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lWing comq); iatol IOt Sthnae Courier of .Thursday, in I n with Mr. Rhiett's explicit dent l, fth truth of its imputation, if those who had horried these rumorS tu)o the newspa ad,iaike -, adicenthey -would haesaved thi public some unnecessary anxiety and themselves mortification. The communication was originally brought to us, and declined, -lst, because the author's name wis not commuiiated, and 2nd. be = :' lwatments appeared to --us on their face so improbable, that we would 4ot give Vem ,rculation, without first seeing 0 :Rhett 'What he had said we new-he would stand- to, and we were ieg thaiheiotdi.ba..heW.respou-. e for it to the public.-Chas. Mercury. the~on -R. B;-Shelt. ibh dJinner gen to you by your ti dn the 3lst uit, W.ea e e - rdo t sy ..our speech H .hood "that'he e. a~he- eetorth your ourse wp1 e n a ieou oppos e to ~1~l~at P~tfi~re of -this Siat~),e" acotqfin,nil aatfront - 1 Catie 'rpub e ut no.o look to himlas, ijt nipo'of. il 'othelrs in I Uite'd States, "~o~ t ,ehutide d the principles. an4 pIcy 6 . coi our 6v.nmeit, Federal -nd. b Ste,aiia in w lose birstygof gurpdose prudence and disinterestedlove of countr, they. cotld ^uifisitay'tinfcongde. Thie org rcsenl Dilie ydt. r constittgenis,.who are worty democrats, jlaivlaays beed utnder'the impresioir 6r thei. love ,and' admiraion" or Mr slhoungIheliconfideice ihi. tiselonm and pirity a stalitnan, I d benaf not felt before. certainly adopted by you when. you lbecame their 'representativc and y our course in '{4blic life, until now, gave' noI indicatidn of, any thiiig which folied like a change of those .felings.jt astherefore occasioned us no little sur prise to learn that you have denounced 'him, and declared yourself his. opponent from henceforth. - Why is this. If your reasons aresuf icienlly good to1jstify you, let your con - stituents have them, that .they too.may - from heriberortb ease to lodk to this'long tried add hithettb devoted statesmant, 'as tlicirguide niffeader.. Add to our obliga Non at the same'time, b) naining the pol. iticiai who, in your opinion, ough! to be regairded as the leader of the deaocratic party in this State. There are other 'yarrs of yonr atddress - bich I Vould be glad to haive explainef., For.example, you were understood tosaye "that you disiised the -deieia'ic party which riominated~Messrs. Polk and Dallas, and that you would have nothing to do witti them." .B.i suppose your speech iiill be given uesthrodtgh the papers, when it wil b tmeenig to call your at ten tion to-' edi'pati of i as have 'not been under'stood * Youf 'a swer 'it oblige not onty a De usocr ai aconsrituent, but an old NULLIFIER. : -'~~Edilors of lte Courier: Ge'6tlemen-An. anonymous writer, in .3our paper of the 8th instant, under thi signature of '"A Nullifier," has thought livered at Bluffton: "Your were understood to say in. your speech, while speaking. of Mr. Calhoun. "that he had-flaged, and that henceforth you cou:rzse wo6d be in a direction oppo site to his." -'t has therefore occasioned us no little surprise to learn that you- have denuunced 'him, (Mr. C'alhounj and de .clared yourself~ hisopponent. from. henee *forth." "You. were .utnderstood to say, thiat you despised' ths D'enocratic Patty which 'nominated Messrs. Polk- andt Di lap, and that you would have nothiing to -- do with them-"~ Such are the al'egations ;-and-I am very sorry io'say that. they ore only a tissue of untruths. - I tne'ntioned' Mr. Calhoun'~s name but -once ini my' speech, and then it was simply to say that he d~ered frein me, accompa nying the annunciation of this-fact, how - ever, by a wvarm, but'not-unamerited eulogy on his character and services ; which,. if I mistake not' was greeted withthie hearty cheers of the people. O'f coarse thie "(Ie nonciation" of:him, is mere fancy, and to hlave -declared myself "hIs op),anent htenceforthI." wvoukd have been as silly as the-ae~sertion'iS untrue.- Ih would be vir tually professing tht not -the good of' the -countryhut my personal antipathiesshoulId hereafler guide my public coutse-a pro fession that no man's self-respect woutld - allow hitn to--make. Althougti we dilfer as to the course the-State shotld now pur sue, I ain not .aware that this difference between Mr.- Calhonu and myself has in the slightest degree affected our personal --relations';6nr do I- expect, if my estimate of pubilic affhirs iscorrect, that our differ. ence'will 'last very 'hng. As to the Dem ocratic.Party, 'I: simply argued~, thiat on the Tariff-they' would give us no relief. Idid not say that l' "despise" them and "would -have nothing-to - do with thbm." On the contrary, however contemptible a *portion of thiem may be.1 have co-opera ted-and will cointinue-to' co-operate wiih them in ov'eithrowing the-Whigs and ec.e - 'ting Messrs. Polk and Dallas; at the ap proaching Peidetialreection. 'I believe, gentlemen~ I- shall hereafter leave all such assertions as- those F~ have noticed above,.to answer themselves. -Your ob'dt. servant. - '~ RL.B. RHIETT'E The following sensible remarks weco. -py from'th..ew-.Ogans Bulletin, a wig: paper, bt~ene:edited wvith abiltyvand int dependence.Mggstaonsitutonalist. * ~ "We insert-- id alwoher'cohitna; letter from:Mr.uClay to-the -editor-( .o'-ppev in Alabama,.the~Oject of'which isto-explain -' " "a passage in-the public address of'Mlr, G. - adverse to the annexation- of TIexas-,,. Jana R the letter is'confined to this-ol ject it h.unezceptionable, and we may ad, gra -tifyogac .Thme remainder of the epitle, for - 'Aly.ag'.wn. sake,- had' better. been - - ' 7omjttoi'it Wps certainly uncalled for.- The strictures -whicb it contains on. certain de ~monst rations meieesby individuals in.South - ~Carolinaaseemto'tkom tinently unjust. w.hen ,.kra in. eanantan with 'the fact that the Vary resolutions to which neal. ludes, without a word ofcensure or repro batin, .as havlg en adqpteUby the State' oM - asse dsjptts 'adi Vermont, breathe -a'piritsef diillbyaltfand1*a3nt of affectiott'for'-the'.?tsion a-' hundred old' more alarming than'ay thiug whith has transpired at the South. To threatet dils union. in connectioa -with the Texas -or any other question, is reprehensible in the extreme, come from what quarter it may; but no impartial observer or commentator can impute the blame of introducing so unpatriotic a sentiment into the discussion of the Texas question to any man, body of men, or State at the South. John Quin cy Adams, Daniel Webster, and the Le gislative assemblies ot the States of Mae sachusetts and Vermont are responsible for first bringing. the words -e Texas' and " Disunion" into juxtaposition, and every sincere homily on the subject ought first to call those citizens and States to account. and" hen apply (he t'od to such people at the South as were thoughtless enough to retort in a similar strain. W#O. PATS TiE DUTY ON FOBEIoH tM PORTATIONS? Strange as it may appearsome of our whig friends contend that the. importer pays the duty on. his grads and that for. eigners are kind enough to step forward tls- year and pay tot some twenty-five tnriions of dollars to aid us in defraying the egeenses of goverinment, Take the arti ce of browd sugar, which ihe tariff "as it ii takes two. cents and a half on the pound. The West ladia producer can a'fuibd sell it at three cents on the pound. Sload his iesel and arrives ot an A,ijaricai port, goes into ihe Custom .Horii afid repnrts a cargo of sugar, pays the t wo and a half cents on the pounc, and 'iells it'th the American merchant fur oie cent per pound I Wiiai ponse'nse? The Prices C'trrett slhow' that he sells his sugar at six and ir half cents-per popnd to the American mer chaint, by whtich he saves a prfit ofoie iolfdent pi- pound after paying the duty.: The American merchant sells the samet s"gar. io- .the retail country nerchant at seven and a'half cents per pound. thereby sdving one cent per pound proft-and the retail merchant sells the same sugaa'to his custorners at nine cents per pound, ma kig-,'profit on his purchase-and in thc 'endithis'same duty of two and a half cts. on a pound of sugar, with a profii on the duty itself of at le Ast one half cent on the pObund, is paid hy the consumer.. The.result is'rha' instead of the foreign producer's paying the two and a half cents duty on the pnund of sugar, the consumer pajs at least.three cents on every pound on account of the duty.-Baldwinsville Republican. - Prom the New York Journal of Commercec. THIE TARIFF MONOPOLY. Priotection to' Calico Printing. tlow the present tariff operates upon the cal iao printers, may be seen fiom Ihn following statement, furnished by one of their number: - 1ARYLAND. PKleCs. Comly's works print Or an average, weekly 500 14:sssviLvAsA. 1aclines'0-f1sCa V. Wendell & Co. 2 mill 6,000 32 e oseih Ripka,one mill :.000 M2-Moore & White 2,000 3-MeG:egor & Co. " .000 - . - ~ v-. J'U~Jt 1-1. Morris " 1.000 2-McBride " 7,500 3 to- 5-Hunter & othere, . small, say, 1,00 Machines, 3 Trenton Mill 2.00 2--Shreveberg Milr 1,00n 4-Rathway M~lill 2.000 2-Patterson AMill 2,000 1-Lodatill ,0 p YnEW YORK. lachines;2-Wapidag's Greek, one mill '2'000 2-Havetrstraw, one-millf 2.000 3-Huidsons "' 2,000 RHODE Is5.A-ND. Machines, 50-In various smills 40,000 MtA'SACIosETTs. Mauchintes, 7-waerrick, one mill - 4.000 f4-Fall ftiver, two mills 1I'.000 3- do. Globe, one will 3.000 -4-Tiitnton, one milf 4,000 V~4arious,; as Hlamlmon & others- 10,000 NEW ttA3:PSN1RF AYfD MAIN~E. Machines, 8--Dover une other mnills' P,000 Capacity to print per week, aria ntow believed to be fully occupied -114,. .. By the censuns of 1840 we find white females over 10 years - 42.749.672 Colered fewnles-over 10-years' 98i2.600 - 5,712,362 increase at rate of 33[ per cet. itn 10 years is 13& in four years- 761-,648 Fe'nales in the United States over ten years of age- 6.4-74,010 TPhe mills- average 50 weeks of time within the year. whicht at 14,000'pieces per week, is 5,000.000-pieces of32yards eat b, or 284 yards to each consumer. There are a few wealtthy individuals whomanufacture the priting. clothses to spply the above named- eoornousqan tity. These- gentlemeu 'plhy' upon the printersi, by wit hholding or by selling their cloths, just as-they please. Cloths- w hich cost so- make 3Sc6 and which can be bought in Man'hesier atJ2d.; the prinser is- glad to get- by paying 8-. cashia -If tihe-printers wera-permitted' tot impport their cloths free of duty, (there would then be no leas revenue from these elinhs tlian nowv, when-tlhey are prohibited by 96. the square yard duty) they wvould save to thein selves, and'thirough them to- the conauming hard workitig people- of this courntry, 4l the-yard,-or S1 25-per piece :-which on 5 7.10 mitflon pieces, shows an inzdireM tiaz by a few woealthy inditeituala, of more than Seven Mdllions of dollars perannum;-u pon helabor of the country. A' CALiCO' PRINil'ERi -M lr Calhoun.-The Washington cor 'respondent of the N York Herald- wrrites : -Mr. Calhoun leaveir in a week' or ten days-on a private visit-to South-Carolina. His-Ihe great moving principle of the adninisraioa.- Already has- he infused' -throuhout' the several departsmenic and the general operations of she'governmentt, - a tone of consistent diguity,-steadiness, and confidence,:beautiful to cohtemplate with the preceeding Jarrings,. dissensions, Gen. Hamilton's ;Luer -to the Bkugon - Meet brg. SAvaRnAB' fAug..8, 1844. .Getittetieh. f did not receive your kind and mosiratfyig favor of the;22d uh., iANiting 'e o public dinner to he given to the honorisble R. 13. Rhett, at Bluffion, oIn the 31st of the same month, until yes terdag ''I very rnuch regtet thaimy hbsence at that period at a short visit to New York precluded the-possibilty.of. my participa titig in this merited tribuite of honor and respect to your distinguished Representa tive, whose ability and zeal. in support.of your rights and interests, entitle him to the highest tokens of your confidence and os teen. You do me no more honor than justice in supposing that I cherish, for my old Congressional District of Beaufort and Colleton, the most graceful recollection. Called. 1822. when I was eonmparatively a young man, and idknown to a large pbr. tol of ydur citizens, to suceed the lamen. ted Lowtndes, (not to fill his place. for, alas! who could have performed this of fire I received from the .crtnmenceient of my service, for a period of seven years the'most unbounded and unvarying proofs of your support, which survived, atid were sustairred during my administriloto, as GoVernor of South Carolinat in the midst or those trying events which preteded, and which terminated in the great act of State fnterposition, which eornpelled ~and led to the 'Compromise" of 1833. With these feellngst yu will, I am sure, pardon the few teMarks which I ant abot tnake, especially as they thme from an old friend, whe at tire proper time, is prepared to go "as far' its the farthest," in support of measures and principids held in com maon b ourselves. Iit theconidence. thete fore, which has always suisisted between tu. permit me to observe that judging from the recet exponemns of the public senti* -wents of Jleaufort District, se rtnisihed by your late meeting af Blutfion, I should infer you are not only far in advance of the feeling iu the other Southern States, but that, likewise, of your own Snte. I make this declaration witr a perfect know ledge. that in no part of the United Siates is a higher loyalty cherished for the Cor stitutibn, or a more keetr sensibility felt for the prosperity atid gtorl of tho whole comti try, than- by the good people of Beaufort and Colleton. They love the Uniod for the blessings it has conferred, not for the abuses lby which it has been desecrated and dishoroted. Sincerely~desiedtis that my old Congfes sional District should Cot lead in a "forlorn hope," which may not be successfntiI can not but express my belief that S. Carolina is not noto ready for seperaie actiott, nor the Soutbern States for a Southern Con. vention. I have always thought tiai inirtie-ia(ely after Ihe passage of the Tariff of 1842,- the Legislature of South Carolina should have been convened, and a Convention of her people called, to whom the question of im mediate State riterposition should. have been submitted. You are aware that I offered in the Con vention which accepted the,'compromise, a resolution solemnly reaflirming this high, sovereign right, and declaring that our ad hereuce to the "compromise" was limited alone by the good faith with which it mishi ho naintainert hy ,a rnweennmo of the Union. But this moment for effi. cient action was permitted to pass by, and our avowed reliance was placed on justice being done to the South through the paci re legislation of Congress. Although I have not much hope of any relief from this source, yet 1 think we are bound to defer to the wishes of our friends in the other Southern' States;- atnd await the issue of the Presidlential- electiorn. In other- words, we ought to take no-course. calculated to em barrase-our Derlocratic friends thrnough. out the Union,- or to deprive us of their sympathy. Let ur in one, word; without ene cry of disunion, bring forth our cohorts to the field, and battle valianatly for the nomninatione at Baltitmore.- I victoriouts, we- shall entitle ourselves to the gratitude of our allies, and all may be afc, and if defeated, our ranks will-remain unbroken, our principle of confederation inviolate, and the .'nost powerful-and talented oppo sition to this country has- ever seen, or ganized for efficient- action. Although Mir. Polkl carries hiit doctrines of discrimination father than accords with your opinions and my own, yet we must Ihe content for the present in the broad fact, 'bat his views inu relation to the subject of .protection,' are so-modiffed by the revenue principle, as to-be exceedingly moderate, whilst the party whichisupportr Mft. Clay, have just about :he snie notion of modern tion in reference to levying of imposts,- 'that ar blind mtan has of colors.' My views, thereforcewith-grat dieference for the opinions of others, of the line of policy to be pursued at present, by the South, is to organiae the great party of the Democracy of the Union--from the foto mae~t to the Sabine. Let-us establishi anti tariff and annexation: associations, with active committees-of correspondence, with the essential object of' uniting to and with the South, the friends of free trade and annexation-every where. We shzallget up a momentum-of public opinton, even af~ Mit. Clay is elected, which under his plighted faith to sustain his- own Coinpromise,- he cantnot resistind which must lead to a-re dress of our- wrongs or a Convention of the Southern State.. This measure must inevitably coerce the- re-establishment of the "Gomprontise'andialie annexation of Trexa;-if the moral treason of the Senate of the Ujnited.States should not have sur rendered her to the policy of'G.'Britain, or given her up to the bavage butcheries of a- "Mexican invasion." Let us-not therefore indulge inno un necessary violence- in'lanage or action, bt "bide our on time,t' It will- come as surely as the appetite f'or plunder in creases-by what-it fee'ds on. I- believe these views arsitd conformity with those of-Mr. Calhoun. I know, with myself he desires ardently and sincerely the preservatipon of the Union,,an the terms of- the solemn compact tmder'whtich it was fermed. Let us not, therefore, *i prbpJar' ed-to give up his leadi- He was nur- Pali' nurus in a starless nights the-gifted-"Pilot who weathered the storm.W' These opinions,- nff .dbar air~, atreer pressed by a man whid'desires no mishp. Whenever S. Carolina does move' wha- a ever may be the depth of ber error or the t extremity of her peril, I return to her bo- i som, :o sufer-or triumph with 'her sons t But we owe it to our friends in the othe-r -States of the'mzon,Ito our frieiids-more I especially who are contending in this i State with a Tariff party, who are as ac tive and ultra as if they were set in motion by the power looms of Taunton and Lo- I well, to await the issue of the present 4 struggle & then-to move -asfate may cast i the balance, with a power, which in pre.1 serving the Union of the States will secure that justice which continues the only ce ment or its cohesion. I beg you to accept the assurance of the estdem and respect with which, I am your sincere friend, and devoted fellow-citizen, J.HAMILTON. To G. P. Elliott, O. A. Allen, and W. H. Wigg, Esq. Committee. Tas BLUrTON Diiitia.-The spiri ted and patriotic proceedings of this did ner. together withour own comments on them, are .unnioidably excluded till next weeks In the mean time we beg leave to caution our respeeted friends generally. to prddence and discretion in the expres sion of their just indignation against the long cortiinued outrage and oppression of which they complaia; and to bear in mind, the importance of union, harmony, and concert among ourselves, and the hawkeyed vigilance of our crafty and determined opponents, to prevert ard diis represents us abroad, and forestall and prejudice against us all whd really airee with us and feel with us but afay not be equally prepared to breast and defy ai once "the loud roarof roaming clumny" that is already rapidly gathering against us. Let us spare rro reasonable pains to conciliate alls ho have joint interest with us, and least nut unnecessarily altrm any by sudden and violent zeal and excite tnent-remenbering, that the present is a tittte when or Whig oppurents have-a more than ordinary interest in belying and misrepresenting us, and our Democratic brethren dbroad in fearing, ua and the consequences of our escitement on their President'iai views and efforts. And last, ifrconciliation fails, we shall have our du ty. and the error of neglecting it will noti he ours. As for ourselves, we trust they eatinot nistake us, or suppose that Ire fear to meet the obloquy which is ever the fot ofthose wro noestly dare to do their duty, against oppression, powerany tyran iy. There is but one course for us with out 6elying our whole past life, and sha ming our whole future ; and biplily. there is tro danger of our sianding alone here, aswe did in Georgis for soars, with the whole press, and almost tire whole peopfe orthe State, arrayed against us-. ut we speak for others, and for our cause, nor for ourselves, and agairr entreat otur valued and respected friends to be pa tient for tie safgej and I[ citause; and re membey thWt it is hetif easier to be a pa riot id Sot:Itl-Ca-ofin., ri6 any where eise.-Soutih Cardin'aial from the New York Hera'd. R-idrns of the recent State Elections-1T a' Contest Thickens-The Importance of the Issue. We give in another column, a compre honmivp nul wneltly Jigatd atateaont of the results, so far as ascertained, of the elections in North Carolina. indiana, and Kentucky. The general impression made by tho returns is, that the approaching contest will be a much closer one than had been imagiaed. The result of the eleTtion in Louisiana opened the eyes of all to this fact, and demonstrated that thei wigs had there at leaszl,recconed in some' degree without their host. In North Car-. olina the locofocos have gained three thousand votes since 1840, whilst the whig vote exhibits a falliug off of tio less than four thousand. In Kentucky the WVhig mnajority has been considerably dim in 'hed in consequence of the popularity of the Democratic candidate. Altogether. it is quite clear that there is a remarkable falling off in the Whig vote as compared with that of 1840. Otlier evidences, striking and significant enough, are not wanting, that the Whigs will have a much harder fight of it than they anticipated at the commencement of the campaign. When the campaigr began, eferg body remembers bow sanguine and how assured of victory the Whigs were. Their moss meetings and gathering of the people, hiad 'the aspect of great scenes of rejoicing after a triumphant eonfict..ra ther1 than that of marshallings of the hosts for liattle. Addresses and orations deifying the "Mill boy of the Slashes" were deliver ed, by enthusiastic youths, and hymns of glory and oftriumph wereteung by blui eyed maidens;- whilst the old sat silently mute, or lifted up their voices only tojoin in the loud acclamation,wvhich annonneed, alas!f a little before the election of Henry1 Clay. Webster. and- Cheate, and Cranger, andI all the great orators of the party, made solemn resolutions that they would tnt I speak at public meetings durit this- cain-j pag-tiat' they would generirtsly. leavei the f'eld to the young heroes, who, with < souls in arms, were panting for the fray, and ea~er to flesh their maiden swords in the bods of their locofoco foemen. But' the scene- appears to be changed. -Mr. Webster is out and very heavy too. -He has been speahing at Trcntonandat Con cord, and.. at 'pringfield, and will make one of his tremend'ooseflfotu at Albany on the 27th inst. when-the river'counties meet in Convention- Aid the ether .great leaders-are alsount-tand are also very busy.. In the whig camp- alr is-bustle atnd prepa- I ration, and it-is pretly generally cosidered 1 that really, after- al, it will be necessary to fight a little; ib order to'secure the I umph of Henry Clay. Nor is this newly awakened alarm in the whig ranlisdVithout just grond. All now see' thar ratheor too mueb'timve was I oceupiedib pertmature rejoicing biefore the biattle wis Iboght; and that there is a pos sblittbYthe day'of'grace still left, may< otr svfibe-to retrieve the ground that has b'eeu'lbst ii ibolisir inactivity. Poor Hor aar ('reelg, for one, is in a terrible splut- I tb'.adtd it calling on his bretherent to come tfp' tb tihe scratch, in tones somewhat less -muieal .thitd melancholy. " And ~thec qetioii'aiw'resents itself at every turn, a can- thi ings really be brought out in all i eir forc an. the nert electi'a2.? Does ufficient excitement at present exist to riug that party totheilolls in iNovemher extiext. with all itigdliereti ,Tomn Dair o Beersheba ? This contest*ilfbe i'Atie'one, and ;it ettlies for- years'to comeg r mst impganL .sees. It will determine the innexiaton o? Iexas--the quesion of a Nitional' Bank -distribution of the land reve=tieand. he . highly" interesitg and imporiant luestions connected with the tariff.:,ThesI ssues cover both our domestic and-foreigI >Oli . The result of. this presidential tlection will exercise a most important tnd immediate influence on our relations with Euglaid and France. If Mr'Polk )e elected, these relations will. at once issume a new aspect. The annexation of Pexas and the occupaiion of Oregon, will >fcuurse be amongst the first measures of ]is administration, and it is impossible to orsee how soon they may be followed by he most serious alternation in.ur relations with Great Britain"and other. European powers. This is what gives. peculiar interest to the present contest. Heretofore the issues of the presidential conflict-have jeen connected only with our : domes'ic policy. In the present case they have acquired a nsa and peculiar complixion, mvhich gives them infinitely increased manitude. The question of peace or war with Great Britain is n.ow involved in this onutest. The closeness of the contest-and un iertainty of the result, and together with 'he vast and universal importance of the !ssues involved, will. terrde all political taforflmation of grent interest from this time 3p !or-the evefrtherefec'tidn. We have accoidingly made all the' ncessary frantemnprts, and wilt be enabled to give the fullest, and most authentic returns'of f theState elections and-ofrpolitical events and movements throughout the Union. Fiotn the Pendleton M*s3eng'er. We have said and we repeat, that #e( hink the Southern States are in a position if great peril, arising from the unjust legis ition of Congress. They aie iii af minor iy, and there..is a strong, and we have -eason to fear,'a growing party. implaca )ly hostile to their institutions, add deter. mined by some means or other, to destroy :hemx. We have expressed rk'e'opiniani hat to parry the blow intended for us, will -equire wise trnd prudent counsels.- dnd that he eve of a presidemial election is an un ravoratble moment for such to prevail. - We.do nnt know that we have.a great deal o hope for from the success of either can. lidate. The election of Mr. Clay who is tuppoited by Adams, Slade, Geddings, and the rest of the aholitiob and high tariff party, we should regard as an inCalculaR ble evil, because there would ther be no heck on the will of the majority, provided ,ur opponents should' have it in Cougress. We, therefore, support tie opp6sing candi date, Mr. Polk. whor we regard as more iound on the questions-of most.immediate interest to us. He has no' abolition, and few anti-Texas. supporters, and althongh he might not have power to avert the'evil, yet his selection - would do much to des:roy the confidenceof the abolitibonists and ttriffl ites in' their own powers. and thus in some msensure paralize their efiorts. If the South was united'we should-have nb diffiuhty. Would .it not' be wie in both parties to resolve, that let the presi. Jentini cmntest terminate as it way. we wil) whether'snporters of Clay or Polk, ihen lay asidb al' minor differenbes, and take counsel together oTi-the great ques. tionb at issue ? Soiiterd' demoeirats are opposed to the tariff-so ar'e many Souith. ern wbigs-and on the riqestion. of aliolil. tion we hope there is no division'1 South: erm democrats are for the annexation of Texas-few Southern whigs-'avow them. selves opposed to it-though some think now is not the time. Canr "e not fiad :ommon ground on which to stand in self iefence? From the Andrson Gaele. -TEXAS AGAIN. We had hardly supposed that annexa tion was yet an open question in South Carolina, but we occasionally meet sme who aire opposed to this great southern measure. They tell us thamt we shall gain an addiional strength in the federal Legis lature. Is this tnot a mere assumption rounded on the opinion of some few that if Texaq is admitted into the Union and fcur States should be carved out of her territos ry, that two of the States 'would be re :eived as slave holding and -two as non. ilave holding States ? No provsion to hot effect was incorporated into the -late Preaty, and the supposition originates tin. he exhubera ,ce of imagination rather jian from a candid view of facts. Thie l'erritory is already scattered over with' ulave population, and how can everitiae anattcs of the North have insisted N~hee' ipplication for admission into teUIon ty any other one of the Terrio es itn >e niade, that the citizenmshotf'sarnl io- large an amount* of pr ae he ralue of their slaves- beforo "esould some in ?- Would nor ar sen" ap-ofsedr ustice have prevented so unresoilnlifa 1squest, from' tie N~orth.Bu rt( 'ould( testroy their power in Congre.t ir-said, tod-for thiat; eason they. ,woul ot to ihe admission with slaverr "'sit-'forgt-t en howvever that several inonetsiavholduig Ierriioriesin the'Nnrth W~est'willhoon ap Ily for admission and that th baslait of iower will he still ib th hlisi ofithe Ilorth. We' ay meet in ilh' alls of ..nngress the Antn savery pat ^and say: Gan'lehnenyou have perseufficient al eady,-and, w~ mands tat-every-slave L'erntoryb -nitted into the Union rompti on t.t applcain,:to con erbalance the increase ofta int slavery states; and- preserve' tbE' illibrium of tower- which now exitI -How 'dare they efuse such a demand."'" Lat us have Texas in-e niun and the lavery question will be itleilldrwards 'ayorably to the South. ~ 4;. " It is said that it will prov'inuhm tkeo the flanters of the Souih and howi It isto lrawv off our slave populatiotn madkuild '-up rival in the production oI ~ratjta >lc. WVill Texas be less @iiiaimde ad nitted than. if she (brmve& 'ipuent >art of the'United'States. n.~ 9!oto ious that t'any .of the We itf ers if the South' havb alredss' " etgroes to Teza for thisgpn w ng Cotton. The :soil and cI Du ni nnking it onep of the most Edciin cointries in-the world-and :l theria o otUforsthp coutrysh i ned'u great proder o.hstajew h which donexat. b ave on th penty EineStir ty a "sa perceiedbya r t easily comy .ssmgei ion whereith- . ire trammn'elledb the ii e4 i4i8hiinsa which overwhelm ~ .s~~~f ab'od - doniirolon 1O / l0pi clZ~abrei onrocr goods of 56 orgihtL thosereo stritions.Itis'absr tosser t Texaes cair ill" ;6 1 reje & ei i Cornt 1 mercial Treati ii T n', -France .and other countriesoii i hieha reci aldiie i to the partis resped el ;46 i 5hoglw Treaties exists between i United Saisie yetia ri nti i.e tiators have:not been buit silchsin. pidiiyin forming thems '1hr from mating an advientapeou; fii Oetk with other countriei IfTexasvitll agru'4 (which she will)iodin iii gooi free ordutyibho-erport i;Englan I has the' ight without "vola ith or- a atys ip ulationstand will exercise it of a titting - 'Texas Cotton inier..portsidAy ree Ai duty of.o per cent j.levied on I ecotton we senddo ;Englan4lan a vlierage-duty of not. lessibpaq40ie iede n th English Goods we importithese added make'50~per coniiaid:,lthese iesfiliis are renloded fromib'dTisi Gbtinrti iir it gives- bitanad'adtatige b50 per et in every dollars wiith-ofVCoto' hd grow s in addition' to:'the::aatral advanages of soil and limate. 1sit' poss'ihle (or .the_ Sou'th to contiiue she producqon-of ot tor., when anotherationthrough dr ou Lleiafive restictioisclan: producet '50 per';:entteheapir-and it is not too palpa ble-to requIre arguiments to prog.that we ca cnrieIE more successfully:ith he Texan Cotton Planter wheathe would be brought by Anneai underillhe same. restrictions with ourselvsihan'without then r WKDvEsDY -'AUGUsr f 1844. - 'W iul FWn thb illaaeft% Titple of -odriabeaev.a sif psitefue tsmillPai a dunidst the Runs." bemocratic ie3 bii tl4nETic JAMES K. POLK.",, o.Teessee * 10K ViCl ..PRK5IiHT" OEORGE M. DALLAS, of:Pear. Rattle Snake.-Othel51li iots& Rat ale Snake, m-easuring ietwed fon and iive feet, and having abouthalf i dozen rattles, waskilled in-the'inmiedlate viti6i ty or this plce- When' cnt.,open, al(it grown squirrel was foiit thZsioutachr of the'saaile - '4d Carohna Planter.-We ove apology for neglbetibf to notice ti0 ceiptof ii new paper eirais-oW only eicuss is; that if was inadvertentlylatis aside- We recourmend itt pitrbii age ofour plarnrs gen~raHy, anid to those of them wiio receivesh ilTerpoluaeelA vocate, we would's hi teg.ager'aidne, without ihe Vaal 6matter vwich i't con-I aains, is a suicient equivalen~t for, the. ez' ira subseripaion. Our Planters and Far mers, one and all should step forward snd' leud gheir hid in support of ii Agricultu ral Journial. NEW PAPra.-We epIl the attention of our readers to the Prospectus of Mr. Js'. CoczaAz,..in .'our colea of this day's pajier,'for publishing in the town of'Ham burgir weekly Newspaper, to se eatitled 'sie9.Hamburg Republican.'? Mr. C. has, forihe last three or four years, been in the empfoyment o this estsablishment ; we thereforeltake the lberty of recommend ig him-to the public,, as a gentleman in every way well qualified to ggnduct such ajornar ls hisprospectus prb'ises. SWe will endeafr fimi'a fiuiue'nader of ou ayerho 'pblish somd extractrii te speech .of Maj. Aldritch,,of arawell, pas'he present position of our State. It its'tndersto'od that he difreis wt Mr. ItNF. Riset;. Hispieech was 'it p'uhlished~ a hajelatest date. . OJur ieaders will rmeaiabrthat the grear Democratic Mass meeting at Macoc, Gar will tike place on theS~rb instfat. 'he Hon. F~. W Piceii,:6 4Iisitfy bewe to Nahville, Tennessee toaten a great meeting off tates,.is exectedsstrlacon. The Philadelphiaspapers annonce the death of the Bemocratic Clindidate for the Gubernatorial Chair the 'Uozotable HtA. .uhtnber. W e publislt dis wek d o e er f Hamilton to the Comluewhe ivited hint to thi dininer receey i et- l'at ton, in honor of tlie 'Won.~~~b~ serious reflitinonife.spes1 ifor -all tii citigens o1~iSouiA.aapliislid weibt~pe, that it wilkrnieisalbat eareful peasuI,te whicil the high chara ei ' sle ibql ' "dz 64gloom beclad ed ver ,Getteral tam sr.