Fourth Of July

Eíljjving Ix'fii choscly wníined n our office for i long limr, wc dcterrhinétl lo snlly out afiïöng our follow citizens. on iliis n;itional fcsiival, and givè Fttfc'feéúp'fS 10 our èyeai cid', niid ihoughüs. Ai ihc Presbytefian Churoli wo fouml the uníretí Snbbnih Schools of the village: nnd the sen il anil happy coUHteuuJicea prcscnied vhs tJolightful 10 look upan. Sundry speeches, in" tennixed with songs, wcre mnde to iheschoinre nul Inj them. AVe weto too laie to hoor any: büto.ne dÍ3C0uraa by n ci.lored boy wns liighly -ipoktin o!' í)j' a'l. Fur no coniem[ili!)]e tÜsnnttions on nceoüTH of color wero here recoynized. rijo soliotars ituTun.-tiched lo íhr; grovt?. nnd pa(took of rt l'Oiniiifiíl i ejxit-'. Saliliatii School tousts '.vore ilier! proposed. and carriod dy an approprimc number of ííhooraoa." This noisy part oí Élío peffiir mañees waa disápproved by sjme..Making oSr way öriötigH the ma.s of teams. men. bovs, women and hickory bushes tlint tilocked the strcttts. we arïived at the public square, nnd iound a regular conipany o( somo liúy or 8xty boys, each with Tolk nnd Daling banner. ilisci)lining under a boy cnptiili; 'l'iuéxercises consisteu in wnvina iheir biinner8, nnd nshouiing íorPolk anrfgrbanínn for his enemiee tt llie vvorJ oC éomnmnd. We tFrought this woa !j;id business. '1 liere is too much tra'nhtg of üiis 'viinl in use amung men. Beuer let evory one shout or jjroau according lo liis individual feelings.At onc o'tlück. tiie larjjesi indliitucle we have ever seen in Ann Ailfor hnd collecled. The nsseiTibly were addressed rtüJÜo'g íhe wlule aftc-rnuon by soroe ten or iwdve speakers. Among thejn werc Dr. Curtís, and Mr. Watson , fand. The last was too abnsive to suit our tnste. .Fohfi Allen. Kmgsley, and Göv. Mundy, o Washtenow. also sjtoke. Gov. Mnnrfy I cd hj the nudiencö. au eiiormoirs hickor.y pokc. some tvele feet in length, which had been carried in procttssion during i ie day, and üie I ence deiertnined that Henry Clay must be poked I withit nexi November. This, we modghtj savored nf'bnrbarism.Kingsley is a good slump epeaker. Me referred to 1'x;:s. nnii t-m'd we ir.usi havo il imniediniely - ih.-it is. assoon a6 we couid.wheiher nex' ycai, or five or ten years henee. Wc neéded tliat amplè dotnain for our fncreasing niillions. As to ihö objection on account of slavery, thnt vvns of no forcé w'haiever. Thnt wöütd be 1 o ft as nn open quesiion, to be decided when cach tfiiitcos adniitted; and thcie was no ncccssiti of ndMiiiting slavc States, wliile the No-Ftl) have a mjijority in Congress of 42. Very true, we thought: but if lh:it niiijority wcre as servile as the Balumore Conventiun tliat noniinated Polk. bow much resisiance wouid it .oppose, after s'.avery had been recognized in Texas ly our Government, whüe organizad as a lerritory óf the United States?Whipple. of Livingston, and O'fCeefe. of De troit. ü"Keefe was nol atnsivèenoiih ■o suit the audïence. We nuticed 'bni tlie spenkirs wiio useiJ ihe most severe invective against iheir onponents whcie the most cheered. John Norvell. Ex-tíenulor. took the stand. - We had some interest !o hear bini, inismuch he lOs'the reputaiion of iíhiÜñg superior obiliues? vith much p'Iifical profligacj'. J'is nppearncej manners. and disuouree confirrr.ed our preious imprfeEáiüivsol him.. Nature Ins don e wc!liorhim; but he e.xhibued unequivocal indications of' a rendtness to play ihedeinagogue, ra the r ihün ro act on uny high imd manly principies. It is no wonder, thaf, wlien a Senator, hc ;'went with ihe South." He goes for Texas, of coitrse, bccause we ouglu to hnve it, and f icj do not. Enhmd wiil. He was wonderfuüy Anti- Jïriüsh. nrvd was for driviiig England from our coniinent. We could nof do it novv. but we should do it ultimately. when our populaiion should have atmined ia 6!) or 70 miUions He thought wo;nen sliouid s:;iy away from r-o-üu.-l assemblies. nul avdid the rooghncss of pirty warfare. as much as they would llie actual coliisiou o!' armg. It had been said thnt the womeri oí' the Révola don porticipated with their husbands and brothers in the horrors of war. True, thpy di-ci; bottliey we:e neetled to bind up their wouiids and administer to their necessilies. On account ol üiesentiments of Demoerats ín favor of 'women scaying away f rom political meeting, the Wliigs had accusod them a disregard of ihe sex. ' lus, he denied; but ihe-argument that hc adduced to disprove it was too gross for publicaiion in our columnrGen. Cass arrived at a Jate hoor, he Iiaving beo.n detained by an accident on the cars. He spoite briefly and comprehensively witli good laste. He referred nppropriulely ío t fie day, and ts ceiebration ín th? West at üifferent periods since he liad becone a western inan. two yeare since, he liad employed the Fourtliof July in construciing n bridge over the Hurón river. for tlie passage af the regiment he cumraanded.. He witij liis troops, had been lost in tlie woods of Wiishtenaw, and w ere suffering from hunger ind destitution in a counly ibut novv teems i-vith all the varied producís of human indusiry. ile then spoke of the parfy principies respecting o Bank, Tariff, k.c. whicfi he despal ched in a few eentences. The Democratie Nominaes he kr.ew personally, and couid assure the Democracy of Waehtenavv that ihey wert eminejitly worthy of their most zealons support. He spoke at grea er .'ength on Texap, uffirining that we mst hnve it;, forif wedid not take it, Eugland would.- Ile went over the grounds eoumerated in his iettèr. Texas was an open country and thepossepsion of M would ennble Eng land to fill ït wilh black troops, and assault tlie Southern States wilh lier nnraerous arniies, havino a paradise beforo thein and leaving desolaton bohnd. There was a large desert bctwecn Texas and Mexico, vvliieh wih Texas annex-' ed, would niake a natural bouwdary beiween us and that republic. He dwclt on the pow er and ambition of Enand, and tlie necestritv of resisting her encroacliments. She had es tablished her military posls in every portion of the earth where there was a nation to be conquered, or weallh lo be acquired, and on her empire the eun ever eet. She had made a red mark on the map ofour No-rtheastsrn boundary, designating how much ehe would have, and had taken h-T she had made anoth.. er on the map of Oregon. and. as usua}, she had taken the liou's share; but she had made no mark on the map of Texas, becase sIir intended to Jiave the whole of it. Er.gland was surrounding us on every side- on the E:ist, on tlïe North, and on the Northwest und now she wished to complete the chain by enclosing us on the West and Southwest also. Should we permit a catión of kindred rÜn, kindred republican faith and civilstitutions, rndindred language and religión, to knock in vaiu for acjnvssion to our repub lie, when o rofusnl to receive her wuuld be the means of throwing her into the arms of a nation w'fjose pou-or enabled her to subjugate empire?, and whose grosping ambition wn9 at tho same lime 6o mïntitely argus-eyed, t'uu not thesmaile-sl of the islets that sprinklu the ocean was considered to maignificant for her cupitiity. The whole of the Genernl's discourse was rcceived with nnboundcd applatise. líe s a g-ood sïzëd, porlly looking man, with quite a Iítrge I)Oíid, (H'inc-ing mnch forcé of chnrocter. As nn individual; we have reepect for the Genefn'fi II f s moral clmracter á said to. be iireproie!iallt. nnil lie has through life been a Htriet tota] abstinence man. We rcmember that he wns quite popular as a Governor of Michigan Territory. But "We1 ore not porry íhat he li.ns lost the nomination for the Presidcncy. We are compellcd to rpgard him os a inore dangerons man to the best interests of bis country iban serviíe Van Buren, orpromising Clay. We do not t-ay tiat he has ever desiffned llie least cvil to his country.- He niay be, nccorciing to bis views, entirely pnlrintic. But wbile his cour.e at the CourL of France, and his atlvocacy of Texas show hirn to be unscrupulously servile, the constant lenor of his speeches, letters and addreeses since his return lo this country has tended to sfir up ín alJ our population n spirit of unrelenting- jealoufy and hatred of England. He s forjar, and vrere he to be our next President, to his oivn expressetl views of puliJic poJicy, uar, if not inevitable, would be probable. Does not all history teach us, that a protractcd wnr of aggrarülizement nnd conqneft, commenced by a republie, and carried on by a military chief of great mental energy and popular address, would be higWy dangerous to the überties of our repnbüc?