The Northern Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 16, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 15, 1846 Page: 1 of 4
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G SHA'LL OUR. BANNER BRAVE THrrBREEZETH&STANDARD OF THE FREE.
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We hare assetnbkd tog ether to celebrate the
:. .ireraaryof American Independence lovre-131-e
in tbat Libeir" which she memorable aet of
n 4ibofJaJy 17?f aasiBtored to us. ToTaafas
proud mention of the land and to offer oa Free-
doms altar oar sacrifice to the Gftdof natieas for
the long and uninterrupted continuance oloar ?ia-
tional prosperity.
From Maine to me wo uracnc irom mi Aitati-
tie io tbe Pacific ire the descendants or oar patriet
father! consregated fbra Kke purpose with oar-
telrei. la every city Tillage awl haslet thro';B-
-jt oar wine extended ceunirr. ine osa i ibb
yaangthe etcran soldier of "thenars wbtoh tried
mens souls" and the- mere youthful aspirant for
his conntry'&honors.alike the aged attretvaad-sk
opart whose cheek.
TToatWal 'beauty's srmny sortie
Lingers and loiters yet awhile"
H sve gathered together tr perpet oate the -memory
of a nation's birth-day. Ivo sooner had the son
who ha no reached hfe meridian glory "breshed
from bismane"lhedawiof the nfajht past and
greeted with hit earliest morning beats the fer-
tkenn&tteast of oar soil than tie rear.ofa thou-
sand eatiooa welcomed hit advent- Peal apes peal
sounded alons Uie borders or the Atlantic whose
echoes had scarcely died away in the wHeys and
among the dins of the Aitesanies Detore ine lone
was csoght by tbe "thundering choir" all .along
tbe great Lakes of tbe North a&dthte nfcirty Mo-
siasippi of the We and re-exhse4agait) and a-
gam On on. westward its eefcioes roll tfer the
precipitous ersggs and deep ravines of tbe Rocky
Mountains untiTwitb tbe setting son ''Freedoms
own anthem" shall Ae away upon tbe shores of the
Pacific Great and jsftriSBS day! Thou art the
bright jewel in AmerJeVs'tHslory notch thraugfT
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lunc "'" -..anij;-'"' -.T"--""? ".
tn 'he world's annafo'arid tp thy glitterln;
UMlllurain-uD.1u M.
face
will Liberty's son orereract thesreyes.
if a. naures of America we hail with reefers of
p.tnniic pride the retara again upon us of this j
the -l'.h orJaty.wiOi wtip pteasaraoie emotions ao
we celebrate it as TexHns. Foryearspastwebave
tsn est rinsed from oar
"eboUit land ' and to '.be
cslebraikiDS and rejojerafes incident to this day we
hare been bat mere "Jnowrs on" biace iU last
dawnm? upon us a mbty "change has eome'e-'er
l!. siiniiT onr drea"; the sheep inat strayed
-o-uTr.e'iJoci: Hi roreu to urc isic; Me iosi
chi'd hath Wcs&gM; and oar own Texas stanos
pToadlv side br liaTilhhertderslrs a mem
bw of the same great (amiry. No locker dotb jur
.one star" ia solitary majesty wave o'er this
I -restporueaaf i be world as ear NaUoaal emMera
bJ withanduam'iibrigbtBessitfluUersinibebrrexe
as one" oftbe 'many" camparfng the great coe-st-llauoa
ef Aaaerica Tesaa k a nation bis
been Waited Imta the world and will only live in
hivoty and io ing No war nor bloodshed fore-
told her aai-onaJd. solution! Na pioad inyaJer's
i i . pollutee her i! asshe ave upe Ghartj
n t did the & -stimns drum or pealing fife
soanihex faeerVi dirpesbat oare-ir a.-J peaieab.'y
ditrubiag heie'I ofatl the hatiiimesta ef nauona!
power and casting Irom her peron the insignia f
separa'e indeoeadeBce.sbe laid herself down in
ter molher'sa'rBis .to dieaad aot "a Jaaerai note"
was heard s. re ibe aceiamatioas and rejoicings of
tnfll.rm. of freemen proeteiratog tKc news of her
"burial" to the wnrid.
Foi the Srst t- :ai Texans and as citizens of
United States we hai" oar nations l birth-dar aad
pTud!T do u e as a .ausararcb ap to the eelebra-
uji. Texas -. ie!; t'ie p'm to none for talcn:
courage of ih'-'iomh. Her barriy pioneers a
colleciion ol ti; eri-nl and euthM!M: fro every
state io the I'r.'r-T a commingling together oftbe
Shrewd ronrrijiis Ysskee. the bold impilsnt
Sittthe rner aod !ne rcfeless darin; native of in-gr-at
valley of ihe Missiei ppi when they left tbe
jjlu'-es of their aa jn'y .oj soual oot for ihem-
se'ves i borne here in wuat was than a wi-jdercess
b-uufM wit1! ta- m iht "repabhesn priaeipU"
which yields n jr to p iwer nor to time." Inviied
32 they bad been by Mexico to the settremesy o
her vas public dobain. under promises aTprotee-
tun u the enjoyrneot af their liberties ther corn-
men -eJihe isnpreTemealteflbe beme they had selec-
ted and plenty aad prosperity soon croweed their
latrars No Mositr howarerrbd thr become an
i.bject worthT oBoaee ajkaa the cupidity f the
Mexican GdTcrDBiem iraj. txeited and a series
ofimsoaitfsofandaxaettOBt were comm-nced up
on them te wbici the -taaip act" and "tea da iy'
of creat BriJtain in time ot sU were naught To
comparison treenen oerestrtpt ot ineir arms
and thefasttDaain the Ueumrj were ancareeniea f
oaieroiuovernmeni. 1 ne tssHitarai 01 10-
24 under which the Colonist baS sealed hi the
State had been trodden under feet and Geaeral
SanU Ansa bad reared a Military GoreraeBeat an
rs ruins. Many Sutecsf Mexico revoluiioafeed
and declared in favor aCtbeii (Id CanStKution
Texasleadis; offlrom tbe rest her roas BiBdfal
olthc lad from whence therein rememVering
well tne principles instilied inir- mem from KtOHtg
infancy and fblioving ic lae footsteps of those
who ibjs dar rventy years ago declared these U.
States free sovereign and indesendent aa ibe 'Jatd
of March 1831 declared thetmeiresabselFcd from
all ailezi&nct to Idexica
Previous tit 'his decla ration Xie warof oor Inde-
rendence bad alreadv bezan. and evidences of pa-
trtoUt. derotedecss to our causa bad been siren to
tie world ne' exce&d in iB history- Upon the
promalgaiies efoarDeeteration of lrfeptndeece
the frieais el uftalj; every where Socked to our
standard. T&arsir of Texas were in less than
two rasatte vicarious and the proud dictator of
Mexico was flirareu a suppliant at aerraarcy.
Ic renewing the history cffBGStrsggie we wiH
dianvermach. to render asraln of tbe position
-we orccpy before the world and ia eeleorau'ns:
tin inr onr minds do now and those of oar
chiljren and-ehidraa' children will necessarily
rt rert with pletsiug recollection aot only to the
h.ilUintachiev'meatt and entJaric; fortMud; tfoar
;lrrs ic the revolUan of 75 bat also to the ao less
ralUntbMjjra-anC&riD5.iatrepidity oflhe lea-de-s
of onx own liaJeaxay m oor reiolatfoa. In-
deed tha recoIlectioBs and associations attendant
upanthe cdhralknnfthe4lh of J n!y should bs
w lb Texans more pleant more sooihisgf raore
grand to the contemplation than with the citizens
of the o irter Stales of the Union. A new fountain
of remmtscenses has broken forth frost liftertj's
Hosk cfR !fee waters we alose can drwV. Anew
fit'i bath opened to the poets fancy and riis son!
hath already been ared to an essay 01 oar praise.
Aaother brightpage bath been added to oar Cues-
try's history and Texas and her cause are alone tbe
theme.
Can we forget on this day sacred to Liberty
while in the Tery act of its celebration tfcat the
descendants of those stern an asyielSinc patriots
whom I77S issued to the world Freedoms Srst
fJiarr did in 1836 fallow up tbe same by one
equally derated to the cause? While wiflr hoiy re-
eollet'ton we remember the patriot-father of oar
native tandxad with true American spirit ooast
the tu-tttes of onr WaihiiCion. tball we forget the
patriot falhsr of our adopted land .or cease to
blend '.he gBjglf "the greatest and beat" win
thosj of csrJaMtettin? Cherishing the memory
of a GreeMOJeaBLanren''. and a Snapter shall
we foreet ttf?two"- raUant itWbarjans the bold
and rcctlesS-Uarne lheirtdeTatfeSAIe:
tn.iheirJdefxtfglKneSmi'.hr The
Chiratroos Wayne hath n-ansmliledazis name to 1
pos'niy ciotoea with all the glory onsuwy fomt
no mars to nerve the arm of some fntare leader of
afoiiam hope in toe caac of their common conn-
try than onr ovm Milain who fell at Lhe storming
of aa Antonio. Jle fell vrith a shout of enconr-
eseneatlobisfiiemlr snd ot defiance to bis foe
In U act of chrabering over the last wall between
htnuaUacdihe enemy. The proud sqoanmait
L..I... it- L. ".1 .1-. 1 .. ..
H0M4'C4utu uuui u UJC 5kio ill milifiTciaura '
uon tf ue taanlnarr battle of Banker a K U j
lsnsjeats no higher or nobler thoughts to tbe mind
erue Texan patriot than do ihecrambiiftg ruins
oftSoneeption. Tbe ram pant Lion of Britain did
u hang his bead more cur-like cr fawn roots
ajxairf-WW u ht ciy fiatter of tbe "Mars and
stripes" upon tbe hefzhtsnf Yortaown than did the
SMiy boiiard of Mexico bow her head and droop
her wines to or"Jcnestar"asitfloatedtothe breeze
e'er the held of San Jacinto. Should some skep-
ti' in the doctrine of republican pttriotim sneer-
iogly remark that there existed no instance in the
revolulion ol our Cithers cf actual martyrdom to
lb canse of Liberty rronld vve not with exalta
tion point Maa to ours! Woold we not go with
Vim to the eesaasained plains of Goliad and mark
the earth that covers the remain of a Fannin and
Ward and tbalr brave associate! Yes the ground
rendered holy wita their blood will long be re-
mtoibeied as dimninsevider.ee of the treachery
ddplicity and lararcy of Mexico. Yea as Ions as
oar country hat an existence or her catue a defen-
der. Wetdd tre netdireel his eye to the blood-
stained waUs of the Alamo and recount in bis
hearie: the desperate defence of Traris and bis
Spanaat band whoasone man were immolated up-
on the altar of their adopted Country.
The Alamo! In tines nast thon church of the
living God I sew tbou "loUficisseruIchrt!" Thoc
not only hoWsa the asbes of thy gallant comman-
der bat the bone: of Bowie Crockett and Bon-
him have mouldered into dual within thy pre
cincts In thy pa! ray days when thy tall spire
soncht the clouds pointing ''the poor Indian to his
ctasieg day and monastic iwace reigned o'er all
triihin thee thou wert to the nandering Josuiu
ere an object beaulilnl & gtand. Kow in thy rsins
thy :uffibUng shattered walls are worshipped by the
soas and daughters of Freedom. Wbenmore than
a centarr aro thy corner Mone was laid aad a
priest of the holy church -njth prayers andiiymns
of praise la ttc Almighty consecrated tbee to
1 Heais aloryie liule tboosbl the dashing snord
tk- borstir bomb aad drioc soldiers -roan would
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CTCIUW VCBC3IU "lUim WJ SfiWu mis w IWM
npoa thr holr altar wo Bid be offered the pure and
hallowed sacrifice of tbe patriots heart sanctify-
ing and imtscrtaliring tby name in a yet naboru
nnons history.
"For if there be on this earthly sphere
A gift; an offering Heaven "holds dear
Tis tbe last drop that Liberty drawi
Fiotatfae heart that breaks and bleeds In her
cante."
Yes in after years when the pen of the histori-
an shall have lit up in all their bright and krwiog
colon the "deeds of BoWe daring" in our own
rerolation and shall hare traeed the .similarity
aadsfcetihed the contrast between it and the reve-
lation of onr fathers the review to a Texan will i
indeed be a matter of proud satisfaction. When
the erautne of wwteritr snail hive ended Lib
erty's prt ud chroniclers o'er the last resting places
ot oar heroes and the rnassue piles ot stone snail
from their cloud-capped tops shed a halo of slory
aioandt&e ba.tle rroonjs ot San Jacinto and lea
Salado these and the recounted story ot tbe infant
d? - of hi State will be to him a subject of aa
sublime ct..cnoaiion as tbetheaponer impor-
tance and g-andeur ofhjauiion. lie will exult
in the thought that be taw baoaaded from those
pioneers of Liberty wfcoSoi dechrad and piac-
u t-J the true 'repubneawa priaeiite' on ih-baat
of toe Brazos and who by the aid of thai power
e-er assisting ihe right established for themjelres
ait i poientv a name ani a resting prae in this
(1 r.J orprom!e in the Tti." A s he saxes upoa
! lu ( njTiirv s bauncr soelhinlrs tfaat midst the han
dle- s .. ilia; s -all then corer ihe "oeep olue
gjj iii"' o America b oad fcg he will be 7aua
en.u;h io suppose he ear. diitinruih huown "Iit-
Iet5 ckier" fvat was 8r?t ta tu nwrniag of Jhe
21 -to pll S3t i n loae sablimity" catt tdtbe
ml i ; r uJ enujkoi f ibe i.ttie army of patriots
il li'l'in T.
ApiTa.lel i.ijcjustnj's of ear caQseb only
to be foooi ic that of which this day is the grail
cotcmeai jra ire. and the baidtXasi aad stil! with
wriKh it was msi jiaiotd aot etsaated in the history
ot pi; aj.-s- Behold the picture! A nation who
until th' ilite oflheir deeliralios of Independence
were nnders094 and geoerally beHuwrt to be by
the balance of Uwnorid a baadoTrufiaaa horde
ol renegade whs "nad Act their Coualry Tor tfceir
Cutintry' good" in the sbtHtspaae of Cn years;
coaiba id; oa tbe one hand tbe prejudices of ibe
woHd and oa the other the armies of Mexico by
force ofianate rirroe as weapon against the one
and the patriots arm against the oiaer. now boas-
ting an equality with tbe mighty sovereigns com-
posing this Union.
When the aewsof oar determination tor aanez-
Ration reached the Bastern ooaoneatail Europe was
i n uproar. Moaarehs sit uacaiily on their ttrooes
and crowned drnatties stood acbast at the annunci
ation. A unanimity of enrimeat oa the part of
tiro republics so retaartcable and the alHance oAhe
two in the cause of Liberty was surely ominous of
assasterio thetn. inwreaerisror Buy yeirspaKi
to era?e one partion of oar people from the -
ocaer. py uus ac( suewaio aave ore suis aasTiiu
and their knur conceited paiicrof "dicide tlim-
pera" proved a worthless abortion. England
Fraaee Kusaia and all were prompted to a rsex-
aoinaiion of their "deeds of divine authority to
rale" adl well satWied hare ther beeeme thai
something nsBfthedonc to stopihe onward marah
of the principles of oor Government. Another
"holy alliance'' muatbe farmed and another "Con-
gress of nations" most be convened to clog the
movement of this NapoUoo-likeadrance.
Time will make ksorra whether they wilt be as
Sttccesifal against America as tbe young leader
of the groat crmy of Repubneanism as they were
against him.
"Whose cams was empires whose stales were
throits
Ykose table earti.whose dice were hnmin bones.''
Let them look to it wen. Tu only necessary
thai the doetrina of oor Gortinmcat bo correctly
understood and the soul of erery man is immedi-
ately in its behalf. Sboald the thousand devotees
who are cow preaching a CTisaae in the cause of
man's just rights but succeeH half so well as those
oftbe "holy cross" itf behalf of Ihe "holy city."
The lightning torch of war may yet flash over
Europe and crowned beads be made to yield at
more than one Rntmymede other "Magna Char-
taV to those they once ruled over securing the
priceless boon of freedom of speech and opinion
and the elective franchise. 'Who has perused me
pages of Eaglxhd ' noblest bard be "who wove his
nartead of the lightningi wing ia sportive srist"
bat (ecol'.ects the tnournlnl manner in wn;cn he
harps won his eoontrv'a destiny. That she is ul
timate!? to fall before some greater power bis pro
phetic pen dares to write. Let ber then guard
veunier rocB-riboed coast. unsnacKtai epmion
with an eariBoaake shock halh .tul lately caused
-the green isle ol the ocean" totremble toiu very
centrer and Ireland assisted and maintained br a
powerful a'.ly may yet wear ber Saanraefc in 'vic-
lorioas triumpn over use town 01 cannon.
UC .2.L .mLo Mir tn.l 4l A l.lTf riAm
0J WIH1 nWl CJC UMiMj M.W MWMU. LVU
Woald flying burgers mark tbe blazing town
Hon Tiew the columns of ascending flames
Shake his red shadow o'er the startled Thames.
Nay frown not Albion for the torch was thine
That lit such pyres frost Tagns !o tbe Rhine.
Now sboald they burst on thy devoted coast
Go asJc tby bosasi who deserved them most."
And ihoa 100 cniralrous Frame. Remember well
ibe many monarch hulled from your throne and
drtoed ignobly through the jtreels of yonr own
eapJul Already hath
tie vza-gnard'of'Republtc-'
eniaa been established wilhln yonr'borders. Many
of yonr leading statesmen are cow standing on
PHgab'. top and drinking soul refreshing draughts
rrssa a view of tie Canaan of liberty aad the
sbAfeof Totr La FareUe beckons tbcm oa to its
fltrier p'.a.B3. Monarchiesons and al glre ear
beficeanotie'ceniury is counted In the calendar
of tTs w d tba destroying angel may havo
L1 opon rot the last vial ofhlswrata ia
"note MM" may be wihten ia tbe bock of yoar
oeMiny.
The day of oar a&texatioa sfeoold be fondly
cbarisbed la be reeolieetHin of every American
patriot and history will point to it as perhaps tbe
most important era in tbe aaoaia of the vroihl.
Itsplaa dad been cam acted aaid deteraisedyenn
before by a few of tbe rtfae aad eatriotie of both
i countries aed it was only necessary that the scheme
mmtum be made bwtrg t the bcmIc for them torc-
solve on its executioa. Leadwe statesman of both
j coantrie by ibar opposition to H as a measure to
insure the BtUeaate universal spread of the doc-
trines of RepabKcanisB bare ieeo swept by the
torrent ef paWie opinion flora their strong hold
on the aifeeuons ef the people. The drill and
discipline of a great political party whose maneu-
vers weie gaided and directed by the master geni-
us of the times was not able )p stop its onward
march or procrastinate its coatttswaaiton a single
year. The overwhelming power of the great mats
in its favor compelled ill bath men and their creeds
to bow their beads to its power. It was a more sug-
gested by the tenia-: of hhertv herself and accom-
piistea oy iioeriy chosen people. It was a
nations iatraetation trpon Freedom's Altar. The
spirits ef the veaerablc Jacsso'.i and onr own Ander
son hovered for tbe moment over Ibe sacrifice
and tarried awhile 00 oa r earth that they might
bear the aewa ef its falfiltment to tbe spirit-land
of oar fathers aad JeBertoB aad Zavala from
lbr bi;H aaats ia Ihe bwivaas looked wilh
equal pleasure to the smoke ofits incense as it as-
cended to the skies from the Voad extent of onr j
. .r.. . .
whole couotry. iafWure ages tbe vemng Repub-
icttanill resort to it and the history of the men
and courts coeaected therewith with co ordinary
emotions. Who wiH ssv that from ihencehe
may not dale the begiiming of tbe plan of UBiragal
liberty. The problem of man's capacity Aa gov
ern bimvetfaad never beea solved aotil deawojtra-
ted by tbe United Slates. In 1776 the proposition
was looked upon by ait the wise heads ef Europe
and many ia Anarica as enrtely chimerical.
Tbe much slandered Ties. Paine did more to
deenaastrale the practicability cf sach a system
of Government than perhaps tay other man of
bis day and deserves the jr-aotnde of evciy
true lover of his cwantry. Tat- advocates ef the
sytem were treated by the frieais of monarchy as
anarchists and many of the ojvB friends ef ibe
system were blrad with bo sua of the ultimate
results ofits trial. Toe eoastkit-joB of the Coked
States easpbaticatly the people' lie vtraroent eon-
Tinced the worK that sire a UoveftKsaet could be
raainlaieed in liases of snecand from-uIS to 1815
deterrojaed the tact that it ccnU. aWttfltand the
shock of war.
Since that lime a natfoa brenx.'bt into existence
by a revolution based Bpon causes similar to those
whKh separated oars from Bream rrs a nation
ef "strong arms and stum hcaru" baa been amal
gamated with ber destiny and rlaims no higher
boast wan that tbe comprises noe parcel of the
misjWf whole Vifty years aa;o if e enlbasa-
axt ta tbe love of oor form at Gaverameai bad
cawght the idea and should have foretold tbe ul.i-
raate spread of oor authority to tbe banks of tbe
Km Grande brs believers would bare been few.
Nevertbeies the "proud bird of Jove" America's
Eagle U at this time perching as quietly and se-
curely on the hanks of that stream as if he hovered
o'er tbe Umb ef Washington.
Let u then aot reout at tbsae who vooW per-
diuu;jii Asaana htku m goreraM oy
obe-OWaMssasd ofte Prestdeat. The mi-rratoir
charitier of oor psoote will scatter ibera over ail
thfsotmimeM and wefuMns ijc the June will
prDg op wocrever oppreasiow dares to swowTis
head. Annexation wiH foKow aatvexation. Tbo
old mother land will reclaim ber waeyteriavy; csul-
areH ana ucr cnnarrn win wiui joy return to her
arm as tie core iiptciiei by .oah Irom ihe
Ark returned agaia tu htm because she could find
"no res; for tbe vile of her foot midst -the wide
w.-ae ol waters will every freeman of America
coaeeivb ttm there exists bo reMiar place for bias
save the ark of our glorious Constitution. Thus
wi b tbe spread it" its principles will tbepawer of
that Gorercment first aiop'.mg them increase ajtd
Ibe United Stales br prce ol opasioo alone will
saoerceptibly break dawn every barrier to the ex-
tension of her authority. Planting her broad ban-
ner upon the Isthmus of Dariee and sssamiag
to herself the provd -cognomen ot Uatted
America her constituted authorities will there pro-
mulgiie her law intended for tbe government of
allthose who live between Bettnog Strait oa the
North and Cape Horn on the Sonus.
Should contemplations like these be realized by
those who eosae after as what a degree of impor-
tance will be attached by Historians to our own
annexation. Jatt as the inhabitants ef all repob-
liea yet in tbe womb of lime will turn their eves to
tbee: that glorious days as tbe first aad proudest
(ndependenee day so will onr own annexation
br hailed as (he cummencemeat of this taigbty
combination.
And what a combioattan ! An Union of at least
OMi 044 fr aad .orerei gnStates.
togeer f than one haadred
A gather-
injr together of mere than one nsodred rsabotls.ct
freemea in the bolr caafe of Repabtreaa Truth.
.V more than Roman cr UrecBB ptutaax rs the ar-l
my 01 rrcettoiB. tier prophou now in Heaven
revel at the sight. The Pritsof HamiltoB. Ja?Tforgira mefortbe uncharitable remark) may
Adams Haaceek and RuUedge rejoice at lie I
prospect xae ussst 01
b Henry the forest Demosthenes
Wbosehander shook the Philip of Ihe seas
iV"l steie Fraaktin'c esergetle shade
Ruled intbeligteaisgiiihichiiis band allayed."
Smile at the yet ua known sobers greatness of
tacir couotry.
Who caa anticipate sock a result without an
overflowing 01 so nit Foimmelolhe taisoralbeman
ivho would wMhhoId so boonural a dtslnbntica 01
the beceDts of Indeeendeaee. He lives not on A-
mtricansefl. The day may come though an age ma roll by be-
fore it adventwfcea all along ihe sosw-dad coasts
of Baffin Bay aad tbe farthermost regions of Ihe
Norib. yet untrodden by tbe foot of civilized man
Freedom shall ba aadtrsUwd U. practised. AVben
the lamp of "man's inal'enable righB" shall to the
inhabitants of those benighted regions Tie in the
splendor of its brilliancy wilh one of their own
mountains of ice. When along the Columbia from
its source to its mouth the School-bore and
Church trbertiet cradle and ber coach shall be
seen upon every m-le soaare of land. When the
Cur "Damsel of Darien shall tune her harp to ihs
enlivening nates of " Hail Columbia and the
prattling infant cf California shall be taught to Hsp
the name of the great father of our country.
When Brazil and S atsgoaia shall point with pride
and exultation to their own banner of the " Stars
and Stripes" and our own free unfettered bird of!
the son shall flap his wings in peaceful joyfal tri-
umph o'er the topmost peak of uie Andes. When
from tbe Arctic to the Antarctic pole on this side the
Globe the sacred instrument we bare this day
heard read shall have been sealed with the
seal of uotrersal sanction aad every son and
fUnfk:r Af Llnmrica siutl rlasa it ana embrace it
3s the last will ih6 New Testament ejf Liberty's
I Apostles to man. V. heri tbe thrones of ihs East
shall crumble into dust and Europe Asia and
j Africa borstiog iae fetters of monarchy shall pro-
claim theatrfves te the worW.lbc advocates of Re-
publicanism. "When the waUs of despotism lyr-
'annvand oesretsion. shall tremble and fall before
1 the seven time repeated blast of Frecdom'slast
lwui"r.- .... .
. 1 ne nursling txh psi
Roltlsc on high like benaosieas thunder
Shall ssnnda Ti Detas
from asUons rather than
PTomehusinonegreatryofGodbepraUed'
for the Pxuct; and LmearT of tbe Woiin.
The 1Utt Vv'e hive received freta Captain
Thoj. Mooxe of the aiarney" a eomauntca.
. . .. -. . ...
urau..-. -.. - .. -
ceavor 10 nnn rosnt loruncxi weeic.
COMMUNICATIONS.
Mr. Editor:
From quite a severe attack of the Texas
fever (an ir.'Jipoition to do any thing in pur.
ticular) I did not avail myself of your Ian
number to follow up my detached thought
on the ctrxi cave feir.
I believe I left off after dLscssinp-yoar sug
gestion of the great influence probably to
be used by momed men at tbe polls. With
plcasuro now I rend your cdttotnl Mnetarea
upon my net article and snail in after time
notice their "consistency and harmonious ac-
cordance with your boasted independence.
For Ihe present I shall pursue the plan firs
lakldotvr. by myself for fear "I get ahead"
of you Mr. Editor.
You contended that election; vtrct tce
tend to increase political feeling and excite
the rancor of party spirit. Is not this a mere
supposition of your own unsupported by
act? Doesjbere exist a reason to radttee as
10 such a cfficlujton? I do not desire you
here toflyofTat a tangent and cross tbe
Atlantic for yonr witnesses. The sMsw voce
vottnir of Eagland is as mnch a humbae.
and as fit nn exemplar of bow that svstroi
would work among frecmenfis coobJ be well
conceived as I shall proceed 10 stKny before
I nnish this article.
Lei us examine ihe two questions above
propounded and try and give them reason-
able answers based upon facts. We hare
Slates of our Union where both systems
preratL Now if we can find no greater
evidences 0! excited political feeling in those
Slates in which the ritxt veee system is now
practiced and has been for years then wedo
tn those where the other system prevails it
seems to me mat comraaictKin poswive is
given to the supposition. Let us tnke Vir-
ginia and Kentucky as evidence on ihe one
side and Georgia and Tennessee as wknestea
tor tbe other. Un we hear of mare brawls
street figbts and juper tettrt (the cnacomi-
tonti of n high stale of political leeling.) dis-
gracing the fair escutcheon of the OM Do-
minion than we do in the land of Ogle-
thorpe? Do the sinewy arms of ibe hardy
Kentackians ply their blows more lustily
on the glorious election day than the free
born sons of refined Tennessee? How are
we to determine upon a high stole of political
feeling? Religious writers in relating the
history of any groat revival or in announcing
the conversion of a host of sioaers. term
it 'a great excitement among the bretbereo "
tSow we are to look upon political revi
vaU and mighty conversions from one set of
political doctrines to another as evidence of
srtal excitement asins the steer eigns. we
f-wuukl be bound to conclude that party spirit
ran higber aad that the people generally
were mare aK-to .politics in Tann snare
and Georgia than in rXotto'efey and Virgin-
w. Why? Because tfce two former havsji1
boxed tbe compass in their political creed!
aad the ratter have remained true 10 turir
faith. I asaeil that tbe history ot elections
in no Stale of them all bears 70a out in the
opjatpa. if yon can name a single instance
in It? support I' wiH acknowledge myself as
limited tn miormation 00 this subject a yoj
hare described my charity; for the human
race to be.
Dismissing facts does there oxijfcaeason)cn CoiMtneot. and to tin ibis take sides with;
srbv one should enteuain an opinion of tbe S
opinion
like. Are men more likely or apt to brag
and boast of their political principles and 10
kick up a fuss generally in their neighbor-
hoods when they know it wHI be heard at
the polls whether they stand by tbeir profes
stons? It seems to me that more cool reflec-
tion wouki characterize tbe conversations
of those who expected the world 10 be wit
neas of how they exercised the elective fran-
chise than were they permitted to deposit a
ballot in the dark no matter what principles
incompatible with right and justice k advan
ced. He who votes at the ballot box (God
niter tbe election closes and the reaalt
known claim to hire voted with the soccsss-
ful parly while bo who "spcakr it oot"
must stand or fall by the true standard of pop
uiar favor tbe standard of principle. Tbe
most noiiy pohttcians I have ever mat are
these riders upon the wave of popular favors
always belonging to tbe perty in power;
chamelion like changing their political skin
to the lights and shadows of all creeds; and
as birds ol mssaste. tumnir their notes to
whatever clime"! thev may be in. They
will alt be found tbe unflinching advocates of
tbe ballot box system (unless it should sod'
enly become unpopular) as coder its: lock
may be hid the evidences of their want of
political honesty Now take not this last
remark as. by any means intended for your
sell wrmany good and honest men among
wbcm I number you havo been led astray
by the oily sophistry of those imncdimteljf
and pcTSfmallv interctled.
Your next supposition it that electrons
will be more protracted or in other words
you main to say that an election rtsva vce
cannot be held in so short a time ns one con-
ducted by ballot. Really Mr. Edkor. yttr
charity s as boundless nnd unlimited as
mine is restricted and confined. Your ten
dcr consideration for the poor unfortunate
manager of our elections hereafter as to the
"work and labor to ba-dcue by them bas
completely extinguished ihe lamp of your
reason I suppose it hid under tha foukct
ol your chanty. 1 unow not irom want
premises you draw such conclusions. Fig-
ures those everlasting truth tellers will pro-
duce usa-difHerent result. If I know any
thing of an election by ballot it comprises
all the labor and consumes alt the time of a
xivn roc.e!ection with the aiditswal labor
and time spent in comparing and counting
out tbe rotes. We all know that here in
our little town of Clarksville tha elections
having been by billot that at least two bests
has been taken np uMh cl-utd doors by tho
msoagers in counting out the votes and that
until tney are opened iho result is aot known.
If ihe same had been by tlpc voce almost
at tbe moment of closing the polls would it
nave ben known who were tbe stKCwXlnl
aspirants. Tbe roan who would attempt to
prove therp the sun we arc indebted for the
light of day woukl be considered simple
and for fear the some may be thought of me
I shall not rrur-ue this part of the snbitct
farther.
I now dismiss tho objections sascrssted bv
yon to the law and shalLnot again revert to
them until in conclusion I shall answer
whatever comments you may be ptoaaed to
roojee upon what I 'have written or may
yet Write-
in my next I shall try to show that secret
veliog is anti-RtpuUkaK and that the vies
vote system is tndy DsmsKrati.
VERITAS.
Foarr TewttMr Jafy 10th 184ft.
Major Dc Mobsb
The ateoOaas af Caleis far the three Choctaw
Districts came oC on the Bth fast aad rawked
n the eleetia of Col. Thoi. L'Flosk. m Chief
f thes the Puci-she-nabbre District by a majority
of S3 votes over Geo. llcnso.; aad 17t over CM.
Jocr. NilL the two opposing eaadtdates. The
whole Dumber of toios cut was 671 of which
LTtoac received" 3fJ. Hceox2S2. And. Nail
fc. LTLoar me toeeessful caoaioate aad pres-
ent ChWoJ ttisdUtritisahilfbreedofFreesi
extraction as the name Imftieil. popular wita
his people who look 8p te him ss Father. He
is favorable to the. efisria that are be fag shade lor
these eiililzation aad is tn everr respect wcu
qaaHned ibr the stace.
m iae aojoJoigj.lhe Pusa-net-ta-ba INslriet
S lis FttHca was elected over bis conmcrttor
JcseuLiu Foutm bv a mawrilr of 210- Tbe
whole another of votes east bris? 4So. Mr. Fi ib
ex H also a hatf-breed aad possesses much of a
go-ahead spirit cf the Anglo Saxon. He was edu-
cated at Col Jahwerf school in Kantaeary aad
wiH do roach (br the ameEocatfea of the coadttioa
of his red b re ther en.
TheretorM fremjhe remaining Choctaw aad
ChKsTasaw Districts have not yet come ia. Bat
the presumption it that the parties favorable to
education and reform have been victorious
throughout. v
Tbe examination of the fear Missionary schools
in this District will take pkee next week. K.
fagsisiissianiisiF sii '-asassaigainBtflas
WASHINGTON CORRBSPONDKNCE.
Waihi.vctos City
May 29 1846.
Dcar Sir:
The bin creating the additional Major
Generals and Brigadiers has passed aod
the nomHwtiaat to the several offices will no
doubt be matte wHbm a lew days and we
shall then ate what direction ihe movement
takes. The object is evidently to 3 Sect Geo.
Scott and the breach betwen himself' and
the Cabinet or perhaps to speak more cor-
rectly between himself and ihe Secretary 0
War is widening bow k js to end no one I
presume can yet form any opinion. I: is
ihe impression of many some of those
Ml.
tiraleTijBe oTOen 3cott. that he-writ rerfrorivfef "white there is o oswefa to demand
iin ib me event urn one 01 me new .Major
Generals be ptaoed at the bead of the army
cf operations for myself I have no mranj
of forming any opinion knowing to htiie of
the interior movements.
A report wtain reached us a few day!
ago that Louis Phtitipe was dead produced .
considerable ternvent. we were already at
war with Mexico and carry into effect his ;
plan of the hnhaco of power on the Amert
'"exieo in uw war. a contraarctioQ of ine
report of the ICmg's death has not ail such 1
apprehensions at rest for my own part I j
never wuattakied any and combatted the ex !
preseed fears cf others whenever I beard j
iheoi. In the first puce it was not certain I
that Gttizot wouki be Prime Minister under I
the regency and besides when we recollect j
that France bas within her own bosom the
elements of a revolution that from time to
time bos displayed the prepa'ratioa for aa ex-
ploeion we may well believe that Use
death ef Louis Phillipe will be the signal
for collision. There are tbe partizans of the
Elder branch of tha Bourbons to rally trader
the standard oftbe Duke of Bourdeaux who
are waiting a favorable moment the Bona-
partiiU the Republicans and the party of
tbd reigning family no one can doubt who
is at nil acotainted with the French charac-
ter that il ie the tact and energy alone of the
reigning Monarch which keeps down ao
open and general out break confining the
most restfes to- solitary attempts at ascaseioa-
tton. He who lives "to see Louis Phillipe
laid Hi Ihe grave may expect at least a re-
newal of the scenes o( the three days if not
the sHl! more bloody and ferocious exhrbt
uone of 1789.
1 may bear something worthy of beior
communicated beforo t Jeave this tf so yoc j
snail nave wnatever t can collect.
Farewell
From YcoitaS. The Yucatan schoon-
er Jaaqutna Capt- Marlinearrived yestei-
day from Campeacby having sailed on the
12th instant."
Private letters havo been received in town
by a respectable commercial house which
state (bat the Congress of Yucatan had form-
ally declared its independence. The ptocise
date ef the declaration wo have not teamed
hot in consequence of it several Yucatan
vessels had eleard for this port and olhe
were advertised to leave. TheJoarjuina ar-
rived bare umltr a Yucatan flag.
We received no papers by this arrival
but learn verbally that everything was quiet.
Picayune.
r5" Miss Laura XI. Taylor a niGe of
Gen. Taylort in behalf of tha yung ladies j
tedthe Tennessee Regiment Jfoh their flag-
TnKFAJJtr.vorJ. H. PtAsanTs The
citizens of Virginia have contributed more
than 810000 for the benefit of. the children
ol tho late John HsmrjdefiPlcajants. Liber-
al contributions to tho fand have also beea
msde from other quitters.
LATER FROM MEXICO.
By the arrival of the brig Christian Capt.
Woodbury from Havanna. which' portsho
left on the lOih inst we are in possession of
dates from that city to the 9.h inclusive. By
this arrival we bare dates from the city of
Mexico to the 30th of May three days la-
ter than oar former advices.
The correspondent of Je D-aro deli Ma-
rioa of Havana write j from the cky of Mex.
w on tne uoin inst noi a surncient number
of members of Congress assembled to form
a quorum; nevertheless a preparatory session
was held and the wrfeer addj'tfeat Sr. Bu3!a-
mente the ex President may be considered
as the President of the Congress; ana that
there is every probability thit Sr. Parerfpjr
will be elected President of the Republic
ine vxmgrees appearing to bedtwotad to him.
It h added that should Paredes take (he field
in the present campaign Gen. Bravo now
in command of the troops at Vera Craz will
be elected Vice President.
Ilk believed very generally that Congress
such as it is will at once invest JT&redes
with dictataiorial powers for a Kmiteil neriod.
and then suspend its sessions. Matty depu-
ties had openly declared in favor of this
course and the country appeared to have
reached such a crisis that the concentration
of aH power in a single hand appeared to bo
catieator.
The greet lopfc of conversation at tha
capttol was the proposed oVpartBte of Para-
des to lake the command of the Army of
the North. He himself was bent upon do.
tng so although dbsuadfd'by many ceasid-
eratiooj of porky and by the advice of his
friends. SbonM he take ihe geld it is said
be would have under his corasaaod in army
of sixteen thousand men ieclodiog i tnasa
the army of reserve and lite troops af Arista.
Reports were in circuhtrion m the afcy that
Gen. Arista was to be called to the capital to
nnwer charges p refer rtd agaiast him but
the Mrrepoedertt of the Dmrio thinks this
not at all probable.
El Esfasctador a pope? m Mexico daroted
u the interests of the Spantsfa dbces t
length the design of Pnretks to taKe the
held in person. It ondeavors to dissuadeTfafm
vifromi and ably urges that the capital .re
quires bis preaesce tar more than tbe fron-
tier. It endeavors to paULwe the disasters
suffered by Mexico on tho Sth and 9th aft ;
says that evidently they were lesg calami-
tous than was first supposed because the re-
treat was conducted in good order the woun-
ded were safely transported serosa the river
and the Americans bad not followedup their
victory showing either that they were verv
much crippled tn the actterr. or that their
leader possesses no abilu -. 1 here is. then
fore no occasion that ibe President houkl
pot every thing at hazard by repairing to tha
his aKeotton at the capital such as tha in
surrections m Ibe Semb the blockade of the
ports the n.-cK.ty ot providing oa tbe in-
stint resou'ces or reiotorcernoats for any
threatened point and the solution of questions
diplomatic or financial which may come rip
f.om time to time.
1 tie correspondent orthe Uwno de la Ma.
rma says tbe finances of the tuition remain
in tin same state; the payment of interest oa
the poblic debt is still sospeoded and there
were no transactions in uie pontic tunes.
The Government had convoked a Junta
with the view of procuring means for its
nnergencies. The President bad failed to
pr.cure the relief which he had anticipated
from 'be Clergy.
The. Monitor Repubticano of tbe 2 1st ufr
announces that forty-six ot the ono hundred
Deputies to the Congress bad then reached
the capital aad thai tho Government tvas
urgingihe auendance of others in order to
lortn a quorum.
C6VrfoWM atie Dtaria de la Marina.
Vera CKBZ'June 1 184G.
The Consuls of the neutral nations have
protested against tbe bfockaifc of this pott
decfared on tha 20th of but month by tho
commnodfitt of the O. 3. fleet which allows
only 15 dys for foreign vessetito leave the
pon. The principal portion of tbe Ameri-
can fleet q now at lata Verde ant) the Amer-
ican man-of-war St. Mary's and Falmoatb
and a small brig are cruising before Tatnpi-
:o. Many families are leaving this cttyfor the
interior. We are now here as tn ld3o with
tbe only difierrace that the Castle is in a
better coatrkJOo.
After much delay the Caagraij oftbe na-
tion bad the first meeting on the 27th. Sr.
Bustamente (ihe ex President) being appoint-
ed President of the same nnd it is generally
believed that Paredes will ba elected -'tfgal'
President of the Republic:
P. S. Sinco ihe above was written the
brig Empresarto Capt. Collins has. arrived
from Havana bringing us dat one day la-
ter. We see .little to atfd to what we hare
given above in regard ta the Mexican news.
The Mexicans set doivntheir toss to the two
battles at 265 kdled 355 wounded and 135
prisoners.
Arista assigns as his reason for withdraw
ing from Malamoros its destftatiac of pro-
visions and the want of means to defend it if
vigorously attacked.
El ladieador of Vera Cruz of the 30th
oh. says positively that Paredes will march
to tho frontier with the army of Reserve so
that there arc laurels vet ta bo won by osr
army and ihe bravo volunteers.
Two Mexican benerals nemos net giver
are reported to have died of tbeir wounas re-
ceived in the action of the Sen and 9th.
The' port of Acap'ilco has been declared
closed to foreign commerMwARkrraa3
in possession of the insurgents under Geo.
Alvarez.
Tho blockade of Tampko was comtnenc-
cdby the sloop of war St Mar j's on the 20th
nk with tho ama notice to foreign Ccaau'r
' &e ns wcte given at Vera; Cur
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