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I -1 THE A f) 1 8 0 I A A A make the distinctions that Mr. Webeter would bet wean the States. By the clause which empowers A Congress lo" admit new Slates" it is to be inferred JOHBS, A IA jAIr I lbei new States are to be admitted, if at all, on tha A A mf A lA 4A A I A A All I A if I same looting as the is, they are to consult raioa ok xdvkhtisinu. A A A WT A A AAA A A A A A A A their own discretion and advantage whether the Twelfaltnea, meertious, $1 00 I I A A I A A I I I II I A AA A A tutiou of slavery shall exist within their Each additional insertion, 25 A 0W Will the South submit that Mr. Webster and his Longer advertisements at proportionate rates.

C. ft lends may interpolate new words into that clause, A liberal discount made to those who advertise by declare that only such Stales shall be admitted the year. i sa eooforas to the Abolition standard of morals and O'Subscribers may remit by mail, in bills of sol- sa vent paid, at our risk, provided it shall Vffcl VII Rft 1 WASHINGTON: FRIDAY. MAY 4 1844 fWHOLsE NO 1047 Another serious error into which Mr. Webater and I I appear by a postmaster's certificate, that such remit- OH.

II. JNU. 1 I 1044. 1 W' hl- party that the of lhe slavc. IS 1 tsnce has been duly mailed.

States exist onlv because thev are "irnaran. TEttMS: Daily per annum, (in advance,) $10 00 For Beau-weekly per tnnuin, 5 00 Forvix-months, 300 Weekly, 2 00 I For eix moot hi, I 25 JV All letters must be addressed (free of postage) It to We editor. Postmasters throughout the Union are requested to set tis our agents. Those who may particularly ertt Item selves in extending the circulation of the paper will not only be allowed a liberal commission on sums remitted, hut receive our warmest thanks. THE WASHINGTON GLOBE.

Under the heading, 41 The the Globe of yesterday expresses itself, in a column and a half of mingled insinuations, direct charges, and untruths, in reference to the disastrous results of the late elections in Connecticut and Virginia. The editor of the Globe thinks himself a very cunning man, and he is a very cunning person; but his cunning 44 won't save his bacon" at this juncture. We say it with joy, with exultation, that the influence of that journal and its supporters is now gone forever. The proofs of selfishness, the evidence" of treachery to the best interests of the 1 cratic party, are now apparent to the feeblest and 1( ast informed mind in the country. Mr.

Ben ton's pretext of opposition to the Treaty of Annexation is as flimsy as his patriotism, and the evident disposition on the part of the Globe to abandon its position, assumed some few days since, in favor of Annexation, convicts the tlvnt irviicrtai nt lncinnontir lUi ui mat juumai at uiac vi tiiouivtnij auu selfishness. Then he thought4Van Buren would favor Annexation, and be the candidate of the Democratic party now the scene has changed, and he has changed too. Here is a sublime spectacle of patriotism and principle We boldly make the issue for the Annexation of Texas, against all opposition from any and every quarter. ThePeople are with us; Ihis.name a tower of strength," is with us; Calhoun is with us; the honor and i he interests of he country are with us. Opposed to us are the Clay Whigs, the British Government, the Van Buren and Benton corporal's guard, in alliance with and the This notorious Abolitionist (Tappan) has determined that his great coadjutors in favor of British interests shall not be before him in that work.

This "World's Convention" hero has (just published his decree to the Abolitionists of the United States against the admission of Texas into the4 Union. Wre have the almost united public opiuion of the South and West in favor of Annexation, and that of the great body of the People of the Northern and Middle kotro tn no "a itnKnlv combination of factious interests, bent on sustaining of public plunder, and tbc British feeling towards American institutions. The question is, Shall America or England -t succeed in this great battle? We await the responsejjwhich shall follow from the American 5 People. The Globe, with its accustomed injustice and futility, endeavors to attribute the fallen forttunes of Van Buren to the friends of the Presi dent. He appeals to the Connecticut and VirJ ginia elections.

Our course, in which we differed with the large majority of our friends in Connecticut, has been fully explained to the People. We still entertain those opinions and occupy that ground. We are no party to the Treaty Ashland. In respect to the Virginia it is a notorious fact that the Globe's statement is false. The only portion of the State in which the Democrats have gained anything, is that portion in which Tyler men were run, or in which the influence of John Tyler's name was felt.

We appeal to the recorded evidence of the We ask the Democratic party to look to Wise's old district, in hich Mr. Tyler resides, formerly (1840) the strongest Whig district in the Slate, Mr. Bayley, a Democrat, is returned to Congress. Garrett, a Democrat, is elected to the Senate, and the counties have sent as many Democrats as Whigs to the Legislature. Look at Gloucester, Matthews, King and Tyler, Ohio, Jumes City, New Kent, and let I the Irullijul ediior the Globe repeal charge.

We can carry the Presidential election on the Texas question. This is the safe ground for the Democracy to stand (What right have Denton and Van Buren to expect the Democratic party "to wheel about and turn about, and jump Jim Crow," on great national questions, for their amusement. When their letters were written, they knew that fourfifihs of the Democratic party were committed to the question of the annexation of Ail the Southern and Western papers of note? the leading Georgia, and Alabama, and Mississippi, and Tennessee, and North Carolina, and South Carolina Richmond Enquirer, (the Globe itself even,) the Pennsylvanian, the New York Plebeian, Democratic Legislatures, and Conventions of the People from great Stales had spoken, and General Andrew Jackson had spoken out rn a voice of thunder. Why, then, do these letters now appear? Do they wish to di-graee their friends Is this the reiurn these creatures of a great man's popularity make to him? For shame. Would they now, when he is powerluu.

in the undying affections of his countrymen, strike a blow at Jackson's venerable form Would they stab the old Hero's patriotic heart? And why because they hate Tyler and do not wish him to have the credit of this great measure." The question may arise, why does this handful of designing politicians hale the President? Because he is, and has been ahrays, an honest man. They have neither been enabled to persuade him or force him into subserviency. He has resisted the terms of the Ashland Treaty. They havecho sen, without reason, but on the contrary with palpable and infamous injustice, to make this issue with him. Let them strike.

They I have no power to harm him. motto is? "The Republic of the Union, first, last, always traitors and tories at home, and Great Britain When they pierce his heart, they hare first to find a dagger long and sharp enough to finite through the Constitution and Uk I 7 through Texas. What, ho! countrymen and and our country to the rescue. In conclusion, we beg leave to submit an extract lroin the New York Republic, a paper confessedly in the Eriiish, as much as in the American interest: We confess we look forward with no small anxiety, to the effect on England of the important docu meats just laid before the public on the subject of Texas. Any violent expression of opinion on the part of the London press, or ill-timed interference by the English Government would immediately react upon us, and lead to a perfect unanimity of feeling in favor of the annexation.

The differences of ion that now prevail are of a mere party character, and will terminate the moment that their longer in diligence wouiu oecome dangerous iu The Treaty before the Senate all probability, be rejected. The English Government will, doubtless, be satisfied with this." We have no doubt of it. Give England twelve months longer, to diplomatize on this subject, and Texas, of course, is lost to us. We agree with Jackson?" the present golden opportunity must not be lost." TEXAS, OR TEXAS' It is almost impossible to estimate in its full extent the importance of the measure of Annexation, and the momentous consequences which will result from its defeat in the Senate should such be its fate. The two chief leaders of the two old party organizations having declared themselves to be opposed to the Annexation of Texas, it is rendered necessary for all those who ate in favor of the measure to declare themselves its advocates without delay, and to take such steps as will make known their numbers and power to Congress, and to the world.

President Tyler of course stands committed before the country in favor of Annexation. His friends know his position, as well as the friends of Messrs. Clay and Van Buren know the positions of their respective leaders. So there can be no doubt, no uncertainty, in relation to this important measure, as far as the Presidential candidates are concerned. And we do not see how a friend of Annexation can support either Mr.

Clay or Mr. Van Buren. The die is cast. The opponents of Annexation having determined to make the measure a L- .1... i.

party question, it cannoi ue exprcitru ium mc friends of the President will shrink from the contest. They will not shrink. Therefore, we would earnestly call upon the People in favor of Annexation, of every State in the Union, to assemble without delay in mass meetings and Conventions, so that their wishes and their purposes may be made fully known at the Capitol. N. B.

It is quite certain a vote will not be taken on the Treaty for several weeks. MR. CLAY'S LETTER. The last Richmond Enquirer thus closes its animadversions on Mr. Clay's letter: This letter strikes at the interests of the South to propitiate the voters of the North.

If the South be willing to trust such a politician, then is political party every dearest rights and interests nothing." And permit us to ask, in all candor, if Mr. Van Buren's letter does not strike equally direct at the interests of the South?" And we will ask further, of the able editor of the Enquirer why it is that Southern men, who profess to feel a deep concern in the interests of the South," have so long aud so unjustly persecuted a Southern man, at the head of the Government, who lias certainly accomplished more for the South, during three years of his Administration, than any Northern President ever vouchsafed in eight? If the politicians of the South will persist in running a Northern man, (the author of Mr. letter,) we risk nothing in saying that the Southern voters will not trust him. They will not vote for him. They will vote for the first.

We append, for the information of our readers, a copy of letter to the late Hartford Convention Federal Webster meeting in New York? written by the Devxocrolic Attorney General i of the State, one of the especial pets of Mr. Van Buren, and as much as any man living in the enjoyment of his confidence. He is Mr. V. special organ Albany, April 23, 1844.

Gisti.ihiv: Absence from the city has prevented my acceptance of, as well as an earlier reply to, your favor of the 22ii instant, honoring me with an invitation to attend and address a meeting at the Ta" bernacle on the 24th instant, called for the purpose of protesting against the ratification of the treaty for the annexation of Texas. I confess I feel flattered thatvou should have presumed upon my opposition to the proposed treaty of annexation a project which I believe to have been conceived in a blirul devotion to an which alone endangers our Union, and which is fostered, I fear, in no small degree by the contracted spirit of private speculation, regardless ol the honor and dignity, and I might add, the integrity of the nation. I thank you for the honor you have done me in thus enrolling me in the ranks of the npposiiion to annexation and, if occasion requires, I icill endeavor to the character qf a faithful SOLDIER. With the most respectful considerations for your selves and those you represent, 1 have the honor to he your obedient servant, GEO. P.

BARKER To W. C. Bryant, B. I). Silliman, Theo.

Sedgwick, I). D. Field, Fxqs The Nf.w Orleans Tropic, a Clay Whig paper, announces that the Texas Treaty iril' be confirmed; that it is a Whig measure, be-1 cause. Mr. years ago, Advocated it; Wiai 110 credit can he claimed for the work by the "weak and individual" at the head of the Government, The Tropic is a leading Clay journal in the South.

The issue new is, "Arc you for the Jlmerican or the British side of the question?" Whoever may doubt or falter, cavil, or threaten, we go for Texas to port and parcel of the United Enquirer, 23d intl. Mr. Clay, Mr. Van Buren and Mr. Denton have declared for the British aide of the question.

That much is known. Who follows in their illustriout footateps? HIGHLY IMPORTANT LETTER FROM DIX ON H. FAVOR OF IMMEDIATE ANNEXATION. the ameh1can side ok the uue8t10n not yet and texas btkonger than both clay and van buhen united. We find in the Maiagorda papers the following excellent letter from the Hon.

Dixon H. Lewis, to a gentleman of that place Washington Citt, 14, 1844. Mi Dear Sih am indebted to you lor two letters since the meeting of last containing a copy of the expression of the individual opinion of the members of the Texan Congress, in favor of annexation. I have so far not written to you because there has been here as yet, no deBouement of the who have felt anxiously on the Kllbifict. Haah linninir a mnvomnnl frnm vAiir Congress, which would present a practical issue, from which the mere politicians could not escape, or some action on the part of the Executive who we all know, has his heart deeply in the result.

The strong interest both of Clay and Van Buren, as their close friends not to meddle with a question the strength of which has uever been its explosive power might blow them both sky high. Better (VienHj of Texas than either of them can easily be fuuud, vand hence they have a common interest in staving oil' the issue, though if it is forced on them, I have no doubt either of them could be driven into a support of the measure. In this state of the gatne, we have felt the difficulty of moving on the abstract question the absence of any tangible issue presented either by the official action of the Texan Congress or through the diplomatic intercourse of the two Governments. Such a move might be stifled fry the cry of being got up for party purposes, sinister to the advancement of both Clay acd Van Buren. Still the public mind is gradually bringing up the question in spite of without some reasonable ground to hope for some definite movement such as I before indicated before Congrecs adjourns, the naked issue of annexation cannot longer be delayed.

If no one more suitable, I will move it I shall never cease to remember with pride, that 1 was the first man whoever in Congress expressed himself in favor of Texan independence, and Waddy Thompson often reminds me that he and I were the first men who passed through the tellers, when the vote was given for the recognition by our henever the game is fairly up and the chase opened, I have no fears of the result of annexation. Popular sympathy, whenever it is uncoutaminated by abolition or Bcitish influence, will 3weep with a whirlwind's rage the calculating politicians who dare oppose it I have no doubt it would prove even stronger than Clay and Van Buren both united. To the North it is a question of interest, to the one of feeling; while to the down-trodden, tariff-ridden, and abolition he-devilled South.it is a question of Let the issue of annexation be once rendered doubtful, and the instinct of self-preservation would convince them that their hopes of safety were stronger on the other side of the Sabine than of the Delaware. 1 send you by to day's mail a pamphlet copy of Walker's admirable essay in favor of annexation. I have to-day given to Lewis Coryell, of Pennsylvania, a warm hearted friend to Texas, a letter of introduction to you, which I hope you will receive, He will tell you exactly how matters stand here on that question.

Why do not the people of Texas meet together and agitate the question of American over British annexation, and scourge their public functionaries into an acquiescence with their views? Every thing of that kind would do good. Excuse this hasty letter, which you are at liberty to use in any manner which will promote the cause. I go for annexation heart and soul, and as one I feel that 1 am not willing forcibly to be kept severed from you, by the influence of those whose sympathies are more in favor of our slaves than the whites of the South or ToTQC "Ul H. LEWIS. Hon.

J. Ruoei.ey. NOM A ION OF JOHN TYLER FOR THE PRESIDENCY BY THE PEOPLE THE MARYLAND STATE TYLER CONVENTION, Assembled in Baltimore on the 29(h instant, (April,) and unanimously nominated for (be next Presidency, Joiin Tyler, of Virginia. Presiding Boyd, of Harford county, President B. A.

Welcb, of Anne Arundel county, and Thomas E. Tilden, of Baltimore county, Vice Presidents T. Kendall and II. Bannan, Secretaries. Extracts from the resolutions.

Reiolrtd, That we most cordially approve of and concur in the views of President Tyler in relation to the annexation of Texas, and believe that the ratification of the Texas treHly is necessary to our peace, wellare, and future existence as a nation; and we utterly repudiate the sentiments recently advanced by both Martin Van Burcn and Henry Clay in regard to this momentous question, and that the pna tion assumed by thein will t-ignully fail in receiving the sanction of the Aine ican people. Rtsolvrd, That we will not any man for the Presidency who is opposed to the immediate annexation of Texas to the Uniied Stales, or who would interpose any obstacles in the way of forever securing to the country what properly belongs to it? the territory of Oreoon Rrtolvrd, That we adhere to the nomination of John Tyler, the President, ai Richard M. John-on, the defender of his country, as the Democrat candidates for President ami Vice President of the United Slates. Delegates to the Baltimore Tyler General Convention from the various Congressional Districts of the State 1. William S.

Sangston, of Calvert county. 2. Michael C. Spiigg, of Alleghany county. 3.

Thomas Kchoe, of Baltimore county. 4. Thomas Lloyd, of Baltimore city. 8. Stephen Boyd, of Harford county.

0. VV. Tinunons, of orcesier county. Charles Soran and Cornelius M. Cole were appoint! (I as Delegates at large to the Baltimore General Tyler Convention.

GEORGIA IN ARMS! i TEXAS IMMEDIATELY We jppond extitcts from an eloquent address issued by the Democratic Association of cogee, Georgia. Hon. A. Iverson in the chair, on the 29lh of April last. They speak for themselves.

The I'rople nowhere will be found i on the ilish side of the question. They will 1 I let Mr. Clay, Mr. Van Buren, and Mr. Benton go there, as it soils them so well to advocate British interests.

EXTRACTS: Wc have received intelligence that a treaty has already horn made to ineoiporate it into the Ameri- ran Union, and should thai treaty he ratified, then by its fortunate acceptance the Mibjrcl is at an end, hut i if it should be rejected, we must be blind indeed, if we do not see the ground of opposition, and more blind to our interest and to the safety of our instilu- (I tions, if we do not resent in a manly manner the in- suit to our rights, which have hern so often lately offered to us as slave-holders. In a national point of view, we regard the subject of the great' st moment, a independent of its effect upon any particular section, 4 4 It is needless to hi ink. or even evade Ihe question, it is too important, it presses itself upon us, and we. cannot escape it, and wuh us, of ihn South, win 1 the alternative is presented of its annexation to us, or to the British (Government, it itself upon us (rotu its intrinsic importance and known consequences AS A 'iUKBTION NO LESS THAN OUR PEACE OK WAK. Tiie fact of the position which it would afford in the hands of the British Government to annoy the nation, ought, it would seem, imperiously to demand acquiescence in the Treaty of re-union as a national measure.

The consequences of its possession by the British, particularly under the present crusading temper of that nation against slavery, are so immediately disastrous to trie South particularly, that it is a case of life and death with us, and we should he compelled, in self-defence, to make war upon it. All these ere considerations of such weight, under the influence of a proper 9pirit, as ought to ensure unanimity upon the subject throughout the nation. ALABAMA SPEAKING OUT. A day or two ago we gave an account of a great Texas meeting at Florence, in Alabama. We now give the proceedings of one held at Abbeville, in that State, on the 16ih of April? William Irwin tnan of unbounded influence in Alabama.

Old Major Ligon was present, and sounded the war immediately." He stood on the American side of the question. A petition, by 100 persons, was gotten up in a few on Cetigress lb admit Texas forthwith. RESOLUTIONS: THAT WE MOST SOLEMNLY FLEDGE OURSELVES NOT TO SUPPORT THE ELECTION OF ANY CAN DID ATE FOR TH iT OFFICE, WITHOUT HE COMES OUT OPENLY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY IN FAVOR OF THE RE-ANNEXATION OF TEXAS TO THE UNITED STATES. Resolved, That as England has openly avowed a determined and uncompromising hostility to our peculiar domestic institutions that she is insidiously and perseveringly preparing to give them a mortal thrust, by the acquisition of Texas, thereby furnishing a secure refuge to those slavi who might get within her territorj it is, therefore, the bounden duty of our government to thwart her in her wicked designs: whether in acquiring possession of that country, or in ooiaining a controlling influence there; even if they have to re-enact the bloody, but glorious tragedies of '76 and 'J2, of Yorktown and New Orleans. Resolved, That a9 Great- Britain, by possessing Texas, could, with facility, place an army on Red river, float down that stream to New Orleans, and thereby cut off all intercommunication with the Western States, and directing her vast means to the securing and fortifying that important point; malfe a Western Gibraltar on the Mississippi, rendering that vast and fertile valley tributary to her grasping ambition; it is, therefore, our duty to exert all our energies to arouse the people, and move the Government, to take ihe measures necessary, at once, to avert a calamity so direful.

Resolved, That in the language of John C. Calhoun, (the aiention of whose name is the highest eulogy we can pass,) we are the advocates of peace with all, and especially with that great country from which we drew our origin. But as highly as we value peace, we hold it as subordinate to the honor and just rights of the country. That our true honor and interest, consists in claiming nothing but that which is right and just, and accepting nothing that is not. A SYMPTOM.

The Globe of yesterday contains a long article deprecatory of the prevailing opinion, that, if Mr. Van Buren runs, Mr. Clay will he undoubtedly elected. The editor, in alluding to President Tyler, calls him "the present Whig Executive." This proves clearly that the writer is apprehensive that the Van Buren machinery is to be smashed, and that the lion-hearted Democracy will yet do justice to honest John Tyler." We have only to my again that we that Mr. Tvler has brought forward this measure at this time.

We are glad that it has not been peimntid to slumber in doubt and uncertainty until after the Presidential election. We shall soon know who are our fiienda." Th? oUeo i. finm tl.o ine Herald, one of the ablest Van Buren papers in the country From the Philadt Iphia DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. At a respectable meeting of the Democratic citizens of Montgomery county, favorable to the election of John ylcr and Richard M. Johnson, for President and Vice President, held pursuant to a public call, on Thursday evening, the 25th inst.at Marion Square.

On motion, LtJKEC. MOYER was called to the Chair, and William Whitacomb, Vice President, and John Dkai. as Secretary. The meeting being organized, Edward Moore rose and oirered the following preamble and resolutions, which, having been motion, they were unanimously adopted Whereas, it is the duly of every American citizen to canvas, the me.rits, qualifications and patriotism of cand'dates, offered for tlia support of the American people, especially those brought forward for high and important stations; and whereas, a candidate. for the Presidency of those United States should have the confidence of the people, whose republican principles should not only be acknowledged, but should be far above suspicion and whr.reas, we look on John Tyler as a second Jack lay of next, 1SU M.m.

i ne iwo veio cn.impions, Jackson o. No. Whereas, we, large portion of the Democratic. citizens of Montgomery county, sustained the hero of New Orleans, the first Veto Presidentwe, as Democratic citizens of Old Montgomery, pledge, ourselves to sustain, and will maintain, John 1'yler, the second Veto champion. Whereas, we lave witnessed with a jealous eye the political acts if President Tyler since he has taken the helui of State in his hand, and have ascertained that he has lot been found wanting, but manfully sustained the Constitution of our country.

have conic the -onclusion that from the noble and learles stand he against the United States Hank, the bank of raud and corruption, he, with the hero of New Oreans. are the protectors of the widows and orphans, have saved them from further ruin. And whereis, wc have seen from his past acts and nobleness of icait, that he is for his country, ami not for dollars ind rents lake Jefleisoa and Jackson, he advo atrs he. rights of to ion to none. )ur motto therefore is, 'Tyler for President; Colonel lichard M.

Johnson for Vice President. Henry A. duhlenburg for (iovernor, and Joseph flart-h rn lor 'anal Commissioner. Therefore resolved, That in the opinion of this meetng, there is hut one man who can be elccird Pre ident of the United States by the Democratic par in '44, and that man is John Tyler, of Virginia, the leoplc's candidate, the. veto champion, who sustained irneral Jackson when he vetoed the li.ink nstei 18 J'2.

Resolved, That it is anti republican, as well as unafe, to run Mr. Van lluren a third time for Presi cut, particularly when he beaten by so large a Ht in 1840 Resolvnl, That the. thanks of this meeting he fwiHttil Tyler let bit BANK VlCTOES ri'l that we, a large portion of the Demoe.ratie eiti ens of Montgomery county, pledge ourselves to upport him for President at the next Presidential lection. IlrwlrtH, That we will elect delegates to his county in the Democratic Tyler National Conention, to be held in the c.itv of Haltim re on the 27th Rtsulvtd, That we will never consent to support Martin Van Buren for the Presidency at the nexl Presidential election, because we are sure, and see defeat staring us the as friends of the Democratic party, would ask, and honestly ask Mr. Van Buren to withdraw from the field as a candidate at the coming contest, as he is perfectly aware of his fate, if be persists in standing as a candidate for the Presidential chair in 1844, which will prostrate the Democratic party in the United States, which cannot be ledeemed for many years toco Kraolved, That we congratulate President Tyler, for calling to his aid the talents of our country, the lion.

John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, William Wilkins, of Pennsylvania, John C. Spencer, of New York, John Y. Mason, of Virginia, William R. King, of Alabama, Calvin Blythe, of Pennsylvania, Joel B.

Sutherland, of Pennsylvania. Rtiolvtd, That the recent election in the State and city of New York, proves in the most decided man ncr, that Mr. Martin Van Buren's prospects are in a most rapid decline. Resolved, "That we recommend the nomination of John Tyler, of Virginia, for President, Col. Richard Mentor Johnson, of Kentucky, or Silas Wright, of New York, for Vice President, of the United States Either of those sterling Democrats would receive the full vote of the Democratic party.

Resolved, That we sincerely return our thanks to President Tyler for the noble stand he has taken in regard to the re-annexation of Texas into the Union, arid for the promptness of signing for the same to be received into the United States, where she tormerly belonged. Resolved, That the foregoing resolution relative to Texas, be transmitted to our and Representatives at Washington, amf that they be requested to lay them before the two H.ouse9 of Congress. Resolved, That we heartily approve of the election of a delegate from the Fifth Congressional District of Pennsylvania, comprising the counties of Montgomery and Third District Delegate, Charles Kelley, Esq of Delaware, and the following Delegates from Montgomery Delaware counties, viz: John W. Grow, Montgomery county, Charles Moyer, Benjamin Lentz, Hon. George Smith, Delaware county, and (Y.

S. Walter. Resolved. That the proceedings be published in the Evening Mercury, American Sentinel, and all other Democratic papers in the Union. LUKE C.

MOYER, President. Wm. Whitacomb, Vice President. John Dual, Secretary. From the New Orleans Com.

Bulletin. The ribaldry with which it was to be expected such a letter as the eloquent and patriotic epistle of Gen. Hamilton to Mr. McDufkik, published in this journal last week, would encounter from those who cannot understand its sentiments, appreciate its motives, nor rise to the dignity of the questions which it embraces, having probably exhausted its stock of invectives, has ceased We think it proper, there fore, now to say a few words, lest our silence be construed into an assent to erroneous statements that have bien made touching the letter and its author. The character of Gen.

Hamilton, dors not need a defence. In his native country, in the adjoining Republic of Texas, and in Europe, he bears the character of a man of great ability, of honor, of courage, and of warm and generous impulses A in refutation of the assertion that Gen. Hamil ton is not a citizen of the United Slates, and is therc fore chargeable with impertinent interference, is all we shall indulge in. Gen il. has neither voluntarily nor involuntarily expatriated himself.

He holds at this moment, and has always held, every right and i privilege that his nativity in the State of South Carolina gave him It is true that he has served in public capacities in another country than his own; I but he had illustiious examples before him. It is not I true that he took an oath of allegiance to theGovcrn' incut of Texas. He committed no act of expatriation beyond the acts committed by every European I subject who fought in our revolution, and by every I Ameiican who assisted in the wars of Mexico, or of Central or South America, or has served in any way the independent Governments which have sprung up, in imitation to our own, in the new world, besides, what a grace this charge of "in erference" has in the mouihs of those who, only a fortnight ago, extolled to the skies a letter from the same writer, discussing i the merits of the different candidates for the Presi! dcncy 1 Still less does the character of South Carolina, or of "South Carolina who have been so con lemntimu-lv snee.reil n-eil inst ifwvit inn Whnl. 1 ever inay be suit) or thought ol the position which w.is assumed by South Carolina in (and wc shall not attempt to excu-e the attitude in which she placed herself,) it must at least be admitted that that State did not take advantage of a time when the country was struggling in a foreign and precarious war, to represent her grievances and enforce relief; moreover, it cannot be said with truth that her words were crammed down her succeeded in obtaining nearly all that she asked, nor till then laid down her arms. South Carolina heroes" have shown themselves quite equal, we believe, to the hc1 roes of any otber State, whether wish pen or sword, i The South Carolina character stands as high, in every goi quality, as the character of any people.

In the wars of the country it has proved as brave and in proportion to her population, the State has contributed incomparably more great men to the national legislature ttiun any of her kistcrs. In regard to the letter itself, wc bold it to be but a proper response to the insulting di-loyal manifesto of Mr. VN ebster. 'I he "cry of disunion" is not raised in it. Moreover, even if it were the patriotic pens that flourished their rhodomontade on the pearancc of the letter, might have found earlier vent tor their ii dignalion had to denounce the pi when t.

rump Irr.m llifir nu frinrwlt partisans. The "cry of disunion, however," as has been charged, lines not appear in the letter The i whole country is spoken of as "our the benefits which would result to the whole by adding to I the system the-adjoining territory that inv tes the I connexion, tire dwelt evils that must result to the whole by the prevalence of such unjust and in-ulling dogmas as Mr. Wctstcr avows, are 1 pointed out. 'I hroughout the letter (Jen II. mani! an affection for the entire draws no such in-idious and injurious distinctions between different sections as Mi Webster draws he does i not, as Mr.

Webster doc-, separate the States into easltt, declaring that no more of a certain sort can be admitted, those of that sort that are in bting barely endurable. The position assumed by General Hamilton is this: that if Congress i-hall declare "its authentic sense," as is cleat ly to be inferred from iVJr. Webster's letter his fentiment, that the rights of such of the States as have persons in them held to bondage, are only respected in the other States incomeq timer of the obligation which the Constitution conlers that those obligations are already considered onerous and that, therefore, "no more slave States -hall lie admitted into the this case, General 111? mi 11 ton conU nds, and we believe he will he earnestly responded to, that it will behoove the South to assert her dignity and rights. When it mes to he an ackno ledged on the part of the North, an asserted principle that odious distinctions exist, which make the Union disreputa hie. Whi the compromises of the Constitution come to he compared, as they have in the course of the discussion, growing out of the proposed re-annexation of Texas, to Shylock'n do not well see how the South is to remain, with re gard cither to her interests or her honor, in family connection with those who despise, contemn, insult ami threaten her As long ns the doctiine adopted by Mr.

Webster 1 was only uttered by men of no influence, or, among men of note, confined to those whose, dissappointments had distempered their minds, it did not per haps require the earnest onse it has now met with But coming from a man of Mr. Webster repute ai an expounder of tlie a man who has earned a national reputation, and is often spoken of in connection with the Chief Magistracy of the Union, it acquires a certain authority and weight that cautiol be met hy too sitirc an asanrante that it will not be submitted to. The Constitution of the United States does not 1 tied" by the Constitution, and that if the Constitution were abrogated, those rights might be invaded at pleasure. Those rights exiisted before, not by virtue of the constitutional guaranties. If the Constitution were dissolved, (which Heaven forbid!) those rights would remain the same, and the fanaticism, ignorance, and knavery which now seek in so many shapes to destroy them, might be as successfully defied.

The ground, then, is not tenable, that the hands of the North, with regard to the institutions of the South, are tied up in consrqiuiue of the guaranties of the Constitution. With or without those guaranties, the position of the South is purely drftnsive. They make no no stand simply on the same rights which they freely accord to the North, beseeching, protesting and forewarning against the invasion of them. It is this positiou which the letter of General Hamilton takes. It is the true position of the slave-holding States, threatened and insulted not only by men abroad, bnt by their own countrymen, and even by persons in their midst.

The SoHth does not threaten the She only contends that when the great family of Slates comes to be divided into castes, her own con- dition may be considered of as much dignity as any. The following is a stanza of a piece entitled "A Rallying Cry for New England against the Annexation of Texas," published originally in the Boston Courier, and afterwards circulated by means of the newspaper press, throughout New England and New i York. Mr. Webster's letter breathes the same sentiment. Mr.

Adams has uttered it a thousand times. What will the Constitution be worth when the spirit of these lines comes to be the authentic sense" of Congress? If hand and foot we must be bound by deeds our fathers signed, And mutt be cheated, gulled, and scorn'd because they too were blind, Why let them have their pound of that is in the bondBut wo to them, if they but take a half hair's breadth beyond." I PRELIMINARY MEETING IN NEW ORLEANS IN BEHALF OF THE RE-ANNEXATION I OF TEXAS. At a preliminary meeting of the friends of the annexation of Texas, held on Monday evening, the 22d at Bank's Arcade, Dr. Ballard was called to Chmr nnrl AlpYantlpp VV-jIItpp was flnnfiintmH Secretary. On motion a committee of nine was appointed to report resolutions to the meeting, and a recess having been taken, ihe comuitttec reported the following resolutions Resolved, That a committee of twenty-five be appointed by the Chair to make necessary arrangements for a general meeting of the citizens of New Orleans, irrespective of parties, to express their sentiments in i favor of the Re-annexation of Texas to be held at l( Bank's Arcade, on Wednesday, the 34th inst, at 7 o'clock, P.

M. The Chair appointed the following George Straw bridge, J. S. McFarlane, C. Diamond, W.

C.Jones, W. J. Vason, W. A. Elmcre, R.

Ogden, T. M. Cones, Lewis Florance, M. Cannon, A. H.

G.lland, T. A. Williams, Jacob Wilcox, James A. Campbell, Wm. S.

W. Nye, J. W. Stanton, S.TIurby, T. Barrett, E.

Randolph, A. S. Robertson, S. C. Snethen, G.

Dorsey. On motion, the chairman and secretary were added to the committee. It was resolved that every paper in the city friendly to the cause of annexation, be requested to publish the pri ceedings of this meeting. On motion, the meeting adjourned. N.

BALLARD, Chair'n. Alkx'r Wit.xf.r, Sec'y. In the Sanate, after our paper went to press, that hody appointed a committee to inquire into the qualification and capacity of the Hon. John i M. Niles, composed of Messrs.

Jarnaoin, Benton, Berrien, Wright and McDuffie. This I was acquiesced in by gentlemen of both sides, without admitting the constitutional right of the I Senate to impure into the capacity of Senators. The Senate then ordered several bills of a pri! vate character to be engrossed for a third read! ing. The House was in Committee of the Whole i on the state of the Union until late in the evening discussing the Tariff bill, when the committee rose and reported progress. After the Speaker resumed the Chair, Mr.

White, of Kentucky, moved that the House adjourn lil Friday next, which was decided in the ncga live, and then the House adjourned. ednesday. In the Senate, the morning hour was occu- pied in the prestntation of memorials from every section of the country in favor of the immee.ate Annexation of Texas; which was all the business done at the tune our paper went to press. In the House, after the reading of the Journal I of yesterday, Mr. White, of Kentucky, moved to correct the Journal, so as to make it appear that his motion was to adjourn for the purpose of taking up the carpets, instead of simply adjourning until Friday next.

Messrs. Duncan and Welleh responded to Mr. hite, and said thai was not Ins motion, hut simply a qualification. Mr. White said he knew his motion better than the gentleman from Ohio, (Mr.

Wr.i.i.er.) Mr. Welleh said that might be /v.xcii 11 ho hml mi (tfuprlinn In flip 111V provided il contained the facts, which was to adjourn so as to attend the Convention, but with the qualification to take up the carpets. Mr. Iv J. Mohhis presented a memorial contesting the of the lion.

David Levy. Mr. Levy called upon Mr. Mokhis to siatc if the memorial was from any of his constituents, and Mr. Morris declined answering.

The House then look up the resolution of Mr. Hroduead, to slop all debate on the tariff' on Wednesday, the 8th of May, and Mr. Dro.mooot.t moved to amend it by instriing Monday next and the previous question was demanded, and seconded, by the following vote: yeas 71, nays 51. The question then recurred ou the amendment of Mr. and the yeas and nays were demanded and ordered, and the following is the result: yeas 38, nays 101.

The resolution was then agreed to. Mr. K.J. Morkih then moved a suspension of the' rules as to allow him the oj portumty of presenting .1... nil" lilt" HUM I ill IIIC UI (III David Lkvy winch was disagreed to.

Mr. irkpathick offered a resolution rotting apart certain days in May for the consideration of the business of the District of Columbia, after the disposition of the Tanir bill; which was agreed to. Mr. from the Committee on Claims, made a report; which was appropriately disposed of. Mr.

McKay then moved a suspension ol the rules lor the House to resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole on the stale of the Union to take up the Tariff hill; which was agnrd to. Mr. Hopkins took the Chair, and the Committee took up the Tariff Mr. IdinLACK. then finished Ins remarks in favor of die protective policy and lie was followed hv Mr.

BcrriNoroN on the same side of the jupstion. The joiner on at (he limp our reporter the I.