The native American., 1839-06-08

poison they are blind to the virtues Of others be-
come torpid, and sleep until reason, like the first
thunder of summer, wakens them up, as the dull
adder, to new life, and perhaps the conviction OF
their errors. 1t is thus that men change
"And he who yesterday thought Jaers cause the best
To-day, in faith, may safely think your own"
Our efforts, then, should be directed to the
judgments of our adversares, and not to their OF.
fces and, while we endeavor to convert our own
brethren into political friends, let us not forget
that our natural enemies--the foreign monarchists
under the assumed guise Of democrats--are run
ming away with the spos OF our warfare and the
boon of our success. REPUBLICAN,.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.
The Stockholders of this Company assembled
in general meeting on Monday, when the Presi-
dent and Directors presented their eleventh Re-
port; after which, the following gentlemen were
elected President and Directors of the Company
for the ensuing year:
FRANCIS THOMAS, President.
Directors.
Phineas Janney, James Carroll,
John j. Albert, Jacob G. Davis,
Thomas Perry, Joseph White.
This is clear sweep with the exception Of
two) Of the old board of President and Directors.
The change was effected by the large vote Of the
State Of Maryland. -
We believe it is but Justice to Mr.. WAShing.
ton, late President of the Company, to say, that
he made very valuable and efficient oficer--
and that he will be parted from with regret.
We wish the new President and Directors eve
ry success in the prosecution Of the work, and
shall give them our hearty support in all their ef
forts for its advancement and prosperity, and for
the advancement of the interests of the Stockhol-
ders. The new members will find in the two
old members ofthe Board who remain with them,
gentlemen whose experience will aid them IN the
commencement and prosecution of their labors,
and we trust that every thing may move on salts
factorily and tremendously. -.alSu. Gar.
At the general meeting of the stockholders of
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company in
Washington on Monday last, proposition was
made to remove the office of the Company to
Baltimore, but, with some other matters, asleft
to be decided at the adjourned meeting TO be held
on the 3Oth inst. AS one-half of the new Board
of Directors reside here, and Of the remain
ing three lives in Allegheny it strikes us that the
location of the office in Baltimore would certainly
prove more convenient to the majority of those
who are charged with the transaction Of the Com
pany's business, than if it were kept elsewhere.
Baltimore .Aaerican.
We wish the American would answer Us one
thing: upon what principle have one-half Of the
Directors of Company operating upon the Pc
tomac been selected from Baltimore, which il
not within forty miles distance of the Potomac
Answer US that The argument for remova
of the Canal Company's Office to Baltimore on
that account is just about as reasonable as would
be an argument in favor of removing the Baltimore
Post Office from the centre of the City to How
ards Park or FelPs Point, because newly ap
pointed Postmaster resided there, and it would b
more convenient to hin, to have short distance
to walk to it. The ridIcule Of such an argumen
would at once strike every one, and none mor
forcibly than the worthy Editors of the Ameri
can, whose demure paragraph stands at the heat
of these lines.
Now, we repeat to those whom it concerns
what we suggested yesterday: as they canno
transfer the Canal to Baltimore they ought Il
come to the Canal. When the mountain woul
not 90 to Mahomet, he went to the mountain
We recommend to our esteemed friends at Bait
more to draw instruction from that example.
National Lnteligencer.