Winyah Observer

              Vol.. IX.
" Wt: will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our Liberties, and if it must fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins."
No, 4i;i
£. Waterman, Editor^
G-eorgetown, S. C, Wednesday, July 12, 1848.
E. Waterman, Jr., Proprieto;
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I'oa  THE   WISYAll ODSERVER.
Tiie Presiilcncy. No. I.
Mr. Ebi-tolt-»-As thc two great par¬ ties of the nation, are marlialling  their forces for the struggle in iVovember nc.\t, a struggle not for the presidency alone, as it sectTis to be regarded here, but on tha part of the  Whigs a struggle for power and place.    They have nomina¬ ted as their candidate a distinguished Alilitary Chieftain loilh the hope  that they may ride into power on his sfioidd- ers, being too weak as a  party, to elect any one of their disiinguished statesmen. They have taken up their former horror, a Miliiary Chieftain, with the hope that his brilliant  achievements  in'the field may drajv fo his support, from the ranks oftho Democracy, a suflicient number of voles to elect  him (Gen.  Taylor) and give them (the same  old Federal Hart¬ ford Conventionist)   the control of the government.    If this is not their object •why have  they concealed their princi¬ ples?    I answer their principles  have been repudiated by the people !    In 184'4 they boldly commenced the contest for the presidency; every banner they un¬ furled to the breeze, had inscribed on its folds, bank, protective tariif, internal im¬ provements, distribution   of the public lands, opposition to the annexation  of Texas, &c., &c.    The Democratic par¬ ty with a candi+late taken from the walks of private   life, a candidate wliom  the Federal Whigs pretended not 'to know ; raised the same old flag under vvhich they had so often marched to victory ; on its bioad   folds . were   emblazoned,   equal Tights are guaranteed   to every   citizen under the constitution;   therefore,oppo¬ sition to a monster bank, no internal im¬ provements by thegeneral government, low duties, a tariff only for revenue, an economical administrtition ofthe govern¬ ment, the annexation ol'Te.xas, and a re-
nated, and will support for the presiden-1 better withheld till the end ofthe war,    ry, "v.- _
J uu   .u- ,    when mv usefulness as a milary chiel    live patrontige or prerogative,
cv, a hero.made such by this very w.'ir! P^'"'" ¦") "^'-',.",:^     ¦    . .1      ''     , ,„ !i     „„       ,,,      ,„   .    ,. ¦ r
Vt 1,   r.u I-      1    .'        serving in the fi'-'ld against the common I     The"yiA'ial    Use f sometime after
_   The result ofthe approaching election    ,„„„y^,h.^„ ¦„„ ^anp^r he comp.^omised ;!  , is certain,    I awjit the verdict ol the || by their e.\pression or discussion in any nation with confidence.    The noble and ij mniiner.
enlarged principles, set forth by the Bal¬ timore Convention, must, and will be approved and sustained by an enlighten¬ ed people. On the democratic banner is inscribed, in addition to the great nam js of Lewis Cass and Wm. 0, Butler— " The freedom ofthe seas, the causs of our country, equal rights to all, exclu¬ sive pi'ivil'ges to none, a slricl con¬ struction of tlie constitution, a constitu¬ tional treasury, a rigid economy, n fra¬ ternity with our brelh'reu in Europe in their attempt to break the shackles of despotism, no corrupt alliance of gov-' eminent with banks, State or National, the " Union as it is," " no abolitionism nor incipient steps ther-'to," and no mutilation of the provisions of our glo¬ rious constitution."
REPUBLICAN. Georgetown, July 4, 1848.
From many sources I have been ad¬ dressed on the subject of the Presidency, andi do violence neither to myself nor to my position as an officer of the army by acknowledging to you, as I have done to all who have alluded to jhe us..-of my name in this e.Kalted connection, that iny services are ever at the will and call ol' the country, and that I am not prepared tosavthati shall refuse if the country
vitliout thc interference of cxecu- ' wife "for better, for woi^se," but that
print is always ultra. It is a strong sign ofthe limes, "however, lhat a paper so powerful in influence as the New York Courier and Inquirer, and, so conserva¬ tive in its tone, should use thtj following
publication ofthe Taylor letter, gives its vimvs of tht admissions made by Gen¬ eral Taylor,   and  its hopes of carrying
out its   favorite   notions, derived from j| language with relcrence to existing re-
Genel-al    Taylor's   "deciik.tf  endorse¬ ment ofhis editorial, as Ibllows :
Gf,x. TavloIi's LET-nai.—This doc- utilent has pioduced a prolound sensation in political circles.—(Copies ofthe Signal, coiitnining the letter and our editorial of .April IMtli, may be obtained ;it ourcount- Qalls'me to  the   Trci^identinl office,  /itfi! j| ing^'oom.
The jmblic attention is  occupied with one encouraging  indiculioii.    We  may I liopo, from the whole tenor of the publi- j II cation, that the confident claim recently j jj advanced   bv the Charleston Merciirv,
that I can and shall yield to na call that does not come from fh'i spontaneous ac¬ tion and free will of the nation at large and void of the slightest ngencq of nif ou-n.
For the high honor and responsibilities ;* ''^'*' ^'"{"^ 1''''?loi' will prove_ an obstaci
of such an ollice, I take tin's occasioii tO ii
to the firm determination ofthe .\ineri
lations between Great Brjtain and the. Uniied States.
" ^Ve can perceive no cloud in the fti- lure—except in the temptation which Cuba—if this Iblnnd should pass from the dominion of .Spain—may holdout to En- gii^n ansiiition and cupidity. We refer to it once again only toe.vpress the hopci- tliat w-henever the day shall come—if come it must—^vhcn England shall be [I fiuhjei^ed to this ternptation, she will give Ij fill! weight to the considerations v,.-iiich.
I make precious to her and  precious to
II ourselves—llie mainten-mce 'of sincere ami cordial peace and harmony between
the sales ofthe public lands. The peo¬ ple decided these great questions, and James K. Polk vvas elected by a triuni-* phant majority. Texas was annexed ; 'the present just tariff established ; (the tidious Whig tariffof 1812 repealed;) •ani! every pledge made the people wais i.'obly fulfilled.
T'htj Demociatic party have tiomina- . ted as tirair candidate Gen. Cass a dis- iingtiished soldier df the wcir of 1812, but if this vvai his only qualijieation for the first office iu the gift of the people, he never woiild have ueeli the nominee of the Democratic Republican Pat ty; but the great^and invaluable services he has 3-endared the country at home and abroad, in the Cabinet and Senate, at once point¬ ed hint out as the proper standard bearer of the Republican Party in the contest which has just commenceth And our candidate for tlie Vice-Presidency the | gtillant Butler, what belter name, or bet¬ ter man could have bsen selected. On \ the other sitle whom have the Wliigs nominated for the same office? Why I the abolitionist MillardFillinore known not only as an abolitionist, but uu out nnd out advocate of every measure of icderal policy, a bank man, protective tariff, &.C., &c. . The course pursued by the Whigs in opposition to the war with Mexico wiil alone be sufficient (change front u; often ,as they may) to defeat themselves. The ''discriminatingjudge¬ ment of ths Anierican people"   vvill not
* tolerate a party, one of whose leaders, a distinguished Senator, the Hon. Thomas Corwin, a name often mentioned by them in connexion with tho presidency, and would have been the   nominee at this
¦   time only they wereawSH'etht»t Southern
Whigs, were not yet prepared to siwab
low a abolitionist nomiiuUion,, This mun
in a speech lauded by flje Whigs for it»
.   power and eloquence hoped our army in
^ Mexico would be welcome by  theMexi-
* cans, " with b!oo-ly hands to hospitable 5, graves."     What beautiful consistency,
this same inan, and his party have nomi-
¦ Mr. Editor,—In compliance with my pi-omise and to assi.st Gen. Taylor's friends to uiiderstnnd their true position, I send' yon herewith the celebrated Signal letter,
I recomniend its perusal to Mes.er,.!, Iteail und Manigaiilt. UlTIilR   FEE DKK.
From the   Columbus  Times.
Gcii. Taylor-'tlie Ordinance of \U1.
On the 13th of April 1847, there was published in the " Cincinnatti Signal" a long and labored editorial, defeiiiling the authority of aud advocating the princi¬ ples as applicable to the neW Territories, laid tlovvn in the Ordinance of i'787. This Ordinance passed by Congi'ess, Ju¬ ly 13, 1787, was entitled, "An Ordi¬ nance for the government ofthe Territo¬ ries of the U. States,' Northwest of the river Ohio''; and its 6th article is in these words :
01 sucn an onice, 1 lase mis occasion to    --- ...."--¦ ""¦-¦ "' '- I-   Great Britau and the United Stnt-s
say, that I have not the sli'ghtest nspirn-    can people to e.Mlend the  orilmaiice ot        'pVi-   -Imi   the   valur f.>
lion- aiiiuch inoret.-anquiland«'atilf'ic  'I 1787 over our weslern lerrilories, is not L.    \''\ .'"!°'''/"';^ \'''^®  *" Cuba to iioii' J "luci  mcie I aiiqmi ana ,...nsiat- |,p rcih-pd hv'tli,. twnt t ^'^^^^ Britain—territonallv, cOmiriercin -
tory hie    alter^ the- termmation -ot my    1'''^') to be realised b^ the cvei,t. .   ,,, ,„,,i,j,.,,|y_„,^,3t ^^ '('dup. ^eirrhed
presentduties aWaitsl'r.e, I trust, in the so- The Editor ofthe " Signal" is one of cietyofniy family and particular friond,s, n^^ .'f,eesoi!" politicians. Mis article and in the occupations most congenial to . , ¦      .   ¦   ¦
mv wishes--///, no case can I permit nn,- ''''" ''" elaborate insistence on his pecu^ selflo be tlie candidate if any party, or j| '•"'" ^''<i"'S, and he pronounces Geii. Tay- yield ntyself to party scliemrs. " f lor's reply " admirable and pignificaht." With the.se remarks, 1 tnist yoil vVill |j And. from the next to last p:ira<Tvai)h of pardon ine thus bri'eflv replying to yt,u, ;; the Gelieral's letter, the -Signal" 1 wliicn I do a-ilh a  high opinion and de:
lias
cided approval of the seiitiuients  and] ieiews embraced ifi your editorial.
With many wishes for your prosperity in life, t'ud gruat usefulness in the sphere in which your talents und eXertious are embarked, J beg to acknowledge myself most truly and respectfully, your cibcdi- ent servant.
Z. TAYLOlt, Maj. Gen. U. S. A. J.\3. W. T.-vvLOR, Esq., Cincinnatti, O.
The editorial article from the " Sig^l" containing the following sentiipents on the .subject ofthe Ordinance of 1787, and is the whole of that aiticle, pertinent to the subject of the present inquiry.
" There are tiuestions approachii.g, which the peojile must be allowed to set¬ tle in their own way.   without the inter
well characterized it as "significant" at lea.-^t, and to his vieVVs " admirwhle."
Again, mark General Tnylor'-s words, imd couple   thein  with the prominence
given by the " Signal," to the "holding 1 come tp us.
ly Or poli
and considered, the preservation of thi.s peace—while to fhe United States it is of the deepest and most enduring inter¬ est aud exigency that Cuba—if domin¬ ion over her tnust change—should fall, afe by natural position and relation it iseems designed to fall, within our con¬ stellation. We look upon tliis, not as A question of territC'rial aggrtmdizement, but 'rtf national safety ;'hud it is therefore noon the }5riuciple'af self-defeuiie that wo should insist, at all hazards,' that if j Cuba is to change nationality, she must
(//¦///« (Presidential) hand," in the use of the veto, and the emphatic declaration of Gen. Taylor, at a later period in the Allison letter, against the exercise of tlu veto, and the whole takes aformofmeth-
We know that self-interest, whether individual'or national, rarely lacks a pre¬ text for the indulgence of its desires ; yef it must seem so obvious to any one -vvho will cast his eye over a chart of the Gujf of J*,Iexico, thai Cuba should not he.lon<r-
Art. 6.  There shall be neither slavery „ fusal to take the bribe, the proceeds of I "or involuntary servitiide in the said ter- II gative-. - The old political issues m.iy be
- ¦ i ritory, othervvise th.in in the punishment i! pu-'^lp'''"'^*""''«'¦ the pressure ot circuni-
of crimes, whereof the partv shall have jj stances, and ns for the new—those com- befili duly convicted; provided nlways Ij i."g events which cast their shadows be- that any person escaping into the sanie, li foi'e—let ithe understood that the only from Vvhfun labor or service is lawfully claimed in any oue ofthe original Slates, such higitive maybe lawfully reclaimel, and conveyed lo the'*person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
This principle vvas borrowed from the foregoing article, first by j\Ir. Winthroyi, |.ili^e present Whig speaker ofthe IIous,; of Representative's; then claimed by Ml-. Websterashis ihunder, and finally adopt¬ ed by the gentleman whosd name it bears —it is the principle of the notorious WiLMor Pitoviso.
The Editor of the Cirtcinnatti " Sig- nnl" addressed a nbte to Gen. Taylor in April of last year, enclosing the EdittJri
erence of executive patronnge or prero- li " "'^'i ^'iews embraced in your editorial." 1
od and significance well calculated to a-!!'*t'\® T^'^'tionis ever to be re-opened— rouse and alarm. ii ^? ""3' '^''*"V "^"tion than to the United
•        '      , ¦   ll States, that in the eye of reason we should
\\r- 1 '7     ' ^''^y^',     , ' ''C acquitted of ambition in insisting upon
,,   " VV Uh these remarks, I trust you will : becoming its possessor. " pardon me tor thus  briefly  replying to )      We are content to let what is,  alone ; "you which   Ido  with  a ftigh t'/jf///'M/'| but if ciiang must come, tlie chano-P must '• and decided approval rf tiie sentiments ;l he to the flag ofthe United States."
path of safety fo'r those vvho may hereai-
ter fiill ihe presidinlial ollice, isto rest in
the discharge   of Executive  functions,
and let the legislative will of the peo'ple
find   utterance   and   cxactment.    The , ,.      1 • t    m
American people are aboul lo assume the i; '^"t, tOr this purpo.sc ?    There is no such
Does or docs not this commit Geh. Taylor lo the doctriue of 1787, aiid lite Wiimot Proviso of 184f) ? We lfe*t*e the ij reader to judge. If it does not, what is [1 thereto combat and rebut the proof of | the fact, contained in this cosrespOnd- j ence? Can we refer to thc "platform" | of the Convention that has broun-ht him I
responsibility of framing the institutions ofthe Pacific Stales,    Wo have no fears i for the fssue, if thd arena ofthe high de- j bale is the assemblies, of the people .and ; their representatives  halls.     Ffte exteil- 1 sion over tlie continent beyond the Rio' Grantla tfthe   ordinanee nf 1787, is atl. ' object too Itigh and paramount to bebaf- jied by presiilential i'cl'nes.    All thatvve ask Dt the incumbent bf the highest office finder the constitution is to hold his hand, tobow to the vVill ofthe people, as pro¬ mulgated in legislative forms, and restrain
" platform." Can we refer to his public civil life? his speeches? his writings? his State papers ? All here is a blank— Ibr the General has had no jiublic civil life—he  has  written   no State papers.
Ofthe vaiiie of Cuba as.an acfquisition to the United States, ho reasonable man can dOul)t,—but tiie propriety ofsiich an¬ nexation, and the mode by \vllich if is id be accohiplished are mdtters of moment, ;uid worthy of serious consideration on the part of the American people under such a contingency at? that hinted at b}!- the Courier. We live in stiring times, and il behooves us lo keep our eyes open.
rjfcrred to, ahd asking his Opinion on the ^| ti,e executive aclion in its appropriate sulijtict. Gen. Taylor rejilied May iath, ij chaiihels. Give us an honest adminis- ftom Mbaterey, and ihe " S-gnal" Editor t tratibn of the govi'i-nmcnt, rtnd an end to intrdlutie^ that reply as follows
i' all cabals of a cabinet—all interference , .    , ,     -i
from the   White   House—designed   (0    ntories lately acrpured by the arms ofthe
_ ,     I iroiii   uie    vv line    iiouse—uesigiieu   to | ••'-•—''•¦•->-¦.' —r-  -,; —^ „...,„„. ...^
ThecircuiHstanoes lindei- which the |, g^yay br thwart the action ofthe Amnri- \ United States.    It is vain to say he is a
following letter wns received by thc ed.-' jl can people—If such simplicitv and integ- II slaveholder  and    therelo'-e tor, are regarded as a warrant fdt Us pub-J! ^ity should guide the adinimsfralion  of ' '
lication.    We felt it our duty, when tliti j, Qe'riernl   Taylor,   tho  north   and   west fir,-t denmnstr.Ttions Were made in iavpf
ofGcUi Taylot fur the Presidehcy, tb dvVell updn the suhject nt cdnsiderable length. We vvefe desirous that some of the suggestions contained ift biir ni'ticle should meet the eye of Gen; Taylor, and iherefore enclosed it to his addreSs, with
rt'juld ^'ield to it a warm support and a heaity approval."
It is to these isehtiitienls tjial Gdn; Tay¬ lor emphaticallv savs:
"I trust ybu will pardon ii'ie for thus briefly replying to you, which 1 do vvilh a
afevv- words of reference ^to our position : fngti;opiiiion and a decided approval eij
as a journalist.    In reply'to ihatcommu nication, we have received the admira¬ ble antl significant letter, v\ hich we take pleasure in laying before our readers."
IlE.MJUf.^ii'rEiis Abmv 01- Ot:cur.v'rioN,
C^mp near Monterey, May 18,1847.     f
Sir r.i have the honor to acknowledge
the sentiments  'and views  embraced in your EurroRi-VL.i'
The Albany Atlas, a Norlhern "Free Soil" paper,  coniti
iiTOnting on  it at the
Froiii thc Columbia Telegraph.
Cuba.
This fertile Islalid  with its "fragrant j! havannas," green brrange groves, lovely. II time, -aid ; • i^ Senoras, and puffing Senors, is evidently
This   is" th3 ordinance under which    '"«ome jeopardy of being
A Peep into the Senate Chamber.—• The "View of Uncle Sam's Senate from ,^ the Gallery," which we give in nhother miidt! UO speeches. Hc lu\s lived all his ij colutiiU, ffom the '•' Yankee Blade," one life in th.e Army, where he has had biit a ll (jf the mrtst racv of the "Down-East' limited opportunity to study the Consti- i; papers, will richiy repay persual. The tUtidn find Laws of his country. |i writer is evidently   gifted  wilh a quick
Until, therefore Gen. Taylor denies or:'eye. and a shrewd apprehension—his takes back thc position assumed in this !' portraits (as we can testify from person- " Signal" letter, lie mu.-n be taken lo nlobservatioii) have the minute acclira- sland on the doctrine ofthe applicability | cy of dngucrreotvpcs. People always ofthe Ordinance of 1787, to tho new trr-'have a natural  curiosity  to know how
cel'.;brated men look, as well as to learn their peculiarities—in both of these par. ticulars, the pen sketches of the Blade's correspondcrit wiil   throw  some   light: A finer looking body  of men than  our Senator.s, it would be difficult  to find congregated together' elsewhere-—there is much more of the  ''raw matei'ial" to be found iu the  House, but thc dignity and decorum of thc Senate redeems tho turbulence and coni'usion of ita colleague; which presents few of the  appearances offi deliberative assembly.—Co/.  Tele- grapfi.
such senti¬ ments are out of the question. Mr. Clay was a slaveholder, and yet llie ambition || to be President madtj him avow Proviso- ii Istn. His gcogi^aphical position, only jj renuers iiiore tfidii.-^trous his "high opin- I ion and decided approval of" such senti- incnts.
Trdubles in   Cuba.—Several of the appropriated 'j Washington letter-writers represent that
thei'^eipt of your letter, with the enclo- ¦ Ohio,   Indiana,  Illinois,  Michigan, and ; by Uncle Sani's boys—and strange  to ; the Govcrmilcht .-it Washington h.iisjust aure ofyour editorial, extracted fl'om the ji Wisconsin, have been kept free from sla« '\ say, the movement is making not at the 1; received from the United States Consul
Signal" ofthe I3th April. At tids timo my public duties com. i-.iand so fully my atleniion, ihat itiu im, poisible to ifnsvvtiryour letiei' in the tt»rw«s demanded by its courtesy, and tho im¬ parlance ofthe sentin>eHts to which it al¬ ludes: neither, indeed, have I the time, shQtild I feel myself at liberty, to, enter in¬ to the few and most general subjects, of il public policv suggested by the article in question,    My own piersonal views wero
very, If General Taylor does not iuteiid ) go^^i, i,ut at the North. Sam tlotjstoN, tobe understood  as taking ground dis- ;     ., .'    .  ; a   i  ...u     "i'   •
.     1      -IT a- e    .u 1'    .'   ,    saidsome time since, that    the pi grims
linotlv with Jeflenson lor the application . ,     i        ,      „      ,    ,       ,
of tlje principle of 1787 to all teffitorv 1 were great land-stealer.s, and . that the ''be^nd the Rio Grande," it is clearly j affection waS hereditary, and predicted to be inferred from his letter approving, i| the remark oW'the fact that most ofthe the "editorial" ofthe "Signal," that he ^ jj,ii^„.j.  ^ame from   the   North,
would "-Ijpvv to the will ol the people as j ,„, '   °      •      ,  o.,„ r
I    i..A   -    'i„ ; !„.;„„ (r..L^'^ ..-t.A    IneNevv lork Sun ior some time past, promulgated   in legislative lorms,    and 'i • i-    >
permit their representatives to .settle thc 'i "'is heen preaching up the immediate crreat question of freedom in new territo- | annexniion of Cuba, as a man takes his
at Havana, il communication staling that an insurrection of a fdruiidabh character was anticipated in a few days in the is-. . land of Cuba, from the rising of the lib¬ eral revolutionary party, and represen¬ ting the unprotected state of American property there. In consequence of this intelligence, an order it is stijted, hns been despatched to our Gulf squadron,
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