The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-30
.,.,,,icai Movements.


,.-r;.ws viii be looked for, ana lis
. 18th more Than ordinary interest
r.solu,iOns moved by Major Perry wer
kind. and urged, among othe
-, The establishment Of a paper al T" a'D
Y,h,,,ussn spoke-the report ct hi
ysrv poor one-though no doubt III
..,,iments are correctly given lie went 10
-. ,..oIu,;ops in spirit. OF the war, lac said;
~. med moi 10 be prophet Of evil. but h
"a -, and settled conviction OF tine I'M
mao % - a. whole Mexican war-he prsye'
f O. Gar favorable results, but he was but |
$50 who was blind TO the signs OF the times
- NOW presented, exceeded in impor'
-. only BIZ that of cur independence. L
- no, the mere paltry tax on tea that reused
a.. h,-lv mountaineer's of our State 10 arm'
Us, ,.,..,lntion-for scarcely did they know
- a., vast was the odious principle o.
NH- ,:s,' ,ri,bont representation. He would
- far il. such was the squandering o.
,rsssure in this unhappy war, that S5,oco,uOt
s.J moi nay South Carolina's share Of it,
u. ,hs war 10 close now. he verify believed
sloo 0;g0 0l0 would not cover its cost 10 the ma
,;o,. besides the priceless out-Pouring Of oni
blood like water.
Of the issues-ihe nsp issues-made by this
war. he spoke at large. His views however are
contained in this extract:
Il WIS with pride he regarded the part borne
q, the contest, by South Carolina-no section
If the Union could bear the palm from this lit
,s and much traGuced State of ours and hei
glorious Palmetioes-many, alas. wearing their
i.urels with their shrouds-and he felt 10 be
,oopstrous. and his Indignation kindled at the
thought. that even our soldiers, whose valor and
blooa should add new territory to the Union
were 10 he denied an equal participation in the
benefits Of conqnest-the privilege Of settling
an ibeir bounty lands with their own property
an Institutions. He would not wifully mis-
Lad the meeting; bat this conquest, this exien-
sion Of territory was not TO enure to our benefit
Twas as false in politics as in war, to count on
the weakness or want of frmness Of the
,s-my-and he believed fatal mistake had been
committed in the prosecution Of the presen,
war with IN inadequate force. lie believed the
North would not rscede from their position
Ten States, with votes enough 10 control the
popular branch Of Congress and TO elect n Presi-
dsht Of the United States, had taken their AFRO
CANT ana insulting Standard they were daily
gaining strength. Last year 30O, 900 foreigners
iancea on our shores-not 200O of whom settled
IA the South-ihe rest spreading over the North
ana West, with imported sentiments hostile to
cur welfare
The North would not receGe." IL is 10 be re-
gr,iied tha, the politicians CT both sides in the
free States should so often dodge their response
bilty, and avoid the true issue. As abolition
isn has increased in strength, they have in
creased an snii-slavery sentiment Not that
they have less or more Of it, but that they de-
liberstely calculate as to how far they may safely
60. Nov if there be any thing Southern men
ike il j, diTscfnsss. They meet the issue plump
Iy. But when they find both parties playing
fast and loose, now hot, now cold, they feel
nothing but contempt for such conduct, and
can have DO confidence in the parties practising
1t. As, one instance, We have letter from a
PrO-slaTery friend, praising Mr.. Palfrsy, OF
Massachusetts,, for his ''plain honesty" and de-
eiaring that nothing would induce him TO vote
for Mr.. Winthrop! We speak not thus in the
Eay Of taunt; much less, if we had the power,
to harm any one; but TO say TO the men of the
North, that they owe it to themselves, TO the
SOUTH TO the whole country, 10 speak the truth,
On this subject Of slavery, as they see and
iesla
Gen. Thompson thinks the North will not
rsosde. What is the remedy Thus does he
speak, the italics being his own
With Oregon snd the expected accession Of
Mexican territory, added 10 the present ron
saavehoidng States, the number Of free States
would be ultimately numerous enough TO amend
the Constitution and overthrow the institution
OIL Tie South. There ,cas remedy for the euii,
aee'o'f--tf uas 70 acquire more territory.
!" already had territory enough-vacant terri
to'y-to swell hereafter with a myriad popula-
uon- DIG he, like the Seer Of old, stand on
ihe summit Of Pisgah and see a new Canaan--a
IahG ho~ing with milk and honey, and studded
Win gold mlnes-inviting the entrance of our
PeoPie-s'iu would he reject il, if il would set
our onhdren at war, and TO cutting Of each 9TH
er's throats
bui ne Knew the territory in question 10 be
no promised land-nay, TO be comparatively Of
I''ue Falue-being at an average distance Of 500
,Hi'es from the coast, rising almost Immediately
.H'O PiecIpitous mountains, the Rio Grande,
'OO' oelng shallow, rocky, shoally river like
y ouf 'anda- Nor could II avail us anything in
l'e way Of indemnity for the expenses of the
ss' LOT Spanish and Mexican grants covered
sne "hoie OF IT, which grants would Of course
oe reversed in the treaty Of cession, or we
To"ia IN common honesty, be obliged to respect.
"e population, too, would be a worthless and
AOuO'eSone one-accustomed TO rebellion and
:, q ocus'omed 10 work-some 100 or 900, 900
,;e -uose indian voters-some eight or ten mil
,.OHs VI people to keep in order-instead of get
as some people imagined, land without
PeP'e' would be Just the reverse, we would
so people without land. Besides all this, he
SOuu oe wiling 10 stake his life that no part Of
- Ie teiil'ory could or would be occupied by
- -'eHO'eers-he would consent TO be gibbeted, or,
:. ueso' mat his bones should be dug up and
- manure OF, If ever a slsveholding State
80 &c formed out Of any portion of il. We
,liVu,0 Oe satisfied with Texas, every part Of
a.' len viii be slaveholding territory, under the
: impact OF annexation, having the Rio Grande
Necessary.
40 Tie establishment Of paper at Washing
'oh he is ''Out and out" opposed. We doubt il
'H's De not the sober second thought. We have
% supposed from the FIRST. But Gen. T. de-
clres' II il be established, that it would become
residential organ--a mere hireling press.
ms We think, is fling at Mr.. Calhoun. We
h.. l.
may De In error; but we are pretty certain, that
'en, l. has no great love for, nor confidence
H. the Carolina Senator.
i he meeting passed the following resolution
WINCH as regards Mr.. Dallas, may excite the ire
Of the Albany Atlas:
=, hesSi1ed, That in the speech of the Hon. Geo
N. Dallas, a, Pittsburgh, we recognize the same
pau'o'ie feeling and and manly spirit, which
Sict4ied his casting vote on the Tariff Bill O
:, Sso-and that he has established an additions
cA''n 10 the gratitude Of the South, and the re-
spcct eno adInration of fhe uyhoIa co,ntr,,