The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1845-07-26

10 them, Hut, thanks 10 the people, tho coua-
tels Of the Hero OF The Hermitage prevs,lcd--
and We have now the satisfaction OF greeting
Texas as a member of our great copfoderscy,
despite OF opposition al homo or abroad.
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THOMAS w. f)onn,--Tbo forcc Of oub'ic r..
dignatlon has at length coupe led the hlRefincs
W release this gentleman from cor dnomen,.
uncondhionetly sumo Of The wing editors OK.
pfets the opnion that he should raj her have becn
hung by the neck until he was dead. Supro,e
these gentry had lived in tho earlier days Of tho
Revolution, would they not also have ADVISED
The hanging Of John Hancock, Samuel Adam,,
George " abingdon, and many othess OF the
same STRIPED Tbepr'nciple is precisely the same
IN both cases--'hey contended for popular
righ's, and Dorr con,ended for nothing more;
and to assume the contrary, would be to assume
that The peopte have no right 10 change their
Government, an assumption which may be very
whiggsh, but is certainly opposed 10 q funta.
mental principle of all free gevernments-espec.
tally of ours.-Appeal.
Ndpoleoa'S attempt 10 cross the Red Sed-The
author OF "Eohen, or Traces of Travel" after
mentioning several speculations as to the point
at which the lsraelites passed The Red Sea, one
OF the suppositons being that they had traversed
only small creek at the northern extremity.
near Suez, proceeds as fellows: "Napoleon,
when at Suez, made an attempt to follow the
supposed steps Of Moses, by passing the creek at
this point, but it seems, according TO the testi.
mony Of the people a. Suez, that he and his
horsmen managed the matter IN way more
resembling the failure Of the Egyptians than Tho
success of the Israelites. According to the
French account, Napoleon got out Of the DIFF.
fcuty by that warror.like presnce of mind
which served him SO well when the fate of ma.
tons depended on the decision OF q moment
He ordered his horsemen 10 dispense themselves
in all directions, in order TO multiply the chance
of finding shallow water, and was thus enabled
to discover line by which he and his people
were ex'ricated. The story told by the people
Of Suez is very different. They declare that
Lapoleon parted from his horse, got thoroughly
submerged, and was only fished out by the PEG.
pie on shore. ba'hed twice at the point a..
} did so, chose the time flow water, and tried
to walk across, but soon found myself out of
my depth, or at least in water SO deep that
! could only advance by swimming"
The Mighty Wes-We never hear of the
West, but it produces thrill Of delight through
every vein. There rests the true conservative
0 power of this mighty people-there is rising the
: Young Giant WHO'S hereafter 10 sway the des.
, TIMES of this powerful empire. Most heartily
do we subscribe to The truth Of the following:
} The convention, too, is fortunately gaining
ground that the west is the great preservative
power of our U. From its vast extent and tho
centrally of it's position, II will be the heart Of
our body polite. Its interests are 90 intimate.
y blended with both the North aud the South.
that the Union is more essential to its prosperity
than to any other section of our country. lis
giant arms stretching thousands of miles in one
direction by mighty rivers, draw il close TO the
heart ofthe South; while by the bounds of canals
and railways it is indissoubly united with tho
commercial and manufacturing interests of the
North. Its interests will irresistibly compeit
to hold fast both the North and the South should
they attempt to unfasten from their moorinp
and break loose from our confederacy. This is
the power and the influence the true Statesman
and patriot would strive to increase. sa
Time has shown and will clearly show that
the policy of the West mus, be national. Its
the body of our country. While the North and
the South have too freely banded the word
disunlon--who ever heard that word lisped
with favor al the West. Its heart is true TO the
Union as the needle to the pole. On our ex.
IRENE frontiers, enter a. cabin of the hardy set.
tiers, and it will be found that his heart CLOVIS
with an indonitable and imperishabe love for
the Union. The farther he seems TO have
spread from the Atlantic, the more intense
seems his ties for his country to have strength.
ened.
The memorable words of the Patriot of the
Hermitage, "The Union-it must be preserved
must be the embodiment of the policy of the
West. The day is coming when It will be the
controlling power OF our government. We hail
its dawning, for we feel assured that the inter.
es,s Of our wide spreading confederacy can re.
pose safely in its arms, and il will then be with.
out fear that our countrymen can exclalm,
Liberty and Unon, now and forever, one and
inseparabe. ~ S Journal
INTERESTING FAcr.-At The recent aBniver.
sary of the Union Discipline Society, 10 Boston,
the following anecdote wac related of a body
who was sent to Brattleboro' Asylum 10 state
of arrangement. He told the physician he
wanted work-he couldn't live without it. The
D9cor asked him what he could do. He could
print, but they had no means printing. Well,
he SAID, the Doctor could get work for him at
the presses in the village. The Doctor applied,
but tie printer said the boy would "knock the
type all into PHI The Doctor told the boy the
result Of his application. "We," said he, II
should do no such thing; but, Doctor, you can
buy press-it will cost but little" The Doc.
tor made the experiment, bought press and pa.
per, aud existing The insane 10 contribute edi.