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ANNEXATION:
A dialogue between Mr. Plausible a notable Polili
cian and Mr Trueman a Farmer.
' v iPAJJSiB'Loofmnjnplghbor Truemnrh
V.'TBSvjTdogfi yourj-r crop come on? -How's thet good wife
-and the litileT ones?
Trueman" I thank you Mr. -Plausible- all well
blessed God. And how do you do? What's the
news ? Are we going to he annexed ?
p. Gan't tell Mr. -Trueman. Do you and your
rieighbors'want to be annexed?
'4 Certainly we do. It's natural Jo want to return
to one's native country.-r-There's not a-manln the settle-
-ment but what goes for it. "
P. You don't say so! Are you all willing to give
upjour independence?
- T: No-Wemean lo be independent" but we think
the-TJTnued Stafes independent enough. -and we would
rather have her independence in fulKguarantee than be-
come the vassal of England or "a Department of the Su-
preme Government of Mexi:o."
. P. Well but suppose we are neither but get our
twn independence acknowledged by Mexico and be a na-
tionally ourselves? Would not you prefer that?
-T. Can't say exactly. It's an experiment any how
and we farmers are a liitle jealous of experiments. Crops
have been lost in that way. But we have been nine years
trying to get at that great experiment; and Ldon'C see
that we are any nearer"it nowthan -when we began.
How-it will'work no one can tell'unuTit's tried.
P.-Oh.l yes. - You're mistaken my- friend ! Eng-
land has taken us by- the hand now and wilt compel
Mexico to .acknowledge pur Independence.
T.-r Pshaw. I don't believe.one word of it Mr. Plausi-
ble." You .politicians nre very cute sometimes but as Job
say "great men are -not always wise."' England I'm
told promised her "efficient aid" for this same purpose
some five years ago the treaty was made by General
Hamilton in London.- -Five years is a good long while
in tha life time of one generation and we who begunlhe
revolution are anxious to see it concluded -before we go
down to the grave. We haveno.great confidence in
Queenly governments ebecorningjnur-sings-mothers to in-
fant Republics. - - -.
P Ahi but my dear -friend f-we should look to
posterity.
T. I lei! you Mr. P. when you politicians talk about
posterity you mean present for past and think of your-
selves. You want to be Presidents and Secretaries and
foreign .Ministers. - and so forth. Now we farmers care
for none oftheseth'ngs. We believe the Lone Star will
shine as brightly and diffuse a more tranquil and benig-
nant influence around our dwellings by being associated
-with-the glorious constellation of the Noith than she
would do if left to -struggle alone among the perturbed
elements of the political world where the weak are con-
stantly Jn eclipse and .sometimes kicked and jostled from
their orbits.
P. W-hy ! You're quite rhetorical friend Trueman.
I salute you .kindly good mern
..T. Siay Mr. Plausible don't be in haste let us
talk this. matter pvera little. You amen of influence
oughuto-communicate freelywith us and let us know
your opinions and the reasons for them.
P. Ayei -ray friend 1 but you don't believe in the om-
nipofent protection of England and if that fails "my
policy fails and Texas is ruined."
T.-It may be so but it seems strange to me that the
salvation of an infant Republic peopled by Americans
tlie descendants of Washington and his noble compatriots
should depend upon the lender mercies of a Monarchy
more than three thotfsand miles distant undone too that
fought hard for seven years to subdue our republican an-
cestors and retain them in bondage.
P. But my good Sir England has her own interest in
this matter- and we allkuow that nations are governed by
their own interests.
Tjr Truei I agree-with 3rou perfectly that nations
like individuals are apt to be .governed by their own inte-
rests." -I venerate old England as much as any one mv
forefathers came from there. Eut if the interest of Eng
land intbis case be to damage the United States I cannot
sympathize with her. -1 believeMr. P.-thaltbe man who
can casi off his attachment to his native country will
never- be sincerely attached to any other. A eos mopoljte
hasnojocal attachment and 1 suspect not inu.cn of any
soTtr-Bnuif this supposed-Jmexest .of England be to
cherish and raise upa cotton-growing country to compete
with.the United States in the production of that great staple
on -whichher manufacturers so muchdepend then. I
allow she is seeking a legitimate object though selfish
enough. No others have a right to complain ; for na
tions will pursue their own interests. But I think I can
perceive and you politicians have certainly discerned a
'counter interest or something equivalent to it which has
largely influenced the councils of England of late years
and which is calculated to supercede .and utterly nullify
thatsapposeinterest. The Abolition ofSlavery in Texas
would effectually prevent her from ever becoming a cotton
or sugar growing country to any important extent;
from ever hoping to rival the United Stales or even the
British-possessions in the Ea6t Indies wherercc labor i
as cheap.as brute labor is with us. What say you Mr.
Plausible? .. - "
P. Pshawl JDon't Mr. Peel the British prime
Minister say hedon't inteud.ro interfere farther than good
advice goes"1n the question ofSlavery in Texas? It's a
mere bugbear only fallal Mr. Trueman.
T. Don't think so England had immense posses-
sions in the West Indies a large population and rich-
plantations producing sugai and coffee in abundance;
and she has voluntarily ruined all these and spent mil-
lions of pounds besides to gratify her mania for Abolition.
Think ou she'll be more tender and indulgent towards
Texas when once fairly in her power? The advice of a
superior to a dependent inferior is equivalent to a com-
mand and command is coercion. Fie upon it Mr.
P. "You ought to kpowtheseahings.and to act upon
thernVccordingly.
"p; Hpjo-hday Mr. Trueman 1 it's not for you to circm-
scrbe my knowledge or to
T.-ldon't mean to MrvP. : only want to direct your
actions fn the right course. I beg your-pardpn meant
no offence. . - " -
'P.Englnnd I tell you will act according to her in-
terest arulthat islpbuild up Texas.
"TIay Jbejb. Monarchies ..build .up Republics 1
WickccPmeni'loye theic.enemies " Then Solomon was
mistaken Jjor this w something'new under thesun." If!
HOUSTON
England really w'ants to bjild up Texas il must be to
pull down the United States; and I for one don't thank
her for that. Why sir I- regard the United S'ates ihe
land of my birth where 1 first inhaled the breath of hea-
ven and the principles of Ifbeity as the tmly palladium of
free government the great sampler of Republicanism.
Tear that up and the little scrap we call Texas will run
into ravellings directly and become mere shreds in the
hands of power to be wove or wound into any shape the
master may list: and Liberty whom we all profess to
love will flee hpwjing to. the wilderness. But sir has
England no conflicting interest in this business? nothing
to restrain her from making any peremptory and "effi-
cient" interposition in behalf of Texas ? Has Mexico no
claims on her? She has a deep interest iu that quarter
as 1 understand some hundred millions of ollais or
more vested in the mines and other things in Mexico.
Also a large debt and a current trade of great value.
Will she quarrel with Mexico and hazard all these for
the sake ojbuilding up Texas ? I ween not.
P. J3ut she will advise-Mexico. and you know she
haCgreatinfluence there.
T. Aye! Great influence 1 Yes. I rpcollect the
British Minister not long since retired from Mexico in a
huff because those westprn Dons wouldn't pull down a
dirty little British jack flag taken from -one of our hap-
less Mier men. The advice to give up Texas wjll be a
iittle more apt to excite the obstinacy of those silly brag-
garts than the mi re ceremonial of removing a dirty slip
of bublfng from the'wall on a gala day. I tell you sir
Mexico will never acknowledge the independence of Tex-
as on the mere advice of any power on earth. And I s ly
further England will neverqunrrrl with Mexico meiely
to build up Texas. And now sir what iathe corollary ?
We must fight Mexicoand compel her at the point of the
sword to acknowledge us If we had done this four years
ago all would have been well. The long struggle would
have been over before now and our independence estab
lished on the sure basis of power. "Whether annexation
would then have been expedient or not is quite another
question. But nothings are I go heart and hand for it.
Reject it now and where are we? We have no navy
no army no munitions of war. The sympathy of our
brethren of the United States which has been so fraught
with succor to us heretofore will bo nearly or totally ex-
tinguished. AndBrhish sympathy if it be anything
more than a catchwofd'of diplomacy will be sure to tread
in the path of Mexico where her maximum interests lie
and her new farigle'd abolition fantasies are practically
reciprocated. r '- -- -
- P.-Why friend Trueman 1 you talk a3 fluently and
Xvithf ns much confidence as a politician or a lawjer
these are deep notions for a plain farmer.
T. ''No doubt but ye (politicians) are the people and
wisdom will die with you. But (we also of the plough.)
have some understanding as well as you." We are com-
petent to determine plain matters of fact to our own satis-
faction; and sometimes to draw just inferences from a
concatenation gof causes where the human passions are
the principal actors We read the book of nature and
look humbly up from nature to nature's God: and al-
though our studies do not lead us into the tangled laby-
rinths of the schoolmen we are" taught by our daily oc-
cupations to unite cause with effect; and sometimes to
educe the probable consequences of a given combination -of
facts. We believe the rulers of Great Britain are less
prone to seek our political good than those of our native
country; and therefore we give our choice confidence to
the latter.
P. Well ! well Mr. Trueman you seenTdisposed
to forego all the glory of independence and to be willing
to surrender our nationality to the American Union. If
the people wish it I'm sure 1 won't object but it appears
to me that we might do as well alone. Our population
is increasing our natural lesources are inexhaustible; and
we might become a great power among the nations of the
earth. We have a large public domain much mineral
wealth and we might become rich by opening our ports
to England and flooding the United States' on one side
and Mexico on the other with free goods: and
T. Hold on Mr. Plausible. We must not covenant
for iniqnity. "Hethatsoweth iniquity shall reap vanity."
A nation of smugglers will soon become a nation of rob-
bers ; and robbers do not long dwell together in amity
they are a cursed tribe having no endearing bonds to
unite them here and "no bonds in theirdeath." As to
the public lands I can't s?y that I know much about
them they may in time become valuable but we all
know that speculation has delved depply into them.
How many illegal and fraudulent claims there may he I
can't say; but for one I should rejoice to ste them all sub
jected to the enlightened scrutiny and disinterested arbitra
ment oi tne supreme oouri oi me unuea oiaies. uur
own Courts maybe pure and intelligent enough buttheyw-
are rather too near the vortex not to be in danger of a
sinister influence. Our mineral wealth f3 embowelled in
ihe earth and who can know it'or count the esiimation
thereof? Texas might possibly become a respectable.
.power but 1 tear sne wouia lorever oe ot me secondary
class and somewhat diminutive at that bhe could never
figure on the ocean that great modern highway to nation-
al wealth and glory ; having no one harbor adequate to y
naval operations of any magnitude. And'for a powerful
inland terrepe nation like Russia or-Ghiha she would
want more territory by one half; and would have to
wrest it from Mexico right or wrong. ThcTJnited Stales
would be too hard for her ever to hope for increment in
that quarter. If we had a population of two or three
millions to begin with and they were of a homogeneous
character of the right sort then Texasmight be something
to talk about. But as we are and are likely to be I
doubt her capacity to establish and sustain an independent
government that would give to her citizens more character
abroad or more tranquility and happiness at home than
they may reasonably hope to enjoy under the auspices of
the ''Star Spangled Banner."
P. You are mistaken I assure j'ou upon honor
neighbor Trueman. England would protect us from all
violence from abroad and we could manage our own
affairs at home In our own way. And besides we have
many unfortunate men among us "who left the Unite.!
Slates on account of bard times u little embarrassed in
their circumstances and have come here to repair their
broken fortunes. These would all be pushed and ruined
by; their old creditors: and there are others very good
citizens too who came away because of some violations of
the laws. All these would bp subject to indictment and
-pei haps severely punished incase we are annexed. I
think it would be great cruelty to these (now our fellow
citizens.) to force them into the clutchps of the law.
T Well that's charitable enough ; can't say as to
its wisdom. I know there are some men among us who
have Hed from the United States to escape from the ven-
geance of the law. Some are charged with Vpurder some
with forgery some with "running negroes and some
perhaps have ben guilty of bigamy since they came"
here'Mr. Plausible. But I hope the aggregate number
of all these is small. It seems to me a very novel idea
that a whole people a nation if you please should make
immunity lo-crime and criminals a turning point in a
great question of policy on which may depend the happi-
ness of the present and uncounted future generations. It
ill comports with the dignity or the decency of a civilized
people who regard their political institutions not as giv-
ing sanction to crime and a sanctuary to criminals but as
imposing ajust restraint upon licentiousness and affording
a salutary protection to the honest and industrious of all
classes. As for unfortunate debtors no man feels a more
lively sympathy for them than I do. Indeed I have a
fellow feeling for them being sensibly afflicted in that
way myself- But without pretending to any deep legal
lore lam persuaded that the laws of Texas existing at
the consummation of the Union will continue to afford
this numerous class of our citizens the same protection
WEDNESDAY WAY 21 1845.
m&wivi n .:v
tbey do now. An hottest man will pay his just debts
whenever he is'able. But while his actuaUdisability re.-'
mainsne may conscientiously avail himself of the regis
of the law to protect himself and his family frorrrharrass
ment by a voracious creditor. -The law of limitation in
Texas will m most cases give ample relief to those among
us. who have old debts hanging over them in the United
Slates: Annexation will not abate its efficacy an iota
What say you Mr. Plausible?'
PWhy perhaps you are neht in that particular
but I think you're altogether wronjj in wishing to surren
der the Independence of the couutry. Why Sir it has
cost us a vast: deal of b!ood.and treasure. The battle ol
San Jacinto will lose half its glory. j (
T. I grant you it has cost a vast .deal of blood and
treasure and I fear it will requirea still further and
larger sacrifice before it isperfected unless we take the
Tefuge now offered to us. As lo the battle of San Jacinto
there'sa deal of false glare about it any how ; and I don't
think a false fame worth preserving to an honest man
The real heroes and Ihe martyrs of Texas Milam.
Travis and others would vlfdoubt not could their spirit?
commune with us rejoice thai their sufferings and gal-
lanrf achievements are likely to be so 'rewarded ns by
placing the land of their adoption side by side with the
several Slates of that glorious Union from whence they
migrated
P. I beg my dear friend you will not misunderstand
me. I am jot positively opposed to Annexation 1 1 but
I don'i altogether like the terms of the United States' reso-
lutions. .
T. Why as to thaUperhaps I could find some objec-
tions lo them myself. The main objection in my opinion
is the adjustment of the boundary. I hae been anxious
to seethe Rio Grande established as our line in that
quarter and 1 have some fears it may not be so. But
who can tell ? The United States are as able to exl nd
the line to that river as we could be; and she certainly
will feel the importance of doing so. It was impossible
she should leave' he settlement ol the boundary to Texas;
for in that case Texas must continue after the Union lo
exercise the functions ol an absolute" national sovereignty
which would be anomalous and absurd. The question of
boundary may be amically adjusted between the United
States.and Mexico. An adrqualej'ndemity may reconcile
the reluctant jealousy of the one and gratify the utmost
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anxiety ioi iciriiuiy ui uicuiuei. fx. iui uue uu willing
to risk it; for I am persuaded that what the power ofrjmfj
unuea aiaies acung unuer me impulse oi a Qirecraica!
substantial interest cannot effect in Mexico ihe advize
of England will never accomplish in oui behalf; and we
shall have to carve out our boundary with" the sword.
The Sword of Texas I tell you Sir has rusted in the
scabbard. It ought to have been burnished by the using
years ago: and then the Rio Grande or the ''Sierra
Madre" by possibility (for no sobpr man ever dreamed
of going to the "Isthmus of Darien") might have bowed
reverential lo the waving of the Lone Star. But Sir
we must not expect unmixed good in this world. Our
choicest blessings of a temporal nature have a tincture
of evil about them. It is the part of wisdom to choose the
better ; and not reject a good because it is not perfect in its
kind. I hold Annexation on the terms proposed to be
vastly belter than ihe perplexed and perplexing uncertain-
ties which must for years to come hangover our destin-
ies as a people if we reject it. The Lone Star has for
nine long years been just glimmering above the horizon
and is still not visibly in ascension. A slight jar from
a .superior planet may cause it lo dip suddenly and merge
ih darkness irremediable. J
P. Ah 1 hem ! a I salute you kindly Mr. Trueman
I am going to the city and shall return Mondiymorning
when I will talk more freely with you. Good morning
have some business with Squire Simple. Adieu my dear
friend.
Exit Plausible.
T. Solus Where I doubt not you have better hopes
of success. But don't commit yourself Mr. Plausible.
Play fast and loose until you see how the wind blows
may be you'll want to be the bell wether of the Annexa-
tion party before long. These politicians by profession
hypocritical demagogues are the peculiar curse of free
governments. There's no truth In the.n they are for
and against in the same breath. A-fig for all such. I'll
give my best yoke of steers to beannextd any how.
SCENE II.
Mr. Plausible is seen returning from the City.
Trueman: Well Mr. Plausible what is the news'
Plausible Oh nothing'of importance except that
the President has issued a Proclamation calling a Con-
vention. T. Ah ! that is good news indeed. I am glad that
he is sincerely'disposeE to hasten the great measure ol
Annexation. How many Delegates are to be sent from
this county?
P. Three; and lam a candidate for this Convention.
T. You are a candidate! why. did you not tell me that
you were opposed to Annexation? -
P. Hem. Why ye-e s I said something that might
have ledyou to infer that I was opposed to Annexation
but inm' now fully convinced that the measure will prove
beneficial to the country and I shall heartily sustain it.
T. It is possible that I misunderstood you; but your
language led me to infer that if Annexation should rest on
your vote you would vote against it.
- P. Well I admit it but I see that there is such an
immense majority of the people in favor of the measure
that I feel it my duty to sustain it and if elected to the
Convention I shall do every thing in my power to pro-
motethis great object.
s AfitTrAh! Sir I fear you would only do mischief.
Whifeothers would go wilh a patriotic desire to advance
this.great measure you would be trying to clog to retard
or toJdefeat it.
P. Oh no 1 "r pledge you my word that I will agree
to do all that I can to frame a Cons'itmion that will result
to the advantage of the vv hole country ; and I will walch
any opponent of Annexation and see lhat no clause or
sentence is introduced that will be likely to prevent the
Coqgress of the United States from adopting it."
TjggAh 1 Mr. Plausible youjnay be very sincere but
I cannot trust you. It was but a lew days since that you
wereoppostd to Annexation. Now you have turned over
merely because you want an office. I im afraid that in
a few more days after you had got into the Convention
some British emmissary might offer you greater advan
tagesthanan office and you would take another somer-
set and exert all your influence in the .Convention to de;
feat Annexation.'
P. Well Mr. Trueman you nre welcome lo your
own opinion. I shall not waste time in trying to convince
you that you are mistaken in regard to my character. I
am a prellygood hand at electioneering and I believe 1
shall have little difficulty in convincing the voters through
the county that lam sincere. They will do me justice if
you do not. I am'determined (o be elected.
T. Do not deceive yourself. The people of this
county are too intelligent and discreet to permit election-
eering tricks to be played off upon them at this juncture.
They know that (he very deslinips of the country arenow
hanging upon their decision. Although they may show
indifference on some occasions they will display a decision
ofchararterand discrimination worthy of this momentous
crisis. They know that a Constitution is to be formed
that is to control their rights their dearpst interests and
their very liberties; and they arc not goingto entrust this
mighty work to mere novices and whining office seekers.
They will hunt out the men who have Deen long known:
whose integrity hasbYentriedlnnd whose talents have won
the esteem and admiration of all classes Thpsearelhe
men who will win the votes of a people too intelligent
VOL.
and too honest to be duped by electioneering lies or Influ-
enced by electioneering bribes.
R-?31Jerv pretty in theory but not in prac-
tice. Kvillfshow. you that the neonle can be duped by
eiecuoneenngoucus.
I . jmm.jm' i' .P -'
Good morning. Exit
Returns oftJie eleclionfor TripUpf the Republic held
in the seveM"iounlies onThe 2d Hay r.fjScplember
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LCounties.'
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Austin
Bastrop
Bexar
Bowie v
Brazoriar
Brazos
Colorado
Fnnnin -
161 207 3 371
16 259 275
27 284 ' 311
- 120A-w ' 69 ' .189
83246 -3 332
1048-; Wr 112
79 -183 T 262
88Tsjb282 .w 370
47 P "357 ""I-" 404
t23r 112 ' ' '285
183 374 S5ot
5 5
26 201 I 228
4091 WV-W1
496 25 s521
22 77 "s99
139fIl6 "' "-255 '
41 '"350 vjfgSElI
251 tr266 ' ' .517
371 ---115 '486
Jl - 186"- 197
15U 121 - 272
978 103 2 1083
465 19& ' 9 672'
499 277 - 776
5 5
283 57 340
110. 180 4 . 294
261 38 299
824 55 379
13 "79 ' - 92
403 3L '" " 445
;7 ' 143- - rI50
15 226?' 137'
387 .21.4 Sr 601
Fayette
Fort Bendr
Galveston
Goliad
Gonzales
Jnrris
1' -
HUM 1.31M.
Houston
'Jackson
Jasper
Jefferson
Limar
Liberty
Matagorda
Milam
Montgomery
Nacogdoches
Red River
Refugio
Pcobertson
Rusk
Sabine
San Augustine
San Patricio
Sjielby -
gravis
Yicloria -
Washington
.' " 12.752
" Department of Stats
May 1st 1845.
The foregoing is a correct statement of the votes polled
in the several counties 6f the Republic for President at
elections held In September 1844 as appears "from the
original returns on file in the archives ofthTeHouse of
Representatives. -
In testimony whereof the officfal 3eal of the Department
l. s. is hereunto affixed.
J. C. ELDRIDGE
Acting Sec'y of Slate.
From Wilmer SmilKs European Times.
ANNEXATION OF TEXAS POLK'S INAU-
GURAL MESSAGE.
The conduct of American legislative bodies is a marvel
and a mystery to the politicians of Europe. It passes
comprehension defies calculation upsets all preconceived
notions of organization. Every one saw in the result of
Ihe last contest for the Presidency that Texas would be
annexed; but lhat the Whig Senate should be a consent-
ing party has produced astonishment and rendered the
news which came to hand this week from the western
world not only novel but startling. The Senate Is re-
garded on this side of the water as a very conservative
body a drag upon the more headstrong resolves of the
other House and the dignity of its bearing commands
with the general wisdom of its decisions the respect even
of those who are not prone to eulogise republican institu-
tions. Hence the surprise which has been created. But
the game of politics is evidently the same all the world
over a series of skilful moves and counlermoves and the-
most skilful player is he who puzzles checkmates "and
triumphs over his fellows -r
With the intelligence of the annexation bill having pas-
sed Congress has come to hand the inaugural address of
President Polk a document upon which much criticism"
not over friendly has been spent. In truth the verbose
state documents of the Union are little relished in Eng
land ; ind a moment's consideration perhaps will show
the reason. The British Premier's place is Parliament
where hepersonally answers questions defends his con-
duct assails his antagonists and acts at once upon the
offensive and the defensive. The President of 'America
on the contrary is shut out of Congress lnstea'd of ad-
dressing that assembly and ihrough it the nation viva
Jvoce on the events of the day when the interest fs high
and the subject is exciting he waits until anxiety cools or
has entirely evaporated and then in a formal manner
traces in a message with tedions prolixity what every
bo3yknows and has long prejudged.
The inaugural address of Mr. Polk is not obnoxious to
tjiis objection in the same degree as the ordinary messages
(fjach emanate froni the Chief .Magistrate of the Union;
ban even in that document the didactic prevails over t&L
colloquial.and the theme of the essayist rides over-tfe
free and easy manner of the citizen. The portion of the
message fyhich has given most offence inasmuchas.it
denotes a "foregone conclusion" is his illusion to the
Ort n territory. ' The'right of the UnitecTStates to that
territory is assumed by the new President as a matter be-
yond dispate at the very moment that the subject forms
an anxious and protracted controversy between the two
Governments. People naturally say "can ihe new offi-
cial have a proper sense of the deep responsibility of his
office when he thus commits himself at the very thres-
hold?" . "-
That Mr. Polk is correct in His assumption may bess-
lablished hereafter or it may not.- But there is a palpa-"
ble violation of good taste in soformal. so'superfiuous a
committal on the question. Mr. Polk's predecessor was
not happy in imparting dignity to the office. It is to be
hoped that the montle of Washington will sit more-grace-fully
on the shoulders on which it has now descended
but "tne commencement is perilous.
Connected with this topic may be mentioned the notice
which Mr. Tyler's message on the slave trade has com-
manded in the House of Commons. Sir Robert Peel it
will be seen pointedly referred to it some one having
conveniently put a question to him on the subject the
better to enable him to correct the ex-President's errors in
that document. Mr. Tyler blundered sadly in the matter
of The free blacks taken to the West Indies; but there is
too much reason to apprehend that his statements are cor-
rect respecting British capital being combined wilh Ame-
rican ingenuity in carrying on slavery though the me-
dium of the Brazils. The Duke de Broglie has arrived
in London and the conference 13 now sitting which is to
decide the future policy of England and France. It is
understood on all hands that the substitute for the right of
search which he proposes is a blockade of the coast of
Africa by the two powers joined of course to the squad-
ron of the United States already there for that purpose.
The right of search in its most obnoxious form is thu3
given up but the subsiitue inadequate as the former sys-
tem was promises to be still more inefficient. The saints
stir not while the risht of search is thus thrown to the
winds before their eyes the best proof we suspect of
their belief in its failure ns a preventive. To the sagacity
and firmness of the American Government every (credit
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is due for refusing lo join the other oowers m a &vsfai 3
which is thus so unceremoniously surrendered alieT-alF' Jtlr'l
me pomer 11 creaiea me jealousy wexcitcOiraDQ tne'M
blood it produced. c
Value of Produce of Different Slates From the An-
nual Report of the Commissioner of Patents to which we
have already alluded as a most valuable document and ot
which we are glad to see Congress has ordered some 50
000 copies to be printed we compile the following facts
founded upon estimates about the agricultural products oi
1844..
Of Vfkcal there were produced ninely-fiv'e millionbusb-
els worth perhaps on an average 75 cents per busheli
equal to $71250000. Of this quantity Ohio produced
the largest say about 16000000 bushels; New York
comes next with about fifteen million ; Virginia and Penn
sylvania raised about the same quantity each betwetn
ten and eleven millions Tennessee coraesnext wilh near
seven millions and then Indiana with her five and a half;
.Michigan is next four and a quarter millions being more
than-Maryland by nearly a quarter of a million.
Of Oats there were raised onfe hundred and seventy-two
millions and one quarter bushels. In this grain New Y01&
fakes the lead considerably producing over 31000000.
Pennsylvania 24 millions. Ohio 20 millions Virginia 14
millions Kentucky Indiana and Illinois each between
10 and 12-millinns. The value of this crop atan average
aif fiiPjcenls perbu3"tt!r-wiLu&ieo3)G80jCO
7 Of Indian Corit there were raised 422 mulionsof
bushels equal at 25 cents perbush. to'SLOSQOO.OOO.
Tennessee is by far the largest raiser of this grain-
being down in tbe table for 61 million bushels : Kentucky
and Ohfa each raise about 48 millions Virginia 48. In-
diana 24 NT Carolina; Georgia and Alabama about 20
each New York Pennsylvania "-and Illinois about 19
each South CaroIinaand Missouri about 13 ench.Tr It la
mainly therefore a product of the South and the South
West.
Of Potatoes the crop ia put at 100- million bushels
worth at 20 cents 820000;000. New York raises IT
million Maine 121 Pennsylvania 7 Vermont 6 Michi-
gan 5 Massachusetts New Hampshire and Ohio near-
ly 5 each.
Of Hay there-were 17 million tons worthat $6 per
ton SI 02000.000: the second most valuable product of
.American agriculture doubling that of cotton as will be
seen oeiow. .-
New York raises about 5 million tons ; Pennsylvania
Indiana and. Ohio-.abouV2 millions each ; Maine and Ver-
mont li millions each i Massachusetts New Hampshire.
and Illinois about 375000 each and Virginia 444000.
Of Cotton the cron is put at 882 million lbs equal at
7 cents per lb. to 852220000 Georgia raises the largest
qvantity 213 million lbs? Mississippi 195 millions? Loo
isiana wk minions; iviaoama 14U millions; iNorth Uar-
clina 51 millions; South Carolina 4D and Tennessee.
39; Arkansas 14; Florida 9 millions. ' i
Of Sugar the estimates is for 201 million Ibs.eqdaS
21 cents per lb la SSOOOOOO. Louisiana produces6C
million lbs.and the next highest is Indiana with heKnitpfi;
sugar.Tmillio'ns; Ohio and Vermont each produjBoaf
43- millions. fJ&-
Of Rice there are 111 million pounds. J f
South Carolina has almost a monopoly o thisW
raising about 84 million pounds Georgiai?aises4tsyc;ec
17 and 18 millions and Louisiana abouiSsrailfions
Of Tobacco there are grown about f52rnlflu3Eklbs---
Kentucky takps the lead in ihis artfclfisingf&ilout 5S
millions; Tennessee and Virginia each taiges-afilnt 3J
millions'; Missouri 12 Ohio e and jVhirylnd!. not much
over half a million pounds. J Xsgg
From the estimates of the quantity andlvjilxxeSfcjy
chief agricultural crops of the IJmrlSfareVirTeStiltsl
Indian Corn is the most valuable oPall our products.. "
Hay comes next and only just below Itaijalue esceedi
that of Wheat which comes third abouhoQmgj cent ace
doubles that ot ootton which stands fo.urlKSJSaisstandS
fifth and Potatoes 'sixth.
THE 'GOOD MAN.
What can produce happier. refiectionsihanVwelt-splSf
life If we have passed the. morning- andn3ontol oar
day3 and arrived into the evenings! existencehqjfc-blisg.
ful is the contemplation ofa viituousand active HfeX Nfc
vicious propensities have been gratified ; no unballawec
deeds have been perpetrated ; but all behind fs as bPl&
fuho contemplate as a glowing landscape in thedistance;
How beautiful has Blair expressed the last days of the.
good man:
2 ' Sure the last end f
Of the good man is peace. How calm his exit! '
Night dews fall not rriore gently on the ground
Nor weary worn out wfinds -expire so soft:
Behold him in. the eventide of life
A life well spent 1 whose ea rly care It was
His riper years should not upbraid his green.
By unperceived degrees he wears away; -
x et ime me suu seems larger at nis settinv
If you wish that such an erW may be yours live an un-
rightand virtuous life and you may depend upon joy and
triumphat last even though the world know you not
even though bitter foes proclaim you a monster. The
good man dies in peace Histhoughts are not filled with
dread when he conteraplalesisendj but his heart is full
of peace. He looks beyond thebounds of existence and
feels there is in reservation for him joys which the heart of
man-cannot conceive. .
BOY TRADERS IN. MOSCOW.
We have often remarked (says Kohl in his Travel) that
thetalent for trafficking lies deep in the Russian blood.
The merest children show an address and dexterity fn
commercial dealings such as are displayed onlttby long-
practised traders with us. The German understanding
rippns slowly but then it arrives at a high state of maturi-
ty; the Russian (mercantile) understanding does not seem
to want ripening: it is born ripe and ready but in the end
does not go so far as the begining promised. With some
very able there are also in Germany some astoundingly
stupid traders. This does notseem to be the case in Rus-
sia; there every one seems born with a like portion of it.
In Moscow I found this opinion many times confirmed.
I went one day into a wax chanaMer's shop on the invita-
tion of a mannakm seven years old.' With us atsnehan
age children are helpless timid" child-like and childish ;
in Russia they are adroit enduing and too clever by half.
Dressed in hi? little blue caftan of precisely the.same cut
as that worn by the men the infant merchant entreated me
to enter his shop bowing in thesame obsequious fashon as
nis eiuers; anu wnen 1 10m mm inai 1 was noi going to buy
but only wanted to look at his v'fercs he answered as com-
placently as his papa could have done "Pray oblige rnc
by looking at whatever you please." He showed me all
his stock opened every prcsy with a dexterious willingness;
which I could not bit ad mre; knew notonly the price of
every sort of candle but the whole capital invested in the
stock; the yearly returns the wholesale pneethe prqfitat
so much per cent in a word he bad in every respect the
demeanor of an experienced trader. Just such children
as these are often found at ihe money'broker's. table' and
at an age when vvithi.r Iv 'Jrcf! b 1. .7'
a few pence a considtr.js . ewRt .. !v f. . c A
their care. Many siml'sr rr.ih Jnalica m n.bryo -pV J
nine about the street with (ts" nr vs !v- -
forth; who jingle-their njur- v and Jian .. -.
boards with so much l &a. -i .j rw p.-g-f'
how so many opulei t d . 'i ksws f.. uW ?rtj
In Russia the greater ??.'! tl aeafthy ..tocps s-.ji.a5t
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