitprup.).. d briifly txpr.Sicd. It is apparent that the boaorabio Siii- 4itat a Sialo "luay authorize the publi< authu.,,'aca of any city or town witiiin its liiuito" to I'vf y duties ol tonnage to the amount and fur the ptrrposea indicated. Now, the Constitution autlior- '.zea no such proceedings. According; to ihe i lausi: alnady referred lo, the Stale is to pass an act lay- ing the "duty of tonnage," which ia to become Valid on receiving the saociioii ol Cjogiees. Bol what doea the Senator propu^t.' Not thai Cougrisa should give its assent to a few passed by a State levyin? tonnage duties, but ibat it should nanclion an art to be passed by any State empow crinor "tbe public autboritiis ul' any cily or town within iia iunita" to levy such duties. Now, who are the authoriii. e of a cily or tiwi..' n'e can lunu eoiiifi conception as to who m-..; ihu riuiljontu-s ui a city: they are ordinarily li.- " ,v., , ;, _ . . , .. . Jermen.aiid Conj,tnoo Cuj.. . ; i . wb'>are tho auiKrilies o! , . ' i tci;? Pcitape too Senator : ...,i. ;., .mi. ... ,, ,w I 1 the hijjU totielable of each i...vi.. i „„ooiu ,i..'o ,., have fa»ui eiplam hie meaning. We iiavi^ l,ei c a ' singular siatcol iliings— the assent of Congress U }Ki: assent of a State to l<-vy tonnage duties by a high coi.stable, or somebody — we know not who— caiied "tbe auihuriliesotatown." Perhaps the iioiioral'ie Senator conteiiipiates n Aiuliituite of local Congresses to be conveiicd at the various pointa v{ improvement. I should tike »o stand by and witness ibeir deliberations. Is the {lonorabte Sen-itor quite sure that ihey ''would stick U> the poini?" ftlight they not branch off to the vjUeatiou of the Prtsideotial tlectior. alter the fo^liioa ol Ibe National CongrcES? In the next plico, 1 would observe that the Sen atorprovid'8 lor tbe execr.iioii ol these wu«l;a by a comliination of States, through the inslruini-n- tality of fompacia to be entered into from tiioe to tiOie. Now, 1 ccny that the Consijlulion auihor- izea any such combiualion. The clause already doliberalionsat a precise object, and then wo shall But iho honorable Senator spent much time ii: prudui irg iK-re an an ay of precedents where Cuu prisb ha» given its aesent to the levy ol tonnage duties by the Slates. I preisome Senators did uot Ijii to iioie the fjct that every one of iheee proce- denla wa3 a ouse of assent, subgiquent to tbe pas- fage of Ibe law, and not in anticipation of it. .Mr. bocoLAS. 1 wish to state distinctly that Cucb is not the case. 1 hold in my hand acts giv iiig tlie ass*'i.i o/ Cjngrts.^ to original acts passed !>;-• . >. ■. :- : ....:r, and to amendments which 1.1 ' I , , ,il..,y to amendments which the til.' . i-r make. In respect to the liid:, i;,, ,.-., ,:i ., ( jii^ress was given in advance. i\lr. SaiTH. It 13 very possible the Senator may find acase of thatcbaracic. I do not pretend lo have luoked into tbe legislation of Congress on this subject. I have merely followed tbe honorable Senut..r in his statemenli"; and every Senator knov.a that nearly all tbo casis presented were tho^eol subsequent assent.. It is possible that some law may have slipped through in the nature ol as. sent preccdeni: tlu-. honorable Ser I venti sir^eratioti. 1 apprehend thai r cannot produce here legisla t that th»re has been any reaf ad this dent — they may undertake vemeota wh cuiiflict with each other, or which are in-npib;* of execution, or, if executed, worse ihun noibiii,i. The Senator denounces in broad terms all that he General Government has done on the Ohio river. If I mistake not, he insisted thai lb« worki .hers were liille belter than nuisances. Hjw can he ejpect a higher or better administration of these z.reat interests by the separate States.' I maintain ihat it 13 highly inexpedient lor Congress to sur- render the power of controlling the great channels jf communicatioi... It is easy to see th:it collisions would arise from tbe system proposed between the different States, and tbe whole subject would be ihrown into irretr cvable confusion Bat there ia another provision of theConslitulion which should arrest tbe atteuiiun of tbe Senate, be- ing the sixth clause of the same section, as f.illows: "Nor shall vessels bound to and from one State fe obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another " How can the Senator carry out his scheme without violating this clause.' Suppose a wheat grower of Illinois should load a vessel with produce at Alton, ind send it to Niw Vork, via tbe rnuuih of the .Missis ippi, can Louisiana, consistenly with this jirovirioii, compel him to pay tonna^'C duties to fieepcn the channel at the uicutb?, It is obvious that it would be very unjust, as the channel is al- rt ally deep enough to answer his purpose, and I inaintniti tbat it would bn equally unconsliiutional. of 1 .jiatn looks I e Stale \ uihinu is said a hoi )f Stairs more ti ly excluded, a; ouutry; tor it psct t«r fur y to an I h another State, which "the !9 to render biiidinp. Kut a comjiact between a num a two. Such cases arc pur- jngcroua to the peace of the ,1 are permitted to combine purpose, thou C.rjgress, they «.ill suon unite for other purposes .1 ithbul such approval. Hut possibly 1 may be wrong In this ; for the judicial power exicnda lo '•c.mtroveraiea between t*o or more States," and perhaps prosecutions could be ins.i'ui^d in the Supreme Court to en.'urce compacts contemplalLd by the Senator. Hut then would arisaa sr nous difficulty; how is the execu tion lo be l»ieo? .-luiipose Illinois to be Ire recre r.ai party; fr aught I see, it must be hvjed on tbe Kulyiil her senator; ami then he v^ould be ik. , t. find a home somewhere else than th; \; . iikHise. But IliPrcisstill another objection. Tbe (?.>' pr.ijlow* that Concuss should give itscon'; • ' aiiviiiire tv a lev;, i,! tonnage duties by the auilii. i. ii»B«.f citi. » or ti..>.iis — 'ly single Stairs, and by a coinhinaiiun ol Siui's ;-'o.> , lintiHt tb-.t the cc,n stntUibs pi cr. bv C( n-rr-s. to ti.e levy of any dotyol to::ii..;irs by o State musi be «uis.oi«nno Ibe BCI rnnhiog the levy. The elau.se rcierrid to • uppojeslhe Legislature of a Stale lo huve nassed foi th. . indic act Id be subtniited to Uongrts.i. oml iheu ineilect declares that it shull l-.cco:rie valid on l*ingap proved by that botly. The Cunstitution duet noi c. nleinj.laie ihe grantir,.; c! a !?en,rj| p..wer of ait.rney toull rh< Stitea o( the Uiiion; but a law ia to be erat;t*.d.in ihc first place, for a definiteob- j rt.ond Ihat is (0 be liid belore Congres.!. \Vk should ihiu have stumtbiog tangible, anri would be able to 'h'l'le wIm iher it is or i« not spch a law is should go iiiiti operation. 1 deny that v.'o have 'ariftbi to fire into the air on such a eubjctns this, •«ghriil«iii of cowoqueiicea; but we are tp level our i .• to.' ; h.ji.i it v-ould be in the lost dsgree. indis . ."I for Cop^esa to confer such a vast power oi. .- .'^titfs, without restriction or limitation, to an- ii'irze them to uruicrtake any improvements they please, and to prosecute them as they please. Tht o.isesprodureo by IbeScnaUirshow how cautiously Congress has acted on this subject. In every in- stance, tbe consent (>f that body was given only for a limited period, and ordinarily for a very short period; and yet the Senator proposes to issue a ^en eral p.iwer of attorney to all ttie States to under tikt ilieeu improvements at their discretion, and to levy lonnage duties, wifhin the limits prescribed in his amenouient, lor any and every object they please; power is to be continueii for all time to Mr. DouoLAS. I will refer the Senato,- f: act for an unlimited period of time, if he " v!.; n Mr. friiiTii. Suppose tbe honorable fee. .:! - t. ■ Illinois, as h« has expressed hirnsclf fun;- eobj'.-ct, should keep Ins seat lor a while ( 1 have the floor, and 1 am unwilling t.; L in rupleii. [.Mr. DoDoi.^3 prisi-led in the attempt lo inter- rupt Mr. S, with aviewtt put Mm 'right one mailer of met, as he alleged, and a long dialogue ensued betw.;en Mr. U. and the P. esiding Officer, which is omitted as of no importance.] Mr. Smith Mr. Presidint. I supp.jee I must as- sume th-at the honorable Senator from Illinois did not comprehend the tenor of my remarks I am quite certain every other member of the Semite did. I attribute nothing to the honorab e Senator. I put no words into bis mouth whatever. I only stated what I understood to be the substance ol th'^ 1' gielatiou of Congress on this Bubject, as de. rived Vi.rm tbe representations of the Senator made hrrc. Bot, sir, it is very possible that the Senator may produce a single instance of assent prccericnt, and possibly some other instance of assent for an un- limited period; but i claim that tbe whole current of l."fjiL!.ition has been the other way. The prac '<-■ h - I -■. n to restrict the permission ^'iven by - t. very short periods, and I maintain thai ..•prhest consi-qucnce to the country thai no. But lei the honorable Senator, il . !i, , ...i.jce a precedent for a pioposition Biicli 1 ;:ieoi.e vienow hove before ua. In some in- staticrs, ptrb-ips, if CoTigrees knew what a Statf absoiouly for.'.id it. Perhaps Congres.) migbi ens of tbe Uc duti. they On what ( .? Why, Ian opporl liher theri„... . i burden ehouiil fates may .Peiins.ylvai.il, and Vin^ii, [fuiu'liyuiirt Indiana. "l\' sof ihe liir. e Stales Jhot n; y to li.: beard on ilie qu rce would the cmn Mississippi and St. l.iwrence. ; i..lacea between the same, shall ways, and forever free, as well I uf said Territory as lo the citiz States, and those of any other fc idiniitea into the Conlederacy, IMPOST, OK DtJTY THSREKOa " And it ia equally violaiive of compacts entered into between tbe United Statea ana the a-veral Slates situated on the Mississippi and the lakes, when they were resperiively admitted into the Union; ihus, by theaci for the admission of Louisi- ana, April 8, 1812, It IS provided aa a condition that 'the river Mississippi, and the navigable rivers and waters leading into the same, and ir.to tbe Gulf of Mexico, shall be common bigbwavs, as ,,.,.,, ,„, , ,,i ,r'-,-r btntea, without any tax. duty, or . ., : ,Vi ; r r?for, imp .sed by itie said Siale.'" I .are contained in the act of March I , rjiseionof theStaleof Mississippi^ ,, .; L I, . ;arch 6. 1S20, for the aduiieeionof .MisiuUf.; .n Ibe act of June 15, lb36, lor the ad- itiisaion of Arkansas; in tbe act of March 3, 1S45,. for Iheadniission oi lowo; and in the actol August 0, l(j46, for the admissio»of Wisconsin; only the atier comprisea tne waters on both sidea nl that Stale, and includes tbe lakea aa well aa tbe Missis- sippi and its tributaries. The project of ibe honor- ble Senator is worse than unconstitutional; it would be a gross breach of faith. But, Mr. President, I h'lve in the next place to remark that tbe scheme of the hunoral leSen.u >r is exceedingly complicated. It is coinpliciied in its general arraneernent and in all its details; it is complicated in all the luachinery uf this amend- aent, and it will be still more complicated in its xeculion if carried into effect. We arc to have xecution by cities and towns, and, as the case iniy le, by the State, where I'j. u.. .;..>,-.-. 'f are (holly within its limits, an.: .; . ■. -aio- late wcrk's by aunion of v.. . , i :. . il. ma- ion of many States. Tber , .I'loy- controliing ininds, having s< ^ l.: _.._ i j^ ,.jpat- ibie views, interlering with each o her, and play- ing at cross purposes. Can there be any harinouy o! reaulti from such a scheme, and must not dis- order airi confusion rule tbe day.' . Besidis, how are these duties to be collected? Is each Stac to have a posse of cusiom- house officers, and are hese fdiicers lo throng all the channels of commutication ? Is every steainbo it or other water crd't lo lie boarded every few miles by some on? of liese officials insulenily demanding, "pay mo whatthou owest.'" And where is the tkill and science (> be found to execute trieae works.' 'I'he honora bit Senator obviously his no confidence iu the Corp of Topographical Engineers. He tells us tbi-y ire fund of fashionuble life, and rlo no; gn out and jdge (in ihesanri b.ird, lo be food t".ir in fl- eofOhi. .Pei.ns.] ,:iri . . v.. . .11. . • ':,'--• corps, organiieil by n . ! I , ; ..1 Sialep, be any mora , i of tbe United StatCr? .. :\ il : .,)..,• to betake themselves lid on their c.oiniiierct.' in., iio bi.l.ioiiis end ia-r proposes tci il ..i; jijriadiction— he has on ul cii-'csinent against the , quo ad hoe; but, on the con- ;iiiu tlie concluding portion ol biS rtjiiirk^ ii,,it. ill the plenitude of his conde- 1 scenaiun, he is willing to receive a proper contri- bution fori his great national object from ihobtronsr 1 box (jf *' Uncb- Sam,'* at lease until his ecbeuie { uoijld go into operation. , Hut let, us attend to the modus opirandi of ' i srhcme We will auppoje that Kentucky an.l ^!' onvarltoimproveeomucii' ' lii display himsf II , oust the tiiiib-'.l and cotton grc-iwion and taxatiou! The hon- orable Senator tmu proposed to go into every log duties, and d: 1 ■. y m.: ... ■ iho hai-d lilted and hard.workio, . ,■ . , i!;,, , i 1. of country. ... lor a moment to . .Njolion to the uiti- mitf ny,at cliy' ot xaiioo, opp lol I ftlitsieair th.y establish and levy a obtain the requisite nican that T- uneseee and Ark iff of tonnage . d.> the sam.? lies between th.i S:ateB, and Mississippi and Louisiana likiw and then Louisiana alone as to ?•• i.m h . o river as la wholly within oer limiif: H....... duties to be collected? Does the toio; .; . ■ cor.tjinplale the ercciion efforts, to ..o,.i. . ■ txinia lo com*: to and pay toll at li.e v . p.^ints of eKaeii.jii? We will suppose the hon..i Scsiator lu be in command of one of these fori., hails a 8ie.iii. ^..:it and says: "Uallo, Mr. Cap. there is a li'Ue toil due here; pU ase call at my c«hi:i and b-.iile." Wr.at would the captain Why, rush ly ii fpilc of any tire the honor, lu LTsal law ol trade, that where an from twodiflfercni sources to one and :e!, in one ci.3e without burden, and lib, in the latler case the producer ft, duty, or burden, whatever it may lut ol the price. This is lueviluble; proilucer, not subject to charges, Why, the S-r.at..i would have to call around him a fleet of revenue cutters, and give chase to the de- linquent. No one can d^ubt his qualiticntioiis as admiral, for we ail know he contemplaleo, not I. .ng since, takinsj the chief command, u.jt only of the army, but ol the n^vy of the United States, though he happened to slip up at Baltimore. 'I'ity 'tis 'lis true!" But, aa 1 have said thu admi- lal must give chase — they ^i:i rushing «lown the "Mississippi;" would not the craft of our friend be quite as lik-jly to be Pierced by a Polk-stalk as the Iugitivi> stejijiiboal? Heiven forbid auch an expo- nure! Such exiilted eiatesmanship should he re- served lor '66, and not be put so wantonly at ha- loq.,.y I iildth r. I'lesideni, I have a little bit of ^...lu with .he honorable Senator en ■} r-ply interesting import to hisconsiii vii.il. Korll\wi-et, and I here iuolitu \'< I o 1,* to pay these tonnage dut j!1 a.lviwd .* heme is carried inio i 5unpu.»e tt.at a farmer in uorihern II col- will cooIini-himeeK to toe subject under discussion. The Chair is sorry to interrupt any Senator in the course oi fu» h i. marks aa he may be pleased to oil. .-, I'l.i ., : ■,<:. -ii'.is cannot be allowed. .~.I'. : '■ I .Ol very much obliged to the Cli.r . . ,,,. .;...K!tion. Notwithstanding 1 iiuv . 1 I . o ;i oie the eabjcct of unpleasam perij;.„,-.:i, „, .u ^\.:cU the Senator from lIlinoM (iMr. DutiOLAs) -..at. a p.irly, 1 intend to observe the order and d curuin of the Senate. I have to eay, then. Mr. Preeidont, that it is an inexorable I.iw of trade that the price of any ar- ticle depcnoa on the relation woich the supply hears to the demand. If the supply is very iargii, much beyond the deiiianand other iiriiclea vvi.i.ii u'o i.oi.i die Atlantic cit.ci into the Norttj- wtat for conouuiption there? I say. unhcsilaiingly, Ihe consumers will have to pay them. It makes no difference whether it be an article of doineslic or foreign produc.i-in, li.ah 11..; ....e and ihe other is pU'Chased in N .^ >'. k ' . N irihwcsiera merchant at a giw ,. o will add all charges to that pri a , ..- a profit on the aggregate— fi ,. , ;, . . ■ ;.r !il-tolhcno emilt oppression oi i.ie i.iuomja- ci.aFsca iti that section. No merchant can put soo hi.> buaiuest profilably without adding charges, and 1 1), lieve it is the universal praclioe to exact a profit ou the chargea as well aa on the original price. But perhaps some nny b.; disposed to inquire, why the rule in case ol charges on goods freighted one way operates differently from goo.ts freighted (!!.' .'tiier? The reason is obvious. We have al- ;, > ^■ .;, nuirkethas to compete with wheat ■ • ' i , urges; but foreign and rtoinesiia o . .ouuns, and other lab-:rs, meet Cass) k.si"< jeci. H- or Senator from Michigan i iiiv- aotiin just noiion ill the iy knows what bs ia slout; otobeaaidofeverySeTalo.-. ly, w'.cre is the lorj n lo , ,..1.1.- ;5 nah.r (". 'i - .. ■ '■■.: the honorable Senator is not 8ati;litd with 3e burdens. Ho proposes to add a aystLiii ol '.-..loage duties to be demanded, not at u..e (..iip ■ 'y, but at many points; but he sboul.i r . . . t i u even thecainel may be fo loaded a^ ill by the addition ol a feather. One wc.i.i : .;.- .' a , from the course of the honorahie :-■. i... i , loai iaxaiioa and duty-piyiug is regai,.\d .i= .. :ort ol luxury in the Northwesi; but 1 am inclined to think there are some, at least who wiil take a different view of the subject. luriher thi, irkiiig of the system lor example, the barb ose that ihe lionorab reuylax. .sed ton he city oi leesc.lard,!,.*!.., .. liural produU— I , lling of tb.sl d.jt. - of the p.;ckf.s of the farntri ol li . West and \orthwe3t .-ind 1 can deinouslate, also, jal Use- eK;.eii;.- . I that tvory shilliuj levied upon freightJthe other I expens-i ol llie U way— iuch w tea, coffee. suyar, tall, iro^, wsallen ' Tn illusti ,..;•■. -,r . ,,a ■ 1 N, ^. ih; .h. ., -/J.. .. h r, with ,ii.iilar prodU'-lJ, they V. ill he ob.ijj-d lo euslr.iu the churgii.or come'partof them, theraaelvca. it A'ill not be in their power to add them as they now ■ !u lo ihe original cost or price. i, liua appears that the duties of tonnage on Mi down are to be p.iid (i. c by a reduction ) oy the producera of the Northwest, and 1 iiy oft freights up are to be paid by ibe aaino - ...J . f persons in the chiracter of conaumcrf f he iCiieme of the Ivinorahle Senator will vi,it tb;: farmers, the pre-empiioneis, and log cabin men wilh a two-fold oppression. The tax-gatherer is lom.ikc a grab at him with one hand as he goes dowu,and with the other aa he comecup. Wlieiher .he sun of toil will not be a litile restive under such an operation remains to bs seen. Kut what is very extraordinary, while Ihe honor- able Senator would enable tlie city of Ciucago to levy tonnage duties for ihe iinp.-ovcinent of iu har- bor, by fur the larger proportion of which wi I I e pjid by the agriculturists ol the a.lj.jining country, in ihc charact- r of either producers o- consumers, he prop.iaea to leave these came agriculturists -the prc-emctionera and log cabin boys— liable tu inxa- lion for hi-rbir and river improvements inoiherpaitB of the country; at least, such will b. the effect of 'his measure, whoiher so intended or not. iiven the very money which the pre.ctnptionerg pay into Ihe Trt!jM)ttry lar their »«apeclive qisitrtcr MdiJom, THE SIGNAL. aoO what Ihey cuntribute by Ihe conauinption of dutiable articles, may go to improve the Hudson river or conatrucl the Delaware breakwater, and that, too, aft'-r they have done all that should be required of thein, by i onlribiiting to the harbor of Chicaj-our ofSt.Louis. If the citizens of Chicago sustained Ihe entire burden, they would be volu'u tcere, and could not complain of double taxation; but it is nut so, aa I have already abundantly shown. To authorize a city to improve its harbor, by levying a tax on all the farmers who arc conj;" 1 ■ to seek a market for their products throupli same, and then to leave those farmers lidl • taxation for improvements elsewhere, in th<> lurni usually adopted by Congress, is a piece of niun- strolls injustice. The truth is, a system of harbor and river improvements by local authorities cannot subsist coordinate with a system of imprcvements by the General Uovcrnment, and the adoption of necessarily involves the overthrow of the form the latte I will r.ot, M President, Buhjcc> any further, but wi 'he ^.enatc to another remarkable feature of the hc,norable Senator's scheme. 1 have shown that this measure will impose enormous burdens on the people of the West and Northwest. I now insist that its effect will be to exonerate, in a great de- cree, the wealth and capital of the Atlantic frontier from all participation in those bu-dens We all know that much the greater portion of the surplus wealth of the country is to be found in our large citiee, and this wealth now contributes largely to river and harbor improvements. But on the plan of the honorable Senator, the cities of Boston, New Vork, Philadelphia, and Baltimoie,(io8ay nothing of New Orleans,) and Ihe millionaires and half- millionaires of those cities are to j?o scot-free. I will not say that the Senator really intended any such result; but it is in my judgment a ground of seri- ouscomplaint that he should have been so careless as to the coneequences of his measure. Why should the thousands of wealthy men of such a"city as New York be relieved from any share in this taxation.' Why should they not do sonic- thing for river and harbor improvements? If the funds requisite to that end are taken from the com- mon Treasury, then the city of New York and the millionaires of that city must contribute largely to those iniprovemenla. Nowhere else on this conti- nent is there consumed any thing like the amount of dutiable goods, and these, too, of the most costly character. Consider for a moment the vast popula- tion of that city. According to the last census, there was, in the city proper, a population of near 500,000, to which is to be added the population of Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, Jersey City, Hobokeo, and a large number of families who find their homes in the counties of Uichmond, Kings, Queens, Westches- ter, and other counties higher up the river, all of whom substantially belong to the city of New York. I believe I am not eitrsvrigant when Isay tnatNew York now contfin" 'n . *' ■■■^ n iiopnialionof not Iceb than 750.000 liviii- ■' .. I-Mm - a.ul owninn and his l.icriily. I ask agair, why this wealth should not contribute to harbor and river improvements.' Why should the merchant princes of the great emporium of commerce be exone- rated wholly, or nearly so, from all obligations to contribute to objects of such vast importance.' Methinks I even nuv/ see a splendid equipage pass ing down Broadway, with a lady covered over with gorgeous silks, and with servants in livery. On inquiry, I ascertain she is the wife of Mr. So and-so, who within the last five or six years has made a half million of dollars in trade or com- merce. He lives in a palace up town, which would do no diecredit to a mun:M' I , ■',:'. i :■ i., tilled with French furniture- K ■. , I with the richest of plate— hi- i , , , i , , .'i, rosily wines — his wife and dau-., r^ ■.., . .:?iirnere shawls that cost $bOO i-a. ii, .u,,! in.-]i p.;iaona are ornamented with diamond necklaces, pins, and rings; in short, he and his family enjoy every lux- ury that human heart can conceive orrtesire — all imported articles, and paying heavy duties. Why •hould not revenue derived from such a source be devoted to the improvement of some river or har- bor In Ihe West and Northv/est, especially as the benefilsof thi^ sysi.m ar^ ultimately to redound to Iheadxanrr-niii.! , 'I i- i 'm- of this same mer- chant.' Why F ' ' ■' -r from Illinois be so willinsrioex, . . :, , ■, ,n fund, thus de- rived.from all |i w i; :, .: .^ ■i,-,..; burdcns.only to lay them ex. 1 ... :^ . '!. aardy laborer of thi Northweat, struggling with every species of diffi culty.' What is here said of New York is equally appli cable to the wealth and luxury of B.iston, Philadel- phia, Baltimore, Charleston, Providence, Salem, Albany, Newark, and other cities of the second and third grades. Indeed, there is to be found scattered all over the Atlantic States many indi- viduals of great wealth, who consume a great amount of dutiable goods, and who can only be made to contribute to harbor and river improve mcnts by appropriations from the common stock. Nearly the whole surplus wealth of the country is to lie luunci eastof the Alleghany mountains; and ! .: 1 -Mravates the caseesaentially is the fact that I '.V N,.rlhwe9t, and Southwest have contri- V to the enhancement of that wealth. i ,,i. uat'itBofNew York, Boston, Philadelphia, oure, and Other cities have been, for the last quarter of a century, selling, and will continue to sell, large quantities of goods to the tianemontane egionsbf lh.j United States, at a large, not to say xorbilant, profit. In the meantime, the people of hat region have been engaged in paying for their arms, buildingdwelling-houses, school-houses and churches, opening roads and making the thousand other improvements indispensable in a new coun- try, and have had little opportunity to accumulate surplus wealth. Then comes In the honorable Sen- ator with his notable scheme, and says, "let these sonsof toil bear all the burden of harbor and river improvements, and let those who are abundantly able to pay (most ol them not unwilling) go free I" However satisfactory this may be to a Sen- ator and a politician, I doubt whether Ihe people in his section are prepared to agree to it. But the honorable Senator, alter expressing bis discontent with the Corps of Topographical Kngi- neers, and with Congress for conduct, which he alleges to have been corrupt, wishes to explode th< system ot improvement from the common trea sore, because, he says, it is the source of incessant controversy and dispute it the National Capitol According to hia account of the matter, there it no steadiness in it ; it is a spasmodic system, anc eoes by jerks. Who is responsible for this state of things.' Why have wi not had reasonable and moderate appropriation year after year ? Why have works on which large sums of money ' been expended not been completed? Why have they been permitted to fall into decay, and thus former expenditures rendered comparatively valueless? I do not hesitate to say that the honorable Senator (i>]r. Douglas) and his political Jriends are solely re8poiisii>le for this state of things. The Senator can- not plead a dereliction of duty by himself and those whoa'-t with him as a reason for rejecting this s— tern. Ii will be recollected that the late Mr. Polk plied the veto direct to a river and harbor bill which passed the two Houses at the 1st session ol the 29tli Congress, and the pocket veto to another bill which passed the 2d session of the same Con- gress. In the two messages vindicating his ex- traordinary course (which was directly the re- verse of that of President Jackson on the same subject) he laid down rules of conduct, and avowed principles, which rendered the conaurn- iiiation of any bill during his terra absolutely hope- I as. Therelore, nothing was attempted on the ;ijcct at the 30th Congress; and at the 1st session the 3l3t the two Houses were so much absorbed th the various slavery questions then pending, it IS impossible to do any thing. But at the 2d ses n of the last Congress the House of Representa es took up the subject, passed an excellent bilf d sent it to the Senate. We know who defeated We know wbc spent day after day in useless debate and in reading inappropriate documents, (ve know how a small minority overcame the friends of the measure and compelled them tc yield. There was a time, it is true, when the state of the treasury was such that appropriations of this character could not properly have been made; bi ' at least half a dozen bills since the close of M Tyler's administration should and might hav been passed had it not been for the unreasonable conduct of public men. It is with a poor g that the Senator alleges the misconduct of his own political friends as a reason for repudiating this beneficent system. The Senator seems to suppose that monstrous in- justice 1ms been done, in the appropriations fur these improvements, to the West, Northwest, and Southwest. There is not a particle of foundation for this eur.geation, as I can show abundantly from to the Western and Southwestern rivers S^OO.OOO; making altogether, for the Northwest, West, and Southwest, no less than $ 909,000 out of little over a million and a quarter; or, in other words, we on the frontier got only about one fourth of the aggreeratc amount, while that section, with all its illionaires, great cities, and vast wealth —" ibuted, by the consumpt luch the larger poi" The bill vetoed by Mr. Polk, at the first session. 29ih Congress, contained appropriations to the amount of S1,2S3,450; or, in other words, it appro- priated slightly over n million and a quarter of dol- lars. It appronrialed to the six New England Stales only $'99,4!)0, to the rest of the Atlantic frontier only S273,000, whereas it gave to the Northern and Northwestern lakes $509,000, and of dutiable goods, f the amount appropri- I think the honorable Senator might well sist that the bill should have been vetoed on doc- ines such as he has promulged hereto-day. Mr. Adams. Will the Senator allow me to ask him il he voted for the bill which was vetoed by Mr. Polk? Mr. Smith. I not only voted for the bill origi- nally, but I voted against the veto; or, in other words, I endeavored to veto the veto; and I tell my honorable friend, (Mr. Adams,) for whom I cher- ish sentiments of high respect, (though I dif- fer from him in toto on this subject,) that he may, on motion, strike out from this bill every.ap- propriation for New England, and I will still vote for it. I will vote for it in any event, unless you put into it the monstrosity proposed by the Sena- tor from Illinois, and then I shall go against it most decidedly. 1 insist, then, that the veto of Mr. Polk defeated a bill for Northwestern, Western, and Southwest- ern improvements, and not for improvements on the Atlantic coast, except in a very moderate de- gree. New England had little or no interest in the passage of that bill; and yet her Whig Sen- ators and Whig Representatives sustained it throughout, though the Democratic Senators and Representatives, with a single exception, from the same section, pursued a different course. At the second session of the same Congress an- other bill for river and harbor improvements passed the two Houses; it was very cautiously framed; no appropriations of a doubtful character were in- serted, and was sent to the President for hia ap- probation and signature on the last day of the ses- sion, when he applied to it the pocket veto; and it thus failed to become a law. The aggregate atnount of the appropriations in this bill was .■$55I,500-of which only S37.000 were given to New England, and to Ihe rest of the Atlantic coast only 8123,500; whereas the bill granted to the Western and Northwestern lakes S17l,000, and to Western and Southwestern rivers (including the harbor of Mobile) 1^220,000; or, in other words, had the hill become a law, the whole Atlantic coast would have obtained only two-sevenths of the aggregate amount, and five- eventlis would have been conceded to the West- irn acd Northwestern laUea and to the Western and Soulhwestern rivers. Thus another bill was defeated which was mainly for improvements at the North, Northwest, West, and Southwest. We are now brought down to the bill which passed the House of Representatives at the last ses sion of the Slat Congress, and which was defeated in the Senate in such an extraordinary manner. It will be found on examination to precent a still o-reater preponderance in favor of the West, North- west, and Southwest. The aggregate amount of this bill was $2,358,876. It conceded to New Eng- land (including ai5,00u for Burlington harbor) only 1SV21,500, and to the Atlantic coast S'502,000; whereaa it granted to the Western and Northwest- ern lakes $'786,676,and to the Western and South- western ri'ers and harbors 15945,700. There was inserted ar item of 815,000 for a sea-wall at Great Brewster bland, in the harbor of Boston, which^ the honorable Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Davis) tela us is not a harbor improvement, but rather cones under the head of fortifications, as the destructionof this island would render Fort War- ren useless Deducting this sum, and also $15,000 for the brcikwater at Burlington, on Lake Cham- plain, the till granted to New England only $90,- SOO, and tothe whole Atlantic, coast 8592,500; but the concessons to the Northern and Northwestern lakes and b the Western and Southwestern rivers and harbon amounted to the enormous sum of $1,747,376 Or, in other words, the rivers and harbors of the West, Northwest, and Southwest, were to ha* over three- fourths of the aggregate. And yet te honorable Senator (Mr. Douglas) has the ass ranee to tell us that great injustice has been done ly Congresa to hia section of the country. I next coie tothe bill which is now pending. The ag,™-reptc aiiiiiunt, as it came from the House, is $l!.i'7,'V', :l •' i-'-r]; there is proposed for New Engin,M . ■ . - : ■" ' If we deduct .^ 30,000, for thepr. . I . ,1 ilrewster Island, (which may I ,h already explained,) then we h.'LV, I,'!,- ,;., ' i;i I,,, the harbors of New Eng- Vand. Thei iapi.ipofi il for the rivers and harbors ^n the Atintic coast $4-25.090; for the Northern and Northwetern lakes, $509,500; and for Western THE SIGNAL. 229 and Southwestern rivers, g; 535,500; eo that, accord- ing to the bill as it came froui the House, the At- lantic coast was to get only S5U2,090, while the Northern and Northwestern lakes, and Western and Southwestern rivers and harbors, were to re ceive $1,045,000. To the aggregate of these sums is to be added $10,000 to be expended at large— its distribution cannot now be settled. But this bill has been extensively amended in the Senate, and greatly improved. The additions amount in all to a;530,000, of which the Pacific coast gets $30,000; New England, .§33.500; the rest of the Atlantic coast, 878,000; th(- Northwest- ern lalies, $40,000; the Western and Southwestern rivers and harbors, $346,500. Bringmg these aggrefrates together, that is to say, combining the origmal bill with the amend- ments of the Senate, we find that New England gets $110,600, or deductingGreat Brewster Island, $80,500; the rest of the Atlantic coast, $603,090; the Northern and Northwestern lakes, 501,500; the Western and Southwestern rivers and harbors, $SS1,000, and the Pacific coast, $30,000. The aggregate of the bill, as it now stands, is $2,087,- 090, of which the whole Atlantic coast will receive, (including New England,) $613,590, and the Northern and Northwestern lakes and th^ Western and Southwestern rivers and harbors, $1,382,600; or, in other words, about seven tenths of theaggre- gate is to go to the latter. What occasion has the honorable Senator to complain of injustice to his section of the Union i The unfounded character of his accusatieu will be the more apparent, when the Senate recollects what I have already said touching the source from whence duties on imports are, in the main, de- rived. The people residing on the borders o( the North- western lakes and Western rivers can, in view of the facts I have adverted to, understand how much they have lost by the veto policy of Mr. Polk and the reprehensible course pursu^-d at the last Con- gress, and Ihey can have no difficulty in fixing the responsibility in the proper quarter. But the honorable Senator tells us there is an enormous work to be done, and he would deter us from pursuing this policy by the vastnc^s of the undertaking. This is precisely the train of remark which he pursued in opposing, as he did vigor- ously, an appropriation from the Treasury for con- structing a canal around the Sault St. Marie. Ac cording to his view of the matter, the Treasury can have no resources adequate to the numerous works which we must undertake. He exaggerates greatly the number of improvements required, and he ex- aggerates still more the amount necessary to com- plete them. One would suppose that if a great deal be wanted, we should at least try to do some- thing. The magnitude of an evil is no reason why we siiould not seek to abate it, at least in part. But, according to the Senator, this system over- tops greatly the resources and power of the Gene- ral Government. Why, then, does he bring for- ward this project of tonnage duties.' If the whole nation has not strength adequate to the under- taking, why does he propose a scbame of isolated effort which can have no harmony or consistency, and which must fail for want of meansi" If this train of remark amounts to any thing, it proves that all effort to remove snags and sawyers, rocks and sandbars, should be abandoned, and life and property be committed to every species of hazard to the end of all time. But I believe the Senator has shown that the wants of the country are large, a I have had filti nterregn years, and I think it results from his reason- ing that these wants are far beyond the capa bilitics of his system of tonnage duties. It is idle to pretend that the General Government, with its vast revenues, cannot do all that is need- ful. We cannot improve every harbor and every river in a single year, but by successive appro- priations we can overcome every dilficulty and ob- tain results that will be satisfactory to the whole country. I can assure the Senator that much depends on the tenant of the White House. He should be a man of liberal, comprehensive, and truly national views, and not capable of so mis- conceiving the true theory of our Gt 80 mistakmg the l«est interests of th veto a river and harbor bill. And much depends also on the views, purposes and spirit of Senators here and Representatives at the other wing of the Capitol. "VVhen there is a will there is always a way;" and there has not been a session for the last eight or ten years but that the Senator and his friends might have carried through a bill to this end. During Mr. Polk" we at two sessions ran t^ doubtless have done s same adminietratign true of the veto, and woulc t subsequentsessionsof thi But whose fault was thai Was not the honorable Senator among the most active and efficient in elevating Mr. Polk to the Presidency.' And is ha not equally active now in promoting the election of a man of kindred spirit, who never yet voted for ii river and harbor bill, ertaio to apply sternly to every such measure the veto, as did Mr. Polk. The people of the Northwest may have such im- " ' up Id to a severe re sponsibility every njan who falters in the least : above all, they must see that thfse great interests are no lunger made the foot ball of party, or held ' ' promote the aspirations of any man, or set of men. I should be sorry to be understood to cast he interests ol the Northwest have been for a long ime past sacrificed on political considerations. 1 mean such has been the course of cvenia, withoui dertaking tosay whois toblame, W. iir. i too much of the cry of mere party, at, il i i ' tention to the great, substantinl in:! • -' the country. Let, then, the people ul Oi- \'. < nd Northwest awake to their true condition, un.l let them see that no man reaches the Presideiitiul ffice to thwart their will by the interposition of •Iheo-ne man power." But I wish to notice here one complaint made by the honorable Senator (Mr. Douglas) in his career of vituperation and abuse of this system He tells us that no sort of justice has been done to the har- bors on Lakes Michigan and Huron, while he af- nis that enormous sums have been lavished on the harbors east of those lakes. He would open an account between the different lakes, and concludes that a vast balance of partiality has been displayed by Congress in favor of the harbors on Lakes Erie, Ontario, and Champlain. If there is any seeming foundation for this com- plaint, I again ask whose fault is it.' Have not the Senator and his friends had the entire control of the two Houses of Congress for the last two years? Have they not constituted the committees and had everything thfir own way? Besides, the harbors of Lake Michigan are compara- tively of recent origin. It is but a day since the sites of thriving cities and smiling villages were a howling wilderness; and it is the veto, the veto direct, the pocket veto, and the veto by a Sen- atorial minority, which has prevented justice be iiig done them of late. Thus, had it not been for the interposition of "the one-man power" and the "minority power," the harbor of Chicago have received in 1846 $12,000, in 1847 $8,000, and in 1851 $27,176-making, with $20,000 granted by the present bill, $67, 176-a pretty good round sum for a single harbor, Milwaukie would have received in 1846 $20 000, and in 1851 $25,000- making, with $15 000 appropriated by the bill $60,000 for that harbor Michigan city would have received in 1846 $40,000, in 1847 $12,000, and in 1851 $30,000— making, with $20,000 ap- propriated by this bill. $102,000 St Joseph's would have received in 1846 $10,000, in 1847 $6,- 000, and in 1851 $20,000— making, with $10,000 granted by this bill, $4(>,000; and so on as to othe harbors on Lake Michigan. To this should be add ed what would nave been granted in 1848 and 1849 had not Mr. Polk arrested and broken down for the time being this beneficent policy by h and also wha was proposed for dredge- boats on Lake Michigan, to wit: In 1846 $15,000, ;in 1847 $12,0U0,and in 1851 $20,000— making, with $20, 000 contained in this bill, the very considerabi sum of $67,000 lor this single item. It is idle for the honorable Senator to pretend that there has not been a disposition in Congress to do justice to Lake Michigan and its important harbors. We make no distinction between the lakes; but of late we have had vetoes— yes, sir, vetoes of all sort their origin and application carry ue back date when most of the harbors were in the midst of a wilderness. But the honorable Senator makes a very singi lar appeal to us. He says, in effect, we only ask slight lavor. Why should you not accord it to u. Why contumaciously refuse to grant us this small privilege? But I ask, Mr. President, who Does the honorable Senator speak for the people of Illinois? Dues he bear any commission from thci ing md duti( Have the people of that State sent any petition! here asking such a miserable boon? Have the Le gislature of his State acted on the subject? On the contrary, I believe an immense majority of th( people of Illinois would repel a scheme fraugh with nothing but oppression, with indignation anc abhorrence. It is, Mr. President, with infinite concern that see in the course of the honorable Senator proof cuncluaive that he has made up his mind to take ground against improvements by the General Gov- ernment, and to blow up the whole aystem, I thought I saw uumistakabic indications of such a purpose towards the close of the Inst session of Congress. When a motion was made to take "p the Harbor and Kiver bill, then pending, what did the Senator say? Here are his words: "I shall vote to take up this bill at this time for ' the reason thai I desire to have an opportunity to ' state what port of the bill I am in favor of , and ' what part I am against, with a view of trying to ' put it in such a shape thiit we can pass it; that ' will be my reason for voting to take it up." So that the honorable Senator was not content with that bill, though it gave to Northern and Northwestern harbors, and to Western and South- western rivers and harbors, the enormous propor- tion of $1,747,376 out of $2,3,->8,H76 ! Why did he not state his objections, if he had any? Why ''id tie rcmajn profoundly silent, and leave us in ■,11)1 ince to this day on a subject of such vital i-iiirtanre? The honorable Senator will notclaim ■ lliTcd a single amendment, and I believe he . ' il agaiua' all amendments proposed by others; ai. J yet he told the Senate he voted to take up the 11 fur the reason that he desired "to have an op- portunity to state what part of the bill he was in rof and what part he was against." It is a sign when a Senator begins to quarrel with the deta , harbor , and when he docs not make known the grounds ol his But the Senator has made a further revelation of his purposes by opposing at this session a grant of money from theTreasury to construct a ship canal around the Falls of the St. Mary's— a work of the first importance to the nation, and particularly so to the people of Illinois. My friend, the junior Senator from Michigan, (Mr Felch,) offen^d an amendment to a bill from theCommiltee on Public Lands, proposing to grant $400,000 from the Trea- sury for this truly national work, and both the hon- orable Senators from that State (Messrs. Cass and Felch) advocated the adoption of the amendment with unsurpassed ability. I felt myself constrained to take the floor and to lend to the measure a little of my poor advocacy, but the honorable Senator (Mr. Douolas) opposed himself to us with all his might; he raised a great clamor against the con- struction of canals by the General Government, when he knew, or ought to have known, that this work is a mere river improvement, and intended solely to overcome obstacles in a river. 1 hold the Senator responsible for the defeat of that measure. He has handed that great communication, with 750,000 acres of the public domain, over to tlic Slate of Michigan, whereas it should hav^ re- mained in the hands of the national authorities, and the improvements should have been made at the expense of the common treasury.* But there can be no doubt as to tho position of the Senator since he has offered hia amendment. I do not hesitate to say, without intending any disrespect to the honorable Senator, that of till the schemes of mischief that could be concocted for the purpose of blowing up the whole system of river and harbor improvements by the General Government, that devised by him is more ingc nious and belter adapled to accomplish the object than any other. Devised, do I say? I must recal that word. The projit of the honorable Senator has not even the merit of originality. The idea of, '^ub- atiluling tonnage duties for the system which Congress has long sanctioned was, I believe, first suggested by Mr. Calhoun. Mr. Polk took up the subject in his message to Congress of December 15, 1847, justifying his pocket veto of the bill thai passed the two Houses at the preceding8e5sion,and dwelt upon it at length. He insisted that it was the only safe and practicable method of making river and harbor improvements. The honorable Senator seems to have derived most of the tads and arguments which he has addressed to us this day froin that same veto message. Of course he cannot complain when I insist, as I now do, thathe^ occupies substantially the ground assumed by l\jr. *The honorable Senator, in his reply, ir.dmated that I had been prompted by a slight inte.r f st which I have in a few mines on Lake Su'perioi: joadvocate this measure; but as I have uniformly voted for western improvements, not only irivers and har- bors, but for every grant of a^icrnate sections of the public lands to aid in the construction of west- ern railroads, and as I exwted myself parlicularly to carry through Congress the magaihcent grant made lo Illinois fo? that purpose at the first suasion. of the last Congress, one would suppose he might withhold such an iropuiatiun. I am willing (o leave my iimtivea and character in the hands W the generous people of the Weal, 2S0 THE SIGNAL Polk, niid is iiifluenceti by ihe ho-lilitv :ol ibe( The Frobublv K« uhence > ■ ■■ "Mit, of NewVork, , Mucoael? Fro ■ ' . (lefraj's ail ihis cnormouB e I!. 1 e-,y ffora the whole counlry; t Jisl L-ontrifiutee largely to it. There !3 n in bfin» lound there who conBumea a si iuble article bu\ contributes to it There ingle pre nnpiioncr who gopB into the ,f:^:,r;; forward in la r ■ r Tongrefe a proposition for legislation in conformity ¥ v : i w Ih such views; fi.r Ihe Hun. iMr. Rhett. of SouUi p - : C-roliiiii, introdured into the House of Represeii- ■;.. ■ taiives, Junnary 12, 1843, "a bill dcdnriofr the as .p^ i . i: sdii of Conpress to any oc'3 which may be pa8sei:ison, and Soulfe; and those who voted Some of our own opponents, we Irarn, are cau vnesing rumors as to our private opinion of the pri. balile result of the Presidential canvaso Our pri vate ana public opinion arc the saiii'; It is bised upon as general, as particular, and as reliable uilormation, we believe, as any O'l: man is like- ly to be possessed of. We belie%-j tiiat all thi-. j substantial signs of the times pci.it to G.-nenl I Scott's triumphant election, and th»t he is de.s 1 lined to be the next President of the United States. Now lior the reasons of our faith: We plainly ee ihaL our losses are frojQ a few priliticians or warm partisans, whose heated d.-v.>;inn to Mr. Webster or Mr. Fillmore, and whose liisappoint- ment at the nomination of anotli^-r, hn.ve blinded tbein lo the great merits and public services of General Scott; whilst ourg«iTia are ir«>n> tlie ra7ik und file of the people, the thousands ami hundr-ds of thousands to be lound in both pnrtire, who are calm and dispassionate, who deliheraiidy weigh the merits and public services of General Sc. .it »o-ainst the merits and public services of G. neral Pierce, and who contrast the platforms of pri:it ipl^s of the two parlies fan ly and impartially. 'Ibis is so here, and in every county in Tennessee It is so, more or less, in every State of the Union. It isj.ist what took place when Taylor run, when Harrison run, and when Jackson run for the Pieiid.n. y. The peo pie honor the public efervices of great men ; patri- otic, honorable, and courageous ineti ; ibo.-e who have perilled their lives for theircounlry, and who have been faithlul and true lo their trusts in every position in which they have been trusied We see ample evidences of this in the recent elections, in the thousands of changes ht raided in the ocWb ■ papers, in the general compl.ix:on of the news. North and South, public and private, which is reaching us from every qoarUT. 'Ihe tide has set in favor ot Scott, and strongly. Upon late private information, whirh we plac" the utmost reliance on, we believe that the grest State of New York will votb fob Scott. Some of our fricn'.'s claim it by len or fiftien thousaml majority. Hale, it is believed, will nceive there twenty-five thousand votes from tbt; Deuiocrulic party. The Websier men are coming i:i .very day, and it is believed that by th^ d.ij ..f tk-itii'ii very few will eland off 'g j We firmly believe that Pen.-jsvlvas'ia wiil give of Scntt a larger majority than General I'aylor re- . iv. d, which was thirteen thousand four Inn drod nd hity-two. The State is no doubt absolutely ' :.iive were Messrs. Boyard, Bell, Biad- sale. . , ,, , ^ . _ It, Cass, Clarke, Cooper, 'Davis, Fclcn, ! «« h"''" "O privite letters frorn Ohio, but so li ,. r, Uamlin. Houston, Meriwether, Mor j numerous arc the German and lush changes, and IVaico, Pratt, Rusk, Seward, g.uitb; Spru- "><"'''"'"='^'"',° '"^™"".' "0'"' !'^'^''''' ""jy«""="'« cf , Sumner, Underwood, Uphnm, and Wade. 'he ••Miami" organization m the Democratic '^ ' ""rty, recently exposed, and such is thep"'i""'- have complaints from another quar' which 1 am disposed to triat with and respect ; they arc addressed t ori.bic Senators fnim South Carolii with greit sincerity and integri make the same alleeationof inequ.itii ; lii \ ii:mm ti.at there is an incqmlity as betwif . i, ■, coast and the wesieiu country, an : I • dersti'Od them, an inequality as bet'.', n en'. States on that co ist. With r.-speci lo tl. ; , 1 would merely observe that such appropri;ii. must he matle in conformity with the exig >ii commerce ond navigation; and itis iioreasn; ■, we should nat respond f.tUy to those exigem le... because they happen to be greater in one State than in another | . , I am sensible thit the N.irthwest and Southwest p^ ^ ylh-rn„dr!n nnzfile ' .istic admiration ot the people of Ohio for Ge get more of these appropriations than the Atlantic „ ^^'^ "" •^'«'""* '" &<■«««• j sc„,t_ ,i,„t although the nomination of Hale v. ill co.i8t, and I do not hesitate to say that they ought i """^ Candidate for the Vice Presidency. jn that State probably injure the Whiirs more than to have a great deal more. Their necessities are! The Whigs in the pres.-nt contest have had lit- ttie Democrats, yet the utmost confidence is felt much greater, much more urgent than ours, and I tie to say about their candidate for Vice Presi- by our leading and well-informed friends that therefore we should respdnd accordingly. j dent; one reason of which is, that so far he has Ohio will give to Scott a large majority. But honorable Senators must not forget that i escaped from improper censure or recklessabose We have no doubt that Afo««oc'iiis««.» will go for theieare compensating principles in the adininia- at the hands of his political opponents. It is due Scott by twenty thousand plurality. One of the and it they get more |to him, however, to say that hie name and char- very best-informed politicians in Boston, and who r justly add strength to the Whig ticket, and i knows Massachusetts like a book, writes that he ;ase its claims to the support and confidence I will "risk his life" upon this opinion. tlie West contributed to the erection of lighthouses iof the American people. j Rhode Island, Connectii-ut, New Jersey, Ver- along our coast, and to their maintcnancf? Have i Mr. Graham is one of the moat estimable citizens j mont, Delaware, Maryland, and Kentucky, are they not contributed to the erection of fortifications iof his State. He is a man of sound judgment, absolutely certain. Not oneof them went lor Tay- for the protection of our Atlantic harbors.' Nay, ! practical good sense, experience in public lile, lor by a smaller majority than 3,000, except Dela- did they not pay in partforthefortres.swhichhasjiib.-r.il in ),ia cnii.nnnij irr,>n>.r>ar-h,iKi#, ;« t^io I. «,».-,> o " ' " " tieen placed in the harbor of Charleston for the de- ; under some heads of appropriations, we get much 'a jnder other heads. Have not the peopleofji cter, ( [,,''. BoTLBB. I desireto ask the honorable Sena ,uf w(„ *ljer he regards lorti anH arsenals as fall ing within ^^ ^'^'^P" "f " '''" '"i" io'crnal improve mente? ... Mr. Smith. 0.''"""'^ "°'- No one pretends to dispute either the po.'^"' "'' etpedienry .,1 .-r n-r fortsand arsenals, but, a.' '?""'^''"''' ■ ' both are dispulrd. Th.-(t, h """"^'^ ' " 1 has the power to improve rivers an,, i^ ■ ' t w,, , the question is, whether the exercise ui 'U;ii P"W[- unjust ou account of this ullege"' 1'"^ iiienls, irreproacbabl 1 his deportment, and, whilst ifirm and consistent in his political principles, dea- ittile of any thing like intolerance. Piovidence, on two occasions, has removed from lie high otfice the President of Ihe United States, nd left the duties of the Chief Magistrate to be ex- ccted !.y the Vice Prc^-dfit. We .^eeand know, h-rcf.^r- , ih- ttrrr^-'-- nf il-ctiogas th-j second '! '■ ■ ''^ ': ■ 1- I, ■ ■ ■' ■■ in whom we can ware, and that Slate has only about 12,000 votes, out of which its VVhig majority was 534; und Scntt is stronger in all of them than Taylor was. Above we have 143 electoral votes. Then there is Tlnnessec, and North CaroHna, and Iowa, and LouUiana, and Maine, and Georgia, and Indiana, and Florida, and California, and IVieromin, all to go upon— voting 75 votes, and making in all 218 votes, when only J49are sufficient to el.-ct. We believe that Tennessee is entirtly safe for ng got proper jurig N"." pl" quality? I insist thai, lo the fortnation of ment on this tubjcct, it is indispens^iDie to group ull our expenditures together; and, therefore, it is proper to bring into view, in this connexion, light 'every wa\ iouaes and fortifications. ihe counti Toe lighlhousta are maintained ond the fons i and able r creeled for the special protection of the peopl.- ol i repeat, il tbeAllantie frontier. Ar,d forwbose benefit chii fly 'ol the Chii li a fteet maintained upon the turbulent waters of tion and li i worlhiiv supplying I Scott and Graham by a triumphant mejorily if c I' '•> nh Mr. Graham we ; active friends will only work as closely as oor op. I 111. ' . ,- w j!;t have a man upon I ponenlsaro workiagfriim now totheeb-ctiuu. v.e coLil I rely in any iinergoncy. His stcr have tt- "work lor our living," as the saying is, but I qualities, which have dune bim so much j we have the strength, and all that is necessary is 1 very situation in which be has hitherto I to bringit to IhepiiUt. We would not be surprised, ■d, would then have a field for display, I if our friends will work for it, that our majority il' :ht look for the happiest results. j will be 5,000 in Tennessee. •lajdcr the nomination of Mr. Graham as j North Carolina and Tennessee will be almost y ly^'ttjnate for tl.ti V\ hig party and for certain to go together; they have always done sti — ry. Ho' would make a most dignified , the same pulse beats in the veins of both States. prJsiding t^*8eer in the Senate— and, we Our news from the old North Slate gives us almost I it should be .'**^ '°' ^^ occupy the chair [ perfect confidence. Our friends there are all astir, I Magistrate, wc'^isl p9 honor to the eta- and resolved on victory. We feel that we tiav« himself. ' »" <^1"»' chance with our opponents for Iowa, THE SIGNAL. Ml Maine, Wiiconsin, and Califor lair.na and Florida are :A:n ths Whig ticket. Indiana wi ia h^r Sltiio electij::, ii our meet probably fur ua in the Goorffia will moat probably fore the people, bus wh ake v.jta Bgainat us ifornuiiion, but rraidential race, no election be- froniier county, ia reply to the 1 gent df aire that Cjllony should the Loco ticket for Preaident. g-oee before her Whig Legiehiture, who can doubt ihst the elect.,ral vote will bo given to WinBeld ScotI? Thus we have given r.ur opinion. It is based upon the best information wecan gel, and we have spared no pains accurately to ioforni oureelf VVc firmly believe that the fortunes of the day are wiih Wmfiek! Scoll, the winner of many other glorious ficlda. We fancy wecan hear the shouts of the peoplcnoiD, •'Htirralt for Scnit!" F.om the Muncy (Pa.) Luminary. Karly luipn-es^lou'^ al^vftys Lasttnj— Gen- eral soott aud tlic Boys of ISja. I was lately much interested in a conversation between a prominent Locofoco Pierce lu^n, a free trader, and Mr. Henry CoUony, a distineui*hed millwright, now of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, but formerly of Washington county. New VorU, a reply to the Pierce man's ur lere firmly to C made tlie following observation: "That during the late war he was a boy of nine years old, and after hearing of several cngiigii- menta in Canada, his parents and neighb«.'rin£r families were fearful that the Engl-sh army and Indians would cross to the Ame.ican side, and make a general havoc and massacre of the real denta upon the frontier; that he and his Utile sctiool assoeiaiea Ir. quently assembled in little groups, a'ld afur talking about the dangers that surround ed ihem and their friends, our little hearts beat turiiultuously and anxiously, but we parted each night with the consoling refieclion that with Scott as our protector and commander- i.t chief, (who we considered the Napoleon of America,) we need fear no evil, and while wo kept near him and his army our Uvea and the lives of our neighbors were secure. That liltle band of boys is now ecai- tered far and wide, and the survivors thereof, to a • man, still remember the gallant Scott and the impression he made on their youthful beans; that impresion never, never can hs effaced, and in manhood's prime they will never turn their backs op'^n their old war-worn friend and protector. N.iw, B:r, although 1 have heretofore supported the Democratic: ticket, and know many of the sur- vivors of that lil'.le band who vottd with me that now hurrah lor Scott, and wiM aid in fcia election for President ol the United .States. D" From the Concird (N. tJ.) Stateiman To the Sons of the » Orecu Iile. Whereas an :iiti. la nr.i,.-,ir.d in the New lire Puti:! i. rd, Auguil 13, ver the m;, -^ :ix CalhoMcBi )wn, many : ,■ credibly info Constil liyi oiic T.sl tbcrelioui; ai in this particular to Gei this Stale whose candid it is deemed proper Co pi We, Catholic citizen: feel that we are wronsli in matters poliiical, whi vorable elsewhere to religi ihink the party in power i an indifference to our rigl inasmuch as no honest ^ craiic piirly in this State w-U caJt their vote- for ned, |''"y hy a service of over forty yeart, in preference [t.-Y ''' '"'" ^'^ whnin they ncv. r heard until nomi- li, ; I. itefl hy n cniirus of political wirc-workeiB. They ; I,,. I'lu lull... vinsr letter id from one of that rlass of ,, ■, i.ci •L'liK i:i l^iKliirt county: Vi.7> , Elkhaut Coo.nty, Sept. 11, 1852. Me-sae. Defekeb: Please accept a few linesfrom German citizen, who has been an ultra supporter, iixe Jackson's administration, and since bis arri- al in this blessed country, of Deinocraiic princi- in, but can be eo no lunger lis highly censurable, ■ts have been made by nent which barsCaiho- he State government, lear 1 obia [the of people of our faith for ihe higti oflice he seeks, ha? ever uttered a wuri! in our fj vor, save j'lat at the close of a Coneurd town mciliiii', u> lfio2, when the question Lad aliea.iv I- .u lUriJ.il againal ua in the. State, and also in I uncord iteell. In our estimation, be has done nothing to merit our eupport. Indeed, in 1635 his own pi' 'y in 'lie Stale Lecislature pa-sod a law deprivii-g unnaiu rallied cit'iens of what little right of suffrage was theirs up to July 4,h ot that year. John Gallaghar, Richard Nugent, Lawrence Gallaghar, Lawrence Kieley, Thomas Gallaehar, Barnard Stephens, ely. ved 11 ks a' real Democracy Imc ftepl a^lde sind im for Locofocoiatn, (or sham Dcmo- 'i'hose men ttiat hove been lou-'cet and in denouncing Wniggcry aBduiiger-iu.i to lavc not forsaken that path yel, but bo- pportera of Franklin Pierce, a man as dangerous as the French usurper hiraselt. But my eyes have been opened by their disgusting and cnlu.-nniuua conduct toward a man that has no equa racy.) iberty, I liiisHMEi« Aboused.— The Irishmen of Cleveland held an indignation meeting on Saturday evening to listen to Professor Fitzgerald's defence of him- self against the slandera of Locofocoism. Ills crime was that he was in Javor of General Scott, and bad made a epeech at Cleveland which, toitl with such tffect upon his countrymen that the Pamdialir, to weaken bis iulluence, groaaly as- eailed bis character. At the conclusion of his speech, which was in- terrupted with loud and long liuzsaa, a large num- ber of Irishmen, heretofore Democrats, enrolled Ihemaelvej as members of the Hibernian Scott Club. — C/iicago Journal .'\nothbb Old Soldub tor Scott. — At an en- lliusiaaiic Whig meeting held at Newport, Ky., a Bburt time since, Governor Morehead introduced to Ihe multitude a veteran scldicr (an irishman) who had served under Scott at Lundy's Lane, Chippewa, &c , and who was a prisoner on Ihe transport at Quebec at the time the British com- menced picking out from tbe prisoners sue were Irish born for the purpose i ' "'- ' to England to be tried for high Ire; ceudirg was checked by Ihe inter, the moment he iliscovered v. bai The old soldier detailed necicd with ihat memorable incident, and con eluded by declaring that, though he had always voted with the Locofoco party, he was bound now to vote for his old commander.— /..ouisuiUf CotJrier. The Concord Tnlwie, in price current of tho Pierce Brothers. William Pagan, Patrick Tynan, Patrick liyan, Timothy ^uinn, JVlichael Lynch, Michael Hoben, John McGraih, William Lawlcr, Michael Flannagao, Daniel Donahoe, Richard Konayan, John Clancy, Dennis Scanf.n, Owen .McDerinott, Patrick Whealon, Richard Gleeson, William McEnaily, James Fi igerald. Jan I Dor Thoinaa Kelly, William Hatren, Patrick Hughes, John O'iXinnell, PuirickiMcArdle. Eilward McArdle, Patrick Doyio, Philip Cotfy, Edwi"n MeArdle. James McUill, IHichael Doyle, Michael C.ionelly, Patrick O'Brien. James W. D.mougb. Thomas WaUh, ' Michael Harrington, Daniel ChtTord, Ji.hn Barry, Henry Fagin, I can well remember the chivalri.' deeds and ga'lao in the warot l-jl'i, and ii a'owed upon the young i:i opposition preoses throusi but no sooner had he ci Mexicans, and become a pirty fjr President, Ih mouthpie 1 Ol tho Uni vho cade file of tho Whig same Dernocratio are belching, forlh calumny upon lies upon lies againat the (uo-w old) s risked his lif.- for the lact forty n Ihe batlle- field at all times, it was where diiea e is ioevnable) h^r you study as a lawyer in a village law Demo- Bu , postscript, the wr sending them an article giving Iht cate apiial of New Hampshire, says: "There is one instance, however, of which we have positive knowledse, that a distinct r«» WASorrEBCD FOB A lEMPBHANCS CEaTiFlCAT be published in a certain temperance newspaper! John H-Geoboi, General Pierce's man Friday,* one 0/ IhtpartUt; and if he or the friends of Gene i'i.-rce dare deny this charge, they shall hear more of it! He or ihey would not like to meet that other party oo the wiineti stand, we reckon." > James U'DMniull, Patrick Devine, Edmond Fitzgerald, Edward Cosgrove, Terranee MtCurthy, Francis Geary, Wm. Cunningham, Michael Nolan, Patrick Canavan, Cnris Filzsiraon.s, David Roach, Charles O'Neelc, Wilhom Higgins, Riger Foley, wHliam Connelly, Edward Burke, JohnHeffernan, Owen Gleeson, Andrew Casey, James McEnaily, Peter McGennies, Patrick Powere, Thomas Clary, Pat. Sullivan, James Tearney, Patrick Stark, J.imes rtlcCloskey, John Hu Dani Wh Peter McLaughlin, James Clary, Edward Williams, Daniel Filzpatrick, Joseph Cummings, Patiick Rieley, Thomas McMannus. i\iichael Slaffjrd, James Reddio, Patrick Dallou, Philip Halpin, Patrick Glenon, James Burke, Johu Caesidy, Johu Hayes, .Matthew Ryan, William Grithn, Richard B..ylc, William Brown, James Daly, S'ephen McLaughlin Wiliiam McGown. ihouiasO'Neile, Garrit Wall, Wiliiam Brady, am Story. I and w I field S ! four years. Theae wrongs have at last taken th» right hold on me, and purged ine thoroughly of Locofocoism. I shall, will, and can support a man : of Scott's capacity, in preference to e.u unknown I citizen lor the Presidency. .\nd if you should I deem It proper to publiBh this, you a^e at Uberly to I uo eo. All that 1 have to say, in conclusion, la, i I am going for Scott and Graham I yCurs; respectfully, Jacob LAseiNBAnaH. snys it is the first let- English language for many years^ From the Brooklyn (N. Y) Meerliner, Sept. 27,. The " Harmonlonu" Democracy. When the members of any political party disa- gree and quarrel with each other in consider.ble numbers, it may be generally? regarded as an un- favorable augury of 8uc(>e8s In any eleciioneerlng projects which their lea 'erf may coniemplaie. '^ In this city u,...:. -(.r.- I. . :.,tween the factions V. Ill M ' . ,n Mvor of Messrs. Jobuo. I * a.,c aspi. I Willi CoNcoED, September 23, H52 We have met with a sliitemei;; in eeveral pspers that the Hon. J. S. C..ttman, ihe ..if mber of Con. riontd the Whig parly. bihI -j. I - ^ le for General Pierce. It is but .i ' '■' "oiao to say that this report i* * ■ ' ' i.i A recentBeveredomesiicafilii I ; ■ ■ ■> . ^ i.ui ing any active part in the p..lii..» .-.^i.-- -, bui as the report to which we reler n stiil repeated, it is but juBlice 10 bim to contradict it. — Baliimore Pat. The New poaled up ii. supporter of nict that the ^-5. Wo. : ■ ■■.:.-■■ -'.Uit ,. :,- I', ■:... .,1,1 deftat ,' o;_':.t lu.-.L . ciurB the- apphcjtit fj.-Ui.aBberifi'- ueh should hi; the caee ipede in thef^ainp, ieav- ,• do to clcot their several . .". generally well .■ :i licnita»e to pre- . I oliswUl triumph- u-^o-.nji, election, ia ■.vLikh csist ill tiW : ■ \ .orruplion which I y .,, .:ances by some of Ilj;it4le4 I.J secure nOtijj- 232 THE SIGNAL. THE SIGNAL, CITY OF WASHINGTON, OCT. 9, 1852. WHIG NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDEHT, WINFIELD SCOTT, Of New Jersey. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, Of Nonh Carolina. TONNAGE DUTIES. Much of our space is this week occupied with Mr. Truman Smith's speech in the Senate on Judge Douglas's plan of Tonnage Duties for harbor and river impiovemenls. Mr. Smith's speech presents a forcible ex- posure of the absurdity and injustice of the scheme with which the Illinois Judge at- tempted to perform the impossible task of reconciling the conflicting views and interests of sectional Democracy, and of counteracting the odium which General Pierce's Congressional career has e.xcited toward him in the West. Mr. S.MiTH laid bare the demagogical aims that lie at the bottom of the project, and demonstrated its ruinous bearings upon the industry and com- merce of States which have already suffered from Democratic hostility to internal improve- ments. The Senate, Democratic though it be, repudiated the proposition by one of the most decisive votes of the session; and we infer from the comments of Western journals that the Judge's efforts will fail as signally in that re gion. His coarse abuse of the Whigs will not suffice to iiild a pill so obviously detrimental to the Western I'armer, who knows well that every cent levied as tonnage duties will indi rectly fall upon the products of his labor and enterprise. The best evidence of the value of the speech of the Senator from Connecticut is the fact that Judge Douglas neglects no opportunity of as- sailing it in a style peculiarly his own. Un- able to gainsay its facts or to refute its reason- ings, he pours the full measure of his chaste, dignified, and truly Senatorial wrath upon the head of its author. ve Candidate. He was not a hero. He : I in orator. He was not a friend of in- iiiprovements. He was not consistent or ' iry on the slavery question, or the ' ic. : ,-st question. He was not a friend of THE CERTIFIED CANDIDATE. General Pierce came befojw the country ii June as the Negative Candidate. His recom inendalion to the Baltimore Convention was, that his character was a blank sheet of paper, on which the party could record whatever in- scription suited them best. His recommenda- tion to the country was, that nothing bad could be said against liim. It was not pretended that he had ever said or done any thing worth re- membering. A little inquiry showed, too late, that both calculations were erroneous. His political character, instead of being the spotless thing it was supposed to be, was found to be disfigured with blots BO wide and deep that they defied all aiii'inpis at erasure. Still he remained the Negat was m ternal satisla Cath. the old Indian warriors or their widows or children. He was not generous or just toward the widow of General Harrison. And, finally, he was not distinguished for a single quality of statesmanship while in either branch of Con- gress. He was, therefore, a filling type of what Carlyle calls the everlasting No. General Pierce now wears another charac- ter. He is the Candidate of Certificates — the Certified Candidate. His friends have exerted themselves to procure certificates from tavern keepers and boarding-house keepers as to his moral character^a needless, and, to our minds, a most unseemly proceeding. They got up cer- tificates of soundness from Messrs. Forsyth and Soule. They produced Freesoil certifi- cates of his friendliness to the South. They pro duced a Concord certificate on the Catholic question. Some of these led to certificates of an opposite character. Thus there were a mass of certificates to prove that he did utter Free- soil sentiments at New Boston. There were certificates of several hundreds of New Hamp- shire Catholics to prove that he never had been their friend, and that his party always had been theirenemies. These were certificates enough to satisfy the most tender conscience. They were suificient, certainly, to establish his reputation as the Certified Candidate. The Catholic certificates are the only ones just now under discussion. The moral certifi- cates appear weekly, to order, but with them we do not meddle, except to deplore their pro- duction as the poorest compliment that can be paid to General Pierce. With the Catholic statements the case is otherwise. They per- tain to a great public question, and though not necessary to strengthen the record as published, they are too important to be passed over with out notice, more especially in view of the course which the Democratic press has pursued in ference to them. The first, it is to be remembered, was of Democratic origin, and bore ihirly-six signa- tures. Of these one at least has been proved to be a forgery; two others are doubtful. Coun- ter-certificates — against General Pierce — fol- lowed with two hundred and forty signatures; and this morning we add another with one hui dred and one names attached. To destroy tli elTect of this overwhelming testimony against the Democratic candidate, his friends are assail ing the manner in which the signatures are al leged to have been procured; but, so far, with out any thing like conclusiveness or effect. The accusations against the promoters of the merously signed certificates are, in fact, only echoes of charges advanced and established against the promoters of the Democratic cer- tificate. We quote the statements of two New Hampshire papers upon this subject. First, from the Concord Slatesman of the 2d instant: " These are days of certificates, and thia number of the Statesman contains one signed by 101 Iri; men, of Concord and vicinity, who hold that Gt Pierce has not manifested any such peculiar des for the abolition of the religious test aa to cntule him to the regard of good Catholics. There is an essential difference between this cerliticate and that signed in Gen. Pierce's behalf by the thirty- sii Irishmen a few weeks ago. The men who signed this paper did it of their own free will, while of the thirty-six, nearly or quite three- fourths of them are employed upni the Concord Iroad, and therefore signed uniltr a degree of constraint which essentially abridg.-s tlie effect the , might have, wherever (he fact is known that it was signed mainly by men who work for cord road, the otBcers of which are strong friends of Gen. Pierce. It is hoped the Whig press in the Middle and Western States will do all in their power to circu. late this document as widely as possible. The Pierce and King party in Concord regarded the certificates signed by thirty-six Irishmen aa their best electioneering document of the campaign, informed that orders were transniilted hence to various portions of the country, directing that a sufficiency of copies be printed in handbills, postal the corner of every street, and pot into the hands of every Irishmen. Tocy boasted here that that certificate would be tho means of electing General Pierce. Give ihis certificate of the one hundred and Irishmen an equally broadcast distribution, friends of ScOTT and Graham, and it will complete- ly neutralizethecertificateof the thirty-six. This is the free-will testimony of one hujdrcd and one ishmen— that the constrained certificate of I'pe itives jn a public corporation i/i this town." The next is from the Manchester Americaa of the tt^e date : The Union Democrat is in very bad temper at the denunciations of the irishmen of Manchester, d although it presents not a fact to controvert em, indulges in vague and rambling insinua- ins and charges. Its balderdash is prefaced lore fraud,' and so far as it means any thing, it charges that the document was obtained by impo sition upon the Irish. The following, aside from being entirely false, discovers (we regret to say) very respectable accomplishments in Billingsgate: "'He (General Pierce) has labored always to re- niDVe Ihc illiberal disabilities imposed upon Catho- lics by our constitution, and for no motive under heaven but to promote the right and remove the wrong; yet these very men, at the instigation of Protectant knaves, permit their names to be used in testimony against him The black villainy of this transaction rests with Protestants in broad- cloth; the humbler crime of the Catholic in hum- bler garb is, to sanction with his name what he can easily ascertain to be a flagrant lie.' "Now, we have a plain story to tell concerning this manifesto, which however is not necessary to be narrated, for the manifesto speaks for itself, and must pass for what it appears, until it is proved otherwise. We make one or two statements, how- ever, (holding ourselves bound to prove them,) to put the Democrat's random charges forever at rest. The manifesto was written by a prominent Catho- lic of this city, and every name which appears ap- pended to it was brought to our office by Irish- men, or else the individuals themselves called and gave their names. IVe never asked atiy man to sign it. II was the work of the Catholics from be- ginning to end. We go farther, and pledge our- selves to publish the names of any number of the persons whose names are on that paper, provided they willcometo us and state that their names were obtained by fraud or deception. We will do no man injustice, in this or any other matter, if we know it. We say, therefore, that those Irishmen who signed the Manchester paper can have the benefit of our columns for a retraction at any lime when they may desire it. If this is not just, we know not what is. If we have done injustice to those Irishmen, we will repair the injustice so far as we are able. We say, farther, if any of them have changed their sentiments since signing the paper, they have the privilege of making a state- ment to that effect in our columns. THE SIGNAL. !iS3 " Let us have no sham about this matter. Let the Union Democrat walk square up to the work, and confront facts or else be eiient. If there has been any -fraud' on the pari of 'Protestant knaves' or -Proteetants in broadcloth,' out with it. We want no more circumlocution nor running round Robin Hood's barn. Therefore, if any thing is to be eaid about the matter, let it be said and proved. *' We are informed, on such evidence as wc con- sider reliable, that an attempt has been made by a prominent Democratic lawyer of this city to get up a counter statement among the Irish here. We are also informed (and are ready to give the proof) that an attempt has been made to induce some of the persons who signed the manifesto to go to a certain 'grocery' to sign a retraction." We do not preposs to reopen the questions to which the other certificates relate, or to in- quire into their effect upon General Pierce's position and prospects. They may cure him or they may kill him. We have a belief that they will kill him if he be not killed already But livings or dead — in the Presidency or ou of it— his right to the title of Certified Candi date will be indisputable forever. The two last named gentlemen I'nion men, but the tacts which they were never identified with u er of the Southern Rights ticket i vebecn called re state (how The reniain- ) all disunion- PIERCE LEADERS IN THE SOUTH. The division in the .Southern Democratic ranks assumes greater significance. The Union Democrats, awakening to a sense of the influ- ences which control the Pierce organization in that section, are more and more disposed to re- sent the manner in which they have been out- manceuvred, and to break an alliance in which the sacrifice is altogether on their side. The Sonthern Rights Democrats, again, flushed with their present advantage over the Union men, resume their old imperious airs, and pur- sue a course more likely to widen than to heal the existing breach. These features of the contest are most dis- tinctly marked in Georgia, where aflfairs have been brought to a crisis by the action of the Atlanta Convention. The "Southern Rights majority of that body carried matters somewhat too high a hand; they demanded Ihat all concessions should be on the side of the Union members; and the ticket finally adopted left no doubt as to their intentions or their strength. The Marietta (Ga.) Constitutional Union — one of the dissentient Democrats — thus epitomizes the political characteristics of the individuals put forward by the Atlanta Con- vention as entitled to the support of the Pierce party in the State: " Wm. L. Mitchell said that' when his spirit is waf.ed to Heaven on angel's wings, he desires to look back as be goes on the broken fragments of the American Union.' " Hon. Wilson Lumpkin did not undertake to sav whether a State could peaceably secede or not ; but decided that secession ought to take place even though it should be revolution, and this as late as the canvass of last year. "Hon. Wm. Schley said that ' he would rather vote for Rhett for President than forany man north of the Potomac' " Hon. H. V. Johnson wasadisunionistfrom poli- cy, but finding it a mistaken one, is not disposed to insist upon it at present. "Jos. E. Brown, teq , and the alternate of Chero- kee county, defended throughout the resolutions of the Nashville Convention, and were wholly iden tilled with its scheme of •resistance ' "Hon. Hugh A. Haralson acted throughout with the Southern Rights party, though objecting to some of its heresies. "R. W.Flournoy, esq., acted with the Union party, but clung to the heresy of the right of t>eaceable secession. With such men to lead the Fierce party, it is not wonderful that we hear of Union Demo- crats who intend to withold their support from the Atlanta ticliet. Colonel .Jackson, of Sa- vanah, has been trying to prove that no differ- ence in principle ever existed between Union and Southern Rights Democrats, but his efiorts in this direction appear only to have satisfied the Union Democrats more completely of the extent to which they are compromised by the prevailing Democratic organization. We have not discovered an instance in which Mr. Pierce's Southern Rights supporters dis- avow their distinguishing and obnoxious opin- ions. They are Secessionists at heart still. The defiant tone of Mr. Forsyth of the Co lumbus (Ga.) IHvies — he who claims Pierci as the product of the creative power of the Se cessionists — is proof of this. His issue of the 29lh ult. aflirms his continued adherence to the Secessionist avowals of 1850. The principles volved are merely kept in abeyance, he says — not abandoned. The Richmond Times of Saturday states that Mr. R. K. Cralle, of Virginia, one of the most fiery nullifiers in the land, "is an ar ' dent supporter of General Pierce, and de- ' ' dared in a recent publication that he is. the ' only Presidential candidate sinceithe days of ' Mr. Monroe in whose election he, Mr. • Cralle, has felt the slightest interest." It is not unfair to assume that these Seces- sionist supporters of General Pierce have valid reasons for regarding him with favor. They know well their grounds of preference, and act with full reliance on his availability for their purposes. His silent acquiescence in their pretensions serves them more effectually than any other course that he could adopt. The Keystone State. io)i is confident that Pennsyl The Ui will give a triumphant majority to Pierce. Four years ago it was equally sure that the State would prove Democratic, as is manifest from such articles as the following, which we cut from the semi-weekly issue of September 29, 1848: "The Old Keystone.— Is there, can there he, the least room for cavil about the result of the elec- tion in this staunch old key of the arch.' "The boisterous claims of the Whigs (and what don't they claim') would lead one to suppose that they made large calculations upon whatth gade, IVilmot, was likely to accomplish among the rock-built Democracy of that ancient republi- can bulwark. Pennsylvania has but once faltered or wavered. The roaring hurricane of 1840 swept over her with its coon skins and cider barrels, and carried it by a few hundreds; but the good old ship soon righted again, and has since rode out many i storm in safety and triumph. She will do so again Pennsylvania doubtlul! It cannot be. It is a stig ma upon her good nime, a libel indulgf in such idle whims will be compelled to laugh a' their own credulity and fully in the 'ides of No vcinber.' Fraud and falsehood have too often been driven from a foothold in the canvass the look lor any thing now but an utter defeat Taylor's majority in this "ancient republi- can bulwark" exceeded 13,000. The Union should remember its false prophecies, and be modest. Freesoil Wilmot, denounced in 1848 as a "renegade," is now actively engaged in the canvass fur Pierce. fVom the Daily liepuUic of Sept. 29. SENATOR MKRIWETHER'S "PAY ANU ALLOWANCES"— A CONTRAST. Mr. Meriwether, the short-term Senator from Kentucky, has labored to wm immortality as an economist. He felt the force of the honor hich a melancholy accident conferred upon him, and appears to have resolved to show himself worthy of it by diving deep into the financial mysteries of the Government. He came to Washington with patriotic notions of Senatorial purity; and took his seat in the Sen- ate with a determination to be at once a bright example in his own person, and a terror to evil- doers throughout the Union. The public purse had been plundered, Mr. Meriwether fancied; and what mission could he have more worthy of his fleeting distinction than to bring to light the culprits, and to fix upon their heads the in- dignation of an outraged people? But Mr. Meriwether is a mortal, and, worse still, a Democrat. He had aims lofty and pure, but the frailty of manhood and the oreferences of the partisan stood between him- self and their accomplishment. His inquiry, lofty and pure in its inception, was uncon-. sciously turned into a narrow channel, and in- stead of embracing the wide range of abuses which originally presented themselves to his mind, it was limited to the imagined delinquen- cies of a single officer. By a strange coincidence, WiNFiELD Scott was nominated for the Pres- idency shortly after the period at which Mr. Meriwether assumed Senatorial honors; and the occurrence seems to have suggested to the Senator the manifold advantages which would accrue to him if he, a member of the Demo- cratic party, could kill politically the nominee of his opponents. General Scott had devoted his life to the service of his country, and for that service had received the pay and allowances to which his position in his profession entitled him. Mr.. Meriwether looked into the public ledger and found that in this way the General had eceived an amount which struck his — the Sen- ator's — modest mind as monstrous. Mr. Mer- iwether rose before his colleagues lo demand assistance, that the General's misdeeds might be ascertained and Proclaimed. A committee was granted, and in due season Mr. Meri- wether's report was presented to the Senate. This document revealed the fact that General Scott, during forty-four years of active public service, has received $251 ,28670 as the amount of his regular p.iy and allowances, and $39,- 290 48 as extra allowances to meet extra ser- vices and extra expenses occurring in the same period. The whole account stood thus: General Scott, for forty-four years' military and civil service, including all extras.$290,577 18 Mr. Meriwether stood aghast at the result of his own labors. He had never dreamed of such extravagance in a republic. The receipt of it, he declared, was " grand larceny;" and General Scott must be the most extravagant, extortionate, and corrupt public man living. The vocabulary of Kentucky contained no lan- guage too strong to be employed in reprobation of such conduct ; and after recovering from his astonishment, Mr. Meriwether concluded not only that he had blasted the reputation of the Whig nominee, but that he had secured for himself a large corner in the heart of Mr. Pierce. That the report of Mr. Meriweth er was not fair towards the subject of it mat- tered little; that it omitted some material points and directly falsified others weighed not upon his THE SIGNAL • ml, lor he is a Democrat; Ibal it did scanda- lo IS injustice to one who has contributed more to ilie glory of his country than any other living man, was a gLoall defect, tor the hero whom it wronged is a Whig; that the report wag aUo Mr. Meriwether's forty-four years'. Senatorial \vhich every intelligent reader will reoognis* service.. - $413,826 25 as contrary to truth. General Scoti'a forty-four years' ■'General Scott," the Union aays, " re- luililary and civil service 290,577 18]ceiveB $18 08 per ditin. The Wathinglon 1 Republic," it adds, "gives this as the amount.' gether a partisan document, and as iiiean, un- 1 Increase of Meriwether's pay and j General Scott does not now receive the wcr true, and ungenerous as the rankest partisan- | allowances over Scott's $123,251 07 j dum staled, and the Republic has notsaid that ship could make it, was, in short a mer.t, not j ^Ve will not attempt to calculate the relative a fault, and one on which Mr. Meriwether ,.^^^^ („ j^e country of the two services. We was prepared to stake his Senatorial reputation ^..,i, „„i d,aw a comparison between -the pay 1 he country thought that the threatened to which Mr. Meriwether is or, would be en- revelalion ended in smoke, and that instead of damaging General .Scott it only damaged its authors. Mr. Meriwether, of course, thought otherwise; and having contributed his (juota to the canvass, he balanced his accounts, packed his trunk, and returned to his constituents with a full measure of Democratic glory upon his head. Mr. Meriwether, though absent in body yet lingers in spirit in the public ledger. H( has left his mark there as a public man, and must consent to be judged by it now and here after. He figures there as a recipient of pub lie money, and we have taken trouble to look there, that we may make a better estimate of the man. It cannot be doubted that the ex- amination will redoitiid to his honor, ^t cannot be imagined that he, a perfect purist in iinance, has left a fraction which a luture Meriwether may not scrutinize. Let us see. Mr. Meriwether, before he left, did rot forget to charge the usual per dim for his ser- vices, and the mileage to which his conscience taught him he was entitled. The record shows that he labored in the Senate forty eight days, and the world knows that he came from Louis- ville. His Senatorial receipts, under the two heads, were these: tilled, and the pay to which the deeds of & His present regular pay as Major General is nearer $12 than $18; the lat- ter being the average per diem of the forty-four years' brilliant services that are comprised in Mr. MERiwETHEn's report. Forty eight days Mileage .$384 00 ,. 8.52 00 Total $1,236 00 Now how does ihis mileage item comport with the charges for the same item made by Whig Senators ? Three lines shall tell : Mik». Mileage. M. Clait charged for 560, and received $448 Mr. Ukuerwood " 740, " 592 Mr. Mi-B.WETHER" 1,065, " 852 Mr. Meriwether came from Louisville, Mr. Clay from about one hundred miles on this side of that city, Mr. Underwood from i about one hundred miles beyond it; yet Mr. Meriwether charged for one thousand and sixty- five miles, when, according to the ac- counts of the Whig Senators, he ought not to have charged for more than six hundred and fifty or six hundred and sixty miles. That is pretty well for a Democratic economist, par excellence. The contrast does not end here. Mr. Meri- wether has challenged General Scott's pay and allowances, and Mr. Meriwelher shall be tried by General Scott's standard: General Scott's pay and allowances, j)cr diem, during his forty {urn yean' service, were— including all extras $18 08 Mr. Meriwether's pay and allowances, per diem, for forty-eight duyn' ser- vice, were 25 75 Showing a difference in General Scott's favor, per day, of J7 67 Supposing, for the purposes of illu8tr;ition, that Kentucky and the country were blessed wiih Mr. Meriwether's services for forty-lour years, and he were to draw pay and allowances for the whole period at the rate established by himself during his short term, the contrast of lotaU would stand thus: eral Scott entitle him. We will not draw aj^"'' embracing large amounts of extra expen- ditures not personally chargeable to General Scott. Taking the case as prepared by his enemies, his past pay averaged $18 08, and we are sure that the country will consider that at that rale his services have been purchased cheaply. It will not begrudge $18 per day to the greatest living general, as his gross ex- penditure through a long and brilliant period; nor will it deem $12 [ler day too high for him at present. The Union may make the must of both facts. Neither General Scott nor his party has any ground for being ashamed of them. As matters stand, General Scott and his friends may reasonably ha proud upon this point. He has the satisfaction of knowing that the pay he has received has been less by one-fourth than that of the Senator 'who as- sailed him. General Scott will enter the Presidential chair a true economist, for while he, with with all his services, and all tlie ex- tras of prolonged military and civil duties, has not cost the country more than $18 08 per dav, iMr. Meriwether, a Democratic Senator from Kentucky, has cost $25 75 per day. How is it that the Union, which has not courage to defend Mr. Meriwether, or inge- nuity to help liim, has not fairi;tss enough to condemn him ? It is indignant at the thought that a public man has received amounts "with- out law," but when it comes to particulars it is dumb. It has no word of rebuke for Mr. Mf.kiwether, who has drawn from the Trea- sury ueaily double the amount of mileage to which he was entitled. But Mr. Meriwether is a Democrat, and the Union must wink at Democratic delinquencies. Nor is the Union willing to face our ques- tions concerning Mr. Soui.E. It is appalled at the idea of General Scott making a 6p'orgi«, in ing wilti them, nro ri quired to eacrifirc every e.iple— to reco|fni«c, In future, lh« Souihorn Uights party nt the true Demorralir pirty, and its inciplos nn aw principles— and perhops at eoine lure day, when they have ceased to dinpii-o u»os icerable slaves, they will kindly hcetow upon some of the most servile a post of honor In their party. "And is this the only Democratic party in Geor- gia? Ij UiU to lie III: D. ijiocratic organization of SUiii'. . I'l Ti '. 'I ..r out of il, lor years tu irr' l! ' i v,-!>o thiniifl it worth while pc:,: i'l 11 xion, ever Bguin eel us dowu;iri,i..: ,i:.,:, , ,at— cla!B usiailicr iiny- wherecluLi U'l , '.n_:.,ii h— h heaven, we wnuld as soon become a 'lat'or day saini' or a French Ja- cobin as be buried in the whitcd sepulchre ot Southern Democracy, filled as it is wiih all the elcmenis designed for the rtealruction of the Amr ri- can Union. We prefer the election of Pierce to oilher that of Scott or Webster. But a» a Iriei.d of tlic Union and of tiie principles of Pierce, we pee- ler the Buccess of Scoit or Webster in Georgia to the success of the Southern Righia party. Aa we hnve snid before, there is much liBS duiigrr to be apprehended from Scott's election than from iho triumph of those in Georgia who are in favor of lakiuglJie State out of the Union." That is a statement of the case by a Union Democrat, and we ask if it does not literally bear out the views we have urged in relation to ihe character of the controlling elements in the Democratic party, and its consequent repug- nance to consistent lovers of the Union. It is satisfactory to find that there are men entitled to be heard upon this question, as Democrats, who deem the defeat of Pierce pre.'erable to his election as the candidate of Secessionists. • The Athens (Ga.) Banner, another Demo- cratic Union journal, declares that "thousands ' of Union Democrats and Whigs are b irning ' with indignation at the arrogance of the Sn- ' cession faction." It prefaces a second article with the interrogatory, "Will you relurn as slaves to your Southern Rights masters?" which it answers thus: "The attempt made by a email portion of the Union Deinociats recently assembled at Atlanta lo surrend..!- tiiC grt il luKiyof ihsir Union Demo- the op- The' ■By the t ly the txeri i tliey done to ca owed their err nion Dcmocrati ,ve they only si ty until they can jority? Notasa. Southern Rights or . . ^ every principle whht- ,. asacimoe; and wlnt oa u Why the vote of Georgia Would the result justify ' To gel the ascendeu'^y in the State ! ince thes. have re ri» right? And-vhn pledges ? ! : they dec':.- ■ hi and ti.i v ubn- of that J BUppOl 10 Pierce and King sacrifice? Let us see. Geofgia, Southern RighH ,r Pierce and King. The p.tjoMu, ;o ;i 1.1. ill :i..iu chuuld think fore uiumeDL of 3UbmiUing, we are borne out by the whole history ot ibe trnneaction. "1. The very object for which the meeting was called, as indicated in the card of the Union Exe- cutive Committee who called it, was to reunite the two divisions of Ihe Democratic party of Georgia upon the sole basis of 'conciliadoji and coMPao- MisK.' The words of the committee arc— me that this proposed meeting shall _ shull know in what spirit our'^move- mcnls lor conciliation and compromise will be re ceived by the friends and supporters of the electo- ral ticket now in the field ' "Evidently alluding to the proposition which had just been made in the letter of Governor Cobb for a reorganization of the electoral ticltct in such a manner as thai both divi-'oT--. ..f i!- .-iriy migfit t>e fairly represenied of i' pable inference upon i ■. ■ onbss this jusl and rea?..:. . h ivr- 1 1"- ai-ceded to on the ot!r r ; , ■ ( .iH should put forth an eb . V uiight rally iu vindica 'i. The failure to put up a Union Deinocraiic ,, , , , k ;, after the ofTer for a compromise ticket bad t 'iia 1 bfcn rejecte.-f, was, Ihcrelore.not the feast to whirh ri the I Union Democrats were, invited at Atlanta. UnUaa Why we greatly underrate both their spirit and their nded as ' gitod Ecnse, they will refuse to partake of it at the "' ballot-box in November. ••2. ft v.'as int''ndcd a's a practical surrender from the known fart in the history of elections that the mass of the voters n.vor remain mutrai, 6od havin" no tirkci in Ibetir-ld to represent their itf\l Dimo- 1 of iheii ifice to the d. They preserve t ion organization, it stronger than lingle principlr They simply ' 'for Pierce and King as a choice I Union electoral ticke feelings, very naturally r. son to the one or the other of those which are before them as a mere choice bet"-een evils. The nririiral result of the omission to pot forth a ■ill, therefore, be to thron 236 THE SIGNAL. the Union Democrats upon the nccesBity of voting: the present eecession ticltet, or of refusing to vote at all. No man can doubt to which one of theee aUernalivea the proceedinga at Atlanta lead. "3. It was a surrender not only without authori- ty—in direct contradiction to the very ohject for which the meeting was called— but it was a sur- render by a mere handful of men who had no right to commit the great body of the Union Democracy to such an act of degradation. So far from turn iag out to be the -mass meeting' of the party, called by the executive committee, we have not beard the whole number of persons present esti- mated higher than two hundred and fifty nor lees than fifty. It was about upon a par with ine Scott meeting, which assembled there a few days before, and, upon the most favorable calculation, fifty in number less than tlie great mass meeting of three hundred which ve learn recently met at Bostoiito nominate Daniel Webster for the Presidency. We adduce the smallness of the number to prove thai they had not the warrant of numbers to overrule the apeofic objects for winch the meeting was called; and this wc aver from the record to have been, first, a * compromise' ticket between the two wings; and secondly, in failure thereof to nomi- nate one for which Union Democrats might vote consistently with their rights as members of the Democratic party of Georgia, entitled to a fair representation upon the ticket in support of the National Democratic nominations. "4. A3 if to make the surrender more glaring and unjust, we are informed that the nieeiing 'condemns the policy of the Southern Rights wing of the party in refusing to compromise the electoral ticket.' "Thus it is that, after having met for the avowed purpose of effecting a compromise ticket, and after having so reasonable a demand rejected by the Secessionists, they come to the conclusion to pock- el the wrong, and either to vote for those who in- flicted it, or to place the great body of their politi- cal friends under the moral necessity of doing so ! Instead of carrying out the noble maxim of General J^ckBon—' Ask nothing but what is right, and svi- mil to nothing that is wrong' — they haveimproved both upon his wisdom and his spirit by stopping in the middle; they have dared to usk what is right, but, being refused, have concluded that it was best to submit to what is wrong, when it was in their power to have protected themselves against their oppressors' The question presented at the head of this ai tide for the consideration of the great body of Union Democrats, now recurs: 'WiiJ they return as slaves to their Southern Righta masters.'" who, in a separate convention, and at a time when the two wing's of the parly were at war upon questions growmg out of the Compromise, put forih an electoral ticltet of their own exclusive choice- composed exclnUvely (with but one single exception in IMr. FlouMioy) of men of their wing of the party— and which they obsti- nately refuse to remodel upon the principle of compromise or mutual concession— the only prin- ciple of party reunion that can be tolerated by ■freemen." The Cassville (Ga.) Standard, a Democratic pper of the same class, is not less marked in its repurfjation of the Atlanta Convention. We will add an extract from the minority report presented to that body by Union Democrats as confirming and illustrating the strictures of these journals. It is as follows : "Notwithstanding the overture.-? for conciliation and harmony among the friends of Pierce and King, made by the Union party, we have failed to «ecure an. /i«norai)(e compromise of Ihe difficulties which have divided us. We have for two years maintained, against the fiercest opposition, the principles of Pierce and King, and we would glad- ly again have witnessed the triumph of those prin- ciples in Georgia; but that triumph, in our concep- tion, can never be effected through the Southern Rights organization. The principles of that organ- ization and of the men who compose it are at war with the principles of the National Democratic party, and are sectional and revolutionary in their tendency. Consistently, therefore, with our prin- .niplcs, andt in the language of a once distinguished :U.nion man, 'with our self respect' we cannot .ihic^t of giving our support to the ticket no' the &eld." Prom the Republic of Oct. 4. What would the metropolitan organ ot the Democracy do without us? Within the last forty-eight hours it has devoted a dozen arti- cles — positively a dozen — to our use and benefit. And its tone, while doing this, is so courteous, I gentlemanly, so argumentative, so conclu- ve! It charges us with "a lie" only once; ith "endorsing i shameftil falsehood" but once; with "base and wilful fabrication of the truth" no more than once; with "frauds" not mure than twenty times ; with "disreputable devices" scarcely more often; and with less specific crimes and frailties almost too fre- quently for our powers of computation. It piles up the agony" through many columns, and e.vhausts itself in an effort to bury us under an avalanche of words. We are more sorry for the Union than for ourselves; for abuse, like wit, is potent only when pointed. Elabora- n is fatal to it. If the Union must look to this journal for topics, why does it overlook two or three inter- esting queries which we have printed again and n? By what mishap has it failed to notice the inquiry concerning Mr. Soule's receipt of Senatorial pay while engaged in electioneering for General Pierce'? Or the inquiries touch- ing Mr. Meriwether? Or the oft-repeated wish to see certain suppressed letters of Gene- ral Pierce? Or the manifest anxiety to know its own views in relation to the public lands and internal improvements? Or the natural licitude for its safety as an ally of sectional- ists whom it has denounced, and who have de- nounced it as unworthy of confidence and respect? We will not add to the interrogatories to- day. As they stand, they are enough to afford material for a single issue of the Union, and we have an ample store in reserve for its fu- ture supply. We protest, however, against being expected to furnish topics for our con- temporary unless we are also permitted to offer a word of advice in reference to its manners. It is difficult, we are aware, to restrain a paper which mistakes hard words for strength, and confounds columns of words with arguments. Still, we submit, that our contemporary should) its neighbors liars not oftener than once a k, instead of daily; and that it should be content with pronouncing them scoundrels, im posters, and mendicants once in every sheet, instead of in every article. We offer both the subjects and the sugges- tion with great humility, and beg that the Union will condescend to take ihem into con- sideration. "United Democracy. " We have already collated evidence ot the fact that there is no valid union between the two sections of Southern Democracy, and that the Southern Rights sectiw support Pierce as an instrument with which to ac- complish ulterior purposes, and not with any intention of giving up their secessionisin. We append further proof from the Columbus (Georgia) Scnlinel, a Southern Rights print: "Inasmuch, therefore, as there is no probability that the Southern Rights men can vote for a can didate of their own with a chance of aflfecting th( prospects of either of the candidates of the nationa parties, it is their bounden duty to cast their votei and influence for that candidate who is most favor ably incUned to State Rights. "This, we understand from his letter, ia the posi tion ot General Quitman. This, also, is the posi tion of Mr. Tony; and this is the position of the great body of Southern Rights men in Georgia. " They do not propose to merge the Southern Right: party into the Democratic party. They have but little more confidence in the Democrats of tl North than they have in the Whigs of the North. In other words, the Southern Rights men in Georgia do not intend to abandon their sectional organization, and will bring it into full play against Union Democrats when tlie pendin contest is ended. A PROMISE OF WAR. Senators Douglas, Cass, and Weller are laboring to indoctrinate the Democratic mind with the necessity of making the annexation of Cuba a part of the Presidential platform; and two of the three are propounding filibusterism and war as the agencies through which the de- sired object IS to be consummated. Senator Soule, meanwhile, is bidding for the votes of the Maine fishermen in behalf of Pierce, with a promise of war against Eng- land on the fishery question. The Augusta (Me.) Jlge reports him as follows: "The question of the fisheries was one of deep and national interest to the people of this country, especially to the North. They were the nuraeri^» of those hardy, honest men whose services we msy desire ere long in quite another enterprise. Mr. Soule intimated that tlicre may y(t be a rupture be- tween this country and ihe only rival which she fias upon the earth, fje believed Ihe fishery question had been hastily dealt with. Mind me, said Mr. Soul4, 1 would not be understood as casting any reflec- tion upon the distinguised statesman the Secretary of State, a man of mighty genius and ability. But being' a man, he is subject to error; and being a Whig, [great laughter,] is almost willing to commit it. [Tremendous cheering.] Had our Government been active and seen the real position of things, they might have dictated terms which would have resulted to the greatest interest of the nation. The matter was allowed to rest. Eng- land, wi h characteristic shrewdness, discovered that though the Executive was passive, the people of the United States were aroused on the subject, and, in advance of any action on the part of our Government, ordered her naval fleet withdrawn, tickled the ears of certain ministers, and you are now told that the fishery diflaculties are at an end. Are they.' [Cries of "No," "No," "Never!"] No, they are not at an end. If they are with the IVhigs, iliey are not with the incoming Democratic administration. Mr. Soule had no desire to see the country at war; neither did he wish silently to witness her sacred honor imposed upon. The best way to avoid serious difliculty is never to eiiffcr the first infringement upon your rights. It wilt be tlie duty of those who come into power in Marchnext to rectify the errors of the present Administration." These would be ominous words from any leader ot the party, but proceeding from Mr. Soule they are indeed significant. He is de- clared to be the "creator" of Mr. Pierce's Presi- dential chances, and will inevitably occupy a prominent place in his councils if he be elected. The Senator from Louisiana is dividing the labors of the contest with "the Little Giant" from Illinois, and will unquestionably share with him the honors of victory or the mortifica- tion of defeat. They are the only leaders of note who have thoroughly identified themselves with Mr. Pierce's fortunes; the others follow General Cass's e.xample, and do no more than is absolutely necessary to prevent their expul- sion from the church. Of Mr. Soule's censure of the present Ad- ministration for its action on the subject of the fisheries, we need not speak. Not a single privilege to which our fishermen are entitled has been conceded by Mr. Fillmore or Mr. Webster, who have maintained the rights justified by treaty and insisted upon by Demo- cratic predecessors. Mr. Soule's Gallic anti- pathies might have been gratified by an aban- donment ot friendly diplomacy, and the substi- tution of costlier and more deadly agencies; but the sober thought of the community will repu- diate his appeals to passion, and will ratify the temperate yet firm and satisfactory policy of Mr. Fillmore and his advisers. We must assume either that Mr. Soule, in his anxiety to serve the Democratic nominee, is anxious to gain the votes of his auditors by a resort to the clap-trap of the demagogue, or that he is proclaiming the settled foreign po- licy of the first DonoLAS cabinet that may be called into existence. The two positions are not irrecuncileable, and may jointly present no more than the truth. Separately or together. THE SIGNAL. 237 they are valid grounds for a marked condemna- tion of the Senator and the cause he advocates. " PiEP^CE and War" may suit Mr. Soule's fancy, and may be popular with congenial au- diences ; but much more than pretty rhetoric is needed to make them palatable to the coun- try. The New Vork Exprest remarks : "When honorable Senators in Confrress, repre- senting sovereign States of thia Confederacy, thus talk 80, from Tennessee and Michigan to Maine, it becomes quite time for considerate people to aslc, and to demand to know what they mean. That war with Spain ia cantemplated for the forcible an- nexation of Cuba— war at all hazards, and involv. ing all consequences, is quite evident from the Micbig-an eloquence of Senators Doufrlas and Wel- Icr— and that war is thought of, to say the least, with Breat Britain, in the matter of the fisheries, is quite evident also from Mr. Soule's Maine speech. Are we mere alarmists, then, when wo so lepeat- cdly cry— 'Bewaee !' " 'There may be a bupctbe' with Great Britain, says Mr. SouM— and nothing is more possible, wc admit, if the Government ever falls into rash and reckless hands, such as seem stretched out for war. . 'The fishery difficulties are not at an end,' adde Mr. Soule— and certainly not, we know, if Mr^ Fillmore's wise direction of them is to be upset by an 'incoming administration,' as Mr. Soulfe de Clares and predicts. 'It will be the duty of Mr. Pierce, if elected, in March next to rectify the crrorsof the present Administration.' "Now . this SECTIFICATION of errors becomes a very serious business: and if Mr Soul6 means anything— if he in not uttering mere froth— he means war— the three little siniple innocent letters of Kossuth — W A-R. There are no errors of Mr. Fillmore to rec- tify. He has followed exactly in the pathuof the ad- niinietratinn of Gen. Jackson, Mr. VanBuren, Mr. Tyler, and Mr. Polk; and if they committed 'er- rors,' there is no rectification of them short of 'war.' To do otherwise thiin they have all done, is to insist upon fishing within three miles of the shore, in spite of the convention of 1S18, and to bring our fleet to the Bay of Nova Scotia to meet the British fleet, gun to gun, just there; and what is this but war. Mr. Van Buren's administration had much correspundence with Great Britain on the eul of the fisheries — just as Mr. Fillmore's adtninii tion is having — and everything insisted upon by Mr. Van Buren's administration, Mr. Fillmore's administration is insisting upon, too. To 'rectify their errors* is to go furtlicr than they have gone, or dared to go; and this is certain, inevitable war. indeed Mr. Soule, throughout, scarcely disguises what he is after, notwithstanding his disclaiming— if he is after any thing but a frothy speech on the stamp to gull the people of Maine— a presumption we simll not indulge in towards an honorable Senator." THE CATHOLIC CERTIFICATES. The attempts of the central Democratic or- gan to wriggle out of the difficulties raised by the late batch of Catholic certificates are very amusing;. It objects to tliem because they bear "on their faces the mari: signatures, and paraded it as a great aflair, but certifisates with the signatures of two hundred and forty Catholics against Gen- eral Fierce are not to their taste. The certificates will circulate, and will exer- cise influence, nevertheless. We are willing that they shall be judged on their own merits, satisfied that an examination of them will con- vince any candid observer as to the position of the Democratic party in New Hampshire the Catholic test question. That question is not, as some of the journals would have us ti believe, a mere struggle between sects or par ties, but in reality involves considerations that must be dear to every friend of religious equality. Senator Soule. We believe that a committee appointed by Congress is now sitting to conduct an inquiry into certain Mexican claims, with the view bringing to light frauds that are alleged to have been committed on the Government of the United States. The frauds — real or suppos ed — consist in having received money from the Government without having rendered conside- ration for it, or without having experienced the losses which, under the Mexican commission, entitled the claimants to it. Of this committee Senator Soule is the chairman, and in that capacity he is expected to take a full share of the labor necessary to detect the imputed frauds. For the perform- ance of this duty he is believed to be in the receipt of eight dollars per day. Senator Soule has duties to discharge in another capacity. He is engaged in attending Democratic meetings at the North, and, in unison with John Van Buren, is making speeches in favor of General Pierce. We desire to be enlightened on three points connected with these facts: First. Can Mr. Soule reconcile with his ise of duty to the country his abandonment of the post to which his Senatorial colleagues levated him, no doubt in consequence of his supposed fitness for the task to be performed? Second. Is Mr. Soule entitled to his Sena- torial pay of eight dollars j)er diem while he is travelling through the country on an election- eering tour? Third. Supposing Mr. Soule to receive eight dollars per day for work which he does not perform, is he a proper gentleman to pre- sent a report on frauds perpetrated upon the public treasury? We ask for information. A MESSAGE FROM MASSACHUSETTS. The sulijoined letter aflords our southern eadcrs a lilimpse of the tactics of General 'iKiti F,, :ii:cl iliH friends with whom he is most niiMinicly :iss,iciated in the campaign. The iiairniinis (ii ,.\ir correspondent in reference to he ckciioiii i.-fing elTorls of the Democratic lominec are in accordance with facl.s that have been published at difl'crent stages of the can- vass, and form a pungent s'nMil.nn'li"sK'ui!"n the iits.y. ir V. lib the such pruceed- We owe an apology to numerous correspond- ents who have addressed to us letters of inquiry on matters connected with the campaign. In many instances the inquiries involve the ex- amination of files, or the reference to documents not immediately accessible; in others, the infor- mation is sought in a shape which we are un- able to supply. When practicable, we reply privately and at imc.p. When this is not done, our correspondents must assume that vi-e need time, and bear with us accordingly. All of them shall have attention in due season. Coalitionists is indisputabb' ings as those of the Massachusetts Democrats fresh in the memory of the public: Waltham, Mass, Sept. 27, 1852. To the Editor of the f-Vaahington Republic: I saw an .rticle in a Republic of last week taken from the Wtishington Union complaining of Gen- eral Sc»TT, and stating that he was out West elec- tioneering t.?id making speeches, and getting crowds of people around hini. The article seemed to intimate that General Pierce did not work for himself. The editor of the Union is mistaken. Frank Pierce has been flying through the New England States like a madman ever since his nomination. It is but a short time since he was in this little quiet town. About a week since, he was in Boston for four or five days. The Union does not hear of his movements, because there is noen- thmiaam among the people when he moves, unless there be a great deal of preparation, and a great expenditure of money. There is trouble in the Coalition camp here, and General Frank has been down here a long time to heal ii up, and to get the Freesoilera and Democrats to unite on Presidential electors, so that he can carry Masisachasettc. Hallett, and Greene, and Beard, and the Boston Times and Post, talk much about their National Democratic princi- ples, to deceive the Southern Democrats. Secretly they are all in favor of a coalition on Presidential eleciors, and Gen. Pierce has been down here to lend his assistance to the bargain. He is very intimate with the editors of the Boston Times, one of whom was a Coalition Senator last fall, and is now at work, and hand and glove with the rankest of the Abolitionist, to get the same place. It is well un derstood here that the Democ.-atic papers shall abuse the Freesoilers in public, and talk against coalition; but secretly, and in private, they arc hugging each other, darkeys and i\ll, for the offi- ces. They talked very hard against coalition last year, but went into it with a rush. There was a great deal of noise here about Pierce w.'ien he was first nominated; but it has for the most j'^art died away. The noise is now on General Scott's side, and it grows louder and louder, and his fir«> grows hotter and hotter. Let me repeat what I said in the beginning, that Frank Pierce is a noted election- cerer, and is flying from town to town, silen'Jy, but always moving. He has a host of hungry m.'!n at his heels, looking into his face with anxiou.s eyes. If he gives all the Nev/ Englandcrs ofBces who have been on his trail since he was nomi- nated, there will be very few left for the Democrats of the South or West. There is not a Loco in New Hampshire who does not expect an office. Hallett is wide awake, and in the best of spirits. Pierce is but a fraction of what a President ought to be. His best friends here are wondering yet how it hap- pened that he was nominated. ANTI-COALITIONIST. It is worthy of remark in this connexion that the Democratic organ in this city has made no attempt to contradict or explain the statemenfg we published some days ago relative to the ex- ertions of some of General Pierce's prominent friends to advance the object:! of the Massachu- setts coalition. We are not aware that the Boston Fast — one of whose editors is compro- mised by the proceedings to which we refer — has ventured to present a justification. And we fancy that the New Jlamphsire Patriot, published under General Pierce's inspection, will in this instance shrint from a denial of words found in its own coLu mns. The occur- rences are too recent to be m isrepresented with impunity, and too unprincip Igd to admit of a published palliation. • ■ 238 THE SIGNAL, GENERAL PIERCE'S CERTIFICATES. We have alladed incidentally to the zeal irt' iSlr. Pierce's Deinooralic neighbors in prootiring and publishing certificates of his per- sonal respectability. The circumslance, though little commented on out of New Hampshire, is in reality one of the moat notable on the Dcm ocratic side of the canvass. It indicates be- yond mistake the conviction on the part of the Democracy of the necessity of building up for their candidalea reputation; and implies a conces- sion of much, if not all, that the Whigs ever urged in relation to his position before the pub- lic and his party. If the Whigs have made any efforts to im- peach Mr. Pierce's private character, they have not fallen under our observation. Scaiidal may have been heard here and there concerning iiim, as it is of every man; but there is not a panicle of proof that recognised Whig journals or speakers have alleged or insinuated aught tjiat is prejudicial to his character as a genile- man. It has been assumed that in private life at least he was entitled to respect; and that as a man, apart from the politician, his qualities did not legitimately come before the public for di.scufsion. his the first instance, and for the country's credit we hope it will bo the last, in which the immediate friends of a candidate for the highest Bffice in the gift of the people have deemed it necessaiy to collect evidence as to liis probity and virliie in private life. We can conceive of nothing mi>re degrading to the candidate or hig party then to parade from week to week certifi- cates of this nature — now testifying to his god- liness and anon to his sobriety — now avouching for his zeal as a Sabbath school teacher, and again establishing some act uf private charity. The whole proceeding is a pitiable commentary on the weakness of the case presented in behalf of the Democratic nominee. If he were distin- guislved as a soldier, as liis friends sometimes claim, there w^ould be no necessity for perpetu- ally certifying to the falsity of charges of cowardice. If he were a statesman of estab- lished character, there would be no pretence for the endless preparation of certificates on points with which i candidate for a county judgeship would not \)e troubled. While, therel'jre, we repudiate all sympathy with charges against the mora! character of Mr. PiZRCK, if any such charges there be, we cannol but feel thai his home advisers are main- ly rosponsibie for whatever annoyances he has experienced or may experience on that score. They placed him, in the first instance, in a false position, and they have certainly not irh- {•roved it by the ill advised course to which they have resorted in this matter of certificates. Kaliing Pierre a Hero. In the absence of other grounds of praise. Senator Shif.lds, we perceive, is trying to per- suade his constituents that General Pierce is a hero. A friendly print leporia, the Senator to have said that '-General Fierce was in the hottest of the fight at Churubusco." By and by General Pierce himself will i)egin to be- lieve the story, although his own declaration up to this time i.s tlial he was not in the battle of Churubusc-oat all. Senator Shields made the same statement in the East, and wan met by General Pierce's admission to the contrary, 'i'he Illinois Sena- tor has so generally eschewed the trickery if his partisan allies, tinat we would fiiu hope l.e has been misreported in this instance by the Shawneetown editor. It is hardly decurour,, even to General Piekce, to ih-ust laurels upon him for services which, according^ to his own teotimony, he nevei; performed, 'PAY AND ALLOWANCES." In the absence of better grounds of atlick, the Union still dilates upon the extravagance and corruption of the Whigs, as manifeelea in General Scott's " pay and allowances." It considers $18 per day — including extras for ex- penses not personally chargeable — a monstrous sun . Yet the Uninn passes over in silence the fact that Senator Meriwether received from the Treasury " p-iy and allowances " amounting to $25 75 per day, for doing — nothing! All that General Scott received he was en- titled to under the laws and regulations that govern his office. The pay he receives now is the pay which Congress has attached to his office, and has been pronounced by Democratic Senators .too small for his merits. Senator Meriwether, on the contrary — a Democrat — received nearly double the amount of mileage to which he was entitled according to the standard established by Whig Senators. In each aspect, therefore, the contrast is dis- advaniageiius to the Democratic economists. Tlie itenioorallc Issue. When the Kossuth mania began to decline in this country, we were taken to task by our Democratic neighbor for asserting that inter- vention had been made a Democratic issue. The denial did not alter the fact, which was abundantly established by the speeches of dis tinguished Democratic Senators and leaders at Washington and elsewhere, and by the formal re-siilvea of Democratic meetings and bodies in New York and Ohio. The proposal then was to intervene between Austria and Hungary, and between England and Ireland. But it turned out to be a failure, and a signal one. The intelligence of the country revolted at the idea, and repudiated it* authors and advocates as dangerous if not dis- honest men. The exigencies of the Presidential campaign have revived the issue in another shape. It comes up now in the shape of Judge Dougl.^s's scheme for the forcible annexation of Cuba; and in that shape it is emphatically the Demo- cratic issue in this contest. We are aware that the orators of the party occupy much of their time with arguments on the Bank question, and on other topics which, like it, have no more bearing on the pending election than on the politics of the moon. The tone of the speakers, while dealing with thr re subjects, exhibits their consciousness uf the fact. They are as lifeless as the subjects them- selves. But when they come to Cuba the whole aspect of things undergoes a change. They refer to it as a topic which overrides all others in importance, and upon which this contest is really to be decided. It is descanted upon as an act of duty to relieve the Cubans from the wrongs inflicted by iheir Spanish rulers, and as an act of interest in regard to ihe future of this country. "We want Cuba and must have it," is in substance the Democratic declaration of the day; and the advent of General Pierce to the Presidency is pointed to as the certain precursor of a policy which shall add vastly to the territorial possessions of the Union — if ne- cessary, at the cost of war. So long as this movement was confined te Lopez organizations and Lone Star societies, it was comparativi ly unimportant. But the progres.s of the Presidential contest exhibits it in another and a much more formidable aspect. It comes before us now as iho pet project — the one idea — of Jadsie Dodolas and " Young America;" by far the most active section of the Democracy. It hascompelled General Cass to bow before it. It is the moat effective theme hftndltd hj Senator Wrlleb i.n hlB stump orations. It is warmly advocated by leading presses of tbe party, and by minor men in at least a dozen Slates. And what is not leal noticeable is, that it is not rebuked or repudiat- ed by leaders or preBses of equal, or of any importance. Not one of General Pif.rce's in- timate friends and counsellors has dared to de- nounce the filibustering scheme, or to refuse the support it is intended to secure. We charge, therefore, that the party, as a party, are committed to it, and that is in rtality their most prominent if not their only distinctive issue. The South, and conservative men every- where, will do well to ponder the consequences involved in this the latest phase of partisan Democracy. The Union affects to know of but two De- mocratic votes gained for the Whigs in the approaching election. The blindness of that journal is really pitiable. To enlighten it somewhat v/e add the following to previous notices of changes in the Dcmrjcratic Vigilance Committee of the Kanawha district in West- ern Virginia, none of which, of course, has the Union ever heard of before: For the. Kanaiclia Republican. D.wie Ckkek, Se|)ieml>ir25, 1852. Mr. Newton— Sir: In looking- over (he liet of committee-inrn appointed by the Democratic As- sociation of CharlcatoD, we find our names re- corded, and as we do not intend 10 lend our votes in support of Pierce, yi'U will please noiify, tbronsh the Republican, the Democratic Apsociation Ihat they had bocter take our names from their com- miclee. We go for Scott and Grah.im in this election. Yours, respectfully, Akchidalo Bcbditt, Rdfus BcBDIrT, John Bohditt. Davis Cesek, Sept. 24, 1862. Mi. Newton: Permit me through your paper to notify my Democratic friends in CharlestoD that I am goicff lor Scott, and will therefore make a poor loeiobcr of their Vigilance Committee. I de I li.io ihp honor of eerviag them in the present campaign. With respect, yours, &c , Levi Clabke. Coal Rivkk, Sept. 23, 1S.52. Mr. Newton; As I have determined to vole for I will ;ake it as a favur if you will, in your paper, request the Democratic Association to take my name from their Vigilance Committee 1 cannot help them in their efforts to pot into the Presiden- tial chair that New Hampshire man, (Pierce,) that I knov? nothing about. Yours, &c., .1. E Smith. Loss of temper is "always a'sign of a weak cause." "It is a sign of desperation, it is a sign of defeat." The Union says so, and the Union is right. Its own columns for three months past have af- forded indisputable evidence of ihe fact. It has been out of temper all the lime. It has done nothing but fret, fume, vilify, and abuse, and it does nothing else now. Every state- ment that it cannot answer it 'calls "a Roiir- Iraclc." Every fresh revelation against its can didale it pronounces "a villainous fabrication," "a downright lie," "a product of damnable conspirators," &c. It exhausted its vocabulary of single words long ago in its abuse of General Scott and the Whig jiarty, and it now strings them together by the line, or fastens thein with hyphens, ihat they may unitedly make a for- midable array. Lookers-on have from the first regarded the style and temper of the Union as the best possi- ble proof of Democratic desperaiion. Our con- temporary is therefjre a little after date with the discovery. THE SIGN A 239 MOVEMENTS OF GENERAL SCOTT. 'stan Sit Rereplim an ' Speeches LtHiaviHe, Xintucky, and Frankfort and New Albany. FBANKror.T, SejABmbpf 33-5 p. m.— Oeoeral Scott and tuite left Lexington at 2 o'cloch p. in. by the railroad for Frankfort, where he arrived at 3^ o'clock. A3 the irai.T reached Frankfort, gana were fired ar.d oUiKr detnonstrationa of rejoicins' were evinced by the people assembled at the depot.. Immediately the carsstopppd Hon. James Harlan and a con-.mitiec of the cilizens entered the car- Sr side by side with Kentucky's valiant oons, uypused to British rcpulars and to Mexican inyri- &•!» Yeu, Kentucky's «on« have ever done their whole duly; hiivi: ever proved IhtmEelvca equal to any emergtncv, and capable of co;, tending with ,iny troopj in the world. It haj been my lot to serve with iliem among- odicrs, and nrvcr will I fail to bear witnc I to I alor til their discii "I need not, however, refer to the decda of your aliaut son.s in Mexico— deeds which are familiar > you all; I need not speak of that bloody field on hichso miny ol vovpr nlmivps were slain; I |need not fiKiiK ,| ;;■ • :; ■ V- :d, for one is here who tell you riage and received General Scott from the hands of the committee which had accompanied him from Lexington. The Scott Guardsof Georgetown, and the Governor's Gunrda of Frankfort, were on the g-round, and admirable order was preserved. The line was then farmed and inarched to the Capit'j!. Generals Scott and Wool accompanied by the committee ascended the steps, when the Hon. Jaine5 Harlan apoke as foilo.vs ; "GsN. Scott and Gsn. Wool: In accord- i... -_ jjj,j pf Congress imposing upon you | -pjj^j j™; He the important duly of selecting a bite lor an asylum for infirm and disabled soldiers, you have visited Ibis Stale. In anticipation of the honor and plea- sure of meeting their distinguished fellow citizens, this vast assemblage of your admiring countryman have come forth with willing hearis to give you a warm and rordial recepiiin. in Ihcirbchall, and as their honored ori^&fp, I tender you asiucere wel- come lo their hospiiaiuiss. We rejoice lo see you, for thui t/efore our eyes ynu bring to our minds the many glorious even.e wiih whicti your history is Uira.iiied. Indeed you have been u[ion the active theurrc ol lif; lor years, rindering valuable and pa- triotic ecrviccs to your country. "Solinjras the history of the last war with Great Britain and that of the laic war wiih Mexico exists, your names will ever he rem«inhered with pride. Kentucky lias been called 'the dark and bloody ground ' Seventy years ago, on the you have just visited at the Lower B the early settlers of this country wen in the most sanguinary battle known i i :. i I ;.i uis upon thatocca sion. Mev.i;. n. ,ii, 1 1 rues who fell on that glorious day. Hut 1 may eay with pride that it has been my lot to serve upon other occasions with Kentucky's valiant sons. I may refer wiih aswell ing heart toller gallant Campbell, by whooa side I fought, and whose eyes, alas, I closed with iny own hands in death. ••But why dwell upon these scrnes. It dose not need words of mine to prove that Kentucky is the first Slate in war, the first Stale in peace, and al- ways the first in devotion to our glorious Union, pervades all clas es of her citizens. very sp- ue Lick It is evident in her soldiers and in her statesmen and it was embodied in all its fervor and depth in the person of thai most eminent of her eons, the great orator and staiesman who has so recently taken his departure from these scenesof earth, and left a sadness in the hearts of the sons of Kentucky. And he has left a blank in the councils of the nation; and who is there here that dors not love this glo- rious Union with as deep and lasting an affecsion? Not one. And I, loo, am an humble servant and devotee of that Union. ], too, would stand firmly by hereidc, whether threatened by domestic trait- ors or foreign fo.-s. 1 have not, perhaps, the pow- er to say that this Union shall not be cissoivtd while 1 survive; hut I can say that it shall not be overthrown and leave me a survivor. To the last hour of my li!e will I dt ftnd it alike from northern and southern fanaticism. I say this ad no idle boast. I have said it in the hour of darkness and of peril, . and theretorc may I repeat it in these hours of «'. I peace, of enjoyment, and prosperilv. Rut mv toryoi Indian warfare The bodies of about oni hundred and sixty of as brave men as ever shoul dcred a nOe were left dead on the field. Fatal bi that day was to our people, the survivors perao vered and finally drovq the savages to the far | '" Weal, and now you behold a prosperous country ! '^' ''•y,;',f7^««,landVam Kentuckians.iJ''-;f,"„ Thanks, vhicb a little mure thsn half vast wilderness. The associations, your puut lives are pleasing to us oi admiri:ig as we do your brilliant ^ _ __, feeling a just pride in whatever contributes to the glory and greatness of our common country; and our aiimiration is confined not alone to tl dents of your public career, but extend lommei.oable purity of your course ascii Iriends 1 niusi conclude. For this reception I thank you all, my countrymen; and by this term permit mo lo say, I include all classes— Democrats, Whigs, nativebornand adopted citizens; for I have no doubt men of all parties are here, who have forward to welcome two old soldiers to your . General Wool is a moderate Democrat, a bigoted or infatuated Whi?. I may you all when I return you thanks, as cerely and truly, tor your kindness. fclluw-citizens— thanks to one and tJonslii Load cheers were given as the General con- 'thg j eluded; and General Wool was then called forth, J if) I and made a few very happy remarks in response. ..|.(, , Gcne.-al .•-^c.ilt ilien proceeded to the cemetery, ;-.,, . J. ^ry and followed by numer- ,:, - iiietery is a most beautiful und the great Kentucky State aial nalioi.al r-olicy, but whenever the iden- tity of ir.e Uni»n is threatened either by domestic traitors or foreign foes, party lines will be effaced and all will be ready to rally around the flag of their ccinrnon country and do battle in her cause. '•II norcd aa we are by your visit, and rejoicing to see you, in the name of the citizens of this city and county ami of the persons here assembled, I tender you a cordial welcome to the capital of Kentucky." 1 log is also to bo h<:li:, prr To winch General Scott replied: I Powell. ^ •• FBLLOW-ciri2«SB ANU SIS FAIR CoDNTBY- 1 LouisviLLB, October woucs: Happy indeed am I to find myfell m „.„„., ,, ... .„„,„;„„ yourni.dst. lUs a proud moment in my history j*'°"'='"' ">'^ morning, ,uiie anil .. lie r<3i side by aide. General Scott re- irneo, being aiucb fatigued. General Wool was ken in charge by a large body of Democrats, ' ■ " ral Lawson I Louisville. Cannons c> i.f ihi.- nr n;-. • :,J _-TrA< , ntliusiasm is ex.'itbited in I i -. 'N - .. i is is to be held this IV.- :i Governor Mctcalf and , ■•. .' , j;ic meet left eral Scott night of excite- ment — dancing, serenading, bonfires, and other species of amusement being resorted to by the mal- tilude. Two piliiica! meetinirs were held in tbe course of the evening, the Democrats at Ihe court- ecus'; and ;hs Wliiga at the Capitol. The latter was the most numerously attended, many Whigs irii-sr i'l ti-vn to receive General Scott. The ^'hich I stand upon Ihe threshold of the capital 01 Keniucky, surrounded by such a va£l iia^em- blugeot her intelligent and pasriolic citizens, and thus ric'ive tiic spontaneous greeting extended to me through your eloquent organ, in whom, ! om pr.iud to say, I recognise an ancient and a valued iru-nd. -Nerd I fay that all these events fill ine •■'-]•- dcliKhi? Need I say that my obligations i) K- tucky arc as gn-s-t as my reinembraocei ol !■'> i t'lcky are iVauaht wiih sratification? U^r .-> abounds wiih patriots and heroes, and pro n , nciiily she .ilands among her sisier States, fr.iu the liiue .UIJ1 L.,J. _ IBI I L I Mil II |l f I " former station L. L. Bnehaw, in wolcom»..'a' Scott, alluded lo his services in the Hold, and said the citizens of Kentucky hoped to pinoc bini in the Presiileniial chair as a reward. In ieply,Gencr«l Scott »t.it«d that, If railed upon lo fill tbe Presidential or auy other otttee. be abuuld bo ready, as he ever has been, lo lerve hii country) but that was a subject he did not de«ir8 lo dwell upon. He was In the hands ol the people, and wilb them was left the issue. When the cars were just starting to leave, Mr. Preston, of Louisville, was recognised and called forth. He said be had but time lo tell them he waa following in the wake of General Srutl lo Wash- ington. He is a candidate for Congrcas, and is a fine-looking, able, and popular man. At Lagrange General Soolt was introduced to a large crowd by Mr. Mnllory. He th.inhcd the cit- izens of the county for meeting biin ihere, and stated that he had been invited to attend their Agri- cultural Fair, which h.j should have done bad il been in hi i ;- .-at: ^nt 'i-^ \vm forced t • go forwanJ and i!ci:y ' l '( ' -' -'ification. H« had lately attend" .1 i: '. : . . ■ an . i-'.iir, and the pleasure hu had csjici. i. - 1 I . Id make him anxious to attend i-il!- i r.-'n ii""i -1 u similar character. A handfcme .Scoit ami Gruhnm banner was taken on at this place, ar.d also a delegation whiclj accom- panied the parly to Ixiuisville. On the approach of the cars to the upper station, some distance fiom the town of Louisville, cannoi> thundered forth notice of the guests' arrival, and long before the cars stopped a dense ma a of people lined both sides of the rails, and many clung to the sides of the cars at Ihe imminent danger of being crushed. It was a miracle that no accident occurred. When the cars came to a ttuod a scene of tbe wildest enthusineni was presented, 'fhe shouts of the vast multitude arose dcafeningly as .Scott showed himself, and was welcomed by the .Mayor to tiie city. A large number of troops were d aA-n up, aid a paity of gentlemen on horseback also; but th nr eflorts to keep back the crowd were futile. Tbe cars were surrounded, and thousands rushed for.vard to grasp the old warrior by the h-and. Mayor Sp^kd then welcomed General Scott to the city in an eloquent address, in the course of which he aaid : "Sir, with your presence Is asr&r-iatrd many thrilling scenes of the war of 1812. T.ae glorious field of Londy's Lane rises in our memory, and we Imagine we see in the struggling moonu'earas' misty li^rht that bloodiest field in which death .""aa so great :: reaper. We imagine we hear your voicV rising above the clash of arms and the shouts of combatants, calling your countrymen to victory or death! In the contemplation of the war with .Mex- ico, we perceive Ihe skill and valor which have placed your name high on the rolls ol the great captains of ancient and modern times. In memory we accompany you Iroio the surf of the Gulf and the cliffs of Cerro Gordo, through the bl.izing lines of Cbapultepec and Churubusco, until we see you sland biMieatb the stars and stripes of our Union, the laurelled conqueror of .Mexico. But it is not your military achievements alone that elicit our commendations. In you we recognise the friend and comforter of the languishing and dying sol- flier, the bold and intrepid tricnd of the opprcsvied Irishmen, whom British tyrants would have un- justly consigned to traitors' graves; and, above all, we look upon you as the strenuous edvorate of peace when war can be avoided consistently with national honor. "Sir, the successful warrior who has desolated empires for his own aggrandizement, the success- ful usurper ol his country's rights and liberties, may have his hours of swelling pride, in which he may look with a heathen's joy upon the adulation urround him— but the hours of ir compare with those that till up tbe life of him who never drew the oword but ia tliC rielence of liberty, and who daily reads bis history in a nntion's gratitude" He then bid him v/e!come once more on behalf of the multitude. So wild was :he enthusiasm of the crowd that it was impos.nble for Scott lo reply, and the cars pro ceedcd slowly through the dense mass of human beings into the town. Here carriages, each with fotir hsrscs, were in wailing for Gencrils Scott and Wool, as well as conveyances for the delegation. The passage to the IrouisvillB Hotel was like the triumphint progress of some conqueror fresh from battle-Seids. The streets were crammed hyc.pnu throiiged "every window, and waved their hardker- chi^fs as the procession passed. Opposite the hold Iresh tboueanda were gathered, and their thouit went tibiioluteif deafening, 240 THE SIGNAL General Scott, haviQ» entered the hotel through .1 double file of soldiers, appeared on the balcony where he wag met hy Gov. Crittkndes, who, in an able address, bade him welcome. He said: , Wo I have "Gekbral Scott and Geseba ^hc honor of being deputed by a committee of the citiiens of Louisville, and al=o on behalf ol the pro- prietors "f this hotel, to welcome you to the city of Louisville. Although it has been your lot to dwell far Irom us, it could not be that your names would be unknown to us here in Kentucky, or that we should be ignorant of those great services which have so proudly elevated your names in the opinion of all your countrymen. Yes, Kentucky has heard with swelling bosom of your deeds, and she knows full wall how to be grateful to those who have acted nobly tor their country. Mr. Crittenden then ii5 alon^ the banks pirited f the river were nuineroua every landing numbers of people aesembled cheering the boat as she passed and firing- salutes On arriving within sight of iVIadison, thousands of people were discovered on the landing-, and can- non roared forth from three ditfcrent points Much enlhoeiasm was manifested; and as soon as the boat reached the landing a number of persons jumped on board anxious to have the first grasp of the General's hand. The committee having marie their way through thf- crowd conducted General Scott and the other visitors to carriages provided for them; and tlie procession, after parading the city, proceeded to M-idison Hotel, in front of which a platform liad been erected lor the speakers. Here the crowd was very dense; and as soon as ScoU appeared ho was welcomed by loud cheers. Ju:ige Jebemiah Sullivan, onbelmlf of the citi- zens, addressed the General in an able speech and bade him welcome Ut ttie hospitalities of the cily. The Judge was much applaucle;! daring the rteliv ol his address, which was spoken with .eonsid- ile warmth of feeling, la allusion to the city he said: Founded as it was durirg (he administration of James Madison, bearing his nameand dedicated this spot: we greet you. Sir, 1 doubt not but the mention of his name and reminiscences of the events of his admiuistra- , awaken in your bosom many thrilling emo s. We venerate the memory of that virtuous illustrious statesman, and we cannot but feel gh regard for the man beloved and appreciat- ' With a mind to discern what was in man so uld do it, and with a that called the best talent into the public s.-rvicc, his eye reslod upon you, and he chcn^-. you to fill not only Iiiih ptstions in the army, but alfo an important and responsible place in his Cabinet. The evenlsof your life prove that lilr. Madison was not mistaken." He in conclusion dwelt eloquently upon the mililary and civil services of (he General. General Scott rephed as follows: "Fkllow-citizgss of Madisos: It is a proud human penetration of my lifi- friendly t fore me. address w half, and to b and these flat "The honoi to me as the y St3>Kl hefnre SO vast rrr' :is- ili.^.mel now scc be- n to the eloquent n d on your be- t iendly greeting 3 v;h-ch ! liiMi so Interesting are paid Lssoriate and companion in arms of your brothers and your kinsmen; ..ilh them in various hard fought bittle fields, and under other critiral circunislances, have I stood side by side; with thom have I braved danger in more SUtes ihan one; and thus alone can I ac- count for tbe honors, the overwhelming honors which you so cheerfully bestow upon me. "1 nm aware that I now have the honor to stand upon the soil of Indiana, or.cof the great N^.tth- western States, which comprise so important a portion of Ihe Union— one of the States most d.-- votrd 10 the Union, the happy Union of the irlori- 008 thirty-one Slates. In Indiana, in Illinois, In Kentucky, and other Northwtslern Slat'-s, are combined the most prcciousclementii of that Union. They are its main props and supports; and while they remain true and faithful, as hereluforc they have ever been, that Un-oo cannot fail to be per- petuated— that Union must endure. I am ajrare that I now Bland in the cily named afier the ven- erated Madison; and although I first received my commission from Thomas Jefferson, the predecessor of Madison, yet my first services to my country were rentlcred under tho ad- ministration of Madison, one of tho widest men that ever governed a free country — one f.f ihe ablest statesman it haB ever fallen to my lot to know personally, or to read of in the pages of his- tory. I saw that illustrious mon in the most diffi- cult crisis of his eventful life. 1 saw him in the darkest period of the wsr of 1812, when I was called to Washington, although then a crippl'-, to organize a body of volunteers. At that pcri.id I had an opportunity of observing well the course, and of marking well the character, of this stoood father of his country; and during those days of gloom, of suffering, and dismay, I beheld him firm, unshaken, anil resolved. I heard him breathe but one des:rc; I heard him make but one d< ter- mination— to defend his country to tho last. The prospi>cl darkened; Washington was burned; and shortly afterwards I conferred with him upon the disheartening event. He was the same collected and determined man, with the same resolute will to strike to the last for bis country. Nobly was ho lacked by the American people from end to end of tho Union, and by none more nobly than by ibe people of the western territory, for y u were not then a State. They flocked to the ranks ol the nortliwcstcrn army in the black swamp and on many a bloody battle-field. The western people ed out their numbers and their blood in de- fence of their counlry. It is wiili no ordinary feelings, then, that I stand now upon the soil of that western territory and receive the greetings ol titizens. My fellow-citizens, I am now on a journey ol professional business- 1 am not come among yi-u make speeches; and I did not know when 1 left c cily of W.ashington that I should at any tiiii.-. at anyplace, meet witb more Ihan 30or -JOof my iuntrymen at one time; I did not then dream of ceiving any of those honors which have been re- ived by me d uring my progress through the valley the Ohio. Those honors have been grateful to e, for I know that they have been rendered spon- neously alike by all classes and all denoiiiiiin- )n3. I know that I am at the present niomrnt addresbing myself to Democrats as well as Whigs, in prood tbatitisso; for I desire to make notion between my eouiilrymen. I have ird several times since I landed on your shores the rich brogue of the Irish and the fortign of tbe German ciiizene. They are wel- come to my ear, for they remind mcof many a well- fousht and hard-won field, on which I have be,-n welT supported hy the sons of Germany and of Ire- land, and never shall I cease to to be grateful to that portion of my countrymen lor the aid they have rrndered us— the native-born citizens — on ;tho field of battle. ■• Keceive, then, mv countrymen, tho warm thanks of an old soldier's bean lor tho welcome extended him this day; and may G'jd bless you all." Immense cheering followed the conclusion of the General's speech, and it was evident that it had touched the hearts of tbe hearers, uttered as it was wiih much depth of feeling. The citizens then flocked to the hotel to Epeak a few words and shake hands with him; and guns arc now firing and bands playing beneaib tb« windows of the Madison House. 242 THE SIGNAL. Numbers arc in from the country, and Indiana is fairly aroused. The town is prcttyevenly di- vl.ied between the Deinocrate and the Whige; but all appear anxious lo do honor to their guest, and party feelin? is entirely laid aside. General Scott takes the boat this evening: for Cincinnati, at which place he arrives to morrow mornin?. Grand prrparations are being- made there and a deputation readied Louisville this morning and is now returning with ua to Cincin- Colonel Kelso, a well-known Democrat, has just been mak-ng a Scott speech, declaring his inten- tion to vote for him for President. He is a man of '^lagftT o-doci- p- m-The Hon. A. P. Willard, the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor, is now addressins a Democratic gathering in the court-house. CiNCiNNATi.OctoberS.— General Scott lefllVIadi- son. Indiana, last evening, at half-past 7 o'clock, on board the steamer Lady Franklin , Capt. Tucker, for Cincinnati. The citizens of Madison conducted General Scott to the boat in large numbers, and the embarkation was made midst the liring of cannon and the music of several bands. Much enthusiasm was manifested in Indiana all along the shore. Axp.onz tliose on board the boat was Gov. Le cber, of Kentucky, lately lioin Mexico, and on h way to Wanhinglon, and the Hon. J. Glover, late U. S. Consul to Mexico, also on the road to Wash ington. A large number of citizens from Louis- ville and deputation from the Cincinnati Commit tee, who went to Louisville after General Scott left, were also on board. At several points along shore bonfires were lighted, illuminating the Ohio almost the entire distance to Carrollton. When we reached Carroll- ton, Kentucky, a dense fog had descended, and it was found impracticable to go further that night. Indeed, the lights of the numerous bonfires and torches on shore and at the landing alone pro- vented tlie boat from running on the bank. On reaching the wharf it was found to contain nearly one thousand people, assembled to greet General Scott. The General had retired to rest, and undressed ; but so loud were the calls of the people that he awoke, and came out on the deck in his dressing to address a few words of thanks to the c.iti Having been in his first sleep, the fog had a very bad effect on him, and rendered him quite unwell to-day, so much so as to prevent hia re- ceiving a welcome from or addressing his thanks to the citizens of Cincinnati. The boat laid over at Carrollton all night, and left early this morning, as soon as the fog lifted. At Warsaw, Aurora, and several other ports at which the boat touched, very large numbers of cit- izens assembled, all of whom were most enthusi- astic in their reception of General Scott. Towards the afternoon the indisposition of the General grew more serious, and it wa;s found at last to be imprudent for him to go on deck and ad- dress the people assembled alonff the shore. Gov- ernor Letcher, therefore, addressed the various gatherinss on behalf of the General, informing them of his sudden illness. About five miles Irom Cincinnati, the mail boat Pike, with many Cincinnatians aboard, came alongside, when they were transferred to the I.,ady Franklin. Shortly after another boat loaded to the water's edge with passengers, and charlered lor the occasion, met and joined the company. Nearer the city a third boit, also crowded, came up, turn- ed, and struck into line. On ntaring the city the guns commenced pealing forth salutes, and the levee and buildings were discovered completely covered with a dense mass of human beings. Tlic streets also appeared thronged, as viewed in - perspective from the river, 'i'he troops were drawn up, mueie playing, colors flying, and every boat along the Icvea decked out with lligs, and covered proceeded it very He in - and ' g seven hours in expectation of his arrival, bei iiorant ol the boat's detention by the fog. General Scott's health was such that it v. deemed imprudent for him to take purl in llio p: on arranged, or for a formal rect'ption, a arriages drove straisht to the Burnet Hou greatly to the disappointment of thousands, amidst deafening cheers. The Ger at once to his rooms, and has received few calls, and those only from officials tends recruiting his health by a good night and will receive the citizens' ' iu the morning. I have heard of no accidents attending the rrcep lion, except one man who was badly burned on hoard the steamer, while firing a salute, by the ex- plosion of a flask of powder. The demonstration here was decidedly the greatest on the route. Thou- sands have been pouring in from all the surround- ing country duringtheday,and the city is crowded with strangers. Ohio appears fiiirly aroused, and deputations from half a dozen different towns are now on thi spot, eager to prevail upon the General to visit then respective localities. The movements of to-morrow will depend entirely upon the health of G Scott. -General Scott'i gowc beings. The ( the greatest excitement and splendor. Every ttioroughlarc seemed alive with swarming thou- sands, and there could not have been less than one hundred thousand people on foot. The demonslra t'loii was certainly the vastest and most ccthusias- tic wilnesEcd for many a day When the boat neared the levee the shout of tjic multitude rose on high with a wild and deafening roar, and the scene was very imposing. So closely was the levcc crowded, that the entire bank ap- peared like a black and rolling sea, as the multi- tude swayed to and fro, in the common anxiety to push forward toward the landing place. The military, however, kept admirable order, and formed a line to the carriages provided for the .: . ,■ .,■ ycutas trophe all the other cities of our co iiitry were bloifi d out, bom thi.T place woul'l irradiate intelli- gence and civilization enough lo light up the whole West. "My friends, you could not vrell ^ave heafd the voice of the venerable pcnlltmun who has nd dressed me on your behalf. But them arc several topics brought to my rocollecllon by hit reinai kn lo which I dealro to allude. He spoko of the uii- tarnished faith of the Slate of Ohio. Allow me lo relaie briefly an anecilote which that allu»ion has recalled to my mind, and it is the flrgt tune I havu- ever monlionid the eir.-umslonce. Not one among yon can suspect thai I ever had any tniiig t') do with the credit ol iho State of Ohio. Well, it le even an. "It chanced that I was In the cily of London, Ihe great inoiiev market of the world, when the first bonds and the first slock of the Slate of Ohio— ia. sued to secure Ihe completion of your canal, and those vast internal improvements which have raised your Slate to her present position— were offered there for negotiation. It so chanced that I was at the table of one of the leading citizens of London, where I nriet three or four of the principal moneyed nun in all Europe. Knowing that, like other rol- diers, I was not worth a cent, but Ihlnking thai 1 witc likely to be acquainted with the resonrccs and characler of Ohio, Ihe bankers interrogated mi>— for monuy-leiidera are exceedingly anxious aliuut their aicurities— as to the safety of the Invoatmeni, the characler of the people, and the proepecia of the Stile. "I answered them that Ohio had more aorcj of .Tralilr l.ind than oiiy territory of a similar eiiect oniir ;ii,-;. I'jKike oflhe natural aovanlages ^\ ' I ^iii : lived from Iho Ohio on thesomh ■1 ill. Eric on the north; of Ihc cli- I'l 1 '. 1 1 Ml M.-i.iJuctions. It was, however, an ea^y ib.iiii »w f'-t.v tlmt the population was thrifty, enterprising and economical, bol I had to prove it; so I said to'ihem thata man travelling through the Sl-.ile would nowhere be without a school house 11 lyton eloquently for the honor oral. rning to call upon the Tiffin, Ohio, October 9.— General Scott Iclf Springfield at two o'clock, accompanied by a num- ber of citizens from this place. At every station on the route a demonstration was made, and the citi- zens of Ihe surrounding counlry gathered to meet the General. At Urbana some two thousand persons were ga- thered; aoiin address was delivered by Jchn H. James, »q.v»o whic.h Scott replied, alluding in terms of deed regret to the recent death of (,er eral Vance. A largo number of ladi-s were pre- sent, and a vast number of carriages and other vehicles from Ihe country. At West Liberty, where the cars stopped only for a few minutes, there was a good galbcring. A platform which had been erected here for theccm- venience of spectators broke down under Ihc pres- sure of the crowd — doing no damage, however, to life or limb. General Scott cviiicetl mucii concora at Ihe accident, and was quite agitated until he At Bellefontaine, the county seat of Logan county, Ihe crowd was immense, and the scene of the previous night at Middletown was re-enacted. People surrounded the cars, and made the General gel out and mount a platform erected for Ihe orca- sion. While General Scott was on Ihc platfcrin Ihe cars accidentally ran against ii, crushing the planks, and causing a fcarlul panic among Ib'-.se who were on it. Every one either jumped off, or was preparing to do so, with the eiceplion of Gen- eral Scott. He alone, it was remarked, apptareil free from excitculent, and stood firm At Belle Centre the cars were again stopped in the midst of a considerable crowd. One old mar. pressed forward an. I cried: "General, 1 foughl at Lundy'3 Lane under Captain Cummings, God bless you! It does my heart goo' . :. : . i^ , ,j From the Cincinnati Gazelle. General Siiott In tUo "tVeat. 1 The Locofoco Congress made a great bun : : when they passed the act of the last session ■ authorized the board of officers appointed -'; ' nier act of Congress to select a site for a iii.-. n ,; pital in the West- The establishment ot il.^d. hospitals has long been a cherished object v.-ith General Scott. Even while in IMexico his thnughts were employed upon it, ana he attempted to direct one hundred thousand dollars, which in other ar- mies would have gone to llie soldiers and officers as prize money, to the establishment of miliiary hospitals. In this he was frustrated by the action of the officers of the Treasury Department, who seized the money and placed it to the credit of the Government. Since the close of the Mexican war General Scott has been unremitting in his efforts to secure the establishment of hospitals, where the old and disa- bled soldiers, who have been wounded or worn out in the service of the country, may be made com- fortable and happy, as the gratitude of a free and generous people can make them. It is to carry out this long-cherished plan that General Scott is now, by order of the Government, in the West. Yet, coming as he does in obedience to the mandate of a Locofoco Congress, and of the President of the United States, and to accomplish a charitable pur pose which has occupied so much of hie thought during past years, the Locofoco press are begin- ning to condemn him, and accuse him of making an electioneering tour to the West. Every demon- stration of popular regard and admiration is gall and wormwood to them; and because he cannot prevent nor avoid these spontaneous outbreaks of popular approbation, they gnash their teeth in bitterness, and slander and malign the glo- rious old hero— the triumphant vindicator of his country's cause on many a hard-fought battle-field. We imagine that the receptions which arc given to General Scottareno more than he ought to receive, were he not a candidate before the people for the highest office in their gilt. The people nor republics are as tSngrateful as they have been represented to be; and the present well- ing-upof popular gratitude to General Scott is as irrepre-jsible as it is desprved. We arc not sur- prised that the deraonstratic along General Scott's route foco opponents at all The reception he has re- ceived, so enthusiastic and so general, is so en- tirely diff;rent from any that could have been given to Franklin Pierce, that we do not wonder they arc filled with mortification and indignation; they can- not look upon any attention shown to the great American hero without feelings of the deepest chagrin. They seem disposed to quarrel with hu- man nature itself and destroy some of its best known qualities, rather than see one man raise a' shout of welcome as the old hero passes by Their labor will be in vain; mankind will always applaud the man who has rendered hiscountry distinguish- ed services; and our Locofoco brethren must chno=e a time which will not wear such a look of selfish- ness if they wish to teach the people the impro- priety of welcoming a great man and a renowned soldier with bonfires and illuminations, and every other demonstration of popular joy. We are not afraid to show our people the candi- date we have presented for their suffrages; and if they arc compelled to keep theirs in the obscurity of Concord, in which the nomination found him, and where the election will leave him, they ought to preserve a prudent silence towards the man who, having borne many years of exposure in the ser- vice pi the country, can also bear an exposure to the observation of his countrymen, and lose none of their esteem. is pe ing From the Baltimore Clipper. The Trai^elling Caudlflate. opponentsof General Scott charge him v a travelling candidate, and censure him ring speeches on his journey. !n both It needs in ti transatlantic potential inl race. God ftruggie." ike Chi pccts they are wrong. Congress imposed the duty on General Scott, General Wool, and others, to select a location in the western country for an asy luui for disabled soldiers, the duty to be per 1 ii-.i! in ti:': ' ' ti'Mt by the next meeting of ' ■;.,erative upon these oificers , r 1 ; .my unnecessary delay, to . :-.,,. ■..;;, , !. .■:iicii:fnts of the law. They il A L .ill i(^..--:^^ Ij the ppot indicated in llie act of Con^-^ress, and wc presume have fixed upon the location. So far Goneral Si'ott has not been guilty of any impropriety. He has obeyed the commands of his supenora— and if in his progress through the country hie fellow-citizens have tbougfbt proper to welcome hid) in HrtM of respect and afiection, he could notdo less than to thank them for their kindness. What would have been said of him if, after having been publicly wel- ml ' a city, he had remained mum, not ut- I .vord in response .' He would- have been I'd either ungrateful or a fool, and he V ,1,1 : l,.ivo been so represented by his opponents. ii-D could not do otherwise than he has done with- out laying himself liable to just censure. If Gen- eral Pierce were to be called to Baltimore, and to be publicly welcomed in an address, would he be expected to stand mute ? The idea is ridiculous. He would reply, and thank the people for their attention, or, il he did not, he would not deserve their respect. General Scott confines himself to returning his acknowledgments for the flattering receptions given to him, and to doing justice to those brave men who fought under his com- mand in the war of 1S12 and in that with Mexico. He has not, that we have seen, intermeddled with political affairs, or uttered a syllable in disparage- ment of his competitor. Had he gone on an elec- tioneering tour, we should have condemned the proceeding; but going in the line of his duty, he fcrtly right in responding to the cordial •■ all with which he has been received. General Wool, who is opposed to him politically, li cipated with him in some of these recepti( received with like respect — and returned his thanks for attentions. Neither he nor General Scott could do less, without violating the courtesy which was due from them to their asBsmbled tellow-cilizens. And General Pierce would act in the same manner or give just cause of offence. Scott and Graliaui Gathering at Boston. From tlie Boston Atlas, October 8. The "Old Cradle of Liberty" was well filled last evening with the Whigs of Boston, called together by a notice from the ""Young Men's Whig Club," to listen to speeches from Hon. Theo. E Tomlin- son and James Brooks, of New York city. The remarks of Mr. Tomlinson were listened to with much attention. He is an eloquent and effective speaker, and portrayed with much power the proud position occupied by the American people toward ose European and other nations suffering from e curse of despotism. He alluded in eloquent terms to the sound Whig doctrine of protection, nd the importance it was daily deriving among the people. He spoke of the West, and the spirit aroused there ia behalf of the leading doctrines of the Whig party. His allusions, to General Scolt ere received with enthusiastic cheers. The speech of Hon. James Brooks was a most ipltal one. It was one of argument, mostly do- voted to the great importance to be attached to an adherence to the principles of the great conserva- tive party of the country. "1 was," said Mr. Brooks, "an original Fillmore man; Webster was my second choice; but when the National Whig nomination was made my preferences ceased, fori knew that General Scott was a true Whig, and worthy of the distinguished honor conferred upon him." He deplored the course of certain persons in this city as disastrous, if persisted in, not only to the Whig party, but to themselves. He sub- mitted that the decision of theNational Convention was binding upon every member of the Whig party, and that the fifty-two ballotings for Mr. Webster at that conventio'n were a virtual acknow- ledgment of the right of its members to nominate either of the disling'uished gentlemen whose names had been presented. He stated that no ground as to the "unfairness of National Conventions" was raised before that convention met, as has since been argued by George T. Curtis, and should at this late day have no effect upon any true Whi^. He deprecated the course of any man calling himself a Whig who would aid in placing a name before a convention and not submit to the decision of that convention. We have not space to allude to other portions of Mr. Brooks's address. We will only add that it reflected honor upon that gentleman, and will, no doubt, have a salutary effect. Mr. Jewell reid a letter from the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, accepting an honorary membership in the " Young Men's Whig Club;" and remarked that Mr. W. would be heard in Faneuil Hall, in defence of Whig principles, in the course of a few days. We noticed a few Democrats present, say fifty or so, who amused themselves by hissing when an allusion was made to General Scolt, and by cheer- ing ai the mention of Mr. iVeUter's name. Asa voucher for the highly re.peciabic character of the meeting, we will add that Hon. Win. Applcto.i, member of Congress from this city, Hon. Luther V. Bell, Samuel Hooper, esq , Major Francis Brinloy, Henry M Hulbroik, esq., and other c" tinguiehed citizens occupied - --■- ""■ "' form, upon the plat THE SIGNAL 245 GEN. SCOTT'S PERSONAL MERITS. The following.communication bearing lesti mony to the personal character of General Scott appears in the New York Commercial Adver- tiser, having been addressed to that paper, as it says, by "a gentleman known in public life and esteemed in private, and not polilically an adherent of the Whig candidate." The communicalion eigucd "Constant Reader," and the .emarka which it elicited from you , in the Commercial Advertiser of October 6, were both well put'and well timed. The moral and religious ch'ir- acter ofthose who are presented as candidates for public office has been too much disregarded among^ ourselves, and men, through this neglect of judi- cious scrutiny, are frequently placed in important public trusts who could not, perhaps, find one among the voters by whom they were put in office who would confide any trifling private interest to their management. Hence so much of real corrup tion in official station, and so much of accusation and suspicion of its existence even where the grounds are not real. No one will deny that this lack of insisting upon a fair moral character as a requirement for office is an evil of great magni- tude, and yet how entirely has it been overlooked among us; or, if adverted to at all, brought in only as a makeweight in party vituperation, and used only so far as the blackening of'an adversary's fair hamc might be made subservient to defeating bis political aspirations. This, I repeat, is wrong. The mode of ocrulinj is bad— the motive in almost every instance worse The writer of this would never rake up for public gaze the irregularities of what may be termed thi youthful period of life; still less would he visit thi sins of that season of passion upon the mature age or hoary head of him who has turned fron so far as man can see; he would pass over, rit of charity, acts even of the period of subdued passion, into wBich the actor may hive been sur- prised at the festive board, or any other occasion. But am I not called upon as a good citizen, as a conscientious man, responsible both to my country and mv God for the consequences of ray actions, to consider all such cases where fully autheRticated, and give them that weight, in deciding on matters which affect tt.c common weal, that 1 would in those affecting immediately or only my own? The writer thinks there can be no doubt about the plain line of duty on this (jaestion. In the one case the consequences may, it is true, be remote; in the other immediate. An immoral public officer may only affect me by exciting my indignation or con- tempt, where a bad private agent may iijure my substance; still am I the less bound to take all pro- per precautions in choosing the one than the other.' Certainly not. The writer of this is no political partisan. He has a strong feeling of nationality; a desire to see hie country prosperous, physically and morally, at home, respected abroad, and even inspiring a salu. tary fear. These conditions of the State, without which it must become corrupt and soon sink into insignificance, he believes must depend, ui vidence, in no small degree upon the character of its rulers, and particularly of its chief executive officer. Believing this, be feels himself bound bj' 1 national grounds, whoso name stands higher Winficid Scotl'f? In whose, in a time of danger, either foreign or domestic, could we find ■ a lower of strength.' What man now living 5xhil)it such services rendered to the Slate.' Of hia military services it is scarcely needful to speak, for none but the most reckless partisan pre- tends to question or disp.-iragc ttiiin. On this point Wi..! ■: IS,'; I,..- 1, ,,,.■,., r..; , ,,,• ■'.,iy the ravin-.. '. > • i ■ : .. .■ . •' . :: ■, ^> Idle i-ith I ibaii his tjud afid himself alone. The writer of this has heard the general frequently regrtt llio > .tisfy any man. His fame has goni ;: - '■! the earth. U.-.cp has answcrr,! ■ >- • ! mountain echoed onto mouiitru, . ■ .i . ■'. KilicldScolt. The world's wondeii- .:i: ; 1.4.:; Niagara and the leviathan Andes— bear to..ti[nntiy lo his prowess as a man of war. As a man of peace, the people of the United States are called upon to say whether he has well served by averting foreign war, by allayiiur do meetic excitement; whether in all •'■ v li^' ' " trusted to him he has not fully jURlil ' fidence. They are called upon (•> . i i there is any other man to whom, in .i r danger, they would look with such ^. ...;... ... . _. to Winfield Scott. He is even now, it is true, a-cused of morbid ambition. Weare told to bewareof another Cajsar. But where are the proofs.' Displaced from com- mand while at the head of an army flushed with unparalleled success, denied by the Government the triumph lie had justly and gloriously won, ry petty insult that party revenge could devise heaped on him to madden his generous spirit — what did this Casar the Second? He sub mitted as the meanest soldier to the court of inqui- ry instituted to destroy his fair fame. And when the people came eagerly to meet him with a volun tary ovation, he retired, and hid himself in his humble abode. New York alone forced him from his retreat, to gratify tlie overflowing hearts of her citizens toward the now war-worn soldier. On social grounds who stands fairer? Is there a whisper of reproach against Winfield Scott? Not one. Through every phase of life he stands before the people an example to her youth, her strong .men, and her aged sires. Magnanimous among the noblest, mark his conduct to General Twiggs, Harney, and Hitchcock, in Mexico; men who, up to that time, had pursued him with bitter denun- ciations. Forgetting and .forgiving all for the sake of his country's good, he reconciled these men to himself, and placed each according to bis merits where hs knew they would be most serviceable to her. A friend almost lo blindness for a friend's faults, one great instance of ingratitude— the fall- ing away of one for whom he had done all, and suffered much for so doing— called forth from him no word but of Strang regret for the fair name thus tarnished. Charitable in its truest sense, Win- field Sci.tt was never i;nown to refuse his time or his purse to any worthy object of misfortune. Tbe writer of this well remembers his reply to a very wcaltuv friend, who u'as complainin,? to the General of 'being obliged to leave Saratoga be- cause the safe investment of a large sum of money required his presence at homo. "My dear S.," said the General, half gravely, half humorously from which he could look road with as well"-foiindcd a hope for hia brethren standing on other platforms 08 he cherished for himself The writer has known General Scott for nearly thirty ycarS, and been in frequent and as intimate intercourse with liitn as the diffenncn of their agcn warranted. During this period he hae seen hini repeatedly at the festive boar ' ' - • - no < ' ' ' ' lime when least (^omu excess on known in him I nor has ho ever met that he had seen any tli ral's chief recreations rtdlilgencc, with a person who aV'^rred ling of the kind. The gene- are conversation, reading, hich he is particularly fond. i! i r . ,r,l fur example with respect to !i iwn many years ago at (be A here cards arc forbidden to , ,■. II ij i" refused to lake part there even eil wliist, and in bis never permitting a his own quarters since while at West or a B.uial race, flhc Tirginian,) and having- 11,,,,,, n I il :if ■ .u - i -r: rl rininenlly social, when - : I, ,, I r, .1 .'■ ' : an art by such men . . i; , 1111, ,! about Richmond, <, : 1.1 liiy social and fond of ,1,1.; .-. '1. W.il, .1 in iii'jry peculiarly rcteu- live- and ri'ady, j.he r I must do; and, in so doing, will briefly give my| Episcopal Church. A declared foe '" reasons for the chLioe 1 shall make, without at- cn'-e v.iih theci templing lo disparage the other party. My cb.iir.e i lo all proscripl is Winfield Scott, on national grounds, on social claims for inm! grounds, and on domestic grounds. 1 right of iudiv you uld be all h as yourself f your dif ningi do clock.' 1 the small hours of the incning, the traits of of others, and particularly rear to letlitr sorial or political, he man is It he concedes to others- the what h hoice in a matter between \ petuatc t the least among the many aniiab this truly great and good man are his Kinnness andaUcniiuntoyuungpcrsonsand women. When- tv. , I,. ,: :rn'-^ m'jrit in the former class, he ad- va; - • - 1., 3 in his power, and by timely n,, , ...1 or suggestion endeavors to Hi.,/ : ,1^' from their errors. His man- nrr 1 , .i, n.' ,j : ui the reflex action of his good- ness if licart. It id an emanation of that breeding now disappearing with the men of the past age; deferential and unobtrusive, bulatill empressie. f o his great honor il can be said that no woman has ever seen aught in him, or heard aught from his lips, to which ih'j most pure could lake exception. However low, however fallen, the character stamp- ed on woman as wife, mother, or sister, has ever been held sacred by Winfield Scott. In this be is indeed the preui cAeoofier. Such is the man now before this great Republic as a candidate tor its Chief Magistracy; a man of whom it cannot bo too often repealed that he has dene all things well that pertained to the honor and iitercsts of the Repubhc. In this he has known uj section, looked to the approval of no parly. 1!' lono-ir.cr to that young America, the school of I .v.°iVn°t ai'd progress- which to the same school , II ,:iy seems so much it; the rear— that sos- 1 tlerson Madison and Monroe, and carried . I i'. ihc 'PiesidtntinI chair; the intimate 1, V ■ .1 CO worktr of the leading parly of tlie P>"'uhlic at fiat period, having fought and bled to I rear to vigorous growth this mighty Union; this man is now held up by some as the enemy of what he lias £0 labored lo establish and per- hall wc jud|e him by his worke? ^246 THE SIGNAL Shall we credit his worris, whose truthfulneaa has nevor been impeached? Or shall wc believe his maligners? Shall we act upon the hinesi convic tiont that such hcts must carry home to tvrry booest heart, or blindly obey the behests of parly, req"i>r S<^alNelkoe^d Deuouucefl. WAfiiis-GTON, D C . October 5, 1652. Ta the Bdilor nf the Republic. Dear Sip: Having seen the following etntcmcnt in the f/nion of Outolier 7, 1852, liz: nd at'thepJila, Pkkfectly Cbushino.— We clip the foMowtng: with his hand on his breast, lei him aslr himself jparagraph Irom the Washing-ton Joiirnof of Salur- the question before depuaitiog bis vot.— Docs my 'day- U is a onial'.ibg- exposurd of Scoll'a blarney duly to my God. to ray country, to my ntishbora, .during hia elcclioneerir. j oaiiipai^n in Ohio : and to my own family, require mc to rote lor Win- " General Scott s Comistency. — It would be annus- field Scott or for Franklin Pierce? And &i he '"g'. w-e it not humiliating, to compare the 'blar shall meet thia responsibility at the last day, eo let "eying' tone now adopted by Gflneril Scott to him decide now. In one vote may be involved a ; wards foreigners, with his foniiercourse and bear- nation's destiny. He who wiihholda that vote, or jing' towarda the same persona. The 'rich brogue' he who eives it ligblly, incura n fearful rcsponsi- lof«n Irishman at Cleveland threw the Gene ' ' -erformed oi c Drill nnt achievement, either as a c.lilier or ci ■ihaii. uo ul-erly deny and c hal- Icnge the pro o1. No, and sinew, the ha rdy eons of toil, the yeomen o! the country, love the nai aeandchirishthe deeds and fan,.^ofWine eld Sco !, and they will choose him to adminisiei ihe affrtira of the Governmen lor the next four He will be elected hy a m&. jority which will astound li lends aa well as foes. bility. So let for each, as pf bim of old. ^'Thou i ay be Scsvoj d of! Heaciually 'loved' it— it reminded him Tlie CalUollc I The Albany , ; Argus calling Caiholic psstor ! Hampshire, ari' ili,^'^';'''."""., the fact. The lo: >f how Iriahmen had (ought side by side with h in Mexico, &c. Now, to show the total insincerity of this, it is only nc^easary to turn to one of bis let- ters to recruiting officers, written during the war in IS47. The following is an extract: " 'You are instructed not to enlist foreigners lor the battalion of St. Patrick has taught us that loreigners cannot be trusted.' . "This was at a late period, and notatthecom- mencemcnt of the war What has since changetl his opinions? Not the Mexican campaign, ccr lainly; for Ihat was nearly over when he so broadly a*s?rted that tbreigners < ann-it ha trusted. .And I his is the man who i9 now trying to humbug Ger- mans and Irishmen, wh°ihcr naturalized or abo«t to be! 'That ri.h brogue!' Well!" Ibeg you will deny it, in my nan)e,aB utterly .^nd unqu.-ilifiodly fals^' I was one of General .Seolt's aid-de-c.imps during the Mexiran war, md have continued in that capacity to this time- I'he only instructiotia »iveo by General Scott to recruiting officers were to report to certain officers in the United States, viz: General Broote, at New iroiii ae-cnllem»n in lOrlsana. and tho Adjutant General of the Army at licleasthai quoicd by I Washington, D. C, &c., &c. All other instriic- appeared in the i>emocrot of the ^-Jth jtions to recruiting oliiccrs wcic issued from the ■ date The £«9i"';«r's prool juffice ol the AdjutantGefteralat Washingt.-m; sn.i, cm inquiry there, I am aiithorized to state i>. .i =-uch instructions were issued from that olii> c : any such instruciiono wore, however, i5sucd n ;. the Adjutant General's office, i! could o;iiy hiivo been done with the sanction of President Polk or .Mr. Secretary of War Maicy, undtr which Ad- iutant General Jones i5su-:d orders during the ab- From the Rivhmand IPhig- Attotlier Forgcryl The reader may recollect thjl some weeks ago, by way of exposing the unreliablenees of the New Hampshire Dcnjocracy. and their "embodiment," we referred to the Freesoil resolutions of the New Hampshire Legislature, which were so offenrive Ihat ihe Virginia Legislature treated thern willi every mark ol indignity, and ordered I tiem to be returned whence they came The Jinquiyer re plied that those reao ations had been condemned Dy General Pierce, and it brought forward to prove it the testimony of the Concord IndeptndaU JUcmo- erat—^ FretBOil paper— which tiie Enquirer had just beTora stigmatized as unworthy of belief. It gave »:hat purported to be an extract from the Cuu- cort* Democrat in confirniatiun uf ils uusscrtion Oi rouree wed^'n, l.i. . . v - , i ";■ < ;:;it had op p<^arediu«N ■ :'- • -■ liirmglithe take it upcii u-: .v. ii r ■'■i'\ :;•• proofad Citizens of New Hampshire. ourual quotes a paragraph from the .I'v r'~A iiic ■•Letter of theCatho- '.:•'. Concord, ' thus tri- ; . "exposure of Whig ;. ,:i I ;iir udoptcd citizens of ;e.= ier, N.iiliua, &c., who differ in political sentiments, generally , and are supposed to have given hich i;;;:; June, or of any _ . Ihereforo turns out to be a fabrication. We do not I suppose that paper had any agency in the forgery it IS well understood that the Concord junto arc busily engaged, day and night, in the manulic- tu.'e ef certificates and alt other documents which may be advantageous to Pierce's pro3pect3. We presume, without knowing, that this article origi nated in that way. Bat it is for the Enquirer lo explain whence it obtained the pretended extract from the Concord Democrat. Isoiice of General Scott in INIexi-o. Our correspondent, it will bo seen, not only ex I 'fhe utter folly of so doint', in time of war espc- ?;:i Filt^Tk'o^Sr 'be'h' 'atrortl'eVefoi": H''"^' '" -^^-"0 stamp lhis„.,r,or,tV to be lions which the Virginia Legislature kicked out !»" extract (rom General bcott's mstruclions, as a r.f doors, and they received the support of all his i base forgery. I reiterate— Ihe statement is ti/fsr;!/ personal and politiml frien !a in the LcgipUlur.-.J/afs^. A pretty character, indeed, to champion the :n!i;r. | y^, ests of the .South. I We aek especial attention to the letter: CosooBD. N. H., October To the Editors qf the lyhig: In your paper of 8cptc:ijbcr 22 I hr phown an exlraot credit-d to the Enquire city, c< ' ■■ We . 1862 respectfully, your obedient servant, SCHUYLER HAJHLTON. Captain by Rrcvei, United States Arm. proved by the Concord Independent Dcm-i trat.iHS Wmo'eOwN wiTSEsa, thatGot!tr.i! Pirrcs hid repudiated ihoce resolutions, aua had earn- d'.iy sought to have ihem expunged. We republish tin language of tho /iK^rp'"*'"'* DC'nocrat of June 24, I8da, which concliJdes Ih.- discussion ns follow.-: '•The rcpolutions of 1S49, passed to censure Ihi aUempi of Virginia in regard lo a new Fu:;iiivt Slave law, WSBE DEnoONCKD CT PlEaCE, AN~D H.I LABORED TO IIAVB TH5.V1 EXPUKOED." 1 merely desire to say thai no such slatf iiunt i; to be found in the Inui^'^nuent Dtmoa-at, either ci the date of Jnne 2411. or uni, o.'Afr date Nor can any such alatement Lo made with truth. So far from "denouncing" thoso resolutions o! 1849, Gen cral Pierce was known to be in favor of them, and they received the support of every persynjlas well as political Iricnd he had in tho Legislature. Youre, respectfully. Wc have received the No. of tho Independent De ispectiou of any who choose i"?"" ' to examine it. that lii Frem the HockvUle (Md ) Journal. OciMr 9. The Whig f.elin- i? right in this county, whiln viiently c.';r opponents a"re in the mi'st hop- bis ''.inkl'i'n Pier-.'' ' ' ' ' ■' ' 'Viowii, "too ob ike beloved and re-. rally a aroufidhin,. V,, -liScdw history of hisri-„ ... , ... : ;v ; the ." can people b;en .i::-ii;. i io.-.;;i been '-, hov-ehold -.void in Tvery h mlol, ir. f.uidiy in the coontry Wu., i. J i • . ; 1 General Winfieid Scott; h tie-fields of his country;.' in Canada, on, the fror.l^ his eminent civil servic..-; ten years old to whom liio^, ., - tlior are not familiar. \¥ i;o kno. .; -..y !.. P.-anklin Pierce, except that by a -most pectcd ccmbination of cirijumst ne-es, en The Pi. ify this ng. The Wo understand th.\t the signatures of nearly /lOO hundred Irishmen have been obtained upon ' the line of the B.C. and M. railroad toapaperi similar to Ihoeo signed by their countryirien in | CoMPrd, Manchester, Dover, and Nashua. iCmieord (N. H.) «//J i Irankly s-.ating that the odious sen; i- ''■> buted to U3 were in fact written ai.'i i a Locofoco, who three weeks before -.M.; . : '.. ;- .i agraph openly advocated the election ul .;;..! .^uC. for Andrew Jackson, and whose nextvulc was last lor the ticket headed by Archibald Bull— instead of doing this, he coolly says that the fact that the Troy fVhigwaa not published at all until two years after the paragraph referred to W:is written and published, "is o very small hole lo creep out of!" Can foreigners require any stronger evidence than this to convince them that the Locofono leaders of the present day regard them as ignorant wretches preposterous— as "marke not; and we think also thai their votes on electior day will show that we think right.— T^o^ miig. From the Buffalo (JV. V.) Rough Notes, Ocluber 2, The Klectioii. ■A lo .;, M ,t your best and most populi li, em at the polls, and in this way victory ,., iviurgrasp We do not know of a Whip , , ,i Si^.te who will not support tJcneral Scott In tiiii respect he stands in a far bcitnr pcsition than General Taylor did in Iti-iS, when many Whigs voted against that worthy soldier, but wli are fixed now in their determination to vote f. Scott. We say to the thousands of Whigs wl; arc regular readers of our paper in Illinois, push on the good work. The vote of Illinois^ may - • be necessary to the election ol General Scott; it would be a glorious and gratifyingci A Oerranu Democrat. the Memphis (Tennessee) /TiKj.iuer publlahes ..jo loll.jwing letter, which, il i»y.i. ia froin "n dis tinguishcd Gsrman Democrat" of Moniphia: 'Memphis, S> ptcinbcr 21, 1862. .Mxssiis. EoiTOB*; I am aforcigner-aOeriinn, and a Democrat. I rnme to this country in IbSO. served in 1836 in Floridi-lir.t under «irnrnil Gaines and then umler General Siult. Now, rs, Eilitors, that my position may be distinct- ly nndcrelood in this community, (having been considerably annoyed ou Ibis subject,) 1 ctc»iro to state through your paper the rriHon why I intend to vole for General Scott. It is tht«: Wtico I was sick, wounded, and su(Tcrin(f intense pain tn Flo- rida, General Scott took charge of me himecir unil treated iiie as a father would have treated hii urn; as he did all of the men under his command who were so unfortunate as I" be sick or wooudcd. This was when I was a mere private in the ranks. When my wounds were drctsed by the ourgeon General Sroit held my arm and said: 'Hold sliU, Vollmcr-I am with you, and will h.aye all .bings done right in regard lo yuur wounds. Having stood hv and bcfricned me in a trying tune, 1, VotLMga. though a Democrat, shall stand by Jiim second day of November. Waking UP THE West — WinOeld Scott is wak- ing up the great Weet, as if with the wand ol a. inrchty inaoicion. The mechanic from bis shop, thc°(armer from hie field, the laborer from the raU- road and canal, throw down the implement^ of in- dustry, and turn out with their vvives aiifl ch.l- dren in thousands— nay, tens of thousands at » time -to bid welcome to the glorious old hero who ia among them. The conqueror ..f Mexico, the hereof Lundy's Lane, in this new sphere ol ac- tion, adds fresh laurels to those which already ...... ,ur, h;a hooH Ue is Cicero in peace, as well afl He knows how to employ the Eug- present day reprdtlieiji as Ignorant wretcnes j,^^ g^^^^ ^^^-^^ so ably supported h.m by Ciesar in war. He knows how to employ th he 1 "' ''tifi;.„„, ., , _ , M.hen they arc marshalled isiiij the thunders of One iffonth only elapses before election. Our] friends should bear in mind that all that is done i must be done in that month. Important interests are at stake. We mean, by aayiiig this, that in- terests of more importance than ordinary attach , to an election are involved in the contest. We have the important questions connected with the completion of our canals in this State, which are to be determined by the result of the election of our State ticket. Then we have the great ques- tion of national p.~.licy to be determined by the success or defeat of the Whig candidates for Pre- sident and Vice President. Although this paper advocated the nomination ol anntiier randiciate for President, we consider tl , : . i i! Genera! Scott as necessary and iiM,.' ititryas would have been that ol ?.[ ' i !r. Web ster, had either of (heui i - :i :■ i- a^;' '>f ite Whig party. Genera hero from the aspe , , ,^ vote of Illinois must bo given for bcott and Gra- j^ , ^^ political ..ppooeiiU, while con.cdin^ ham. II cannot be that a majority of the peoplej [J^^^ ^^^^^ abfliti-s as a general, have eU along af- • ' ' -- ' "" ■"■' "'"■""'" fectcd to sneer at his capacity out of the camp and away from the atmosphere ol gunpowder; but the able addresses (all impromptu) we publish to day, as dciivercd at Dayton yesterday and the day be- fore, are the most unanswerable answer tu all such disp ragements.— .Veto l-'orA Exiiress. igne and purpose; ( pposiiion all bill t'ised nds pledged to vet King, who is even more ultra I every thing which has been d for' the benefit of llUnois, and whose vision neve has extended beyond the South and the interest of the South ern States. A Gesl'ine Locofoco Tbick. — We learH that a prominent Locofoco of Weedsport is playing a most dishonest and contemptible game to prcven a'large number of Whigs of that town from voting at the coming electit purchased a large qu tleman in this city ■ The trick is this itity of knives 1 h the understaiul Hohai sontative of the principles of the Wh:g party as ^,_,j|| „ j^r them when General Si gentlemen would have been bad j^^, j^*^,^;^^ , g-^ring the: they been tlie nominees. He not only ph self distinctly upon the platform of principles adopted bv the convention which nominated him, but he has' been a consistent advocate of these prin- ciples all his life, and has not hesitated, on all suit- able ccrasions, t.i express his political _ them, at retail to i Weedsport and elfcwhcrc, for three freely ai also. titled ral Scott I ability as a slalcsm'in, of which'' i I e had abundant evidence. It is 11, 1... ,.'...: ,:..count of his military re- nown tLiat li. , vi '■,':j. p-i-ty nominated and will sup- port him, alil.ouEli 'i-'is may be one cause of his . unbounded popularity. He is entitled to and will receive the support oi all true Whigs, for the reason that he possesses all ! qualifications for the high office to which be 7 _, . .,-:-_ M71.i f .h„ right Whig of th. stamp, giving the assurance that his artmii lion, like that of his predecessor, will be Wh nothing else. This is all we ask, this is all we ex- pect. We are of those who believe that ii this country maintains its high etanding among the nations of the earth, and makes piogiesa in the road already marked out to its future destiny, it most be under the influence of Whig principles, under Whig rule. Under a full sense of lh;3C cunsid .-atione, let every W'hig buckle on his armor, and 3, -nd the remaining month in laboring to pro- '^!=<:";d, our^or inotci cause fraught with such weighty interests. Wl :ave but little (aith in the influence or ctB- =;cuc of ir.as» meetings or overgrown conven- have faith in the well-directed et- duaU and of local organizations. to be paid for when Pierce is elected. ; : : ' r.- ful not to sell more lh.iii one knif.; to the same that the undcrstaading Locofucos \i, that when the man who ,„,. based the knives at Auburn offers to vole on he duv of election, one of the Locofoco inspectors ' to challenge his vote, on the gr :und that he is 1 a bet. The Lacofocos, having a ma the board, arc to decide that he has no role. On the smie ground, all the Whiga who have purchased knives of the Locofoco pedlar are to be challen"-ed,and refused the privilege of voting. In this way the Ljcofocos, by losing one of thSrinen, prevent filty or a hundred WIn-s from voting This ii truly a most contemptible trick, ar.d no one but a Locofoco wouid engage in it.— Allium (N r.) A doertistr. racng terested jorily Charles County, Mil — Hon. Win. D. JWcrrick. There was a Whig meeting held in Charles county on Tuesday, which wjs addressed by R- S. Rceder and George Brent, esqa. The Port To- bacco ■limes of Wednesday, in a iiotiee of the meeting, makes th-: following gratifying state- ment, which we copy with great pleasure, and arc sure that it will be viewed with pleasure by the Whigs everywhere: "We stop the press lo elate that Col. Wm. D. Merrick, being loudly called for, upon the conclu- c ,1. uf Mr. Brent's speech, look thestan.^ and dc- d his determination to support the Whig Miinecs for the Presidency and Vice Presidency." ■; -me doubt has been expressed as to the Hon. .Mr. Merrick's course in this ca. paign— arising, we presume, fioii. the fact that he has for some time iincc taken but liitlc iuti-roat m public affairs, bavin- been in private life aft- r a long, active and ■• -•-'■ ---b^tn State and elu! public ntly National. Tiic position he has assumed must prehensions • •' - ' -..-.."' illap- to the southern section of •^ ever felt, and will invigorate tiie party throughout .Maryland and the South. ^ ' [Ballimoie Patriot. QciETLY.BUT Well. — 'The work llius far has been done quietly and unostentatiously, but it oas been well done." , , , c Herald of lUc camp.»ign eo f^r. Let luieiiv, hot ice.'/," Thus says The FirTTG^riTfrom MUstsslppi. 1 the Whigs l""^^l^^'l'''%: - Banner £rJr(il and follow the example in nade We are indebted to the Cfiickasa for full returns of the election in that com.ty for Representative to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Jaa. McUiory. Judge Jno. Ivy rWhig) is elected by 44 votes! St. ..-lair, who is defeatTa, is a clever gentleman, and we arc sorry for him- but we arc °o glad that our friend Ivy is for him is lost in joy. Chicka- Whig county now, and we hope the Whi<--s V.-IU keep it^o by thorough qrganizatio This 1' the first Soott gun in Mississippi— to followed by a broadside-in November. [Aberden^ (Miss.) Independent, Sept. 26. Deii h noise in this State, although it has not neon for the waul ofcff.nl. The enihujisstnof the masses has not respondr-l to the appeals of the In- terested leaders; but- she leaders are at -an, qui- '"■^'i; '"^."i" i^^r'^^/^Xn a^Mh! aX« r'^Aerfoy.forcanvassi'ng. The Whigs have no- Z .nuch money f .r political P"- P"^'''. J'" ''^f, must make up in industry f^^J^^Zl^tZ'ui]'' ' 248 THE SIGNAL. THE ^^IGNAL. CITY OP V/ASHINGTON, OCT. 16, 1852. WHIG NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDENT, WINFIELD SCOTT, Of Kew Jersey. FOR VICE PliESIDENT, WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, Of Norih Carolinn. GENERAL SCOTT'S TOUR. Tlie Democratic organs are unable to dtcid how they can best dispose of General Scott' visit to the West. Some have seized it ir savage mood, and fulminated denuncialioni .H^aiiist the General for undertaking v.'hat they are pleased to term a canv.iss in his own behaif Others, having faith in their satirical jiower, and in the supposed eftect of ridicule upon the publi* mind, try to laugh themselves out of the difficulty at the expense of General Scott. One class pronounce the proceeding the most monstrous in oar republican history, and expatiate on the danger to popular liberty in volved in the daring attempt to carry the Pres idency by siorm. The other treat it as a joUe, e.Kceilent to Democratic lool;ers-on, but falal to those engaged in it. A third class laugh and cry alternately, tearing passion to tatters on one day, and struggling in feeble imitation of Punch on another. Of this hybrid order, the Washington Union is a raiher conspicuous member To the character of censor and v,it, ihe Unim now adds that of the discoverer.. In yestcr day's issue it gays: ' It 19 a remarliable fact that the Whig- candidate for Ihe Presidency, journeying through the most populous and powerful section of (lie country, and met from time to lime by throngs of men who come to see him as an aspirant for the highest civil trust m their gift, has spoken of noti.ing seriously but liia campaigns and Lis bailies, ile has not given ulieranccio aaingle plitical idea. If ho speaks hiimclf out truly, .bia every public though* is of gunpowder or the bayonet. Tlie bivouac, the vol ley, and the charge are Ihe web and woof of all hia h.irangucs. It is simply as a soldier, oppoly as a soldier, and a mere soldier, thai be asks the people lo give hmi civil power. He does not intimate any oiherclaim or think of any additional qualifica- It M remarkable, no d,mbt, ,„ Democratic judgments, that General Scott has allowed nearly throe weeks of continued and intimate intercourse with iarg- masses of people to pass without urging his own "claims" to the Presi- dency. So much self denial is an impossiliility, according to Democratic belief. It is not cre- dible that while General Pierce has been indi- rectly engaged in canvassing. General Scott should have so many excellent opportunities to canvass and yot not avail himself of them. It is beyond comprehension that so much exertion should be needed to proeure certifieates of Gen- eral Pierce's excellent reputation, and that G-meral Scott should be able to rely upou the reptitatioo created by hia services without a single oerlificale to help him. We aoree the i-nioii that, with its experience (fiirino- the present canvass, "all thi§ is hew," and not^only new bufrpniarkable." If General Sgott iad been on an election tour, and had spoken as a candidate some fif- teen or twenty times without alluding to any thing but his sword, the discovery of the 17/iion would be a point in the campaign. But as ihis contingency does not ^ist, and has not ex- isted, the surprise of our contemporary, though cleverly feigned, is- not likely to be shared by others. General Scott has avoided politics because the object of his journey was non- political. He has not troubled himself to utter "political ideas," because he has not travelled as a politician _bnt as a soldier. He dues not devote hiiiaself to 'a display of his qualifications as a statesman, because he does not visit the States through which he is passing as a Presidential candidate, but as commander-in-chief, inlent upon the discharge of a duty devolving upon him in that capacity. He speaks as a soldier, for he appears as a sol dier; and however vigorously the Union may labor to cast ridicule upon his oratory, the peo pie will acknowledge that his speeches have been worthy of his military renown. They are not the harangues of a political gamester, ■ady to sacrifice character and principle to secure a cheer or entrap a vote; they are the heart-offerings of one who has presented him- self as a soldier to receive the congratulations f the thousands who admired and loved him from a lemembrance of his deeds. The truth is that General Scott's oincial visit to the "West has incidentally called forth manifestations of personal pop-alarity fir which his opponents were wholly unprepared. It has oppor afforded to the citizens of the \Vt tunily of becoming personally acquainted with space-in me whose achievements fill soJariro i the history of the country; and the extent to which they have availed themselves of it arouses apprehensions in the breasts of the Democratic managers. The masses of our countrymen have been able to see and judge for themsijlves concerning one who has been the special object of partisan aniipathy. They 'have gazed upon the veteran form of him whom Democratic goes have branded as a coward; and their di t intercourse with him has enabled them to test the trulli of the hialicious misrepresenta- tions which form a main item in the stock-in trade of Democratic journalists. The tour has demonstrated that General :oTT has more than the endorsement of his party to rely upon. It has shown that the fa- or with which h,; is regarded by the people is not circumscribed within, the boundaries of party, but ranges wherever a knowleug.; of life and services has extended. °ft is not wonderful, then, that Democratic pens are employed in misrepresenting the nature of his ccmnexion with the proceedings, or m caricaturing the proceedings themselves. To Democratic stomachs th^y have been gall and wornnvood from tbo outset. la the estimation of the country they are a pleasant acknowledgment of General Scott's life-ion» zeal and patriotisra.and a precursor of the re"- warda which thspeople w;ll yet bestow upon him. '^ DEMOCRATIC APPEALS TO SECTARIAN PREJUDICES. Whatever sectarian animosity has been in- troduced into the pending Presidential contest is chargeable upon the Democratic party. The prolonged discussion upon the New Hampshiris test question originated in the misrepresenta- tions of a Democratic speaker at Philadelphia;' and the fact that that discussion resulted in signal discomfiture has driven them to the use of other expedients for the purpose of benefiting by appeals to sectarian prejudices. The extent to which this course has been pur- ued by the more nnscrupulous section of the De ■ mocracy, forms one of the worst features of the campaign. It is inimical to the principles on hich republican freedom is based; it involves the devejopment ofaspirit of bigotry and intole rancefrnm which this country has hitherto been happily exempt; and it displays a readiness lo resort to any expedient, however desperate, for the furtherance of party ends. The respective attitudes of the two parties before the country upon this question signifi- cantly illustrates the natnre of the differences by which they are divided. It does more. It exposes the hoUowness of the pretensions uni- formly-advanced by the so-called Democratic party, and demonstrates that they are prepared to violate the principle which constitutes at once the glory and the strength of the Repub- lic. The Whigs entered upon the controversy in the first instance to vindicate the trffth of history, to refute accusations that were made against them, and to show the groundlessness of claims advanced in behalf of General Pierce. Then and now the IVIiigs put forward nothing incapable of proof from the records of the Slates. A vindication of their own position entailed upon them the necessity of tearing off the mask which had been assumed by their opponents; and of assertinsj their ad- herence as Whigs to that great fnnd.imenta! doctrine which repudiates sectarian considera- tions as grounds of political preference, or as elements proper lo be introduced into our civil conlests. In the early stage of the campaign Ihe Dem ocrats appealed for Catholic support by a refer- ence to the alleged action of the Den ocratic nom- inee. That effort failed. It provokedan inquiry which ended in fixing upon the New Hamp sbire Democracy the odium of perpetuation- an insulting test, and which at least convicted General Pierce of culpable inditrereace tn Catholic rights. Another movement was deemed necessary, and that not a whit less disreputable. The Catholics were not to be entrajiped into the support of men who make religions belief ,■• reason for e.xolusion from political privileges; and the next resolve was to make Catholics a scapegoat with which to frighten a certain class of Protestant citizens. This resolve has d upon in several of the North- ern States, where General Scott ie repre- sented as a Catholic and the candidate of the Catholics. The enthusiastic support which large mass of our adopted citizens aro rendering to General Scott is jiointed to as idence sustaining the assertion, and votes are solicited on the plea that th» election of THK SIGNAL. 249 Genera! Pierce is necessary to strenjrthen Pro testantinlerests. The boldness and frequency with which Democratic agents employ this means of attack have led gentlemen resident in the North to apply to this city for informa- tion m reference to General Scott's denomina- tional aitachraents. Consequent upon the re- ceipt of an inquiry of this character, a note was addressed to the Rev. Smith Pyne, whoso reply we are permitted to print. "Washington, October 2, 1852. "Mt Dear Sir: I have had the honor of iiiti male acquaintance with Genera! Scott for twenty- six years. Durin? the first three, and the last EIGHT of those year.?, lie has been a member of my conirregation. I hope, flien, thnt Iheso eleven years of official rcliition will give some weight to my positive contradiclion of the rumor to which yoa advert in your letter. 1 know that Genera! Scott is much attached to the Protestant Episco- pal Church. I KNOW thai nothing but the most imperious necessity ever prevents Ina attendance upon the worship of that Church on every return- ing Lord's day. The v.-hole congregation of St. .John's Church know, aiid can testify, how admi- rable an example he gives of decorous and devout attention to the public eervices. "I do not, as you are aware, take any part in politics. I consider this statement a mere act of justice. "I have the honor to remain, very duly, your friend and servant, •'SMITH PYKE." We publish this note to e.xpose the reckless- ness of ihe Democratic managers in the North, and to place upon record proof of their disposi- tioa to evoke intolerance or any other evil which affords a chance of obtaining additional votes for Genera! Pierce. As a vindication of General Scott, Dr. Pyke's note is wholly unnecessary. An overwhelming proportion of the American people are too thoroughly imbued with the principle of religious equality to be swayed one way or another by the religious creed of a candidate. In his character of candidate for the Presidency, General Scott's Episcopalian- ism is neither a recominendation nor a draw- back. It has nothing to do with his fitness for the Presidency, and would not have been alluded to in the canvass if the Democratic leaders were not so blinded by desperation that they fail to perceive the consequences of their own tactics. Genera! Scott might be Catholic, Baptist, Presbyterian, or Methodist without being qualified for the Presidency more or less than he is: and the attempt to make his re- ligion, or the religion of any portion of his family, an argument against him will produce discouifilure to none but its authors. [t is perhap? consistent with the exigencies of General Pierce's friends that even thislast dis graceful mauceuvre should have been attempted. A party responsible for the maintenance of an anti Catholic test, and smarting under a sense of the lossts which now form the penal- ty of their intolerance, may without inconsist ency charge Catholicism as a ground of exclu- sion from the Presidential chair. They may argue that the faith which disqualifies a citizen for the meinest ofiice at -the disposal of Gen- eral Pierce's own Siaii; should also disqualify him for the highe^it offict: witliiu liie gift of lli country. That the argument iscnnlined to oiators and agents in particular localities, does not lessen the culpableness of the party which connives at an appeal it dare not sanction through its jour- nals. That the appeal is uulruo. as well as intolerant, is a circumstance that will afford surprise to none familiar with Ihe means and agencies that are new employed to deicat Gen- eral Scott. All of them will fail, however. They will produce no eflect prejudicial to his character or chances; while they will inevi- tably add mortification and disgrace lo the de- feat that awaits the Democratic parly. THE POST OFFICE— CIRCUL.VriON OF CAMPAIGN DOCUMEISTS. The Union asserts that "the Post Office ' Department is prostiluled to partisan purposes ' by those who at present control it." It al- leges in support of this assertion that Whig documents sent from this city reach their des- tination, while Democratic documents are de- tained; and that the Whig Committee are per- mitted to send documents fraiiked in bundles, while the Democratic Committee are required to frank and address the packages separately. 4 Reversing the order of the propositions, we reply that the documents of both committees are subjected to the sairie regulations, and that no privilege is granted to one which is or ever has been withheld from the other. 'JMie in- formation communicated to us is that both committees send their packages tied in bundles, and that the franks of the outer packages are all that receive the attention of the clerks. So far as the charge of suppressing Demo- cratic documents applies to the post office in this city, it can be met by a plain reference to facts. There are in the establishment three sets of clerks — two to alternate during the day, the third for the night. One of the day groups is composed of three Whigs and two Demo- crats, the leader being a Democrat; the other has two Whigs and two Democrats. The night eroup has a ktiown Democrat for its head. Does the Union charge members of its ow party with connivance at fraud? or does it sup pose that the couniry will give credence to a story which represents. Democrats as unvary- ingly forwarding the documents of their oppo nents, and as unvaryingly detaining the docu ments ot their friends? . We are unable to reconcile the complaint of detention or suppression with the notorious fact that the mails reaching the West and other quarters from Washington are borne down with Democratic documents. They are sent hence in enormous quantities ; they reach distant Jo- caliiies in enormous quantities ; but we are as sured that the quantity read by the people bears an infinitesimal proportion to the whole. Tliat, we suspect, is the great grievance ; but fur that the Post Office Depanment ought not to be held responsible. The Union also complains that "by some inexplicable casualty" its Democratic friends occasionally receive documents not inteiided for them. Is our contemporary satisfied that the fault does not rest with some negligent clerk attached to its own committee? ^Ve incline to the belief that it does. Otherwise, how could a North Carolina Compromise Democrat have iieeii put in possession of the Freesoil version of General Pierce's life, intended only for cir- cula'ion in the North ? OFFICE-HOLDERS UNDER WHIG AND DEMOCRAllC RU1.R. The virtuous indignation of the Democratic press is particularly excited jusl now by iho alleged interfercnco of office holders in the election, and by the imputed levying of invo! untary contributions upon snbordinalo officers of the Goveriimcnl in the eastern cities. If half that some of our contemporaries state were true, the whole force of the DepartraunlK would be more or less actively engaged in the canvass ; and a large share of tho expenses of General Scott's friends would be drawn from purses of ill-recompensed clerks. It is un- fortunate for our contemporaries, however, that their lamentations upon the laxity of official discipline are like their pathetic advocacy of plundered clerks — ingenious and afTectlng, but deficient in the essential element of truth. Fa- miliar with the praclicesof their own parly when in power, they imagine that the Whigs follow in precisely the same lino. They know thaldurmg the existence of Democratic administrations, all the resofirces of Congress and of the De partraenis have bech brought into play to ad- vance the electioneering interests of the party. They know that at sucli limes, and under these circumstances, clerks and others officially employed are not only asked but compelled to contribute according to a scale laid down by those having management of tlie matter. And with this knowledge, the result of their own experience, Ihtiy are unable lo believe that Whigs possess similar opportunities without turning them to similar account. We had occasion at an early stage of the campaign to contradict statements which rep- resented the heads of Departments as indirectly sanctioning the abssnce of subordinates from Washington for the purpose of furthering Whig elt'orls in various localities. The state- ments were not true then. In any of ihe shapes in which they are presented, they are not true now. They were and they are with- out foundation in fact; and the parlies who use them for political purposes do so with a know- ledge that they are not susceptible of proof. VV^e charge this specifically upon the Demo- crats, as one of the many disreputable devices to which they have resorted to prejudice the Whig party. For whatever be thought con- cerning the principles or policy of Mr. Fill- more's administration, this is unquestion- able — that it has scrupulously abstained from employing the influences at tls command fur other than their legitimate purposes. It has set an e.\ample in this respect, which will long stand in mnrked contrast to the system pursued by its Democralic predecessors. Of the "forced contributions" to which the Boston and New York Democralic journals al- lude as having been exacted from the custom- house clerks of those cities, we know nothing beyond what has appeared in Whig local jour- nals. The must important of the Democralic allegations have been denied by those who, beiirg resident on the spot, are familiar with all the circumstances of the case; and we are not [aware that in any instance proof has been ad- vanced in support of controverted complainls. At such a season "proofs" hold an insignificant position in the catalogue of Democratic wea- ! pons. The mass of assertions emanating from { that side are addressed altogether to ignorance land credulity: the only consideration connected j with them being, whether they are or are not calculated 10 meet the exigencies of the mo- ment. The stories that are afloat in relation I to the subjects under notice, are comprised in 'ZSO THE SIGNAL this category. Their falsity and injustice do not unfit them for Democratic circulation. The A'ational Intelligencer of the 6th instant adverted to the practices of Democratic office- holders at New \ ork under General Jackson's adtninistration, and showed by a reference to Conijressiona! documents that the subordinates of the custom-house in that city were com- pelled to submit to heavy taxation for the ac- commodation of their political masters. From the evidence taken by a select committee of the House of Representatives, in 1838, the Intel- iigeiicer quotes the following amongst other paragraphs. It is a portion of the testimony of , Mr. D. S. LvoN, deputy collector of the port of I New York: *'l have frequently been called on to contribute to political olij*^cta while I was deputy collector, aa an officer of the custom-house. Theamount uas Jrnm twenty dollars to one hundred dollars. The tax waspro rata, Eccorditig- to salary. ]t bore a prnponion nffrom one to six per ant I frequently paid a part of the amount; when it was loo high, and more than I could afford, I urged them to re- duce it. In one instance, where I was ass-fscd twenty dollars, Mr. Swartwout told the coUcclor of the lax that ten dollBrs was enough forme to pay. For a few years back I have not paid anything to the general committee, because I could not af ford to pay the amount assessed, and because I could not conscientiously longer sustain the party. The collectors of the Tammany Hall general com- mitlee, one of whom was John Becker, called on rae several times. William Tyack once or twice called on me to collect the amount with which I was asstsaed; he v/ns not the regyiar collector, but was one of the freneral committee. 1 believe that r.early all the officers of the cusiomhouse, in doors and out, and the clerks, inere similarly tartd, and generally paid what they were asut'ssid. It was .le- sessed hy the general cu.. i . )(;•;.■■;;■;■(. Jiail, and /or Vie support .;" ' . > Tammany Hall party, i - ot pay the amount he wni I'v I .,:',. - i . :' -uir would remark, 'You will bo lepi-rted lo the eeue- general committee has an alphabetical book, which contains the names of persons taxed, and the amount each individualis required to pay." This is conclusive with regard to the course of the Democrats in their palmiest days. It establishes their identification with the system they pretend lo condemn, and upsets all pre- tensions to the character they now venture to assume. To this chapter of Democratic history we may usefully add further particulars. The evidence collected by the Iiifclligeitcer leaves no room to doubt Democratic guilt under the sway of General Jackson. We propose to trace the matter somewhat later, with the view of showing that under the Polk administration the Democrats not only carried out the practice of "forced contributions," but availed them- selves of official opportunities for political pur- po?e3 to an extent which the most reckless of the organs has not dared lo impute to the par- ty now in power. In May, 1850, the House of Representatives appointed a select committee to inquire and re port what persons holding ofiice under the Polk administration "were correspondents of newspapers, wrote for, or edited newspapers;" '•who in particular was the author of certain essays signed 'Bundelcund;' " and also whether during the last canvass for the Presidency any of the officers of the Governmerit participjjted in it, and whether, during the canvass, they were required to subscribe to a Democratic electioneering fund. The evidence taken by the committee is embodied in the second vol- ume of miscellaneous documents, 1st session, .'5 1st Congress. We will epitomise the points PKtablislied, leaving the reader who desires to become familiar with the details to refer to the volume ilself: First. It appears in evidence that the Hon. W. J. Brown, Second Assistant Postmaster I General under the Polk administration, left the duties of his office to deliver speeches in I favor of General Cass; one speech being de-i livered at Baltimore, the other at Bladens burg. Benj. F. Brown, a clerk in the Secimd Auditor's office, also left his duties to attend and speak at Cass meetings at Richmond, Vir- ginia, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania. General McCalla, Mr. Wood, of Virginia, and Mr. Lund Washington, other cffice holders, re- peatedly took part in the proceedings of the Jackson Association in this city. Major. S. L. Lewis, and Mr. Laughlin, Recorder of the General Land Office, addressed the same body on other occasions against the election of Gen- eral Taylor. Second. The same W. J. Bkown was asso- ciated with Mr. Edmund Burke — Commis sioner of Patents — on ihe E.xecutive Demo- j cratic Committee at Washington. As mem- bers of the committee, these officers of the Government signed a circular calling for aid to carry on the canvass in support of General Cass. Mr. Brown was also engaged, accord ing to his own evidence, in sending Democratic documents throughout the country; and he stated that other documents were sent by Mr. Thomas, clerk in the Fourth Auditor's office. Third. It is upon record that Hon. R. M. Young, while Commissioner of^he General j Land Office, contributed to the political de- partment of the Union, as an assailant ot Gen- eral Taylor. That Mr. Burke, while Com- missioner of Patents, wrote his " Bundelcund" pamphlet in favor of free trade, and contributed frequently to the columns of violent partisan journals. That A. J. Glossbrenner, while a clerk in the Department of State, under Mr. Buchanan, edited the Y'ork (Pa.) Gazette, " a radical Democratic paper." That Benja MiN F. Brown, while a clerk in one of the Departments, compiled and published a life of General Cass, the proof sheets of which were corrected by the General himself. Fourth. The testimony of many witnesses leaves no room to doubt that sums of money were raised by levies on the clerks in the De- partmenls, at different periods of the canvass, to provide for e.xpenditure in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and other States. The money was collected in several instances under the imme diate supervision of the heads of Depart- ments, who caused lists of the names and salaries of clerks to be prepared, and placed them in the hands of the pay agents for collection. The object of the contributions was declared to be political. Mr. Yoi'ng, Commissioner of the Land Ofiice, and others high in office, subscribed at the head of certain of the lists; and the tone of their allusions to the circumstance when before the special com mittee indicates their conviction that the "forced contributions" were a regular feature in the Democratic organization at that period. We have a clue to the mode of operation in the evidence of Eugene McDonnell, a clerk in one of the Departments, who made this state- ment to the committee on oath: "I w'as culled upon by a certain clerk to contri- bute funds while the Pennsylv.inia election was going on. This person presented a paper to me to subscribe, and I hesi(atet we do lAit squander those privilegia lu coalerriog them upon every individu.il who chooses to come and claim Ihcm. He knew that a great portion Oi those who came among us from foreign parta con-^ fist frequently of tiie tcorst part of the population of those cmmlrics, and that iboy are unacquainted jvith the value of Ih^sep'ivileges. ,nd that therefore they do not knuw how to valur them. I thiari that in lUus conferring indiscrimin.itely on all wc aroiioingi»5 jury (0 our libtrliei and our institutions; and I be ference that the false prophet of that day has no right to expect that the public will place safe reliance upon his predictions of to day. The Union- felt the force of the objection, and now endeavors to meet it by an exhibition of the grounds on which its anticipations are founded. Il disowns the special powers of the prophet, and virtually coniends that its state inent of results lesis upon calculations jvhich bring the affair within I.he range of ordinary] Bostos, AUas. science. It goes so far as io lay bare the dala| .j,,^^ ^^,^y,, cannot yet on which it bases its assurances, and spreads j (,e seen here. through many columus epistolary evidencej SIesasha, Wh. whiclTisto dispel all doubt upon the subject.! v„^, „,ust n.M expect The only eftecl of it will, in our judgment. be| t_hat our majority for to destroy the last remnanls of reliance our contemporary's accuracy as a political metician. The reason for this opinion is derived from lbs corresposdence published by the Union, from Slates which it claims as certain for Pierce and King. To present it distinctly we append extracts from the correspondenci in question, arranged partly in parallel columns, for the purpose of showing that our contcrapo- rary's correspondents toll widely different Jacksos. Mies. C0I.UMDU3, MlS8. I do not believe there Our party are entirely will be a full vote on united. cither aide. Lexington. Kv. Fbaskfort, Kv. The majority io Ken- Our proapccta are tucky will not be l.irge cheering and bright. on either eiJe. Newport, Kv Kentucky may he re- garded as a doubtful State. jMacon, Ga. Savannah, Ga. You perceive tbat wc I do not know a sin- have in Georgia four gle Democratic vote Iba'. electoral tickets. we shall lo.c. . ,ipu ith- '»'S^ lid King will be which can electoral ; Island bc- Newpoht, R. 1 There in nothuig, my opiuioi prevent t vote of Rln ing given to Pierce and King, uiiffss (Ac It'higs ihould be able to draw off from us, as was done Inu , considerable extint in Int spring election. 252 THE SIGNAL. THE MERIWETHER MOVEMENT MEA- SURED BY A DE.MOCRAT. Tho attack of General Pierce's ultra parti- sans in the Senate upon the pay and allowan- ces of General Scott finds little favor amongst the respectable portion of the Denjocratic party. None but unscrupulous politicians could have resorted to it, and none but the most desperate dare whisper a word in its defence. The con cepdon of it was mean, and the mode adopted for its accomplishment was too palpably false and unjust to be defended e.vcept by those who are prepared to use any weapons, however dis- honorable. We have already shown that Democrats of hiffh character liave on every proper occasion admitted the indebtedness of the country to General Scott; and that the most respectable Democratic journals have unequivocally con- demned Mr. Meriwetheii's proceeding as more likely to injure the Democratic party than the hero against whom it was levelled. We now add an opinion from a quarter where par- tisanship is not usually expected to be over nice in its tactics. We allude to Texas, whose leadinj Democratic organ — the State Gazette — published in the city of Austin, has the follow- ing remarks under date of September 18: '■Many and loud complaints have been made of the manner in which the lime of the late Congress wa3 consumed, and llie very small purposes to which it was devoted; nor were they without cause, aa any fair mind must conclude wtio has watched the proceedings of that body. Suck amovement as that of J\/r. Meriweitur to inquire into lite respective amounts of money received by Generals Scott anil Pierce, and wHcli consumed no smalt portion of tlie laliir part of the session, strikes us as an exceedingly small affair. Suppose it should appear, as no doaht it will if examined into, that General Scott has re- ceived ten or twenty times as much money as Gen- eral Pierce- what does it prove? Nothing more than that General Scott has been ten or twenty times as long in the public service, and was en- titled to it because he earned it. When no man has been willing to risk his character upon the as- sertion that General Scott has received more than his due, i( is, to our minds, come from witat source it may, a low trick to be ripping up tUs accounts at ttiis day. It proves notliing but partisan zeal aad an in- decent anxiety for its manifestation. We who op- pose General Scott's election have ample grounds for it, and reasons manifuld for preferring General Pierce, without once descending to Euch mcuning less artifices as this.'* What may we expect from the State Gazette when it learns that this "exceedingly small affair"— -this "low trick" — this "meaningless artifice," as the Meriwether motion is pro- perly called — has been dwelt upon with evi- dent relish by the Washington Union, and is relied upon by that journal as a very effective contrivance to benefit General Pieuce? The Texas commentator will be surprised to learn further that the Mr. Meriwether whose Sen- atorial reputation rests solely upon his labors in "ripping up" General Scott's accounts, has himself left a very ugly mark in the records of the Treasury. The Canadians are close observers of the pending contest, and devout believers in Gene- ral Pierce's friendliness to their interests. They have been disposed to depreciate General Scott's chances, and have made calculations in regard to reciprocity as a sure consequence of General Pierce's election. There is signifi- cance, therefore, in the admission of one of their leading journals — the Montreal Gazette — of a late date: "The PREeiDENTiALCA.MPAiGN.— General Scott's prospects are decidedly growing better, if we may judge from the tone of our exchanges. The Whig papers are groA-ing mor! bold and confident; the IVebsler papers Bcem to be giving in; and the De- mocrats more snarling and sullen." FREESOILERS AIDING THE DEMO- CRATIC PARTY. One of the incidents noticed in the following letter appeared in our columns a day or two ago. It is worth reproducing, however, as part of a statement which forcibly illustrates the nature of the alliance existing between the Democratic and Freesoi! forces, and the object of the policy now pursued by Freesoil leaders: [Correspondence qf the Baltimore Patriot '\ New York, October 2, 1S5-2. The "Free Democracy," whose meeting is men- tioned in the extract btlow, quoted from the New York Commercial Advertiser , is all that remain-iin "organic form" of the old "Liberty" or political Anti slavery party— by far the larger portion hav- ing gone off upon the "Buffilo platform" into the Democratic party; just enough remaining back to keep up an organization This organization Ib de- signed to make the impression on the South that the Abolition party cannot vote for Pierce and King, while every one acquainted with the fact knows that the leaders of this Free Democracy are, one all all, the most invidious, indefatigable, and efficient workers for the election of Franklin Pierce in the whole land. The Joshua Lcavitt referred to has been, for more than eighteen years, the mi-st unrelenting, bitter, and cunning leader of the Abo- lition party in the North. For many years the editor of the notorious Emancipator, his influence has been felt in giving direction to the Abolition party more than that of any other man. A few years since a gentleman of our acquaintance re- turned from Europe in the same ship with Mr. L. Mr. L. had been sent out as a delegate from this country to the World's Anti slavery Convention, and was now on his return. While on the voyage the following conversation passed between them: Gentleman. Mr. L., what can be your ultimate design in keeping up the organization of the Lib- erty party? You surely cannot believe that you are going to increase till you can elect candidates favorable to your views over either of the other po- Mr. Ij. Oh, no. We are not so mad as to be- lieve that. But wc mean to go on increasing our forces from year to year, til! we shall hold the bal- ance of power in some ol the large Northern Stales; and then we can make our terms with one of the two great parties that divide thecountry. Weex- peot nothing from the Whig party. Its excessive conservatism, its opposition to progress and re- form, its great wealth that makes it tremble at all agitation, precludes the hope of any thing from them. But the sympathies of the Democratic party can be more easily excited in favor of our objects. It is the party of progress and reform. Andwhen some crisis arises in which they become fearful of losing their national election, they will yield to our terms, and the country will see the Democratic party and theLibcrly party voting the same ticket. That lime has at last arrived. The gentleman at the time laughed at the idea of the Liberty party and ihe Democratic party ever coale:cing at an election. But "truth is stronger than fiction." Here is the article from the New Vork Commercial: Harmonv Again. — The meeting of the "Free Democracy" at the Chinese Assembly Rooms last night, amounting to nearly fifty persons, was for its numbers a fair illustration ol the unique "har- mony" that prevails in the Democrai ic lanks. The Times reports tho following scone. Mr. Joshua Leavitt, having abused General Scott, said: The second candidate was General Pierce, a man who, by testimony of hia responsible neigh- bors, is one to be treated with personal respect A Voice. I heard that General Pierce was drunk the other day. Mr. Leavitt. You heard a lie, then. The Cliuir. Order. Mr. Leavitt. I'll take care of the order, sir. Mr. L. proceeded with a great deal of earnestness to defend General Pierce, &c., &a.—N. Y. Com. Mr. L. is at this very tim;, as I am informed, writing letters to old members of Ihe Liberty party throughout New York and New England, urging them to vote the DemLcratio nominations, assuring them that it will all "come out right." And sine Franklin Pierce has made an extended visit to Massachusetts, and been in consultation witii Ihe most notorious of the "coalitionists" of that Slate, there can be no room for doubt that the bond is signtd on the part of Pierce and friends to give the " Free Democracy" Ihe "pound cf Jtesh nearest the heart," in consideration of their voles. With the Van Burems, Butlers, Wil mots, and othi-r leading Freesoilers — with the New York Evcniiii; Post, the Albany Mm, and a major part of the Freesoil press in Ohio and Wisconsin — strongly supporting Pierce, Joshua Leavitt's course is natural and con- sistent. The inslincl which led Giddings to prefer the Democracy as most akin to Freesoil- ism, and which now leads the active spirits of the Freesoil faction in ever}' State to labor for Pierce with more or less openness, could not mislead Mr. Leavitt, of vi-hose abolitionism, we believe, there never has been any doubt. Throughout the most bitter periods of the abo- lition warfare he has ever been amongst the foremost in his antagonism to the South. The South will not overlook the fact that he is en- gaged in defending General Pierce, and in striving to promote his election. We have the admission of yesterday's Union that "association with notorious, public, and fanatical Abolitionists would demoralize a whole party." According to this rule, the whole De- mocratic parly is demoralized beyond the pos- sibility of redemption. Its northern wing em- braces nine out of ten of those who have achieved notoriety as enemies of the Fugitive Slave law; and its interests are indirectly ad- vanced by the brief remainder, a majority of whom are opposing General Scott if not ac- tually canvassing for General Pierce. Could matters be otherwise? Cemld Free- soilers withhold support from one whose nomi- nation would never have been achieved with- out Freesoil votes, and who was never heard of as a candidate except through the agency of the Freesoil Democracy of New Hampshire? The Massacliusetts Coalition. The determination of the great majority ol Gen. Pierce's friends in Massachusetts to maintain the alliance with the. Freesoilers, has been abundantly manifested by their action in convention and the tone assumed by their most active men. We showed at the time that t^iat action was formally sanctioned by the Concord (N. H.) Patriot, Gen. Pierce's home organ. We now show how the matter is viewed by the Freesoilers, by quoting the fol- hiwing from the Boston CommonweuUh, one of their most violent journals : "The Coalition Ball in Motion !— Contrary to general expectation, yesterday morning the Democratic and Freesoil Conventions at Dedham finally united on a Union ticket for Senators. Both the nominees on tho Democratic side, Messrs. Robertson and BLirtlctt, arc liberal minded, hon- orable men, in favor of the liquor law, and out- and-out Coalitionists. Mr. Robertson, of Quincy, voted in the Legislature, on every ballot, for Charles Sunmer as United Sates Senator. Mr. Bartlclt, of Brookline, has been a selectman of tho town, and held other responsible posts, and is much respected by his (cllow-citizens Of Mr. Bird, the Frcesoiler, we need say nothing— he has been long and favorably known to the whole party. The ticket is a very strong on cd ! " ill he elect- We recently quoted from the Portsmouth (Va.) Democrat a paragraph purporting to be the declaration of an Ohio Freesoil print in support of General Scott as an opponent of slavery. We said that the paragraph was a forgery, and asked the Portsmouth journalist to name the authir. The Danocrat replies: "We now have pleasu.c in Btatiiio- thiit Ihcaboi'e WBS copied from the iiiohmond EnqM-.-ir. and as the Republic has charged it with beiip.; a forgery, as a matter of personal justice we hope its editors will withdraw the epithet so far as relates to us. We love our parly, but not well cnoo/yh to deal fraudulently with those opposed to ua" The epithet was not a;. p'i: .! :•.:'; ;>: ,iricrat, but to the paragraph, whv :i . - :i i nuunce asaforgery. Perhaps' tli" j^i i, ::.. ,,1 i.n./tiirar will tell whence it derived the fabncaijun. THE SIGNAL. 253 THE PIERCE PARTY IN MASSACHU- SETTS—FACTS FOR THE SOUTH. The proceedinga of the jMassacliusetts State Democratic Convention furnished to the coun- try abundant evidence of the sectionalized po- sition of the party in th:it State, and of the slronfT disposition of General Pierce's warm- est friends to prolong the disgraceful coalition with the Freesoilers. The aclionofMr. C. G. Greene, of the Boston Post, and the tone as- sumed by General Pierce's home organ, the Concord (N. H.) Patriot, place both points beyond dispute. We have since published prirate correspon- dence, from parties having all the advantages of local knowledge, establishing various rami- fications of the coalition, 2nd showing General Piep.ce's personal movements in connexion with it. This morning we add another letter, tracing the matter still further, and placing in yet stronger light the weakness of the National Demcicrals,and the determination and ability of the Freesoil Democracy to control the action of the party in the State. Our correspondent writes as follows: Lawrence, Mass., October 5, 1852. To the Editor of the Republic : Sib: I have watched with considerable interest the course pursued by Ihe public journals which are advocating' the election of Pierce and King- in relation to the position of Pierce and the party which supports him in New England, and more especially in Massachusetts. In all their commu- nt abroad it is claimed that not only from all taint, or suspicion even, in relation to the Compromise acts, including- the Fugitive Slave act. The same claim is also set up by General Pierce himself in his private comraunicationa to southern gentlemen of his party. Yet nothing can be more remote from truth than are such re- presentations. Hardly a day passes which does not eihibit acts of the Pierce advocates in this Commonwealth entirely at variance with the claims above alluded to; at least, no party move- ment is made by them which dues not present such an exhibilion. Even on this fifth day of October, 1S6-2, we have witnessed a most unequivocal abandonment and disregard of these pretensions by the Democratic Pierce party, in convention assembled, in this town, for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Congrtes in this seventh district. Nathaniel P. Banks, jr., of Waltham, received the nomina- tion at tlie first ballot, there being but six votes against him out of more than one (jundred votes cast. This is the Earns N. P. Banks, jr., who was too, who voted for Charles Sumner tor United Slates Senator. Nor does this day's history end here. It was one part of the business of the convention to nominate ri candidate for the office of elector for the district. Prior to the balloting for, a candidate for elector, n member from the city of Charlestown informed the convfiition that, at the meeting of the Derao- crala of that city lor the choice of delegates to the district convention, the delegation were instructed to use all their influence to secure the nomination of Jacob Fo5S of Charlestown as candidate for elec- tor. He was followed by a Mr. Lindsy from Ihe same city, who urged the claims of Mr. Foss to the This I. i •■ I :.. :.:i -;.. ..,mmittee > , ! in count- : s. After ■'- -. 1.1 I ' '■.. . i;;.uiks, (as ; Uil uio.;lj:i v...o h;;.Ic that the , , who had advocated Mr. I . . .-indidaie for elector, obtain !;u against the motion, urging against It ihat iMr. B.mks was not a Democrat— that he was no more a Democrat than Mr Pallrey; and that he (Banks) voted again and again for Charles Soinner for United States Senator. This bruught to his feet a Mr. Usher, of Medford, who vouched for the Djmocratic faith of Mr. Banks; but in no manner denying his Freesoilism, or that he voted fur Sumner. The question was then taken, and the Charlestown member voted nay— all oth- ed I crs voting were in favor of the unanimous nomina- tion of Mr. Banks. • But now comes the retaliatory action of the con- vention—action which shows how little of national Democracy and how much of sectional Democracy and national Frecaoilism entered into and consti- tuted the essential elements of that convention. At this stage of the proceedings, a member friendly to the ' ■ ' - -- " . the ini had been mentioned as a candidate lor elector, be longed to the same school of politicians as did the member from Charlestown, who had just spoken against the confirmation of Mr. Banks's nomina- tion, intimating that if he did he could not receive the nomination by that convention as candidate for elector. No denial being made of the fact that Mr. Foss entertained the same views and belonged to (he same school of politics with Mr. Lindsy, the convention proceeded to ballot for a can- didate for elector, which resulted in the elec- tion of one Mr. Safford, of Haverhill, the edi- tor of the Eaaex Banner, an out andout Coali- tion paper, while Mr. Foss, the National Democrat, received only twenty eight votes. This shows the proportionate strength of the National Democrats in this seventh district. They conatituteabout one- sixth part of the Pierce party in the district, and the disparity will hold good throughout the Com- monwealth. From all these facts and indications, perhaps the editor of the Republic will be able to explain to its readers why General Pierce was at VValihTm a few days since, as reported by the Waltham correspondent of the last number of that paper. A WHIG f F/iO was present at District Convention. BETTING ON ELECTIONS— THE VOTE OF PENNSYLVANIA- Some of our political opponents, doubtless alarmed by the strong and increasing manifes- tations of public favor in the State of Pennsyl- vania in behalf of the Whig candidate for the Presidency, have recently resorted to a system of tactics which, though execrable in itself, was the only one available in the desperate strait in which they begin lo find themselves. That system is to bet and otter to bet largely on the success of Ihe Democratic ticket in the Key- stone State, whenever opportunity offers. By so doing they calculate on reviving the droop- ing hopes of their friends and expect to carry some of those floating votes wliich they think will always be given to the party which seems to be tlie strongest. When a num ber of heavy bets are made, they can dis- pose of small portions of them to numerous per- sons, who are by the process stimulated into more active partisanship, and their efforts then, the managers of the scheme hope, may possibly turn the scale, and yet disappoint the Whigs of a victory which is now evidently within their grasp. A statement in the Philadelphia JVorlh American, indeed, warrants a suspicion that British manufacturers may have furnished the funds which are to carry into effect this scheme, though we do not undertake with that paper to specify any American of character as engaged in such an agency on the other side of the Atlantic. sAfter some inferences which we shall pass over, the JVorth American says: "Whether this supposition be well founded or not, we have the strongest belief that a large fund has been raised in Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and Sheffield, and that heavy contributions have been made by British houses and British agents in New York, who plunder our treasury of millions annually by false invoices, in order to advance the cause of General Pierce, and to secure the pcrma ncnce of the tariff of 1846. It is quite probable, therefore, in the nature of things, that some of this money has been furnishrd to the managers in Pennsylvania, and has been slaked on the result here, as a part of the political game, even with the certainty of defeat s'aring them in the face. "Aside from Ihe immorality of this practice, we advise our friends not to bet, as a matter of policy. When stakes are thus raised the gamlilers distri- t^iote them into small shares, and in Ibis way fifty or a hundred men may be made the active and interested parties to a single wager. It i9 a despe- rate mode resorted to by the enemy, in the hope of exciting; a conceru which no feeling of duty or prompting of patriotism has yet nuccoedcd in in- spiring. Pennsylvania, at no former Presidential canvass within our recollection, ever looked so promising in iv. ly section and county. The doom of 1.. '1. . ' !;, I 1 ,, lidcn. The leaders see it and trri.i' : I: , I I it in the immense and apon- to I, "1 the people, who have poured oui I j.i In ,,i!i- ,11,1 the valleys to express their gruliU..k .L.i :;a o, iviccsof WinfieldScott. They behold it in the gushing cuthusiasm which every- where greelB Ihe old hero as he advances on his journey lo the capital. They feel it in the absence of all excitement on their own side and the want of every quality on the part of their candidate to call out one generous sentiment. And, worse than all, they are destined to realize it in the verdict of that ballot-box through which the heart of the Ameri- can people will pulsate on the 2d of November. " No wonder, then, that in the desperation ex- cited by fear and the certainty of an approaching doom, our opponents should follow rush counsels and adopt extreme expedients. It was the fortune of Winheld Scott to conquer the British with their formidable odds, and with the veterans of Welling- ton, in the second war of independence. And it is soon destined to be his fortune to triumph over the I>ocofoco3 and the British together, who are now banded in a common cause, and struggling for a common end." While on this subject, we subjoin the follow- ing communication which has been addressed to us by a correspondent, and which presents the case, in another aspect: To Ihe Editor of the Republic: Sia: The Democrats are evidently frightened. They are becoming perfectly desperate. No belter evidence of this lact is wanted than the perfect recklessness with which they engage in betting. It is with them a magnificent game of 6rag. Ex- tensive betting is their best party capital, and in- deed with many uninformed men it operates as a precursor of their ultimate success. See how at almost a preconcerted signal bets are gotten up in all sections ol Ihe country to stimu- late party zeal and infuse courage and heart into an otherwise lifeless mass. Imagining themselves to be a majority de facto, they know of no possible way of investing money to better purpose than in betting on their ultimate triumph. The party it- self, made up of flashy filibustering and bravado, can be ralHed in no surer way than by these base pecuniary challenges. It rouses the peculiar c/un- iahness of the party, and it dupes the green out- eiders just enough to bring them over to what they think ii«(i 6c the strongest party. The Democrats cannot invest money in this campaign to better advantage. It ii not so with the Whiga. They arc willing to leave the decision with the people on the merits of their candidate. They have no fel- lowship with the desperate game of brag. They do not expect to accomplish any. thing' by these means in their own party. And as ibr gaining over any Locos by so doing, it would be utterly impos- sible, since the Democratic party cannot be oot- doneinthc business of betting. Hence it is for the inlerest of the Whigs not to encourage it, for it ia the most powerful engine of the opposition just at this present time, and let it be Ijornc in mind can- not be worked but through Whig co-operation. They have nothing to work on if the privilege of betting is denied them. Let the Whiga then mind no challengea, but work while It is day; work to set the country right, and place our country's best hero in the chair of Stale, ouce honored by other heroes to whoiT) we were not ungrateful— a Wash- ington, a Harrison and a Jackson. H. The Union makes two boasts— first, that the Democratic leaders do not use the mails as a medium for the distribution of their election documents; secondly, that they issue no docu ments that will not commend themselves to the party in all sections of the country. We have had many opportunities of refuting both assertions by a reference to facts. We have two other facts to-day. They are, that the Wisconsin mails groan under loads of pack- ages bearing the frank of Senator DoiiiiE, of that State; and that amongst the documents si> distributed is at least one which cannot be made palatable to the South. We have a spe- cimen of the franks, filed as evidence; ar>d we shall by and by select further evidence from the "franked" document to which we refer. The South will thank us, though the Union may not. 254 THE SIGNAJL ornament, the Jeadingf inciden lives, the National Democrat brief and aiithi suppress the name of the place at which the [m a «"ay in^'s' likely to advance his interests, reported conversation occurred, fur personal At page 28 we have an extract from a speech ! delivered by him at Manchester, New Hamp- shire, on the 20th November, 1850, and this al- extract embraces the following words: "The they had < men WHO WOULD dissolve the Union did '"" NOT HATE OR DEPLORE SLAVERV MORE THAN HE DID." Democrats Uallyiiig under a Brltisli Flag. The Wilmington (Delawere) Jmtrnal of Committee present the following Tuesday informs us that at a Democratic hemic sketches." We cannot be "mass meeting" held there on Saturday last, resorting in this instance to j the British national flag floated over ilie iilat- DEVELOPMENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA. ' logy «o We append a lengthy extract from a hnter '^ "f ''"»' received from a citizen of North Carolina, ' Execut who reports "astounding developments" and changes in that region. He writes coU"q»ially,:!iccused, the and with an eye to literal truth rather than ioppf'n*'"'^ ot Croneral Fierce for information form on wtiich the speakers stood! Anu ..n- artistic eftect; but his statements will never- I concerning his life and sentiments. We deal der that flag a Democratic orator is reported theless command attention, and will afford in- ■'^viili a document prepared by his own commit- 1 to have denounced General Scott as a coward finite amusement to imr Whig readers. We i tee, and in which every incident is presented and a thief! ■ ■' ' ■ ' .• The Democratic party is entitled to all the benefit that can accrue from a general know- ledge of these facts. They bring together two of the distinguishing features of Democratic organization in the canvass, and appropriately symbolize the influences that are at work to promote the election of the Democratic nomi- nee. It is proper that a party which is hailed reasons: , NoBTH Cabolina, Oct. 4, 1S52, A few days agi>, in conversation with thy Democrata in this vicinity, and aft abused General Scott and the Whig- they were at a loss for words, oneof them demand- ed of me what there was in General Pikrce's character which wuuld prevent my supporting him. I replied that if the fact of being; an Aboli- tionist would hang^ a man by the laws oi our coun- try. ! would guarantee to hang General Pibrce in three hours on ttie verdict of any jury of Demo- crats which could be selected in North Carolina or Virginia. This was received by them with most holy horror. One of them was sent to me the next morning to i;now if I had not said too much against General Pikbck, and whether I was not prepared to recall the hasty expression before it was made public. I told him that I had not said vhich 1 I not able to ) hear the charges," ho hang him." "You do not deny," General Pisece voted against Mr. 1 ing two slaves from Virginia This avowal of General Pierce's home views on slavery is not now brought to view for the first time. We adduced it as evidence against him during the controversy on the New Boston speech; but the accuracy of the whole was then denied. The denial is available no longer. The speech in which the obnoxious declaration occurs is published by the Demo- cratic Executive Committee as one of a series of illustrations of General Pierce's qualifica- ti'ms for the Presidency. Of course this edition of the biography was intended only for North- ern circulation — asakindofsupplement.infact, IDist'rTctof I to John Van Bcren's speeches. By what ; would BOOKS carry- nbia, do you?" "Oh, 1 admit that that is bad enough; but is that all you can prove against him," was the response. "I have six distinct charges against him; but I will, in the next place, tell you something which I cannot prove to-day, but Ibinlc I shall be able to do in three days." "What is that?" demanded he. "I see .from the Richmond papers," I replied, "that General PiEECE's friends acknowledge in his life that ho abhors slavery as much as those who would die solve the Union." My antagonist became violent- I ly enraged, swearing that it v/as a Whig lie, in- | tended to ruin General PiEBCE. "I shall send to; The Union impugns the accuracy of the Washington"! replied, "and get a copy of his , views we have presented in relation to the po- accident a stray copy reached North Can. we do not undertake to explain; but we learn that her citizens have since endeavored in vain to procure duplicates of the same edition. For their accommodation we send the e.\tract, greeting. The pamphlet we preserve fur pre- sentation to the editor of the Union when he sits down to write his promised history of the "Canvass of Frauds." by Britain and her colonies as peculiarly fa- vorable to British interests, should display the British flag wherever Deroocratis machinery is in motion. It is natural that the men who are not ashamed to rally under a foreign flag at an American meeting, called to discuss American politics, should be bold enough to heap epithets on the name of General Scott. British in- trigues, and rnayhap British gold, deserve some acknowledgment; and the Delaware De- mocrats have only played a candid part in hoisting the British flag, and in outraging the character of one whose earlier glory is asso- ciated with the humiliation of that flag upon the American continent. The American people will readily compre- hend the whole affair. liic, and if I find the expression there 1 shall use I •• ,,,• ,i,p ri'pnrtrla npm,ifr-icv f it. and .hat to the death of both General Piebce i f""" '" /f« ^»OTgia. Deinocracy. i- -a,.,- and his parly; if it is not there I will then admit ( 'ains that the party in the State is "sufllcient that it is a Whig lie " Running his hand into his j ly" united, and that the Democrats will to a pock Yesterday the convention of Democrats for this I learn that the Democrats out in ihe country, to a I , The Other IS proof from New Hampshire o congressional district assembled in this place and man, have pledged themselves to vote for General j the perpetration ot a forgery by the Richmond nominated B. C. Eastman for re election^ One of • if the Whigs can produce the li(c of General I £;ijH!>er or some of its friends, in relation to Ibedelegates, Judge Lord, of Grantcount'y, moved ■ the Freesoil antecedents of the New Hamp- I te ^''"P'.""^P'*""™''f the BaUimore Dem shire Democracv. The article containing the Sco' PiEBCE with that confession in it. Nevt-r was such a damper thrown over any pirty as this discovery has over the Democrats in this place. They dare Dot open tbeir lipa; if they do, they are told that j proi^* is from the Richmond IVhig. they carry abolition documenU in their pockets to i We leave the letter and the article to tell corrupt the people. j ji^^j^ ^^^ j^,g yyg ^^j,, „j,j interfere with the With a little management we have been prerogative of the {7»«m, by adding epithets to enabled to procure a copy of the "genuine life" ' either of them, to which the writer of the letter refers, and find that it contains the passage which has excited so much concern amongst General Pierce's Southern supporters. The publica- tion is in pamphlet form, entitled "Sketches ' of the Lives of Fbanki.in Pikkce and W^il- ' L)AM R. King, candidates of the Democratic ' Republican party for the Presidency and Vice ' Presidency of the United States;" and in the The Pennsylvanian, a Pierce paper in the city of Philadelphia, has recently endeavored to make it appear that the Revolutionary bat- tle of Germantown, near Philadelphia, was a British victory. This arises perhaps from its supporting a candidate for the Presidency who is a favorite of the British, and whose cause was recently espoused under British colors al prefatory paragraph there is this sentence: i Wilmington, Delaware, as is stated by a re- 'Tu place before the public, without eu- 1 speotable journal of that locality. Convention as their platform. I seconder was obtained lor it; hut the president did I not even bring the question before the convention, and it was completely g-offgfd by asking Lord not to press his motion until they had given three cheers for their nominees. When they had ac- complished the cheering, they moved an adjourn- ment, which was carried. So great was the liurry that they forgot to pass a resolution to priut their proceedings. The official biography of General Pierce devotes much space to his military exploits. One of these was' at the battle of Molino del Rey, and is thus described : " Though the battle had been decided b'fore it [the brigade] reached the field, vsr General Pierc« brought his command under tire in Eocb fine order as to win praise from the old officers." Prodigious ! THE SIGNAL '^55 THE NEW BOSTON SPEECH AGAIN. The Demoeritic press iif Alabama and Mis sissippi are exulting amazingly over a speech dig-'ni'ly'^nTlTinolumrm are"i3siined"io'the''emnU- \ "'""ential VVliig well acquainte recently delivered liy Judge Tarpi.ey, a bter puliticiaus of thecity and districts, and chiefly »'ale ot jiarties in Western I'eniisv Southern Rights Democrat, in which he nar- ,^')<^ f^s "'.dg of the Tyler administration? Such , "Pittsburo]!, October 6, ISM isfaction and even disguatamong' their own party. Can it be any wondor that there should be dis- isfaction and disg-ust when the principal posts c General Scott lii Western Pcnnsylviinia. The following letter is from an intelligent, fluential Whig, well acquainted with the rated : iversation which he had had ■■ hs ends of the Tyler administration? Such (ributiong, wc learn, have been made, with tl /^„ , D. .1 u . 1- .u NT —iintiun— avowed at the disrnified, nocturnal, ba General Pierce on the subject ot the New room m.-ciinrsoftliewire-pullcrs-of forcing them , ■„ , ^ostun speech. The Judgestat^ed that the upon th« future PrceiHent, should he happen to be '|''1"'y' al ScoTT happy to e lapp: General assured him that Mr. Fo report General Pio Not ely the tissue of -misrepresentations, and that he collector, postmaster, naval oti had repeatedly denotinced it. " I told Foss |3,"-rPhi'ia^:?;L'"ltl^: to his tace," the Judge reported General Icertaiu fovei^n embassies shall Pierce to have said, " that he had misrepre- sented me wilfully and maliciously." ioft illlc ) that, in my opinion. Gene- larger majority in Western vania than General Tayl r. Our parly is id enthuaiaslic, and conlident of success. The enemy is working hard, but the masses will go f»r Scott. In Ihia county wc are somewhat difllracted about the sheritTalty, and it will injure our ticket at the annual election; tut all will lie 1 rig/i( 171 November. 1 "Of Eastern Pennsylvania 1 dunol leel prepared to speak. The accounts are chteriug, and I be- lieve this State is sure for Scolt." auged how i ain foreign embassies shall be disposed of, and are engaged in the construction of a cabinet for [General Pierce. The Alabama Whigs contrasted this version I "The small body of small men in the Democratic „ , . J. -• -.L i_ - jj 1 . St i parly, who have presumed to pre-arrange an ad- , ofthe contradiction with that addressed to Mr. iministration and distribution of officejfoF General I ,„,,-. . .... De Leon by General Pierce, who then said: Pierce, have done him an immense injury here, I ^ h" Democratic organ in this city was ex- "I do not remember ever to have seen what pur- and contributed, perhaps more than any openly ceedingly indignant the other day because ports to be a report of a speech delivered by me at ! hostile cause, to the improvement in the Whig j some southern journal attributed to it a promise New Boston, in this Siaie, in January last, until iP^^pect of which we have spoken. The result of - ,i,at the Freesoil and all other sections of the my atiention was called to it as republished in the , th-^. :^:^^:r^:^^'^y,^^Xl^, -'J- | party will be equal recipients of favors at the Finding the difficulty of reconciling state- iL'^XaXdlscTplirC^Thirr I'p^rfrn'tl'.^'^ ''"' i "^The"'p?omt:: ^^^0^" emanating from the ments of a nature so opposite Judge Iakpley . , (;„;„„ [^^^ ^^^^ endorsed by it. it was made has addressed a letter to the N.ishv.lle Union,: t.eeri«sfro„. Pennsylvania. ' in a speech delivered at Pittsburgh, on the ^Qth 111 which he remarks: [ A working Whig whose opportunities-have l„|ti„; by Hon. James Campbei.i., a Penn- "General Pierce unhesitatingly pronounced the j made htm acquainted with the people ot West- ^ylvania Democrat who said- whole statement false, from beginning to end, de- 'ern Pennsylvania, thus writes: ^ ,.wi, r-'.i' D .„;. 1I....J D,-o;.t.„. .. rUrino- ni I iip bt iTi*> lim.^ ihatth^ a ^nii m^.ita ^t ! t * ' When Fraiikiin Picrcc IS clccted President, as trtbu°?d ?o h"m wT, e a^war with everv not^ o -fnd ^ "Gbeensbuiigh, October 6, ISo2. he undoubtedly will be, he can be looked upon as n,ivaeactof^i^^if^■ '°^^^^^ "' ^^"^ *'"" '»'«'y ^^"""S^ ">« <'°"n'i«= "f the P,ein( away. So clear the track, &c. To Washington y®u must not go. But up Salt River soon you'll row ; It 'II cure your/ainiing — change of air — And the Locos they will pay your fare. So clear the track, &c. Now, boys, we'll rally round brave Scott; You can't refuse— I know you'll not— To vote for the man who fought for you. And made your country's foes turn blue. So clear the track, &c. Then rally, Whigs— come shout rffid sing, And let us make the welkin ring— And a glorious victory we shall gain For the old hero of Lundy's Lane! Then clear the track, Scott is coming Clear the track, Scott is coming. Clear the track, Scott is coming. See the Locos how they're running. New Orleans, Sept. 18, 1852. J. c. w. General Scott on his Joukney.— It is not the fault of General Scott that the people gather around him. It is the custom of the people all over the world to honor virtue and gallantry. In the per- son of General Scott they see a veteran who has been almost half a century fighting their battles. Called among them by public duty, they avail themselves of the occasion to pay him the homage of their gratitude. What has, in other times, been done for Washington, for Jackson, for Harrison, and for Taylor, is now being done for Scott. lAlbany Journal. The British Candidate for President.— The English Dress, English capitalists, and English manufacturers coiuiuue to manifest a warm and active interest for the, election of a President who represents i p^nv friendly io BritiEh interests, and hoslile to Aiofrican prosperity. Here is further evidence of the truth oi (he statement : From the London Despatch of Sepl. 5. The two parties of the Republic, Whig- and De- mocrat—that is, conservative and progressive, pro- tectionist and freetrader -appear to have mar- shalled their forces and selected their candidates for the coming election. Every Englishman, of almost every class, rejoices in the expecta OF SUCCESS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC, PROGRESE FREE-TRADE PARTY. Fiom Blackwood's Jl/ogaiine for July. The manufacturers of America cannot e UNDER competition WITH ENGLAND WITHOO HIGHER tariff; aud the simple question is, whether manrrfaclures shall ceaieor not. From the Ohio Stale Journal. A SCOTT SONG. BT J. C. MILLER. Am — Oh ! Susannah. I dreamed a dream the other night, When all around was still, I dreamed I saw Old Chippewa A marching up the hill ! His trenchant blade was in his hand, No tear was in his eye-»- He had no time to fall or faint, Resolved to do or die. CHORDS. Oh ! brave Winfield Must fight one battle more. And Pierce the old Democracy Who Polked in forty-four. His eye, " with indignation fired," Astern defiance flashed. As on he pressed through fire and blood Where cannon-thunder crashed ; The gallant Miller, too, was there, His battle-word "I'll try." He knew to try was to succeed, When noble Scott was by. Oh brave Winfield, &c. They stormed the heights and turned the gun Upon the flying foe, They tore the British ensign down. And laid the lion low ! Our star-lit sheet they there unfurled — The banner of the free — Whose sky-born glories light the way To glorious victory. Oh brave Winfield, &c. Once more in freedom's cause arrayed, The sons of freedom stand ; All honor to the war-worn chief. Who leads the gallant band. Ye sons of toil, who hate Free-trade And Locofoco gas, Just Pierce their fainting candy-date, As he Pierced Lewis Cass. On brave Winfield, &c. So now three cheers for Chippewa, Three cheers for Lundy's Lane, And three times three for Winfield .Scot;, Who takes the field again ! With brave Winfield, We'll fight one battle more. And Pierce the old Democracy Who Polked in forty-four. That Betting.- The I'eoman has something to say about some beta taken here on Thursda^r night, but he don't tell the best part of the affair. Wc must give it: A Democrat from an adjoining county made bets with several Whig's of Frankfort to the amount of .$2,500— half on Kentucky, half on the general result. The money was to he put man of our city, who has been betting heretofore pretty freely on Pierce, put $500 into the hands of a Whig to be bet with this Democrat upon the same terms! But when morning came the Demo- crat acknowledged that the bet he had already made was very loolish-hc couldn't win and might lose — and declined to bet any more. So bis brother Pierce man didn't get in. This effort of a Pierce man who has been betting on his candidate to "hedge" by be'.>ing on the Whig side, is a significant sign of the times. [Frankfort (h'y.) Commonwealth, Oct. 4. The New York Day Book, a Webster paper, in the course of an article in relation to " poUlics in the country," says: " Wherever we hear from or been in the coun- try the universal story of every man is. ' we did not prefer Scolt, but it is our duty to stick to our party; he was nominated, and we must support him.' " This looks as if there were no hopes of dividing the Whig party in the Slate of New York. Gov. Troup's Acceptance. The Hon George M. Troup has accepted the State RighU nomiaatiop for the Presidency. SIGNAL PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, BY G. S. GIDEON, No. 17.] WASHINGTON: OCTOBER '23, 1852. [Vol. 1. THE SIGNAL, MOVEMENTS OF GEN. SCOTT. His Reception at Sandusky. Sanduskv, Ohio, October 9.— Before the Gene- ral left Tiffin this morniiig delegates commenced arriving from the surrounding- towns, and detained tiie cars for more than two hours beyond the ap- pointed time. General Scott addressed the people in a complimentary speech, doing no more, how- ever, than thanking them for their warm recep- tion. In the course of bis speech he said: "My friends, I am much exhausted I am great- ly fatigued by the very kindness of my friends, and thank God (or the institution of the Sabbath. To Uiorrow will be to me, indeed, a day of rest." The various delegations formed a magnificent show; anil the enthusiasm erinced by the people of .Seneca county cannot be expressed in words. The gatherings appeared to be entirely free from political bias, and members of all parties partici- pated in if.o prcceedinga. Seneca county is Dem ocr;uic by a large majority. The delegation from Rome formed a line of car- nages and wagons half a mile in length. Delega- tions were also present from Melmorc, Oregon, Wyandott, and Sycamore. Thousands came pouring into town. In one procession was one large car bearing the mscription, "Scolt Jtoys of Sycamore," followed by anolher filled with young ladies carrying a banner, on which was inscribed '•Scott Girls of'Sycamore." Republic sent a splen- did delegation, consisting of some hundred ve- hicles, beaded by a party of ladies and gentlemen on boreebaclt, all dressed alike— the ladies all wear, ing Kossuth bats and feathers, black silk trains, and Innia-rubber jackets. The entire line of pror-^si.in took more than two hours in pair ult 'I, t,i;i ;,,j .-are, where they were received '. ■ , : ,:i Tbe road to Sandusky was but i , , ,:;., scene of yesterday, and throuLjIiL J' t: ■ i't hue it was a blaze of enti'.usiasm. The train stopped at Republic, where a large number of people were asaembled. General Srott, in addressing them, eaid "he liad seen a delegation Iruin their place at Tiffin, among whom were some young ladies whose charms were likely to bo more destructive to the hearts of young men than armed troops could bo to an enemy." An old soldier who bad fought in the battle of Pl.^iteburgb had come thirty miles to see his old At Lorii was an old soldier who had f.ugbt in Colonel Bloorh's regiment at Queenstown Heights, and who was much aftectcd on meeting Scott. At Bellevue the train stopped, and there was quite a spirited demonslralion. Cannon were fired and bands played. Here alio were three old soldiers of the war of 1812. One of them asked Gen.^ral Scott if he knew him. General Scott replied "No," at fi'st; but looking at him attentively, suddenly exclaimed, I do Your name is Baker. You brought me a despatch to Rofk lilan.l which iisfurmed meof thecaptijreof Bhck llav.k ■ A : when he found Scott knew him was uiil He carried the despatch from Galena, v.iu- ,i. . . the river in a canoe with Frenchmen, and iiieu landed in a swamp and proceeded on fuut. lie swam the river and delivered the despatch in safety. Short addresses we.-e delivered by Gentr.il Scott and E. Cook, ol Sandusky, who came down from Tiffin to meet tbi General. When about a mile f om Sandusky the train suddenly stopped on account of a signal on the road. On descending from the cars and proceed- ing down the line, it was found that a freight train was thrown off the track and the rails torn up for some distance. The heavy cars were upset in the ditch and buried some distance in the earth. The horror of the passengers was great. We learn that a man who had been riding on Iho top of the cars lay crushed and buried beneath this huge masi. Every cflTort was made to move the cars, but in vain. It beg.ia to rain after this delay. A train from Sandusky took the passengers to that city. At the depot a large number of persona were gathered despite the rain, which poured in torrents. General Scott was met at the depot by the City Guards, and was addressfd by Hon. E Cook, who in the course of his remarks eaid: "Living as we do in the midstof the ereat North west, disgracefully surrendered by Hull, glorious ly reclaimed by yoar heroic valor on the bloody frontier of Niagara, we should be the last to forget the debt we owe you, and the last to refuse its liquidation. The whole vast region from Lake Ontario to St. Louis lay naked, defenceless, and exposed to the uncurbed ferocity and vengeance of the savage foe. Danger yicircled and dea.h lurk- ed in every path. Panic had seized the nation, and the whole land lay under a aloud. At this trying crisis of our country, eo full of responsibility and peril, who shall espouse her cause and fight her battles, and shield her bleeding rights? Who shall regain her conquered trophies, repair her trampled honor, and restore her captured territory? His tory h.as told us, sir; and she has added to her re cord that to which no age can furnish a brighter or raore glorious page." After dwelling on the military ecrvicrs of Gen- er.il Scott, IMr. Cook proceeded : " If you have won imperishable rciiov.n in Ihc . field as our greatest warrior, you have no less ce- lablisbcd your claims as our calmest sage, our most successful negotiator, and the enlightened I friend of peace, of the Union, and of humanity. It is the possession if these double virtues which {entwine the red laurels of glory in a deathlesE wreatii with the olive and the palm around your dea'redl". M. ' , v !v ' i;." . . '" ■ , ,i " '':'.':':", ofthc».-> , - -' : . r . ; ■ . . bracing III' ^.drc I ".I .• ; y. .M :•'! 'li- ;.._,• in' ! of our native and adopted citizens, as well as in oeb.ilf of the authorities of the Bay City of the lakes, to bid you welcome, welcome, thrice welcome !" General Scott replied briefly. He would net keep people waiting in the rain. He said : "I stand now at the northern gale of the great Enapire State of the West, about to embark upon the bosom of the vast sheet of Mater which lies spread out before ine.'and which will bear me on ward to my borne. To meet so vast an .vscmblage in the midst of a storm like that which now rages, to meet mj fellow coootryijien, anxious under such unfortunate circumstatices to greet me, is an honor unexpected. It is gratifying, fellow. citizess. I thank you from the bottom ol my heart fi)r this ' ' of your regard and esteem. What udufky—'lTu Speeches. ir.ay I don of your approvai, I feel tj have been ■iiriu repaid lor my humble but honest ser- M - ill support of the cherished institutions of our beloved country." The precession then formed, consisting of the military companies, four fire companies, oiid sovc- hicles, and proceeded to the Exchange Hotel, wher give the 1 Tlie Dinner at Sc Sandi'sky, October 11 - The dinner given lo Goneral Scott at the Exchange Hotel last evening was a very brilliant affair. Afier the plates were removed, Hon. E. Cook wis called on for a speech. In responding to the call he made a very eloquent address, reviewing the services of General S.-oit throughout his career. During the speech, he touched upon the fact which has been stated, that during the Mexican war Scott was offered n large sum of money to take the government of Me.xico into bis own hands. General Scott replied; " My friends and fellow-citizens— friends I msy well call you— it is imnossible for me to sit s'ill under the very eloquent words which I have just heard spoken, and under your very emphatic approbation of them, without making my acknow- ledgments to my honorable friend who has pour- ed out a stream of eloquence containing so many .illusions personal to myself-allusions highly col ored, no doubt, but with perhnps some little foun- 'ialion in truth. I say 1 cannot sit and hear that aridrces, and the app'ause with which it has been rcceivc-l, without rmins to offer my thanks. "It has been my fortune to bear the standard of our commrn country into a foreign land, backed and supported by our own noble citizens, native- born and adopted. Untlcr the smiles ol Providence, it has been my lot to witness many victories achieved by our glorious army. It has been my hit lo partieipate. on many occasions more ihan I shall recile— in the most interesting and animated spectacles which any person can behold— the tear- ing down of the standard of a foreign enemy, and the raising up of your own. But, supported as I was by most intelligentofficcrs and brave men, it was almost impossible to avoid this resnlt. Tha arls ;•. ere perfected— they have been recorded to the honor of our country. 1 will bo pardoned if I indulge in a little piesc of egotism by speaking ot my?elf. " My friend has alluded to the dark clouds which hung over us, and obscured the light of Heaven from our country, and to the deep dejec- tion, amounling almost to despair, which cove.-ed our land in the early part of the war of 1SI2 The. battle of Chippewa was at hand. To what 1 an. d.uut to say, Jlajor Camp, and many others who- -. rved in that war, will testify. [Cheers for Major |'.•..^lp ] I shall have occasion to speak partieu- Inrly and more emphatically of that brother sol- dier. Marrhinginto battle, i called oui to agallant otncer— who was at a considerable dittance— lou.i enough for the greater part of our men to bear me, ' There is a dark cloud hanging over the country. Let us draw our swords and do somethingthat will gladden the hearts of the country. Let us d« some- ihing which will cau;e our countrymen to ring the belis and build bonfires and illuminationa. The thing was done, and repeated on.other nccasions [Applause.] That is the slight pieca of egotism to which I have been led by tho eloquent add.es, which we havejnst heard. I spoke of anothcc nd of and who now stands near me. He was in 1.814 quite a young man, of very inferior rank, as mpared with his merit. He entered the cain- ,ign with the rank of captain. His rank should have been that of colonel. [Appl.iuse.l You may be aware that the chief quartermaster general la next in importance to the chief commander oi the army. Every thine depends upon his energy and foresight. General Brown said to Major Camp, in n every house my presence, at a period in the city of Buffalo hod been burned, and all boats belonging toLake Erie had been collected as alisolutely mces- iagara river, •Cua- by such a timei" J many boat: The toA-n is now illuminated with bonfires, &c , but the rain is pouring down in torrents. I id carried oft, ry for us l< It we have i irned to Ge thing to be impossible. Major Camp will do bis at.' ifl due ssasottj much to uur joy, ample 258 THE SIGN A and, whal by side «i eprovH.dhy waa moro. he eadiiig- my Ir tn me on tbe q ho i.idtf.i ad llle hoi gade. and unrler der igabie Camp, .r.on that oc he. giood side i of that little liat. wl.i fire or the be aesisied h waa Euciny. i„ pi- I bad ck.ng d.d. under the bcuvy to ewiin for iny life, and mo up or I should have drowned. [Sensation.] But Ibr Major Cam there would have ended my little history, lie look me bv Iho collar while he was strujj gliiiff in the stream and pulled me oi'er the b,>at. [Cheers ] In «very emergency we were favored as hy an overruling Providenn- <■ every instance of neceesily we were supplied ■■ ' ample means, which reminded mc of Fredcri. Prussia, who said to the commissary gcmr: i know it is impossible for you to place provisitm l^i my army at such a point.' 'May it please your majt-aty,' he replied, •impossibility ahnll not only become possibility, hut certainty.' So it proved with us in every event. [Applause.] I cannot le- call a single individual wno served in that war who bas been so poorly requited .considering theservici s rendered, as Major Camp. I have said that he en- tered the campaign with a rank far helow bis merit. Aiit^ close he had earned the rank of major, it should have been that of major general. [Cheers for Major Camp.] '•My honorable friend who has addressed you in such eloquent ti rmeas almost to deter me from attempting to speak, has referred to some scenes that occuired in Mexicc. to one or two of which 1 beg- leave to advert. He baa f poken of the protec- tion extended to the churches, be might have add- ed to the persons and property of all I had the warm thanks of the Archbishop of that coun try for the protection iriven lo the church, and also those of his people J had his affection, his thanks and his blessing. He was an ag-ed man. then eighty, five years of age, and is now gone lo his loner home. 1 spoke to him about the pictures with which the churches were ornamented. They were copies and originals by the first masters of Spain, and the former could not be distingruishcd by a coiinol.H:»eur from the origrinala. He supposed that I hod a fancy for some of them; and I must eay I had. I ho.! a lurking wish to bring some ; for :ind he said them, ho wo .ne of which lerlit 1 "I went h ii:if, dii.J Ihuuglit on the matter. Ifl take these pictures home, thought I, it would be like taking from Pcler to pay Paul. If I lake twenty, why should not other ofBccra lake pictures in proportion. So I came to the conclusion not to take one; nor was there a picture taken, I am con fident, by any American officer or American sol- dier. Ttiey were all left as we found them, un- touched and undamaged. [Applause.] "One Word more about myself, my iricnds My friend has adverted to the proposition seen tlciating about in the newspapers I have nowhere sjen it correctly slated that an ofler was made lo mc to remain in that country and govern it. The im pressiun which generally prevails, that tbe propo- sition emanated Irom Congress, is an erroneous one. The overture wa.s m.ide to me by private citizens; men of wealth and prominence During our slay in Mexic i.our system oi government and police was c.tablislied, which, as the inhabituiits themselves confessed, gave security— for tiie lirai lime perfect and absolute security — to person and properly. About two fi:ths of all the branches of government, including nearly a majority oi the members of Congrta6:;nd the. Executive, were quite desirous of having thjit country annexed to ours. They knew that upon the latificalion of the treaty of peace nineteen out of twenty of the persons belonging to the American army would stand disbanded, and would be absolutely frte Irom all obligations lo ru:-. ! \ .i not in favor of the annexation .; . i ' ,i y own country. Mexico has about ■ t i. . ..| inhabitants; and out of these e:..;t.! i ' ■■_ are not more than one million who are of pure Eu- ropean blood. The Indians and mixed races consti- tute about seven millions. They are exceedingly inferior loourown. Asaloverofmy country I was opposed to mixing up that race with our own This was the first objection oB my part to this pro position. May I plead some little love of home, which gave me tbe preference for the soil of my own country and its institutions. 1 came back to die under those institutions, and here I am. 1 be- lieve 1 have no more to add in reply; 1 will, there- fore, conclude with a sentiment— "It waa here you organized the army with ^ou, in connexion with your compatriots, i:-' 3.inada from this frontier, and hither yi n :iiirne from yonder battle-field, wounded by ::n mies of your country. "Nnr are wc unmindful of your subseque'it i inguished services in su[>pre63ing an organi iitempt by force of arms to nullity the lav> :ipai alleled i tb.illii 'For thcs " 'Tlie City of Saniluiky: May she continue to grow and prosper until she shall equal any city o! ibe Western Slates.' " After the General had concluded the cheering was enlhusiastir. Hon. M. 8. Castle, of Cleveland, was called, and made a brief but most brilliant and eloquent speech, in tones which heightened the effect ol In the course of his remarks he said "he had commenced his political career in 1844, when Clay waa a candidate for the Presidency. He hail supported him with all his powers, for," said the speaker, "I believed him most worthy this mark of confidence from his countrymen; and more than this, I loved him with pure and abiding aflf^clion, which I intended should never hnvc an end— and it never eliall. But he has gone home, there to dwoll until the apocalyptic comes, with one ti.ot upim land and one on the sea, and shall declare, aiier the seven thundera arc bushed, that the mysteries of God are ended; that lime shall be no mora. And like one who placed his feet on th glittering sandj of the Jura, wiili eagle eye fixed on ill mighty summit, where it pierced the star ngled skies, the better to behold Ibe immeniity ■-ur and glory about him, so has his to the right hand of God, and revels in the light his faith had promisod him." Mr. Castle was loudly cheered during his ad- dress. Yesterday General Scott attended church twice; and all this morning the. hotel has been thronged by visitors. We leave on the Arrow to meet the of the grandeu the and proceed di- tteceplion at Buffulo. Buffalo, October 12 —The guna of the steam- er Mayflower signalled the aporoach of that boat with General Scott on board ai about half- past seven o'clock this morning. This bcins about two hours earlier than the guest wos expected a military par.i.i. , i; r ii mi. I ~, i:.l 11! !:1 9 o'clock, at V • , ; ' • • II. . ,, ^r of two com[). 1 :- , ,: • General to the Amenean llolel. A brgi; number of persons had assembled in front of the hotel; and the General was welcomel by Mayor Barton in tbe following speech: "Gbnbbal Scott: In behalf of Ihe citizens of BuflTilo, 1 have the honor cordially to welcome you to this city. "You, sir, have nowspenta period of nearly half a century of your life in the sei vice of your ce.un- Irv, and on the occasion of your arrival' among us it "ii approprnl.. ihit wc, the citizens of Buli'ilo, in soma inaiiii- v iialifyour high appreciation of your character and public services. "You arenot indeed astran^i- m :;ii!, i . i .- i' are those in our community v... '. ,1 recollection of your dipi-iigm :i , .. - - i; heroic deeds at QueenstuA-n, ^'ni s, . t. -r; her public acta you have re- tinue to receive, the grateful acknowledgmenis uf your countrymen. "I repeat to you, air, a hearty welcome to Iho city of BufTilo." To which General Scott replied : '•My Fellow-citizens OF BtTFFALo: lam happy to be able lo feel that I am not a stranger among you. It 13 now forly years and one week since I first visited this place — since I first caught a view of the mighty inland ocean which now lies spread before me. It is upwards of forty years, as your Mayer has reminded mc in fiiticiing terms, since I was called upon to form a camp of instruction in this neighborhood, and since the army first or- ganized here and prepared for those great battlea which our countrymen do not now choose should be forgotten. [Applause] "I well recollect the scenes which were enacted ill this neighborhood at that period. They are brought back foicibl.y to my mind this morning wheal behoKI some of my leli'.'W at turs in tho.^e scenes; for although so many have passed away, I thank God tlisit a feiv still rem.iin of my old compani' ' i l-iJ In Ihe space of time ^hich baa ini'-i . i :■, Buffalo has passed from ahainki . . i . . tv Thanka to the enter- prise an.' ii.i-.Mj lu- Ml its inhabitants, an im- jiortant iiiy now rises wliere then all wa;: riesola. lion. Bufialo was horned in the winter of 1813-14. I was at a great distance from this pb.ce at the time of the burning, and the whole frontier waa in a stale of despondency— of despair. "At that period I was sent here by the Govern- ment to form a new army, and to endeavor to make bead against the enemy. While the army remained, and I am proud to say they rendered ffiioii terviee, I'lc inhabitants took courage — they 8-oih1 their dwellings, and commenced rebuilding. WU'.Ui ! leiiiained I had the pleasure of seeing Ilieir labors progress, ol beholding their houses rise from the foundation to the crowning roof. I bad also the satisfaction of hiring out volunteers to as- sist them in their work from amongst the mechan- ics who had enlisted in the ranks of the army — and brave, noble soldiers they were. They aided the inhabitants in their work, and contributed all in their power to their relief. These are the re- collections which make this spot most interesting, 1 and render the present moment one of the proudest I of my life. "There are other associations, too, n.ore pcrso nal, with '.vhit^h these scenes are connected. I do I not fora-et that it was in this neitrbborliui.d, forly years at .: : m m.--' ..: • • ■ y ■:, . that I I heard it . . . : - ' n ' -.t inus- 1 remeti.N the inbao, the aid of in achievi whether burn up voluntary acts- am proud to ca and I am proud New York as m, "I am happy lichtbenecfofth ime for thirty-odd year [long to the great and s is'the Empire State •otmtrymen of no distinction; 1 this occasion have made and .; I suy to all that party- pl ed by their own h untrymen. Yes, Union - ly of and the and Lundy'a Cane THE SIGNAL '259 my paai life, in darker ceiity, and ia sufficient of your devotion to the mon country '•My fricnda, being d pica — be:Dg reeolvod nu upon suohaubject5-I nave utiio more to artii, ex cept my hearty thank?, the thanks of an old eol- dier, fur the honor you have this day done him. The oecurrences of tliis day will bo added to my other pleasing recollections of your cily, andcber iehed the remainder of my life— a life already ex tended to the usual span, and which cannot last more than fifteen or twenty years longer. Accept, then, my friends, my hearty thanks for Ihe warmth and sincerity of your welcome; and may God bless and prosper you all " There were loud ftSid enthusiastic cheers when the General had finished this happy address, :ind therffoctof his quiet but earnest manner ot de- livery was g-reat upon the assemblage. Every man appeared delighted wilh the ol i warrior, and Ihey who had been accustomed to believe that he was an awkward and bungling orator, stared at each other in aelonishment. The Scott Glee Club of Buff.lo then advanced to the front of (he bal- 1 crrnv, while the General stood back, and sang- two | of their Bonga in a style difficult to equal and im- possible to excel. The General wan evidently de- liRhfed at the beautiful singing of the club, and when they bad concluded he shook all the mem- bers by the hand, assuring them that during hie lifetime he hid never heard the songs lhf;y had favored him with executed in belter style. The General Ih-n withdrew to Ihe drawing-rooms and received the visits of bis friends, whosuon tilled the spacious rooms to overflowing. He leaves town we believe on to-morrow morning's train for Ihe East Reception at Lockpoil. LocKpoBT, October 14 — Genrr.il Scott arrived at this place this morning in the 8 o'clock train of cars from the Falls Thousands of our citizens had assembled at the depot, and their repeated shouta, with the firing of cannon, announced his The General, accompanied by the coramiltcc of welcome, proceeded in a carriage to the American Hotel, in front of which an immense am pioud to call you iiiv countrymen. I am proud of the State ot New York, the Empire Stale of this glorious Union, lor il was my homo for rhiriy years. I join with you all wiih the most fervent divoliou lo tiie best iulerests of our com- mon country. Accept, my friends, (he, hearty thanks of an old soldier for this kind and sincere welcome; and may God blossand prosper you all." General Scott then, amidst the cheers of the crowtl below, withdrew to the drawing room of the American Ho'el, where he was introduced lo t' e citizens, who crowded around, eager to grasp ihehandof the o'd warrior. After Inking a short ride through the. principal strfetj of the village, he departed on the eleven o'clQidt train of cars for Rochester. Reception at Rochesltr. RocHESTEa, Thursday, October U —The Ro delegation, inclodiii? (!ie supervisors of -"'■';■•• i:. is morning lo chei Dty meet General Sc Before leaving Ihe Union scho. 1 hundred pupils, people, numbering at least nve thousand, were as- sembled. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed, and the air was rent-with cheers as the hero alighted from the carriage. He proceeded to the balcony, where he was welcomed in an eloquent and neat address by T. T Flagler, eiq ; lo which General ScoTT replied as follows : ".My FaiKN-ns and Fkllow-citibsns of Look- poaT: I have not been in your town before lor many years, and 1 am happy to see aucti marked evidence of prosperity and rapid progress. It is but a few years since the pioneers of (his country pitched (heir tents in a wilderness, and I now see before me the fruits of industry and perseverance, which characterized those early set- tlers. There are reminiscences connected with your county— the county of Niagara— which served to kindle within ray bosom sentiments of graliiudc. U v.'HS on your frontier some forty-odd years ago that I was engaged in sanguinary conflict, wi-h many of your citizens. In the defence of our conn try's rights; and I canuot forget the valuable asfist- ance rendered me on those occasions. I see before me a monument of lasting fame, a great work of internal improvement passing through the bed of granite rocks upon which your beautiful town is built. The rapid changes which seem to mark your onward progress are truly astonishing — ia. deed, to know and appreciate your position, it would seem n«'ceesary to pay you a visit every five or six years 1 have seen much of this beautiful country of the West. 1 have just passed through the gr.at State of Ohio, and have there wit nessed a like onv.-.ird progress In every thing which tends to beautify (he country and en noble its inhabilanis. But I do not appear before you for the purpose of miking a speech. I stand before yon a.- r. irav.ll.-r, •Piurning from Ihe -11 1 . ,' . i. 1 am nappy to discharge aion — happy i me. I am g which this i 1 , . 1 Scott visited ' rived by three ■, . ■ :: entrance, "dail J liiem aslollowe: ■•Gentlemen, Te.achebs, and Younq'Ladiks AND You.-Jo Gentlemen OF THE Lockpoht Union School: I havo seen in my life many pleasant things, but rarely so pleasing a sight as ttiat now before me — so large and interesting a body of the rising generation, placed here in pursuit of that knowledge which makes them useful in this world. The greatness of a nation depends not upon its great men, or its great deeds, but upon the careful, early education of the youth. The inothi-r's les- sons continue often to an advanced age, bulthe lea- eons received in the public scboo! in science, rno rals. literature, and above all, religion, cc'nfi;;i,i- true national greatness. With such an eriii ,' we may hope 10 see our Union rise to ihe pi • eminence Thrice honored the Empire Stat.- \u n lakes such care of her children. I salute the rising generation as a parent and a grand-parent. Gorl bless the children. God bless the boys and their parents. Would that I could shower all the bless- ings that I crave upon the heads of the children. God bless you all." General Scott v.-aa hen introduced lo thn teach- ers, some twelve or fifteen in ail. The school then joined in the song, "Farewell, farewell, 'tis a lonely sound." In bidding (hem adieu General Scoit said: "My f.nends, God I trust will give you a welcome to an eternal home. From the bottom of my heart I say God bless you all, and farev.-ell." The concourse at the depot was large. The school children e-athercd about the cars, and were affec- lionalely greeted by the General. On the route to this city, at the vill.igca of Middleport, Medina, Al- biou, iirockport, and Spencerport, large o--.vin blages were collected at the depots, who gr;- -. General Scott wilh vociferous cheers, dischart. - cannon, and the ringing of bells. AtSpence, General John A Granger and Hon. Francis Grai. ger, of Canandaigua, were in waiting, and they came on thence with General Scott. The gathering in Krown's squire. Rochester, was immense. As the cars catne in, Ihe multiturle thronged about them, and sent up shouts of w. 1 come when they saw the General. The proc-;.*:, i. wa.s forined.consislingof the military and firci and a number of carr-iage^, in the first of wtij '; General Scott rode. The streets were lined v,,;;, people, who rent the air with cheers At the Cily flail square General Scolt was inloduoed to the w.i, and at Lundy'a Lane, and all remember your triumphal progress from Vera Cruz to the Halls nf Ihe Montezumiid. Tour brUliant achievements and "Sir, we wcicoiiio you not as ihe chieftain or civilian, but for Hitit generous and lofty spirK, eiuou-ois; aii'J we I./. 1 pr-n-i i: .. .. :- . , n. must ever stand forth in bold I ; -. .:■ r, blc.- A n l.sir, in the cent phia.or in hoc ntrc of .^ ew York. if am Inst i en at tl " p'lpuiai on vf B,-,..f Philadrl '".! ■• '■ ' .1. •: l''.i-r.- might h.lve . ■ '. 1-1 this spot Now there is a ■ , Il ' .-.ilh a great population, ninl ! lustry and enterprise. With me, I am imp-.lled to ask. ui. iL .-nil i; >%:,,.urc these chicrsund this great gat icrliig? receive these na tokens of yoiir pai iaii.y. I f«^'l '"rude am an old soldier-one who has lou ra in your 6ervice-[iinmenac ap- pla ih^i diF Ih: voruig lo rio something f-r you . ii'iii -M 1 .:;',! by posterity. 1 ,-ini M'T, and before God. ■•■.'< might return (hanks i - 111 -he cause of my - 1 ^iycnintrymen, and in . •.vhelher born here or adopted ed by Dr. At Kelse 'The cmbarrai e a:id cortlial ' 30 doing I shot ind I fa! o (bis youthful city; and .iBLice to (hose I iiave the ed lo say that (he iliou- ghly iionoicd in being pei- vho his done so much for jcof"! "I-! 'I-' in r. c-jived I liive this day dont - ■ 1' ■ I li-ijuent manner ir 'J b. CO extended by youi speaker. I thank you all, my countrymen oi all parties, whether Whigs or Democrats, for this wel- come. Vou have come out to pay your respects tc an old soldier, I tnake no allu^iion to party top'cs: casion between Whi^s and Dein icr-ila. I have nothing to say of parly Jopicsj but my countrymen, whellii^r born upon tiiis sod or .idopled for your home, I thank you for this friendly greeting, and I We know that you havco^'-in ■";-! '■; the (hanks of the nation tin -. sentatives, yet we trust you . , - iicibi to this voluntary honig- : , i . ,, an heartof Western New Yori: >i . .. ,,,. ,,,ii..r, eii your timely and pacific servicer when (he angr Icelinga of our pto|.le all alnng (his Iroutier cani on earli; Wv reulemlier, ton, with graleful emu lion,, your success in settling the du'iiculliis con nect'^d with our nurthcastci n boundary, and hav not forgoKcu the gendeuesa by which you wo back a revolted Slate (o duly and (o peace. Man of us remember, too, with pride, your yc-^Uiful bi glorious achievements at Fort George, at Chippc b! I ' ^ iiiiiiding to become citizens. I i'l t M. .Ml I.- : II. There are many present, no doolii, who .idler -.vidcly from me on political sub- jccti^; but 1 am cquailyproiidofr.il, no niatter to wivjt party they may bo attached. I am happy to ||« a citizen of the United States. I am not abroad .' I '! ...iipoio of making political speeches. 1 'I iiing on public business, on the usocl lint it is the happiest that I have met — ....i f,,...cialexprcs3ion-"We!l done, faithful ser- vair." [Cheers.] Thus I reap my reward. I had not expected when I left home a gatberingof thiB sort, i would not have attended a political gath- ering. These spontaneous mcttin^i-s (ouch my o II lit w?rm it into thankfulness to you all - . itizeiis, and (o God and my fair fell„w - men, many of whom I see here present, (i - ' ;, ..:,d Ihe sound of my voice.) They v.-ili |jli..ai; uucej.t my thanks for the honor they have done me; and may God bless tiiem all." In conclusion, the General thanked the multi- tude for their kindness and their respect fur an old public servant. The gathering in this city was one of (he largest ever seen here. The oi(y was crowded with p,<.ft- i woude ill whcree man.Yfoo Ea.i. lU will eponJ tlic m.-!u wiUi H.'.n. Fran Granger at Canandaigua, and proceed (o-morr to Syracuse, which place he will reach at 3 p m from Rocheslei las eja. r 1., p-t asishl at welcomed by Mayor Hall. s, in an eloquent speech; icy ephed as follows: n: I have jutt lisiei-td to a from your most cxcdlen.r. 260 THE SIGNAL. nayor i jcur behalf, and tlic cheers of approba- 1 "Gkneb. ,.„.; which fill my ears overwhelm me with delight. 1 ferred on ni I remember Auburn as she was thirty years ago, | you in the words of Goldsmith, 'the loveliest village of ihe plain.' After Ibis lapse of lime I Bnd, instead of a deaerted village, a thriving' and beautiful city, tilled with men of stout hands and stout hearts, and eminent patriotism. [Loud cheers.] 'Ihe m'onderful transformation I see 13 diflB;-uU to real- ize and comprehend. It is trlorious, and inspires my heart, already overflowing with unbounded pride for my country. [Cheers.] "Gentlemen. I am not on a party or political mission, but have been on a military mission to a distant Slalo. 1 am on my way home, if indeed the spontaneous and gratifying- demonstrations that meet me at every point will allow me to reach my home. I shall not introduce into my speech any party topics; it is foreign to my feelings and unbe- coming the occasion. I recognise around me per- sons ol different parties, of ditterent creeds, and of different countries. I am proud to address native and adopted as American citizens. [Cheers. J I am proud to belong to the same country with you all [Cheers.] I detect in those cheers, gentlemen. 1 brogu 1 happy to iy tight pit fe, but I have never lived or betrayed by that brogue. [Chrera.] I have always been sjstained bv the natives of the glorious Emerald Isle. They iiave always been at hand in every emergency. We had a goodly num- ber of Irish soldiers who fought bravely in the Mexican war,and,aa I said, they never disappoint- ed ine— always brave and faithful. I never can forget them. [Loud and prolonged cheers ] "I have said it was not my intention to allude to party topice; but I must be allowed to speak 1 of a miserable slander which I understand is cir lating among you. It is said that I have niisu Irishmen. Whoever utters this calumny 1 [cheers;] and I would advise iny Irish friends aro me to give it the lie whenever they meet it [Cheers. ] I have said that no Irishman ever turned his back upon the enemy, or ever deserted his friends. Foi this declaration I have also been abused and viliiied It is said, howtver, that I hung some Iriahmen ir Mexico without a cause that would seem to justify the act. This story, my friends, was started by the heart of an Irishman or AtCliurubusco we took some deserters. We had 3.001) Irishmen in rur army, and they in their native enthusiasm wished to tear these de- serters in pieces. But my much esteemed friend. ScuTT ; My fellow-citizens have con- le honor and the pleasure of receiving in their behalf I give you a heartfelt and •elcome to our city . In behalf of my fellow- citizens I extend to you a hearty welcome. For many years you have occupied an elevaed posi- tion among the distinguished men of our country, whose fame is the coinmon property of the nation, lu the tented field you have attracted the attention and gained the plaudits of your countrymen. Without distinction of party or sect, all have been ready to yield you the meed of praise for the im- portant and arduous duties that the exigencies of the country have at various times imposed upon you I learn with great satisfaction that you arc on your return from your errand of selecting a site for a military hospital for the reception of aged and decrepid soldiers— one of the noblest works in which our Government can be engaged I would also acknowledge our obligations to you for the opportunity which you have given us to take you by the hand, and express our approval of your faithful and devoted career in your country's ser- vice. May your future life be as pleasant and agreeable as your past has been creditable to your country. Permit me, in conclusion, to welcome you to our midst, and to express the hope that your vidt will be made pleasant and agreeable." To which General Scott replied: "Ma. Mayor and Fkllow-citizensof Syracuse- In the midst of this city and of this vast population which I see around iiie I again behold a miracle, which could not be beheld by a traveller going round the world except in America. 1 have passed through here when barely a house was to be seen in this neighborhood. I passed along again, and few houses greeted the view, and now a city covers the ground. This is growth almost beyond com- parison. In Europe there is not a city of this size which has not been the growth of centuries. H^re now a city springs up as though it were from t le veryearlhon which itstands. But, fellow-citizens, the weather is inclement,and I will not detain you many minutes I return you my thanks, my heartfelt thanks, for this greeting, this spontaneous greeting of respect lor an old soldier. I return you my thanks, my countrymen, and you, iny fair countrywomen, who are here to unite in this grtet ing. To you, also. 1 tender my acknowledgments, citizen-soldiers of Syracuse, for your presence. Your military appearance dees you honoi; with ember you not only as the lead- igainst a foreign foe, but we rc- taiesman and a soldier, by your 3e! restorii'g pteace nnd quiet on cr. We should have been most cngagemeiito permitted you to lite to visit us, in have greeted ircJides. We regret that, as a e deprived of extending hospi- and soldier whose fame and occv.nv so conspicuous a place in • • . Allow me. our armiei ber you as E presPncc and coi happy had you your you by our own community, we tnbty to a citiz whose deeds wil the history of the ninctcenlfc sir, in behalf of this delegation^ to assure you ot our respect towards you as a man, and our admi- ration as a patriot; General Scott replied as follows: "Mb. CuAiBMAN and Gentlemen of the Os- wego DELSOATtoN: It ^yes me great pleasure to receive your greetings, men, I am very happy ' man remarked, I :•■•! t and with the ft: great p! coupon l ca Roch ruly say, gentle- As your chair Lake Ontario, ctahle dele- fron I you lh» General Shields, told ihei if they should offer any violei bore on account of my wisi facts, and 1 beg of you to loi: who was in Mexico as to th. would displease e, and they i. 5. Tiitse (ire ult every Iriehi truth of my st f my lire is spared, wil next one, two, or three years. I am happy to learn th.1t your town is now a flourishing and prosperous city. I frequently visited it as a mrro hamlet. It was the theatre of a well fought battle, in which the gallant Major Crane lore a dialinguislied part. I was not present there, but it renders your city interesting in the histury of our country. I should have been happy to have visited you, but could nut turn ir-ji.i my route on my return to my post. !iut I assure you, gentlemen, that I shall visit you within the next one, two, or three years. 1 tbank you, gentlemen, for your kindness; &nd wish you health, long life, aud prosperity." General Granger, Christopher Morgan, and John A.Spencer were called out, greeted , and made speeches. The guests were introduced by the Mayor and other citizens. The ladies paid :ir respects, and received a characteristic sol- :r's greeting. A Democratic meeting was held night at the club-room. Horatio Seymour and others spoke. There was great enthusiasm, with bonfires, and a torchlight procession. ■judgment, although iny feelings have been dc'eply wounded by the tuu slander I have thus alluded to. But, gfntleuien tho weather is inclement, and I am grsf.tly fa tigued. [Prolonged cheers, and cries ol "Goon," "go on "] The spontaneous and hearty cheen arc welcome to an old soldier's heart. 1 am un- worthy such grateful demonstrations I have no been inactive, it is true, in some of the sctnts o our country's history, but I feel only as a common citizen among you. I am no more than your equal. [Cheers.] As aa old soldier I feel reward- ed in these cheers for all my privations, all lay la- bors, and all my sufferings in the cause ol our be- loved country, 1 return my hearty thanRs. I li.ust bid you farewell. God bless you." At the conclusion of General Scott's rrinorks, the v.-elkin tvas made to ring again with the cheers of the multitude. The General bowed his acknow- ledgments for the compliment, and wa.q then es- corted to bio room. /li Syraevsc. Syracuse, Friday, October 15. — Lung before the period ol the arrival of the cars, a larg- had assembled at the railroad depot to hearty recepti.,n. Delegations from Oswego and numerous oihtr places were in attendam-e, and heightened the general cnlhusiaam. The work shops were dreertect, and the stores were empty all attention being directed towards another quar ter. The military were drawn up on Harkc equate, where also a mHltitudc were aeseujl-:- I Owing to some unknown hindr >ace the trai- delayed till twenty minutes past 3 o'clock, ■ : the ringing of tbo bell announced the appp A «alute was immediately discharged, uiul ;:. military eecort, headed by General Brown, pro ceeded to the car in which General Scott was seaUd. As he made his appearance he was greet cd with deafening applause, and was conducted to 6 stand before the City Hall. Jhc Mayor then addressed liim as follows : sy to win a field. commenced my career as a high private. )w conclude, as 1 am nearly exhausted, lot out to make speeches. I have not the right or to the left to attend public celi.igs, but have met spontaneous assctnblings of people ail along my rpute — people coming out to greet an old public servant. Permit me to wish ... ._,__: Qq(J [,|;,gg yQUall. I must ,;„land a. jjjl turned blessings you. the Sy- ere thei c balco- He was constantly interrupted with loud ap- plause. As the General closed, his eye fell upon Aaron Byrd, who bad served and been wounded al Lundy's Lane. Bridgewater, and Queer.stown. The chief and the soldier interchanged greetings, amidst the sympathetic cheers of the audience. A proccfsion was then formed, and ' ' through the principal streets, stopping lacuse Uouee. The military companies drawn up, and the General appeared on ny, and spoke as follows : "I havo been much delighted with the appeal ance of the military companies present on this ot casion. Yuur appearance shows that you has studied tactics; and I should not be ashamed I exhibit you in contrast with any military company in New York, Philadelphia, or Boston, lam thank ful for your attendance, but must bid youadi ufoi the present. Happiness be your present and fu turc portion. Farewell." On entering the house the General was wailet upon by John C. Bice, of Oswego, who inlroducet the Oswego and Fulton delegations, addrcssinf him thus: "Geheoai, Scott: Allow me, sir, the pleasuri of preecnting to you a delegation of citizens f,-on Oswego county. We oonie, sir, as citizens of i they gave our countiy should not be uninindfu skill contributed so muc of our devoted soldiery the practjc^il lesson that Driti=h bayoi Dtpaii Syracuse— Arrival al Ulica- Inci- denia, Speechts, fyc. Utica, October 16 —General Scott left Syracuse eight o'clock this morning, in charge of the licacomrnittec of reception; Mr. Samuel Thomp- n, on thf ir behalf, having met him at Rochester. At several plac.!S along the route large crowds collected to greet the General. At Rome a vaat concouise had assembled at th« station. General Scott came out upon the platform and br efly and leciingly returned his thanks for the courtesy and lirartiness ot their welcome. He arrived at Utica soon afler ten o'clock, when a ealute of thirteen guns was fired. When the cro-vd obtained a glimpse of his main- ly form, cheer after cheer was zealously given. Three military companies paraded in K nor of tho old hero, and three or four thousand people as- sembled in the square fronting Bagg's Hotel The Wblcomino Speech.— General Scott was escorted to the balcony of the hotel, where, niicr three times three hearty cheers, he was addressed by the Hon. J. A. Spencer as follows : "Genebal WiNFisLD ScoTT : As tile organ, and in behalf ol this vast concourseof the citizens of Utica and Oneida county, I have the pleasure of bidding you a hearty welcome to our city. We hail with particular pleasure this opportunity of making manifest our great respect for yoursell personally, and our high estimate of your public services in behalf of our co.nmon country. You will not believe us insensible or ignorant of the distinguished military services you h.ivc rendered the country. We arc ui-t l„rgeifu! that our State is bordered by the Niagara river, where your ear- liest laurels were wrn, and where Ihe disgrace to our country caused by IluH'f away by yuii. We arc not ! tha norant i.f the occur- thcw.-ir with Great 3 common properly. We incidents; w of him whose energy and we do not fo torais-rtheflnggingspirita of pcnrr; w and who firet taught them 3riti=h bayonets are not in - moval of Ih under a comniiss.oi ■ccompliehed there ss the Father of Wa T II IC SIGN A L . 261 (ere, without the cffua oi> of blood, in friendship, his dcpartu nd ; n charily; we remember took hi3 pi Ihut, in the days of 1, ulhficalion, under the eame crowd asscn Prealdent, you w thpr eat discretion and prudence hearty cliee caused the laws sithfully executed, and led thank's as fo remftuber your \ 1; to lionnr and peace; and we at alalordavon "FSLLOW sincere than ccplion, T andofy'oiirB.Mv. ' '/i ■''■ 1 ■ rvaiion of ptace, - . - I. i:i:ieof the North- lijpo may [ ijty of Waahinff- ■y, which we trU3t 1 be final. These fact3 are all distinctly re- membered by ua. But th» day is too inclemenl, and your health will not pe-iait us lo dwell upon them at greater length. Let me conclude by re- peating!: the assurance that yoa are a thousand fold welcome to our oily." Tureing to the vast asacm- blag-e, Mr. Spencer continued. "FcUow-citizcna, allow me the pleasure of presenting to you (lor he does not need to be introduced) General Scolt, of the Ui:ited States." [Cheer upon cheer fur General Scott now rent the air.] Genkkal Scott'6 Speech.— The hero bowed in acknowledgment, and briefly responded as follows: "FELLOW-ClTlZBSa OF UtIOA, AND OF 0.^■ElllA County: It was here, forty years and one month aaro, that I first entered whit might be called the mighty West, This was then the entrance to the western world of New York, itself a mighty em- pire. A few days ago, after eight years' absence, I landed at ButfiU), the other end of the west of New York. 1 have seen miracles at every step. I h.ive seen large towns and cities in the place of forests; and here is another instance in the g-rowth of the town of Utica. This place is instinct with the enterprise and spirit of the age. It spreads - - -'-" * •■ ' -orty y Am( I ha take citizens: I can only return you my nks (or your warm and courteous re- he events of this day, and of my recep- r beautiful city, shall be cherished as nioBt phaing recollections of ray life. '• i • ", Ibid you farewell. God hires n thij city, consisting of David . • McCall, Mr. Koeooc, Mr. Conk . .». .biMannan, Mr. Spencer, Mr. Kcl d the old hero eastward. -Great Turnout of the Piovlt. lli — The train having General •rived at twenty minutes past ts announced by the firing of Scnoral Scott received a com- in Trny, on bnard the cars, and declining their invitation. He lie was on a strictly profesoion- not decra hiinaelfat liberty to );t diiect route of travel en his (y minutes to six o'clock he took his s< riage in waiting f.ir him, and preced TO companies of military and followed of carriages, as well as a dense crowd of people on the fiidewnlks, proceeded through the principal streets to the Capitol. On the entire rontc the people rent the air with shouts and cheers, and his progress wa» marked by the enthusiasm of It es ,and others, c A, rival at Albanii f Albany, October OOTT on board a ve o'clock, and w , A half-past five ee of fifteen fro fo to hi^ reason,! fo med them tbi, ur, and he did ate from (he in charge of the dulico of his ollic.- he had met with him often as Secretary of War. while he ((iencral Scolt) was commander in-chlefot the army. The recollections of ihcir intercourse wtro of ilic mutt agreeable kind. What had been said to him that evening by such a friend hn was happy t'l hear; but at the same time ha would be cnulious in ac- cepting more than ho considered wa. due to bim. He complained of having been almost killed with kindness during the post few weeks by bis coun- trymen. He was fatigued, and asked to be cicuiod from making along address, howivcr much it wos due lo (heir generous na(uro in thus welcoming u: ,.-.. ,,y He then went into a brief review I liiilllri in which be had taken part, H ! . ^.^v.d the American solrlicrs, I rr^littathemandlheoOiccrg by thn , their i ;om,;.uKl lmUl..,uK"oJ night. The General then retired, amid a perfect olorin jfchecri, into the Capitol, where he was conductcil nto the Governor's room. He was moat hospitably ■eccived by his excellency Governor Hunt. Allcr I few moments, the General, accompanied by tho Grovcrnur, reappeared in the ball, shook hands «i(h (he Worth Guards, and the people generally. Hetlu ■ id w of (h. by only I itbeG pie, and otbei i quarters prtpai He will pats Monday will lu in the Capitol, •, Colonel Tern roo.'-dcd to lb CSS Mall. is city, and oi if bis family! deep and lively interest in witnessing the progress of our country, more especially of this glorious Empire Stale. 1 am much exhausted. Tlir weather is inclemeut, and I don't desire to detain this vast assemblage. 1 will only dwell upon a few topics which havs been touched upon by your most learned and eloquent orator. He has com plimented me very warmly. You all know I am a soldier. But your orator has complimented me on my pacific feelings and principles. I will not detail to you again tho licb and beautiful terms of (hat compliment. Hut I may say I have always regarded an honorable peace as preferable even to a successful war. [Immense cheers.] But wars do occur, and when the necessit/ does exist, I can fall on my knees and thank my God that I some- what understand myself in war. I can thank Gud that I have somewhat of capacity to be useful in war. When war occurs, There is no means so effectual for securing an honorable peace as by beating the oneiny thoroughly. [Loud cheers.] I have seen the American armies, composed of na- tive-born and adopted citizens, scatter the enemy to the four winds of heaven, and crown the flag of our country, again and again, with glorious victory. But I am now on the subject ot peace. I repeat— 1 repeat emphatically— I am in favor of an honorable peace to even a successful war. But the only manner to secure peace, after the war has commenced, is to beat the enemy thoroughly. Thus! am a soldier. Fellow-cKizens, I have but a few words to add. I am not trayelling upon a party mission. lama servant of (his Republic, and of this Government; I have lately been ..,; . mission of duty and charity. I remitted soin.'i:' like $120,000 from Mexico as a basis ofn:, lutn forwornout and decayed soldiers. I i... been West to select a site for a western hocpi^ai. My countrymen all along the route, without any contrivance on my part, have done mc the honor to meet spontaneously to say, '•Welldonc,old and faithful soldier;" and my heart being full, I can- not refusa to respond and make suitable acknow- ledgment. [Immense applause.] In this way, at every step of my progress, (I have rot turned from the high road,) have multitudes of my fellow-citi- zens, patriotic and brave, been disposed to do mo honor; and all classes, native-born and adopted citi- zens, have shown themselves so kind and amiable as [ to say pleasing and agreeable things loan old sol- 1 dier.' I again now return to this vast concourse of citizens and to my brother soldiers, -.vho hsve turned out to greet me, my hearty thanks. God bless and prosper you^ll " Repeated cheerings went up from the vast con- course; and the General retired into tho hotel, where he received many calls from our citizens.- Dinner — The Pabting Speech, &c. — After dining hastily at Bagg's Hotel, General Scott pro- ceeded to the mansion of the Hon. O. B. Matteson. with whom ho has long been acquainted. He re- ijiained at Mr. IVIattesoa's until near the time for ■■ Capito On the arrival of the procession at Hon. John C. Spencer addressed Gc in a speech of abjut ten minutes, as remarkable for its appropriateness as for ili interest, and which was constantly cheered by the multitude. Gbnebal Scott's Speech.- The enthusiastic tumult produced by Mr. Spencer's speech having subsided, General Scott came forward and made one of the best s.eech.-'.s in every respect that has ngton. addr incessant cheers by (he vast mullitu.!. . ,,: within the reach of his voice. The air .n ■.-,,, . were so bad that i: was nearly impos.-i!, : .:, reporter to get half that the General jj..:. W ;.:.; follows is but a meagre and disconnccte;! skeich of his truly elonoent and exceedingly appropriate remarks. When General Scott came forward the. immense crowd commenced cheering, until three times three were given. Order being restored, he said he looked upon this as a great— a very great-event in his long life. It wos an honor which he hoped he fully appreciated. It gave hiin great pleasure to meet with his coun- trymen, and he was highly gratified to find them ncie this evening-all denominations and par- ties-both Democrats and Whigs— for whether Ihey were Whigs or Democrats, they were equally liis countrymen. He referred lo the fact of his beiner permitted to stand in the porch of the Cipi- tol in which the members of the Legislature on tv.o OLcasioiis bad passed resolutions of honur to I M fi, ;.;> services to his country. On one of r ions they had voted him a sword — a l.uh he now had, and which he would ,..:,;. lo Ills posterity as one of the most valua lie le-.iLies he could leave them. Ilia presence hero, he said, reminded him of acquaintances whom ho valued in years gone and whose memory he revered. He retcrrcd to General Solomon Van Rensselaer, who shed bis blood with him in the battle of Niagara; General Stephen Van Rensse- laer, the great D. D. Tompkins, Chief Justice Spencer, and Judge Thcimp;un-lhe laKer dying on the bench of the United States Supremo Cmrt. It was these men who snid to him, some thirty odd years ago, when he passed through this city, "Goon, young man, strike a blow that will re- dound to your country's honor, and that will be received with the ringing of bolls and the firing of guns." He had gene on, and in the heat of battle he remembered their words. These men bad pars- ed away, but he thanked God that one other whom he rsmcmbered was still li.ing, and whom be had the pleasure this evening of meeting with here: and (his was Judge John Woodworih. He (hen (hank- ed his friend, Mr. Spencer, for (he complimentary remarka which be h.id been pleased to bestow upon bim; but h; re.-ogniaed in that gentleman an old and iniiinitc fri-iul— one v.'ho had endeared himself to him perionally in former yearg. In the dis- From the Natchez {Mist.) Courur, October 6. Will the South be Warned! On the 'IZii ult. John A. Dix of New York, Pierre Soule of Louisiana, and John Van Burcn addressed the citizens of Augusta, Maine, in ad- vocacy of Pierce and King. This strange associa- tion of Abolitionist and Seccseloniet has been most indefatigable in its exertions to rally the old-line Democracy of the North, and enlist the support of IheFr.esoil influence in favor of (ho Democratic nominees. How strange (he pic(ure; and what a Hull of polUical profligacy i( prescnO. All . deadly opposed (o the Compromise of 1850 I :■' lime of its passage— willing and anxious to !e l!ic very pillars of (he Confederacy in en- '. Vers to resist and overthrow it— and yet all bu- sily engaged in supporting a candidate who is claimed lo have approved (he Compromise, and a plalform, one par( of which, in words at leas(, pledges the par(y ag.-iinst slavery agitation. But Ibis is not all Mr. Soul^ was, and we pre- sume is, an out-and-out Secessionist. If not a Dis- unionist, it was because be confined himself to words, and not to actions, and fancied thai a honeyed expression of love of Union deprived his resistance counsels of all (heir sting. He was one of those who let " 1 dare not wait upon I wouhl. Like the poor cat i' the adage," but sliil whose counsels and influence were as strong against the scKlcmcnl of 1850 as could pos- sibly be (he case. He is one of those too who think that General Pierce is the choice of such as he,anlic Pre- sident, mid v^hich they arc both ttriving to win.> John Van Buren has visions of the Attornry Gen- eralship, and .Mr. Snule dim fancies of foreign em- bassies. For these and such likealiU'cm-Mil.s prin- ciple is abandoned, consistency thrown aside, and a reckless, rabid yearning for success by any 161 Til E 8 1GIN A L, menna, howcvtr foul, takea po3«e?3ion of th« as- pirants. Look at the recent renewed coalition in MiSsa ohuwits ! True, some two hundred t?elea:ite3 re- lirccl from a rnnvenlion of two Ihoasanri, and re- fuecd lo ratify in the light of day the conlition. Bj.I was Iheir anion ought but a blind? Did th^y do any thing to show their sincerity ? Not nt all. A^ we predi-^tcd at the time, they have determined to make no separate nominations, hut lo wheel into the support of the pro coalition nominee, hnvinar, ilia said, received satiefactory assurances of lils soundness. Of course ihev have ! .^nd soiiaB Mr. Soolfe received such aEsuranceo of John Van Bu ren'B soundness, and 3i'hf. Van Buren of that of the "gentleman from Bordeaux !" Mr. Forsyth, the Georg-ia iJisunioniit, doubtless now Ihinks Martin Van Buren perfectly sound; the Miasissip pian '/s perfectly saiisfird with the company of f'.ose it denounced a year ago; and Colcn?l Jeff Drtvie is aepftin ring-ing the ohang-es about the Northern Democracy being the natural allies of the South — an aphorism that even he denied ni '-r' cratic candidate fc first candidate on ticket voted for Mr yea The! )ngre9s Perce TMier last yeart I ■'. I- i Stales Senate; and the first nontin:iti(iti ■' ■ ■, ( party has made for Congress is thiit ■! ' ' - rious George Ho'jd, who leea than Iv. y< in. as Mayor of the city of Lyi;i:, ; I i^ - olaration that he would uev. r <, .-.':, . i.i.\ era to protect those who ur.nr ; . ;^ . he Fugitive Slave law within hi. ;.. ; lie was one of the most active in g^ i^:.i^ ,:^/ ^ .'i >- iilc feeling- in Massachusetts to that law; in inHn-ins a spirit of riot and nullification; even going ko far as to preside at an incendiary meeting, wliose re of such are the Pierce and King candidates in Mas eachosette; men who are trying lo rencv/ that meet disgracelul coalition that resulted in the elevation of Charles Sumner to the Senate, and whose fond est hopes are that they can aecureauch a joint ma- joiiiy of Abolitionists and Democrats in the next Legislature ao can send to Washington another Fr.cseil Democrat to aid Mr. Sumner in his (fforts to repeal the Fugitive Slave law. Shall these attempts be successful.' Will the South blind their eyes to what is going forward.-* Will ihey give success l-»y their votes to such ur- holy comhinations.' Will Ihey throw themselves into the arms of the Soul*a and Van Burens, the Foreyihsand Dixee; and play atagame where one party is bound to be cheated, and where there is every probability that they will he the victims? There is yet lime to render Ihese tricks and at- leinpts impotent, an^l to rescue great interests from the antiei^.aled clutch of men who seek to control them for bad and nelfieh purposes. From the New York r.mes, Oelohtr IS. **I,ast Cnvdn.'* One of ibe iiiOijt uisgracelul ftauiicB of o-.ii pre- sidential contests is the unscrupulous resort which generally marks their close to whatever falsehoods and forgeries promise lo advance thecauao. The pending canvAjs prnmiacs to lie utiusnally fiuitful in these iniquiiici. We hesr of ore vvhioh bis bei-n quietly operat- ing in certain portions ol Pennsylvania for some weeks past, and v.hicii has bi;t ju^t been detected. A very decided movement had taken place mrmng the Irish portion of the popul.itioit, u hu ha.i liiih- f-rlo voted the Democratic ticket, in favor of Gen- eral Scott; and this bad becinne so iiiarkid and menacing to the Democratic party, :iu lociUtbr energcti-j measures in oppo.-ition to it. For the purpose of accomplishing this end, a cir. ular kt ler had bren prtpared and sccrtsly circulated among the Irish, urging them to vole as Ihcy had djne hitherto for the Dr-mocraiic candidatre, and not to be inlluenced at all by the f.ict that the con istilution of N. v.- !!arnp=hire excIudcB Catholics from otBce. Th.s letter bore th'j signature ol Archbishop Hughes and tw.) or Ibrce Catholic priests, anil purported lo come fiom Ihcin. It had been in circulation for some time, until a copy accid.ntally Ml inl-j hands for which it was no' intended; and Ihii b-d to an inquiry into its au.hi-nticity. Wc hear f.irllier that Archbishop Ho£'hf f h'tc pronour.crd it to he a forgc-y. This is probably but one of many attempts that will i.e liiade, duriniT the short period between this time and tin; dav of cieclion, to obtain v«i.~a under falsa pretences.' Rlgre barefaced viUainv it 11 dlScuU ts imagiRf , Wlilch Pai-I}' shall we Prefer ! To the Editor of the li-ptiblic : j Sib: It is a favorite charge on the Whigs, by | Democrats, that they are as a party composed ] of Abolitionists, Freeeoileis, Native Amtficans, Catholics, A nti Catholics, and, in fi!»*, Ibnt they are a heterogeneous ic'omposition of, to them, ob- ' nosioUa ingredients. It is well known that Whig^ , generally are not men of mie I'liru— and that idea a I political, hobbyhornical dogma, to which they stick in defiance of all re.ison. Ti.eyaie no', inco llial | can be r.illied by Ihcso.u. ' > ' . . ;. i - i .. r., ',,..,.■ ,' ' even if that trumpet be .;. ;-i' ' ; !,. ,, They are not men wh. i nction,andlhatac(aM«i-A-i/:i. ■.-:■,-'■ We admit that trUe ^^i.i.. >■.:■: u -■ i-u .- among- Catholics and amo:)^ I'rulcslanl ■, ;iik1 among those entertaining a diflerence of ooinii^n ! on other subjects not essentially connected with | natioii.%1 ooli'f.-s. Tory are to be lound in the, val- leys a.,.: ii; ,. I'i- ... :: -.-.K > iiK.,,-,ilT,g the soil and wi :■■ ■' -... . .:h -.. .' .11 '- .',i. = and la- in.-) i-.nty pi i '■/. ^ '■ v-iliow up «» OtoT .luIijfC/s— moral. -.^s. WhileaDt-n. ' i; so nor tnore than a Democrat, a \'v .. ,. - ■■ ! : .ii-as and opinions the party is compotid of jo'ielligent men of all claBi'as, who differ on many subjicls, but agree aj regards the political measures ol the country as nearly as is possible for honest and thinking men to agree in any matter that concerns iniiivi.!u»ls or States. Is this any disparagement to the Whig cause? Far Irom it The Whig party is proud o( its independence. As individuals they are tied lo the polilical faith of no man., and are slaves of no political leader or parly orach. And precisely for this very thing have ti.cy been abused and mis represented by the Deir.ocratii- party, Foreigners, the moment thtir feet have touched our shores, have been caught by the b-jtton, and insliuoted to consider Ihe Whigs as aristocrats and tyrants, despisers of the laborers, proud and hjughty of mien; while all the liberty, both civil and i eligious, ihty are told, cmanatts from the Dciuocracy . Fur eigncrs arc not lelt alone to learn in doe time llie slate of the case from careful observation; but officious, volunteer teachers arc ready and v/illins- to instruct them graiia in thcpjo/outtd doctrin-^s of the Demo:ratic f.iith. Could Ihcy be left to barn by themselves, they would see that it is Whig le gislation that gives Ihrm eropi-:iym?nt — the digging olcanalsand the grading of cur railroads; it is Whig legislation that projects all our internal improvcmenls which call for the aid of hardy Irishmen, Germans, and Norsvegiatic, to bring Preston King, the Van Bu Wiimot, and other.< wlii. with those of Souii'' II > characterized by a - 1 But Wlllul 111 inguish belwe rogueo, whriBR TlJc Prospect In Mo F. Hallet, David j-iinalc so nicely >;.i Democrats I- i.ave ever been ■ ffrving policy. ■ ; only to exatn* ili'icalanii civil, i-en most worthy li party has been eliuaette. To Ihe Editor of the Republic: Sib: As the Democratic papers, both in this and other Slates, arc laboring to convince the people that the electoral vole of Massachusetts is doubtful, and in cont-equenc.; or the Wcbaler movement is as likely to be given to Pierce as to Scclt, ! deiin it impnrlanl that tbt- Whigs of other States should be made acquainted with the true state of the case, and not longer left in doubt i>i rAi'irr|iipr.-,- i.t the pretensions set up by our ' 'inon the fact that we have a bci, ■: liie State. In ISSn. v.-ln n a p. ■ .- was first eleoU-M l.i ■ ' ■ ^ .Vhigs had a pi 111 : : rality o! aplura!,! the eam- the Whige would i of those Two year termine what c! have upon the \S be likely to rodu.i The Webster iri- . Hoston and a fe -. -' the ,. plu- ill Ihe .State, closively to ins- little or lid SOI intry Calling the,r.si!vi!> i/ mocialic as to have rc- taiiu 1 \ ' ■ I.- .. ti -or the odioss clause pro- ui...o ;io:ii holding any public office. :ne has for years heoii Iheir party inlluence baa always been sum - about any change in legislation, but he ilid nothing for the Catholics because ht. curii/ nothing for them. And, moreover, he has iii ;. judicesof bis parly against the increase .f ' licisiii in this country. It is power, an i only, thai is desired by the self-styled Di-ii party, and to obtain that power they co. what means are employe.l. They arc very cu-il and urbane to poor forciffncrs when their vote is to be obtained, and do not hesitate to use the mo£t oiiecrupulous knavery to obtain (hat vote. Nor do they object to alliances of ali soils. Freeeoilers ajid AbolilioaiBts are all welcomed, and more than weleoir.ed, They feel prmtd of such name* bs of other States in ; - will Scott's plurali: ,■ i I ■ and that there is every pmlm twenty thousand votes. Boston, October 15,1852. Genk.i.'VL Scott's Speeches. — The Boston 7'rni»] script, an independent p^per, the edilr.r of which is a f ers-.UEil friend of General Pierce, contains li... f ili.iv. iiig- JLi-Jt remarks upon the recent epeechcs ■ lUd tr.rough these brief addresses hibitiiif; t^.al Fiankiii) Pii oracle. His bis speeches; for iiii.,-'v iiiii.- i-r ii --it of otic l.:in dred will say— 'I could hav« done no better icyjeli! probably net «ow»U.' " THE SIGNAL 2(>3 (iroal AVUIg Mc lid Gn !!. Walton, From the Hartford (Crnn ) Courant. What are the Wliiga Conteudtng for The Whigs are coiitendicg (jr American > i. try and thedtvetopmeuiofthe resources of '^' ■ -■ ' " ■' ' eoimtry. They wish lo establish a policy Bha!i lead ug to riiaiie those fabrics ourtieivi .: ■■ - WR now ob'ain iromabroad; which shall uuii > : 'h l / • j' ^^ industrial pursuiisofour own citizenB, and no( »iin i ual'l ■ U'higs i: at aupporlinpr those of other couniriea, and which | toiiishincBt on shall enable our maDUfa-iures and all peraons de j pied by fully t pendent upon t^em to compete with fjreign labor. .Scott ' " The Whig-a contend for th.se objecte; while Frank- | since t lin Pierce and his parly are opposing them. They ; Tliia believe that the immense depneits of coal, iron, ' !5. Wa lead, and copper in the Uniied Slates are worlhy stand: of being- worked, because American labor will thus H. M. Summers, president. lie be paid, and American capital rewarded. They David B. Forbes, J Bachino, W.I feel that this is of more iinporlanccio the coal digr fred Mcllhenny, V. H. Kodes, ! ger and the iron workertban the policy thai would I Adolphe Layet, A. G. Blanchard obtain all these arliclea from Eng-land, and thus ne- Isaac Hart, vice prcsid gleet our own resources. It appears to themtnore reasonable and more pairiotio lo develop the re- plishing the prosperity of others. Franklin Pierce and his parly think differently, and call upon the community to uphold a policy that is building up English interests, that is rewarding foreign labor, thai is developing the reiources of other lands. For Internal Improvemetits. They feel that the improvemeni of the navigation oi' our rivers for purp'-ises of internal commerce and facilities of in lerrourse is a proper ol^joct lor the Government to i-tliig In Neiv Oi-lcnni^ iilfuns Ute, October 1. First Ward having called i iry Renehaw, 1 Bataoii, Al- li.-hael Frilz, J:Iorv SiKuciM Oir. I The Kanawha liepublitan will be the death of the jLocofocos. They look forward lo iit weekly or- I rival with a terror llial deprive! Ihcm of all ap- ] petite. We pity their conn Whig detachmc'ulB from remote parts of the city, thus swelling ihe number present to between three and four thousand. Mr. Mtrks closed bio fpeecb somewhat abruptly b.>rs is important to the growth and expan the Western Slates, and that whaever enriches strong^, tin one part enriches the whola; and (hat railway Captain, Cha communications opened by Government meana with tjieir worthy i will facilitate the eettiement of the waste lands of the country, connect the diiferent parts of the na- tion together, and increase the piospciity of every section. They contend Inr all these o! jecis; while Frank-lin Pierce and his parly are opposed to Fjr ihe elevaHon of the jaeople. socially, iniellee tuatty, and religiously. The Whigs are in favor of those measures that will preserve the nation at peace; that will keep it from encroaching upon its weak neighbors; that v,-ill keep down (he im jibe signal -r ; . . .n: i.i- mor.sl effects of the spread of the lust of conquest; ' wliich tb -< . . - that will turn the attentionofthccoinmunity from [quent ai.-l the increase of dominions abroad, to the produc- with liie >!. i ■ i tlon ot the grenteet amount of happin'ss and good In contrii.-n: - !'--:(. . -, from the territories we now possess; and that will pirants (or •' c , , . make us an upright and educated people. The i out that l">' . ' tendency of the moasures of our opponents is the Pierce ban \ .... - .i other way. j tiad never br.-u .;-. .t<-.iu i.i o> For the perpciuaiion of the Union andthe Coiistilu- i measure. v^liiUi his iiiihtary a lion. To accomplish this most desirable object, uie | a series of perfonal inisforluncs Whigs are opposed to all sectional differences or ; couid be c-umnied up in a few » agitations. Tbey appreciate the blessings of (he wiihout a liieasure; an orator Union, and realize the value of the Constitution, | and a genrrnl wiiiioul a victory and will do their utmost endeavors to preserve and j adininisterc d a severe rebuke t perpetuate bolb. j States Senator, who hau so el< mliiif: fo.' u „ aps li.> them And thii I NoblbSestiments.— I said ! travelling through lliis State would nowhere t I without n school liousc or church ol God under h jcye; and where these go together, good faith and | from public credit aie ine ' ' which cannot be too linind. Without the u ,ru,n. Ih.-,,- il -o fill truth A. B. McGi.^Nis. Frwa the Kanawha Republican, Givsn's Disthict, Kasawha Co , September 2!», 1S52. Mil. Newton— JSeor i'ir; The undersigned, ob- serving our names on the Democratic Vigilunre Ciimmittee lor this county, and published in the I'.'rfiern Virginian, fed it due lo ourselves lo say 1' in this contest we intend to assist in elevating li.i- Presidential chair Wisfield Scott, the old . ir-worn hero, the tried patriol, the syinpalhizng l.i-i.tlof the sick and wounded soldiers. We are fully persuaded that the man who has shown his devotion to the Union, the whole Union, through mi>re ihan forty years of public service— (he man who has never on any occasion fled nor fallcred when hia country cRlk-d, and who has Eh.>wn him- self equal to any and every emergency— may be safely trusted as President, standing as he does on Ib'o great principles which have heretofore, and, as he asserts, will continue to be, the rules of bis political faith. We therefore hope wc shall be excused by our friends from serving on (heir Vigilance Commit- nd that our names will be withdrawn tbcre- Very resiiectluUy, LliWlS COOPBB, Us i>.y iNGs. — We learn that the L^ico- ;t Congressional district had a od jollification yesterday in bono will. Unb still ?^oolt \ ing-Miiig seniiiiiciii, as one grand jollthoation yesteruaj on tire American mind, iory of Tursday last, and were provided moral axiom by a people gun, aminonilion, &(;., and a ffunner, from a ot knowledgcas a public j Briiis-b. steamer lyingat anchor in uneoftheSouih- se institutions rest upon the i wark liocks, to do up Ihe busincti in line stylo. id religious liberty. It is up- [ This is .\ineiican Democracy of Ihe present day, pics as these ttiat General or rather modern Locofocoifm. We are not, how- Jld'administer the Government if called ever, surprised at the L-icofoco party of Ihe first i the diffusii lof < whole of the northwestern parishes before b-: re turns .ludgc McWborter is able and effective be- fore the people; in fact, we know few better calcu- lated to wield an influence among Ihe masses. He presents facts in their strongest light, and argues hia case admirably. Our letters from (he interior say that there are no Whig bolters; that the contest will be strict party one, but that where there are baiters Igoguf* could ilnrt no iavor under Winfield Scoit, Ibe WhijTtJi' ■• ■ ■ o the Presidency. His private life and bij public! district ava^lin? ihemapives u( a Britith gun, Br ccreer are examples that hr.ve attracted as high I ish amuio/iiiiu;., , ,. ' ,i i.. - i guouer, to lire a admiration as those great deeds which have borne! salute in boii ■• ■-. - i'be British h»ve his name in honor to tiio remotest corners of liic ijiisl cause to rt-j , - -. - minph of their fnc earth. Under such a Chief Magistrate the Govern i trade policy i.. i'. ■ . -■■■■■■ ■'■ and wc have no inent would be carried on with purity, economy, j doubt inost'cher riully i ..iiiril'u;e all the means that and integrity. Corrupt and designing poliliciansj may bo required to celebrate the triumph. It was would be made to feel the strong arm ot a fflithful i natiiral for the Locotocoa, under these tircumatao to realize that the intrigues of dem4- 1 ces, to turn their eyes towards the Bi-itish oteaiil r 1 profits bf it. [Philadflphia North Amtriean and lion. [hiladiiphia .V64 r HE S I G N A L THE SIGNAL. CITY OF WASHINGTON, OCT, 23, 1852. WHIG NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDBKt, W INFIELD SCOTT, Of New Jersey. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, WILLIAM A. GiiAHAM, Of Norlh Carolina. THE CANVASS. The Whigs of Ohio and Pennsylvani;i are still active and full of hope. It was never ex- pected by them to carry these States in October. They husbanded their strength for another and a diflerent contest. The official returns from twenty-four counties in Pennsylvania received yesterday plainly indicate this. They show that in the5e counties there were polled 25,882 votes less than in November, 1848: of which 24,005 were Whig, and 1 ,817 Democratic. In (Jriio the Whigs have gained largely on the vole of 1851. Judge C.\i.dvvelt., whose majori- ty last year was about 30,000, or about 5,000 more than Governor Wood's, is undoubtedly re-elected by perhaps 10,000 majority; but even if we say 15,000, it requires no very extensive arithmetical attainments to say how many con tests like the last would be required to annihi- late it entirely. The Whigs of Ohio have done well, even when fighting without a leader. And when November comes, and Scott himself leads the column, we may confidently look for a victory worthy of being chronicled with Chippewa, Churubusco, and Chapuitepec. ANOTHER DEMOCP.ATIC FORGEaY. The Unio-i has on several occasions pub- lished a paragraph purporting to be an extract from a letter written by Mr. Lewis D. C.\mp- uBLi,, of Ohio, in which General Scott is re- presented a5 favorable to a repeal of the Fugi- tive Slave law. The declaration was incredi- ble, because at utter variance with General Scott's life, and with his known and publicly recorded sentiments. Still the UnioH printed it, with Mr. G.vmpbell as its reputed sponsor. Yesterday's /nte!%e;iee)- published the fol- lowing telegraphic despatch, which convicts the Union ul a forgery more gross and scan- dalous than any that has transpired during the campaign: "Hamiltosi, October IS, I9r,2. ••To the Editor t of the Nationul Inldligenccr: '•The publication in the Unioti of Taeaday, the 12lh inatant.ovcr my name, declaring General Scott for a repeal of the Fugitive Slave law, is a baee forgery. 1 never wrote or published such a circular. "LEW13 D. Campbell." The policy of the Union has been to set t'alsehoods and forgeries on fool and to pass un- noticed the exposures and the contradictions which they have called forth, it did so in re ference to Captain Schdvler Hamii^ton's de nial of one of its misstatements; and it is no likely to deal more honorably towards Mr Lewis Campbell. "YOUNG AMERICA" FIGHTING FOR THE SPOILS. % ! The Douglas Democrats, with all their ifilibusterism, manage lo keep a keen eye on 't!!» spoils. Claiming General Pibkce as in part the choice cf Y'ouiig America, and his j nomination as a protest against the musty asso- ciations of Old Fogyism, they insist that the bulk of all the spoils in prospect belongs ex clusively to themselves. The Baltimore Con- vention had scarcely separated before the monthly organ,] the Democratic Review, took a prospective glance at the profits that might be expected to follow on the heels of General Pierce, and deliberately, and with malice aforethought, lore into tatters the title on which the staid portion of the Democracy rested for a return to their old position. The prominenfe assigned to Young Ame- rica in the canvass — their zeal for General Pierce, and their manifest indifference to the old party leaders — leave little doubt that the claim has been pressed with tolerable success, ludge DouGL.^s is to be General Pierce's prime adviser: and Judge Doubi.as's fi lends throughout the country are to be the special objects of Presidential favor. The arrange- ment rests on the improbable hypothesis that the country will elect General Pierce, and on ihat ground need not alarm us; but as an ima- ginary illustration of the success of political charlatanism, it is highly amusing. It appears, however, that the old inheritors of Democratic bounty are not prepared quietly to surrender any good things that may here- after present themselves. They do not object that Judge Dodgla.s, Mr. Soule, and John Van Buren should do all the work fur the Democratic nominee; but they have an in- vincible repugnance to any plan for alienat- g the profits, and transferring them wholly to the younger and more ambitious section i the party. Thus it has happened that i-hile Young Democracy has been stump- ng the Union, belching forth fire and fury, old Democracy, snugly ensconced at home, has been busily engaged in mapping out the departments, and in apportioning every gift worth having amongst its chosen friends. The fact oozed out a week or two ago through the columns of a neutral journal issued at Phila- delphia, and has since been announced through divers other channels. The Jackson Associa tion of this city has, if report speaks truly, arranged the whole affair to the smallest mi- nutia;. There is not a single office unprovided for — always, of course, subject to the contin- gency that General Pierce shall be elevated to the Presidency. The Jackson Associalh)n will have settled every thing when that event comes to pass. Y'oung America does not intend lo take the matter quietly. It is a staunch advocate of spoliation, but has no wish to be despoiled. It regards stealing from others as an excellent joke, and is now growing angry simply because older heads have stolen a march upon it in reference to the division of the booty. A New- Orleans print, the Sovthern Democrat, has stepped forward with a vigorous protest against the pretensions of ih*! "sett fasts" of its party, and valorously proposes a crusade against those w^hom it designates '•wiHilbags and non- entities." The style in which this Southern champion of the Douglas wing wages war upon the representatives of the Buchanan and Cass schoid muy be judged of from the follow- ing, whicTi we take from an article of the (jlh instant: "There arc a set of worthless non-entitiea who arrog:ate to thempclvca all thi^ inftocncc, and after an eleclion, if their party be successful, are sure lo sxy, ' 'Twas I,' and claim ae a reward .i fine fat oflice, with perquisilos and omolumenis enough to sleek them over and keep them fat until another term cornea, when tl ey begin to croak and awenr that they arc entitled to somfthing better. Be- cause this clasa have made it their business, hav- ing nothing else to Ho, to go about from day to day prating like magpies about principles of v/hich they know nothing, and with no recommendation save that of the low cunning of Ibo wcazel, they are regarded with a sort of holy reverence, for they arc resolved to be the oracles, and it is just as impossible to root them out as to cleanse a livery stable of old rats They are pretty boobies to be trusted with the commind of a party. They arc nothing after all but the tail ends of .-aucuses and the supple-jacks of demagogues, smaller than themselves. If a great party is thus to be swayed by the capricious nonsense of imbeciles and par- >nues. who are industriously putEng themselves to notice, what reward, we would ask, is either honesty or decency to expect, or what is to bcooino of modest retiring men who scorn the uk a of sound- ing their own trumpets, and standing on the corners of the streets that they may be recn of men? "Those hcai-y humbugs are the first ones after an election to spread their canvas for the Federal city, that they may sit by the sides of the powers that bo, and dole out the execolive offices to suit their own notion." The writer cries for assistance lo "pull ' away by the legs a horde of gorged, greedy ' hacks, who have been feeding all their lives ' at the public crib." Rather an unchristian manner, we must confess, for one Democrat to speak of others of the same faith. But the phrase "gorged, greedy hacks," hits to the life, and will make not a few of the proteges of the Jackson Association quake in their shoes. The Sntthern Democrat — which has obvhnisly studied so closely at the feet of the Richmond Examiner as to have become "a second Dan- iel" — gives yet another shake to the Demo- • cratic dry-bones. We quote again: "We see every day retired rheumatics and gouty old soldiers riding and walking around with their carcisses battered and beaten black and blue, whis. perirg a word of ei couragement to this and that one, as if forsooth they were already installed and could dispense good gifts as they listeth. "One thing is certain, that if such a game is winked at, wo, as independent journalists, can be neither compelled nor bullied into acquiescence. When such glaring and wholcEalc depredations are committed by superannuated politicians who openly rebel against fair dealing, it becomes our THE SIGN A 2fi5 duty, as it is our pleasure, to expose siic.b hurabusf- geriM, and hold up to llie public indignation the actors esdan»;erou3, corrupt, and unworthy. "In waginsr war upon euch catacomba, we are Influenced neither by prejudice nor the dictates of a mean malisrnity. We scorn the idea oi' moncp oliea, whether they be corporate or exist upon their own individuality. Tliey are unwise in principle as they are injurious to surrounding- interests. They foster one class while they leave oihcra to perish. It is the recognition and support of an- tiquities, to the exclusion of men and things more modern and prog-ressive." One other paragraph and we close. We give, this time, the rationale of Young- Ame- rica's theory of oflice-holding : "Why should old age be a passport to official distinction.' Does it eland to reason that a man thirty or fjriy years old is unfit for the discharg-e of ofBcial duties .' U would seem so, while the habit has become quite fashionable ior the senior class of aspirants to speak illy of the incipericnce and unfitness of the juniors. Now. in our judg- ment, the requisite integrity is in the honealy and capacity of the aspirant, and not in the number of his grey hiirs. The test of eligibility is applied by the Conslitulion, meaning clearly that antiquari- ans are no more fit for the Presidency or other high places than they.arc capable of enduring the most intense physical exertion." Democratic "hacks" have much to endure, therefore, under any circumstances. With General Scott ahead, and Yonng America in the rear, their fate is melancholy and inevi- table. EPITHETS WANTED. "As unmitigated a specimen of scoundrelism ■ as ever Whig mendacity put forth," is the latest phrase issued from the Union mint. It is levelled at a letter which that jonrnal pro nounces a forgery. Our neighbor will confer a favor by supply ing the community with phr.ases applicable to certain oilier letters and things which happen to possess a temporary interest. An emphatic expression is wanted to stigma- ti-ze ario-ht the forgery of a letter intended to lead Irish Democrats to believe that Archbishop HiTGiiES is favorable to General Pierce. Such a document is circulated through Democratic channels in Pennsylvania, and is a forgery. Something concise and pungent is also want- ed to convey an appreciation of the conduct of a certain Democratic paper which published a statement that has been denounced by Captain HAMir-TON as a falsehood. The statement had reference to General Scott, and the Union hailed and endorsed it. A pretty word or two may perhaps be found to meet another case in which the Union is somewhat concerned. It denounced Whig office-holders for interfering with politics, and ha.s not said a word in reply to the Whig an- swer to that charge, or to the proof of the lacl that Democratic office-holders do, and generally have, interfered in Presidential con- tests, and have levied contributions from the purses of Government clerks for political pur- poses. Then there is another lorgery which seen to call for at least a single adjective. A cer- tificate in General Pibrce's behalf came from Concord, New Hampshire, with thirty-six Of that number I nen- signatures uine. Then, again, an appropriate cognomen is needed for political managers who, while re- commending General PiERct: to the South as a friend of its institutions, also recommend him to the North by publishing hia declaration that the men who would dissolve the Union did not hate o: deplore slavery worse than he did." We might extend the catalogue to fill a col- mn, but in mercy to our neighboi'.? modesty r-e P)rhear. His aptitude as the framer and collector of very hard epithets is beyond im- peachment; and we are curious to see what terms his ingenuily will devise fitly to desig- nate the speidmens of "scoundrelism" and mendacity' pafty. presented by llie Democratic Jtovr General Ploee Is Advocated !■> OUlo. Mr. Carttek, a stout stickler for Demo- cracy during the lale session of the House, lately spidte at Sandusky, Ohio; and the fol- l«v.'ing outline of his remarks by the Sandusky Mirror, a Democratic print, will enable South- ern voters to judge of the styleln which Gene^ ral Pierce is advocated by his Buckeye friends. The nonchalance with which Mr. Carttek throws overboard the platform, while clinging to the candidal?, will commend itself to the delighted attention of Mr. Clemens: "The meeting at the court-house on Friday SENATOR MERIWETHER. Mr. Mrhiwether has authorized the Louis- ville Timea to make a statement in reply to our strictures upon his Senatorial career. The Times starts with two nsRertions in his behalf: •let. It the . ,.unts of Uenern |i rs'iin whatever ilic journals of th' vasafine tho use » as filled nt a Idien ce. Mr. ,th twas listened Mn. of it ■a-as dc ri.po that the y ot prog at the court-house :•. The cou iih an intellig. Cartter made a very able spocc to with br.-athl;63 attention. ■ voted to the discussion of the pr Democratic party was a parly liberty. Under this head he diecusaea tne action of the late Baltimore Convention- He demonstrat- ed that the action of that convention, in endaniug the Compromise measures, was a usurpation and a violation ers of Congress the people should look to and hold responsible." The Pittsburgh Post publishes and eulogizes a violent political letter addressed to a Den asked or obi h, i i pay accounu Scott, or ni!',- i - i , ns stated by tbi: ;;.-,.ui Senate will prove ll/e h>l.ji:liooO. "2d. It is positively false thai Mr. Meriwether ever made any report relative to General Scott's ac- counts, as charged by the Republic; and the jour- nals will show the falsehood. The 7'mies, following in the wake of the Union, takes advantage of a verbal inaccuracy to deny wiiat it knows to be substantially true. Mr. Meriwether did not move for a com- mittee, but he moved lor "the pay accounts;" and though not formally presented as the report of a committee, they were presented in com- pliance with Mr. Meriwether's call, and in the form which that call dictated. The jour- nals of the Senate, to which he appeals, prove that on the 12tli of .\ugust he submitted the following resolution, which wa» agreed to on the Idth: "Kcsolteef, That the President of the United Slates be requested to inform the Senate what amount of public money has ijeen paid (o General Winfield Scott and General Franklin Pierce respectively, from the lime of their first entrance into the public service up to the present dale, distinguishing be- tween regular and extra compensation; also for what Bai"d amoonts were paid; whether for pay proper, rations, forage, horses, inileagc, transpor- tation, servants, quarters, fuel, medical atteid- ancc, or commutation for any of the preceding items. Also that he inform Ihc Senate what amount of extra compensation has been claimed by cither, (he items of each and every such claim when first presented, and when and by whom allowed or re- jected, and the official reasons given at the time for such allowance or rejection; and whether any item or items, claim or claims, once disallowed, were subsequently presented for payment; and, if so, how often, and when, and if subsequently al- lowed orpaid,bv whom and when, and the amounts thereof, and the reasons for such allowance, and the amounts thereof. And that he also inform the Senate whether cither of Ihc above-named generals has received from the public treasury payor emolu- ments for discharging the duties of more than one office or employment at the same time; and, if so, what offices or employments, and the amount of such pay and emoluments, and the time when paid; and whether any clain-i or claims have been pre- sented for the discharge of the duties ot two or more offices or employments at the same time, by either of them, and disallowed: and, if so, by whom dis- allowed, when, and for what reasons then given. And that he also inform the Senate whether either of the above-named generals have ev«r, under color of charging for per rentage, or for extra compen-^ation, or tor any other reason or rnasons, or in any manner or form, applied to his own use, or retained" in his hands any of thepublic funds of property, without authority"o.f 'aw; and. if so, when,'and the amount or value thereof; and whether the amount thus applied or retained, or any part thereof, has ever been repaid to the Uni- ted States; and, if 30, what amount, and when so repaid; and whether any amount of public money or property, which has ever come to the hands or possession of cither of them, remains unaccounted lor; and, if so, in whose hands, and how much." Thi then, was the precise shape which cralic mass meeting at Greensburg, Pa,, by j iMr. Meriwether couched his attack upun Mr. Forney, now holding ofiice as Clerk of General Scott : and we find in the resolution the House of Representatives. The Post nevertheless cherishes an abstract horror of political interference by Whig officers of the Government. The Union, which shares the horror when directed against Whigs, reprints Mr. Forney's letter without a whisper of discontent, itself the amplest justification for our remark that that attack was as '• mean," " unjust," and •' ungenerous" as ■•the rankest partisan- ship could make it." Mr. Meriwether is entitled lo all the benefit tiiat the change of a word can o-ive to him; but we cannot see that the substitution of " resolution" for " report" T H F, S I G N A I. can relieve him in hny noticeable degree from t" int|iiire of t ih'j uiipleassnt position lie now occupies before g"". ^'k'"""'. the country. The idea conveyed by hia move- ignuinedfofiml ment remains llie same. It was partisan in its ™i"l>l'u5cnt t._. ■origin, and was at the time deprecated wher- ,when'"Mr.^?cri' ever the rurist reckless partisanship does not '■""".'°? ■''?«'" prevail. "listnct a yiar ago, inr g-rora „ . ,. , charpc3 were made by the erf: Or (he subject ot the mileage the Times— a"'' many other Democratic part Nii!! speaking with the delegated authority of f^i''"'^!..'^,?,?!'*,''!! .''°".'^^'7 '" .P?c""*a'-y Mr. Mehuvkther— is more ex-plicit. It says: to lea' to .Mr. Meriwether'- ^""''*' eapeatnuyl THE DEiUOCRAY AND THE PUBLIC \^c'lUwcarei LANDS. rouchahijrh! The want of principle which distinguishes emueratic party in dealing > ■> :<'■_[ M-irehAU were ! witli the f|uestion of internal improvements, is afs-^an'd^'Jfosr' j,"lin'^^''""''y "PParent in the policy of of tin I to the charge rclatii hat party in relation to the public domain.' Both are devoid ^ ^ _^ of consistency. Both evince a willingness to Colonel M '3 frien'da wiU beh'ifrhlypleaVcd I ■'"a'^'^ principle subservient to the requirements cemb\\,'^::Z"'hZ!'^iT^ unbounded | or interests, of conflicting s ^ milc.igo, the facta "stand ainipiy thuaVrv fewdav.s ^°" ."'* """^'' Kentucky members uf Conirrci after taking- his scat ihe Secretary of the Senate ^I,"Ijl';''f.^"_'; "? '■'ie.™e by " ' diti ether and inquired ae to the Mr. M. asked the Src- eiary what had been usually charged by Sen- ior* from Kentucky, and Iho reply wns various depending upon the route Iravelled; a'or^uud^ht^l?l•^ncerof hims'^!f''''BV'''''' ^^.'l' i ''"*^*' ''•^P"'*''''" ^V meeting the plain facts of reiary ronolud'cd by^lnforinVnl" Mr. M. that^the ' '^*' ''^^'^ "'^ ^'"^■5' ^^'^"'' against him than by House of Representaiivee had a committee whose raising quibbles on immaterial issues and en- SbV^M/^^^^rgl^^'^e^t^s^mVi'^iirri^-'X';:^^ '« cover a retreat under a'volley of ibi6 source by which to fix the distance. Mr. Me- '''"'S'^- Let them, in the first place answer ClTrfJriheHoteTRep'r"^^^^^ •'"""= '" "'^i''''' "''"^^ ^^^ich a comparison of the mileage "•Picaeetoaendmetlicnumberofmilescla niedl"'^ Kentucky Senators suggests; and when by the Cmnuduee on ftnc '''*"''''''' °'' ^*"'"^^ ''"*' '* satisfactorily accomplished, let them omuu tee on i ca^. j^j.jj|^g^^j^j^ meet the (act that while the Democrats, with •■ 'Clerk n of «.■ all their unfairness of statement, do not venture rJi:^i^::i::i:^;^r:t:^ il^z^-^^: t^:^ Iw ':!V''^ """"" ''""- f "'"^ '" ^^'y- is now iu the prssession of Mr. Meriwether: " " '0"r years ot service, received an average of ■• -Colonel Marshall wao allowed per 1,0.94 miles ^ °^"''e t'la J |18 08 per rftcHJ, including all ex- Mr. Meriwether, for forty-eight days' jj , „ sections of the party past I ^^^ platform of the party e.xpresses opposi. he should model ^ssed ao noble a vindii-ation of a slandered mau The Louisville adv(jcates of Mr. Meh ETHER will be more lilJr''"l"''P''" ^r",^' Scott, uhich will give .Mr. Clay Charged, or oGOaudreceiv;r&jSo:S =^""""*'' «'—'-'- ^y a large .Mr. Umlerwood •' 740 •• 590 : A gentleman who recently travelled from Mr. Meriwether " 1,065 " 652 | Cleveland to Cincinnati says that in every .Mr. Mekiwether's mileage, accordino- to r^"^'' save one, in which he took the pains to ceeds of the public lands among the Slates, • „.. alike inexpedient in policy and repugnant to the Constitution The West needs assistance to develop its re- sources, and suggests that that assistance may be partly rendered to projected railroads. VV estern Democratic members propose that the aid be given in the form of land— parcels taken trom the public domain— which cUn be sold to realize the necessary funds. The WhiR ,1 pr i>er 25, 1M2. Edward, and expenditures. But th' ■ . • wliO understocid th,- •."■ ■ lions — expended the l.i. '. [ oes.^of the interest o, ..■ --i :. , apparently designed .j i..,. ;,.:i.. missiuner, not a thousand loiics i sever.'l j^ba at o. public biddin;; Irienil, v.ho the Ofxtdoy refused 1 the friends of that inriividu;il a enormous one. They afterwards jobs two thii-ds below the ptice a coiilracled, and pocketed l.irge "We ki.ow nnolhcr oiomisei I- lent i. of b. in.T mviied to attend r. vVl,irii:;;r which I assembles lo honor General Scott. Though com- pelled to be absent, my heart ia with you in the attainment of your present object. ! " I iequest to (fT.-r the annexed toast, and to sub- pcribc niyseU, gentlemen, very respertfully, your j obedient servant, VV. S. Hamilton. '•/?(,' a Democrtil. — Wi.-.tieid .Scott: Union ■r- . ii';ct thi- DemocraU nnd Whiers, f,ir the pur- the representations and statements" of which it complains. It kas touched many without refuting one; and has altogether shrunk from facing others. Wp have no doubt, therefore, that it is sincere in its prayer for deliverancB from Whig opposition. The only complaint we make is, that uur conteinjiorary professes to patronize, while in reality it fears, "the intel- ligence of the people." iig our fsiihful, well mder.iochirf to tli lied States." j„ Rf Li-rriiig to the i lie 1 the Bte remarks: ,H Magis- in of this gentleman, jins, simply : tnoUu-r c-)ti:mi=&iuner wiio was a silent partner in .-i large job Before work to the aii\oui;t of fifty dollars oua bacn pfrloriiicd on thai job, he drew, in the name ol his partner; one tkiiu safief doiiars in warrants. [ vVe believe several ol gnuie uf issuing cenificute^ to their friends before t';..; jobj were Ecaireiy commenced.] Besides this large sum, there w.-re aioouols drawn on tliat job more than equal to. the price that other contracli./s received f)r similar jobs, lo sty oolhin.'r of the large araouut drawn lur plank that was never for •The :ors warrants by the d fferen euoin aissiopc greatly depreciated thii valu , and 1 The pMor man had iom|il ted ii sj.b, ai his $100 warrant he v.- npellsd eecon.lary quality oi la ii. or forced warrant f,.r $35, )r 1 vc S-30 feated by Mr. i House of Repres. give directly to i l.as always bec-u an unwa IS30 he •lias the Jacks.. i r 01 L:>uisiana. and was de italives la bSSO le people Ihe el cy occasio HamilU. ■arried a clion of a by ths is ag exper: of IVIr. n^.biuny. Co man of fine ability, ereat poiitici an advocate of iho- State Rights school of Uien. He has a large coriO.-xijn upon whom his example will not be lost. His determinalioti to sustain Scott is doubtless the result of a calm and delibtratc joilgrnenf . vV!> regard his acocssi.;n to our cause as an event of the highest importance, anri an omen of a glorious triumph in Louisiana " A Baton Rouge journal names Colonel R R. Puckett, and oilier Democrats who have abandoned Pierce for Suott. Twoofihe.se — Messrs. Abp.am Byrp and Gii.beht Daiki.e — are published in the list of ihe We subjoin an extract of a letter from an intelligent Whig at Carli.sle,Pa., which shows that there is reason to expect a large increase in the Whig vote of Cumberland county at the November election : " Carlisle, October 14, I85i2. " Sm ; The Whigs have carried ona Whig mem- ber and their sherilT Donaldson is defeated by from thirty lo fifty voles. The Democratic ma- jority is l.'O.G one to two hundred in the county Very tmsU cots oul. Our strong Whig township, iVIonroe, only gives thirty five majority; it should have given eighty. The reason for this is that the Whigs rcmaiued athome. General Scott can get in this township a maj irity of one hundred wiih- uut doubt. The county, I think, is safe for Scott. "Tile returns are coming in very slowly. I bavo no reliable figures to send you. "Tlie Whig m.ijorily will beabioi tov. hijr..>. 1 overtlreir high-st uian, and perhaps over the other. So says report. " idred 'We believe about all the commigBloners made! Executive Committee of the -StstB. Two Weeks More. — Two weeks from the 10th(says the Philadeipliia.'Vcws) //u: jc/io.'e nulionwili move lo the polls. A sublime sight it will be. A great event will they consum- mate — even the eleclion of Wikfield Scott to the Presidency of the United States. Let Democratio jovery freeman do his equal part to bring' about jthis frand consummatioi), '2fiS THE SIGNAL SOUTHERN DEMOCRACY. iberateiy i uf the JainiJy circle. They have fueed.ami audaciously require u Th« harmonies of the SmUhern Democracy their Iu3t of dominiou and reveng-e by heconiing , I 1 -^ I ■ -u I f .1 ■ !lheir slaves. Wc have requested co ODcration with are best exhiblleJ in the columns of tl.eir own | them in the support of an electoral ticket for Prcli journals. Tlio peculiar manner in which the dent snd Vice Presidi'nt, upon the principle of a Southern Rights press raanifests its ^''^e {oT •f^l;-^^'P^l['"J^"^^^^^^^ '''"='°°' °f '"« P^-^'r- contemporaries of the Union order is amusing j "How dare they nov? invoke the imi7y of the and su be up and ready for the contest. cle, which indicates the tempernow prevailing: "U'lion Democrats! Defend your right cf rtpre- ' r I = I seniadon, ]f the parly IS to be considered as a unit' amongst the faithful in Georgia: i .Vcver yield your rights of erjuality to the usurpers "Union men of Georgia! The crisis is at hand when you arc called upon as patriots, as men, and .,„ t-l,. .,,1; -,. , to be.t bac'k at (he ballot-box a usurp- ! VZ' -"recapture.. inff and dangerous faction, which, a.'l eing If it is to be considered in the light of one wing seeking to conquer the other, beat back the invad- iinnrn I " - '"' brigand springs upon his opnrcs ™"'^P I cor. nnd rpcnntiirp.. nt the point of the stiletto. twice ,h juin, upon the platform which you haveconatruct td with your own hands, in spite of thiir opposi tion, and chim exclusive dominion over it " "The objiinatc refusal, at Atlanta, of the Sou orn Rights wing ol iho party to cooperate m yo'J in the Prcridential flection upon the basi a.T cl.ctoral ticket which should fairly ropresenti Be it remembered that these very hard :^:'^.^^:,^!i'l^:i:^^.!^^n''^:;:::^^^Z phrases-- usurping and dangerous faction," and harness you a.i slaves to their wing of the " rebels both against the Democratic party and party, with all its fatal tendencies toward, a dis- ,he Union," " political pirates," and so forth— inembermcnt of the Union. ,- j . Jt • t^ "Can you doubt their designs for a single nio are applied by Union Democrats to that portion rncui.' Had 'equality and fraternity' beci. their of the Democratic party which claim General object, they would have welcomed you as fnends „ .l • ,. • engaged in a common cause, and cheerfuily ae- ^ '^"^R'^''' ^s their "creation and choice." A corded you a place i pon a common ticket. As il i really happy and united family ! is, they now impudently approach you with a set ; of electors of their own eiiclu.sive choice, and sum- ! Gpnoiai Picrer on tlic ri«hoii<- '!■=.. t mon you in the name of the 'Dcmocralic parly' of "'»<'"" ^ ••^■'ce on the Catholic Tcr. Georgia to support it ! A letter addressed by General Pierce "This is not the first tim« parly' ol ryofhu- .... . ^ "><= '''j'^'-'yof'"- Mr. C. O'CoNOR, of New York I7:an ambition when men have usurped a nume to , , r-. ■ ' ' cloak their own selfish purpo--cs. Nor is this their OJ the Democratic journals as "sealing for- firsi atlempt at the shallow fimid. Two years ago •• ever his position in regard to the New Hamo- they desecrated the n; me of 'Southern Rights' for l- r^ ./ ,- . ^ ,■ , r, the purpose of destroying ihe Government and '""'^ Uatholic test. In this letter General erecting upon it.^ ruins a Southern Confederacy, j Pierce referred to the test as an " odious fea- ovc- which they should bo the lords and masters . », /• .1 o. . 1 1 , . ■• . The people saw through the fraud, and put thein""^" "' '"<> f"ate laws, and e.xpressed a belief down in two successive trials at the polls. that the vote of the State which had just been "lu assuming the title of ' SiTuthern Rights," L_i. ,, _ -. , ,, . . . , , they repudiated the very na.«e of the Democratic I '^'*«" '*''"'" ^move It from the statute-hook. party. They pronounced it ' rot!e:i, corrupt, un The organs point to this brief enistle as '^^.^^:J^l^Tt^.:^:S^^^^ ^^'^^^ -^ ^'^ f^lsHy of tne Charges of the jVaj/iui/Ze CoriMniion, and the universal tone against General Pierce upon this question, u'p'llfiudirn? a^g'ain'lf.trn?^ Tn'the rtrn,[^: fe'-.^-"' Y->^ ^^--W gave the cue. and the Ihe Union Democrats 8ioo,i iirm'y planted in line ' "^shington Union and its friends have fol with the National Democracy-neyer wavered for | lowed. They argue, in substance, that Ihe a moment-fought the battle of the Compromiec 1 , ^ , ■ , . , ^ , and ihe Union with them against these very men— letter having been written before the nomina- ihrserfM. lioth against the Democratic, parly and lion, must be received as conclusive evidence the Union, and finally triumphed over them. \ en r d • > i- • ji- /-. , ,- " And how come (Aft/ now to be clothed with the "' "eneral I^ierce's triendliness to Catholic mime and authority of Ihe " Den»ooratio parly.?" I rights. 'I'hey were dead in trcppa^ses and sins an-ainst it. t 'th. , up to the very sitting ot the last N.iiionM Demo' ^ "'' premises do not warrant any such con- cralic Convention, fighting against Ihe finality ol elusion, in the sweeping sense in which it is re- for«d7ow"'a.ei? rcvoUinglL'iMj b'^'the grZ ««i^«'' ''^ °- Democratic contemporaries. The body of the party. Whipped with a rod of scor- letter indicates that General Pierce is ashamed ?ri:tionalDemK';rnt?Sb,7t^^^^^^^ ^.-'' !>"' " ^^^^ "'" relieve him from the Compromise _plattorm, and a Compromise condi accusation that he made no exertions to repeal it. He admits that it is disgraceful to the State, but he fails to say any thing that can suffice to remove the allegation as to his public indiller- ence to the issue. A private note to a friend in New York cannot be received as an apology for silence upon the question in New Hamp- shire. The proper inquiry is, did General Pierce use his influence to procure an abroga- tion of the test? There is but one answer, and It is unfavorable to him as an individual and as the leader of a party. His party throughout the Stale sustained the lest; and his only effort against it was a five-minutes' speech of less than mediocre quality. With that fact on re- cord, the note to Mr. O'Conor amounts to little. date for the Presidency who occupied ihe precise position, during the struggle, with the Union men of Georgia— what is the next fraud at which they "Having nominated an olecloral ticket ivao monlht previous to Ihe aesemtliug cf the National C.mvention, when the two wings of Ihe parly were at open war on Ihe finality of Ihe Compromise, it was to ail inteoisuno puip„i,c3 a mere 'Southern Uighls' party movement, notwilhatanding their re assumption of the name of the 'Democratic par ty,' which they had before discarded. How came Ihey bark to the Nalijiial Dcmocralic roof, from whence ihey had wandered? From love aid uffec lion? No. They relumed like Ihe prodisal son to llie paternal roof- bankrupt in political capital, naked, hungry, and forlorn, from Ihe pellinfr of Ihe storms without—not like him, indeed, willing to eat of the hueks which the awinc bad refused; but to conquer and subdue ihcir brelbrcu who had remained under the family roof and around the lumily aliar. We have been willing to share wilh them the comforts of the mansion and the charities GEORGIA DEMOCRACY. Mr. Forsyth, one of the political "creators" of General Pierce, ia exceedingly incensed at the refusal of the Union Democrats of Georgia '.0 bow down before the idols of the Secessionist faction. In his journal — tlie Golumhus (Ga.) Times — of the 13th instant he speaks of the Union movement as " without a ray of princi- ple to guide it, an honest motive to impel it, or a sensible and practicable object to avtain." In his view, the only "regularly appointed Democratis ticket" is that constructed by men of the extreme Southern Rights school, and in which they alone figure as l!ie exponents of the Pierce party. Union men, therefore, who do not choos? to pay tribute to Disunionists,are to be read out of the party forthwith, as none of the kith or kin of the Democracy. To Southern Rights malcontents Mr. For- STTH addresses himself in a totally different strain. His aim in this instance is not to bully, but to coax them into fellowship with the bulk of their own wing; and this he en- deavors to accomplish by reference to the course contemplated by Governur Troup, the chief of the separate Secessionist ticket. Al- luding to Governor Troup's letter in response to the nomination of the late Alabama Con- vention , our Secessionist contemporary remarks: "Wo gather from it that the venerable statesman will himself vote for General Pierce tor President- he certainly pays him a most ex.illed compliment; and if the great exemplar of State Righ(3 ran afford to pass such aa euiosium on the State Rights cha- Southcrn Rights man ought to . 'eel any difficulty in voting for him." The appeal cuts two ways. It may stimu- late Secessionists to more active efforts in Gen- eral Pierce's behalf, but it is assuredly enough to dampen the energies of these who have been disposed to regard liim as a conservative, re- able friend of the Union. If, as Mr. For- syth declares, "no Southern Rights man ought to feel any difficulty in voting for" General Pierce because of his " State Rights char- acter," what should be, what must be, the feel- ngs of every consistent Union Democrat when isked to render him support? Between the two sections there can be no honorable or con- sistent compromise ; and the candidate who is entitled to " most exalted compliments" at the hands of one may reasonably expect to be repudiated by the other. The present indi- cations are that in Georgia, as in Mississippi, General Pierce's chances of support rest upon the strength of his pretensions as the Southern Rights candidate. Gei&ernl Pierce's Services. A.lluding to General Pierce's speech at the New Hampshire fair, the metropolitan organ asks : What Democrat is there in the land who would ot have Shan and dii had pointment if Gener to expatiate upon his civil or military career, umerate ths high offices he has declined or down, the services he has rendered, or the honors he has won ?" Why would a Democrat " have hung his head" if General Pierce had so "expatiated?" Because the listener would have felt that the speaker laid claim to excellencies o'f which he not a legitimate possessor. A speech or an essay upon General Pierce's " civil or miliiary career," " the services he rendered or the honors he has won," would form a new feature in the campaign, and nish food for laughter until long after th cond of November. THE SIGNAL. •269 Th« er Claim — <1 Prccedeiit ftom >emocratic Practice. i is still anxious to prove that the The U. Democratic members of the Huuso Rommitlee oil the Gardiner claim failed to do their duly. Tiieir report declares that Mr. Corwin stands freed from all suspicion of having known that the claim was fraudulent, a^r;iinst lln In tl;i- i-.;;"l--, "Ir. Dallas nbplui. .1 ; :. lolilieGov .,d,andh ■ ;, vve think, found under But, unl'or- unately for the Democratic Vice President, he whole has not been told. Mr. Dallas was not only Vice President, but also a near con nexion of the then Secketart of the Trea- sury, by whom the claim was paid on th» 3d of March, 1849! Ono day beforu leaving office, Mr. Dall.^s reeeived from the Treasury, pro- sided over by his connexion, Mr. Walker, the gain which he (Mr. Dallas) derived as agent for a claim which he had prosecuted against a Government «f which he was a meml)cr! The difference between this case and that of r. Corwin is most obvious. Mr. Corwin, it true, did engage as counsel whilst he was a member of the Senate, for which he had the most "illustrious" examples in Democratic Senators, but he ceased having any connexion th the case in any way long before even a vision was made in the case, and of course still h)nger before any money was paid from the Treasury; nor did he ever receive one dr ' lar of the money thus paid. If our allegation as regards Mr. Dallas is not specific enough to satisfy the Union, wo will cheerfully supply tarther particulars un another day. Mr. Dallas, besides having been Vice President under Mr. Polk, is an active Democrat under General Pierce; and his transactions as claim agent while a mem her of the Government are iherefore worthy of the closest examination. The hints we give to-day will serve the Union for a starting point. By and bye we shall be better able to decide wliich party profits by the comparison. The Election of Unyor in Baltimore. The Democratic press, including the Unioi of this city, are strenuously claiming the Mayor'i election in Baltimore as a proof of the strength of their party in that city. But the following letter from a highly respectable citizen of Balti more shows conclusively that Mr. Hollins was elected on a different issue entirely: Baltimore, October 14, I 2. Dear Sir: Our mayoralty election is over, aac the Whig- candidate ia beaten about three thou sand six hundred votes. We have been disap pointed at the result. LoohiDg- m»rely at the ma jority given to (he Democratic noiniaee, the im presaion would be created that the election © yesterday is some test of the vole for Presiden next month. But there are two important cir cumstances to be considered which demonstrate that this ejection cannot be regarded as any the slightest evidence of the result of the coming lat. There was a question brought into the el'-c- tion yesterday which excited the religious prrju- dices of the voters, and caused thousands to vote irrespective of parly predilections. A school bill, advocated zealously by nearly every Catholic vo- ter, and opposed most strenuously by the great mass of the Protestants, was an element in {he clcclinn yesttrday the f ffect of which could only tie judgi-d by the counting of the votes last night. , had signed France, ihe Government. urged the claim bplut. .1 , ! etnment. In due iini : :: '. i , received his prop;}rii. 'I' I'i i • '■ ■ . the case outdoes any tning to be Mr. B'tLLMORf^'s administration. iVlr. HoUii Dci a petition against this bill, and Cap Whig candid ate, had signed a petit The result shows that, while i:j|ii,;iri K. ,. ,. . gained a few hundreti votes on ::r, n, - , I ', . , posed preference for this hill, he !■-- reason thousands. Very many Wii, . ' . vote at all, while as many voted ag..i;;c: v..:,;..;.. France. 2d. The vole yesterday was at least four thousand sliori— being only about the same given at the Presidential election of I84S— since which time the population of Baltimore has increased nearly forty ihuufaud, and the vote of course in proportion. This falluig- off was mainly on the Whig tide, t'.iptniu Fiance only getting some nine thousand voles, being but three hundred more than were given to the Whig candidate for Gov- ernor in 1847— his vote then being one thousand hurt, and the Whig vote of this city having in- The Boston Font nud the ConUllon. riio Boston I'osl accuses us of misrnprescnt- ing the course pursued by Colonel Greene, one of the editors of that journal, in relation to the coalition with the Fteesuilers of Massa- chusetlg. lu a notice of Ilia proceedings of the Slate Convention, held at Kitchburg on the 8th uli., we stated that Colonel Greene spoke in favor of the coalition, and was rewartled by being minated for the office of elector. We subsequently quoted from the Boston correspondence of a Democratic contemporary a statement to the tftcct that Colonel Greene now assails the coalition, and that the Cualition- isls contemplate retaliation by striking his name off the ticket. The Post says that the two statements are contradictory; that both, therefore, cannot be true; and that we are guilty of unfairness in aiding in the promulgation of tliern. We re- ply that the evidence leads us still to believe lliat both statements are true, and that 'oiiel Greene, not the Republic, is responsih.i for whatever absurdity may grow out of the seem- ing discrepancy. It IS not denied, we presume, that Colonel Greene, an editor of General Pierce's Boston "Tgan, figures on the coaliti(m ticket as nominie for the electorsliip. It is obvious that for that nomination he is indebted to the Coalitionist Democrats, who formed a majority of the convention; for had he protested against the coalition, h u'l have retired with the Hunker minority. That he did not protest, and that in truth he advocated the coali- tion, are points which rest on the published reports of the Fitchbur^ Reveille, and of numerous other Massachusetts papers. We are aware that, after he had obtained the nomination. Colonel Greene published in the Post a version of his speech, which carefully excluded the remarks favorable to a coalition; but we also know that that report was at the time denounced by Massachusetis papers, whoso editors were present in the convention, as essentially untrue. Hon. Mr. Knovvlto.n, a member of the convention, was amongst the foremost to condemn Colonel Greene's "dou- ble-dealing," and to reiterate the assertion liiat Colonel Greene owed his noinination entirely to his advocacy of the coalition. The com plexionofihe ticket, and the known manner in which it was constructtxl, are, ;jn'ma facie, proofs of the truthfulness of this representalion. To the sec(md statement the Post, we un- derstand, offers no denial. Colonel Greene now professes to oppose the coalition to which he is indebted for his nomination. We submit that we are under no obligation to reject statements simply because they ex- hibit a prominent Democrat in contradictory positions. Colonel Greene is not the only member of his party who desires to avail him- self of P^reesoil votes, and yet ha in good odor uilh the friends of the Compromise. That is :i prevalent desire with his party at this mo- ment, and we are neither unjust nor ungene- rous because wc avail ourselves of every proper opportunity to bring it to the notice of the country; If Colonel Greene be annoyed by the dilemma, the annoyance proceeds wholly from his vacillation, not from the Repuhlic. aed: We ind since I e vote of yesterday as no next month. Maryland ral Scott by a majority »a that given to General The Hon. William D. Merrick has recently addressed a letter to Colonel Ricaud. one of the Whig electors ot the Slate of lUary land, from which the Baltimore Patriot has made the following ex- tract: "If I live I shall csst my vote for the Whig electors, or, in other words, for Scott and Gra- ham; and I hope every good Whig, and indeed every sober-minded, reflecting- citizen, will do the same within and beyond old Maryland." 270 I'HK SIGNAL t'l-ol Pierce's Refrnrfl for PuriJy ofElec- have yt:t to learn that rank partisajiship affu There is one teatiire in General Pierce's Ci>nifredsii)nal career vvhirh has hitherto (es- caped public criticism. He is kncnvn as the antagiihist of nvery uieaeureuf a liberal policy, as the opponent ui tho South upon two Occa- sions when southern interests were at stake, and as an economist who would enrich the Treasury at the expense of the widow and the orphan. We have now to present him as one whose partisanship impelled him to sustain the action of the Democracy in a matter which involved the exercise of electoral rights, and in au especial manner the purity of popular elec- tion. In 1833 Governor Letchkk, late Minister to Mexico, contested the fifili Congressional district of Kentucky; Mr Thos. B. Moore beinjr his Democratic opponent. Tho law of the Stale required the certificate of the sherifl' of each county in the district as evidence of the member's election; and upon this evidence, and none else, a member could be considered entitled to a seat in Congress. Mr. Letcher's district com))rised liv(r (•■juntiee, the oldest and most im- proved of which — namely, the county of Lin- j '*iat coin — gave a Whig majority. But Lincoln coun- ty, though giving a majority for Mr. Letcher, had at that period a Democratic shefift'. who pocketed the poll-books at the close of the election, and either left the county or secreted himself, with the view of preventing a return. !t was known that the hooks v\hich were .ny justification for voles which strike ; root of all political integrity. rhe Democratic Pai-ty on Interual The Democratic National Convention intro duced into their platform a proposition hostile to the prosecution of internal improvements by the General Government. The Democratic nominee for the Presidency had and has no reputation for Senatorial ser- vice except that which he acquired by his un- varying opposition to improvements of this na- ture in every form. Democratic members of Congress, after en dorsing an anti-improvement plank, and select- ing an unti-improveinent candidate, relumed to VVashingion, and v.'ith Whig assistance passed a bill making harbor and river appropriations. Southern members of the Democratic party, and nearly all the Deniocralic journals in the Eastern cities, repudiate the action of Congress upon this bill, and aver that, if General Pierce be elected, no improvement bill will pass dur- ing his term of office. They profess to know is still opposed to measures of the class; ■ilaliM lu Senator DoU'Jai. What does it ' We also learn that during his ppeech in r"''^^, i" ••eferr-.d eo fr^qucnilv to (ho ! of •■Old Fopyi.-,„>' whi-b Dou^laa bad pre- asainet Imn, that ti.e "Youncr Giant," who tting- by h\t aide, loft (lie stand with ai^ns nf The little evidenc-s of ill. jealousy anion^at our opponents ars ifi- tiy hu ail marked displeiiBure, feeling a ■ ' much to be rcgretled, if thus carried away sliowe one hundred and fifty votef lly disir I Detroit Tribune. Tho Buftalo Commercial Muerliscr, which Isu notices the occurrence, remarks: "The circumstances were communicated to us dirertly after their occurrence; but they were so nearly private in (heir nature, th^t wo did not feel at lilierly to make them the subject of public re- mark. The omission to invite Douglas is a si<». nificant and rather curious fact. General Cassis a thorough man of the world, «u/a?7 in all the comities of social intercourse, with views so liberal and enlarged as to pi ice him at>ove the petty in- fluences of party associations. Ho would not omit to offer the hoapitalitiesof his house to a g-potleman because of any merely political diffcrenre. The slight to Doufflas is therefore the more pointed, and uiiporls a feehog of bitterness and detestation too stroufj to be overcome by any consiilerstions of policy. We regard it aa proper and her, the partof Genera! Cass thus to nianifVs respect and his sense of Douglas's iniidiousar unhandsome course in the preliminnry canvass (i tho Presidency Douglas professed the warmc friendship for the General, while he was hard; work with Young America tryinrr to rircumvei him." d they maintain that his antecedents, not less than his conviciioiia. will impel him to veto a bill if it should be adopted by Congress. Southern Democrats are therefore enjoined to vote for him as in this respect a "strict con- „, "I"""""* «"«l Religl^ structiouist." ; The Union is concerned lest the interests of Western leaders of the parly, and Western ■'eligion suffer from the introduction nf sectarian elements into the Presidential contest. We should be inclined to sympathize with our contemporary if its own party had not shown great readiness to use sectarianism as a Democratic journals, maintain, on the contrary, that a liberal system of internal improvements favor, but m the sheriff's absence will henceforward form a prominent feature in there was no mode in which the fact could I Democratic policy; that General Pierce,, be legally certified. The four other coun- 'hough voting against certain measures, is fa- j ""^^"^ "* opposing General Scott. As i ties collectively gave to Mr. Mooke a ma- ' vorable to the principle; and that liis .tdminis- I'*'''^ ^'^9'^' "'*" ''^'"'^ ^^^ ^■'^ ""' uncharitable jorityoflbrly-fourvotes. Threeoflhesecnunties ;'ralion will employ its infiut nee to carry the | '" ^"™'^.'"S 'h".' 'he anxiety fjr religious in- through their sheriffs certified that Mr. Moore | principle into extended effect. Pamphlets are I '^'"^^'' ""''h ^'^'hich the organ has become so had a majority in each; and upon these certifi- circulated under the franks of Democratic ?"'^''^"'y '''^*^'''^''» '*' hut secondary to an anx- cstes, rp;)resc(i(i(itr «Ji efec«nrn( 7)tt)inn7i/ o/ — We learn, upon good authority, that General Ca=a on Wednesday gave the ultra members of his party. But we,i„, igth and breadth of our State. The rcsisnalion of the Hon. J. M. Hun- tington, and the nomination of John Chetwood, esq , as the cai didate for Ihc supreme bench, has caused no dL^aff-ction; and our party ties arc as strong and binding as unity of purpose can ever make a cause." The Whigs of El Dorado are at work. The Sacramento Union of the 13th ultimo remarks of them: of the people; and we are c^i r ..1, .rs will be cro'.voe;i with sui-^ < . v - i.ni have Bome of ogr noble Wm m- < n- rcrs aniongthcm, to lend ihcniaui mrvui iy„-..iuc..ism •horse, foot and dragoons,' in a county which promised to give a niajoritv ol 4,0U0 for Democ- racy and did succeed in giving about 400. We arc ceriain the Whigs in Ibis great mining county will give a good account of themselves on the day of slectic THE SIGNAL. !171 electio Spirit of the Caiupaign. OHIO. , O.-tober 13.— "We have giined nt this this county on the vote for dan in 1848 about five or Bix huniln-d votes; and yet there are Dnai.y who voted the Loco ticket at this election who will vote for Scott at the next." Wadswobth, October 14.— "Our State election 13 just over, and, 89 we expected, report sayg il has ^one Loco by a heavy majority. This, bow- ever, is no indication of the resuU in November, as within n:iy own personal acquaintance I know of forty-nine Democrats who will vote for Scott, ami who could not be induced to vole for our State ticket. If this is any indication of public sentiment through the country at large, our State will go for strong- pull. Hurrah for : shall I PENXSYLVAMA. "Uniontown, October 15, 1S»2 — The majority aoU Biography. Tho Union of tlie ITili instant says: ■• V/c underalanJ that tlie Whig Central Cora- uiitteo haTe icsued, and aro luHustrioualy circu- latinsf, a biography of Genftral Pierce, purporting- to be the produrtion of the Democratic Commiltpp. and coDtainiii? aucb adiniuioua as would eatabliah tbc truth of WUig alandcrs. Wc caution our n-ienda against this Whig life of Genera! Pierce." Our conleiiipurary has been misinformed. The Whigs have not issued a biography of General Pjerce. They are satisfied that the country may be left to judge of his merits as set forth in the authorized edition of the Demo- cratic Committee, or the very amusing ro- mance of Mr. Hawthorne. We will repeat, forour neiglibur's enligliten- ment, that the Ueniocratic Executive Commit- tee have issued a " Life of General Pierce" for Northern circulation; anti that a copy of this life having reached North Carolina, has been found to "contain such admissions as establish the truth" of Whig charges. j We will repeat, further, that we have a copy of this document issued by llie Demo- cratic Executive Committee, in which Gene- ral Pierce is reported to liave said tliat "the ' men who would dissolve the Union did not ' hate or deplore slavery more than be did." This document, with the printed endorsement of the Democratic Committee, may be seen at our office. Mr. Vbn.*bi.e and his "strict construction" friends will doubtless be glad to learn that the Democratic press of Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago, and Milwaukie is laboring zealously to convince the West that General Pierce and his party are favorable to an enlarged system of internal improvements. The journalists alluded to echo the declaration of the Democratic Execu- tive Committee, as expressed in a pamphlet pre- pared for northern and western circulation. Southern Democrats should read that pamph- let. It is an appropriate supplement to the Free- soil biography of General Pierce, issued by the •ame coinmittee. Scott in the Houb of Victory.— Upon the event.''ul day when General Scott entered the city of Mexico, he issued the following congratulations and injuiictiona to the gallant army under his "Under the favor of God, the valor of the army, after many glorious victoriea, b.is hoisted the colore of our country in the capital of Mexico, and on the palace of its ^ovcrniuent. The honor of the army and tile honor of our country call lor the beet be- havior on Iho part of all. The valiant must, ti ob- tain ihe approbation of God and country, be sober, orderly, and merciful. Ilia noble brelhn n lu arms will not be deaf to this appeal from their com- mander and friend." And on the evening of the sameuay ho addressed the (roups in this btcotuing language; •'The gencral-inchief calls upon his brethren in arms to return, both in public and private wor- ship, thanka and gratitude to God for the signal triumph which Ihey have recently .icliieved for their country. Beginning wilh the 19th of Au gus't and ending the 14th instant, this army has gallantly fought its way through Ihe fields and forta of Oontroraf!,San Antonio, (Jburubusco, Mo lino del Rcy. Chapultf pre, and the gates of San Csmr and Tacub.iya, into the capital of Mexico. Whpii Ihe VI ry liiniit.d number who have per- forni'ti rill' li t'liUinm df. (is shall have become kni'Wn, the world \^ill be aatonished and our coun- trymen filled with joy and admiration." VVc look in vain over the pages of ancient or modern history, remarks the Uiiiled Slates Gazelle, i<>r any parallel to these impressive and touching appeals in the hour of triumph They were the spontaneous prumptinga of a noble soul, humbled before God, when man's proud nature was most prone to be presumptuous of its own prowess, and uiindlulof moral duty tu-f.-.re every suggestion oi personal gi atificatitn TM 'in. ir^ .r*\' hiuels which i'rom Ihc A'cw Oilecm Campaign Repxiblic. INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF PIERCE. Tune— "JVo)-;/ ■■.... arrived at the ferry. house a very large crowd was I l^een,! have nowand hcreti^^rr been amply repaid collected, and every one was pressing forward to ^-'y ''"^ ''■"^"""Scment and thanks, ot my loo par- shake him bv the hand. t Hal countrymen. [Great c(ieering.] The Passage to Jebbev CiTV.-In the ferry- I " ^'-^ friends, before we part 1 have, one' more boo e the General was introduced to several gen- f^™'"''^ '° ''""^'' °" ""^ "9f'^""S ^P'^<"<='' **">='' ''^^ llemen, and to the ladies first The crowd was !j"^' ^«'^'' "^''^ '" X"""" °*'"« *'"' "" y°"'' ''«'>*'f- heie so dense that it was almost impossible to force i ''"'^ '""y ""' ''^^= '^'^'"'^ ^" '*"" ^^"^ ^'''''' *>"' " a passage to the boat. Cheers were airain and I ?""'l<^'', '"">??':"'''"= ««'"^"=<^s and conduct in t my thanlis for you him, that several might be seen greeting him at one and the same time. To such an extent was it carried on this occasion, that the Ge.ieral was obliged to request his friends to shake him by the hand very gently, as they were sore, in conse- quence of the continual squeezing which they have been undergoing for some time back. A Voice. Let us have the lelt hand. General. , , j c u , j i. ,, , r .t. . General Scott. No, my friend, 1 cannot givei [ISl'^^i ^"i'^-.,?'?'^ '^^ *"""*! '^=" ,";■'=•,'' *??, " my left hand, because thai arm has been .lisaEled i '* ^u 1 wi 1 be silent on hat subjecl. Alio, in the wars. [Cheers] i '"<=. "?*• .""^ pleasure to meet.ny pr--" '--•■>' During the passage to Jersey City se the former soldiers of the General were pi to him. He knew some of them at once, aiid in- 1 At the conclusion of this brief speech, the Gen- quired about their families and prospects with the i oral bowed his acknowledgments to the crowd greatest minuteness. On the boat Hearing the j below, who continued to cheer Jiim most vche- Jersey shore a shout of welcome was raised by the : mently. crowd who were assembled there^ The station- fHK Newark- Deleoation.-A deputation ol house had the stars and stripes floating from its , the citizens of Newark, con isting of Chief Justice roof in honor of the occasion, as also the ferry- Hornb]ower and S. Manncring, esq., were then '"'"**''. .. I ^ . I , . introduced to the General, who shook them both On landing, the General was conducted to the | ,noet cordially by the hand. After inquiring about station-house, and having ascended the stairs, ap- 1 ,he General's health, and complimenting him on peared on the balcony in front. He was greeted i (.jg robust appearance— with the most tremendous cheering. The crowd t^ chief Justice Hobnblowee addressed him in a /ho ^ brief but truly eloquent speech, requesting hiin to !''• I visit Newark on his way. ;,, General Scott addressed the Chief Justice, and follows: They bid him welcome to «?"''<= "^ follo-.vs: adopted State. They were glad to! "My venerablefriend and Mr. Mayor of Newark, ave the privilege of expressing Ih^ir pe-sooal re- you have done me the honor to invite me to visit -ard and kind feelings fo' him, on account of his : your cit}', and as it lies direct in the way of my inexampled services and his private and public i route, I am happy to fay that I accept it, and will ;orth. It was not a fit time or place to enter into j accomijany you there some time in the day. 1 re- ilctailed history of those services, w-hich were turn my thanks to my excellent neighbor for the mblazoned on the escutcheon of the country. He j very kind manner in which he has been pleased to apeak of me. Gentlemen. I would be very hnppy to shake hands with you all, but my hands arc very sore, and you must not squeeze them." Departure fob Newark andtiie Reception.— A deputation of the citizens of Newark were in- troduced to the General, who shook them mnsi cor- dially by the hand. After inquiring abuat the General's health, and complimenting him on his robust appearance, they escorted him to theircity in the mail trains. Upon reaching Newark, the depot was surrounded by thousands of people, who raised vociferous cheers. There were two military companies, with bands of music; and the Genera. was escorted through the streets to the Part, in the interior of the city, where ho was rcceivetj by ex- Goviriii.i- Pii.vN-iNciToN, whose remarks were rlo- <|miii. 11 i i-n u: ii T irih echoes of applause. Gov. ■ I Vou have, we know, adopl- ci' '. ! 1 p in.-c as the home of yoursel; nni ■. il adoption, I can say. has been : : : upon us. Your brillii.nl vie ti' 1' ' -f your country arc instilled Ufi ■•' " 1 ■""- t liie United States, and we feel v.c ......111.; iiu.. i!u ..oiiiething for our gallant hero; therefore I ferl confident we will crown you with victory on the second day of November next, when you will be chosen to preside over the dcsti- nic- of thii Err.Tit country. You, we all know, • ' i • i' 1 " 1 ill I'ying times, and we will now , 1 ' . - U.iiig and loud cheers.] Wc ' I - luiga of no ordinary charac- 1 li .111 r- " 1 i.j most infinite pleasure when .'.1. l.'.uvUl y...^j, a.i.J 'ibscrvc that old age makes no l!Uoad ufun your bold and. noble front, [cheers;] and God grant you may long live to enjoy ihc same good health we find you in to-day. We re- gard you. General, as a true and unflinchine- friend of the Constitution and IVie Union; and from your past career in the battles of our coun- try no human being can for a moment doubt /our adherence to all that is dear to <>'<: people of this ^rrat and glorious Republic. T.ie name of Win- field Scott, my dear sir, is einb.azu^''" le stars and stripes of our country. [Cheers j fcUoweitizens, I will conclude my rem-rkc, .id introduce to you the General, who ia one ' le- rica's brightest .stare in existence" The ex-Governor was cheered r. afedly d as he withdrew the General cam ibrwarii on the platform; and as he advanced the air ru . with cheers, and cries of "Go on, go on. Genera :' Tub General's RErtY.— At the. conr' i=ion of the eloquc larp-ily in, speaki •*^ haur polite iuvitation lo attend the Rock Island Convention, on the 2Ut ol this month. I am com- pelled to f. rego tho pleasure of meeting you on that occasion, and of contr bating my testimony to the mats of proof tending to show the superior excellence of the doctrines and policy ot our party, and the vast superiority of the men we have cli policy I proceej. by ex G'.vcrnor Pennington, acd olheri ous Dartd of the — , - . „ , Aliout three o'clock in the afternoon the General dined at ilie Mayor's mansion, and at .''oo' o'clock •.ook his depi^rturc for the residence of bis family, in Ellzabet'"own, whither he proceeded in an open baicuche, drawn by four beautiful horses, .ind was escorted by ca% airy uad a hrge body of citizens ou foot Skiid horseback. Receptiim at thilcdtlphia. PHilACELf Hi.\, Ootobrr 2'..— Jcncral Scoll, after leiviosf Maoame Sonta;'» conte.'t !i.5t evening, partook ol an. cnter;ainiiierl at Parkinson's, where foeecheswer^ made by Mayor Gilpin and Hon. Joteph R. Cfti.noU.-. The Gi-neial bri^ly respc d- cd, prefacing bia remarks wiih a to.st fcompli n-.cnlary to Philadelphia. At niii'iiight ho was serenaded by Beck's Band; and the demonsl.alion concluded wii'i a fine display ol fireworks. The General left for Baltim'i.ro i.i the train at 6 J o'cloc. this morning, accotnpanicd '.y tho Whig j committee of escort. ] lUctption al JVibninglon, Ddc.ware. Wilmington, October 2 1. —The arrival of the train conveying General Scott v.aa announced by Iho firinr of conon. Ha was .velcomcd at the dc pot by iliB largest Concourse ever assembled :n tl is ciiy. The General was received by lloa. John ■U'alss, who greeted him with the following re- marks: "Qbnekal Sgott: I welcome you to the soil of Delaware in the name of htr citizens" General Scott replied: •■I urn exceedingly gratified with the cnthusias- ttc greeting yon have extended to me, and I cannot find words, my fellow citizens, loexpress to yon my loanlifulness. Gentlemen, you have a glorious old Stite; Delaware has always been with me a la voiiicjnnd not only do I adinira her for her devotion lo the Consiiiution and to ihc Union, but also for ihc biirh rank she has always sustained in the his tory of our country. From the very foundation of this Government, 'Delaviare has always been die tiDjuished for her heroes, both on land and sea, and for her patriotic and eloquent statesmen. Icsntes. ^ify to Ihe gnllant hcaringof her nolriiero.for I have ^Kiyseif stood hy iheir pide on the banle field. Ocn- "• tlemcn, I thank you for the--e warm and spontane oua demonstrations of regard; and 1 assure you I can never forget them Let ine say that your proud little State will ever sustain a hiyh place in the rrcords of our country's history. Genilemen, 1 again thank you from the bottom of iny heart f.ir your kind reception, and must bid you farewell." The General was then conducted tn his seat in the cars; and the train moved on amidst tremen- dous plaudits. Reception al Balllmore. BALTiMOas, October 21.— On the announcement of the telegraph this mirning of the departure of General Scott from Phi arlelphia, active prepaia tinns were made for giving him a cordial welcome to Baltimore. At one o'clock a large concourse had ai'Pinbled at the President street df pot, which continued to Increase until a quarter if two; when t hi; cars hove in eight, several ihoosand persons were congregated, and as the tniin passed into the de- pot ihe air was rent wiih iheir sh.iuis General Scott was received by Mnyor Jbbome, wiih several members of the City Ccuni il and a Cttmiiiittce from the Whig Central Cot^imittev, and ' Fellow- citizes-3 of Baltimore: Your worthy Chef Magijlrate has just warmly and cordially wecomed me in your behalf to your city — 19 the nobe City of Monuments; and I return you my gra.eful thanks for the kind and generous response to ttat welcome which I perceive in the pie anc manly countenances that surround me, an^ thecheers with which you ht^e greeted my ap C.£rance before you. Although much fatigued, woild be doing injustice to my own feelings were to efraio froir. briefly responding to such a wcl rines and that ■ned after a long visit to the necessary by my impaired ill not brook another absence •i amnostrangertoycrbcaulifulcily. Thirty- eient years ago I first visited it, and never ca.i I for- get the welcome given to me by your lathers, for fha-eare few now livingof that glorious communi- ty. I wa3order..d hero at that lime by President Malison, and rearhed here a cripple, shortly after Bitimoie had gallantly repePed i;ie British loices Anii'i.r attack war then expected, and I never felt e„ latisfied of being well sustained if such an event had luken place. The ci:iznns of Balliniore on tbai occEsinn not only cordiailv welcomed me, but ,in 1 -v arriving found a houe.-, furnished and fu ly e'quipF3d for me, surrounded oy all tho com- forts ol a home, and from that day to this I hBV,- al-.-.'ayafelt at home in Baltimore, cod honor th.' meinorv of the gallant deltndeis of yo ;r caty, wl.use (jeeds tha* monument [pointing to the Bat tie Monument] erected by Ibeir children so nobly ^erpetuatcs. '■ Fcllow-citizens, I am jost returning from a visit to the 'SVes-, where I was called on profes- sion! duty in portions of Kentucky and Ohio. When I quietly pase-d through your city one month since ! bau no thought of bemg so cor dially leceived l-y my countrymen, but hoped to pass on to the performance of my duty as. quietly as possible. "1 ha i not left, however, the conPnes of your city betbre I was besieged at every point by such mass-rs of my fellow citi- zrns as 1 nowseecongrega'.ed around me; a..d from that day to th=F, with the exception of the Sab- bath,'! have boen called upon live or six times a day 10 respond to the warm and geneious greet- ings with which I have been welcomed on every Ian tic coast, health, my buaii during this tall. Between the two great parties In the United se iSlalcs there aio fundamental ditferenccs in princl- nt I pie. The Whigs hold that our N.iiional Govern- ad I inent is a govenment of /a«;'— not a Monarchy, nor p an Aristocracy, nor a Democracy— but just such a I ' republican government as the written and printed 1 I luw has made it, and nothing else; that it was made by ourselves, and for ourselves alone, and not for other countries; that the object of its cre- ation was tho proiec:ion of its members; that it is wisest and bt5t administered when the public func.ionaries oeelt only to provide for the common defdnce, promote the f'c.eral welfare, and secura the bless'Ogs of liberty tcrity; that it i: none of judge ■ --■■---- ■- lunish lines, igh.. r desert have been welcome! been honored beyond hy my frllow countrymen of all classes, na; horn and American, for whatever services It have •endered our common country; and I proud in the satisfaction that I have lound a w spot in every hc.irt— a spot untainted by political or. judices— ready to welcome me as one who bad not labored in vnin for the glory, stability, and prosperity oflhe Union. And here let me add that I yield superiority roreign iuiportationa, still 11 ernment la protect. And . the kind a:ia degree of pr r business to assume 10 rrect their er.ors and pt when they trespass fhey (Ihe Whigs) hold of ihe F.ideral Govern- rltizeiis of all parts of the na- leny, ia occu-iatim and Indus, in ' locomotion. That proiec- ji'Ct of good gcverninent; and 18 lo be afforded by He' la and U6C3, ports, and bri.ai?watera, It of lakfc and rivers and the ds, or b ,■ imposing duties upon 3 duty oflhe Gov- ■pon the wisdon fhe DeiiiocratB. exceptions, bold tl tiuns- The name very idea uf a /..'?•' composed of t-jp. and •'ndeDL.iideiu right of the maj^. And ;h5t priiuii cinsolidated gove conlederatiun mac her and power, t eseence is against Congress. i.-ty, with some individual irary of all ihes" propoai- i-5iirr.f is :a war with .be ,.,. f,.j ,,,i,d government, I .a sover-^ignty . Lility and the 1. govern mne I 111 De-mucracy. e.^.^:i;y supposes a single .t, and ca.mut apply to a if .§tatjs unequal .n num- ■acy, therefore, in its very ederal Constitution Jt is lions and the 1 ud. iiigherluw, which, disregarding constiiL itutee, sets up, as the bupreme law of the e will of the oeo-ile, whenever and however ex- esaed. The Constitution, however, is very different and •ry undeiuocralic; it leaves to the Stales, irre- spective of numbers, a vast lund ot power 10 be used Ihe making and execuiing of the laws. Dela- are, with a po,.ulation of less than one hundred loueand, is assircngin the Senate as New York, ith her three inillions. In tho primary election 1, Delaware has ihree votes, and two in devotion to the Constitution and'laws of the Union, and in Ihe d sire to see those laws enforced, and that Conetit tion perpetuated as a beacon of liberty tu the world, and as the foundation stone oflhe Kupublit "In conclusion, let me repeat my thanks lo you for Ihe kind welcome you have given m' ; and I bid you larewell for the present, but as we are near iieishbors, I hope to often have the pleasure of visit ing Baltimore again. The General then retired, amid renewed cheer- ing, and was conducted to bis rooms, and during ihe afternoon received tho visits of a few of his personal friends. General Scott visited the Maryland Institute Fair this evening. The Immense hall, three hun- dred feet long, was c.owded 10 its utmost capaciiy. Great enthusiasm prevailed. Joshua Vansant, the President, welcomed bim in behalf of the In- stitute, alluding eloquently lo his life as inter- woven with the hlalory and glory ol our country. Oenrral Scott replied eloquently, but hri. fiy; concluding with an appeal in behalf of the W.isli fraud in»tuu Miinument fund, boxes for contrii.uiions j The difference betwe . - , , being placed in the hall. He asked the privilege ral great questions ot policy, is scarcely less than of contributing bis dime. He will leave for Wasb- their difference on the fuiidamental principles of ton to morrow morning at nine o'clock. ' lb* Government. The Wbl-s, as far as J anow, Preside of those ihr- tution, without any refeienceto Democratic num- bers, and in flat contradiction of the great Demo- cratic principle of popular right and personal equality- And in Ihe contingent cleilion ol a President— thit is, when the ehrtors have failed, and Ihe election comes intj Ihe House ol Represen- tatives— then Delaware and Florida are equal 10 New York and Pennsylvania in Ihe choice of a President. This certainly is constitutional, but very undemocratic. Under such a Consiiiutiun , to call the Government of the United States a Democracy seems to me a bald absurdity. Demo- cracy me.ns equalitv of perjons and iqual weight to each in.m in the G v^irnment. It' it mean that, ! General Gover e differ i qu faUehuod acd a r HE S 1 G JN A L 275 res. They g.i Ivati ring our ow n roun lak 8, and rive by re, a h£ lid tue fnooura^( 1 proteclioii o m",', o illy againtl llie uqu Bl lory J itcrfri iinl a;T The D^mocr improve, and i own home cm. f..r.ijrr linfralliai! prng,„R(ic The Democrats, aa a party, are agaiiist iniernal improvemams. And lln ir candiilale lor the Prcai dency i3 deeply rommiltcrl against all such inei Burea, b y.ind ihp. mses ft bid present pupporicra. and beyimH all former Presidenie, includina Mr. PolU. if he be elcrted, the whole eysteiii ot inter- nal improvements must etup. until Eome \vi?er man and Bonnder stitesman shall be put in his place. as a patty, while they refuse to Bby strengthen and enrich our y, display an eager desire for IS. Ti'Cy have already acquired New'Mexi^o, Utah, and Cilifornia, and maoe the m-'t ey peiiple of thoae regions our equals, friends «id frllow-ciiizens. And still they are hankering after riicire — Canada, Cuba, Mexico, and the Sand- wich Islands— and the hope ol these does but whet the morl)id appetite lor J.ipan and China It might be some mitigation of ihe evil if they pursued the old Roman plan ol conquest Rnd domination ; but they prefer as more Democratic the ntodcrn French system, of confraternity with all mankind, and universal absorption. Under this corrupt and ru inoos system, the present United States itiay find Ihemsclvea, in aiiuibcr generation, out voted by the heathens whom they have conquered or bought, and reduced to the condition of an outside province ol a world-wide Democratic empire. The Whi^s are content to mind their own busi- ness, and govern their own country as wisely and aa well as they are able, leaving to others the man agement of their own alTiiis and th-; working out of ibeir own destiny. But the Demorrats would propagate their priiu:iplc8 with fire and sword. They wou'.d c.-)i:!ur;!r, ; * t to the suspicions of being under ih- . 1 ; i. that dangerous ambition which h^'.i -*• :j-ia . many of our people into a passion for foreign i)o minion, and into a willingness to embroil our coiin- try in the wars and revoluliona of foreign nations. Look, now, at our candidate, Gtneral Scott. A man of mark from the beginning. His very ptr son distinguishes him from all other men — alaiid- ing, likeSdul, by the head and shoulders, above all Israel. And his proleesional brethren, once his equals or superiors in rank, no more object to his professional advancement than to his taller stature, because they know that both those advantages spring from the same efficient cause— a noble na- ture, nobly exerted and improved for the public good. The highest evidence that any man c in g'Ve of his fitness to rule in the great and diversified busi- ness of life is, that he has discharged all the duties assigned him with ability and skill. And when those duties are in Iheiuselves various, and require the exercise of a variety of talents and ol know- ledge, the successful discharge of them all is con- clusive proof that he who unif irmly does so well must possess great and various iibilities. Scott from youtu to age has shown himself equal lo every emergency. Always ready, always rich in resoiircra, and displaying a wonderful adaptation of bis powers and his moans to the end designed. tVhen a young soldier, in whom obe- dience and courage are the chief virtue.', he set an example of rea; ect for his superiors, and sclf-fcr- getting boldness against theenemy- With that genics which always finds or makes itself a road lo eminence, he infused his own daring intrepidity into his .uldir-rs, and more than once astonished both friends and loes, by gaining unlooked-for vicioriea over superior numbers ol the best troops of Europe. Afterwards, when advanced tj higher command and acting on a broader theatre, he proved 10 his admiring country that he was not merely the brave and impetuous soldier rushing upon the enemy for instant death or victory, but also the strict, yet kind disciplinarian, the ccol and prudent commander, the wise and far-seeing general. His constant atiention to discipline and personal cmnfort of his soldiers, endeared him to them as a father and a friend; and the efficiency thus given lo the army enabled him to rally with confliience upon the troops to carry out, in all their details, his intricate and complicated plaiis of cam- paign. His pre-eminence in professional fame has not excited the envy or jealousy of his brother soldiers. They all arquitscc in the justice of his election, for— deservedly eminent as many of them are for courage, and skill, and science— none of ihem can claim to he his superiors. Ab a soldier and commander, it is h-s happy for- tune to be most p'-aised by those who themselves are meet deserving of praise. His professional reputation is complete. He has attained the high- est point of martial glory that his country can give him; and now, as a military man, all that he can hope for is to preserve in untarnished brightness the laurels he has so nobly won. No doubt, look- ing to posterity, he is animated by Ihe laudable ambition to surmount the laurels of w'cir with the oah-l«af chaplet of t;ivic excellence. And lor ihis he needs nothing but occasion and opportunity It is for ue and lor the good of our cninlry, to afford hiin thoopno. lunity, hy ehcliog Im.i to Ihe Presidency. Wiih him at the hrud .f |he Oovernmcni, we shall have every disirub!' guarantee if internal peace, prosperity and im provei.ient,and lor respecllul, friendly and probi able rclftti -ms with all foreign countries. In war he has fini.ihed his harvest. Peace now afiords the only field in which he can reap rcnov/u. And he is not unskilled in the u=c of the implemcnis liroper lor soch labor. At various times he hut '"'■""" '■"''' with the management ol dulicalo I ' •! It huiincis of a civil nature, which .-»- ' "agent, an accurate knowledge of tbo . : >ne, and of the conaiitu'ional law uf >; . . , ,,i„try; and in every eu -i instance ha has ai r|oitt.:d himsell greatly to his own honor and Ihe public good. He attained success where sue- cess was almost hopclees, and thus showed that he possessed an intii:iatc knowledge of the characters and passions of men, and maaicrly tact and skill in guiding them lor good. And these arc precUe- ly the qualities which lit a man lo be the ruler of a frie people. Let ».■) elect him, then; with heart ord voice, with one feeling ot patriotism, and one etfort of in- telligent strength, let us put him where he ought to be— at the head of the nation. By 8o doii g, wo will at Iflast evince the disposition to do all wc can t.. insure a wise, moderate, home- loving adminis- ralion, and to rebuke and disqualify, for lurilur >i. ^chief, the buccaneering spirit of foreign oc- , uailion, and Ihe wild, anti-national Democracy vbieh, neglecting home duties, seeks a theatre of action in distant lands. One word about the Vice Presidency. Twice tho Whig party have suftercd the calamity of losing by death its chosen President. Both wero sore evils, deeply lamented. The first was un- mitigated by any circuinetanco of good fortune, for it threw the Government into Incompetent and hps'.ile hands. The second was attended by every circuinstauceof good that could conEole e bertaved nation for the loss of a man of its first choice. Tho Whigs had learned Aiadom by bitter experience, and had put into the second place a man altoge- ther wcrthy of the first— a man of knowledge and virtue, of mildness and strength, whose unpre- tending wisdom and unoffending energy will make the story of his administration one of the brightest chap.ers of American history. The Whigs have not forgotten tiiese lessons vS expe- rience. Asain they have acted wisely and we. I in the choice ot Mr. Graham for the S' cond office. He is a man of hiyh and highly-cultivated intelli- gence, of pore character, undoubted Whig prin- ciples, and long and varied experience in public alfdira. Should we no so unfortunate as to \o£& President Scctt, as ve lust President Tajlor, wo have the bcst-jrounded hi-pca .hat we will gaiu in Graham what wc aained in Fillmore. Very respectfully, EDW. BATES. Whig Sleeting iu Fair/ax, Vn. Pursuant lo public notice, a meeting of the Al- ways Ready Club was held at '.he Liberty and Union Pole, near William Means'e tavern, at Lanjf- ley, Va., on Tuesday, tbe.5;h instant, when, afier a preliminary organization, Heni-y C Taylor, e q , was unanimously re elected President of the Club, and W. W. Ball, esq , appointed Secretary. The following gcnileinen were appointed a vigilance commitiee: William Nelson, Richard Hirst, John Gilbert, David P. Palmer, Richard Reid, James L. Ackerl, John F. Gantt. Daniel F. Dulany, Jaiiira A. Nelson, and Charles Kirby. A aeries ot retolu- tions were then unanimously adopted, declaiinij that the Always Ready Club is prepared tosliow that its acts correspond with its nain< ; that the Balti- more Convention having presented to Ihem Wis. FIELD ScoTT as the Whig candidate for the Presi- dency, liny will give him their undivided support as freely and fearlessly as he has given his life lor tho last lorty-odd years to the service of hiscuuntryj that for his invariable rectitude in public and pri- vate life, they will also support William A. Gsa- iiAM, the Whig nominee of the Baltimore Conven- tion for the Vice Presidency; and ihat as our lathers in Revolutionary tiinrs fell themselves superior to British dictation, eo (he members of the Club will n .1 subinil lo be taught Iheir duty by the London Times, or the British manufacturers. Alter voting the thanks of the Club to Messrs. Hunter, Berry, and Barbour for their aid to the goorl old Whig cause as speakers, and appoiniing the 26. h instant for holding a barbecue, at which able speakers arc to be present, and good music provided, Ihe Clvii) adjourned, 276 THE SIGNAL From the Qeneral London (foiiil.) Chromdt and the Traltora Hung by Coart-Martlal In Mexico. Thcro have been a frrcat many villainous at- tcniptB lo injure the good name ol General See T, but not one of Ihem that u-e have seen quite so yil- lainous as the attempt to cxoitc ill feeling agair s him Irom the lact that he ordered a court martnl ill Mexico for the trial of certain deserters wko hod not only deserted hut actually taken up ani- and fought against the American ami y a long life devoted thing of nrrogance, I much better it would have been I questionably the old hero will nev 7„i,.rht7 onsfaught ■ - for on ■ive the f this wonderful Ajax of the nd he< body of h:3 full 9latur< upwards, and *ell the American people and the whole country, if necessary, that he claims no un- deserved reward. He has served the Republic. With his own hand he tore down the standar an attack! We ourselves have never beard an l.-isbman refer to this matter without proclaiming his indignation, not against the Gen- eral but against the false-hearted Irishmen who bisely deserted their colors and fought side by side wiih the enemies of their adopted country. The Irish themselves arc the very men who leel deepest the disgraceful conduct of their country- men, and who most rfjoice in the punishment so justly inflicted on them. We venture to say Ihat if the court-martiil which eat in judgment on the miecrcants had been composed entirely of I.-ifli- iripii the d-librrations of liial court would have ',',,,,,. „ " , . :. I T!. . ..nit would have made '. :,; ,1 , , . .: . ' rs, and all the more i„i, I , - . ,. ,r.^.:- «-ere Irishmen. The jj- , ,, . , . ...,.; .J, .1 .■; that character is un- ini-i i^'»^ • i *' ''-- ••^- l^'-'L' ^''L^ with those who for sci the honor of the Irish character, and basely be- Tray the confidence reposed in tbein by the country I mem ' army, - bead. of I'hcir birtb oi*their adoption. It is by to be wondered at that the Irishmen in Ih with an Iri^h brigadier general at thci fhould, in the suddennesB of their indignation that Irishmen had deserted their flag, be so exas perated as to immolate the offenders on the spot. They could have done so, probably, if their gallant countryman. General Shields, had not invoked the name of Scott in prevailing with them to desist Now, forsooth, "the Democracy" has the impu dencc to impute the punishment of these men t( General Scoit as a crime! There is not a tru( Irishman anywhere who will not " spit upon" llii imputation as an insult to the Irish charact<-r- who will not spurn the slanderer who has thus merely attempted to identify the Irish feclin ftinonw us with the acta of aband of abandonc traitor.^. If there be in the United States a ma who rejoices that Riley and his traitorous assc ciates were hanged by the neck for their basenes in Mexico, that man is an Iiishman! to do, ledging their obligations to one \ ■i .,. :,. :,. i., ,i nnd conquered the enemies of hi, . ■ ,r wars, and upon every battle- ri i ! :.'■■•■: Ufr rights and conquering encircliiie- liie own hiow, as many thought, with imperishable honors; but then il was not known that such a mighty engine of power would arise as the Adverliser, which would tear from his no- ble brow the wreath which was supposed to be im- perishable when first placed upon it. Mercy onus! What a catastrophe! But badinage aside. The Advertiser complains that General jiroit makes electioneering speeches. Now, in the name of common sense, ho-w would it have General Scott act under the circumstances, or what would it have him say ? Would it be right ! in him to stand as inute as a statue and not utter a word in response to the greetings of the people.' Must he, because he is a candidate for the Presi- dency, be as dumb as an oyster, or as indiffeaint ' as a surly ox to the outguehings of a grateful pco- j pie who extend to him the cordial hand of welcome and invite him to ilic hospitalities of their homes .> 1 Tlin f.ririinly would be expociing too much from iom who h;iu a (;iil within him, and such a soul as form of Winiield Scott. than any other living man, has exalted the lational reputation, by placing him at the head of ;hc nation, and thus showing to the world Ihat we know how fei forgotten by onor our great men, ana inai :lory upon the Republic shall i opposition General Scott Pierce; by without a meast general without urtesy. General Pierce — a i ave Mr. alesman thout a speech, a ictory. A man of negations ihroughout— and in that respect admirably suited (0 hia party. Fortunate only in his insignificance, ho promises to be wbalever his advisers may choose to make him. His supporters are shrewd enough to deal in generalities; they make no dchniio is- sues. There never was a party more compUttly beaten on all questions of domesiiccyncern. 1 hey are compelled to adopt Whig measbres and prin ciples whenever they would legislaie pracliciilly for the interests of the country; they denounce the protective system yet substantially recognise it m their imperlect tariff of 1846. They dare not dis- card it; at the peril of their political existence Ihey dare not. So with regard to river and harbor im- provements, they are forced into the adoption of Whig principles. For their lives they cannot help themselves— for there is common sense yet dominaiit,in the world, and it will hold its against all the absurd uogmas o General Scott it? ik said a day or two ago didate for the Presid high office has not ad was known througho was ever mentioned dcncy; and his praises ihei can- Ihe no'Tiination to that /lis fame. His name itendom long before it nexion with the Presi- 1 beard upon the lips of , b® every man whose patriotic heart beat Jbr this land of liberty and inderfendence. This, indeed, is not the first time General Scott has travelled through the country and heard the shouts of welcome w.hich met him from a grateful people as he ap- proached their homes. Let the Advirtiser and the balance of his revilera go to thehistory of (he count.-y and learn there the position which General Scott holds in Ihe affec- tions of the people. Let them read of his joyful receptions when no candidate, and read hia manly speeches uttered then, and we venture to say they are as characteristic of electioneering as these he delivers now. In the name of common sense, we ask, what other course could he pursue? But General Pierce makes no epeccbes; what is the reason.' Is it because he remains at lionic in nllendance upon his domestic duties.' Certainly not; for we have seen it stated that he has been travelling about very considerably. It was an- nounced the other day that he had arrived in Bos- ton, and stopped at the Revere House— and that is '• all. The noBiinaiion of the Democracy has given 1 I him all the reputal uflicient important he has, and that is not of o inspire any enthusiasm ji„....,i,. , this party of odds and ends has put whatever; consequently he may travel from one forth Mr. Pierce as a candidate for the Presidency gnj of the Union to the other, and his approach in opposition to General Scott. We would desire may be announced in advance, and there is not a nothing better than a fair comparison between the man, woman, or child whose bosom would swell two. It is indeed to be reinembered, along with wjth thelfeaet feeling of gratificatior -■'•=- From ihe Baltimore American. proKpPCts of tlie Campaign. The results of the recent State elections in Penn- sylvania, Dhio, and Indiana are seized upon by tional huniiliatioiia, tha James K. Polk was elected to the Preei.fency ov. Henry Clay. The thing waf done. It did n make Mr. Polka great iiian-fjr it was not in hi to be great; nor did it iiiukc Henry CUay an iiit riormau. There are limits to the power ol U inocracy. Donkeys will br donkeys even il tl vote of anoverwliilaiing iiiaiority should decla them to be horse,-. .--• ol Nlr. Pierce— an an; able, worthy, and kind h. ,n t- d man— so we Ihii of him; but no iiihc fit to l.c President of the Ur ttd Stales than lo It- an envoy to the moon. From the Moutgonif General Soo< I The Adi-eriiser is Such t thediffei in all Bin which of the two choice foil upon Ge i; and ■sof Mr. Pierce as approicbing triumph lor their ;andidate. It is d enjoy themselves hallucination, which veil enough that they sho under the influence of this no doubt must be pleasant as long as it lasts; and as it is the only enjoyment which is likely lo be within their reach, we need not complain if they make the most of it. But the second of November has a sturv of its own lo tell. The issue will then be made'up be- fwrrii VVi^-riv. r. S, ,ii ,-. ;i iii.m It nown to hlstory , ,,. , ,, I ■' luenls honor- „ ,' , , 1 etween him, of the old hero, , speeches which he warm greetings of him wherever be gc General Scott did i editor of that inlcri which he should c to the duties n..-iin haps, It woui.i have y (Ala.) Journal, Oclobtr n. .s Tonr in the West. most wonderfully distressed at 1 to Ihe West, and is shedding R "low down electioneering" 8 exhibited in the patriotic delivers in response lo the a grateful people which meet ee. Oh, whal a pity ii is that thee Or, per "really "t' being so little kn the generality of hiscoun proceed on tne busint: of the people had a have been saved thi nounced by the Moi zi'lte for lowering tl electioneering with tl From the Louisuille Courier. Anodicr Hottest Democrat for Seott. The following letter is from one of the most re- jspectable citizens of Rockcastle county— a gentle- nian who has always heretofore aoted^witb the Deinocralic party, but who, like thousands of other honest Democrats not only in Kentucky but in all parts of the country, is now disgusted at such a I man as Pierce being placed in nomination lor so responsible a post us President, and iatenda to do his duty to his country by supporting the glorious old soldier and patriot General Scott. We are as- sured that there are several other DemocraU in Rockcastle county who intend doing as Mr. Payne says he will do: "Mt. Verno.n, Ky., October 6, 1852. "Mr. W. N. Haldeman: I desire, through the cobunnsof your paper, to make known to the Vinerican people ihat lam now forty years old, riniitis-wbich time I have acted with the Demo- craiic party— voting at all times for the man put forth by the party. But the late move made bj the party, in presenting to u3 one ao unsuitable to rule cv.-r the detiii-its of this Union, has truly aickeiifd me to tlic lie.rt, and I now declare for Wi.ifield Scott, and will .ver hereafter vote for the man of my choice, n ganllces ol party. I '•Respectfully, yours, ."William Pavnk. ' THE SIGNAL. 271 Inipeudlug Dnn;j^er. She (/if -Vf >k- Cour. ly cxpoeril (o tlic i cr antl Enquire,- . ha9 no spcuiity whainv.T from foreign a ti "It may be reg-ardcd as a settled thinir, -a fixed i "P""*-' '-'T" '^'■''" P''i."'='P!''- fact/ (bat Frank Pierce is to l,e cur next PrcM.tent. ''"' 1^'=.,,"?"^^"""T ':''■ "''']" Pennsylvania, to say nolhmg of some otiicr Slates, | m..?;„ vL '-',,!! .V ,,',lnr.,.' has settled that point. We thall, therefore, i.aTC a progressive Preeident of a 'go-ahead' nation and so far il will be so good. That the House of Rop- es will contain a majority of Democrats nvinced; but a liberal margin should be to make - • ■ persons, who are n( ' The I for lukewarm and selfish be depended upon for those great and extraordinary cases that are sure to arise under President Pierce's administration. We want to s^e men sent to Congress who will walk right straight up to the mark without flinching; men of iron nerves and resolute will, v;ho have a control- ling sense of the destiny of America, and who be- lieve that it has been ordained thai they are to have a part in realizing that destiny."— i>os '': : -, -1! to day. ey us I thii We\ the crowd, and the reader may fix the num- i himself. At its height, the large military .and the large and small committee rooms idway House weredensely packed; Broad- •hronged to some distance on both sides street; Grand street was densely packed ''Ilfrom Hroadw.-iy to Crosby street; and there were * crowds in Mercer and Crosby streela. There was speaking from four stands; and it was noticeable that boys were scarce, while busiocss and working plenty. We have no di.sposi ' jgh I people. ggerate for any party; but, if we were not greatly i il deceived, 10,0J0 persons could testify to the gre ' nessand enthusiasm of last nightie meeting." The New York Exprers, as well aa other New ; York papers, has a full report ol the meeting, com- mcnting on which it remai.ks: \ 0:iiu t any I "It is not in the power of mere pen and ink to; of Cungi dcrs i impart any adequate conception oi its most telling , and not Da^'id Spang. is.veiand impressive teat.irc-tl.e ail pervading una | lie runs in by four hu aity of feeling whit:h aeeme.l to anin; ed with the contemptuous indifference they de- serve; but on the tve of a national election Ihey may have some cITcct unless corrected. The truth is, that considering the immense ef- forts to secure a grand rally, tJie afi'air was a fail- ure. One of ray neighbors, a person of unques- tii»iiablo veracity, carefully counted the procession as it passed the Ciiy Hotel, and found the whole number to be six hundred and fifty. This count was verified by the enumeration of two other gen- tlemen at points in the same vicinity. And yet all agree that it was a surprising turn out for the Pierce party, under any circumstances. {)u Saturday ne.-it the Whigs will hold amass ineetingand birbccje; and if favored with a fair J;y like to-day, will mus:er threefold numbers, witliout the trouble of drumming up the county. Whigs need no "dragooning;" they have lly whenever ihcir palrio died on or support is to be given to t! candidates, Scott and Grah.Vm. SENTRY. ers in makint; - right of every : ance of the 1;; ■ ■ depends their iiitiiual predLrv:iiio.:- Mexico, too, is tempting prey for t fore wc say, again and again, well dose New VoEK ! The old Whig spirit is thoroughly awar k-ened, and certain it is it never burned brighter, I nor with mure fervor or spirit, than it did ou the I memorable oooasion to which we are referring. previously announ.-et liiojoriy between D Winnell and Rev. J. D. Rich, tJpposilion. Si.ruiel Galloway, Whig, loses the return fro. !!ii- (Columbus district by foartfen votes, but wi Lit the return of Dr Ol.ls on the ground ih: :.(,»ftH voles cast for him in Madison townsh .— blunderingly placed iu the assessor's b.. i; ! ihus rej'icted, when, if counted, they wou h^ive "ivou the return tii Galloway. In every county where the. vole i.'. heavy ti Wnigs have gained handsomely; in many of the largely. Where the vote is light, they ha geiierally lost. It ia cot to be light anywhere at 1; November trial.— iVnr York Tribune. ITS THE SIGNAL THE PENNSYLVANIA ELECTIONS. Tho folloning lettpr from a distinguishtd cUiien tf Pennsylvania is eutiilfd tu ihe atien tiv8 consideraiion of all friends of the Whig cauan, as assigning a plausible reason for the result of the eleciion which has take place in thai Slate.and grounds of enoourRge | ineni lo expect a brilliant triumph on the M ot November: OcTOBBR 16, 1352. To the EJilcr rf the Republic: Dkar Sir: The election in Penneylvania has rt- euUe.lit. r>owi9e diff.renlly from what was armci- faurt l-T "ur well informed Iriends; nor is the re BuItaluUdiKouragiDg to those who uisderBiand thw rauded whic ■ priKiuccd it. In ihia S.a.e. for several years past, we have r<;en adnoycd by divisions, ani-ing from the pre lereione ol^naiv:d.:al6 who w.re but recenilj Democrats, but who have found their advantage by"i^chin5ir fears by assuring them that there was not the least harm or danger to be apprehended from hiin, as he was only a messenger of peace, sent on in advance lo proclaim to the people Scotland Graham's spon- taneous, enthusiastic election on the second day of November next. ROANOKE. it might suit them, and at such :me aiTd place as would be riost eligible and con- pie iusuce to Genera! Scott. Hr .aid that he knew ■■ ■ anearlvand oriffinalf.i'^nd ot IheCom. measures; and .hat ih" VVbi^ plaif.rm ond on the qurstion e,i slavery as the De- pbitforiR. Gov. A. G. Brown, Mr Harry, Singl-lon alsn epoki ; and Ihe next day f.L Smith hell forth ahusingGov. Foote for his course, and . pp^cially for his epeci h The Vieksburg U'l.ix say., that ihern were 173 persons, ail told, in the prucession. anel thit tno Democracy at Jickson are dis.ppointed at the re- iull. and in a terrible snarl. Such, we suppose, *ould naturally be the case. Senators A. Djuglas was not there according se. Whether he was called-hoene lo save from being taken by the Sc.itt ra^n, or whether he had read ho* the JMhuissippan abu«eel hi.n two years ago, as a VVibii.^t provi^oist, and one of .he worst ene.nie. of the Soulh we cannot say. Either reason v ' ' "■- ■" •- — —'''■"•"' [Nalchiz Cc lier, Vllfi. public meeting 11 to Ihc people of a parl:i meeting or not as it migl ■ ' ■ T would venient, the Stoic Committee to.)k upon iteelf e.nly to Sx the limes and places at which £ meetings wrro to be held, but likewise to announce tho names of the persons by whom ihey were to be addressed, without re,rard to whether Ihey were Rccepiab e to the audience or not. The consc (juHKce of Ibis policy waa that the meetings were called when it did not suit the convenience ol the people te. attend; and as the orators were not of 'heir own seieclion, they cared little about hearing them, and remained at home. M'eiinesof this kind are usually tho result of neighborlTood arrangement. They are, it is true, generally planned by but a few ot the active men, i.ut care is alwavs taken to fix a time for h■^!ding them, when Ihcre'is nothing to interieie with the attendance of the people upon them. Meetings thus called, and for the success of which the active men of the neighborhood arc responsible, are gen- erally well attended. But where tliey have not be'n consulted, and the order to holil a mseiing at o particular time and place to listen to particular epeckers comes to thtm from a distance, it ia hi seldom that they enter heartily into it, or that tl inociiug rcrulia in much of good. During the lale campaign in Pennsylvania tl oiicct see. lied to be rut ler to give pro.n;nei.re iv/oor three selected individuals, between who and the people there was no particle of sympathy, than to secure Ihe State for General Scott The meetings got up by the committee were oftcr large; out they were not composed of citizens o thv vicinage, outof persons conveyed, at coneidera ble expellee, fifty, seventy, and sometimes an hun drcd miles. The meetings at Lancaster and Putts viliew.re both largely attendL-O; but in both in stanrea at a large expense to tho committee, A neither place, however, was there any considerable- number of people from the'neighborhoud. The maas, in both instances, was from Philadelphia, and transported a distance of From the Repultlic. Scott Heads the Column. The Looofocos are shouting and hallooing at the very top of their voice over the rebult of the late elections as if they had really won a victory, and driven the Whigs from every stronghold. Their purpose ia eloing this is, in the first place. te> stir up a littlj courage in their own bosoms; in Ihe second place, lo Irighten back the cro*-ds of their own men who are rushing into the Scott ranks; and, in 'he third place, to intimidate and dis hearten the Whigs. But in all this they arc des lined to be most egregiously disappointed, iheir "noise and confusion," their shoutings and boast ings, are hut wind, and remind one of th? fllcxl- can 'soldiery during our lale war. Thty also fhouted and blustered, blew their trumpets, beat thoii drums, and were as clamorous as Ihe Chinese who undertook to frighten the Btitish a.- my by ., ■ ^ u .„„.. and making all sorts of hide- I jly aware that in Ne^" He mp-.. Fro'it Ihe Richmond fVltig. Kcgroes In Netv Hampshire. Thcrcare many contradictions between Ihn nrle anil profesaions of ihe exclusive anrl self conetituied champions of southern riahts It looks qoeer io a man up a tree Ibat they should go to the borders of Canada fora champion of southern iiniiiu It lo-.ks still queerer that they ehould ' " y- I 81 Slav _ . lee. one bhors' it., ex „ho has declared Ihaf'/Ae mm who would d'»'olve Ike Uninn (the Abolitionists) did not hatb ane( de- plore slavery more than he did " Hut vvhat is, if '^ -• ■■■ <■ — •- '1--' ihoy ehoula 3 on a foot- ill mor have geme to a State wli ingof equality with native whiles, snei ejn a mucn belter fooling than foreig-i whiles. OufT is a gen(/e. man and a soueretgn in that D-mocraiic coin^i»in. wealth; he may vote-he is eligiJile toanyohace, f,om that of Governor down; but n white man, whether a native or foreigner, can never do either if he happens to hold particular religious opiinon?. A Ci.rroll or a Gaston would be esteemed infer .or Ic the stupidest woolly-head that eve.' came from On this subject wc have the following from a Washineton correspondent: "Washington. D. C. October 15, 1862. "Tn the Editors of Ihe l^Vhig : "Gentlemen: Are tho Catholics of your vicln- gon-'S and making all sorts ot fcida- I ily aware that in Ne^" Hr mp'.hirc |afreo netrrocnn The" Mexicans, like the Locofocos, | hold office, while a whi'.o Cdthfi.ic cannot/ It is even so. There ia nothing in the onstuuti^i.^ ot New Hampshire lo prevent a fren negro from be- g elected Governor, provided on'y he la not a Catholic, and Ihe people see fit to vote foi^dm. If the Catholics are not awaroin what esllma- I Ihey are held in a State where Pierce is an. d xerciee superior sway, it strikes me that it 16 a public duty lo enlighten the hundred The .policy pursued in the above mentioned re- ppect produced coolness and disaifecliun, by in apirliig jealousy and dislrusl. In addition to thio, (jiirbiaie candidate 8 were unpopular. In Philadel phiacity and county the VVliiga lost Ihouaands ul vu'.'Sby the Maine law, consolidation, Uc. But what I detii-c principally toslatois, that the )a!o election furnisoeB no just criterion of the J'resideutial election. The vote of tho State on Tu'sday laot is -10,000 below what it will he on Tuesday fortnight. Between 25.000 and 30,000 of Ihcsa uon-voicr» were Whig*; and beaid»s lucre will be lrom7,000 Iol0,000c .apgcsin favorof General Scott. Set down Pennsylvania fur Scott 111 this you have the authority of one who has iicvcfbeen mistaken in her vote. Yours, very truly. proclaimed their victories over the glorious Scott long before Ihey met him in Ihe field, and leported the -wounded and slain of their enemies to be enor- mous, inducing the belief that our gallant litll- nrmy had been utterly annihilated. But what did it all amount to? When the hour arrived, our steady columns, under the word " Forward," moved quietly and noiseleesly with Win f.eld- Ihe pride of his country -at their head, to the b-,t lie-field, and with a v/ell-directed fire, and then an unflincbihgcharge, thundered upon these gasco nading heroes and scattered them lo the four winds of heaven. And so will it be with the blustering, boasting, vain glorious, and over confident Locos on Ihe day when Scott shall letid the column of firm, un- flinching, indomitable Whigs and their patriotic n Mies who cannot be forced lo array themselves against one who has for forty years so nobly served his countryand won for her upon so many baltle-fielda a renown the value of which cannot ho estimated, and which a thousand millions could not pu>cha.=o Let the Whigs remember that Scott was neve, yet beaten, nor is he destined to be now, espe cially by one who, v/ith every opportunity to wir fame, was not known and had never been hes-rd ofby one out of five thonsand of the American peo pie when nominated. The Whig hosts will silently rally on the second day of November next— a little less than iv;o weeks— and from company to com- pany, from man lo man, Ihe word will be heard, '-Fall in," "Forward," "Onechargeand Iheday is ours," "Scott and viclory!" Courage, Whie-s. tbo Warworn veteran, the victor of many battle- fields, the noble Scott heads the column. One vikom he led lo victory in Mexico. •Respeclfully and truly." Indlnna. Locofoco neighbors are mak'ny a er'J*.^ pi- of 15,000 mniirity in this State for WrVht fo- Gov. ernor. We hnv<- no oi>j»clion to ih'lr Inflitln? themselve." with their own pecu'iir cra^, but wmiM caution them In keepcnol now. A« we consider fact much more reliahl» than nMeninns, we pron-^oo to =how hnw thinffsin Indiinn r-aHv a-e AoioOov. ernor Wri?ht. he is not only » Lo, Mass Meeting at Jackso.v, Missi-ssippi.— The great maos meeting advertised lo be held at Jack son last Thursday and Friday, came off at the time announced — but if we credit common report, it was a decided failure, as far as the expectations ol its friends were concerned. The proceedings ol Thursday are referred to at some length in the Misnissipian. Gov. Foote was the first speaker, and he took the opportunity of doing full apd am- reived from B.OnO In7,flfin Whiffv r^tes. Thii nay be called aeserlion; hut n OW lor ti.e Wriffht'a 15 000— which howev cr ws Ho rot ndini there are 90 odd conn vote for O vole for Ihe L"CofnC'i for Conere-on -n 'he msjirilv of th- COOr-ties r, th- Rtn'e arc already received. wc find W ran his Democratic -ire-hren fr om RO In every connty, roiileir e n fu'l n veraere of odd counties would - Cf-rd 12 Olio in the Pt" i-iond deduct thii nniouiit from n. v,.rr,or \V ri?b-'S Ih- L^f- idales fjr Congress would be reduced be- • for rr.cinbers of Con?r estate I the only Now. where will this apparent nnjvjnritv of short 3,000 be when the old hero of fhlppewa comps upon the course ? It will vn"i»h like a white frost before the roondpf eon. Whig>, nwakf! buckle on your armor; Indiana will go for Scott and Gra- ham.— CincM'nnofi Gcfzettc. THE SIGNAL. 279 Co From the Xatcl.tx (iVi Col. Tarp 07 — A P_tral!>lst We had occasion to notice llje othc pleasant elluatiori which Col. C. S made himaelf or his friend Gcncral-Pierceto py, in etaling' that tho laller had told him he had repeatedly, and long since, and to thn fare of his calumniatore, denied t' e correctncsB of ihe New Boston epeerh; when General Pierce has assured ua iu his De Leon letter that he never saw the re port until its republication in July last. The two Blatements are utterly irrrconcilcahlf ; either Gen- eral Pierce did not tcU Col. Tarpley what the laitf r reports him is saying, or ht to his De Leon letter must be untrue. In either event, the importance else-.vhere attribulcd to Col Tarpley'd revelations is dettioyed. Wheiher Col. Tarpley misunderstood and misrepresents Pierce cr Pierce deceived Tarpley, the fact of the incon grpily of the statement of the laf of Ihe former at once puis a pe to any light that may have bee thrown by-Col. Tarpley upon affilr. Inasmuch as Democratic pipers in other State; are trying to make capital out of Colonel Tarp- ley's "leininiscences of Piei proper to remind our frjenai nel Tarpley's memr.ry a» the most tenacious been tbi- case two yeara mental quality has net i InMay, 1860, the edit SotUhrtn, upon the ai charged that prior to the meiiinsr of the .Missis sippi Convention of October, 1S4", .Mr. Calh. hod addressed noion:^! Tarpley a baler on (be e Oct 13. Whig Bnrbeono In Alexandria County. '^ • To Ihe Editor of the nejyitbUr: 7 the up- ' g,^. ,^ ^^^ „|y g^od fortune hot WcducBd--iy pley bad | (October 20th) to be present at the barbecue giv- ien by the Whig Club of Alexandria county, Vir- jginia, and a Due. one it was, too. The place of j meeting was a large and beautiful grove of oaks lekirting the Columbia turnpike, the main thorough- (fare between Wnshinslon city and Fairfax couri- ly, and distant from Washington and Alexandria tinguisher ipi'jd to be BW Bostur nay not t:9iia- enae elsewhere that Colo- is not regarded generally Such was' proven to have 1 since, end we fear that or of the Jaclison (Miss ) numerous, coiiBietingof a host of lovely womTiand several hundreds of the eallant Whigs of that and the Burroondlne counties. Speaking commenced and 12 o'clock— Mr. Francis Smith, of I city, leading off in a powerful argu- iment in support of Winfikld Scott, and of ibe iff, eat principles of free government held by ihe Whig pa rtv, of which "Old Chippewa" is now pre. sented to the people of ibis country as the mblo re- presentative , This address was warmly received ard tiiooh applauded, and i.a influence will no douU be lelt at the billot- box in November. . ! Mr Smith having con.-ludcd, was succ^^ei) l.y Meesre. Turner, of Fauquier county; FrqnciB 1 Thomas, .);ie of the Whig electors for the Shtei Maj^r fticRea, of Louisiana; W. D. Massey, ot the ! State Legislature, and oil received wich the most ra assembled multitude. The dinner was prepan large and ample tables longisitlikcly would Mr Van Hu- ren hofiiaia as to ihn Bjihcre if Ihat powr under hi* inierproiaiion o( the conoiitulioo. and the gciio- rnl wellurii cIsuiB in parilnular? We fommcnd ihoBO (.cnilemi'ii of the Souih v;ho off ct to he hor- rified beeaune Mr. Scwiird incends lo vote lorG»no. rnl Scon, to an attentive consideration of Mr. Van Buren'o posiiion by Ihe side of Mr. Pierc«. liCtter from IIou. Joel Enslmon. The following letter from lion. Joel Eastman, of F.ills cdi! lofe rity of o'ii-r Papers, iget; when, with shou "'"""-'bearers, Scott and Gu - „ - action lo be had at ili.it c.nvenuo it he had advised Missi sippi'a taking the lea Tgeet.d nSauthern Convention; and that then The proceedings ' — '-'■-- our e:'orious st.iudar'- .which mail, the v.- 1 kin ring, tr,e assemblage dispersed— the !a'; and tha orators of the day having also been r 'k. To Ihe various olTiceis and members of the L.„ under whote ausp.ces the barbecue was gutu, • - , , . .. ,, J , :-.l80 to the many committees appointed fo- t'^e oc hould be followed .:-„ ,he greatest praise is r'-ie !"r the pleasing that h:: saw no hopei^j,j| ^ ' ,5,n,.er iu which all the arrnngemcnls from tbeNoni^: aid ihatinacertaincooangency|.,p^,,conjuctcd. . j 1 . 1 Ecce:sion was the only remedy. 1 'j-(,e day was most beautiful; autumn winds 1 .-Ipl' This charge the Masissippian pronounced a L.^j.pt softly by u?, and the entl. jsinsm of ihemul sheer fabrication, and i,ta.ed that it did so on the 1 (jj^^^p ^^ew .^-^ bounds. ScciTand Geaham wen authority o!C.-lone: Tarpley hir-iself. This denial l,jj^ magic words which fired every eoul and dil was follcwed up by a letter from Colonel Tarpley ] c^^^^ ^ general anyn-.tiou. in the next Mississif/Mii, in Thich he distinctly I .p^^ ^yj^j club alluded to have lately e.-eoted 1 averred that "there was no foundation for the [jg^,j,i|-yi fljg-a'aff near the place of the barbecue eiatcmcnt." Hr acbnow'edged ihe ret jipt of the k.^^jj,, „,,;^h flaats a magnificent st-caniei . ovc letter from Mr. Calhoun, in reply to one from bim, I (^^,„ j„et long, bearing on its ample told asking hisviews as to the proper course for the ; „.,„jgg of Sj;oxx and Gr.aha.-'- ' Sjuih to pursue; but denied that he said any th'.ng j j^j. ,l,jr(y.,-,ng stars, emblem^ in iton thesuLject of o"C08sion. I Slates which form 01 Imiftediately '^ '■'•"' '- the Whig mi'eiing atGr.at Thursd.iy evening. Mr. Eistuian, llko Whig that he is, allhouah nrdcnily desir- ing Iho noininaiion of Mr. Webster, now goes heartily for General Scott, considering it as Iho only honorable course which the friends of Mr. Webster can pursue.— Dwcr i,Mai:t.) Inquirer. Centre Coswav, October II, 185?. Gentlemisn: 0« my return fr -m the St.ite F»lr I nceived your letter, bearing date October 1, 1852, inviting me .0 ad-Jresa ihc GFeat Falls Whig Club on or about Ihc 12ih instant, when it was proposed to ertsl a liberty pole and htng eut the "Scott and To this invitation I embrace t ho earliest opportu- nity to say, in reply, that I feel honored by it, and would most choerluUy accept the same, but for en- gagements conneciea with the couili both in Cir- follaiid Coos couiiiiea, which are indupenaublc, • an n. wnuiii »c.Blatid which will o-Cupy my whole lime from now ■ous aoDlause bj the until the day of the Presidential elcoiion. But for ""^^ ^PP'" J* the reasons above elated I should certainly he on n the best style] the 1 hand to help you nang out the "Scott an.l Gr- loaded will) pilts of ,ty and of the brat quality. ■e continued until after Sun lofihii letter, the caunroi \LiK So^lhrou nddieseed a note to three | prominent citiiens of Jackson— one of Ihem Hon. I Charles Scott, now Chancellor of the State— asHing ' whether dolonel Tarpley had not made in their | presence the admissions that paper ha-l originally ! charged. These gentlemen, in a spirit of gcncr- («3 forbearance to Colonel Tarpley, and from a ► wish to avoid the iieceseity of confirming these admissions, addressed him a note requesting- him to publish Mr. Calhoun's letter. This call Colonel Tarpley of course had to obey. This letter of Mr. Calhoun, so far from being in reply to one from Colonel Tarpley inquiri South should pursue, slated in his denial,) we Inquiring as lo what course vcnlion should pursue. Il € tveryonoof the charges a which the MUsissippia vhich clui of the thirty or rioua Union. WUIG RANGER. hatanding I ii.ucn preferred the noiiiinalion of the Farmer of Mar=hfield to that of thoJI-roof Chapultcpe- to t'--o PresiJontial olEcc. And, if the cntcot was now between these mcii, I r •'.' ;?nport the former. But the ncnination , i.xn ':Jcncr?.l Scott by the action of a '.. - I ivention, in which iho friends of Mr. r^ i-.-iires- iittd, and the question is no - , vixt Webster and Scott. And it seems ,u Mio here Is -10 honorable cour'a for Ihe -friends 1 of Mr. Webster but to sjpporl the nominees of the Whi- C'^nvention, and more especial y as Scot* and Graham str.nd upon thesame platform of p in- 1 as l^e fri-iuds of Mr. Wct.i plH OctObbe 22, 1852. :e the honor I ToCh A. F. SiKlto, M. vV. Fool- (aa Colona l^arpley had /,-;j ^^^ , John Van Burcn. From lite Baltimore American. Mr. John Van Burcn is reported by the Boston CommonweaUh. lo have expressed himstlf as fol- lows in a recent speech at Faneuil Hall: "As he had before had occasion to say. he wishetJ Ihe country to know that he supported Pierce and King, and gave in his adhesion to their principlra Vet The Vnkn devotes much space to the "spirit of the De.uocr.T.ic press," %vhich, it says, "iureshadows a glorious result." In ati- oUier article i: defines "foreshadowing" 10 d« the carkening of any object "so as to make it look very shady indeed.'" The dofi.-.itiou hits tha case exactly. Mr. MEaiwETHEa is tryins to shield bimsi-lffrom censure for his bis mileage charge betimo theskirls of Colonel Humphrey Marshal 1, who he says ch»rg- ed according to the tame compaation of dietancc. Colonel Marshall is not now in this country, ana ffairs ought to be let alone. The question for g, and gave , while hesa ply to one from hii the Mississippi Con- ] ilablished the. truth of luve enumerated, and Colonel Tarpley'sau- 1 Ihority, and Colund Tarpley himself, had denied eo fully. It laid down the course that had been pursued by Missis^ipp said so, he wished it distinctly unde ays been, and was now, op- described as human slavery. rnesl advo- had posed to that relat He had always been, and toas , ,. , . , cateif the National Government's abohshms slavery wheriver it had the potmr." In 1S48 Mr. Van Buren announced it as his pur- D-ise to labor to make the Democratic party of ^cw dccla that the uuld bo addressed to those who in the alternative <-f submission or dissolving the partnership [the Union] would p York, itheAntiSla' ay be seen by ' ' party of the Union j . , - , h„ - pase quoted above that be continues 'o U^or That end, and that he supports Pierce and King The letterof Mr. Calhoun placed Colonel Tarpley iand their principles for the belter promotion of his a inosc orenviable position-lor ,t P/^'^ pre- j purpose. ^^^ ^^^ -,y what bad been charged, and wtw^the^b^^^^^^ with the Deinoc Me nkfart (Ky ) Commotneea'.th. Louisville lo Washington, one thamana ana ■jityfim mites; and if not, was it right for Mr. Vleiiwether to charge mil. age for that distance, Ivhtthcr Colonel Marshall did or nol? It is aques- tion of honesty, not of precede ' if'- The Ari-ROACH ov BATTLB.-Says the Alexan- dria Gazeltl: "The arguments In the political contest seem all to have be?n advanced, and the contending parties are now brought face to face. The skirm.ishes of Ihe advanced ppsts give token of the nature of the conteat on the second day of November, it will be a hard-fought battle. Politicians are now seeking the State election returns frorn which "> ■'"f « ^«': culationa. We hope every Whig is ready to take his place full of hope and confidence. additional niorlifying Bianco, that as that letter was in his owr sion, even if his nyemory was deficient, h have reported it beloro giving so strenuous nial as he had given. We have no wish Vive unpleasant reminiscences for Colonel ley; but justice to the cause of General So pears 10 demand that the unreliability of C Tarpley's memory should be alluded lo; esp when we fiod that the Democratic papers 11 States are laying such stress on the revc of this self commissioned ambasaador lo G Franklin Pierce, ircuin- Igan posses I regi should ionci nal rights of the South when : arrayed in sectional nosiility against them, wo may iu some sort infer from the aggressive spirit iT:anif.6ted in utter defiance of national law aeainst terri lories outside of the I nion yet ct uus to it. Let a fierce Democracy be organ tbe North under ihe instigaiionsof section- c.cim, and let it be told by its leaders that the oOU- »ationi. they are under "to enlarge the ar«i of free_ dom" imperatively demand that ibe institutions of the South should be assailed with a view lo tneii auer prostration by the power of the General Gov- :d^"a; I fanati- WUCH ASNOYBD.- )wl at the popular Scott in bis weettrn li ioiii found out that in Washineton tolheBl tiis«6ordino(ioii, and Well, the people ha^ latisfactory verdict or vc don't think they >dltors what they will say on the subject. How the Locoloco prcssoa demonstrations which meet )ur. The Boston Tmes has not taking the air Hue from je Licks hu has been guilty of Dught 10 be cour« mariialed. e. got him up before them ; have no doubt will give « n the 2fLof November; and ilb Locofoco [Detroit Adutrtiaer. •280 HE SIGNAL THE MGNAL. CITY OF AVASHINGTON, OCT. 30, 1853. WHIG NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDKNT, WINFIELO SCOT l\ Of New Jersey. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, AVILLIAM A. GUAHAM, Of Noiih Carolina. THE SIGNAL. Tlic next luiinber of the Hignal will be the last of the jtreseiit campaign; anil, in order that our reader.-' may liave the benefit of the full returns of the Pre.^^i- dential election which will intervene, its publication will be deferred for several days. The importance of these statistics will amply compensate for the delay. THE REPUBLIC NEWSPAPER. We ask the attention of our readers to the Prospectus of the Republic, to be found in another page of the present num- ber of the Signal. It i.s the intention ol the publishers of that journal to render it in every respect worthy of the reputation it has acquired as a steadfast advocate of the Whig cause, a"nd as a journal devoted to the dissemination of sound political doctrines no less than to the steady diffu- sion of general and metropolitan Jntelli- gence. The postage on newspapers has lately been so much reduced that it no longer forms an obstacle to subscribers residing at a distance. The following are the rates of postage under the new law; Per annum. Per quarter. Daily Kejiublic, $1.56 $0.39 Tri-weekly do. 7S 19| Weekly do. 2fci 6^ pijwer, and are felt tn be so by oiir iippiiRenis. Hut exoellence and greatness should stunulate, not supersede, Ihe individual exertions of the parly. We can defeat ilie Democracy, not by indif- ference or overweening confidence, but by com- bined and thorongli action, by complete and ffticient organization, and by labor which sball know no pause nntil the struggle be closed. VVc have sufficient strength, and only need its entire development. There are votes enough to elect General Scott, and t<] spare. The duty ol his friends Is to see that not a vote be lost, I/fil there be no further delay. The contest will be speedily upon us, and under any cir- cum.stances will be obstinate and hard. Let us prepare for it at (uice by diligent allenlion every branch of parly organization, and t victniy will be ours. WORK. The lime for talk is ))ast. The lime work has come. ' The issue of the contest is in llie hands of ths j Whigs, and pruuipt exertion will,enable them! lo triumph. Energy, activity, watchfulness, j and self-reliance are the means at their disposJT; ] and with these in full play defeat is impossi- i ble. Every man must feel thai he has work I to do which cannot be half so filly done by his I neighbor. It will not do to rely upon neigh- i liors to accomplish every thing, or to dream ' idly on with the impression that some distant organization will at the eleventh hour step in and achieve wonders. Great candidates, representing great princi- ples, are undeniably .i bounteous source of) BEWARE OF FRAUDS. The course of the Democratic parly in the ivass renders a word of warning just and expedient. Their readiness to resort to fraud and misrepresentation in any shape has been proved in every successive contest; the present cuntc't has witnessed it in undiminished force; and their antecedents as well as their exigen- Vfarrant an expectalinn that the next ten days will develop ihe same Kind of exertion in led forms. The last month affords suflicienl illustrations for our purpose. There liave been untrue lelo- graphic despatches, magnifying the Democratic gains in the Slate elections; foTged statements, prejudicial to General Scott, have been circu- lated, and the denials of them withheld; forged letters have been circulated in Pennsylvania to deceive Catholic voters; Kreesoil documents have been circulated in the North and Contra- dicted in the South: and nearly the whole De- mocratic press is at this moment engaged in misrepresenting the position and conduct ol distinguished Whigs, and in perverting history lo advance General PiERCfi's interests in par- ticular sections. The past and the present aH'ord Ihf best key to the future. Thepprv(ii ,' Kjnniv which has been employed in im . . i ',<-■ -tale- menls, and in discolorin.; in. , will have work to do until the end^ lis iruoos are too important as means of effecting Democratic objects to be discarded just now ; and they will assume a bolder shape as the chances of exposure diminish. Sj)ecimens of frauds and tricks now resorted to by Democratic agents in remote localities have been forwarded to us — sometimes as handbills, and in other instances in the form of secret circulars. In every case the matter purports to have been derived from distant places ; the aim of course being to evade or to lessen the probability of detection. By and bye, handbills and circulars and ennfi- denlial conversations will 'be superseded by false telegraphic despatches. We say, therefore, Bewarh of Demo- cratic FRVUDS ! |tE1E candidates, THE PARTIES, AND THE PROSPECT. The pending contest will soon be ended. Practically, perhaps, it is already over, and, whether lost or won, is now beyond the reach or need of argument and eloquence. The pen and tongue have done their work, and nought remains but lo reveal the force of its issues and to concentrate their results. With Ihe case as ii stands, the Whig party have every reason to be satisfied. Their can- didates not less than their principles gain im- mensely by a comparison with those of their opponents, and suggest grounds ot hopefulness and zeal too numerous and ton strong to tally with any thing beside success. To cherish a d(mbt U])iin this point is to impeach the intelli- gence, ilie judgment, and the gratitude of the American peo|)le. Of the merits of the Democratic nominee for the Presidency il i^ dilTi'-iili i,i speak with be coming seriousness- --iu ullcrly at variance are they with the char;u-teri=.tir.s properly pertain- ing to the representative of a great party. Nominated in part as a General, his friends long ago consented to .abandon all title to dis- tinction as LMi'V. i'u ' il' of military service. As a sialism I i, Ik, im record beyond that of his pres. 1 .-. Ill ;.. Il liiaiiclies of Congress,' having no name as an orator, as an author or expositor of great ideas, or even as the posses- sor of more than an average of practical talent. His votes were :ii] nl ii ; i ' ikmo range of Nays, prompted by i' ; : i -: -iiip, and ofa character which 1;:- ; ' i ■ .'i~s advocates dare not now defend. .Such an one could never have received the suffrages of a convention in which national interests, principles, or feelings preponderated. His nominatimi was the result of an accident, involving iIh' sacriric^ uf the great men, of the party, and iiiili.-.niii'j more plainly than words the sectional character of the influences which c■ lEincrals who have grown dis- K i|. imlences and the practices of ;i I , r.i , I). ,.r,:!(y. .\nd in the South he will I ,. ih niqiurlof Democrats who have lost :ill cnniidcncR in a candidal^ that has Se- cessionists and Freesoilers for his staunchest friends. Reviev.'ing the campaign and its candidates — the events that have marked its progress and tho sifjus that hover round its close — we feel that, without pretending to prophecy, we may reasonably and safely calculate npon the tri- umph of the Whig party. The candidate, the principles, and the accidents of the campaign are in favor of the Whigs; and nothing but a dereliction of duty on their own part can de- prive them of the victory now within their reach. uninformed. The candidates and the parties standing thus, what is the prospect? Is an unknown man to be thrust into the Presidency by shams and frauds; or shall General Scott be elected upon the strength of his character and ihe prin ciples and policy of the parly whose candidate he U> If bragging were voting, Frakklin Pierce would he elected. But inasmuch as bragging is not votinor, and is generally found to prevail in an inverse ratio to the strength posser^-' we answer the question differently, and say that after all Franki.inPibroi will be defeated. ! was issued by We know that the recent elections are cited \inlerxlfdfor ,wniuni cucum,,.,,,:- . , „ , , ■ i-o' . . To credit the precedingraraera;)!! to the .Albany as certainly foreshadowing a diflerent event; 1^_^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^Pj^^^^^^-/^^^.-^^ ^^f^,_^,.^^ ^ but we also know that their results were in I ,^g ,^j,j,, ^fj,g3(3j^,^j.„t ^,y j^oscv, ho are familiar conformity wilh Whig calculations, and. that | ,i,m, (he character of that paper. For the benefit in truth they strengthen the hopes of the! of persons not acqui Whigs in relation to the Presidency. There j P'opcnB: is nothing in them to discourage us prove that Ohio and Pennsylvania are. obtain- t [,39 been able for Scott, and it only remains for thejbeuilerl Whigs of those Slates to perfect their organi- p',',,' ,, zations, and to begin the November liattle with i ,1 \. ; : . a conviction of their abiliiy to determine its !,',' j,,', ;, m,, .1 '1' iheNortb. result. In nearly every State it is believed that Gen | Tl oral Scott will receive the full Wh The Con-ectlon of a Mlsstatenieitt. The Waehington Uninn complained, a short I time sinre, that the Whis ('(•ntral Committee have isaued, and arc indusM-ionslv rirrulrilinfr at the South, a biosraphy oi (:-!,•: ' i': : r, 'conluining such admissions a? « - il s 1 1 ■ Whip; slan- Iders.' It turns GUI .. :. ' ;il qurnlion ith the mendacious of the .\lbany Evening Journa!, wc jijip„ I pronounce its statement, that a life of General , . I Pierce, intended exclusiueli/ for mrthirn circulation, d by the Dcmocraiic Committee, to I absolutely false The Democratic ■, .• polilishcvi but one life of General I fiin.rratlo candidate never uttered .11 let, or ^ave a vote, that the De- ssoon have known [Unioti of iid. Democratic Committee have published a lite of General Pierce, which reports him e onlv Stales in which any other event has |t" .h^^ve declared that "the men who w.juld -. . , , •,■.,. ' diss(dve the Lnion did not hate or deplore ueen anticipated are those in which the more , ^^^ ^^^se than he did." Was that ver- zealous friends of Mr. Webster have stood |gi^jj, imended for Southern circulation? If it _loof, with him as their nominal head. B the Webster organization, as a distinct affair, is wellnigh dead everywhere. It has been abandoned in North Carolina: journals that have supported it in Georgia are hoisting the Scott and Graham banner; it is regarded as too weak in Massachusetts to prevent the vote of that State being cast for Scott; and in New Vork every day adds to the confidence with which General Scott's friends contemplate the last appeal. We mean no disrespect to Mr. Webster when we say that the organization hitherto kept up by his friends has been the was, why was a falsehood necessary to explain the appearance of a stray copy in North Caro- lina? It is known that besides issuing a life of General Pierce, embodying his Freesoil senti- ments, the Democratic Committee have issued a pamphlet on internal improvements for West- ern circulation exclusively. Each publication is from its nature sectional. Each emanfitps fmm the Washington Demo- cratic Committee, who find it necessary to modify or enlarge the professions of their parly to meet the v, ants of different localities. We pres",rvo a copy of each for the satisfaction of the sceptical. ■2Sti THE SIGNAL. THt; CANDIDATES AND THE SOUTfl. Them is a fnirked difference m the positions relaiively occupied by tho two candidates to- ward the South. General Pierce was at first claimed as emi- nently satisfactory to the Southern portion of the cjuntry. He was announced as a reliable, ciinSTvalive man, specially acceptable to friends fjf the Compromise and the Union. Inquiry laid bare the hollo«ness of the plea, and ex- hibited him as he is, the leader of a Freesoil Democracy, and the choice of so much of the South as gives nourishtnent to Secessionists. Union Democrats form a subordinate power in tlie parly organization. In many instances tliey resent the insult by acting independently; in others they are cooled into indifference; and in others, again, they take reluge in the Whig ranks. General Pierce, then, started well with the Siiulh. but lias been losing ground ever since. His strength in that direction is now mainly sectional, and therefore lisiiiled. General Scqjr, on the other hand, had the first flush of Southern feeling against him. tone of its oppiisiiion has rnKt exac: wishes of the Whigs. Its wholesale abuse has helped them wonderfully. Wo have another reason. It is that the Union devotes itself with such oviden cerity to the laudation of eminent Whigs, and to the protection of General Scott's charactei No Whig could have been more anxious t\ the nomination of Mr. Fillmore than the Union now appears to br-; none could have been more solicitous for Mr. Webster's elec tion; and none could watch with more careful eye over the fortunes of General Scott. Y terday's impression presents several examples of these excellencies. It regrets that Mr. Fill ■MOKE was not nominated, for he "would have combined upon himself the united Whig party of the South," while "in the North he world have been stronger, far stronger, than General Scott." !t inoiirns over Mr. Webster's re- jection for tho same reasons. And for Gene- ral Scott's sake, it is actually "mortified" at his tour. Queru.ous people will insinuate that the organ's morti.ication springs from its con- sciousness of General Scott's popularity and the growing evidences of his power, but we power cauL"s!anding"iti"7lVe ■-.i'ac?o"f*'hiff7on whom I ^""' "'herVise. The L'^Hw; is magn-.nimou, iheSouth had fived its first a.nd strongest love. ! has done, and is doing, a.l it can to help But all doubts as to Genera! Scott's feeling | ^'^.{\"f ' ^''''■^^• towarus .he South were dissipated before the | . -"^henjaf; close ot the cnnventioi.. The platform eru '""'' '"'" '"^ bodied all 'hat the South desired, and he plant- ed himself upo.i it prompl!3' and without re- servation. One by o'le, the flsehoods and niisrep'-esenta.ions whioh had been circulated in referenco to his opinions and associations wtre blow.-i to pieces hy Southern hands; and he is now recognised by the \Vhigs of the South as in evf^ry wr.y wonhy of tiieir confi- j^ence. The few >Vhio3 who were too strong ly pledgedaga!i:st him to give him their sup- port prel'er neutiali'y to the snpp;rt of tne Democratic ticket; while their places are more than filled by the Union men who have on this occasion left the Demooraiic ian:(s. The ground lust by General Pierce ia the South has been gained by General Scott, who has the satisfaction of knowing that each suc- ceeding day adds to his list of Southern friends. No one cunvtTSant with the Southern press, either as a leader or reflector of public opinion, can deny tSat a powerful reaction has taken place in General Scott's favor, and that it is yet progreseing. The Democratic papers evince their knowledge of the fact by changing their grounds of attack, and by the invention of new frauds to deceive the people. These attempts will f.iil, as the others have done. Despite of all attempts to prevent them, the people wiil institute a comparison between the qualifica- tions, merits, services, and relative reliableness of the two candidates; and on the result of that comparison the Whigs rely with perfect confi- dence. DEMOCaATIC MAGNANIMITY. The central Democratic organ has a mag- nanimous disregard for the interests of its sup- piirtcis. It is a pink of chivalry of that Quix- otic kind which cares more for the glory and prosperity of our neighbors than for the con- veniencB or success of one's own household. We bpgin to think, in sober truth, that the Union foresees the mischiefs that would be conspquenlon General Pierce's election, and desires covertly to aid the movements of his j consequences of their'own treachery. n, the Union is particularly ans renovation" of the Whig party. True, a we-^k or two ago the same journa,' spoke of the party nearly as a rowdy would speak of a dead Hog; but the Union kn well how it could best please and serve the Whigs, and it spoke accordi'igly. What but this spirit of magnanimity could hive terap'ed it yesterday *o dv.'ell wlih obvious unction upon the signs that "augur an auspicious re povation of ihe Whig party?" Some of our contemporaries pronounce the Union funny; others declare that it is abu6i"e Gentlemen, it is neither funny nor abusive. I is magnanimous, and nothing else. "Sectarian Appca's." The Democrats are extremely hostile now to the introduction of what they call "sectarian appeals" into the Presidential contest. They object even to all allusions to the New Hainp shire Catholic test, lest the discussion of that topic lead to sectarian controversy. Their feeling has not always run in this di- rection, as can be vouched for by those who took part in the canvass of 1844. They had no scruples then about the introduction of sec- tarianism as an element in the contest, for they plied it unceasingly, and with their charac teristic disregard of fairness. To secure the Catholic vote, they resorted to every available means to induce the Catholic portion of the adopted citizens to regard the Whigs as their bitterest enemies. The progress and the result of that election bear witness to the system with which these appeals were resorted to, and the success which for the lime rewarded them. Times change and tactics change with them. The Democrats wooed and won the Catholic vote, but were unable to retain it. The policy which led them "always to flatter and always to deceive," came to an end at last; and now, making a virtue of necessity, they are solici- tous above all things for the avoidance of "sec- tarian appeals." Their affected anxiety will avail them little. It is seen through as a dis- ingenuous manoeuvre, intended to ward off the opponents. We might cite, as ono reason for this belief, the m;irvellous zeal with which it has served the VV'hig cause during the last three months. That it should serve this cause openly could not be expected, considering all things; but the The Whigs desire no other "sectarian ap- peal" than that furnished by the New Hamp- shire test. It demnnsiratps more clearly than argument the broad distinction that exists be- tween the theory and practice of General Pierce's party. THE LATEST FORGERY '•NAILED TO THE COUNTER." We have already published Mr. Lewis D. C.\mpbell's telegraphic exposure of the in- famous forgery circulated by the Democratic press to his prejudice and the prejudice of Gen- eral Scott. With characteristic disingenuous- ness, the Union labors to weaken the forco of the exposure by questioning the genuineness of the despatch; and then reiterates the forgery, wiih. sundry quotations to prove that it is plausible. Wo. are now in possession of a copy of a let- ter addressed to the Inteiligencer by Mr. C.twr- bell, and received direct from hitn through the mail. In this communication, which we ap- pend, he refers to the statements on which the Union relies for its justification, and pronounces the whole a forgery; Ta Hie BUilois of the JVationcl Intelligencer : A friend of mine haa just eent mo the Waslnng. ton UiiMnolthc 12th instant, contciuing' a most iiirainious editorial headed " General Scott aod the .\bolitioni5;— The Whig- Candidate for the Repc.1l of the Fug-iiive Skve Lviv-." This article aitennpta to prove that General Scott is an Aboliiioniet. The editor aays : " By th» Doaition ond unequivocal derlaraticu of a Whi ' ' " ibcr ,>f Cjrrn-.i ihe car-iiJeiic of ' -, ■ ^ I'Jvea the Whig cnn("ida'e a c ■■ will shew that General .'■'■;ol: •- .-al of the Fu^i- li'o Slav,, Liill, ; , if elected Prcn- To prove this asce. cion lue Union adda: ••O.ithe20th of July, 1S5:, the Hon. Lewis D. Campbel! addrr?""d ir-i n Wnehington city scir- .^oiar to hie c->n-;'''' ;^--'> w:i3 published ia L.-bii!0.i .'-t 3 circular V ( .he country •- ubmit Jicsfi and b'ood, '/^ ' IVtbsi^r loe'e." '■ 'Llv.,- L'. Campbelu.' " I pronounce the foregjtng a base fobgbby ! I NEVER WROTE ANY SUCH CIBCULAE AND NONE BUCH WAS EVER published in the Lebanon Star. The entire article in the Union is a tissde of FALSEHOODS AND MISEEPEESENTATIONS. 6UPP0KTED ONLYBV A MOST ViLLAISOfS FOBGEBV ! General Scott never expreased to me any opin- ion as to the Fugitive Slave law, nor have I ever so represented. My support of that distinguished not and has not been founded i upon that que upon Until Ihe editors of the Union produce the Leba^ on atar containing such 11 publication .over my aine, they iiiubI stind before Ihe world branded s LiABsand forgers. LEWIS D. CAMPBELL. Hawilion, Ohio, October 13, 1552. ■what - Ho Tlie Democratic Caiiipbtll, s«ys. It is possible that the central Democratic or- gan labors under a confusion of ideas in relation to the Campbells now in Congress. When it spoke of Lewis D. Campbell it may have meant Thompson Campbell; and the para- graph imputing a willingness to sanction a re- peal of the Fugitive Slave law may have been applicable to General Pierce. There are two or three reasons for this conjecture. In the first place, Mr. Thompson Camp- bell — a Democratic Representative from Illi- nois, and a co-worker with Judge Douglas in THE SIGNAL. 283 recnriJ pledged . The lollow- lois exchange. hcha'fof Genera! Pierce — is to vule fur ihb rrpeal of the 1l places this beyond iJoubt; "I-«TBBR"OATOBiEB submiiterf to M. P . Swcct Bnd Thompson Campbell, cunrfidatPS for Conprfna in the Eixih Conftrespiimal diairict. by ihe follow, inar ffenilemen, viz; John Charlton. John Mon- telius, William Wright. E. H. Salisbury. A. W Siwson, D. A. Knowlton, and Job Arrold. '1. Will you, if ilccted, vole for and cordially eopporl a I ill prohibiting slavery in the Tcrritorioa of the United Stairs? "2. Will you Vote for and snpport n bill abol- iabu-.g slavery in the Dislrict ol C jiumbin ? " 3 Will y,)U opposp tho admission of any slave Siatc-s which may be furiifjd uut of TexAs or the •'.|. vVili vou vole for and ndvocate the repeal of the Kugiii've Slave Iaw passed at tlie recent scs fiion of Congrraa? " 6 Will you advocate and vole for Ihe election of a Speaker jf the House of RepreeentativcD Vfho Bhall be willing to '.'gonire ihe ronimiitres of that H.use ao a3 to ^ive Ihe Iree States Ihtir just infiu- tnrein the busim ss of legislation ? •6. What are you'' vitwv, noionly.is to Ihecon- slilntiunal right ol Congress lo prohibit tha slave trade between Ihe Slates, but also as to the expe dicncy of exercising Ihat right imnfiediately ?" ■•Mr. Campbell's ^frswea.— To (he Ist i.nd 2J 1 interropatories, I answer unequivocally in tho af- firmalive. "To your 3d interrogatory, I reply, that I an; opposed to Ihe admisaii n of any more slave States into the Union that inny be lormed out of Texas or any other territory. "Toti-.c4tb and fith interrogatories, I unhesi- talinrrly ansv er ia the affirmative. "To the f 'h interrogatory, I repiv, that so long RS the slave States continue' to treit slaves as arti- cles of commerce, the Constitution confers power on Congress to pass laws repulatir.er that peculiar eamnerce, aid the prote.it'on of human rights ini l.erativcly deaiands the inlerposltion of every con- et'.tutioual ineans to prevent this mist inbumar and in'.quitous trafnc. T. Cajipbell." This establishes the fact that ihe Camp- bell who 19 before the country pledged to re- peal the Fugitive law is Thompson Campbell, a friend of the Union, representi.ig Illinois Democrats. Now fur the preBumption as it applies to General Piekce. dneral Scott favored the passage of the Fu^ilive law and is prepared to uphold ii. General Pierce, on the contrary, has cV'jdcd an interrogatory designed to pleige him to uphold that law. He looks on it as "im moral," and is in no way pledged to veto any measure for its repeal. We recommend our contemporary to review the whole matter, and to say how it proposes to relieve Thompson Campbell and General Pierce from the dilemma in which it has un- wittingly involved them. Jtidgo DousJas'a Defamation of General Scott We notice that Judge Dopons persists in mlereprfisenting tho position of General Scott on the nainralization question. In a spsech Galsna (III.) on the r2ih instant, the Judge is reported to have remarked: "General Scott was OPPO-KD to the tJATURAii- HTlO.-J OF ANY FOKEIONSR DSL 88 HK HAD SEEV ED ONE VBAa IN THE ARMY ott NAVv; that he had so laid it down in his leiler of acceptanre of Ihe Whig nomination; that if G'-nerol Scott's views were rarriert out, NO FoseioNER cocto Ev«a bf.comb a Cirll'N OF THE irrJlTBO STATES UNLESS HKSHODLD SERVE IN THE ABMv OB NAVY; and as there were about three hundred ihoosand foreigners coming :nto the country annually, and the army of the United Sialea cuniieted July of ten tboueand, the v.nst majority of the emigrants coining to this country could MEVsa BS batdbaliied." The least th^tt can be said wilh regard to this declaration is, that the speaker who uttered it knew it to be contrary to truth, and only ut- tered it for the purpose ot misleading natural- ized citizens. Early in the campaign, when the same spe:iker made e.\ac.ly the same assertion, we were inclined to view it as an inadvertence, springing from an imnerlect knowledge of lije wholu subject. Tho Judge's e.xhibiliun of his ignorance on a plain point of constitutional law slrengihoncd the impression, which has, however, been eflaced by his subsequent cuurso. It is now app.irent that he designedly misrepre senis the VVhig candidaie, and attributes to him inlentions widely difterent from those de- veloped in his published letter of. acceptance. The accusation is a grave one to prefer against a Senator of the United Stales, and a Judge to bout; but it cannot be, and ought not to be, blinked. Judge and Senator are both lost in the bitter and unscrupulous partisan. To. show how groundless is this complaint against General Scott, we need only refer to the paragraph relating to the subject which occurs in his letter of acceptance. He therein states that if elevated to the Presidency he would COURAGE, WHIGS I If our Com.mander i.v Chief had paused after the first skirmishes wilh the Mexicans before Contreras, and partaken of thn discour- agement of some of ihe lawyer generals under him, the subsc- be oo- Uterated irom the liuman heari by ihe love of office and the thirst for dibtincli..n; ijut among tfe xnasses who are indipeiidcni, and live upoi; their own resources, there is a graieful feeling which no party requirements, however strwgly pnfirced.can obliterate. The man who says General Scott cannot bo elected knows that he slanders thi people of this country and does violence to truth. The Democrats said, with equal assurance, that vViLLiAM Hekry Harrison could not be elected; yet he swept down the dense co- lumns of Locufocos like an avalanche, and went into the White House by an overwhelm- ing majority. They said General Taylor would not carry four Slates, and their most liberal allowance was six; yet he was triumphaiitly choson. And so will it be wilh Scott. If every VVhig does his duty, victory is as certain as the setting of the second of November's sun, f More of the CoalKlou. Boston, October 20.— The coalition between tha Democrats and FrecsDilers, in Middlesex county, on the Senatorial ticket, was accomplished to day. The Freesoilers adopted resolutions against ths Baltimore platform whilst coalescing tbe Stato ticket. General Pierce's Massachusetts friends ara growing bolder. Assembled in Siate Conven- tion, they were at first content to pass by tha Baltimore platform as a thing which it was in- expedient to touch. Now they meet in full fellowship with those who assail ihe plailorrn, and repudiate it as unfitted to MaseachLsetia Democracy. General Pierce's home organ, meanwhile, condemns as Impolitic the action of the few- Hunkers who refuse to sanction the terms on which the coalition has been effected. to extend those priTilfges by making year's service i.i the army or navy a sufiieient ■ title -o citizenship. Tlifi a,ssei.ion that "if, ' General Scott's views were carried out, no 'fo.eig.ier could ever become a citizen unless ' he siould serve in the army or navy," is, then, ,'osiiively and in every particular untrue. Tlip Galena (Hi.) Jidvcrtisei notices in this connexion "the opposite interpretation which anoth-jr Illinoio Democrat has placed upon Gen- e-al Scott's propos'tion. Mr. W. A. IlicH- ardson. Representative from tnai State, dis- cussing the Buggestion in July last, said: "I do not understand that Genere.l iacon or the Whig parly propose to change the naturahzation laws ill any way except in the particular referred to in his leltir. He and they intend that five to AccioiRE the RiOHTS OF CITIZENSHIP by the emi- grant. What, then, fellow-citizens, is the position General Scott assumes.' It is this: One year'c service in tbe army in war enables the foreigner to learn as much ol our Goveramen^and insti lions as five years in civil pursuits. » » * G eral Scott thinks that one year's service in army under its rules and regulations would fully equal to FlVK YEARS IN OTHER PUR3U1T.S * * Yiju do not wint this «njust rfis/inctJOtiwi behueen those fortignera who sirve one year iti anny and those who sirvefiee years' term of natu- ralization IN OTHER PKOFES&lONS. » » » When General ScoTT was for closing our'doors against .Til 'loreisners,' wc opposed it; and now General Scott (/tsires to go to the other extreme!" General Scott's error, in Mr. Richardson's estiination, is, that he is too favorable to for- eigners. We leave the twin Democrats to set- tle the quarrel. _ Slavery 'Wltlitlrawn I Wily as he is, ex President Van Buren has been indiscreet enough to proclaim the nature of the compact now e.xisling between the Freesuil and Hunker sections of the De mocratio party. Writing to a Chicago Demo cralic Association, he avers that the "subject oi slavery" has been "icithdrawn from the can «as»;" and having laboued slavery, the Demo crary are united! The averment reveals no new thing; bu from such a source it is significant. It ex plains why and how Freesoileis and Southen Rights men have canvassed in couples, and is a plain indication that the vital issue ol the South is sacrificed by the Democracy as the only means of restoring party unity 284 THE SIGNAL. THE BRITISH CANDIDATE. The question uf the American Presidenc> tf we can believe the letteis lt throughout Europe, and have created a new era in thehistoric being of his country. 3w is, while grieving over the profit by the example. We may no longer have the benefit of Mr. Web ster's skill to pilot iht country through a sea of difliculties; but the patriotic spirit which nerved him in every hour of trial remains to us an heritage which neither Death nor Time can weaken or destro)'. SOUTHERN DEMOCRACY. pute, and affords some fresh illustration of its results. The Southern llighls st-ciion. it seems, im- pressed at last u:'r ,1 I . !;ri iln- ii.i-v have carried matters ■• ■ . , m^H a liand, eondesce;iii' . ' , : : W. B. VVoi.'FoRD, one t.r i.;.' 1 ^,.,a ]l.ii;. , ,, ;u accept a place on their eb riurai li. k. t. 'i'lu- (ieiieral, not relisliing the Rdnrc of the invitation, de- clined; whereupon the L'assville (Ga.) Sland- aril comments in this strain: "Di'l the :3<'ir-coiiucit- J. arrop-ant c work the wires of tlif Soutlir-rn Rights propel ly Uisunion pariy, sopposc (liai ■ Union ma., ..' plac-e o:i 1 wJi orj 01 any other raM accept thiR TtP ria Vor. y ihry ir.u.tf.nry del- : Reasoiks far h i Six solid column jecU-ig Cieiieral Pierce. ; of the central Democralu- organ are occupied with "reasons for support ing Franklin Pierce." We think thai ample reasons for his rejection may be con- densed into a fractional part of that space. 1. Franklin Pierce is the nominee of the; Southern Rights and Freesoi! factions, and ! has their leaders fur his most active advocates. 2. His life affords no evidence of the saga- city or the administrative ability requisite for the efficient fulfilment of the duties of Chief Magistrate. 3. His position upon the slavery (question is unsatisfactory. He has declared that he hates slavery and loathes Ihe Fugitive Slave law : and he has evaded a question pledging liim to sustain this law. He is identified with the New Hampshire Democracy, which is Free-, soil; and on two important occasions, while in \ Congress, he voted against the South. i 4. He is the enemy of river and harbor iiii provements, and would be bound, if elected, to veto any measure making appropriations for| them. 5. He is the representative of the money and i manufactures* of England, as opposed tu the! resources, skill, and industry of the American | people. 6. His associations indicate that the foreign ' policy of his Government would be peii' the peace and prosperity of the eountr* foreign policy marked «ut for him by !, active advocates is neilher more nor \. ,i,! unbounded filibusterism. 7. His advent to power would be the signal for renewed agitation by factions inimical toi the integrity of the Union. The extreinei Stale Rights doctrine would be revived by hisj Southern nullifying friends, with all the eclal\ that victory could iippart to them ; while Ihei Freesoilers would avail themselves of his an- tecedents and his alliances as a cover under; which to assail the finality of the Compromise; measures. ! jury, and 'hcapii ? op ■ i.yof wrath.' The Unit n partv nrof- ferred the Im.ui of 1-11. v.-. ■ ata^rrai 1 , on account :>' Rights 1 ..,■ i ' his- lory. Y.: illhe supporki- : ;',. proftbr. 'ill.. .S .u' ■■-■.ai Kit! Id p^ ly s.lii, Illy and insultingly rcfueei i'. N'ov.' that we have a ticltr>t ofouro«-ti, aod a. r,e li.at bids fair tocarry cvorvii'i'- , ihy ve,y er«c,„,(*/y atepinan.i ,,|. , i!i " ,- !;.id b jono one , 'lee tm- iiBO:, Iheirti.!..' '•■ expre S3 all we feel at chisuc.v .-: The :iii aniele headed '■'Down ■. ■.\-:> ■-'<:■» it- self ye_ who !..... ■ i'li-.KCB movemein m m-- ' -iihl," it says, "that I .,• ).,,,. . and leaders of the Sou the party vvhicii i i'.iu'.y. . ; iJon-^ ventioii, :i; ,! v. r. 1 iM- ■ 1 - -1 M fjuda- tion in (..- . : i every cm' ■ ■• • ernmcnl." The Slaiuiurr "Will Union.,. i-.ionlststoget i.:.t. \Vc have ' ;pn them i. a i.naciiyof ■fdcnlcd aud'wiil: - ■• .r-d de. ; n,tl!sy ao-ain rv~\ ■ ■ , .Shall . r ihem.aa tliey a.-.- 1- :,i- 1" do, to iiToor own platform Ul: irainii!,- u3 un- •k-rtL-nt:- No.ei.-s — never 1 They prcle'i.d to he in favor of Pie ICC — th ey call tl emse ve3 Democrats; but iBt not Union y.en be deceive d by these pro fesdona. They m ade the rn'i-i-iyais last fall, and yet Ihcy r ..n the r- conventions fur G ■ ugc ic:i m:-.' say and do anyUii •.?lot> .7 re- vpoge theoiselvee 1 acy. This retaliatme .y A DUstake. The Union quotes a Democrat Western Viiu^ii-: '" ;, !..,-,-,■ that th the names oi' :■ ' : ; ■ :--,:a,i oi cratic Vigilan ^ • ' :ii Kan ly, who hav, ,i .. n - ,! to s.. mistake. No dmiiii l.iil i!ii> lead party have made a .similar mistake ' to thousands of othiMs lliruughi.nt i in attributing lo tliem do not entertain. Its which they iiist party. Speaking of the Atlanta Piercs THE SIGNAL 285 and KiKG ticket and its authors, the Banntr says: 'The first thinp which wc lelmM ifi (!i;it Uiey li\y toke absolute ^upnmaci/ fail of Pi...... ,...1 Kin" IVhyiUi. ^^ hy tiv '. fusing to j-itld to =a juai:. pro p,-, .ily loappropriate the Democratic ,)i,; i.rorg-ia to their own exclusive ,nt and im leriehablc.' [Cheers ] "rlljw me to conjra^ulnle you on the hearty manileaiations o. public fetliug wiih which you havo recently been creeled, yjur claims have been ncOKniseo, and we trust that you may live long enough 10 enjoy, toa greater extent, thegiat- Itude of the coontry. [ A'>plau.=e.] "Peimitmetomakcan'aMusion toaoircj; .stance durmg your late tour, and which is peculiarly gratifying to the citizeuf of Washington. Whi:e passing through the fair c." ihe ftlaryl\nd Inr'itute. i turn, ill Baltimore, surrounded by a dense assembly, ) The lii of the products of skill and pj^^g nts were expressed ! been improper in me not to make my humble acknowledgments 1 did not seek any of these meetings. I re- pent, they were spontaneous; and mv heart was gladdened and gratified in the highest de- gree. But of what consequence would those manifestations be to him who should win the es teem of the whole world, if he lost the confidence of his neighbors.' Without your esteem, I should consider every other expression a reproach. [Ap- plausej Bui when my Washington neighbors, with one accord and at short notice, assemble in such numbers as 1 see before me— men of intclli patriotism, and in whose midst 1 have g resided— call to tender me a welcome to my home, my heart is louched; and I now feel n.yHell free to accept the approbation of my distant coun- trymrn. [Cheers ] "Itisjowr approoation which gives sanction to theirs [Renewed applause.] "Being fatigued, and naving but to-day arrived a' home, I w,ll detain you oniy a moment longer [cries cf 'Go or;,' -Go on,'] tc thank you or _ more, irom the botlon of my heart, for your kind- ness, i.pplausi, and approbaiion. And I beg each of ycu to occjpt a 'good nigh-' and may all pos- SKHc blessings rest upoa your heads." The Gen'^ral then retired, when three chscrs were given lor him, and a like number for Wil- liam A. GnAHAM. Tbe Marine Baml then performed several patrio- tic airs. The pssemblage called upon James M. C vrlisl„, esq., for a spc-eob; that gentleman, however, did not appear, but it v.'as announced that l;s would ope^ktohia friends nt the club-room on .heir rc- lir of "Rilly Wl,igs"-an invitation ilical friends will not disregard. Lke. esq , of Biltimore, opened the speech abounding wi.h eloquence, armly applauded throughout. Hs followed by Messrs. Kaoofa and Coombb3, hich severally elicited, as they de- tne inspiring! which our pol Z. Collins meeting in a which was w add served, the approbation of Ihe assembly, Thccompaay thcn.in pursuance of ihe order of arrangements, proceeded to tie tables, spread with "subslantialsoflifc"— thedining-saloon being the wouds-and there partook of the hospiialliies so profusely provided by the Whigs of Prince George's, This necessary part of the proceedings having been completed, the speaker's stand was again surrounded, when Coleman YELioTT.esq., of Baltimore, addressed Ihe multitude in a speech of marked ability j and he was succeeded-alao in a tiu'y acceptable manner-by General Thomas F. Bowie, one of the electors at large for the State of Maryland. This genlieman, in the course of his speech, as- signed as a reason why he was the only elector present, that there were seven other Whig meet- ings in progress on that day in Maryland, and upon them his coUeagueson the Presidential ticket were in aitendance. .1. M. Carlisle, ejq., in response of the earnest calls of the audience, appeared on ihe platform, and delivered a speech replete with elocuence, hu. mor, and point. It was so highly appreciated by the ladies, that they hono-ed him by the presents, cej tionof benutiful bouquets, wh-'oh compliment, of course, was duly acknowledged by that gallant gentleman. Mr. CAnaiNouN, of Virginia, next delivered an aoleaddressjnnj Hon. .1.1. Bowie, ot Montgomery county, Maryland, was addretsiu? toe ptopU when we left the ground, on our return to Washington. At this meetine, eomposed in part .f gentlemen Iromdiffereui sections of Maryland, vrs len-ned, in the course of conversati.jn, that the entboalasic cf the people i.fl fully arrous^d in I.ehilf of Scott an(J GaAHA3i,a.Jthat.,n the first Tueediy of Novem- ber the freemen of the gooJ old Slat? will, as hero- toforc, give its electoral vole for the Preaidentia' party. and in the presence of the products of skill and I ^C7 ^T "J '"T^ """" •'"" '"j''" ' '^ '"' '"' taste, you b:.d the heart to recollect what was due II' *' ' ' ''^" '^'" .""ocession reached the neigh to the memory of the Father of his Country; | '""■"'^"'' "'^ "'" A'attopal Inlelligincer and tLe Re and you invited nn humble tribute from every one ~ "' " towards the erection cf th-'r monument now rear'og its pro^d form on the banks of the beautiful Poto- mac. It was appropriate for you, the soldier of two wars, tiius lo render lb-3 token of your appro- bation to the soldier of the first war- of indepen- dence. "Allow me to fay, in conclusion, that while the country and history attest that you have shed lus tre on our arms, you h-ive given peace to our bor- ders and honor to the American name; and as citizens cf Washington, having known you long, it is with pleasurable emotions that we have always observed you have added beauty and grace to the candidates of the Whi:; Tlie New Orleai, virtues of social life Mr. Lenox then retired from the front of the balcony amid enthusiastic applause; when General Scott, having again been greeted with cheering, replied substantially as follows : "Fellow-citizens or Washington, fellow- eiTiZEse OF THO Metropolis of the United States : 1 am indeed agreeably surprised, as well as honored and gratified, witn this spontaneous meeiing of my neighbors and friends. I am equal- ly gratified to find myself among men of such snd eroua hearts, bovine so much parti- ke themselvpH. rfKco... i ■•My friends, I liitle expected this meeiing to- righi; but let mc aseure you that I am nut indif fcnnl to the kind tones of welcome lo which I have Imcncd from Ihe lips of your eloquent orator Ihctx in:iyoro( ihe city, who notv stands before [Applause.] Ddia, a Democratic State Kights pajier, and a warm advoca;e of Mr. SouLfi, IS constrained to rebuke his alliance with Joii.N Van Blrex, ind to protest agfainst the posiiioii a-ii!gnpd lo iho latler hy thp North- The club-room, we learn, was subeequenily 1 em Deniocrai-y. Uelerring lo Van Buben's densely filled by auditors, who were gratified by | «pPt:c!i a: iJui^Ljii — uelivcrtj while in corcpanj- eloquent remarks from Mr. Ca. lisle. j with Mr. Soule — the Delia remarks; Altogelher, the proceedings of tho night were "Weconoider no southern genlleman ought to high.y gratifying to the friends of General Scott stand on the sime platform with this unpriiif.pled and the Whig cause. i traitor, and thai .Mr. Soul6 seriouslv romoromised .! . j himself in nddres.^ing the same mee'ting with him. John Van Burcn we look upon esa c.mbina'l.ia of the rowdy and incendi.iry- as less desplcnble in the for; .kgu cling perlneeg, and a vist store of ready rdisiii, be has been fs of the gallant Whig leader, with ihe mottoj and entering into bonds for better behavior in - •- - , . , w. I "Scott, Gbaha.m, and the Compromise;" ihe! fmure, the i/'/a'oii disputes the genuineness of rny\lt''ZuV,,ll'^ t''t'l'i'\^^^^^^^ ^^'- Campbell's denial, and tries to prove L're'\\^o^rfi":^;eeU''agT,"n';'t"?'rcam7rJha;i I '''"'[' '^"'"^ "' ""= "-"*'?■ ' that a Tennessee joutna! Is a better au.lLiiy should be called upon lo open my lips at any pub- i ^ '^'^"'^ °^ music was in attendance, occa- than himself un a question in which his vera- lic meeting whatever. I went upon a journey of ^'°">»".v delighting the vast assemblage, supposed City is at stake. This may he a Uemuoralic £^,^°!l\?,"?\r"'^~^°* """'°"°'^ ''''*"'? f""" 'h«r'*'°'"P"^"="P"'''''<^8°f''^o thousand persons, with method of gettincr out of a dilem.Tia. but it is w«rO0HtMlU«r. of our country, volunteer, and! lb, choicest and most enliv.nlns strains, inclddinj neither pretty nw ingenuouj '"''"'''''"' THE SIGNAL 287 A gentleman possessinj; excellent opportuni- ties of observaiiim writes from Portland under dateofOcli.bcra'^: "Theakice look brightrr and brighter. Maine will, 1 think, give her electoral vote for General Scotl." TheCinrinnali official and report' They loot up as folloM Oltio. uztlle of Tuesday last gi ves the I majorities in the several Con- I elcctionin Ohio. TUe Prospect, We present our readers wij^ii the following pxlracis of letters recently receiveti in this ciiy from the respective localities named: CONNECTICUT. Bbidokpobt, October U.— "We are doing- well in this State. You may rely on Connecticut as sure for Scott and Gbaham." New Haves, October 14.— "AH ia now deemed eafs in Connecticut, and she will stand shoulder to shoulder with Louisiana, and march to certain and glorious victory in November." PENNSYLVAN1.\. Philadelphia.— I have not time to give you a 5,5S9 detailed account of the causes of the unlortunate It is the opinion that the official vote for Cou- result of our State contest, and will only say that pressmen will not show a Democratic majority in our vote in the State, as the official returns SfSbw.j 'he State of ovcrS.OOO. Thisit thinks can be easily ci mpared with the last Presidential contest, jg | "vercoinc. ^ 34,081 short, while the Democratic vote is but 23! Xc-.v Jersey. votes shorij this is the vote: i The following ia an extract cjf a letter ad- Taylor. Casa. .^ca^eri;!^. dressed 10 a gentleman of this city, by an in- 1S48 1S55I3 171 1862. ..Whig 151,43-2 Dem. 171 ?4,031 23 lelligent friend in the State of New Jersey: "Deab Sib: I thi ik you may put down New Jersey as cert.iin for General Scott. Matters look well all over the Stale and are daily improving. The Whigs of the fifth district arc all united and hard at work. If there ie any thing in appear- ances, oar State is aafsj. You may so inform our friends at Washington. "Very respectfully, yjurs, &c. "0CT0BF5 IS, 1S52." OHIO. Chabdon, October 15— "We have met the ene- my and held our own. The vote of this county for the Whig Congressman is 872— just the vote of General Taylor; while the Dmocratic vote falls short of Ca=3'3 vote about 300-being SCO. Tbic election is not a fair criterion .or the Presidential | election, i,naamuch cs the De.ncicrits ar.d Whigs Faisenood, the Union says, "is ever made unite'' on one county ticket, .vhich undoubtealy pbe auxiliary ot bail men." The Union and weakened both parties'. The Whigs will incea^e US friends are, ll'en, bud indeed, for tiiey are their October vc:e a' out 30O; and I am conBdent collectivc'y responsible for an immense amount tnat ih" relative change of the vote in If IS will be o( fraud and falsehood, about 500 in favor of General Scott." | The forged j assLge purporting to be an ex- Mei)!s-A.— We have gained at this election in j '■'^'^t f''""> "1^ "' General Scott's military or- 'hisrouityon the vote foi Taylo, in '-54^ rbou; Np'^ — '''6 forged letter circulated amongst five or six bund, ed vole-, an j yet thsr- are many | Pennsylvpnia Catholics— Uie f)rged statement who vot d the Loco tick vot3 for Scott at the i people of Antl-Fugltlvc Slave Law Dnnocrailc Oru- tora III KeiuutUy. It is announced in the Vinman nt Tueedav l.st that Hon. David T. Ui'ncy, ol Ohio, und H.n. John L. Robinson, of Indiana, will uddress lUc Uc- mncralic Mass Mecline ai Georgtl-jwn to morrow. Wo want the people of ICcntorky to know tho fact that both Ihrte vitn vohd in Congress aoainst THE FuoiTiVE Slavk law! We write ihia with the jooriial rcfure us, and know the absolute truth of what we say. If anytwdy dciubt-. it let him IO"k at House Journal, lit session, 3l8l CougrcfB, fl8l9. 5U,) at page 1,452. How came these enemies of ffentucky inlcrcsl* to be invited here to uldress a K»niucfcy audience? Who is reponsiblc for this insult to the this glorious old Commonwrnltl [Frankfort (Ki).) Common wealth. General Pieuce's Southern supporters are represented at the North by Senator SovLt, the incarnation of Suuiheni Rights views. What more natural than that his friends should reciprocate the compliment by .sending aiiii- Compromise Democrats to represent him in the South ? To send to the South as its political instruo- tors known enemies of its institutions, is an insult : not greater, however, than that perpe- trr.led by Southern Democrats when they per- mit avowed enemies of the Union t.) control th> nomination of a Presidential candidate. Messrs. SoiJLft and Jo'i.n Van Bure.n have already done gocl, as travelling coibudiments of 4he faction;: to whom General Pierce owes his present prominence. It is propi-r that Messrs. I Disney and Rolin.son should aflford the .Sonih (an oppirtunily of judging of the class fro.n jwhon. he derives his best Nor.hcrn aad West- friends. , Scott coluin! WISCONSIN. Me;.-csh-.— Our candidate for Pre; ing well in this Stale. He is likely t majority. Milwaukie will give him ten hundred majority. TENNESSEE. Leban.is, October 15 -"This State i The mass meeting now in progress a exceeds in numbers and in interest a have ever witnessed. It would be im uic to give you a full description of Gentry's district, and ;lie birthplace residence of Governor right, and no mistake ay to, n lis ckcf-in vho will I relating tj Mr. Lewis D, Cmpbell— the think v;e cat; carry I prelanded repudi'ttion of the Freesoil biography the othei ■ General Pierce, circulated by his own com jmittec — the forgery of two out of thirty-six I signatures of New Hampshire CtUholics — aie : occurrences that rise momentarily to bring to i.icdgment the party with which the Union is sail on fire .t this place possible for it. This is and former Sco ones. Don't fear There has been a il at all the Governor's meetings, and in crats liave been happily converted to faith." The Union is, after all,. somewhat of a funny philosopher. Saturday's impression has an ar- ticle proving, firstly, that active Whigs are raising a large ainount of money for corrupt purposes, and proving, secondly, that not a cent can be collected! It is alarmed at the prospect of an occurrence which, according to its own dernonslraiion, is actually impossible. This practice of conjuring up dangers and destroying them in the same column, is becom- ereai '"S habitual with our contemporary, who m-^y well pray for a speedy deliverance from the perils of the campaign. LOUISIANA. New OaLEAKS, October 11 —" Louisiana will comply with all the promises made by the few Scotl dflegiiies who Were present at the nomina tion of ScuTT and GaAH.vM. There is no longer s rioul)t, even among the Democrats. His innjirity in the ci'y will be iremend-juej and I think the country planters quite as enthusiastic, if not more so. We have no doubt hereof Kentucky, Ten nessce, Delaware, Florida, Califor ' ■ — . Carolina." nd North CALIFORNIA. San FnASCisco, August 31 — "I do not ho^ita to say that Calilornia is unqueoiionably cfr^ The Albany (N. Y.) Mlas and the Buflalo Republic — Pierce and Kiua prints — cite edi- torial declarations from this journal to show that General Scott is too friendly to the South to merit the suffrages of the Freesoilers, whose proper position, our contemporaries ar- gue, Is in the Democratic ranks. The Union is delighted because little is now said concerning General Pierce's New Boston speech. It forgets that controversy ia no longer needed to justify a charge which has been es- tablished by the strongest testimony. Why dcmbt that General Pierce made a Freesoil speech at New Boston, when the Democratic this State better' tban I do " i Ciiiamitlee print for Norlherii circulation a Sas Fbanc.sco.-"You may put Ibis State f/^soil speech which they say he made at d«wn for Soott and Gkaham." 1 Manchester, N. H.I The two wings of the Georgia Dcmncracy continue their warfare with unabated fierce- ness. A late mail brought ilJvistrat'oi.s of the. iiigh-handed tone asrumed by the Souiher.i Kighlsseeti -n, and ihci. uelerniination to per- sist in their course, though at tlie c.jst of driv- ing out Union Democrats. The mail received last night furnishes the rejr.jndnrs of the Union Democrats, who eitiboralely demon-'trate that General Piercl.'s At'ania friend; have b.,en and are Secession isls, unworthy of confidence, and especially injuritus to the Presidential en- didate whom they have taken under their pro- tection. A late number of the Union revives the statement that General Pierce on his re- turn from Mexico "darted" across a street to shake hands with a man who used to live with his father; and dwells upon it as a reason for elevating him to the Presidency! 08 Vermont ihow this The letter of Mr. Lewis D. CA.MPBELr,, published in our paper on Saiiirriay, was re- ceived direct from the honorable gentleman now in Ohio; and as it referred to a scandaloi'.s Democratic fraud, we published it although ostensibly addressed to the IiilrlUgcncer. We state this for the information of the Union, which slionld try to meet Mr. Gam?- BELi.'s charges, itisiead of quarrelling with us for giving currency to them. The Pennsybanian still parades over its editorial head the sentiment against foreignera attributed to General Scott; alihotigh it has. been authoritatively denounced by Captain Hamilton as a scandalous falsehood, manufac- tured by the Democratic press for electioneer- ing purposes. General Pierce's leading Northern organ, the New York Evening Post, rtfers to the mi- gration of slaves to Canada as evidence tliat the Fugitive law is a failure, and that "ihe public mind will never be at rest" till the laiv be practically abandoned, If not repealed. 288 tHte SIGNAL A SCOTT SONG— BY A SCOTT LADY. Tike—" Hail lo the Chief." Hurrah ! for brave Scott, with the people advancing, 'The wreath of ihe victor encircling his biow ■, And while his stronc arm checks his charger's proud prancing, List to the shout that rioys clear for him n1l , AW» ^VEEKI.Y ]\EWSPAPER. This journal is now permanently established in the city of Washington. It is (devoted to the support of the Whig party, and aims to present a faithful record of the times, and to discus.s public measures in an impartial and independent spirit. Though its objects are mainly political, it is the design of the publishers to render the Republic an acceptable miscellaneous newspaper, and to keep its readers fully advised in all matters relating to the various branches of the public service. During the session of Congress it will present full sketches of the debates in both Houses, and will issue, promptly, all public documents of interest emanating from the Executive or Legislative Departments. 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Pierce. 367 748 1,005 5.524 1,086 8,735 r. Pitrcr. 5,1.55 6,639 4,082 2,734 6,097 4,079 2,015 2,448 33^ Pierce. 8,363 4,009 3,064 3,493 4,iJ50 3,703 3,189 4,48 r 2,812 4,465 2,064 4,052 5.600 7,033 1,973 2 074 2,070 342 2,166 3,242 4,220 6,279 10,621 2,535 3,055 3.435 6,314 3,373 34,226 2,862 8,636 6,415 3,347 5,171 2,267 4,973 5.486 1,591 2,899 Hate. 189 ?'■'?' 2,402 1,598 7,295 29^ Halt. 83 48 411 80 624 Hate. 167 461 413 238 424 637 202 618 'sago Hale. 133 678 347 561 916 1.146 339 303 245 7 655 339 33 510 174 510 115 313 16 555 757 66 303 308 1,.584 775 40 206 1,056 1,033 1,701 547 16 605 2,148 643 12 NEW YORK— Cor Countit'. Scolt. Unued. Pierce. 6,563 1,324 1,765 4,291 1,900 3,846 2,511 3,306 6,880 5,583 2,681 2 815 . 3,472 5.916 1,713 3,174 4.050 5,279 2,471 2,153 202,083 2 Y. Pierc. 751 352 1,612 1,033 1,69G - 1,783 2,569 3,179 567 3,796 2,759 3,.578 1,680 2.401 3,184 2,800 1,825 1,414 5,631 1,645 4M05 lA. Seolt. Hale. B 2,725 31 9,6)5 965 2,093 149 1,805 361 9,273 — 4.913 5 2,590 6 3,526 281 4,928 53 2,8.33 165 1,461 15 749 — 1,916 — 5,700 333 1,218 28 997 24 996 2 1,165 - 2.775 996 2,878 _ 3,673 29 9,083 107 163 H Hale. )ENTIAL E! .ECTI Pierce. 5,184 6,504 5,168 2,609 2.C96 2,654 4,047 2,01!) 4,497 3,126 1,310 851 746 41,411 RE. Pierce. }- 4,502 ) 2,250 1,837 1,825 4,638 1 4,855 1 2,264 2,059 4,2?6 1,491 »,997 G Pierce. 378 1,150 1,480 332 1,211 186 462 1,5.55 859 938 1,231 881 1,528 13,044 scast. rTs. Pierce. 892 2,954 3,244 223 6,647 1,797 3,458 i;375 8,174 Richmond . . 6,185 1 H7 218 30 ON. Plymouth.... i Suffolk jWorceetrr.,. Total . Saratoga Schenectady.. Schoharie.... Seneca 4,498 1,654 9,958 [OFFICI.AL._ M.AJNE. Scott. «1 18 200 RHODE ISLAN Scott. 345 1,386 York 715 1,379 561 209 206 Cotirtlifs. St. Lawrence Sullivan Tioga ..... Tompkins... Ulster 4,570 2,054 2,234 3,410 Cumberlaufi . 4,471 44 iq7 Hancock.... Washington I,e09 3,278 Newport Providence... 1,249 3,888 862 26 Warren Washington.. Wayne..... Westchester. Wyomin" . . 1,174 Oxford 1,590 2414 654 1 451 1 Total . 451 941 4,033 4.033 . . 3 005 CONNECTICU Scott. 4,814 6,329 55 Waldo Franklin ... 1.411 997 72! 595 381 62 7^ Me. S'g- 071 2 498 1 262 - 350 - 001 - 447 1 698 - 430 - Cotmtiei. Fairfield Hartford 727 »»4 Yafer..".::. TotaU Counties. Atlantic... « 1,974 234,882 NEW JERSE Scolt. 349 Piscataquis... 693 607 5^; 32,208 S!EW HAMPSH Scntl. 2,5U(; 2,003 737 Middlesex... New Haven.. New London. 2,065 6 046 Hali. T 3 361 Counties. Buckingham Strafford Belknap.... Cape May. . . Windham.... Total. Counties. Albany 2,095 .30,359 NEW YORK Scott. 7,246 3,670 Cumberland.. Gloucester.. Camden Salem 1,371 1,221 1.568 1,724 a 55 97 Merrimack... Hillsborough Cheshire Sullivan . 1,627 2.985 2,063 1 316 Mercer 2,6.58 .... 1 806 13 5 114 Ocean Burlmgton... Warren.... 1,102 3,820 1„574 2,043 771 1 167 7 Allegany 10 C003 376 16047 VERMONT. Seott. — Total. 4,8:J8 5,612 6^^ 1- Chm,TannnV'. 1 177 3 25 Hale Passaic gergen 1,670 926 Counties Climon.^°"" ;, 2 266 642 181 488 908 16 526 31 689 752 308 1,105 8,621 35 29 Bennington.. Hudson .... Total.. CoteiKitj. Adams 1,59G 38,556 PENNSYLVA^ Pierce. ... . 2018 3,289 Chi'ttenden .... 1 672 Dutchess .. . . 5495 35Q E8>ex Franklin . . 467 1 675 Erie Essex Franklin 8,023 2,7.56 1 747 Grand Islo 295 room. Lamoille 393 Fulton . ... 2 171 . 1 799 Hamilton . . . 126 Allegheny... Armstrong .. Beaver Bedford Berks 7,226 2 430 1.943 2,319 9,503 239 9 112 1,199 Greere Herkimer.... 2,803 2,679 Windham „ " 22,173 . 52 scattering vote MASSACHU3E1 Scott. 1,410 Lewis 1 727 Bradford . . .3 930 Total 4 096 Bucks Butler Cambria Carbon .5,766 2,533 2,035 J 31) 22 There wer Mnntn^,-,.,^o..» 2,995 y 23,115 ! Npw'Vn.-k ril Counties. Barnstable . . Hale. 473 818 2,108 48 Oneida 7,831 Clearfield.... Clinton ... 1,733 1 31b Bristol . 3 748 4,402 Dukes . .... 243 Or,' nl° ■::::: 4,221 2,586 4,375 4,454 826 3,808 Columbia.... 2,102 1,219 757 1,893 4,867 Oswego Otsego Putnam Clueeni Cumberland . Dauphin.... Delaware.... Elk 3,1,88 :::■:: \^ 493 Hampshire. Middlesax . . 3,300 8,749 - 290 THE SIGNAL. '£.V>'SYLVAN1 A— Continued. Counties. Pierce. Erie 2,738 Fayeue 3,fc67 Frinklin 3,3o8 FiiUon 831 ureen 2,6U3 Huntingdon 2,U41 Indiana 1,827 Jefferson 1,464 Juniata 8-23 Lan. aster 6,578 Lawrence 1,064 Lebanon 2,118 Lehigh 3,493 Luzerne 5,340 Lycoming 2,730 WcKean 597 Mercer 2,693 Miiflm 1,620 Monroe 2 OaS Montgomery 5,767 Montour 1,455 Northampton 4,4U3 rsortiiumberland... . 2,451 Ferry 2,159 Phila. city and CO... 26,022 Pike S34 Potter 661 Schuylkill 4,758 Somerset..-, 1,203 Rosquelmnnu 3,046 Sullivan 426 Toga 2.614 Union 1,994 Ve.iunso 1,899 W=>rren 1,433 Washington 4,064 Wayne 2,362 Westmoreland 5.509 Wyoming 1.258 York 5,587 Total 198,568 C»untic3. Scolt. New Caatle 2,767 Kent 1,591 Sussex 1,936 Pierce's majority in the Stale n New Castle county 62 votes ' 3,038 1,424 1,857 Hd!e polled for MARYLAND. Counties. Scntt. Pierce A!i'i;any 1,454 1,976 Anne Arundel 834 8t<9 B-Jiimore city 9.569 14,037 Baltimore county 1946 3,001 Calvert 353 352 Caiolino S55 500 Ciirroll ],7(J3 1,920 Cecil J.494 1,550 Charles C57 411 Dorchester 1,239 333 Frederick 3,204 3,34:^ Harford 1,353 1,376 Howard 570 625 K^"' 662 651 Montgomery 1,061 842 Prince George's 915 72/1 aueen Anne's 723 735 Somerset 1,443 1,115 S'- Mary's 6--1 440 T;;"^"' 740 796 Washington 2,669 2,723 Worcister 1,253 1,182 Total 36,077 40,022 Hale and Julian received 54 votes, viz: 26 in Baltimore city, 16 in Carroll, 11 in Frederick, 1 in Harford. Counties. Albemarle... Augusta Alexandria . Scott. 1,163 1,674 784 Amelia 145 Amherst.* Accomack 576 Appomattox 192 Alleghany 93 Barbour 324 Bath 1.57 Boone 117 Braxton 387 Bedford 1,189 Buckingham 433 Botetourt 421 Berkeley 751 Brunswick 187 BrcoKe Cabell Campbell* Caroline Carroll 213 ChailesCityi 176 Chiirloiie 337 Chesterfield 409 Clarkej 263 261 451 221 m. 443 Culpepe Cumberland . .. Craig Dinwiddle Doddridge Elizabeth City. Essex Fairfax F--"q^"er Fayette Floyd Fluvanna Franklin Frederick.,... Giles Gloucester.. Goochland Grayaonj.. Greenbrier. iifax. npshii Hancock 241 Hanover 450 Hardy 858 Harrison 601 Henrico 646 330 Highland • 170 eleofVVight 171 304 285 211 233 606 1,045 243 301 378 802 1,421 350 324 372 396 267 498 416 168 1,096 1,115 349 554 532 992 546 332 431 Jackson... Jefferson Kanawha 958 1 226 898 776 .... ')6U 349 King George King William Lancaster! 132 99 • 136 166 2J6 122 Lo.'an ... 173 308 1813 768 Louisa 356 503 Lunenburg 159 374 Marion* .... 560 1,197 1 308 Mono^alia 688 Marslfall 743 72] Mason Matthews 177 255 68U 280 Mecklenburg Mercei".... 304 268 . 270 259 49u 501 Nansemond. 462 Nelson 921 1,224 792 Norfolk city.; 767 Nottoway ,,,,,,, 132 185 VIRGINIA— Continued. Counties. ScoU. Pierce. NewKent 174 148 Nicholas 252 167 Northampton 298 144 Northumberland 208 279 Ohio 1,452 1,186 Orange 290 343 Page 110 870 Patrick 469 399 Pendleton 375 381 Petersburg 515 759 Pittsylvania 664 877 Pleasant.-: 152 237 Pocahontas 116 240 Preston 647 923 Prince Edward 227 302 Prince George 91 282 Princess Anne 409 342 Prince William 190 534 Pulaski 174 223 Putnam 348 370 Powhatan 122 243- Randolph 301 337 Rappahannock 331 436 Richmond city 1,854 1,012 Richmond county 234 181 Roanoke 208 384 Rockbridge 1,031 1,084 Rockingiiam 575 2,473 Russell 301 275 Ritchie 188 381 Raleigh' 58 m. Scott 354 577 Shenandoah i.. 291 2,094 Smyth 434 479 Southampton 498 456 Spottsylvania 440 565 Surry 147 201 Sussex 107 322 Stafford 269 447 Taylor 351 383 Tazewell 243 612 Tyler 340 383 Upshur 324 439 Warren 169 524 Warwick 66 14 Washington 715 920 Wayne 225 206 Westmoreland 280 83 Wetzel 102 488 Williamsburg 37 68 Wirt 222 288 Wood 645 607 Wythe 333 615 Wyoming 42 29 York..... 129 90 Total .57,132 72,413 'Unofficial. NORTH CAROLINA. Counties . Scolt. Pierce. Alexander 219 98 Anson 992 369 Ashe 558 396 Burke 701 389 Buncombe 557 376 Bladen 371 582 Burtie 498 4U Beaufort 9l0 574 Brunswick 352 301 Cabarrtis 642 371 Craven 583 694 Cumberland 811 1,488 Chowan 225 219 Columbus 178 357 Camden 503 107 Carteret 414 388 Cherokee 534 290 Caswell 226 931 Chatham 1,008 725 Caldwell 493 146 Currituck 134 490 Cleveland 211 494 Davidson 1,019 497 Davie 414 259 Duplin 186 930 Edgecombe 89 1,454 THE c3 1 (or i^ A L . NORTH CAROLINA-Continued. Counties. Scoll. Pierce Franklin 3G3 70 Gr-in>"lle 991 94: Guilford 1,550 3j; Greene .- 305 321 Gates 3C8 36i Haywood 314 30! Halifax 497 - 40. Hertford 290 231 Hyde 335 22' Henderson 493 ok Ifedell 909 281 Jones 191 20: Johnston 7(jtJ 87( Lenoir 282 39' Lincoln G21 1 41f Martin 269 50' Moore 546 4S-; Montgomery 620 13; Macon 309 24( Mecklenberg G30 I,li; Nash 85 1,031 Nev/ Hanover 383 l,40t i*Jorihampton 455 53C Onslow 175 591 Orange 1,441 1,3IJ'; Pasqyotank 539 31f Perquirr.ans 324 271 P'« 679 60i Person 2G3 471 Robeson 660 735 Kockingliam 342 823 Rowan 8SG 67J Rutherford 761 301 Randolph 1,036 277 Richmond G78 146 Sampson G04 8u7 Surry !,0.16 937 Stokes 1,081 1,237 Stanly 714 58 Tyrrell 286 67 Wake 1,032 1,357 Warren 167 691 Washington 302 210 Wayne 2SG 1,067 Wilkes 1.073 242 Yancy 236 357 Total 39,058 39,744 SOUTH CAROLINA, Eieetjon by Legislature. The vofe of the State WES cast for Franklirr- Pierce, as President; and William R. King, as Vice President. GEORGIA— Continued. Comities. Gilmer 116 Glynn 29 Gordon 264 Greene 311 Gwinnett Gl Habersham 99 Hall 43 Hancock Harris 468 Heard 258 Henry 428 Houston 273 Irwin 12 Jackson 45 Jasper 32 Jefferson 91 Jones CO Laurens 67 Lee 189 Liberty 58 Lincoln 17 Lowndes 22 Lumpkin 178 Macon 23 Madison 23 IWclntoah 16 IMarion 351 Meriwether 323 iVfbni-oe 379 Scoll. IFeb. Pierce. U. D. Ccunlies. Appling . . , Baldwin.... Baker Bibb colt. Web. Pierce. U. D- Montgomery 14 Morgan 189 Murray 237 M uscogee 651 Newton 336 Oglethoroe 60 Paulding 45 Pike 184 Polk 119 Pulaski 33 Putnam 229 Rabun 4 Randolph ; 3G2 Richmond 411 Scriven 8 Spalding 356 Stewart 325 Sumter 325 Talbot 431 Taliafen-o 19 Tattnall 121 Taylor 47 Telfair 105 Thomas 89 Troup 596 Twisgs 113 Union 113 Up.son 355 Campden Carppbell.. .... Carroll isa Cass 263 Chathtim 3U5 Chattooga 114 Cherokee 81 Clark 139 Clinch 4 Cobb 307 Columbia 110 Coweta 215 Crawford 161 Dade 65 Decatur 220 DeKalb 565 Dooly 179 EaHy 129 Effingham 18 Elbert 159 Emanrisl 5 Fayette 267 Floyd 363 Forsyth.,.., 106 Franklin ,.,,,,.,,... 66 158 538 850 654 1,175 316 660 226 82 975 2.^9 C50 367 126 295 Wayne 10 Whitfield 293 Wilkes 12 Wilkinson 94 Total 16,660 Troup received 2 votes in 2 in Floyd, 5 in Harris, 1 in 33 in Muscogee, and 3 in Troup. 77 .•!.TS M 7,S4 10 395 17 37 45 •SdC 45 451 4 6;) 3 644 tounlies Dale Dallas.... DcKidb... Fuyctie.,. Franklin. . Greene.... Hancock . Heniy . . . Jackson .. Jed'erson.. Lauderdak Lawrence. Lowndes. Macon.... ALABAMA— Continued. Scoll. Pierce. Marengo Marion Marshall .Mobile 1,123 1^380 94 1.84 83 1,154 114 339 441 803 512 588 227 662 126 186 772 653 354 1,300 450 5-J6 118 467 Montgomery 232 Morgan Perry 19S Pickens Pike Randolph Russell -I St. CLii'r ".!!.'!'.*.'. "..*.". 11 Sumter 16 Tallade^ii 9 I Tallapoosa 23 I Tuscaloosa 16 Walker 79 Washington ll Wilcox I' Total 15.084 26,881 236 127 MISSISSIPPI. CouMii Adams.,. Attala... Carroll... Claiborne , Coaho.ma.. Copiah... 331 'IChi.kn.: " i Covin-u ' Calhoun Bibb, 9 in Crawford, , K^mpe 'ones, 1 in Laurens, ^ J^awier De Soto 781 Franklin 158 Greene 61 Hinds 975 Holmes 419 Harrison 156 ~ I Hancock 44 1 Issaquena 43 cjSlltawamba 402 _|Jasper 243 1 Jackson 13 6126|]^ff':'-son 202 ' ' Jones. ^^ ALABAMA. Hcoll. Pi 196 62 ' 39> 17 Chambers , - 'Cherokee., 73 'Choctaw... - I Clarke 16 I Coffee 58 1 Conecuh.., 40 [Coosa 157 Cgvinglon.. 55 422 345 251 668 616 24:! 735 227 334 100 479 113 239 216 287 294 709 Lowndes i Leake ; Lauderdale Tronp. ! Lafayette 205 : Marshall - Madison 440 570 1 Monroe. 4ti7 -I Marion 48 S.Noxubee 377 - Neshoba 51 25 Newton ; 107 21 Oktibbeha 211 - Perry 94 2 Pike 141 19 Panola 427 18 Pontotoc 475 15 Rankin 274 42 Sunflower 35 8 Siinpsoji IW 1,073 254 114 839 4S4 ii2 54 1,014 422 313 317 IH fill 395 745 335 248 217 344 112 415 3S3 1,030 315 292 THE SIGNAL MISSlSSlPPI-Cont Counties. nued. Scott. 85 98 143 761) 20 569 271 71 723 129 218 549 ,548 Scnll. 296 511 300 67 180 172 121 34 344 330 54 280 219 241 342 484 110 318 174 928 159 117 196 989 ,663 67 190 151 242 401 130 101 202 331 954 209 390 479 693 237 190 197 435 136 220 125 190 57 ';255 Pl,yce. 1,736 1,536 2,434 1,C73 1,383 1,480 2,694 2,460 3,079 1,355 1,687 1.374 2,765 1,063 2.911 2,618 »,106 Pime. 270 ^ni.i 1 247 186 1,312 T.M.ica 'I-iPPah 34 1,232 365 \V'„yne 494 90 . , . ' '^ 448 Ynzoo 559 Yallabusha 633 t: 26,840 LOUISIANA. Ascension Pleyce. 360 553 387 /\|„[gr9 181 248 p/"^^'^"! 313 p"^" -rf " 86 221 342 506 CnlJu-ell 158 310 p. II 261 288 Ea^t Fel'uiana 443 East Baton Rouge... 485 Jackson 341 Lafourche Interior... LivingslOD 135 337 Larayeite 277 Morehooiie 137 Natchif^ches New 0- can" 4 407 4,682 161 240 372 Orleans, right bank.. Ouachita Point Coupee Rapide. St. Bernard 364 623 190 St James 158 "08 St Helena J. 298 St landry 568 Sabine 251 Terrcbr-nne Union 465 VermiMion 126 West B? on Rouge . Washington....?... West Feliciana .... 118 25S 30O Wynn 138 Total 18,647 Hah. 933 23 297 2,502 364 94 454 393 122 242 206 183 409 702 993 73 ^8 CounliM. Adania OHIO. Scott. . . . . 1 ''IS Atiluabula . .. 2 1''4 Athens ... 1 751 Aujlaize 588 Belmont Bro-.vn ... 2,78fi Butler . . . . 2 210 Champaigne. Cl9-k .... 1,994 2 662 Clinton Columbiana .... .... 1,424 2 237 Crawrord , ... 1,074 OHIO-Continued. CouHlies. Scott. Pierce. Cuyahoga 2 944 3.571 Darke 1,719 1,797 Defiance 551 896 Delaware 2,083 1,.591 Erie 1,589 1,404 Fairfield 2,117 3,311 Fayette.. 1,221 893 Franklin 3,498 3,652 Fulton 587 797 Galha 1,567 1,103 Geauga 1,147 664 Greene 2,430 1,490 Guernsey 1.941 1,809 Hamilton 9,252 13,435 Hancock 1,076 1,617 Hardin 889 847 Harrison 1,733 1,469 Henry 325 .5.36 Highland 1,982 2,999 Hocking 865 1,552 Holmes ],0b'6 2,100 Huron 2,242 1819 .Tackson 1,069 1,093 Jefferson 1,995 2,169 Knox 1,874 2,632 Lake 1,046 670 Lawrence 1,299 981 Licking 2,779 3,569 Logan 2,118 1.361 Lorain 1,332 1554 Lucas 1,238 1,271 Madison 1,400 6.55 Mahoning 955 1,873 iVIarion 914 1,270 Medina 1,579 1,754 Meigs 1,573 1,399 Mercer 500 831 Miami 2,754 9.004 Monroe 997 9,429 Monlgomsry 3,886 3,474 Morgan 2,084 1,708 Morrow 1,030 1,710 Muskingum 4,228 3,.500 Noble 885 1,487 Ottawa 274 400 Paulding 121 319 Perry 1,417 2,246 Pickaway 2,175 9,041 Pike 997 1,099 Poriage 1,551 2,007 Preble 2,253 1,633 Putnam 461 890 Richland 2,133 3,934 Ross 3,091 2 465 Sandusky 1,064 1,619 Scioto 1,804 1,424 Seneca 1,972 2,899 Shelby 1,147 1,309 Stark 2,740 3,6.34 Summit 2,336 1,965 Trumbull 1,968 2,039 Tuscarawas 2,659 2,685 Union 1,249 913 Vanwert 422 737 Vinton 774 912 Warren 2,893 1,919 Washington 2 473 2,139 Wayne 2,288 3,143 Williams 54C 832 Wood 831 986 Wyandot 990 1,290 Total.... 152,626 169,160 KENTUCKY. Counties. Scotl. Adair 457 Allen 280 Anderson 292 Ballard 260 Barren 1,119 Bath 587 Boone 800 Bourbon 978 Boyle 603 Bracken 638 Breathitt 96 Breckenridge 843 Bullitt 403 Butler 312 Caldwell,,,,,,,,,,,,, 731 Hitle. 9,107 99 43 391 275 10 343 626 1,111 15 582 191 1,777 129 1,033 KENTUCKY-Continued. Ctjunlies. ' Scotl. Pierce. Calloway 189 815 Campbell 577 1,093 Carroll 446 473 Carter 180 497 Casey 474 230 Christian 973 806 Clarke 849 372 Clay 978 185 Clinton 276 318 Triilenden .396 486 Cumberland 501 157 Daviess 1,027 711 Edmonson 208 918 Estill 358 322 Fayetie 1,376 809 Fleming 888 693 Floyd 165 222 Franklin 833 759 Fulton 1.52 233 Gallatin 372 411 Garrard 863 23G Grant 437 572 Graves 446 971 Grayson 433 394 Greene 422 487 Greenup 637 660 Hancock 249 205 Hardin 1,007 619 Harlan 327 65 Harrison 802 947 Hart 455 578 Henderson 616 635 Henry 744 983 Hickman 165 379 Hopkins 737 809 Jefferson 3,665 3,791 Jessamine 556 476 Johnson 64 299 Kenton 975 1,384 Knox 487 164 Larue 417 348 Laurel 379 187 Lawrence 385 362 Letcher 63 73 Lewis 400 503 Lincoln 674 338 Livingston 312 267 Logan 1,294 384 Madison 976 ' 541 Marion 782 763 Mar.shall 91 425 Mason 1,337 896 McCracken 38.'5 416 Meade 647 2.30 Mercer ^ 594 914 Monroe 377 350 Morgan 316 509 Mulenburg 814 553 Nelson 958 487 Nicholas 592 721 Ohio 701 624 Oldham 368 486 Owen 505 1,136 Owsley 294 326 Pendleton 262 570 Perry 130 77 Pike 221 194 Powell Ill 133 Pulaski 707 622 Rockcastle 326 97 Russell 438 195 Scoit 729 888 Shelby 1,134 753 Simpson 3b9 380 Spencer 331 340 Taylor 264 527 Todd ^ 652 422 Trigg 560 629 Trimble 300 491 Union 499 612 Warren 982 600 Washington 637 680 Wayne 463 348 Whitley ,' No return . Woodford 706 410 Total 57,068 53,806 Hale and Julian received 265 votes, of which 155 were cast in Madison county, ih«rcsideneeof Cm- sjus M. Clay. THE SIGNAL 293 Counties. TENNESSEE. Scott. Pierce. 140 196 1,;!07 831 336 93 312 80 1,114 853 267 252 519 411 477 565 232 1,039 100 566 209 778 648 292 866 442 847 470 678 307 327 703 374 52U 165 922 518 727 1,313 1,563 923 763 1,356 1,133 2,297 1,310 1,799 485 315 1,447 808 839 471 583 186 907 314 380 2,(159 769 993 725 607 1,034 73 J 1,024 819 1,62^ 649 411 901 1,516 511 277 644 565 1,149 57,018 Hate. 6 20 INDIANA- Countus. -Continue Scott. . 377 . 538 . 784 . 685 . 945 . 487 . 1,186 . 502 : i;284 . 747 . 684 . 518 . 1,093 . 1,245 . 103 . 614 . 2,016 . 998 . 1,054 . 622 . 1,134 . 1,474 : li473 . 433 . 1,119 . 1,507 . 1,083 . 1,019 . 1,5.59 . 900 . 584 . 2,304 : 1,252 : 2,158 . 1,109 . 1,286 . 474 . 864 , 901 .. 1,312 d. Pierce. Cncke 741 Pi|(e . 688 Greene 780 SS;:;;v.-.::::;::: 1,433 710 Hawkins 778 1,317 1,034 Jefferaon Sevier Sullivan Washington... 1,170 6-!l > 2fi0 56,5 . . . fit)-' 1,812 Floyd 1,815 Harrison Orange 1,278 1,022 Cpiipbeil 313 P"'y ■Scott VVf,'!hin"ton 659 5.59 Fentress 1S3 1 613 Grainger KnoK. 859 1,863 532 1,183 Overton 345 304 827 Jefferson 2,263 1,104 Jennin<'3 Blourt 1,113 Bledsoe Bradley '!G4 .547 1,085 Switzerland 1 147 Dearborn 2,486 Mnrion M'Ninn Meijs 453 796 141 Franklin 1,956 4.55 1,386 Kush Delaware 1,480 Roane S-^U 937 Rhe-i .... 300 873 Coffee De Kalb 305 559 1,226 Randolph Union 993 Grundy Jackson Macon Smith 44 1,118 6Ui 1,742 626 1,874 Hancock Hendricks 1,002 980 1,333 Warren 344 Marion 2,599 AVhile ')4y 1,181 Cannon . 453 Shelby 1,627 713 Gre^;,;: :;■."::::::::: 944 Wd?on o 043 Owen 1,060 Williamson 1 583 Parke 1,084 Bedford 1,390 .. 1,712 .. 529 1,466 1,203 Lincoln GUG Vermillion Vun .. 852 . 1,694 . 936 . 1,075 . 929 .. 1,023 .. 1,559 .. 1,918 . 850 .. 110 .. 1,176 783 Marshall 666 1,155 lizi M-^4 Boone 1,161 1,256 1,250 Giles 1,393 1,496 Montgomery 1.852 Hickman 2,446 Warren".?.';:::::::::: 542 138 Lewis M'Nairy Perry Wayne 43 956 325 666 Cass 1,190 Fulton . 559 . 357 .. 230 . 1,357 .. 343 . 994 . 444 .. 210 66 . 998 . 510 . 1,325 . 391 . . 1,068 .. 1,045 .. 667 . 606 . . 487 581 347 334 1,468 511 1,196 Rober'tson.:.'. Porter Pulaski 527 Stewart 303 333 ... 1 0U6 Starke 123 1,052 Hardeman . . . Madison 716 1,426 1,824 1,498 508 White 536 Allen 1,964 Shelby Carroll Dyer 7B0 Klkhart 1,343 938 677 Henry 899 IVoljle ° 807 Henderson 1 193 Steuben 543 568 .. 362 672 .. 108 263 Weakley.... 783 Cant . . .599 836 961 526 INDIANA. Scott. Pierce. .. 706 .. 375 .lay 500 1,282 liplnn .. 310 .. 1,145 461 959 . 415 ..80,901 Dubois 229 717 Grand total..... Gibson 942 1,127 Knox 1,167 1,003 95.290 Brown . Bond..., Carroll. Cook.. Scott. 2,263 105 551 712 445 494 Champaign 347 Cnlhou Christian . . Cass Coles Clark Cumberland Clay Crawford.. . DuPose... Do Kalb... Do Witt... Edgar EIHiigl.nm , Edv Grundy Greene Gallatin Henry Hancock Henderson 547 Hardin 244 Hamilton 223 357 JoUdviess 1,481 Jersey 651 Jasricr 2.58 John.-on: Jackson , Kane.... Kendall. , 135 347 1,160 515 Knox....; 1,030 Lake , Lee La Salle Livingston.. Logan Lawrence. . . .McHenry..., McLean IMcDonough. Mercer Marshall.... Macoupin ... Montgomery. Menard Moultrie Monroe Madi.wn... Massac. . . . Marion Ogle Putnam.... Peoria Pike Piatt Pulaski P'^P'' Perry , Rock Island Richland... Randolph.. Stevenson... Stark Srhuyler... Scott Sangamon.. 697 473 1,204 164 568 510 866 1,2.56 840 575 546 561 1,397 841 292 294 1,548 268 385 399 300 1.556 1,745 192 112 320 277 764 174 976 336 844 730 2,125 446 998 Saline 209 Tazewell 1,369 Union I'iS Vermillion 997 Winnebago 1,023 2,635 296 .535 670 661 485 351 3.7G7 259 335 426 96G 444 530 3'J7 670 586 583 540 924 .527 162 2,192 709 C78 338 1,297 592 475 1,466 414 212 754 432 1,425 564 461 865 751 531 1,308 532 1,119 812 672 1,894 214 579 621 1,411 1,196 6.55 698 436 263 1,125 1,715 449 762 755 109 1.061 350 980 7118 1,606 958 2,571 633 294 THE SIGNAL. ILLINOIS— Continued. Counties. Scolt. Pierce. V/hiiesiJe •• 354 513 W,li 1,2J1 1,450 Warren 80G T81 Woodlord 339 6.S5 Washnigtnn.; 951 703 Williamson 344 7'.)9 Wliile 749 7Sa Wayne 3.i9 7o7 V/ftbash 469 355 Total. 64,934 S(>,597 MISSOURI. CowilUs. ■£'•«'• J j^,j^ir 113 AlchisonV." !.■.■;■.■. luG Audrain *'0 HaS' '.".".'.".'.'. '.'. '. '■■■■■ ■■■■ ■■ '(|J Genton 1''' Eullinger f Boone '•'1^ Buchanan ' ''- Culler' IG Caidwell.... !•>' Callaway (i'O Camden 07 Cape Girarileau 3i8 Carroll 339 Cedar 65 Chariton 348 ,-.,ii 325 (lav 626 lUn'ton 283 Cle 216 Crawford ~40 Dade 175 Dallas 102 Daviess.. 296 Dent ; 74 DeKttlb 61! Dodge 31 Dunkiint _- Franltiin 277 Gasconade.; S9 Gentry 133 Green 484 Grundy 215 Harrison Ill Henry 263 Hickory 75 Holt 189 .Jackson 708 Jasper K^- .IciTerson 17^ Johnton -fGO Knox 2i0 LaClede 71 Lafayette iiU3 Lawrence J6S Lewis 398 Linioln 440 Linn 249 Livingston 251 McDonald 63 Macon 355 Madison... 117 Marion 894 Mercer 186 Miller.... 62 Mississippi 117 Moiiiieau JS9 Monroe 760 Montgomery* 3S6 Morgan 133 New Madrid 93 Newton 1117 Nodaway. . . ; lil Oregon H Osage 113 Ozark 32 Pemiscot 57 Perry 171 Pettie 245 Pike 803 _ MIS.SOURI— Continued. Counties. Scolt Polk 260 Pulaski 39 Putnam HM Kails 341 Randolph 476 Ray..; 483 Reynolds^ 5 St. Chaiies 378 Clair St. Francais., Stc. Genevieve St. Louis ARKANSAS— Continued. Counties. Pope 950 122 4,296 514 luyi Shan Shelby.. ird 1,962 98 83 598 225 328 165 5,825 443 277 168 167 153 301 334 144 167 38,353 Sullivan . . . _ oy Texas Vernon Warren . . . Wn.'^hington Wright TTWajne... Total •Butler county returned but not counted, on ac- count of illegality of election, having been held on Monday. tNo returns from Dunklin county — clerk says the election was illegal. - {Monlgomery county, 194 votes were cast for J. F. Brown, and 192 votes for F. N. Brown, instead of J. N. Brown ; and 95 votes were given to H. F. Gray instead of H. F. Gary. ^Reynolds county, Scott was voted for direct, with the exception of Gibson, (spelled Gipson,) who received 11 votes. i|Shannon county, only two electors voted for. one Whig and one Democrat. HWayne county, only two electors voted for. All the votes for electors, whether spelled cor- rectly, or without the proper initials, are included in thif. count. ARKANSAS Coiiiilifs. Arkansas... . Ashley Scolt. 120 88 Crittenden Dalla, 95 150 Dio'v 1 ra Fri'il li' ... . . 106 Pn 1 13 Independence 4.52 (jq Jackson 202 0.24 Madison .... 299 7(; Marion 40 140 Calhoun , Cass. Chippewa* Clii Eaton.. Genesee.. Hillsdale 1,417 Houghton* Ingham 786 Ionia 6.59 Jackson 1,726 Kalamazoo 1,374 Kent l,y2S Lapeer 618 Lenawee 2,418 Livingston 931 Mackinac 38 Macomb 1,060 Monroe 1,112 Montcalm 120 Nev/aygo. . Oakland... . Ottawa Saganaw. . . Shiawassee St. Clair... . St. Joseph. Sanilac iua Tuscola 80 Van Burcn 613 Washtenaw 2,274 Wayne -8,402 Monro Montg^ Newro Ouachi Perry . Phillipi Pike .. Poinsei Polk... 2,376 519 852 1,164 929 864 1,840 1,257 1,5)9 819 2,857 1.419 292 1,634 1.533 156 1,110 1,250 ~62 771 2,004 4,680 .33,f II season to be counted. FLORIDA. Cotmlies. Escambia. . . . Walton Washington.. . Calhoun.- Gadsden Wakulla Madison Columbia Nassau St. John's. . . . HillsboroJgh.. Orange^ St. Lucie Monroe Santa Rosa. . . Holmes Hamilton., Alachua.. Duval.... Putnam . . Marion... Levy Hernando. Scott. 202 113 34 13 170 90 101 197 THE SIGNAL. 295 Ir Jnckson... Jasper... , .iL-fferson . iohnson . , Jnnes...., 209 TEXAS. Counties. Scolt. Pierce. Counties. Anderson J50 412iBenton Angelina 28 .'56 Boone Austin 7 22 Buchnnnn... Basirop 94 S'lS Cedar Bell 26 IS? Clark.'..'.'.'; Bexar 2S9 804 ji^vton .. . Brazoria 43 Brazos 9 Burleson 19 Burneit Caldwell 84 Calhoun 94 Cameron 242 Cass 30 Cherokee 248 Collin 58 Colorado 30 Comal 6 Cook 5 Dallas 122 Denton De Wilt Ellis 43 Fannin 63 Fayette 165 Fort Bend 31 Freestone 38 Galveston 141 Gillespie 2 Goliad Gonziilee 120 Grayson S3 Grimes 53 Guadaloupe 68 Harris 195 Harrison 283 Hays 21 Henderson 23 Hidalgo 48 Hopkins 29 Houston 16 Hunt 19 Jackson 33 Jasper 30 Lamar 57 I^avacca 33 Leon 48 Liberty 40 Limestone 38 Matagorda 30 74 M'Lennan 5 45 Medina 2 42 Milam 56 110 Montgomery 74 190 Nacogdoches 79 312 Navarro 89 220 Newton 16 111 Neuces 21 52 Oranse 23 39 Panola Polk.. "• 157 R.River 86 233 Robertson 53 95 Rusk 242 590 Sabine 13 81 St.Aueustine 29 158 San Patricio - 30 Shelby 19 106 Smith Slarr 68 76 Tarrant 11 Titus 100 Travis 118 Trinity 3 Tyler 5 Upshur 137 Van Zant 5 Victoria 9 Walker 72 Washington 121 519 Webb 16 117 Wharton 17 59 William 62 143 Wood 13 42 Total 4,995 13,552 IOWA. Counties. Scolt. Pierce. Hale- Allamakee 142 123 Appanoose 247 335 25 IOWA— Continnad. I'l^ Clinton 278 3-1 nall.s 79 lll3|l)avis 592 21:Dec«,ur 235 ; Oela«-nre Des Moines. . . . Dubuque Fayette Fremont Guthrie I lenry 55 233 984 617 167 95 7 832 112 554 160 756 415 266 326 1.379 523 Keokuk , Lee Linn Louisa 468 Lucas 80 Madison 103 Mahaska 599 Marion 411 Marshall 31 l'12lMills 63 lS4iMonroe 204 4681 Muscatine 564 '102iPage 29 53|Polk 401 '41 Pottawatomie 112 119 Poweshiek 61 lieiscolt 517 125|Taylor 4 191VonBuren 931 OOvVapello 683 121 Warren 95 189 Washington 472 85 Wayne 63 124 Winneshiek 68 89 1761 Total 15,920 1,154 1,1.50 117 67 39 338 404 1,708 593 363 85 150 541 4S9 52 91 295 605 40 339 183 45 Counties. WISCONSIN. Scott. Milwaiikie 2019 Racine 848 939 Bad Ax Nr Dane 1,104 p'"" r.M jo„a 895 La Cross" 2fin RichKnd 166 Rmk 1,.';09 511 Sf'p nix 336 Calumet Columbia ... Dodo-e 149 1,133 1,205 Jellers n.... 5 Manitouwoc . Marquette... 209 li'-P 865 948 325 1,389 515 245 1,233 2.264 1,635 CALIFORNIA. Counties. Scott. nunc 1 465 ConiraCosta 413 Cnlavcros 2, '-'88 Colusa 'JS5 El Dorndo 5,144 Klamaih 33 Los Angelos 497 Mariposa 854 Marin 147 Mendocino Monterey .S5 Nevada 2,8:)4 Napa 208 Placer 2,294 .Sacriimento 3.637 Jonqu S. L. Obispo. .Sana Cruz . .•-Ian Frnnci3i;< MHO 112 S Barbara. Tuolumne . Tulare Trinity.... Yoh, Yuba , Pierce. 1735 590 2,8.)8 232 6,100 13 .574 1 ,292 154 m. 60 274 2,85C 270 2.8.19 "j,i93 12 .306 4,226 11.5 797 1.610 106 3,131 765 2,195 Total 34,971 39,665 RECAPITULATION. pr.ESIDtNT. For Pierce. — Maine, 8; New Hampshire, 5; Rhode Island, 4 ; Connecticut, 6; New York, 35; New Jersey, 7; Pennsylvann, 27; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 8; Vir,','inia, 15; North Carolina, 10; .South Carolina, 8; Georgia, 10; Ohio, 23; Lou- i.'^iana, 6; Mississippi, 7; Indiana, 13; Illinois, 11 ; Alabama, 9; Missouri, 9; Arkansas, 4; Michi- gan, 6 ; Florida, 3 ; Texas, 4 ; Iowa, 4 ; Wiscon- sin, 5; California, 4. Total, 254. For ScoH.— Massachusetts, 13; Vermont, 5; Kentucky, 12; Tennessee, 12. Total, 42. For Vice President the vote was the same. Franklin Pierce and William R. King were therefore declared duly elected President and Vice President of the United Suites. POPULAR VOTE. Stales. Alabama . ArkRusas California Connectic Delaware, Florida.. . Georgia . . Scolt . 7',4'04 34,971 30,359 6,293 2,875 16,660 64,934 80,9ul 7,444 57,063 17,255 32,543 Indiana .. Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Maine... . Maryland 35,077 Massachusetts 56,063 Mi;higan Mississippi Missouri, incompl'i New Hampshire. . New Jersey New York 234,f 33,860 17,548 23,944 16,147 ~",556 North Carolina. 39.058 Ohio 152,526 Pennsylvania 179,122 Rhode Island 7,625 South Carolina*... . — Tennessee 58,898 Texas Vermont Virginia Wiscdnsin 22,173 57 132 22.240 Pierce. Hale. 26,881 — 12,173 — 39,665 100 33,249 3,160 6 313 62 4.318 — 34,705 — 80597 S,966 95,299 6,934 8,624 777 53 806 265 18,647 — 41609 8,030 40,022 54 46,880 29,993 41,842 7,237 26 876 — 36642 - 29.997 44,305 262 083 39,744 169,220 198,568 8,735 57,018 13.5.52 13,0)4 72313 33,658 6,695 350 25,329 95 8,814 Total 22,240 33,658 1,383,537 1,585,545 158,296 „.„, 'Presidential electors chosen by the Legislature. Pierce over Scott, 202,008; Taylor over Cass, 3,814 1 138,447 ; Polk oyer Clay, 37,370. 296 THE SIGNAL. THE SIGNAL. rV OF WASHINGTON, MARCH, 1853. Mr. Oru to make those motions. A Se- 1 appropriations over one hundred dollars, cessionist is but laboring in his vocation! Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, who has a to attempt to defeat all useful legislation, | holy horror, we believe — an honest pre- even against the decided will of the ma- jjudice — against spending money, is on tls jority. These motions to adjourn, be it jCoramittee of Ways and Means, ar.d remembered, were made early in the day, i Mr. Houston ''doubts" whether Mr. for the purpose of defeating this bill. j Jones is not right. Certain it is fron But besides the motions we speak of | some cause Mr. Houston cannot cora- McMuLLENS, and i maud his party friends. He was guilty s THE "REPUBLIC." In presenting to our readers the la-'t number of the Signal, the publication of which has been delayed by causes beyond made by the Deans, m..i.iui.i.t..is, aim i our control, we take occasion to call at- Sece.ssionistsof the House, there are other few days ago of saying that the Clerk of tention to the prospectus of the Washing- causes of the delay of pubhc business. I the House had practised " an imposition" ton Republic, which will be found on the We refer now to the indecision at times, Ion the country. Mr. Forney's friends— last page of this number. It will be seen and to the blundering and confused action I those whom he selects to ask for more that the price of that journal is to be here- of «ie Speaker. For instance, from the j money than the Committee of Ways and after largely reduced, while its claims procsodings in the House of Representa- Means allow him— do not like Mr. Hous- •upon public patronage will be increased tivcs of Friday, 4th February, we takf in some material respects. the following : DELAY IN- THE PUBLIC BUSINESS— THE DISORDERS OF THE HOUSE OF REP- RESENTATIVES. 'Mr. Dean. It is within the power of any mem- • to call up ths motion to reconsider. " The Speaker. The Chair is of the opinion that the weight of argument from the rules may We earnestly wish every man in the be on the side of the gentleman from New York, country who can read had before him a copy j 1^"' ':'«, practice of my predecessor has been fol- r.i m L i- o 1 1 _ ■ T' u c owed by myself, and I do not fee disposed to of the Globe ot Saturday morning, Feb. 5 l,.,,^^^, injuring the remainder of my term of ser- The responsibility tor the obstruction of; vice here. The Chair holds that the motion is in public business could then be placed on ^ order." the right shoulders. The proceedings toi So it seems Mr. Dean by accident got which we refer took place in the House ion the side of " the weight of aagument," of Representatives on a motion of Mr. I according to the Speaker. But the Speaker Doty to reconsider a vote relating to the | has a " may be" in his decision. " The bill granting land to the State of Wiscon- [Chair doubts," as Speaker Boyd often sin lor the purpose of constructing certain says. If the Speaker doubts, must not railroads in that State. An amendment had i members doubt ? And soon after we find been offered by Mr. Bennett bringing his j Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, who with all general land bill before the House. A large his occasional impracticability has some portion ofthe Democracy determined to de- good traits; we find him, upon whom the feat this bill, as well as the Wisconsin bill. Speaker is in the habit of leaning for sup- It is fair to defeat a bill to which members port, appealing from the decision of the are opposed by argument and by voting (Speaker. And when a motion is made to against it. But it is unfair— it is worse, it i.s ! lay the appeal on the table, by Mr. Sey- highly censurable — to defeat a bill by such |mour, there were ayes 109, noes 57; and movements as were resorted to by Messrs. of the 57 noes voting against the Speaker, Dean, Orr, and McMullen. :all Democrats but one. But the Speaker The mean? we refer to is, to prevent a: cannot find fault with his friend Jones majority from passing a bill by moving to 'and others for thus opposing him; for the adjourn, a call of the House, to adjourn. Chair "doubts," or thinks " may be" he &c., which will consume time; and by lis right, or, " may be" he is wrong. The this disorderly and revolutionary conduct (Speaker lacks decision — acts like a child stop the legislation of Congress. jlearning to walk; and when he is bold These means were resorted to in the I plunges ahead, and raps his hammer to House to defeat i\lr. Doty's bill for the [drown the sound of his own speeches, benefit of Wisconsin, and Mr. Bennett's [ Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, is certainly biU for the benefit of the whole country, [independent. He was not satisfied with On Friday, the 5th of February, Mr. [appealing from Mr. Speaker Boyd, but he Dean, of New York, led oft^— a gentle- j appealed from Boyd, who was supported man who is not content with doing uo-iby Speaker Cobb. If Mr. Jones would thing when he has nothing to do, but is al- 1 never let the Speaker "doubt," the ways striving to keep himself before the [ House would do business with more order. House, little to his own advantage, and [ There has been one other cause for the not at all to that of his constituents. [great delay in the public business — for the After him Mr. McMullen, of whom it IS no disparagement to say that, though he is a Virginian, he is not so great a statesman as Jefferson, and who is more than ordinarily free and easy in his de- portment in the House — came with mo tions to adjourn, calls of the House, &c, confusion and disorder. That is, because Mr. Houston, chairman of Ways and Means, does not possess the confidence of his own friends. Ever since Mr. Bayly was deposed from being chairman of Ways and Means, dissatisfaction has per- vaded the Democratic ranks. Mr. H« ton's aversion to "imposition." And a few days ago, when the chairman of Ways and Means was discussing a question of order, a colleague of Mr. Olds called on the Speaker to compel the chairman of Ways and Means to take his seat! Thus stands the House : Public business ne- glected, with fifty Democratic majority; private claimants postponed; days and days consumed on points of order; the Speaker " doubting" in his positions; the chairman of Ways and Means not respect- ed by his own friends, and the House under the control of weak and factious politicians ! "What," said Pope, " must be the priest when a monkey is the god ?" What must be the rank and file of a party when such a Speaker and such a Chairman are the leaders ? iVir. Orr, too, figured in the same busin- ton's party friends do not support him; ess, but him we excuse. Mr. Orr is a [they do not doubt his political or personal Secessionist, does not love the Union — [integrity, but they say he is not equal to we mean the Union of the States; the Bayly, whom Boyd removed because newspaper of that name since Pierce'sI Bayly "doubted" whether Boyd would nomination he is more attached to than ^ make a good Speaker. Mr. Houston is formerly. It was quite in character for: economical, very. He "doubts" about DEMOCRATIC IMPEDIMENTS TO PUBLIC BUSINESS. We have called the attention of the peo- ple to the gross abuses by which public business is obstructed in the House of Representatives, by which the public in- tersts are betrayed, and privata rights cruelly and wantonly sacrificed. These abuses have been carried to such a shock- ing extent that it is impossible to transact any business whatever in the House if a miserable faction of thirty or forty mem- bers undertake to prevent it. They have nothing to do but move an adjournment, or a call of the House, and compel a de- mand for the yeas and nays, and the wheels of legislation are clogged at once. This they do hour by hour, and day after day, merely wasting the public time and the public money, without accomplishing the least possible good result. And wo beg the people to remember that it is a Democratic House, with a Democralic majority of fifty members or thereabouts, who have brought these abuses to their present aggravation. Whig speakers and Whig majorities have been more suc- cessful in keeping down these outrages. We would remind the people that it does not require the least intelligence or capacity to move an adjuriiment, or a call of the House, or a call for the yeas and nays, with the view of killing time. "It's as easy as lying." A man who can do nothing else can do that; and a man who will condescend to do it, is generally fit for nothing else. A man of high honor, THE SIGNAL 297 integrity, "nd intelligence, would not stoop to it. He would feci ashamed to devote himself to work which a dunce or a sim- pleton could do quite as well as himself. A true Democrat could never be guilty of such conduct. Tiie object of it is to defeat the will of the majority, not by votes not by argument, not by any employment of the reasoning faculties, but by the ■- move that this Hou=e do now adjourn. 'V, Democrats, these movers of adjournrnent. Now could not poor Poll do a, much.> i for the purpose of wa«tu>g the pubUUmo And would not poor Poll, if it had a spark of any thing beyond what is miscalled "Dernocratic" intelligence, have been terposition of fUegitimate, disorganizing, I sessions of Philadelphia, an ...J ..„,.„i...:„„o.„ ;,vir>pri;mpnls. Hence cerho? an quashed in the i ;id revolutionary Impediments ashamed to do any such thing.> Yes, Mr. Favette McMullen, of the thirteenth Congressional district of Virginia, who has been figuring of late in the quarter d has had his supreme court quas of Pennsylvania on the ground that ther was nothing for the sessions to certify e-xcept the plea of guilty to a charge of assault and battery— Mr. McMullen e.x- squandering the public money, and do feating the public business. Let us re- capitulate, that we may be sure. Thare are no le.ss than five of them — GiLBEUT Dean, of New York. Fayette McMullen, of Virginia. James L. Ork, of South Carolina. John Letcher, of Virginia. John Robbins, jr., of Penn.sylvania. Every one of these gentlemen holds himself out to the country as a Democrat, and they all refuse to suti'er a Dkwocratic majority of fifty-two to transact th« assault ana uuuey—i^.. .rx....o..^.,^.. r^,- 1 jjje^s. We are rejoiced that h.bitedthemlell,gence,mdustry,and ^t; ; P^^bhc^;'^-;;^:^^^^^ ;,^ j,^;^ .uiorgan.zmg nd disgraceful business. It is much to ;;i;;™™M;-.s>«;.7ne„.;re;,.»p«rp«.ei...cj— whose it is that you never find a member, who has brains enough for the discussion of a public measure, who will seek to defeat it by any of these irregular and unmanly expedients. It is always your contriving, intri, diiei ^ JJ.JJ _gojne more sensible reasons Reives, Heav-en save the markj Democrats, {,-^had^^nitlfiTLEl^^ -"^ ^' '"^^ """^'^ ^""^ ™°^'°"^ '" olina ought to be proud of her eminent I adjourn. _ son. ' THE DISORGANIZERS AND THE DEMO- The yeas and nays being ordered on CRATIC PRESS. Mr. Orr's motion, Mr. Orv. xiyithdrew it. ^ We extract the following paragraph from He had grace enough left to become j ^j^g gj^^jj^Q^e iS'«», a Democratic journal, "■ "" condemns very yes, Democrats. Now a Democrat is a man who /)ar ea;c«//e«<:e is a respecter of the rights, power, and will of the majority. The name implies that and nothing else. Take the action on Mr. Doty's Wisconsin bill in the House on Friday, the 4th Feb- ruary. Three votes had been taken in the House on the yeas and nays that rnorning, which showed that there was a majority in favor of its passage. We have now nothing to say as to the merits of the bill. II is enou<^h that there is an ascertained majority in its favor. Well, Mr. DeaN; a Hunker Democrat, who now misrepre sents the eighth district of New York ixi Congress will misrepresent ashamed of it, and recoiled from the sound I ^^l^jj.[j^ ^y. implication, con of his own voice. Mr. Letcher, of jp^^jj^jg^iy the conduct of the Obstruction Virginia, renewed the motion, and it was U^^ ^^^ Disorganizers. The Sun is not again pressed to the yeas and nays, with j ^j^^ ^,^1^ j)j,iy,ocRATic journal that has the following result: yeas 78, nays 80. i^^i jt^ ^^tteries upon those gentlemen. The majority were becoming weaker andi^j^^j ^g jjope the fire will be kept up till weaker, worn out by these irregular, dis-jtjjgy ^^g so battered and riddled that they organizing, and demoralizing movements , ^jjt become objects of mere pity to their of the minority. j constituents. A few minutes after this result was de- gy nothing that we have said on this and in the next Con-ress will m.srepreseni , clared Mr. Robbins, of Pennsylvania, , ^^^ject would we be understood as charg- C twe fth district-lMr. Gilbert Dean another Democrat, who m the six previous \ ■ n^g Democratic party universally with T.:\Z. hour rises and exclaims, ^^Jl calls for the yeas and nays :. not he M,^^^ recorded, and who had probably just come tjjg public business. But we hold the into the House— burning with an oppor- | j)j.j,ocratic party responsible, as it ought tunity to distinguish himself in the way j j^ ^g^ for the conduct of its individual he best knows how — rose in his seat and j i^gmbcrs. The men who were engaged ejaculated, with the true enthusiasm ofi;^ jj^e disreputable scenes of last Friday genius: "I move that the House do now ■ - " " '-'■ -" adjourn." And the House, wearied, worn, and disgusted with this child's play and tom- foolery, consented to adjourn. Now we call upon the people to remem- ber that all these men call themselves at an early hour rises and move that the House do now adjourn." We hope that his constituents will duly appreciate the nature and degree of talent that are necessary to such an effort. It is precisely of the same charactor as that which enables John Troit in the pit of the theatre to hiss and catcall at a performance that does not meet his approbation. A legislator need not be a dean to move an adjournment— a dunce could do it is well. In order to put the members on record on this motion, Mr. Doty called for the yeas and nays, and 102 nays to 60 yeas Bhowed that the House were not disposed to adjourn. This was a decided rebuk- to Mr. Dean. In a few minutes afterwards Mr. M Mullen, of Virginia, rose in the face of this larc^e vote against adjournment, and eloquently exclaimed— "Mr. Speaker, I in the House of Representatives were all Democr.^ts. There was not a Whig among them. We are well aware that their conduct is as strongly condemned by a majority of their own party as it is by the Whigs. It is perfectly well understood on both sides of the House how much Democrats, and that they are in a Hou^^ j capacity is requisite '° ""';.\:^.,|T'°^''^;|^°; where they stand one hundred and forty adjournment tor tl e sake o' kilhng time, n numbe? a'ainst eighty-eight Whigs. The intellectual calibre of the men who en- HereTs a majority of fifty-two. And gage in this kind ot enterprise is very justly See men w.l not trust this immense estimated all around. But being Demo- DemocX majority with a fair vote on crats, these adjournment-moyers and the anlpor ant piblic measure like this bill Democrats having a '"^J-'ty ° ,^1 { ft of Mr Doty. Yes, thev all call themselves 1 leart in the House, there is no unfairness in 298 THE SIGNAL charging upon the Dsmocratic purly the abuses practised by its members. It the DEMOcaATicpartj', then, that obstructs public business. It is the Democratic party that wastes the public time. It is the DcMOCRATic party that uselessly ■wastes the public money by paying them- selves clay after day eight dollars each for silting and answering to their names on a call of the yeas and nays on motions to adjourn. Is not it monstrous? Will the American people continue to lliinlt it worth while to pay men eigh dollars or eight fihillinss a day for such work as Itiis? Can anything be conceived more utterly preposterous than two or three hundred grown men to get together every day, pass three or four liours in saymg yea and no on the question of staying where they are, and to call such disreputable idleness the process of ttgislation. We are glad to see that the press of the country is waking up to the folly and wickedness of this conduct in a Demo- cratic House, and we have no doubt if it is only properly understood by the peo- ple there will never be a man re-elected to Congress who is stamped with the op- probium of such behavior. Fix upon a member the stain of moving adjournnnents for the purpose of killing time — brand liim with a course so disrespectful to the House, so injurious to his constituents, as that of seekmg to defeat the will and purpose of the majority by calls of the House, and the various modes of interrupting the pub- lic business to which we have alluded — and keep his constituents well posted up as to his disorganizing and revolutionary be havior, and they will unite, Whigs and Democrats, to deprive that gentleman of all future opportunities of displaying his genius on the floor of the House, We annex the article to which we refer above, and beg to have it remembered that it comes from a Democratic source. Delay or bcsiness i.v the House of Repre- sentatives. — A correspondent at Washington re- marks upon the fact that there has never been, since the origin of the Government, a House of Representatives so regardless of the public interest 09 the present. He then makes the annexed state- ments in connexion with some pointed queries that follow: "Mr. Mace, from the Committee on Claims, stated in the House, a few days since, that all the committees had been called for reports but once durmg the last and present session of Congress. Until within a few years past all the committees were called for reports as often as twice a week. Where is the fauli? Is it in the Speaker or the responsible majority of the House, or a few fac- tious members? "On the Speaker's table there are bills from the Senate, which have been there for half of the last session and all of the present session of Congress. Formerly the practise has been to dispose daily, or as often as two or three limes a week, of all the business on the Speaker's table. The rules in both these respects are unchanged . What is the object in preventing the action of the House upon the business properly before it? Does the Speaker, or the chairman of the leading committees, desire to impede the business of Congress, and prevent the consideration of bills upon their incrifs? Or, is it the fault of a factious minority? If so, who are ihey? Who are the persons that are seeking to impede the business of the House, and to disgrace the body of which Ihey are members? Will the majority allow themselves to be governed and cotiirolled by a factious few? Where is the chair- man of the Ways and Means, v^rho should be the leader of the House? Does he encourage these factious "THAT'S WORMWOOD." The Union charges us with the de- liberate purpose of rendering the House of Representatives ridiculous and contemp- tible in the eyes of the nation by tradu- cing its officers and members. The Union is more severe upon its friends than we have been. We have merely stated facts If those facts tend to render the House "ridiculous and contemptible," as the Union alleges, it is no fault of ours. We have accused Mr. Botd of "doubt- ing," and the moment we found that lie was disposed to quit doubting, we gave him full credit for his reformation. Tlie very morning after the appearance of our article he said several times, "The Chair does not doubt,'''' and we so published it to the world. So with regard to his friend Jones. If we insinuated that the Speak- er was a little under the influence of Jones, the moment we found that he was ed to throw ofli" this influence, and we learned that the Speaker had said Mr. Jones was not ^^sirictly in order," (though he allowed him to keep thejfloor,) published this fact also. It was a sign of improvement. We did not ex- pect the Speaker to say that Jones was absolutely o?(/ of order; but it was some- hing to say that he was not '^strictly in order." That was a hint to Jones that it was possible for him to be a little out of order, though not enough so as to deprive him of the floor. Xow let ua see if we have said any thing of the Speaker which approaches in unkindness to what has been said by his own friends. In the debate of the 7tl February, Governor Brown, of Missis- sippi, ( Resistance Democrat, ) made e "fine point" on the Speaker, that led to the conversation which follows: "The Speaker. The gentleman from Missis- sippi is stating a question of order. "Mr. Brown. The point which I make is this, that the Speaker holds it to be his duly on this day as long as a member from Pennsylvania claims the floor to assign it to him in preference to a member from any other State. Now, I hold that on this day any member who can get the floor has as much right to be recognised as a member from Pennsyl- vania has. "The Speaker. The Chair will inform the gen- tleman that it is, under the rules, clearly within the oftheCha • to recognise whom he pleases. Mr. Broivn. Then Ihe Chair has exercised one-sided discretion. I can only say "The SpEAiiER. Then the gentleman ought to move a resolution of censure. "Mr. Brown. Not at all. The Chair has pur- sued what he meant to be a very good policy; but it has turned out a very bad policy, and 1 want to cliangc it. That is what I am driving at.'" Have we ever charged Mr. Speaker Boyd with exercising a "one-sided dis- cretion?" Have we ever said a word re- flecting upon his personal character, or the conscientiousness with which he dis- charges his duties? But again. In the House of Representatives on Tuesday evening, Mr. Stanton, of Tennessee, (Union Democrat,) .stated that he thought "everybody was excusable for not being "present to night, or during the session, the Speaker A av in g announced the prin- \ iple of his right to recognise anybody, whom he pleases.''^ Loud cries of "order, order," were immediately raised from all quarters of the House. The whole scene is so remarkable that we reproduce it from our reporter's column in yesterday's impression, and our reporter, we will take leave to add, is a good Democrat: "The Speaker said he would like to hear the gentleman. "Mr. Stanton. I have something to say, and I desire lo say it. "The Speaker. The gentleman in Jicales an as- sault on the Chair, and the Chair ought to hear him. "Mr. Stanton. 1 indicate that I have some- thing to say in order. "Mr. Sweetser. I call the gentleman lo order. "Mr. Stanton. I am in order. I desire to proceed. "The Speaker. The Chair will hear some- thing more of the line of the gentleman's remarks. "iMr. Stanton. I have ihie to say "Mr. Stanly. I object to the line of remark. I want to hear it all. "Mr. Stanton was again about to address the House, when "Mr. Stanly objected. "Mr. Nabers. It is due to the Speaker that the gentleman proceed. "Mr. SvvEETSEB. The gentleman from Ten- nessee has indicated what he intends to say, and that is an assault. He indicares that the Speaker has been guilty of n misapplication of the rules, and has committed an outrage. "Mr. Stanton. I do not mean to say any hing disrespectful to the Speaker or the House. I say the Speaker has announced the principle that he has the right to recognise anybody he pleases, whether the gentleman rises first or not; and the Speaker has acted upon that principle. On im- portant business of a public character, I have en- deavored to get the floor every Monday, when it ,va."! in my power to move to suspend the rules; uid I believe that when I was entititd to the floor he Chair has not recognised me. "The Speaker called the gentleman to order, md said: 'If the Cliair had the right to respond, lie could give a reason why he is something more than out of order.' "Mr. Stanton. Very well. "The Speaker. The gentleman is out of order, and will take his seat." It will be remembered that Mr. Stan- ton, of Tennessee, is one of the most able, active, and influential of the Democratic members of the House. The same may be said of Governor Brown. Now, will the Union pretend for a moment that the Republic ever published an_y thing of Mr. Speaker Boyd reflecting upon his official character so severely as Governor Brown and Mr. Stanton have reflected upon it? Mr. Stanton says that his conduct has been such that members would be justi- fied in absenting themselves altogether from the House; and Governor Brown says that which, if true, the Speaker considers ^hould entitle him (Mr. Boyd) to a vote of censure! Now as to the House and its manners. We never compared it to a bear-garden. Mr. Dean, a Barnburner Democrat, from New York, not having the fear of the Union, before his eyes, gave the House this character not many days since; and ie have little question that if he had been ppealed to on the subject Mr. Boyd would have thought Mr. Dean "not strictly in order." The Union, must set- tle this point with its friend, Mr. Dean; we are only responsible for what we say, not for what the Union^says that we say. THE SIGNAL. 299 In our judgment the House is not a bear- garden. There never was a bear-garden on the face of the earth that could have been kept open without better discipline among the bears than Mr. Speaker Boyd maintains among his friends. What we have said of the House is simply this — tiiat certain Democratic members whom wc have mentioned have been guilty of interposing unnecessary obstacles to the transaction of public and private business. Does the Union deny j this ? Does not every man of intelligence 1 in and out of Congress know it to be true ? Not able to deny the fact, the Union undertakes to assail our motives in ex- posing and commenting on it. This is an eld trick of dialectics. When you are driven to the wall in an argument, assail your adversary's motives. The first alleg- ed motive is a disposition to disparage a Democratic majority for " political effect." If we can succeed in showing that certain Democrats obstruct the pub- lic business, the Union is shrewd enough to perceive that it will be apt to injure the Democratic party, and give their op- ponents the advantage. This will be a very natural consequence. But suppose this to be the motive, and the on/y motive, of our statements, how does this affect (hem ? Does it touch their truth > But again, the Union charges us with "private resentments" against the chair- man of the Ways and Means. It acquits us in one place of " the impulse of an ephemeral anger," and balances this ac- quittal by an indictment for "private resentments." We never exchanged a word with the honorable chairman in our life. We have never transacted private business of any name or nature with the committee or any member of it to the amount of a brass farthing. As to the " private claims" to which the Union al- ludes, we assure our contemporary that we never looked at the private calendar, that we know nothing of its contents, and are only by accident acquainted with the name of one individual interested in any such claim. Our attention was called to an application of General Robert Arm- strong for a pension of thirty dollars a month for his services and sufferings in quelling an Indian invasion. We saw that an effort was made to withdraw this very meritorious claim from the Speak er's table, and that it only received about forty votes in a Democratic House. Here was a gallant gentleman, who had killed with his own hand Heaven knows how many Indians, and with a little band of fifteen or twenty put five hundred painted savages to ili'ght— wounded, suf- tering, and in humble circumstances, and he could not get his petition for this mis- erable stipend even considered in the House of Representatives. And this, not- withstanding it was vouched for by Gene- ral Jackson ! We confess that we have a "tender regard" for the private claimants before Congress, and does it lie in the lips of Ge- neral Armstrong, himself a private claim- pay all General Armstrong's printing ac- ant, to sneer because by the disorganizing] counts and ]icnsions, and have enough and revolutionary conduct of certain DKM-|left for a very handsome dividend to its ocratic members private cairns "«7(?| other creditors. We hojie, therefore, that threatened loiih disastrous fateV Is that a] the General will step aside, and not con- matter for the Lni'oTi or any public journal tinue his encouragement to the disorgan- to exult over? Is General Armstrong the only man who can have an honest de- mand against the treasury ? Is he appre- prehensive that there will not be money enough in the treasury to pay other honest debts and settle his printing accounts.' Docs the Union, after taking into its ca- pacious maw all t!ic printing of the Senate and House, and gobbling up half a dozen printing offices with all their men and machinery, now employed on the work of the Executive Departments — does this sleek representative of tlie Democratic majorities in Congress undertake to set it- self up against the rightful adjudicution of private claims! Does our petitioner The SPEAKER. Tli for a pension of thirty dollars a month wi'<-thcr a quorum l)e p intend to use the influence of his journal to prevent action on all demands bxd his own? We wish to understand this mat- ter. Is nothing to be paid for but public printing? And is nobody to be considered an honest pensioner but Gen. Armstrong.' Our contemporary is disposed to compli- ment Mr. Houston and Mr. Letcher, at the expense of the Democratic mem- bers of the House, generally. "Sturdy guardians" they of the public treasure! Against whom? Against whom? Why against a Democratic majority of fifty members! These gentlemen are engaged in the "sturdy guardianship" of the trea- sury against their own friends! Now there is much reason in this, but the suggestion of such a necessity does not come with a good grace from "the Union. If we had said as much of them, we should have been accused of attempting to vilify and "degrade" the House. We are guilty of thinking that even this Democratic ma- jority, under the check of a Whig mi- nority, are sufficiently capable and honest to pass upon such public and private measures as may come before them. At all events, we disapprove of any resort to disorganizing and revolutionary means for preventing them from transacting the public business. We care not how vigi lantly Mr. Houston and Mr. Letcher may watch their Democratic friends, and keep their hands out of the treasury but in the name of justice and common sense let them not suffer members to irri' tate and insult their constituents and the country by the contemptible child's play of moving adjournments and calls of the House for the purpose of defrauding pub- lic or private claimants out of a chance for the adjudication of their rights. We assure the Union, on information obtained by special inquiries instituted at the treasury for this purpose, that United States have means enough for the payment of all their just debts, and that if cash should fail they can fall back on very competent credit. At all events, v aie quite confident that the treasury can izers of the House by assaults on those who would merely cull public attention to their unparliamentary behavior. We have the satisfaction of knowing that though it is approved by the Union, it is very strongly condemned by the most intelligent and judicious of the party which is held respon- sible for the misconduct of its members. Tim Ftoceeaiiigs in tlio Ilonan of n«pro- leiitatlveii on Friday, February 4, 18.->3. From lilt Washinslon Globe. The Houao met at twelve o'clocic, in. Prayer by the Rev. James Gollaher. Mr. DEAN. la it in order to move that there bo a chII of the House? Chair wtll flrat ascertain present. SPEAKER counted the membcra present, and found that there was not a r|uorumi which fact heannounced to the House. Mr. DE.^N. I now move that there bo a call of the House. rlr. CARTTER. I demand the yeas and nays that motion, for in that way we can as well certain who a re absent. The yeas and rdercd The (jucsti.jn was then t ken, and the mo ion as decided in he ucgativ ,W nava 64 So tlie House refused to o r,!cr a c ill. The Journal of yceterd ay was then read and Mr. SEVMOUR, of Connecticut. I move that the rules be suspended, and that the House resolve iiaelf into a Committee of the Whole House on the private calendar. eaANTS TO nAlLUOADS. Mr. DEAN. I rise to a question of order. Pre- vious to the adjournment last eveninor, the gentle- man f,-,;m Wisconsin (Mr. Doty) moved tore- consider the vote by which the House refused to lay on the table the bill of the Senate (No. 131) l^rantin^ the right of way and a donation of the public land to the State of Wisconsin, for the pur- t>ose of locating and constructing certain rail- roads in that Slate, and the amendments thereto. The House immediately adjourned after the sub. mission of that motion, so that this question could not then be raised. My point is, that that, liho a motion to adjourn, cannot be reconddcred. The only motion lor the pentleman is, to again move to lay on the table. He cannot move the recon- sideration of a vote refusing to lay on the table. Mr. DOTY 1 would suggest whether it would not be time enough to raise the question of order after I have called up the motion to reconsider? The SPE.4KER. The gentleman from N. York has the right to call up the motion to reconsider. Mr. DEAN. Very well, then. I move, as I be- lieve it is in order, that that motion to reconsider be laid on the table. Mr. DOTY. How has the gentleman obtained possescicn of the floor .> The SPEAKER. The rule declares that any member may call up the question of reconsidera- lion . 1 he Chair decides that the motion to recon- sider was properly entered on yesterday evening. He also desires, in conformity with the decision and practice of my predecessor, and of my own at the last session, that it is in order to move to' reconsider; and that, if decided in the affirmative, that motion will bring the bill before the House for. action. It is not a debatable question, and the gen- tleman from Wisconsin, wlio made the motion, cannot speak on it. The Chair further decidea that the gentleman from New Yorfc or any other gentleman is entitled to the floor to call ihe motion up, and move that it be laid on (he table. Mr. LETCHER. I should like to hear how th-! motion is entered on the Journal. If my recollec- lion ho right, I submitted the motion to adjourn before the motion to reconsider. I would inquire, I hen. how the motion to reconsider was brought up? The SPEAKER. The practice has uniformly been, under the rules of the House, to allow ihe motion to reconsider to be entered on the Journal. Mr. DEAN. Before I yield the floor 300 THE SIGNAL : Cha deciding- ; Tbe SPEAKER. J qassiioii o; order. Mr. DOTY. I rcqi from Nnw York ehall Mr. DE.AN. I deir tbe table a.hall be cnte The SPEAKER The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Letches) submits that the motion to reron- eider could not be made yesterday evening and en- tered on the Journal, because there was a motion pending that the House adjourn. The Chair do t:idea that the motion could be entered. Mr. LETCHER. Not exactly that. I eay that the motiofi could not be niade for this reaeon: I was on the floor, and submitted the motion "that the House do now adjourn," and the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Dotv) could not taljeit from : House I The .SPEAKER. The question befo as a motion to adjourn. The moti then, that the gentleman [sidcr was entered, h could not be con ihiuseat. latall. So the right i.f a member undi that my motion to lay on I was saved upon the rne nide, and the rieht of the House to adjourn when it pleases gavcd'upoi other iken Mr. LETCHER, h it in ithit motion upon the table.' The SPEAKER. That m jhy the g-entle s in the beet n- IplEce, as the Chair thtnks, if the tabic whs g-ene- en ! roily cleared every day, as used tj be the case. c3 I The g-eiitleman from Wisconsin desires to prevent poinf* u;)on the Speaker's table to be acted u?- in UB place, lo bo laid by a Tjto upon the table, hanres of passage. That is order to move to lay ■ the argument upon that side. The argument upon the other side is, that it is ;ion is already made proper to reconsider any action of the House York, (Mr. Dean.) which they have taken, by which the hill is dia- DKAN. I call lor action upon the molion. I posed of temporarily or otherwiee. The Chair is Mr. JONES, of Tennessee. I wish to inquire of I inclined to think the latter is the oiore correct the Chair, if the question be put on laying- the mo- vii.w, and he is not disposed to change the prac- licn to recontider upon the table and tail, will it ! tice of his predecessor and hinisplf upon the 3ub- then be too late to appeal from the decision of the I ject. An appeal is taken from the decision of the Chair in this case.' | Chair. The SPEAKER. The Chair thinks it would be | Mr. AVERETT. i hope lo be indulged in a sin- ances. j too late, for the House will have entered upon the j gle remrirk. My point is that the proceeding- waa TbeSPEAKER. The gentleman could not de- [subject. ' not correctly entered on the Journal. The motion ■ -• . . . ..---» . jjj. jofjEs, I wish, before that question is to reconsider wa.s not announced by the Chair at ...i.._ , 1 r .!,-..,„:.:._ i '--6(and ' all. and the House had no notice of it. lo adjourn, and therefore was not j Mr. JONES. I wish, before that question itied to occupy the tioor after submitting hia | taken, to appeal from that decision. I undorstai Mr ibou act on it, us it is not a debatable question. .Mr. AVERETT. I rise to a privileged ques- tion. The Journal ought to represent the proceed- ings of the House correctly. If the Journal be as the report in the Globe, the motion of the gentle- man from Wisconsin precedes the molion of my colleague to adjourn. J was an eye and ear-wit- ness, and I state, as a mailer of fact, that the mo- tion to adjo.irn prccedetl the motion to reconsider. If the journal repre.'ents it otherv^ise, the journal represents what is not true. The SPEAKER. The Chair understood that no oljoction whatever waa made to Iho Kiolion to re- i (he Chair to say, that the I right is upon the side of the {York, (Mr. Dean,) ' hi of argument and i The SPEAKER. The entleman from New j nia has a ris^lu to move cs this molion, but' affecting thii decides the molion to reconsider to be in order, merely upon tbe ground that there was one pre- cedent for it during the last Congress. The then Speaker admitted lo me afterwards that he did not have confidence in that decision himself. I do not know of but one solitary precedent. The SPEAKER. The case referred lo by the gentleman from Tennessee will be read, if it be the pleasure of the House. It was a case precisely in point, however, decided by my immediate prede- cessor. An appeal was taken from his decision, and the House sustained his decision. j colleague (M Mr. STEPHENS, of Georgia. Will tha Chair j joura, it is In AVERETT. My objection to tha Journal is, that the motion of my collt-ague (Mr. Lktchee) (hat the House adjourn, preceded any action of tha House, or any motion of the member from Wis- consin, (Mr. Doty,) and this I wish to be entered upon the Journal. The SPEAKER. The Chair has no objection lo such an entry, because it does not affect hia deci- nsider, and that single tact was regarded by him i he in making up the Journal, as indicating the unani- The Clebk then read, as follows: moua consent of the House. That is the only rca- ".April 26,1850.— The House having reconsidered eon the Clerk gives for it. Be that as it may, the the vole by which it had refused to lay upon the Chair decides that the gentleman from Wisconsin 1 table the previous day the joint resolution of the bad the right, under the following rule, to have | House (No. 16) 'authorizing the President of the his intention to move, or the molion to reconsider, ; United Stales lo acceptand attach to the navy two entered on the Journal: j vessels offered by Henry Grinnell, etq ; of New ••63- When a motion has been once made, and I York, to be sent to the Arctic seas in search of Sir carried in the affirmative or negative, it shall be | John Franklin and his companions, in order for any member of the majority lo move j "The Spkaker then stated the question to be a reconsideration thereof on the same or succeed- ; upon the motion to lay the said joint resolution up- ingday; and such motion shall take precedence of i oi> the table, allolherquesiionsexcepta molion toadjourn," &c. i "Mr. Jonks raised the question of order, that the Mr. LETCHER. I desire to understand the ds- I House having, on yesterday, refused lo lay the cision of the t^'hair. joint resolution upon the table, and subsequently, TheSPEAKER. It the gentleman will permit Ion that day, tbe question being upon its engrose- the Chair to remark in that connexion, he does 1 ment, and his colleague (Mr. Savage) being en- not decide that the molion lo reconsider .may be I titled to the flcor, the House having gone into the considered in preference to the molion to adjourn, jCommittre of the Whole House on the state of Ihe but that a molion to adjourn could not deprive a; Union, the joint resolulion thereby passed from member from entering on the Journal a molion to j before the House, and look its place upon the reconsider wiihin the iwo prescribed days. ! Speaker's table, to be taken up in its order when Mr. LETCHER. So far as the mere matter of 'the House should proceed to the business on the fact about general consent is concerned, 1 insisted I Speaker's table, and, consequently, that the vole upon Ihe motion to adj' pose of culling off the gentlei TheSPEAKER. The Chair of general consent, and docs i upon it. His decioion ia a pi. that no motion to adjourn can fori uprcss pur dir just taken to reconsider the vote by which thi House refused to lay it upon the table, does not bring it from its place on the Speaker's table before the House. "The Speaker stated, that so far as he had an ipportunity of examining the precedents, it ap- off the right of a I pears that member to make a molion to reconsider a vote I consider has been passed in the affirmative, the within the time prescribed by the rule; and the ] question immediately recurred upon the question time allowed for that is two days. I reconsidered. He therefore decided that the af Mr. S.MART. That is a common sense rule. j firmalivc vole just taken on. the motion lo recon- adjourn jsider the vole by which the House refused lo lay the joint resolution upon the table brought the re- solution belore the House, and that the question pon the original motion to lay it upon Mr. LETCHER. Then the molion to Gould not preclude the molion to reconside TheSPEAKER. The moli.in lo reconsider could be entered not to be considered at the time, be- cause the motion lo adjourn took precedence of it. i the table The following is the note lo the 56th rule, which \ "Frorr the Clerk will read: : pealed; e "The practice, of late years, has been changed, [cision of BO as to allow the motion to reconsider to be made House? i at any moment wilhin the prescribed time. If thte molion be made when a dilferent subject is before the House, it is entered and remains until that sub J€Ct is disposed of, and then 'takes precedence of all other business except a molion lo adjourn.' When any final vole has been taken, and a mo j lion inade to reconsider, that motion may be laid ' on the tabic; i- "'-•-'• ^' ■ ■ liccof several the motion to reconsider had not beei is correct; as, if the House wished rcla ter, it would agree lo the motion lo reconsider, stead of laying it on the table. Mulions to rec eider should be promptly acted on, otherwise i in the power of a single member-(voting on strong side against his Sfniimenis, solely for purpose of placing himself in this decision of the Chair Mr. Jones ap. nd the question being put, -Shall the de- Ihe Chair stand as ihe judgment of the t was decided in Ihe affirraaiive. "So the decision of the Chair was Mr. STUART. I only wish lo £ stand that case correctly. I do n point was made that it was not ir lo reconsider the vote by f 1 under- do not see thai the 30t in order to move h the House refuser reconsioer, mat motion maybe laid order made in tl in which case, according to the prac- be put after the I years pasi , tbe vole stands as though carried. that upon the table. The point of This The the I which The SPEAKER acquiesced in, and the ; feci of the motion lo rec the same principle prec gumenl upon the other sion, is simply this : 'I conein, (.Mr. Doty,) by he dissatisfied with thi ly upon the to reconsider had bee molion lo reconsider wa ppeal taken from the el insider The Chair think favor of the dec: leman from Wis ion, is supposed I en upon the mc the reason that vote gi bie, fa, his bill to the Speaker's table, where it will to give STANLY. The genlleman from Virginia ■cording 10 iny recollection. His Letcher) made the motion to ad- but there is no proof that the gen- sin the chair, (Mr. Mason)— the Speaker himself not-being there— heard that mo- tion, or recogniccd il; and, if the gentleman from Virginia was trying to get the floor to make the motion, Ihe genlleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Dotv) made his motion to reconsider, and waa re- cognised by the Chair. I watched Ihe whole pro- ceeding, and 1 knew v/hat the gentleman was about. The Chiir received the motion to recon- sider, and then entertained the molion to adjourn. TheSPEAKER. The question is upon correct- ing the Journal. Will the gentleman fropi Vir- ginia (Mr. Avebett) inform us whether his proposition is lo change the Journal so that the motion to adjourn shall appear before the motion to reconsider.' Mr. AVERETT. I desire the fjcl shall bo slated that my colleague made the molion lo ad- journ, and then it will be for the House to decide whether they will have this other mo'ion to recon- sider. 1 want the Journal lo tell the plain truth. It does not now, lor il represents the ,?entleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Dotv) aa msldng the mo- tion to reconsider before my colleague (Mr. Letcher) moved the adjournment. In this the Journal is not correct, in point of fact; and 1 ven- ture to eay that not a dozen of Iho members pre- sent knew that the molion to reconsider was entered atall. The SPEAKER. Thegenlleman from Virginia, then, desires that the motion lo adjourn shall pre- cede the motion to reconsider. Mr. RICHARDSON. We do not know whallhe facts are in relation to that matter. Is it in the re- collection of the Speaker — ihe preriii^ingotEcer of the House— that the motion lo adjourn preceded the molion to reconsider.' The SPEAKER. During the pendency of the motion made to adjourn as ihe Chair understands, the gentleman from Wisconsin immediately arose and moved lo have his motion lo reconsider enter- ed upon Ihe Journal. Mr. RICHARDSON. Precedinff the motion to The SPEAKER. Succeeding the motion to ad- Mr. MASON. I was temporarily occupying the chair. The genlleman from Virginia (Mr. Letchek) arose in his plice, :iCcording lo my collection, and moved that ihe I' JMr. SWEETSER. I ohjct Il is a question of fact, .tnd this ia not Ihe way to arrive at it. The SPEAKER. It is a debatable question. There is a motion made lo amend the Journal, and therefore il is debatable-. Mr. MASON. Before the Chair put the motion to adjourn, the genlleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Dotv) rose and stated thai he had a privileged molion to make, that he wished to give notice of his intention to reconsfder Ihe vole en a certain bill. 1 1 was not announced distinctly that he mov- ed a reconsideration, but he elated that he wanted THE SIGNAL 301 prcce- The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Wiscon- Bin sent to the Choir a. paper in wrifiiif^. Mr. MASON. He sent lip a pnpcr in writin;?, and it was adjudged by the Chair to be a moiion, and hedirccttd ihe Clerk to enter it accordingly. There was some coniusion in Ihe House, but no pariicular objpction to the entry of the motion. Mr. RICHARDSON. Did the moiion of the gentle- man from Wisconsin (Mr. Doty) succeed the mo. tion of ihegenileman from Virginia (Mr. Lbtch- bb) to adjourn.' Mr. MASON. I think it did. The gentleman from Wisconsin seemed to be struggling for the fluor. but I observed the gentleman (rom Virainia on the floor first, and was about proceedingjo put the question to adjourn; when the gentleman from Wisconsin stated that he had a privileged question. He gave his notice, sent up his resolution, and it was entered, no person saying that he objected to it. I then put the moiion to adjourn, and the House adjourned. Mr. DEAN, Will the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. M,»eoN) answer me one question: Was that paper read (o the House at all ? Mr. MASON. It was not read. Mr. DEAN. How, then, could ihe House con- sent that it he entered.' We knew nothing about it Mr MASON. The gentleman from Wisconein claimed the right, and the Chair decided that he had the risht lo make the eotrv upon the Journal The SPEAKER. The Chair'bega to call the at- tion of the House to the following role: "when a motion has been once made and car- ried in the afBrmative or negative, it shall be in order for any member of (he majority to move for the reconsideration tliereof on the same or suc- ceeding day, and such motion shall ti dencc of all other questions, except a adjourn." Mr. RICHARDSON. A motion to adjourn pre- ceded it, according lo the statement of the gentle- man from Kentucky, (Mr. Mason.) Mr. MAbON. I suppose, technically, it hardly did. I was about to put his moiion to adjourn, when the gentleman from Wiacoosin (Mr. Doty) stated that he had a privileged question. I had not responded to him, and then I recognised Ihe gentleman Irom Wisconsin, who had liis motion entered. I decided that he had a clear right to have it entered. Mr. RICHAKDSON. Will Ihe gentleman from Kentucky answer me a single question : Did Ihe gentleman from Viiginia, after the notice of the gentleman from Wisconsin, move again to ad- journ, or did the Chair act upon the previous mo- tion ? Mr. MASON. It was a pr gentleman from Virginia (.M on having his motion to adjourn put. Mr. DisNEV obtained the lioor. Mr. DISNEV. 1 have only a word or two to say v.jth reference to the difficulty that has sprung up here this morning. Now, whether or not the mo- tion of the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Lktch- ed) to adjourn was entertained by the Chair prior lo the motion of the gentleman from Wisconsin, (Mr. Doty.) is a question between the gentleman from Virginia and the Presiding Officer at the time. But it is perfectly immaterial. The Chair did not put the motion to adjourn to the House, and therefore it was not pending when the motion of the gentleman from Wisconsin was made. Ac- cording to the parliamentary law, a moiion is not in the possessio.i of Ihe House until ills stated from the Chair and put to the House. Mr RICHARDSON. 1 do not understand the proposition to be as the gentleman from Ohio has stated it. When Ihe gentleman from Wisconsin obtained the floor, as I understand it, and made his moiion, it was not announced by Ihe then Pre- siding Officer. II I am wrong in this statement, thegenUemau from Kentucky, (Mr. Mason,) who occupied the chair, can correct me. The only motion that was in the posseeeion of the House by being announced from the Chair, was the motior to adjourn. I understand, from the statement qf the gentleman from Kentucky himself, that the gentleman from Wisconsin rose to give notice of his intention lo move a reconsideration, and thai he sent a paper to the Chair, but that the paper was not read, nor was the motion to reconsider announced by the Presiding Officer. Am I cor- Mr. MASON. The gentleman from Wisconsin announced his intention to move a reconsideration, and Bent up a paper. I-did not know what it was. Mr. RICHARDSON. The statement of the gen tleman from Kentocky, who was occupying the chair at the time, places this matter precisely in position which 1 supposed it lo occupy. The ■ ' ' ■■ I the time was that I jave notice that he iisidcr. Am iicmbcr of Ihe House , because there was nothing The only qucBiion be- tended lo move to r< that? Mr. MASON Yea. Mr. RICHARDSON, bjectcd to that m upon which they ( fore the House upon which they could was the motion to adjourn. The House was not put in possession of such a motion as they could object to; and so far as the ground of the gentle- man from Ohio is concerned, it is applicable, not upon the side which he applies it to, but upon the other side; for there was no announcement by the Chair that could put the House in posseusion of the fact that 1 There was no ri Chair, and Ihe < nounccd from Mr. McLANAHAN. What is t before Ihe House? The SPEAKER. The propositi; amend the Mr. McLANAHAN. Would it not he in order to move lo lay Ihe whole subject upon the tablei' Mr. STUART. If that motion prevailed it would carry the Journal to the table. The SPEAKER. That would be the ellect of it. Mr. McLANAHAN. Then I move the previous question. A Voice. That is right. You are a public be- nefactor. The previous question received a second, and the main question was ordered to be now put. The question was then put upon Mr. Avesett's motion to amend the Journal, and it was not The question recurred on the appeal from the decision of the Chair, viz: •'Shall the decision of the Chair stand as Ihe judgment of the Houst.'" Mr. SEYMOUR, of New York. I move that the appeal be laid upon the table. Mr. GORMAN. Who appealed.' .Mr. JONES, of Tennessee. I did; and, as the question is a very imporfant one, I hope we shall have a direct vole on the appeal. Mr. SWEETSER. I call the gentleman from Tennessee to order. The SPEAK tR. Discussion is not in order. Mr. JONES. I know the appeal is not debata- ble, and 1 only wish [Loud cries of "Order!"] iMr. STEVEN3, of Pennsylvania. I ask the Speaker to state what his decision is from which the appeal is taken. The SPEAKEF.. The gentleman from Wiscon- sin (Mr. Doty) on yesterday submitted a motion to reconsider Ihe vote by which the House refused, on the day before, to lay the Wisconsin Land bill upon the table. Under the decision of the Chair, and by force of the rules of the House, that bill— no order having been taken upon it by the House- went to the Speaker's table. The right of the gen- tleman from Wisconsin to submit the motion to reconsider is disputed by the gentleman from Ten- nessee, (Mr. Jones.) The Chair decides that the gentleman from Wisconsin hoa a right lo move to reconsider, and that the effect of that motion, if it prevails, will be to bring the bill again before the House. From this decision the gentleman from Tennessee appeals. Mr. JONES. Have I a right to state the grounds of my appeal.' [Crits of "Order!"] The SPEAKER. Tl done it with great c Mr. JONES. I do not wish to argue the qi the jenlleman from fhe Chair thought had le SPEAKER. The gentle the gr - ■ ■ight to Mr. JONES. Upon the day before yesterday a moiion was made lo lay Ihe Wisconsin Land bill upon the table. That motion failed. Wc then pro- gressed with the consideration of the bill, and the House adjourned without taking action upon it. The bill) under the rules of the House, went into a certain class of business upon the Speaker's la hie. The Chair so decided yesterday, and the House acquiesced in the decision. Last evening the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Doty) moved to reconsider the vote by which the House refused to lay his bill upon the table. The Chair decided that he did make that motion. The gentleman from New York (Mr. Dean) this morning raises a question of order that the gentleman Irom Wis- consin had no right to make such a motion; that the bill was not disposed of by the vole which ho moves to reconsider, that it did not {.ass from be- fore the House by that vote, but that it passed from before Ihi House by the operation of the rules, and that consequently that vote cannot be reconsidered. The Chair decides, tts I understand it, that the motion can bo made, not because ho is satiBfied that it Is right in iloilf, hot because there has been a precedent that way. From that decision I appeal, onri ask the yeas and noya on the moiion lo lay ihe appeal upon the table Mr. RICHARDSON. I call lor tellers on tho yeas and n:.ye. Tellers were ordered; and Messrs. Stivems, of Pennsylvania, and Harsu, of TcnneBtec, were appointed. The House was then divided on ordering Ihe yeas and nays, and the tellers reported 31 In tho affirmative. So the yeas and nays were ordered. Mr. STANTON, of Ohio. Has tho morning tur expired.' ThoSI'EAKER. There has been no morning tur, and there will be none to-day. Mr. STANLY. I ask Ihe Chair before the ques- )n is put if he will slate Ihe point of order for mecll' Tho gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Jones) has made his argument upon it. le SPEAKER. The Chair requests that the decision of his immediate predecessor may bo [gain read. Il fully explains the proposition be- fore the body. ""le Clerk again read the extract from the Jour- which will bef ound above, r. STANLY. That, I understand, is the d«- n of Speaker Cobb, from which the gentleman from Tennc'see (Mr. JoNos) appealed. The SPEAKER. It ia, and in accordance with that precedent, the present occupant of the chair Jed a similar proposiiion in a similar way at the last sesfiion. He adheres to that decision. Mr. STaNLY. Well, the Speaker is right. The question was then taken upon Air Sey. MOua's motion; and it was decided in Ihc affirma- tjve-yeaa 109, nays 57— as follows: YEAS.— Messrs. Charles Allen, Willis Allen, Allison, William Applcton, Babcock, Barrere, Bell, Bennett, Bibighaus, Bowie, Bowne, Bragg. Brenton, Briggs, Brooks, Albert G. Brown, Bur- rows, Busby, Caldwell, Lewis D. Campbell, Chan- dler, Chapman, Clark, Clemens, Conger, Coitinan, Cullom, Darby, George T. Davis, John G. Davis, Disney, Dockery, Doty, Duncan, Durkce, East- man, Edgcrlon, Evans, Fay, Freeman, Henry M. Fuller, Gamble, Gentry, Giddings, Gondeuow. Grey, Harper, Haven, Hend.icks, Henn, Horsford, John W Howe, Thomas M. Howe, Ives, Andrew Johnson, James Johnson, George G. Kin*', Lan- dry, Little. Mace, Martin, Mason, McNair, Mea. cham, Miller, Miner, Henry D. Moore, John Moore, Morrison, Nabere. Newton, Outlaw, An- drew Parker, Samuel VV. Parker, Penniman, Perkins, Porter, Riddle, Robie, Robinson, Sabine, Sackctt, Schoolcraft, Sthoonmakcr, Scurry, David L. Seymour. Origcn S. Seymour, Smart, Smith, Snow, Stanly, Benjamin Stanton, Abraham P, .Stephens, Thaddeus Stevens, St. Mirtin, Stratton, Sweetser, Thurston, Toombs, Tuck, Venable, Ward, Washburn, Watkins, Welch, Wilcox, WiU liams. Woodward, and Yates- 109. NAYS.— Messrs. Ashe, Averett, David J. Bai- ley, Beale, Bocock, Joseph Cable. Thompson Campbell, Caskic, Chaslain, Churchwell, Cling, man, Cobb, Colcock, Curtis, Dawson, Dean, Dim- mick, Faulkner, Florence, Floyd, Thomas J. D. Fuller, Gaylord,Gilmore. Gorman, Grow, Hall. Hamilton, Isham G. Harris, Sampson W. Harris. Hibbard. HoUaday, Houston, Jackson, Jenkins. John Johnson, George W. Jones, J. Glancy Jones, Kuriz, Letcher, Lockhart, McLanahan, McQueen, Meade, Millaon, Molony, Murphy, Murray, Olds, Peaslee, Penn, Powell, Richardson, Ross, Russell, Skellon,Stuarl, Wallace, and Wildrick— 57. So the appeal was laid upon the table, and the decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of tho House. The question recurred upon the motion to lay upon the lable the motion to reconsider the vois by which the House refused to lay the Wisconsin Railroad bill upon the table. iMr. CARTTER. I call for the yeas and nays on that mjlion. The yeas and nays were ordered. Mr. STANLY. I wish to ask what bill we are now voting upon.' My object is, if possible, to pre- vent the delay of the public business by this strug- gle for railroad bills. If I am right, the bill upon which we are now called to vote, stands upon the calendar at the head of bills from the Senate upon the Speaker's table, on their first ahd second read- ing. It is followed by a long list of other railroad bills of a like character. I hope, therefore, that the House will make this a test question, and that we shall have no more struggles about railroad bills. Mr. JONES, of Tennessee. Are these remarks ia order ? The SPEAKER. Discussion is not in order. Mr. HENDRICKS. I wish to make an t.nquiry 302 THE SIGNAL. of the Chair. I understand, that if the vote by which theHouae refused to lay Ihe bill upsn the table is reconsidered, the bill is before the fJouse. But if the House reluse to reconsider, ia the bill then before ihe House ? The SPEAKER. The motion to reconiider brings the bill absolutely before the House. Mf. STANLY. 1 would ask Ihe Chair to stale what the bill is upon which we are now volin§r. i TheSPEAKER. It is a bill granting the right by an express of wo.y and alternate sections of tlie public lands to i precedence of the State of Wisconsin, for ihe construction o; Mr. STANLY. Is the amendment ofthc gentle man from New York (Mr. Besnbtt) now pending: The SPEAKER. Every thing connected with the bill will be l.rougbl before the body. Mr. STANLY. I>reci3ely so. Now we under- stand what wc are voting upon. The question was then taken upon Mr. Dean's motion to lay the motion to reconsider upon the toble, and it waadecided in t'le negative— veas 82, nays 9l-a3 follows: YEAS —Messrs. Abercrombie, Allison, John Ap- plcton, Wm. Appleton, Averett, David J. Bailey, Bartletl, Beale, Bocock, Bragg, Busby, Joseph Cable, Thoropson Campbell, Carller, Caskie, Chaslain, Churchwell, Clemens, Cobb, Colcock, Daniel, Dawson, Dean, Dockery, Faulkner, Flor- ence, Flayd, Thomas J. D. Fuller. Gamble, Gay- lord, Giddings, Gilmore, Gorman, Grow, Hall, Hamilton, lanam G. Harris, Sampson W. Harris, Hendricks, Hibbard, Holladay, Houston, Howard, Ives, Jackson, Jenkins, Andrew Johnson, John Johnson, George W. Jones, J. Glancy Jones, Kurtz, Letcher, Lockhart, Mason, McLanahan, McMullen, McNair, McQueen, Meade, Millson, Molony, Murphy, Murray, Olds, Samuel W. Par- ker, Peaslee. Phelps, Powell, Richardson, Robie, Robinson, Ross, Russell, Savage, David L. Sey- mour, Skelton, Smith, Benjamin Stan ton, Straltou, Sutherland, Sweetser, Wallace, Wildrick, and Woodward — 82. NAYS.— Messrs. Charles Allen, Willis Allen, Barrere, Bell, Bennett, Bibighaus, Bowie, Bowne, Brenton, Briggs, Brooks, Albert G. Brown, Bur- rows, Caldwell, Lewis D. Campbell, Chandler, Chapman, Clingman, Conger, Cotlman, Cullom, Darby, George T. Davis, Doty, Duncan, Durkce, Eastman, Edgerton, Evans, Fay, Freeman, Henry M. Fuller, Gentry, Goodenow, Grey, Hascall, Ha- ven, Henn, Horslord, John W. Howe, Thomas M. Howe, James Johnson, Robert W. Johnson, George G.King, Landry, Little, Mace, Martin, McDon- ald, Meacham, iVliller, Miner, Henry D. Moore, John Moore, Morehead, Morrison, Nnbcrs, New- ton, Outlaw, Andrew Parker, Penn, Pcnniman, Perkins, Porter, Preston, Price, Riddle, Sabine, Sackett, Schoolcraft. Schoonmakcr, Smart, Snow, Stanly, Frederick P. Stanton, Abr'm P. Stephens, Alexander H. Stephens, Thaddeus Stevens, St. Martin, Thurston, Toombs, Tuck, Venablc, Ward, Washburn, Watkins, Welsh, Wilcox, Williams, and Yates-9l. The quest: reconsider. Mr. STANTON, of Ohio. Is it in orti move to go into a Committee of the Whi private calendar? The SPEAKER. The Chair thinks it TheSPEAKER. That is still another question of order. Mr. JONES, of Tennessee. I desire to submit a point, which I Ihink will decide this question. Suppose this motion to reconsider were not before the House, and a motion was made to go into the Committee ofthc Whole on tbestaleof the Union, could not any gentleman call up this motion to reconsider ? And when that motion is called up, of Ihe House, it must take ■ motion except that to ad- The SPEAKER. Another rule provides that it shall be in order, at any time, to move to go into the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Now, if it be the pleasure of the House to hear any decision, the Chair will decide Ihe which now arises. When the motion to recons'der was callcil up by the gentleman from New York (Mr, Dean) another gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Seymouh) was upon Ihe floor, and had sub- jnitted the motion that the House resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House upon Ihe private calendar. That is, however, not a debatable ques- tion, and Ihe gentleman from Co.ineclicui could not retain the floor. It would have teen in order for the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Houston) then, or atany time after the gentUman from New York had called up the motion to reconsider, to have risen in his place and moved to suspend the rules, and go into the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union; but the motion made by the gentleman from Connecticut to go into a Commit- tee of the Whole House on the private calendar — this being private bill day — would have taken pre- cedence. The effect of the motion of the gentle- man from Alabama, therefore, if the decision ot the Chair bo correct, would be to bring the House to a vote upon the motion of the gentleman from Connecticut to go into a Committee of the Whole House. The Chair, therefore, decides that the ques- tion now is upon the motion of the gentlemanfrom Connecticut. j Mr. HOUSTON. I will withdraw the motion to i go into the Committee of the Whole on the state of i the Union, for Ihe purpose of allowing the ques- tion to be taken upon the motion to reconsider the purpose of having that matter disposed ol. Thequeslion then again recurred upon the Giddings, Gilmore, Gorman, Grow, Hell, Hamil- ton, Isham G. Harris, Hendricks, Hibbard, Holla- day, Houston, Howard, Ives, Jackson, Jenkins, Andrew Johnson, John Johnson, George W. Jones, J Glancy Jones, Letcher, Lockhart, Mason, Mc- Lanahan , McMullen, McNcir. McQueen, Meade, Millson, Molony, Murphy, Murray, Olds, Orr, S,->mucl W^. Parker, Peaslee, Phelps, Polk, Pow- ell, Robie, Robinson, Ross, Russell, Savage, David L. Seymour, Skelton, Smith, Straiton, Suther- land, Sweetser, Wallace, Welch, Wildrick, atid Woodward-80. So the motion to reconsider was agreed to. [Pending the call of the roll, Mr. Stanton, of Ohio, when his name was called, stated that he had paired otfwith Mr. Landev. Mr. IsoEKSoiL alaoslated that he had paired off ] The question then recurring upon laving the bill upon the table- Mr. HOUSTON. I move that the rules he sus- pended, and that the House resolve itself into tha Committee of Ihe Whole on the slate of the Union. Mr. SACKETT. Is it i I of the Whole en the private ca- to a Commi lenda TheSPEAKER. That motion is already pending. I hope the gentle- recurred upon the motion to i ""^ P''<^'='^'= "" Mr. JONES, of Tennessee. Upon that motion I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. Mr. STAN f ON, of Ohio. I renew the motion that Ihe rules be suspended, aiid that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole o^ the state of the Union. TheSPEAKER. That motion will take prece- dence of the motion called up by Ihe gentleman from New Vork, but can only be reached in the form stated by the Chair a few minutes ago, by first putting the question on the motion of the gen tleman from Connecticut to go into a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. STANTON. I will withdraw the motion. Mr. STANLY. I ask the Chair to slate what is jpon which a re about not TheSPEAKER the gentleman from reconsider the vote by which the House refused to lay upon the table the Wisconsin Railroad bill. The question was then taken, and resulted — yeas SO, nays 80— as follows: YEAS.— Mess.-s. Abercrombie, Charles Allen, Willis Allen, William Appleton, Barrere, Bell, Bennett, Bibighaus, Bowie, Bowne, Brenton, Briggs, Brooks, Albert G. Brown, Burrows, Cald- well, Lewis D. Campbell, Chandler, Chapman, Clingman, Conger, Cotlman, Cullom, Darby, Geo. T Davis, Disney, Dockery, Doty, Duncan, Dur- kee, Eastman, Edgerton, Evans, Fay, Fr man, Henry M. Fuller, Gentry, Goodent Grey, Harper, Hascall, Haven, Henn, Horslord! John W. Howe, Thomas M. Howe, James John son, George G. King, Little, Mace, Martin, Mea cham. Miller, Miner, Henry D. Moore, Jno. Moore Morehead, Nabere, Newton, Outlaw, Andn w Par „. . u 1 I . . u u - I ^^''' Penn, Penniman, Perkins, Porter, Preston, Chair, we had better not change that practice, if Riddle, Sackett, Schoonmaker, Scurry, Smart we do not mtend to get into inextricable confu Snow, Stanly, Frederick P. Stanton, Richard H. ""m cpviiniii. r r, ,- , . - I Sianton, Abraham P. Stephens, Alexander H. Mr. SEYMOUR, of Connecticut. I nee to a, Stcphens,Thaddeu8SlevenB, St. Martin, Thurston, question of order. I submit to the Chair that I ob- ] Toombs, Tuck, Venable. Ward, Washburn, Wat- tained the lloor for the purpose of moving to go i kins, Wilcox, Williami and Yates— S6 into a Committee of the Whole Houseon ihe private I NAYS.-Messrs. Allison, John Appleton, Ashe, calendar when the floor was taken from me by Averett, David J. Bailey, Beale, Bocock, Brase. the privileged motion to reconsider. I ask now if Busby, Joseph Cable, Thompson Campbell, CarT- the floor can be taken from me for the purpose of ter. Caskie, Chaslain, Churchwell, Clemens, Cobb, og to go into the Committee of the Whole on Colcock, Dawsoa, Dean, Dimmick, Edmundson, I Florence, Thomas J. D. Fuller, Gmublc, Gaylord,' Mr. HOUSTON, la it in order for me to move that the roles be suspended, and that the House resolve itself into Ihe Committee of the Whole on tbestaleof the Union? The SPEAKER. The Chair thinks that motion would be in order. Mr. STUART. I think the Chair is mistaken. The rules provide that a motion to reconsider shall take precedence of any other motion, except the motion to adjourn. The SPEAKER There is also another rule which provides that it shall be in order, at any time, to move to suspend the rules to go into the Committee of the Whole on the elate of the Union The uniform practice of the House has been to en- tertain that metion, and, in the opinion of the the state of the Union ? STEPHENS, of G man frvtn Alabe.ma will w and allow us to dispose of this business at once Mr. HOUSTON. I desire very n.uch to go into IheCommiitee of the Whole on Ihe state- of ti.e Union, and dispose of the Army bill to day. Mr. STEPHENS. I would suggest to the gen- tleman from Alabama that if he wishes the Bouse to unite with him in facilitating the public buai. ness, he must nSt run counter to the declared wil of the majority. Mr. HOUSTON. I do cot desire at any time to run counter to Ihe sentiment of the House, and re- gret that I am ever compelled to do so in the dis- charge of my duty. But from the order of busi- ness as marked out by the resolution of Ihe House, if the Army bill is not passed to-day, it will not bo passed until week after next, and then how much time have you to consider the Civil and Diplomatic and all the other appropriation bills? Mr. LETCHER. Is this question debaiable ' TheSPEAKER. It is not. Mr. LETCHER. Then I insist upon the enforce ment of the rule. Mr. STANTON. I move to go into a Commit- tee of the Whole on Ihe private calendar The SPEAKER. That motion is already pend- Sir. HOUSTON. If that motion is pendins, I will withdraw mine to go into the Committee of the Whole on the stale of the Union . Mr. STANTON, of Ohio. I renew the motion that the rules be suspended, and that the Houss resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole on Ihe state of the Union, and ask a vote upon the motion submitted by the gentleman fom Connec- ticut, (Mr. Sbysiour,) to go into a Committee of the Whole on the private calendar. I believe that motion takes precedence. Mr. SACKETT. I desire to inquire of Ihe Chair if this motion to go into a Committee of the Whole 11 be the It is the motion called up by ?" ^.f P"}'^!,'' calendar prevails, what will 1 1 New Ynrb /Mr T)ri^\ ,->' I condition of the bill now before the House? . lZZy.\°j}J^/: Pj.t'll ?! The SPEAKER. The Chair will decid( Mr Chair will decide that an when it comes op SACKETT. I ask the gentleman from Ohio to allon the bill. ".'ul-'-'Yes!" "Yes!"] I do not withdraw the motion. g upon the motion that nlG a Committee of the to move to [Cries of "No!" Mr. STANTON, The question now b( the House resolve ilacl Whole Houfe- Mr. STEVENS, of Pennsylvania, demanded tellers, which were ordered; and Messrs. Sev- MOUR, of New York, and Smith were appointed. The question was put, and the tellers reported- ayes 78, noes not counted. Mr. STANLY. This question involves the fate of the bill. I ask the yeas and nays. The yeas and navs were ordered. Mr. STANTON, of Ohio. I withdraw the rao. tion to go into the Committee of Ihe Whole on the stale of the Union, in order to afford an opportu- nity to move to recommit this bill. Mr. DEAN. I move that the House do now ad- ^"m?" SACKETT. The SPEAKER, made. SACKETT. I submitted the motion to before the motion to adjourn was made, therefore ask that my motion shall be entered upon the Journal. Mr. JONES, of Tennessee. There are ivro mo- THE SIGNAL, 303 tions pending in relation to this bill, either of which would preclude the motion to recommit from being made, aside from the motion to nd- journ. One ie lor the previous queetion, and the other is to lay the bill upon the table. The SPEAKER. The erentlcman from TcnncB- eee ia correct. Either of these motions would pre- clude the motion to recommit Irom being made. Mr. DEAN. I insist upon my motion to adjourn. Mr. DOTY. Upon that motion 1 demand the ycaiiand nays • The yeas and noys w-ere ordered; and being taken, the result was— yeas 61, nays 104— as fol- YEAS.— Messrs Abercrombie, Allison. John Ap pleton, Averctt, Heale, Bragg, Busby, Joseph Ca- ble, Thompson Campbell, 'Cartter, Chastaiu, Cul- iora, Dawson. Dean, Dimmicb, Edmundson, Flo- rence. Floyd, Thomas J. D. Fuller, Gamble, Gay- lord, Giddings, Gorman, Grow, Hall, Hamilton, Ishacn G. Harris, Sampson W. Harris, Hibbard, Jenkins, Andrew Johnson, John Johnson, George W. Jones, J. Glar.cy Jones, Letcher, Mason, Mc- Lanahan, McNair, McQueen, Millson, Molony, Morrison, Murphy, Olds, Samuel W. Parker, Peaslee, Richardson, Robie. Robinson, Ross, Sa- vage, David L. .Seymour, Skelton, Alexander H. Stephen?, St. Martin, Stratton. Sutherland, Sweot- ser. Wallace, and Wildrick-61. NAY'S.— Messrs. Willis Allen, Sabcock, David J. Bailey, Barrere, Bartlctt, Bell, Bennett, Bibig haua. Bowie, Bowne, Brenton, Briggs, Brooks, Albert G. Brown, Burrows, Caldwell, Lewia D. Campbell, Chandler, Chapman, Churchwell, Cle- mens, Clingman, Cobb, Conger, Coltman, Curtis, Darby, George T. Davis, John G. Davis, Disney, Doty, Duncan, Durkee, Eastman, Evans. Faulk- ner, Fay, Freeman. Henry M. Fuller, Gentry, Gilmore, Goodenow, Grey, Harper, Haecall. Ha- ven, Hendricks. Henn. Horsford, Houston, John W. Howe, Thomas M. Howe, Ingeraoll, Ives, Jack- son. James Johnson. Robert W. Johnson. George G. King, Little, Mace, Marshall. Martin. Mea- cham. Miller. Miner. Henry D. Moore, J. Moore, Morehead, Nabers, Outlaw, And'w Parker, Penn, Penniman, Perkins, Porter, Preston, Price, Riddle, Sabine, Sackcit, Schermerhorn, Srhoonmaker, Scurry, Origen S. Seymour, Smart. Smith. Snow, Stanly, Frederick P. Stanton, Abraham P. St. phens, Thaddeus Stevens, Thurston, Toomb Tuck, Venable, Ward, Washburn, Watkin Welch, Wilcox, Williams, and Woodward— 104 So the House refused to adjourn. Mr. STANLY. I desire to know what becomes of the motion submitted by the gentleman from New Y'oik (Mr. Sackett) to recommit.' The SPEAKER. The Chnir decided that that motion could noi be entered, because of the mi pending to lay the bill upon the table. The question was then put upon the motion I into aCommiilee of the Whole House, and upon a division there were— ayee 70, noes 71. Mr. LETCHER. 1 demand the yeas and nays. The yeas ami nays were ordered. Mr. McMULLEN. I move that the House d. now adjourn. Mr. BROOKS. Upon that motion I demand th yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered; and being taken, the result was— yeas 77, nays 84— as follows; YEAS.— Messrs. Abercrombie. Willis Allen. Al- lison, John Appleton, Ashe, Averett, David J, Bailey, Bcale, Bragg, Busby, Joseph Cable Tnompson Campleil, Cartter, Caskie. Chastain, Clemens, Clingman, Cullom, John G. Davis, Daw- son, Dean, Dimmick, Disney. Florence, Floyd, Thomas J D. Fuller, Gamble, Gaylord. Giddings, Gilmore, Gorman, Grow, Hill. Hamilton. Mmm G. Harris, Sampson W. Harris, Hendricks, Hib bard.Holladay, Ingersoll, Jacksoi:, Jenkins. An drew Johnson, John J.ihnson, George W. Jones, J. Glancy Jones, I^..tcher, Lockbart, Mason, Mo LanDhan,McMullen,McNair. McQueen, Meade, MillsOD, Moloi.y, Morrison, Murphy, Murray, Orr, Samuel W. Parker, Peaslee. Phelps. Powell. Ro ble. Ross, Russell, Savage, Skelton, Smitb, Abra- ham P. Stephens, St. Martin. Stratton. Sutherland, Wallace, Wildriik, and Woodward— 77. NAYS— Messrs- Charles Allen, William Apple- Ion, Barrere, Bell, Bennett, Bibigbaus, Bowie Bowne. Brenton, Briggs. Brooks, Albert G Brown. Burrows. Caldwell. Lewis D Campbell, Chandler. Chapman. Churchwell, Cobb, Conger, Darby, George T. Davis, Dockery. Doty. Duncan Durkee, Eaitiman, Edgerion, Evans, Faulkner Fay,Ficklin, Freeman, Henry M. Fuller. Goode now. Grey, Harper, H.iscall, Haven, Hebard, Henn Horsford, Houston, John W. Howe, Thomas M Howe, Ives, Robert W. Johnson, George G. King Little, Mace, Marehall, Martin, Meacham, Miller Miner, Joho Moore, Morehead, Nabers, Outlaw Andrew Parker, Penn, Penniman. Perkins, Por- ter, Preston, Price, Rirldle, Sabine, Sackett, Sober- merhorn, Schoolcraft, Srhoonmaker, Scurry, Ori- gen S. Siymour, Snow, Stanly, Thurston. Toombs, ■I'uck, Venable, Ward, Washburn, Watkins, Welch, Wilcox, and Yales-84. So the House refused to ndjourn. Before the result of the vote was announced— Mr. POLK rfmarkcd : I have not failed during the session to vote upon a motion to adjourn, and I ask the unanimous consent of the House to re- cord my vote upon this motion, as I was without the bar wtjen my name was called. , t 'i- a'i Toe SPEAKER. That can only bo done by I »?"• J':''*"'/. And unannnous consent. GeorgcW. Jont;_a_. J Objection was made, and bia name was not re- corded. Mr. SACKETT. Is a motion for the prcvioui question in order.' The SPEAKER. A call for the previous quee vns then taken on the motion to xi\« decided in the negative— yean 'ullowa: r«. Abercrombie, Willis Allen, AI- Applclcn, Aahc, Averctt, Bcalo, Busby, bill, and a motion was made to lay the bill upon the table, which the House refused to do. That vote has been reconsidered, and the question is,! {?' Shall the bill be laid upon the table? Pending that, I " a motion is made to go into a Committee of the Whole House upon tne private calendar. Upon that motion the yeas and nays have been ordered, and the motion is now pending. Mr. JONES, of Tennessee. There are several private bills which have been reported from a Com- mittee ot the Whole House [Cries of "Order!" "Order!" "Order!"J Mr. JONES. Never mind, gentlemen; I am in order. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Tennes- see is upon the tloor to a point of order, and has a right to slate it. Mr. JONES. I wish to know if a motion to take op those bill?, this being private bill day, would not take precedence of a motion to go into a Com- tteeof the Whole.' TheS.PEiKER. Thecot would have been the busin the House were not restr brought up by sideration of those bills :s8 before the House, if lined by the business to reconsider; but for been the duty of the Speaker this morning to have ordered those bills to be re- ported, though it was in order then to go into a Committee ot the Whole House upon the private Mr. JONES. I call for the regular order of business. The SPEAKER. It is the motion to go into a Committee of the Whole House upon the private calendar. Mr. JONES. Does not the other motion take precedence? The SPEAKER. Not in the opinion of the Chair. It would be the duly of the Chair, if the way were not blocked up, to go to the bills which have been reported from a Committee of 1 he W hole House. Upon the motion to go into a Committee of the Whole House the yeas and nays have been Mr. GORMAN. I move that there be a call of the House. Mr. ORR. I move that the House do uow ad- Mr. GORMAN. I call for the yeas and nays upon that motion. The yeas and nays were ordered. Mr. ORK. I withdraw the motion to adjourn. Mr. WASHBURN. I renew the motion. Mr. DOTY. 1 denjand the yeas and nays. The House was divided on ihe call for the yeas And nays, and there were 31 voting in the affirm- So the yeas and nays were ordered. Mr. WASHBURN. I withdraw the motion to adjourn. Mr. LETCHER. I renew the motion. Mr. MARSHALL. I rise to a privileged motion. The SPEAKER. The motion to adjourn is emi nently a privileged motion itself. Mr. MARSHALL. I move that when the House adjourns, it adjourn to meet again on Monday next. The question was taken on the latter motion; and there were, on a division— ayes 34, noes 76. So the motion was not agreed to. The SPEAKER. The questio tion toadjo: YEAS.- Joscph Cable,' Thompson Campbell, Cartter. C:i kic, Chastain, Clemens, Clingman, Cobb, Colcock, John G. Davis, Dawson. Dean, Dimmick, Diency, Dockery, Faulkner, Ficklin, Florence, Floyd, Thomas J. D. Fuller. Gamble, Gaylord, Giddings, Gilmore, Gorman. Green, Grow, Hill, Hamilton, Isham G. Ilarria, Sampson W, Harris, Hendricks, Hibba_rd,Holladay. Howard, Ingersoll, Ives, Jack- ■ ' cw Jobnpon, John Johnson, Glancy Jones, Lclcher, Lock- hart, Mason. McLoiiahan, McMullen, McNair, McQueen, Millson, Molony, Morrison, Murphy, Orr, Peaslee, Phelps, Polk, Powell, Ruble, Sivagc, David L. Seymour, Skelton, Smith, St. Martin. Siratton, Sutherland, Wallace, Wildrick, and Wnodward-78. NAYS Messrs. Charles Allen, William Apple- ton, Babcock, Barrere, Bell, Bennett, Bilijj'haua, ■lowne, Brenton, Briggs, Brooke, Albert G. Burrows, Caldwell, Lewis D. Campbell, Chandler, Chapman, Cliurchweil, Conger, Darby, George T. Davis. Doty, Duncan, Durkee, Edger- ton, Evans, Fay, Freeman, Henry M. Fuller, Goodenow. Grey, Harper, Haven, Henn, Horsford, Houston, John W. Howe, Thomas M. Howe, Jame» Johnson. Robert W. Johnson, George G. King, Little, Mace, Marshall, .Meacham. Miller. Miner, John Moore, Morehead, Nabers, Newton, Outlaw, Andrew Parker, P.nn, Penniman, Perkins, Por- ter, Preston, Price, Sabine,Sackett,Schermcrhorn, Schoolcraft, Schoomaker. Scurry, Origen S. Sey- mour, Smart, Snow. Stanly, Thurston. Tuck, Ven- able, Ward, Washburn, Watkins, Welch, Wil- cox, Williams, and Yatcs-SO. So the House refuse I to adjourn. Mr. HARRIS, of Tennessee. 1 move the usual resolution to close debate upon bill No. 33G, the Aruiy Appropriation bill, in one hour afttr the committee shall have again resumed its consider- ation. The SPEAKER. That motion is not in order while a motion ior a call of the House is pending. IMr. STANLY. Is such a motion now pending? The SPEAKER. There is. Mr. ORR. I call for the yeas and nays upon that moiion. The House was divided on the call for the yeas and nays, and there were 22 in the affirmative and 92 in the negative. Before the result was announced, Mr. ORR demanded tellers upon the yeas and Mr! ROBBINS. I move that the House do now adjourn. Mr. DOTY. 1 demand the yeas and cays upon that motion. The yeas and nays were ordered. The question was then taken, and it was de. cided in the i lows : I nays 70- DOTY. Upon that I ask the yeas "^Mr. JONES. I ask lor YEAS.— Messrs. Abercrombie, Willis Allen. Allison, John Appleton. Ashe, Averett, Brenton, Busby, Joseph Cable, Caldwell, Thompcon Camp- bell, Cartter, Caskie, Chastain, Churchwell Cle- mens, Cobb, Colcock, Daniel, John G. Davis, Dawson, Dean, Dimmick, Faulkner, Ficklin, Flo- rence, Floyd, Thomas J. D. Fuller, Gamble, Gay- lord, Giddings, Gorman, Grow, Hall, Hamilton, Isham G. Harris, Sampson W. Harria, Hendricks, Hibbard, HoUaday, Houston, Ingersoll, Jackson, Jenkins. Andrew Johnson, John Johnson, George W, Jones, J. Glancy Jones, Letcher, Lockbart, Maeon, McLanahan, McMullen, McNair, Mc- Queen, Meade, Millson. Molony, Morrison, Mur- phy. Murray, Orr, Pcaelce. Phelps, Powell, Robie, Robinson, Savage, David L. Seymour, Saelton, Smith, St- Martin, Stratton, Sutherland, Wallace, Watkins, Wildrick, and Woodward— 78. NAYS.— Messrs. Charles Allen, William Ap- pleton, Barrere, Bell, Bennett, Bowie, Bowne, Briggs, Brooks, Albert G. Brown, Burrows, Chan- dler, Chapman, Conger, Darby, George T. Davis, Dockerv. Doty, Duncan, Durkee. Eastman, Ed- noes 76. gerton, Evans, Fay, Freeman. Il.nry M. Fuller, Goodenow. Grey, Harper, Haven. Henn. Horsford. n the mo- | John W. Howe, Thomas M. Howe, Robert W. I Johnson, i;eorge G. King, Landry. Liille, Mo— eller nays. Tellers were ordered; and M Smith were appointed. The House was then divided, and , reported — 41 in the affirmative, noes i 1 So the yeas and nays were ordered INlarshall. Miller, Miner, John Moore, Morehead , Outlaw, Andrew Parker, Penn on the yeas and! Penniman, Perkins, Porter, Preston, Price, Rus- sell, Sabine, Sackeit, Schermerhorn, Schoonma' I. GAVt-OBoandl ker. Scurry, Smart, Snow. Stanly. Thu.-eton I Tuck, Venable. Washburn, Welch, Wilcox, Wil nd the tellers i liams, and Yates— 70. counted. | So the House adjourned until to-morrow, ai veWe o'clock, m, THE REPUBLIC, A DAILY AND WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. 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