The Free Soil Banner Vol I. No. 06.

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EDITED AND PUBLISHED BV W. B. GREER & L. WALLACE.]
" IIE IS THE FREE.MAN, WHOM TRUTH MAKES FREE; AND ALL ARE SLAVICS ]5F.SD.)F.
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YOL. I,
INDIA-NAPOLTS, -:FRID:AY,.. SEPTEMBER; 29, 1848.-
NO. 6,
PUBLICATION OFFICE OF THE
BANNER IS ON
PENNSYLVANIA STREET,
Three doors north of Washington Street.
ThME—''Auld Lang %we."
All hail ye friends of Liberty,     _
Ye honaw sons ol tod,       ^ Come, let us raise a shout lo-tlay,
For Freedom and Free Soil!
CHOS0S-For Freedom, and Ree Soil, my boys,
For Freedom and Free &od, _
Ring out.lhe shout to all about, . For Freedom and Free Soil i ¦   :       :
We wage no bloody waiiareliere,'
But gladly woidd we toil,       •       '*'
To show the South the matchless worth, Of Freemen and Frje Soil
For Freedom, &e.
Nor care we ought for party names,
We ask not for the spoil, Bunvhat we'll Imve is Libssrty, ¦
For Freemen and Free bod. ,
For Freedom, &.C. •     '
Too long \V8've dwelt in parly strife
*'T13 limetopoiu-inoil, So here's a dose for Uncle Saiii,
Of Freedom aud Free boll. .
For Freedom, &c.
Our Soutliern neiglibora feel oar piwer,
And gladly would recoil, But 'tis "too late," the cry's gone forth,
For Freemen and Free Sou!     ..;
For Freedom, &c.    ,
Tiien, liit opjjoneiita do iheir be,==t, •   '
bar sjjirits to embroil, No feuds shall e'er divide our ranks,   .
Till Victory crowns Free boil
For FreedoiU, &e.
They've called us Sisslers long enough,' We now begin to 3CIL, - .
And e'er November shall come round. We'll COOK THEUVB Free. Soil.
For Freedom, &c.
Then let us sing Gob BLESS THE Feee*
The noble sons of toil, And let the shout ring all about,
Of Freedom and Free Soil ¦    ¦
For Freedom, &c.
^Statistics. The  following table compiled frora various Bourccsj we believe to be accurate.'     It contains inatter interesting to pulitieians: ' ;'
Electoral  Voles for eacJi'Candidaie or Party, al the lad jive Presidential Ekctiom.,
lal vole equal lo ihi* number of its Senators and Rcpri-Si'nlativcs ia (Congress.
The electoral voie oi the Si:>.tf.s will bo as fol¬ lows : .
Slates, No. votes.
1. Maine, ^
2. New Hampshire,   6
3. Mussixchusettaj
4. Rhode Island,
6. Connecticut, C. Vermont,
7. Maryland,^
8. Viririiii.i,
States.
M). votes.
)7; Tennessee,
!8. Ohio,
iOllO. Lousiana,
20. Misaissippi^
tl. Indiana,
if. Illinois,
23. Alabanifi,
24. Missouri,
9. North Carolinaj    1125. Arkansas,
i6. Michigan, •17. Florida, 28..' Texas, tQ. Iowa, 9j30. Wisconsin,
10
121    Total,
290
10. New York,
I i. New Jersey,
:12. Pcnswylvaiiirt,
13. Delaware,
14. South Oaroruia,
15. Georgia,
16. Kentucky, Necessary to a choice 146.
Election by ihe People.
In the event of no ehoicf! by the Electoral Col¬ leges, ihe Howe of Represen'tauvea npon whidi theeleciiow would then devolve, would be divided .aa follows:
Whig.—Vermont, MassaehusetlF, Canneclieiit, New York, Ntnv Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mar) land, Norih Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Ken¬ tucky,—12.
Democrat—Main*, Virginia, So.Qlh Carolina, Alabama, Misais.^ippi, Louisiana, Texas, Atkan- Siis, Misaouri, T<-!infeS3ef, Indiana, Ilitnois, Mich¬ igan, Wisconsin, Iowa,—15. ~ Tied,—New Hanipshire,Rhode Isia'i'd,Georgia,
States.
Maine,
N. Hamp.,
Vermont,
Mass.,
II. Island,
Connecticut
New York,
-New Jersey,
Penn.,
.Delaware,
Maryland,
Virginia,
N. l>,u-oiina,
S. Carolina,
Georgia,
Alabama,
Mis-sissippi,
Iiousiana,
Tennessee,
Kentucky,
Ohio,
Indiana,
Illinois,
Misaouri,
Michigan,
Arkansas,
I8f8.
>
1832.
«.o
7
.	
'	
—
42
8
30
jq"
—
	
14
4
8
—
—
—
1836-
10
14
11
L78 S3;'219 .36 170 113 234 60 170 105
1840.
¦m
^
10
^_
7
14 -1
¦<
-1-
. c^
c
a
',..'
—-
1844.
—   36
—! 26
-'23
„-
5 4
3
60
fi C
12 9
5 3
170
.H'oie.— In 1 B32 ihc electoral votes of Vennoni 17] vi'erc given for Mr. Wcrr, and those of South Carolina[Ii] for Mr. Floyd, all the re.«t for .lack- son an-] Clay.
In 1830 the votes of Massachusetts [14] were sriven for Mr. NVebster, tlmsc of Tciincasee [I5J and Geortrii) |11] t^ir ]\lr. White, and thosn? of South Carolina [11] for Mr. Mangum—uil the rest for Harrison and Van Buren.
In !{J2S, 1B40, aud Ifid'i, there were but two candidates.
F«>i>iiJ.lai" Vote isi 1844.
State
Maine,
New Hampshire,
Vermont,
Ma.s3acbusettsi,
Rhode Island,
Connecticut,
New York,
ISiew Jeraey,
Feiinaylvania,
Maryland,
Virginia,
North Carolina,
.S. C. elected by Leg.
Georgia,
Alabama,
Missisaippi,
Louisiana,
Tennessee,
Kentucky,
Ohio,
Michigan.
Indiana,
Illinois,
MiEaouri,
Arkansas,
Delaware,
.Scat'ing
4, f 56-2 4,1(51 3,9:;4 10,830
1,943
15,1512
131
3,138
CI a v.
8,0j0 3,038 ^2,iO(J 3,-37U
34,G{ii 17.80G 28,770 67,009 7,3i2 3-2,83:>
23-2,48-2 38,218
161,003 35,9811 4'1,790
4-2,l04J 2C,03.5 20,127
13.0!;:;
0t>,030 Gi/262 15.^^{)o7 24,! 37 67,?i(i7 4 5..070 31,2.30 5,504
Polk.
4;3,964 27,l()0 18,041 53,034 4,154 G 20.041
237^500 37,495
107,635 32,670 50,603 39,237
44,048 37,'197 25,907 13,702 .59,rM7 51,900 149,117 27,587 70,101 58,345 41,324 9,,546
Recapiiulaiion of Presidetdial Elections.
Year. No of votes.
1844 .        -       .       2.702,549
1840 -        -        -       2,402,650
1S3G -       -       -        1,501,290
1832 -        -        -        1.290,400
1828        '-       -       -'      1,162,418   '
Majorities of Electoral Voles.   '
Polk over Clay in 1844,   -¦      -•      -       - ¦     64
Harrison over Fan Buren in 1840,    -       ~      174
Van Buren over Harrison iu 1836,   -       •"       9?
Jackson over Clay in 1832,      ~       -i     -     J70
Jackson over Adams in 1828, -       -.,    -      -95
Recapitulalion of the Popular Vote of 1844. ' Folk's majority over Clay, exclusive of
Soiith Carolina, .    "' -    ,-       -   :   39,340 Majority of Polk and Birney over Clay,    101,663 Majority of Clay and Birney,over Polk,     22,983 Presidential Eleetion of IZ4S.
The number of the Stales of onr Union is 30,— The Senate of the Dnited States composed of 60 Senators, and 230 Reprijaentativea. Each State, ift I848j will le entitled to a Presidential eleclo-
"Cliibs des .Femiiies." , At a time when the gentlemen of Prance ore asserting the "Rights of Mao," no wonder the hidies are pro- te.sling agiiiiist the « Wrongs of VVo- imiii." Ami^ngst the many clubs, which the temporiiry triumph of the chib-law has engendered in Paris, there was lately opened a '-^Club des F'emmes.^^-— At its fir.-5t sitting much confusion .was created by the criticisms of a number of tiie Lords; of Creation, who had in- tr.odoced themselves upon,the assem¬ blage. Thi.s is unfair, . What woufd be the result if a corps of ladies was let loose to criticise the House of Com¬ mons'? The ^^ Club des Femme.s'''^ has promulgated the following' -
CODE   Off  BIGHTS.   .,
1. Woman naturally is superior to man,: The rule of the husband by the wife is ia the order of nature.
2, The wife is the natural guardian of her husband'.^ secrets. ,/ ,3. To the wife, belongs the" absolute control of her own milliners'bills.
4v The extreme age of woman is thirty years. She may be below this age, hot cannot pass beyond it. •
5. Woman has a right to her opin¬ ions. It is an odious tyranny which enforces the reasons of them.
y' .. ¦      . fCOJ)E OF. DUTIES.   ¦  :     -.:-¦
i. It is the duty of woman to in.si.st on her own way. This duty is para¬ mount.    The end justifies the means.
2. It ia the duty of tlie wife to love and-honor her hu.sband. The word " obey " is abolished, except us a duty of husbands.
3. It is the duty of every woman to set off lho.se advantages with which Nature hn.s provided her. Dross is thus invested with the sanctity of a re¬ ligious observance,
¦ 4. The human species is the only one which clothes itself, amuses itself, and cotdss ils food. Woman is tiie highest being in the scale of the human species, has exclusive sovereignly in the tiirce domjiins of—the Table, llie Toilet, and Societ}'.
PROJECTS   OF   LAAV.?.
1. A law rendering it penal in hus¬ bands to grumble at cold meat.
2. A law imposing various terras of imprisonment on the iiusbandivho com¬ plains of a deficiency of shirt-btUtons, struggles for tlie last word, or exhibits impatience while his wife is dressing.
.". A law to constitute tind punish the offence of leze-rnarriage, or con- jugtil treason, of which shall be adjudged guilty.
Every hu-sband found in possession of a hitch-key, without written ponriis- sion of his wile.
.Every hu.^iband bringing home friends to dinner, witliout a notice of at least tu'enty-four hours; and an adjudication thereon by tho proper authority.
Every husband paying attention to any olher woman in the presence of his wife.
.Every husband convicted of smo- kincr, unless when the wife smokes also. —Punch.
l^¥oiLaI«i liave iiis way.
A clei'gvman in his prayer said : — " Lord bless the great council, the Se¬ nate, and grant they may hang togeth¬ er."
A counlry fellow standing by, re¬ plied l "Yes, yes; wiih all my heart, tmd the sootier the better—and I'm sure it is the praj^erof all good people."
"But, friends," .said the parson,'4 ddn\t mean as that man does; but pray that tliey may all hong together in ac¬ cord and concord.-'
" Wo matter What cord,'" replied the other,"so 'tis a sircug oneP''
Mr. Benton has declined the chal¬ lenge sent him by Mr. Butler, of South Carolina, in a letter of eight pages fools¬ cap.
¦ TIie-Tliird'Fai'ty-   •''-..,,;
Now that two parties are in the field, so clearly opposed to each other on the only great question before the people, as are the Free Soil party,and the Hun¬ ker pro-sla?ery party, why cannot the contest be foirl5^ carried on between them? A settlement of this skvery f^uestion is certainly de.sirable. It is desirable that Massachusetts should de¬ clare her opinion; upon the question, whether it is right to extend and per- peloate slaveryj or not,   ,
We regret to perceive indications that the nondescript Taylor faction of this State, is disposed to^tep in and disturb the contest by nominating can¬ didates'of its own. We have noticed within a few days, in the Boston Atlas, Boston Daily Advertiser, and other pa¬ pers in the. Taylor interest, a call fora State Convention, ofdhe friends of Tay¬ lor, for thejjurpose of forming a State organization, and carrying their pecu¬ liar views of politics, into our State af¬ fairs. Without agreeing'in the views of the Daily Advertiser as to the un- consiitulionality of voling for 'Hhird par¬ ties," we are still strOJigly convinced of the impolicy,jf not absolute insanity of throwing away votes in this manner. It is trifling, with the sacred elective franchise. :. The'Cass parly has presen ted its candiiktes, Gen. Cushing and Mr. Cushman, " The Free .Soil party' has proposed Mr. Philips and Mr. Mills'. These gentlemen represent the oppo¬ sing views on the Siayery question.-— Yet this Taylor partv, or faclioti, as Mr. Webster would call it, composed principally of men who wore members of the late Whig party, and who aban¬ doned the party for the purpose of electing Gen. Taylor to the Presidency -—this faction, we say, now proposes to form a State organization and inlroduce Taylorism into our Stale poiilics. We cannot trust ourselves to speak as we would on this subject. If these,men are not entirely lost to reason, we vyould impress upon them the fact that every vote withdrawn from Mr. Phil¬ lips and transfered to the new candi¬ date, is as good as half a vote for Gen. Cushing, and has a tendency to throw the election into ttie Legislature,"leav¬ ing the Gubernatorial office to be scram¬ bled for in that body. The injurious tendency of :thlrd parties, caiindt be too strongly impresicd iipoh the people.-—' We: implore our Taylor friends to re¬ view their own grgutiients against the course which die [Liberty party took in 1844, which they say was followed by the annexation of Texas as a neces¬ sary consequence, and to ask them¬ selves wdiether they can honestly and conscientiously pursue a course similar to the one which they have so unquali¬ fiedly condemned.
We make these remarks in no unkind spirit towards the new Taylor party. We would not deny their right to as¬ semble peaceably ttnd put forth their peculiar doctrines, but wo have a right to a.sk ttiem to pause before they take the unwise and rash step which is now anticipated. If they desire to vote for Taylor, let them put forth their elector¬ al ticket and adjourn, without endan¬ gering the success of free principles, and injuring the character oi' the State by any factious intermeddling with the Gubernatorial nominations. — Boston Republican.
From the linchesicr IJuUy .Rdverliscr.
Tlse 45crtiiasis.
It is gratifying to see that -our natu- rttlized citizens from the old world, are astir on ihe subject of Free Soil. We learn from llie public prints, that the Gerinans have airead}'' a " Fiee Soil" paper in the city of New York, an¬ other in Cincinnati, and another in St. Louis, Mi.ssouri, another in Illinois, and that they are about to start still another at Buffalo. Well may they be up and doing, for they do nol want to be shut out of oio' boundless terriiories recent¬ ly accjuired, or be compelled to labor by the side oi' slaves. They have tasted of oppression enough in the old world, and thoy have come three thousand miles across the deep to find a free hmd; and although the land of their adoption is not as free from the taint of oppres¬ sion as they could wdsh, yet thuy do not despair, but are willing to pull oji' their coats, go to work, and tnake it free. At any rate, they are willing to confine Slavery w-ilhin its present lim¬ its. vSuccess wc say to the Germans, and to the noble cause which they have so enthusiastically espoused 1    W. P.
Pleasant Hill, Sept. 5, 1848.
The Pko.speriti'- of a State,-—The prosperity and aggrandizement of: a State is to bi3 seen" in its increase of in¬ habitants and ctmsequent progress in industry and v^ealth. Of the vast tide of emigration which now rushes like a cataract to; the West, not even a trink- ling rill wends its way to the ancient Dominion. ,0f die muititude of foreign¬ ers who daily seek an asylum and a home in thft empire of liberty, how many turn their steps to the region of 'shives2 None—no, not one. There is malaria in the atmosphere of those region.s, which the new comer shuns as'being deleterious to his views and habits. , See the wide-spreading ruin which, the! avarice of our ancestral gov¬ ernment hasproduced in tlie South, as witnessed in a sparse population of free¬ men, deserted habitations,'arid fields without culture! Strange to tell, even the wolf, driven back long since,, by the approach of man, now returns, after an elapse of on hundred years, to howl over the desolations of slavery.—ilfr. Curtis, in Virginia' Lcgislatute, 180%
¦ A •Haro Hit.—The New' Orleans' Bulletin, a Taylor-paper, gets mourn¬ fully merry:?over the defections from .Taylorism, and liits, olf the .deserters in the following anecdote:        .. j  ;.   ¦
"The present position of the Ta}dor party remind.s us of the story we once heard of A farmer, who <me morning let his sheep out of the pen. Having put down the bars, the old man stood by to count thetn as they hopped over, and began—^'There goes: one'—Hhere goes two,'-.—Hhere goes three,'-^Hhere goes four,'—-'there goes old ewe,'—^*there goes a black one,'—^'there goes a whole heap,'—*and curse them, there they all go." '__.'.¦',''   ^    ¦ ' -   /
"So it is with the Taylor party. At first we could count the deserters—one, two, three ;»but it was soon ascertained that the bounds were; broken—-that the bars were down, and the 'old ew.s' and the 'black ones' began hopping out very fast, and followed so' rapidly by 'whole heaps,' so as to bid defiance to any at¬ tempts to keep (iounl, and soon poor Taylor will have to exclaim,—'GKr.Sfi them ihey have all gone P''
A lady living ill,the cpumtryJ had a favorite parrot, to which, she gave the entire range of the house from garret to cellar. Beinga talkative and enter¬ taining bird, it became a favorite with all in the house, excepta cross old cook in the kitchen. One day, while the cook was taking up soup over the fire, she cast her eye round and saw the parrot helping himself to cockles. The cook called out to him: "Ah! stealing pickled cockles, you old devil, hey?" at the same time slinging a ladle full ol boiling soup, which falling upon the par¬ rot's head, scalded the feathers entirely oil" of it. After loosing its feathers the parrot became grave and tactiturn, and went moping about the house a whole year, without speaking a word to any one. At the end of which time, the lady's father made her a visit, from a distant part of the country. He was a very aged man, and his head as na¬ ked as that of the parrot; who as soon as he saw^ his bald head squalled out, "Alii stealhig pickled cockles! pickled cockles! plcdvled cockles! you old devil, hey!" After which he settled down in his own taciturn habits again, and would never speak a word, except when he saw a bald head, he would then yell out at the top of his voice, '•Stealing cockles? you old devil, hey?"
FiaF. IN Brooklyn and r.oss of Lipf,. —A I-about 11 o'clock Sunday night, a fire broke out in Fulton street, Brook¬ lyn, which was nol checked until 5 o'clock ivionday morning. Over 200 buildings, including the Baptist, Metho¬ dist, and Universalist Churches, and many first class stores and dwellings in the heart of the city, were destroyed. The entire load will probably reach |,'l, 500,000.
The burnt district includes eight blocks, hounded as follows: Commen¬ cing iit the corner of Fulton and Pine Apple streets, down Pine Apple to llenry,dov»'n Henry lo Fulton, mussing Fulton up S.ands lo Washington, up Washington to Concord, up Concord to place of beginning. The Brooklyn Insurance Company lose $50,000,
.CircunistaMces alter Cases. ,. When James K. Polk was. ai candi- diite for the Presidency, all who op¬ posed the annexation of Texas, were urged to vote against him, because he was in favor of that measure,and would use Ms influence to secure its consum¬ mation. And though Texas was an¬ nexed before John Tylor went out of oflice, still the whigs insist thatitjwas owing to Polk's election-—that his in¬ fluence, as Presidentelect, secured the triumph of the annexation scheme.— Now, however, the whigs have nomi¬ nated a .slavediolder and an anti-pro¬ viso man for the Presidency—and they have suddenly discovered that the Pre¬ sident has no legislative power ; that such c|uestions should not be brought into a Presidential election | and that hitherto "executive office has been too much regarded in its connection with the law making power, and an undue iriiporlance attached to the opinions of the candidaie for that (tffice.'" Oh, yes —as old Zack entertains certain opin¬ ions upon the subject of slavery and its extensio.n, that are not quite palatable to the friends of freedom, it m now as¬ certained that "an undue importance has been attached to the opinions" of Presidential candidates; that it is re¬ ally of little consequence what their opinions are, as they are not elected to make law^ ! Now, this game of the Taylorites is a very contemptible one. If they are not the. most credulous of human beings,and therefore,to be pitied asdupcsVlhey cannot escape the charge of gross dishonesty, and a wilful at¬ tempt th mislead and deceive the cred¬ ulous, by sophistry and fiilsehood.— Charter 0.ah
Tayloeism bfxow Pae.—The New York Day Book, a very zealous advo¬ cate and eulogist of Pilmore, has the following admission in regard :tQ Tay¬ lor's, declining popularity :
"It is impossible to hide from the com¬ munity the fact that Taylorism is at a low ebb in the North.. Six months ago there was but ope: man in the Union that could have prevented the election of Gen. Taylor, and that man (Ta}dor himself,) has probably accomplished it. A debauchee never was more thorough¬ ly repulsed by ayirtuous womkn, than has been the Whig party by old Rough ami--Read?."''' -'^''"','^' ' ¦' '   ''.'¦''''
CoNsciENCE.—The following passage is from a letter of John Q,iJFiNcr Adams, addressed to Hon. John G. Palfrey, and dated Nov. 4th, 1846. The italics and capitals are Mr. Adam's own.
"¦The Slavery Powder and the Puritan spirit are coming to close quarters.r— The Slave Power sneers at Conscience, as in days of yore our pilgrim forefath¬ ers were called puritans in derision. Let us not be ashamed of the name of CoNsciKNCE Whigs, but inscribe it on our banners, and deserve il, if need be, with martyrdom in the cause of human liberty. What say the sons to the Pil¬ grims? W^ill they answer Conscience with a sneer?"
Time of holding State Elections in States that have not yet held their elec¬ tions:
Georgia, Oct. 2d: election for eight
members of Cimgress.
South Carolina, Oct. 2d: election for seven members of Congress and Stale Legislature. This legislature is to choose Presidential electors; also, a United States Senator in the place of Hon, A. P. Butler.
Pennsylvania, Oct. 10: election for Governor, Canal Commissioner, State Legislature, twenty four members of Congress, and various county oflicers. The fjcgislature elects a XTnited States Senator in the place of Hon, Simon Cameron.
Ohio, also on Oct. 10th: election for Govmmor, twenty one members of Congress, and State Legislature. The Legislature is to choose a United States Senator in the place of Hon. William Allen.
Michigan, Mississippi, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Dela¬ ware, hold their elections in November.
A Good Apologf.-—In the Court of Sessions in Scotland, the Judges who do not attend, or give a proper excuse for their absence, are, by law, liable to a fine. This law, however, is never enforced; but it is common, on the first day of the session, for the absentee to send an excuse to the liOrd President. Lord Stonefield having sent such an excuse, on the President mentioning it, the Lord Justice Clerk Braxfield said, in his broad ditdect,
"What excuse can a stout fellow like him haef
"My Lord," said the President, "he has lost his wife."
The Justice, who was fitted with a Xanlippe, replied,
" Has he ? that is a gude excuse in¬ deed—^I wish wo had a' the same."
WivKs BY WiioLE.s.-iLE.—Nearly two hundred young women have taken their departure from Plyinouth, in the Royal George,for Sydney, New South Wales. They go out, (free of expense,) under the auspices of the Australian land and emigration . commissioners, und have beenjielecled by them from the Unions of Ireland. The want of domestic ser¬ vants, and the great disparity of the sc.Kes in these colonies, which has so long been a subject of remark and re¬ gret, has led to this novel freight.— Haifa dozen matrons have the charge of the girls.
GotNG   IT   WiTH    A    RuSil. lu   tllC  Ht-
tlc county of Wyo''^'''''*'^o' ^- "^'-'tice for a Free Soil Van Buren uieeting is signed hy nineteen hundred voters. Tho spirit oi" Freedom is awakened. The slave¬ ry extentionists may tremble.
The Cass men are claiming so much for the services of Gen. Cass upon the battle field, that we expect to see them announce the result of the Presidential election under the head of ^^ Another Revolutionary gonef^— Whitehall Chr,
Si.AVEllY    AND    NoTIIIKfi   ElSK. The
New Orletms liullelin, Gren, Taylor's orjran in Louisiana, has refused to sup¬ port Mr. Fiilioore, on the ground that he is opposed to the extension of sla¬ very into territory now free. lathe name of Freedom will the Whigs of the North submit to this? Should the Taj^- Ipr electortil ticket succeed in the South¬ ern States, our estimable Mr. Pillmore wiil be discarded, just as certain as that slavery is striving for the mastery in this (as yet thank God) free coun¬ try. Slavery and nothing else is the watchword at the South. Will the free North respond to it! Neyee.— Emmw.^—Tioga Freeman.
".Doughface."—A cotemporary ob¬ jects to the employment of this lerm, and thinks that, besides being stale and hacknied, it is neither witty, just or proper. W'e think it is all three, it seems to us admii'ably descriptive of a certain class of N(3ithern politicians. It is one of those convenient terms, used by everybody, which "conden.'^e an argument into a word"—a "name not born to die," so long as slavery en¬ dures, and dough, continues to be of a nature sufllciendy jilastic to afiord a fit illustration of the northern sycophants who are moulded, shaped and worked, into any form which suits the power. The word cannot be spared from the vocabulary.
Lea VINO THE HuNKEiis.—The Rocli- esler Daily Advertiser, announces the fact that E. Darwin Smith, of this city, the Hunker delegate to the Baltimore Convention, and a gentleman who ad¬ dressed Cass cit his reception at Roch- ester, has reaounced Cass, and declared for Free Soil, Free Labor, and Martin Van Bpren. The Hunker party is melting away rapidly.—Barnburner.
An Olb -Man Eloq.uent.—David Kennison, aged 111 years, addressed a Free Soilmeeting ai, Chicago on the 6th inst. He is the only survivor of the Boston Tea Party of 1776.
llartin. Vaii Bwi'eii. The measure (^^ih-noi Proviso) IS RIGHT in itself; and what is right may always be done wiih ultimate safety. The present generation stand in the same relation towards those very ex¬ tensive territories, in which the Usages of 1787 stood toward the northwestern territory. If w% act as wisely as they, results not less glorious than those which reflect such undying honor on the policy of that day, will follow the labors and perpetuate the memory of those by whom it is novy upheld.—[F. Burenh' Letter of Acceptance,
Intebesting Pact in Natural His¬ tory.—-J t is said that when Gen, Cass embarked on board the steamboat at Buffalo, to return to Detroit, a Jlea of extraordinary size was discovered in his ear. The animal had evidently gained a lodgement somewhere in the State of New York, probably near Kioderhook. It caused great uneasi¬ ness to the hero of constVuctive jour- nies and extra allowances. From a manifest uneasiness on the part of Col. Benton, since his return frt^m Albany, it is apprehended there is also a fleam his ear, wdiich may have concealed it¬ self behind his bump of self-esteem.— The Barnburners ought not to keep fleas about them when they expect genteel company.—-Kenebec JdurnaL
A Spoonful of Impodenck.- -A chap from the country, dining one day, at a city fiiiend's who ranked among the most fashionable, of' the "upper ten," desired a little more sauce on his pud¬ ding. Thinking this word too common or vulgar^ for such a place and dcca- sion,he astonished the presiding goddess of tho table by gentilizing it thus : " If yoil'please, inarm, Fl I trouble you for a spoonfuldr two of yom impudence f
The Taylor camp is full of smothered mutiny. There are numerous indica¬ tions of this besides Danieb Webster's Marsfield Speech. The Albany emiite is enough., No Dutch blanketscati blot out that revolutiojQ, One. appearance of the ass's: ears outside the, ikm-'s skin is enough. No use to coyer th§m' af¬ terwards, geiiilemen.—ilo.?to»'C/«^()?2y. type.
Over 500 citizens of'Milwaukie^ Wiscon.sin, signed a call for a Free Soil Ratification meeting, wbich was to be held on Saturday evening. The Ga¬ zette (whig) says:
; "It will, no doubt, be numerously at¬ tended, as the leaders of the new move¬ ment are full of zeal and confidence, and the party, though a new one, mus¬ ters strong."
Daniel Webster says that the nomi¬ nation of Gen, Taylor was NOT FIT to he made. If it was not fit to be made, is it fit to be sustained?
Ex-GoV. Hammond, a Democrat, of South Carolina, one of the largest slave¬ holders, and also one of the ablest and mcst determined advocates of slavery in the world, has come out in favor of Taylor.