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POLITIC, AT.
LETTER OF
m. ThM. fi. Pratt,
TO THR WHIGS OF MARYLAND.
Tr? response to the communications
received from many of my brother
V ."nigs, I deem it my privilege, in this
manner, to counsel with all in relation
to the course which patriotism and duty
would teem to indicate as proper in the
present political crisis,
No lover of his country whose judge*
raent is unbiased by party seal and
uncontrolled by Northern or Southern
fanaticism eao fail io see and deprecate
the pending danger to the Union.
The first duty of every man who
loves hit country and her institutions
u t n r.>wyi<U fnr |k*ir tkfaty The life
of the nation is in danger. It must be
saved; then, and not till then, will it be
permissible to us to discuss our differences
6f optaioh upon minor subjects.
I say that tho life of the Union is in
danger, because, for the first time in
mnr history, a party has been formed
composed exclusively of citisens of one
section of thr country, bound together
by the tingle bond of an alliance for
offenaive warfare againt the other section.
That the snecess of inch a party
would Imperil the Union hat been
recently demonstrated by an address of
Mr- Fillmore, and will, it Is submitted,
be appafeni to all who will bestow a'
moment's doneideration upon the ex*
htiig post a re of political affairs.
. The value of the slave property of
the South w not lese than two thousand
tail lions of dollars, a sum equal to one
fourth of all die other property in the
United States, as shown by the last
census. t This property is not only
recognised, hut en far guarantied by
the QeoetSttrtiow tie to impose npon the
Federal Government the duty of restoring
to his owner the! slave who may
iaWa t?itli
of tin United B?Im For joon put
this OMMftttataOnai obligation hnn bote
not only ?podUlid by ? *? ?f tho bo>
UrobeMtegfltelte, botpotiutel pnrtiM
bvo Uon tepwioM io ti1. with tbo
nnotrod (iljiii if. bhwhng^tbo flaw,
nad thus not only dopriring tho tiootfc
of thio root intent of proporty, bat
-n<? ,ioii tifio id 4fv gnll ill In 'tiava-firn ml Ink
'i"^Jwv 1U Ml* HW HtwrWn wuilB
would MMMrily rtell ftw mob n i
wonintliwi Do addition to oil tMo*
wbDot tho sbolitioni*to on tho on# bond
opwly pnOidHif opposition to tbo
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0?vmhmiI ?iM iwyeew oW|t
tioot rtpudittoi Hy Aw, mi dM oftbar
bmmd tmny ftartfetni vtn, g>iJl< by
fbi b???oftbonr Wwtb?i-n
falbi fttfti?ftiMag* iWr
>ib<a >iniiiliiiiiiirgiw,
of
tlN 8Mb DMH hi *M*r AMafly
^ fNtoctc4 by ? MfftntiM of tb? rftrt
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from the non-slaveholding States, and
therefore rathor promote thitn interpose
to prevent a result so calamitous- We
have hitherto disregsrded the danger
which such a state of feeling and such
a course of action would indicate as most I
imminent, because we have assumed
that such sentiments and action could
only be attributed to a small minority
of our Northern brethren But now,
when this sectional exasperation has
been made available for the inauguration
of a party calling itself Republican,
under whcee banner, for the first tirao
in the history of the country, this sectional
opposition to Southern rights
and interests haveu?<V*f in nominating,
with alleged probabilities of success,
a purely sectional ticket for tho Presi
denoy and Vice Presidenoy of tho
United Stutos, we esn no longer shot our
CP '
eyes to the reality of the threatened dangar;
we cannot bat feel that the success of
such a party would be the death kucl) of
the Union. The unpatriotio purposes of
this sectional party are bat two mantfeat.
Many of ita trap porter* arow their object
and purpose to be disunion, and have even
gone ao far in tha xadnesa of their fansticiam
as to deaeorate tho flag of our coontry
hy oblitaratiug from its oonstollatiou 1
the tifteea stars which represent the slavo- :
holding States, and displaying at thrir \
party lanntr that flag with but sixteen of ,
its aura remaining, to represent the six- .
teen non alavehuldiog States. It is manifest
that those who disavow the object are
not ignorant ef the inevitable result.
The Whig* of Maryland, whom I ha/c
the honor to address, need no proof to
convinco tkrm that calamitous oonsequen
ces wo" I flow from the success of this
sectional party. Tbejr each and all know
that the election of Mr. Fremont, and the
administration of the Government by him
I
upon the principles of his party, wnuld |
n?oinasrily occasion a dissolution of ilio j
Federal Union, to which tkey have beeo i
taught to look as the source of national I
strength and of individual pros|>crity and
itapfinsM.
1 have known the Whigs of my State
too long, I estimate their patriotism too
highly, I have aeeooiated with them too
intimately, to euppoee it necessary for a
moment to offer In argument to theui in
hahalf of their country They appreciate I
as fully as I confd depict, the horrors of'
disunion; they will see the loss of cuioual !
strength, the internal dissensic.*", the
fatal uheck u> civilization ami freedom, the j
contempt of the world which would be iiie 1
uuiipbi|uciicw ci naori i ciitinKj, 'Ibt !
Whigs of Maryland, which have followed ,
the lead of tuob patriots as Claj and |
Webster, "will sever keep atop to any >
other amnio than that of the Union/'
It therefore only remains to imp ire
whatoourse shall be taken to rebske see
tional fanaticism and preeerre oar coastrj
from the dangers of Us sacoeas.
You are aware that this Pepnbiioan 1
party whieh we alt agree must be pot
down at all Ha tarda, is opposed by two
other party organisation*, the American,
headed by Messrs Fillmore a ad DofteWm,
and the DeneoeraUe, led ea by Meaera.
Buchanan ind Breokenridge. 7cm will
reoollect that Mr. Fillmore. prior to his
roceoi ruit to Europe, abandoned the
Whig perty sod b?ouN a member of the
former of theeo organisation*, which ho4ttrd
that it had riaon upon the downfall of
tfct Whig party, and which proclaimed
that th? corruption* of the Whig aad
Democratic pertieo oonstitatad the aeosesity
of it* aatrtcnoo. Yon know that he aad
Andrew Jaeboa Driaalaoo hare been
nominated by thia party (set by the Whig
party) for the Preeidoecy aad Viee Praeideasy,
and you will admit that the prin- '
ciplee of proeeriptioa haoaaea of reHgioaa '
optniona, and otheryepeted tenets of thia J
now party, ere in fied enlognniain with
the fjdaniplmnf that li* Whig party
frwfcfoh * nto c*tn aftaehed. tad which
has keen abandoned hy*r, FUhnmhT Xt
?w frw mm%f m af Wf ^
ia amaay ahf?tdn itlaihp In theea fhota
to in, to Ik* Au?ria?? forty, aiooo (bo
aoeaMUaef beefcaMe* adheeteW,* fatr
cUfn to natfcaeBty-, * |a?y the pa
trietfem a?4 rirtae cf Nr. Kboia, nor
fata entfnent anftftbatio for the o8iee of
I 4 itint trum
Afltt dtf iVgi ? '
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I WJriffr m> tfvM m pasty a?igt?aa ??i
| VIUMMMI Afwi CWmttTtetA art Jtvv*
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aaAMMlivAf Afctriaaa pw(;. I
M?m fuUaio* thai, at WMfa, Wla
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re not only ?t liberty, but that patriot*
ere are bound, by every obligation to oat
country and posterity, to throw aside, on
the one hand, th* feeling* of hostility
which Mr. Fillmore's desertion of our
party would be oaloulated to engender, !
and, on the other hand, to forget for the
time our formerbattlea with the Democratic
party, and to ask ourselves but one question
?which of tho two national organisations
offer* the best guarantee of sucoess in crush- j
ing out of existence this new and monstrous i
sectional party, which threatens tho life
of our country? 1 do not propose to
examine the relative claims of the two
national partiee or their nominees to our
support. It it not, in my judgment,
permissible In the present crisis to Inter-,
pose our individual differences of opinion
upon minor questions. It is sufficient for
us to know that the election of either
national nominee would secure the Uniwn;
and the only question permitted by pa-'
triotieui is, whether our support of the oae
or the oihet would more certainly prove I
successful?
But before I proceed to this inquiry,
having shown that no politioal allegiance .
to Messrs. Fillmore and Donelsou will
interpose to prevent the fair exerciser of
our judgtnenton that side, I propose briefly
to inquire whether there is anything to
prevent our support of the Democratio
nominees, if after investigation wo shall
beliove that our vote in thair favor would
more certainly secure the safety of oar
country. It cannot have escaped your
observation that the political principles ,
upon which the Whig and Democratic
parties have battled for thirty years, with
varied success, have been fu.* the moet
part settled by the fiat of the people, and
that such as have not been so definitely
disposed of have been either abandoned
by the one or adopted by the other of thoec
partiee; to that now the representatives of
the people in the halls ofState and Federal
legislation are found indiscriminately
advocating and opposing the aauie principles
and measures. .Not only is there no
principle of polities! antagonism which
should prevent Whigs and Democrats
acting together for the bone&t of theiY
vumuivu vuunu^i l'ui iii is coiiTjaenriy
submitted that upon the only vitr.1 question,
that which no-5* agitate* and endanger*
the country, the two parties fully accord.
The Whig and Democratic platforms upon
the slavery question is eighteen hundred
and Bfly-two were identical; and, there
beingno Whig nomineesbefbre the people,
it might be suggested that consistency
would rather require than eppoee the sup.
port of the Democratic nominees by Whigs.
The controlling inquiry to the patriot oow
mourn, which of the two national organi*
rations can by bis vote be made most
certainly sucoeeefel?
Every Maryland Whig will be bound
by every lie of dutfto vote as bis iudw
mctit ah*11 decide thi* question.
It may not bo lavatorial to obaerre that
neither of the national nominee* will
obtain throughout this broad land any
votoo which will not bo east by national
conservative oitiseno, and it i? to be regretted
thai in thia oriaia that rot* should
bo divided between two national candidate*,
whilat the autlr# asgnadooal roth will bo
conoentrat^d upon the oooUonot nominee
To judge of (be .relative atrength of the
two uatioital ovganisatiooaitis uoneooaeary
to trseo miaUMtjnfco orl* #*r*fce* pmsa
awwtgu
oom posed, North and South, of the die..
satisfied merubora of the two old parties,
and that in the North Its original members
wore ohiely thono . who rppimtJ the coa- .
narrative priselple spot the ilavery tfueo.
tioo avowed in the platforms of the two
old par tioo. It moat not oaoape your ,
roooilootion that upon the wtnUnntioft* of
Mama*. Fillmore and Donahm a large i
majority of the Northern dofogaUt MooM
from the convention, doolared Uirir intoatioa
not to mtooil Aon mwiimm
a?d wbeeqpewB^jr a?M ia (lu aonlaaikl
*f Mr. PtmmM. TWp wpmriw ?f tU
noiwi irufii V** n^tauu^f pu>tJo?i c* "i**j
ArmtIm partj ?** wwvrwi t* avarj
Nortbai 3t*t? fe A? Co?lbbniy. I
ifM a -wpiWKH i? MMM4
is iddmM<li f4a-. *mft9h0thtkU>v tela
ail lM? *r*neft af tks A??rfo4k
pi^bgibfiM top* W
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DAY, A U G US
Lei the Whigs of Maryland ponder upon
the view of this subject I have endeavored
to present to their consideration, end uc
one of them will mt that s single non
alaveholding State is certain for Ft ltnorc
and Dooelson. Tims, I think, will develop
the fact that Messrs. Fillmore and
bonelsoQ will be led without an electoral
tioket iu most of the free States, and it ii
at any rate the deliberate conviction of ray
judgment that they will not carry n single
non-slaveholding State in tho Union. Ii
I am right, or even approximate the truth
in the view I have takon, it will necessarily
follow that any conservative voto f n
the American nominees North will bo
equivalent to a vote for Mr. Fremont, aa
it will be a vote taken from Mr. Buchanan,
hit only real competitor.
It is clear, then, that to the South aloue
cao the frie-ds of Messrs. Fillmore and
Dooeieoti look for the probable cbance of
an eleotoral voto; and it it to the States ol
Maryland, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri
that they profess to look with the
greatest hope of success. It is manifest
that if this hope were realised, it might in.
deed prevent the election of Messrs.
Ruchnnao and Breckenridge by the people,
but it would only throw the election ol
President into the pre tent House of Repre
tat ices, composed as that Hou^e now is.
Docs not thn election of this same House,
ufter a con tost of two months, of a Black
Republican Speaker, admonish ns of the
danger of suob an experiment? Who can
doubt tbat our political fabric would be
shaken to its very foundations by this elec
tioo of President being thrown upon the
present House of Representatives? On
the other hand, is It not eertain, beyond
the contingency of a doubt; tbrt the vote
of the States indicated for Mr. Buchanan,
when added to that of the other Southern
States, would secure his election and the
consequent safety of the Union? It ii
obvious that in thie condition of the eaevase,
the only serious contest is that between
Fremont and Bnekussu ; that the only
possible result that the most sanguine ol
the friends of Filmore a ?J Donelsoo eta
hope to attain is to carry the contest into
the House of Representative*. Who can
conceive anything more fatal to the action,
than each a court* of oomluot leading to
such a result T Suppose Mr. Fillmore tc
to reach the House of Representatives with
the votes of four or Are States, (his utmost
possible strength) do man oan seriously
contend that h* would be found
President, and matured!j few will be found
bold enough to aaaert that, under tuoh eirecrostaneea,
he ought to be. The oplj
effect, then giving the electoral vote of an;
portion of the South to Mr. Fillmore would
be to Irantfer the contest between Mr
Buchanan %nd Fremont from the hustiofi
to the Houae of Repreeentatiree ; and tb?
danger to our oonutrj, now tuildently
menacing, would, in that event, be enpell
ing indeed. Who can contemplate th<
oceurenoe of auch a contingency withou
feeling that he would be a traitor to hii
country if he failed to exert every possible
effort to avert so awful a calamity?
I deem it, then, to be my duty, aa well
ae that of aU whobelicr# with me that the
election of Fremont would he the deati
ItmII A# TTninii ? - ?
w, vmivu, W ?UM? IU Wf appon
of Meears. Buchanan and Brecfcenridge
mod I tball ansteta their election to th<
beat of my ability. Whilet I aonondo the
there araaartaia principles hitherto prefesa
od by the party whieb nominated thew
that cannot receive oar sapport, yet ee th<
greet IftU gf the cooetitwtional rights o
the fcoath the platform oa whiek the]
stand meat i ay cordiel approval, and is m
accordance with that of the party whiab 1
no* addrcaa, end to whose ktad fhtov .
dwh <he, honor of holding the deal X not
occupy.. aud whi?h4 eh*j?o**to boh
sIXa the 4th af*a?h sent hp the flaft ?
tha* perty to wkieb Mr. Fltbaara baa at
hhHiiin <M? Vkllk iTMfr dOMln**
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Ike po?hi?*i belt)# a#w Mag faagbt ft
MM of tb? 11 >y Ml ietsroet to Ibeat; tb#
l(| HMhatelviaM of tha oonaftiiBtf^Ml
llto Atari we gftifla bf ftftM? BbmvMM*
party,it* (e# tb? WVftpi here bo mi
<MM> by tbel perty ?tme ? tbet cpoa HA
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i servative strength of the country should
I not be united ; it would bo strange n sad
? if, in nob a contest, Southern men should
. not be found battling shoulder to shculder
i fot the maintenance of their own constitu.
. tiooal rights.
I In thus accomplishing what I believe to
I bo a duty,I shall be inexpressibly gratified if
i 1 sh&ii find myself sustained by the approI
ral of my fellow-Whigs, who hare refused
! to abandon oither the party or the principles
" in support ct which we hove so long and
to frithfully united, and which wo shall
remain at perfect liberty to reorganise as
' soon as our common efforts shall hare sueII
ceeded in averting the peril* that now
i1 threaten our beloved country.
THOMAS G PRATT
AN ARMY OF MONKEYS
A Novel Suspension Batnoz.?"They
f are cowing towards the bridge; they wili
, most likely cross the rooks yonder," observed
Raoui.
" How?awini it f" I asked. "It is a
torrent there I"
"Oh, bo!" answered the Frenchman;
*? monkaya would rather go into 6ra than
water. If they cannot laap the stream the;
' will bridge it."
r "Bridge it! and how?"
" Stop a moment,Captain--you shall tea.
The half human voices now sounded near'
or, and we oould perceive that the animals
' wore approaching the apot where we la;
' . Presently they appeared .pon the opposite
| bank, headed by an old f >y chieftain, and
offioered like so many soldiers. They were
as Kaoul stated, of the eomidrya. or ring
1 tailed tribe.
One?an aid-do?oanip, or ohlef pioneer,
perhaps?-ran out upon the projecting
1 rook^pad, after looking auroea the stream
> as if caloolating the distance, soampered
baok and appeared to communicate with the
1 leader. This produced a movement in the
1 troop. Commands were issued, tod fatigue
' parties weoe detailed sad inarched io the
1 front. Meanwhile several ef the comadre>
jaa?engineers, no doubt?ran along the
' bank, examining the treos on both sides of
the arrojfc
' At length they all ollected around a
1 tall cotton mood, that grow o?er the narrow'
cot part of the stream, and tweotj or thir*
1 tj of them scampered Op its trunk. On
' I reaching a high pciui, the foremost?a
I /~ii ?? ?? ? lt~.k ...4
i waawu^ tvr.vw aaaa vhi> t*|Kru m seats as, a?a?va
' taking sev*r*l turna of his tail around it,
slipped off and hong his bead downwards.
' The next on the limb, also a stout one,
' climbed down the body of tbe first, and
' whipped his tail tightlj round the neok and
' forearm of the lattor, dropped off in turn,
Alii) Wairvav Vnnd 4. ? J
I?? ? vv i? a urn mini rvpuifu
this manoeuvre u, MB the second, and the
fourth upon the third end eo on, until the
I lest one upon the etriog reeled hie farepawa
1 upon the ground.
! The living chaiu no* commenced winging
beokverds end forwards, like the pen
| dnluin of e olook. The motion wee slight
| et first, but greduellj increased, the lower;
most monkey striking hie hands riolentlj
on the earth ee he passed the tangent end
| oscillating r Sererel others upon th<
I limbs above t ed the movement.
? This continued until the monkey et th<
? ! sod of the chain erne thrown among th<
i i branches of e tree on the opposite baok.
: j Here, after two or three vibrations, ha
1 clutehtd e limb end held feet. This move
II meot wee executed adroitly, Juet et tha
; culminating . Jni of the oscillation,ic. ordci
i . save the iilaraalula ltnVc Ipmb tha
b rioleeee of eteo rodden jerk I.
f The chein tM now fast il both eode,
r forming * coorplste eeepoetoa bridge, orei
? wbioh the troop, to the comber of
1 Jqm or fire hoodred, ptMif with the rep.
1 iditj of thought.
r It wee one a# the aue* eomieel etghte I
i ever bebefd) to vftoeie t'e? qaiMicel ?if
i prmiao ofeounteonnebi etoftg the! litjog
V I * *
A..y?... w ..
I Tbe-ereop|reeoo? ee the other side,
Mlwe eve the estate foMMcg the
k WMge * get theeeeehree ?re?f This tree
i the qeeetfoe whieh eeggerted fteelf. Mm
* V kef *e Meg go kieul!
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mar>ner, and another, and 60 on, outil a
doten more were added to the string.
Those last were all powerful fellows ; and
running to a high limb, the lifted the
bridge into a position almost horizontal.
Then a screain from the last monkey of
the ticw formation warned tho tail end
that ull were ready; and the next moment
the whole chain was swung over, and
landed safely on the opposite bank. The
lower most links now dropped of like
a inciting caudle, while the higher ones
leaped to the branches and came down by
the trunk. The whole troop then scampered
off into the chapparal and difppear
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... - owvrmitiu in uvmit nmrrWB,
A SAN FRANCI9C0 BALLOT-BOX.
We last week hod ati opportunity of examining
a S^n Francisco ballot-box, made
exactly after an original, as now in the
hands of tho Vigilance Committee. Tb.e
material ia ocdor, and the tsixe in the clear,
about twelve inches by six, and aix deep.
! The external appearance presents nothing
remarkable to the eye of a hasty observer.
It baa a look and key, and in tnany respects
resembles the or Unary ballot b:>xe* used in
the elections of Philadelphia. But the
mysteries of this box,when fully explained
make it capable of producing ex ^ordinary
results. Io the first place, when locked,
and the key placed in the bands of some
reaponsible person, it may bo opened with
perfect ease, by pressing upon tho sides.
! In the second place, it has a fuUe bottom,
capable of concealing a largo number of
tickets, as well 39 a false side adapted to
the same object. Thus, there are three
deceptions connected with it, and all designed
for fraudulent purposes. In the
esse of Casey, who some months since was
j elected to sn office, it was not known ou
tba day of enaction that he wu a candidate
at all. Bat his friends placed a suitable
number of tickets in one of tbeso fraudulent
boxes, and thai when the polls were
closed, he was, much to the astonishment
of the uninitiated, reported as the successful
candidate, Tiiis pa me has been going
on for years. Hence the return of so many
individuals of no character to luoratire
and rasponsible offices. Tbo people ware
at first perplexed, because they did not
i understand the matter; and when at last
a discovery of these iniquitous frauds was
j made, the indignation became m> intense,
that tho Committee of Yiiiiance was
J called upon to re-organlse, and par-sued
the course that is already known. The
box alluded to is now on its way to
Washington, havin? bean confided, for
I ? . - w% ~ '
that purpose, to the hand* of a gentleman
! of Philadelphia. Its aooarmoy, aa compared
with the original, is vouohed for by
six raembera of the Committee of Vigilance.
Tne object is to show it to the officers of
the National Government, In order that
they may understand and appreciate tho
villany that has so long been practiced at
elections in California Ft was raanufae'
tured by Mr. K. L. Fell of S.?n Francisco.
? Pennsylvania Inquirer.
r
I WllY WE SEE OPAQUE BODIES,
, OR SUCH AS ARE NOT LUMINOUS.
All bodies are seen by means of the
i rays of light, emanating or repeated from
I then; and therefore, when no light fall*
1 upon an opaque, it i* invisible!! This is
, j the reason why none bat luminous bodies
.joes be seen in the dark. For the same
i reason, objects in the shade or io a darken>
ed room appear ioUistieet, while those
,' which are exposed to e strong light sen
j scarcely be seen. We see the things aroand ,
os, when the son does not shine directly
upon them, solely by mesne of reflected
' light. Krtry thing ou whieh it shiees
dueetly, reflects a portion of its rays io all
pomible directions, sod it is by means of
this reflected light that we are enabled tc
| see the objrete around us ie the daytime '
vtith an not li tha direo* raja of the san.
It ia alao entirely owing to the refleetioo
at tki a&moaplttr* that the hoarena appear
(| bright in tha day-time. if tho atatoophere
4 had no retentive power, onlj that part
would ha luroiaout in whiuh tha ana ia
planet; and, an taming our l>aek la the
oaa, tha'whale besuaea would appear aa
j harkaa in tha night; we should hart no
twilight, but a sudden traarftiia from tha
brightest aaaahiaa to darhuaas Immediate^l+tioaapJkf
^ nhh'T^w^bw'e
i as I ' 11 m > i
? Htay a true bwert, that w?uM hu?a
, yw beahHfca i dura to tha ark, afar lt>
W truyiidia, hac bteu IHghOem
ad buwacui vucnU by At ttgiy Mt
1 nod meanoa? tha taut, tha aarage
' character ?f m auforgtnng spirit.
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