True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-12-25


JOHN GIBSON.
A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU, FRIENDS.
ALL THE WARM WISHES THIS COLD SEASON,
| TO ror, AND YOURS.
70 The Express Mail of yesterday did not come to
hand. AT what point it failed we do not learn When
the boat left Mobile no express bag had arrived
% Tho holidays have this day begun, and heing
Christmas day, paper will be furnished from this Of
| flee tomorrow.
We received a letter YESTERDAY from a friend in
Washington, which ifnot possessing amy very new
matter, is yet fraught with some interest. MS i,
gives some sound views and opinions Of matters
and things n W passing n, the seat of 90, srnm mt
ITO the sober second thoughts of the people, of
New York we are no doubt indebted for the sub
ducd tone Of the message. Had TINT state follow.
ed in the wnke of Ohio should have had tor
rerts Of loeofrcoam poured out upon US. OLD John
Q Adams is indus'rous'y LAYING hold Of evcrv
subject that cat produce agitation. He first ried
his hand the 'anncxa,inn Of Texas blu, TIM,
hobby slipped by the withdrawal of the suhjec, BY
the Texan minister. He next took up the quarre
between Stephenson and Dan. O'Connel with no
other object That | can find than strongly Gem
mening IN all who tolerate or Justify ducliinp.
Should this of agitation fail, Ambition will
be his 8 lie resource and ito this complexion musr
we come nj last The gu stion Of uholshing
slavery in tho District will 30 doubt soon come Up
and we shall end"avor to yet it in some tangible
shape ns 10 know who is for u.. and who aeain.r
| u.s. and il the southern members will bu, 40, ,,r
perntey md in unison have n show Of
hands. The administration papers and parrisans
nre Won see, loudly drnouncng the northern WI; cs
as abu'iiionlss: rhry owe it to themselves to show
the world how they stand The facts are that
in New York though many voted for tho whit,
governor and lieutenant governor, they did not d.
so for the congressional ticket, and we actually
lost several members by small m,iorities in con.
sequence of tbs opinions of the ndmini.,raiinn
| candidates being more acceptable to tbs abolition
! isr than those of their whig opponents In
| Massachusetts the whole abolition force wen
against tho wings.
Judge Morton the Van Buren, candidate for gov.
ernor is avowed nbolirinnist. So is Alrxand
| H Everett, who was loco f"co candidate for Con-
grsss over whose defeat the Globe nd il kindred
prints have been mourning. In the 18th distrir,
J @ Adams was not thought a 60 cd enough abo,i.
ZIONIST md loco foco nam ed ia ok snn was run
as being n better In Ohio it is now oui, e
certain that Governor Vance was defeared by the
aholiuonists, who went against him for giving up
i tina, kidnapper Mahan. Mr. George Banc,of, the
recently appointed collector Of Boston not more
than nine or ten months ago, openly avowed his
supper, OF abolition principles, and his opinions on
This poin, were as thoroughly known to III MS any
others that he ever entertained. Yet the Globe,
md all he administration papers, are striving to
identify The wings, and ahoitionists, calculating
largely on thr gubity of the adheren,s.
1t seems 10 be understood that neither !, neral
Harrison, nor Mr. Wshscr will make any reply to
the nomination of the anti-rnasonlc convention.
| More may be henrd Of this movement hereafter:
it is not without meaning. Brnr This in mind.
The rub-r'asury project will COME up in soms
shape ngnin during the session. The President
and his par,isans determined to get possessisn
Of the public money, if they can. The defalca.
tirns Of Swatwoui, Price. and others indicate
what will be made of it, presume our
Legislature will consider the subject soon aft er i.s
meeting, and pass some resolutions upon the sub
ject. North Carolina will tie up her Senntors
very closely.
| Our Washington correspondent in speaking Of
he mode in which the administration fore ed down
the throuts of the southern members the resolu-
lions as offered by Mr.. Anterior of Maine, saws
those who refused to vote were southern wings
who very properly viewed this as the result of a
party coucus, for the purpose Of carrying on the
Fan Buren, and Calhoun bargain ns smelling of
the midnight oil as icing connected al the White
House, and as being drawn artfullv, and insdous
| " astraps for southern representatives. &c. &c.
! They protested against them entirely. Besides
they had not been printed-hardiy read-not un.
derstood- con,anng-nsmbers knew not what,
and sought to be passed on the spur of the mo-
ment. and the dictation of Party.
After the forced vote the house adjourned
Aud so opens the abolition bill this session. Who
is so blind as not to see to the very depth of the
administrations design-of the wtetched plot ,
The plot OF northern President, affecting south.
ern principles! for his own personal ends. And
is the whole South, and Southwest to be TAX en-
IN, cnjosd, and cheated No! "Levo,hen is not
80 lamcd."
In addition to the above, our private correspon-
dent writes on this subject thus:
In the House of Representatives, the gam.
begun on tho llrh, Of calning the South, il poe
sihle, INTO the supper, If Mr. Ton Buren, and Mr.
Calhoun. as join, iedni, and II carried on
with renewed vigur. The resolution, (prepared
under the supervision the Cahouns, Rheus, a nd
Plcksnses. Of C"neress,) which were presented Ivy
A,h rten Of New Hampshire, and upon which tbs
gag of the question had been proposed and carried
-,hus giving the southern members no opportu'
~ of explaining TO his constituents the true ia
ture of this manifest intrigue, thus sprung, like
trap, upon them. for political shect;-th wer,
a. ain had up, and passed.
The shallow device they contain 10 entrap the
South is palpah!e TO every eye. 1t Is but simple
prnfcr ny Mr.. Calhoun oil ST. many Sui Treasury
vnres Tor return Of So macy Ell Van Buren, anti
Abolition v"res. Fo. mark me, The mhig Sou h
EN- members not consulted by The Val
Buren, Southern members IN this subject at all
TDer allies were the Van Buren, Northern me'r-
ntrs, and tnev alone. Thsls The PLAIN state Il" the
case In order To induce The S"uth 10 g Tor Van
Bur,n. { ih"un must h,ve Kan BR-.H expression