The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1847-05-11
TRIUMPH WITH A MORAL.

We trust there is not a Wing from the
Aroostook to the Sabine 1--WE won't an
swer for Texas Whigs) who, il he has
not heard, will not hear with a thrill OF
exultation that JOHN NJ. BORIS has been
returned TO Congress from Virginia. We
doubt whether there is one among us,
short of HarryCIay himself, whose perso-
nal triumph would cause q wider or deep
eF satisfaction. Not that Mr.. Bolts is
deemed wiser, greater, better than many
another Wing Member cleo! Of Congress,
but because that, in the face Of a bitter,
INSCRIPTIONS and temporarily triumphant
opposition, he has borne himself SO frank
w, %uprightly and manfullv, that Political
Integrity triumphs i'll his person, and his
election is a verdict not merely against
his defaners but in favor Of lofty bearing
in adversely, and vindicates the good Old
Anglo-Saxon love Of fair play. Among
the six-score and over of Wings who will
meet on the first Monday in December
next to choose I'VE hope a Wing Spea-
ker and Clerk OF the House and TO look
sharply into the diplomacy of Buchanan
and the fnanciering Of Walker, to over
haul the tyrannical absurdities of Cave
Johnson and bury i Of sight and sceEt
the offensive remains OF Polkery, there
will not be one whose hand will be gras-
ped more frequently or warmly than John
NJ. Bolts.
Reared and living. in a State famous
for It's crotchets and distractions, Mr..
Bolts has been at all times and e%minently
a Wing of the Union. He has been
openly and s!eadfastIy an advocate OF a
Protective Tariff, Of a National Curren-
cy, and Of liberal appropriations for the
improvement of our Rivers, Lakes and
Harbors. Living in the midst of d Slave
breeding population, finding his most
powerful support in one Of the chief marts
Of the Domestic Slave-Trade. he did not
hesitate to vote against the Gag-2ule sub
verting the Right Of Petition, even when
Representatives Of Northern Froemen
who NOW appear 10 be most jealous in
their resistance TO the Entertainments of
Slavery were voting with South Carolina
against Freedom. lie was among the
first to denounce the treachery Of John
Tyler, though his neighbor and daily as
soclate. He fought the Annexation of
Texas from first to last with manful zeal,
efficiency and perseverance; he denoun-
ced the abominable War on Mexico from
the outset and is its yering adversa-
ry still; and when an attempt was made
to ensnare and defeat him by a pledge to
support no man for President who favor
ed the WiImot Proyiso, he promptly an
swered, in substance, shy way TO avoid
: all treuble concerning Slavery in our
8 conquered territory is to TAKE no TER
: RIToRY of Mexico; and, though [ don't
: like the WlImot Proviso, | pledge you
: that | shall vote for my Wing against
8 any Leco-Foco candidate who may be
. nominated" Such is the man who
will represent the metropolitan District OF
Virginia in the next Congress. Rich
mond, it will be seen, gave him a heavier
vote as well as a larger majority than she
gave to Henry Clay; and in the District
his majority is more than double Mr..
Clay's. And this after a face-;o-face can
yass, in which his adversary and the
Richmond Enquirer had rung the changes
on his alleged anti-Southern votes and
sentiments, %denouncing him as unsound
and dangerous. May we not now deem
it settled, with regard to mean appeals to
local interest or prejudice, that the Hiber-
MAN was right who ayerred that the best
course to avoid danger is TO meet it half
way?n
Hon. Willoughby Newton, who took
The other course with regard to Texas,
pronounced Annexation a SOUTHERN mea-
sure, and as such supported it by his
5oice and vote. lost his seat thereupon as
Bolts did, and is now beaten in all
to regain twill not statesmen
iced these facts and their moral!
n. Y. TRIBUNE.