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'Subsi-cibers out e ed to pay i adrancc Nsubo pto0trecei ed for ess than one e1I disconiued until all ar rearages eceat the option of the Publi'ihe r. Apisu bit viii continued unleiis otberwise drd before te expiration ofthe year - - ye rso pirocaina glV ebbsribO and: obenouting r sponsiblb for Ih same;, halkre; Aceive the sitt1c0dy grd-s.. .dr4&is - asut8 lpispi uous13r serted at 64 cents e sqae 2inSjoles5 ) fbr he firstinsertion,'ail 431 etstforeaoh oontitna" ance. those pbshed Moathl ,otrquae y will be-charged $ o eysquare-for each inser io. Advertis niiQ. having th number n"- wlil:be contl ofinsertion mari ned nl 'ordered oat, and charged accord rng - -: All iobwork donE fo ersotu living ata distance, mo ust beidfor atthe tunethe WOr as done, or the pay atseie-red ith:village All oitimunii aionshdresse to ie Editor postpaid, will be promnptly an;strictIY attend FromtJm Sost Cazrolinan.,; - ERS EE R., - We seldonA i ennm nl ~ ions' gricul iural journals hiieferencA verseers._ Yet overseers aiemost importa bachractersinlall planting op ttns ,ld itould be an muclh to theinteres his to improve-ihWn, as: to :improva (he' Uir s, stocki rtnanner of plantiun. :iilact- o ti m rooVing them itts veqy dfli 6 . t.eff enO-ti f .provemeut tiye tWi~te best mhnagergnost of-the pleasure-ifno theprofitpfgpla eii', de pends on thechadaeter ofhe:oveseer. 4rans tens may be! edflaeogret clauses, viz; those who att e iti ' iusines, and'tb6e who do not.;nd tii'efetiaes correspoiding classes of overseers. .Tbelplanter who does not .mang si 'n- liusiness most of course; surrender ?me' ibing -into the liand-of.his overbee. .Siichasa planter usually- rates -the inerits' brE heovdis er exactly in proportidnlito the number-of-baga of cotton lie rmakes; and of course the dv resicses for nothing but 'to make a aIrgl8 crop' o him it-iseo no-conse: - quence that th.qld ands are worked down. the ogno c averit'ained, that the-breed. ing women Ibinf:r and the sucklers lore thei' olesare broken dows, -tzbi -platad Zoo rpyed.' tse stok ine nle ten;. lnderuined. So that he'has tihereq b f cotton bags alt ver lookedisbe pd-atan ad+ sat= 4ry,adtiisrepitatio increased. Ev 'body knews that by.scli-a course a crop mny be a. creased by r esi iitttferior overseer; in-ay given year. unless.hi piredieessors have so. entirely exhausted the resources of the planta tion ihat there is:.io-.part 9f the capital .left whicb-can be wroitght ui into citrrent incont And this seldom happens; for such planters usually allow their overaseeis or other -'gents to- pchase.freelywat is wanted, so that most losses are repaied-- it their costito. be sure; but they ke? no aoerpstits; and never-think of expenses. 1 he aiiiont .f heir reaso ing on the subject is, 4sW gold crop had becr made, and therefore they Last iprosperidg. And so. they go on to their ruin. .'Bt they hidere" viously ruined many siismigit'.hav'e een fine oveiebrs.- Having'onte.hiadthn.olemanage ment of a plantation, aid anbibedtheideis that the onlg test of good planting i364 make alargn crop ot cotton, an ovrsersrbdimestv wiolless. He will no longer obey ~o'rdemis; he will niot stoop -to details: helicorni' all imlirotements, and -wilL motadopt .anj other- ilai of- pl'niig tihan simnpjg -to work lands; negroes and tefaules to the top of -their bent, wich necessiarily *proves fatal r~dvery employer who will allow It seo'i scalcely crddible, that say man owningan plantation will so abatidon it aud his, peoople onuit entirely: to a hirelin'7no "matter what his'cotifrdeein him i s. i-iiriare nuambers who do it habituiallyf--hindfIhave ofrn known overseers to stipul~ate that theireinploy e should not give any order, nor-int'rerre it luy way with their nianagemnent of the pra'nma tion. '!Thereare also seime proprietor ol'coni - siderablo prepertf 'and prete~nszoii mbeinf planters;'whop~ive thir overseer'a a-propou otthis crop Tor his Vragesi thtis bri6Jmg him by tiid stiodngest inducenedts - of self-interest to tirain~ ant'sok-l dowia evei-ything comnit tm hilarge.' The hinmber, however, of those planters who resign themselves and other property .to the tender me~rcieg of. their over seers, is ripidlty dtiiniishsing,. partly by tiheir berngcompeRedo Isell' ocipatid-paitly b the~ . .-e which-.the'ieay veoa .l ~tinctly uuderm -0. thmive, whooesnidt nn by wnh io one-n ari eniht.i at drstand and diligetlY' scanineted ih'andct - itis aserenc, ntainate c[0.n ad-apichad requirmng for its fall iuvestiga' te' scpices. tion,r kolde of almost alabe! . -. ec And1 a 'tu~yo add, that no .gehe7 s advanced, reitj1iidly, within the last te years. or s mb1.o5re ilkey to advanscehe ter. Long.aeearuilture has beer practlse' it is yet mn-its faancygs regards lis perfection; and no field -openhst wider sphere~fsr.genius, - or affordifahtghier promise of fumerthaw, the stdyand practice ofit on scienile principles. Brit.hdre again wte encountettfieBi8euhy of overbeers1e&w of that large and inctegsiig. class of plamters who do not manage their own businesB, can dispenlse with agents aundfsub agents. It is inipossible, on a pintatiosi lifauf uzfor the proprietor to attend tot all thie de' ns~any of which are irkosomaidaborYious and heiregmjres more intelligence to ausi biam thanti'aiqully possess.. To him4lhere fore, a gooi~Coleer is a blessing. But~an .overseerldibobid answer the views ofrsdch a .., s :most diult-nt in. The mnon eim mt inteliigence, :udntry and character, ore lsi eAnto the-service of tiose wvholae il pOWer:J1A theirhaitdsaud are ukimately spoil ed. ' -18 (pr'ratisertides;for h'ereiKa utatiis fesetliaage goin-on);estee'ied.but a: se-ond .rate-nataiaoag .ffelowa' why willIcon4d6 scend to'take orders.fromius employer, iid 14.nage accordirig t. the. syatem .ofbaiother person.:';Agd until this idea is scholly eraicat ed anl the ral intelligenieDf the country,iand the-true:owners'oF.its .weallh,'can centrol its agriculttireJinthe iniitest detsils, tlieadvaice of'tmproveineit- must be .seriouely clogged.. What could be done-in.war, if-the ordersooft The -General in Chief were itot scrapulously obeyed fram the. socoadin ctnathrough every.grade to -the soldje'riiahe 'k Soit iiin planting.. The"plahter. iai odqrsta id his businqs ansid he-nuambave-agents ttrcarry out-is ifiewsfronr tie pitchig of-ils crop, to. theweainn of big pig; -.I thereforeet it'down aslielirt requisite of'a god dedrsec, to oDEY ortris: 'Not resistiigly,. sullenly, and'with a (t; bnt-cheerful; y'roipily; ;and witbha Ifcomyireesion -siteir 'spmrt,- nd-desife fdr their success.;. And, ari overseer who does his-mueh-is worth having; - though-'he 'may possei'nore.than an averdge-shareof thafaults of' his dlass. "Let hit, :if.he ishes .give .his opinion-freely,.and hisreasons for'it ; but the matler once detideil let hi#bide-firrmly,-and in-good'faith; by the old-idsg, vobeyorders, fynu break owners.? .h e t reqisite:of an-overseer, is capacity to uridirstaud and executeonrdersin ihe proper manner. AWitout ihis;'ofcbtree his best in -tentons will not avail you. The'duties of an overseer acting under the orders of ns eniployer are,=first, to attend to the proper maiiagenentof the-negroen, to see that-the tasks allotted them'are such as they can perform with-reasonable- iniustry and'to take care -fat thovdo perform them,.and doit prop. erly, Theemnliloyershould'regulato the tasks' himself; in the nati, and examie the work; 4iit there are a great many- details to "Which be caniotlook,and inr which the overseer himself will -require assistants irmdrig the laborers. Thsoverseer-should' attend-punctually to,the sick, giving inedicine in strict conformity-to direc.uiont rand,,in.the absence of the employ er arid c 'ian,"shoul'lseapable of, using jadicionuly ,plereme4jeshimself. He should cheer; and coure"gp the sick. ' He ihould es genially iake care of the old,-the young, and ifie complaining, for the treatment of t hom his employer has of curse a system suited to his general plantation operations. - And lastly, in reference to the management-of negroes, it is the duty of the overseer'to 'enforce disecjpline ass subordination, and with as little and as mild a prtjinhmeitias. possible. .Tie overseer whoseeoistaint and, only resolt is to the lash; ana wvho expecis to-entedy.by-that all the mal pr'acties which-lie should by his foresight'and attehtionJmave preveinted, is -a bruter and: do serves the peiitentiary. 'The.recondleadiug -duty of an overseer. is to carry the keys of the plantation. ad to feel bimel wholly responsible for everythini upon it. Few negroes, hoivever, well disposed, ialn'rmness to: resist temptation. It shoild le placed as little as possible in their way; and they sbould..not be allowed, if: it can be avoided', io turn i'key.. If they are. honest,-keep them 6.'If the overseer cannot see every tunic fed -as he should do if possible,--he should ,at leet.give out all-the feed himself,. and take niastues to be assured' that it is applied as di lected. Tliis is his especial ditty, and one 'lat-few employers can ever assist him in; and an overseer who will rigidly perform it,. may always save his wages for his employer. Num bers waste many times the atount of them, by sheer neglect in this particular. The third essential duty of an overseer; is to take care of the stork and tools of the planta tion. And here the employer-has to rely mainly on him. A hether the work-animals and tools in use are in good condition, the employer can readily -perceive, big when they-get out of or ,ter,:he can only givegeneral directions for the inost part, wihich it is the business of the over seer to carry ont in detail. 'So with the cattle and hogs ; the overseer is charged with having them fed, and-counting them, and accounting for the missing. . If the negroes are well managed, the keys safely h'andlel,'anld the stack and tools properly taken care of by an overseer, all in accordance with the -views and orders of his employer, I ronounce- himi a good overseer, and should 'lie to cmploy? laim, though his crop slwodd fail ~uticL-thiat us, if~he obeyed orders, in mniai ging it. Crogs'will fail; from bad seasons, bad maa is t~and poor land.... For vane 01' sphere, at all responsible.. God gives the sea sons; tbe employer pitches his cr'op, planta it, andr directs the manner of wvorking it;' fur nishees the hands, mules, and uteinils; and has bought puor land, or willfudly allowp it to i-e nmin so. .The overseer is not tom blame, if ke, hais cyed orders. The planter who does not hlimself select'thd-lanld fur pilanting, and regu late the extent of: it .'propcrly. -according to his 'orce, and who does not adapt hisplougha and hoes, and~ systeuiizo is wvorkinmg, according to hs soil, is not fit' for his bus'in'ess, and should' give it up. '1 had uaimdast sa'd, 'the plant'er who does ndt rest or' manure his land, so as to im prove it,'and carryi on aascheme.o experimients. n phaniiig,.should'doi the sameE-. But it has ~rt coote to thatyet; thoiighitsood will. In doing his part liowever, ret-the employer ~pectfully, if he does nsot adopt them. ..11e will, :learn miuch-from .himi; and much also will be' ;lerisied seine tIme -y'consulting' his.inost i: (tdJigeni ne'groNi. .'e are often good plan-. ~te'rs, but he 'inust'deedn; and 'do itr. filytta king clearly on himself the responsibility, and exding .thorough,obedience. In general overseers:are violently opposed to everytihg ti is new..n agricutture. The. rason is, thyatefor the most-part whiolly un infornmed in" the' science of agriculture, and deficient of'cortect reasonring on -the principles of vegetation,..the character .of msoils and ma nures' and the influende of air, hest,.anud mois -iii, Their hinii'eoften valuialile :their'ar tunemt- .rarely ; ror:hile''~he oinuioni'of' umef1ji-ant planiteritrjait;'m: three- casevoist f four his resigontg'hs beed fae .3Ana can it he otherwise, when -to raerstand ti.) ~simpledt process-ini yegeis onYegupt3 a-tdIer inble know ledlge o1 Chemistry,'geology, sn(, (Bary ? A good overseer~will readily engage nievery esperiment which lyigemployer prdQ gege25 I.fit 'fails, he has gained..a'lessoo;'fpr wddel ~6e had nottiiing-to pay. If.it' falsthrf' .li ~ je-odesersos a discharge,tisssUta god tei~nie-'of the reqaisite'of.igot vereel '. e.conld, have all the-?qitrisites haluve ennme'rated land lid not know cotton -fro- carn; I should not object .to him. Save me from an overseer who tehwlfit is called "a good platdlr,".with his -obstinacy and.conceit Xotaiave first-to unlearn him all he knows, be foreyou can teach him-anything. Some kriowl: edge of the tart may be valuable, in the em ployer's absence, butan employershould never be absent lQnger. than he - can .give orders foi the management of the: crop, frorn planting to laying by. As to the idea of planting success fdly, and being at any considerable distance from- one's plantation ;:or leaving it.forany considerable time, thatisan absurdity of which alf who have, tried it are .I imagine thoroughly convinced. Inconclusion, let *me recommend the only two measures I thinkpracticable,- in conducing to the improvement of overseers. Let all those pseudo.,planters who neither. understaid nor attend to their business, abandon it, and allow the :ealplanters.the opportunity of selecting from-the-overseers of the country: It will be to the advantage of-all-concerned. Then let the ral planiters exact implicit obedience to or ders;. ake-their'own responsibilities on their own shbulders; and, requite oftheir overseers the performance of their -proper: duties-those .duties oily; but-those thoroughly.. I fe'at have'exliauited the patience 6f yotir readers with this long, rambling'article. But I"have not eihiuited the .subject.- Itis one of deep interest, anddemands the attention of all engaged in- agnculture. With your leave I may recur to it agai:. FRANKLIN. OINTICAL: The following letter from Mr. Van Bu re', was received in reply.to the Commit tee appointed to' wait on that gentlenian, and iuVite him to. preside at the meeting. .Gentleen.-I have had the.nonor to receive by the hands of Mr. Gansevoort Melville, your comniunication requesting ine n biehalf of a Conventiori of delegates from the 'several wards of the city .and county of New York, ti preside at a mats meeting of the democracy, to be held.on the 4th inst to' respond to tho ;nomina tions of the Baltimore Convention. .Upon retiring from ;be Presidency, I thought it vutd best comport with the respect wilkh is due to thit high station, and to thos by whose favor! ibad been raised to it, iu restrict uiy-participatioa in the -political 'contests of the day. to the faithful exercise of the. right of suffrage, with- unreserved eipressions of my opin ions upon public questi'ns to those vho denied the latter of -sulficient iwportance to call for them.. The adoption of this rule was at the time publicly announced to my political friends, ands has ever since been scrupulously.oiserved. Subsequent events have only confirmed:. he propripty of its continued adl pert trreti o'hiervance. It is tl-erefore with uifeigned regret that I find myself constrained by circumstau ces which. I cannot and ought not.to disre.e gard, to decline the request to preside -at a neeing of a portion of my fellow citizens, than whom no men possess stronger claims to my respect, my confidence and my es teem. -But let no one for a moment suppose that in thus yielding' to the properties of my posit:nn, I an in the slightest degree influenced by lukewarmness, much less hostility to the success of the.nomination to which it is the purpose of those you represent to respond. Far, very. far, is thutbeing.the true state of my feelings. ;;. have l itown Messrs. Polk and Dallas tong and iniianately. I have had. frequert op port unit ies-ir personal observation of thei. coundt;ct in the discharge of high und-res ponsib!e public duties. The lat:r.has, bli my appointment, represented the coun.ry. abroad with credit and 'sefuness ...They are .both gentlemen, possessed of high character, of unquestioned a'hd objectiou able patriotism and. integrity, able to dis charge the duties of the stations for whieh they have been respectfully nominated with advantage to the dountry andl honor to themnselves. Concurring .with -them in ahe main in the political pritnciples. by which their public lives-have- heen hith erro distinguished, I am sincerely desirous for their success...!I am by no means un apprised of the occurrences remotely con niected with' these.. nominiations, which have caused 'yain aid mnortification in- the breastis of my sincere.fridnds throughiout the Uinid'n, who have hou'ored me ivith their disinterssed friendship' -Bbt I arn very sure;hat r cati' also rely n theit past fidelity r d '-onor for a ready conacurrerwe intho i. .....g prinicip'ei of- ottr politic'al creed ; that no personalor private feelins should ever induce us to iathhold our support fronm nominations .the auccess of which would be conducive to the perme nent . interests 'of -the :country; Those, theiefore, wh'o think as ido, mbat its future welfae is inogreat degree dependeet upon the'stuccess of those great prideiples in~the administration'of the federal govern'mient ihi~a have hitherto espousededanti-in respect to which theo two great pathes of .the country have for yearsebeen .divided., -cannot I am sure,, fail. to -merge -all minor considerations in sincere and..undisguised efforts to promote the success of-the~candi didate-of the democratic .yarty. - . Havitng now- saild-all that the-. oceasion. cells for in-regarg to ihe generaL objects of the meeting, I- must be indulged in ah:fety parting wvords to'the lidn-hiearted demoecra ey of the cityand county of-New York. -Never.-before has a -public -man. beed hon ored bythe support of trarer,firmer or more disinterested friefads- han they have.,been ime. .1'nprospeoyity-have sebarcely knowndbe~ro'to- tird: t-In-md aldversity thief'bavebemn wiihiiejalwayen Through ~gadod rotrgheviaveport. Ihave liond dtie masseaittNew2orkleeraderae tihe saineunebuswvleibut kuushakiDin *riends.- The'bepiast -by far the happa. est day, in Jwlole poitidalcareekr as that on whichilon my return from Wash inaron thav mer.me.on~the-batteryvin the midst oa'storm of wind and raid which would 'have kept fair weather friends at hoine,uideftended to me, a private clti. zen ike tliemselves; their hard .hands,' and opened their honest hearts, in a welcome ascordial as'man ever received from man. They-need no assurance to satisfy them that Isball lie forever thankful for their unsurpassed devotion' to my welfare, they know fliat Iean. never cease to cherish, with grateful recollections the honored re latiod of'.representative and constituent ivbich'as'existed between us for so long a period, in such varied forms, and which is now tfirever closed. I-have the honor gentlemen, to be, Very respectfully, your friend, And obedient servant, -o-.M. VAN BUREN. . To'Gansevoort Melville, Richard B. Connolly, .Wm. A. Walker, and Wirr. McMuriy,.Esqrs. Committee. CoL. Pang's LETTER ON TUF. ANNEXA Tio . oF TEXAS. Columbia,.Tenn., April 23d, 1844. Gentlemen-Your letter df the 30th ult., which you have done die the honor to-ad dres totie; reaced my residence during my sience froth bdie, siis was. not.re ceited tintil yesterday. , Aceduiipanyiug your letteryou, transmit to me, as you state, "a copy of the proceedings of a very large meeting of the citizens of Cincinnati, assembled on the 29th instant, to express their settled -opposition to the annexation of Texas to the United States." You re quest from me an explicit expression of opinion-upon this question of annexation. H aving at no time entertained opinions npon public subjects which I was unwill ing .to-avow, it gives me pleasure to com ply with your request. I have no hesita tion in declaring, that I am in favor of the immediateeCannexaion of Texas to the territory and government of the. United States. .. Ientertain no doubts as to the poweor.expediency of the re-aunezation. rhe proofis -clcar and satisfactory zo my mind, that fexas.once sconstit tiid: a part of the territory of the.V. .Siates, the title to which Irgni-dzio have been as iudispu table as that to any.portion of our territory. At the time.the negotiation was 'opened with - a view to acquire.I he Floridas.-and the settlement of other questions, and pen ding that negotiatio: the Spanish Gov ernment itself was ready to recognize a line far st: of .the= Sahineas:fheirne Western bo' l rloisiana aesdeined prhe' re . 3with Fraice, under wihtch Lod 8tina, }vas aquired. This neg o'ition vbich ;had been first opened at Madrid,-.was broken off and transferred to \Vashington, where it was resumed, and -rispIted in the treaty of Florida,.by. which 'the Sibine -was fixed on as the Western boundary of Louisiana. From the ratifi cation of the treaty of 1803, with France :till the treaty'of 1819,-with Spain, the ter-. ritory ,nqt,coustituting the Republic of Texas, belonged to the United States. In 1819, the Florida treaty was concluded at Washington by Mr. John Q. Adams,.(the Secretary of State,) on the part of the U. S., and Doi Louis de Onis on rhl part of Spain, and by that treaty, this territory lying Vesf of the Sabine, and constituting Texa4 was ceded by the United States to ;Spain. .. fe Rio del Norte, or some more .\Vesteru. .opndaty than the Sabine, could have beqn obained, had it been insisted on by the AuEi scan Secretary of State, and that wifhotii-increasing the consideration pail-for tihe Floridas. Yn my judgement, the. countr west of the Sabine, and now called Tads was most unwisely ceded. away.-..Igfs a part of the.grest..alley df 'ississippgdirectly. connected hy.its .nav igable waters,,with .the Mississippi river, and lheving-once-been n part. of~our Iuio' it should never have dismembered from it. T'he government antd. people .pf-.Texals, i~t ts understood,-not only give their consent, but are Roxtonsly deirous tobe re-united to the Uiad States..4 if-the application of Texas[~gja re-uoion-nnd admission into our ,. Confelacy.-shall be rej-ected by the Ugited States, there is eminent danger that she , will ,coma; a dependency :if not a colonyq ciat 1Britaip-an event which dii' nert.n ntn anxious fo-thesafety -and prospgty tsconntry could fer ,mft. to .occu. i thout the moet. 6trenunus -iesistence, Let ;'Texas b*: rd-stngeld in4: thtei -lrty and laws -of the U. S. be. estahl ied and maintained within heir limits, as alsoin thie Orego~i'erritory, and let ;he.Aspad piolispof onr governa eat be, not to permit Gtreitt Britain or any other, foreign power to- plant-a colony, or hold domnioz or any portion of the peole or (gitor im.' Thesearo'my opmints and' itilu sIemnitg itfieeosaty to OZf tend this fee, by assignid;-t~Id'fmany reasons- which influence me in the con elusionp to which. I coine..lregret tohbe compelledto difler so widely from the views eipressed' by' yourselves, and the mneetindb oettzens of~incinatti-hon-you representi,~aiffwritg,.~howe'eer, vith4yen aud with tlhsnies [do .t was due to fr'ank. noiss that' Iitd -. be exyictin the de claratton j~71tipinion r'intriwii great respect, Your-'oodei etvant,~ 4'o ~rk.~LChaser Tombs '~ ton, &ri .C~ticinsti . pyoedtepretend that they do Rotisur: candidate. frrthe ;Presddince aJmgK.-Poik lItWulis!h ezieif y strange' illiere'wereintobi ~foond,\in- this coiutry, 4ny' considerable number'ofiindividuals, either school-ioyt or mea, whp are so ignorant of the pulit. cal historyviif thd nattion as not to ,knoan a man iho has -a'e4 so-coosptcuous.a part t someof tile moset i iimes,aand on some of tle most .impo ,at ubjeetti which have agitated the minds of phe p pie, as James' K Polk- We cannot think that such is.the fact and therefor we aie led to conclude thatwhenthaeyiell .~u they do not knos Jame'K Polk, they are .to be understood,. not 6inthe sensej .ich-heir language would imply :but in a pecnliar and au extraordinary sense,. We qeppdse that they miust mean that they.do adtjknuid him as some other rhen, who are peenluar favorites among thena; and taking their meaning in this .light, we fully concur with themi-in admitting that. he is un known to.them and to the country,. They do not know James K Polk asa notorious gambler. They do not kncw t4m ra. profane swearer. - They do'not ktd 4hun id be under. bonds to keep the-peace. w They do not know hinm aone whohas been thrice cogdemned as. ai cndidate .:ii the Presidency. n They do not knorw hini a3 a man on4e oppdsed to a United States Bank and now in favor of it. . They do not know him' as a man, who dnce boasted thate wasthe adrof tihe compromise, act on the subjee f4i t t riff, and" afterwards the foremostto, vieop late the compromise. They dodnot know him.as onewho:pas once in favor of the" annexation ofiTexas to the Union,.and now ppposed t6 it. u'loe the same circumstances. - The do not know,hintas the oadvocate of Internal. Improvements jat.tbe expense of thoeeneral Covernmept.- - They do not, know him as-one capable of the miserable buffoonery.of; entting an ash-pole,. "with. a view: of promoting his: own aggrandisenent, by:means of huni bqg and .riscrahlo monkey tricks. 'They do not know .hin as.nti assailant of naturalized citizens. - . They donot know hitmnsa.the-asainant of the. pioneer settlers of Western States. .But they may know him 'as. a man of high moral. character; oftrue.Republican prtnciples ;of stern integrity;-of inbending firmness'. uniform .in hi,. politieal. seni ments; ofsuntiring indust.ry a'd fersever ance; undaunted in metal :courage.; a a2 man whou.has..held 16e fropt;inkio the. councils of our country in battling roih rights'of the .people. agaios a".u enon eyed power.-wrhose-'pdacit and-.corrup tion wore., uobounded. :. Theyknow him as 'e dignified Speaker of tho House of l(epresentatives, who received the unani mous thanks of the - bonorab1.e body : oer which he .pi sided.:, They knowhim as a man, n'gainst whom even the'tonguae of alander cannrot utter a complaint; against whom malignity itself cannot produce I charge.-Balimore Republican.. TIlE CONTRAST. .. The Barilmore Convention, in present ing the. name of James K. Polk; as the Democratic candidate forthe Presidency, has given us a man whose unsullied char acter and consistcnt and .statesmanalike course as a polirician-contrasts, beautifully with that of his oppoenia , Mati'' jtdg mentis never entirely, founded upon-:.iso; lated evedts-infactwe always judge fh contrast.- Look at the contrast=whichis here presented. Gov. Polk on the one hand, is well known to the Pemocracy-as a man of integrity -ad iworth; as 'a politi cian, ever coosistent and ever laborjng to promote the best inteiests :of ttur comnifr country. ,:Whist. in Congress and occu pytmg a promanent position,-ht bad no p"ri vate 'nterests to subserve-nor.deep.faid. scheoes' for his owti .**naaweinpt-.to P'ower and popular favor-;hiseflbodsere directed to are~tood o6fsths country sida Onpi~ other .laodywovhea yrnipired to us s fie 66yonent,-a mangwhose'lif6 has bcen made up of deglilt~adii ery., Urged onsby hsaihal[oId rb' lion, theeyioe to jiiefreaietalii k ha'. becnthe, nd' and. aimn of-hIs~id he ha eto en~ have a. tendendy ..t:61 donsummation. .M ' ie destined tb'fe poj have no' cofdueBn ss a 'they are unwilling to us handsof-aima so unpih:;~ -geroats.(Gov'J'Nolk is iemic~oe ii Jeftbi-sonin-school, and 4(i of the whiga profess to a u fact) hus, ekjueic else k de The.Albaqy ?Nli *l ~fi'f political ra'nki he teiaiifsIt~ for ho haeeti atri Rtapresenirawves ;- irh fsr~h office as over th estly Bu he- ~gge terrnned- tta eIl'ct1 office1 ; iferIencir; lethfns every dsg takingta;15 ''' thit thiis siioa will, in1 vei restdenc ~ hta'~ob e uc~ntrtdei eei~nthptasm worth~y ncur 3 ter -bgetd wat away-tley re~r idblegg and saimate the hesitatt, W. fet- now tbflt,!we n t N y1i. 5" 1 4 alwQBpbere. 'yW re' ,. F 'Deaiocr is biigh eye " : " 'w and : joyoasgi aialapoas gg"rested eve "rIo ty Dispondpa h_ as disappefl =an tq _ now be'read; r> lri 'a +i _bave,,we arun .ail 'wbe1i W ry: t , c3,: x "Ae r . Ti CrCL a1,4cKa = " ; " "rr 'strength-= be evetgsl3 , ' , .,; - .",_ '".- .: awekearlto, 11e erie i tgOt feTictt awaits hUyeae1'tfons and, hi priflc lei, . 'mot . La nc ter Pa )':Ir teU ge ,, ~ ; . = " AM."Me -Thy.: pint ofithe 'f aieax one.of ,6be, l tO6t -ter ,=:_,, ^ r cientadvocateaof Democratic pang p es "' ,fir . .y l9 wi )r'.Gt '! n1 : S +- . t r"W 1>,".f ~1'*..Fr if i y t ' "4'Severai: ldadingJ Whip. o, lld a'J' , . 3 y +-, ape dooedff Claya u I n s tippoA of:Polk anc, allf -lino ledgE f, :_ 9V 8nd'"8dV11p8f1Q ;af. ' 'd1e Sharsaood,;for inguished-U1 ;?217 "thiscity, is "abou e fitter t0 tp " to the atymp,,', for the:Democr is aoma'i" , - ': To dd;-t.whowjs-a : Warn) .w. ... Jnan, hhais-come ov/e r--so:, has lia ^;:r .J .. , 1 to aumber8' W }Qs0 [lelX1C8;W 3ay ottel2.?" ; . r : " '.' .." JY wr= -ra : 4ii. t "" THr.', ' 01fi1 J8- ; , .f. " *".: .'1 , ,;4s,:.r'-. ".L'-' r4_ P".. 'A splendid T.esas9og' wasrcar> ed" t C 4 , t "r _^ Y the. mot ' Peiasmnstand;.b Lbep :t Here is die rQ dcdCx?:ll raL '' ";;:F tured.a s!w c a Ince; to ppt t e iH into the moo 0-0 ihe. Iho i egrii -. a rvil ''' .,.,. ails ",.? t ' t kept dismambered:by makers in subse vieue feronc0 ad ap3 ktign,,a with tf trounced " as:alfsn 1 it Dorme(j.'aput}oA " c' ,of tba ,Qeiii Upnion, hn,/cotl unction rtt . 17rl lsh A11nis;er io rei1 eL " "^ ,kaow1edgtient th8 :( aL xita it h , "' ':' Aantly: trixin 81D8tt e"1IIBtltlt z ":w :. be:a di verse of t5 v. prdpoquor} ?hoso ou aro tfie fv - . fF ;, "_ - Uniou who: willau r j. Britain a" aid e ambitious desipns onattl ' ". people o! r1aw47-, t "_ yef; OroReely i iloEl ivnle4 3 ::: all his;lifedti Tw"Ittior '; .^j y '" W1 8001 better thAn: th@ S.T.eE T y r "' -spiratorsdisuntonists;=traitor .pie.! .: they.tbi ' =.thaC tcai mo o " todowithfta!-.Y_. w ':or. Sale. aiitit u?'. o vae1; eleciedp = .,o0 with the"g eategia d'eif ihe' pole eet;ac a'ti o sue :and febncated 1 y rea }' t PIN otral tha:aruc a eing a .., rti. "outaparticle' patrrot ism fa, thenii ;..Amen merate nbqut '.., 0 . nra ' Ogle; done'up:.iu.crs pe. - dISt!'l Iptfotl ;. H: reflt:v Q '"' bikdeb or.W 1tfi:fs 80', , <"r,"'~r perk; a lar je"$trtottnt_ - X > ;%j ""' f consisting, in pazi, _t ' 7!7R "