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TE DOLLARS PER A period then omyw, diocwitiaued until til weormgoo ore p?M, except *t the diwrotfou of the PubUsher. All subscription* will be iniBftio^ unices otherwise notified previous to the end of the yeor. No mbscrfptio* will bo received from beyond t^o UpoU eftfcfe oidem oeeomponted by tko Cm$k, or the mom of eotne potwi who ia kntfjro to uc. 1 A?rmrt?XMkNTs inserted ?t 75 cento per oqnoro for the foot insertion, end 37$ cento for eeeh cnatinnsnce? longer noo charged in prtiportfota. ' Advertisement* pabliolied npoa fiUm, wHl .be eoutoouwl *xjil ordered ?Uvgotl opened ingly. For MkBouocioff a Combioato^ Three DoUare ia ethmece. *>r pdvortismg Kstreys Tolled, Two Dollnr*. *. t- ?u r to % f*?WUh?r by Mil, ?t bb i?b. Postmasters sro allowed to frank letters (written bjr HppMtWs^ cmtniHtpg .Itewy fcc Newspaper subscript ion. Jk . |^y. L?tt?re addressed, to the Editors must be poet paid. THE JOBBER'S CLERK. BY JAMBS DIXON. I ' Charles Emlen WU clerk in a Dry Goods jobbI ing house in Cedar* street; young, ambitious, and of. a good family, his expectation* of outOrinz ear << ly into business on hie own account, were flattering, and not without the youthful hope of.beiug , * ' prosperous. " / ' ,v . . ? 4 . -V ;, I, ' Having recoived a liberal education, and the ; f v ?g| ground-Work of to mercantile career as thoroughly ti I engrafted into his mind as theory Would permit; 1 his father placed him in the store of an old aud n experienced merchant and ^valued friend. In the I course of two or thrco years, Charles became * 1 I ' useful member of the establishment. He wsb < I jiermitted to attend city customers, and occasion- 1 I ally accomjKiny an old drummer to the hotels, to t I bore the country merchants. In a short time, 1 I however, lie out off lus leading strings and fairly { H launched into the vortex of drummers, an accom- t I plidied borer, and a good statesman. Till he had passed his twentieth birth-day, bis 1 I j?arents hod watched with a jealous cure his mo- I I ral and religious conduct, and tho most fastidious I churchman could find no fault with him. His 1 friends pointed him out as a youth of greut pro- e jj& flk mi so, and more-than one motlicr had mi eya on t "Br <: him a? hor fVitura son-in-law, white many a father t babi W?s .v~ -l' T " ",,u IOI*-their les* | i 1,4 ^opofol scions to follow. t I The oceupution of Charles Emlen was onoli that csu??a him lo be en^a^a at thoatot?^Un^ to 'business,' and Ms Ujhcf buying no reason to i doubt the Vet-deity of bis son, the excuse was held 1 Rood, with no occasional dash of his approbation 1 H| ?nn much industry. U t Although Charles was a nice young roan, yet i KP he was ratlier an old one in the ways of a city life, t Billiards and ten pins were found to be both \ W healthful and gcintlcmanly, while Dundee bells, t foils and boxing'poVes, were quite as indispensable to strengthen his nerves, as bear's .grease or i bergamont to beantifk his person. i His accoropluhftwats on these articles, how- ? over, were unkntfwn to his parents ; in fuct, they c woufti have been highly ofTonded if any gpod na- a tared busy-body, or ititermoddliitg old aunt, bad r I even hinted at such things being within a poesibi- ( lily, much less a genuine reality. s Charles was a shrewd young fellow, (but what \ clerk in Codar struct is not ?) and be pulled the r wool over tho oyes of his pa arid roa in a scicnti- t He manner. When they thought be was at the <] store, if tboy bad looked in at the theatre, they \ might have aeon that bo was not. When *thoy V imagined that ho was imbibing the true knowledge \ and quaffing off" streams of wisdom from the musty 1 volumes at tho Mercantile Library, had they t ]>oppod |boir beads into No. 9, at our old friend I Handy Welsh'*, they might have aeon Master V Charles with some fellow clerks and country mer- t chanu, intently discussing the merits of an oyster ( stew, or the wing of & snipe; washing down the ? * same little delicacies with the Anchor Brand, or " Otard'a sparkling and bright. < Our clerk, all this time, showed an external- i - apathy to the pleasures of this world, when in i ' the presence of nis brothers and sisters, and if in- f vited to accompany them to a party, invariably ] declined. -Business was to him everything; no- 1 thing cooM be gotontofhltn but business. i "Hie will live and die a confirmed old bachc- i lor." Lucy would say/ f "You are right, sister;" t^c gentle Mary would i reply, "he is absolutely ruining his h?*)?b by such * close application to his employers inter#*ts. " We must get pa lo lake nim from that horrid tore, my dear Mary." JEm*" i\wm0Wm9. frmj or "the confinement will throw liirn P^|W?^pli%CS<MUtn|Xion.tt >**? -" I declare, I believe I see the symptoms on him Hour t Do you notice, sister, how pale he is M ; and how very thirsty ; and how lie strains Ami readies; and how very late they keep at work, notwithstanding ha is SO Weak. Let tu efflmk ma what is to he done." Good, iunoomft girts. How kind and considerate! What, a fluttering there would be with your dear little hearts, if you only knew how he spent his evenings. You would then be able to acoount for his disgust to go to parties with yon ; < and why be preferred bis own room on a Sunday to your company to ohurolt. " But, Miss Lucy, will you do me the favor to accompany me this evening, end I wttt introduce you to a young gentleman, though on old acquaintance !" ,j >(' " With pleoaure; but I trust you will not expose me to My unnecessary exhibition of myself} or place mtt where mv feelings will be shocked." " By no means. But you must prepare yourself to witness scenes your modesty never dreamt or y**W* goodness ot heart would never crudit ? |X^' without seeing for yourself." First, then, let ns ro to tbo ??i? Theatre.? The house is crowdod, and several personal acquaintances occupy scats in the lower tier of l>ox. os? f. They Oo not know us, however, as we are * ^ .^.V disguised. The ?Uy proceeds; the various actors receive well-merited applause, and W exerts himself more than usual, as if. is his benefit. % . Suddenly a loud Uugh is heard from adjoining the | gallery. We look up ; surcljlf no ! it cahnot he f -mm i &BMML * Chttrle^EtnlenJ wit ui thin morning they \wr :Z?cZ?L hiflior^mniLiii^Th'oy^inlk Lemonade 1 No. Wino 1 No. Whiskey punch 1 declare! The women too t Certainty. Bu listen; Charles addresses a rough, uncouth, ted faced, gaudily dressed girl, as hi* prutty moppet he takes Iter hand io his and asks her to accom nany him to ??- Ball, at ?? Hall. She confl sent*. 9?d the other ycqne. tnfel invito their part ners"; tfiey take more liquor, and depart in grca excitement. f I feel faint, Mr. W. Let us go home V' " Not yet, Miss Lucy; the ojpen air will re fresh you. "We will retire, and the walk to Hall will entirely resuscitate you." " Surely you do not inteud to follow them there 1" " By all means, Miss Lucy; it is your duty tc know how that palo haggard cheek of your brother is brought on." " I consent, but it is a bitter experience." We arrive at the Ball room, and are admitted with reluctance, because we object to leave our cloaks, See. We apologise, saying our wish is merely to see a dance, and retire ; we ?get into a corner, but can 9ec everything that is going on} ihe of the ceremonies invites the gentlemen to take partners, and the cotillions era forming; Charles and his partners take their places close hy us; but our disguise is so complete that wc aro not, recognized. Charles appears very gay and ankille to his : 1 ,? ---- , ii >? cviuent fhey are wel\ acquainted ; she thanks Mm for a ring he had tent her* and he U pleated with the soniplimentt iho passes. The dance commences. During the time they ure dancing, Lucy'* eyes tre filled with tears. Her heart throbs at tht) deceit her brother has been practising on the ?unily. Her eyes are fuirly opened to the causerAf his luflerings in the mornings ; his apathy toward* ier antfner sisters; his frctfulness, and >ale and death-like appearance ; all these are well kccountcd for trow. Well, tiro dunce is over, and Clinrldjjr fakes hud >artner to the refreshment room. o\v them 1 OS, no ! enough and too TntfHli|Q| >een witnessed by the affectionate and almost] icftrt-broken sister. We will retire, and at home; iwnit the arrival of her brother. On arr^ng .at"; he house we were admitted by Mary, who gen- j ly chides us for keeping her up so fate. ffh? is nquisitive as to whero we have been, but we tvoid direct answers, end tired with not being iblc to get anything satisfactory from us, she cesharecteWof the young men the comnaniona ua ier brother} tliey are clerks similar to him* holdng responsible places of trust; sons of respecta?le parents idols of affectionate sistctife kid the iopo of doting mothers. And the girls ; who orc-i hey 1 We pretend not to hear the question, and , ntroduco another subject. The r*#e is noticed rt he truth flushes across the mind of the Pgflh^Sfl oted girl, and her full heart socks iCWf in As we propose awaiting Charles's return home, re converge en rne scenes of the evening She' ? astounded at what she saw?-hardly can she #di*c the fact. The cloak strikes one, yet he :omos not; no footstep disturbs the midnight's tillness, save the measured trend of tho watchnan. T wo, peals from the turret of St.'John's vhorch, nnd still be Ungors. Lucy frets for his ofety, and her eyes are red and swollaft .from veoping. At length a noiso is heard ut the street loor, as if somo one was trying to get * key in ke latch?tit falls; imprecations are herrd; all is |?wct ft)f some moments ;?some perse.is are con'ersing ;?it i#, Charles and tlio w.tchmnn; the ;uy is found ; the door opened ; the wntchmon revarded, and the door gently closed, bolted and ocked. Reeling through the hall, ho arrives at he foot of the stairs, takes a lamp which has >cen left lighted for him, and by the help of the >annistcrs manages to reach his chamber, much to ho gratification of Lucy, who follows him on tin oe, expecting every moment to see him foil back und kill himself. The poor girl having folly satisfied herself aq to ?use of Charles* absence from home every evellwy went to her bed almost distracted. In- j oxication's deep and damning enp was fast on-! gulphing another victim, and that victim her beloved brother. O, how she tossed on Iter sleepless bed, and invoked the Father of Mercy., turn her brother's heart from vico and shame to truth and virtue. One short month only had elapsed from the time we hare been writing, when in the front parlor old Mr. EmlcnYh^ja** > ??? ing around a middle aged gentlemanly personage, who had just descended from the upper part of the house; his mind appeared depressed, and his thoughtful Countenance licspoke something serious agitating within. His lips were compressed ard lie evidently felt ill at ense. A death-like silence prevailed; as if each one was afraid to speak. "Doctor, is there no hope for my little boy? can nothing save him!" "Nothing, my denr madam, I can flutter you no longer with hope. He will be a corpse ere three days." ^ A silent and affectionate tear startod to the eye rff each. The dio was cast; the edict had gone forth, and death was about to claim his own.? Medical skill was called in, in vain; tho ruinous seeds of Acobol bed been too firmly planted in the vitals of Charles Emlin to bo eradicated again, and the misguided yogth snnk to a premature grave,a victim of pleasure and a deceiver, both to himself and those who lovod him. Oirthe death of Charies being announced, consumption was charged with the crime of adding one more to its catalogue; midnight hours at labor in Cedar street were denounced, and merchants charged as murderers of their young, confiding, and overwrought clerks. Oh! Consumption! thou art a cloak for a far more potent and delusive enemy than myself, bad as thou art; hundreds have ?no down to the drunkard's grave, whose sins >u hast assumed, or rather they have thrust upon thee. For and wide throughout the land thou ^rt villificd; and Rum. the Devil's friend on earth, Ts robbed of tho credit it accomplishes but too well. w How many hundreds of Charles Emlcns? young h anil full of bopo as ho was???re wafted every e year to unknown regions, whose parents and e friends never know the true cause of their sudden 1,3 indisposition and desnisejt and hoar few Lucy Radios there are who take the (arable to make s themselves acouainted with the facts, although they ore at plain oe day light; yet tfcey will not e behero them till it is too late to stem the current j of licentiousness: which might easily be stopped at the onset if young ladies would discountenance e all youg meat who ?ae intoxiaating drinks. r - - r,-i mi 4 ? John WbH.it/?In dispoefeiaet John Wesley was kind, plaoable, and affectionate- He practised 1 a strict eoonom^ not with tuiyHtcrdid motives, but for the purpose of adminwtetfM^ extensively to the t wants of the poor. His integrity was unimpeacha' hie; and money would hate been of no value in .... vsiiumuon out mat it aff>rd?d him the means - of inereuing his utility. He poseed. eix months 1 in Georgia without possessing a single shilling; and it has been surmised from his own account when a young man at Oxford his income was 30 ' pounds per annum, he gave ttro away. Next year ' receiving sixty, he still liveifijftR twenty-eight and gave awav thirty-two ; the Sttrd year he received 1 ninety and gave away sixty-two; the fourth year he received a hundred and twenty ; still he lived '' <Mn OS before, on twcnty-ei|Pp?* and gave away ' ninety-two. In tho plentitudo of his power, the commissioners of the excise, supposing that he had plate, which, in order to avoid the duty, he had not returned, wrote to him on the subject. Wealey replied*^! h avo two silver spoons in London, and I one in Hipul this is all the plate that I have at present, and I shall not buy&any more while so many around me want brcailjft Dr. Parr was celebrated for the nnspnring severity with which ho could deal out hi? dutnbfoundcrs, when the occasion justified their infliction. A flippant chatterer, after having spoken slightingly ot the miracles, exclaimed, V Well but, Doctor, what think you of the mark of the cross upon the ass's hack, which they say indicates the precise spot where the animal wus smitten by Balaam 1" "Why, sir," replied the doctor, "I say thnt if you had a little more of the cross, and a good deal less of the ass, it woutfjtemuch batter for you." Upon another ocfejuwHUllmllow smatterer, taunting Pj etlld not write a book:?"Sir, j' I know a method by which I might soon write a I A h, doctor! how so t" "Why, 19 r ^ S**10*! 'n ^at * ^now?ant*l^at y?u 1 ffi'T the Echo.?"Patrick where have | youl Bns hour or more' vnn m.i.i 1111 i w i - K?*"** , JPF" youraeirwthout my permission." "Ocli, ntver. more will I do the like, sir." "Well, give an account uf yourself, you aeeni out of breath " * ^5.4**8, "Fait the same I nm, sir, I uiver was ?n lioh tell p all U||jA|l htcho? jirt over in tjjke woods, bebint the big bill. And^l. .thoct by what yaid uv it, that it bate all tbe heoMnk of ooid Ireland, sir; and so it .does, by the powers! Well I just run over to the pUiea.ya. w?? speak in uv, tpVonverse a bit witli jbtcreathur. So said I, "Hillo, hillo, and sure enough the hecho said, hillo! you na|py roscal!" I thocht I PW\vas very <jiinrc, sir; an* I said hillo again.? i VHillo, yourself," said thohecho, "you begun it i $r?t!" "What the divil are ye made uv," said I. i '"6hut yonr mouth, said the^echo," So said I, "ve i blathern scoundril, if ye was flesh and blood, like < an honest man, that ye is'ntfi'd hommer ve til the j nr. ~C ? ' I ? ju nvwu mh|w per impcuint son." i " And what do yb think the hccho said to that i sir! "ScstnperyebastoofLPaddy," 6aid he, "or < < faito if I catcu you, I'll Link ivcry bone in your i j ugly skin." L > Rf.i.igion is l.irr..?Religion in tlie Bible is fro qnently called Itfe ! Thorefis appropriateness in tlio term. For as natural liCTs tbo source of all 1 bodily sensation and activityiso religion is a prin- < cipal in the heart, which is tie source of all spirit- ? oal nctivity and holiness. It is life, jxir cxerllrnrc ; i without it, morality is but {dead principle, and > our best actions but specious Bins. It is quickening < power, planted amid the senraalitics of our nature c by the Holy Spirits Ir^a thLdvuiO nature within to., and rn'akes us'Ohe with i?l and^'hrist. It i Eves meanmg ser?fHufo,not ? fore understood. * ftd eitjiltoolf of holiness in ? ouHnmost souls p a*id ibjijm? gdrouting. from it, will blossorp and )>ettafnpff|icrcfc. * r v* ! an om^r, wln> wished to J ad YogWjp^asptofcti v?-of a| fcvr turnpike through I ' tf Sb?fi^fiil Vsrgndb, made m fellowing sublime i speech as we learn .Fqfhv ttf Marshall Sentinel: * "May it please your wonl ips! while Europe I* is convulsed in civir discern, and her empires J tremble internal comroopons, and while her * astronomers mount lit* wiwri imagination. r "and soar through the etheriulkvorld, pursuing their 1 course from system to-systetAustil they have ex* | plorod the vast eternity of spew? lot us direct our ' attention to a road tnefftf-Mnmdhatcly in our neigh- I borhood. . M I - .?? nm^s wmiHLWHff IKUICI9 Ol VOUr heart in characters not to pii' tiKcrtl btvl|uiib>n<!*n, , avarice or pleasure, that tWolv Wrc ifhd certain happiness to he found on tfnjjjd4J)f the ffVnve, is J a consciousness of your ownrj^tlw. All peaec and homcfeit joy are the reurw d^virtne.^ And there is no applauso in this Won Oiflrth having unless it is crowned with our otaE*?Sfjf. J.'E. \Vil- 1 motto kit Hon. -s k* Patiirtic.-?A learned yotujjp laiy being asked I 'at a tea-table if she used sugatfraplod, "I have a diabolical, invincible repugnifce augur, for to j my insensible cogitations upon^he abject, the flavosity of the sugar nullifies the flaroity of the tea, ] and renders it vastly obnoxioty "1 have lived," said Dr. Actlm Ulrk, "to know | that the great secret of humus hapfness is this : t Never suffer your energies to atagnie, The old | adage of "too many irons in the lire, Conveys an ( abominable lie. You cannot have ip many? , poker, tongs, and all: keep tli?m all <j|oing." . Int*rf.htin? to Giri.h amo Winftva.?The I con jurej?f have been casting figures irtegard to ' i thte aspects an conjunctions of Mars id Venus, t and their remarkably ardent and brilliit appear- i ance. The result is, that they predict '?rrfy, top- i *??, and tove-moh ing winter. Make ndy, all ye 1 spinners. I ,,1,1, i.i.?i i WADDY THOMPSON'S LETTER, (Continued.) Not so with Texa?. There would be no means of transporting troops to Texas but by the dat^e- . rotis navigation of the Gulf; thus encountering all the inconvenience in the defence which an invad- J. ing enemy would have in the attack ; and with a superior hostile naval force in command Gulf of Mexico* which is to bo anticipated event of such an invasion, our troops could not be ; transported at all. In any ovent, it would be { transferring the conflict from the land, where we should be absolutely impregnable, to the water, where we might be the weaker power. Then, | ogatn, instead of die impassable swamps lying between the Mississippi and Toxas, a natural and , impregnable fortification, we should have an in- < creased marine frontier of several hundred miles j and a land frontier of two thousand miles, without i rivers, mountains, or swamps, or any the lightest i natural barrier, unless we could realize the very \ bright idea of General Cass of Annexing alt the < contiguous territory. To do which, we must round ^ off our boundaries by going to Cape Horn and the t Pacific. I know only one instance of an oqually I sagacious suggestion, as that of General Caas about i contiguous territory, and that was of the furtner \ who said that he discovered that the squirrels des- a troyed only the outside rows of his corn, and to r secure himself from future depredations by plant- c ing no outsid* rows. If I am descending from t the dignity of the subject, it is because ridicule is r the only proper reply to such an argument. It is f said that the annexation of Texas will increase the ), political power of tho slaveholding States, and p theit vote in Congress. Such cannot be the re- v suit in the Houso of Representatives; for the a slaves will only be diffused ; their number will not a be increased ; that is perfectly clear. But it has tl been said that Texas will be divided into four or n five States, all of which will be sl&veholdine States. I ? and ol course represented in the Sinate, and thus f< give to the South a conservative, a checking, pow- c cr. If I believed that the non-slavcholding States p would concede us this, I would disregard all mi- ^ nor objections and go for the measure. But does & any sane man really believe It! Will the non- tl slaveliolding States, having the majority, in the ^ Senate, a? a legislative body, surrender that ma- ? jority, and also the majority in the House, as an t, alternative electoral body of President! Will they divide Texas in four States, and give to those ^ four States toual^power in the election of Presi- b dent wit^ Kev f York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and I ti Would we, under like circum- ai MN^eonsent to the annexation of Canada, and c uivide it into four or five States I Would we do o this too at tho risk of a foreign war ; and the more b especially if otfr Northern brethren, with a most a remarkable frankness, wore to announce to us that ?] their great motive in desiring it was to take the fi political power out of our hands and place it in j their own! And are they less sagacious in per ceiving their interests, lose prompt to pursuothem, f j oggfr lfdiwiliiij 'is wmi uW fciwwtl WBWWB W WWl'f? charactor. A striking fact in this matter is, that at v the very threshold of this question, it has been n proposed by two Senators from slaveholding ]< States (Mr. Benton and Mr. Henderson) to divide h Texas into an equal number of slaveholding and jt non-slaveholding States. What, then, will we rr have gained in political strength ! If Southern s< Senators begin by making this concession, there p must be some show of reason on that side. And \\ is it to be supposed that the members from non- tli ilaveholding States will yield the point! As to p the Missouri compromise, the obvious reply which a{ will be made will be, that that compromise was w madn ivith rfif?w>i>/>? tn '.'l"-1- *-*? .1-? * vv? ?.W?J HUIVU ?u? mull tn included in the Union, and not to future acquisi- p< ;ion* by purchase or conquest. In ease of such a to livision, shall we liave gained anything by having ci iori-slaveholdin"g States of the Union on our south- ar vestern border instead of a foreign non-slavehold- fr ng State. I decidedly prefer the latter , for it is w iot to be denied that our Northern brethren, hi re bis respect at least, "a little more than kin, and a co ittle less than kind," often commit outrages upon is ?ur rights, which would not he submitted to from dc l foreign power; and, besides, if non-slavehold- re ng States of the Union were established there, ve should have the dangerous element of politi- it -al and party feeling, which would not exist in the :ase of a foreign nou-slavcholding State. h? But the real question is not between Texas, a Pi oreign non-slave holding State, and Texas, divid- in fd into an equal number of slaveholding and non- ge ilsvenolding States of the Union; but it is between ox Texas thus divided if admitted into the Union, and al Texas, if not annexed, an undivided slaveliolding at sountry. My life upon it,'Texas will not consent; ei Ive per cent, of her population can never be sii >rought to consent to the abolition of slavery. C \nd we should thus have aslaveholding Republic ei >n our l>order, with similar institutions and inter- is ets, and which must, from necessity, bo our friend 01 tnd ally, and which would serve as a breakwater fo letween us and our non-slaveholding- neighbor, w ind would guard our frontier ; to use a familiar th Uustration, enjoying all the advantage which I do tr vith my neighbor whose farm joins mine, while U le has to keep up the fence, which nevertheless tli protects my crop as much as it does his own. tli But if it is really intended that all the States to to th treated out of Texas are to bo admitted as slave- si lolding States, why was it not so stipulated in the im reaty?why was it not thfis "nominated in the at j^ndt" Was it intended to steal a march on the to ion-siaveholdirig States?to be silent now upon hat point, and hereafter insist upon it 1 If so, it ai ihouJd have been remembered, that in the body in - n iiivu IIHI81 uBciut- mm question me non-sJavehold- la ng States hare the majority. ei I solemnly declare that, in a recent visit to the th North, I have seen no single man that was witling ? receive Texas divided into slave-holding Stutos el nto the Union, nor of the very few Northern a; cresses which advocate the measure, have I seen w i single one which does so on the ground of its to giving security to the institution of slavery, I he- at leve it is almost universally advocated b^' she w 'c\v at the North who are in favor of the mea- w uire upon exactly opposite grounds. Will any in ending politician of the North come out and say \s hat he is in favor of dividing Texas into three or v? 'our slave states, and receiving them as such into th :he Union? Will Mr. Buchanan, of Pennsylva- tn 'iia, say so 1 I am not to ho frightoned "from my h? propriety" by the fear of Texas forming some nl- lo liance with England disadvantageous to our in- co '.crest. This is on old story. Gen. Hunt, as the of 1'exian Minister, held out the same idea more th than seven years ago. Why has such an alliunce rc never been entered into ? Surely Texas has 7a Hood more in need of it than she does now. I A have known a hesitating swain led to the altar by his fair ladv, threatening him that it he did net ar ? 1 ? mi'Sjii;u^rYdr ' " tttarry her she would marry some one else. One scarcely knows this phantom, for it is perpetually M changing its shape. First it was, that u wodid 4f not receive Texas, she would throw herself into tue arms ol England as a colony or dependency. Then again it was, that England was to guaranty thu independence of Texas upon the condition of the abolition of slavery; and the last version ??, that England is to interpose, forcibly if need be, and pat an ond to tho war, without any condition aa to abolition. As to the two first versions, England has over and over again disolaimcd any I such purpose, and I know no similar instance in I her whole history of her condescending to repeat a disclaimer once already made and hot credited. England is not tho couotry to do a mean apd sneaking thing. A wrong and an arrogant one ihe may do, but that "old and haughty nation" is Wltof Artlherate fa?MiW ? say, in this connection, that i can see no justification for the-jealousy and vituperation of England .vhich is so common with a certain class of politi- I :ians. I believe that there is no country in the vorld with which it is so much tho interest, and herefore the policy of England to cultivate frtendy relations as the United States. We consume t early one-fourth of the productions of English, abor. This bond of interest is enough,, but there re others (of not less force,) in language, laws, ace, and free institutions; for, with the exception if our own country, there is no other where all he securities of private rights, and all the guaanties of public liberty are so numerous and per : eot as in England. It is not upon us that England ooks with jealousy, bnt upon the powerful Kuisms oi tne X>ortn ot Jtiurepe; and in a contest zitTi them, a.contest between unlimited monarchy nd the representative principle, she looks to us s allies, not as enemies. That England desires tie independence and prosperity of Texas, we do ot doubt. Do we differ with her in this, or shall rc quarrel with her on this account 1 It is perjctly natural, too, that England and all other' ommercial nations prefer to see Texas 'an indeendent power, with her markets open to all the rorld, than to have her annexed to our Union, nd fenced in with our prohibitory tariff. And is te South disposed to enter upon this crusade of nnexingall ''contiguous territories" for the sake of jcuring their markets for the Northern manufacires t 1 think it extremely improbable that England rill put in jeopardy tno large capital employed y her subjects in Mexico, her profitable commerce lere, and the fifteen millions of specie which she nnually derives from that commerce, by any foriblc iuterposition in favor of Texas. The whole f the English West India and American estalishments are paid with the specie thus derived ; nd I do not see, if this supply is cut off, how the leflciency can be supplied. That the abolition of lavery will be made the condition of such interposition, 1 unhesitatingly say is not true ; and if it *5 were, I as confidently assert that Texas will re m fryin nn nnv well ff rm*. T>r > * * nJependonce upon the condition of abolishing m'ery there, no one can believe who knows the "* fian. He is the very last mail iu the world to be ;d off by such a sickly, caotigig philanthropy. I avc strong reasons for saying that he has no prcidices against African slavery ; and, like a wise tan as no is, would have no great objection to se i* introduced into Mexico. I will not be reannsible that the characteristic sensibility to insult 1*11 a ^ men ociongs to tlio Uastilian blood, and which te Mexicans inhciit from their ancestors, may not recipitate them, in a moment of resentment rainst us, to do that with a view to injure us Inch no other inducement could have tempted icm to do. They ore an impulsive and violent sople, and in n moment of passion there is nothing' o rush and violent for them to do; and all the rcumstances connected with the Texas treaty, id particularly the beleaguering their cities and ontiers with our armies and navies, will deeply bund and irritate them. Treat him with proper spect, and the proud and generous Spaniard will ncedo you any thing ; wound his pruie, and he for evor your enemy. Any injury, however tep, he will promptly forgive; an insult or disspect, never. As to the late treaty, I should have voted against 1st. Because the President and Senate of Texas *1 na just power to make such ^treaty. The resident and Senate cannot change the most uniportant law ; still less can they chango the ormic low, and exercise the power which above all hers requires the action of the people, whero one sovereign power resides?that of ceding vay their whole country, and merging its cxistice in another power. The power of the Predent and Senate ix nruler tlie flnvi>rmnnnt onstitution of Texas?not to abrogate tbat CJov nment and Constitution. Thia, it will be said, a matter of form more than of substance^ Forms -e often very substantial things, and certainly no rms are of a character more sacred than those hich are provided for acta of such magnitude as e transferring tlie entire sovereignty of a couny 1 Could the President and Senate of the nited States do such an act 1 If not, what is ie difference in the two cases 1 It may be, in e more degenerate days of our own Republic, at a corrupt President and Senate may moke icb a treaty with some foreign power. Let us >t acknowledge that such an act would possess iy binding obligation. It is no answer to this i soy that there is no doubt that the great majorir of the Texas people approve the treaty. Would i edict of the President, altering the penal law the District of Columbia, have the authority of w without regular legislative enactment, even if rery member of Congress and every voter in ie United States approved it I 2d. The treaty is objectionable, because it is in feet a declaration of war without the action and iprobation of the House of Representatives. It ill not do to tell me that there is no war. I have 0 recently sqen Mexican castles filled with Tex1 p'riaoueftt,; trittwphal procession*, with banners aving which had been tuken in battle, and men ilh the blood yet running from wounds received those battlos. And is it really true that there no war; or is it, on the contrary, true that tho iry exigencies into winch Texas is thrown by at war constitute the main inducement to this eaty, from an apprehension that the necessities of ir position and her inability to maintain herself nger in the conflict, will force her, if wo do not me to the rescue, to throw herself into the arms some other strong Power ? For an answer to is question, let any impartial man read the corspondence !>et\veen Judge Upshur. Mr. Van ir>dt, and Mr. Murphy. In a note of the 8th of ugnst last. Judge IJpshur says to Mr. Murphy : ' It is an important thing to England to obtain i influence oicr the peficv of Texas; fho ' ?' i