The Free Soil Banner Vol I. No. 09.

              EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY W. B. GREER & L. WALL.^CE.]
" HE 13 THE FREEMAN, WHOM TRUTH MAKES FREE; AND ALL ARE SLAVES 111'.,SIDE.
[PRINTED BY DOUGLASS & ELDER.
VOL. I.
INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY,  OCTOBER  20,   1848.
NO. 9.
PUR Lie ATION OFFICE OF THE
BANNER IS ON
PENNSYLVANIA STREET,
Three doors north of Washington Street.
Freedom's Flagr.
Am—Jft'fter s Missionary Hy.nn.
We hoist fair Freedom's standard.
On hill and dale it stands,— From broad Atlantic's borders
To Oregon's far lands. Where'er the winds may wander.
Where'er the waters roll, lis wide spread folds ex tending.
Shall spread from pole to pole.
Tho' slavery's frightened forces.
May sound their loud alarms, And call their flying .oquadrona
To muster up iheir arms, Tho' Whigs and Locos falter,
And knees of Doughface shake, No "free soil" .^oul aball tremble,
Nor for slave thunder quake.
Tho' Taylorites and Cassites
May jibe and jeer, and flout. With 'Tree soil" on our banner,
We'll vi'hip the cravens out, "Free soil, free speech" Ibrever,
Shall on our "free flag" fly. Till mountain and till valley
Shall echo back the cry.
For Yomig Men.
"Worth makes the man, the want of it the fellow," i.s a maxim as true as old, and in no country on the face of the earth \s it more applicahle than to Iho young men of these United Stattis. With us those distinctions of caste, so common and so pertinaciously held in the old world, find no place. Men must, in the estimation of the virtuous thinking portion of our community, stand on their own intrinsic merits.— |Vith us the road to honorable distinc- ition is alike open to all. AU may enter the list—all may run; but none but the dilligent and persevering will obtain.— And it is a remarkable fact, that in other countries, as well as our own, those who have been most distinguished, have, for the most part, been of humble origin, and depended mainly on their own ef¬ forts. Virgil, whose strains will never die away, and the fire of whose genius will never be extinguished, v?as once a poor boy—the son of a poor baker!— Horace was the son of a freed slave- Voltaire of a tax-gatherer—Massillon of a turner—-Tamerlane of a shepherd -—Benjamin Johnson of a mason— Shakspeare of a butcher—Collins, (the poet,) of a battel''—Beattie of a farmer —Gray of a notary public—iEsop, the Fabulist, was brought from Carthage to Rome, a slave, and afterwards freed —Cincinnatus,of Greece, was a plow¬ man—Ferguson, the Astronomer, once threshed grain for his daily bread—Dr. Clarke was once apprenticed to a linen dirapei*^—Samuel Drew was a shoema¬ ker—so, we believe, was Roger Sher¬ man—^Dr. Franklin was once a print¬ er's boy—so, also, were John M. Wiles, Amos Kendall, Joseph Gales, and Hor¬ ace Greely. Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Henry Clay, Thomas Ew- ing, and a great many of our most dis¬ tinguished men were once poor boys, without a college education, and with no means to procure one; yet they des¬ paired not—they complained not, but went to work, and by diligence and per¬ severance, rose to high stations in so¬ ciety.     .
Henry B. Hanscom, when entering the ministry, was poor, and in the world's estimation, unlearned—so was ])'Iartin Ruter, and John P. Durbin, and Ifathan Bangs, and Bishops McKen- dree and Roberts—but why multiply cases? It is needless—a man must rise by his own eflbrls, if he rise at all.— Then let every young man do some¬ thing vifith an honest aim—something of an honest, useful character. Mend shoes, hammer iron, chop wood, make baskets, hoe corn, dig potatoes, maul rails, grub, plow—anything for an hon¬ est living; lay off your fine coat, throw away that cigar, get out of the street, roll up your sleeves and go to vt'ork.— There are already more preachers than penitents, more doctors than patients; more lawyers that clients, and three times more shopkeepers than necessary. Take care of the stores, there is no 2iarticular honor m standing behind; the counter, more than standing beside a workbench; and more men propor¬ tioned to the whole number engaged, fail \n tiiat than any other pursuit in the country. To make a successful mer¬ chant, a man must have much brains and moreindustry, and many boys stuck behind the counters have little of the one and less of tho other. Don't be afraid to work, it will not disgrace or hurt you. Spend your money eco¬ nomically, buy good books, read them closely, study them well, )'^ou can al- M'ays find time for it—commence the practice, keep it up; and yon will soon become so much gratified with the at¬ tainments you will make, and your thirst for knowledge so much increased, that it will be as pleasant as profitable.— Don't be discouraged, nor whine and fret over your disadvantages; that will make them no better, and will make you ¦worse. Keep a clear conscience, a cheerful countenance, an honest aim, a steady purpose—-'go ahead," and you are sure of success.—O, Standard,
The Heatli of tlie ©ominie,
BY   THOM.^S   HOOD. j
" Take him up, stiys the master." \_0Id Spelling Book.
My old schoolmaster is dead. He ''died of a stroke," and I wonder none of his pupils have ever done the same. I j have been flogged by many masters, ¦ but his rod, like Aaroi}'.s, swallowed al! the rest." We have often wished that he whipped on the principle of Italian penmanship—up strokes heavy, down strokes light ; Uit he did it in English round hand, and we used to think with a very hard pen. Such was his love of flogging, that for some failure in Engli.sh ctimposition, after having been well corrected, I have been ordered to be revised. I have heard of a road to learning, and he did justice to it ^ we certainly never want a stage in edu¬ cation, without being w^ell horsed.— The mantle of Dr. Bushy descended on his shoulders and on ours. There was but one tree on the play-ground— a birch, but it never had a twig nor a leaf upon it. Spring or Summer, it al¬ ways looked as bare as if the; weather had been cutting at the latter end of the year. Pictures they say, are good incentives to learning, and certainly we never got through a page without cuts ; for instance I do not recollect a Latin article without a tail-piece. All the Latin at that school might be com¬ prised in one line—
" Arma virumque cano."
An arm, a man, and a cane. It was Englished to me one day in school hours, when I was studying Robinson Crusoe instead of Virgil, by a storm of bamboo that really carried on the illu¬ sion, and made tne think for a time that I was assaulted by a set of sava¬ ges. He seemed to consider a bo}' as a bear's cub, and set himself literally to lick him into shape. He was so par¬ ticularly fond of striking us with a leather strap on the fiats of our hands that he never allowed them a day's rest. Thez'e was no such thing as Palm Sunday in our calendar. In one word, he was disinterestedly cruel and used as industriously to strike for no- thingas others strike for wages. Some of the elder boys, who had readSmollet, <ihristened him Roderick, from his hit¬ ting like Random, and being so partial to Strap.
His death "was characteristic. After making his will he sent for Mr. Taddy, the head usher, and addressed him in the following words ; —"-It is all over, Mr. Taddy—lam sinking fast—-I am going from the terrestrial globe—to the celestial—and have promised Tomp¬ kins a flogging—mind he has it, and don't let him pick of the buds-—I have asked Aristotle," (here his head wan¬ dered,) " and he says, I cannot live an hour—I don't like that black horse grin¬ ning at me—cane him soundly for not knowing his verbs—Oantego to, non quod odio habeam—0, Mr. Taddy it's breaking up with me—the vacation's coming—there 1.9 that black horse again —Dulcis moriens reminiscirur— we are short of canes—Mr. Taddy, don't let the school get into disorder when lam gone—I am afraid thro' my illness— the boys have gone back in,their flog¬ ging—I feel a strange feeling :dl over me—is the new pupil come ? I trust I have done my duty—^and have made my will—and left all," (here his head wandered again,) " to Mr. Souler, the school-bookseller—Mr. Taddy J invite you to my funeral—-make the boys vvalk in good order—and take care of the crossings. My sight is getting dim —wu-lte to Mrs. B. at Margate—and inform her—we break up on the 21st. The door is left open^I am very cold —where is my ruler gone—I feel—-John light the school lamps^l cannot see a line—-0, Mr. Taddy—venit bora-my hour is come—I am dying:—thou art dy¬ ing—he is dying.. We are dying— you are dy- ¦ ." The voice ceased. He made a feeble motion with his hands as if he was ruling a copy kook—the "ruling passion strong in death, ''—and expired. ^
An epitaph composed by himself, was discovered in his desk—with an unpublished pamphlet against Totii Paine. The epitaph was so stuffed with qutations from Horner and Virgil, and almost every Greek and Ijatin au¬ thor beside, that the mason who was consulted b}' the widow declined to lith¬ ograph it under a hundred pounds. The Dominie consequently reposes un¬ der no more Latin than Hic Jacet ; and without a single particle of Greek, though he is himself a Long Homer.
Vermont.—Cassis dead in the Green Mountain State, Taylor can't get the electoral vote. If Van Buren does not get a majority over all, there will be no election by the people. The Legisla¬ ture must then elect, and as there is.a majority against Taylor, and as the Free Soil men are for Van Buren and nobody else, the Free Soil ticket must be elected, or none.
CJeai. Taylor at Sciiool.
The following amusing announce¬ ment appears in the New York Mir¬ ror, a paper devoted to  Gen. Taylor:
"•'The undersigned hss it from the best authority, from a medical gentle¬ men very clo.sely connected with one of Gen. Taylor's Aid.s-de-Camp, that the old general is constantly engaged in the study of political economy, as suited to the peculiar position of the United Suites."    . '
There is enough of the indicroiis in this idaa of General Taylor's "going to scdiool," at his advanced age, to provoke a smile fVom the most obstin¬ ate partisan. It reminds us strongly of thosa " schools for adults," which were once established in England for the education of persons wlio had un¬ fortunately grown grey in ignorance, and which are so well taken olf in the in the inimitable sketches of Thomas Hood. "It seems too whimsical," says Hood. " to contemplate fathers and venerable grandfathers, emulating the infant generation, and seeking for instrucliou in the rudiments. My im¬ agination refuses to picture the hoary abecedarian,
" With salchel on his back, and shining morning
face. Creeping like a snail, unwillingly to school."
This   picture,   notwithstanding.
IS
realized in the present educational pos¬ ition of General Zachary Ttxylor. We have it from his best friends, that he has been sent to school in politics, that he is now prosecuting studies, with which.ahy dandidate for the Presidency should be conversant from his youth.
The dullest mind can fancy Gen. Taylor trembling before his political pedagogue, lisping his first lessons with the timidity of childhood, and growing more and more confident as truth beams into his beclounded intellect.— There sits Bliss, with unlifted ferule, catechising the " Old General" into the Whig creed.
Gen. Taylor, what is Tariff?
Gen.—Don't know, Bliss.
Well, my dear Genera[, the Tariff'is hard to define, and we must postpone it untd you are farther advanced.
What is a Bank?
A place Where they keep money.
Bliss.—Right. You may gO out and play for fifteen minutes, and I will forward a certificate of scholar¬ ship to Gov. Morehead.
The " old General*' accordingly goes out and Major Bliss prepares the following:
Dear Sir,—The old General is al¬ most precocious. He told me to-day, without stammering ur hesitating, what a Bank was. If he progresses at this rate, he will be fit to take the Presiden¬ cy in less than a month. T.o-mofrow I v^iil endeavor to impress his mind with the idea of a Tariff. He has a shrinking dread of the word "Sub- Treasury," which is rather suspicious for our purposes. Yours, &c.,
But, to Contemplate this matter in a serious light, what would have been the indignation of that party, if a loco- loco had even insinuated a want of qualification in Henry Clay. And yet the same party loudly exults over the humihating fact that their candidate is now engaged in attaining the rudi¬ ments of knowledge, which he should have possi'.ysed, in the highest degree, before presuining to offer himaeff for the Presidency.—I)«//'/???6Ttf National Democrat.
A MoTMKR.—There is something ih sickness that breaks down the pride of manhood; that softens the heart :tnd brings it hack to the feelings of infancy. Who that has suffered, even in advanc¬ ed life, in sickness and despondency— who that has pined on a weary bed, in the neglect and loneliness of a foreign land—but has thought of a mother '' that looked oil his childhood," that soothed down his pillow and administered to his helplessness?—0! there is an endear¬ ing tendei'ness in the love of a mother to her son, that transcends all other affections of the heart. It is neithereto be chilled by selfishness, nor daunted by danger, nor weakened by worth- lessness, nor stifled by ingratitude.— She will sacrifice every comfort to his convenience; she will surrender every pleasure to his enjoyment; she will glory In his hime, and exult in his pros¬ perity; and if adversity overtake him, he will be dearer to her by misfortune; and-if disgrace settle upon his name, she will love and cherish him; and if all the world cast him oflf*, she will be all the world to him.
How Consistent.—The Whigs are in agonies lest Liberty men should vote for Mr. Van Buren, pledged as he was in 1836 against the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. Look here, gentlemen; in 1841, Gen. Harri¬ son reiterated the same pledge in his Inaugural Address after his election, that Mr. Van Buren gave notice of in advance; and where is the whig that condemned him for the act? We pause for a reply.
From ihe Tribune.
A <xOO(l Idea.
We hear through channels that en¬ able us to state with confidence, that the leaditig Hunkers of our State me¬ diate the withdrawal of their Electoral Ticket at the polls, in favor of that of the Regular Democracy, which is pledged to Van Buren and Adams, thus ceasing to distract the Democratic par¬ ty, so far as the Presidency is con¬ cerned. This is the most sensible scheme thaf has entered theirhe:ids this sea.son. \'i they will just make a clean thing of it, by pitching over their spav¬ ined State Ticket as well, and giving us a fair, old fasliioned fight between Fish and Dix, Patterson antf Gates, they vidll make the contest close enough to be interesting, and bring out the voters. As tht-y know by this time that the People won't vote for Cass, and that their only chance is in the House,: they may hs well stop their disorganizing, third party nonsense in Massachusetts and Vermont also, makint;; over their scattering votes to the Free Soil De¬ mocracy, and thus partially concealing their own weakness. The game is a good one, but unless ])layed boldly and thoroughly, it wil! fail.
If this is true, it is a good example for tiie Whigs in iMaine, New Hamp- shire,Ohio,&c.,&c., wliere their "'third party nonsense" tends only to exhibit their weakness, and multiply the chanc¬ es of their opponents.
To THE Point.—The following dia¬ logue occurred in Quincy Market yes¬ terday, between one of our most dis¬ tinguished rum-sellers, and a somewhat distinguished temperance man •
P. B. B.—How d've do, brother Free Soil ?
E.—Well. Howdy'e do? But what do you mean by Free Soil?
P. B. B.—I'm going for Free Soil, ain't you ?
E.—Why, y-es,-but I shall vote for old Zach. Pie's the man most to be depended on to carry out Free Soil.
P. B. B.—O, he is, is he ? Kve you as much of a temperance man as ever?
E.—Certainly.
P. B. B.—And do you want to have temperance measures carried out in the city lis much as ever?
E.—Certainly,    What of that?
P. IJ. Be—Why, then, I suppose you will vote for me, P. B. B., the largest rum-seller in Boston, for Mayor, to carry out temperance measures?
A general gufl'aw and hurrah ran through the market, in the midst of which the temperance Zacharite ^Y^- mosed.—Chronotype.
A CoiNciDENCE.—Daniel Webster in his Marshfield speech, in speaking of Geii. Taylor, says;
"I THIiNK OF HIM VERY MUCH AS HE SEEMS TO THINK OF HIMSELF."
Gen. Taylor in his letter to J. R. In- gersoll, says:
"I GREATLY DOUBT MY QUAL¬ IFICATIONS to DISCHARGE THE DUTIES PROPERLY, of an ofiice which was filled by a Washington, a Jefferson, as well as several other.s of the purest, wisest and most accom¬ plished statesmen and patriots, of tliis or any other age or country."
The Wisconsin Barnburner says, that at a meeting of the citizens of all jiar- ties at Prairie du Lac, on the 14th inst., after a full discu.ssion by Messrs. Par¬ ker, Vi'^oodle, Hodsen, Colver, and oth¬ ers, the following was unanimou.sly adopted:
Whereas, Gen. Ca.'-fS has no show for an election, and Gen. Taylor ought not to have ; therefore,
Resolved, That this meeting, this town, this county, and this State go ibr Martin Van Buren and Charles P. Ad¬ ams.
False Fveteiices.
The Noithampton Courier, an old esttiblished whig journal in Massachu- setis,now in ihe ranks of Free Democ¬ racy hns the fbllowiniif—
"Keep IT hefohetjie Peoi'LE.—The Hunker whigs make very loud profes¬ sions of zeal and friendship for Free Soil, and claim that their party is the e.special guardian of freedom and de¬ fence against the extension of slavery. The sincerity of their professions is forcibly illnstrated by the indisputable fact, that the hill establishing the gov¬ ernment of Oregon was passed in the Sentitti by the assistance of every northern and two soutliern .I.jOcofocos against the fiercest opposition of every southern Taylorite!"
How IT Works.—At the commence¬ ment of the American Revolution the number of slaves in the thirteen Stales was computed at 60,000—after the lapse of about GO years the number has increased to 3,000,000. At this rate of increase at the end of the next |)eriod of 60 years the nuinber of slaves will amount to 15,000,000; a number exceeding tliat of tlie whole free popu¬ lation of the United States, as found by the census of 1840. The slaves give to the South now twenty-one rep¬ resentatives, then upon the same ratio, they will give to the slave holder one liundred and twenty-five lo one hund¬ red and thirty representatives to Con¬ gress.
Has not the time now come, if ever it is to come, when an effectual bar¬ rier must be exerted against the hiture encroachments of slave power.
Fro^nihe Xorlliern Freeman. Hiinltei' Avticles.
The Tribune recently alleged tliat the Hunker wire-pullers'had under iid- visement, the project of withdrawing their own .electoral;ticket and voting for Van Buren in this State, for the purpose of securing New York be¬ yond a doubt to the Buflido ticket.— This it is calculated would throw the election into the House, where Cass stands the best chance.
The Coitrier. and Ehqiivrer also re iterated the allegation, and gave plausi¬ ble reasons why the project was really and seriously entertained, , To all this the True.Sun, ihe Atgus and' every Hunker print make a denial more or less positive. The Tribune however, responds with the following clincher :
QCr The True Sun vehemently con¬ tradicts our statement that the Hunker manngers in our State have in contem¬ plation the concentration of their votes on the Van Buren electoral ticket, so as to keep New York from Taylor and throw the election into tlie House, where Cass is morally sure to succeed. We repeat our assertion that this plan has been ca)iva.s'sedmncm^ the Cass lead¬ ers in our State, and that .wmeof them have boasted thai by it they could secure Ctt.w'i" election. "
Itii? a matter of no concern to us ; but common sense teaches that, were the story a wholesale fabrication, it was unworthy the formal and serious at¬ tempts ni; refutation which it has called tbrth.
The Albany Argus tells a story of an old lady. Whose horse run away with'her, that very well illustrates the present position of the Taylor and Cass parties in this State. In relating her sensations, she said she felt very much alarmed while dashing over hills and valleys, "liut she put her trust in Prov¬ idence til! ihe britchen broke, and then she did not know what to do." So with these parties, though very mucdv alarmed at the demonstration mnde hy theother, feltagood share of confidence till the People's Convention met, and then they found the '¦'brilahe?i^' was bro- ken, and that their iiags were in a fair way to carry them both to perdition. —Mass. Spy,
Dm IT A PURPOSE.—An lionest old farmer hnd an unruly hull, which had a remarkable love for him " in a horn,'^ and a singular pcnchaut for giving his acquaintances and friends a " lift in the world." One day tho old farmer was driving the bull htime, much against his inclination, and getting enraged he suddenly hoisted the old man across the fence into the road, but fortunately on¬ ly slightly hurting him. The old man gained his equilibrium, and then he saw the enraged animal sawing the air with his head and neck, and pawing the ground. The good old man looked steadily at him a monienl, and then shaking his fist at him exclaimed:— " CUS.S your apologie.s—you need'nt stand there, you tarnal critter a bowing and scra|)in'—you did it a purpost^, darn you."
Most of the leading Taylor mi^n in the North—it was so in Milwaukee when the ball first opened—declared their fii'sl preference for President to be Henry Clay. Their love for Mr. Clay reminds us of the affection of a certain woman for her sick husband. The clergyman having called to see him, and unexpectedly found him dead, inquired of the wife the circumstances attending his last moments. . "Oh!" said she, "the poor man kept groaning and groaning, but could'nt die. At last, I recollected that I had got a piece of new tape in the drawer; so I took some of that and tied it as tight as I could round his neck, and stopped his nose with my thumb and finger, and, poor dear, he went off like a lamb."
Southern Testimony.—" The whigs at the North affirm that General Tay¬ lor is in favor of the Wilmot proviso. Every body in Jjouisiana KNOWS that Gen. Taylor cannot be infavor of any doctrine or measure which would afford the slightest countenance to the machinations of the abolitionists be¬ cause he is the owner of at least TWO HUNDRED SLAVES, which he WORKS on two plantations, one in Louisiana and the other in Mississippi, and not long since he added to their force by PURCHASING A CONSID¬ ERABLE NUMBER of NEGROES from New Orleans. J:;:Q It would be strange indeed, if Gen. Taylor under such circumstances, could be so fiir forgetful of the safety of his property and that of his family, as to aiti the enemies of the South."—New Orleans Cow^ier, a Taylor Rape?'.
Cooper in Trouble.—A clergyman in Albany named Tiflany, has sued Fennimore Cooper for slander, in cal¬ ling him a liar and a scoundrel, and unfit to preach. Fennimore has put in pleas, justifying his charges.
Ihcriit.Y ImHMiTANT ! —The Albany Argus says that the hunker electoral ticket, in this State, will not be dropped. This assertion of the Argus is indorsed by one of Cave Johnson's Post-masier.s at Albany--a Mr. Wassori. So that the Tribune Vv^a.s mistaken in its remark that the hunker ticket would be aban¬ doned. Tlie free soil paticrs will oblige by publishing this statement, so thai it may be generally known, and that the few Cass men in the State may have an opportunity of proving, after the election is over, that their ticket had be e n r ti n ni n g. We d o n' t w a n t a n y ad- vantage in this contest. We want to siiy, after the election is over, that we have beaten our opponents. But if they are allowed to swear that their candidate didiiot enter the race, we couldn't crow any over a victorv. [N,T. Globe.
Write Ledgielt.-^A clergyman in Massachusetts, more than a century ago, addressed a letter to the General Court on some subject of interest that was under discussion. The clerk read the letter, in which was this remarka¬ ble sentence :" I adtlress you not as magistrates, but as Indian devils," The clerk hesitated, looked carefully and said—"yes, he addresses you as Indian devils,'''' The wrath of the honorable body was aroused, and they passed a vote of censure, and wrote to the rev¬ erend gentleman for an explanation ; from which it appeared that he did not address them as magistrates, but as in¬ dividuals !
Massachusetts.—We think this State certain for Van Buren. He will lead Taylor, and if it devolves on the Le¬ gislature to elect, he stands the best ch'ance.— Wis, Barnburner.
A short time after a Tennessee elec¬ tion, a distinguished politician who re¬ ceived about 500 votes for Governor, was walking the streets of Nashville, and encountered Monkey Sam, a little negio race rider, who importuned him for a dime. The old gentlemiin was very aristoci'atic, and placing himself upon his dignity, asked Sam: "Do you know who you are talking to, sir ?" — "Oh yes, sir," replied Sam, "you is de gemma?!, as made a smttlPsjierimcnt for goiPnor "'
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Gen. Taylor and the Wilkot Pro¬ viso.—The following is an extract from the "Atldress^of the^N. Orleans llough and Ready Club to the people of Louis¬ iana," just is.sued by the friends of Tay¬ lor in New Orleans:
'As regards the Wilmot Proviso, we need not re.miird you that, being himself a. ^T.WE-uoi.min, a native if Virginia, ctcitium of Lou.i.'iianif,wirn F.vEiiy ^KK5.'
ING AND INTEREST IDENTlFIEU WITH US, WE HAVE NOTHING 'I'O FEAR; IN IIIMVVILL WE   EVER   FlNl.)   THE   FIRM   WEFENDER   OF
THOSE RKiirrs."
"Free Siive."—A big Hoosier wagon appeared in our streets yesterday, with the words, "Free Soil" in large letters upon the side. The driver, a sturdy old fellow, being asked if he was a Cass man, pointed significantly lo the motto, and said, "I go that and nothing else." There isn't much else but free sile in these diggins.—G/«Vf/^o Tribune.
Grand Sentiment.—"It is no longer banks ami tariffs which are to occup}- the foremost place in our discussions, and to give their tone, sounding always with the chink of dollars and cents, to the policy of the coun try. Henceforth, PROTECTION TO MAN shall he the true AlMERICAN SYSTEM."—C//«.v. Sitmn.er,inP\neuil Hall.
Anti-Taylor Wit.—The Boston Re¬ publican, in noticing the attempt of the Taylor press to make out Gen. Tay¬ lor's letters forgeries, exclaims:
"What an idea, that any body should undertake to forge letters on Gen. Tay¬ lorl His worst enemies can only wish that he may keep on writing genuine ones."
Betting.—The N. Y^. Courier & Enquirer, says that Mr. Van Buren will not obtain a single vote in any State. The Evening Post offers to pay the Courier $10,000, ifit in return will lay down $f ,000 for every elector¬ al vote which Mr. Van Buren may ol- tain. Mr. Van has a chance of obtain¬ ing 36 in that State at least.