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Supplies For The War

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Day
4
Month
September
Year
1847
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Public Domain
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Many excellent people of ihe North have supposed that afler a se:ison, llie good sense ofniir nntion would return, nnd the snpplics Tor the war he stnpped. Especiiilly have ihey lookod to the nsoer.dency of' the VVhigs n tho House of Representativos ns one great souree of hope. That ncendency the VVhigs have secured. But how wiH it be exercised? The arpropriations for the wai", thus for, are summed up, from official staleir.ents, hy the National Intelligencer as follows : Approprlations al the last session. The íiiprpriations for ilie samo object t the nexi Session of Congres.", should 10 war con'inue, vvill exceed ral her t han all short of fil'ty rnillions if dollars." And what do?s the Intelligencer prolost shall he done in referente to voting ifty millions more - grant or withhold ? Let it nnsvver for itclf . "They (the VVhigs) willdoubtlpss hold the Administrntion, in every deparlment f it, lo a rigid itccountability ; tliej nny refuse to lny laxes on the necessaies of life, as pruposod at tlie last iesftinn, rmt foreign luxuries may come into tiie onntry l'ree of du.ty : bot, should the War wilh Mexico lie prolongéd nntil the meeting of CoogfMS, (vviiicli Hr-aven brbid !) othcr mcans nat incompatible vilh national honor and dignilij tiian TOrPING THE SUIM'LIES WILL CE FOUND 'O PUT A STOP TO THE WAIt." The Albany Evcning Journal endorses he lnielligencer in the strongest terms. :' Tliough dftosting the Wnr and ihose who bfouglit ilie f.oiuitry into it, (says the Journal ) we should rteepiy deplore any movement from the VVhig side of Congiess, designed to bringtlio wai to a nilsive close by a relusnl to vote men ind mnney. Lei us give the Adminisration lhe means thev ask for to carry on llieirwar, but hold them responsible b'r all its consequences. Tliere is but one possible way of bringing up this Administration - of making even this war wpular with tlie people. Thai way is for a Whig Congress to refu.se to vote supphes. Sucli an net would set Polk on his legs. The people will. as thcy have. so far as their verdict lus been received, put their hroad seil of condemnatinn upon the administration. But cordi.illy as they haie the war, nnd its abettors, they will nol, now tliat we are in the fight, allow the Reiublic to be dishonored either by an inglorious with Irawal of the Army, or a treasonnble refusal to vote the nessary supplies." This will be the tune of the Whigs generallv ; nnd Corwin, and his associates in voting to stop the supplies, will be in about as lenna minority as ever. flJThe N. II. Democrat and Freeman stiys of the nomination for the Presidency : "It is suggested by the National Era and tlie Cincinnati Press, thit the nou.ination of candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, by the Liherly Parly, be deferred untit Spring, and that tho convention in October make arrangements for the thorougli organization of ihe party and a vigororn cninpaign. We heartiíy respond to this suggestion, and trust it will comend itself to the gnod sense of the friends of Liberty penerally. There has been great dirersity ef opinión, and some warmth of controversy, in respect to the expediency of callingthe convention this fall ; and nntwithstonding a majority ofthp National Commiitee we re in favor of calling the ronvention earïv, we very much doubt whether a majoritv of tlie Liberty voters would not have given a different decisión." ftT5" Recent experiments have been ried with the Telegraph from New York to Washington, from which the conclusión is deduced, that by means of thp magnetic Telegraph, a clock in New York can be compared with another at o distance of two hundred miles, quite ns accuralely as two clocks can be compared in adjoining rooms. Another conclusión which appears to be authorized by these experiments is, thal the time required for the electric (luid lo travel from New York to Washington, and back ngain, a distance of four hundred and fifty mirps, is so small a fraction of a second, that t is inappreciable to the most practiced observer. (t5 The Telegraph is complf tíd to Cleveland, and Detroit is now within 12 hours of Philudelphia and Cincinnati. ff?" Fr m the indications in the Liberty papers, it nppears highly probable that John P. Hale will be nominnted for President by the Liberty Conventiou at liuffalo. 05= It seems to be agreed on oll hands, bat Taylor's last letter, hich we pubish to-day, willfiuish lip what was Icftof lis Presidenljal prospect The Albany ■ivrning Journal tlius cautiouly Iets liim down : "We rem ruk el, som e mout' s;nce, that if Gen. Taylor's lile tu spered, he wuuld be t he ne.t President of ihe United States. Tliis remark wns coupled witli another, which predicated the Ganeral'-a election upon a spontnneous movement of the peoplc- a movement which could not be either helped or hindercd by p:irt'es or poüticians. But we did not foresee nor approhend, when this prediction was bozarded, that Gen. Taylor would liave his ottention tunifcd to Presidential Letter W riting. - We wero sure that lus enemies, if he had them, could notdefe.it him. Me wns sure and safe f he continued to keep hs eye to the front, without looking toward, or, f possible, wilhout thinking of, the White Boom Bilt il canböi bp deniod that General Tavlur's Presidential Letters are putting a new face upen things. fle is cenainly no: as strong as he was ; and we are not now piepared to say thnt theold veteran may not wiile the people into sonie serious doubts as to Ivs fitness fur President." The Ypsilanti Scn'.inel fWhigJ says of the last letter r "We take it for grnnfed it will spitle the discussion of tliis queslion for some time; at bast until tlio old General has had time lo examine the measures on which he declares himself undecide, and j mnke up his opinión in regmd to tlipm." 'The neople do not ask candidates whether tl'iey will discharge their dulies as they believe the interest of the country j demands, hut what ihey believe its inte-j re.sls require. To this question Gen. 'l'aylor plead that he is not rendy to reply ', and we respect ful ly suggesl, tliat legard for his past services, K;s present position, and liiscandid declaration,should silenco any farther interrogatories." As Taylor's prosppcls grow dimmer1, the Whigs look BDsioooly around for an availalile candidate, and seem (o be ogain turnwg their aüention to Mr. Clay. Geo. Thompson, the celebraied Eng-1 lish Abolitiuiilst, who was diiven from this country about iwelve years ngoby infurialed mot, has been elf cteti a tnember ofihe BritistvPnrliament. The Libero! tor says : " Tlie poütic-al oninions ar.niunced by Mr. Thompson were critainly radical! enough. Ileshould vote lor the L.-u-gesl Free Trade, and for llie Abolition of' every Monopoly, nationa! and local; for universal pffroge, vote by ballot and short Parliaments ; for the nbolilion of capita! puniíhments and of flopgfng in Ihe Army ; and ogiinst all enduwments niid rpligious estaiilishincnts ! TK'sehclion as carried without any of the unpcrupulous means oden used nt eföetiww. Not a single paifi agpnt was employed. ' No! the least rernarkable circumstance attending t in coniest,' snys the London Post, ' is the fai-t, that Mr. Thompson, who is a leetotaller, refused lo have his Commiitee-rooms in public houses, and the puolicans with few exceptions. svengcd ïheinselves by voling against him.' " (tJThere isan assoeiation ín New Englanc', known as tlie liIIopec!:ile i ty." Evpry pw-sön who joins it is required lo ossen t to iho fullowing extra : dinary creed : "I believe in the religión of JestH I Clirist ns lie Inuglit mui exemplifie I il, aricording to the Sciiptures of the New ! Testament. I acknowleJge nftyeïf a bounden subject of all iis moral obligations. Especiallf do 1 hold myself bound by all its holy requirements, er, irn-j der any prefext whatsoever, to kil!, assault, beat, lorture, cnslave, rob, cppre3s, peisecute, defrnnd. corrupt, shunter, revile, injure, envy, or bate any human be'iig - even my worst enemy ; never, in any manner, lo viola'c the diclales óf pure chastify ; never to tafce or adminisicr au oath ; nevr to mamifnctiirp, hu y, 8o}l, deal out. or use any ntoxieatiog linnorj as a bevcragc. ; never to serve iti tlie ar-; my, navy or miüüaof any Nat ion, State, I or Cliieftain'; never to Uring an actlon ai l law, hold office, vote, join a legal posse, petition a legislature, or ask goernmentnl interposition, in any case invch-ing a final üiilhorized rcsnrl In physical violencc; j never to indulge self-will, bigotrv, love ofi [ire-eminence, covetousnesi, deceit, profanity, idlene-s, or an unruly longue ; never to particípate in lotteries, games of chance, betting, or pernicious amusements ; never to rcsent reproof, or juslify myself in a known wrong; nevbr to aid, abet, or npprove oliiprs in any tliing sinful ; hut, through divine assisiance, always to recommend and promotp, with my entire influence, the holinessatid happiness of all mankind." (C?0 The l'hreüological Journal for September has been received. It contains, among other thing., a likeness and character of Ulihu Burritt.

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